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2013h release of tz code and data available
by Paul Eggert Oct. 26, 2013

Oct. 26, 2013

The 2013h 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: Libya has switched its time zone back to UTC+2 without DST, instead of UTC+1 with DST. (Thanks to Even Scharning.) Western Sahara (Africa/El_Aaiun) uses Morocco's DST rules. (Thanks to Gwillim Law.) Changes affecting future time stamps: Acre and (we guess) western Amazonas will switch from UTC-4 to UTC-5 on 2013-11-10. This affects America/Rio_Branco and America/Eirunepe. (Thanks to Steffen Thorsen.) Add entries for DST transitions in Morocco in the year 2038. This avoids some year-2038 glitches introduced in 2013g. (Thanks to Yoshito Umaoka for reporting the problem.) Changes affecting API The 'tzselect' command no longer requires the 'select' command, and should now work with /bin/sh on more platforms. It also works around a bug in BusyBox awk before version 1.21.0. (Thanks to Patrick 'P. J.' McDermott.) Changes affecting code Fix localtime overflow bugs with 32-bit unsigned time_t. zdump no longer assumes sscanf returns maximal values on overflow. Changes affecting the build procedure The builder can specify which programs to use, if any, instead of 'ar' and 'ranlib', and libtz.a is now built locally before being installed. (Thanks to Michael Forney.) A dependency typo in the 'zdump' rule has been fixed. (Thanks to Andrew Paprocki.) The Makefile has been simplified by assuming that 'mkdir -p' and 'cp -f' work as specified by POSIX.2-1992 or later; this is portable nowadays. 'make clean' no longer removes 'leapseconds', since it's host-independent and is part of the distribution. The unused makefile macros TZCSRCS, TZDSRCS, DATESRCS have been removed. Changes affecting documentation and commentary tz-link.htm now mentions TC TIMEZONE's draft timezone 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 8.1 introduces tz support. Remove URLs for Tru64 and UnixWare (no longer maintained) and for old advisories. SOFA now does C. Here are links to the release files: ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/releases/tzcode2013h.tar.gz ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/releases/tzdata2013h.tar.gz The files are also available via HTTP as follows: http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/releases/tzcode2013h.tar.gz http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/releases/tzdata2013h.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 52d3619cc1a6503f728f00982f2e77914489e018 dated Fri Oct 25 15:32:32 2013 -0700 and tagged 2013h in the unofficial github repository at <https://github.com/eggert/tz>. Here are the GPG checksums for the release files: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.14 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAABAgAGBQJSawVsAAoJEO2X6Q5iqn40Qw0QAJYJTRraiTBlK0QWdATqXR/6 McmlESLi/hdLoeylneaTIHRWgTiyuu9OEH3PyGVnFKP1QDKI4E1JeQQ+bOnypBwb O93e+q8VagIlvArc3CDLd9kOnMFFq4TWgW117T7ozi14iA17ClS0S6iPjwieR5Ov W7H+lk6QQroX9R47FxgmYncPBMQ0yfgOhyeHOaj4JBFDJl913palvFuwI/YsrJLj +/KubQ0UyeeHDTZ618B5Dc/IxLXlqaLJu0FF9bWv/oRTOPNo27wltt1I229yTzUs wXMIOwON+639E5pXKMwqgAdnRT3B6Y+H5qAglKD4rR4YAORnD2s3Aobgtvbgz6p5 pjSWQm8wLjIMz/Vvp3MM6f+4Tu1CuOkaiYCcfe55n6DkhSdmJt43A1aQEJfputrc Ya2JIPaKGozWPW0B9a63j7fjU6jf6mg4Mry8/pPedtki4WBqUMi1jwDio7JB8DGa Ym8vUBgFq+AL7r0El6+UZMIYjSX27Ojlww2GxSsOLYsrLYZuzYhOqAhoLXNxn9Cr u4gY016BqJ31VcWrSJ9zRiP+f6qtGjIRHTHzw2t8WXNyMEWPxAOT8adAj2vse0CE mvAG4BwJ3D3XqoLovpmfwhBAzVMIx91Mli3qsCARBk3ot43qgLPJkjDrpzKsLI/g NzvM4dZcjiFbv6xJU83e =1nRy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.14 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAABAgAGBQJSawVsAAoJEO2X6Q5iqn40Pc8P/0KUlTkaQlz5Plciczq5jKbn rSnC8zeUZnrSHeqhlS+chp2CLoESGeFyKV47evf2E74HfAI7Accsec4QDkomAKQ6 +dmh4uXFtW2RZq5kYlduVXtqRU1fyUFsXFuB3cVeYJVFoRytgysJlKiqGMJdGAR+ 8YtnILEPdMJJluOlyH/KuBg897z9qsI8g0JpRzTyISRee8gxgw8fjYxjbVlnFBFy 0AqfF33oQ1Lgznzwov+8tqPZZ8J+4Bg05LBiKaRbf/KCA42xJkXCHQ2sq2+vPHXU oFMHbAQR1OelxMCsXxFBU+3R8apuhVSXwkZ1uZxO9EAuGo/Tx/4JG0l0n/j902uU m8VNm9Nn57+uaJNkkLn4SkTygdrgNbamr3wkBnlvQW5qIode4Bprcodwu1dxXtEV vfjmERAPMizhAynd+7JDIDgKHkNntooPaKd8y0AYz5IfjuuDoXFBuvoJdhoH8zLh 1LCuR2VhooxDAK8CZ+WV5mfThAcg0fIMrkSQoE2buecG9QJXpFIhzlXHh39RZA5+ eCkDwh644MLfsHplxuogMCIHRwMpIMGYqPBvLLAejqgoJ9ifbxX3g9bJX4cCCRQ/ 3PfUjwj6CsRAvNNX829Oc76WaRd4E/nQJzXXNYcpnQJ00MaADCq14R7ZrABb12/J bDRMACkT0pDfwdia0Q6v =/CFY -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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tzcode2013g and tzdata2013g available
by Paul Eggert Oct. 1, 2013

