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Time zone suggestions for draft-ietf-calsch-ical-08.txt
by Paul Eggert Aug. 10, 1998

Aug. 10, 1998

Here are some suggested improvements, in the area of time zones, to the latest iCalendar draft (which I got from: ftp://ftp.isi.edu/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-calsch-ical-08.txt ). * A more consistent naming strategy for TZIDs. The current draft is inconsistent: for the same time zone it sometimes says "America-New_York", sometimes "America-New York", and sometimes other things like "Eastern". TZIDs are arbitrary, but a good naming convention can help reduce the number of errors, ease maintenance, and improve interoperability. iCalendar should recommend, but not require, the names in the public-domain Olson database (omitting the names present there only for backwards compatibility); this is the best widely-available prior art. For NYC this name would be "America/New_York". * A reference to the Olson database prior art. Many potential implementers don't know about this useful source, and have thereby propagated incorrect time zone data. * Allow UTC offsets that are not multiples of one minute. This is needed for historically recent applications (e.g. the time zone in Liberia up to 1972). * The examples should be a tad more careful about distinguishing between US Eastern time and New York time, since there was a lot of confusion about the Eastern time zone before, say, 1976. Here's a proposed line-by-line patch to the -08 draft, which embodies these suggestions. --- draft-ietf-calsch-ical-08.txt Wed Jul 15 10:41:12 1998 +++ draft-ietf-calsch-ical-08.txt-fix Thu Jul 16 17:27:13 1998 @@ -1730,7 +1730,7 @@ The following are examples of this property parameter: - DTSTART;TZID=America-New_York:19980119T020000 + DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19980119T020000 @@ -1740,7 +1740,7 @@ Internet Draft C&S Core Object Specification June 29, 1998 - DTEND;TZID=America-New_York:19980119T030000 + DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:19980119T030000 The TZID property parameter MUST NOT be applied to DATE-TIME or TIME properties whose time values are specified in UTC. @@ -2031,7 +2031,7 @@ section on Time Zone. For example, the following represents 2 AM in New York on Janurary 19, 1998: - DTSTART;TZID=America-New_York:19980119T020000 + DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19980119T020000 Example: The following represents July 14, 1997, at 1:30 PM in New York City in each of the three time formats, using the "DTSTART" @@ -2039,7 +2039,7 @@ DTSTART:19970714T133000 ;Local time DTSTART:19970714T173000Z ;UTC time - DTSTART;TZID=America-NYC:19970714T133000 ;Local time and time + DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970714T133000 ;Local time and time ; zone reference @@ -2462,7 +2462,7 @@ Here is an example of evaluating multiple BYxxx rule parts. - DTSTART;TZID=US-Eastern:19970105T083000 + DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970105T083000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=2;BYMONTH=1;BYDAY=SU;BYHOUR=8,9; BYMINUTE=30 @@ -2683,7 +2683,7 @@ X-TIMEOFDAY:133000Z - X-TIMEOFDAY;TZID=America-New York:083000 + X-TIMEOFDAY;TZID=America/New_York:083000 4.3.13 URI @@ -2737,11 +2737,12 @@ utc-offset = time-numzone ;As defined above in time data type - time-numzone = ("+" / "-") time-hour time-minute + time-numzone = ("+" / "-") time-hour time-minute [time-second] Description: The PLUS SIGN character MUST be specified for positive - UTC offsets (i.e., ahead of UTC). The value of "-0000" is not - allowed. + UTC offsets (i.e., ahead of UTC). The values "-0000" and "-000000" + are not allowed. The time-second, if present, may not be 60; if + absent, it defaults to zero. No additional content value encoding (i.e., BACKSLASH character encoding) is defined for this value type. @@ -2801,8 +2802,8 @@ Property names, parameter names and enumerated parameter values are case insensitive. For example, the property name "DUE" is the same as - "due" and "Due", DTSTART;TZID=Eastern:19980714T120000 is the same as - DtStart;TzID=Eastern:19980714T120000. + "due" and "Due", DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19980714T120000 is the same as + DtStart;TzID=America/New_York:19980714T120000. 4.6 Calendar Components @@ -3270,8 +3271,8 @@ locations adjust their time by a fraction of an hour. Standard Time is also known as Winter Time. Daylight Saving Time is also known as Advanced Time, Summer Time, or Legal Time in certain countries. The - following table shows the changes in time zone rules for the eastern - United States starting from 1967. Each line represents a description + following table shows the changes in time zone rules for New York City + starting from 1967. Each line represents a description or rule for a particular observance. Effective Observance Rule @@ -3368,11 +3369,22 @@ the time in question, and using the offset value from that observance. + [TZ] is an informal, public-domain collection of time zone + information, which is currently being maintained by volunteer + Internet participants, and is used in several operating systems. + This database contains current and historical time zone information + for a wide variety of locations around the globe; it provides a + time zone identifier for every unique time zone rule set in actual + use since 1970, with historical data going back to the introduction + of standard time. + The top-level properties in a "VTIMEZONE" calendar component are: The mandatory "TZID" property is a text value that uniquely identifies the VTIMZONE calendar component within the scope of an - iCalendar object. + iCalendar object. The name SHOULD should be the name of a time + zone in [TZ], and the other "VTIMEZONE" properties SHOULD define a + subset of the rules given in [TZ]. The optional "LAST-MODIFIED" property is a UTC value that specifies the date and time that this time zone definition was last updated. @@ -3392,7 +3404,7 @@ "TZOFFSETFROM" is combined with "DTSTART" to define the effective onset for the time zone sub-component definition. For example, the following represents the time at which the observance of Standard - Time took effect in Fall 1967 for the eastern United States: + Time took effect in Fall 1967 for New York City: DTSTART:19671029T020000 @@ -3445,8 +3457,8 @@ Example: The following are examples of the "VTIMEZONE" calendar component: - This is an example showing time zone information for the Eastern - United States using "RDATE" property. Note that this is only suitable + This is an example showing time zone information for New York City + using the "RDATE" property. Note that this is only suitable for a recurring event that starts on or later than April 6, 1997 at 03:00:00 EDT (i.e., the earliest effective transition date and time) and ends no later than April 7, 1998 02:00:00 EST (i.e., latest valid @@ -3455,7 +3467,7 @@ starting June 1, 1997, ending December 31, 1997. BEGIN:VTIMEZONE - TZID:America-New_York + TZID:America/New_York LAST-MODIFIED:19870101T000000Z BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:19971026T020000 @@ -3481,16 +3493,16 @@ END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE - This is a simple example showing the current time zone rules for the - Eastern United States using a RRULE recurrence pattern. Note that + This is a simple example showing the current time zone rules for + New York City using a RRULE recurrence pattern. Note that there is no effective end date to either of the Standard Time or Daylight Time rules. This information would be valid for a recurring event starting today and continuing indefinitely. BEGIN:VTIMEZONE - TZID:America-New_York + TZID:America/New_York LAST-MODIFIED:19870101T000000Z - TZURL:http://zones.stds_r_us.net/tz/America-New_York + TZURL:http://zones.stds_r_us.net/tz/America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:19671029T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=10 @@ -3507,12 +3519,12 @@ END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE - This is an example showing a fictitious set of rules for the Eastern - United States, where the Daylight Time rule has an effective end date + This is an example showing a fictitious set of rules for New York City + where the Daylight Time rule has an effective end date (i.e., after that date, Daylight Time is no longer observed). BEGIN:VTIMEZONE - TZID:America-New_York + TZID:America/New_York LAST-MODIFIED:19870101T000000Z BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:19671029T020000 @@ -3538,13 +3550,13 @@ Internet Draft C&S Core Object Specification June 29, 1998 - This is an example showing a fictitious set of rules for the Eastern - United States, where the first Daylight Time rule has an effective + This is an example showing a fictitious set of rules for New York City, + where the first Daylight Time rule has an effective end date. There is a second Daylight Time rule that picks up where the other left off. BEGIN:VTIMEZONE - TZID:America-New_York + TZID:America/New_York LAST-MODIFIED:19870101T000000Z BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:19671029T020000 @@ -4974,14 +4986,14 @@ Example: The following are examples of non-globally unique time zone identifiers: - TZID:America-New_York + TZID:America/New_York - TZID:California-Los_Angeles + TZID:America/Los_Angeles The following is an example of a globally unique time zone identifier: - TZID:/US-New_York-New_York + TZID:/America/New_York 4.8.3.2 Time Zone Name @@ -5139,7 +5151,7 @@ Example: The following is an example of this property: - TZURL:http://timezones.r.us.net/tz/US-California-Los_Angeles + TZURL:http://timezones.r.us.net/tz/America/Los_Angeles @@ -5867,7 +5879,7 @@ RDATE:19970714T123000Z - RDATE;TZID=US-EASTERN:19970714T083000 + RDATE;TZID=America/New_York:19970714T083000 RDATE;VALUE=PERIOD:19960403T020000Z/19960403T040000Z, 19960404T010000Z/PT3H @@ -5938,11 +5950,11 @@ rrulparam = *(";" xparam) - Example: All examples assume the Eastern United States time zone. + Example: All examples assume New York City time. Daily for 10 occurrences: - DTSTART;TZID=America-New York:19970902T090000 + DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970902T090000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;COUNT=10 ==> (1997 9:00 AM EDT)September 2-11 @@ -5956,7 +5968,7 @@ Internet Draft C&S Core Object Specification June 29, 1998 - DTSTART;TZID=America-New York:19970902T090000 + DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970902T090000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;UNTIL=19971224T000000Z ==> (1997 9:00 AM EDT)September 2-30;October 1-25 @@ -5964,7 +5976,7 @@ Every other day - forever: - DTSTART;TZID=America-New York:19970902T090000 + DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970902T090000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=2 ==> (1997 9:00 AM EDT)September2,4,6,8...24,26,28,30; October 2,4,6...20,22,24 @@ -5973,14 +5985,14 @@ Every 10 days, 5 occurrences: - DTSTART;TZID=America-New York:19970902T090000 + DTSTART;TZID/America/New_York:19970902T090000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=10;COUNT=5 ==> (1997 9:00 AM EDT)September 2,12,22;October 2,12 Everyday in January, for 3 years: - DTSTART;TZID=America-New York:19980101T090000 + DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19980101T090000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;UNTIL=20000131T090000Z; BYMONTH=1;BYDAY=SU,MO,TU,WE,TH,FR,SA or @@ -5992,7 +6004,7 @@ Weekly for 10 occurrences - DTSTART;TZID=America-New York:19970902T090000 + DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970902T090000 RRULE:FREQ=WEEKLY;COUNT=10 ==> (1997 9:00 AM EDT)September 2,9,16,23,30;October 7,14,21 @@ -6000,7 +6012,7 @@ Weekly until December 24, 1997 - DTSTART;TZID=America-New York:19970902T090000 + DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970902T090000 RRULE:FREQ=WEEKLY;UNTIL=19971224T000000Z ==> (1997 9:00 AM EDT)September 2,9,16,23,30;October 7,14,21 @@ -6009,7 +6021,7 @@ Every other week - forever: - DTSTART;TZID=America-New York:19970902T090000 + DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970902T090000 Dawson/Stenerson 97 Expires January 1999 @@ -6028,7 +6040,7 @@ Weekly on Tuesday and Thursday for 5 weeks: - DTSTART;TZID=America-New York:19970902T090000 + DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970902T090000 RRULE:FREQ=WEEKLY;UNTIL=19971007T000000Z;WKST=SU;BYDAY=TU,TH or RRULE:FREQ=WEEKLY;COUNT=10;WKST=SU;BYDAY=TU,TH @@ -6038,7 +6050,7 @@ Every other week on Monday, Wednesday and Friday until December 24, 1997, but starting on Tuesday, September 2, 1997: - DTSTART;TZID=America-New York:19970902T090000 + DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970902T090000 RRULE:FREQ=WEEKLY;INTERVAL=2;UNTIL=19971224T000000Z;WKST=SU; BYDAY=MO,WE,FR ==> (1997 9:00 AM EDT)September 2,3,5,15,17,19,29;October @@ -6048,14 +6060,14 @@ Every other week on Tuesday and Thursday, for 8 occurrences: - DTSTART;TZID=America-New York:19970902T090000 + DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970902T090000 RRULE:FREQ=WEEKLY;INTERVAL=2;COUNT=8;WKST=SU;BYDAY=TU,TH ==> (1997 9:00 AM EDT)September 2,4,16,18,30;October 2,14,16 Monthly on the 1st Friday for ten occurrences: - DTSTART;TZID=America-New York:19970905T090000 + DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970905T090000 RRULE:FREQ=MONTHLY;COUNT=10;BYDAY=1FR ==> (1997 9:00 AM EDT)September 5;October 3 @@ -6065,7 +6077,7 @@ Monthly on the 1st Friday until December 24, 1997: - DTSTART;TZID=America-New York:19970905T090000 + DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970905T090000 RRULE:FREQ=MONTHLY;UNTIL=19971224T000000Z;BYDAY=1FR ==> (1997 9:00 AM EDT)September 5;October 3 @@ -6083,7 +6095,7 @@ Every other month on the 1st and last Sunday of the month for 10 occurrences: - DTSTART;TZID=America-New York:19970907T090000 + DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970907T090000 RRULE:FREQ=MONTHLY;INTERVAL=2;COUNT=10;BYDAY=1SU,-1SU ==> (1997 9:00 AM EDT)September 7,28 @@ -6093,7 +6105,7 @@ Monthly on the second to last Monday of the month for 6 months: - DTSTART;TZID=America-New York:19970922T090000 + DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970922T090000 RRULE:FREQ=MONTHLY;COUNT=6;BYDAY=-2MO ==> (1997 9:00 AM EDT)September 22;October 20 @@ -6102,7 +6114,7 @@ Monthly on the third to the last day of the month, forever: - DTSTART;TZID=America-New York:19970928T090000 + DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970928T090000 RRULE:FREQ=MONTHLY;BYMONTHDAY=-3 ==> (1997 9:00 AM EDT)September 28 @@ -6112,7 +6124,7 @@ Monthly on the 2nd and 15th of the month for 10 occurrences: - DTSTART;TZID=America-New York:19970902T090000 + DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970902T090000 RRULE:FREQ=MONTHLY;COUNT=10;BYMONTHDAY=2,15 ==> (1997 9:00 AM EDT)September 2,15;October 2,15 @@ -6121,7 +6133,7 @@ Monthly on the first and last day of the month for 10 occurrences: - DTSTART;TZID=America-New York:19970930T090000 + DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970930T090000 RRULE:FREQ=MONTHLY;COUNT=10;BYMONTHDAY=1,-1 ==> (1997 9:00 AM EDT)September 30;October 1 @@ -6131,7 +6143,7 @@ Every 18 months on the 10th thru 15th of the month for 10 occurrences: - DTSTART;TZID=America-New York:19970910T090000 + DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970910T090000 RRULE:FREQ=MONTHLY;INTERVAL=18;COUNT=10;BYMONTHDAY=10,11,12,13,14, 15 @@ -6148,7 +6160,7 @@ Every Tuesday, every other month: - DTSTART;TZID=America-New York:19970902T090000 + DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970902T090000 RRULE:FREQ=MONTHLY;INTERVAL=2;BYDAY=TU ==> (1997 9:00 AM EDT)September 2,9,16,23,30 @@ -6158,7 +6170,7 @@ Yearly in June and July for 10 occurrences: - DTSTART;TZID=America-New York:19970610T090000 + DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970610T090000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;COUNT=10;BYMONTH=6,7 ==> (1997 9:00 AM EDT)June 10;July 10 @@ -6171,7 +6183,7 @@ Every other year on January, February, and March for 10 occurrences: - DTSTART;TZID=America-New York:19970310T090000 + DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970310T090000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=2;COUNT=10;BYMONTH=1,2,3 ==> (1997 9:00 AM EST)March 10 @@ -6181,7 +6193,7 @@ Every 3rd year on the 1st, 100th and 200th day for 10 occurrences: - DTSTART;TZID=America-New York:19970101T090000 + DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970101T090000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=3;COUNT=10;BYYEARDAY=1,100,200 ==> (1997 9:00 AM EST)January 1 @@ -6194,7 +6206,7 @@ Every 20th Monday of the year, forever: - DTSTART;TZID=America-New York:19970519T090000 + DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970519T090000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=20MO @@ -6213,7 +6225,7 @@ Monday of week number 20 (where the default start of the week is Monday), forever: - DTSTART;TZID=America-New York:19970512T090000 + DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970512T090000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYWEEKNO=20;BYDAY=MO ==> (1997 9:00 AM EDT)May 12 @@ -6223,7 +6235,7 @@ Every Thursday in March, forever: - DTSTART;TZID=America-New York:19970313T090000 + DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970313T090000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=TH ==> (1997 9:00 AM EST)March 13,20,27 @@ -6233,7 +6245,7 @@ Every Thursday, but only during June, July, and August, forever: - DTSTART;TZID=America-New York:19970605T090000 + DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970605T090000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=TH;BYMONTH=6,7,8 ==> (1997 9:00 AM EDT)June 5,12,19,26;July 3,10,17,24,31; @@ -6246,8 +6258,8 @@ Every Friday the 13th, forever: - DTSTART;TZID=America-New York:19970902T090000 - EXDATE;TZID=America-New York:19970902T090000 + DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970902T090000 + EXDATE;TZID=America/New_York:19970902T090000 RRULE:FREQ=MONTHLY;BYDAY=FR;BYMONTHDAY=13 ==> (1998 9:00 AM EST)February 13;March 13;November 13 @@ -6266,7 +6278,7 @@ Internet Draft C&S Core Object Specification June 29, 1998 - DTSTART;TZID=America-New York:19970913T090000 + DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970913T090000 RRULE:FREQ=MONTHLY;BYDAY=SA;BYMONTHDAY=7,8,9,10,11,12,13 ==> (1997 9:00 AM EDT)September 13;October 11 @@ -6278,7 +6290,7 @@ Every four years, the first Tuesday after a Monday in November, forever (U.S. Presidential Election day): - DTSTART;TZID=America-New York:19961105T090000 + DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19961105T090000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=4;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=TU;BYMONTHDAY=2,3,4, 5,6,7,8 @@ -6290,7 +6302,7 @@ The 3rd instance into the month of one of Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, for the next 3 months: - DTSTART;TZID=America-New York:19970904T090000 + DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970904T090000 RRULE:FREQ=MONTHLY;COUNT=3;BYDAY=TU,WE,TH;BYSETPOS=3 ==> (1997 9:00 AM EDT)September 4;October 7 @@ -6298,7 +6310,7 @@ The 2nd to last weekday of the month: - DTSTART;TZID=America-New York:19970929T090000 + DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970929T090000 RRULE:FREQ=MONTHLY;BYDAY=MO,TU,WE,TH,FR;BYSETPOS=-2 ==> (1997 9:00 AM EDT)September 29 @@ -6308,14 +6320,14 @@ Every 3 hours from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM on a specific day: - DTSTART;TZID=America-New York:19970902T090000 + DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970902T090000 RRULE:FREQ=HOURLY;INTERVAL=3;UNTIL=19970902T170000Z ==> (September 2, 1997 EDT)09:00,12:00,15:00 Every 15 minutes for 6 occurrences: - DTSTART;TZID=America-New York:19970902T090000 + DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970902T090000 RRULE:FREQ=MINUTELY;INTERVAL=15;COUNT=6 ==> (September 2, 1997 EDT)09:00,09:15,09:30,09:45,10:00,10:15 @@ -6330,14 +6342,14 @@ Every hour and a half for 4 occurrences: - DTSTART;TZID=America-New York:19970902T090000 + DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970902T090000 RRULE:FREQ=MINUTELY;INTERVAL=90;COUNT=4 ==> (September 2, 1997 EDT)09:00,10:30;12:00;13:30 Every 20 minutes from 9:00 AM to 4:40 PM every day: - DTSTART;TZID=America-New York:19970902T090000 + DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970902T090000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;BYHOUR=9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16;BYMINUTE=0,20,40 or RRULE:FREQ=MINUTELY;INTERVAL=20;BYHOUR=9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16 @@ -6351,14 +6363,14 @@ An example where the days generated makes a difference because of WKST: - DTSTART;TZID=America-New York:19970805T090000 + DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970805T090000 RRULE:FREQ=WEEKLY;INTERVAL=2;COUNT=4;BYDAY=TU,SU;WKST=MO ==> (1997 EDT)Aug 5,10,19,24 changing only WKST from MO to SU, yields different results... - DTSTART;TZID=America-New York:19970805T090000 + DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970805T090000 RRULE:FREQ=WEEKLY;INTERVAL=2;COUNT=4;BYDAY=TU,SU;WKST=SU ==> (1997 EDT)August 5,17,19,31 @@ -6963,14 +6975,14 @@ The following example specifies a group scheduled meeting that begin at 8:30 AM EST on March 12, 1998 and end at 9:30 AM EST on March 12, 1998. The "Organizer" has scheduled the meeting with one or more - calendar users in a group. A time zone specification for Eastern - United States has been specified. + calendar users in a group. A time zone specification for New York + City has been specified. BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//RDU Software//NONSGML HandCal//EN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VTIMEZONE - TZID:Eastern US + TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:19981025T020000 RDATE:19981025T020000 @@ -6997,8 +7009,8 @@ CLASS:PUBLIC CREATED:19980309T130000Z SUMMARY:XYZ Project Review - DTSTART;TZID=US-Eastern:19980312T083000 - DTEND;TZID=US-Eastern:19980312T093000 + DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19980312T083000 + DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:19980312T093000 LOCATION:1CP Conference Room 4350 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR @@ -7424,6 +7436,9 @@ [RFC 2279] "UTF-8, a transformation format of ISO 10646", RFC 2279, January 1998. + + [TZ] Olson, A.D., et al, Time zone code and data, + ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/, updated periodically. [VCARD] Internet Mail Consortium, "vCard - The Electronic Business Card Version 2.1", http://www.imc.org/pdi/vcard-21.txt, September

