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author | Stuart Bishop <stuart@stuartbishop.net> | 2014-01-03 09:50:30 +0000 |
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committer | Stuart Bishop <stuart@stuartbishop.net> | 2014-01-03 09:50:30 +0000 |
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Import 2013i from IANA
-rw-r--r-- | elsie.nci.nih.gov/src/Makefile | 15 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | elsie.nci.nih.gov/src/NEWS | 29 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | elsie.nci.nih.gov/src/asia | 30 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | elsie.nci.nih.gov/src/newctime.3 | 4 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | elsie.nci.nih.gov/src/newctime.3.txt | 3 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | elsie.nci.nih.gov/src/northamerica | 8 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | elsie.nci.nih.gov/src/tz-link.htm | 204 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | elsie.nci.nih.gov/src/tzfile.h | 10 |
8 files changed, 177 insertions, 126 deletions
diff --git a/elsie.nci.nih.gov/src/Makefile b/elsie.nci.nih.gov/src/Makefile index 0af0d4b..3c4523d 100644 --- a/elsie.nci.nih.gov/src/Makefile +++ b/elsie.nci.nih.gov/src/Makefile @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ PACKAGE= tzcode # Version numbers of the code and data distributions. -VERSION= 2013h +VERSION= 2013i # Email address for bug reports. BUGEMAIL= tz@iana.org @@ -196,14 +196,6 @@ GCC_DEBUG_FLAGS = -Dlint -g3 -O3 -fno-common -fstrict-aliasing \ # These functions may well disappear in future releases of the time # conversion package. # -# If you'll never want to handle solar-time-based time zones, add -# -DNOSOLAR -# to the end of the "CFLAGS=" line -# (and comment out the "SDATA=" line below). -# This reduces (slightly) the run-time data-space requirements of -# the time conversion functions; it may reduce the acceptability of your system -# to folks in oil- and cash-rich places. -# # If you want to allocate state structures in localtime, add # -DALL_STATE # to the end of the "CFLAGS=" line. Storage is obtained by calling malloc. @@ -327,11 +319,10 @@ PRIMARY_YDATA= africa antarctica asia australasia \ europe northamerica southamerica YDATA= $(PRIMARY_YDATA) pacificnew etcetera backward NDATA= systemv factory -SDATA= solar87 solar88 solar89 -TDATA= $(YDATA) $(NDATA) $(SDATA) +TDATA= $(YDATA) $(NDATA) TABDATA= iso3166.tab zone.tab leapseconds LEAP_DEPS= leapseconds.awk leap-seconds.list -DATA= $(YDATA) $(NDATA) $(SDATA) $(TABDATA) \ +DATA= $(YDATA) $(NDATA) $(TABDATA) \ $(LEAP_DEPS) yearistype.sh WEB_PAGES= tz-art.htm tz-link.htm AWK_SCRIPTS= checktab.awk leapseconds.awk diff --git a/elsie.nci.nih.gov/src/NEWS b/elsie.nci.nih.gov/src/NEWS index 134a747..322087a 100644 --- a/elsie.nci.nih.gov/src/NEWS +++ b/elsie.nci.nih.gov/src/NEWS @@ -1,5 +1,34 @@ News for the tz database +Release 2013i - 2013-12-17 07:25:23 -0800 + + Changes affecting near-future time stamps: + + Jordan switches back to standard time at 00:00 on December 20, 2013. + The 2006-2011 transition schedule is planned to resume in 2014. + (Thanks to Steffen Thorsen.) + + Changes affecting past time stamps: + + In 2004, Cuba began DST on March 28, not April 4. + (Thanks to Steffen Thorsen.) + + Changes affecting code + + The compile-time flag NOSOLAR has been removed, as nowadays the + benefit of slightly shrinking runtime table size is outweighed by the + cost of disallowing potential future updates that exceed old limits. + + Changes affecting documentation and commentary + + The files solar87, solar88, and solar89 are no longer distributed. + They were a negative experiment -- that is, a demonstration that + tz data can represent solar time only with some difficulty and error. + Their presence in the distribution caused confusion, as Riyadh + civil time was generally not solar time in those years. + + tz-link.htm now mentions Noda Time. (Thanks to Matt Johnson.) + Release 2013h - 2013-10-25 15:32:32 -0700 Changes affecting current and future time stamps: diff --git a/elsie.nci.nih.gov/src/asia b/elsie.nci.nih.gov/src/asia index 580a179..2867e64 100644 --- a/elsie.nci.nih.gov/src/asia +++ b/elsie.nci.nih.gov/src/asia @@ -1380,12 +1380,22 @@ Zone Asia/Tokyo 9:18:59 - LMT 1887 Dec 31 15:00u # switch back to standard time this winter, so the will stay on DST # until about the same time next year (at least). # http://www.petra.gov.jo/Public_News/Nws_NewsDetails.aspx?NewsID=88950 -# -# From Paul Eggert (2013-09-21): -# It's looking like this change will be permanent; see -# Petra News Agency, Cancelling winter saved Jordan $7 million (2013-02-20) -# <http://www.albawaba.com/business/jordan-winter-electricity--472005>. -# So move Jordan to UTC+3 as of the abovementioned date. + +# From Steffen Thorsen (2013-12-11): +# Jordan Times and other sources say that Jordan is going back to +# UTC+2 on 2013-12-19 at midnight: +# http://jordantimes.com/govt-decides-to-switch-back-to-wintertime +# Official, in Arabic: +# http://www.petra.gov.jo/public_news/Nws_NewsDetails.aspx?Menu_ID=&Site_Id=2&lang=1&NewsID=133230&CatID=14 +# ... Our background/permalink about it +# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/jordan-reverses-dst-decision.html +# ... +# http://www.petra.gov.jo/Public_News/Nws_NewsDetails.aspx?lang=2&site_id=1&NewsID=133313&Type=P +# ... says midnight for the coming one and 1:00 for the ones in the future +# (and they will use DST again next year, using the normal schedule). + +# From Paul Eggert (2013-12-11): +# As Steffen suggested, consider the past 21-month experiment to be DST. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Jordan 1973 only - Jun 6 0:00 1:00 S @@ -1415,11 +1425,13 @@ Rule Jordan 2002 2012 - Mar lastThu 24:00 1:00 S Rule Jordan 2003 only - Oct 24 0:00s 0 - Rule Jordan 2004 only - Oct 15 0:00s 0 - Rule Jordan 2005 only - Sep lastFri 0:00s 0 - -Rule Jordan 2006 2012 - Oct lastFri 0:00s 0 - +Rule Jordan 2006 2011 - Oct lastFri 0:00s 0 - +Rule Jordan 2013 only - Dec 20 0:00 0 - +Rule Jordan 2014 max - Mar lastThu 24:00 1:00 S +Rule Jordan 2014 max - Oct lastFri 0:00s 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931 - 2:00 Jordan EE%sT 2012 Oct 26 0:00s - 3:00 - AST + 2:00 Jordan EE%sT # Kazakhstan diff --git a/elsie.nci.nih.gov/src/newctime.3 b/elsie.nci.nih.gov/src/newctime.3 index 61cd9e4..170fa36 100644 --- a/elsie.nci.nih.gov/src/newctime.3 +++ b/elsie.nci.nih.gov/src/newctime.3 @@ -242,9 +242,5 @@ restricted to years in the range 1900 through 2099. To avoid this portability mess, new programs should use .I strftime\^ instead. -.PP -Avoid using out-of-range values with -.I mktime -when setting up lunch with promptness sticklers in Riyadh. .\" This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of .\" 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. diff --git a/elsie.nci.nih.gov/src/newctime.3.txt b/elsie.nci.nih.gov/src/newctime.3.txt index 0cbe94d..49679f1 100644 --- a/elsie.nci.nih.gov/src/newctime.3.txt +++ b/elsie.nci.nih.gov/src/newctime.3.txt @@ -144,7 +144,4 @@ NOTES range 1900 through 2099. To avoid this portability mess, new programs should use strftime instead. - Avoid using out-of-range values with mktime when setting up lunch with - promptness sticklers in Riyadh. - NEWCTIME(3) diff --git a/elsie.nci.nih.gov/src/northamerica b/elsie.nci.nih.gov/src/northamerica index c3921d3..83c521b 100644 --- a/elsie.nci.nih.gov/src/northamerica +++ b/elsie.nci.nih.gov/src/northamerica @@ -2665,6 +2665,11 @@ Zone America/Costa_Rica -5:36:13 - LMT 1890 # San Jose # to DST--and one more hour on 1999-04-04--when the announcers will have # returned to Baltimore, which switches on that date.) +# From Steffen Thorsen (2013-11-11): +# DST start in Cuba in 2004 ... does not follow the same rules as the +# years before. The correct date should be Sunday 2004-03-28 00:00 ... +# https://web.archive.org/web/20040402060750/http://www.granma.cu/espanol/2004/marzo/sab27/reloj.html + # From Evert van der Veer via Steffen Thorsen (2004-10-28): # Cuba is not going back to standard time this year. # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): @@ -2854,7 +2859,8 @@ Rule Cuba 1996 only - Oct 6 0:00s 0 S Rule Cuba 1997 only - Oct 12 0:00s 0 S Rule Cuba 1998 1999 - Mar lastSun 0:00s 1:00 D Rule Cuba 1998 2003 - Oct lastSun 0:00s 0 S -Rule Cuba 2000 2004 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00s 1:00 D +Rule Cuba 2000 2003 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00s 1:00 D +Rule Cuba 2004 only - Mar lastSun 0:00s 1:00 D Rule Cuba 2006 2010 - Oct lastSun 0:00s 0 S Rule Cuba 2007 only - Mar Sun>=8 0:00s 1:00 D Rule Cuba 2008 only - Mar Sun>=15 0:00s 1:00 D diff --git a/elsie.nci.nih.gov/src/tz-link.htm b/elsie.nci.nih.gov/src/tz-link.htm index f3665be..8adc5aa 100644 --- a/elsie.nci.nih.gov/src/tz-link.htm +++ b/elsie.nci.nih.gov/src/tz-link.htm @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ </head> <body> <h1>Sources for Time Zone and Daylight Saving Time Data</h1> -<h2>The <code>tz</code> database</h2> +<h2>The <code><abbr title="time zone">tz</abbr></code> database</h2> <p> The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain">public-domain</a> time zone database contains code and data @@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time"><abbr title="Coordinated Universal