Oct. 1, 2013

The 2013g 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 near-future time stamps Morocco now observes DST from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October, not April to September respectively. (Thanks to Steffen Thorsen.) Changes affecting 'zic' 'zic' now runs on platforms that lack both hard links and symlinks. (Thanks to Theo Veenker for reporting the problem, for MinGW.) Also, fix some bugs on platforms that lack hard links but have symlinks. 'zic -v' again warns that Asia/Tehran has no POSIX environment variable to predict the far future, fixing a bug introduced in 2013e. Changes affecting the build procedure The 'leapseconds' file is again put into the tzdata tarball. Also, 'leapseconds.awk', so tzdata is self-contained. (Thanks to Matt Burgess and Ian Abbott.) The timestamps of these and other dependent files in tarballs are adjusted more consistently. Changes affecting documentation and commentary The README file is now part of the data tarball as well as the code. It now states that files are public domain unless otherwise specified. (Thanks to Andrew Main (Zefram) for asking for clarifications.) Its details about the 1989 release moved to a place of honor near the end of NEWS. Here are links to the release files: ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/releases/tzcode2013g.tar.gz ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/releases/tzdata2013g.tar.gz The files are also available via HTTP as follows: http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/releases/tzcode2013g.tar.gz http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/releases/tzdata2013g.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 320239cf816c3ea27583867d195085df58a29899 dated Mon Sep 30 21:08:26 2013 -0700 and tagged 2013g in the unofficial github repository at <https://github.com/eggert/tz>. Here are the GPG checksums for the release files: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAABAgAGBQJSSkvxAAoJEO2X6Q5iqn40/IIQAKPy09y3OspqzMTHyEgjqMjF 8cIC6DtLPsyPmSqynfDJcyt315UNAB+16YLwAhQ2YwLjNR7OHuFMODcxe8cC3uuG q7S343EjXrlpPoEEtzeecn+vQxlmg0IfR1nuHcQnL3I9VJjLNHG2oq9iEzGzS/VR WRFOSLyn3miBF7LuB3GVWm8L/gFneK9O6odIdRYRiD1uZobgxG+RH/QwHwZC2Cqt h4G42jv9scE8RU/pME9MKOYRdUMlH16rmtSpqbGdcZFeqnN9d5WpnzvUbDZ49GNg cozDv0zMfDoVTMhqMidRj7j9+CeH0jjTiAwb6yGS0JHRlAHkOAxtU5O45hzjqAFf jaAPHBvUK26NkkmdR31U0pTLF2o79VRw70n8WpxaoG9RdaJc1e8we83gvr9h7z+j lBQVblWpwCItUCNlTcRtn2QHwy3i7WNJtnw4wmJZSqn7s+gOdiICMVU0ALe8Whe1 W2HUmAMyulK6iPyhdXKNrrpIr3WsGDS+R6VieJptWtjLOeSDpXKgjNNDmpDjg0u1 tpnB36W4eZk2c22xGkI/dggvgjvI4mMzID2t029+rhebQHZ6VmzqM+SRK0KhvZtf wFMH5ZqUEV5uKHFMZmVp7cAmVcRlWpGykE+2LRY0LPSpk5G3WEsHMP3Gv1i1EmI6 jdfLGvhsWTUlPWyFOP8d =W0k0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAABAgAGBQJSSkvxAAoJEO2X6Q5iqn40KkYQAKD9qGaNIS1npFQFfbMj2Z8/ LzJV1DEy3SRnR+IhOPWhnOkarbirlKIm1MTEbOX2WwPuM0oSPoCVfBLdQqdnjhnQ sc4dhmtUIp/i3EJYTsDgim8CsZ/DDJCLL1qxCi+MsjizuZqcpj7V/qivRmTGPdsY Z9jBgHdq7CCOxTx6Sv+P2Bv2oz9LxD4w9dXIeeN04R/f7u12Yc1zedDayn9qqHYz EOotuxanSybxb25uKWm8EawA+zOcaVhkO1NzIG3YVJKLJCMxE2NGzt8rH3b1e6gn Ql+G4h3J/eTX507VDa2aODEqezyUw+ObMNl/eS/DqBdlPCAn5qI9/aIu4NaRT1wX XCU7UDyQ4smC7ugYqju5+THTokAc7fLKz79req6yesGmw5Y7nm94CwNhSVA1Fky5 wUEZGX7lrVU967cb4IqQGhRz+DeglKROZw3WDwL2uNuIBEuICkWNYZ232ikEMtVa QGwS3Q5XtqghV9ZQy8IbhA9LmJ76LMbRGbNjl30bmM1RDju3qgcKNSqDuapTxLXn UgQ5PDbwLtIrgZ+OAJFvLfivgyVElgo9l2qg+RtNytz9Zqy/Fdh/hq+z/u70sY0y HXUBQ3Gl/ZjZ4juYe7zZbkQPKeYNQ9HK9miKHM0SdYrI12+KGthR6wHqaCSKZUGd 32DdW5wvGERZC+Qn739c =oMLZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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tzcode2013f and tzdata2013f available
by Paul Eggert Sept. 25, 2013

Sept. 25, 2013

The 2013f 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 administrative changes: Changes affecting near-future time stamps Tocantins will very likely not observe DST starting this spring. (Thanks to Steffen Thorsen.) Jordan will likely stay at UTC+3 indefinitely, and will not fall back this fall. Palestine will fall back at 00:00, not 01:00. (Thanks to Steffen Thorsen.) Changes affecting API The types of the global variables 'timezone' and 'altzone' (if present) have been changed back to 'long'. This is required for 'timezone' by POSIX, and for 'altzone' by common practice, e.g., Solaris 11. These variables were originally 'long' in the tz code, but were mistakenly changed to 'time_t' in 1987; nobody reported the incompatibility until now. The difference matters on x32, where 'long' is 32 bits and 'time_t' is 64. (Thanks to Elliott Hughes.) Changes affecting the build procedure Avoid long strings in leapseconds.awk to work around a mawk bug. (Thanks to Cyril Baurand.) Changes affecting documentation and commentary New file 'NEWS' that contains release notes like this one. Paraguay's law does not specify DST transition time; 00:00 is customary. (Thanks to Waldemar Villamayor-Venialbo.) Minor capitalization fixes. Changes affecting version-control only The experimental github repository now contains annotated and signed tags for recent releases, e.g., '2013e' for Release 2013e. Releases are tagged starting with 2012e; earlier releases were done differently, and tags would either not have a simple name or not exactly match what was released. 'make set-timestamps' is now simpler and a bit more portable. Here are links to the release files: ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/releases/tzcode2013f.tar.gz ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/releases/tzdata2013f.tar.gz The files are also available via HTTP as follows: http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/releases/tzcode2013f.tar.gz http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/releases/tzdata2013f.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 7436d7438735104103d6d6b0ae5b45bdef7b69a2 dated Tue Sep 24 23:37:36 2013 -0700 in the unofficial github repository at <https://github.com/eggert/tz>. Here are the GPG checksums for the release files: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAABAgAGBQJSQoY1AAoJEO2X6Q5iqn40MOwP/j4xZCapf6Wqzmr7aexvNAVj t+L665BgXBYgmh3V+D1B1mj+B1Ilu0+3z0b4xyNB938trMuWMoBVfBjYfw+nQgbk hoIFggl3jh4BmCJqL7gLRYDBMxhuTcZfDbLHYJ1znuNC63PJej8X3uOXBR1TUQC4 /D40tArmDrpA2KQ5uBbBnIqWFmWUqbPPM+4Zb02TFI6ElIzN9yF7hO8c4AzevYZG SuY6DzdRAvt+HKkPb5BSH5qIb9WnOHPHlh1gb8Ek8IjfC0Y/NPFkfivBcRLcvU3D BMH+ysfhrt/L2shGbN9xJY72hflWZAlBUveggtEEem4ZGyR3jt494qs5bAmfFs5c NEl4FOJ7A0zR4zOOXasY8d8H9x8QHACM7pnFl007CC3/X65ahMDYznug3m0fIlTT FIVExwC7vu5q9phKZqllsf1WDDlYsRDSjvZRyJftAo8d7uiX/hSRV62ENzvDpZTE IhKbQcJO4o3HSy1ZAR/8ZBOZZTrfuCTVia3HQSv+z9HE1DcqZr24Vc5rUxOWlLAG Ikd+F23YtPqH7d+PVZMBDIZkqeu7qB/3a7WSzEvE/eYIKeoGojQBIvz9swZd5vmb tbHrYmvCM9nuPat6XfMhCms80gjcxPSqS3+UODvq01+OOG/v+1uxBavxZWjMo/6n yoay8oUjHbaBUSy9gjv/ =mvcv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAABAgAGBQJSQoY1AAoJEO2X6Q5iqn40MHYP/Aq8zW+aeJkn0MP55pJYL/oJ 7yGojddjV7FApzoqiBnTqsmUtxMWdrQR8ZAejSoKvZWWI/XwhHv6nPO6ZAlMB7WV 1lakGSjGD055ZhOQaViMF0/i2iQJXrWW+YAy0QWUhJSSLOHZ/Mk0dUVPb2I/3XPW uFuR8xmrJE4gBTEXyN9CL/ebmpvV0lEUbNEj46Y/SKDDqcF8pA1WJlbCiqcxwiTp lS0B/KuwhKof8N3ij7TnIlIM/HzwnTFiL3zabvUNErhRtP3PWggCVanyULnNcSJU 2C4pSQRC3CW2gIPZfF7e3EaV0RoraeinRPdSM+HHsgM13WHw/EuXQ3QJXvJDYoWc w0VnD2cnDqlSBEkWqI/SdK4W3bRhR9lhskFJSBGxSr6XBBXzYAgFu4dzL5DzCSd5 9ITsIC/2FMslLNAEkufNOpHLV7BBrrMDmtwuM2B1yc4zkMXVMKof9v0BxnODGTsH gxncarfm19i7Ew/6rz9UqVH8gsPt2JkMbmLnPjoEo5bgF5JQINO3WC6FtLWxNlPn 5DUfwhE9XcdxoJCl+sA3DsB3qxWz3VHSVH8M3OYSxtRqzRFXpNcLXbwSxz+IlSjp +sTuM8WAECLsSRT5S1zIroobbs2sguY6Gipk9Lq3L4Lux3eHkMzlCoZk36OJdU6K U/ScBctj4rv1sM33kqJW =eD7x -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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tzcode2013e and tzdata2013e available
by Paul Eggert Sept. 20, 2013

