On May 5, 2022, at 11:21, Paul Eggert via tz <tz@iana.org> wrote:
One more thing. We shouldn't assume that iana.org <http://iana.org/> as a utility that billions of devices can blithely access for time zone data. If you're building an IoT application for low-end devices, please arrange to have your downstream servers serve up time zone data. And if you do that, you can use any compression format you like.
A point worth emphasizing. For details of the fallout from an infamous and analogous design misstep (not directly involving TZ or IANA), see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTP_server_misuse_and_abuse#D-Link_and_Poul-He... <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTP_server_misuse_and_abuse#D-Link_and_Poul-He...> Cheers! |---------------------------------------------------------------------| | Frederick F. Gleason, Jr. | Chief Developer | | | Paravel Systems | |---------------------------------------------------------------------| | All progress is based upon a universal innate desire of every | | organism to live beyond its income. | | | | -- Samuel Butler | | "Notebooks" | |---------------------------------------------------------------------|