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patch for leapseconds to incorporate IERS bulletin C44
by Robert Elz Nov. 27, 2012

Nov. 27, 2012

In accordance with the tradition of keeping a copy of the most recent IERS bulletin C (currently C 44) in the leapseconds file (as comments at the end), here's a patch that updates it from C43 to C44. kre --- leapseconds 2012-01-06 18:37:49.000000000 +0700 +++ leapseconds.C44 2012-11-27 19:05:37.000000000 +0700 @@ -58,36 +58,28 @@ # SERVICE DE LA ROTATION TERRESTRE # OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS # 61, Av. de l'Observatoire 75014 PARIS (France) -# Tel. : 33 (0) 1 40 51 22 26 +# Tel. : 33 (0) 1 40 51 22 29 # FAX : 33 (0) 1 40 51 22 91 # e-mail : (E-Mail Removed) # http://hpiers.obspm.fr/eop-pc # -# Paris, 5 January 2012 +# Paris, 7 August 2012 # # -# Bulletin C 43 +# Bulletin C 44 # # To authorities responsible # for the measurement and # distribution of time # # -# UTC TIME STEP -# on the 1st of July 2012 +# INFORMATION ON UTC - TAI # +# NO leap second will be introduced at the end of December 2012. +# The difference between Coordinated Universal Time UTC and the +# International Atomic Time TAI is : # -# A positive leap second will be introduced at the end of June 2012. -# The sequence of dates of the UTC second markers will be: -# -# 2012 June 30, 23h 59m 59s -# 2012 June 30, 23h 59m 60s -# 2012 July 1, 0h 0m 0s -# -# The difference between UTC and the International Atomic Time TAI is: -# -# from 2009 January 1, 0h UTC, to 2012 July 1 0h UTC : UTC-TAI = - 34s -# from 2012 July 1, 0h UTC, until further notice : UTC-TAI = - 35s +# from 2012 July 1, 0h UTC, until further notice : UTC-TAI = -35 s # # Leap seconds can be introduced in UTC at the end of the months of December # or June, depending on the evolution of UT1-TAI. Bulletin C is mailed every

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Google moves beyond NTP
by Ted Cabeen Nov. 27, 2012

Nov. 27, 2012

Interesting article on how Google has moved beyond NTP, with a mention of last year's leap second: http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/11/google-spanner-time/ --Ted

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Rerun of changes for Russia
by Arthur David Olson Nov. 26, 2012

Nov. 26, 2012

A second rerun, this time for the "europe" and "zone.tab" files to reflect Russian time zone changes in 2011. Again, provided both as an attachment and with tabs mangled below. Again, these have been adjusted to be relative to tz2012j. --ado *** tz2012j/europe 2012-11-09 20:49:36.000000000 -0500 --- tznew/europe 2012-11-25 16:21:23.538043000 -0500 *************** *** 2043,2048 **** --- 2043,2112 ---- # Russia + # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-09-15): + # Based on last Russian Government Decree # 725 on August 31, 2011 + # (Government document + # <a href="http://www.government.ru/gov/results/16355/print/"> + # http://www.government.ru/gov/results/16355/print/ + # </a> + # in Russian) + # there are few corrections have to be made for some Russian time zones... + # All updated Russian Time Zones were placed in table and translated to English + # by WorldTimeZone.com at the link below: + # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia36.htm"> + # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia36.htm + # </a> + + # From Sanjeev Gupta (2011-09-27): + # Scans of [Decree #23 of January 8, 1992] are available at: + # <a href="http://government.consultant.ru/page.aspx?1223966"> + # http://government.consultant.ru/page.aspx?1223966 + # They are in Cyrillic letters (presumably Russian). + + # From Arthur David Olson (2012-05-09): + # Regarding the instant when clocks in time-zone-shifting parts of Russia + # changed in September 2011: + # + # One source is + # < a href="http://government.ru/gov/results/16355/> + # http://government.ru/gov/results/16355/ + # </a> + # which, according to translate.google.com, begins "Decree of August 31, + # 2011 No 725" and contains no other dates or "effective date" information. + # + # Another source is + # <a href="http://www.rg.ru/2011/09/06/chas-zona-dok.html"> + # http://www.rg.ru/2011/09/06/chas-zona-dok.html + # </a> + # which, according to translate.google.com, begins "Resolution of the + # Government of the Russian Federation on August 31, 2011 N 725" and also + # contains "Date first official publication: September 6, 2011 Posted on: + # in the 'RG' - Federal Issue number 5573 September 6, 2011" but which + # does not contain any "effective date" information. + # + # Another source is + # <a href=" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oymyakonsky_District#cite_note-RuTime-7"> + # http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oymyakonsky_District#cite_note-RuTime-7 + # </a> + # which, in note 8, contains "Resolution #725 of August 31, 2011... + # Effective as of after 7 days following the day of the official publication" + # but which does not contain any reference to September 6, 2011. + # + # The Wikipedia article refers to + # <a href=" http://base.consultant.ru/cons/cgi/online.cgi?req=doc;base=LAW;n=118896"> + # http://base.consultant.ru/cons/cgi/online.cgi?req=doc;base=LAW;n=118896 + # </a> + # which seems to copy the text of the government.ru page. + # + # Tobias Conradi combines Wikipedia's + # "as of after 7 days following the day of the official publication" + # with www.rg.ru's "Date of first official publication: September 6, 2011" to get + # September 13, 2011 as the cutover date (unusually, a Tuesday, as Tobias Conradi notes). + # + # None of the sources indicates a time of day for changing clocks. + # + # Go with 2011-09-13 0:00s. + # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): # Except for Moscow after 1919-07-01, I invented the time zone abbreviations. # Moscow time zone abbreviations after 1919-07-01, and Moscow rules after 1991, *************** *** 2270,2283 **** # [parts of] Respublika Sakha (Yakutiya). # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2009-11-29): ! # The Sakha districts are: Bulunskij, Verkhoyanskij, Tomponskij, Ust'-Majskij, ! # Ust'-Yanskij. Zone Asia/Vladivostok 8:47:44 - LMT 1922 Nov 15 9:00 - VLAT 1930 Jun 21 # Vladivostok Time 10:00 Russia VLA%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 9:00 Russia VLA%sST 1992 Jan 19 2:00s 10:00 Russia VLA%sT 2011 Mar 27 2:00s 11:00 - VLAT # # Sakhalinskaya oblast'. # The Zone name should be Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, but that's too long. --- 2334,2359 ---- # [parts of] Respublika Sakha (Yakutiya). # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2009-11-29): ! # The Sakha districts are: Bulunskij, Verkhoyanskij, ... Ust'-Yanskij. Zone Asia/Vladivostok 8:47:44 - LMT 1922 Nov 15 9:00 - VLAT 1930 Jun 21 # Vladivostok Time 10:00 Russia VLA%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 9:00 Russia VLA%sST 1992 Jan 19 2:00s 10:00 Russia VLA%sT 2011 Mar 27 2:00s 11:00 - VLAT + + # From Arthur David Olson (2012-05-09): + # Tomponskij and Ust'-Majskij switched from Vladivostok time to Yakutsk time + # in 2011. + + Zone Asia/Khandyga 9:02:13 - LMT 1922 Nov 15 + 9:00 - VLAT 1930 Jun 21 # Vladivostok Time + 10:00 Russia VLA%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s + 9:00 Russia VLA%sST 1992 Jan 19 2:00s + 10:00 Russia VLA%sT 2011 Mar 27 2:00s + 11:00 - VLAT 2011 Sep 13 0:00s # Decree 725? + 10:00 - YAKT + # # Sakhalinskaya oblast'. # The Zone name should be Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, but that's too long. *************** *** 2296,2309 **** # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2009-11-29): # The Sakha districts are: Abyjskij, Allaikhovskij, Verkhhhnekolymskij, Momskij, ! # 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 10:00 Russia MAG%sT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s 11:00 Russia MAG%sT 2011 Mar 27 2:00s 12:00 - MAGT ! # # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25): [This region consists of] # Kamchatskaya oblast', Koryakskij avtonomnyj okrug. # --- 2372,2396 ---- # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2009-11-29): # The Sakha districts are: Abyjskij, Allaikhovskij, Verkhhhnekolymskij, Momskij, ! # Nizhnekolymskij, ... 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 10:00 Russia MAG%sT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s 11:00 Russia MAG%sT 2011 Mar 27 2:00s 12:00 - MAGT ! ! # From Arthur David Olson (2012-05-09): ! # Ojmyakonskij and the Kuril Islands switched from ! # Magadan time to Vladivostok time in 2011 ! Zone Asia/Ust-Nera 9:32:54 - LMT 1924 May 2 ! 10:00 - MAGT 1930 Jun 21 # Magadan Time ! 11:00 Russia MAG%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s ! 10:00 Russia MAG%sT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s ! 11:00 Russia MAG%sT 2011 Mar 27 2:00s ! 12:00 - MAGT 2011 Sep 13 0:00s # Decree 725? ! 11:00 - VLAT ! # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25): [This region consists of] # Kamchatskaya oblast', Koryakskij avtonomnyj okrug. # *** tz2012j/zone.tab 2012-07-18 20:30:38.000000000 -0400 --- tznew/zone.tab 2012-11-25 16:24:25.920299600 -0500 *************** *** 341,348 **** --- 341,350 ---- RU +5601+09250 Asia/Krasnoyarsk Moscow+04 - Yenisei River RU +5216+10420 Asia/Irkutsk Moscow+05 - Lake Baikal RU +6200+12940 Asia/Yakutsk Moscow+06 - Lena River + RU +623923+1353314 Asia/Khandyga Moscow+06 - Tomponsky, Ust-Maysky RU +4310+13156 Asia/Vladivostok Moscow+07 - Amur River RU +4658+14242 Asia/Sakhalin Moscow+07 - Sakhalin Island + RU +643337+1431336 Asia/Ust-Nera Moscow+07 - Oymyakonsky RU +5934+15048 Asia/Magadan Moscow+08 - Magadan RU +5301+15839 Asia/Kamchatka Moscow+08 - Kamchatka RU +6445+17729 Asia/Anadyr Moscow+08 - Bering Sea

