On Thu, 2 Mar 2017, Paul Eggert wrote:
Paul Goyette wrote:
According to the asia file, the Philippines jumped 24 hours on May 11, 1899, from -15:56:00 to +8:04:00 (they moved the international date line?)
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Manila -15:56:00 - LMT 1844 Dec 31 8:04:00 - LMT 1899 May 11 8:00 Phil +08/+09 1942 May
Yes, they moved the date line. But this occurred in 1844, not in 1899. I think you misread the UNTIL column. zdump -i reports:
TZ="Asia/Manila" - - -1556 LMT 1845-01-01 00 +0804 LMT 1899-05-10 23:56 +08 ...
so the big change occurred in 1844, and the four-minute change occurred in 1899, which is what the table says.
Yes, as expected, I misinterpreted the data! Thanks for clarifying! (FWIW, zdump indeed shows the big jump going from 1844-12-30 23:59:59 to 1845-01-01 00:00:00 completely skipping over Dec. 31st!) +------------------+--------------------------+------------------------+ | Paul Goyette | PGP Key fingerprint: | E-mail addresses: | | (Retired) | FA29 0E3B 35AF E8AE 6651 | paul at whooppee.com | | Kernel Developer | 0786 F758 55DE 53BA 7731 | pgoyette at netbsd.org | +------------------+--------------------------+------------------------+