September 2015 - tz - lists.iana.org

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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Proposal: validation text file with releases
by Jon Skeet Dec. 19, 2016

Dec. 19, 2016

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 March 9, 2016

March 9, 2016

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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[PATCH 0/1] Allow 'backzone' to be incorporated in 'right' data
by Ian Abbott Dec. 10, 2015

Dec. 10, 2015

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 Dec. 9, 2015

Dec. 9, 2015

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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Fwd: Turkey delays winter time
by Fatih Oct. 5, 2015

Oct. 5, 2015

Hi, its officialy announced now by ministry of energy. Turkey delays winter time to 8th of November 04:00 http://www.aa.com.tr/tr/turkiye/yaz-saati-uygulamasi-8-kasimda-sona-erecek/… <https://t.yesware.com/tl/a9ae0329641b7dd629a1f9fbd15b34b7a31e117f/a9aeca165…> (Turkish Official News Agency) Best regards. Fatih, WorldClock.com™ <https://t.yesware.com/tl/a9ae0329641b7dd629a1f9fbd15b34b7a31e117f/a9aeca165…> 2015-09-20 6:04 GMT+03:00 Paul Eggert <eggert(a)cs.ucla.edu>: > After looking around a bit, I found a news article dated September 8 on > the topic. I wonder why the news took so long to be known more broadly? > Anyway, attached is a proposed patch to match the many news sources that > talk about this. Although I have installed this in the experimental > version on github, I would prefer confirmation from a more-official source > before doing a tzdata release. >

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isstd and isgmt effect
by Jason Johnson Sept. 30, 2015

Sept. 30, 2015

Hello all I'm writing some software that deals with dates and I parse Olson files to get time zone information. In the tzfile man page, both entries say that they are used for handling POSIX-style environmental variables? Does that mean that I can ignore those values and assume the transition times are just UAT? I couldn't find any documentation on exactly how to handle these values. The nearest thing I found was the Unix time library which seems to make an adjustment based on one setting, but it wasn't clear if this is done in general or if this was part of some specific handling. Thanks for any help you can provide. Jason

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Turkey delays winter time
by Fatih Sept. 30, 2015

Sept. 30, 2015

Hi All, According to news published an hour ago government (Turkey) will postpone end of summer time to 8th of November due to the security issues related with the national election that will be held on 1st Nov. I will confirm from the government agency soon. Best regards. Fatih, WorldClock.com™ <https://t.yesware.com/tl/a9ae0329641b7dd629a1f9fbd15b34b7a31e117f/81cac01ff…>

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Turkey Delays DST End (Oct 25 -> Nov 8)
by ozgur.yuksel＠oracle.com Sept. 29, 2015

Sept. 29, 2015

Hi, Turkey will end Daylight Saving Time <http://www.timeanddate.com/time/dst/> (DST) two weeks later than normal. Clocks will be turned back one hour from 4:00 (4 am) to 3:00 (3 am) local time on Sunday, November 8, 2015. http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/turkey-delays-dst-end-2015.html 2015f does not seem to have the respective change. -- Özgür Yüksel | Manager, Customer Support, Europe - Middle East - Africa Oracle Linux, Oracle VM and Private Cloud Appliance Support Phone: +90 312 248 8900 ORACLE Turkey | Dumlupinar Blv. 266 Tepe Prime A/56 Çankaya | TR-06800 Ankara

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Was America/Aruba obsoleted and replaced
by kzimmermann＠ups.com Sept. 29, 2015

Sept. 29, 2015

Hello IANA, UPS has an interface agreement with IANA for Time Zone Information. We are testing other requirements and we came across a few concerns. I am working on researching and fixing some time zone concerns for our UPS properties in a few of the data bases I support. I have a few questions: When was the Time Zone Name (TznGeoRefTe) for America/Aruba obsoleted? What is the updated Time Zone Name (TznGeoRefTe) which replaced America/Aruba? When was this notified to your user community? Are all countries identified in IANA with a Time Zone Name (TznGeoRefTe)? I was researching Aruba (AW) and St. Martin (SX), the outcome resulted in an empty result set. These questions are a follow-up, to the empty result set, received from queries. Maybe our link to IANA needs to be refreshed or possible the file pulled from IANA. Thank you for your cooperation. Kellie Zimmermann UPS 201-828-7180 Corporate Reference Data

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