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FW: Updated file is not working[BDT to BDST]
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] June 18, 2009

June 18, 2009

I'm forwarding this message from Mohammed Zahid Hossain; MZH was not on the time zone mailing list when the message was sent, but is now. --ado -----Original Message----- From: Mohammed Zahid Hossain [mailto:zahid@allbd.com] Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 8:03 To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: Updated file is not working[BDT to BDST] Hello, Updating with the given zoneinfo [Asia/Dhaka] datafile changing nothing but the time initial BDT to BDST. I've tried to edit the earlier data file [tzdata2009i.tar.gz] and with little change found following: $zdump -v /etc/localtime | grep 2009 /etc/localtime Fri Jun 19 16:59:59 2009 UTC = Fri Jun 19 22:59:59 2009 BDT isdst=0 gmtoff=21600 /etc/localtime Fri Jun 19 17:00:00 2009 UTC = Sat Jun 20 00:00:00 2009 BDST isdst=1 gmtoff=25200 /etc/localtime Tue Sep 29 16:59:59 2009 UTC = Tue Sep 29 23:59:59 2009 BDST isdst=1 gmtoff=25200 /etc/localtime Tue Sep 29 17:00:00 2009 UTC = Tue Sep 29 23:00:00 2009 BDT isdst=0 gmtoff=21600 #Here is the tzdata/asia file # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Bang 2009 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - Rule Bang 2009 only - Jun 19 23:00 1:00 S Rule Bang 2009 only - Sep 30 00:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Dhaka 6:01:40 - LMT 1890 5:53:20 - HMT 1941 Oct # Howrah Mean Time? 6:30 - BURT 1942 May 15 # Burma Time 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep 6:30 - BURT 1951 Sep 30 6:00 - DACT 1971 Mar 26 # Dacca Time 6:00 Bang BD%sT But still having problem with backward. Thanks, -- Mohammed Zahid Hossain System Administrator & Head of Operation ====================================== Onenet Communications Limited(ABSCO) (The ISP division of OneTel) Bulu Ocean Tower (14th Floor) 40 Kemal Ataturk Avenue Banani, Dhaka-1213, Bangladesh. Tel: (880-2) 885-3164, 886-0861, 882-1486, 989-8391 Web: http://www.onenetbd.com/

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Updated file is not working[BDT to BDST]
by Mohammed Zahid Hossain June 18, 2009

June 18, 2009

Hello, Updating with the given zoneinfo [Asia/Dhaka] datafile changing nothing but the time initial BDT to BDST. I've tried to edit the earlier data file [tzdata2009i.tar.gz] and with little change found following: $zdump -v /etc/localtime | grep 2009 /etc/localtime Fri Jun 19 16:59:59 2009 UTC = Fri Jun 19 22:59:59 2009 BDT isdst=0 gmtoff=21600 /etc/localtime Fri Jun 19 17:00:00 2009 UTC = Sat Jun 20 00:00:00 2009 BDST isdst=1 gmtoff=25200 /etc/localtime Tue Sep 29 16:59:59 2009 UTC = Tue Sep 29 23:59:59 2009 BDST isdst=1 gmtoff=25200 /etc/localtime Tue Sep 29 17:00:00 2009 UTC = Tue Sep 29 23:00:00 2009 BDT isdst=0 gmtoff=21600 #Here is the tzdata/asia file # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Bang 2009 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - Rule Bang 2009 only - Jun 19 23:00 1:00 S Rule Bang 2009 only - Sep 30 00:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Dhaka 6:01:40 - LMT 1890 5:53:20 - HMT 1941 Oct # Howrah Mean Time? 6:30 - BURT 1942 May 15 # Burma Time 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep 6:30 - BURT 1951 Sep 30 6:00 - DACT 1971 Mar 26 # Dacca Time 6:00 Bang BD%sT But still having problem with backward. Thanks, -- Mohammed Zahid Hossain System Administrator & Head of Operation ====================================== Onenet Communications Limited(ABSCO) (The ISP division of OneTel) Bulu Ocean Tower (14th Floor) 40 Kemal Ataturk Avenue Banani, Dhaka-1213, Bangladesh. Tel: (880-2) 885-3164, 886-0861, 882-1486, 989-8391 Web: http://www.onenetbd.com/

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Update URL for 2000/84/EC directive governing current EU DST
by Colin Watson June 18, 2009

June 18, 2009

The 'europe' file in tzdata-2009i has this link: # The most recent directive covers the years starting in 2002. See: # <a href="http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/lif/dat/2000/en_300L0084.html"> # Directive 2000/84/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council # of 19 January 2001 on summer-time arrangements. # </a> The URL given there no longer works properly. Here's an updated one, which Ian Jackson found by way of a search engine: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexapi!prod!CELEXn… Thanks, -- Colin Watson [cjwatson(a)debian.org]

