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proposed time zone package changes
by Arthur David Olson July 20, 2008

July 20, 2008

Proposed time zone packages appear below. These include: * changes to "Makefile" to allow withdrawal of logwtmp.c * data file URL fixes from Halasz Sandor Viktor * a fix for a typo in the "europe" file from Jesper Norgaard Welen (only affects 1945 time stamps) * changes for Mauritius in the "africa" file based on messages from Steffen Thorsen and Alex Krivenyshev * changes to the "leapseconds" file to reflect the IERS announcement of a positive leap second at the end of 2008 * changes (previously circulated) to the "tz-link.htm" file from Paul Eggert. If there's no negative feedback, I'll make tzcode2008e.tar.gz and tzdata2008e.tar.gz available on 2008-07-28. --ado diff -r -c old/Makefile new/Makefile *** old/Makefile Wed Mar 5 11:58:23 2008 --- new/Makefile Sun Jul 20 14:23:27 2008 *************** *** 1,4 **** ! # @(#)Makefile 8.6 # Change the line below for your time zone (after finding the zone you want in # the time zone files, or adding it to a time zone file). --- 1,4 ---- ! # @(#)Makefile 8.7 # Change the line below for your time zone (after finding the zone you want in # the time zone files, or adding it to a time zone file). *************** *** 246,258 **** TZCOBJS= zic.o localtime.o asctime.o scheck.o ialloc.o TZDSRCS= zdump.c localtime.c ialloc.c TZDOBJS= zdump.o localtime.o ialloc.o ! DATESRCS= date.c localtime.c logwtmp.c strftime.c asctime.c ! DATEOBJS= date.o localtime.o logwtmp.o strftime.o asctime.o LIBSRCS= localtime.c asctime.c difftime.c LIBOBJS= localtime.o asctime.o difftime.o HEADERS= tzfile.h private.h NONLIBSRCS= zic.c zdump.c scheck.c ialloc.c ! NEWUCBSRCS= date.c logwtmp.c strftime.c SOURCES= $(HEADERS) $(LIBSRCS) $(NONLIBSRCS) $(NEWUCBSRCS) tzselect.ksh MANS= newctime.3 newstrftime.3 newtzset.3 time2posix.3 \ tzfile.5 tzselect.8 zic.8 zdump.8 --- 246,258 ---- TZCOBJS= zic.o localtime.o asctime.o scheck.o ialloc.o TZDSRCS= zdump.c localtime.c ialloc.c TZDOBJS= zdump.o localtime.o ialloc.o ! DATESRCS= date.c localtime.c strftime.c asctime.c ! DATEOBJS= date.o localtime.o strftime.o asctime.o LIBSRCS= localtime.c asctime.c difftime.c LIBOBJS= localtime.o asctime.o difftime.o HEADERS= tzfile.h private.h NONLIBSRCS= zic.c zdump.c scheck.c ialloc.c ! NEWUCBSRCS= date.c strftime.c SOURCES= $(HEADERS) $(LIBSRCS) $(NONLIBSRCS) $(NEWUCBSRCS) tzselect.ksh MANS= newctime.3 newstrftime.3 newtzset.3 time2posix.3 \ tzfile.5 tzselect.8 zic.8 zdump.8 *************** *** 348,362 **** if [ -x /usr/ucb/ranlib -o -x /usr/bin/ranlib ] ; \ then ranlib $@ ; fi - # We use the system's logwtmp in preference to ours if available. - date: $(DATEOBJS) - ar r ,lib.a logwtmp.o - if [ -x /usr/ucb/ranlib -o -x /usr/bin/ranlib ] ; \ - then ranlib ,lib.a ; fi $(CC) $(CFLAGS) date.o localtime.o asctime.o strftime.o \ ! $(LDLIBS) -lc ,lib.a -o $@ ! rm -f ,lib.a tzselect: tzselect.ksh sed \ --- 348,356 ---- if [ -x /usr/ucb/ranlib -o -x /usr/bin/ranlib ] ; \ then ranlib $@ ; fi date: $(DATEOBJS) $(CC) $(CFLAGS) date.o localtime.o asctime.o strftime.o \ ! $(LDLIBS) -lc -o $@ tzselect: tzselect.ksh sed \ diff -r -c old/africa new/africa *** old/africa Mon Jul 7 09:45:31 2008 --- new/africa Sun Jul 20 15:30:59 2008 *************** *** 1,4 **** ! # @(#)africa 8.13 # <pre> # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, --- 1,4 ---- ! # @(#)africa 8.15 # <pre> # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, *************** *** 394,416 **** # It seems that Mauritius observed daylight saving time from 1982-10-10 to # 1983-03-20 as well, but that was not successful.... # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/mauritius-daylight-saving-time.html ! # # From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-06-25): # http://economicdevelopment.gov.mu/portal/site/Mainhomepage/menuitem.a42b241… ! # # From Arthur David Olson (2008-06-30): # The www.timeanddate.com article cited by Steffen Thorsen notes that "A # final decision has yet to be made on the times that daylight saving # would begin and end on these dates." As a place holder, use midnight. ! # # From Paul Eggert (2008-06-30): # Follow Thorsen on DST in 1982/1983, instead of Shanks & Pottenger. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Mauritius 1982 only - Oct 10 0:00 1:00 S Rule Mauritius 1983 only - Mar 21 0:00 0 - ! Rule Mauritius 2008 only - Nov 1 0:00 1:00 S ! Rule Mauritius 2009 only - Apr 1 0:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Indian/Mauritius 3:50:00 - LMT 1907 # Port Louis 4:00 Mauritius MU%sT # Mauritius Time --- 394,432 ---- # It seems that Mauritius observed daylight saving time from 1982-10-10 to # 1983-03-20 as well, but that was not successful.... # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/mauritius-daylight-saving-time.html ! # From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-06-25): # http://economicdevelopment.gov.mu/portal/site/Mainhomepage/menuitem.a42b241… ! # From Arthur David Olson (2008-06-30): # The www.timeanddate.com article cited by Steffen Thorsen notes that "A # final decision has yet to be made on the times that daylight saving # would begin and end on these dates." As a place holder, use midnight. ! # From Paul Eggert (2008-06-30): # Follow Thorsen on DST in 1982/1983, instead of Shanks & Pottenger. + # From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-07-11): + # Seems that English language article "The revival of daylight saving + # time: Energy conservation?"-# No. 16578 (07/11/2008) was originally + # published on Monday, June 30, 2008... + # + # I guess that article in French "Le gouvernement avance l'introduction + # de l'heure d'ete" stating that DST in Mauritius starting on October 26 + # and ending on March 27, 2009 is the most recent one. + # <a href="http://www.lexpress.mu/display_article.php?news_id=111216"> + # http://www.lexpress.mu/display_article.php?news_id=111216 + # </a> + # or + # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_mauritius02.html"> + # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_mauritius02.html + # </a> + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Mauritius 1982 only - Oct 10 0:00 1:00 S Rule Mauritius 1983 only - Mar 21 0:00 0 - ! Rule Mauritius 2008 only - Oct 26 0:00 1:00 S ! Rule Mauritius 2009 only - Mar 27 0:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Indian/Mauritius 3:50:00 - LMT 1907 # Port Louis 4:00 Mauritius MU%sT # Mauritius Time *************** *** 475,481 **** # published on the web. # # It's also confirmed here: ! # <a href="http://www.maroc.ma/NR/exeres/FACF141F-D910-44B0-B7FA-6E03733425D1.htm "> # http://www.maroc.ma/NR/exeres/FACF141F-D910-44B0-B7FA-6E03733425D1.htm # </a> # on a government portal as being between june 1st and sept 27th (not yet --- 491,497 ---- # published on the web. # # It's also confirmed here: ! # <a href="http://www.maroc.ma/NR/exeres/FACF141F-D910-44B0-B7FA-6E03733425D1.htm"> # http://www.maroc.ma/NR/exeres/FACF141F-D910-44B0-B7FA-6E03733425D1.htm # </a> # on a government portal as being between june 1st and sept 27th (not yet diff -r -c old/asia new/asia *** old/asia Mon Jul 7 09:45:31 2008 --- new/asia Sun Jul 20 15:09:44 2008 *************** *** 1,4 **** ! # @(#)asia 8.21 # <pre> # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, --- 1,4 ---- ! # @(#)asia 8.22 # <pre> # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, *************** *** 1416,1422 **** # From Steffen Thorsen (2008-03-31): # eznis airways, which operates several domestic flights, has a flight # schedule here: ! # <a href="http://www.eznis.com/Container.jsp?id=112" # http://www.eznis.com/Container.jsp?id=112 # </a> # (click the English flag for English) --- 1416,1422 ---- # From Steffen Thorsen (2008-03-31): # eznis airways, which operates several domestic flights, has a flight # schedule here: ! # <a href="http://www.eznis.com/Container.jsp?id=112"> # http://www.eznis.com/Container.jsp?id=112 # </a> # (click the English flag for English) diff -r -c old/europe new/europe *** old/europe Mon Jul 7 09:45:31 2008 --- new/europe Sun Jul 20 15:20:42 2008 *************** *** 1,4 **** ! # @(#)europe 8.14 # <pre> # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, --- 1,4 ---- ! # @(#)europe 8.16 # <pre> # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, *************** *** 483,489 **** Rule C-Eur 1944 1945 - Apr Mon>=1 2:00s 1:00 S # Whitman gives 1944 Oct 7; go with Shanks & Pottenger. Rule C-Eur 1944 only - Oct 2 2:00s 0 - ! Rule C-Eur 1945 only - Sep 16 2:00 0 - Rule C-Eur 1977 1980 - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 S Rule C-Eur 1977 only - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 - Rule C-Eur 1978 only - Oct 1 2:00s 0 - --- 483,527 ---- Rule C-Eur 1944 1945 - Apr Mon>=1 2:00s 1:00 S # Whitman gives 1944 Oct 7; go with Shanks & Pottenger. Rule C-Eur 1944 only - Oct 2 2:00s 0 - ! # From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2008-07-13): ! # ! # I found what is probably a typo of 2:00 which should perhaps be 2:00s ! # in the C-Eur rule from tz database version 2008d (this part was ! # corrected in version 2008d). The circumstancial evidence is simply the ! # tz database itself, as seen below: ! # ! # Zone Europe/Paris 0:09:21 - LMT 1891 Mar 15 0:01 ! # 0:00 France WE%sT 1945 Sep 16 3:00 ! # ! # Zone Europe/Monaco 0:29:32 - LMT 1891 Mar 15 ! # 0:00 France WE%sT 1945 Sep 16 3:00 ! # ! # Zone Europe/Belgrade 1:22:00 - LMT 1884 ! # 1:00 1:00 CEST 1945 Sep 16 2:00s ! # ! # Rule France 1945 only - Sep 16 3:00 0 - ! # Rule Belgium 1945 only - Sep 16 2:00s 0 - ! # Rule Neth 1945 only - Sep 16 2:00s 0 - ! # ! # The rule line to be changed is: ! # ! # Rule C-Eur 1945 only - Sep 16 2:00 0 - ! # ! # It seems that Paris, Monaco, Rule France, Rule Belgium all agree on ! # 2:00 standard time, e.g. 3:00 local time. However there are no ! # countries that use C-Eur rules in September 1945, so the only items ! # affected are apparently these ficticious zones that translates acronyms ! # CET and MET: ! # ! # Zone CET 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT ! # Zone MET 1:00 C-Eur ME%sT ! # ! # It this is right then the corrected version would look like: ! # ! # Rule C-Eur 1945 only - Sep 16 2:00s 0 - ! # ! # A small step for mankind though 8-) ! Rule C-Eur 1945 only - Sep 16 2:00s 0 - Rule C-Eur 1977 1980 - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 S Rule C-Eur 1977 only - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 - Rule C-Eur 1978 only - Oct 1 2:00s 0 - *************** *** 1094,1101 **** # [See tz-link.htm for the URL.] # From Joerg Schilling (2002-10-23): ! # In 1945, Berlin was switched to Moscow Summer time (GMT+4) by <a ! # href="http://www.dhm.de/lemo/html/biografien/BersarinNikolai/"> # General [Nikolai] Bersarin</a>. # From Paul Eggert (2003-03-08): --- 1132,1139 ---- # [See tz-link.htm for the URL.] # From Joerg Schilling (2002-10-23): ! # In 1945, Berlin was switched to Moscow Summer time (GMT+4) by ! # <a href="http://www.dhm.de/lemo/html/biografien/BersarinNikolai/"> # General [Nikolai] Bersarin</a>. # From Paul Eggert (2003-03-08): diff -r -c old/leapseconds new/leapseconds *** old/leapseconds Mon Mar 24 08:30:59 2008 --- new/leapseconds Thu Jul 10 12:58:26 2008 *************** *** 1,4 **** ! # @(#)leapseconds 8.5 # Allowance for leapseconds added to each timezone file. --- 1,4 ---- ! # @(#)leapseconds 8.6 # Allowance for leapseconds added to each timezone file. *************** *** 44,49 **** --- 44,50 ---- Leap 1997 Jun 30 23:59:60 + S Leap 1998 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S Leap 2005 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S + Leap 2008 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S # INTERNATIONAL EARTH ROTATION AND REFERENCE SYSTEMS SERVICE (IERS) # *************** *** 50,83 **** # SERVICE INTERNATIONAL DE LA ROTATION TERRESTRE ET DES SYSTEMES DE REFERENCE # # SERVICE DE LA ROTATION TERRESTRE ! # OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS # 61, Av. de l'Observatoire 75014 PARIS (France) # Tel. : 33 (0) 1 40 51 22 26 # FAX : 33 (0) 1 40 51 22 91 ! # Internet : services.iers(a)obspm.fr # ! # Paris, 18 January 2008 # ! # Bulletin C 35 # ! # To authorities responsible # for the measurement and ! # distribution of time # ! # INFORMATION ON UTC - TAI # ! # NO positive leap second will be introduced at the end of June 2008. ! # The difference between Coordinated Universal Time UTC and the ! # International Atomic Time TAI is : # ! # from 2006 January 1, 0h UTC, until further notice : UTC-TAI = -33 s # # Leap seconds can be introduced in UTC at the end of the months of December ! # or June, depending on the evolution of UT1-TAI. Bulletin C is mailed every ! # six months, either to announce a time step in UTC, or to confirm that there # will be no time step at the next possible date. # # Daniel GAMBIS ! # Head ! # Earth Orientation Center of the IERS # Observatoire de Paris, France --- 51,92 ---- # SERVICE INTERNATIONAL DE LA ROTATION TERRESTRE ET DES SYSTEMES DE REFERENCE # # SERVICE