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1 /* Layout and location of TZif files. */
2
3 #ifndef TZFILE_H
4
5 #define TZFILE_H
6
7 /*
8 ** This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
9 ** 1996-06-05 by Arthur David Olson.
10 */
11
12 /*
13 ** This header is for use ONLY with the time conversion code.
14 ** There is no guarantee that it will remain unchanged,
15 ** or that it will remain at all.
16 ** Do NOT copy it to any system include directory.
17 ** Thank you!
18 */
19
20 /*
21 ** Information about time zone files.
22 */
23
24 #ifndef TZDIR
25 #define TZDIR "/usr/share/zoneinfo" /* Time zone object file directory */
26 #endif /* !defined TZDIR */
27
28 #ifndef TZDEFAULT
29 #define TZDEFAULT "/etc/localtime"
30 #endif /* !defined TZDEFAULT */
31
32 #ifndef TZDEFRULES
33 #define TZDEFRULES "posixrules"
34 #endif /* !defined TZDEFRULES */
35
36 /*
37 ** Each file begins with. . .
38 */
39
40 #define TZ_MAGIC "TZif"
41
42 struct tzhead {
43 char tzh_magic[4]; /* TZ_MAGIC */
44 char tzh_version[1]; /* '\0' or '2' or '3' as of 2013 */
45 char tzh_reserved[15]; /* reserved; must be zero */
46 char tzh_ttisgmtcnt[4]; /* coded number of trans. time flags */
47 char tzh_ttisstdcnt[4]; /* coded number of trans. time flags */
48 char tzh_leapcnt[4]; /* coded number of leap seconds */
49 char tzh_timecnt[4]; /* coded number of transition times */
50 char tzh_typecnt[4]; /* coded number of local time types */
51 char tzh_charcnt[4]; /* coded number of abbr. chars */
52 };
53
54 /*
55 ** . . .followed by. . .
56 **
57 ** tzh_timecnt (char [4])s coded transition times a la time(2)
58 ** tzh_timecnt (unsigned char)s types of local time starting at above
59 ** tzh_typecnt repetitions of
60 ** one (char [4]) coded UT offset in seconds
61 ** one (unsigned char) used to set tm_isdst
62 ** one (unsigned char) that's an abbreviation list index
63 ** tzh_charcnt (char)s '\0'-terminated zone abbreviations
64 ** tzh_leapcnt repetitions of
65 ** one (char [4]) coded leap second transition times
66 ** one (char [4]) total correction after above
67 ** tzh_ttisstdcnt (char)s indexed by type; if 1, transition
68 ** time is standard time, if 0,
69 ** transition time is wall clock time
70 ** if absent, transition times are
71 ** assumed to be wall clock time
72 ** tzh_ttisgmtcnt (char)s indexed by type; if 1, transition
73 ** time is UT, if 0,
74 ** transition time is local time
75 ** if absent, transition times are
76 ** assumed to be local time
77 */
78
79 /*
80 ** If tzh_version is '2' or greater, the above is followed by a second instance
81 ** of tzhead and a second instance of the data in which each coded transition
82 ** time uses 8 rather than 4 chars,
83 ** then a POSIX-TZ-environment-variable-style string for use in handling
84 ** instants after the last transition time stored in the file
85 ** (with nothing between the newlines if there is no POSIX representation for
86 ** such instants).
87 **
88 ** If tz_version is '3' or greater, the above is extended as follows.
89 ** First, the POSIX TZ string's hour offset may range from -167
90 ** through 167 as compared to the POSIX-required 0 through 24.
91 ** Second, its DST start time may be January 1 at 00:00 and its stop
92 ** time December 31 at 24:00 plus the difference between DST and
93 ** standard time, indicating DST all year.
94 */
95
96 /*
97 ** In the current implementation, "tzset()" refuses to deal with files that
98 ** exceed any of the limits below.
99 */
100
101 #ifndef TZ_MAX_TIMES
102 #define TZ_MAX_TIMES 2000
103 #endif /* !defined TZ_MAX_TIMES */
104
105 #ifndef TZ_MAX_TYPES
106 /* This must be at least 17 for Europe/Samara and Europe/Vilnius. */
107 #define TZ_MAX_TYPES 256 /* Limited by what (unsigned char)'s can hold */
108 #endif /* !defined TZ_MAX_TYPES */
109
110 #ifndef TZ_MAX_CHARS
111 #define TZ_MAX_CHARS 50 /* Maximum number of abbreviation characters */
112 /* (limited by what unsigned chars can hold) */
113 #endif /* !defined TZ_MAX_CHARS */
114
115 #ifndef TZ_MAX_LEAPS
116 #define TZ_MAX_LEAPS 50 /* Maximum number of leap second corrections */
117 #endif /* !defined TZ_MAX_LEAPS */
118
119 #endif /* !defined TZFILE_H */