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Re: strtotm
by guy＠auspex.com Sept. 16, 1992

Sept. 16, 1992

> strptime() [at least] falls into this category -- I believed Guy intended > it as the inverse of strptime() [or at least as close as you can get]. "Inverse of 'strftime()'". Yes, that was the basic idea. It does take a format parameter; however, it hasn't any magic way of figuring out whether 1/2/92 is January 2, 1992 or February 1, 1992 - you have to tell it how to interpret dates such as that, by passing it the right format string.

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Re: strtotm
by Bradley White Sept. 16, 1992

Sept. 16, 1992

>> * Prior Art >> >> func who where >> ----------------------------------------------------- >> dparsetime() RAND/UCI MH >> getabsdate() Moraes C News >> getdate() USL Sys V Rel 4 >> getdate() Bellovin/Salz/Berets B News >> parsedate() Hamey/Accetta Mach >> partime() Harrenstien/Eggert RCS >> strptime() Harris SunOS 4.1[.x] > Are there any routines available that take a "format" parameter so that they > can scan dates that are in ambiguous formats. strptime() [at least] falls into this category -- I believed Guy intended it as the inverse of strptime() [or at least as close as you can get]. So, ... char * strptime(buf, fmt, tm) char *buf; char *fmt; struct tm *tm; strptime() converts the character string pointed to by buf to a time value, which is stored in the tm structure pointed to by tm, using the format specified by fmt. It is available under SunOS. > I would like to be able to scan dates in any of the following formats: > > M-D-Y T D-M-Y T There is no getting around that those D/M-numeric forms are just plain ambiguous. The best you can do is to use some ``internationalization'' feature like setlocale(LC_TIME, ...), or to just prefer one over the other. > I would like to be able to scan dates in any of the following formats: > > M-D-Y T D-M-Y T Y-M-D T > M/D/Y T D/M/Y T Y/M/D T > M D Y T D M Y T Y M D T > M.D.Y T D.M.Y T Y.M.D T Opinion: Any generalized date parser is overkill for these restricted situations. Brad

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Re: strtotm
by Monty Solomon Sept. 16, 1992

Sept. 16, 1992

> Date: Mon, 22 Jun 92 22:42:18 -0400 (EDT) > From: Bradley White <bww+(a)CS.CMU.EDU> > > * Prior Art > > Perhaps a reasonable candidate already exists, or can be grown from > existing code. These routines (in alphabetical order) have been > mentioned: > > func who where > ----------------------------------------------------- > dparsetime() RAND/UCI MH > getabsdate() Moraes C News > getdate() USL Sys V Rel 4 > getdate() Bellovin/Salz/Berets B News > parsedate() Hamey/Accetta Mach > partime() Harrenstien/Eggert RCS > strptime() Harris SunOS 4.1[.x] Where are these various routines available? Are there any routines available that take a "format" parameter so that they can scan dates that are in ambiguous formats. I would like to be able to scan dates in any of the following formats: M-D-Y T D-M-Y T Y-M-D T M/D/Y T D/M/Y T Y/M/D T M D Y T D M Y T Y M D T M.D.Y T D.M.Y T Y.M.D T Where: M is the month expressed as 3, Mar, MAR, or March Y is the year expressed as 92 or 1992 T is optional and is the time (12- or 24-hour format) Thanks. Monty --- # Monty Solomon / PO Box 2486 / Framingham, MA 01701-0405 # monty%roscom(a)think.com

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problem with ltzset()
by Joel.Tornatore＠Eng.Sun.COM Sept. 9, 1992

Sept. 9, 1992

I am seeing a problem with _ltzset near daylight savings time when non-POSIX TZ values are used. Here is the output of a program that locates discontinuities in the time (seconds since epoch are increased by 3600; check if hour increased by one): gap % tzcheck TZ=PST8PDT 720005582: 9/25/92 1:33 733919582: 3/4/93 3:33 752059982: 9/31/93 1:33 ^C gap % setenv TZ US/Pacific gap % tzcheck TZ=US/Pacific 720034366: 9/25/92 9:32 733948366: 3/4/93 11:32 752088766: 9/31/93 9:32 It's off by the GMT offset, 8 hours, in every case. If EST5EDT and US/Easter are used, it's off by 5 hours. Has anyone seen or fixed this problem? This is on SVR4. joel tornatore jrt(a)eng.sun.com

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test
by Glenn.Wright＠UK.Sun.COM Sept. 9, 1992

Sept. 9, 1992

please ignore.

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Re: strtotm
by ado July 7, 1992

July 7, 1992

Two general questions about the high-test end of the string-to-time function spectrum: 1. What's the right way to handle the duration of events (such as "Lent" or "high tea")? 2. What calendar-keeping software out in the field--be it UNIX-, DOS-, Mac-, or whatever-else-based, can be used to get an idea of the capabilities that might be useful in a high-test function? --ado

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Re: functions to convert ASCII time
by abe＠mace.cc.purdue.edu June 23, 1992

June 23, 1992

Brad, I've been reading this discussion with interest, because I had to create a function some time ago to convert mail header date/time strings to time_t values. While my function represents another possible entry in your list, I don't think it answers all the criteria that this discussion has established. For example, it returns a time_t, not a struct tm, and it doesn't return a character pointer to the end ot its scan (although it could). The major contribution of this function might be the list of time zone abbreviations that it understands. Paul Eggert has helped me assemble (and purify) it. :-) I will be glad to contribute my atotm() function to the list of prior art, for whatever value it might have. Vic Abell

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1st of 2 forwarded messages from Bradley White: time2posix/posix2time
by ado June 23, 1992

June 23, 1992

The attached comes from Bradley White, bww+(a)cs.cmu.edu. Your comments will be appreciated! --ado I have found [time2posix() and posix2time()] invaluable when dealing with things like external time formats, or programs that want to wake up every minute (as opposed to every 60 seconds), on systems that allow for leap seconds.... /* ** IEEE Std 1003.1-1988 (POSIX) legislates that 536457599 ** shall correspond to "Wed Dec 31 23:59:59 GMT 1986", which ** is not the case if we are accounting for leap seconds. ** So, we provide the following conversion routines for use ** when exchanging timestamps with POSIX conforming systems. */ static long leapcorr(timep) time_t * timep; { register struct state * sp; register struct lsinfo * lp; register int i; if (!lcl_is_set) (void) tzset(); sp = lclptr; i = sp->leapcnt; while (--i >= 0) { lp = &sp->lsis[i]; if (*timep >= lp->ls_trans) return lp->ls_corr; } return 0L; } time_t time2posix(t) time_t t; { return t - leapcorr(&t); } time_t posix2time(t) time_t t; { time_t x, y; /* ** For a positive leap second hit, the result ** is not unique. For a negative leap second ** hit, the corresponding time doesn't exist, ** so we return an adjacent second. */ x = t + leapcorr(&t); y = x - leapcorr(&x); if (y < t) { do { x++; y = x - leapcorr(&x); } while (y < t); if (t != y) return x-1; } else if (y > t) { do { --x; y = x - leapcorr(&x); } while (y > t); if (t != y) return x+1; } return x; }

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2nd of 2 forwarded messages from Bradley White: strtotm
by ado June 23, 1992

June 23, 1992

The attached comes from Bradley White, bww+(a)cs.cmu.edu. Your comments will be appreciated! --ado I often miss an at-least-pseudo-standard means of converting a reasonable string date/time specification into a "struct tm", and, from the number of requests on different newsgroups, it appears others do too. Perhaps adding one to the "tz" package might be a reasonable thing to do? If you concur, and are open to suggestions or want to open it up for discussion, here are some random thoughts on the interface off the top of my head. It's undoubtedly deficient. Then again, perhaps you have considered all of this before, and decided against it? Brad ---------->8---------- static int _strtotm(str, flags, np, tp) char *str; unsigned *flags; struct tm *np; struct tm *tp; { /* * decode str into tp using (if necessary) flags and np; * undoubtedly requires yacc and/or lex to do a good job * * return 0 on success, non-zero (error codes?) on error * * The only flags I can currently think of are: * IN: * XX_DEFPAST default to most recent past * matching time, rather than * most near future matching time, * for incomplete specifications * XX_DEFDDMM DD/MM/YY instead of MM/DD/YY * if ambiguous * XX_DEFYYMM YY/MM/DD instead of above * if ambiguous * OUT: * XX_DEFTIME no time specified, used "now" time * XX_DEFZONE no zone specified, used "now" zone */ return XX_EUNIMPL; } struct tm * strtotm(str, flags, np, tp) char *str; unsigned *flags; struct tm *np; /* "now" for relative times */ struct tm *tp; /* space for result, malloc if NULL */ { struct tm nowtm, tmptm; if (np == 0) { time_t now = time((time_t *) 0); np = localtime(&now); } nowtm = *np; if (_strtotm(str, flags, &nowtm, &tmptm) != 0) return 0; #if 0 /* * I'd like to do this to check/canonicalize the struct tm, * but it is really only appropriate if `tmptm' is in the * local timezone, right??? Perhaps timeoff()??? */ if (mktime(&tmptm) == -1) return 0; #endif if (tp == 0 && (tp = malloc(sizeof *tp)) == 0) return 0; *tp = tmptm; return tp; }

