I am writing a book on data and databases. I need a short piece on timezones, UTC, leap seconds, etc. for the section on temporal data. If anyone has the time (pun) and would like to contribute, I can pay them a few bucks for their effort. I am more interested in getting the data than in getting a finished ready-to-publish article. Here is my biosketch by way of introduction: BIOSKETCH: Joe Celko is an Atlanta-based consultant with Northern Lights Software Ltd. and has been a member of the ANSI X3H2 Database Standards Committee since 1987 and helped write the ANSI/ISO SQL-89 and SQL-92 standards. Joe Celko has had several regular monthly or biweekly columns in the past eleven years in the computer trade and academic press. His current columns are: "SQL Explorer" in DBMS (Miller-Freeman), "WATCOM SQL Corner" in POWERBUILDER DEVELOPERS' JOURNAL (SysCon). Most recently, Mr. Celko also wrote: "Celko on SQL" in DATABASE PROGRAMMING & DESIGN (Miller-Freeman); "SQL Puzzle" in BOXES & ARROWS (Frank Sweet Publishing); "DBMS/Report" in SYSTEMS INTEGRATION (Cahner-Ziff); "Data Desk" in TECH SPECIALIST (R&D), "Data Points" in PC TECHNIQUES (Coriolis Group), "Celko on Software" in COMPUTING (VNC Publications, UK). and was editor for the "Puzzles & Problems" section of ABACUS (Springer-Verlag). Joe Celko is the author of four books on SQL: SQL FOR SMARTIES (Morgan-Kaufmann, 1995), INSTANT SQL (Wrox Press,1995), SQL PUZZLES & SOLUTIONS (Morgan-Kaufmann, 1997) and SECRETS OF THE SQL MASTER (Sys-Con, 1996). He is currently do a series under his name for Morgan-Kaufmann publishers. Joe Celko is a regular speaker and SQL instructor for Digital Consulting Inc., Norm DiNardi Enterprises, Boston University Corporate Education Center and Miller-Freeman Seminars. --CELKO--