From olsona@lecserver.nci.nih.gov Sat Dec 12 10:12:58 2009
From: Arthur David Olson <olsona@lecserver.nci.nih.gov>
To: tz@iana.org
Subject: proposed time zone package changes
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2009 10:12:58 -0500
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Below are proposed changes to the time zone package;
none of these changes affect binary files.
The executive summary:

Theory      "Calendrical Calculations" updated (thanks to Steve Ward).
asia        Hong Kong comments corrected; Xinjiang comments added.
europe      Russian region comments updated (thanks to Oscar van Vlijmen)
tz-art.htm  Added Luciana Souza's "Tide."
tz-link.htm Added "Simple Timer + Clocks" (thanks to George Bradt).
tzfile.5    Typo fixed (thanks to Steve Ward).
zone.tab    version change only

If no problems are found, these changes will appear in the
ftpable packages on 2009-12-21.

				--ado

diff -r -c old/Theory new/Theory
*** old/Theory	Wed Oct 21 09:12:41 2009
--- new/Theory	Sat Dec 12 09:11:32 2009
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*** 1,4 ****
! @(#)Theory	8.3
  This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
  2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
 =20
--- 1,4 ----
! @(#)Theory	8.4
  This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
  2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
 =20
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*** 360,369 ****
  Calendrical issues are a bit out of scope for a time zone database,
  but they indicate the sort of problems that we would run into if we
  extended the time zone database further into the past.  An excellent
! resource in this area is Edward M. Reingold and Nachum Dershowitz,
! <a href=3D"http://emr.cs.uiuc.edu/home/reingold/calendar-book/second-editio=
n/">
! Calendrical Calculations: The Millennium Edition
! </a>, Cambridge University Press (2001).  Other information and
  sources are given below.  They sometimes disagree.
 =20
 =20
--- 360,369 ----
  Calendrical issues are a bit out of scope for a time zone database,
  but they indicate the sort of problems that we would run into if we
  extended the time zone database further into the past.  An excellent
! resource in this area is Nachum Dershowitz and Edward M. Reingold,
! <a href=3D"http://emr.cs.iit.edu/home/reingold/calendar-book/third-edition/=
">
! Calendrical Calculations: Third Edition
! </a>, Cambridge University Press (2008).  Other information and
  sources are given below.  They sometimes disagree.
 =20
 =20
diff -r -c old/asia new/asia
*** old/asia	Thu Oct 29 07:12:14 2009
--- new/asia	Sat Dec 12 08:39:40 2009
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*** 1,4 ****
! # @(#)asia	8.44
  # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
  # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
 =20
--- 1,4 ----
! # @(#)asia	8.48
  # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
  # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
 =20
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*** 363,368 ****
--- 363,431 ----
  # West Xinjiang, including Aksu, Atushi, Yining, Hetian, Cele, Luopu, Nilek=
e,
  # Zhaosu, Tekesi, Gongliu, Chabuchaer, Huocheng, Bole, Pishan, Suiding,
  # and Yarkand.
+=20
+ # From Luther Ma (2009-10-17):
+ # Almost all (>99.9%) ethnic Chinese (properly ethnic Han) living in
+ # Xinjiang use Chinese Standard Time. Some are aware of Xinjiang time,
+ # but have no need of it. All planes, trains, and schools function on
+ # what is called "Beijing time." When Han make an appointment in Chinese
+ # they implicitly use Beijing time.
+ #
+ # On the other hand, ethnic Uyghurs, who make up about half the
+ # population of Xinjiang, typically use "Xinjiang time" which is two
+ # hours behind Beijing time, or UTC +0600. The government of the Xinjiang
+ # Uyghur Autonomous Region, (XAUR, or just Xinjiang for short) as well as
+ # local governments such as the Urumqi city government use both times in
+ # publications, referring to what is popularly called Xinjiang time as
+ # "Urumqi time." When Uyghurs make an appointment in the Uyghur language
+ # they almost invariably use Xinjiang time.
+ #
+ # (Their ethnic Han compatriots would typically have no clue of its
+ # widespread use, however, because so extremely few of them are fluent in
+ # Uyghur, comparable to the number of Anglo-Americans fluent in Navajo.)
