February 2020 - tz - lists.iana.org

Italy April 1944 discrepancy between comment and data
by Alois Treindl 05 Oct '21

05 Oct '21

For Italy in 1944 zone Europe/Rome there is a discrepancy between the comment and the data. comment: # From Paul Eggert (2016-10-27): # Go with INRiM for DST rules, except as corrected by Inglis for 1944 # for the Kingdom of Italy. This is consistent with Renzo Baldini. # Model Rome's occupation by using C-Eur rules from 1943-09-10 # to 1944-06-04; although Rome was an open city during this period, it # was effectively controlled by Germany. Data for Italy is Rule Italy 1944 only - Apr 2 2:00s 1:00 S Data for C-Eur is: Rule C-Eur 1944 1945 - Apr Mon>=1 2:00s 1:00 S where Mon>=1 in 1944 is April 3. So Rome is NOT following C-Eur. I think the rule for Itay is right, only the comment is misleading.

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'Australia/Canberra' time zone?
by John Pye 24 Apr '20

24 Apr '20

Hi there I have been a bit surprised that the TZDATA database lacks a listing for "Australia/Canberra", population 350,000. What is the basis for deciding which cities are included or excluded from the database? Does being the national capital, and the major city in its own state/territory warrant inclusion, or is there another criterion? Here is what I believe to be an official source about the Canberra timezone (at least for the present day): https://www.australia.gov.au/about-australia/facts-and-figures/time-zones-a… Cheers JP

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Support for the IANA database in the Python standard library
by Paul Ganssle 26 Feb '20

26 Feb '20

Hey folks, Just thought I'd draw your attention to my recent proposal to add IANA (e.g. /usr/share/zoneinfo) time zone support to Python's standard library: PEP 615 ( https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0615/ ). I sent out the proposal today, discussion is happening on the Python discourse: https://discuss.python.org/t/3468 There is a reference implementation for the proposed module here (in Python): https://github.com/pganssle/zoneinfo Any feedback on the proposal would be very welcome -- as many of you can imagine, it can sometimes be hard to get too much feedback on time zone and datetime-related proposals because a great many people (probably rightly so) are just happy that someone /else/ is thinking about it so they don't have to. The discourse is the canonical location for the discussion, so commenting there would be best, but beggars can't be choosers, so I'll happily pass on comments made on this list or sent to me personally. Thanks! Paul

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Time Zone Database: Update of DST settings for Morocco based on actual announcement by local government
by De Feo, Gary 25 Feb '20

25 Feb '20

Dear all, We are currently realizing a project in Morocco where we would need to consider the local DST definition which is not fixed but, according to information provided by our customer, defined each year by the local government on a rather short term basis. Is your organization reflecting these short term definitions in your database? Thank you very much for your support. With best regards, Gary De Feo Siemens AG Smart Infrastructure Digital Grid Project Management SI DG GC D PM Humboldtstr. 59 90459 Nuernberg, Germany Tel.: +49 911 433-7385 Fax: +49 911 433-7896 Mobile: +49 151 54444318 mailto:gary.de_feo@siemens.com www.siemens.com/ingenuityforlife<https://siemens.com/ingenuityforlife> [cid:image001.gif@01D5EBB5.F2B9F9E0] Siemens Aktiengesellschaft: Chairman of the Supervisory Board: Jim Hagemann Snabe; Managing Board: Joe Kaeser, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer; Roland Busch, Lisa Davis, Klaus Helmrich, Cedrik Neike, Michael Sen, Ralf P. Thomas; Registered offices: Berlin and Munich, Germany; Commercial registries: Berlin Charlottenburg, HRB 12300, Munich, HRB 6684; WEEE-Reg.-No. DE 23691322

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Do Yukoners care about DST more than cannabis?
by Paul Eggert 19 Feb '20

19 Feb '20

The Yukon government recently surveyed its citizens for their opinion whether Yukon should stay on PST all year, stay on MST all year, or continue the current practice of PST in winter and PDT in summer. The survey closed Sunday, and the government says it got more than 4800 responses, which is a new record. The previous mark of nearly 3200 responses was set by Yukon's 2017 survey on legalization of marijuana. See: Croft D. Spring forward, fall back survey sets Yukon record. CBC News. 2020-02-19. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-seasonal-time-change-survey-reco…

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Change to TZ
by Max Kachur 18 Feb '20

18 Feb '20

Hi. My name is Max. I want to suggest you new correction to timezone name. Old name is "Europe/Kiev", new one is "Europe/Kyiv". This name was officially changed recently. Here is more details. Thank you for attention!

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More on EU/UK/Brexit clock changes
by Chris Woodbury 14 Feb '20

14 Feb '20

The "Time Lords" subcommittee has released yet another study. Find it at: https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld5801/ldselect/ldeucom/15/15.pdf Article on Yahoo News: https://www.yahoo.com/news/eu-clock-changes-uk-implications-164042321.html

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leap smear redux
by scs+ls＠eskimo.com 12 Feb '20

12 Feb '20

[crossposted to three lists -- beware if replying] For your amusement: https://xkcd.com/2266/ (I think Randall Munroe is a closet time nut.)

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XKCD of the day
by Guy Harris 10 Feb '20

10 Feb '20

https://xkcd.com/2266/

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Re: [tz] tzdb data for North and Central America
by Paul Eggert 06 Feb '20

06 Feb '20

Thanks for your email. I installed the attached, which adds it as comment to the western Ontario zones.

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