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Re: bin/105738: [patch] Daylight Savings is being introduced in Western Australia
by Peter Jeremy Nov. 23, 2006

Nov. 23, 2006

On Wed, 2006-Nov-22 13:56:17 +0300, Ruslan Ermilov wrote: >On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 08:39:17PM +1100, Peter Jeremy wrote: >> Yesterday, the Parliament of Western Australia passed legislation to >> introduce Daylight Savings for a 3 year trial period, commencing on >> 3rd December 2006. The lack of notice is quite unfortunate. >> >> See http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/bills.nsf/BillProgressPopup?open… >> >> It would be nice if this change could be applied to FreeBSB in >> time for the start (including FreeBSD 6.2). >> >Did you submit it to Arthur David Olson <ado(a)elsie.nci.nih.gov> for >inclusion into the next tzdata version? We're tracking it, and it >would be easier to just import a new version when it gets updated. >I've just checked the latest version, tzdata2006o, and it doesn't >include this change yet. The patch I submitted yesterday had a fairly silly error in it - I got the DST commencement range wrong. Attached is a corrected patch. Mea culpa. -- Peter Jeremy

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RE: Windows patch for Western Australia
by Jesper Norgaard Welen Nov. 23, 2006

Nov. 23, 2006

There was a couple of mistakes in the registry file, hopefully this is correct: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Time Zones\Australian Western Std. Time] "Display"="(GMT+08:00) Perth" "Dlt"="Australian West Daylight Time" "TZI"=hex:20,fe,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,c4,ff,ff,ff,00,00,03,00,00,00,05,00,03,00, 00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,0c,00,00,00,01,00,02,00,00,00,00,00,00,00 - Jesper -----Original Message----- From: Jesper Norgaard Welen [mailto:jnorgard@prodigy.net.mx] Sent: Miércoles, 22 de Noviembre de 2006 23:33 To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Cc: Paul Eggert Subject: Windows patch for Western Australia ... Save the following into the file Perth2006.reg: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Time Zones\Australian Western Std. Time] "Display"="(GMT+08:00) Perth" "Dlt"="Australia Western Daylight Time" "TZI"=hex:20,fe,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,c4,ff,ff,ff,00,00,04,00,00,00,01,00,03,00, 00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,0c,00,00,00,01,00,02,00,00,00,00,00,00,00 ...

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West Australia DST: to be or not to be
by Jesper Norgaard Welen Nov. 23, 2006

Nov. 23, 2006

http://origin.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20747523-5006789,00.ht ml We will soon know if West Australia DST is on or not: this week should give final vote, according to the article. Regards, - Jesper Jesper Nørgaard Welen Email: jnorgard(a)Prodigy.Net.mx Project Leader (Líder de Proyecto) Software CIMMYT - Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo Dirección: CIMMYT Int. c/o Jesper Nørgaard Km. 45, Carretera México-Veracruz El Batán Texcoco, Edo. de México CP 56130 MEXICO Tel.: +52 (55) 58-04-20-04 ext. 1374 Fax: +52 (55) 58-04-75-58 Tel. Casa: 53-10-05-95 ó 53-10-97-78 Download the shareware program World Time Explorer, I made: http://www.worldtimeexplorer.com/index.html

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RE: Western Australia planning for Daylight Saving Timestarting1D ecember 2006
by Robert Masters Nov. 22, 2006

