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[PATCH 1/1] Document tzselect std out redirection
by J William Piggott March 7, 2016

March 7, 2016

* tzselect.8: Implement this. Signed-off-by: J William Piggott <elseifthen(a)gmx.com> --- Question: What does the following sentence from this man-page mean? NOTES Applications should not assume that tzselect's output matches the user's political preferences. How can a TZ string define ones political preference? tzselect.8 | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/tzselect.8 b/tzselect.8 index fb39e1f..19f63bb 100644 --- a/tzselect.8 +++ b/tzselect.8 @@ -19,10 +19,16 @@ tzselect \- select a time zone .SH DESCRIPTION The .B tzselect -program asks the user for information about the current location, -and outputs the resulting time zone description to standard output. +program asks the user for information about a target location, +and outputs the corresponding time zone description to standard output. The output is suitable as a value for the TZ environment variable. .PP +If standard output is redirected to anything other than a terminal, +then the instructions following the confirmation prompt are not printed. +This is to facilitate calling +.B tzselect +from another program. +.PP All interaction with the user is done via standard input and standard error. .SH OPTIONS .TP

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tzcode: please rename the "new" argument in icatalloc()
by Markus Scherer March 7, 2016

March 7, 2016

tzcode/private.h has this declaration: char * icatalloc(char * old, const char * new); The "new" identifier prevents it from being compiled with a C++ compiler. Would you mind renaming the second argument? Thanks! markus

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[PATCH] POSIX TZ string validation bug
by J William Piggott March 7, 2016

March 7, 2016

Invalid Julian date of J00 passes. POSIX indicates that there should be no zero padding on 'Julian' dates: Jn The Julian day n (1 <= n <= 365). n The zero-based Julian day (0 <= n <= 365). * tzselect.ksh: Implement this. Signed-off-by: J William Piggott <elseifthen(a)gmx.com> --- tzselect.ksh | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/tzselect.ksh b/tzselect.ksh index ba763e7..d2c3a6d 100644 --- a/tzselect.ksh +++ b/tzselect.ksh @@ -351,8 +351,8 @@ while "(:[0-5][0-9](:[0-5][0-9])?)?" offset = "[-+]?" time mdate = "M([1-9]|1[0-2])\\.[1-5]\\.[0-6]" - jdate = "((J[1-9]|[0-9]|J?[1-2]?[0-9][0-9])" \ - "|J?3[0-5][0-9]|J?36[0-5])" + jdate = "((J[1-9]|[0-9]|J?[1-9][0-9]" \ + "|J?[1-2][0-9][0-9])|J?3[0-5][0-9]|J?36[0-5])" datetime = ",(" mdate "|" jdate ")(/" time ")?" tzpattern = "^(:.*|" tzname offset "(" tzname \ "(" offset ")?(" datetime datetime ")?)?)$"

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[PROPOSED PATCH] Add xkcd
by Paul Eggert March 6, 2016

March 6, 2016

* tz-art.htm: Add xkcd. Add URLs for specific comic strips or panels. --- tz-art.htm | 13 ++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/tz-art.htm b/tz-art.htm index 57d9092..127ab69 100644 --- a/tz-art.htm +++ b/tz-art.htm @@ -353,10 +353,17 @@ broadcast 1997-02-13, in which Kramer decides that daylight saving time isn't coming fast enough, so he sets his watch ahead an hour. </li> <li> -The syndicated comic strip Dilbert featured an all-too-rare example of -time zone humor on 1998-03-14. +The syndicated comic strip Dilbert featured an +<a href='http://dilbert.com/strip/1998-03-14'>all-too-rare example of +time zone humor</a> on 1998-03-14. </li> <li> +The webcomic xkcd has the strip +"<a href='https://xkcd.com/673/'>The Sun</a>" (2009-12-09) and the panels +"<a href='https://xkcd.com/1017/'>Backward in Time</a>" (2012-02-14), +"<a href='https://xkcd.com/1061/'>EST</a>" (2012-05-28), and +"<a href='https://xkcd.com/1335/'>Now</a>" (2014-02-26). +<li> Surrealist artist Guy Billout's work "Date Line" appeared on page 103 of the 1999-11 Atlantic Monthly. </li> @@ -515,7 +522,7 @@ Peppermint Patty: "What if the world comes to an end tonight, Marcie?" Marcie: "I promise there'll be a tomorrow, sir ... in fact, it's already tomorrow in Australia!" -(Charles M. Schulz, Peanuts, 1980-06-13) +(Charles M. Schulz, <a href='http://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1980/06/13'>Peanuts, 1980-06-13</a>) </li> </ul> </body> -- 2.5.0

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Time Lord Judah Levine
by Brian Inglis March 4, 2016

March 4, 2016

Wondered if you might want to give a mention in one of the HTML docs to the person responsible for providing our leap-seconds.list from NIST (courtesy of Tom Van Baak on Time-Nuts): https://www.febo.com/pipermail/time-nuts/2016-March/096401.html a couple of the articles quoted are more textual rather than Youtube link introductions: https://jila.colorado.edu/faculty/judah-levine http://cuindependent.com/2011/08/23/the-nations-time-lord/ -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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[PATCH] Broken link: Website has disappeared
by Sanjeev March 1, 2016

