<i18n dev> RFR: 8339637: (tz) Update Timezone Data to 2024b [v2]

[Justin Lu]

On Tue, 1 Oct 2024 18:16:56 GMT, Justin Lu <jlu at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Johny Jose has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>>   Review changes
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> src/java.base/share/classes/java/time/ZoneId.java line 191:
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>> 189:      * This map contains a mapping of the IDs that is in line with TZDB 2024b and
>> 190:      * later, where 'EST', 'MST' and 'HST' map to IDs which do not include daylight
>> 191:      * savings since 1970.
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> Hi Johny, the future flexibility clause seems to be missing in the spec update of ZoneId.

Thanks for the changes in https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/21265/commits/c3238444b63cb87c61f2503cbb1b5b7452181533.

Can we also add the following to the ZoneId specification,

Suggestion:

     * savings since 1970. This mapping may change in update releases in support of new versions of TZDB.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/21265#discussion_r1792184364