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Not a rerun: tz-art.htm
by Arthur David Olson Nov. 25, 2012

Nov. 25, 2012

While it might not be a rerun, it's very important either: an addition to "tz-art.htm" to cover a "Da Vinci's Inquest" episode. As with the previous two, it's relative to tz2012j and appears both as an attachment and with tabs mangled below. --ado *** tz2012j/tz-art.htm 2012-07-18 22:23:31.000000000 -0400 --- tznew/tz-art.htm 2012-11-25 16:38:08.608479600 -0500 *************** *** 415,420 **** --- 415,427 ---- </a>. (Mark Brader, 2009-10-02) </li> <li> + In the "Run by the Monkeys" episode of "Da Vinci's Inquest" + (first broadcast 2002-11-17), + a witness in a five-year-old fire case realizes they may not have set + their clock back when daylight saving ended on the day of the fire, + introducing the possibility of an hour when arson might have occurred. + </li> + <li> In "The Todd Couple" episode of "Outsourced" (first aired 2011-02-10), Manmeet sets up teledates for 6:00 and 9:00; since one is with a New Yorker and the other with a San Franciscan,

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Rerun of proposed localtime.c changes
by Arthur David Olson Nov. 25, 2012

Nov. 25, 2012

Now that silly season seems to be over, two reruns. First, changes to localtime.c (both attached and below, with tabs mangled). These are designed to address two issues noted earlier this year by Doug Bailey: ensuring that "tzname" values are set, and getting proper behavior when the software is being run on an unsigned-time_t system but is using data files generated on a signed-time_t system. These changes have been updated to be relative to tz2012j. --ado *** tz2012j/localtime.c 2012-10-26 20:37:42.000000000 -0400 --- tznew/localtime.c 2012-11-25 16:11:23.833188100 -0500 *************** *** 271,276 **** --- 271,281 ---- /* ** And to get the latest zone names into tzname. . . */ + for (i = 0; i < sp->typecnt; ++i) { + register const struct ttinfo * const ttisp = &sp->ttis[i]; + + tzname[ttisp->tt_isdst] = &sp->chars[ttisp->tt_abbrind]; + } for (i = 0; i < sp->timecnt; ++i) { register const struct ttinfo * const ttisp = &sp->ttis[ *************** *** 479,498 **** ** signed time_t system but using a data file with ** unsigned values (or vice versa). */ ! for (i = 0; i < sp->timecnt - 2; ++i) ! if (sp->ats[i] > sp->ats[i + 1]) { ! ++i; if (TYPE_SIGNED(time_t)) { /* ** Ignore the end (easy). */ ! sp->timecnt = i; } else { /* ** Ignore the beginning (harder). */ register int j; for (j = 0; j + i < sp->timecnt; ++j) { sp->ats[j] = sp->ats[j + i]; sp->types[j] = sp->types[j + i]; --- 484,514 ---- ** signed time_t system but using a data file with ** unsigned values (or vice versa). */ ! for (i = 0; i < sp->timecnt; ++i) ! if ((i < sp->timecnt - 1 && ! sp->ats[i] > sp->ats[i + 1]) || ! (i == sp->timecnt - 1 && !TYPE_SIGNED(time_t) && ! sp->ats[i] > ! ((stored == 4) ? INT32_MAX : INT64_MAX))) { if (TYPE_SIGNED(time_t)) { /* ** Ignore the end (easy). */ ! sp->timecnt = i + 1; } else { /* ** Ignore the beginning (harder). */ register int j; + /* + ** Keep the record right before the + ** epoch boundary, + ** but tweak it so that it starts + ** right with the epoch + ** (thanks to Doug Bailey). + */ + sp->ats[i] = 0; for (j = 0; j + i < sp->timecnt; ++j) { sp->ats[j] = sp->ats[j + i]; sp->types[j] = sp->types[j + i];

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Make bug-reporting address more configurable
by Joseph S. Myers Nov. 13, 2012

Nov. 13, 2012

When distributing programs from tzcode as part of a larger software distribution, it can be desirable to redirect user bug reports to the bug-reporting system of that distribution as a whole (with a view to then passing along reports or fixes where it's determined that they don't relate to local modifications or packaging). This patch moves the bug-reporting address from being hardcoded in various strings to being in variables that are more convenient to modify in the packaging process. (Some people may wish to use an email address for bug reports, some a URL to a bug tracker and some a URL for instructions on bug reporting. But making the accompanying text configurable rather than just the address bit, to accommodate those variations better, would make things worse for i18n.) diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index 5a17164..cbda727 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ PACKAGE= tzcode # Version numbers of the code and data distributions. VERSION= 2012i +# Email address for bug reports. +BUGEMAIL= tz(a)iana.org + # Change the line below for your time zone (after finding the zone you want in # the time zone files, or adding it to a time zone file). # Alternately, if you discover you've got the wrong time zone, you can just @@ -344,7 +347,8 @@ INSTALL: ALL install date.1 version.h: (echo 'static char const PKGVERSION[]="($(PACKAGE)) ";' && \ - echo 'static char const TZVERSION[]="$(VERSION)";') >$@ + echo 'static char const TZVERSION[]="$(VERSION)";' && \ + echo 'static char const REPORT_BUGS_TO[]="$(BUGEMAIL)";') >$@ zdump: $(TZDOBJS) $(CC) -o $@ $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(TZDOBJS) $(LDLIBS) diff --git a/tzselect.ksh b/tzselect.ksh index 51bafc1..8e66b44 100644 --- a/tzselect.ksh +++ b/tzselect.ksh @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ PKGVERSION='(tzcode) ' TZVERSION=see_Makefile +REPORT_BUGS_TO=tz(a)iana.org # Ask the user about the time zone, and output the resulting TZ value to stdout. # Interact with the user via stderr and stdin. @@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ if [ "$1" = "--help" ]; then Usage: tzselect Select a time zone interactively. -Report bugs to tz(a)iana.org. +Report bugs to $REPORT_BUGS_TO. EOF exit elif [ "$1" = "--version" ]; then diff --git a/zdump.c b/zdump.c index 626b09d..9255aff 100644 --- a/zdump.c +++ b/zdump.c @@ -272,8 +272,8 @@ usage(FILE * const stream, const int status) (void) fprintf(stream, _("%s: usage is %s [ --version ] [ --help ] [ -v ] [ -c [loyear,]hiyear ] zonename ...\n\ \n\ -Report bugs to tz(a)iana.org.\n"), - progname, progname); +Report bugs to %s.\n"), + progname, progname, REPORT_BUGS_TO); exit(status); } diff --git a/zic.c b/zic.c index 1964a89..a5202a1 100644 --- a/zic.c +++ b/zic.c @@ -426,8 +426,8 @@ usage(FILE *stream, int status) [ --version ] [ --help ] [ -v ] [ -l localtime ] [ -p posixrules ] \\\n\ \t[ -d directory ] [ -L leapseconds ] [ -y yearistype ] [ filename ... ]\n\ \n\ -Report bugs to tz(a)iana.org.\n"), - progname, progname); +Report bugs to %s.\n"), + progname, progname, REPORT_BUGS_TO); exit(status); } -- Joseph S. Myers joseph(a)codesourcery.com

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tzcode2012j and tzdata2012j available
by Paul Eggert Nov. 13, 2012

Nov. 13, 2012

The 2012j release of the tz code and data is available. It reflects the following changes recently circulated on the tz mailing list: Libya moved to CET this weekend, but with DST planned next year. (Thanks to Even Scharning, Steffen Thorsen, and Tim Parenti.) Signatures now have the extension .asc, not .sign, as that's more standard. (Thanks to Phil Pennock.) The output of 'zdump --version', and of 'zic --version', now uses a format that is more typical for --version. (Thanks to Joseph S. Myers.) The output of 'tzselect --help', 'zdump --help', and 'zic --help' now uses tz(a)iana.org rather than the old elsie address. zic -v now complains about abbreviations that are less than 3 or more than 6 characters, as per Posix. Formerly, it checked for abbreviations that were more than 3. 'make public' no longer puts its temporary directory under /tmp, and uses the just-built zic rather than the system zic. Various fixes to documentation and commentary. For this release I did not find the time to carefully review Joseph S. Myers's suggestion about BUGEMAIL in <http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2012-November/018452.html>. At first glance the suggestion seems like a good one, and I'd like to put it into the next release. Here are links to the release files: http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/releases/tzcode2012j.tar.gz http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/releases/tzdata2012j.tar.gz ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/releases/tzcode2012j.tar.gz ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/releases/tzdata2012j.tar.gz Each release file has a GPG signature, which can be retrieved by appending ".asc" to the above URLs. Copies of these signatures are appended to this message. As usual, links to the latest release files are here: http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/tzcode-latest.tar.gz http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/tzdata-latest.tar.gz ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/tzcode-latest.tar.gz ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/tzdata-latest.tar.gz This release corresponds to commit dec96c09a2e3f735292a49929df29028d26c4f1c in the unofficial github repository at <https://github.com/eggert/tz>. Here are the GPG checksums for the release files: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAABAgAGBQJQobHpAAoJEO2X6Q5iqn40P8oQAIrQuNzzbLe6vcegbNAE1CME NwSqANNbsehf6vC6C/n5SLl6R329wFYZ4XXYSgzOVqKMW37IjULO+/xIxIeRdJ2h soFBd3G4AVM7bMlVPEwXe6rHeQ4x0KofejJIwT+B1gUrWCtaJ/3cse+0qwoGAi9t iahC/9h7ERNUy5S5ZJ228ZDrwq9vtLxtBLSZby7a/g11jUM+OVWwHrJAaj9d8PR/ zv0OKtZ1jhJdvcKgdnpdVMAC3Nvp+hNNae9UvLxtoTGn8WVG54zXaRVgBwAol7// WrZQHidJXPLg9mbvpNgFleMN5IJrOXh3P2kW0hr9LkeZFlNeuKWQ3YxjEvz0EKe2 0Oi30OYZlyfEFALMSvpuQ0LnxM7WSTkecrh4LbL3OZM2bzoC0TNqgFb1GX9hIc0h VV0StBUB9H0mGud4TA8WYzoX5oO7Obz+mogOZ754TKQ7aqAzWveEaQHSwjTBst6O VC7htCKT5pwUY0v+v9vp+as2qMplTMBMNDegSIYHEwyWVdHpZnRtBcGwd56exWCa MZiIhdZ9txmyCcxbAstZym/crvHpRxR1jabOShlRzuqFAuqOO0PkrdUUcPHGGY9P J1wJvDThZr6il/oR5/m6V+9OcKc4qDC9h8F8sKMq7xcmzQiTTscnvwmE6QQfDKlO PAN37ua5YwawD9kErq1z =tjIa -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAABAgAGBQJQobH2AAoJEO2X6Q5iqn40kBsP/j8AqTr5mkZDfqVFcoIvR4ej HChstB5X8RRgNyqk/89t5dwkVTSOmJ4f2kqhXnBRbq93I+KGT0STHZatYMPXkuKV pGWYkpdW1esyBrPT8ypqC3yWkBw3ZXoojT+CeeKifLLAyUGwoik9IfZz8DMtbm/s YdTP3Iv9sjwcybmGWLeRFq4htXOKtIzKAsTKJtfEjvdUBNgdl8McOsytUp3jMoPh /UNL2K3zIzBSX/keUXWnKv87ZWjmgBp0QpAZ+WecQcuLLyasTo8ktuT+7LCD/W8k jPq5itr3WP43tjvE6BA1mIyKdwBuYw6yhe1+acd/E6n3PJvxnLQYvER24v8B/4OQ dJtGEO2zzUZEfVYrfHeTdIu8gdE22MjrbhvB8rF1g8STRoNgligY0Owb7kGK9w0F ktX8z6JMVd2umca5mfkW2T9OH4Tr+EXYK1vSn1BOrUEcIJr2Li3XwZbs4s7fQgMT mfN97ce8+CapUmUN+D0Ce0aSlkU5IN27zZvORar3N8jKh3F8ls5Ge17M2tEPHRtW DWrRztFlRMwW0keHhna6+Q1+PzGxUAxGhWL7O73BddUD9gKo7nu9nbNc4cdeKul8 rRUctp5BEu4GpBqi7LLscLXEe0vZJWAgjX4FTfY17+MzFyKv0SfT3sDeuOiH8Ckb LihrCaAvM539PSqk3fWA =0LL/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: [tz] tz Digest, Vol 14, Issue 10
by Andy McDonald Nov. 12, 2012

