This was experimental, and it appears that the tzwinnow
approach will be better. We need to cut a new stable
release soon, and the -t option might make it harder to
integrate tzwinnow later, so let's omit -t for now.
* .gitignore: Remove time.tab.
* Makefile (ZONETABTYPE): Remove. All uses removed.
(time.tab): Remove. All uses removed.
* Theory: Omit discussion of time.tab.
* zone-time.awk: Remove.
* tzselect.8: Omit -t and time.tab.
* tzselect.ksh (ZONETABTYPE): Remove. All uses removed.
Remove -t ZONETABTYPE option.
* zone.tab: Restore first comment line, since there's no longer
a need to distinguish this file from time.tab.
In several places the code and documentation incorrectly used
"UTC" to describe time stamps that might precede the introduction
of UTC and for which UTC is therefore undefined. Change these
uses to "UT", as that's the correct term when talking about these
time stamps. Problem reported by Steve Allen in
<http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2013-September/019907.html>.
The major compatibility issue here is with 'zdump -v'; it'll now
output "UT" instead of the possibly-incorrect "UTC".
Many files change in minor ways in the commentary.
* zdump.c (show):
* zic.c (inzsub, addtype):
In output, say "UT" rather than "UTC", since the time stamp we're
talking about might precede the introduction of UTC.
These come from POSIX or similar platforms, or from the standard
'zic' implementation, but never got written down anywhere.
* Theory: Document other POSIX-inspired restrictions on names.
* zic.8 (DESCRIPTION): Document that zic's behavior is unspecified
if some names are duplicates. Sometimes it complains, sometimes not.
This change stemmed from a long discussion on the tz mailing list
about what country the Jerusalem zone entry is in. The idea of
this change is to deemphasize the role of countries in the tz
database, to lessen the amount of controversy in the future.
Due to backward compatibility concerns this change does not eliminate
the role of countries entirely. With one minor exception this
change does not alter any code or data, just comments.
* Theory, zone.tab: Deemphasize the role of countries in choosing
location names, as they tend to introduce political conflict
during maintenance, and country information isn't needed for
typical uses of the database.
* Theory: Say that names should differ in more than just case, and why;
and explain why 'backward' means old names will continue to work.
(thanks to Norbert Lindenberg for spotting these issues).
Update citation date and URL.
* iso3166.tab: Mention latest maintenance update.
Update citation URL. Add missing comma for BQ.
Be more consistent about abbreviating Sint like Saint.
Mention SX "Dutch part" for consistency with MF "French part".
* iso3166.tab, zone.tab: Add legal/territorial disclaimer.
* zone.tab: Say that country/zone overlaps can occur in both
directions, and that column 2 need not lie within column 1.
(Asia/Jerusalem): Change the coordinates from a sloppy value,
taken from an old astrology book, to a more-precise value, the
site of city hall. The sloppy value sparked some controversy and
the hope is that the more-precise value will be a bit less
controversial.
Paul Eggert
Arthur David Olson
Arthur David Olson