Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2018 18:36:25 +0000 (UTC) From: Philip Paeps <philip@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r328055 - head/contrib/tzdata Message-ID: <201801161836.w0GIaP1N006804@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: philip Date: Tue Jan 16 18:36:25 2018 New Revision: 328055 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/328055 Log: Import tzdata 2018a Changes: https://github.com/eggert/tz/blob/2018a/NEWS MFC after: 3 days Deleted: head/contrib/tzdata/pacificnew Modified: head/contrib/tzdata/Makefile head/contrib/tzdata/NEWS head/contrib/tzdata/README head/contrib/tzdata/africa head/contrib/tzdata/asia head/contrib/tzdata/australasia head/contrib/tzdata/backzone head/contrib/tzdata/europe head/contrib/tzdata/northamerica head/contrib/tzdata/southamerica head/contrib/tzdata/theory.html head/contrib/tzdata/version head/contrib/tzdata/zishrink.awk head/contrib/tzdata/zone.tab head/contrib/tzdata/zone1970.tab Directory Properties: head/contrib/tzdata/ (props changed) Modified: head/contrib/tzdata/Makefile ============================================================================== --- head/contrib/tzdata/Makefile Tue Jan 16 18:27:26 2018 (r328054) +++ head/contrib/tzdata/Makefile Tue Jan 16 18:36:25 2018 (r328055) @@ -42,37 +42,64 @@ POSIXRULES= America/New_York # Also see TZDEFRULESTRING below, which takes effect only # if the time zone files cannot be accessed. -# Everything gets put in subdirectories of. . . -TOPDIR= /usr/local +# Installation locations. +# +# The defaults are suitable for Debian, except that if REDO is +# posix_right or right_posix then files that Debian puts under +# /usr/share/zoneinfo/posix and /usr/share/zoneinfo/right are instead +# put under /usr/share/zoneinfo-posix and /usr/share/zoneinfo-leaps, +# respectively. Problems with the Debian approach are discussed in +# the commentary for the right_posix rule (below). +# Destination directory, which can be used for staging. +# 'make DESTDIR=/stage install' installs under /stage (e.g., to +# /stage/etc/localtime instead of to /etc/localtime). Files under +# /stage are not intended to work as-is, but can be copied by hand to +# the root directory later. If DESTDIR is empty, 'make install' does +# not stage, but installs directly into production locations. +DESTDIR = + +# Everything is installed into subdirectories of TOPDIR, and used there. +# TOPDIR should be empty (meaning the root directory), +# or a directory name that does not end in "/". +# TOPDIR should be empty or an absolute name unless you're just testing. +TOPDIR = + +# The default local time zone is taken from the file TZDEFAULT. +TZDEFAULT = $(TOPDIR)/etc/localtime + +# The subdirectory containing installed program and data files, and +# likewise for installed files that can be shared among architectures. +# These should be relative file names. +USRDIR = usr +USRSHAREDIR = $(USRDIR)/share + # "Compiled" time zone information is placed in the "TZDIR" directory # (and subdirectories). -# Use an absolute path name for TZDIR unless you're just testing the software. # TZDIR_BASENAME should not contain "/" and should not be ".", ".." or empty. - TZDIR_BASENAME= zoneinfo -TZDIR= $(TOPDIR)/etc/$(TZDIR_BASENAME) +TZDIR = $(TOPDIR)/$(USRSHAREDIR)/$(TZDIR_BASENAME) -# Types to try, as an alternative to time_t. int64_t should be first. -TIME_T_ALTERNATIVES= int64_t int32_t uint32_t uint64_t +# The "tzselect" and (if you do "make INSTALL") "date" commands go in: +BINDIR = $(TOPDIR)/$(USRDIR)/bin -# The "tzselect", "zic", and "zdump" commands get installed in. . . +# The "zdump" command goes in: +ZDUMPDIR = $(BINDIR) -ETCDIR= $(TOPDIR)/etc +# The "zic" command goes in: +ZICDIR = $(TOPDIR)/$(USRDIR)/sbin -# If you "make INSTALL", the "date" command gets installed in. . . - -BINDIR= $(TOPDIR)/bin - # Manual pages go in subdirectories of. . . +MANDIR = $(TOPDIR)/$(USRSHAREDIR)/man -MANDIR= $(TOPDIR)/man - # Library functions are put in an archive in LIBDIR. +LIBDIR = $(TOPDIR)/$(USRDIR)/lib -LIBDIR= $(TOPDIR)/lib +# Types to try, as an alternative to time_t. int64_t should be first. +TIME_T_ALTERNATIVES = int64_t int32_t uint32_t uint64_t + # If you want only POSIX time, with time values interpreted as # seconds since the epoch (not counting leap seconds), use # REDO= posix_only @@ -105,11 +132,14 @@ REDO= posix_right TZDATA_TEXT= leapseconds tzdata.zi # For backward-compatibility links for old zone names, use +# BACKWARD= backward +# If you also want the link US/Pacific-New, even though it is confusing +# and is planned to be removed from the database eventually, use # BACKWARD= backward pacificnew # To omit these links, use # BACKWARD= -BACKWARD= backward pacificnew +BACKWARD= backward # If you want out-of-scope and often-wrong data from the file 'backzone', use # PACKRATDATA= backzone @@ -313,7 +343,7 @@ ZFLAGS= # How to use zic to install tz binary files. -ZIC_INSTALL= $(ZIC) -d $(DESTDIR)$(TZDIR) $(LEAPSECONDS) +ZIC_INSTALL= $(ZIC) -d '$(DESTDIR)$(TZDIR)' $(LEAPSECONDS) # The name of a Posix-compliant 'awk' on your system. AWK= awk @@ -341,8 +371,8 @@ SGML_CATALOG_FILES= \ VALIDATE = nsgmls VALIDATE_FLAGS = -s -B -wall -wno-unused-param VALIDATE_ENV = \ - SGML_CATALOG_FILES=$(SGML_CATALOG_FILES) \ - SGML_SEARCH_PATH=$(SGML_SEARCH_PATH) \ + SGML_CATALOG_FILES='$(SGML_CATALOG_FILES)' \ + SGML_SEARCH_PATH='$(SGML_SEARCH_PATH)' \ SP_CHARSET_FIXED=YES \ SP_ENCODING=UTF-8 @@ -396,7 +426,7 @@ GZIPFLAGS= -9n #MAKE= make cc= cc -CC= $(cc) -DTZDIR=\"$(TZDIR)\" +CC= $(cc) -DTZDIR='"$(TZDIR)"' AR= ar @@ -421,7 +451,7 @@ MANTXTS= newctime.3.txt newstrftime.3.txt newtzset.3.t date.1.txt COMMON= calendars CONTRIBUTING LICENSE Makefile \ NEWS README theory.html version -WEB_PAGES= tz-art.htm tz-how-to.html tz-link.htm +WEB_PAGES= tz-art.html tz-how-to.html tz-link.html DOCS= $(MANS) date.1 $(MANTXTS) $(WEB_PAGES) PRIMARY_YDATA= africa antarctica asia australasia \ europe northamerica southamerica @@ -431,7 +461,7 @@ TDATA= $(YDATA) $(NDATA) ZONETABLES= zone1970.tab