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Re: [tz] Joda-Time, Time4J, and Java SE 8
by Paul Eggert July 19, 2016

July 19, 2016

On 07/08/2016 06:23 AM, Meno Hochschild wrote: > it is not quite correct to say that Joda-Times "functionality is a > standard part of Java 8". It has rather inspired the development of > java.time-package in Java-8. Thanks for the correction. Sorry, I don't know Joda-Time vs Java SE 8 vs Time4J well. I'm trying to future-proof tz-link.htm. As I understand it from the Joda-Time web page, Joda-Time-using apps are expected to migrate to the Java SE 8 API, so future readers of tz-link.htm will mostly be using the Java API, with more-specialized uses (leap seconds? sorry, don't know the details) possibly using Time4J, and Joda-Time being a historical footnote. I installed the attached further patch into the experimental tz version on GitHub; I hope it addresses this point well enough. I'll CC: Stephen Colebourne to give him a heads-up, as I do want tz-link.htm to be accurate.

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Positive leap second on 2016-12-31.
by Tim Parenti July 19, 2016

July 19, 2016

Per IERS Bulletin C52 (2016-07-06), a positive leap second will be observed on 2016-12-31. The attached patch updates leap-seconds.list from NIST, retrieved from <ftp://time.nist.gov/pub/leap-seconds.list>. -- Tim Parenti

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Fwd: tzcode: system-dependent default time zone file
by Paul Eggert July 7, 2016

July 7, 2016

-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: tzcode: system-dependent default time zone file Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2016 21:11:19 -0400 From: Steve Summit <scs(a)eskimo.com> To: Paul Eggert <eggert(a)cs.ucla.edu> [Belated reply to an earlier thread. Feel free to post this to the tz list, or not, your choice. Other than Guy Harris, I don't know how interested the rest of the list is in these lower-level coding and build details.] Back in January, in the "tzcode test suite" thread, Paul and I had this exchange: >> I'm not sure what that warning about "no nontrivial tz offset tested" >> means, but I hope we can fix the testsuite to set TZ itself if that's >> what it needs to do. > > Setting TZ is what I needed to do, although I'm surprised that you > had the same problem, so this will bear further investigation. I believe the problem is simply some variation across systems in the location of the tz file that sets a machine's local time zone in the absence of a TZ environment variable. As compiled out of the box, tzcode expects to find this in TZDIR/localtime, that is, in /usr/share/zoneinfo/localtime. But on my Mac it's /etc/localtime, and I suspect it's probably there on Paul's Fedora machine, too. The fix is simple: I'm now setting TZDEFAULT = "/etc/localtime" in the Makefile, and then passing it down to the compilations: CC = $(cc) -DTZDIR=\"$(TZDIR)\" -DTZDEFAULT=\"$(TZDEFAULT)\" With these changes, I no longer need to explicitly set TZ to keep tzcode's copy of localtime happy. I was going to propose adding this comment to the Makefile in the tz distribution: # By default, the local time zone is taken from the file # "localtime" in TZDIR. Or you can set TZDEFAULT to something # else (for example, it's typically "/etc/localtime" for MacOS, # BSD, and some versions of Linux). But I believe TZDEFAULT in the same Makefile is also used when *installing* a set of zoneinfo files built from tzdata, and I'm uncertain of the repercussions for tzdata builds if I encourage people to tinker with TZDEFAULT to match their OS. This is probably a symptom of a deeper issue: if someone downloads and builds tzdata and/or tzcode, is it assumed that they'll be installing and referencing the zoneinfo files in the tzdata/tzcode default location, or in their OS's preferred location, or what? And the answer gets more complicated depending on whether people are actually using tzcode, or their OS's possibly different tz code -- glibc or whatever -- instead.

