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Re: Samoa's plans to shift the Inetrnational Dateline
by Gwillim Law April 19, 2011

April 19, 2011

The International Date Line is not defined by any international law or treaty. It is an arbitrary line drawn by cartographers, separating lands in the Pacific Ocean whose standard time is later than UTC from those whose standard time is earlier than UTC. Therefore, if Samoa decides to shift its standard time from UTC-11 to UTC+13, the cartographers will simply redraw the line to the east of Samoa. The same thing happened in 1995, when Kiribati changed the date for its eastern island groups. The Line Islands and the Phoenix Islands had been observing a different date, one day earlier than the Gilbert Islands where most of the people of Kiribati lived. In 1995, the Line and Phoenix groups were shifted forward by one day. They didn't need the approval of any international agency. In response, new maps began appearing with a large displacement in the International Date Line, skirting all of Kiribati along the country's eastern limit. "... the term 'International Date Line' is thus in fact a misnomer. Its exact course was never defined by any international treaty, law or agreement." (http://www.phys.uu.nl/~vgent/idl/idl.htm) "The IDL drawn on the map on this page and all other maps is now and always has been an artificial construct of cartographers-the precise course of the line in international waters is arbitrary. No international organization nor any treaty between nations has fixed the "straight line" segments and their junctions. All nations unilaterally determine their standard time zones..." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Date_Line) I hope that addresses your question adequately. Yours, Gwillim Law ----- Original Message ----- From: Leilani Tuala Warren The Samoa law Reform Commission has been tasked with looking into how Samoa can shift the international dateline so that it is in the same time zone as NZ, Fiji and Tonga rather than USA. Can we please enter into some dialogue as to how this can be done on a global scale?

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Samoa's plans to shift the Inetrnational Dateline
by Leilani Tuala Warren April 18, 2011

April 18, 2011

The Samoa law Reform Commission has been tasked with looking into how Samoa can shift the international dateline so that it is in the same time zone as NZ, Fiji and Tonga rather than USA. Can we please enter into some dialogue as to how this can be done on a global scale? Many thanks Leilani Tuala-Warren Executive Director -----------____________________________________ Leilani Tuala-Warren Executive Director Samoa Law Reform Commission Ground Floor, FMFM II Telephone: (685) 28493/94 Fax: (685) 28495 Samoa Law Reform Commission (SLRC) Disclaimer: The SLRC is a body corporate established by statute to facilitate the review, reform and development of the laws of Samoa. Any opinions expressed in this e-mail may not necessarily be those of the SLRC unless expressly stated. The information in this e-mail may be confidential and/or legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. If you are not the intended addressee, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you received this e-mail in error please notify SLRC immediately.

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Egypt government is working on a draft law to cancel DST.
by Alexander Krivenyshev April 18, 2011

April 18, 2011

Egypt government is working on a draft law to cancel DST. " ... that daylight saving time disturbs the dates of arrivals and departures at the airports ... draft law will be reviewed by the cabinet in its next meeting." Poll: 80% of Egyptians favor cancelling daylight saving time http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/404819 or http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_egypt03.html Alexander Krivenyshev, http://www.worldtimezone.com

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Update for Russia?
by Deborah Goldsmith April 16, 2011

April 16, 2011

Hi, I was wondering if there is any timeline for an update to address the changes in Russia? My understanding is we were blocked on knowing what name will be used after the change. Is that still the case? Thanks, Deborah

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FW: www.twinsun.com down
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] April 14, 2011

April 14, 2011

I'm forwarding this message from Christopher Hunt, who is not on the time zone mailing list. Those of you who are on the list, please direct replies appropriately. --ado -----Original Message----- From: Christopher Hunt [mailto:huntc@internode.on.net] Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2011 5:29 AM To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: Re: www.twinsun.com down Hi there, Any further advice on this? I noticed it was down too and, while it doesn't effect the ftp site, it is a little disconcerting. After all, zoneinfo is incredibly important! Going forward, do you see that there could be a more appropriate place for the zoneinfo website and its corresponding ftp site to live (even if it is just from a DNS perspective)? Kind regards, Christopher

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Airport Time Zones
by Bill Seymour April 14, 2011

April 14, 2011

Does anyone on the list know of a way to cross-reference IATA airport codes to tz zone names? Thanks, --Bill Seymour

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Compiler Warnings
by Andy Heninger April 13, 2011

