October 2009 - tz - lists.iana.org

FW: Timezone files - Tru64
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] Oct. 5, 2009

Oct. 5, 2009

I'm forwarding this message from Nick Bishop, who is not on the time zone mailing list. Those of you who are on the list, please direct replies appropriately. (This matter was discussed last year on the list; note that using "23:59:59" rather than "23:59" as a workaround reduces the cheat.) --ado -----Original Message----- From: Bishop, Nick [mailto:nick.bishop@logica.com] Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 2:10 To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: Timezone files - Tru64 Hi, The timezone files from ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/ are useful for systems at end of life. Thanks. May I draw your attention to this line in the @(#)asia 8.41 file from tzdata2009n.tar.gz: 1165: Rule Jordan 2002 max - Mar lastThu 24:00 1:00 S The Tru64 version of the zic command is not able to process this line. # zic -d asia "asia", line 1165: invalid time of day As a crude workaround I replaced the 24:00 with 23:59, making a line that reads 1165: Rule Jordan 2002 max - Mar lastThu 23:59 1:00 S You've probably got a better way of dealing with the problem (my solution will be incorrect for one minute prior to changeover), so I'll refrain from sending a patchfile. I have encountered this problem for these versions of Tru64 * Tru64 5.1 (uname -a => OSF1 creaky.old.machine V5.1 732 alpha) * Tru64 5.1B-4 (uname -a => OSF1 a.newer.machine V5.1 2650 alpha) Regards, Nick Bishop Analyst Programmer Services Division _________________________________________ Logica Ground Floor, 436 Elgar Road Box Hill VIC 3128 Australia T: +61 3 9892 0497 (direct) F: +61 3 9898 6270 M: +61 438 366 342 E: mailto:nick.bishop@logica.com http://www.logica.com Please help Logica to respect the environment by not printing this email / Pour contribuer comme Logica au respect de l'environnement, merci de ne pas imprimer ce mail / Bitte drucken Sie diese Nachricht nicht aus und helfen Sie so Logica dabei, die Umwelt zu schützen. / Por favor ajude a Logica a respeitar o ambiente nao imprimindo este correio electronico. This e-mail and any attachment is for authorised use by the intended recipient(s) only. It may contain proprietary material, confidential information and/or be subject to legal privilege. It should not be copied, disclosed to, retained or used by, any other party. If you are not an intended recipient then please promptly delete this e-mail and any attachment and all copies and inform the sender. Thank you.

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Timezone files - Tru64
by Bishop, Nick Oct. 5, 2009

Oct. 5, 2009

Hi, The timezone files from ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/ are useful for systems at end of life. Thanks. May I draw your attention to this line in the @(#)asia 8.41 file from tzdata2009n.tar.gz: 1165: Rule Jordan 2002 max - Mar lastThu 24:00 1:00 S The Tru64 version of the zic command is not able to process this line. # zic -d asia "asia", line 1165: invalid time of day As a crude workaround I replaced the 24:00 with 23:59, making a line that reads 1165: Rule Jordan 2002 max - Mar lastThu 23:59 1:00 S You've probably got a better way of dealing with the problem (my solution will be incorrect for one minute prior to changeover), so I'll refrain from sending a patchfile. I have encountered this problem for these versions of Tru64 * Tru64 5.1 (uname -a => OSF1 creaky.old.machine V5.1 732 alpha) * Tru64 5.1B-4 (uname -a => OSF1 a.newer.machine V5.1 2650 alpha) Regards, Nick Bishop Analyst Programmer Services Division _________________________________________ Logica Ground Floor, 436 Elgar Road Box Hill VIC 3128 Australia T: +61 3 9892 0497 (direct) F: +61 3 9898 6270 M: +61 438 366 342 E: mailto:nick.bishop@logica.com http://www.logica.com Please help Logica to respect the environment by not printing this email / Pour contribuer comme Logica au respect de l'environnement, merci de ne pas imprimer ce mail / Bitte drucken Sie diese Nachricht nicht aus und helfen Sie so Logica dabei, die Umwelt zu schützen. / Por favor ajude a Logica a respeitar o ambiente nao imprimindo este correio electronico. This e-mail and any attachment is for authorised use by the intended recipient(s) only. It may contain proprietary material, confidential information and/or be subject to legal privilege. It should not be copied, disclosed to, retained or used by, any other party. If you are not an intended recipient then please promptly delete this e-mail and any attachment and all copies and inform the sender. Thank you.

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[Fwd: Re: [Question #68852]: Ottawa not listed in time zone cities?]
by Norm MacNeil Oct. 5, 2009

Oct. 5, 2009

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Bangladesh government will continue DST until further announcement.
by Alexander Krivenyshev Oct. 4, 2009

Oct. 4, 2009

Bangladesh government said it would continue DST until further announcement. Minister rules out DST change http://bdnews24.com/details.php?id=144065&cid=2 or http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_bangladesh04.html Alexander Krivenyshev, http://www.worldtimezone.com

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tz-art.htm
by msb＠vex.net Oct. 2, 2009

Oct. 2, 2009

I am not on the TZ mailing list. Please direct responses appropriately. * The 1953 railway comedy movie "The Titfield Thunderbolt" includes a play on words on British Double Summer Time. Valentine's wife wants him to leave the pub and asks him, "Do you know what time it is?" And he, happy where he is, replies: "Yes, my love. Summer double time." IMDB page: http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0046436/ * The premise of the 1999 caper movie "Entrapment" involves computers in an international banking network being shut down briefly at midnight in each time zone to avoid any problems at the transition from the year 1999 to 2000 in that zone. (Hmmmm.) If this shutdown is extended by 10 seconds, it will create a one-time opportunity for a gigantic computerized theft. To achieve this, at one location the crooks interfere with the microwave system supplying time signals to the computer, advancing the time by 0.1 second each minute over the last hour of 1999. (So this movie teaches us that 0.1 x 60 = 10.) IMDB page: http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0137494/ And while I'm writing: the item about "A Matter of Life and Death" is missing the word "movie" or similar, and does not mention its other title, which it's known by in the US: "Stairway to Heaven". -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "In cyberspace, the lunatics not only run the asylum, msb(a)vex.net | but they helped build it..." --Richard Kadrey

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Clock changes on the first in Pakistan or Bangladesh?
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] Oct. 1, 2009

Oct. 1, 2009

Can anyone with boots on the ground in Pakistan or Bangladesh report on what actually happened to clocks there the morning of the first? Thanks for any light you can shed. --ado

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