Here is the user-facing documentation for this feature: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT206986 <https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT206986> Thanks, Debbie
On Nov 1, 2018, at 8:14 AM, Fred Gleason <fredg@paravelsystems.com> wrote:
On Nov 1, 2018, at 10:48, Dave DeLong <fastmail@davedelong.com <mailto:fastmail@davedelong.com>> wrote:
I’ve never seen this info available to application developers. It’s possible it’s buried somewhere in the legalese screens in the Settings app, but I don’t know for sure.
I’m not seeing it after a quick scan of the legalese, but in Settings->General->Date & Time I am seeing the following notice at the bottom of the screen:
*** snip snip*** Updated time zone definitions are available and will be installed the next time iPhone restarts. *** snip snip ***
So, when I go set my TZ to Africa/Casablanca, it tells me the time is 15:00 (UTC +0). Now we go power cycle…
[… a couple minutes later …]
After reboot, the phone now reports the time as 1603 [UTC +1], and the message in Settings->General->Date & Time is gone. Therefore, I conclude that the phone has now loaded the current tzdb. QED.
I must say, very elegant work from Apple.
Thank you Dave. Very educational!
Cheers!
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