Nov. 12, 2012

On 12/11/2012 7:00 AM, tz-request(a)iana.org wrote: > Today's Topics: > > 1. [PATCH] Update documentation. (Paul Eggert) I thought it was too minor to mention, but since we're on the topic: FoxClocks now lives at http://foxclocks.org, and is available for Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and Google Chrome (Sunbird is no longer supported). It would be great if the documentation could reflect this. Andy

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[PATCH] Update documentation.
by Paul Eggert Nov. 12, 2012

Nov. 12, 2012

Here are some documentation updates I'd like to fold into the next release. * tz-link.htm: Prune no-longer-working URLs, update URLs that got moved, sort a bit. The most-important casualty is the Norwegian Meteorological Institute's web page for Summer time in Norway, formerly at <http://met.no/met/met_lex/q_u/sommertid.html>: it's no longer there and I can't find out where it moved to, if anywhere. * tzfile.5: Fix minor grammar problem. --- tz-link.htm | 173 +++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------------------- tzfile.5 | 2 +- 2 files changed, 63 insertions(+), 112 deletions(-) diff --git a/tz-link.htm b/tz-link.htm index 2690e1f..0d5d7da 100644 --- a/tz-link.htm +++ b/tz-link.htm @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ <meta http-equiv="Content-type" content='text/html; charset="US-ASCII"'> <meta name="DC.Creator" content="Eggert, Paul"> <meta name="DC.Contributor" content="Olson, Arthur David"> -<meta name="DC.Date" content="2012-10-28"> +<meta name="DC.Date" content="2012-11-12"> <meta name="DC.Description" content="Sources of information about time zones and daylight saving time"> <meta name="DC.Identifier" @@ -101,11 +101,13 @@ gzip -dc tzdata-latest.tar.gz | tar -xf - </code></pre> <p> The code and data files can also be obtained from the -<a href="http://www.iana.org">IANA</a> -<a href="http://www.iana.org/time-zones">timezone web page</a>. +<a href="http://www.iana.org/time-zones">timezone web page</a> +of the <a href="http://www.iana.org">Internet Assigned Numbers +Authority (IANA)</a>. An <a href="https://github.com/eggert/tz">unofficial development repository</a> of the code and data is available -in <a href="http://git-scm.com/">Git</a> form; be careful, as this +in <a href="http://git-scm.com/">Git</a> form +from <a href="https://github.com/">GitHub</a>; be careful, as this repository is less well tested and probably contains more errors. <p> The code lets you compile the <code>tz</code> source files into @@ -118,30 +120,19 @@ send changes to the <a href="mailto:tz@iana.org">time zone mailing list</a>. You can also <a href="http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.time.tz">browse recent messages</a> sent to the mailing list, <a -href="https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/tz">subscribe</a> to it. -browse the <a +href="https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/tz">subscribe</a> to it, +and browse the <a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/">archive of old -messages</a> (message by message or in gzip compressed format), -or retrieve <a -href="ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/releases/">archived older versions of code -and data</a>.</p> +messages</a>.</p> <p> The Web has several other sources for time zone and daylight saving time data. -Here are some recent links that may be of interest. +Here are some links that may be of interest. </p> <h2>Web pages using recent versions of the <code>tz</code> database</h2> <p> These are listed roughly in ascending order of complexity and fanciness. </p> <ul> -<li> -<a href="http://permatime.com"> -Permatime</a> -is a service for generating and viewing links that refer to a -particular point in time and can be displayed in multiple timezones. -It uses the ruby tzinfo gem. -(From Tim Diggins, 2009-11-03.) -</li> <li><a href="http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/xtra/tzdatepick.html">Date and Time Gateway</a> lets you see the <code>TZ</code> values directly.</li> <li><a @@ -151,10 +142,13 @@ Time in 1000 Places</a> uses descriptions of the values.</li> uses a pulldown menu.</li> <li><a href="http://home.tiscali.nl/~t876506/TZworld.html">Complete timezone information for all countries</a> displays tables of DST rules. -<li><a href="http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/">The World Clock - +<li><a href="http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/">The World Clock – Time Zones</a> lets you sort zone names and convert times.</li> -<li><a href="http://daylight-savings-time.info/">Graphical Display of -Time Zones and Daylight Saving Times</a> shows a graph of time +<li><a href="http://permatime.com/">Permatime</a> generates and views +links that refer to a particular point in time and can be displayed in +multiple timezones.</li> +<li><a href="http://daylight-savings-time.info/">Daylight Saving Time info</a> +shows a graph of time difference versus time for any pair of locations.</li> <li>The <a href="http://worldtimeengine.com/">World Time Engine</a> also contains data about time zone boundaries; it supports queries via place @@ -175,7 +169,7 @@ Calendaring and Scheduling Working Group (<abbr title="Calendaring and Scheduling Working Group">calsch</abbr>)</a> covers time zone data; see its VTIMEZONE calendar component. -The <a href="http://calconnect.org/">Calendaring and Scheduling +<a href="http://calconnect.org/">CalConnect, The Calendaring and Scheduling Consortium</a> is promoting further work in this area. <a href="http://calconnect.org/publications/icalendartimezoneproblemsandrecommendati…">iCalendar TIMEZONE Problems and Recommendations</a> offers guidelines and @@ -203,7 +197,7 @@ href="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/foo">schema</a> was sketched out.</li> </ul> <h2>Other <code>tz</code> compilers</h2> <ul> -<li><a href="http://www.dachaplin.dsl.pipex.com/vzic/">Vzic iCalendar +<li><a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/vzic/">Vzic iCalendar Timezone Converter</a> describes a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_%28programming_language%29">C</a> program that compiles @@ -250,9 +244,9 @@ compiles <code>tz</code> source into It is freely available under the <abbr title="Massachusetts Institute of Technology">MIT</abbr> license.</li> <li>The <a href="http://chronos-st.org/">Chronos Date/Time -Library</a> is a <a href="http://smalltalk.org">Smalltalk</a> class -library that compiles <code>tz</code> source into a <a -href="http://date-time-zone.com/">time zone repository</a> whose format +Library</a> is +a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smalltalk">Smalltalk</a> class +library that compiles <code>tz</code> source into a time zone repository whose format is either proprietary or an <a href="http://www.w3.org/XML/"><abbr title="Extensible Markup Language">XML</abbr></a>-encoded representation.</li> @@ -294,7 +288,7 @@ Toolkit</a> applications like <a href="http://mozilla.com/firefox">Firefox</a>, <a href="http://mozilla.com/thunderbird">Thunderbird</a>, and <a -href="http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird/">Sunbird</a>. +href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/lightning/">Lightning</a>. It displays multiple clocks in the application window, and has a mapping interface to <a href="http://earth.google.com/">Google Earth</a>. It is freely available under the <abbr>GPL</abbr>.</li> @@ -303,18 +297,17 @@ href="http://users.skynet.be/Peter.Verthez/projects/intclock/">International clock (intclock)</a> is a multi-timezone clock for <abbr>GNU</abbr>/Linux and similar systems. It is freely available under the <abbr>GPL</abbr>.</li> -<li><a href="http://codeplex.com/publicdomain">PublicDomain</a> -has a copy of a recent <code>tz</code> database, accessed via a <a -href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_Sharp">C#</a> library. As its -name suggests, it is in the public domain. Only current time stamps -are well supported; historical data are compiled into the runtime but -are not easily accessible.</li> -<li><a href="http://java.sun.com/">Sun Java</a> releases since 1.4 +<li><a href="http://www.oracle.com/us/technologies/java/overview/index.html">Oracle +Java</a> releases since 1.4 contain a copy of a subset of a recent <code>tz</code> database in a Java-specific format.</li> <li><a href="http://kimmo.suominen.com/sw/timezone/">Time Zone</a> is a <a href="http://wordpress.org/">WordPress</a> plugin. It is freely available under a <abbr>BSD</abbr>-style license.</li> +<li><a href="http://www.relativedata.com/time-zone-master">Time Zone +Master</a> is a Microsoft Windows clock program that can automatically +download, compile and use the <code>tzdata<var>D</var>.tar.gz</code> +files as they are released. The Basic version is free.</li> <li><a href="http://veladg.com/velaterra.html">VelaTerra</a> is a Mac OS X program. Its developers @@ -323,36 +316,19 @@ licenses</a> to <code>tz</code> contributors.</li> <li><a href="http://worldtimeexplorer.com/">World Time Explorer</a> is a Microsoft Windows program.</li> -<li> -<a href="http://www.toriasoft.com"> -WorldClock for Windows and Windows Mobile</a> -lets users "see the time in up to 25 locations in the world at once." -(From Hans Nieuwenhuis, 2009-11-02.) -</li> -<li> -<a href="http://www.relativedata.com/time-zone-master"> -Time Zone Master Basic -</a> "allows people to display multiple desktop clocks, and to -research current and historical time information, as well as times of -astronomical events (sunrise/transit/set, moonrise/transit/set, phases, -season starts) for user-selected dates in the past and future. It can -automatically download, compile and use the tzdata**.gz database files -as they are released to keep the data up to date. The software is -free." (Davie Patte) -</li> </ul> <h2>Other time zone databases</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.astro.com/cgi/aq.cgi">Atlas Query</a> -is Astrodienst's Web version of Shanks's -excellent time zone history atlases published in both <a -href="http://astrocom.com/products/software.php?software_id=ibmwboth">computer</a> +is Astrodienst's Web version of Shanks and Pottenger's +time zone history atlases published in both <a +href="http://astrocom.com/astrology-products/software/acs-atlas-software">computer</a> and book form (<a -href="http://astrocom.com/products/book.php?book_id=b110x">one volume +href="http://www.astrocom.com/astrology/books/american-atlas">one volume for the USA</a>, and <a -href="http://astrocom.com/products/book.php?book_id=b112x">one for +href="http://www.astrocom.com/astrology/books/international-atlas">one for other locations</a>) by <a -href="http://astrocom.com/">Astro Communications Services</a>.</li> +href="http://astrocom.com/">Astro Computing Services</a>.</li> <li><a href="http://worldtime.com/">WORLDTIME: interactive atlas, time info, public holidays</a> contains information on local time, sunrise and sunset, @@ -371,28 +347,17 @@ gives current time zone rules for airports served by commercial aviation.</li> <li>Some Microsoft Windows versions contain time zone information in an undocumented format, with IDs that can be mapped to <code>TZ</code> values using the <a -href="http://unicode.org/cldr/data/diff/supplemental/windows_tzid.html">Windows +href="http://unicode.org/repos/cldr-tmp/trunk/diff/supplemental/zone_tzid.html">Zone → Tzid table</a> maintained by the <abbr title="Common Locale Data Repository">CLDR</abbr> data mentioned below.