Re: [Tzdist-bis] [calsify] tzdist and IANA -- estimating the operational parameters

Steve Crocker <steve@shinkuro.com> Thu, 18 July 2019 13:50 UTC

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From: Steve Crocker <steve@shinkuro.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2019 09:50:38 -0400
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Subject: Re: [Tzdist-bis] [calsify] tzdist and IANA -- estimating the operational parameters
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Early in this thread it was mentioned the the time zone database should be
served in a fashion similar to DNS.  My first thought was the numbers are
wildly different.  I jotted down a first cut at identifying the relevant
operational parameters.  Perhaps the people proposing this service can
flesh out the quantitative aspects.

Thanks,

Steve