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Bolivia may change Time Zone from GMT-04 to GMT-05 in the winter.
by Alexander Krivenyshev June 17, 2009

June 17, 2009

According to various news reports Bolivia is considering to change Time Zone from GMT-04 to GMT-05 in the winter 2009/2010 to prevent the spread of colds and the new seasonal influenza A strain H1N1. It would be the first time in Bolivian history that changes the time zone. Analizan en Bolivia cambiar el huso horario de invierno para evitar gripes (spanish) http://www.adn.es/sociedad/20090616/NWS-1425-Analizan-Bolivia-invierno-hora… cambiar.html El Gobierno quiere frenar incremento de los resfríos cambiando el huso horario (spanish) http://www.erbol.com.bo/noticia1.php?identificador=1689&bdatos=notiportada1 or (Spanish) http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_bolivia01.html Alexander Krivenyshev, http://www.worldtimezone.com

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proposed time zone package change for Bangladesh
by Arthur David Olson June 17, 2009

June 17, 2009

First a note that tzdata2009i.tar.gz does seem to do the expected thing here on the mother system: Script started on Mon Jun 15 06:34:58 2009 lecserver$ ./zdump -v Asia/Dhaka | grep 2009 Asia/Dhaka Fri Jun 19 17:59:59 2009 UTC = Fri Jun 19 23:59:59 2009 BDT isdst=0 Asia/Dhaka Fri Jun 19 18:00:00 2009 UTC = Sat Jun 20 01:00:00 2009 BDST isdst=1 lecserver$ exit script done on Mon Jun 15 06:35:15 2009 However, given this morning's note about DST starting at 23:00... Finally we've got the official mail regarding DST start time where DST start time is mentioned as Jun 19 2009, 23:00 from BTRC (Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission). No DST end date has been announced yet. ...and as a way to both simplify the change and avoid glitches, below find a proposed change to the "asia" file. Feedback both on the usefulness of the change and when to push it is welcome. --ado ------- asia ------- *** /tmp/geta26023 Mon Jun 15 06:44:15 2009 --- /tmp/getb26023 Mon Jun 15 06:44:15 2009 *************** *** 1,5 **** # <pre> ! # @(#)asia 8.34 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. --- 1,5 ---- # <pre> ! # @(#)asia 8.35 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. *************** *** 165,173 **** # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/bangladesh-daylight-saving-2009.html # </a> ! # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S ! Rule Bang 2009 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - ! Rule Bang 2009 only - Jun 20 0:00 1:00 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Dhaka 6:01:40 - LMT 1890 --- 165,176 ---- # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/bangladesh-daylight-saving-2009.html # </a> ! # From A. N. M. Kamrus Saadat (2009-06-15): ! # Finally we've got the official mail regarding DST start time where DST start ! # time is mentioned as Jun 19 2009, 23:00 from BTRC (Bangladesh ! # Telecommunication Regulatory Commission). ! # ! # No DST end date has been announced yet. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Dhaka 6:01:40 - LMT 1890 *************** *** 176,183 **** 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep 6:30 - BURT 1951 Sep 30 6:00 - DACT 1971 Mar 26 # Dacca Time ! 6:00 - BDT 2009 # Bangladesh Time ! 6:00 Bang BD%sT # Bhutan # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] --- 179,186 ---- 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep 6:30 - BURT 1951 Sep 30 6:00 - DACT 1971 Mar 26 # Dacca Time ! 6:00 - BDT 2009 Jun 19 23:00 # Bangladesh Time ! 6:00 1:00 BDST # Bhutan # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]

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Time zone references in art
by Dave Cantor June 16, 2009

June 16, 2009

A possible addition to tz-art.htm : In the 1946 "A Matter of Life and Death", there is a reference to British Double Summer Time. The time does not play a large part in the plot; it's just a passing reference to the time when one of the characters was supposed to have died (but didn't). The IMDb page is at http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0038733/ Dave Cantor Groton, CT

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FW: Re: tzdata2009i - Bangladesh
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] June 15, 2009

