[9fans] Timezone file for Riyadh, KSA

[9fans] Timezone file for Riyadh, KSA

[John Waters]

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.

Also, are there any other plan 9 users in Saudi? :)

Thanks,
John Waters, no relation to the director.

Re: [9fans] Timezone file for Riyadh, KSA

[sqweek]

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

Re: [9fans] Timezone file for Riyadh, KSA

[gas]

As far as i know, Saudi Arabia is at UTC+3h and has no daylight savings time, so

AST 10800 AST 10800

should do. (C.f. Arizona.)


--- Den mån 2008-04-21 skrev John Waters <jcwjr215@gmail.com>:

> Från: John Waters <jcwjr215@gmail.com>
> Ämne: [9fans] Timezone file for Riyadh, KSA
> Till: 9fans@9fans.net
> Datum: måndag 21 april 2008 10.32
> 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.
> 
> Also, are there any other plan 9 users in Saudi? :)
> 
> Thanks,
> John Waters, no relation to the director.


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Re: [9fans] Timezone file for Riyadh, KSA

[John Waters]

Hi gas,

After reviewing ctime's man page I came to the same conclusion.
I just tried it out and it appears to be just smurfy.

Thanks all,
jcw

On 4/21/08, gas <smurfasmurf@yahoo.com> wrote:
> As far as i know, Saudi Arabia is at UTC+3h and has no daylight savings time, so
>
> AST 10800 AST 10800
>
> should do. (C.f. Arizona.)
>
>
> --- Den mån 2008-04-21 skrev John Waters <jcwjr215@gmail.com>:
>
> > Från: John Waters <jcwjr215@gmail.com>
> > Ämne: [9fans] Timezone file for Riyadh, KSA
> > Till: 9fans@9fans.net
> > Datum: måndag 21 april 2008 10.32
> > 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.
> >
> > Also, are there any other plan 9 users in Saudi? :)
> >
> > Thanks,
> > John Waters, no relation to the director.
>
>
>      __________________________________________________________
> Låna pengar utan säkerhet. Jämför vilkor online hos Yahoo!
> http://shopping.yahoo.se/c-100390123-lan-utan-sakerhet.html?partnerId=96915014
>
>

Re: [9fans] Timezone file for Riyadh, KSA

[Steve Simon]

Re Timezone file format:

	/n/sources/contrib/steve/rc/tzdump

-Steve