Answer: The latest IANA time zone database release is Release 2026f, dated 2026-10-27.
Status: Confirmed
Entry: version/tzdata
Revision: 1
Digest: sha256:0ee91fbcb7a78b68 (changes whenever the content changes)

Timeline:
  Created: 2026-11-12T10:44:30Z
  Last changed: 2026-11-12T10:44:30Z
  Last verified: 2026-11-12T11:34:05Z
  Next check: 2026-11-13T11:34:05Z
  Check interval: Daily
  Expected change: No fixed schedule

Data:
  Field | Value | Source | As of
  release version | 2026f | [1] | 2026-11-12
  release date | 2026-10-27 | [1] | 2026-11-12

Sources:
  [1] IANA. "data.iana.org/time-zones/tzdb/NEWS". https://data.iana.org/time-zones/tzdb/NEWS
      Role: primary. Accessed: 2026-11-12T11:34:05Z
      Quote: "Release 2026f - 2026-10-27 23:16:49 -0700" (Supports: release version, release date)
      Published: 2026-10-28T07:16:39Z
      Snapshot SHA-256: 1b22446d6ac1690fec6fde2ad8283b40ca20ea2ed9607da386a1ecfeb3c13a1d (captured 2026-11-12T10:44:30Z)

Verification:
  Method: Automated extraction from [1] with deepseek-flash (JSON output, thinking disabled). Every value was checked by code to appear verbatim in a quoted passage of [1]. On this check the text of [1] was unchanged since 2026-11-12T10:44:30Z, so the values verified then were kept.
  Cross-check: not-available at 2026-11-12T11:34:05Z. No independent second source is configured for this entry
  Last successful check: 2026-11-12T11:34:05Z
  Last attempt: 2026-11-12T11:34:05Z

Notes and limitations:
  Extracted automatically from a single official source. Only the first 60,000 characters of the page text were read.

Change log:
  Time | Event | Change | Source
  2026-11-12T10:44:30Z | added | Entry created | —
  Changes for this entry as a feed: https://latestn.com/version/tzdata/latest

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  Form: https://latestn.com/dispute/version/tzdata
  POST: https://latestn.com/dispute/version/tzdata with claim, evidence_url, and optionally field and contact (form-encoded or JSON)
  GET: https://latestn.com/dispute/version/tzdata?claim={what is wrong}&evidence_url={link}

How to cite:
    latestN. (2026). What is the latest IANA time zone database release? Revision 1, last verified 2026-11-12T11:34:05Z. https://latestn.com/version/tzdata (accessed 2026-11-12T12:50:42Z).

    @misc{latestN_version_tzdata_r1,
      title        = {What is the latest IANA time zone database release?},
      author       = {{latestN}},
      year         = {2026},
      howpublished = {\url{https://latestn.com/version/tzdata}},
      note         = {Revision 1; digest sha256:0ee91fbcb7a78b68; last verified 2026-11-12T11:34:05Z; accessed 2026-11-12T12:50:42Z}
    }

URL: https://latestn.com/version/tzdata