<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Azhar,<br><br></div>What is the result when you run the following?<br><span style="color:black;font-family:"Courier New";font-size:10pt">$ zdump -vc 2014,2015 Europe/Moscow<br></span></div>
<span style="color:black;font-family:"Courier New";font-size:10pt"></span><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div>Do you see the expected transition reflected in that output, like this?<br><span style="font-family:courier new,monospace">Europe/Moscow -9223372036854775808 = NULL<br>
Europe/Moscow -9223372036854689408 = NULL<br>Europe/Moscow Sat Oct 25 21:59:59 2014 UT = Sun Oct 26 01:59:59 2014 MSK isdst=0<br>Europe/Moscow Sat Oct 25 22:00:00 2014 UT = Sun Oct 26 01:00:00 2014 MSK isdst=0<br>Europe/Moscow 9223372036854689407 = NULL<br>
Europe/Moscow 9223372036854775807 = NULL</span><br><br></div><div>Since your zdump output prints "UTC" instead of "UT", it looks like you're using a zdump version before 2013e. So you might be using older data than you think, too; the Russian transition for 2014-10-26 is present in 2014f and later.<br>
</div><div><br>--<br>Tim Parenti<br></div>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 29 August 2014 05:47, azhar saleh <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:seper5@hotmail.com" target="_blank">seper5@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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</font><br><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal">Hi<u></u><u></u><u></u></p><font face="Times New Roman">
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</font><br><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal">Currently I’m preparing a document to update TZ for one of
our customer in Russia due to the following TZ rule.<u></u><u></u></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><br><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal">I think I found a bug in <b>tzdata2014f.tar.gz</b> where the time did not move from 01:59:59 to 01:00:00<u></u><u></u></p><font face="Times New Roman">
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</font><a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/russia/moscow?year=2014" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff">http://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/russia/moscow?year=2014</font></a><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u><u></u></span><br>
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</font><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">Using </span><b>tzdata2014f.tar.gz<u></u><u></u></b><br><font face="Times New Roman">
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</font><br><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:10pt">$ ls -lrt /etc/localtime<u></u><u></u></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><br><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:10pt">lrwxrwxrwx<span> </span>1 root root 33
Aug 29 13:05 <b>/etc/localtime</b> ->
/usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Moscow<u></u><u></u></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><br><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><br><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Courier New";font-size:10pt">$ /usr/sbin/zdump -v /etc/localtime | grep 201<u></u><u></u></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><br><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Courier New";font-size:10pt">/etc/localtime Sat Mar 27 22:59:59 2010 UTC = Sun Mar 28
01:59:59 2010 MSK isdst=0 gmtoff=10800<u></u><u></u></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><br><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Courier New";font-size:10pt">/etc/localtime Sat Mar 27 23:00:00 2010 UTC = Sun Mar 28
03:00:00 2010 MSD isdst=1 gmtoff=14400<u></u><u></u></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><br><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Courier New";font-size:10pt">/etc/localtime Sat Oct 30 22:59:59 2010 UTC = Sun Oct 31
02:59:59 2010 MSD isdst=1 gmtoff=14400<u></u><u></u></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><br><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Courier New";font-size:10pt">/etc/localtime Sat Oct 30 23:00:00 2010 UTC = Sun Oct 31
02:00:00 2010 MSK isdst=0 gmtoff=10800<u></u><u></u></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><br><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Courier New";font-size:10pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><br><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Courier New";font-size:10pt">/etc/localtime Sat Mar 26 22:59:59 2011 UTC = Sun Mar 27
01:59:59 2011 MSK isdst=0 gmtoff=10800<u></u><u></u></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><br><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Courier New";font-size:10pt">/etc/localtime Sat Mar 26 23:00:00 2011 UTC = Sun Mar 27
03:00:00 2011 MSK isdst=0 gmtoff=14400<u></u><u></u></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><br><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Courier New";font-size:10pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><br><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Courier New";font-size:10pt">/etc/localtime Sat Oct 25 21:59:59 2014 UTC = Sun Oct 26
01:59:59 2014 MSK isdst=0 gmtoff=14400<u></u><u></u></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><br><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Courier New";font-size:10pt">/etc/localtime Sat Oct 25 22:00:00 2014 UTC = Sun Oct 26
01:00:00 2014 MSK isdst=0 gmtoff=10800<u></u><u></u></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><br><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><br><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">Set the date to Sun Mar 27, 2011
(</span><i><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)" lang="EN">Russia is
abolishing DST time)</span></i><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><br><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><br><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Courier New";font-size:8pt">$ </span><span style="color:black;font-family:"Courier New";font-size:10pt">date -s
"Sun MAR 27 01:59:00 MSK 2011"</span><span style="font-family:"Courier New";font-size:8pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><br><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Courier New";font-size:10pt">Sun Mar 27 01:59:00 MSK 2011<u></u><u></u></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><br><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><br><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">Monitor the date<u></u><u></u></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
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</font><br><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Courier New";font-size:8pt">$
