[tz] [PROPOSED] Remove Big Bang hack
Paul Eggert
eggert at cs.ucla.edu
Wed Jun 13 10:06:27 UTC 2018
The Big Bang hack introduced in 2013d should no longer be needed,
now that type 0 is the default type and types are reordered to
make this happen. I.e., since we now have a better fix for the
Macquarie Island problem reported by Alan Gutierrez in
<https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2013-May/019368.html>,
we can revert much of the 2013-05-23 12:19:13 -0700 change “Rework
to avoid problem with Australia/Macquarie on 32-bit hosts” and the
2014-05-01 16:32:16 -0700 followup change “zic: improve handling
of low-valued time stamps” which caused zic to insert a dummy
transition. As a result, zic now generates TZif files that are
typically a few bytes shorter, as they were in 2013c and earlier.
* Makefile, zic.8: Remove mention of Big Bang.
* NEWS: Mention.
* zic.c (BIG_BANG, WORK_AROUND_CLIENT_OVERFLOW_BUGS, early_time):
Remove. All uses removed.
(writezone): New arg DEFAULTTYPE. All callers changed.
Simplify by not inserting a dummy transition before the Big Bang.
(outzone): Compute default type for use by writezone.
(addtt): Don’t second-guess type 0.
---
Makefile | 1 -
NEWS | 6 +++
zic.8 | 6 ---
zic.c | 151 ++++++++++++++++-----------------------------------------------
4 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 120 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3705fc0..2289dff 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -173,7 +173,6 @@ LDLIBS=
# Add the following to the end of the "CFLAGS=" line as needed to override
# defaults specified in the source code. "-DFOO" is equivalent to "-DFOO=1".
-# -DBIG_BANG=-9999999LL if the Big Bang occurred at time -9999999 (see zic.c)
# -DDEPRECATE_TWO_DIGIT_YEARS for optional runtime warnings about strftime
# formats that generate only the last two digits of year numbers
# -DEPOCH_LOCAL if the 'time' function returns local time not UT
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index b90e68c..87f675e 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes
legacy zones EST5EDT, CST6CDT, MST7MDT, PST8PDT, CET, MET, and
EET, which previously used nonzero types for these timestamps.
+ Because of the type 0 change, zic no longer outputs a dummy
+ transition at time -2**59 (before the Big Bang), as clients should
+ no longer need this to handle historical timestamps correctly.
+ This reverts a change introduced in 2013d and shrinks most TZif
+ files by a few bytes.
+
localtime.c no longer requires at least one time type in TZif
files that lack transitions or have a POSIX-style TZ string. This
future-proofs the code against possible future extensions to the
diff --git a/zic.8 b/zic.8
index ba4796e..00d4267 100644
--- a/zic.8
+++ b/zic.8
@@ -591,12 +591,6 @@ produces a single transition to daylight saving at the new UT offset
To get separate transitions
use multiple zone continuation lines
specifying transition instants using universal time.
-.PP
-timestamps well before the Big Bang are silently omitted from the output.
-This works around bugs in software that mishandles large negative time
-stamps. Call it sour grapes, but pre-Big-Bang timestamps are
-physically suspect anyway. The pre-Big-Bang cutoff time is
-approximate and may change in future versions.
.SH FILES
.ta \w'/usr/share/zoneinfo\0\0'u
/etc/localtime default local time zone file
diff --git a/zic.c b/zic.c
index fd73f66..88153db 100644
--- a/zic.c
+++ b/zic.c
@@ -948,48 +948,6 @@ dolink(char const *fromfield, char const *tofield, bool staysymlink)
static zic_t const min_time = MINVAL(zic_t, TIME_T_BITS_IN_FILE);
static zic_t const max_time = MAXVAL(zic_t, TIME_T_BITS_IN_FILE);
-/* Estimated time of the Big Bang, in seconds since the POSIX epoch.
- rounded downward to the negation of a power of two that is
- comfortably outside the error bounds.
-
- For the time of the Big Bang, see:
-
- Ade PAR, Aghanim N, Armitage-Caplan C et al. Planck 2013 results.
- I. Overview of products and scientific results.
- arXiv:1303.5062 2013-03-20 20:10:01 UTC
- <https://arxiv.org/pdf/1303.5062v1> [PDF]
-
- Page 36, Table 9, row Age/Gyr, column Planck+WP+highL+BAO 68% limits
- gives the value 13.798 plus-or-minus 0.037 billion years.
- Multiplying this by 1000000000 and then by 31557600 (the number of
- seconds in an astronomical year) gives a value that is comfortably
- less than 2**59, so BIG_BANG is - 2**59.
-
- BIG_BANG is approximate, and may change in future versions.
- Please do not rely on its exact value. */
-
-#ifndef BIG_BANG
-#define BIG_BANG (- (1LL << 59))
-#endif
-
-/* If true, work around GNOME glib bug 878
- <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/issues/878>
- by refusing to output timestamps before BIG_BANG.