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Re: 2nd of 2 forwarded messages from Bradley White: strtotm
by guy＠auspex.com June 18, 1992

June 18, 1992

> I often miss an at-least-pseudo-standard means of converting a > reasonable string date/time specification into a "struct tm", and, > from the number of requests on different newsgroups, it appears > others do too. Perhaps adding one to the "tz" package might be > a reasonable thing to do? My first attempt at coming up with such a routine was "strptime()", in SunOS 4.1[.x]. It's somewhat of a "strftime()" inverse; it takes a format string and a date/time string, and fills in a "struct tm". Good things about it: it returns a pointer one past the last character processed, so you can continue sucking other stuff out of the string. fairly easy to internationalize, *if* your locale-support system lets you ask for various date formats for the current locale (SunOS 4.1[.x]'s does; not all others do). Bad things about it: the way it supports "optional" fields - e.g., leaving the seconds or minutes out and getting 0, or leaving the year out and getting this year, is a gross hack - "strptime()" "knows" that those fields are optional. Steve Bellovin came up with a rather powerful function, "getdate()", which appears in the B news source, among other places. It has a YACC grammar to parse the string, and can handle all sorts of special strings, such as "tomorrow", "now", "next week", etc.. It takes a pointer to the string to be scanned, and a pointer to a "struct timeb" containing the current time, as arguments, and returns a "time_t". Good things about it: takes a *very* large number of different specifications and turns them into dates. Bad things about it: it's hard to "internationalize", because the grammar is hardcoded, as are the actions for different reductions; the best way to internationalize it would probably be to hand-code different versions for different locales, and have the common "getdate()" routine load up the appropriate version, based on the setting of the LANG environment variable, at run time. Not all systems have run-time dynamic loading as a standard feature. it should really split the "string to 'struct tm'" and "'struct tm' to 'time_t'" functions up - i.e., just make it convert a string to a "struct tm", and let "mktime()" to the rest. it doesn't return a pointer one past the last character processed. System V Release 4 also has a routine named "getdate()", but it's different. It takes a string as an argument, and returns a pointer to a "struct tm". It works by getting a list of "strftime()"-style date formats from a file, and scanning the string against each of them; if it finds one that matches, it returns a "struct tm" based on that match. Good things about it: it can deal with optional fields, and doesn't have "strptime()"s gross hack to do it; you just have multiple formats, some with the optional fields, and some without. Bad things about it: it's not clear it responds to the setting of LANG, so localization isn't as good as it could be. it doesn't return a pointer one past the last character processed. My personal preferences are, in order: a Bellovin-style "getdate()", with the modifications I suggest; if all systems had run-time dynamic loading, I think that'd be ideal. an SVR4-style "getdate()", with the list of strings selected by the setting of LANG.

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bug in ctime() for bogus values of TZ [from dupuy@cs.columbia.edu]
by ado April 28, 1992

April 28, 1992

The attached is redistributed with permission of the original author. --ado ... From: dupuy(a)hudson.cs.columbia.edu (Alexander Dupuy) Message-Id: <9204280549.AA22287(a)hudson.cs.columbia.edu> To: ado(a)ncifcrf.gov, sunbugs(a)sun.com Subject: bug in ctime() for bogus values of TZ (SPARC/SunOS 4.1.1) Reply-To: dupuy(a)cs.columbia.edu Status: RO As noted in the script and output below, the output of ctime() is incorrect when the TZ environment variable is set to a string which contains a "-" or "+" but which is not present in the the zoneinfo database. It appears that the numeric value of the string following the "+" or "-" (0 if non-numeric) is treated as an offset from UTC, and either the first three characters of TZ or the string preceding the "+" or "-", (whichever is longer) is used as the zone letters. This behavior occurs regardless of the string preceding the "+" or "-", although using "GMT" provides the most convincing bogus timestamp. As a result, it is trivially easy to generate bogus time strings up to 24 hours in the past or future, using "TZ=GMT+24" or "TZ=GMT-24". While one might attempt to call it a feature to allow arbitrary offsets to be specified by the TZ environment variable (is this for compatibility with an old System V feature?) at the very least the zone letters should include the entire TZ environment variable so that spoofing isn't possible. However, the offset is computed in the opposite sense of the offset computed in the "GMT+/-XX" timezones present in the zoneinfo database. For this reason, and because it's quite easy to add timezones to the database, I would strongly argue that this is not in any way a useful feature, and that the correct behavior when presented with an invalid timezone is to use GMT with no offset, and indicate it as GMT. Note also that "GMT+14" is not present in the database, even though the USNO tables indicate that East Siberia (Uelen) was 14 hours ahead of GMT in the summer. I think this may no longer be the case, as I believe most timezones were shifted back (both summer and winter) when Russia declared independence. Still, it is at least a valid historical timezone name... ... @alex _______________________________________________________________________________ $ cat tzfun #!/bin/sh echo -n "GMT : " TZ=GMT date echo "" offsets="11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26" for o in $offsets do echo -n "GMT+$o : " TZ=GMT+$o date done echo "" for o in $offsets do echo -n "FOO-$o : " TZ=FOO-$o date done # $ ./tzfun GMT : Tue Apr 28 03:52:57 GMT 1992 GMT+11 : Tue Apr 28 14:52:57 GMT+1100 1992 GMT+12 : Tue Apr 28 15:52:58 GMT+1200 1992 GMT+13 : Tue Apr 28 16:52:58 GMT+1300 1992 GMT+14 : Mon Apr 27 13:52:58 GMT 1992 GMT+15 : Mon Apr 27 12:52:58 GMT 1992 GMT+16 : Mon Apr 27 11:52:58 GMT 1992 GMT+17 : Mon Apr 27 10:52:58 GMT 1992 GMT+18 : Mon Apr 27 09:52:58 GMT 1992 GMT+19 : Mon Apr 27 08:52:58 GMT 1992 GMT+20 : Mon Apr 27 07:52:59 GMT 1992 GMT+21 : Mon Apr 27 06:52:59 GMT 1992 GMT+22 : Mon Apr 27 05:52:59 GMT 1992 GMT+23 : Mon Apr 27 04:52:59 GMT 1992 GMT+24 : Mon Apr 27 03:52:59 GMT 1992 GMT+25 : Tue Apr 28 03:52:59 GMT 1992 GMT+26 : Tue Apr 28 03:52:59 GMT 1992 FOO-13 : Tue Apr 28 13:53:02 FOO 1992 FOO-11 : Tue Apr 28 14:53:02 FOO 1992 FOO-12 : Tue Apr 28 15:53:02 FOO 1992 FOO-13 : Tue Apr 28 16:53:02 FOO 1992 FOO-14 : Tue Apr 28 17:53:02 FOO 1992 FOO-15 : Tue Apr 28 18:53:02 FOO 1992 FOO-16 : Tue Apr 28 19:53:02 FOO 1992 FOO-17 : Tue Apr 28 20:53:02 FOO 1992 FOO-18 : Tue Apr 28 21:53:02 FOO 1992 FOO-19 : Tue Apr 28 22:53:02 FOO 1992 FOO-20 : Tue Apr 28 23:53:03 FOO 1992 FOO-21 : Wed Apr 29 00:53:03 FOO 1992 FOO-22 : Wed Apr 29 01:53:03 FOO 1992 FOO-23 : Wed Apr 29 02:53:03 FOO 1992 FOO-24 : Wed Apr 29 03:53:03 FOO 1992 FOO-25 : Tue Apr 28 03:53:03 FOO 1992 FOO-26 : Tue Apr 28 03:53:03 FOO 1992

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tz92.tar.Z
by ado April 25, 1992

April 25, 1992

By popular demand (well, at any rate, following a request by kre@munnari), the latest versions of time zone source code and data files that I have are available on elsie.nci.nih.gov (128.231.16.1) as ~ftp/pub/tz92.tar.Z. --ado

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australasia
by ado March 19, 1992

