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proposed time zone package changes (Samoa, Factory, et al.)
by Arthur David Olson Aug. 28, 2019

Aug. 28, 2019

Below find proposed time zone package changes; the executive summary: * Makefile Change LOCALTIME default from "Factory" to "GMT"; do not compile "factory" file (but keep it in the distribution). * Theory Remove reference to "Factory" zone. * australasia Change end of DST in Samoa in 2011 from 2011-04-03 0:00 to 2011-04-03 1:00 (thanks to Raymond Hughes for a reference). * localtime.c Initialize ttinfo structures filled by tzparse (thanks to Ravindra for reporting a valgrind warning). * zic.c Fix generation of POSIX strings for zones with rules using "weekday<=n" forms of dates (thanks to Lei Liu for finding the problem). Also, limit output for non-POSIX-specificable zones defined to follow the same rules every year. (Note that no zones of either of the above types appear in the distribution; these changes cater to add-on zones). If no problems are found, 2010n will appear on 2010-10-25. --ado diff -r -c old/Makefile new/Makefile *** old/Makefile Mon Sep 27 09:24:25 2010 --- new/Makefile Tue Oct 12 12:36:50 2010 *************** *** 1,5 **** # <pre> ! # @(#)Makefile 8.8 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. --- 1,5 ---- # <pre> ! # @(#)Makefile 8.9 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. *************** *** 12,18 **** # make zonenames # to get a list of the values you can use for LOCALTIME. ! LOCALTIME= Factory # If you want something other than Eastern United States time as a template # for handling POSIX-style time zone environment variables, --- 12,18 ---- # make zonenames # to get a list of the values you can use for LOCALTIME. ! LOCALTIME= GMT # If you want something other than Eastern United States time as a template # for handling POSIX-style time zone environment variables, *************** *** 262,269 **** DOCS= README Theory $(MANS) date.1 Makefile PRIMARY_YDATA= africa antarctica asia australasia \ europe northamerica southamerica ! YDATA= $(PRIMARY_YDATA) pacificnew etcetera factory backward ! NDATA= systemv SDATA= solar87 solar88 solar89 TDATA= $(YDATA) $(NDATA) $(SDATA) TABDATA= iso3166.tab zone.tab --- 262,269 ---- DOCS= README Theory $(MANS) date.1 Makefile PRIMARY_YDATA= africa antarctica asia australasia \ europe northamerica southamerica ! YDATA= $(PRIMARY_YDATA) pacificnew etcetera backward ! NDATA= systemv factory SDATA= solar87 solar88 solar89 TDATA= $(YDATA) $(NDATA) $(SDATA) TABDATA= iso3166.tab zone.tab diff -r -c old/Theory new/Theory *** old/Theory Mon Sep 27 09:24:25 2010 --- new/Theory Tue Oct 12 12:36:50 2010 *************** *** 1,4 **** ! @(#)Theory 8.4 This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. --- 1,4 ---- ! @(#)Theory 8.5 This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. *************** *** 287,294 **** See the file `backward' for most of these older names (e.g. `US/Eastern' instead of `America/New_York'). The other old-fashioned names still supported are ! `WET', `CET', `MET', `EET' (see the file `europe'), ! and `Factory' (see the file `factory'). ----- Time zone abbreviations ----- --- 287,293 ---- See the file `backward' for most of these older names (e.g. `US/Eastern' instead of `America/New_York'). The other old-fashioned names still supported are ! `WET', `CET', `MET', and `EET' (see the file `europe'). ----- Time zone abbreviations ----- diff -r -c old/australasia new/australasia *** old/australasia Mon Sep 27 09:24:27 2010 --- new/australasia Tue Oct 12 13:14:56 2010 *************** *** 1,5 **** # <pre> ! # @(#)australasia 8.18 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. --- 1,5 ---- # <pre> ! # @(#)australasia 8.19 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. *************** *** 487,497 **** # http://www.parliament.gov.ws/documents/acts/Daylight%20Saving%20Act%20%2020… # </a> Zone Pacific/Apia 12:33:04 - LMT 1879 Jul 5 -11:26:56 - LMT 1911 -11:30 - SAMT 1950 # Samoa Time -11:00 - WST 2010 Sep 26 ! -11:00 1:00 WSDT 2011 Apr 3 -11:00 - WST # Solomon Is --- 487,507 ---- # http://www.parliament.gov.ws/documents/acts/Daylight%20Saving%20Act%20%2020… # </a> + # From Raymond Hughes (2010-10-07): + # Please see + # <a href="http://www.mcil.gov.ws"> + # http://www.mcil.gov.ws + # </a>, + # the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Labour (sideframe) "Last Sunday + # September 2010 (26/09/10) - adjust clocks forward from 12:00 midnight + # to 01:00am and First Sunday April 2011 (03/04/11) - adjust clocks + # backwards from 1:00am to 12:00am" + Zone Pacific/Apia 12:33:04 - LMT 1879 Jul 5 -11:26:56 - LMT 1911 -11:30 - SAMT 1950 # Samoa Time -11:00 - WST 2010 Sep 26 ! -11:00 1:00 WSDT 2011 Apr 3 1:00 -11:00 - WST # Solomon Is diff -r -c old/localtime.c new/localtime.c *** old/localtime.c Mon Sep 27 09:24:26 2010 --- new/localtime.c Tue Oct 12 12:36:51 2010 *************** *** 5,11 **** #ifndef lint #ifndef NOID ! static char elsieid[] = "@(#)localtime.c 8.14"; #endif /* !defined NOID */ #endif /* !defined lint */ --- 5,11 ---- #ifndef lint #ifndef NOID ! static char elsieid[] = "@(#)localtime.c 8.15"; #endif /* !defined NOID */ #endif /* !defined lint */ *************** *** 914,919 **** --- 914,920 ---- register unsigned char * typep; register char * cp; register int load_result; + static struct ttinfo zttinfo; INITIALIZE(dstname); stdname = name; *************** *** 986,991 **** --- 987,993 ---- /* ** Two transitions per year, from EPOCH_YEAR forward. */ + sp->ttis[0] = sp->ttis[1] = zttinfo; sp->ttis[0].tt_gmtoff = -dstoffset; sp->ttis[0].tt_isdst = 1; sp->ttis[0].tt_abbrind = stdlen + 1; *************** *** 1099,1106 **** } /* ** Finally, fill in ttis. - ** ttisstd and ttisgmt need not be handled. */ sp->ttis[0].tt_gmtoff = -stdoffset; sp->ttis[0].tt_isdst = FALSE; sp->ttis[0].tt_abbrind = 0; --- 1101,1108 ---- } /* ** Finally, fill in ttis. */ + sp->ttis[0] = sp->ttis[1] = zttinfo; sp->ttis[0].tt_gmtoff = -stdoffset; sp->ttis[0].tt_isdst = FALSE; sp->ttis[0].tt_abbrind = 0; *************** *** 1113,1118 **** --- 1115,1121 ---- dstlen = 0; sp->typecnt = 1; /* only standard time */ sp->timecnt = 0; + sp->ttis[0] = zttinfo; sp->ttis[0].tt_gmtoff = -stdoffset; sp->ttis[0].tt_isdst = 0; sp->ttis[0].tt_abbrind = 0; diff -r -c old/zic.c new/zic.c *** old/zic.c Mon Sep 27 09:24:26 2010 --- new/zic.c Tue Oct 12 13:37:29 2010 *************** *** 3,9 **** ** 2006-07-17 by Arthur David Olson. */ ! static char elsieid[] = "@(#)zic.c 8.22"; #include "private.h" #include "locale.h" --- 3,9 ---- ** 2006-07-17 by Arthur David Olson. */ ! static char elsieid[] = "@(#)zic.c 8.24"; #include "private.h" #include "locale.h" *************** *** 1881,1896 **** register int week; if (rp->r_dycode == DC_DOWGEQ) { ! week = 1 + rp->r_dayofmonth / DAYSPERWEEK; ! if ((week - 1) * DAYSPERWEEK + 1 != rp->r_dayofmonth) return -1; } else if (rp->r_dycode == DC_DOWLEQ) { if (rp->r_dayofmonth == len_months[1][rp->r_month]) week = 5; else { ! week = 1 + rp->r_dayofmonth / DAYSPERWEEK; ! if (week * DAYSPERWEEK - 1 != rp->r_dayofmonth) return -1; } } else return -1; /* "cannot happen" */ (void) sprintf(result, "M%d.%d.%d", --- 1881,1896 ---- register int week; if (rp->r_dycode == DC_DOWGEQ) { ! if ((rp->r_dayofmonth % DAYSPERWEEK) != 1) return -1; + week = 1 + rp->r_dayofmonth / DAYSPERWEEK; } else if (rp->r_dycode == DC_DOWLEQ) { if (rp->r_dayofmonth == len_months[1][rp->r_month]) week = 5; else { ! if ((rp->r_dayofmonth % DAYSPERWEEK) != 0) return -1; + week = rp->r_dayofmonth / DAYSPERWEEK; } } else return -1; /* "cannot happen" */ (void) sprintf(result, "M%d.%d.%d", *************** *** 2018,2023 **** --- 2018,2024 ---- register char * envvar; register int max_abbr_len; register int max_envvar_len; + register int prodstic; /* all rules are min to max */ max_abbr_len = 2 + max_format_len + max_abbrvar_len; max_envvar_len = 2 * max_abbr_len + 5 * 9; *************** *** 2032,2037 **** --- 2033,2039 ---- timecnt = 0; typecnt = 0; charcnt = 0; + prodstic = zonecount == 1; /* ** Thanks to Earl Chew ** for noting the need to unconditionally initialize startttisstd. *************** *** 2053,2058 **** --- 2055,2062 ---- updateminmax(rp->r_loyear); if (rp->r_hiwasnum) updateminmax(rp->r_hiyear); + if (rp->r_lowasnum || rp->r_hiwasnum) + prodstic = FALSE; } } /* *************** *** 2075,2080 **** --- 2079,2094 ---- if (max_year <= INT_MAX - YEARSPERREPEAT) max_year += YEARSPERREPEAT; else max_year = INT_MAX; + /* + ** Regardless of any of the above, + ** for a "proDSTic" zone which specifies that its rules + ** always have and always will be in effect, + ** we only need one cycle to define the zone. + */ + if (prodstic) { + min_year = 1900; + max_year = min_year + YEARSPERREPEAT; + } } /* ** For the benefit of older systems,

