November 2015 - tz - lists.iana.org

proposed time zone package changes (Samoa, Factory, et al.)
by Arthur David Olson 28 Aug '19

28 Aug '19

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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Syntax highlighting for Sublime Text
by Gilmore Davidson 16 Aug '17

16 Aug '17

Hi, I’ve created some tzdata syntax highlighting rules for the Sublime Text editor: https://packagecontrol.io/packages/zoneinfo <https://packagecontrol.io/packages/zoneinfo> I have no idea if anyone other than me uses that particular text editor for looking at tzdata files. But I thought I’d mention it just in case it’s useful to someone. Cheers, Gil

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Re: [tz] Version in zoneinfo files?
by Guy Harris 10 Feb '17

10 Feb '17

On Oct 25, 2015, at 10:55 AM, Paul G <paul(a)ganssle.io> wrote: > I'm not suggesting that it be impossible to create a weird result when asking for the version, just that there's a standard place for the version to go, and preferably the standard default gives you something that you expected. I.e., something that works most of the time is sufficient? So what exactly is the intended use of this version field? > As it is now, you're virtually guaranteed to have a lot of incompatibility because there's nothing you can point to that says, "This is the canonical way to store version information about zoneinfo files", and no standard has emerged on how to do this as is. > > On 10/25/2015 01:51 PM, Guy Harris wrote: >> >> On Oct 25, 2015, at 10:37 AM, Paul G <paul(a)ganssle.io> wrote: >> >>> On 10/25/2015 01:35 PM, Guy Harris wrote: >>> >>>> So where would zic get the version information to put into the binary files? >>> >>> My understanding is that it's the VERSION= line of the Makefile in the tzdata tarballs. >> >> I.e., you're proposing that the value of the VERSION value in the Makefile be passed as an argument to zic, and zic would put the value of that argument into a field in the files? >> >> So, if the goal is to provide a "reliable way to get the version information in a cross-platform way", what would ensure that this field be set properly, for some value of "properly", everywhere that binary tzdata files are generated? >> >> I.e., what is to guarantee that >> >> 1) nobody downstream change VERSION if they aren't changing the zic files from what's distributed >> >> and >> >> 2) people change it "properly" if the files don't correspond to a particular version of files that were distributed (e.g., if some downstream supplier takes 2015q and adds some changes mentioned on the list to it before 2015r comes out with those changes plus other changes, they should call the resulting files something other than "2015q" or "2015r")? >> >

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Proposal: validation text file with releases
by Jon Skeet 19 Dec '16

19 Dec '16

Background: I'm the primary developer for Noda Time <http://nodatime.org> which consumes the tz data. I'm currently refactoring the code to do this... and I've come across some code (originally ported from Joda Time) which I now understand in terms of what it's doing, but not exactly why. For a little while now, the Noda Time source repo has included a text dump file <https://github.com/nodatime/nodatime/blob/master/src/NodaTime.Test/TestData…>, containing a text dump of every transition (up to 2100, at the moment) for every time zone. It looks like this, picking just one example: Zone: Africa/Maseru LMT: [StartOfTime, 1892-02-07T22:08:00Z) +01:52 (+00) SAST: [1892-02-07T22:08:00Z, 1903-02-28T22:30:00Z) +01:30 (+00) SAST: [1903-02-28T22:30:00Z, 1942-09-20T00:00:00Z) +02 (+00) SAST: [1942-09-20T00:00:00Z, 1943-03-20T23:00:00Z) +03 (+01) SAST: [1943-03-20T23:00:00Z, 1943-09-19T00:00:00Z) +02 (+00) SAST: [1943-09-19T00:00:00Z, 1944-03-18T23:00:00Z) +03 (+01) SAST: [1944-03-18T23:00:00Z, EndOfTime) +02 (+00) I use this file for confidence when refactoring my time zone handling code - if the new code comes up with the same set of transitions as the old code, it's probably okay. (This is just one line of defence, of course - there are unit tests, though not as many as I'd like.) It strikes me that having a similar file (I'm not wedded to the format, but it should have all the same information, one way or another) released alongside the main data files would be really handy for *all* implementors - it would be a good way of validating consistency across multiple platforms, with the release data being canonical. For any platforms which didn't want to actually consume the rules as rules, but just wanted a list of transitions, it could even effectively replace their use of the data. One other benefit: diffing the dump between two releases would make it clear what had changed in *effect*, rather than just in terms of rules. One sticking point is size. The current file for Noda Time is about 4MB, although it zips down to about 300K. Some thoughts around this: - We wouldn't need to distribute it in the same file as the data - just as we have data and code file, there could be a "textdump" file or whatever we'd want to call it. These could be retroactively generated for previous releases, too. - As you can see, there's redundancy in the format above, in that it's a list of "zone intervals" (as I call them in Noda Time) rather than a list of transitions - the end of each interval is always the start of the next interval. - For zones which settle into an infinite daylight saving pattern, I currently generate from the start of time to 2100 (and then a single zone interval for the end of time as Noda Time understands it; we'd need to work out what form that would take, if any). If we decided that "year of release + 30 years" was enough, that would cut down the size considerably. Any thoughts? If the feeling is broadly positive, the next step would be to nail down the text format, then find a willing victim/volunteer to write the C code. (You really don't want me writing C...) Jon

