August 2000 - tz - lists.iana.org

proposed tz change for Latvia, Lithuania
by Paul Eggert May 25, 2015

May 25, 2015

It's March Madness time for daylight-saving rule changes. Here's a proposed change to the tz database to keep up with the latest political development, which affects time stamps starting March 29: * Latvia and Lithuania will not observe DST, starting this year. Thanks to Andrei Ivanov for this info. =================================================================== RCS file: RCS/europe,v retrieving revision 2000.3 retrieving revision 2000.3.0.1 diff -pu -r2000.3 -r2000.3.0.1 --- europe 2000/03/04 15:31:08 2000.3 +++ europe 2000/03/08 17:48:59 2000.3.0.1 @@ -1135,6 +1135,12 @@ Link Europe/Rome Europe/San_Marino # 1997-01-21 on transition to Summer time ... established the same order of # daylight savings time settings as in the States of the European Union. +# From Andrei Ivanov (2000-03-06): +# This year Latvia will not switch to Daylight Savings Time (as specified in +# <a href="http://www.lv-laiks.lv/wwwraksti/2000/071072/vd4.htm"> +# The Regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Rep. of Latvia of +# 29-Feb-2000 (#79)</a>, in Latvian for subscribers only). + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Latvia 1989 1996 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Latvia 1989 1996 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 - @@ -1151,7 +1157,8 @@ Zone Europe/Riga 1:36:24 - LMT 1880 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 1989 Mar lastSun 2:00s 2:00 1:00 EEST 1989 Sep lastSun 2:00s 2:00 Latvia EE%sT 1997 Jan 21 - 2:00 EU EE%sT + 2:00 EU EE%sT 2000 Feb 29 + 2:00 - EET # Liechtenstein # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] @@ -1178,6 +1185,11 @@ Zone Europe/Vaduz 0:38:04 - LMT 1894 Jun # motion to give up shifting to summer time in spring, as it was # already done by Estonia. +# From Andrei Ivanov (2000-03-06): +# I've heard that Ministers of three Baltic countries on their summit +# somewhere in February decided not to switch to summer time starting from +# this spring. + # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Europe/Vilnius 1:41:16 - LMT 1880 1:24:00 - WMT 1917 # Warsaw Mean Time @@ -1192,7 +1204,8 @@ Zone Europe/Vilnius 1:41:16 - LMT 1880 2:00 C-Eur EE%sT 1998 2:00 - EET 1998 Mar 29 1:00u 1:00 EU CE%sT 1999 Oct 31 1:00u - 2:00 EU EE%sT + 2:00 EU EE%sT 2000 Feb + 2:00 - EET # Luxembourg # Whitman disagrees with most of these dates in minor ways; go with Shanks.

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Summer time and double summer time in the UK, 1940-6
by Joseph S. Myers Sept. 2, 2000

Sept. 2, 2000

I may have mentioned before that the records of summer time in the UK from 1940 to 1946 in the Public Record Office were subject to a 100 year extended closure period. After I requested the Home Office to review this extended closure period in February, they concluded after three months that the records could be opened to the public in their entirety (rather than needing to wait until 2047), and after a further three months for the administrative procedure of actually opening them, they recently became available. I examined them (HO 144/22703 and HO 144/22704) yesterday. They serve to confuse the question of whether the double summer time applied was BDST or DBST; both appear in the records, so Howse's DBST needn't be a typo. On 18th April 1941, Sir Stephen Tallents of the BBC wrote to Sir Alexander Maxwell of the Home Office asking whether there was any official designation; the reply of the 21st was that there wasn't but he couldn't think of anything better than the "Double British Summer Time" that the BBC had been using informally. I've put a copy of the Home Office letter at http://student.cusu.cam.ac.uk/~jsm28/british-time/ho-19410421.png and the BBC letter may follow if I get permission from the BBC. The files contain many objections from irate clergymen to the start of double summer time on Easter Sunday in 1942; one entitled "Pilate---Pharaoh---1942" referring to "Scripture history is being repeated this year through decisions of the Government"; another to "the tyrants of Whitehall, who probably never attend church, & even possibly have never heard of Easter". There are also many newspaper clippings (mainly from Scottish papers) objecting to double summer time in general. -- Joseph S. Myers jsm28(a)cam.ac.uk

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FW: Looking for TZ list
by Olson, Arthur David (NCI) Aug. 30, 2000

