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  • Unreleased
  • 2.3.2 (2024-07-25, TZDB version 2024a)
    • Upgrade TZDB to 2024a
    • Increase minimum python version to 3.10.
  • 2.3.1 (2024-01-12, TZDB version 2023d)
    • Upgrade TZDB to 2023d
      • https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz-announce/2023-December/000080.html
      • "Ittoqqortoormiit, Greenland changes time zones on 2024-03-31. Vostok, Antarctica changed time zones on 2023-12-18. Casey, Antarctica changed time zones five times since 2020. Code and data fixes for Palestine timestamps starting in 2072. A new data file zonenow.tab for timestamps starting now."
  • 2.3.0 (2023-06-27, TZDB version 2023c)
    • Create CustomZoneRegistry example to illustrate how to use a custom registry.
    • Update BasicZoneManager to detect gaps.
      • Allows AceTimeValidation/validation tests to pass.
      • Still not able to distinguish between exact and overlap though.
    • Allow multi-character ZoneRule.letter in BasicZoneProcessor.
      • Regenerate zonedb which enables 2 more zones: /Africa/Windhoek, and America/Belize
      • Increases zonedb by 150-200 bytes.
    • Rename BrokerFactory to ZoneInfoStore for better self-documentation.
      • This is an internal implementation detail. Downstream clients should not be affected.
    • ZoneContext
      • Move ZoneContext, letters[], fragments[] into PROGMEM.
      • Move zonedbXxx::kTzDatabaseVersion string into PROGMEM, and change type to const __FlashString*.
      • Create ZoneContextBroker around ZoneContext, for consistency with all other zoneinfo data structures. Merge ZoneContext.h into ZoneInfo.h.
      • Add startYearAccurate and untilYearAccurate to ZoneContext which define the interval of accurate transitions.
      • Saves around 150-200 bytes of RAM on AVR processors, 200-350 bytes of RAM on ESP8266.
    • Cleanly separate zoneinfo storage classes from their brokers classes.
      • Three storage implementations instead of one: zoneinfolow, zoneinfomid, zoneinfohigh, supporting low, middle, and high time resolutions.
      • zoneinfohigh was created to support CompleteZoneProcessor, CompleteZoneManager and the zonedbc database.
      • zoneinfomid initially used in ExtendedZoneProcessor, but now unused.
      • Merge zoneinfo/ZonePolicy.h into zoneinfo/ZoneInfo.h.
      • Convert structs in zoneinfo/ZoneInfo.inc into templates, with synthetic typename S selector. Merge ZoneInfo.inc into ZoneInfo.h.
    • Support timezones before 1972 using CompleteZoneManager, CompleteZoneProcessor, and zonedbc database
      • Before standardizing on UTC around 1970, many timezones had local times offsets from UTC which require one-second resolution instead of one-minute resolution. This requires changing many internal variables from int16_t to int32_t.
      • Change TimeOffset to support one-second resolution using int32_t.
      • Rename BasicZone::stdOffseMinutes() to BasicZone::stdOffset() which returns a TimeOffset object.
      • Rename ExtendedZone::stdOffseMinutes() to ExtendedZone::stdOffset() which returns a TimeOffset object.
      • Leave BasicZoneProcessor using one-minute resolution because its algorithm has an inherent limitations which cannot handle many timezones before 1972, so no need to convert int16_t to int32_t fields.
      • Add CompleteZoneManager, CompleteZoneProcessor, CompleteZoneProcessorCache, CompleteZone
      • Add zonedbc database which is valid from [1800,10000), which includes all transitions in the TZDB since the first transition is 1844.
      • Add scope=complete to access the zonedbc database.
    • Zone Processor with graceful degradation
      • Remove range checks against ZoneContext.startYear() and ZoneContext.untilYear()
      • Replace with LocalDate::kMinYear and LocalDate::kMaxYear, mostly for formatting reasons (prevent negative years, and years with more than 4 digits).
      • The zone processors will always return something reasonble across the entire int16_t range.
      • Only the accuracy suffers outside of the startYearAccurate() and untilYearAccurate() limits.
      • Along with v2.2 which always generates anchor rules for all zone policies, the startYearAccureate() and untilYearAccurate() allows for graceful degradation of classes like ZonedDateTime for years outside of this accuracy range.
    • Rename src/tzonedb* directories
      • to src/zonedb*testing for consistency with other acetime libraries
  • 2.2.3 (2023-05-31, TZDB version 2023c)
    • Update ace_time/testing/* classes to support splitting the test data into 2 separate lists: transitions and samples.
      • Required to support new validation_data.json from AceTimeValidation.