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zic changes (2/2)
by Arthur David Olson 09 Mar '16

09 Mar '16

And now, the update. These changes arrange things so that binary files include "transition" entries for minimum time values; these entries eliminate localtime guesswork in handling low-valued time stamps. The bad news: binary files grow slightly as a result of these changes. The good news: there are no changes in the output of "zdump -v" applied to before-and-after versions of all the binary files generated by a "make install." Changes are attached and appear in mangled form below; these are relative to the github version of zic.c after the rollback in the earlier message today. @dashdashado 1.2 2805 lines 1.4 2813 lines *** /tmp/,azic.c 2014-05-01 01:51:36.998933800 -0400 --- /tmp/,bzic.c 2014-05-01 01:51:37.092534000 -0400 *************** *** 1480,1493 **** fromi = 0; while (fromi < timecnt && attypes[fromi].at < min_time) ++fromi; - if (isdsts[0] == 0) - while (fromi < timecnt && attypes[fromi].type == 0) - ++fromi; /* handled by default rule */ for ( ; fromi < timecnt; ++fromi) { ! if (toi != 0 && ((attypes[fromi].at + gmtoffs[attypes[toi - 1].type]) <= ! (attypes[toi - 1].at + gmtoffs[toi == 1 ? 0 ! : attypes[toi - 2].type]))) { attypes[toi - 1].type = attypes[fromi].type; continue; --- 1480,1490 ---- fromi = 0; while (fromi < timecnt && attypes[fromi].at < min_time) ++fromi; for ( ; fromi < timecnt; ++fromi) { ! if (toi > 1 && ((attypes[fromi].at + gmtoffs[attypes[toi - 1].type]) <= ! (attypes[toi - 1].at + ! gmtoffs[attypes[toi - 2].type]))) { attypes[toi - 1].type = attypes[fromi].type; continue; *************** *** 1532,1537 **** --- 1529,1541 ---- --timecnt32; ++timei32; } + /* + ** Output an INT32_MIN "transition" if appropriate--see below. + */ + if (timei32 > 0 && ats[timei32] > INT32_MIN) { + --timei32; + ++timecnt32; + } while (leapcnt32 > 0 && !is32(trans[leapcnt32 - 1])) --leapcnt32; while (leapcnt32 > 0 && !is32(trans[leapi32])) { *************** *** 1698,1704 **** #undef DO for (i = thistimei; i < thistimelim; ++i) if (pass == 1) ! puttzcode(ats[i], fp); else puttzcode64(ats[i], fp); for (i = thistimei; i < thistimelim; ++i) { unsigned char uc; --- 1702,1713 ---- #undef DO for (i = thistimei; i < thistimelim; ++i) if (pass == 1) ! /* ! ** Output an INT32_MIN "transition" ! ** if appropriate--see above. ! */ ! puttzcode(((ats[i] < INT32_MIN) ? ! INT32_MIN : ats[i]), fp); else puttzcode64(ats[i], fp); for (i = thistimei; i < thistimelim; ++i) { unsigned char uc; *************** *** 2176,2183 **** if (usestart) { addtt(starttime, type); usestart = FALSE; ! } else if (stdoff != 0) ! addtt(min_time, type); } else for (year = min_year; year <= max_year; ++year) { if (useuntil && year > zp->z_untilrule.r_hiyear) break; --- 2185,2191 ---- if (usestart) { addtt(starttime, type); usestart = FALSE; ! } else addtt(min_time, type); } else for (year = min_year; year <= max_year; ++year) { if (useuntil && year > zp->z_untilrule.r_hiyear) break;

