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Re: [Tzdist] [tzdist] #34 (service): should we include a raw tzdb format media type?

Lester Caine <lester@lsces.co.uk> Thu, 08 January 2015 16:52 UTC

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On 08/01/15 16:12, Paul Eggert wrote:
> Lester Caine wrote:
>> I'm not sure if each TZid has it's own full
>> expansion from the base generic rules? Is that the case Paul?
> 
> Yes and no.  There are separate files for America/Los_Angeles,
> Europe/Paris, etc.  But there are merely links for aliases.

But there will be separate files for many aliases which are now all
following the same generic rule - even after the cull for 1970 cut-off,
some files still have pre-1970 only differences? Which would be
different again with a later truncation point?

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