March 1, 2016

* tz-link.htm --- tz-link.htm | 3 --- 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/tz-link.htm b/tz-link.htm index bd92f64..c519669 100644 --- a/tz-link.htm +++ b/tz-link.htm @@ -200,9 +200,6 @@ time zone converter.</li> <li><a href="http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/xtra/tzdatepick.html">Date and Time Gateway</a> lets you see the <code><abbr>TZ</abbr></code> values directly.</li> -<li><a -href="http://convertit.com/Go/ConvertIt/World_Time/Current_Time.ASP">Current -Time in 1000 Places</a> uses descriptions of the values.</li> <li><a href="http://www.timezoneconverter.com/cgi-bin/tzc.tzc">Time Zone Converter</a> uses a pulldown menu.</li> -- 2.7.0

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2015g: Is the 1:00 under Pacific/Norfolk "Rules" a typo?
by Marvel, Jim (CPCOE) March 1, 2016

March 1, 2016

Hello, Is the 1:00 under Pacific/Norfolk "Rules" a typo? # Norfolk # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Norfolk 11:11:52 - LMT 1901 # Kingston 11:12 - NMT 1951 # Norfolk Mean Time 11:30 - NFT 1974 Oct 27 02:00 # Norfolk T. 11:30 1:00 NFST 1975 Mar 2 02:00 11:30 - NFT 2015 Oct 4 02:00 11:00 - NFT thanks Jim Marvel

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[PROPOSED PATCH] * NEWS: × → x, to pacify ‘make check_character_set’.
by Paul Eggert Feb. 28, 2016

Feb. 28, 2016

--- NEWS | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index f3499d7..e4dc2b5 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes Comments in zone tables have been improved. (Thanks to J William Piggott.) tzselect again limits its menu comments so that menus fit on a - 24×80 alphanumeric display. + 24x80 alphanumeric display. In the Theory file, the description of possible time zone abbreviations in tzdata has been cleaned up, as the old description was unclear and -- 2.5.0

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[PATCH] Allow use of <direct.h> from Microsoft Windows to fix mkdir() parameters
by Ian Abbott Feb. 28, 2016

Feb. 28, 2016

This is an alternative to a patch by Esben Haabendal, titled "Fix MinGW builds by adding MKDIR_TAKES_ONE_ARG", posted on Feb 23. Esben's patch made "private.h" optionally include <sys/stat.h> to get at Microsoft's mkdir function, but I think that only works in MinGW, and relies on MinGW's <io.h> header (included by <sys/stat.h>) optionally declaring the mkdir function. The mkdir function is also deprecated by Microsoft. New code should call _mkdir instead. Both functions only take a single parameter. This patch makes "private.h" optionally include <direct.h> (and also <io.h>, due to MinGW's behavior), controlled by the HAVE_DIRECT_H macro, and defines mkdir(path, mode) as macro calling _mkdir(path). With this patch, tz builds successfully in a MSYS2 MingW-w64 Win32 or Win64 environment using the following command line: make CFLAGS="-DHAVE_SYS_WAIT_H=0 -DHAVE_DIRECT_H=1 -DHAVE_LINK=0 -DHAVE_SYMLINK=0 -DHAVE_LOCALTIME_R=0" There are some warnings about 'tzname' being redeclared without dllimport attribute, when compiling zdump.c and localtime.c, but the resulting zdump executable seems to work. -- -=( Ian Abbott @ MEV Ltd. E-mail: <abbotti(a)mev.co.uk> )=- -=( Web: http://www.mev.co.uk/ )=-

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[PATCH] zic: don't warn about link creation failure if not supported
by Ian Abbott Feb. 25, 2016

Feb. 25, 2016

Hi, The attached patch suppresses some warnings output by zic when compiled without support for hard links and/or symbolic links. When linking zone files in dolink(from, to), zic first tries to create hard links, falling back to creating symbolic links, falling back to creating copies. If HAVE_LINK is 0, link(from, to) is defined as a macro that always fails, so in that case, don't issue the warning "hard link failed, symbolic link used" when symbolic links are successfully created in place of hard links. If HAVE_SYMLINK is 0, symlink(from, to) is defined as a macro that always fails, so in that case, don't issue the warning "link failed, copy used" when copies are successfully created in place of symbolic links. -- -=( Ian Abbott @ MEV Ltd. E-mail: <abbotti(a)mev.co.uk> )=- -=( Web: http://www.mev.co.uk/ )=-

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NIST leap-second file not yet updated
by Martin Burnicki Feb. 23, 2016

