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TZ patches via email vs. non-ASCII encoding
by Markus Scherer July 9, 2008

July 9, 2008

As a solution to the problem of faithfully getting patches through email (with non-ASCII encoding, long lines, and other issues), may I suggest using an svn repository with online anonymous read-only access, and just sending a summary to the mailing list and a link to the online diffs? markus

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References to various time zones in a TV program.
by Dave Cantor July 7, 2008

July 7, 2008

Have you folks noticed that Family Channel's "The Middleman" seems to use a different time zone for every scene? Examples from the most recent episode Middleman HQ, 9:32 AM Australian Central Daylight Time The Dread Pyramid of Itzilichlitlichitzl. 4:00 PM Charlie Time The skies over the Yucatán Peninsula, 10:45 AM Heure Avancée l'est The Dread Pyramid of Itzilichlitlichitzl. 5:10 PM Alastka Standard Time Alfred Necessiter Memorial Hospital, 12:35 AM Zulu Time Dave C.

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mailing list setup
by Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven July 7, 2008

July 7, 2008

Is there a reason we get the emails from tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov, but every email's Reply-To is set to tz(a)elsie.nci.nih.gov? -- Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven <asmodai(-at-)in-nomine.org> / asmodai イェルーンラウフロックヴァンデルウェルヴェン http://www.in-nomine.org/ | http://www.rangaku.org/ | GPG: 2EAC625B In the world, there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong, nothing can surpass it...

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tzdata2008d.tar.gz
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] July 7, 2008

July 7, 2008

The file... ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzdata2008d.tar.gz ...is now available; this reflects the changes circulated last week on the time zone mailing list by yours truly, Paul Eggert, and Rodrigo Severo. --ado

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RE: Non-ASCII encoding [Scanned]
by Goudge, Stephen July 3, 2008

July 3, 2008

> From: Jaakko Hyvätti [mailto:jaakko.hyvatti@foreca.com] > > I say just let's get over with it and do the change to UTF-8 > now. There > are no real problems with it, it's only comments, and it is > not worth any > extra pondering. I agree, UTF-8 comments are a good idea; and, even though I'm in a Windows place, I also agree with not including the BOM. My only worry would be spec creep: it would be friendly to the End User if the names could be presented in all their accented glory within the UI and "everyone can handle Unicode filenames now, can't they" (quoth the guy writing the Req Spec - not me, honest). I foresee requests coming in (if they haven't already) that "the names of the cities are spelt correctly everywhere and as the file is UTF-8 it won't cause any problems..." Well, if the names of the Zones themselves started to appear in UTF-8 it would certainly cause my code a lot of pain... Can I suggest that a mechanism is added to allow the fully decorated region & city names to be added in UTF-8, along with a firm note that the names following the "Zone" keyword are 7-bit Ascii only? Perhaps, to avoid *having* to modify the parser inside every variant of 'zic', it could be done via a convention in the comments, such as "a comment immediately preceding a Zone declaration which starts with ##! is a UTF-8 form of the Zone's name" suitable for collection and display in a UI. This leaves a few things to be tweaked - eg, if we let multiple lines give alternate spellings should they be language tagged so the most appropriate one can be selected for display; or whether something clever needs to be done to cope with the fact that the aliases for different Zones that are in the same region (subdirectory) may not give the same spelling for the region... Regards, Stephen Goudge Transport R&D Petards Joyce-Loebl Gateshead, UK Private, Confidential and Privileged. This e-mail and any files and attachments transmitted with it are confidential and/or privileged. They are intended solely for the use of the intended recipient(s). The content of this e-mail and any file or attachment transmitted with it may have been changed or altered without the consent of the author. If you are not the intended recipient, please note that any review, dissemination, disclosure, alteration, printing, circulation or transmission of this e-mail and/or any file or attachment transmitted with it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail or any file or attachment transmitted with it in error please notify the IT Manager, Petards Joyce-Loebl Limited, 390 Princesway, Gateshead, NE11 0TU, telephone no: +44 191 4203000. Petards Joyce-Loebl Limited is registered in England under number 2170100 DISCLAIMER: Privileged / Confidential Information may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message (or responsible for delivery of the message to such person), you may not copy or deliver this message to anyone. In such case, you should destroy this message and kindly notify the sender by reply email. Please advise immediately if you or your employer do not consent to Internet email messages of this kind. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of my company shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by it. _____________________________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by Petards Joyce-Loebl. The service is powered by MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email. _____________________________________________________________________________________

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Subject: Re: FW: Change of timezone City for India
by Kenneth Gonsalves July 2, 2008