Time">UTC</abbr></a> offsets, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving">daylight-saving</a> rules. -This database (often called <code>zoneinfo</code> or <code>tz</code>) +This database (often called <code>zoneinfo</code> or +<code><abbr>tz</abbr></code>) is used by several implementations, including <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/">the @@ -40,21 +41,27 @@ C Library</a> (used in <a href="http://www.linux.org/"><abbr>GNU</abbr>/Linux</a>), <a href="http://www.android.com/">Android</a>, <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox_OS">Firefox -OS</a>, -<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/">FreeBSD</a>, -<a href="http://netbsd.org/">NetBSD</a>, -<a href="http://openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>, +<abbr title="Operating System">OS</abbr></a>, +<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/">Free<abbr +title="Berkeley Software Distribution">BSD</abbr></a>, +<a href="http://netbsd.org/">Net<abbr>BSD</abbr></a>, +<a href="http://openbsd.org/">Open<abbr>BSD</abbr></a>, <a href="http://cygwin.com/">Cygwin</a>, <a href="http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/"><abbr title="DJ's GNU Programming Platform">DJGPP</abbr></a>, -<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebOS">webOS</a>, -<a href="http://ibm.com/aix">AIX</a>, +<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebOS"><abbr +title="Web Operating System">webOS</abbr></a>, +<a href="http://ibm.com/aix"><abbr +title="Advanced Interactive eXecutive">AIX</abbr></a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlackBerry_10">BlackBerry 10</a>, -<a href="http://www.apple.com/ios/">iOS</a>, +<a href="http://www.apple.com/ios/"><abbr +title="iPhone OS">iOS</abbr></a>, <a href="http://windows.microsoft.com/">Microsoft Windows</a>, -<a href="http://h71000.www7.hp.com/">OpenVMS</a>, +<a href="http://h71000.www7.hp.com/">Open<abbr +title="Virtual Memory System">VMS</abbr></a>, <a href="http://oracle.com/database">Oracle Database</a>, -<a href="http://www.apple.com/osx/">OS X</a>, and +<a href="http://www.apple.com/osx/"><abbr title="Operating System Ten">OS +X</abbr></a>, and <a href="http://oracle.com/solaris">Solaris</a>.</p> <p> Each location in the database represents a national region where all @@ -74,10 +81,11 @@ and switched back in 2006. To use the database on an extended <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POSIX"><abbr title="Portable Operating System Interface">POSIX</abbr></a> -implementation set the <code>TZ</code> environment variable to -the location's full name, e.g., <code>TZ="America/New_York"</code>.</p> +implementation set the <code><abbr>TZ</abbr></code> +environment variable to the location's full name, +e.g., <code><abbr>TZ</abbr>="America/New_York"</code>.</p> <p> -In the <code>tz</code> database's +In the <code><abbr>tz</abbr></code> database's <a href="ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/releases/"><abbr title="File Transfer Protocol">FTP</abbr> releases</a> the code is in the file <code>tzcode<var>C</var>.tar.gz</code>, @@ -98,8 +106,10 @@ see the downloaded <code>README</code> file for what to do next.</p> <pre style="margin-left: 2em"><code>mkdir tz cd tz -<a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/">wget</a> --retr-symlinks 'ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/tz*-latest.tar.gz' -<a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/">gzip</a> -dc tzcode-latest.tar.gz | <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/">tar</a> -xf - +<a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/">wget</a> --retr-symlinks +'ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/tz*-latest.tar.gz' +<a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/">gzip</a> -dc tzcode-latest.tar.gz | +<a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/">tar</a> -xf - gzip -dc tzdata-latest.tar.gz | tar -xf - </code></pre> <p> @@ -113,9 +123,9 @@ in <a href="http://git-scm.com/">Git</a> form from <a href="https://github.com/">GitHub</a>; be careful, as this repository is less well tested and probably contains more errors. <p> -The code lets you compile the <code>tz</code> source files into +The code lets you compile the <code><abbr>tz</abbr></code> source files into machine-readable binary files, one for each location. It also lets -you read a <code>tz</code> binary file and interpret time stamps for that +you read a <code><abbr>tz</abbr></code> binary file and interpret time stamps for that location.</p> <p> The data are by no means authoritative. If you find errors, please @@ -134,28 +144,31 @@ For Comments">RFC</abbr> 6557).