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Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:33:41 +0800
From: sqweek <sqweek@gmail.com>
To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@9fans.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] Timezone file for Riyadh, KSA
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On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 4:32 PM, John Waters <jcwjr215@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello and good morning,
>  I have recently relocated to Riyadh, KSA and have decided to spend my
>  now all-too-copious free time learning the ins and outs of Plan 9. One
>  nagging problem for me, however, is the lack of a AST timezone file.
>
>  I am curious if it is at all possible for:
>
>  1) Someone to throw one together for me, or (better still)
>  2) Explain to me the format of the file.

 The format is documented in ctime(2). Probably more readably than I
am about to attempt ;)

<abbreviation> <gmt offset [seconds]> <DST abbreviation> <DST gmt
offset [seconds]>
<start of first DST period [seconds since the epoch (start of 1970)]>
<end of first dst period [seconds since epoch]> <start of second DST
period> <end of second DST period> ...

-sqweek