Makefile

@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ TIME_T_ALTERNATIVES_TAIL = int_least32_t.ck uint_least32_t.ck \
   uint_least64_t.ck
 
 # What kind of TZif data files to generate.  (TZif is the binary time
-# zone data format that zic generates; see Internet RFC 8536.)
+# zone data format that zic generates; see Internet RFC 9636.)
 # If you want only POSIX time, with time values interpreted as
 # seconds since the epoch (not counting leap seconds), use
 #	REDO=		posix_only
@@ -255,6 +255,7 @@ LDLIBS=
 #  -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=0 if <unistd.h> does not work*
 #  -DHAVE_UTMPX_H=0 if <utmpx.h> does not work*
 #  -Dlocale_t=XXX if your system uses XXX instead of locale_t
+#  -DMKTIME_MIGHT_OVERFLOW if mktime might fail due to time_t overflow
 #  -DPORT_TO_C89 if tzcode should also run on mostly-C89 platforms+
 #	Typically it is better to use a later standard.  For example,
 #	with GCC 4.9.4 (2016), prefer '-std=gnu11' to '-DPORT_TO_C89'.
@@ -262,7 +263,7 @@ LDLIBS=
 #	feature (integers at least 64 bits wide) and maybe more.
 #  -DRESERVE_STD_EXT_IDS if your platform reserves standard identifiers
 #	with external linkage, e.g., applications cannot define 'localtime'.
-#  -Dssize_t=long on hosts like MS-Windows that lack ssize_t
+#  -Dssize_t=int on hosts like MS-Windows that lack ssize_t
 #  -DSUPPORT_C89=0 if the tzcode library should not support C89 callers
 #	Although -DSUPPORT_C89=0 might work around latent bugs in callers,
 #	it does not conform to POSIX.
@@ -285,7 +286,7 @@ LDLIBS=
 #	This mishandles some past timestamps, as US DST rules have changed.
 #	It also mishandles settings like TZ='EET-2EEST' for eastern Europe,
 #	as Europe and US DST rules differ.
-#  -DTZNAME_MAXIMUM=N to limit time zone abbreviations to N bytes (default 255)
+#  -DTZNAME_MAXIMUM=N to limit time zone abbreviations to N bytes (default 254)
 #  -DUNINIT_TRAP if reading uninitialized storage can cause problems
 #	other than simply getting garbage data
 #  -DUSE_LTZ=0 to build zdump with the system time zone library
@@ -319,7 +320,8 @@ GCC_DEBUG_FLAGS = -DGCC_LINT -g3 -O3 \
   $(GCC_INSTRUMENT) \
   -Wall -Wextra \
   -Walloc-size-larger-than=100000 -Warray-bounds=2 \
-  -Wbad-function-cast -Wbidi-chars=any,ucn -Wcast-align=strict -Wdate-time \
+  -Wbad-function-cast -Wbidi-chars=any,ucn -Wcast-align=strict -Wcast-qual \
+  -Wdate-time \
   -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wdouble-promotion \
   -Wduplicated-branches -Wduplicated-cond -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end \
   -Wformat=2 -Wformat-overflow=2 -Wformat-signedness -Wformat-truncation \
@@ -336,7 +338,7 @@ GCC_DEBUG_FLAGS = -DGCC_LINT -g3 -O3 \
   -Wsuggest-attribute=noreturn -Wsuggest-attribute=pure \
   -Wtrampolines -Wundef -Wunused-macros -Wuse-after-free=3 \
   -Wvariadic-macros -Wvla -Wwrite-strings \
-  -Wno-format-nonliteral -Wno-sign-compare
+  -Wno-format-nonliteral -Wno-sign-compare -Wno-type-limits
 #
 # If your system has a "GMT offset" field in its "struct tm"s
 # (or if you decide to add such a field in your system's "time.h" file),
@@ -614,8 +616,8 @@ TZS_YEAR=	2050
 TZS_CUTOFF_FLAG=	-c $(TZS_YEAR)
 TZS=		to$(TZS_YEAR).tzs
 TZS_NEW=	to$(TZS_YEAR)new.tzs
-TZS_DEPS=	$(YDATA) asctime.c localtime.c \
-			private.h tzfile.h zdump.c zic.c
+TZS_DEPS=	$(YDATA) localtime.c private.h \
+			strftime.c tzfile.h zdump.c zic.c
 TZDATA_DIST = $(COMMON) $(DATA) $(MISC)
 # EIGHT_YARDS is just a yard short of the whole ENCHILADA.
 EIGHT_YARDS = $(TZDATA_DIST) $(DOCS) $(SOURCES) tzdata.zi
@@ -855,10 +857,10 @@ tzselect:	tzselect.ksh version
 		chmod +x $@.out
 		mv $@.out $@
 
-check: check_mild back.ck
+check: check_mild back.ck now.ck
 check_mild: check_web check_zishrink \
   character-set.ck white-space.ck links.ck mainguard.ck \
-  name-lengths.ck now.ck slashed-abbrs.ck sorted.ck \
+  name-lengths.ck slashed-abbrs.ck sorted.ck \
   tables.ck ziguard.ck tzs.ck
 
 # True if UTF8_LOCALE does not work;
@@ -1103,7 +1105,7 @@ set-timestamps.out: $(EIGHT_YARDS)
 		   touch -md @1 test.out; then \
 		  rm -f test.out && \
 		  for file in $$files; do \
-		    if git diff --quiet $$file; then \
+		    if git diff --quiet HEAD $$file; then \
 		      time=$$(TZ=UTC0 git log -1 \
 			--format='tformat:%cd' \
 			--date='format:%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' \
@@ -1354,13 +1356,13 @@ long-long.ck unsigned.ck: $(VERSION_DEPS)
 zonenames:	tzdata.zi
 		@$(AWK) '/^Z/ { print $$2 } /^L/ { print $$3 }' tzdata.zi
 
