From tom at moulton.us  Fri Jan 14 07:35:06 2011
From: tom at moulton.us (Thomas A. Moulton)
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 07:35:06 -0500
Subject: [TZInfo-users] TZ Info updates
Message-ID: <4D3042FA.7070309@moulton.us>

The readme says
The tz database has been imported (using TZDataParser) and turned into a 
set of Ruby modules (which are packaged with this release).
----
When the TZ Database changes will I automatically be updated?
I am running in a process that runs "all" the time, is there a function 
to cause the current data to be discarded so it will be reloaded from 
the online database?
tom

From phil.ross at gmail.com  Sat Jan 15 08:26:29 2011
From: phil.ross at gmail.com (Philip Ross)
Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2011 13:26:29 +0000
Subject: [TZInfo-users] TZ Info updates
In-Reply-To: <4D3042FA.7070309@moulton.us>
References: <4D3042FA.7070309@moulton.us>
Message-ID: <AANLkTineunkOMahhwz1fMxSf27y+Ea2uxH=qqr0GP64g@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Thomas,

On 14 January 2011 12:35, Thomas A. Moulton <tom at moulton.us> wrote:
> The readme says
> The tz database has been imported (using TZDataParser) and turned into a set
> of Ruby modules (which are packaged with this release).
> ----
> When the TZ Database changes will I automatically be updated?

TZInfo does not automatically update the tz data.

Updates to the tz database are published several times a year. New
versions of tzinfo are released following releases of the tz database
that contain the new tz data. To get the updates you'll have to either
update the tzinfo gem or download the changes manually from RubyForge
or the svn repository.

> I am running in a process that runs "all" the time, is there a function to
> cause the current data to be discarded so it will be reloaded from the
> online database?

No, TZInfo doesn't include any support for downloading updated data or
reloading the local data module files.

Kind regards,

Phil

From phil.ross at gmail.com  Sat Jan 15 08:26:29 2011
From: phil.ross at gmail.com (Philip Ross)
Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2011 13:26:29 +0000
Subject: [TZInfo-users] TZ Info updates
In-Reply-To: <4D3042FA.7070309@moulton.us>
References: <4D3042FA.7070309@moulton.us>
Message-ID: <AANLkTineunkOMahhwz1fMxSf27y+Ea2uxH=qqr0GP64g@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Thomas,

On 14 January 2011 12:35, Thomas A. Moulton <tom at moulton.us> wrote:
> The readme says
> The tz database has been imported (using TZDataParser) and turned into a set
> of Ruby modules (which are packaged with this release).
> ----
> When the TZ Database changes will I automatically be updated?

TZInfo does not automatically update the tz data.

Updates to the tz database are published several times a year. New
versions of tzinfo are released following releases of the tz database
that contain the new tz data. To get the updates you'll have to either
update the tzinfo gem or download the changes manually from RubyForge
or the svn repository.

> I am running in a process that runs "all" the time, is there a function to
> cause the current data to be discarded so it will be reloaded from the
> online database?

No, TZInfo doesn't include any support for downloading updated data or
reloading the local data module files.

Kind regards,

Phil

From tom at moulton.us  Sat Jan 15 11:18:19 2011
From: tom at moulton.us (Thomas A. Moulton)
Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2011 11:18:19 -0500
Subject: [TZInfo-users] TZ Info updates
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTineunkOMahhwz1fMxSf27y+Ea2uxH=qqr0GP64g@mail.gmail.com>
References: <4D3042FA.7070309@moulton.us>
	<AANLkTineunkOMahhwz1fMxSf27y+Ea2uxH=qqr0GP64g@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <4D31C8CB.1070506@moulton.us>

Here is an update for your website.

The link for TZFile is on your site as http://cvs.m17n.org/~akr/ruby-tzfile/

The correct link is: http://www.a-k-r.org/ruby-tzfile/

Does anyone have experience with TZ File?

I am running on a Linux box (Ubuntu) and it seems those files are 
automatically updated,
so that may be my best solution... assuming they work ok :)

tom
ps. Feel free to contact me off-list if you prefer your comments to be 
private :)

On 01/15/2011 08:26 AM, Philip Ross wrote:
> Hi Thomas,
>
> On 14 January 2011 12:35, Thomas A. Moulton<tom at moulton.us>  wrote:
>> The readme says
>> The tz database has been imported (using TZDataParser) and turned into a set
>> of Ruby modules (which are packaged with this release).
>> ----
>> When the TZ Database changes will I automatically be updated?
> TZInfo does not automatically update the tz data.
>
> Updates to the tz database are published several times a year. New
> versions of tzinfo are released following releases of the tz database
> that contain the new tz data. To get the updates you'll have to either
> update the tzinfo gem or download the changes manually from RubyForge
> or the svn repository.
>
>> I am running in a process that runs "all" the time, is there a function to
>> cause the current data to be discarded so it will be reloaded from the
>> online database?
> No, TZInfo doesn't include any support for downloading updated data or
> reloading the local data module files.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Phil
> _______________________________________________
> TZInfo-users mailing list
> TZInfo-users at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/tzinfo-users
>
> .
>

