[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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