July 2, 2008

hi, I would like to bring it to your attention that the usage Asia/ Calcutta has a long history. India has four major metropolitan cities - originally Bombay, Calcutta, Delhi and Madras and now known as Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi and Chennai. Each has historically been the seat of some important national institutions/traditions. Calcutta/ Kolkata has historically been the 'time' city of India. Everyone is quite comfortable with this. If you *do* want to make a change, please consult all sections of the community before you do so. India is also a country with sensitive regional feelings, so please take these things into consideration before making any change. If necessary you could poll the various LUGs and FSUGs and other interest groups before making a change. -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS lawgon(a)au-kbc.org http://nrcfosshelpline.in/code/

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Re: FW: Links in the Olson database
by hsv＠tbbs.net July 2, 2008

July 2, 2008

>>>> 2008/06/30 11:54 -0400, Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] >>>> I'm (very belatedly) forwarding this message from Hal�sz S�ndor Viktor, who is not on the time zone mailing list. Those of you who are on the list, please direct replies appropriately. These suggestions are to be part of the next set of proposed changes, due later today or tomorrow. <<<<<<<< Thank you. But I noted one more case of not good anchor-formatting; my new list: diff x/africa data/africa 454c454 < # <a href="http://www.maroc.ma/NR/exeres/FACF141F-D910-44B0-B7FA-6E03733425D1.htm "> --- > # <a href="http://www.maroc.ma/NR/exeres/FACF141F-D910-44B0-B7FA-6E03733425D1.htm"> diff x/asia data/asia 1397c1397 < # <a href="http://www.eznis.com/Container.jsp?id=112" --- > # <a href="http://www.eznis.com/Container.jsp?id=112"> diff x/australasia data/australasia 1349c1349 < # <a hef="http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_424000/424764.stm"> --- > # <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_424000/424764.stm"> 1359c1359 < # According to <a href="http://www.tongaonline.com/news/sept1799.html> --- > # According to <a href="http://www.tongaonline.com/news/sept1799.html"> diff x/europe data/europe 460c460 < # <a href="http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/lif/dat/2000/en_300L0084.html" --- > # <a href="http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/lif/dat/2000/en_300L0084.html"> 1096,1097c1096,1097 < # In 1945, Berlin was switched to Moscow Summer time (GMT+4) by <a < # href="http://www.dhm.de/lemo/html/biografien/BersarinNikolai/"> --- > # In 1945, Berlin was switched to Moscow Summer time (GMT+4) by > # <a href="http://www.dhm.de/lemo/html/biografien/BersarinNikolai/"> 1102c1102 < # says that Bersarin issued an order to use Moscow time on May 20. --- > # says that Bersarin issued an order to use Moscow time on May 20.</a> diff x/southamerica data/southamerica 665c665 < # <a href="http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2002/D4399.htm"></a> --- > # <a href="http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2002/D4399.htm">4,399</a> 668c668 < # <a href="http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2003/D4844.htm"></a> --- > # <a href="http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2003/D4844.htm">4,844</a> 671c671 < # <a href="http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2004-2006/2004/Decreto/D5223.htm"></a> --- > # <a href="http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2004-2006/2004/Decreto/D5223.htm">5,223</a> but it occurs to me that in this last case, of Brazilian decrees, maybe this is better? 580,581c580,581 < # Decree 4,399 (2002-10-01) repeals DST in AL, CE, MA, PB, PE, PI, RN, SE. < # <a href="http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2002/D4399.htm"></a> --- > # Decree <a href="http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2002/D4399.htm">4,399</a> > # (2002-10-01) repeals DST in AL, CE, MA, PB, PE, PI, RN, SE. 583,584c583,584 < # Decree 4,844 (2003-09-24; corrected 2003-09-26) repeals DST in BA, MT, TO. < # <a href="http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2003/D4844.htm"></a> --- > # Decree <a href="http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2003/D4844.htm">4,844</a> > # (2003-09-24; corrected 2003-09-26) repeals DST in BA, MT, TO. 586,587c586,587 < # Decree 5,223 (2004-10-01) reestablishes DST in MT. < # <a href="http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2004-2006/2004/Decreto/D5223.htm"></a> --- > # Decree <a href="http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2004-2006/2004/Decreto/D5223.htm">5,223</a> > # (2004-10-01) reestablishes DST in MT.

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proposed time zone package changes: Brazil; Mauritius; URL fixes
by Arthur David Olson July 2, 2008