Nov. 22, 2006

My take on the change. Comments? Which of the two is 'better'? -Rob diff -r -u australasia.2006o australasia.2006p --- australasia.2006o 2006-11-13 14:16:27.000000000 +0800 +++ australasia.2006p 2006-11-22 09:14:06.000000000 +0800 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# @(#)australasia 8.3 +# @(#)australasia 8.4 # <pre> # This file also includes Pacific islands. @@ -37,7 +37,14 @@ 8:00 1:00 WST 1984 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 8:00 - WST 1991 Nov 17 2:00s 8:00 1:00 WST 1992 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s - 8:00 - WST + 8:00 - WST 2006 Dec 3 2:00s + 8:00 1:00 WST 2007 Mar lastSun 2:00s + 8:00 - WST 2007 Oct lastSun 2:00s + 8:00 1:00 WST 2008 Mar lastSun 2:00s + 8:00 - WST 2008 Oct lastSun 2:00s + 8:00 1:00 WST 2009 Mar lastSun 2:00s + 8:00 - WST + # Queensland # # From Alex Livingston (1996-11-01): @@ -764,6 +771,11 @@ # The 1992 ending date used in the rules is a best guess; # it matches what was used in the past. +# From Robert Masters (2006-11-22): +# WA will change on December 3rd to the last Sunday in March, and +# then from the last Sunday in October to the last Sunday in March +# for the next two years. Bill passed 21/11/2006 (!) + # <a href="http://www.bom.gov.au/faq/faqgen.htm"> # The Australian Bureau of Meteorology FAQ # </a> (1999-09-27) writes that Giles Meteorological Station uses -----Original Message----- From: tz-request(a)elsie.nci.nih.gov [mailto:tz-request@elsie.nci.nih.gov] On Behalf Of Erik van der Poel Sent: Wednesday, 22 November 2006 1:30 AM To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Cc: TZ-list; Paul Eggert Subject: Re: Western Australia planning for Daylight Saving Timestarting1December 2006 It looks like they voted for daylight saving: http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,20795690-2761,00.html http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/bills.nsf/9A1B183144403DA54825721 200088DF1/$File/Bill175-1B.pdf I suppose there are a number of ways to write the new rules. Would this do? diff -r -u ccc/australasia ddd/australasia --- ccc/australasia 2006-11-06 06:17:49.000000000 -0800 +++ ddd/australasia 2006-11-21 07:05:38.000000000 -0800 @@ -37,6 +37,12 @@ 8:00 1:00 WST 1984 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 8:00 - WST 1991 Nov 17 2:00s 8:00 1:00 WST 1992 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s + 8:00 - WST 2006 Dec 3 2:00s + 8:00 1:00 WST 2007 Mar 25 2:00s + 8:00 - WST 2007 Oct 28 2:00s + 8:00 1:00 WST 2008 Mar 30 2:00s + 8:00 - WST 2008 Oct 26 2:00s + 8:00 1:00 WST 2009 Mar 29 2:00s 8:00 - WST # Queensland # ------------------------- Erik van der Poel On 11/7/06, Jesper Norgaard Welen <jnorgard(a)prodigy.net.mx> wrote: > > > It seems that it *is* possible to dig up some fixed adresses (links to > PDF > files): > > http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/bills.nsf/62D4F7C55EA889934 > 82572110007316A/$File/Bill174-1.pdf > > http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/bills.nsf/9A1B183144403DA54 > 825721200088DF1/$File/Bill175-1B.pdf > > While I send it however the technology (Outlook? Email servers?) > probably will break the long lines - I don't know how to avoid that. > So you will have to patch the links when you receive them. > > The first bill introduces a note that clarifies that when using 2:00am > in the bill, it refers to 2:00am standard time, so the DST would run > to 25 March 2007 3:00am (daylight saving time). But the second bill > does not mention that, and states 2:00am both when entering and when leaving DST. > > A Queensland southwest bound University lecture was bombarded with > hate mails when suggesting to introduce DST in a corner of Queensland, > and according to her the most effective argument was not 'you are an > idiot' but 'you have lived outside of Queensland, you are not a > Queenslander ... (and) you don't deserve a say' > > http://origin.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20722209-29277,0 > 0.html > > Queensland is not likely to introduce DST legislation anytime soon, > methinks > ;-) > > Regards, > - Jesper > > > ________________________________ > From: Eric Ulevik [mailto:eulevik@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 7:31 AM > To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov > Subject: Western Australia planning for Daylight Saving Time starting > 1 December 2006 > > > The state of Western Australia is planning to adopt daylight saving > time on a trial basis till 31 March 2009. This has not yet been passed > by parliament but is supported by both major parties. > > The initial period is 2am 1 December 2006 to 2am 25 March 2007. > > Subsequent periods are 2am on last Sunday in October till 2am on last > Sunday in March. > > The Daylight Saving Bill 2006 can be found on > http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/ . Unfortunately there is no fixed > address. > > Source: > http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=145&ContentID=10997 > > ************************************************************************ Bunnings Legal Disclaimer: 1) This email is confidential and may contain legally privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not disclose or use the information contained in it. If you have received this email in error, please notify us immediately by return email and delete the document. 2) All emails sent to and sent from Bunnings Group Limited. are scanned for content. Any material deemed to contain inappropriate subject matter will be reported to the email administrator of all parties concerned. ************************************************************************

