1 .\" $NetBSD: tzfile.5,v 1.18 2012/08/09 12:38:25 christos Exp $
3 .\" This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
4 .\" 1996-06-05 by Arthur David Olson (arthur_david_olson@nih.gov).
10 .Nd time zone information
14 The time zone information files used by
16 begin with the magic characters
18 to identify them as time zone information files,
19 followed by a character identifying the version of the file's format
20 (as of 2005, either an ASCII NUL or a '2')
21 followed by fifteen bytes containing zeroes reserved for future use,
22 followed by six four-byte values of type
26 byte order (the high-order byte of the value is written first).
27 These values are, in order:
28 .Bl -tag -width XXXXXX -compact
30 The number of UTC/local indicators stored in the file.
32 The number of standard/wall indicators stored in the file.
34 The number of leap seconds for which data is stored in the file.
38 for which data is stored in the file.
42 for which data is stored in the file (must not be zero).
44 The number of characters of "time zone abbreviation strings"
48 The above header is followed by
50 four-byte values of type
52 sorted in ascending order.
53 These values are written in
56 Each is used as a transition time (as returned by
58 at which the rules for computing local time change.
61 one-byte values of type
63 each one tells which of the different types of
65 types described in the file is associated with the same-indexed
67 These values serve as indices into an array of
71 entries) that appears next in the file;
72 these structures are defined as follows:
77 unsigned int tt_abbrind;
80 Each structure is written as a four-byte value for
84 in a standard byte order, followed by a one-byte value for
86 and a one-byte value for
90 gives the number of seconds to be added to UTC,
98 serves as an index into the array of time zone abbreviation characters
101 structure(s) in the file.
105 pairs of four-byte values, written in standard byte order;
106 the first value of each pair gives the time
109 at which a leap second occurs;
112 number of leap seconds to be applied after the given time.
113 The pairs of values are sorted in ascending order by time.
117 standard/wall indicators, each stored as a one-byte value;
118 they tell whether the transition times associated with local time types
119 were specified as standard time or wall clock time,
120 and are used when a time zone file is used in handling POSIX-style
121 time zone environment variables.
125 UTC/local indicators, each stored as a one-byte value;
126 they tell whether the transition times associated with local time types
127 were specified as UTC or local time,
128 and are used when a time zone file is used in handling POSIX-style
129 time zone environment variables.
132 uses the first standard-time
134 structure in the file
137 structure in the absence of a standard-time structure)
140 is zero or the time argument is less than the first transition time recorded
143 For version-2-format time zone files,
144 the above header and data is followed by a second header and data,
145 identical in format except that
146 eight bytes are used for each transition time or leap second time.
147 After the second header and data comes a newline-enclosed,
148 POSIX-TZ-environment-variable-style string for use in handling instants
149 after the last transition time stored in the file
150 (with nothing between the newlines if there is no POSIX representation for
158 .\" This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
159 .\" 1996-06-05 by Arthur David Olson.