tz database

tz database

La tz database, aussi appelée la zoneinfo database, est une base de données qui contient différentes informations sur les fuseaux horaires du monde. Tenue à jour par plusieurs personnes, elle est surtout utile aux logiciels et aux systèmes d'exploitation[1]. Elle est parfois appelée la Olson database en l'honneur d'Arthur David Olson, son créateur[2]. En 2011, Paul Eggert est l'éditeur de la tz database[3]. Elle se distingue par sa convention de nommage, mis au point par Eggert, pour désigner les fuseaux horaires, par exemple « America/New_York » et « Europe/Paris »[4]. Cette base de données contient une grande quantité d'informations à propos des fuseaux horaires historiques, dont les anciens fuseaux et tous les changements apportés depuis 1970, début de l’epoch de l'heure UNIX[5] Elle tient compte des changements horaires, telle l'heure d’été et les secondes intercalaires[6]

Le 6 octobre 2011, suite à des poursuites judiciaires, la base est fermée. Le 14 octobre 2011, l'ICANN prend en charge l'hébergement de la base et s'engage à faire face à toutes les poursuites[7].

La tz database divise le monde en régions où toutes les horloges officielles régionales sont actives depuis 1970. Cette carte, générée à partir de la version 2009r de la base de données, montre toutes les régions, Antarctique exceptée[8].

Notes et références

  1. (en) Sources for time zone and daylight saving time data, 2007-11-29. Consulté le 2007-12-03
  2. (en) Arthur David Olson, Resolved timezone issue? Other issues. New ctime manual page, tz mailing list, 1986-12-16
  3. (en) Re: FW: IANA time zone registration - proposal, mailing list time.tz, 2005-01
  4. (en) Paul Eggert, proposal for time zone names, tz mailing list, 1993-10-20
  5. (en) Arthur David Olson, Re: ist of issues, tz mailing list, 1987-03-18
  6. (en) Bob Devine, leap seconds; [0-60] is ok, tz mailing list, 1988-06-02
  7. (en) http://www.icann.org/en/news/releases/release-14oct11-en.pdf
  8. (en) A map of the TZ timezones of the world Mise à jour le 2009-11-23.

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