John Hasler <j...@dhh.gt.org> wrote: > I wrote: >> I'm just proposing that the file be made available at a standard location >> on a well-known set of distributed servers. > > Jim Pennino writes: >> For what kind of system? > > Any. > >> While the zoneinfo database, also known as the Olson database, is >> probably the most common, it is hardly the only system used. > > The Olson database is the only one it makes sense to distribute.
What about all the systems that don't use Olson? >> The information in general has been freely available for years. > > But only in an ad-hoc fashion. True, the most generally available format is Olson and not everything uses Olson. If you limit the problem to Olson, the problem was solved years ago at: ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/ Since 1976 there have been 2 changes to the timezone rules in the US. The European history is about the same. The odds are any system you are running today will have been in a trash heap for years before the rules change for your location again. -- Jim Pennino Remove .spam.sux to reply. _______________________________________________ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
