On Wed, Dec 27, 2006 at 01:43:52PM -0000, David Braverman wrote:
it's the last ... rule in effect, which is 1919 Oct lastSun at 2:00, i.e., standard time.
Thank you. That part wasn't clear from the docs.
I think the fundamental thing to understand about rules in tzdata files is: The "Rules" purpose is to specify *transitions* at points in time. The Rules primary purpose is *not* to specify what offset and abbreviation apply for a given zone at a particular time. However, you can easily work this out once you use the rules to determine what was the previous transition before the particular time. Is this documented in zic(8)? ___________________________________________________________________________ David Keegel <djk@cybersource.com.au> http://www.cyber.com.au/users/djk/ Cybersource P/L: Linux/Unix Systems Administration Consulting/Contracting