<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 1:05 PM, Dominique Lacroix <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dl@panamo.eu" target="_blank">dl@panamo.eu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Thanks Wolfgang for that interesting recall about UTC.<br>
Does anyone know what is the use of the timezone database, included in Iana function (<a href="http://www.iana.org/time-zones" target="_blank">http://www.iana.org/time-<u></u>zones</a>)<br></blockquote><div><br>that happened a year ago, background reading here:<br>
<br><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/07/unix_time_zone_database_destroyed/">http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/07/unix_time_zone_database_destroyed/</a><br><br><br>"The FTP database is the principal source for time-zone data, mapping the
the zones of a given geography on a given date. The Unix operating
system, Java-based applications, and untold numbers of websites rely on
it to determine what time it is or was in a certain location. The
service was free."<br><br><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/16/icann_rescues_time_zone_database/">http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/16/icann_rescues_time_zone_database/</a><br><br><br></div></div>-- <br>
Cheers,<br><br>McTim<br>"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel<br>