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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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Hong Kong problem and BCN timezone(s)
by Jesper Nørgaard Sept. 20, 2011

Sept. 20, 2011

I have found a small problem in the Hong Kong corrections of 2009q. It seems that the Hong Kong government page says that DST was not used in 1977 and 1978, while this is the current tz data: Rule HK 1965 1977 - Apr Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S Rule HK 1965 1977 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 - Indeed the whole extract of the government web page is still part of the asia file. I would suggest it should be like this Rule HK 1965 1976 - Apr Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S Rule HK 1965 1976 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 - My other question concerns the timezone America/Santa_Isabel. It seems that several sources imply that all of Baca California Norte is on the same timezone http://www.frontera.info/EdicionEnlinea/Notas/Noticias/13032010/435414.aspx http://www.notisistema.com/noticias/?p=251578 http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/north-mexico-dst-change.html This is far from authoritative, but at least and indication that BCN might be one single timezone. I wonder if there has been any confirmation of the Santa Isabel timezone in BCN? I am not saying it is not there, I just haven't found any confirmation of it. - Jesper Norgaard Welen

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US Mountain/Central border at Fort Pierre SD
by Steve Jones Sept. 12, 2011

Sept. 12, 2011

If I might seek the wisdom of the list on a minor topic: The current Mountain/Central boundary in the most recent official US DOT description (49CFR71.7, http://goo.gl/tqBou) has the border running right through Fort Pierre South Dakota. Here is the relevant text: > From the junction of the North Dakota-South Dakota boundary with > the Missouri River southerly along the main channel of that river > to the crossing of the original Chicago & North Western Railway > near Pierre; thence southwesterly to the northern boundary of Jones > County at the northeast corner of the NE 1, Sec. 6, T. 2 N., R. 30 > E. [note: that's about 44.18635, -100.54646) That makes a straight line from the railroad bridge north of town to 44.18635, -100.54646, this line not making much sense in the context of what's on the ground. A second-hand recent conversation with a Stanley County SD official was relayed to me, including the following: >...The person with whom I spoke said the official dividing line is >the Bad River, which makes more >sense than bisecting Fort Pierre. ... The communities along the >Bad River are so tiny (several houses each) that they don't have >official policies. The person with whom I spoke assumed they would >use Central Time because aside from Fort Pierre, there's no >significant populated place that's even close. There are several common sense border adjustments I could make here and probably be more accurate than the DOT (with regards to what a traveler would encounter in the area). Something like a line from the southern end of the dam at Lake Oahe southward to the Bad River, then following the Bad River soutwesterly to the northern border of Jones County... (and from that point rejoining the DOT description). I would prefer to use some authoritative reference - if possible. Any advice on how to proceed? All I can think of is to try a reference librarian in Pierre. Cheers, Steve Jones

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corrected DST data Switzerland 1941 and 1942, final report
by Alois Treindl Aug. 25, 2011

Aug. 25, 2011

Hello I have researched the DST usage in Switzerland during the 1940ies. As I wrote in an earlier message, I suspected the current tzdata values to be wrong. This is now verified. I have found copies of the original ruling by the Swiss Federal government, in 'Eidgenössische Gesetzessammlung 1941 and 1942' (Swiss federal law collection) and attach GIF copies of the two pages for 1941. DST began on Monday 5 May 1941, 1:00 am by shifting the clocks to 2:00 am DST ended on Monday 6 Oct 1941, 2:00 am by shifting the clocks to 1:00 am. DST began on Monday, 4 May 1942 at 01:00 am DST ended on Monday, 5 Oct 1942 at 02:00 am There was no DST in 1940, I have checked the law collection carefully. It is also indicated by the fact that the 1942 entry in the law collection points back to 1941 as a reference, but no reference to any other years are made. Newspaper articles I have read in the archives on 6 May 1941 reported about the introduction of DST (Sommerzeit in German) during the previous night as an absolute novelty, because this was the first time that such a thing had happened in Switzerland. I have also checked 1916, because one book source (Gabriel, Traite de l'heure dans le monde) claims that Switzerland had DST in 1916. This is false, no official document could be found. Probably Gabriel got misled by references to Germany, which introduced DST in 1916 for the first time. The tzdata rules for Switzerland must be changed to: Rule Swiss 1941 1942 - May Mon>=1 1:00 1:00 S Rule Swiss 1941 1942 - Oct Mon>=1 2:00 0 - The 1940 rules must be deleted. One further detail for Switzerland, which is probably out of scope for most users of tzdata: The zone file Zone Europe/Zurich 0:34:08 - LMT 1848 Sep 12 0:29:44 - BMT 1894 Jun #Bern Mean Time 1:00 Swiss CE%sT 1981 1:00 EU CE%sT describes all of Switzerland correctly, with the exception of the Cantone Geneve (Geneva, Genf). Between 1848 and 1894 Geneve did not follow Bern Mean Time but kept its own local mean time. To represent this, an extra zone would be needed. Two GIF files are attached. best regards Alois -- || Alois Treindl, Astrodienst AG, mailto:alois@astro.com || Zollikon/Zurich, Switzerland || Free astrological charts at http://www.astro.com/ || SWISS EPHEMERIS Free Edition at http://www.astro.com/swisseph/

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America/Resolute
by Chris Walton Aug. 6, 2011

