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Time zones in the news
by Arthur David Olson Jan. 2, 2015

Jan. 2, 2015

"How to celebrate New Year’s in every time zone" http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/12/31/how-to-celebrate… (The article covers the traditional 24 time zones rather than those of TZDB.) @dashdashado

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Re: [tz] [Tzdist] Getting to closure Re: [tzdist] #31 (service): Include leap seconds?
by Paul Eggert Dec. 19, 2014

Dec. 19, 2014

On 12/17/2014 06:55 AM, Martin Burnicki wrote: > > 2.) We have the leap second file from TZ DB. This file has a different > format than the NIST file, but as far as I can see is simply generated > from a file in NIST format by a script which is part of the TZ DB > package. Unfortunately the expiration date is *not* migrated into the > TZ DB's leap second file, so some important information is lost. > Thanks for reporting this. I have installed the attached fix in the experimental tz sources on github and it should appear in the next tz release. I am cc'ing the tz mailing list to give them a heads-up. > 3.) We have a leap second file from IERS, which is once more in a > different format than the ones mentioned above. > > In my opinion the IERS should be the authoritative source for a leap > second file (or table) since this is the institution deciding whether > a leap second is to be scheduled, I would prefer this also. However, the IERS file is copyrighted. That is why the tz database reproduces the NIST file (the NIST file is public domain). Other distributors of the IERS file might want to keep this in mind. Amusingly enough, the NIST file's expiration date disagrees with the IERS's. As a practical matter the NIST's date is more conservative and is a better choice for applications like tz and tzdist and this is another argument for using the NIST file. Perhaps someday the IERS will address these two concerns.

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Info regarding TZ database
by Naveed Shakur Dec. 16, 2014

Dec. 16, 2014

Good day My name is Naveed and I have some query regarding the TZ database, is it possible to query the timezone database maintained by IANA or any other possible solution to have a local copy of the same at our own premises, we have to integrate with our in-house application with timezone information. Best Regards and Thank You Naveed Shakur.

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US Sep 30, 1945
by Ken Murchison Dec. 12, 2014

Dec. 12, 2014

All, I'm wondering why the US rule for Sep 30, 1945 uses an explicit date rather than lastSun, where it would dovetail nicely into the existing rules for America/New_York, Chicago, Indiana/Indianapolis (and maybe others) which cover 1946-1954. The only reason that I care is because when converting the TZ data into iCalendar VTIMEZONEs with vzic, the dst->std transition for 1945 doesn't get coalesced into the recurrence rule for 1946-1954. I won't bother going into the reason for how/why vzic isn't able to coalesce these, but I'm pretty sure that it would take a non-trivial amount of work/logic/code to fix it. -- Kenneth Murchison Principal Systems Software Engineer Carnegie Mellon University

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U.S. 1946-1966 dst
by John Madziarczyk Dec. 11, 2014

Dec. 11, 2014

Hi, I apologize is this question has been asked many times before, but is there any publication out there that lists all the observances and non-observances of Daylight Savings Time in the U.S. in the years between the end of World War II and the Uniform Time Act? John Madziarczyk

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time zone 1948
by Susan Ferrara Dec. 8, 2014

Dec. 8, 2014

Hi, I was born in the Naval Hospital at Quantico Marine Base in August of 1948. I would like to know if the base was using DST or EST during that time period. Any advice you can give me as to how I can find this information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Susan Nichols

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Mexico city 1950
by Alois Treindl Dec. 8, 2014

Dec. 8, 2014

Dear Paul I am looking at the timezone for Mexico City 1950. There is a special rules for DST 12 Feb - 31 July 1950, which seems to apply only to Mexico City. I need to find out the definition of the geographic area for which this is valid. You quote as a source http://www.cddhcu.gob.mx/bibliot/publica/inveyana/polisoc/horver/ but I cannot access that source. Do you happen to keep an offline copy of that source information? Best regards Alois

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Adding Asia/Beijing timezone into the database
by Daoming Qiu Dec. 6, 2014

Dec. 6, 2014

"Beijing Time" is the standard time used for China region, so it is very strange that tzdatabase doesn't have timezone called Asia/Beijing. Strongly suggest to add "Asia/Beijing" zone into the database, and its information is very similar with "Asia/Shanghai".

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Leap seconds
by Arthur David Olson Dec. 3, 2014

Dec. 3, 2014

Given history to date, the leap second information needed by knowledgeable, concerned clients is, in its entirety: 1972-06 1972-12 1973-12 1974-12 1975-12 1976-12 1977-12 1978-12 1979-12 1981-06 1982-06 1983-06 1985-06 1987-12 1989-12 1990-12 1992-06 1993-06 1994-06 1995-12 1997-06 1998-12 2005-12 2008-12 2012-06 These are the months at the ends of which leap seconds were inserted.* I'm confident that a way of getting the information to such clients can be developed. It may be prudent to wait and see if the status of the leap second changes in 2015; a change may obviate the need for leap second updates (though not the need for information on past leap seconds). @dashdashado *This ignores the possibility of skipped seconds, which have yet to occur in the wild. It also ignores niceties such as New York City, which at least once "observed" the leap second at midnight New York time rather than midnight UTC, making for a ball drop countdown of "Three...two...one...leap...Happy New Year!"

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Colorado permanent daylight initiative
by Steve Allen Dec. 1, 2014

Dec. 1, 2014

Denver Post reports a ballot initiative attempt that would give voters a chance to choose permanent daylight time for Colorado. http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_27044142/proposal-would-keep-colorado-day… -- Steve Allen <sla(a)ucolick.org> WGS-84 (GPS) UCO/Lick Observatory--ISB Natural Sciences II, Room 165 Lat +36.99855 1156 High Street Voice: +1 831 459 3046 Lng -122.06015 Santa Cruz, CA 95064 http://www.ucolick.org/~sla/ Hgt +250 m

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The Mysterious Cube
by Arthur David Olson Nov. 30, 2014

Nov. 30, 2014

The wonders of modern technology allowed me to view the Superman episode "The Mysterious Cube" today, leading to the attached (and also included below) correction to tz-art.htm. @dashdashado 1.1 510 lines 1.2 510 lines *** /tmp/,atz-art.htm 2014-11-29 19:42:45.598144300 -0500 --- /tmp/,btz-art.htm 2014-11-29 19:42:45.690149500 -0500 *************** *** 330,337 **** <li> An episode of <em>The Adventures of Superman</em> entitled "The Mysterious Cube," first aired 1958-02-24, had Superman convincing the controllers ! of WWV to broadcast time signals five minutes ahead of actual time; ! doing so got a crook trying to beat the statute of limitations to emerge a bit too early from the titular enclosure. </li> <li> --- 330,337 ---- <li> An episode of <em>The Adventures of Superman</em> entitled "The Mysterious Cube," first aired 1958-02-24, had Superman convincing the controllers ! of the Arlington Time Signal to broadcast ahead of actual time; ! doing so got a crook trying to be declared dead to emerge a bit too early from the titular enclosure. </li> <li>

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Re: [tz] tzselect: Display Posix TZ format when used (#12)
by Paul Eggert Nov. 26, 2014

Nov. 26, 2014

Thanks for the fix. I applied it (attached) with a news item (the 2nd attachment).

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[PROPOSED PATCH] Move out-of-scope Arabian peninsula zones to 'backzone'.
by Paul Eggert Nov. 26, 2014

Nov. 26, 2014

* asia (Asia/Bahrain): Now links to Asia/Qatar. (Asia/Kuwait, Asia/Aden): Now links to Asia/Riyadh. (Asia/Muscat): Now links to Asia/Dubai. * backzone: Move the old data here. * checktab.awk (tztab): Remove special cases for these zones. * NEWS: Document the above. --- NEWS | 7 +++++++ asia | 28 ++++++++-------------------- backzone | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ checktab.awk | 4 ---- 4 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 8b184c6..254ccd9 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -8,6 +8,13 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes transition was Oct. 29, not Nov. 29. Remove incorrect data from Shanks about time in Iceland between 1837 and 1908. + Some more zones have been turned into links, when they differed + from existing zones only for older time stamps. As usual, + these changes affect UTC offsets in pre-1970 time stamps only. + Their old contents have been moved to the 'backzone' file. + The affected zones are: Asia/Aden, Asia/Bahrain, Asia/Kuwait, + and Asia/Muscat. + Changes affecting code tzalloc now scrubs time zone abbreviations compatibly with the way diff --git a/asia b/asia index 1a2bd12..8f33b16 100644 --- a/asia +++ b/asia @@ -145,10 +145,7 @@ Zone Asia/Baku 3:19:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 4:00 Azer AZ%sT # Bahrain -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Bahrain 3:22:20 - LMT 1920 # Manamah - 4:00 - GST 1972 Jun - 3:00 - AST +# See Asia/Qatar. # Bangladesh # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-05-13): @@ -1731,9 +1728,7 @@ Zone Asia/Pyongyang 8:23:00 - LMT 1908 Apr 1 ############################################################################### # Kuwait -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Kuwait 3:11:56 - LMT 1950 - 3:00 - AST +# See Asia/Riyadh. # Laos # See Asia/Bangkok. @@ -1954,12 +1949,7 @@ Zone Asia/Kathmandu 5:41:16 - LMT 1920 5:45 - NPT # Nepal Time # Oman - -# Milne says 3:54:24 was the meridian of the Muscat Tidal Observatory. - -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Muscat 3:54:24 - LMT 1920 - 4:00 - GST +# See Asia/Dubai. # Pakistan @@ -2453,6 +2443,7 @@ Zone Asia/Manila -15:56:00 - LMT 1844 Dec 31 Zone Asia/Qatar 3:26:08 - LMT 1920 # Al Dawhah / Doha 4:00 - GST 1972 Jun 3:00 - AST +Link Asia/Qatar Asia/Bahrain # Saudi Arabia # @@ -2479,6 +2470,8 @@ Zone Asia/Qatar 3:26:08 - LMT 1920 # Al Dawhah / Doha # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Riyadh 3:06:52 - LMT 1947 Mar 14 3:00 - AST +Link Asia/Riyadh Asia/Aden # Yemen +Link Asia/Riyadh Asia/Kuwait # Singapore # taken from Mok Ly Yng (2003-10-30) @@ -2767,6 +2760,7 @@ Zone Asia/Ashgabat 3:53:32 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Ashkhabad # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Dubai 3:41:12 - LMT 1920 4:00 - GST +Link Asia/Dubai Asia/Muscat # Oman # Uzbekistan # Byalokoz 1919 says Uzbekistan was 4:27:53. @@ -2851,10 +2845,4 @@ Zone Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh 7:06:40 - LMT 1906 Jul 1 7:00 - ICT # Yemen - -# Milne says 2:59:54 was the meridian of the saluting battery at Aden, -# and that Yemen was at 1:55:56, the meridian of the Hagia Sophia. - -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Aden 2:59:54 - LMT 1950 - 3:00 - AST +# See Asia/Riyadh. diff --git a/backzone b/backzone index 14076c9..d05e8a7 100644 --- a/backzone +++ b/backzone @@ -349,6 +349,17 @@ Zone Antarctica/McMurdo 0 - zzz 1956 12:00 NZ NZ%sT Link Antarctica/McMurdo Antarctica/South_Pole +# Yemen +# Milne says 2:59:54 was the meridian of the saluting battery at Aden, +# and that Yemen was at 1:55:56, the meridian of the Hagia Sophia. +Zone Asia/Aden 2:59:54 - LMT 1950 + 3:00 - AST + +# Bahrain +Zone Asia/Bahrain 3:22:20 - LMT 1920 # Manamah + 4:00 - GST 1972 Jun + 3:00 - AST + # India # # From Paul Eggert (2014-09-06): @@ -404,6 +415,16 @@ Zone Asia/Kashgar 5:03:56 - LMT 1928 # or Kashi or Kaxgar 5:00 - KAST 1980 May 8:00 PRC C%sT +# Kuwait +Zone Asia/Kuwait 3:11:56 - LMT 1950 + 3:00 - AST + + +# Oman +# Milne says 3:54:24 was the meridian of the Muscat Tidal Observatory. +Zone Asia/Muscat 3:54:24 - LMT 1920 + 4:00 - GST + # India # From Paul Eggert (2014-08-11), after a heads-up from Stephen Colebourne: # According to a Portuguese decree (1911-05-26) diff --git a/checktab.awk b/checktab.awk index 0686399..9a452b6 100644 --- a/checktab.awk +++ b/checktab.awk @@ -17,10 +17,6 @@ BEGIN { if (zone_table == "zone1970.tab") { tztab["America/Antigua"] = 1 tztab["America/Cayman"] = 1 - tztab["Asia/Aden"] = 1 - tztab["Asia/Bahrain"] = 1 - tztab["Asia/Kuwait"] = 1 - tztab["Asia/Muscat"] = 1 tztab["Pacific/Midway"] = 1 tztab["Pacific/Saipan"] = 1 } -- 2.1.0

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Re: [tz] tzselect: Removed spaces in calls to awk-functions (#11)
by Paul Eggert Nov. 25, 2014

Nov. 25, 2014

Thanks for the bug report. I installed your patch, along with an additional one for NEWS. I'm attaching both patches and CC'ing to the tz mailing list.

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[PROPOSED PATCH] Adjust pre-1940 Iceland data to match the Iceland Almanak.
by Paul Eggert Nov. 24, 2014

Nov. 24, 2014

* europe (Iceland, Atlantic/Reykjavik): Correct entries for 1939, 1921, 1919, and 1837-1907. Coalesce some other entries, for simplicity. * NEWS: Document this. --- NEWS | 6 ++++++ europe | 29 +++++++++++++---------------- 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 45e4f84..2cb5ff9 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -2,6 +2,12 @@ News for the tz database Unreleased, experimental changes + Changes affecting past time stamps + + Iceland observed DST in 1919 and 1921, and its 1939 fallbacck + transition was Oct. 29, not Nov. 29. Remove incorrect data from + Shanks about time in Iceland between 1837 and 1908. + Changes affecting code tzalloc now scrubs time zone abbreviations compatibly with the way diff --git a/europe b/europe index 5e78c54..fc7a76a 100644 --- a/europe +++ b/europe @@ -1407,35 +1407,32 @@ Zone Europe/Budapest 1:16:20 - LMT 1890 Oct # might be a reference to the Julian calendar as opposed to Gregorian, or it # might mean something else (???). # -# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): -# The Iceland Almanak, Shanks & Pottenger, and Whitman disagree on many points. -# We go with the Almanak, except for one claim from Shanks & Pottenger, namely -# that Reykavik was 21W57 from 1837 to 1908, local mean time before that. +# From Paul Eggert (2014-11-22): +# The information below is taken from the 1988 Almanak; see +# http://www.almanak.hi.is/klukkan.html # # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule Iceland 1917 1918 - Feb 19 23:00 1:00 S +Rule Iceland 1917 1919 - Feb 19 23:00 1:00 S Rule Iceland 1917 only - Oct 21 1:00 0 - -Rule Iceland 1918 only - Nov 16 1:00 0 - +Rule Iceland 1918 1919 - Nov 16 1:00 0 - +Rule Iceland 1921 only - Mar 19 23:00 1:00 S +Rule Iceland 1921 only - Jun 23 1:00 0 - Rule Iceland 1939 only - Apr 29 23:00 1:00 S -Rule Iceland 1939 only - Nov 29 2:00 0 - +Rule Iceland 1939 only - Oct 29 2:00 0 - Rule Iceland 1940 only - Feb 25 2:00 1:00 S -Rule Iceland 1940 only - Nov 3 2:00 0 - -Rule Iceland 1941 only - Mar 2 1:00s 1:00 S -Rule Iceland 1941 only - Nov 2 1:00s 0 - -Rule Iceland 1942 only - Mar 8 1:00s 1:00 S -Rule Iceland 1942 only - Oct 25 1:00s 0 - +Rule Iceland 1940 1941 - Nov Sun>=2 1:00s 0 - +Rule Iceland 1941 1942 - Mar Sun>=2 1:00s 1:00 S # 1943-1946 - first Sunday in March until first Sunday in winter Rule Iceland 1943 1946 - Mar Sun>=1 1:00s 1:00 S -Rule Iceland 1943 1948 - Oct Sun>=22 1:00s 0 - +Rule Iceland 1942 1948 - Oct Sun>=22 1:00s 0 - # 1947-1967 - first Sunday in April until first Sunday in winter Rule Iceland 1947 1967 - Apr Sun>=1 1:00s 1:00 S -# 1949 Oct transition delayed by 1 week +# 1949 and 1969 Oct transitions delayed by 1 week Rule Iceland 1949 only - Oct 30 1:00s 0 - Rule Iceland 1950 1966 - Oct Sun>=22 1:00s 0 - Rule Iceland 1967 only - Oct 29 1:00s 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Atlantic/Reykjavik -1:27:24 - LMT 1837 - -1:27:48 - RMT 1908 # Reykjavik Mean Time? +Zone Atlantic/Reykjavik -1:28 - LMT 1908 -1:00 Iceland IS%sT 1968 Apr 7 1:00s 0:00 - GMT -- 2.1.0

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[PATCH] Fix spelling error in latest NEWS
by Chris Rorvick Nov. 24, 2014

Nov. 24, 2014

--- Noticed a minor spelling error in the latest patch: s/fallbacck/fallback Thanks, Chris Rorvick NEWS | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 2cb5ff9..7559381 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes Changes affecting past time stamps - Iceland observed DST in 1919 and 1921, and its 1939 fallbacck + Iceland observed DST in 1919 and 1921, and its 1939 fallback transition was Oct. 29, not Nov. 29. Remove incorrect data from Shanks about time in Iceland between 1837 and 1908. -- 1.9.3

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[PROPOSED PATCH] tzselect: Fix for gawk treating '\.' as plain '.'
by Paul Eggert Nov. 23, 2014

Nov. 23, 2014

From: Stefan Kuhn <Wuodan0(a)gmail.com> When using gawk and Posix TZ in tzselect, this warning is shown: awk: cmd. line:1: warning: escape sequence `\.' treated as plain `.' gawk treats '\.' as '.' mawk treats '\.' as '\.' both treat '\\.' as '\\.' The 2nd and 3rd are corrrect for 'Mm.w.d'. Test: gawk 'BEGIN{ date = "\."; print date }' gawk 'BEGIN{ date = "\\."; print date }' versus: mawk 'BEGIN{ date = "\."; print date }' mawk 'BEGIN{ date = "\\."; print date }' * tzselect.ksh (date): Fix bug that broke POSIX TZ checking with gawk. * NEWS: Document this. --- NEWS | 3 +++ tzselect.ksh | 2 +- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 1e781d2..45e4f84 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes that tzset always has, by replacing invalid bytes with '_' and by shortening too-long abbreviations. + tzselect no longer mishandles POSIX TZ settings when GNU awk is used. + (Thanks to Stefan Kuhn.) + Changes affecting build procedure 'make check' now checks for links to links in the data. diff --git a/tzselect.ksh b/tzselect.ksh index 029abcd..d5dae17 100644 --- a/tzselect.ksh +++ b/tzselect.ksh @@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ while tzname = "[^-+,0-9][^-+,0-9][^-+,0-9]+" time = "[0-2]?[0-9](:[0-5][0-9](:[0-5][0-9])?)?" offset = "[-+]?" time - date = "(J?[0-9]+|M[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+)" + date = "(J?[0-9]+|M[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+)" datetime = "," date "(/" time ")?" tzpattern = "^(:.*|" tzname offset "(" tzname \ "(" offset ")?(" datetime datetime ")?)?)$" -- 2.1.0

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Recent conversions of zones to aliases
by Stephen Colebourne Nov. 17, 2014

Nov. 17, 2014

Just to note my continued unhappiness with the conversions of zones to aliases. The recent change to map Harare to Maputo broke a test in Joda-Time (the most widely used 3rd party library in Java for date/time, probably used by millions of developers). This means that the many users of Joda-Time will get errors when they try to recompile the latest jar file, a process that has worked fine for years. In order to make the test pass I now have to special case to say that either Harare or Maputo is a valid value. This issue occurs because Joda-Time normalises all aliases to the actual zone as per TZDB data. Thus a request for DateTimeZone zone = DateTimeZone.forID("Africa/Harare"); which use to return a zone with the ID "Africa/Harare" now returns "Africa/Maputo". This means that users can no longer get a zone that represents their country for half of Africa and the Carribean. I cannot stress enough that these utterly unecessary changes have and will continue to cause observable differences in end-user applications. I remain firmly of the opinion that there should be at least one actual Zone entry for each ISO defined territory/country, and that these recent changes should not be described as minor tidying. Stephen

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[tz-announce] 2014j release of tz code and data available
by Paul Eggert Nov. 12, 2014

Nov. 12, 2014

The 2014j release of the tz code and data is available. It reflects the following changes, which were either circulated on the tz mailing list or are relatively minor technical or administrative changes: Changes affecting current and future time stamps Turks & Caicos' switch from US eastern time to UTC-4 year-round did not occur on 2014-11-02 at 02:00. It's currently scheduled for 2015-11-01 at 02:00. (Thanks to Chris Walton.) Changes affecting past time stamps Many pre-1989 time stamps have been corrected for Asia/Seoul and Asia/Pyongyang, based on sources for the Korean-language Wikipedia entry for time in Korea. (Thanks to Sanghyuk Jung.) Also, no longer guess that Pyongyang mimicked Seoul time after World War II, as this is politically implausible. Some more zones have been turned into links, when they differed from existing zones only for older time stamps. As usual, these changes affect UTC offsets in pre-1970 time stamps only. Their old contents have been moved to the 'backzone' file. The affected zones are: Africa/Addis_Ababa, Africa/Asmara, Africa/Dar_es_Salaam, Africa/Djibouti, Africa/Kampala, Africa/Mogadishu, Indian/Antananarivo, Indian/Comoro, and Indian/Mayotte. Changes affecting commentary The commentary is less enthusiastic about Shanks as a source, and is more careful to distinguish UT from UTC. Here are links to the release files: ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/releases/tzcode2014j.tar.gz ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/releases/tzdata2014j.tar.gz The files are also available via HTTP as follows: http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/releases/tzcode2014j.tar.gz http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/releases/tzdata2014j.tar.gz As usual, links to the latest release files are here: http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/tzcode-latest.tar.gz http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/tzdata-latest.tar.gz ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/tzcode-latest.tar.gz ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/tzdata-latest.tar.gz Each release file has a GPG signature, which can be retrieved by appending ".asc" to the above URLs. Copies of these signatures are appended to this message. This release corresponds to commit 59ed0cc5b894da45a366d92ce9bd41d67e1c2225 dated Mon Nov 10 17:37:11 2014 -0800 and tagged '2014j' in the experimental github repository at <https://github.com/eggert/tz>. Here are the SHA-512 checksums for the release files: 1207670c168a80fe9db86307028efa3af8ca304817ebe36df5b5c2d2b67deba4294f05f4d6afa04220c3b255ad1903e2850bfb0649b2edfb2d754345a4b2490a tzcode2014j.tar.gz 4c2979be3a96f91f8576304ec905d571b73df0842c8300c1d7317819b45ab3e29948ed911aa265b12a4ad587d5cba44f646dd02e40e4fbf9e68556a2d327142e tzdata2014j.tar.gz Here are the GPG checksums for the release files: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQIcBAABAgAGBQJUYWkBAAoJEO2X6Q5iqn40mGMP/j+Pr+K08lvFuB9aYD1d1sf/ H1RNNg+YyQFMz1WqnM45Xsnt2JylqlnH+nwB5QQVqN+9aZYq54+KsGMwDrg1+WSs ffeXZNFC9vePCLzhE2se/KZ6yJHQmqURt3Gcl7oKhmTTFlnM+60akISaBz+SKxH9 9fPn8LVL0StPKi087/VU253iN09pr0sPsWZ6BitgIBYjwuxt5ipZa27mroHVfmBr d2rrbPfUaO3wH15BNF1IjqTl9IjBCUbvxIe9y+AFUOF/MBWu+nezGc0xatHR/r3T IygXZomRZNnmGAXFaz6Q0JMBaegK74P5uB+6ShrEN6sclkoKzgxZKD765G3eHKPw k0EMgedKuv5nnZ2RghZHE3L05L7WIo0tX5bunXuovorPhprMPNI2Dq/+mvPP/qJW Skv28NlWZGQNe7KF8FABrNaBMO1ILX8fPY+OyDxdHFGGKyB40TPuxqaU1Z/Wrsjv q+Kb4X9HJGcLIL0se9V+vMgtX0ZMswjlTlZQ1mEQBacF8Qbg9gX3kgCjAFkyfQBk FP3V4y2zf0kiY4Al5tjiS8rtYq3KpkDgr/s+bkRA5Bn46XeRHBX9UPVbP0OOYHOL BE+i6U0tkrtI9mlQY2s+xQsD5UzFVl+PCfWPHrPhZC4XTWmKHu3lZA7mgG3M5fUA CiRY7d2x957X1p0tfVEW =z1lO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQIcBAABAgAGBQJUYWkBAAoJEO2X6Q5iqn40wUEP/0iaaTLmefoStFAX+JVKrqrL Gza28iZF78Rxlz/Tczna25VfHuhNw3hq5xHp43sdERPTY7EncBHVN1cY+Hxo03FA nD02tqqGWA4ftS5GoFTUynPDO5Q0CkL5+iSNbZn0Fsda3giy11eUJgDSEbwVI3LX 5tRtR148SG1QPin1/hS9AQrg7/3itVMjaf/yAW77fvLdXTkST483GwQCZze4pOVr /5ADJ5ez5JCvDTtooEHiDIb+QVpb7d//m/LoOGPhx9qtFFqaHg3YAT25QUtE410a n3b1BBo0BYmI/j6OsAZK1YMdo0bKEL9lS3NPg6sGWuoT5/5PjjfdQ5vtqtGn2wXa +bjKNxTUaQe3CnHywXu+NoDU6YIOwleYRPFziiVIxG/OFmBDd2BSDigaLC9Dvca4 yZd+Eft3jTjbM6TE9S3OtwZ7zowL1tLv7Ex1iq9lc20ICu5bop6pi8hIKoHPqbgA PXK4BGIQsErudsuKWew9m7mP5FCvoa3DZwhy3unJFcqGJUDt8CBkBhXCWWA+Do3C bjkUBm8o83o2x/I9DuoqEMmxbyc0F1z81qUfWNiFu5+5PqGzTzdN9Cw4ZJWDHNT9 bPdKj0znu5T+VAIJwwacE1swXEY7NoNXbH6YCy4xOMz2BccvxCDgoQqq2XLmpfeE CRepKjXOXq5ALC0IarjY =DbaX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ tz-announce mailing list tz-announce(a)iana.org https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/tz-announce

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small bug fix and ugliness concentration
by christos＠zoulas.com Nov. 11, 2014

Nov. 11, 2014

Hello, There there were 2 copies of the USG_COMPAT/ALTZONE ugliness and one was incomplete (did not set daylight). I merged them. christos --- localtime.c.orig 2014-10-18 14:07:54.000000000 -0400 +++ localtime.c 2014-11-11 13:39:18.000000000 -0500 @@ -235,6 +235,27 @@ return result; } +static char * +setzone(struct state const *sp, const struct ttinfo *ttisp, int_fast32_t offset) +{ + char *zn = (char *)&sp->chars[ttisp->tt_abbrind]; + if (offset) { +#ifdef USG_COMPAT + if (ttisp->tt_isdst) + daylight = 1; + if (!ttisp->tt_isdst) + timezone = -(ttisp->tt_gmtoff); +#endif /* defined USG_COMPAT */ +#ifdef ALTZONE + if (ttisp->tt_isdst) + altzone = -(ttisp->tt_gmtoff); +#endif /* defined ALTZONE */ + } + + tzname[ttisp->tt_isdst] = zn; + return zn; +} + static void settzname(void) { @@ -261,24 +282,8 @@ tzname[ttisp->tt_isdst] = &sp->chars[ttisp->tt_abbrind]; } - for (i = 0; i < sp->timecnt; ++i) { - register const struct ttinfo * const ttisp = - &sp->ttis[ - sp->types[i]]; - - tzname[ttisp->tt_isdst] = - &sp->chars[ttisp->tt_abbrind]; -#ifdef USG_COMPAT - if (ttisp->tt_isdst) - daylight = 1; - if (!ttisp->tt_isdst) - timezone = -(ttisp->tt_gmtoff); -#endif /* defined USG_COMPAT */ -#ifdef ALTZONE - if (ttisp->tt_isdst) - altzone = -(ttisp->tt_gmtoff); -#endif /* defined ALTZONE */ - } + for (i = 0; i < sp->timecnt; ++i) + setzone(sp, &sp->ttis[i], -1); /* ** Finally, scrub the abbreviations. ** First, replace bogus characters. @@ -1393,26 +1398,11 @@ */ result = timesub(&t, ttisp->tt_gmtoff, sp, tmp); if (result) { - bool tm_isdst = ttisp->tt_isdst; - char *tm_zone = (char *) &sp->chars[ttisp->tt_abbrind]; - result->tm_isdst = tm_isdst; + char *zn = setzone(sp, ttisp, offset); + result->tm_isdst = ttisp->tt_isdst; #ifdef TM_ZONE - result->TM_ZONE = tm_zone; + result->TM_ZONE = zn; #endif /* defined TM_ZONE */ - if (offset) { - /* Always set the tzname etc. vars whose values can easily - be determined, as it's too much trouble to tell whether - tzset has already done it correctly. */ - tzname[tm_isdst] = tm_zone; -#ifdef USG_COMPAT - if (!tm_isdst) - timezone = - ttisp->tt_gmtoff; -#endif -#ifdef ALTZONE - if (tm_isdst) - altzone = - ttisp->tt_gmtoff; -#endif - } } return result; }

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[tz-announce] 2014g release of tz code and data available
by Paul Eggert Nov. 11, 2014

Nov. 11, 2014

The 2014g release of the tz code and data is available. It reflects the following changes, which were either circulated on the tz mailing list or are relatively minor technical or administrative changes: Changes affecting future time stamps Turks & Caicos is switching from US eastern time to UTC-4 year-round, modeled as a switch from EST/EDT to AST on 2014-11-02 at 02:00. Changes affecting past time stamps Time in Russia or the USSR before 1926 or so has been corrected by a few seconds in the following zones: Asia/Irkutsk, Asia/Krasnoyarsk, Asia/Omsk, Asia/Samarkand, Asia/Tbilisi, Asia/Vladivostok, Asia/Yakutsk, Europe/Riga, Europe/Samara. For Asia/Yekaterinburg the correction is a few minutes. (Thanks to Vladimir Karpinsky.) The Portuguese decree of 1911-05-26 took effect on 1912-01-01. This affects 1911 time stamps in Africa/Bissau, Africa/Luanda, Atlantic/Azores, and Atlantic/Madeira. Also, Lisbon's pre-1912 GMT offset was -0:36:45 (rounded from -0:36:44.68), not -0:36:32. (Thanks to Stephen Colebourne for pointing to the decree.) Asia/Dhaka ended DST on 2009-12-31 at 24:00, not 23:59. A new file 'backzone' contains data which may appeal to connoisseurs of old time stamps, although it is out of scope for the tz database, is often poorly sourced, and contains some data that is known to be incorrect. The new file is not recommended for ordinary use and its entries are not installed by default. (Thanks to Lester Caine for the high-quality Jersey, Guernsey, and Isle of Man entries.) Some more zones have been turned into links, when they differed from existing zones only for older time stamps. As usual, these changes affect UTC offsets in pre-1970 time stamps only. Their old contents have been moved to the 'backzone' file. The affected zones are: Africa/Bangui, Africa/Brazzaville, Africa/Douala, Africa/Kinshasa, Africa/Libreville, Africa/Luanda, Africa/Malabo, Africa/Niamey, and Africa/Porto-Novo. Changes affecting code Unless NETBSD_INSPIRED is defined to 0, the tz library now supplies functions for creating and using objects that represent time zones. The new functions are tzalloc, tzfree, localtime_rz, mktime_z, and (if STD_INSPIRED is also defined) posix2time_z and time2posix_z. They are intended for performance: for example, localtime_rz (unlike localtime_r) is trivially thread-safe without locking. (Thanks to Christos Zoulas for proposing NetBSD-inspired functions, and to Alan Barrett and Jonathan Lennox for helping to debug the change.) zdump now builds with the tz library unless USE_LTZ is defined to 0, This lets zdump use tz features even if the system library lacks them. To build zdump with the system library, use 'make CFLAGS=-DUSE_LTZ=0 TZDOBJS=zdump.o CHECK_TIME_T_ALTERNATIVES='. zdump now uses localtime_rz if available, as it's significantly faster, and it can help zdump better diagnose invalid time zone names. Define HAVE_LOCALTIME_RZ to 0 to suppress this. HAVE_LOCALTIME_RZ defaults to 1 if NETBSD_INSPIRED && USE_LTZ. When localtime_rz is not available, zdump now uses localtime_r and tzset if available, as this is a bit cleaner and faster than plain localtime. Compile with -DHAVE_LOCALTIME_R=0 and/or -DHAVE_TZSET=0 if your system lacks these two functions. If THREAD_SAFE is defined to 1, the tz library is now thread-safe. Although not needed for tz's own applications, which are single-threaded, this supports POSIX better if the tz library is used in multithreaded apps. Some crashes have been fixed when zdump or the tz library is given invalid or outlandish input. The tz library no longer mishandles leap seconds on platforms with unsigned time_t in time zones that lack ordinary transitions after 1970. The tz code now attempts to infer TM_GMTOFF and TM_ZONE if not already defined, to make it easier to configure on common platforms. Define NO_TM_GMTOFF and NO_TM_ZONE to suppress this. Unless the new macro UNINIT_TRAP is defined to 1, the tz code now assumes that reading uninitialized memory yields garbage values but does not cause other problems such as traps. If TM_GMTOFF is defined and UNINIT_TRAP is 0, mktime is now more likely to guess right for ambiguous time stamps near transitions where tm_isdst does not change. If HAVE_STRFTIME_L is defined to 1, the tz library now defines strftime_l for compatibility with recent versions of POSIX. Only the C locale is supported, though. HAVE_STRFTIME_L defaults to 1 on recent POSIX versions, and to 0 otherwise. tzselect -c now uses a hybrid distance measure that works better in Africa. (Thanks to Alan Barrett for noting the problem.) The C source code now ports to NetBSD when GCC_DEBUG_FLAGS is used, or when time_tz is defined. When HAVE_UTMPX_H is set the 'date' command now builds on systems whose <utmpx.h> file does not define WTMPX_FILE, and when setting the date it updates the wtmpx file if _PATH_WTMPX is defined. This affects GNU/Linux and similar systems. For easier maintenance later, some C code has been simplified, some lint has been removed, and the code has been tweaked so that plain 'make' is more likely to work. The C type 'bool' is now used for boolean values, instead of 'int'. The long-obsolete LOCALE_HOME code has been removed. The long-obsolete 'gtime' function has been removed. Changes affecting build procedure 'zdump' no longer links in ialloc.o, as it's not needed. 'make check_time_t_alternatives' no longer assumes GNU diff. Changes affecting distribution tarballs The files checktab.awk and zoneinfo2tdf.pl are now distributed in the tzdata tarball instead of the tzcode tarball, since they help maintain the data. The NEWS and Theory files are now also distributed in the tzdata tarball, as they're relevant for data. (Thanks to Alan Barrett for pointing this out.) Also, the leapseconds.awk file is no longer distributed in the tzcode tarball, since it belongs in the tzdata tarball (where 2014f inadvertently also distributed it). Changes affecting documentation and commentary A new file CONTRIBUTING is distributed. (Thanks to Tim Parenti for suggesting a CONTRIBUTING file, and to Tony Finch and Walter Harms for debugging it.) The man pages have been updated to use function prototypes, to document thread-safe variants like localtime_r, and to document the NetBSD-inspired functions tzalloc, tzfree, localtime_rz, and mktime_z. The fields in Link lines have been renamed to be more descriptive and more like the parameters of 'ln'. LINK-FROM has become TARGET, and LINK-TO has become LINK-NAME. tz-link.htm mentions the IETF's tzdist working group; Windows Runtime etc. (thanks to Matt Johnson); and HP-UX's tztab. Some broken URLs have been fixed in the commentary. (Thanks to Lester Caine.) Commentary about Philippines DST has been updated, and commentary on pre-1970 time in India has been added. Here are links to the release files: ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/releases/tzcode2014g.tar.gz ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/releases/tzdata2014g.tar.gz The files are also available via HTTP as follows: http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/releases/tzcode2014g.tar.gz http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/releases/tzdata2014g.tar.gz Each release file has a GPG signature, which can be retrieved by appending ".asc" to the above URLs. Copies of these signatures are appended to this message. As usual, links to the latest release files are here: http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/tzcode-latest.tar.gz http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/tzdata-latest.tar.gz ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/tzcode-latest.tar.gz ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/tzdata-latest.tar.gz This release corresponds to commit 9cd0541edf0bbca453e1b97749c5e68a1d6ab7db dated Thu Aug 28 12:31:23 2014 -0700 and tagged '2014g' in the unofficial github repository at <https://github.com/eggert/tz>. 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America/Grand_Turk (Turks and Caicos)
by Chris Walton Nov. 10, 2014

Nov. 10, 2014

I am suspicious that the current time zone rules for Turks and Caicos may be wrong. In August of this year, the TCI Government did make plans to be on "permanent daylight saving time". This would have meant that the clocks should not have changed Nov 2/2014. This is properly modeled in the current TZ rules as permanent Atlantic Standard Time (AST) starting Nov 2/2014. http://tcweeklynews.com/daylight-savings-time-to-be-maintained-p5353-127.htm http://tcweeklynews.com/daylight-saving-time-p5360-144.htm In September of this year, the TCI government appears to have delayed the switch to "permanent daylight saving time" by one year. This means Turks and Caicos should theoretically be running on Eastern Standard Time (EST) now. The switch to AST should presumably start on Nov 1/2015. http://tcweeklynews.com/time-change-to-go-ahead-this-november-p5437-127.htm I think this website may have more info, but currently it is non-functional. http://www.gov.tc/pressoffice/ -chris

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[PROPOSED PATCH] * tz-link.htm: Modernize some more URLs.
by Paul Eggert Nov. 9, 2014

Nov. 9, 2014

--- tz-link.htm | 39 +++++++++++++++++++-------------------- 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-) diff --git a/tz-link.htm b/tz-link.htm index 6b57415..444ef94 100644 --- a/tz-link.htm +++ b/tz-link.htm @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ <meta http-equiv="Content-type" content='text/html; charset="UTF-8"'> <meta name="DC.Creator" content="Eggert, Paul"> <meta name="DC.Contributor" content="Olson, Arthur David"> -<meta name="DC.Date" content="2014-11-02"> +<meta name="DC.Date" content="2014-11-09"> <meta name="DC.Description" content="Sources of information about time zones and daylight saving time"> <meta name="DC.Identifier" @@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ the <abbr>MIT</abbr> license.</li> </ul> <li><a href="http://pytz.sourceforge.net">pytz – World Timezone Definitions for Python</a> compiles <code><abbr>tz</abbr></code> source into -<a href="http://python.org">Python</a>. +<a href="https://www.python.org">Python</a>. It is freely available under a <abbr>BSD</abbr>-style license.</li> <li><a href="http://tzinfo.github.io">TZInfo – Ruby Timezone Library</a> @@ -377,15 +377,15 @@ available under a BSD-style license.</li> </ul> <h2>Other <code><abbr>tz</abbr></code>-based time zone software</h2> <ul> -<li><a href="http://foxclocks.org">FoxClocks</a> -is an extension for <a href="http://google.com/chrome">Google +<li><a href="https://foxclocks.org">FoxClocks</a> +is an extension for <a href="http://google.com/chrome/">Google Chrome</a> and for <a -href="http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Toolkit_API">Mozilla +href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Tech/Toolkit_API">Mozilla Toolkit</a> applications like <a -href="http://mozilla.com/firefox">Firefox</a> and <a -href="http://mozilla.com/thunderbird">Thunderbird</a>. +href="https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/">Firefox</a> and <a +href="https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/">Thunderbird</a>. It displays multiple clocks in the application window, and has a mapping -interface to <a href="http://earth.google.com">Google Earth</a>. +interface to <a href="http://www.google.com/earth/">Google Earth</a>. It is freely available under the <abbr>GPL</abbr>.</li> <li><a href="http://golang.org">Go programming language</a> implementations contain a copy of a 32-bit subset of a recent @@ -409,18 +409,18 @@ the older, proprietary method of Microsoft Windows 2000 and later, which stores time zone data in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Registry">Windows Registry</a>. The <a -href="http://unicode.org/cldr/charts/supplemental/zone_tzid.html">Zone → +href="http://www.unicode.org/cldr/charts/latest/supplemental/zone_tzid.html">Zone → Tzid table</a> or <a href="http://unicode.org/repos/cldr/trunk/common/supplemental/windowsZones.xml"><abbr>XML</abbr> file</a> of the <abbr>CLDR</abbr> data maps proprietary zone IDs to <code><abbr>tz</abbr></code> names. <li><a -href="http://www.oracle.com/us/technologies/java/overview/index.html">Oracle +href="https://www.oracle.com/java/index.html">Oracle Java</a> contains a copy of a subset of a recent <code><abbr>tz</abbr></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 +<li><a href="https://kimmo.suominen.com/sw/timezone/">Time Zone</a> is +a <a href="https://wordpress.org">WordPress</a> plugin. It is freely available under a <abbr>BSD</abbr>-style license.</li> <li><a href="http://www.relativedata.com/time-zone-master">Time Zone Master</a> is a Microsoft Windows clock program that can automatically @@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ href="http://astrocom.com">Astro Computing Services</a>. These atlases are extensive but unreliable, as Shanks appears to have guessed many <abbr>UT</abbr> offsets and transitions. The atlases cite no sources and do not indicate which entries are guesswork.</li> -<li><a href="http://www.hp.com/go/hpux/">HP-UX</a> has a database in +<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP-UX">HP-UX</a> has a database in its own <code>tztab</code>(4) format.</li> <li>Microsoft Windows has proprietary data mentioned above.</li> <li><a href="http://worldtimeserver.com">World Time Server</a> @@ -457,13 +457,12 @@ contains data from the Time Service Department of the <abbr>US</abbr> Naval Observatory.</li> <li>The <a href="http://www.iata.org/publications/Pages/ssim.aspx">Standard Schedules Information Manual</a> of the -<a href="http://iata.org">International Air Transport -Association</a> +International Air Transport Association gives current time zone rules for airports served by commercial aviation.</li> </ul> <h2>Maps</h2> <ul> -<li>The <a href="https://www.cia.gov">United States Central +<li>The <a href="https://www.cia.gov/index.html">United States Central Intelligence Agency (<abbr title="Central Intelligence Agency">CIA</abbr>)</a> publishes a <a href="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/graphics/ref_ma…">time @@ -485,7 +484,7 @@ but the maps are more up to date.</li> <li><a href="http://poisson.phc.unipi.it/~maggiolo/index.php/2014/01/how-much-is-time-wr…">How much is time wrong around the world?</a> maps the difference between mean solar and standard time, highlighting areas such as western China -where the two differ greatly.</li> +where the two differ greatly. It's a bit out of date, unfortunately.</li> </ul> <h2>Time zone boundaries</h2> <ul> @@ -684,7 +683,7 @@ Bulletins</a> contains official publications of the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service, which decides when leap seconds occur.</li> <li>The <a -href="http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs">Leap +href="https://pairlist6.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs">Leap Second Discussion List</a> covers <a href="http://gauss.gge.unb.ca/papers.pdf/gpsworld.november99.pdf">McCarthy and Klepczynski's proposal to discontinue leap seconds</a>, @@ -698,7 +697,7 @@ contentious issue.</li> </ul> <h2>Time notation</h2> <ul> -<li>The <a href="http://unicode.org/cldr/">Unicode Common Locale Data +<li>The <a href="http://cldr.unicode.org">Unicode Common Locale Data Repository (<abbr>CLDR</abbr>) Project</a> has localizations for time zone names, abbreviations, identifiers, and formats. For example, it contains French translations for "Eastern European Summer Time", @@ -775,7 +774,7 @@ is called "<abbr>GMT</abbr>".</li> <li><a href="tz-art.htm">Time and the Arts</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.dmoz.org/Reference/Time/">Open Directory – Reference: Time</a></li> -<li><a href="http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Measurements_and_Units/Time">Yahoo! +<li><a href="https://dir.yahoo.com/science/measurements_and_units/time">Yahoo! Directory > Science > Measurements and Units > Time</a></li> </ul> <hr> -- 2.1.0

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zone.tab question
by Heuft, Rick (GE Energy Management, Non-GE) Nov. 9, 2014

Nov. 9, 2014

Hi Paul. I just downloaded the 2014-07-31 tz database and noticed an anomaly. The first line is not in alphabetic order by TZ. AD +4230+00131 Europe/Andorra Is this intended? Rick Heuft Firmware Design Engineer (P.Eng.) GE Energy Services Digital Energy T +1 604 421 8603 rick.heuft(a)ge.com<mailto:rick.heuft@ge.com> Suite 100, 8525 Baxter Place Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 4V7 Canada GE imagination at work Unsubscribe from our commercial electronic messages. http://supportcentral.ge.com/esurvey/takesurvey.asp?p=17778&d=3834102 Désabonner de nos messages électroniques commerciaux. http://supportcentral.ge.com/esurvey/takesurvey.asp?p=17778&d=3839563

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Russian time zone rules change
by Carl Rigg Nov. 6, 2014

Nov. 6, 2014

My apologies if this is not the correct way to notify this change [please let me know what I should have done]. In 2010 President Medvedev passed an act to introduce permanent Summer Time in Russia, effective March 2011 [according to the normal DST switching rules]. In 2014 this act was repealed, so that the normal DST switch back to standard time occurred on the last Sunday in October 2014. The new act eliminates future DST switching. The new act applies to all Russian time zones. This means that Moscow Time is now fixed at 3 hours ahead of UTC. I looked on iana.org and the last released version of tzdata is tzdata2014i but it still contains the Medvedev act rules and not the state of affairs since Oct 26, 2014. Thanks Carl

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historic sub-second time offsets
by Steve Allen Nov. 6, 2014

Nov. 6, 2014

>From their inception the International Time Bureau (BIH) produced records of the deviations between various time sources. I have a sampling of those BIH publications from 1960 in images here https://plus.google.com/photos/112320138481375234766/albums/607822573135022… 1960 is after the availability of cesium atomic chronometers and during the era when Heure Definitive was UT2. These pages include part of the initial attempt to "coordinate" radio broadcasts between the US NBS station WWV and the UK NPL station MSF. They include time offset plots for various observatories for the entire year of 1960, and a couple of pages of the radio broadcast offsets for the end of the year. Also note that these data were not published until as much as a year after the measurements, and only then could one know what time it should have been. >From the turn of the 20th century it was agreed that everyone would use the same the technical basis for determining civil time, but the quality of time available in any particular place depended on available resources and training, so the implementation was imperfect. In many countries the observatory time was the legal time, and the broadcast time signals were, practically, the official time. Plowing through these historic records of time offsets only makes sense for projects such as re-reducing occultation data. The tz database has always eschewed sub-second offsets. The data on these pages show part of why that is a good thing. -- Steve Allen <sla(a)ucolick.org> WGS-84 (GPS) UCO/Lick Observatory--ISB Natural Sciences II, Room 165 Lat +36.99855 1156 High Street Voice: +1 831 459 3046 Lng -122.06015 Santa Cruz, CA 95064 http://www.ucolick.org/~sla/ Hgt +250 m

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Re: [tz] [Patch] Make it slightly easier to parse tzdata
by random832＠fastmail.us Nov. 4, 2014

Nov. 4, 2014

On Sat, Nov 1, 2014, at 16:24, Paul Eggert wrote: > Brian Inglis wrote: > > This would require a tradeoff between the compiled sizes of the > > decompressors on your platform and the compressed data: > > 94K tz.tar.xz > > We can shrink it even further than that, as follows: This requires embedding zic, though. I got the impression his post was about compressing the compiled zoneinfo files (which are, after all, what is required by the library functions)

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[PROPOSED PATCH] * tz-link.htm: Modernize URLs a bit. Omit unnecessary trailing slashes.
by Paul Eggert Nov. 3, 2014

Nov. 3, 2014

--- tz-link.htm | 96 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------------- 1 file changed, 48 insertions(+), 48 deletions(-) diff --git a/tz-link.htm b/tz-link.htm index 0dbd1b0..6b57415 100644 --- a/tz-link.htm +++ b/tz-link.htm @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ <meta http-equiv="Content-type" content='text/html; charset="UTF-8"'> <meta name="DC.Creator" content="Eggert, Paul"> <meta name="DC.Contributor" content="Olson, Arthur David"> -<meta name="DC.Date" content="2014-10-31"> +<meta name="DC.Date" content="2014-11-02"> <meta name="DC.Description" content="Sources of information about time zones and daylight saving time"> <meta name="DC.Identifier" @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ for many representative locations around the globe. It is updated periodically to reflect changes made by political bodies to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_zone">time zone</a> boundaries and -<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving">daylight-saving</a> +<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time">daylight-saving</a> rules. This database (often called <code>zoneinfo</code> or <code><abbr>tz</abbr></code>) @@ -36,15 +36,15 @@ including <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/">the <abbr title="GNU's Not Unix">GNU</abbr> C Library</a> (used in -<a href="http://www.linux.org/"><abbr>GNU</abbr>/Linux</a>), -<a href="http://www.android.com/">Android</a>, -<a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox_OS">Firefox +<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux"><abbr>GNU</abbr>/Linux</a>), +<a href="http://www.android.com">Android</a>, +<a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox_OS">Firefox <abbr title="Operating System">OS</abbr></a>, -<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/">Free<abbr +<a href="https://www.freebsd.org">Free<abbr title="Berkeley Software Distribution">BSD</abbr></a>, -<a href="http://netbsd.org/">Net<abbr>BSD</abbr></a>, -<a href="http://openbsd.org/">Open<abbr>BSD</abbr></a>, -<a href="http://cygwin.com/">Cygwin</a>, +<a href="http://netbsd.org">Net<abbr>BSD</abbr></a>, +<a href="http://openbsd.org">Open<abbr>BSD</abbr></a>, +<a href="https://cygwin.com">Cygwin</a>, <a href="http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/"><abbr title="DJ's GNU Programming Platform">DJGPP</abbr></a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbian">Symbian</a>, @@ -55,13 +55,13 @@ title="Advanced Interactive eXecutive">AIX</abbr></a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlackBerry_10">BlackBerry 10</a>, <a href="http://www.apple.com/ios/"><abbr title="iPhone OS">iOS</abbr></a>, -<a href="http://windows.microsoft.com/">Microsoft Windows</a>, -<a href="http://h71000.www7.hp.com/">Open<abbr +<a href="http://windows.microsoft.com">Microsoft Windows</a>, +<a href="http://h71000.www7.hp.com">Open<abbr title="Virtual Memory System">VMS</abbr></a>, -<a href="http://oracle.com/database">Oracle Database</a>, +<a href="https://www.oracle.com/database/index.html">Oracle Database</a>, +<a href="http://oracle.com/solaris">Oracle Solaris</a>, and <a href="http://www.apple.com/osx/"><abbr title="Operating System Ten">OS -X</abbr></a>, and -<a href="http://oracle.com/solaris">Solaris</a>.</p> +X</abbr></a>.</p> <p> Each location in the database represents a region where all clocks keeping local time have agreed since 1970. @@ -130,8 +130,8 @@ of the <a href="http://www.iana.org">Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA)</a>. An <a href="https://github.com/eggert/tz">unofficial development repository</a> of the code and data is available -in <a href="http://git-scm.com/">Git</a> form -from <a href="https://github.com/">GitHub</a>; be careful, as this +in <a href="http://git-scm.com">Git</a> form +from <a href="https://github.com">GitHub</a>; be careful, as this repository is less well tested and probably contains more errors. <p> The code lets you compile the <code><abbr>tz</abbr></code> source files into @@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ database's style.</li> These are listed roughly in ascending order of complexity and fanciness. </p> <ul> -<li><a href="http://time.is/">Time.is</a> shows locations' +<li><a href="http://time.is">Time.is</a> shows locations' time and zones in a simple format.</li> <li><a href="http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/xtra/tzdatepick.html">Date and Time Gateway</a> @@ -188,25 +188,25 @@ uses a pulldown menu.</li> timezone information for all countries</a> displays tables of DST rules. <li><a href="http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/">The World Clock – Time Zones</a> lets you sort zone names and convert times.</li> -<li><a href="http://permatime.com/">Permatime</a> generates and views +<li><a href="http://permatime.com">Permatime</a> generates and views links that refer to a particular point in time and can be displayed in multiple time zones.</li> <li><a href="http://www.zeitverschiebung.net/en/">Time Difference</a> calculates the current time difference between locations.</li> -<li><a href="http://www.wx-now.com/">Weather Now</a> lists the weather too.</li> -<li><a href="http://worldtime.io/">worldtime.io</a> +<li><a href="http://www.wx-now.com">Weather Now</a> lists the weather too.</li> +<li><a href="http://worldtime.io">worldtime.io</a> also contains data about time zone boundaries; it supports queries via place names and shows location maps.</li> </ul> <h2>Network protocols for <code><abbr>tz</abbr></code> data</h2> <ul> -<li>The <a href="http://www.ietf.org/">Internet Engineering Task Force</a>'s -<a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/tzdist/charter/">Time Zone Data +<li>The <a href="http://www.ietf.org">Internet Engineering Task Force</a>'s +<a href="http://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/tzdist/charter/">Time Zone Data Distribution Service (tzdist) working group</a> is developing a scalable protocol for distributing time zone data to clients. It has generated a a <a href="http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-tzdist-service/">draft protocol for transferring time zone data</a> and a <a -href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-tzdist-caldav-timezone-ref/">draft +href="http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-tzdist-caldav-timezone-ref/">draft protocol for transferring time zone data by reference</a>. This work is based on the iCalendar and CalConnect efforts described below.</li> <li>The <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5545"> @@ -221,9 +221,9 @@ variant <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6321">xCal</a> title="Extensible Markup Language">XML</abbr></a> format, and a variant <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7265">jCal</a> (Internet <abbr>RFC</abbr> 7265) -uses <a href="http://www.json.org/"><abbr +uses <a href="http://www.json.org"><abbr title="JavaScript Object Notation">JSON</abbr></a> format. -<a href="http://calconnect.org/">CalConnect, The Calendaring and Scheduling +<a href="http://calconnect.org">CalConnect, The Calendaring and Scheduling Consortium</a> is promoting further work in this area. <a href="http://calconnect.org/publications/icalendartimezoneproblemsandrecommendati…">iCalendar TIMEZONE Problems and Recommendations</a> offers guidelines and @@ -266,14 +266,14 @@ and with a <abbr>BSD</abbr>-style license.</li> <li><a href="http://search.cpan.org/dist/DateTime-TimeZone/">DateTime::TimeZone</a> contains a script <code>parse_olson</code> that compiles -<code><abbr>tz</abbr></code> source into <a href="http://www.perl.org/">Perl</a> +<code><abbr>tz</abbr></code> source into <a href="http://www.perl.org">Perl</a> modules. It is part of the Perl <a -href="http://datetime.perl.org/">DateTime Project</a>, which is freely +href="http://datetime.perl.org">DateTime Project</a>, which is freely available under both the <abbr>GPL</abbr> and the Perl Artistic License. DateTime::TimeZone also contains a script <code>tests_from_zdump</code> that generates test cases for each clock transition in the <code><abbr>tz</abbr></code> database.</li> -<li><a href="http://icu-project.org/">International Components for +<li><a href="http://icu-project.org">International Components for Unicode (<abbr>ICU</abbr>)</a> contains C/C++ and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_%28programming_language%29">Java</a> libraries for internationalization that @@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ contains a class <code>org.joda.time.tz.ZoneInfoCompiler</code> that compiles <code><abbr>tz</abbr></code> source into a Joda-specific binary format. Joda Time is freely available under a <abbr>BSD</abbr>-style license.</li> -<li><a href="http://nodatime.org/">Noda Time – Date and time API for +<li><a href="http://nodatime.org">Noda Time – Date and time API for .NET</a> and <a href="http://www.babiej.demon.nl/Tz4Net/main.htm">TZ4Net</a> are similar to Joda Time, but for the .NET framework instead of Java. They are freely available under the @@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ and a <abbr>BSD</abbr>-style license, respectively.</li> compilers and libraries include: <ul> <li><a href="http://momentjs.com/timezone/">Moment Timezone</a> is a -plugin for the <a href="http://momentjs.com/">Moment.js</a> date +plugin for the <a href="http://momentjs.com">Moment.js</a> date manipulation library. It is freely available under the <abbr title="Massachusetts Institute of Technology">MIT</abbr> license.</li> @@ -312,9 +312,9 @@ the <abbr>MIT</abbr> license.</li> </ul> <li><a href="http://pytz.sourceforge.net">pytz – World Timezone Definitions for Python</a> compiles <code><abbr>tz</abbr></code> source into -<a href="http://python.org/">Python</a>. +<a href="http://python.org">Python</a>. It is freely available under a <abbr>BSD</abbr>-style license.</li> -<li><a href="http://tzinfo.github.io/">TZInfo – +<li><a href="http://tzinfo.github.io">TZInfo – Ruby Timezone Library</a> compiles <code><abbr>tz</abbr></code> source into <a href="http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/">Ruby</a>. @@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ library that compiles <code><abbr>tz</abbr></code> source into a time zone repository whose format is either proprietary or an <abbr>XML</abbr>-encoded representation.</li> -<li><a href="http://tcl.tk/">Tcl</a> +<li><a href="http://tcl.tk">Tcl</a> contains a developer-oriented parser that compiles <code><abbr>tz</abbr></code> source into text files, along with a runtime that can read those files. Tcl is freely available under a <abbr>BSD</abbr>-style @@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ This library is freely available under the <abbr>GNU</abbr> Lesser General Public License (<abbr title="Lesser General Public License">LGPL</abbr>)</a>, and is widely used in <abbr>GNU</abbr>/Linux systems.</li> -<li><a href="http://www.gnome.org/">GNOME</a>'s Glib has +<li><a href="http://www.gnome.org">GNOME</a>'s Glib has a <code><abbr>tz</abbr></code> binary file reader written in C that creates a <code>GTimeZone</code> object representing sets of <abbr>UT</abbr> offsets. @@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ available under a BSD-style license.</li> </ul> <h2>Other <code><abbr>tz</abbr></code>-based time zone software</h2> <ul> -<li><a href="http://foxclocks.org/">FoxClocks</a> +<li><a href="http://foxclocks.org">FoxClocks</a> is an extension for <a href="http://google.com/chrome">Google Chrome</a> and for <a href="http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Toolkit_API">Mozilla @@ -385,9 +385,9 @@ Toolkit</a> applications like <a href="http://mozilla.com/firefox">Firefox</a> and <a href="http://mozilla.com/thunderbird">Thunderbird</a>. It displays multiple clocks in the application window, and has a mapping -interface to <a href="http://earth.google.com/">Google Earth</a>. +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://golang.org/">Go programming language</a> +<li><a href="http://golang.org">Go programming language</a> implementations contain a copy of a 32-bit subset of a recent <code><abbr>tz</abbr></code> database in a Go-specific format.</li> @@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ Java</a> contains a copy of a subset of a recent <code><abbr>tz</abbr></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 +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.relativedata.com/time-zone-master">Time Zone Master</a> is a Microsoft Windows clock program that can automatically @@ -443,27 +443,27 @@ href="http://www.astrocom.com/astrology/books/american-atlas">one volume for the <abbr>US</abbr></a>, and <a href="http://www.astrocom.com/astrology/books/international-atlas">one for other locations</a>) by <a -href="http://astrocom.com/">Astro Computing Services</a>. +href="http://astrocom.com">Astro Computing Services</a>. These atlases are extensive but unreliable, as Shanks appears to have guessed many <abbr>UT</abbr> offsets and transitions. The atlases cite no sources and do not indicate which entries are guesswork.</li> <li><a href="http://www.hp.com/go/hpux/">HP-UX</a> has a database in its own <code>tztab</code>(4) format.</li> <li>Microsoft Windows has proprietary data mentioned above.</li> -<li><a href="http://worldtimeserver.com/">World Time Server</a> +<li><a href="http://worldtimeserver.com">World Time Server</a> is another time zone database.</li> <li><a href="http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/tzones.html">World Time Zones</a> contains data from the Time Service Department of the <abbr>US</abbr> Naval Observatory.</li> <li>The <a href="http://www.iata.org/publications/Pages/ssim.aspx">Standard Schedules Information Manual</a> of the -<a href="http://iata.org/">International Air Transport +<a href="http://iata.org">International Air Transport Association</a> gives current time zone rules for airports served by commercial aviation.</li> </ul> <h2>Maps</h2> <ul> -<li>The <a href="https://www.cia.gov/">United States Central +<li>The <a href="https://www.cia.gov">United States Central Intelligence Agency (<abbr title="Central Intelligence Agency">CIA</abbr>)</a> publishes a <a href="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/graphics/ref_ma…">time @@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ recent editions. The pictorial quality is good, but the maps do not indicate summer time, and parts of the data are a few years out of date.</li> -<li><a href="http://worldtimezone.com/">Current time around the world +<li><a href="http://worldtimezone.com">Current time around the world and standard time zones map of the world</a> has several fancy time zone maps; it covers Russia particularly well. The maps' pictorial quality is not quite as good as the @@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ sets of <code><abbr>tz</abbr></code> regions.</li> maps geographical coordinates to a <code><abbr>tz</abbr></code> region. It is written in Go and is freely available under the Apache License.</li> <li><a href="http://derickrethans.nl/what-time-is-it.html">What Time -is It Here?</a> applies <a href="http://www.mongodb.org/">MongoDB</a> +is It Here?</a> applies <a href="http://www.mongodb.org">MongoDB</a> geospatial query operators to shapefiles' data.</li> <li><a href="http://statoids.com/statoids.html">Administrative Divisions of Countries ("Statoids")</a> contains lists of @@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ of Summer time dates</a>.</dd> href="http://literature.agilent.com/litweb/pdf/5965-7984E.pdf">The Science of Timekeeping</a> is a thorough introduction to the theory and practice of precision timekeeping.</li> -<li><a href="http://www.ntp.org/"><abbr +<li><a href="http://www.ntp.org"><abbr title="Network Time Protocol">NTP</abbr>: The Network Time Protocol</a> discusses how to synchronize clocks of @@ -653,9 +653,9 @@ Times</a> explains more abstruse astronomical time scales like <abbr title="Barycentric Dynamic Time">TDB</abbr>. <a href="http://www.ucolick.org/~sla/leapsecs/timescales.html">Time Scales</a> goes into more detail, particularly for historical variants.</li> -<li>The <a href="http://iau.org/"><abbr +<li>The <a href="http://iau.org"><abbr title="International Astronomical Union">IAU</abbr></a>'s <a -href="http://www.iausofa.org/"><abbr +href="http://www.iausofa.org"><abbr title="Standards Of Fundamental Astronomy">SOFA</abbr></a> collection contains C and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortran">Fortran</a> @@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ describes Mars Coordinated Time (<abbr title="Mars Coordinated Time">MTC</abbr>) and the diverse local time scales used by each landed mission on Mars.</li> -<li><a href="http://leapsecond.com/">LeapSecond.com</a> is +<li><a href="http://leapsecond.com">LeapSecond.com</a> is dedicated not only to leap seconds but to precise time and frequency in general. It covers the state of the art in amateur timekeeping, and how the art has progressed over the past few decades.</li> -- 1.9.1

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time zone for Moscow time
by Mike Cantrell Nov. 3, 2014

Nov. 3, 2014

Hello, I'm not sure who to send this to, but a quick check on the internet indicates you're the ones --- I use a browser plugin (FoxClocks) which pulls information from the tz database, which I believe you keep. I noticed that Moscow time has not changed. Over a week ago, all of Russia went to 'winter time', falling back an hour, and has said that it will never go to summer time again. It appears that this change has not been entered into the database. Thank you for the effort to keep track of all this. All the best - Mike Cantrell

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[Patch] Make it slightly easier to parse tzdata
by Ed Schouten Nov. 2, 2014

Nov. 2, 2014

Hi there, Right now I am experimenting with trying to integrate the tzdata dataset into an embedded setup where I am not able to use zic(8) + /usr/share/zoneinfo. To summarize, my plan is to translate the entire tzdata into a set of C array/structure initializers (~50 KB for all timezones) and perform operations on those structures directly. While writing a Python script to translate the data, I noticed that there is a very small number of directives that would require quite a lot of additional code to parse properly. For example, "lastSun" makes a lot of sense as a special keyword in "Rule" directives, but it provides no functional gain in "Zone" directives. The same holds for the use of the "Dec 29 24:00" time used in Samoa's timezone. We should be able to use "Dec 30" instead, right? Anyway, I've attached a patch that should make it slightly easier to parse the tzdata files by removing these constructs. This should make it easier for people to reuse the dataset for other purposes. Thanks, -- Ed Schouten <ed(a)80386.nl>

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Venezuela may move back to UTC-4
by Paul Eggert Nov. 1, 2014

Nov. 1, 2014

Yesterday, President Nicolas Maduro ordered his vice president to review Venezuela's 2007 change from UTC-04:00 to UTC-04:30. Hugo Chavez, the previous president who ordered the change, argued that UTC-04:00 gave more light to poor children who walk to school before dawn through sometimes-dangerous streets. Maduro says he prefers later sunsets. For what it's worth, local mean time in Caracas is UTC-04:28. According to our (admittedly unreliable) records, Venezuela observed UTC-04:30 from 1912 through 1965, and observed UTC-04:00 from 1965 to 2007. My source: Reuters. Venezuela to reconsider Chavez's change in time zone. The Star 2014-11-01. http://www.thestar.com.my/News/World/2014/11/01/Venezuela-to-reconsider-Cha…

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[PROPOSED PATCH 1/4] * leapseconds.awk: Update the IERS's full name.
by Paul Eggert Nov. 1, 2014

Nov. 1, 2014

--- leapseconds.awk | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/leapseconds.awk b/leapseconds.awk index ee20ecc..bb81e96 100644 --- a/leapseconds.awk +++ b/leapseconds.awk @@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ BEGIN { print "# The NTP Timescale and Leap Seconds" print "# http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/leap.html" print "" - print "# The International Earth Rotation Service periodically uses leap seconds" - print "# to keep UTC to within 0.9 s of UT1" + print "# The International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service" + print "# periodically uses leap seconds to keep UTC to within 0.9 s of UT1" print "# (which measures the true angular orientation of the earth in space); see" print "# Terry J Quinn, The BIPM and the accurate measure of time," print "# Proc IEEE 79, 7 (July 1991), 894-905 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/5.84965>." -- 1.9.1

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[PATCH] * asia (Asia/Seoul) correct DST.
by 정상혁 Oct. 31, 2014

Oct. 31, 2014

Hello, I would like to correct DST of Asia/Seoul in the tz. According to the Korean Wikipedia ( http://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%95%9C%EA%B5%AD_%ED%91%9C%EC%A4%80%EC%8B%9C) , DST in Republic of Korean was as follows. 1948.06.01. 00:00 ~ 1948.09.13. 00:001949.04.03. 00:00 ~ 1949.09.11. 00:001950.04.01. 00:00 ~ 1950.09.10. 00:001951.05.06. 00:00 ~ 1951.09.09. 00:001955.05.05. 00:00 ~ 1955.09.09. 00:001956.05.20. 00:00 ~ 1956.09.30. 00:001957.05.05. 00:00 ~ 1957.09.22. 00:001958.05.04. 00:00 ~ 1958.09.21. 00:001959.05.03. 00:00 ~ 1959.09.20. 00:001960.05.01. 00:00 ~ 1960.09.18. 00:001987.05.10. 02:00 ~ 1987.10.11. 03:001988.05.08. 02:00 ~ 1988.10.09. 03:00 It almostly corresponds with the exsiting comments in 'asia' file. # From Annie I. Bang (2006-07-10): # http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2006/07/10/200607100012.asp # The Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy has already # commissioned a research project [to reintroduce DST] and has said # the system may begin as early as 2008.... Korea ran a daylight # saving program from 1949-61 but stopped it during the 1950-53 Korean War. And I checked old newspapers in Korean, all articles correspond with data in Wikipedia. For example, the article in 1948(Korean Language) proved that DST started at June 1 in that year. For another example, the article in 1988 said that DST started at 2:00 AM in that year. I tried to find simple rules to define DST, like 'SUN=>1', but cannot make it except 1957-1960. You can find the information in detail in the attached file. Thank you. Sanghyuk Jung, Senior Engineer Naver Corp. South Korea

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Moscow MSK Time Zone in 2014 changed again
by Evgeni Makarov Oct. 29, 2014

Oct. 29, 2014

Hi Due to regulations of the Russian parliament, MSK timezone changed again. please update files. Your latest fix is regarding president Medvedev changes. But Putin returned it back Now MSK is UTC+3 timezone, not +4. News: http://news.yahoo.com/russia-turns-back-clocks-permanent-winter-time-194148… http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/russia-reintroduces-dst-2014.html In Russian: Moscow is returned to winter time: http://itar-tass.com/obschestvo/1333711 Kind regards Evgeni Makarov evgeni.makarov(a)gmail.com

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Repository for older tzdata/tzcode?
by Alain Petit Oct. 23, 2014

Oct. 23, 2014

Hi I would like to get a copy of the 2014f release. >From the iana site I am able to get the latest version [2014i] but I do not see a 'history' list/links making the 2014f version available. Where can I get such an earlier release? -Alain

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Donetsk and Lugansk Republics (UTC+2) may introduce Moscow time (UTC+3).
by Alexander Krivenyshev Oct. 23, 2014

Oct. 23, 2014

According to some news The Donetsk People's Republic (DPR or DNR) - self-proclaimed state in eastern Ukraine: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donetsk_People's_Republic is considering to introduce Moscow time on October 26, 2014 (from UTC+2 to UTC+3). Moscow is planning to change its time zone from current UTC+4 back to UTC+3 Donetsk republic to adopt Moscow time (Russian ITAR-TASS News Agency): "DNR plans to adjust its clocks to Moscow standard time, Zakharchenko said. “We will transit to our own time zone and will adopt it,” Zakharchenko said. “We will welcome in the New Year by Moscow standard time.”" http://en.itar-tass.com/world/755169 Litvinov: DND will take the law about moving to Moscow time on the last working day of the week: "The Parliament of the self-proclaimed Donetsk national Republic will pass a law about moving to Moscow time on the last working day of the week, informs the press center of the " new Russia " referring to the speaker of the Parliament DND Boris Litvinov." http://news.rin.ru/eng/news///68008/1/ DNI will switch to winter time together with Moscow: "The Prime Minister of the Republic considers that, in this way they will return to its historical zone. Prime Minister of the people's Republic, Alexander Zakharchenko Donetsk announced that 26 October they will switch to winter time together with Moscow." http://reflexion-shades.blogspot.com/2014/10/zakharchenko-dni-will-switch- to-winter.html DPR switches to Moscow time: " The DPR administration is going to introduce Moscow time on its territories, UNIAN reports." http://euroradio.fm/en/dpr-switches-moscow-time There are news in Russian, that The Lugansk People's Republic (LPR or LNR) - self-proclaimed state in eastern Ukraine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lugansk_People's_Republic is also considering to introduce Moscow time: (in Russian) Luhansk and Donetsk republic will go to Moscow time http://russian.rt.com/article/37119 http://dnr-news.com/dnr/6047-luganskaya-i-doneckaya-respubliki-pereydut-na- moskovskoe-vremya.html http://www.WorldTimeZone.com

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Re: [tz] Donetsk and Lugansk Republics (UTC+2) may introduce Moscow time (UTC+3).
by Matt Johnson Oct. 23, 2014

Oct. 23, 2014

It was done in 2014f. ________________________________ From: Alain Petit<mailto:alain.petit@oracle.com> Sent: ‎10/‎23/‎2014 8:00 AM To: tz(a)iana.org<mailto:tz@iana.org> Subject: Re: [tz] Donetsk and Lugansk Republics (UTC+2) may introduce Moscow time (UTC+3). Hi Regarding this portion from Alexander's mail > Moscow is planning to change its time zone from current UTC+4 >UTC+back >to UTC+3 Is this change part of 2014i that was announced yesterday? It seems to apply this week-end, and I did not see it in the notes. -alain -----Original Message----- From: Paul Eggert [mailto:eggert@cs.ucla.edu] Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 12:15 AM To: Alexander Krivenyshev; tz(a)iana.org Subject: Re: [tz] Donetsk and Lugansk Republics (UTC+2) may introduce Moscow time (UTC+3). Given the fluidity of the situation and the difficulty of keeping up with what is actually happening on the ground, it may be better for those who prefer Moscow time to use TZ='Europe/Moscow'. That would resemble what has been done with Transnistria, which has worked reasonably well.