March 19, 1992

Attached is what I hope is the final (for spring of 1992 anyway) version of australasia, incorporating lots of good suggestions and information from Bradley White and Robert Elz. The shar file will unpack to two files, "yearistype.sh" and "australasia"--be sure to make an executable version of "yearistype.sh" named "yearistype" before running "zic". On recent-vintage Sun systems, the command make yearistype suffices. The shell script is needed because South Australia now seems to end DST at different times in even and odd years. --ado : To unbundle, sh this file echo file 'yearistype.sh' >&2 cat >'yearistype.sh' <<'End of yearistype.sh' #! /bin/sh : '@(#)yearistype.sh 7.2' case $#-$2 in 2-odd) case $1 in *[13579]) exit 0 ;; *) exit 1 ;; esac ;; 2-even) case $1 in *[24680]) exit 0 ;; *) exit 1 ;; esac ;; 2-*) echo "$0: wild type - $2" >&2 exit 1 ;; *) echo "$0: usage is $0 year type" >&2 exit 1 ;; esac End of yearistype.sh echo file 'australasia' >&2 cat >'australasia' <<'End of australasia' # @(#)australasia 7.13 # Notes are at the end of this file ############################################################################### # Australia # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Australia/North 9:30 - CST # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Australia/West 8:00 - WST 1974 Oct lastSun 2:00 8:00 1:00 WST 1975 Mar Sun>=1 3:00 8:00 - WST 1983 Oct lastSun 2:00 8:00 1:00 WST 1984 Mar Sun>=1 3:00 8:00 - WST 1991 Nov 17 2:00 8:00 1:00 WST 1992 Mar Sun>=1 3:00 8:00 - WST # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Australia/Queensland 10:00 - EST 1971 Oct lastSun 2:00 10:00 1:00 EST 1972 Feb lastSun 3:00 10:00 - EST 1989 Oct lastSun 2:00 10:00 1:00 EST 1990 Mar Sun>=1 3:00 10:00 - EST 1990 Oct lastSun 2:00 10:00 1:00 EST 1991 Mar Sun>=1 3:00 10:00 - EST 1991 Oct lastSun 2:00 10:00 1:00 EST 1992 Mar Sun>=1 3:00 10:00 - EST # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule AS 1971 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - Rule AS 1972 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - Rule AS 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 - Rule AS 1990 max even Mar Sun>=22 3:00 0 - Rule AS 1990 max odd Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Australia/South 9:30 AS CST # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule AT 1967 only - Oct 1 2:00 1:00 - Rule AT 1968 only - Mar 31 3:00 0 - Rule AT 1968 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - Rule AT 1969 1971 - Mar Sun>=8 3:00 0 - Rule AT 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 - Rule AT 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - Rule AT 1982 1983 - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 - Rule AT 1984 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - Rule AT 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 1:00 - Rule AT 1987 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 - Rule AT 1987 only - Oct 25 2:00 1:00 - Rule AT 1988 1990 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - Rule AT 1991 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 - Rule AT 1991 max - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Australia/Tasmania 10:00 AT EST # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule AV 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - Rule AV 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 - Rule AV 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - Rule AV 1986 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 - Rule AV 1986 1987 - Oct Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 - Rule AV 1988 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - Rule AV 1991 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Australia/Victoria 10:00 AV EST # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule AN 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - Rule AN 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 - Rule AN 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - Rule AN 1982 only - Apr 4 3:00 0 - Rule AN 1983 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - Rule AN 1986 only - Mar 16 3:00 0 - Rule AN 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 1:00 - Rule AN 1987 only - Mar 15 3:00 0 - Rule AN 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - # Rule AN 1988 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - # Rule AN 1989 only - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 - Rule AN 1988 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 - # Rule AN 1990 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Australia/NSW 10:00 AN EST Zone Australia/Yancowinna 9:30 AN CST Zone Australia/LHI 10:30 AN ??? Link Australia/NSW Australia/ACT # Australian Capital Territory ############################################################################### # New Zealand # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule NZ 1974 1988 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D # Rule NZ 1989 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D Rule NZ 1989 only - Oct 8 2:00 1:00 D # Rule NZ 1990 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D # Rule NZ 1975 1989 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 S Rule NZ 1990 max - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES/SAVE FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone NZ 12:00 NZ NZ%sT # New Zealand Zone NZ-CHAT 12:45 - NZ-CHAT # Chatham Island ############################################################################### # NOTES ############################################################################### # Australia # From John Mackin (March 6, 1991): # We in Australia have _never_ referred to DST as `daylight' time. # It is called `summer' time. Now by a happy coincidence, `summer' # and `standard' happen to start with the same letter; hence, the # abbreviation does _not_ change... # The legislation does not actually define abbreviations, at least # in this State, but the abbreviation is just commonly taken to be the # initials of the phrase, and the legislation here uniformly uses # the phrase `summer time' and does not use the phrase `daylight # time'. # Announcers on the Commonwealth radio network, the ABC (for Australian # Broadcasting Commission), use the phrases `Eastern Standard Time' # or `Eastern Summer Time'. (Note, though, that as I say in the # current australasia file, there is really no such thing.) Announcers # on its overseas service, Radio Australia, use the same phrases # prefixed by the word `Australian' when referring to local times; # time announcements on that service, naturally enough, are made in UTC. # From Arthur David Olson (March 8 1992): # Given the above, what's chosen for year-round use is: # CST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 9:30 # WST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 8:00 # EST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 10:00 # Australia/North # From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): # # The NORTHERN TERRITORY.. [ Courtesy N.T. Dept of the Chief Minister ] # # [ Nov 1990 ] # # N.T. have never utilised any DST due to sub-tropical/tropical location. # ... # Zone Australia/North 9:30 - CST # From Bradley White (March 4, 1991): # A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... # the Northern Territory do[es] not have daylight saving. # Australia/West # From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): # # The state of WESTERN AUSTRALIA.. [ Courtesy W.A. dept Premier+Cabinet ] # # [ Nov 1990 ] # # W.A. suffers from a great deal of public and political opposition to # # DST in principle. A bill is brought before parliament in most years, but # # usually defeated either in the upper house, or in party caucus # # before reaching parliament. # ... # Zone Australia/West 8:00 AW %sST # ... # Rule AW 1974 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D # Rule AW 1975 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 W # Rule AW 1983 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D # Rule AW 1984 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 W # From Bradley White (March 4, 1991): # A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... # Western Australia...do[es] not have daylight saving. # From John D. Newman via Bradley White (November 2, 1991): # Western Australia is still on "winter time". Some DH in Sydney # rang me at home a few days ago at 6.00am. (He had just arrived at # work at 9.00am.) # W.A. is switching to Summer Time on Nov 17th just to confuse # everybody again. # From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992): # The 1992 ending date used in the rules is a best guess; # it matches what was used in the past. # Australia/Queensland # From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): # # The state of QUEENSLAND.. [ Courtesy Qld. Dept Premier Econ&Trade Devel ] # # [ Dec 1990 ] # ... # Zone Australia/Queensland 10:00 AQ %sST # ... # Rule AQ 1971 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D # Rule AQ 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 E # Rule AQ 1989 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D # Rule AQ 1990 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E # From Bradley White (December 24, 1989): # "Australia/Queensland" now observes daylight time (i.e. from # October 1989). # From Bradley White (March 4, 1991): # A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... # ...Queensland...