April 13, 2011

Here are some compiler warnings that it would probably be good to be rid of. The compiler is optimizing away intended overflow tests in some cases. Results of integer operations are officially undefined when overflow occurs, so the compiler is within its rights in making this kind of assumption. $ gcc -Wall -O3 -c *.c localtime.c: In function ‘timesub’: localtime.c:1541: warning: assuming signed overflow does not occur when assuming that (X + c) < X is always false localtime.c:1545: warning: assuming signed overflow does not occur when assuming that (X - c) > X is always false localtime.c: In function ‘T.144’: localtime.c:1727: warning: assuming signed overflow does not occur when assuming that (X + c) < X is always false localtime.c:1738: warning: assuming signed overflow does not occur when assuming that (X + c) < X is always false localtime.c:1748: warning: assuming signed overflow does not occur when assuming that (X + c) < X is always false localtime.c:1752: warning: assuming signed overflow does not occur when assuming that (X - c) > X is always false localtime.c:1768: warning: assuming signed overflow does not occur when assuming that (X - c) > X is always false zdump.c: In function ‘main’: zdump.c:442: warning: assuming signed overflow does not occur when assuming that (X - c) > X is always false $ gcc --version gcc (Ubuntu 4.4.3-4ubuntu5) 4.4.3 -- Andy Heninger

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doubled-word typos in timezone/europe and southamerica
by Jim Meyering April 11, 2011

April 11, 2011

This fixes three instances of doubled words in the "europe" and "southamerica" files. I noticed these in glibc's files, which may well be out of date. FYI, I ran this command to spot candidates: git ls-files |xargs perl -0777 -n \ -e 'while (/\b(then?|[iao]n|i[fst]|but|f?or|at|and|[dt]o)\s+\1\b/gims)' \ -e '{$n=($` =~ tr/\n/\n/ + 1); ($v=$&)=~s/\n/\\n/g;' \ -e 'print "$ARGV:$n:$v\n"}' -------------------------- Remove doubled words in comments, e.g., s/do do/do/, s/the the/the/ diff --git a/europe b/europe index 3f39215..2bec186 100644 --- a/europe +++ b/europe @@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ # A monument to Willett was unveiled on 1927-05-21, in an open space in # a 45-acre wood near Chislehurst, Kent that was purchased by popular # subscription and open to the public. On the south face of the monolith, -# designed by G. W. Miller, is the the William Willett Memorial Sundial, +# designed by G. W. Miller, is the William Willett Memorial Sundial, # which is permanently set to Summer Time. # From Winston Churchill (1934-04-28): @@ -1761,7 +1761,7 @@ Zone Europe/Oslo 0:43:00 - LMT 1895 Jan 1 # # All these events predate our cutoff date of 1970. Unless we can # come up with more definitive info about the timekeeping during the -# war years it's probably best just do do the following for now: +# war years it's probably best just do the following for now: Link Europe/Oslo Arctic/Longyearbyen # Poland diff --git a/southamerica b/southamerica index 341e57f..96d844e 100644 --- a/southamerica +++ b/southamerica @@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ Zone America/La_Paz -4:32:36 - LMT 1890 # # As a result of the above Decree I believe the America/Rio_Branco # timezone shall be modified from UTC-5 to UTC-4 and a new timezone shall -# be created to represent the the west side of the Para State. I +# be created to represent the west side of the Para State. I # suggest this new timezone be called Santarem as the most # important/populated city in the affected area. #

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FW: last call for draft-lear-iana-timezone-database-03
by Eliot Lear April 11, 2011

April 11, 2011

Hi everyone, We need your help. We have made substantial progress in seeing to a permanent home for the TZ database and mailing list after Arthur David Olson's retirement. The announcement below indicates that the Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG) is now asking for feedback on the proposal, which is for the function to be homed by the IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority). The intent, again, is to document existing practice, and to establish a succession process. Now is the time for you to signify your agreement or disagreement with this proposal. Please send your comments to ietf(a)ietf.org, perhaps copying this mailing list. The IESG needs to hear from you as the most impacted community. Please do let them know what you think. Eliot On 4/11/2011 8:31 AM, The IESG wrote: > > The IESG has received a request from an individual submitter to consider > the following document: > - 'IANA Procedures for Maintaining the Timezone Database' > <draft-lear-iana-timezone-database-03.txt> as a BCP > > The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits > final comments on this action. Please send substantive comments to the > ietf(a)ietf.org mailing lists by 2011-05-09. Exceptionally, comments may be > sent to iesg(a)ietf.org instead. In either case, please retain the > beginning of the Subject line to allow automated sorting. > > The file can be obtained via > http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-lear-iana-timezone-database/ > > IESG discussion can be tracked via > http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-lear-iana-timezone-database/ > > > > No IPR declarations have been submitted directly on this I-D. > _______________________________________________ > IETF-Announce mailing list > IETF-Announce(a)ietf.org > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce >

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FW: Test cases for zoneinfo data
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] April 11, 2011

