Jesper Norgaard's letter about what actually happened in Mexico this morning prompted me to propose the tz patches enclosed below, which accumulate most of the changes recently proposed. The patches for Mexico are the most important, though Nunavut and Vostok also need fixes now so that current time stamps are reported correctly. Sorry, I haven't had time to think through the issue of Australian time zone abbreviations yet. If I recall correctly, we have so far: * one well-researched proposal to change from EST/EST etc to AEST/AEDT etc; * one second. * one dissenting vote to leave it at is. * my own brief research indicating that Australians themselves are not consistent Right now we have to get the Mexican patches out, so I'll leave the Australian abbreviations alone for now, but I'd like more votes and/or research if possible. Anyway, here is a summary of the patch proposed below: * Despite earlier predictions, America/Monterrey and America/Chihuahua did _not_ change their clocks today. They will change at the same time as the rest of Mexico. (Thanks to Jesper Norgaard for this.) * Nunavut went back to its pre-1999 ways, effective today. (Thanks to Rives McDow for this.) * Antarctica/Vostok is at UTC+6, not UTC+3. The message I got from Vostok was a bit confusing; perhaps nobody in Antarctica observes DST, contrary to our tables? We need more info about this. (Thanks to Lee Hotz for this.) * Correct several errors for Dutch daylight saving time before World War II. (Thanks to Robert H. van Gent for this.) * Alaska switched from Asian to American dates on 1867-10-18. We can't capture the Julian-to-Gregorian switch that occurred at the same time, but at least we can capture the 24-hour time zone change. (Thanks to Robert H. van Gent for this.) * The Philippines switched from American to Asian dates on 1844-12-31. (Thanks to Robert H. van Gent for obtaining a copy of the proclamation.) For now, guess the Ladrones switched at the same time. The following changes affect commentary only: * Add references to Vzic (a tz-to-VTIMEZONE compiler), and to possible XML schemata for tz data. * Add references to a history of the International Date Line, and to Netherlands time zone history. (Thanks to Robert H. van Gent for this.) * Update the status of various Antarctic stations, some of which have closed. * Update the instructions for running the XHTML validator. =================================================================== RCS file: RCS/antarctica,v retrieving revision 2001.1 retrieving revision 2001.1.0.2 diff -pu -r2001.1 -r2001.1.0.2 --- antarctica 2001/03/13 17:57:38 2001.1 +++ antarctica 2001/04/01 10:15:23 2001.1.0.2 @@ -200,25 +200,27 @@ Rule NZAQ 1990 max - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 # Russia - year-round bases # Bellingshausen, King George Island, -621159-0585337, since 1968-02-22 # Mirny, Davis coast, -6633+09301, since 1956-02 -# Molodezhnaya -# Novolazarevskaya +# Molodezhnaya, Alasheyev Bay, year-round from 1962-02 to 1999-07-01 +# Novolazarevskaya, Queen Maud Land, -7046+01150, +# year-round from 1960/61 to 1992 -# Vostok, since 1957-12-16 +# Vostok, since 1957-12-16, temporarily closed 1994-02/1994-11 # <a href="http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/antarctica/QA/computers/Directions,Time,ZIP"> # From Craig Mundell (1994-12-15)</a>: # Vostok, which is one of the Russian stations, is set on the same # time as Moscow, Russia. # -# From Paul Eggert (2001-03-03): -# Today I talked with a neighbor Robert Lee Hotz, a neighbor who -# recently