DE LA ROTATION TERRESTRE ! # OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS # 61, Av. de l'Observatoire 75014 PARIS (France) # Tel. : 33 (0) 1 40 51 22 26 # FAX : 33 (0) 1 40 51 22 91 ! # e-mail : services.iers(a)obspm.fr ! # http://hpiers.obspm.fr/eop-pc # ! # Paris, 4 July 2008 # ! # Bulletin C 36 # ! # To authorities responsible # for the measurement and ! # distribution of time # ! # UTC TIME STEP ! # on the 1st of January 2009 # ! # A positive leap second will be introduced at the end of December 2008. ! # The sequence of dates of the UTC second markers will be: # ! # 2008 December 31, 23h 59m 59s ! # 2008 December 31, 23h 59m 60s ! # 2009 January 1, 0h 0m 0s # + # The difference between UTC and the International Atomic Time TAI is: + # + # from 2006 January 1, 0h UTC, to 2009 January 1 0h UTC : UTC-TAI = - 33s + # from 2009 January 1, 0h UTC, until further notice : UTC-TAI = - 34s + # # Leap seconds can be introduced in UTC at the end of the months of December ! # or June, depending on the evolution of UT1-TAI. Bulletin C is mailed every ! # six months, either to announce a time step in UTC or to confirm that there # will be no time step at the next possible date. # # Daniel GAMBIS ! # Head ! # Earth Orientation Center of IERS # Observatoire de Paris, France Only in old: logwtmp.c diff -r -c old/tz-link.htm new/tz-link.htm *** old/tz-link.htm Mon Dec 31 10:23:10 2007 --- new/tz-link.htm Mon Jul 7 09:47:19 2008 *************** *** 18,24 **** <body> <h1>Sources for Time Zone and Daylight Saving Time Data</h1> <address> ! @(#)tz-link.htm 8.15 </address> <p> Please send corrections to this web page to the --- 18,24 ---- <body> <h1>Sources for Time Zone and Daylight Saving Time Data</h1> <address> ! @(#)tz-link.htm 8.16 </address> <p> Please send corrections to this web page to the *************** *** 134,139 **** --- 134,142 ---- timezone information for all countries</a> displays tables of DST rules. <li><a href="http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/">The World Clock - Time Zones</a> lets you sort zone names and convert times.</li> + <li><a href="http://daylight-savings-time.info/">Graphical Display of + Time Zones and Daylight Saving Times</a> shows a graph of time + difference versus time for any pair of locations.</li> <li>The <a href="http://worldtimeengine.com/">World Time Engine</a> also contains data about time zone boundaries; it supports queries via place names and shows location maps.</li> *************** *** 178,184 **** </ul> <h2>Other <code>tz</code> compilers</h2> <ul> ! <li><a href="http://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/prod/dialspace/town/pipexdsl/s/asbm26/vzic/">Vzic iCalendar Timezone Converter</a> describes a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_%28programming_language%29">C</a> program that compiles --- 181,187 ---- </ul> <h2>Other <code>tz</code> compilers</h2> <ul> ! <li><a href="http://www.dachaplin.dsl.pipex.com/vzic/">Vzic iCalendar Timezone Converter</a> describes a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_%28programming_language%29">C</a> program that compiles *************** *** 353,359 **** </ul> <h2>Time zone boundaries</h2> <ul> ! <li><a href="http://efele.net/maps/">A map of the TZ timezones in the US</a> contains a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shapefile">shapefile</a> of the <code>tz</code> regions in the US.</li> --- 356,362 ---- </ul> <h2>Time zone boundaries</h2> <ul> ! <li><a href="http://efele.net/maps/tz/us/">A map of the TZ timezones in the US</a> contains a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shapefile">shapefile</a> of the <code>tz</code> regions in the US.</li> *************** *** 477,483 **** legal time in Britain</a> discusses in detail the country with perhaps the best-documented history of clock adjustments. The National Physical Laboratory also maintains an <a ! href="http://www.npl.co.uk/time/measurement_time/summer_time_archive.html">Archive of Summer time dates</a>.</dd> </dl> <h2>Precision timekeeping</h2> --- 480,486 ---- legal time in Britain</a> discusses in detail the country with perhaps the best-documented history of clock adjustments. The National Physical Laboratory also maintains an <a ! href="http://www.npl.co.uk/server.php?show=ConWebDoc.2714">Archive of Summer time dates</a>.</dd> </dl> <h2>Precision timekeeping</h2>

