Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The tz database, also called the zoneinfo database or IANA Time Zone Database, is a collaborative compilation of information about the world's time zones, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems. It is sometimes referred to as the Olson database after the founding contributor Arthur David Olson. Paul Eggert is editor and maintainer of the tz database. Its ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The tz database, also called the zoneinfo database or IANA Time Zone Database, is a collaborative compilation of information about the world's time zones, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems. It is sometimes referred to as the Olson database after the founding contributor Arthur David Olson. Paul Eggert is editor and maintainer of the tz database. Its most recognizable feature is the uniform naming convention designed by Paul Eggert for time zones, such as "America/New_York" and "Europe/Paris". The database attempts to record historical time zones and all civil changes since 1970, the Unix time epoch. It also includes transitions such as daylight saving time, and even records leap seconds.
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