returned from Vostok. He said that the Americans have a -# substation next to Vostok that keeps New Zealand time. -# He thought the Russians still use Moscow time, but wasn't sure. +# From Lee Hotz (2001-03-08): +# I queried the folks at Columbia who spent the summer at Vostok and this is +# what they had to say about time there: +# ``in the US Camp (East Camp) we have been on New Zealand (McMurdo) +# time, which is 12 hours ahead of GMT. The Russian Station Vostok was +# 6 hours behind that (although only 2 miles away, i.e. 6 hours ahead +# of GMT). This is a time zone I think two hours east of Moscow. The +# natural time zone is in between the two: 8 hours ahead of GMT.'' # Zone Antarctica/Vostok 0 - zzz 1957 Dec 16 - 3:00 RussAQ MSK/MSD 1991 Mar 31 2:00s - 2:00 RussAQ EE%sT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s - 3:00 RussAQ MSK/MSD + 6:00 - VOST # Vostok time # S Africa - year-round bases # Marion Island @@ -231,14 +233,16 @@ Zone Antarctica/Vostok 0 - zzz 1957 Dec # scientific station from 1903 # whaling station at Signy I 1920/1926 # South Shetland Islands -# whaling station at Deception I 1912/1931 -# scientific station from 1943; -# previously sealers and a scientific expedition wintered by accident, -# and a garrison was deployed briefly # # year-round bases # Bird Island, South Georgia, -5400-03803, since 1983 -# Halley, Coates Land, -7535-2619, since 1956-01-06 +# Deception Island, -6259-06034, whaling station 1912/1931, +# scientific station 1943/1967, +# previously sealers and a scientific expedition wintered by accident, +# and a garrison was deployed briefly +# Halley, Coates Land, -7535-02604, since 1956-01-06 +# Halley is on a moving ice shelf and is periodically relocated +# so that it is never more than 10km from its nominal location. # Rothera, Adelaide Island, -6734-6808, since 1976-12-01 # Uruguay - year round base @@ -262,12 +266,13 @@ Zone Antarctica/Palmer 0 - zzz 1965 -4:00 ChileAQ CL%sT # # -# McMurdo, Ross Island, since 1956 +# McMurdo, Ross Island, since 1955-12 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Antarctica/McMurdo 0 - zzz 1956 12:00 NZAQ NZ%sT # -# Amundsen-Scott, South Pole, since 1957-01-23 +# Amundsen-Scott, South Pole, continuously occupied since 1956-11-20 +# # From Paul Eggert (1996-09-03): # Normally it wouldn't have a separate entry, since it's like the # larger Antarctica/McMurdo since 1970, but it's too famous to omit. =================================================================== RCS file: RCS/asia,v retrieving revision 2001.1 retrieving revision 2001.1.0.1 diff -pu -r2001.1 -r2001.1.0.1 --- asia 2001/03/13 17:57:38 2001.1 +++ asia 2001/04/01 10:08:58 2001.1.0.1 @@ -1111,7 +1111,10 @@ Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct # no information # Philippines -# Howse writes (p 153) that until 1844 the Philippines kept American date. +# On 1844-08-16, Narciso Claveria, governor-general of the +# Philippines, issued a proclamation announcing that 1844-12-30 was to +# be immediately followed by 1845-01-01. Robert H. van Gent has a +# transcript of the decree in <http://www.phys.uu.nl/~vgent/idl/idl.htm>. # The rest of this data is from Shanks. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Phil 1936 only - Nov 1 0:00 1:00 S @@ -1121,7 +1124,7 @@ Rule Phil 1954 only - Jul 1 0:00 0 - Rule Phil 1978 only - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 S Rule Phil 1978 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Manila -15:56:00 - LMT 1844 +Zone Asia/Manila -15:56:00 - LMT 1844 Dec 31 8:04:00 - LMT 1899 May 11 8:00 Phil PH%sT 1942 May 9:00 - JST 1944 Nov =================================================================== RCS file: RCS/australasia,v retrieving revision 2001.1 retrieving revision 2001.1.0.1 diff -pu -r2001.1 -r2001.1.0.1 --- australasia 2001/03/13 17:57:39 2001.1 +++ australasia 2001/04/01 10:08:58 2001.1.0.1 @@ -222,7 +222,8 @@ Zone Pacific/Tahiti -9:58:16 - LMT 1912 # Guam # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Pacific/Guam 9:39:00 - LMT 1901 # Agana +Zone Pacific/Guam -14:21:00 - LMT 1844 Dec 31 + 9:39:00 - LMT 1901 # Agana 10:00 - GST 2000 Dec 23 # Guam 10:00 - ChST # Chamorro Standard Time @@ -241,7 +242,8 @@ Zone Pacific/Kiritimati -10:29:20 - LMT # N Mariana Is # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Pacific/Saipan 9:43:00 - LMT 1901 +Zone Pacific/Saipan -14:17:00 - LMT 1844 Dec 31 + 9:43:00 - LMT 1901 9:00 - MPT 1969 Oct # N Mariana Is Time 10:00 - MPT 2000 Dec 23 10:00 - ChST # Chamorro Standard Time @@ -977,7 +979,8 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # Howse writes (p 153) ``The Spaniards, on the other hand, reached the # Philippines and the Ladrones from America,'' and implies that the Ladrones # (now called the Marianas) kept American date for quite some time. -# Ignore this for now, as we have no hard data. See also Asia/Manila. +# For now, we assume the Ladrones switched at the same time as the Philippines; +# see Asia/Manila. # US Public Law 106-564 (2000-12-23) made UTC+10 the official standard time, # under the name "Chamorro Standard Time". There is no official abbreviation, =================================================================== RCS file: RCS/europe,v retrieving revision 2001.1 retrieving revision 2001.1.0.1 diff -pu -r2001.1 -r2001.1.0.1 --- europe 2001/03/13 17:57:39 2001.1 +++ europe 2001/04/01 10:08:58 2001.1.0.1 @@ -405,6 +405,11 @@ Rule EU 1978 only - Oct 1 1:00u 0 - Rule EU 1979 1995 - Sep lastSun 1:00u 0 - Rule EU 1981 max - Mar lastSun 1:00u 1:00 S Rule EU 1996 max - Oct lastSun 1:00u 0 - +# The most recent directive covers the years starting in 2002. See: +# <a href="http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/lif/dat/2000/en_300L0084.html" +# Directive 2000/84/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council +# of 19 January 2001 on summer-time arrangements. +# </a> # W-Eur differs from EU only in that W-Eur uses standard time. Rule W-Eur 1977 1980 - Apr Sun>=1 1:00s 1:00 S @@ -1368,37 +1373,33 @@ Zone Europe/Monaco 0:29:32 - LMT 1891 Ma # Netherlands # Howse writes that the Netherlands' railways used GMT between 1892 and 1940, # but for other purposes the Netherlands used Amsterdam mean time. +# The data before 1945 is taken from +# <http://www.phys.uu.nl/~vgent/wettijd/wettijd.htm>. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -# Shanks gives 1916 Apr 30 24:00 and 1916 Oct 1 00:00; go with Whitman. -Rule Neth 1916 only - May 1 2:00s 1:00 NST # Netherlands Summer Time -Rule Neth 1916 only - Oct 2 2:00s 0 AMT # Amsterdam Mean Time +Rule Neth 1916 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 NST # Netherlands Summer Time +Rule Neth 1916 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 AMT # Amsterdam Mean Time Rule Neth 1917 only - Apr 16 2:00s 1:00 NST Rule Neth 1917 only - Sep 17 2:00s 0 AMT -# Whitman gives 1918 Apr 14, 1918 Oct 31, and 1921 Sep 28; go with Shanks. Rule Neth 1918 1921 - Apr Mon>=1 2:00s 1:00 NST -Rule Neth 1918 1921 - Sep Mon>=24 2:00s 0 AMT -Rule Neth 1922 only - Mar 26 2:00s 1:00 NST -# Whitman gives 1939 Oct 1; go