Oct. 26, 2015
9:50 p.m.
On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 2:30 PM, Guy Harris <guy@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
Is this just something to let people know whether they have an up-to-date version of the tzdb files or not?
Yes, although I think of it simply as let people know what version of a tzdb file they have. (Whether that is the latest version is a separate question.) I would even propose an additional self-identification step: include the zone name in tzdb file. Then you could tell, for example, where /etc/localtime came from.