RFR: 8340073: Support "%z" time zone abbreviation format in TZ files [v2]

[Naoto Sato]

On Fri, 13 Sep 2024 18:39:42 GMT, Naoto Sato <naoto at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Yet another preparation for upgrading the time zone data to 2024b, which introduced a new abbreviation format "%z". The update includes:
>> ...
>>       The main source files' time zone abbreviations now use %z,
>>       supported by zic since release 2015f and used in vanguard form
>>       since release 2022b. For example, America/Sao_Paulo now contains
>>       the zone continuation line "-3:00 Brazil %z", which is less error
>>       prone than the old "-3:00 Brazil -03/-02". This does not change
>>       the represented data: the generated TZif files are unchanged.
>>       Rearguard form still avoids %z, to support obsolescent parsers.
>> ...
>> 
>> Also fixed the logic to retrieve the linked tz name that is chaining.
>
> Naoto Sato has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
> 
>   Do not add all links

Thanks for the reviews!

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/20979#issuecomment-2353804321