with Shanks. +Rule Neth 1918 1921 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 AMT +Rule Neth 1922 only - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 NST Rule Neth 1922 1936 - Oct Sun>=2 2:00s 0 AMT -Rule Neth 1923 only - Jun 1 2:00s 1:00 NST -Rule Neth 1924 only - Mar 30 2:00s 1:00 NST -# Whitman gives 1925 Apr 5; go with Shanks. -Rule Neth 1925 only - Jun 5 2:00s 1:00 NST -# For 1926 through 1930 Whitman gives Apr 15; go with Shanks. +Rule Neth 1923 only - Jun Fri>=1 2:00s 1:00 NST +Rule Neth 1924 only - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 NST +Rule Neth 1925 only - Jun Fri>=1 2:00s 1:00 NST Rule Neth 1926 1931 - May 15 2:00s 1:00 NST Rule Neth 1932 only - May 22 2:00s 1:00 NST Rule Neth 1933 1936 - May 15 2:00s 1:00 NST Rule Neth 1937 only - May 22 2:00s 1:00 NST Rule Neth 1937 only - Jul 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Neth 1937 1939 - Oct Sun>=2 2:00s 0 - -# Whitman gives 1939 Apr 15 and 1940 Apr 19; go with Shanks. Rule Neth 1938 1939 - May 15 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Neth 1945 only - Apr 2 2:00s 1:00 S -Rule Neth 1945 only - May 20 2:00s 0 - +Rule Neth 1945 only - Sep 16 2:00s 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Europe/Amsterdam 0:19:28 - LMT 1892 May 0:19:28 Neth %s 1937 Jul - 0:20 Neth NE%sT 1940 May 16 0:40 + 0:20 Neth NE%sT 1940 May 17 0:00 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1945 Apr 2 2:00 1:00 Neth CE%sT 1977 1:00 EU CE%sT =================================================================== RCS file: RCS/Makefile,v retrieving revision 2000.8 retrieving revision 2000.8.0.1 diff -pu -r2000.8 -r2000.8.0.1 --- Makefile 2000/12/14 20:33:20 2000.8 +++ Makefile 2001/04/01 10:08:58 2000.8.0.1 @@ -218,11 +218,22 @@ ZIC= $(zic) $(ZFLAGS) # The name of a Posix-compliant `awk' on your system. AWK= nawk -# The name and arguments of a program to validate your web pages. +# The path where SGML DTDs are kept. +SGML_SEARCH_PATH= $(TOPDIR)/share/doc/sgml-lib/REC-xhtml1-20000126/ + +# The catalog file(s) to use when validating XHTML. +SGML_CATALOG_FILES= xhtml.soc + +# The name, arguments and environment of a program to validate your web pages. # See <http://www.jclark.com/sp/> for a validator, and # <http://validator.w3.org/source/> for a validation library. VALIDATE = nsgmls -VALIDATEFLAGS = -s -B -wall -wno-unused-param +VALIDATE_FLAGS = -s -B -wall -wno-unused-param -wxml +VALIDATE_ENV = \ + SGML_CATALOG_FILES=$(SGML_CATALOG_FILES) \ + SGML_SEARCH_PATH=$(SGML_SEARCH_PATH) \ + SP_CHARSET_FIXED=YES \ + SP_ENCODING=UTF-8 ############################################################################### @@ -357,7 +368,7 @@ check_tables: checktab.awk $(PRIMARY_YDA $(AWK) -f checktab.awk $(PRIMARY_YDATA) check_web: $(WEB_PAGES) - $(VALIDATE) $(VALIDATEFLAGS) $(WEB_PAGES) + $(VALIDATE_ENV) $(VALIDATE) $(VALIDATE_FLAGS) $(WEB_PAGES) clean: rm -f core *.o *.out tzselect zdump zic yearistype date \ =================================================================== RCS file: RCS/northamerica,v retrieving revision 2001.1 retrieving revision 2001.1.0.1 diff -pu -r2001.1 -r2001.1.0.1 --- northamerica 2001/03/13 17:57:40 2001.1 +++ northamerica 2001/04/01 10:08:58 2001.1.0.1 @@ -280,40 +280,47 @@ Zone America/Los_Angeles -7:52:58 - LMT # Alaska # AK%sT is the modern abbreviation for -9:00 per USNO. # -# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19): +# From Paul Eggert (2001-04-01): # Howse writes that Alaska switched from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar, # and from