[tz] Undoing the effect of the new alike-since-1970 patch

Almaz Mingaleev mingaleev at google.com
Mon Sep 20 15:15:54 UTC 2021


Thanks, Paul. It works fine.

On Mon, 20 Sept 2021 at 15:50, Paul Eggert <eggert at cs.ucla.edu> wrote:

> On 9/20/21 5:34 AM, Almaz Mingaleev wrote:
> > Thanks for the patch, Paul.
> > I've applied it, but it is not what zone.tab was in 2021a
>
> Thanks for checking. Unfortunately I overlooked one of the important
> commits since 2021a. I fixed that and came up with the attached patch;
> please try that instead.
>
> > Is it safe to revert zone.tab to what it was in 2021a
> > <
> https://github.com/eggert/tz/blob/3831c591e188edc16d1a6855fb20ebee78c4e27b/zone.tab
> >
>
> Almost, but that misses the post-2021a replacement of Enderbury with
> Kanton.  Here are the changes from 2021a to the zone.tab that results
> from applying the attached patch to the current main branch of the
> development repository:
>
> diff --git a/zone.tab b/zone.tab
> index 1f0128f..3d4a7f7 100644
> --- a/zone.tab
> +++ b/zone.tab
> @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
>   # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
>   # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
>   #
> -# From Paul Eggert (2018-06-27):
> +# From Paul Eggert (2021-09-20):
>   # This file is intended as a backward-compatibility aid for older
> programs.
>   # New programs should use zone1970.tab.  This file is like
> zone1970.tab (see
>   # zone1970.tab's comments), but with the following additional
> restrictions:
> @@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
>   # clocks have agreed since 1970; this is a narrower definition than
>   # that of zone1970.tab.
>   #
> +# Unlike zone1970.tab, a row's third column can be a Link from
> +# 'backward' instead of a Zone,
> +#
>   # This table is intended as an aid for users, to help them select
> timezones
>   # appropriate for their practical needs.  It is not intended to take or
>   # endorse any position on legal or territorial claims.
> @@ -228,7 +231,7 @@ KE  -0117+03649     Africa/Nairobi
>   KG    +4254+07436     Asia/Bishkek
>   KH    +1133+10455     Asia/Phnom_Penh
>   KI    +0125+17300     Pacific/Tarawa  Gilbert Islands
> -KI     -0308-17105     Pacific/Enderbury       Phoenix Islands
> +KI     -0247-17143     Pacific/Kanton  Phoenix Islands
>   KI    +0152-15720     Pacific/Kiritimati      Line Islands
>   KM    -1141+04316     Indian/Comoro
>   KN    +1718-06243     America/St_Kitts
> @@ -391,7 +394,7 @@ TK  -0922-17114     Pacific/Fakaofo
>   TL    -0833+12535     Asia/Dili
>   TM    +3757+05823     Asia/Ashgabat
>   TN    +3648+01011     Africa/Tunis
> -TO     -2110-17510     Pacific/Tongatapu
> +TO     -210800-1751200 Pacific/Tongatapu
>   TR    +4101+02858     Europe/Istanbul
>   TT    +1039-06131     America/Port_of_Spain
>   TV    -0831+17913     Pacific/Funafuti
>
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