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Energy bill signed -- U.S. changes Daylight Saving rules
by Jonathan Lennox Aug. 9, 2005

Aug. 9, 2005

President Bush signed the Energy Policy Act of 2005 today, which among many other things changes the U.S.'s Daylight Saving rules. The full text of the bill is available from thomas.loc.gov (search on bill number "hr6" for the 109th Congress). For the purposes of this list, the relevant section is as follows: SEC. 110. DAYLIGHT SAVINGS. (a) Amendment- Section 3(a) of the Uniform Time Act of 1966 (15 U.S.C. 260a(a)) is amended-- (1) by striking `first Sunday of April' and inserting `second Sunday of March'; and (2) by striking `last Sunday of October' and inserting `first Sunday of November'. (b) Effective Date- Subsection (a) shall take effect 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act or March 1, 2007, whichever is later. (c) Report to Congress- Not later than 9 months after the effective date stated in subsection (b), the Secretary shall report to Congress on the impact of this section on energy consumption in the United States. (d) Right to Revert- Congress retains the right to revert the Daylight Saving Time back to the 2005 time schedules once the Department study is complete. -- Jonathan Lennox lennox(a)cs.columbia.edu

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Mailing list back in business
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) Aug. 2, 2005

Aug. 2, 2005

As the appearance of the non-forwarded message from Egmont Koblinger indicates, mail is now getting through to elsie.nci.nih.gov from the outside world. Thanks to all for your patience as bureaucracy central did the necessary work. --ado

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zdump of glibc reports invalid timezone name
by Egmont Koblinger Aug. 2, 2005

Aug. 2, 2005

Hi, I've found an interesting issue. If I compile zdump directly from the tzcode package (any version), it works perfectly. However, if exactly the same source is built within the full glibc tree, that one reports invalid time zone abbreviations. I have no idea whether it's a tzcode or a glibc bug. Please read the full detailed description here: http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1140 and please, if possible, also report your comments to this bugzilla, so that I hope you and the glibc team can quickly catch and fix the bug together. Thanks, Egmont

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