Feb. 23, 2016

Hi all, please note the NIST leap-second file at ftp://time.nist.gov/pub/ has not yet been updated according to IERS bulletin C 51. It's still the version which has been published in July 2015, and will expire in June 2016. I saw that also tzdata2016a.tar.gz which has been published 2016-01-26 still contains the old leap second file even though bulletin C 51 has already been published 2016-01-11. I've dropped Judah Levine a similar note, but eventually you can include the IERS version of the file into the TZ DB distribution. The IERS file has already been updated and expires 2016-12-28. Regards, Martin -- Martin Burnicki Senior Software Engineer MEINBERG Funkuhren GmbH & Co. KG Email: martin.burnicki(a)meinberg.de Phone: +49 (0)5281 9309-14 Fax: +49 (0)5281 9309-30 Lange Wand 9, 31812 Bad Pyrmont, Germany Amtsgericht Hannover 17HRA 100322 Geschäftsführer/Managing Directors: Günter Meinberg, Werner Meinberg, Andre Hartmann, Heiko Gerstung Web: http://www.meinberg.de

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[PATCH] Fix MinGW builds by adding MKDIR_TAKES_ONE_ARG
by esben.haabendal＠gmail.com Feb. 23, 2016

Feb. 23, 2016

From: Esben Haabendal <esben(a)haabendal.dk> On MinGW, we have non-standard mkdir() which only takes one argument. Signed-off-by: Esben Haabendal <esben(a)haabendal.dk> --- Makefile | 1 + private.h | 5 +++++ 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index 568f7f6..a789fee 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ LDLIBS= # -DHAVE_SYS_WAIT_H=0 if your compiler lacks a "sys/wait.h" # -DHAVE_TZSET=0 if your system lacks a tzset function # -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=0 if your compiler lacks a "unistd.h" (Microsoft C++ 7?) +# -DMKDIR_TAKES_ONE_ARG if your mkdir takes one arg (MinGW) # -DNO_RUN_TIME_WARNINGS_ABOUT_YEAR_2000_PROBLEMS_THANK_YOU=1 # if you do not want run time warnings about formats that may cause # year 2000 grief diff --git a/private.h b/private.h index 1c176e6..b2e7ecb 100644 --- a/private.h +++ b/private.h @@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ #define HAVE_UTMPX_H 1 #endif /* !defined HAVE_UTMPX_H */ +#ifdef MKDIR_TAKES_ONE_ARG +#include <sys/stat.h> +#define mkdir(path,mode) mkdir(path) +#endif + #ifndef NETBSD_INSPIRED # define NETBSD_INSPIRED 1 #endif -- 2.7.1

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Ulyanovsk, Altai Krai and Altai republic on their way to change time zones
by Alexander Krivenyshev Feb. 23, 2016

Feb. 23, 2016

Ulyanovsk, Altai Krai and Altai republic on their way to change time zones by March 27, 2016 at 2am. Today (Feb. 17, 2016) Russian State Duma passed the bill in the first reading for 3 more regions to change their time zones (http://asozd2.duma.gov.ru/) - Ulyanovsk Oblast / Ulyanovsk from MSK to MSK+1 (UTC+3 to UTC+4) same as Astrakhan Oblast - Altai republic / Gorno-Altaysk MSK+3 to MSK+4 (UTC+6 to UTC+7) to Krasnoyarsk time zone - Altai Krai / Barnaul MSK+3 to MSK+4 (UTC+6 to UTC+7) to Krasnoyarsk time zone 920582-6 On Amendments to Article 5 of the Federal Law "On the Calculation of Time" (on reference of the Ulyanovsk Oblast / Ulyanovsk to the 3rd time zone, MSK+1, UTC+4) 02/17/2016- The State Duma passed the bill in the first reading; 935532-6 On Amendments to Article 5 of the Federal Law "On the Calculation of Time" (on reference of the Altai republic / Gorno-Altaysk to the 6th time zone, MSK+4, UTC+7) 02/17/2016- The State Duma passed the bill in the first reading; 944348-6 On Amendments to Article 5 of the Federal Law "On the Calculation of Time" (on reference of the Altai Krai / Barnaul to the 6th time zone, MSK+4, UTC+7) 02/17/2016- The State Duma passed the bill in the first reading; With 95% certainty these 3 more regions will change their time zones by March 27, 2016 at 2am. Alexander Krivenyshev http://www.worldtimezone.com

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Re: [tz] Astrakhan region got approval to change its time zone
by Paul Eggert Feb. 20, 2016

Feb. 20, 2016

Alain Mouette wrote: > May a suggest that you publish somewhere in the Docs the RegEx to correctly test > the Region String? Thanks, good suggestion. Proposed patch attached.

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7 regions in Russia submitted draft bills to change their time zones
by Alexander Krivenyshev Feb. 18, 2016