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Egypt cancelled DST
by Mina Samuel July 5, 2016

July 5, 2016

Dears, Egyptian government took the decision to cancel the DST, Can you please help to provide the updated package as to be able to apply the new/cancelled rules. https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ar&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UT… http://www.youm7.com/story/2016/7/4/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%83%D9%88%D9%85%D8…

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[tz-announce] 2016f release of tz code and data available
by Paul Eggert July 5, 2016

July 5, 2016

The 2016f 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 The Egyptian government changed its mind on short notice, and Africa/Cairo will not introduce DST starting 2016-07-07 after all. (Thanks to Mina Samuel.) Asia/Novosibirsk switches from +06 to +07 on 2016-07-24 at 02:00. (Thanks to Stepan Golosunov.) Changes to past and future time stamps Asia/Novokuznetsk and Asia/Novosibirsk now use numeric time zone abbreviations instead of invented ones. Changes affecting past time stamps Europe/Minsk's 1992-03-29 spring-forward transition was at 02:00 not 00:00. (Thanks to Stepan Golosunov.) Here are links to the release files: ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/releases/tzcode2016f.tar.gz ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/releases/tzdata2016f.tar.gz The files are also available via HTTP as follows: http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/releases/tzcode2016f.tar.gz http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/releases/tzdata2016f.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 baba36e3b5ec93c462c27a28a697119df9e94783 dated 2016-07-05 16:26:51 +0200 and tagged '2016f' in the experimental github repository at <https://github.com/eggert/tz>. Here are the SHA-512 checksums for the release files: 97d084f4b0a688fef097dca256083ca9948393848d77c8ee637bdd26f859150cce7d2b26fc1165a3b44b28cc1c9075e10192332261ed68990b4b21a85438b023 tzcode2016f.tar.gz 0472f9516b6c3d83c0a5d0953a5535f4c48d9b9171e125f528188dac512f3556bc1805b7029c4f467a122cbce1beb4e804dd4ae63b259952de3bb217f8e8941d tzdata2016f.tar.gz Here are the GPG checksums for the release files (note I am using a new GPG key): -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQEcBAABAgAGBQJXe8puAAoJEAQ9tjdErUGMYo8IAKif54YlyHHNdLSWzAseY1jf 80hiZG4bIDVNXD5qNAN5sIf7FexBNS9h/KB3H2xJ+47UZHfBqEIRSdNM3+1cFhPg EZShIc8PKPkjS3/pxdR+7Sz/JWGDq1FyNCnBNoyRhKAcDWH3rsa2L7Q3hvkZ7Xcg 8DlhCcixLSX/rhJEs7k61FcGXivUkrht8trrvoTTBkoFpGUqt+x+cNan0z0qyiqF PLQq7YJAjstGRsli97+P72WdJDRY6JL716slICKO5IYDki9xmpcBuj4l0bAxR+6c PiZWlePe1TTyT0+shefy0eZmq1F7seTmkpAL7bhPR3E4ATYZfJfsMm6b/5seBFs= =62wb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQEcBAABAgAGBQJXe8p1AAoJEAQ9tjdErUGMmc0H/i837mGKBIJLmS1xtr64uaT+ LLLvI1gFTGJsqTaCya7aAVFlN/STM07otvYdkBDwQ6uIgjm8qAL33lGdi9IpTPp2 YOj03QkWpyPRFtM1A9EcsVkKOfezGSiY7WQiOEk7R05lH1SRBlZ+eXVQl9fhadrj qCRkcCasVIDQWMKCOhSch1HyUuR+Z1Ujomi7Z4d0AyQbMKhB1yGxYKCVGzN8KaOK AFr0Dd44p72dqgPdC/V7G0xjTNOpuM1zt8SdJuOE2EASRraIvnnQctmKlbYI8l8L ANvy9xl+p8VkuZi7yuSoqVSLYTQDE8pAMsfg0DZpAbnjV1G07FxekBMdNzdr5/E= =7jGR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ tz-announce mailing list tz-announce(a)iana.org https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/tz-announce

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NOVT UTC+6 -> +7
by Евгений Пестов July 5, 2016

July 5, 2016

Hi! Timezone Asia/Novosibirsk (NOVT) change UTC+6 to UTC+7 at 2016-07-24 02:00 (local time). This change has been signed into the law by the President and published 2016-07-04: http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201607040064?index=0&rang… Best wishes Evgeny Pestov.