- Such timestamps are physically suspect anyway.
- The glib bug is scheduled to be fixed in glib 2.58.
- There is a similar bug in 32-bit glibc 2.27 and earlier
- <https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19738>
- that is scheduled to be fixed in glibc 2.28;
- unfortunately a similar bug might persist in 64-bit glibc
- though this has not been verified. With all this in mind,
- let's hope that the workaround will no longer be needed
- in the year 2025. */
-enum { WORK_AROUND_CLIENT_OVERFLOW_BUGS = true };
-
-static const zic_t early_time = (WORK_AROUND_CLIENT_OVERFLOW_BUGS
- ? BIG_BANG
- : MINVAL(zic_t, TIME_T_BITS_IN_FILE));
-
/* Return true if NAME is a directory. */
static bool
itsdir(char const *name)
@@ -1775,7 +1733,8 @@ swaptypes(int i, int j)
}
static void
-writezone(const char *const name, const char *const string, char version)
+writezone(const char *const name, const char *const string, char version,
+ int defaulttype)
{
register FILE * fp;
register ptrdiff_t i, j;
@@ -1805,13 +1764,11 @@ writezone(const char *const name, const char *const string, char version)
toi = 0;
fromi = 0;
- while (fromi < timecnt && attypes[fromi].at < early_time)
- ++fromi;
for ( ; fromi < timecnt; ++fromi) {
- if (toi > 1 && ((attypes[fromi].at +
+ if (toi != 0 && ((attypes[fromi].at +
gmtoffs[attypes[toi - 1].type]) <=
- (attypes[toi - 1].at +
- gmtoffs[attypes[toi - 2].type]))) {
+ (attypes[toi - 1].at + gmtoffs[toi == 1 ? 0
+ : attypes[toi - 2].type]))) {
attypes[toi - 1].type =
attypes[fromi].type;
continue;
@@ -1919,8 +1876,8 @@ writezone(const char *const name, const char *const string, char version)
for (pass = 1; pass <= 2; ++pass) {
register ptrdiff_t thistimei, thistimecnt, thistimelim;
register int thisleapi, thisleapcnt, thisleaplim;
- int old0, new0;
- char omittype[TZ_MAX_TYPES + 1];
+ int old0;
+ char omittype[TZ_MAX_TYPES];
int typemap[TZ_MAX_TYPES];
register int thistypecnt;
char thischars[TZ_MAX_CHARS];
@@ -1945,45 +1902,17 @@ writezone(const char *const name, const char *const string, char version)
error(_("too many transition times"));
thistimelim = thistimei + thistimecnt;
thisleaplim = thisleapi + thisleapcnt;
- memset(omittype, thistimecnt != timecnt, typecnt);
- if (thistimecnt == 0) {
- /*
- ** No transition times fall in the current
- ** (32- or 64-bit) window.
- */
- if (typecnt != 0)
- omittype[typecnt - 1] = false;
- } else {
- for (i = thistimei - 1; i < thistimelim; ++i)
- if (i >= 0)
- omittype[types[i]] = false;
- /*
- ** For America/Godthab and Antarctica/Palmer
- */
- if (thistimei == 0)
- omittype[0] = false;
- }
-
- /* Reorder types to make type 0 the first-used standard type
- if one is used, otherwise the first-used DST type if one
- is used, otherwise no reordering. Use TYPEMAP to swap
- OLD0 and NEW0 so that NEW0 appears as type 0 in the output
- instead of OLD0. TYPEMAP also omits unused types. */
- omittype[typecnt] = false; /* strlen sentinel */
+ memset(omittype, true, typecnt);
+ omittype[defaulttype] = false;
+ for (i = thistimei; i < thistimelim; i++)
+ omittype[types[i]] = false;
+
+ /* Reorder types to make DEFAULTTYPE type 0.
