Re: [tz] field separators in tzdata2016a.tar.gz

Joris Wu wrote:

Given the frequency, I expect tabs were the intended separator.

Actually, the intent is that fields are separated by white space. This is documented in the zic man page. So the data files should be OK as-is. The white space characters are what the regular expression [[:space:]] matches in the C locale: " \f\n\r\t\v" (though of course "\n" cannot appear within a line).