[tz] [PROPOSED] Mongolia no longer observes DST

Deborah Goldsmith goldsmit at apple.com
Wed Feb 15 19:59:23 UTC 2017


Though it looks like only one of them is presented at a time, so this change wouldn’t be necessary.

Debbie

> On Feb 15, 2017, at 11:57 AM, Deborah Goldsmith <goldsmit at apple.com> wrote:
> 
> There are separate lines in the file for those, no?
> 
> So:
> 
> Zone	Asia/Ulaanbaatar 7:07:32 -	LMT	1905 Aug
> 			7:00	-	+07	1978
> 			8:00	Mongol	+08/+09
> 
> would become:
> 
> Zone	Asia/Ulaanbaatar 7:07:32 -	LMT	1905 Aug
> 			7:00	-	+07	1978
> 			8:00	Mongol	+08/+09	2016 Sep 23
> 			8:00	Mongol	+08
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Debbie
> 
>> On Feb 15, 2017, at 10:59 AM, Tim Parenti <tim at timtimeonline.com> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> On 15 February 2017 at 13:57, Deborah Goldsmith <goldsmit at apple.com> wrote:
>> Also, now that the affected zones no longer observe DST, shouldn’t their numerical abbreviations change? E.g., shouldn’t this:
>> 
>>                        8:00    Mongol  +08/+09
>> 
>> be this (for Ulaanbaatar)?
>> 
>>                        8:00    Mongol  +08
>> 
>> No.  There still exist past rules named "Mongol" that observed DST, and those should show +09.  (Eventually this will all be replaced with %z).
>> 
>> --
>> Tim Parenti
> 



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