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Time zone vote on Jersey
by Jesper Norgaard Welen Oct. 16, 2008

Oct. 16, 2008

According to TIMESONLINE there will be a vote in "Jersey's first referendum to decide whether to reset the clocks to Central European Time - an hour ahead of United Kingdom" HYPERLINK "http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article4944918.ece"http://www.time sonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article4944918.ece According to the article 70 percent of businesses asked were against this because most trading is with the UK, not France. But of course the public vote decides. Regards, Jesper No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.8.0/1725 - Release Date: 2008-10-14 21:25

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DST changes for Brazilian Timezone is not working
by Abhirav Kushwaha Oct. 16, 2008

Oct. 16, 2008

Hello, I am using the TZ sources for *Central Brazilian Standard Time(Manaus GMT -4), but it is not working according to the latest DST changes announced for year 2008/2009.* How can we fix this problem? -- Thanks & Regards, Abhirav Kushwaha

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tzcode2008h.tar.gz and tzdata2008h.tar.gz
by Arthur David Olson Oct. 14, 2008

Oct. 14, 2008

The files... ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzcode2008h.tar.gz ...and... ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzdata2008h.tar.gz ...are now available; these reflect the changes circulated last week on the time zone mailing list. --ado

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Rio de Janeiro - no summer time yet
by Luiz Paulo Marcolini Oct. 13, 2008

Oct. 13, 2008

Please correct summer time for Brazil. It has not started yet. LP

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FW: Mapping Localised Windows TZ to TZID
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] Oct. 10, 2008

Oct. 10, 2008

I'm forwarding this message from Ian Davies. --ado From: Ian Davies [mailto:iand@PartyGaming.com] Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 3:20 To: Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E]; markdavis34(a)home.com Cc: Ian Davies Subject: Mapping Localised Windows TZ to TZID Gents, My developers are using the following mapping to [establish] then map a Windows TZ to a unix TZID, [Olson], LDML etc. http://unicode.org/cldr/data/diff/supplemental/windows_tzid.html The issue is the only registry entry they have located so far has the Windows TZ stored as a text string and this is localised on non English Windows. In Windows is there a language [independent] reference for the TZ that machine is currently set to that we could utilise? Please also pass on this enquiry to any parties who may be able to help. Regards, Ian

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Problem with timezone
by Juan Manuel Docile Oct. 9, 2008

Oct. 9, 2008

Hi, there is a problem with tzdata in Argentina, there is no summer time in Argentina. Look at this bug please. http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=240339 Thanks -- Juan Manuel Dócile Cel. 011 15 57614817

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Argentina DST switch on October 19 is not official
by Martin Pitt Oct. 9, 2008

Oct. 9, 2008

Hello tzdata maintainers, in https://launchpad.net/bugs/278419 we first handled the recent Argentina DST change and uloaded 2008g to all stable Ubuntu releases. However, now there are some followup comments which say that is not at all clear whether October 19 will actually switch to DST, as indicated by the current rules. The last comment subsumes this as "I think the problem is that there are no official sources saying that DST will start on 19th October, so there isn't really any source to reference to. That dates seem to be a rumour from an unofficial news site. Until an official announcement is made, it should probably be assumed that there will be no DST starting in October." I can just play messenger here, and I don't speak Spanish either, but I thought notifying you about possible problems would be a good idea. Settling this soon would be good, since it always takes a while until tzdata package updates are actually downloaded and used by people. Thanks, Martin -- Martin Pitt | http://www.piware.de Ubuntu Developer (www.ubuntu.com) | Debian Developer (www.debian.org)

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Australia/Melbourne Sydney daylight savings.
by Mario Sammut Oct. 7, 2008

Oct. 7, 2008

Hi, Looking at current times coming from the tz-database http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/xtra/tzdatepick.html The daylight savings offset for the following (atleast) haven't been taken into account: Australia/Melbourne Australia/Sydney Using the icu java classes http://www.icu-project.org/ to read from the tz-database is producing the same results. Doing some testing, the daylight savings offset doesn't come into effect until doesn't start until the 26th October. But has in actual fact daylight savings in Melbourne and Sydney has already started (5th October). Cheers. *************************************************************************** CAUTION: This email message and accompanying data may contain information that is confidential and/or subject to legal privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution or copying of this message or data is prohibited. If you have received this email message in error, please notify us immediately and erase all copies of this message and attachments. Thank you. ***************************************************************************

