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URL change OvV
by vanadovv＠hetnet.nl Jan. 30, 2014

Jan. 30, 2014

Hello! I would like to inform you that my timezone pages will move from telfort.nl to kpn.nl. Two of my pages are listed on tz-link.htm, part of the TZ distribution. (1) href="http://home.telfort.nl/~t876506/TZworld.html" Complete timezone information for all countries - displays tables of DST rules. New URL: http://home.kpn.nl/vanadovv/time/TZworld.html (2) href="http://home.telfort.nl/~t876506/Multizones.html" Time zone boundaries for multizone countries - summarizes legal boundaries between time zones within countries. New URL: http://home.kpn.nl/vanadovv/time/Multizones.html The move is in effect as of now. My web site at telfort.nl will be shut down per 01 Feb. 2014. Please change your bookmarks and references. Thanks! Oscar van Vlijmen

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Europe/Pristina
by Morgan Sowden Jan. 28, 2014

Jan. 28, 2014

Hi There, Apologies if this issue has already been raised, but I couldn't find any references in the mailing list's archives. We run a high traffic website and have just updated it so that we can send out emails at the time set by the user. We thus implemented PyTZ as we have users from all over the world. We included Kosovo as a country in our country list (requested by some users) but there is no matching timezone for it in the DB. We're assuming that the convention would dictate the one should add "Europe/Pristina" (the capital) and then it could use the same rules as for "Europe/Belgrade" or "Europe/Tirana" regarding the setting of time. There is no official ISO code for Kosovo yet, though KS seems to be evolving as a standard. Feedback welcome. Kind Regards

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Correct Time in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
by Keith Jones Jan. 27, 2014

Jan. 27, 2014

To Whom It May Concern, If you have the authority to make changes to the time zone database or know who does have the authority, please be informed that Jordan's time is now the same as Eastern European Standard Time. The government of Jordan decided this year (last year, too) to not follow Daylight Savings Time, but then after much pressure from many sides and some unfortunate events decided to change time (this happened December 19/20). Unfortunately, computers and devices relying on automatic times and zones have yet to make this adjustment. If you could help correct this, certainly hundreds of thousands and probably millions would be very grateful. Thank you! Keith Jones Amman, Jordan PS - Strange thing... an older IPhone 3GS running 6.1.3 (10B329) gets the time right, but our iPhone 5's and iPads running iOS 7.?? are off and hour. Strange.

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Non-valid timezones, is there a rule to remove them?
by Fabiano Fidêncio Jan. 24, 2014

Jan. 24, 2014

Howdy! Looking at the zone.tab file I can see a few timezones that, although valid in the past, they are not valid anymore. I can pick as example, reported on the GNOME Bugzilla[0], Asia/Novosibirsk, that used to be UTC+7, but nowadays is considered the same one than Asia/Almaty, which one is UTC+6. How is the rule about keep or remove these not-used-anymore timezones? Would you guys accept a patch removing the not-used-anymore ones? What kind of information should I provide/get to be sure that one timezone could be removed? Thanks is advance and Best Regards. [0]: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=722419 -- Fabiano Fidêncio

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excellent Sources for Time Zone and Daylight Saving Time Data page, thanks
by Tracy Haynes Jan. 23, 2014

Jan. 23, 2014

Hi there! I wanted to thank you for your page http://www.iana.com/time-zones/repository/tz-link.html It's been really useful as I've been putting together a collection of resources for my boss to use and refer to in his own writing; I hope you don't mind my using your page! He actually just wrote an article about time zones that you might enjoy: "Understanding Time Zones" http://www.wakanow.com/ng/pages/Understanding-Time-Zones Would you mind adding my article to your page with all your other other helpful resources? I think showing my boss that I'm making connections and reaching out would go a long way in giving me an edge in my new position:) Thank you so much, and let me know what you think! Tracy Intern Wakanow Travel, DC Office thaynes(a)blog.wakanow.com

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Newly proposed 10 time zones in Russia - draft Federal Law 431985-6
by Alexander Krivenyshev Jan. 23, 2014