June 15, 2009

I'm forwarding this message from A. N. M. Kamrus Saadat, who is not on the time zone mailing list. Those of you who are on the list, please direct replies appropriately. --ado From: A. N. M. Kamrus Saadat [mailto:kamrus.saadat@aamra.com.bd] Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 7:42 To: Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] Cc: tz(a)elsie.nci.nih.gov Subject: RE: Re: tzdata2009i - Bangladesh Hi, For credibility issue, I am just sending scan copy of the official mail and one link. Please see the official letter written in Bengali from BTRC in the attached email. Currently no English version of this mail is available. Also please find the following link with the new start time information: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972423 Thanks, Kamrus -----Original Message----- From: Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] [mailto:olsona@dc37a.nci.nih.gov] Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 4:38 PM To: tz(a)elsie.nci.nih.gov Cc: kamrus.saadat(a)aamra.com.bd Subject: FW: Re: tzdata2009i - Bangladesh I'm forwareding this message from Kamrus Saadat, who is not on the time zone mailing list. Those of you who are on the time zone mailing list, please direct replies appropriately. --ado -----Original Message----- From: A. N. M. Kamrus Saadat [mailto:kamrus.saadat@aamra.com.bd] Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 4:37 To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: Re: tzdata2009i - Bangladesh Hi, Finally we've got the official mail regarding DST start time where DST start time is mentioned as Jun 19 2009, 23:00 from BTRC (Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission). No DST end date has been announced yet. Thanks, Kamrus From: A. N. M. Kamrus Saadat [mailto:kamrus.saadat@aamra.com.bd] Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 5:12 PM To: Muralidhar.Indraganti(a)Sun.COM Cc: sun.technologies(a)aamra.com.bd Subject: RE: Case:id-11355164-Sun Fire E6900: Need TZUpdater tool for Bangladesh DST rule-reg Hi Murali, Please see the official letter written in Bengali from BTRC in the attached email. Currently no English version of this mail is available. Also please find the following link with the new start time information: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972423 Thanks, Kamrus From: Muralidhar.Indraganti(a)Sun.COM [mailto:Muralidhar.Indraganti@Sun.COM] Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 5:04 PM To: A. N. M. Kamrus Saadat Cc: sun.technologies(a)aamra.com.bd Subject: Re: Case:id-11355164-Sun Fire E6900: Need TZUpdater tool for Bangladesh DST rule-reg Hi Kamrus, Does it mean that the information on http://www.bangladesh.gov.bd/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=172 is out-dated? Can you provide any public link like above/ scanned copy stating that DST start time is mentioned as Jun 19 2009, 23:00. Wanted to make sure that BTRC (Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission) is 100% correct on this. We would need an official/ public document to make the changes happen. Thanks, Murali. On 06/15/09 16:02, A. N. M. Kamrus Saadat wrote: Hi Murali, Finally we've got the official mail regarding DST start time where DST start time is mentioned as Jun 19 2009, 23:00 (previous start time was 20th June 2009 00:00) from BTRC (Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission). End date is not announced yet. So, we'll be in a big trouble if we need to update the rule manually for more than 500 servers belongs to Ericsson within a short period of time (only 3 days left). Could you please provide us the compiled Dhaka.dat file with the new DST rule where start time should be 19th June 2009 23:00 ? For the work around 1, Ericsson second line comments that it would be too difficult to implement. Changes to every application's start script would be required and these changes may be wiped after the next CU/EC/EU upgrade. So they want to go for the work around 2. What's your comments regarding this? Thanks, Kamrus From: Muralidhar.Indraganti(a)Sun.COM [mailto:Muralidhar.Indraganti@Sun.COM] Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 3:50 PM To: A. N. M. Kamrus Saadat Subject: Re: Case:id-11355164-Sun Fire E6900: Need TZUpdater tool for Bangladesh DST rule-reg Hi Kamrus, Let me know how the workaround works for you. We have filed a Bug/ Change Request (CR): 6848989 (tz) Embed tzdata2009i into the tzupdater tool We Escalated this to the Engineering for a fix. Will be embeded tzdata2009i into the tzupdater tool. PS: This is not yet tested & certified by Sun Q&A. This is NOT for Production use. Please test this on your Test machine and let us know how it works for you. Thanks, Murali.

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RE: Re: tzdata2009i - Bangladesh
by A. N. M. Kamrus Saadat June 15, 2009