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Mauritius DST yet again
by Ed Maste Oct. 7, 2008

Oct. 7, 2008

A contact in Mauritius tells me that the time for switching back to standard time is incorrect. According to the summer time bill[1], "period of summer time" means ... the period (i) beginning at 2 o'clock standard time in the morning of the last Sunday of October in any year; and (ii) ending at 2 o'clock standard time in the morning of the last Sunday of March in the following year; There's also the following wording on www.gov.mu though: It will start at two o'clock in the morning on the last Sunday of October and will end at two o'clock in the morning on the last Sunday of March the following year. This seems to imply to me that it's 2am local time and is what I'd expect, but that contradicts the actual bill. -Ed [1] http://www.gov.mu/portal/goc/assemblysite/file/bill2708.pdf

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Syria still on DST
by Steffen Thorsen Oct. 7, 2008

Oct. 7, 2008

Syria is still on DST, contrary to the dates they announced earlier this year, and since current tzdata says it ended on 2008-10-01, the current timestamps are wrong. The Syrian government has not yet announced when DST will end. Based on what we were able to find out, it will end on or around 2008-11-01, but the exact date will probably be announced soon. Some background info: http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/syria-daylight-saving-ends-2008.html Regards, Steffen Thorsen - timeanddate.com

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FW: Niue
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] Oct. 7, 2008

Oct. 7, 2008

I'm forwarding this message from hsv(a)tbbs.net, 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: hsv(a)tbbs.net [mailto:hsv@tbbs.net] Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 1:40 To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: Niue I think that Niue s longitude s sign is wrong, that it is around west 170 not east 170 degrees from Greenwich. In any case, that is so in the CIA s World Factbook, https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2011. html, and its LMT offset is suggestive.

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On Argentina DST
by Rodrigo Severo Oct. 7, 2008

Oct. 7, 2008

Hi, Here is some info available at a Gentoo bug related to TZ on Argentina's DST: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- Comment #1 from jmdocile(a)gmail.com 2008-10-06 16:28 0000 ------- Hi, there is a problem with timezone-data-2008e and maybe with timezone-data-2008f Argentinian law N° 25.155 is no longer valid. http://www.infoleg.gov.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/60000-64999/60036/norma.htm The new one is law N° 26.350 http://www.infoleg.gov.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/135000-139999/136191/norma… So there is no summer time in Argentina for now. I don't know where to inform this to update tzdata & tzcode Thanks --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rodrigo

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Niue
by hsv＠tbbs.net Oct. 7, 2008

Oct. 7, 2008

I think that Niue s longitude s sign is wrong, that it is around west 170 not east 170 degrees from Greenwich. In any case, that is so in the CIA s World Factbook, https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2011.html, and its LMT offset is suggestive.

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NSW, Australia timezone changes
by Nathan Porter Oct. 7, 2008

Oct. 7, 2008

Hi, Please see the attached link for changes to NSW daylight savings times. Reading your database listing you have NSW listed as changing on the last weekend in October instead of the first Sunday which it changed to for this year. NSW daylight savings link: http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/cru/ll_cru.nsf/pages/cru_daylights aving >From you website: Australia DST rule name Valid on/off Date Time Offset AN on Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 AN <=2005 off Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 AN 2006 off Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 AN >=2007 off Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 AS on Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 AS <=2005 off Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 AS 2006 off Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 AS >=2007 off Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 AT on Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 AT <=2005 off Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 AT 2006 off Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 AT >=2007 off Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 AV on Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 AV <=2005 off Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 AV 2006 off Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 AV >=2007 off Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 AW 2006 on Dec 3 2:00s 1:00 AW 2007-2009 off Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 AW 2007-2008 on Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 LH on Oct lastSun 2:00 0:30 LH <=2005 off Mar lastSun 2:00 0 LH 2006 off Apr Sun>=1 2:00 0 LH >=2007 off Mar lastSun 2:00 0 District(s) TZ zone name Zone time Time DST rule LMT Remarks Northern Territory Australia/Darwin 9:30 CST - 8:43:20 Western Australia Australia/Perth 8:00 WST AW 7:43:24 Central Western Australia Australia/Eucla 8:45 CWST AW 8:35:28 Queensland Australia/Brisbane 10:00 EST - 10:12:08 Queensland Australia/Lindeman 10:00 EST - 9:55:56 South Australia Australia/Adelaide 9:30 CST AS 9:14:20 Tasmania Australia/Hobart 10:00 EST AT 9:49:16 Also for Macquarie Island Tasmania Australia/Currie 10:00 EST AT 9:35:28 On King Island Victoria Australia/Melbourne 10:00 EST AV 9:39:52 New South Wales Australia/Sydney 10:00 EST AN 10:04:52 New South Wales Australia/Broken_Hill 9:30 CST AS 9:25:48 Lord Howe Island Australia/Lord_Howe 10:30 LHST LH 10:36:20 Regards, Nathan