</li> -<li> -<a href="http://code.google.com/p/tzdata/"> -http://code.google.com/p/tzdata/ -</a> -provides programming-language-specific representations of timezone -data. Currently this includes XML, PHP, Ruby, Javascript, JSON and CSV -formatted data. The repository is updated as soon as the FTP -distribution is updated. All data can be downloaded as a zip and/or it -can be obtained/synced via anonymous SVN. Data is made available under -the MIT license. (From Rich Tibbett.) -</li> </ul> <h2>Maps</h2> <ul> <li>The <a href="https://www.cia.gov/">United States Central Intelligence Agency (<abbr title="Central Intelligence Agency">CIA</abbr>)</a> publishes a <a -href="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/reference_maps/…">time +href="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/graphics/ref_ma…">time zone map</a>; the <a href="http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/world.html">Perry-Castañeda @@ -421,9 +386,8 @@ of Countries ("Statoids")</a> contains detailed lists of zone boundaries for multizone countries</a> summarizes legal boundaries between time zones within countries.</li> <li>Manifold.net's <a -href="http://www.manifold.net/download/freemaps.html">Free Maps and -<abbr title="Geographic Information Systems">GIS</abbr> -Data</a> includes a Manifold-format map of +href="http://manifold.net/info/freestuff.shtml">Free Stuff for +Manifold System Users</a> includes a Manifold-format map of world time zone boundaries distributed under the <abbr>GPL</abbr>.</li> <li>The <abbr>US</abbr> Geological Survey's National Atlas of @@ -453,15 +417,15 @@ Saving Time - History, rationale, laws & dates</a> is an overall history of <abbr>DST</abbr>.</li> <li><a href="http://energy.ca.gov/daylightsaving.html">Saving Time, Saving Energy</a> discusses a primary justification for <abbr>DST</abbr>.</li> -<li><a href="http://seizethedaylight.com/dst/">Who Knew? A Brief +<li><a href="http://seizethedaylight.com/dst/">A Brief History of Daylight Saving Time</a> summarizes some of the contentious history of <abbr>DST</abbr>.</li> -<li><a href="http://toi.iriti.cnr.it/">The +<li><a href="http://toi.inrim.it/uk/toi.html">The Time of Internet</a> describes time zones and daylight saving time, with diagrams. The time zone map is out of date, however.</li> -<li><a href="http://www.phys.uu.nl/~vgent/idl/idl.htm">A History of +<li><a href="http://www.staff.science.uu.nl/~gent0113/idl/idl.htm">A History of the International Date Line</a> tells the story of the most important time zone boundary.</li> <li><a href="http://statoids.com/tconcept.html">Basic Time @@ -471,7 +435,7 @@ Zone Concepts</a> discusses terminological issues behind time zones.</li> <dl> <dt>Australia</dt> <dd>The Parliamentary Library has commissioned <a -href="http://www.aph.gov.au/LIBRARY/Pubs/rn/2006-07/07rn13.pdf">research +href="http://www.aph.gov.au/binaries/library/pubs/rn/2006-07/07rn13.pdf">research note on daylight saving time in Australia</a>. The Bureau of Meteorology publishes a list of <a href="http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/dst_times.shtml">Implementation Dates of Daylight Savings Time within Australia</a>.</dd> @@ -485,17 +449,17 @@ records <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV.html" hreflang="pt-BR">Brazil's daylight saving time decrees (in Portuguese)</a>.</dd> <dt>Canada</dt> -<dd>The Institute for National Measurement Standards publishes current +<dd>National Research Council Canada publishes current and some older information about <a -href="http://inms-ienm.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/time_services/daylight_saving_e.html">Time -Zones & Daylight Saving Time</a>.</dd> +href="http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/services/time/time_zones.html">time +zones & daylight saving time</a>.</dd> <dt>Chile</dt> <dd>The Chilean Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service publishes a <a href="http://www.horaoficial.cl/horaof.htm" hreflang="es"> history of official time (in Spanish)</a>.</dd> <dt>Germany</dt> <dd>The National Institute for Science and Technology maintains the <a -href="http://www.ptb.de/en/org/4/44/441/dars_e.htm">Realisation of +href="http://www.ptb.de/cms/en/fachabteilungen/abt4/fb-44/ag-441/realisation-of-l…">Realisation of Legal Time in Germany</a>.</dd> <dt>Israel</dt> <dd>The Interior Ministry periodically issues <a @@ -509,20 +473,15 @@ hreflang="es">history of Mexican local time (in Spanish)</a>.</dd> <dt>Malaysia</dt> <dd>See Singapore below.</dd> <dt>Netherlands</dt> -<dd><a href="http://www.phys.uu.nl/~vgent/wettijd/wettijd.htm" +<dd><a href="http://www.staff.science.uu.nl/~gent0113/wettijd/wettijd.htm" hreflang="nl">Legal time in the Netherlands (in Dutch)</a> covers the history of local time in the Netherlands from ancient times.</dd> <dt>New Zealand</dt> -<dd>The Department of Internal Affairs maintains a brief history <a -href="http://dia.govt.nz/diawebsite.nsf/wpg_URL/Resource-material-Information-We-…">About +<dd>The Department of Internal Affairs maintains a brief <a +href="http://www.dia.govt.nz/Daylight-Saving-History">History of Daylight Saving</a>. The privately-maintained <a href="http://astrologyschool.com/nztime.html">History of New Zealand time</a> has more details.</dd> -<dt>Norway</dt> -<dd>The Norwegian Meteorological Institute lists -<a href="http://met.no/met/met_lex/q_u/sommertid.html" hreflang="no">Summer -time in Norway (in Norwegian)</a>, citing the -Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics, Oslo.</dd> <dt>Singapore</dt> <dd><a href="http://www.math.nus.edu.sg/aslaksen/teaching/timezone.html">Why @@ -530,11 +489,11 @@ is Singapore in the "Wrong" Time Zone?</a> details the history of legal time in Singapore and Malaysia.</dd> <dt>United Kingdom</dt> <dd><a -href="http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~jsm28/british-time/">History of +href="http://www.polyomino.org.uk/british-time/">History of legal time in Britain</a> discusses in detail the country with perhaps the best-documented history of clock adjustments. The National Physical Laboratory also maintains an <a -href="http://www.npl.co.uk/server.php?show=ConWebDoc.2714">Archive +href="http://www.npl.co.uk/educate-explore/what-is-the-time/archive-of-summer-tim…">Archive of Summer time dates</a>.</dd> </dl> <h2>Precision timekeeping</h2> @@ -553,7 +512,8 @@ href="ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc4833.txt">Timezone Options for <abbr title="Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol">DHCP</abbr></a> (Internet <abbr>RFC</abbr> 4833) specifies a <a -href="http://www.dhcp.org/">DHCP</a> option for a server to configure +href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_Host_Configuration_Protocol">DHCP</a> +option for a server to configure a client's time zone and daylight saving settings automatically.</li> <li><a href="http://gauss.gge.unb.ca/GMT.UT.and.the.RGO.html">A Few Facts Concerning <abbr title="Greenwich Mean Time">GMT</abbr>, <abbr @@ -578,7 +538,7 @@ code for converting among time scales like <abbr title="International Atomic Time">TAI</abbr>, <abbr>TDB</abbr>, <abbr>TDT</abbr> and <abbr>UTC</abbr>.</li> -<li><a href="http://jpl.nasa.gov/basics/bsf2-3.htm">Basics of +<li><a href="http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/basics/bsf2-3.php">Basics of Space Flight - Reference Systems - Time Conventions</a> briefly explains interplanetary space flight timekeeping.</li> <li><a @@ -593,13 +553,9 @@ dedicated not only to leap seconds but to precise time and frequency in general. It covers the state of the art in amateur timekeeping, and how the art has progressed over the past few decades.</li> <li><a -href="http://hpiers.obspm.fr/eop-pc/products/bulletins/bulletins.html">Bulletins -maintained by the -<abbr title="International Earth Rotation Service">IERS</abbr> -<abbr title="Earth Orientation Parameters">EOP</abbr> -(<abbr title="Product Center">PC</abbr>)</a> contains official publications of -the Earth Orientation Parameters Product Center of the -International Earth Rotation Service, the committee that decides +href="http://www.iers.org/IERS/EN/Publications/Bulletins/bulletins.html">IERS +Bulletins</a> contains official publications of the International +Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service, which decides when leap seconds occur.</li> <li>The <a href="http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs">Leap @@ -609,11 +565,8 @@ and Klepczynski's proposal to discontinue leap seconds</a>, discussed further in <a href="http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/time/metrologia-leapsecond.pdf">The leap second: its history and possible future</a>. -The (now disbanded) <a href="http://members.aas.org/comms/leap.cfm"><abbr -title="American Astronomical Society">AAS</abbr> Leap Second -Committee</a> has solicited input on this proposal. -<a href="http://www.ucolick.org/~sla/leapsecs/">The -Future of Leap Seconds</a> covers this +<a href="http://www.ucolick.org/~sla/leapsecs/">UTC might be redefined +without Leap Seconds</a> gives pointers on this contentious issue.</li> </ul> <h2>Time notation</h2> @@ -623,7 +576,7 @@ contentious issue.</li> the International Standard Date and Time Notation</a> is a good summary of <a -href="http://www.iso.org/iso/en/CatalogueDetailPage.CatalogueDetail?CSNUMBER=40874"><abbr +href="http://www.iso.org/iso/catalogue_detail?csnumber=40874"><abbr title="International Organization for Standardization">ISO</abbr> 8601:2004 -- Data elements and interchange formats -- Information interchange -- Representation of dates and times</a>.</li> @@ -658,8 +611,8 @@ abbreviations, identifiers, and formats. For example, it contains French translations for "Eastern European Summer Time", "<abbr title="Eastern European Summer Time">EEST</abbr>", and "Bucharest". <a -href="http://unicode.org/cldr/data/charts/by_type/names.metazone.html">By-Type -Chart: names.metazone</a> shows these values for many locales. +href="http://unicode.org/cldr/charts/by_type/index.html">By-Type +Chart</a> shows these values for many locales. <abbr>ICU</abbr> contains a mechanism for using this data.</li> <li>Alphabetic time zone abbreviations should not be used as unique identifiers for <abbr>UTC</abbr> offsets as they are ambiguous in @@ -693,8 +646,6 @@ is called "<abbr>GMT</abbr>".</li> <li><a href="tz-art.htm">Time and the Arts</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.dmoz.org/Reference/Time/">Open Directory - Reference: Time</a></li> -<li><a href="http://directory.google.com/Top/Reference/Time/">Google Directory -- Reference > Time</a></li> <li><a href="http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Measurements_and_Units/Time">Yahoo! Directory > Science > Measurements and Units > Time</a></li> </ul> diff --git a/tzfile.5 b/tzfile.5 index aa7317b..10698a2 100644 --- a/tzfile.5 +++ b/tzfile.5 @@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ is zero or the time argument is less than the first transition time recorded in the file. .PP For version-2-format time zone files, -the above header and data is followed by a second header and data, +the above header and data are followed by a second header and data, identical in format except that eight bytes are used for each transition time or leap second time. After the second header and data comes a newline-enclosed, -- 1.7.9.5

