February 1998 - tz - lists.iana.org

tzcode1998c.tar.gz and tzdata1998c.tar.gz
by Olson, Arthur David 28 Feb '98

28 Feb '98

The files ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzcode1998c.tar.gz and ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzcode1998c.tar.gz are now available. These incorporate the proposed changes circulated by Paul Eggert on the time zone mailing list a few days ago (save the "French correction," on which I'll wait for the dust to settle); also included are the symlink changes circulated earlier this year and changes and additions to Arts.htm. --ado

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proposed tz changes for Brazil DST, Asia/Gaza, tzfile.5, and comments
by Paul Eggert 27 Feb '98

27 Feb '98

It's time to update tz, as the clocks in much of Brazil do not currently agree with what tz claims. Here's a proposed patch that address the following issues that have accumulated over time. * Update the rules for Brazil's summer of 1997-1998, thanks to Daniel C. Sobral <dcs(a)gns.com.br>. Now the Pope is getting into the daylight-saving act! * Change Asia/Gaza to use Jordan's DST rules starting in 1996, and observe the Zion rules from 1940 through 1947, as suggested by Amos Shapir <amos(a)nsof.co.il>. * Mention size of reserved-for-future-use space in tzfile.5, as suggested by Denis Excoffier <Denis.Excoffier(a)ens.fr>. * The CIA no longer claims that Uzbekistan has two time zones, so remove commentary dismissing that claim. * Use comment headings that reflect the ISO country code table more accurately for UK/Eire, Denmark, Faeroe, Greenland, Svalbard, Jan Mayen, China, Taiwan, Korea (North and South), US minor outlying islands, and French Southern & Antarctic Lands. This was suggested by Dave Skinner <dave(a)kirdu.jpl.nasa.gov>. Palestine is still a special case; it has no ISO country code but has its own section regardless, as I expect it to get a country code eventually. * Update and correct URLs, some of which have become outdated. I still have two big tasks in my in-box: Law's data and Olson's suggestion for automatically maintaining last-changed times; these will have to wait until I get more free time. =================================================================== RCS file: RCS/antarctica,v retrieving revision 1998.2 retrieving revision 1998.2.1.1 diff -c -r1998.2 -r1998.2.1.1 *** antarctica 1998/01/17 19:27:24 1998.2 --- antarctica 1998/02/27 02:12:05 1998.2.1.1 *************** *** 51,60 **** 6:00 - MAWT # Mawson Time # References: # <a href="http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/casey/casey_aws.html"> ! # http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/casey/casey_aws.html (1996-07-15) # </a> # <a href="http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/mawson/video.html"> ! # http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/mawson/video.html (1996-04-19) # </a> # Brazil - year-round base --- 51,60 ---- 6:00 - MAWT # Mawson Time # References: # <a href="http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/casey/casey_aws.html"> ! # Casey Weather (1998-02-26) # </a> # <a href="http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/mawson/video.html"> ! # Mawson Station, Antarctica (1998-02-25) # </a> # Brazil - year-round base *************** *** 78,84 **** # don't observe daylight saving time, even if Terre Adelie supplies came # from Tasmania. # ! # 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 --- 78,84 ---- # don't observe daylight saving time, even if Terre Adelie supplies came # from Tasmania. # ! # French Southern & Antarctic Lands with year-round inhabitants # # Martin-de-Vivies Base, Amsterdam Island, -374105+0773155, since 1950 # Alfred-Faure Base, Crozet Islands, -462551+0515152, since 1964 *************** *** 104,110 **** 10:00 - DDUT # Dumont-d'Urville Time # Reference: # <a href="http://www.icair.iac.org.nz/science/reports/fr/IFRTP.html"> ! # Support and Development of Polar Research and Technology (1996-09-10) # </a> --- 104,110 ---- 10:00 - DDUT # Dumont-d'Urville Time # Reference: # <a href="http://www.icair.iac.org.nz/science/reports/fr/IFRTP.html"> ! # Support and Development of Polar Research and Technology (1997-02-03) # </a> *************** *** 212,220 **** # at that time (1957). (Source: Siple's book 90 degrees SOUTH.) # # From Susan Smith ! # <a href="http://www.cybertours.com/whs/pole10.html"> ! # http://www.cybertours.com/whs/pole10.html (1995-11-13 16:24:56 +1300): ! # </a> # We use the same time as McMurdo does. # And they use the same time as Christchurch, NZ does.... # One last quirk about South Pole time. --- 212,219 ---- # at that time (1957). (Source: Siple's book 90 degrees SOUTH.) # # From Susan Smith ! # http://www.cybertours.com/whs/pole10.html ! # (1995-11-13 16:24:56 +1300, no longer available): # We use the same time as McMurdo does. # And they use the same time as Christchurch, NZ does.... # One last quirk about South Pole time. =================================================================== RCS file: RCS/asia,v retrieving revision 1998.2 retrieving revision 1998.2.1.1 diff -c -r1998.2 -r1998.2.1.1 *** asia 1998/01/17 19:27:24 1998.2 --- asia 1998/02/27 02:12:05 1998.2.1.1 *************** *** 154,160 **** 8:00 - ICT 1931 May 7:00 - ICT ! # People's Republic of China # From Guy Harris: # People's Republic of China. Yes, they really have only one time zone. --- 154,160 ---- 8:00 - ICT 1931 May 7:00 - ICT ! # China # From Guy Harris: # People's Republic of China. Yes, they really have only one time zone. *************** *** 237,243 **** ############################################################################### ! # Republic of China # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Taiwan 1945 1951 - May 1 0:00 1:00 D --- 237,243 ---- ############################################################################### ! # Taiwan # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Taiwan 1945 1951 - May 1 0:00 1:00 D *************** *** 354,360 **** # From Paul Eggert (1996-12-17), following up a suggestion by Rich Wales: # Ahmea Alavi in # <a href="http://tehran.stanford.edu/Iran_Lib/Calendar/taghveem.txt"> ! # http://tehran.stanford.edu/Iran_Lib/Calendar/taghveem.txt (1993-08-04) # </a> # writes ``Daylight saving time in Iran starts from the first day # of Farvardin and ends the first day of Mehr.'' This disagrees with the SSIM: --- 354,360 ---- # From Paul Eggert (1996-12-17), following up a suggestion by Rich Wales: # Ahmea Alavi in # <a href="http://tehran.stanford.edu/Iran_Lib/Calendar/taghveem.txt"> ! # TAGHVEEM (1993-08-04) # </a> # writes ``Daylight saving time in Iran starts from the first day # of Farvardin and ends the first day of Mehr.'' This disagrees with the SSIM: *************** *** 677,683 **** ############################################################################### ! # Korea # From Guy Harris: # According to someone at the Korean Times in San Francisco, --- 677,683 ---- ############################################################################### ! # Korea (North and South) # From Guy Harris: # According to someone at the Korean Times in San Francisco, *************** *** 779,787 **** 5:00 - MVT # Maldives Time # Mongolia ! # Shanks says that Mongolia has three time zones, but usno1995 and ! # <a href="http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/95fact/802389h.gif"> ! # http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/95fact/802389h.gif (1995) # </a> # both say that it has just one. # Let's comment out the western and eastern Mongolian time zones --- 779,787 ---- 5:00 - MVT # Maldives Time # Mongolia ! # Shanks says that Mongolia has three time zones, but usno1995 and the CIA