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[PROPOSED PATCH 1/4] * asia, backzone: Verify Trần 2005 and add sources.
by Paul Eggert Oct. 22, 2014

Oct. 22, 2014

I obtained a copy of Trần Tiến Bình's 2005 book "Lịch Việt Nam: thế kỷ XX-XXI (1901-2100)", verified that www.thoigian.com.vn's page is a verbatim quote of a passage in pages 45-50, and added a list of Trần's sources for his pp 49-50. --- asia | 25 +++++++++++++++++-------- backzone | 6 +++--- 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/asia b/asia index 851e6f8..37b2c88 100644 --- a/asia +++ b/asia @@ -2774,16 +2774,14 @@ Zone Asia/Tashkent 4:37:11 - LMT 1924 May 2 # The English-language name of Vietnam's most populous city is "Ho Chi Minh # City"; use Ho_Chi_Minh below to avoid a name of more than 14 characters. -# From Paul Eggert (2014-10-04) after a heads-up from Trần Ngọc Quân: +# From Paul Eggert (2014-10-21) after a heads-up from Trần Ngọc Quân: +# Trần Tiến Bình's authoritative book "Lịch Việt Nam: thế kỷ XX-XXI (1901-2100)" +# (Nhà xuất bản Văn Hoá - Thông Tin, Hanoi, 2005), pp 49-50, +# is quoted verbatim in: # http://www.thoigian.com.vn/?mPage=P80D01 -# lists helpful info, translated by Brian Inglis in: +# is translated by Brian Inglis in: # http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2014-October/021654.html -# The info cites an authoritative book by Trần Tiến Bình; a 2014 edition is -# "Lịch Việt Nam: thế kỉ XX-XXI (1901-2100) & niên biểu lịch sử Việt Nam" -# http://bookaholic.vn/lich-viet-nam-the-ki-xx-xxi-1901-2100-va-bien-bieu-lic… -# I have asked my library for its copy of the book (a 2005 edition) -# and plan to check that. In the meantime the summary in Thời gian is much -# better than Shanks, and is the basis for the following info. +# and is the basis for the information below. # # The 1906 transition was effective July 1 and standardized Indochina to # Phù Liễn Observatory, legally 104 deg. 17'17" east of Paris. @@ -2803,6 +2801,17 @@ Zone Asia/Tashkent 4:37:11 - LMT 1924 May 2 # To 07:00 on 1955-07-01 in South Vietnam. # To 08:00 on 1959-12-31 at 23:00 in South Vietnam. # To 07:00 on 1975-06-13 in South Vietnam. +# +# Trần cites the following sources; it's unclear which supplied the info above. +# +# Hoàng Xuân Hãn: "Lịch và lịch Việt Nam". Tập san Khoa học Xã hội, +# No. 9, Paris, February 1982. +# +# Lê Thành Lân: "Lịch và niên biểu lịch sử hai mươi thế kỷ (0001-2010)", +# NXB Thống kê, Hanoi, 2000. +# +# Lê Thành Lân: "Lịch hai thế kỷ (1802-2010) và các lịch vĩnh cửu", +# NXB Thuận Hoá, Huế, 1995. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh 7:06:40 - LMT 1906 Jul 1 diff --git a/backzone b/backzone index 1a7cc3e..29320aa 100644 --- a/backzone +++ b/backzone @@ -333,8 +333,8 @@ Link Asia/Chongqing Asia/Chungking # Vietnam # From Paul Eggert (2014-10-13): # See Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh for the source for this data. -# Trần's book is quoting as saying the 1954-55 transition to 07:00 -# in Hanoi was in October 1954, with exact date and time unknown. +# Trần's book says the 1954-55 transition to 07:00 in Hanoi was in +# October 1954, with exact date and time unspecified. Zone Asia/Hanoi 7:03:24 - LMT 1906 Jul 1 7:06:30 - PLMT 1911 May 1 7:00 - ICT 1942 Dec 31 23:00 @@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ Zone Asia/Tel_Aviv 2:19:04 - LMT 1880 # Laos # From Paul Eggert (2014-10-11): # See Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh for the source for most of this data. -# Trần's book is quoted as saying that Laos reverted to UT+7 on 1955-04-15. +# Trần's book says that Laos reverted to UT+7 on 1955-04-15. # Also, guess that Laos reverted to UT+7 on 1945-09-02, when Vietnam did; # this is probably wrong but it's better than guessing no transition. Zone Asia/Vientiane 6:50:24 - LMT 1906 Jul 1 -- 1.9.3

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[tz-announce] 2014i release of tz code and data available
by Paul Eggert Oct. 22, 2014

Oct. 22, 2014

The 2014i release of the tz code and data is available. It reflects the following changes, which were either circulated on the tz mailing list or are relatively minor technical or administrative changes: Changes affecting future time stamps Pacific/Fiji will observe DST from 2014-11-02 02:00 to 2015-01-18 03:00. (Thanks to Ken Rylander for the heads-up.) Guess that future years will use a similar pattern. A new Zone Pacific/Bougainville, for the part of Papua New Guinea that plans to switch from UTC+10 to UTC+11 on 2014-12-28 at 02:00. (Thanks to Kiley Walbom for the heads-up.) Changes affecting time zone abbreviations Since Belarus is not changing its clocks even though Moscow is, the time zone abbreviation in Europe/Minsk is changing from FET to its more-traditional value MSK on 2014-10-26 at 01:00. (Thanks to Alexander Bokovoy for the heads-up about Belarus.) The new abbreviation IDT stands for the pre-1976 use of UT+8 in Indochina, to distinguish it better from ICT (UT+7). Changes affecting past time stamps Many time stamps have been corrected for Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh before 1976 (thanks to Trần Ngọc Quân for an indirect pointer to Trần Tiến Bình's authoritative book). Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh has been added to zone1970.tab, to give tzselect users in Vietnam two choices, since north and south Vietnam disagreed after our 1970 cutoff. Asia/Phnom_Penh and Asia/Vientiane have been turned into links, as they differed from existing zones only for older time stamps. As usual, these changes affect pre-1970 time stamps only. Their old contents have been moved to the 'backzone' file. Changes affecting code The time-related library functions now set errno on failure, and some crashes in the new tzalloc-related library functions have been fixed. (Thanks to Christos Zoulas for reporting most of these problems and for suggesting fixes.) If USG_COMPAT is defined and the requested time stamp is standard time, the tz library's localtime and mktime functions now set the extern variable timezone to a value appropriate for that time stamp; and similarly for ALTZONE, daylight saving time, and the altzone variable. This change is a companion to the tzname change in 2014h, and is designed to make timezone and altzone more compatible with tzname. The tz library's functions now set errno to EOVERFLOW if they fail because the result cannot be represented. ctime and ctime_r now return NULL and set errno when a time stamp is out of range, rather than having undefined behavior. Some bugs associated with the new 2014g functions have been fixed. This includes a bug that largely incapacitated the new functions time2posix_z and posix2time_z. (Thanks to Christos Zoulas.) It also includes some uses of uninitialized variables after tzalloc. The new code uses the standard type 'ssize_t', which the Makefile now gives porting advice about. 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[PROPOSED PATCH 1/4] * asia, backzone: Verify Trần 2005 and add sources.
by Paul Eggert Oct. 22, 2014

Oct. 22, 2014

I obtained a copy of Trần Tiến Bình's 2005 book "Lịch Việt Nam: thế kỷ XX-XXI (1901-2100)", verified that www.thoigian.com.vn's page is a verbatim quote of a passage in pages 45-50, and added a list of Trần's sources for his pp 49-50. --- asia | 25 +++++++++++++++++-------- backzone | 6 +++--- 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/asia b/asia index 851e6f8..37b2c88 100644 --- a/asia +++ b/asia @@ -2774,16 +2774,14 @@ Zone Asia/Tashkent 4:37:11 - LMT 1924 May 2 # The English-language name of Vietnam's most populous city is "Ho Chi Minh # City"; use Ho_Chi_Minh below to avoid a name of more than 14 characters. -# From Paul Eggert (2014-10-04) after a heads-up from Trần Ngọc Quân: +# From Paul Eggert (2014-10-21) after a heads-up from Trần Ngọc Quân: +# Trần Tiến Bình's authoritative book "Lịch Việt Nam: thế kỷ XX-XXI (1901-2100)" +# (Nhà xuất bản Văn Hoá - Thông Tin, Hanoi, 2005), pp 49-50, +# is quoted verbatim in: # http://www.thoigian.com.vn/?mPage=P80D01 -# lists helpful info, translated by Brian Inglis in: +# is translated by Brian Inglis in: # http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2014-October/021654.html -# The info cites an authoritative book by Trần Tiến Bình; a 2014 edition is -# "Lịch Việt Nam: thế kỉ XX-XXI (1901-2100) & niên biểu lịch sử Việt Nam" -# http://bookaholic.vn/lich-viet-nam-the-ki-xx-xxi-1901-2100-va-bien-bieu-lic… -# I have asked my library for its copy of the book (a 2005 edition) -# and plan to check that. In the meantime the summary in Thời gian is much -# better than Shanks, and is the basis for the following info. +# and is the basis for the information below. # # The 1906 transition was effective July 1 and standardized Indochina to # Phù Liễn Observatory, legally 104 deg. 17'17" east of Paris. @@ -2803,6 +2801,17 @@ Zone Asia/Tashkent 4:37:11 - LMT 1924 May 2 # To 07:00 on 1955-07-01 in South Vietnam. # To 08:00 on 1959-12-31 at 23:00 in South Vietnam. # To 07:00 on 1975-06-13 in South Vietnam. +# +# Trần cites the following sources; it's unclear which supplied the info above. +# +# Hoàng Xuân Hãn: "Lịch và lịch Việt Nam". Tập san Khoa học Xã hội, +# No. 9, Paris, February 1982. +# +# Lê Thành Lân: "Lịch và niên biểu lịch sử hai mươi thế kỷ (0001-2010)", +# NXB Thống kê, Hanoi, 2000. +# +# Lê Thành Lân: "Lịch hai thế kỷ (1802-2010) và các lịch vĩnh cửu", +# NXB Thuận Hoá, Huế, 1995. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh 7:06:40 - LMT 1906 Jul 1 diff --git a/backzone b/backzone index 1a7cc3e..29320aa 100644 --- a/backzone +++ b/backzone @@ -333,8 +333,8 @@ Link Asia/Chongqing Asia/Chungking # Vietnam # From Paul Eggert (2014-10-13): # See Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh for the source for this data. -# Trần's book is quoting as saying the 1954-55 transition to 07:00 -# in Hanoi was in October 1954, with exact date and time unknown. +# Trần's book says the 1954-55 transition to 07:00 in Hanoi was in +# October 1954, with exact date and time unspecified. Zone Asia/Hanoi 7:03:24 - LMT 1906 Jul 1 7:06:30 - PLMT 1911 May 1 7:00 - ICT 1942 Dec 31 23:00 @@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ Zone Asia/Tel_Aviv 2:19:04 - LMT 1880 # Laos # From Paul Eggert (2014-10-11): # See Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh for the source for most of this data. -# Trần's book is quoted as saying that Laos reverted to UT+7 on 1955-04-15. +# Trần's book says that Laos reverted to UT+7 on 1955-04-15. # Also, guess that Laos reverted to UT+7 on 1945-09-02, when Vietnam did; # this is probably wrong but it's better than guessing no transition. Zone Asia/Vientiane 6:50:24 - LMT 1906 Jul 1 -- 1.9.3

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Donetsk and Lugansk Republics (UTC+2) may introduce Moscow time (UTC+3).
by Alexander Krivenyshev Oct. 22, 2014

Oct. 22, 2014

According to some news The Donetsk People's Republic (DPR or DNR) - self-proclaimed state in eastern Ukraine: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donetsk_People's_Republic is considering to introduce Moscow time on October 26, 2014 (from UTC+2 to UTC+3). Moscow is planning to change its time zone from current UTC+4 back to UTC+3 Donetsk republic to adopt Moscow time (Russian ITAR-TASS News Agency): "DNR plans to adjust its clocks to Moscow standard time, Zakharchenko said. “We will transit to our own time zone and will adopt it,” Zakharchenko said. “We will welcome in the New Year by Moscow standard time.”" http://en.itar-tass.com/world/755169 Litvinov: DND will take the law about moving to Moscow time on the last working day of the week: "The Parliament of the self-proclaimed Donetsk national Republic will pass a law about moving to Moscow time on the last working day of the week, informs the press center of the " new Russia " referring to the speaker of the Parliament DND Boris Litvinov." http://news.rin.ru/eng/news///68008/1/ DNI will switch to winter time together with Moscow: "The Prime Minister of the Republic considers that, in this way they will return to its historical zone. Prime Minister of the people's Republic, Alexander Zakharchenko Donetsk announced that 26 October they will switch to winter time together with Moscow." http://reflexion-shades.blogspot.com/2014/10/zakharchenko-dni-will-switch- to-winter.html DPR switches to Moscow time: " The DPR administration is going to introduce Moscow time on its territories, UNIAN reports." http://euroradio.fm/en/dpr-switches-moscow-time There are news in Russian, that The Lugansk People's Republic (LPR or LNR) - self-proclaimed state in eastern Ukraine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lugansk_People's_Republic is also considering to introduce Moscow time: (in Russian) Luhansk and Donetsk republic will go to Moscow time http://russian.rt.com/article/37119 http://dnr-news.com/dnr/6047-luganskaya-i-doneckaya-respubliki-pereydut-na- moskovskoe-vremya.html http://www.WorldTimeZone.com

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[IANA Time Zone Database change] case: 2014-0929-0685: Russia government changed time-zone to permanent winter time
by Mengzhe Hu Oct. 21, 2014

Oct. 21, 2014

Hello IANA team, This is Mengzhe Hu from Juniper Networks Advanced TAC. Here we are importing the IANA Time Zone Database to Junos referring to the two pages below: Juniper page:http://www.juniper.net/documentation/en_US/junos13.3/topics/task/confi… IANA page: http://www.iana.org/time-zones But from the latest tzdata-latest.tar.gz<ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/tzdata-latest.tar.gz> , we can't find the corresponding change reflecting the Moscow, Russia government time zone change. Please refer to the following page: http://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/russia/moscow We have done the following tests using your latest database: First I compiled new tzdata downloaded from iana.org and added use-imported-time-zones command in configuration. After i run my test. Set date to Oct 26 01:59 a.m. and waited for 02:00a.m. At that point time must be moved back to 01:00a.m. but it doesn't happen. root@MX960-R31-RE0> set date 201410260159.00 Sun Oct 26 01:59:00 MSK 2014 root@MX960-R31-RE0> show system uptime Current time: 2014-10-26 01:59:05 MSK System booted: 2014-10-22 00:23:26 MSK (4d 02:35 ago) Protocols started: 2014-10-22 00:24:46 MSK (4d 02:34 ago) Last configured: 2014-10-25 15:00:15 MSK (11:58:50 ago) by apinaev 1:59AM up 4 days, 2:36, 1 user, load averages: 0.02, 0.04, 0.00 root@MX960-R31-RE0> show system uptime Current time: 2014-10-26 01:59:57 MSK System booted: 2014-10-22 00:23:26 MSK (4d 02:36 ago) Protocols started: 2014-10-22 00:24:46 MSK (4d 02:35 ago) Last configured: 2014-10-25 15:00:15 MSK (11:59:42 ago) by apinaev 1:59AM up 4 days, 2:37, 1 user, load averages: 0.21, 0.08, 0.02 root@MX960-R31-RE0> show system uptime Current time: 2014-10-26 02:00:03 MSK System booted: 2014-10-22 00:23:26 MSK (4d 02:36 ago) Protocols started: 2014-10-22 00:24:46 MSK (4d 02:35 ago) Last configured: 2014-10-25 15:00:15 MSK (11:59:48 ago) by apinaev 2:00AM up 4 days, 2:37, 1 user, load averages: 0.17, 0.08, 0.02<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<should change to 1:00 AM Please look into the issue with high priority because the timezone change will happen in Oct 26th which is 6 days from now. Regards, Mengzhe

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Cayman Islands considering DST
by Paul Eggert Oct. 21, 2014

Oct. 21, 2014

The Cayman Islands are considering the use of daylight saving time for the first time. The government is inviting public comment through October 30. Arguments for DST include better synchronization with New York financial markets as well as stimulating tourism. See: Ministry of Financial Services, Commerce & Environment, Cayman Islands Government. Introduction of daylight savings time in the Cayman Islands. 2014-09-15. http://www.dci.gov.ky/pls/portal/url/item/0322D04AF1235B50E0506F0A6F1F5D58

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Fiji DST Oct 26
by Ken Rylander Oct. 21, 2014

Oct. 21, 2014

Hi Paul, There might be an issue with the Fiji DST (Pacific/Fiji), predicted to happen on Oct 26, at 3am. It looks like the Fiji government haven't yet decided on whether to have DST this year, or not. And in that case, on what date it will start. There was recently elections here, and it seems like the Fiji government haven't prioritised any decisions around DST. Taking this into consideration, and also the fact that this future, predicted date was introduced by the TZDB, would it be possible to get a tzdata version, where the DST for 2014 is removed? *Ken Rylander**|*Solution Development and BI Manager - Digicel Pacific *|*** *Digicel (Fiji) Ltd****|*P.O.Box 13811, Suva, Fiji *|*Ground Floor, Kadavu House, Victoria Parade, Suva, Fiji *|* *Mobile*(679) 701 5353***| **Fax*(679) 331 0201 *| *_ken.rylander(a)digicelgroup.com <mailto:ken.rylander@digicelgroup.com>_*| **www.digicelpacific.com <http://www.digicelpacific.com/>*

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Fiji DST, starts 2nd November
by "" Oct. 20, 2014

Oct. 20, 2014

DAYLIGHT-SAVING-STARTS-ON-SUNDAY,-NOVEMBER-2ND.aspx <http://www.fiji.gov.fj/Media-Center/Press-Releases/DAYLIGHT-SAVING-STARTS-O…>

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more changes (and a bug fix)
by christos＠zoulas.com Oct. 19, 2014

Oct. 19, 2014

Hi, Most of these changes make sure that errno is always set appropriately when the time functions fail. The bug fix below that when lclptr is allocated, is not zeroed and the result from zoneinit() was not checked. If zoneinit failed, then lclptr would contain garbage, and settzname() would coredump because it assumed that the lclptr contents were sane. christos --- localtime.c.orig 2014-10-07 16:20:32.000000000 -0400 +++ localtime.c 2014-10-16 14:10:03.000000000 -0400 @@ -690,17 +690,23 @@ register char c; register int num; - if (strp == NULL || !is_digit(c = *strp)) + if (strp == NULL || !is_digit(c = *strp)) { + errno = EINVAL; return NULL; + } num = 0; do { num = num * 10 + (c - '0'); - if (num > max) + if (num > max) { + errno = ERANGE; return NULL; /* illegal value */ + } c = *++strp; } while (is_digit(c)); - if (num < min) + if (num < min) { + errno = ERANGE; return NULL; /* illegal value */ + } *nump = num; return strp; } @@ -1202,14 +1208,20 @@ ? lcl_is_set < 0 : 0 < lcl_is_set && strcmp(lcl_TZname, name) == 0) return; - if (0 < lcl) - strcpy(lcl_TZname, name); #ifdef ALL_STATE if (! lclptr) lclptr = malloc(sizeof *lclptr); #endif /* defined ALL_STATE */ - zoneinit(lclptr, name); + if (!zoneinit(lclptr, name)) { +#ifdef ALL_STATE + free(lclptr); + lclptr = NULL; +#endif + return; + } settzname(); + if (0 < lcl) + strcpy(lcl_TZname, name); lcl_is_set = lcl; } @@ -1328,8 +1340,10 @@ newt += seconds; else newt -= seconds; if (newt < sp->ats[0] || - newt > sp->ats[sp->timecnt - 1]) - return NULL; /* "cannot happen" */ + newt > sp->ats[sp->timecnt - 1]) { + errno = EINVAL; + return NULL; /* "cannot happen" */ + } result = localsub(sp, &newt, offset, tmp); if (result) { register int_fast64_t newy; @@ -1338,8 +1352,10 @@ if (t < sp->ats[0]) newy -= years; else newy += years; - if (! (INT_MIN <= newy && newy <= INT_MAX)) + if (! (INT_MIN <= newy && newy <= INT_MAX)) { + errno = EOVERFLOW; return NULL; + } result->tm_year = newy; } return result; @@ -1528,13 +1544,13 @@ tdelta = tdays / DAYSPERLYEAR; if (! ((! TYPE_SIGNED(time_t) || INT_MIN <= tdelta) && tdelta <= INT_MAX)) - return NULL; + goto overflow; idelta = tdelta; if (idelta == 0) idelta = (tdays < 0) ? -1 : 1; newy = y; if (increment_overflow(&newy, idelta)) - return NULL; + goto overflow; leapdays = leaps_thru_end_of(newy - 1) - leaps_thru_end_of(y - 1); tdays -= ((time_t) newy - y) * DAYSPERNYEAR; @@ -1563,17 +1579,17 @@ } while (idays < 0) { if (increment_overflow(&y, -1)) - return NULL; + goto overflow; idays += year_lengths[isleap(y)]; } while (idays >= year_lengths[isleap(y)]) { idays -= year_lengths[isleap(y)]; if (increment_overflow(&y, 1)) - return NULL; + goto overflow; } tmp->tm_year = y; if (increment_overflow(&tmp->tm_year, -TM_YEAR_BASE)) - return NULL; + goto overflow; tmp->tm_yday = idays; /* ** The "extra" mods below avoid overflow problems. @@ -1604,6 +1620,8 @@ tmp->TM_GMTOFF = offset; #endif /* defined TM_GMTOFF */ return tmp; +overflow: + return NULL; } char * @@ -1753,20 +1771,21 @@ if (do_norm_secs) { if (normalize_overflow(&yourtm.tm_min, &yourtm.tm_sec, SECSPERMIN)) - return WRONG; + goto overflow; } if (normalize_overflow(&yourtm.tm_hour, &yourtm.tm_min, MINSPERHOUR)) - return WRONG; + goto overflow; if (normalize_overflow(&yourtm.tm_mday, &yourtm.tm_hour, HOURSPERDAY)) - return WRONG; + goto overflow; y = yourtm.tm_year; if (normalize_overflow32(&y, &yourtm.tm_mon, MONSPERYEAR)) - return WRONG; + goto overflow; /* ** Turn y into an actual year number for now. ** It is converted back to an offset from TM_YEAR_BASE later. */ if (increment_overflow32(&y, TM_YEAR_BASE)) + goto overflow; return WRONG; while (yourtm.tm_mday <= 0) { if (increment_overflow32(&y, -1)) @@ -1792,9 +1811,9 @@ } } if (increment_overflow32(&y, -TM_YEAR_BASE)) - return WRONG; + goto overflow; if (! (INT_MIN <= y && y <= INT_MAX)) - return WRONG; + goto overflow; yourtm.tm_year = y; if (yourtm.tm_sec >= 0 && yourtm.tm_sec < SECSPERMIN) saved_seconds = 0; @@ -1844,17 +1863,17 @@ if (dir != 0) { if (t == lo) { if (t == time_t_max) - return WRONG; + goto overflow; ++t; ++lo; } else if (t == hi) { if (t == time_t_min) - return WRONG; + goto overflow; --t; --hi; } if (lo > hi) - return WRONG; + goto invalid; if (dir > 0) hi = t; else lo = t; @@ -1898,7 +1917,7 @@ ** gets checked. */ if (sp == NULL) - return WRONG; + goto invalid; for (i = sp->typecnt - 1; i >= 0; --i) { if (sp->ttis[i].tt_isdst != yourtm.tm_isdst) continue; @@ -1920,16 +1939,22 @@ goto label; } } - return WRONG; + goto invalid; } label: newt = t + saved_seconds; if ((newt < t) != (saved_seconds < 0)) - return WRONG; + overflow; t = newt; if (funcp(sp, &t, offset, tmp)) *okayp = true; return t; +invalid: + errno = EINVAL; + return WRONG; +overflow: + errno = EOVERFLOW; + return WRONG; } static time_t @@ -1966,6 +1991,7 @@ char seen[TZ_MAX_TYPES]; unsigned char types[TZ_MAX_TYPES]; bool okay; + int save_errno; if (tmp == NULL) { errno = EINVAL; @@ -1973,9 +1999,12 @@ } if (tmp->tm_isdst > 1) tmp->tm_isdst = 1; + save_errno = errno; t = time2(tmp, funcp, sp, offset, &okay); - if (okay) + if (okay) { + errno = save_errno; return t; + } if (tmp->tm_isdst < 0) #ifdef PCTS /* @@ -2013,8 +2042,10 @@ sp->ttis[samei].tt_gmtoff; tmp->tm_isdst = !tmp->tm_isdst; t = time2(tmp, funcp, sp, offset, &okay); - if (okay) + if (okay) { + errno = save_errno; return t; + } tmp->tm_sec -= sp->ttis[otheri].tt_gmtoff - sp->ttis[samei].tt_gmtoff; tmp->tm_isdst = !tmp->tm_isdst;

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Canadian time zones official site link
by Matt Johnson Oct. 18, 2014

Oct. 18, 2014

The TZ source comments for Canada references the INMS, but the link there is dead. Archive.org's last copy was taken in June 2006: https://web.archive.org/web/20060710032930/http://inms-ienm.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/… It appears that the INMS is/was a division of the NRC, and I've found the current time zone page for the NRC here: http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/services/time/time_zones.html The pages appear very similar. Please update the comments in the TZ source accordingly. Thanks.

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Re: [tz] Carving shapes
by Marvel, Jim (CPCOE) Oct. 17, 2014

Oct. 17, 2014

Also, how to determine borders for Zabaykalsky Krai From: Marvel, Jim (CPCOE) Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2014 11:22 AM To: 'tz(a)iana.org' Subject: Carving shapes How to determine borders for these new zones? Two zones are added: Asia/Chita (split from Asia/Yakutsk, and also with two hours subtracted) and Asia/Srednekolymsk (split from Asia/Magadan, but with only one hour subtracted). thanks Jim Marvel

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Incorrect timezone offset with current Russian rules - tzdata or glibc bug or normal?
by Andrei Borzenkov Oct. 17, 2014

Oct. 17, 2014

I hit strange problem which looks like a bug and actually caused serious problem due to different interpretation of current timezone offset. Current tzdata correctly - as far as I can tell - defines time today as UTC-4 with summer time inactive: /etc/localtime Sat Mar 26 23:00:00 2011 UT = Sun Mar 27 03:00:00 2011 MSK isdst=0 gmtoff=14400 /etc/localtime Sat Oct 25 21:59:59 2014 UT = Sun Oct 26 01:59:59 2014 MSK isdst=0 gmtoff=14400 /etc/localtime Sat Oct 25 22:00:00 2014 UT = Sun Oct 26 01:00:00 2014 MSK isdst=0 gmtoff=10800 /etc/localtime 9223372036854689407 = NULL /etc/localtime 9223372036854775807 = NULL But the valule of variable "timezone" (man timezone(3)) is set to UTC-3 ... bor@opensuse:~/tmp/sapttzz> ./sapttz Name of local time zone: no info (=TZ) Technical description of local time zone: UTC time +10800 sec Daylight Saving Time at the current/given date is: inaktiv where offset is computed as simply printf(" UTC time %+ld sec\n",- (long int)timezone); if(tm->tm_isdst == 1) printf(" aktiv\n"); else if(tm->tm_isdst == 0) printf(" inaktiv\n"); else printf(" unknown\n"); So basically any application which tries to compute current offset from UTC as based offset (timezone) + dst offset (if isdst) will fail. Or better, two programs running on the same system may have different idea of current time. What puzzles me - if I take previous timezone before last change (before 2014f) the same program displays correct time. But visually nothing has changed ... /etc/localtime Sat Mar 26 22:59:59 2011 UT = Sun Mar 27 01:59:59 2011 MSK isdst=0 gmtoff=10800 /etc/localtime Sat Mar 26 23:00:00 2011 UT = Sun Mar 27 03:00:00 2011 MSK isdst=0 gmtoff=14400 /etc/localtime 9223372036854689407 = NULL /etc/localtime 9223372036854775807 = NULL bor@opensuse:~/tmp/sapttzz> ./sapttz Name of local time zone: no info (=TZ) Technical description of local time zone: UTC time +14400 sec Daylight Saving Time at the current/given date is: inaktiv openSUSE 13.1 with glibc-2.18-4.21.1.x86_64 Any ideas? TIA -andrei

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Utah may drop DST
by Paul Eggert Oct. 17, 2014

Oct. 17, 2014

The Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development, pursuant to a bill passed last year by the state legislature, polled citizens and held public meetings about daylight saving time. They got more than 27,000 responses, including 13,000 written comments totaling 574,000 words. The results: 67% preferred Mountain Standard Time (UTC-7) all year (like Arizona) 18% preferred daylight time (UTC-6) all year, essentially Central Standard Time 15% liked the current spring-forward/fall-back system The main argument of the majority was convenience. The tourism and recreation industries prefer daylight saving, though, and will lobby against switching to MST all year if (as seems likely) an MST bill is introduced in the legislature. My source: Davidson L. Something new under the sun: Utah may dump daylight saving time. Salt Lake Tribune 2014-10-15 http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/politics/58526154-90/daylight-saving-malley-ut…

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zone.tab deprecation
by Matt Johnson Oct. 16, 2014

Oct. 16, 2014

I understand the differences between zone.tab and zone1970.tab, but why does zone.tab have to be deprecated? Can't we just maintain both files indefinitely? Then developers can choose whichever file makes sense for their scenario. Is there a specific reason for the deprecation? If it is to be dropped at some point - how far out is that, and does it get maintained until then?

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Carving shapes
by Marvel, Jim (CPCOE) Oct. 16, 2014

Oct. 16, 2014

How to determine borders for these new zones? Two zones are added: Asia/Chita (split from Asia/Yakutsk, and also with two hours subtracted) and Asia/Srednekolymsk (split from Asia/Magadan, but with only one hour subtracted). thanks Jim Marvel

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zdump bug in Asia/Singapore
by Tim Parenti Oct. 15, 2014

Oct. 15, 2014

While sorting out some issues for tzdist, I noticed a bug in zdump, which is still present in 2014g. Running zdump on Asia/Singapore for both 1981 and 1982 together produces the expected transition from UTC+7:30 to UTC+8 at the boundary between those years: $ ./zdump.exe -vc 1981,1983 Asia/Singapore Asia/Singapore -9223372036854775808 = NULL Asia/Singapore -9223372036854689408 = NULL Asia/Singapore Thu Dec 31 16:29:59 1981 UT = Thu Dec 31 23:59:59 1981 SGT isdst=0 Asia/Singapore Thu Dec 31 16:30:00 1981 UT = Fri Jan 1 00:30:00 1982 SGT isdst=0 Asia/Singapore 9223372036854689407 = NULL Asia/Singapore 9223372036854775807 = NULL However, running it on 1981 and 1982 individually does not: $ ./zdump.exe -vc 1981,1982 Asia/Singapore Asia/Singapore -9223372036854775808 = NULL Asia/Singapore -9223372036854689408 = NULL Asia/Singapore 9223372036854689407 = NULL Asia/Singapore 9223372036854775807 = NULL $ ./zdump.exe -vc 1982,1983 Asia/Singapore Asia/Singapore -9223372036854775808 = NULL Asia/Singapore -9223372036854689408 = NULL Asia/Singapore 9223372036854689407 = NULL Asia/Singapore 9223372036854775807 = NULL Initially, I thought this might have to do with the fact that the transition is specified as a Zone continuation line rather than as a Rule, since zdump properly handled my extended edge-case examples to Jon Skeet a while back: http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2014-July/021162.html <http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2014-July/021162.html> zdump also properly handles Asia/Dhaka's DST transition at the end of 2009, but fails in some other similar cases. So it looks like it's more to do with the transition taking place too close to the year boundary. Part of the problem may be the transition happening in different years, UTC and local, but that doesn't seem to be all that's going on. Attached are some test cases to run against various versions of Singapore with 1981,1982 and 1982,1983; and various versions of Dhaka with 2009,2010 and 2010,2011. All of these should work, but most currently don't. (The ones that do are marked.) -- Tim Parenti

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localtime.c patch
by christos＠zoulas.com Oct. 14, 2014

Oct. 14, 2014

Minor nits. christos --- localtime.c.orig 2014-10-07 16:20:32.000000000 -0400 +++ localtime.c 2014-10-07 16:22:47.000000000 -0400 @@ -306,3 +306,3 @@ register int stored; - register int nread; + register ssize_t nread; typedef union { @@ -934,3 +934,2 @@ register bool load_ok; - static struct ttinfo zttinfo; @@ -1006,3 +1005,3 @@ */ - sp->ttis[0] = sp->ttis[1] = zttinfo; + memset(sp->ttis, 0, sizeof(sp->ttis)); sp->ttis[0].tt_gmtoff = -dstoffset; @@ -1131,3 +1130,3 @@ */ - sp->ttis[0] = sp->ttis[1] = zttinfo; + memset(sp->ttis, 0, sizeof(sp->ttis)); sp->ttis[0].tt_gmtoff = -stdoffset; @@ -1145,3 +1144,3 @@ sp->timecnt = 0; - sp->ttis[0] = zttinfo; + memset(sp->ttis, 0, sizeof(sp->ttis)); sp->ttis[0].tt_gmtoff = -stdoffset; @@ -2108,3 +2107,2 @@ - sp = lclptr; i = sp->leapcnt;

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[PROPOSED PATCH] new Zone Pacific/Bougainville
by Paul Eggert Oct. 14, 2014

Oct. 14, 2014

This is for the part of Papua New Guinea that plans to switch from UTC+10 to UTC+11 on 2014-12-28 at 02:00. (Thanks to Kiley Walbom for the heads-up.) * australasia (Pacific/Bougainville): New zone. * zone.tab, zone1970.tab: Add entries for it. * NEWS: Document this. --- NEWS | 6 ++++++ australasia | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ zone.tab | 3 ++- zone1970.tab | 3 ++- 4 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 69dc2ca..26dcbf6 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -2,6 +2,12 @@ News for the tz database Unreleased, experimental changes + Changes affecting future time stamps + + A new Zone Pacific/Bougainville, for the part of Papua New Guinea + that plans to switch from UTC+10 to UTC+11 on 2014-12-28 at 02:00. + (Thanks to Kiley Walbom for the heads-up.) + Changes affecting past time stamps Many time stamps have been corrected for Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh before 1976 diff --git a/australasia b/australasia index 5ea1f18..c06e62c 100644 --- a/australasia +++ b/australasia @@ -519,6 +519,30 @@ Zone Pacific/Palau 8:57:56 - LMT 1901 # Koror Zone Pacific/Port_Moresby 9:48:40 - LMT 1880 9:48:32 - PMMT 1895 # Port Moresby Mean Time 10:00 - PGT # Papua New Guinea Time +# +# From Paul Eggert (2014-10-13): +# Base the Bougainville entry on the Arawa-Kieta region, which appears to have +# the most people even though it was devastated in the Bougainville Civil War. +# +# Although Shanks gives 1942-03-15 / 1943-11-01 for JST, these dates +# are apparently rough guesswork from the starts of military campaigns. +# The World War II entries below are instead based on Arawa-Kieta. +# The Japanese occupied Kieta in July 1942, +# according to the Pacific War Online Encyclopedia +# http://pwencycl.kgbudge.com/B/o/Bougainville.htm +# and seem to have controlled it until their 1945-08-21 surrender. +# +# The Autonomous Region of Bougainville plans to switch from UTC+10 to UTC+11 +# on 2014-12-28 at 02:00. They call UTC+11 "Bougainville Standard Time"; +# abbreviate this as BST. See: +# http://www.bougainville24.com/bougainville-issues/bougainville-gets-own-tim… +# +Zone Pacific/Bougainville 10:22:16 - LMT 1880 + 9:48:32 - PMMT 1895 + 10:00 - PGT 1942 Jul + 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug 21 + 10:00 - PGT 2014 Dec 28 2:00 + 11:00 - BST # Pitcairn # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] @@ -803,6 +827,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # 10:00 AEST AEDT Eastern Australia # 10:00 ChST Chamorro # 10:30 LHST LHDT Lord Howe* +# 11:00 BST Bougainville* # 11:30 NZMT NZST New Zealand through 1945 # 12:00 NZST NZDT New Zealand 1946-present # 12:15 CHAST Chatham through 1945* diff --git a/zone.tab b/zone.tab index 084bb2f..a7373f1 100644 --- a/zone.tab +++ b/zone.tab @@ -307,7 +307,8 @@ PE -1203-07703 America/Lima PF -1732-14934 Pacific/Tahiti Society Islands PF -0900-13930 Pacific/Marquesas Marquesas Islands PF -2308-13457 Pacific/Gambier Gambier Islands -PG -0930+14710 Pacific/Port_Moresby +PG -0930+14710 Pacific/Port_Moresby most locations +PG -0613+15534 Pacific/Bougainville Bougainville PH +1435+12100 Asia/Manila PK +2452+06703 Asia/Karachi PL +5215+02100 Europe/Warsaw diff --git a/zone1970.tab b/zone1970.tab index 57c11f1..e971bc7 100644 --- a/zone1970.tab +++ b/zone1970.tab @@ -264,7 +264,8 @@ PE -1203-07703 America/Lima PF -1732-14934 Pacific/Tahiti Society Islands PF -0900-13930 Pacific/Marquesas Marquesas Islands PF -2308-13457 Pacific/Gambier Gambier Islands -PG -0930+14710 Pacific/Port_Moresby +PG -0930+14710 Pacific/Port_Moresby most locations +PG -0613+15534 Pacific/Bougainville Bougainville PH +1435+12100 Asia/Manila PK +2452+06703 Asia/Karachi PL +5215+02100 Europe/Warsaw -- 1.9.3

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[PATCH] tzdata: Asia/Ha_Noi: Add new timezone
by Trần Ngọc Quân Oct. 13, 2014

Oct. 13, 2014

Signed-off-by: Trần Ngọc Quân <vnwildman(a)gmail.com> --- asia | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ zone.tab | 1 + 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+) diff --git a/asia b/asia index 0be896b..eb7787b 100644 --- a/asia +++ b/asia @@ -2769,6 +2769,26 @@ Zone Asia/Tashkent 4:37:11 - LMT 1924 May 2 # Vietnam +# From Trần Ngọc Quân (Fri, 03 Oct 2014): +# Hanoi is the capital of Vietnam. +# Currently, official timezone of Vietname is Ha_Noi, not Ho_Chi_Minh. +# References (most of them are in Vietnamese language): +# * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_Vietnam +# * http://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%BAi_gi%E1%BB%9D +# * http://www.thoigian.com.vn/?mPage=P80D01 +# * [1] http://moj.gov.vn/vbpq/Lists/Vn%20bn%20php%20lut/View_Detail.aspx?ItemID=22… +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Ha_Noi 7:06:40 - LMT 1906 Jun 9 + 7:06:20 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT? + 7:00 - ICT 1942 Dec 31 23:00 + 8:00 - ICT 1945 Mar 14 23:00 + 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 02 # Tokyo Standard Time + 7:00 - ICT 1947 Mar 31 23:00 + 8:00 - ICT 1954 Oct 09 23:00 + 7:00 - ICT 1967 Dec 31 23:00 + 7:00 - ICT 2002 Oct 14 # See [1] + 7:00 - ICT + # From Paul Eggert (2013-02-21): # Milne gives 7:16:56 for the meridian of Saigon in 1899, as being # used in Lower Laos, Cambodia, and Annam. But this is quite a ways diff --git a/zone.tab b/zone.tab index 084bb2f..cf87c19 100644 --- a/zone.tab +++ b/zone.tab @@ -428,6 +428,7 @@ VC +1309-06114 America/St_Vincent VE +1030-06656 America/Caracas VG +1827-06437 America/Tortola VI +1821-06456 America/St_Thomas +VN +1054+10600 Asia/Ha_Noi VN +1045+10640 Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh VU -1740+16825 Pacific/Efate WF -1318-17610 Pacific/Wallis -- 2.0.1.427.gc47372d

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Republic of Belarus is considering time zone change due to Russia's change
by Alexander Bokovoy Oct. 10, 2014

Oct. 10, 2014

Hi, a local news site got a comment from PR service of Belarussian National Standardization Committee that government is currently deciding on the time zone change to follow Russia. The decision is not yet made and I was unable to find any other source or reference at any governmental site, which is, unfortunately, typical. http://news.tut.by/society/416667.html (in Russian) -- / Alexander Bokovoy

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Re: [tz] Recent conversions of zones to aliases
by random832＠fastmail.us Oct. 6, 2014

Oct. 6, 2014

On Sat, Oct 4, 2014, at 06:15, Stephen Colebourne wrote: > The key point to remember is that Joda-Time has been running for many > years and has striven very hard to retain backwards compatibility. > Converting aliases to their underlying zone has worked well over many > years, and is far from an unreasonable approach, as it reduces the > effect of older zones such as US-Pacific. The effect of those zones is limited to when the user has actually selected them. For that matter, if aliases were not normalized, you would have _maintained_ backwards compatibility when (in principle - in reality, that was before Joda-Time was even a thing.) the zone name was changed _from_ those older names in the first place. The point of aliases is to limit the impact of changes on users who selected the old name when it was current, by keeping the behavior of their systems the same. "Normalizing" them goes against that principle.

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St Andrews meridian in the 17th century
by Peter Ilieve Oct. 6, 2014

Oct. 6, 2014

Now that we don’t have to think about a possible future Europe/Glasgow zone (postings back in August) for several years at least, here’s a bit of Scottish history to consider instead. St Andrews, on the Fife coast in the east of Scotland, had a meridian line set up some 200 years before Greenwich. Here’s a quote from a press release from the University of St Andrews, who have just created a memorial to mark this line: "The 17th Century Scottish astronomer and scientific pioneer James Gregory laid down a meridian line across the floor of his lab at St Andrews University in 1673, almost 200 years before the Greenwich Meridian was established and arbitrarily adopted as the world’s official prime meridian. "Now St Andrews has recognised Gregory’s remarkable body of work with a permanent public memorial – a solid brass line which follows exactly the line of his meridian and bisects the pavement in South Street, St Andrews.” This story was picked up by The Times and the BBC (and probably others I haven’t seen). As well as the line on the lab floor there was a sighting mark outside a window and a stone marker on a hill 2.4km away. This still exists and is marked on Ordnance Survey maps. Some URLs: The University of St Andrews press release: <http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/news/archive/2014/title,250213,en.php> BBC piece: <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-29474850> The Times piece (which is behind their paywall): <http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/scotland/article4224136.ece> Map showing St Andrews and Gregory’s Pillar (marked with arrow): <http://www.streetmap.co.uk/idld.srf?X=350994&Y=715496&A=Y&Z=115&lm=1&ax=350…> Peter Ilieve

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[PROPOSED PATCH] * zdump.c (adjusted_yday): Define only if TM_GMTOFF is not defined.
by Paul Eggert Oct. 5, 2014

Oct. 5, 2014

--- zdump.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/zdump.c b/zdump.c index 37a0926..13bbb0e 100644 --- a/zdump.c +++ b/zdump.c @@ -851,8 +851,9 @@ delta(struct tm * newp, struct tm *oldp) return result; } +#ifndef TM_GMTOFF /* Return A->tm_yday, adjusted to compare it fairly to B->tm_yday. - Assume A and B differ by at most one year. */ + Assume A and B differ by at most one year. */ static int adjusted_yday(struct tm const *a, struct tm const *b) { @@ -861,6 +862,7 @@ adjusted_yday(struct tm const *a, struct tm const *b) yday += 365 + isleap_sum(b->tm_year, TM_YEAR_BASE); return yday; } +#endif /* If A is the broken-down local time and B the broken-down UTC for the same instant, return A's UTC offset in seconds, where positive -- 1.9.1

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coding style for tzcode?
by christos＠zoulas.com Oct. 4, 2014

Oct. 4, 2014

Hello, The code used to be 8-tab BSD formatted, and now it seems that 2 space indentantion is being used, or 4 space, or whatever random spacing (sometimes contination lines follow the opening parenthesis of the function above, other times they don't) in both new code and diffs from the old code. If people don't like the current coding style, let's decide on a style, reformat all the code to the new style and keep it consistent. What we have now is making the code unreadable. Thank you! christos

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Timezone for Moscow is -10800 after installing tzdata-2014g
by Alexander Koblov Oct. 4, 2014

Oct. 4, 2014

Hi All! My timezone is Europe/Moscow. After installing tzdata-2014g, tzset sets value for timezone not -14400 as before, but -10800, although time shift will be only in October 26th. Is this the expected behavior, or maybe I don't understand something? Please see below program I use for the test and output from console. Notice, how depends on what version of tzdata is installed value of timezone is different, although current time is the same. My question is: Why tzdata-2014g returns timezone for the Europe/Moscow -10800 (3 hours)? As far as I understand timezone for Moscow should be changed on the night of 25/26 October. Thank you, Alexander. ========== #include <iostream> #include <ctime> #include <cstdlib> using namespace std; int main() { tzset(); //set all 4 DST globals using TZ cout<< "the difference between UTC and the local standard time is: "<<timezone<<endl; cout<<boolalpha; //switch to verbal representation of bools cout<<"DST in effect: "<<(bool) daylight<<endl; cout<<"local standard time code: "<<tzname[0]<<endl; cout<<"local standard time code: "<<tzname[1]<<endl; } ========== ============== // With tzdata-2014g-installed [root@Linux jgm]# ./jtz the difference between UTC and the local standard time is: -10800 DST in effect: true local standard time code: MSK local standard time code: MSD [root@Linux jgm]# date Птн Окт 3 14:43:37 MSK 2014 //Let's downgrade to tzdata-2014b [root@Linux jgm]# yum downgrade tzdata-2014b-1.el6.noarch // skip lines Removed: tzdata.noarch 0:2014g-1.el6 Installed: tzdata.noarch 0:2014b-1.el6 Complete! [root@Linux jgm]# ./jtz the difference between UTC and the local standard time is: -14400 DST in effect: false local standard time code: MSK local standard time code: MSD [root@Linux jgm]# date Птн Окт 3 14:44:05 MSK 2014 //Let's return back to tzdata-2014g [root@Linux jgm]# yum update tzdata //skip lines Updated: tzdata.noarch 0:2014g-1.el6 Complete! [root@Linux jgm]# ./jtz the difference between UTC and the local standard time is: -10800 DST in effect: true local standard time code: MSK local standard time code: MSD [root@Linux jgm]# date Птн Окт 3 14:44:36 MSK 2014 [root@Linux jgm]# ==============

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Handling of uninitialized tm_gmtoff and tm_zone
by random832＠fastmail.us Oct. 2, 2014

Oct. 2, 2014

It is possible that mktime, strftime, etc?, may be called with a struct tm that has not had non-standard members initialized. How does tzcode deal with these cases? (It _looks_ like strftime handles it badly; I can't figure out what, if anything, the mktime implementation does with these members).

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Issue with Jordan timezone
by obulesh kumar Oct. 1, 2014

Oct. 1, 2014

Hi all, I am getting wrong time zone for Jordan in my android device. I am calculating time zone from NITZ information provided by network in Amman country. I am using offset and DST value from NITZ to calculate timezone. Below are the values provided by network on date:15/Jul/2014 OFFSET:10800000 DST:false I am getting from proper timezone for Jordan country in 2013g database version as Asia/Amman. But i am not getting any timezone for Amman country in 2013i database on wards. below is timezone data differences from 2013g to 2013i please find snapshot. [image: Inline image 1] Please help us in resolving this issue. Thanks and Regards, Obulesh

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Aix question
by Donald MacQueen Oct. 1, 2014

Oct. 1, 2014

Hi all, Sorry for the off topic, but does anyone know the procedure for updating tz info on Aix? Google is not my friend today. Thanks in advance. Great work, Paul. -- Donald [|] Joel Cairo: "You always have a very smooth explanation." Sam Spade: "What do you want me to do? Learn to stutter?" - The Maltese Falconn

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Time, Clock, and Calendar Programming In C, by Eric S. Raymond
by random832＠fastmail.us Sept. 30, 2014

Sept. 30, 2014

Eric S. Raymond has written an article about the history of the time.h functions at http://www.catb.org/esr/time-programming/ >From his blog post announcing it (http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=6311) > The C/UNIX library support for time and calendar programming is a nasty mess of historical contingency. I have grown tired of having to re-learn its quirks every time I’ve had to deal with it, so I’m doing something about that. > > Announcing Time, Clock, and Calendar Programming In C, a document which attempts to chart the historical clutter (so you can ignore it once you know why it’s there) and explain the mysteries. > > What I’ve released is an 0.9 beta version. My hope is that it will rapidly attract some thoroughgoing reviews so I can release a 1.0 in a week or so. More than that, I would welcome a subject matter expert as a collaborator. When I saw it I thought it might be generally interesting to people who subscribe to this list.

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Mehdi Ashrafi
by Mehdi Ashrafi Sept. 29, 2014

Sept. 29, 2014

+989376266654

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(FYI) egypt
by Sebastien WILLEMIJNS Sept. 27, 2014

Sept. 27, 2014

http://journalmetro.com/monde/564625/legypte-change-encore-dheure/ i think you know that....

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[tz-announce] 2014h release of tz code and data available
by Paul Eggert Sept. 26, 2014

Sept. 26, 2014

The 2014h release of the tz code and data is available. It reflects the following changes, which were either circulated on the tz mailing list or are relatively minor technical or administrative changes: Changes affecting past time stamps America/Jamaica's 1974 spring-forward transition was Jan. 6, not Apr. 28. Shanks says Asia/Novokuznetsk switched from LMT (not "NMT") on 1924-05-01, not 1920-01-06. The old entry was based on a misinterpretation of Shanks. Some more zones have been turned into links, when they differed from existing zones only for older time stamps. As usual, these changes affect UTC offsets in pre-1970 time stamps only. Their old contents have been moved to the 'backzone' file. The affected zones are: Africa/Blantyre, Africa/Bujumbura, Africa/Gaborone, Africa/Harare, Africa/Kigali, Africa/Lubumbashi, Africa/Lusaka, Africa/Maseru, and Africa/Mbabane. Changes affecting code zdump -V and -v now output gmtoff= values on all platforms, not merely on platforms defining TM_GMTOFF. The tz library's localtime and mktime functions now set tzname to a value appropriate for the requested time stamp, and zdump now uses this on platforms not defining TM_ZONE, fixing a 2014g regression. (Thanks to Tim Parenti for reporting the problem.) The tz library no longer sets tzname if localtime or mktime fails. zdump -c no longer mishandles transitions near year boundaries. (Thanks to Tim Parenti for reporting the problem.) An access to uninitalized data has been fixed. (Thanks to Jörg Richter for reporting the problem.) When THREAD_SAFE is defined, the code ports to the C11 memory model. A memory leak has been fixed if ALL_STATE and THREAD_SAFE are defined and two threads race to initialize data used by gmtime-like functions. (Thanks to Andy Heninger for reporting the problems.) Changes affecting build procedure 'make check' now checks better for properly-sorted data. Changes affecting documentation and commentary zdump's gmtoff=N output is now documented, and its isdst=D output is now documented to possibly output D values other than 0 or 1. zdump -c's treatment of years is now documented to use the Gregorian calendar and Universal Time without leap seconds, and its behavior at cutoff boundaries is now documented better. (Thanks to Arthur David Olson and Tim Parenti for reporting the problems.) Programs are now documented to use the proleptic Gregorian calendar. (Thanks to Alan Barrett for the suggestion.) Fractional-second GMT offsets have been documented for civil time in 19th-century Chennai, Jakarta, and New York. Here are links to the release files: ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/releases/tzcode2014h.tar.gz ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/releases/tzdata2014h.tar.gz The files are also available via HTTP as follows: http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/releases/tzcode2014h.tar.gz http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/releases/tzdata2014h.tar.gz Each release file has a GPG signature, which can be retrieved by appending ".asc" to the above URLs. Copies of these signatures are appended to this message. As usual, links to the latest release files are here: http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/tzcode-latest.tar.gz http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/tzdata-latest.tar.gz ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/tzcode-latest.tar.gz ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/tzdata-latest.tar.gz This release corresponds to commit 651d4deba49e90dd42141bf00dd5e94024100038 dated Thu Sep 25 18:59:03 2014 -0700 and tagged '2014h' in the experimental github repository at <https://github.com/eggert/tz>. Here are the GPG checksums for the release files: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQIcBAABAgAGBQJUJMkaAAoJEO2X6Q5iqn40/xgP/05GMYGaGlB0SdREMb3Tcl37 ofHu8wIlw/zYPqRQsNJX02G0JMm9Ymsxk58K12DrzQvDragun1WEZFYB3qNJjE7c tGd//0NhVUxoGjxQLjrZ6JDr/AlM56iondkbvVzU+2t7mNrNjABg73Ub750fuSzM qt3tpr/+Ba+fOLcKb9uZQqlt6Bc5qAMGXcsBBT0KVeybLjDobaD66yb6kfZ81uNj g3u60H1JKhEe5NduovMLm5NLRtHa4VJCxJki5pwuYgNtuuG9XYpz2vzQ2DuChO8K hjPzR6MpF/KsICAeAsgf+Z6FqDG8LBy39DeyZCwjP9pDPu3VekuW0dpe3Jad/eTC lQB5dubGPkqS6dW1CepoU/Oojdh9CUmlLYIZDCadpE7RfOFqTLLMnEzhVIv2Iluw 5ssTJ0YTomA8XfdVFHoxdZ/woEYg32KF6ssYOOt8+M4xNLNc0zpjLnnwbfpZN1bN SOGnSWkogssPh60Otd60Zy1mx9KnOQAvzQHHMlqRJTCxnVqvLwP2LaUZaYP2nkuo 7WLqGFIjfCc2iIckogkkPotTVNsTuc+FSV6Ck/GMTEHRZrAX34u/iNr2jik7n85s OjEKWz3WKO8Zo7GOk/w7Ekmnt/UzDLEL4RDB2yxWETI8zTxkzfLmEGT/hFVt2JiG yeg7CpXKQtimBKMnMRXl =DxQr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQIcBAABAgAGBQJUJMkaAAoJEO2X6Q5iqn40AcwQAICQe7AszG667Q3EX+jrrvMi np5LQs6UlCJzU+xwpQ0zo8OANPaJRVe11A//j4eWAkZjXGLrpj8GwDNV+AMnPTtB b1UGos9oOitFBsJfXrwRsOUUuMFHUmnIWvIkS6FY3uCG31wXZVUDuRnksUifnB24 Agmz9KI5Be6JHr3d4erzu7rp7gU4FslJ1f4Jvmiy+PnPiMkZJAsf3Lu+O77h/0qR sZNsigf8lXoIakHAQtNiwizk6a1fTAc6VElgk7hwQ9rm1FxiEWWidWv1bF52qbAw kTrdFZEUY5ONe5O8deAf9r3GVKh/3HmMa8Bzf23a8eSDjLrJbhFTb1uZ5P0vRoHu SabrtvhLg8hrUD3RJtEM1rwROaCrdUTfz002DrOX7htA6m9P3af7OmzkWDJ0hlGe EOeAa1YkjcPwGmbYxCWQbexM2KHr4MaIJ1v75lduq1+osEr1dOvzU8/KJzmay59s XWrXXa7ihPyIW+0MCWqTZg8AqTTed9SwMvWRw2gZTM4L23PerfzmM0PzffdY4oCX 9mbCGTKjp+gcMChRJ+Rtf2xlgsHy5uk2tFVCMngL0FW4rm5EIW8R2GhRBrSAkKYb m8KPvc1+ErjK7nkDpFQ1LKk8/H0v08Yk/aYfRmC4IhmJRzB33Ei0ZuWTqU3ilzJ5 743/HDLWaGvpbG639WBU =a4Y0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ tz-announce mailing list tz-announce(a)iana.org https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/tz-announce

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tz database
by Zhang, Heather Sept. 24, 2014

Sept. 24, 2014

Hi, I downloaded most recent tz data from http://www.iana.org/time-zones, Time Zone Data v. 2014g (Released 2014-08-28) tzdata2014g.tar.gz<http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/releases/tzdata2014g.tar.gz> (278.2kb) Time Zone Code v. 2014g (Released 2014-08-28) tzcode2014g.tar.gz<http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/releases/tzcode2014g.tar.gz> (174.0kb) After reading the README file and other document, I understand that the gz is for compiling into unix commands that provide various timezone functions, am I correct? If I m correct, does IANA provide a csv/xls download of tz with daylight saving time info for all cities in the world and delta download periodically? Thanks & Regards, Heather Zhang | Sabre | W: 682.605.2968 | B1 Flex

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[PROPOSED_PATCH] * localtime.c (localtime_tzset): Coalesce two identical flag args.
by Paul Eggert Sept. 23, 2014

Sept. 23, 2014

All callers changed. --- localtime.c | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/localtime.c b/localtime.c index 30b5fbc..e692513 100644 --- a/localtime.c +++ b/localtime.c @@ -1389,14 +1389,14 @@ localtime_rz(struct state *sp, time_t const *timep, struct tm *tmp) #endif static struct tm * -localtime_tzset(time_t const *timep, struct tm *tmp, bool settz, bool setname) +localtime_tzset(time_t const *timep, struct tm *tmp, bool setname) { int err = lock(); if (err) { errno = err; return NULL; } - if (settz || !lcl_is_set) + if (setname || !lcl_is_set) tzset_unlocked(); tmp = localsub(lclptr, timep, setname, tmp); unlock(); @@ -1406,13 +1406,13 @@ localtime_tzset(time_t const *timep, struct tm *tmp, bool settz, bool setname) struct tm * localtime(const time_t *const timep) { - return localtime_tzset(timep, &tm, true, true); + return localtime_tzset(timep, &tm, true); } struct tm * localtime_r(const time_t *const timep, struct tm *tmp) { - return localtime_tzset(timep, tmp, false, false); + return localtime_tzset(timep, tmp, false); } /* -- 1.9.1

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[PROPOSED PATCH] * northamerica (America/Jamaica): 1974 sprang forward on Jan. 6,
by Paul Eggert Sept. 23, 2014

Sept. 23, 2014

not Apr. 28. * NEWS: Document this. --- NEWS | 2 ++ northamerica | 13 ++++++++++++- 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 06e7094..8562fae 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes Changes affecting past time stamps + America/Jamaica's 1974 spring-forward transition was Jan. 6, not Apr. 28. + Shanks says Asia/Novokuznetsk switched from LMT (not "NMT") on 1924-05-01, not 1920-01-06. The old entry was based on a misinterpretation of Shanks. diff --git a/northamerica b/northamerica index 0f5ed3c..3d72505 100644 --- a/northamerica +++ b/northamerica @@ -2991,10 +2991,21 @@ Zone America/Tegucigalpa -5:48:52 - LMT 1921 Apr # Shanks & Pottenger give -5:07:12, but Milne records -5:07:10.41 from an # unspecified official document, and says "This time is used throughout the # island". Go with Milne. Round to the nearest second as required by zic. +# +# Shanks & Pottenger give April 28 for the 1974 spring-forward transition, but +# Lance Neita writes that Prime Minister Michael Manley decreed it January 5. +# Assume Neita meant Jan 6 02:00, the same as the US. Neita also writes that +# Manley's supporters associated this act with Manley's nickname "Joshua" +# (recall that in the Bible the sun stood still at Joshua's request), +# and with the Rod of Correction which Manley said he had received from +# Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia. See: +# Neita L. The politician in all of us. Jamaica Observer 2014-09-20 +# http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/columns/The-politician-in-all-of-us_17573647 +# # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Jamaica -5:07:11 - LMT 1890 # Kingston -5:07:11 - KMT 1912 Feb # Kingston Mean Time - -5:00 - EST 1974 Apr 28 2:00 + -5:00 - EST 1974 -5:00 US E%sT 1984 -5:00 - EST -- 1.9.3

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Chile 2014 changes
by DONATELLA SABELLICO Sept. 22, 2014

Sept. 22, 2014

Hi, in which "Time Zone Data " are contained the Chile 2014 changes? See http://www.minenergia.cl/ministerio/noticias/generales/ministerio-de-energi… Donatella Sabellico. "One Life. One Love. To love each other" Visit IBM TWA Forum! https://ibm.biz/BdxJFs TWA NewsLetter! http://ibm.biz/Bdxij4 Join SMC Connect community! https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/servicemanagement/ IBM Italia S.p.A. Sede Legale: Circonvallazione Idroscalo - 20090 Segrate (MI) Cap. Soc. euro 347.256.998,80 C. F. e Reg. Imprese MI 01442240030 - Partita IVA 10914660153 Società con unico azionista Società soggetta all?attività di direzione e coordinamento di International Business Machines Corporation (Salvo che sia diversamente indicato sopra / Unless stated otherwise above)

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[PROPOSED PATCH 1/4] Have zdump output gmtoff= even on platforms lacking TM_GMTOFF.
by Paul Eggert Sept. 22, 2014

Sept. 22, 2014

* zdump.c (adjusted_yday, gmtoff): New functions. (show): Use new function gmtoff to output gmtoff= even on platforms that do not define TM_GMTOFF. * NEWS: Document this. --- NEWS | 3 +++ zdump.c | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------- 2 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 21e85a7..618ddb7 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes Changes affecting code + zdump -V and -v now output gmtoff= values on all platforms, + not merely on platforms defining TM_GMTOFF. + The tz library's localtime and mktime functions now set tzname to a value appropriate for the requested time stamp, and zdump now uses this on platforms not defining TM_ZONE, fixing a 2014g regression. diff --git a/zdump.c b/zdump.c index 0aa94fc..92dd3c1 100644 --- a/zdump.c +++ b/zdump.c @@ -851,19 +851,54 @@ delta(struct tm * newp, struct tm *oldp) return result; } +/* Return A->tm_yday, adjusted to compare it fairly to B->tm_yday. + Assume A and B differ by at most one year. */ +static int +adjusted_yday(struct tm const *a, struct tm const *b) +{ + int yday = a->tm_yday; + if (b->tm_year < a->tm_year) + yday += 365 + isleap_sum(b->tm_year, TM_YEAR_BASE); + return yday; +} + +/* If A is the broken-down local time and B the broken-down UTC for + the same instant, return A's UTC offset in seconds, where positive + offsets are east of Greenwich. On failure, return LONG_MIN. */ +static long +gmtoff(struct tm const *a, struct tm const *b) +{ +#ifdef TM_GMTOFF + return a->TM_GMTOFF; +#else + if (! b) + return LONG_MIN; + else { + int ayday = adjusted_yday(a, b); + int byday = adjusted_yday(b, a); + int days = ayday - byday; + long hours = a->tm_hour - b->tm_hour + 24 * days; + long minutes = a->tm_min - b->tm_min + 60 * hours; + long seconds = a->tm_sec - b->tm_sec + 60 * minutes; + return seconds; + } +#endif +} + static void show(timezone_t tz, char *zone, time_t t, bool v) { register struct tm * tmp; - struct tm tm; + register struct tm * gmtmp; + struct tm tm, gmtm; printf("%-*s ", longest, zone); if (v) { - tmp = my_gmtime_r(&t, &tm); - if (tmp == NULL) { + gmtmp = my_gmtime_r(&t, &gmtm); + if (gmtmp == NULL) { printf(tformat(), t); } else { - dumptime(tmp); + dumptime(gmtmp); printf(" UT"); } printf(" = "); @@ -874,10 +909,10 @@ show(timezone_t tz, char *zone, time_t t, bool v) if (*abbr(tmp) != '\0') printf(" %s", abbr(tmp)); if (v) { + long off = gmtoff(tmp, gmtmp); printf(" isdst=%d", tmp->tm_isdst); -#ifdef TM_GMTOFF - printf(" gmtoff=%ld", tmp->TM_GMTOFF); -#endif /* defined TM_GMTOFF */ + if (off != LONG_MIN) + printf(" gmtoff=%ld", off); } } printf("\n"); -- 1.9.3

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Thread Safety Notes
by Andy Heninger Sept. 22, 2014

Sept. 22, 2014

I've been looking over the thread safe additions to localtime.c, and have a few comments. 1. Use of C's 'volatile' declaration is not sufficient to implement fully thread-safe double-checked locking. The complications are confusing and subtle. Here is a paper that goes into the question in depth: http://www.aristeia.com/Papers/DDJ_Jul_Aug_2004_revised.pdf The bottom line is that doing it right needs memory barrier operations - a read acquire and write release or equivalent for the flag variable being tested. Volatile does not guarantee these. C11 has the necessary functions, but is not yet widely available. [ http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/WG14/www/docs/n1570.pdf ] Compilers mostly have non-standard extensions available that will do the job, often modeled after those in gcc. 2. The function gmtcheck() needs to recheck the gmt_is_set flag after acquiring the lock. As it stands, multiple threads could replicate the initialization, overwriting a previously set gmtptr in the process. This is unrelated to the volatile question. 3. The volatile variable lcl_is_set is referenced while not holding the lock in only one place, in localtime_r(). And from there the function localtime_tzset() is unconditionally called, which unconditionally acquires the lock. With minor refactoring, all access to lcl_is_set could be from code that is holding the lock, which would allow lcl_is_set to be an ordinary variable with no special thread safety considerations. If it were up to me, I would probably remove use of the double-checked idiom, and rely on solely lock(). Slightly slower, but simple, portable and safe. The alternative is to #define some compiler-dependent atomic operations. Thanks, -- Andy Heninger

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Europe/London Sat Oct 26 23:00:00 1968 UT
by "" Sept. 15, 2014

Sept. 15, 2014

Looks like isdst should be 1 on Europe/London Sat Oct 26 23:00:00 1968 and Europe/London Sun Oct 31 01:59:59 1971 zdump -v -c 1968,1973 Europe/London Europe/London -9223372036854775808 = NULL Europe/London -9223372036854689408 = NULL Europe/London Sun Feb 18 01:59:59 1968 UT = Sun Feb 18 01:59:59 1968 GMT isdst=0 gmtoff=0 Europe/London Sun Feb 18 02:00:00 1968 UT = Sun Feb 18 03:00:00 1968 BST isdst=1 gmtoff=3600 Europe/London Sat Oct 26 22:59:59 1968 UT = Sat Oct 26 23:59:59 1968 BST isdst=1 gmtoff=3600 Europe/London Sat Oct 26 23:00:00 1968 UT = Sun Oct 27 00:00:00 1968 BST isdst=0 gmtoff=3600 Europe/London Sun Oct 31 01:59:59 1971 UT = Sun Oct 31 02:59:59 1971 BST isdst=0 gmtoff=3600 Europe/London Sun Oct 31 02:00:00 1971 UT = Sun Oct 31 02:00:00 1971 GMT isdst=0 gmtoff=0 Europe/London Sun Mar 19 01:59:59 1972 UT = Sun Mar 19 01:59:59 1972 GMT isdst=0 gmtoff=0 Europe/London Sun Mar 19 02:00:00 1972 UT = Sun Mar 19 03:00:00 1972 BST isdst=1 gmtoff=3600 Europe/London Sun Oct 29 01:59:59 1972 UT = Sun Oct 29 02:59:59 1972 BST isdst=1 gmtoff=3600 Europe/London Sun Oct 29 02:00:00 1972 UT = Sun Oct 29 02:00:00 1972 GMT isdst=0 gmtoff=0 Europe/London 9223372036854689407 = NULL Europe/London 9223372036854775807 = NULL

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Typo in africa timezone file
by Marcel Telka Sept. 11, 2014

Sept. 11, 2014

In https://www.ietf.org/timezones/data/africa I found the following lines: # From Gunther Vermier (2015-05-13): # our Egypt office confirms that the change will be at 15 May "midnight" (24:00) I think the timestamp (2015-05-13) is not correct there. Should it say 2014-05-13 instead? -- +-------------------------------------------+ | Marcel Telka e-mail: marcel(a)telka.sk | | homepage: http://telka.sk/ | | jabber: marcel(a)jabber.sk | +-------------------------------------------+

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Regarding Russian Time zone change
by Peddi, Radhika (Radhika) Sept. 9, 2014

Sept. 9, 2014

Hi, I have taken latest tzdata tar and replaced Europe time zone in my joda. However I didn't find any changes in October 26 UTC Off string. Can you please tell me whether the changes are included in tzdata or not? Thanks & Regards, Radhika Peddi|Avaya India Pvt. Ltd.| Wing 'A', Level -5, Tower-11, Cybercity, Magarpatta City, Hadapsar | Pune, 411028|India Voice +91 20 4101 8311| Email: rpeddi<mailto:rpeddi@avaya.com>@avaya.com [Please consider the environment before printing this email]|7 Switch off POWER |[cid:image008.jpg@01CD293C.65903AA0] Save Water |q RECYCLE |P PRESERVE trees |

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valgrind errors loading UTC
by Richter, Jörg Sept. 8, 2014

Sept. 8, 2014

When loading ‚UTC‘ the function tzload seems to use an uninitialized value here: localtime.c:574: for (i = 0; i < sp->typecnt; ++i) if (sp->types[i] == 0) // <- sp->types[0] is uninitialized (sp->typecnt is 1) break; It might be a user error on my side. But I am unable to spot it. Note that the UTC file was generated with an older version. This is with tzcode2014g - Jörg

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[PROPOSED PATCH] * Makefile (check_sorted): Further improve quality of checks.
by Paul Eggert Sept. 7, 2014

Sept. 7, 2014

* NEWS: Document this. * zone1970.tab: Sort country codes better. --- Makefile | 13 +++++++++---- NEWS | 4 ++++ zone1970.tab | 2 +- 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index 86682ce..7bdd642 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -487,12 +487,17 @@ check_white_space: $(ENCHILADA) ! grep -n '[[:space:]]$$' $(ENCHILADA) ! grep -n "$$(printf '[\f\r\v]\n')" $(ENCHILADA) -check_sorted: backward backzone iso3166.tab zone1970.tab - $(AWK) '/^Link/ {print $$3}' backward | LC_ALL=C sort -c - $(AWK) '/^Zone/ {print $$2}' backzone | LC_ALL=C sort -c - $(AWK) '/^[^#]/ {print}' iso3166.tab | LC_ALL=C sort -c +CHECK_CC_LIST = { n = split($$1,a,/,/); for (i=2; i<=n; i++) print a[1], a[i]; } + +check_sorted: backward backzone iso3166.tab zone.tab zone1970.tab + $(AWK) '/^Link/ {print $$3}' backward | LC_ALL=C sort -cu + $(AWK) '/^Zone/ {print $$2}' backzone | LC_ALL=C sort -cu + $(AWK) '/^[^#]/ {print $$1}' iso3166.tab | LC_ALL=C sort -cu + $(AWK) '/^[^#]/ {print $$1}' zone.tab | LC_ALL=C sort -c $(AWK) '/^[^#]/ {print substr($$0, 1, 2)}' zone1970.tab | \ LC_ALL=C sort -c + $(AWK) '/^[^#]/ $(CHECK_CC_LIST)' zone1970.tab | \ + LC_ALL=C sort -cu check_tables: checktab.awk $(PRIMARY_YDATA) $(ZONETABLES) for tab in $(ZONETABLES); do \ diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 0f3c809..3134648 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes An access to uninitalized data has been fixed. (Thanks to Jörg Richter for reporting the problem.) + Changes affecting build procedure + + 'make check' now checks better for properly-sorted data. + Changes affecting documentation and commentary zdump -c's treatment of years is now documented to use the diff --git a/zone1970.tab b/zone1970.tab index 03c50d8..f0e38f1 100644 --- a/zone1970.tab +++ b/zone1970.tab @@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ TM +3757+05823 Asia/Ashgabat TN +3648+01011 Africa/Tunis TO -2110-17510 Pacific/Tongatapu TR +4101+02858 Europe/Istanbul -TT,AG,AI,BL,DM,GD,GP,MF,LC,KN,MS,VC,VG,VI +1039-06131 America/Port_of_Spain +TT,AG,AI,BL,DM,GD,GP,KN,LC,MF,MS,VC,VG,VI +1039-06131 America/Port_of_Spain TV -0831+17913 Pacific/Funafuti TW +2503+12130 Asia/Taipei UA +5026+03031 Europe/Kiev most locations -- 1.9.1

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[PROPOSED PATCH 1/2] * Makefile (check_sorted): Fix typo in recent change.
by Paul Eggert Sept. 7, 2014

Sept. 7, 2014

--- Makefile | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index 8e0a6d7..86682ce 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ check_sorted: backward backzone iso3166.tab zone1970.tab $(AWK) '/^Link/ {print $$3}' backward | LC_ALL=C sort -c $(AWK) '/^Zone/ {print $$2}' backzone | LC_ALL=C sort -c $(AWK) '/^[^#]/ {print}' iso3166.tab | LC_ALL=C sort -c - $(AWK) '/^[^#]/ {print substr($0, 1, 2)}' zone1970.tab | \ + $(AWK) '/^[^#]/ {print substr($$0, 1, 2)}' zone1970.tab | \ LC_ALL=C sort -c check_tables: checktab.awk $(PRIMARY_YDATA) $(ZONETABLES) -- 1.9.1

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[PROPOSED PATCH 1/2] Move out-of-scope UTC+2 African zones to 'backzone'.
by Paul Eggert Sept. 6, 2014

Sept. 6, 2014

* africa (Africa/Blantyre, Africa/Bujumbura, Africa/Gaborone) (Africa/Harare, Africa/Kigali, Africa/Lubumbashi, Africa/Lusaka): Change these from zones to links to Africa/Maputo. (Africa/Maseru, Africa/Mbabane): Change these from zones to links to Africa/Johannesburg. * backzone: Move the old data here. * checktab.awk (tztab): Remove special cases for these zones. * NEWS: Document the above. --- NEWS | 8 ++++++++ africa | 55 ++++++++++++++++++------------------------------------- backzone | 50 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- checktab.awk | 9 --------- 4 files changed, 73 insertions(+), 49 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 0327005..91ce1e7 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -7,6 +7,14 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes Shanks says Asia/Novokuznetsk switched from LMT (not "NMT") on 1924-05-01, not 1920-01-06. The old entry was based on a misinterpretation of Shanks. + Some more zones have been turned into links, when they differed + from existing zones only for older time stamps. As usual, + these changes affect UTC offsets in pre-1970 time stamps only. + Their old contents have been moved to the 'backzone' file. + The affected zones are: Africa/Blantyre, Africa/Bujumbura, + Africa/Gaborone, Africa/Harare, Africa/Kigali, Africa/Lubumbashi, + Africa/Lusaka, Africa/Maseru, and Africa/Mbabane. + Changes affecting code An access to uninitalized data has been fixed. diff --git a/africa b/africa index 10354b0..b17c62b 100644 --- a/africa +++ b/africa @@ -110,23 +110,13 @@ Zone Africa/Algiers 0:12:12 - LMT 1891 Mar 15 0:01 # See Africa/Lagos. # Botswana -# From Paul Eggert (2013-02-21): -# Milne says they were regulated by the Cape Town Signal in 1899; -# assume they switched to 2:00 when Cape Town did. -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Gaborone 1:43:40 - LMT 1885 - 1:30 - SAST 1903 Mar - 2:00 - CAT 1943 Sep 19 2:00 - 2:00 1:00 CAST 1944 Mar 19 2:00 - 2:00 - CAT +# See Africa/Maputo. # Burkina Faso # See Africa/Abidjan. # Burundi -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Bujumbura 1:57:28 - LMT 1890 - 2:00 - CAT +# See Africa/Maputo. # Cameroon # See Africa/Lagos. @@ -161,10 +151,7 @@ Zone Indian/Comoro 2:53:04 - LMT 1911 Jul # Moroni, Gran Comoro 3:00 - EAT # Democratic Republic of the Congo -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Lubumbashi 1:49:52 - LMT 1897 Nov 9 - 2:00 - CAT -# The above is for the eastern part; see Africa/Lagos for the western part. +# See Africa/Lagos for the western part and Africa/Maputo for the eastern. # Republic of the Congo # See Africa/Lagos. @@ -466,11 +453,7 @@ Zone Africa/Nairobi 2:27:16 - LMT 1928 Jul 3:00 - EAT # Lesotho -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Maseru 1:50:00 - LMT 1903 Mar - 2:00 - SAST 1943 Sep 19 2:00 - 2:00 1:00 SAST 1944 Mar 19 2:00 - 2:00 - SAST +# See Africa/Johannesburg. # Liberia # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): @@ -552,9 +535,7 @@ Zone Indian/Antananarivo 3:10:04 - LMT 1911 Jul 3:00 - EAT # Malawi -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Blantyre 2:20:00 - LMT 1903 Mar - 2:00 - CAT +# See Africa/Maputo. # Mali # Mauritania @@ -964,6 +945,13 @@ Zone Africa/El_Aaiun -0:52:48 - LMT 1934 Jan # El Aaiún # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Maputo 2:10:20 - LMT 1903 Mar 2:00 - CAT +Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Blantyre # Malawi +Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Bujumbura # Burundi +Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Gaborone # Botswana +Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Harare # Zimbabwe +Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Kigali # Rwanda +Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Lubumbashi # E Dem. Rep. of Congo +Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Lusaka # Zambia # Namibia # The 1994-04-03 transition is from Shanks & Pottenger. @@ -1031,9 +1019,7 @@ Zone Indian/Reunion 3:41:52 - LMT 1911 Jun # Saint-Denis # Tromelin - inhabited until at least 1958 # Rwanda -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Kigali 2:00:16 - LMT 1935 Jun - 2:00 - CAT +# See Africa/Maputo. # St Helena # See Africa/Abidjan. @@ -1077,6 +1063,9 @@ Rule SA 1943 1944 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00 0 - Zone Africa/Johannesburg 1:52:00 - LMT 1892 Feb 8 1:30 - SAST 1903 Mar 2:00 SA SAST +Link Africa/Johannesburg Africa/Maseru # Lesotho +Link Africa/Johannesburg Africa/Mbabane # Swaziland +# # Marion and Prince Edward Is # scientific station since 1947 # no information @@ -1104,9 +1093,7 @@ Zone Africa/Khartoum 2:10:08 - LMT 1931 Link Africa/Khartoum Africa/Juba # Swaziland -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Mbabane 2:04:24 - LMT 1903 Mar - 2:00 - SAST +# See Africa/Johannesburg. # Tanzania # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] @@ -1227,11 +1214,5 @@ Zone Africa/Kampala 2:09:40 - LMT 1928 Jul 3:00 - EAT # Zambia -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Lusaka 1:53:08 - LMT 1903 Mar - 2:00 - CAT - # Zimbabwe -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Harare 2:04:12 - LMT 1903 Mar - 2:00 - CAT +# See Africa/Maputo. diff --git a/backzone b/backzone index d9183cd..d63afab 100644 --- a/backzone +++ b/backzone @@ -57,10 +57,18 @@ Zone Africa/Banjul -1:06:36 - LMT 1912 -1:00 - WAT 1964 0:00 - GMT +# Malawi +Zone Africa/Blantyre 2:20:00 - LMT 1903 Mar + 2:00 - CAT + # Republic of the Congo Zone Africa/Brazzaville 1:01:08 - LMT 1912 1:00 - WAT +# Burundi +Zone Africa/Bujumbura 1:57:28 - LMT 1890 + 2:00 - CAT + # Guinea Zone Africa/Conakry -0:54:52 - LMT 1912 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 @@ -92,11 +100,29 @@ Zone Africa/Freetown -0:53:00 - LMT 1882 -1:00 SL %s 1957 0:00 SL %s +# Botswana +# From Paul Eggert (2013-02-21): +# Milne says they were regulated by the Cape Town Signal in 1899; +# assume they switched to 2:00 when Cape Town did. +Zone Africa/Gaborone 1:43:40 - LMT 1885 + 1:30 - SAST 1903 Mar + 2:00 - CAT 1943 Sep 19 2:00 + 2:00 1:00 CAST 1944 Mar 19 2:00 + 2:00 - CAT + +# Zimbabwe +Zone Africa/Harare 2:04:12 - LMT 1903 Mar + 2:00 - CAT + # South Sudan Zone Africa/Juba 2:06:24 - LMT 1931 2:00 Sudan CA%sT 2000 Jan 15 12:00 3:00 - EAT +# Rwanda +Zone Africa/Kigali 2:00:16 - LMT 1935 Jun + 2:00 - CAT + # Democratic Republic of the Congo (west) Zone Africa/Kinshasa 1:01:12 - LMT 1897 Nov 9 1:00 - WAT @@ -105,6 +131,10 @@ Zone Africa/Kinshasa 1:01:12 - LMT 1897 Nov 9 Zone Africa/Libreville 0:37:48 - LMT 1912 1:00 - WAT +# Togo +Zone Africa/Lome 0:04:52 - LMT 1893 + 0:00 - GMT + # Angola # # Shanks gives 1911-05-26 for the transition to WAT, @@ -116,9 +146,13 @@ Zone Africa/Luanda 0:52:56 - LMT 1892 0:52:04 - AOT 1912 Jan 1 # Angola Time 1:00 - WAT -# Togo -Zone Africa/Lome 0:04:52 - LMT 1893 - 0:00 - GMT +# Democratic Republic of the Congo (east) +Zone Africa/Lubumbashi 1:49:52 - LMT 1897 Nov 9 + 2:00 - CAT + +# Zambia +Zone Africa/Lusaka 1:53:08 - LMT 1903 Mar + 2:00 - CAT # Equatorial Guinea # @@ -131,6 +165,16 @@ Zone Africa/Malabo 0:35:08 - LMT 1912 0:00 - GMT 1963 Dec 15 1:00 - WAT +# Lesotho +Zone Africa/Maseru 1:50:00 - LMT 1903 Mar + 2:00 - SAST 1943 Sep 19 2:00 + 2:00 1:00 SAST 1944 Mar 19 2:00 + 2:00 - SAST + +# Swaziland +Zone Africa/Mbabane 2:04:24 - LMT 1903 Mar + 2:00 - SAST + # Niger Zone Africa/Niamey 0:08:28 - LMT 1912 -1:00 - WAT 1934 Feb 26 diff --git a/checktab.awk b/checktab.awk index 0f113f4..84c49ff 100644 --- a/checktab.awk +++ b/checktab.awk @@ -17,18 +17,9 @@ BEGIN { if (zone_table == "zone1970.tab") { tztab["Africa/Addis_Ababa"] = 1 tztab["Africa/Asmara"] = 1 - tztab["Africa/Blantyre"] = 1 - tztab["Africa/Bujumbura"] = 1 tztab["Africa/Dar_es_Salaam"] = 1 tztab["Africa/Djibouti"] = 1 - tztab["Africa/Gaborone"] = 1 - tztab["Africa/Harare"] = 1 tztab["Africa/Kampala"] = 1 - tztab["Africa/Kigali"] = 1 - tztab["Africa/Lubumbashi"] = 1 - tztab["Africa/Lusaka"] = 1 - tztab["Africa/Maseru"] = 1 - tztab["Africa/Mbabane"] = 1 tztab["Africa/Mogadishu"] = 1 tztab["America/Antigua"] = 1 tztab["America/Cayman"] = 1 -- 1.9.1

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[PROPOSED PATCH] * europe (Asia/Novokuznetsk), NEWS: Fix misreading of Shanks.
by Paul Eggert Sept. 6, 2014

Sept. 6, 2014

--- NEWS | 8 ++++++++ europe | 2 +- 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 8ddd091..50b5852 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,5 +1,13 @@ News for the tz database +Unreleased, experimental changes + + Changes affecting past time stamps + + Shanks says Asia/Novokuznetsk switched from LMT (not "NMT") on 1924-05-01, + not 1920-01-06. The old entry was based on a misinterpretation of Shanks. + + Release 2014g - 2014-08-28 12:31:23 -0700 Changes affecting future time stamps diff --git a/europe b/europe index 0130552..067acb6 100644 --- a/europe +++ b/europe @@ -2501,7 +2501,7 @@ Zone Asia/Novosibirsk 5:31:40 - LMT 1919 Dec 14 6:00 # The Kemerovo region will remain at UTC+7 through the 2014-10-26 change, thus # realigning itself with KRAT. -Zone Asia/Novokuznetsk 5:48:48 - NMT 1920 Jan 6 +Zone Asia/Novokuznetsk 5:48:48 - LMT 1924 May 1 6:00 - KRAT 1930 Jun 21 # Krasnoyarsk Time 7:00 Russia KRA%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 6:00 Russia KRA%sT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s -- 1.9.1

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Confirm
by luis zavala Sept. 5, 2014

Sept. 5, 2014

Confirm

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Re: [tz] [tz-announce] 2014g release of tz code and data available
by Paul Eggert Sept. 4, 2014

Sept. 4, 2014

kzimmermann(a)ups.com wrote: > Does this mean that Turks and Caicos will NOT BE OBSERVING DayLight Savings time anymore? Yes, starting in November according to 2014g. See its 'northamerica' file, which cites the following for why they won't change the clocks in November: http://tcweeklynews.com/daylight-savings-time-to-be-maintained-p5353-127.htm 2014g models this as a change from Eastern Daylight Time (EDT, UTC-4) to Atlantic Standard Time (AST, UTC-4) on November 2. That is, the clocks won't change in November, but the alphabetic time zone abbreviation will. Admittedly this disagrees with the headline of that news article (which implies they will use DST year-round), but the longstanding convention of the tz database is to model "perpetual DST" as standard time. and since the time stamps will be correct nobody will much care about the distinction. > What will the time zone name be for the Turks and Caicos....currently I have America/Grand Turk? Will this change? No. All you should need is an updated (2014g or later) database.