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Mit der Einsendung seines Wettbewerbsbeitrags erklärt der Teilnehmer sein Einverständnis mit den Teilnahmebedingungen. Die Arbeiten sollten in der Regel im Format DIN A4 (210 x 297 mm) sein, jedoch nicht größer als DIN A3 (297 x 420 mm). Sämtliche Beiträge müssen gut leserlich mit Namen, Adresse, Beruf und Altersangabe versehen sein. Zahntechniker-Innung Berlin-Brandenburg Graphic and Cartoon Competition of the Zahntechniker-Innung Berlin-Brandenburg on the topic "For teeth there is no alternative. But denture!" In 1996/97 we launched a big photo and idea competition. The motto was: "With healthy and beautiful teeth you feel good and like laughing". More than 1000 participants sent in their contributions. The best of them got prizes and can be found in the internet (<A HREF="http://www.zibb.de">http://www.zibb.de</A>) under the heading "Foto- und Ideenwettbewerb". We want to continue this successful campaign with our new Graphic and Cartoon Competition. Join the contest! Conditions of participation · We are looking for illustrations and cartoons, created by the participants, on the subject of the competition. · Contributions can be sent in from1st April to 30th November 1998. The address is: Zahntechniker-Innung Berlin-Brandenburg (Dental Technicians Corporation Berlin- Brandenburg) Alt-Moabit 105, 10559 Berlin Germany · All contributions coming in until the deadline will be published in our monthly "Top 10 ..." in the Internet · An independent jury will chose the best works out of those published in the internet in January 1999. The prizes will be awarded in February 1999. · Twelve winning contributions will be awarded with: · 1st prize 3.000,00 DM 2nd prize 2.000,00 DM 3rd prize 1.000,00 DM 4th to 12th prize 500,00 DM · The winners and their works will be published in the Internet from February to December 1999. · The twelve wining contributions will probably be published in a representative calendar. · All contributions can be used for advertising, i.e. for brochures and posters by the Zahntechniker-Innung Berlin-Brandenburg. Anyone can participate with an optional number of pieces of work. By sending in his/her contribution the participant agrees with the conditions of participation. The works should have the regular format DIN A4 (210 x 297 mm) but they should not exceed format DIN A3 (297 X 420 mm). Name, address, occupation and age of the participant are supposed to be on the piece in a readable condition. Concours de l'art graphique et de la caricature organise par la chambre des Zahntechniker-Innung Berlin-Brandenburg sur le sujet ""Il n' y a pas d'alternative aux dents, que des substituts!" En 1996/97 nous avons organisé un grand concours créatif et photographique sur le sujet "Celui qui a des dents saines et belles se sent bien et aime rire". Il y avait plus de 1000 participants. Les meilleurs résultats ont accordé un prix et ils ont été publiés sur l'Internet ( <A HREF="http://www.zibb.de">http://www.zibb.de</A>) sous la rubrique de "Concours créatif et photographique". À cause du succès de cette action nous voulons continuer avec notre nouveau concours graphique et de la caricature. Participez-y! Bonne chance! Conditions de participation · Nous cherchons des graphiques et caricatures crées au sujet du concours. · La date limite des envois est le 30 novembre 1998. Adressez vos graphiques et caricatures à: Zahntechniker-Innung Berlin-Brandenburg (Chambre des parodontistes Berlin-Brandenburg) Alt-Moabit 105, 10559 Berlin. Allemagne · Pendant la période du concours on va publier sur l'Internet les favorites mensuelles. · En janvier 1999 un jury indépendant va choisir les meilleurs résultats de toutes les publications sur l'Internet. L'attribution des prix aura lieu en février 1999. · Les douze meilleurs participants primeront: · 1. prix 3.000,00 DM 2. prix 2.000,00 DM 3. prix 1.000,00 DM 4.-12. prix 500,00 DM · Du février au décembre 1999 les lauréats et leurs créations seront publiés á l'Internet et de surcroît à un calendrier mural représentatif. · Toutes les graphiques et caricatures peuvent être utilisés aux articles de publicité comme brochures et affiches par la chambre des mécanicien-dentistes Berlin-Brandenburg. Chacun peut y participer avec un nombre illimité de propositions. Par l'envoi des créations chaque participant déclare son accord aux conditions de la participation. Le format des travaux devrait être à préférence DIN A 4 (210 sur 297 mm) et pas dépasser le format DIN A 3 (297 sur 420 mm). Indiquez s.v.p. toujours votre nom, l'adresse, la profession et l'âge. (Chambre des parodontistes Berlin-Brandenburg) Zahntechniker-Innung Berlin-Brandenburg

