On Tue, 28 Sep 2021, Watson Ladd via tz wrote:
> I see a lot of complaints, and very few details about the applications
> affected. Which makes me skeptical they actually exist.
PHP has millions of users, can you guarantee that it won't be a problem
for any of them?
cheers,
Derick
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Sorry but how is that a problem for tzdb? It's pretty well established that the primary focus of the database has to do with maintaining the integrity of data post-1970.
If any downstream application or language is impacted by an action taken in the spirit of that, it's not tzdb's problem.
When the requirement arises for pre-1970s timezone data, the backzone files do exist and there have been multiple strategies discussed at this point on how to use the ones that might be needed.