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Neil Fuller86e72c52017-06-12 15:36:06 +01001This directory contains tools for time zone updates.
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3Data update tools
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Neil Fuller56166d32017-06-12 12:57:10 +01006download-iana-data.py
7 - A helper script run before update-tzdata.py.
8 It downloads the latest tzdata update from IANA and puts it in
9 the system/timezone/input_data/iana directory for use by the
10 update-tzdata.py script.
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Neil Fuller86e72c52017-06-12 15:36:06 +010012 There are sometimes code and metadata changes associated
13 with tzdata updates that should be applied to ICU at the same time.
14 e.g. see http://bugs.icu-project.org/trac/search?q=2015d
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Neil Fuller56166d32017-06-12 12:57:10 +010016update-tzdata.py
Neil Fuller35467e12017-06-12 16:55:44 +010017 - Regenerates the external/icu and system/timezone/output_data timezone
18 data files.
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Neil Fuller35467e12017-06-12 16:55:44 +010020 CTS tests for ICU, bionic and libcore should be run before and after.
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