On Wed, Sep 27, 2006 at 04:13:52PM -0700, Mark Davis wrote:
My reading of the specification (zic.8.txt) was that the first rule mentioned was operative during the interval from 1942 to "only", that is, during 1942 alone. This was by my reading of:
TO Gives the final year in which the rule applies. In addition to minimum and maximum (as above), the word only (or an abbreviation) may be used to repeat the value of the FROM field.
While it was explained to me what the actual code does, I don't think this is reflected in the above text
With the understanding that it is *transitions* being documented, it is reflected.
or at least, not at all clearly.
Apparently not, since this is not the first time that this confusion has come up.
According to this text, if I saw the following:
Rule US 1942 1944 - Feb 9 2:00 1:00 W # War
The rule should not apply in 1945.
Correct: the rule should *not* be applied in 1945. If there is a transition specified between 1944-02-09 and 1945-02-09, then the effect of that transition will still be in effect, with *this* rule *not* applied on 1945-02-09.
So I request that the text be fixed,
I'll make an attempt at making the text clearer... but then again, since I understood the original text and you found it misleading, perhaps you'd like to take a stab at clarifying it? --Ken Pizzini