July 2, 2008

Below find proposed changes to files in the time zone package: * australasia, europe, and southamerica: changes by Halász Sándor Viktor to fix URLs. * africa: changes to reflect Mauritius's 2008-2009 DST experiment. * southamerica and zone.tab: changes to reflect Brazilian time zone realignments. As usual, I plan to let these percolate over a weekend; if no problems are found tzdata2008d.tar.gz should appear on 2008-07-07. --ado diff -r -c old/africa new/africa *** old/africa Mon May 19 17:48:03 2008 --- new/africa Mon Jun 30 12:18:01 2008 *************** *** 1,4 **** ! # @(#)africa 8.11 # <pre> # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, --- 1,4 ---- ! # @(#)africa 8.12 # <pre> # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, *************** *** 387,395 **** 0:00 - GMT # Mauritius ! # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] ! Zone Indian/Mauritius 3:50:00 - LMT 1907 # Port Louis ! 4:00 - MUT # Mauritius Time # Agalega Is, Rodriguez # no information; probably like Indian/Mauritius --- 387,443 ---- 0:00 - GMT # Mauritius ! # From Steffen Thorsen (2008-06-25): ! # Mauritius plans to observe DST from 2008-11-01 to 2009-03-31 on a trial ! # basis. ! # ! # Some information about it from sources there: ! # <a href="http://www.lexpress.mu/display_search_result.php?news_id=109689"> ! # http://www.lexpress.mu/display_search_result.php?news_id=109689 (French) ! # </a> ! # <a href="http://www.mcci.org/readmorechamber.aspx?id=359"> ! # http://www.mcci.org/readmorechamber.aspx?id=359 ! # </a> ! # ! # Based on the articles like those above and contact with government ! # officials, we have written more about it here: ! # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/mauritius-daylight-saving-time.html"> ! # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/mauritius-daylight-saving-time.html ! # </a> ! # ! # It seems that Mauritius observed daylight saving time from 1982-10-10 to ! # 1983-03-20 as well, but that was not successful. Current zoneinfo or ! # Shanks/Pottenger do not contain any details about this 1982-83 change. ! ! # From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-06-25): ! # Mauritius plan to introduce Summer Time (DST) on 1st November 2008 has ! # been confirmed on authoritative web site-Government Information ! # Service-Government of Mauritius. ! # ! # Please check out ! # <a href="http://economicdevelopment.gov.mu/portal/site/Mainhomepage/menuitem.a42b241…"> ! # http://economicdevelopment.gov.mu/portal/site/Mainhomepage/menuitem.a42b241… ! # </a> ! # or ! # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_mauritius01.html"> ! # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_mauritius01.html ! # </a> ! # ! # Thus Summer Time is being introduced on a pilot basis. The clock will ! # be moved forward one hour as from 1st November 2008 to 31st March ! # 2009.... ! ! # From Arthur David Olson (2008-06-30): ! # The www.timeanddate.com article cited by Steffen Thorsen notes that "A ! # final decision has yet to be made on the times that daylight saving ! # would begin and end on these dates." As a place holder, use midnight. ! ! # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S ! Rule Mauritius 2008 only - Nov 1 0:00 1:00 S ! Rule Mauritius 2009 only - Apr 1 0:00 0:00 - ! # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] ! Zone Indian/Mauritius 3:50:00 - LMT 1907 # Port Louis ! 4:00 Mauritius MU%sT # Mauritius Time # Agalega Is, Rodriguez # no information; probably like Indian/Mauritius diff -r -c old/australasia new/australasia *** old/australasia Mon Mar 24 08:30:58 2008 --- new/australasia Mon Jun 30 11:54:56 2008 *************** *** 1,4 **** ! # @(#)australasia 8.8 # <pre> # This file also includes Pacific islands. --- 1,4 ---- ! # @(#)australasia 8.9 # <pre> # This file also includes Pacific islands. *************** *** 1346,1352 **** # * Tonga will introduce DST in November # # I was given this link by John Letts: ! # <a hef="http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_424000/424764.stm"> # http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_424000/424764.stm # </a> # --- 1346,1352 ---- # * Tonga will introduce DST in November # # I was given this link by John Letts: ! # <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_424000/424764.stm"> # http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_424000/424764.stm # </a> # *************** *** 1356,1362 **** # (12 + 1 hour DST). # From Arthur David Olson (1999-09-20): ! # According to <a