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

Feb. 18, 2016

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

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

Feb. 17, 2016

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

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URUGUAY Timezone Update
by Nicolas Antoniello Feb. 15, 2016

Feb. 15, 2016

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

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

Feb. 15, 2016

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

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

Feb. 14, 2016

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

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

Feb. 14, 2016

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

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

Feb. 13, 2016

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

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

Feb. 13, 2016

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

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

Feb. 13, 2016

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

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Contribution Status
by J William Piggott Feb. 3, 2016

Feb. 3, 2016

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

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