v2024b Mexico rules

Hello, Below is a section taken from v2024b northamerica file # Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Mexico 1931 only - April 30 0:00 1:00 D Rule Mexico 1931 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 S Rule Mexico 1939 only - Feb 5 0:00 1:00 D Rule Mexico 1939 only - Jun 25 0:00 0 S Rule Mexico 1940 only - Dec 9 0:00 1:00 D Rule Mexico 1941 only - Apr 1 0:00 0 S Rule Mexico 1943 only - Dec 16 0:00 1:00 W # War Rule Mexico 1944 only - May 1 0:00 0 S Rule Mexico 1950 only - Feb 12 0:00 1:00 D Rule Mexico 1950 only - Jul 30 0:00 0 S Rule Mexico 1996 2000 - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D Rule Mexico 1996 2000 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Mexico 2001 only - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D Rule Mexico 2001 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Mexico 2002 2022 - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D Rule Mexico 2002 2022 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S If you look closely, the first rule has the full month name April written and not a three letter short version like the rest of the list. I wonder if that is the new format and not an error. Thanks & Regards, Ertan

On 2025-01-08 00:28, Ertan Küçükoglu via tz wrote:
I wonder if that is the new format and not an error.
It's not a new format and is not an error; full month names like "April" have been documented for decades and have worked in zic. That being said, some other converters didn't grok "April" so it's planned to be changed to "Apr" in the next release.
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Ertan Küçükoglu
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Paul Eggert