On 2013-09-20 00:42, Guy Harris wrote:
I *REALLY* don't see most code that uses the tzdb, or that uses APIs that use the tzdb, needing to care about pre-standardized-time clocks except to indicate the date and time when standardized time was adopted, and don't think the tzdb needs to handle that. I think that belongs elsewhere.
Pre-standardized time is a fairly murky place. For example, pre-standardized Japanese time used 12 hours for night-time and 12 hours for day-time, with the lengths of each set of hours varying through the seasons. There were adjustable mechanical clocks that worked on this system. I hope no one would argue that this sort of thing belongs in the tzdb. -- -=( Ian Abbott @ MEV Ltd. E-mail: <abbotti@mev.co.uk> )=- -=( Tel: +44 (0)161 477 1898 FAX: +44 (0)161 718 3587 )=-