April 11, 2011

I'm forwarding this message from Christopher Hunt, who is not on the time zone mailing list. Those of you who are on the list, please direct replies appropriately. --ado -----Original Message----- From: Christopher Hunt [mailto:huntc@internode.on.net] Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 12:15 To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: Test cases for zoneinfo data Hi there, I'm creating a set of Java classes that closely reflect the structure of the Zoneinfo database. My requirement is driven mostly by wanting to dynamically update Java TimeZone classes i.e. as opposed to compiling a zoneinfo data and re-starting my application. In addition I feel that the ICU and Sun classes do not accurately reflect Zoneinfo structures. I shall open-source this project once it gets to a working point. It'd be terribly helpful if I could get hold of some test cases, automated or otherwise, that verify correct time zone calculations. Would anyone out there have such things? Kind regards, Christopher

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FW: Zoneinfo TZ v1.0.0 is now available
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] April 10, 2011

April 10, 2011

I'm forwarding this message from Christopher Hunt, who is not on the time zone mailing list. Those of you who are on the list, please direct replies appropriately. --ado -----Original Message----- From: Christopher Hunt [mailto:huntc@internode.on.net] Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2011 5:35 AM To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: Zoneinfo TZ v1.0.0 is now available Hi there, I've now made my Java implementation of a Zoneinfo parser and java.util.TimeZone facade available as open source via The Codehaus. My implementation closely honours the domain model of Zoneinfo. My project can be found at: http://zoneinfo-tz.codehaus.org/ I was wondering if the Zoneinfo website could be updated to include a link to it under the "Other tz- based time zone software" heading, and possibly just underneath the Sun Java line. Thanks for the consideration! Kind regards, Christopher

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Zoneinfo TZ v1.0.0 is now available
by Christopher Hunt April 10, 2011

April 10, 2011

Hi there, I've now made my Java implementation of a Zoneinfo parser and java.util.TimeZone facade available as open source via The Codehaus. My implementation closely honours the domain model of Zoneinfo. My project can be found at: http://zoneinfo-tz.codehaus.org/ I was wondering if the Zoneinfo website could be updated to include a link to it under the "Other tz- based time zone software" heading, and possibly just underneath the Sun Java line. Thanks for the consideration! Kind regards, Christopher

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Re: www.twinsun.com down
by Christopher Hunt April 10, 2011

April 10, 2011

Hi there, Any further advice on this? I noticed it was down too and, while it doesn't effect the ftp site, it is a little disconcerting. After all, zoneinfo is incredibly important! Going forward, do you see that there could be a more appropriate place for the zoneinfo website and its corresponding ftp site to live (even if it is just from a DNS perspective)? Kind regards, Christopher

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Ukraine's parliament registered a draft resolution to cancel seasonal clock change
by Alexander Krivenyshev April 6, 2011

April 6, 2011

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (Ukraine's parliament) registered a draft resolution to cancel seasonal clock change and to establish Ukraine time as second time zone plus one hour. <br> If current resolution will be approved, Ukraine will not switch to winter time anymore and "standard" time will be changed from UTC+2 to UTC+3. Reference from The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (Ukraine's parliament) (in Ukrainian): http://gska2.rada.gov.ua:7777/pls/zweb_n/webproc4_1?id=&pf3511=40036 and draft resolution (in Ukrainian): http://gska2.rada.gov.ua:7777/pls/zweb_n/webproc34? id=&pf3511=40036&pf35401=188537 Proposal to Parliament do not switch to Winter time anymore (in Russian): http://for-ua.com/ukraine/2011/04/06/151554.html or http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_ukraine03.html " ... From 27 March 2011 set Ukraine time as second time zone plus one hour..." Alexander Krivenyshev, http://www.worldtimezone.com

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proposed time zone package change (Falklands)
by Arthur David Olson April 6, 2011

April 6, 2011

Here are proposed changes to the "southamerica" file to reflect the decision to remain on DST throughout 2011 on a trial basis. If no problems are found, I'll update the ftp site on 2011-04-11 (before 2011-04-17, which is when the change first matters). --ado ------- southamerica ------- *** /tmp/geta7392 Wed Apr 6 17:15:05 2011 --- /tmp/getb7392 Wed Apr 6 17:15:05 2011 *************** *** 1,5 **** # <pre> ! # @(#)southamerica 8.47 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. --- 1,5 ---- # <pre> ! # @(#)southamerica 8.48 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. *************** *** 1343,1348 **** --- 1343,1366 ---- # For now, we'll just record the time in Stanley, since we have no # better info. + # From Steffen Thorsen (2011-04-01): + # The Falkland Islands will not turn back clocks this winter, but stay on + # daylight saving time. + # + # One source: + # <a href="http://www.falklandnews.com/public/story.cfm?get=5914&source=3"> + # http://www.falklandnews.com/public/story.cfm?get=5914&source=3 + # </a> + # + # We have gotten this confirmed by a clerk of the legislative assembly: + # Normally the clocks revert to Local Mean Time (UTC/GMT -4 hours) on the + # third Sunday of April at 0200hrs and advance to Summer Time (UTC/GMT -3 + # hours) on the first Sunday of September at 0200hrs. + # + # IMPORTANT NOTE: During 2011, on a trial basis, the Falkland Islands + # will not revert to local mean time, but clocks will remain on Summer + # time (UTC/GMT - 3 hours) throughout the whole of 2011. Any long term + # change to local time following the trial period will be notified. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Falk 1937 1938 - Sep lastSun 0:00 1:00 S Rule Falk 1938 1942 - Mar Sun>=19 0:00 0 - *************** *** 1354,1360 **** Rule Falk 1984 only - Sep 16 0:00 1:00 S Rule Falk 1985 2000 - Sep Sun>=9 0:00 1:00 S Rule Falk 1986 2000 - Apr Sun>=16 0:00 0 - ! Rule Falk 2001 max - Apr Sun>=15 2:00 0 - Rule Falk 2001 max - Sep Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Atlantic/Stanley -3:51:24 - LMT 1890 --- 1372,1379 ---- Rule Falk 1984 only - Sep 16 0:00 1:00 S Rule Falk 1985 2000 - Sep Sun>=9 0:00 1:00 S Rule Falk 1986 2000 - Apr Sun>=16 0:00 0 - ! Rule Falk 2001 2010 - Apr Sun>=15 2:00 0 - ! Rule Falk 2012 max - Apr Sun>=15 2:00 0 - Rule Falk 2001 max - Sep Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Atlantic/Stanley -3:51:24 - LMT 1890

