[governance] Root etc.

[McTim]

On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 1:05 PM, Dominique Lacroix <dl at panamo.eu> wrote:

> Thanks Wolfgang for that interesting recall about UTC.
> Does anyone know what is the use of the timezone database, included in
> Iana function (http://www.iana.org/time-**zones<http://www.iana.org/time-zones>
> )
>

that happened a year ago, background reading here:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/07/unix_time_zone_database_destroyed/


"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."

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/16/icann_rescues_time_zone_database/


-- 
Cheers,

McTim
"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route
indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
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