Here are some proposed changes to the tz database. The most pressing changes are for Argentina (where the old tz database becomes incorrect on Sunday) and for Sudan (where it became incorrect on January 15). * Argentina has stopped using DST; it will not move its clocks ahead this Sunday. (Thanks to Peter Gradelski via Steffen Thorsen for this info.) * As of last fall, Jordan's DST rules are from March's last Thursday to September's last Thursday, switching at 00:00. (Thanks to Gwillim Law for this info.) * As of last spring, Paraguay begins DST on October's 2nd Sunday, not its 1st. (Thanks to Gwillim Law for this info.) * Sudan switched to UTC+3 on January 15. (Thanks to Michael De Beukelaer-Dossche via Steffen Thorsen.) * In tz-link.html: - Place "Time and The Arts" in the same category as dmoz and yahoo. - Create a new category for non-web tz-based software, and add a Windows app. - Add a pointer to NTP. * Fix some HTML nonconformance glitches, and make some phrases more consistent. * Update some obsolete email addresses. =================================================================== RCS file: RCS/africa,v retrieving revision 1999.9 retrieving revision 1999.9.0.1 diff -pu -r1999.9 -r1999.9.0.1 --- africa 1999/11/08 22:27:22 1999.9 +++ africa 2000/03/03 05:53:27 1999.9.0.1 @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ # Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (5th edition), # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1999). # -# Gwillim Law <LAW@encmail.encompass.com> writes that a good source +# Gwillim Law <Gwil_Law@bridge-point.com> writes that a good source # for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport # Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM), # published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries @@ -515,10 +515,14 @@ Zone Africa/Johannesburg 1:52:00 - LMT 1 # no information # Sudan -# From Michael Ross <mross@antigone.com> (1995-11-15): -# Sudan no longer observes any form of daylight time change. -# I verified this today by telephone with the Sudan Mission to the -# United Nations: 212-573-6033 +# +# From <a href="http://www.sunanews.net/sn13jane.html"> +# Sudan News Agency (2000-01-13) +# </a>, also reported by Michael De Beukelaer-Dossche via Steffen Thorsen: +# Clocks will be moved ahead for 60 minutes all over the Sudan as of noon +# Saturday.... This was announced Thursday by Caretaker State Minister for +# Manpower Abdul-Rahman Nur-Eddin. +# # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Sudan 1970 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Sudan 1970 1985 - Oct 15 0:00 0 - @@ -526,7 +530,8 @@ Rule Sudan 1971 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 Rule Sudan 1972 1985 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Khartoum 2:10:08 - LMT 1931 - 2:00 Sudan CA%sT + 2:00 Sudan CA%sT 2000 Jan 15 12:00 + 3:00 - EAT # Swaziland # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] =================================================================== RCS file: RCS/asia,v retrieving revision 2000.2 retrieving revision 2000.2.0.1 diff -pu -r2000.2 -r2000.2.0.1 --- asia 2000/02/21 17:06:16 2000.2 +++ asia 2000/03/03 05:53:27 2000.2.0.1 @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ # Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (5th edition), # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1999). # -# Gwillim Law <LAW@encmail.encompass.com> writes that a good source +# Gwillim Law <Gwil_Law@bridge-point.com> writes that a good source # for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport # Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM), # published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries @@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ Rule Zion 1999 only - Sep 3 2:00 0 S # that the end date of 2000 and both dates of 2001-2002 should be regarded # as tentative pending final approval. # -# The official announcement for the years 2000-2001 can be viewed at: +# The official announcement for the years 2000-2002 can be viewed at: # # ftp://ftp.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/2000-2002.ps.gz @@ -687,9 +687,6 @@ Zone Asia/Tokyo 9:18:59 - LMT 1887 Dec 3 # The decision was taken because of the increase in working hours in # government's departments from six to seven hours. # -# From Paul Eggert (1999-11-09): -# No word on Jordan's future rules; assume 04-01 to 10-01 for now. -# # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Jordan 1973 only - Jun 6 0:00 1:00 S Rule Jordan 1973 1975 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - @@ -711,9 +708,9 @@ Rule Jordan 1992 1993 - Oct Fri>=1 0: Rule Jordan 1993 1998 - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Jordan 1994 only - Sep Fri>=15 0:00 0 - Rule Jordan 1995 1998 - Sep Fri>=15 0:00s 0 - -Rule Jordan 1999 only - Jul 1 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Jordan 1999 max - Oct 1 0:00 0 - -Rule Jordan 2000 max - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 - +Rule Jordan 1999 only - Jul 1 0:00s 1:00 S +Rule Jordan 1999 max - Sep lastThu 0:00s 0 - +Rule Jordan 2000 max - Mar lastThu 0:00s 1:00 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931 2:00 Jordan EE%sT =================================================================== RCS file: RCS/australasia,v retrieving revision 