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FW: Irkutsk and Ulan-Ude didn't change time zone, same MSK+5. New Russia map without DST.
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] April 5, 2011

April 5, 2011

From: Bruce Camber [mailto:camber@smallbusinessschool.org] Sent: Monday, April 04, 2011 7:03 To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov; worldtimezone(a)yahoo.com; Derick Rethans Subject: Re: Irkutsk and Ulan-Ude didn't change time zone, same MSK+5. New Russia map without DST. Alexander, Derick, and the TZ group: Is there any one person (or subgroup of people) within the TZ Group who is (are) advocating that time zones be pulled out of the UTC offset and that time zones be known simply as TZ 1-to-24? My reference on this topic is within the right column of this page: http://smallbusinessschool.org/page2424.html Is this a silly concept? Is so, I would be very interested to learn why.. Thank you. Warmly, Bruce Camber http://smallbusinessschool.org/page2646.html On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 6:07 AM, Alexander Krivenyshev <worldtimezone(a)yahoo.com> wrote: Derick Rethans <tz <at> derickrethans.nl> writes: > > On Wed, 30 Mar 2011, Arthur David Olson wrote: > > > Here are proposed changes to the time zone package; the executive summary: > > > > asia Russia to use permanent DST after its start in 2011. > > europe Russia to use permanent DST after its start in 2011. > > Irkutsk changes to Moscow+4 at start of DST in 2011. > > Ulan-Ude stays at Moscow+5 at start of DST in 2011 (new zone). > > Did you perhaps miss those in the 2011e update? I know that at least > Ulan-Ude didn't make it in. > > cheers, > Derick > Irkutsk stays at Moscow +5 (UTC+9) at start of DST in 2011. Ulan-Ude stays at Moscow+5 (UTC+9) at start of DST in 2011. Irkutsk region (with the rest of Russia) goes to Daylight saving time March 27, 2011. http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia30.html and new Russia map (without DST): http://www.worldtimezone.com/time-russia12.php http://www.worldtimezone.com/time-russia24.php Alexander Krivenyshev, http://www.worldtimezone.com

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FW: Zone and iso3166 info for the former Netherlands Antilles
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] April 5, 2011

April 5, 2011

I'm forwarding this message from Patrick Fermont, who is not on the time zone mailing ist. Those of you who are on the list, please direct replies appropriately. --ado From: pcjfermont(a)gmail.com [mailto:pcjfermont@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Patrick Fermont Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 9:16 To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: Zone and iso3166 info for the former Netherlands Antilles First of all my compliments for maintaining this excellent database. I have one remark regarding the former Netherlands Antilles. As of October 2010 Curacao, Aruba and Sint Maarten are independent countries within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. This information is available at http://www.iso.org/iso/country_codes/iso_3166_code_lists/english_country_na… and at http://www.minbuza.nl/en/News/Newsflashes/2010/10/Responsibility_for_foreig… In the current zone.tab and iso3166.tab of the tzdata2011e, Curacao is still part of the Netherlands Antilles (AN). I know it doesn't change anything for the timezone "america/curacao" but it would be nice to link this timezone to the correct countryname. Is there any way to change this in the zone and iso3166 files? Thanks again for the great work you're doing. Kind Regards, Patrick Fermont

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Zone and iso3166 info for the former Netherlands Antilles
by Patrick Fermont April 5, 2011