June 15, 2009

Hi, For credibility issue, I am just sending scan copy of the official mail and one link. Please see the official letter written in Bengali from BTRC in the attached email. Currently no English version of this mail is available. Also please find the following link with the new start time information: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972423 Thanks, Kamrus -----Original Message----- From: Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] [mailto:olsona@dc37a.nci.nih.gov] Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 4:38 PM To: tz(a)elsie.nci.nih.gov Cc: kamrus.saadat(a)aamra.com.bd Subject: FW: Re: tzdata2009i - Bangladesh I'm forwareding this message from Kamrus Saadat, who is not on the time zone mailing list. Those of you who are on the time zone mailing list, please direct replies appropriately. --ado -----Original Message----- From: A. N. M. Kamrus Saadat [mailto:kamrus.saadat@aamra.com.bd] Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 4:37 To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: Re: tzdata2009i - Bangladesh Hi, Finally we've got the official mail regarding DST start time where DST start time is mentioned as Jun 19 2009, 23:00 from BTRC (Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission). No DST end date has been announced yet. Thanks, Kamrus From: A. N. M. Kamrus Saadat [mailto:kamrus.saadat@aamra.com.bd] Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 5:12 PM To: Muralidhar.Indraganti(a)Sun.COM Cc: sun.technologies(a)aamra.com.bd Subject: RE: Case:id-11355164-Sun Fire E6900: Need TZUpdater tool for Bangladesh DST rule-reg Hi Murali, Please see the official letter written in Bengali from BTRC in the attached email. Currently no English version of this mail is available. Also please find the following link with the new start time information: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972423 Thanks, Kamrus From: Muralidhar.Indraganti(a)Sun.COM [mailto:Muralidhar.Indraganti@Sun.COM] Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 5:04 PM To: A. N. M. Kamrus Saadat Cc: sun.technologies(a)aamra.com.bd Subject: Re: Case:id-11355164-Sun Fire E6900: Need TZUpdater tool for Bangladesh DST rule-reg Hi Kamrus, Does it mean that the information on http://www.bangladesh.gov.bd/index.php?option=com_content <http://www.bangladesh.gov.bd/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=172> &task=view&id=172 is out-dated? Can you provide any public link like above/ scanned copy stating that DST start time is mentioned as Jun 19 2009, 23:00. Wanted to make sure that BTRC (Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission) is 100% correct on this. We would need an official/ public document to make the changes happen. Thanks, Murali. On 06/15/09 16:02, A. N. M. Kamrus Saadat wrote: Hi Murali, Finally we've got the official mail regarding DST start time where DST start time is mentioned as Jun 19 2009, 23:00 (previous start time was 20th June 2009 00:00) from BTRC (Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission). End date is not announced yet. So, we'll be in a big trouble if we need to update the rule manually for more than 500 servers belongs to Ericsson within a short period of time (only 3 days left). Could you please provide us the compiled Dhaka.dat file with the new DST rule where start time should be 19th June 2009 23:00 ? For the work around 1, Ericsson second line comments that it would be too difficult to implement. Changes to every application's start script would be required and these changes may be wiped after the next CU/EC/EU upgrade. So they want to go for the work around 2. What's your comments regarding this? Thanks, Kamrus From: Muralidhar.Indraganti(a)Sun.COM [mailto:Muralidhar.Indraganti@Sun.COM] Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 3:50 PM To: A. N. M. Kamrus Saadat Subject: Re: Case:id-11355164-Sun Fire E6900: Need TZUpdater tool for Bangladesh DST rule-reg Hi Kamrus, Let me know how the workaround works for you. We have filed a Bug/ Change Request (CR): 6848989 (tz) Embed tzdata2009i into <http://monaco.sfbay/detail.jsf?cr=6848989> the tzupdater tool We Escalated this to the Engineering for a fix. Will be embeded tzdata2009i into the tzupdater tool. PS: This is not yet tested & certified by Sun Q&A. This is NOT for Production use. Please test this on your Test machine and let us know how it works for you. Thanks, Murali.

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FW: Re: tzdata2009i - Bangladesh
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] June 15, 2009

June 15, 2009

I'm forwareding this message from Kamru Saadat, who is not on the time zone mailing list. Those of you who are on the time zone mailing list, please direct replies appropriately. --ado -----Original Message----- From: A. N. M. Kamrus Saadat [mailto:kamrus.saadat@aamra.com.bd] Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 4:37 To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: Re: tzdata2009i - Bangladesh Hi, Finally we've got the official mail regarding DST start time where DST start time is mentioned as Jun 19 2009, 23:00 from BTRC (Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission). No DST end date has been announced yet. Thanks, Kamrus

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tzdata2009i - Bangladesh
by Jesper Nørgaard June 15, 2009

June 15, 2009

Bangladesh is applying DST this 20.th.of June. In file tzdata2009i this is the attempt to implement it: Rule Bang 2009 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - Rule Bang 2009 only - Jun 20 0:00 1:00 S Now that doesn't make sense to me at all. Bangladesh has not had anything close to "DST" since 1951, and then we zero-set DST January 1st. 2009? Then after implementation of DST next Saturday we leave it dangling for the next millenium? Probably this is really just a "typo" for Rule Bang 2010 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - Rule Bang 2009 only - Jun 20 0:00 1:00 S So Bangladesh leaves DST with year end of 2009, since we have no authoritative information. But this is not a very good guess in my opinion, in fact Steffen Thorsen mentions semi-authoritative information: "On another note, Bangladesh's minister for power said earlier in 2009 that the new timing might continue until the end of September. Timeanddate.com will provide an update on the DST end date when it becomes available." Any guess in the end of September seems better to me, or October 1.st. 2009 at 0:00? ... perhaps this was why Dave Rolsky's test cases were blowing up? :) - Jesper Nørgaard Welen

