Re: [boost] [DateTime] New US DST Rules & Timezones In General

From: Jeff Garland (jeff_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-01-12 01:50:58

Jody Hagins wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 08:22:14 -0700
> Jeff Garland <jeff_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> 
> 
>> Yep, all true.  But until the switch in US rules there has been
>> basically zero  demand for this feature.  My perception is that the
>> majority usage of tz  conversion usage is to convert the current time
>> or times in the near future to  a local time.
> 
> Unless you use historic log files, and the date/time is stored in basic
> format, then converted to local time.  In that case, it should convert
> based on the rules in effect relative to the UT value.  This is a very
> common use case, especially for simulations.
> 
> I understand this is "new" but it seems like a candidate for fixing ASAP
> so it can go out with the 1.34 release... assuming 1.34 makes it out the
> door before the timezone change...

There's no way the 'historic tz feature' will be in 1.34 -- it's too big a 
change and it's too late in the 1.34 cycle.  Not to mention that I can't 
really make time to work on it at the moment.

Jeff