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One question about Olsen datebase
by Zheng, Lingyun June 3, 2008

June 3, 2008

Hi, I am sonyericsson developer, have one question about Olsen database. Could not search Beijing in Olsen, even though I know Beijing is same with Chongdu, exist in Olsen. Could u tell me where could find city mapping in this web site? Just like beijing to chengdu. Thanks a lot:-). BR/Stella

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FW: tzdata2008c
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] June 2, 2008

June 2, 2008

I'm forwarding this message from Amar Devegowda, who is not on the time zone mailing list. Those of you who are on the time zone mailing list, please direct reples appropriately. --ado From: Amar Devegowda [mailto:ADEVEGOW@in.ibm.com] Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 2:22 To: Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] Subject: tzdata2008c Hi Arthur, This is Amar Devegowda from IBM Java Team. We recently downloaded the tzdata2008c from your website and found that the DST rules for Pakistan is as follows: Rule Pakistan 2008 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Pakistan 2008 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 - According to the above rule, DST end date for Pakistan is Sep 1st. However, the following websites informs that the DST end date for Pakistan is August 31st 00:00am http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=463&context=SSKTMJ&dc=DB520&dc=… http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/timezone.html?n=106 Could you please check on this and let me know which one is correct ? Thanks. Regards, Amar Amar Devegowda Java L3 Support for Windows, Java Technologies, IBM India Software Labs 1st Floor, Fortius Block, First Technology Place (FTP) Plot No. 3, EPIP WhiteField, Bangalore, Karnataka, India - 560 066 Direct Dial: +91-80-2269394, Board: +91-80-22669000 Ext: 69394 Internet: adevegow(a)in.ibm.com

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FW: DST Implementation in Pakistan from 1st June-31August 2008
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] May 29, 2008

May 29, 2008

I'm forwarding this message from Ariz Shadbash, who is not on the time zone mailing list. Those of you who are on the list, please direct replies appropriately. --ado From: Ariz Shadbash [mailto:Ariz.Shadbash@Sun.COM] Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 5:04 To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Cc: Tanveer Ahmed Subject: DST Implementation in Pakistan from 1st June-31August 2008 Hi All, According to the tar ball tzdata2008c.tar.gz following results are coming: ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzdata2008c.tar.gz Asia/Karachi Sat May 31 18:59:59 2008 UTC = Sat May 31 23:59:59 2008 PKT isdst=0 Asia/Karachi Sat May 31 19:00:00 2008 UTC = Sun Jun 1 01:00:00 2008 PKST isdst=1 Asia/Karachi Sun Aug 31 17:59:59 2008 UTC = Sun Aug 31 23:59:59 2008 PKST isdst=1 Asia/Karachi Sun Aug 31 18:00:00 2008 UTC = Sun Aug 31 23:00:00 2008 PKT isdst=0 But, accordin to the Pakistan requirement this is the requirement: Reference:http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/clockchange.html?n=106 Sunday, June 1, 2008 at 12:00:59 AM No +5 hours PKT Sunday, June 1, 2008 at 1:01:00 AM 1 hour +6 hours PKST Sunday, August 31, 2008 at 12:00:59 AM 1 hour +6 hours PKST Saturday, August 30, 2008 at 11:01:00 PM No +5 hours PKT can you please comment on the above difference. Thanks and Regards Ariz

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DST Implementation in Pakistan from 1st June-31August 2008
by Ariz Shadbash May 28, 2008

May 28, 2008

Hi All, According to the tar ball tzdata2008c.tar.gz following results are coming: ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzdata2008c.tar.gz Asia/Karachi Sat May 31 18:59:59 2008 UTC = Sat May 31 23:59:59 2008 PKT isdst=0 Asia/Karachi Sat May 31 19:00:00 2008 UTC = Sun Jun 1 01:00:00 2008 PKST isdst=1 Asia/Karachi Sun Aug 31 17:59:59 2008 UTC = Sun Aug 31 23:59:59 2008 PKST isdst=1 Asia/Karachi Sun Aug 31 18:00:00 2008 UTC = Sun Aug 31 23:00:00 2008 PKT isdst=0 But, accordin to the Pakistan requirement this is the requirement: Reference:http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/clockchange.html?n=106 Sunday, June 1, 2008 at 12:00:59 AM No +5 hours PKT Sunday, June 1, 2008 at 1:01:00 AM 1 hour +6 hours PKST Sunday, August 31, 2008 at 12:00:59 AM 1 hour +6 hours PKST Saturday, August 30, 2008 at 11:01:00 PM No +5 hours PKT can you please comment on the above difference. Thanks and Regards Ariz

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tzdata2008c.tar.gz
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] May 27, 2008

May 27, 2008

The file... ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzdata2008c.tar.gz ...is now available; this reflects changes circulated last week on the time zone mailing list for Pakistan, Morocco, and Mongolia. --ado

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Links in the Olson database
by hsv＠tbbs.net May 20, 2008