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Instructions
by luis zavala Sept. 4, 2014

Sept. 4, 2014

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Confusion about links in backward and backzone files
by Jon Skeet Sept. 2, 2014

Sept. 2, 2014

I've just been trying to "compile" the 2014g data into my Noda Time data format, and I've run against a couple of problems due to trying to include both the "backward" and "backzone" files. I'd like to just clarify the intention here, from the perspective of direct consumers of the files providing a service to others. It looks (from a brief look) like everything that's in backzone is also in backward, but the reverse is untrue - so it's not like we should *always* use backwards, but optionally *override* some previous definitions using the data in backzone... so things that would otherwise be defined as aliases may gain full zone rules, and aliases themselves may change (e.g. Antarctica/South_Pole). Is that a fair representation? I suspect that for the moment I just won't include backzone as a data source, with the result of the same set of zone IDs as in 2014f, but more of them being aliases. For most Noda Time users that's probably fine, but I may well want to allow users to use backzone data in the future, so I figure it's worth understanding as early as possible... Jon

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I found a bug in tzdata2014f.tar.gz for Europe/Moscow or similar such as Europe/Volgograd
by azhar saleh Sept. 2, 2014

Sept. 2, 2014

Hi Currently I’m preparing a document to update TZ for one of our customer in Russia due to the following TZ rule. I think I found a bug in tzdata2014f.tar.gz where the time did not move from 01:59:59 to 01:00:00 http://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/russia/moscow?year=2014 Using tzdata2014f.tar.gz $ ls -lrt /etc/localtime lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 Aug 29 13:05 /etc/localtime -> /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Moscow $ /usr/sbin/zdump -v /etc/localtime | grep 201 /etc/localtime Sat Mar 27 22:59:59 2010 UTC = Sun Mar 28 01:59:59 2010 MSK isdst=0 gmtoff=10800 /etc/localtime Sat Mar 27 23:00:00 2010 UTC = Sun Mar 28 03:00:00 2010 MSD isdst=1 gmtoff=14400 /etc/localtime Sat Oct 30 22:59:59 2010 UTC = Sun Oct 31 02:59:59 2010 MSD isdst=1 gmtoff=14400 /etc/localtime Sat Oct 30 23:00:00 2010 UTC = Sun Oct 31 02:00:00 2010 MSK isdst=0 gmtoff=10800 /etc/localtime Sat Mar 26 22:59:59 2011 UTC = Sun Mar 27 01:59:59 2011 MSK isdst=0 gmtoff=10800 /etc/localtime Sat Mar 26 23:00:00 2011 UTC = Sun Mar 27 03:00:00 2011 MSK isdst=0 gmtoff=14400 /etc/localtime Sat Oct 25 21:59:59 2014 UTC = Sun Oct 26 01:59:59 2014 MSK isdst=0 gmtoff=14400 /etc/localtime Sat Oct 25 22:00:00 2014 UTC = Sun Oct 26 01:00:00 2014 MSK isdst=0 gmtoff=10800 Set the date to Sun Mar 27, 2011 (Russia is abolishing DST time) $ date -s "Sun MAR 27 01:59:00 MSK 2011" Sun Mar 27 01:59:00 MSK 2011 Monitor the date $ while true; do date; sleep 2; done: : Sun Mar 27 01:59:57 MSK 2011 Sun Mar 27 01:59:59 MSK 2011 Sun Mar 27 03:00:01 MSK 2011 ß good Sun Mar 27 03:00:03 MSK 2011 : Set the date to Sun Oct 26, 2014 (Russia back to European DST in October 2014) $ date -s "Sun OCT 26 01:59:00 MSK 2014" Sun Oct 26 01:59:00 MSK 2014 Monitor the date $ while true; do date; sleep 2; done : Sun Oct 26 01:59:57 MSK 2014 Sun Oct 26 01:59:59 MSK 2014 Sun Oct 26 02:00:01 MSK 2014 ß Not good. Should move from 01:59:59 to 01:00:00 Sun Oct 26 02:00:03 MSK 2014 : If I test again using Europe/Moscow for year 2010, it works fine for that year $ zdump -v Europe/Moscow | grep 2010 Europe/Moscow Sat Mar 27 22:59:59 2010 UTC = Sun Mar 28 01:59:59 2010 MSK isdst=0 gmtoff=10800 Europe/Moscow Sat Mar 27 23:00:00 2010 UTC = Sun Mar 28 03:00:00 2010 MSD isdst=1 gmtoff=14400 Europe/Moscow Sat Oct 30 22:59:59 2010 UTC = Sun Oct 31 02:59:59 2010 MSD isdst=1 gmtoff=14400 Europe/Moscow Sat Oct 30 23:00:00 2010 UTC = Sun Oct 31 02:00:00 2010 MSK isdst=0 gmtoff=10800 And it works just fine for Europe/Rome for year 2014 as well $ zdump -v /etc/localtime | grep 2014 /etc/localtime Sun Mar 30 00:59:59 2014 UTC = Sun Mar 30 01:59:59 2014 CET isdst=0 gmtoff=3600 /etc/localtime Sun Mar 30 01:00:00 2014 UTC = Sun Mar 30 03:00:00 2014 CEST isdst=1 gmtoff=7200 /etc/localtime Sun Oct 26 00:59:59 2014 UTC = Sun Oct 26 02:59:59 2014 CEST isdst=1 gmtoff=7200 /etc/localtime Sun Oct 26 01:00:00 2014 UTC = Sun Oct 26 02:00:00 2014 CET isdst=0 gmtoff=3600 Please tell me if it is a bug or something wrong in my testing. Best Regards AzharSupport EngineerKuala LumpurMalaysia

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[PROPOSED PATCH] * localtime.c (tzset_unlocked): Don't return a void expression.
by Paul Eggert Aug. 27, 2014

Aug. 27, 2014

The C standard does not allow this, and Sun C 5.12 rejects it. --- localtime.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/localtime.c b/localtime.c index 2434167..622f7d4 100644 --- a/localtime.c +++ b/localtime.c @@ -1229,7 +1229,7 @@ tzsetwall(void) static void tzset_unlocked(void) { - return tzsetlcl(getenv("TZ")); + tzsetlcl(getenv("TZ")); } void -- 1.9.1

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[PATCH] * CONTRIBUTING: New file.
by Paul Eggert Aug. 27, 2014

Aug. 27, 2014

* Makefile (COMMON): Add it. * README, NEWS, Theory, africa, asia, australasia, europe: * northamerica, southamerica: Mention it. --- CONTRIBUTING | 67 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Makefile | 2 +- NEWS | 3 +++ README | 7 ++----- Theory | 6 +++--- africa | 3 ++- asia | 3 ++- australasia | 3 ++- europe | 3 ++- northamerica | 3 ++- southamerica | 3 ++- 11 files changed, 88 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) create mode 100644 CONTRIBUTING diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING b/CONTRIBUTING new file mode 100644 index 0000000..508071b --- /dev/null +++ b/CONTRIBUTING @@ -0,0 +1,67 @@ +Contributing to the tz code and data + +The time zone database is by no means authoritative: governments +change timekeeping rules erratically and sometimes with little +warning, the data entries do not cover all of civil time before +1970, and undoubtedly errors remain in the code and data. Feel +free to fill gaps or fix mistakes, and please email improvements +to tz(a)iana.org for use in the future. + +To email small changes, please run a POSIX shell command like +'diff -u old/europe new/europe >myfix.patch', and attach +myfix.patch to the email. + +For more-elaborate changes, please read the Theory file and browse +the mailing list archives <http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/> for +examples of patches that tend to work well. Ideally, additions to +data should contain commentary citing reliable sources as +justification. + +Please submit changes against either the latest release in +<ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/> or the master branch of the experimental +Git repository. If you use Git the following workflow may be helpful: + + * Copy the experimental repository. + + git clone git@github.com:eggert/tz.git + cd tz + + * Get current with the master branch. + + git checkout master + git pull + + * Switch to a new branch for the changes. + + git checkout -b mybranch + + * Edit source files. Include commentary that justifies the + changes by citing reliable sources. + + * Debug the changes, e.g.: + + make check + make install + ./zdump -v America/Los_Angeles + + * For each separable change, commit it in the new branch, e.g.: + + git add northamerica + git commit + + See recent 'git log' output for the commit-message style. + + * Create patch files 0001-*, 0002-*, ... + + git format-patch master + + * After reviewing the patch files, send the patches to tz(a)iana.org + for others to review. + + git send-email master + + * Start anew by getting current with the master branch again. + +Please do not create issues or pull requests on Github, as the +proper procedure for proposing and distributing patches is via +email as illustrated above. diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index 285ad22..42d53eb 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ MANTXTS= newctime.3.txt newstrftime.3.txt newtzset.3.txt \ time2posix.3.txt \ tzfile.5.txt tzselect.8.txt zic.8.txt zdump.8.txt \ date.1.txt -COMMON= Makefile README NEWS +COMMON= CONTRIBUTING Makefile README NEWS WEB_PAGES= tz-art.htm tz-link.htm DOCS= Theory $(MANS) date.1 $(MANTXTS) $(WEB_PAGES) PRIMARY_YDATA= africa antarctica asia australasia \ diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index d44cbf0..ce1612a 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes Changes affecting documentation and commentary + A new file CONTRIBUTING is distributed. (Thanks to Tim Parenti + for suggesting a CONTRIBUTING file.) + tz-link.htm mentions Windows Runtime etc. (thanks to Matt Johnson) and HP-UX's tztab. diff --git a/README b/README index a6796d7..6c685b7 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -44,11 +44,8 @@ Historical local time information has been included here to: system. The information in the time zone data files is by no means authoritative; -the files currently do not even attempt to cover all time stamps before -1970, and there are undoubtedly errors even for time stamps since 1970. -If you know that the rules are different from those in a file, by all means -feel free to change a file (and please send the changed version to -tz(a)iana.org for use in the future). Europeans take note! +fixes and enhancements are welcome. Please see the file CONTRIBUTING +for details. Thanks to these Time Zone Caballeros who've made major contributions to the time conversion package: Keith Bostic; Bob Devine; Paul Eggert; Robert Elz; diff --git a/Theory b/Theory index 42070e4..2a3a911 100644 --- a/Theory +++ b/Theory @@ -233,9 +233,9 @@ details of pre-1970 civil timekeeping. ----- Accuracy of the tz database ----- The tz database is not authoritative, and it surely has errors. -Corrections are welcome and encouraged. Users requiring authoritative -data should consult national standards bodies and the references cited -in the database's comments. +Corrections are welcome and encouraged; see the file CONTRIBUTING. +Users requiring authoritative data should consult national standards +bodies and the references cited in the database's comments. Errors in the tz database arise from many sources: diff --git a/africa b/africa index c20a46d..37798e7 100644 --- a/africa +++ b/africa @@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, # go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to -# tz(a)iana.org for general use in the future). +# tz(a)iana.org for general use in the future). For more, please see +# the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution. # From Paul Eggert (2013-02-21): # diff --git a/asia b/asia index 17813ce..f8237f4 100644 --- a/asia +++ b/asia @@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, # go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to -# tz(a)iana.org for general use in the future). +# tz(a)iana.org for general use in the future). For more, please see +# the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution. # From Paul Eggert (2013-08-11): # diff --git a/australasia b/australasia index eceb160..094383e 100644 --- a/australasia +++ b/australasia @@ -763,7 +763,8 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, # go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to -# tz(a)iana.org for general use in the future). +# tz(a)iana.org for general use in the future). For more, please see +# the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution. # From Paul Eggert (2013-02-21): # A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is diff --git a/europe b/europe index 5d229c2..68a0dc7 100644 --- a/europe +++ b/europe @@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, # go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to -# tz(a)iana.org for general use in the future). +# tz(a)iana.org for general use in the future). For more, please see +# the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution. # From Paul Eggert (2014-05-31): # A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is diff --git a/northamerica b/northamerica index 88e3e33..8958588 100644 --- a/northamerica +++ b/northamerica @@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, # go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to -# tz(a)iana.org for general use in the future). +# tz(a)iana.org for general use in the future). For more, please see +# the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution. # From Paul Eggert (1999-03-22): # A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is diff --git a/southamerica b/southamerica index 4e00cb4..08a0731 100644 --- a/southamerica +++ b/southamerica @@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, # go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to -# tz(a)iana.org for general use in the future). +# tz(a)iana.org for general use in the future). For more, please see +# the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution. # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): # A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is -- 1.9.1

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[PROPOSED PATCH 1/9] zdump: use TM_ZONE if available
by Paul Eggert Aug. 27, 2014

Aug. 27, 2014

* zdump.c (abbr): Return pointer-to-const. Use TM_ZONE if available, as it's simpler, more reliable, and a tad faster. --- zdump.c | 19 ++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/zdump.c b/zdump.c index a04ba99..9eb434e 100644 --- a/zdump.c +++ b/zdump.c @@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ static char * progname; static bool warned; static bool errout; -static char *abbr(struct tm const *); +static char const *abbr(struct tm const *); static intmax_t delta(struct tm *, struct tm *) ATTRIBUTE_PURE; static void dumptime(struct tm const *); static time_t hunt(char *, time_t, time_t); @@ -738,16 +738,17 @@ show(char *zone, time_t t, bool v) abbrok(abbr(tmp), zone); } -static char * +static char const * abbr(struct tm const *tmp) { - register char * result; - static char nada; - - if (tmp->tm_isdst != 0 && tmp->tm_isdst != 1) - return &nada; - result = tzname[tmp->tm_isdst]; - return (result == NULL) ? &nada : result; +#ifdef TM_ZONE + return tmp->TM_ZONE; +#else + return ((0 <= tmp->tm_isdst && tmp->tm_isdst <= 1 + && tzname[tmp->tm_isdst]) + ? tzname[tmp->tm_isdst] + : ""); +#endif } /* -- 1.9.1

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[PROPOSED PATCH 1/3] * tz-art.htm: Correct the Peanuts quote.
by Paul Eggert Aug. 27, 2014

Aug. 27, 2014

Fix broken links and remove a broken-linked book that wasn't that notable anyway. Use italics for book and movie titles. --- tz-art.htm | 92 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------------- 1 file changed, 46 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-) diff --git a/tz-art.htm b/tz-art.htm index fd56728..ef06675 100644 --- a/tz-art.htm +++ b/tz-art.htm @@ -277,8 +277,8 @@ savings days. Lousy farmers."</td></tr> <tr><td> </td></tr> <tr><td>Artist</td><td>Jules Verne</td></tr> -<tr><td>Book</td><td>Le Tour du Monde en Quatre-Vingts Jours -(Around the World in Eighty Days)</td></tr> +<tr><td>Book</td><td><em>Around the World in Eighty Days</em> +(<em>Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours</em>)</td></tr> <tr><td>Notes</td><td>Wall-clock time plays a central role in the plot. European readers of the 1870s clearly held the U.S. press in deep contempt; the protagonists cross the U.S. without once @@ -292,8 +292,8 @@ An on-line English-language translation of the book is available at <tr><td> </td></tr> <tr><td>Artist</td><td>Umberto Eco</td></tr> -<tr><td>Book</td><td>The Island of the Day Before -(L'isola del giorno prima)</td></tr> +<tr><td>Book</td><td><em>The Island of the Day Before</em> +(<em>L'isola del giorno prima</em>)</td></tr> <tr><td>Copyright Date</td><td>1994</td></tr> <tr><td>Notes</td><td> "...the story of a 17th century Italian nobleman trapped near an island @@ -301,86 +301,83 @@ on the International Date Line. Time and time zones play an integral part in the novel." (Paul Eggert, 2006-04-22) </td></tr> <tr><td> </td></tr> -<tr><td>Artist</td><td>David Jebb</td></tr> -<tr><td>Book</td><td><a href="http://www.thethirteenthtimezone.com"> -The Thirteenth Time Zone</a></td></tr> -<tr><td>Notes</td><td> -"It's fiction, but it's based on his experiences and travels." (Paul Eggert, 2006-04-22) -</td></tr> -<tr><td> </td></tr> <tr><td>Artist</td><td>John Dunning</td></tr> <tr><td>Book</td><td><a -href="http://www.simonsays.com/content/book.cfm?sid=33&pid=479719">Two -O'Clock, Eastern Wartime</a></td></tr> +href="http://books.simonandschuster.com/Two-OClock-Eastern-Wartime/John-Dunning/9…"><em>Two +O'Clock, Eastern Wartime</em></a></td></tr> <tr><td>Copyright Date</td><td>2001</td></tr> <tr><td>Notes</td><td> Mystery, history, daylight saving time, and old-time radio. </td></tr> <tr><td> </td></tr> -<tr><td>Film</td><td>Bell Science – About Time</td></tr> -<tr><td>Notes</td><td>The Frank Baxter/Richard Deacon extravaganza. -Information is available at -<a href="http://www.videoflicks.com/titles/1035/1035893.htm">http://www.videoflicks.com/titles/1035/1035893.htm</a></td></tr> +<tr><td>Film</td><td><em>About Time</em></td></tr> +<tr><td>Copyright Date</td><td>1962</td></tr> +<tr><td>Notes</td><td>The Bell Science extravaganza, with Frank Baxter, +Richard Deacon, and Les Tremayne. +<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0154110/">Information</a> +is available at IMDb.</td></tr> </table> <hr> <ul> <li> -An episode of "The Adventures of Superman" entitled "The Mysterious +An episode of <em>The Adventures of Superman</em> entitled "The Mysterious Cube," first aired 1958-02-24, had Superman convincing the controllers of WWV to broadcast time signals five minutes ahead of actual time; doing so got a crook trying to beat the statute of limitations to emerge a bit too early from the titular enclosure. </li> <li> -The 1960s ITC television series "The Prisoner" included an episode +The 1960s ITC television series <em>The Prisoner</em> included an episode entitled "The Chimes of Big Ben" in which our protagonist tumbled to the fraudulent nature of a Poland-to-England escape upon hearing "Big Ben" chiming on Polish local time. </li> <li> -The series "Seinfeld" included an episode entitled "The Susie," first +The series <em>Seinfeld</em> included an episode entitled "The Susie," first broadcast 1997-02-13, in which Kramer decides that daylight saving time isn't coming fast enough, so he sets his watch ahead an hour. </li> <li> -The syndicated comic strip "Dilbert" featured an all-too-rare example of +The syndicated comic strip <em>Dilbert</em> featured an all-too-rare example of time zone humor on 1998-03-14. </li> <li> Surrealist artist Guy Billout's work "Date Line" appeared on page 103 -of the 1999-11 Atlantic Monthly. +of the 1999-11 <em>Atlantic Monthly</em>. </li> <li> -"Gloom, Gloom, Go Away" by Walter Kirn appeared on page 106 of Time -Magazine's 2002-11-11 issue; among other things, it proposed +"Gloom, Gloom, Go Away" by Walter Kirn appeared on page 106 of <em>Time</em> +magazine's 2002-11-11 issue; among other things, it proposed year-round DST as a way of lessening wintertime despair. </li> <li> -The "20 Hours in America" episode of "The West Wing," first aired 2002-09-25, +The "20 Hours in America" episode of <em>The West Wing</em>, +first aired 2002-09-25, saw White House staffers stranded in Indiana; they thought they had time to catch Air Force One but were done in by intra-Indiana local time changes. </li> <li> "In what time zone would you find New York City?" was a $200 question on -the 1999-11-13 United States airing of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" -"In 1883, what industry led the movement to divide the U.S. into four time +the 1999-11-13 United States airing of <em>Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?</em>, +and "In 1883, what industry led the movement to divide the U.S. into four time zones?" was a $32,000 question on the 2001-05-23 United States airing of -"Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" At this rate, the million-dollar time-zone +the same show. At this rate, the million-dollar time-zone question should have been asked 2002-06-04. </li> <li> A private jet's mid-flight change of time zones distorts Alison Dubois' -premonition in the "We Had a Dream" episode of "Medium" +premonition in the "We Had a Dream" episode of <em>Medium</em> (originally aired 2007-02-28). </li> <li> -In the "30 Rock" episode "Anna Howard Shaw Day" (first broadcast 2010-02-11), +In the <em>30 Rock</em> episode "Anna Howard Shaw Day" +(first broadcast 2010-02-11), Jack Donaghy's date realizes that a Geneva-to-New-York business phone call received in the evening must be fake given the difference in local times. </li> <li> -In the 1946 movie "A Matter of Life and Death" -(U.S. title "Stairway to Heaven") +In the 1946 movie <em>A Matter of Life and Death</em> +(U.S. title <em>Stairway to Heaven</em>) there is a reference to British Double Summer Time. The time does not play a large part in the plot; it's just a passing reference to the time when one of the @@ -390,7 +387,7 @@ The IMDb page is at http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0038733/ </a>. (Dave Cantor) <li> -The 1953 railway comedy movie "The Titfield Thunderbolt" includes a +The 1953 railway comedy movie <em>The Titfield Thunderbolt</em> includes a play on words on British Double Summer Time. Valentine's wife wants him to leave the pub and asks him, "Do you know what time it is?" And he, happy where he is, replies: "Yes, my love. Summer double time." @@ -400,7 +397,7 @@ http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0046436/ </a>. (Mark Brader, 2009-10-02) </li> <li> -The premise of the 1999 caper movie "Entrapment" involves computers +The premise of the 1999 caper movie <em>Entrapment</em> involves computers in an international banking network being shut down briefly at midnight in each time zone to avoid any problems at the transition from the year 1999 to 2000 in that zone. (Hmmmm.) If this shutdown @@ -415,14 +412,14 @@ http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0137494/ </a>. (Mark Brader, 2009-10-02) </li> <li> -In the "Run by the Monkeys" episode of "Da Vinci's Inquest" +In the "Run by the Monkeys" episode of <em>Da Vinci's Inquest</em> (first broadcast 2002-11-17), a witness in a five-year-old fire case realizes they may not have set their clock back when daylight saving ended on the day of the fire, introducing the possibility of an hour when arson might have occurred. </li> <li> -In "The Todd Couple" episode of "Outsourced" (first aired 2011-02-10), +In "The Todd Couple" episode of <em>Outsourced</em> (first aired 2011-02-10), Manmeet sets up Valentine's Day teledates for 6:00 and 9:00pm; since one is with a New Yorker and the other with a San Franciscan, hilarity ensues. @@ -435,7 +432,7 @@ proceeds as though it's also mid-evening there.) <li> "We've been using the five-cent nickel in this country since 1492. Now that's pretty near 100 years, daylight saving." -(Groucho Marx as Captain Spaulding in "Animal Crackers", 1930, +(Groucho Marx as Captain Spaulding in <em>Animal Crackers</em>, 1930, as noted by Will Fitzgerald) </li> <li> @@ -446,7 +443,7 @@ Drummond: "That Eastern Standard Time? (Laughter) Or Rocky Mountain Time? (More laughter) It wasn't daylight-saving time, was it? Because the Lord didn't make the sun until the fourth day!" <br> -(From the play "Inherit the Wind" by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, +(From the play <em>Inherit the Wind</em> by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, filmed in 1960 with Spencer Tracy as Drummond and Fredric March as Brady, and several other times. Thanks to Mark Brader.) </li> @@ -454,7 +451,7 @@ Brady, and several other times. Thanks to Mark Brader.) "Good news." "What did they do? Extend Daylight Saving Time year round?" (Professional tanner George Hamilton, in dialog from a -May, 1999 episode of the syndicated television series "Baywatch") +May, 1999 episode of the syndicated television series <em>Baywatch</em>) </li> <li> "A fundamental belief held by Americans is that if you are on land, you @@ -470,32 +467,35 @@ when you turn the clocks ahead." </li> <li> "Would it impress you if I told you I invented Daylight Savings Time?" -("Sahjhan" to "Lilah" in dialog from the "Loyalty" episode of "Angel," +("Sahjhan" to "Lilah" in dialog from the "Loyalty" episode of <em>Angel</em>, originally aired 2002-02-25) </li> <li> "I thought you said Tulsa was a three-hour flight." "Well, you're forgetting about the time difference." -("Joey" and "Chandler" in dialog from the episode of "Friends" +("Joey" and "Chandler" in dialog from the episode of <em>Friends</em> entitled "The One With Rachel's Phone Number," originally aired 2002-12-05) </li> <li> "Is that a pertinent fact, or are you just trying to dazzle me with your command of time zones?" -(Kelsey Grammer as "Frasier Crane" to "Roz" from the episode of "Frasier" +(Kelsey Grammer as "Frasier Crane" to "Roz" from the episode of <em>Frasier</em> entitled "The Kid," originally aired 1997-11-04) </li> <li> -"Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. -It is already tomorrow in Australia." -(Charles M. Schulz, provided by Steve Summit) +Peppermint Patty: "What if the world comes to an end tonight, Marcie?" +<br> +Marcie: "I promise there'll be a tomorrow, sir ... in fact, +it's already tomorrow in Australia!" +<br> +(Charles M. Schultz, <em>Peanuts</em>, 1980-06-13) </li> <li> "I put myself and my staff through this crazy, huge ordeal, all because I refused to go on at midnight, okay? And so I work, you know, and then I get this job at eleven, supposed to be a big deal. Then yesterday daylight [saving] time ended. Right now it's basically -midnight." (Conan O'Brien on the 2010-11-08 premiere of "Conan.") +midnight." (Conan O'Brien on the 2010-11-08 premiere of <em>Conan</em>.) </li> </ul> </body> -- 1.9.1

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DST ended 14 hours early for one British clock in fall 1916
by Paul Eggert Aug. 27, 2014

Aug. 27, 2014

The online Wall Street Journal has a World War I Centenary series, and its Daylight-Saving Time page has a photo captioned "A notice informs the British public of a change in time as clocks go back an hour in the first year of daylight saving on Oct. 1, 1916. Topical Press Agency/Getty Images". The interesting thing about the notice is that its transition is off by 14 hours compared to our data. The notice is under a large outdoor hanging clock and says "CHANGE OF TIME. AT 1 P.M. SEPT 30th THIS CLOCK WILL BE SET BACK ONE HOUR TO GREENWICH TIME". Perhaps the clock's operator didn't want to bother changing the clock at the official transition time of 3 A.M. the next day. Fidler S. Daylight-saving time. Wall Street Journal. http://online.wsj.com/ww1/daylight-saving-time

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[PROPOSED PATCH] * backzone: Spelling and accent fixes.
by Paul Eggert Aug. 26, 2014

Aug. 26, 2014

--- backzone | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/backzone b/backzone index 66d3e27..d9183cd 100644 --- a/backzone +++ b/backzone @@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ Zone Africa/Douala 0:38:48 - LMT 1912 # The following table is from Shanks & Pottenger, but it can't be right. # Whitman gives Mar 31 - Aug 31 for 1931 on. # The International Hydrographic Bulletin, 1932-33, p 63 says that -# Sierra Leone would advance its clocks by 20 monutes on 1933-10-01. +# Sierra Leone would advance its clocks by 20 minutes on 1933-10-01. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule SL 1935 1942 - Jun 1 0:00 0:40 SLST Rule SL 1935 1942 - Oct 1 0:00 0 WAT @@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ Zone America/Grenada -4:07:00 - LMT 1911 Jul # St George's -4:00 - AST # Guadeloupe -Zone America/Guadeloupe -4:06:08 - LMT 1911 Jun 8 # Pointe a Pitre +Zone America/Guadeloupe -4:06:08 - LMT 1911 Jun 8 # Pointe-à-Pitre -4:00 - AST # Montserrat @@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ Zone America/Montserrat -4:08:52 - LMT 1911 Jul 1 0:01 # Cork Hill # Argentina # This entry was intended for the following areas, but has been superseded by # more detailed zones. -# Santa Fe (SF), Entre Rios (ER), Corrientes (CN), Misiones (MN), Chaco (CC), +# Santa Fe (SF), Entre Ríos (ER), Corrientes (CN), Misiones (MN), Chaco (CC), # Formosa (FM), La Pampa (LP), Chubut (CH) Zone America/Rosario -4:02:40 - LMT 1894 Nov -4:16:44 - CMT 1920 May @@ -349,9 +349,9 @@ Zone Europe/Guernsey -0:09:19 - LMT 1913 Jun 18 # <http://www.legislation.gov.im>, starting with the original Statutory # Time Act in 1883 and including additional confirmation of some of # the dates of the 'Summer Time' orders originating at -# Westminster. There is a little uncertinity as to the starting date +# Westminster. There is a little uncertainty as to the starting date # of the first summer time in 1916 which may have be announced a -# couple of days late. There is still a substatial number of +# couple of days late. There is still a substantial number of # documents to work through, but it is thought that every GB change # was also implemented on the island. # -- 1.9.1

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Typo fix
by Tim Parenti Aug. 26, 2014

Aug. 26, 2014

The attached patch fixes a typo in NEWS which I introduced a while back. -- Tim Parenti

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[PROPOSED PATCH] localtime.c: two minor 'bool' cleanups
by Paul Eggert Aug. 26, 2014

Aug. 26, 2014

These don't fix any bugs, but make the recently-introduced 'bool' code easier to follow. * localtime.c (gmtcheck): Move gmt_is_set's definition here, since it's used only here. (localtime_r): Explicitly convert integer to boolean rather than relying on C99 semantics. --- localtime.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/localtime.c b/localtime.c index d5fd508..aee343e 100644 --- a/localtime.c +++ b/localtime.c @@ -177,7 +177,6 @@ static struct state gmtmem; static char lcl_TZname[TZ_STRLEN_MAX + 1]; static int VOLATILE lcl_is_set; -static bool VOLATILE gmt_is_set; char * tzname[2] = { (char *) wildabbr, @@ -1262,6 +1261,7 @@ tzset(void) static void gmtcheck(void) { + static bool VOLATILE gmt_is_set; if (gmt_is_set) return; if (lock() != 0) @@ -1415,7 +1415,7 @@ localtime(const time_t *const timep) struct tm * localtime_r(const time_t *const timep, struct tm *tmp) { - return localtime_tzset(timep, tmp, lcl_is_set); + return localtime_tzset(timep, tmp, lcl_is_set != 0); } /* -- 1.9.1

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2014g soon
by Paul Eggert Aug. 26, 2014

Aug. 26, 2014

It's time for a new tz release: we have one change to near-future data (for the Turks & Caicos) that should go out sooner rather than later, and there've been several changes to the code as well. To help simplify reviewing I've pushed an integrated version of the proposed changes to <https://github.com/eggert/tz>, and you can read the news here: https://github.com/eggert/tz/blob/master/NEWS

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[PROPOSED PATCH] * NEWS: Coalesce discussions of zdump, localtime_rz, and localtime_r.
by Paul Eggert Aug. 26, 2014

Aug. 26, 2014

--- NEWS | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 8302547..b031a32 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -52,10 +52,6 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes Although not needed for tz's own applications, which are single-threaded, this supports POSIX better if the tz library is used in multithreaded apps. - zdump now uses localtime_r and tzset if available, as this is a - bit cleaner and faster than plain localtime. Compile with - -DHAVE_LOCALTIME_R=0 and/or -DHAVE_TZSET=0 if your system lacks them. - Unless NETBSD_INSPIRED is defined to 0, the tz library now supplies functions that let callers create and use objects representing time zones. This is intended for applications that need to deal with many time @@ -89,7 +85,11 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes zdump now uses localtime_rz if available, as it's significantly faster. Define HAVE_LOCALTIME_RZ to 0 to suppress this. HAVE_LOCALTIME_TZ - defaults to 1 if NETBSD_INSPIRED && USE_LTZ. + defaults to 1 if NETBSD_INSPIRED && USE_LTZ. When localtime_rz is + not available, zdump now uses localtime_r and tzset if available, + as this is a bit cleaner and faster than plain localtime. Compile + with -DHAVE_LOCALTIME_R=0 and/or -DHAVE_TZSET=0 if your system + lacks these two functions. tzselect -c now uses a hybrid distance measure that works better in Africa. (Thanks to Alan Barrett for noting the problem.) -- 1.9.1

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[PROPOSED PATCH] * Makefile, NEWS: Say that backzone's contents are not all low-quality
by Paul Eggert Aug. 26, 2014

Aug. 26, 2014

and give credit to Lester Caine for some of its high-quality entries. --- Makefile | 4 ++-- NEWS | 9 +++++---- 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index 2354a3f..8ccbaf4 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ LIBDIR= $(TOPDIR)/lib # below. If you want both sets of data available, with leap seconds counted # normally, use # REDO= right_posix -# below. If you want just POSIX-compatible time values, but with extra -# lower-quality data from the file 'backzone', use +# below. If you want just POSIX-compatible time values, but with +# out-of-scope and often-wrong data from the file 'backzone', use # REDO= posix_packrat # POSIX mandates that leap seconds not be counted; for compatibility with it, # use "posix_only", "posix_right", or "posix_packrat". diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 3c8b84b..8302547 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -26,10 +26,11 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes A new file 'backzone' contains data which may appeal to connoisseurs of old time stamps, although it is out of scope for - the tz database and is often poorly sourced. The new file is not - recommended for ordinary use and its entries are not installed by - default. (Thanks to Lester Caine for the Guernsey, Jersey, and - Isle of Man entries in 'backzone'.) + the tz database, is often poorly sourced, and contains some data + that is known to be incorrect. The new file is not recommended + for ordinary use and its entries are not installed by default. + (Thanks to Lester Caine for the high-quality Jersey, Guernsey, and + Isle of Man entries.) Some more zones have been turned into links, when they differed from existing zones only for older time stamps. As usual, -- 1.9.1

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[PROPOSED PATCH] Port 'bool' usage to clang 3.4.
by Paul Eggert Aug. 26, 2014

Aug. 26, 2014

* date.c (convert, reset): Fix prototype to match function, as the C standard requires. --- date.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/date.c b/date.c index 3b44c94..b77de79 100644 --- a/date.c +++ b/date.c @@ -55,14 +55,14 @@ extern char * tzname[2]; static int retval = EXIT_SUCCESS; static void checkfinal(char const *, bool, time_t, time_t); -static time_t convert(const char *, int, time_t); +static time_t convert(const char *, bool, time_t); static void display(const char *, time_t); static void dogmt(void); static void errensure(void); static void iffy(time_t, time_t, const char *, const char *); static const char * nondigit(const char *); static void oops(const char *); -static void reset(time_t, int); +static void reset(time_t, bool); static void timeout(FILE *, const char *, const struct tm *); static void usage(void); static void wildinput(const char *, const char *, -- 1.9.1

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[PROPOSED PATCH 1/3] Port 'make check_time_t_alternatives' to Solaris 10.
by Paul Eggert Aug. 26, 2014

Aug. 26, 2014

* Makefile (check_time_t_alternatives): Don't assume 'diff' has the -q option, since POSIX does not require -q. * NEWS: Document this. --- Makefile | 9 ++++++++- NEWS | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index 0fc8e2c..92fad4d 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -569,6 +569,11 @@ check_public: $(ENCHILADA) # Check that the code works under various alternative # implementations of time_t. check_time_t_alternatives: + if diff -q Makefile Makefile 2>/dev/null; then \ + quiet_option='-q'; \ + else \ + quiet_option=''; \ + fi && \ zones=`$(AWK) '/^[^#]/ { print $$3 }' <zone1970.tab` && \ for type in $(TIME_T_ALTERNATIVES); do \ mkdir -p tzpublic/$$type && \ @@ -577,7 +582,9 @@ check_time_t_alternatives: CFLAGS='$(CFLAGS) -Dtime_tz='"'$$type'" \ REDO='$(REDO)' \ install && \ - diff -qr tzpublic/int64_t/etc/zoneinfo tzpublic/$$type/etc/zoneinfo && \ + diff $$quiet_option -r \ + tzpublic/int64_t/etc/zoneinfo \ + tzpublic/$$type/etc/zoneinfo && \ case $$type in \ int32_t) range=-2147483648,2147483647;; \ uint32_t) range=0,4294967296;; \ diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index fb2f31b..a453ef6 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -112,6 +112,8 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes 'zdump' no longer links in ialloc.o, as it's not needed. + 'make check_time_t_alternatives' no longer assumes GNU diff. + Changes affecting distribution tarballs The files checktab.awk and zoneinfo2tdf.pl are now distributed in -- 1.9.1

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[PROPOSED PATCH 1/3] date: port to Ubuntu 14.04 with -DHAVE_UTMPX_H=1
by Paul Eggert Aug. 25, 2014

Aug. 25, 2014

* date.c (WTMPX_FILE): Define to _PATH_WTMPX if not already defined and if _PATH_WTMPX is defined. (reset): Do not use WTMPX_FILE if it is not defined. * NEWS: Document this. --- NEWS | 5 +++++ date.c | 7 +++++-- 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 2c8b474..a8218f1 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes tzselect -c now uses a hybrid distance measure that works better in Africa. (Thanks to Alan Barrett for noting the problem.) + When HAVE_UTMPX_H is set the 'date' command now builds on systems + whose <utmpx.h> file does not define WTMPX_FILE, and when setting + the date it updates the wtmpx file if _PATH_WTMPX is defined. + This affects GNU/Linux and similar systems. + Changes affecting distribution tarballs The files checktab.awk and zoneinfo2tdf.pl are now distributed in diff --git a/date.c b/date.c index 9a0b84c..3d78914 100644 --- a/date.c +++ b/date.c @@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ #ifndef NTIME_MSG #define NTIME_MSG "new time" #endif +#if !defined WTMPX_FILE && defined _PATH_WTMPX +# define WTMPX_FILE _PATH_WTMPX +#endif /* ** The two things date knows about time are. . . @@ -378,7 +381,7 @@ reset(const time_t newt, const int nflag) sx.after.ut_type = NEW_TIME; sx.after.ut_tv.tv_sec = newt; (void) strcpy(sx.after.ut_line, NTIME_MSG); -#if !SUPPRESS_WTMPX_FILE_UPDATE +#if defined WTMPX_FILE && !SUPPRESS_WTMPX_FILE_UPDATE /* In Solaris 2.5 (and presumably other systems), 'date' does not update /var/adm/wtmpx. This must be a bug. If you'd like to reproduce the bug, @@ -390,7 +393,7 @@ reset(const time_t newt, const int nflag) oops(_("log file write")); if (close(fid) != 0) oops(_("log file close")); -#endif /* !SUPPRESS_WTMPX_FILE_UPDATE */ +# endif pututxline(&sx.before); pututxline(&sx.after); #endif /* HAVE_UTMPX_H */ -- 1.9.1

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[PROPOSED PATCH] Make the library thread-safe if THREAD_SAFE is defined.
by Paul Eggert Aug. 25, 2014

Aug. 25, 2014

* localtime.c [THREAD_SAFE]: Include pthread.h. (VOLATILE): New macro. (locallock) [THREAD_SAFE]: New static var. (lock, unlock): New functions. (lcl_is_set, gmt_is_set): Now VOLATILE. (tzsetwall): Move cleaned-up guts to new function tzsetwall_unlocked, for which this is now merely a locking wrapper. (tzset): Similarly, for new function tzset_unlocked. (localtime_tzset): New function, which does proper locking. (localtime, localtime_r): Use it. (gmtsub): Do not worry about initializing gmtptr, as that's now the caller's responsibility. (gmtime): Reimplement in terms of gmtime_r. (timegm): Reimplement in terms of timeoff. (gmtime_r, offtime, mktime, timeoff, time2posix, posix2time): Lock at start and unlock at end. * Makefile, NEWS: Document this. --- Makefile | 3 + NEWS | 4 + localtime.c | 249 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------- 3 files changed, 173 insertions(+), 83 deletions(-) diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index 5bbd7e7..3d24c2a 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -123,6 +123,9 @@ LDLIBS= # -DNO_RUN_TIME_WARNINGS_ABOUT_YEAR_2000_PROBLEMS_THANK_YOU=1 # if you do not want run time warnings about formats that may cause # year 2000 grief +# -DTHREAD_SAFE=1 to make localtime.c thread-safe, as POSIX requires; +# not needed by the main-program tz code, which is single-threaded. +# Append other compiler flags as needed, e.g., -pthread on GNU/Linux. # -Dtime_tz=\"T\" to use T as the time_t type, rather than the system time_t # -DTZ_DOMAIN=\"foo\" to use "foo" for gettext domain name; default is "tz" # -DTZ_DOMAINDIR=\"/path\" to use "/path" for gettext directory; diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 28974c9..1a78041 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes Changes affecting code + The tz library is now thread-safe if compiled with THREAD_SAFE defined. + Although not needed for tz's own applications, which are single-threaded, + this supports POSIX better if the tz library is used in multithreaded apps. + tzselect -c now uses a hybrid distance measure that works better in Africa. (Thanks to Alan Barrett for noting the problem.) diff --git a/localtime.c b/localtime.c index 551b5a2..f499583 100644 --- a/localtime.c +++ b/localtime.c @@ -16,6 +16,18 @@ #include "tzfile.h" #include "fcntl.h" +#if THREAD_SAFE +# include <pthread.h> +# define VOLATILE volatile +static pthread_mutex_t locallock = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER; +static int lock(void) { return pthread_mutex_lock(&locallock); } +static void unlock(void) { pthread_mutex_unlock(&locallock); } +#else +# define VOLATILE +static int lock(void) { return 0; } +static void unlock(void) { } +#endif + #ifndef TZ_ABBR_MAX_LEN #define TZ_ABBR_MAX_LEN 16 #endif /* !defined TZ_ABBR_MAX_LEN */ @@ -154,8 +166,8 @@ static struct state gmtmem; #endif /* !defined TZ_STRLEN_MAX */ static char lcl_TZname[TZ_STRLEN_MAX + 1]; -static int lcl_is_set; -static int gmt_is_set; +static int VOLATILE lcl_is_set; +static int VOLATILE gmt_is_set; char * tzname[2] = { (char *) wildabbr, @@ -1139,6 +1151,21 @@ gmtload(struct state *const sp) (void) tzparse(gmt, sp, TRUE); } +static void +tzsetwall_unlocked(void) +{ + if (lcl_is_set < 0) + return; +#ifdef ALL_STATE + if (! lclptr) + lclptr = malloc(sizeof *lclptr); +#endif + if (lclptr && tzload(NULL, lclptr, TRUE) != 0) + gmtload(lclptr); + settzname(); + lcl_is_set = -1; +} + #ifndef STD_INSPIRED /* ** A non-static declaration of tzsetwall in a system header file @@ -1149,65 +1176,71 @@ static void tzsetwall(void) { - if (lcl_is_set < 0) - return; - lcl_is_set = -1; + if (lock() != 0) + return; + tzsetwall_unlocked(); + unlock(); +} +static void +tzset_unlocked(void) +{ + int shortname; + register char const *name = getenv("TZ"); + + if (!name) { + tzsetwall_unlocked(); + return; + } + shortname = strlen(name) < sizeof lcl_TZname; + if (0 < lcl_is_set && strcmp(lcl_TZname, name) == 0) + return; + if (shortname) + strcpy(lcl_TZname, name); #ifdef ALL_STATE - if (lclptr == NULL) { - lclptr = malloc(sizeof *lclptr); - if (lclptr == NULL) { - settzname(); /* all we can do */ - return; - } - } + if (! lclptr) + lclptr = malloc(sizeof *lclptr); #endif /* defined ALL_STATE */ - if (tzload(NULL, lclptr, TRUE) != 0) - gmtload(lclptr); - settzname(); + if (lclptr) { + if (*name == '\0') { + /* + ** User wants it fast rather than right. + */ + lclptr->leapcnt = 0; /* so, we're off a little */ + lclptr->timecnt = 0; + lclptr->typecnt = 0; + lclptr->ttis[0].tt_isdst = 0; + lclptr->ttis[0].tt_gmtoff = 0; + lclptr->ttis[0].tt_abbrind = 0; + strcpy(lclptr->chars, gmt); + } else if (tzload(name, lclptr, TRUE) != 0) + if (name[0] == ':' || tzparse(name, lclptr, FALSE) != 0) + gmtload(lclptr); + } + settzname(); + lcl_is_set = shortname; } void tzset(void) { - register const char * name; - - name = getenv("TZ"); - if (name == NULL) { - tzsetwall(); - return; - } - - if (lcl_is_set > 0 && strcmp(lcl_TZname, name) == 0) - return; - lcl_is_set = strlen(name) < sizeof lcl_TZname; - if (lcl_is_set) - (void) strcpy(lcl_TZname, name); + if (lock() != 0) + return; + tzset_unlocked(); + unlock(); +} +static void +gmtcheck(void) +{ + if (gmt_is_set) + return; #ifdef ALL_STATE - if (lclptr == NULL) { - lclptr = malloc(sizeof *lclptr); - if (lclptr == NULL) { - settzname(); /* all we can do */ - return; - } - } -#endif /* defined ALL_STATE */ - if (*name == '\0') { - /* - ** User wants it fast rather than right. - */ - lclptr->leapcnt = 0; /* so, we're off a little */ - lclptr->timecnt = 0; - lclptr->typecnt = 0; - lclptr->ttis[0].tt_isdst = 0; - lclptr->ttis[0].tt_gmtoff = 0; - lclptr->ttis[0].tt_abbrind = 0; - (void) strcpy(lclptr->chars, gmt); - } else if (tzload(name, lclptr, TRUE) != 0) - if (name[0] == ':' || tzparse(name, lclptr, FALSE) != 0) - (void) gmtload(lclptr); - settzname(); + gmtptr = malloc(sizeof *gmtptr); +#endif + if (gmtptr) + gmtload(gmtptr); + gmt_is_set = TRUE; } /* @@ -1296,11 +1329,25 @@ localsub(const time_t *const timep, const int_fast32_t offset, return result; } +static struct tm * +localtime_tzset(time_t const *timep, struct tm *tmp, int skip_tzset) +{ + int err = lock(); + if (err) { + errno = err; + return NULL; + } + if (!skip_tzset) + tzset_unlocked(); + tmp = localsub(timep, 0, tmp); + unlock(); + return tmp; +} + struct tm * localtime(const time_t *const timep) { - tzset(); - return localsub(timep, 0L, &tm); + return localtime_tzset(timep, &tm, 0); } /* @@ -1310,7 +1357,7 @@ localtime(const time_t *const timep) struct tm * localtime_r(const time_t *const timep, struct tm *tmp) { - return localsub(timep, 0L, tmp); + return localtime_tzset(timep, tmp, lcl_is_set); } /* @@ -1323,16 +1370,6 @@ gmtsub(const time_t *const timep, const int_fast32_t offset, { register struct tm * result; - if (!gmt_is_set) { -#ifdef ALL_STATE - gmtptr = malloc(sizeof *gmtptr); - gmt_is_set = gmtptr != NULL; -#else - gmt_is_set = TRUE; -#endif /* defined ALL_STATE */ - if (gmt_is_set) - gmtload(gmtptr); - } result = timesub(timep, offset, gmtptr, tmp); #ifdef TM_ZONE /* @@ -1348,7 +1385,7 @@ gmtsub(const time_t *const timep, const int_fast32_t offset, struct tm * gmtime(const time_t *const timep) { - return gmtsub(timep, 0L, &tm); + return gmtime_r(timep, &tm); } /* @@ -1358,7 +1395,15 @@ gmtime(const time_t *const timep) struct tm * gmtime_r(const time_t *const timep, struct tm *tmp) { - return gmtsub(timep, 0L, tmp); + int err = lock(); + if (err) { + errno = err; + return NULL; + } + gmtcheck(); + tmp = gmtsub(timep, 0, tmp); + unlock(); + return tmp; } #ifdef STD_INSPIRED @@ -1366,7 +1411,16 @@ gmtime_r(const time_t *const timep, struct tm *tmp) struct tm * offtime(const time_t *const timep, const long offset) { - return gmtsub(timep, offset, &tm); + struct tm *tmp; + int err = lock(); + if (err) { + errno = err; + return NULL; + } + gmtcheck(); + tmp = gmtsub(timep, offset, &tm); + unlock(); + return tmp; } #endif /* defined STD_INSPIRED */ @@ -1901,8 +1955,16 @@ time1(struct tm *const tmp, time_t mktime(struct tm *const tmp) { - tzset(); - return time1(tmp, localsub, 0L); + time_t t; + int err = lock(); + if (err) { + errno = err; + return -1; + } + tzset_unlocked(); + t = time1(tmp, localsub, 0); + unlock(); + return t; } #ifdef STD_INSPIRED @@ -1918,17 +1980,25 @@ timelocal(struct tm *const tmp) time_t timegm(struct tm *const tmp) { - if (tmp != NULL) - tmp->tm_isdst = 0; - return time1(tmp, gmtsub, 0L); + return timeoff(tmp, 0); } time_t timeoff(struct tm *const tmp, const long offset) { - if (tmp != NULL) - tmp->tm_isdst = 0; - return time1(tmp, gmtsub, offset); + time_t t; + int err; + if (tmp) + tmp->tm_isdst = 0; + err = lock(); + if (err) { + errno = err; + return -1; + } + gmtcheck(); + t = time1(tmp, gmtsub, offset); + unlock(); + return t; } #endif /* defined STD_INSPIRED */ @@ -1986,8 +2056,17 @@ leapcorr(time_t *timep) time_t time2posix(time_t t) { - tzset(); - return t - leapcorr(&t); + time_t p; + int err = lock(); + if (err) { + errno = err; + return -1; + } + if (!lcl_is_set) + tzset_unlocked(); + p = t - leapcorr(&t); + unlock(); + return p; } time_t @@ -1995,8 +2074,13 @@ posix2time(time_t t) { time_t x; time_t y; - - tzset(); + int err = lock(); + if (err) { + errno = err; + return -1; + } + if (!lcl_is_set) + tzset_unlocked(); /* ** For a positive leap second hit, the result ** is not unique. For a negative leap second @@ -2010,16 +2094,15 @@ posix2time(time_t t) x++; y = x - leapcorr(&x); } while (y < t); - if (t != y) - return x - 1; + x -= y != t; } else if (y > t) { do { --x; y = x - leapcorr(&x); } while (y > t); - if (t != y) - return x + 1; + x += y != t; } + unlock(); return x; } -- 1.9.1

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[PROPOSED PATCH 1/4] Fix unlikely buffer overrun when setting date across network.
by Paul Eggert Aug. 23, 2014

Aug. 23, 2014

* date.c (netsettime) [TSP_SETDATE]: Don't assume gethostname returns a null-terminated string. --- date.c | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/date.c b/date.c index c8fab75..3b44c94 100644 --- a/date.c +++ b/date.c @@ -819,7 +819,6 @@ netsettime(struct timeval ntv) { int s, length, port, timed_ack, found, err, waittime; fd_set ready; - char hostname[MAXHOSTNAMELEN]; struct timeval tout; struct servent *sp; struct tsp msg; @@ -858,11 +857,15 @@ netsettime(struct timeval ntv) } msg.tsp_type = TSP_SETDATE; msg.tsp_vers = TSPVERSION; - if (gethostname(hostname, sizeof (hostname))) { + msg.tsp_name[sizeof msg.tsp_name - 1] = '\0'; + if (gethostname(msg.tsp_name, sizeof msg.tsp_name) != 0) { perror("gethostname"); goto bad; } - strncpy(msg.tsp_name, hostname, sizeof (hostname)); + if (msg.tsp_name[sizeof msg.tsp_name - 1]) { + fprintf(stderr, "hostname too long\n"); + goto bad; + } msg.tsp_seq = htons(0); msg.tsp_time.tv_sec = htonl(ntv.tv_sec); msg.tsp_time.tv_usec = htonl(ntv.tv_usec); -- 1.9.1

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[PATCH] * asia (Asia/Kolkata): Add comment about 19th-century Madras time.
by Paul Eggert Aug. 23, 2014

Aug. 23, 2014

--- asia | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/asia b/asia index b3afc5d..00e0df3 100644 --- a/asia +++ b/asia @@ -880,6 +880,14 @@ Zone Asia/Dili 8:22:20 - LMT 1912 Jan 1 # India +# From Paul Eggert (2014-08-21): +# In tomorrow's The Hindu, Nitya Menon reports that India had two civil time +# zones starting in 1884, one in Bombay and one in Calcutta, and that railways +# used a third time zone based on Madras time (80 deg. 18'30" E). Also, +# in 1881 Bombay briefly switched to Madras Time, but switched back. See: +# http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/madras-375-when-madras-clocked-… +# Ignore this as it predates our 1970 cutoff. + # From Paul Eggert (2014-08-11), after a heads-up from Stephen Colebourne: # According to a Portuguese decree (1911-05-26) # http://dre.pt/pdf1sdip/1911/05/12500/23132313.pdf -- 1.9.1

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[PROPOSED PATCH] Simplify configuration of TM_GMTOFF and TM_ZONE.
by Paul Eggert Aug. 23, 2014

Aug. 23, 2014

* private.h, zdump.c (_GNU_SOURCE): New macro. * private.h (TM_GMTOFF) [!NO_TM_GMTOFF]: (TM_ZONE) [!NO_TM_ZONE]: Guess definition if not already defined. * Makefile, NEWS: Document the above. --- Makefile | 23 +++++------------------ NEWS | 4 ++++ private.h | 16 ++++++++++++++++ zdump.c | 3 +++ 4 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index 4703cba..fa110e2 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -161,25 +161,12 @@ GCC_DEBUG_FLAGS = -Dlint -g3 -O3 -fno-common -fstrict-aliasing \ # (or if you decide to add such a field in your system's "time.h" file), # add the name to a define such as # -DTM_GMTOFF=tm_gmtoff -# or -# -DTM_GMTOFF=_tm_gmtoff -# to the end of the "CFLAGS=" line. -# Neither tm_gmtoff nor _tm_gmtoff is described in X3J11's work; -# in its work, use of "tm_gmtoff" is described as non-conforming. -# Both Linux and BSD have done the equivalent of defining TM_GMTOFF in -# their recent releases. -# -# If your system has a "zone abbreviation" field in its "struct tm"s -# (or if you decide to add such a field in your system's "time.h" file), -# add the name to a define such as +# to the end of the "CFLAGS=" line. If not defined, the code attempts to +# guess TM_GMTOFF from other macros; define NO_TM_GMTOFF to suppress this. +# Similarly, if your system has a "zone abbreviation" field, define # -DTM_ZONE=tm_zone -# or -# -DTM_ZONE=_tm_zone -# to the end of the "CFLAGS=" line. -# Neither tm_zone nor _tm_zone is described in X3J11's work; -# in its work, use of "tm_zone" is described as non-conforming. -# Both UCB and Sun have done the equivalent of defining TM_ZONE in -# their recent releases. +# and define NO_TM_ZONE to suppress any guessing. These two fields are not +# required by POSIX, but are widely available on GNU/Linux and BSD dystems. # # If you want functions that were inspired by early versions of X3J11's work, # add diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 335a7cf..7bc8b05 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes Although not needed for tz's own applications, which are single-threaded, this supports POSIX better if the tz library is used in multithreaded apps. + The tz code now attempts to infer TM_GMTOFF and TM_ZONE if not + already defined, to make it easier to configure on common platforms. + Define NO_TM_GMTOFF and NO_TM_ZONE to suppress this. + tzselect -c now uses a hybrid distance measure that works better in Africa. (Thanks to Alan Barrett for noting the problem.) diff --git a/private.h b/private.h index 9482790..2389e37 100644 --- a/private.h +++ b/private.h @@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ #define ctime_r _incompatible_ctime_r #endif /* HAVE_INCOMPATIBLE_CTIME_R */ +/* Enable tm_gmtoff and tm_zone on GNUish systems. */ +#define _GNU_SOURCE 1 + /* ** Nested includes */ @@ -337,6 +340,19 @@ time_t posix2time(time_t); # endif #endif +/* Infer TM_ZONE on systems where this information is known, but suppress + guessing if NO_TM_ZONE is defined. Similarly for TM_GMTOFF. */ +#if (defined __GLIBC__ \ + || defined __FreeBSD__ || defined __NetBSD__ || defined __OpenBSD__ \ + || (defined __APPLE__ && defined __MACH__)) +# if !defined TM_GMTOFF && !defined NO_TM_GMTOFF +# define TM_GMTOFF tm_gmtoff +# endif +# if !defined TM_ZONE && !defined NO_TM_ZONE +# define TM_ZONE tm_zone +# endif +#endif + /* ** Private function declarations. */ diff --git a/zdump.c b/zdump.c index e9a42fd..070ad3c 100644 --- a/zdump.c +++ b/zdump.c @@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ # include "private.h" #endif +/* Enable tm_gmtoff and tm_zone on GNUish systems. */ +#define _GNU_SOURCE 1 + #include "stdio.h" /* for stdout, stderr, perror */ #include "string.h" /* for strcpy */ #include "sys/types.h" /* for time_t */ -- 1.9.1

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[PROPOSED PATCH] * Makefile (TZDOBJS): Remove ialloc.o.
by Paul Eggert Aug. 23, 2014

Aug. 23, 2014

* NEWS: Document this. --- Makefile | 2 +- NEWS | 4 ++++ 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index 99d2826..09f614c 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ AR= ar RANLIB= : TZCOBJS= zic.o scheck.o ialloc.o -TZDOBJS= zdump.o localtime.o ialloc.o asctime.o +TZDOBJS= zdump.o localtime.o asctime.o DATEOBJS= date.o localtime.o strftime.o asctime.o LIBSRCS= localtime.c asctime.c difftime.c LIBOBJS= localtime.o asctime.o difftime.o diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 7f15887..66891df 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -71,6 +71,10 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes The long-obsolete 'gtime' function has been removed. + Changes affecting build procedure + + 'zdump' no longer links in ialloc.o, as it's not needed. + Changes affecting distribution tarballs The files checktab.awk and zoneinfo2tdf.pl are now distributed in -- 1.9.1

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[PROPOSED PATCH 1/4] Document thread-safe functions in man pages.
by Paul Eggert Aug. 23, 2014

Aug. 23, 2014

* NEWS, newctime.3, newstrftime.3, newtzset.3, time2posix.3: Mention localtime_r etc. Also, use function prototypes rather than K&R style, and use 'restrict' where POSIX does. --- NEWS | 3 +++ newctime.3 | 62 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------- newstrftime.3 | 8 ++------ newtzset.3 | 4 +++- time2posix.3 | 7 ++----- 5 files changed, 50 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 7bc8b05..0d31a1f 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes A new file CONTRIBUTING is distributed. (Thanks to Tim Parenti for suggesting a CONTRIBUTING file, and to Walter Harms for debugging it.) + The man pages have been updated to use function prototypes, and + to document thread-safe variants like localtime_r. + The fields in Link lines have been renamed to be more descriptive and more like the parameters of 'ln'. LINK-FROM has become TARGET, and LINK-TO has become LINK-NAME. diff --git a/newctime.3 b/newctime.3 index e9090d5..accefa5 100644 --- a/newctime.3 +++ b/newctime.3 @@ -5,32 +5,32 @@ asctime, ctime, difftime, gmtime, localtime, mktime \- convert date and time .nf .ie \n(.g .ds - \f(CW-\fP .el ds - \- +.B #include <time.h> +.PP .B extern char *tzname[2]; .PP -.B void tzset() +.B char *ctime(time_t const *clock); .PP -.B #include <sys/types.h> +.B char *ctime_r(time_t const *clock, char *buf); .PP -.B char *ctime(clock) -.B const time_t *clock; +.B double difftime(time_t time1, time_t time0); .PP -.B double difftime(time1, time0) -.B time_t time1; -.B time_t time0; +.B char *asctime(struct tm const *tm); .PP -.B #include <time.h> +.B "char *asctime_r(struct tm const *restrict tm," +.B " char *restrict result);" .PP -.B char *asctime(tm) -.B const struct tm *tm; +.B struct tm *localtime(time_t const *clock); .PP -.B struct tm *localtime(clock) -.B const time_t *clock; +.B "struct tm *localtime_r(time_t const *restrict clock," +.B " struct tm *restrict result);" .PP -.B struct tm *gmtime(clock) -.B const time_t *clock; +.B struct tm *gmtime(time_t const *clock); .PP -.B time_t mktime(tm) -.B struct tm *tm; +.B "struct tm *gmtime_r(time_t const *restrict clock," +.B " struct tm *restrict result);" +.PP +.B time_t mktime(struct tm *tm); .PP .B cc ... \*-ltz .fi @@ -110,6 +110,14 @@ structure to a string, as shown in the above example, and returns a pointer to the string. .PP +.IR Ctime_r , +.IR localtime_r , +.IR gmtime_r , +and +.I asctime_r +are like their unsuffixed counterparts, except that they accept an +additional argument specifying where to store the result if successful. +.PP .I Mktime converts the broken-down time, expressed as local time, @@ -234,25 +242,35 @@ newtzset(3), time(2), tzfile(5) .SH NOTES -The return values point to static data +The return values of +.IR asctime , +.IR ctime , +.IR gmtime , +and +.I localtime +point to static data overwritten by each call. The .B tm_zone field of a returned .B "struct tm" points to a static array of characters, which -will also be overwritten at the next call -(and by calls to -.IR tzset ). +can be overwritten by later calls to +.IR tzset . +The remaining functions and data are thread-safe. .PP -.I Asctime +.IR Asctime , +.IR asctime_r , +.IR ctime , and -.I ctime +.I ctime_r behave strangely for years before 1000 or after 9999. The 1989 and 1999 editions of the C Standard say that years from \-99 through 999 are converted without extra spaces, but this conflicts with longstanding tradition and with this implementation. +The 2011 edition says that the behavior +is undefined if the year is before 1000 or after 9999. Traditional implementations of these two functions are restricted to years in the range 1900 through 2099. To avoid this portability mess, new programs should use diff --git a/newstrftime.3 b/newstrftime.3 index 7dd125c..6afc948 100644 --- a/newstrftime.3 +++ b/newstrftime.3 @@ -44,14 +44,10 @@ strftime \- format date and time .nf .ie \n(.g .ds - \f(CW-\fP .el ds - \- -.B #include <sys/types.h> .B #include <time.h> .PP -.B size_t strftime(buf, maxsize, format, timeptr) -.B char *buf; -.B size_t maxsize; -.B const char *format; -.B const struct tm *timeptr +.B "size_t strftime(char *restrict buf, size_t maxsize," +.B " char const *restrict format, struct tm const *restrict timeptr);" .PP .B cc ... \-ltz .fi diff --git a/newtzset.3 b/newtzset.3 index 46410bb..51c4197 100644 --- a/newtzset.3 +++ b/newtzset.3 @@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ tzset \- initialize time conversion information .nf .ie \n(.g .ds - \f(CW-\fP .el ds - \- -.B void tzset() +.B #include <time.h> +.PP +.B void tzset(void); .PP .B cc ... \*-ltz .fi diff --git a/time2posix.3 b/time2posix.3 index 75d8097..e4b8e81 100644 --- a/time2posix.3 +++ b/time2posix.3 @@ -5,14 +5,11 @@ time2posix, posix2time \- convert seconds since the Epoch .nf .ie \n(.g .ds - \f(CW-\fP .el ds - \- -.B #include <sys/types.h> .B #include <time.h> .PP -.B time_t time2posix(t) -.B time_t t +.B time_t time2posix(time_t t); .PP -.B time_t posix2time(t) -.B time_t t +.B time_t posix2time(time_t t); .PP .B cc ... \*-ltz .fi -- 1.9.1

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[PROPOSED PATCH] * asia (Asia/Kolkata): Add comment about 19th-century Madras time.
by Paul Eggert Aug. 22, 2014

Aug. 22, 2014

--- asia | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/asia b/asia index b3afc5d..00e0df3 100644 --- a/asia +++ b/asia @@ -880,6 +880,14 @@ Zone Asia/Dili 8:22:20 - LMT 1912 Jan 1 # India +# From Paul Eggert (2014-08-21): +# In tomorrow's The Hindu, Nitya Menon reports that India had two civil time +# zones starting in 1884, one in Bombay and one in Calcutta, and that railways +# used a third time zone based on Madras time (80 deg. 18'30" E). Also, +# in 1881 Bombay briefly switched to Madras Time, but switched back. See: +# http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/madras-375-when-madras-clocked-… +# Ignore this as it predates our 1970 cutoff. + # From Paul Eggert (2014-08-11), after a heads-up from Stephen Colebourne: # According to a Portuguese decree (1911-05-26) # http://dre.pt/pdf1sdip/1911/05/12500/23132313.pdf -- 1.9.1

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[PROPOSED PATCH 1/3] Avoid (void) before calls.
by Paul Eggert Aug. 21, 2014