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2009i - Bangladesh suddenly switches to UTC
by Martin Pitt June 15, 2009

June 15, 2009

Hello, with 2009i, which was supposed to fix DST in Bangladesh, I get a very strange result: | $ zdump -v Asia/Dhaka | Asia/Dhaka -9223372036854775808 = NULL | Asia/Dhaka -9223372036854689408 = NULL | Asia/Dhaka Tue Dec 31 17:58:19 1889 UTC = Tue Dec 31 23:59:59 1889 LMT isdst=0 gmtoff=21700 | Asia/Dhaka Tue Dec 31 17:58:20 1889 UTC = Tue Dec 31 23:51:40 1889 HMT isdst=0 gmtoff=21200 | Asia/Dhaka Tue Sep 30 18:06:39 1941 UTC = Tue Sep 30 23:59:59 1941 HMT isdst=0 gmtoff=21200 | Asia/Dhaka Tue Sep 30 18:06:40 1941 UTC = Wed Oct 1 00:36:40 1941 BURT isdst=0 gmtoff=23400 | Asia/Dhaka Thu May 14 17:29:59 1942 UTC = Thu May 14 23:59:59 1942 BURT isdst=0 gmtoff=23400 | Asia/Dhaka Thu May 14 17:30:00 1942 UTC = Thu May 14 23:00:00 1942 IST isdst=0 gmtoff=19800 | Asia/Dhaka Mon Aug 31 18:29:59 1942 UTC = Mon Aug 31 23:59:59 1942 IST isdst=0 gmtoff=19800 | Asia/Dhaka Mon Aug 31 18:30:00 1942 UTC = Tue Sep 1 01:00:00 1942 BURT isdst=0 gmtoff=23400 | Asia/Dhaka Sat Sep 29 17:29:59 1951 UTC = Sat Sep 29 23:59:59 1951 BURT isdst=0 gmtoff=23400 | Asia/Dhaka Sat Sep 29 17:30:00 1951 UTC = Sat Sep 29 23:30:00 1951 DACT isdst=0 gmtoff=21600 | Asia/Dhaka Thu Mar 25 17:59:59 1971 UTC = Thu Mar 25 23:59:59 1971 DACT isdst=0 gmtoff=21600 | Asia/Dhaka Thu Mar 25 18:00:00 1971 UTC = Fri Mar 26 00:00:00 1971 BDT isdst=0 gmtoff=21600 | Asia/Dhaka Fri Jun 19 17:59:59 2009 UTC = Fri Jun 19 23:59:59 2009 BDT isdst=0 gmtoff=21600 | Asia/Dhaka Fri Jun 19 18:00:00 2009 UTC = Fri Jun 19 18:00:00 2009 UTC isdst=0 gmtoff=0 | Asia/Dhaka 9223372036854689407 = NULL | Asia/Dhaka 9223372036854775807 = NULL Note the third last line: It suddenly switches to UTC/gmtoff=0. This doesn't look right? Thank you for any enlightening, Martin -- Martin Pitt | http://www.piware.de Ubuntu Developer (www.ubuntu.com) | Debian Developer (www.debian.org)

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FW: Typos, duplicates, old/new names
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] June 12, 2009

June 12, 2009

I'm forwarding this message from Naoko McCracken, 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: Naoko McCracken [mailto:info@nao-net.com] Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 2:01 To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: Typos, duplicates, old/new names Hi, I was directed to your project when I reported issues with WordPress language file. They use your timezone database via the php function timezone_identifiers_list() to fetch country names for: http://svn.automattic.com/wordpress-i18n/pot/trunk/wordpress-continents- cities.pot My post: http://comox.textdrive.com/pipermail/wp-polyglots/2009-May/003435.html Reply: http://comox.textdrive.com/pipermail/wp-polyglots/2009-May/003439.html There are a couple more things reported by another language file maintainer: http://comox.textdrive.com/pipermail/wp-polyglots/2009-May/003443.html I'm totally new here and not sure if I'm sending this to the right place. I'd appreciate it if someone can help me through to get these issues straightened. Thank you, --- Naoko McCracken http://ja.wordpress.org/

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Typos, duplicates, old/new names
by Naoko McCracken June 11, 2009

June 11, 2009

Hi, I was directed to your project when I reported issues with WordPress language file. They use your timezone database via the php function timezone_identifiers_list() to fetch country names for: http://svn.automattic.com/wordpress-i18n/pot/trunk/wordpress-continents-cit… My post: http://comox.textdrive.com/pipermail/wp-polyglots/2009-May/003435.html Reply: http://comox.textdrive.com/pipermail/wp-polyglots/2009-May/003439.html There are a couple more things reported by another language file maintainer: http://comox.textdrive.com/pipermail/wp-polyglots/2009-May/003443.html I'm totally new here and not sure if I'm sending this to the right place. I'd appreciate it if someone can help me through to get these issues straightened. Thank you, --- Naoko McCracken http://ja.wordpress.org/

