Below are proposed changes to the time zone package; none of these changes affect binary files. The executive summary: Theory "Calendrical Calculations" updated (thanks to Steve Ward). asia Hong Kong comments corrected; Xinjiang comments added. europe Russian region comments updated (thanks to Oscar van Vlijmen) tz-art.htm Added Luciana Souza's "Tide." tz-link.htm Added "Simple Timer + Clocks" (thanks to George Bradt). tzfile.5 Typo fixed (thanks to Steve Ward). zone.tab version change only If no problems are found, these changes will appear in the ftpable packages on 2009-12-21. --ado diff -r -c old/Theory new/Theory *** old/Theory Wed Oct 21 09:12:41 2009 --- new/Theory Sat Dec 12 09:11:32 2009 *************** *** 1,4 **** ! @(#)Theory 8.3 This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. --- 1,4 ---- ! @(#)Theory 8.4 This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. *************** *** 360,369 **** Calendrical issues are a bit out of scope for a time zone database, but they indicate the sort of problems that we would run into if we extended the time zone database further into the past. An excellent ! resource in this area is Edward M. Reingold and Nachum Dershowitz, ! <a href="http://emr.cs.uiuc.edu/home/reingold/calendar-book/second-edition/"> ! Calendrical Calculations: The Millennium Edition ! </a>, Cambridge University Press (2001). Other information and sources are given below. They sometimes disagree. --- 360,369 ---- Calendrical issues are a bit out of scope for a time zone database, but they indicate the sort of problems that we would run into if we extended the time zone database further into the past. An excellent ! resource in this area is Nachum Dershowitz and Edward M. Reingold, ! <a href="http://emr.cs.iit.edu/home/reingold/calendar-book/third-edition/"> ! Calendrical Calculations: Third Edition ! </a>, Cambridge University Press (2008). Other information and sources are given below. They sometimes disagree. diff -r -c old/asia new/asia *** old/asia Thu Oct 29 07:12:14 2009 --- new/asia Sat Dec 12 08:39:40 2009 *************** *** 1,4 **** ! # @(#)asia 8.44 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. --- 1,4 ---- ! # @(#)asia 8.48 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. *************** *** 363,368 **** --- 363,431 ---- # West Xinjiang, including Aksu, Atushi, Yining, Hetian, Cele, Luopu, Nileke, # Zhaosu, Tekesi, Gongliu, Chabuchaer, Huocheng, Bole, Pishan, Suiding, # and Yarkand. + + # From Luther Ma (2009-10-17): + # Almost all (>99.9%) ethnic Chinese (properly ethnic Han) living in + # Xinjiang use Chinese Standard Time. Some are aware of Xinjiang time, + # but have no need of it. All planes, trains, and schools function on + # what is called "Beijing time." When Han make an appointment in Chinese + # they implicitly use Beijing time. + # + # On the other hand, ethnic Uyghurs, who make up about half the + # population of Xinjiang, typically use "Xinjiang time" which is two + # hours behind Beijing time, or UTC +0600. The government of the Xinjiang + # Uyghur Autonomous Region, (XAUR, or just Xinjiang for short) as well as + # local governments such as the Urumqi city government use both times in + # publications, referring to what is popularly called Xinjiang time as + # "Urumqi time." When Uyghurs make an appointment in the Uyghur language + # they almost invariably use Xinjiang time. + # + # (Their ethnic Han compatriots would typically have no clue of its + # widespread use, however, because so extremely few of them are fluent in + # Uyghur, comparable to the number of Anglo-Americans fluent in Navajo.) + # + # (...As with the rest of China there was a brief interval ending in 1990 + # or 1991 when summer time was in use. The confusion was severe, with + # the province not having dual times but four times in use at the same + # time. Some areas remained on standard Xinjiang time or Beijing time and + # others moving their clocks ahead.) + # + # ...an example of an official website using of Urumqi time. + # + # The first few lines of the Google translation of + # <a href="http://www.fjysgl.gov.cn/show.aspx?id=2379&cid=39"> + # http://www.fjysgl.gov.cn/show.aspx?id=2379&cid=39 + # </a> + # (retrieved 2009-10-13) + # > Urumqi fire seven people are missing the alleged losses of at least + # > 500 million yuan + # > + # > (Reporter Dong Liu) the day before 20:20 or so (Urumqi Time 18:20), + # > Urumqi City Department of International Plaza Luther Qiantang River + # > burst fire. As of yesterday, 18:30, Urumqi City Fire officers and men + # > have worked continuously for 22 hours... + + # From Luther Ma (2009-11-19): + # With the risk of being redundant to previous answers these are the most common + # English "transliterations" (w/o using non-English