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Fwd: Bulletin C number 66
by Tim Parenti Aug. 14, 2023

Aug. 14, 2023

No leap second 2023-12-31, per below. See attached patch. -- Tim Parenti ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: IERS EOP Product Center <iers.eoppc(a)obspm.fr> Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2023 at 08:06 Subject: Bulletin C number 66 To: <bulc.iers(a)obspm.fr> INTERNATIONAL EARTH ROTATION AND REFERENCE SYSTEMS SERVICE (IERS) SERVICE INTERNATIONAL DE LA ROTATION TERRESTRE ET DES SYSTEMES DE REFERENCE SERVICE DE LA ROTATION TERRESTRE DE L'IERS OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS 61, Av. de l'Observatoire 75014 PARIS (France) Tel. : +33 1 40 51 23 35 e-mail : services.iers(a)obspm.fr http://hpiers.obspm.fr/eop-pc Paris, 04 July 2023 Bulletin C 66 To authorities responsible for the measurement and distribution of time INFORMATION ON UTC - TAI NO leap second will be introduced at the end of December 2023. The difference between Coordinated Universal Time UTC and the International Atomic Time TAI is : from 2017 January 1, 0h UTC, until further notice : UTC-TAI = -37 s Leap seconds can be introduced in UTC at the end of the months of December or June, depending on the evolution of UT1-TAI. Bulletin C is mailed every six months, either to announce a time step in UTC, or to confirm that there will be no time step at the next possible date. Christian BIZOUARD Director Earth Orientation Center of IERS Observatoire de Paris, France

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What is the "Factory" Zone used for?
by Justin Grant Aug. 10, 2023

Aug. 10, 2023

There's a Zone called "Factory". What is its purpose, and how is it used? Thanks! Justin Grant (I work with ECMA TC39 to make time zones work well in JavaScript)

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[PROPOSED] Document Paraguay’s recently-passed Law No. 7115
by Paul Eggert July 28, 2023

July 28, 2023

This law doesn’t change TZDB’s data; it merely codifies into law recent common practice as implemented by presidential decrees. * southamerica: Add comments re Law No. 7115. --- southamerica | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/southamerica b/southamerica index e55c5f08..9430b185 100644 --- a/southamerica +++ b/southamerica @@ -1697,6 +1697,12 @@ Rule Para 2010 2012 - Apr Sun>=8 0:00 0 - # From Carlos Raúl Perasso (2014-02-28): # Decree 1264 can be found at: # http://www.presidencia.gov.py/archivos/documentos/DECRETO1264_ey9r8zai.pdf +# +# From Paul Eggert (2023-07-26): +# Transition dates are now set by Law No. 7115, not by presidential decree. +# https://www.abc.com.py/politica/2023/07/12/promulgacion-el-cambio-de-hora-s… +# Although Google indexed this government URL, it did not work for me: +# https://www.bacn.gov.py/leyes-paraguayas/11831/ley-n-7115-establece-el-hora… Rule Para 2013 max - Mar Sun>=22 0:00 0 - # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -- 2.39.2

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[PATCH] Improve touches when making tarballs
by Paul Eggert July 27, 2023

