From 6e8bcc7d744ddfc33fd385665a0d0a88625a495c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 16:48:29 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Fix misstatement about Microsoft Windows support. * tz-link.htm, NEWS: Fix misstatement about which part of the Microsoft Windows software universe supports tz database names. (Thanks to Donald MacQueen.) --- NEWS | 11 ++++++++++- tz-link.htm | 13 ++++++------- 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index ba6e601..cefa3b3 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,6 +1,15 @@ News for the tz database +Unreleased, experimental changes + + Changes affecting commentary and documentation + + Microsoft Windows 8.1 doesn't support tz database names. (Thanks + to Donald MacQueen.) Instead, the Microsoft Windows Store app + library supports them. + + Release 2014a - 2014-03-07 23:30:29 -0800 Changes affecting near-future time stamps @@ -48,7 +57,7 @@ Release 2014a - 2014-03-07 23:30:29 -0800 Mention xCal (Internet RFC 6321) and jCal. - Microsoft Windows 8.1 and later support tz database names. + Microsoft has some support for tz database names. CLDR data is available in both XML and JSON form. diff --git a/tz-link.htm b/tz-link.htm index c820e98..c7af0f8 100644 --- a/tz-link.htm +++ b/tz-link.htm @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ - + AIX, BlackBerry 10, iOS, -Microsoft Windows, OpenVMS, Oracle Database, @@ -404,14 +403,14 @@ Schedules Information Manual of the International Air Transport Association gives current time zone rules for airports served by commercial aviation. -
  • Although Microsoft Windows 8.1 and later supports -the tz database names directly, many of its -applications use time zone information in an undocumented format -from earlier releases, with IDs that can be mapped to +
  • Some Microsoft Windows versions contain time zone information in +an undocumented format, with IDs that can be mapped to TZ values using the Zone → Tzid table in the CLDR data mentioned -below.
    • +below, or via Windows +Store apps classes such as DateTimeFormatter.

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