From phil.ross at gmail.com  Sat Jan 15 11:55:46 2011
From: phil.ross at gmail.com (Philip Ross)
Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2011 16:55:46 +0000
Subject: [TZInfo-users] TZ Info updates
In-Reply-To: <4D31C8CB.1070506@moulton.us>
References: <4D3042FA.7070309@moulton.us>
	<AANLkTineunkOMahhwz1fMxSf27y+Ea2uxH=qqr0GP64g@mail.gmail.com>
	<4D31C8CB.1070506@moulton.us>
Message-ID: <AANLkTi=HnMm_Cqtr9oL79rs6Q=uKB-ig3Soyooy1PB9n@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Thomas,

On 15 January 2011 16:18, Thomas A. Moulton <tom at moulton.us> wrote:
> Here is an update for your website.
>
> The link for TZFile is on your site as http://cvs.m17n.org/~akr/ruby-tzfile/
>
> The correct link is: http://www.a-k-r.org/ruby-tzfile/

Thanks. I have updated the site.

> Does anyone have experience with TZ File?

I haven't looked at TZFile since before I started work on TZInfo. You
may get a better response by asking on the main Ruby Talk mailing list
(this one doesn't get much traffic).

Kind regards,

Phil

From tom at moulton.us  Sat Jan 15 12:22:45 2011
From: tom at moulton.us (Thomas A. Moulton)
Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2011 12:22:45 -0500
Subject: [TZInfo-users] TZ Info updates
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=HnMm_Cqtr9oL79rs6Q=uKB-ig3Soyooy1PB9n@mail.gmail.com>
References: <4D3042FA.7070309@moulton.us>	<AANLkTineunkOMahhwz1fMxSf27y+Ea2uxH=qqr0GP64g@mail.gmail.com>	<4D31C8CB.1070506@moulton.us>
	<AANLkTi=HnMm_Cqtr9oL79rs6Q=uKB-ig3Soyooy1PB9n@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <4D31D7E5.3060600@moulton.us>

thanks

On 01/15/2011 11:55 AM, Philip Ross wrote:
> Hi Thomas,
>
> On 15 January 2011 16:18, Thomas A. Moulton<tom at moulton.us>  wrote:
>> Here is an update for your website.
>>
>> The link for TZFile is on your site as http://cvs.m17n.org/~akr/ruby-tzfile/
>>
>> The correct link is: http://www.a-k-r.org/ruby-tzfile/
> Thanks. I have updated the site.
>
>> Does anyone have experience with TZ File?
> I haven't looked at TZFile since before I started work on TZInfo. You
> may get a better response by asking on the main Ruby Talk mailing list
> (this one doesn't get much traffic).
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Phil
> _______________________________________________
> TZInfo-users mailing list
> TZInfo-users at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/tzinfo-users
>
>

From steve at wiscota.net  Wed Jan 26 15:45:43 2011
From: steve at wiscota.net (steve fox)
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 14:45:43 -0600
Subject: [TZInfo-users] 'Brazil/East'
Message-ID: <4D4087F7.2090104@wiscota.net>

Hi,

I love this module, though some of the codes don't seem to be working 
e.g, 'Brazil/East' and 'Asia/Calcutta':

 >> rio= TZInfo::Country.get('Brazil/East')
TZInfo::InvalidCountryCode: Invalid identifier

I got the country code information from /usr/shared/zoneinfo.  Should I 
be referencing something else?

Thanks,

Steve
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From phil.ross at gmail.com  Wed Jan 26 18:18:13 2011
From: phil.ross at gmail.com (Philip Ross)
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 23:18:13 +0000
Subject: [TZInfo-users] 'Brazil/East'
In-Reply-To: <4D4087F7.2090104@wiscota.net>
References: <4D4087F7.2090104@wiscota.net>
Message-ID: <AANLkTikiqxm8QZKM_u97__sRrM-PeHHaiYtrv8XKBgQr@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Steve,

On 26 January 2011 20:45, steve fox <steve at wiscota.net> wrote:
> I love this module, though some of the codes don't seem to be working e.g,
> 'Brazil/East' and 'Asia/Calcutta':
>
>>> rio= TZInfo::Country.get('Brazil/East')
> TZInfo::InvalidCountryCode: Invalid identifier

