On 22/03/2022 16:23, Paul Eggert wrote:
On 3/22/22 09:00, Ian Abbott via tz wrote:
I guess this bug would affect all timezones that have no transitions?
More generally, the bug occurs if you use 'zic -r @T' with a timezone that lacks transitions before T. This means the truncated TZif file will be larger than an untruncated TZif file would be, because the truncated file needs to record the truncation timestamp in addition to all the other stuff. I'll look into patching the bug.
Perhaps the low/high cutoff points could be rounded down/up to actual transition points (if they exist) or beginning/end of representable time? That might put more leap second transitions in the zone though. -- -=( Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk> || MEV Ltd. is a company )=- -=( registered in England & Wales. Regd. number: 02862268. )=- -=( Regd. addr.: S11 & 12 Building 67, Europa Business Park, )=- -=( Bird Hall Lane, STOCKPORT, SK3 0XA, UK. || www.mev.co.uk )=-