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Message-ID: <20110929193229.GB15521@gremlin.ru>
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 23:32:29 +0400
From: gremlin@...mlin.ru
To: owl-dev@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: timezones
On 29-Sep-2011 20:21:03 +0400, Solar Designer wrote:
> Earlier, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev announced that he had
> decided to abolish the use of daylight saving time from the autumn
> of 2011. The same has been done by Belarus, Georgia and the
> countries of Central Asia."
> So at least Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, and "the countries
> of Central Asia" (which ones?) are affected.
That's true. And the solution should look like
--- glibc-orig/timezone/europe 2011-05-31 08:12:33 +0400
+++ glibc/timezone/europe 2011-09-24 10:05:19 +0400
@@ -561,9 +561,9 @@
#
Rule Russia 1992 only - Mar lastSat 23:00 1:00 S
Rule Russia 1992 only - Sep lastSat 23:00 0 -
-Rule Russia 1993 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S
+Rule Russia 1993 2011 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S
Rule Russia 1993 1995 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 -
-Rule Russia 1996 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 -
+Rule Russia 1996 2010 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 -
# These are for backward compatibility with older versions.
Please note: _I didn't check that yet_. Also, the timezone names for
Russia have to be changed in accordance with internal names, but I
doubt those old farts wil accept this change:
- 2:00 Russia EE%sT
+ 2:00 Russia EE%sT 2011 Mar lastSun 2:00s
+ 3:00 Russia KLG
- 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD
+ 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 2011 Mar lastSun 2:00s
+ 4:00 Russia MSK
- 3:00 Russia VOL%sT
+ 3:00 Russia VOL%sT 2011 Mar lastSun 2:00s
+ 4:00 Russia VOL
- 4:00 Russia SAM%sT # Samara Time
+ 4:00 Russia SAM
- 5:00 Russia YEK%sT # Yekaterinburg Time
+ 5:00 Russia YEK%sT 2011 Mar lastSun 2:00s
+ 6:00 Russia YEK
- 6:00 Russia OMS%sT
+ 6:00 Russia OMS%sT 2011 Mar lastSun 2:00s
+ 7:00 Russia OMS
- 6:00 Russia NOV%sT
+ 6:00 Russia NOV%sT 2011 Mar lastSun 2:00s
+ 7:00 Russia NSK
- 7:00 Russia KRA%sT
+ 7:00 Russia KRA%sT 2011 Mar lastSun 2:00s
+ 8:00 Russia KRS
etc.
> Perhaps this is already addressed in upstream glibc? (I haven't
> checked.)
As for glibc-2.14, it is not.
> What do other distros do about these things?
It looks like they wait for being pecked by a fried chicken.
--
Alexey V. Vissarionov aka Gremlin from Kremlin
<gremlin ПРИ gremlin ТЧК ru>
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