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Wrong Argentinian DST introduced in version 2008f
by Aurelien Jarno Oct. 6, 2008

Oct. 6, 2008

Hi, tzdata version 2008f introduced a rule for Argentinian DST based on http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_argentina03.html and http://www.impulsobaires.com.ar/nota.php?id=57832 Unfortunately those links only speak about rumors of a DST change, there is nothing fixed officially, and according to some Argentinian people DST may even not happen this year. Until an official decision is taken it is probably a lot better to remove any DST rule for year 2008. Please find attached a patch to do that. Regards, Aurelien -- .''`. Aurelien Jarno | GPG: 1024D/F1BCDB73 : :' : Debian developer | Electrical Engineer `. `' aurel32(a)debian.org | aurelien(a)aurel32.net `- people.debian.org/~aurel32 | www.aurel32.net

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tzcode2008g.tar.gz and tzdata2008g.tar.gz
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] Oct. 6, 2008

Oct. 6, 2008

The files... ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzcode2008g.tar.gz ...and... ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzdata2008g.tar.gz ...are now available; these reflect the changes circulated last week on the time zone mailing list to fix a broken HTML anchor and to update Brazil's DST transitions; there's also a slight reordering of information in tz-art.htm --ado

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Argentina DST
by Jesper Norgaard Welen Oct. 6, 2008

Oct. 6, 2008

================================================= Nicolas Alvarez wrote: The scary thing was seeing the wrong time in clarin.com... My iPod also thinks we're in DST, and my dad's Mac doesn't. What a mess ================================================= But the surrealistic thing is when the date is right, but the time is still one hour ahead in Clarin.com: The above was taken at 23:37 Sunday 5.th. of October 2008 Buenos Aires (STD) time, but the clock 00:37 corresponded to Monday the 6.th. of October - or not? I hope you can all see the graphics by the way, or else complain to me ... Cheers, - Jesper Nørgaard Welen No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.7.6 - Release Date: 2008-10-05 0:00

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Argentina DST
by Nicolas Alvarez Oct. 5, 2008

Oct. 5, 2008

My timezone seems to have just changed to Argentina Summer Time $ date "+%H:%M:%S %z %Z" 01:39:17 -0200 ARST If this change was correct, I'd expect to have heard something about it in the news. *Spring* started a few weeks ago, not summer. Is it really supposed to start now?

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Argentina DST
by Eduardo A. Suárez Oct. 5, 2008

Oct. 5, 2008

Hi, today I've noticed that all my servers (several flavors of linux and OpenBSD) had changed to DST when the change should be in two weeks... tzdata is 2008e Any help? Cheers, Eduardo.- -- Eduardo A. Suarez Facultad de Ciencias Astronomicas y Geofisicas Universidad Nacional de La Plata Tel.: +54-221-4236593 int. 132 Cel.: +54-9-221-455-7542 Home: +54-221-452-6589 ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.

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Desfrute de noites mais intensas
by Afrodisiaco natural Oct. 3, 2008

Oct. 3, 2008

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Time Zone correction for Caracas, Venezuela
by Jose Antonio Ponce Montero Oct. 3, 2008

Oct. 3, 2008

The new time for Caracas, Venezuela is GMT -4:30

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Enhancement: Make tzselect work in tiny shells
by Peter Seebach Oct. 2, 2008