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tz file format
by russ June 9, 2009

June 9, 2009

Hi, I hope i'm not wasting your time. I'm attempting to read the tz database into a c# application, and I'm not sure how to interpret this entry: Zone Australia/Hobart 9:49:16 - LMT 1895 Sep 10:00 - EST 1916 Oct 1 2:00 10:00 1:00 EST 1917 Feb 10:00 Aus EST 1967 10:00 AT EST What is the significance of the "1:00" on the row ending in "1917 Feb". Do I just add this to the 10:00 offset? Thanks, Russell

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Understanding the Bangladesh change
by Dave Rolsky June 8, 2009

June 8, 2009

So I went to update my Perl package based on the Olson database this morning, and my tests are blowing up. The problem is that I don't have any code to handle the current Bangladesh situation. If I'm reading the database correctly, it says that there is a change scheduled for 2009, but then there's nothing scheduled for future years. Does that mean that 2010+ are considered unknown and uncalculatable? That seems somewhat problematic. I can't be the only one who expects to be able to use the Olson database to calculate future dates. -dave /*============================================================ http://VegGuide.org http://blog.urth.org Your guide to all that's veg House Absolute(ly Pointless) ============================================================*/

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tzcode2009i.tar.gz and tzdata2009i.tar.gz
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] June 8, 2009

June 8, 2009

The files... ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzcode2009i.tar.gz ...and... ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzdata2009i.tar.gz ...are now available; these reflect the changes circulated last week on the time zone mailing list (most importantly, updating for DST in Bangladesh this year). --ado

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Re: proposed time zone package change for Bangladesh
by Arthur David Olson June 6, 2009

June 6, 2009

Here's an updated proposed change, reflecting the information from Steffen Thorsen. The "asia" differences are against the current ftpable version. We'll need to revisit Bangladesh once the 2009 end date is determined. I've also added Eric Muller's tz-link.htm update. Barring problems, these will show up in the ftpable version on 2009-06-08. --ado ------- tz-link.htm ------- *** /tmp/geta9713 Tue Jun 2 09:31:42 2009 --- /tmp/getb9713 Tue Jun 2 09:31:42 2009 *************** *** 18,24 **** <body> <h1>Sources for Time Zone and Daylight Saving Time Data</h1> <address> ! @(#)tz-link.htm 8.19 </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 8.20 </address> <p> This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of *************** *** 360,367 **** </ul> <h2>Time zone boundaries</h2> <ul> ! <li><a href="http://efele.net/maps/tz/us/">A map of the TZ timezones in ! the US</a> contains a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shapefile">shapefile</a> of the <code>tz</code> regions in the US.</li> <li><a href="http://statoids.com/statoids.html">Administrative Divisions --- 360,366 ---- </ul> <h2>Time zone boundaries</h2> <ul> ! <li><a href="http://efele.net/maps/tz/">TZ timezone maps</a> contains a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shapefile">shapefile</a> of the <code>tz</code> regions in the US.</li> <li><a href="http://statoids.com/statoids.html">Administrative Divisions ------- asia ------- *** /tmp/geta9946 Tue Jun 2 09:41:11 2009 --- /tmp/getb9946 Tue Jun 2 09:41:11 2009 *************** *** 1,5 **** # <pre> ! # @(#)asia 8.32 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. --- 1,5 ---- # <pre> ! # @(#)asia 8.34 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. *************** *** 127,132 **** --- 127,174 ---- 3:00 - AST # Bangladesh + # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-05-13): + # According to newspaper Asian Tribune (May 6, 2009) Bangladesh may introduce + # Daylight Saving Time from June 16 to Sept 30 + # + # Bangladesh to introduce daylight saving time likely from June 16 + # <a href="http://www.asiantribune.com/?q=node/17288"> + # http://www.asiantribune.com/?q=node/17288 + # </a> + # or + # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_bangladesh02.html"> + # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_bangladesh02.html + # </a> + # + # "... Bangladesh government has decided to switch daylight saving time from + # June + # 16 till September 30 in a bid to ensure maximum use of daylight to cope with + # crippling power crisis. " + # + # The switch will remain in effect from June 16 to Sept 30 (2009) but if + # implemented the next year, it will come in force from April 1, 2010 + + # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-06-02): + # They have finally decided now, but changed the start date to midnight between + # the 19th and 20th, and they have not set the end date yet. + # + # Some sources: + # <a href="http://in.reuters.com/article/southAsiaNews/idINIndia-40017620090601"> + # http://in.reuters.com/article/southAsiaNews/idINIndia-40017620090601 + # </a> + # <a href="http://bdnews24.com/details.php?id=85889&cid=2"> + # http://bdnews24.com/details.php?id=85889&cid=2 + # </a> + # + # Our wrap-up: + # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/bangladesh-daylight-saving-2009.html"> + # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/bangladesh-daylight-saving-2009.html + # </a> + + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S + Rule Bang 2009 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - + Rule Bang 2009 only - Jun 20 0:00 1:00 S + # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Dhaka 6:01:40 - LMT 1890 5:53:20 - HMT 1941 Oct # Howrah Mean Time? *************** *** 134,140 **** 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep 6:30 - BURT 1951 Sep 30 6:00 - DACT 1971 Mar 26 # Dacca Time ! 6:00 - BDT # Bangladesh Time # Bhutan # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] --- 176,183 ---- 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep 6:30 - BURT 1951 Sep 30 6:00 - DACT 1971 Mar 26 # Dacca Time ! 6:00 - BDT 2009 # Bangladesh Time ! 6:00 Bang BD%sT # Bhutan # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]