east-of-GMT to west-of-GMT days, when the US bought it from Russia. -# This was on 1867-10-18. We omit this transition, since we can't represent -# changes from Julian to Gregorian. +# This was on 1867-10-18, a Friday; the previous day was 1867-10-06 Julian, +# also a Friday. Include only the time zone part of this transition, +# ignoring the switch from Julian to Gregorian, since we can't represent +# the Julian calendar. # # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone America/Juneau -8:57:41 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 12:00 +Zone America/Juneau 15:02:19 - LMT 1867 Oct 18 + -8:57:41 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 12:00 -8:00 - PST 1942 -8:00 US P%sT 1946 -8:00 - PST 1969 -8:00 US P%sT 1983 Oct 30 2:00 -9:00 US AK%sT -Zone America/Yakutat -9:18:55 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 12:00 +Zone America/Yakutat 14:41:05 - LMT 1867 Oct 18 + -9:18:55 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 12:00 -9:00 - YST 1942 -9:00 US Y%sT 1946 -9:00 - YST 1969 -9:00 US Y%sT 1983 Oct 30 2:00 -9:00 US AK%sT -Zone America/Anchorage -9:59:36 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 12:00 +Zone America/Anchorage 14:00:24 - LMT 1867 Oct 18 + -9:59:36 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 12:00 -10:00 - CAT 1942 -10:00 US CAT/CAWT 1946 -10:00 - CAT 1967 Apr -10:00 - AHST 1969 -10:00 US AH%sT 1983 Oct 30 2:00 -9:00 US AK%sT -Zone America/Nome -11:01:38 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 12:00 +Zone America/Nome 12:58:21 - LMT 1867 Oct 18 + -11:01:38 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 12:00 -11:00 - NST 1942 -11:00 US N%sT 1946 -11:00 - NST 1967 Apr -11:00 - BST 1969 -11:00 US B%sT 1983 Oct 30 2:00 -9:00 US AK%sT -Zone America/Adak -11:46:38 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 12:00 +Zone America/Adak 12:13:21 - LMT 1867 Oct 18 + -11:46:38 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 12:00 -11:00 - NST 1942 -11:00 US N%sT 1946 -11:00 - NST 1967 Apr @@ -1138,6 +1145,16 @@ Zone America/Dawson_Creek -8:00:56 - LMT # From Paul Eggert (2000-12-04): # Let's just keep track of the official times for now. +# From Rives McDow (2001-03-07): +# The premier of Nunavut has issued a ministerial statement advising +# that effective 2001-04-01, the territory of Nunavut will revert +# back to three time zones (mountain, central, and eastern). Of the +# cities in Nunavut, Coral Harbor is the only one that I know of that +# has said it will not observe dst, staying on EST year round. I'm +# checking for more info, and will get back to you if I come up with +# more. +# [Also see <http://www.nunatsiaq.com/nunavut/nvt10309_06.html> (2001-03-09).] + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule NT_YK 1918 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 D Rule NT_YK 1918 only - Oct 27 2:00 0 S @@ -1155,19 +1172,21 @@ Zone America/Pangnirtung -4:22:56 - LMT -4:00 NT_YK A%sT 1995 Apr Sun>=1 2:00 -5:00 Canada E%sT 1999 Oct 31 2:00 -6:00 Canada C%sT 2000 Oct 29 2:00 - -5:00 - EST + -5:00 Canada E%sT Zone America/Iqaluit -4:33:52 - LMT 1884 # Frobisher Bay before 1987 -5:00 NT_YK E%sT 1999 Oct 31 2:00 -6:00 Canada C%sT 2000 Oct 29 2:00 - -5:00 - EST + -5:00 Canada E%sT Zone America/Rankin_Inlet -6:08:40 - LMT 1884 -6:00 NT_YK C%sT 2000 Oct 29 2:00 - -5:00 - EST + -5:00 - EST 2001 Apr 1 3:00 + -6:00 Canada C%sT Zone America/Cambridge_Bay -7:00:20 - LMT 1884 -7:00 NT_YK M%sT 1999 Oct 31 2:00 -6:00 Canada C%sT 2000 Oct 29 2:00 -5:00 - EST 2000 Nov 5 