</p> The Web has several other sources for time zone and daylight saving time data. Here are some links that may be of interest. </p> -<h2>Commentary on the <code>tz</code> database</h2> +<h2>Commentary on the <code><abbr>tz</abbr></code> database</h2> <ul> <li>The article <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tz_database">tz database</a> is an encyclopedic summary.</li> <li><a href="http://www.cstdbill.com/tzdb/tz-how-to.html">How to Read the tz Database Source Files</a> explains the tz database format.</li> -<li><a href="http://blog.jonudell.net/2009/10/23/a-literary-appreciation-of-the-olsonzoneinfotz-database/">A +<li><a +href="http://blog.jonudell.net/2009/10/23/a-literary-appreciation-of-the-olsonzoneinfotz-database/">A literary appreciation of the Olson/Zoneinfo/tz database</a> comments on the database's style.</li> </ul> -<h2>Web sites using recent versions of the <code>tz</code> database</h2> +<h2>Web sites using recent versions of the <code><abbr>tz</abbr></code> database</h2> <p> These are listed roughly in ascending order of complexity and fanciness. </p> <ul> -<li><a href="http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/xtra/tzdatepick.html">Date and Time Gateway</a> -lets you see the <code>TZ</code> values directly.</li> +<li><a +href="http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/xtra/tzdatepick.html">Date and Time Gateway</a> +lets you see the <code><abbr>TZ</abbr></code> values directly.</li> <li><a href="http://convertit.com/Go/ConvertIt/World_Time/Current_Time.ASP">Current Time in 1000 Places</a> uses descriptions of the values.</li> -<li><a href="http://www.timezoneconverter.com/cgi-bin/tzc.tzc">Time Zone Converter</a> +<li><a href="http://www.timezoneconverter.com/cgi-bin/tzc.tzc">Time Zone +Converter</a> uses a pulldown menu.</li> <li><a href="http://home.telfort.nl/~t876506/TZworld.html">Complete timezone information for all countries</a> displays tables of DST rules. @@ -185,16 +198,16 @@ data; see its VTIMEZONE calendar component. Consortium</a> is promoting further work in this area. <a href="http://calconnect.org/publications/icalendartimezoneproblemsandrecommendationsv1.0.pdf">iCalendar TIMEZONE Problems and Recommendations</a> offers guidelines and -recommendations for the use of VTIMEZONE and <code>tz</code>.</li> +recommendations for the use of VTIMEZONE and <code><abbr>tz</abbr></code>.</li> <li>CalConnect's <a href="http://calconnect.org/tc-timezone.shtml">TIMEZONE Technical Committee</a> has developed a <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-douglass-timezone-service-08">draft -timezone service protocol</a>. The committee's earlier <a +timezone service protocol</a>. The committee's earlier <a href="http://calconnect.org/publications/timezoneregistryandservicerecommendationsv1.0.pdf">Timezone Registry and Service Recommendations</a> discusses a strategy for defining and deploying a time zone registration process that would establish unique names for each -version of each <code>tz</code> zone, along with a polygonal +version of each <code><abbr>tz</abbr></code> zone, along with a polygonal representation of the geographical area corresponding to the zone.</li> <li>The <a @@ -204,107 +217,113 @@ href="http://www.w3.org/RDF/"><abbr title="Resource Description Framework">RDF</abbr></a>-based calendar and group scheduling systems, and has a <a href="http://www.w3.org/2002/12/cal/#tzd">workspace on time zone -data</a> converted from <code>tz</code>. An earlier <a +data</a> converted from <code><abbr>tz</abbr></code>. An earlier <a href="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/foo">schema</a> was sketched out.</li> </ul> -<h2>Other <code>tz</code> compilers</h2> +<h2>Other <code><abbr>tz</abbr></code> compilers</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/vzic/">Vzic iCalendar Timezone Converter</a> describes a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_%28programming_language%29">C</a> program that compiles -<code>tz</code> source into iCalendar-compatible VTIMEZONE files. +<code><abbr>tz</abbr></code> source into iCalendar-compatible VTIMEZONE files. Vzic is freely available under the <a href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html"><abbr>GNU</abbr> General Public License (<abbr title="General Public License">GPL</abbr>)</a>.</li> -<li><a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/tzical">tziCal - tz +<li><a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/tzical">tziCal – tz database conversion utility</a> is like Vzic, except for the <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework">.NET framework</a>.