Time zone converter bug report
Time zone gurus, I use the time zone database developed by this group in my time zone converter (http://www.burbs.com/cgi-bin/tzconvert.pl). I refer to it in the help files for the converter as the "NIH database" but that isn't really right. How should I refer to this database? I had a few bugs in the interface (I've addressed most of them), and decided to put a "bug reporter" up. Through this I expect that from time to time I will receive reports like this one, below. I thought I'd forward them on to this list so that they could either be explained or addressed. Thanks, Dee Ann Abel Note: The converter reports that their is currently two hours difference
Subject: Time zone converter bug report
userAgent = Mozilla/2.0 (compatible; MSIE 3.02; Windows 95) appName = Microsoft Internet Explorer appVersion = 2.0 (compatible; MSIE 3.02; Windows 95) email = marylouf@cba.org errorType = other comments = Saskatchewan only observes daylight savings time in the winter. (Currently, there is only a 1 hour time difference between EST and Sask. time)
Input_year => 1998 Input_BugReportForm.x => 10 Input_BugReportForm.y => 11 Input_oclock => PM Input_day => 25 Input_tzone1 => Canada/ Input_tzone2 => East-Saskatchewan Input_language => en Input_month => 5 Input_zone1 => Canada/ Input_zone2 => Eastern Input_thetime => 1:00
Date: Mon, 25 May 1998 16:22:13 -0400 From: Dee Ann Abel <dee@burbs.com> I use the time zone database developed by this group in my time zone converter (http://www.burbs.com/cgi-bin/tzconvert.pl). I refer to it in the help files for the converter as the "NIH database" but that isn't really right. How should I refer to this database? I usually refer to it as the ``tz database''. Sometimes I prefix it with ``public domain'' and/or ``Olson''. I don't know that it has an official name, but its originator Arthur David Olson might have an opinion. Through this I expect that from time to time I will receive reports like this one, below. I thought I'd forward them on to this list so that they could either be explained or addressed. It might be helpful to filter out the ones that you know are obviously bogus, or which you can't decipher yourself. That particular one was on the bogus side. I'll send a reply separately to its originator and to you, and not bother the rest of the tz list with it. It will definitely be helpful to send the juicy reports on to the tz list, but I'd guess most responses will need to be filtered.
Through this I expect that from time to time I will receive reports like this one, below. I thought I'd forward them on to this list so that they could either be explained or addressed.
It might be helpful to filter out the ones that you know are obviously bogus, or which you can't decipher yourself. That particular one was on the bogus side. I'll send a reply separately to its originator and to you, and not bother the rest of the tz list with it. It will definitely be helpful to send the juicy reports on to the tz list, but I'd guess most responses will need to be filtered.
I expect to :) And I expect, over time, I'll be able to filter more effectively once I am able to learn from the questions I submit. In fact, I'm sure an FAQ will develop addressing questions like this one, southern Indiana, and Southern Austraila. Thank you, Dee Ann Abel
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