Aug. 28, 2013
5:03 p.m.
At 2013-08-28 09:46, Paul Eggert wrote:
On 08/28/13 09:20, Stephen Colebourne wrote:
Many users will have stored data in databases or other long term storage that refers to these time-zones being made obsolete.
The zones are not being made obsolete. TZ=America/Atikokan will still work, and will give the same results as before for post-1970 timestamps, which are the only timestamps in scope for this project. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I just want to point out that this last clause is the very heart of the issue.
-- Alan Mintz <Alan_Mintz+TZ_IANA@Earthlink.net>