* theory.html (Timezone identifiers): Mention zonenow.tab. --- theory.html | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/theory.html b/theory.html index 369c7543..0fb8d66a 100644 --- a/theory.html +++ b/theory.html @@ -362,6 +362,11 @@ The backward-compatibility file <code>zone.tab</code> is similar but conforms to the older-version guidelines related to <abbr>ISO</abbr> 3166-1; it lists only one country code per entry and unlike <code>zone1970.tab</code> it can list names defined in <code>backward</code>. +Applications that process only timestamps from now on can instead use the file +<code>zonenow.tab</code>, which partitions the world more coarsely, +into regions where clocks agree now and in the predicted future; +this file is smaller and simpler than <code>zone1970.tab</code> +and <code>zone.tab</code>. </p> <p> -- 2.40.1