On 2024-09-09 14:38, Craig Milam via tz wrote:
Dear IANA tz-contact team,
I'm writing to report an issue with the latest time zone database tzdata2024b. When using the latest tzupdater tool provided by Oracle, I encountered the following error message:
Using https://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/tzdata-latest.tar.gz <https://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/tzdata-latest.tar.gz> as source for tzdata bundle.
Failed: java.time.zone.ZoneRulesException: Unable to load TZDB time-zone rules [snip] The problem appears to be related to North America and specifically affects the time zone rules for this region. The error message indicates that there's an issue with an "Unknown month: April" in one of the time zone rules.
Hi Craig, It appears to be a known issue, see these threads from the mailing list archive: https://lists.iana.org/hyperkitty/list/tz@iana.org/thread/LBVCBNK5NPWBNQ5UDU... https://lists.iana.org/hyperkitty/list/tz@iana.org/thread/Y5KABB56LLOPHQJL4M... https://lists.iana.org/hyperkitty/list/tz@iana.org/thread/6PF5BB7342JR6PALTM... https://lists.iana.org/hyperkitty/list/tz@iana.org/thread/IAPOHOZJWZLW4FEGKW... https://lists.iana.org/hyperkitty/list/tz@iana.org/thread/46LLLN6TIT64B75YYS... "April" needs to be changed to "Apr" as shown in: https://lists.iana.org/hyperkitty/list/tz@iana.org/thread/Y5KABB56LLOPHQJL4M... "April" is not technically incorrect, but the tzupdater tool doesn't like it! -- -=( Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk> || MEV Ltd. is a company )=- -=( registered in England & Wales. Regd. number: 02862268. )=- -=( Regd. addr.: S11 & 12 Building 67, Europa Business Park, )=- -=( Bird Hall Lane, STOCKPORT, SK3 0XA, UK. || www.mev.co.uk )=-