Feb. 18, 2016

After researching several official government documents (duma.gov.ru), there are at least 7 regions in Russia (not 3) that have submitted draft bills proposing changes to their time zones. Those regions are: - Zabaykalsky Krai / Chita (draft bill date of entry July 16, 2015)- has recently received approval to change time zone from UTC+8 to UTC+9 - Astrakhan Oblast / Astrakhan (draft bill date of entry Aug. 15, 2015), UTC+3 to UTC+4 - Sakhalin Oblast / Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (draft bill date of entry Sep. 28, 2015), UTC+10 to UTC+11 - Ulyanovsk Oblast / Ulyanovsk (draft bill date of entry Nov. 03, 2015), UTC+3 to UTC+4 - Altai republic / Gorno-Altaysk (draft bill date of entry Nov. 23, 2015), UTC+6 to UTC+7 - Altai Krai / Barnaul (draft bill date of entry Dec. 03, 2015), UTC+6 to UTC+7 - Magadan Oblast / Magadan (draft bill date of entry Dec. 08, 2015), UTC+10 to UTC+11 See as a reference Russia map with 7 regions to change their time zones (darker colors of blue, green, red): http://www.worldtimezone.com/russia-time-zones-map-2016-04.gif (vs current http://www.worldtimezone.com/time-russia12.php) Seems that draft bill in Russia must pass through the following phases before being signed into law: Phase 1- The State Duma Council draft bill review Phase 2- Pass three (3) readings/revisions by the State Duma Phase 3- Approval by the Federation Council Phase 4- Signed by the President. Currently there are 6 additional regions in Russia that have requested to change their time zones (make amendments to the current Federal Law "On the calculation of time"), those draft bills were introduced at different times and are in different phases of the approval (or rejection) process. To make it easier to understand, below are the approximate phases of the remaining regions requesting time zones changes: - Sakhalin Oblast / Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk - Phase 1 (introduced to the State Duma Council) - Astrakhan Oblast / Astrakhan - Phase 2 ( first reading by the State Duma) - Ulyanovsk Oblast / Ulyanovsk - Phase 1 (introduced to the State Duma Council) - Altai republic / Gorno-Altaysk - Phase 1 (introduced to the State Duma Council) - Altai Krai / Barnaul - Phase 1 (introduced to the State Duma Council) - Magadan Oblast / Magadan - Phase 1 ( introduced to the Chairman of the State Duma- part of the State Duma Council) It is hard to say, how many above regions will be able to get through all these phases and change their time zones by March 27, 2016. We will try to keep our eyes on it. Alexander Krivenyshev http://www.worldtimezone.com

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Hanke-Henry want to destroy tz
by Steve Allen Feb. 17, 2016

Feb. 17, 2016

Steve Hanke and Dick Henry want to decharter this tz project https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/02/12/the-radical-pl… -- Steve Allen <sla(a)ucolick.org> WGS-84 (GPS) UCO/Lick Observatory--ISB Natural Sciences II, Room 165 Lat +36.99855 1156 High Street Voice: +1 831 459 3046 Lng -122.06015 Santa Cruz, CA 95064 http://www.ucolick.org/~sla/ Hgt +250 m

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URUGUAY Timezone Update
by Nicolas Antoniello Feb. 15, 2016

Feb. 15, 2016

Hi Folks, Finally, there is a resolution by Uruguayan government on June the 29th, 2015, that the timezone for Uruguay will be GMT-3 (UTC-3) from now on (not just for this summer as initially announced). Just to make it permanently in the TZ data archive (in case was done only for this summer). ... hope not to change ever again! Regards, Nicolas

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POSIX epoch in the news?
by Arthur David Olson Feb. 15, 2016

Feb. 15, 2016

"Don’t Set Your iPhone Back to 1970, No Matter What" http://www.wired.com/2016/02/dont-set-your-iphone-back-to-1970-no-matter-wh… @dashdashado

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Re: [tz] Astrakhan region got approval to change its time zone
by Matt Johnson Feb. 14, 2016

Feb. 14, 2016

I'm more concerned with end-user confusion on whether +04 means GMT+04 or MSK+04. ________________________________ From: Paul Eggert<mailto:eggert@cs.ucla.edu> Sent: ‎2/‎13/‎2016 6:03 PM To: Brian.Inglis(a)systematicsw.ab.ca<mailto:Brian.Inglis@systematicsw.ab.ca>; tz(a)iana.org<mailto:tz@iana.org> Subject: Re: [tz] Astrakhan region got approval to change its time zone Brian Inglis wrote: > I just know a bunch of people out there are cluelessly checking this string is > upper case alpha. We crossed that bridge many years ago, so we shouldn't be giving any such people much more grief than we're already giving them. There have been non-upper-case-alpha abbreviations in the tz database since nearly day one. For example, in our repository the very first version of the 'europe' file (dated 1986) had spaces in some abbreviations, and spaces are much harder to parse than digits or plus signs are. In the current release, Pacific/Guam uses abbreviations that are not upper case alpha. Also, POSIX has blessed digits and plus signs in the abbreviations for quite some time; see <https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2001-January/011305.html>.

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[PATCH 1/5] tzselect.ksh: TZ validation bugs
by J William Piggott Feb. 14, 2016