[has] agreed to end daylight saving # at 3am tomorrow (March 3)... # From John Mackin (March 6, 1991): # I can certainly confirm for my part that Daylight Saving in NSW did in fact # end on Sunday, 3 March. I don't know at what hour, though. (It surprised # me.) # From Bradley White (March 8, 1992): # ...there was recently a referendum in Queensland which resulted # in the experimental daylight saving system being abandoned. So, ... # ... # Rule QLD 1989 1991 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D # Rule QLD 1990 1992 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 S # ... # From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992): # The chosen rules the union of the 1971/1972 change and the 1989-1992 changes. # Australia/Tasmania, Australia/South, and Australia/Victoria # From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992): # The rules from version 7.1 follow. # There are lots of differences between these rules and # the Shepherd et al. rules. Since the Shepherd et al. rules # and Bradley White's newspaper article are in agreement on # current DST ending dates, no worries. # # Rule Oz 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - # Rule Oz 1986 max - Oct Sun<=24 2:00 1:00 - # Rule Oz 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 - # Rule Oz 1973 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - # Rule Oz 1987 max - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 - # Zone Australia/Tasmania 10:00 Oz EST # Zone Australia/South 9:30 Oz CST # Zone Australia/Victoria 10:00 Oz EST 1985 Oct lastSun 2:00 # 10:00 1:00 EST 1986 Mar Sun<=21 3:00 # 10:00 Oz EST # From Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): # I believe that the current start date for DST is "lastSun" in Oct... # that changed Oct 89. That is, we're back to the # original rule, and that rule currently applies in all the states # that have dst, incl Qld. (Certainly it was true in Vic). # The file I'm including says that happened in 1988, I think # that's incorrect, but I'm not 100% certain. # Australia/South # From Bradley White (March 4, 1991): # A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... # ...South Australia...[has] agreed to end daylight saving # at 3am tomorrow (March 3)... # From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): # # The state of SOUTH AUSTRALIA....[ Courtesy of S.A. Dept of Labour ] # # [ Nov 1990 ] # ... # Zone Australia/South 9:30 AS %sST # ... # Rule AS 1971 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D # Rule AS 1972 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 C # Rule AS 1986 1990 - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 C # Rule AS 1991 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 C # From Bradley White (March 11, 1992): # Recent correspondence with a friend in Adelaide # contained the following exchange: "Due to the Adelaide Festival, # South Australia delays setting back our clocks for a few weeks." # From Robert Elz (March 13, 1992): # I heard that apparently (or at least, it appears that) # South Aus will have an extra 3 weeks daylight saving every even # numbered year (from 1990). That's when the Adelaide Festival # is on... # Australia/Tasmania # From Bradley White (March 4, 1991): # A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... # ...Tasmania will revert to Australian Eastern Standard Time on March 31... # From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): # # The state of TASMANIA.. [Courtesy Tasmanian Dept of Premier + Cabinet ] # # [ Nov 1990 ] # ... # Zone Australia/Tasmania 10:00 AT %sST # ... # Rule AT 1967 only - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D # Rule AT 1968 only - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 E # Rule AT 1968 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D # Rule AT 1969 1971 - Mar Sun>=8 3:00 0 E # Rule AT 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 E # Rule AT 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E # Rule AT 1982 1983 - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 E # Rule AT 1984 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E # Rule AT 1986 only - Oct Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 D # Rule AT 1987 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 E # Rule AT 1987 only - Oct Sun>=22 2:00 1:00 D # Rule AT 1988 1990 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D # Rule AT 1991 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D # Rule AT 1991 max - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 E # From Bill Hart via Alexander Dupuy and Guy Harris (October 10, 1991): # My state Government in there eagerness to get a few more bucks for the # tourist industry industry decided to change the daylight savings times # yet again (we now have almost 6 months per year)... # ... # Rule Oz 1986 1990 - Oct Sun<=24 2:00 1:00 - # Rule Oz 1991 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 - # ... # Rule Oz 1987 1990 - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 - # Rule Oz 1991 max - Mar Sun<=31 3:00 0 - # From Bill Hart via Guy Harris (October 10, 1991): # Oh yes, the new daylight savings rules are uniquely tasmanian, we have # 6 weeks a year now when we are out of sync with the rest of Australia # (but nothing new about that). # Australia/Victoria # From Bradley White (March 4, 1991): # A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... # ...Victoria...[has] agreed to end daylight saving at 3am tomorrow (March 3)... # From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): # # The state of VICTORIA.. [ Courtesy of Vic. Dept of Premier + Cabinet ] # # [ Nov 1990 ] # ... # Zone Australia/Victoria 10:00 AV %sST # ... # Rule AV 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D # Rule AV 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 E # Rule AV 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E # Rule AV 1986 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 E # Rule AV 1986 1987 - Oct Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 D # Rule AV 1988 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D # Rule AV 1991 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E # Australia/NSW # From Arthur David Olson: # New South Wales and subjurisdictions have their own ideas of a fun time. # Based on law library research by John Mackin (john(a)basser.cs.su.oz) # who notes: # In Australia, time is not legislated federally, but rather by the # individual states. Thus, while such terms as ``Eastern Standard Time'' # [I mean, of course, Australian EST, not any other kind] are in common # use, _they have NO REAL MEANING_, as they are not defined in the # legislation. This is very important to understand. # I have researched New South Wales time only... # From Dave Davey (March 3, 1990): # Rule NSW 1988 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - # Rule NSW 1989 only - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 - # From Bradley White (March 4, 1991): # A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... # NSW...[has] agreed to end daylight saving at 3am tomorrow (March 3)... # From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): # # The state of NEW SOUTH WALES.. [confirmed by Attorney General's Dept N.S.W] # # [ Dec 1990 ] # ... # Rule AN 1988 1989 - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 E # ... # From John Mackin (March 9, 1991) # I have confirmed the accuracy of the historical data for NSW in the # file Robert forwarded # From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992): # Sources differ on whether DST ended March 6 or March 20 in 1988; # March 20 (the "confirmed" date) is in the chosen rules. # Australia/Yancowinna # From John Basser (January 4, 1989): # `Broken Hill' means the County of Yancowinna. # From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): # # YANCOWINNA.. [ Confirmation courtesy of Broken Hill Postmaster ] # # [ Dec 1990 ] # ... # # Yancowinna uses Central Standard Time, despite it's location on the # # New South Wales side of the S.A. border. Most business and social dealings # # are with CST zones, therefore CST is legislated by local government # # although the switch to Summer Time occurs in line with N.S.W. There have # # been years when this did not apply, but the historical data is not # # presently available. # Zone Australia/Yancowinna 9:30 AY %sST # ... # Rule AY 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D # Rule AY 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 C # [followed by other Rules] # Australia/LHI # From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): # LHI... [ Courtesy of Pauline Van Winsen.. pauline@Aus ] # [ Dec 1990 ] # Lord Howe Island is located off the New South Wales coast, and is half an # hour ahead of NSW time. ############################################################################### # New Zealand, from Elz' asia 1.1 # Elz says "no guarantees" # From Mark Davies (October 3, 1990): # the 1989/90 year was a trial of an extended "daylight saving" period. # This trial was deemed successful and the extended period adopted for # subsequent years (with the addition of a further week at the start). # source -- phone call to Ministry of Internal Affairs Head Office. # From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): # # The Country of New Zealand (Australia's east island -) Gee they hate that! # # or is Australia the west island of N.Z. # # [ courtesy of Geoff Tribble.. Geofft@Aus.. Auckland N.Z. ] # # [ Nov 1990 ] # ... # Rule NZ 1974 1988 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D # Rule NZ 1989 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D # Rule NZ 1975 1989 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 S # Rule NZ 1990 max - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 S # ... # Zone NZ 12:00 NZ NZ%sT # New Zealand # Zone NZ-CHAT 12:45 - NZ-CHAT # Chatham Island # From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992): # The chosen rules use the Davies October 8 values for the start of DST in 1989 # rather than the October 1 value. End of australasia exit