-asctime.o:	private.h tzfile.h
+asctime.o:	private.h
 date.o:		private.h
 difftime.o:	private.h
-localtime.o:	private.h tzfile.h tzdir.h
-strftime.o:	private.h tzfile.h
-zdump.o:	version.h
-zic.o:		private.h tzfile.h tzdir.h version.h
+localtime.o:	private.h tzdir.h tzfile.h
+strftime.o:	localtime.c private.h tzdir.h tzfile.h
+zdump.o:	private.h version.h
+zic.o:		private.h tzdir.h tzfile.h version.h
 
 .PHONY: ALL INSTALL all
 .PHONY: check check_mild check_time_t_alternatives

NEWS

 News for the tz database
 
+Release 2025a - 2025-01-15 10:47:24 -0800
+
+  Briefly:
+    Paraguay adopts permanent -03 starting spring 2024.
+    Improve pre-1991 data for the Philippines.
+    Etc/Unknown is now reserved.
+
+  Changes to future timestamps
+
+    Paraguay will stop changing its clocks after the spring-forward
+    transition on 2024-10-06, so it is now permanently at -03.
+    (Thanks to Heitor David Pinto and Even Scharning.)
+    This affects timestamps starting 2025-03-22, as well as the
+    obsolescent tm_isdst flags starting 2024-10-15.
+
+  Changes to past timestamps
+
+    Correct timestamps for the Philippines before 1900, and from 1937
+    through 1990.  (Thanks to P Chan for the heads-up and citations.)
+    This includes adjusting local mean time before 1899; fixing
+    transitions in September 1899, January 1937, and June 1954; adding
+    transitions in December 1941, November 1945, March and September
+    1977, and May and July 1990; and removing incorrect transitions in
+    March and September 1978.
+
+  Changes to data
+
+    Add zone1970.tab lines for the Concordia and Eyre Bird Observatory
+    research stations.  (Thanks to Derick Rethans and Jule Dabars.)
+
+  Changes to code
+
+    strftime %s now generates the correct numeric string even when the
+    represented number does not fit into time_t.  This is better than
+    generating the numeric equivalent of (time_t) -1, as strftime did
+    in TZDB releases 96a (when %s was introduced) through 2020a and in
+    releases 2022b through 2024b.  It is also better than failing and
+    returning 0, as strftime did in releases 2020b through 2022a.
+
+    strftime now outputs an invalid conversion specifier as-is,
+    instead of eliding the leading '%', which confused debugging.
+
+    An invalid TZ now generates the time zone abbreviation "-00", not
+    "UTC", to help the user see that an error has occurred.  (Thanks
+    to Arthur David Olson for suggesting a "wrong result".)
+
+    mktime and timeoff no longer incorrectly fail merely because a
+    struct tm component near INT_MIN or INT_MAX overflows when a
+    lower-order component carries into it.
+
+    TZNAME_MAXIMUM, the maximum number of bytes in a proleptic TZ
+    string's time zone abbreviation, now defaults to 254 not 255.
+    This helps reduce the size of internal state from 25480 to 21384
+    on common platforms.  This change should not be a problem, as
+    nobody uses such long "abbreviations" and the longstanding tzcode
+    maximum was 16 until release 2023a.  For those who prefer no
+    arbitrary limits, you can now specify TZNAME_MAXIMUM values up to
+    PTRDIFF_MAX, a limit forced by C anyway; formerly tzcode silently
+    misbehaved unless TZNAME_MAXIMUM was less than INT_MAX.
+
+    tzset and related functions no longer leak a file descriptor if
+    another thread forks or execs at about the same time and if the
+    platform has O_CLOFORK and O_CLOEXEC respectively.  Also, the
+    functions no longer let a TZif file become a controlling terminal.
+
+    'zdump -' now reads TZif data from /dev/stdin.
+    (From a question by Arthur David Olson.)
+
+  Changes to documentation
+
+    The name Etc/Unknown is now reserved: it will not be used by TZDB.
+    This is for compatibility with CLDR, which uses the string
+    "Etc/Unknown" for an unknown or invalid timezone.  (Thanks to
+    Justin Grant, Mark Davis, and Guy Harris.)
+
+    Cite Internet RFC 9636, which obsoletes RFC 8536 for TZif format.
+
+
 Release 2024b - 2024-09-04 12:27:47 -0700
 
   Briefly:
@@ -116,7 +194,7 @@ Release 2024b - 2024-09-04 12:27:47 -0700
   Changes to commentary
 
     Commentary about historical transitions in Portugal and her former
-    colonies has been expanded with links to many relevant legislation.
+    colonies has been expanded with links to relevant legislation.
     (Thanks to Tim Parenti.)
 
 
@@ -204,10 +282,10 @@ Release 2023d - 2023-12-21 20:02:24 -0800
     changing its time zone from -01/+00 to -02/-01 at the same moment
     as the spring-forward transition.  Its clocks will therefore not
     spring forward as previously scheduled.  The time zone change
-    reverts to its common practice before 1981.
+    reverts to its common practice before 1981.  (Thanks to Jule Dabars.)
 
     Fix predictions for DST transitions in Palestine in 2072-2075,
-    correcting a typo introduced in 2023a.
+    correcting a typo introduced in 2023a.  (Thanks to Jule Dabars.)
 
   Changes to past and future timestamps
 

antarctica

@@ -174,6 +174,8 @@ Zone Antarctica/Mawson	0	-	-00	1954 Feb 13
 
 # France & Italy - year-round base
 # Concordia, -750600+1232000, since 2005
+# https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concordia_Station
+# Can use Asia/Singapore, which it has agreed with since inception.
 
