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Re: ntpsec as server questions



On Fri, Dec 08, 2023 at 09:38:43AM +0700, Max Nikulin wrote:
> - IANA TZ DB does not support timezones disappeared before 1970.
>   <https://data.iana.org/time-zones/theory.html#accuracy>

Ohhh, *this* is the kind of reference I've been looking for.

So, we simply acknowledge that historical clock information prior to 1970
is just not feasibly discoverable.  All of the time zone choices are
going to be flawed, for almost all of the people in the world.  We just
pick from the ones that are known to be good enough.


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