Re: [tz] Large scale changes proposed in 2014f

Tim Parenti wrote:

if we want to replace zone.tab with something better, we should take the time now to make sure its replacement doesn't unintentionally retain any major shortcomings of the previous version, so we don't find ourselves needing to supersede it again too soon.

I took the time to consider several possible replacements, and this one was the best: it is simple, easy to understand, upward-compatible, and addresses the problem. Quite possibly we'll want to make further changes in the future, but no such change plausibly springs to mind right now, and one step at a time.