+ #
+ # (...As with the rest of China there was a brief interval ending in 1990
+ # or 1991 when summer time was in use.  The confusion was severe, with
+ # the province not having dual times but four times in use at the same
+ # time. Some areas remained on standard Xinjiang time or Beijing time and
+ # others moving their clocks ahead.)
+ #
+ # ...an example of an official website using of Urumqi time.
+ #
+ # The first few lines of the Google translation of
+ # <a href=3D"http://www.fjysgl.gov.cn/show.aspx?id=3D2379&cid=3D39">
+ # http://www.fjysgl.gov.cn/show.aspx?id=3D2379&cid=3D39
+ # </a>
+ # (retrieved 2009-10-13)
+ # > Urumqi fire seven people are missing the alleged losses of at least
+ # > 500 million yuan
+ # >
+ # > (Reporter Dong Liu) the day before 20:20 or so (Urumqi Time 18:20),
+ # > Urumqi City Department of International Plaza Luther Qiantang River
+ # > burst fire. As of yesterday, 18:30, Urumqi City Fire officers and men
+ # > have worked continuously for 22 hours...
+=20
+ # From Luther Ma (2009-11-19):
+ # With the risk of being redundant to previous answers these are the most c=
ommon
+ # English "transliterations" (w/o using non-English symbols):
+ #
+ # 1. Wulumuqi...
+ # 2. Kashi...
+ # 3. Urumqi...
+ # 4. Kashgar...
+ # ...
+ # 5. It seems that Uyghurs in Urumqi has been using Xinjiang since at least=
 the
+ # 1960's. I know of one Han, now over 50, who grew up in the surrounding
+ # countryside and used Xinjiang time as a child.
+ #
+ # 6. Likewise for Kashgar and the rest of south Xinjiang I don't know of any
+ # start date for Xinjiang time.
+ #
+ # Without having access to local historical records, nor the ability to leg=
ally
+ # publish them, I would go with October 1, 1949, when Xinjiang became the U=
yghur
+ # Autonomous Region under the PRC. (Before that Uyghurs, of course, would a=
lso
+ # not be using Beijing time, but some local time.)
+=20
  Zone	Asia/Kashgar	5:03:56	-	LMT	1928 # or Kashi or Kaxgar
  			5:30	-	KAST	1940	 # Kashgar Time
  			5:00	-	KAST	1980 May
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*** 370,377 ****
 =20
 =20
  # From Lee Yiu Chung (2009-10-24):
! # I found there are some mistakes for the historial DST rule for Hong
! # Kong. Accoring to the DST record from Hong Kong Observatory (actually,
  # it is not [an] observatory, but the official meteorological agency of HK,
  # and also serves as the official timing agency), there are some missing
  # and incorrect rules. Although the exact switch over time is missing, I
--- 433,440 ----
 =20
 =20
  # From Lee Yiu Chung (2009-10-24):
! # I found there are some mistakes for the...DST rule for Hong
! # Kong. [According] to the DST record from Hong Kong Observatory (actually,
  # it is not [an] observatory, but the official meteorological agency of HK,
  # and also serves as the official timing agency), there are some missing
  # and incorrect rules. Although the exact switch over time is missing, I
diff -r -c old/europe new/europe
*** old/europe	Thu Oct 29 07:14:18 2009
--- new/europe	Sat Dec 12 10:02:17 2009
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*** 1,5 ****
  # <pre>
! # @(#)europe	8.24
  # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
  # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
 =20
--- 1,5 ----
  # <pre>
! # @(#)europe	8.25
  # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
  # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
 =20
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*** 2130,2141 ****
  # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2003-10-18): [This region consists of]
  # Aginskij Buryatskij avtonomnyj okrug, Amurskaya oblast',
  # [parts of] Respublika Sakha (Yakutiya), Chitinskaya oblast'.
  # The Sakha districts are: Aldanskij, Amginskij, Anabarskij,
! # Bulunskij, Verkhnekolymskij, Verkhnevilyujskij, Vilyujskij, Gornyj,
  # Zhiganskij, Kobyajskij, Lenskij, Megino-Kangalasskij, Mirninskij,
! # Namskij, Nyurbinskij, Olenekskij, Olekminskij, Srednekolymskij,
  # Suntarskij, Tattinskij, Ust'-Aldanskij, Khangalasskij,
! # Churapchinskij, Eveno-Bytantajskij.