 # Germany - year-round base
 # Neumayer III, -704080-0081602, since 2009

asia

@@ -3665,21 +3665,70 @@ Zone	Asia/Hebron	2:20:23	-	LMT	1900 Oct
 # be immediately followed by 1845-01-01; see R.H. van Gent's
 # History of the International Date Line
 # https://webspace.science.uu.nl/~gent0113/idl/idl_philippines.htm
-# The rest of the data entries are from Shanks & Pottenger.
-
-# From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2006-04-26):
-# ... claims that Philippines had DST last time in 1990:
-# http://story.philippinetimes.com/p.x/ct/9/id/145be20cc6b121c0/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/
-# [a story dated 2006-04-25 by Cris Larano of Dow Jones Newswires,
-# but no details]
-
-# From Paul Eggert (2014-08-14):
-# The following source says DST may be instituted November-January and again
-# March-June, but this is not definite.  It also says DST was last proclaimed
-# during the Ramos administration (1992-1998); but again, no details.
-# Carcamo D. PNoy urged to declare use of daylight saving time.
-# Philippine Star 2014-08-05
-# http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2014/08/05/1354152/pnoy-urged-declare-use-daylight-saving-time
+
+# From P Chan (2021-05-10):
+# Here's a fairly comprehensive article in Japanese:
+#	https://wiki.suikawiki.org/n/Philippine%20Time
+# (2021-05-16):
+# According to the references listed in the article,
+# the periods that the Philippines (Manila) observed DST or used +9 are:
+#
+# 1936-10-31 24:00 to 1937-01-15 24:00
+#	(Proclamation No. 104, Proclamation No. 126)
+# 1941-12-15 24:00 to 1945-11-30 24:00
+#	(Proclamation No. 789, Proclamation No. 20)
+# 1954-04-11 24:00 to 1954-06-04 24:00
+#	(Proclamation No. 13, Proclamation No. 33)
+# 1977-03-27 24:00 to 1977-09-21 24:00
+#	(Proclamation No. 1629, Proclamation No. 1641)
+# 1990-05-21 00:00 to 1990-07-28 24:00
+#	(National Emergency Memorandum Order No. 17, Executive Order No. 415)
+#
+# Proclamation No. 104 ... October 30, 1936
+#  https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1936/10/30/proclamation-no-104-s-1936/
+# Proclamation No. 126 ... January 15, 1937
+#  https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1937/01/15/proclamation-no-126-s-1937/
+# Proclamation No. 789 ... December 13, 1941
+#  https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1941/12/13/proclamation-no-789-s-1941/
+# Proclamation No. 20 ... November 11, 1945
+#  https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1945/11/11/proclamation-no-20-s-1945/
+# Proclamation No. 13 ... April 6, 1954
+#  https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1954/04/06/proclamation-no-13-s-1954/
+# Proclamation No. 33 ... June 3, 1954
+#  https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1954/06/03/proclamation-no-33-s-1954/
+# Proclamation No. 1629 ... March 25, 1977
+#  https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1977/03/25/proclamation-no-1629-s-1977/
+# Proclamation No. 1641 ...May 26, 1977
+#  https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1977/05/26/proclamation-no-1641-s-1977/
+# National Emergency Memorandum Order No. 17 ... May 2, 1990
+#  https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1990/05/02/national-emergency-memorandum-order-no-17-s-1990/
+# Executive Order No. 415 ... July 20, 1990
+#  https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1990/07/20/executive-order-no-415-s-1990/
+#
+# During WWII, Proclamation No. 789 fixed two periods of DST. The first period
+# was set to continue only until January 31, 1942. But Manila was occupied by
+# the Japanese earlier in the month....
+#
+# For the date of the adoption of standard time, Shank[s] gives 1899-05-11.
+# The article is not able to state the basis of that. I guess it was based on
+# a US War Department Circular issued on that date.
+#	https://books.google.com/books?id=JZ1PAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA3-PA8
+#
+# However, according to other sources, standard time was adopted on
+# 1899-09-06.  Also, the LMT was GMT+8:03:52
+#	https://books.google.com/books?id=MOYIAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA521
+#	https://books.google.com/books?id=lSnqqatpYikC&pg=PA21
+#
+# From Paul Eggert (2024-09-05):
+# The penultimate URL in P Chan's email refers to page 521 of
+# Selga M, The Time Service in the Philippines.
+# Proc Pan-Pacific Science Congress. Vol. 1 (1923), 519-532.
+# It says, "The change from the meridian 120° 58' 04" to the 120th implied a
+# change of 3 min. 52s.26 in time; consequently on 6th September, 1899,
+# Manila Observatory gave the noon signal 3 min. 52s.26 later than before".
+#
+# Wikipedia says the US declared Manila liberated on March 4, 1945;
+# this doesn't affect clocks, just our time zone abbreviation and DST flag.
 
 # From Paul Goyette (2018-06-15) with URLs updated by Guy Harris (2024-02-15):
 # In the Philippines, there is a national law, Republic Act No. 10535
@@ -3697,24 +3746,26 @@ Zone	Asia/Hebron	2:20:23	-	LMT	1900 Oct
 # influence of the sources.  There is no current abbreviation for DST,
 # so use "PDT", the usual American style.
 
