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2010n
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] Oct. 25, 2010

Oct. 25, 2010

The files... ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzcode2010n.tar.gz ...and... ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzdata2010n.tar.gz ...are now available; these reflect the changes circulated on 2010-10-13 on the time zone mailing list. I expect that data2010o will appear on 2010-11-01 in light of the change in the end of DST in Fiji in 2011. Folks wanting to avoid version thrash may want to hold off for a week. --ado

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Fiji will end DST 3 weeks earlier than expected- on March 6, 2011
by Alexander Krivenyshev Oct. 24, 2010

Oct. 24, 2010

According to Radio Fiji and Fiji Times online, Fiji will end DST 3 weeks earlier than expected - on March 6, 2011, not March 27, 2011. Radio Fiji http://www.radiofiji.com.fj/fullstory.php?id=31740 Fiji Times online http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=158517 or http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_fiji04.html Alex Krivenyshev, http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/ New York, NY

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Another China time zone question
by Jonathan Hassid Oct. 22, 2010

Oct. 22, 2010

Dear time zone list: I have been doing a little research on time zones in China, and one of the few sources on the matter seems to contradict the tz database. While the database indicates there were multiple time zones until 1980, Guo Qingheng of the Chinese Academy of Science Time Service Center published an article in 2003 in which he states that primary documents indicate that "probably in order to comply with instructions from central broadcasters, after liberation [that is, after 1949] the broadcasters in each area very quickly changed their local times to Beijing Time, in order to express unanimity with the center." And that "by the beginning of 1950, within a few months after establishing the country, the entire country except for Xinjiang and Tibet was all using the Beijing Time standard," with Tibet following in 1960 and Xinjiang by 1975 (Guo Qingsheng [郭庆生], "Beijing Time at the Beginning of the PRC [建国初期的北京时间]." The Chinese Journal for the History of Science and Technology [中国科技史料]. Vol. 24, No. 1, (2003), p2.) So I was wondering what the sources are for China having multiple time zones from 1949-1980, and who is correct here. Any help is appreciated! Best, Jonathan Hassid UTS CRICOS Provider Code: 00099F DISCLAIMER: This email message and any accompanying attachments may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, do not read, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message or attachments. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender expressly, and with authority, states them to be the views of the University of Technology Sydney. Before opening any attachments, please check them for viruses and defects. Think. Green. Do. Please consider the environment before printing this email.

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Russia plan to abolish "summer time" in 2011
by Alexander Krivenyshev Oct. 19, 2010

Oct. 19, 2010

Another draft bill 441798-5 to abolish the "summer time" submitted to the State Duma on October 19, 2010: Instead of the seasonal clock change to "summer time", the bill proposes a change to actual working hours for organizations and institutions around the country beginning on the first Monday in April through the first Monday in November of each year. If the bill is approved, it would come into force on 1 January 2011. (in English) Transition of the Russian Federation to the International system of Time Zones: http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia019.html or media reports (in Russian): http://spb.rbc.ru/freenews/20101019132518.shtml http://newsru.com/russia/19oct2010/perevod.html Alexander Krivenyshev, http://www.worldtimezone.com

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FW: New TZ data for Fiji
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] Oct. 19, 2010

Oct. 19, 2010

I'm forwarding this message from Franck Martin who is not on the time zone mailing list. Those of you who are on the list, please direct replies appropriately. --ado From: Franck Martin [mailto:franck@avonsys.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 9:00 To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: New TZ data for Fiji http://www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2438:da… Franck Martin http://www.avonsys.com/ http://www.facebook.com/Avonsys twitter: FranckMartin Avonsys Check your domain reputation: http://gurl.im/b69d4o

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Re: About China time zones
by CHancuff＠aol.com Oct. 17, 2010

Oct. 17, 2010

This sounds a bit like the town in Canada whose mayor must sign a proclamation each year to observe Daylight Savings Time by a certain date. If the mayor happens to be out fishing when this deadline comes and goes, DST does not get observed by the town. I can't for the life of me remember the name of that place. Cliff Hancuff In a message dated 10/17/2010 1:40:33 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, ma.lude.xj(a)gmail.com writes: I think I understand now your reason for wanting dual time zones now, thanks. I think, though, that Jonathan Hassid has his the nail on the head as far as Xinjiang time is concerned with his access to Guo's article, that there is no single change or date from Xinjiang time to Beijing time. It seems rather that different ministries and different localities switched at different times.