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Saratov and Novosibirsk proposed to change their time zones
by Stepan Golosunov July 4, 2016

July 4, 2016

Hi, Search for "об исчислении времени" on http://asozd2.duma.gov.ru/main.nsf/SearchUD?OpenForm revealed 3 new bills changing time zone borders in Russia: http://asozd2.duma.gov.ru/main.nsf/(Spravka)?OpenAgent&RN=1058438-6 and http://asozd2.duma.gov.ru/main.nsf/(Spravka)?OpenAgent&RN=1083558-6 move Saratov oblast from UTC+3 to UTC+4. http://asozd2.duma.gov.ru/main.nsf/(Spravka)?OpenAgent&RN=1085784-6 moves Novosibirsk oblast from UTC+6 to UTC+7. Given that the last two bills are proposed by regional parliaments, they are likely to be approved. When is less clear. The bills currently have effective dates in July, but that can be easily changed before the second readings. And they are just received while there are only 4 weeks before the summer break in the State Duma.

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Re: [tz] Novosibirsk, +06 -> +07 on 2016-07-24
by Pupkov, Dmitry July 4, 2016

July 4, 2016

It looks like this has been officially signed by the President, and this is now a formal law. Changes will take into effect on 24th of July. http://ria.ru/society/20160704/1458396876.html Regards, Dmitry Thanks for the heads-up. Since it seems so likely this will go through, I'm attaching a proposed patch that I have installed into the experimental tz database on Github. While I'm in the neighborhood this patch also removes invented abbreviations for Asia/Novosibirsk by switching to numeric abbreviations for that location and for Asia/Novokuznetsk (which used the same invented abbreviation).

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Re: [tz] Egypt cancelled DST
by Mina Samuel July 4, 2016

July 4, 2016

It is confirmed officially about the decision, so your help appreciated as it will need time to apply this in a lot of nodes. -----Original Message----- From: Mina Samuel Sent: Monday, July 04, 2016 12:51 PM To: tz(a)iana.org; 'Paul Eggert' <eggert(a)cs.ucla.edu> Cc: Rafik Adib <rafik.adib(a)ericsson.com>; Gehan Moustafa, Vodafone Egypt (Gehan.Moustafa(a)vodafone.com) <Gehan.Moustafa(a)vodafone.com>; Shreef Khattab, Vodafone Egypt (Shreef.Khattab(a)vodafone.com) <Shreef.Khattab(a)vodafone.com>; Ramy Rasmy <ramy.rasmy(a)ericsson.com>; Yasser Elsawi, Vodafone Egypt <Yasser.Elsawi(a)vodafone.com> Subject: [tz] Egypt cancelled DST Dears, Egyptian government took the decision to cancel the DST, Can you please help to provide the updated package as to be able to apply the new/cancelled rules. https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ar&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UT… http://www.youm7.com/story/2016/7/4/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%83%D9%88%D9%85%D8…

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Egypt Time Change cancellation
by Gehan Moustafa, Vodafone Egypt July 4, 2016

July 4, 2016

Dear All, Kindly be informed that according to Egyptian government DST has been cancelled , so please provide us with the cancllation package ASAP http://bit.ly/29iF6aC Best Regards, [Vodafone]<http://www.vodafone.com.eg/> Gehan Moustafa Mediation & Revenue Assurance Supervisor Charging, Mediation & IN Vodafone Egypt Telec. SA Mobile: +20 (10) 01008710 Email: gehan.moustafa(a)vodafone.com Vodafone Egypt, Smart Village : Vodafone C3 Building, Cairo/Alex. Desert Road KM 28- 6th of October City, Egypt vodafone.com.eg <http://www.vodafone.com.eg> ************************************************************************************************************************* The content of this document is classified as Vodafone Egypt S.A.E. Confidential and Proprietary Information. The recipient hereby is committed to hold in strict confidence the contents of this (e-mail, document, information) and not to disclose to any third party without the prior written consent of Vodafone Egypt S.A.E. Recipient will be held liable for any unauthorized disclosure. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete the message in its entirety, including any attachments. http://www.vodafone.com.eg *************************************************************************************************************************

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