On 2013-05-02 22:15, Alan Perry wrote:
On 5/2/13 1:58 PM, random832@fastmail.us wrote:
On Thu, May 2, 2013, at 15:46, Tobias Conradi wrote:
"The daylight saving time rules to be used for a particular time zone are encoded in the time zone file" Should read: ...encoded in the time zone rule file.
Except that they are called 'time zone data files' in the tzcode README ...
Since evidently certain people are unable to understand anything other than perfect pedantic precision in describing things.
The documentation of the tz database sometimes uses inconsistent terminology and doesn't spell everything out like a formal standard or most industry specs would. Does it need that now?
It would be nice to have some consistency in terminology. Sometimes it's hard to tell immediately if a piece of documentation is talking about the zic input files or the output files (which *may* be a good thing as it forces you to think about it). Having some sort of glossary of terms and sticking to it would be a nice thing to have, but obviously not at all urgent. -- -=( Ian Abbott @ MEV Ltd. E-mail: <abbotti@mev.co.uk> )=- -=( Tel: +44 (0)161 477 1898 FAX: +44 (0)161 718 3587 )=-