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tzdata mirror no longer found (in tz-link.htm)
by Nathan Stratton Treadway June 5, 2009

June 5, 2009

I noticed that tz-link.htm file currently (as of the version in tzcode2009h.tar.gz) includes a link labeled "smaller HTTP mirror" to http://public.planetmirror.com/pub/timezone However, when I follow that link, the resulting page does not actually contain any timezone-related files -- and in fact after looking around a bit I didn't see any indication that the site still contains a separate mirror for the "upstream" timezone database. (Using the provided search box to search for the word "tzdata" returned only links related to the CentOS mirror that is hosted on the site.) On a separate-but-related topic: I'm not sure how the http://www.twinsun.com/tz/tz-link.htm web page is normally maintained, but I noticed that while the tzcode2009h file's version of the file contains a version stamp of "8.19", the version posted on twinsun is only "8.15". I mention this especially because the page is referenced in many places as the "home URL" of the timezone database project, so it seems like it would be worth trying to keep it as up-to-date as possible.... (The tz-arts.htm file on the twinsun site is also a few revions behind the current tzcode version, for what it's worth.) Thanks. Nathan ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nathan Stratton Treadway - nathanst(a)ontko.com - Mid-Atlantic region Ray Ontko & Co. - Software consulting services - http://www.ontko.com/ GPG Key: http://www.ontko.com/~nathanst/gpg_key.txt ID: 1023D/ECFB6239 Key fingerprint = 6AD8 485E 20B9 5C71 231C 0C32 15F3 ADCD ECFB 6239

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No DST in Mauritius the coming summer
by Steffen Thorsen June 5, 2009

June 5, 2009

According to several sources, Mauritius will not continue to observe DST the coming summer, which means that the current "max" rules for Mauritius should probably be changed to "only" rules. Some sources, in French: http://www.defimedia.info/news/946/Rashid-Beebeejaun-:-%C2%AB-L%E2%80%99heu… http://lexpress.mu/Story/3398~Beebeejaun---Les-objectifs-d-%C3%A9conomie-d-… Our wrap-up: http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/mauritius-dst-will-not-repeat.html Regards, Steffen Thorsen - timeanddate.com

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When a official time changes what's happend in real time ?
by S�bastien WILLEMIJNS June 2, 2009

June 2, 2009

Hello, When a TZ change in France in the middle of the night i sleep so i have never see if hour change in real time... I see on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Time_Protocol#Microsoft_Windows than W32TIME can have an 1-2 second error.. is http://www.meinberg.de/english/sw/ntp.htm is more precise ? Have a nice day/night ;)

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update to tz-link.htm
by Eric Muller June 2, 2009

June 2, 2009

When there is a good opportunity: *** tz-link.htm Sun May 17 11:44:05 2009 --- tz-link.htm.new Tue Jun 2 03:00:11 2009 *************** but the maps are more up to date.</li> *** 360,369 **** </ul> <h2>Time zone boundaries</h2> <ul> ! <li><a href="http://efele.net/maps/tz/us/">A map of the TZ timezones in ! the US</a> contains a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shapefile">shapefile</a> of the ! <code>tz</code> regions in the US.</li> <li><a href="http://statoids.com/statoids.html">Administrative Divisions of Countries ("Statoids")</a> contains detailed lists of <code>tz</code>-related zone subdivision data.</li> --- 360,368 ---- </ul> <h2>Time zone boundaries</h2> <ul> ! <li><a href="http://efele.net/maps/tz/">TZ timezones maps</a> contains a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shapefile">shapefile</a> of the ! <code>tz</code> regions in the world.</li> <li><a href="http://statoids.com/statoids.html">Administrative Divisions of Countries ("Statoids")</a> contains detailed lists of <code>tz</code>-related zone subdivision data.</li> Thanks, Eric.