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[patch] Daylight Savings is being introduced in Western Australia
by Peter Jeremy Nov. 22, 2006

Nov. 22, 2006

>Submitter-Id: current-users >Originator: Peter Jeremy >Organization: n/a >Confidential: no >Synopsis: [patch] Daylight Savings is being introduced in Western Australia >Severity: serious >Priority: high >Category: bin >Class: change-request >Release: FreeBSD 6.2-PRERELEASE amd64 >Environment: System: FreeBSD turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org 6.2-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-PRERELEASE #23: Fri Oct 27 09:36:46 EST 2006 root@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/turion amd64 Affects all versions of FreeBSD >Description: Yesterday, the Parliament of Western Australia passed legislation to introduce Daylight Savings for a 3 year trial period, commencing on 3rd December 2006. The lack of notice is quite unfortunate. See http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/bills.nsf/BillProgressPopup?open… It would be nice if this change could be applied to FreeBSB in time for the start (including FreeBSD 6.2). >How-To-Repeat: New functionality >Fix: Index: share/zoneinfo/australasia =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/ncvs/src/share/zoneinfo/australasia,v retrieving revision 1.30 diff -u -r1.30 australasia --- share/zoneinfo/australasia 13 Oct 2006 10:03:23 -0000 1.30 +++ share/zoneinfo/australasia 22 Nov 2006 09:16:28 -0000 @@ -28,7 +28,19 @@ Zone Australia/Darwin 8:43:20 - LMT 1895 Feb 9:00 - CST 1899 May 9:30 Aus CST + # Western Australia +# +# From Peter Jeremy (2006-11-22) +# The WA Parliament has just passed legislation to trial Daylight Saving +# for 3 years, starting in December 2006. +# http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/bills.nsf/BillProgressPopup?open… +# +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule AW 2007 2009 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - +Rule AW 2006 only - Dec 3 2:00s 0 - +Rule AW 2007 2009 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Australia/Perth 7:43:24 - LMT 1895 Dec 8:00 Aus WST 1943 Jul 8:00 - WST 1974 Oct lastSun 2:00s @@ -37,7 +49,8 @@ 8:00 1:00 WST 1984 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 8:00 - WST 1991 Nov 17 2:00s 8:00 1:00 WST 1992 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s - 8:00 - WST + 8:00 AW WST + # Queensland # # From Alex Livingston (1996-11-01):

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Time in the media
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] Nov. 21, 2006

Nov. 21, 2006

Just on the border of mass media: the December 2006 issue of Harper's includes the article "Clash of the Time Lords: Who will own the easure of our days?" by Michelle Stacey. The focus is the leap-second/leap-hour controversy; the Julian/Gregorian transition is covered in conjunction with this. Alas, there doesn't seem to be a Web version available. --ado

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FW: Western Australia planning for Daylight Saving Time starting 1 December 2006
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] Nov. 21, 2006

Nov. 21, 2006

I'm forwarding this message from ERic Ulevik who, since sending it, has been added to the time zone mailing list. --ado ________________________________ From: Eric Ulevik [mailto:eulevik@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 7:31 AM To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: Western Australia planning for Daylight Saving Time starting 1 December 2006 The state of Western Australia is planning to adopt daylight saving time on a trial basis till 31 March 2009. This has not yet been passed by parliament but is supported by both major parties. The initial period is 2am 1 December 2006 to 2am 25 March 2007. Subsequent periods are 2am on last Sunday in October till 2am on last Sunday in March. The Daylight Saving Bill 2006 can be found on http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/ . Unfortunately there is no fixed address. Source: http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=145&ContentID=10997

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Time zone file on your FTP site
by Baig, Mirza [NCSUS] Nov. 17, 2006

Nov. 17, 2006

Hi: I have test tzdata2006m.tar.gz file on a Solaris 7 server (per SUN Microsystems recommendation). It seemed to have fixed the daylight saving time issue on Solaris 7 (since SUN does not officially support Solaris 7). But when the version of the tzdata file was posted (i.e. tzdata2006n.tar.gz), I tested that too, and it didn't fix the timezone issue. I was about to send this email, and realized that there is yet another version of tzdata file on your ftp site, i.e. tzdata2006o.tar.gz. Was the new version posted because someone has reported problem with tzdata2006n.tar.gz? Has the new data file been tested with Solaris 7? Thanks! Mirza Baig Networking & Computing Services Johnson & Johnson 1003 US Highway 202 Raritan, NJ - 08869-0602 (908) 685-3582