  Zone Asia/Yakutsk	 8:38:40 -	LMT	1919 Dec 15
  			 8:00	-	YAKT	1930 Jun 21 # Yakutsk Time
  			 9:00	Russia	YAK%sT	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
--- 2130,2149 ----
  # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2003-10-18): [This region consists of]
  # Aginskij Buryatskij avtonomnyj okrug, Amurskaya oblast',
  # [parts of] Respublika Sakha (Yakutiya), Chitinskaya oblast'.
+=20
+ # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2009-11-29):
+ # ...some regions of RUssia were merged with others since 2005...
+ # Some names were changed, no big deal, except for one instance: a new name.
+ # YAK/YAKST: UTC+9 Zabajkal'skij kraj.
+=20
+ # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2009-11-29):
  # The Sakha districts are: Aldanskij, Amginskij, Anabarskij,
! # Verkhnevilyujskij, Vilyujskij, Gornyj,
  # Zhiganskij, Kobyajskij, Lenskij, Megino-Kangalasskij, Mirninskij,
! # Namskij, Nyurbinskij, Olenyokskij, Olyokminskij,
  # Suntarskij, Tattinskij, Ust'-Aldanskij, Khangalasskij,
! # Churapchinskij, Eveno-Bytantajskij Natsional'nij.
!=20
  Zone Asia/Yakutsk	 8:38:40 -	LMT	1919 Dec 15
  			 8:00	-	YAKT	1930 Jun 21 # Yakutsk Time
  			 9:00	Russia	YAK%sT	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
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*** 2145,2151 ****
  # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2003-10-18): [This region consists of]
  # Evrejskaya avtonomnaya oblast', Khabarovskij kraj, Primorskij kraj,
  # [parts of] Respublika Sakha (Yakutiya).
! # The Sakha districts are: Verkhoyanskij, Tomponskij, Ust'-Majskij,
  # Ust'-Yanskij.
  Zone Asia/Vladivostok	 8:47:44 -	LMT	1922 Nov 15
  			 9:00	-	VLAT	1930 Jun 21 # Vladivostok Time
--- 2153,2161 ----
  # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2003-10-18): [This region consists of]
  # Evrejskaya avtonomnaya oblast', Khabarovskij kraj, Primorskij kraj,
  # [parts of] Respublika Sakha (Yakutiya).
!=20
! # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2009-11-29):
! # The Sakha districts are: Bulunskij, Verkhoyanskij, Tomponskij, Ust'-Majsk=
ij,
  # Ust'-Yanskij.
  Zone Asia/Vladivostok	 8:47:44 -	LMT	1922 Nov 15
  			 9:00	-	VLAT	1930 Jun 21 # Vladivostok Time
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*** 2166,2173 ****
  # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2003-10-18): [This region consists of]
  # Magadanskaya oblast', Respublika Sakha (Yakutiya).
  # Probably also: Kuril Islands.
! # The Sakha districts are: Abyjskij, Allaikhovskij, Momskij,
! # Nizhnekolymskij, Ojmyakonskij.
  Zone Asia/Magadan	10:03:12 -	LMT	1924 May  2
  			10:00	-	MAGT	1930 Jun 21 # Magadan Time
  			11:00	Russia	MAG%sT	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
--- 2176,2185 ----
  # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2003-10-18): [This region consists of]
  # Magadanskaya oblast', Respublika Sakha (Yakutiya).
  # Probably also: Kuril Islands.
!=20
! # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2009-11-29):
! # The Sakha districts are: Abyjskij, Allaikhovskij, Verkhhhnekolymskij, Mom=
skij,
! # Nizhnekolymskij, Ojmyakonskij, Srednekolymskij.
  Zone Asia/Magadan	10:03:12 -	LMT	1924 May  2
  			10:00	-	MAGT	1930 Jun 21 # Magadan Time
  			11:00	Russia	MAG%sT	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
diff -r -c old/tz-art.htm new/tz-art.htm
*** old/tz-art.htm	Wed Oct 28 13:19:00 2009
--- new/tz-art.htm	Sat Dec 12 10:04:50 2009
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*** 9,15 ****
  <body>
  <h1>Time and the Arts</h1>
  <address>
! @(#)tz-art.htm	8.14
  </address>
  <p>
  This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
--- 9,15 ----
  <body>
  <h1>Time and the Arts</h1>
  <address>
! @(#)tz-art.htm	8.15
  </address>
  <p>
  This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
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*** 227,233 ****
--- 227,245 ----
  <tr><td><a href=3D"http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=3Damg&sql=3D10:gifq=
xqt5ld0e">AMG Rating</a></td><td>4.5 stars</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ADO Rating</td><td>1.5 stars</td></tr>
  <tr><td>Notes<td>The title song is also available on "Bob Dylan's Greatest =
Hits" and "The Essential Bob Dylan."</td></tr>
+ <tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
 =20
+ <tr><td>Artist</td><td>Luciana Souza</td></tr>
+ <tr><td>CD</td><td>Tide</td></tr>
+ <tr><td>Copyright Date</td><td>2009</td></tr>
+ <tr><td>Label</td><td>Universal Jazz France</td></tr>
+ <tr><td>ID</td><td>B0012688-02</td></tr>
+ <tr><td>Total Time</td><td>42:31</td></tr>
+ <tr><td><a href=3D"http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=3Damg&sql=3D10:3bft=
xzw0ldhe"</a>AMG Rating</a></td><td>3.5 stars</td></tr>
+ <tr><td>ADO Rating</td><td>2.5 stars</td></tr>
+ <tr><td>Notes<td>Includes the song "Fire and Wood" with the lyric
+ "The clocks were turned back you remeber/Think it's still November."
+ </td></tr>
  <tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
 =20
  <tr><td>TV episode title</td><td>The Lost Hour</td>
diff -r -c old/tz-link.htm new/tz-link.htm
*** old/tz-link.htm	Wed Nov  4 10:00:47 2009
--- new/tz-link.htm	Sat Dec 12 09:39:02 2009
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  <body>
  <h1>Sources for Time Zone and Daylight Saving Time Data</h1>
  <address>
! @(#)tz-link.htm	8.23
  </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	8.24
  </address>
  <p>
  This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
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--- 149,157 ----
  <li>The <a href=3D"http://worldtimeengine.com/">World Time Engine</a>
  also contains data about time zone boundaries; it supports queries via place
  names and shows location maps.</li>
+ <li><a href=3D"http://simpletimerclocks.mozdev.org/">Simple Timer + Clocks<=
/a>
+ is a Firefox add-on which uses a timezone data file generated from the
+ tz data files.</li>
  </ul>
  <h2>Other time zone database formats</h2>
  <ul>
diff -r -c old/tzfile.5 new/tzfile.5
*** old/tzfile.5	Wed Oct 21 09:12:42 2009
--- new/tzfile.5	Sat Dec 12 09:05:09 2009
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*** 7,13 ****
  .SH DESCRIPTION
  The time zone information files used by
  .IR tzset (3)
! begin with the magic characters "TZif" to identify then as
  time zone information files,
  followed by a character identifying the version of the file's format
  (as of 2005, either an ASCII NUL or a '2')
--- 7,13 ----
  .SH DESCRIPTION
  The time zone information files used by
  .IR tzset (3)
! begin with the magic characters "TZif" to identify them as
  time zone information files,
  followed by a character identifying the version of the file's format
  (as of 2005, either an ASCII NUL or a '2')
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*** 147,152 ****
  such instants).
  .SH SEE ALSO
  newctime(3)
! .\" @(#)tzfile.5	8.2
  .\" This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
  .\" 1996-06-05 by Arthur David Olson.
--- 147,152 ----
  such instants).
  .SH SEE ALSO
  newctime(3)
! .\" @(#)tzfile.5	8.3
  .\" This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
  .\" 1996-06-05 by Arthur David Olson.
diff -r -c old/zone.tab new/zone.tab
*** old/zone.tab	Thu Oct 29 07:12:00 2009
--- new/zone.tab	Sat Dec 12 09:57:09 2009
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*** 1,5 ****
  # <pre>
! # @(#)zone.tab	8.29
  # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
  # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
  #
--- 1,5 ----
  # <pre>
! # @(#)zone.tab	8.31
  # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
  # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
  #

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