+ Use TYPEMAP to swap OLD0 and DEFAULTTYPE so that
+ DEFAULTTYPE appears as type 0 in the output instead
+ of OLD0. TYPEMAP also omits unused types. */
old0 = strlen(omittype);
- new0 = -1;
- for (i = 0; i < timecnt; i++)
- if (!omittype[types[i]]) {
- if (! isdsts[types[i]]) {
- new0 = types[i];
- break;
- }
- if (new0 < 0)
- new0 = types[i];
- }
- if (new0 < 0)
- new0 = old0;
- swaptypes(old0, new0);
+ swaptypes(old0, defaulttype);
#ifndef LEAVE_SOME_PRE_2011_SYSTEMS_IN_THE_LURCH
/*
@@ -2035,7 +1964,8 @@ writezone(const char *const name, const char *const string, char version)
thistypecnt = 0;
for (i = old0; i < typecnt; i++)
if (!omittype[i])
- typemap[i == old0 ? new0 : i == new0 ? old0 : i]
+ typemap[i == old0 ? defaulttype
+ : i == defaulttype ? old0 : i]
= thistypecnt++;
for (i = 0; i < sizeof indmap / sizeof indmap[0]; ++i)
@@ -2133,7 +2063,7 @@ writezone(const char *const name, const char *const string, char version)
for (i = old0; i < typecnt; i++)
if (!omittype[i])
putc(ttisgmts[i], fp);
- swaptypes(old0, new0);
+ swaptypes(old0, defaulttype);
}
fprintf(fp, "\n%s\n", string);
close_file(fp, directory, name);
@@ -2487,6 +2417,7 @@ outzone(const struct zone *zpfirst, ptrdiff_t zonecount)
zic_t one = 1;
zic_t y2038_boundary = one << 31;
zic_t max_year0;
+ int defaulttype = -1;
max_abbr_len = 2 + max_format_len + max_abbrvar_len;
max_envvar_len = 2 * max_abbr_len + 5 * 9;
@@ -2595,9 +2526,9 @@ outzone(const struct zone *zpfirst, ptrdiff_t zonecount)
*/
stdoff = 0;
zp = &zpfirst[i];
- usestart = i > 0 && (zp - 1)->z_untiltime > early_time;
+ usestart = i > 0 && (zp - 1)->z_untiltime > min_time;
useuntil = i < (zonecount - 1);
- if (useuntil && zp->z_untiltime <= early_time)
+ if (useuntil && zp->z_untiltime <= min_time)
continue;
gmtoff = zp->z_gmtoff;
eat(zp->z_filename, zp->z_linenum);
@@ -2612,7 +2543,8 @@ outzone(const struct zone *zpfirst, ptrdiff_t zonecount)
if (usestart) {
addtt(starttime, type);
usestart = false;
- } else addtt(early_time, type);
+ } else
+ defaulttype = type;
} else for (year = min_year; year <= max_year; ++year) {
if (useuntil && year > zp->z_untilrule.r_hiyear)
break;
@@ -2726,6 +2658,8 @@ outzone(const struct zone *zpfirst, ptrdiff_t zonecount)
offset = oadd(zp->z_gmtoff, rp->r_stdoff);
type = addtype(offset, ab, rp->r_isdst,
rp->r_todisstd, rp->r_todisgmt);
+ if (defaulttype < 0 && !rp->r_isdst)
+ defaulttype = type;
if (rp->r_hiyear == ZIC_MAX
&& ! (0 <= lastatmax
&& ktime < attypes[lastatmax].at))
@@ -2742,11 +2676,14 @@ outzone(const struct zone *zpfirst, ptrdiff_t zonecount)
eat(zp->z_filename, zp->z_linenum);
if (*startbuf == '\0')
error(_("can't determine time zone abbreviation to use just after until time"));
- else addtt(starttime,
- addtype(startoff, startbuf,
- startoff != zp->z_gmtoff,
- startttisstd,
- startttisgmt));
+ else {
+ bool isdst = startoff != zp->z_gmtoff;
+ type = addtype(startoff, startbuf, isdst,
+ startttisstd, startttisgmt);
+ if (defaulttype < 0 && !isdst)
+ defaulttype = type;
+ addtt(starttime, type);
+ }
}
/*
** Now we may get to set starttime for the next zone line.
@@ -2761,6 +2698,8 @@ error(_("can't determine time zone abbreviation to use just after until time"));
starttime = tadd(starttime, -gmtoff);
}
}
+ if (defaulttype < 0)
+ defaulttype = 0;
if (0 <= lastatmax)
attypes[lastatmax].dontmerge = true;
if (do_extend) {
@@ -2788,7 +2727,7 @@ error(_("can't determine time zone abbreviation to use just after until time"));
attypes[timecnt - 1].dontmerge = true;
}
}
- writezone(zpfirst->z_name, envvar, version);
+ writezone(zpfirst->z_name, envvar, version, defaulttype);
free(startbuf);
free(ab);
free(envvar);
@@ -2797,20 +2736,6 @@ error(_("can't determine time zone abbreviation to use just after until time"));
static void
addtt(zic_t starttime, int type)
{
- if (starttime <= early_time
- || (timecnt == 1 && attypes[0].at < early_time)) {
- gmtoffs[0] = gmtoffs[type];
- isdsts[0] = isdsts[type];
- ttisstds[0] = ttisstds[type];
- ttisgmts[0] = ttisgmts[type];
- if (abbrinds[type] != 0)
- strcpy(chars, &chars[abbrinds[type]]);
- abbrinds[0] = 0;
- charcnt = strlen(chars) + 1;
- typecnt = 1;
- timecnt = 0;
- type = 0;
- }
attypes = growalloc(attypes, sizeof *attypes, timecnt, &timecnt_alloc);
attypes[timecnt].at = starttime;
attypes[timecnt].dontmerge = false;
--
2.7.4
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