On May 13, 2016, at 12:28 AM, Matt Johnson <mj1856@hotmail.com> wrote:
More likely, people are using phones with older Android releases that have obsolete time zone data. A device based on tz2014j or earlier should exhibit the bugs mentioned in the WSJ article.
Yes, that makes sense. I guess I just wasn't thinking about unpatched devices, especially for ones that old.
Perhaps I should follow up next week using tzdata as a case study....
That would be fascinating!
What was great about that article is that it clearly lays the blame where it belongs: with the authorities who tinker with the rules over and over, changing them at the last minute. Perhaps this sort of bad publicity will make a few of them make adjustments to their bad practices. paul