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Libya one hour back last night
by Even Scharning Nov. 12, 2012

Nov. 12, 2012

Libya set their time one hour back at 02:00 on Saturday November 10. Sources: http://www.libyaherald.com/2012/11/04/clocks-to-go-back-an-hour-on-saturday/ http://twitter.com/ShoofLibya/status/265193706439733248/photo/1 "By the time everyone in Libya realizes the clocks are supposed to be set back 1 hour, it'll be time to set them forward again." https://twitter.com/Tripolitanian/status/267040258363899905 Sincerely, Even Scharning Time.is - exact time, any time zone http://time.is/

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Libya - Daylight Saving Time
by Eng. Ali H. Saleh Nov. 11, 2012

Nov. 11, 2012

Madam/Sir, Libya has changed its time 1 hour back for Daylight Saving Time since Sat 10 November 2012 to be +1GMT (CET). Please visit this link for confirmation http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=252 Kindly modify your database accordingly. Regards, -- Eng.Ali H. Saleh CEO *The Golden Group *Off Airport Road, behind Brega Tank Farm P.O. Box 83465, Tripoli - Libya Tel: +218 21 730 3903 Fax: +218 21 715 1478 Mobile LIbya: +218 91 495 7702 Web: www.goldengroup.info Confidentiality: The information contained in this e-mail is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the designated recipients of the email. This message may be an attorney-client communication and, as such, is privileged and confidential. If you are not an intended recipient of this message or an agent responsible for delivering it to an intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this message in error, and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please delete it and all copies and notify us immediately by reply e-mail or by telephone (+218 21 730 3903). Thank you.

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Libya one hour back last night
by Even Scharning Nov. 10, 2012

Nov. 10, 2012

Libya set their time one hour back at 02:00 on Saturday November 10. http://www.libyaherald.com/2012/11/04/clocks-to-go-back-an-hour-on-saturday/ http://twitter.com/ShoofLibya/status/265193706439733248/photo/1 "By the time everyone in Libya realizes the clocks are supposed to be set back 1 hour, it'll be time to set them forward again." https://twitter.com/Tripolitanian/status/267040258363899905 Sincerely, Even Scharning Time.is - exact time, any time zone http://time.is/

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Print zdump and zic program names in --version output
by Joseph S. Myers Nov. 10, 2012

Nov. 10, 2012

This patch makes zdump and zic print their own names in their --version output, in accordance with the GNU standards for what --version should print. (tzselect already does print its name in --version output.) diff --git a/zdump.c b/zdump.c index 805267d..8b118ed 100644 --- a/zdump.c +++ b/zdump.c @@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) progname = argv[0]; for (i = 1; i < argc; ++i) if (strcmp(argv[i], "--version") == 0) { - (void) printf("%s\n", TZVERSION); + (void) printf("zdump %s\n", TZVERSION); exit(EXIT_SUCCESS); } else if (strcmp(argv[i], "--help") == 0) { usage(stdout, EXIT_SUCCESS); diff --git a/zic.c b/zic.c index a9a54bb..428eaaa 100644 --- a/zic.c +++ b/zic.c @@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) } for (i = 1; i < argc; ++i) if (strcmp(argv[i], "--version") == 0) { - (void) printf("%s\n", TZVERSION); + (void) printf("zic %s\n", TZVERSION); exit(EXIT_SUCCESS); } else if (strcmp(argv[i], "--help") == 0) { usage(stdout, EXIT_SUCCESS); -- Joseph S. Myers joseph(a)codesourcery.com

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[PATCH] Change email address to tz@iana.org.
by Paul Eggert Nov. 10, 2012

Nov. 10, 2012

[The need for this change should be obvious.] * africa, australasia, europe, northamerica, southamerica: * tzselect.ksh, zdump.c, zic.c: In commentary and strings, change email address from tz(a)elsie.nci.nih.gov to tz(a)iana.org, as the old email address no longer works. --- africa | 2 +- asia | 5 ++--- australasia | 2 +- europe | 2 +- northamerica | 2 +- southamerica | 2 +- tzselect.ksh | 2 +- zdump.c | 2 +- zic.c | 2 +- 9 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/africa b/africa index 1c6e520..bbec05e 100644 --- a/africa +++ b/africa @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, # go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to -# tz(a)elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future). +# tz(a)iana.org for general use in the future). # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): # diff --git a/asia b/asia index 9c6e1ac..d5562c8 100644 --- a/asia +++ b/asia @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, # go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to -# tz(a)elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future). +# tz(a)iana.org for general use in the future). # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): # @@ -2052,8 +2052,7 @@ Zone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907 # occurred before our cutoff date of 1970. # However, as we get more information, we may need to add entries # for parts of the West Bank as they transitioned from Israel's rules -# to Palestine's rules. If you have more info about this, please -# send it to tz(a)elsie.nci.nih.gov for incorporation into future editions. +# to Palestine's rules. # From IINS News Service - Israel - 1998-03-23 10:38:07 Israel time, # forwarded by Ephraim Silverberg: diff --git a/australasia b/australasia index 74d476e..bef6f20 100644 --- a/australasia +++ b/australasia @@ -780,7 +780,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, # go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to -# tz(a)elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future). +# tz(a)iana.org for general use in the future). # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): # A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is diff --git a/europe b/europe index 5d2acc5..ad9816c 100644 --- a/europe +++ b/europe @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, # go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to -# tz(a)elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future). +# tz(a)iana.org for general use in the future). # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): # A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is diff --git a/northamerica b/northamerica index 18a4228..772d7a4 100644 --- a/northamerica +++ b/northamerica @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, # go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to -# tz(a)elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future). +# tz(a)iana.org for general use in the future). # From Paul Eggert (1999-03-22): # A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is diff --git a/southamerica b/southamerica index 3195846..3301a43 100644 --- a/southamerica +++ b/southamerica @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, # go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to -# tz(a)elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future). +# tz(a)iana.org for general use in the future). # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): # A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is diff --git a/tzselect.ksh b/tzselect.ksh index 4fe5d02..279bdf2 100644 --- a/tzselect.ksh +++ b/tzselect.ksh @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ if [ "$1" = "--help" ]; then Usage: tzselect Select a time zone interactively. -Report bugs to tz(a)elsie.nci.nih.gov. +Report bugs to tz(a)iana.org. EOF exit 0 elif [ "$1" = "--version" ]; then diff --git a/zdump.c b/zdump.c index 805267d..bdbd1d6 100644 --- a/zdump.c +++ b/zdump.c @@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ usage(FILE * const stream, const int status) (void) fprintf(stream, _("%s: usage is %s [ --version ] [ --help ] [ -v ] [ -c [loyear,]hiyear ] zonename ...\n\ \n\ -Report bugs to tz(a)elsie.nci.nih.gov.\n"), +Report bugs to tz(a)iana.org.\n"), progname, progname); exit(status); } diff --git a/zic.c b/zic.c index a9a54bb..35c8d4b 100644 --- a/zic.c +++ b/zic.c @@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ usage(FILE *stream, int status) [ --version ] [ --help ] [ -v ] [ -l localtime ] [ -p posixrules ] \\\n\ \t[ -d directory ] [ -L leapseconds ] [ -y yearistype ] [ filename ... ]\n\ \n\ -Report bugs to tz(a)elsie.nci.nih.gov.\n"), +Report bugs to tz(a)iana.org.\n"), progname, progname); exit(status); } -- 1.7.9.5