Aug. 21, 2014

Although the cast to void in usage like '(void) printf ("Hello")' may have been helpful decades ago when Lint Was Your Friend, nowadays such casts are not helpful. The tz code is currently not consistent about this: sometimes the casts are present, and sometimes absent. As they make the code harder to read, let's remove them. * asctime.c, date.c, ialloc.c, localtime.c, strftime.c, zdump.c, zic.c: Don't cast calls to 'void'. --- asctime.c | 4 +- date.c | 68 +++++++++++++++---------------- ialloc.c | 2 +- localtime.c | 6 +-- strftime.c | 30 +++++++------- zdump.c | 90 ++++++++++++++++++++--------------------- zic.c | 130 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------------ 7 files changed, 165 insertions(+), 165 deletions(-) diff --git a/asctime.c b/asctime.c index e057711..0ce1209 100644 --- a/asctime.c +++ b/asctime.c @@ -99,11 +99,11 @@ asctime_r(register const struct tm *timeptr, char *buf) ** Assume that strftime is unaffected by other out-of-range members ** (e.g., timeptr->tm_mday) when processing "%Y". */ - (void) strftime(year, sizeof year, "%Y", timeptr); + strftime(year, sizeof year, "%Y", timeptr); /* ** We avoid using snprintf since it's not available on all systems. */ - (void) sprintf(result, + sprintf(result, ((strlen(year) <= 4) ? ASCTIME_FMT : ASCTIME_FMT_B), wn, mn, timeptr->tm_mday, timeptr->tm_hour, diff --git a/date.c b/date.c index de56652..c2a39f2 100644 --- a/date.c +++ b/date.c @@ -91,13 +91,13 @@ main(const int argc, char *argv[]) INITIALIZE(dousg); #ifdef LC_ALL - (void) setlocale(LC_ALL, ""); + setlocale(LC_ALL, ""); #endif /* defined(LC_ALL) */ #if HAVE_GETTEXT #ifdef TZ_DOMAINDIR - (void) bindtextdomain(TZ_DOMAIN, TZ_DOMAINDIR); + bindtextdomain(TZ_DOMAIN, TZ_DOMAINDIR); #endif /* defined(TEXTDOMAINDIR) */ - (void) textdomain(TZ_DOMAIN); + textdomain(TZ_DOMAIN); #endif /* HAVE_GETTEXT */ t = now = time(NULL); format = value = NULL; @@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ main(const int argc, char *argv[]) break; case 'r': /* seconds since 1970 */ if (rflag) { - (void) fprintf(stderr, + fprintf(stderr, _("date: error: multiple -r's used")); usage(); } @@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ main(const int argc, char *argv[]) break; case 'd': /* daylight saving time */ if (dflag) { - (void) fprintf(stderr, + fprintf(stderr, _("date: error: multiple -d's used")); usage(); } @@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ main(const int argc, char *argv[]) break; case 't': /* minutes west of UTC */ if (tflag) { - (void) fprintf(stderr, + fprintf(stderr, _("date: error: multiple -t's used")); usage(); } @@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ main(const int argc, char *argv[]) break; case 'a': /* adjustment */ if (aflag) { - (void) fprintf(stderr, + fprintf(stderr, _("date: error: multiple -a's used")); usage(); } @@ -189,14 +189,14 @@ main(const int argc, char *argv[]) if (format == NULL) format = cp + 1; else { - (void) fprintf(stderr, + fprintf(stderr, _("date: error: multiple formats in command line\n")); usage(); } else if (value == NULL && !rflag) value = cp; else { - (void) fprintf(stderr, + fprintf(stderr, _("date: error: multiple values in command line\n")); usage(); } @@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ _("date: error: multiple values in command line\n")); #if HAVE_SETTIMEOFDAY != 2 (void) dsttime; (void) minuteswest; - (void) fprintf(stderr, + fprintf(stderr, _("date: warning: kernel doesn't keep -d/-t information, option ignored\n")); #endif /* HAVE_SETTIMEOFDAY != 2 */ } @@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ dogmt(void) continue; fakeenv = malloc((n + 2) * sizeof *fakeenv); if (fakeenv == NULL) { - (void) perror(_("Memory exhausted")); + perror(_("Memory exhausted")); errensure(); exit(retval); } @@ -352,15 +352,15 @@ reset(const time_t newt, const int nflag) /* ** Wouldn't it be great if stime returned the old time? */ - (void) time(&oldt); + oldt = time(NULL); if (stime(&newt) != 0) oops("stime"); s.before.ut_type = OLD_TIME; s.before.ut_time = oldt; - (void) strcpy(s.before.ut_line, OTIME_MSG); + strcpy(s.before.ut_line, OTIME_MSG); s.after.ut_type = NEW_TIME; s.after.ut_time = newt; - (void) strcpy(s.after.ut_line, NTIME_MSG); + strcpy(s.after.ut_line, NTIME_MSG); fid = open(WTMP_FILE, O_WRONLY | O_APPEND); if (fid < 0) oops(_("log file open")); @@ -375,10 +375,10 @@ reset(const time_t newt, const int nflag) #if HAVE_UTMPX_H sx.before.ut_type = OLD_TIME; sx.before.ut_tv.tv_sec = oldt; - (void) strcpy(sx.before.ut_line, OTIME_MSG); + strcpy(sx.before.ut_line, OTIME_MSG); sx.after.ut_type = NEW_TIME; sx.after.ut_tv.tv_sec = newt; - (void) strcpy(sx.after.ut_line, NTIME_MSG); + strcpy(sx.after.ut_line, NTIME_MSG); #if defined WTMPX_FILE && !SUPPRESS_WTMPX_FILE_UPDATE /* In Solaris 2.5 (and presumably other systems), 'date' does not update /var/adm/wtmpx. @@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ static void wildinput(const char *const item, const char *const value, const char *const reason) { - (void) fprintf(stderr, + fprintf(stderr, _("date: error: bad command line %s \"%s\", %s\n"), item, value, reason); usage(); @@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ nondigit(register const char *cp) static void usage(void) { - (void) fprintf(stderr, + fprintf(stderr, _("date: usage: date [-u] [-c] [-r seconds] [-n]" " [-d dst] [-t min-west] [-a sss.fff]" " [[yyyy]mmddhhmm[yyyy][.ss]] [+format]\n")); @@ -508,9 +508,9 @@ oops(const char *const string) { int e = errno; - (void) fprintf(stderr, _("date: error: ")); + fprintf(stderr, _("date: error: ")); errno = e; - (void) perror(string); + perror(string); errensure(); display(NULL, time(NULL)); exit(retval); @@ -523,17 +523,17 @@ display(const char *const format, time_t const now) tmp = localtime(&now); if (!tmp) { - (void) fprintf(stderr, + fprintf(stderr, _("date: error: time out of range\n")); errensure(); return; } timeout(stdout, format ? format : "%+", tmp); - (void) putchar('\n'); - (void) fflush(stdout); - (void) fflush(stderr); + putchar('\n'); + fflush(stdout); + fflush(stderr); if (ferror(stdout) || ferror(stderr)) { - (void) fprintf(stderr, + fprintf(stderr, _("date: error: couldn't write results\n")); errensure(); } @@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ timeout(FILE *const fp, const char *const format, const struct tm *tmp) if (*format == '\0') return; if (!tmp) { - (void) fprintf(stderr, _("date: error: time out of range\n")); + fprintf(stderr, _("date: error: time out of range\n")); errensure(); return; } @@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ timeout(FILE *const fp, const char *const format, const struct tm *tmp) cp = malloc(size); for ( ; ; ) { if (cp == NULL) { - (void) fprintf(stderr, + fprintf(stderr, _("date: error: can't get memory\n")); errensure(); exit(retval); @@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ timeout(FILE *const fp, const char *const format, const struct tm *tmp) size += INCR; cp = realloc(cp, size); } - (void) fwrite(cp, 1, result, fp); + fwrite(cp, 1, result, fp); free(cp); } @@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ iffy(const time_t thist, const time_t thatt, struct tm *tmp; int dst; - (void) fprintf(stderr, _("date: warning: ambiguous time \"%s\", %s.\n"), + fprintf(stderr, _("date: warning: ambiguous time \"%s\", %s.\n"), value, reason); tmp = gmtime(&thist); /* @@ -790,7 +790,7 @@ iffy(const time_t thist, const time_t thatt, tmp = localtime(&thist); dst = tmp ? tmp->tm_isdst : 0; timeout(stderr, _("to get %c"), tmp); - (void) fprintf(stderr, _(" (%s). Use\n"), + fprintf(stderr, _(" (%s). Use\n"), dst ? _("summer time") : _("standard time")); tmp = gmtime(&thatt); timeout(stderr, _("\tdate -u %m%d%H\ @@ -799,7 +799,7 @@ iffy(const time_t thist, const time_t thatt, tmp = localtime(&thatt); dst = tmp ? tmp->tm_isdst : 0; timeout(stderr, _("to get %c"), tmp); - (void) fprintf(stderr, _(" (%s).\n"), + fprintf(stderr, _(" (%s).\n"), dst ? _("summer time") : _("standard time")); errensure(); exit(retval); @@ -865,7 +865,7 @@ netsettime(struct timeval ntv) perror("gethostname"); goto bad; } - (void) strncpy(msg.tsp_name, hostname, sizeof (hostname)); + strncpy(msg.tsp_name, hostname, sizeof (hostname)); msg.tsp_seq = htons(0); msg.tsp_time.tv_sec = htonl(ntv.tv_sec); msg.tsp_time.tv_usec = htonl(ntv.tv_usec); @@ -914,7 +914,7 @@ loop: goto loop; case TSP_DATEACK: - (void)close(s); + lose(s); return (1); default: @@ -929,7 +929,7 @@ loop: fputs(_("date: Can't reach time daemon, time set locally.\n"), stderr); bad: - (void)close(s); + lose(s); retval = 2; return (0); } diff --git a/ialloc.c b/ialloc.c index b6f0188..e228db5 100644 --- a/ialloc.c +++ b/ialloc.c @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ icatalloc(char *const old, const char *const new) else oldsize = strlen(old); if ((result = realloc(old, oldsize + newsize + 1)) != NULL) if (new != NULL) - (void) strcpy(result + oldsize, new); + strcpy(result + oldsize, new); return result; } diff --git a/localtime.c b/localtime.c index fef273d..8a66650 100644 --- a/localtime.c +++ b/localtime.c @@ -1134,11 +1134,11 @@ tzparse(const char *name, register struct state *const sp, if ((size_t) sp->charcnt > sizeof sp->chars) return -1; cp = sp->chars; - (void) strncpy(cp, stdname, stdlen); + strncpy(cp, stdname, stdlen); cp += stdlen; *cp++ = '\0'; if (dstlen != 0) { - (void) strncpy(cp, dstname, dstlen); + strncpy(cp, dstname, dstlen); *(cp + dstlen) = '\0'; } return 0; @@ -1148,7 +1148,7 @@ static void gmtload(struct state *const sp) { if (tzload(gmt, sp, TRUE) != 0) - (void) tzparse(gmt, sp, TRUE); + tzparse(gmt, sp, TRUE); } static void diff --git a/strftime.c b/strftime.c index 9fbb1ec..259c90a 100644 --- a/strftime.c +++ b/strftime.c @@ -129,18 +129,18 @@ strftime(char * const s, const size_t maxsize, const char *const format, p = _fmt(((format == NULL) ? "%c" : format), t, s, s + maxsize, &warn); #ifndef NO_RUN_TIME_WARNINGS_ABOUT_YEAR_2000_PROBLEMS_THANK_YOU if (warn != IN_NONE && getenv(YEAR_2000_NAME) != NULL) { - (void) fprintf(stderr, "\n"); + fprintf(stderr, "\n"); if (format == NULL) - (void) fprintf(stderr, "NULL strftime format "); - else (void) fprintf(stderr, "strftime format \"%s\" ", + fprintf(stderr, "NULL strftime format "); + else fprintf(stderr, "strftime format \"%s\" ", format); - (void) fprintf(stderr, "yields only two digits of years in "); + fprintf(stderr, "yields only two digits of years in "); if (warn == IN_SOME) - (void) fprintf(stderr, "some locales"); + fprintf(stderr, "some locales"); else if (warn == IN_THIS) - (void) fprintf(stderr, "the current locale"); - else (void) fprintf(stderr, "all locales"); - (void) fprintf(stderr, "\n"); + fprintf(stderr, "the current locale"); + else fprintf(stderr, "all locales"); + fprintf(stderr, "\n"); } #endif /* !defined NO_RUN_TIME_WARNINGS_ABOUT_YEAR_2000_PROBLEMS_THANK_YOU */ if (p == s + maxsize) @@ -311,9 +311,9 @@ label: tm = *t; mkt = mktime(&tm); if (TYPE_SIGNED(time_t)) - (void) sprintf(buf, "%"PRIdMAX, + sprintf(buf, "%"PRIdMAX, (intmax_t) mkt); - else (void) sprintf(buf, "%"PRIuMAX, + else sprintf(buf, "%"PRIuMAX, (uintmax_t) mkt); pt = _add(buf, pt, ptlim); } @@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ _conv(const int n, const char *const format, char *const pt, { char buf[INT_STRLEN_MAXIMUM(int) + 1]; - (void) sprintf(buf, format, n); + sprintf(buf, format, n); return _add(buf, pt, ptlim); } @@ -660,14 +660,14 @@ _loc(void) ((sizeof locale_home) + namesize + (sizeof lc_time))) goto no_locale; oldsun = 0; - (void) sprintf(filename, "%s/%s/%s", locale_home, name, lc_time); + sprintf(filename, "%s/%s/%s", locale_home, name, lc_time); fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY); if (fd < 0) { /* ** Old Sun systems have a different naming and data convention. */ oldsun = 1; - (void) sprintf(filename, "%s/%s/%s", locale_home, + sprintf(filename, "%s/%s/%s", locale_home, lc_time, name); fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY); if (fd < 0) @@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ _loc(void) lbuf = (lbuf == NULL) ? malloc(bufsize) : realloc(lbuf, bufsize); if (lbuf == NULL) goto bad_locale; - (void) strcpy(lbuf, name); + strcpy(lbuf, name); p = lbuf + namesize; plim = p + st.st_size; if (read(fd, p, st.st_size) != st.st_size) @@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ _loc(void) bad_lbuf: free(lbuf); bad_locale: - (void) close(fd); + close(fd); no_locale: localebuf = C_time_locale; locale_buf = NULL; diff --git a/zdump.c b/zdump.c index 515a80f..cdcde5a 100644 --- a/zdump.c +++ b/zdump.c @@ -250,20 +250,20 @@ my_localtime(time_t *tp) tm = *tmp; t = mktime(&tm); if (t != *tp) { - (void) fflush(stdout); - (void) fprintf(stderr, "\n%s: ", progname); - (void) fprintf(stderr, tformat(), *tp); - (void) fprintf(stderr, " ->"); - (void) fprintf(stderr, " year=%d", tmp->tm_year); - (void) fprintf(stderr, " mon=%d", tmp->tm_mon); - (void) fprintf(stderr, " mday=%d", tmp->tm_mday); - (void) fprintf(stderr, " hour=%d", tmp->tm_hour); - (void) fprintf(stderr, " min=%d", tmp->tm_min); - (void) fprintf(stderr, " sec=%d", tmp->tm_sec); - (void) fprintf(stderr, " isdst=%d", tmp->tm_isdst); - (void) fprintf(stderr, " -> "); - (void) fprintf(stderr, tformat(), t); - (void) fprintf(stderr, "\n"); + fflush(stdout); + fprintf(stderr, "\n%s: ", progname); + fprintf(stderr, tformat(), *tp); + fprintf(stderr, " ->"); + fprintf(stderr, " year=%d", tmp->tm_year); + fprintf(stderr, " mon=%d", tmp->tm_mon); + fprintf(stderr, " mday=%d", tmp->tm_mday); + fprintf(stderr, " hour=%d", tmp->tm_hour); + fprintf(stderr, " min=%d", tmp->tm_min); + fprintf(stderr, " sec=%d", tmp->tm_sec); + fprintf(stderr, " isdst=%d", tmp->tm_isdst); + fprintf(stderr, " -> "); + fprintf(stderr, tformat(), t); + fprintf(stderr, "\n"); } } return tmp; @@ -298,8 +298,8 @@ abbrok(const char *const abbrp, const char *const zone) } if (wp == NULL) return; - (void) fflush(stdout); - (void) fprintf(stderr, + fflush(stdout); + fprintf(stderr, _("%s: warning: zone \"%s\" abbreviation \"%s\" %s\n"), progname, zone, abbrp, wp); warned = TRUE; @@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ abbrok(const char *const abbrp, const char *const zone) static void usage(FILE * const stream, const int status) { - (void) fprintf(stream, + fprintf(stream, _("%s: usage: %s [--version] [--help] [-{vV}] [-{ct} [lo,]hi] zonename ...\n" "\n" "Report bugs to %s.\n"), @@ -338,16 +338,16 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) cutlotime = absolute_min_time; cuthitime = absolute_max_time; #if HAVE_GETTEXT - (void) setlocale(LC_ALL, ""); + setlocale(LC_ALL, ""); #ifdef TZ_DOMAINDIR - (void) bindtextdomain(TZ_DOMAIN, TZ_DOMAINDIR); + bindtextdomain(TZ_DOMAIN, TZ_DOMAINDIR); #endif /* defined TEXTDOMAINDIR */ - (void) textdomain(TZ_DOMAIN); + textdomain(TZ_DOMAIN); #endif /* HAVE_GETTEXT */ progname = argv[0]; for (i = 1; i < argc; ++i) if (strcmp(argv[i], "--version") == 0) { - (void) printf("zdump %s%s\n", PKGVERSION, TZVERSION); + printf("zdump %s%s\n", PKGVERSION, TZVERSION); exit(EXIT_SUCCESS); } else if (strcmp(argv[i], "--help") == 0) { usage(stdout, EXIT_SUCCESS); @@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) cutloyear = lo; cuthiyear = hi; } else { -(void) fprintf(stderr, _("%s: wild -c argument %s\n"), + fprintf(stderr, _("%s: wild -c argument %s\n"), progname, cutarg); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } @@ -418,14 +418,14 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) cuthitime = hi; } } else { - (void) fprintf(stderr, + fprintf(stderr, _("%s: wild -t argument %s\n"), progname, cuttimes); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } } } - (void) time(&now); + now = time(NULL); longest = 0; for (i = optind; i < argc; ++i) if (strlen(argv[i]) > longest) @@ -439,11 +439,11 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) fakeenv = malloc((i + 2) * sizeof *fakeenv); if (fakeenv == NULL || (fakeenv[0] = malloc(longest + 4)) == NULL) { - (void) perror(progname); - exit(EXIT_FAILURE); + perror(progname); + exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } to = 0; - (void) strcpy(fakeenv[to++], "TZ="); + strcpy(fakeenv[to++], "TZ="); for (from = 0; environ[from] != NULL; ++from) if (strncmp(environ[from], "TZ=", 3) != 0) fakeenv[to++] = environ[from]; @@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) for (i = optind; i < argc; ++i) { static char buf[MAX_STRING_LENGTH]; - (void) strcpy(&fakeenv[0][3], argv[i]); + strcpy(&fakeenv[0][3], argv[i]); if (! (vflag | Vflag)) { show(argv[i], now, FALSE); continue; @@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) tmp = my_localtime(&t); if (tmp != NULL) { tm = *tmp; - (void) strncpy(buf, abbr(&tm), (sizeof buf) - 1); + strncpy(buf, abbr(&tm), (sizeof buf) - 1); } for ( ; ; ) { newt = (t < absolute_max_time - SECSPERDAY / 2 @@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) newtmp = localtime(&newt); if (newtmp != NULL) { newtm = *newtmp; - (void) strncpy(buf, + strncpy(buf, abbr(&newtm), (sizeof buf) - 1); } @@ -507,8 +507,8 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) } } if (fflush(stdout) || ferror(stdout)) { - (void) fprintf(stderr, "%s: ", progname); - (void) perror(_("Error writing to standard output")); + fprintf(stderr, "%s: ", progname); + perror(_("Error writing to standard output")); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } exit(EXIT_SUCCESS); @@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ hunt(char *name, time_t lot, time_t hit) lotmp = my_localtime(&lot); if (lotmp != NULL) { lotm = *lotmp; - (void) strncpy(loab, abbr(&lotm), (sizeof loab) - 1); + strncpy(loab, abbr(&lotm), (sizeof loab) - 1); } for ( ; ; ) { time_t diff = hit - lot; @@ -631,30 +631,30 @@ show(char *zone, time_t t, int v) { register struct tm * tmp; - (void) printf("%-*s ", (int) longest, zone); + printf("%-*s ", (int) longest, zone); if (v) { tmp = gmtime(&t); if (tmp == NULL) { - (void) printf(tformat(), t); + printf(tformat(), t); } else { dumptime(tmp); - (void) printf(" UT"); + printf(" UT"); } - (void) printf(" = "); + printf(" = "); } tmp = my_localtime(&t); dumptime(tmp); if (tmp != NULL) { if (*abbr(tmp) != '\0') - (void) printf(" %s", abbr(tmp)); + printf(" %s", abbr(tmp)); if (v) { - (void) printf(" isdst=%d", tmp->tm_isdst); + printf(" isdst=%d", tmp->tm_isdst); #ifdef TM_GMTOFF - (void) printf(" gmtoff=%ld", tmp->TM_GMTOFF); + printf(" gmtoff=%ld", tmp->TM_GMTOFF); #endif /* defined TM_GMTOFF */ } } - (void) printf("\n"); + printf("\n"); if (tmp != NULL && *abbr(tmp) != '\0') abbrok(abbr(tmp), zone); } @@ -715,7 +715,7 @@ dumptime(register const struct tm *timeptr) register int trail; if (timeptr == NULL) { - (void) printf("NULL"); + printf("NULL"); return; } /* @@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ dumptime(register const struct tm *timeptr) (int) (sizeof mon_name / sizeof mon_name[0])) mn = "???"; else mn = mon_name[timeptr->tm_mon]; - (void) printf("%.3s %.3s%3d %.2d:%.2d:%.2d ", + printf("%.3s %.3s%3d %.2d:%.2d:%.2d ", wn, mn, timeptr->tm_mday, timeptr->tm_hour, timeptr->tm_min, timeptr->tm_sec); @@ -748,6 +748,6 @@ dumptime(register const struct tm *timeptr) ++lead; } if (lead == 0) - (void) printf("%d", trail); - else (void) printf("%d%d", lead, ((trail < 0) ? -trail : trail)); + printf("%d", trail); + else printf("%d%d", lead, ((trail < 0) ? -trail : trail)); } diff --git a/zic.c b/zic.c index a700291..ea63f76 100644 --- a/zic.c +++ b/zic.c @@ -426,9 +426,9 @@ verror(const char *const string, va_list args) fprintf(stderr, _("\"%s\", line %d: "), filename, linenum); vfprintf(stderr, string, args); if (rfilename != NULL) - (void) fprintf(stderr, _(" (rule from \"%s\", line %d)"), + fprintf(stderr, _(" (rule from \"%s\", line %d)"), rfilename, rlinenum); - (void) fprintf(stderr, "\n"); + fprintf(stderr, "\n"); ++errors; } @@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ warning(const char *const string, ...) static _Noreturn void usage(FILE *stream, int status) { - (void) fprintf(stream, _("%s: usage is %s \ + fprintf(stream, _("%s: usage is %s \ [ --version ] [ --help ] [ -v ] [ -l localtime ] [ -p posixrules ] \\\n\ \t[ -d directory ] [ -L leapseconds ] [ -y yearistype ] [ filename ... ]\n\ \n\ @@ -478,24 +478,24 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) register int c; #ifdef S_IWGRP - (void) umask(umask(S_IWGRP | S_IWOTH) | (S_IWGRP | S_IWOTH)); + umask(umask(S_IWGRP | S_IWOTH) | (S_IWGRP | S_IWOTH)); #endif #if HAVE_GETTEXT - (void) setlocale(LC_ALL, ""); + setlocale(LC_ALL, ""); #ifdef TZ_DOMAINDIR - (void) bindtextdomain(TZ_DOMAIN, TZ_DOMAINDIR); + bindtextdomain(TZ_DOMAIN, TZ_DOMAINDIR); #endif /* defined TEXTDOMAINDIR */ - (void) textdomain(TZ_DOMAIN); + textdomain(TZ_DOMAIN); #endif /* HAVE_GETTEXT */ progname = argv[0]; if (TYPE_BIT(zic_t) < 64) { - (void) fprintf(stderr, "%s: %s\n", progname, + fprintf(stderr, "%s: %s\n", progname, _("wild compilation-time specification of zic_t")); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } for (i = 1; i < argc; ++i) if (strcmp(argv[i], "--version") == 0) { - (void) printf("zic %s%s\n", PKGVERSION, TZVERSION); + printf("zic %s%s\n", PKGVERSION, TZVERSION); exit(EXIT_SUCCESS); } else if (strcmp(argv[i], "--help") == 0) { usage(stdout, EXIT_SUCCESS); @@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) if (directory == NULL) directory = optarg; else { - (void) fprintf(stderr, + fprintf(stderr, _("%s: More than one -d option specified\n"), progname); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); @@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ _("%s: More than one -d option specified\n"), if (lcltime == NULL) lcltime = optarg; else { - (void) fprintf(stderr, + fprintf(stderr, _("%s: More than one -l option specified\n"), progname); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); @@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ _("%s: More than one -l option specified\n"), if (psxrules == NULL) psxrules = optarg; else { - (void) fprintf(stderr, + fprintf(stderr, _("%s: More than one -p option specified\n"), progname); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); @@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ _("%s: More than one -p option specified\n"), if (yitcommand == NULL) yitcommand = optarg; else { - (void) fprintf(stderr, + fprintf(stderr, _("%s: More than one -y option specified\n"), progname); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); @@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ _("%s: More than one -y option specified\n"), if (leapsec == NULL) leapsec = optarg; else { - (void) fprintf(stderr, + fprintf(stderr, _("%s: More than one -L option specified\n"), progname); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); @@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ _("%s: More than one -L option specified\n"), noise = TRUE; break; case 's': - (void) printf("%s: -s ignored\n", progname); + printf("%s: -s ignored\n", progname); break; } if (optind == argc - 1 && strcmp(argv[optind], "=") == 0) @@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ dolink(const char *const fromfield, const char *const tofield) exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } if (itsdir(toname) <= 0) - (void) remove(toname); + remove(toname); if (link(fromname, toname) != 0) { int result; @@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ warning(_("hard link failed, symbolic link used")); fp = fopen(fromname, "rb"); if (!fp) { const char *e = strerror(errno); - (void) fprintf(stderr, + fprintf(stderr, _("%s: Can't read %s: %s\n"), progname, fromname, e); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); @@ -746,7 +746,7 @@ warning(_("hard link failed, symbolic link used")); tp = fopen(toname, "wb"); if (!tp) { const char *e = strerror(errno); - (void) fprintf(stderr, + fprintf(stderr, _("%s: Can't create %s: %s\n"), progname, toname, e); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); @@ -754,13 +754,13 @@ warning(_("hard link failed, symbolic link used")); while ((c = getc(fp)) != EOF) putc(c, tp); if (ferror(fp) || fclose(fp)) { - (void) fprintf(stderr, + fprintf(stderr, _("%s: Error reading %s\n"), progname, fromname); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } if (ferror(tp) || fclose(tp)) { - (void) fprintf(stderr, + fprintf(stderr, _("%s: Error writing %s\n"), progname, toname); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); @@ -851,7 +851,7 @@ associate(void) register int i, j; if (nrules != 0) { - (void) qsort(rules, nrules, sizeof *rules, rcomp); + qsort(rules, nrules, sizeof *rules, rcomp); for (i = 0; i < nrules - 1; ++i) { if (strcmp(rules[i].r_name, rules[i + 1].r_name) != 0) @@ -935,7 +935,7 @@ infile(const char *name) } else if ((fp = fopen(name, "r")) == NULL) { const char *e = strerror(errno); - (void) fprintf(stderr, _("%s: Can't open %s: %s\n"), + fprintf(stderr, _("%s: Can't open %s: %s\n"), progname, name, e); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } @@ -981,14 +981,14 @@ infile(const char *name) break; case LC_LEAP: if (name != leapsec) - (void) fprintf(stderr, + fprintf(stderr, _("%s: Leap line in non leap seconds file %s\n"), progname, name); else inleap(fields, nfields); wantcont = FALSE; break; default: /* "cannot happen" */ - (void) fprintf(stderr, + fprintf(stderr, _("%s: panic: Invalid l_value %d\n"), progname, lp->l_value); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); @@ -997,14 +997,14 @@ _("%s: panic: Invalid l_value %d\n"), free(fields); } if (ferror(fp)) { - (void) fprintf(stderr, _("%s: Error reading %s\n"), + fprintf(stderr, _("%s: Error reading %s\n"), progname, filename); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } if (fp != stdin && fclose(fp)) { const char *e = strerror(errno); - (void) fprintf(stderr, _("%s: Error closing %s: %s\n"), + fprintf(stderr, _("%s: Error closing %s: %s\n"), progname, filename, e); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } @@ -1396,7 +1396,7 @@ rulesub(register struct rule *const rp, rp->r_loyear = ZIC_MAX; break; default: /* "cannot happen" */ - (void) fprintf(stderr, + fprintf(stderr, _("%s: panic: Invalid l_value %d\n"), progname, lp->l_value); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); @@ -1418,7 +1418,7 @@ rulesub(register struct rule *const rp, rp->r_hiyear = rp->r_loyear; break; default: /* "cannot happen" */ - (void) fprintf(stderr, + fprintf(stderr, _("%s: panic: Invalid l_value %d\n"), progname, lp->l_value); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); @@ -1514,7 +1514,7 @@ puttzcode(const int_fast32_t val, FILE *const fp) char buf[4]; convert(val, buf); - (void) fwrite(buf, sizeof buf, 1, fp); + fwrite(buf, sizeof buf, 1, fp); } static void @@ -1523,7 +1523,7 @@ puttzcode64(const zic_t val, FILE *const fp) char buf[8]; convert64(val, buf); - (void) fwrite(buf, sizeof buf, 1, fp); + fwrite(buf, sizeof buf, 1, fp); } static int @@ -1561,7 +1561,7 @@ writezone(const char *const name, const char *const string, char version) ** Sort. */ if (timecnt > 1) - (void) qsort(attypes, timecnt, sizeof *attypes, atcomp); + qsort(attypes, timecnt, sizeof *attypes, atcomp); /* ** Optimize. */ @@ -1637,14 +1637,14 @@ writezone(const char *const name, const char *const string, char version) } fullname = erealloc(fullname, strlen(directory) + 1 + strlen(name) + 1); - (void) sprintf(fullname, "%s/%s", directory, name); + sprintf(fullname, "%s/%s", directory, name); /* ** Remove old file, if any, to snap links. */ if (itsdir(fullname) <= 0 && remove(fullname) != 0 && errno != ENOENT) { const char *e = strerror(errno); - (void) fprintf(stderr, _("%s: Can't remove %s: %s\n"), + fprintf(stderr, _("%s: Can't remove %s: %s\n"), progname, fullname, e); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } @@ -1654,7 +1654,7 @@ writezone(const char *const name, const char *const string, char version) if ((fp = fopen(fullname, "wb")) == NULL) { const char *e = strerror(errno); - (void) fprintf(stderr, _("%s: Can't create %s: %s\n"), + fprintf(stderr, _("%s: Can't create %s: %s\n"), progname, fullname, e); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } @@ -1767,15 +1767,15 @@ writezone(const char *const name, const char *const string, char version) if (strcmp(&thischars[j], thisabbr) == 0) break; if (j == thischarcnt) { - (void) strcpy(&thischars[(int) thischarcnt], + strcpy(&thischars[(int) thischarcnt], thisabbr); thischarcnt += strlen(thisabbr) + 1; } indmap[abbrinds[i]] = j; } -#define DO(field) ((void) fwrite(tzh.field, sizeof tzh.field, 1, fp)) +#define DO(field) fwrite(tzh.field, sizeof tzh.field, 1, fp) tzh = tzh0; - (void) strncpy(tzh.tzh_magic, TZ_MAGIC, sizeof tzh.tzh_magic); + strncpy(tzh.tzh_magic, TZ_MAGIC, sizeof tzh.tzh_magic); tzh.tzh_version[0] = version; convert(thistypecnt, tzh.tzh_ttisgmtcnt); convert(thistypecnt, tzh.tzh_ttisstdcnt); @@ -1806,16 +1806,16 @@ writezone(const char *const name, const char *const string, char version) unsigned char uc; uc = typemap[types[i]]; - (void) fwrite(&uc, sizeof uc, 1, fp); + fwrite(&uc, sizeof uc, 1, fp); } for (i = 0; i < typecnt; ++i) if (writetype[i]) { puttzcode(gmtoffs[i], fp); - (void) putc(isdsts[i], fp); - (void) putc((unsigned char) indmap[abbrinds[i]], fp); + putc(isdsts[i], fp); + putc((unsigned char) indmap[abbrinds[i]], fp); } if (thischarcnt != 0) - (void) fwrite(thischars, sizeof thischars[0], + fwrite(thischars, sizeof thischars[0], thischarcnt, fp); for (i = thisleapi; i < thisleaplim; ++i) { register zic_t todo; @@ -1844,14 +1844,14 @@ writezone(const char *const name, const char *const string, char version) } for (i = 0; i < typecnt; ++i) if (writetype[i]) - (void) putc(ttisstds[i], fp); + putc(ttisstds[i], fp); for (i = 0; i < typecnt; ++i) if (writetype[i]) - (void) putc(ttisgmts[i], fp); + putc(ttisgmts[i], fp); } - (void) fprintf(fp, "\n%s\n", string); + fprintf(fp, "\n%s\n", string); if (ferror(fp) || fclose(fp)) { - (void) fprintf(stderr, _("%s: Error writing %s\n"), + fprintf(stderr, _("%s: Error writing %s\n"), progname, fullname); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } @@ -1869,13 +1869,13 @@ doabbr(char *const abbr, const char *const format, const char *const letters, slashp = strchr(format, '/'); if (slashp == NULL) { if (letters == NULL) - (void) strcpy(abbr, format); - else (void) sprintf(abbr, format, letters); + strcpy(abbr, format); + else sprintf(abbr, format, letters); } else if (isdst) { - (void) strcpy(abbr, slashp + 1); + strcpy(abbr, slashp + 1); } else { if (slashp > format) - (void) strncpy(abbr, format, slashp - format); + strncpy(abbr, format, slashp - format); abbr[slashp - format] = '\0'; } if (!doquotes) @@ -1910,7 +1910,7 @@ stringoffset(char *result, zic_t offset) result[0] = '\0'; if (offset < 0) { - (void) strcpy(result, "-"); + strcpy(result, "-"); offset = -offset; } seconds = offset % SECSPERMIN; @@ -1922,11 +1922,11 @@ stringoffset(char *result, zic_t offset) result[0] = '\0'; return -1; } - (void) sprintf(end(result), "%d", hours); + sprintf(end(result), "%d", hours); if (minutes != 0 || seconds != 0) { - (void) sprintf(end(result), ":%02d", minutes); + sprintf(end(result), ":%02d", minutes); if (seconds != 0) - (void) sprintf(end(result), ":%02d", seconds); + sprintf(end(result), ":%02d", seconds); } return 0; } @@ -1949,9 +1949,9 @@ stringrule(char *result, const struct rule *const rp, const zic_t dstoff, total += len_months[0][month]; /* Omit the "J" in Jan and Feb, as that's shorter. */ if (rp->r_month <= 1) - (void) sprintf(result, "%d", total + rp->r_dayofmonth - 1); + sprintf(result, "%d", total + rp->r_dayofmonth - 1); else - (void) sprintf(result, "J%d", total + rp->r_dayofmonth); + sprintf(result, "J%d", total + rp->r_dayofmonth); } else { register int week; register int wday = rp->r_wday; @@ -1978,7 +1978,7 @@ stringrule(char *result, const struct rule *const rp, const zic_t dstoff, } else return -1; /* "cannot happen" */ if (wday < 0) wday += DAYSPERWEEK; - (void) sprintf(result, "M%d.%d.%d", + sprintf(result, "M%d.%d.%d", rp->r_month + 1, week, wday); } if (rp->r_todisgmt) @@ -1986,7 +1986,7 @@ stringrule(char *result, const struct rule *const rp, const zic_t dstoff, if (rp->r_todisstd && rp->r_stdoff == 0) tod += dstoff; if (tod != 2 * SECSPERMIN * MINSPERHOUR) { - (void) strcat(result, "/"); + strcat(result, "/"); if (stringoffset(end(result), tod) != 0) return -1; if (tod < 0) { @@ -2108,7 +2108,7 @@ stringzone(char *result, const struct zone *const zpfirst, const int zonecount) result[0] = '\0'; return -1; } - (void) strcat(result, ","); + strcat(result, ","); c = stringrule(result, dstrp, dstrp->r_stdoff, zp->z_gmtoff); if (c < 0) { result[0] = '\0'; @@ -2116,7 +2116,7 @@ stringzone(char *result, const struct zone *const zpfirst, const int zonecount) } if (compat < c) compat = c; - (void) strcat(result, ","); + strcat(result, ","); c = stringrule(result, stdrp, dstrp->r_stdoff, zp->z_gmtoff); if (c < 0) { result[0] = '\0'; @@ -2383,7 +2383,7 @@ outzone(const struct zone * const zpfirst, const int zonecount) zp->z_format != NULL && strchr(zp->z_format, '%') == NULL && strchr(zp->z_format, '/') == NULL) - (void) strcpy(startbuf, zp->z_format); + strcpy(startbuf, zp->z_format); eat(zp->z_filename, zp->z_linenum); if (*startbuf == '\0') error(_("can't determine time zone abbreviation to use just after until time")); @@ -2460,7 +2460,7 @@ addtt(const zic_t starttime, int type) ttisstds[0] = ttisstds[type]; ttisgmts[0] = ttisgmts[type]; if (abbrinds[type] != 0) - (void) strcpy(chars, &chars[abbrinds[type]]); + strcpy(chars, &chars[abbrinds[type]]); abbrinds[0] = 0; charcnt = strlen(chars) + 1; typecnt = 1; @@ -2583,7 +2583,7 @@ yearistype(const int year, const char *const type) if (type == NULL || *type == '\0') return TRUE; buf = erealloc(buf, 132 + strlen(yitcommand) + strlen(type)); - (void) sprintf(buf, "%s %d %s", yitcommand, year, type); + sprintf(buf, "%s %d %s", yitcommand, year, type); result = system(buf); if (WIFEXITED(result)) switch (WEXITSTATUS(result)) { case 0: @@ -2592,7 +2592,7 @@ yearistype(const int year, const char *const type) return FALSE; } error(_("Wild result from command execution")); - (void) fprintf(stderr, _("%s: command was '%s', result was %d\n"), + fprintf(stderr, _("%s: command was '%s', result was %d\n"), progname, buf, result); for ( ; ; ) exit(EXIT_FAILURE); @@ -2888,7 +2888,7 @@ mp = _("time zone abbreviation differs from POSIX standard"); error(_("too many, or too long, time zone abbreviations")); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } - (void) strcpy(&chars[charcnt], string); + strcpy(&chars[charcnt], string); charcnt += i; } @@ -2920,7 +2920,7 @@ mkdirs(char *argname) if (mkdir(name, MKDIR_UMASK) != 0) { int err = errno; if (itsdir(name) <= 0) { - (void) fprintf(stderr, + fprintf(stderr, _("%s: Can't create directory" " %s: %s\n"), progname, name, strerror(err)); -- 1.9.1

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[PROPOSED PATCH] Use bool for boolean.
by Paul Eggert Aug. 20, 2014

Aug. 20, 2014

The tz source code predates C99 and so used int, 0 and 1 for boolean, but nowadays bool is available and makes the code clearer. Include backwards-compatibility definitions for pre-C99 platforms, and don't go beyond what the backwards-compatibility defintions support. * date.c (main, reset, sametm, convert, checkfinal, iffy, netsettime): * localtime.c (struct ttinfo, struct state, gmt_is_set) (differ_by_repeat, tzload, typesequiv, getoffset, transtime) (tzparse, gmtload, tzsetwall_unlocked, tzset_unlocked, gmtcheck) (localtime_tzset, timesub, increment_overflow) (increment_overflow32, increment_overflow_time) (normalize_overflow, normalize_overflow32, time2sub, time2) (time1): * strftime.c (_fmt, _yconv, _loc): * zdump.c (warned, errout, is_alpha, my_localtime, abbrok) (main, hunt, show): * zic.c (struct rule, errors, warnings, leapseen, noise) (leap_types, ttisstds, ttisgmts, error, warning, main, dolink) (associate, infile, gethms, inzone, inzcont, inzsub, inleap) (rulesub, is32, writezone, doabbr, stringoffset, stringrule) (stringzone, outzone, addtype, leapadd, yearistype, is_space) (is_alpha, ciequal, itsabbr, mkdirs): Use bool for boolean. * localtime.c (tzload, tzparse): * zic.c (stringoffset, mkdirs): Return true for success and false for failure instead of 0 and -1. All callers changed. * private.h, zdump.c (TRUE, FALSE): Remove, replacing by ... (true, false, bool): Define by <stdbool.h> if C99 or later, by macros otherwise. * tzfile.h: Remove mention of TRUE and FALSE from commentary. * zic.c (addtype): Remove now-unnecessary checks that a bool is a boolean. --- date.c | 63 +++++++-------- localtime.c | 193 ++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------- private.h | 14 ++-- strftime.c | 26 +++--- tzfile.h | 8 +- zdump.c | 58 +++++++------- zic.c | 262 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------------- 7 files changed, 304 insertions(+), 320 deletions(-) diff --git a/date.c b/date.c index c2a39f2..c8fab75 100644 --- a/date.c +++ b/date.c @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ extern char * tzname[2]; static int retval = EXIT_SUCCESS; -static void checkfinal(const char *, int, time_t, time_t); +static void checkfinal(char const *, bool, time_t, time_t); static time_t convert(const char *, int, time_t); static void display(const char *, time_t); static void dogmt(void); @@ -75,12 +75,12 @@ main(const int argc, char *argv[]) register const char * value; register const char * cp; register int ch; - register int dousg; - register int aflag = 0; - register int dflag = 0; - register int nflag = 0; - register int tflag = 0; - register int rflag = 0; + register bool dousg; + register bool aflag = false; + register bool dflag = false; + register bool nflag = false; + register bool tflag = false; + register bool rflag = false; register int minuteswest; register int dsttime; register double adjust; @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ main(const int argc, char *argv[]) _("date: error: multiple -r's used")); usage(); } - rflag = 1; + rflag = true; errno = 0; secs = strtoimax (optarg, &endarg, 0); if (*endarg || optarg == endarg) @@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ main(const int argc, char *argv[]) t = secs; break; case 'n': /* don't set network */ - nflag = 1; + nflag = true; break; case 'd': /* daylight saving time */ if (dflag) { @@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ main(const int argc, char *argv[]) _("date: error: multiple -d's used")); usage(); } - dflag = 1; + dflag = true; cp = optarg; dsttime = atoi(cp); if (*cp == '\0' || *nondigit(cp) != '\0') @@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ main(const int argc, char *argv[]) _("date: error: multiple -t's used")); usage(); } - tflag = 1; + tflag = true; cp = optarg; minuteswest = atoi(cp); if (*cp == '+' || *cp == '-') @@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ main(const int argc, char *argv[]) _("date: error: multiple -a's used")); usage(); } - aflag = 1; + aflag = true; cp = optarg; adjust = atof(cp); if (*cp == '+' || *cp == '-') @@ -208,9 +208,9 @@ _("date: error: multiple values in command line\n")); ** even if time_t's range all the way back to the thirteenth ** century. Do not change the order. */ - t = convert(value, (dousg = TRUE), now); + t = convert(value, (dousg = true), now); if (t == -1) - t = convert(value, (dousg = FALSE), now); + t = convert(value, (dousg = false), now); if (t == -1) { /* ** Out of range values, @@ -231,9 +231,9 @@ _("date: error: multiple values in command line\n")); _("out of range seconds given")); } dogmt(); - t = convert(value, FALSE, now); + t = convert(value, false, now); if (t == -1) - t = convert(value, TRUE, now); + t = convert(value, true, now); wildinput(_("time"), value, (t == -1) ? _("out of range value given") : @@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ dogmt(void) /*ARGSUSED*/ static void -reset(const time_t newt, const int nflag) +reset(time_t newt, bool nflag) { register int fid; time_t oldt; @@ -433,14 +433,14 @@ extern int logwtmp(); #endif /* HAVE_SETTIMEOFDAY == 1 */ #ifdef TSP_SETDATE -static int netsettime(struct timeval); +static bool netsettime(struct timeval); #endif #ifndef TSP_SETDATE /*ARGSUSED*/ #endif /* !defined TSP_SETDATE */ static void -reset(const time_t newt, const int nflag) +reset(time_t newt, bool nflag) { register const char * username; static struct timeval tv; /* static so tv_usec is 0 */ @@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ timeout(FILE *const fp, const char *const format, const struct tm *tmp) free(cp); } -static int +static bool sametm(register const struct tm *const atmp, register const struct tm *const btmp) { @@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ sametm(register const struct tm *const atmp, #define ATOI2(ar) (ar[0] - '0') * 10 + (ar[1] - '0'); ar += 2; static time_t -convert(register const char * const value, const int dousg, const time_t t) +convert(char const *value, bool dousg, time_t t) { register const char * cp; register const char * dotp; @@ -705,10 +705,7 @@ convert(register const char * const value, const int dousg, const time_t t) */ static void -checkfinal(const char * const value, - const int didusg, - const time_t t, - const time_t oldnow) +checkfinal(char const *value, bool didusg, time_t t, time_t oldnow) { time_t othert; struct tm tm, *tmp; @@ -776,7 +773,7 @@ iffy(const time_t thist, const time_t thatt, const char * const value, const char * const reason) { struct tm *tmp; - int dst; + bool dst; fprintf(stderr, _("date: warning: ambiguous time \"%s\", %s.\n"), value, reason); @@ -788,7 +785,7 @@ iffy(const time_t thist, const time_t thatt, %M\ %Y.%S\n"), tmp); tmp = localtime(&thist); - dst = tmp ? tmp->tm_isdst : 0; + dst = tmp && tmp->tm_isdst; timeout(stderr, _("to get %c"), tmp); fprintf(stderr, _(" (%s). Use\n"), dst ? _("summer time") : _("standard time")); @@ -797,7 +794,7 @@ iffy(const time_t thist, const time_t thatt, %M\ %Y.%S\n"), tmp); tmp = localtime(&thatt); - dst = tmp ? tmp->tm_isdst : 0; + dst = tmp && tmp->tm_isdst; timeout(stderr, _("to get %c"), tmp); fprintf(stderr, _(" (%s).\n"), dst ? _("summer time") : _("standard time")); @@ -815,9 +812,9 @@ iffy(const time_t thist, const time_t thatt, * If the timedaemon is in the master state, it performs the * correction on all slaves. If it is in the slave state, it * notifies the master that a correction is needed. - * Returns 1 on success, 0 on failure. + * Return true on success. */ -static int +static bool netsettime(struct timeval ntv) { int s, length, port, timed_ack, found, err, waittime; @@ -832,7 +829,7 @@ netsettime(struct timeval ntv) if (! sp) { fputs(_("udp/timed: unknown service\n"), stderr); retval = 2; - return (0); + return false; } dest.sin_port = sp->s_port; dest.sin_family = AF_INET; @@ -915,7 +912,7 @@ loop: case TSP_DATEACK: lose(s); - return (1); + return true; default: fprintf(stderr, @@ -931,6 +928,6 @@ loop: bad: lose(s); retval = 2; - return (0); + return false; } #endif /* defined TSP_SETDATE */ diff --git a/localtime.c b/localtime.c index 58b3e6e..98faacd 100644 --- a/localtime.c +++ b/localtime.c @@ -92,10 +92,10 @@ static const char gmt[] = "GMT"; struct ttinfo { /* time type information */ int_fast32_t tt_gmtoff; /* UT offset in seconds */ - int tt_isdst; /* used to set tm_isdst */ + bool tt_isdst; /* used to set tm_isdst */ int tt_abbrind; /* abbreviation list index */ - int tt_ttisstd; /* TRUE if transition is std time */ - int tt_ttisgmt; /* TRUE if transition is UT */ + bool tt_ttisstd; /* transition is std time */ + bool tt_ttisgmt; /* transition is UT */ }; struct lsinfo { /* leap second information */ @@ -117,8 +117,8 @@ struct state { int timecnt; int typecnt; int charcnt; - int goback; - int goahead; + bool goback; + bool goahead; time_t ats[TZ_MAX_TIMES]; unsigned char types[TZ_MAX_TIMES]; struct ttinfo ttis[TZ_MAX_TYPES]; @@ -141,13 +141,13 @@ struct rule { #define MONTH_NTH_DAY_OF_WEEK 2 /* Mm.n.d = month, week, day of week */ static struct tm *gmtsub(time_t const *, int_fast32_t, struct tm *); -static int increment_overflow(int *, int); -static int increment_overflow_time(time_t *, int_fast32_t); -static int normalize_overflow32(int_fast32_t *, int *, int); +static bool increment_overflow(int *, int); +static bool increment_overflow_time(time_t *, int_fast32_t); +static bool normalize_overflow32(int_fast32_t *, int *, int); static struct tm *timesub(time_t const *, int_fast32_t, struct state const *, struct tm *); -static int typesequiv(struct state const *, int, int); -static int tzparse(char const *, struct state *, int); +static bool typesequiv(struct state const *, int, int); +static bool tzparse(char const *, struct state *, bool); #ifdef ALL_STATE static struct state * lclptr; @@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ static struct state gmtmem; static char lcl_TZname[TZ_STRLEN_MAX + 1]; static int VOLATILE lcl_is_set; -static int VOLATILE gmt_is_set; +static bool VOLATILE gmt_is_set; char * tzname[2] = { (char *) wildabbr, @@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ settzname(void) } } -static int +static bool differ_by_repeat(const time_t t1, const time_t t0) { if (TYPE_BIT(time_t) - TYPE_SIGNED(time_t) < SECSPERREPEAT_BITS) @@ -289,9 +289,9 @@ differ_by_repeat(const time_t t1, const time_t t0) return t1 - t0 == SECSPERREPEAT; } -static int +static bool tzload(register const char *name, register struct state *const sp, - register const int doextend) + bool doextend) { register const char * p; register int i; @@ -322,12 +322,12 @@ tzload(register const char *name, register struct state *const sp, }; register char *fullname; register u_t *up; - register int doaccess; + register bool doaccess; register union local_storage *lsp; #ifdef ALL_STATE lsp = malloc(sizeof *lsp); if (!lsp) - return -1; + return false; #else /* !defined ALL_STATE */ union local_storage ls; lsp = &ls; @@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ tzload(register const char *name, register struct state *const sp, fullname = lsp->fullname; up = &lsp->u.u; - sp->goback = sp->goahead = FALSE; + sp->goback = sp->goahead = false; if (! name) { name = TZDEFAULT; @@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ tzload(register const char *name, register struct state *const sp, strcat(fullname, name); /* Set doaccess if '.' (as in "../") shows up in name. */ if (strchr(name, '.')) - doaccess = TRUE; + doaccess = true; name = fullname; } if (doaccess && access(name, R_OK) != 0) @@ -475,12 +475,11 @@ tzload(register const char *name, register struct state *const sp, ttisp = &sp->ttis[i]; if (ttisstdcnt == 0) - ttisp->tt_ttisstd = FALSE; + ttisp->tt_ttisstd = false; else { - ttisp->tt_ttisstd = *p++; - if (ttisp->tt_ttisstd != TRUE && - ttisp->tt_ttisstd != FALSE) + if (*p != true && *p != false) goto oops; + ttisp->tt_ttisstd = *p++; } } for (i = 0; i < sp->typecnt; ++i) { @@ -488,12 +487,11 @@ tzload(register const char *name, register struct state *const sp, ttisp = &sp->ttis[i]; if (ttisgmtcnt == 0) - ttisp->tt_ttisgmt = FALSE; + ttisp->tt_ttisgmt = false; else { - ttisp->tt_ttisgmt = *p++; - if (ttisp->tt_ttisgmt != TRUE && - ttisp->tt_ttisgmt != FALSE) + if (*p != true && *p != false) goto oops; + ttisp->tt_ttisgmt = *p++; } } /* @@ -514,12 +512,11 @@ tzload(register const char *name, register struct state *const sp, up->buf[0] == '\n' && up->buf[nread - 1] == '\n' && sp->typecnt + 2 <= TZ_MAX_TYPES) { struct state *ts = &lsp->u.st; - register int result; up->buf[nread - 1] = '\0'; - result = tzparse(&up->buf[1], ts, FALSE); - if (result == 0 && ts->typecnt == 2 && - sp->charcnt + ts->charcnt <= TZ_MAX_CHARS) { + if (tzparse(&up->buf[1], ts, false) + && ts->typecnt == 2 + && sp->charcnt + ts->charcnt <= TZ_MAX_CHARS) { for (i = 0; i < 2; ++i) ts->ttis[i].tt_abbrind += sp->charcnt; @@ -549,7 +546,7 @@ tzload(register const char *name, register struct state *const sp, for (i = 1; i < sp->timecnt; ++i) if (typesequiv(sp, sp->types[i], sp->types[0]) && differ_by_repeat(sp->ats[i], sp->ats[0])) { - sp->goback = TRUE; + sp->goback = true; break; } for (i = sp->timecnt - 2; i >= 0; --i) @@ -557,7 +554,7 @@ tzload(register const char *name, register struct state *const sp, sp->types[i]) && differ_by_repeat(sp->ats[sp->timecnt - 1], sp->ats[i])) { - sp->goahead = TRUE; + sp->goahead = true; break; } } @@ -598,23 +595,23 @@ tzload(register const char *name, register struct state *const sp, #ifdef ALL_STATE free(up); #endif /* defined ALL_STATE */ - return 0; + return true; oops: #ifdef ALL_STATE free(up); #endif /* defined ALL_STATE */ - return -1; + return false; } -static int +static bool typesequiv(const struct state *const sp, const int a, const int b) { - register int result; + register bool result; if (sp == NULL || a < 0 || a >= sp->typecnt || b < 0 || b >= sp->typecnt) - result = FALSE; + result = false; else { register const struct ttinfo * ap = &sp->ttis[a]; register const struct ttinfo * bp = &sp->ttis[b]; @@ -752,10 +749,10 @@ getsecs(register const char *strp, int_fast32_t *const secsp) static const char * getoffset(register const char *strp, int_fast32_t *const offsetp) { - register int neg = 0; + register bool neg = false; if (*strp == '-') { - neg = 1; + neg = true; ++strp; } else if (*strp == '+') ++strp; @@ -829,7 +826,7 @@ static int_fast32_t ATTRIBUTE_PURE transtime(const int year, register const struct rule *const rulep, const int_fast32_t offset) { - register int leapyear; + register bool leapyear; register int_fast32_t value; register int i; int d, m1, yy0, yy1, yy2, dow; @@ -916,9 +913,9 @@ transtime(const int year, register const struct rule *const rulep, ** appropriate. */ -static int +static bool tzparse(const char *name, register struct state *const sp, - const int lastditch) + bool lastditch) { const char * stdname; const char * dstname; @@ -927,7 +924,7 @@ tzparse(const char *name, register struct state *const sp, int_fast32_t stdoffset; int_fast32_t dstoffset; register char * cp; - register int load_result; + register bool load_ok; static struct ttinfo zttinfo; stdname = name; @@ -943,7 +940,7 @@ tzparse(const char *name, register struct state *const sp, stdname = name; name = getqzname(name, '>'); if (*name != '>') - return (-1); + return false; stdlen = name - stdname; name++; } else { @@ -951,20 +948,20 @@ tzparse(const char *name, register struct state *const sp, stdlen = name - stdname; } if (*name == '\0') - return -1; + return false; name = getoffset(name, &stdoffset); if (name == NULL) - return -1; + return false; } - load_result = tzload(TZDEFRULES, sp, FALSE); - if (load_result != 0) + load_ok = tzload(TZDEFRULES, sp, false); + if (!load_ok) sp->leapcnt = 0; /* so, we're off a little */ if (*name != '\0') { if (*name == '<') { dstname = ++name; name = getqzname(name, '>'); if (*name != '>') - return -1; + return false; dstlen = name - dstname; name++; } else { @@ -975,9 +972,9 @@ tzparse(const char *name, register struct state *const sp, if (*name != '\0' && *name != ',' && *name != ';') { name = getoffset(name, &dstoffset); if (name == NULL) - return -1; + return false; } else dstoffset = stdoffset - SECSPERHOUR; - if (*name == '\0' && load_result != 0) + if (*name == '\0' && !load_ok) name = TZDEFRULESTRING; if (*name == ',' || *name == ';') { struct rule start; @@ -989,23 +986,23 @@ tzparse(const char *name, register struct state *const sp, ++name; if ((name = getrule(name, &start)) == NULL) - return -1; + return false; if (*name++ != ',') - return -1; + return false; if ((name = getrule(name, &end)) == NULL) - return -1; + return false; if (*name != '\0') - return -1; + return false; sp->typecnt = 2; /* standard time and DST */ /* ** Two transitions per year, from EPOCH_YEAR forward. */ sp->ttis[0] = sp->ttis[1] = zttinfo; sp->ttis[0].tt_gmtoff = -dstoffset; - sp->ttis[0].tt_isdst = 1; + sp->ttis[0].tt_isdst = true; sp->ttis[0].tt_abbrind = stdlen + 1; sp->ttis[1].tt_gmtoff = -stdoffset; - sp->ttis[1].tt_isdst = 0; + sp->ttis[1].tt_isdst = false; sp->ttis[1].tt_abbrind = 0; sp->defaulttype = 0; timecnt = 0; @@ -1018,7 +1015,7 @@ tzparse(const char *name, register struct state *const sp, int_fast32_t yearsecs = (year_lengths[isleap(year)] * SECSPERDAY); - int reversed = endtime < starttime; + bool reversed = endtime < starttime; if (reversed) { int_fast32_t swap = starttime; starttime = endtime; @@ -1053,12 +1050,12 @@ tzparse(const char *name, register struct state *const sp, register int_fast32_t theirstdoffset; register int_fast32_t theirdstoffset; register int_fast32_t theiroffset; - register int isdst; + register bool isdst; register int i; register int j; if (*name != '\0') - return -1; + return false; /* ** Initial values of theirstdoffset and theirdstoffset. */ @@ -1083,7 +1080,7 @@ tzparse(const char *name, register struct state *const sp, /* ** Initially we're assumed to be in standard time. */ - isdst = FALSE; + isdst = false; theiroffset = theirstdoffset; /* ** Now juggle transition times and types @@ -1127,10 +1124,10 @@ tzparse(const char *name, register struct state *const sp, */ sp->ttis[0] = sp->ttis[1] = zttinfo; sp->ttis[0].tt_gmtoff = -stdoffset; - sp->ttis[0].tt_isdst = FALSE; + sp->ttis[0].tt_isdst = false; sp->ttis[0].tt_abbrind = 0; sp->ttis[1].tt_gmtoff = -dstoffset; - sp->ttis[1].tt_isdst = TRUE; + sp->ttis[1].tt_isdst = true; sp->ttis[1].tt_abbrind = stdlen + 1; sp->typecnt = 2; sp->defaulttype = 0; @@ -1141,7 +1138,7 @@ tzparse(const char *name, register struct state *const sp, sp->timecnt = 0; sp->ttis[0] = zttinfo; sp->ttis[0].tt_gmtoff = -stdoffset; - sp->ttis[0].tt_isdst = 0; + sp->ttis[0].tt_isdst = false; sp->ttis[0].tt_abbrind = 0; sp->defaulttype = 0; } @@ -1149,7 +1146,7 @@ tzparse(const char *name, register struct state *const sp, if (dstlen != 0) sp->charcnt += dstlen + 1; if ((size_t) sp->charcnt > sizeof sp->chars) - return -1; + return false; cp = sp->chars; strncpy(cp, stdname, stdlen); cp += stdlen; @@ -1158,14 +1155,14 @@ tzparse(const char *name, register struct state *const sp, strncpy(cp, dstname, dstlen); *(cp + dstlen) = '\0'; } - return 0; + return true; } static void gmtload(struct state *const sp) { - if (tzload(gmt, sp, TRUE) != 0) - tzparse(gmt, sp, TRUE); + if (! tzload(gmt, sp, true)) + tzparse(gmt, sp, true); } static void @@ -1177,7 +1174,7 @@ tzsetwall_unlocked(void) if (! lclptr) lclptr = malloc(sizeof *lclptr); #endif - if (lclptr && tzload(NULL, lclptr, TRUE) != 0) + if (lclptr && ! tzload(NULL, lclptr, true)) gmtload(lclptr); settzname(); lcl_is_set = -1; @@ -1197,7 +1194,7 @@ tzsetwall(void) static void tzset_unlocked(void) { - int shortname; + bool shortname; register char const *name = getenv("TZ"); if (!name) { @@ -1221,12 +1218,12 @@ tzset_unlocked(void) lclptr->leapcnt = 0; /* so, we're off a little */ lclptr->timecnt = 0; lclptr->typecnt = 0; - lclptr->ttis[0].tt_isdst = 0; + lclptr->ttis[0].tt_isdst = false; lclptr->ttis[0].tt_gmtoff = 0; lclptr->ttis[0].tt_abbrind = 0; strcpy(lclptr->chars, gmt); - } else if (tzload(name, lclptr, TRUE) != 0) - if (name[0] == ':' || tzparse(name, lclptr, FALSE) != 0) + } else if (! tzload(name, lclptr, true)) + if (name[0] == ':' || ! tzparse(name, lclptr, false)) gmtload(lclptr); } settzname(); @@ -1252,7 +1249,7 @@ gmtcheck(void) #endif if (gmtptr) gmtload(gmtptr); - gmt_is_set = TRUE; + gmt_is_set = true; } /* @@ -1342,7 +1339,7 @@ localsub(const time_t *const timep, const int_fast32_t offset, } static struct tm * -localtime_tzset(time_t const *timep, struct tm *tmp, int skip_tzset) +localtime_tzset(time_t const *timep, struct tm *tmp, bool skip_tzset) { int err = lock(); if (err) { @@ -1461,11 +1458,11 @@ timesub(const time_t *const timep, const int_fast32_t offset, int y; register const int * ip; register int_fast64_t corr; - register int hit; + register bool hit; register int i; corr = 0; - hit = 0; + hit = false; i = (sp == NULL) ? 0 : sp->leapcnt; while (--i >= 0) { lp = &sp->lsis[i]; @@ -1614,7 +1611,7 @@ ctime_r(const time_t *const timep, char *buf) ** Normalize logic courtesy Paul Eggert. */ -static int +static bool increment_overflow(int *const ip, int j) { register int const i = *ip; @@ -1626,23 +1623,23 @@ increment_overflow(int *const ip, int j) ** or if j < INT_MIN - i; given i < 0, INT_MIN - i cannot overflow. */ if ((i >= 0) ? (j > INT_MAX - i) : (j < INT_MIN - i)) - return TRUE; + return true; *ip += j; - return FALSE; + return false; } -static int +static bool increment_overflow32(int_fast32_t *const lp, int const m) { register int_fast32_t const l = *lp; if ((l >= 0) ? (m > INT_FAST32_MAX - l) : (m < INT_FAST32_MIN - l)) - return TRUE; + return true; *lp += m; - return FALSE; + return false; } -static int +static bool increment_overflow_time(time_t *tp, int_fast32_t j) { /* @@ -1653,12 +1650,12 @@ increment_overflow_time(time_t *tp, int_fast32_t j) if (! (j < 0 ? (TYPE_SIGNED(time_t) ? time_t_min - j <= *tp : -1 - j < *tp) : *tp <= time_t_max - j)) - return TRUE; + return true; *tp += j; - return FALSE; + return false; } -static int +static bool normalize_overflow(int *const tensptr, int *const unitsptr, const int base) { register int tensdelta; @@ -1670,7 +1667,7 @@ normalize_overflow(int *const tensptr, int *const unitsptr, const int base) return increment_overflow(tensptr, tensdelta); } -static int +static bool normalize_overflow32(int_fast32_t *const tensptr, int *const unitsptr, const int base) { @@ -1703,8 +1700,8 @@ static time_t time2sub(struct tm *const tmp, struct tm *(*const funcp)(const time_t *, int_fast32_t, struct tm *), const int_fast32_t offset, - int *const okayp, - const int do_norm_secs) + bool *okayp, + bool do_norm_secs) { register const struct state * sp; register int dir; @@ -1718,7 +1715,7 @@ time2sub(struct tm *const tmp, time_t t; struct tm yourtm, mytm; - *okayp = FALSE; + *okayp = false; yourtm = *tmp; if (do_norm_secs) { if (normalize_overflow(&yourtm.tm_min, &yourtm.tm_sec, @@ -1871,7 +1868,7 @@ label: return WRONG; t = newt; if ((*funcp)(&t, offset, tmp)) - *okayp = TRUE; + *okayp = true; return t; } @@ -1879,7 +1876,7 @@ static time_t time2(struct tm * const tmp, struct tm * (*const funcp)(const time_t *, int_fast32_t, struct tm *), const int_fast32_t offset, - int *const okayp) + bool *okayp) { time_t t; @@ -1888,8 +1885,8 @@ time2(struct tm * const tmp, ** (in case tm_sec contains a value associated with a leap second). ** If that fails, try with normalization of seconds. */ - t = time2sub(tmp, funcp, offset, okayp, FALSE); - return *okayp ? t : time2sub(tmp, funcp, offset, okayp, TRUE); + t = time2sub(tmp, funcp, offset, okayp, false); + return *okayp ? t : time2sub(tmp, funcp, offset, okayp, true); } static time_t @@ -1905,7 +1902,7 @@ time1(struct tm *const tmp, register int nseen; char seen[TZ_MAX_TYPES]; unsigned char types[TZ_MAX_TYPES]; - int okay; + bool okay; if (tmp == NULL) { errno = EINVAL; @@ -1935,11 +1932,11 @@ time1(struct tm *const tmp, if (sp == NULL) return WRONG; for (i = 0; i < sp->typecnt; ++i) - seen[i] = FALSE; + seen[i] = false; nseen = 0; for (i = sp->timecnt - 1; i >= 0; --i) if (!seen[sp->types[i]]) { - seen[sp->types[i]] = TRUE; + seen[sp->types[i]] = true; types[nseen++] = sp->types[i]; } for (sameind = 0; sameind < nseen; ++sameind) { diff --git a/private.h b/private.h index 2389e37..529b1dc 100644 --- a/private.h +++ b/private.h @@ -365,13 +365,13 @@ const char * scheck(const char * string, const char * format); ** Finally, some convenience items. */ -#ifndef TRUE -#define TRUE 1 -#endif /* !defined TRUE */ - -#ifndef FALSE -#define FALSE 0 -#endif /* !defined FALSE */ +#if __STDC_VERSION__ < 199901 +# define true 1 +# define false 0 +# define bool int +#else +# include <stdbool.h> +#endif #ifndef TYPE_BIT #define TYPE_BIT(type) (sizeof (type) * CHAR_BIT) diff --git a/strftime.c b/strftime.c index 259c90a..8f75499 100644 --- a/strftime.c +++ b/strftime.c @@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ static char * _add(const char *, char *, const char *); static char * _conv(int, const char *, char *, const char *); static char * _fmt(const char *, const struct tm *, char *, const char *, int *); -static char * _yconv(int, int, int, int, char *, const char *); +static char * _yconv(int, int, bool, bool, char *, char const *); extern char * tzname[]; @@ -193,8 +193,8 @@ label: ** something completely different. ** (ado, 1993-05-24) */ - pt = _yconv(t->tm_year, TM_YEAR_BASE, 1, 0, - pt, ptlim); + pt = _yconv(t->tm_year, TM_YEAR_BASE, + true, false, pt, ptlim); continue; case 'c': { @@ -422,9 +422,11 @@ label: pt, ptlim); else if (*format == 'g') { *warnp = IN_ALL; - pt = _yconv(year, base, 0, 1, + pt = _yconv(year, base, + false, true, pt, ptlim); - } else pt = _yconv(year, base, 1, 1, + } else pt = _yconv(year, base, + true, true, pt, ptlim); } continue; @@ -462,11 +464,13 @@ label: continue; case 'y': *warnp = IN_ALL; - pt = _yconv(t->tm_year, TM_YEAR_BASE, 0, 1, + pt = _yconv(t->tm_year, TM_YEAR_BASE, + false, true, pt, ptlim); continue; case 'Y': - pt = _yconv(t->tm_year, TM_YEAR_BASE, 1, 1, + pt = _yconv(t->tm_year, TM_YEAR_BASE, + true, true, pt, ptlim); continue; case 'Z': @@ -585,7 +589,7 @@ _add(const char *str, char *pt, const char *const ptlim) */ static char * -_yconv(const int a, const int b, const int convert_top, const int convert_yy, +_yconv(int a, int b, bool convert_top, bool convert_yy, char *pt, const char *const ptlim) { register int lead; @@ -621,7 +625,7 @@ _loc(void) static char * locale_buf; int fd; - int oldsun; /* "...ain't got nothin' to do..." */ + bool oldsun; /* "...ain't got nothin' to do..." */ char * lbuf; char * name; char * p; @@ -659,14 +663,14 @@ _loc(void) if (sizeof filename < ((sizeof locale_home) + namesize + (sizeof lc_time))) goto no_locale; - oldsun = 0; + oldsun = false; sprintf(filename, "%s/%s/%s", locale_home, name, lc_time); fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY); if (fd < 0) { /* ** Old Sun systems have a different naming and data convention. */ - oldsun = 1; + oldsun = true; sprintf(filename, "%s/%s/%s", locale_home, lc_time, name); fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY); diff --git a/tzfile.h b/tzfile.h index 150f956..ebecd68 100644 --- a/tzfile.h +++ b/tzfile.h @@ -62,13 +62,13 @@ struct tzhead { ** tzh_leapcnt repetitions of ** one (char [4]) coded leap second transition times ** one (char [4]) total correction after above -** tzh_ttisstdcnt (char)s indexed by type; if TRUE, transition -** time is standard time, if FALSE, +** tzh_ttisstdcnt (char)s indexed by type; if 1, transition +** time is standard time, if 0, ** transition time is wall clock time ** if absent, transition times are ** assumed to be wall clock time -** tzh_ttisgmtcnt (char)s indexed by type; if TRUE, transition -** time is UT, if FALSE, +** tzh_ttisgmtcnt (char)s indexed by type; if 1, transition +** time is UT, if 0, ** transition time is local time ** if absent, transition times are ** assumed to be local time diff --git a/zdump.c b/zdump.c index 070ad3c..f476621 100644 --- a/zdump.c +++ b/zdump.c @@ -89,13 +89,13 @@ typedef long intmax_t; #define MAX_STRING_LENGTH 1024 #endif /* !defined MAX_STRING_LENGTH */ -#ifndef TRUE -#define TRUE 1 -#endif /* !defined TRUE */ - -#ifndef FALSE -#define FALSE 0 -#endif /* !defined FALSE */ +#if __STDC_VERSION__ < 199901 +# define true 1 +# define false 0 +# define bool int +#else +# include <stdbool.h> +#endif #ifndef EXIT_SUCCESS #define EXIT_SUCCESS 0 @@ -209,24 +209,24 @@ static time_t const absolute_max_time = : -1); static size_t longest; static char * progname; -static int warned; -static int errout; +static bool warned; +static bool errout; static char *abbr(struct tm *); static intmax_t delta(struct tm *, struct tm *) ATTRIBUTE_PURE; static void dumptime(struct tm const *); static time_t hunt(char *, time_t, time_t); -static void show(char *, time_t, int); +static void show(char *, time_t, bool); static const char *tformat(void); static time_t yeartot(intmax_t) ATTRIBUTE_PURE; /* Is A an alphabetic character in the C locale? */ -static int +static bool is_alpha(char a) { switch (a) { default: - return 0; + return false; case 'A': case 'B': case 'C': case 'D': case 'E': case 'F': case 'G': case 'H': case 'I': case 'J': case 'K': case 'L': case 'M': case 'N': case 'O': case 'P': case 'Q': case 'R': case 'S': case 'T': case 'U': @@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ is_alpha(char a) case 'h': case 'i': case 'j': case 'k': case 'l': case 'm': case 'n': case 'o': case 'p': case 'q': case 'r': case 's': case 't': case 'u': case 'v': case 'w': case 'x': case 'y': case 'z': - return 1; + return true; } } @@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ my_localtime(time_t *tp) fprintf(stderr, " -> "); fprintf(stderr, tformat(), t); fprintf(stderr, "\n"); - errout = TRUE; + errout = true; } } return tmp; @@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ abbrok(const char *const abbrp, const char *const zone) fprintf(stderr, _("%s: warning: zone \"%s\" abbreviation \"%s\" %s\n"), progname, zone, abbrp, wp); - warned = errout = TRUE; + warned = errout = true; } static void @@ -342,8 +342,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { register int i; - register int vflag; - register int Vflag; + register bool vflag; + register bool Vflag; register char * cutarg; register char * cuttimes; register time_t cutlotime; @@ -374,14 +374,14 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) } else if (strcmp(argv[i], "--help") == 0) { usage(stdout, EXIT_SUCCESS); } - vflag = Vflag = 0; + vflag = Vflag = false; cutarg = cuttimes = NULL; for (;;) switch (getopt(argc, argv, "c:t:vV")) { case 'c': cutarg = optarg; break; case 't': cuttimes = optarg; break; - case 'v': vflag = 1; break; - case 'V': Vflag = 1; break; + case 'v': vflag = true; break; + case 'V': Vflag = true; break; case -1: if (! (optind == argc - 1 && strcmp(argv[optind], "=") == 0)) goto arg_processing_done; @@ -477,15 +477,15 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) strcpy(&fakeenv[0][3], argv[i]); if (! (vflag | Vflag)) { - show(argv[i], now, FALSE); + show(argv[i], now, false); continue; } - warned = FALSE; + warned = false; t = absolute_min_time; if (!Vflag) { - show(argv[i], t, TRUE); + show(argv[i], t, true); t += SECSPERDAY; - show(argv[i], t, TRUE); + show(argv[i], t, true); } if (t < cutlotime) t = cutlotime; @@ -523,9 +523,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) if (!Vflag) { t = absolute_max_time; t -= SECSPERDAY; - show(argv[i], t, TRUE); + show(argv[i], t, true); t += SECSPERDAY; - show(argv[i], t, TRUE); + show(argv[i], t, true); } } close_file(stdout, NULL); @@ -614,8 +614,8 @@ hunt(char *name, time_t lot, time_t hit) lotmp = tmp; } else hit = t; } - show(name, lot, TRUE); - show(name, hit, TRUE); + show(name, lot, true); + show(name, hit, true); return hit; } @@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ delta(struct tm * newp, struct tm *oldp) } static void -show(char *zone, time_t t, int v) +show(char *zone, time_t t, bool v) { register struct tm * tmp; diff --git a/zic.c b/zic.c index d230663..73ae17d 100644 --- a/zic.c +++ b/zic.c @@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ struct rule { zic_t r_loyear; /* for example, 1986 */ zic_t r_hiyear; /* for example, 1986 */ const char * r_yrtype; - int r_lowasnum; - int r_hiwasnum; + bool r_lowasnum; + bool r_hiwasnum; int r_month; /* 0..11 */ @@ -51,10 +51,10 @@ struct rule { int r_wday; zic_t r_tod; /* time from midnight */ - int r_todisstd; /* above is standard time if TRUE */ - /* or wall clock time if FALSE */ - int r_todisgmt; /* above is GMT if TRUE */ - /* or local time if FALSE */ + bool r_todisstd; /* above is standard time if 1 */ + /* or wall clock time if 0 */ + bool r_todisgmt; /* above is GMT if 1 */ + /* or local time if 0 */ zic_t r_stdoff; /* offset from standard time */ const char * r_abbrvar; /* variable part of abbreviation */ @@ -102,26 +102,25 @@ extern int optind; #endif static void addtt(zic_t starttime, int type); -static int addtype(zic_t gmtoff, const char * abbr, int isdst, - int ttisstd, int ttisgmt); -static void leapadd(zic_t t, int positive, int rolling, int count); +static int addtype(zic_t, char const *, bool, bool, bool); +static void leapadd(zic_t, bool, int, int); static void adjleap(void); static void associate(void); static void dolink(const char * fromfield, const char * tofield); static char ** getfields(char * buf); static zic_t gethms(const char * string, const char * errstring, - int signable); + bool); static void infile(const char * filename); static void inleap(char ** fields, int nfields); static void inlink(char ** fields, int nfields); static void inrule(char ** fields, int nfields); static int inzcont(char ** fields, int nfields); static int inzone(char ** fields, int nfields); -static int inzsub(char ** fields, int nfields, int iscont); +static bool inzsub(char **, int, bool); static int itsdir(const char * name); static int is_alpha(char a); static char lowerit(char); -static int mkdirs(char * filename); +static bool mkdirs(char *); static void newabbr(const char * abbr); static zic_t oadd(zic_t t1, zic_t t2); static void outzone(const struct zone * zp, int ntzones); @@ -134,11 +133,11 @@ static zic_t tadd(zic_t t1, zic_t t2); static int yearistype(int year, const char * type); static int charcnt; -static int errors; -static int warnings; +static bool errors; +static bool warnings; static const char * filename; static int leapcnt; -static int leapseen; +static bool leapseen; static zic_t leapminyear; static zic_t leapmaxyear; static int linenum; @@ -146,7 +145,7 @@ static int max_abbrvar_len; static int max_format_len; static zic_t max_year; static zic_t min_year; -static int noise; +static bool noise; static const char * rfilename; static int rlinenum; static const char * progname; @@ -322,8 +321,8 @@ static struct lookup const end_years[] = { }; static struct lookup const leap_types[] = { - { "Rolling", TRUE }, - { "Stationary", FALSE }, + { "Rolling", true }, + { "Stationary", false }, { NULL, 0 } }; @@ -343,8 +342,8 @@ static struct attype { static zic_t gmtoffs[TZ_MAX_TYPES]; static char isdsts[TZ_MAX_TYPES]; static unsigned char abbrinds[TZ_MAX_TYPES]; -static char ttisstds[TZ_MAX_TYPES]; -static char ttisgmts[TZ_MAX_TYPES]; +static bool ttisstds[TZ_MAX_TYPES]; +static bool ttisgmts[TZ_MAX_TYPES]; static char chars[TZ_MAX_CHARS]; static zic_t trans[TZ_MAX_LEAPS]; static zic_t corr[TZ_MAX_LEAPS]; @@ -439,7 +438,7 @@ error(const char *const string, ...) va_start(args, string); verror(string, args); va_end(args); - errors = 1; + errors = true; } static void ATTRIBUTE_FORMAT((printf, 1, 2)) @@ -450,7 +449,7 @@ warning(const char *const string, ...) va_start(args, string); verror(string, args); va_end(args); - warnings = 1; + warnings = true; } static void @@ -573,7 +572,7 @@ _("%s: More than one -L option specified\n"), } break; case 'v': - noise = TRUE; + noise = true; break; case 's': warning(_("-s ignored\n")); @@ -725,7 +724,7 @@ dolink(const char *const fromfield, const char *const tofield) if (link(fromname, toname) != 0) { int result; - if (mkdirs(toname) != 0) + if (! mkdirs(toname)) exit(EXIT_FAILURE); result = link(fromname, toname); @@ -914,7 +913,7 @@ associate(void) */ eat(zp->z_filename, zp->z_linenum); zp->z_stdoff = gethms(zp->z_rule, _("unruly zone"), - TRUE); + true); /* ** Note, though, that if there's no rule, ** a '%s' in the format is a bad thing. @@ -935,7 +934,7 @@ infile(const char *name) register char * cp; register const struct lookup * lp; register int nfields; - register int wantcont; + register bool wantcont; register int num; char buf[BUFSIZ]; @@ -949,7 +948,7 @@ infile(const char *name) progname, name, e); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } - wantcont = FALSE; + wantcont = false; for (num = 1; ; ++num) { eat(name, num); if (fgets(buf, sizeof buf, fp) != buf) @@ -980,14 +979,14 @@ infile(const char *name) else switch ((int) (lp->l_value)) { case LC_RULE: inrule(fields, nfields); - wantcont = FALSE; + wantcont = false; break; case LC_ZONE: wantcont = inzone(fields, nfields); break; case LC_LINK: inlink(fields, nfields); - wantcont = FALSE; + wantcont = false; break; case LC_LEAP: if (name != leapsec) @@ -995,7 +994,7 @@ infile(const char *name) _("%s: Leap line in non leap seconds file %s\n"), progname, name); else inleap(fields, nfields); - wantcont = FALSE; + wantcont = false; break; default: /* "cannot happen" */ fprintf(stderr, @@ -1020,7 +1019,7 @@ _("%s: panic: Invalid l_value %d\n"), */ static zic_t -gethms(const char *string, const char *const errstring, const int signable) +gethms(char const *string, char const *errstring, bool signable) { zic_t hh; int mm, ss, sign; @@ -1074,7 +1073,7 @@ inrule(register char **const fields, const int nfields) } r.r_filename = filename; r.r_linenum = linenum; - r.r_stdoff = gethms(fields[RF_STDOFF], _("invalid saved time"), TRUE); + r.r_stdoff = gethms(fields[RF_STDOFF], _("invalid saved time"), true); rulesub(&r, fields[RF_LOYEAR], fields[RF_HIYEAR], fields[RF_COMMAND], fields[RF_MONTH], fields[RF_DAY], fields[RF_TOD]); r.r_name = ecpyalloc(fields[RF_NAME]); @@ -1085,26 +1084,26 @@ inrule(register char **const fields, const int nfields) rules[nrules++] = r; } -static int +static bool inzone(register char **const fields, const int nfields) { register int i; if (nfields < ZONE_MINFIELDS || nfields > ZONE_MAXFIELDS) { error(_("wrong number of fields on Zone line")); - return FALSE; + return false; } if (strcmp(fields[ZF_NAME], TZDEFAULT) == 0 && lcltime != NULL) { error( _("\"Zone %s\" line and -l option are mutually exclusive"), TZDEFAULT); - return FALSE; + return false; } if (strcmp(fields[ZF_NAME], TZDEFRULES) == 0 && psxrules != NULL) { error( _("\"Zone %s\" line and -p option are mutually exclusive"), TZDEFRULES); - return FALSE; + return false; } for (i = 0; i < nzones; ++i) if (zones[i].z_name != NULL && @@ -1114,30 +1113,30 @@ _("duplicate zone name %s (file \"%s\", line %d)"), fields[ZF_NAME], zones[i].z_filename, zones[i].z_linenum); - return FALSE; + return false; } - return inzsub(fields, nfields, FALSE); + return inzsub(fields, nfields, false); } -static int +static bool inzcont(register char **const fields, const int nfields) { if (nfields < ZONEC_MINFIELDS || nfields > ZONEC_MAXFIELDS) { error(_("wrong number of fields on Zone continuation line")); - return FALSE; + return false; } - return inzsub(fields, nfields, TRUE); + return inzsub(fields, nfields, true); } -static int -inzsub(register char **const fields, const int nfields, const int iscont) +static bool +inzsub(char **fields, int nfields, bool iscont) { register char * cp; static struct zone z; register int i_gmtoff, i_rule, i_format; register int i_untilyear, i_untilmonth; register int i_untilday, i_untiltime; - register int hasuntil; + register bool hasuntil; if (iscont) { i_gmtoff = ZFC_GMTOFF; @@ -1160,11 +1159,11 @@ inzsub(register char **const fields, const int nfields, const int iscont) } z.z_filename = filename; z.z_linenum = linenum; - z.z_gmtoff = gethms(fields[i_gmtoff], _("invalid UT offset"), TRUE); + z.z_gmtoff = gethms(fields[i_gmtoff], _("invalid UT offset"), true); if ((cp = strchr(fields[i_format], '%')) != 0) { if (*++cp != 's' || strchr(cp, '%') != 0) { error(_("invalid abbreviation format")); - return FALSE; + return false; } } z.z_rule = ecpyalloc(fields[i_rule]); @@ -1194,7 +1193,7 @@ inzsub(register char **const fields, const int nfields, const int iscont) error(_( "Zone continuation line end time is not after end time of previous line" )); - return FALSE; + return false; } } zones = growalloc(zones, sizeof *zones, nzones, &nzones_alloc); @@ -1234,7 +1233,7 @@ inleap(register char ** const fields, const int nfields) leapmaxyear = year; if (!leapseen || leapminyear > year) leapminyear = year; - leapseen = TRUE; + leapseen = true; j = EPOCH_YEAR; while (j != year) { if (year > j) { @@ -1273,23 +1272,23 @@ inleap(register char ** const fields, const int nfields) return; } t = dayoff * SECSPERDAY; - tod = gethms(fields[LP_TIME], _("invalid time of day"), FALSE); + tod = gethms(fields[LP_TIME], _("invalid time of day"), false); cp = fields[LP_CORR]; { - register int positive; + register bool positive; int count; if (strcmp(cp, "") == 0) { /* infile() turns "-" into "" */ - positive = FALSE; + positive = false; count = 1; } else if (strcmp(cp, "--") == 0) { - positive = FALSE; + positive = false; count = 2; } else if (strcmp(cp, "+") == 0) { - positive = TRUE; + positive = true; count = 1; } else if (strcmp(cp, "++") == 0) { - positive = TRUE; + positive = true; count = 2; } else { error(_("illegal CORRECTION field on Leap line")); @@ -1354,32 +1353,32 @@ rulesub(register struct rule *const rp, return; } rp->r_month = lp->l_value; - rp->r_todisstd = FALSE; - rp->r_todisgmt = FALSE; + rp->r_todisstd = false; + rp->r_todisgmt = false; dp = ecpyalloc(timep); if (*dp != '\0') { ep = dp + strlen(dp) - 1; switch (lowerit(*ep)) { case 's': /* Standard */ - rp->r_todisstd = TRUE; - rp->r_todisgmt = FALSE; + rp->r_todisstd = true; + rp->r_todisgmt = false; *ep = '\0'; break; case 'w': /* Wall */ - rp->r_todisstd = FALSE; - rp->r_todisgmt = FALSE; + rp->r_todisstd = false; + rp->r_todisgmt = false; *ep = '\0'; break; case 'g': /* Greenwich */ case 'u': /* Universal */ case 'z': /* Zulu */ - rp->r_todisstd = TRUE; - rp->r_todisgmt = TRUE; + rp->r_todisstd = true; + rp->r_todisgmt = true; *ep = '\0'; break; } } - rp->r_tod = gethms(dp, _("invalid time of day"), FALSE); + rp->r_tod = gethms(dp, _("invalid time of day"), false); free(dp); /* ** Year work. @@ -1534,7 +1533,7 @@ atcomp(const void *avp, const void *bvp) return (a < b) ? -1 : (a > b); } -static int +static bool is32(const zic_t x) { return INT32_MIN <= x && x <= INT32_MAX; @@ -1648,7 +1647,7 @@ writezone(const char *const name, const char *const string, char version) exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } if ((fp = fopen(fullname, "wb")) == NULL) { - if (mkdirs(fullname) != 0) + if (! mkdirs(fullname)) exit(EXIT_FAILURE); if ((fp = fopen(fullname, "wb")) == NULL) { const char *e = strerror(errno); @@ -1690,16 +1689,16 @@ writezone(const char *const name, const char *const string, char version) ** (32- or 64-bit) window. */ if (typecnt != 0) - writetype[typecnt - 1] = TRUE; + writetype[typecnt - 1] = true; } else { for (i = thistimei - 1; i < thistimelim; ++i) if (i >= 0) - writetype[types[i]] = TRUE; + writetype[types[i]] = true; /* ** For America/Godthab and Antarctica/Palmer */ if (thistimei == 0) - writetype[0] = TRUE; + writetype[0] = true; } #ifndef LEAVE_SOME_PRE_2011_SYSTEMS_IN_THE_LURCH /* @@ -1729,22 +1728,22 @@ writezone(const char *const name, const char *const string, char version) isdsts[mrudst] = -1; type = addtype(gmtoffs[mrudst], &chars[abbrinds[mrudst]], - TRUE, + true, ttisstds[mrudst], ttisgmts[mrudst]); - isdsts[mrudst] = TRUE; - writetype[type] = TRUE; + isdsts[mrudst] = 1; + writetype[type] = true; } if (histd >= 0 && mrustd >= 0 && histd != mrustd && gmtoffs[histd] != gmtoffs[mrustd]) { isdsts[mrustd] = -1; type = addtype(gmtoffs[mrustd], &chars[abbrinds[mrustd]], - FALSE, + false, ttisstds[mrustd], ttisgmts[mrustd]); - isdsts[mrustd] = FALSE; - writetype[type] = TRUE; + isdsts[mrustd] = 0; + writetype[type] = true; } } #endif /* !defined LEAVE_SOME_PRE_2011_SYSTEMS_IN_THE_LURCH */ @@ -1855,7 +1854,7 @@ writezone(const char *const name, const char *const string, char version) static void doabbr(char *const abbr, const char *const format, const char *const letters, - const int isdst, const int doquotes) + bool isdst, bool doquotes) { register char * cp; register char * slashp; @@ -1896,7 +1895,7 @@ updateminmax(const zic_t x) max_year = x; } -static int +static bool stringoffset(char *result, zic_t offset) { register int hours; @@ -1915,7 +1914,7 @@ stringoffset(char *result, zic_t offset) hours = offset; if (hours >= HOURSPERDAY * DAYSPERWEEK) { result[0] = '\0'; - return -1; + return false; } sprintf(end(result), "%d", hours); if (minutes != 0 || seconds != 0) { @@ -1923,7 +1922,7 @@ stringoffset(char *result, zic_t offset) if (seconds != 0) sprintf(end(result), ":%02d", seconds); } - return 0; + return true; } static int @@ -1982,7 +1981,7 @@ stringrule(char *result, const struct rule *const rp, const zic_t dstoff, tod += dstoff; if (tod != 2 * SECSPERMIN * MINSPERHOUR) { strcat(result, "/"); - if (stringoffset(end(result), tod) != 0) + if (! stringoffset(end(result), tod)) return -1; if (tod < 0) { if (compat < 2013) @@ -2071,14 +2070,14 @@ stringzone(char *result, const struct zone *const zpfirst, const int zonecount) dstr.r_dycode = DC_DOM; dstr.r_dayofmonth = 1; dstr.r_tod = 0; - dstr.r_todisstd = dstr.r_todisgmt = FALSE; + dstr.r_todisstd = dstr.r_todisgmt = false; dstr.r_stdoff = stdrp->r_stdoff; dstr.r_abbrvar = stdrp->r_abbrvar; stdr.r_month = TM_DECEMBER; stdr.r_dycode = DC_DOM; stdr.r_dayofmonth = 31; stdr.r_tod = SECSPERDAY + stdrp->r_stdoff; - stdr.r_todisstd = stdr.r_todisgmt = FALSE; + stdr.r_todisstd = stdr.r_todisgmt = false; stdr.r_stdoff = 0; stdr.r_abbrvar = (stdabbrrp ? stdabbrrp->r_abbrvar : ""); @@ -2089,17 +2088,17 @@ stringzone(char *result, const struct zone *const zpfirst, const int zonecount) if (stdrp == NULL && (zp->z_nrules != 0 || zp->z_stdoff != 0)) return -1; abbrvar = (stdrp == NULL) ? "" : stdrp->r_abbrvar; - doabbr(result, zp->z_format, abbrvar, FALSE, TRUE); - if (stringoffset(end(result), -zp->z_gmtoff) != 0) { + doabbr(result, zp->z_format, abbrvar, false, true); + if (! stringoffset(end(result), -zp->z_gmtoff)) { result[0] = '\0'; return -1; } if (dstrp == NULL) return compat; - doabbr(end(result), zp->z_format, dstrp->r_abbrvar, TRUE, TRUE); + doabbr(end(result), zp->z_format, dstrp->r_abbrvar, true, true); if (dstrp->r_stdoff != SECSPERMIN * MINSPERHOUR) - if (stringoffset(end(result), - -(zp->z_gmtoff + dstrp->r_stdoff)) != 0) { + if (! stringoffset(end(result), + -(zp->z_gmtoff + dstrp->r_stdoff))) { result[0] = '\0'; return -1; } @@ -2128,23 +2127,23 @@ outzone(const struct zone * const zpfirst, const int zonecount) register const struct zone * zp; register struct rule * rp; register int i, j; - register int usestart, useuntil; + register bool usestart, useuntil; register zic_t starttime, untiltime; register zic_t gmtoff; register zic_t stdoff; register zic_t year; register zic_t startoff; - register int startttisstd; - register int startttisgmt; + register bool startttisstd; + register bool startttisgmt; register int type; register char * startbuf; register char * ab; register char * envvar; register int max_abbr_len; register int max_envvar_len; - register int prodstic; /* all rules are min to max */ + register bool prodstic; /* all rules are min to max */ register int compat; - register int do_extend; + register bool do_extend; register char version; max_abbr_len = 2 + max_format_len + max_abbrvar_len; @@ -2165,8 +2164,8 @@ outzone(const struct zone * const zpfirst, const int zonecount) ** Thanks to Earl Chew ** for noting the need to unconditionally initialize startttisstd. */ - startttisstd = FALSE; - startttisgmt = FALSE; + startttisstd = false; + startttisgmt = false; min_year = max_year = EPOCH_YEAR; if (leapseen) { updateminmax(leapminyear); @@ -2183,7 +2182,7 @@ outzone(const struct zone * const zpfirst, const int zonecount) if (rp->r_hiwasnum) updateminmax(rp->r_hiyear); if (rp->r_lowasnum || rp->r_hiwasnum) - prodstic = FALSE; + prodstic = false; } } /* @@ -2264,13 +2263,13 @@ outzone(const struct zone * const zpfirst, const int zonecount) if (zp->z_nrules == 0) { stdoff = zp->z_stdoff; doabbr(startbuf, zp->z_format, - NULL, stdoff != 0, FALSE); + NULL, stdoff != 0, false); type = addtype(oadd(zp->z_gmtoff, stdoff), startbuf, stdoff != 0, startttisstd, startttisgmt); if (usestart) { addtt(starttime, type); - usestart = FALSE; + usestart = false; } else addtt(big_bang_time, type); } else for (year = min_year; year <= max_year; ++year) { if (useuntil && year > zp->z_untilrule.r_hiyear) @@ -2336,12 +2335,12 @@ outzone(const struct zone * const zpfirst, const int zonecount) if (k < 0) break; /* go on to next year */ rp = &zp->z_rules[k]; - rp->r_todo = FALSE; + rp->r_todo = false; if (useuntil && ktime >= untiltime) break; stdoff = rp->r_stdoff; if (usestart && ktime == starttime) - usestart = FALSE; + usestart = false; if (usestart) { if (ktime < starttime) { startoff = oadd(zp->z_gmtoff, @@ -2349,7 +2348,7 @@ outzone(const struct zone * const zpfirst, const int zonecount) doabbr(startbuf, zp->z_format, rp->r_abbrvar, rp->r_stdoff != 0, - FALSE); + false); continue; } if (*startbuf == '\0' && @@ -2359,14 +2358,14 @@ outzone(const struct zone * const zpfirst, const int zonecount) zp->z_format, rp->r_abbrvar, rp->r_stdoff != - 0, - FALSE); + false, + false); } } eats(zp->z_filename, zp->z_linenum, rp->r_filename, rp->r_linenum); doabbr(ab, zp->z_format, rp->r_abbrvar, - rp->r_stdoff != 0, FALSE); + rp->r_stdoff != 0, false); offset = oadd(zp->z_gmtoff, rp->r_stdoff); type = addtype(offset, ab, rp->r_stdoff != 0, rp->r_todisstd, rp->r_todisgmt); @@ -2469,23 +2468,10 @@ addtt(const zic_t starttime, int type) } static int -addtype(const zic_t gmtoff, const char *const abbr, const int isdst, - const int ttisstd, const int ttisgmt) +addtype(zic_t gmtoff, char const *abbr, bool isdst, bool ttisstd, bool ttisgmt) { register int i, j; - if (isdst != TRUE && isdst != FALSE) { - error(_("internal error: addtype called with bad isdst")); - exit(EXIT_FAILURE); - } - if (ttisstd != TRUE && ttisstd != FALSE) { - error(_("internal error: addtype called with bad ttisstd")); - exit(EXIT_FAILURE); - } - if (ttisgmt != TRUE && ttisgmt != FALSE) { - error(_("internal error: addtype called with bad ttisgmt")); - exit(EXIT_FAILURE); - } /* ** See if there's already an entry for this zone type. ** If so, just return its index. @@ -2525,7 +2511,7 @@ addtype(const zic_t gmtoff, const char *const abbr, const int isdst, } static void -leapadd(const zic_t t, const int positive, const int rolling, int count) +leapadd(zic_t t, bool positive, int rolling, int count) { register int i, j; @@ -2569,22 +2555,22 @@ adjleap(void) } } -static int +static bool yearistype(const int year, const char *const type) { static char * buf; int result; if (type == NULL || *type == '\0') - return TRUE; + return true; buf = erealloc(buf, 132 + strlen(yitcommand) + strlen(type)); sprintf(buf, "%s %d %s", yitcommand, year, type); result = system(buf); if (WIFEXITED(result)) switch (WEXITSTATUS(result)) { case 0: - return TRUE; + return true; case 1: - return FALSE; + return false; } error(_("Wild result from command execution")); fprintf(stderr, _("%s: command was '%s', result was %d\n"), @@ -2594,24 +2580,24 @@ yearistype(const int year, const char *const type) } /* Is A a space character in the C locale? */ -static int +static bool is_space(char a) { switch (a) { default: - return 0; + return false; case ' ': case '\f': case '\n': case '\r': case '\t': case '\v': - return 1; + return true; } } /* Is A an alphabetic character in the C locale? */ -static int +static bool is_alpha(char a) { switch (a) { default: - return 0; + return false; case 'A': case 'B': case 'C': case 'D': case 'E': case 'F': case 'G': case 'H': case 'I': case 'J': case 'K': case 'L': case 'M': case 'N': case 'O': case 'P': case 'Q': case 'R': case 'S': case 'T': case 'U': @@ -2620,7 +2606,7 @@ is_alpha(char a) case 'h': case 'i': case 'j': case 'k': case 'l': case 'm': case 'n': case 'o': case 'p': case 'q': case 'r': case 's': case 't': case 'u': case 'v': case 'w': case 'x': case 'y': case 'z': - return 1; + return true; } } @@ -2644,27 +2630,27 @@ lowerit(char a) } /* case-insensitive equality */ -static ATTRIBUTE_PURE int +static ATTRIBUTE_PURE bool ciequal(register const char *ap, register const char *bp) { while (lowerit(*ap) == lowerit(*bp++)) if (*ap++ == '\0') - return TRUE; - return FALSE; + return true; + return false; } -static ATTRIBUTE_PURE int +static ATTRIBUTE_PURE bool itsabbr(register const char *abbr, register const char *word) { if (lowerit(*abbr) != lowerit(*word)) - return FALSE; + return false; ++word; while (*++abbr != '\0') do { if (*word == '\0') - return FALSE; + return false; } while (lowerit(*word++) != lowerit(*abbr)); - return TRUE; + return true; } static ATTRIBUTE_PURE const struct lookup * @@ -2887,14 +2873,14 @@ mp = _("time zone abbreviation differs from POSIX standard"); charcnt += i; } -static int +static bool mkdirs(char *argname) { register char * name; register char * cp; if (argname == NULL || *argname == '\0') - return 0; + return true; cp = name = ecpyalloc(argname); while ((cp = strchr(cp + 1, '/')) != 0) { *cp = '\0'; @@ -2920,11 +2906,11 @@ mkdirs(char *argname) " %s: %s\n"), progname, name, e); free(name); - return -1; + return false; } } *cp = '/'; } free(name); - return 0; + return true; } -- 1.9.1