map ! # <a href="http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/nsolo/rmap-pdf/802483.pdf"> ! # Standard Time Zones of the World (1997-01) # </a> # both say that it has just one. # Let's comment out the western and eastern Mongolian time zones *************** *** 827,832 **** --- 827,889 ---- 5:00 - PKT # Pakistan Time # Palestine + + # From Amos Shapir <amos(a)nsof.co.il> (1998-02-15): + # + # From 1917 until 1948-05-15, all of Palestine, including the parts now + # known as the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, was under British rule. + # Therefore the rules given for Israel for that period, apply there too. + # (Though I find the name "Zion" rather inappropriate -- why not just call + # it "Israel" or "Palestine"?) + # + # The Gaza Strip was under Egyptian rule between 1948-05-15 until 1967-06-05 + # (except a short occupation by Israel from 1956-11 till 1957-03, but no + # time zone was affected then). It was never formally annexed to Egypt, + # though. + # + # The rest of Palestine was under Jordanian rule at that time, formally + # annexed in 1950 as the West Bank (and the word "Trans" was dropped from + # the country's previous name of "the Hashemite Kingdom of the + # Trans-Jordan"). So the rules for Jordan for that time apply. Major + # towns in that area are Nablus (Shchem), El-Halil (Hebron), Ramallah, and + # East Jerusalem. + # + # Both areas were occupied by Israel in June 1967, but not annexed (except + # for East Jerusalem). They were on Israel time since then; there might + # have been a Military Governor's order about time zones, but I'm not aware + # of any (such orders may have been issued semi-annually whenever summer + # time was in effect, but maybe the legal aspect of time was just neglected). + # + # The Palestinian Authority was established in 1993, and got hold of most + # towns in the West Bank and Gaza by 1995. I know that in order to + # demonstrate some manner of independence, they have been switching to + # summer time and back on a different schedule than Israel's, but I don't + # know when this was started, or what algorithm is used (most likely the + # Jordanian one). + # + # To summarize, the table should probably look something like that: + # + # Area \ when | 1918-1947 | 1948-1967 | 1967-1995 | 1996- + # ------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+----------- + # Israel | Zion | Zion | Zion | Zion + # West bank | Zion | Jordan | Zion | Jordan + # Gaza | Zion | Egypt | Zion | Jordan + # + # I guess more info may be available from the PA's web page (if/when they + # have one). + + # From Paul Eggert (1998-02-25): + # Shanks writes that Gaza did not observe DST until 1957, but we'll go + # with Shapir and assume that it observed DST from 1940 through 1947, + # and that it used Jordanian rules starting in 1996. + # We don't yet need a separate entry for the West Bank, since + # the only differences between it and Gaza that we know about + # occurred before our cutoff date of 1970. + # However, as we get more information, we may need to add entries + # for parts of the West Bank as they transitioned from Israel's rules + # to Palestine's rules. If you have more info about this, please + # send it to tz(a)elsie.nci.nih.gov for incorporation into future editions. + # These rules for Egypt are stolen from the `africa' file. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule EgyptAsia 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S *************** *** 837,845 **** Rule EgyptAsia 1966 only - Oct 1 3:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct ! 2:00 - EET 1957 May 10 ! 2:00 EgyptAsia EE%sT 1967 Jun 30 ! 2:00 Zion I%sT # Paracel Is # no information --- 894,903 ---- Rule EgyptAsia 1966 only - Oct 1 3:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct ! 2:00 Zion EET 1948 May 15 ! 