href="http://www.tongaonline.com/news/sept1799.html> # http://www.tongaonline.com/news/sept1799.html # </a>: # "Daylight Savings Time will take effect on Oct. 2 through April 15, 2000 --- 1356,1362 ---- # (12 + 1 hour DST). # From Arthur David Olson (1999-09-20): ! # According to <a href="http://www.tongaonline.com/news/sept1799.html"> # http://www.tongaonline.com/news/sept1799.html # </a>: # "Daylight Savings Time will take effect on Oct. 2 through April 15, 2000 diff -r -c old/europe new/europe *** old/europe Mon Mar 24 08:30:58 2008 --- new/europe Mon Jun 30 11:54:56 2008 *************** *** 1,4 **** ! # @(#)europe 8.12 # <pre> # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, --- 1,4 ---- ! # @(#)europe 8.13 # <pre> # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, *************** *** 457,463 **** Rule EU 1981 max - Mar lastSun 1:00u 1:00 S Rule EU 1996 max - Oct lastSun 1:00u 0 - # The most recent directive covers the years starting in 2002. See: ! # <a href="http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/lif/dat/2000/en_300L0084.html" # Directive 2000/84/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council # of 19 January 2001 on summer-time arrangements. # </a> --- 457,463 ---- Rule EU 1981 max - Mar lastSun 1:00u 1:00 S Rule EU 1996 max - Oct lastSun 1:00u 0 - # The most recent directive covers the years starting in 2002. See: ! # <a href="http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/lif/dat/2000/en_300L0084.html"> # Directive 2000/84/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council # of 19 January 2001 on summer-time arrangements. # </a> *************** *** 1099,1104 **** --- 1099,1106 ---- # From Paul Eggert (2003-03-08): # <a href="http://www.parlament-berlin.de/pds-fraktion.nsf/727459127c8b66ee85256623004…"> + # http://www.parlament-berlin.de/pds-fraktion.nsf/727459127c8b66ee85256623004… + # </a> # says that Bersarin issued an order to use Moscow time on May 20. # However, Moscow did not observe daylight saving in 1945, so # this was equivalent to CEMT (GMT+3), not GMT+4. diff -r -c old/southamerica new/southamerica *** old/southamerica Mon Mar 24 08:30:58 2008 --- new/southamerica Mon Jun 30 18:37:16 2008 *************** *** 1,4 **** ! # @(#)southamerica 8.19 # <pre> # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, --- 1,4 ---- ! # @(#)southamerica 8.22 # <pre> # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, *************** *** 546,551 **** --- 546,595 ---- # Decretos sobre o Horario de Verao no Brasil # </a>. + # From Paul Schulze (2008-06-24): + # ...by law number 11.662 of April 24, 2008 (published in the "Dirio Oficial da Unio"...) + # in Brazil there are changes in the timezones, effective today (00:00am + # at June 24, 2008) as follows: + # + # a) The timezone UTC+5 is e[x]tinguished, with all the Acre state and the + # part of the Amazonas state that had this timezone now being put to the + # timezone UTC+4 + # b) The whole Par state now is put at timezone UTC+3, instead of just + # part of it, as was before. + # + # This change follows a proposal of senator Tio Viana of Acre state, that + # proposed it due to concerns about open television channels displaying + # programs inappropriate to youths in the states that had the timezone + # UTC+5 too early in the night. In the occasion, some more corrections + # were proposed, trying to unify the timezones of any given state. This + # change modifies timezone rules defined in decree 2.784 of 18 June, + # 1913. + + # From Rodrigo Severo (2008-06-24): + # Just correcting the URL: + # <a href="https://www.in.gov.br/imprensa/visualiza/index.jsp?jornal=3Ddo&secao=3D1&pa…"> + # https://www.in.gov.br/imprensa/visualiza/index.jsp?jornal=3Ddo&secao=3D1&pa… + # </a> + # + # As a result of the above Decree I believe the America/Rio_Branco + # timezone shall be modified from UTC-5 to UTC-4 and a new timezone shall + # be created to represent the the west side of the Para State. I + # suggest this new timezone be called Santarem as the most + # important/populated city in the affected area. + # + # This new timezone would be the same as the Rio_Branco timezone up to + # the 2008/06/24 change which would be to UTC-3 instead of UTC-4. + + # From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-06-24): + # This is a quick reference page for New and Old Brazil Time Zones map. + # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/brazil-time-new-old.php"> + # http://www.worldtimezone.com/brazil-time-new-old.php + # </a> + # + # - 4 time zones replaced