Feb. 14, 2016

This commit fixes the following POSIX TZ validation bugs in tzselect.ksh. Did not allow: TZ name quoting (<, >): TZ="<EST+5>5" Allowed: TZ name == Non-alpha characters: TZ="E!T5" Time > 24 hours Julian date == J0 Julian date > J365 Julian date > 365 Month date > M12.x.x Month date > Mx.5.x Month date > Mx.x.6 Month date < M1.x.x Month date < Mx.1.x Signed-off-by: J William Piggott <elseifthen(a)gmx.com> --- tzselect.ksh | 11 +++++++---- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/tzselect.ksh b/tzselect.ksh index df5621f..10570b6 100644 --- a/tzselect.ksh +++ b/tzselect.ksh @@ -346,11 +346,14 @@ while 'that is 10 hours ahead (east) of UTC.' read TZ $AWK -v TZ="$TZ" 'BEGIN { - tzname = "[^-+,0-9][^-+,0-9][^-+,0-9]+" - time = "[0-2]?[0-9](:[0-5][0-9](:[0-5][0-9])?)?" + tzname = "(<[[:alnum:]+-]{3,}>|[[:alpha:]]{3,})" + time = "(2[0-4]|[0-1]?[0-9])" \ + "(:[0-5][0-9](:[0-5][0-9])?)?" offset = "[-+]?" time - date = "(J?[0-9]+|M[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+)" - datetime = "," date "(/" time ")?" + mdate = "M([1-9]|1[0-2])\\.[1-5]\\.[0-6]" + jdate = "((J[1-9]|[0-9]|J?[1-2]?[0-9][0-9])" \ + "|J?3[0-5][0-9]|J?36[0-5])" + datetime = ",(" mdate "|" jdate ")(/" time ")?" tzpattern = "^(:.*|" tzname offset "(" tzname \ "(" offset ")?(" datetime datetime ")?)?)$" if (TZ ~ tzpattern) exit 1

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[PATCH] * NEWS: Mention code and commentary improvements.
by Paul Eggert Feb. 13, 2016

Feb. 13, 2016

--- NEWS | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index ac42968..361eaab 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,5 +1,17 @@ News for the tz database +Unreleased, experimental changes + + Changes to code + + tzselect's diagnostics and checking, and checktab.awk's checking, + have been improved. (Thanks to J William Piggott.) + + Changes to commentary + + Comments in zone tables have been improved. (Thanks to J William Piggott.) + + Release 2016a - 2016-01-26 23:28:02 -0800 Changes affecting future time stamps -- 2.5.0

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[PATCH 0/4] checktab.awk and zone tabs
by J William Piggott Feb. 13, 2016

Feb. 13, 2016

This patch set applies on top of the two sets I posted on Jan 20 2016 with Subject: [PATCH 0/5] tzselect.ksh [PATCH 1/3] zone*.tab: make consistent 'most locations' Paul, I just noticed I used the wrong style commit messages on the first to sets. If you'd like me to fix them and resubmit V2, just let me know. J William Piggott (4): checktab.awk: fix comment (field 4) checks checktab.awk: don't repeat missing comment errors zone1970.tab: update column 4 definition Remove unneeded zone tab comments NEWS | 8 ++++++++ checktab.awk | 8 +++++++- zone.tab | 20 ++++++++++---------- zone1970.tab | 21 +++++++++++---------- 4 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-) --- All of the patch sets are from the same branch of my github account here is the request-pull output: The following changes since commit 9e588f4c0bc2a1861c923aaa7760ebc7b024d885: Cite Ogle's 2015 book on history of civil time (2016-01-11 16:21:15 -0800) are available in the git repository at: git@github.com:jwpi/tz.git tzselect for you to fetch changes up to a7a2ef246e669c30533e5fd1cb01ef85fe921935: Remove unneeded zone tab comments (2016-01-23 18:57:43 -0500) ---------------------------------------------------------------- J William Piggott (12): zone*.tab: make consistent 'most locations' zone*.tab: fix capitalization zone*.tab: fix Salta comment tzselect.ksh: TZ validation bugs tzselect.ksh: regions list to inclusive tzselect.ksh: sort regions list tzselect.ksh: time scales assumed tzselect.ksh: add script mode option checktab.awk: fix comment (field 4) checks checktab.awk: don't repeat missing comment errors zone1970.tab: update column 4 definition Remove unneeded zone tab comments NEWS | 8 ++++++++ checktab.awk | 8 +++++++- tzselect.ksh | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------- zone.tab | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------- zone1970.tab | 51 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------- 5 files changed, 93 insertions(+), 65 deletions(-)

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[PATCH 1/3] zone*.tab: make consistent 'most locations'
by J William Piggott Feb. 13, 2016

