Re: [tz] Recommendations to governments about time zone update notice period and format

On 2023-03-06 03:41, Neil Fuller via tz wrote:

[*] e.g. maybe something like "Many downstream users of the TZDB wait ...

Thanks for the suggested wording. I folded it into a new section in tz-link.html, with the title "Coordinating with governments and distributors", by installing the attached proposed patch. Once it's released (which should be soon, for Egypt) we can cite this URL: https://data.iana.org/time-zones/tz-link.html#coordinating Further comments welcome of course. Brian suggested something more ambitious (and more laborious...). I sometimes wonder how the IATA's process works for updating the SSIM's time zone appendix. Since they charge $1000/year for the SSIM I've never used it directly.