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DST in the news: DC-area subway glitch
by Arthur David Olson Nov. 6, 2012

Nov. 6, 2012

Page B3 of the print edition of the 2012-11-06 Washington Post has the story "Metro time-change error strands riders;" the on-line version is available at... http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dr-gridlock/wp/2012/11/05/metro-closes-… The DC-area Metro rail system failed to turn its clocks back and closed an hour earlier than expected. In line with past practice, Metro issued a pro-forma apology but provided neither an explanation nor an offer of compensation. --ado

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[PATCH] Automate the building of tarball signatures.
by Paul Eggert Nov. 5, 2012

Nov. 5, 2012

* Makefile (public): Rewrite in terms of new rules, below. (check_public): New rule, containing the old checking part of 'make public'. (tarballs): New rule, containing the old tarball-making part of 'make public'. Do not run checktab twice. (signatures, tzcode$(VERSION).tar.gz.sign, tzdata$(VERSION).tar.gz.sign): New rules. --- Makefile | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index c8150ba..c09d20f 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -420,6 +420,8 @@ maintainer-clean: clean names: @echo $(ENCHILADA) +public: check check_public set-timestamps tarballs signatures + # Set the time stamps to those of the git repository, if available, # and if the files have not changed since then. # This uses GNU 'touch' syntax 'touch -d@N FILE', @@ -439,26 +441,41 @@ set-timestamps: # The zics below ensure that each data file can stand on its own. # We also do an all-files run to catch links to links. -public: $(ENCHILADA) set-timestamps +check_public: $(ENCHILADA) make maintainer-clean make "CFLAGS=$(GCC_DEBUG_FLAGS)" mkdir -m go-rwx /tmp/,tzpublic - -for i in $(TDATA) ; do zic -v -d /tmp/,tzpublic $$i 2>&1 | grep -v "starting year" ; done + -for i in $(TDATA) ; do \ + zic -v -d /tmp/,tzpublic $$i 2>&1 | grep -v "starting year" ; \ + done for i in $(TDATA) ; do zic -d /tmp/,tzpublic $$i || exit; done zic -v -d /tmp/,tzpublic $(TDATA) || exit rm -f -r /tmp/,tzpublic + +tarballs: tzcode$(VERSION).tar.gz tzdata$(VERSION).tar.gz + +tzcode$(VERSION).tar.gz: $(COMMON) $(DOCS) $(SOURCES) $(MISC) for i in *.[1-8] ; do \ LC_ALL=C sh workman.sh $$i > $$i.txt && \ touch -r $$i $$i.txt || exit; \ done - $(AWK) -f checktab.awk $(PRIMARY_YDATA) LC_ALL=C && export LC_ALL && \ tar $(TARFLAGS) -cf - \ $(COMMON) $(DOCS) $(SOURCES) $(MISC) *.[1-8].txt | \ - gzip $(GZIPFLAGS) > tzcode$(VERSION).tar.gz + gzip $(GZIPFLAGS) > $@ + +tzdata$(VERSION).tar.gz: $(COMMON) $(DATA) LC_ALL=C && export LC_ALL && \ tar $(TARFLAGS) -cf - $(COMMON) $(DATA) | \ - gzip $(GZIPFLAGS) > tzdata$(VERSION).tar.gz + gzip $(GZIPFLAGS) > $@ + +signatures: tzcode$(VERSION).tar.gz.sign tzdata$(VERSION).tar.gz.sign + +tzcode$(VERSION).tar.gz.sign: tzcode$(VERSION).tar.gz + gpg --armor --detach-sign -o $@ $? + +tzdata$(VERSION).tar.gz.sign: tzdata$(VERSION).tar.gz + gpg --armor --detach-sign -o $@ $? typecheck: make clean -- 1.7.9.5

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[PATCH 3/3] Changes for Bahia, Tocantins, Israel, Jordan.
by Paul Eggert Nov. 5, 2012

Nov. 5, 2012

* asia (Zion): New Israeli rules next year. See Ephraim Silverberg in <http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2012-October/018351.html>. (Jordan): Jordan stays on DST this winter. See Steffen Thorsen in <http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2012-October/018374.html>. * southamerica (America/Araguaina): Now has DST. See Rodrigo Severo in <http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2012-October/018346.html>. (America/Bahia): No longer has DST. See Kelley Cook in <http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2012-October/018349.html>. --- asia | 82 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------- southamerica | 15 +++++++++-- 2 files changed, 58 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-) diff --git a/asia b/asia index 8e896fc..7d12e8b 100644 --- a/asia +++ b/asia @@ -1170,15 +1170,15 @@ Rule Zion 2004 only - Sep 22 1:00 0 S # # ftp://ftp.cs.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/2005+beyond.ps -# From Paul Eggert (2005-02-22): +# From Paul Eggert (2012-10-26): # I used Ephraim Silverberg's dst-israel.el program # <ftp://ftp.cs.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/software/dst-israel.el> (2005-02-20) # along with Ed Reingold's cal-hebrew in GNU Emacs 21.4, -# to generate the transitions in this list. +# to generate the transitions from 2005 through 2012. # (I replaced "lastFri" with "Fri>=26" by hand.) -# The spring transitions below all correspond to the following Rule: +# The spring transitions all correspond to the following Rule: # -# Rule Zion 2005 max - Mar Fri>=26 2:00 1:00 D +# Rule Zion 2005 2012 - Mar Fri>=26 2:00 1:00 D # # but older zic implementations (e.g., Solaris 8) do not support # "Fri>=26" to mean April 1 in years like 2005, so for now we list the @@ -1195,39 +1195,36 @@ Rule Zion 2009 only - Sep 27 2:00 0 S Rule Zion 2010 only - Sep 12 2:00 0 S Rule Zion 2011 only - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 2011 only - Oct 2 2:00 0 S -Rule Zion 2012 2015 - Mar Fri>=26 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 2012 only - Mar Fri>=26 2:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 2012 only - Sep 23 2:00 0 S -Rule Zion 2013 only - Sep 8 2:00 0 S -Rule Zion 2014 only - Sep 28 2:00 0 S -Rule Zion 2015 only - Sep 20 2:00 0 S -Rule Zion 2016 only - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 D -Rule Zion 2016 only - Oct 9 2:00 0 S -Rule Zion 2017 2021 - Mar Fri>=26 2:00 1:00 D -Rule Zion 2017 only - Sep 24 2:00 0 S -Rule Zion 2018 only - Sep 16 2:00 0 S -Rule Zion 2019 only - Oct 6 2:00 0 S -Rule Zion 2020 only - Sep 27 2:00 0 S -Rule Zion 2021 only - Sep 12 2:00 0 S -Rule Zion 2022 only - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 D -Rule Zion 2022 only - Oct 2 2:00 0 S -Rule Zion 2023 2032 - Mar Fri>=26 2:00 1:00 D -Rule Zion 2023 only - Sep 24 2:00 0 S -Rule Zion 2024 only - Oct 6 2:00 0 S -Rule Zion 2025 only - Sep 28 2:00 0 S -Rule Zion 2026 only - Sep 20 2:00 0 S -Rule Zion 2027 only - Oct 10 2:00 0 S -Rule Zion 2028 only - Sep 24 2:00 0 S -Rule Zion 2029 only - Sep 16 2:00 0 S -Rule Zion 2030 only - Oct 6 2:00 0 S -Rule Zion 2031 only - Sep 21 2:00 0 S -Rule Zion 2032 only - Sep 12 2:00 0 S -Rule Zion 2033 only - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 D -Rule Zion 2033 only - Oct 2 2:00 0 S -Rule Zion 2034 2037 - Mar Fri>=26 2:00 1:00 D -Rule Zion 2034 only - Sep 17 2:00 0 S -Rule Zion 2035 only - Oct 7 2:00 0 S -Rule Zion 2036 only - Sep 28 2:00 0 S -Rule Zion 2037 only - Sep 13 2:00 0 S + +# From Ephraim Silverberg (2012-10-18): + +# Yesterday, the Interior Ministry Committee, after more than a year +# past, approved sending the proposed June 2011 changes to the Time +# Decree Law back to the Knesset for second and third (final) votes +# before the upcoming elections on Jan. 22, 2013. Hence, although the +# changes are not yet law, they are expected to be so before Februray 2013. +# +# As of 2013, DST starts at 02:00 on the Friday before the last Sunday in March. +# DST ends at 02:00 on the first Sunday after October 1, unless it occurs on the +# second day of the Jewish Rosh Hashana holiday, in which case DST ends a day +# later (i.e. at 02:00 the first Monday after October 2). +# [Rosh Hashana holidays are factored in until 2100.] + +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule Zion 2013 max - Mar Fri>=23 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 2013 2026 - Oct Sun>=2 2:00 0 S +Rule Zion 2027 only - Oct Mon>=3 2:00 0 S +Rule Zion 2028 max - Oct Sun>=2 2:00 0 S +# The following rules are commented out for now, as they break older +# versions of zic that support only signed 32-bit timestamps, i.e., +# through 2038-01-19 03:14:07 UTC. +#Rule Zion 2028 2053 - Oct Sun>=2 2:00 0 S +#Rule Zion 2054 only - Oct Mon>=3 2:00 0 S +#Rule Zion 2055 2080 - Oct Sun>=2 2:00 0 S +#Rule Zion 2081 only - Oct Mon>=3 2:00 0 S +#Rule Zion 2082 max - Oct Sun>=2 2:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Jerusalem 2:20:56 - LMT 1880 @@ -1362,6 +1359,16 @@ Zone Asia/Tokyo 9:18:59 - LMT 1887 Dec 31 15:00u # From Arthur David Olson (2009-04-06): # We still have Jordan switching to DST on Thursdays in 2000 and 2001. +# From Steffen Thorsen (2012-10-25): +# Yesterday the government in Jordan announced that they will not +# switch back to standard time this winter, so the will stay on DST +# until about the same time next year (at least). +# http://www.petra.gov.jo/Public_News/Nws_NewsDetails.aspx?NewsID=88950 +# +# From Paul Eggert (2012-10-25): +# For now, assume this is just a one-year measure. If it becomes +# permanent, we should move Jordan from EET to AST effective tomorrow. + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Jordan 1973 only - Jun 6 0:00 1:00 S Rule Jordan 1973 1975 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - @@ -1390,7 +1397,8 @@ Rule Jordan 2002 max - Mar lastThu 24:00 1:00 S Rule Jordan 2003 only - Oct 24 0:00s 0 - Rule Jordan 2004 only - Oct 15 0:00s 0 - Rule Jordan 2005 only - Sep lastFri 0:00s 0 - -Rule Jordan 2006 max - Oct lastFri 0:00s 0 - +Rule Jordan 2006 2011 - Oct lastFri 0:00s 0 - +Rule Jordan 2013 max - Oct lastFri 0:00s 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931 2:00 Jordan EE%sT diff --git a/southamerica b/southamerica index ab4d14d..3195846 100644 --- a/southamerica +++ b/southamerica @@ -829,6 +829,15 @@ Zone America/La_Paz -4:32:36 - LMT 1890 # http://www.in.gov.br/visualiza/index.jsp?data=13/10/2011&jornal=1000&pagina… # </a> +# From Kelley Cook (2012-10-16): +# The governor of state of Bahia in Brazil announced on Thursday that +# due to public pressure, he is reversing the DST policy they implemented +# last year and will not be going to Summer Time on October 21st.... +# http://www.correio24horas.com.br/r/artigo/apos-pressoes-wagner-suspende-hor… + +# From Rodrigo Severo (2012-10-16): +# Tocantins state will have DST. +# http://noticias.terra.com.br/brasil/noticias/0,,OI6232536-EI306.html # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV20466.htm">20,466</a> (1931-10-01) @@ -1048,7 +1057,8 @@ Zone America/Araguaina -3:12:48 - LMT 1914 -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 1990 Sep 17 -3:00 - BRT 1995 Sep 14 -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2003 Sep 24 - -3:00 - BRT + -3:00 - BRT 2012 Oct 21 + -3:00 Brazil BR%sT # # Alagoas (AL), Sergipe (SE) Zone America/Maceio -2:22:52 - LMT 1914 @@ -1067,7 +1077,8 @@ Zone America/Maceio -2:22:52 - LMT 1914 Zone America/Bahia -2:34:04 - LMT 1914 -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2003 Sep 24 -3:00 - BRT 2011 Oct 16 - -3:00 Brazil BR%sT + -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2012 Oct 21 + -3:00 - BRT # # Goias (GO), Distrito Federal (DF), Minas Gerais (MG), # Espirito Santo (ES), Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Sao Paulo (SP), Parana (PR), -- 1.7.9.5