Sept. 20, 2013

The 2013e release of the tz code and data is available. It reflects the following changes circulated on the tz mailing list: Changes affecting near-future time stamps This year Fiji will start DST on October 27, not October 20. (Thanks to David Wheeler for the heads-up.) For now, guess that Fiji will continue to spring forward the Sunday before the fourth Monday in October. Changes affecting current and future time zone abbreviations Use WIB/WITA/WIT rather than WIT/CIT/EIT for alphabetic Indonesian time zone abbreviations since 1932. (Thanks to George Ziegler, Priyadi Iman Nurcahyo, Zakaria, Jason Grimes, Martin Pitt, and Benny Lin.) This affects Asia/Dili, Asia/Jakarta, Asia/Jayapura, Asia/Makassar, and Asia/Pontianak. Use ART (UTC-3, standard time), rather than WARST (also UTC-3, but daylight saving time) for San Luis, Argentina since 2009. Changes affecting Godthab time stamps after 2037 if version mismatch Allow POSIX-like TZ strings where the transition time's hour can range from -167 through 167, instead of the POSIX-required 0 through 24. E.g., TZ='FJT-12FJST,M10.3.1/146,M1.3.4/75' for the new Fiji rules. This is a more-compact way to represent far-future time stamps for America/Godthab, America/Santiago, Antarctica/Palmer, Asia/Gaza, Asia/Hebron, Asia/Jerusalem, Pacific/Easter, and Pacific/Fiji. Other zones are unaffected by this change. (Derived from a suggestion by Arthur David Olson.) Allow POSIX-like TZ strings where daylight saving time is in effect all year. E.g., TZ='WART4WARST,J1/0,J365/25' for Western Argentina Summer Time all year. This supports a more-compact way to represent the 2013d data for America/Argentina/San_Luis. Because of the change for San Luis noted above this change does not affect the current data. (Thanks to Andrew Main (Zefram) for suggestions that improved this change.) Where these two TZ changes take effect, there is a minor extension to the tz file format in that it allows new values for the embedded TZ-format string, and the tz file format version number has therefore been increased from 2 to 3 as a precaution. Version-2-based client code should continue to work as before for all time stamps before 2038. Existing version-2-based client code (tzcode, GNU/Linux, Solaris) has been tested on version-3-format files, and typically works in practice even for time stamps after 2037; the only known exception is America/Godthab. Changes affecting time stamps before 1970 Pacific/Johnston is now a link to Pacific/Honolulu. This corrects 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 only time stamps before 1943. The affected zones are: Africa/Juba, America/Anguilla, America/Aruba, America/Dominica, America/Grenada, America/Guadeloupe, America/Marigot, America/Montserrat, America/St_Barthelemy, America/St_Kitts, America/St_Lucia, America/St_Thomas, America/St_Vincent, America/Tortola, and Europe/Vaduz. (Thanks to Alois Treindl for confirming that the old Europe/Vaduz zone was wrong and the new link is better for WWII-era times.) Change Kingston Mean Time from -5:07:12 to -5:07:11. This affects America/Cayman, America/Jamaica and America/Grand_Turk time stamps from 1890 to 1912. Change the UT offset of Bern Mean Time from 0:29:44 to 0:29:46. This affects Europe/Zurich time stamps from 1853 to 1894. (Thanks to Alois Treindl). Change the date of the circa-1850 Zurich transition from 1849-09-12 to 1853-07-16, overriding Shanks with data from Messerli about postal and telegraph time in Switzerland. Changes affecting time zone abbreviations before 1970 For Asia/Jakarta, use BMT (not JMT) for mean time from 1923 to 1932, as Jakarta was called Batavia back then. Changes affecting API The 'zic' command now outputs a dummy transition when far-future data can't be summarized using a TZ string, and uses a 402-year window rather than a 400-year window. For the current data, this affects only the Asia/Tehran file. It does not affect any of the time stamps that this file represents, so zdump outputs the same information as before. (Thanks to Andrew Main (Zefram).) The 'date' command has a new '-r' option, which lets you specify the integer time to display, a la FreeBSD. The 'tzselect' command has two new options '-c' and '-n', which lets you select a zone based on latitude and longitude. The 'zic' command's '-v' option now warns about constructs that require the new version-3 binary file format. (Thanks to Arthur David Olson for the suggestion.) Support for floating-point time_t has been removed. It was always dicey, and POSIX no longer requires it. (Thanks to Eric Blake for suggesting to the POSIX committee to remove it, and thanks to Alan Barrett, Clive D.W. Feather, Andy Heninger, Arthur David Olson, and Alois Treindl, for reporting bugs and elucidating some of the corners of the old floating-point implementation.) 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.) The code avoids undefined behavior on integer overflow in some more places, including gmtime, localtime, mktime and zdump. Changes affecting the zdump utility zdump now outputs "UT" when referring to Universal Time, not "UTC". "UTC" does not make sense for time stamps that predate the introduction of UTC, whereas "UT", a more-generic term, does. (Thanks to Steve Allen for clarifying UT vs UTC.) Data changes affecting behavior of tzselect and similar programs Country code BQ is now called the more-common name "Caribbean Netherlands" rather than the more-official "Bonaire, St Eustatius & Saba". Remove from zone.tab the names America/Montreal, America/Shiprock, and Antarctica/South_Pole, as they are equivalent to existing same-country-code zones for post-1970 time stamps. The data for these names are unchanged, so the names continue to work as before. Changes affecting code internals zic -c now runs way faster on 64-bit hosts when given large numbers. zic now uses vfprintf to avoid allocating and freeing some memory. tzselect now computes the list of continents from the data, rather than have it hard-coded. Minor changes pacify GCC 4.7.3 and GCC 4.8.1. Changes affecting the build procedure The 'leapseconds' file is now generated automatically from a new file 'leap-seconds.list', which is a copy of <ftp://time.nist.gov/pub/leap-seconds.list>. A new source file 'leapseconds.awk' implements this. The goal is simplification of the future maintenance of 'leapseconds'. When building the 'posix' or 'right' subdirectories, if the subdirectory would be a copy of the default subdirectory, it is now made a symbolic link if that is supported. This saves about 2 MB of file system space. The links America/Shiprock and Antarctica/South_Pole have been moved to the 'backward' file. This affects only nondefault builds that omit 'backward'. Changes affecting version-control only .gitignore now ignores 'date'. Changes affecting documentation and commentary Changes to the 'tzfile' man page It now mentions that the binary file format may be extended in future versions by appending data. It now refers to the 'zdump' and 'zic' man pages. Changes to the 'zic' man page It lists conditions that elicit a warning with '-v'. It says that the behavior is unspecified when duplicate names are given, or if the source of one link is the target of another. Its examples are updated to match the latest data. The definition of white space has been clarified slightly. (Thanks to Michael Deckers.) Changes to the 'Theory' file There is a new section about the accuracy of the tz database, describing the many ways that errors can creep in, and explaining why so many of the pre-1970 time stamps are wrong or misleading (thanks to Steve Allen, Lester Caine, and Garrett Wollman for discussions that contributed to this). The 'Theory' file describes LMT better (this follows a suggestion by Guy Harris). It refers to the 2013 edition of POSIX rather than the 2004 edition. It's mentioned that excluding 'backward' should not affect the other data, and it suggests at least one zone.tab name per inhabited country (thanks to Stephen Colebourne). Some longstanding restrictions on names are documented, e.g., 'America/New_York' precludes 'America/New_York/Bronx'. It gives more reasons for the 1970 cutoff. It now mentions which time_t variants are supported, such as signed integer time_t. (Thanks to Paul Goyette for reporting typos in an experimental version of this change.) (Thanks to Philip Newton for correcting typos in these changes.) Documentation and commentary is more careful to distinguish UT in general from UTC in particular. (Thanks to Steve Allen.) Add a better source for the Zurich 1894 transition. (Thanks to Pierre-Yves Berger.) Update shapefile citations in tz-link.htm. (Thanks to Guy Harris.) 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tzcode2013d and tzdata2013d available
by Paul Eggert July 5, 2013