Aug. 30, 2000

David Feig is not on the time zone mailing list; direct replies appropriately. --ado > -----Original Message----- > From: David Feig [SMTP:david@postinicorp.com] > Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2000 10:48 PM > To: tz(a)elsie.nci.nih.gov > Subject: Looking for TZ list > > I'm looking for a (complete) list of TZ strings in the format like: > > PST8PDT7,116/2:00:00,298/2:00:00 > > Can anyone give me a pointer? > > Please respond directly to me, as I am not on the mailing list. > > Thanks. > > -- David Feig

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Kentucky county switching time zones
by Rich Wales Aug. 30, 2000

Aug. 30, 2000

After prolonged debate, and despite continuing deep differences of opinion, Wayne County (central Kentucky) is switching from Central (-0600) to Eastern (-0500) time. They won't "fall back" this year when daylight savings time ends in the US on 29 October 2000. Wayne County residents have strong links to nearby Kentucky cities in the Eastern time zone. The time difference has frequently led to scheduling mixups. <http://www.nandotimes.com/nation/story/body/0,1037,500244845-500362432-5021…> Rich Wales richw(a)webcom.com http://www.webcom.com/richw/

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discrepancies between tz data and official Canadian time zone site
by Paul Eggert Aug. 30, 2000

Aug. 30, 2000

I'm sending this email both to the Time Zone mailing list <tz(a)elsie.nci.nih.gov> (see <http://www.twinsun.com/tz/tz-link.htm> for more) and to the INMS feedback alias <questions.inms(a)nrc.ca>, as it seems appropriate for both. INMS, the Institute for National Measurement Standards in Ottawa publishes the following information about standard and daylight saving time zones in Canada: http://www.nrc.ca/inms/time/tze.html (home page) http://www.nrc.ca/inms/images/time/Tz99weB.jpg (standard time, 400 kB) http://www.nrc.ca/inms/images/time/Tz99seB.jpg (daylight saving time, 400 kB) http://www.nrc.ca/inms/faq/time.html#daylight The above web pages report the following information about times since 1988 that disagree with the tz data: * Newfoundland and New Brunswick switch at 00:01 local time, not 02:00. * Manitoba switches from CDT to CST at 03:00 local time, not 02:00. Since this reference seems authoritative, I'm inclined to believe these claims and propose the corresponding changes to the tz data, unless somebody suggests otherwise. This will require creating a new tz Zone entry for New Brunswick; normally this would be America/Saint_John but that's confusing given that there already is an America/St_Johns, so perhaps America/Moncton is a better name. Also, the INMS maps show both "legislated time zone boundaries" and "observed time zones", with the following differences. * British Columbia officially observes PST/PDT, but some parts of east BC observe MST/MDT, and other parts observe MST all year (presumably the America/Dawson_Creek zone of the tz data). * A small area of east Saskatchewan observes CST/CDT, not CST. * A small part of Ontario east of the -90 meridian observes CST/CDT even though it's supposed to observe EST/EDT. Another small part west of -90 observes EST/EDT even though it's supposed to observe CST/CDT. And a third small part west of -90 observes EST all year. * Officially, Quebec east of the -63 meridian is supposed to observe AST all year. But nobody observes this. The western part of east Quebec observes EST/EDT; the eastern part observes AST/ADT. * Most of Labrador observes AST/ADT, even though it's officially supposed to observe NST/NDT. The observed time zones are all covered by existing tz entries, except for the part of Ontario that observes EST all year. Does anybody know more about where that is and how long they've observed EST? The maps don't mention the Baffin time zone rebels reported at length on the tz list. I'll mention the following URL for the benefit of the INMS: http://www.nunatsiaq.com/archives/nunavut991130/nvt91119_17.html

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New Daylight Savings changes for Sydney, Australia.
by Burtenshaw, Craig Aug. 28, 2000

