Fix misstatement about Microsoft Windows support.

* tz-link.htm, NEWS: Fix misstatement about which part of the
Microsoft Windows software universe supports tz database names.
(Thanks to Donald MacQueen.)
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Paul Eggert
2014-03-10 16:48:29 -07:00
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News for the tz database
Unreleased, experimental changes
Changes affecting commentary and documentation
Microsoft Windows 8.1 doesn't support tz database names. (Thanks
to Donald MacQueen.) Instead, the Microsoft Windows Store app
library supports them.
Release 2014a - 2014-03-07 23:30:29 -0800
Changes affecting near-future time stamps
@@ -48,7 +57,7 @@ Release 2014a - 2014-03-07 23:30:29 -0800
Mention xCal (Internet RFC 6321) and jCal.
Microsoft Windows 8.1 and later support tz database names.
Microsoft has some support for tz database names.
CLDR data is available in both XML and JSON form.
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<meta http-equiv="Content-type" content='text/html; charset="US-ASCII"'>
<meta name="DC.Creator" content="Eggert, Paul">
<meta name="DC.Contributor" content="Olson, Arthur David">
<meta name="DC.Date" content="2014-02-19">
<meta name="DC.Date" content="2014-03-10">
<meta name="DC.Description"
content="Sources of information about time zones and daylight saving time">
<meta name="DC.Identifier"
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ title="Advanced Interactive eXecutive">AIX</abbr></a>,
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlackBerry_10">BlackBerry 10</a>,
<a href="http://www.apple.com/ios/"><abbr
title="iPhone OS">iOS</abbr></a>,
<a href="http://windows.microsoft.com/">Microsoft Windows</a>,
<a href="http://h71000.www7.hp.com/">Open<abbr
title="Virtual Memory System">VMS</abbr></a>,
<a href="http://oracle.com/database">Oracle Database</a>,
@@ -404,14 +403,14 @@ Schedules Information Manual</a> of the
<a href="http://iata.org/index.htm">International Air Transport
Association</a>
gives current time zone rules for airports served by commercial aviation.</li>
<li>Although Microsoft Windows 8.1 and later supports
the <code><abbr>tz</abbr></code> database names directly, many of its
applications use time zone information in an undocumented format
from earlier releases, with <abbr>ID</abbr>s that can be mapped to
<li>Some Microsoft Windows versions contain time zone information in
an undocumented format, with <abbr>ID</abbr>s that can be mapped to
<code><abbr>TZ</abbr></code> values using the <a
href="http://unicode.org/cldr/charts/supplemental/zone_tzid.html">Zone
&rarr; Tzid table</a> in the <abbr>CLDR</abbr> data mentioned
below.</li>
below, or via <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps">Windows
Store apps</a> classes such as <a
href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/dn264145.aspx">DateTimeFormatter</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Maps</h2>
<ul>