- Morocco will change from UTC+00/+01 to permanent +01
effective 2018-10-27.
- Includes changes for tzdata-2018f.
- Volgograd will change from UTC+03 to UTC+04 on 2018-10-28 at 02:00.
- Fiji will end DST on 2019-01-13 instead of the 2019-01-20 as
previously predicted.
- Most of Chile will end DST on the first Saturday in April at 24:00
and restart DST on the first Saturday in September at 24:00.
Rebase to tzdata-2018e
- North Korea changed from UTC+8:30 to UTC+9 on May 5, 2018.
- In this update, the upstream project now defaults to using
the "vanguard" data implementation which includes negative DST offsets.
However, we are continuing to provide the "rearguard" format
for data which does not use negative DST offsets to provide
better compatibility with existing tools. We intend to transition
to the "vanguard" data implementation in the future.
- Rebase to tzdata-2018d:
- DST for Asia/Gaza and Asia/Hebron has changed from March 31 to March 24.
- Antarctica/Casey station changed to UTC+8 on March 11.
- Rebase to tzdata-2018c:
- São Tomé and Príncipe changed from +00 to +01 on January 1, 2018
- Brazil's DST will start on the first Sunday in November
- Support for the new zic -t option.
- Add back pacificnew file omitted in tzdata-2018a
- Rebase to tzdata-2017c
- Northern Cyprus will revert to using EQ rules on October 29, 2017.
- Sudan will switch from +03 to +02 on November 1, 2017.
- Tonga will not change it's clocks on Novemeber 5, 2017 ending it's
experiment with DST.
- Fiji DST will end on January 14, 2018 rather than January 21, 2018.
- Namibia - starting September 3, 2017 switches from +)1 with DST to
+02 all year. This change takes effect April 1, 2018.
- Turks & Caicos changes from -04 all year to -05 with US DST starting
on March 11, 2018. Effective change date is November 4, 2018.
- tzdata now includes two text versions of the time zone data - tzdata.zi
and leapseconds.
- Includes two patches to deal with build issues.
Rebase to tzdata-2017a:
- Mongolia no longer observes DST
- The Magallanes region of Chile will go from -04/-03 to -03 year round,
resulting in a new time zone America/Punta_Arenas.
- Rebase to 2016i
- Pacific/Tongatapu now begins DST on 2016-11-06 at 02:00 and ends
on 2017-01-15 at 03:00.
- Northern Cyprus is changed to +03 year round. This results in a
split in Cyprus time zones starting 2016-10-30 at 04:00 and
creates a new zone - Asia/Famagusta.
- Antarctica/Casey changed from +08 to +11 on 2016-10-22.
- Rebase to 2016g
- Turkey permanently switches from +02 to +03 as of 2016-09-07,
- Per IERS Bulletin C 52, leap second to be added on 2016-09-31 at 23:59:60.
- Rebase to 2016d
- America/Caracas switches from -0430 to -04 on 2016-05-01 at 02:30.
- Asia/Magadan switchefrom +10 to +11 on 2016-04-24 at 02:00.
- New zone Asia/Tomsk, split off from Asia/Novosibirsk. It covers
Tomsk Oblast, Russia, which switches from +06 to +07 on 2016-05-29
at 02:00.
- Rebase to 2016b
- New zones Europe/Astrakhan and Europe/Ulyanovsk for Astrakhan and
Ulyanovsk Oblasts, Russia, both of which will switch from +03 to +04 on
2016-03-27 at 02:00 local time. They need distinct zones since their
post-1970 histories disagree. New zone Asia/Barnaul for Altai Krai and
Altai Republic, Russia, which will switch from +06 to +07 on the same date
and local time. The Astrakhan change is already official; the others have
passed the first reading in the State Duma and are extremely likely.
Also, Asia/Sakhalin moves from +10 to +11 on 2016-03-27 at 02:00.
- As a trial of a new system that needs less information to be made up,
the new zones use numeric time zone abbreviations like "+04"
instead of invented abbreviations like "ASTT".
- Haiti will not observe DST in 2016.
- Palestine's spring-forward transition on 2016-03-26 is at 01:00, not 00:00.
Guess future transitions will be March's last Saturday at 01:00, not March's
last Friday at 24:00.
- Rebase to 2016a
- America/Cayman will not observe daylight saving this year after all.
Revert our guess that it would.
- Asia/Chita switches from +0800 to +0900 on 2016-03-27 at 02:00.
- Asia/Tehran now has DST predictions for the year 2038 and later,
to be March 21 00:00 to September 21 00:00. This is likely better
than predicting no DST, albeit off by a day every now and then.
- Rebase to 2015g
- Turkey's 2015 fall-back transition is scheduled for Nov. 8, not Oct. 25.
- Norfolk moves from +1130 to +1100 on 2015-10-04 at 02:00 local time.
- Fiji's 2016 fall-back transition is scheduled for January 17, not 24.
- Fort Nelson, British Columbia will not fall back on 2015-11-01. It has
effectively been on MST (-0700) since it advanced its clocks on 2015-03-08.
New zone America/Fort_Nelson.
- Rebase to 2015d
- Egypt will not observe DST in 2015 and will consider canceling it
permanently. For now, assume no DST indefinitely.
- The abbreviations for Hawaii-Aleutian standard and daylight times
have been changed from HAST/HADT to HST/HDT, as per US Government
Printing Office style. This affects only America/Adak since 1983,
as America/Honolulu was already using the new style.
