On 2013-09-30 16:53, Paul Eggert wrote:
David Braverman wrote:
MSDN documentation says they're using the IANA database, so I would assume it's a typo in the docs.
Could well be, but if so the same typo is in the documentation for DateTimeFormatter.Format(DateTime, String) <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/Apps/dn264145.aspx>.
Anyway this documentation is marked "preliminary" and "subject to change", so it's probably premature to add Windows to our list of implementations <http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/tz-link.html>.
Their are at least three other hits in their docs: Results 1-4 of 4 for: "IANA Time Zone Database" Library Calendar.GetTimeZone | getTimeZone method (Preliminary) The identifier from the IANA Time Zone Database that identifies the time zone that is used by this Calendar object. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/windows.globalization.c... Library Calendar.ChangeTimeZone | changeTimeZone method (Preliminary) An identifier from the IANA Time Zone Database which identifies the time zone that should be used (for example, "Americas/Los_Angeles" for Pacific Time). http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/windows.globalization.c... Library Calendar.Calendar(IIterable(String), String, String, String ... An identifier from the IANA Time Zone Database which identifies the time zone that should be used (for example, "Americas/Los_Angeles" for Pacific Time). Remarks. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/dn264115.aspx Library DateTimeFormatter.Format(DateTime, String) | format(DateTime ... An identifier from the IANA Time Zone Database which identifies the time zone that should be used (for example, "Americas/Los_Angeles" for Pacific Time). http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/dn264145.aspx so I have requested they correct their time zone name references and let the list know of appropriate links to their products using IANA time zones.