Re: ICU and "Sources for Time Zone and Daylight Saving Time Data"
"Steven R. Loomis" <srl@jtcsv.com> writes:
Java 1.4 has historical time zones (I believe also from the tz data?)
Thanks for letting me know about this. I looked through the source code (in J2SE-1.4.2/java/src.zip) for this. As far as I can tell, the historical time zone data is in J2SE-1.4.2/j2se/jre/lib/zi, in a format that differs somewhat from the standard Olson format. Also, this information is not in every Java 1.4 implementation, though it is in Sun's. I can't find any supported way to convert from tz format to Java format, so if the Java data are wrong there doesn't seem to be any way to update them from the tz master. Does the following snippet summarize this information correctly? <li><a href="http://java.sun.com/">Sun Java</a> releases since 1.4 contain a copy of a recent <samp>tz</samp> database in a Java-specific format.</li>
On 12-Apr-2004, at 11:24 PM, Paul Eggert wrote:
"Steven R. Loomis" <srl@jtcsv.com> writes:
Java 1.4 has historical time zones (I believe also from the tz data?) Thanks for letting me know about this.
You're welcome.
Does the following snippet summarize this information correctly?
<li><a href="http://java.sun.com/">Sun Java</a> releases since 1.4 contain a copy of a recent <samp>tz</samp> database in a Java-specific format.</li>
I really couldn't tell you, you might want to contact someone from Sun. I have not personally worked with the time zones on Java 1.4. Regards, Steven
On 12-Apr-2004, at 11:24 PM, Paul Eggert wrote:
Does the following snippet summarize this information correctly?
<li><a href="http://java.sun.com/">Sun Java</a> releases since 1.4 contain a copy of a recent <samp>tz</samp> database in a Java-specific format.</li>
Follow-up: I am told that the summary is accurate. -- Steven R. Loomis, ICU project. http://oss.software.ibm.com/icu/
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