On Fri, 30 Jun 2023 at 16:38, Ian Pilcher wrote:
Rather than expecting runtimes and applications to be fixed to work
without any timezone information, perhaps the best way forward would be
to create a tzdata-utc (and similar Java and Python packages).
(Sorry if this has already been suggested & rejected. I don't remember
seeing it in this thread, but ...)
From the change proposal:
== Feedback ==
In June of 2021, we proposed creating a new tzdata sub-package that
would only provide the UTC timezone. As part of the discussion around
this proposal, it was recommended that we completely remove tzdata. We
appreciated this input and welcome additional feedback.