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[PROPOSED PATCH] Port to GCC 3.4.6, which does not define __LONG_LONG_MIN__ on Irix.
by Paul Eggert Aug. 19, 2014

Aug. 19, 2014

* private.h (INT_FAST64_MIN, INTMAX_MIN): Don't use __LONG_LONG_MIN__ when defining backwards-compatibility workaround. --- private.h | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/private.h b/private.h index 38f3f43..9482790 100644 --- a/private.h +++ b/private.h @@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ typedef long long int_fast64_t; # define INT_FAST64_MIN LLONG_MIN # define INT_FAST64_MAX LLONG_MAX # else -# define INT_FAST64_MIN __LONG_LONG_MIN__ +# define INT_FAST64_MIN (-1 - __LONG_LONG_MAX__) # define INT_FAST64_MAX __LONG_LONG_MAX__ # endif # define SCNdFAST64 "lld" @@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ typedef long long intmax_t; # define INTMAX_MIN LLONG_MIN # else # define INTMAX_MAX __LONG_LONG_MAX__ -# define INTMAX_MIN __LONG_LONG_MIN__ +# define INTMAX_MIN (-1 - __LONG_LONG_MAX__) # endif # else typedef long intmax_t; -- 1.9.1

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[PROPOSED PATCH 1/5] Port to platforms with leap seconds and unsigned time_t.
by Paul Eggert Aug. 19, 2014

Aug. 19, 2014

* localtime.c (tzload): On platforms where time_t is unsigned, don't mishandle zones that contain leap seconds but no ordinary transitions after 1970. This problem can be reproduced by running 'zdump -v right/Asia/Dubai' on a platform where time_t is an unsigned 32-bit integer. --- localtime.c | 28 ++++++++++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/localtime.c b/localtime.c index 8a66650..a1e6601 100644 --- a/localtime.c +++ b/localtime.c @@ -395,28 +395,28 @@ tzload(register const char *name, register struct state *const sp, ttisstdcnt + /* ttisstds */ ttisgmtcnt) /* ttisgmts */ goto oops; + + /* Read transitions, discarding those out of time_t range. + But pretend the last transition before time_t_min + occurred at time_t_min. */ timecnt = 0; for (i = 0; i < sp->timecnt; ++i) { int_fast64_t at = stored == 4 ? detzcode(p) : detzcode64(p); - sp->types[i] = ((TYPE_SIGNED(time_t) - ? time_t_min <= at - : 0 <= at) - && at <= time_t_max); + sp->types[i] = at <= time_t_max; if (sp->types[i]) { - if (i && !timecnt && at != time_t_min) { - /* - ** Keep the earlier record, but tweak - ** it so that it starts with the - ** minimum time_t value. - */ - sp->types[i - 1] = 1; - sp->ats[timecnt++] = time_t_min; - } - sp->ats[timecnt++] = at; + time_t attime + = ((TYPE_SIGNED(time_t) ? at < time_t_min : at < 0) + ? time_t_min : at); + if (timecnt && sp->ats[timecnt - 1] == attime) { + sp->types[i - 1] = 0; + timecnt--; + } + sp->ats[timecnt++] = attime; } p += stored; } + timecnt = 0; for (i = 0; i < sp->timecnt; ++i) { unsigned char typ = *p++; -- 1.9.1

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Re: [tz] [PROPOSED PATCH] * northamerica (TC, America/Grand_Turk): Switch from EST/EDT to AST.
by Matt Johnson Aug. 19, 2014

Aug. 19, 2014

Typo. I think you mean "UTC-4 year round". Not +4. Sent from my Windows Phone ________________________________ From: Paul Eggert<mailto:eggert@cs.ucla.edu> Sent: ‎8/‎19/‎2014 1:15 AM To: tz(a)iana.org<mailto:tz@iana.org> Subject: [tz] [PROPOSED PATCH] * northamerica (TC, America/Grand_Turk): Switch from EST/EDT to AST. * NEWS: Document this. --- NEWS | 5 +++++ northamerica | 12 +++++++++--- 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 1a78041..6fb00b0 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -2,6 +2,11 @@ News for the tz database Unreleased, experimental changes + Changes affecting future time stamps + + Turks & Caicos is switching from US eastern time to UTC+4 year-round, + modeled as a switch from EST/EDT to AST on 2014-11-02 at 02:00. + Changes affecting past time stamps Time in Russia or the USSR before 1926 or so has been corrected by diff --git a/northamerica b/northamerica index c6ed74b..4c1d4bd 100644 --- a/northamerica +++ b/northamerica @@ -3117,16 +3117,22 @@ Zone America/Miquelon -3:44:40 - LMT 1911 May 15 # St Pierre # Shanks & Pottenger say they use US DST rules, but IATA SSIM (1991/1998) # says they switch at midnight. Go with Shanks & Pottenger. # +# From Paul Eggert (2014-08-19): +# The 2014-08-13 Cabinet meeting decided to stay on UTC-4 year-round. See: +# http://tcweeklynews.com/daylight-savings-time-to-be-maintained-p5353-127.htm +# Model this as a switch from EST/EDT to AST on 2014-11-02 at 02:00. +# # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule TC 1979 1986 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule TC 1979 2006 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule TC 1987 2006 - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D -Rule TC 2007 max - Mar Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D -Rule TC 2007 max - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 0 S +Rule TC 2007 2014 - Mar Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D +Rule TC 2007 2014 - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Grand_Turk -4:44:32 - LMT 1890 -5:07:11 - KMT 1912 Feb # Kingston Mean Time - -5:00 TC E%sT + -5:00 TC E%sT 2014 Nov 2 2:00 + -4:00 - AST # British Virgin Is # Virgin Is -- 1.9.1

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[PROPOSED PATCH] Simplify new Turks & Caicos rules.
by Paul Eggert Aug. 19, 2014

Aug. 19, 2014

* northamerica (TC): Remove, as it's now a duplicate of the US rules. Remove obsolescent comment about this. (America/Grand_Turk): Use US rather than TC. --- northamerica | 13 ++----------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/northamerica b/northamerica index 4c1d4bd..ebfe5e3 100644 --- a/northamerica +++ b/northamerica @@ -3113,25 +3113,16 @@ Zone America/Miquelon -3:44:40 - LMT 1911 May 15 # St Pierre # Clocks are set back one hour at 2:00 a.m. local Daylight Saving Time" # indicating that the normal ET rules are followed. # -# From Paul Eggert (2006-05-01): -# Shanks & Pottenger say they use US DST rules, but IATA SSIM (1991/1998) -# says they switch at midnight. Go with Shanks & Pottenger. -# # From Paul Eggert (2014-08-19): # The 2014-08-13 Cabinet meeting decided to stay on UTC-4 year-round. See: # http://tcweeklynews.com/daylight-savings-time-to-be-maintained-p5353-127.htm # Model this as a switch from EST/EDT to AST on 2014-11-02 at 02:00. # -# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule TC 1979 1986 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D -Rule TC 1979 2006 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S -Rule TC 1987 2006 - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D -Rule TC 2007 2014 - Mar Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D -Rule TC 2007 2014 - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Grand_Turk -4:44:32 - LMT 1890 -5:07:11 - KMT 1912 Feb # Kingston Mean Time - -5:00 TC E%sT 2014 Nov 2 2:00 + -5:00 - EST 1979 + -5:00 US E%sT 2014 Nov 2 2:00 -4:00 - AST # British Virgin Is -- 1.9.1

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[PROPOSED PATCH] * northamerica (TC, America/Grand_Turk): Switch from EST/EDT to AST.
by Paul Eggert Aug. 19, 2014

Aug. 19, 2014

* NEWS: Document this. --- NEWS | 5 +++++ northamerica | 12 +++++++++--- 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 1a78041..6fb00b0 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -2,6 +2,11 @@ News for the tz database Unreleased, experimental changes + Changes affecting future time stamps + + Turks & Caicos is switching from US eastern time to UTC+4 year-round, + modeled as a switch from EST/EDT to AST on 2014-11-02 at 02:00. + Changes affecting past time stamps Time in Russia or the USSR before 1926 or so has been corrected by diff --git a/northamerica b/northamerica index c6ed74b..4c1d4bd 100644 --- a/northamerica +++ b/northamerica @@ -3117,16 +3117,22 @@ Zone America/Miquelon -3:44:40 - LMT 1911 May 15 # St Pierre # Shanks & Pottenger say they use US DST rules, but IATA SSIM (1991/1998) # says they switch at midnight. Go with Shanks & Pottenger. # +# From Paul Eggert (2014-08-19): +# The 2014-08-13 Cabinet meeting decided to stay on UTC-4 year-round. See: +# http://tcweeklynews.com/daylight-savings-time-to-be-maintained-p5353-127.htm +# Model this as a switch from EST/EDT to AST on 2014-11-02 at 02:00. +# # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule TC 1979 1986 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule TC 1979 2006 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule TC 1987 2006 - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D -Rule TC 2007 max - Mar Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D -Rule TC 2007 max - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 0 S +Rule TC 2007 2014 - Mar Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D +Rule TC 2007 2014 - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Grand_Turk -4:44:32 - LMT 1890 -5:07:11 - KMT 1912 Feb # Kingston Mean Time - -5:00 TC E%sT + -5:00 TC E%sT 2014 Nov 2 2:00 + -4:00 - AST # British Virgin Is # Virgin Is -- 1.9.1

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Europe/Glasgow looming?
by Paul Eggert Aug. 19, 2014

Aug. 19, 2014

Yesterday the BBC reported that Scottish independence could mean Scotland will part ways with the rest of the UK in the matter of time zones, which presumably would mean we'd need a Zone for Europe/Glasgow. The article does not discuss what might ensue in Ireland. Webber E. Scottish independence: Could vote help shift the debate on clocks? BBC News 2014-08-13. http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-28744490 As a historical note, the article gives 1840 for the "first recorded occasion when local times in different parts of the UK were synchronised ... by the Great Western Railway". This refers to GWR's November 1840 order that London time be used in all its timetables and stations. For more, see: Carradice P. The Great Western Railway creates standard time. BBC Wales 2012-09-05. http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/wales/posts/the-great-western-railway-creates-st…

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[PROPOSED PATCH] * Makefile (strftime.o): Depend on private.h.
by Paul Eggert Aug. 18, 2014

Aug. 18, 2014

--- Makefile | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index 3d24c2a..e4e2742 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ difftime.o: private.h ialloc.o: private.h localtime.o: private.h tzfile.h scheck.o: private.h -strftime.o: tzfile.h +strftime.o: private.h tzfile.h zdump.o: version.h zic.o: private.h tzfile.h version.h -- 1.9.1

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[PATCH] The word "data" is plural.
by Paul Eggert Aug. 17, 2014

Aug. 17, 2014

--- NEWS | 10 +++++----- Theory | 4 ++-- africa | 2 +- asia | 7 +++---- australasia | 2 +- europe | 2 +- newctime.3 | 2 +- northamerica | 2 +- southamerica | 2 +- tzfile.5 | 6 +++--- zic.8 | 2 +- 11 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 4be8450..9765e56 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ Release 2014a - 2014-03-07 23:30:29 -0800 Microsoft has some support for tz database names. - CLDR data is available in both XML and JSON form. + CLDR data are available in both XML and JSON form. Mention Maggiolo's map of solar vs standard time. (Thanks to Arthur David Olson.) @@ -671,8 +671,8 @@ Release 2013e - 2013-09-19 23:50:04 -0700 some errors before 1947. Some zones have been turned into links, when they differ from - existing zones only in older data that was likely invented or that - differs only in LMT or transition from LMT. These changes affect + existing zones only in older data that were likely invented or that + differ only in LMT or transitions from LMT. These changes affect only time stamps before 1943. The affected zones are: Africa/Juba, America/Anguilla, America/Aruba, America/Dominica, America/Grenada, America/Guadeloupe, America/Marigot, @@ -2543,7 +2543,7 @@ Release 94h - 1994-12-10 12:51:14 -0500 data files. Think of this as "TZ Classic" - the software has been set up not to break if - universal time shows up in its input, and the data has been left as is so as + universal time shows up in its input, and the data have been left as is so as not to break existing implementations. @@ -2623,7 +2623,7 @@ Release 93f - 1993-10-15 12:27:46 -0400 Release 93e - 1993-09-05 21:21:44 -0400 - There's updated data for Israel, England, and Kwajalein; there's + There are updated data for Israel, England, and Kwajalein; there's also an update to "zdump" to cope with Kwajalein's 24-hour jump. Thanks to Paul Eggert and Peter Ilieve for the changes. diff --git a/Theory b/Theory index 2a3a911..15c695e 100644 --- a/Theory +++ b/Theory @@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ Errors in the tz database arise from many sources: the current single entry for France would need to split into dozens of entries, perhaps hundreds. - * Most of the pre-1970 data comes from unreliable sources, often + * Most of the pre-1970 data come from unreliable sources, often astrology books that lack citations and whose compilers evidently invented entries when the true facts were unknown, without reporting which entries were known and which were invented. @@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ Errors in the tz database arise from many sources: Caledonian railways. * The tz database does not record the earliest time for which a - zone's data is thereafter valid for every location in the region. + zone's data are thereafter valid for every location in the region. For example, Europe/London is valid for all locations in its region after GMT was made the standard time, but the date of standardization (1880-08-02) is not in the tz database, other than diff --git a/africa b/africa index d251500..7e3a860 100644 --- a/africa +++ b/africa @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. -# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, +# This file is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, # go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to # tz(a)iana.org for general use in the future). For more, please see # the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution. diff --git a/asia b/asia index f8237f4..fbb9391 100644 --- a/asia +++ b/asia @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. -# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, +# This file is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, # go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to # tz(a)iana.org for general use in the future). For more, please see # the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution. @@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ Rule PRC 1987 1991 - Apr Sun>=10 0:00 1:00 D # Xujiahui Observatory was under French control and stuck with UT+8. # # In earlier versions of this file, China had many separate Zone entries, but -# this was based on what was apparently incorrect data in Shanks & Pottenger. +# this was based on what were apparently incorrect data in Shanks & Pottenger. # This has now been simplified to the two entries Asia/Shanghai and # Asia/Urumqi, with the others being links for backward compatibility. # Proposed in 1918 and theoretically in effect until 1949 (although in practice @@ -2630,8 +2630,7 @@ Rule Syria 2007 only - Nov Fri>=1 0:00 0 - # From Stephen Colebourne (2008-03-17): # For everyone's info, I saw an IATA time zone change for [Syria] for -# this month (March 2008) in the last day or so...This is the data IATA -# are now using: +# this month (March 2008) in the last day or so.... # Country Time Standard --- DST Start --- --- DST End --- DST # Name Zone Variation Time Date Time Date # Variation diff --git a/australasia b/australasia index 094383e..117e841 100644 --- a/australasia +++ b/australasia @@ -761,7 +761,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # NOTES -# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, +# This file is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, # go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to # tz(a)iana.org for general use in the future). For more, please see # the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution. diff --git a/europe b/europe index 68a0dc7..261b619 100644 --- a/europe +++ b/europe @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. -# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, +# This file is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, # go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to # tz(a)iana.org for general use in the future). For more, please see # the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution. diff --git a/newctime.3 b/newctime.3 index dccab77..5a3f65a 100644 --- a/newctime.3 +++ b/newctime.3 @@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ time(2), tzfile(5) .SH NOTES The return values point to static data; -the data is overwritten by each call. +the data are overwritten by each call. The .B tm_zone field of a returned diff --git a/northamerica b/northamerica index 8958588..07cb33a 100644 --- a/northamerica +++ b/northamerica @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ # also includes Central America and the Caribbean -# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, +# This file is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, # go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to # tz(a)iana.org for general use in the future). For more, please see # the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution. diff --git a/southamerica b/southamerica index 08a0731..0f0c233 100644 --- a/southamerica +++ b/southamerica @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. -# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, +# This file is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, # go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to # tz(a)iana.org for general use in the future). For more, please see # the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution. diff --git a/tzfile.5 b/tzfile.5 index f413349..182cc43 100644 --- a/tzfile.5 +++ b/tzfile.5 @@ -25,14 +25,14 @@ The number of UT/local indicators stored in the file. The number of standard/wall indicators stored in the file. .TP .I tzh_leapcnt -The number of leap seconds for which data is stored in the file. +The number of leap seconds for which data are stored in the file. .TP .I tzh_timecnt -The number of "transition times" for which data is stored +The number of "transition times" for which data are stored in the file. .TP .I tzh_typecnt -The number of "local time types" for which data is stored +The number of "local time types" for which data are stored in the file (must not be zero). .TP .I tzh_charcnt diff --git a/zic.8 b/zic.8 index a2e275d..2e5318a 100644 --- a/zic.8 +++ b/zic.8 @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ no leap second information appears in output files. Be more verbose, and complain about the following situations: .RS .PP -The input data specifies a link to a link. +The input specifies a link to a link. .PP A year that appears in a data file is outside the range of years representable by -- 1.9.1

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The case against time zones
by Paul Eggert Aug. 17, 2014

Aug. 17, 2014

In Vox yesterday Matthew Yglesias argued that time zones ought to be abolished, writing "They were a good idea at the time, but in the modern world they cause more trouble than they are worth." It's tempting to agree. See: Yglesias M. The case against time zones: They're impractical & outdated. Vox 2014-08-05. http://www.vox.com/2014/8/5/5970767/case-against-time-zones Yglesias's underlying justification is essentially the same one that McCarthy and Klepczynski used in their proposal to discontinue leap seconds; see Steve Allen's summary of the resulting controversy in <http://www.ucolick.org/~sla/leapsecs/>.

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Clerical patches
by Tim Parenti Aug. 17, 2014

Aug. 17, 2014

A few more clerical patches, relative to 7217d26487456e93094be4c3befb6cdccfdc7bcc, dated Wed Aug 13 11:46:39 2014 -0700. 0001 fixes up some more minor spacing issues missed in my last round of patches on 2014-08-09. 0002 fixes another typo in recent additions to NEWS, and adds a space after the redirection operator in the new CONTRIBUTING file for added clarity. 0003 renames the fields of Link lines to be more descriptive and more like the parameters of 'ln'. (Personally, I have found LINK-FROM and LINK-TO to be the opposite of my expectations, and these are not particularly descriptive names anyway.) 0004 standardizes Link lines to use single tabs. These can be compared at https://github.com/timparenti/tz-experimental/compare/eggert:master...timpa… -- Tim Parenti

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[PROPOSED PATCH] * private.h (timegm, timelocal) [time_tz]: Define replacements.
by Paul Eggert Aug. 17, 2014

Aug. 17, 2014

Needed on Ubuntu 14.04 when compiling with -D_GNU_SOURCE -Dtime_tz=.... --- private.h | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/private.h b/private.h index 6d3e6aa..38f3f43 100644 --- a/private.h +++ b/private.h @@ -278,6 +278,10 @@ static time_t sys_time(time_t *x) { return time(x); } # define time2posix tz_time2posix # undef time_t # define time_t tz_time_t +# undef timegm +# define timegm tz_timegm +# undef timelocal +# define timelocal tz_timelocal # undef timeoff # define timeoff tz_timeoff @@ -316,6 +320,12 @@ void tzsetwall(void); # if !defined offtime || defined time_tz struct tm *offtime(time_t const *, long); # endif +# if !defined timegm || defined time_tz +time_t timegm(struct tm *); +# endif +# if !defined timelocal || defined time_tz +time_t timelocal(struct tm *); +# endif # if !defined timeoff || defined time_tz time_t timeoff(struct tm *, long); # endif -- 1.9.1

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Re: [tz] The case against time zones
by Patrice Scattolin Aug. 16, 2014

Aug. 16, 2014

It would be a small sacrifice for the Physics community for the betterment of mankind. Alas it was never meant to be. Because even if you change the second, you don't eliminate the need for the leap second. Luckikly with the current lenght we always need to add seconds. With a better second the error would be randomly distributed on both sides. I am not aware of a case where we have to remove an extraneous second. Imagine a day that is missing a second and ends with 11:59:58! ----- Original Message ----- From: lester(a)lsces.co.uk To: tz(a)iana.org Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2014 2:15:22 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [tz] The case against time zones On 15/08/14 21:02, Clive D.W. Feather wrote: >>> No, it's the length of the earth day that is changing over time as >>> > > earth's rotation slows due to natural forces. >>> > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/why-in-the-jurassic-e… >> > >> > Long term yes. Shorter term, say next 100 years, a small increase in >> > period of a second would be a suitable alternative to the 'problem' of >> > leap seconds ... > At the cost of changing every physical constant, starting with the force of > gravity and the speed of light. Helps to type first :( Finally somebody spotted the problem ... But if the original calculation of number of cycles for a second was wrong everything is wrong now anyway? :( -- Lester Caine - G8HFL ----------------------------- Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk Rainbow Digital Media - http://rainbowdigitalmedia.co.uk

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[PATCH] Remove lint when debugging by compiling with -Dtime_tz='whatever'.
by Paul Eggert Aug. 16, 2014

Aug. 16, 2014

* localtime.c (LOCALTIME_IMPLEMENTATION): New macro. (time) [time_tz]: Move here from private.h, and make external. * private.h (sys_time) [time_tz]: Define only if LOCALTIME_IMPLEMENTATION, so that the code doesn't define an unused static function sys_time that the compiler might complain about. (time) [time_tz]: Move to localtime.c. --- localtime.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ private.h | 12 +++--------- 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/localtime.c b/localtime.c index 840fa21..551b5a2 100644 --- a/localtime.c +++ b/localtime.c @@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ /*LINTLIBRARY*/ +#define LOCALTIME_IMPLEMENTATION #include "private.h" + #include "tzfile.h" #include "fcntl.h" @@ -2022,3 +2024,19 @@ posix2time(time_t t) } #endif /* defined STD_INSPIRED */ + +#ifdef time_tz + +/* Convert from the underlying system's time_t to the ersatz time_tz, + which is called 'time_t' in this file. */ + +time_t +time(time_t *p) +{ + time_t r = sys_time(0); + if (p) + *p = r; + return r; +} + +#endif diff --git a/private.h b/private.h index c778035..6d3e6aa 100644 --- a/private.h +++ b/private.h @@ -248,7 +248,9 @@ typedef unsigned long uintmax_t; ** typical platforms. */ #ifdef time_tz +# ifdef LOCALTIME_IMPLEMENTATION static time_t sys_time(time_t *x) { return time(x); } +# endif # undef ctime # define ctime tz_ctime @@ -289,15 +291,7 @@ struct tm *gmtime_r(time_t const *restrict, struct tm *restrict); struct tm *localtime(time_t const *); struct tm *localtime_r(time_t const *restrict, struct tm *restrict); time_t mktime(struct tm *); - -static time_t -time(time_t *p) -{ - time_t r = sys_time(0); - if (p) - *p = r; - return r; -} +time_t time(time_t *); #endif /* -- 1.9.1

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[PROPOSED PATCH] * date.c, localtime.c, zdump.c: Simplify prototypes for static functions
by Paul Eggert Aug. 16, 2014

Aug. 16, 2014

by removing prototypes that aren't needed, and by removing names of argumnts. This will make future changes simpler and easier to follow. --- date.c | 2 -- localtime.c | 69 +++++++++++-------------------------------------------------- zdump.c | 15 +++++++------- 3 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 67 deletions(-) diff --git a/date.c b/date.c index 3d78914..de56652 100644 --- a/date.c +++ b/date.c @@ -60,11 +60,9 @@ static void display(const char *, time_t); static void dogmt(void); static void errensure(void); static void iffy(time_t, time_t, const char *, const char *); -int main(int, char**); static const char * nondigit(const char *); static void oops(const char *); static void reset(time_t, int); -static int sametm(const struct tm *, const struct tm *); static void timeout(FILE *, const char *, const struct tm *); static void usage(void); static void wildinput(const char *, const char *, diff --git a/localtime.c b/localtime.c index e2cf5c2..840fa21 100644 --- a/localtime.c +++ b/localtime.c @@ -126,59 +126,14 @@ struct rule { #define DAY_OF_YEAR 1 /* n = day of year */ #define MONTH_NTH_DAY_OF_WEEK 2 /* Mm.n.d = month, week, day of week */ -/* -** Prototypes for static functions. -*/ - -static int_fast32_t detzcode(const char * codep); -static int_fast64_t detzcode64(const char * codep); -static int differ_by_repeat(time_t t1, time_t t0); -static const char * getzname(const char * strp) ATTRIBUTE_PURE; -static const char * getqzname(const char * strp, const int delim) - ATTRIBUTE_PURE; -static const char * getnum(const char * strp, int * nump, int min, - int max); -static const char * getsecs(const char * strp, int_fast32_t * secsp); -static const char * getoffset(const char * strp, int_fast32_t * offsetp); -static const char * getrule(const char * strp, struct rule * rulep); -static void gmtload(struct state * sp); -static struct tm * gmtsub(const time_t * timep, int_fast32_t offset, - struct tm * tmp); -static struct tm * localsub(const time_t * timep, int_fast32_t offset, - struct tm * tmp); -static int increment_overflow(int * number, int delta); -static int leaps_thru_end_of(int y) ATTRIBUTE_PURE; -static int increment_overflow32(int_fast32_t * number, int delta); -static int increment_overflow_time(time_t *t, int_fast32_t delta); -static int normalize_overflow32(int_fast32_t * tensptr, - int * unitsptr, int base); -static int normalize_overflow(int * tensptr, int * unitsptr, - int base); -static void settzname(void); -static time_t time1(struct tm * tmp, - struct tm * (*funcp)(const time_t *, - int_fast32_t, struct tm *), - int_fast32_t offset); -static time_t time2(struct tm *tmp, - struct tm * (*funcp)(const time_t *, - int_fast32_t, struct tm*), - int_fast32_t offset, int * okayp); -static time_t time2sub(struct tm *tmp, - struct tm * (*funcp)(const time_t *, - int_fast32_t, struct tm*), - int_fast32_t offset, int * okayp, int do_norm_secs); -static struct tm * timesub(const time_t * timep, int_fast32_t offset, - const struct state * sp, struct tm * tmp); -static int tmcomp(const struct tm * atmp, - const struct tm * btmp); -static int_fast32_t transtime(int year, const struct rule * rulep, - int_fast32_t offset) - ATTRIBUTE_PURE; -static int typesequiv(const struct state * sp, int a, int b); -static int tzload(const char * name, struct state * sp, - int doextend); -static int tzparse(const char * name, struct state * sp, - int lastditch); +static struct tm *gmtsub(time_t const *, int_fast32_t, struct tm *); +static int increment_overflow(int *, int); +static int increment_overflow_time(time_t *, int_fast32_t); +static int normalize_overflow32(int_fast32_t *, int *, int); +static struct tm *timesub(time_t const *, int_fast32_t, struct state const *, + struct tm *); +static int typesequiv(struct state const *, int, int); +static int tzparse(char const *, struct state *, int); #ifdef ALL_STATE static struct state * lclptr; @@ -657,7 +612,7 @@ static const int year_lengths[2] = { ** character. */ -static const char * +static const char * ATTRIBUTE_PURE getzname(register const char *strp) { register char c; @@ -677,7 +632,7 @@ getzname(register const char *strp) ** We don't do any checking here; checking is done later in common-case code. */ -static const char * +static const char * ATTRIBUTE_PURE getqzname(register const char *strp, const int delim) { register int c; @@ -839,7 +794,7 @@ getrule(const char *strp, register struct rule *const rulep) ** effect, calculate the year-relative time that rule takes effect. */ -static int_fast32_t +static int_fast32_t ATTRIBUTE_PURE transtime(const int year, register const struct rule *const rulep, const int_fast32_t offset) { @@ -1419,7 +1374,7 @@ offtime(const time_t *const timep, const long offset) ** where, to make the math easy, the answer for year zero is defined as zero. */ -static int +static int ATTRIBUTE_PURE leaps_thru_end_of(register const int y) { return (y >= 0) ? (y / 4 - y / 100 + y / 400) : diff --git a/zdump.c b/zdump.c index 859a169..515a80f 100644 --- a/zdump.c +++ b/zdump.c @@ -207,14 +207,13 @@ static size_t longest; static char * progname; static int warned; -static char * abbr(struct tm * tmp); -static void abbrok(const char * abbrp, const char * zone); -static intmax_t delta(struct tm * newp, struct tm * oldp) ATTRIBUTE_PURE; -static void dumptime(const struct tm * tmp); -static time_t hunt(char * name, time_t lot, time_t hit); -static void show(char * zone, time_t t, int v); -static const char * tformat(void); -static time_t yeartot(intmax_t y) ATTRIBUTE_PURE; +static char *abbr(struct tm *); +static intmax_t delta(struct tm *, struct tm *) ATTRIBUTE_PURE; +static void dumptime(struct tm const *); +static time_t hunt(char *, time_t, time_t); +static void show(char *, time_t, int); +static const char *tformat(void); +static time_t yeartot(intmax_t) ATTRIBUTE_PURE; /* Is A an alphabetic character in the C locale? */ static int -- 1.9.1

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Proposed reversions, for moving forward
by Tim Parenti Aug. 15, 2014

Aug. 15, 2014

I propose the attached patches, described as follows, be applied to the master branch of our repository so that we have a stable starting point from which to adopt better Git practices moving forward. To assist in review, I have pushed these commits to https://github.com/timparenti/tz-experimental/commits/revert-eggert-2014-07. The first patch aims to revert, in their entirety, Paul’s three commits related to zone-linking, dated 2014-07-08, -09, and -15. Further work on this effort should be done on a new and separate branch. The second patch aims to revert, in their entirety, Paul’s two commits related to the introduction of time.tab, dated 2014-07-18 and -19. Further work on this effort should be done on a new and separate branch. The third, fourth, and fifth patches reapply changes cherry-picked from the above commits which relate to data and are less controversial. These are relative to the current state of master at 87163d184d7cc0c704d2b505adcfb23528203951 <https://github.com/eggert/tz/commit/87163d184d7cc0c704d2b505adcfb23528203951>, dated Tue Jul 22 20:54:19 2014 -0700. -- Tim Parenti

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Philippines may do off-and-on DST starting November
by Paul Eggert Aug. 14, 2014

Aug. 14, 2014

Last week Philippine House Deputy Minority Leader Arnel Ty urged President Aquino to declare daylight saving time from November to January and again from March to June, in an attempt to save electrical power. We had some obsolete commentary about a failed attempt to do something similar in 2006, and the attached commentary patch (installed in the experimental version) does some housekeeping in this area.

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Re: [tz] [Tzdist] Time Zone Distribution Protocol WG Milestones (tzdist)
by Daniel Migault Aug. 13, 2014

Aug. 13, 2014

Hi Simon, Thanks for the feed back. On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 5:26 PM, Simon Perreault <sperreault(a)jive.com> wrote: > Tobias, > > A draft's name is irrelevant. It will be gone once it gets published > as an RFC. Other than in the two drafts' names, "timezone" is absent > from the proposed milestone text so I don't see any terminology issue. > > All, > > My comments on the proposed milestones: > > - I don't see the need for 2-3 months between WGLC and submission to > IESG. If issues are tracked tightly during the whole process > [RFC7282], WGLC becomes a formality and you can send to IESG right > away. In any case, I suggest removing the WGLC milestones: the "send > to IESG" milestones are sufficient. > > I got your point. The time between WGLC and IESG submission has been provisioned in case some issues/comments are lately reported on the mailing list. However we hope this should not happen and encourage people to comment as soon as possible. > - "September 2016 re-charter the WG": This should not be a milestone. > Rechartering is something that is done out of necessity in the present > moment, not something that a WG aims to do in the future. Not having > the milestone does not impact in any way the possibility of a > rechartering. > > I am also fine with that. > Simon > > > On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 11:06 AM, Tobias Conradi <tc(a)tobiasconradi.com> > wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 3:06 PM, Daniel Migault <mglt.ietf(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > > ... > >> These are the milestones we propose. If you have any comments, please > feel > >> free to post them before Tuesday August 19 so we can consider them. > > > > 2014-08-13 today > > 2014-08-19 the mentioned Tuesday > > = 6 days > > > > This seems rather short, see > > http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/tzdist/current/msg00004.html > > 2014-07-03 proposal to Mr. Daboo to change "timezone" to "time zone" > > > > 2014-08-08 this change has been done for the WG name > > > > = 1 month, 5 days > > > > But simple renaming not yet done for the drafts mentioned in the charter > > -------------- > > The working group will use the following drafts as initial input for its > > work: > > draft-douglass-timezone-service-11 > > draft-daboo-caldav-timezone-ref-01 > > -------------- > > > > So, shall people use drafts with outdated terminology as basis for > discussion? > > > > I prefer to fix the drafts ASAP so that their contents can be > > discussed using consistent terminology. > > > > -- > > Tobias Conradi > > Rheinsberger Str. 18 > > 10115 Berlin > > Germany > > > > http://tobiasconradi.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Tzdist mailing list > > Tzdist(a)ietf.org > > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/tzdist > -- Daniel Migault Orange Labs -- Security +33 6 70 72 69 58

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Time Zone Distribution Protocol WG Milestones (tzdist)
by Daniel Migault Aug. 13, 2014

Aug. 13, 2014

Hi, We are getting under way with the tzdist WG <http://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/tzdist/charter/> [1]. This IETF working group (WG) goal is to define time zone data distribution protocols. If you want to join please the tzdist WG <https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/tzdist> [2]. These are the milestones we propose. If you have any comments, please feel free to post them before Tuesday August 19 so we can consider them. Milestones: - September 2014 Adopt time zone data distribution protocol draft as WG document - September 2014 Adopt an CalDAV extension draft as WG document - January 2015 Submit time zone data distribution protocol draft for WGLC - March 2015 Submit time zone data distribution protocol draft as Standards Track RFC - March 2015 Submit CalDAV extension draft for WGLC - June 2015 Submit CalDAV extension draft as Standards Track RFC - September 2016 re-charter the WG [1] http://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/tzdist/charter/ [2] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/tzdist -- Daniel Migault Orange Labs -- Security +33 6 70 72 69 58

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[PATCH] * time2posix.3, tzfile.5: Use ASCII double-quote only for C strings.
by Paul Eggert Aug. 13, 2014

Aug. 13, 2014

--- time2posix.3 | 5 ++--- tzfile.5 | 12 ++++++------ 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/time2posix.3 b/time2posix.3 index d689608..75d8097 100644 --- a/time2posix.3 +++ b/time2posix.3 @@ -28,9 +28,8 @@ time2posix, posix2time \- convert seconds since the Epoch .. IEEE Standard 1003.1 (POSIX) -legislates that a time_t value of -536457599 shall correspond to "Wed Dec 31 23:59:59 UTC 1986." -This effectively implies that POSIX time_t's cannot include leap +requires the time_t value 536457599 to stand for 1986-12-31 23:59:59 UTC. +This effectively implies that POSIX time_t values cannot include leap seconds and, therefore, that the system time must be adjusted as each leap occurs. diff --git a/tzfile.5 b/tzfile.5 index 182cc43..1e67a64 100644 --- a/tzfile.5 +++ b/tzfile.5 @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ followed by a character identifying the version of the file's format (as of 2013, either an ASCII NUL, or '2', or '3') followed by fifteen bytes containing zeroes reserved for future use, followed by six four-byte integer values -written in a "standard" byte order +written in a standard byte order (the high-order byte of the value is written first). These values are, in order: @@ -28,28 +28,28 @@ The number of standard/wall indicators stored in the file. The number of leap seconds for which data are stored in the file. .TP .I tzh_timecnt -The number of "transition times" for which data are stored +The number of transition times for which data are stored in the file. .TP .I tzh_typecnt -The number of "local time types" for which data are stored +The number of local time types for which data are stored in the file (must not be zero). .TP .I tzh_charcnt -The number of characters of "time zone abbreviation strings" +The number of characters of time zone abbreviation strings stored in the file. .PP The above header is followed by .I tzh_timecnt four-byte signed integer values sorted in ascending order. -These values are written in "standard" byte order. +These values are written in standard byte order. Each is used as a transition time (as returned by .IR time (2)) at which the rules for computing local time change. Next come .I tzh_timecnt one-byte unsigned integer values; -each one tells which of the different types of "local time" types +each one tells which of the different types of local time types described in the file is associated with the same-indexed transition time. These values serve as indices into an array of .I ttinfo -- 1.9.1

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[PATCH 1/2] New data file 'backzone' for out-of-scope and/or poorly-sourced data.
by Paul Eggert Aug. 13, 2014

Aug. 13, 2014

* backzone: New file. * Makefile (DATA): Add backzone. (check_character_set): Check it. (posix_packrat): New rule. (.PHONY): Add it. * NEWS: Document the above. --- Makefile | 19 ++-- NEWS | 7 ++ backzone | 354 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 374 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) create mode 100644 backzone diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index d0109bb..5bbd7e7 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -84,9 +84,11 @@ LIBDIR= $(TOPDIR)/lib # below. If you want both sets of data available, with leap seconds counted # normally, use # REDO= right_posix -# below. +# below. If you want just POSIX-compatible time values, but with extra +# lower-quality data from the file 'backzone', use +# REDO= posix_packrat # POSIX mandates that leap seconds not be counted; for compatibility with it, -# use either "posix_only" or "posix_right". +# use "posix_only", "posix_right", or "posix_packrat". REDO= posix_right @@ -344,7 +346,7 @@ TDATA= $(YDATA) $(NDATA) ZONETABLES= zone1970.tab zone.tab TABDATA= iso3166.tab leapseconds $(ZONETABLES) LEAP_DEPS= leapseconds.awk leap-seconds.list -DATA= $(YDATA) $(NDATA) $(TABDATA) \ +DATA= $(YDATA) $(NDATA) backzone $(TABDATA) \ leap-seconds.list yearistype.sh AWK_SCRIPTS= checktab.awk leapseconds.awk MISC= $(AWK_SCRIPTS) zoneinfo2tdf.pl @@ -430,6 +432,11 @@ posix_right: posix_only leapseconds $(ZIC) -y $(YEARISTYPE) -d $(DESTDIR)$(TZDIR)-leaps \ -L leapseconds $(TDATA) +posix_packrat: posix_only backzone + $(AWK) '/^Rule/' $(TDATA) | \ + $(ZIC) -y $(YEARISTYPE) -d $(DESTDIR)$(TZDIR) \ + -L /dev/null - backzone + zones: $(REDO) libtz.a: $(LIBOBJS) @@ -457,8 +464,8 @@ check_character_set: $(ENCHILADA) sharp='#' && \ ! grep -Env $(SAFE_LINE) $(MANS) date.1 $(MANTXTS) \ $(MISC) $(SOURCES) $(WEB_PAGES) && \ - ! grep -Env $(SAFE_SHARP_LINE) $(YDATA) $(NDATA) iso3166.tab \ - zone.tab leapseconds yearistype.sh && \ + ! grep -Env $(SAFE_SHARP_LINE) $(TDATA) backzone \ + iso3166.tab leapseconds yearistype.sh zone.tab && \ test $$(grep -Ecv $(SAFE_SHARP_LINE) Makefile) -eq 1 && \ ! grep -Env $(NONSYM_LINE) CONTRIBUTING NEWS README Theory \ $(MANS) date.1 zone1970.tab && \ @@ -625,6 +632,6 @@ zic.o: private.h tzfile.h version.h .PHONY: ALL INSTALL all .PHONY: check check_character_set check_public check_tables .PHONY: check_time_t_alternatives check_web check_white_space clean clean_misc -.PHONY: install maintainer-clean names posix_only posix_right +.PHONY: install maintainer-clean names posix_packrat posix_only posix_right .PHONY: public right_only right_posix signatures tarballs typecheck .PHONY: zonenames zones diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 042f69a..7f27802 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -19,6 +19,13 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes Asia/Dakha ended DST on 2009-12-31 at 24:00, not 23:59. + A new file 'backzone' contains data which may appeal to + connoisseurs of old time stamps, although it is out of scope for + the tz database and is often poorly sourced. The new file is not + recommended for ordinary use and its entries are not installed by + default. (Thanks to Lester Caine for the Guernsey, Jersey, and + Isle of Man entries in 'backzone'.) + Changes affecting code tzselect -c now uses a hybrid distance measure that works better diff --git a/backzone b/backzone new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b9c9433 --- /dev/null +++ b/backzone @@ -0,0 +1,354 @@ +# Zones that go back beyond the scope of the tz database + +# This file is in the public domain. + +# This file is by no means authoritative; if you think you know +# better, go ahead and edit it (and please send any changes to +# tz(a)iana.org for general use in the future). For more, please see +# the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution. + + +# From Paul Eggert (2014-08-12): + +# This file contains data outside the normal scope of the tz database, +# in that its zones do not differ from normal tz zones after 1970. +# Links in this file point to zones in this file, superseding links in +# the file 'backward'. + +# Although zones in this file may be of some use for analyzing +# pre-1970 time stamps, they are less reliable, cover only a tiny +# sliver of the pre-1970 era, and cannot feasibly be improved to cover +# most of the era. Because the zones are out of normal scope for the +# database, less effort is put into maintaining this file. Many of +# the zones were formerly in other source files, but were removed or +# replaced by links as their data were questionable and/or they +# differed from other zones only in pre-1970 time stamps. + +# Unless otherwise specified, the source for the data is the following, +# which does not itself cite sources and is often wrong: +# +# Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition), +# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003). + +# This file is not intended to be compiled standalone, as it +# assumes rules from other files. In the tz distribution, use +# 'make posix_packrat' to compile this file. + +# Zones are sorted by zone name. Each zone is preceded by the +# name of the country that the zone is in, along with any other +# commentary and rules associated with the entry. + +# Mali (southern) +Zone Africa/Bamako -0:32:00 - LMT 1912 + 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 + -1:00 - WAT 1960 Jun 20 + 0:00 - GMT + +# Gambia +Zone Africa/Banjul -1:06:36 - LMT 1912 + -1:06:36 - BMT 1935 # Banjul Mean Time + -1:00 - WAT 1964 + 0:00 - GMT + +# Guinea +Zone Africa/Conakry -0:54:52 - LMT 1912 + 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 + -1:00 - WAT 1960 + 0:00 - GMT + +# Senegal +Zone Africa/Dakar -1:09:44 - LMT 1912 + -1:00 - WAT 1941 Jun + 0:00 - GMT + +# Sierra Leone +# From Paul Eggert (2014-08-12): +# The following table is from Shanks & Pottenger, but it can't be right. +# Whitman gives Mar 31 - Aug 31 for 1931 on. +# The International Hydrographic Bulletin, 1932-33, p 63 says that +# Sierra Leone would advance its clocks by 20 monutes on 1933-10-01. +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule SL 1935 1942 - Jun 1 0:00 0:40 SLST +Rule SL 1935 1942 - Oct 1 0:00 0 WAT +Rule SL 1957 1962 - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 SLST +Rule SL 1957 1962 - Sep 1 0:00 0 GMT +Zone Africa/Freetown -0:53:00 - LMT 1882 + -0:53:00 - FMT 1913 Jun # Freetown Mean Time + -1:00 SL %s 1957 + 0:00 SL %s + +# South Sudan +Zone Africa/Juba 2:06:24 - LMT 1931 + 2:00 Sudan CA%sT 2000 Jan 15 12:00 + 3:00 - EAT + +# Togo +Zone Africa/Lome 0:04:52 - LMT 1893 + 0:00 - GMT + +# Mauritania +Zone Africa/Nouakchott -1:03:48 - LMT 1912 + 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 + -1:00 - WAT 1960 Nov 28 + 0:00 - GMT + +# Burkina Faso +Zone Africa/Ouagadougou -0:06:04 - LMT 1912 + 0:00 - GMT + +# São Tomé and Príncipe +Zone Africa/Sao_Tome 0:26:56 - LMT 1884 + -0:36:32 - LMT 1912 # Lisbon Mean Time + 0:00 - GMT + +# Mali (northern) +Zone Africa/Timbuktu -0:12:04 - LMT 1912 + 0:00 - GMT + +# Anguilla +Zone America/Anguilla -4:12:16 - LMT 1912 Mar 2 + -4:00 - AST + +# Chubut, Argentina +# The name "Comodoro Rivadavia" exceeds the 14-byte POSIX limit. +Zone America/Argentina/ComodRivadavia -4:30:00 - LMT 1894 Oct 31 + -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May + -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec + -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5 + -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1991 Mar 3 + -4:00 - WART 1991 Oct 20 + -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3 + -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 + -3:00 - ART 2004 Jun 1 + -4:00 - WART 2004 Jun 20 + -3:00 - ART + +# Aruba +Zone America/Aruba -4:40:24 - LMT 1912 Feb 12 # Oranjestad + -4:30 - ANT 1965 # Netherlands Antilles Time + -4:00 - AST + +# Canada +Zone America/Coral_Harbour -5:32:40 - LMT 1884 + -5:00 NT_YK E%sT 1946 + -5:00 - EST + +# Dominica +Zone America/Dominica -4:05:36 - LMT 1911 Jul 1 0:01 # Roseau + -4:00 - AST + +# Baja California +# See 'northamerica' for why this entry is here rather than there. +Zone America/Ensenada -7:46:28 - LMT 1922 Jan 1 0:13:32 + -8:00 - PST 1927 Jun 10 23:00 + -7:00 - MST 1930 Nov 16 + -8:00 - PST 1942 Apr + -7:00 - MST 1949 Jan 14 + -8:00 - PST 1996 + -8:00 Mexico P%sT + +# Grenada +Zone America/Grenada -4:07:00 - LMT 1911 Jul # St George's + -4:00 - AST + +# Guadeloupe +Zone America/Guadeloupe -4:06:08 - LMT 1911 Jun 8 # Pointe a Pitre + -4:00 - AST + +# Montserrat +# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): +# In 1995 volcanic eruptions forced evacuation of Plymouth, the capital. +# world.gazetteer.com says Cork Hill is the most populous location now. +Zone America/Montserrat -4:08:52 - LMT 1911 Jul 1 0:01 # Cork Hill + -4:00 - AST + +# Argentina +# This entry was intended for the following areas, but has been superseded by +# more detailed zones. +# Santa Fe (SF), Entre Rios (ER), Corrientes (CN), Misiones (MN), Chaco (CC), +# Formosa (FM), La Pampa (LP), Chubut (CH) +Zone America/Rosario -4:02:40 - LMT 1894 Nov + -4:16:44 - CMT 1920 May + -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec + -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5 + -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1991 Jul + -3:00 - ART 1999 Oct 3 0:00 + -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 0:00 + -3:00 - ART + +# St Kitts-Nevis +Zone America/St_Kitts -4:10:52 - LMT 1912 Mar 2 # Basseterre + -4:00 - AST + +# St Lucia +Zone America/St_Lucia -4:04:00 - LMT 1890 # Castries + -4:04:00 - CMT 1912 # Castries Mean Time + -4:00 - AST + +# Virgin Is +Zone America/St_Thomas -4:19:44 - LMT 1911 Jul # Charlotte Amalie + -4:00 - AST + +# St Vincent and the Grenadines +Zone America/St_Vincent -4:04:56 - LMT 1890 # Kingstown + -4:04:56 - KMT 1912 # Kingstown Mean Time + -4:00 - AST + +# British Virgin Is +Zone America/Tortola -4:18:28 - LMT 1911 Jul # Road Town + -4:00 - AST + +# McMurdo, Ross Island, since 1955-12 +Zone Antarctica/McMurdo 0 - zzz 1956 + 12:00 NZ NZ%sT +Link Antarctica/McMurdo Antarctica/South_Pole + +# China +# Changbai Time ("Long-white Time", Long-white = Heilongjiang area) +# Heilongjiang (except Mohe county), Jilin +Zone Asia/Harbin 8:26:44 - LMT 1928 # or Haerbin + 8:30 - CHAT 1932 Mar # Changbai Time + 8:00 - CST 1940 + 9:00 - CHAT 1966 May + 8:30 - CHAT 1980 May + 8:00 PRC C%sT + +# China +# Long-shu Time (probably due to Long and Shu being two names of that area) +# Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Ningxia, Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Yunnan; +# most of Gansu; west Inner Mongolia; west Qinghai; and the Guangdong +# counties Deqing, Enping, Kaiping, Luoding, Taishan, Xinxing, +# Yangchun, Yangjiang, Yu'nan, and Yunfu. +Zone Asia/Chongqing 7:06:20 - LMT 1928 # or Chungking + 7:00 - LONT 1980 May # Long-shu Time + 8:00 PRC C%sT +Link Asia/Chongqing Asia/Chungking + +# far west China +Zone Asia/Kashgar 5:03:56 - LMT 1928 # or Kashi or Kaxgar + 5:30 - KAST 1940 # Kashgar Time + 5:00 - KAST 1980 May + 8:00 PRC C%sT + +# Israel +Zone Asia/Tel_Aviv 2:19:04 - LMT 1880 + 2:21 - JMT 1918 + 2:00 Zion I%sT + +# Jan Mayen +# From Whitman: +Zone Atlantic/Jan_Mayen -1:00 - EGT + +# St Helena +Zone Atlantic/St_Helena -0:22:48 - LMT 1890 # Jamestown + -0:22:48 - JMT 1951 # Jamestown Mean Time + 0:00 - GMT + +# Northern Ireland +Zone Europe/Belfast -0:23:40 - LMT 1880 Aug 2 + -0:25:21 - DMT 1916 May 21 2:00 + # DMT = Dublin/Dunsink MT + -0:25:21 1:00 IST 1916 Oct 1 2:00s + # IST = Irish Summer Time + 0:00 GB-Eire %s 1968 Oct 27 + 1:00 - BST 1971 Oct 31 2:00u + 0:00 GB-Eire %s 1996 + 0:00 EU GMT/BST + +# Guernsey +# Data from Joseph S. Myers +# http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2013-September/019883.html +# References to be added +# LMT Location - 49.27N -2.33E - St.Peter Port +Zone Europe/Guernsey -0:09:19 - LMT 1913 Jun 18 + 0:00 GB-Eire %s 1940 Jul 2 + 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1945 May 8 + 0:00 GB-Eire %s 1968 Oct 27 + 1:00 - BST 1971 Oct 31 2:00u + 0:00 GB-Eire %s 1996 + 0:00 EU GMT/BST + +# Isle of Man +# +# From Lester Caine (2013-09-04): +# The Isle of Man legislation is now on-line at +# <http://www.legislation.gov.im>, starting with the original Statutory +# Time Act in 1883 and including additional confirmation of some of +# the dates of the 'Summer Time' orders originating at +# Westminster. There is a little uncertinity as to the starting date +# of the first summer time in 1916 which may have be announced a +# couple of days late. There is still a substatial number of +# documents to work through, but it is thought that every GB change +# was also implemented on the island. +# +# AT4 of 1883 - The Statutory Time et cetera Act 1883 - +# LMT Location - 54.1508N -4.4814E - Tynwald Hill ( Manx parliament ) +Zone Europe/Isle_of_Man -0:17:55 - LMT 1883 March 30 0:00s + 0:00 GB-Eire %s 1968 Oct 27 + 1:00 - BST 1971 Oct 31 2:00u + 0:00 GB-Eire %s 1996 + 0:00 EU GMT/BST + +# Jersey +# Data from Joseph S. Myers +# http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2013-September/019883.html +# References to be added +# LMT Location - 49.187N -2.107E - St. Hellier +Zone Europe/Jersey -0:08:25 - LMT 1898 Jun 11 16:00u + 0:00 GB-Eire %s 1940 Jul 2 + 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1945 May 8 + 0:00 GB-Eire %s 1968 Oct 27 + 1:00 - BST 1971 Oct 31 2:00u + 0:00 GB-Eire %s 1996 + 0:00 EU GMT/BST + +# Slovenia +Zone Europe/Ljubljana 0:58:04 - LMT 1884 + 1:00 - CET 1941 Apr 18 23:00 + 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1945 May 8 2:00s + 1:00 1:00 CEST 1945 Sep 16 2:00s + 1:00 - CET 1982 Nov 27 + 1:00 EU CE%sT + +# Bosnia and Herzegovina +Zone Europe/Sarajevo 1:13:40 - LMT 1884 + 1:00 - CET 1941 Apr 18 23:00 + 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1945 May 8 2:00s + 1:00 1:00 CEST 1945 Sep 16 2:00s + 1:00 - CET 1982 Nov 27 + 1:00 EU CE%sT + +# Macedonia +Zone Europe/Skopje 1:25:44 - LMT 1884 + 1:00 - CET 1941 Apr 18 23:00 + 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1945 May 8 2:00s + 1:00 1:00 CEST 1945 Sep 16 2:00s + 1:00 - CET 1982 Nov 27 + 1:00 EU CE%sT + +# Moldova / Transnistria +Zone Europe/Tiraspol 1:58:32 - LMT 1880 + 1:55 - CMT 1918 Feb 15 # Chisinau MT + 1:44:24 - BMT 1931 Jul 24 # Bucharest MT + 2:00 Romania EE%sT 1940 Aug 15 + 2:00 1:00 EEST 1941 Jul 17 + 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1944 Aug 24 + 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 1991 Mar 31 2:00 + 2:00 Russia EE%sT 1992 Jan 19 2:00 + 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD + +# Liechtenstein +Zone Europe/Vaduz 0:38:04 - LMT 1894 Jun + 1:00 - CET 1981 + 1:00 EU CE%sT + +# Croatia +Zone Europe/Zagreb 1:03:52 - LMT 1884 + 1:00 - CET 1941 Apr 18 23:00 + 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1945 May 8 2:00s + 1:00 1:00 CEST 1945 Sep 16 2:00s + 1:00 - CET 1982 Nov 27 + 1:00 EU CE%sT + +# US minor outlying islands +Zone Pacific/Johnston -10:00 - HST -- 1.9.1

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[PATCH] * Makefile (.PHONY): Add check_white_space.
by Paul Eggert Aug. 12, 2014

Aug. 12, 2014

--- Makefile | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index 57649c6..d0109bb 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ zic.o: private.h tzfile.h version.h .PHONY: ALL INSTALL all .PHONY: check check_character_set check_public check_tables -.PHONY: check_time_t_alternatives check_web clean clean_misc +.PHONY: check_time_t_alternatives check_web check_white_space clean clean_misc .PHONY: install maintainer-clean names posix_only posix_right .PHONY: public right_only right_posix signatures tarballs typecheck .PHONY: zonenames zones -- 1.9.1

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Before 1970 - proposal to change LMT
by Stephen Colebourne Aug. 12, 2014

Aug. 12, 2014

The TZDB has few issues after 1970 as far as I can see, but before that date there are debates about what should be included and what should not. Options include - nothing at all before 1970 (but the format demands something...) - only data that has some reasonable source before 1970 - include data before 1970 even if its source is less than ideal Ultimately, the problem revolves around the data format (which cannot realistically be changed) and LMT. In the past there have been various discussions around LMT with the conclusion that it is a bit of a silly concept, because it refers to a single location, not a region. But we are in the position where the format requires it, and it is widely used (even if that use is accidental rather than deliberate). Broadly, my position is that where data can be verified pre-1970, such as in the UK, or my recent Angola email, it should be retained. Commentary should be added to the data files to justify the data that is present. Where the data cannot be verified, I am willing to take a judgement call, provided that the judgement call is not just "we don't know so lets link it elsewhere". What I find objectionable is to have a named entity (zone or link) where the LMT of the named location is replaced by the LMT of some other location. I understand that others may not care, but it seems flat out wrong to me (and is key to solving the pre-1970 problem). Therefore, I'd like to propose a simple alteration to LMT. I propose that all LMT values in the database are replaced by an new value, representing what could be described as "averaged/smoothed regional far past time". In real terms, this means changing all the LMT values to an appropriate fixed value for that location. Once the fixed value is chosen, there should be no reason not to retain it forever. The intention is that the fixed offset value is the most common standard offset used by the location, favouring an offset close to the LMT if ambiguous. The offset chosen would typically be a multiple of 15 minutes, and not contain seconds at all. To help frame the debate, I produced a list of zones and all their *standard* transitions (excluding DST) for 2013h; https://gist.github.com/jodastephen/03487c61782e612db85d Some examples: Europe/London -00:01:15 LMT Z 1847-12-01 My proposal is to change the LMT value from "-00:01:15" to "Z" America/New_York -04:56:02 -05:00 1883-11-18 My proposal is to change the LMT value from "-04:56:02" to "-05:00" America/Panama -05:18:08 -05:19:36 1890-01-01 -05:00 1908-04-22 My proposal is to change the LMT value from "-05:18:08" to "-05:00". If justification for the "-05:19:36" value cannot be found, then that should be removed. The net effect of this would be to provide a much more regularized value for the far past (pre 1850 or later). In most cases, the new LMT offset would be the same as the first non-LMT offset, resulting in the removal of a messy transition, leaving only a name change (eg LMT to GMT). Advantages - regularized far past (my experience shows that developers find the LMT seconds offset confusing when they see it) - increased stability, once adopted there is no reason for the LMT value to change - minimizes churn in the database due to "more accurate" longitude/latitude - allows the same offset to be used even if the largest city changes in a region - typically aligns the far past with the first "real" zone definition line - allows multiple locations to be linked (as per recent changes) without debate about changing any timestamps in most cases - when multiple locations are linked, only the start of regular time is then significant data (where known it should be retained) Disadvantages: - changes the meaning of LMT (the name could be possibly be changed to FPT - far past time) - loses existing LMT data (it could still be made available in a separate file) - requires a one-off change I hope that this proposal can be considered, as it would seem to address the majority of the issues in a simple and neat way that benefits most downstream consumers with extra regularity and stability. Stephen

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Fwd: WG Action: Formed Time Zone Data Distribution Service (tzdist)
by Eliot Lear Aug. 12, 2014

Aug. 12, 2014

Friends, I'd like to bring this to your attention. Discussions surrounding these two services will be held on the tzdist mailing list. Please join that list if you are interested. Eliot

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[PATCH] New file time.tab, superseding zone.tab
by Paul Eggert Aug. 12, 2014