Feb. 13, 2016

modified: zone.tab modified: zone1970.tab The comments (field 4) inconsistently use leading area names. This causes tzselect's output to be mixed: Please select one of the following time zone regions. 1) Buenos Aires (BA, CF) 2) most locations (CB, CC, CN, ER, FM, MN, SE, SF) Please select one of the following time zone regions. 1) Lord Howe Island 2) Macquarie Island 3) Tasmania - most locations The leading name is absent from entries when it would match the chosen country, but sometimes the chosen country is no longer visible. Including the country name doesn't hurt anything and it improves readability. Signed-off-by: J William Piggott <elseifthen(a)gmx.com> --- zone.tab | 22 +++++++++++----------- zone1970.tab | 22 +++++++++++----------- 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) diff --git a/zone.tab b/zone.tab index d267f5b..2fd7953 100644 --- a/zone.tab +++ b/zone.tab @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ AQ -6640+14001 Antarctica/DumontDUrville Dumont-d'Urville Station, Adelie Land AQ -690022+0393524 Antarctica/Syowa Syowa Station, E Ongul I AQ -720041+0023206 Antarctica/Troll Troll Station, Queen Maud Land AR -3436-05827 America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires Buenos Aires (BA, CF) -AR -3124-06411 America/Argentina/Cordoba most locations (CB, CC, CN, ER, FM, MN, SE, SF) +AR -3124-06411 America/Argentina/Cordoba Argentina - most locations (CB, CC, CN, ER, FM, MN, SE, SF) AR -2447-06525 America/Argentina/Salta (SA, LP, NQ, RN) AR -2411-06518 America/Argentina/Jujuy Jujuy (JY) AR -2649-06513 America/Argentina/Tucuman Tucuman (TM) @@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ CG -0416+01517 Africa/Brazzaville CH +4723+00832 Europe/Zurich CI +0519-00402 Africa/Abidjan CK -2114-15946 Pacific/Rarotonga -CL -3327-07040 America/Santiago most locations +CL -3327-07040 America/Santiago Chile - most locations CL -2709-10926 Pacific/Easter Easter Island CM +0403+00942 Africa/Douala CN +3114+12128 Asia/Shanghai Beijing Time @@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ CW +1211-06900 America/Curacao CX -1025+10543 Indian/Christmas CY +3510+03322 Asia/Nicosia CZ +5005+01426 Europe/Prague -DE +5230+01322 Europe/Berlin most locations +DE +5230+01322 Europe/Berlin Germany - most locations DE +4742+00841 Europe/Busingen Busingen DJ +1136+04309 Africa/Djibouti DK +5540+01235 Europe/Copenhagen @@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ GF +0456-05220 America/Cayenne GG +4927-00232 Europe/Guernsey GH +0533-00013 Africa/Accra GI +3608-00521 Europe/Gibraltar -GL +6411-05144 America/Godthab most locations +GL +6411-05144 America/Godthab Greenland - most locations GL +7646-01840 America/Danmarkshavn east coast, north of Scoresbysund GL +7029-02158 America/Scoresbysund Scoresbysund / Ittoqqortoormiit GL +7634-06847 America/Thule Thule / Pituffik @@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ KP +3901+12545 Asia/Pyongyang KR +3733+12658 Asia/Seoul KW +2920+04759 Asia/Kuwait KY +1918-08123 America/Cayman -KZ +4315+07657 Asia/Almaty most locations +KZ +4315+07657 Asia/Almaty Kazakhstan - most locations KZ +4448+06528 Asia/Qyzylorda Qyzylorda (Kyzylorda, Kzyl-Orda) KZ +5017+05710 Asia/Aqtobe Aqtobe (Aktobe) KZ +4431+05016 Asia/Aqtau Atyrau (Atirau, Gur'yev), Mangghystau (Mankistau) @@ -257,12 +257,12 @@ MD +4700+02850 Europe/Chisinau ME +4226+01916 Europe/Podgorica MF +1804-06305 America/Marigot MG -1855+04731 Indian/Antananarivo -MH +0709+17112 Pacific/Majuro most locations +MH +0709+17112 Pacific/Majuro Marshall Islands - most locations MH +0905+16720 Pacific/Kwajalein Kwajalein MK +4159+02126 Europe/Skopje ML +1239-00800 Africa/Bamako MM +1647+09610 Asia/Rangoon -MN +4755+10653 Asia/Ulaanbaatar most locations +MN +4755+10653 Asia/Ulaanbaatar Mongolia - most locations MN +4801+09139 Asia/Hovd Bayan-Olgiy, Govi-Altai, Hovd, Uvs, Zavkhan MN +4804+11430 Asia/Choibalsan Dornod, Sukhbaatar MO +2214+11335 Asia/Macau @@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ MT +3554+01431 Europe/Malta MU -2010+05730 Indian/Mauritius MV +0410+07330 Indian/Maldives MW -1547+03500 Africa/Blantyre -MX +1924-09909 America/Mexico_City Central Time - most locations +MX +1924-09909 America/Mexico_City Mexican Central Time - most locations MX +2105-08646 America/Cancun Eastern Standard Time - Quintana Roo MX +2058-08937 America/Merida Central Time - Campeche, Yucatan MX +2540-10019 America/Monterrey Mexican Central Time - Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas away from US border @@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ NO +5955+01045 Europe/Oslo NP +2743+08519 Asia/Kathmandu NR -0031+16655 Pacific/Nauru NU -1901-16955 Pacific/Niue -NZ -3652+17446 Pacific/Auckland most locations +NZ -3652+17446 Pacific/Auckland New Zealand - most locations NZ -4357-17633 Pacific/Chatham Chatham Islands OM +2336+05835 Asia/Muscat PA +0858-07932 America/Panama @@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ PE -1203-07703 America/Lima PF -1732-14934 Pacific/Tahiti Society Islands PF -0900-13930 Pacific/Marquesas Marquesas Islands PF -2308-13457 Pacific/Gambier Gambier Islands -PG -0930+14710 Pacific/Port_Moresby most locations +PG -0930+14710 Pacific/Port_Moresby Papua New Guinea - most locations PG -0613+15534 Pacific/Bougainville Bougainville PH +1435+12100 Asia/Manila PK +2452+06703 Asia/Karachi @@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ TT +1039-06131 America/Port_of_Spain