Unruh wrote: > Joe <[email protected]> writes: > > >>Timezone data is fairly dynamic. It makes sense to have some form of >>network service to update timezone data. Does anyone know if there >>have been any proposals about a standardized timezone update protocol, >>or reasons why there should not be one? Since NTP is well established, >>maybe it could be expanded to include timezone data? > > > No ntp is for distributing UTC. That is all it should be for. > There are something like 1000 timezones around the world. Why would youburden > ntp > with distributing all that junk increasing the data packets by that amount. > If you want time zone data get the file tzdata. > Timezone stuff is "Localisation" and handled forex by libc and/or other programming frameworks.
And the package manager for "managed" linux distributions ( same for the bsds ) usually present timely updates. uwe _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
