FYI. Thanks to everyone who worked on this! -------- Original Message -------- Subject: BCP 175, RFC 6557 on Procedures for Maintaining the Time Zone Database Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 11:00:05 -0800 (PST) From: rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org To: ietf-announce@ietf.org, rfc-dist@rfc-editor.org CC: rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. BCP 175 RFC 6557 Title: Procedures for Maintaining the Time Zone Database Author: E. Lear, P. Eggert Status: Best Current Practice Stream: IETF Date: February 2012 Mailbox: lear@cisco.com, eggert@cs.ucla.edu Pages: 9 Characters: 18469 See Also: BCP0175 I-D Tag: draft-lear-iana-timezone-database-05.txt URL: http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6557.txt Time zone information serves as a basic protocol element in protocols, such as the calendaring suite and DHCP. The Time Zone (TZ) Database specifies the indices used in various protocols, as well as their semantic meanings, for all localities throughout the world. This database has been meticulously maintained and distributed free of charge by a group of volunteers, coordinated by a single volunteer who is now planning to retire. This memo specifies procedures involved with maintenance of the TZ database and associated code, including how to submit proposed updates, how decisions for inclusion of those updates are made, and the selection of a designated expert by and for the time zone community. The intent of this memo is, to the extent possible, to document existing practice and provide a means to ease succession of the database maintainers. This memo documents an Internet Best Current Practice. BCP: This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. This announcement is sent to the IETF-Announce and rfc-dist lists. To subscribe or unsubscribe, see http://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce http://mailman.rfc-editor.org/mailman/listinfo/rfc-dist For searching the RFC series, see http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfcsearch.html. For downloading RFCs, see http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc.html. Requests for special distribution should be addressed to either the author of the RFC in question, or to rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org. Unless specifically noted otherwise on the RFC itself, all RFCs are for unlimited distribution. The RFC Editor Team Association Management Solutions, LLC _______________________________________________ IETF-Announce mailing list IETF-Announce@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce