Re: [tz] Astrakhan region got approval to change its time zone

Paul Eggert wrote:

the idea is to experiment with this approach in the new zones (since they have no backwards-compatibility concerns) before using it in other zones.

Attached are two proposed patches along these lines. I haven't installed them into the experimental github repository, as I want to test some more first and get feedback. The second is merely a related commentary cleanup in zone*.tab.