Proposed time zone package changes

Arthur David Olson olsona at lecserver.nci.nih.gov
Mon Feb 2 14:49:13 UTC 2009


Below find proposed relatively minor proposed changes to the time zone package:
	* leapseconds: updated to reflect no mid-2009 leap second
	* tz-art.htm: information on two CDs added
	* zic.c: fix fencepost error
The change to zic.c will result in changed binary outputs in a handful of cases.

If no one spots problems, these changes should appear at ftp://elsie on
2009-02-08.

				--ado

diff -c -r old/leapseconds new/leapseconds
*** old/leapseconds	Wed Jan 14 17:35:16 2009
--- new/leapseconds	Tue Jan 27 15:46:54 2009
***************
*** 1,4 ****
! # @(#)leapseconds	8.6
  
  # Allowance for leapseconds added to each timezone file.
  
--- 1,4 ----
! # @(#)leapseconds	8.7
  
  # Allowance for leapseconds added to each timezone file.
  
***************
*** 53,92 ****
  # SERVICE DE LA ROTATION TERRESTRE
  # OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS
  # 61, Av. de l'Observatoire 75014 PARIS (France)
! # Tel.      : 33 (0) 1 40 51 22 26
  # FAX       : 33 (0) 1 40 51 22 91
! # e-mail    : services.iers at obspm.fr
! # http://hpiers.obspm.fr/eop-pc
  #
! # Paris, 4 July 2008
  #
! # Bulletin C 36
  #
  # To authorities responsible
  # for the measurement and
  # distribution of time
  #
! # UTC TIME STEP
! # on the 1st of January 2009
  #
! # A positive leap second will be introduced at the end of December 2008.
! # The sequence of dates of the UTC second markers will be:		
  #
! # 2008 December 31,     23h 59m 59s
! # 2008 December 31,     23h 59m 60s
! # 2009 January   1,      0h  0m  0s
  #
- # The difference between UTC and the International Atomic Time TAI is:
- #
- # from 2006 January 1, 0h UTC, to 2009 January 1  0h UTC  : UTC-TAI = - 33s
- # from 2009 January 1, 0h UTC, until further notice       : UTC-TAI = - 34s
- #
  # Leap seconds can be introduced in UTC at the end of the months of December
! # or June, depending on the evolution of UT1-TAI. Bulletin C is mailed every
! # six months, either to announce a time step in UTC or to confirm that there
  # will be no time step at the next possible date.
  #
  # Daniel GAMBIS
! # Head		
! # Earth Orientation Center of IERS
  # Observatoire de Paris, France
--- 53,84 ----
  # SERVICE DE LA ROTATION TERRESTRE
  # OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS
  # 61, Av. de l'Observatoire 75014 PARIS (France)
! # Tel.      : 33 (0) 1 40 51 22 29
  # FAX       : 33 (0) 1 40 51 22 91
! # Internet  : services.iers at obspm.fr
  #
! # Paris, 15 January 2009
  #
! # Bulletin C 37
  #
  # To authorities responsible
  # for the measurement and
  # distribution of time
  #
! # INFORMATION ON UTC - TAI
  #
! # NO positive leap second will be introduced at the end of June 2009.
! # The difference between Coordinated Universal Time UTC and the
! # International Atomic Time TAI is :		
  #
! # from 2009 January 1, 0h UTC, until further notice : UTC-TAI = -34 s
  #
  # Leap seconds can be introduced in UTC at the end of the months of December
! # or June,  depending on the evolution of UT1-TAI. Bulletin C is mailed every
! # six months, either to announce a time step in UTC, or to confirm that there
  # will be no time step at the next possible date.
  #
  # Daniel GAMBIS
! # Head			
! # Earth Orientation Center of the IERS
  # Observatoire de Paris, France
diff -c -r old/tz-art.htm new/tz-art.htm
*** old/tz-art.htm	Wed Jan 14 17:35:17 2009
--- new/tz-art.htm	Sat Jan 31 11:54:12 2009
***************
*** 9,15 ****
  <body>
  <h1>Time and the Arts</h1>
  <address>
! @(#)tz-art.htm	8.10
  </address>
  <p>
  Please send corrections to this web page to the
--- 9,15 ----
  <body>
  <h1>Time and the Arts</h1>
  <address>
! @(#)tz-art.htm	8.11
  </address>
  <p>
  Please send corrections to this web page to the
***************
*** 202,207 ****
--- 202,231 ----
  Supernaw.</td></tr>
  <tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
  
+ <tr><td>Artist</td><td>The Microscopic Septet</td></tr>
+ <tr><td>CD</td><td>Lobster Leaps In</td></tr>
+ <tr><td>Copyright Date</td><td>2008</td></tr>
+ <tr><td>Label</td><td>Cuneiform</td></tr>
+ <tr><td>ID</td><td>272</td></tr>
+ <tr><td>Total Time</td><td>73:05</td></tr>
+ <tr><td>Notes</td><td>Includes the song "Twilight Time Zone."</td></tr>
+ <tr><td><a href="http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:w9fpxzykldje">AMG Rating</a></td><td>3.5 stars</td></tr>
+ <tr><td>ADO Rating</td><td>2 stars</td></tr>
+ 
+ <tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
+ 
+ <tr><td>Artist</td><td>Bob Dylan</td></tr>
+ <tr><td>CD</td><td>The Time They Are A-Changin'</td></tr>
+ <tr><td>Copyright Date</td><td>1964</td></tr>
+ <tr><td>Label</td><td>Columbia</td></tr>
+ <tr><td>ID</td><td>CK-8905</td></tr>
+ <tr><td>Total Time</td><td>45:36</td></tr>
+ <tr><td><a href="http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:gifqxqt5ld0e">AMG Rating</a></td><td>4.5 stars</td></tr>
+ <tr><td>ADO Rating</td><td>1.5 stars</td></tr>
+ <tr><td>Notes<td>The title song is also available on "Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits" and "The Essential Bob Dylan."</td></tr>
+ 
+ <tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
+ 
  <tr><td>TV episode title</td><td>The Lost Hour</td>
  <tr><td>TV series</td><td><em>Eerie, Indiana</em></td>
  <tr><td>TV episode number</td><td>10</td>
diff -c -r old/zic.c new/zic.c
*** old/zic.c	Wed Jan 14 17:35:17 2009
--- new/zic.c	Tue Jan 27 15:46:47 2009
***************
*** 3,9 ****
  ** 2006-07-17 by Arthur David Olson.
  */
  
! static char	elsieid[] = "@(#)zic.c	8.18";
  
  #include "private.h"
  #include "locale.h"
--- 3,9 ----
  ** 2006-07-17 by Arthur David Olson.
  */
  
! static char	elsieid[] = "@(#)zic.c	8.19";
  
  #include "private.h"
  #include "locale.h"
***************
*** 1995,2001 ****
  	min_year = max_year = EPOCH_YEAR;
  	if (leapseen) {
  		updateminmax(leapminyear);
! 		updateminmax(leapmaxyear);
  	}
  	for (i = 0; i < zonecount; ++i) {
  		zp = &zpfirst[i];
--- 1995,2001 ----
  	min_year = max_year = EPOCH_YEAR;
  	if (leapseen) {
  		updateminmax(leapminyear);
! 		updateminmax(leapmaxyear + (leapmaxyear < INT_MAX));
  	}
  	for (i = 0; i < zonecount; ++i) {
  		zp = &zpfirst[i];



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