Aug. 28, 2000

Hi, With the Olympics being here in a few weeks, we have started Daylight Savings early. However, I am trying to work out how to alter the australiasia Time zone file In /usr/share/lib/zoneinfo to start the Daylight Savings NOW and end as per normal. I was thinking of putting an entry into the file as such: Rule Aus 2000 only - Aug 25 2:00 1:00 Secondly an Entry in the New South Wales area of Rule AN 2000 only - Aug 25 2:00s 0 Finally an entry in the Zone Australia/Sydney as below Zone Australia/Sydney GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 10:00 Aus EDST 2000 Aug 25 2:00s Of should the last entry be 10:00 Aus EST 2001 Mar lastsun 2:00s Would this alter the system clock appropriately ?? Or could please you give me some information on how to alter the daylight savings date? Thankyou Craig Burtenshaw ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Craig Burtenshaw Unix Systems/Oracle Database Administrator Information Technology Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) P.O. Box 2181 Canberra City ACT 2601 Level 2, 25 Constitution Ave Canberra City ACT 2601 Ph : 61+ (0) 2 6279 5824 Fax : 61+ (0) 2 6279 5024 E-Mail : mailto:Craig.Burtenshaw@amsa.gov.au AMSA Web site : http://www.amsa.gov.au ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Why is it that if someone tells you that there are 1 billion stars in the universe you will believe them, but if they tell you a wall has wet paint you will have to touch it to be sure?

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Looking for TZ list
by David Feig Aug. 25, 2000

Aug. 25, 2000

I'm looking for a (complete) list of TZ strings in the format like: PST8PDT7,116/2:00:00,298/2:00:00 Can anyone give me a pointer? Please respond directly to me, as I am not on the mailing list. Thanks. -- David Feig

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Please add me to mailing list for Time Zone and DST corrections
by Allen, David Aug. 23, 2000

Aug. 23, 2000

Please add me to mailing list for Time Zone and DST corrections Thanks, David E. Allen Timex Middlebury CT

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The science of timekeeping
by Oscar van Vlijmen Aug. 19, 2000

Aug. 19, 2000

August 11 Paul Eggert wrote: > Dennis D. McCarthy and William J. Klepczynski's proposal to do away > with leap seconds, originally published in GPS World last November, is > now available on the Web in PDF form.... This is an interesting article. On the last page you will find a couple of references to other articles, one of which is "The science of timekeeping" by Allan, Ashby, Hodge; Hewlett-Packard Application Note 1289. The URL isn't valid anymore, but I found the current URL: http://www.tm.agilent.com/classes/MasterServlet?view=applicationnote&apn-Ite mID=1000000363&language=eng&locale=US >From the annotation: "... brings together the history and the science of today's hyperfine timekeeping benefits, needs, and expectations. [...] this application note promises to be a classic reference for decades to come." In my opinion: 88 pages of very useful information. The URL given above will link to a PDF file, which was damaged when I downloaded it. HP couldn't find the problem, but if you experience the same problem, you will find that HP's feedback is willing to provide a solution. Regards, Oscar van Vlijmen 2000-08-19

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Re: EU proposals
by Peter Ilieve Aug. 18, 2000

Aug. 18, 2000

Joseph S. Myers wrote: > I came across this in CELEX: > > http://europa.eu.int/cgi-bin/eur-lex/udl.pl?REQUEST=Seek-Deliver&LANGUAGE=e… > > (a 25 page PDF review of summer time). Make that `DOCID=500PC0302(01)' on the end. The 500PC0303(01) one is 44 pages about the mass influx of displaced persons. Well spotted. The Commission were supposed to produce propsals for a ninth directive before 1 Jan 2000 but they still hadn't done so when I rang my usual contact in their Edinburgh office at the end of February and I hadn't got around to asking again. Proposing something open-ended like this is one in the eye for the French, who were talking about dumping summer time altogether. Peter Ilieve peter(a)aldie.co.uk

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easy question: when dst transition occurs at 00:00 hours...
by Thomas Carey Aug. 16, 2000

Aug. 16, 2000

many locales undergo DST transition at midnight - for instance - on Thu 21 Sept 2000 19:30 - DST will end in Tehran, and local time will go from 00:00->23:00 (actually, from 23:59 to 23:00). My question is whether this extra hour occurs (locally) on thursday or friday. I'd assume thursday, as 00:00 doesn't arrive before the transition. can anyone confirm? thanks tc

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FW: Update on Australian Time Zone changes for Olympics
by Olson, Arthur David (NCI) Aug. 16, 2000

Aug. 16, 2000

Eric Ulevik is not on the time zone mailing list; direct replies appropriately. --ado > -----Original Message----- > From: Eric Ulevik [SMTP:eauz@zip.com.au] > Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2000 1:19 AM > To: tz(a)elsie.nci.nih.gov > Subject: Update on Australian Time Zone changes for Olympics > > Source: Sydney's Sun Herald newspaper, 13 August 2000 page 29 > > * NSW (and Victoria, Tas, ACT) going onto DST at 2am 27 August 2000 > > * As usual, no DST in WA, NT and Queensland > > Some parts of NSW are different: > > - Broken Hill starting DST on 29 September 2000 (following South > Australia) > > - Twin Towns Services Club (in Tweed Heads, near the Queensland border) > will maintain Queensland time. The Queensland Premier Peter Beattie > is encouraging northern NSW towns to use Queensland time. > > Regards, > > Eric Ulevik >

