On 01/06/14 17:51, Joris Van den Bogaert wrote:
Hi Paul,
Oops, I forgot to compile and include "backward" as well. Many thanks.
Looking at the git log, it looks like most changes are typos and adjustments to data far away in the past, like the early 1900's or Big Bang :) changes and sometimes the very near future, like Egypt and Turkey. I didn't find any substantial changes that were made in the near past. That's because the near past is generally well-known and thus 100% accurate :)
Hypothetically, let's say Catalonia becomes a separate state on 1/1/2015 and decides to have a timezone UTC+01:30 instead of CET. Do you guys then decide to create a new timezone Europe/Barcelona? Yes.
What (should) happens when converting the datetime 1/1/2014 with "Europe/Barcelona", a timezone that didn't exist at that time? It will provide the same values as if computed with Europe/Madrid.
Don't think on it as “the timezone didn't exist” but “using the same time rules as Barcelona at that time”.
Sorry for the trivial questions, I'm new to this field.
Cheers, Joris You're welcome :)