    • Update AceTimeValidation test names to tests/Xxx{Basic,Extended}Test.
    • Add ZonedExtra::kAbbrevSize to define the char buffer size needed to hold an abbreviation.
    • Change ZonedExtra::kInvalidMinutes from public to private.
      • This is an implementation detail.
      • Use ZonedExtra::isError() instead.
    • Rename AceTimePython to acetimepy.
    • ZoneProcessor transition cache
      • Save the epoch year, and automatically invalidate and regenerate the cache when the Epoch::currentEpochYear() is modified.
      • Remove cache invalidation methods which are no longer needed:
        • ZoneProcessor::resetTransitionCache()
        • ZoneProcessorCache::resetZoneProcessors()
        • ZoneManager::resetZoneProcessors()
    • Rename "Converter Epoch" to "Internal Epoch".
      • Change daysToCurrentEpochFromConverterEpoch() to daysToCurrentEpochFromInternalEpoch().
      • This is an internal implementation detail, exposed only for testing purposes.
    • Update supported boards and tiers
      • Add SAMD21 and SAMD51 boards to Tier 1
        • Add Adafruit ItsyBitsy M4 (SAMD51 120MHz ARM Cortex-M4)
        • SAMD21 and SAMD51 boards are back in Tier 1, as long as they use the traditional Arduino API instead of the new Arduino-Core.
        • Fortunately most third party SAMD21 and SAMD51 boards continue to use the traditional Arduino API.
      • Move Teensy 3.2 to Tier 2
        • This board is entering end-of-life.
        • As well, the Teensyduino environment integrates with the Arduino IDE and CLI in a way that's different than all other third-party Arduino boards. Some of my automation scripts do not work with Teensyduino, so it becomes very time consuming to test the Teensy boards.
        • All Teensy boards are now in Tier 2 ("Should work but not tested often").
  • 2.2.2 (2023-04-01, TZDB version 2023c)
    • Upgrade TZDB from 2023b to 2023c.
      • https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz-announce/2023-March/000079.html
        • "This release's code and data are identical to 2023a. In other words, this release reverts all changes made in 2023b other than commentary, as that appears to be the best of a bad set of short-notice choices for modeling this week's daylight saving chaos in Lebanon."
    • AceTime is forced to upgrade to 2023c, because we skipped 2023a and went directly to 2023b, which is being rolled back by 2023c.
  • 2.2.1 (2023-03-24, TZDB version 2023b)
    • Actually regenerate the zonedb* files to 2023b.
  • 2.2.0 (2023-03-24, TZDB version 2023b)
    • Upgrade TZDB from 2022g to 2023b
    • Bug Fix
      • Change arguments for TimeZone::forMinutes() from uint8_t to uint16_t.
    • Breaking Change
      • Make TimeZone effectively immutable, by removing setStdOffset() and setDstOffset() methods.
      • Client applications should create a new TimeZone object using TimeZone::forTimeOffset(std, dst) and overwrite the old one.
      • See Migrating to v2.2.
    • Add support for Seeed Studio XIAO M0 (SAMD21).
      • Required updating zoneino/compat.h to clobber the broken definition of FPSTR() in Seeeduino 1.8.3.
    • Simplify the handling of Rule.LETTER.
      • Encode all letters as an index into ZoneContext.letters array, not just LETTER which are only a single character.
      • On 8-bit AVR:
        • Increases BasicZoneProcessor by ~200 bytes when 1-2 zones are used. But flash remains the same when the full TZ database is used.
        • No change to ExtendedZoneProcessor for 1-2 zones. But decreases flash usage by ~300 bytes when the full TZ database is used.
      • The small increase in flash is worth it because this greatly simplifies the complicated code surrounding LETTER that was difficult to understand and maintain.
    • Unify Basic and Extended zoneinfo encoding.
      • Change encoding of basic::ZoneRule.deltaCode, basic::ZoneEra.deltaCode, and basic::ZoneEra.offsetCode to be identical their counterparts in extended::ZoneXxx.
      • Merge BasicBrokers.h and ExtendedBrokers.h into just Brokers.h.
    • Restructure zonedb directories
      • Lift ace_time/internal/testing/tzonedb[x] database files to ace_time/tzonedb[x].
      • Lift ace_time/zonedb[x] database files to ace_time/zonedb[x].
      • These changes are transparent to client apps because the C++ namespaces of these files are unchanged.
      • Lift ace_time/internal/Zone*.h files into new src/zoneinfo/ directory. These are the classes that describe the *zonedb* databases.
    • Add ZonedDateTime::offsetDateTime()
      • Returns the underlying OffsetDateTime inside the ZonedDateTime.