Aug. 6, 2011

Back in 2007 I initiated the creation of a new "zone file" for Resolute Bay. Resolute Bay is a small community located about 900km north of the Arctic Circle. The zone file was required because Resolute Bay had decided to use UTC-5 instead of UTC-6 for the winter of 2006-2007. http://www.nnsl.com/frames/newspapers/2006-11/nov13_06none.html According to new information which I received last week, Resolute Bay went back to using UTC-6 in the winter of 2007-2008. This new information conflicts with information I received in November 2008. Assuming the new information is correct, a change is required for "America/Resolute" Details are below. Sorry this post is so long. #---------------------------------------------------------- On March 11/2007 most of Canada went onto daylight saving. On March 14/2007 I phoned the Resolute Bay hamlet office to do a "time check". I talked to somebody that was both knowledgeable and helpful. I was able to confirm that Resolute Bay was still operating on UTC-5. It was explained to me that Resolute Bay had been on the Eastern Time zone (EST) in the winter, and was now back on the Central Time zone (CDT). i.e. the time zone had changed twice in the last year but the clocks had not moved. The residents had to know which time zone they were in so they could follow the correct TV schedule. #---------------------------------------------------------- I did not contact anybody in Resolute Bay for the next year and a half. #---------------------------------------------------------- On Nov 02/2008 most of Canada went onto standard time. On Nov 03/2008 I phoned the Resolute Bay hamlet office. I talked to a woman who had difficulty understanding anything I asked. She managed to tell me that Resolute Bay had changed to "Eastern Time" the day before. I don't recall any elaboration on what this meant. That was all I got out of the call. I don't remember whether or not I tried to do a "time check". I was left with the impression that Resolute Bay was still stuck on UTC-5 (EST in winter and CDT in summer). However, due to the challenging nature of the phone call, I decided to seek out an alternate source of information. I found an e-mail address for somebody by the name of Stephanie Adams whose job was listed as "Inns North Support Officer for Arctic Co-operatives". I was under the impression that Stephanie lived and worked in Resolute Bay. Note: I don't think this was same Stephanie Adams that appeared in the center of a well known U.S. based magazine. I sent an e-mail to Stephanie on Nov 03/2008. Stephanie forwarded my e-mail to somebody by the name of Silvano Cendou; I have no information on who Silvano is. On Nov 05/2008, Silvano responded with this: 'Hi Stephanie Resolute Bay did not turn their clocks back on Sunday! They kept the same time as they had proir to the change. Hope this helps you Silvano' Stephanie forwarded Silvano's e-mail back to me. The phone calls and the e-mails all pointed to the permanent use of UTC-5 with a "time zone change" twice a year. On Nov 13/2008 I sent a post to this mailing list; I stated that Resolute Bay was still using Eastern Standard Time in winter and Central Daylight Time in summer. #---------------------------------------------------------- I did not contact anybody in Resolute Bay for the next two and a half years. #---------------------------------------------------------- On March 14/2011 I phoned the hamlet office again. I was told that Resolute Bay had been using Central Standard Time over the winter of 2010-2011 and that the clocks had therefore been moved one hour ahead on March 13/2011. The person I talked to was aware that Resolute Bay had previously experimented with Eastern Standard Time but he could not tell me when the practice had stopped. #---------------------------------------------------------- On March 17/2011 I searched the Web to find an e-mail address of somebody that might be able to tell me exactly when Resolute Bay went off Eastern Standard Time. I stumbled on the name "Aziz Kheraj". Aziz used to be the mayor of Resolute Bay and he apparently owns half the businesses including "South Camp Inn". This website has some info on Aziz: http://www.uphere.ca/node/493 I sent Aziz an e-mail asking when Resolute Bay had stopped using Eastern Standard Time. Aziz responded quickly with this: 'hi, The time was not changed for the 1 year only, the following year, the community went back to the old way of " spring ahead-fall behind" currently we are zulu plus 5 hrs and in the winter Zulu plus 6 hrs' This of course conflicted with everything I had ascertained in November 2008. I sent Aziz a copy of my 2008 e-mail exchange with Stephanie. Aziz responded with this: 'Hi, Stephanie lives in Winnipeg. I live here, You may want to check with the weather office in Resolute Bay or do a search on the weather through Env. Canada. web site' #-------------------------------------------------------------- If I had realized the Stephanie did not live in Resolute Bay I would never have contacted her. I now believe that all the information I obtained in November 2008 should be ignored. Assuming Aziz is correct, America/Resolute needs some changes. I think it would be best to delete the "Resolute" rule, and then change "America/Resolute" to look like this: Zone America/Resolute 0 - zzz 1947 Aug 31 # Resolute founded -6:00 NT_YK C%sT 2000 Oct 29 2:00 -5:00 - EST 2001 Apr 1 3:00 -6:00 Canada C%sT 2006 Oct 29 2:00 -5:00 - EST 2007 Mar 11 3:00 -6:00 Canada C%sT The comments in zone.tab should be reverted back to: "Central Time - Resolute, Nunavut" I apologize for reporting incorrect information in 2008. -chris

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New site with North American Time Zone borders
by Steve Jones July 21, 2011

July 21, 2011

Apologies if this is not of interest here. I'm new, recently joining to keep up on changes in order to keep a website with time zone data up to date. There is likely nothing here that will be news to anybody, but you may find it interesting: http://ontimezone.com I will be grateful for any feedback about the data, especially corrections! Cheers, Steve Jones

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Can you add permatime.com to the twinsun link page
by Tim Diggins May 19, 2011

May 19, 2011

Hi there - I've been lurking on the list for a while. I don't contribute much as a I'm a (humbly grateful) user of tz information, rather than a provider. I mentioned our http://permatime.com site, a while back, but don't think I explicitly asked for it to go on the twinsun link page under "Web pages using recent versions of the tz database". Can it? http://permatime.com is a service for generating and viewing links that refer to a particular point in time and can be displayed in multiple timezones. It uses the ruby tzinfo gem, based on the Olson Tz database. kind regards Tim http://permatime.com http://teamportfolios.com/permatime Tim Diggins http://red56.co.uk http://tim.teamportfolios.com/

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Did Irkutsk NOT switch from IRKT to KRAST?
by Tim Parenti April 19, 2011

April 19, 2011

I've been alerted to a couple reports that on 2011-03-22, the Russian government decided NOT to allow the Irkutsk Oblast to transition from IRKT (UTC+8) to KRAST (UTC+7+1) on 2011-03-27, and that instead Irkutsk transitioned to IRKST (UTC+8+1) under the existing Russian DST rules and plans to stay there for the time being like the rest of the country. The articles are in Russian, which I don't speak, but I've provided excerpted Google translations below. The reports follow: http://www.irk.ru/news/20110325/time/ (2011-03-25) Irkutsk region remains in its time zone March 27 residents of the Irkutsk region with the rest of the Russians set the clock forward one hour. Previously reported that the Angara will not translate clock to daylight saving time and thereby reduce the difference with Moscow, with 5:00 to 4. Irkutsk officials have prepared all necessary documents. However, an official decision on this has not been signed. In this case, the matter has not withdrawn completely, but only postponed indefinitely. http://gazetavremya.ru/day/16739-irkutskaya-oblast-poteryalas-vo-vremeni.ht… Irkutsk region is lost in time After that we asked for comments to the Legislative Assembly of Irkutsk region Yuri Faleichik, who confirmed this information and added that it is the most painless for our scheme to reduce the time difference with the capital from 5 to 4 hours. And suddenly, on Tuesday revealed that information on the transition to Krasnoyarsk time was premature! The same Jury Faleichik told our newspaper: - The decision to move the Irkutsk region in the time zone of the Krasnoyarsk Territory Government is not accepted. Our source in the regional government said that the decision "not to move to Krasnoyarsk time" was made in connection with the upcoming elections. -- Tim Parenti

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Update for Russia?
by Deborah Goldsmith April 16, 2011

April 16, 2011

Hi, I was wondering if there is any timeline for an update to address the changes in Russia? My understanding is we were blocked on knowing what name will be used after the change. Is that still the case? Thanks, Deborah

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FW: Test cases for zoneinfo data
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] April 11, 2011

April 11, 2011

I'm forwarding this message from Christopher Hunt, who is not on the time zone mailing list. Those of you who are on the list, please direct replies appropriately. --ado -----Original Message----- From: Christopher Hunt [mailto:huntc@internode.on.net] Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 12:15 To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: Test cases for zoneinfo data Hi there, I'm creating a set of Java classes that closely reflect the structure of the Zoneinfo database. My requirement is driven mostly by wanting to dynamically update Java TimeZone classes i.e. as opposed to compiling a zoneinfo data and re-starting my application. In addition I feel that the ICU and Sun classes do not accurately reflect Zoneinfo structures. I shall open-source this project once it gets to a working point. It'd be terribly helpful if I could get hold of some test cases, automated or otherwise, that verify correct time zone calculations. Would anyone out there have such things? Kind regards, Christopher

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proposeed time zone package changes--Chile/Russia/Irkutsk/Buryatia/Morocco
by Arthur David Olson April 4, 2011

