[tz] [PATCH 3/3] Add -t ZONETABTYPE option to 'tzselect'.
Paul Eggert
eggert at cs.ucla.edu
Fri Aug 16 19:26:01 UTC 2013
This is a backwards-compatible way of transitioning to a less
politically-charged approach to choosing TZ values. A new time
zone table time.tab acts like zone.tab, except it omits TZ values
that are present only for political reasons. tzselect has a new
"-t zonetabtype" option that lets users select which time zone table
to use, and installers can select the default table. The zone.tab
file does not change, and the default tzselect table for now is
zone.tab. This avoids the backward-compatibility concerns
expressed on the tz mailing list; see, for example,
the discussion surrounding Derick Rethans's comments in
<http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2013-August/019544.html>
* .gitignore: Add time.tab.
* Makefile (ZONETABTYPE): New macro.
(TABDATA): Add time.tab.
(all): Depend on $(TABDATA).
(install): Do not depend on $(TABDATA), since $(DATA) includes it.
Install time.tab too.
(time.tab): New rule.
(tzselect.tab): Substitute ZONETABTYPE.
* zone-time.awk: New file.
* tzselect.8: Document new options, and --help and --version while
we're at it.
* tzselect.ksh (ZONETABTYPE): New var.
Implement -t ZONETABTYPE option.
Check that no extra operands are given.
* zone.tab: Change first comment line, to distinguish the two
tables better.
---
.gitignore | 1 +
Makefile | 23 +++++++++++++++-----
tzselect.8 | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
tzselect.ksh | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++------------
zone-time.awk | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
zone.tab | 2 +-
6 files changed, 148 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 zone-time.awk
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 21c798d..5759d2a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
*~
ChangeLog
leapseconds
+time.tab
tzselect
version.h
yearistype
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 68d7132..a74d1a7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -40,6 +40,15 @@ LOCALTIME= GMT
POSIXRULES= America/New_York
+# Default time zone table type for 'tzselect'. See tzselect.8 for details.
+# Possible values are:
+# 'time' - for a smaller time zone table
+# 'zone' - for a backward compatible time zone table; it contains
+# alternative TZ values present for compatibility with older versions of
+# this software.
+
+ZONETABTYPE= zone
+
# Also see TZDEFRULESTRING below, which takes effect only
# if the time zone files cannot be accessed.
@@ -317,7 +326,7 @@ YDATA= $(PRIMARY_YDATA) pacificnew etcetera backward
NDATA= systemv factory
SDATA= solar87 solar88 solar89
TDATA= $(YDATA) $(NDATA) $(SDATA)
-TABDATA= iso3166.tab zone.tab
+TABDATA= iso3166.tab time.tab zone.tab
DATA= $(YDATA) $(NDATA) $(SDATA) $(TABDATA) \
leap-seconds.list yearistype.sh
WEB_PAGES= tz-art.htm tz-link.htm
@@ -331,15 +340,15 @@ ENCHILADA= $(COMMON) $(DOCS) $(SOURCES) $(DATA) $(MISC)
SHELL= /bin/sh
-all: tzselect zic zdump $(LIBOBJS)
+all: tzselect zic zdump $(LIBOBJS) $(TABDATA)
ALL: all date
-install: all $(DATA) $(REDO) $(TZLIB) $(MANS) $(TABDATA)
+install: all $(DATA) $(REDO) $(TZLIB) $(MANS)
$(ZIC) -y $(YEARISTYPE) \
-d $(TZDIR) -l $(LOCALTIME) -p $(POSIXRULES)
- -rm -f $(TZDIR)/iso3166.tab $(TZDIR)/zone.tab
- cp iso3166.tab zone.tab $(TZDIR)/.
+ -rm -f $(TZDIR)/iso3166.tab $(TZDIR)/time.tab $(TZDIR)/zone.tab
+ cp iso3166.tab time.tab zone.tab $(TZDIR)/.
-mkdir $(TOPDIR) $(ETCDIR)
cp tzselect zic zdump $(ETCDIR)/.
-mkdir $(TOPDIR) $(MANDIR) \
@@ -411,6 +420,9 @@ posix_right: posix_only leapseconds
zones: $(REDO)
+time.tab: $(YDATA) zone.tab zone-time.awk
+ $(AWK) -f zone-time.awk $(YDATA) >$@
+
$(TZLIB): $(LIBOBJS)
-mkdir $(TOPDIR) $(LIBDIR)
ar ru $@ $(LIBOBJS)
@@ -428,6 +440,7 @@ tzselect: tzselect.ksh
-e 's|\(REPORT_BUGS_TO\)=.*|\1=$(BUGEMAIL)|' \
-e 's|TZDIR=[^}]*|TZDIR=$(TZDIR)|' \
-e 's|\(TZVERSION\)=.*|\1=$(VERSION)|' \
+ -e 's|^\(ZONETABTYPE\)=.*|\1=$(ZONETABTYPE)|' \
<$? >$@
chmod +x $@
diff --git a/tzselect.8 b/tzselect.8
index 0d02590..b5e2c88 100644
--- a/tzselect.8
+++ b/tzselect.8
@@ -3,6 +3,14 @@
tzselect \- select a time zone
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B tzselect
+[
+.B \-t
+.I zonetabtype
+] [
+.B \-\-help
+] [
+.B \-\-version
+]
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.B tzselect
@@ -11,6 +19,62 @@ and outputs the resulting time zone description to standard output.
The output is suitable as a value for the TZ environment variable.
.PP
All interaction with the user is done via standard input and standard error.
+.SH OPTIONS
+.TP
+.BI "\-t " zonetabtype
+Make selections from the time zone table of type
+.IR zonetabtype .