2000.2 retrieving revision 2000.2.0.1 diff -pu -r2000.2 -r2000.2.0.1 --- australasia 2000/02/21 17:06:17 2000.2 +++ australasia 2000/03/03 05:53:27 2000.2.0.1 @@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (5th edition), # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1999). # -# Gwillim Law <LAW@encmail.encompass.com> writes that a good source +# Gwillim Law <Gwil_Law@bridge-point.com> writes that a good source # for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport # Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM), # published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries =================================================================== RCS file: RCS/europe,v retrieving revision 2000.2 retrieving revision 2000.2.0.1 diff -pu -r2000.2 -r2000.2.0.1 --- europe 2000/02/21 17:08:59 2000.2 +++ europe 2000/03/03 05:53:27 2000.2.0.1 @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ # Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (5th edition), # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1999). # -# Gwillim Law <LAW@encmail.encompass.com> writes that a good source +# Gwillim Law <Gwil_Law@bridge-point.com> writes that a good source # for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport # Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM), # published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries =================================================================== RCS file: RCS/northamerica,v retrieving revision 2000.1 retrieving revision 2000.1.0.1 diff -pu -r2000.1 -r2000.1.0.1 --- northamerica 2000/01/18 14:21:19 2000.1 +++ northamerica 2000/03/03 05:53:27 2000.1.0.1 @@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ Link Pacific/Honolulu HST # Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (5th edition), # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1999). # -# Gwillim Law <LAW@encmail.encompass.com> writes that a good source +# Gwillim Law <Gwil_Law@bridge-point.com> writes that a good source # for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport # Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM), # published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries =================================================================== RCS file: RCS/southamerica,v retrieving revision 2000.1 retrieving revision 2000.1.0.1 diff -pu -r2000.1 -r2000.1.0.1 --- southamerica 2000/01/18 14:21:20 2000.1 +++ southamerica 2000/03/03 05:53:27 2000.1.0.1 @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ # Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (5th edition), # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1999). # -# Gwillim Law <LAW@encmail.encompass.com> writes that a good source +# Gwillim Law <Gwil_Law@bridge-point.com> writes that a good source # for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport # Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM), # published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries @@ -114,8 +114,11 @@ Rule Arg 1989 1992 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 1: # from the International Date Line. On March 5, 2000, at 0:00 local time, # Argentina will come off daylight savings time, which will bring them to 8 # hours from the International Date Line. -Rule Arg 1999 max - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Arg 2000 max - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 - +# +# From Peter Gradelski via Steffen Thorsen (2000-03-01): +# We just checked with our San Paulo office and they say the government of +# Argentina decided not to become one of the countries that go on or off DST. +# So Buenos Aires should be -3 hours from GMT at all times. # # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] # @@ -125,8 +128,7 @@ Zone America/Buenos_Aires -3:53:48 - LMT -4:16:44 - CMT 1920 May # Cordoba Mean Time -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5 - -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3 0:00 - -4:00 Arg AR%sT + -3:00 Arg AR%sT # # Santa Fe (SF), Entre Rios (ER), Corrientes (CN), Misiones (MN), Chaco (CC), # Formosa (FM), La Pampa (LP), Chubut (CH) @@ -135,8 +137,7 @@ Zone America/Rosario -4:02:40 - LMT 1894 -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1991 Jul - -3:00 - ART 1999 Oct 3 0:00 - -4:00 Arg AR%sT + -3:00 - ART # # Cordoba (CB), Santiago del Estero (SE), Salta (SA), Tucuman (TM), La Rioja (LR), San Juan (SJ), San Luis (SL), # Neuquen (NQ), Rio Negro (RN) @@ -145,8 +146,7 @@ Zone America/Cordoba -4:16:44 - LMT 1894 -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1990 Jul - -3:00 - ART 1999 Oct 3 0:00 - -4:00 Arg AR%sT + -3:00 - ART # # Jujuy (JY) Zone America/Jujuy -4:21:12 - LMT 1894 Nov @@ -157,8 +157,7 @@ Zone America/Jujuy -4:21:12 - LMT 1894 N -4:00 - WART 1991 Oct 6 -4:00 1:00 WARST 1992 Mar 15 -4:00 - WART 1992 Oct 18 - -3:00 - ART 1999 Oct 3 0:00 - -4:00 Arg AR%sT + -3:00 - ART # # Catamarca (CT) Zone America/Catamarca -4:23:08 - LMT 1894 Nov @@ -168,8 +167,7 @@ Zone America/Catamarca -4:23:08 - LMT 18 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1990 Jul -3:00 - ART 1991 Jul -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1992 Jul - -3:00 - ART 1999 Oct 3 0:00 - -4:00 Arg AR%sT + -3:00 - ART # # Mendoza (MZ) Zone America/Mendoza -4:35:16 - LMT 1894 Nov @@ -180,8 +178,7 @@ Zone