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author Alexander Medvedev <devl547@gmail.com>
date Sun Feb 19 09:20:46 2017 +0000 (2017-02-19)
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     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.