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General information
by iers＠hpvlbi.obspm.fr July 30, 1998

July 30, 1998

To IERS users >From: IERS Central Bureau (iers(a)obspm.fr) Subjects : New format in the permanent EOP(IERS)97 C 04 solutions for 1998 : Removal of the previous EOP(IERS) C01, C01, C03 and C04 in CB ftp Dear Colleagues, Please note the following changes in the EOP solutions of the IERS Central Bureau: 1 - New format in the permanent EOP(IERS)97 C 04 solutions for 1998 To align to the format used by USNO VLBI analysis center and those recently adopted by the IGS, the IERS Central Bureau will adopt a new format with an extra digit for polar motion and UT/LOD. This change starting from July 1998 will be first applied to the permanent EOP(IERS)97 C 04 for 1998 and the combined IERS/CB GPS solution (IERS)97 P 01. It will progressively be applied for other previous years of C04 and also to all combined solutions C01, C02 and C03. The new format for the C04 solution is the following: => FORMAT(2X,A4,I3,2X,I5,2F9.6,F10.7,2X,F10.7,2X,2F9.5) Note: The precision in the determination of Earth Orientation Parameters has dramatically increased over the latter few years thanks to the improvement in techniques and in data analysis. The IGS community has recently decided to add an extra digit to Polar Motion and UT/LOD estimates primarily for the sake of meaningful formal solution sigmas. GPS Analysis centers are progressively introducing this new format. It is clear however that the accuracy of 1 micro-arcsecond in polar motion and 0.1 micro-second for UT/LOD (corresponding to 0.3 mm on the earth surface) is not yet reached. 2 - EOP(IERS) C 01, C02, C03 and C04 which were the current solutions before the adoption of the "1997 system" (see gazettes 8 and 16) will be removed from the web/ftp site on 1 September, 1998. These series will still be available on request (iers(a)obspm.fr)

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by Pollard, Richard July 27, 1998

July 27, 1998

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Re: FW: Order of listing month, day, and year in local date formats.
by Ulrich Drepper July 23, 1998

July 23, 1998

"Olson, Arthur David (NCI)" <olsona(a)dc37a.nci.nih.gov> writes: > Do you know where I can get a list of the local year-month-day > orders used in each country? For example, the U.S. uses > month-day-year order. The POSIX locale desriptions ftp://dkuug.dk/i18n/WG15-collection contain specification for many countries and in the LC_TIME category descriptions the field named d_fmt specifies a strftime format to print dates. -- ---------------. drepper at gnu.org ,-. 1325 Chesapeake Terrace Ulrich Drepper \ ,-------------------' \ Sunnyvale, CA 94089 USA Cygnus Solutions `--' drepper at cygnus.com `------------------------

