Bjorn Bringert wrote:
David and I have discussed this, and it seems like this hard-coded timezone database is in any case better than the current incorrect behavior. In the majority of cases it will do the right thing, instead of being almost always incorrect as it is now. I have pushed the patch now, but there are some improvements that could be made:
I think this is wrong. Time-zones change quite frequently, and now any program compiled with 'time' will be incorrect the next time some government changes its zone. It's for a similar reason that no leap-second table is included in the package. I always prefer not to provide information than provide misinformation. That said, this file is Bjorn's part of the package. Is there an alternative approach? Is there some way we can query the tz database? I looked into this earlier but didn't find an obvious way. -- Ashley Yakeley