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A literary appreciation of the Olson/Zoneinfo/tz database
- diiq 17y agoThis has made my day. The perfect balance of absurd patience and dedication to accuracy with a playful, irreverent attitude. Lovely.
- mahmud 17y agoExcellent reporting and scholarship.
- Hexstream 17y agoHehe: "It’s all deliciously absurd. And according to Paul Eggert, Ben Franklin is having the last laugh: From Paul Eggert (2001-03-06): Daylight Saving Time was first suggested as a joke by Benjamin Franklin in his whimsical essay “An Economical Project for Diminishing the Cost of Light” published in the Journal de Paris (1784-04-26). Not everyone is happy with the results. "
- pronoiac 17y ago(I was surprised I couldn't find the sources installed on Ubuntu.) Edit: I searched for some of the contents, & found other places with copies - http://tzinfo.rubyforge.org/svn/tags/rel-0.1.1/data/ http://tzinfo.rubyforge.org/svn/tags/rel-0.1.1/data/ http://src.opensolaris.org/source/xref/onnv/onnv-gate/usr/src/cmd/zic/ http://src.opensolaris.org/source/xref/onnv/onnv-gate/usr/sr... Further edit: removing self-link.