Updated timezone-js and Olson database to fix time zones example. Updated README.

README.md

@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 Flot is a Javascript plotting library for jQuery.  
 Read more at the website: <http://www.flotcharts.org/>
 
-Take a look at the [examples](http://people.iola.dk/olau/flot/examples/), they should give a good
-impression of what Flot can do and the source code of the examples is
-probably the fastest way to learn how to use Flot.
+Take a look at examples/index.html; they should give a good impression of
+what Flot can do, and the source code of the examples is probably the fastest
+way to learn how to use Flot.
 
 
 ## Installation ##
@@ -92,5 +92,17 @@ the words that come up are "good-looking", "attractive", "stylish",
 "smart", "impressive", "extravagant". One of the main goals with Flot
 is pretty looks.
 
+
+## Notes about the examples ##
+
+In order to have a useful, functional example of time-series plots using time
+zones, date.js from [timezone-js][timezone-js] (released under the Apache 2.0
+license) and the [Olson][olson] time zone database (released to the public
+domain) have been included in the examples directory.  They are used in
+examples/timezones.html.
+
+
 [excanvas]: http://code.google.com/p/explorercanvas/
 [flashcanvas]: http://code.google.com/p/flashcanvas/
+[timezone-js]: https://github.com/mde/timezone-js
+[olson]: ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/

examples/tz/backward

+# <pre>
+# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
+# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
+
+# This file provides links between current names for time zones
+# and their old names.  Many names changed in late 1993.
+
 Link	Africa/Asmara		Africa/Asmera
 Link	Africa/Bamako		Africa/Timbuktu
 Link	America/Argentina/Catamarca	America/Argentina/ComodRivadavia

examples/tz/etcetera

+# <pre>
+# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
+# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
+
+# These entries are mostly present for historical reasons, so that
+# people in areas not otherwise covered by the tz files could "zic -l"
+# to a time zone that was right for their area.  These days, the
+# tz files cover almost all the inhabited world, and the only practical
+# need now for the entries that are not on UTC are for ships at sea
+# that cannot use POSIX TZ settings.
+
 Zone	Etc/GMT		0	-	GMT
 Zone	Etc/UTC		0	-	UTC
 Zone	Etc/UCT		0	-	UCT
+
+# The following link uses older naming conventions,
+# but it belongs here, not in the file `backward',
+# as functions like gmtime load the "GMT" file to handle leap seconds properly.
+# We want this to work even on installations that omit the other older names.
 Link	Etc/GMT				GMT
+
 Link	Etc/UTC				Etc/Universal
 Link	Etc/UTC				Etc/Zulu
+
 Link	Etc/GMT				Etc/Greenwich
 Link	Etc/GMT				Etc/GMT-0
 Link	Etc/GMT				Etc/GMT+0
 Link	Etc/GMT				Etc/GMT0
+
+# We use POSIX-style signs in the Zone names and the output abbreviations,
+# even though this is the opposite of what many people expect.
+# POSIX has positive signs west of Greenwich, but many people expect
+# positive signs east of Greenwich.  For example, TZ='Etc/GMT+4' uses
+# the abbreviation "GMT+4" and corresponds to 4 hours behind UTC
+# (i.e. west of Greenwich) even though many people would expect it to
+# mean 4 hours ahead of UTC (i.e. east of Greenwich).
+#
+# In the draft 5 of POSIX 1003.1-200x, the angle bracket notation allows for
+# TZ='<GMT-4>+4'; if you want time zone abbreviations conforming to
+# ISO 8601 you can use TZ='<-0400>+4'.  Thus the commonly-expected
+# offset is kept within the angle bracket (and is used for display)
+# while the POSIX sign is kept outside the angle bracket (and is used
+# for calculation).
+#
+# Do not use a TZ setting like TZ='GMT+4', which is four hours behind
+# GMT but uses the completely misleading abbreviation "GMT".
+
+# Earlier incarnations of this package were not POSIX-compliant,
+# and had lines such as
+#		Zone	GMT-12		-12	-	GMT-1200
+# We did not want things to change quietly if someone accustomed to the old
+# way does a
+#		zic -l GMT-12
+# so we moved the names into the Etc subdirectory.
+
 Zone	Etc/GMT-14	14	-	GMT-14	# 14 hours ahead of GMT
 Zone	Etc/GMT-13	13	-	GMT-13
 Zone	Etc/GMT-12	12	-	GMT-12

examples/tz/factory

+# <pre>
+# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
+# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
+
+# For companies who don't want to put time zone specification in
+# their installation procedures.  When users run date, they'll get the message.
+# Also useful for the "comp.sources" version.
+
+# Zone	NAME	GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT
 Zone	Factory	0	- "Local time zone must be set--see zic manual page"

