proposed time zone package changes (antarctica & tz-link.htm)

Wed Nov 4 15:18:51 UTC 2009

So much for being caught up. At the end of this message you'll find
proposed changes to the time zone package; here's the executive summary;
the "antarctica" file has updates to thee local times of Australian
research stations and there are two additions to the "tz-link.htm" file.

I plan to update the ftp distribution on 2009-11-09 barring any problems.

				--ado

------- antarctica -------
*** /tmp/geta12437	Wed Nov  4 10:01:04 2009
--- /tmp/getb12437	Wed Nov  4 10:01:04 2009
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*** 1,5 ****
  # <pre>
! # @(#)antarctica	8.5
  # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
  # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.

--- 1,5 ----
  # <pre>
! # @(#)antarctica	8.6
  # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
  # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.

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*** 80,94 ****
  # Davis, Vestfold Hills, -6835+07759, since 1957-01-13
  #	(except 1964-11 - 1969-02)
  # Mawson, Holme Bay, -6736+06253, since 1954-02-13
  # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
  Zone Antarctica/Casey	0	-	zzz	1969
! 			8:00	-	WST	# Western (Aus) Standard Time
  Zone Antarctica/Davis	0	-	zzz	1957 Jan 13
  			7:00	-	DAVT	1964 Nov # Davis Time
  			0	-	zzz	1969 Feb
! 			7:00	-	DAVT
  Zone Antarctica/Mawson	0	-	zzz	1954 Feb 13
! 			6:00	-	MAWT	# Mawson Time
  # References:
  # <a href="http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/casey/casey_aws.html">
  # Casey Weather (1998-02-26)
--- 80,117 ----
  # Davis, Vestfold Hills, -6835+07759, since 1957-01-13
  #	(except 1964-11 - 1969-02)
  # Mawson, Holme Bay, -6736+06253, since 1954-02-13
+ 
+ # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-03-11):
+ # Three Australian stations in Antarctica have changed their time zone:
+ # Casey moved from UTC+8 to UTC+11
+ # Davis moved from UTC+7 to UTC+5
+ # Mawson moved from UTC+6 to UTC+5
+ # The changes occurred on 2009-10-18 at 02:00 (local times).
+ #
+ # Government source: (Australian Antarctic Division)
+ # <a href="http://www.aad.gov.au/default.asp?casid=37079">
+ # http://www.aad.gov.au/default.asp?casid=37079
+ # </a>
+ #
+ # We have more background information here:
+ # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/antarctica-new-times.html">
+ # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/antarctica-new-times.html
+ # </a>
+ 
  # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
  Zone Antarctica/Casey	0	-	zzz	1969
! 			8:00	-	WST	2009 Oct 18 2:00
! 						# Western (Aus) Standard Time
! 			11:00	-	CAST	# Casey Time
  Zone Antarctica/Davis	0	-	zzz	1957 Jan 13
  			7:00	-	DAVT	1964 Nov # Davis Time
  			0	-	zzz	1969 Feb
! 			7:00	-	DAVT	2009 Oct 18 2:0
! 			5:00	-	DAVT
  Zone Antarctica/Mawson	0	-	zzz	1954 Feb 13
! 			6:00	-	MAWT	2009 Oct 18 2:00
! 						# Mawson Time
! 			5:00	-	MAWT
  # References:
  # <a href="http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/casey/casey_aws.html">
  # Casey Weather (1998-02-26)

------- tz-link.htm -------
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--- /tmp/getb12472	Wed Nov  4 10:01:36 2009
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*** 18,24 ****
  <body>
  <h1>Sources for Time Zone and Daylight Saving Time Data</h1>
  <address>
! @(#)tz-link.htm	8.22
  </address>
  <p>
  This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
--- 18,24 ----
  <body>
  <h1>Sources for Time Zone and Daylight Saving Time Data</h1>
  <address>
! @(#)tz-link.htm	8.23
  </address>
  <p>
  This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
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  These are listed roughly in ascending order of complexity and fanciness.
  </p>
  <ul>
+ <li>
+ <a href="http://permatime.com">
+ Permatime</a>
+ is a service for generating and viewing links that refer to a
+ particular point in time and can be displayed in multiple timezones.
+ It uses the ruby tzinfo gem. 
+ (From Tim Diggins, 2009-11-03.)
+ </li>
  <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
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--- 305,316 ----
  <li><a
  href="http://worldtimeexplorer.com/">World Time Explorer</a> is a
  Microsoft Windows program.</li>
+ <li>
+ <a href="http://www.toriasoft.com">
+ WorldClock for Windows and Windows Mobile</a>
+ lets users "see the time in up to 25 locations in the world at once."
+ (From Hans Nieuwenhuis, 2009-11-02.)
+ </li>
  </ul>
  <h2>Other time zone databases</h2>
  <ul>