and update it in the light of the tzdist effort. Mention Microsoft Windows alongside other OSes. --- tz-link.htm | 29 +++++++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/tz-link.htm b/tz-link.htm index 4a4b342..f72a3a4 100644 --- a/tz-link.htm +++ b/tz-link.htm @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ <meta http-equiv="Content-type" content='text/html; charset="UTF-8"'> <meta name="DC.Creator" content="Eggert, Paul"> <meta name="DC.Contributor" content="Olson, Arthur David"> -<meta name="DC.Date" content="2014-08-11"> +<meta name="DC.Date" content="2014-08-26"> <meta name="DC.Description" content="Sources of information about time zones and daylight saving time"> <meta name="DC.Identifier" @@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ title="Advanced Interactive eXecutive">AIX</abbr></a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlackBerry_10">BlackBerry 10</a>, <a href="http://www.apple.com/ios/"><abbr title="iPhone OS">iOS</abbr></a>, +<a href="http://windows.microsoft.com/">Microsoft Windows</a>, <a href="http://h71000.www7.hp.com/">Open<abbr title="Virtual Memory System">VMS</abbr></a>, <a href="http://oracle.com/database">Oracle Database</a>, @@ -187,8 +188,17 @@ calculates the current time difference between locations.</li> also contains data about time zone boundaries; it supports queries via place names and shows location maps.</li> </ul> -<h2>Other time zone database formats</h2> +<h2>Network protocols for <code><abbr>tz</abbr></code> data</h2> <ul> +<li>The <a href="http://www.ietf.org/">Internet Engineering Task Force</a>'s +<a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/tzdist/charter/">Time Zone Data +Distribution Service (tzdist) working group</a> is developing a scalable +protocol for distributing time zone data to clients. It has generated a +a <a href="http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-tzdist-service/">draft +protocol for transferring time zone data</a> and a <a +href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-tzdist-caldav-timezone-ref/">draft +protocol for transferring time zone data by reference</a>. This work is based +on the iCalendar and CalConnect efforts described below.</li> <li>The <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5545"> Internet Calendaring and Scheduling Core Object Specification (iCalendar)</a> (Internet <abbr>RFC</abbr> 5445) @@ -208,16 +218,11 @@ Consortium</a> is promoting further work in this area. <a href="http://calconnect.org/publications/icalendartimezoneproblemsandrecommendationsv1.0.pdf">iCalendar TIMEZONE Problems and Recommendations</a> offers guidelines and recommendations for the use of VTIMEZONE and <code><abbr>tz</abbr></code>.</li> -<li>CalConnect's <a href="http://calconnect.org/tc-timezone.shtml">TIMEZONE -Technical Committee</a> has developed -a <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-douglass-timezone-service-11">draft -time zone service protocol</a> along with a <a -href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-daboo-caldav-timezone-ref-01">draft -extension</a> to the <a href="http://caldav.calconnect.org/">CalDAV -calendar access protocol</a> to allow time zone information to be exchanged -by reference. The committee's earlier <a +<li>The <a href="http://calconnect.org/publications/timezoneregistryandservicerecommendationsv1.0.pdf">Timezone -Registry and Service Recommendations</a> discusses a +Registry and Service Recommendations</a> of CalConnect's +<a href="http://calconnect.org/tc-timezone.shtml">TIMEZONE +Technical Committee</a> discusses a strategy for defining and deploying a time zone registration process that would establish unique names for each version of each <code><abbr>tz</abbr></code> zone, along with a polygonal @@ -380,7 +385,7 @@ href="http://users.skynet.be/Peter.Verthez/projects/intclock/">International clock (intclock)</a> is a clock that displays multiple time zones on <abbr>GNU</abbr>/Linux and similar systems. It is freely available under the <abbr>GPL</abbr>.</li> -<li><a href="http://windows.microsoft.com/">Microsoft Windows</a> 8.1 +<li>Microsoft Windows 8.1 and later has <code><abbr>tz</abbr></code> data and <abbr>CLDR</abbr> data (mentioned below) used by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Runtime">Windows Runtime</a> -- 1.9.1