</li> <li><a href="http://search.cpan.org/dist/DateTime-TimeZone/">DateTime::TimeZone</a> contains a script <code>parse_olson</code> that compiles -<code>tz</code> source into <a href="http://www.perl.org/">Perl</a> +<code><abbr>tz</abbr></code> source into <a href="http://www.perl.org/">Perl</a> modules. It is part of the Perl <a href="http://datetime.perl.org/">DateTime Project</a>, which is freely available under both the <abbr>GPL</abbr> and the Perl Artistic License. DateTime::TimeZone also contains a script <code>tests_from_zdump</code> that generates test cases for each clock -transition in the <code>tz</code> database.</li> +transition in the <code><abbr>tz</abbr></code> database.</li> <li><a href="http://icu-project.org/">International Components for Unicode (<abbr>ICU</abbr>)</a> contains C/C++ and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_%28programming_language%29">Java</a> libraries for internationalization that -has a compiler from <code>tz</code> source +has a compiler from <code><abbr>tz</abbr></code> source into an <abbr>ICU</abbr>-specific format. <abbr>ICU</abbr> is freely available under a -<abbr title="Berkeley Software Distribution">BSD</abbr>-style license.</li> -<li><a href="http://www.joda.org/joda-time/">Joda Time - Java date +<abbr>BSD</abbr>-style license.</li> +<li><a href="http://www.joda.org/joda-time/">Joda Time – Java date and time <abbr title="Application Program Interface">API</abbr></a> contains a class <code>org.joda.time.tz.ZoneInfoCompiler</code> that compiles -<code>tz</code> source into a Joda-specific binary format. Joda Time +<code><abbr>tz</abbr></code> source into a Joda-specific binary format. Joda Time is freely available under a <abbr>BSD</abbr>-style license.</li> +<li><a href="http://nodatime.org/">Noda Time – Date and time API +for .NET</a> is similar to Joda Time, but for the .NET framework +instead of Java. It is freely available under the +<a href="http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0">Apache License</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://github.com/mde/timezone-js">TimezoneJS.Date</a> is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaScript">JavaScript</a> -library that parses <code>tz</code> source files and interprets time +library that parses <code><abbr>tz</abbr></code> source files and interprets time stamps using an API that is upward compatible with standard JavaScript -Dates. It is freely available under -the <a href="http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0">Apache -License</a>.</li> -<li><a href="http://pytz.sourceforge.net">pytz - World Timezone -Definitions for Python</a> compiles <code>tz</code> source into +Dates. It is freely available under the Apache License.</li> +<li><a href="http://pytz.sourceforge.net">pytz – World Timezone +Definitions for Python</a> compiles <code><abbr>tz</abbr></code> source into <a href="http://python.org/">Python</a>. It is freely available under a <abbr>BSD</abbr>-style license.</li> -<li><a href="http://tzinfo.rubyforge.org/">TZInfo - Ruby Timezone Library</a> -compiles <code>tz</code> source into +<li><a href="http://tzinfo.rubyforge.org/">TZInfo – +Ruby Timezone Library</a> +compiles <code><abbr>tz</abbr></code> source into <a href="http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/">Ruby</a>. It is freely available under the <abbr title="Massachusetts Institute of Technology">MIT</abbr> license.</li> <li>The <a href="http://www.squeaksource.com/Chronos/">Chronos Date/Time Library</a> is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smalltalk">Smalltalk</a> class -library that compiles <code>tz</code> source into a time zone repository whose format +library that compiles <code><abbr>tz</abbr></code> source into a time +zone repository whose format is either proprietary or an <a href="http://www.w3.org/XML/"><abbr title="Extensible Markup Language">XML</abbr></a>-encoded representation.</li> <li>Starting with version 8.5, <a href="http://tcl.tk/">Tcl</a> -contains a developer-oriented parser that compiles <samp>tz</samp> +contains a developer-oriented parser that compiles <code><abbr>tz</abbr></code> source into text files, along with a runtime that can read those files. Tcl is freely available under a <abbr>BSD</abbr>-style license.</li> </ul> -<h2>Other <code>tz</code> binary file readers</h2> +<h2>Other <code><abbr>tz</abbr></code> binary file readers</h2> <ul> <li>The <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/"><abbr>GNU</abbr> C Library</a> has an independent, thread-safe implementation of -a <code>tz</code> binary file reader. +a <code><abbr>tz</abbr></code> binary file reader. This library is freely available under the <a href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html"> <abbr>GNU</abbr> Lesser General Public License (<abbr title="Lesser General Public License">LGPL</abbr>)</a>, and is widely used in <abbr>GNU</abbr>/Linux systems.