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Iraq bugfix
by Vadim Vygonets Aug. 16, 2000

Aug. 16, 2000

I wonder how it was not caught until now. Not enough users in Iraq, perhaps. ----------> --- asia.old Thu Aug 10 16:31:50 2000 +++ asia Wed Aug 16 03:17:46 2000 @@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ # IATA SSIM (1991/1996) says Apr 1 12:01am UTC; guess the `:01' is a typo. # Shanks says Iraq did not observe DST 1992/1997 or 1999 on; ignore this. Rule Iraq 1991 max - Apr 1 3:00s 1:00 D -Rule Iraq 1991 max - Oct 1 3:00s 0 D +Rule Iraq 1991 max - Oct 1 3:00s 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Baghdad 2:57:40 - LMT 1890 2:57:36 - BMT 1918 # Baghdad Mean Time? <---------- Vadik. -- Do not meddle in the affairs of troff, for it is subtle and quick to anger.

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zoneinfo
by Claudio A. Pacciarini Aug. 14, 2000

Aug. 14, 2000

Dear Sir, zoneinfo for Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA is wrong, it's GMT-3 but zoneinfo believes it's -4. Any ideas what is and how can I correct the appropiated file ? Many thanks Claudio Pacciarini

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Update on Australian Time Zone changes for Olympics
by Eric Ulevik Aug. 13, 2000

Aug. 13, 2000

Source: Sydney's Sun Herald newspaper, 13 August 2000 page 29 * NSW (and Victoria, Tas, ACT) going onto DST at 2am 27 August 2000 * As usual, no DST in WA, NT and Queensland Some parts of NSW are different: - Broken Hill starting DST on 29 September 2000 (following South Australia) - Twin Towns Services Club (in Tweed Heads, near the Queensland border) will maintain Queensland time. The Queensland Premier Peter Beattie is encouraging northern NSW towns to use Queensland time. Regards, Eric Ulevik

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USNO leap seconds mailing list
by Markus Kuhn Aug. 11, 2000

Aug. 11, 2000

A new LEAPSECS(a)CLOCKDEV.USNO.NAVY.MIL mailing list for the discussion of the future of UTC and leap seconds is available on http://clockdev.usno.navy.mil/archives/leapsecs.html Markus -- Markus G. Kuhn, Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge, UK Email: mkuhn at acm.org, WWW: <http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/>

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"GPS and Leap Seconds; Time to Change?" now on the Web
by Paul Eggert Aug. 10, 2000

Aug. 10, 2000

Dennis D. McCarthy and William J. Klepczynski's proposal to do away with leap seconds, originally published in GPS World last November, is now available on the Web in PDF form at: http://clockdev.usno.navy.mil/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A3=ind0007&L=leapsecs&P=26737&…

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SAST/africa and attribution
by Mark Murray Aug. 10, 2000

Aug. 10, 2000

Hi No hurry on this one, but could you please change the reference to my email address "Mark R V Murray <markm(a)iafrica.com>" to "Mark R V Murray <mark(a)grondar.za>" in the "africa" file? If you want to verify that I am the same person, I am happy to reply to mail sent to the iafrica.com address. Thanks! M

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Correction to availability announcement
by Olson, Arthur David (NCI) Aug. 10, 2000

Aug. 10, 2000

The newly available files are named ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzcode2000f.tar.gz and ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzdata2000f.tar.gz (rather than having the "2000e" names mentioned in a previous letter today). Thanks to Klaus Klein for catching the error! --ado

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RE: Timezone utility
by Olson, Arthur David (NCI) Aug. 10, 2000