April 4, 2011

Here are proposed changes to the time zone package; the executive summary: africa Add start and end of DST in 2011 in Morocco. asia Russia to use permanent DST after its start in 2011. europe Russia to use permanent DST after its start in 2011. Irkutsk changes to Moscow+4 at start of DST in 2011. Ulan-Ude stays at Moscow+5 at start of DST in 2011 (new zone). southamerica Change end and start of DST in 2011 in Chile. tz-link.htm Information on Time Zone Master. zone.tab Irkutsk changes to Moscow+4 at start of DST in 2011. Ulan-Ude stays at Moscow+5 at start of DST in 2011 (new zone). Current time stamps are affected by these changes. If no problems are found, the ftp versions will be updated on 2011-04-04. --ado diff -r -c old/africa new/africa *** old/africa Thu Dec 16 12:24:19 2010 --- new/africa Wed Mar 30 08:12:21 2011 *************** *** 1,5 **** # <pre> ! # @(#)africa 8.28 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. --- 1,5 ---- # <pre> ! # @(#)africa 8.29 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. *************** *** 712,717 **** --- 712,748 ---- # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-starts-dst-2010.html # </a> + # From Dan Abitol (2011-03-30): + # ...Rules for Africa/Casablanca are the following (24h format) + # The 3rd april 2011 at 00:00:00, [it] will be 3rd april 1:00:00 + # The 31th july 2011 at 00:59:59, [it] will be 31th July 00:00:00 + # ...Official links of change in morocco + # The change was broadcast on the FM Radio + # I ve called ANRT (telecom regulations in Morocco) at + # +212.537.71.84.00 + # <a href="http://www.anrt.net.ma/fr/"> + # http://www.anrt.net.ma/fr/ + # </a> + # They said that + # <a href="http://www.map.ma/fr/sections/accueil/l_heure_legale_au_ma/view"> + # http://www.map.ma/fr/sections/accueil/l_heure_legale_au_ma/view + # </a> + # is the official publication to look at. + # They said that the decision was already taken. + # + # More articles in the press + # <a href="http://www.yabiladi.com/articles/details/5058/secret-l-heure-d-ete-maroc-lev"> + # http://www.yabiladi.com/articles/details/5058/secret-l-heure-d-ete-maroc-lev + # </a> + # e.html + # <a href="http://www.lematin.ma/Actualite/Express/Article.asp?id=148923"> + # http://www.lematin.ma/Actualite/Express/Article.asp?id=148923 + # </a> + # <a href="http://www.lavieeco.com/actualite/Le-Maroc-passe-sur-GMT%2B1-a-partir-de-dim"> + # http://www.lavieeco.com/actualite/Le-Maroc-passe-sur-GMT%2B1-a-partir-de-dim + # anche-prochain-5538.html + # </a> + # RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Morocco 1939 only - Sep 12 0:00 1:00 S *************** *** 735,740 **** --- 766,773 ---- Rule Morocco 2009 only - Aug 21 0:00 0 - Rule Morocco 2010 only - May 2 0:00 1:00 S Rule Morocco 2010 only - Aug 8 0:00 0 - + Rule Morocco 2011 only - Apr 3 0:00 1:00 S + Rule Morocco 2011 only - Jul 31 1:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Casablanca -0:30:20 - LMT 1913 Oct 26 0:00 Morocco WE%sT 1984 Mar 16 diff -r -c old/asia new/asia *** old/asia Tue Jan 4 13:14:47 2011 --- new/asia Wed Mar 30 09:02:23 2011 *************** *** 1,4 **** ! # @(#)asia 8.62 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. --- 1,4 ---- ! # @(#)asia 8.63 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. *************** *** 73,81 **** Rule RussiaAsia 1985 1991 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S Rule RussiaAsia 1992 only - Mar lastSat 23:00 1:00 S Rule RussiaAsia 1992 only - Sep lastSat 23:00 0 - ! Rule RussiaAsia 1993 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S Rule RussiaAsia 1993 1995 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 - ! Rule RussiaAsia 1996 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 - # Afghanistan # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] --- 73,81 ---- Rule RussiaAsia 1985 1991 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S Rule RussiaAsia 1992 only - Mar lastSat 23:00 1:00 S Rule RussiaAsia 1992 only - Sep lastSat 23:00 0 - ! Rule RussiaAsia 1993 2011 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S Rule RussiaAsia 1993 1995 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 - ! Rule RussiaAsia 1996 2010 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 - # Afghanistan # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] diff -r -c old/europe new/europe *** old/europe Thu Mar 10 22:03:39 2011 --- new/europe Wed Mar 30 09:38:23 2011 *************** *** 1,5 **** # <pre> ! # @(#)europe 8.28 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. --- 1,5 ---- # <pre> ! # @(#)europe 8.30 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. *************** *** 561,570 **** # Rule Russia 1992 only - Mar lastSat 23:00 1:00 S Rule Russia 1992 only - Sep lastSat 23:00 0 - ! Rule Russia 1993 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Russia 1993 1995 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 - ! Rule Russia 1996 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 - # These are for backward compatibility with older versions. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] --- 561,588 ---- # Rule Russia 1992 only - Mar lastSat 23:00 1:00 S Rule Russia 1992 only - Sep lastSat 23:00 0 - ! Rule Russia 1993 2011 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Russia 1993 1995 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 - ! Rule Russia 1996 2010 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 - + # From Steffen Thorsen (2011-02-08): + # Many news sources report that Russia will move clocks forward for DST + # as usual, but not back again, so they will stay permanently on DST, + # from 2011. + # + # Some examples: + # <a href="http://themoscownews.com/society/20110208/188402634.html"> + # http://themoscownews.com/society/20110208/188402634.html + # </a> + # <a href="http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/World/Story/STIStory_632614.html"> + # http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/World/Story/STIStory_632614.html + # </a> + # + # We will keep this page updated: + # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/russia-winter-time.html"> + # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/russia-winter-time.html + # </a> + # These are for backward compatibility with older versions. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] *************** *** 2147,2158 **** # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25): [This region consists of] # Respublika Buryatiya, Irkutskaya oblast', # Ust'-Ordynskij Buryatskij avtonomnyj okrug. Zone Asia/Irkutsk 6:57:20 - LMT 1880 6:57:20 - IMT 1920 Jan 25 # Irkutsk Mean Time 7:00 - IRKT 1930 Jun 21 # Irkutsk Time 8:00 Russia IRK%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 7:00 Russia IRK%sT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s ! 8:00 Russia IRK%sT # # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2003-10-18): [This region consists of] # Aginskij Buryatskij avtonomnyj okrug, Amurskaya oblast', --- 2165,2211 ---- # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25): [This region consists of] # Respublika Buryatiya, Irkutskaya oblast', # Ust'-Ordynskij Buryatskij avtonomnyj okrug. + + # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-03-16): + # According to various media sources (in Russian): + # <a href="http://www.irk.ru/news/20110316/time/"> + # http://www.irk.ru/news/20110316/time/ + # </a> + # <a href="http://www.bratsk.ru/report/show/8416.html"> + # http://www.bratsk.ru/report/show/8416.html + # </a> + # Irkutsk Region (Russia) has received government permission to change + # time zone to Krasnoyarsk time zone (UTC+8 summer time after March 27, + # 2011). On March 27, 2011 Irkutsk will keep its clock without change to + # Summer Time (DST) when most of Russia will move to DST. After March 27, + # 2011 time difference between Moscow (UTC+4 after March 27, 2011) and + # Irkutsk (UTC+8 after March 27, 2011) will be 4 hours, not 5 hours. + # + # or + # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia27.html"> + # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia27.html + # </a> + + # From Alexander Ray (2011-03-27): + # In the time zone change Russia took this March, Irkutsk Oblast began + # using Krasnoyarsk Time while Buryatia didn't, so a split of + # Asia/Irkutsk is in order, creating Asia/UlanUde(?). + Zone Asia/Irkutsk 6:57:20 - LMT 1880 6:57:20 - IMT 1920 Jan 25 # Irkutsk Mean Time 7:00 - IRKT 1930 Jun 21 # Irkutsk Time 8:00 Russia IRK%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 7:00 Russia IRK%sT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s ! 8:00 Russia IRK%sT 2011 Mar 27 2:00s ! 7:00 Russia KRA%sT ! ! Zone Asia/Ulan_Ude 7:10:24 - LMT 1880 ! 6:57:20 - IMT 1920 Jan 25 # Irkutsk Mean Time ! 7:00 - IRKT 1930 Jun 21 # Irkutsk Time ! 8:00 Russia IRK%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s ! 7:00 Russia IRK%sT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s ! 8:00 Russia BUR%sT ! # # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2003-10-18): [This region consists of] # Aginskij Buryatskij avtonomnyj okrug, Amurskaya oblast', diff -r -c old/southamerica new/southamerica *** old/southamerica Wed Mar 2 12:47:20 2011 --- new/southamerica Wed Mar 30 08:42:44 2011 *************** *** 1,5 **** # <pre> ! # @(#)southamerica 8.45 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. --- 1,5 ---- # <pre> ! # @(#)southamerica 8.46 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. *************** *** 1171,1176 **** --- 1171,1189 ---- # From Arthur David Olson (2011-03-02): # The emol.com article mentions a water shortage as the cause of the # postponement, which may mean that it's not a permanent change. + + # From Glenn Eychaner (2011-03-28): + # The article: + # <a href="http://diario.elmercurio.com/2011/03/28/_portada/_portada/noticias/7565897A…"> + # http://diario.elmercurio.com/2011/03/28/_portada/_portada/noticias/7565897A… + # </a> + # + # In English: + # Chile's clocks will go back an hour this year on the 7th of May instead + # of this Saturday. They will go forward again the 3rd Saturday in + # August, just as before 1968. This is a pilot plan which will be + # reevaluated in 2012. + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Chile 1927 1932 - Sep 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Chile 1928 1932 - Apr 1 0:00 0 - *************** *** 1200,1212 **** Rule Chile 1998 only - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - Rule Chile 1998 only - Sep 27 4:00u 1:00 S Rule Chile 1999 only - Apr 4 3:00u 0 - ! Rule Chile 1999 max - Oct Sun>=9 4:00u 1:00 S Rule Chile 2000 2007 - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - # N.B.: the end of March 29 in Chile is March 30 in Universal time, # which is used below in specifying the transition. Rule Chile 2008 only - Mar 30 3:00u 0 - Rule Chile 2009 only - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - ! Rule Chile 2010 2011 - Apr Sun>=1 3:00u 0 - Rule Chile 2012 max - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - # IATA SSIM anomalies: (1992-02) says 1992-03-14; # (1996-09) says 1998-03-08. Ignore these. --- 1213,1228 ---- Rule Chile 1998 only - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - Rule Chile 1998 only - Sep 27 4:00u 1:00 S Rule Chile 1999 only - Apr 4 3:00u 0 - ! Rule Chile 1999 2010 - Oct Sun>=9 4:00u 1:00 S ! Rule Chile 2011 only - Aug Sun>=16 4:00u 1:00 S ! Rule Chile 2012 max - Oct Sun>=9 4:00u 1:00 S Rule Chile 2000 2007 - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - # N.B.: the end of March 29 in Chile is March 30 in Universal time, # which is used below in specifying the transition. Rule Chile 2008 only - Mar 30 3:00u 0 - Rule Chile 2009 only - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - ! Rule Chile 2010 only - Apr Sun>=1 3:00u 0 - ! Rule Chile 2011 only - May Sun>=2 3:00u 0 - Rule Chile 2012 max - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - # IATA SSIM anomalies: (1992-02) says 1992-03-14; # (1996-09) says 1998-03-08. Ignore these. diff -r -c old/tz-link.htm new/tz-link.htm *** old/tz-link.htm Wed Jan 12 10:40:27 2011 --- new/tz-link.htm Wed Mar 30 09:52:14 2011 *************** *** 18,24 **** <body> <h1>Sources for Time Zone and Daylight Saving Time Data</h1> <address> ! @(#)tz-link.htm 8.31 </address> <p> This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of --- 18,24 ---- <body> <h1>Sources for Time Zone and Daylight Saving Time Data</h1> <address> ! @(#)tz-link.htm 8.32 </address> <p> This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of *************** *** 318,323 **** --- 318,334 ---- lets users "see the time in up to 25 locations in the world at once." (From Hans Nieuwenhuis, 2009-11-02.) </li> + <li> + <a href="http://www.relativedata.com/time-zone-master"> + Time Zone Master Basic + </a> "allows people to display multiple desktop clocks, and to + research current and historical time information, as well as times of + astronomical events (sunrise/transit/set, moonrise/transit/set, phases, + season starts) for user-selected dates in the past and future. It can + automatically download, compile and use the tzdata**.gz database files + as they are released to keep the data up to date. The software is + free." (Davie Patte) + </li> </ul> <h2>Other time zone databases</h2> <ul> diff -r -c old/zone.tab new/zone.tab *** old/zone.tab Wed Feb 9 14:00:33 2011 --- new/zone.tab Wed Mar 30 09:38:23 2011 *************** *** 1,5 **** # <pre> ! # @(#)zone.tab 8.41 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. # --- 1,5 ---- # <pre> ! # @(#)zone.tab 8.42 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. # *************** *** 337,343 **** RU +5502+08255 Asia/Novosibirsk Moscow+03 - Novosibirsk RU +5345+08707 Asia/Novokuznetsk Moscow+03 - Novokuznetsk RU +5601+09250 Asia/Krasnoyarsk Moscow+04 - Yenisei River ! RU +5216+10420 Asia/Irkutsk Moscow+05 - Lake Baikal RU +6200+12940 Asia/Yakutsk Moscow+06 - Lena River RU +4310+13156 Asia/Vladivostok Moscow+07 - Amur River RU +4658+14242 Asia/Sakhalin Moscow+07 - Sakhalin Island --- 337,344 ---- RU +5502+08255 Asia/Novosibirsk Moscow+03 - Novosibirsk RU +5345+08707 Asia/Novokuznetsk Moscow+03 - Novokuznetsk RU +5601+09250 Asia/Krasnoyarsk Moscow+04 - Yenisei River ! RU +5216+10420 Asia/Irkutsk Moscow+04 - Lake Baikal ! RU +5150+10736 Asia/Ulan_Ude Moscow+05 - Buryatia RU +6200+12940 Asia/Yakutsk Moscow+06 - Lena River RU +4310+13156 Asia/Vladivostok Moscow+07 - Amur River RU +4658+14242 Asia/Sakhalin Moscow+07 - Sakhalin Island