- Rebase to 2015d
- Egypt will not observe DST in 2015 and will consider canceling it
permanently. For now, assume no DST indefinitely.
- The abbreviations for Hawaii-Aleutian standard and daylight times
have been changed from HAST/HADT to HST/HDT, as per US Government
Printing Office style. This affects only America/Adak since 1983,
as America/Honolulu was already using the new style.
- Rebase to 2015d
- Egypt will not observe DST in 2015 and will consider canceling it
permanently. For now, assume no DST indefinitely.
- The abbreviations for Hawaii-Aleutian standard and daylight times
have been changed from HAST/HADT to HST/HDT, as per US Government
Printing Office style. This affects only America/Adak since 1983,
as America/Honolulu was already using the new style.
- Rebase to tzdata-2015c
- Egypt's spring-forward transition is at 24:00 on April's last Thursday,
not 00:00 on April's last Friday. 2015's transition will therefore be o
Thursday, April 30 at 24:00, not Friday, April 24 at 00:00. Similar fix
apply to 2026, 2037, 2043, etc.
- Rebase javazic tool to match latest upstream OpenJDK version
- Rebase to tzdata-2015c
- Egypt's spring-forward transition is at 24:00 on April's last Thursday,
not 00:00 on April's last Friday. 2015's transition will therefore be o
Thursday, April 30 at 24:00, not Friday, April 24 at 00:00. Similar fix
apply to 2026, 2037, 2043, etc.
- Rebase javazic tool to match latest upstream OpenJDK version
- Rebase to tzdata-2015c
- Egypt's spring-forward transition is at 24:00 on April's last Thursday,
not 00:00 on April's last Friday. 2015's transition will therefore be on
Thursday, April 30 at 24:00, not Friday, April 24 at 00:00. Similar fixes
apply to 2026, 2037, 2043, etc.
- Rebase javazic tool to match latest upstream OpenJDK version
- Mongolia will start observing DST again this year, from the last
Saturday in March at 02:00 to the last Saturday in September at 00:00.
- Palestine will start DST on March 28, not March 27. Also,
correct the fall 2014 transition from September 26 to October 24.
Adjust future predictions accordingly.
- Mongolia will start observing DST again this year, from the last
Saturday in March at 02:00 to the last Saturday in September at 00:00.
- Palestine will start DST on March 28, not March 27. Also,
correct the fall 2014 transition from September 26 to October 24.
Adjust future predictions accordingly.
- Mongolia will start observing DST again this year, from the last
Saturday in March at 02:00 to the last Saturday in September at 00:00.
- Palestine will start DST on March 28, not March 27. Also,
correct the fall 2014 transition from September 26 to October 24.
Adjust future predictions accordingly.
- New leap second 2015-06-30 23:59:60 UTC as per IERS Bulletin C 49.
- The Mexican state of Quintana Roo, represented by America/Cancun,
will shift from Central Time with DST to Eastern Time without DST
on 2015-02-01 at 02:00.
- Chile will not change clocks in April or thereafter; its new standard time
will be its old daylight saving time. This affects America/Santiago,
Pacific/Easter, and Antarctica/Palmer.
- New leap second 2015-06-30 23:59:60 UTC as per IERS Bulletin C 49.
- The Mexican state of Quintana Roo, represented by America/Cancun,
will shift from Central Time with DST to Eastern Time without DST
on 2015-02-01 at 02:00.
- Chile will not change clocks in April or thereafter; its new standard time
will be its old daylight saving time. This affects America/Santiago,
Pacific/Easter, and Antarctica/Palmer.
- New leap second 2015-06-30 23:59:60 UTC as per IERS Bulletin C 49.
- The Mexican state of Quintana Roo, represented by America/Cancun,
will shift from Central Time with DST to Eastern Time without DST
on 2015-02-01 at 02:00.
- Chile will not change clocks in April or thereafter; its new standard time
will be its old daylight saving time. This affects America/Santiago,
Pacific/Easter, and Antarctica/Palmer.
- Rebase to 2014j
- Turks & Caicos' switch from US eastern time to UTC-4 year-round
did not occur on 2014-11-02 at 02:00. It's currently scheduled
for 2015-11-01 at 02:00.
- Rebase to 2014j
- Turks & Caicos' switch from US eastern time to UTC-4 year-round
did not occur on 2014-11-02 at 02:00. It's currently scheduled
for 2015-11-01 at 02:00.
- Pacific/Fiji will observe DST from 2014-11-02 02:00 to 2015-01-18 03:00.
- A new Zone Pacific/Bougainville, for the part of Papua New Guinea
that plans to switch from UTC+10 to UTC+11 on 2014-12-28 at 02:00
- Pacific/Fiji will observe DST from 2014-11-02 02:00 to 2015-01-18 03:00.
- A new Zone Pacific/Bougainville, for the part of Papua New Guinea
that plans to switch from UTC+10 to UTC+11 on 2014-12-28 at 02:00
Rebase to 2014g
- Turks & Caicos is switching from US eastern time to UTC-4 year-round,
modeled as a switch from EST/EDT to AST on 2014-11-02 at 02:00.
Rebase to 2014g
- Turks & Caicos is switching from US eastern time to UTC-4 year-round,
modeled as a switch from EST/EDT to AST on 2014-11-02 at 02:00.