by 3 time zones-eliminating time zone UTC- 05 + # (state Acre and the part of the Amazonas will be UTC/GMT- 04) - western + # part of Par state is moving to one timezone UTC- 03 (from UTC -04). + # 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) # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV21896.htm">21,896</a> (1932-01-10) *************** *** 662,674 **** Rule Brazil 2000 2001 - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 1:00 S Rule Brazil 2001 2006 - Feb Sun>=15 0:00 0 - # Decree 4,399 (2002-10-01) repeals DST in AL, CE, MA, PB, PE, PI, RN, SE. ! # <a href="http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2002/D4399.htm"></a> Rule Brazil 2002 only - Nov 3 0:00 1:00 S # Decree 4,844 (2003-09-24; corrected 2003-09-26) repeals DST in BA, MT, TO. ! # <a href="http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2003/D4844.htm"></a> Rule Brazil 2003 only - Oct 19 0:00 1:00 S # Decree 5,223 (2004-10-01) reestablishes DST in MT. ! # <a href="http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2004-2006/2004/Decreto/D5223.htm"></a> Rule Brazil 2004 only - Nov 2 0:00 1:00 S # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV5539.gif">5,539</a> (2005-09-19), # adopted by the same states as before. --- 706,718 ---- Rule Brazil 2000 2001 - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 1:00 S Rule Brazil 2001 2006 - Feb Sun>=15 0:00 0 - # Decree 4,399 (2002-10-01) repeals DST in AL, CE, MA, PB, PE, PI, RN, SE. ! # <a href="http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2002/D4399.htm">4,339</a> Rule Brazil 2002 only - Nov 3 0:00 1:00 S # Decree 4,844 (2003-09-24; corrected 2003-09-26) repeals DST in BA, MT, TO. ! # <a href="http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2003/D4844.htm">4,844</a> Rule Brazil 2003 only - Oct 19 0:00 1:00 S # Decree 5,223 (2004-10-01) reestablishes DST in MT. ! # <a href="http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2004-2006/2004/Decreto/D5223.htm">5,223</a> Rule Brazil 2004 only - Nov 2 0:00 1:00 S # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV5539.gif">5,539</a> (2005-09-19), # adopted by the same states as before. *************** *** 687,693 **** # For dates after mid-2008, the above rules with TO="max" are guesses # and are quite possibly wrong, but are more likely than no DST at all. - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] # # Fernando de Noronha (administratively part of PE) --- 731,736 ---- *************** *** 775,782 **** -4:00 - AMT 2004 Oct 1 -4:00 Brazil AM%sT # ! # west Para (PA), Rondonia (RO) ! # West Para includes Altamira, Oribidos, Prainha, Oriximina, and Santarem. Zone America/Porto_Velho -4:15:36 - LMT 1914 -4:00 Brazil AM%sT 1988 Sep 12 -4:00 - AMT --- 818,831 ---- -4:00 - AMT 2004 Oct 1 -4:00 Brazil AM%sT # ! # west Para (PA) ! Zone America/Santarem -3:38:48 - LMT 1914 ! -4:00 Brazil AM%sT 1988 Sep 12 ! -4:00 - AMT 2008 Jun 24 ! -3:00 - BRT ! # ! # Rondonia (RO) ! # Rondonia includes Altamira, Oribidos, Prainha, and Oriximina. Zone America/Porto_Velho -4:15:36 - LMT 1914 -4:00 Brazil AM%sT 1988 Sep 12 -4:00 - AMT *************** *** 808,816 **** # Acre (AC) Zone America/Rio_Branco -4:31:12 - LMT 1914 -5:00 Brazil AC%sT 1988 Sep 12 ! -5:00 - ACT - # Chile # From Eduardo Krell (1995-10-19): --- 857,865 ---- # Acre (AC) Zone America/Rio_Branco -4:31:12 - LMT 1914 -5:00 Brazil AC%sT 1988 Sep 12 ! -5:00 - ACT 2008 Jun 24 ! -4:00 - AMT # Chile # From Eduardo Krell (1995-10-19): diff -r -c old/zone.tab new/zone.tab *** old/zone.tab Mon Mar 24 08:30:59 2008 --- new/zone.tab Mon Jun 30 18:37:16 2008 *************** *** 1,4 **** ! # @(#)zone.tab 8.16 # # TZ zone descriptions # --- 1,4 ---- ! # @(#)zone.tab 8.18 # # TZ zone descriptions # *************** *** 92,98 **** BR -2332-04637 America/Sao_Paulo S & SE Brazil (GO, DF, MG, ES, RJ, SP, PR, SC, RS) BR -2027-05437 America/Campo_Grande Mato Grosso do Sul BR -1535-05605 America/Cuiaba Mato Grosso ! BR -0846-06354 America/Porto_Velho W Para, Rondonia BR +0249-06040 America/Boa_Vista Roraima BR -0308-06001 America/Manaus E Amazonas BR -0640-06952 America/Eirunepe W Amazonas --- 92,99 ---- BR -2332-04637 America/Sao_Paulo S & SE Brazil (GO, DF, MG, ES, RJ, SP, PR, SC, RS) BR -2027-05437 America/Campo_Grande Mato Grosso do Sul BR -1535-05605 America/Cuiaba Mato Grosso ! BR -0226-05452 America/Santarem W Para ! BR -0846-06354 America/Porto_Velho Rondonia BR +0249-06040 America/Boa_Vista Roraima BR -0308-06001 America/Manaus E Amazonas BR -0640-06952 America/Eirunepe W Amazonas