-# From P Chan (2021-05-10):
-# Here's a fairly comprehensive article in Japanese:
-# https://wiki.suikawiki.org/n/Philippine%20Time
-# From Paul Eggert (2021-05-10):
-# The info in the Japanese table has not been absorbed (yet) below.
-
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
-Rule	Phil	1936	only	-	Nov	1	0:00	1:00	D
-Rule	Phil	1937	only	-	Feb	1	0:00	0	S
-Rule	Phil	1954	only	-	Apr	12	0:00	1:00	D
-Rule	Phil	1954	only	-	Jul	1	0:00	0	S
-Rule	Phil	1978	only	-	Mar	22	0:00	1:00	D
-Rule	Phil	1978	only	-	Sep	21	0:00	0	S
+Rule	Phil	1936	only	-	Oct	31	24:00	1:00	D
+Rule	Phil	1937	only	-	Jan	15	24:00	0	S
+Rule	Phil	1941	only	-	Dec	15	24:00	1:00	D
+# The following three rules were canceled by Japan:
+#Rule	Phil	1942	only	-	Jan	31	24:00	0	S
+#Rule	Phil	1942	only	-	Mar	 1	 0:00	1:00	D
+#Rule	Phil	1942	only	-	Jun	30	24:00	0	S
+Rule	Phil	1945	only	-	Nov	30	24:00	0	S
+Rule	Phil	1954	only	-	Apr	11	24:00	1:00	D
+Rule	Phil	1954	only	-	Jun	 4	24:00	0	S
+Rule	Phil	1977	only	-	Mar	27	24:00	1:00	D
+Rule	Phil	1977	only	-	Sep	21	24:00	0	S
+Rule	Phil	1990	only	-	May	21	 0:00	1:00	D
+Rule	Phil	1990	only	-	Jul	28	24:00	0	S
 # Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
-Zone	Asia/Manila	-15:56:00 -	LMT	1844 Dec 31
-			8:04:00 -	LMT	1899 May 11
-			8:00	Phil	P%sT	1942 May
-			9:00	-	JST	1944 Nov
+Zone	Asia/Manila	-15:56:08 -	LMT	1844 Dec 31
+			8:03:52 -	LMT	1899 Sep  6  4:00u
+			8:00	Phil	P%sT	1942 Feb 11 24:00
+			9:00	-	JST	1945 Mar  4
 			8:00	Phil	P%sT
 
 # Bahrain

australasia

@@ -1239,10 +1239,10 @@ Zone	Pacific/Efate	11:13:16 -	LMT	1912 Jan 13 # Vila
 # The 1992 ending date used in the rules is a best guess;
 # it matches what was used in the past.
 
-# The Australian Bureau of Meteorology FAQ
-# http://www.bom.gov.au/faq/faqgen.htm
-# (1999-09-27) writes that Giles Meteorological Station uses
-# South Australian time even though it's located in Western Australia.
+# From Christopher Hunt (2006-11-21), after an advance warning
+# from Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2006-11-01):
+# WA are trialing DST for three years.
+# http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/bills.nsf/9A1B183144403DA54825721200088DF1/$File/Bill175-1B.pdf
 
 # From Paul Eggert (2018-04-01):
 # The Guardian Express of Perth, Australia reported today that the
@@ -1254,54 +1254,10 @@ Zone	Pacific/Efate	11:13:16 -	LMT	1912 Jan 13 # Vila
 # https://www.communitynews.com.au/guardian-express/news/exclusive-daylight-savings-coming-wa-summer-2018/
 # [The article ends with "Today's date is April 1."]
 
-# Queensland
-
-# From Paul Eggert (2018-02-26):
-# I lack access to the following source for Queensland DST:
-# Pearce C. History of daylight saving time in Queensland.
-# Queensland Hist J. 2017 Aug;23(6):389-403
-# https://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=994682348436426;res=IELHSS
-
-# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
-# #   The state of QUEENSLAND.. [ Courtesy Qld. Dept Premier Econ&Trade Devel ]
-# #						[ Dec 1990 ]
-# ...
-# Zone	Australia/Queensland	10:00	AQ	%sST
-# ...
-# Rule	AQ	1971	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
-# Rule	AQ	1972	only	-	Feb	lastSun	3:00	0	E
-# Rule	AQ	1989	max	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
-# Rule	AQ	1990	max	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	E
-
-# From Bradley White (1989-12-24):
-# "Australia/Queensland" now observes daylight time (i.e. from
-# October 1989).
-
-# From Bradley White (1991-03-04):
-# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
-# ...Queensland...[has] agreed to end daylight saving
-# at 3am tomorrow (March 3)...
-
-# From John Mackin (1991-03-06):
-# I can certainly confirm for my part that Daylight Saving in NSW did in fact
-# end on Sunday, 3 March.  I don't know at what hour, though.  (It surprised
-# me.)
-
-# From Bradley White (1992-03-08):
-# ...there was recently a referendum in Queensland which resulted
-# in the experimental daylight saving system being abandoned. So, ...
-# ...
-# Rule	QLD	1989	1991	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
-# Rule	QLD	1990	1992	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	S
-# ...
-
-# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08):
-# The chosen rules the union of the 1971/1972 change and the 1989-1992 changes.
-
-# From Christopher Hunt (2006-11-21), after an advance warning
-# from Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2006-11-01):
-# WA are trialing DST for three years.
-# http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/bills.nsf/9A1B183144403DA54825721200088DF1/$File/Bill175-1B.pdf
+# The Australian Bureau of Meteorology FAQ
+# http://www.bom.gov.au/faq/faqgen.htm
+# (1999-09-27) writes that Giles Meteorological Station uses
+# South Australian time even though it's located in Western Australia.
 
 # From Rives McDow (2002-04-09):
 # The most interesting region I have found consists of three towns on the
@@ -1359,6 +1315,59 @@ Zone	Pacific/Efate	11:13:16 -	LMT	1912 Jan 13 # Vila
 # For lack of better info, assume the tradition dates back to the
 # introduction of standard time in 1895.
 