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Re: About China time zones
by Luther Ma Oct. 17, 2010

Oct. 17, 2010

I might also say here that adding a new population center in Xinjiang that is UTC +8:00 to the tz database (as originally suggested in "first pass at Uyghur time" 2009.11.21) is unnecessary and redundant (besides having other potential problems) because the population that uses +8:00 uses it precisely because they consider Beijing their center (which we, of course, call Shanghai/Asia). :P Just my opinion, of course. Once again, I'll accept "first pass" if it is to be the last pass. -mld

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FW: environment independent time functions...
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] Oct. 14, 2010

Oct. 14, 2010

I'm forwarding this message from Christos Zoulas, who is not on the time zone mailing list. Those of you who are on the list, please direct replies appropriately. --ado -----Original Message----- From: Christos Zoulas [mailto:christos@zoulas.com] Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 4:36 To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: environment independent time functions... Hello, What I want to achieve is to be able to use the time functions in a multi-threaded program that can handle multiple timezones at the same time. Right now, this is impossible, because the notion of timezone is expressed through the environment. I was careful to re-use the existing code and not change existing functionality so the following routines are just an add-on. I modified tzcode 2010l to add the following functions (as defined in timeextra.h). First I expose an opaque timezone type: typedef struct __state *timezone_t; which is no other than the internal state. Then I provide a way to allocate the handle on per timezone name and to free it. const timezone_t tzalloc(const char *); void tzfree(const timezone_t); Note that the handle is const, because I might want to enhance this in the future to use reference counting instead of allocating a new one per invocation. Then I provide a way to return the two (dst and nondst) strings (like tzname[0], and tzname[1]) with: const char * tzgetname(const timezone_t, int); The following functions are also provided, which are like the _r counterparts only they have an extra timezone argument: struct tm * localtime_z(const time_t *, struct tm *, const timezone_t); char * ctime_z(const time_t *, char *, const timezone_t); time_t timelocal_z(struct tm *, const timezone_t); time_t mktime_z(struct tm *, const timezone_t); time_t time2posix_z(time_t, const timezone_t); time_t posix2time_z(time_t, const timezone_t); The changes to the source are minimal (the diffs are slightly larger because I made things use ansi prototypes and removed 'register '. I don't care about the names or the signatures much, just something I came up as a proof of concept. Here's example code: #include "timeextra.h" #include <stdlib.h> #include <stdio.h> int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { size_t i; char buf[60]; time_t t = time(NULL); timezone_t *tz = malloc(argc * sizeof(*tz)); for (i = 1; i < argc; i++) { tz[i] = tzalloc(argv[i]); if (tz[i] == NULL) err(1, "Cannot find timezone %s", argv[i]); } for (i = 1; i < argc; i++) { printf("[%s] [%s] %s", tzgetname(tz[i], 0), tzgetname(tz[i], 1), ctime_z(&t, buf, tz[i])); tzfree(tz[i]); } return 0; } Has anyone done this work or similar? Do you think others might want something like this? Are you interested in taking a look at the changes/incorporating them? Do you have any other suggestions? Best Regards, christos

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FW: Samoa
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] Oct. 13, 2010

Oct. 13, 2010

I'm forwarding this message from Raymond Hughes, who is not on the time zone mailing list. Those of you who are on the list, please direct replies appropriately. (Right now http://www.mcil.gov.ws is unavailable--at least from the system I'm using--but Googling "03/04/11 adjust clocks" and using the "Cache" link provides the content). --ado -----Original Message----- From: Raymond Hughes [mailto:raymond@hughes.ws] Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 9:36 To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: Re: Samoa the start of DST here is Samoa was OK from what I've seen, but looking at my zdump I see the ending does not have the correct times. Sun Sep 26 10:59:59 2010 UTC = Sat Sep 25 23:59:59 2010 WST isdst=0 Sun Sep 26 11:00:00 2010 UTC = Sun Sep 26 01:00:00 2010 WSDT isdst=1 Sun Apr 3 09:59:59 2011 UTC = Sat Apr 2 23:59:59 2011 WSDT isdst=1 Sun Apr 3 10:00:00 2011 UTC = Sat Apr 2 23:00:00 2011 WST isdst=0 Please see www.mcil.gov.ws, the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Labour (sideframe) "Last Sunday September 2010 (26/09/10) - adjust clocks forward from 12:00 midnight to 01:00am and First Sunday April 2011 (03/04/11) - adjust clocks backwards from 1:00am to 12:00am" PS. Thanks Maintainers Regards Ray

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Re Fiji Timezone
by Franck Martin Oct. 13, 2010

Oct. 13, 2010

Seems the TZ file is not updated with the info: http://www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2438:da… Fiji will switch back to daylight saving time from 24th October, 2010 at 2am. This means members of the public will be required to switch their clocks one hour ahead to 3am. It is expected to end in March 2011, a date is yet to be confirmed. Franck Martin http://www.avonsys.com/ http://www.facebook.com/Avonsys twitter: FranckMartin Avonsys Check your domain reputation: http://gurl.im/b69d4o

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