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README for the tz distribution
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This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
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2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
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mkdir tz
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cd tz
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wget 'ftp://munnari.oz.au/pub/tz*.tar.gz'
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gzip -dc tzcode*.tar.gz | tar -xf -
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gzip -dc tzdata*.tar.gz | tar -xf -
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wget --retr-symlinks 'ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/tz*-latest.tar.gz'
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gzip -dc tzcode-latest.tar.gz | tar -xf -
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gzip -dc tzdata-latest.tar.gz | tar -xf -
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Be sure to read the comments in "Makefile" and make any changes needed
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to make things right for your system, especially if you are using some
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for testing work, and to Gwillim Law for checking local mean time data.
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None of them are responsible for remaining errors.
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Look in the ~ftp/pub directory of munnari.oz.au
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Look in <ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/releases/>
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for updated versions of these files.
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Please send comments or information to tz@iana.org.
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<meta http-equiv="Content-type" content='text/html; charset="US-ASCII"'>
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<meta name="DC.Creator" content="Eggert, Paul">
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<meta name="DC.Contributor" content="Olson, Arthur David">
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<meta name="DC.Date" content="2007-12-26">
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<meta name="DC.Date" content="2012-07-19">
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<meta name="DC.Description"
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content="Sources of information about time zones and daylight saving time">
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<meta name="DC.Identifier" content="http://www.twinsun.com/tz/tz-link.htm">
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the location's full name, e.g., <code>TZ="America/New_York"</code>.</p>
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<p>
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In the <code>tz</code> database's
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<a href="ftp://munnari.oz.au/pub"><abbr
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title="File Transfer Protocol">FTP</abbr> distribution</a>
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<a href="ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/releases/"><abbr
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title="File Transfer Protocol">FTP</abbr> releases</a>
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the code is in the file <code>tzcode<var>C</var>.tar.gz</code>,
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where <code><var>C</var></code> is the code's version;
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similarly, the data are in <code>tzdata<var>D</var>.tar.gz</code>,
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where <code><var>D</var></code> is the data's version.
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Each version is a four-digit year followed by lower-case letters
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(a through z, then za through zz, then zza through zzz, and so on).
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Convenience links to
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the <a href="ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/tzcode-latest.tar.gz">latest
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code</a> and
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<a href="ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/tzdata-latest.tar.gz">latest data</a> revisions
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are also available.
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The following <a
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href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_shell">shell</a> commands download
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these files to a <abbr>GNU</abbr>/Linux or similar host;
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<code>README</code> file for what to do next.</p>
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<pre style="margin-left: 2em"><code>mkdir tz
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cd tz
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<a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/">wget</a> 'ftp://munnari.oz.au/pub/tz*.tar.gz'
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<a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/">gzip</a> -dc tzcode*.tar.gz | <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/">tar</a> -xf -
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gzip -dc tzdata*.tar.gz | tar -xf -
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<a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/">wget</a> --retr-symlinks 'ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/tz*-latest.tar.gz'
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<a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/">gzip</a> -dc tzcode-latest.tar.gz | <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/">tar</a> -xf -
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gzip -dc tzdata-latest.tar.gz | tar -xf -
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</code></pre>
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<p>
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The code and data files can also be obtained from the
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href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/">archive of old
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messages</a> (message by message or in gzip compressed format),
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or retrieve <a
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href="ftp://munnari.oz.au/pub/oldtz">archived older versions of code
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href="ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/releases/">archived older versions of code
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and data</a>.</p>
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<p>
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The Web has several other sources for time zone and daylight saving time data.
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Permatime</a>
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is a service for generating and viewing links that refer to a
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particular point in time and can be displayed in multiple timezones.
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It uses the ruby tzinfo gem.
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It uses the ruby tzinfo gem.
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(From Tim Diggins, 2009-11-03.)
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</li>
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<li><a href="http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/xtra/tzdatepick.html">Date and Time Gateway</a>
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