symbols): + # + # 1. Wulumuqi... + # 2. Kashi... + # 3. Urumqi... + # 4. Kashgar... + # ... + # 5. It seems that Uyghurs in Urumqi has been using Xinjiang since at least the + # 1960's. I know of one Han, now over 50, who grew up in the surrounding + # countryside and used Xinjiang time as a child. + # + # 6. Likewise for Kashgar and the rest of south Xinjiang I don't know of any + # start date for Xinjiang time. + # + # Without having access to local historical records, nor the ability to legally + # publish them, I would go with October 1, 1949, when Xinjiang became the Uyghur + # Autonomous Region under the PRC. (Before that Uyghurs, of course, would also + # not be using Beijing time, but some local time.) + Zone Asia/Kashgar 5:03:56 - LMT 1928 # or Kashi or Kaxgar 5:30 - KAST 1940 # Kashgar Time 5:00 - KAST 1980 May *************** *** 370,377 **** # From Lee Yiu Chung (2009-10-24): ! # I found there are some mistakes for the historial DST rule for Hong ! # Kong. Accoring to the DST record from Hong Kong Observatory (actually, # it is not [an] observatory, but the official meteorological agency of HK, # and also serves as the official timing agency), there are some missing # and incorrect rules. Although the exact switch over time is missing, I --- 433,440 ---- # From Lee Yiu Chung (2009-10-24): ! # I found there are some mistakes for the...DST rule for Hong ! # Kong. [According] to the DST record from Hong Kong Observatory (actually, # it is not [an] observatory, but the official meteorological agency of HK, # and also serves as the official timing agency), there are some missing # and incorrect rules. Although the exact switch over time is missing, I diff -r -c old/europe new/europe *** old/europe Thu Oct 29 07:14:18 2009 --- new/europe Sat Dec 12 10:02:17 2009 *************** *** 1,5 **** # <pre> ! # @(#)europe 8.24 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. --- 1,5 ---- # <pre> ! # @(#)europe 8.25 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. *************** *** 2130,2141 **** # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2003-10-18): [This region consists of] # Aginskij Buryatskij avtonomnyj okrug, Amurskaya oblast', # [parts of] Respublika Sakha (Yakutiya), Chitinskaya oblast'. # The Sakha districts are: Aldanskij, Amginskij, Anabarskij, ! # Bulunskij, Verkhnekolymskij, Verkhnevilyujskij, Vilyujskij, Gornyj, # Zhiganskij, Kobyajskij, Lenskij, Megino-Kangalasskij, Mirninskij, ! # Namskij, Nyurbinskij, Olenekskij, Olekminskij, Srednekolymskij, # Suntarskij, Tattinskij, Ust'-Aldanskij, Khangalasskij, ! # Churapchinskij, Eveno-Bytantajskij. Zone Asia/Yakutsk 8:38:40 - LMT 1919 Dec 15 8:00 - YAKT 1930 Jun 21 # Yakutsk Time 9:00 Russia YAK%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s --- 2130,2149 ---- # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2003-10-18): [This region consists of] # Aginskij Buryatskij avtonomnyj okrug, Amurskaya oblast', # [parts of] Respublika Sakha (Yakutiya), Chitinskaya oblast'. + + # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2009-11-29): + # ...some regions of RUssia were merged with others since 2005... + # Some names were changed, no big deal, except for one instance: a new name. + # YAK/YAKST: UTC+9 Zabajkal'skij kraj. + + # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2009-11-29): # The Sakha districts are: Aldanskij, Amginskij, Anabarskij, ! # Verkhnevilyujskij, Vilyujskij, Gornyj, # Zhiganskij, Kobyajskij, Lenskij, Megino-Kangalasskij, Mirninskij, ! # Namskij, Nyurbinskij, Olenyokskij, Olyokminskij, # Suntarskij, Tattinskij, Ust'-Aldanskij, Khangalasskij, ! # Churapchinskij, Eveno-Bytantajskij Natsional'nij. ! Zone Asia/Yakutsk 8:38:40 - LMT 1919 Dec 15 8:00 - YAKT 1930 Jun 21 # Yakutsk Time 9:00 Russia YAK%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s *************** *** 2145,2151 **** # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2003-10-18): [This region consists of] # Evrejskaya avtonomnaya oblast', Khabarovskij kraj, Primorskij kraj, # [parts of] Respublika Sakha (Yakutiya). ! # The Sakha districts are: Verkhoyanskij, Tomponskij, Ust'-Majskij, # Ust'-Yanskij. Zone Asia/Vladivostok 8:47:44 - LMT 1922 Nov 15 9:00 - VLAT 1930 Jun 21 # Vladivostok Time --- 2153,2161 ---- # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2003-10-18): [This region consists of] # Evrejskaya avtonomnaya oblast', Khabarovskij kraj, Primorskij kraj, # [parts of] Respublika Sakha (Yakutiya). ! ! # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2009-11-29): ! # The Sakha districts are: Bulunskij, Verkhoyanskij, Tomponskij, Ust'-Majskij, # Ust'-Yanskij. Zone Asia/Vladivostok 8:47:44 - LMT 1922 Nov 15 9:00 - VLAT 1930 Jun 21 # Vladivostok Time *************** *** 2166,2173 **** # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2003-10-18): [This region consists of] # Magadanskaya oblast', Respublika Sakha (Yakutiya). # Probably also: Kuril Islands. ! # The Sakha districts are: Abyjskij, Allaikhovskij, Momskij, ! # Nizhnekolymskij, Ojmyakonskij. Zone Asia/Magadan 10:03:12 - LMT 1924 May 2 10:00 - MAGT 1930 Jun 21 # Magadan Time 11:00 Russia MAG%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s --- 2176,2185 ---- # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2003-10-18): [This region consists of] # Magadanskaya oblast', Respublika Sakha (Yakutiya). # Probably also: Kuril Islands. ! ! # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2009-11-29): ! # The Sakha districts are: Abyjskij, Allaikhovskij, Verkhhhnekolymskij, Momskij, ! # Nizhnekolymskij, Ojmyakonskij, Srednekolymskij. Zone Asia/Magadan 10:03:12 - LMT 1924 May 2 10:00 - MAGT 1930 Jun 21 # Magadan Time 11:00 Russia MAG%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s diff -r -c old/tz-art.htm new/tz-art.htm *** old/tz-art.htm Wed Oct 28 13:19:00 2009 --- new/tz-art.htm Sat Dec 12 10:04:50 2009 *************** *** 9,15 **** <body> <h1>Time and the Arts</h1> <address> ! @(#)tz-art.htm 8.14 </address> <p> This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of --- 9,15 ---- <body> <h1>Time and the Arts</h1> <address> ! @(#)tz-art.htm 8.15 </address> <p> This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of *************** *** 227,233 **** --- 227,245 ---- <tr><td><a href="http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:gifqxqt5ld0e">AMG Rating</a></td><td>4.5 stars</td></tr> <tr><td>ADO Rating</td><td>1.5 stars</td></tr> <tr><td>Notes<td>The title song is also available on "Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits" and "The Essential Bob Dylan."</td></tr> + <tr><td> </td></tr> + <tr><td>Artist</td><td>Luciana Souza</td></tr> + <tr><td>CD</td><td>Tide</td></tr> + <tr><td>Copyright Date</td><td>2009</td></tr> + <tr><td>Label</td><td>Universal Jazz France</td></tr> + <tr><td>ID</td><td>B0012688-02</td></tr> + <tr><td>Total Time</td><td>42:31</td></tr> + <tr><td><a href="http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3bftxzw0ldhe"</a>AMG Rating</a></td><td>3.5 stars</td></tr> + <tr><td>ADO Rating</td><td>2.5 stars</td></tr> + <tr><td>Notes<td>Includes the song "Fire and Wood" with the lyric + "The clocks were turned back you remeber/Think it's still November." + </td></tr> <tr><td> </td></tr> <tr><td>TV episode title</td><td>The Lost Hour</td> diff -r -c old/tz-link.htm new/tz-link.htm *** old/tz-link.htm Wed Nov 4 10:00:47 2009 --- new/tz-link.htm Sat Dec 12 09:39:02 2009 *************** *** 18,24 **** <body> <h1>Sources for Time Zone and Daylight Saving Time Data</h1> <address> ! @(#)tz-link.htm 8.23 </address> <p> This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of --- 18,24 ---- <body> <h1>Sources for Time Zone and Daylight Saving Time Data</h1> <address> ! @(#)tz-link.htm 8.24 </address> <p> This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of *************** *** 149,154 **** --- 149,157 ---- <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> + <li><a href="http://simpletimerclocks.mozdev.org/">Simple Timer + Clocks</a> + is a Firefox add-on which uses a timezone data file generated from the + tz data files.</li> </ul> <h2>Other time zone database formats</h2> <ul> diff -r -c old/tzfile.5 new/tzfile.5 *** old/tzfile.5 Wed Oct 21 09:12:42 2009 --- new/tzfile.5 Sat Dec 12 09:05:09 2009 *************** *** 7,13 **** .SH DESCRIPTION The time zone information files used by .IR tzset (3) ! begin with the magic characters "TZif" to identify then as time zone information files, followed by a character identifying the version of the file's format (as of 2005, either an ASCII NUL or a '2') --- 7,13 ---- .SH DESCRIPTION The time zone information files used by .IR tzset (3) ! begin with the magic characters "TZif" to identify them as time zone information files, followed by a character identifying the version of the file's format (as of 2005, either an ASCII NUL or a '2') *************** *** 147,152 **** such instants). .SH SEE ALSO newctime(3) ! .\" @(#)tzfile.5 8.2 .\" This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of .\" 1996-06-05 by Arthur David Olson. --- 147,152 ---- such instants). .SH SEE ALSO newctime(3) ! .\" @(#)tzfile.5 8.3 .\" This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of .\" 1996-06-05 by Arthur David Olson. diff -r -c old/zone.tab new/zone.tab *** old/zone.tab Thu Oct 29 07:12:00 2009 --- new/zone.tab Sat Dec 12 09:57:09 2009 *************** *** 1,5 **** # <pre> ! # @(#)zone.tab 8.29 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. # --- 1,5 ---- # <pre> ! # @(#)zone.tab 8.31 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. #