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FW: Order of listing month, day, and year in local date formats.
by Olson, Arthur David (NCI) July 23, 1998

July 23, 1998

Note that Dave Fabian is not on the time zone mailing list; please ensure that Dave receives any replies. --ado -----Original Message----- From: Dave & Betty Fabian [SMTP:dfabian@sprynet.com] Sent: Saturday, July 18, 1998 3:58 AM To: Olson, Arthur David (NCI) Subject: Order of listing month, day, and year in local date formats. Dear Mr. Olson, Do you know where I can get a list of the local year-month-day orders used in each country? For example, the U.S. uses month-day-year order. Thank you, Dave Fabian

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RE: Order of listing month, day, and year in local date formats.
by Christophe PIERRET July 23, 1998

July 23, 1998

First of all , be aware of that : ================================= There can be more than one set of cultural convention in use in one country ! I don't know if Tibetans and Chinese use the same set of conventions ... even if they live in the same country. Proposed solutions : ==================== The easy way is to use your system's locale. In the C language, you could use the Windows NLS API or the C locale API to obtain these informations. You can also check POSIX locale definition file in the LC_TIME category. There is a repository of such files at: ftp://dkuug.dk/i18n/WG15-collection/locales/ You can also make a poll on the internet news ;-) For Unix folks , I included the results of the second program (using windows NLS API) in the mail... Hope it helps ! ______________________________________________________ Christophe Pierret Software Development Engineer Windows Product Group Professional E-mail: cpierret(a)businessobjects.com Business Objects S.A. 1, square Chaptal, 92309 Levallois-Perret, FRANCE http://www.businessobjects.com ______ /_/_/_/| /_/_/_/ | /_/_/_/ | |_|_|_|Cube Team |_|_|_| / |_|_|_|/ Quick and untested example using the C locale (Unix like): ========================================================== #include <time.h> #include <locale.h> #define MAX_RESULT 512 void PrintDefaultDateFormat(char * localeName) { char result[MAX_RESULT]; struct tm* pMyTM; time_t ltime; time(&ltime); pMyTM = gmtime(ltime); setlocale(LC_TIME,localeName); strftime(result,MAX_RESULT,"%x",pMyTM); /* %x is default locale date format */ printf("Current date in locale %s is %s\n",localeName,result); }; Tested example using the Windows NLS API: ======================================= Using the Windows NLS API would give something like the following C program : #include <time.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <locale.h> #include <windows.h> #include <winnls.h> #include <winnt.h> typedef struct _myLocale_t { LCID locale; char * name; } myLocale_t; myLocale_t winLocales[]= { { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_AFRIKAANS,SUBLANG_NEUTRAL),SORT_DEFAULT) , "LANG_AFRIKAANS" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_ALBANIAN,SUBLANG_NEUTRAL),SORT_DEFAULT) , "LANG_ALBANIAN" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_BASQUE,SUBLANG_NEUTRAL),SORT_DEFAULT) , "LANG_BASQUE" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_BELARUSIAN,SUBLANG_NEUTRAL),SORT_DEFAULT) , "LANG_BELARUSIAN" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_BULGARIAN,SUBLANG_NEUTRAL),SORT_DEFAULT) , "LANG_BULGARIAN" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_CATALAN,SUBLANG_NEUTRAL),SORT_DEFAULT) , "LANG_CATALAN" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_CROATIAN,SUBLANG_NEUTRAL),SORT_DEFAULT) , "LANG_CROATIAN" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_CZECH,SUBLANG_NEUTRAL),SORT_DEFAULT) , "LANG_CZECH" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_DANISH,SUBLANG_NEUTRAL),SORT_DEFAULT) , "LANG_DANISH" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_ESTONIAN,SUBLANG_NEUTRAL),SORT_DEFAULT) , "LANG_ESTONIAN" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_FAEROESE,SUBLANG_NEUTRAL),SORT_DEFAULT) , "LANG_FAEROESE" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_FARSI,SUBLANG_NEUTRAL),SORT_DEFAULT) , "LANG_FARSI" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_FINNISH,SUBLANG_NEUTRAL),SORT_DEFAULT) , "LANG_FINNISH" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_GREEK,SUBLANG_NEUTRAL),SORT_DEFAULT) , "LANG_GREEK" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_HEBREW,SUBLANG_NEUTRAL),SORT_DEFAULT) , "LANG_HEBREW" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_HUNGARIAN,SUBLANG_NEUTRAL),SORT_DEFAULT) , "LANG_HUNGARIAN" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_ICELANDIC,SUBLANG_NEUTRAL),SORT_DEFAULT) , "LANG_ICELANDIC" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_INDONESIAN,SUBLANG_NEUTRAL),SORT_DEFAULT) , "LANG_INDONESIAN" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_JAPANESE,SUBLANG_NEUTRAL),SORT_DEFAULT) , "LANG_JAPANESE" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_LATVIAN,SUBLANG_NEUTRAL),SORT_DEFAULT) , "LANG_LATVIAN" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_LITHUANIAN,SUBLANG_NEUTRAL),SORT_DEFAULT) , "LANG_LITHUANIAN" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_NORWEGIAN,SUBLANG_NEUTRAL),SORT_DEFAULT) , "LANG_NORWEGIAN" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_POLISH,SUBLANG_NEUTRAL),SORT_DEFAULT) , "LANG_POLISH" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_ROMANIAN,SUBLANG_NEUTRAL),SORT_DEFAULT) , "LANG_ROMANIAN" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_RUSSIAN,SUBLANG_NEUTRAL),SORT_DEFAULT) , "LANG_RUSSIAN" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_SLOVAK,SUBLANG_NEUTRAL),SORT_DEFAULT) , "LANG_SLOVAK" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_SLOVENIAN,SUBLANG_NEUTRAL),SORT_DEFAULT) , "LANG_SLOVENIAN" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_THAI,SUBLANG_NEUTRAL),SORT_DEFAULT) , "LANG_THAI" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_TURKISH,SUBLANG_NEUTRAL),SORT_DEFAULT) , "LANG_TURKISH" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_UKRAINIAN,SUBLANG_NEUTRAL),SORT_DEFAULT) , "LANG_UKRAINIAN" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_VIETNAMESE,SUBLANG_NEUTRAL),SORT_DEFAULT) , "LANG_VIETNAMESE" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_ARABIC,SUBLANG_ARABIC_SAUDI_ARABIA),SORT_DEFAUL T) , "SUBLANG_ARABIC_SAUDI_ARABIA" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_ARABIC,SUBLANG_ARABIC_IRAQ),SORT_DEFAULT) , "SUBLANG_ARABIC_IRAQ" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_ARABIC,SUBLANG_ARABIC_EGYPT),SORT_DEFAULT) , "SUBLANG_ARABIC_EGYPT" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_ARABIC,SUBLANG_ARABIC_LIBYA),SORT_DEFAULT) , "SUBLANG_ARABIC_LIBYA" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_ARABIC,SUBLANG_ARABIC_ALGERIA),SORT_DEFAULT) , "SUBLANG_ARABIC_ALGERIA" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_ARABIC,SUBLANG_ARABIC_MOROCCO),SORT_DEFAULT) , "SUBLANG_ARABIC_MOROCCO" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_ARABIC,SUBLANG_ARABIC_TUNISIA),SORT_DEFAULT) , "SUBLANG_ARABIC_TUNISIA" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_ARABIC,SUBLANG_ARABIC_OMAN),SORT_DEFAULT) , "SUBLANG_ARABIC_OMAN" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_ARABIC,SUBLANG_ARABIC_YEMEN),SORT_DEFAULT) , "SUBLANG_ARABIC_YEMEN" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_ARABIC,SUBLANG_ARABIC_SYRIA),SORT_DEFAULT) , "SUBLANG_ARABIC_SYRIA" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_ARABIC,SUBLANG_ARABIC_JORDAN),SORT_DEFAULT) , "SUBLANG_ARABIC_JORDAN" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_ARABIC,SUBLANG_ARABIC_LEBANON),SORT_DEFAULT) , "SUBLANG_ARABIC_LEBANON" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_ARABIC,SUBLANG_ARABIC_KUWAIT),SORT_DEFAULT) , "SUBLANG_ARABIC_KUWAIT" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_ARABIC,SUBLANG_ARABIC_UAE),SORT_DEFAULT) , "SUBLANG_ARABIC_UAE" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_ARABIC,SUBLANG_ARABIC_BAHRAIN),SORT_DEFAULT) , "SUBLANG_ARABIC_BAHRAIN" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_ARABIC,SUBLANG_ARABIC_QATAR),SORT_DEFAULT) , "SUBLANG_ARABIC_QATAR" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_CHINESE,SUBLANG_CHINESE_TRADITIONAL),SORT_DEFAU