--- tz-link.htm | 29 +++++++++-------------------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-) diff --git a/tz-link.htm b/tz-link.htm index 03259d2..e7a7c8f 100644 --- a/tz-link.htm +++ b/tz-link.htm @@ -267,9 +267,10 @@ href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7808">TZDIST</a> (Internet <abbr>RFC</abbr> 7808), a time zone data distribution service, along with <a href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7809">CalDAV</a> (Internet <abbr>RFC</abbr> 7809), a calendar access protocol for -transferring time zone data by reference. The draft <a id="TZDIST-Geolocate" +transferring time zone data by reference. The (expired) draft <a +id="TZDIST-Geolocate" href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-murchison-tzdist-geolocate-00">TZDIST -Geolocate Extension</a> lets a client determine its time zone region +Geolocate Extension</a> would have let a client determine its time zone region from its geographic location using a <a href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5870">'geo' URI</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5545"> @@ -504,9 +505,6 @@ href="https://www.oracle.com/java/index.html">Oracle Java</a> contains a copy of a subset of a recent <code><abbr>tz</abbr></code> database in a Java-specific format.</li> -<li><a href="https://kimmo.suominen.com/sw/timezone/">Time Zone</a> is -a <a href="https://wordpress.org">WordPress</a> plugin. It is freely -available under a <abbr>BSD</abbr>-style license.</li> <li><a href="http://www.relativedata.com/time-zone-master">Time Zone Master</a> is a Microsoft Windows clock program that can automatically download, compile and use <code>tz</code> releases. The Basic version @@ -589,7 +587,8 @@ maps</a> contains <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shapefile">shapefiles</a> of sets of <code><abbr>tz</abbr></code> regions. This includes <a href="http://efele.net/maps/tz/world/">tz_world</a>, a shapefile -for all the world's regions</li> +for all the world's regions. These maps are no longer maintained and +are superseded by the Timezone Boundary Builder.</li> <li><a href="https://github.com/straup/whereonearth-timezone">Whereonearth-timezone</a> is in <a href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7946">GeoJSON</a> format @@ -633,10 +632,7 @@ the <a href="https://timezonedb.com">Time Zone Database & API</a>. Commercial network API access is provided by <a href="https://askgeo.com">AskGeo</a> and <a href="https://www.geogarage.com/blog/news-1/post/geogarage-time-zone-api-31">GeoGarage</a>. -Also, an <a -href="https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2016-October/024309.html">experimental -server</a> is available for the TZDIST Geolocate Extension mentioned -<a href="#TZDIST-Geolocate">above</a>.</li> +</li> <li>"<a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16086962/how-to-get-a-time-zone-from-a-location-using-latitude-and-longitude-coordinates/16086964">How to get a time zone from a location using latitude and longitude @@ -648,13 +644,10 @@ political subdivision data related to time zones.</li> zone boundaries for multizone countries</a> summarizes legal boundaries between time zones within countries.</li> <li>Manifold.net's <a -href="http://manifold.net/info/freestuff.shtml">Free Stuff for +href="http://manifold.net/info/freestuff.shtml">Free Downloads for Manifold System Users</a> includes a Manifold-format map of world time zone boundaries distributed under the <abbr>GPL</abbr>.</li> -<li>The GeoCommunity lists several commercial sources for <a -href="http://spatialnews.geocomm.com/features/timezones/">International -Time Zones and Time Zone Data</a>.</li> <li>A ship within the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_waters">territorial waters</a> of any nation uses that nation's time. In international @@ -723,7 +716,7 @@ href="ftp://ftp.cs.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements" hreflang="he">announcements (in Hebrew)</a>.</dd> <dt>Italy</dt> <dd>The National Institute of Metrological Research maintains a -<a href="http://www.inrim.it/res/tf/ora_legale_i.shtml">table of civil time +<a href="http://www.nanospin.eu/res/tf/ora_legale_i.shtml">table of civil time (in Italian)</a>.</dd> <dt>Mexico</dt> <dd>The Investigation and Analysis Service of the Mexican Library of @@ -763,7 +756,7 @@ Time Zone Proceedings</a> lists changes to time zone boundaries.</dd> <h2 id="precision">Precision timekeeping</h2> <ul> <li><a -href="http://literature.agilent.com/litweb/pdf/5965-7984E.pdf">The +href="http://leapsecond.com/hpan/an1289.pdf">The Science of Timekeeping</a> is a thorough introduction to the theory and practice of precision timekeeping.</li> <li><a href="http://www.ntp.org"><abbr @@ -882,10 +875,6 @@ protocols.</li> <a href="https://www.hackcraft.net/web/datetime/">Date & Time Formats on the Web</a> surveys web- and Internet-oriented date and time formats.</li> -<li> -<a href="http://exit109.com/~ghealton/y2k/yrexamples.html">The -Best of Dates, the Worst of Dates</a> covers many problems encountered -by software developers when handling dates and time stamps.</li> <li>Alphabetic time zone abbreviations should not be used as unique identifiers for <abbr>UTC</abbr> offsets as they are ambiguous in practice. For example, in English-speaking North America -- 2.7.4