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@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ Release 2021b - 2021-09-24 16:23:00 -0700 Starting with 2020a, zic -L truncated its output according to the "Expires" directive or "#expires" comment in the leapseconds file. The resulting TZif files omitted daylight saving transitions after - the leap second table expired, which led to far less-accurate + the leap second table expired, which led to far less accurate predictions of times after the expiry. Although future timestamps cannot be converted accurately in the presence of leap seconds, it is more accurate to convert near-future timestamps with a few @@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ Release 2021b - 2021-09-24 16:23:00 -0700 zic -L LEAPFILE -r @LO no longer generates an invalid TZif file that omits leap second information for the range LO..B when LO falls between two leap seconds A and B. Instead, it generates a - TZif version 4 file that represents the previously-missing + TZif version 4 file that represents the previously missing information. The TZif reader now allows the leap second table to begin with a @@ -741,7 +741,7 @@ Release 2021b - 2021-09-24 16:23:00 -0700 Fix a bug with 'zic -r @X' when X is a negative leap second that has a nonnegative correction. Without the fix, the output file was truncated so that X appeared to be a positive leap second. - Fix a similar, even-less-likely bug when truncating at a positive + Fix a similar, even less likely bug when truncating at a positive leap second that has a nonpositive correction. zic -r now reports an error if given rolling leap seconds, as this @@ -762,7 +762,7 @@ Release 2021b - 2021-09-24 16:23:00 -0700 fixing a bug introduced in 2014g. zdump -v now outputs timestamps at boundaries of what localtime - and gmtime can represent, instead of the less-useful timestamps + and gmtime can represent, instead of the less useful timestamps one day after the minimum and one day before the maximum. (Thanks to Arthur David Olson for prototype code, and to Manuela Friedrich for debugging help.) @@ -2382,7 +2382,7 @@ Release 2016g - 2016-09-13 08:56:38 -0700 names internally. zdump has a new -i option to generate transitions in a - more-compact but still human-readable format. This option is + smaller but still human-readable format. This option is experimental, and the output format may change in future versions. (Thanks to Jon Skeet for suggesting that an option was needed, and thanks to Tim Parenti and Chris Rovick for further comments.) @@ -2404,7 +2404,7 @@ Release 2016g - 2016-09-13 08:56:38 -0700 release 2016g, the version number is now something like '2016g-23-g50556e3-dirty' instead of the misleading '2016g'. Tagged releases use the same version number format as before, - e.g., '2016g'. To support the more-accurate version number, its + e.g., '2016g'. To support the more accurate version number, its specification has moved from a line in the Makefile to a new source file 'version'. @@ -3035,7 +3035,7 @@ Release 2014i - 2014-10-21 22:04:57 -0700 Since Belarus is not changing its clocks even though Moscow is, the time zone abbreviation in Europe/Minsk is changing from FET - to its more-traditional value MSK on 2014-10-26 at 01:00. + to its more traditional value MSK on 2014-10-26 at 01:00. (Thanks to Alexander Bokovoy for the heads-up about Belarus.) The new abbreviation IDT stands for the pre-1976 use of UT +08 in @@ -3127,7 +3127,7 @@ Release 2014h - 2014-09-25 18:59:03 -0700 Changes affecting build procedure - 'make check' now checks better for properly-sorted data. + 'make check' now checks better for properly sorted data. Changes affecting documentation and commentary @@ -3628,7 +3628,7 @@ Release 2014a - 2014-03-07 23:30:29 -0800 Changes affecting past timestamps - Fiji ended DST on 2014-01-19 at 02:00, not the previously-scheduled 03:00. + Fiji ended DST on 2014-01-19 at 02:00, not the previously scheduled 03:00. (Thanks to Steffen Thorsen.) Ukraine switched from Moscow to Eastern European time on 1990-07-01 @@ -3882,7 +3882,7 @@ Release 2013e - 2013-09-19 23:50:04 -0700 Allow POSIX-like TZ strings where the transition time's hour can range from -167 through 167, instead of the POSIX-required 0 through 24. E.g., TZ='FJT-12FJST,M10.3.1/146,M1.3.4/75' for the - new Fiji rules. This is a more-compact way to represent + new Fiji rules. This is a more compact way to represent far-future timestamps for America/Godthab, America/Santiago, Antarctica/Palmer, Asia/Gaza, Asia/Hebron, Asia/Jerusalem, Pacific/Easter, and Pacific/Fiji. Other zones are unaffected by @@ -3890,7 +3890,7 @@ Release 2013e - 2013-09-19 23:50:04 -0700 Allow POSIX-like TZ strings where daylight saving time is in effect all year. E.g., TZ='WART4WARST,J1/0,J365/25' for Western - Argentina Summer Time all year. This supports a more-compact way + Argentina Summer Time all year. This supports a more compact way to represent the 2013d data for America/Argentina/San_Luis. Because of the change for San Luis noted above this change does not affect the current data. (Thanks to Andrew Main (Zefram) for @@ -3979,13 +3979,13 @@ Release 2013e - 2013-09-19 23:50:04 -0700 zdump now outputs "UT" when referring to Universal Time, not "UTC". "UTC" does not make sense for timestamps that predate the introduction - of UTC, whereas "UT", a more-generic term, does. (Thanks to Steve Allen + of UTC, whereas "UT", a more generic term, does. (Thanks to Steve Allen for clarifying UT vs UTC.) Data changes affecting behavior of tzselect and similar programs - Country code BQ is now called the more-common name "Caribbean Netherlands" - rather than the more-official "Bonaire, St Eustatius & Saba". + Country code BQ is now called the more common name "Caribbean Netherlands" + rather than the more official "Bonaire, St Eustatius & Saba". Remove from zone.tab the names America/Montreal, America/Shiprock, and Antarctica/South_Pole, as they are equivalent to existing @@ -4169,7 +4169,7 @@ Release 2013c - 2013-04-19 16:17:40 -0700 Macquarie Island is politically part of Australia, not Antarctica. (Thanks to Tobias Conradi.) - Sort Macquarie more-consistently with other parts of Australia. + Sort Macquarie more consistently with other parts of Australia. (Thanks to Tim Parenti.) @@ -5393,7 +5393,7 @@ Release data1998g - 1998-08-11 03:28:35 -0000 Release data1998f - 1998-07-20 13:50:00 -0000 [tzdata1998f.tar.gz is missing!] - Update the "leapseconds" file to include the newly-announced + Update the "leapseconds" file to include the newly announced insertion at the end of 1998. |