Aug. 10, 2000

> ] $ zdump -v Australia/Hobart | grep 2000 > ] Australia/Hobart Sat Mar 25 15:59:59 2000 UTC = Sun Mar 26 02:59:59 > 2000 EST isdst=1 > ] Australia/Hobart Sat Mar 25 16:00:00 2000 UTC = Sun Mar 26 02:00:00 > 2000 EST isdst=0 > ] Australia/Hobart Sat Aug 26 15:59:59 2000 UTC = Sun Aug 27 01:59:59 > 2000 EST isdst=0 > ] Australia/Hobart Sat Aug 26 16:00:00 2000 UTC = Sun Aug 27 03:00:00 > 2000 EST isdst=1 > > It would be nice if you could say > $ zdump -y 2000 Australia/Hobart > and get the same output, especially if this was clearly documented > in zdump(8). > I come down on the side of classic UNIX philosophy here--if the job can be done with existing command-line tools (such as grep), don't reinvent the wheel. --ado

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tzcode2000e.tar.gz and tzdata2000e.tar.gz
by Olson, Arthur David (NCI) Aug. 10, 2000

Aug. 10, 2000

The files ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzcode2000e.tar.gz and ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzdata2000e.tar.gz are now available. In addition to the changes circulated on the time zone list earlier this week by Paul Eggert, there's added information in "tz-art.htm" on a Seinfeld reference to DST, and error checking and messages in the "yearistype" script have been improved. There's more work to do in the yearistype realm; I did, however, want to get the Lithuania changes out the door. --ado

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RE: Using yearistype requires "." in $PATH
by Olson, Arthur David (NCI) Aug. 9, 2000

Aug. 9, 2000

> | Maybe the first step is to change the Makefile line that reads > | cp zic zdump $(ETCDIR)/. > | to read > | cp yearistype zdump zic $(ETCDIR)/. > > Personally, I don't think that would be the best solution, yearistype > is hardly the kind of utility that anyone is ever going to want to run > by hand, nor is it really very likely to be useful for scripts or similar. > Its sole purpose is for use by zic. > Hmmm...well then how about finessing the issue? Replacing two lines in australasia with five: *** 7.57/australasia Tue Aug 8 09:34:13 2000 --- 7.58/australasia Tue Aug 8 09:34:13 2000 *************** *** 1,4 **** ! # @(#)australasia 7.57 # This file also includes Pacific islands. # Notes are at the end of this file --- 1,4 ---- ! # @(#)australasia 7.58 # This file also includes Pacific islands. # Notes are at the end of this file *************** *** 70,77 **** Rule AS 1972 only - Feb 27 2:00s 0 - Rule AS 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - Rule AS 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 - ! Rule AS 1990 1994 even Mar Sun>=18 2:00s 0 - ! Rule AS 1990 1994 odd Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - Rule AS 1995 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Australia/Adelaide 9:14:20 - LMT 1895 Feb --- 70,80 ---- Rule AS 1972 only - Feb 27 2:00s 0 - Rule AS 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - Rule AS 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 - ! Rule AS 1990 only - Mar Sun>=18 2:00s 0 - ! Rule AS 1991 only - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - ! Rule AS 1992 only - Mar Sun>=18 2:00s 0 - ! Rule AS 1993 only - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - ! Rule AS 1994 only - Mar Sun>=18 2:00s 0 - Rule AS 1995 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Australia/Adelaide 9:14:20 - LMT 1895 Feb will eliminate the only current use of "yearistype" in distributed time zone files; we then just leave the yearistype stuff in place as is as an escape mechanism for those who might need it. --ado

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proposed tz changes for Lithuania and Argentina
by Paul Eggert Aug. 9, 2000