0:00 - -6:00 Canada C%sT + -6:00 - CST 2001 Apr 1 3:00 + -7:00 Canada M%sT Zone America/Yellowknife -7:37:24 - LMT 1884 -7:00 NT_YK M%sT Zone America/Inuvik -8:54:00 - LMT 1884 @@ -1294,16 +1313,25 @@ Zone America/Dawson -9:17:40 - LMT 1900 # James F. Smith writes in today's LA Times # </a> # * Sonora will continue to observe standard time. -# * Border states including Baja California, Chihuahua, and Nuevo Leon -# will use US rules, # * Last week Mexico City's mayor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador decreed that # the Federal District will not adopt DST. # * 4 of 16 district leaders announced they'll ignore the decree. # * The decree does not affect federal-controlled facilities including # the airport, banks, hospitals, and schools. # -# For now we'll assume that the Federal District will bow to federal rules -# and that border states and Durango will stick with US rules. +# For now we'll assume that the Federal District will bow to federal rules. + +# From Jesper Norgaard (2001-04-01): +# I found some references to the Mexican application of daylight +# saving, which modifies what I had already sent you, stating earlier +# that a number of northern Mexican states would go on daylight +# saving. The modification reverts this to only cover Baja California +# (Norte), while all other states (except Sonora, who has no daylight +# saving all year) will follow the original decree of president +# Vicente Fox, starting daylight saving May 6, 2001 and ending +# September 30, 2001. +# References: "Diario de Monterrey" <www.diariodemonterrey.com/index.asp> +# Palabra <http://palabra.infosel.com/010331/primera/ppri3101.pdf> (2000-03-31) # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Mexico 1939 only - Feb 5 0:00 1:00 D @@ -1333,8 +1361,7 @@ Zone America/Merida -5:58:28 - LMT 1922 Zone America/Monterrey -6:41:16 - LMT 1921 Dec 31 23:18:44 -6:00 - CST 1988 -6:00 US C%sT 1989 - -6:00 Mexico C%sT 2001 - -6:00 US C%sT + -6:00 Mexico C%sT # Central Mexico Zone America/Mexico_City -6:36:36 - LMT 1922 Jan 1 0:23:24 -7:00 - MST 1927 Jun 10 23:00 @@ -1353,8 +1380,7 @@ Zone America/Chihuahua -7:04:20 - LMT 19 -6:00 - CST 1996 -6:00 Mexico C%sT 1998 -6:00 - CST 1998 Apr Sun>=1 3:00 - -7:00 Mexico M%sT 2001 - -7:00 US M%sT + -7:00 Mexico M%sT # Sonora Zone America/Hermosillo -7:23:52 - LMT 1921 Dec 31 23:36:08 -7:00 - MST 1927 Jun 10 23:00 =================================================================== RCS file: RCS/tz-link.htm,v retrieving revision 2001.1 retrieving revision 2001.1.0.1 diff -pu -r2001.1 -r2001.1.0.1 --- tz-link.htm 2001/03/13 17:57:44 2001.1 +++ tz-link.htm 2001/04/01 10:08:58 2001.1.0.1 @@ -51,9 +51,10 @@ the code is in the file <samp>tzcode<var where <samp><var>C</var></samp> is the code's version; similarly, the data are in <samp>tzdata<var>D</var>.tar.gz</samp>, where <samp><var>D</var></samp> is the data's version. -The code lets you compile the text data into time zone files, one for -each location. It also lets you read a compiled time zone file and -interpret time stamps for that location.</p> +The code lets you compile the <samp>tz</samp> source files into +machine-readable binary files, one for each location. It also lets +you read a <samp>tz</samp> binary file and interpret time stamps for that +location.</p> <p> The data are by no means authoritative. If you find errors, please send changes to the <a href="mailto:tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov">time zone @@ -92,17 +93,36 @@ holidays.</li> is a web interface to a time zone database derived from <samp>tz</samp>'s.