TV -0831+17913 Pacific/Funafuti TW +2503+12130 Asia/Taipei TZ -0648+03917 Africa/Dar_es_Salaam -UA +5026+03031 Europe/Kiev most locations +UA +5026+03031 Europe/Kiev Ukraine - most locations UA +4837+02218 Europe/Uzhgorod Ruthenia UA +4750+03510 Europe/Zaporozhye Zaporozh'ye, E Lugansk / Zaporizhia, E Luhansk UG +0019+03225 Africa/Kampala diff --git a/zone1970.tab b/zone1970.tab index e77d6cf..c050269 100644 --- a/zone1970.tab +++ b/zone1970.tab @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ AQ -6640+14001 Antarctica/DumontDUrville Dumont-d'Urville Station, AdÃ©lie Land AQ -690022+0393524 Antarctica/Syowa Syowa Station, E Ongul I AQ -720041+0023206 Antarctica/Troll Troll Station, Queen Maud Land AR -3436-05827 America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires Buenos Aires (BA, CF) -AR -3124-06411 America/Argentina/Cordoba most locations (CB, CC, CN, ER, FM, MN, SE, SF) +AR -3124-06411 America/Argentina/Cordoba Argentina - most locations (CB, CC, CN, ER, FM, MN, SE, SF) AR -2447-06525 America/Argentina/Salta (SA, LP, NQ, RN) AR -2411-06518 America/Argentina/Jujuy Jujuy (JY) AR -2649-06513 America/Argentina/Tucuman TucumÃ¡n (TM) @@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ CC -1210+09655 Indian/Cocos CH,DE,LI +4723+00832 Europe/Zurich Swiss time CI,BF,GM,GN,ML,MR,SH,SL,SN,ST,TG +0519-00402 Africa/Abidjan CK -2114-15946 Pacific/Rarotonga -CL -3327-07040 America/Santiago most locations +CL -3327-07040 America/Santiago Chile - most locations CL -2709-10926 Pacific/Easter Easter Island CN +3114+12128 Asia/Shanghai Beijing Time CN +4348+08735 Asia/Urumqi Xinjiang Time @@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ CW,AW,BQ,SX +1211-06900 America/Curacao CX -1025+10543 Indian/Christmas CY +3510+03322 Asia/Nicosia CZ,SK +5005+01426 Europe/Prague -DE +5230+01322 Europe/Berlin Berlin time +DE +5230+01322 Europe/Berlin Germany - most locations DK +5540+01235 Europe/Copenhagen DO +1828-06954 America/Santo_Domingo DZ +3647+00303 Africa/Algiers @@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ GE +4143+04449 Asia/Tbilisi GF +0456-05220 America/Cayenne GH +0533-00013 Africa/Accra GI +3608-00521 Europe/Gibraltar -GL +6411-05144 America/Godthab most locations +GL +6411-05144 America/Godthab Greenland - most locations GL +7646-01840 America/Danmarkshavn east coast, north of Scoresbysund GL +7029-02158 America/Scoresbysund Scoresbysund / Ittoqqortoormiit GL +7634-06847 America/Thule Thule / Pituffik @@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ KI +0152-15720 Pacific/Kiritimati Line Islands KP +3901+12545 Asia/Pyongyang KR +3733+12658 Asia/Seoul KY +1918-08123 America/Cayman -KZ +4315+07657 Asia/Almaty most locations +KZ +4315+07657 Asia/Almaty Kazakhstan - most locations KZ +4448+06528 Asia/Qyzylorda Qyzylorda (Kyzylorda, Kzyl-Orda) KZ +5017+05710 Asia/Aqtobe Aqtobe (Aktobe) KZ +4431+05016 Asia/Aqtau Atyrau (Atirau, Gur'yev), Mangghystau (Mankistau) @@ -223,10 +223,10 @@ LY +3254+01311 Africa/Tripoli MA +3339-00735 Africa/Casablanca MC +4342+00723 Europe/Monaco MD +4700+02850 Europe/Chisinau -MH +0709+17112 Pacific/Majuro most locations +MH +0709+17112 Pacific/Majuro Marshall Islands - most locations MH +0905+16720 Pacific/Kwajalein Kwajalein MM +1647+09610 Asia/Rangoon -MN +4755+10653 Asia/Ulaanbaatar most locations +MN +4755+10653 Asia/Ulaanbaatar Mongolia - most locations MN +4801+09139 Asia/Hovd Bayan-Ãlgii, Govi-Altai, Hovd, Uvs, Zavkhan MN +4804+11430 Asia/Choibalsan Dornod, SÃ¼khbaatar MO +2214+11335 Asia/Macau @@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ MQ +1436-06105 America/Martinique MT +3554+01431 Europe/Malta MU -2010+05730 Indian/Mauritius MV +0410+07330 Indian/Maldives -MX +1924-09909 America/Mexico_City Central Time - most locations +MX +1924-09909 America/Mexico_City Mexican Central Time - most locations MX +2105-08646 America/Cancun Eastern Standard Time - Quintana Roo MX +2058-08937 America/Merida Central Time - Campeche, YucatÃ¡n MX +2540-10019 America/Monterrey Mexican Central Time - Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo LeÃ³n, Tamaulipas away from US border @@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ PE -1203-07703 America/Lima PF -1732-14934 Pacific/Tahiti Society Islands PF -0900-13930 Pacific/Marquesas Marquesas Islands PF -2308-13457 Pacific/Gambier Gambier Islands -PG -0930+14710 Pacific/Port_Moresby most locations +PG -0930+14710 Pacific/Port_Moresby Papua New Guinea - most locations PG -0613+15534 Pacific/Bougainville Bougainville PH +1435+12100 Asia/Manila PK +2452+06703 Asia/Karachi @@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ SY +3330+03618 Asia/Damascus TC +2128-07108 America/Grand_Turk TD +1207+01503 Africa/Ndjamena TF -492110+0701303 Indian/Kerguelen Kerguelen, St Paul I, Amsterdam I -TH,KH,LA,VN +1345+10031 Asia/Bangkok most of Indochina +TH,KH,LA,VN +1345+10031 Asia/Bangkok Indochina - most locations TJ +3835+06848 Asia/Dushanbe TK -0922-17114 Pacific/Fakaofo TL -0833+12535 Asia/Dili @@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ TR +4101+02858 Europe/Istanbul TT,AG,AI,BL,DM,GD,GP,KN,LC,MF,MS,VC,VG,VI +1039-06131 America/Port_of_Spain TV -0831+17913 Pacific/Funafuti TW +2503+12130 Asia/Taipei -UA +5026+03031 Europe/Kiev most locations +UA +5026+03031 Europe/Kiev Ukraine - most locations UA +4837+02218 Europe/Uzhgorod Ruthenia UA +4750+03510 Europe/Zaporozhye Zaporozh'ye, E Lugansk / Zaporizhia, E Luhansk UM +1917+16637 Pacific/Wake Wake Island