April 5, 2011

First of all my compliments for maintaining this excellent database. I have one remark regarding the former Netherlands Antilles. As of October 2010 Curacao, Aruba and Sint Maarten are independent countries within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. This information is available at http://www.iso.org/iso/country_codes/iso_3166_code_lists/english_country_na… at http://www.minbuza.nl/en/News/Newsflashes/2010/10/Responsibility_for_foreig… In the current zone.tab and iso3166.tab of the tzdata2011e, Curacao is still part of the Netherlands Antilles (AN). I know it doesn’t change anything for the timezone “america/curacao” but it would be nice to link this timezone to the correct countryname. Is there any way to change this in the zone and iso3166 files? Thanks again for the great work you’re doing. Kind Regards, Patrick Fermont

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DST rules in morocco
by Dan Abitbol April 5, 2011

April 5, 2011

Hello everybody I wanted to thanks again everyone for all efforts done last week which helped us to get tzdata rh packages and timezonedb.so modules very fast. All performed well this past week end in morocco. Many thanks. Special Thanks to Mr Olson , Derick and Christophe from our support Best Regards <http://www.streamwide.com/> Telecom future is starting today Dan ABITBOL VAS Product Manager Streamwide 84, rue d'Hauteville Paris 75010 France <mailto:dabitbol@streamwide.com> dabitbol(a)streamwide.com tel: mobile: Skype ID: SkypeIn #: <http://www.plaxo.com/click_to_call?src=jj_signature&To=%2B33170085286&Email =dabitbol66(a)hotmail.com> +33170085286 <http://www.plaxo.com/click_to_call?src=jj_signature&To=%2B33662168617&Email =dabitbol66(a)hotmail.com> +33662168617 dabitbol <http://www.plaxo.com/click_to_call?src=jj_signature&To=%2B33870465999&Email =dabitbol66(a)hotmail.com> +33870465999 <https://www.plaxo.com/add_me?u=8590259834&src=client_sig_212_1_banner_join& invite=1> Want to always have my latest info? <http://www.plaxo.com/signature?src=client_sig_212_1_banner_sig> Want a signature like this?

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proposeed time zone package changes--Chile/Russia/Irkutsk/Buryatia/Morocco
by Arthur David Olson April 4, 2011

