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@@ -1,14 +1,103 @@ News for the tz database +Release 2018i - 2018-12-30 11:05:43 -0800 + + Briefly: + São Tomé and Príncipe switches from +01 to +00 on 2019-01-01. + + Changes to future timestamps + + Due to a change in government, São Tomé and Príncipe switches back + from +01 to +00 on 2019-01-01 at 02:00. (Thanks to Vadim + Nasardinov and Michael Deckers.) + + +Release 2018h - 2018-12-23 17:59:32 -0800 + + Briefly: + Qyzylorda, Kazakhstan moved from +06 to +05 on 2018-12-21. + New zone Asia/Qostanay because Qostanay, Kazakhstan didn't move. + Metlakatla, Alaska observes PST this winter only. + Guess Morocco will continue to adjust clocks around Ramadan. + Add predictions for Iran from 2038 through 2090. + + Changes to future timestamps + + Guess that Morocco will continue to fall back just before and + spring forward just after Ramadan, the practice since 2012. + (Thanks to Maamar Abdelkader.) This means Morocco will observe + negative DST during Ramadan in main and vanguard formats, and in + rearguard format it stays in the +00 timezone and observes + ordinary DST in all months other than Ramadan. As before, extend + this guesswork to the year 2037. As a consequence, Morocco is + scheduled to observe three DST transitions in some Gregorian years + (e.g., 2033) due to the mismatch between the Gregorian and Islamic + calendars. + + The table of exact transitions for Iranian DST has been extended. + It formerly cut off before the year 2038 in a nod to 32-bit time_t. + It now cuts off before 2091 as there is doubt about how the Persian + calendar will treat 2091. This change predicts DST transitions in + 2038-9, 2042-3, and 2046-7 to occur one day later than previously + predicted. As before, post-cutoff transitions are approximated. + + Changes to past and future timestamps + + Qyzylorda (aka Kyzylorda) oblast in Kazakhstan moved from +06 to + +05 on 2018-12-21. This is a zone split as Qostanay (aka + Kostanay) did not switch, so create a zone Asia/Qostanay. + + Metlakatla moved from Alaska to Pacific standard time on 2018-11-04. + It did not change clocks that day and remains on -08 this winter. + (Thanks to Ryan Stanley.) It will revert to the usual Alaska + rules next spring, so this change affects only timestamps + from 2018-11-04 through 2019-03-10. + + Change to past timestamps + + Kwajalein's 1993-08-20 transition from -12 to +12 was at 24:00, + not 00:00. I transcribed the time incorrectly from Shanks. + (Thanks to Phake Nick.) + + Nauru's 1979 transition was on 02-10 at 02:00, not 05-01 at 00:00. + (Thanks to Phake Nick.) + + Guam observed DST irregularly from 1959 through 1977. + (Thanks to Phake Nick.) + + Hong Kong observed DST in 1941 starting 06-15 (not 04-01), then on + 10-01 changed standard time to +08:30 (not +08). Its transition + back to +08 after WWII was on 1945-09-15, not the previous day. + Its 1904-10-30 change took effect at 01:00 +08 (not 00:00 LMT). + (Thanks to Phake Nick, Steve Allen, and Joseph Myers.) Also, + its 1952 fallback was on 11-02 (not 10-25). + + This release contains many changes to timestamps before 1946 due + to Japanese possession or occupation of Pacific/Chuuk, + Pacific/Guam, Pacific/Kosrae, Pacific/Kwajalein, Pacific/Majuro, + Pacific/Nauru, Pacific/Palau, and Pacific/Pohnpei. + (Thanks to Phake Nick.) + + Assume that the Spanish East Indies was like the Philippines and + observed American time until the end of 1844. This affects + Pacific/Chuuk, Pacific/Kosrae, Pacific/Palau, and Pacific/Pohnpei. + + Changes to past tm_isdst flags + + For the recent Morocco change, the tm_isdst flag should be 1 from + 2018-10-27 00:00 to 2018-10-28 03:00. (Thanks to Michael Deckers.) + Give a URL to the official decree. (Thanks to Matt Johnson.) + + Release 2018g - 2018-10-26 22:22:45 -0700 Briefly: - Morocco switches to permanent +01 on 2018-10-27. + Morocco switches to permanent +01 on 2018-10-28. Changes to future timestamps - Morocco switches from +00/+01 to permanent +01 effective 2018-10-27, - so its clocks will not fall back on 2018-10-28 as previously scheduled. + Morocco switches from +00/+01 to permanent +01 effective 2018-10-28, + so its clocks will not fall back as previously scheduled. (Thanks to Mohamed Essedik Najd and Brian Inglis.) Changes to code @@ -119,7 +208,7 @@ Release 2018f - 2018-10-18 00:14:18 -0700 localtime.c no longer ignores TZif POSIX-style TZ strings that specify only standard time. Instead, these TZ strings now override the default time type for timestamps after the last - transition (or for all time stamps if there are no transitions), + transition (or for all timestamps if there are no transitions), just as DST strings specifying DST have always done. leapseconds.awk now outputs "#updated" and "#expires" comments, |