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| author | David Leonard <d@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2000-04-16 16:24:05 +0000 |
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| committer | David Leonard <d@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2000-04-16 16:24:05 +0000 |
| commit | d8e34731dd65c5a5d877e88d6467335b263b782a (patch) | |
| tree | a41b0824d1d1d44babd7c0a7046d30a0a242d52e /lib/libc/time/WWW.htm | |
| parent | c87c72f9d1e366309573164f3e911795e14b16e1 (diff) | |
sync with ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzcode2000c.tar.gz, millert@ ok
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diff --git a/lib/libc/time/WWW.htm b/lib/libc/time/WWW.htm deleted file mode 100644 index 30bddb8afab..00000000000 --- a/lib/libc/time/WWW.htm +++ /dev/null @@ -1,104 +0,0 @@ -<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/strict.dtd"> -<!-- $OpenBSD: WWW.htm,v 1.3 1999/07/01 23:05:39 d Exp $ --> -<HTML> -<HEAD> -<TITLE>Sources for Time Zone and Daylight Saving Time Data</TITLE> -</HEAD> -<BODY> -<H1>Sources for Time Zone and Daylight Saving Time Data</H1> -<P> -<H6> -@(#)WWW.htm 7.18 -</H6> -<H2>Paul Eggert writes:</H2><P> -The public-domain tz database contains code and data -that represent the history of local time -for many representative locations around the globe. -It is updated periodically to reflect changes made by political bodies -to UTC offsets and daylight-saving rules. -This database (often called <samp>zoneinfo</samp>) -is used by several implementations, -including BSD, DJGPP, GNU/Linux, HP-UX, IRIX, Solaris, and UnixWare. -In the tz database's -<A HREF="ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/">FTP distribution</A>, -the code is in the file <samp>tzcode<var>C</var>.tar.gz</samp>, -where <samp><var>C</var></samp> is the code's version; -similarly, the data are in <samp>tzdata<var>D</var>.tar.gz</samp>, -where <samp><var>D</var></samp> is the data's version. -<P> -The <A HREF="http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/">GNU C Library</A> -has an independent, thread-safe implementation of -a time zone file reader that is compatible with <samp>zoneinfo</samp>. -This library is freely available under the GNU Library General Public License, -and is widely used in GNU/Linux systems. -<P> -The Web has several other sources for time zone and daylight saving time data. -Here are some recent links that may be of interest. -<UL> -<LI><A HREF="http://www.bsdi.com/date/">Date and Time Gateway</A> -is a text-based source for tables of current time throughout the world. -Its point-and-click interface accesses a recent version of the tz data. -<LI><A HREF="http://worldtime.com/">WORLDTIME: interactive atlas, -time info, public holidays</A> -contains information on local time, sunrise and sunset, -and public holidays in several hundred cities around the world. -<LI><A HREF="http://www.hilink.com.au/times/">Local Times Around the World</A> -is a text-based system containing links to local time servers -throughout the world; though the coverage is limited, -the live data provide a nice way to check one's tables. -<LI><A HREF="http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/tzones.html">World Time Zones</A> -contains US Naval Observatory data, used as the source -for the <samp>usno*</samp> files. -<LI>The United States Central Intelligence Agency publishes a -<A HREF="http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/figures/802597.jpg">time -zone map</A>; the -<A HREF="http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/world_maps.html"> -Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection</A> -of the University of Texas at Austin has on-line copies of -recent editions. -The pictorial quality is good, -but the maps do not indicate summer time, -and parts of the data are a few years out of date. -<LI><A HREF="http://worldtimezone.com/"><SAMP>Worldtimezone.com</SAMP></A> -has several fancy time zone maps; it covers Russia particularly well. -The maps' pictorial quality is not quite as good as the CIA's -and (as usual with maps) the maps are not quite up to date. -<LI><A HREF="http://pisolo.cstv.to.cnr.it/toi/uk/toi.html">The -Time of Internet</A> -contains good descriptions of Time Zones and daylight saving time, -with diagrams. -The time zone map is out of date, however. -<LI><A HREF="http://ecco.bsee.swin.edu.au/chronos/GMT-explained.html">A -Few Facts Concerning GMT, UT, and the RGO</A> -answers questions like ``What is the difference between GMT and UTC?'' -<LI><A HREF="http://energy.ca.gov/daylightsaving.html">Daylight -Saving Time -- Saving Time, Saving Energy</A> -is a history of DST in the US. -<LI><A HREF="http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Measurements_and_Units/Time/Time_Zones/">Yahoo! - Science:Measurements and Units:Time:Time Zones</A> -is where the famous Internet indexing service Yahoo! collects its time zone -info. -<LI>The <A HREF="http://www.iata.org/">International Air Transport Association</A> -publishes the IATA Standard Schedules Information Manual (SSIM), -which gives current time zone rules for -all the airports served by commercial aviation. -<LI><A HREF="http://hpiers.obspm.fr/webiers/results/bul/README.html">Bulletins -of IERS</A> contains official publications of the -International Earth Rotation Service, the committee that decides -when leap seconds occur. -</UL> -<P> --- <A HREF="mailto:eggert@twinsun.com">eggert@twinsun.com</A> -(1999-03-22) -</P> -<H2>Arthur David Olson writes:</H2><P> -A good source of information about -<A HREF="http://www.iso.ch/markete/moreend.htm">ISO 8601</A> seems to be -<A HREF="http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-time.html">International -Standard Date and Time Notation</A> -maintained by Markus Kuhn. -<P> --- <A HREF="mailto:arthur_david_olson@nih.gov">arthur_david_olson@nih.gov</A> -(1996-01-04) -</P> -</BODY> -</HTML> |