zone.tab TABDATA= iso3166.tab $(TZDATA_TEXT) $(ZONETABLES) LEAP_DEPS= leapseconds.awk leap-seconds.list -TZDATA_ZI_DEPS= zishrink.awk $(TDATA) $(PACKRATDATA) +TZDATA_ZI_DEPS= zishrink.awk version $(TDATA) $(PACKRATDATA) DATA= $(YDATA) $(NDATA) backzone iso3166.tab leap-seconds.list \ leapseconds yearistype.sh $(ZONETABLES) AWK_SCRIPTS= checklinks.awk checktab.awk leapseconds.awk zishrink.awk @@ -457,7 +487,7 @@ VERSION_DEPS= \ newctime.3 newstrftime.3 newtzset.3 northamerica \ pacificnew private.h \ southamerica strftime.c systemv theory.html \ - time2posix.3 tz-art.htm tz-how-to.html tz-link.htm \ + time2posix.3 tz-art.html tz-how-to.html tz-link.html \ tzfile.5 tzfile.h tzselect.8 tzselect.ksh \ workman.sh yearistype.sh \ zdump.8 zdump.c zic.8 zic.c \ @@ -473,35 +503,41 @@ all: tzselect yearistype zic zdump libtz.a $(TABDATA) ALL: all date $(ENCHILADA) install: all $(DATA) $(REDO) $(MANS) - mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(ETCDIR) $(DESTDIR)$(TZDIR) \ - $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR) \ - $(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man3 $(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man5 \ - $(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man8 - $(ZIC_INSTALL) -l $(LOCALTIME) -p $(POSIXRULES) - cp -f $(TABDATA) $(DESTDIR)$(TZDIR)/. - cp tzselect zic zdump $(DESTDIR)$(ETCDIR)/. - cp libtz.a $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)/. - $(RANLIB) $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)/libtz.a - cp -f newctime.3 newtzset.3 $(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man3/. - cp -f tzfile.5 $(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man5/. - cp -f tzselect.8 zdump.8 zic.8 $(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man8/. + mkdir -p '$(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)' \ + '$(DESTDIR)$(ZDUMPDIR)' '$(DESTDIR)$(ZICDIR)' \ + '$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)' \ + '$(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man3' '$(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man5' \ + '$(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man8' + $(ZIC_INSTALL) -l $(LOCALTIME) -p $(POSIXRULES) \ + -t '$(DESTDIR)$(TZDEFAULT)' + cp -f $(TABDATA) '$(DESTDIR)$(TZDIR)/.' + cp tzselect '$(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/.' + cp zdump '$(DESTDIR)$(ZDUMPDIR)/.' + cp zic '$(DESTDIR)$(ZICDIR)/.' + cp libtz.a '$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)/.' + $(RANLIB) '$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)/libtz.a' + cp -f newctime.3 newtzset.3 '$(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man3/.' + cp -f tzfile.5 '$(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man5/.' + cp -f tzselect.8 zdump.8 zic.8 '$(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man8/.' INSTALL: ALL install date.1 - mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR) $(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man1 - cp date $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/. - cp -f date.1 $(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man1/. + mkdir -p '$(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)' '$(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man1' + cp date '$(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/.' + cp -f date.1 '$(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man1/.' version: $(VERSION_DEPS) { (type git) >/dev/null 2>&1 && \ V=`git describe --match '[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][a-z]*' \ --abbrev=7 --dirty` || \ - V=$(VERSION); } && \ + V='$(VERSION)'; } && \ printf '%s\n' "$$V" >$@.out mv $@.out $@ # This file can be tailored by setting BACKWARD, PACKRATDATA, etc. tzdata.zi: $(TZDATA_ZI_DEPS) - LC_ALL=C $(AWK) -f zishrink.awk $(TDATA) $(PACKRATDATA) >$@.out + version=`sed 1q version` && \ + LC_ALL=C $(AWK) -v version="$$version" -f zishrink.awk \ + $(TDATA) $(PACKRATDATA) >$@.out mv $@.out $@ version.h: version @@ -529,12 +565,13 @@ leapseconds: $(LEAP_DEPS) # Arguments to pass to submakes of install_data. # They can be overridden by later submake arguments. INSTALLARGS = \ - BACKWARD=$(BACKWARD) \ - DESTDIR=$(DESTDIR) \ + BACKWARD='$(BACKWARD)' \ + DESTDIR='$(DESTDIR)' \ LEAPSECONDS='$(LEAPSECONDS)' \ PACKRATDATA='$(PACKRATDATA)' \ - TZDIR=$(TZDIR) \ - YEARISTYPE=$(YEARISTYPE) \ + TZDEFAULT='$(TZDEFAULT)' \ + TZDIR='$(TZDIR)' \ + YEARISTYPE='$(YEARISTYPE)' \ ZIC='$(ZIC)' # 'make install_data' installs one set of tz binary files. @@ -558,16 +595,16 @@ right_only: # You must replace all of $(TZDIR) to switch from not using leap seconds # to using them, or vice versa. right_posix: right_only - rm -fr $(DESTDIR)$(TZDIR)-leaps - ln -s $(TZDIR_BASENAME) $(DESTDIR)$(TZDIR)-leaps || \ - $(MAKE) $(INSTALLARGS) TZDIR=$(TZDIR)-leaps right_only - $(MAKE) $(INSTALLARGS) TZDIR=$(TZDIR)-posix posix_only + rm -fr '$(DESTDIR)$(TZDIR)-leaps' + ln -s '$(TZDIR_BASENAME)' '$(DESTDIR)$(TZDIR)-leaps' || \ + $(MAKE) $(INSTALLARGS) TZDIR='$(TZDIR)-leaps' right_only + $(MAKE) $(INSTALLARGS) TZDIR='$(TZDIR)-posix' posix_only posix_right: posix_only - rm -fr $(DESTDIR)$(TZDIR)-posix - ln -s $(TZDIR_BASENAME) $(DESTDIR)$(TZDIR)-posix || \ - $(MAKE) $(INSTALLARGS) TZDIR=$(TZDIR)-posix posix_only - $(MAKE) $(INSTALLARGS) TZDIR=$(TZDIR)-leaps right_only + rm -fr '$(DESTDIR)$(TZDIR)-posix' + ln -s '$(TZDIR_BASENAME)' '$(DESTDIR)$(TZDIR)-posix' || \ + $(MAKE) $(INSTALLARGS) TZDIR='$(TZDIR)-posix' posix_only + $(MAKE) $(INSTALLARGS) TZDIR='$(TZDIR)-leaps' right_only # This obsolescent rule is present for backwards compatibility with # tz releases 2014g through 2015g. It should go away eventually. @@ -764,7 +801,7 @@ set-timestamps.out: $(ENCHILADA) check_public: $(MAKE) maintainer-clean - $(MAKE) "CFLAGS=$(GCC_DEBUG_FLAGS)" ALL + $(MAKE) CFLAGS='$(GCC_DEBUG_FLAGS)' ALL mkdir -p public.dir for i in $(TDATA) tzdata.zi; do \ $(zic) -v -d public.dir $$i 2>&1 || exit; \ @@ -790,8 +827,11 @@ check_time_t_alternatives: REDO='$(REDO)' \ install && \ diff $$quiet_option -r \ - time_t.dir/int64_t/etc/zoneinfo \ - time_t.dir/$$type/etc/zoneinfo && \ + time_t.dir/int64_t/etc \ + time_t.dir/$$type/etc && \ + diff $$quiet_option -r \ + time_t.dir/int64_t/usr/share \ + time_t.dir/$$type/usr/share && \ case $$type in \ int32_t) range=-2147483648,2147483647;; \ uint32_t) range=0,4294967296;; \ @@ -800,9 +840,9 @@ check_time_t_alternatives: *) range=-10000000000,10000000000;; \ esac && \ echo checking $$type zones ... && \ - time_t.dir/int64_t/etc/zdump -V -t $$range $$zones \ + time_t.dir/int64_t/usr/bin/zdump -V -t $$range $$zones \ >time_t.dir/int64_t.out && \ - time_t.dir/$$type/etc/zdump -V -t $$range $$zones \ + time_t.dir/$$type/usr/bin/zdump -V -t $$range $$zones \ >time_t.dir/$$type.out && \ diff -u time_t.dir/int64_t.out time_t.dir/$$type.out \ || exit; \ Modified: head/contrib/tzdata/NEWS ============================================================================== --- head/contrib/tzdata/NEWS Tue Jan 16 18:27:26 2018 (r328054) +++ head/contrib/tzdata/NEWS Tue Jan 16 18:36:25 2018 (r328055) @@ -1,5 +1,101 @@ News for the tz database +Release 2018a - 2018-01-12 22:29:21 -0800 + + Briefly: + São Tomé and Príncipe switched from +00 to +01. + Brazil's DST will now start on November's first Sunday. + Ireland's standard time is now in the summer, not the winter. + Use Debian-style installation locations, instead of 4.3BSD-style. + New zic option -t. + + Changes to past and future time stamps + + São Tomé and Príncipe switched from +00 to +01 on 2018-01-01 at + 01:00. (Thanks to Steffen Thorsen and Michael Deckers.) + + Changes to future time stamps + + Starting in 2018 southern Brazil will begin DST on November's + first Sunday instead of October's third Sunday. (Thanks to + Steffen Thorsen.) + + Changes to past time stamps + + A discrepancy of 4 s in timestamps before 1931 in South Sudan has + been corrected. The 'backzone' and 'zone.tab' files did not agree + with the 'africa' and 'zone1970.tab' files. (Problem reported by + Michael Deckers.) + + The abbreviation invented for Bolivia Summer Time (1931-2) is now + BST instead of BOST, to be more consistent with the convention + used for Latvian Summer Time (1918-9) and for British Summer Time. + + Changes to tm_isdst + + Change Europe/Dublin so that it observes Irish Standard Time (UT + +01) in summer and GMT (as negative daylight-saving) in winter, + instead of observing standard time (GMT) in winter and Irish + Summer Time (UT +01) in summer. This change does not affect UT + offsets or abbreviations; it affects only whether timestamps are + considered to be standard time or daylight-saving time, as + expressed in the tm_isdst flag of C's struct tm type. + (Discrepancy noted by Derick Rethans.) + + Changes to build procedure + + The default installation locations have been changed to mostly + match Debian circa 2017, instead of being designed as an add-on to + 4.3BSD circa 1986. This affects the Makefile macros TOPDIR, + TZDIR, MANDIR, and LIBDIR. New Makefile macros TZDEFAULT, USRDIR, + USRSHAREDIR, BINDIR, ZDUMPDIR, and ZICDIR let installers tailor + locations more precisely. (This responds to suggestions from + Brian Inglis and from Steve Summit.) + + The default installation procedure no longer creates the + backward-compatibility link US/Pacific-New, which causes + confusion during user setup (e.g., see Debian bug 815200). + Use 'make BACKWARD="backward pacificnew"' to create the link + anyway, for now. Eventually we plan to remove the link entirely. + + tzdata.zi now contains a version-number comment. + (Suggested by Tom Lane.) + + The Makefile now quotes values like BACKWARD more carefully when + passing them to the shell. (Problem reported by Zefram.) + + Builders no longer need to specify -DHAVE_SNPRINTF on platforms + that have snprintf and use pre-C99 compilers. (Problem reported + by Jon Skeet.) + + Changes to code + + zic has a new option -t FILE that specifies the location of the + file that determines local time when TZ is unset. The default for + this location can be configured via the new TZDEFAULT makefile + macro, which defaults to /etc/localtime. + + Diagnostics and commentary now distinguish UT from UTC more + carefully; see theory.html for more information about UT vs UTC. + + zic has been ported to GCC 8's -Wstringop-truncation option. + (Problem reported by Martin Sebor.) + + Changes to documentation and commentary + + The zic man page now documents the longstanding behavior that + times and years can be out of the usual range, with negative times + counting backwards from midnight and with year 0 preceding year 1. + (Problem reported by Michael Deckers.) + + The theory.html file now mentions the POSIX limit of six chars + per abbreviation, and lists alphabetic abbreviations used. + + The files tz-art.htm and tz-link.htm have been renamed to + tz-art.html and tz-link.html, respectively, for consistency with + other file names and to simplify web server configuration. + + Release 2017c - 2017-10-20 14:49:34 -0700 Briefly: @@ -895,8 +991,8 @@ Release 2015f - 2015-08-10 18:06:56 -0700 (Thanks to Jon Skeet and Arthur David Olson.) Constraints on simultaneity are now documented. - The two characters '%z' in a zone format now stand for the UTC - offset, e.g., '-07' for seven hours behind UTC and '+0530' for + The two characters '%z' in a zone format now stand for the UT + offset, e.g., '-07' for seven hours behind UT and '+0530' for five hours and thirty minutes ahead. This better supports time zone abbreviations conforming to POSIX.1-2001 and later. @@ -1019,13 +1115,13 @@ Release 2015c - 2015-04-11 08:55:55 -0700 The spring 1988 transition was 1988-10-09, not 1988-10-02. The fall 1990 transition was 1990-03-11, not 1990-03-18. - Assume no UTC offset change for Pacific/Easter on 1890-01-01, + Assume no UT offset change for Pacific/Easter on 1890-01-01, and omit all transitions on Pacific/Easter from 1942 through 1946 since we have no data suggesting that they existed. One more