On Sat, Dec 16, 2006 at 10:26:52AM -0500, Tom Lane wrote: > Joachim Wieland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > True... Actually I wonder how I have to read the zic files in this case. > > It says:
> > Rule Japan 1948 only - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 > > D > > Rule Japan 1948 1951 - Sep Sat>=8 2:00 0 > > S > > Rule Japan 1949 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 > > D > > Rule Japan 1950 1951 - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 > > D > > Zone Asia/Tokyo 9:18:59 - LMT 1887 Dec 31 15:00u > > 9:00 - JST 1896 > > 9:00 - CJT 1938 > > 9:00 Japan J%sT > It looks to me like this says that the only time Japan ever observed DST > was during the American occupation immediately after WWII. I can well > imagine that they'll never adopt it on their own given that history. Yes, I completely agree that JDT should not be included. I just wanted to understand how those lines show that JST is still in active use. As far as I understand it, it says that JST was observed from 1948 to 1951 (the second rule) and now there is a time zone "J%sT" (because there is no "until"-date in the last line) but there is no rule that tells us what to replace "%s" with... Joachim ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend