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FW: Change of timezone City for India
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] July 2, 2008

July 2, 2008

I'm forwarding this message from Goldwyn Rodrigues, who is not on the time zone mailing list. Those of you who are on the list, please direct replies appropriately. --ado -----Original Message----- From: Goldwyn Rodrigues [mailto:rgoldwyn@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 5:23 AM To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: Change of timezone City for India Hi, I am not sure how the timezone city for India is addressed as Kolkatta (formerly known as Calcutta, and listed in timezone as Calcutta), but this has been the case since I started using Linux, and don't know the reason of the city being used. India has only one timezone. I woulid like to suggest to change the city to Delhi (from Calcutta), which is the capital of India, and has been stable since the country's independence in 1947. If your criteria is the most populous city, it would be Mumbai (formerly Bombay). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_populous_cities_in_India Delhi being the capital, is also closer to Allahabad (actually Mirzapur), which is the city used for the official meridian, and Delhi is also the site of National Physical Laboratory, which is used for time keeping. For more details http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Standard_Time -- Goldwyn

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FW: Links in the Olson database
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] June 30, 2008

June 30, 2008

I'm (very belatedly) forwarding this message from Halász Sándor Viktor, who is not on the time zone mailing list. Those of you who are on the list, please direct replies appropriately. These suggestions are to be part of the next set of proposed changes, due later today or tomorrow. --ado -----Original Message----- From: hsv(a)tbbs.net [mailto:hsv@tbbs.net] Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 6:23 PM To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: Links in the Olson database This is not about clocksetting-zone information. I wrote a JScript script for turning all the links into an HTML page, and found fault with a handful of the actual anchors and for myself made these changes, maybe of interest if another does the same: diff -b ../austra~1 ./austra~1 1349c1349 < # <a hef="http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_424000/424764.stm"> --- > # <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_424000/424764.stm"> 1359c1359 < # According to <a href="http://www.tongaonline.com/news/sept1799.html> --- > # According to <a href="http://www.tongaonline.com/news/sept1799.html"> diff -b ../europe ./europe 460c460 < # <a href="http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/lif/dat/2000/en_300L0084.html" --- > # <a href="http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/lif/dat/2000/en_300L0084.html"> 1102c1102 < # says that Bersarin issued an order to use Moscow time on May 20. --- > # says that Bersarin issued an order to use Moscow time on May 20.</a> diff -b ../southa~1 ./southa~1 581c581 < # <a href="http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2002/D4399.htm"></a> --- > # <a href="http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2002/D4399.htm">4,399</a> 584c584 < # <a href="http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2003/D4844.htm"></a> --- > # <a href="http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2003/D4844.htm">4,844</a> 587c587 < # <a href="http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2004-2006/2004/Decreto/D5223.htm"></a> --- > # <a href="http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2004-2006/2004/Decreto/D5223.htm">5,223</a> Of course, many of the webpages have evaporated. (The script is really not good enough, for it misses those pages listed by themselvs after 'From Joseph S. Myers', and keeps only text right around the link. It seems to me not worth the while to make it turn all of the files into a webpage.)

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Change of timezone City for India
by Goldwyn Rodrigues June 26, 2008

June 26, 2008

Hi, I am not sure how the timezone city for India is addressed as Kolkatta (formerly known as Calcutta, and listed in timezone as Calcutta), but this has been the case since I started using Linux, and don't know the reason of the city being used. India has only one timezone. I woulid like to suggest to change the city to Delhi (from Calcutta), which is the capital of India, and has been stable since the country's independence in 1947. If your criteria is the most populous city, it would be Mumbai (formerly Bombay). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_populous_cities_in_India Delhi being the capital, is also closer to Allahabad (actually Mirzapur), which is the city used for the official meridian, and Delhi is also the site of National Physical Laboratory, which is used for time keeping. For more details http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Standard_Time -- Goldwyn

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Baghdad time is changed for 2008
by Trang Cao June 25, 2008

June 25, 2008

As of 2008, Iraq stopped using daylight saving. Please make the change in the database. Thanks trang cao Java Software Developer

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Mauritius to re-introduce DST
by Steffen Thorsen June 25, 2008

June 25, 2008

Mauritius plans to observe DST from 2008-11-01 to 2009-03-31 on a trial basis. Some information about it from sources there: http://www.lexpress.mu/display_search_result.php?news_id=109689 (French) http://www.mcci.org/readmorechamber.aspx?id=359 Based on the articles like those above and contact with government officials, we have written more about it here: http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/mauritius-daylight-saving-time.html It seems that Mauritius observed daylight saving time from 1982-10-10 to 1983-03-20 as well, but that was not successful. Current zoneinfo or Shanks/Pottenger do not contain any details about this 1982-83 change. Best regards, Steffen Thorsen / timeanddate.com

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FW: Jerusalem, Israel DST for 2008
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] June 25, 2008

June 25, 2008

I'm forwarding this message from Sonali Rajput, who is not on the time zone mailing list. Those of you who are on the time zone mailing list, please direct replies appropriately. --ado -----Original Message----- From: Rajput, Sonali (STSD) [mailto:sonali.rajput@hp.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 1:59 AM To: tz(a)elsie.nci.nih.gov Subject: Jerusalem, Israel DST for 2008 Hi, Asia/Jerusalem DST information is as follows : Friday, March 28, 2008 at 1:59:59 AM No +2 hours IST Friday, March 28, 2008 at 3:00:00 AM 1 hour +3 hours IDT DST starts Sunday, October 5, 2008 at 1:59:59 AM 1 hour +3 hours IDT Sunday, October 5, 2008 at 1:00:00 AM No +2 hours IST DST ends However, this information isn't covered in 2008c? Will this be covered in some later version ? Thanks, Sonali

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Reference for New and Old Brazil Time Zones map
by Alex Krivenyshev June 24, 2008

June 24, 2008

This is a quick reference page for New and Old Brazil Time Zones map. http://www.worldtimezone.com/brazil-time-new-old.php - 4 time zones replaced by 3 time zones-eliminating time zone UTC- 05 (state Acre and the part of the Amazonas will be UTC/GMT- 04) - western part of Pará state is moving to one timezone UTC- 03 (from UTC -04). Alex Krivenyshev, http://www.WTZ.com http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/ New York, NY

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FW: Time zone changes in Brazil
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] June 24, 2008

June 24, 2008

I'm forwarding this message from Paul Schulze, who is not on the time zone mailing list. Those of you who are on the time zone mailing list, please direct replies appropriately. --ado From: Paul Schulze [mailto:Paul.Schulze@genband.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 7:23 AM To: Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] Subject: Time zone changes in Brazil Hi, I'm Paul Schulze, working in Brazil for an american Telecom company. This is just to inform you that by law number 11.662 of April 24, 2008 (published in the "Diário Oficial da União" https://www.in.gov.br/imprensa/jsp/jsp/jornaiscompletos/visualizacao/pdf/vi…) in Brazil there are changes in the timezones, effective today (00:00am at June 24, 2008) as follows: a) The timezone UTC+5 is estinguished, with all the Acre state and the part of the Amazonas state that had this timezone now being put to the timezone UTC+4 b) The whole Pará state now is put at timezone UTC+3, instead of just part of it, as was before. This change follows a proposal of senator Tião Viana of Acre state, that proposed it due to concerns about open television channels displaying programs inappropriate to youths in the states that had the timezone UTC+5 too early in the night. In the occasion, some more corrections were proposed, trying to unify the timezones of any given state. This change modifies timezone rules defined in decree 2.784 of 18 June, 1913. Thanks, __________________________________ Paul Gerhard Schulze Office : +55 (41) 3341-6457 GENBAND - hiG1100 and hiG1200 R&D e-mail : paul.schulze(a)genband.com CEP: 81310-900 Curitiba - PR, Brazil

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Re: FW: Time zone changes in Brazil
by Rodrigo Severo June 24, 2008

June 24, 2008

On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 10:15 AM, Paul Schulze <Paul.Schulze(a)genband.com> wrote: > Hi, Rodrigo, > > thank you for your corrections. Additionally, I suppose the timezone > America/Eirunepe should also be changed from UTC-5 to UTC-4, representing > the western part of Amazonas state, which now also is in the same timezone > as Manaus. > Yes, I believe so. Rodrigo -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rodrigo Severo Fábrica de Idéias SBS Quadra 2 - Bloco S - Ed. Empire Center - Sala 1.301 Brasília - DF - CEP 70070-904 Tel. (61) 3321-1357 Fax (61) 3223-1712 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Jerusalem, Israel DST for 2008
by Rajput, Sonali (STSD) June 24, 2008

June 24, 2008

Hi, Asia/Jerusalem DST information is as follows : Friday, March 28, 2008 at 1:59:59 AM No +2 hours IST Friday, March 28, 2008 at 3:00:00 AM 1 hour +3 hours IDT DST starts Sunday, October 5, 2008 at 1:59:59 AM 1 hour +3 hours IDT Sunday, October 5, 2008 at 1:00:00 AM No +2 hours IST DST ends However, this information isn't covered in 2008c? Will this be covered in some later version ? Thanks, Sonali

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FW: Problem with tzdata America/Caracas
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] June 23, 2008

June 23, 2008

I'm forwarding this message from Néstor F. Zambrano, who is not on the time zone mailing list. Those of you who are on the list: please direct replies appropriately. (I've already sent Néstor the results of my testing here on the mother ship; "zdump" seems to yield the correct results for Caracas.) --ado From: Néstor F. Zambrano [mailto:nfzambrano@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 10:38 To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: Problem with tzdata America/Caracas Dear Mr. Arthur: I do not know if this bug is associated with tzdata data files but I think yes. I am an user of Google Calendar / Ubuntu 8.04. When I fixed the time zone to America/ La_Paz everything works perfectly, but when I fixed it to America/ Caracas, Google Calendar shows the wrong date (one date ahead). The rest of the functions associated with the date on my computers work perfectly. Thanks in advance for your help and sorry for my ban English. Regards Néstor F. Zambrano

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Problem with tzdata America/Caracas
by Néstor F. Zambrano June 20, 2008

June 20, 2008

Dear Mr. Arthur: I do not know if this bug is associated with tzdata data files but I think yes. I am an user of Google Calendar / Ubuntu 8.04. When I fixed the time zone to America/ La_Paz everything works perfectly, but when I fixed it to America/ Caracas, Google Calendar shows the wrong date (one date ahead). The rest of the functions associated with the date on my computers work perfectly. Thanks in advance for your help and sorry for my ban English. Regards Néstor F. Zambrano