2:00 EgyptAsia EE%sT 1967 Jun 5 ! 2:00 Zion I%sT 1996 ! 2:00 Jordan EE%sT # Paracel Is # no information *************** *** 890,906 **** # Sri Lanka # From Paul Eggert (1996-09-03): # <a href="http://www.virtual-pc.com/lankaweb/news/items/240596-2.html"> ! # http://www.virtual-pc.com/lankaweb/news/items/240596-2.html (1996-05-24) # </a> # reported ``the country's standard time will be put forward by one hour at # midnight Friday (1830 GMT) `in the light of the present power crisis'.'' # Transitions before 1996 are from Shanks (1991). # # From Dharmasiri Senanayake, Sri Lanka Media Minister (1996-10-24), as quoted ! # in # <a href="news:54rka5$m5h@mtinsc01-mgt.ops.worldnet.att.net"> ! # news:54rka5$m5h@mtinsc01-mgt.ops.worldnet.att.net (1996-10-26): ! # </a> # With effect from 12.30 a.m. on 26th October 1996 # Sri Lanka will be six (06) hours ahead of GMT. --- 948,964 ---- # Sri Lanka # From Paul Eggert (1996-09-03): # <a href="http://www.virtual-pc.com/lankaweb/news/items/240596-2.html"> ! # Sri Lanka advances clock by an hour to avoid blackout (1996-05-24) # </a> # reported ``the country's standard time will be put forward by one hour at # midnight Friday (1830 GMT) `in the light of the present power crisis'.'' # Transitions before 1996 are from Shanks (1991). # # From Dharmasiri Senanayake, Sri Lanka Media Minister (1996-10-24), as quoted ! # by Shamindra in # <a href="news:54rka5$m5h@mtinsc01-mgt.ops.worldnet.att.net"> ! # Daily News - Hot News Section (1996-10-26) ! # </a>: # With effect from 12.30 a.m. on 26th October 1996 # Sri Lanka will be six (06) hours ahead of GMT. *************** *** 990,1003 **** 5:00 - UZT # Uzbekistan Time # Shanks has Tashkent using DST after 1991, but usno1995 says they don't. # Guess no DST after 1991. - # <a href="http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/95fact/802389h.gif"> - # http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/95fact/802389h.gif (1995) - # </a> - # says that Uzbekistan has two time zones, but a cable - # <a href="http://www.itaiep.doc.gov/bisnis/cables/960510uz.html"> - # http://www.itaiep.doc.gov/bisnis/cables/960510uz.html (1996-05-10) - # </a> - # from the American Embassy in Tashkent implies that they have just one. # Vietnam # From Paul Eggert <eggert(a)twinsun.com> (1993-11-18): --- 1048,1053 ---- =================================================================== RCS file: RCS/australasia,v retrieving revision 1998.2 retrieving revision 1998.2.1.1 diff -c -r1998.2 -r1998.2.1.1 *** australasia 1998/01/17 19:27:24 1998.2 --- australasia 1998/02/27 02:12:05 1998.2.1.1 *************** *** 213,233 **** Zone Pacific/Guam 9:39:00 - LMT 1901 # Agana 10:00 - GST - # Howland, Baker - # uninhabited since World War II - # no information; was probably like Pacific/Pago_Pago - - # Jarvis - # uninhabited since 1958 - # no information; was probably like Pacific/Kiritimati - - # Johnston - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] - Zone Pacific/Johnston -10:00 - HST - - # Kingman - # uninhabited - # Kiribati # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Tarawa 11:32:04 - LMT 1901 # Bairiki --- 213,218 ---- *************** *** 352,360 **** Zone Pacific/Palau 8:57:56 - LMT 1901 # Koror 9:00 - PWT # Palau Time - # Palmyra - # uninhabited since World War II; was probably like Pacific/Kiritimati - # Papua New Guinea # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Port_Moresby 9:48:40 - LMT 1880 --- 337,342 ---- *************** *** 402,407 **** --- 384,416 ---- Zone Pacific/Funafuti 11:56:52 - LMT 1901 12:00 - TVT # Tuvalu Time + + # US minor outlying islands + + # Howland, Baker + # uninhabited since World War II + # no information; was probably like Pacific/Pago_Pago + + # Jarvis + # uninhabited since 1958 + # no information; was probably like Pacific/Kiritimati + + # Johnston + # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] + Zone