LT) , "SUBLANG_CHINESE_TRADITIONAL" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_CHINESE,SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED),SORT_DEFAUL T) , "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_CHINESE,SUBLANG_CHINESE_HONGKONG),SORT_DEFAULT) , "SUBLANG_CHINESE_HONGKONG" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_CHINESE,SUBLANG_CHINESE_SINGAPORE),SORT_DEFAULT ) , "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SINGAPORE" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_DUTCH,SUBLANG_DUTCH),SORT_DEFAULT) , "SUBLANG_DUTCH" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_DUTCH,SUBLANG_DUTCH_BELGIAN),SORT_DEFAULT) , "SUBLANG_DUTCH_BELGIAN" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_ENGLISH,SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US),SORT_DEFAULT) , "SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_ENGLISH,SUBLANG_ENGLISH_UK),SORT_DEFAULT) , "SUBLANG_ENGLISH_UK" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_ENGLISH,SUBLANG_ENGLISH_AUS),SORT_DEFAULT) , "SUBLANG_ENGLISH_AUS" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_ENGLISH,SUBLANG_ENGLISH_CAN),SORT_DEFAULT) , "SUBLANG_ENGLISH_CAN" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_ENGLISH,SUBLANG_ENGLISH_NZ),SORT_DEFAULT) , "SUBLANG_ENGLISH_NZ" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_ENGLISH,SUBLANG_ENGLISH_EIRE),SORT_DEFAULT) , "SUBLANG_ENGLISH_EIRE" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_ENGLISH,SUBLANG_ENGLISH_SOUTH_AFRICA),SORT_DEFA ULT) , "SUBLANG_ENGLISH_SOUTH_AFRICA" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_ENGLISH,SUBLANG_ENGLISH_JAMAICA),SORT_DEFAULT) , "SUBLANG_ENGLISH_JAMAICA" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_ENGLISH,SUBLANG_ENGLISH_CARIBBEAN),SORT_DEFAULT ) , "SUBLANG_ENGLISH_CARIBBEAN" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_ENGLISH,SUBLANG_ENGLISH_BELIZE),SORT_DEFAULT) , "SUBLANG_ENGLISH_BELIZE" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_ENGLISH,SUBLANG_ENGLISH_TRINIDAD),SORT_DEFAULT) , "SUBLANG_ENGLISH_TRINIDAD" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_FRENCH,SUBLANG_FRENCH),SORT_DEFAULT) , "SUBLANG_FRENCH" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_FRENCH,SUBLANG_FRENCH_BELGIAN),SORT_DEFAULT) , "SUBLANG_FRENCH_BELGIAN" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_FRENCH,SUBLANG_FRENCH_CANADIAN),SORT_DEFAULT) , "SUBLANG_FRENCH_CANADIAN" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_FRENCH,SUBLANG_FRENCH_SWISS),SORT_DEFAULT) , "SUBLANG_FRENCH_SWISS" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_FRENCH,SUBLANG_FRENCH_LUXEMBOURG),SORT_DEFAULT) , "SUBLANG_FRENCH_LUXEMBOURG" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_GERMAN,SUBLANG_GERMAN),SORT_DEFAULT) , "SUBLANG_GERMAN" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_GERMAN,SUBLANG_GERMAN_SWISS),SORT_DEFAULT) , "SUBLANG_GERMAN_SWISS" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_GERMAN,SUBLANG_GERMAN_AUSTRIAN),SORT_DEFAULT) , "SUBLANG_GERMAN_AUSTRIAN" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_GERMAN,SUBLANG_GERMAN_LUXEMBOURG),SORT_DEFAULT) , "SUBLANG_GERMAN_LUXEMBOURG" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_GERMAN,SUBLANG_GERMAN_LIECHTENSTEIN),SORT_DEFAU LT) , "SUBLANG_GERMAN_LIECHTENSTEIN" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_ITALIAN,SUBLANG_ITALIAN),SORT_DEFAULT) , "SUBLANG_ITALIAN" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_ITALIAN,SUBLANG_ITALIAN_SWISS),SORT_DEFAULT) , "SUBLANG_ITALIAN_SWISS" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_KOREAN,SUBLANG_KOREAN),SORT_DEFAULT) , "SUBLANG_KOREAN" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_KOREAN,SUBLANG_KOREAN_JOHAB),SORT_DEFAULT) , "SUBLANG_KOREAN_JOHAB" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_NORWEGIAN,SUBLANG_NORWEGIAN_BOKMAL),SORT_DEFAUL T) , "SUBLANG_NORWEGIAN_BOKMAL" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_NORWEGIAN,SUBLANG_NORWEGIAN_NYNORSK),SORT_DEFAU LT) , "SUBLANG_NORWEGIAN_NYNORSK" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_PORTUGUESE,SUBLANG_PORTUGUESE),SORT_DEFAULT) , "SUBLANG_PORTUGUESE" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_PORTUGUESE,SUBLANG_PORTUGUESE_BRAZILIAN),SORT_D EFAULT) , "SUBLANG_PORTUGUESE_BRAZILIAN" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_SERBIAN,SUBLANG_SERBIAN_LATIN),SORT_DEFAULT) , "SUBLANG_SERBIAN_LATIN" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_SERBIAN,SUBLANG_SERBIAN_CYRILLIC),SORT_DEFAULT) , "SUBLANG_SERBIAN_CYRILLIC" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_SPANISH,SUBLANG_SPANISH),SORT_DEFAULT) , "SUBLANG_SPANISH" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_SPANISH,SUBLANG_SPANISH_MEXICAN),SORT_DEFAULT) , "SUBLANG_SPANISH_MEXICAN" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_SPANISH,SUBLANG_SPANISH_MODERN),SORT_DEFAULT) , "SUBLANG_SPANISH_MODERN" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_SPANISH,SUBLANG_SPANISH_GUATEMALA),SORT_DEFAULT ) , "SUBLANG_SPANISH_GUATEMALA" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_SPANISH,SUBLANG_SPANISH_COSTA_RICA),SORT_DEFAUL T) , "SUBLANG_SPANISH_COSTA_RICA" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_SPANISH,SUBLANG_SPANISH_PANAMA),SORT_DEFAULT) , "SUBLANG_SPANISH_PANAMA" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_SPANISH,SUBLANG_SPANISH_DOMINICAN_REPUBLIC),SOR T_DEFAULT) , "SUBLANG_SPANISH_DOMINICAN_REPUBLIC" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_SPANISH,SUBLANG_SPANISH_VENEZUELA),SORT_DEFAULT ) , "SUBLANG_SPANISH_VENEZUELA" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_SPANISH,SUBLANG_SPANISH_COLOMBIA),SORT_DEFAULT) , "SUBLANG_SPANISH_COLOMBIA" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_SPANISH,SUBLANG_SPANISH_PERU),SORT_DEFAULT) , "SUBLANG_SPANISH_PERU" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_SPANISH,SUBLANG_SPANISH_ARGENTINA),SORT_DEFAULT ) , "SUBLANG_SPANISH_ARGENTINA" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_SPANISH,SUBLANG_SPANISH_ECUADOR),SORT_DEFAULT) , "SUBLANG_SPANISH_ECUADOR" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_SPANISH,SUBLANG_SPANISH_CHILE),SORT_DEFAULT) , "SUBLANG_SPANISH_CHILE" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_SPANISH,SUBLANG_SPANISH_URUGUAY),SORT_DEFAULT) , "SUBLANG_SPANISH_URUGUAY" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_SPANISH,SUBLANG_SPANISH_PARAGUAY),SORT_DEFAULT) , "SUBLANG_SPANISH_PARAGUAY" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_SPANISH,SUBLANG_SPANISH_BOLIVIA),SORT_DEFAULT) , "SUBLANG_SPANISH_BOLIVIA" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_SPANISH,SUBLANG_SPANISH_EL_SALVADOR),SORT_DEFAU LT) , "SUBLANG_SPANISH_EL_SALVADOR" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_SPANISH,SUBLANG_SPANISH_HONDURAS),SORT_DEFAULT) , "SUBLANG_SPANISH_HONDURAS" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_SPANISH,SUBLANG_SPANISH_NICARAGUA),SORT_DEFAULT ) , "SUBLANG_SPANISH_NICARAGUA" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_SPANISH,SUBLANG_SPANISH_PUERTO_RICO),SORT_DEFAU LT) , "SUBLANG_SPANISH_PUERTO_RICO" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_SWEDISH,SUBLANG_SWEDISH),SORT_DEFAULT) , "SUBLANG_SWEDISH" }, { MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_SWEDISH,SUBLANG_SWEDISH_FINLAND),SORT_DEFAULT) , "SUBLANG_SWEDISH_FINLAND" }, { 0 , 0 } }; void HandleError(char* name) { DWORD err=GetLastError(); switch(err) { case ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER: fprintf(stderr,"Insufficient buffer\n"); exit(err); break; case ERROR_INVALID_FLAGS: fprintf(stderr,"Invalid flags\n"); exit(err); break; case ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER: fprintf(stderr,"Invalid parameter for locale %s\n",name); break; default: fprintf(stderr,"Unknown error\n"); exit(err); break; } fflush(stderr); }; int main(int argc,char* argv[]) { LCID localeId; int nBytes; char * pData; int i; char * str[3]; int iStr = 0; int iBytes; for ( i = 0; winLocales[i].name!