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The Pi Day of the century
by Even Scharning March 7, 2015

March 7, 2015

The Pi Day of the century is only a few days away! One day every century, the numbers of the current month, day, year, hour, minute and second line up to match the first 10 digits of the mathematical constant pi: 3.14.15 9:26:53. We made a special clock for Pi Day, with date and time in "pi format". Please take a minute to check it out! http://time.is/pi_day Any feedback is appreciated. Even Scharning Time.is - exact time for any place on Earth http://time.is/

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historic Oslo times
by Meno Hochschild March 6, 2015

March 6, 2015

Recently I noticed following strange detail of Europe/Oslo during the years 1940-1942: The site http://www.timeanddate.com/time/zone/norway/oslo reports for these years that Oslo kept summer time between 1940-08-10 23:00 and 1942-11-02 03:00. But I cannot find a way in tz-data how to construct it. Maybe I have overlooked something. Rule Norway 1916 only - May 22 1:00 1:00 S Rule Norway 1916 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 - Rule Norway 1945 only - Apr 2 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Norway 1945 only - Oct 1 2:00s 0 - Rule Norway 1959 1964 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Norway 1959 1965 - Sep Sun>=15 2:00s 0 - Rule Norway 1965 only - Apr 25 2:00s 1:00 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Europe/Oslo 0:43:00 - LMT 1895 Jan 1 1:00 Norway CE%sT 1940 Aug 10 23:00 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1945 Apr 2 2:00 1:00 Norway CE%sT 1980 1:00 EU CE%sT The Norway-rules do not catch the year 1940, so cannot indicate any summer time until 1940-08-10. Then the C-Eur-rule takes effect but see here: Rule C-Eur 1940 only - Apr 1 2:00s 1:00 S Rule C-Eur 1942 only - Nov 2 2:00s 0 - The rule for 1940 cannot be applied because 1st of Apr is clearly before the UNTIL-date of zone line in question when changing from Norway-rule to C-Eur-rule. I assume we are missing an extra Norway-rule for 1940 only changing to summer time on 1940-08-10 and have then to shift the UNTIL-date in second ZONE line a little bit (for example to 1941). Thanks in advance for any help Meno Hochschild

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Correct timezone for the country of India
by Sujay Phadke March 6, 2015

March 6, 2015

Hello, I was browsing through the tz database and I don't see a single city in the country of India for the timezone setting. Would you enlighten me as to why it is so? I am specifically looking at this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones Could you please add "New Delhi" or "Mumbai" to the +5:30 UTC timezone list? Secondly, what is this "Indian/<island names> ? This is some old relic information that needs to be updated. None of those island have anything to do with India, so why keep the naming convention? I did go through one discussion in your achives: http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2012-December/018488.html, but I couldn't see any reason why Mumbai or New Delhi cannot be added. I also could not find Asia/Calcutta in the list on current tz database. If I'm reading this wrong, please point me to the correct link. Thank you. Regards, Sujay

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Apparent Inconsistency in Russia Data
by Hank W. March 6, 2015

March 6, 2015

I noticed an apparent inconsistency among the Russia data in the Europe data file. Regarding the following line under Europe/Volgograd: 3:00 Russia MSK 2011 Mar 27 2:00s should it not be... 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 2011 Mar 27 2:00s ? Hank W. of Austin, Texas, U.S.A.

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Palestine DST postponed by a day
by Steffen Thorsen March 5, 2015

March 5, 2015

Sources such as http://www.alquds.com/news/article/view/id/548257 and http://www.raya.ps/ar/news/890705.html say Palestine areas will start DST on 2015-03-28 00:00 which is one day later than expected. Our wrap-up: http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/palestine-starts-dst-2015.html As a side note, some sources report that Kuwait may introduce DST. According to media reports like http://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2421216&Language=ar the authorities are considering advancing clocks by 2 hours every year. Best regards, Steffen Thorsen - timeanddate.com

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Paraguay change DST 22/03/2015
by Juan Carlos YJ. Lin March 4, 2015

March 4, 2015

Attending to Act 1.264, Paraguay change 4th sunday de March the DST, delay 1:00 hs Juan Carlos Lin Unisoft S.A. +595-993-288330 --------------------------------------------------- "Antes de imprimir, recuC)rdese de su compromiso con el Medio Ambiente" "Aviso: Este mensaje es dirigido para su destinatario y contiene informaciones que no pueden ser usadas por otras personas que no sean su(s) destinatario(s). La retransmisiC3n del contenido no estC! autorizada fuera del contexto de su envC-o y a quien corresponde. El uso no autorizado de la informaciC3n en este mensaje se halla penado por las leyes vigentes en todo el mundo. Si ha recibido este mensaje por error, por favor bC3rrala y notifique al remitente en la brevedad posible. El contenido de este mensaje no es responsabilidad de la Empresa y debe ser atribuido siempre a su autor. Gracias."