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[PATCH 2/2] Improve logic of zic -v abbreviation-length check.
by Paul Eggert Nov. 4, 2012

Nov. 4, 2012

This fixes a bunch of "time zone abbreviation has more than 3 alphabetics" diagnostics for 'make check_public'. * zic.c (newabbr): Check for <3 alphabetics, not for >3. POSIX-2008 requires at least 3 and says that it's not portable to use more than 6, which we check elsewhere. --- zic.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/zic.c b/zic.c index 64af1b2..a9a54bb 100644 --- a/zic.c +++ b/zic.c @@ -2534,8 +2534,8 @@ newabbr(const char *const string) ++cp; if (cp - string == 0) mp = _("time zone abbreviation lacks alphabetic at start"); - if (noise && cp - string > 3) -mp = _("time zone abbreviation has more than 3 alphabetics"); + if (noise && cp - string < 3) +mp = _("time zone abbreviation has fewer than 3 alphabetics"); if (cp - string > ZIC_MAX_ABBR_LEN_WO_WARN) mp = _("time zone abbreviation has too many alphabetics"); if (mp == NULL && (*cp == '+' || *cp == '-')) { -- 1.7.9.5

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[PATCH 1/2] Check 'public' more carefully.
by Paul Eggert Nov. 4, 2012

Nov. 4, 2012

Here's the first of two more proposed patches for next time. * Makefile (ZFLAGS): Remove obsolete comment. (check_public): Put temporary directory under this directory, not under /tmp, as that's better if one is doing multiple builds in parallel. Also, use the just-built zic rather than the system zic. (clean): Remove temporary directory. --- Makefile | 15 ++++++--------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index fd909f7..ea081a3 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -229,9 +229,6 @@ CFLAGS= LDFLAGS= $(LFLAGS) -# If you want zic's -s option used when installing, uncomment the next line -# ZFLAGS= -s - zic= ./zic ZIC= $(zic) $(ZFLAGS) @@ -411,6 +408,7 @@ check_web: $(WEB_PAGES) clean: rm -f core *.o *.out \ date tzselect version.h zdump zic yearistype + rm -f -r tzpublic maintainer-clean: clean @echo 'This command is intended for maintainers to use; it' @@ -444,13 +442,12 @@ set-timestamps: check_public: $(ENCHILADA) make maintainer-clean make "CFLAGS=$(GCC_DEBUG_FLAGS)" - mkdir -m go-rwx /tmp/,tzpublic - -for i in $(TDATA) ; do \ - zic -v -d /tmp/,tzpublic $$i 2>&1 | grep -v "starting year" ; \ + mkdir tzpublic + for i in $(TDATA) ; do \ + $(zic) -v -d tzpublic $$i 2>&1 || exit; \ done - for i in $(TDATA) ; do zic -d /tmp/,tzpublic $$i || exit; done - zic -v -d /tmp/,tzpublic $(TDATA) || exit - rm -f -r /tmp/,tzpublic + $(zic) -v -d tzpublic $(TDATA) + rm -f -r tzpublic tarballs: tzcode$(VERSION).tar.gz tzdata$(VERSION).tar.gz -- 1.7.9.5

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tzcode2012i and tzdata2012i available
by Paul Eggert Nov. 3, 2012

Nov. 3, 2012

The 2012i release of the tz code and data is available. It reflects the following changes recently circulated on the tz mailing list: Cuba switches from DST tomorrow at 01:00. (Thanks to Steffen Thorsen.) Linker flags can now be specified via LDFLAGS. AWK now defaults to 'awk', not 'nawk'. The shell in tzselect now defaults to /bin/bash, but this can be overridden by specifying KSHELL. The main web page now mentions the unofficial github repository. (Thanks to Mike Frysinger.) Tarball signatures can now be built by running 'make signatures'. There are also new makefile rules 'tarballs', 'check_public', and separate makefile rules for each tarball and signature file. A few makefile rules are now more portable to strict POSIX. The main web page now lists the canonical IANA URL. Here are links to the release files: http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/releases/tzcode2012i.tar.gz http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/releases/tzdata2012i.tar.gz ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/releases/tzcode2012i.tar.gz ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/releases/tzdata2012i.tar.gz Each release file has a GPG signature, which can be retrieved by appending ".sign" to the above URLs. Copies of these signatures are appended to this message. As usual, links to the latest release files are here: http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/tzcode-latest.tar.gz http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/tzdata-latest.tar.gz ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/tzcode-latest.tar.gz ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/tzdata-latest.tar.gz This release corresponds to commit a1752133a1b2ad076a2901fea51f8e3b3ab83379 in the unofficial github repository at <https://github.com/eggert/tz>. Here are the GPG checksums for the release files: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAABAgAGBQJQlXcwAAoJEO2X6Q5iqn40DmYP/2D4aEgIjN7lhjvkR5NnjYsd F4bhu2Obs8uLKAM3RalV7DS8YIT/wilsIA1xpW/XW+bv0FMymuJElEqfdL4VdfIE gg+/Xr3i2qsN664sqGnJekqwF1jjQfeA5ofOzxs5Bt7Yt4g2pqPiNAu1cm/7rBlF Pr6pKhQ9J71mmKo1r1J5echCDuPv0vyShmB+uNN0p6xqTsV9rLFLeh5+517cIIAp uadhThR/2ygs0ZMMsAQ8Xq5NRXYTnlKG/poHwdYwWV6yOTGFVJpbHz2Gz5BhCBvO nNEhLSgvrR2m2S73Jp6o3laFhYiJm7RhZl3mS6yXZApoYOu9r2lxU1hNzD7NYZSN I9xFYDa4haO0XxN0AgYHl4LuK9keqjGZsA5OlzG2bs8nH3ZNfopuRbtZDy10zxQs 8IBMbgdHDnOS9j3F4/f+jzrp0kGD6V1dvgCE8xHa/dcewdZaGFqjFezlK49uKIJF cEXuBTDI3pXiZ29gdVzUn2RyQ3ezjoKUfaxsloRlXIvJxrd7EJeDuWWMWWfqhu16 +xr/ocdceCcKjbGhV134O1kgM9s6jWxxUApycdmRchAuDNS9JF+mrHpuJ0mnkPP/ HGKPXFb+p2BywPjkxDLxdLsZYoIt+C502hdo/YnKpIKHGDDbD/YK4V0K2qrvJv68 u1zKzIUdRKRZ3jmOKY1r =Ru59 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAABAgAGBQJQlXcwAAoJEO2X6Q5iqn40Xu0P/3gkB48HDohDwtIfFRQlgo+z cbfWoSQ8ZDvFJRRpkJsqWryahKwn6ezd8yt2CmkdfvcFd4WggjrQIJC9wEZtRgog Y9laePIvwveWaxccc//iPfThsOdgUANqCWziEOxZwJAWbQvprv6YYuyXx2t2VC5s LqN62EgJJXlbCK43yhIoJrVQh/z5nAt8ObDuvkOM0f5JGTPXFZYQda/KFp8iNR0l 0HuKafacPNSRDTi8YTEBs8EH75MaLbcZzzFt5gN/FiW1FgrPmW44IKn0F89O3AIF Yh88+8DV3XKtSuaHPSnZXFXaa0IvEq5vec897zdW8dSSwlUazfzlcnTi19kiesZ3 PVMeeK6lwfBftZZ5/E62gVfQZZIebOnJdEw3sopo2BZaIdTwBLLYI019kzPO4U64 Z1EBDuFAQ3yd8nQnJF2f/vaQOwOwpuo3ZVjFJPqqp2+9+Xg5mv3StKRhFNrm9Nun kIVgsZUtjD5HfpM5S4QqbU1WRPdJVp0aTZwz7gKz/GrcKIEQFj039DvyEB5iY16Q MPPpQ5/yGeJ5K3fgcT+gBxklMOz7MoZ90NveZ4cQ0KHogs6walDAGi7LKWPVobDn hE1R2+n9BUdikcxk9EJ+LJYr4NXOCKiikzurV+EfXM/IGRKUnTKrOGJV+9l5hSPx Juu9SIUxSNpAsjS/55lc =p8iS -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Cuba changing clocks this Sunday
by Steffen Thorsen Nov. 3, 2012