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Re: proposed changes for Brazil, Mauritius, Argentina, Berlin 1945, etc.
by Robbin Kawabata July 16, 2008

July 16, 2008

Just wanted to mention a small discrepancy between the 2008d cover letter description and actual timezone behavior. The commentary says Berlin should have no user-visible changes. However, changes in the europe file affected past behavior for some European timezones including Berlin (see zdump output diffs below). It seems the "Changes affecting past time stamps" section should have mentioned some European timezones changed behavior for 1945 or 1947. Commentary from cover letter: ... Changes affecting past time stamps. * For Mauritius, also include the 1982/1983 DST as reported by Steffen Thorsen. * For America/Argentina/San_Luis, redo the history from 1990 through 2000 to match what's in Shanks & Pottenger. The following changes should not affect externally visible behavior. ... * Redo the daylight-saving rules for Berlin in 1945 to make it clearer that these are for the Soviet Zone, not for Berlin in general. ... ==================================================== Diffs between 2008c and 2008d zdump outputs (European timezones): 26a27,30 > CET Mon Apr 2 00:59:59 1945 UTC = Mon Apr 2 01:59:59 1945 CET isdst=0 > CET Mon Apr 2 01:00:00 1945 UTC = Mon Apr 2 03:00:00 1945 CEST isdst=1 > CET Sat Sep 15 23:59:59 1945 UTC = Sun Sep 16 01:59:59 1945 CEST isdst=1 > CET Sun Sep 16 00:00:00 1945 UTC = Sun Sep 16 01:00:00 1945 CET isdst=0 15,16c15,16 < Europe/Belgrade Tue May 8 00:59:59 1945 UTC = Tue May 8 01:59:59 1945 CET isdst=0 < Europe/Belgrade Tue May 8 01:00:00 1945 UTC = Tue May 8 03:00:00 1945 CEST isdst=1 --- > Europe/Belgrade Mon Apr 2 00:59:59 1945 UTC = Mon Apr 2 01:59:59 1945 CET isdst=0 > Europe/Belgrade Mon Apr 2 01:00:00 1945 UTC = Mon Apr 2 03:00:00 1945 CEST isdst=1 39,40c39,40 < Europe/Berlin Sun Apr 6 00:59:59 1947 UTC = Sun Apr 6 01:59:59 1947 CET isdst=0 < Europe/Berlin Sun Apr 6 01:00:00 1947 UTC = Sun Apr 6 03:00:00 1947 CEST isdst=1 --- > Europe/Berlin Sun Apr 6 01:59:59 1947 UTC = Sun Apr 6 02:59:59 1947 CET isdst=0 > Europe/Berlin Sun Apr 6 02:00:00 1947 UTC = Sun Apr 6 04:00:00 1947 CEST isdst=1 35,36c35,36 < Europe/Budapest Tue May 1 21:59:59 1945 UTC = Tue May 1 22:59:59 1945 CET isdst=0 < Europe/Budapest Tue May 1 22:00:00 1945 UTC = Wed May 2 00:00:00 1945 CEST isdst=1 --- > Europe/Budapest Mon Apr 2 00:59:59 1945 UTC = Mon Apr 2 01:59:59 1945 CET isdst=0 > Europe/Budapest Mon Apr 2 01:00:00 1945 UTC = Mon Apr 2 03:00:00 1945 CEST isdst=1 15,16C15,16 < Europe/Ljubljana Tue May 8 00:59:59 1945 UTC = Tue May 8 01:59:59 1945 CET isdst=0 < Europe/Ljubljana Tue May 8 01:00:00 1945 UTC = Tue May 8 03:00:00 1945 CEST isdst=1 --- > Europe/Ljubljana Mon Apr 2 00:59:59 1945 UTC = Mon Apr 2 01:59:59 1945 CET isdst=0 > Europe/Ljubljana Mon Apr 2 01:00:00 1945 UTC = Mon Apr 2 03:00:00 1945 CEST isdst=1 15,16c15,16 < Europe/Podgorica Tue May 8 00:59:59 1945 UTC = Tue May 8 01:59:59 1945 CET isdst=0 < Europe/Podgorica Tue May 8 01:00:00 1945 UTC = Tue May 8 03:00:00 1945 CEST isdst=1 --- > Europe/Podgorica Mon Apr 2 00:59:59 1945 UTC = Mon Apr 2 01:59:59 1945 CET isdst=0 > Europe/Podgorica Mon Apr 2 01:00:00 1945 UTC = Mon Apr 2 03:00:00 1945 CEST isdst=1 15,16c15,16 < Europe/Sarajevo Tue May 8 00:59:59 1945 UTC = Tue May 8 01:59:59 1945 CET isdst=0 < Europe/Sarajevo Tue May 8 01:00:00 1945 UTC = Tue May 8 03:00:00 1945 CEST isdst=1 --- > Europe/Sarajevo Mon Apr 2 00:59:59 1945 UTC = Mon Apr 2 01:59:59 1945 CET isdst=0 > Europe/Sarajevo Mon Apr 2 01:00:00 1945 UTC = Mon Apr 2 03:00:00 1945 CEST isdst=1 15,16c15,16 < Europe/Skopje Tue May 8 00:59:59 1945 UTC = Tue May 8 01:59:59 1945 CET isdst=0 < Europe/Skopje Tue May 8 01:00:00 1945 UTC = Tue May 8 03:00:00 1945 CEST isdst=1 --- > Europe/Skopje Mon Apr 2 00:59:59 1945 UTC = Mon Apr 2 01:59:59 1945 CET isdst=0 > Europe/Skopje Mon Apr 2 01:00:00 1945 UTC = Mon Apr 2 03:00:00 1945 CEST isdst=1 13,14c13,14 < Europe/Sofia Mon Apr 2 01:59:59 1945 UTC = Mon Apr 2 02:59:59 1945 CET isdst=0 < Europe/Sofia Mon Apr 2 02:00:00 1945 UTC = Mon Apr 2 04:00:00 1945 EET isdst=0 --- > Europe/Sofia