Pacific/Johnston -10:00 - HST + + # Kingman + # uninhabited + + # 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 + + # Vanuatu # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Vanuatu 1983 only - Sep 25 0:00 1:00 S *************** *** 414,424 **** Zone Pacific/Efate 11:13:16 - LMT 1912 Jan 13 # Vila 11:00 Vanuatu VU%sT # Vanuatu Time - # Wake - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] - Zone Pacific/Wake 11:06:28 - LMT 1901 - 12:00 - WAKT # Wake Time - # Wallis and Futuna # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 --- 423,428 ---- *************** *** 517,532 **** # # NSW (including LHI and Broken Hill): # <a href="http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/sta1987137/index.html"> ! # http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/sta1987137/index.html # </a> # ACT ! # <a href="http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/act/consol_act/consol_act/stasta1972279/i"> ! # http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/act/consol_act/consol_act/stasta1972279/i # </a> - # ndex.html # SA # <a href="http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/sa/consol_act/sta1898137/index.html"> ! # http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/sa/consol_act/sta1898137/index.html # </a> # Northern Territory --- 521,535 ---- # # NSW (including LHI and Broken Hill): # <a href="http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/sta1987137/index.html"> ! # Standard Time Act 1987 (updated 1995-04-04) # </a> # ACT ! # <a href="http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/act/consol_act/consol_act/stasta1972279/…"> ! # Standard Time and Summer Time Act 1972 # </a> # SA # <a href="http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/sa/consol_act/sta1898137/index.html"> ! # Standard Time Act, 1898 # </a> # Northern Territory =================================================================== RCS file: RCS/europe,v retrieving revision 1998.2 retrieving revision 1998.2.1.1 diff -c -r1998.2 -r1998.2.1.1 *** europe 1998/01/17 19:27:25 1998.2 --- europe 1998/02/27 02:12:05 1998.2.1.1 *************** *** 65,71 **** ############################################################################### ! # United Kingdom # The UK and its colonies adopted the Gregorian calendar on 1752-09-14. # From Peter Ilieve <peter(a)memex.co.uk> (1994-07-06): --- 65,71 ---- ############################################################################### ! # Britain (United Kingdom) and Ireland (Eire) # The UK and its colonies adopted the Gregorian calendar on 1752-09-14. # From Peter Ilieve <peter(a)memex.co.uk> (1994-07-06): *************** *** 1132,1138 **** 1:00 Czech CE%sT 1979 1:00 EU CE%sT ! # Denmark # Gregorian calendar adopted 1700-03-01. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Denmark 1916 only - May 14 23:00 1:00 S --- 1132,1138 ---- 1:00 Czech CE%sT 1979 1:00 EU CE%sT ! # Denmark, Faeroe Islands, and Greenland # Gregorian calendar adopted 1700-03-01. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Denmark 1916 only - May 14 23:00 1:00 S *************** *** 1464,1470 **** # From Paul Eggert (1996-05-06): # For Italian DST we have three sources: Shanks, Whitman, and F. Pollastri # <a href="http://pisolo.cstv.to.cnr.it/toi/uk/ienitlt.html"> ! # http://pisolo.cstv.to.cnr.it/toi/uk/ienitlt.html (1996-03-14) # </a> # (`FP' below), taken from an Italian National Electrotechnical Institute # publication. When the three sources disagree, guess who's right, as follows: --- 1464,1470 ---- # From Paul Eggert (1996-05-06): # For Italian DST we have three sources: Shanks, Whitman, and F. Pollastri # <a href="http://pisolo.cstv.to.cnr.it/toi/uk/ienitlt.html"> ! # Day-light Saving Time in Italy (1996-03-14) # </a> # (`FP' below), taken from an Italian National Electrotechnical Institute # publication. When the three sources disagree, guess who's right, as follows: *************** *** 1712,1722 **** 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1945 Apr 2 2:00 1:00 Norway CE%sT 1980 1:00 EU CE%sT ! # ! # Svalbard Link Europe/Oslo Arctic/Longyearbyen - # - # Jan Mayen # From Whitman: # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Atlantic/Jan_Mayen -1:00 - EGT --- 1712,1720 ---- 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1945 Apr 2 2:00 1:00 Norway CE%sT 1980 1:00 EU CE%sT ! ! # Svalbard & Jan Mayen Link Europe/Oslo Arctic/Longyearbyen # From Whitman: # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Atlantic/Jan_Mayen -1:00 - EGT *************** *** 2084,2092 **** # Sweden # From: msb(a)sq.com (Mark Brader) ! # <a href=news:1996Jul6.012937.29190@sq.com> ! # news:1996Jul6.012937.29190@sq.com ! # </a>: # # In 1700, Denmark made the transition from Julian to Gregorian. Sweden # decided to *start* a transition in 1700 as well, but rather than have one of --- 2082,2091 ---- # Sweden # From: msb(a)sq.com (Mark Brader) ! # <a href="news:1996Jul6.012937.29190@sq.com"> ! # Subject: Re: Gregorian reform -- a part of locale? ! # </a> ! # Date: 1996-07-06 # # In 1700, Denmark made the transition from Julian to Gregorian. Sweden # decided to *start* a transition in 1700 as well, but rather than have one of =================================================================== RCS file: RCS/southamerica,v retrieving revision 1998.2 retrieving revision 1998.2.1.1 diff -c -r1998.2 -r1998.2.1.1 *** southamerica 1998/01/17 19:27:25 1998.2 --- southamerica 1998/02/27 02:12:05 1998.2.1.1 *************** *** 274,281 **** Rule Brazil 1993 1995 - Oct Sun>=11 0:00 1:00 D Rule Brazil 1993 only - Jan 31 0:00 0 S Rule Brazil 1994 1995 - Feb Sun>=15 0:00 0 S ! Rule Brazil 1996 max - Feb Sun>=11 0:00 0 S ! Rule Brazil 1996 max - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] # --- 274,298 ---- Rule Brazil 1993 1995 - Oct Sun>=11 0:00 1:00 D Rule Brazil 1993 only - Jan 31 0:00 0 S Rule Brazil 1994 1995 - Feb Sun>=15 0:00 0 S ! Rule Brazil 1996 only - Feb Sun>=11 0:00 0 S ! Rule Brazil 1996 only - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D ! # From Daniel C. Sobral <dcs(a)gns.com.br> (1998-02-12): ! # In 1997, the DS began on October 6. The stated reason was that ! # because international television networks ignored Brazil's policy on DS, ! # they bought the wrong times on satellite for coverage of Pope's visit. ! # This year, the ending date of DS was postponed to March 1 ! # to help dealing with the shortages of electric power. ! # ! # From Paul Eggert (1998-02-25): ! # Reference for 1997-10-06 change: ! # <a href="http://churchnet.ucsm.ac.uk/news/files2/news165.htm"> ! # Brazil Prepares for Papal Visit ! # </a>, ! # Church Net UK (1997-10-02). ! Rule Brazil 1997 only - Oct 6 0:00 1:00 D ! Rule Brazil 1998 only - Mar 1 0:00 0 S ! Rule Brazil 1998 max - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D ! Rule Brazil 1999 max - Feb Sun>=11 0:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] # =================================================================== RCS file: RCS/tzfile.5,v retrieving revision 1997.9 retrieving revision 1997.9.1.1 diff -c -r1997.9 -r1997.9.1.1 *** tzfile.5 1997/12/29 14:31:51 1997.9 --- tzfile.5 1998/02/27 02:12:05 1997.9.1.1 *************** *** 9,15 **** .IR tzset (3) begin with the magic characters "TZif" to identify then as time zone information files, ! followed by bytes reserved for future use, followed by six four-byte values of type .BR long , written in a ``standard'' byte order --- 9,15 ---- .IR tzset (3) begin with the magic characters "TZif" to identify then as time zone information files, ! followed by sixteen bytes reserved for future use, followed by six four-byte values of type .BR long , written in a ``standard'' byte order

