On Sat, 3 Oct 2026 at 15:20, James Bellaire via tz <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 10/3/2026 3:03 PM, Doug Ewell via tz wrote: > > The “delay” perceived by such public would be between the initial policy > announcement on September 17 and the release of 2026e on September 30. > > Most of the public has no clue tzdata exists. They rely on the > downstream programmers to keep application updates available. They don't > see the process behind the curtain. Agreed. Though the inherent lag is felt by the intermediate vendors downstream and contributes to the length of the overall data lifecycle observed by endusers. Where we've been aware of pending changes this year, Paul and I have tried to be proactive in reaching out to various jurisdictions and let them know what kind of information we need to most effectively and proactively document their changes — namely in RDEK, Northwest Territories, and Nunavik. The main reason we hadn't reached out to Manitoba any earlier was from the (apparently mistaken) assumption that their much longer public engagement survey period than others' equated to any sort of soft commitment that they wouldn't be rushing to make a change this year. For what it's worth, once Manitoba did make their policy announcement, I called and emailed the very next day; however, I got no direct response from those connections. (Admittedly, though, by that point, if they'd taken the time to respond to my inquiries with status updates, it may have only slowed things down.) -- Tim Parenti
