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Time zone in Troll station
by Bengt-Inge Larsson March 21, 2014

March 21, 2014

Hello IANA! I have noticed that a number of research stations in Antarctica are listed in the tz database, but none in the UTC-1 to UTC+1 range, even if there should be such stations. One such station is the Troll station, which is operated year-around and belongs to Norway. I had a mail conversation with the responsible authority, the Norwegian Polar Institute, about which time zone the Troll station actually uses. The Troll station station officially uses UTC+0. During the dark season March-October, when no air or overland travel is done, it uses Norwegian summertime UTC+2 to simplify communication. So I suggest you add a new zone called Antarctica/Troll You may confirm this through Paul-Inge Flakstad at the Norwegian Polar Institute ( flakstad(a)npolar.no ) Yours Sincerely Bengt-Inge Larsson Sweden From: Paul-Inge Flakstad Sent: Monday, February 03, 2014 12:49 PM To: Bengt-Inge Larsson Cc: Nettredaktør Subject: RE: Time zone in Troll station Hi again Bengt-Inge, I can now confirm that Troll is indeed at UTC/GMT 0. Furthermore - should it be of interest to you - our overwintering team follow Norwegian time (including summer time) during the period they are alone at Troll (March-October). This practice is in place simply to make communication with the head office in Norway more convenient. Thank you for asking us about this. Questions like this and feedback in general are important factors in identifying weak spots in our information channels. In this case, we will update our website with more correct information about the Troll station. Best regards, Paul-Inge Flakstad From: Paul-Inge Flakstad Sent: 3. februar 2014 11:04 To: 'Bengt-Inge Larsson' Cc: Nettredaktør Subject: RE: Time zone in Troll station Hi again Bengt, I see now that my initial reply might have been misleading. Our website page about Troll (where I pulled the info from) states that "Troll is 2 hours after Norwegian time". With Norway in GMT +1, this would implicitly place Troll in GMT -1. However, I believe this is wrong, and that you are correct; Several reliable(ish) sources place Troll in GMT 0, and I assume they base this on geographical coordinates. This also fits nicely into the "2 hours behind"-info on our website, provided one is comparing to Norwegian summer time. I have sent an e-mail to our Antarctica department, asking for verification, and will come back to you with a definite answer as soon as I receive their reply. Best regards, Paul-Inge Flakstad From: Bengt-Inge Larsson [mailto:bengt-inge@tele2.se] Sent: 31. januar 2014 17:33 To: Paul-Inge Flakstad Subject: Re: Time zone in Troll station That has to be 2 hours behind Norwegian Summer time, because I see that the clock on the web camera photos are one hour behind the Central European Winter time. And some other source, unchecked reliability, says there is Greenwich Time in the Troll area. Or is it ? Bengt-Inge Larsson From: Paul-Inge Flakstad Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2014 10:34 PM To: Nettredaktør ; Bengt-Inge Larsson Subject: SV: Time zone in Troll station Hi Bengt, Troll is 2 hours behind Norwegian time. Best regards,Paul-Inge FlakstadWeb developer, Norwegian Polar Instituteflakstad(a)npolar.no Bengt-Inge Larsson <bengt-inge(a)tele2.se>: Hello! Which time zone is kept at the Troll research station in Antarctica (what are the clocks there set at)? Or what is the time difference to Norway ? I ask since the time zone database used for computers contains some stations in Antarctica, only belonging to English speaking countries, USA; UK and Australia. But not Troll, and it seems that Troll is in some other time zone, since it is not located near those listed bases. Bengt Larsson Göteborg Sweden

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[PATCH] * zic.c (growalloc): Fix typos in size calculation and diagnostic.
by Paul Eggert March 21, 2014

March 21, 2014

--- zic.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/zic.c b/zic.c index 09fda7a..34b3dc1 100644 --- a/zic.c +++ b/zic.c @@ -400,8 +400,8 @@ growalloc(void *ptr, size_t itemsize, int nitems, int *nitems_alloc) return ptr; else { int amax = INT_MAX < SIZE_MAX ? INT_MAX : SIZE_MAX; - if ((amax - 1) / 2 < *nitems_alloc) - memory_exhausted("int ooverflow"); + if ((amax - 1) / 3 * 2 < *nitems_alloc) + memory_exhausted("int overflow"); *nitems_alloc = *nitems_alloc + (*nitems_alloc >> 1) + 1; return erealloc(ptr, size_product(*nitems_alloc, itemsize)); } -- 1.8.5.3

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Crimea to switch to Moscow Time as of March 30, 2014
by Alexander Krivenyshev March 18, 2014

