http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tz_database does tell you when to switch. And when to add or subtract leap seconds.
On Sun, Sep 8, 2013 at 5:52 AM, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) <[email protected]> wrote: > In <[email protected]>, on 09/05/2013 > at 04:13 PM, Charles Mills <[email protected]> said: > >>EST5EDT > > Due to parsing ambiguity, that doesn't tell you when to switch. > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT > ISO position; see <http://patriot.net/~shmuel/resume/brief.html> > We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress. > (S877: The Shut up and Eat Your spam act of 2003) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