July 5, 2013

The 2013d release of the tz code and data is available. It reflects the following changes circulated on the tz mailing list: Changes affecting future time stamps: Morocco's midsummer transitions this year are July 7 and August 10, not July 9 and August 8. (Thanks to Andrew Paprocki.) Israel now falls back on the last Sunday of October. (Thanks to Ephraim Silverberg.) Changes affecting past time stamps: Specify Jerusalem's location more precisely; this changes the pre-1880 times by 2 s. Changing affecting metadata only: Fix typos in the entries for country codes BQ and SX. Changes affecting code: Rework the code to fix a bug with handling Australia/Macquarie on 32-bit hosts (thanks to Arthur David Olson). Port to platforms like NetBSD, where time_t can be wider than long. Add support for testing time_t types other than the system's. Run 'make check_time_t_alternatives' to try this out. Currently, the tests fail for unsigned time_t; this should get fixed at some point. Changes affecting documentation and commentary: Deemphasize the significance of national borders. Update the zdump man page. Remove obsolete NOID comment (thanks to Denis Excoffier). Update several URLs and comments in the web pages. Spelling fixes (thanks to Kevin Lyda and Jonathan Leffler). Update URL for CLDR Zone->Tzid table (thanks to Yoshito Umaoka). Here are links to the release files: ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/releases/tzcode2013d.tar.gz ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/releases/tzdata2013d.tar.gz The files are also available via HTTP, but due to a quirk in a recent change to IANA's web accelerator infrastructure, your HTTP client may retrieve uncompressed copies. We are working to fix this. In the meantime the following URLs may give you either compressed or uncompressed versions: http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/releases/tzcode2013d.tar.gz http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/releases/tzdata2013d.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 8f10e5c535616f70172584a9ff53232c437f9ca9 dated 2013-07-05 in the unofficial github repository at <https://github.com/eggert/tz>. Here are the GPG checksums for the release files: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAABAgAGBQJR1tscAAoJEO2X6Q5iqn40yDoP+wfnrYQBX7JM9CPK2Cwjm3dd 5LeDDJYs3flpfwpM6KIiqj9dg3dbIJrp1if/IwEhFevEsV1+2oGqVKOrkLxaECOM HaYCJZChGxQs8rDX2w9gKduYBkAmNdEggEKYeG0elKvHTQTPGaKDTTYXh9/lM64O zuW6eiRWl2YeoOekEpsxf8UJTv/ogDUQLSnheng4fxbnFwqVcvgGjnjyoEdgTsnN GiZGP2KNw6ItUh9Zcu79M+k4WtRiX2VA8O5pzwCI2ONJDn0z7iwPsHUOyKeHFfVq LeLfSe6SHaaXrUPwcuyjvE2GjSdmXqXcBpLEJxxmwm6Oy5TwB54rjEvgwS9oWea5 4AyVArAMBCZodxYDPvriesWvO1qrcb5PTELd/bL4sttci0BLPJP7zYQEeIhcYGJB NUgHjGPJfB7Ib01hoLVbMpKQhS90THpSOikoPZijJCT3V3jAWtq0hfHo235gtqG5 q6+oMDjidLC+Vge47wgfVpWRoGxH8bDN4aDpmL6tkzroP6GCx3SJd/IC4hlZSEyf WawivwKpk1MjUNINmxnfkTtik3gQ6pkSz+o7hW42mtFhJiBdj/jl4STPHQ5VMQfV 83BGVgPMg0MGU1iNLrp35aANV3sUytigPSW/igk+GsgGWiQdHv/+pH9Qc/Qk8+/r oQfKY5uWdnz8jqYVWE0O =ds/l -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAABAgAGBQJR1tskAAoJEO2X6Q5iqn40dmQQALDP2sbguRCpPk7FQJD8Bb4N cLOnvQoSH6d+IT4eRPU7znxy7gi9Dn3Q1dP8AOCh1Lrb7QqcbhMCAMnKv/4aK4D8 ByTHxxXRuwsmBs4vQiNM30a1gNTLbzbQe4upjVsAD5IcUzr75NlnUcER6uXi1shk H6shZEMAxLN3cXBemwAvcIckCF0n1TmrpDVS7R3EjWJOl1Lskw0r3nsnIezGJzoN zQmrNrj9z49ZVUa2Ghc1Okr9xiqHR+Re36vLfpL7i86oUUB0fHsBKvSObU81y+7a 7ebzrDx8aRfxLZ0zYTTvO9o5lauwVovvLMZcPu/8RRxjIqgpfgz6/RhrNY1l2TZ5 S0JOTjd09UvWe8g2uYBUsqp8NTF+1V5rjQgxaSUdytLOk6UAC66/LauEMKlAvCCM RMBCvxY4+hIUB+w6XNVFQGyN1WrlT8HlvQiMElYmiKauLuLLTm/64ogCBL/uOrVC 9f/yn4WIqzk1uZOKYLQU9AGfK04wHGBYtfDqKBzCXD1vMAai8IqNHc5nEyniP4AF TJCBrU4t75kQPU4mR9yAMlukoapmpFGWWOdmnRqIGIHC6PmyhVpEk4SmXt6laYlT 7Oz1Dcr56vQpIqXgUtw7Klh0kXcIQIr/YZIcXbyTCVY/xuVkwQ1CN/eyjHeR8ol2 3DLbcnnhP7WlqkG9fYkq =ajxC -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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tzcode2013c and tzdata2013c available
by Paul Eggert April 20, 2013