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Change history for tzdata2006
by Dave O'Callaghan Nov. 17, 2006

Nov. 17, 2006

Hi Folks, I am trying to compile a complete list of changes in the tzdata2006. I have searched the website but cannot find it. Here is what I have so far Level Olson published date Countries updated Paul Eggert list date tzdata2006o 06 Nov '06 Cuba, Chile 31 Oct 2006 tzdata2006n 10 Oct 2006 Brazil (see below), Jordan, Nicaragua, Serbia & Montenegro 06 Oct 2006 tzdata2006m 02 Oct 2006 Uruguay, Palestine, and Egypt , Syria 20 Sep 2006 tzdata2006l 18 Sep 2006 Egypt (interim) tzdata2006k 28 Aug 2006 Gaza, Honduras, Cuba 22 Aug 2006 tzdata2006j 21 Aug 2006 Honduras, Bermuda, New Brunswick, Quebec, etc. 11 Aug 2006 tzdata2006i 07 Aug 2006 localtime.c fixes and also adds Ken Pizzini's conversion script. tzdata2006g (was no 2006h) 08 May 2006 Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua 05 May 2006 tzdata2006d March 2006 Canada - majority of provinces Can anyone provide more information about the missing tzdata versions and updates/corrections to this information. Many thanks Dave O'Callaghan daveoc(a)uk.ibm.com

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FW: Problem in DST fall back procedure
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] Nov. 13, 2006

Nov. 13, 2006

I'm forwarding this message from Avi Koski, who is not on the time zone mailing list. Those of you who are on the time zone mailing list should direct replies appropriately. AK: what's the exact geographic location of the place where things are wrong? --ado ________________________________ From: Koski Avi [mailto:Avi.Koski@comverse.com] Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 10:46 AM To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Cc: Sagi Yoav Subject: Problem in DST fall back procedure Hi, We are using the files from: ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/ There is a problem in the fall back procedure, which we encountered in all our tested platforms (Tru64 4.0D/4.0F, Linux AS3 Update 8, Solaris 9). We cahnged time to 01:55 , 4 Nov 2007. The time advances normally from 02:00hrs on and "does not fall back to 01:00hrs as desired". # date Sun Nov 4 02:01:23 EST 2007 # zdump -v US/Alaska | grep 2007 US/Alaska Sat Nov 3 23:05:42 2007 AKDT US/Alaska Sun Mar 11 10:59:59 2007 GMT = Sun Mar 11 01:59:59 2007 AKST isdst=0 gmtoff=-32400 US/Alaska Sun Mar 11 11:00:00 2007 GMT = Sun Mar 11 03:00:00 2007 AKDT isdst=1 gmtoff=-28800 US/Alaska Sun Nov 4 09:59:59 2007 GMT = Sun Nov 4 01:59:59 2007 AKDT isdst=1 gmtoff=-28800 US/Alaska Sun Nov 4 10:00:00 2007 GMT = Sun Nov 4 01:00:00 2007 AKST isdst=0 gmtoff=-32400 # zdump -v Canada/Yukon | grep 2007 Canada/Yukon Sat Nov 3 23:06:07 2007 YDT Canada/Yukon Sun Mar 11 10:59:59 2007 GMT = Sun Mar 11 01:59:59 2007 YST isdst=0 gmtoff=-32400 Canada/Yukon Sun Mar 11 11:00:00 2007 GMT = Sun Mar 11 03:00:00 2007 YDT isdst=1 gmtoff=-28800 Canada/Yukon Sun Nov 4 09:59:59 2007 GMT = Sun Nov 4 01:59:59 2007 YDT isdst=1 gmtoff=-28800 Canada/Yukon Sun Nov 4 10:00:00 2007 GMT = Sun Nov 4 01:00:00 2007 YST isdst=0 gmtoff=-32400 # Is there a patch to this problem? Please advise, Avi Koski - Comverse Ltd., Platform Linux Group Tel: +972-50-7348330

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