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author | Alexander Medvedev <devl547@gmail.com> |
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date | Sun Feb 19 09:20:46 2017 +0000 (2017-02-19) |
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1.1 --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 1.2 +++ b/tzdata/description.txt Sun Feb 19 09:20:46 2017 +0000 1.3 @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ 1.4 +The Time Zone Database (often called tz or zoneinfo) contains code and data 1.5 +that represent the history of local time for many representative locations 1.6 +around the globe. It is updated periodically to reflect changes made by 1.7 +political bodies to time zone boundaries, UTC offsets, and daylight-saving 1.8 +rules. 1.9 + 1.10 +Historical local time information has been included here to: 1.11 + 1.12 + * provide a compendium of data about the history of civil time that is useful 1.13 + even if not 100% accurate; 1.14 + * give an idea of the variety of local time rules that have existed in the 1.15 + past and thus an idea of the variety that may be expected in the future; 1.16 + * provide a test of the generality of the local time rule description system.