</li> </ul> -<h2>Other time zone file readers</h2> +<h2>Other <samp>tz</samp> compilers</h2> +<ul> +<li><a href="http://www.karuna.freeserve.co.uk/vzic.tgz">Vzic</a> +compiles <samp>tz</samp> source into VTIMEZONE text as specified by +the <a href="ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2445.txt">iCalendar</a> +specification published by the <a +href="http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/calsch-charter.html">IETF +Calendaring and Scheduling Working Group</a>. Vzic is freely +available under the <a href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html">GNU +General Public License (GPL)</a>.</li> +<li>Possible XML schemata for the <samp>tz</samp> data include <a +href="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/foo">one</a> sketched out by <a +href="http://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/">Tim Berners-Lee</a> and +<a +href="http://developer.iplanet.com/docs/wpapers/calendar/ietf.txt">another</a> +used by the <a +href="http://www.iplanet.com/products/iplanet_calendar/">iPlanet +Calendar Server</a>.</li> +</ul> +<h2>Other <samp>tz</samp> binary file readers</h2> <ul> <li>The <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/">GNU C Library</a> has an independent, thread-safe implementation of -a time zone file reader that is compatible with <samp>tz</samp>. +a <samp>tz</samp> binary file reader. This library is freely available under the <a href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html"> GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)</a>, and is widely used in GNU/Linux systems.</li> <li><a href="http://www.bmsi.com/java/#TZ">ZoneInfo.java</a> -is a time zone file reader written in Java. +is a <samp>tz</samp> binary file reader written in Java. It is freely available under the GNU LGPL.</li> </ul> <h2>Other <samp>tz</samp>-based time zone conversion software</h2> @@ -164,9 +184,7 @@ currently observes a different time.</li <li>Manifold.net's <a href="http://www.manifold.net/download/freemaps.html">Free Maps and GIS Data</a> includes a Manifold-format map of world time zone -boundaries distributed under the <a -href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html">GNU General Public License -(GPL)</a>. The GeoCommunity's <a +boundaries distributed under the GPL. The GeoCommunity's <a href="http://software.geocomm.com/data/intl_timezones.html">International Time Zones</a> publishes the same data in other formats.</li> <li>The US Geological Survey's National Atlas of the United States @@ -186,6 +204,9 @@ Time of Internet</a> contains good descriptions of Time Zones and daylight saving time, with diagrams. The time zone map is out of date, however.</li> +<li><a href="http://www.phys.uu.nl/~vgent/idl/idl.htm">A History of +the International Date Line</a> tells the story of the most important +time zone boundary.</li> <li>A few countries have well-documented histories of legal time. <dl> <dt>Australia</dt> @@ -211,6 +232,10 @@ hreflang="he">announcements (in Hebrew)< Congress has published a <a href="http://www.cddhcu.gob.mx/bibliot/publica/inveyana/polisoc/horver/" hreflang="es">history of Mexican local time (in Spanish)</a>.</dd> +<dt>Netherlands</dt> +<dd><a href="http://www.phys.uu.nl/~vgent/wettijd/wettijd.htm" +hreflang="nl">De wettelijke tijdregeling in Nederland (in Dutch)</a> +covers the history of local time in the Netherlands from ancient times.</dd> <dt>United Kingdom</dt> <dd><a href="http://student.cusu.cam.ac.uk/~jsm28/british-time/">History of