Hello,
I hope i can ask this question here. I am the programmer of a
popular freeware astrology program (planetdance).
I have been using the data from the Olson database by means of a
script using zdump on linux to get me data for a period of years
for all timezones.
The method works well enough but i find the data is not uptodate.
For instance Morocco dropped it's DST in 2018 and zdump still
happily reports DST for the next years.
I have been looking for a way to get the uptodate Olson data into
my program for many hours, also looked at the official way of
compiling the data but i fear that is a bit too difficult for me.
There are also commercial solutions but as i am not able nor
willing to pay 500 / year to a company and a product i don't like
so that's out of the question.
So i'm asking for help here. Maybe there is some linux
distribution that does have an uptodate tzdata? Or any other
means?
ps. There are other problems, like the America/Chicago timezone
which is notorious for giving false results for years before 1970
but i guess it's too much asked, i'd be happy if you could help me
with uptodate data.
Thanks. Jean