July 27, 2023

* Makefile (SET_TIMESTAMP_N, set-timestamps.out) (tzdata$(VERSION)-rearguard.tar.gz, tzdata$(VERSION)-tailored.tar.gz): Do not use ‘touch -c’, as POSIX says it exits with status 0 even when it fails. Instead, check in the shell that a file exists before touching it. Chatter with “+ touch ...” before touching, to aid debugging of failures. --- Makefile | 23 +++++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index d891f837..68c644d8 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -958,12 +958,18 @@ $(MANTXTS): workman.sh # plus N if GNU ls and touch are available. SET_TIMESTAMP_N = sh -c '\ n=$$0 dest=$$1; shift; \ - touch -cmr `ls -t "$$@" | sed 1q` "$$dest" && \ + <"$$dest" && \ if test $$n != 0 && \ - lsout=`ls -n --time-style="+%s" "$$dest" 2>/dev/null`; then \ + lsout=`ls -nt --time-style="+%s" "$$@" 2>/dev/null`; then \ set x $$lsout && \ - touch -cmd @`expr $$7 + $$n` "$$dest"; \ - else :; fi' + timestamp=`expr $$7 + $$n` && \ + echo "+ touch -md @$$timestamp $$dest" && \ + touch -md @$$timestamp "$$dest"; \ + else \ + newest=`ls -t "$$@" | sed 1q` && \ + echo "+ touch -mr $$newest $$dest" && \ + touch -mr "$$newest" "$$dest"; \ + fi' # If DEST depends on A B C ... in this Makefile, callers should use # $(SET_TIMESTAMP_DEP) DEST A B C ..., for the benefit of any # downstream 'make' that considers equal timestamps to be out of date. @@ -992,7 +998,8 @@ set-timestamps.out: $(EIGHT_YARDS) --format='tformat:%cd' \ --date='format:%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' \ $$file` && \ - touch -cmd $$time $$file; \ + echo "+ touch -md $$time $$file" && \ + touch -md $$time $$file; \ else \ echo >&2 "$$file: warning: does not match repository"; \ fi || exit; \ @@ -1148,7 +1155,7 @@ tzdata$(VERSION)-rearguard.tar.gz: rearguard.zi set-timestamps.out sed '1s/$$/-rearguard/' <version >$@.dir/version : The dummy pacificnew pacifies TZUpdater 2.3.1 and earlier. $(CREATE_EMPTY) $@.dir/pacificnew - touch -cmr version $@.dir/version + touch -mr version $@.dir/version LC_ALL=C && export LC_ALL && \ (cd $@.dir && \ tar $(TARFLAGS) -cf - \ @@ -1172,7 +1179,7 @@ tzdata$(VERSION)-tailored.tar.gz: set-timestamps.out `test $(DATAFORM) = vanguard || echo pacificnew` (grep '^#' tzdata.zi && echo && cat $(DATAFORM).zi) \ >$@.dir/etcetera - touch -cmr tzdata.zi $@.dir/etcetera + touch -mr tzdata.zi $@.dir/etcetera sed -n \ -e '/^# *version *$.*$/h' \ -e '/^# *ddeps */H' \ @@ -1183,7 +1190,7 @@ tzdata$(VERSION)-tailored.tar.gz: set-timestamps.out -e 's/ /-/g' \ -e 'p' \ <tzdata.zi >$@.dir/version - touch -cmr version $@.dir/version + touch -mr version $@.dir/version links= && \ for file in $(TZDATA_DIST); do \ test -f $@.dir/$$file || links="$$links $$file"; \ -- 2.39.2

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[PATCH] Port better to POSIX 'touch'
by Paul Eggert July 26, 2023

July 26, 2023

* Makefile (set-timestamps.out): Use POSIX syntax for 'touch -d' rather than relying on a GNU extension. --- Makefile | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index 17e73891..d891f837 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -988,8 +988,11 @@ set-timestamps.out: $(EIGHT_YARDS) rm -f test.out && \ for file in $$files; do \ if git diff --quiet $$file; then \ - time=`git log -1 --format='tformat:%ct' $$file` && \ - touch -cmd @$$time $$file; \ + time=`TZ=UTC0 git log -1 \ + --format='tformat:%cd' \ + --date='format:%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' \ + $$file` && \ + touch -cmd $$time $$file; \ else \ echo >&2 "$$file: warning: does not match repository"; \ fi || exit; \ -- 2.39.2

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Problem with some timezone data from 2023 w/ Java SimpleTimeZone
by Andreas Haumer July 19, 2023

July 19, 2023

Hi! [I hope this is the right place to report this problem. I reported it on OpenSUSE bugzilla, but was asked to report it upstrem, too. See https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1213470 for my original bugreport] A few days ago I found that with the 2023c timezone database as installed on OpenSUSE LEAP or RedHat Fedora there are two timezones which produce an IllegalArgumentException in the SimpleTimeZone Java class (from OpenJDK 17): "Asia/Gaza" and "Asia/Hebron" The following small Java programm demonstrates the problem: andreas@localhost:~> cat TimeZoneTest.java import java.util.TimeZone; public class TimeZoneTest { public static void main(String[] argv) { for (final String id : TimeZone.getAvailableIDs()) try { TimeZone.getTimeZone(id).toString(); } catch (Exception ex) { System.out.println("TimeZone " + id + " failed: " + ex); } } } Running this programm with a current Java timezone database installed gives the following output: andreas@localhost:~> java TimeZoneTest.java TimeZone Asia/Gaza failed: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Illegal daylight saving value: 0 TimeZone Asia/Hebron failed: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Illegal daylight saving value: 0 andreas@localhost:~> rpm -q timezone-java timezone-java-2023c-150000.75.23.1.noarch andreas@localhost:~> java -version openjdk version "17.0.7" 2023-04-18 OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 17.0.7+0-suse-150400.3.24.1-x8664) OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 17.0.7+0-suse-150400.3.24.1-x8664, mixed mode, sharing) This is with OpenSUSE LEAP 15.4 and 15.5 I also see the same exceptions with Fedora 37, which also uses a separate 2023c timezone database for Java. Debian based systems (like Debian 11, Debian 12 or Ubuntu 22) run the above program without error. They use the internal tzdb which comes with OpenJDK. It looks like the timezone database contains a 0 for the dstSavings property. The constructor for the SimpleTimeZone Java class wants this calue to be > 0 and throws an IllegalArgumentException if it isn't: public SimpleTimeZone(int rawOffset, String ID, int startMonth, int startDay, int startDayOfWeek, int startTime, int startTimeMode, int endMonth, int endDay, int endDayOfWeek, int endTime, int endTimeMode, int dstSavings) { setID(ID); this.rawOffset = rawOffset; this.startMonth = startMonth; this.startDay = startDay; this.startDayOfWeek = startDayOfWeek; this.startTime = startTime; this.startTimeMode = startTimeMode; this.endMonth = endMonth; this.endDay = endDay; this.endDayOfWeek = endDayOfWeek; this.endTime = endTime; this.endTimeMode = endTimeMode; this.dstSavings = dstSavings; // this.useDaylight is set by decodeRules decodeRules(); if (dstSavings <= 0) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("Illegal daylight saving value: " + dstSavings); } } So: is this a problem with the timezone database or rather a problem with the implementation of the Java SimpleTimeZone class? Thanks! - andreas -- Andreas Haumer *x Software + Systeme | mailto:andreas@xss.co.at Karmarschgasse 51/2/20 | https://www.xss.co.at/ A-1100 Vienna, Austria | Tel: +43-1-6060114-0