=0 ; ++i) { int dayFound = 0; int monthFound = 0; int yearFound = 0; localeId = winLocales[i].locale; nBytes = GetLocaleInfo( localeId, // locale identifier LOCALE_SSHORTDATE, // type of information NULL, // address of buffer for information 0 // size of buffer ); if (nBytes==0) { HandleError(winLocales[i].name); continue; }; pData = (char*)malloc(nBytes); if ( GetLocaleInfo( localeId, // locale identifier LOCALE_SSHORTDATE, // type of information pData, // address of buffer for information nBytes // size of buffer ) ==0) { HandleError(winLocales[i].name); free(pData); continue; } str[0]=str[1]=str[2]=""; for (iBytes=0, iStr=0 ; iBytes != nBytes ; ++iBytes) { switch (pData[iBytes]) { case 'd': case 'D': if (!dayFound) { dayFound = !dayFound; str[iStr++] = "Day"; } break; case 'm': case 'M': if (!monthFound) { monthFound = !monthFound; str[iStr++] = "Month"; } break; case 'y': case 'Y': if (!yearFound) { yearFound = !yearFound; str[iStr++] = "Year"; } break; } } printf("In locale %s , format is %s/%s/%s\n",winLocales[i].name,str[0],str[1],str[2]); free(pData); }; return 0; } Here are the result on windows NT 4.0 ( my machine !): In locale LANG_AFRIKAANS , format is Year/Month/Day In locale LANG_ALBANIAN , format is Year/Month/Day In locale LANG_BASQUE , format is Year/Month/Day In locale LANG_BELARUSIAN , format is Day/Month/Year In locale LANG_BULGARIAN , format is Day/Month/Year In locale LANG_CATALAN , format is Day/Month/Year In locale LANG_CROATIAN , format is Year/Month/Day In locale LANG_CZECH , format is Day/Month/Year In locale LANG_DANISH , format is Day/Month/Year In locale LANG_ESTONIAN , format is Day/Month/Year In locale LANG_FAEROESE , format is Day/Month/Year In locale LANG_FARSI , format is Day/Month/Year In locale LANG_FINNISH , format is Day/Month/Year In locale LANG_GREEK , format is Day/Month/Year In locale LANG_HEBREW , format is Day/Month/Year In locale LANG_HUNGARIAN , format is Year/Month/Day In locale LANG_ICELANDIC , format is Day/Month/Year In locale LANG_INDONESIAN , format is Day/Month/Year In locale LANG_JAPANESE , format is Year/Month/Day In locale LANG_LATVIAN , format is Year/Month/Day In locale LANG_LITHUANIAN , format is Year/Month/Day In locale LANG_NORWEGIAN , format is Day/Month/Year In locale LANG_POLISH , format is Year/Month/Day In locale LANG_ROMANIAN , format is Day/Month/Year In locale LANG_RUSSIAN , format is Day/Month/Year In locale LANG_SLOVAK , format is Day/Month/Year In locale LANG_SLOVENIAN , format is Day/Month/Year In locale LANG_TURKISH , format is Day/Month/Year In locale LANG_UKRAINIAN , format is Day/Month/Year In locale SUBLANG_ARABIC_SAUDI_ARABIA , format is Day/Month/Year In locale SUBLANG_ARABIC_IRAQ , format is Day/Month/Year In locale SUBLANG_ARABIC_EGYPT , format is Day/Month/Year In locale SUBLANG_ARABIC_LIBYA , format is Day/Month/Year In locale SUBLANG_ARABIC_ALGERIA , format is Day/Month/Year In locale SUBLANG_ARABIC_MOROCCO , format is Day/Month/Year In locale SUBLANG_ARABIC_TUNISIA , format is Day/Month/Year In locale SUBLANG_ARABIC_OMAN , format is Day/Month/Year In locale SUBLANG_ARABIC_YEMEN , format is Day/Month/Year In locale SUBLANG_ARABIC_SYRIA , format is Day/Month/Year In locale SUBLANG_ARABIC_JORDAN , format is Day/Month/Year In locale SUBLANG_ARABIC_LEBANON , format is Day/Month/Year In locale SUBLANG_ARABIC_KUWAIT , format is Day/Month/Year In locale SUBLANG_ARABIC_UAE , format is Day/Month/Year In locale SUBLANG_ARABIC_BAHRAIN , format is Day/Month/Year In locale SUBLANG_ARABIC_QATAR , format is Day/Month/Year In locale SUBLANG_CHINESE_TRADITIONAL , format is Year/Month/Day In locale SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED , format is Year/Month/Day In locale SUBLANG_CHINESE_HONGKONG , format is Day/Month/Year In locale SUBLANG_CHINESE_SINGAPORE , format is Day/Month/Year In locale SUBLANG_DUTCH , format is Day/Month/Year In locale SUBLANG_DUTCH_BELGIAN , format is Day/Month/Year In locale SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US , format is Month/Day/Year In locale SUBLANG_ENGLISH_UK , format is Day/Month/Year In locale SUBLANG_ENGLISH_AUS , format is Day/Month/Year In locale SUBLANG_ENGLISH_CAN , format is Day/Month/Year In locale SUBLANG_ENGLISH_NZ , format is Day/Month/Year In locale SUBLANG_ENGLISH_EIRE , format is Day/Month/Year In locale SUBLANG_ENGLISH_SOUTH_AFRICA , format is Year/Month/Day In locale SUBLANG_ENGLISH_JAMAICA , format is Day/Month/Year In locale SUBLANG_ENGLISH_CARIBBEAN , format is Month/Day/Year In locale SUBLANG_ENGLISH_BELIZE , format is Day/Month/Year In locale SUBLANG_ENGLISH_TRINIDAD , format is Day/Month/Year In locale SUBLANG_FRENCH , format is Day/Month/Year In locale SUBLANG_FRENCH_BELGIAN , format is Day/Month/Year In locale SUBLANG_FRENCH_CANADIAN , format is Year/Month/Day In locale SUBLANG_FRENCH_SWISS , format is Day/Month/Year In locale SUBLANG_FRENCH_LUXEMBOURG , format is Day/Month/Year In locale SUBLANG_GERMAN , format is Day/Month/Year In locale SUBLANG_GERMAN_SWISS , format is Day/Month/Year In locale SUBLANG_GERMAN_AUSTRIAN , format is Day/Month/Year In locale SUBLANG_GERMAN_LUXEMBOURG , format is Day/Month/Year In locale SUBLANG_GERMAN_LIECHTENSTEIN , format is Day/Month/Year In locale SUBLANG_ITALIAN , format is Day/Month/Year In locale SUBLANG_ITALIAN_SWISS , format is Day/Month/Year In locale SUBLANG_KOREAN , format is Year/Month/Day In locale SUBLANG_NORWEGIAN_BOKMAL , format is Day/Month/Year In locale SUBLANG_NORWEGIAN_NYNORSK , format is Day/Month/Year In locale SUBLANG_PORTUGUESE , format is Day/Month/Year In locale SUBLANG_PORTUGUESE_BRAZILIAN , format is Day/Month/Year In locale SUBLANG_SERBIAN_LATIN , format is Day/Month/Year In locale SUBLANG_SERBIAN_CYRILLIC , format is Day/Month/Year In locale SUBLANG_SPANISH , format is Day/Month/Year In locale SUBLANG_SPANISH_MEXICAN , format is Day/Month/Year In locale SUBLANG_SPANISH_MODERN , format is Day/Month/Year In locale SUBLANG_SPANISH_GUATEMALA , format is Day/Month/Year In locale SUBLANG_SPANISH_COSTA_RICA , format is Day/Month/Year In locale SUBLANG_SPANISH_PANAMA , format is Month/Day/Year In locale SUBLANG_SPANISH_DOMINICAN_REPUBLIC , format is Month/Day/Year In locale SUBLANG_SPANISH_VENEZUELA , format is Day/Month/Year In locale SUBLANG_SPANISH_COLOMBIA , format is Day/Month/Year In locale SUBLANG_SPANISH_PERU , format is Day/Month/Year In locale SUBLANG_SPANISH_ARGENTINA , format is Day/Month/Year In locale SUBLANG_SPANISH_ECUADOR , format is Day/Month/Year In locale SUBLANG_SPANISH_CHILE , format is Day/Month/Year In locale SUBLANG_SPANISH_URUGUAY , format is Day/Month/Year In locale SUBLANG_SPANISH_PARAGUAY , format is Day/Month/Year In locale SUBLANG_SPANISH_BOLIVIA , format is Day/Month/Year In locale SUBLANG_SPANISH_EL_SALVADOR , format is Month/Day/Year In locale SUBLANG_SPANISH_HONDURAS , format is Month/Day/Year In locale SUBLANG_SPANISH_NICARAGUA , format is Month/Day/Year In locale SUBLANG_SPANISH_PUERTO , format is Month/Day/Year In locale SUBLANG_SWEDISH , format is Year/Month/Day In locale SUBLANG_SWEDISH_FINLAND , format is Day/Month/Year Et voilà ! > -----Original Message----- > From: Dave & Betty Fabian [SMTP:dfabian@sprynet.com] > Sent: Saturday, July 18, 1998 3:58 AM > To: Olson, Arthur David (NCI) > Subject: Order of listing month, day, and year in local date > formats. > > Dear Mr. Olson, > > Do you know where I can get a list of the local year-month-day orders > used in > each country? > For example, the U.S. uses month-day-year order. > > Thank you, > Dave Fabian >