</li> <li><a href="http://bmsi.com/java/#TZ">ZoneInfo.java</a> -is a <code>tz</code> binary file reader written in Java. +is a <code><abbr>tz</abbr></code> binary file reader written in Java. It is freely available under the <abbr>LGPL</abbr>.</li> <li>Tcl, mentioned above, also contains a -<code>tz</code> binary file reader.</li> +<code><abbr>tz</abbr></code> binary file reader.</li> <li><a href="http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?DateTime::TimeZone::Tzfile"> DateTime::TimeZone::Tzfile</a> -is a <code>tz</code> binary file reader written in Perl. +is a <code><abbr>tz</abbr></code> binary file reader written in Perl. It is freely available under the same terms as Perl (dual <abbr>GPL</abbr> and Artistic license).</li> <li>The public-domain <a href="https://github.com/dbaron/tz.js">tz.js</a> -library contains a Python tool that converts <code>tz</code> binary data into -<a href="http://www.json.org/">JSON</a>-format data suitable for use +library contains a Python tool that +converts <code><abbr>tz</abbr></code> binary data into +<a href="http://www.json.org/"><abbr title="JavaScript Object +Notation">JSON</abbr></a>-format data suitable for use in its JavaScript library for time zone conversion. Dates before 1970 are not supported.</li> </ul> -<h2>Other <code>tz</code>-based time zone software</h2> +<h2>Other <code><abbr>tz</abbr></code>-based time zone software</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://foxclocks.org/">FoxClocks</a> is an extension for <a href="http://google.com/chrome">Google @@ -321,9 +340,10 @@ href="http://users.skynet.be/Peter.Verthez/projects/intclock/">International clock (intclock)</a> is a multi-timezone clock for <abbr>GNU</abbr>/Linux and similar systems. It is freely available under the <abbr>GPL</abbr>.</li> -<li><a href="http://www.oracle.com/us/technologies/java/overview/index.html">Oracle +<li><a +href="http://www.oracle.com/us/technologies/java/overview/index.html">Oracle Java</a> releases since 1.4 -contain a copy of a subset of a recent <code>tz</code> database in a +contain a copy of a subset of a recent <code><abbr>tz</abbr></code> database in a Java-specific format.</li> <li><a href="http://kimmo.suominen.com/sw/timezone/">Time Zone</a> is a <a href="http://wordpress.org/">WordPress</a> plugin. It is freely @@ -334,9 +354,9 @@ download, compile and use the <code>tzdata<var>D</var>.tar.gz</code> files as they are released. The Basic version is free.</li> <li><a href="http://veladg.com/velaterra.html">VelaTerra</a> is -a Mac OS X program. Its developers +a Mac <abbr>OS X</abbr> program. Its developers <a href="http://veladg.com/tzoffer.html">offer free -licenses</a> to <code>tz</code> contributors.</li> +licenses</a> to <code><abbr>tz</abbr></code> contributors.</li> <li><a href="http://worldtimeexplorer.com/">World Time Explorer</a> is a Microsoft Windows program.</li> @@ -362,15 +382,16 @@ is another time zone database.</li> <li><a href="http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/tzones.html">World Time Zones</a> contains data from the Time Service Department of the <abbr>US</abbr> Naval Observatory, used as the source -for the <code>usno*</code> files in the <code>tz</code> distribution.</li> +for the <code><abbr>usno</abbr>*</code> files in +the <code><abbr>tz</abbr></code> distribution.</li> <li>The <a href="http://www.iata.org/publications/Pages/ssim.aspx">Standard Schedules Information Manual</a> of the <a href="http://iata.org/index.htm">International Air Transport Association</a> gives current time zone rules for airports served by commercial aviation.</li> <li>Some Microsoft Windows versions contain time zone information in -an undocumented format, with IDs that can be mapped to <code>TZ</code> -values using the <a +an undocumented format, with <abbr>ID</abbr>s that can be mapped to +<code><abbr>TZ</abbr></code> values using the <a href="http://unicode.org/cldr/charts/supplemental/zone_tzid.html">Zone → Tzid table</a> maintained by the <abbr title="Common Locale Data Repository">CLDR</abbr> data mentioned @@ -400,9 +421,10 @@ but the maps are more up to date.</li> </ul> <h2>Time zone boundaries</h2> <ul> -<li><a href="http://efele.net/maps/tz/">TZ timezones maps</a> contains <a +<li><a href="http://efele.net/maps/tz/"><abbr>TZ</abbr> timezones +maps</a> contains <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shapefile">shapefiles</a> of -sets of <code>tz</code> regions.</li> +sets of <code><abbr>tz</abbr></code> regions.