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Re: australasia
by ado March 12, 1992

March 12, 1992

> It was difficult to find the actual rules! I know this is probably > one of your prime motivations in trying to clean it up, but running > it through (the equivalent of) "sed /^#/d | cat -s" made things much > easier for a human to parse. (So much for the bogus comment.) Would moving rules to the front of the file and comments to the back of the file address this concern? --ado

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australasia
by ado March 11, 1992

March 11, 1992

Prodded by a note from Bradley White on Queensland abandoning DST, after a review of the last year-and-a-half's worth of correspondence, and having mulled things over in the bathtub, the attached is the best I can do on what Australasia is like at the moment. There's something here to offend everyone; I'm eager for suggestions. --ado : To unbundle, sh this file echo file 'australasia' >&2 cat >'australasia' <<'End of australasia' # @(#)australasia 7.8 ############################################################################### # Australia # From John Mackin (March 6, 1991): # We in Australia have _never_ referred to DST as `daylight' time. # It is called `summer' time. Now by a happy coincidence, `summer' # and `standard' happen to start with the same letter; hence, the # abbreviation does _not_ change... # The legislation does not actually define abbreviations, at least # in this State, but the abbreviation is just commonly taken to be the # initials of the phrase, and the legislation here uniformly uses # the phrase `summer time' and does not use the phrase `daylight # time'. # Announcers on the Commonwealth radio network, the ABC (for Australian # Broadcasting Commission), use the phrases `Eastern Standard Time' # or `Eastern Summer Time'. (Note, though, that as I say in the # current australasia file, there is really no such thing.) Announcers # on its overseas service, Radio Australia, use the same phrases # prefixed by the word `Australian' when referring to local times; # time announcements on that service, naturally enough, are made in UTC. # From Arthur David Olson (March 8 1992): # Given the above, what's used below year-round is: # CST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 9:30 # WST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 8:00 # EST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 10:00 # From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): # # The NORTHERN TERRITORY.. [ Courtesy N.T. Dept of the Chief Minister ] # # [ Nov 1990 ] # # N.T. have never utilised any DST due to sub-tropical/tropical location. # ... # Zone Australia/North 9:30 - CST # From Bradley White (March 4, 1991): # A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... # the Northern Territory do[es] not have daylight saving. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Australia/North 9:30 - CST # From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): # # The state of WESTERN AUSTRALIA.. [ Courtesy W.A. dept Premier+Cabinet ] # # [ Nov 1990 ] # # W.A. suffers from a great deal of public and political opposition to # # DST in principle. A bill is brought before parliament in most years, but # # usually defeated either in the upper house, or in party caucus # # before reaching parliament. # ... # Zone Australia/West 8:00 AW %sST # ... # Rule AW 1974 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D # Rule AW 1975 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 W # Rule AW 1983 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D # Rule AW 1984 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 W # From Bradley White (March 4, 1991): # A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... # Western Australia...do[es] not have daylight saving. # From John D. Newman via Bradley White (November 2, 1991): # Western Australia is still on "winter time". Some DH in Sydney # rang me at home a few days ago at 6.00am. (He had just arrived at # work at 9.00am.) # W.A. is switching to Summer Time on Nov 17th just to confuse # everybody again. # From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992): # The 1992 ending date below is a best guess; # it matches what was used in the past. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Australia/West 8:00 - WST 1974 Oct lastSun 2:00 8:00 1:00 WST 1975 Mar Sun>=1 3:00 8:00 - WST 1983 Oct lastSun 2:00 8:00 1:00 WST 1984 Mar Sun>=1 3:00 8:00 - WST 1991 Nov 17 2:00 8:00 1:00 WST 1992 Mar Sun>=1 3:00 8:00 - WST # From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): # # The state of QUEENSLAND.. [ Courtesy Qld. Dept Premier Econ&Trade Devel ] # # [ Dec 1990 ] # ... # Zone Australia/Queensland 10:00 AQ %sST # ... # Rule AQ 1971 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D # Rule AQ 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 E # Rule AQ 1989 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D # Rule AQ 1990 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E # From Bradley White (December 24, 1989): # "Australia/Queensland" now observes daylight time (i.e. from # October 1989). # From Bradley White (March 4, 1991): # A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... # ...Queensland...[has] agreed to end daylight saving # at 3am tomorrow (March 3)... # From John Mackin (March 6, 1991): # I can certainly confirm for my part that Daylight Saving in NSW did in fact # end on Sunday, 3 March. I don't know at what hour, though. (It surprised # me.) # From Bradley White (March 8, 1992): # ...there was recently a referendum in Queensland which resulted # in the experimental daylight saving system being abandoned. So, ... # ... # Rule QLD 1989 1991 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D # Rule QLD 1990 1992 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 S # ... # From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992): # Here is the union of the 1971/1972 change and the 1989-1992 changes. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Australia/Queensland 10:00 - EST 1971 Oct lastSun 2:00 10:00 1:00 EST 1972 Feb lastSun 3:00 10:00 - EST 1989 Oct lastSun 2:00 10:00 1:00 EST 1990 Mar Sun>=1 3:00 10:00 - EST 1990 Oct lastSun 2:00 10:00 1:00 EST 1991 Mar Sun>=1 3:00 10:00 - EST 1991 Oct lastSun 2:00 10:00 1:00 EST 1992 Mar Sun>=1 3:00 10:00 - EST # From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992): # The rules from version 7.1 follow. # There are lots of differences between these rules and # the Shepherd et al. rules. Since the Shepherd et al. rules # and Bradley White's newspaper article are in agreement on # current DST ending dates, no worries. # # Rule Oz 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - # Rule Oz 1986 max - Oct Sun<=24 2:00 1:00 - # Rule Oz 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 - # Rule Oz 1973 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - # Rule Oz 1987 max - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 - # Zone Australia/Tasmania 10:00 Oz EST # Zone Australia/South 9:30 Oz CST # Zone Australia/Victoria 10:00 Oz EST 1985 Oct lastSun 2:00 # 10:00 1:00 EST 1986 Mar Sun<=21 3:00 # 10:00 Oz EST # From Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): # I believe that the current start date for DST is "lastSun" in Oct... # that changed Oct 89. That is, we're back to the # original rule, and that rule currently applies in all the states # that have dst, incl Qld. (Certainly it was true in Vic). # The file I'm including says that happened in 1988, I think # that's incorrect, but I'm not 100% certain. # From Bradley White (March 4, 1991): # A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... # ...South Australia...[has] agreed to end daylight saving # at 3am tomorrow (March 3)... # From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): # # The state of SOUTH AUSTRALIA....[ Courtesy of S.A. Dept of Labour ] # # [ Nov 1990 ] # ... # Zone Australia/South 9:30 AS %sST # ... # Rule AS 1971 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D # Rule AS 1972 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 C # Rule AS 1986 1990 - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 C # Rule AS 1991 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 C # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule AS 1971 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - Rule AS 1972 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - Rule AS 1986 1990 - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 - Rule AS 1991 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Australia/South 9:30 AS CST # From Bradley White (March 4, 1991): # A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... # ...Tasmania will revert to Australian Eastern Standard Time on March 31... # From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): # # The state of TASMANIA.. [Courtesy Tasmanian Dept of Premier + Cabinet ] # # [ Nov 1990 ] # ... # Zone Australia/Tasmania 10:00 AT %sST # ... # Rule AT 1967 only - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D # Rule AT 1968 only - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 E # Rule AT 1968 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D # Rule AT 1969 1971 - Mar Sun>=8 3:00 0 E # Rule AT 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 E # Rule AT 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E # Rule AT 1982 1983 - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 E # Rule AT 1984 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E # Rule AT 1986 only - Oct Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 D # Rule AT 1987 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 E # Rule AT 1987 only - Oct Sun>=22 2:00 1:00 D # Rule AT 1988 1990 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D # Rule AT 1991 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D # Rule AT 1991 max - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 E # From Bill Hart via Alexander Dupuy and Guy Harris (October 10, 1991): # My state Government in there eagerness to get a few more bucks for the # tourist industry industry decided to change the daylight savings times # yet again (we now have almost 6 months per year)... # ... # Rule Oz 1986 1990 - Oct Sun<=24 2:00 1:00 - # Rule Oz 1991 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 - # ... # Rule Oz 1987 1990 - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 - # Rule Oz 1991 max - Mar Sun<=31 3:00 0 - # From Bill Hart via Guy Harris (October 10, 1991): # Oh yes, the new daylight savings rules are uniquely tasmanian, we have # 6 weeks a year now when we are out of sync with the rest of Australia # (but nothing new about that). # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule AT 1967 only - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 - Rule AT 1968 only - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 - Rule AT 1968 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - Rule AT 1969 1971 - Mar Sun>=8 3:00 0 - Rule AT 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 - Rule AT 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - Rule AT 1982 1983 - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 - Rule AT 1984 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - Rule AT 1986 only - Oct Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 - Rule AT 1987 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 - Rule AT 1987 only - Oct Sun>=22 2:00 1:00 - Rule AT 1988 1990 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - Rule AT 1991 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 - Rule AT 1991 max - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Australia/Tasmania 10:00 AT EST # From Bradley White (March 4, 1991): # A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... # ...Victoria...[has] agreed to end daylight saving at 3am tomorrow (March 3)... # From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): # # The state of VICTORIA.. [ Courtesy of Vic. Dept of Premier + Cabinet ] # # [ Nov 1990 ] # ... # Zone Australia/Victoria 10:00 AV %sST # ... # Rule AV 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D # Rule AV 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 E # Rule AV 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E # Rule AV 1986 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 E # Rule AV 1986 1987 - Oct Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 D # Rule AV 1988 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D # Rule AV 1991 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule AV 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - Rule AV 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 - Rule AV 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - Rule AV 1986 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 - Rule AV 1986 1987 - Oct Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 - Rule AV 1988 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - Rule AV 1991 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Australia/Victoria 10:00 AV EST # From Arthur David Olson: # New South Wales and subjurisdictions have their own ideas of a fun time. # Based on law library research by John Mackin (john(a)basser.cs.su.oz) # who notes: # In Australia, time is not legislated federally, but rather by the # individual states. Thus, while such terms as ``Eastern Standard Time'' # [I mean, of course, Australian EST, not any other kind] are in common # use, _they have NO REAL MEANING_, as they are not defined in the # legislation. This is very important to understand. # I have researched New South Wales time only... # From Dave Davey (March 3, 1990): # Rule NSW 1988 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - # Rule NSW 1989 only - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 - # From Bradley White (March 4, 1991): # A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... # NSW...[has] agreed to end daylight saving at 3am tomorrow (March 3)... # From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): # # The state of NEW SOUTH WALES.. [confirmed by Attorney General's Dept N.S.W] # # [ Dec 1990 ] # ... # Rule AN 1988 1989 - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 E # ... # From John Mackin (March 9, 1991) # I have confirmed the accuracy of the historical data for NSW in the # file Robert forwarded # From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992): # Sources differ on whether DST ended March 6 or March 20 in 1988; # March 20 (the "confirmed" date) is used below. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule NSW 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - Rule NSW 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 - Rule NSW 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - Rule NSW 1982 only - Apr 4 3:00 0 - Rule NSW 1983 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - Rule NSW 1986 only - Mar 16 3:00 0 - Rule NSW 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 1:00 - Rule NSW 1987 only - Mar 15 3:00 0 - Rule NSW 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - # Rule NSW 1988 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - # Rule NSW 1989 only - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 - Rule NSW 1988 1989 - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 - # Rule NSW 1990 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Australia/NSW 10:00 NSW EST # From John Basser (January 4, 1989): # `Broken Hill' means the County of Yancowinna. # From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): # # YANCOWINNA.. [ Confirmation courtesy of Broken Hill Postmaster ] # # [ Dec 1990 ] # ... # # Yancowinna uses Central Standard Time, despite it's location on the # # New South Wales side of the S.A. border. Most business and social dealings # # are with CST zones, therefore CST is legislated by local government # # although the switch to Summer Time occurs in line with N.S.W. There have # # been years when this did not apply, but the historical data is not # # presently available. # Zone Australia/Yancowinna 9:30 AY %sST # ... # Rule AY 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D # Rule AY 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 C # [followed by other Rules] Zone Australia/Yancowinna 9:30 NSW CST # From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): # LHI... [ Courtesy of Pauline Van Winsen.. pauline@Aus ] # [ Dec 1990 ] # Lord Howe Island is located off the New South Wales coast, and is half an # hour ahead of NSW time. Zone Australia/LHI 10:30 NSW ??? ############################################################################### # New Zealand # New Zealand, from Elz' asia 1.1 # Elz says "no guarantees" # From Mark Davies (October 3, 1990): # the 1989/90 year was a trial of an extended "daylight saving" period. # This trial was deemed successful and the extended period adopted for # subsequent years (with the addition of a further week at the start). # source -- phone call to Ministry of Internal Affairs Head Office. # From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): # # The Country of New Zealand (Australia's east island -) Gee they hate that! # # or is Australia the west island of N.Z. # # [ courtesy of Geoff Tribble.. Geofft@Aus.. Auckland N.Z. ] # # [ Nov 1990 ] # ... # Rule NZ 1974 1988 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D # Rule NZ 1989 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D # Rule NZ 1975 1989 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 S # Rule NZ 1990 max - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 S # ... # Zone NZ 12:00 NZ NZ%sT # New Zealand # Zone NZ-CHAT 12:45 - NZ-CHAT # Chatham Island # From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992): # The below uses the Davies October 8 values for the start of DST in 1989 # rather than the October 1 value. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule NZ 1974 1988 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D # Rule NZ 1989 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D Rule NZ 1989 only - Oct 8 2:00 1:00 D # Rule NZ 1990 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D # Rule NZ 1975 1989 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 S Rule NZ 1990 max - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES/SAVE FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone NZ 12:00 NZ NZ%sT # New Zealand Zone NZ-CHAT 12:45 - NZ-CHAT # Chatham Island End of australasia exit