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RE: Zoneinfo questions
by Olson, Arthur David 19 Feb '98

19 Feb '98

Below are copies of a couple of 1989 letters on the history of the time zone software. These days Paul Eggert is doing the bulk of the maintenance work; the central repository remains at ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub. --ado ==============================================================

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FW: Zoneinfo questions
by Olson, Arthur David 19 Feb '98

19 Feb '98

Note that Mark White is not on the time zone mailing list; any replies should include Mark. A copy of a letter from me to Mark should follow. --ado ---------- From: White, Mark[SMTP:Mark.White@COMPAQ.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 1998 8:06 PM To: 'tz(a)elsie.nci.nih.gov' Subject: Zoneinfo questions Hi, I was interested in writing an article on the zoneinfo library and datafiles for an Australian UNIX magazine, was specifically interested in the following: 1. Who originally wrote the package 2. Who currently maintains it? Thanks and regards, Mark.White(a)Compaq.com +61 7 3218 3618 UNIX & Telecoms Marketing +61 7 3218 3650 (fax) Asia-Pacific Division

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Zoneinfo questions
by White, Mark 17 Feb '98

17 Feb '98

Hi, I was interested in writing an article on the zoneinfo library and datafiles for an Australian UNIX magazine, was specifically interested in the following: 1. Who originally wrote the package 2. Who currently maintains it? Thanks and regards, Mark.White(a)Compaq.com +61 7 3218 3618 UNIX & Telecoms Marketing +61 7 3218 3650 (fax) Asia-Pacific Division

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FW: Palestine time
by Olson, Arthur David 17 Feb '98

17 Feb '98

---------- From: amos@nsof.co.il[SMTP:amos@nsof.co.il] Sent: Sunday, February 15, 1998 7:48 AM To: tz(a)elsie.nci.nih.gov Subject: Palestine time In the asia file you include: > # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] > Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct > 2:00 - EET 1957 May 10 > 2:00 EgyptAsia EE%sT 1967 Jun 30 > 2:00 Zion I%sT From 1917 until 1948/5/15, all of Palestine, including the parts now known as the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, was under British rule. Therefore the rules given for Israel for that period, apply there too. (Though I find the name "Zion" rather inappropriate -- why not just call it "Israel" or "Palestine"?) The Gaza Strip was under Egyptian rule between 1948/5/15 until 1967/6/5 (except a short occupation by Israel from 1956/11 till 1957/3, but no time zone was affected then). It was never formally annexed to Egypt, though. The rest of Palestine was under Jordanian rule at that time, formally annexed in 1950 as the West Bank (and the word "Trans" was dropped from the country's previous name of "the Hashemite Kingdom of the Trans-Jordan"). So the rules for Jordan for that time apply. Major towns in that area are Nablus (Shchem), El-Halil (Hebron), Ramallah, and East Jerusalem. Both areas were occupied by Israel in June 1967, but not annexed (except for East Jerusalem). They were on Israel time since then; there might have been a Military Governor's order about time zones, but I'm not aware of any (such orders may have been issued semi-annually whenever summer time was in effect, but maybe the legal aspect of time was just neglected). The Palestinian Authority was established in 1993, and got hold of most towns in the West Bank and Gaza by 1995. I know that in order to demonstrate some manner of independence, they have been switching to summer time and back on a different schedule than Israel's, but I don't know when this was started, or what algorithm is used (most likely the Jordanian one). To summarize, the table should probably look something like that: Area \ when | 1918-1947 | 1948-1967 | 1967-1995 | 1996- ------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+----------- Israel | Zion | Zion | Zion | Zion West bank | Zion | Jordan | Zion | Jordan Gaza | Zion | Egypt | Zion | Jordan I guess more info may be available from the PA's web page (if/when they have one). -- Amos Shapir Paper: nSOF Parallel Software, Ltd. Givat-Hashlosha 48800, Israel Tel: +972 3 9388551 Fax: +972 3 9388552 GEO: 34 55 15 E / 32 05 52 N

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FW: Brazil can't decide on daylight savings
by Olson, Arthur David 17 Feb '98