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Introduction
by Derick Rethans March 31, 2011

March 31, 2011

Hi! This is a message to test the list, and to mention that I'm the maintainer of PHP's Date/Time support. We're using our own bundled version of the Olson DB (with a few additions). Hopefully, soon, we'll implement the rules themselves and not only the transition times. cheers, Derick

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testing-ignore
by Derick Rethans March 31, 2011

March 31, 2011

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proposeed time zone package changes--Chile/Russia/Irkutsk/Buryatia/Morocco
by Dan Abitbol March 31, 2011

March 31, 2011

Hello everyone Please, do you have any news about any update about OLSON DB, RedHat tzdata packages and PHP PECL timezonedb , regarding the following changes that will happen to Morocco this week end? As said , we need to update 100 machines and build the corresponding packages for that Thank you very much for any help Best Regards ================================================================= Hello Mr Olson , Sorry but I have made a mistake and I apologize for that but - as Dereck understood properly from http://www.map.ma/fr/sections/accueil/l_heure_legale_au_ma/view - It seems that the right rules are for Africa/Casablanca are the following (24h format) The 3rd april 2011 at 00:00:00, il will be 3rd april 1:00:00 The 30th july 2011 at 23:59:59, il will be 30th July 23:00:00 Could you take it into account ?Thank you very much Please Christophe, could you update RedHat also ? Thank you very much all for your support Regards

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update to proposed changes
by Arthur David Olson March 31, 2011