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updated leapseconds file
by ado March 2, 1992

March 2, 1992

The attached reflects the leap in June, 1992 (as noted in a 2/24/1992 item from the U. S. Naval Observatory). --ado : To unbundle, sh this file echo file 'leapseconds' >&2 cat >'leapseconds' <<'End of leapseconds' # @(#)leapseconds 7.4 # Allowance for leapseconds added to each timezone file. # The correction (+ or -) is made at the given time, so lines # will typically look like: # Leap YEAR MON DAY 23:59:60 + R/S # or # Leap YEAR MON DAY 23:59:59 - R/S # If the leapsecond is Rolling (R) the given time is local time # If the leapsecond is Stationary (S) the given time is GMT # Leap YEAR MONTH DAY HH:MM:SS CORR R/S Leap 1972 Jun 30 23:59:60 + S Leap 1972 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S Leap 1973 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S Leap 1974 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S Leap 1975 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S Leap 1976 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S Leap 1977 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S Leap 1978 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S Leap 1979 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S Leap 1981 Jun 30 23:59:60 + S Leap 1982 Jun 30 23:59:60 + S Leap 1983 Jun 30 23:59:60 + S Leap 1985 Jun 30 23:59:60 + S Leap 1987 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S Leap 1989 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S Leap 1990 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S Leap 1992 Jun 30 23:59:60 + S End of leapseconds exit

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time zone abbreviations (forwarded from abe@mace.cc.purdue.edu)
by ado Feb. 13, 1992

Feb. 13, 1992

> From abe(a)mace.cc.purdue.edu Wed Feb 12 08:52:04 1992 > ... > Message-Id: <9202121351.AA19535(a)mace.cc.purdue.edu> > To: ado(a)elsie.nci.nih.gov > Subject: time zone mailing list > ... > Paul Eggert (eggert(a)twinsun.com) has informed me that you manage a time > zone mailing list. I would like to be added to it. > > Paul and I have corresponded over the last year about a list of currently > used time zone abbreviations that I maintain. I'm attaching it, in case > you or the readers of your mailing list might be interested in it. Some > of its entries are controversial, as Paul can attest. :-) > > The list grew out of a local need for a function that would convert dates > and times in mail headers to seconds since the Unix epoch. I would be > happy to share that code, too, if there is interest. > > Thanks, > > Vic Abell (abe(a)mace.cc.purdue.edu) > > > > Fri Jan 3 08:10:40 EST 1992 > > Zone GMT + Description > > ACDT 10:30 Australian Central Daylight > ACST 9:30 Australian Central Standard > ADT -3:00 Atlantic Daylight > AEDT 11:00 Australian Eastern Daylight > AES 10:00 Australian Eastern Standard > AEST 10:00 Australian Eastern Standard > AHDT -9:00 Alaska-Hawaii Daylight (1967 to 1983) > AHST -10:00 Alaska-Hawaii Standard (1967 to 1983) > AKDT -8:00 Alaska Daylight > AKST -9:00 Alaska Standard > AST -4:00 Atlantic Standard > AT -2:00 Azores (obsolete) > AWDT 9:00 Australian Western Daylight > AWST 8:00 Australian Western Standard > BRA -3:00 Brazil > BST 1:00 British Summer > BST -3:00 Brazil Standard > BST -11:00 Bering Summer (1967 to 1983) > BT 3:00 Baghdad > BT -11:00 Bering (until 1967) > CADT 10:30 Central Australian Daylight > CAST 9:30 Central Australian Standard > CAT -10:00 Central Alaskan Standard (until 1967) > CCT 8:00 China Coast (obsolete) > CDT 9:00 China Daylight > CDT -5:00 Central Daylight > CEST 2:00 Central European Summer > CET 1:00 Central European > CET DST 2:00 Central European Daylight > CETDST 2:00 Central European Daylight > CST 8:00 China Standard > CST 9:30 North/South Australian Central Standard > CST -6:00 Central Standard > DNT 1:00 Dansk Normal > DST 2:00 Dansk Summer > EAST 10:00 East Australian Standard > EDT -4:00 Eastern Daylight > EEST 3:00 Eastern European Summer > EET 2:00 Eastern European > EET DST 3:00 Eastern European Daylight > EETDST 3:00 Eastern European Daylight > EMT 1:00 Norway > EST -5:00 Eastern Standard > EST 10:00 Australian Eastern Standard > FDT -1:00 Fernando de Noronha Daylight > FST 2:00 French Summer > FST -2:00 Fernando de Noronha Standard > FWT 1:00 French Winter > GMT 0:00 Greenwich > GST -3:00 Greenland Standard (obsolete) > GST 10:00 Guam Standard > HADT -9:00 Hawaiian-Aleutian Daylight > HAST -10:00 Hawaiian-Aleutian Standard > HDT -9:30 Hawaiian Daylight (until 1947) > HFE 2:00 Heure Francais d'Ete > HFH 1:00 Heure Francais d'Hiver > HKT 8:00 Hong Kong > HOE 1:00 Spain > HST -10:00 Hawaiian Standard (-10:30 until 1947) > IDLE 12:00 International Dateline, East > IDLW -12:00 International Dateline, West > IDT 3:00 Israeli Daylight > IDT 4:30 Iran Daylight > IST 2:00 Israeli Standard > IST 3:30 Iran Standard > IST 5:30 Indian Standard > IT 3:30 Iran > ITA 1:00 Italy > JST 9:00 Japanese Standard > JT 7:30 Java > KDT 10:00 Korean Daylight > KST 9:00 Korean Standard > LIGT 10:00 Melbourne, Australia > MAL 8:00 Malaysia > MAT 3:00 Turkey > MDT -6:00 Mountain Daylight > MEDST 2:00 Middle European Daylight > MEST 2:00 Middle European Summer > MESZ 2:00 Mittel Europaeische Sommerzeit > MET 1:00 Middle European > MET DST 2:00 Middle European Daylight > METDST 2:00 Middle European Daylight > MEWT 1:00 Middle European Winter > MEX -6:00 Mexico > MEZ 1:00 Mittel Europaeische Zeit > MSD 3:00 Moscow Summer > MSK 2:00 Moscow Winter > MST -7:00 Mountain Standard > MT 8:30 Moluccas (obsolete) > NDT -2:30 Newfoundland Daylight > NFT -3:30 Newfoundland > NOR 1:00 Norway > NST 8:30 North Sumatran (obsolete) > NST -3:30 Newfoundland Standard > NT -11:00 Nome (until 1967) > NZDT 13:00 New Zealand Daylight > NZST 12:00 New Zealand Standard > NZT 12:00 New Zealand > PDT -7:00 Pacific Daylight > PST -8:00 Pacific Standard > SADT 10:30 South Australian Daylight > SAST 9:30 South Australian Standard > SET 1:00 European -- Prague, Vienna > SST 2:00 Swedish Summer > SST 7:00 South Sumatran (obsolete) > SST 8:00 Singapore Standard > SST -11:00 Samoa Standard > SWT 1:00 Swedish > THA 7:00 Thailand Standard > TST 3:00 Turkish Standard > UT 0:00 Universal > UTC 0:00 Universal Time Coordinated > UTZ -3:00 Western Greenland Standard > VTZ -2:00 Eastern Greenland Standard > VTZ -2:00 Western Greenland Daylight > WADT 9:00 Western Australian Daylight > WAST 8:00 Western Australian Standard > WAT 1:00 West African (obsolete) > WDT 9:00 Western Australian Daylight > WEST 1:00 Western European Summer > WET 0:00 Western European > WET DST 1:00 Western European Daylight > WETDST 1:00 Western European Daylight > WST 8:00 Western Australian Standard > WTZ -1:00 Eastern Greenland Daylight > WUT 1:00 Austria > YDT -8:00 Yukon Daylight > YST -9:00 Yukon Standard

