Subject: lib/844: Australian timezone file needs immediate updating
To: None <gnats-admin@NetBSD.ORG>
From: David Burren <davidb@eyrie.Werj.com.au>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 03/05/1995 13:50:03
>Number: 844
>Category: lib
>Synopsis: Daylight-savings for Australia/Victoria has changed.
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: high
>Responsible: lib-bug-people (Library Bug People)
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Sun Mar 5 13:50:02 1995
>Originator: David Burren
>Organization:
Werj
>Release: 950304
>Environment:
>Description:
This year daylight savings here in Victoria doesn't end yesterday,
but rather on the last Sunday of March.
>How-To-Repeat:
`date` with TZ=Australia/Victoria
>Fix:
This change fixes it for now, although the timezone file needs
review and checking against the current legislation in all
Australian zones.
*** /usr/src/share/zoneinfo/datfiles/australasia.old Mon Mar 6 08:41:18 1995
--- /usr/src/share/zoneinfo/datfiles/australasia Mon Mar 6 08:41:49 1995
***************
*** 63,69 ****
Rule AV 1986 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 -
Rule AV 1986 1987 - Oct Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 -
Rule AV 1988 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 -
! Rule AV 1991 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Australia/Victoria 10:00 AV EST
--- 63,70 ----
Rule AV 1986 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 -
Rule AV 1986 1987 - Oct Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 -
Rule AV 1988 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 -
! Rule AV 1991 1994 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
! Rule AV 1995 max - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Australia/Victoria 10:00 AV EST
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
System: NetBSD pandion.eyrie.Werj.com.au 1.0A NetBSD 1.0A (PANDION) #1: Sun Feb 26 21:06:11 EST 1995 root@:/slab/3/netbsd.0106/NetBSD-current/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/PANDION i386