Jan. 23, 2014

Below is information concerning a DRAFT amendment (Russian Federal Law N 431985-6) "On the calculation of time" which was recently introduced to Russian State Duma on January 20, 2014. Original Draft Federal Law document as PDF at the Russian State Duma web site: (in Russian) http://asozd2.duma.gov.ru/main.nsf/%28SpravkaNew%29?OpenAgent&RN=431985-6&02 or our link (in Russian) at http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia59.html An English translation of the newly proposed 10 time zones in Russia and corresponding areas/cities/administrative centers in the Russian Federation defined in the table (translated and compiled by WorldTimeZone) at link: http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia60.html The new proposal 431985-6 suggests moving the clock back one (1) hour for almost all regions (including Moscow). In some regions (Chita, Vladivostok, Khabarovsk, Sakha-Yakutia, Omsk, Birobidzhan, Orenburg, Perm, Ufa) the suggestion to turn clocks by two (2) hours back (-2 hours) would therefore force those regions to potentially change their time zones. If approved, the new bill would take effect on October 26, 2014. Alexander Krivenyshev http://www.WorldTimeZone.com

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Paraguay 2014 discrepancy
by Andrew Paprocki Jan. 22, 2014

Jan. 22, 2014

When Paraguay decided to move DST back to March in 2013, it appears that the database records this as 2013->max (i.e., permanent) but timeanddate.comrecorded it as only applying to 2013. The page for Asuncion (http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=21) currently shows a DST date of 12 April, 2014. Is the database correct or is timeanddate.com correct? I fully expect governments to flip-flop, but there should probably be a consistent date until an official law is passed. -Andrew

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FW: Please direct me to an explanantion
by Marvel, Jim (CPCOE) Jan. 21, 2014

Jan. 21, 2014

Found it myself,zic.8.txt thanks Jim Marvel Software Engineer II Honeywell ESEA CMS 8323 Lindbergh Court Sarasota FL 34243 Phone - 941.360.6209 (alt: 941.360.6213) Fax - 941.355.9241 Jim.Marvel(a)Honeywell.com<mailto:nancy.ramm@honeywell.com> From: Marvel, Jim (CPCOE) Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2014 9:53 AM To: 'tz(a)iana.org' Subject: Please direct me to an explanantion Hi, # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Europe/London -0:01:15 - LMT 1847 Dec 1 0:00s 0:00 GB-Eire %s 1968 Oct 27 1:00 - BST 1971 Oct 31 2:00u Please direct me to an explanation of the "s" and the "u" in the rules. I looked within the tz_code and tz_data but was unable to find an explanation. Thanks Jim Marvel Software Engineer II Honeywell ESEA CMS 8323 Lindbergh Court Sarasota FL 34243 Phone - 941.360.6209 (alt: 941.360.6213) Fax - 941.355.9241 Jim.Marvel(a)Honeywell.com<mailto:nancy.ramm@honeywell.com>

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Please direct me to an explanantion
by Marvel, Jim (CPCOE) Jan. 21, 2014

Jan. 21, 2014

Hi, # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Europe/London -0:01:15 - LMT 1847 Dec 1 0:00s 0:00 GB-Eire %s 1968 Oct 27 1:00 - BST 1971 Oct 31 2:00u Please direct me to an explanation of the "s" and the "u" in the rules. I looked within the tz_code and tz_data but was unable to find an explanation. Thanks Jim Marvel Software Engineer II Honeywell ESEA CMS 8323 Lindbergh Court Sarasota FL 34243 Phone - 941.360.6209 (alt: 941.360.6213) Fax - 941.355.9241 Jim.Marvel(a)Honeywell.com<mailto:nancy.ramm@honeywell.com>

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New proposal to return Russia 10 time zones and adjust regions to the standard time
by Alexander Krivenyshev Jan. 20, 2014

Jan. 20, 2014

New bill on changing time in Russia was submitted today (January 20, 2014). New bill will be more complicated than a simple change clocks back to the winter time. The proposals included: - to change Moscow time zone to UTC+3 from current UTC+4. - return Russia 10 time zones (today Russia uses nine time zones). - adjust each region to its standard time zone. - no seasonal time change (no DST). If approved, the new bill will go into effect on October 26, 2014. ITAR-TASS Novosti (in Russian) http://itar-tass.com/obschestvo/897800 Alexander Krivenyshev - WorldTimeZone.com

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