+# From Stuart Bishop (2024-11-12):
+# An article discussing the in-use but technically unofficial timezones
+# in the Western Australian portion of the Nullarbor Plain.
+# https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-22/outback-wa-properties-strange-time-zones/104542494
+# From Paul Eggert (2024-11-12):
+# As the article says, the Eyre Bird Observatory and nearby sheep stations
+# can use Tokyo time.  Other possibilities include Asia/Chita, Asia/Seoul,
+# and Asia/Jayapura.
+
+# Queensland
+
+# From Paul Eggert (2018-02-26):
+# I lack access to the following source for Queensland DST:
+# Pearce C. History of daylight saving time in Queensland.
+# Queensland Hist J. 2017 Aug;23(6):389-403
+# https://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=994682348436426;res=IELHSS
+
+# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
+# #   The state of QUEENSLAND.. [ Courtesy Qld. Dept Premier Econ&Trade Devel ]
+# #						[ Dec 1990 ]
+# ...
+# Zone	Australia/Queensland	10:00	AQ	%sST
+# ...
+# Rule	AQ	1971	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
+# Rule	AQ	1972	only	-	Feb	lastSun	3:00	0	E
+# Rule	AQ	1989	max	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
+# Rule	AQ	1990	max	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	E
+
+# From Bradley White (1989-12-24):
+# "Australia/Queensland" now observes daylight time (i.e. from
+# October 1989).
+
+# From Bradley White (1991-03-04):
+# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
+# ...Queensland...[has] agreed to end daylight saving
+# at 3am tomorrow (March 3)...
+
+# From John Mackin (1991-03-06):
+# I can certainly confirm for my part that Daylight Saving in NSW did in fact
+# end on Sunday, 3 March.  I don't know at what hour, though.  (It surprised
+# me.)
+
+# From Bradley White (1992-03-08):
+# ...there was recently a referendum in Queensland which resulted
+# in the experimental daylight saving system being abandoned. So, ...
+# ...
+# Rule	QLD	1989	1991	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
+# Rule	QLD	1990	1992	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	S
+# ...
+
+# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08):
+# The chosen rules the union of the 1971/1972 change and the 1989-1992 changes.
+
 
 # southeast Australia
 #

checknow.awk

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ BEGIN {
 END {
  for (zone in zone_data) {
     data = zone_data[zone]
-    if (!zonenow[data]) {
+    if (data && !zonenow[data]) {
       printf "Zone table should have one of:%s\n", zones[data]
       zonenow[data] = zone # This suppresses duplicate diagnostics.
       status = 1

checktab.awk

@@ -9,6 +9,19 @@ BEGIN {
 	if (!zone_table) zone_table = "zone1970.tab"
 	if (!want_warnings) want_warnings = -1
 
+	monthabbr["Jan"] = 1
+	monthabbr["Feb"] = 1
+	monthabbr["Mar"] = 1
+	monthabbr["Apr"] = 1
+	monthabbr["May"] = 1
+	monthabbr["Jun"] = 1
+	monthabbr["Jul"] = 1
+	monthabbr["Aug"] = 1
+	monthabbr["Sep"] = 1
+	monthabbr["Oct"] = 1
+	monthabbr["Nov"] = 1
+	monthabbr["Dec"] = 1
+
 	while (getline <iso_table) {
 		iso_NR++
 		if ($0 ~ /^#/) continue
@@ -65,6 +78,12 @@ BEGIN {
 		split(ccs, cca, /,/)
 		cc = cca[1]
 
+		if (tztab[tz]) {
+		  printf "%s:%d: %s: duplicate Zone from line %d\n", \
+		    zone_table, zone_NR, tz, tz2NR[tz]
+		  status = 1
+		}
+
 		# Don't complain about a special case for Crimea in zone.tab.
 		# FIXME: zone.tab should be removed, since it is obsolete.
 		# Or at least put just "XX" in its country-code column.
@@ -128,12 +147,14 @@ BEGIN {
 $1 ~ /^#/ { next }
 
 {
-	tz = rules = ""
+	tz = rules = stdoff = ""
 	if ($1 == "Zone") {
 		tz = $2
+		stdoff = $3
 		ruleUsed[$4] = 1
 		if ($5 ~ /%/) rulePercentUsed[$4] = 1
-	} else if ($1 == "Link" && zone_table == "zone.tab") {
+	} else if ($1 == "Link") {
+	    if (zone_table == "zone.tab") {
 		# Ignore Link commands if source and destination basenames
 		# are identical, e.g. Europe/Istanbul versus Asia/Istanbul.
 		src = $2
@@ -141,13 +162,27 @@ $1 ~ /^#/ { next }
 		while ((i = index(src, "/"))) src = substr(src, i+1)
 		while ((i = index(dst, "/"))) dst = substr(dst, i+1)
 		if (src != dst) tz = $3
+	    }
 	} else if ($1 == "Rule") {
 		ruleDefined[$2] = 1
 		if ($10 != "-") ruleLetters[$2] = 1
+		if (!monthabbr[$6]) {
+		  printf "%s:%d: tricky month: %s\n", FILENAME, FNR, $6 \
+			  >>"/dev/stderr"
+		  status = 1
+		}
 	} else {
+		stdoff = $1
 		ruleUsed[$2] = 1
 		if ($3 ~ /%/) rulePercentUsed[$2] = 1
 	}
+
+	if (stdoff && stdoff !~ /^\-?1?[0-9](:[0-5][0-9](:[0-5][0-9])?)?$/) {
+		printf "%s:%d: unlikely STDOFF: %s\n", FILENAME, FNR, stdoff \
+			>>"/dev/stderr"
+		status = 1
+	}
+
 	if (tz && tz ~ /\// && tz !~ /^Etc\//) {
 		if (!tztab[tz] && FILENAME != "backward" \
 		    && zone_table != "zonenow.tab") {

debian/changelog

+tzdata (2025a-0+deb11u1) bullseye-security; urgency=medium
+
+  * New upstream version 2025a.
+
+ -- Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>  Tue, 18 Mar 2025 13:35:52 +0100
+
 tzdata (2024b-0+deb11u1) bullseye-security; urgency=medium
 
   * New upstream version 2024b

etcetera

@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ Link	Etc/GMT				GMT
 # so we moved the names into the Etc subdirectory.
 # Also, the time zone abbreviations are now compatible with %z.
 