May 20, 2008

This is not about clocksetting-zone information. I wrote a JScript script for turning all the links into an HTML page, and found fault with a handful of the actual anchors and for myself made these changes, maybe of interest if another does the same: diff -b ../austra~1 ./austra~1 1349c1349 < # <a hef="http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_424000/424764.stm"> --- > # <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_424000/424764.stm"> 1359c1359 < # According to <a href="http://www.tongaonline.com/news/sept1799.html> --- > # According to <a href="http://www.tongaonline.com/news/sept1799.html"> diff -b ../europe ./europe 460c460 < # <a href="http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/lif/dat/2000/en_300L0084.html" --- > # <a href="http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/lif/dat/2000/en_300L0084.html"> 1102c1102 < # says that Bersarin issued an order to use Moscow time on May 20. --- > # says that Bersarin issued an order to use Moscow time on May 20.</a> diff -b ../southa~1 ./southa~1 581c581 < # <a href="http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2002/D4399.htm"></a> --- > # <a href="http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2002/D4399.htm">4,399</a> 584c584 < # <a href="http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2003/D4844.htm"></a> --- > # <a href="http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2003/D4844.htm">4,844</a> 587c587 < # <a href="http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2004-2006/2004/Decreto/D5223.htm"></a> --- > # <a href="http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2004-2006/2004/Decreto/D5223.htm">5,223</a> Of course, many of the webpages have evaporated. (The script is really not good enough, for it misses those pages listed by themselvs after 'From Joseph S. Myers', and keeps only text right around the link. It seems to me not worth the while to make it turn all of the files into a webpage.)

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proposed changes for Morocco, Mongolia, and Pakistan
by Arthur David Olson May 19, 2008

May 19, 2008

I've checked with Paul Eggert and he's still otherwise occupied, so I've prepared the proposed changes that appear below. Summarizing: * africa Morocco observes DST in 2008 * asia Choibalsan is now 8 hours off UCT * asia Pakistan observes DST in 2008 As usual I'll let these percolate over a weekend; I'll try to make tzdata2008c.tar.gz available on 2008-05-27 (a Tuesday rather than usual Monday since Monday is a United States holiday). --ado ------- africa ------- *** /tmp/geta15084 Mon May 19 17:48:13 2008 --- /tmp/getb15084 Mon May 19 17:48:13 2008 *************** *** 1,4 **** ! # @(#)africa 8.10 # <pre> # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, --- 1,4 ---- ! # @(#)africa 8.11 # <pre> # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, *************** *** 400,405 **** --- 400,476 ---- # Morocco # See the `europe' file for Spanish Morocco (Africa/Ceuta). + + # From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-09): + # Here is an article that Morocco plan to introduce Daylight Saving Time between + # 1 June, 2008 and 27 September, 2008. + # + # "... Morocco is to save energy by adjusting its clock during summer so it will + # be one hour ahead of GMT between 1 June and 27 September, according to + # Communication Minister and Gov ernment Spokesman, Khalid Naciri...." + # + # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_morocco01.html"> + # http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_morocco01.html + # </a> + # OR + # <a href="http://en.afrik.com/news11892.html"> + # http://en.afrik.com/news11892.html + # </a> + + # From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-09): + # The Morocco time change can be confirmed on Morocco web site Maghreb Arabe Presse: + # <a href="http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/box3/morocco_shifts_to_da/view"> + # http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/box3/morocco_shifts_to_da/view + # </a> + # + # Morocco shifts to daylight time on June 1st through September 27, Govt. + # spokesman. + + # From Patrice Scattolin (2008-05-09): + # According to this article: + # <a href="http://www.avmaroc.com/actualite/heure-dete-comment-a127896.html"> + # http://www.avmaroc.com/actualite/heure-dete-comment-a127896.html + # </a> + # (and republished here: + # <a href="http://www.actu.ma/heure-dete-comment_i127896_0.html"> + # http://www.actu.ma/heure-dete-comment_i127896_0.html + # </a> + # ) + # the changes occurs at midnight: + # + # saturday night may 31st at midnight (which in french is to be + # intrepreted as the night between saturday and sunday) + # sunday night the 28th at midnight + # + # Seeing that the 28th is monday, I am guessing that she intends to say + # the midnight of the 28th which is the midnight between sunday and + # monday, which jives with other sources that say that it's inclusive + # june1st to sept 27th. + # + # The decision was taken by decree *2-08-224 *but I can't find the decree + # published on the web. + # + # It's also confirmed here: + # <a href="http://www.maroc.ma/NR/exeres/FACF141F-D910-44B0-B7FA-6E03733425D1.htm "> + # http://www.maroc.ma/NR/exeres/FACF141F-D910-44B0-B7FA-6E03733425D1.htm + # </a> + # on a government portal as being between june 1st and sept 27th (not yet + # posted in english). + # + # The following google query will generate many relevant hits: + # <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Conseil+de+gouvernement+maroc+heure+av…"> + # http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Conseil+de+gouvernement+maroc+heure+av… + # </a> + + # From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-09): + # Is Western Sahara (part which administrated by Morocco) going to follow + # Morocco DST changes? Any information? What about other part of + # Western Sahara - under administration of POLISARIO Front (also named + # SADR Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic)? + + # From Arthur David Olson (2008-05-09): + # XXX--guess that it is only Morocco for now; guess only 2008 for now. + # RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Morocco 1939 only - Sep 12 0:00 1:00 S Rule Morocco 1939 only - Nov 19 0:00 0 - *************** *** 416,426 **** Rule Morocco 1977 only - Sep 28 0:00 0 - Rule Morocco 1978 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Morocco 1978 only - Aug 4 0:00 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 1:00 - CET 1986 ! 0:00 - WET # Western Sahara Zone Africa/El_Aaiun -0:52:48 - LMT 1934 Jan -1:00 - WAT 1976 Apr 14 --- 487,499 ---- Rule Morocco 1977 only - Sep 28 0:00 0 - Rule Morocco 1978 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Morocco 1978 only - Aug 4 0:00 0 - + Rule Morocco 2008 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S + Rule Morocco 2008 only - Sep 28 0:00 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 1:00 - CET 1986 ! 0:00 Morocco WE%sT # Western Sahara Zone Africa/El_Aaiun -0:52:48 - LMT 1934 Jan -1:00 - WAT 1976 Apr 14 ------- asia ------- *** /tmp/geta15103 Mon May 19 17:48:21 2008 --- /tmp/getb15103 Mon May 19 17:48:21 2008 *************** *** 1,4 **** ! # @(#)asia 8.18 # <pre> # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, --- 1,4 ---- ! # @(#)asia 8.20 # <pre> # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, *************** *** 1376,1381 **** --- 1376,1417 ---- # They decided not to adopt daylight-saving time.... # http://www.mongolnews.mn/index.php?module=unuudur&sec=view&id=15742 + # From Deborah Goldsmith (2008-03-30): + # We received a bug report claiming that the tz database UTC offset for + # Asia/Choibalsan (GMT+09:00) is incorrect, and that it should be GMT + # +08:00 instead. Different sources appear to disagree with the tz + # database on this, e.g.: + # + # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=1026"> + # http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=1026 + # </a> + # <a href="http://www.worldtimeserver.com/current_time_in_MN.aspx"> + # http://www.worldtimeserver.com/current_time_in_MN.aspx + # </a> + # + # both say GMT+08:00. + + # From Steffen Thorsen (2008-03-31): + # eznis airways, which operates several domestic flights, has a flight + # schedule here: + # <a href="http://www.eznis.com/Container.jsp?id=112" + # http://www.eznis.com/Container.jsp?id=112 + # </a> + # (click the English flag for English) + # + # There it appears that flights between Choibalsan and Ulaanbatar arrive + # about 1:35 - 1:50 hours later in local clock time, no matter the + # direction, while Ulaanbaatar-Khvod takes 2 hours in the Eastern + # direction and 3:35 back, which indicates that Ulaanbatar and Khvod are + # in different time zones (like we know about), while Choibalsan and + # Ulaanbatar are in the same time zone (correction needed). + + # From Arthur David Olson (2008-05-19): + # Assume that Choibalsan is indeed offset by 8:00. + # XXX--in the absence of better information, assume that transition + # was at the start of 2008-03-31 (the day of Steffen Thorsen's report); + # this is almost surely wrong. + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Mongol 1983 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Mongol 1983 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - *************** *** 1411,1417 **** Zone Asia/Choibalsan 7:38:00 - LMT 1905 Aug 7:00 - ULAT 1978 8:00 - ULAT 1983 Apr ! 9:00 Mongol CHO%sT # Choibalsan Time # Nepal # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] --- 1447,1454 ---- Zone Asia/Choibalsan 7:38:00 - LMT 1905 Aug 7:00 - ULAT 1978 8:00 - ULAT 1983 Apr ! 9:00 Mongol CHO%sT 2008 Mar 31 # Choibalsan Time ! 8:00 Mongol CHO%sT # Nepal # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] *************** *** 1461,1470 **** --- 1498,1529 ---- # The minister told a news conference that the experiment had rather # shown 8 per cent higher consumption of electricity. + # From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-15): + # + # Here is an article that Pakistan plan to introduce Daylight Saving Time + # on June 1, 2008 for 3 months. + # + # "... The federal cabinet on Wednesday announced a new conservation plan to help + # reduce load shedding by approving the closure of commercial centres at 9pm and + # moving clocks forward by one hour for the next three months. + # ...." + # + # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_pakistan01.html"> + # http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_pakistan01.html + # </a> + # OR + # <a href="http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C05%5C15%5Cstory_15-5-2…"> + # http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C05%5C15%5Cstory_15-5-2… + # </a> + # From Arthur David Olson (2008-05-19): + # XXX--midnight transitions is a guess; 2008 only is a guess. + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Pakistan 2002 only - Apr Sun>=2 0:01 1:00 S Rule Pakistan 2002 only - Oct Sun>=2 0:01 0 - + Rule Pakistan 2008 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S + Rule Pakistan 2008 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep

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FW: Pakistan plan to introduce Daylight Saving Time on June 1, 2008.
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] May 15, 2008

May 15, 2008

I'm forwarding this message from Estelle Pettersen, who is not on the time zone mailing list (at least not at the address below). Those of you who are on the time zone mailing list, please direct replies appropriately. --ado -----Original Message----- From: Estelle Pettersen [mailto:ecp@timeanddate.com] Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 7:35 To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: Re: Pakistan plan to introduce Daylight Saving Time on June 1, 2008. Dear Alex Thank you for providing us with information regarding the plan. We have done some research and intend to have an article published under Time Zone News on our website. We appreciate all comments and feedback provided to us. Best Regards Estelle -- Estelle Pettersen - content manager http://www.timeanddate.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Alex Krivenyshev wrote: > Here is an article that Pakistan plan to introduce Daylight Saving Time > on June 1, 2008 for 3 months. > > "... The federal cabinet on Wednesday announced a new conservation plan to help > reduce load shedding by approving the closure of commercial centres at 9pm and > moving clocks forward by one hour for the next three months. > ...." > > http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_pakistan01.html > OR > http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C05%5C15%5Cstory_15- 5- > 2008_pg1_4 > > Alex Krivenyshev, > http://www.WTZ.com > http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/ > New York, NY >

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Pakistan plan to introduce Daylight Saving Time on June 1, 2008.
by Alex Krivenyshev May 15, 2008

May 15, 2008

Here is an article that Pakistan plan to introduce Daylight Saving Time on June 1, 2008 for 3 months. "... The federal cabinet on Wednesday announced a new conservation plan to help reduce load shedding by approving the closure of commercial centres at 9pm and moving clocks forward by one hour for the next three months. ...." http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_pakistan01.html OR http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C05%5C15%5Cstory_15-5- 2008_pg1_4 Alex Krivenyshev, http://www.WTZ.com http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/ New York, NY

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Morocco plan to introduce Daylight Saving Time
by Alex Krivenyshev May 12, 2008

May 12, 2008

Here is an article that Morocco plan to introduce Daylight Saving Time between 1 June, 2008 and 27 September, 2008. "... Morocco is to save energy by adjusting its clock during summer so it will be one hour ahead of GMT between 1 June and 27 September, according to Communication Minister and Gov ernment Spokesman, Khalid Naciri...." http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_morocco01.html OR http://en.afrik.com/news11892.html Alex Krivenyshev, http://www.WTZ.com http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/ New York, NY

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FW: time zones in Brazil
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] May 12, 2008

May 12, 2008

I'm forwarding this message from Luiz Fernando Ranghetti, 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: ¡ElCheVive! [mailto:elchevive68@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 1:25 To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: time zones in Brazil Hi all! I have some suggestions to do for you. It's regarding the "official" timezone of Brazil which is not on your database. I have made this suggestions from my linux distro and they suggest me to send this e-mail for you, You can see my sugestions here: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=377513 and for the Brasilia timezone (Brazil's official one) from comment 5 and others.. Regards, Luiz Fernando Ranghetti

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time zones in Brazil
by ¡ElCheVive! May 12, 2008

May 12, 2008

Hi all! I have some suggestions to do for you. It's regarding the "official" timezone of Brazil which is not on your database. I have made this suggestions from my linux distro and they suggest me to send this e-mail for you, You can see my sugestions here: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=377513 and for the Brasilia timezone (Brazil's official one) from comment 5 and others.. Regards, Luiz Fernando Ranghetti

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What about Western Sahara time ?
by Alex Krivenyshev May 9, 2008

May 9, 2008

Is Western Sahara (part which administrated by Morocco) going to follow Morocco DST changes ? Any information? What about other part of Western Sahara - under administration of POLISARIO Front (also named SADR Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic) ? Alex Krivenyshev, http://www.WTZ.com New York, NY

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UTC offset for Asia/Choibalsan
by Deborah Goldsmith May 4, 2008

May 4, 2008

We received a bug report claiming that the tz database UTC offset for Asia/Choibalsan (GMT+09:00) is incorrect, and that it should be GMT +08:00 instead. Different sources appear to disagree with the tz database on this, e.g.: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=1026 http://www.worldtimeserver.com/current_time_in_MN.aspx both say GMT+08:00. Do we have any independent confirmation of the correct offset for Asia/ Choibalsan? Thanks, Deborah Goldsmith Apple Inc. goldsmit(a)apple.com

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No backward zone name entries in zone.tab
by Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski May 2, 2008

May 2, 2008

Hi, Currently it seems timezone in general has a problem related to backward zone names and entries in zone.tab. Every time the name of a zone changes, its entry is replaced in zone.tab file and added to backward file as a Link, until now no problem, but after you install timezone how you can get the zone.tab entry when using the old zone name? Is there a way to do this, or shouldn't both the new and old zone name stay in zone.tab? For now I made this set of commands to add back zone names to zone.tab based on backward file: chmod +w zone.tab echo -e "\n# zone info for backward zone names" >> zone.tab cat backward | grep Link | while read link curr old; do if [ -z "$curr" -o -z "$old" ]; then echo "Error processing backward entry for zone.tab" exit 1 fi cat zone.tab | grep -v '^#' | grep "$curr" | \ while read l; do if [ "`echo \"$l\" | awk 'BEGIN { FS = \"[\t]\" } \ { print $3 }'`" = "$curr" ]; then echo "$l" | sed "s|$curr|$old|" >> zone.tab \ || echo ERROR >> zone.tab else echo ERROR >> zone.tab fi done done if grep -q "^ERROR" zone.tab; then echo "Error adding backward entries to zone.tab" exit 1 fi Without old zone names in zone.tab, problems like this can happen when applications still use old zone names: https://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=40184 Other solution would be to just install backward file in the system to allow applications to know the zone that changed names and use the new name. -- []'s Herton

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Daylist savings letter modifiers for zone format in Australia
by Mark Rodrigues May 2, 2008

May 2, 2008

Hi, This is my first post in this mailing list so please redirect me to an etiquette page if I do anything wrong :) I am using the tzdata2008b.tar.gz distribution from the 24/03/2008. Using the Australia/Melbourne zone, it seems to imply that the format of the zone is EST regardless whether I am in day light savings or not. According to this article [http://www.australia.gov.au/Time_Zones] the format should be AEST except during daylight savings in which case it is AEDT. It also indicates that there may be problems with all the zones in the Australian region. So a couple of questions: 1. What is the best way for me / us to verify this is right? Is that fact that it is on a government web-site enough? 2. If this is correct what is the best way to update the data file. I am more than happy to change it and send back for review and incorporation if required / appropriate. If you need any more from me please let me know. Thanks and kind regards Mark Rodrigues http://www.codeplex.com/zoneinfo

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FW: Setting time zone in c language
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] April 16, 2008

April 16, 2008

I'm (belatedly) forwarding this message from vinod L R, 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 From: Vinod L R [mailto:vinodl@aztecsoft.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 1:25 To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: Setting time zone in c language Hi, I have a GUI interface ,where in user selects the Area (for ex: Africa) and Zone name(for ex: Cairo).How do i map this /etc/TZ file,as there will be different Area and Zone to be set.Is there any functions in "C' which would solve my issue or any other method ? I found that uClibc uses /etc/TZ to set the time zone it does not use /etc/localtime nor does it understand the timezone data .so will changing UCLIBC_TZ_FILE_PATH it to /etc/localtime in uClibc-0.9.29.config file will solve my issue?? how do I map this to /etc/localtime so as to set a valid timezone. The procedure I tried is : ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo /etc/localtime. alternatively I find that executing echo CET-1DST >/etc/TZ does work. Please update me on how to solve this issue in C program ( for ex: Take Africa/Cairo as input and convert to its respective daylight saveing time as above ) -vinod This email message and its attachments may contain CONFIDENTIAL AND PRIVILEGED INFORMATION intended for the sole use of the addressee(s). If you have received it in error, please contact the sender by return email, notify your system manager and destroy the original message and any copies thereof. Any review, use, disclosure or distribution is unlawful. Please check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The Company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. The views or opinions presented in this e-mail are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the company. The Company reserves the right to monitor, review and store the content of all messages sent to or from this e-mail address. www.aztecsoft.com

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Setting time zone in c language
by Vinod L R April 8, 2008

April 8, 2008

Hi, I have a GUI interface ,where in user selects the Area (for ex: Africa) and Zone name(for ex: Cairo).How do i map this /etc/TZ file,as there will be different Area and Zone to be set.Is there any functions in "C' which would solve my issue or any other method ? I found that uClibc uses /etc/TZ to set the time zone it does not use /etc/localtime nor does it understand the timezone data .so will changing UCLIBC_TZ_FILE_PATH it to /etc/localtime in uClibc-0.9.29.config file will solve my issue?? how do I map this to /etc/localtime so as to set a valid timezone. The procedure I tried is : ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo /etc/localtime. alternatively I find that executing echo CET-1DST >/etc/TZ does work. Please update me on how to solve this issue in C program ( for ex: Take Africa/Cairo as input and convert to its respective daylight saveing time as above ) -vinod This email message and its attachments may contain CONFIDENTIAL AND PRIVILEGED INFORMATION intended for the sole use of the addressee(s). If you have received it in error, please contact the sender by return email, notify your system manager and destroy the original message and any copies thereof. Any review, use, disclosure or distribution is unlawful. Please check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The Company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. The views or opinions presented in this e-mail are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the company. The Company reserves the right to monitor, review and store the content of all messages sent to or from this e-mail address. www.aztecsoft.com

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Time zone info
by ristonykanen＠luukku.com April 5, 2008

April 5, 2008

Hi, I would also get information from time zones and dst periodes. Kindly greetings Risto O. Nykänen Helsinki Finland email: ristonykanen(a)luukku.com ................................................................... Luukku Plus paketilla pääset eroon tila- ja turvallisuusongelmista. Hanki Luukku Plus ja helpotat elämääsi. http://www.mtv3.fi/luukku

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Website down
by Stephen Colebourne April 2, 2008

April 2, 2008

Hi, I suspect that it has been noticed already, but in case it hasn't, it appears that the website (http://www.twinsun.com/tz/tz-link.htm / ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzdata2008b.tar.gz) is down and unavailable. Stephen

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Proposed changes for Argentina, tzfile.5, and strerror
by Arthur David Olson March 31, 2008

March 31, 2008

Here are proposed changes to the time zone package: 1. Most importantly, changes to the "southamerica" file (combinining material from Jesper Norgaard Welen and Paul Eggert) to reflect Argentina's readoption of daylight saving time. 2. Jonathan Leffler's fixes to tzfile.5. 3. Changes to eliminate HAVE_STRERROR and the conditional strerror definition. (A safe change since it should have no run-time effects; we'll see if anybody complains about uncompilability). Barring problems these changes are to show up on the ftp site on Monday morning as usual, just in time to be late for the Argentina party. --ado ------- southamerica ------- *** /tmp/geta2179 Thu Dec 27 12:24:03 2007 --- /tmp/getb2179 Thu Dec 27 12:24:03 2007 *************** *** 1,4 **** ! # @(#)southamerica 8.13 # <pre> # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, --- 1,4 ---- ! # @(#)southamerica 8.14 # <pre> # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, *************** *** 106,111 **** --- 106,123 ---- # from the International Date Line. Rule Arg 1999 only - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Arg 2000 only - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 - + # From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2007-12-26) + # The last hurdle of Argentina DST is over, the proposal was approved in + # the lower chamber too (Deputados) with a vote 192 for and 2 against. + # By the way thanks to Mariano Absatz and Daniel Mario Vega for the link to + # the original scanned proposal, where the dates and the zero hours are + # clear and unambiguous...This is the article about final approval: + # <a href="http://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/nota.asp?nota_id=973996"> + # http://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/nota.asp?nota_id=973996 + # </a> + Rule Arg 2007 only - Dec 30 0:00 1:00 S + Rule Arg 2008 max - Mar Sun>=15 0:00 0 - + Rule Arg 2008 max - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S # # From Peter Gradelski via Steffen Thorsen (2000-03-01): # We just checked with our Sao Paulo office and they say the government of ------- tzfile.5 ------- *** /tmp/geta2215 Thu Dec 27 12:27:17 2007 --- /tmp/getb2215 Thu Dec 27 12:27:17 2007 *************** *** 57,63 **** described in the file is associated with the same-indexed transition time. These values serve as indices into an array of .I ttinfo ! structures that appears next in the file; these structures are defined as follows: .in +.5i .sp --- 57,65 ---- described in the file is associated with the same-indexed transition time. These values serve as indices into an array of .I ttinfo ! structures (with ! .I tzh_typecnt ! entries) that appears next in the file; these structures are defined as follows: .in +.5i .sp *************** *** 138,144 **** the above header and data is followed by a second header and data, identical in format except that eight bytes are used for each transition time or leap second time. ! After the second header and data comes a newline-encloded, POSIX-TZ-environment-variable-style string for use in handling instants after the last transition time stored in the file (with nothing between the newlines if there is no POSIX representation for --- 140,146 ---- the above header and data is followed by a second header and data, identical in format except that eight bytes are used for each transition time or leap second time. ! After the second header and data comes a newline-enclosed, POSIX-TZ-environment-variable-style string for use in handling instants after the last transition time stored in the file (with nothing between the newlines if there is no POSIX representation for *************** *** 145,150 **** such instants). .SH SEE ALSO newctime(3) ! .\" @(#)tzfile.5 8.1 .\" This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of .\" 1996-06-05 by Arthur David Olson. --- 147,152 ---- such instants). .SH SEE ALSO newctime(3) ! .\" @(#)tzfile.5 8.2 .\" This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of .\" 1996-06-05 by Arthur David Olson. ------- Makefile ------- *** /tmp/geta2073 Thu Dec 27 12:14:33 2007 --- /tmp/getb2073 Thu Dec 27 12:14:33 2007 *************** *** 1,4 **** ! # @(#)Makefile 8.5 # Change the line below for your time zone (after finding the zone you want in # the time zone files, or adding it to a time zone file). --- 1,4 ---- ! # @(#)Makefile 8.6 # Change the line below for your time zone (after finding the zone you want in # the time zone files, or adding it to a time zone file). *************** *** 95,101 **** # -DHAVE_SETTIMEOFDAY=2 if settimeofday uses 2nd arg (4.3BSD) # -DHAVE_SETTIMEOFDAY=3 if settimeofday ignores 2nd arg (4.4BSD) # -DHAVE_STDINT_H=1 if you have a pre-C99 compiler with "stdint.h" - # -DHAVE_STRERROR=0 if your system lacks the strerror function # -DHAVE_SYMLINK=0 if your system lacks the symlink function # -DHAVE_SYS_STAT_H=0 if your compiler lacks a "sys/stat.h" # -DHAVE_SYS_WAIT_H=0 if your compiler lacks a "sys/wait.h" --- 95,100 ---- ------- private.h ------- *** /tmp/geta2092 Thu Dec 27 12:14:41 2007 --- /tmp/getb2092 Thu Dec 27 12:14:41 2007 *************** *** 21,27 **** #ifndef lint #ifndef NOID ! static char privatehid[] = "@(#)private.h 8.5"; #endif /* !defined NOID */ #endif /* !defined lint */ --- 21,27 ---- #ifndef lint #ifndef NOID ! static char privatehid[] = "@(#)private.h 8.6"; #endif /* !defined NOID */ #endif /* !defined lint */ *************** *** 48,57 **** #define HAVE_SETTIMEOFDAY 3 #endif /* !defined HAVE_SETTIMEOFDAY */ - #ifndef HAVE_STRERROR - #define HAVE_STRERROR 1 - #endif /* !defined HAVE_STRERROR */ - #ifndef HAVE_SYMLINK #define HAVE_SYMLINK 1 #endif /* !defined HAVE_SYMLINK */ --- 48,53 ---- ------- zic.c ------- *** /tmp/geta2111 Thu Dec 27 12:14:50 2007 --- /tmp/getb2111 Thu Dec 27 12:14:50 2007 *************** *** 3,9 **** ** 2006-07-17 by Arthur David Olson. */ ! static char elsieid[] = "@(#)zic.c 8.16"; #include "private.h" #include "locale.h" --- 3,9 ---- ** 2006-07-17 by Arthur David Olson. */ ! static char elsieid[] = "@(#)zic.c 8.17"; #include "private.h" #include "locale.h" *************** *** 160,169 **** static void writezone(const char * name, const char * string); static int yearistype(int year, const char * type); - #if !HAVE_STRERROR - static char * strerror(int); - #endif /* !HAVE_STRERROR */ - static int charcnt; static int errors; static const char * filename; --- 160,165 ---- *************** *** 405,423 **** ** Error handling. */ - #if !HAVE_STRERROR - static char * - strerror(errnum) - int errnum; - { - extern char * sys_errlist[]; - extern int sys_nerr; - - return (errnum > 0 && errnum <= sys_nerr) ? - sys_errlist[errnum] : _("Unknown system error"); - } - #endif /* !HAVE_STRERROR */ - static void eats(name, num, rname, rnum) const char * const name; --- 401,406 ----

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Australian DST changes 2008...
by Peter A McKenzie March 30, 2008

March 30, 2008

NSW now goes to DST earlier and out later... http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/cru/ll_cru.nsf/pages/cru_daylightsavi… Thanks pmk Peter A McKenzie IT Strategy and Architecture Executive, Westpac Account. IBM Email petermck(a)au1.ibm.com Mobile/Cell +61 412 58 6665 Voice Mail +61 2 9461 3324 Fax +61 2 8853 3538 "Believe nothing, no matter where you read it or who said it, not even if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense." [Buddha]

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Extended Deadline 10 April; ICNC'08-FSKD'08: Jinan, China
by Xiaofang Wang March 29, 2008

March 29, 2008

Dear Colleague, Due to numerous requests, the submission deadline is now extended to 10 April. We would appreciate your forwarding this announcement to those who may be interested. If you wish to unsubscribe, in which case we apologize, please email icnc.fskd.2(a)gmail.com with "unsubscribe" in your email subject. If you receive it more than once or from a different email address, kindly copy-and-paste in the email body all email addresses at which you received this announcement. Thank you, Organizing Committee ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The 4th International Conference on Natural Computation (ICNC'08) The 5th International Conference on Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery (FSKD'08) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 25-27 August 2008, Jinan, China *** Extended Submission Deadline: 10 April 2008 *** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.icnc-fskd2008.sdu.edu.cn ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call for Papers, Invited Sessions & Sponsorship The joint ICNC'08-FSKD'08 will be held in Jinan, China. Jinan is the capital of Shandong Province, which is known for the home of Confucius, the Taishan Mountain, and the Baotu Spring. ICNC'08-FSKD'08 aims to provide an international forum for scientists and researchers to present the state of the art of intelligent methods inspired from nature, including biological, ecological, and physical systems, with applications to data mining, manufacturing, design, and more. It is an exciting and emerging interdisciplinary area in which a wide range of techniques and methods are being studied for dealing with large, complex, and dynamic problems. Previously, the joint conferences in 2005, 2006 and 2007 each attracted over 3000 submissions from more than 30 countries. All accepted papers will appear in conference proceedings published by the IEEE and will be indexed by both EI and ISTP. Furthermore, extended versions of selected papers will be published in a special issue of Soft Computing: An International Journal (SCI indexed). To promote international participation of researchers from outside the country/region where the conference is held (i.e., China), foreign experts are encouraged to propose invited sessions. Each invited session should have at least 4 papers. Invited session organizers will solicit submissions, conduct reviews and recommend accept/reject decisions on the submitted papers. All invited session organizers will be acknowledged in the conference proceedings. Each invited session proposal should include the following information: (1) the name(s) and contact information of invited session organizer(s); (2) the title and a short synopsis of the invited session. Please send your proposal to nc2008(a)sdu.edu.cn For more information, visit the conference web page. If you have any questions after visiting the conference web page, please email the secretariat at nc2008(a)sdu.edu.cn Join us at this major event in historic Jinan !!!

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Expected output of zdump(8)
by Edwin Groothuis March 28, 2008

March 28, 2008

Greetings, I was wondering why zdump(8) was so slow on one of my machines. It's a known issue, old zdump.c code. So I grabbed a copy of the new zdump.c from tzcode2008a. But it raised a couple of questions for me. On a 32 bit machine running FreeBSD 6.3 I get this: (/etc/localtime is /usr/share/zoneinfo/Australia/Sydney) [~/tzcode] edwin@k7>./zdump -v /etc/localtime /etc/localtime Fri Dec 13 20:45:52 1901 UTC = Sat Dec 14 06:45:52 1901 EST isdst=0 /etc/localtime Sat Dec 14 20:45:52 1901 UTC = Sun Dec 15 06:45:52 1901 EST isdst=0 /etc/localtime Sun Dec 31 14:00:59 1916 UTC = Mon Jan 1 00:00:59 1917 EST isdst=0 /etc/localtime Sun Dec 31 14:01:00 1916 UTC = Mon Jan 1 01:01:00 1917 EST isdst=1 [...] /etc/localtime Sat Oct 3 15:59:59 2037 UTC = Sun Oct 4 01:59:59 2037 EST isdst=0 /etc/localtime Sat Oct 3 16:00:00 2037 UTC = Sun Oct 4 03:00:00 2037 EST isdst=1 /etc/localtime Mon Jan 18 03:14:07 2038 UTC = Mon Jan 18 14:14:07 2038 EST isdst=1 /etc/localtime Tue Jan 19 03:14:07 2038 UTC = Tue Jan 19 14:14:07 2038 EST isdst=1 On a 64 bit machine running FreeBSD 6.3 I get this: [~/tzcode] edwin(a)mavetju.org>./zdump -v /etc/localtime /etc/localtime -9223372036854775808 = NULL /etc/localtime -9223372036854689408 = NULL /etc/localtime Sun Dec 31 14:00:59 1916 UTC = Mon Jan 1 00:00:59 1917 EST isdst=0 gmtoff=36000 /etc/localtime Sun Dec 31 14:01:00 1916 UTC = Mon Jan 1 01:01:00 1917 EST isdst=1 gmtoff=39600 [...] /etc/localtime Sat Oct 3 15:59:59 2037 UTC = Sun Oct 4 01:59:59 2037 EST isdst=0 gmtoff=36000 /etc/localtime Sat Oct 3 16:00:00 2037 UTC = Sun Oct 4 03:00:00 2037 EST isdst=1 gmtoff=39600 /etc/localtime 9223372036854689407 = NULL /etc/localtime 9223372036854775807 = NULL That big positive and negative number is the effect of gmtime(). I got the same results on the 64 bit version of Linux FC6. Now my question is... Is this behaviour "as expected" and the same on other 64 bit operating systems like Solaris, MacOS/X and others (if you have one name it :-) ? Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.mavetju.org edwin(a)mavetju.org | Weblog: http://www.mavetju.org/weblog/

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About australia/melbourne time zone
by Shao, Michael March 27, 2008

March 27, 2008

Hi, I downloaded the latest version of timezone package and applied it on Linux machine. when I use "zdump -v" command to show Melbourne zoneinfo, I got first two lines shown as below: Australia/Melbourne Sat Apr 5 15:59:59 2008 UTC = Sun Apr 6 02:59:59 2008 EST isdst=1 gmtoff=39600 Australia/Melbourne Sat Apr 5 16:00:00 2008 UTC = Sun Apr 6 02:00:00 2008 EST isdst=0 gmtoff=36000 In my opinion, in the first line, the word "EST" (which I marked with red colour)should be "'EDT". Is it a problem or actually what I am thinking is wrong? Thanks, Michael Shao System Support Eng./Tech. Engineering Support. Transurban CityLink Phone: +61 (0)3 9674 2135 Fax: +61 (0)3 9674 2100 Mobile: +61 (0)488 650 175 Email: mshao(a)transurban.com [cid:image002.gif@01C890BA.160C22B0] [cid:image003.gif@01C890BA.160C22B0] Privileged/Confidential information may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message (or responsible for delivery of the message to such person), you may not copy or deliver this message to anyone. In such a case, you should destroy this message and kindly notify the sender by reply e-mail or by telephone on (03) 9612-6999 or +61 3 9612-6999. Please advise immediately if you or your employer does not consent to Internet e-mail for messages of this kind. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of Transurban Limited or any companies within the Transurban Group shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by them.

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