April 4, 2011

Here are proposed changes to the time zone package; the executive summary: africa Add start and end of DST in 2011 in Morocco. asia Russia to use permanent DST after its start in 2011. europe Russia to use permanent DST after its start in 2011. Irkutsk changes to Moscow+4 at start of DST in 2011. Ulan-Ude stays at Moscow+5 at start of DST in 2011 (new zone). southamerica Change end and start of DST in 2011 in Chile. tz-link.htm Information on Time Zone Master. zone.tab Irkutsk changes to Moscow+4 at start of DST in 2011. Ulan-Ude stays at Moscow+5 at start of DST in 2011 (new zone). Current time stamps are affected by these changes. If no problems are found, the ftp versions will be updated on 2011-04-04. --ado diff -r -c old/africa new/africa *** old/africa Thu Dec 16 12:24:19 2010 --- new/africa Wed Mar 30 08:12:21 2011 *************** *** 1,5 **** # <pre> ! # @(#)africa 8.28 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. --- 1,5 ---- # <pre> ! # @(#)africa 8.29 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. *************** *** 712,717 **** --- 712,748 ---- # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-starts-dst-2010.html # </a> + # From Dan Abitol (2011-03-30): + # ...Rules for Africa/Casablanca are the following (24h format) + # The 3rd april 2011 at 00:00:00, [it] will be 3rd april 1:00:00 + # The 31th july 2011 at 00:59:59, [it] will be 31th July 00:00:00 + # ...Official links of change in morocco + # The change was broadcast on the FM Radio + # I ve called ANRT (telecom regulations in Morocco) at + # +212.537.71.84.00 + # <a href="http://www.anrt.net.ma/fr/"> + # http://www.anrt.net.ma/fr/ + # </a> + # They said that + # <a href="http://www.map.ma/fr/sections/accueil/l_heure_legale_au_ma/view"> + # http://www.map.ma/fr/sections/accueil/l_heure_legale_au_ma/view + # </a> + # is the official publication to look at. + # They said that the decision was already taken. + # + # More articles in the press + # <a href="http://www.yabiladi.com/articles/details/5058/secret-l-heure-d-ete-maroc-lev"> + # http://www.yabiladi.com/articles/details/5058/secret-l-heure-d-ete-maroc-lev + # </a> + # e.html + # <a href="http://www.lematin.ma/Actualite/Express/Article.asp?id=148923"> + # http://www.lematin.ma/Actualite/Express/Article.asp?id=148923 + # </a> + # <a href="http://www.lavieeco.com/actualite/Le-Maroc-passe-sur-GMT%2B1-a-partir-de-dim"> + # http://www.lavieeco.com/actualite/Le-Maroc-passe-sur-GMT%2B1-a-partir-de-dim + # anche-prochain-5538.html + # </a> + # RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Morocco 1939 only - Sep 12 0:00 1:00 S *************** *** 735,740 **** --- 766,773 ---- Rule Morocco 2009 only - Aug 21 0:00 0 - Rule Morocco 2010 only - May 2 0:00 1:00 S Rule Morocco 2010 only - Aug 8 0:00 0 - + Rule Morocco 2011 only - Apr 3 0:00 1:00 S + Rule Morocco 2011 only - Jul 31 1:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Casablanca -0:30:20 - LMT 1913 Oct 26 0:00 Morocco WE%sT 1984 Mar 16 diff -r -c old/asia new/asia *** old/asia Tue Jan 4 13:14:47 2011 --- new/asia Wed Mar 30 09:02:23 2011 *************** *** 1,4 **** ! # @(#)asia 8.62 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. --- 1,4 ---- ! # @(#)asia 8.63 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. *************** *** 73,81 **** Rule RussiaAsia 1985 1991 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S Rule RussiaAsia 1992 only - Mar lastSat 23:00 1:00 S Rule RussiaAsia 1992 only - Sep lastSat 23:00 0 - ! Rule RussiaAsia 1993 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S Rule RussiaAsia 1993 1995 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 - ! Rule RussiaAsia 1996 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 - # Afghanistan # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] --- 73,81 ---- Rule RussiaAsia 1985 1991 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S Rule RussiaAsia 1992 only - Mar lastSat 23:00 1:00 S Rule RussiaAsia 1992 only - Sep lastSat 23:00 0 - ! Rule RussiaAsia 1993 2011 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S Rule RussiaAsia 1993 1995 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 - ! Rule RussiaAsia 1996 2010 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 - # Afghanistan # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] diff -r -c old/europe new/europe *** old/europe Thu Mar 10 22:03:39 2011 --- new/europe Wed Mar 30 09:38:23 2011 *************** *** 1,5 **** # <pre> ! # @(#)europe 8.28 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. --- 1,5 ---- # <pre> ! # @(#)europe 8.30 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. *************** *** 561,570 **** # Rule Russia 1992 only - Mar lastSat 23:00 1:00 S Rule Russia 1992 only - Sep lastSat 23:00 0 - ! Rule Russia 1993 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Russia 1993 1995 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 - ! Rule Russia 1996 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 - # These are for backward compatibility with older versions. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] --- 561,588 ---- # Rule Russia 1992 only - Mar lastSat 23:00 1:00 S Rule Russia 1992 only - Sep lastSat 23:00 0 - ! Rule Russia 1993 2011 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Russia 1993 1995 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 - ! Rule Russia 1996 2010 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 - + # From Steffen Thorsen (2011-02-08): + # Many news sources report that Russia will move clocks forward for DST + # as usual, but not back again, so they will stay permanently on DST, + # from 2011. + # + # Some examples: + # <a href="http://themoscownews.com/society/20110208/188402634.html"> + # http://themoscownews.com/society/20110208/188402634.html + # </a> + # <a href="http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/World/Story/STIStory_632614.html"> + # http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/World/Story/STIStory_632614.html + # </a> + # + # We will keep this page updated: + # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/russia-winter-time.html"> + # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/russia-winter-time.html + # </a> + # These are for backward compatibility with older versions. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] *************** *** 2147,2158 **** # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25): [This region consists of] # Respublika Buryatiya, Irkutskaya oblast', # Ust'-Ordynskij Buryatskij avtonomnyj okrug. Zone Asia/Irkutsk 6:57:20 - LMT 1880 6:57:20 - IMT 1920 Jan 25 # Irkutsk Mean Time 7:00 - IRKT 1930 Jun 21 # Irkutsk Time 8:00 Russia IRK%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 7:00 Russia IRK%sT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s ! 