Nov. 3, 2012

Radio Reloj and many other sources report that Cuba is changing back to standard time on 2012-11-04: http://www.radioreloj.cu/index.php/noticias-radio-reloj/36-nacionales/9961-… The database currently has it changing on the last Sunday of October. Best regards, Steffen Thorsen - timeanddate.com

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Australia AEDT/EDT
by Steven Weiss Nov. 1, 2012

Nov. 1, 2012

Hi, I've been testing the timezone abbreviation and it seems to be incorrect for the current DST The abbreviation is giving me a EST instead of the expected EDT. I'm aware from your list there is a lot of discussion around EST/EDT vs AEST/AEDT. This is not the issue for me. either/or would be fine. Rather it appears that it should currently EDT/AEDT. I've downloaded the latest data and code as per the README. Regards Steven Weiss Cape Town South Africa

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[PATCH 1/3] build: handle standard LDFLAGS variable
by Mike Frysinger Oct. 28, 2012

Oct. 28, 2012

This changes LFLAGS to the more standard LDFLAGS (while preserving backwards compatibility). It also adds the missing $(LDFLAGS) usage when linking `date`. Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier(a)gentoo.org> --- Makefile | 12 ++++++++---- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index ab0f54b..625c6b2 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -224,6 +224,10 @@ GCC_DEBUG_FLAGS = -Dlint -g3 -O3 -fno-common -fstrict-aliasing \ CFLAGS= +# Linker flags. + +LDFLAGS= $(LFLAGS) + # If you want zic's -s option used when installing, uncomment the next line # ZFLAGS= -s @@ -338,10 +342,10 @@ version.h: 'static char const TZVERSION[]="tz$(VERSION)";' zdump: $(TZDOBJS) - $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LFLAGS) $(TZDOBJS) $(LDLIBS) -o $@ + $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(TZDOBJS) $(LDLIBS) -o $@ zic: $(TZCOBJS) yearistype - $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LFLAGS) $(TZCOBJS) $(LDLIBS) -o $@ + $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(TZCOBJS) $(LDLIBS) -o $@ yearistype: yearistype.sh cp yearistype.sh yearistype @@ -380,8 +384,8 @@ $(TZLIB): $(LIBOBJS) then ranlib $@ ; fi date: $(DATEOBJS) - $(CC) $(CFLAGS) date.o localtime.o asctime.o strftime.o \ - $(LDLIBS) -lc -o $@ + $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) date.o localtime.o asctime.o \ + strftime.o $(LDLIBS) -lc -o $@ tzselect: tzselect.ksh sed \ -- 1.7.12

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[PATCH] mention the github repo in the main tz page
by Mike Frysinger Oct. 27, 2012

Oct. 27, 2012

Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier(a)gentoo.org> --- tz-link.htm | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/tz-link.htm b/tz-link.htm index d1a8bf1..c55b94f 100644 --- a/tz-link.htm +++ b/tz-link.htm @@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ gzip -dc tzdata-latest.tar.gz | tar -xf - The code and data files can also be obtained from the <a href="http://www.iana.org">IANA</a> <a href="http://www.iana.org/time-zones">timezone web page</a>. +You can clone via <a href="http://git-scm.com/">git</a> the latest repository +from the <a href="https://github.com/eggert/tz">github tz repo</a>. <p> The code lets you compile the <code>tz</code> source files into machine-readable binary files, one for each location. It also lets -- 1.7.12

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tzcode2012h and tzdata2012h available
by Paul Eggert Oct. 27, 2012

Oct. 27, 2012

[I forgot to CC: this to tz(a)iana.org, so I am doing it separately this time.] -------- Original Message -------- Subject: tzcode2012h and tzdata2012h available Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2012 23:18:24 -0700 From: Paul Eggert <eggert(a)cs.ucla.edu> To: Time zone announcements <tz-announce(a)iana.org> The 2012h release of the tz code and data is available. It reflects the following changes recently circulated on the tz mailing list: Bahia no longer has DST. (Thanks to Kelley Cook.) Tocantins has DST. (Thanks to Rodrigo Severo.) Israel has new DST rules next year. (Thanks to Ephraim Silverberg.) Jordan stays on DST this winter. (Thanks to Steffen Thorsen.) Web page updates. More C modernization, except that at Arthur David Olson's suggestion the instances of 'register' were kept. This release does not include an improved way of distributing checksums; I haven't had time to work the kinks out of that. Here are links to the release files: http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/releases/tzcode2012h.tar.gz http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/releases/tzdata2012h.tar.gz ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/releases/tzcode2012h.tar.gz ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/releases/tzdata2012h.tar.gz As usual, links to the latest release files are here: http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/tzcode-latest.tar.gz http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/tzdata-latest.tar.gz ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/tzcode-latest.tar.gz ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/tzdata-latest.tar.gz This release corresponds to commit 001a626d31ffb02dec209e539c9aedaf2f27ba20 in the unofficial github repository at <https://github.com/eggert/tz>. Here are the GPG checksums for the release files: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAABAgAGBQJQi3j1AAoJEO2X6Q5iqn40CXwP/1mQEIce/rO3BL2nFwnHoyTh F3FgSlnvCz65YJODlFROTPOsiKbrxJepILLoBXNQOgkD+gusQLrXCCvGMhu5aJ/9 OTxtRDdNC7F6b/HDW8Frw7oaD7ljMkos30vEtNrpM5xFQ3p5qc4jfGTMjq5RUR5B 2H7mxgnJXC4A0QznEjEnmnZ4z3Tm3XEhj3LEItH8c5VtIHmc/wZkrJATRT04sivN 221eF66T3rQFrmnrwayq96q+yxM9U+Y21oGw9MPlHA3eCXk/G/zmNYui6QVOL96z SGgPLj52M5CTTlWoLt5KUbrW6bKdhyX0zYX/j8pbD6haex0cfz02rJFiPUHtqwFt mnD2mvpQFqnCfua+LHSTrBGPm0N6v1WBg8UV1E3xQeVkF7S/8+OGtvAkSA4vICfE 5/u/LIXgn5NKt5u+LHr1/aAgtRLjAEr1B77noilC4C3pV+q2jIkp+TUAfV5gKMKx yOsKJF8g8y8mP8UWE9lkNLPepQ4RcsiRWMOV4CfMhJg6LJfLix+fnplEp09riWfc q0ngk5Qa7ydFykofvdb97yI0NuCsFbxkEdQpqvW6LeuMRtw7XXsgGoJwsD9lF4qL PsN0OIhNG04PIZEPPtulQih4Eeip2vfrOSCy07/6+8HoBFSkzEYPPCwnoiJ3QFYt bIOmNJLXmhYxrw2alIV2 =7FjC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAABAgAGBQJQi3khAAoJEO2X6Q5iqn40NV4P/RQK6e+9CF99rJB17EFvE2WD t7H2sg2Rfl805Iha/acl3DMJQepcSGvsv4paXD0buRJWlaTRbaY9nhk7bxi3VSfx A/IJTAd4ZiQLiD+J0IHTwE7NmV6r1GCqNs37H5iENDZp9gYXW59jePnfD0TitIND 9mFSCxWV5tZsktZIztUqYWcz/oABVODnaSGx21DTi27Y6aJpKxl5+TTRbPcFgQ6V 0jWsakzgJwWLRh1eTglFTSgbt2ui/o5D/W0d1RvtRlRHmXiLf3J3YO7PDWrCg/// 7CAf4MSL20OH4fG4Lj4IfCh86stEjKpgn+YmZjndkKYgBqKkve8r8yAkubAHni5q Jrod8g87w0W/XFw9C6C5kEN9+qCTXfM/zkBeh75iDVxvAJ0+G6DZRC9coL41tawl zg+s7dl+fiGjZzzDY287/tUP/u0omgHnG/OHkL/52KmTfVfbhLJvndrWe4ehx1z2 Z4gAdiIvCooh34uDRcK/EHWXV0FgX9Zf+k9LPy+7xSLELFoxVVbwJ8KTrQxzTwEL Qzx4nx7z1AEMIvm2HCZi+2pnBmrNYjG5quWyd2PxVuhYVFdqbRPZqPJh+9Qm0o4b +S6m/FmI/tkubF+J5uoQA8KowhZ5HU8DWo2LCNxSzyDRZAGzLEN8OPXpWIZ/3IMV m9JFu3Sqjuypx973arIQ =d4Nr -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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