March 31, 2011

The proposed changes below incorporate the suggested change in translation of comments regarding Chilean DST, a reference to the English-language page regarding DST in Morocco, and a change so that DST in Morocco ends at midnight rather than 1:00. These changes are against the current ftp versions. I'll try to update the ftp versions on Friday. And...messages don't seem to be appearing on... http://blog.gmane.org/gmane.comp.time.tz ...but do seem to be appearing elsewhere. --ado diff -c old/africa new/africa *** old/africa Thu Dec 16 12:24:19 2010 --- new/africa Wed Mar 30 15:29:23 2011 *************** *** 1,5 **** # <pre> ! # @(#)africa 8.28 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. --- 1,5 ---- # <pre> ! # @(#)africa 8.30 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. *************** *** 712,717 **** --- 712,759 ---- # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-starts-dst-2010.html # </a> + # From Dan Abitol (2011-03-30): + # ...Rules for Africa/Casablanca are the following (24h format) + # The 3rd april 2011 at 00:00:00, [it] will be 3rd april 1:00:00 + # The 31th july 2011 at 00:59:59, [it] will be 31th July 00:00:00 + # ...Official links of change in morocco + # The change was broadcast on the FM Radio + # I ve called ANRT (telecom regulations in Morocco) at + # +212.537.71.84.00 + # <a href="http://www.anrt.net.ma/fr/"> + # http://www.anrt.net.ma/fr/ + # </a> + # They said that + # <a href="http://www.map.ma/fr/sections/accueil/l_heure_legale_au_ma/view"> + # http://www.map.ma/fr/sections/accueil/l_heure_legale_au_ma/view + # </a> + # is the official publication to look at. + # They said that the decision was already taken. + # + # More articles in the press + # <a href="http://www.yabiladi.com/articles/details/5058/secret-l-heure-d-ete-maroc-lev"> + # http://www.yabiladi.com/articles/details/5058/secret-l-heure-d-ete-maroc-lev + # </a> + # e.html + # <a href="http://www.lematin.ma/Actualite/Express/Article.asp?id=148923"> + # http://www.lematin.ma/Actualite/Express/Article.asp?id=148923 + # </a> + # <a href="http://www.lavieeco.com/actualite/Le-Maroc-passe-sur-GMT%2B1-a-partir-de-dim"> + # http://www.lavieeco.com/actualite/Le-Maroc-passe-sur-GMT%2B1-a-partir-de-dim + # anche-prochain-5538.html + # </a> + + # From Petr Machata (2011-03-30): + # They have it written in English here: + # <a href="http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/home/morocco_to_spring_fo/view"> + # http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/home/morocco_to_spring_fo/view + # </a> + # + # It says there that "Morocco will resume its standard time on July 31, + # 2011 at midnight." Now they don't say whether they mean midnight of + # wall clock time (i.e. 11pm UTC), but that's what I would assume. It has + # also been like that in the past. + # RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Morocco 1939 only - Sep 12 0:00 1:00 S *************** *** 735,740 **** --- 777,784 ---- Rule Morocco 2009 only - Aug 21 0:00 0 - Rule Morocco 2010 only - May 2 0:00 1:00 S Rule Morocco 2010 only - Aug 8 0:00 0 - + Rule Morocco 2011 only - Apr 3 0:00 1:00 S + Rule Morocco 2011 only - Jul 31 0 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Casablanca -0:30:20 - LMT 1913 Oct 26 0:00 Morocco WE%sT 1984 Mar 16 diff -c old/asia new/asia *** old/asia Tue Jan 4 13:14:47 2011 --- new/asia Wed Mar 30 09:02:23 2011 *************** *** 1,4 **** ! # @(#)asia 8.62 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. --- 1,4 ---- ! # @(#)asia 8.63 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. *************** *** 73,81 **** Rule RussiaAsia 1985 1991 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S Rule RussiaAsia 1992 only - Mar lastSat 23:00 1:00 S Rule RussiaAsia 1992 only - Sep lastSat 23:00 0 - ! Rule RussiaAsia 1993 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S Rule RussiaAsia 1993 1995 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 - ! Rule RussiaAsia 1996 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 - # Afghanistan # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] --- 73,81 ---- Rule RussiaAsia 1985 1991 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S Rule RussiaAsia 1992 only - Mar lastSat 23:00 1:00 S Rule RussiaAsia 1992 only - Sep lastSat 23:00 0 - ! Rule RussiaAsia 1993 2011 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S Rule RussiaAsia 1993 1995 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 - ! Rule RussiaAsia 1996 2010 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 - # Afghanistan # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] diff -c old/europe new/europe *** old/europe Thu Mar 10 22:03:39 2011 --- new/europe Wed Mar 30 09:38:23 2011 *************** *** 1,5 **** # <pre> ! # @(#)europe 8.28 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. --- 1,5 ---- # <pre> ! # @(#)europe 8.30 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. *************** *** 561,570 **** # Rule Russia 1992 only - Mar lastSat 23:00 1:00 S Rule Russia 1992 only - Sep lastSat 23:00 0 - ! Rule Russia 1993 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Russia 1993 1995 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 - ! Rule Russia 1996 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 - # These are for backward compatibility with older versions. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] --- 561,588 ---- # Rule Russia 1992 only - Mar lastSat 23:00 1:00 S Rule Russia 1992 only - Sep lastSat 23:00 0 - ! Rule Russia 1993 2011 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Russia 1993 1995 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 - ! Rule Russia 1996 2010 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 - + # From Steffen Thorsen (2011-02-08): + # Many news sources report that Russia will move clocks forward for DST + # as usual, but not back again, so they will stay permanently on DST, + # from 2011. + # + # Some examples: + # <a href="http://themoscownews.com/society/20110208/188402634.html"> + # http://themoscownews.com/society/20110208/188402634.html + # </a> + # <a href="http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/World/Story/STIStory_632614.html"> + # http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/World/Story/STIStory_632614.html + # </a> + # + # We will keep this page updated: + # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/russia-winter-time.html"> + # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/russia-winter-time.html + # </a> + # These are for backward compatibility with older versions. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] *************** *** 2147,2158 **** # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25): [This region consists of] # Respublika Buryatiya, Irkutskaya oblast', # Ust'-Ordynskij Buryatskij avtonomnyj okrug. Zone Asia/Irkutsk 6:57:20 - LMT 1880 6:57:20 - IMT 1920 Jan 25 # Irkutsk Mean Time 7:00 - IRKT 1930 Jun 21 # Irkutsk Time 8:00 Russia IRK%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 7:00 Russia IRK%sT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s ! 8:00 Russia IRK%sT # # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2003-10-18): [This region consists of] # Aginskij Buryatskij avtonomnyj okrug, Amurskaya oblast', --- 2165,2211 ---- # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25): [This region consists of] # Respublika Buryatiya, Irkutskaya oblast', # Ust'-Ordynskij Buryatskij avtonomnyj okrug. + + # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-03-16): + # According to various media sources (in Russian): + # <a href="http://www.irk.ru/news/20110316/time/"> + # http://www.irk.ru/news/20110316/time/ + # </a> + # <a href="http://www.bratsk.ru/report/show/8416.html"> + # http://www.bratsk.ru/report/show/8416.html + # </a> + # Irkutsk Region (Russia) has received government permission to change + # time zone to Krasnoyarsk time zone (UTC+8 summer time after March 27, + # 2011). On March 27, 2011 Irkutsk will keep its clock without change to + # Summer Time (DST) when most of Russia will move to DST. After March 27, + # 2011 time difference between Moscow (UTC+4 after March 27, 2011) and + # Irkutsk (UTC+8 after March 27, 2011) will be 4 hours, not 5 hours. + # + # or + # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia27.html"> + # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia27.html + # </a> + + # From Alexander Ray (2011-03-27): + # In the time zone change Russia took this March, Irkutsk Oblast began + # using Krasnoyarsk Time while Buryatia didn't, so a split of + # Asia/Irkutsk is in order, creating Asia/UlanUde(?). + Zone Asia/Irkutsk 6:57:20 - LMT 1880 6:57:20 - IMT 1920 Jan 25 # Irkutsk Mean Time 7:00 - IRKT 1930 Jun 21 # Irkutsk Time 8:00 Russia IRK%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 7:00 Russia IRK%sT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s ! 8:00 Russia IRK%sT 2011 Mar 27 2:00s ! 7:00 Russia KRA%sT ! ! Zone Asia/Ulan_Ude 7:10:24 - LMT 1880 ! 6:57:20 - IMT 1920 Jan 25 # Irkutsk Mean Time ! 7:00 - IRKT 1930 Jun 21 # Irkutsk Time ! 8:00 Russia IRK%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s ! 7:00 Russia IRK%sT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s ! 8:00 Russia BUR%sT ! # # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2003-10-18): [This region consists of] # Aginskij Buryatskij avtonomnyj okrug, Amurskaya oblast', diff -c old/southamerica new/southamerica *** old/southamerica Wed Mar 2 12:47:20 2011 --- new/southamerica Wed Mar 30 14:51:20 2011 *************** *** 1,5 **** # <pre> ! # @(#)southamerica 8.45 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. --- 1,5 ---- # <pre> ! # @(#)southamerica 8.47 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. *************** *** 1171,1176 **** --- 1171,1189 ---- # From Arthur David Olson (2011-03-02): # The emol.com article mentions a water shortage as the cause of the # postponement, which may mean that it's not a permanent change. + + # From Glenn Eychaner (2011-03-28): + # The article: + # <a href="http://diario.elmercurio.com/2011/03/28/_portada/_portada/noticias/7565897A…"> + # http://diario.elmercurio.com/2011/03/28/_portada/_portada/noticias/7565897A… + # </a> + # + # In English: + # Chile's clocks will go back an hour this year on the 7th of May instead + # of this Saturday. They will go forward again the 3rd Saturday in + # August, not in October as they have since 1968. This is a pilot plan + # which will be reevaluated in 2012. + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Chile 1927 1932 - Sep 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Chile 1928 1932 - Apr 1 0:00 0 - *************** *** 1200,1212 **** Rule Chile 1998 only - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - Rule Chile 1998 only - Sep 27 4:00u 1:00 S Rule Chile 1999 only - Apr 4 3:00u 0 - ! Rule Chile 1999 max - Oct Sun>=9 4:00u 1:00 S Rule Chile 2000 2007 - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - # N.B.: the end of March 29 in Chile is March 30 in Universal time, # which is used below in specifying the transition. Rule Chile 2008 only - Mar 30 3:00u 0 - Rule Chile 2009 only - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - ! Rule Chile 2010 2011 - Apr Sun>=1 3:00u 0 - Rule Chile 2012 max - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - # IATA SSIM anomalies: (1992-02) says 1992-03-14; # (1996-09) says 1998-03-08. Ignore these. --- 1213,1228 ---- Rule Chile 1998 only - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - Rule Chile 1998 only - Sep 27 4:00u 1:00 S Rule Chile 1999 only - Apr 4 3:00u 0 - ! Rule Chile 1999 2010 - Oct Sun>=9 4:00u 1:00 S ! Rule Chile 2011 only - Aug Sun>=16 4:00u 1:00 S ! Rule Chile 2012 max - Oct Sun>=9 4:00u 1:00 S Rule Chile 2000 2007 - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - # N.B.: the end of March 29 in Chile is March 30 in Universal time, # which is used below in specifying the transition. Rule Chile 2008 only - Mar 30 3:00u 0 - Rule Chile 2009 only - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - ! Rule Chile 2010 only - Apr Sun>=1 3:00u 0 - ! Rule Chile 2011 only - May Sun>=2 3:00u 0 - Rule Chile 2012 max - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - # IATA SSIM anomalies: (1992-02) says 1992-03-14; # (1996-09) says 1998-03-08. Ignore these. diff -c old/tz-link.htm new/tz-link.htm *** old/tz-link.htm Wed Jan 12 10:40:27 2011 --- new/tz-link.htm Wed Mar 30 09:52:14 2011 *************** *** 18,24 **** <body> <h1>Sources for Time Zone and Daylight Saving Time Data</h1> <address> ! @(#)tz-link.htm 8.31 </address> <p> This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of --- 18,24 ---- <body> <h1>Sources for Time Zone and Daylight Saving Time Data</h1> <address> ! @(#)tz-link.htm 8.32 </address> <p> This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of *************** *** 318,323 **** --- 318,334 ---- lets users "see the time in up to 25 locations in the world at once." (From Hans Nieuwenhuis, 2009-11-02.) </li> + <li> + <a href="http://www.relativedata.com/time-zone-master"> + Time Zone Master Basic + </a> "allows people to display multiple desktop clocks, and to + research current and historical time information, as well as times of + astronomical events (sunrise/transit/set, moonrise/transit/set, phases, + season starts) for user-selected dates in the past and future. It can + automatically download, compile and use the tzdata**.gz database files + as they are released to keep the data up to date. The software is + free." (Davie Patte) + </li> </ul> <h2>Other time zone databases</h2> <ul> diff -c old/zone.tab new/zone.tab *** old/zone.tab Wed Feb 9 14:00:33 2011 --- new/zone.tab Wed Mar 30 09:38:23 2011 *************** *** 1,5 **** # <pre> ! # @(#)zone.tab 8.41 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. # --- 1,5 ---- # <pre> ! # @(#)zone.tab 8.42 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. # *************** *** 337,343 **** RU +5502+08255 Asia/Novosibirsk Moscow+03 - Novosibirsk RU +5345+08707 Asia/Novokuznetsk Moscow+03 - Novokuznetsk RU +5601+09250 Asia/Krasnoyarsk Moscow+04 - Yenisei River ! RU +5216+10420 Asia/Irkutsk Moscow+05 - Lake Baikal RU +6200+12940 Asia/Yakutsk Moscow+06 - Lena River RU +4310+13156 Asia/Vladivostok Moscow+07 - Amur River RU +4658+14242 Asia/Sakhalin Moscow+07 - Sakhalin Island --- 337,344 ---- RU +5502+08255 Asia/Novosibirsk Moscow+03 - Novosibirsk RU +5345+08707 Asia/Novokuznetsk Moscow+03 - Novokuznetsk RU +5601+09250 Asia/Krasnoyarsk Moscow+04 - Yenisei River ! RU +5216+10420 Asia/Irkutsk Moscow+04 - Lake Baikal ! RU +5150+10736 Asia/Ulan_Ude Moscow+05 - Buryatia RU +6200+12940 Asia/Yakutsk Moscow+06 - Lena River RU +4310+13156 Asia/Vladivostok Moscow+07 - Amur River RU +4658+14242 Asia/Sakhalin Moscow+07 - Sakhalin Island