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EEC DST [forwarded from Niels Svennekjaer]
by ado Feb. 10, 1992

Feb. 10, 1992

... From: nrs(a)login.dkuug.dk (Niels Svennekjaer) Message-Id: <9202061007.AA22825(a)login.dkuug.dk> Subject: DST in Denmark To: ado(a)elsie.nci.nih.gov Date: Thu, 6 Feb 92 11:07:36 MET ... Some years ago the EEC decided that it would make a single day to change the DST. The DST is changed the last weekend in March and the last weekend in September, the night between Saturday and Sunday at 2.00 am (02.00). It was decided that it should be tested until (and with) 1992, and then a decision should about continue off the DST. But every one I have talked with didn't know that 1992 was the last year with DST, so I expect that it will continue that way. Hilsen Niels Svennekjaer ... From: nrs(a)login.dkuug.dk (Niels Svennekjaer) Message-Id: <9202100717.AA26347(a)login.dkuug.dk> Subject: Re: DST in Denmark (& EEC countries) To: ado(a)elsie.nci.nih.gov (Arthur David Olson) Date: Mon, 10 Feb 92 8:17:38 MET ... I have just checked with the local EEC office about DST in the EEC countries in Europe. For the years 1990, 1991 & 1992 the DST starts the last weekend in March, and ends in the last weekend in Sep. The only exception is the countries United Kingdom & Ireland, where the government can extend the DST to the last weekend in Oct. (and I think they have done it). But...the EEC has not yet decided to continue with DST after 1992. There has been a lot of talk to terminate the use of DST, but no one knows yet. By the way, the EEC countries are: Denmark; Germany; Holland (The Netherlands); Belgium; Luxemburg; United Kingdom; Ireland; France; Spain; Portugal; Italy; and Greece. You are welcome to use me as reference...

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Washington Post timekeeping observation
by ado Dec. 31, 1991

Dec. 31, 1991

You probably already knew that the Gregorian Adjustment of 1582 added an extra day to every fourth year. What you forgot is that this doesn't apply to the turn-of-the-century years, excpet when they are divisible by 400. If you know this and the "off-sides" rule in hockey, you are a complete human being. December 30, 1991 Washington Post, page D5 --ado

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Starke County, Indiana moves from Central to Eastern
by ado Oct. 28, 1991

Oct. 28, 1991

Yesterday's Washington Post had an article on the switch of Starke County, Indiana from Central to Eastern time; the change is accounted for below. The article runs about twenty column inches of text, and also includes a map of Indiana time zones and a photo of the Hoosiers who duked it out over whether to make the switch. Much of the article is concerned with the political process. --ado SCCS/s.northamerica: 7.1 vs. 7.2 *** 7.1/northamerica Mon Oct 28 16:49:03 1991 --- 7.2/northamerica Mon Oct 28 16:49:04 1991 *************** *** 1,4 **** ! # @(#)northamerica 7.1 ############################################################################### --- 1,4 ---- ! # @(#)northamerica 7.2 ############################################################################### *************** *** 116,121 **** --- 116,127 ---- Zone US/East-Indiana -5:00 US E%sT 1946 -5:00 - EST # Always EST as of 1986 + # From Arthur David Olson (October 28, 1991): + # An article on page A3 of the Sunday, October 27, 1991 Washington Post + # notes that Starke County switched from Central time to Eastern time as of + # October 27, 1991. + Zone US/Indiana-Starke -6:00 US C%sT 1991 Oct 27 2:00 + -5:00 - EST # Always EST as of 1991 Zone US/Arizona -7:00 US M%sT 1946 -7:00 - MST # Always MST as of 1986

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Soviet time zone rule change on 1991/03/31
by ado March 30, 1991

March 30, 1991

The attached from Paul Eggert should be of interest. It looks as if three sets of "Rule" lines for the Soviet Union will be needed; while they should clearly be called SU-Thesis, SU-Antithesis, and SU-Synthesis, which should be which is debatable. --ado > From daemon(a)ncifcrf.gov Sat Mar 23 18:08:44 1991 > Return-Path: <daemon(a)ncifcrf.gov> > Received: from fcs280s.ncifcrf.gov by elsie.nci.nih.gov (4.1/SMI-4.1) > id AA24757; Sat, 23 Mar 91 18:08:41 EST > Received: by fcs280s.ncifcrf.gov (4.1/NCIFCRF-3.0/AWF-2.0) > id AA18877; Sat, 23 Mar 91 18:07:11 EST > Received: from shemp.cs.ucla.edu by fcs280s.ncifcrf.gov (4.1/NCIFCRF-3.0/AWF-2.0) > id AA18874; Sat, 23 Mar 91 18:07:08 EST > Received: by shemp.cs.ucla.edu > (Sendmail 5.61a+YP/2.33) id AA04525; > Sat, 23 Mar 91 15:08:32 -0800 > Received: from yata.UUCP by twinsun.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) > id AA04772; Sat, 23 Mar 91 14:31:41 PST > Received: by yata.mv.la.ca.us (4.1/SMI-4.1) > id AA04965; Sat, 23 Mar 91 13:46:25 PST > Date: Sat, 23 Mar 91 13:46:25 PST > From: yata!eggert(a)twinsun.com (Paul Eggert) > Message-Id: <9103232146.AA04965(a)yata.mv.la.ca.us> > To: ado(a)ncifcrf.gov, buz(a)csd.hku.hk, moraes(a)cs.toronto.edu, rsalz(a)bbn.com > Subject: Soviet time zone rule change on 1991/03/31 (``go to bed as usual'') > Status: RO > > [Is there a mailing list or newsgroup for time zones in software? > Anyway, just to show that the US has no monopoly on time zone screwups, > here's a story from the Los Angeles Times, 1991/03/22, page A18. > Of course they blame it all on Stalin. -- Paul <eggert(a)twinsun.com>] > > > Soviets Get Clocks Back on Track--and It's About Time > > >From Associated Press > > MOSCOW--Red-faced Soviet officials are admitting they haven't kept the > correct time in more than six decades, blaming a mistake in the Stalin > era when clocks should have bene turned back an hour. > > As a result, officials are scrapping the Soviet version of > daylight-saving time this summer. Clocks, however, will still ``fall > back'' an hour in the autumn. > > All this timekeeping havoc is bound to further baffle a nation that has > had its share of confusion for 1991. > > March 31 is when clocks usually are moved forward an hour for summer > time in the Soviet Union, which has 11 time zones. > > But the Council of Ministers has decreed that the move won't be made > for most of the Soviet Union--the huge Russion Federation, which > includes Moscow; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Byelorussia; Turkmenia and the > Ukraine. > > The republics of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Moldova, however, will > follow their rebellious tradition and move their clocks ahead as > before. > > To confound the masses even more, Tadzhikistan, parts of Kazakhstan and > some other regions will actually set their clocks back an hour to > better organize daylight hours, the decree said. > > According to the newspaper Evening Moscow, the move was made to correct > a 61-year-old mistake. > > ``In 1930, it was decided to introduce summer time and move the hands > of clocks one hour ahead,'' the paper said. ``In the passage of time, > they did not announce winter time'' in the fall of 1930, leaving the > country with a single time year-round. > > In 1981, it was decided to restore the seasonal time change. But when > the clocks were moved forward an hour that spring, the country wound up > with two extra hours of sunlight during summer instead of the intended > one. > > Officials figured that the end of March--the regular date to move > clocks ahead--was the best time to correct the imbalance. ``On March > 31, one should not move the hands of the clock ahead, but go to bed as > usual,'' the newspaper advised.

