At 09:36 03-05-2013, random832@fastmail.us wrote:

The RFC itself is very inadequate to the task. It does not once define what "the TZ database" actually contains, or the format of any files within. To the extent that it defines it by reference, one could interpret it as giving official standing to all of the documentation files within the project. Or maybe all that authority is delegated to the TZ coordinator.

Please do not consider anything in this message as authoritative. The RFC was written to find a host for the TZ database. The TZ coordinator keeps things running. Regards, -sm