Aug. 12, 2014

It allows multiple country codes per zone. Switch code and data to use the new format, along with the recently-added Crozet Islands entry. The old zone.tab file is still installed but is deprecated. The new file uses UTF-8; add commentary saying that iso3166.tab is planned to change to UTF-8. * Theory, tzselect.8 (FILES): zone.tab -> time.tab. * africa (Indian/Alfred_Faure): Remove link. * antarctica: Mention Possession Island in comments. * checktab.awk: Add support for checking time.tab. * iso3166.tab: Mention planned switch to UTF-8. Update ISO 3166-1 Newsletter from VI-15 to VI-16. * time.tab: New file. * tzselect.ksh (zonetabtype): New variable. Add undocumented -t option, meant for developer testing. (TZ_ZONE_TABLE): Use zonetabtype. (output_distances, countries, regions, TZ): Support time.tab format. (quoted_continents, distance_table, countries, regions) (TZ, TZ_for_date): Quote shell strings more carefully. * zone.tab: Refer to time.tab for detailed comments about format. (Indian/Alfred_Faure): Remove. * Makefile (TIMETABLES): New macro. (TABDATA, install, check_tables): Use it. (check_character_set, check_tables): Check time.tab too. (check_time_t_alternatives): Use time.tab, not zone.tab. * NEWS: Document the above. --- Makefile | 20 ++-- NEWS | 15 ++- Theory | 4 +- africa | 3 +- antarctica | 2 +- checktab.awk | 58 +++++----- iso3166.tab | 12 +- time.tab | 371 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ tzselect.8 | 4 +- tzselect.ksh | 35 ++++-- zone.tab | 37 ++---- 11 files changed, 477 insertions(+), 84 deletions(-) create mode 100644 time.tab diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index 8de640a..68388b3 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -340,7 +340,8 @@ PRIMARY_YDATA= africa antarctica asia australasia \ YDATA= $(PRIMARY_YDATA) pacificnew etcetera backward NDATA= systemv factory TDATA= $(YDATA) $(NDATA) -TABDATA= iso3166.tab zone.tab leapseconds +TIMETABLES= time.tab zone.tab +TABDATA= iso3166.tab $(TIMETABLES) leapseconds LEAP_DEPS= leapseconds.awk leap-seconds.list DATA= $(YDATA) $(NDATA) $(TABDATA) \ $(LEAP_DEPS) yearistype.sh @@ -364,7 +365,7 @@ install: all $(DATA) $(REDO) $(MANS) $(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man8 $(ZIC) -y $(YEARISTYPE) \ -d $(DESTDIR)$(TZDIR) -l $(LOCALTIME) -p $(POSIXRULES) - cp -f iso3166.tab zone.tab $(DESTDIR)$(TZDIR)/. + cp -f iso3166.tab $(TIMETABLES) $(DESTDIR)$(TZDIR)/. cp tzselect zic zdump $(DESTDIR)$(ETCDIR)/. cp libtz.a $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)/. $(RANLIB) $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)/libtz.a @@ -455,13 +456,18 @@ check_character_set: $(ENCHILADA) sharp='#' && \ ! grep -Env $(SAFE_LINE) $(MANS) date.1 $(MANTXTS) \ $(MISC) $(SOURCES) $(WEB_PAGES) && \ - ! grep -Env $(SAFE_SHARP_LINE) $(DATA) && \ + ! grep -Env $(SAFE_SHARP_LINE) $(YDATA) $(NDATA) iso3166.tab \ + zone.tab leapseconds $(LEAP_DEPS) yearistype.sh && \ test $$(grep -Ecv $(SAFE_SHARP_LINE) Makefile) -eq 1 && \ - ! grep -Env $(NONSYM_LINE) README NEWS Theory $(MANS) date.1 && \ + ! grep -Env $(NONSYM_LINE) README NEWS Theory $(MANS) date.1 \ + time.tab && \ ! grep -Env $(VALID_LINE) $(ENCHILADA) -check_tables: checktab.awk $(PRIMARY_YDATA) - $(AWK) -f checktab.awk $(PRIMARY_YDATA) +check_tables: checktab.awk $(PRIMARY_YDATA) $(TIMETABLES) + for tab in $(TIMETABLES); do \ + $(AWK) -f checktab.awk -v zone_table=$$tab $(PRIMARY_YDATA) \ + || exit; \ + done check_web: $(WEB_PAGES) $(VALIDATE_ENV) $(VALIDATE) $(VALIDATE_FLAGS) $(WEB_PAGES) @@ -540,7 +546,7 @@ check_public: $(ENCHILADA) # Check that the code works under various alternative # implementations of time_t. check_time_t_alternatives: - zones=`$(AWK) '/^[^#]/ { print $$3 }' <zone.tab` && \ + zones=`$(AWK) '/^[^#]/ { print $$3 }' <time.tab` && \ for type in $(TIME_T_ALTERNATIVES); do \ mkdir -p tzpublic/$$type && \ make clean_misc && \ diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index ffcbd92..babfdac 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -120,11 +120,22 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes Europe/Riga. Also, Moscow's location has been changed to its Kilometer 0 point. (Thanks to Vladimir Karpinsky for the Moscow changes.) - New link name + Changes affecting data format - New link Indian/Alfred_Faure for the Crozet Islands and the + A new file 'time.tab' supersedes 'zone.tab' in the installed data. + The new file's extended format allows multiple country codes per zone. + The older file is still installed but is deprecated; its format is + not changing and it will still be distributed for a while, but new + applications should use the new file. + + The new file format simplifies maintenance of obscure locations. + To test this, it adds coverage for the Crozet Islands and the Scattered Islands. (Thanks to Tobias Conradi and Antoine Leca.) + The file 'iso3166.tab' is planned to switch from ASCII to UTF-8. + It is still ASCII now, but commentary about the switch has been added. + The new file 'time.tab' already uses UTF-8. + Changes affecting code 'localtime', 'mktime', etc. now use much less stack space if ALL_STATE diff --git a/Theory b/Theory index 05a9f65..591bba3 100644 --- a/Theory +++ b/Theory @@ -455,10 +455,10 @@ in decreasing order of importance: If a name is changed, put its old spelling in the 'backward' file. This means old spellings will continue to work. -The file 'zone.tab' lists geographical locations used to name time +The file 'time.tab' lists geographical locations used to name time zone rule files. It is intended to be an exhaustive list of names for geographic regions as described above; this is a subset of the -names in the data. Although a 'zone.tab' location's longitude +names in the data. Although a 'time.tab' location's longitude corresponds to its LMT offset with one hour for every 15 degrees east longitude, this relationship is not exact. diff --git a/africa b/africa index 3eef85f..3a68f88 100644 --- a/africa +++ b/africa @@ -978,7 +978,8 @@ Link Africa/Lagos Africa/Porto-Novo # Benin # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Indian/Reunion 3:41:52 - LMT 1911 Jun # Saint-Denis 4:00 - RET # Réunion Time -Link Indian/Reunion Indian/Alfred_Faure +# +# Crozet Islands also observes Réunion time; see the 'antarctica' file. # # Scattered Islands (Îles Éparses) administered from Réunion are as follows. # The following information about them is taken from diff --git a/antarctica b/antarctica index 9e9d118..912232a 100644 --- a/antarctica +++ b/antarctica @@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ Zone Antarctica/Mawson 0 - zzz 1954 Feb 13 # # French Southern Territories with year-round inhabitants # -# Alfred Faure, Crozet Islands, -462551+0515152, since 1964; +# Alfred Faure, Possession Island, Crozet Islands, -462551+0515152, since 1964; # sealing & whaling stations operated variously 1802/1911+; # see Indian/Reunion. # diff --git a/checktab.awk b/checktab.awk index 25a8d3f..ac40954 100644 --- a/checktab.awk +++ b/checktab.awk @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ BEGIN { FS = "\t" if (!iso_table) iso_table = "iso3166.tab" - if (!zone_table) zone_table = "zone.tab" + if (!zone_table) zone_table = "time.tab" if (!want_warnings) want_warnings = -1 # A special (and we hope temporary) case. @@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ BEGIN { cc2NR[cc] = iso_NR } - zone_table = "zone.tab" cc0 = "" while (getline <zone_table) { @@ -62,7 +61,8 @@ BEGIN { zone_table, zone_NR >>"/dev/stderr" status = 1 } - cc = $1 + split($1, cca, /,/) + cc = cca[1] coordinates = $2 tz = $3 comments = $4 @@ -72,17 +72,20 @@ BEGIN { status = 1 } cc0 = cc - cctz = cc tz - cctztab[cctz] = 1 - tztab[tz] = 1 - tz2comments[cctz] = comments - tz2NR[tz] = zone_NR - if (cc2name[cc]) { + for (i in cca) { + cc = cca[i] + cctz = cc tz + cctztab[cctz] = 1 + tztab[tz] = 1 + tz2comments[tz] = comments + tz2NR[tz] = zone_NR + if (cc2name[cc]) { cc_used[cc]++ - } else { + } else { printf "%s:%d: %s: unknown country code\n", \ zone_table, zone_NR, cc >>"/dev/stderr" status = 1 + } } if (coordinates !~ /^[-+][0-9][0-9][0-5][0-9][-+][01][0-9][0-9][0-5][0-9]$/ \ && coordinates !~ /^[-+][0-9][0-9][0-5][0-9][0-5][0-9][-+][01][0-9][0-9][0-5][0-9][0-5][0-9]$/) { @@ -95,23 +98,26 @@ BEGIN { for (cctz in cctztab) { cc = substr (cctz, 1, 2) tz = substr (cctz, 3) - if (cc_used[cc] == 1) { - if (tz2comments[cctz]) { - printf "%s:%d: unnecessary comment '%s'\n", \ - zone_table, tz2NR[tz], \ - tz2comments[cctz] \ - >>"/dev/stderr" - status = 1 - } - } else { - if (!tz2comments[cctz]) { - printf "%s:%d: missing comment\n", \ - zone_table, tz2NR[tz] >>"/dev/stderr" - status = 1 - } + if (1 < cc_used[cc]) { + comments_needed[tz] = cc } } - + for (cctz in cctztab) { + cc = substr (cctz, 1, 2) + tz = substr (cctz, 3) + if (!comments_needed[tz] && tz2comments[tz]) { + printf "%s:%d: unnecessary comment '%s'\n", \ + zone_table, tz2NR[tz], tz2comments[tz] \ + >>"/dev/stderr" + tz2comments[tz] = 0 + status = 1 + } else if (comments_needed[tz] && !tz2comments[tz]) { + printf "%s:%d: missing comment for %s\n", \ + zone_table, tz2NR[tz], comments_needed[tz] \ + >>"/dev/stderr" + status = 1 + } + } FS = " " } @@ -122,7 +128,7 @@ $1 ~ /^#/ { next } if ($1 == "Zone") { tz = $2 ruleUsed[$4] = 1 - } else if ($1 == "Link") { + } else if ($1 == "Link" && zone_table == "zone.tab") { # Ignore Link commands if source and destination basenames # are identical, e.g. Europe/Istanbul versus Asia/Istanbul. src = $2 diff --git a/iso3166.tab b/iso3166.tab index 38d356d..0b0b842 100644 --- a/iso3166.tab +++ b/iso3166.tab @@ -3,21 +3,21 @@ # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. # -# From Paul Eggert (2013-05-27): +# From Paul Eggert (2014-07-18): +# This file contains a table of two-letter country codes. Columns are +# separated by a single tab. Lines beginning with '#' are comments. +# Although all text currently uses ASCII encoding, this is planned to +# change to UTF-8 soon. The columns of the table are as follows: # -# This file contains a table with the following columns: # 1. ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code, current as of -# ISO 3166-1 Newsletter VI-15 (2013-05-10). See: Updates on ISO 3166 +# ISO 3166-1 Newsletter VI-16 (2013-07-11). See: Updates on ISO 3166 # http://www.iso.org/iso/home/standards/country_codes/updates_on_iso_3166.htm # 2. The usual English name for the coded region, # chosen so that alphabetic sorting of subsets produces helpful lists. # This is not the same as the English name in the ISO 3166 tables. # -# Columns are separated by a single tab. # The table is sorted by country code. # -# Lines beginning with '#' are comments. -# # This table is intended as an aid for users, to help them select time # zone data appropriate for their practical needs. It is not intended # to take or endorse any position on legal or territorial claims. diff --git a/time.tab b/time.tab new file mode 100644 index 0000000..74ca92c --- /dev/null +++ b/time.tab @@ -0,0 +1,371 @@ +# tz zone descriptions +# +# This file is in the public domain. +# +# From Paul Eggert (2014-07-18): +# This file contains a table where each row stands for a zone where +# civil time stamps have agreed since 1970. Columns are separated by +# a single tab. Lines beginning with '#' are comments. All text uses +# UTF-8 encoding. The columns of the table are as follows: +# +# 1. The countries that overlap the zone, as a comma-separated list +# of ISO 3166 2-character country codes. See the file 'iso3166.tab'. +# 2. Latitude and longitude of the zone's principal location +# in ISO 6709 sign-degrees-minutes-seconds format, +# either +-DDMM+-DDDMM or +-DDMMSS+-DDDMMSS, +# first latitude (+ is north), then longitude (+ is east). +# 3. Zone name used in value of TZ environment variable. +# Please see the 'Theory' file for how zone names are chosen. +# If multiple zones overlap a country, each has a row in the +# table, with each column 1 containing the country code. +# 4. Comments; present if and only if a country has multiple zones. +# +# If a zone covers multiple countries, the most-populous city is used, +# and that country is listed first in column 1; any other countries +# are listed alphabetically by country code. The table is sorted +# first by country code, then (if possible) by an order within the +# country that (1) makes some geographical sense, and (2) puts the +# most populous zones first, where that does not contradict (1). +# +# This table is intended as an aid for users, to help them select time +# zone data appropriate for their practical needs. It is not intended +# to take or endorse any position on legal or territorial claims. +# +#country- +#codes coordinates TZ comments +AD +4230+00131 Europe/Andorra +AE,OM +2518+05518 Asia/Dubai +AF +3431+06912 Asia/Kabul +AL +4120+01950 Europe/Tirane +AM +4011+04430 Asia/Yerevan +AQ -6734-06808 Antarctica/Rothera Rothera Station, Adelaide Island +AQ -6448-06406 Antarctica/Palmer Palmer Station, Anvers Island +AQ -6736+06253 Antarctica/Mawson Mawson Station, Holme Bay +AQ -6835+07758 Antarctica/Davis Davis Station, Vestfold Hills +AQ -6617+11031 Antarctica/Casey Casey Station, Bailey Peninsula +AQ -7824+10654 Antarctica/Vostok Vostok Station, Lake Vostok +AQ -6640+14001 Antarctica/DumontDUrville Dumont-d'Urville Station, Terre Adelie +AQ -690022+0393524 Antarctica/Syowa Syowa Station, E Ongul I +AQ -720041+0023206 Antarctica/Troll Troll Station, Queen Maud Land +AR -3436-05827 America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires Buenos Aires (BA, CF) +AR -3124-06411 America/Argentina/Cordoba most locations (CB, CC, CN, ER, FM, MN, SE, SF) +AR -2447-06525 America/Argentina/Salta (SA, LP, NQ, RN) +AR -2411-06518 America/Argentina/Jujuy Jujuy (JY) +AR -2649-06513 America/Argentina/Tucuman Tucumán (TM) +AR -2828-06547 America/Argentina/Catamarca Catamarca (CT), Chubut (CH) +AR -2926-06651 America/Argentina/La_Rioja La Rioja (LR) +AR -3132-06831 America/Argentina/San_Juan San Juan (SJ) +AR -3253-06849 America/Argentina/Mendoza Mendoza (MZ) +AR -3319-06621 America/Argentina/San_Luis San Luis (SL) +AR -5138-06913 America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos Santa Cruz (SC) +AR -5448-06818 America/Argentina/Ushuaia Tierra del Fuego (TF) +AS,UM -1416-17042 Pacific/Pago_Pago Samoa, Midway +AT +4813+01620 Europe/Vienna +AU -3133+15905 Australia/Lord_Howe Lord Howe Island +AU -5430+15857 Antarctica/Macquarie Macquarie Island +AU -4253+14719 Australia/Hobart Tasmania - most locations +AU -3956+14352 Australia/Currie Tasmania - King Island +AU -3749+14458 Australia/Melbourne Victoria +AU -3352+15113 Australia/Sydney New South Wales - most locations +AU -3157+14127 Australia/Broken_Hill New South Wales - Yancowinna +AU -2728+15302 Australia/Brisbane Queensland - most locations +AU -2016+14900 Australia/Lindeman Queensland - Holiday Islands +AU -3455+13835 Australia/Adelaide South Australia +AU -1228+13050 Australia/Darwin Northern Territory +AU -3157+11551 Australia/Perth Western Australia - most locations +AU -3143+12852 Australia/Eucla Western Australia - Eucla area +AZ +4023+04951 Asia/Baku +BB +1306-05937 America/Barbados +BD +2343+09025 Asia/Dhaka +BE +5050+00420 Europe/Brussels +BG +4241+02319 Europe/Sofia +BM +3217-06446 Atlantic/Bermuda +BN +0456+11455 Asia/Brunei +BO -1630-06809 America/La_Paz +BR -0351-03225 America/Noronha Atlantic islands +BR -0127-04829 America/Belem Amapá, E Pará +BR -0343-03830 America/Fortaleza NE Brazil (MA, PI, CE, RN, PB) +BR -0803-03454 America/Recife Pernambuco +BR -0712-04812 America/Araguaina Tocantins +BR -0940-03543 America/Maceio Alagoas, Sergipe +BR -1259-03831 America/Bahia Bahia +BR -2332-04637 America/Sao_Paulo S & SE Brazil (GO, DF, MG, ES, RJ, SP, PR, SC, RS) +BR -2027-05437 America/Campo_Grande Mato Grosso do Sul +BR -1535-05605 America/Cuiaba Mato Grosso +BR -0226-05452 America/Santarem W Pará +BR -0846-06354 America/Porto_Velho Rondônia +BR +0249-06040 America/Boa_Vista Roraima +BR -0308-06001 America/Manaus E Amazonas +BR -0640-06952 America/Eirunepe W Amazonas +BR -0958-06748 America/Rio_Branco Acre +BS +2505-07721 America/Nassau +BT +2728+08939 Asia/Thimphu +BY +5354+02734 Europe/Minsk +BZ +1730-08812 America/Belize +CA +4734-05243 America/St_Johns Newfoundland Time, including SE Labrador +CA +4439-06336 America/Halifax Atlantic Time - Nova Scotia (most places), PEI +CA +4612-05957 America/Glace_Bay Atlantic Time - Nova Scotia - places that did not observe DST 1966-1971 +CA +4606-06447 America/Moncton Atlantic Time - New Brunswick +CA +5320-06025 America/Goose_Bay Atlantic Time - Labrador - most locations +CA +5125-05707 America/Blanc-Sablon Atlantic Standard Time - Quebec - Lower North Shore +CA +4339-07923 America/Toronto Eastern Time - Ontario & Quebec - most locations +CA +4901-08816 America/Nipigon Eastern Time - Ontario & Quebec - places that did not observe DST 1967-1973 +CA +4823-08915 America/Thunder_Bay Eastern Time - Thunder Bay, Ontario +CA +6344-06828 America/Iqaluit Eastern Time - east Nunavut - most locations +CA +6608-06544 America/Pangnirtung Eastern Time - Pangnirtung, Nunavut +CA +744144-0944945 America/Resolute Central Time - Resolute, Nunavut +CA +484531-0913718 America/Atikokan Eastern Standard Time - Atikokan, Ontario and Southampton I, Nunavut +CA +624900-0920459 America/Rankin_Inlet Central Time - central Nunavut +CA +4953-09709 America/Winnipeg Central Time - Manitoba & west Ontario +CA +4843-09434 America/Rainy_River Central Time - Rainy River & Fort Frances, Ontario +CA +5024-10439 America/Regina Central Standard Time - Saskatchewan - most locations +CA +5017-10750 America/Swift_Current Central Standard Time - Saskatchewan - midwest +CA +5333-11328 America/Edmonton Mountain Time - Alberta, east British Columbia & west Saskatchewan +CA +690650-1050310 America/Cambridge_Bay Mountain Time - west Nunavut +CA +6227-11421 America/Yellowknife Mountain Time - central Northwest Territories +CA +682059-1334300 America/Inuvik Mountain Time - west Northwest Territories +CA +4906-11631 America/Creston Mountain Standard Time - Creston, British Columbia +CA +5946-12014 America/Dawson_Creek Mountain Standard Time - Dawson Creek & Fort Saint John, British Columbia +CA +4916-12307 America/Vancouver Pacific Time - west British Columbia +CA +6043-13503 America/Whitehorse Pacific Time - south Yukon +CA +6404-13925 America/Dawson Pacific Time - north Yukon +CC -1210+09655 Indian/Cocos +CH,DE,LI +4723+00832 Europe/Zurich Swiss time +CI,BF,GM,GN,ML,MR,SH,SL,SN,ST,TG +0519-00402 Africa/Abidjan +CK -2114-15946 Pacific/Rarotonga +CL -3327-07040 America/Santiago most locations +CL -2709-10926 Pacific/Easter Easter Island +CN +3114+12128 Asia/Shanghai Beijing Time +CN +4348+08735 Asia/Urumqi Xinjiang Time +CO +0436-07405 America/Bogota +CR +0956-08405 America/Costa_Rica +CU +2308-08222 America/Havana +CV +1455-02331 Atlantic/Cape_Verde +CW,AW,BQ,SX +1211-06900 America/Curacao +CX -1025+10543 Indian/Christmas +CY +3510+03322 Asia/Nicosia +CZ,SK +5005+01426 Europe/Prague +DE +5230+01322 Europe/Berlin Berlin time +DK +5540+01235 Europe/Copenhagen +DO +1828-06954 America/Santo_Domingo +DZ +3647+00303 Africa/Algiers +EC -0210-07950 America/Guayaquil mainland +EC -0054-08936 Pacific/Galapagos Galápagos Islands +EE +5925+02445 Europe/Tallinn +EG +3003+03115 Africa/Cairo +EH +2709-01312 Africa/El_Aaiun +ES +4024-00341 Europe/Madrid mainland +ES +3553-00519 Africa/Ceuta Ceuta & Melilla +ES +2806-01524 Atlantic/Canary Canary Islands +FI,AX +6010+02458 Europe/Helsinki +FJ -1808+17825 Pacific/Fiji +FK -5142-05751 Atlantic/Stanley +FM +0725+15147 Pacific/Chuuk Chuuk (Truk) and Yap +FM +0658+15813 Pacific/Pohnpei Pohnpei (Ponape) +FM +0519+16259 Pacific/Kosrae Kosrae +FO +6201-00646 Atlantic/Faroe +FR +4852+00220 Europe/Paris +GB,GG,IM,JE +513030-0000731 Europe/London +GE +4143+04449 Asia/Tbilisi +GF +0456-05220 America/Cayenne +GH +0533-00013 Africa/Accra +GI +3608-00521 Europe/Gibraltar +GL +6411-05144 America/Godthab most locations +GL +7646-01840 America/Danmarkshavn east coast, north of Scoresbysund +GL +7029-02158 America/Scoresbysund Scoresbysund / Ittoqqortoormiit +GL +7634-06847 America/Thule Thule / Pituffik +GR +3758+02343 Europe/Athens +GS -5416-03632 Atlantic/South_Georgia +GT +1438-09031 America/Guatemala +GU,MP +1328+14445 Pacific/Guam +GW +1151-01535 Africa/Bissau +GY +0648-05810 America/Guyana +HK +2217+11409 Asia/Hong_Kong +HN +1406-08713 America/Tegucigalpa +HT +1832-07220 America/Port-au-Prince +HU +4730+01905 Europe/Budapest +ID -0610+10648 Asia/Jakarta Java & Sumatra +ID -0002+10920 Asia/Pontianak west & central Borneo +ID -0507+11924 Asia/Makassar east & south Borneo, Sulawesi (Celebes), Bali, Nusa Tengarra, west Timor +ID -0232+14042 Asia/Jayapura west New Guinea (Irian Jaya) & Malukus (Moluccas) +IE +5320-00615 Europe/Dublin +IL +314650+0351326 Asia/Jerusalem +IN +2232+08822 Asia/Kolkata +IO -0720+07225 Indian/Chagos +IQ +3321+04425 Asia/Baghdad +IR +3540+05126 Asia/Tehran +IS +6409-02151 Atlantic/Reykjavik +IT,SM,VA +4154+01229 Europe/Rome +JM +175805-0764736 America/Jamaica +JO +3157+03556 Asia/Amman +JP +353916+1394441 Asia/Tokyo +KE,DJ,ER,ET,KM,MG,SO,TZ,UG,YT -0117+03649 Africa/Nairobi +KG +4254+07436 Asia/Bishkek +KI +0125+17300 Pacific/Tarawa Gilbert Islands +KI -0308-17105 Pacific/Enderbury Phoenix Islands +KI +0152-15720 Pacific/Kiritimati Line Islands +KP +3901+12545 Asia/Pyongyang +KR +3733+12658 Asia/Seoul +KZ +4315+07657 Asia/Almaty most locations +KZ +4448+06528 Asia/Qyzylorda Qyzylorda (Kyzylorda, Kzyl-Orda) +KZ +5017+05710 Asia/Aqtobe Aqtobe (Aktobe) +KZ +4431+05016 Asia/Aqtau Atyrau (Atirau, Gur'yev), Mangghystau (Mankistau) +KZ +5113+05121 Asia/Oral West Kazakhstan +LB +3353+03530 Asia/Beirut +LK +0656+07951 Asia/Colombo +LR +0618-01047 Africa/Monrovia +LT +5441+02519 Europe/Vilnius +LU +4936+00609 Europe/Luxembourg +LV +5657+02406 Europe/Riga +LY +3254+01311 Africa/Tripoli +MA +3339-00735 Africa/Casablanca +MC +4342+00723 Europe/Monaco +MD +4700+02850 Europe/Chisinau +MH +0709+17112 Pacific/Majuro most locations +MH +0905+16720 Pacific/Kwajalein Kwajalein +MM +1647+09610 Asia/Rangoon +MN +4755+10653 Asia/Ulaanbaatar most locations +MN +4801+09139 Asia/Hovd Bayan-Ölgii, Govi-Altai, Hovd, Uvs, Zavkhan +MN +4804+11430 Asia/Choibalsan Dornod, Sükhbaatar +MO +2214+11335 Asia/Macau +MQ +1436-06105 America/Martinique +MT +3554+01431 Europe/Malta +MU -2010+05730 Indian/Mauritius +MV +0410+07330 Indian/Maldives +MX +1924-09909 America/Mexico_City Central Time - most locations +MX +2105-08646 America/Cancun Central Time - Quintana Roo +MX +2058-08937 America/Merida Central Time - Campeche, Yucatán +MX +2540-10019 America/Monterrey Mexican Central Time - Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas away from US border +MX +2550-09730 America/Matamoros US Central Time - Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas near US border +MX +2313-10625 America/Mazatlan Mountain Time - S Baja, Nayarit, Sinaloa +MX +2838-10605 America/Chihuahua Mexican Mountain Time - Chihuahua away from US border +MX +2934-10425 America/Ojinaga US Mountain Time - Chihuahua near US border +MX +2904-11058 America/Hermosillo Mountain Standard Time - Sonora +MX +3232-11701 America/Tijuana US Pacific Time - Baja California near US border +MX +3018-11452 America/Santa_Isabel Mexican Pacific Time - Baja California away from US border +MX +2048-10515 America/Bahia_Banderas Mexican Central Time - Bahía de Banderas +MY +0310+10142 Asia/Kuala_Lumpur peninsular Malaysia +MY +0133+11020 Asia/Kuching Sabah & Sarawak +MZ,BI,BW,CD,MW,RW,ZM,ZW -2558+03235 Africa/Maputo Central Africa Time (UTC+2) +NA -2234+01706 Africa/Windhoek +NC -2216+16627 Pacific/Noumea +NF -2903+16758 Pacific/Norfolk +NG,AO,BJ,CD,CF,CG,CM,GA,GQ,NE +0627+00324 Africa/Lagos West Africa Time (UTC+1) +NI +1209-08617 America/Managua +NL +5222+00454 Europe/Amsterdam +NO,SJ +5955+01045 Europe/Oslo +NP +2743+08519 Asia/Kathmandu +NR -0031+16655 Pacific/Nauru +NU -1901-16955 Pacific/Niue +NZ,AQ -3652+17446 Pacific/Auckland New Zealand time +NZ -4357-17633 Pacific/Chatham Chatham Islands +PA,KY +0858-07932 America/Panama +PE -1203-07703 America/Lima +PF -1732-14934 Pacific/Tahiti Society Islands +PF -0900-13930 Pacific/Marquesas Marquesas Islands +PF -2308-13457 Pacific/Gambier Gambier Islands +PG -0930+14710 Pacific/Port_Moresby +PH +1435+12100 Asia/Manila +PK +2452+06703 Asia/Karachi +PL +5215+02100 Europe/Warsaw +PM +4703-05620 America/Miquelon +PN -2504-13005 Pacific/Pitcairn +PR +182806-0660622 America/Puerto_Rico +PS +3130+03428 Asia/Gaza Gaza Strip +PS +313200+0350542 Asia/Hebron West Bank +PT +3843-00908 Europe/Lisbon mainland +PT +3238-01654 Atlantic/Madeira Madeira Islands +PT +3744-02540 Atlantic/Azores Azores +PW +0720+13429 Pacific/Palau +PY -2516-05740 America/Asuncion +QA,BH +2517+05132 Asia/Qatar +RE,TF -2052+05528 Indian/Reunion Réunion, Crozet Is, Scattered Is +RO +4426+02606 Europe/Bucharest +RS,BA,HR,ME,MK,SI +4450+02030 Europe/Belgrade +RU +5443+02030 Europe/Kaliningrad Moscow-01 - Kaliningrad +RU +554521+0373704 Europe/Moscow Moscow+00 - west Russia +RU +4457+03406 Europe/Simferopol Moscow+00 - Crimea +RU +4844+04425 Europe/Volgograd Moscow+00 - Caspian Sea +RU +5312+05009 Europe/Samara Moscow+00 (Moscow+01 after 2014-10-26) - Samara, Udmurtia +RU +5651+06036 Asia/Yekaterinburg Moscow+02 - Urals +RU +5500+07324 Asia/Omsk Moscow+03 - west Siberia +RU +5502+08255 Asia/Novosibirsk Moscow+03 - Novosibirsk +RU +5345+08707 Asia/Novokuznetsk Moscow+03 (Moscow+04 after 2014-10-26) - Kemerovo +RU +5601+09250 Asia/Krasnoyarsk Moscow+04 - Yenisei River +RU +5216+10420 Asia/Irkutsk Moscow+05 - Lake Baikal +# Add this once the 2014-10-26 Russian change becomes official: +#RU +5203+11328 Asia/Chita Moscow+06 (Moscow+05 after 2014-10-26) - Zabaykalsky +RU +6200+12940 Asia/Yakutsk Moscow+06 - Lena River +RU +623923+1353314 Asia/Khandyga Moscow+06 - Tomponsky, Ust-Maysky +RU +4310+13156 Asia/Vladivostok Moscow+07 - Amur River +RU +4658+14242 Asia/Sakhalin Moscow+07 - Sakhalin Island +RU +643337+1431336 Asia/Ust-Nera Moscow+07 - Oymyakonsky +RU +5934+15048 Asia/Magadan Moscow+08 (Moscow+07 after 2014-10-26) - Magadan +# Add this once the 2014-10-26 Russian change becomes official: +#RU +6728+15343 Asia/Srednekolymsk Moscow+08 - E Sakha, N Kuril Is +RU +5301+15839 Asia/Kamchatka Moscow+08 (Moscow+09 after 2014-10-26) - Kamchatka +RU +6445+17729 Asia/Anadyr Moscow+08 (Moscow+09 after 2014-10-26) - Bering Sea +SA,KW,YE +2438+04643 Asia/Riyadh +SB -0932+16012 Pacific/Guadalcanal +SC -0440+05528 Indian/Mahe +SD,SS +1536+03232 Africa/Khartoum +SE +5920+01803 Europe/Stockholm +SG +0117+10351 Asia/Singapore +SR +0550-05510 America/Paramaribo +SV +1342-08912 America/El_Salvador +SY +3330+03618 Asia/Damascus +TC +2128-07108 America/Grand_Turk +TD +1207+01503 Africa/Ndjamena +TF -492110+0701303 Indian/Kerguelen Kerguelen, St Paul I, Amsterdam I +TH,KH,LA,VN +1345+10031 Asia/Bangkok +TJ +3835+06848 Asia/Dushanbe +TK -0922-17114 Pacific/Fakaofo +TL -0833+12535 Asia/Dili +TM +3757+05823 Asia/Ashgabat +TN +3648+01011 Africa/Tunis +TO -2110-17510 Pacific/Tongatapu +TR +4101+02858 Europe/Istanbul +TT,AG,AI,BL,DM,GD,GP,MF,LC,KN,MS,VC,VG,VI +1039-06131 America/Port_of_Spain +TV -0831+17913 Pacific/Funafuti +TW +2503+12130 Asia/Taipei +UA +5026+03031 Europe/Kiev most locations +UA +4837+02218 Europe/Uzhgorod Ruthenia +UA +4750+03510 Europe/Zaporozhye Zaporozh'ye, E Lugansk / Zaporizhia, E Luhansk +UM +1917+16637 Pacific/Wake Wake Island +US +404251-0740023 America/New_York Eastern Time +US +421953-0830245 America/Detroit Eastern Time - Michigan - most locations +US +381515-0854534 America/Kentucky/Louisville Eastern Time - Kentucky - Louisville area +US +364947-0845057 America/Kentucky/Monticello Eastern Time - Kentucky - Wayne County +US +394606-0860929 America/Indiana/Indianapolis Eastern Time - Indiana - most locations +US +384038-0873143 America/Indiana/Vincennes Eastern Time - Indiana - Daviess, Dubois, Knox & Martin Counties +US +410305-0863611 America/Indiana/Winamac Eastern Time - Indiana - Pulaski County +US +382232-0862041 America/Indiana/Marengo Eastern Time - Indiana - Crawford County +US +382931-0871643 America/Indiana/Petersburg Eastern Time - Indiana - Pike County +US +384452-0850402 America/Indiana/Vevay Eastern Time - Indiana - Switzerland County +US +415100-0873900 America/Chicago Central Time +US +375711-0864541 America/Indiana/Tell_City Central Time - Indiana - Perry County +US +411745-0863730 America/Indiana/Knox Central Time - Indiana - Starke County +US +450628-0873651 America/Menominee Central Time - Michigan - Dickinson, Gogebic, Iron & Menominee Counties +US +470659-1011757 America/North_Dakota/Center Central Time - North Dakota - Oliver County +US +465042-1012439 America/North_Dakota/New_Salem Central Time - North Dakota - Morton County (except Mandan area) +US +471551-1014640 America/North_Dakota/Beulah Central Time - North Dakota - Mercer County +US +394421-1045903 America/Denver Mountain Time +US +433649-1161209 America/Boise Mountain Time - south Idaho & east Oregon +US +332654-1120424 America/Phoenix Mountain Standard Time - Arizona (except Navajo) +US +340308-1181434 America/Los_Angeles Pacific Time +US +550737-1313435 America/Metlakatla Pacific Standard Time - Annette Island, Alaska +US +611305-1495401 America/Anchorage Alaska Time +US +581807-1342511 America/Juneau Alaska Time - Alaska panhandle +US +571035-1351807 America/Sitka Alaska Time - southeast Alaska panhandle +US +593249-1394338 America/Yakutat Alaska Time - Alaska panhandle neck +US +643004-1652423 America/Nome Alaska Time - west Alaska +US +515248-1763929 America/Adak Aleutian Islands +US,UM +211825-1575130 Pacific/Honolulu Hawaii time +UY -3453-05611 America/Montevideo +UZ +3940+06648 Asia/Samarkand west Uzbekistan +UZ +4120+06918 Asia/Tashkent east Uzbekistan +VE +1030-06656 America/Caracas +VU -1740+16825 Pacific/Efate +WF -1318-17610 Pacific/Wallis +WS -1350-17144 Pacific/Apia +ZA,LS,SZ -2615+02800 Africa/Johannesburg diff --git a/tzselect.8 b/tzselect.8 index 7644112..30375a5 100644 --- a/tzselect.8 +++ b/tzselect.8 @@ -99,8 +99,8 @@ Name of the directory containing time zone data files (default: \f2TZDIR\fP\f3/iso3166.tab\fP Table of ISO 3166 2-letter country codes and country names. .TP -\f2TZDIR\fP\f3/zone.tab\fP -Tables of country codes, latitude and longitude, zone names, and +\f2TZDIR\fP\f3/time.tab\fP +Table of country codes, latitude and longitude, zone names, and descriptive comments. .TP \f2TZDIR\fP\f3/\fP\f2TZ\fP diff --git a/tzselect.ksh b/tzselect.ksh index 963001a..e799a1a 100644 --- a/tzselect.ksh +++ b/tzselect.ksh @@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ REPORT_BUGS_TO=tz(a)iana.org coord= location_limit=10 +zonetabtype=time usage="Usage: tzselect [--version] [--help] [-c COORD] [-n LIMIT] Select a time zone interactively. @@ -146,6 +147,8 @@ do coord=$OPTARG ;; n*) location_limit=$OPTARG ;; + t*) # Undocumented option, used for developer testing. + zonetabtype=$OPTARG ;; -help) exec echo "$usage" ;; -version) @@ -165,10 +168,10 @@ esac # Make sure the tables are readable. TZ_COUNTRY_TABLE=$TZDIR/iso3166.tab -TZ_ZONE_TABLE=$TZDIR/zone.tab +TZ_ZONE_TABLE=$TZDIR/$zonetabtype.tab for f in $TZ_COUNTRY_TABLE $TZ_ZONE_TABLE do - <$f || { + <"$f" || { echo >&2 "$0: time zone files are not set up correctly" exit 1 } @@ -232,7 +235,13 @@ output_distances=' /^[^#]/ { here_lat = convert_latitude($2) here_long = convert_longitude($2) - line = $1 "\t" $2 "\t" $3 "\t" country[$1] + line = $1 "\t" $2 "\t" $3 + sep = "\t" + ncc = split($1, cc, /,/) + for (i = 1; i <= ncc; i++) { + line = line sep country[cc[i]] + sep = ", " + } if (NF == 4) line = line " - " $4 printf "%g\t%s\n", dist(coord_lat, coord_long, here_lat, here_long), line @@ -269,7 +278,7 @@ while entry = entry " Ocean" printf "'\''%s'\''\n", entry } - ' $TZ_ZONE_TABLE | + ' <"$TZ_ZONE_TABLE" | sort -u | tr '\n' ' ' echo '' @@ -327,7 +336,7 @@ while distance_table=`$AWK \ -v coord="$coord" \ -v TZ_COUNTRY_TABLE="$TZ_COUNTRY_TABLE" \ - "$output_distances" <$TZ_ZONE_TABLE | + "$output_distances" <"$TZ_ZONE_TABLE" | sort -n | sed "${location_limit}q" ` @@ -355,7 +364,9 @@ while BEGIN { FS = "\t" } /^#/ { next } $3 ~ ("^" continent "/") { - if (!cc_seen[$1]++) cc_list[++ccs] = $1 + ncc = split($1, cc, /,/) + for (i = 1; i <= ncc; i++) + if (!cc_seen[cc[i]]++) cc_list[++ccs] = cc[i] } END { while (getline <TZ_COUNTRY_TABLE) { @@ -369,7 +380,7 @@ while print country } } - ' <$TZ_ZONE_TABLE | sort -f` + ' <"$TZ_ZONE_TABLE" | sort -f` # If there's more than one country, ask the user which one. @@ -399,8 +410,8 @@ while } } } - $1 == cc { print $4 } - ' <$TZ_ZONE_TABLE` + $1 ~ cc { print $4 } + ' <"$TZ_ZONE_TABLE"` # If there's more than one region, ask the user which one. @@ -430,13 +441,13 @@ while } } } - $1 == cc && $4 == region { print $3 } - ' <$TZ_ZONE_TABLE` + $1 ~ cc && $4 == region { print $3 } + ' <"$TZ_ZONE_TABLE"` esac # Make sure the corresponding zoneinfo file exists. TZ_for_date=$TZDIR/$TZ - <$TZ_for_date || { + <"$TZ_for_date" || { echo >&2 "$0: time zone files are not set up correctly" exit 1 } diff --git a/zone.tab b/zone.tab index 2ca3cbc..dfc5703 100644 --- a/zone.tab +++ b/zone.tab @@ -1,32 +1,20 @@ -# TZ zone descriptions +# tz zone descriptions (deprecated version) # # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. # -# From Paul Eggert (2013-08-14): +# From Paul Eggert (2014-07-18): +# This file is intended as a backward-compatibility aid for older programs. +# New programs should use time.tab. This file is like time.tab (see +# time.tab's comments), but with the following additional restrictions: # -# This file contains a table where each row stands for an area that is -# the intersection of a region identified by a country code and of a -# zone where civil clocks have agreed since 1970. The columns of the -# table are as follows: +# 1. This file contains only ASCII characters. +# 2. The first data column contains exactly one country code. # -# 1. ISO 3166 2-character country code. See the file 'iso3166.tab'. -# 2. Latitude and longitude of the area's principal location -# in ISO 6709 sign-degrees-minutes-seconds format, -# either +-DDMM+-DDDMM or +-DDMMSS+-DDDMMSS, -# first latitude (+ is north), then longitude (+ is east). -# 3. Zone name used in value of TZ environment variable. -# Please see the 'Theory' file for how zone names are chosen. -# If multiple zones overlap a country, each has a row in the -# table, with column 1 being duplicated. -# 4. Comments; present if and only if the country has multiple rows. -# -# Columns are separated by a single tab. -# The table is sorted first by country, then an order within the country that -# (1) makes some geographical sense, and -# (2) puts the most populous areas first, where that does not contradict (1). -# -# Lines beginning with '#' are comments. +# Because of (2), each row stands for an area that is the intersection +# of a region identified by a country code and of a zone where civil +# clocks have agreed since 1970; this is a narrower definition than +# that of time.tab. # # This table is intended as an aid for users, to help them select time # zone data appropriate for their practical needs. It is not intended @@ -384,8 +372,7 @@ SY +3330+03618 Asia/Damascus SZ -2618+03106 Africa/Mbabane TC +2128-07108 America/Grand_Turk TD +1207+01503 Africa/Ndjamena -TF -492110+0701303 Indian/Kerguelen Kerguelen, St Paul I, Amsterdam I -TF -462551+0515125 Indian/Alfred_Faure Crozet Is, Scattered Is +TF -492110+0701303 Indian/Kerguelen TG +0608+00113 Africa/Lome TH +1345+10031 Asia/Bangkok TJ +3835+06848 Asia/Dushanbe -- 1.9.1

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Proposed update to tz-link.htm for Microsoft Windows
by Matt Johnson Aug. 11, 2014

Aug. 11, 2014

Please find attached a patch which contains more specific information about time zone support in Microsoft Windows. In particular, I'm correcting the previous information which stated that the Windows time zone format was undocumented. I've provided links to all of the relevant documentation. I've also clarified the use of TZ data in the new Windows Runtime APIs. The previous text made it sound like DateTimeFormatter can perform CLDR conversions, which it cannot. Please let me know if there are any suggested revisions. Thanks, Matt

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Follow up to post earlier
by Lester Caine Aug. 11, 2014

Aug. 11, 2014

Have brought my tzdata clone up to date, and re-merged the new data. http://hg.lsces.org.uk/hg/tzdata/rev/c8017bbdb194 In the process of checking things, I found a few broken links in the europe file http://hg.lsces.org.uk/hg/tz/rev/f998f498222b Have several extra links to go with Joseph's UK details as well ... A lot of the material has now been scanned and is on-line. -- Lester Caine - G8HFL ----------------------------- Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk Rainbow Digital Media - http://rainbowdigitalmedia.co.uk

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[PATCH] Don't put leapseconds.awk in tzdata tarball.
by Paul Eggert Aug. 11, 2014

Aug. 11, 2014

This harmless bug was introduced in release 2014f, which distributed leapseconds.awk in both the code and the data tarballs. It's code, so it should be in the code tarball. * Makefile (DATA): Omit leapseconds.awk. (check_character_set): Omit redundant check of $(LEAP_DEPS). --- Makefile | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index ee02f73..03ee556 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ ZONETABLES= zone1970.tab zone.tab TABDATA= iso3166.tab leapseconds $(ZONETABLES) LEAP_DEPS= leapseconds.awk leap-seconds.list DATA= $(YDATA) $(NDATA) $(TABDATA) \ - $(LEAP_DEPS) yearistype.sh + leap-seconds.list yearistype.sh AWK_SCRIPTS= checktab.awk leapseconds.awk MISC= $(AWK_SCRIPTS) workman.sh zoneinfo2tdf.pl ENCHILADA= $(COMMON) $(DOCS) $(SOURCES) $(DATA) $(MISC) @@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ check_character_set: $(ENCHILADA) ! grep -Env $(SAFE_LINE) $(MANS) date.1 $(MANTXTS) \ $(MISC) $(SOURCES) $(WEB_PAGES) && \ ! grep -Env $(SAFE_SHARP_LINE) $(YDATA) $(NDATA) iso3166.tab \ - zone.tab leapseconds $(LEAP_DEPS) yearistype.sh && \ + zone.tab leapseconds yearistype.sh && \ test $$(grep -Ecv $(SAFE_SHARP_LINE) Makefile) -eq 1 && \ ! grep -Env $(NONSYM_LINE) README NEWS Theory $(MANS) date.1 \ zone1970.tab && \ -- 1.9.1

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[PATCH] Minor spelling, accent, and spacing fixes.
by Paul Eggert Aug. 11, 2014

Aug. 11, 2014

In particular, this patch is makes the commentary more systematic about preferring "time zone" to "timezone" except when quoting someone else or when talking about code that uses "timezone". --- NEWS | 10 +++++----- README | 6 +++--- Theory | 6 +++--- africa | 2 +- asia | 2 +- australasia | 2 +- leapseconds.awk | 2 +- newctime.3 | 2 +- northamerica | 8 ++++---- southamerica | 12 ++++++------ tz-link.htm | 9 ++++----- zic.8 | 2 +- 12 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index e7bafe8..30924d1 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ Release 2014f - 2014-08-05 17:42:36 -0700 are not already surrounded by white space. (Thanks to suggestions by Steffen Nurpmeso.) - There is new commentary about Xujiahui Observatory, the five timezone + There is new commentary about Xujiahui Observatory, the five time-zone project in China from 1918 to 1949, timekeeping in Japanese-occupied Shanghai, and Tibet Time in the 1950s. The sharp-eyed can spot the warlord Jin Shuren in the data. @@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ Release 2013h - 2013-10-25 15:32:32 -0700 Changes affecting documentation and commentary - tz-link.htm now mentions TC TIMEZONE's draft timezone service protocol + tz-link.htm now mentions TC TIMEZONE's draft time zone service protocol (thanks to Mike Douglass) and TimezoneJS.Date (thanks to Jim Fehrle). Update URLs in tz-link page. Add URLs for Microsoft Windows, since @@ -679,7 +679,7 @@ Release 2013e - 2013-09-19 23:50:04 -0700 The signatures of 'offtime', 'timeoff', and 'gtime' have been changed back to the old practice of using 'long' to represent UT offsets. This had been inadvertently and mistakenly changed to - 'int_fast32_t'. (Thanks to Christos Zoulos.) + 'int_fast32_t'. (Thanks to Christos Zoulas.) The code avoids undefined behavior on integer overflow in some more places, including gmtime, localtime, mktime and zdump. @@ -1110,7 +1110,7 @@ Release 2012a - 2012-03-01 18:28:10 +0700 Other minor changes are: Corrections to 1918 Canadian summer time end dates. - Updated URL for UK timezone history (in comments) + Updated URL for UK time zone history (in comments) A few typos in Le Corre's list of free French place names (comments) @@ -2668,7 +2668,7 @@ numbers. Release time stamps are taken from the release's commit (for newer, git releases), from the newest file in the tarball (for older releases, where this info is available) or from the email announcing -the release (if all else fails; these are marked with a timezone of +the release (if all else fails; these are marked with a time zone of -0000 and an "is missing!" comment). Earlier versions of the code and data were not announced on the tz diff --git a/README b/README index 0b0bbbe..a6796d7 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -50,13 +50,13 @@ If you know that the rules are different from those in a file, by all means feel free to change a file (and please send the changed version to tz(a)iana.org for use in the future). Europeans take note! -Thanks to these Timezone Caballeros who've made major contributions to the -time conversion package: Keith Bostic; Bob Devine; Paul Eggert; Robert Elz; +Thanks to these Time Zone Caballeros who've made major contributions to the +time conversion package: Keith Bostic; Bob Devine; Paul Eggert; Robert Elz; Guy Harris; Mark Horton; John Mackin; and Bradley White. Thanks also to Michael Bloom, Art Neilson, Stephen Prince, John Sovereign, and Frank Wales for testing work, and to Gwillim Law for checking local mean time data. Thanks in particular to Arthur David Olson, the project's founder and first -maintainer, to whom the timezone community owes the greatest debt of all. +maintainer, to whom the time zone community owes the greatest debt of all. None of them are responsible for remaining errors. Look in <ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/releases/> for updated versions of these files. diff --git a/Theory b/Theory index d23dac3..42070e4 100644 --- a/Theory +++ b/Theory @@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ These are the extensions that have been made to the POSIX functions: consideration was given to using some other environment variable (for example, "TIMEZONE") to hold the string used to generate the time zone information file name. In the end, however, it was decided - to continue using "TZ": it is widely used for time zone purposes; + to continue using "TZ": it is widely used for time zone purposes; separately maintaining both "TZ" and "TIMEZONE" seemed a nuisance; and systems where "new" forms of "TZ" might cause problems can simply use TZ values such as "EST5EDT" which can be used both by @@ -710,9 +710,9 @@ Gregorian calendar: The Russian empire (including Finland and the Baltic states) did not convert to the Gregorian calendar until the Soviet revolution of 1917. -Source: H. Grotefend, _Taschenbuch der Zeitrechnung des deutschen +Source: H. Grotefend, _Taschenbuch der Zeitrechnung des deutschen Mittelalters und der Neuzeit_, herausgegeben von Dr. O. Grotefend -(Hannover: Hahnsche Buchhandlung, 1941), pp. 26-28. +(Hannover: Hahnsche Buchhandlung, 1941), pp. 26-28. ----- Time and time zones on Mars ----- diff --git a/africa b/africa index 339d6c4..9f819f7 100644 --- a/africa +++ b/africa @@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ Zone Africa/Blantyre 2:20:00 - LMT 1903 Mar # From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-07-11): # Seems that English language article "The revival of daylight saving -# time: Energy conservation?"-# No. 16578 (07/11/2008) was originally +# time: Energy conservation?"-# No. 16578 (07/11/2008) was originally # published on Monday, June 30, 2008... # # I guess that article in French "Le gouvernement avance l'introduction diff --git a/asia b/asia index 2536f72..09aaa24 100644 --- a/asia +++ b/asia @@ -1915,7 +1915,7 @@ Zone Asia/Hovd 6:06:36 - LMT 1905 Aug Zone Asia/Ulaanbaatar 7:07:32 - LMT 1905 Aug 7:00 - ULAT 1978 # Ulaanbaatar Time 8:00 Mongol ULA%sT -# Choibalsan, a.k.a. Bajan Tuemen, Bajan Tumen, Chojbalsan, +# Choibalsan, a.k.a. Bajan Tümen, Bajan Tumen, Chojbalsan, # Choybalsan, Sanbejse, Tchoibalsan Zone Asia/Choibalsan 7:38:00 - LMT 1905 Aug 7:00 - ULAT 1978 diff --git a/australasia b/australasia index 4911e8d..2ee4cbe 100644 --- a/australasia +++ b/australasia @@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Funafuti 11:56:52 - LMT 1901 # From Mark Brader (2005-01-23): # [Fallacies and Fantasies of Air Transport History, by R.E.G. Davies, # published 1994 by Paladwr Press, McLean, VA, USA; ISBN 0-9626483-5-3] -# reproduced a Pan American Airways timeables from 1936, for their weekly +# reproduced a Pan American Airways timetable from 1936, for their weekly # "Orient Express" flights between San Francisco and Manila, and connecting # flights to Chicago and the US East Coast. As it uses some time zone # designations that I've never seen before:.... diff --git a/leapseconds.awk b/leapseconds.awk index 739615a..c2079dc 100644 --- a/leapseconds.awk +++ b/leapseconds.awk @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ # This file is in the public domain. BEGIN { - print "# Allowance for leapseconds added to each timezone file." + print "# Allowance for leap seconds added to each time zone file." print "" print "# This file is in the public domain." print "" diff --git a/newctime.3 b/newctime.3 index 2e1d937..dccab77 100644 --- a/newctime.3 +++ b/newctime.3 @@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ includes the following fields: int tm_wday; /\(** day of week (Sunday = 0) \(**/ int tm_yday; /\(** day of year (0\*(en365) \(**/ int tm_isdst; /\(** is summer time in effect? \(**/ - char \(**tm_zone; /\(** abbreviation of timezone name \(**/ + char \(**tm_zone; /\(** abbreviation of time zone name \(**/ long tm_gmtoff; /\(** offset from UT in seconds \(**/ .fi .RE diff --git a/northamerica b/northamerica index 7074d31..9a306b8 100644 --- a/northamerica +++ b/northamerica @@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ Zone America/Adak 12:13:21 - LMT 1867 Oct 18 # Minutes of the Unalaska City Council Meeting, January 10, 1967: # "Except for St. Paul and Akutan, Unalaska is the only important # location not on Alaska Standard Time. The following resolution was -# made by William Robinson and seconded by Henry Swanson: Be it +# made by William Robinson and seconded by Henry Swanson: Be it # resolved that the City of Unalaska hereby goes to Alaska Standard # Time as of midnight Friday, January 13, 1967 (1 A.M. Saturday, # January 14, Alaska Standard Time.) This resolution was passed with @@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ Zone America/Adak 12:13:21 - LMT 1867 Oct 18 # year, the standard time of this Territory shall be advanced one # hour...This Act shall take effect upon its approval. Approved this 26th # day of April, A. D. 1933. LAWRENCE M JUDD, Governor of the Territory of -# Hawaii." Page 172: "Act 163...Act 90 of the Session Laws of 1933 is +# Hawaii." Page 172: "Act 163...Act 90 of the Session Laws of 1933 is # hereby repealed...This Act shall take effect upon its approval, upon # which date the standard time of this Territory shall be restored to # that existing immediately prior to the taking effect of said Act 90. @@ -1827,7 +1827,7 @@ Zone America/Edmonton -7:33:52 - LMT 1906 Sep # 1. 1884 or 1885: adoption of Mountain Standard Time (GMT-7) # Exact date unknown # 2. Oct 1916: switch to Pacific Standard Time (GMT-8) -# Exact date in October unknown; Sunday October 1 is a reasonable guess. +# Exact date in October unknown; Sunday October 1 is a reasonable guess. # 3. June 1918: switch to Pacific Daylight Time (GMT-7) # Exact date in June unknown; Sunday June 2 is a reasonable guess. # note#1: @@ -3034,7 +3034,7 @@ Zone America/Martinique -4:04:20 - LMT 1890 # Fort-de-France # From Gwillim Law (2005-04-21): # The Associated Press story on the time change, which can be found at # http://www.lapalmainteractivo.com/guias/content/gen/ap/America_Latina/AMC_G… -# and elsewhere, says (fifth paragraph, translated from Spanish): "The last +# and elsewhere, says (fifth paragraph, translated from Spanish): "The last # time that a change of clocks was applied to save energy was in the year 2000 # during the Arnoldo Alemán administration."... # The northamerica file says that Nicaragua has been on UTC-6 continuously diff --git a/southamerica b/southamerica index ba88fd2..e0c83ac 100644 --- a/southamerica +++ b/southamerica @@ -225,9 +225,9 @@ Rule Arg 2008 only - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S # It's Law No. 7,210. This change is due to a public power emergency, so for # now we'll assume it's for this year only. # -# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): -# Hora de verano para la Republica Argentina (2003-06-08) -# <http://www.spicasc.net/horvera.html> +# From Paul Eggert (2014-08-09): +# Hora de verano para la República Argentina +# http://buenasiembra.com.ar/esoterismo/astrologia/hora-de-verano-de-la-repub… # says that standard time in Argentina from 1894-10-31 # to 1920-05-01 was -4:16:48.25. Go with this more-precise value # over Shanks & Pottenger. @@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ Rule Arg 2008 only - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S # ... # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-04-09): -# According to news reports from El Diario de la Republica Province San +# According to news reports from El Diario de la República Province San # Luis, Argentina (standard time UTC-04) will keep Daylight Saving Time # after April 11, 2010 - will continue to have same time as rest of # Argentina (UTC-3) (no DST). @@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ Zone America/La_Paz -4:32:36 - LMT 1890 # Oficial da União"...) in Brazil there are changes in the timezones, # effective today (00:00am at June 24, 2008) as follows: # -# a) The timezone UTC+5 is e[x]tinguished, with all the Acre state and the +# a) The timezone UTC+5 is extinguished, with all the Acre state and the # part of the Amazonas state that had this timezone now being put to the # timezone UTC+4 # b) The whole Pará state now is put at timezone UTC+3, instead of just @@ -1657,7 +1657,7 @@ Rule Uruguay 1990 1991 - Oct Sun>=21 0:00 1:00 S Rule Uruguay 1992 only - Oct 18 0:00 1:00 S Rule Uruguay 1993 only - Feb 28 0:00 0 - # From Eduardo Cota (2004-09-20): -# The uruguayan government has decreed a change in the local time.... +# The Uruguayan government has decreed a change in the local time.... # http://www.presidencia.gub.uy/decretos/2004091502.htm Rule Uruguay 2004 only - Sep 19 0:00 1:00 S # From Steffen Thorsen (2005-03-11): diff --git a/tz-link.htm b/tz-link.htm index 8321a7a..9a47d45 100644 --- a/tz-link.htm +++ b/tz-link.htm @@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ timezone information for all countries</a> displays tables of DST rules. Time Zones</a> lets you sort zone names and convert times.</li> <li><a href="http://permatime.com/">Permatime</a> generates and views links that refer to a particular point in time and can be displayed in -multiple timezones.</li> +multiple time zones.</li> <li><a href="http://www.zeitverschiebung.net/en/">Time Difference</a> calculates the current time difference between locations.</li> <li><a href="http://www.wx-now.com/">Weather Now</a> lists the weather too.</li> @@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ recommendations for the use of VTIMEZONE and <code><abbr>tz</abbr></code>.</li> <li>CalConnect's <a href="http://calconnect.org/tc-timezone.shtml">TIMEZONE Technical Committee</a> has developed a <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-douglass-timezone-service-11">draft -timezone service protocol</a> along with a <a +time zone service protocol</a> along with a <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-daboo-caldav-timezone-ref-01">draft extension</a> to the <a href="http://caldav.calconnect.org/">CalDAV calendar access protocol</a> to allow time zone information to be exchanged @@ -235,8 +235,7 @@ href="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/foo">schema</a> was sketched out.</li> </ul> <h2>Other <code><abbr>tz</abbr></code> compilers</h2> <ul> -<li><a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/vzic/">Vzic iCalendar -Timezone Converter</a> describes a <a +<li><a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/vzic/">Vzic</a> is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_%28programming_language%29">C</a> program that compiles <code><abbr>tz</abbr></code> source into iCalendar-compatible VTIMEZONE files. @@ -378,7 +377,7 @@ implementations contain a copy of a 32-bit subset of a recent Go-specific format.</li> <li><a href="http://users.skynet.be/Peter.Verthez/projects/intclock/">International -clock (intclock)</a> is a multi-timezone clock for +clock (intclock)</a> is a clock that displays multiple time zones on <abbr>GNU</abbr>/Linux and similar systems. It is freely available under the <abbr>GPL</abbr>.</li> <li><a diff --git a/zic.8 b/zic.8 index bf84c25..923ce1d 100644 --- a/zic.8 +++ b/zic.8 @@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ but this changed to the last Sunday in October starting in 1996. For purposes of display, "LMT" and "BMT" were initially used, respectively. Since Swiss rules and later EU rules were applied, the display name for the -timezone has been CET for standard time and CEST for daylight saving +time zone has been CET for standard time and CEST for daylight saving time. .SH NOTES For areas with more than two types of local time, -- 1.9.1

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Portuguese time zones - Africa/Luanda
by Stephen Colebourne Aug. 11, 2014

Aug. 11, 2014

While playing with the data format, I had a look at Africa/Luanda. It currently says: Zone Africa/Luanda 0:52:56 - LMT 1892 0:52:04 - AOT 1911 May 26 # Angola Time 1:00 - WAT Wikipedia has interesting details on this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_Portugal "By the Decree of 26 May 1911, a reform was approved regarding standard time in Portugal and in its overseas Empire" "These time zones were adopted on 1 January 1912." With the Portuguese law linked: http://dre.pt/pdf1sdip/1911/05/12500/23132313.pdf I'd suggest that the data should be changed from 1911 May 26 to 1 January 1912, but I don't have much Portuguese language expertise to confirm this... The Africa file has no details on the 1892 change. Note that the Wikipedia page and law includes other countries as well. I send this because (a) currently it seems wrong and (b) it is evidence that some historic data can be found and should not be lost. Stephen

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updated URL for info on Indiana time zone history
by Nathan Stratton Treadway Aug. 10, 2014

Aug. 10, 2014

I noticed that, in the northamerica file, the page pointed to by the "What time is it in Indiana?" link no longer exists. As far as I could tell the mccsc.edu web site no longer includes any Indiana-time-zone-related information, but I did find the original page in the Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20120722002414/http://www.mccsc.edu/time.html (That copy seems to be the final capture in the archive before the page disappeared.) Nathan ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nathan Stratton Treadway - nathanst(a)ontko.com - Mid-Atlantic region Ray Ontko & Co. - Software consulting services - http://www.ontko.com/ GPG Key: http://www.ontko.com/~nathanst/gpg_key.txt ID: 1023D/ECFB6239 Key fingerprint = 6AD8 485E 20B9 5C71 231C 0C32 15F3 ADCD ECFB 6239

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Historic data updates
by Lester Caine Aug. 10, 2014

Aug. 10, 2014

In light of the recent Russian corrections, any chance that my UK historic patch can be looked at again? That is if I can find it again :( -- Lester Caine - G8HFL ----------------------------- Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk Rainbow Digital Media - http://rainbowdigitalmedia.co.uk

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Several minor patches
by Tim Parenti Aug. 10, 2014

Aug. 10, 2014

Attached are another round of patches, relative to 62060419e3b81752ee5c1bda546c0ff87d66ea3e. 0001 expands a bit commentary in tz-art.htm. 0002 adjusts some Rule lines, since zic has been able to handle 24:00. This changes timestamps for one minute in Asia/Dhaka at the end of 2009-12-31 to better match the contemporaneous commentary. The rest are minor, with 0003 fixing up spacing in the UNTIL fields of Zone and Zone continuation lines, and with 0004 and 0005 fixing up commentary for consistency. These can be compared at https://github.com/timparenti/tz-experimental/compare/eggert:master...timpa… -- Tim Parenti

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Re: [tz] Correct time in Russia before 1927 or so
by Paul Eggert Aug. 8, 2014

Aug. 8, 2014

Thanks for the info. I installed the attached proposed patch into the experimental repository on Github; I hope it captures the data you reported.

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Re: [tz] Correct time in Russia before 1927 or so
by Vladimir Karpinsky Aug. 7, 2014

Aug. 7, 2014

It looks like data taken from Milne 1899 are not correct enough for 1919. Data by Byalokoz E.L. are slightly different. I think they are reliable, because in 1919 he was a president of the Russian Committee of Standard Time. The difference may result from the new standard that was accepted in Russia on Jul 3, 1916. > From: Paul Eggert <eggert(a)cs.ucla.edu> > Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2014 19:23:04 -0700 > Subject: [PATCH] Correct time in Russia before 1927 or so. > > (Thanks to Vladimir Karpinsky for the Moscow corrections.) > Other corrections are taken from Milne 1899. > * asia (Asia/Tbilisi): Change LMT from 2:59:16 to 2:59:06. > (Asia/Tashkent): Change LMT from 4:37:12 to 4:37:11. > * europe (Europe/Helsinki): Change LMT from 1:39:52 to 1:39:49. > (Europe/Riga): Change LMT from 1:36:24 to 1:36:28. > (Europe/Moscow): Change LMT from 2:30:20 to 2:30:17. > Change 1916/9 time from 2:30:48 to 2:31:19. > (Asia/Yekaterinburg): Change LMT from 4:02:24 to 4:02:33. > (Asia/Irkutsk): Change LMT from 6:57:20 to 6:57:15. > (Asia/Vladivostok): Change LMT from 8:47:44 to 8:47:34. > * zone.tab (Europe/Moscow): Use Kilometer 0 point. > * NEWS: Document this. Byalokoz E.L. gives the following data for 1919, before time zones were established in Russia: Riga 1:36:34 Latvia Tbilisi (Tiflis) 2:59:11 Georgia Samara 3:20:20 Perm 3:45:05 Yekaterinburg 3:45:05 @Perm that was the center of province, Yekaterinburg became regional center in 1923 Samarkand 4:27:53 Uzbekistan Omsk 4:53:30 Krasnoyarsk 6:11:26 Irkutsk 6:57:05 Yakutsk 8:38:58 Vladivostok 8:47:31 (From the book by Byalokoz E.L. New Counting of Time in Russia since July 1, 1919. This was an official info of the Russian Comittee of Standard Time.) Sincerely, Vladimir Karpinsky

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[PATCH] Minor spelling, accent, or English fixes.
by Paul Eggert Aug. 7, 2014

Aug. 7, 2014

--- africa | 2 +- asia | 8 ++++---- date.c | 2 +- europe | 6 +++--- southamerica | 2 +- zone.tab | 2 +- zone1970.tab | 2 +- 7 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/africa b/africa index 4ace7e9..339d6c4 100644 --- a/africa +++ b/africa @@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ Zone Africa/Lubumbashi 1:49:52 - LMT 1897 Nov 9 Zone Africa/Brazzaville 1:01:08 - LMT 1912 1:00 - WAT -# Côte D'Ivoire / Ivory Coast +# Côte d'Ivoire / Ivory Coast # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Abidjan -0:16:08 - LMT 1912 0:00 - GMT diff --git a/asia b/asia index 6130e59..97b2030 100644 --- a/asia +++ b/asia @@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ Rule PRC 1987 1991 - Apr Sun>=10 0:00 1:00 D # * The Republic of China instituted Beijing mean solar time effective # the official calendar book of 1914. # * The French Concession in Shanghai set up signal stations in -# French docks in the 1890s, controled by Xujiahui (Zikawei) +# French docks in the 1890s, controlled by Xujiahui (Zikawei) # Obervatory and set to local mean time. # * "From the end of the 19th century" it changed to UT+8. # * Chinese Customs (by then reduced to a tool of foreign powers) @@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ Rule PRC 1987 1991 - Apr Sun>=10 0:00 1:00 D # "The Working-Calendar for The Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Government" # <http://www.sinkiang.gov.cn/service/ourworking/> (2014-04-22). # Unfortunately, we have no good records of time in Xinjiang before 1986. -# During the 20th century parts of Xinjiang were ruled by the Qing dyansty, +# During the 20th century parts of Xinjiang were ruled by the Qing dynasty, # the Republic of China, various warlords, the First and Second East Turkestan # Republics, the Soviet Union, the Kuomintang, and the People's Republic of # China, and tracking down all these organizations' timekeeping rules would be @@ -710,7 +710,7 @@ Zone Asia/Hong_Kong 7:36:42 - LMT 1904 Oct 30 # # The Summer Time this year is adopted from midnight Apr 15 until Sep 20 # midnight. To save (energy?) consumption, we're expanding Summer Time -# adption till Oct 31 midnight. +# adoption till Oct 31 midnight. # # The Central Weather Bureau website didn't mention that, however it can # be found from historical government announcement database. @@ -1589,7 +1589,7 @@ Zone Asia/Qyzylorda 4:21:52 - LMT 1924 May 2 5:00 - QYZT 1992 Jan 19 2:00 6:00 RussiaAsia QYZ%sT 2005 Mar 15 6:00 - QYZT -# Aqtobe (aka Aktobe, formerly Akt'ubinsk) +# Aqtobe (aka Aktobe, formerly Aktyubinsk) Zone Asia/Aqtobe 3:48:40 - LMT 1924 May 2 4:00 - AKTT 1930 Jun 21 # Aktyubinsk Time 5:00 - AKTT 1981 Apr 1 diff --git a/date.c b/date.c index a9ca67f..9a0b84c 100644 --- a/date.c +++ b/date.c @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ * from this software without specific prior written permission. * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR * IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED - * WARRANTIES OF MERCHANT[A]BILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. + * WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. */ #include "private.h" diff --git a/europe b/europe index 3ab6b0f..97b9f63 100644 --- a/europe +++ b/europe @@ -1259,7 +1259,7 @@ Zone Europe/Berlin 0:53:28 - LMT 1893 Apr # http://www.srf.ch/player/video?id=c012c029-03b7-4c2b-9164-aa5902cd58d3 # From Arthur David Olson (2012-03-03): -# Busingen and Zurich have shared clocks since 1970. +# Büsingen and Zurich have shared clocks since 1970. Link Europe/Zurich Europe/Busingen @@ -1538,7 +1538,7 @@ Link Europe/Rome Europe/San_Marino # institute daylight-saving time this spring, LETA reported. # Last February the three Baltic states decided not to turn back their # clocks one hour in the spring.... -# Minister of Economy Aigars Kalvitis noted that Latvia had too few +# Minister of Economy Aigars Kalvītis noted that Latvia had too few # daylight hours and thus decided to comply with a draft European # Commission directive that provides for instituting daylight-saving # time in EU countries between 2002 and 2006. The Latvian government @@ -3284,7 +3284,7 @@ Zone Europe/Zaporozhye 2:20:40 - LMT 1880 # ... # # ...the European time rules are...standardized since 1981, when -# most European coun[tr]ies started DST. Before that year, only +# most European countries started DST. Before that year, only # a few countries (UK, France, Italy) had DST, each according # to own national rules. In 1981, however, DST started on # 'Apr firstSun', and not on 'Mar lastSun' as in the following diff --git a/southamerica b/southamerica index de1f15e..1e5f5fc 100644 --- a/southamerica +++ b/southamerica @@ -1146,7 +1146,7 @@ Zone America/Rio_Branco -4:31:12 - LMT 1914 # # This is breaking news. There should be more information available later. -# From Arthur Daivd Olson (2010-03-06): +# From Arthur David Olson (2010-03-06): # Angel Chiang's message confirmed by Julio Pacheco; Julio provided a patch. # From Glenn Eychaner (2011-03-02): [geychaner(a)mac.com] diff --git a/zone.tab b/zone.tab index 92b9c98..4fe7527 100644 --- a/zone.tab +++ b/zone.tab @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ AQ -6736+06253 Antarctica/Mawson Mawson Station, Holme Bay AQ -6835+07758 Antarctica/Davis Davis Station, Vestfold Hills AQ -6617+11031 Antarctica/Casey Casey Station, Bailey Peninsula AQ -7824+10654 Antarctica/Vostok Vostok Station, Lake Vostok -AQ -6640+14001 Antarctica/DumontDUrville Dumont-d'Urville Station, Terre Adelie +AQ -6640+14001 Antarctica/DumontDUrville Dumont-d'Urville Station, Adelie Land AQ -690022+0393524 Antarctica/Syowa Syowa Station, E Ongul I AQ -720041+0023206 Antarctica/Troll Troll Station, Queen Maud Land AR -3436-05827 America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires Buenos Aires (BA, CF) diff --git a/zone1970.tab b/zone1970.tab index c39380c..6188b61 100644 --- a/zone1970.tab +++ b/zone1970.tab @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ AQ -6736+06253 Antarctica/Mawson Mawson Station, Holme Bay AQ -6835+07758 Antarctica/Davis Davis Station, Vestfold Hills AQ -6617+11031 Antarctica/Casey Casey Station, Bailey Peninsula AQ -7824+10654 Antarctica/Vostok Vostok Station, Lake Vostok -AQ -6640+14001 Antarctica/DumontDUrville Dumont-d'Urville Station, Terre Adelie +AQ -6640+14001 Antarctica/DumontDUrville Dumont-d'Urville Station, Adélie Land AQ -690022+0393524 Antarctica/Syowa Syowa Station, E Ongul I AQ -720041+0023206 Antarctica/Troll Troll Station, Queen Maud Land AR -3436-05827 America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires Buenos Aires (BA, CF) -- 1.9.1

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2014f and Russia
by Deborah Goldsmith Aug. 6, 2014

Aug. 6, 2014

Given the long lead time for deployment of TZ data in some cases, may I suggest that we expedite the release of the changes for Russia in 2014f, and defer any contentious changes to a subsequent release? Thank you, Deborah

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[tz-announce] 2014f release of tz code and data available
by Paul Eggert Aug. 6, 2014

Aug. 6, 2014

The 2014f release of the tz code and data is available. It reflects the following changes, which were either circulated on the tz mailing list or are relatively minor technical or administrative changes: Changes affecting future time stamps Russia will subtract an hour from most of its time zones on 2014-10-26 at 02:00 local time. (Thanks to Alexander Krivenyshev.) There are a few exceptions: Magadan Oblast (Asia/Magadan) and Zabaykalsky Krai are subtracting two hours; conversely, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug (Asia/Anadyr), Kamchatka Krai (Asia/Kamchatka), Kemerovo Oblast (Asia/Novokuznetsk), and the Samara Oblast and the Udmurt Republic (Europe/Samara) are not changing their clocks. The changed zones are Europe/Kaliningrad, Europe/Moscow, Europe/Simferopol, Europe/Volgograd, Asia/Yekaterinburg, Asia/Omsk, Asia/Novosibirsk, Asia/Krasnoyarsk, Asia/Irkutsk, Asia/Yakutsk, Asia/Vladivostok, Asia/Khandyga, Asia/Sakhalin, and Asia/Ust-Nera; Asia/Magadan will have two hours subtracted; and Asia/Novokuznetsk's time zone abbreviation is affected, but not its UTC offset. Two zones are added: Asia/Chita (split from Asia/Yakutsk, and also with two hours subtracted) and Asia/Srednekolymsk (split from Asia/Magadan, but with only one hour subtracted). (Thanks to Tim Parenti for much of the above.) Changes affecting time zone abbreviations Australian eastern time zone abbreviations are now AEST/AEDT not EST, and similarly for the other Australian zones. That is, for eastern standard and daylight saving time the abbreviations are AEST and AEDT instead of the former EST for both; similarly, ACST/ACDT, ACWST/ACWDT, and AWST/AWDT are now used instead of the former CST, CWST, and WST. This change does not affect UTC offsets, only time zone abbreviations. (Thanks to Rich Tibbett and many others.) Asia/Novokuznetsk shifts from NOVT to KRAT (remaining on UTC+7) effective 2014-10-26 at 02:00 local time. The time zone abbreviation for Xinjiang Time (observed in Ürümqi) has been changed from URUT to XJT. (Thanks to Luther Ma.) Prefer MSK/MSD for Moscow time in Russia, even in other cities. Similarly, prefer EET/EEST for eastern European time in Russia. Change time zone abbreviations in (western) Samoa to use "ST" and "DT" suffixes, as this is more likely to match common practice. Prefix "W" to (western) Samoa time when its standard-time offset disagrees with that of American Samoa. America/Metlakatla now uses PST, not MeST, to abbreviate its time zone. Time zone abbreviations have been updated for Japan's two time zones used 1896-1937. JWST now stands for Western Standard Time, and JCST for Central Standard Time (formerly this was CJT). These abbreviations are now used for time in Korea, Taiwan, and Sakhalin while controlled by Japan. Changes affecting past time stamps China's five zones have been simplified to two, since the post-1970 differences in the other three seem to have been imaginary. The zones Asia/Harbin, Asia/Chongqing, and Asia/Kashgar have been removed; backwards-compatibility links still work, albeit with different behaviors for time stamps before May 1980. Asia/Urumqi's 1980 transition to UTC+8 has been removed, so that it is now at UTC+6 and not UTC+8. (Thanks to Luther Ma and to Alois Treindl; Treindl sent helpful translations of two papers by Guo Qingsheng.) Some zones have been turned into links, when they differed from existing zones only for older UTC offsets where the data were likely invented. These changes affect UTC offsets in pre-1970 time stamps only. This is similar to the change in release 2013e, except this time for western Africa. The affected zones are: Africa/Bamako, Africa/Banjul, Africa/Conakry, Africa/Dakar, Africa/Freetown, Africa/Lome, Africa/Nouakchott, Africa/Ouagadougou, Africa/Sao_Tome, and Atlantic/St_Helena. This also affects the backwards-compatibility link Africa/Timbuktu. (Thanks to Alan Barrett, Stephen Colebourne, Tim Parenti, and David Patte for reporting problems in earlier versions of this change.) Asia/Shanghai's pre-standard-time UT offset has been changed from 8:05:57 to 8:05:43, the location of Xujiahui Observatory. Its transition to standard time has been changed from 1928 to 1901. Asia/Taipei switched to JWST on 1896-01-01, then to JST on 1937-10-01, then to CST on 1945-09-21 at 01:00, and did not observe DST in 1945. In 1946 it observed DST from 05-15 through 09-30; in 1947 from 04-15 through 10-31; and in 1979 from 07-01 through 09-30. (Thanks to Yu-Cheng Chuang.) Asia/Riyadh's transition to standard time is now 1947-03-14, not 1950. Europe/Helsinki's 1942 fall-back transition was 10-04 at 01:00, not 10-03 at 00:00. (Thanks to Konstantin Hyppönen.) Pacific/Pago_Pago has been changed from UTC-11:30 to UTC-11 for the period from 1911 to 1950. Pacific/Chatham has been changed to New Zealand standard time plus 45 minutes for the period before 1957, reflecting a 1956 remark in the New Zealand parliament. Europe/Budapest has several pre-1946 corrections: in 1918 the transition out of DST was on 09-16, not 09-29; in 1919 it was on 11-24, not 09-15; in 1945 it was on 11-01, not 11-03; in 1941 the transition to DST was 04-08 not 04-06 at 02:00; and there was no DST in 1920. Africa/Accra is now assumed to have observed DST from 1920 through 1935. Time in Russia before 1927 or so has been corrected by a few seconds in the following zones: Europe/Moscow, Asia/Irkutsk, Asia/Tbilisi, Asia/Tashkent, Asia/Vladivostok, Asia/Yekaterinburg, Europe/Helsinki, and Europe/Riga. Also, Moscow's location has been changed to its Kilometer 0 point. (Thanks to Vladimir Karpinsky for the Moscow changes.) Changes affecting data format A new file 'zone1970.tab' supersedes 'zone.tab' in the installed data. The new file's extended format allows multiple country codes per zone. The older file is still installed but is deprecated; its format is not changing and it will still be distributed for a while, but new applications should use the new file. The new file format simplifies maintenance of obscure locations. To test this, it adds coverage for the Crozet Islands and the Scattered Islands. (Thanks to Tobias Conradi and Antoine Leca.) The file 'iso3166.tab' is planned to switch from ASCII to UTF-8. It is still ASCII now, but commentary about the switch has been added. The new file 'zone1970.tab' already uses UTF-8. Changes affecting code 'localtime', 'mktime', etc. now use much less stack space if ALL_STATE is defined. (Thanks to Elliott Hughes for reporting the problem.) 'zic' no longer mishandles input when ignoring case in locales that are not compatible with English, e.g., unibyte Turkish locales when compiled with HAVE_GETTEXT. Error diagnostics of 'zic' and 'yearistype' have been reworded so that they no longer use ASCII '-' as if it were a dash. 'zic' now rejects output file names that contain '.' or '..' components. (Thanks to Tim Parenti for reporting the problem.) 'zic -v' now warns about output file names that do not follow POSIX rules, or that contain a digit or '.'. (Thanks to Arthur David Olson for starting the ball rolling on this.) Some lint has been removed when using GCC_DEBUG_FLAGS with GCC 4.9.0. Changes affecting build procedure 'zic' no longer links in localtime.o and asctime.o, as they're not needed. (Thanks to John Cochran.) Changes affecting documentation and commentary The 'Theory' file documents legacy names, the longstanding exceptions to the POSIX-inspired file name rules. The 'zic' documentation clarifies the role of time types when interpreting dates. (Thanks to Arthur David Olson.) Documentation and commentary now prefer UTF-8 to US-ASCII, allowing the use of proper accents in foreign words and names. Code and data have not changed because of this. (Thanks to Garrett Wollman, Ian Abbott, and Guy Harris for helping to debug this.) Non-HTML documentation and commentary now use plain-text URLs instead of HTML insertions, and are more consistent about bracketing URLs when they are not already surrounded by white space. (Thanks to suggestions by Steffen Nurpmeso.) There is new commentary about Xujiahui Observatory, the five timezone project in China from 1918 to 1949, timekeeping in Japanese-occupied Shanghai, and Tibet Time in the 1950s. The sharp-eyed can spot the warlord Jin Shuren in the data. Commentary about the coverage of each Russian zone has been standardized. (Thanks to Tim Parenti). There is new commentary about contemporary timekeeping in Ethiopia. Obsolete comments about a 2007 proposal for DST in Kuwait has been removed. There is new commentary about time in Poland in 1919. Proper credit has been given to DST inventor George Vernon Hudson. Commentary about time in Metlakatla, AK and Resolute, NU has been improved, with a new source for the former. In zone.tab, Pacific/Easter no longer mentions Salas y Gómez, as it is uninhabited. Commentary about permanent Antarctic bases has been updated. Several typos have been corrected. (Thanks to Tim Parenti for contributing some of these fixes.) tz-link.htm now mentions the JavaScript libraries Moment Timezone, TimezoneJS.Date, Walltime-js, and Timezone. (Thanks to a heads-up from Matt Johnson.) Also, it mentions the Go 'latlong' package. (Thanks to a heads-up from Dirkjan Ochtman.) The files usno1988, usno1989, usno1989a, usno1995, usno1997, and usno1998 have been removed. These obsolescent US Naval Observatory entries were no longer helpful for maintenance. (Thanks to Tim Parenti for the suggestion.) Here are links to the release files: ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/releases/tzcode2014f.tar.gz ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/releases/tzdata2014f.tar.gz The files are also available via HTTP as follows: http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/releases/tzcode2014f.tar.gz http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/releases/tzdata2014f.tar.gz Each release file has a GPG signature, which can be retrieved by appending ".asc" to the above URLs. Copies of these signatures are appended to this message. As usual, links to the latest release files are here: http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/tzcode-latest.tar.gz http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/tzdata-latest.tar.gz ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/tzcode-latest.tar.gz ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/tzdata-latest.tar.gz This release corresponds to commit 17be956450ed23b20e7c9997e96350dba5b866ce dated Tue Aug 5 17:42:36 2014 -0700 and tagged '2014f' in the unofficial github repository at <https://github.com/eggert/tz>. 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2011-09-17 reported Siberia bug
by Tobias Conradi Aug. 5, 2014

Aug. 5, 2014

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.time.tz/4872/match=siberia Still open. -- Tobias Conradi Rheinsberger Str. 18 10115 Berlin Germany http://tobiasconradi.com

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Large scale changes proposed in 2014f
by Stephen Colebourne Aug. 5, 2014

Aug. 5, 2014

I believe that the changes currently proposed are far far too widespread and damaging. I have taken the latest in the GitHub repo and expanded them out into actual resolved results. The differences between 2014e and 2014f-proposed can be seen here: https://github.com/jodastephen/tzdiff/commit/c812da9e12bd6f8aa52fa2dd758e23… (other version differences available here: https://github.com/jodastephen/tzdiff/commits/proposed-2014f) As can be seen from the first link, the changes proposed are very widespread. they include - Africa/Accra gains DST between 1920 and 1935 - Africa/Freetown loses its entire history of DST - Africa/Kampala has very different DST history - Africa/Dar_es_Salaam has entirely different history before 1961 - Africa/Djibouti gains history before 1960 - Africa/Addis_Ababa has completely different history before 1960 - Africa/Asmara has completely different history before 1960 - Africa/Conakry loses history before 1960 - Africa/Banjul loses history before 1964 - Africa/Maseru gains DST history - Africa/Mbabane gains DST history - Africa/Mogadishu gains completely different DST history and many others with more minor changes. I'd also note that Ho_Chi_Minh, Kashgar, Saigon, Vientiane and Phnom_Penh lose their entire history The changes to Asia/Qatar and Asia/Kuwait look suspect. Asia/Urumqi loses its entire history. Indian/Antananarivo, Comoro and Mayotte get entirely different DST history. Pacific/Midway, Pago_Pago, Saipan, Samoa get entirely different DST history. The above is an attempt to summarise some but not all of the changes. I am far from convinced that the scale of the proposed changes (far bigger than even 2013e) have been anywhere near justified. Is there consensus on the list that all of these changes are better than what went before? Stephen On 16 July 2014 06:40, Paul Eggert <eggert(a)cs.ucla.edu> wrote: > Paul Eggert wrote: >> >> Alan Barrett wrote: >>> >>> To the best of my knowledge, most other African countries that share the >>> same UTC offset do not use the abbreviation "SAST" >> >> >> Thanks for catching this; this was indeed an error in the merge, and >> I'll prepare a patch shortly that reverts to the previous behavior here >> as well. > > > By "most other African countries" I expect you meant the same set of > countries that use "CAT" rather than "SAST" in Release 2014e. > > Anyway, the revised patch turned into more research than I expected, but I > finally came up with the attached proposal. This patch fixes the problem > you noted, along with the other specific problems noted, though it does > still turn some zones into links when there's no good evidence for the > zones' differences. > > I hope I correctly puzzled out Google Translate's mangling of Hungarian for > the fixes to Hungarian daylight saving time rules in 1918-1945. Oross's work > has facsimiles of the original material! If only our other sources were as > meticulous....

