Hi there, Right now I am experimenting with trying to integrate the tzdata dataset into an embedded setup where I am not able to use zic(8) + /usr/share/zoneinfo. To summarize, my plan is to translate the entire tzdata into a set of C array/structure initializers (~50 KB for all timezones) and perform operations on those structures directly. While writing a Python script to translate the data, I noticed that there is a very small number of directives that would require quite a lot of additional code to parse properly. For example, "lastSun" makes a lot of sense as a special keyword in "Rule" directives, but it provides no functional gain in "Zone" directives. The same holds for the use of the "Dec 29 24:00" time used in Samoa's timezone. We should be able to use "Dec 30" instead, right? Anyway, I've attached a patch that should make it slightly easier to parse the tzdata files by removing these constructs. This should make it easier for people to reuse the dataset for other purposes. Thanks, -- Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl>