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Cuba is back into the CST zone :-)
by Roger Pe�a Escobio Dec. 4, 2006

Dec. 4, 2006

Hi I am using CentOS-4.4 a clone of RHEL-4.4 and with the more recent updates to the tzdata package (tzdata-2006m) we move from Havana CST to the Havana CDT, then our servers just went 1 hour to the future :-) I look into the changelog and for cuba, inside the northamerica file you can find, I cuote: # From Steffen Thorsen (2006-08-17): # It is likely that they are not reverting back to standard time this # year either, based on the number of responses I have got from users # (when my site claimed Cuba will end DST on lastSun/October) but , as a matter of fact, we revert back to CST last October you can see the Steffen page now: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=99 and the corresponding news in the newspapers: http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/2006/10/27/nacional/artic03.html http://cubahora.co.cu/index.php?tpl=principal/ver-noticias/ver-not_soc.tpl.… I am placing a bug report into the RedHat Bugzilla also thanks in advance roger __________________________________________ RedHat Certified Engineer ( RHCE ) Cisco Certified Network Associate ( CCNA ) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited

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Question about From & To rule fields...just t be certain I understand
by Philip Warner Dec. 3, 2006

Dec. 3, 2006

I'd like to clarify which year should be compared in from/to fields for rules (and zone lines). It seems reasonable that the AT field determines which year is to be compared (wallclock, utc or standard) -- is that correct? To give specific example: Rule Test 1999 only - Jan 1 0:00 2:00 - Rule Test 2000 only - Jan 1 0:00 0:00 - These are both wallclock rules, and suppose they are used in a region that is GMT+5. Then at UTC 31-Dec-1999 17:00 the WC time will turn to midnight....is that the point at which the clocks would be adjusted? And if so, in the following example: Rule Test 1999 only - Jan 1 0:00 2:00u - Rule Test 2000 only - Jan 1 0:00 0:00u - would the clocks adjust at UTC time 1-Jan-2000?

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Vzic indicates missing tz rules
by Andy McDonald Dec. 1, 2006

Dec. 1, 2006

I've been using 'vzic' (http://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/prod/dialspace/town/pipexdsl/s/asbm26/vzic/) to convert tz data to iCal. vzic 1.3 issues the following - hopefully self-explanatory warnings when run against tz/2006p: ----------------- andy@zanzibar:~/packages/vzic-1.3$ ./vzic --pure WARNING: Couldn't find a LETTER_S to use in FORMAT: C%sT in Zone: Asia/Macau Leaving TZNAME empty WARNING: Couldn't find a LETTER_S to use in FORMAT: TM%sT in Zone: Asia/Ashgabat Leaving TZNAME empty WARNING: Couldn't find a LETTER_S to use in FORMAT: CE%sT in Zone: Europe/Warsaw Leaving TZNAME empty WARNING: Couldn't find a LETTER_S to use in FORMAT: WE%sT in Zone: Atlantic/Azores Leaving TZNAME empty WARNING: Couldn't find a LETTER_S to use in FORMAT: Y%sT in Zone: America/Nome Leaving TZNAME empty WARNING: Couldn't find a LETTER_S to use in FORMAT: M%sT in Zone: America/Inuvik Leaving TZNAME empty WARNING: Couldn't find a LETTER_S to use in FORMAT: P%sT in Zone: America/Whitehorse Leaving TZNAME empty WARNING: Couldn't find a LETTER_S to use in FORMAT: P%sT in Zone: America/Dawson Leaving TZNAME empty andy@zanzibar:~/packages/vzic-1.3$ ----------------- (this is a slightly modified version of vzic - see below; the '--pure' option is not important). Following through in tz for America/Inuvik, we see: ----------------- # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule NT_YK 1918 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 D Rule NT_YK 1918 only - Oct 27 2:00 0 S ... Zone America/Inuvik -8:54:52 - LMT 1884 -8:00 NT_YK P%sT 1979 Apr lastSun 2:00 -7:00 NT_YK M%sT 1980 -7:00 Canada M%sT ----------------- Significantly, America/Inuvik is defined explicitly from the 1800's onwards, but the rule NT_YK is defined only from 1918, hence this missing 'LETTER/S'. Similar issues affect America/Whitehorse and America/Dawson. America/Nome uses the rule 'US' from 1943 to 1946, although the rule isn't defined for most of that period. Spot-checking the other problem zones indicates similar problems. I've exchanged a few e-mails with the developer of vzic; he pointed out that vzic works around most of the above 'problem' zones (see line 899 of vzic_output.c, v1.3); I commented out the workaround to derive the above output. With the workaround, vzic warns on Inuvik, Whitehorse and Dawson only. Andy

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register timezone mailing list
by Tri Duong Minh Nov. 30, 2006

Nov. 30, 2006

Hi All, I would like to join timezone mailing list. Could you please register for me? My information: Email: dmtri(a)tma.com.vn First name: Tri Full name: Duong Minh Tri Sex: Male Nationality: Vietnam Regards, Tri Duong Shasta - Application EXT: 5669

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FW: Suggestions about separation and ISO code
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] Nov. 29, 2006

Nov. 29, 2006

I'm forwarding this message from Jonas Melian who, after sending it, has subscribed to the time zone mailing list. --ado -----Original Message----- From: Jonas Melian [mailto:jonas.esp@googlemail.com] Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 6:21 AM To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: Suggestions about separation and ISO code Some suggestions: 1) To using ISO 3166 3-character country code becasuse is more readable. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1 For any person it's easier to identify a country by the code of 3-letters that by the one of 2-letters. 2) Columns separated by another character different of a tab, as ':'. So it's more readable for humans and too for the machines. And so it's easier to maintain that table. I comment you these suggestions because I have something of experience with this type of tables as you can see here: http://webda.python-hosting.com/browser/trunk/data Greetings!

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Turkey DST data missmatch
by Tiberiu Covaci Nov. 28, 2006

Nov. 28, 2006

Hi, According to the http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=107 Turkey is observing DST same as EU but instead of using 1:00 local time, they are using 1:00u. A closer look in the europe file, will show that they use EU rule with no change (1:00 local time). According to unofficial sources in Turkey, and Worldclock representant, the right value would be 1:00u. Please advice how to proceed to make the data into the next release of tzdata. Regards, Tiberiu Covaci

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Faroe Islands
by Sue Williams Nov. 28, 2006

Nov. 28, 2006

The ISO 3166 English spelling for this region is "Faroe Islands". http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/02iso-3166-code-lists/li… Since the ISO spelling is normally approved by the government of the region involved, the ISO spelling is probably a reliable reference. ...Sue

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FW: Turkey DST data missmatch
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] Nov. 28, 2006

Nov. 28, 2006

I'm forwarding this message from Tiberiu Covaci, who is not on the time zone mailing list. Those of you who are on the list should direct replies appropriately. --ado -----Original Message----- From: Tiberiu Covaci [mailto:tcovaci@bea.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 4:10 AM To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: Turkey DST data missmatch Hi, According to the http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=107 Turkey is observing DST same as EU but instead of using 1:00 local time, they are using 1:00u. A closer look in the europe file, will show that they use EU rule with no change (1:00 local time). According to unofficial sources in Turkey, and Worldclock representant, the right value would be 1:00u. Please advice how to proceed to make the data into the next release of tzdata. Regards, Tiberiu Covaci

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Previous erroneous subject
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] Nov. 28, 2006

Nov. 28, 2006

Bennett Todd was kind enough to point out that while yesterday's new-version announcement had correct references to the "2006p" versions of files in the text of the message, my subject incorrectly referenced "2006o" versions. --ado

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FW: Faeoroe
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] Nov. 28, 2006

Nov. 28, 2006

I'm forwarding this message from Jonas Melian who, after sending it, has subscribed to the time zone mailing list. --ado -----Original Message----- From: Jonas Melian [mailto:jonas.esp@googlemail.com] Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 6:01 AM To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: Faeoroe Hi, In zone.tab is Faeore and its actual name is Faroe. FO +6201-00646 Atlantic/Faeroe http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/02iso-3166-code-lists /list-en1.html You can see too in Wipikedia as you are redirected from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faeroe_Islands to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faroe_Islands

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proposed tz patch for Western Australia
by Paul Eggert Nov. 28, 2006

Nov. 28, 2006

Here's a proposed patch for the Western Australia change on Dec. 3. It incorporates other minor changes I've been saving up. Changes that affect near-future time stamps: * Western Australia starts DST on December 3. (Thanks to Jesper Norgaard Welen for the initial warning, and to Christopher Hunt for letting us know it was official.) This patch migrates the WA DST idiosyncracies into Rule lines, where they probably belonged anyway. I realize the official legislation specifies dates rather than "Mar lastSun", but we commonly reverse-engineer the underlying rules in other situations and might as well do so consistently here. Changes affecting location data only: * The coordinates for Jersey and Podgorica were off. (Thanks to Andy McDonald for noting this.) Changes affecting the web page only: * Add references to FoxClocks <http://www.stemhaus.com/firefox/foxclocks/> and to Time Zone <http://kimmo.suominen.com/sw/timezone/>. --- australasia 2006/08/21 13:56:08 2006.11 +++ australasia 2006/11/22 20:43:04 2006.11.0.2 @@ -29,15 +29,25 @@ Zone Australia/Darwin 8:43:20 - LMT 189 9:00 - CST 1899 May 9:30 Aus CST # Western Australia +# +# From Christopher Hunt (2006-11-21), after an advance warning +# from Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-11-01): +# WA are trialing DST for three years. +# <http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/bills.nsf/62D4F7C55EA88993482572…> +# +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule AW 1974 only - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - +Rule AW 1975 only - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - +Rule AW 1983 only - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - +Rule AW 1984 only - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - +Rule AW 1991 only - Nov 17 2:00s 1:00 - +Rule AW 1992 only - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - +Rule AW 2006 only - Dec 3 2:00s 1:00 - +Rule AW 2007 2009 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - +Rule AW 2007 2008 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - Zone Australia/Perth 7:43:24 - LMT 1895 Dec 8:00 Aus WST 1943 Jul - 8:00 - WST 1974 Oct lastSun 2:00s - 8:00 1:00 WST 1975 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s - 8:00 - WST 1983 Oct lastSun 2:00s - 8:00 1:00 WST 1984 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s - 8:00 - WST 1991 Nov 17 2:00s - 8:00 1:00 WST 1992 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s - 8:00 - WST + 8:00 AW WST # Queensland # # From Alex Livingston (1996-11-01): --- zone.tab 2006/10/10 15:31:46 2006.14 +++ zone.tab 2006/11/22 20:34:56 2006.14.0.1 @@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ IQ +3321+04425 Asia/Baghdad IR +3540+05126 Asia/Tehran IS +6409-02151 Atlantic/Reykjavik IT +4154+01229 Europe/Rome -JE +4912-00237 Europe/Jersey +JE +4912-00207 Europe/Jersey JM +1800-07648 America/Jamaica JO +3157+03556 Asia/Amman JP +353916+1394441 Asia/Tokyo @@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ LY +3254+01311 Africa/Tripoli MA +3339-00735 Africa/Casablanca MC +4342+00723 Europe/Monaco MD +4700+02850 Europe/Chisinau -ME +4247+01928 Europe/Podgorica +ME +4226+01916 Europe/Podgorica MG -1855+04731 Indian/Antananarivo MH +0709+17112 Pacific/Majuro most locations MH +0905+16720 Pacific/Kwajalein Kwajalein --- tz-link.htm 2006/11/06 14:17:39 2006.15 +++ tz-link.htm 2006/11/22 20:34:56 2006.15.0.1 @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ <meta http-equiv="Content-type" content='text/html; charset="US-ASCII"'> <meta name="DC.Creator" content="Eggert, Paul"> <meta name="DC.Contributor" content="Olson, Arthur David"> -<meta name="DC.Date" content="2006-10-31"> +<meta name="DC.Date" content="2006-11-22"> <meta name="DC.Description" content="Sources of information about time zones and daylight saving time"> <meta name="DC.Identifier" content="http://www.twinsun.com/tz/tz-link.htm"> @@ -242,6 +242,17 @@ It is freely available under the <abbr>L </ul> <h2>Other <code>tz</code>-based time zone software</h2> <ul> +<li><a href="http://www.stemhaus.com/firefox/foxclocks/">FoxClocks</a> +is an extension for <a +href="http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Toolkit_API">Mozilla +Toolkit</a> applications like <a +href="http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/">Firefox</a>, <a +href="http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/">Thunderbird</a>, and +<a +href="http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird/">Sunbird</a>. +It displays multiple clocks in the application window, and has a mapping +interface to <a href="http://earth.google.com/">Google Earth</a>. +It is freely available under the <abbr>GPL</abbr>.</li> <li><a href="http://users.skynet.be/Peter.Verthez/projects/intclock/">International clock (intclock)</a> is a multi-timezone clock for @@ -250,6 +261,9 @@ under the <abbr>GPL</abbr>.</li> <li><a href="http://java.sun.com/">Sun Java</a> releases since 1.4 contain a copy of a subset of a recent <code>tz</code> database in a Java-specific format.</li> +<li><a href="http://kimmo.suominen.com/sw/timezone/">Time Zone</a> is +a <a href="http://wordpress.org/">WordPress</a> plugin. It is freely +available under a <abbr>BSD</abbr>-style license.</li> <li><a href="http://www.veladg.com/velaterra.html">VelaTerra</a> is a Mac OS X program. Its developers

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File format
by Philip Warner Nov. 28, 2006

Nov. 28, 2006

Another silly question, but is the format of the zone text files (eg. australasia etc) documented somewhere...I have a quick look in the files themselves, but could not find much....apologies if the answer is obvious, but I've looked in several files.

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Tzcode2006o.tar.gz and tzdata2006o.tar.gz
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] Nov. 27, 2006

Nov. 27, 2006

The files... ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzcode2006p.tar.gz ...and... ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzdata2006p.tar.gz ...are now available; these reflect the changes circulated last week by Paul Eggert on the time zone mailing list. --ado

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Suggestions about separation and ISO code
by Jonas Melian Nov. 27, 2006

Nov. 27, 2006

Some suggestions: 1) To using ISO 3166 3-character country code becasuse is more readable. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1 For any person it's easier to identify a country by the code of 3-letters that by the one of 2-letters. 2) Columns separated by another character different of a tab, as ':'. So it's more readable for humans and too for the machines. And so it's easier to maintain that table. I comment you these suggestions because I have something of experience with this type of tables as you can see here: http://webda.python-hosting.com/browser/trunk/data Greetings!

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Faeoroe
by Jonas Melian Nov. 27, 2006

Nov. 27, 2006

Hi, In zone.tab is Faeore and its actual name is Faroe. FO +6201-00646 Atlantic/Faeroe http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/02iso-3166-code-lists/li… You can see too in Wipikedia as you are redirected from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faeroe_Islands to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faroe_Islands

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Updated timezone info for Western Australia DST trial
by Mark Glossop Nov. 27, 2006

Nov. 27, 2006

Hello, I've recently been tasked with managing the update of our Unix machines to cope with the recently announced (re)introduction of DST in Western Australia - yes, we've been given less than 2 weeks to prepare for the start of the trial period this year :-( Please find attached a copy of the updated "australasia" file that contains the appropriate modifications (it's based on the 2006o timezone information.) Feel free to contact me with any questions or clarifications - I've tested this file as best I can but would not be surprised if more experienced eyes see problems with it. Best regards, Mark -- Mark Glossop Systems Administrator FAHSS Faculty Computing, UWA E: Mark.Glossop(a)uwa.edu.au P: +61 8 6488 2092 M: +61 4 0028 3252 IM: theonlycueball(a)mac.com (AIM)

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Daylight savings time change in Western Australia
by Benno Rice Nov. 24, 2006

Nov. 24, 2006

Western Australia is trialling daylight savings for the next three years. They're planning to switch in on December 3 and then follow the same sort of rules as most of the other Australian states that use DST. The attached diff should implement this, at least for the trial period. -- Benno Rice benno(a)jeamland.net http://jeamland.net/

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Western Australia Daylight Savings Trial
by Clark, Ian R Nov. 23, 2006

Nov. 23, 2006

Hi, You probably recived heaps of mails about this, but I thought I'd send it just in case. The Western Australian State Government has voted to impement daylight savings on a trial basis for three years, starting on 3rd of December this year - Heaps of notice! "4. Trial period of daylight saving Despite the Standard Time Act 2005, from - (a) the hour of 2 a.m. on 3 December 2006 until the hour of 2 a.m. on 25 March 2007; and (b) the hour of 2 a.m. on 28 October 2007 until the hour of 2 a.m. on 30 March 2008; and (c) the hour of 2 a.m. on 26 October 2008 until the hour of 2 a.m. on 29 March 2009, summer time shall, throughout the State, be one hour in advance of standard time and shall be observed accordingly." Full parlimentary Guff at : http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/bills.nsf/9A1B183144403DA5482 5721200088DF1/$File/Bill175-1B.pdf Ian Clark Process Automation Service & Facilities Operations Network Services, Telstra Services Phone: 03 8549 1530 Mobile: 0418 131 611 e-mail: ian.r.clark(a)team.telstra.com Network Services.......your single operator of choice

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Re: bin/105738: [patch] Daylight Savings is being introduced in Western Australia
by Peter Jeremy Nov. 23, 2006

Nov. 23, 2006

On Wed, 2006-Nov-22 13:56:17 +0300, Ruslan Ermilov wrote: >On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 08:39:17PM +1100, Peter Jeremy wrote: >> Yesterday, the Parliament of Western Australia passed legislation to >> introduce Daylight Savings for a 3 year trial period, commencing on >> 3rd December 2006. The lack of notice is quite unfortunate. >> >> See http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/bills.nsf/BillProgressPopup?open… >> >> It would be nice if this change could be applied to FreeBSB in >> time for the start (including FreeBSD 6.2). >> >Did you submit it to Arthur David Olson <ado(a)elsie.nci.nih.gov> for >inclusion into the next tzdata version? We're tracking it, and it >would be easier to just import a new version when it gets updated. >I've just checked the latest version, tzdata2006o, and it doesn't >include this change yet. The patch I submitted yesterday had a fairly silly error in it - I got the DST commencement range wrong. Attached is a corrected patch. Mea culpa. -- Peter Jeremy

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RE: Windows patch for Western Australia
by Jesper Norgaard Welen Nov. 23, 2006

Nov. 23, 2006

There was a couple of mistakes in the registry file, hopefully this is correct: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Time Zones\Australian Western Std. Time] "Display"="(GMT+08:00) Perth" "Dlt"="Australian West Daylight Time" "TZI"=hex:20,fe,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,c4,ff,ff,ff,00,00,03,00,00,00,05,00,03,00, 00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,0c,00,00,00,01,00,02,00,00,00,00,00,00,00 - Jesper -----Original Message----- From: Jesper Norgaard Welen [mailto:jnorgard@prodigy.net.mx] Sent: Miércoles, 22 de Noviembre de 2006 23:33 To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Cc: Paul Eggert Subject: Windows patch for Western Australia ... Save the following into the file Perth2006.reg: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Time Zones\Australian Western Std. Time] "Display"="(GMT+08:00) Perth" "Dlt"="Australia Western Daylight Time" "TZI"=hex:20,fe,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,c4,ff,ff,ff,00,00,04,00,00,00,01,00,03,00, 00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,0c,00,00,00,01,00,02,00,00,00,00,00,00,00 ...

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West Australia DST: to be or not to be
by Jesper Norgaard Welen Nov. 23, 2006

Nov. 23, 2006

http://origin.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20747523-5006789,00.ht ml We will soon know if West Australia DST is on or not: this week should give final vote, according to the article. Regards, - Jesper Jesper Nørgaard Welen Email: jnorgard(a)Prodigy.Net.mx Project Leader (Líder de Proyecto) Software CIMMYT - Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo Dirección: CIMMYT Int. c/o Jesper Nørgaard Km. 45, Carretera México-Veracruz El Batán Texcoco, Edo. de México CP 56130 MEXICO Tel.: +52 (55) 58-04-20-04 ext. 1374 Fax: +52 (55) 58-04-75-58 Tel. Casa: 53-10-05-95 ó 53-10-97-78 Download the shareware program World Time Explorer, I made: http://www.worldtimeexplorer.com/index.html

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RE: Western Australia planning for Daylight Saving Timestarting1D ecember 2006
by Robert Masters Nov. 22, 2006

Nov. 22, 2006

My take on the change. Comments? Which of the two is 'better'? -Rob diff -r -u australasia.2006o australasia.2006p --- australasia.2006o 2006-11-13 14:16:27.000000000 +0800 +++ australasia.2006p 2006-11-22 09:14:06.000000000 +0800 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# @(#)australasia 8.3 +# @(#)australasia 8.4 # <pre> # This file also includes Pacific islands. @@ -37,7 +37,14 @@ 8:00 1:00 WST 1984 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 8:00 - WST 1991 Nov 17 2:00s 8:00 1:00 WST 1992 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s - 8:00 - WST + 8:00 - WST 2006 Dec 3 2:00s + 8:00 1:00 WST 2007 Mar lastSun 2:00s + 8:00 - WST 2007 Oct lastSun 2:00s + 8:00 1:00 WST 2008 Mar lastSun 2:00s + 8:00 - WST 2008 Oct lastSun 2:00s + 8:00 1:00 WST 2009 Mar lastSun 2:00s + 8:00 - WST + # Queensland # # From Alex Livingston (1996-11-01): @@ -764,6 +771,11 @@ # The 1992 ending date used in the rules is a best guess; # it matches what was used in the past. +# From Robert Masters (2006-11-22): +# WA will change on December 3rd to the last Sunday in March, and +# then from the last Sunday in October to the last Sunday in March +# for the next two years. Bill passed 21/11/2006 (!) + # <a href="http://www.bom.gov.au/faq/faqgen.htm"> # The Australian Bureau of Meteorology FAQ # </a> (1999-09-27) writes that Giles Meteorological Station uses -----Original Message----- From: tz-request(a)elsie.nci.nih.gov [mailto:tz-request@elsie.nci.nih.gov] On Behalf Of Erik van der Poel Sent: Wednesday, 22 November 2006 1:30 AM To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Cc: TZ-list; Paul Eggert Subject: Re: Western Australia planning for Daylight Saving Timestarting1December 2006 It looks like they voted for daylight saving: http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,20795690-2761,00.html http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/bills.nsf/9A1B183144403DA54825721 200088DF1/$File/Bill175-1B.pdf I suppose there are a number of ways to write the new rules. Would this do? diff -r -u ccc/australasia ddd/australasia --- ccc/australasia 2006-11-06 06:17:49.000000000 -0800 +++ ddd/australasia 2006-11-21 07:05:38.000000000 -0800 @@ -37,6 +37,12 @@ 8:00 1:00 WST 1984 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 8:00 - WST 1991 Nov 17 2:00s 8:00 1:00 WST 1992 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s + 8:00 - WST 2006 Dec 3 2:00s + 8:00 1:00 WST 2007 Mar 25 2:00s + 8:00 - WST 2007 Oct 28 2:00s + 8:00 1:00 WST 2008 Mar 30 2:00s + 8:00 - WST 2008 Oct 26 2:00s + 8:00 1:00 WST 2009 Mar 29 2:00s 8:00 - WST # Queensland # ------------------------- Erik van der Poel On 11/7/06, Jesper Norgaard Welen <jnorgard(a)prodigy.net.mx> wrote: > > > It seems that it *is* possible to dig up some fixed adresses (links to > PDF > files): > > http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/bills.nsf/62D4F7C55EA889934 > 82572110007316A/$File/Bill174-1.pdf > > http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/bills.nsf/9A1B183144403DA54 > 825721200088DF1/$File/Bill175-1B.pdf > > While I send it however the technology (Outlook? Email servers?) > probably will break the long lines - I don't know how to avoid that. > So you will have to patch the links when you receive them. > > The first bill introduces a note that clarifies that when using 2:00am > in the bill, it refers to 2:00am standard time, so the DST would run > to 25 March 2007 3:00am (daylight saving time). But the second bill > does not mention that, and states 2:00am both when entering and when leaving DST. > > A Queensland southwest bound University lecture was bombarded with > hate mails when suggesting to introduce DST in a corner of Queensland, > and according to her the most effective argument was not 'you are an > idiot' but 'you have lived outside of Queensland, you are not a > Queenslander ... (and) you don't deserve a say' > > http://origin.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20722209-29277,0 > 0.html > > Queensland is not likely to introduce DST legislation anytime soon, > methinks > ;-) > > Regards, > - Jesper > > > ________________________________ > From: Eric Ulevik [mailto:eulevik@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 7:31 AM > To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov > Subject: Western Australia planning for Daylight Saving Time starting > 1 December 2006 > > > The state of Western Australia is planning to adopt daylight saving > time on a trial basis till 31 March 2009. This has not yet been passed > by parliament but is supported by both major parties. > > The initial period is 2am 1 December 2006 to 2am 25 March 2007. > > Subsequent periods are 2am on last Sunday in October till 2am on last > Sunday in March. > > The Daylight Saving Bill 2006 can be found on > http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/ . Unfortunately there is no fixed > address. > > Source: > http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=145&ContentID=10997 > > ************************************************************************ Bunnings Legal Disclaimer: 1) This email is confidential and may contain legally privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not disclose or use the information contained in it. If you have received this email in error, please notify us immediately by return email and delete the document. 2) All emails sent to and sent from Bunnings Group Limited. are scanned for content. Any material deemed to contain inappropriate subject matter will be reported to the email administrator of all parties concerned. ************************************************************************

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[patch] Daylight Savings is being introduced in Western Australia
by Peter Jeremy Nov. 22, 2006

Nov. 22, 2006

>Submitter-Id: current-users >Originator: Peter Jeremy >Organization: n/a >Confidential: no >Synopsis: [patch] Daylight Savings is being introduced in Western Australia >Severity: serious >Priority: high >Category: bin >Class: change-request >Release: FreeBSD 6.2-PRERELEASE amd64 >Environment: System: FreeBSD turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org 6.2-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-PRERELEASE #23: Fri Oct 27 09:36:46 EST 2006 root@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/turion amd64 Affects all versions of FreeBSD >Description: Yesterday, the Parliament of Western Australia passed legislation to introduce Daylight Savings for a 3 year trial period, commencing on 3rd December 2006. The lack of notice is quite unfortunate. See http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/bills.nsf/BillProgressPopup?open… It would be nice if this change could be applied to FreeBSB in time for the start (including FreeBSD 6.2). >How-To-Repeat: New functionality >Fix: Index: share/zoneinfo/australasia =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/ncvs/src/share/zoneinfo/australasia,v retrieving revision 1.30 diff -u -r1.30 australasia --- share/zoneinfo/australasia 13 Oct 2006 10:03:23 -0000 1.30 +++ share/zoneinfo/australasia 22 Nov 2006 09:16:28 -0000 @@ -28,7 +28,19 @@ Zone Australia/Darwin 8:43:20 - LMT 1895 Feb 9:00 - CST 1899 May 9:30 Aus CST + # Western Australia +# +# From Peter Jeremy (2006-11-22) +# The WA Parliament has just passed legislation to trial Daylight Saving +# for 3 years, starting in December 2006. +# http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/bills.nsf/BillProgressPopup?open… +# +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule AW 2007 2009 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - +Rule AW 2006 only - Dec 3 2:00s 0 - +Rule AW 2007 2009 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Australia/Perth 7:43:24 - LMT 1895 Dec 8:00 Aus WST 1943 Jul 8:00 - WST 1974 Oct lastSun 2:00s @@ -37,7 +49,8 @@ 8:00 1:00 WST 1984 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 8:00 - WST 1991 Nov 17 2:00s 8:00 1:00 WST 1992 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s - 8:00 - WST + 8:00 AW WST + # Queensland # # From Alex Livingston (1996-11-01):

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Time in the media
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] Nov. 21, 2006

Nov. 21, 2006

Just on the border of mass media: the December 2006 issue of Harper's includes the article "Clash of the Time Lords: Who will own the easure of our days?" by Michelle Stacey. The focus is the leap-second/leap-hour controversy; the Julian/Gregorian transition is covered in conjunction with this. Alas, there doesn't seem to be a Web version available. --ado

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FW: Western Australia planning for Daylight Saving Time starting 1 December 2006
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] Nov. 21, 2006

Nov. 21, 2006

I'm forwarding this message from ERic Ulevik who, since sending it, has been added to the time zone mailing list. --ado ________________________________ From: Eric Ulevik [mailto:eulevik@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 7:31 AM To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: Western Australia planning for Daylight Saving Time starting 1 December 2006 The state of Western Australia is planning to adopt daylight saving time on a trial basis till 31 March 2009. This has not yet been passed by parliament but is supported by both major parties. The initial period is 2am 1 December 2006 to 2am 25 March 2007. Subsequent periods are 2am on last Sunday in October till 2am on last Sunday in March. The Daylight Saving Bill 2006 can be found on http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/ . Unfortunately there is no fixed address. Source: http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=145&ContentID=10997

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