April 20, 2013

The 2013c release of the tz code and data is available. It reflects the following changes circulated on the tz mailing list: Changes affecting current and future time stamps: Palestine observed DST starting March 29, 2013. (Thanks to Steffen Thorsen.) From 2013 on, Gaza and Hebron both observe DST, with the predicted rules being the last Thursday in March at 24:00 to the first Friday on or after September 21 at 01:00. Assume that the recent change to Paraguay's DST rules is permanent, by moving the end of DST to the 4th Sunday in March every year. (Thanks to Carlos Raúl Perasso.) Changes affecting past time stamps: Fix some historical data for Palestine to agree with that of timeanddate.com, as follows: The spring 2008 change in Gaza and Hebron was on 00:00 Mar 28, not 00:00 Apr 1. The fall 2009 change in Gaza and Hebron on Sep 4 was at 01:00, not 02:00. The spring 2010 change in Hebron was 00:00 Mar 26, not 00:01 Mar 27. The spring 2011 change in Gaza was 00:01 Apr 1, not 12:01 Apr 2. The spring 2011 change in Hebron on Apr 1 was at 00:01, not 12:01. The fall 2011 change in Hebron on Sep 30 was at 00:00, not 03:00. Fix times of habitation for Macquarie to agree with the Tasmania Parks & Wildlife Service history, which indicates that permanent habitation was 1899-1919 and 1948 on. Changing affecting metadata only: Macquarie Island is politically part of Australia, not Antarctica. (Thanks to Tobias Conradi.) Sort Macquarie more-consistently with other parts of Australia. (Thanks to Tim Parenti.) Here are links to the release files: http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/releases/tzcode2013c.tar.gz http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/releases/tzdata2013c.tar.gz ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/releases/tzcode2013c.tar.gz ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/releases/tzdata2013c.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 f599ad15ce247473d28c179ff4d836dfcdbd0ca5 dated 2013-04-19 in the unofficial github repository at <https://github.com/eggert/tz>. Here are the GPG checksums for the release files: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAABAgAGBQJRcdDFAAoJEO2X6Q5iqn409ZYP/jNMuGfRb/3qwqDeUaiMUKrS yBWCYkME/oYLWSHdThGNKCRBhS8Hyr1qgOCm5YfYRTP2ZRKKOIAYPEWFUm5BvRYs r1nVmJVTea6/6jJq3yx5rAunb2C1ZRnyvHBBONRYEpAOm2EMiCMeDAXtXIpwqP7e VaAX5TFAKnxn6WJFZduU6TkCr1oWcNoFu7mZN0jy/9K1K8SLT95TLNtGAI9LtETk 3Ra9omCGy9hn/cV+PQcRa1P62uVYtyQat9Vx+nsYWluAbEofcK2wsdcIeqPlBY4X EdN66JmTrfJTrkZN425/0WIFxhr6X/nrS9LuQidzMy1PrU+0dvIWFxyUx0vE5bL5 p4NB41nu/jGs8H5ziEzDgLzMnKrMv+FzvWtcP9mYGVEzokUujxIARdUUiXoy/o4h xU111amQuDb/bmQJzdef1/SrTFqKJNwRikamDGdV+XmOJUKg1I/xP7U18c8J3qJd bgahir1f49jcglmN/W+/ViKVFZiJE/XeMSG3dGVcf3Ji9J1CHIlNjrTeTAHeilGI B+6gl/KPi6xrP8MtWs6jBVrGwzOL1zS7o+AFigWSEVU7a3UcqhGim18GXS4VjjTy lck/baoHF85mS9pig0lMxYLFa0+g/x5X7+nFAC8b6fLT/zmxwYXfuEOp35LixVC/ o330alvZudQDmy0vvwVY =h5yf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAABAgAGBQJRcdDFAAoJEO2X6Q5iqn40p78P/371Lir9rfTXas0Z6lvp3Lp9 KRv7+yzpNMh1toxsUmkeswvdRxn7v+r+l7F5G0oLlK7CN88nW8uUua+R/YNvMcRG v4UOxaIhCRrM2PG/JGiXF/6kjHP9m0l3206HJzxnhW1atl8DCVEz93jyUbVXtf20 IYlDv7DOqLj9GW5VoK8KlExnymUKgtGBuLlyROoKomGlWt851d05mrAMLTeVQ/Nh RasevczuqFhpGgB444/mJZ4KOTCElYyl9sau9qXXr5MfA5MmtOKaeg8O2r3PZl2x 0oto97okGITNu5hrhJ1dYk7WjM27HfDUHcIvGdsmXmdebA703O5sk4M2R3F/dYNL 79N+sFOfs8qBp4Knclv8eMVoptKJ/ARLkkdduU2ZE/I4oai4YaIYNLi+r9NFQWdU ihVsYdcPTvRAK/6+RaINPwS6JhHsbKWBqyFS+80q268WyC/gfPPH61/ZrJ+fiRiT FeBD1LYs+n1LO9gvtUzsVpJipc07OMWUR8RTFuhkBXMhRuOKk0ClkulV50bMDll9 M27pr4DlRohiCbCUVLIUkOYJNUfcLGGCfN33EWQf2h9E+9DEgsKcnYwv7y3384vQ lj0xHcGLwYj9xBnVQZwiVBIkeblzToWJ4pYSu7Lv0bUd/CE3paBTN1vSh8RmeMQc JV78TcXpv14qn9s04/n6 =ID32 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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tzcode2013b and tzdata2013b available
by Paul Eggert March 11, 2013