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Corroborating material
by Lester Caine Aug. 4, 2014

Aug. 4, 2014

I'm going to try and get a bit of time in on http://timedb.co.uk/ and I'd appreciate any material people have relating to historic timezone data ... -- Lester Caine - G8HFL ----------------------------- Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk Rainbow Digital Media - http://rainbowdigitalmedia.co.uk

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Fwd: Proposal to rename zone.tab to region.tab
by Tobias Conradi July 31, 2014

July 31, 2014

Retry, this didn't go through 2013-09-15, due to blocking by the time zone mailing list maintainer. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Tobias Conradi <mail.2012(a)tobiasconradi.com> Date: Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 12:29 PM Subject: Proposal to rename zone.tab to region.tab To: "tz(a)iana.org mailing list" <tz(a)iana.org> Proposal to rename ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/data/zone.tab to ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/data/region.tab Reason: ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/code/Theory says ----- Scope of the tz database ----- ... To represent this data, the world is partitioned into regions .... For each such region, the database records all known clock transitions, and labels the region ...... Uniquely identify every national region .... Indicate to humans as to where that region is. .... is the name of a specific location within that region. ..... Uninhabited regions like ..... If all the clocks in a region have agreed since 1970, .... even if subregions' clocks disagreed before 1970. ...... Use cities or small islands, not countries or regions, [! other meaning] ..... The file `zone.tab' lists the geographical locations used to name time zone rule files. It is intended to be an exhaustive list of names for geographic regions as described above. -- Tobias Conradi Rheinsberger Str. 18 10115 Berlin Germany http://tobiasconradi.com -- Tobias Conradi Rheinsberger Str. 18 10115 Berlin Germany http://tobiasconradi.com

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Proposal: Use Git and Github better
by Matt Johnson July 31, 2014

July 31, 2014

I think it's great that we're using Git and Github as the experimental / unofficial repository at https://github.com/eggert/tz. It's much easier to track change history looking through the commit log and see the changes than by reading through emails with patch attachments. However, we're not currently taking advantage of all that this environment has to offer. -- Item 1 -- We should be making better use of branches. We currently have a single "master" branch that everything gets committed to. This is problematic, because it doesn't separate things that are certain to be released from things that are proposed changes. For example, the recent time.tab file, and the other large-scale proposed changes that are currently being debated, could have been created on feature branches. This would have given the tz list members a place to look at the proposed changes and make additional suggestions (via pull requests) before things are finalized. As it sits today, since everything is in master, if the proposal is ultimately defeated then new commits will have to be made to master to revert these changes. The danger comes if, say we needed to issue an emergency release sometime in between. Since master isn't in a state of positive agreement, then one would have to branch from an earlier point in history to build a hotfix release, then merge that hotfix back to master later. It's much easier if we can just trust that master always consists of things that are certain to be released. See also: https://www.atlassian.com/git/workflows#!workflow-feature-branch http://www.git-scm.com/book/en/Git-Branching-Basic-Branching-and-Merging -- Item 2 -- I think that we should all make better use of forking and pull-requests for submitting proposed changes. Instead of submitting a patch file to the mailing list, one should fork the GitHub repo, make their changes, then create a pull request. This allows for place for discussion on proposals where the code can be referenced much easier. It also ensures that the author of each and every change is tracked in the commit log. And finally, it makes it much clearer which proposals were adopted and which were not. Presently, looking through the mailing list archives, it's quite difficult to tell if any given patch was actually applied or not. -- Item 3 -- We should decide how the GitHub issue tracker fits in to the ecosystem. I see that there have been a few issues reported to via the issue tracker in the past, but most things have come through the mailing list. If we adopt the conventions used by other modern projects, then we should be reporting bugs through the issue tracker so their history can be more easily found. Another benefit is that you can reference issue numbers in commits, and you can reference commits in the comments of an issue. This linking makes it quite easy to find the code or data that was changed in response to an issue. The mailing list should probably be used for extended discussion, rather than as a place to report issues. Though, there may be some blend of both, I personally think that an issue tracker is much more palatable than a mailing list for many of these kinds of things. There should probably be some guidance document on the iana tz page about what goes where. -- Item 4 -- While Paul Eggert is the tz maintainer, and I appreciate his efforts greatly, I personally don't feel that it's appropriate for the github repo to be in his personal "eggert" account. There should instead be a common "organizational account" for the project, such as github.com/tzdb or similar. ("iana" is taken, but appears to be unused or abandonded. Someone may want to inquire about obtaining it, as "github.com/iana/tz" would be quite appropriate IMHO). Though Paul would be the administrator of this account, his own personal account would no longer be authoritative. That also ties back to the idea of pull-requests. Since Paul makes the majority of changes, he would first make them in his own account, and then send a pull-request to the main account. Then a link could be sent to the mailing list for discussion on the pull request before it was merged in. As a side note - I've found that several third-party projects are linking to the unofficial sources using git submodules. While this isn't officially sanctioned, it would be much better if they could link to iana/tz instead of eggert/tz. -- Item 5 -- While code and data often go hand-in-hand, there are quite a lot of projects these days that only rely on the tz data. There are also a lot of releases of code changes that don't require data changes. Having both code and data in a single project seems rather inefficient. I propose that they be split back to separate projects, and maintained in separate github repos (tzdata / tzcode). Also, consider also that perhaps there are too many merged projects just within the code. For example, tzselect, zic, zdump, etc. might be broken out for better visibility of changes and for clarity of dependent files. I look forward to feedback on these items. I'm sure not all will be in agreement, but I think it's important that we look forward to new and better ways to manage this project - rather than just sticking with the ways of the past. -Matt

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Canada/East-Saskatchewan
by Eric Muller July 31, 2014

July 31, 2014

The file backward contains those two links: Link America/Regina Canada/East-Saskatchewan Link America/Regina Canada/Saskatchewan If I am not mistaken, Saskatchewan can be divided in four areas: - the area around Swift Current, using the rule America/Swift_Current - an area to the west, around Lloydminster, using the rule America/Edmonton - an area to the east, around Denare Beach and Creighton, using the rule America/Winnipeg - the rest of the province, using the rule America/Regina I wonder if Canada/East-Saskatchewan was meant for the area to the east, and should therefore be linked to America/Winnipeg instead? Thanks, Eric.

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Some typo fixes
by Tim Parenti July 31, 2014

July 31, 2014

A few typo fixes attached, along with some fuller sources in tz-art.htm. -- Tim Parenti

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Updating the Efele maps: which names?
by Eric Muller July 27, 2014

July 27, 2014

I am looking at updating the Efele maps (http://efele.net/maps/tz/) primarily to deal with the changes in Russia, and more generally make sure that the maps are in sync with the current/next release of TZ. TZ provides a bunch of zone names, either via a Zone entry or via a Link entry. I am taking this opportunity to make sure that all these names are accounted for, in one of three ways: - names that do not belong to the maps (e.g. Etc/UTC) - names that should have a corresponding area in the maps - names that are aliases for other names I elected to retain the current per-country separations, as I believe it is more appropriate for maps, and more generally to retain the finest granularity possible. Some users may want to merge areas that follow the sames rules, but may have different definition of same rules (e.g. some may want to fold what is not different since 1970, others may want to fold what is not different since last year; some may ignore the FORMAT, some may not), and the finest granularity accommodates the largest number of uses. Here is what I came up with. All the names of TZ are supposed to be present somewhere. Comments welcome. Thanks, Eric. These names will not appear in my maps: --- CET CST6CDT EET EST EST5EDT Etc/GMT Etc/GMT0 Etc/GMT-0 Etc/Greenwich GMT GMT+0 GMT0 GMT-0 Greenwich Etc/GMT+1 Etc/GMT+10 Etc/GMT+11 Etc/GMT+12 Etc/GMT+2 Etc/GMT+3 Etc/GMT+4 Etc/GMT+5 Etc/GMT+6 Etc/GMT+7 Etc/GMT+8 Etc/GMT+9 Etc/GMT-1 Etc/GMT-10 Etc/GMT-11 Etc/GMT-12 Etc/GMT-13 Etc/GMT-14 Etc/GMT-2 Etc/GMT-3 Etc/GMT-4 Etc/GMT-5 Etc/GMT-6 Etc/GMT-7 Etc/GMT-8 Etc/GMT-9 Etc/UCT UCT Etc/UTC Etc/Universal Etc/Zulu Universal UTC Zulu HST MET MST MST7MDT PST8PDT WET ---- Each line below will be a separate area, labelled with the first name in the line. The other names are considered aliases. As before, there will also be areas labeled "uninhabited" or "unknown", and Antarctica will be points rather than areas. ---- Africa/Abidjan Africa/Accra Africa/Addis_Ababa Africa/Algiers Africa/Asmara Africa/Asmera Africa/Bamako Africa/Timbuktu Africa/Bangui Africa/Banjul Africa/Bissau Africa/Blantyre Africa/Brazzaville Africa/Bujumbura Africa/Cairo Egypt Africa/Casablanca Africa/Ceuta Africa/Conakry Africa/Dakar Africa/Dar_es_Salaam Africa/Djibouti Africa/Douala Africa/El_Aaiun Africa/Freetown Africa/Gaborone Africa/Harare Africa/Johannesburg Africa/Juba Africa/Kampala Africa/Khartoum Africa/Kigali Africa/Kinshasa Africa/Lagos Africa/Libreville Africa/Lome Africa/Luanda Africa/Lubumbashi Africa/Lusaka Africa/Malabo Africa/Maputo Africa/Maseru Africa/Mbabane Africa/Mogadishu Africa/Monrovia Africa/Nairobi Africa/Ndjamena Africa/Niamey Africa/Nouakchott Africa/Ouagadougou Africa/Porto-Novo Africa/Sao_Tome Africa/Tripoli Libya Africa/Tunis Africa/Windhoek America/Adak US/Aleutian America/Atka America/Anchorage US/Alaska America/Anguilla America/Antigua America/Araguaina America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires America/Buenos_Aires America/Argentina/Catamarca America/Catamarca America/Argentina/ComodRivadavia America/Argentina/Cordoba America/Cordoba America/Rosario America/Argentina/Jujuy America/Jujuy America/Argentina/La_Rioja America/Argentina/Mendoza America/Mendoza America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos America/Argentina/Salta America/Argentina/San_Juan America/Argentina/San_Luis America/Argentina/Tucuman America/Argentina/Ushuaia America/Aruba America/Asuncion America/Atikokan America/Bahia America/Bahia_Banderas America/Barbados America/Belem America/Belize America/Blanc-Sablon America/Boa_Vista America/Bogota America/Boise America/Cambridge_Bay America/Campo_Grande America/Cancun America/Caracas America/Cayenne America/Cayman America/Chicago US/Central America/Chihuahua America/Coral_Harbour America/Costa_Rica America/Creston America/Cuiaba America/Curacao America/Danmarkshavn America/Dawson America/Dawson_Creek America/Denver Navajo US/Mountain America/Shiprock America/Detroit US/Michigan America/Dominica America/Edmonton Canada/Mountain America/Eirunepe America/El_Salvador America/Fortaleza America/Glace_Bay America/Godthab America/Goose_Bay America/Grand_Turk America/Grenada America/Guadeloupe America/Guatemala America/Guayaquil America/Guyana America/Halifax Canada/Atlantic America/Havana Cuba America/Hermosillo America/Indiana/Indianapolis US/East-Indiana America/Fort_Wayne America/Indianapolis America/Indiana/Knox US/Indiana-Starke America/Knox_IN America/Indiana/Marengo America/Indiana/Petersburg America/Indiana/Tell_City America/Indiana/Vevay America/Indiana/Vincennes America/Indiana/Winamac America/Inuvik America/Iqaluit America/Jamaica Jamaica America/Juneau America/Kentucky/Louisville America/Louisville America/Kentucky/Monticello America/Kralendijk America/La_Paz America/Lima America/Los_Angeles US/Pacific US/Pacific-New America/Lower_Princes America/Maceio America/Managua America/Manaus Brazil/West America/Marigot America/Martinique America/Matamoros America/Mazatlan Mexico/BajaSur America/Menominee America/Merida America/Metlakatla America/Mexico_City Mexico/General America/Miquelon America/Moncton America/Monterrey America/Montevideo America/Montreal America/Montserrat America/Nassau America/New_York US/Eastern America/Nipigon America/Nome America/Noronha Brazil/DeNoronha America/North_Dakota/Beulah America/North_Dakota/Center America/North_Dakota/New_Salem America/Ojinaga America/Panama America/Pangnirtung America/Paramaribo America/Phoenix US/Arizona America/Port-au-Prince America/Port_of_Spain America/Porto_Velho America/Puerto_Rico America/Rainy_River America/Rankin_Inlet America/Recife America/Regina Canada/East-Saskatchewan Canada/Saskatchewan America/Resolute America/Rio_Branco Brazil/Acre America/Porto_Acre America/Santa_Isabel America/Santarem America/Santiago Chile/Continental America/Santo_Domingo America/Sao_Paulo Brazil/East America/Scoresbysund America/Sitka America/St_Barthelemy America/St_Johns Canada/Newfoundland America/St_Kitts America/St_Lucia America/St_Thomas America/St_Vincent America/Swift_Current America/Tegucigalpa America/Thule America/Thunder_Bay America/Tijuana Mexico/BajaNorte America/Ensenada America/Toronto Canada/Eastern America/Tortola America/Vancouver Canada/Pacific America/Virgin America/Whitehorse Canada/Yukon America/Winnipeg Canada/Central America/Yakutat America/Yellowknife Antarctica/Casey Antarctica/Davis Antarctica/DumontDUrville Antarctica/Macquarie Antarctica/Mawson Antarctica/McMurdo Antarctica/Palmer Antarctica/Rothera Antarctica/South_Pole Antarctica/Syowa Antarctica/Troll Antarctica/Vostok Arctic/Longyearbyen Asia/Aden Asia/Almaty Asia/Amman Asia/Anadyr Asia/Aqtau Asia/Aqtobe Asia/Ashgabat Asia/Ashkhabad Asia/Baghdad Asia/Bahrain Asia/Baku Asia/Bangkok Asia/Beirut Asia/Bishkek Asia/Brunei Asia/Chita Asia/Choibalsan Asia/Chongqing Asia/Chungking Asia/Colombo Asia/Damascus Asia/Dhaka Asia/Dacca Asia/Dili Asia/Dubai Asia/Dushanbe Asia/Gaza Asia/Harbin Asia/Hebron Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh Asia/Hong_Kong HongKong Asia/Hovd Asia/Irkutsk Asia/Jakarta Asia/Jayapura Asia/Jerusalem Asia/Tel_Aviv Israel Asia/Kabul Asia/Kamchatka Asia/Karachi Asia/Kashgar Asia/Kathmandu Asia/Katmandu Asia/Khandyga Asia/Kolkata Asia/Calcutta Asia/Krasnoyarsk Asia/Kuala_Lumpur Asia/Kuching Asia/Kuwait Asia/Macau Asia/Macao Asia/Magadan Asia/Makassar Asia/Ujung_Pandang Asia/Manila Asia/Muscat Asia/Nicosia Europe/Nicosia Asia/Novokuznetsk Asia/Novosibirsk Asia/Omsk Asia/Oral Asia/Phnom_Penh Asia/Pontianak Asia/Pyongyang Asia/Qatar Asia/Qyzylorda Asia/Rangoon Asia/Riyadh Asia/Saigon Asia/Sakhalin Asia/Samarkand Asia/Seoul ROK Asia/Shanghai PRC Asia/Singapore Singapore Asia/Srednekolymsk Asia/Taipei ROC Asia/Tashkent Asia/Tbilisi Asia/Tehran Iran Asia/Thimphu Asia/Thimbu Asia/Tokyo Japan Asia/Ulaanbaatar Asia/Ulan_Bator Asia/Urumqi Asia/Ust-Nera Asia/Vientiane Asia/Vladivostok Asia/Yakutsk Asia/Yekaterinburg Asia/Yerevan Atlantic/Azores Atlantic/Bermuda Atlantic/Canary Atlantic/Cape_Verde Atlantic/Faroe Atlantic/Faeroe Atlantic/Jan_Mayen Atlantic/Madeira Atlantic/Reykjavik Iceland Atlantic/South_Georgia Atlantic/St_Helena Atlantic/Stanley Australia/Adelaide Australia/South Australia/Brisbane Australia/Queensland Australia/Broken_Hill Australia/Yancowinna Australia/Currie Australia/Darwin Australia/North Australia/Eucla Australia/Hobart Australia/Tasmania Australia/Lindeman Australia/Lord_Howe Australia/LHI Australia/Melbourne Australia/Victoria Australia/Perth Australia/West Australia/Sydney Australia/ACT Australia/Canberra Australia/NSW Europe/Amsterdam Europe/Andorra Europe/Athens Europe/Belgrade Europe/Berlin Europe/Bratislava Europe/Brussels Europe/Bucharest Europe/Budapest Europe/Busingen Europe/Chisinau Europe/Tiraspol Europe/Copenhagen Europe/Dublin Eire Europe/Gibraltar Europe/Guernsey Europe/Helsinki 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Pacific/Fiji Pacific/Funafuti Pacific/Galapagos Pacific/Gambier Pacific/Guadalcanal Pacific/Guam Pacific/Honolulu US/Hawaii Pacific/Johnston Pacific/Kiritimati Pacific/Kosrae Pacific/Kwajalein Kwajalein Pacific/Majuro Pacific/Marquesas Pacific/Midway Pacific/Nauru Pacific/Niue Pacific/Norfolk Pacific/Noumea Pacific/Pago_Pago US/Samoa Pacific/Palau Pacific/Pitcairn Pacific/Pohnpei Pacific/Ponape Pacific/Port_Moresby Pacific/Rarotonga Pacific/Saipan Pacific/Samoa Pacific/Tahiti Pacific/Tarawa Pacific/Tongatapu Pacific/Wake Pacific/Wallis Pacific/Yap ----

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Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the Federal Law 431985-6 return to winter time
by Alexander Krivenyshev July 25, 2014

July 25, 2014

According to the news (Russian ITAR-TASS News Agency) Putin signed the Federal Law 431985-6 return to winter time and to use 11 time zones in Russia. (in Russian) http://itar-tass.com/obschestvo/1333711 The official internet-portal of legal information Russian state system of legal information (in Russian) http://www.pravo.gov.ru:8080/page.aspx?111660 # print Vladimir Putin signed the Federal Law "On Amendments to the Federal Law" On the calculation of time. " (in Russian) http://www.kremlin.ru/acts/46279 >From October 26, 2014 the new Russian time zone map will looks like this: http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia-map-2014-07.html Alexander Krivenyshev http://www.WorldTimeZone.com

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Proposal to rename time.tab to region.tab
by Tobias Conradi July 23, 2014

July 23, 2014

Proposal to rename time.tab which was announced 2014-07-18 http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2014-July/021213.html to region.tab with reasoning as in Proposal to rename zone.tab to region.tab http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2014-July/021227.html But since time.tab is not yet publish with the additional benefit that there would be no file renaming for an end user. Reason: - it is a list of geographical regions - it is not a list of time ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/code/Theory says ----- Scope of the tz database ----- ... To represent this data, the world is partitioned into regions .... For each such region, the database records all known clock transitions, and labels the region ...... Uniquely identify every national region .... Indicate to humans as to where that region is. .... is the name of a specific location within that region. ..... Uninhabited regions like ..... If all the clocks in a region have agreed since 1970, .... even if subregions' clocks disagreed before 1970. ...... Use cities or small islands, not countries or regions, [! other meaning] ..... The file `zone.tab' lists the geographical locations used to name time zone rule files. It is intended to be an exhaustive list of names for geographic regions as described above. -- Tobias Conradi Rheinsberger Str. 18 10115 Berlin Germany http://tobiasconradi.com

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tzselect.ksh fails under ksh, works under bash
by Alan Barrett July 23, 2014

July 23, 2014

If BASH_VERSION is not set, then tzselect.ksh performs a test in which it attmepts to use the select command, to see whether the select command is available: 84: (eval 'set --; select x; do break; done; exit') 2>/dev/null In the case that the shell is not bash, but the select command is available, then the select command reads a line of input. This is confusing for users, who don't even see a prompt. The attached patch fixes this by redirecting input from /dev/null. I also quoted some variables on general principles. --apb (Alan Barrett)

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Bill to return Russia 11 time zones
by Alexander Krivenyshev July 22, 2014

July 22, 2014

According to the Russian news (ITAR-TASS News Agency) http://en.itar-tass.com/russia/738562 The State Duma has approved in the second and third, the last reading the draft bill on returning to winter time standard and return Russia 11 time zones. The new regulations will come into effect on October 26, 2014 at 02:00 Moscow time. http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia62.html Alexander Krivenyshev http://www.WorldTimeZone.com

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[PATCH 0/5] Further fixes for Russian time zone changes
by Paul Eggert July 22, 2014

July 22, 2014

Here are some more patches to the tz database to cover the proposed time zone changes in Russia. The basic idea is to not do anything drastic like add new zones until the Russian changes are finalized, but in the meantime to assume that the changes will probably happen and to update existing zones accordingly. Much of the work in generating these patches was by Tim Parenti. Thanks! Paul Eggert (1): Update zone.tab for Russia, and remove Asia/Tiksi comment. Tim Parenti (4): Further fixes for the proposed Russian change on 2014-10-26. Prefer MSK/MSD for Volgograd when on Moscow time. Standardize commentary on the coverage of each Russian zone. Zone splits for the proposed Russian change on 2014-10-26 NEWS | 31 ++++- europe | 455 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------- zone.tab | 16 ++- 3 files changed, 386 insertions(+), 116 deletions(-) -- 1.9.1

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Fwd: Proposal to use 1946-01-01 instead of 1970-01-01 as cutoff point
by Tobias Conradi July 20, 2014

July 20, 2014

Retry, this didn't go through 2013-09-06, due to blocking by the time zone mailing list maintainer. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Tobias Conradi <mail.2012(a)tobiasconradi.com> Date: Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 12:11 PM Subject: Proposal to use 1946-01-01 instead of 1970-01-01 as cutoff point To: "tz(a)iana.org mailing list" <tz(a)iana.org> Proposal to use 1946-01-01 instead of 1970-01-01 as cutoff point. The concept of country in the database is based on ISO 3166 standards. ISO at http://www.iso.org/iso/home/standards/country_codes.htm says: "The country names in ISO 3166 come from United Nations sources." http://www.un.org/en/aboutun/index.shtml says: "The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945" So 1946 is the first year where on 1 January the UN existed. This new boundary would exclude to reject data improvement requests like http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2010-January/016007.html Rejection: http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2010-January/016010.html Apart from allowing easier inclusion of historic data, the new cutoff point might be easier understandable by most users, assuming the UN is more known than Unix. The new cutoff point is located after WW2 end, thus inclusion of war time offset changes is still not mandatory. -- Tobias Conradi Rheinsberger Str. 18 10115 Berlin Germany http://tobiasconradi.com -- Tobias Conradi Rheinsberger Str. 18 10115 Berlin Germany http://tobiasconradi.com

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Fwd: [PATCH] New file time.tab, superseding zone.tab
by Tobias Conradi July 20, 2014

July 20, 2014

looks list related, didn't read. Please everybody email to the list, not to me. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: John Hawkinson <jhawk(a)mit.edu> Date: Sun, Jul 20, 2014 at 4:36 AM Subject: Re: [tz] [PATCH] New file time.tab, superseding zone.tab To: Tobias Conradi <tc(a)tobiasconradi.com> Tobias: This message is sent to you personally and I expect you not to forward it to the list. Forwarding it to the list is probably reasonable grounds for the list management to ban you from the list again. Tobias Conradi <tc(a)tobiasconradi.com> wrote on Sun, 20 Jul 2014 at 04:20:02 +0200 in <CAAGevbXDN84607k_hSz93PXWB4uBhQgNuVP5z487b-+pRaCzPw(a)mail.gmail.com>: > This message seems list related but what only send to me. Maybe it is > of interest to others, as it gives insights into how Paul Eggert is > managing the list. It just tells us that Paul was doing the right thing, and that both of your messages were inappropriate. The first one, and then this second one as well. Paul would be justified in banning you from the list because of this, and I think he should. You have clearly shown you have poor judgement and poor understanding of list etiquette, and Paul has been patient with you. To be perfectly clear, your forwarding Paul's message is a violation of etiquette and further demonstrates that you should not be sending email to the list. Hopefully you can enforce that yourself, rather than needing to ban you via administrative/technical means. --jhawk(a)mit.edu John Hawkinson > > On Sun, Jul 20, 2014 at 4:12 AM, Paul Eggert <eggert(a)cs.ucla.edu> wrote: > > Tobias Conradi wrote: > >> > >> Paul Eggert controls ids, removes > >> them, repurposes them as he likes. > > > > > > I'm going to ask you again, privately, to stop making personal comments like > > that. This sort of thing out of place in this mailing list. If you can't > > refrain from putting personal comments into your email, then you should not > > be sending email to the list. > > > > -- > Tobias Conradi > Rheinsberger Str. 18 > 10115 Berlin > Germany > > http://tobiasconradi.com -- Tobias Conradi Rheinsberger Str. 18 10115 Berlin Germany http://tobiasconradi.com

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Bug report for the tzcode2014e.tar.gz, patch included.
by John Cochran July 20, 2014

July 20, 2014

Greetings, I was recently working on an open source project seeing about updating some code based upon the 2010c version of your timezone code and bringing the code up to date based upon your 2014e version. In the process of doing this, I noticed some unneeded object files being linked together in order to create the zic program. As specified by your Makefile, zic is comprised of zic.o, localtime.o, asctime.o, scheck.o, and ialloc.o But as it turns out, localtime.o doesn't supply any symbols that zic.o needs. Additionally, the inclusion of asctime.o is there in order to satisfy a linkage requirement for localtime.o. So zic can be built by linking only zic.o, scheck.o, and ialloc.o together. A context diff of the proposed fix is attached. Sincerely, John Cochran -- There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. — C.A.R. Hoare

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Re: [tz] [PATCH] New file time.tab, superseding zone.tab
by Tobias Conradi July 20, 2014

July 20, 2014

This message seems list related but what only send to me. Maybe it is of interest to others, as it gives insights into how Paul Eggert is managing the list. On Sun, Jul 20, 2014 at 4:12 AM, Paul Eggert <eggert(a)cs.ucla.edu> wrote: > Tobias Conradi wrote: >> >> Paul Eggert controls ids, removes >> them, repurposes them as he likes. > > > I'm going to ask you again, privately, to stop making personal comments like > that. This sort of thing out of place in this mailing list. If you can't > refrain from putting personal comments into your email, then you should not > be sending email to the list. -- Tobias Conradi Rheinsberger Str. 18 10115 Berlin Germany http://tobiasconradi.com

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[PATCH] * europe, NEWS: Give proper credit to George Vernon Hudson
by Paul Eggert July 19, 2014

July 19, 2014

as the inventor of DST. --- NEWS | 2 ++ europe | 20 +++++++++++++++++--- 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index babfdac..1845ee8 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -186,6 +186,8 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes There is new commentary about time in Poland in 1919. + Proper credit has been given to DST inventor George Vernon Hudson. + Commentary about time in Metlakatla, AK and Resolute, NU has been improved, with a new source for the former. diff --git a/europe b/europe index 2ba3493..e87cc21 100644 --- a/europe +++ b/europe @@ -137,8 +137,22 @@ # transition date for London, namely 1847-12-01. We don't know as much # about Dublin, so we use 1880-08-02, the legal transition time. -# From Paul Eggert (2003-09-27): -# Summer Time was first seriously proposed by William Willett (1857-1915), +# From Paul Eggert (2014-07-19): +# The ancients had no need for daylight saving, as they kept time +# informally or via hours whose length depended on the time of year. +# Daylight saving time in its modern sense was invented by the +# New Zealand entomologist George Vernon Hudson (1867-1946), +# whose day job as a postal clerk led him to value +# after-hours daylight in which to pursue his research. +# In 1895 he presented a paper to the Wellington Philosophical Society +# that proposed a two-hour daylight-saving shift. See: +# Hudson GV. On seasonal time-adjustment in countries south of lat. 30 deg. +# Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 1895;28:734 +# http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_28/rsnz_28_00_006110.html +# Although some interest was expressed in New Zealand, his proposal +# did not find its way into law and eventually it was almost forgotton. +# +# In England, DST was independently reinvented by William Willett (1857-1915), # a London builder and member of the Royal Astronomical Society # who circulated a pamphlet "The Waste of Daylight" (1907) # that proposed advancing clocks 20 minutes on each of four Sundays in April, @@ -151,7 +165,7 @@ # A monument to Willett was unveiled on 1927-05-21, in an open space in # a 45-acre wood near Chislehurst, Kent that was purchased by popular # subscription and open to the public. On the south face of the monolith, -# designed by G. W. Miller, is the...William Willett Memorial Sundial, +# designed by G. W. Miller, is the William Willett Memorial Sundial, # which is permanently set to Summer Time. # From Winston Churchill (1934-04-28): -- 1.9.1

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WG Review: Time Zone Data Distribution Service (tzdist)
by The IESG July 18, 2014

July 18, 2014

A new IETF working group has been proposed in the Applications Area. The IESG has not made any determination yet. The following draft charter was submitted, and is provided for informational purposes only. Please send your comments to the IESG mailing list (iesg at ietf.org) by 2014-07-28. Time Zone Data Distribution Service (tzdist) ------------------------------------------------ Current Status: Proposed WG Assigned Area Director: Barry Leiba <barryleiba(a)computer.org> Mailing list Address: tzdist(a)ietf.org To Subscribe: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/tzdist Archive: http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/tzdist/ Charter: Time Zone Data Distribution Service (tzdist) ----------------------------------------------------------- A time zone is a region that has a uniform local time for legal, commercial, and social purposes, with some regions using daylight saving time (DST) rules for part of the year. A local time is defined as a standard offset from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), and a set of DST rules. Time zone data represents the history, current, and future local time rules for these regions, together with an associated time zone identifier. Time zone data is a critical element of computer systems and devices that make use of local time. In particular, it is critical to any calendaring and scheduling system, such as iCalendar (RFC 5545). Daylight saving time rules, which affect local UTC offsets, can change - sometimes at very short notice (just a few days) - as those rules are typically defined by political processes. Currently, there is no efficient, fast way to ensure that time zone data is updated in a timely and reliable manner on devices that need it. Time zone changes are often delivered as operating system updates, and are thus tied to release schedules that can trail the actual time zone changes by a significant period of time. A service is needed that can provide timely, reliable updates. One added benefit of such a service for iCalendar is the ability for calendaring clients and servers to agree on common, standard definitions of time zone data, removing the need to pass time zone data directly "by value" in iCalendar data. By allowing clients and servers to use time zones "by reference" significant network bandwidth and storage savings can be achieved. This working group will: - Define a time zone data distribution protocol that allows for efficient, timely updates of time zone data to be delivered to clients. This protocol must scale to vast numbers of clients, such as the potential "internet of things" devices, as well as to today's desktop computers and servers. - Define an extension to CalDAV (RFC 4791) to allow clients and servers to use time zones "by reference" to improve the efficiency of the overall protocol. The working group will use the following drafts as initial input for its work: draft-douglass-timezone-service-11 draft-daboo-caldav-timezone-ref-01 The working group will work under the following parameters: - The time zone data distribution protocol will initially be targeted at iCalendar-based clients, but should be flexible enough to deliver time zone data in other formats. - The time zone data will be based on the Time Zone Database (http://www.iana.org/time-zones) but must be able to include any source of time zone data. - The time zone data distribution protocol should also offer an API to allow thin clients to easily make use of time zone data by querying for UTC offsets, offloading the sometimes complex work of expanding recurrence rules to the service. This API should be extensible to support other types of time zone operations in the future. - The time zone data distribution protocol will use current security protocols to protect the integrity and confidentiality of the data as it is distributed, and may also address these issues with respect to retrieval of data from its original source (such as the Time Zone Database). Even public time zone data can represent a significant privacy exposure when it is associated with the user or endpoint that is retrieving it. The following are Out of scope for the working group: - Any changes to the Time Zone Database process or infrastructure, as documented in RFC 6557. However, the WG may work with IANA in order to make integrity checking information, such as public keys, readily accessible for protocol use. - The naming process for time zone identifiers. The working group can consider adding a mechanism, such as a "namespace" prefix, to differentiate different time zone sources, but the nature of the time zone identifiers used will be controlled by the sources themselves. - Lookup protocols or APIs to map a location to a time zone. Milestones: TBD

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[PATCH] Be a bit more consistent about Metlakatla and Resolute abbr and comments.
by Paul Eggert July 18, 2014

July 18, 2014

* northamerica (America/Metlakatla): Use the more-common "PST" rather than our invented "MeST" for the abbreviation. Our source called it "Pacific Time", as did a contemporaneous news report, and I couldn't find contemporaneous use of "MeST" or of "Metlakatla Time". Cite the news report in the commentary, and quote some Juneau graffiti. * zone.tab (America/Resolute): Call it Central Time, not Central Standard Time, since it observes DST now. (America/Metlakatla): Call it Pacific Standard Time, not Metlakatla Time. Mention that it's in Alaska. * NEWS: Document the above. --- NEWS | 5 +++++ northamerica | 17 +++++++++++------ zone.tab | 4 ++-- 3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index f77fe86..ffcbd92 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes Prefix "W" to (western) Samoa time when its standard-time offset disagrees with that of American Samoa. + America/Metlakatla now uses PST, not MeST, to abbreviate its time zone. + Time zone abbreviations have been updated for Japan's two time zones used 1896-1937. JWST now stands for Western Standard Time, and JCST for Central Standard Time (formerly this was CJT). @@ -173,6 +175,9 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes There is new commentary about time in Poland in 1919. + Commentary about time in Metlakatla, AK and Resolute, NU has been + improved, with a new source for the former. + In zone.tab, Pacific/Easter no longer mentions Salas y Gómez, as it is uninhabited. diff --git a/northamerica b/northamerica index c461ef4..1b6bb23 100644 --- a/northamerica +++ b/northamerica @@ -421,13 +421,18 @@ Zone America/Los_Angeles -7:52:58 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:07:02 # was destroyed in 1805 by a Yakutat-kon war party.) However, there # were nearby inhabitants in some cases and for our purposes perhaps # it's best to simply use the official transition. -# -# From Steve Ferguson (2011-01-31): -# The author lives in Alaska and many of the references listed are only -# available to Alaskan residents. +# From Paul Eggert (2014-07-18): +# One opinion of the early-1980s turmoil in Alaska over time zones and +# daylight saving time appeared as graffiti on a Juneau airport wall: +# "Welcome to Juneau. Please turn your watch back to the 19th century." +# See: Turner W. Alaska's four time zones now two. NY Times 1983-11-01. +# http://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/01/us/alaska-s-four-time-zones-now-two.html # -# http://www.alaskahistoricalsociety.org/index.cfm?section=discover%20alaska&… +# Steve Ferguson (2011-01-31) referred to the following source: +# Norris F. Keeping time in Alaska: national directives, local response. +# Alaska History 2001;16(1-2). +# http://alaskahistoricalsociety.org/discover-alaska/glimpses-of-the-past/kee… # From Arthur David Olson (2011-02-01): # Here's database-relevant material from the 2001 "Alaska History" article: @@ -489,7 +494,7 @@ Zone America/Metlakatla 15:13:42 - LMT 1867 Oct 18 -8:00 US P%sT 1946 -8:00 - PST 1969 -8:00 US P%sT 1983 Oct 30 2:00 - -8:00 - MeST + -8:00 - PST Zone America/Yakutat 14:41:05 - LMT 1867 Oct 18 -9:18:55 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 12:00 -9:00 - YST 1942 diff --git a/zone.tab b/zone.tab index e29778c..e415ca6 100644 --- a/zone.tab +++ b/zone.tab @@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ CA +4901-08816 America/Nipigon Eastern Time - Ontario & Quebec - places that did CA +4823-08915 America/Thunder_Bay Eastern Time - Thunder Bay, Ontario CA +6344-06828 America/Iqaluit Eastern Time - east Nunavut - most locations CA +6608-06544 America/Pangnirtung Eastern Time - Pangnirtung, Nunavut -CA +744144-0944945 America/Resolute Central Standard Time - Resolute, Nunavut +CA +744144-0944945 America/Resolute Central Time - Resolute, Nunavut CA +484531-0913718 America/Atikokan Eastern Standard Time - Atikokan, Ontario and Southampton I, Nunavut CA +624900-0920459 America/Rankin_Inlet Central Time - central Nunavut CA +4953-09709 America/Winnipeg Central Time - Manitoba & west Ontario @@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ US +571035-1351807 America/Sitka Alaska Time - southeast Alaska panhandle US +593249-1394338 America/Yakutat Alaska Time - Alaska panhandle neck US +643004-1652423 America/Nome Alaska Time - west Alaska US +515248-1763929 America/Adak Aleutian Islands -US +550737-1313435 America/Metlakatla Metlakatla Time - Annette Island +US +550737-1313435 America/Metlakatla Pacific Standard Time - Annette Island, Alaska US +211825-1575130 Pacific/Honolulu Hawaii UY -3453-05611 America/Montevideo UZ +3940+06648 Asia/Samarkand west Uzbekistan -- 1.9.1

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A rollup tz release would be helpful
by Andy Heninger July 18, 2014

July 18, 2014

There have been a pretty substantial number of refactoring and cleanup changes to the experimental tz repository over the last month, and things now seem to be settling down. Speaking as the person who does a fair amount of the integration of tz releases into Google, I would definitely find it helpful to have an official release that includes these changes happen sooner rather than later. Past experience suggests that there may be a few internal glitches to be sorted through, and I would far prefer to handle them now, while not under pressure to get some low-lead-time rule change deployed in a hurry. We only deploy official tz releases, not informal repository snapshots. Thanks, -- Andy

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Mapping lat/lon to timezones, in Go
by Dirkjan Ochtman July 16, 2014

July 16, 2014

This might be interesting for people on this list: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+BradFitzpatrick/posts/XVyy1bAzkZd Cheers, Dirkjan

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[PATCH] Replace Africa zones with links when that doesn't lose useful info.
by Paul Eggert July 16, 2014

July 16, 2014

* africa (Africa/Luanda, Africa/Porto-Novo, Africa/Gaborone) (Africa/Ouagadougou, Africa/Bujumbura, Africa/Douala, Africa/Bangui) (Indian/Comoro, Africa/Kinshasa, Africa/Lubumbashi, Africa/Brazzaville) (Africa/Djibouti, Africa/Malabo, Africa/Asmara, Africa/Addis_Ababa) (Africa/Libreville, Africa/Banjul, Africa/Accra, Africa/Conakry) (Africa/Maseru, Indian/Antananarivo, Africa/Blantyre, Africa/Bamako) (Africa/Nouakchott, Indian/Mayotte, Africa/Maputo, Africa/Niamey) (Africa/Kigali, Atlantic/St_Helena, Africa/Sao_Tome, Africa/Dakar) (Africa/Freetown, Africa/Mogadishu, Africa/Mbabane, Africa/Dar_es_Salaam) (Africa/Lome, Africa/Kampala, Africa/Lusaka, Africa/Harare): * antarctica (Antarctica/Syowa): Remove zone, replacing each with a link to a region that has had the same UTC offset since 1970. * NEWS: Document this. --- NEWS | 20 +++-- africa | 266 ++++++++++++++++++++----------------------------------------- antarctica | 5 +- 3 files changed, 104 insertions(+), 187 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 222f91e..429b89e 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -61,11 +61,21 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes Some zones have been turned into links, when they differed from existing zones only for older UTC offsets where the data were likely invented. These changes affect UTC offsets in pre-1970 time stamps only. This is - similar to the change in release 2013e, except this time for the Pacific. - The affected zones are: Antarctica/DumontDUrville, Pacific/Chuuk, - Pacific/Funafuti, Pacific/Majuro, Pacific/Midway, Pacific/Palau, - Pacific/Pohnpei, Pacific/Saipan, Pacific/Tahiti, Pacific/Wake, and - Pacific/Wallis. + similar to the change in release 2013e, except this time for Africa and + the Pacific. The affected zones are: Africa/Accra, Africa/Addis_Ababa, + Africa/Asmara, Africa/Bamako, Africa/Bangui, Africa/Banjul, + Africa/Blantyre, Africa/Brazzaville, Africa/Bujumbura, Africa/Conakry, + Africa/Dakar, Africa/Dar_es_Salaam, Africa/Djibouti, Africa/Douala, + Africa/Freetown, Africa/Gaborone, Africa/Harare, Africa/Kampala, + Africa/Kigali, Africa/Kinshasa, Africa/Libreville, Africa/Lome, + Africa/Luanda, Africa/Lubumbashi, Africa/Lusaka, Africa/Malabo, + Africa/Maputo, Africa/Maseru, Africa/Mbabane, Africa/Mogadishu, + Africa/Niamey, Africa/Nouakchott, Africa/Ouagadougou, Africa/Porto-Novo, + Africa/Sao_Tome, Antarctica/DumontDUrville, Antarctica/Syowa, + Atlantic/St_Helena, Indian/Antananarivo, Indian/Comoro, Indian/Mayotte, + Pacific/Chuuk, Pacific/Funafuti, Pacific/Majuro, Pacific/Midway, + Pacific/Palau, Pacific/Pohnpei, Pacific/Saipan, Pacific/Tahiti, + Pacific/Wake, and Pacific/Wallis. Asia/Shanghai's pre-standard-time UT offset has been changed from 8:05:57 to 8:05:43, the location of Xujiahui Observatory. Its diff --git a/africa b/africa index 3d84d9b..678cde2 100644 --- a/africa +++ b/africa @@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ # 3:00 CAST Central Africa Summer Time (no longer used) # 3:00 SAST South Africa Summer Time (no longer used) # 3:00 EAT East Africa Time -# 4:00 EAST East Africa Summer Time (no longer used) # Algeria # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S @@ -105,45 +104,21 @@ Zone Africa/Algiers 0:12:12 - LMT 1891 Mar 15 0:01 1:00 - CET # Angola -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Luanda 0:52:56 - LMT 1892 - 0:52:04 - AOT 1911 May 26 # Angola Time - 1:00 - WAT - # Benin -# Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1946, not 1934; -# go with Shanks & Pottenger. -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Porto-Novo 0:10:28 - LMT 1912 - 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 - 1:00 - WAT +# See Africa/Lagos. # Botswana -# From Paul Eggert (2013-02-21): -# Milne says they were regulated by the Cape Town Signal in 1899; -# assume they switched to 2:00 when Cape Town did. -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Gaborone 1:43:40 - LMT 1885 - 1:30 - SAST 1903 Mar - 2:00 - CAT 1943 Sep 19 2:00 - 2:00 1:00 CAST 1944 Mar 19 2:00 - 2:00 - CAT +# Milne says they were regulated by the Cape Town Signal in 1899. +# See Africa/Johannesburg. # Burkina Faso -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Ouagadougou -0:06:04 - LMT 1912 - 0:00 - GMT +# See Africa/Abidjan. # Burundi -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Bujumbura 1:57:28 - LMT 1890 - 2:00 - CAT +# See Africa/Johannesburg. # Cameroon -# Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1920; go with Shanks & Pottenger. -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Douala 0:38:48 - LMT 1912 - 1:00 - WAT +# See Africa/Lagos. # Cape Verde # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] @@ -154,9 +129,7 @@ Zone Atlantic/Cape_Verde -1:34:04 - LMT 1907 # Praia -1:00 - CVT # Central African Republic -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Bangui 1:14:20 - LMT 1912 - 1:00 - WAT +# See Africa/Lagos. # Chad # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] @@ -166,31 +139,33 @@ Zone Africa/Ndjamena 1:00:12 - LMT 1912 # N'Djamena 1:00 - WAT # Comoros -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Indian/Comoro 2:53:04 - LMT 1911 Jul # Moroni, Gran Comoro - 3:00 - EAT +# See Africa/Nairobi. # Democratic Republic of Congo -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Kinshasa 1:01:12 - LMT 1897 Nov 9 - 1:00 - WAT -Zone Africa/Lubumbashi 1:49:52 - LMT 1897 Nov 9 - 2:00 - CAT +# See Africa/Lagos for the western part of the country. +# See Africa/Johannesburg for the eastern part of the country. # Republic of the Congo -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Brazzaville 1:01:08 - LMT 1912 - 1:00 - WAT +# See Africa/Lagos. # Côte D'Ivoire / Ivory Coast # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Abidjan -0:16:08 - LMT 1912 0:00 - GMT +Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Accra # Ghana +Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Bamako # Mali +Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Banjul # Gambia +Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Conakry # Guinea +Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Dakar # Senegal +Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Freetown # Sierra Leone +Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Lome # Togo +Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Nouakchott # Mauritania +Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Ouagadougou # Burkina Faso +Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Sao_Tome # São Tomé and Príncipe +Link Africa/Abidjan Atlantic/St_Helena # St Helena # Djibouti -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Djibouti 2:52:36 - LMT 1911 Jul - 3:00 - EAT +# See Africa/Nairobi. ############################################################################### @@ -400,56 +375,32 @@ Zone Africa/Cairo 2:05:09 - LMT 1900 Oct 2:00 Egypt EE%sT # Equatorial Guinea -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Malabo 0:35:08 - LMT 1912 - 0:00 - GMT 1963 Dec 15 - 1:00 - WAT +# See Africa/Lagos. # Eritrea -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Asmara 2:35:32 - LMT 1870 - 2:35:32 - AMT 1890 # Asmara Mean Time - 2:35:20 - ADMT 1936 May 5 # Adis Dera MT - 3:00 - EAT +# See Africa/Nairobi. # Ethiopia -# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): -# Shanks & Pottenger write that Ethiopia had six narrowly-spaced time zones -# between 1870 and 1890, and that they merged to 38E50 (2:35:20) in 1890. -# We'll guess that 38E50 is for Adis Dera. -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Addis_Ababa 2:34:48 - LMT 1870 - 2:35:20 - ADMT 1936 May 5 # Adis Dera MT - 3:00 - EAT +# From Paul Eggert (2014-07-09): +# Like the Swahili of Kenya and Tanzania, many Ethiopians keep a +# 12-hour clock starting at our 06:00, so their "8 o'clock" is our +# 02:00 or 14:00. Keep this in mind when you ask the time in Amharic. +# +# Shanks & Pottenger write that Ethiopia had six narrowly-spaced time +# zones between 1870 and 1890, that they merged to 38E50 (2:35:20) in +# 1890, and that they switched to 3:00 on 1936-05-05. Perhaps 38E50 +# was for Adis Dera. Ignore this for now as it predates our 1970 +# cutoff, and it's quite likely wrong anyway. +# +# See Africa/Nairobi. # Gabon -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Libreville 0:37:48 - LMT 1912 - 1:00 - WAT +# See Africa/Lagos. # Gambia -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Banjul -1:06:36 - LMT 1912 - -1:06:36 - BMT 1935 # Banjul Mean Time - -1:00 - WAT 1964 - 0:00 - GMT - # Ghana -# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -# Whitman says DST was observed from 1931 to "the present"; -# go with Shanks & Pottenger. -Rule Ghana 1936 1942 - Sep 1 0:00 0:20 GHST -Rule Ghana 1936 1942 - Dec 31 0:00 0 GMT -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Accra -0:00:52 - LMT 1918 - 0:00 Ghana %s - # Guinea -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Conakry -0:54:52 - LMT 1912 - 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 - -1:00 - WAT 1960 - 0:00 - GMT +# See Africa/Abidjan. # Guinea-Bissau # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] @@ -464,13 +415,19 @@ Zone Africa/Nairobi 2:27:16 - LMT 1928 Jul 2:30 - BEAT 1940 2:45 - BEAUT 1960 3:00 - EAT +Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Addis_Ababa # Ethiopia +Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Asmara # Eritrea +Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Dar_es_Salaam # Tanzania +Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Djibouti +Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Kampala # Uganda +Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Mogadishu # Somalia +Link Africa/Nairobi Antarctica/Syowa +Link Africa/Nairobi Indian/Antananarivo # Madagascar +Link Africa/Nairobi Indian/Comoro +Link Africa/Nairobi Indian/Mayotte # Lesotho -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Maseru 1:50:00 - LMT 1903 Mar - 2:00 - SAST 1943 Sep 19 2:00 - 2:00 1:00 SAST 1944 Mar 19 2:00 - 2:00 - SAST +# See Africa/Johannesburg. # Liberia # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): @@ -545,30 +502,14 @@ Zone Africa/Tripoli 0:52:44 - LMT 1920 2:00 - EET # Madagascar -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Indian/Antananarivo 3:10:04 - LMT 1911 Jul - 3:00 - EAT 1954 Feb 27 23:00s - 3:00 1:00 EAST 1954 May 29 23:00s - 3:00 - EAT +# See Africa/Nairobi. # Malawi -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Blantyre 2:20:00 - LMT 1903 Mar - 2:00 - CAT +# See Africa/Johannesburg. # Mali -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Bamako -0:32:00 - LMT 1912 - 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 - -1:00 - WAT 1960 Jun 20 - 0:00 - GMT - # Mauritania -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Nouakchott -1:03:48 - LMT 1912 - 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 - -1:00 - WAT 1960 Nov 28 - 0:00 - GMT +# See Africa/Abidjan. # Mauritius @@ -665,8 +606,7 @@ Zone Indian/Mauritius 3:50:00 - LMT 1907 # Port Louis # Mayotte # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Indian/Mayotte 3:00:56 - LMT 1911 Jul # Mamoutzou - 3:00 - EAT +# See Africa/Nairobi. # Morocco # See the 'europe' file for Spanish Morocco (Africa/Ceuta). @@ -964,9 +904,7 @@ Zone Africa/El_Aaiun -0:52:48 - LMT 1934 Jan # El Aaiún 0:00 Morocco WE%sT # Mozambique -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Maputo 2:10:20 - LMT 1903 Mar - 2:00 - CAT +# See Africa/Johannesburg. # Namibia # The 1994-04-03 transition is from Shanks & Pottenger. @@ -998,16 +936,21 @@ Zone Africa/Windhoek 1:08:24 - LMT 1892 Feb 8 1:00 Namibia WA%sT # Niger -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Niamey 0:08:28 - LMT 1912 - -1:00 - WAT 1934 Feb 26 - 0:00 - GMT 1960 - 1:00 - WAT +# See Africa/Lagos. # Nigeria # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Lagos 0:13:36 - LMT 1919 Sep 1:00 - WAT +Link Africa/Lagos Africa/Bangui # Central African Republic +Link Africa/Lagos Africa/Brazzaville # Rep. of the Congo +Link Africa/Lagos Africa/Douala # Cameroon +Link Africa/Lagos Africa/Kinshasa # W Dem. Rep. of the Congo +Link Africa/Lagos Africa/Libreville # Gabon +Link Africa/Lagos Africa/Luanda # Angola +Link Africa/Lagos Africa/Malabo # Equatorial Guinea +Link Africa/Lagos Africa/Niamey # Niger +Link Africa/Lagos Africa/Porto-Novo # Benin # Réunion # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] @@ -1028,16 +971,11 @@ Link Indian/Reunion Indian/Alfred_Faure # Tromelin - inhabited until at least 1958 # Rwanda -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Kigali 2:00:16 - LMT 1935 Jun - 2:00 - CAT +# See Africa/Johannesburg. # St Helena -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Atlantic/St_Helena -0:22:48 - LMT 1890 # Jamestown - -0:22:48 - JMT 1951 # Jamestown Mean Time - 0:00 - GMT -# The other parts of the St Helena territory are similar: +# See Africa/Abidjan. +# The parts of the St Helena territory are similar: # Tristan da Cunha: on GMT, say Whitman and the CIA # Ascension: on GMT, say the USNO (1995-12-21) and the CIA # Gough (scientific station since 1955; sealers wintered previously): @@ -1045,16 +983,8 @@ Zone Atlantic/St_Helena -0:22:48 - LMT 1890 # Jamestown # Inaccessible, Nightingale: uninhabited # São Tomé and Príncipe -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Sao_Tome 0:26:56 - LMT 1884 - -0:36:32 - LMT 1912 # Lisbon Mean Time - 0:00 - GMT - # Senegal -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Dakar -1:09:44 - LMT 1912 - -1:00 - WAT 1941 Jun - 0:00 - GMT +# See Africa/Abidjan. # Seychelles # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] @@ -1068,24 +998,10 @@ Zone Indian/Mahe 3:41:48 - LMT 1906 Jun # Victoria # Possibly the islands were uninhabited. # Sierra Leone -# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -# Whitman gives Mar 31 - Aug 31 for 1931 on; go with Shanks & Pottenger. -Rule SL 1935 1942 - Jun 1 0:00 0:40 SLST -Rule SL 1935 1942 - Oct 1 0:00 0 WAT -Rule SL 1957 1962 - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 SLST -Rule SL 1957 1962 - Sep 1 0:00 0 GMT -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Freetown -0:53:00 - LMT 1882 - -0:53:00 - FMT 1913 Jun # Freetown Mean Time - -1:00 SL %s 1957 - 0:00 SL %s +# See Africa/Abidjan. # Somalia -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Mogadishu 3:01:28 - LMT 1893 Nov - 3:00 - EAT 1931 - 2:30 - BEAT 1957 - 3:00 - EAT +# See Africa/Nairobi. # South Africa # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S @@ -1095,6 +1011,17 @@ Rule SA 1943 1944 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00 0 - Zone Africa/Johannesburg 1:52:00 - LMT 1892 Feb 8 1:30 - SAST 1903 Mar 2:00 SA SAST +Link Africa/Johannesburg Africa/Blantyre # Malawi +Link Africa/Johannesburg Africa/Bujumbura # Burundi +Link Africa/Johannesburg Africa/Gaborone # Botswana +Link Africa/Johannesburg Africa/Harare # Zimbabwe +Link Africa/Johannesburg Africa/Kigali # Rwanda +Link Africa/Johannesburg Africa/Lubumbashi # E Dem. Rep. of Congo +Link Africa/Johannesburg Africa/Lusaka # Zambia +Link Africa/Johannesburg Africa/Maputo # Mozambique +Link Africa/Johannesburg Africa/Maseru # Lesotho +Link Africa/Johannesburg Africa/Mbabane # Swaziland +# # Marion and Prince Edward Is # scientific station since 1947 # no information @@ -1122,21 +1049,13 @@ Zone Africa/Khartoum 2:10:08 - LMT 1931 Link Africa/Khartoum Africa/Juba # Swaziland -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Mbabane 2:04:24 - LMT 1903 Mar - 2:00 - SAST +# See Africa/Johannesburg. # Tanzania -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Dar_es_Salaam 2:37:08 - LMT 1931 - 3:00 - EAT 1948 - 2:45 - BEAUT 1961 - 3:00 - EAT +# See Africa/Nairobi. # Togo -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Lome 0:04:52 - LMT 1893 - 0:00 - GMT +# See Africa/Abidjan. # Tunisia @@ -1239,19 +1158,8 @@ Zone Africa/Tunis 0:40:44 - LMT 1881 May 12 1:00 Tunisia CE%sT # Uganda -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Kampala 2:09:40 - LMT 1928 Jul - 3:00 - EAT 1930 - 2:30 - BEAT 1948 - 2:45 - BEAUT 1957 - 3:00 - EAT +# See Africa/Nairobi. # Zambia -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Lusaka 1:53:08 - LMT 1903 Mar - 2:00 - CAT - # Zimbabwe -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Harare 2:04:12 - LMT 1903 Mar - 2:00 - CAT +# See Africa/Johannesburg. diff --git a/antarctica b/antarctica index 16aedaa..38720a8 100644 --- a/antarctica +++ b/antarctica @@ -207,12 +207,11 @@ Zone Indian/Kerguelen 0 - zzz 1950 # Port-aux-Français # Syowa station, which is the first antarctic station of Japan, # was established on 1957-01-29. Since Syowa station is still the main # station of Japan, it's appropriate for the principal location. -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Antarctica/Syowa 0 - zzz 1957 Jan 29 - 3:00 - SYOT # Syowa Time # See: # NIPR Antarctic Research Activities (1999-08-17) # <http://www.nipr.ac.jp/english/ara01.html> +# +# See Africa/Nairobi. # S Korea - year-round base # Jang Bogo, Terra Nova Bay, -743700+1641205 since 2014 -- 1.9.1

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[PATCH] Replace some zones with links when that doesn't lose useful info.
by Paul Eggert July 11, 2014

July 11, 2014

This is like the 2013-09-02 change, but for the Pacific this time. * antarctica (Antarctica/DumontDUrville): * australasia (Pacific/Tahiti, Pacific/Saipan, Pacific/Majuro) (Pacific/Chuuk, Pacific/Pohnpei, Pacific/Palau, Pacific/Funafuti) (Pacific/Midway, Pacific/Wake, Pacific/Wallis): Remove zone, replacing each with a link to a region that has had the same UTC offset since 1970. This removes data that were largely invented, either by us or almost surely by Shanks or his sources. * asia, australasia, northamerica: Create links accordingly. * NEWS: Document this. --- NEWS | 9 +++++++++ antarctica | 7 +------ asia | 3 +++ australasia | 53 +++++++++++++++++++---------------------------------- northamerica | 1 + 5 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 82c83c9..222f91e 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -58,6 +58,15 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes UTC+6 and not UTC+8. (Thanks to Luther Ma and to Alois Treindl; Treindl sent helpful translations of two papers by Guo Qingsheng.) + Some zones have been turned into links, when they differed from existing + zones only for older UTC offsets where the data were likely invented. + These changes affect UTC offsets in pre-1970 time stamps only. This is + similar to the change in release 2013e, except this time for the Pacific. + The affected zones are: Antarctica/DumontDUrville, Pacific/Chuuk, + Pacific/Funafuti, Pacific/Majuro, Pacific/Midway, Pacific/Palau, + Pacific/Pohnpei, Pacific/Saipan, Pacific/Tahiti, Pacific/Wake, and + Pacific/Wallis. + Asia/Shanghai's pre-standard-time UT offset has been changed from 8:05:57 to 8:05:43, the location of Xujiahui Observatory. Its transition to standard time has been changed from 1928 to 1901. diff --git a/antarctica b/antarctica index 9e9d118..16aedaa 100644 --- a/antarctica +++ b/antarctica @@ -180,15 +180,10 @@ Zone Indian/Kerguelen 0 - zzz 1950 # Port-aux-Français # year-round base in the main continent # Dumont d'Urville, Île des Pétrels, -6640+14001, since 1956-11 # <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumont_d'Urville_Station> (2005-12-05) +# See Pacific/Port_Moresby. # # Another base at Port-Martin, 50km east, began operation in 1947. # It was destroyed by fire on 1952-01-14. -# -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Antarctica/DumontDUrville 0 - zzz 1947 - 10:00 - PMT 1952 Jan 14 # Port-Martin Time - 0 - zzz 1956 Nov - 10:00 - DDUT # Dumont-d'Urville Time # France & Italy - year-round base # Concordia, -750600+1232000, since 2005 diff --git a/asia b/asia index 4d9faeb..68994d5 100644 --- a/asia +++ b/asia @@ -1432,6 +1432,9 @@ Zone Asia/Tokyo 9:18:59 - LMT 1887 Dec 31 15:00u 9:00 Japan J%sT # Since 1938, all Japanese possessions have been like Asia/Tokyo. +# The following region has been like Asia/Tokyo since at least 1970. +Link Asia/Tokyo Pacific/Palau + # Jordan # # From <http://star.arabia.com/990701/JO9.html> diff --git a/australasia b/australasia index 605d8dd..cd9c3e4 100644 --- a/australasia +++ b/australasia @@ -355,8 +355,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Gambier -8:59:48 - LMT 1912 Oct # Rikitea -9:00 - GAMT # Gambier Time Zone Pacific/Marquesas -9:18:00 - LMT 1912 Oct -9:30 - MART # Marquesas Time -Zone Pacific/Tahiti -9:58:16 - LMT 1912 Oct # Papeete - -10:00 - TAHT # Tahiti Time +# See Pacific/Honolulu for Tahiti. # Clipperton (near North America) is administered from French Polynesia; # it is uninhabited. @@ -366,11 +365,16 @@ Zone Pacific/Guam -14:21:00 - LMT 1844 Dec 31 9:39:00 - LMT 1901 # Agana 10:00 - GST 2000 Dec 23 # Guam 10:00 - ChST # Chamorro Standard Time +Link Pacific/Guam Pacific/Saipan # N Mariana Is # Kiribati # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Tarawa 11:32:04 - LMT 1901 # Bairiki 12:00 - GILT # Gilbert Is Time +Link Pacific/Tarawa Pacific/Funafuti # Tuvalu +Link Pacific/Tarawa Pacific/Majuro # Marshall Is (most locations) +Link Pacific/Tarawa Pacific/Wake # in US minor outlying islands +Link Pacific/Tarawa Pacific/Wallis # Wallis and Futuna Zone Pacific/Enderbury -11:24:20 - LMT 1901 -12:00 - PHOT 1979 Oct # Phoenix Is Time -11:00 - PHOT 1995 @@ -381,29 +385,20 @@ Zone Pacific/Kiritimati -10:29:20 - LMT 1901 14:00 - LINT # N Mariana Is -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Pacific/Saipan -14:17:00 - LMT 1844 Dec 31 - 9:43:00 - LMT 1901 - 9:00 - MPT 1969 Oct # N Mariana Is Time - 10:00 - MPT 2000 Dec 23 - 10:00 - ChST # Chamorro Standard Time +# See Pacific/Guam. # Marshall Is +# See Pacific/Tarawa for most locations. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Pacific/Majuro 11:24:48 - LMT 1901 - 11:00 - MHT 1969 Oct # Marshall Islands Time - 12:00 - MHT Zone Pacific/Kwajalein 11:09:20 - LMT 1901 11:00 - MHT 1969 Oct -12:00 - KWAT 1993 Aug 20 # Kwajalein Time 12:00 - MHT # Micronesia +# See Pacific/Guadalcanal for Pohnpei. +# See Pacific/Port_Moresby for Chuuk. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Pacific/Chuuk 10:07:08 - LMT 1901 - 10:00 - CHUT # Chuuk Time -Zone Pacific/Pohnpei 10:32:52 - LMT 1901 # Kolonia - 11:00 - PONT # Pohnpei Time Zone Pacific/Kosrae 10:51:56 - LMT 1901 11:00 - KOST 1969 Oct # Kosrae Time 12:00 - KOST 1999 @@ -509,15 +504,15 @@ Zone Pacific/Norfolk 11:11:52 - LMT 1901 # Kingston 11:30 - NFT # Norfolk Time # Palau (Belau) -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Pacific/Palau 8:57:56 - LMT 1901 # Koror - 9:00 - PWT # Palau Time +# See Asia/Tokyo. # Papua New Guinea # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Port_Moresby 9:48:40 - LMT 1880 9:48:32 - PMMT 1895 # Port Moresby Mean Time 10:00 - PGT # Papua New Guinea Time +Link Pacific/Port_Moresby Antarctica/DumontDUrville +Link Pacific/Port_Moresby Pacific/Chuuk # in Micronesia # Pitcairn # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] @@ -532,6 +527,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Pago_Pago 12:37:12 - LMT 1879 Jul 5 -11:00 - NST 1967 Apr # N=Nome -11:00 - BST 1983 Nov 30 # B=Bering -11:00 - SST # S=Samoa +Link Pacific/Pago_Pago Pacific/Midway # in US minor outlying islands # Samoa (formerly and also known as Western Samoa) @@ -619,6 +615,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Apia 12:33:04 - LMT 1879 Jul 5 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Guadalcanal 10:39:48 - LMT 1912 Oct # Honiara 11:00 - SBT # Solomon Is Time +Link Pacific/Guadalcanal Pacific/Pohnpei # in Micronesia # Tokelau Is # @@ -657,9 +654,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Tongatapu 12:19:20 - LMT 1901 13:00 Tonga TO%sT # Tuvalu -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Pacific/Funafuti 11:56:52 - LMT 1901 - 12:00 - TVT # Tuvalu Time +# See Pacific/Tarawa. # US minor outlying islands @@ -724,21 +719,13 @@ Zone Pacific/Funafuti 11:56:52 - LMT 1901 # Fri. 6:30A Lv. HONOLOLU (Pearl Harbor), H.I. H.L.T. Ar. 5:30P Sun. # " 3:00P Ar. MIDWAY ISLAND . . . . . . . . . M.L.T. Lv. 6:00A " # -Zone Pacific/Midway -11:49:28 - LMT 1901 - -11:00 - NST 1956 Jun 3 - -11:00 1:00 NDT 1956 Sep 2 - -11:00 - NST 1967 Apr # N=Nome - -11:00 - BST 1983 Nov 30 # B=Bering - -11:00 - SST # S=Samoa +# See Pacific/Pago_Pago. # Palmyra # uninhabited since World War II; was probably like Pacific/Kiritimati # Wake -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Pacific/Wake 11:06:28 - LMT 1901 - 12:00 - WAKT # Wake Time - +# See Pacific/Tarawa. # Vanuatu # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S @@ -753,9 +740,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Efate 11:13:16 - LMT 1912 Jan 13 # Vila 11:00 Vanuatu VU%sT # Vanuatu Time # Wallis and Futuna -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 - 12:00 - WFT # Wallis & Futuna Time +# See Pacific/Tarawa. ############################################################################### diff --git a/northamerica b/northamerica index 66f362b..842f6e4 100644 --- a/northamerica +++ b/northamerica @@ -592,6 +592,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Honolulu -10:31:26 - LMT 1896 Jan 13 12:00 #Schmitt&Cox -10:00 - HST Link Pacific/Honolulu Pacific/Johnston +Link Pacific/Honolulu Pacific/Tahiti # in French Polynesia # Now we turn to US areas that have diverged from the consensus since 1970. -- 1.9.1

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Proposal - territorial coverage of an IANA zone - define, document, enforce
by Tobias Conradi July 10, 2014

July 10, 2014

Proposal 1) Define what territory an IANA zone covers 2) Include the definition in the documentation 3) Enforce the definition If there would be a definition that territories that use different abbreviations shall have different zones, then the merger On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 8:41 PM, Paul Eggert <eggert(a)cs.ucla.edu> wrote: > Alan Barrett wrote: >> To the best of my knowledge, most other African countries that share the >> same UTC offset do not use the abbreviation "SAST" > Thanks for catching this; this was indeed an error in the merge, would have violated 3). Is it really true, that starting 2014-07-10 IANA zones are created based on acronym observation? Also "coincidence" as in On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 8:39 PM, Paul Eggert <eggert(a)cs.ucla.edu> wrote: > This is a good point, and in some cases in hindsight I went too far in > merging zones that were coincidentally the same would need definition, if one really wants to base territorial extension of IANA zones on such a vaguely defined concept which can lead to decision that may look arbitrary. And arbitrary seems to be the other rule: > This is not a question about optimizing the implementation; it's a question > of having the tz data reflect our knowledge as accurately as the current > format allows. The current format allows to have at least one zone per post-1970 ISO 3166 country and having this would allow to more accurately "reflect our knowledge", namely for abbreviations and for laws. Laws are the main source for observation of a specific standard time in any country. So one could think the territory covered by an IANA zone would at least be a subset of the territory of exactly one jurisdiction named a country in ISO 3166. If acronym observation and "coincidence" are the basis of zoning, I propose to include that in the documentation. -- Tobias Conradi Rheinsberger Str. 18 10115 Berlin Germany http://tobiasconradi.com/

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No leap second on 2014-12-31.
by Tim Parenti July 9, 2014

July 9, 2014

Per IERS Bulletin C48 (2014-07-07), no leap second will be observed on 2014-12-31. This patch updates leap-seconds.list from NIST. -- Tim Parenti

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Daylight saving time in Egypt
by newsgroups＠engine2.net July 9, 2014

July 9, 2014

Hi everyone, I search through messages and couldn't find if this information was already sent or not. It seems that there will be a change in daylight saving time in Egypt according to NOTAM (notice to airmen) issued by NOAA (below) which was sent to us with this comment: FOR THE KIND ATTENTION OF OUR VALUABLE CUSTOMERS BELOW NOTAM ISSUED TO ANNOUNCE THAT STARTING 31July2014 AT 2200 GMT , CLOCK IN EGYPT WILL BE GMT PLUS 3 HOURS PLEASE RELAY MESSAGE TO THE CONCENED PARTIES NOTAM content: A0237/14 NOTAMN Q) HECC/QXXXX/IV/NBO/A/000/999/2721N03009E005 A) HECC B) 1407312200 C) 1409252100 E) SUMMER TIME (UTC+3 HOURS) WILL BE STARTED AS ITEM B. CREATED: 02 Jul 2014 13:28:00 SOURCE: HECAYNYX Source: https://www.notams.faa.gov/ Best regards, Michal Konvalinka engine2.net

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Precise meaning of FROM and TO in a rule
by Jon Skeet July 9, 2014

July 9, 2014

Sorry to be pedantic again, but I'm trying to get my head round some fiddly code, and I've come across an interesting bit of ambiguity. FROM and TO are described <http://www.ietf.org/timezones/code/zic.8.txt> like this: FROM Gives the first year in which the rule applies. Any integer > year can be supplied; the Gregorian calendar is assumed. The > word minimum (or an abbreviation) means the minimum year > representable as an integer. The word maximum (or an > abbreviation) means the maximum year representable as an > integer. Rules can describe times that are not representable > as time values, with the unrepresentable times ignored; this > allows rules to be portable among hosts with differing time > value types. TO Gives the final year in which the rule applies. In addition to > minimum and maximum (as above), the word only (or an > abbreviation) may be used to repeat the value of the FROM > field. It's not clear whether that "year" is: 1. The year in UTC at the transition 2. The year in the local time before the transition 3. The year in the local time after the transition 4. The year in the same frame of reference as the "AT" part Option 1 seems unlikely. Options 2 and 3 seem likely to be equivalent in all realistic time zones - it would be odd for a time zone to add an hour of DST at 11.30pm on December 31st, for example... and even odder for it to *subtract* an hour of DST at 00.30am on January 1st. Option 4 is tricky. In some ways it feels natural - if you're going to use one frame of reference for a time, why not do it for the date as well? On the other hand, it means that a "TO" value of (say) 2001 where the transition is at 2am UTC on January 1st in a time zone with a standard time of UTC+8 would actually have its last transition in 2000 local time, assuming I've got my maths right. Can I assume that one of option 2 or option 3 is intended, and that no sensible time zone will ever make those two options behave differently? I've tried reading the C source code, but given the subtleties involved, I'd rather trust a natural language description. If we can come to a conclusion about this, I'd like to propose that we amend the text to be unambiguous, too. Jon

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Re: [tz] LMT in Moscow before 1919, Kilometre Zero point
by Paul Eggert July 9, 2014

July 9, 2014

Thanks for those corrections; that area had been using unreliable data from Shanks & Pottenger. Your email prompted me to dust off my copy of Milne and fix similar problems in some other parts of Russia, and I installed the attached patch to the experimental version of the tz database on Github; it should reflect your comments.