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proposed time zone package change for Bangladesh
by Arthur David Olson June 2, 2009

June 2, 2009

With June 16 looming and no better information available, here's a proposed change to the "asia" file to reflect use of DST in Bangladesh this year. If no problems are found, expect the ftpable file to be updated 2009-06-08. --ado ------- asia ------- *** /tmp/geta6499 Mon Jun 1 21:55:59 2009 --- /tmp/getb6499 Mon Jun 1 21:55:59 2009 *************** *** 1,5 **** # <pre> ! # @(#)asia 8.32 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. --- 1,5 ---- # <pre> ! # @(#)asia 8.33 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. *************** *** 127,132 **** --- 127,155 ---- 3:00 - AST # Bangladesh + # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-05-13): + # According to newspaper Asian Tribune (May 6, 2009) Bangladesh may introduce + # Daylight Saving Time from June 16 to Sept 30 + # + # Bangladesh to introduce daylight saving time likely from June 16 + # <a href="http://www.asiantribune.com/?q=node/17288"> + # http://www.asiantribune.com/?q=node/17288 + # </a> + # or + # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_bangladesh02.html"> + # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_bangladesh02.html + # </a> + # + # "... Bangladesh government has decided to switch daylight saving time from + # June + # 16 till September 30 in a bid to ensure maximum use of daylight to cope with + # crippling power crisis. " + # + # The switch will remain in effect from June 16 to Sept 30 (2009) but if + # implemented the next year, it will come in force from April 1, 2010 + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S + Rule Bang 2009 only - Jun 16 0:00 1:00 S + Rule Bang 2009 only - Oct 1 0:00s 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Dhaka 6:01:40 - LMT 1890 5:53:20 - HMT 1941 Oct # Howrah Mean Time? *************** *** 134,140 **** 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep 6:30 - BURT 1951 Sep 30 6:00 - DACT 1971 Mar 26 # Dacca Time ! 6:00 - BDT # Bangladesh Time # Bhutan # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] --- 157,164 ---- 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep 6:30 - BURT 1951 Sep 30 6:00 - DACT 1971 Mar 26 # Dacca Time ! 6:00 - BDT 2009 # Bangladesh Time ! 6:00 Bang BD%sT # Bhutan # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]

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Bangladesh may introduce Daylight Saving Time from June 16 to Sept 30, 2009
by Alexander Krivenyshev May 27, 2009

May 27, 2009

According to newspaper Asian Tribune (May 6, 2009) Bangladesh may introduce Daylight Saving Time from June 16 to Sept 30 Bangladesh to introduce daylight saving time likely from June 16 http://www.asiantribune.com/?q=node/17288 or http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_bangladesh02.html "... Bangladesh government has decided to switch daylight saving time from June 16 till September 30 in a bid to ensure maximum use of daylight to cope with crippling power crisis. " The switch will remain in effect from June 16 to Sept 30 (2009) but if implemented the next year, it will come in force from April 1, 2010 Alexander Krivenyshev, http://www.worldtimezone.com

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New APIs to allow conversion of times in arbitrary zones
by Guy Harris May 26, 2009

May 26, 2009

For the benefit of programs such as world clocks and any other program that would need to convert times in an arbitrary zone specified by a TZ setting, I've added some APIs to load time zone information for a specified zone, free that time zone information, and convert between time_t and struct tm in specified zones: zoneinfo_t loadzone(const char *zonename) Attempts to allocate and fill in a structure to hold information for the time zone specified by "zonename"; returns a pointer to the time zone information on success and NULL on failure. void freezone(zoneinfo_t zoneinfo) Frees zone information returned by loadzone(). struct tm *localtime_zr(const time *clock, struct tm *result, zoneinfo_t zoneinfo) Like localtime_r(), but does the conversion in the time zone specified by zoneinfo. time_t mktime_z(struct tm *timeptr) Like mktime(), but does the conversion in the time zone specified by zoneinfo. zoneinfo_t is implemented, internally, as a pointer to a "struct state", but it's opaque to the callers. I'm not committed to any of the names, or the order of the arguments; for example, "loadzone()" doesn't necessarily load information from a file - it might parse a POSIX-style TZ string - so that might not be the right name. The new functions are declared in an "xtime.h" public header (the name was inspired by the BSD "xlocale.h" header that declares functions such as printf_l() which take a locale information pointer as an argument). See the attached patch and "xtime.h" file.

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tzcode2009h.tar.gz and tzdata2009h.tar.gz
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] May 26, 2009

May 26, 2009

The files... ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzcode2009h.tar.gz ...and... ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzdata2009h.tar.gz ...are now available; these reflect the changes circulated last week on the time zone mailing list. --ado

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