Aug. 9, 2000

Here are some proposed patches to the tz database. * Lithuania is at UTC+2 right now, contrary to the existing tz data. Today Steffen Thorsen reminded me that Andrei Ivanov reported in March that Lithuania might not use DST this year. This change was not incorporated into the tz database because we didn't have confirmation then. But I just verified from the Lithuanian State Department of Tourism and from Air Lithuania web sites that the country is at UTC+2 with no DST. The tz data are incorrect for today's time stamps, so this fix is relatively high priority. I did find a contrary claim about what will happen this October in Lithuania. The Litnet Computer Emergency Response Team <http://www.litnet.lt/cert/> claims that they operate at UTC+1 with DST, which would mean that Lithuania would move its clocks back this fall. This is the only place I've seen this claim, so for now let's discount it. * Change the South Australia rules to not invoke yearistype, to bypass configuration and installation hassles Thanks to Arthur David Olson for this suggestion. * Correction for Argentina between October 1999 and March 2000. This correction does not affect the clocks, just the tm_isdst option. Argentina was using UTC-4 plus one hour of DST, not UTC-3. Thanks to Fabian L. Arce Jofre for this correction. * Add the Worldwide Holiday & Festival Site to our links, as they use the tz data. =================================================================== RCS file: RCS/australasia,v retrieving revision 2000.5 retrieving revision 2000.5.0.1 diff -pu -r2000.5 -r2000.5.0.1 --- australasia 2000/07/31 13:26:42 2000.5 +++ australasia 2000/08/08 22:35:17 2000.5.0.1 @@ -70,8 +70,11 @@ Rule AS 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:0 Rule AS 1972 only - Feb 27 2:00s 0 - Rule AS 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - Rule AS 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 - -Rule AS 1990 1994 even Mar Sun>=18 2:00s 0 - -Rule AS 1990 1994 odd Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - +Rule AS 1990 only - Mar Sun>=18 2:00s 0 - +Rule AS 1991 only - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - +Rule AS 1992 only - Mar Sun>=18 2:00s 0 - +Rule AS 1993 only - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - +Rule AS 1994 only - Mar Sun>=18 2:00s 0 - Rule AS 1995 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Australia/Adelaide 9:14:20 - LMT 1895 Feb =================================================================== RCS file: RCS/europe,v retrieving revision 2000.5 retrieving revision 2000.5.0.1 diff -pu -r2000.5 -r2000.5.0.1 --- europe 2000/07/31 13:26:41 2000.5 +++ europe 2000/08/08 23:41:30 2000.5.0.1 @@ -1189,6 +1189,10 @@ Zone Europe/Vaduz 0:38:04 - LMT 1894 Jun # motion to give up shifting to summer time in spring, as it was # already done by Estonia. +# From the <a href="http://www.tourism.lt/informa/ff.htm"> +# Fact File, Lithuanian State Department of Tourism +# </a> (2000-03-27): Local time is GMT+2 hours ..., no daylight saving. + # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Europe/Vilnius 1:41:16 - LMT 1880 1:24:00 - WMT 1917 # Warsaw Mean Time @@ -1203,7 +1207,7 @@ Zone Europe/Vilnius 1:41:16 - LMT 1880 2:00 C-Eur EE%sT 1998 2:00 - EET 1998 Mar 29 1:00u 1:00 EU CE%sT 1999 Oct 31 1:00u - 2:00 EU EE%sT + 2:00 - EET # Luxembourg # Whitman disagrees with most of these dates in minor ways; go with Shanks. =================================================================== RCS file: RCS/southamerica,v retrieving revision 2000.3 retrieving revision 2000.3.0.1 diff -pu -r2000.3 -r2000.3.0.1 --- southamerica 2000/03/04 15:31:08 2000.3 +++ southamerica 2000/04/19 05:36:52 2000.3.0.1 @@ -111,24 +111,31 @@ Rule Arg 1989 1992 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 1: # From Rives McDow (2000-01-10): # On October 3, 1999, 0:00 local, Argentina implemented daylight savings time, # which did not result in the switch of a time zone, as they stayed 9 hours -# from the International Date Line. On March 5, 2000, at 0:00 local time, -# Argentina will come off daylight savings time, which will bring them to 8 -# hours from the International Date Line. +# from the International Date Line. +Rule Arg 1999 only - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Arg 2000 only - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 - # # From Peter Gradelski via Steffen Thorsen (2000-03-01): # We just checked with our San Paulo office and they say the government of # Argentina decided not to become one of the countries that go on or off DST. # So Buenos Aires should be -3 hours from GMT at all times. # +# From Fabian L. Arce Jofre <farcejofre(a)bigfoot.com> (2000-04-04): +# The law that claimed DST for Argentina was derogated by President Fernando +# de la Rua on March 2, 2000, because it would make people spend more energy +# in the winter time, rather than less. The change took effect on March 3. +# # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] # -# Buenos Aires (BA), Distrito Federal (DF), Santa Cruz (SC), -# Tierra del Fuego (TF) & Antartida e Islas +# Buenos Aires (BA), Capital Federal (CF), Santa Cruz (SC), +# Tierra del Fuego, Antartida e Islas del Atlantico Sur (TF) Zone America/Buenos_Aires -3:53:48 - LMT 1894 Nov -4:16:44 - CMT 1920 May # Cordoba Mean Time -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5 - -3:00 Arg AR%sT + -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3 0:00 + -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 0:00 + -3:00 - ART # # Santa Fe (SF), Entre Rios (ER), Corrientes (CN), Misiones (MN), Chaco (CC), # Formosa (FM), La Pampa (LP), Chubut (CH) @@ -137,6 +144,8 @@ Zone America/Rosario -4:02:40 - LMT 1894 -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1991 Jul + -3:00 - ART 1999 Oct 3 0:00 + -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 0:00 -3:00 - ART # # Cordoba (CB), Santiago del Estero (SE), Salta (SA), Tucuman (TM), La Rioja (LR), San Juan (SJ), San Luis (SL), @@ -146,6 +155,8 @@ Zone America/Cordoba -4:16:44 - LMT 1894 -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1990 Jul + -3:00 - ART 1999 Oct 3 0:00 + -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 0:00 -3:00 - ART # # Jujuy (JY) @@ -157,6 +168,8 @@ Zone America/Jujuy -4:21:12 - LMT 1894 N -4:00 - WART 1991 Oct 6 -4:00 1:00 WARST 1992 Mar 15 -4:00 - WART 1992 Oct 18 + -3:00 - ART 1999 Oct 3 0:00 + -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 0:00 -3:00 - ART # # Catamarca (CT) @@ -167,6 +180,8 @@ Zone America/Catamarca -4:23:08 - LMT 18 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1990 Jul -3:00 - ART 1991 Jul -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1992 Jul + -3:00 - ART 1999 Oct 3 0:00 + -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 0:00 -3:00 - ART # # Mendoza (MZ) @@ -178,6 +193,8 @@ Zone America/Mendoza -4:35:16 - LMT 1894 -4:00 - WART 1991 Oct 15 -4:00 1:00 WARST 1992 Mar 1 -4:00 - WART 1992 Oct 18 + -3:00 - ART 1999 Oct 3 0:00 + -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 0:00 -3:00 - ART # Aruba =================================================================== RCS file: RCS/tz-link.htm,v retrieving revision 2000.5 retrieving revision 2000.5.0.1 diff -pu -r2000.5 -r2000.5.0.1 --- tz-link.htm 2000/07/31 13:26:42 2000.5 +++ tz-link.htm 2000/08/08 23:41:30 2000.5.0.1 @@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ is a fancier web interface. is an even fancier interface. <LI><A HREF="http://www.burbs.com/fcgi-bin/tzconvert.fcgi">Burbs time zone converter</A> is a multilingual interface. +<LI><A HREF="http://www.holidayfestival.com/">The Worldwide Holiday +& Festival Site</A> lists DST-related clock changes along with holidays. <LI><A HREF="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/">The World Clock</A> is a web interface to a time zone database derived from <samp>tz</samp>'s.