zone has been turned into a link, as it differed from an existing zone only for older time stamps. As usual, - this change affects UTC offsets in pre-1970 time stamps only. + this change affects UT offsets in pre-1970 time stamps only. The zone's old contents have been moved to the 'backzone' file. The affected zone is America/Montreal. @@ -1055,7 +1151,7 @@ Release 2015b - 2015-03-19 23:28:11 -0700 Some more zones have been turned into links, when they differed from existing zones only for older time stamps. As usual, - these changes affect UTC offsets in pre-1970 time stamps only. + these changes affect UT offsets in pre-1970 time stamps only. Their old contents have been moved to the 'backzone' file. The affected zones are: America/Antigua, America/Cayman, Pacific/Midway, and Pacific/Saipan. @@ -1107,7 +1203,7 @@ Release 2015a - 2015-01-29 22:35:20 -0800 Some more zones have been turned into links, when they differed from existing zones only for older time stamps. As usual, - these changes affect UTC offsets in pre-1970 time stamps only. + these changes affect UT offsets in pre-1970 time stamps only. Their old contents have been moved to the 'backzone' file. The affected zones are: Asia/Aden, Asia/Bahrain, Asia/Kuwait, and Asia/Muscat. @@ -1154,7 +1250,7 @@ Release 2014j - 2014-11-10 17:37:11 -0800 Some more zones have been turned into links, when they differed from existing zones only for older time stamps. As usual, - these changes affect UTC offsets in pre-1970 time stamps only. + these changes affect UT offsets in pre-1970 time stamps only. Their old contents have been moved to the 'backzone' file. The affected zones are: Africa/Addis_Ababa, Africa/Asmara, Africa/Dar_es_Salaam, Africa/Djibouti, Africa/Kampala, @@ -1244,7 +1340,7 @@ Release 2014h - 2014-09-25 18:59:03 -0700 Some more zones have been turned into links, when they differed from existing zones only for older timestamps. As usual, - these changes affect UTC offsets in pre-1970 timestamps only. + these changes affect UT offsets in pre-1970 timestamps only. Their old contents have been moved to the 'backzone' file. The affected zones are: Africa/Blantyre, Africa/Bujumbura, Africa/Gaborone, Africa/Harare, Africa/Kigali, Africa/Lubumbashi, @@ -1329,7 +1425,7 @@ Release 2014g - 2014-08-28 12:31:23 -0700 Some more zones have been turned into links, when they differed from existing zones only for older timestamps. As usual, - these changes affect UTC offsets in pre-1970 timestamps only. + these changes affect UT offsets in pre-1970 timestamps only. Their old contents have been moved to the 'backzone' file. The affected zones are: Africa/Bangui, Africa/Brazzaville, Africa/Douala, Africa/Kinshasa, Africa/Libreville, Africa/Luanda, @@ -1479,7 +1575,7 @@ Release 2014f - 2014-08-05 17:42:36 -0700 standard and daylight saving time the abbreviations are AEST and AEDT instead of the former EST for both; similarly, ACST/ACDT, ACWST/ACWDT, and AWST/AWDT are now used instead of the former CST, CWST, and WST. - This change does not affect UTC offsets, only time zone abbreviations. + This change does not affect UT offsets, only time zone abbreviations. (Thanks to Rich Tibbett and many others.) Asia/Novokuznetsk shifts from NOVT to KRAT (remaining on UT +07) @@ -1516,8 +1612,8 @@ Release 2014f - 2014-08-05 17:42:36 -0700 Treindl sent helpful translations of two papers by Guo Qingsheng.) Some zones have been turned into links, when they differed from existing - zones only for older UTC offsets where data entries were likely invented. - These changes affect UTC offsets in pre-1970 timestamps only. This is + zones only for older UT offsets where data entries were likely invented. + These changes affect UT offsets in pre-1970 timestamps only. This is similar to the change in release 2013e, except this time for western Africa. The affected zones are: Africa/Bamako, Africa/Banjul, Africa/Conakry, Africa/Dakar, Africa/Freetown, Africa/Lome, Modified: head/contrib/tzdata/README ============================================================================== --- head/contrib/tzdata/README Tue Jan 16 18:27:26 2018 (r328054) +++ head/contrib/tzdata/README Tue Jan 16 18:36:25 2018 (r328055) @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ changes made by political bodies to time zone boundari and daylight-saving rules. See <https://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/tz-link.html>; or the -file tz-link.htm for how to acquire the code and data. Once acquired, +file tz-link.html for how to acquire the code and data. Once acquired, read the comments in the file 'Makefile' and make any changes needed to make things right for your system, especially if you are using some platform other than GNU/Linux. Then run the following commands, Modified: head/contrib/tzdata/africa ============================================================================== --- head/contrib/tzdata/africa Tue Jan 16 18:27:26 2018 (r328054) +++ head/contrib/tzdata/africa Tue Jan 16 18:36:25 2018 (r328055) @@ -158,7 +158,6 @@ Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Freetown # Sierra Leone Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Lome # Togo Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Nouakchott # Mauritania Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Ouagadougou # Burkina Faso -Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Sao_Tome # São Tomé and Príncipe Link Africa/Abidjan Atlantic/St_Helena # St Helena # Djibouti @@ -425,7 +424,7 @@ Link Africa/Nairobi Indian/Mayotte # # The Nautical Almanac for the Year 1970, p 264, is the source for -0:44:30. # -# In 1972 Liberia was the last country to switch from a UTC offset +# In 1972 Liberia was the last country to switch from a UT offset # that was not a multiple of 15 or 20 minutes. The 1972 change was on # 1972-01-07, according to an entry dated 1972-01-04 on p 330 of: # Presidential Papers: First year of the administration of @@ -1037,6 +1036,19 @@ Zone Indian/Reunion 3:41:52 - LMT 1911 Jun # Saint-Den # Inaccessible, Nightingale: uninhabited # São Tomé and Príncipe + +# From Steffen Thorsen (2018-01-08): +# Multiple sources tell that São Tomé changed from UTC to UTC+1 as +# they entered the year 2018. +# From Michael Deckers (2018-01-08): +# the switch is from 01:00 to 02:00 ... [Decree No. 25/2017] +# http://www.mnec.gov.st/index.php/publicacoes/documentos/file/90-decreto-lei-n-25-2017 + +Zone Africa/Sao_Tome 0:26:56 - LMT 1884 + -0:36:45 - LMT 1912 # Lisbon Mean Time + 0:00 - GMT 2018 Jan 1 01:00 + 1:00 - WAT + # Senegal # See Africa/Abidjan. Modified: head/contrib/tzdata/asia ============================================================================== --- head/contrib/tzdata/asia Tue Jan 16 18:27:26 2018 (r328054) +++ head/contrib/tzdata/asia Tue Jan 16 18:36:25 2018 (r328055) @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ # 9:00 KST KDT Korea when at +09 # 9:30 ACST Australian Central Standard Time # Otherwise, these tables typically use numeric abbreviations like +03 -# and +0330 for integer hour and minute UTC offsets. Although earlier +# and +0330 for integer hour and minute UT offsets. Although earlier # editions invented alphabetic time zone abbreviations for every # offset, this did not reflect common practice. # @@ -647,17 +647,17 @@ Zone Asia/Hong_Kong 7:36:42 - LMT 1904 Oct 30 # time", in which abolished the adoption of Western Standard Time in # western islands (listed above), which means the whole Japan # territory, including later occupations, adopt Japan Central Time -# (UTC+9). The adoption began on Oct 1, 1937. The original text can +# (UT+9). The adoption began on Oct 1, 1937. The original text can # be found on Wikisource: # https://ja.wikisource.org/wiki/明治二十八年勅令第百六十七號標準時ニ關スル件中改正ノ # -# That is, the time zone of Taipei switched to UTC+9 on Oct 1, 1937. +# That is, the time zone of Taipei switched to UT+9 on Oct 1, 1937. # From Yu-Cheng Chuang (2014-07-02): -# I've found more evidence about when the time zone was switched from UTC+9 -# back to UTC+8 after WW2. I believe it was on Sep 21, 1945. In a document +# I've found more evidence about when the time zone was switched from UT+9 +# back to UT+8 after WW2. I believe it was on Sep 21, 1945. In a document # during Japanese era [1] in which the officer told the staff to change time -# zone back to Western Standard Time (UTC+8) on Sep 21. And in another +# zone back to Western Standard Time (UT+8) on Sep 21. And in another # history page of National Cheng Kung University [2], on Sep 21 there is a # note "from today, switch back to Western Standard Time". From these two # materials, I believe that the time zone change happened on Sep 21. And @@ -1505,7 +1505,7 @@ Rule Japan 1950 1951 - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D # # ...the Showa Emperor announced Ordinance No. 529 of Showa Year 12 ... which # means the whole Japan territory, including later occupations, adopt Japan -# Central Time (UTC+9). The adoption began on Oct 1, 1937. +# Central Time (UT+9). The adoption began on Oct 1, 1937. # https://ja.wikisource.org/wiki/明治二十八年勅令第百六十七號標準時ニ關スル件中改正ノ # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] @@ -2066,8 +2066,8 @@ Zone Asia/Kuching 7:21:20 - LMT 1926 Mar # Maldives # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Indian/Maldives 4:54:00 - LMT 1880 # Male - 4:54:00 - MMT 1960 # Male Mean Time +Zone Indian/Maldives 4:54:00 - LMT 1880 # Malé + 4:54:00 - MMT 1960 # Malé Mean Time 5:00 - +05 # Mongolia Modified: head/contrib/tzdata/australasia ============================================================================== --- head/contrib/tzdata/australasia Tue Jan 16 18:27:26 2018 (r328054) +++ head/contrib/tzdata/australasia Tue Jan 16 18:36:25 2018 (r328055) @@ -683,8 +683,8 @@ Zone Pacific/Guadalcanal 10:39:48 - LMT 1912 Oct # Hon # From Steffen Thorsen (2012-07-25) # ... we double checked by calling hotels and offices based in Tokelau asking # about the time there, and they all told a time that agrees with UTC+13.... -# Shanks says UTC-10 from 1901 [but] ... there is a good chance the change -# actually was to UTC-11 back then. +# Shanks says UT-10 from 1901 [but] ... there is a good chance the change +# actually was to UT-11 back then. # # From Paul Eggert (2012-07-25) # A Google Books snippet of Appendix to the Journals of the House of @@ -1450,7 +1450,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): # The Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) maintains a brief history, -# as does Carol Squires; see tz-link.htm for the full references. +# as does Carol Squires; see tz-link.html for the full references. # Use these sources in preference to Shanks & Pottenger. # # For Chatham, IATA SSIM (1991/1999) gives the NZ rules but with Modified: head/contrib/tzdata/backzone ============================================================================== --- head/contrib/tzdata/backzone Tue Jan 16 18:27:26 2018 (r328054) +++ head/contrib/tzdata/backzone Tue Jan 16 18:36:25 2018 (r328055) @@ -145,11 +145,6 @@ Zone Africa/Gaborone 1:43:40 - LMT 1885 Zone Africa/Harare 2:04:12 - LMT 1903 Mar 2:00 - CAT -# South Sudan -Zone Africa/Juba 2:06:24 - LMT 1931 - 2:00 Sudan CA%sT 2000 Jan 15 12:00 - 3:00 - EAT - # Uganda Zone Africa/Kampala 2:09:40 - LMT 1928 Jul 3:00 - EAT 1930 @@ -241,11 +236,6 @@ Zone Africa/Ouagadougou -0:06:04 - LMT 1912 Zone Africa/Porto-Novo 0:10:28 - LMT 1912 Jan 1 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 1:00 - WAT - -# São Tomé and Príncipe -Zone Africa/Sao_Tome 0:26:56 - LMT 1884 - -0:36:32 - LMT 1912 # Lisbon Mean Time - 0:00 - GMT # Mali (northern) Zone Africa/Timbuktu -0:12:04 - LMT 1912 Modified: head/contrib/tzdata/europe ============================================================================== --- head/contrib/tzdata/europe Tue Jan 16 18:27:26 2018 (r328054) +++ head/contrib/tzdata/europe Tue Jan 16 18:36:25 2018 (r328055) @@ -68,14 +68,15 @@ # 0:00 WET WEST WEMT Western Europe # 0:19:32.13 AMT* NST* Amsterdam, Netherlands Summer (1835-1937) # 1:00 BST British Standard (1968-1971) +# 1:00 IST GMT Irish Standard (1968-) with winter DST # 1:00 CET CEST CEMT Central Europe # 1:00:14 SET Swedish (1879-1899) # 1:36:34 RMT* LST* Riga, Latvian Summer (1880-1926)* # 2:00 EET EEST Eastern Europe # 3:00 MSK MSD MDST* Moscow -# From Peter Ilieve (1994-12-04), -# The original six [EU members]: Belgium, France, (West) Germany, Italy, +# From Peter Ilieve (1994-12-04), re EEC/EC/EU members: +# The original six: Belgium, France, (West) Germany, Italy, # Luxembourg, the Netherlands. # Plus, from 1 Jan 73: Denmark, Ireland, United Kingdom. # Plus, from 1 Jan 81: Greece. @@ -278,16 +279,31 @@ # The following claim by Shanks & Pottenger is possible though doubtful; # we'll ignore it for now. # * Dublin's 1971-10-31 switch was at 02:00, even though London's was 03:00. + +# From Paul Eggert (2017-12-04): # +# Dunsink Observatory (8 km NW of Dublin's center) was to Dublin as +# Greenwich was to London. For example: # -# Whitman says Dublin Mean Time was -0:25:21, which is more precise than -# Shanks & Pottenger. -# Perhaps this was Dunsink Observatory Time, as Dunsink Observatory -# (8 km NW of Dublin's center) seemingly was to Dublin as Greenwich was -# to London. For example: -# # "Timeball on the ballast office is down. Dunsink time." # -- James Joyce, Ulysses +# +# The abbreviation DMT stood for "Dublin Mean Time" or "Dunsink Mean Time"; +# this being Ireland, opinions differed. +# +# Whitman says Dublin/Dunsink Mean Time was UT-00:25:21, which agrees +# with measurements of recent visitors to the Meridian Room of Dunsink +# Observatory; see Malone D. Dunsink and timekeeping. 2016-01-24. +# <https://www.maths.tcd.ie/~dwmalone/time/dunsink.html>. Malone +# writes that the Nautical Almanac listed UT-00:25:22 until 1896, when +# it moved to UT-00:25:21.1 (I confirmed that the 1893 edition used +# the former and the 1896 edition used the latter). Evidently the +# news of this change propagated slowly, as Milne 1899 still lists +# UT-00:25:22 and cites the International Telegraph Bureau. As it is +# not clear that there was any practical significance to the change +# from UT-00:25:22 to UT-00:25:21.1 in civil timekeeping, omit this +# transition for now and just use the latter value, omitting its +# fraction since our format cannot represent fractions. # "Countess Markievicz ... claimed that the [1916] abolition of Dublin Mean Time # was among various actions undertaken by the 'English' government that @@ -347,12 +363,28 @@ # regulations. I spoke this morning with the Secretary of the Department of # Justice (tel +353 1 678 9711) who confirmed to me that the correct name is # "Irish Summer Time", abbreviated to "IST". +# +# From Paul Eggert (2017-12-07): +# The 1996 anonymous contributor's goal was to determine the correct +# abbreviation for summer time in Dublin and so the contributor +# focused on the "IST", not on the "Irish Summer Time". Though the +# "IST" was correct, the "Irish Summer Time" appears to have been an +# error, as Ireland's Standard Time (Amendment) Act, 1971 states that +# standard time in Ireland remains at UT +01 and is observed in +# summer, and that Greenwich mean time is observed in winter. (Thanks +# to Derick Rethans for pointing out the error.) That is, when +# Ireland amended the 1968 act that established UT +01 as Irish +# Standard Time, it left standard time unchanged and established GMT +# as a negative daylight saving time in winter. So, in this database +# IST stands for Irish Summer Time for timestamps before 1968, and for +# Irish Standard Time after that. See: +# http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1971/act/17/enacted/en/print # Michael Deckers (2017-06-01) gave the following URLs for Ireland's # Summer Time Act, 1925 and Summer Time Orders, 1926 and 1947: -# http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1925/act/8/enacted/en/print.html -# http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1926/sro/919/made/en/print.html -# http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1947/sro/71/made/en/print.html +# http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1925/act/8/enacted/en/print +# http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1926/sro/919/made/en/print +# http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1947/sro/71/made/en/print # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S # Summer Time Act, 1916 @@ -476,9 +508,20 @@ Link Europe/London Europe/Jersey Link Europe/London Europe/Guernsey Link Europe/London Europe/Isle_of_Man +# The following is like GB-Eire and EU, except with standard time in +# summer and negative daylight saving time in winter. +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule Eire 1971 only - Oct 31 2:00u -1:00 GMT +Rule Eire 1972 1980 - Mar Sun>=16 2:00u 0 IST +Rule Eire 1972 1980 - Oct Sun>=23 2:00u -1:00 GMT +Rule Eire 1981 max - Mar lastSun 1:00u 0 IST +Rule Eire 1981 1989 - Oct Sun>=23 1:00u -1:00 GMT +Rule Eire 1990 1995 - Oct Sun>=22 1:00u -1:00 GMT +Rule Eire 1996 max - Oct lastSun 1:00u -1:00 GMT + # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Europe/Dublin -0:25:00 - LMT 1880 Aug 2 - -0:25:21 - DMT 1916 May 21 2:00s # Dublin MT + -0:25:21 - DMT 1916 May 21 2:00s -0:25:21 1:00 IST 1916 Oct 1 2:00s 0:00 GB-Eire %s 1921 Dec 6 # independence 0:00 GB-Eire GMT/IST 1940 Feb 25 2:00s @@ -487,16 +530,15 @@ Zone Europe/Dublin -0:25:00 - LMT 1880 Aug 2 0:00 1:00 IST 1947 Nov 2 2:00s 0:00 - GMT 1948 Apr 18 2:00s 0:00 GB-Eire GMT/IST 1968 Oct 27 - 1:00 - IST 1971 Oct 31 2:00u - 0:00 GB-Eire GMT/IST 1996 - 0:00 EU GMT/IST + 1:00 Eire IST/GMT ############################################################################### # Europe -# EU rules are for the European Union, previously known as the EC, EEC, -# Common Market, etc. +# The following rules are for the European Union and for its +# predecessor organization, the European Communities. +# For brevity they are called "EU rules" elsewhere in this file. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule EU 1977 1980 - Apr Sun>=1 1:00u 1:00 S @@ -929,7 +971,7 @@ Zone Europe/Prague 0:57:44 - LMT 1850 # The page http://www.retsinfo.dk/_GETDOCI_/ACCN/A18930008330-REGL # confirms this, and states that the law was put forth 1893-03-29. # -# The EU treaty with effect from 1973: +# The EU [actually, EEC and Euratom] treaty with effect from 1973: # http://www.retsinfo.dk/_GETDOCI_/ACCN/A19722110030-REGL # # This provoked a new law from 1974 to make possible summer time changes @@ -985,9 +1027,10 @@ Zone Atlantic/Faroe -0:27:04 - LMT 1908 Jan 11 # Tórs # East Greenland and Franz Josef Land, but we don't know their time zones. # My source for this is Wilhelm Dege's book mentioned under Svalbard. # -# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): -# Greenland joined the EU as part of Denmark, obtained home rule on 1979-05-01, -# and left the EU on 1985-02-01. It therefore should have been using EU +# From Paul Eggert (2017-12-10): +# Greenland joined the European Communities as part of Denmark, +# obtained home rule on 1979-05-01, and left the European Communities +# on 1985-02-01. It therefore should have been using EU # rules at least through 1984. Shanks & Pottenger say Scoresbysund and Godthåb # used C-Eur rules after 1980, but IATA SSIM (1991/1996) says they use EU # rules since at least 1991. Assume EU rules since 1980. @@ -1301,7 +1344,7 @@ Zone Europe/Paris 0:09:21 - LMT 1891 Mar 15 0:01 # From Markus Kuhn (1998-09-29): # The German time zone web site by the Physikalisch-Technische # Bundesanstalt contains DST information back to 1916. -# [See tz-link.htm for the URL.] +# [See tz-link.html for the URL.] # From Jörg Schilling (2002-10-23): # In 1945, Berlin was switched to Moscow Summer time (GMT+4) by @@ -1398,7 +1441,7 @@ Zone Europe/Athens 1:34:52 - LMT 1895 Sep 14 1:00 Greece CE%sT 1944 Apr 4 2:00 Greece EE%sT 1981 # Shanks & Pottenger say it switched to C-Eur in 1981; - # go with EU instead, since Greece joined it on Jan 1. + # go with EU rules instead, since Greece joined Jan 1. 2:00 EU EE%sT # Hungary @@ -2097,7 +2140,7 @@ Zone Europe/Warsaw 1:24:00 - LMT 1880 # IATA SSIM (1991/1992) reports that the Azores were at -1:00. # IATA SSIM (1993-02) says +0:00; later issues (through 1996-09) say -1:00. # Guess that the Azores changed to EU rules in 1992 (since that's when Portugal -# harmonized with the EU), and that they stayed +0:00 that winter. +# harmonized with EU rules), and that they stayed +0:00 that winter. # # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S # DSH writes that despite Decree 1,469 (1915), the change to the clocks was not @@ -2772,9 +2815,9 @@ Zone Asia/Omsk 4:53:30 - LMT 1919 Nov 14 # # https://regnum.ru/news/society/1957270.html # has some historical data for Altai Krai: -# before 1957: west part on UTC+6, east on UTC+7 -# after 1957: UTC+7 -# since 1995: UTC+6 +# before 1957: west part on UT+6, east on UT+7 +# after 1957: UT+7 +# since 1995: UT+6 # http://barnaul.rusplt.ru/index/pochemu_altajskij_kraj_okazalsja_v_neprivychnom_chasovom_pojase-17648.html # confirms that and provides more details including 1995-05-28 transition date. @@ -3581,6 +3624,17 @@ Zone Europe/Zurich 0:34:08 - LMT 1853 Jul 16 # See abo # From Paul Eggert (2016-09-07): # The change is permanent, so this is the new standard time in Turkey. # It takes effect today, which is not much notice. + +# From Kıvanç Yazan (2017-10-28): +# Turkey will go back to Daylight Saving Time starting 2018-10. +# http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2017/10/20171028-5.pdf +# +# From Even Scharning (2017-11-08): +# ... today it was announced that the DST will become "continuous": +# http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/son-dakika-yaz-saati-uygulamasi-surekli-hale-geldi-40637482 +# From Paul Eggert (2017-11-08): +# Although Google Translate misfires on that source, it looks like +# Turkey reversed last month's decision, and so will stay at +03. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Turkey 1916 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S Modified: head/contrib/tzdata/northamerica ============================================================================== --- head/contrib/tzdata/northamerica Tue Jan 16 18:27:26 2018 (r328054) +++ head/contrib/tzdata/northamerica Tue Jan 16 18:36:25 2018 (r328055) @@ -348,6 +348,18 @@ Zone America/New_York -4:56:02 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:03 # Nebraska, eastern North Dakota, Oklahoma, eastern South Dakota, # western Tennessee, most of Texas, Wisconsin +# From Paul Eggert (2018-01-07): +# In 1869 the Chicago Astronomical Society contracted with the city to keep +# time. Though delayed by the Great Fire, by 1880 a wire ran from the +# Dearborn Observatory (on the University of Chicago campus) to City Hall, +# which then sent signals to police and fire stations. However, railroads got +# their time signals from the Allegheny Observatory, the Madison Observatory, +# the Ann Arbor Observatory, etc., so their clocks did not agree with each +# other or with the city's official time. The confusion took some years to +# clear up. See: +# Moser M. How Chicago gave America its time zones. Chicago. 