[tz] Time Zone Standards
Paul Eggert
eggert at cs.ucla.edu
Thu Jan 31 02:35:42 UTC 2019
The guideline given here:
https://data.iana.org/time-zones/tz-link.html
says:
'If your government plans to change its time zone boundaries or daylight
saving rules, inform tz at iana.org well in advance, as this will
coordinate updates to many cell phones, computers, and other devices
around the world. With less than a year's notice there is a good chance
that some computer-based clocks will operate incorrectly after the
change, due to delays in propagating updates to software and data. The
shorter the notice, the more likely clock problems will arise....'
This is good advice. For more, please see "On the Timing of Time Zone
Changes", here:
https://codeofmatt.com/on-the-timing-of-time-zone-changes/
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