while true; do date; sleep 2; done:<u></u><u></u></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><br><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Courier New";font-size:10pt">:<u></u><u></u></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><br><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Courier New";font-size:10pt">Sun Mar 27 01:59:57 MSK 2011<u></u><u></u></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><br><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(192,80,77);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:10pt">Sun Mar 27 01:59:59 MSK 2011<u></u><u></u></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><br><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(192,80,77);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:10pt">Sun Mar 27 03:00:01 MSK 2011 </span><span style="color:rgb(192,80,77);font-family:Wingdings;font-size:10pt">ß</span><span style="color:rgb(192,80,77);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:10pt"> good<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</font><br><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">Set the date to Sun Oct 26, 2014
(</span><i><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)" lang="EN">Russia back
to European DST in October 2014)</span></i><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><br><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><br><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Courier New";font-size:8pt">$ </span><span style="color:black;font-family:"Courier New";font-size:10pt">date -s "Sun OCT 26 01:59:00 MSK 2014"<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</font><br><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Courier New";font-size:10pt">Sun Oct 26 01:59:00 MSK 2014<u></u><u></u></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><br><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><br><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">Monitor the date<u></u><u></u></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><br><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><br><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Courier New";font-size:8pt">$ </span><span style="color:black;font-family:"Courier New";font-size:10pt">while true; do
date; sleep 2; done<u></u><u></u></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><br><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Courier New";font-size:10pt">:<u></u><u></u></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><br><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Courier New";font-size:10pt">Sun Oct 26 01:59:57 MSK 2014<u></u><u></u></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><br><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(192,80,77);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:10pt">Sun Oct 26 01:59:59 MSK 2014<u></u><u></u></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><br><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(192,80,77);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:10pt">Sun Oct 26 02:00:01 MSK 2014 </span><b><span style="color:rgb(192,80,77);font-family:Wingdings;font-size:10pt">ß</span></b><b><span style="color:rgb(192,80,77);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:10pt"> Not good.
Should move from 01:59:59 to 01:00:00</span></b><span style="color:rgb(192,80,77);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:10pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><br><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Courier New";font-size:10pt">Sun Oct 26 02:00:03 MSK 2014<u></u><u></u></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
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</font><br><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal">If <span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">I test again using Europe/Moscow
for year 2010, it works fine for that year</span><u></u><u></u></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><br><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><br><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Courier New";font-size:10pt">$ zdump -v Europe/Moscow | grep 2010<u></u><u></u></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><br><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Courier New";font-size:10pt">Europe/Moscow Sat Mar 27 22:59:59 2010 UTC = Sun Mar 28
01:59:59 2010 MSK isdst=0 gmtoff=10800<u></u><u></u></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><br><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Courier New";font-size:10pt">Europe/Moscow Sat Mar 27 23:00:00 2010 UTC = Sun Mar 28
03:00:00 2010 MSD isdst=1 gmtoff=14400<u></u><u></u></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><br><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt 54pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Courier New";font-size:10pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><br><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Courier New";font-size:10pt">Europe/Moscow Sat Oct 30 22:59:59 2010 UTC = Sun Oct 31 02:59:59
2010 <b>MSD</b> isdst=1 gmtoff=14400<u></u><u></u></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><br><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Courier New";font-size:10pt">Europe/Moscow Sat Oct 30 23:00:00 2010 UTC = Sun Oct 31 02:00:00
2010 <b>MSK</b> isdst=0 gmtoff=10800<u></u><u></u></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><br><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><br><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal">And it works just fine for Europe/Rome for year 2014 as well<u></u><u></u></p><font face="Times New Roman">
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</font><br><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Courier New";font-size:10pt">$ zdump -v /etc/localtime | grep 2014<u></u><u></u></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><br><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Courier New";font-size:10pt">/etc/localtime Sun Mar 30 00:59:59 2014 UTC = Sun Mar 30
01:59:59 2014 CET isdst=0 gmtoff=3600<u></u><u></u></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><br><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Courier New";font-size:10pt">/etc/localtime Sun Mar 30 01:00:00 2014 UTC = Sun Mar 30
03:00:00 2014 CEST isdst=1 gmtoff=7200<u></u><u></u></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><br><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Courier New";font-size:10pt">/etc/localtime Sun Oct 26 00:59:59 2014 UTC = Sun Oct 26 02:59:59
2014 CEST isdst=1 gmtoff=7200<u></u><u></u></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><br><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Courier New";font-size:10pt">/etc/localtime Sun Oct 26 01:00:00 2014 UTC = Sun Oct 26 02:00:00
2014 CET isdst=0 gmtoff=3600<u></u><u></u></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
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Please tell me if it is a bug or something wrong in my testing.</font><br> <br><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal">Best Regards<u></u><u></u></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><br><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal">Azhar</p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal">Support Engineer</p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal">Kuala Lumpur</p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal">
Malaysia<u></u><u></u></p><font face="Times New Roman">
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