Re: [icu-support] Time Zone C API?

[<yos...@us...>]

> However I've found the C api to offer fewer features than the C++ api, 
in 
> particular for working with Time Zones.  The ucal.h api offers some 
access to 
> Time Zones, but much seems to be missing, such as finding out the 
transitions 
> and even, bafflingly, what Time Zone ID the calendar is currently using. 
 
> There certainly doesn't appear to be any way to just access the tz 
> api without 
> a calendar?  Or am I missing something here?

You're right. TimeZone features are only exposed through ucal APIs in C.
The C API for finding the transitions was just added in ICU4C 50 (will be 
released in this week).

"what Time Zone ID the calendar is currently using" - It sounds like a 
hole. Could you file a ticket for enhancement?

Thanks,
Yoshito