+# There is no "Etc/Unknown" entry, as CLDR says that "Etc/Unknown"
+# corresponds to an unknown or invalid time zone, and things would get
+# confusing if Etc/Unknown were made valid here.
+
 Zone	Etc/GMT-14	14	-	%z
 Zone	Etc/GMT-13	13	-	%z
 Zone	Etc/GMT-12	12	-	%z

europe

@@ -1147,7 +1147,7 @@ Zone Atlantic/Faroe	-0:27:04 -	LMT	1908 Jan 11 # Tórshavn
 # However, Greenland will change to Daylight Saving Time again in 2024
 # and onwards.
 
-# From a contributor who wishes to remain anonymous for now (2023-10-29):
+# From Jule Dabars (2023-10-29):
 # https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/seneste/i-nat-skal-uret-stilles-en-time-tilbage-men-foerste-gang-sker-det-ikke-i-groenland
 # with a link to that page:
 # https://naalakkersuisut.gl/Nyheder/2023/10/2710_sommertid

factory

@@ -8,5 +8,15 @@
 # time zone abbreviation "-00", indicating that the actual time zone
 # is unknown.
 
+# TZ="Factory" was added to TZDB in 1989, and in 2016 its abbreviation
+# was changed to "-00" from a longish English-language error message.
+# Around 2010, CLDR added "Etc/Unknown" for use with TZDB, to stand
+# for an unknown or invalid time zone.  These two notions differ:
+# TZ="Factory" is a valid timezone, so tzalloc("Factory") succeeds, whereas
+# TZ="Etc/Unknown" is invalid and tzalloc("Etc/Unknown") fails.
+# Also, a downstream distributor could modify Factory to be a
+# default timezone suitable for the devices it manufactures,
+# whereas that cannot happen for Etc/Unknown.
+
 # Zone	NAME	STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT
 Zone	Factory	0	-	-00

leap-seconds.list

@@ -60,15 +60,15 @@
 #
 #	The following line shows the last update of this file in NTP timestamp:
 #
-#$	3929093563
+#$	3945196800
 #
 #	2) Expiration date of the file given on a semi-annual basis: last June or last December
 #
-#	File expires on 28 June 2025
+#	File expires on 28 December 2025
 #
 #	Expire date in NTP timestamp:
 #
-#@	3960057600
+#@	3975868800
 #
 #
 #	LIST OF LEAP SECONDS
@@ -117,4 +117,4 @@
 #	please see the readme file in the 'source' directory :
 #	https://hpiers.obspm.fr/iers/bul/bulc/ntp/sources/README
 #
-#h	be738595 57b0cf1b b0218343 fb77062f 5a775e7
+#h	848434d5 570f7ea8 d79ba227 a00fc821 f608e2d4

leapseconds

@@ -69,11 +69,11 @@ Leap	2016	Dec	31	23:59:60	+	S
 # Any additional leap seconds will come after this.
 # This Expires line is commented out for now,
 # so that pre-2020a zic implementations do not reject this file.
-#Expires 2025	Jun	28	00:00:00
+#Expires 2025	Dec	28	00:00:00
 
 # POSIX timestamps for the data in this file:
-#updated 1720104763 (2024-07-04 14:52:43 UTC)
-#expires 1751068800 (2025-06-28 00:00:00 UTC)
+#updated 1736208000 (2025-01-07 00:00:00 UTC)
+#expires 1766880000 (2025-12-28 00:00:00 UTC)
 
 #	Updated through IERS Bulletin C (https://hpiers.obspm.fr/iers/bul/bulc/bulletinc.dat)
-#	File expires on 28 June 2025
+#	File expires on 28 December 2025

northamerica

@@ -27,9 +27,12 @@
 # in New York City (1869-10).  His 1870 proposal was based on Washington, DC,
 # but in 1872-05 he moved the proposed origin to Greenwich.
 
-# From Paul Eggert (2018-03-20):
+# From Paul Eggert (2024-11-18):
 # Dowd's proposal left many details unresolved, such as where to draw
-# lines between time zones.  The key individual who made time zones
+# lines between time zones.  Sandford Fleming of the Canadian Pacific Railway
+# argued for Dowd's proposal in 1876, and Cleveland Abbe of the American
+# Meteorology Society published a report in 1879 recommending four US time
+# zones based on GMT.  However, the key individual who made time zones
 # work in the US was William Frederick Allen - railway engineer,
 # managing editor of the Travelers' Guide, and secretary of the
 # General Time Convention, a railway standardization group.  Allen
@@ -2631,7 +2634,7 @@ Zone America/Dawson	-9:17:40 -	LMT	1900 Aug 20
 # http://puentelibre.mx/noticia/ciudad_juarez_cambio_horario_noviembre_2022/
 
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
-Rule	Mexico	1931	only	-	April	30	0:00	1:00	D
+Rule	Mexico	1931	only	-	Apr	30	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Mexico	1931	only	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	S
 Rule	Mexico	1939	only	-	Feb	5	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Mexico	1939	only	-	Jun	25	0:00	0	S

