tzdata2009u

Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] olsona at dc37a.nci.nih.gov
Mon Dec 28 16:11:45 UTC 2009


> The Asia/Dhaka rules seems to have some new syntax:
> 
>   Rule	Dhaka	2009	only	-	Jun	29	23:00	1	S
>   Rule	Dhaka	2010	only	-	Jan	1	0:00	-	-
> 
> Previously, that sort of thing was written as:
> 
>   Rule	Dhaka	2009	only	-	Jun	29	23:00	1:00	S
>   Rule	Dhaka	2010	only	-	Jan	1	0:00	0	-
> 
> It'd be really nice if this project had an official syntax checker (he 
> says, not really volunteering to write one ;)

As the "zic" manual page indicates, in the "SAVE" field "1" is equivalent to "1:00" and "-" is equivalent to "0".
I'll change these in the next release for consistency.

				--ado








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