Update timezone file description to match new zic (coming soon).
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@ -7,14 +7,19 @@ tzfile \- time zone information
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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The time zone information files used by
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.IR tzset (3)
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begin with bytes reserved for future use,
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followed by four four-byte values of type
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begin with the magic characters "TZif" to identify then as
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time zone information files,
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followed by sixteen bytes reserved for future use,
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followed by six four-byte values of type
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.BR long ,
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written in a ``standard'' byte order
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(the high-order byte of the value is written first).
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These values are,
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in order:
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.TP
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.I tzh_ttisgmtcnt
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The number of UTC/local indicators stored in the file.
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.TP
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.I tzh_ttisstdcnt
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The number of standard/wall indicators stored in the file.
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.TP
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@ -74,7 +79,7 @@ and a one-byte value for
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.IR tt_abbrind .
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In each structure,
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.I tt_gmtoff
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gives the number of seconds to be added to GMT,
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gives the number of seconds to be added to UTC,
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.I tt_isdst
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tells whether
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.I tm_isdst
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@ -99,7 +104,7 @@ the second gives the
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number of leap seconds to be applied after the given time.
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The pairs of values are sorted in ascending order by time.
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.PP
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Finally there are
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Then there are
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.I tzh_ttisstdcnt
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standard/wall indicators, each stored as a one-byte value;
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they tell whether the transition times associated with local time types
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@ -107,6 +112,14 @@ were specified as standard time or wall clock time,
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and are used when a time zone file is used in handling POSIX-style
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time zone environment variables.
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.PP
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Finally there are
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.I tzh_ttisgmtcnt
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UTC/local indicators, each stored as a one-byte value;
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they tell whether the transition times associated with local time types
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were specified as UTC or local time,
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and are used when a time zone file is used in handling POSIX-style
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time zone environment variables.
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.PP
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.I Localtime
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uses the first standard-time
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.I ttinfo
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@ -120,4 +133,6 @@ is zero or the time argument is less than the first transition time recorded
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in the file.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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newctime(3)
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.\" @(#)tzfile.5 7.2
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.\" @(#)tzfile.5 7.11
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.\" This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
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.\" 1996-06-05 by Arthur David Olson (arthur_david_olson@nih.gov).
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/*
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** This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
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** June 5, 1996 by Arthur David Olson (arthur_david_olson@nih.gov).
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** 1996-06-05 by Arthur David Olson (arthur_david_olson@nih.gov).
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*/
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/*
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@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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#ifndef lint
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#ifndef NOID
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static char tzfilehid[] = "@(#)tzfile.h 7.8";
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static char tzfilehid[] = "@(#)tzfile.h 7.14";
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#endif /* !defined NOID */
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#endif /* !defined lint */
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@ -45,8 +45,11 @@ static char tzfilehid[] = "@(#)tzfile.h 7.8";
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** Each file begins with. . .
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*/
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#define TZ_MAGIC "TZif"
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struct tzhead {
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char tzh_reserved[20]; /* reserved for future use */
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char tzh_magic[4]; /* TZ_MAGIC */
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char tzh_reserved[16]; /* reserved for future use */
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char tzh_ttisgmtcnt[4]; /* coded number of trans. time flags */
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char tzh_ttisstdcnt[4]; /* coded number of trans. time flags */
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char tzh_leapcnt[4]; /* coded number of leap seconds */
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** tzh_timecnt (char [4])s coded transition times a la time(2)
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** tzh_timecnt (unsigned char)s types of local time starting at above
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** tzh_typecnt repetitions of
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** one (char [4]) coded GMT offset in seconds
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** one (char [4]) coded UTC offset in seconds
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** one (unsigned char) used to set tm_isdst
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** one (unsigned char) that's an abbreviation list index
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** tzh_charcnt (char)s '\0'-terminated zone abbreviations
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** if absent, transition times are
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** assumed to be wall clock time
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** tzh_ttisgmtcnt (char)s indexed by type; if TRUE, transition
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** time is GMT, if FALSE,
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** time is UTC, if FALSE,
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** transition time is local time
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** if absent, transition times are
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** assumed to be local time
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