Oct. 2, 2008

We occasionally want to install glibc (and with it, tzselect) on tiny little systems where "install ksh or bash" is not a viable choice. The following patch to the tzselect source makes the select loops work in any SVR3 or later shell (including BusyBox ash, which is the big one I care about). --- tzselect.ksh +++ tzselect.sh @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -#! @KSH@ +#! @SH@ -# '@(#)tzselect.ksh 8.1' +# '@(#)tzselect.sh 8.1' # Ask the user about the time zone, and output the resulting TZ value to stdout. # Interact with the user via stderr and stdin. @@ -9,18 +9,6 @@ # Porting notes: # -# This script requires several features of the Korn shell. -# If your host lacks the Korn shell, -# you can use either of the following free programs instead: -# -# <a href=ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/> -# Bourne-Again shell (bash) -# </a> -# -# <a href=ftp://ftp.cs.mun.ca/pub/pdksh/pdksh.tar.gz> -# Public domain ksh -# </a> -# # This script also uses several features of modern awk programs. # If your host lacks awk, or has an old awk that does not conform to Posix.2, # you can use either of the following free programs instead: @@ -33,6 +21,71 @@ # mawk # </a> +# Distilled from autoconf. +case `echo -n foo\c` in +*n*c*) echo_n() { echo "$@"; };; +*n*) echo_n() { echo "$@\c"; };; +*) echo_n() { echo -n "$@"; };; +esac + +func_select () { + func_select_args=0 + case $1 in + [!_a-zA-Z]* | *[!_a-zA-Z0-9]* ) + echo >&2 "func_select: '$1' is not a valid variable name." + return 1 + ;; + esac + func_select_var=$1 + shift + + case $1 in + in) shift;; + *) echo >&2 "func_select: usage: func_select var in ..."; return 1;; + esac + + case $# in + 0) echo >&2 "func_select: usage: func_select var in ..."; return 1;; + esac + for func_select_arg + do + func_select_args=`expr $func_select_args + 1` + eval func_select_a_$func_select_args=\$func_select_arg + done + REPLY="" + while : + do + if test -z "$REPLY"; then + func_select_i=1 + while test $func_select_i -le $func_select_args + do + eval echo "\"\$func_select_i) \$func_select_a_ $func_select_i\"" + func_select_i=`expr $func_select_i + 1` + done + fi + echo_n >&2 "${PS3:-#? }" + if read REPLY; then + if test -n "${REPLY}"; then + case $REPLY in + 0* | *[!0-9]* ) + eval $func_select_var= + ;; + *) + if test "$REPLY" -ge 1 && test "$REPLY" -le $func_select_args; then + eval $func_select_var=\$func_select_a_$REPLY + else + eval $func_select_var= + fi + ;; + esac + return 0 + fi + else + eval $func_select_var= + return 1 + fi + done +} # Specify default values for environment variables if they are unset. : ${AWK=awk} @@ -62,7 +115,7 @@ # Work around a bug in bash 1.14.7 and earlier, where $PS3 is sent to stdout. -case $(echo 1 | (select x in x; do break; done) 2>/dev/null) in +case $(echo 1 | (while func_select x in x; do break; done) 2>/dev/ null) in ?*) PS3= esac @@ -82,7 +135,7 @@ echo >&2 'Please select a continent or ocean.' - select continent in \ + while func_select continent in \ Africa \ Americas \ Antarctica \ @@ -162,7 +215,7 @@ case $countries in *"$newline"*) echo >&2 'Please select a country.' - select country in $countries + while func_select country in $countries do case $country in '') echo >&2 'Please enter a number in range.';; @@ -201,7 +254,7 @@ *"$newline"*) echo >&2 'Please select one of the following' \ 'time zone regions.' - select region in $regions + while func_select region in $regions do case $region in '') echo >&2 'Please enter a number in range.';; @@ -278,7 +331,7 @@ echo >&2 "Is the above information OK?" ok= - select ok in Yes No + while func_select ok in Yes No do case $ok in '') echo >&2 'Please enter 1 for Yes, or 2 for No.';; -- Peter Seebach <peter.seebach(a)windriver.com> Listen, get this. Nobody with a good compiler needs to be justified.

