May 2009 - tz - lists.iana.org

Western Australia Referendum - No to DST
by Steffen Thorsen May 16, 2009

May 16, 2009

In Saturday's referendum in Western Australia, most people voted No to DST: http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25495403-2,00.html (2009-05-17) > WA Electoral Commissioner Warwick Gately said the No vote looked to have succeeded with more than 55 per cent of the vote after 67 per cent of votes were counted at 8pm (WST) yesterday. Best regards, Steffen - timeanddate.com

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Resend: Re: Generating "TZ" string from /etc/localtime?
by Philip A. Prindeville May 16, 2009

May 16, 2009

Casting a wider net...

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lat/lng coordinates in file zone.tab
by Marc Wick May 10, 2009

May 10, 2009

Hi Four timezones have coordinates in the zone.tab file that are far away from the real place. I have listed the correct lat/lng below. Could someone please modify the file? Africa/Gaborone: correct to -2439+02555 (the current -2545+02555 is in South Africa) Pacific/Noumea: correct to -2216+16627 Pacific/Tongatapu: correct to -2110-17510 Europe/Vatican: correct to +415408+0122711 (the current +4154+01227 is in Italy) Thanks. Best Marc

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Correction in tz database suggested for Tunisia
by Sunil Bajpai May 8, 2009

May 8, 2009

There are no DST adjustments for Tunisia, at least in 2009. Regards, Sunil Bajpai

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Re: License for the tzdata information
by CHancuff＠aol.com May 7, 2009

May 7, 2009

In a message dated 5/7/2009 6:05:30 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, lear(a)cisco.com writes: I'm curious as to whether all of this is really a problem. Is anyone aware of anyone NOT using the data because of a rights concern? I don't know how hard it is to get such statements put into code, but since the U.S. government is involved, one could only imagine... Eliot Not to stir the pot but, this is where this started: In a message dated 4/28/2009 6:01:27 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, edwin(a)mavetju.org writes: For all the years I have never worried about this, but today I got an email in my mailbox asking me "Since this is vendor imported data, we would like to register under which license this data is distributed.". Cliff Hancuff **************Big savings on Dell’s most popular laptops. Now starting at $449! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222382499x1201454962/aol?redir=htt…)

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License for the tzdata information
by Edwin Groothuis May 7, 2009

May 7, 2009

For all the years I have never worried about this, but today I got an email in my mailbox asking me "Since this is vendor imported data, we would like to register under which license this data is distributed.". Unfortunately I got not much info from Wikipedia, the tzdata or the tzcode files. The tzcode says "This code is in the public domain", but the tzdata doesn't have it, just a "This information is by no means authoritative". So... is there a license under which the tzdata is distributed? Edwin

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In which of four zones should lastThu 24:00 be used
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] May 6, 2009

May 6, 2009

Responses on the mailing list indicate that use of 24:00 in timezone source files is the way to go where appropriate. The question now is: where is where? There are four places currently using a "lastFri 0:00" rule for the start of DST now and into the future: Script started on Tue May 05 09:43:53 2009 lecserver$ grep -i max.*lastfri.*0:00.*1:00 * africa:Rule Egypt 1995 max - Apr lastFri 0:00s 1:00 S asia:Rule Jordan 2002 max - Mar lastFri 0:00s 1:00 S asia:Rule Palestine 2009 max - Mar lastFri 0:00 1:00 S asia:Rule Syria 2009 max - Mar lastFri 0:00 1:00 S lecserver$ exit script done on Tue May 05 09:44:14 2009 We've seen a report that Jordan should really be "...Mar lastThu 24:00..." What of the other three areas? (Alas, Egypt is the only one of the three where a look at old newspapers might help.) --ado

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