Re: [boost] [date_time] Time zone improvements

Subject: Re: [boost] [date_time] Time zone improvements
From: Luke Camden (lukeocamden_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-04-26 07:45:19

Stewart, Robert wrote:
> 
> Artyom wrote:
>> It is completely broken.
> 
> It is certainly deficient.  We have wrapped it here with a mechanism that
> locates rules based upon the year, but we merely smoothed over the
> multiple-changes-per-year problem by picking the dominant values for a
> given year.  It's a hack, but good enough for our purposes.
> 
> _____
> Rob Stewart                           robert.stewart_at_[hidden]
> Software Engineer                     using std::disclaimer;
> Dev Tools & Components
> Susquehanna International Group, LLP  http://www.sig.com
> 

Hi Rob,

Whose purposes is it good enough for? Does this mean you think there is no
reason to 'correct' the API?

Cheers,
Luke

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