examples/tz/iso3166.tab

 # <pre>
-# @(#)iso3166.tab	8.6
 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
 # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
 # ISO 3166 alpha-2 country codes
@@ -21,6 +20,9 @@
 #
 # Lines beginning with `#' are comments.
 #
+# From Arthur David Olson (2011-08-17):
+# Resynchronized today with the ISO 3166 site (adding SS for South Sudan).
+#
 #country-
 #code	country name
 AD	Andorra
@@ -30,7 +32,6 @@ AG	Antigua & Barbuda
 AI	Anguilla
 AL	Albania
 AM	Armenia
-AN	Netherlands Antilles
 AO	Angola
 AQ	Antarctica
 AR	Argentina
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ BL	St Barthelemy
 BM	Bermuda
 BN	Brunei
 BO	Bolivia
+BQ	Bonaire Sint Eustatius & Saba
 BR	Brazil
 BS	Bahamas
 BT	Bhutan
@@ -75,6 +77,7 @@ CO	Colombia
 CR	Costa Rica
 CU	Cuba
 CV	Cape Verde
+CW	Curacao
 CX	Christmas Island
 CY	Cyprus
 CZ	Czech Republic
@@ -229,8 +232,10 @@ SM	San Marino
 SN	Senegal
 SO	Somalia
 SR	Suriname
+SS	South Sudan
 ST	Sao Tome & Principe
 SV	El Salvador
+SX	Sint Maarten
 SY	Syria
 SZ	Swaziland
 TC	Turks & Caicos Is

examples/tz/leapseconds

 # <pre>
-# @(#)leapseconds	8.11
 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
 # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
 
@@ -48,40 +47,54 @@ Leap	1997	Jun	30	23:59:60	+	S
 Leap	1998	Dec	31	23:59:60	+	S
 Leap	2005	Dec	31	23:59:60	+	S
 Leap	2008	Dec	31	23:59:60	+	S
+Leap	2012	Jun	30	23:59:60	+	S
 
 # INTERNATIONAL EARTH ROTATION AND REFERENCE SYSTEMS SERVICE (IERS)
 #
 # SERVICE INTERNATIONAL DE LA ROTATION TERRESTRE ET DES SYSTEMES DE REFERENCE
 #
+#
 # SERVICE DE LA ROTATION TERRESTRE
 # OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS
 # 61, Av. de l'Observatoire 75014 PARIS (France)
-# Tel.      : 33 (0) 1 40 51 22 29
+# Tel.      : 33 (0) 1 40 51 22 26
 # FAX       : 33 (0) 1 40 51 22 91
-# Internet  : services.iers@obspm.fr
+# e-mail    : (E-Mail Removed)
+# http://hpiers.obspm.fr/eop-pc
+#
+# Paris, 5 January 2012
 #
-# Paris, 2 February 2011
 #
-# Bulletin C 41
+# Bulletin C 43
 #
 # To authorities responsible
 # for the measurement and
 # distribution of time
 #
-# INFORMATION ON UTC - TAI
 #
-# NO positive leap second will be introduced at the end of June 2011.
-# The difference between Coordinated Universal Time UTC and the
-# International Atomic Time TAI is :		
+# UTC TIME STEP
+# on the 1st of July 2012
+#
+#
+# A positive leap second will be introduced at the end of June 2012.
+# The sequence of dates of the UTC second markers will be:
 #
-# from 2009 January 1, 0h UTC, until further notice : UTC-TAI = -34 s
+#                          2012 June 30,     23h 59m 59s
+#                          2012 June 30,     23h 59m 60s
+#                          2012 July  1,      0h  0m  0s
+#
+# The difference between UTC and the International Atomic Time TAI is:
+#
+# from 2009 January 1, 0h UTC, to 2012 July 1  0h UTC  : UTC-TAI = - 34s
+# from 2012 July 1,    0h UTC, until further notice    : UTC-TAI = - 35s
 #
 # Leap seconds can be introduced in UTC at the end of the months of December
-# or June,  depending on the evolution of UT1-TAI. Bulletin C is mailed every
-# six months, either to announce a time step in UTC, or to confirm that there
+# or June, depending on the evolution of UT1-TAI. Bulletin C is mailed every
+# six months, either to announce a time step in UTC or to confirm that there
 # will be no time step at the next possible date.
 #
+#
 # Daniel GAMBIS
-# Head			
-# Earth Orientation Center of the IERS
+# Head
+# Earth Orientation Center of IERS
 # Observatoire de Paris, France

examples/tz/pacificnew

 # <pre>
-# @(#)pacificnew	8.2
 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
 # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
 

examples/tz/solar87

 # <pre>
-# @(#)solar87	8.2
 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
 # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
 

examples/tz/solar88

 # <pre>
-# @(#)solar88	8.2
 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
 # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
 

examples/tz/solar89

 # <pre>
-# @(#)solar89	8.2
 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
 # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
 

examples/tz/systemv

 # <pre>
-# @(#)systemv	8.2
 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
 # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.