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Re: Dates in Mush
by ado Oct. 15, 1990

Oct. 15, 1990

> Subject: Re: Dates in Mush > > "MET DST" comes from zoneinfo: > ... > Rule M-Eur 1986 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 " DST" > Rule M-Eur 1986 max - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 - > ... > Zone MET 1:00 M-Eur MET%s > ... I've (finally) tracked down the original source of the information, which is attached. --ado > ... > Date: 27 Feb 86 06:03:20 +1100 (Thu) > ... > From: Robert Elz <seismo!munnari!kre> > > ...I believe that the standard timezone names in Europe are "WET" and "WED DST" (with a space)...

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Re: Dates in Mush
by emoryu1!emory!ogicse!cse.ogi.edu!schaefer Sept. 30, 1990

Sept. 30, 1990

On Sep 20, 9:58am, lupe christoph wrote: } Subject: Re: Dates in Mush } } "MET DST" comes from zoneinfo: } } # @(#)europe 1.3 89/02/13 SMI; from Arthur Olson's 3.1 } } ... } Rule M-Eur 1986 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 " DST" } Rule M-Eur 1986 max - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 - } ... } Zone MET 1:00 M-Eur MET%s } ... } } This means that "MET" is suffixed by " DST" in the period "Mar lastSun 2:00s" } till "Sep lastSun 2:00s". Hm. Looks as though something like Rule M-Eur 1986 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S Rule M-Eur 1986 max - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 - ... Zone MET 1:00 M-Eur ME%sT would produce what B-news (and mush) are expecting for zones. } You might want to ask seismo!elsie!tz about the names. OK, tz is on the To: line. Maybe he (Arthur? Is that you?) could shed some light on the subject. As nearly as I can tell, the B-news parser is prepared to handle arbitrarily mixed cases, periods between the letters, and practically every other combination *except* two words separated by a space. Mush is a less robust about mixed cases and so on because it doesn't expect to be parsing anything but machine-generated date strings. } > Thanks for the info. I think I'm going to try to find a } > better way to parse for it, though. It should be possible } > to recognize it without explicitly reading it into a string, } > e.g. match it literally in the sscanf format or something. } Regular expressions ? Well, actually, what you did isn't too bad in theory but is overkill in all but one of the cases. Even if we do read it into a string, it's not necessary to add a new sscanf call every time; just add the %3s (you used %4s, but you should have allocated a 5-char buffer for that) after the %7s that is already there. Note that the comparisons are for things like (sscanf() >= 5) in nearly all cases; the zone is already expected to be missing, so it won't hurt to also ignore a missing DST (not) tacked on after the zone. The only one where you need the explicit match is one where the zone name appears in the middle of the string. -- Bart Schaefer schaefer(a)cse.ogi.edu

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australasia zoneinfo
by cvl!cvl!mimsy!uunet!munnari!physiol.su.oz.au!daved March 3, 1990

March 3, 1990

I have just modified our Australasia zoneinfo file to take account of changes in the NSW rule, and have incorporated changes distributed from Queensland and South Australia over the Australian news recently. I have also added code for Lord Howe Island (perhaps not in the most efficient manner possible). Lord Howe maintains GMT+10:30 when the New South Wales mainland is observing GMT+10:00. When the mainland moves to daylight saving time, it adopts the same time, namely GMT+11:00. So its "saving" is only 30 minutes. My complete file follows: # @(#)australasia 4.1+ (daved mods) # Incorporates updates for Australia from Robert Elz' australia 1.1 # and further updates from the Australian consulate. # Australian Data (for states with DST), standard rules # Includes shift in 1987 to follow Vic/NSW rules for ending DST, # and shift in 1986 to start DST earlier. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Oz 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - Rule Oz 1986 max - Oct Sun<=24 2:00 1:00 - Rule Oz 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 - Rule Oz 1973 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - Rule Oz 1987 max - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Australia/Tasmania 10:00 Oz EST Zone Australia/North 9:30 - CST # No DST here Zone Australia/West 8:00 - WST # No DST here Zone Australia/South 9:30 SA CST # The government seems to change things by regulation, not by changing the act. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule SA 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - Rule SA 1972 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - Rule SA 1986 only - Mar 16 3:00 0 - Rule SA 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 1:00 - Rule SA 1987 only - Mar 15 3:00 0 - Rule SA 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - Rule SA 1988 only - Mar 20 3:00 0 - Rule SA 1989 max - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 - # Victoria jumped to a later ending date for DST in 1986 rather than 1987. Zone Australia/Victoria 10:00 Oz EST 1985 Oct lastSun 2:00 10:00 1:00 EST 1986 Mar Sun<=21 3:00 10:00 Oz EST # New South Wales and subjurisdictions have their own ideas of a fun time. # Based on law library research by John Mackin (john(a)basser.cs.su.oz) # who notes: # In Australia, time is not legislated federally, but rather by the # individual states. Thus, while such terms as ``Eastern Standard Time'' # [I mean, of course, Australian EST, not any other kind] are in common # use, _they have NO REAL MEANING_, as they are not defined in the # legislation. This is very important to understand. # I have researched New South Wales time only. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule NSW 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - Rule NSW 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 - Rule NSW 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - Rule NSW 1982 only - Apr 4 3:00 0 - Rule NSW 1983 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - Rule NSW 1986 only - Mar 16 3:00 0 - Rule NSW 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 1:00 - Rule NSW 1987 only - Mar 15 3:00 0 - Rule NSW 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - Rule NSW 1988 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - Rule NSW 1989 only - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 - Rule NSW 1990 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Australia/NSW 10:00 NSW EST Zone Australia/Broken-Hill 9:00 NSW ??? Zone Australia/Sturt 9:00 NSW ??? Zone Australia/Yancowinna 9:30 NSW ??? # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule LHI 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0:30 - Rule LHI 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 - Rule LHI 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - Rule LHI 1982 only - Apr 4 3:00 0 - Rule LHI 1983 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - Rule LHI 1986 only - Mar 16 3:00 0 - Rule LHI 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 0:30 - Rule LHI 1987 only - Mar 15 3:00 0 - Rule LHI 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0:30 - Rule LHI 1988 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - Rule LHI 1989 only - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 - Rule LHI 1990 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - Zone Australia/LHI 10:30 LHI ??? # Queensland introduced DST for a `trial' period of 1 year # Based on the Daylight Saving Act 1989, No. 78 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule QLD 1989 only - Oct 29 2:00 1:00 - Rule QLD 1990 only - Mar 4 2:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Australia/Queensland 10:00 QLD EST # New Zealand, from Elz' asia 1.1 # Elz says "no guarantees" # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule NZ 1974 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule NZ 1975 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES/SAVE FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone NZ 12:00 NZ NZ%sT # New Zealand # # A footnote here: # # . . . # Date: Thu, j19 Feb 87 12:02:17 EST # From: Bradley White <seismo!k.cs.cmu.edu!bww> # . . . # I am including a description of Australian time zones. . . # this stuff is definitely accurate. # . . . # a) Australian Eastern Time: (EST = GMT+10:00, EDT = GMT+11:00) # . . . # Summer of 86/87 - present (current legislation): # third Sun Oct 02:00 EST -> third LSun Mar 02:00 EST # # If this turns out to be true, substitute Sun<=21 (third Sunday in October) # for Sun<=24 (next-to-last Sunday in October) above. . .some time before # October 1988, the first time it makes a difference. #

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Updated leap seconds file
by ado Oct. 15, 1989

Oct. 15, 1989

Word just in is that there'll be a leap second at the end of the year. --ado *** 7.1/leapseconds Sat Oct 14 20:44:25 1989 --- 7.2/leapseconds Sat Oct 14 20:44:26 1989 *************** *** 1,4 **** ! # @(#)leapseconds 7.1 # Allowance for leapseconds added to each timezone file. --- 1,4 ---- ! # @(#)leapseconds 7.2 # Allowance for leapseconds added to each timezone file. *************** *** 26,28 **** --- 26,29 ---- Leap 1983 Jun 30 23:59:60 + S Leap 1985 Jun 30 23:59:60 + S Leap 1987 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S + Leap 1989 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S

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