2018-01-04. +# http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/January-2018/How-Chicago-Gave-America-Its-Time-Zones/ + # From Larry M. Smith (2006-04-26) re Wisconsin: # https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/175.pdf # is currently enforced at the 01:00 time of change. Because the local @@ -1896,7 +1908,7 @@ Zone America/Edmonton -7:33:52 - LMT 1906 Sep # manager of the Creston & District Museum. The article was written in May 2009. # http://www.ilovecreston.com/?p=articles&t=spec&ar=260 # According to the article, Creston has not changed its clocks since June 1918. -# i.e. Creston has been stuck on UTC-7 for 93 years. +# i.e. Creston has been stuck on UT-7 for 93 years. # Dawson Creek, on the other hand, changed its clocks as recently as April 1972. # Unfortunately the exact date for the time change in June 1918 remains Modified: head/contrib/tzdata/southamerica ============================================================================== --- head/contrib/tzdata/southamerica Tue Jan 16 18:27:26 2018 (r328054) +++ head/contrib/tzdata/southamerica Tue Jan 16 18:36:25 2018 (r328055) @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ # https://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359 # # These tables use numeric abbreviations like -03 and -0330 for -# integer hour and minute UTC offsets. Although earlier editions used +# integer hour and minute UT offsets. Although earlier editions used # alphabetic time zone abbreviations, these abbreviations were # invented and did not reflect common practice. @@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ Link America/Curacao America/Aruba # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/La_Paz -4:32:36 - LMT 1890 -4:32:36 - CMT 1931 Oct 15 # Calamarca MT - -4:32:36 1:00 BOST 1932 Mar 21 # Bolivia ST + -4:32:36 1:00 BST 1932 Mar 21 # Bolivia ST -4:00 - -04 # Brazil @@ -908,12 +908,25 @@ Rule Brazil 2007 only - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 1:00 S # [t]he DST period in Brazil now on will be from the 3rd Oct Sunday to the # 3rd Feb Sunday. There is an exception on the return date when this is # the Carnival Sunday then the return date will be the next Sunday... -Rule Brazil 2008 max - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Brazil 2008 2017 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S Rule Brazil 2008 2011 - Feb Sun>=15 0:00 0 - +# Decree 7,584 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HVdecreto7584_20111013.jpg>; (2011-10-13) +# added Bahia. Rule Brazil 2012 only - Feb Sun>=22 0:00 0 - +# Decree 7,826 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HVdecreto7826_20121015.jpg>; (2012-10-15) +# removed Bahia and added Tocantins. +# Decree 8,112 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HVdecreto8112_20130930.JPG>; (2013-09-30) +# removed Tocantins. Rule Brazil 2013 2014 - Feb Sun>=15 0:00 0 - Rule Brazil 2015 only - Feb Sun>=22 0:00 0 - Rule Brazil 2016 2022 - Feb Sun>=15 0:00 0 - +# From Steffen Thorsen (2017-12-18): +# According to many media sources, next year's DST start in Brazil will move to +# the first Sunday of November, and it will stay like that for the years after. +# ... https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/brazil-delays-dst-2018.html +# From Steffen Thorsen (2017-12-20): +# http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_ato2015-2018/2017/decreto/D9242.htm +Rule Brazil 2018 max - Nov Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Brazil 2023 only - Feb Sun>=22 0:00 0 - Rule Brazil 2024 2025 - Feb Sun>=15 0:00 0 - Rule Brazil 2026 only - Feb Sun>=22 0:00 0 - @@ -1068,7 +1081,7 @@ Zone America/Rio_Branco -4:31:12 - LMT 1914 # From Paul Eggert (2015-04-03): # Shanks & Pottenger says America/Santiago introduced standard time in -# 1890 and rounds its UTC offset to 70W40; guess that in practice this +# 1890 and rounds its UT offset to 70W40; guess that in practice this # was the same offset as in 1916-1919. It also says Pacific/Easter # standardized on 109W22 in 1890; assume this didn't change the clocks. # Modified: head/contrib/tzdata/theory.html ============================================================================== --- head/contrib/tzdata/theory.html Tue Jan 16 18:27:26 2018 (r328054) +++ head/contrib/tzdata/theory.html Tue Jan 16 18:36:25 2018 (r328055) @@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ However, the database is not designed for and does not applications requiring accurate handling of all past times everywhere, as it would take far too much effort and guesswork to record all details of pre-1970 civil timekeeping. +Athough some information outside the scope of the database is +collected in a file <code>backzone</code> that is distributed along +with the database proper, this file is less reliable and does not +necessarily follow database guidelines. </p> <p> @@ -240,7 +244,7 @@ to name time zone rules. It is intended to be an exhaustive list of names for geographic regions as described above; this is a subset of the names in the data. Although a '<code>zone1970.tab</code>' location's longitude -corresponds to its LMT offset with one hour for every 15 degrees east +corresponds to its LMT offset with one hour for every 15° east longitude, this relationship is not exact. </p> @@ -279,7 +283,7 @@ Here are the general rules used for choosing time zone in decreasing order of importance: <ul> <li> - Use three or more characters that are ASCII alphanumerics or + Use three to six characters that are ASCII alphanumerics or '<code>+</code>' or '<code>-</code>'. Previous editions of this database also used characters like '<code> </code>' and '<code>?</code>', but these @@ -297,7 +301,7 @@ in decreasing order of importance: '<code>+</code>' and '<code>-</code>' are safe in all locales. In other words, in the C locale the POSIX extended regular - expression <code>[-+[:alnum:]]{3,}</code> should match + expression <code>[-+[:alnum:]]{3,6}</code> should match the abbreviation. This guarantees that all abbreviations could have been specified by a POSIX TZ string. @@ -308,12 +312,96 @@ in decreasing order of importance: We assume that applications translate them to other languages as part of the normal localization process; for example, a French application might translate 'EST' to 'HNE'. + +<p><small>These abbreviations (for standard/daylight/etc. time) are: +ACST/ACDT Australian Central, +AST/ADT/APT/AWT/ADDT Atlantic, +AEST/AEDT Australian Eastern, +AHST/AHDT Alaska-Hawaii, +AKST/AKDT Alaska, +AWST/AWDT Australian Western, +BST/BDT Bering, +CAT/CAST Central Africa, +CET/CEST/CEMT Central European, +ChST Chamorro, +CST/CDT/CWT/CPT/CDDT Central [North America], +CST/CDT China, +GMT/BST/IST/BDST Greenwich, +EAT East Africa, *** DIFF OUTPUT TRUNCATED AT 1000 LINES ***
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