17 Feb '98

---------- From: Daniel C. Sobral[SMTP:dcs@gns.com.br] Sent: Sunday, February 15, 1998 9:23 AM To: tz(a)elsie.nci.nih.gov Subject: Brazil can't decide on daylight savings Ok, my previous patch had an error. Here is a newer and, hopefully, correct patch. -- Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS) dcs(a)gns.com.br When it comes to helping you, some people stop at nothing. <</usr/src/share/zoneinfo/patch>> begin 600 patch M+2TM('-O=71H86UE<FEC82YO<FEG"5-U;B!&96(@,34@,3`Z-3,Z,C`@,3DY M.`T**RLK('-O=71H86UE<FEC80E3=6X@1F5B(#$U(#$P.C4R.C4T(#$Y.3@- M"D!`("TR-S`L."`K,C<P+#$R($!`#0H@4G5L90E"<F%Z:6P),3DY,PDQ.3DU M"2T)3V-T"5-U;CX],3$)(#`Z,#`),3HP,`E$#0H@4G5L90E"<F%Z:6P),3DY M,PEO;FQY"2T)2F%N"3,Q"2`P.C`P"3`)4PT*(%)U;&4)0G)A>FEL"3$Y.30) M,3DY-0DM"49E8@E3=6X^/3$U"2`P.C`P"3`)4PT*+5)U;&4)0G)A>FEL"3$Y M.38);6%X"2T)1F5B"5-U;CX],3$)(#`Z,#`),`E3#0HM4G5L90E"<F%Z:6P) M,3DY-@EM87@)+0E/8W0)4W5N/CTQ"2`P.C`P"3$Z,#`)1`T**U)U;&4)0G)A M>FEL"3$Y.38);VYL>0DM"49E8@E3=6X^/3$Q"2`P.C`P"3`)4PT**U)U;&4) M0G)A>FEL"3$Y.38);VYL>0DM"4]C=`E3=6X^/3$)(#`Z,#`),3HP,`E$#0HK M4G5L90E"<F%Z:6P),3DY-PEO;FQY"2T)3V-T"2`V"2`P.C`P"3$Z,#`)1`T* M*U)U;&4)0G)A>FEL"3$Y.3@);VYL>0DM"4UA<@D@,0D@,#HP,`DP"5,-"BM2 M=6QE"4)R87II;`DQ.3DX"6UA>`DM"4]C=`E3=6X^/3$)(#`Z,#`),3HP,`E$ M#0HK4G5L90E"<F%Z:6P),3DY.0EM87@)+0E&96()4W5N/CTQ,0D@,#HP,`DP M"5,-"B`-"B`C(%IO;F4)3D%-10D)1TU43T9&"5)53$53"49/4DU!5`E;54Y4 )24Q=#0H@(PT* ` end

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Palestine time
by amos＠nsof.co.il 15 Feb '98

15 Feb '98

In the asia file you include: > # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] > Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct > 2:00 - EET 1957 May 10 > 2:00 EgyptAsia EE%sT 1967 Jun 30 > 2:00 Zion I%sT From 1917 until 1948/5/15, all of Palestine, including the parts now known as the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, was under British rule. Therefore the rules given for Israel for that period, apply there too. (Though I find the name "Zion" rather inappropriate -- why not just call it "Israel" or "Palestine"?) The Gaza Strip was under Egyptian rule between 1948/5/15 until 1967/6/5 (except a short occupation by Israel from 1956/11 till 1957/3, but no time zone was affected then). It was never formally annexed to Egypt, though. The rest of Palestine was under Jordanian rule at that time, formally annexed in 1950 as the West Bank (and the word "Trans" was dropped from the country's previous name of "the Hashemite Kingdom of the Trans-Jordan"). So the rules for Jordan for that time apply. Major towns in that area are Nablus (Shchem), El-Halil (Hebron), Ramallah, and East Jerusalem. Both areas were occupied by Israel in June 1967, but not annexed (except for East Jerusalem). They were on Israel time since then; there might have been a Military Governor's order about time zones, but I'm not aware of any (such orders may have been issued semi-annually whenever summer time was in effect, but maybe the legal aspect of time was just neglected). The Palestinian Authority was established in 1993, and got hold of most towns in the West Bank and Gaza by 1995. I know that in order to demonstrate some manner of independence, they have been switching to summer time and back on a different schedule than Israel's, but I don't know when this was started, or what algorithm is used (most likely the Jordanian one). To summarize, the table should probably look something like that: Area \ when | 1918-1947 | 1948-1967 | 1967-1995 | 1996- ------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+----------- Israel | Zion | Zion | Zion | Zion West bank | Zion | Jordan | Zion | Jordan Gaza | Zion | Egypt | Zion | Jordan I guess more info may be available from the PA's web page (if/when they have one). -- Amos Shapir Paper: nSOF Parallel Software, Ltd. Givat-Hashlosha 48800, Israel Tel: +972 3 9388551 Fax: +972 3 9388552 GEO: 34 55 15 E / 32 05 52 N

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Brazil can't decide on daylight savings
by Daniel C. Sobral 15 Feb '98

15 Feb '98

Ok, my previous patch had an error. Here is a newer and, hopefully, correct patch. -- Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS) dcs(a)gns.com.br When it comes to helping you, some people stop at nothing.

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