March 11, 2013

The 2013b release of the tz code and data is available. It reflects the following changes circulated on the tz mailing list: Changes affecting current and future time stamps: Haiti uses US daylight-saving rules this year, and presumably future years. This changes time stamps starting today. (Thanks to Steffen Thorsen.) Paraguay will end DST on March 24 this year. (Thanks to Steffen Thorsen.) For now, assume it's just this year. Morocco does not observe DST during Ramadan; try to predict Ramadan in Morocco as best we can. (Thanks to Erik Homoet for the heads-up.) Changes affecting commentary: Update URLs in tz-link page. Add URLs for webOS, BB10, iOS. Update URL for Solaris. Mention Internet RFC 6557. Update Internet RFCs 2445->5545, 2822->5322. Switch from FTP to HTTP for Internet RFCs. Here are links to the release files: http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/releases/tzcode2013b.tar.gz http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/releases/tzdata2013b.tar.gz ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/releases/tzcode2013b.tar.gz ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/releases/tzdata2013b.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 0fdbcdc2528dc22773c260bd3978910845cf9eab dated 2013-02-27 in the unofficial github repository at <https://github.com/eggert/tz>. Here are the GPG checksums for the release files: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAABAgAGBQJRPW2fAAoJEO2X6Q5iqn402j0QAK1/eES5f0CQEj9sACe0XPO+ 4Wzkat8hUPdqD3b6PjGcD7sqkSzteqItY03VSNZ0txbZ17i9S2D1zro7M9GGhkcK 8YoS0H8zS22pFJYFIVZPR/yXJCGZ+TdmRM4LuAqfKrId3wZ0Ur/UxVMH5ApdDXUA CyWDAbpWZ71VMYWATqookiXcFtMiQKRXWT/B0TKGnBkCPXtvy9oYMjgQH+7G//hs mqbfN+YFcYHQa/fuRch3ke6V9o/4JDt2R0oY4iDK+J3AFfaR6oWOVfF9jEa4ItoX 5lOihgVqj+cxZ0oP4gSKyPZq9MqeFiviecfnbiRGnYewTJtDgMtMcPyMrDnLKAFP peDyORwrDwd9xtDEOiPfVVGShDVzQOxyvhBvfHXx88RqEU1iajnGGktT0uf6P+Yv nJQZwlBe5rGYVdaFvpDG+YW7QWwQTgkFw+0XSwrXcxXh1q2DfQs6+4szQvOwI5R6 1+VI9fo2D1/IbnGjnt0GgaU62PF5yMm1uwZe+4IU09X5RL1mwXSMqjyPXD5R3a8n gUQVxi7xPv48zVHo3uKCUcK8Unc7axWBAD425udmVdh0bULqI8w9IOU1sWph5k/N xxBEhOJZHedeIghSBoRmQql2MaZ1IUMuvffuUzSAHiTpxShjfXdWi2PZ+PP6FEnA /v1XF4aV67w9nUyEEzrR =jGom -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAABAgAGBQJRPW2fAAoJEO2X6Q5iqn40VM4QALKEvD4AGK8lO3TYuWtqd341 F1qFfx4nXwDFnDbIB+LW5TtA4ExshAQtMM+UUFZC1uZVx/m7JdQPRhRH27bFnxr7 fjxwQTAdsKzJ4W35wCmJWT95/nX9UcUGpek6vO48WWDHTGWYOeWN7kMV5aY6J/Y2 jBNH9u/E+lYnyaEPWPD/IXHVu12ahOGp2ywOd+rp+OIDoZO9erX3K8Nw8UyKXl71 u1dg+X3QktAKncHxUFQz62bVQE29ryGFrmlN5DFfbZaLDHz1z6rzODNLqWp/lDgL v5/o27D4erJLI8i3zqjDSkanEWEm4R+prYYCy72RmAxhrIxsdRZs8TkBZ0KPzn82 z1dUXCHOpQnuUTiAErN2epa7AncRSQZfQj0do+CKU+59rktn7BkfGn5HVjNx0nWV 2pmoyfxHs+eUFT9eJc9fh6FImj51XSqve+5O2HD7e2KDAZyb3A8jal8x6bGeswhc WC1Mbw85jdDqlUf6Bcl+Oj6itD/2lzPdytq9mq0u07MOdopYFDRF57nGaCs1+EEe 3ynug/5UZqdNGZttlXauOahIHdy0V2EknVwQpDVZy4b8bSGtEot9TPuih4ooRkBY yGDzvgbwdiDOg9PAYqMf0aFXBuKzPZSWa2e6Undps+RWG/voFmUQuJ4dIxUhN0Yn hBnsoXGfNU4wV1Vh1+58 =KJwR -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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tzcode2013a and tzdata2013a available
by Paul Eggert March 2, 2013

