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diff --git a/zic/README b/zic/README index 985a5118468f..c0cc92853d0c 100644 --- a/zic/README +++ b/zic/README @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -@(#)README 7.11 +@(#)README 8.2 "What time is it?" -- Richard Deacon as The King "Any time you want it to be." -- Frank Baxter as The Scientist @@ -52,8 +52,10 @@ substituting your desired installation directory for "$HOME/tzdir": To use the new functions, use a "-ltz" option when compiling or linking. -Historical local time information has been included here not because it -is particularly useful, but rather to: +Historical local time information has been included here to: + +* provide a compendium of data about the history of civil time + that is useful even if the data are not 100% accurate; * give an idea of the variety of local time rules that have existed in the past and thus an idea of the variety that may be @@ -63,7 +65,9 @@ is particularly useful, but rather to: system. The information in the time zone data files is by no means authoritative; -if you know that the rules are different from those in a file, by all means +the files currently do not even attempt to cover all time stamps before +1970, and there are undoubtedly errors even for time stamps since 1970. +If you know that the rules are different from those in a file, by all means feel free to change file (and please send the changed version to tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for use in the future). Europeans take note! |