</li> <li><a href="http://derickrethans.nl/what-time-is-it.html">What Time is It Here?</a> applies <a href="http://www.mongodb.org/">MongoDB</a> geospatial query operators to shapefiles' data.</li> @@ -428,7 +450,8 @@ Time Zones and Time Zone Data</a>.</li> href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_waters">territorial waters</a> of any nation uses that nation's time. In international waters, time zone boundaries are meridians 15° apart, except that -UTC−12 and UTC+12 are each 7.5° wide and are separated by +<abbr>UTC</abbr>−12 and <abbr>UTC</abbr>+12 are each 7.5° +wide and are separated by the 180° meridian (not by the International Date Line, which is for land and territorial waters only). A captain can change ship's clocks any time after entering a new time zone; midnight changes are @@ -440,7 +463,7 @@ common.</li> Walk through Time</a> surveys the evolution of timekeeping.</li> <li><a href="http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/">About Daylight -Saving Time - History, rationale, laws & dates</a> +Saving Time – History, rationale, laws & dates</a> is an overall history of <abbr>DST</abbr>.</li> <li><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/timezone/">Working with Time Zones</a> contains guidelines and best practices for software applications that @@ -467,8 +490,9 @@ Zone Concepts</a> discusses terminological issues behind time zones.</li> <dd>The Parliamentary Library has commissioned <a href="http://www.aph.gov.au/binaries/library/pubs/rn/2006-07/07rn13.pdf">research note on daylight saving time in Australia</a>. -The Bureau of Meteorology publishes a list of -<a href="http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/dst_times.shtml">Implementation Dates of Daylight Savings Time within Australia</a>.</dd> +The Bureau of Meteorology publishes a list of <a +href="http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/dst_times.shtml">Implementation +Dates of Daylight Savings Time within Australia</a>.</dd> <dt>Belgium</dt> <dd>The Royal Observatory of Belgium maintains a table of <a href="http://www.astro.oma.be/GENERAL/INFO/nli001a.html" @@ -489,8 +513,8 @@ href="http://www.horaoficial.cl/historia_hora.html" hreflang="es">history of Chile's official time (in Spanish)</a>.</dd> <dt>Germany</dt> <dd>The National Institute for Science and Technology maintains the <a -href="http://www.ptb.de/cms/en/fachabteilungen/abt4/fb-44/ag-441/realisation-of-legal-time-in-germany.html">Realisation of -Legal Time in Germany</a>.</dd> +href="http://www.ptb.de/cms/en/fachabteilungen/abt4/fb-44/ag-441/realisation-of-legal-time-in-germany.html">Realisation +of Legal Time in Germany</a>.</dd> <dt>Israel</dt> <dd>The Interior Ministry periodically issues <a href="ftp://ftp.cs.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements" @@ -542,7 +566,7 @@ href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4833">Timezone Options for <abbr title="Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol">DHCP</abbr></a> (Internet <abbr>RFC</abbr> 4833) specifies a <a -href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_Host_Configuration_Protocol">DHCP</a> +href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_Host_Configuration_Protocol"><abbr>DHCP</abbr></a> option for a server to configure a client's time zone and daylight saving settings automatically.</li> <li><a href="http://gauss.gge.unb.ca/GMT.UT.and.the.RGO.html">A Few @@ -569,7 +593,7 @@ code for converting among time scales like <abbr>TDB</abbr>, <abbr>TDT</abbr> and <abbr>UTC</abbr>.</li> <li><a href="http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/basics/bsf2-3.php">Basics of -Space Flight - Reference Systems - Time Conventions</a> +Space Flight – Reference Systems – Time Conventions</a> briefly explains interplanetary space flight timekeeping.</li> <li><a href="http://www.giss.nasa.gov/tools/mars24/help/notes.html">Technical @@ -583,7 +607,8 @@ dedicated not only to leap seconds but to precise time and frequency in general. It covers the state of the art in amateur timekeeping, and how the art has progressed over the past few decades.</li> <li><a -href="http://www.iers.org/IERS/EN/Publications/Bulletins/bulletins.html">IERS +href="http://www.iers.org/IERS/EN/Publications/Bulletins/bulletins.html"><abbr +title="International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service">IERS</abbr> Bulletins</a> contains official publications of the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service, which decides when leap seconds occur.