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FW: Timezone utility
by Olson, Arthur David (NCI) Aug. 8, 2000

Aug. 8, 2000

Henry Grebler is not on the time zone mailing list; direct any replies appropriately. --ado > -----Original Message----- > From: Henry Grebler [SMTP:henryg@optimation.com.au] > Sent: Monday, August 07, 2000 10:31 PM > To: tz(a)elsie.nci.nih.gov > Subject: Timezone utility > > > > #To: tz(a)elsie.nci.nih.gov > > #From: henryg(a)optimation.com.au > Henry Grebler > Support Manager > Optimation Software Engineering Pty Ltd > Level 9 West, 608 St Kilda Road > Melbourne, Vic, 3004, Australia > > Phone: +61 3 9525 2111 Fax: +61 3 9521 1733 > URL: http://www.optimation.com.au > > > Hi, > > > First of all, thanks for providing a valuable service. I guess under > normal situations your work would go unheralded - when things are > going right no one notices. It's only when your car breaks down that > you look under the bonnet (hood). > > I'm hoping I have found an opportunity to give a little (very little) > back. > > We in Australia have been taking a keener-than-usual interest in tz > stuff with the advent of the Olympic Games. So, naturally, I > eventually found myself downloading from your website. > > I look after several different platforms (Solaris, Linux, AIX, HP-UX, > IRIX, etc). It soon became clear to me that something was missing. I > felt that, it's all very well to make changes to the timezone > database; how do I test that the changes will work? And there's > the rub. It's not the time now that is at issue. One can immediately > confirm that the time right now is correct. What I want to know is, > Will it be correct at some time in the future? > > To address this issue, I have written a little utility, cvt_time. I > enclose source, Makefile and man page. I have chosen to store it in > the 'misc' subdirectory of the 'src' directory. It is enclosed as a > tar, gzip, uuencode. 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Timezone utility
by Henry Grebler Aug. 8, 2000

