Which production-ready datetime library doesn't use zoneinfo? There should be no need to patch otherwise there would be quite a lot of patching happening each year. The current version is 2021e, meaning it's the 5th iteration for 2021.
Notably Fiji decided to not use DST in 2021/2022 but apparently plans to resume using it afterwards.
Any software using an IANA zone (e.g., America/New_York) shouldn't have any trouble. But any software that uses zone labels like EST might do the wrong thing, since EDT is being renamed to EST but will still have EDT's offset.
Notably Fiji decided to not use DST in 2021/2022 but apparently plans to resume using it afterwards.