March 2, 2013

The 2013a release of the tz code and data is available. This release does not contain fixes for Morocco this summer, which are still being investigated. Quite possibly there will be another release soon; it's the season anyway. The 2013a release does reflect the following changes circulated on the tz mailing list: Change affecting binary data format: The zone offset at the end of version-2-format zone files is now allowed to be 24:00, as per POSIX.1-2008. (Thanks to Arthor David Olson.) Changes affecting current and future time stamps: Chile's 2013 rules, and we guess rules for 2014 and later, will be the same as 2012, namely Apr Sun>=23 03:00 UTC to Sep Sun>=2 04:00 UTC. (Thanks to Steffen Thorsen and Robert Elz.) New Zones Asia/Khandyga, Asia/Ust-Nera, Europe/Busingen. (Thanks to Tobias Conradi and Arthur David Olson.) Many changes affect historical time stamps before 1940. These were deduced from: Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94 <http://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359>. Changes affecting the code: Fix zic bug that mishandled Egypt's 2010 changes (this also affected the data). (Thanks to Arthur David Olson.) Fix localtime bug when time_t is unsigned and data files were generated by a signed time_t system. (Thanks to Doug Bailey for reporting and to Arthur David Olson for fixing.) Allow the email address for bug reports to be set by the packager. The default is tz(a)iana.org, as before. (Thanks to Joseph S. Myers.) Update HTML checking to be compatible with Ubuntu 12.10. Check that files are a safe subset of ASCII. At some point we may relax this requirement to a safe subset of UTF-8. Without the check, some non-UTF-8 encodings were leaking into the distribution. Commentary changes: Restore a comment about copyright notices that was inadvertently deleted. (Thanks to Arthur David Olson.) Improve the commentary about which districts observe what times in Russia. (Thanks to Oscar van Vlijmen and Arthur David Olson). Add web page links to tz.js. Add "Run by the Monkeys" to tz-art. (Thanks to Arthur David Olson.) Here are links to the release files: http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/releases/tzcode2013a.tar.gz http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/releases/tzdata2013a.tar.gz ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/releases/tzcode2013a.tar.gz ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/releases/tzdata2013a.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 0fdbcdc2528dc22773c260bd3978910845cf9eab dated 2013-02-27 in the unofficial github repository at <https://github.com/eggert/tz>. Here are the GPG checksums for the release files: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAABAgAGBQJRLkCBAAoJEO2X6Q5iqn40avcP/0q74Z7/uRU+CO8uDY/qPQF1 4Fj2B1LNQvl7WMN353yBIq5pFZZmg0LvTO+yhCLaAkzBHdwbxPl0Qxx4Dz1n3k+7 3nITn6UzPhj1jr2VQ1IK3uSj6Htj/ge4hlhn5rkkKcvRoWwL1A76/K59SjDYRTZ1 yCkcKPXd9pQhb8FaUegfHBSRF4zRUMwKLQCLB3U+RHFiWM2QsdlB/RTXIzbmO8bt 8rLKMLdybcbIEYxAOgBTFYV41qACgLwvP4OnzVhVLzpRXfJlI7HfAROIwGb4caAx WulH47yupMMue2Ivk7DT0PUG97UNPbTHmCSMH2UgebfzI1fZJwnHD5fGyyYrbVG3 h25ZQLckUBGtsd5p8FJFWZZduzsxKLhlxvLWc4KCbkEZJfdT+xAEyaktfqNVkTL9 PAkIr2hzZt9j5ZlYC7I6u11/GnT0oPYuMdti0FN13rI/R/qp6Wecid6xwDsKL0uP JwvJOgG+smWL3Suzpf+Bx7upkVLq+8jiB6vFG7fQJh8A7zQH0Kf8hpMvQQTLxca9 srrvXozYhFVjMaN+GMaR428MaT+BHtygnZF0X5pNsf95j3GsaJBV4ZudAV2Ti/H3 bfbLUi5JQBIlrn4dhjnQWCAg1ibmqsDGk7p0Fi0bLJHMcnaXWk6oFvbnPYDQcN7i 7wrV51ah1sMw8szxyCmc =7iDy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAABAgAGBQJRLkCTAAoJEO2X6Q5iqn40hFIP/3/WUFzXai5UrbD6U4D+e46X 9w1t1kdyMq9Xn1Bso3yT2aS7hj9TEUz4cuNEXv/X1HDdn6ML+7oTmgx5wOKzHaow gHbS4RwSJhvDk11e8QqDK8ywuSrz985eJua8sClgMRFpfZciWVxJS/2LdbOvowp2 +NM/3EAjy5fNJYYnqznP2XykSnR9+C/u0bsJZUeUMxhTckru5RZcwbj3srtfqg9O mzc7zqo4Hx2rHUBvBji+bcCgehlx6NtAGxa64MiN4qRz192mPSi9M8P8d+lxpYdl vYa1bLQirimFS1QJJCigz6hp7Iq4PrHoIbzMRgJgJ53v8bJOwxtEkxFk0CSeGGmn Za+KSUdoY2l4d6wqin2VPErd5UIrmgSyKPcNmlQhVZ2fPHi/m1m0TE9gvrTayFV4 f5IYjovjmZyQ/SqOF65F0LgJZX5RFj4GWdNR6TAuvTEvGCdljSEBQHtrO/j7PXvP t/pDhS7ysjVUPmuz/YINwBF4lXMBTpqHVZjQvCQOoo/O3qXntbZ5ZPj72j0aOcdH h6w/CKnmE1Ik9QAgqauvawHdpH8scVje4CqDb4g5cFYwbfRhFeXn7L2SCyuI3nvt +TXd3Td4tXA0ER+f11VWRQ321L8QbBXgfCKqKYWPN4CYD/ol2YFYO7M52mVmZ25B 4MfU+tUHHisSiAe2r+C8 =fURy -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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tzcode2012j and tzdata2012j available
by Paul Eggert Nov. 13, 2012

Nov. 13, 2012

The 2012j release of the tz code and data is available. It reflects the following changes recently circulated on the tz mailing list: Libya moved to CET this weekend, but with DST planned next year. (Thanks to Even Scharning, Steffen Thorsen, and Tim Parenti.) Signatures now have the extension .asc, not .sign, as that's more standard. (Thanks to Phil Pennock.) The output of 'zdump --version', and of 'zic --version', now uses a format that is more typical for --version. (Thanks to Joseph S. Myers.) The output of 'tzselect --help', 'zdump --help', and 'zic --help' now uses tz(a)iana.org rather than the old elsie address. zic -v now complains about abbreviations that are less than 3 or more than 6 characters, as per Posix. Formerly, it checked for abbreviations that were more than 3. 'make public' no longer puts its temporary directory under /tmp, and uses the just-built zic rather than the system zic. Various fixes to documentation and commentary. For this release I did not find the time to carefully review Joseph S. Myers's suggestion about BUGEMAIL in <http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2012-November/018452.html>. At first glance the suggestion seems like a good one, and I'd like to put it into the next release. Here are links to the release files: http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/releases/tzcode2012j.tar.gz http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/releases/tzdata2012j.tar.gz ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/releases/tzcode2012j.tar.gz ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/releases/tzdata2012j.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 dec96c09a2e3f735292a49929df29028d26c4f1c in the unofficial github repository at <https://github.com/eggert/tz>. Here are the GPG checksums for the release files: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAABAgAGBQJQobHpAAoJEO2X6Q5iqn40P8oQAIrQuNzzbLe6vcegbNAE1CME NwSqANNbsehf6vC6C/n5SLl6R329wFYZ4XXYSgzOVqKMW37IjULO+/xIxIeRdJ2h soFBd3G4AVM7bMlVPEwXe6rHeQ4x0KofejJIwT+B1gUrWCtaJ/3cse+0qwoGAi9t iahC/9h7ERNUy5S5ZJ228ZDrwq9vtLxtBLSZby7a/g11jUM+OVWwHrJAaj9d8PR/ zv0OKtZ1jhJdvcKgdnpdVMAC3Nvp+hNNae9UvLxtoTGn8WVG54zXaRVgBwAol7// WrZQHidJXPLg9mbvpNgFleMN5IJrOXh3P2kW0hr9LkeZFlNeuKWQ3YxjEvz0EKe2 0Oi30OYZlyfEFALMSvpuQ0LnxM7WSTkecrh4LbL3OZM2bzoC0TNqgFb1GX9hIc0h VV0StBUB9H0mGud4TA8WYzoX5oO7Obz+mogOZ754TKQ7aqAzWveEaQHSwjTBst6O VC7htCKT5pwUY0v+v9vp+as2qMplTMBMNDegSIYHEwyWVdHpZnRtBcGwd56exWCa MZiIhdZ9txmyCcxbAstZym/crvHpRxR1jabOShlRzuqFAuqOO0PkrdUUcPHGGY9P J1wJvDThZr6il/oR5/m6V+9OcKc4qDC9h8F8sKMq7xcmzQiTTscnvwmE6QQfDKlO PAN37ua5YwawD9kErq1z =tjIa -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAABAgAGBQJQobH2AAoJEO2X6Q5iqn40kBsP/j8AqTr5mkZDfqVFcoIvR4ej HChstB5X8RRgNyqk/89t5dwkVTSOmJ4f2kqhXnBRbq93I+KGT0STHZatYMPXkuKV pGWYkpdW1esyBrPT8ypqC3yWkBw3ZXoojT+CeeKifLLAyUGwoik9IfZz8DMtbm/s YdTP3Iv9sjwcybmGWLeRFq4htXOKtIzKAsTKJtfEjvdUBNgdl8McOsytUp3jMoPh /UNL2K3zIzBSX/keUXWnKv87ZWjmgBp0QpAZ+WecQcuLLyasTo8ktuT+7LCD/W8k jPq5itr3WP43tjvE6BA1mIyKdwBuYw6yhe1+acd/E6n3PJvxnLQYvER24v8B/4OQ dJtGEO2zzUZEfVYrfHeTdIu8gdE22MjrbhvB8rF1g8STRoNgligY0Owb7kGK9w0F ktX8z6JMVd2umca5mfkW2T9OH4Tr+EXYK1vSn1BOrUEcIJr2Li3XwZbs4s7fQgMT mfN97ce8+CapUmUN+D0Ce0aSlkU5IN27zZvORar3N8jKh3F8ls5Ge17M2tEPHRtW DWrRztFlRMwW0keHhna6+Q1+PzGxUAxGhWL7O73BddUD9gKo7nu9nbNc4cdeKul8 rRUctp5BEu4GpBqi7LLscLXEe0vZJWAgjX4FTfY17+MzFyKv0SfT3sDeuOiH8Ckb LihrCaAvM539PSqk3fWA =0LL/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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tzcode2012i and tzdata2012i available
by Paul Eggert Nov. 3, 2012