+Possible
+.I zonetabtype
+values include:
+.RS
+.TP
+.B time
+A time zone table with a smaller set of zone names.
+.TP
+.B zone
+A time zone table that also contains alternative zone names, for
+backward compatibility with older versions of this software. The
+alternative names are not needed for proper operation of time stamps;
+they are present only to avoid surprises with people who are
+accustomed to the old names. These alternative names arose from
+political issues that are outside the scope of
+.BR tzselect .
+.PP
+For example, both tables have entries for countries like
+Bosnia, Croatia, and Serbia, which are in a zone where the clocks
+have all agreed since 1970. Although the
+.B time
+table lists "Europe/Belgrade" for this zone wherever it occurs, the
+.B zone
+table instead lists the names "Europe/Sarajevo", "Europe/Zagreb",
+etc. under Bosnia, Croatia, etc. This means that the
+.B "\-t\ time"
+option causes
+.B tzselect
+to generate "Europe/Belgrade" for this zone, whereas
+.B "\-t\ zone"
+causes it to generate different names depending on the country,
+names that are equivalent in effect to "Europe/Belgrade".
+.PP
+The default
+.I zonetabtype
+is system-dependent, so applications that care about the set of
+names that
+.B tzselect
+generates should use the
+.B "\-t"
+option. Regardless of what options are used, applications should not
+assume that
+.BR tzselect 's
+output matches the user's political preferences.
+.RE
+.TP
+.B "\-\-help"
+Output help information and exit.
+.TP
+.B "\-\-version"
+Output version information and exit.
.SH "ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES"
.TP
\f3AWK\fP
@@ -27,8 +91,10 @@ Name of the directory containing time zone data files (default:
\f2TZDIR\fP\f3/iso3166.tab\fP
Table of ISO 3166 2-letter country codes and country names.
.TP
+\f2TZDIR\fP\f3/time.tab\fP
+.TP
\f2TZDIR\fP\f3/zone.tab\fP
-Table of country codes, latitude and longitude, TZ values, and
+Tables of country codes, latitude and longitude, zone names, and
descriptive comments.
.TP
\f2TZDIR\fP\f3/\fP\f2TZ\fP
diff --git a/tzselect.ksh b/tzselect.ksh
index 8e66b44..dc9f256 100644
--- a/tzselect.ksh
+++ b/tzselect.ksh
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
PKGVERSION='(tzcode) '
TZVERSION=see_Makefile
REPORT_BUGS_TO=tz at iana.org
+ZONETABTYPE=zone
# Ask the user about the time zone, and output the resulting TZ value to stdout.
# Interact with the user via stderr and stdin.
@@ -40,24 +41,37 @@ REPORT_BUGS_TO=tz at iana.org
exit 1
}
-if [ "$1" = "--help" ]; then
- cat <<EOF
-Usage: tzselect
+usage="Usage: tzselect [--version] [--help] [-t ZONETABTYPE]
Select a time zone interactively.
+ZONETABTYPE should be one of 'time' or 'zone'.
-Report bugs to $REPORT_BUGS_TO.
-EOF
- exit
-elif [ "$1" = "--version" ]; then
- cat <<EOF
-tzselect $PKGVERSION$TZVERSION
-EOF
- exit
-fi
+Report bugs to $REPORT_BUGS_TO."
+
+while getopts t:-: opt
+do
+ case $opt$OPTARG in
+ t*)
+ ZONETABTYPE=$OPTARG ;;
+ -help)
+ exec echo "$usage" ;;
+ -version)
+ exec echo "tzselect $PKGVERSION$TZVERSION" ;;
+ -*)
+ echo >&2 "$0: -$opt$OPTARG: unknown option; try '$0 --help'"; exit 1 ;;
+ *)
+ echo >&2 "$0: try '$0 --help'"; exit 1 ;;
+ esac
+done
+
+shift $((OPTIND-1))
+case $# in
+0) ;;
+*) echo >&2 "$0: $1: unknown argument"; exit 1 ;;
+esac
# Make sure the tables are readable.
TZ_COUNTRY_TABLE=$TZDIR/iso3166.tab
-TZ_ZONE_TABLE=$TZDIR/zone.tab
+TZ_ZONE_TABLE=$TZDIR/$ZONETABTYPE.tab
for f in $TZ_COUNTRY_TABLE $TZ_ZONE_TABLE
do
<$f || {
diff --git a/zone-time.awk b/zone-time.awk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5210c1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zone-time.awk
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# Generate 'time.tab' from 'zone.tab'. Standard input should be the zic input.
+
+# This file is in the public domain.
+
+# Contributed by Paul Eggert.
+
+$1 == "Link" { link[$3] = $2 }
+
+END {
+ FS = "\t"
+ while (getline < "zone.tab") {
+ line = $0
+ if (line ~ /^# TZ zone descriptions/)
+ line = "# TZ zone descriptions, with a smaller set of zone names"
+ if (line ~ /^# 4. Comments;/) {
+ print "# Zones can cross country-code boundaries, so the"
+ print "# location named by column 3 need not lie in the"
+ print "# locations identified by columns 1 or 2."
+ }
+ if (line ~ /^[^#]/) {
+ code = $1
+ target = $3
+ while (link[target])
+ target = link[target]
+ if (already_seen[code, target])
+ continue
+ already_seen[code, target] = 1
+ line = code "\t" $2 "\t" target
+ if ($4)
+ line = line "\t" $4
+ }
+ print line
+ }
+}
diff --git a/zone.tab b/zone.tab
index 86a9095..0ebbb0c 100644
--- a/zone.tab
+++ b/zone.tab
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# TZ zone descriptions
+# TZ zone descriptions, with alternative zone names for backward compatiblity
#
# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
--
1.8.1.2
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