JDK-6528834 : (tz) Embed tzdata2007c into the tzupdater tool
  • Type: Enhancement
  • Component: tools
  • Sub-Component: updaters
  • Affected Version: 1.0.1
  • Priority: P3
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Duplicate
  • OS: generic
  • CPU: generic
  • Submitted: 2007-02-27
  • Updated: 2010-07-29
  • Resolved: 2007-02-27
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Description
This request is to embed the tzdata2007c data into the tzupdater tool.

Subject: Tzcode2007c.tar.gz and tzdata2007c.tar.gz
Newsgroups: gmane.comp.time.tz
Date: 2007-02-26 14:13:25 GMT (21 hours ago)

The files...
	ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzcode2007c.tar.gz
...and...
	ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzdata2007c.tar.gz
...are now available; these reflect the proposed changes circulated on
the time zone mailing list last week by Paul Eggert.

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In comparison to tzdata2007a ...

Rules for the following Java time zone ids have been modified:
* Europe/Istanbul resp. Asia/Istanbul and Turkey
  (Turkey switches at 01:00 standard time, not at 01:00 UTC)
* Pacific/Easter resp. Chile/EasterIsland
  (historic fixes 1890-1932)

The following time zone id is new and therefore it won't be a candidate for the tzupdater
* America/Indiana/Winamac
  (Pulaski County, Indiana, is switching from CST/CDT to EST/EDT in March 2007)