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date formats
by Markus Kuhn July 23, 1998

July 23, 1998

Dave & Betty Fabian [SMTP:dfabian@sprynet.com] wrote: > Do you know where I can get a list of the local year-month-day orders > used in each country? For example, the U.S. uses month-day-year order. Local date format information is part of the locale data collection on <ftp://dkuug.dk/i18n/locales/> specified in POSIX locale format. More and more users and countries are moving towards the international standard date notation YYYY-MM-DD described on http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-time.html so you might consider using just this one for simplicity and prevention of confusion. Markus -- Markus G. Kuhn, Security Group, Computer Lab, Cambridge University, UK email: mkuhn at acm.org, home page: <http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/>

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Daylight saving time in selected countries
by Israel Schorr July 22, 1998

July 22, 1998

Dear Sirs, I am looking for the Daylight saving time guidelines (i.e. gneneral role for start date and end date) in selected countries, which I didn't manage to find elsewhere. The countries are: Armenia Belarus Jordan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzastan Latvia Lithuania Moldova Syria Ukraine I would appreciate any information. Thank You Israel Schorr

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joining the tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov mailing list
by Israel Schorr July 22, 1998

July 22, 1998

Dear Sirs, We would highly appreciate if you could join us the the tz(a)elsie.nci.nih.gov mailing list. Thank you very much. Israel Schorr Our E-mail addresses ischorr(a)barakitc.co.il zsilbinger@ barakitc.co.il

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