America/Mendoza -4:35:16 - LMT 1894 -4:00 - WART 1991 Oct 15 -4:00 1:00 WARST 1992 Mar 1 -4:00 - WART 1992 Oct 18 - -3:00 - ART 1999 Oct 3 0:00 - -4:00 Arg AR%sT + -3:00 - ART # Aruba # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] @@ -559,10 +556,12 @@ Rule Para 1996 only - Mar 1 0:00 0 - # IATA SSIM (1997-09) says Mar 1; go with Shanks. Rule Para 1997 only - Feb lastSun 0:00 0 - Rule Para 1998 only - Mar 1 0:00 0 - -Rule Para 1996 max - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Para 1996 1998 - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S # IATA SSIM (1999-02) says lastSat, not lastSun; (1999-09) reports no date; # go with Shanks. Rule Para 1999 max - Feb lastSun 0:00 0 - +# IATA SSIM (2000-02) says 1999-10-10. +Rule Para 1999 max - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 1:00 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Asuncion -3:50:40 - LMT 1890 -3:50:40 - AMT 1931 Oct 10 # Asuncion Mean Time =================================================================== RCS file: RCS/tz-art.htm,v retrieving revision 2000.2 retrieving revision 2000.2.0.1 diff -pu -r2000.2 -r2000.2.0.1 --- tz-art.htm 2000/02/21 17:14:10 2000.2 +++ tz-art.htm 2000/03/03 05:53:27 2000.2.0.1 @@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ @(#)tz-art.htm 7.32 </ADDRESS> <P> -Please send corrections to this file to -<a href=mailto:tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov>tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov</a>. +Please send corrections to this web page to the +<A HREF="mailto:tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov">time zone mailing list</A>. <P> -See also <a href=tz-link.htm>Sources for Time Zone and Daylight Saving Time Data</a>. +See also <A HREF="tz-link.htm">Sources for Time Zone and Daylight Saving Time Data</A>. <PRE> "Is that a pertinent fact, or are you trying to dazzle me with your command of time zones?" =================================================================== RCS file: RCS/tz-link.htm,v retrieving revision 2000.2 retrieving revision 2000.2.0.1 diff -pu -r2000.2 -r2000.2.0.1 --- tz-link.htm 2000/02/21 17:14:10 2000.2 +++ tz-link.htm 2000/03/03 05:53:27 2000.2.0.1 @@ -18,10 +18,8 @@ @(#)tz-link.htm 7.24 </ADDRESS> <P> -Please send corrections to this file to -<a href=mailto:tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov>tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov</a>. -<P> -See also <a href=tz-art.htm>Time and the Arts</a>. +Please send corrections to this web page to the +<A HREF="mailto:tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov">time zone mailing list</A>. <P> <H2>The <samp>tz</samp> database</H2><P> The public-domain time zone database contains code and data @@ -71,14 +69,19 @@ is a fancier web interface. is an even fancier interface. <LI><A HREF="http://www.burbs.com/fcgi-bin/tzconvert.fcgi">Burbs time zone converter</A> is a multilingual interface. -<LI><A -HREF="http://www1.tip.nl/~t876506/AboutTimeZonesHC.html">HyperCard -time zones calculator</A> is a <A -HREF="http://apple.com/hypercard/">HyperCard</A> interface. <LI><A HREF="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/">The World Clock</A> is a web interface to a time zone database derived from <samp>tz</samp>'s. </UL> +<H2>Other <SAMP>tz</SAMP>-based time zone conversion software</H2> +<UL> +<LI><A +HREF="http://www1.tip.nl/~t876506/AboutTimeZonesHC.html">HyperCard +time zones calculator</A> is a HyperCard stack. +<LI><A +HREF="http://timezone50.homepage.com/">Time Zone Converter</A> is a +Microsoft Windows 95/98/NT4 program. +</UL> <H2>Other time zone databases</H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="http://www.astro.ch/atlas/">Astrology / Astrologie -> @@ -129,10 +132,10 @@ The time zone map is out of date, howeve <LI>A few countries have well-documented histories of legal time. <DL> <DT>Australia -<DD>The Community Relations Division of the New South Wales (NSW) -Attorney General's Department maintains a <A -HREF="http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/crd.nsf/pages/time2">history of -daylight saving in NSW</A>. +<DD>The Community Relations Division of the NSW Attorney General's +Department maintains a history of <A +HREF="http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/crd.nsf/pages/time2">daylight +saving in New South Wales</A>. <DT>Brazil <DD>The Time Service Department of the National Observatory records <A HREF="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV.html" @@ -155,6 +158,8 @@ with perhaps the best-documented history </UL> <H2>Precision timekeeping</H2> <UL> +<LI><A HREF="http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~ntp/">Time Server</A> discusses +the Network Time Protocol (NTP), used to synchronize clocks of Internet hosts. <LI><A HREF="http://ecco.bsee.swin.edu.au/chronos/GMT-explained.html">A Few Facts Concerning GMT, UT, and the RGO</A> answers questions like "What is the difference between GMT and UTC?" @@ -182,6 +187,7 @@ summary of <A HREF="http://www.iso.ch/ma <UL> <LI><A HREF="http://dmoz.org/Reference/Time/">Open Directory - Reference: Time</A> +<LI><A HREF="tz-art.htm">Time and the Arts</A> <LI><A HREF="http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Measurements_and_Units/Time/Time_Zones/">Yahoo! - Science:Measurements and Units:Time:Time Zones</A> </UL> </BODY>