I thought it was referring to the "Olson" time zone database, used by virtually any operating system except Windows to keep track of time zone changes: https:/

I thought it was referring to the "Olson" time zone database, used by virtually any operating system except Windows to keep track of time zone changes: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3080437 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3080437 Voluntarily maintained by a single person for decades until hit by a big lawsuit and ICANN stepped up to help.