</li> @@ -595,7 +620,8 @@ and Klepczynski's proposal to discontinue leap seconds</a>, discussed further in <a href="http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/time/metrologia-leapsecond.pdf">The leap second: its history and possible future</a>. -<a href="http://www.ucolick.org/~sla/leapsecs/">UTC might be redefined +<a href="http://www.ucolick.org/~sla/leapsecs/"><abbr>UTC</abbr> +might be redefined without Leap Seconds</a> gives pointers on this contentious issue.</li> </ul> @@ -608,12 +634,12 @@ summary of <a href="http://www.iso.org/iso/catalogue_detail?csnumber=40874"><abbr title="International Organization for Standardization">ISO</abbr> -8601:2004 -- Data elements and interchange formats -- Information -interchange -- Representation of dates and times</a>.</li> +8601:2004 – Data elements and interchange formats – Information +interchange – Representation of dates and times</a>.</li> <li> <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-2/#dateTime"><abbr>XML</abbr> -Schema: Datatypes - dateTime</a> specifies a format inspired by -<abbr>ISO</abbr> 8601 that is in common use in XML data.</li> +Schema: Datatypes – dateTime</a> specifies a format inspired by +<abbr>ISO</abbr> 8601 that is in common use in <abbr>XML</abbr> data.</li> <li> <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5322">Internet Message Format</a> (Internet <abbr>RFC</abbr> 5322) §3.3 @@ -651,22 +677,24 @@ practice. For example, "<abbr>EST</abbr>" denotes 5 hours behind or 11 hours ahead of <abbr>UTC</abbr> in Australia; and French-speaking North Americans prefer "<abbr title="Heure Normale de l'Est">HNE</abbr>" to -"<abbr>EST</abbr>". For <abbr>POSIX</abbr> the <code>tz</code> +"<abbr>EST</abbr>". For <abbr>POSIX</abbr> the <code><abbr>tz</abbr></code> database contains English abbreviations for all time stamps but in many cases these are merely inventions of the database maintainers.</li> <li>Numeric time zone abbreviations typically count hours east of <abbr>UTC</abbr>, e.g., <code>+09</code> for Japan and <code>-10</code> for Hawaii. However, the <abbr>POSIX</abbr> -<code>TZ</code> environment variable uses the opposite convention. For -example, one might use <code>TZ="JST-9"</code> and -<code>TZ="HST10"</code> for Japan and Hawaii, respectively. If the -<code>tz</code> database is available, it is usually better to use -settings like <code>TZ="Asia/Tokyo"</code> and -<code>TZ="Pacific/Honolulu"</code> instead, as this should avoid +<code><abbr>TZ</abbr></code> environment variable uses the opposite convention. +For example, one might use <code><abbr>TZ</abbr>="<abbr +title="Japan Standard Time">JST</abbr>-9"</code> and +<code><abbr>TZ</abbr>="<abbr title="Hawaii Standard +Time">HST</abbr>10"</code> for Japan and Hawaii, respectively. If the +<code><abbr>tz</abbr></code> database is available, it is usually better to use +settings like <code><abbr>TZ</abbr>="Asia/Tokyo"</code> and +<code><abbr>TZ</abbr>="Pacific/Honolulu"</code> instead, as this should avoid confusion, handle old time stamps better, and insulate you better from any future changes to the rules. One should never set -<abbr>POSIX</abbr> <code>TZ</code> to a value like +<abbr>POSIX</abbr> <code><abbr>TZ</abbr></code> to a value like <code>"GMT-9"</code>, though, since this would falsely claim that local time is nine hours ahead of <abbr>UTC</abbr> and the time zone is called "<abbr>GMT</abbr>".</li> @@ -674,14 +702,14 @@ is called "<abbr>GMT</abbr>".</li> <h2>Related indexes</h2> <ul> <li><a href="tz-art.htm">Time and the Arts</a></li> -<li><a href="http://www.dmoz.org/Reference/Time/">Open Directory - +<li><a href="http://www.dmoz.org/Reference/Time/">Open Directory – Reference: Time</a></li> <li><a href="http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Measurements_and_Units/Time">Yahoo! Directory > Science > Measurements and Units > Time</a></li> </ul> <hr> <address> -This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of +This web page is in the public domain, so clarified as of 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. <br> Please send corrections to this web page to the diff --git a/elsie.nci.nih.gov/src/tzfile.h b/elsie.nci.nih.gov/src/tzfile.h index a2955dd..529650d 100644 --- a/elsie.nci.nih.gov/src/tzfile.h +++ b/elsie.nci.nih.gov/src/tzfile.h @@ -101,16 +101,8 @@ struct tzhead { #endif /* !defined TZ_MAX_TIMES */ #ifndef TZ_MAX_TYPES -#ifndef NOSOLAR +/* This must be at least 17 for Europe/Samara and Europe/Vilnius. */ #define TZ_MAX_TYPES 256 /* Limited by what (unsigned char)'s can hold */ -#endif /* !defined NOSOLAR */ -#ifdef NOSOLAR -/* -** Must be at least 14 for Europe/Riga as of Jan 12 1995, -** as noted by Earl Chew. -*/ -#define TZ_MAX_TYPES 20 /* Maximum number of local time types */ -#endif /* !defined NOSOLAR */ #endif /* !defined TZ_MAX_TYPES */ #ifndef TZ_MAX_CHARS |