      • Analogous to ZonedDateTime::localDateTime().
    • Always generate anchor rules in zonedb.
      • Allows ExtendedZoneProcessor to work over all years [0,10000) even with truncated zonedb (e.g. [2000,2100)).
      • Accuracy is guaranteed only for the requested interval (e.g. [2000,2100).
      • But the code won't crash outside of that interval.
  • 2.1.1 (2023-02-02, TZDB version 2022g)
    • ZonedExtra
      • Add ZonedExtra::forComponents() factory method, for consistency with ZonedDateTime class.
    • examples/AutoBenchmark
      • Add ZonedExtra benchmarks.
    • README.md
      • Update AceTimeValidation validation years to [2000,2100).
      • Update memory and cpu benchmarks.
  • 2.1.0 (2023-01-29, TZDB version 2022g)
    • There are a handful API breaking changes in this release in the pursuit of simpler and cleaner code. See the following for more info:
    • Potentially Breaking: zonedb,zonedbx
      • Rename kPolicyXxx to kZonePolicyXxx for consistency. These are expected to be used only internally, so shouldn't cause external breakage.
    • Breaking: TimeZone.h
      • Replace 3 separate extraction methods in TimeZone with a new ZonedExtra class
      • Removed: TimeZone::getUtcOffset()
        • Replaced by: ZonedExtra::timeOffset()
      • Removed: TimeZone::getDeltaOffset()
        • Replaced by: ZonedExtra::dstOffset()
      • Removed TimeZone::getAbbrev()
        • Replaced by: ZonedExtra::abbrev()
        • ZonedExtra::abbrev() returns pointer to a local string buffer instead of a transient buffer deep inside Transition object.
        • TimeZone becomes closer to being thread-safe
    • New Class: ZonedExtra.h
      • ZonedExtra::forEpochSeconds(epochSeconds, tz)
        • Create instance from epochSeconds and time zone.
      • ZonedExtra::forLocalDateTime(ldt, tz)
        • Create instance from LocalDateTime and time zone.
    • Potentially Breaking: Unified Links
      • Links are now first-class citizens, exactly the same as Zones.
      • Unify "fat links" and "symbolic links" into a single implementation.
      • Remove "thin links" to simplify the code.
      • TimeZone class simplified
        • Removed followLink flag on various methods.
        • Only 2 methods apply to Links: isLink() and printTargetNameTo().
    • Simplify ZoneProcessors
      • ZoneProcessor.h, ExtendedZoneProcessor.h, BasicZoneProcessor.h
      • Remove: getUtcOffset(), getDeltaOffset(), getAbbrev()
      • Replaced by: findByLocalDateTime(), findByEpochSeconds()
      • These are internal helper methods not intended for public consumption.
    • Unit tests
      • Migrate most unit tests to use the smaller, testing zone databases at testing/tzonedb/ and testing/tzonedbx/.
        • Reduces maintenance cost of various hand-crafted ZoneInfo and ZonePolicy entries for unit tests.
        • Can test against real timezones with predictable behavior.
  • 2.0.1 (2022-12-04, TZDB 2022g)
    • Prevent ExtendedZoneProcssor::generateStartUntilTimes() from dereferencing uninitialized memory if there are no matching transitions.
      • This may happen if zonedbx is accidentally corrupted (e.g. by using one with int8 year fields instead of int16 year fields).
    • Incorporate notable zone_policies.h comments into notable zone_infos.h.
    • Upgrade TZDB from 2022f to 2022g
      • https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz-announce/2022-November/000076.html
        • The northern edge of Chihuahua changes to US timekeeping.
        • Much of Greenland stops changing clocks after March 2023.
        • Fix some pre-1996 timestamps in northern Canada.
        • C89 is now deprecated; please use C99 or later.
        • Portability fixes for AIX, libintl, MS-Windows, musl, z/OS
        • In C code, use more C23 features if available.
        • C23 timegm now supported by default
        • Fixes for unlikely integer overflows
  • 2.0 (2022-11-04, TZDB 2022f) Breaking Change See Migrating to 2.0.0
    • Change internal storage type of year component from int8_t to int16_t, extending the range of valid years from [-1873,2127] to [1,9999].
      • Remove yearTiny() getters and setters from LocalDate, LocalDateTime, OffsetDateTime, and ZonedDateTime.
        • They were not documented except in doxygen docs.
      • Remove from LocalDate:
        • kInvalidYearTiny, replaced with kInvalidYear
        • kMinYearTiny, replaced with kMinYear
        • kMaxYearTiny, replaced with kMaxYear
        • forTinyComponents()
      • Remove from LocalDateTime
        • forTinyComponents()
      • Update AceTimeTools to generate src/zonedb and src/zonedbx using int16_t year types.