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Errors in tzdata2008c
by bharath.n.g＠nokia.com June 4, 2008

June 4, 2008

Hi, There is some problem in the tzdata2008c. The offset for india is coming as 0:00 and not as +5:30. Has this problem already been notified? Thanks, -Bharath

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One question about Olsen datebase
by Zheng, Lingyun June 3, 2008

June 3, 2008

Hi, I am sonyericsson developer, have one question about Olsen database. Could not search Beijing in Olsen, even though I know Beijing is same with Chongdu, exist in Olsen. Could u tell me where could find city mapping in this web site? Just like beijing to chengdu. Thanks a lot:-). BR/Stella

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FW: tzdata2008c
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] June 2, 2008

June 2, 2008

I'm forwarding this message from Amar Devegowda, who is not on the time zone mailing list. Those of you who are on the time zone mailing list, please direct reples appropriately. --ado From: Amar Devegowda [mailto:ADEVEGOW@in.ibm.com] Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 2:22 To: Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] Subject: tzdata2008c Hi Arthur, This is Amar Devegowda from IBM Java Team. We recently downloaded the tzdata2008c from your website and found that the DST rules for Pakistan is as follows: Rule Pakistan 2008 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Pakistan 2008 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 - According to the above rule, DST end date for Pakistan is Sep 1st. However, the following websites informs that the DST end date for Pakistan is August 31st 00:00am http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=463&context=SSKTMJ&dc=DB520&dc=… http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/timezone.html?n=106 Could you please check on this and let me know which one is correct ? Thanks. Regards, Amar Amar Devegowda Java L3 Support for Windows, Java Technologies, IBM India Software Labs 1st Floor, Fortius Block, First Technology Place (FTP) Plot No. 3, EPIP WhiteField, Bangalore, Karnataka, India - 560 066 Direct Dial: +91-80-2269394, Board: +91-80-22669000 Ext: 69394 Internet: adevegow(a)in.ibm.com

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FW: DST Implementation in Pakistan from 1st June-31August 2008
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] May 29, 2008

May 29, 2008

I'm forwarding this message from Ariz Shadbash, who is not on the time zone mailing list. Those of you who are on the list, please direct replies appropriately. --ado From: Ariz Shadbash [mailto:Ariz.Shadbash@Sun.COM] Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 5:04 To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Cc: Tanveer Ahmed Subject: DST Implementation in Pakistan from 1st June-31August 2008 Hi All, According to the tar ball tzdata2008c.tar.gz following results are coming: ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzdata2008c.tar.gz Asia/Karachi Sat May 31 18:59:59 2008 UTC = Sat May 31 23:59:59 2008 PKT isdst=0 Asia/Karachi Sat May 31 19:00:00 2008 UTC = Sun Jun 1 01:00:00 2008 PKST isdst=1 Asia/Karachi Sun Aug 31 17:59:59 2008 UTC = Sun Aug 31 23:59:59 2008 PKST isdst=1 Asia/Karachi Sun Aug 31 18:00:00 2008 UTC = Sun Aug 31 23:00:00 2008 PKT isdst=0 But, accordin to the Pakistan requirement this is the requirement: Reference:http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/clockchange.html?n=106 Sunday, June 1, 2008 at 12:00:59 AM No +5 hours PKT Sunday, June 1, 2008 at 1:01:00 AM 1 hour +6 hours PKST Sunday, August 31, 2008 at 12:00:59 AM 1 hour +6 hours PKST Saturday, August 30, 2008 at 11:01:00 PM No +5 hours PKT can you please comment on the above difference. Thanks and Regards Ariz

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DST Implementation in Pakistan from 1st June-31August 2008
by Ariz Shadbash May 28, 2008

May 28, 2008

Hi All, According to the tar ball tzdata2008c.tar.gz following results are coming: ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzdata2008c.tar.gz Asia/Karachi Sat May 31 18:59:59 2008 UTC = Sat May 31 23:59:59 2008 PKT isdst=0 Asia/Karachi Sat May 31 19:00:00 2008 UTC = Sun Jun 1 01:00:00 2008 PKST isdst=1 Asia/Karachi Sun Aug 31 17:59:59 2008 UTC = Sun Aug 31 23:59:59 2008 PKST isdst=1 Asia/Karachi Sun Aug 31 18:00:00 2008 UTC = Sun Aug 31 23:00:00 2008 PKT isdst=0 But, accordin to the Pakistan requirement this is the requirement: Reference:http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/clockchange.html?n=106 Sunday, June 1, 2008 at 12:00:59 AM No +5 hours PKT Sunday, June 1, 2008 at 1:01:00 AM 1 hour +6 hours PKST Sunday, August 31, 2008 at 12:00:59 AM 1 hour +6 hours PKST Saturday, August 30, 2008 at 11:01:00 PM No +5 hours PKT can you please comment on the above difference. Thanks and Regards Ariz

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