February 2021 - tz - lists.iana.org

Re: [tz] Request for change to the tz database
by Hal Murray Feb. 8, 2021

Feb. 8, 2021

tim(a)timtimeonline.com said: > Yes, and as the proposal moves forward, we could provide the IANA moderators > with updated boilerplate as necessary. I'd expect the boilerplate to be a pointer to a FAQ entry. I think a note on the page about the list would be helpful and friendly. https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/tz -- These are my opinions. I hate spam.

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Re: [tz] South Sudan to change time zone?
by Paul Eggert Feb. 8, 2021

Feb. 8, 2021

On 2/7/21 10:16 AM, Hayo Schmidt wrote: > you created a new > edge case by defining 00:00 of a day and then shifting back the date by > one day (and 23 hours forward). This sort of edge case is not new to Africa/Juba. For example, it occurred on 2020-03-22 at 00:00 in America/Asuncion, and is scheduled to occur again on 2021-03-28 at 00:00 at the same location. > A datum could have been created when reaching the first time exactly > 00:00:00.000. This is modeled in tzdb by the clock ticking 23:59:59.999999999 (as many 9s as you like) followed by 23:00:00.000000000 (the same number of 0s). That is, all the timestamps from 23:00:00.000000000 through 23:59:59.999999999 occur twice, but 00:00:00.000000000 the next day occurs only once. In this sense, there's no difference between a transition at 24:00, and one at 02:00. You can seem more details by running the command "zdump -v Africa/Juba".

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Fwd: Timezone issue
by Yaroslav Bilko Feb. 5, 2021

Feb. 5, 2021

Hi, hope you're doing great! I've noticed some libraries use quite an irrelevant name for the capital of Ukraine: "Timezone: Europe/Kiev". And it comes from TZDB. C'mon lads, everybody in the whole civilized world knows that Kiev is wrong but you use it for some reason (only bloody russians talk like this and without any permission from our country (ukrainians), they push that name just because they want conquer our country and erase ukrainnian culture and you help them to achieve this goal!), the only one official name of this city is Kyiv! Yes, many people say "Kiev" even in Ukraine, but their number is getting down very fast. People start to figure it out. And the most important thing - they use it in non-public conversations. In all public places all information must be written Ukrainian (sometimes dubbing with English and that's it). It is protected by the law ( https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/2704-19#Text) All Latin transliteration of our cities written in this law: https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/z0957-14#Text [image: image.png] No Kiev as you can see. Only Kyiv. Soviet name "Kiev" disappeared 30 years ago. There's no need to exhume this corpse from the grave. Ukraine started a official campaign ( https://mfa.gov.ua/news/67521-correctua-mzs-ukrajini-zvertajetysya-do-svitu… ) some time ago to show other countries and mass media that Kyiv is only one true name. Even Google accepted it and maps show the correct name. That hit me and my friends and colleagues right in a heart! We hope you find some time to fix this little typo, but this is little only for first look! Hope for your care.

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Names of Areas
by Andrea Boyle Feb. 3, 2021

Feb. 3, 2021

Hello, I am writing to you to request a small but significant change to the area options that are currently listed in the database. Recently I used software that uses the database for the area and location information and I was initially very puzzled when trying to find Canada. America was there but no other country in the North or South American continents. After a little research I realized that the database has America represent both. The trouble I have is that America is also a well used name for the United States and represents the name of a country rather than the two continents. I will be honest that it definitely rubbed the wrong way to have to choose America to find a city in Canada and I would also bet that outside of the US it would not be intuitive to choose America when looking for other countries within North and South America. To that end, I think it would be a great improvement to update the area to "Americas" or "the Americas" so that it was much clearer that it represents more than just one country. Thank you -- Andrea Boyle

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(Near) UNIX epoch in the wild
by Arthur David Olson Feb. 1, 2021

Feb. 1, 2021

Today at the Paul S. Sarbanes Silver Spring (Maryland) Transit Center. https://twitter.com/dashdashado/status/1356321947005628418 @dashdashado

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Re: [tz] CCTF survey on Time and Frequency Metrology - Telecom
by Hal Murray Feb. 1, 2021

Feb. 1, 2021

Brian.Inglis(a)SystematicSw.ab.ca said: > My reply suggested they divorce the time scales to allow business systems to > use approximate POSIX like common law legal solar time as they ignore leap > seconds one way or another; allow scientific systems to use atomic time and > ignore legal solar time; and just ignore the ITU as broadcast radio time > signals (DCF/JJY/MSF/WWV/B/H) are unavailable most places, may need > equipment no longer commonly available, and too low accuracy for modern > needs; other commonly available sources are delayed to uselessness by > digital processing. Could you please say more about the "delayed to uselessness"? -- These are my opinions. I hate spam.

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