3 tzfile \- time zone information
8 The time zone information files used by
10 begin with the magic characters "TZif" to identify then as
11 time zone information files,
12 followed by sixteen bytes reserved for future use,
13 followed by six four-byte values of type
15 written in a ``standard'' byte order
16 (the high-order byte of the value is written first).
21 The number of UTC/local indicators stored in the file.
24 The number of standard/wall indicators stored in the file.
27 The number of leap seconds for which data is stored in the file.
30 The number of "transition times" for which data is stored
34 The number of "local time types" for which data is stored
35 in the file (must not be zero).
38 The number of characters of "time zone abbreviation strings"
41 The above header is followed by
43 four-byte values of type
45 sorted in ascending order.
46 These values are written in ``standard'' byte order.
47 Each is used as a transition time (as returned by
49 at which the rules for computing local time change.
52 one-byte values of type
54 each one tells which of the different types of ``local time'' types
55 described in the file is associated with the same-indexed transition time.
56 These values serve as indices into an array of
58 structures that appears next in the file;
59 these structures are defined as follows:
63 .ta .5i +\w'unsigned int\0\0'u
67 unsigned int tt_abbrind;
72 Each structure is written as a four-byte value for
76 in a standard byte order, followed by a one-byte value for
78 and a one-byte value for
82 gives the number of seconds to be added to UTC,
90 serves as an index into the array of time zone abbreviation characters
93 structure(s) in the file.
97 pairs of four-byte values, written in standard byte order;
98 the first value of each pair gives the time
101 at which a leap second occurs;
104 number of leap seconds to be applied after the given time.
105 The pairs of values are sorted in ascending order by time.
109 standard/wall indicators, each stored as a one-byte value;
110 they tell whether the transition times associated with local time types
111 were specified as standard time or wall clock time,
112 and are used when a time zone file is used in handling POSIX-style
113 time zone environment variables.
117 UTC/local indicators, each stored as a one-byte value;
118 they tell whether the transition times associated with local time types
119 were specified as UTC or local time,
120 and are used when a time zone file is used in handling POSIX-style
121 time zone environment variables.
124 uses the first standard-time
126 structure in the file
129 structure in the absence of a standard-time structure)
132 is zero or the time argument is less than the first transition time recorded
136 .\" @(#)tzfile.5 7.12
137 .\" This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
138 .\" 1996-06-05 by Arthur David Olson.