On 2026-02-24 15:37, Samuel Wat wrote:
As for the logistics of where Makivvik is at with making it officially with
TZDB, that's something I can't speak to.
TZDB doesn't have official status in that sense. As its main page[1]
says, "The tz code and data are by no means authoritative. If you find
errors, please email changes to [email protected], the time zone mailing
list." Which is something I did just today for Moldova[2], in response
to an email from a mailing list contributor who cited many authoritative
Moldovan sources. Our goal is to mirror real-world timekeeping since
1970, not to stifle it; as much as possible we don't want to introduce
yet another layer of bureaucracy to today's timekeeping.
We haven't yet made changes for Nunavik because we're not yet sure what
its real-world timekeeping will be. Will Nunavik change the rules this
fall? next fall? Perhaps they'll instead change their minds and stay in
sync with most of Quebec? Do they need agreement with the provincial
government as to how and when to change their clocks? The impression I
got last month from a Makivvik staffer is that these details haven't
been completely nailed down yet.
[1]: https://data.iana.org/time-zones/tz-link.html
[2]:
https://github.com/eggert/tz/commit/be2603b0314256aa61d5ee82a931d14dc7519c7e