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FW: DST new rules for 2011 in Africa/Casablanca timezone
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] March 31, 2011

March 31, 2011

I'm forwarding this message from Brian Garrett; Brian is on the mailing list. --ado -----Original Message----- From: Brian Garrett [mailto:mgy1912@cox.net] Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 9:56 PM Subject: Re: DST new rules for 2011 in Africa/Casablanca timezone My spoken French is not all that fluent, but my written comprehension is good enough for this: Rabat- L'heure légale au Maroc sera avancée d'une heure à partir du samedi 2 avril 2011 à 24h00, indique une source responsable du ministère de la Modernisation des secteurs publics. Le retour à l'heure normale se fera à compter du dimanche 31 juillet 2011 à minuit. L'heure sera retardée de soixante minutes à 24h00 samedi 30 juillet 2011. Un projet de décret a été élaboré à cet égard et sera présenté lors de la prochaine réunion du conseil de gouvernement. Translation: "Rabat--The legal time in Morocco will be advanced one hour beginning Saturday, 2 April 2011 at 24:00, says a responsible source at the Mininstry of Public Sector Modernisation. The return to normal time will take place (literally: do itself) starting Sunday, 31 July 2011 at midnight. The time will be turned back sixty minutes at 24:00 [on] Saturday 30 July 2011. A draft of an official statement on this matter has been drawn up and will be presented at the time of the next government council meeting." So it seems that at midnight Saturday the 2nd (= 2011-04-03T00:00:00) it will become 2011-04-03T01:00:00, local time in Morocco. The "fall back" time is ambiguous, though. 24:00 on 30 July and midnight on 31 July are the same time, namely 2011-07-31T00:00:00. Assuming the clocks are changing Saturday night, is it 24:00 _after_ the time change, or before? It does not help that they included a picture of clocks changing at 2:00/3:00 in the article :(( Brian Garrett -------------------------------------------------- From: "Petr Machata" <pmachata(a)redhat.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 9:17 AM To: <tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov> Subject: Re: DST new rules for 2011 in Africa/Casablanca timezone > "Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E]" <olsona(a)dc37a.nci.nih.gov> writes: > >> I'm forwarding this message from Dan Abitol, who is not on the time zone >> mailing list. Those of you who are on the list, please direct replies >> appropriately. >> >> --ado >> >> From: Dan Abitbol [mailto:dabitbol@streamwide.com] >> >> Rules for Africa/Casablanca are the following (24h format) >> The 3rd april 2011 at 00:00:00, il will be 3rd april 1:00:00 >> The 31th july 2011 at 00:59:59, il will be 31th July 00:00:00 > > Is that what it says on that page that you linked? (I don't speak > French and google translate gives rather unclear results.) > http://www.map.ma/fr/sections/accueil/l_heure_legale_au_ma/view > > They have it written in English here: > http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/home/morocco_to_spring_fo/view > > It says there that "Morocco will resume its standard time on July 31, > 2011 at midnight." Now they don't say whether they mean midnight of > wall clock time (i.e. 11pm UTC), but that's what I would assume. It has > also been like that in the past. > > Thanks, > Petr Machata > >

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FW: DST new rules for 2011 in Africa/Casablanca timezone
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] March 31, 2011

March 31, 2011

I'm forwarding this message from Petr Machata; Petr is on the mailing list. --ado -----Original Message----- From: Petr Machata [mailto:pmachata@redhat.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 12:18 PM To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: Re: DST new rules for 2011 in Africa/Casablanca timezone "Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E]" <olsona(a)dc37a.nci.nih.gov> writes: > I'm forwarding this message from Dan Abitol, who is not on the time zone mailing list. Those of you who are on the list, please direct replies appropriately. > > --ado > > From: Dan Abitbol [mailto:dabitbol@streamwide.com] > > Rules for Africa/Casablanca are the following (24h format) > The 3rd april 2011 at 00:00:00, il will be 3rd april 1:00:00 > The 31th july 2011 at 00:59:59, il will be 31th July 00:00:00 Is that what it says on that page that you linked? (I don't speak French and google translate gives rather unclear results.) http://www.map.ma/fr/sections/accueil/l_heure_legale_au_ma/view They have it written in English here: http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/home/morocco_to_spring_fo/view It says there that "Morocco will resume its standard time on July 31, 2011 at midnight." Now they don't say whether they mean midnight of wall clock time (i.e. 11pm UTC), but that's what I would assume. It has also been like that in the past. Thanks, Petr Machata

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DST new rules for 2011 in Africa/Casablanca timezone
by Dan Abitbol March 31, 2011

March 31, 2011

Hello I was advised to write to you in order to warn u of an urgent DST change at Morocco for this weekend. The DST new rules for 2011 Africa/Casablanca are the following: Rules for Africa/Casablanca are the following (24h format) The 3rd april 2011 at 00:00:00, il will be 3rd april 1:00:00 The 31th july 2011 at 00:59:59, il will be 31th July 00:00:00 1st change will occur in the night from this Saturday to Sunday Please could you update OLSON DB accordingly very soon please? We have asked Red Hat for new tzdata package (Ticket redhat Case 00444475 Maximal Priority). But I guess they will contact u also to update OLSO DB files Thank you for your quick help Official links of change in morocco The change was broadcast on the FM Radio I ve called ANRT (telecom regulations in Morocco) at +212.537.71.84.00 <http://www.anrt.net.ma/fr/> http://www.anrt.net.ma/fr/ They said that <http://www.map.ma/fr/sections/accueil/l_heure_legale_au_ma/view> http://www.map.ma/fr/sections/accueil/l_heure_legale_au_ma/view is the official publication to look at They said that the decision was already taken More articles in the press http://www.yabiladi.com/articles/details/5058/secret-l-heure-d-ete-maroc-lev e.html http://www.lematin.ma/Actualite/Express/Article.asp?id=148923 http://www.lavieeco.com/actualite/Le-Maroc-passe-sur-GMT%2B1-a-partir-de-dim anche-prochain-5538.html <http://www.streamwide.com/> Telecom future is starting today Dan ABITBOL VAS Product Manager Streamwide 84, rue d'Hauteville Paris 75010 France <mailto:dabitbol@streamwide.com> dabitbol(a)streamwide.com tel: mobile: Skype ID: SkypeIn #: <http://www.plaxo.com/click_to_call?src=jj_signature&To=%2B33170085286&Email =dabitbol66(a)hotmail.com> +33170085286 <http://www.plaxo.com/click_to_call?src=jj_signature&To=%2B33662168617&Email =dabitbol66(a)hotmail.com> +33662168617 dabitbol <http://www.plaxo.com/click_to_call?src=jj_signature&To=%2B33870465999&Email =dabitbol66(a)hotmail.com> +33870465999 <https://www.plaxo.com/add_me?u=8590259834&src=client_sig_212_1_banner_join& invite=1> Want to always have my latest info? <http://www.plaxo.com/signature?src=client_sig_212_1_banner_sig> Want a signature like this?