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Fixes for minor oversights re: Russia changes on 2014-10-26.
by Tim Parenti July 8, 2014

July 8, 2014

There were a few lingering oversights in the patch set distributed earlier; see attached. -- Tim Parenti

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[PATCH1/1] Propose new zone for Crozet Islands
by Antoine Leca July 8, 2014

July 8, 2014

Crozet Islands have a year-round scientific base (Alfred-Faure) since 1964. Also corrected the geographic coordinates. Noticed by Tobias Conradi <http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2012-May/017804.html> --- antarctica | 8 +++++++- zone.tab | 3 ++- 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/antarctica b/antarctica index 9bf2494..7190413 100644 --- a/antarctica +++ b/antarctica @@ -169,7 +169,6 @@ Zone Antarctica/Mawson 0 - zzz 1954 Feb 13 # French Southern Territories with year-round inhabitants # # Martin-de-Vivies Base, Amsterdam Island, -374105+0773155, since 1950 -# Alfred-Faure Base, Crozet Islands, -462551+0515152, since 1964 # Port-aux-Francais, Kerguelen Islands, -492110+0701303, since 1951; # whaling & sealing station operated 1908/1914, 1920/1929, and 1951/1956 # @@ -179,6 +178,13 @@ Zone Antarctica/Mawson 0 - zzz 1954 Feb 13 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Indian/Kerguelen 0 - zzz 1950 # Port-aux-Francais 5:00 - TFT # ISO code TF Time + +# Alfred-Faure Base, Crozet Islands, -462551+0515125, since 1964 +# sealing & whaling stations operated variously 1802/1911+ +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Indian/Alfred-Faure 0 - zzz 1963 + 4:00 - AFT # Alfred-Faure Time + # # year-round base in the main continent # Dumont-d'Urville, Ile des Petrels, -6640+14001, since 1956-11 diff --git a/zone.tab b/zone.tab index 6b98520..0f34698 100644 --- a/zone.tab +++ b/zone.tab @@ -373,7 +373,8 @@ SY +3330+03618 Asia/Damascus SZ -2618+03106 Africa/Mbabane TC +2128-07108 America/Grand_Turk TD +1207+01503 Africa/Ndjamena -TF -492110+0701303 Indian/Kerguelen +TF -492110+0701303 Indian/Kerguelen most locations +TF -462551+0515125 Indian/Alfred-Faure Crozet Islands TG +0608+00113 Africa/Lome TH +1345+10031 Asia/Bangkok TJ +3835+06848 Asia/Dushanbe -- 1.8.0.msysgit.0

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[PATCH] * australasia (Pacific/Apia, WS): Move DST data from Zone to Rule lines.
by Paul Eggert July 8, 2014

July 8, 2014

This doesn't change the output, but is shorter and easier to follow. Trim and adjust commentary a bit. --- australasia | 31 +++++++++++-------------------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-) diff --git a/australasia b/australasia index 1fd7cb1..605d8dd 100644 --- a/australasia +++ b/australasia @@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Pago_Pago 12:37:12 - LMT 1879 Jul 5 -11:00 - BST 1983 Nov 30 # B=Bering -11:00 - SST # S=Samoa -# Samoa +# Samoa (formerly and also known as Western Samoa) # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-10-16): # We have been in contact with the government of Samoa again, and received @@ -592,35 +592,26 @@ Zone Pacific/Pago_Pago 12:37:12 - LMT 1879 Jul 5 # Thursday 29th December 2011 23:59:59 Hours # Saturday 31st December 2011 00:00:00 Hours # -# Clarification by Tim Parenti (2012-01-03): -# Although Samoa has used Daylight Saving Time in the 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 -# seasons, there is not yet any indication that this trend will continue on -# a regular basis. For now, we have explicitly listed the transitions below. -# -# From Nicky (2012-09-10): +# From Nicholas Pereira (2012-09-10): # Daylight Saving Time commences on Sunday 30th September 2012 and -# ends on Sunday 7th of April 2013. -# -# Please find link below for more information. +# ends on Sunday 7th of April 2013.... # http://www.mcil.gov.ws/mcil_publications.html # -# That publication also includes dates for Summer of 2013/4 as well -# which give the impression of a pattern in selecting dates for the -# future, so for now, we will guess this will continue. +# From Paul Eggert (2014-07-08): +# That web page currently lists transitions for 2012/3 and 2013/4. +# Assume the pattern instituted in 2012 will continue indefinitely. -# Western Samoa # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule WS 2012 max - Sep lastSun 3:00 1 D +Rule WS 2010 only - Sep lastSun 0:00 1 D +Rule WS 2011 only - Apr Sat>=1 4:00 0 - +Rule WS 2011 only - Sep lastSat 3:00 1 D Rule WS 2012 max - Apr Sun>=1 4:00 0 - +Rule WS 2012 max - Sep lastSun 3:00 1 D # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Apia 12:33:04 - LMT 1879 Jul 5 -11:26:56 - LMT 1911 -11:30 - SAMT 1950 # Samoa Time - -11:00 - WST 2010 Sep 26 - -11:00 1:00 WSDT 2011 Apr 2 4:00 - -11:00 - WST 2011 Sep 24 3:00 - -11:00 1:00 WSDT 2011 Dec 29 24:00 - 13:00 1:00 WSDT 2012 Apr Sun>=1 4:00 + -11:00 WS WS%sT 2011 Dec 29 24:00 13:00 WS WS%sT # Solomon Is -- 1.9.1

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Re: [tz] LMT in Moscow before 1919, Kilometre Zero point
by Vladimir Karpinsky July 8, 2014

July 8, 2014

> Zone Europe/Moscow 2:30:20 - LMT 1880 More correct LMT in Moscow (before Jul 3, 1916) is 2:30:17, that was defined by Moscow Observatory (coordinates: 55°45'29.70", 37°34'05.30") so 37°34'05.30" > 2h30m16.35s = 2:30:17, not 2:30:20. > 2:30 - MMT 1916 Jul 3 # Moscow Mean Time 2:30 is not correct. More correct LMT in Moscow since Jul 3, 1916 is 2:31:01 as a result of new standard. (The info is from the book by Byalokoz E.L. New Counting of Time in Russia since July 1, 1919, p. 18.) The time in St.Petersburg as capital of Russia was defined by Pulkov observatory, near St.Petersburg. In 1916 LMT Moscow was synchronized with LMT St.Petersburg (+30 minutes), (Pulkov observatory coordinates: 59°46'18.70", 30°19'40.70") so 30°19'40.70" > 2h01m18.7s = 2:01:19. LMT Moscow = LMT St.Petersburg + 30m 2:01:19 + 0:30 = 2:31:19, not 2:30. > 2:30:48 Russia %s 1919 Jul 1 2:00 2:30:48 is not correct! Probably a popular mistype. It does not correspond to any reference point in Moscow or St.Petersburg. More correct LMT in Moscow is 2:31:19 before July 1, 1919 or 2:30:17 before July 3, 1916. Since July 1, 1919 at 02:00 - Time Zone system established, Moscow time = GMT+2 (plus 2 hours DST) = GMT+4. > RU +5545+03735 Europe/Moscow Moscow+00 - west Russia 03735 is not correct for Moscow, because official center of Moscow is "Kilometre Zero" point: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilometre_zero#Russia http://wikimapia.org/71156/Zero-point-or-Kilometre-Zero The coordinates of Kilometre Zero are 55°45'20.82", 37°37'03.47", so more correct would be 55°45', 037°37', not 037°35'. Sincerely, Vladimir Karpinsky Moscow, Russia ----- Original Message ----- From: <tz-request(a)iana.org> To: <tz(a)iana.org> Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2014 4:14 AM Subject: tz Digest, Vol 33, Issue 1 Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2014 9:27 AM Subject: tz Digest, Vol 34, Issue 13 Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2014 9:27 AM Subject: tz Digest, Vol 34, Issue 14

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[PATCH] Pacify 'make check_character_set'.
by Paul Eggert July 8, 2014

July 8, 2014

--- asia | 2 +- europe | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/asia b/asia index 321deae..d396111 100644 --- a/asia +++ b/asia @@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ Zone Asia/Hong_Kong 7:36:42 - LMT 1904 Oct 30 # bulletin in Taiwan for that Ordinance No. 529. It also mentioned that 1am on # Sep 21, 1945 will be 12am on Sep 21. I think this bulletin is much more # official than the one I mentioned in my first mail, because it's from the -# top-level government in Taiwan. If you’re going to quote any resource, this +# top-level government in Taiwan. If you're going to quote any resource, this # would be a good one. # [1] Taiwan Governor-General Gazette, No. 1018, Sep 19, 1945: # http://db2.th.gov.tw/db2/view/viewImg.php?imgcode=0072031018a&num=19&bgn=01… diff --git a/europe b/europe index 8c493f3..9b6a502 100644 --- a/europe +++ b/europe @@ -2336,7 +2336,7 @@ Zone Europe/Samara 3:20:36 - LMT 1919 Jul 1 2:00 # 66 RU-SVE Sverdlovsk Oblast # 72 RU-TYU Tyumen Oblast # 74 RU-CHE Chelyabinsk Oblast -# 86 RU-KHM Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug – Yugra +# 86 RU-KHM Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug - Yugra # 89 RU-YAN Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug # # Note: Effective 2005-12-01, (59) Perm Oblast and (81) Komi-Permyak -- 1.9.1

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Transitions specified for February 29th
by Jon Skeet July 7, 2014

July 7, 2014

I'm just going through my Noda Time <http://nodatime.org> code for time zone handling, and I've noticed I'm being even more defensive than normal, by handling the situation where a time zone transition is specified to occur on the 29th of February - I skip forward or backwards to the nearest leap year. This feels like it's overkill to me, and that it would be better just to prohibit this situation from occurring in my code, *if* it's widely accepted to be invalid data. Is there anything specifying the behaviour if such data is presented? I could try running the zoneinfo compiler myself, but I suspect it would take a long time to get all the tools sorted, and I wouldn't be certain of interpreting the outcome properly. If anyone just *knows,* that would save me a lot of effort :) Jon

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Re: [tz] Fwd: Fwd: [apps-discuss] Proposed working group: Timezone Data Distribution Service (tzdist)
by Barry Leiba July 6, 2014

July 6, 2014

Jon Skeet wrote: > I suppose it's too late to ask them to split "timezone" into "time > zone" everywhere in their documentation etc? Just a minor > peeve, but... Tobias Conradi wrote: > would be nice if you could fix "timezone" to "time zone". I have changed the -04 version of the charter... https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/charter-ietf-tzdist/ ...accordingly (and I've asked the Secretariat to fix the working group name, which is a field I can't modify). Assuming the working group is chartered, the text of its documents can be similarly fixed as part of its work. And thanks very much for the comments. If you have further comments on the charter, please post them to <apps-discuss(a)ietf.org>, as that's where people are following the charter discussion for now. Time line: The charter is on the agenda for initial IESG approval on Thursday (10 July). Assuming it is approved then, it will go out for "external review", with messages on the ietf-announce and new-work mailing lists (and I'll make sure it's posted here as well). It will then go back to the IESG for final charter approval, which will likely happen on 7 August. Barry, Applications Area Director

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Time zone vs timezone
by Tobias Conradi July 6, 2014

July 6, 2014

was: Re: [tz] Fwd: Fwd: [apps-discuss] Proposed working group: Timezone Data Distribution Service (tzdist) On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 5:32 PM, todd <tglassey(a)certichron.com> wrote: > > isnt the term TIMEZONE a term of art specific to Time Keeping as a science? Is it? Like HTTP referer (sic) is one for HTTP referrer? Maybe it only is, because some people thought it should be made so. Me, and probably Jon Skeet are only talking about proper (most us) English: 1) https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=time+zone%2CTime+zone%2Ctimez… 2) http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/timezone 3) http://www.britannica.com/search?query=timezone >So what is the issue - proper English then to hide terms which are specific to this realm? Proper English term to make transparent that there is no conceptual difference between the objects the terms refer to. -- Tobias Conradi Rheinsberger Str. 18 10115 Berlin Germany http://tobiasconradi.com

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About Time Zone in Asia/Taipei During World War 2
by Yu-Cheng Chuang July 4, 2014

July 4, 2014

Hello, I'm Yu-Cheng Chuang, a Taiwanese, and also a programmer. I just studied some knowledge about the time zone, and found that there is a commonly-used database maintained by IANA, which is widely used in our UNIX-like OS as well as software systems. I'm a Rails developer, and the TZInfo library derived from the Time Zone Database helped me a lot when building a time-zone-aware feature. It's really very useful. Thank you for making it. When studying these knowledge, as a Taiwanese, I found that during the Japanese era (1895-1945), time zone in Taiwan was mostly UTC+8 (Western Standard Time). However, during the World War II, as a part of Japan, the Japanese emperor ordered that the whole country should adopt the Central Standard Time (UTC+9), including Taiwan as well as overseas territories occupied later during the war (e.g. Hong Kong, Singapore). In the Time Zone database, I found that such fact is recorded on the time zones of its occupied cities: * Hong Kong * Singapore * Rangoon in Myanmar * Dili in East Timor * Jakarta, Pontianak and Makassar in Indonesia * Kuala Lumpur and Kuching in Malaysia * Manila in Philippines However, here Taipei in Taiwan is missing, which during the World War II was still a territory of Japan, and switched to UTC+9 since Oct 1, 1937. In addition, I see that in the section of Japan, Hideyuki Suzuki mentioned Western Standard Time, which was declared in 1895, in the Meiji 19 year ordinance No. 167. I think its declaration might be due to the annexation of Taiwan. Here is a brief history from Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_invasion_of_Taiwan_(1895)) * On April 17, 1895, the Qing Dynasty of China ceded Taiwan and Penghu Islands to Japan. * On May 27, 1895, the Japanese army landed Taiwan, the invasion began. * On Nov 18, 1895, the Taiwan General (from Japan) reported "the whole island is capitulated" to the Japan central government. Then, On Dec 28, 1895, the Meiji Emperor announced Ordinance No. 167 of Meiji Year 28 "The clause about standard time", mentioned that Taiwan and Penghu Islands, as well as Yaeyama and Miyako Islands (both in Okinawa) adopt the Western Standard Time which is based on 120E. The adoption began from Jan 1, 1896. (The original text can be found on Wikisource (http://ja.wikisource.org/wiki/%E6%A8%99%E6%BA%96%E6%99%82%E3%83%8B%E9%97%9C…) However I don't know Japanese language very well; the only way I understand it is through Kanji and Google Translate.) This could be the first adoption of time zone in Taiwan, because during the Qing Dynasty, it seems that there was no time zone declared officially. Later, in the beginning of World War II, on Sep 25, 1937, the Showa Emperor announced Ordinance No. 529 of Showa Year 12 "The clause of revision in the ordinance No. 167 of Meiji year 28 about standard time", in which abolished the adoption of Western Standard Time in western islands (listed above), which means the whole Japan territory, including later occupations, adopt Japan Central Time (UTC+9). The adoption began on Oct 1, 1937. (The original text can be found on Wikisource (http://ja.wikisource.org/wiki/%E6%98%8E%E6%B2%BB%E4%BA%8C%E5%8D%81%E5%85%AB….) That is, the time zone of Taipei switched to UTC+9 on Oct 1, 1937. Of course, after the surrender of Japan, time zone of Taiwan switched back to UTC+8. However I can't find enough evidence to tell when the switch happened. The only thing I know is that the official surrender ceremony is on Oct 25, 1945. From then, Taiwan and Penghu islands are territories of the Republic of China, until now. Again, I only know a little bit Japanese, and as a native Chinese speaker, the only words I can read are nouns written in Kanji (Chinese chars). Therefore, I may misunderstand the Japanese ordinances, but I believe I read them mostly correctly because in that time, most Japanese people write Chinese-like Japanese. I think it would be better to have someone who know Japanese read them directly. Please correct me if I misunderstood anything. I hope that the history above helps you improve the Time Zone database. Sincerely, Yu-Cheng Chuang p.s. References from Wikisource: * Ordinance No. 167 of Meiji Year 28: http://ja.wikisource.org/wiki/%E6%A8%99%E6%BA%96%E6%99%82%E3%83%8B%E9%97%9C… * Ordinance No. 529 of Showa Year 12: http://ja.wikisource.org/wiki/%E6%98%8E%E6%B2%BB%E4%BA%8C%E5%8D%81%E5%85%AB…

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China time zones 1949 - 1980: appeal to speakers of Mandarin
by Alois Treindl July 3, 2014

July 3, 2014

tz database holds that People's Republic of China maintained 5 different time zones between the foundation of the PRC in 1949 and May 1980, when the uniform Beijing timezone (GMT + 8h) was introduced. Various sources claim that this unified country-wide timezone was already introduced in 1949 or early 1950: Several TZ mailing list entries, e.g. 10/16/2010 by Jonathan.Hassid(a)uts.edu.au who writes: "The government in Chengdu (capital of Sichuan province) announced the switch (from "Shulong" (Gansu/Sichuan) time) to Beijing time on 27 Dec. 1949. The rest of the country followed "in early 1950" (dates unspecified), and as I mentioned in my last email, "by the beginning of 1950, within a few months after establishing the country, the entire country except for Xinjiang and Tibet was all using the Beijing Time standard." Paul Eckert tried to get an answer from historian Thomas S Mullaney in a correspondence in February 2008, but the question whether China introduced the unified timezone in 1949 or 1980 remained unanswered by Mullaney (he is currently on leave from Stanford and cannot be contacted). The Wikipedia articles 'Time in China' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_China and 'Historical time zones of China' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_time_zones_of_China hold that the unified timezone was introduced in 1949. They say: "These time zones were no longer in effective use after 1949, in the Chinese Civil War when the People's Republic of China was established on mainland China. The People's Republic of China uses a single time zone (GMT+8) for the whole country," and "After the Chinese Civil War in 1949, the People's Republic of China established one single time zone (UTC+8) for the entirety of its claimed territories, " I could not identify the source reference for this claim by the Wikipedia authors. I tried to contact one of them, User:Alanmak by various means without success. He seemed to me the main contributor regarding China TZ history. This seems to be a relevant source: Guo, Qingsheng (2003) "Beijing Time at the Beginning of PRC", China Historical Materials of Science and Technology 24(1) It is an article in Chinese (it can be purchased online), and I do not know a translator whom I would trust with translation of such technical or historical detail. It seems to me that the only source claiming the continuation of 5 time zones for China is the International Atlas by Shanks and Pottenger. The overall work of these authors is extremely valuable, but they do not give a source for their China information. Paul Eckert says in tz/asia file: # From Paul Eggert (2008-06-30): # There seems to be a good chance China switched to a single time zone in 1949 # rather than in 1980 as Shanks & Pottenger have it, but we don't have a # reliable documentary source saying so yet, so for now we still go with # Shanks & Pottenger. I agree with Paul's opinion and decision, but find it not acceptable to remain at this degree of uncertainty or such a large area, long time period of 31 years and such a large population of hundreds of millions of people: We do NOT reliably know which timezone there was in January 1980 in large cities like Chengdu or Chongqing. I appeal to those readers of the mailing list capable of reading Chinese / mandarin to look for sources which could - document that multiple timezones where indeed maintained before May 1980 (e.g. railway or airline time tables of that period), - document the transition to a unified zone in May 1980 (legal text, newspaper articles mentioning the time change) - document the government decision for a unified timezone in 1949 My gut feeling is that the unified timezone was introduced in 1949, and that Shanks got it wrong. We need documents to establish that.

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Fwd: [apps-discuss] Proposed working group: Timezone Data Distribution Service (tzdist)
by Mike Douglass July 3, 2014

July 3, 2014

People on this list may be interested in the following. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [apps-discuss] Proposed working group: Timezone Data Distribution Service (tzdist) Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2014 11:06:51 -0400 From: Barry Leiba <barryleiba(a)computer.org> To: Apps Discuss <apps-discuss(a)ietf.org> Cyrus Daboo has proposed a new working group in the Applications Area, and I'm initiating charter discussion on it: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/charter-ietf-tzdist/ We'll have the charter discussion here on apps-discuss. Assuming a working group comes out of this, we'll create a new mailing list for the actual work, once the charter is done. Comments on this charter are welcome. I expect to put it on the 10 July IESG telechat for initial approval, after which it will go out for IETF and external review. So, comments here by 4 July, please. Barry, Applications AD _______________________________________________ apps-discuss mailing list apps-discuss(a)ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/apps-discuss

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Re: [tz] Correct DST in Asia/Taipei (#8)
by Paul Eggert July 3, 2014

July 3, 2014

On 07/02/2014 08:24 AM, Yu-Cheng Chuang wrote: > > *Update*: I've just found the DST bulletin in 1946, and I'm sure that > DST in 1946 was from May 15, not May 1. > > — > Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub > <https://github.com/eggert/tz/pull/8#issuecomment-47790791>. > Thanks. Your previous note said "36 1947 4/15 10/31 11/1", so that "4/15" was a typo, right? It should have been "5/15"? And do you have a URL for the 1946 DST bulletin?

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Bill to return Russia 11 time zones
by vanadovv＠hetnet.nl July 2, 2014

July 2, 2014

In reply to: tz] Bill to return Russia 11 time zones Paul Eggert eggert at cs.ucla.edu Wed Jul 2 05:28:59 UTC 2014 ..... <quote> 3. The following regions were in the 2011 list but are missing in the 2014 list: Alexandrovsk-Sakhalinsky District UTC+11 Anivsky District UTC+11 Dolinsky District UTC+11 Kholmsky District UTC+11 Korsakovsky District UTC+11 Kurilsky District (Kuril Islands) UTC+11 Makarovsky District UTC+11 Nevelsky District UTC+11 Nogliksky District UTC+11 Okhinsky District UTC+11 Poronaysky District UTC+11 Smirnykhovsky District UTC+11 Tomarinsky District UTC+11 Tymovsky District UTC+11 Uglegorsky District UTC+11 Yuzhno-Kurilsky District (Kuril Islands) UTC+11 I am worried about (3). Have these districts been abolished, or have their 2014 time zones not been decided yet, or what? </quote> Reply: Nothing to worry about. Like in the previous law (Sept. 2011) simply all 18 districts of the Sakhalinskaya oblast' are listed. Oscar van Vlijmen

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[PATCH] More spelling and accent fixes.
by vanadovv＠hetnet.nl July 2, 2014

July 2, 2014

In reply to: [tz] [PATCH] More spelling and accent fixes. Paul Eggert eggert at CS.UCLA.EDU Fri Jun 27 23:06:47 UTC 2014 A small problem regarding the transition to UTF-8. Let me refer to a copy of some text from the diff, sent through the mailing list: @@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ Zone Asia/Chongqing 7:06:20 - LMT 1928 # or Chungking # Wusu, Qiemo, Xinyan, Wulanwusu, Jinghe, Yumin, Tacheng, Tuoli, Emin, # Shihezi, Changji, Yanqi, Heshuo, Tuokexun, Tulufan, Shanshan, Hami, # Fukang, Kuitun, Kumukuli, Miquan, Qitai, and Turfan. -Zone Asia/Urumqi 5:50:20 - LMT 1928 # ÃœrÃ¼mqi or Urumchi +Zone Asia/Urumqi 5:50:20 - LMT 1928 # ÃœrÃ¼mqi or ÃœrÃ¼mchi The correct spelling of the Asian city at hand is Ürümchi, with two u-diaeresis. The github asia file has the correct spelling and the correct encoding. The diff file however gets mangled by some publishing process. Hence, the diff published through the mailing list is rather useless. I have a lot of text encoding conversion filters, but noone is able to decode the mangled "ÃœrÃ¼mqi". It looks to me like a doubly UTF-8 encoded piece of text. Perhaps something to look into? Oscar van Vlijmen

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[PATCH 0/2] Follow Australian common usage and update CST/CST to CST/CDT and EST/EST to EST/EDT etc [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
by Timothy Arceri July 2, 2014

July 2, 2014

After reading the 'Procedures for Maintaining the Time Zone Database' document and the comments in the Australasia data file about how the Australian abbreviations were decided I've come to a better understanding of the current situation and the tz database maintainers position on using common usage for abbreviations. I've come to the conclusion that while I still think 'A' should be added to the front of the Australian abbreviations, we are yet to give conclusive evidence that this is in fact what is the most common usage in Australia (even though as an Australian I know it is). Despite the that fact that these abbreviations are defined on multiple government websites the TZ database maintainers have clearly laid out the terms for changes (no matter how much I disagree, and how difficult proving common usage is) However there *is* one abbreviations common usage that we have proven using the similar methods used by the maintainers for surveying usage. Which is backed up by each government website regardless of the inconsistent use of a leading 'A'. The 'Procedures for Maintaining the Time Zone Database' document clearly states we should first attempt to resolve any concern with the TZ Coordinator, but so far Paul has remained silent on this issue choosing rather to respond only in regards to the use of the leading 'A'. I'm appealing to Paul to please respond either accepting this patch or voicing any remaining concerns. For those that missed our results here they are: * Google search results, do Australians more often use "EDT" or "EST"? 875,000 "Eastern Standard Time (EST)" site:.au 655,000 "Eastern Standard Time (AEST)" site:.au 6 "Eastern Summer Time (EST)" site:.au 64 "Eastern Summer Time (AEST)" site:.au 30,500 "Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)" site:.au 180,000 "Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT)" site:.au 357,000 "Central Standard Time (CST)" site:.au 316 "Central Standard Time (ACST)" site:.au 4 "Central Summer Time (CST)" site:.au 0 "Central Summer Time (ACST)" site:.au 19,600 "Central Daylight Time (CDT)" site:.au 157 "Central Daylight Time (ACDT)" site:.au Here we are only looking at cases where the time zone abbreviation has been defined as anything else is misleading. These results show that the abbreviation for Daylight time EDT/AEDT/CDT/ACDT is overwhelmingly greater than the usage of the abbreviation for Summer time EST/AEST/CST/ACST. The reason for the current situation is documented in the Australasia data file: >From John Mackin (1991-03-06): "We in Australia have _never_ referred to DST as `daylight' time. It is called `summer' time. Now by a happy coincidence, `summer' and `standard' happen to start with the same letter; hence, the abbreviation does _not_ change..." There is no survey of common use, just one man's assertion that this is what the abbreviation should be no matter how ridiculous it is to use the same abbreviation for two different phrases within the same time zone. Aside from the many other problems I have with his statements (such as not a single reference to show the use of the abbreviations) there is one thing that I would like to point out. These three letters are used as identifiers so that they can be associated with a phrase by human (its already been stated they are useless computationally), and in Johns own words they are abbreviations or as a trusty dictionary will show 'shortening something by omitting parts of it'. It does not matter what letter the word starts with its not an acronym it's an abbreviation. Take the this Australian island for example 'C'o'c'os Islands 'T'ime (CCT). Using the same abbreviations for different phrase's while probably done with good intentions has been a confusing mistake all along with no references of its common use. Having said all this the survey results speak for themselves. Please fix this issue. The following two emails contain patches for the Australasia and Antarctica data files. As well as the abbreviations I have updated the comments section for Australia to include the justification for this update and also updated a couple of out-dated links. Thanks for your time, Timothy Arceri

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[PATCH] A few more fixes related to AEST/AEDT etc. (Thanks to Tim Parenti.)
by Paul Eggert July 1, 2014

July 1, 2014

* Theory: Use CST instead of EST in the example, so that it matches the current database. * antarctica (Antarctica/Casey): AWST, not WST. * asia (Asia/Jayapura): ACST, not CST. * australasia: Prepend "[A]" to "EST" in quote about EST. --- Theory | 6 +++--- antarctica | 8 ++++---- asia | 4 ++-- australasia | 2 +- 4 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/Theory b/Theory index a956d85..05a9f65 100644 --- a/Theory +++ b/Theory @@ -542,10 +542,10 @@ in decreasing order of importance: in some sense, asleep. Application writers should note that these abbreviations are ambiguous -in practice: e.g. 'EST' has a different meaning in Australia than +in practice: e.g. 'CST' has a different meaning in China than it does in the United States. In new applications, it's often better -to use numeric UT offsets like '-0500' instead of time zone -abbreviations like 'EST'; this avoids the ambiguity. +to use numeric UT offsets like '-0600' instead of time zone +abbreviations like 'CST'; this avoids the ambiguity. ----- Calendrical issues ----- diff --git a/antarctica b/antarctica index 26a6219..101e9c7 100644 --- a/antarctica +++ b/antarctica @@ -103,13 +103,13 @@ Rule ChileAQ 2012 max - Sep Sun>=2 4:00u 1:00 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Antarctica/Casey 0 - zzz 1969 - 8:00 - WST 2009 Oct 18 2:00 - # Western (Aus) Standard Time + 8:00 - AWST 2009 Oct 18 2:00 + # western Australia time 11:00 - CAST 2010 Mar 5 2:00 # Casey Time - 8:00 - WST 2011 Oct 28 2:00 + 8:00 - AWST 2011 Oct 28 2:00 11:00 - CAST 2012 Feb 21 17:00u - 8:00 - WST + 8:00 - AWST Zone Antarctica/Davis 0 - zzz 1957 Jan 13 7:00 - DAVT 1964 Nov # Davis Time 0 - zzz 1969 Feb diff --git a/asia b/asia index 54a8dc7..3f7d019 100644 --- a/asia +++ b/asia @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ # 9:00 WIT east Indonesia (Waktu Indonesia Timur) # 9:00 JST JDT Japan # 9:00 KST KDT Korea -# 9:30 CST (Australian) Central Standard Time +# 9:30 ACST Australian Central Standard Time # # See the 'europe' file for Russia and Turkey in Asia. @@ -800,7 +800,7 @@ Zone Asia/Makassar 7:57:36 - LMT 1920 # Maluku Islands, West Papua, Papua Zone Asia/Jayapura 9:22:48 - LMT 1932 Nov 9:00 - WIT 1944 Sep 1 - 9:30 - CST 1964 + 9:30 - ACST 1964 9:00 - WIT # Iran diff --git a/australasia b/australasia index 69f61f1..1fd7cb1 100644 --- a/australasia +++ b/australasia @@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ Zone Australia/Lord_Howe 10:36:20 - LMT 1895 Feb # # From Arthur David Olson (2013-05-23): # The 1919 transition is overspecified below so pre-2013 zics -# will produce a binary file with an EST-type as the first 32-bit type; +# will produce a binary file with an [A]EST-type as the first 32-bit type; # this is required for correct handling of times before 1916 by # pre-2013 versions of localtime. Zone Antarctica/Macquarie 0 - zzz 1899 Nov -- 1.9.1

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Re: [tz] [PATCH 0/2] Follow Australian common usage and update [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]
by Peter Stagg June 30, 2014

June 30, 2014

I'd like to roundly and whole-heartedly applauded the changes being made in this patch and I can't wait to see this in production. I'm going to be alerting as many developers and sys-admins etc. here at the Bureau as I can and I expect a massive sigh of relief. I could say many things about the background that has led to this point but most of that is water under the bridge. One thing I will say is that the tz db itself has contributed to the confusion over common usage in Australia. One of the methods used to survey common usage I've noted is the use of search engines to look at the frequency of terms such as EST vs EDT etc. The problem is that web developers etc. (even here at the Bureau) will use the tz db for applications without thinking about how the time will show during daylight savings periods (after all its Christmas in Australia and we're all on holiday) and thus they will show the EST abbreviation until some observant person (usually member of the public) contacts us and points out the discrepancy then we run around like chooks with our heads cut off try to find and fix the problem or throw our hands in the air and wait for daylight savings to end when the problem seems to fix itself. So you can see that web searches for common usage of these terms are likely to be skewed by the assumption inherent in the tz db to begin with. I look forward to these changes being put into production ASAP. Peter Stagg | Web Developer Radar Systems Web Systems, Platform Services, Information Technology Services, Information Systems & Services Division, Bureau of Meteorology GPO Box 1289 Melbourne VIC 3001 Level 6, 700 Collins Street, Docklands VIC 3008 Tel: +61 3 9669 4232 | p.stagg(a)bom.gov.au www.bom.gov.au > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 00:46:55 -0700 > From: Paul Eggert <eggert(a)cs.ucla.edu> > To: Russ Allbery <rra(a)stanford.edu>, Time Zone Mailing List > <tz(a)iana.org> > Subject: Re: [tz] [PATCH 0/2] Follow Australian common usage and > update CST/CST to CST/CDT and EST/EST to EST/EDT etc > [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED] > Message-ID: <53B115EF.3030902(a)cs.ucla.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; Format="flowed" > > On 2013-04-12 Russ Allbery wrote: > > I'm increasingly of the opinion that the tz database should just use > > the most unambiguous abbreviations (AEST/AEDT) even if there isn't a > > clear consensus in general usage. > > I am tempted to agree, particularly since (prompted by Rich Tibbett's proposed patch on github) I finally got around to surveying > general usage and it appears that there is a working (though by no means > universal) consensus in Australia to use abbreviations like "AEST" and "AEDT", and furthmore, we appear to have been mistaken in our > assumptions about abbreviation usage in the past. Details are in the attached proposed patch, which I've pushed into the > experimental tz version on github. I couldn't resist adding a quote about the daylight-saving preferences of "chuckleheaded > Queenslanders and straw-chewing yokels from the West". <delitia> [Peter Stagg]

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[PATCH] Fix glitches with '-' and italics in man pages.
by Paul Eggert June 28, 2014

June 28, 2014

Using '\-' to denote ASCII minus has problems in groff output, since it generates a minus sign in the current font, and if you cut and paste from the documentation the resulting text won't work. To avoid the problem, define a string \*- that expands to ASCII minus in a constant-width font in groff. Also, change some instances of \(mi and \(pl to use plain \- and +, since we no longer need special fonts for these. Finally, remove some no-longer-needed instances of "\^" after italicized words. --- date.1 | 36 +++++++++++++----------- newctime.3 | 40 +++++++++++++------------- newstrftime.3 | 22 ++++++++------- newtzset.3 | 28 ++++++++++--------- time2posix.3 | 4 ++- tzfile.5 | 2 +- tzselect.8 | 26 +++++++++-------- zdump.8 | 30 +++++++++----------- zic.8 | 90 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------------- 9 files changed, 136 insertions(+), 142 deletions(-) diff --git a/date.1 b/date.1 index cba4e56..cbdf3b4 100644 --- a/date.1 +++ b/date.1 @@ -4,24 +4,26 @@ date \- show and set date and time .SH SYNOPSIS .if n .nh .if n .na +.ie \n(.g .ds - \f(CW-\fP +.el ds - \- .B date [ -.B \-u +.B \*-u ] [ -.B \-c +.B \*-c ] [ -.B \-r -seconds +.B \*-r +.I seconds ] [ -.B \-n +.B \*-n ] [ -.B \-d -dsttype +.B \*-d +.I dsttype ] [ -.B \-t -minutes-west +.B \*-t +.I minutes-west ] [ -\fB\-a \fR[\fB+\fR|\fB-]\fIsss\fB.\fIfff\fR +\fB\*-a \fR[\fB+\fR|\fB\*-]\fIsss\fB.\fIfff\fR ] [ .BI + format ] [ @@ -141,10 +143,10 @@ the seconds part of the new time; if no seconds are given, zero is assumed. .PP These options are available: .TP -.BR \-u " or " \-c +.BR \*-u " or " \*-c Use Universal Time when setting and showing the date and time. .TP -.BI "\-r " seconds +.BI "\*-r " seconds Output the date that corresponds to .I seconds past the epoch of 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC, where @@ -152,16 +154,16 @@ past the epoch of 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC, where should be an integer, either decimal, octal (leading 0), or hexadecimal (leading 0x), preceded by an optional sign. .TP -.B \-n +.B \*-n Do not notify other networked systems of the time change. .TP -.BI "\-d " dsttype +.BI "\*-d " dsttype Set the kernel-stored Daylight Saving Time type to the given value. (The kernel-stored DST type is used mostly by .q "old" binaries.) .TP -.BI "\-t " minutes-west +.BI "\*-t " minutes-west Set the kernel-stored .q "minutes west of UTC" value to the one given on the @@ -170,10 +172,10 @@ command line. .q "old" binaries.) .TP -.BI "\-a " adjustment +.BI "\*-a " adjustment Change the time forward (or backward) by the number of seconds (and fractions thereof) specified in the -.I adjustment\^ +.I adjustment argument. Either the seconds part or the fractions part of the argument (but not both) may be omitted. diff --git a/newctime.3 b/newctime.3 index 3904d04..2e1d937 100644 --- a/newctime.3 +++ b/newctime.3 @@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ asctime, ctime, difftime, gmtime, localtime, mktime \- convert date and time .SH SYNOPSIS .nf +.ie \n(.g .ds - \f(CW-\fP +.el ds - \- .B extern char *tzname[2]; .PP .B void tzset() @@ -30,7 +32,7 @@ asctime, ctime, difftime, gmtime, localtime, mktime \- convert date and time .B time_t mktime(tm) .B struct tm *tm; .PP -.B cc ... -ltz +.B cc ... \*-ltz .fi .SH DESCRIPTION .ie '\(en'' .ds en \- @@ -42,7 +44,7 @@ asctime, ctime, difftime, gmtime, localtime, mktime \- convert date and time .de q \\$3\*(lq\\$1\*(rq\\$2 .. -.I Ctime\^ +.I Ctime converts a long integer, pointed to by .IR clock , and returns a pointer to a @@ -77,13 +79,13 @@ and can therefore represent time stamps that predate the introduction of UTC and are some other flavor of Universal Time (UT). Some implementations support leap seconds, in contradiction to POSIX. .PP -.I Localtime\^ +.I Localtime and -.I gmtime\^ +.I gmtime return pointers to .q "tm" structures, described below. -.I Localtime\^ +.I Localtime corrects for the time zone and any time zone adjustments (such as Daylight Saving Time in the United States). After filling in the @@ -98,17 +100,17 @@ to a pointer to a string that's the time zone abbreviation to be used with .IR localtime 's return value. .PP -.I Gmtime\^ +.I Gmtime converts to Coordinated Universal Time. .PP -.I Asctime\^ +.I Asctime converts a time value contained in a .q "tm" structure to a string, as shown in the above example, and returns a pointer to the string. .PP -.I Mktime\^ +.I Mktime converts the broken-down time, expressed as local time, in the structure pointed to by @@ -153,15 +155,15 @@ is not set until and .B tm_year are determined. -.I Mktime\^ +.I Mktime returns the specified calendar time; If the calendar time cannot be represented, -it returns \(mi1. +it returns \-1. .PP -.I Difftime\^ +.I Difftime returns the difference between two calendar times, .RI ( time1 -- +\- .IR time0 ), expressed in seconds. .PP @@ -169,7 +171,7 @@ Declarations of all the functions and externals, and the .q "tm" structure, are in the -.B <time.h>\^ +.B <time.h> header file. The structure (of type) .B struct tm @@ -183,7 +185,7 @@ includes the following fields: int tm_hour; /\(** hours (0\*(en23) \(**/ int tm_mday; /\(** day of month (1\*(en31) \(**/ int tm_mon; /\(** month of year (0\*(en11) \(**/ - int tm_year; /\(** year \(mi 1900 \(**/ + int tm_year; /\(** year \- 1900 \(**/ int tm_wday; /\(** day of week (Sunday = 0) \(**/ int tm_yday; /\(** day of year (0\*(en365) \(**/ int tm_isdst; /\(** is summer time in effect? \(**/ @@ -202,7 +204,7 @@ created. There is no guarantee that these fields will continue to exist in this form in future releases of this code. .PP -.I Tm_isdst\^ +.I Tm_isdst is non-zero if summer time is in effect. .PP .I Tm_gmtoff @@ -243,18 +245,18 @@ will also be overwritten at the next call (and by calls to .IR tzset ). .PP -.I Asctime\^ +.I Asctime and -.I ctime\^ +.I ctime behave strangely for years before 1000 or after 9999. The 1989 and 1999 editions of the C Standard say -that years from \(mi99 through 999 are converted without +that years from \-99 through 999 are converted without extra spaces, but this conflicts with longstanding tradition and with this implementation. Traditional implementations of these two functions are restricted to years in the range 1900 through 2099. To avoid this portability mess, new programs should use -.I strftime\^ +.I strftime instead. .\" This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of .\" 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. diff --git a/newstrftime.3 b/newstrftime.3 index dc9a348..7dd125c 100644 --- a/newstrftime.3 +++ b/newstrftime.3 @@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ strftime \- format date and time .SH SYNOPSIS .nf +.ie \n(.g .ds - \f(CW-\fP +.el ds - \- .B #include <sys/types.h> .B #include <time.h> .PP @@ -57,16 +59,16 @@ strftime \- format date and time .ie '\(en'' .ds en \- .el .ds en \(en The -.I strftime\^ +.I strftime function formats the information from -.I timeptr\^ +.I timeptr into the buffer -.I buf\^ +.I buf according to the string pointed to by -.IR format\^ . +.IR format . .PP The -.I format\^ +.I format string consists of zero or more conversion specifications and ordinary characters. All ordinary characters are copied directly into the buffer. @@ -75,12 +77,12 @@ A conversion specification consists of a percent sign and one other character. .PP No more than -.I maxsize\^ +.I maxsize characters are placed into the array. If the total number of resulting characters, including the terminating null character, is not more than -.IR maxsize\^ , -.I strftime\^ +.IR maxsize , +.I strftime returns the number of characters in the array, not counting the terminating null. Otherwise, zero is returned. @@ -118,7 +120,7 @@ is replaced by the day of month as a decimal number (1\*(en31); single digits are preceded by a blank. .TP %F -is replaced by the date in the format %Y-%m-%d. +is replaced by the date in the format %Y\*-%m\*-%d. .TP %G is replaced by the ISO 8601 year with century as a decimal number. @@ -214,7 +216,7 @@ or by the empty string if this is not determinable. .TP %z is replaced by the offset from the Prime Meridian -in the format +HHMM or \(miHHMM as appropriate, +in the format +HHMM or \*-HHMM as appropriate, with positive values representing locations east of Greenwich, or by the empty string if this is not determinable. .TP diff --git a/newtzset.3 b/newtzset.3 index e9920b6..46410bb 100644 --- a/newtzset.3 +++ b/newtzset.3 @@ -3,9 +3,11 @@ tzset \- initialize time conversion information .SH SYNOPSIS .nf +.ie \n(.g .ds - \f(CW-\fP +.el ds - \- .B void tzset() .PP -.B cc ... -ltz +.B cc ... \*-ltz .fi .SH DESCRIPTION .ie '\(en'' .ds en \- @@ -85,9 +87,9 @@ except a leading colon digits, comma .RB ( , ), ASCII minus -.RB ( \(mi ), +.RB ( \*- ), ASCII plus -.RB ( \(pl ), +.RB ( + ), and NUL bytes are allowed. .TP .I offset @@ -118,10 +120,10 @@ summer time is assumed to be one hour ahead of standard time. One or more digits may be used; the value is always interpreted as a decimal number. The hour must be between zero and 24, and the minutes (and seconds) \*(en if present \*(en between zero and 59. If preceded by a -.q "\fB-\fP" , +.q "\*-" , the time zone shall be east of the Prime Meridian; otherwise it shall be west (which may be indicated by an optional preceding -.q "\fB+\fP" . +.q "+" . .TP .I rule Indicates when to change to and back from summer time. The @@ -189,12 +191,12 @@ The has the same format as .I offset except that POSIX does not allow a leading sign (\c -.q "\fB-\fP" +.q "\*-" or -.q "\fB+\fP" ). +.q "+" ). As an extension to POSIX, the hours part of .I time -can range from \(mi167 through 167; this allows for unusual rules such +can range from \-167 through 167; this allows for unusual rules such as .q "the Saturday before the first Sunday of March" . The default, if @@ -212,14 +214,14 @@ extensions to POSIX. stands for US Eastern Standard Time (EST), 5 hours behind UTC, without daylight saving. .TP -.B FJT-12FJST,M10.3.1/146,M1.3.4/75 +.B FJT\*-12FJST,M10.3.1/146,M1.3.4/75 stands for Fiji Time (FJT) and Fiji Summer Time (FJST), 12 hours ahead of UTC, springing forward on October's third Monday at 146:00 (i.e., 02:00 on the first Sunday on or after October 21), and falling back on January's third Thursday at 75:00 (i.e., 03:00 on the first Sunday on or after January 18). .TP -.B IST-2IDT,M3.4.4/26,M10.5.0 +.B IST\*-2IDT,M3.4.4/26,M10.5.0 stands for Israel Standard Time (IST) and Israel Daylight Time (IDT), 2 hours ahead of UTC, springing forward on March's fourth Thursday at 26:00 (i.e., 02:00 on the first Friday on or after March @@ -235,12 +237,12 @@ all year and the initial .B WART is a placeholder. .TP -.B WGT3WGST,M3.5.0/-2,M10.5.0/-1 +.B WGT3WGST,M3.5.0/\*-2,M10.5.0/\*-1 stands for Western Greenland Time (WGT) and Western Greenland Summer Time (WGST), 3 hours behind UTC, where clocks follow the EU rules of -springing forward on March's last Sunday at 01:00 UTC (\(mi02:00 local +springing forward on March's last Sunday at 01:00 UTC (\-02:00 local time) and falling back on October's last Sunday at 01:00 UTC -(\(mi01:00 local time). +(\-01:00 local time). .PP If no .I rule diff --git a/time2posix.3 b/time2posix.3 index c02b1a2..d689608 100644 --- a/time2posix.3 +++ b/time2posix.3 @@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ time2posix, posix2time \- convert seconds since the Epoch .SH SYNOPSIS .nf +.ie \n(.g .ds - \f(CW-\fP +.el ds - \- .B #include <sys/types.h> .B #include <time.h> .PP @@ -12,7 +14,7 @@ time2posix, posix2time \- convert seconds since the Epoch .B time_t posix2time(t) .B time_t t .PP -.B cc ... -ltz +.B cc ... \*-ltz .fi .SH DESCRIPTION .ie '\(en'' .ds en \- diff --git a/tzfile.5 b/tzfile.5 index 69b9e8b..f413349 100644 --- a/tzfile.5 +++ b/tzfile.5 @@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ For version-3-format time zone files, the POSIX-TZ-style string may use two minor extensions to the POSIX TZ format, as described in .IR newtzset (3). First, the hours part of its transition times may be signed and range from -\(mi167 through 167 instead of the POSIX-required unsigned values +\-167 through 167 instead of the POSIX-required unsigned values from 0 through 24. Second, DST is in effect all year if it starts January 1 at 00:00 and ends December 31 at 24:00 plus the difference between daylight saving and standard time. diff --git a/tzselect.8 b/tzselect.8 index 1dd721a..7644112 100644 --- a/tzselect.8 +++ b/tzselect.8 @@ -2,17 +2,19 @@ .SH NAME tzselect \- select a time zone .SH SYNOPSIS +.ie \n(.g .ds - \f(CW-\fP +.el ds - \- .B tzselect [ -.B \-c +.B \*-c .I coord ] [ -.B \-n +.B \*-n .I limit ] [ -.B \-\-help +.B \*-\*-help ] [ -.B \-\-version +.B \*-\*-version ] .SH DESCRIPTION The @@ -24,7 +26,7 @@ The output is suitable as a value for the TZ environment variable. All interaction with the user is done via standard input and standard error. .SH OPTIONS .TP -.BI "\-c " coord +.BI "\*-c " coord Instead of asking for continent and then country and then city, ask for selection from time zones whose largest cities are closest to the location with geographical coordinates @@ -54,19 +56,19 @@ seconds, with any trailing fractions represent fractional minutes or .I SS is present) seconds. The decimal point is that of the current locale. For example, in the (default) C locale, -.B "\-c\ +40.689\-074.045" +.B "\*-c\ +40.689\*-074.045" specifies 40.689\(de\|N, 74.045\(de\|W, -.B "\-c\ +4041.4\-07402.7" +.B "\*-c\ +4041.4\*-07402.7" specifies 40\(de\|41.4\(fm\|N, 74\(de\|2.7\(fm\|W, and -.B "\-c\ +404121\-0740240" +.B "\*-c\ +404121\*-0740240" specifies 40\(de\|41\(fm\|21\(sd\|N, 74\(de\|2\(fm\|40\(sd\|W. If .I coord is not one of the documented forms, the resulting behavior is unspecified. .TP -.BI "\-n " limit +.BI "\*-n " limit When -.B \-c +.B \*-c is used, display the closest .I limit locations (default 10). @@ -76,10 +78,10 @@ Applications should not assume that output matches the user's political preferences. .RE .TP -.B "\-\-help" +.B "\*-\*-help" Output help information and exit. .TP -.B "\-\-version" +.B "\*-\*-version" Output version information and exit. .SH "ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES" .TP diff --git a/zdump.8 b/zdump.8 index 51243fb..94de021 100644 --- a/zdump.8 +++ b/zdump.8 @@ -4,17 +4,13 @@ zdump \- time zone dumper .SH SYNOPSIS .B zdump [ -.B \-\-version -] [ -.B \-v -] [ -.B \-V -] [ -.B \-c -[loyear,]hiyear ] [ -.B \-t -[lotime,]hitime ] [ zonename ... ] +.I option +\&... ] [ +.I zonename +\&... ] .SH DESCRIPTION +.ie \n(.g .ds - \f(CW-\fP +.el ds - \- .I Zdump prints the current time in each .I zonename @@ -22,10 +18,10 @@ named on the command line. .PP These options are available: .TP -.BI "\-\-version" +.BI "\*-\*-version" Output version information and exit. .TP -.B \-v +.B \*-v For each .I zonename on the command line, @@ -41,20 +37,20 @@ if the given time is Daylight Saving Time or .B isdst=0 otherwise. .TP -.B \-V +.B \*-V Like -.BR \-v , +.BR \*-v , except omit the times relative to the extreme time values. This generates output that is easier to compare to that of implementations with different time representations. .TP -.BI "\-c " [loyear,]hiyear +.BI "\*-c " [loyear,]hiyear Cut off verbose output near the start of the given year(s). By default, the program cuts off verbose output near the starts of the years -\(mi500 and 2500. +\-500 and 2500. .TP -.BI "\-t " [lotime,]hitime +.BI "\*-t " [lotime,]hitime Cut off verbose output at the start of the given time(s), given in decimal seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC. .SH LIMITATIONS diff --git a/zic.8 b/zic.8 index 90f3900..9af5d1f 100644 --- a/zic.8 +++ b/zic.8 @@ -4,28 +4,8 @@ zic \- time zone compiler .SH SYNOPSIS .B zic [ -.B \-\-version -] -[ -.B \-v -] [ -.B \-d -.I directory -] [ -.B \-l -.I localtime -] [ -.B \-p -.I posixrules -] [ -.B \-L -.I leapsecondfilename -] [ -.B \-s -] [ -.B \-y -.I command -] [ +.I option +\&... ] [ .I filename \&... ] .SH DESCRIPTION @@ -40,27 +20,33 @@ zic \- time zone compiler .el .ds < \(la .ie '\(ra'' .ds > > .el .ds > \(ra -.ie \n(.g .ds : \: -.el .ds : +.ie \n(.g \{\ +. ds : \: +. ds - \f(CW-\fP +.\} +.el \{\ +. ds : +. el ds - \- +.\} .I Zic reads text from the file(s) named on the command line and creates the time conversion information files specified in this input. If a .I filename is -.BR \- , +.q "\*-" , the standard input is read. .PP These options are available: .TP -.BI "\-\-version" +.BI "\*-\*-version" Output version information and exit. .TP -.BI "\-d " directory +.BI "\*-d " directory Create time conversion information files in the named directory rather than in the standard directory named below. .TP -.BI "\-l " timezone +.BI "\*-l " timezone Use the given time zone as local time. .I Zic will act as if the input contained a link line of the form @@ -68,7 +54,7 @@ will act as if the input contained a link line of the form .ti +.5i Link \fItimezone\fP localtime .TP -.BI "\-p " timezone +.BI "\*-p " timezone Use the given time zone's rules when handling POSIX-format time zone environment variables. .I Zic @@ -77,12 +63,12 @@ will act as if the input contained a link line of the form .ti +.5i Link \fItimezone\fP posixrules .TP -.BI "\-L " leapsecondfilename +.BI "\*-L " leapsecondfilename Read leap second information from the file with the given name. If this option is not used, no leap second information appears in output files. .TP -.B \-v +.B \*-v Be more verbose, and complain about the following situations: .RS .PP @@ -120,21 +106,21 @@ A time zone abbreviation has fewer than 3 characters. POSIX requires at least 3. .PP An output file name contains a byte that is not an ASCII letter, -.q "-" , +.q "\*-" , .q "/" , or .q "_" ; or it contains a file name component that contains more than 14 bytes or that starts with -.q "-" . +.q "\*-" . .RE .TP -.B \-s +.B \*-s Limit time values stored in output files to values that are the same whether they're taken to be signed or unsigned. You can use this option to generate SVVS-compatible files. .TP -.BI "\-y " command +.BI "\*-y " command Use the given .I command rather than @@ -152,7 +138,7 @@ non-PPCS bytes. Non-PPCS characters typically occur only in comments: although output file names and time zone abbreviations can contain nearly any character, other software will work better if these are limited to the restricted syntax described under the -.B \-v +.B \*-v option. .PP Input lines are made up of fields. @@ -181,7 +167,7 @@ Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S For example: .ti +.5i .sp -Rule US 1967 1973 \- Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D +Rule US 1967 1973 \*- Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D .sp .fi The fields that make up a rule line are: @@ -221,7 +207,7 @@ Gives the type of year in which the rule applies. If .B TYPE is -.B \- +.q \*- then the rule applies in all years between .B FROM and @@ -274,7 +260,7 @@ Recognized forms include: 2:00 time in hours and minutes 15:00 24-hour format time (for times after noon) 1:28:14 time in hours, minutes, and seconds -\- equivalent to 0 +\*- equivalent to 0 .fi .in -.5i .sp @@ -323,7 +309,7 @@ or .q "EDT" ) of time zone abbreviations to be used when this rule is in effect. If this field is -.BR \- , +.q \*- , the variable part is null. .PP A zone line has the form @@ -365,7 +351,7 @@ begin the field with a minus sign if time must be subtracted from UT. The name of the rule(s) that apply in the time zone or, alternately, an amount of time to add to local standard time. If this field is -.B \- +.B \*- then standard time always applies in the time zone. .TP .B FORMAT @@ -461,7 +447,7 @@ should be .q "+" if a second was added or -.q "-" +.q "\*-" if a second was skipped. .\" There's no need to document the following, since it's impossible for more .\" than one leap second to be inserted or deleted at a time. @@ -496,20 +482,20 @@ input, intended to illustrate many of its features. .ta \w'# Rule\0\0'u +\w'NAME\0\0'u +\w'FROM\0\0'u +\w'1973\0\0'u +\w'TYPE\0\0'u +\w'Apr\0\0'u +\w'lastSun\0\0'u +\w'2:00\0\0'u +\w'SAVE\0\0'u .sp # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule Swiss 1941 1942 - May Mon>=1 1:00 1:00 S -Rule Swiss 1941 1942 - Oct Mon>=1 2:00 0 - +Rule Swiss 1941 1942 \*- May Mon>=1 1:00 1:00 S +Rule Swiss 1941 1942 \*- Oct Mon>=1 2:00 0 \*- .sp .5 -Rule EU 1977 1980 - Apr Sun>=1 1:00u 1:00 S -Rule EU 1977 only - Sep lastSun 1:00u 0 - -Rule EU 1978 only - Oct 1 1:00u 0 - -Rule EU 1979 1995 - Sep lastSun 1:00u 0 - -Rule EU 1981 max - Mar lastSun 1:00u 1:00 S -Rule EU 1996 max - Oct lastSun 1:00u 0 - +Rule EU 1977 1980 \*- Apr Sun>=1 1:00u 1:00 S +Rule EU 1977 only \*- Sep lastSun 1:00u 0 \*- +Rule EU 1978 only \*- Oct 1 1:00u 0 \*- +Rule EU 1979 1995 \*- Sep lastSun 1:00u 0 \*- +Rule EU 1981 max \*- Mar lastSun 1:00u 1:00 S +Rule EU 1996 max \*- Oct lastSun 1:00u 0 \*- .sp .ta \w'# Zone\0\0'u +\w'Europe/Zurich\0\0'u +\w'GMTOFF\0\0'u +\w'RULES/SAVE\0\0'u +\w'FORMAT\0\0'u # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES/SAVE FORMAT UNTIL -Zone Europe/Zurich 0:34:08 - LMT 1853 Jul 16 - 0:29:46 - BMT 1894 Jun +Zone Europe/Zurich 0:34:08 \*- LMT 1853 Jul 16 + 0:29:46 \*- BMT 1894 Jun 1:00 Swiss CE%sT 1981 1:00 EU CE%sT .sp -- 1.9.1

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[PATCH] * asctime.c, newctime.3, newtzset.3: Don't imply ASCII is required.
by Paul Eggert June 28, 2014

June 28, 2014

--- asctime.c | 2 +- newctime.3 | 5 ++--- newtzset.3 | 2 +- 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/asctime.c b/asctime.c index 152b0db..e057711 100644 --- a/asctime.c +++ b/asctime.c @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ ** ??? ???-2147483648 -2147483648:-2147483648:-2147483648 -2147483648\n ** (two three-character abbreviations, five strings denoting integers, ** seven explicit spaces, two explicit colons, a newline, -** and a trailing ASCII nul). +** and a trailing NUL byte). ** The values above are for systems where an int is 32 bits and are provided ** as an example; the define below calculates the maximum for the system at ** hand. diff --git a/newctime.3 b/newctime.3 index 1353869..3904d04 100644 --- a/newctime.3 +++ b/newctime.3 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ .TH NEWCTIME 3 .SH NAME -asctime, ctime, difftime, gmtime, localtime, mktime \- convert date and time to ASCII +asctime, ctime, difftime, gmtime, localtime, mktime \- convert date and time .SH SYNOPSIS .nf .B extern char *tzname[2]; @@ -94,8 +94,7 @@ sets the .BR tm_isdst 'th element of .B tzname -to a pointer to an -ASCII string that's the time zone abbreviation to be used with +to a pointer to a string that's the time zone abbreviation to be used with .IR localtime 's return value. .PP diff --git a/newtzset.3 b/newtzset.3 index 4af938b..e9920b6 100644 --- a/newtzset.3 +++ b/newtzset.3 @@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ ASCII minus .RB ( \(mi ), ASCII plus .RB ( \(pl ), -and ASCII NUL are allowed. +and NUL bytes are allowed. .TP .I offset Indicates the value one must add to the local time to arrive at -- 1.9.1

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[PATCH] More spelling and accent fixes.
by Paul Eggert June 27, 2014

June 27, 2014

Plus, update a now-obsolete source for Samoa's late-2011 change to the International Date Line. --- Makefile | 2 +- NEWS | 4 ++-- Theory | 2 +- asia | 22 +++++++++++----------- australasia | 44 +++++++------------------------------------- europe | 8 ++++---- northamerica | 4 ++-- southamerica | 4 ++-- 8 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 60 deletions(-) diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index ff941a0..8de640a 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ LDLIBS= # year 2000 grief # -Dtime_tz=\"T\" to use T as the time_t type, rather than the system time_t # -DTZ_DOMAIN=\"foo\" to use "foo" for gettext domain name; default is "tz" -# -TTZ_DOMAINDIR=\"/path\" to use "/path" for gettext directory; +# -DTZ_DOMAINDIR=\"/path\" to use "/path" for gettext directory; # the default is system-supplied, typically "/usr/lib/locale" # -DTZDEFRULESTRING=\",date/time,date/time\" to default to the specified # DST transitions if the time zone files cannot be accessed diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 789f955..162a113 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1184,7 +1184,7 @@ Release data2009m - 2009-09-03 10:23:43 -0400 Release data2009l - 2009-08-14 09:13:07 -0400 - Samao (comments only) and Egypt + Samoa (comments only) and Egypt Release 2009k - 2009-07-20 09:46:08 -0400 @@ -1512,7 +1512,7 @@ Release 2005o - 2005-11-28 10:55:26 -0500 Release 2005n - 2005-10-03 09:44:09 -0400 - changes by Paul Eggert (both the Uruguary changes and the Kyrgyzstan + changes by Paul Eggert (both the Uruguay changes and the Kyrgyzstan et al. changes) diff --git a/Theory b/Theory index ef26751..a956d85 100644 --- a/Theory +++ b/Theory @@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ Gregorian calendar: 14/25 Dec 1583 - Steiermark 06/17 Jan 1584 - Austria and Bohemia -11/22 Jan 1584 - Luzern, Uri, Schwyz, Zug, Freiburg, Solothurn +11/22 Jan 1584 - Lucerne, Uri, Schwyz, Zug, Freiburg, Solothurn 12/23 Jan 1584 - Silesia and the Lausitz 22 Jan/ 02 Feb 1584 - Hungary (legally on 21 Oct 1587) diff --git a/asia b/asia index 5f76ab7..54a8dc7 100644 --- a/asia +++ b/asia @@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ Zone Asia/Phnom_Penh 6:59:40 - LMT 1906 Jun 9 # No they don't. See TIME mag, 1986-02-17 p.52. Even though # China is across 4 physical time zones, before Feb 1, 1986 only the # Peking (Beijing) time zone was recognized. Since that date, China -# has two of 'em - Peking's and Urumqi (named after the capital of +# has two of 'em - Peking's and Ürümqi (named after the capital of # the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region). I don't know about DST for it. # # . . .I just deleted the DST table and this editor makes it too @@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ Rule PRC 1987 1991 - Apr Sun>=10 0:00 1:00 D # separately: daylight savings (which, you're correct, wasn't # implemented until the 1980s) and the unified time zone centered near # Beijing (which was implemented in 1949). Briefly, there was also a -# "Lhasa Time" in Tibet and "Urumqi Time" in Xinjiang. The first was +# "Lhasa Time" in Tibet and "Ürümqi Time" in Xinjiang. The first was # ceased, and the second eventually recognized (again, in the 1980s). # # From Paul Eggert (2008-06-30): @@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ Zone Asia/Chongqing 7:06:20 - LMT 1928 # or Chungking # Wusu, Qiemo, Xinyan, Wulanwusu, Jinghe, Yumin, Tacheng, Tuoli, Emin, # Shihezi, Changji, Yanqi, Heshuo, Tuokexun, Tulufan, Shanshan, Hami, # Fukang, Kuitun, Kumukuli, Miquan, Qitai, and Turfan. -Zone Asia/Urumqi 5:50:20 - LMT 1928 # Ürümqi or Urumchi +Zone Asia/Urumqi 5:50:20 - LMT 1928 # Ürümqi or Ürümchi 6:00 - URUT 1980 May # Ürümqi Time 8:00 PRC C%sT # Kunlun Time @@ -403,9 +403,9 @@ Zone Asia/Urumqi 5:50:20 - LMT 1928 # Ürümqi or Urumchi # population of Xinjiang, typically use "Xinjiang time" which is two # hours behind Beijing time, or UTC +0600. The government of the Xinjiang # Uyghur Autonomous Region, (XAUR, or just Xinjiang for short) as well as -# local governments such as the Urumqi city government use both times in +# local governments such as the Ürümqi city government use both times in # publications, referring to what is popularly called Xinjiang time as -# "Urumqi time." When Uyghurs make an appointment in the Uyghur language +# "Ürümqi time." When Uyghurs make an appointment in the Uyghur language # they almost invariably use Xinjiang time. # # (Their ethnic Han compatriots would typically have no clue of its @@ -418,17 +418,17 @@ Zone Asia/Urumqi 5:50:20 - LMT 1928 # Ürümqi or Urumchi # time. Some areas remained on standard Xinjiang time or Beijing time and # others moving their clocks ahead.) # -# ...an example of an official website using of Urumqi time. +# ...an example of an official website using of Ürümqi time. # # The first few lines of the Google translation of # http://www.fjysgl.gov.cn/show.aspx?id=2379&cid=39 # (retrieved 2009-10-13) -# > Urumqi fire seven people are missing the alleged losses of at least +# > Ürümqi fire seven people are missing the alleged losses of at least # > 500 million yuan # > -# > (Reporter Dong Liu) the day before 20:20 or so (Urumqi Time 18:20), -# > Urumqi City Department of International Plaza Luther Qiantang River -# > burst fire. As of yesterday, 18:30, Urumqi City Fire officers and men +# > (Reporter Dong Liu) the day before 20:20 or so (Ürümqi Time 18:20), +# > Ürümqi City Department of International Plaza Luther Qiantang River +# > burst fire. As of yesterday, 18:30, Ürümqi City Fire officers and men # > have worked continuously for 22 hours... # From Luther Ma (2009-11-19): @@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ Zone Asia/Urumqi 5:50:20 - LMT 1928 # Ürümqi or Urumchi # 3. Urumqi... # 4. Kashgar... # ... -# 5. It seems that Uyghurs in Urumqi has been using Xinjiang since at least the +# 5. It seems that Uyghurs in Ürümqi has been using Xinjiang since at least the # 1960's. I know of one Han, now over 50, who grew up in the surrounding # countryside and used Xinjiang time as a child. # diff --git a/australasia b/australasia index 045be88..1cb34a3 100644 --- a/australasia +++ b/australasia @@ -571,42 +571,12 @@ Zone Pacific/Pago_Pago 12:37:12 - LMT 1879 Jul 5 # # http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/markets/newsfeeditem.aspx?id=138501958347963 -# From Mark Sim-Smith (2011-08-17): -# I have been in contact with Leilani Tuala Warren from the Samoa Law -# Reform Commission, and she has sent me a copy of the Bill that she -# confirmed has been passed...Most of the sections are about maps rather -# than the time zone change, but I'll paste the relevant bits below. But -# the essence is that at midnight 29 Dec (UTC-11 I suppose), Samoa -# changes from UTC-11 to UTC+13: -# -# International Date Line Bill 2011 -# -# AN ACT to provide for the change to standard time in Samoa and to make -# consequential amendments to the position of the International Date -# Line, and for related purposes. -# -# BE IT ENACTED by the Legislative Assembly of Samoa in Parliament -# assembled as follows: -# -# 1. Short title and commencement-(1) This Act may be cited as the -# International Date Line Act 2011. (2) Except for section 5(3) this Act -# commences at 12 o'clock midnight, on Thursday 29th December 2011. (3) -# Section 5(3) commences on the date of assent by the Head of State. -# -# [snip] -# -# 3. Interpretation - [snip] "Samoa standard time" in this Act and any -# other statute of Samoa which refers to 'Samoa standard time' means the -# time 13 hours in advance of Co-ordinated Universal Time. -# -# 4. Samoa standard time - (1) Upon the commencement of this Act, Samoa -# standard time shall be set at 13 hours in advance of Co-ordinated -# Universal Time for the whole of Samoa. (2) All references to Samoa's -# time zone and to Samoa standard time in Samoa in all legislation and -# instruments after the commencement of this Act shall be references to -# Samoa standard time as provided for in this Act. (3) Nothing in this -# Act affects the provisions of the Daylight Saving Act 2009, except that -# it defines Samoa standard time.... +# From Paul Eggert (2014-06-27): +# The International Date Line Act 2011 +# http://www.parliament.gov.ws/images/ACTS/International_Date_Line_Act__2011_… +# changed Samoa from UTC-11 to UTC+13, effective "12 o'clock midnight, on +# Thursday 29th December 2011". The International Date Line was adjusted +# accordingly. # From Laupue Raymond Hughes (2011-09-02): # http://www.mcil.gov.ws/mcil_publications.html @@ -649,7 +619,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Apia 12:33:04 - LMT 1879 Jul 5 -11:00 - WST 2010 Sep 26 -11:00 1:00 WSDT 2011 Apr 2 4:00 -11:00 - WST 2011 Sep 24 3:00 - -11:00 1:00 WSDT 2011 Dec 30 + -11:00 1:00 WSDT 2011 Dec 29 24:00 13:00 1:00 WSDT 2012 Apr Sun>=1 4:00 13:00 WS WS%sT diff --git a/europe b/europe index 6ab0413..5ef94b0 100644 --- a/europe +++ b/europe @@ -880,7 +880,7 @@ Zone Europe/Copenhagen 0:50:20 - LMT 1890 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1945 Apr 2 2:00 1:00 Denmark CE%sT 1980 1:00 EU CE%sT -Zone Atlantic/Faroe -0:27:04 - LMT 1908 Jan 11 # Torshavn +Zone Atlantic/Faroe -0:27:04 - LMT 1908 Jan 11 # Tórshavn 0:00 - WET 1981 0:00 EU WE%sT # @@ -1855,7 +1855,7 @@ Zone Europe/Oslo 0:43:00 - LMT 1895 Jan 1 # <http://home.no.net/janmayen/history.htm> says that the meteorologists # burned down their station in 1940 and left the island, but returned in # 1941 with a small Norwegian garrison and continued operations despite -# frequent air ttacks from Germans. In 1943 the Americans established a +# frequent air attacks from Germans. In 1943 the Americans established a # radiolocating station on the island, called "Atlantic City". Possibly # the UT offset changed during the war, but I think it unlikely that # Jan Mayen used German daylight-saving rules. @@ -2808,7 +2808,7 @@ Link Europe/Istanbul Asia/Istanbul # Istanbul is in both continents. # Bill number 8330 of MP from the Party of Regions Oleg Nadoshi got # approval from 266 deputies. # -# Ukraine abolishes transter back to the winter time (in Russian) +# Ukraine abolishes transfer back to the winter time (in Russian) # http://news.mail.ru/politics/6861560/ # # The Ukrainians will no longer change the clock (in Russian) @@ -2874,7 +2874,7 @@ Zone Europe/Kiev 2:02:04 - LMT 1880 2:00 E-Eur EE%sT 1995 2:00 EU EE%sT # Ruthenia used CET 1990/1991. -# "Uzhhorod" is the transliteration of the Ukrainian name, but +# "Uzhhorod" is the transliteration of the Rusyn/Ukrainian pronunciation, but # "Uzhgorod" is more common in English. Zone Europe/Uzhgorod 1:29:12 - LMT 1890 Oct 1:00 - CET 1940 diff --git a/northamerica b/northamerica index 28a05ce..66f362b 100644 --- a/northamerica +++ b/northamerica @@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ Zone America/Boise -7:44:49 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:15:11 # with the following exceptions: # # - Gibson, Jasper, Lake, LaPorte, Newton, Porter, Posey, Spencer, -# Vandenburgh, and Warrick counties have been like America/Chicago. +# Vanderburgh, and Warrick counties have been like America/Chicago. # # - Dearborn and Ohio counties have been like America/New_York. # @@ -2688,7 +2688,7 @@ Zone America/Costa_Rica -5:36:13 - LMT 1890 # San José # web site, the Granma. Please check out # http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/2008/03/13/nacional/artic10.html # -# Basically as expected after Steffen Thorsens information, the change +# Basically as expected after Steffen Thorsen's information, the change # will take place midnight between Saturday and Sunday. # From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-12): diff --git a/southamerica b/southamerica index 4016306..de1f15e 100644 --- a/southamerica +++ b/southamerica @@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ Zone America/La_Paz -4:32:36 - LMT 1890 # From Paul Schulze (2008-06-24): # ...by law number 11.662 of April 24, 2008 (published in the "Diario -# Oficial da Uniao"...) in Brazil there are changes in the timezones, +# Oficial da União"...) in Brazil there are changes in the timezones, # effective today (00:00am at June 24, 2008) as follows: # # a) The timezone UTC+5 is e[x]tinguished, with all the Acre state and the @@ -1314,7 +1314,7 @@ Link America/Curacao America/Kralendijk # Caribbean Netherlands # Ecuador # -# Milne says the Sentral and South American Telegraph Company used -5:24:15. +# Milne says the Central and South American Telegraph Company used -5:24:15. # # From Paul Eggert (2007-03-04): # Apparently Ecuador had a failed experiment with DST in 1992. -- 1.9.1

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[PATCH] * leap-seconds.list: Copy from current NIST version.
by Paul Eggert June 27, 2014

June 27, 2014

--- leap-seconds.list | 66 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------- 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-) diff --git a/leap-seconds.list b/leap-seconds.list index 7df3de6..607fa7d 100644 --- a/leap-seconds.list +++ b/leap-seconds.list @@ -15,12 +15,17 @@ # are transmitted by almost all time services. # # The first column shows an epoch as a number of seconds -# since 1900.0 and the second column shows the number of -# seconds that must be added to UTC to compute TAI for -# any timestamp at or after that epoch. The value on -# each line is valid from the indicated initial instant -# until the epoch given on the next one or indefinitely -# into the future if there is no next line. +# since 1 January 1900, 00:00:00 (1900.0 is also used to +# indicate the same epoch.) Both of these time stamp formats +# ignore the complexities of the time scales that were +# used before the current definition of UTC at the start +# of 1972. (See note 3 below.) +# The second column shows the number of seconds that +# must be added to UTC to compute TAI for any timestamp +# at or after that epoch. The value on each line is +# valid from the indicated initial instant until the +# epoch given on the next one or indefinitely into the +# future if there is no next line. # (The comment on each line shows the representation of # the corresponding initial epoch in the usual # day-month-year format. The epoch always begins at @@ -44,9 +49,9 @@ # by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures # (BIPM). See www.bipm.fr for more information. # -# 3. The current defintion of the relationship between UTC +# 3. The current definition of the relationship between UTC # and TAI dates from 1 January 1972. A number of different -# time scales were in use before than epoch, and it can be +# time scales were in use before that epoch, and it can be # quite difficult to compute precise timestamps and time # intervals in those "prehistoric" days. For more information, # consult: @@ -59,16 +64,11 @@ # July, 1991. # # 4. The insertion of leap seconds into UTC is currently the -# responsibility of the International Earth Rotation Service, -# which is located at the Paris Observatory: -# -# Central Bureau of IERS -# 61, Avenue de l'Observatoire -# 75014 Paris, France. +# responsibility of the International Earth Rotation Service. # # Leap seconds are announced by the IERS in its Bulletin C # -# See hpiers.obspm.fr or www.iers.org for more details. +# See www.iers.org for more details. # # All national laboratories and timing centers use the # data from the BIPM and the IERS to construct their @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ # Time and Frequency Division # NIST # Boulder, Colorado -# jlevine(a)boulder.nist.gov +# Judah.Levine(a)nist.gov # # Last Update of leap second values: 11 January 2012 # @@ -139,18 +139,19 @@ #$ 3535228800 # # The NTP timestamps are in units of seconds since the NTP epoch, -# which is 1900.0. The Modified Julian Day number corresponding -# to the NTP time stamp, X, can be computed as +# which is 1 January 1900, 00:00:00. The Modified Julian Day number +# corresponding to the NTP time stamp, X, can be computed as # # X/86400 + 15020 # # where the first term converts seconds to days and the second -# term adds the MJD corresponding to 1900.0. The integer portion -# of the result is the integer MJD for that day, and any remainder -# is the time of day, expressed as the fraction of the day since 0 -# hours UTC. The conversion from day fraction to seconds or to -# hours, minutes, and seconds may involve rounding or truncation, -# depending on the method used in the computation. +# term adds the MJD corresponding to the time origin defined above. +# The integer portion of the result is the integer MJD for that +# day, and any remainder is the time of day, expressed as the +# fraction of the day since 0 hours UTC. The conversion from day +# fraction to seconds or to hours, minutes, and seconds may involve +# rounding or truncation, depending on the method used in the +# computation. # # The data in this file will be updated periodically as new leap # seconds are announced. In addition to being entered on the line @@ -163,10 +164,11 @@ # is announced. # # The following entry specifies the expiration date of the data -# in this file in units of seconds since 1900.0. This expiration date -# will be changed at least twice per year whether or not a new leap -# second is announced. These semi-annual changes will be made no -# later than 1 June and 1 December of each year to indicate what +# in this file in units of seconds since the origin at the instant +# 1 January 1900, 00:00:00. This expiration date will be changed +# at least twice per year whether or not a new leap second is +# announced. These semi-annual changes will be made no later +# than 1 June and 1 December of each year to indicate what # action (if any) is to be taken on 30 June and 31 December, # respectively. (These are the customary effective dates for new # leap seconds.) This expiration date will be identified by a @@ -182,10 +184,10 @@ # current -- the update time stamp, the data and the name of the file # will not change. # -# Updated through IERS Bulletin C46 -# File expires on: 28 June 2014 +# Updated through IERS Bulletin C47 +# File expires on: 28 December 2014 # -#@ 3612902400 +#@ 3628713600 # 2272060800 10 # 1 Jan 1972 2287785600 11 # 1 Jul 1972 @@ -228,4 +230,4 @@ # the hash line is also ignored in the # computation. # -#h 1151a8f e85a5069 9000fcdb 3d5e5365 1d505b37 +#h 9195bac3 a050810e e85fc815 e752446a 76ade206 -- 1.9.1

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More Javascript Libraries
by Matt Johnson June 27, 2014

June 27, 2014

For consideration in tz-link.html. Feel free to adjust wording. http://momentjs.com/timezone Moment-Timezone is a time zone plugin for Moment.js, a feature-rich JavaScript library for parsing, validation, manipulation and display of dates. It includes a data-builder utility that parses the tz source files. It is freely available under the MIT License. http://github.com/sproutsocial/walltime-js Walltime-js is a JavaScript library that performs simple time zone conversions. It includes a grunt script that parses the tz source files. It is freely available under the MIT License. http://github.com/bigeasy/timezone Timezone is a JavaScript library that offers an API for time zone conversions, time zone aware date math, and time zone and locale aware date formatting. It includes a makefile that reads the binary output of zic to create data files that can be read by the script. It is freely available under the MIT License. Thanks, Matt Johnson

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zic tweak to warn about non-ASCII in filenames
by Arthur David Olson June 27, 2014

June 27, 2014

To help ensure that non-ASCII characters don't appear in distribution filenames, changes to zic.c so that the "-v" option warns about them. Both attached and tab-mangled below. --ado *** /tmp/,azic.c 2014-06-25 19:32:44.803874900 -0400 --- /tmp/,bzic.c 2014-06-25 19:32:44.906880800 -0400 *************** *** 134,139 **** --- 134,140 ---- static int itsdir(const char * name); static int lowerit(int c); static int mkdirs(char * filename); + static void namecheck(const char * name); static void newabbr(const char * abbr); static zic_t oadd(zic_t t1, zic_t t2); static void outzone(const struct zone * zp, int ntzones); *************** *** 621,632 **** --- 622,652 ---- return (errors == 0) ? EXIT_SUCCESS : EXIT_FAILURE; } + #define BENIGN "+-_/" + + static void + namecheck(const char * const name) + { + register const char * cp; + + if (!noise) + return; + for (cp = name; *cp != '\0'; ++cp) + if (!isascii(*cp) || + (!isalnum(*cp) && strchr(BENIGN, *cp) == NULL)) { + warning(_("file name %s has non-ASCII-alphanumeric character other than %s"), + name, BENIGN); + return; + } + } + static void dolink(const char *const fromfield, const char *const tofield) { register char * fromname; register char * toname; + namecheck(tofield); if (fromfield[0] == '/') fromname = ecpyalloc(fromfield); else { *************** *** 1495,1500 **** --- 1515,1521 ---- void *typesptr = ats + timecnt; unsigned char *types = typesptr; + namecheck(name); /* ** Sort. */

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