Mon Apr 2 00:59:59 1945 UTC = Mon Apr 2 01:59:59 1945 CET isdst=0 > Europe/Sofia Mon Apr 2 01:00:00 1945 UTC = Mon Apr 2 03:00:00 1945 EET isdst=0 15,16c15,16 < Europe/Zagreb Tue May 8 00:59:59 1945 UTC = Tue May 8 01:59:59 1945 CET isdst=0 < Europe/Zagreb Tue May 8 01:00:00 1945 UTC = Tue May 8 03:00:00 1945 CEST isdst=1 --- > Europe/Zagreb Mon Apr 2 00:59:59 1945 UTC = Mon Apr 2 01:59:59 1945 CET isdst=0 > Europe/Zagreb Mon Apr 2 01:00:00 1945 UTC = Mon Apr 2 03:00:00 1945 CEST isdst=1 26a27,30 > MET Mon Apr 2 00:59:59 1945 UTC = Mon Apr 2 01:59:59 1945 MET isdst=0 > MET Mon Apr 2 01:00:00 1945 UTC = Mon Apr 2 03:00:00 1945 MEST isdst=1 > MET Sat Sep 15 23:59:59 1945 UTC = Sun Sep 16 01:59:59 1945 MEST isdst=1 > MET Sun Sep 16 00:00:00 1945 UTC = Sun Sep 16 01:00:00 1945 MET isdst=0 ==================================================== Diffs of europe file: *** 2008c/europe Mon Mar 24 05:30:58 2008 --- 2008d/europe Mon Jul 7 06:45:31 2008 *************** *** 1,2 **** ! # @(#)europe 8.12 # <pre> --- 1,2 ---- ! # @(#)europe 8.14 # <pre> *************** *** 459,461 **** # The most recent directive covers the years starting in 2002. See: ! # <a href="http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/lif/dat/2000/en_300L0084.html" # Directive 2000/84/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council --- 459,461 ---- # The most recent directive covers the years starting in 2002. See: ! # <a href="http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/lif/dat/2000/en_300L0084.html"> # Directive 2000/84/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council *************** *** 482,484 **** Rule C-Eur 1943 only - Oct 4 2:00s 0 - ! Rule C-Eur 1944 only - Apr 3 2:00s 1:00 S # Whitman gives 1944 Oct 7; go with Shanks & Pottenger. --- 482,484 ---- Rule C-Eur 1943 only - Oct 4 2:00s 0 - ! Rule C-Eur 1944 1945 - Apr Mon>=1 2:00s 1:00 S # Whitman gives 1944 Oct 7; go with Shanks & Pottenger. *************** *** 485,486 **** --- 485,487 ---- Rule C-Eur 1944 only - Oct 2 2:00s 0 - + Rule C-Eur 1945 only - Sep 16 2:00 0 - Rule C-Eur 1977 1980 - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 S *************** *** 1101,1102 **** --- 1102,1105 ---- # <a href="http://www.parlament-berlin.de/pds-fraktion.nsf/727459127c8b66ee8525662300 459099/defc77cb784f180ac1256c2b0030274b/$FILE/bersarint.pdf"> + # http://www.parlament-berlin.de/pds-fraktion.nsf/727459127c8b66ee85256623004… /defc77cb784f180ac1256c2b0030274b/$FILE/bersarint.pdf + # </a> # says that Bersarin issued an order to use Moscow time on May 20. *************** *** 1107,1112 **** # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S - Rule Germany 1945 only - Apr 2 2:00s 1:00 S - Rule Germany 1945 only - May 24 2:00 2:00 M # Midsummer - Rule Germany 1945 only - Sep 24 3:00 1:00 S - Rule Germany 1945 only - Nov 18 2:00s 0 - Rule Germany 1946 only - Apr 14 2:00s 1:00 S --- 1110,1111 ---- *************** *** 1114,1116 **** Rule Germany 1947 1949 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - ! Rule Germany 1947 only - Apr 6 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Germany 1947 only - May 11 2:00s 2:00 M --- 1113,1118 ---- Rule Germany 1947 1949 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - ! # http://www.ptb.de/de/org/4/44/441/salt.htm says the following transition ! # occurred at 3:00 MEZ, not the 2:00 MEZ given in Shanks & Pottenger. ! # Go with the PTB. ! Rule Germany 1947 only - Apr 6 3:00s 1:00 S Rule Germany 1947 only - May 11 2:00s 2:00 M *************** *** 1119,1120 **** --- 1121,1127 ---- Rule Germany 1949 only - Apr 10 2:00s 1:00 S + + Rule SovietZone 1945 only - May 24 2:00 2:00 M # Midsummer + Rule SovietZone 1945 only - Sep 24 3:00 1:00 S + Rule SovietZone 1945 only - Nov 18 2:00s 0 - + # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] *************** *** 1121,1123 **** Zone Europe/Berlin 0:53:28 - LMT 1893 Apr ! 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1945 Apr 2 2:00 1:00 Germany CE%sT 1980 --- 1128,1131 ---- Zone Europe/Berlin 0:53:28 - LMT 1893 Apr ! 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1945 May 24 2:00 ! 1:00 SovietZone CE%sT 1946 1:00 Germany CE%sT 1980

