On Sun, 30 Sep 2012 21:55:34 +0300 Serhiy Storchaka <storch...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 30.09.12 16:15, Antoine Pitrou wrote: > > Probably, but for most purposes I would guess a 2-year old database is > > still good enough? After all, you don't see many people complaining > > about the outdated Unicode database that is hard-wired in past Pythons. > > In 2011 Ukrainian timezone data was changed twice for year. And perhaps > even change in 2013. Russian timezones were changed over the last few > years and most likely will change in the near future. Correct time is > critical for many applications.
Perhaps, but that's the responsibility of governements. Just because some governments have erratic policies shouldn't be a reason for residents of other countries not to enjoy the benefits of their stable timezones. Regards Antoine. -- Software development and contracting: http://pro.pitrou.net _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
