[html5] r7840 - [e] (0) More info about time zones. Fixing https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_b [...]

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Mon Apr 15 15:59:50 PDT 2013


Author: ianh
Date: 2013-04-15 15:59:48 -0700 (Mon, 15 Apr 2013)
New Revision: 7840

Modified:
   complete.html
   index
   source
Log:
[e] (0) More info about time zones.
Fixing https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=17857
Affected topics: HTML

Modified: complete.html
===================================================================
--- complete.html	2013-04-15 22:33:44 UTC (rev 7839)
+++ complete.html	2013-04-15 22:59:48 UTC (rev 7840)
@@ -5411,7 +5411,7 @@
   however, right now the range of offsets of actual time zones is -12:00 to +14:00, and the minutes
   component of offsets of actual time zones is always either 00, 30, or 45. There is no guarantee
   that this will remain so forever, however; time zones are used as political footballs and are thus
-  subject to very whimsical policy decisions.</p> <!--FORK-->
+  subject to very whimsical policy decisions.</p>
 
   <p class=note>See also the usage notes and examples in the <a href=#concept-datetime title=concept-datetime>global
   date and time</a> section below for details on using time-zone offsets with historical times
@@ -20036,7 +20036,9 @@
     dates), specifying the geographic location that controls the time is usually more useful than
     specifying a time zone offset, because geographic locations change time zone offsets with
     daylight savings time. In some cases, geographic locations even change time zone, e.g. when the
-    boundaries of those time zones are redrawn, as happened with Samoa at the end of 2011.</p>
+    boundaries of those time zones are redrawn, as happened with Samoa at the end of 2011. There
+    exists a time zone database that describes the boundaries of time zones and what rules apply
+    within each such zone, known as the <i>time zone database</i>. <a href=#refsTZDATABASE>[TZDATABASE]</a></p>
 
    </dd>
 
@@ -100985,6 +100987,9 @@
    <dt id=refsTYPEDARRAY>[TYPEDARRAY]</dt>
    <dd><cite><a href=http://www.khronos.org/registry/typedarray/specs/latest/>Typed Array Specification</a></cite>, D. Herman, K. Russell. Khronos.</dd>
 
+   <dt id=refsTZDATABASE>[TZDATABASE]</dt>
+   <dd><cite><a href=http://www.iana.org/time-zones>Time Zone Database</a></cite>. IANA.</dd>
+
    <dt id=refsUAAG>[UAAG]</dt>
    <dd>(Non-normative) <cite><a href=http://www.w3.org/TR/UAAG20/>User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG) 2.0</a></cite>, J. Allan, K. Ford, J. Richards, J. Spellman. W3C.</dd>
 

Modified: index
===================================================================
--- index	2013-04-15 22:33:44 UTC (rev 7839)
+++ index	2013-04-15 22:59:48 UTC (rev 7840)
@@ -5411,7 +5411,7 @@
   however, right now the range of offsets of actual time zones is -12:00 to +14:00, and the minutes
   component of offsets of actual time zones is always either 00, 30, or 45. There is no guarantee
   that this will remain so forever, however; time zones are used as political footballs and are thus
-  subject to very whimsical policy decisions.</p> <!--FORK-->
+  subject to very whimsical policy decisions.</p>
 
   <p class=note>See also the usage notes and examples in the <a href=#concept-datetime title=concept-datetime>global
   date and time</a> section below for details on using time-zone offsets with historical times
@@ -20036,7 +20036,9 @@
     dates), specifying the geographic location that controls the time is usually more useful than
     specifying a time zone offset, because geographic locations change time zone offsets with
     daylight savings time. In some cases, geographic locations even change time zone, e.g. when the
-    boundaries of those time zones are redrawn, as happened with Samoa at the end of 2011.</p>
+    boundaries of those time zones are redrawn, as happened with Samoa at the end of 2011. There
+    exists a time zone database that describes the boundaries of time zones and what rules apply
+    within each such zone, known as the <i>time zone database</i>. <a href=#refsTZDATABASE>[TZDATABASE]</a></p>
 
    </dd>
 
@@ -100985,6 +100987,9 @@
    <dt id=refsTYPEDARRAY>[TYPEDARRAY]</dt>
    <dd><cite><a href=http://www.khronos.org/registry/typedarray/specs/latest/>Typed Array Specification</a></cite>, D. Herman, K. Russell. Khronos.</dd>
 
+   <dt id=refsTZDATABASE>[TZDATABASE]</dt>
+   <dd><cite><a href=http://www.iana.org/time-zones>Time Zone Database</a></cite>. IANA.</dd>
+
    <dt id=refsUAAG>[UAAG]</dt>
    <dd>(Non-normative) <cite><a href=http://www.w3.org/TR/UAAG20/>User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG) 2.0</a></cite>, J. Allan, K. Ford, J. Richards, J. Spellman. W3C.</dd>
 

Modified: source
===================================================================
--- source	2013-04-15 22:33:44 UTC (rev 7839)
+++ source	2013-04-15 22:59:48 UTC (rev 7840)
@@ -4593,7 +4593,7 @@
   however, right now the range of offsets of actual time zones is -12:00 to +14:00, and the minutes
   component of offsets of actual time zones is always either 00, 30, or 45. There is no guarantee
   that this will remain so forever, however; time zones are used as political footballs and are thus
-  subject to very whimsical policy decisions.</p> <!--FORK-->
+  subject to very whimsical policy decisions.</p>
 
   <p class="note">See also the usage notes and examples in the <span title="concept-datetime">global
   date and time</span> section below for details on using time-zone offsets with historical times
@@ -20883,7 +20883,10 @@
     dates), specifying the geographic location that controls the time is usually more useful than
     specifying a time zone offset, because geographic locations change time zone offsets with
     daylight savings time. In some cases, geographic locations even change time zone, e.g. when the
-    boundaries of those time zones are redrawn, as happened with Samoa at the end of 2011.</p>
+    boundaries of those time zones are redrawn, as happened with Samoa at the end of 2011. There
+    exists a time zone database that describes the boundaries of time zones and what rules apply
+    within each such zone, known as the <i>time zone database</i>. <a
+    href="#refsTZDATABASE">[TZDATABASE]</a></p>
 
    </dd>
 
@@ -113396,6 +113399,9 @@
    <dt id="refsTYPEDARRAY">[TYPEDARRAY]</dt>
    <dd><cite><a href="http://www.khronos.org/registry/typedarray/specs/latest/">Typed Array Specification</a></cite>, D. Herman, K. Russell. Khronos.</dd>
 
+   <dt id="refsTZDATABASE">[TZDATABASE]</dt>
+   <dd><cite><a href="http://www.iana.org/time-zones">Time Zone Database</a></cite>. IANA.</dd>
+
    <dt id="refsUAAG">[UAAG]</dt>
    <dd>(Non-normative) <cite><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/UAAG20/">User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG) 2.0</a></cite>, J. Allan, K. Ford, J. Richards, J. Spellman. W3C.</dd>
 




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