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Issue with timezone
by Ty Hanks July 18, 2023

July 18, 2023

Having an issue with timezone ‘America/Bogota’ should be the same as ‘America/NewYork’ but if you pull time based on it from pytz which uses your database. You get the wrong timezone a 3 or 4 hour ahead timezone. Feel free to ask for more testing info if needed .. Thanks

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TZDB 2023c build issues with ARM busybox
by Rajesh Subramanian July 11, 2023

July 11, 2023

Hi Team, I am trying to compile the TZDB in ARM busysbox version: 2023c After compiling the executable during the installation stage, got an error while trying to create the timezone files using tzdata.zi. Could you please help on what is wrong here? make BACKWARD='backward' DESTDIR='/home/rajesh/code/iss/build/ISS-MVL-ARM-IM/niagara-staging/tmp/tz' LEAPSECONDS='' PACKRATDATA='' PACKRATLIST='' TZDEFAULT='/etc/localtime' TZDIR='/usr/share/zoneinfo' ZIC='./zic ' LEAPSECONDS= install_data make[1]: Entering directory '/home/rajesh/code/iss/build/ISS-MVL-ARM-IM/tz/tz-2023c' ./zic -v -d '/home/rajesh/code/iss/build/ISS-MVL-ARM-IM/niagara-staging/tmp/tz/usr/share/zoneinfo' tzdata.zi *./zic: 1: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting ")")* make[1]: *** [Makefile:697: install_data] Error 2 File format for the executable: file zic is linked with the expected host architecture. *zic*: ELF 32-bit LSB shared object, ARM, EABI5 version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, BuildID[sha1]=48cd5d62692908a4f58468f5077d4187fe06c825, not stripped Regards, Rajesh

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Error in Scandinavian tz data
by Anders Rosendahl June 28, 2023

June 28, 2023

Hello! I'm developing an application using the JavaScript Intl API (which is relying on the IANA tz db) for converting between local time and UTC. I started receiving error reports from users about wrong calculations (particularly from Denmark in the 1940's), and I discovered that in some cases daylight saving time was applied in a way not in accordance to historical facts. I investigated the IANA tz database files and I discovered that a change has happened in version 2022b (in the file "europe"). Compared to the earlier version (2022a), 4 zones seem to have their rules removed and instead linked to Europe/Berlin: Link Europe/Berlin Arctic/Longyearbyen Link Europe/Berlin Europe/Copenhagen Link Europe/Berlin Europe/Oslo Link Europe/Berlin Europe/Stockholm This, evidently, is not correct, and will result in erroneous results for these zones. Best wishes, Anders Rosendahl

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Re: [tz] [libc-coord] thread-safe localtime() for an arbitrary timezone
by Paul Eggert June 21, 2023

June 21, 2023

On 2023-06-15 10:03, enh wrote: > any thoughts on either renaming `struct state` (i went with `struct > __timezone_t` to match the typedef to timezone_t for the pointer) or having > a knob for that (i added a `#define state __timezone_t` in the `#if > NETBSD_INSPIRED` in private.h)? why do i care? because tzcode pulls in the > system <time.h>, which is actually fine for the tzcode code, but breaks the > OpenBSD wcsftime(). We could rename 'struct state', but I'm a bit lost as to what the problem is, as I don't see mention of 'state' or 'timezone_t' in openbsd/lib/libc/time/wcsftime.c. Although there is a 'struct state' in openbsd/lib/libc/time/localtime.c I assume you're replacing that with tzcode's localtime.c somehow. User apps (which tzcode is, by default) shouldn't define symbols like __timezone_t because these symbols are reserved to the system. We could easily rename 'struct state' to 'struct timezone_struct' so that you could compile with -Dtimezone_struct=__timezone_t, though I'm still curious about why 'struct state' causes problems. I'll cc this to the tz mailing list to see whether other people there have insight into this issue. For those new to the discussion, the original thread is archived here: https://www.openwall.com/lists/libc-coord/2023/06/14/1

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