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Re: proposed changes for Brazil, Mauritius, Argentina, Berlin 1945, etc.
by Robbin Kawabata July 16, 2008

July 16, 2008

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Possible C-Eur typo
by Jesper Norgaard Welen July 13, 2008

July 13, 2008

I found what is probably a typo of 2:00 which should perhaps be 2:00s in the C-Eur rule from tz database version 2008d (this part was corrected in version 2008d). The circumstancial evidence is simply the tz database itself, as seen below: Zone Europe/Paris 0:09:21 - LMT 1891 Mar 15 0:01 0:00 France WE%sT 1945 Sep 16 3:00 Zone Europe/Monaco 0:29:32 - LMT 1891 Mar 15 0:00 France WE%sT 1945 Sep 16 3:00 Zone Europe/Belgrade 1:22:00 - LMT 1884 1:00 1:00 CEST 1945 Sep 16 2:00s Rule France 1945 only - Sep 16 3:00 0 - Rule Belgium 1945 only - Sep 16 2:00s 0 - Rule Neth 1945 only - Sep 16 2:00s 0 - The rule line to be changed is: Rule C-Eur 1945 only - Sep 16 2:00 0 - It seems that Paris, Monaco, Rule France, Rule Belgium all agree on 2:00 standard time, e.g. 3:00 local time. However there are no countries that use C-Eur rules in September 1945, so the only items affected are apparently these ficticious zones that translates acronyms CET and MET: Zone CET 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT Zone MET 1:00 C-Eur ME%sT It this is right then the corrected version would look like: Rule C-Eur 1945 only - Sep 16 2:00s 0 - A small step for mankind though 8-) - Jesper Nørgaard Welen No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.4.8/1547 - Release Date: 2008-07-11 18:05