8:00 Russia IRK%sT # # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2003-10-18): [This region consists of] # Aginskij Buryatskij avtonomnyj okrug, Amurskaya oblast', --- 2165,2211 ---- # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25): [This region consists of] # Respublika Buryatiya, Irkutskaya oblast', # Ust'-Ordynskij Buryatskij avtonomnyj okrug. + + # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-03-16): + # According to various media sources (in Russian): + # <a href="http://www.irk.ru/news/20110316/time/"> + # http://www.irk.ru/news/20110316/time/ + # </a> + # <a href="http://www.bratsk.ru/report/show/8416.html"> + # http://www.bratsk.ru/report/show/8416.html + # </a> + # Irkutsk Region (Russia) has received government permission to change + # time zone to Krasnoyarsk time zone (UTC+8 summer time after March 27, + # 2011). On March 27, 2011 Irkutsk will keep its clock without change to + # Summer Time (DST) when most of Russia will move to DST. After March 27, + # 2011 time difference between Moscow (UTC+4 after March 27, 2011) and + # Irkutsk (UTC+8 after March 27, 2011) will be 4 hours, not 5 hours. + # + # or + # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia27.html"> + # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia27.html + # </a> + + # From Alexander Ray (2011-03-27): + # In the time zone change Russia took this March, Irkutsk Oblast began + # using Krasnoyarsk Time while Buryatia didn't, so a split of + # Asia/Irkutsk is in order, creating Asia/UlanUde(?). + Zone Asia/Irkutsk 6:57:20 - LMT 1880 6:57:20 - IMT 1920 Jan 25 # Irkutsk Mean Time 7:00 - IRKT 1930 Jun 21 # Irkutsk Time 8:00 Russia IRK%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 7:00 Russia IRK%sT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s ! 8:00 Russia IRK%sT 2011 Mar 27 2:00s ! 7:00 Russia KRA%sT ! ! Zone Asia/Ulan_Ude 7:10:24 - LMT 1880 ! 6:57:20 - IMT 1920 Jan 25 # Irkutsk Mean Time ! 7:00 - IRKT 1930 Jun 21 # Irkutsk Time ! 8:00 Russia IRK%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s ! 7:00 Russia IRK%sT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s ! 8:00 Russia BUR%sT ! # # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2003-10-18): [This region consists of] # Aginskij Buryatskij avtonomnyj okrug, Amurskaya oblast', diff -r -c old/southamerica new/southamerica *** old/southamerica Wed Mar 2 12:47:20 2011 --- new/southamerica Wed Mar 30 08:42:44 2011 *************** *** 1,5 **** # <pre> ! # @(#)southamerica 8.45 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. --- 1,5 ---- # <pre> ! # @(#)southamerica 8.46 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. *************** *** 1171,1176 **** --- 1171,1189 ---- # From Arthur David Olson (2011-03-02): # The emol.com article mentions a water shortage as the cause of the # postponement, which may mean that it's not a permanent change. + + # From Glenn Eychaner (2011-03-28): + # The article: + # <a href="http://diario.elmercurio.com/2011/03/28/_portada/_portada/noticias/7565897A…"> + # http://diario.elmercurio.com/2011/03/28/_portada/_portada/noticias/7565897A… + # </a> + # + # In English: + # Chile's clocks will go back an hour this year on the 7th of May instead + # of this Saturday. They will go forward again the 3rd Saturday in + # August, just as before 1968. This is a pilot plan which will be + # reevaluated in 2012. + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Chile 1927 1932 - Sep 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Chile 1928 1932 - Apr 1 0:00 0 - *************** *** 1200,1212 **** Rule Chile 1998 only - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - Rule Chile 1998 only - Sep 27 4:00u 1:00 S Rule Chile 1999 only - Apr 4 3:00u 0 - ! Rule Chile 1999 max - Oct Sun>=9 4:00u 1:00 S Rule Chile 2000 2007 - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - # N.B.: the end of March 29 in Chile is March 30 in Universal time, # which is used below in specifying the transition. Rule Chile 2008 only - Mar 30 3:00u 0 - Rule Chile 2009 only - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - ! Rule Chile 2010 2011 - Apr Sun>=1 3:00u 0 - Rule Chile 2012 max - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - # IATA SSIM anomalies: (1992-02) says 1992-03-14; # (1996-09) says 1998-03-08. Ignore these. --- 1213,1228 ---- Rule Chile 1998 only - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - Rule Chile 1998 only - Sep 27 4:00u 1:00 S Rule Chile 1999 only - Apr 4 3:00u 0 - ! Rule Chile 1999 2010 - Oct Sun>=9 4:00u 1:00 S ! Rule Chile 2011 only - Aug Sun>=16 4:00u 1:00 S ! Rule Chile 2012 max - Oct Sun>=9 4:00u 1:00 S Rule Chile 2000 2007 - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - # N.B.: the end of March 29 in Chile is March 30 in Universal time, # which is used below in specifying the transition. Rule Chile 2008 only - Mar 30 3:00u 0 - Rule Chile 2009 only - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - ! Rule Chile 2010 only - Apr Sun>=1 3:00u 0 - ! Rule Chile 2011 only - May Sun>=2 3:00u 0 - Rule Chile 2012 max - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - # IATA SSIM anomalies: (1992-02) says 1992-03-14; # (1996-09) says 1998-03-08. Ignore these. diff -r -c old/tz-link.htm new/tz-link.htm *** old/tz-link.htm Wed Jan 12 10:40:27 2011 --- new/tz-link.htm Wed Mar 30 09:52:14 2011 *************** *** 18,24 **** <body> <h1>Sources for Time Zone and Daylight Saving Time Data</h1> <address> ! @(#)tz-link.htm 8.31 </address> <p> This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of --- 18,24 ---- <body> <h1>Sources for Time Zone and Daylight Saving Time Data</h1> <address> ! @(#)tz-link.htm 8.32 </address> <p> This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of *************** *** 318,323 **** --- 318,334 ---- lets users "see the time in up to 25 locations in the world at once." (From Hans Nieuwenhuis, 2009-11-02.) </li> + <li> + <a href="http://www.relativedata.com/time-zone-master"> + Time Zone Master Basic + </a> "allows people to display multiple desktop clocks, and to + research current and historical time information, as well as times of + astronomical events (sunrise/transit/set, moonrise/transit/set, phases, + season starts) for user-selected dates in the past and future. It can + automatically download, compile and use the tzdata**.gz database files + as they are released to keep the data up to date. The software is + free." (Davie Patte) + </li> </ul> <h2>Other time zone databases</h2> <ul> diff -r -c old/zone.tab new/zone.tab *** old/zone.tab Wed Feb 9 14:00:33 2011 --- new/zone.tab Wed Mar 30 09:38:23 2011 *************** *** 1,5 **** # <pre> ! # @(#)zone.tab 8.41 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. # --- 1,5 ---- # <pre> ! # @(#)zone.tab 8.42 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. # *************** *** 337,343 **** RU +5502+08255 Asia/Novosibirsk Moscow+03 - Novosibirsk RU +5345+08707 Asia/Novokuznetsk Moscow+03 - Novokuznetsk RU +5601+09250 Asia/Krasnoyarsk Moscow+04 - Yenisei River ! RU +5216+10420 Asia/Irkutsk Moscow+05 - Lake Baikal RU +6200+12940 Asia/Yakutsk Moscow+06 - Lena River RU +4310+13156 Asia/Vladivostok Moscow+07 - Amur River RU +4658+14242 Asia/Sakhalin Moscow+07 - Sakhalin Island --- 337,344 ---- RU +5502+08255 Asia/Novosibirsk Moscow+03 - Novosibirsk RU +5345+08707 Asia/Novokuznetsk Moscow+03 - Novokuznetsk RU +5601+09250 Asia/Krasnoyarsk Moscow+04 - Yenisei River ! RU +5216+10420 Asia/Irkutsk Moscow+04 - Lake Baikal ! RU +5150+10736 Asia/Ulan_Ude Moscow+05 - Buryatia RU +6200+12940 Asia/Yakutsk Moscow+06 - Lena River RU +4310+13156 Asia/Vladivostok Moscow+07 - Amur River RU +4658+14242 Asia/Sakhalin Moscow+07 - Sakhalin Island