southamerica

@@ -1687,7 +1687,7 @@ Rule	Para	2005	2009	-	Mar	Sun>=8	0:00	0	-
 # and that on the first Sunday of the month of October, it is to be set
 # forward 60 minutes, in all the territory of the Paraguayan Republic.
 # ...
-Rule	Para	2010	max	-	Oct	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	-
+Rule	Para	2010	2024	-	Oct	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	-
 Rule	Para	2010	2012	-	Apr	Sun>=8	0:00	0	-
 #
 # From Steffen Thorsen (2013-03-07):
@@ -1706,14 +1706,35 @@ Rule	Para	2010	2012	-	Apr	Sun>=8	0:00	0	-
 # https://www.abc.com.py/politica/2023/07/12/promulgacion-el-cambio-de-hora-sera-por-ley/
 # From Carlos Raúl Perasso (2023-07-27):
 # http://silpy.congreso.gov.py/descarga/ley-144138
-Rule	Para	2013	max	-	Mar	Sun>=22	0:00	0	-
+Rule	Para	2013	2024	-	Mar	Sun>=22	0:00	0	-
+#
+# From Heitor David Pinto (2024-09-24):
+# Today the Congress of Paraguay passed a bill to observe UTC-3 permanently....
+# The text of the bill says that it would enter into force on the first
+# Sunday in October 2024, the same date currently scheduled to start DST....
+# https://silpy.congreso.gov.py/web/expediente/132531
+# (2024-10-14):
+# The president approved the law on 11 October 2024,
+# and it was officially published on 14 October 2024.
+# https://www.gacetaoficial.gov.py/index/detalle_publicacion/89723
+# The text of the law says that it enters into force on the first
+# Sunday in October 2024 (6 October 2024).  But the constitution
+# prohibits retroactive effect, and the civil code says that laws
+# enter into force on the day after their publication or on the day
+# that they specify, and it also says that they don't have retroactive
+# effect.  So I think that the time change on 6 October 2024 should
+# still be considered as DST according to the previous law, and
+# permanently UTC-3 from 15 October 2024 according to the new law....
+# https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Paraguay_2011
+# https://www.oas.org/dil/esp/codigo_civil_paraguay.pdf
 
 # Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone America/Asuncion	-3:50:40 -	LMT	1890
 			-3:50:40 -	AMT	1931 Oct 10 # Asunción Mean Time
 			-4:00	-	%z	1972 Oct
 			-3:00	-	%z	1974 Apr
-			-4:00	Para	%z
+			-4:00	Para	%z	2024 Oct 15
+			-3:00	-	%z
 
 # Peru
 #

theory.html

@@ -123,8 +123,9 @@ If geolocation information is available, a selection interface can
 locate the user on a timezone map or prioritize names that are
 geographically close. For an example selection interface, see the
 <code>tzselect</code> program in the <code><abbr>tz</abbr></code> code.
-The <a href="https://cldr.unicode.org">Unicode Common Locale Data
-Repository</a> contains data that may be useful for other selection
+Unicode's <a href="https://cldr.unicode.org">Common Locale Data
+Repository (<abbr>CLDR</abbr>)</a>
+contains data that may be useful for other selection
 interfaces; it maps timezone names like <code>Europe/Prague</code> to
 locale-dependent strings like "Prague", "Praha", "Прага", and "布拉格".
 </p>
@@ -200,6 +201,8 @@ in decreasing order of importance:
   <li>
     A name must not be empty, or contain '<code>//</code>', or
     start or end with '<code>/</code>'.
+    Also, a name must not be '<code>Etc/Unknown</code>', as
+    <abbr>CLDR</abbr> uses that string for an unknown or invalid timezone.
   </li>
   <li>
     Do not use names that differ only in case.
@@ -220,10 +223,18 @@ in decreasing order of importance:
     do not need locations, since local time is not defined there.
   </li>
   <li>
-    If all the clocks in a timezone have agreed since 1970,
-    do not bother to include more than one timezone
-    even if some of the clocks disagreed before 1970.
+    If all clocks in a region have agreed since 1970,
+    give them just one name even if some of the clocks disagreed before 1970,
+    or reside in different countries or in notable or faraway locations.
     Otherwise these tables would become annoyingly large.
+    For example, do not create a name <code>Indian/Crozet</code>
+    as a near-duplicate or alias of <code>Asia/Dubai</code>
+    merely because they are different countries or territories,
+    or their clocks disagreed before 1970, or the
+    <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crozet_Islands">Crozet Islands</a>
+    are notable in their own right,
+    or the Crozet Islands are not adjacent to other locations
+    that use <code>Asia/Dubai</code>.
   </li>
   <li>
     If boundaries between regions are fluid, such as during a war or
@@ -579,10 +590,10 @@ in decreasing order of importance:
     locations while uninhabited.
     The leading '<code>-</code>' is a flag that the <abbr>UT</abbr> offset is in
     some sense undefined; this notation is derived
-    from <a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3339">Internet
+    from <a href="https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3339">Internet
     <abbr title="Request For Comments">RFC</abbr> 3339</a>.
     (The abbreviation 'Z' that
-    <a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc9557">Internet
+    <a href="https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9557">Internet
     <abbr>RFC</abbr> 9557</a> uses for this concept
     would violate the POSIX requirement
     of at least three characters in an abbreviation.)
@@ -1115,8 +1126,8 @@ However POSIX.1-2024, like earlier POSIX editions, has some limitations:
     the name of a file from which time-related information is read.
     The file's format is <dfn><abbr>TZif</abbr></dfn>,
     a timezone information format that contains binary data; see
-    <a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/8536">Internet
-    <abbr>RFC</abbr> 8536</a>.
+    <a href="https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/9636">Internet
+    <abbr>RFC</abbr> 9636</a>.
     The daylight saving time rules to be used for a
     particular timezone are encoded in the
     <abbr>TZif</abbr> file; the format of the file allows <abbr>US</abbr>,
@@ -1201,12 +1212,15 @@ The vestigial <abbr>API</abbr>s are:
     The <code>tm_isdst</code> member is almost never needed and most of
     its uses should be discouraged in favor of the abovementioned
     <abbr>API</abbr>s.
+    It was intended as an index into the <code>tzname</code> variable,
+    but as mentioned previously that usage is obsolete.
     Although it can still be used in arguments to
     <code>mktime</code> to disambiguate timestamps near
     a <abbr>DST</abbr> transition when the clock jumps back on
     platforms lacking <code>tm_gmtoff</code>, this
-    disambiguation does not work when standard time itself jumps back,
-    which can occur when a location changes to a time zone with a
+    disambiguation works only for proleptic <code>TZ</code> strings;
+    it does not work in general for geographical timezones,
+    such as when a location changes to a time zone with a
     lesser <abbr>UT</abbr> offset.
   </li>
 </ul>
@@ -1223,8 +1237,8 @@ The vestigial <abbr>API</abbr>s are:
     Programs that in the past used the <code>timezone</code> function
     may now examine <code>localtime(&amp;clock)-&gt;tm_zone</code>
     (if <code>TM_ZONE</code> is defined) or
-    <code>tzname[localtime(&amp;clock)-&gt;tm_isdst]</code>
-    (if <code>HAVE_TZNAME</code> is nonzero) to learn the correct time
+    use <code>strftime</code> with a <code>%Z</code> conversion specification
+    to learn the correct time
     zone abbreviation to use.
   </li>
   <li>