Aug. 8, 2000

#To: tz(a)elsie.nci.nih.gov #From: henryg(a)optimation.com.au Henry Grebler Support Manager Optimation Software Engineering Pty Ltd Level 9 West, 608 St Kilda Road Melbourne, Vic, 3004, Australia Phone: +61 3 9525 2111 Fax: +61 3 9521 1733 URL: http://www.optimation.com.au Hi, First of all, thanks for providing a valuable service. I guess under normal situations your work would go unheralded - when things are going right no one notices. It's only when your car breaks down that you look under the bonnet (hood). I'm hoping I have found an opportunity to give a little (very little) back. We in Australia have been taking a keener-than-usual interest in tz stuff with the advent of the Olympic Games. So, naturally, I eventually found myself downloading from your website. I look after several different platforms (Solaris, Linux, AIX, HP-UX, IRIX, etc). It soon became clear to me that something was missing. I felt that, it's all very well to make changes to the timezone database; how do I test that the changes will work? And there's the rub. It's not the time now that is at issue. One can immediately confirm that the time right now is correct. What I want to know is, Will it be correct at some time in the future? To address this issue, I have written a little utility, cvt_time. I enclose source, Makefile and man page. I have chosen to store it in the 'misc' subdirectory of the 'src' directory. It is enclosed as a tar, gzip, uuencode. If you think it is worthwhile, please feel free to distribute it or make it available in any way you see fit. Regards, Henry begin 660 misc.tar.Z M'YV0;=+,&?,"@,&#"!,J7,BPH<.'$",BA &#!HP;-V H$@Q!HT:&SG"B"$C MI,B3&V]XG&'#1@V,,T*2K"$C!@"0$G/JW,FS9YTY=,+("8FFC!LY><[T7 @T MC!DS2Q>*E/'2),>84;-JW<JU:]> U^,L4/G"YTT;<JX&..UK=N-,2BVU"C2 M(\B3)*URC'&#:LJ5+6O$F'%#)@T:-VAL?,NX\<*?08=2+'HT:=>F3[U.K7H2 M!E;'H$.+;OM"!8BQ9<^F70NBQ>DW;NR4D4,'Q)PR8V"3F6,[C9LQ94"4@?-F M#!H0=-Z 8%,\#!OD:(.#F$Z].@@5+Q0H**W@.@@D1I&"."*GC!@VLT'PH(ST M#) W<%2'.0M[[9LV+L+4\=%=17\03\2'UGQIP ;"%&^80<<=0@57A!MG^%;& M;+Z= 0(4=.3A @A,T$&&"RS\UT09;(CQ1AURN%$&"R $ 9D<SJ41A@O]_9<$ M"&NX\<8=(*1!QPF\Z5B;',6M449M Z5A%' LBE%';6F8 4(>)R*'AF]K]/AC MD&_4%@8(8H1!QG]ID%%&&"PF<0(9RZ5A)'+*B1%<&&/DN"-Z9)Q1QH<@W'@' MD70$1\>5O#D5J!RVG2F'<17^=^49QX7A!IO,\6C&&XA^"0<;\UTJ1QLM^&8F M'$:9Z49M:1DGJ4!MP D"G5>6(9N59?PW1QAI@5#>''6P0<>&5!0%@HH- M4G M"&=T"0*#O)T1QAUK-/DDLL]FR2P(8,U1(0AF$-F&K<JU(6D>("18+HH@;-HI MIFW,D::5)T(*96UWG,@&FW(*%X:VZ26WK!P^KOB?DVG<^^JD/;K1%!O/#2J0 ME9*Z2K#!DK+IV\+/.0LMC==EI\ (OHW!1AUF@B "4&04Z (:(E@'0FG<8FJ; MAR?2P2+*L\G!(JER$(DH=A^'/'+)/*BF%AK\*> ;'0J(ZQL*0ITQ!HM1VY&" MTJ=:%_48.RB@ZL_35;U%%UWOT=UT1IMUG<A%=DU=VK4E.L8<;D^WM'5I='WV M:<S5"4(/()APV]QU]R@EU')(_3?@,:0 @MDN#\X;X$:C $,*A5,'!\"GFH'" M&)6S76<*F.]-71EX^(A"Z=3UL;>G(*"0QM$a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a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end

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