<i18n dev> Integrated: 8340073: Support "%z" time zone abbreviation format in TZ files

[Naoto Sato]

On Thu, 12 Sep 2024 23:03:33 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.

This pull request has now been integrated.

Changeset: 418bb42b
Author:    Naoto Sato <naoto at openjdk.org>
URL:       https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/commit/418bb42b95b177f5f31f756054d0dd83740c6686
Stats:     19 lines in 2 files changed: 10 ins; 2 del; 7 mod

8340073: Support "%z" time zone abbreviation format in TZ files

Reviewed-by: jlu, joehw, coffeys

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/20979