version

-2024b
+2025a

zone.tab

@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ PF	-0900-13930	Pacific/Marquesas	Marquesas Islands
 PF	-2308-13457	Pacific/Gambier	Gambier Islands
 PG	-0930+14710	Pacific/Port_Moresby	most of Papua New Guinea
 PG	-0613+15534	Pacific/Bougainville	Bougainville
-PH	+1435+12100	Asia/Manila
+PH	+143512+1205804	Asia/Manila
 PK	+2452+06703	Asia/Karachi
 PL	+5215+02100	Europe/Warsaw
 PM	+4703-05620	America/Miquelon

zone1970.tab

@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ IR	+3540+05126	Asia/Tehran
 IT,SM,VA	+4154+01229	Europe/Rome
 JM	+175805-0764736	America/Jamaica
 JO	+3157+03556	Asia/Amman
-JP	+353916+1394441	Asia/Tokyo
+JP,AU	+353916+1394441	Asia/Tokyo	Eyre Bird Observatory
 KE,DJ,ER,ET,KM,MG,SO,TZ,UG,YT	-0117+03649	Africa/Nairobi
 KG	+4254+07436	Asia/Bishkek
 KI,MH,TV,UM,WF	+0125+17300	Pacific/Tarawa	Gilberts, Marshalls, Wake
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ PF	-0900-13930	Pacific/Marquesas	Marquesas Islands
 PF	-2308-13457	Pacific/Gambier	Gambier Islands
 PG,AQ,FM	-0930+14710	Pacific/Port_Moresby	Papua New Guinea (most areas), Chuuk, Yap, Dumont d'Urville
 PG	-0613+15534	Pacific/Bougainville	Bougainville
-PH	+1435+12100	Asia/Manila
+PH	+143512+1205804	Asia/Manila
 PK	+2452+06703	Asia/Karachi
 PL	+5215+02100	Europe/Warsaw
 PM	+4703-05620	America/Miquelon
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ RU	+6445+17729	Asia/Anadyr	MSK+09 - Bering Sea
 SA,AQ,KW,YE	+2438+04643	Asia/Riyadh	Syowa
 SB,FM	-0932+16012	Pacific/Guadalcanal	Pohnpei
 SD	+1536+03232	Africa/Khartoum
-SG,MY	+0117+10351	Asia/Singapore	peninsular Malaysia
+SG,AQ,MY	+0117+10351	Asia/Singapore	peninsular Malaysia, Concordia
 SR	+0550-05510	America/Paramaribo
 SS	+0451+03137	Africa/Juba
 ST	+0020+00644	Africa/Sao_Tome

zonenow.tab

@@ -97,9 +97,6 @@ XX	+1828-06954	America/Santo_Domingo	Atlantic Standard ("AST") - eastern Caribbe
 # -04/-03 (Chile DST)
 XX	-3327-07040	America/Santiago	most of Chile
 #
-# -04/-03 (Paraguay DST)
-XX	-2516-05740	America/Asuncion	Paraguay
-#
 # -04/-03 - AST/ADT (North America DST)
 XX	+4439-06336	America/Halifax	Atlantic ("AST/ADT") - Canada; Bermuda
 #
@@ -224,7 +221,7 @@ XX	+1345+10031	Asia/Bangkok	Russia; Indochina; Christmas Island
 XX	-0610+10648	Asia/Jakarta	Indonesia ("WIB")
 #
 # +08
-XX	+0117+10351	Asia/Singapore	Russia; Brunei; Malaysia; Singapore
+XX	+0117+10351	Asia/Singapore	Russia; Brunei; Malaysia; Singapore; Concordia
 #
 # +08 - AWST
 XX	-3157+11551	Australia/Perth	Western Australia ("AWST")
@@ -236,7 +233,7 @@ XX	+3114+12128	Asia/Shanghai	China ("CST")
 XX	+2217+11409	Asia/Hong_Kong	Hong Kong ("HKT")
 #
 # +08 - PHT
-XX	+1435+12100	Asia/Manila	Philippines ("PHT")
+XX	+143512+1205804	Asia/Manila	Philippines ("PHT")
 #
 # +08 - WITA
 XX	-0507+11924	Asia/Makassar	Indonesia ("WITA")
@@ -248,7 +245,7 @@ XX	-3143+12852	Australia/Eucla	Eucla
 XX	+5203+11328	Asia/Chita	Russia; Palau; East Timor
 #
 # +09 - JST
-XX	+353916+1394441	Asia/Tokyo	Japan ("JST")
+XX	+353916+1394441	Asia/Tokyo	Japan ("JST"); Eyre Bird Observatory
 #
 # +09 - KST
 XX	+3733+12658	Asia/Seoul	Korea ("KST")