I created an XML version here: http://www.salvographics.com/TzDatabase.aspx The intent was to create a windows server version because its support for timezones and DST is inadequate. However, I never followed through. The parser/XML converter is written in C# -- I'll send it to anyone who is interested. -----Original Message----- From: TZ [mailto:tz@abdicate.net] Sent: Friday, May 04, 2007 4:29 AM To: tz@lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: RE: proposed change to 'zic' to support "outlandish" offsets Does this DB exists as XML? Can is exist as XML? Sic vis pacem para bellum. Bill Bonnett "The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety first instead of duty, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life." -- President Theodore Roosevelt