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Idaho House Bill 198 proposing Year-Round DST "Won't Go Forward"
by Ray at the Time Zone Report March 3, 2015

March 3, 2015

See chronology and details here: http://timezonereport.com/?cat=9 Ray ----- Ray Harwood Time Zone Report, a service of GoodClix, Inc. in the interest of public health <http://www.TimeZoneReport.com> http://www.TimeZoneReport.com and Twitter: @TimeZoneReport Office: (480) 378-3221 - Email: Ray(a)TimeZoneReport.com

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[PATCH] * NEWS, Theory: Update info about Mars time, citing Chmielewski.
by Paul Eggert March 3, 2015

March 3, 2015

--- NEWS | 2 ++ Theory | 10 +++++++--- 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index dfda622..b6a306f 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes Cite the recent Mexican decree changing Quintana Roo's time zone. (Thanks to Carlos Raúl Perasso.) + Update info about Mars time. + Release 2015a - 2015-01-29 22:35:20 -0800 diff --git a/Theory b/Theory index e9be715..9861a4f 100644 --- a/Theory +++ b/Theory @@ -717,9 +717,11 @@ Mittelalters und der Neuzeit_, herausgegeben von Dr. O. Grotefend ----- Time and time zones on Mars ----- -Some people have adjusted their work schedules to fit Mars time. -Dozens of special Mars watches were built for Jet Propulsion -Laboratory workers who kept Mars time during the Mars Exploration +Some people's work schedules use Mars time. Jet Propulsion Laboratory +(JPL) coordinators have kept Mars time on and off at least since 1997 +for the Mars Pathfinder mission. Some of their family members have +also adapted to Mars time. Dozens of special Mars watches were built +for JPL workers who kept Mars time during the Mars Exploration Rovers mission (2004). These timepieces look like normal Seikos and Citizens but use Mars seconds rather than terrestrial seconds. @@ -760,6 +762,8 @@ Jia-Rui Chong, "Workdays Fit for a Martian", Los Angeles Times <http://articles.latimes.com/2004/jan/14/science/sci-marstime14> (2004-01-14), pp A1, A20-A21. +Tom Chmielewski, "Jet Lag Is Worse on Mars", The Atlantic (2015-02-26) +<http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/02/jet-lag-is-worse-on-m…> ----- Local Variables: -- 2.1.0

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Re: [tz] Chilean time change
by Yonathan Dossow March 3, 2015

March 3, 2015

It has been published now in "Diario Oficial", and it is an extension of CLST and EASST for two years, until March 25 2017. extracts from "diario oficial": Establécese que el adelanto de la hora oficial de Chile Continental dispuesto en el Decreto Supremo N°1.489, de 1970, del Ministerio del Interior, se extenderá hasta las 24 horas del sábado 25 de marzo de 2017. Establécese que el adelanto de la hora oficial de Chile Insular Occidental dispuesto en el Decreto Supremo N°1.142, de 1980, modificado por el Decreto Supremo N°61, de 1982, ambos del Ministerio del Interior, se extenderá hasta las 24 horas del sábado 25 de marzo de 2017. ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Glenn Eychaner" <geychaner(a)me.com> > To: "tz" <tz(a)iana.org> > Sent: Tuesday, 24 February, 2015 09:13:25 > Subject: Re: [tz] Chilean time change > As far as I know, an official announcement of the adoption of a new time > change rule would have to appear in: > http://www.diariooficial.interior.gob.cl > and would also appear in: > http://www.horaoficial.cl/cambio_hora.html > I have been monitoring both on a daily basis, and thus far have seen nothing. > So for now it's unclear to me whether this is a proposal or an announcement. > > -G. > > On Feb 24, 2015, at 9:00 AM, tz-request(a)iana.org wrote: > >> http://www.minenergia.cl/ministerio/noticias/generales/gobierno-anuncia-mod… >> I[s] this the announcement of the proposal or the announcement of the adoption >> of the proposal? > > -- > Glenn Eychaner (geychaner(a)lco.cl) > Telescope Systems Programmer, Las Campanas Observatory -- Yonathan Dossow Fono: +56 32 2654367 Unidad de Infraestructura y Tecnologia Departamento de Informatica Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria Valparaiso, Chile

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Re: [tz] Chilean time change
by Glenn Eychaner Feb. 24, 2015

Feb. 24, 2015

As far as I know, an official announcement of the adoption of a new time change rule would have to appear in: http://www.diariooficial.interior.gob.cl and would also appear in: http://www.horaoficial.cl/cambio_hora.html I have been monitoring both on a daily basis, and thus far have seen nothing. So for now it's unclear to me whether this is a proposal or an announcement. -G. On Feb 24, 2015, at 9:00 AM, tz-request(a)iana.org wrote: > http://www.minenergia.cl/ministerio/noticias/generales/gobierno-anuncia-mod… > I[s] this the announcement of the proposal or the announcement of the adoption of the proposal? -- Glenn Eychaner (geychaner(a)lco.cl) Telescope Systems Programmer, Las Campanas Observatory

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