Nov. 3, 2012

The 2012i release of the tz code and data is available. It reflects the following changes recently circulated on the tz mailing list: Cuba switches from DST tomorrow at 01:00. (Thanks to Steffen Thorsen.) Linker flags can now be specified via LDFLAGS. AWK now defaults to 'awk', not 'nawk'. The shell in tzselect now defaults to /bin/bash, but this can be overridden by specifying KSHELL. The main web page now mentions the unofficial github repository. (Thanks to Mike Frysinger.) Tarball signatures can now be built by running 'make signatures'. There are also new makefile rules 'tarballs', 'check_public', and separate makefile rules for each tarball and signature file. A few makefile rules are now more portable to strict POSIX. The main web page now lists the canonical IANA URL. Here are links to the release files: http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/releases/tzcode2012i.tar.gz http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/releases/tzdata2012i.tar.gz ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/releases/tzcode2012i.tar.gz ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/releases/tzdata2012i.tar.gz Each release file has a GPG signature, which can be retrieved by appending ".sign" 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 a1752133a1b2ad076a2901fea51f8e3b3ab83379 in the unofficial github repository at <https://github.com/eggert/tz>. Here are the GPG checksums for the release files: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAABAgAGBQJQlXcwAAoJEO2X6Q5iqn40DmYP/2D4aEgIjN7lhjvkR5NnjYsd F4bhu2Obs8uLKAM3RalV7DS8YIT/wilsIA1xpW/XW+bv0FMymuJElEqfdL4VdfIE gg+/Xr3i2qsN664sqGnJekqwF1jjQfeA5ofOzxs5Bt7Yt4g2pqPiNAu1cm/7rBlF Pr6pKhQ9J71mmKo1r1J5echCDuPv0vyShmB+uNN0p6xqTsV9rLFLeh5+517cIIAp uadhThR/2ygs0ZMMsAQ8Xq5NRXYTnlKG/poHwdYwWV6yOTGFVJpbHz2Gz5BhCBvO nNEhLSgvrR2m2S73Jp6o3laFhYiJm7RhZl3mS6yXZApoYOu9r2lxU1hNzD7NYZSN I9xFYDa4haO0XxN0AgYHl4LuK9keqjGZsA5OlzG2bs8nH3ZNfopuRbtZDy10zxQs 8IBMbgdHDnOS9j3F4/f+jzrp0kGD6V1dvgCE8xHa/dcewdZaGFqjFezlK49uKIJF cEXuBTDI3pXiZ29gdVzUn2RyQ3ezjoKUfaxsloRlXIvJxrd7EJeDuWWMWWfqhu16 +xr/ocdceCcKjbGhV134O1kgM9s6jWxxUApycdmRchAuDNS9JF+mrHpuJ0mnkPP/ HGKPXFb+p2BywPjkxDLxdLsZYoIt+C502hdo/YnKpIKHGDDbD/YK4V0K2qrvJv68 u1zKzIUdRKRZ3jmOKY1r =Ru59 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAABAgAGBQJQlXcwAAoJEO2X6Q5iqn40Xu0P/3gkB48HDohDwtIfFRQlgo+z cbfWoSQ8ZDvFJRRpkJsqWryahKwn6ezd8yt2CmkdfvcFd4WggjrQIJC9wEZtRgog Y9laePIvwveWaxccc//iPfThsOdgUANqCWziEOxZwJAWbQvprv6YYuyXx2t2VC5s LqN62EgJJXlbCK43yhIoJrVQh/z5nAt8ObDuvkOM0f5JGTPXFZYQda/KFp8iNR0l 0HuKafacPNSRDTi8YTEBs8EH75MaLbcZzzFt5gN/FiW1FgrPmW44IKn0F89O3AIF Yh88+8DV3XKtSuaHPSnZXFXaa0IvEq5vec897zdW8dSSwlUazfzlcnTi19kiesZ3 PVMeeK6lwfBftZZ5/E62gVfQZZIebOnJdEw3sopo2BZaIdTwBLLYI019kzPO4U64 Z1EBDuFAQ3yd8nQnJF2f/vaQOwOwpuo3ZVjFJPqqp2+9+Xg5mv3StKRhFNrm9Nun kIVgsZUtjD5HfpM5S4QqbU1WRPdJVp0aTZwz7gKz/GrcKIEQFj039DvyEB5iY16Q MPPpQ5/yGeJ5K3fgcT+gBxklMOz7MoZ90NveZ4cQ0KHogs6walDAGi7LKWPVobDn hE1R2+n9BUdikcxk9EJ+LJYr4NXOCKiikzurV+EfXM/IGRKUnTKrOGJV+9l5hSPx Juu9SIUxSNpAsjS/55lc =p8iS -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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