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proposed changes to "southamerica" file
by Arthur David Olson Sept. 29, 2008

Sept. 29, 2008

Here are proposed changes to the "southamerica" file to reflect changes in Brazilian DST and to fix a bad bit of HTML. If there are no problems, expect an update to the ftp files on 2008-10-06. --ado ------- southamerica ------- *** /tmp/geta21140 Mon Sep 29 11:12:40 2008 --- /tmp/getb21140 Mon Sep 29 11:12:40 2008 *************** *** 1,4 **** ! # @(#)southamerica 8.27 # <pre> # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, --- 1,4 ---- ! # @(#)southamerica 8.29 # <pre> # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, *************** *** 619,625 **** # </a> # Note that this link does not always work directly, but must be accessed # by going to ! # <a href="http://www.mme.gov.br/first>" # http://www.mme.gov.br/first # </a> # --- 619,625 ---- # </a> # Note that this link does not always work directly, but must be accessed # by going to ! # <a href="http://www.mme.gov.br/first"> # http://www.mme.gov.br/first # </a> # *************** *** 768,779 **** # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV6212.gif">6,212</a> (2007-09-26), # adopted by the same states as before. Rule Brazil 2007 only - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 1:00 S ! Rule Brazil 2008 max - Feb Sun>=15 0:00 0 - ! Rule Brazil 2008 max - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S # The latest ruleset listed above says that the following states observe DST: # DF, ES, GO, MG, MS, MT, PR, RJ, RS, SC, SP. - # For dates after mid-2008, the above rules with TO="max" are guesses - # and are quite possibly wrong, but are more likely than no DST at all. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] # --- 768,800 ---- # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV6212.gif">6,212</a> (2007-09-26), # adopted by the same states as before. Rule Brazil 2007 only - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 1:00 S ! # From Frederico A. C. Neves (2008-09-10): ! # Acording to this decree ! # <a href="http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2007-2010/2008/Decreto/D6558.htm"> ! # http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2007-2010/2008/Decreto/D6558.htm ! # </a> ! # [t]he DST period in Brazil now on will be from the 3rd Oct Sunday to the ! # 3rd Feb Sunday. There is an exception on the return date when this is ! # the Carnival Sunday then the return date will be the next Sunday... ! Rule Brazil 2008 max - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S ! Rule Brazil 2008 2011 - Feb Sun>=15 0:00 0 - ! Rule Brazil 2012 only - Feb Sun>=22 0:00 0 - ! Rule Brazil 2013 2014 - Feb Sun>=15 0:00 0 - ! Rule Brazil 2015 only - Feb Sun>=22 0:00 0 - ! Rule Brazil 2016 2022 - Feb Sun>=15 0:00 0 - ! Rule Brazil 2023 only - Feb Sun>=22 0:00 0 - ! Rule Brazil 2024 2025 - Feb Sun>=15 0:00 0 - ! Rule Brazil 2026 only - Feb Sun>=22 0:00 0 - ! Rule Brazil 2027 2033 - Feb Sun>=15 0:00 0 - ! Rule Brazil 2034 only - Feb Sun>=22 0:00 0 - ! Rule Brazil 2035 2036 - Feb Sun>=15 0:00 0 - ! Rule Brazil 2037 only - Feb Sun>=22 0:00 0 - ! # From Arthur David Olson (2008-09-29): ! # The next is wrong in some years but is better than nothing. ! Rule Brazil 2038 max - Feb Sun>=15 0:00 0 - ! # The latest ruleset listed above says that the following states observe DST: # DF, ES, GO, MG, MS, MT, PR, RJ, RS, SC, SP. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] #

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Australian time zones are not displaying correct short timezone name for DST
by Anita.M.Lewis＠jci.com Sept. 29, 2008

Sept. 29, 2008

I am emailing a request for a correction to the timezone data. We have customers reporting this issue. Sun Microsystems has suggested I contact your organization directly with this request. Thank you for your consideration. A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM : Australian time zones are not displaying correct short timezone name for DST, i.e., EDT vs EST and CDT vs CST. _________________________________ Anita M. Lewis Senior Software Engineer Metasys User Experience Building Efficiency Johnson Controls 507 E. Michigan St. M36 Milwaukee, WI 53201-0423 Tel : (414)524-5950 Fax : (414)524-5810 Email : anita.m.lewis(a)jci.com

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southamerica
by hsv＠tbbs.net Sept. 29, 2008

Sept. 29, 2008

I find this bit of bad anchor-formatting in "southamerica": diff new/southame data/southame 622c622 < # <a href="http://www.mme.gov.br/first>" --- > # <a href="http://www.mme.gov.br/first">

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