July 2, 2010
3:55 p.m.
On 07/02/10 07:18, Yves Goergen wrote:
When a zone defines that a rule set is valid until before 1990 Sep 3 at 2:00w or 2:00s, how exactly am I supposed to find out when that is?
You use the rules that were in effect just before the change. It wouldn't make sense any other way, surely.
I don't understand the cryptic original code (C) of the tz distribution.
Hey, it's not _that_ cryptic! But I'm afraid that it's the canonical version. (Perhaps you can find an old, doddering C expert nearby who can explain it to you. :-)