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Plan to push South Australia time back 30 minutes
by Alexander Krivenyshev April 4, 2011

April 4, 2011

Plan to push South Australia time back 30 minutes. MP to push for SA time zone change http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/04/04/3181183.htm or http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_australia16.html " ... There is said to be support on the state's west coast where many people get up for work and school in the dark toward the end of daylight saving..." Alexander Krivenyshev, http://www.worldtimezone.com

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Many municipalities in Oaxaca (Mexico) are ignoring DST again.
by Alexander Krivenyshev April 3, 2011

April 3, 2011

For the fifteenth consecutive years many municipalities in Oaxaca (Mexico) are ignoring DST again. Municipios de Oaxaca no acatarán nuevo horario(in Spanish): http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/756339.html or http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_mexico09.html " ... 14 000 elementary schools in Oaxaca public education and in most municipalities (418 of the 570) in the state of Oaxaca do not abide by Daylight Saving Time ... Alexander Krivenyshev, http://www.worldtimezone.com

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Zoneinfo TZ v1.0.0 is now available
by Christopher Hunt April 3, 2011

April 3, 2011

Hi there, I've now made my Java implementation of a Zoneinfo parser and java.util.TimeZone facade available as open source via The Codehaus. My implementation closely honours the domain model of Zoneinfo. My project can be found at: http://zoneinfo-tz.codehaus.org/ and a v1.0.0 has now been cut. I shall shortly push the v1.0.0 artifact to the Maven central repository. I was wondering if the Zoneinfo website could be updated to include a link to it under the "Other tz-based time zone software" heading, and possibly just underneath the Sun Java line. Thanks for the consideration! Kind regards, Christopher

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Falkland Islands to not fall back this year
by Steffen Thorsen April 1, 2011

April 1, 2011

The Falkland Islands will not turn back clocks this winter, but stay on daylight saving time. One source: http://www.falklandnews.com/public/story.cfm?get=5914&source=3 We have gotten this confirmed by a clerk of the legislative assembly: Normally the clocks revert to Local Mean Time (UTC/GMT -4 hours) on the third Sunday of April at 0200hrs and advance to Summer Time (UTC/GMT -3 hours) on the first Sunday of September at 0200hrs. IMPORTANT NOTE: During 2011, on a trial basis, the Falkland Islands will not revert to local mean time, but clocks will remain on Summer time (UTC/GMT - 3 hours) throughout the whole of 2011. Any long term change to local time following the trial period will be notified. Best regards, Steffen Thorsen - timeanddate.com

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New timezone OLSON db with Morocco DST changeset for 2011
by Dan Abitbol April 1, 2011

April 1, 2011

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