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6 DateTime::TimeZone::OlsonDB - An object to represent an Olson time zone
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16 This module parses the Olson database time zone definition files and
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19 Each time zone is broken down into several parts. The first piece is
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25 Rules are named, and may apply to many different zones. For example,
26 the "US" rules apply to most of the time zones in the US,
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42 <https://github.com/houseabsolute/DateTime-TimeZone/issues>.
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44 I am also usually active on IRC as 'autarch' on "irc://irc.perl.org".
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47 The source code repository for DateTime-TimeZone can be found at
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51 Dave Rolsky <autarch@urth.org>
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54 This software is copyright (c) 2019 by Dave Rolsky.
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56 This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
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59 The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included
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64perl v5.30.1 2019-11-18 DateTime::TimeZone::OlsonDB(3)