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Bulletin C 36 - Leap second added
by Edwin Groothuis July 12, 2008

July 12, 2008

I haven't seen anybody forwarding this message yet, so I will do it. It came to my notice when it was added to the FreeBSD share/zoneinfo/leapseconds file. http://hpiers.obspm.fr/eoppc/bul/bulc/bulletinc.dat INTERNATIONAL EARTH ROTATION AND REFERENCE SYSTEMS SERVICE (IERS) SERVICE INTERNATIONAL DE LA ROTATION TERRESTRE ET DES SYSTEMES DE REFERENCE SERVICE DE LA ROTATION TERRESTRE OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS 61, Av. de l'Observatoire 75014 PARIS (France) Tel. : 33 (0) 1 40 51 22 26 FAX : 33 (0) 1 40 51 22 91 e-mail : services.iers(a)obspm.fr http://hpiers.obspm.fr/eop-pc Paris, 4 July 2008 Bulletin C 36 To authorities responsible for the measurement and distribution of time UTC TIME STEP on the 1st of January 2009 A positive leap second will be introduced at the end of December 2008. The sequence of dates of the UTC second markers will be: 2008 December 31, 23h 59m 59s 2008 December 31, 23h 59m 60s 2009 January 1, 0h 0m 0s The difference between UTC and the International Atomic Time TAI is: from 2006 January 1, 0h UTC, to 2009 January 1 0h UTC : UTC-TAI = - 33s from 2009 January 1, 0h UTC, until further notice : UTC-TAI = - 34s Leap seconds can be introduced in UTC at the end of the months of December or June, depending on the evolution of UT1-TAI. Bulletin C is mailed every six months, either to announce a time step in UTC or to confirm that there will be no time step at the next possible date. Daniel GAMBIS Head Earth Orientation Center of IERS Observatoire de Paris, France

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Australian Capital Territory DST rule change?
by Paul Eggert July 10, 2008

July 10, 2008

A story in the July 3 ABC News (Australia) says that the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) will change its daylight-saving rules starting October, to bring it into line with Tasmania, New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia. Until now, I didn't know that the ACT had different rules from its neighbors. I guess this means we'll need to add a new Zone Australia/Canberra to deal with the discrepancy? It is pretty weird that the ACT was a small island of one UTC offset in a sea of a different UTC offsets. To be honest, I'm having a bit of a tough time believing this news report. Maybe I'm reading it incorrectly? But if it's correct, does anyone know when the ACT started diverging from NSW and Victoria? Thanks. Here's the story: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/07/03/2294048.htm

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Re: proposed changes
by Arthur David Olson July 9, 2008

July 9, 2008

Paul Schulze was kind enough to point out a geography error in the proposed changes; the change below is on top of those circulated yesterday. The changes below also eliminate the single accented character in the southamerica file (for consistency); we'll see what the future holds for accented characters. --ado ------- southamerica ------- *** /tmp/geta22393 Tue Jul 1 10:24:02 2008 --- /tmp/getb22393 Tue Jul 1 10:24:02 2008 *************** *** 1,4 **** ! # @(#)southamerica 8.22 # <pre> # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, --- 1,4 ---- ! # @(#)southamerica 8.23 # <pre> # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, *************** *** 825,831 **** -3:00 - BRT # # Rondonia (RO) - # Rondonia includes Altamira, Oribidos, Prainha, and Oriximina. Zone America/Porto_Velho -4:15:36 - LMT 1914 -4:00 Brazil AM%sT 1988 Sep 12 -4:00 - AMT --- 825,830 ---- *************** *** 905,911 **** # http://www.horaoficial.cl/cambio.htm # </a>. ! # From José Miguel Garrido (2008-03-05): # ... # You could see the announces of the change on # <a href="http://www.shoa.cl/noticias/2008/04hora/hora.htm"> --- 904,910 ---- # http://www.horaoficial.cl/cambio.htm # </a>. ! # From Jose Miguel Garrido (2008-03-05): # ... # You could see the announces of the change on # <a href="http://www.shoa.cl/noticias/2008/04hora/hora.htm">

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

July 9, 2008

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

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

July 7, 2008

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

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

July 7, 2008

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

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