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Contribution Status
by J William Piggott Feb. 3, 2016

Feb. 3, 2016

Hello, As a new contributor to the Time Zone Database, I'd like to know if there is a way to ascertain the status of a submission? Specifically are the following queued for review, under review, rejected ... or? http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2016-January/023085.html http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2016-January/023090.html http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2016-January/023096.html I ask because I have more work to submit, but I do not want to continue stacking patch sets on top of rejected sets. Thank you, Willie

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[tz-announce] 2016a release of tz code and data available
by Paul Eggert Jan. 28, 2016

Jan. 28, 2016

The 2016a release of the tz code and data is available. It reflects the following changes, which were either circulated on the tz mailing list or are relatively minor technical or administrative changes: Changes affecting future time stamps America/Cayman will not observe daylight saving this year after all. Revert our guess that it would. (Thanks to Matt Johnson.) Asia/Chita switches from +0800 to +0900 on 2016-03-27 at 02:00. (Thanks to Alexander Krivenyshev.) Asia/Tehran now has DST predictions for the year 2038 and later, to be March 21 00:00 to September 21 00:00. This is likely better than predicting no DST, albeit off by a day every now and then. Changes affecting past and future time stamps America/Metlakatla switched from PST all year to AKST/AKDT on 2015-11-01 at 02:00. (Thanks to Steffen Thorsen.) America/Santa_Isabel has been removed, and replaced with a backward compatibility link to America/Tijuana. Its contents were apparently based on a misreading of Mexican legislation. Changes affecting past time stamps Asia/Karachi's two transition times in 2002 were off by a minute. (Thanks to Matt Johnson.) Changes affecting build procedure An installer can now combine leap seconds with use of the backzone file, e.g., with 'make PACKRATDATA=backzone REDO=posix_right zones'. The old 'make posix_packrat' rule is now marked as obsolescent. (Thanks to Ian Abbott for an initial implementation.) Changes affecting documentation and commentary A new file LICENSE makes it easier to see that the code and data are mostly public-domain. (Thanks to James Knight.) The three non-public-domain files now use the current (3-clause) BSD license instead of older versions of that license. tz-link.htm mentions the BDE library (thanks to Andrew Paprocki), CCTZ (thanks to Tim Parenti), TimeJones.com, and has a new section on editing tz source files (with a mention of Sublime zoneinfo, thanks to Gilmore Davidson). The Theory and asia files now mention the 2015 book "The Global Transformation of Time, 1870-1950", and cite a couple of reviews. The America/Chicago entry now documents the informal use of US central time in Fort Pierre, South Dakota. (Thanks to Rick McDermid, Matt Johnson, and Steve Jones.) Here are links to the release files: ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/releases/tzcode2016a.tar.gz ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/releases/tzdata2016a.tar.gz The files are also available via HTTP as follows: http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/releases/tzcode2016a.tar.gz http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/releases/tzdata2016a.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 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. This release corresponds to commit 0f03a534155f590681e45ad8a3202a4412a8ba80 dated Tue Jan 26 23:28:02 2016 -0800 and tagged '2016a' in the experimental github repository at <https://github.com/eggert/tz>. 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