March 18, 2014

According to the news, Republic of Crimea (Simferopol, Sevastopol, Kerch, Yalta, Yevpatoriya) will change its clock 2 hours forward (to the Moscow time) on March 30, 2014. Crimea to switch to Moscow Time as of March 30 http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2014_03_17/Crimea-to-switch-to-Moscow-Time-as- of-March-30-8334/ or http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_crimea01.html Alexander Krivenyshev, http://www.worldtimezone.com

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Re: [tz] Crimea to switch to Moscow Time as of March 30, 2014
by Julian Cable March 17, 2014

March 17, 2014

Yes, I would, which suggests that a 'disputed' country is a bad idea, but that putting the zones in each country works better. It is important to NOT choose. Julian -----Original Message----- From: Paul_Koning(a)Dell.com [mailto:Paul_Koning@Dell.com] Sent: 17 March 2014 18:36 To: Julian Cable Subject: Re: [tz] Crimea to switch to Moscow Time as of March 30, 2014 On Mar 17, 2014, at 2:29 PM, Julian Cable <julian.cable(a)bbc.co.uk> wrote: > I don't think an authority is needed to approve the existence of a dispute. Would you mark "disputed" no matter who makes the claim of dispute? If yes, you would end up with so many entries that it becomes pointless. If no, then you're choosing authorities - those whose marking you would accept. Is South Korea disputed? Kim III would probably say it is. Is Taiwan disputed? Crimea? Israel? paul ----------------------------- http://www.bbc.co.uk This e-mail (and any attachments) is confidential and may contain personal views which are not the views of the BBC unless specifically stated. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system. Do not use, copy or disclose the information in any way nor act in reliance on it and notify the sender immediately. Please note that the BBC monitors e-mails sent or received. Further communication will signify your consent to this. -----------------------------

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Re: [tz] Crimea to switch to Moscow Time as of March 30, 2014
by dpatte March 17, 2014

March 17, 2014

Either pluralist view would be better than the current arbitrary system being used Sent from Samsung Note 3

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Paraguay 2014 DST rules
by Ciro Iriarte March 17, 2014

March 17, 2014

The paraguayan government decided to change once more the DST rule this year, please find enclosed a patch to be reviewed and included in "southamerica" zone file to accommodate this change. Regards, -- Ciro Iriarte http://iriarte.it --

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Ukraine 1990, PS
by Bogdan Krusiński March 16, 2014

March 16, 2014

google translator gone mad - translates ukrainian word 'bes' ("without") as 's' ("with") (i tried both translating into polish and eglish, both translations are opposite to what was in orginal). The decree from june 1990 do not mentions previous zone - just states that country moves to zone +2 GMT without addition of one hour (without DST) ie +2 GMT. with best regards Bogdan Krusiński

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Ukraine 1990
by Bogdan Krusiński March 16, 2014

March 16, 2014

Hello, the contenst of decree at http://search.ligazakon.ua/l_doc2.nsf/link1/T001500.html contain only one point: "1. Установити з 1 липня 1990 року на території Української РСР час другого часового поясу без додання однієї години." "1. Intorduction from 1st of July 1990 on territory of Ukrainian SSR time of two hours without addition of one hour". I'm a bit disturbed because I was directed by astro.com to these archives where it is translated as: "Set on 1 July 1990 in the Ukrainian SSR, the second time zone with the addition of one hour." "without" is not "with". Pozdrawiam serdecznie Bogdan Krusiński http://www.astrologia.pl

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Re: [tz] [PATCH] manual: time: fix typo in IST example
by Paul Eggert March 14, 2014

March 14, 2014

Thanks for catching that. I fixed a similar bug in the upstream tz documentation, here: https://github.com/eggert/tz/commit/3f0f945c170c6a6f3bb529191230d1a19f885c85

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Time on Johnston Island
by Lyle March 13, 2014

March 13, 2014

While doing research on atomic bomb testing, I found that at one point, when JI was being used for that testing, the time being used was not Hawaiian time but rather the same time being used on the ships, which had a GMT offset of -11 hours. This apparently applied to at least the time from Operation Newsreel (Hardtack I/Teak shot, 1968-8-1) to the last Operation Fishbowl shot (Tightrope, 1962-11-4). The document that lead us to that conclusion is by Herman Hoerlin, "The United States High-Altitude Test Experience: A Review Emphasizing the Impact on the Environment", Los Alamos LA-6405, Oct 1976. Fas.org/sgo/othergov/doe/lanl/docs1/00322994.pdf. See the table on page 4 where he lists GMT and local times for the tests; a footnote for the JI tests reads that local time is "JI time = Hawaii Time Minus One Hour". A little give-back for the use of your database in informing the atomic test tables on Wikipedia. Thanks. Lyle McElhaney Lmc(a)ashabon.com

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