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2015g: Is the 1:00 under Pacific/Norfolk "Rules" a typo?
by Marvel, Jim (CPCOE) 29 Feb '16

29 Feb '16

Hello, Is the 1:00 under Pacific/Norfolk "Rules" a typo? # Norfolk # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Norfolk 11:11:52 - LMT 1901 # Kingston 11:12 - NMT 1951 # Norfolk Mean Time 11:30 - NFT 1974 Oct 27 02:00 # Norfolk T. 11:30 1:00 NFST 1975 Mar 2 02:00 11:30 - NFT 2015 Oct 4 02:00 11:00 - NFT thanks Jim Marvel

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[PATCH 0/1] Allow 'backzone' to be incorporated in 'right' data
by Ian Abbott 10 Dec '15

10 Dec '15

The REDO macro in the Makefile currently allows you to build POSIX data, 'right' data, or both sets with either the default. It also allows information from the 'backzone' file to be incorporated into the POSIX data set but not if the 'right' data is being built to. There may be some unlucky bar steward out there who needs to incorporate the 'backzone' file data into the 'right' data set, or into both the POSIX and 'right' data sets, so I added a few extra targets to the Makefile for your consideration. See patch in following email.

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Request to include www.timejones.com - tz database version 2014.8
by Web Master 09 Dec '15

09 Dec '15

Hi, Greetings! First of all immense thanks for the introduction of tz database to the world. We are writing from www.timejones.com, an ultra simple time and weather services portal that helps people with time and weather information for 150000 places on Earth. We have developed this web site using tz database version 2014.8/ PHP 5.4.39 and hosted on a Apache/2.2.29. Could you please kindly include www.timejones.com under the section "Web sites using recent versions of the tz database" in http://cs.ucla.edu/~eggert/tz/tz-link.htm ? Thanks in advance! Best Regards, Webmaster(a)timejones.com

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[PATCH 1/1] * LICENSE: New file.
by James Knight 08 Dec '15

08 Dec '15

Adding a license-specific file to aid in package management and other possible use cases. Signed-off-by: James Knight <james.knight(a)rockwellcollins.com> diff -Naur tz_a/LICENSE tz_b/LICENSE --- tz_a/LICENSE 1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500 +++ tz_b/LICENSE 2015-10-23 17:59:01.702710278 -0400 @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +Unless otherwise specified, all files in the tz code and data are in +the public domain, so clarified as of 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. +The few exceptions are code derived from BSD, which uses the BSD license. + +date.c and strftime.c: +---------------------- +Copyright (c) 1985, 1987, 1988 The Regents of the University of California. +All rights reserved. + +Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted +provided that the above copyright notice and this paragraph are +duplicated in all such forms and that any documentation, +advertising materials, and other materials related to such +distribution and use acknowledge that the software was developed +by the University of California, Berkeley. The name of the +University may not be used to endorse or promote products derived +from this software without specific prior written permission. +THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR +IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED +WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. +

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CCTZ time zone library for C++ from Google
by Tim Parenti 08 Dec '15

08 Dec '15

FYI, last month, Google released and open-sourced cctz <https://github.com/google/cctz>, a new time zone library for C++. My favorite quote from the announcement <http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2015/09/introducing-cctz-simple-time-…> on their Open Source Blog: > *"Time zones are logical and easy to use." —no one ever* -- Tim Parenti

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