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Description:
Timezone data (/usr/share/zoneinfo) and utilities (tzselect/zic/zdump)
Homepage:
https://www.iana.org/time-zones
License:
BSD public-domain

Versions

Version EAPI Keywords Slot
2026a 8 ~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86 ~arm64-macos ~x64-macos ~x64-solaris 0
2025c 8 ~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc x86 ~arm64-macos ~x64-macos ~x64-solaris 0
2025b 8 ~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc x86 ~arm64-macos ~x64-macos ~x64-solaris 0
2025a-r1 8 ~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc x86 ~arm64-macos ~x64-macos ~x64-solaris 0

Metadata

Maintainers

Upstream

Raw Metadata XML 
<pkgmetadata>
	<maintainer type="project">
		<email>toolchain@gentoo.org</email>
		<name>Gentoo Toolchain Project</name>
	</maintainer>
	<use>
		<flag name="leaps-timezone">
      Install the set of "right" timezones; these timezones include leap seconds
      when counting seconds since the epoch (while POSIX does not) as they are
      based on the TAI (International Atomic Time) clock
    </flag>
		<flag name="zic-slim">
      Default to 'slim' file format for /usr/share/zoneinfo. Otherwise 'fat' format
      is used. Not all programs can handle 'slim' format'.
    </flag>
	</use>
	<upstream>
		<remote-id type="github">eggert/tz</remote-id>
	</upstream>
</pkgmetadata>

Lint Warnings

USE Flags

Flag Description 2026a 2025c 2025b 2025a-r1
leaps-timezone Install the set of "right" timezones; these timezones include leap seconds when counting seconds since the epoch (while POSIX does not) as they are based on the TAI (International Atomic Time) clock ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
nls Add Native Language Support (using gettext - GNU locale utilities) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
zic-slim Default to 'slim' file format for /usr/share/zoneinfo. Otherwise 'fat' format is used. Not all programs can handle 'slim' format'. ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Manifest

Type File Size Versions
DIST tzdb-2025b.tar.lz 549879 bytes 2025b
DIST tzdb-2025c.tar.lz 556440 bytes 2025c
DIST tzdb-2026a.tar.lz 559308 bytes 2026a
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DIST tzdb-2025a.tar.lz 548434 bytes