Brazil/East is a timezone identifier, not a country code. You need to
use it with TZInfo::Timezone.get instead of TZInfo::Country.get:

rio = TZInfo::Timezone.get('Brazil/East')
=> #<TZInfo::LinkedTimezone: Brazil/East>

TZInfo::Country can be used to obtain the timezones for a particular
country (by its ISO 3166 two letter country code). For example, the
following code returns the timezones identifiers for Brazil:

>> TZInfo::Country.get('BR').zone_identifiers
=> ["America/Noronha", "America/Belem", "America/Fortaleza",
"America/Recife", "America/Araguaina", "America/Maceio",
"America/Bahia", "America/Sao_Paulo", "America/Campo_Grande",
"America/Cuiaba", "America/Santarem", "America/Porto_Velho",
"America/Boa_Vista", "America/Manaus", "America/Eirunepe",
"America/Rio_Branco"]

Note that this doesn't include Brazil/East. This is because
Brazil/East is an alias for America/Sao_Paulo, provided for backwards
compatibility.

> I got the country code information from /usr/shared/zoneinfo.? Should I be
> referencing something else?

TZInfo doesn't actually use the system /usr/shared/zoneinfo directory.
The zoneinfo directory and TZInfo do both use the the tz database
(http://www.twinsun.com/tz/tz-link.htm) as their source though. You
can get a list of the identifiers of all the timezone included with
TZInfo using the TZInfo::Timezone.all_identifiers method.

The tz database zone.tab file
(http://tzinfo.rubyforge.org/svn/branches/0.3/data/zone.tab) lists all
the timezones associated with countries. You can access the zone.tab
data through the TZInfo API using the TZInfo::Country#zone_info
method. Please refer to the API documentation
(http://tzinfo.rubyforge.org/doc/) for details.

Kind regards,

Phil

From steve at wiscota.net  Wed Jan 26 23:44:20 2011
From: steve at wiscota.net (steve fox)
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 22:44:20 -0600
Subject: [TZInfo-users] 'Brazil/East'
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikiqxm8QZKM_u97__sRrM-PeHHaiYtrv8XKBgQr@mail.gmail.com>
References: <4D4087F7.2090104@wiscota.net>
	<AANLkTikiqxm8QZKM_u97__sRrM-PeHHaiYtrv8XKBgQr@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <4D40F824.8080406@wiscota.net>

Phil,

Excellent info, thank you and please pardon the top post.

Steve

On 1/26/11 5:18 PM, Philip Ross wrote:
> Hi Steve,
>
> On 26 January 2011 20:45, steve fox<steve at wiscota.net>  wrote:
>> I love this module, though some of the codes don't seem to be working e.g,
>> 'Brazil/East' and 'Asia/Calcutta':
>>
>>>> rio= TZInfo::Country.get('Brazil/East')
>> TZInfo::InvalidCountryCode: Invalid identifier
> Brazil/East is a timezone identifier, not a country code. You need to
> use it with TZInfo::Timezone.get instead of TZInfo::Country.get:
>
> rio = TZInfo::Timezone.get('Brazil/East')
> =>  #<TZInfo::LinkedTimezone: Brazil/East>
>
> TZInfo::Country can be used to obtain the timezones for a particular
> country (by its ISO 3166 two letter country code). For example, the
> following code returns the timezones identifiers for Brazil:
>
>>> TZInfo::Country.get('BR').zone_identifiers
> =>  ["America/Noronha", "America/Belem", "America/Fortaleza",
> "America/Recife", "America/Araguaina", "America/Maceio",
> "America/Bahia", "America/Sao_Paulo", "America/Campo_Grande",
> "America/Cuiaba", "America/Santarem", "America/Porto_Velho",
> "America/Boa_Vista", "America/Manaus", "America/Eirunepe",
> "America/Rio_Branco"]
>
> Note that this doesn't include Brazil/East. This is because
> Brazil/East is an alias for America/Sao_Paulo, provided for backwards
> compatibility.
>
>> I got the country code information from /usr/shared/zoneinfo.  Should I be
>> referencing something else?
> TZInfo doesn't actually use the system /usr/shared/zoneinfo directory.
> The zoneinfo directory and TZInfo do both use the the tz database
> (http://www.twinsun.com/tz/tz-link.htm) as their source though. You
> can get a list of the identifiers of all the timezone included with
> TZInfo using the TZInfo::Timezone.all_identifiers method.
>
> The tz database zone.tab file
> (http://tzinfo.rubyforge.org/svn/branches/0.3/data/zone.tab) lists all
> the timezones associated with countries. You can access the zone.tab
> data through the TZInfo API using the TZInfo::Country#zone_info
> method. Please refer to the API documentation
> (http://tzinfo.rubyforge.org/doc/) for details.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Phil
> _______________________________________________
> TZInfo-users mailing list
> TZInfo-users at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/tzinfo-users