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FW: proposeed time zone package changes--Chile/Russia/Irkutsk/Buryatia/Morocco
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] March 30, 2011

March 30, 2011

I'm forwarding this message from Derick Rethans; Derick is on the mailing list. --ado -----Original Message----- From: Derick Rethans [mailto:derick@derickrethans.nl] Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 11:49 AM To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Cc: Dan Abitbol; tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: Re: proposeed time zone package changes--Chile/Russia/Irkutsk/Buryatia/Morocco On Wed, 30 Mar 2011, Arthur David Olson wrote: > Rule Morocco 2010 only - May 2 0:00 1:00 S > Rule Morocco 2010 only - Aug 8 0:00 0 - > + Rule Morocco 2011 only - Apr 3 0:00 1:00 S > + Rule Morocco 2011 only - Jul 31 1:00 0 - http://www.map.ma/fr/sections/accueil/l_heure_legale_au_ma/view states: "Le retour à l'heure normale se fera à compter du dimanche 31 juillet 2011 à minuit. L'heure sera retardée de soixante minutes à 24h00 samedi 30 juillet 2011." With my broken translation from French, that says: "The return to the normal time is on July 31st, at midnight. The hour of change back by 60 minutes is 24:00 July the 30rd. (IE: 00:00 July 31st) This should make the rule: > + Rule Morocco 2011 only - Apr 3 0:00 1:00 S > + Rule Morocco 2011 only - Jul 31 0:00 0 - Just like the change at midnight for 2010: > Rule Morocco 2010 only - Aug 8 0:00 0 - cheers, Derick -- http://derickrethans.nl | http://xdebug.org Like Xdebug? Consider a donation: http://xdebug.org/donate.php twitter: @derickr and @xdebug

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FW: proposed time zone package changes--Chile/Russia/Irkutsk/Buryatia/Morocco
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] March 30, 2011

March 30, 2011

I'm forwarding this message from Derick Rethans; Derick is on the time zone mailing list. --ado -----Original Message----- From: Derick Rethans [mailto:derick@derickrethans.nl] Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 10:55 AM To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Cc: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: Re: proposed time zone package changes--Chile/Russia/Irkutsk/Buryatia/Morocco On Wed, 30 Mar 2011, Glenn Eychaner wrote: > On Mar 30, 2011, at 11:02 AM, Arthur David Olson wrote: > > > If no problems are found, the ftp versions will be updated on 2011-04-04. > > Could these go up on Friday the 1st rather than on Monday, as the changes to the Chile time zone take effect this weekend? And the Marocco one too. cheers, Derick -- http://derickrethans.nl | http://xdebug.org Like Xdebug? Consider a donation: http://xdebug.org/donate.php twitter: @derickr and @xdebug

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FW: Re: proposed time zone package changes--Chile/Russia/Irkutsk/Buryatia/Morocco
by Arthur David Olson March 30, 2011

March 30, 2011

I'm forwarding this message from Derick Rethans, who is on the mailing list. --ado From: Derick Rethans <derick(a)derickrethans.nl> Subject: Re: proposed time zone package changes--Chile/Russia/Irkutsk/Buryatia/Morocco On Wed, 30 Mar 2011, Glenn Eychaner wrote: > On Mar 30, 2011, at 11:02 AM, Arthur David Olson wrote: > > > If no problems are found, the ftp versions will be updated on 2011-04-04. > > Could these go up on Friday the 1st rather than on Monday, as the changes to the Chile time zone take effect this weekend? And the Marocco one too. cheers, Derick -- http://derickrethans.nl | http://xdebug.org Like Xdebug? Consider a donation: http://xdebug.org/donate.php twitter: @derickr and @xdebug

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FW: Re: proposed time zone package changes--Chile/Russia/Irkutsk/Buryatia/Morocco
by Arthur David Olson March 30, 2011

March 30, 2011

I'm forwarding this message from Glenn Eychaner; Glenn is on the mailing list. --ado From: Glenn Eychaner <geychaner(a)lco.cl> Subject: Re: proposed time zone package changes--Chile/Russia/Irkutsk/Buryatia/Morocco Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 11:34:01 -0300 On Mar 30, 2011, at 11:02 AM, Arthur David Olson wrote: > If no problems are found, the ftp versions will be updated on 2011-04-04. Could these go up on Friday the 1st rather than on Monday, as the changes to the Chile time zone take effect this weekend? Also, while the Chile time zone updates seem to be correct based on my tests on my machines, one small comment change: > + # In English: > + # Chile's clocks will go back an hour this year on the 7th of May instead > + # of this Saturday. They will go forward again the 3rd Saturday in > + # August, just as before 1968. This is a pilot plan which will be > + # reevaluated in 2012. In my haste, I mistranslated this (I skipped some text and screwed up "desde/hasta" just like I always do). It should read: # Chile's clocks will go back an hour this year on the 7th of May instead # of this Saturday. They will go forward again the 3rd Saturday in # August, not in October as they have since 1968. This is a pilot plan # whose continuation will be evaluated in 2012. Thanks, -G. -- Glenn Eychaner (geychaner(a)lco.cl) Telescope Systems Programmer, Las Campanas Observatory

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FW: DST new rules for 2011 in Africa/Casablanca timezone
by Arthur David Olson March 30, 2011

March 30, 2011

I'm forwarding this message from Dan Abitol, who is not on the time zone mailing list. Those of you who are on the list, please direct replies appropriately. --ado From: "Dan Abitbol" <dabitbol(a)streamwide.com> Cc: <ctropamer(a)streamwide.com> Subject: DST new rules for 2011 in Africa/Casablanca timezone Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 12:58:05 +0200 Importance: High Hello I was advised to write to you in order to warn u of an urgent DST change at Morocco for this weekend. The DST new rules for 2011 Africa/Casablanca are the following: Rules for Africa/Casablanca are the following (24h format) The 3rd april 2011 at 00:00:00, il will be 3rd april 1:00:00 The 31th july 2011 at 00:59:59, il will be 31th July 00:00:00 1st change will occur in the night from this Saturday to Sunday Please could you update OLSON DB accordingly very soon please? We have asked Red Hat for new tzdata package (Ticket redhat Case 00444475 Maximal Priority). But I guess they will contact u also to update OLSO DB files Thank you for your quick help Official links of change in morocco The change was broadcast on the FM Radio I ve called ANRT (telecom regulations in Morocco) at +212.537.71.84.00 <http://www.anrt.net.ma/fr/> http://www.anrt.net.ma/fr/ They said that <http://www.map.ma/fr/sections/accueil/l_heure_legale_au_ma/view> http://www.map.ma/fr/sections/accueil/l_heure_legale_au_ma/view is the official publication to look at They said that the decision was already taken More articles in the press http://www.yabiladi.com/articles/details/5058/secret-l-heure-d-ete-maroc-lev e.html http://www.lematin.ma/Actualite/Express/Article.asp?id=148923 http://www.lavieeco.com/actualite/Le-Maroc-passe-sur-GMT%2B1-a-partir-de-dim anche-prochain-5538.html <http://www.streamwide.com/> Telecom future is starting today Dan ABITBOL VAS Product Manager Streamwide 84, rue d'Hauteville Paris 75010 France <mailto:dabitbol@streamwide.com> dabitbol(a)streamwide.com tel: mobile: Skype ID: SkypeIn #: <http://www.plaxo.com/click_to_call?src=jj_signature&To=%2B33170085286&Email =dabitbol66(a)hotmail.com> +33170085286 <http://www.plaxo.com/click_to_call?src=jj_signature&To=%2B33662168617&Email =dabitbol66(a)hotmail.com> +33662168617 dabitbol <http://www.plaxo.com/click_to_call?src=jj_signature&To=%2B33870465999&Email =dabitbol66(a)hotmail.com> +33870465999 <https://www.plaxo.com/add_me?u=8590259834&src=client_sig_212_1_banner_join& invite=1> Want to always have my latest info? <http://www.plaxo.com/signature?src=client_sig_212_1_banner_sig> Want a signature like this?

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mailing list challenges
by Arthur David Olson March 30, 2011

March 30, 2011

It looks as if there's a problem with some messages getting to the mailing list. I'll be trying to forward items for today by hand; we'll see what happens. --ado

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