    • Extend untilYear of zonedb and zonedbx databases to 10000
      • databases now valid over the years [2000,10000)
      • zonedbx adds 75 additional Rules for kZonePolicyMorocco (e.g. zone "Africe/Casablanca") due to the precalculated DST shifts which are listed in the IANA TZ DB up to the year 2087.
      • zonedb remains unchanged
    • Change epoch seconds conversion algorithm
      • Extract different epoch date conversion algorithms to be used/tested. Two of them are EpochConverterJulian and EpochConverterHinnant
      • Migrate LocalDate to use the EpochConverterHinnant instead of EpochConverterJulian.
        • The primary reason is that I am able to fully understand the algorithms described in EpochConverterHinnant.
        • In contrast, I have almost no understanding of the algorithms implemented by EpochConverterJulian.
    • Configurable epoch year using new Epoch utility class
      • Add Epoch::currentEpochYear() which allows customization of the internal epoch year at startup.
        • Expected to be rarely used in user applications, but somewhat common in unit testing.
      • Add Epoch::epochValidYearLower() and Epoch::epochValidYearUpper()
        • Defines the 100-year interval which is +/- 50 years from the currentEpochYear() where the epoch seconds and time zone transition algorithms are guaranteed to be valid.
      • Add cache invalidation methods which must be called if currentEpochYear() is changed at runtime.
        • ZoneProcessor::resetTransitionCache()
        • ZoneProcessorCache::resetZoneProcessors()
        • ZoneManager::resetZoneProcessors()
    • Remove toUnixSeconds() and forUnixSeconds() which use the 32-bit versions of unix epoch seconds.
      • They will become invalid in the year 2038, and it's now the year 2022 so it does not seem worth maintaining these.
      • The 64-bit versions toUnixSeconds64() and forUnixSeconds64() are retained.
    • Flash usage increases (see MemoryBenchmark for more details:
      • AVR:
        • BasicZoneManager increases ~200 bytes
        • ExtendedZoneManager increases ~500 bytes
        • zonedb increases ~1.5 kiB
        • zonedbx increases ~3 kiB
      • ESP8266
        • BasicZoneManager increases ~50 bytes
        • ExtendedZoneManager increases ~150 bytes
        • zonedb increases ~300 bytes
        • zonedbx increases ~1.5 kiB
  • 1.11.7 (2022-11-02, TZDB 2022f)
    • Upgrade TZDB from 2022e to 2022f
      • https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz-announce/2022-October/000075.html
      • Mexico will no longer observe DST except near the US border.
      • Chihuahua moves to year-round -06 on 2022-10-30.
      • Fiji no longer observes DST.
      • Move links to 'backward'.
      • In vanguard form, GMT is now a Zone and Etc/GMT a link.
      • zic now supports links to links, and vanguard form uses this.
      • Simplify four Ontario zones.
      • Fix a Y2438 bug when reading TZif data.
      • Enable 64-bit time_t on 32-bit glibc platforms.
      • Omit large-file support when no longer needed.
      • In C code, use some C23 features if available.
      • Remove no-longer-needed workaround for Qt bug 53071.
  • 1.11.6 (2022-10-22, TZDB 2022e)
    • Upgrade TZDB from 2022d to 2022e
      • https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz-announce/2022-October/000074.html
        • Jordan and Syria switch from +02/+03 with DST to year-round +03.
      • BasicZoneProcessor can no longer support Asia/Amman (Jordan) and Asia/Damascus because the transition to permanent +03 occurs at an instant which cannot be handled by the simple algorithm in BasicZoneProcessor. Use ExtendedZoneProcessor instead.
  • 1.11.5 (2022-10-06, TZDB 2022d)
  • 1.11.4 (2022-08-13, TZDB 2022b)
    • Add ace_time::daysUntil(localDate, month, day) utility function that returns the number of days until the next (month, day) date. Useful for calculating the number of days until the next Christmas for example.
    • Upgrade to TZDB 2022b.
      • https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz-announce/2022-August/000071.html
        • Chile's DST is delayed by a week in September 2022.
        • Iran no longer observes DST after 2022.
        • Rename Europe/Kiev to Europe/Kyiv.
        • Finish moving duplicate-since-1970 zones to 'backzone'.
      • zonedb
        • Number of zones decreases from 258 to 237.
        • Number of links increases from 193 to 215.
      • zonedbx
        • Number of zones decreases from 377 to 356.
        • Number of links increases from 217 to 239.
  • 1.11.3 (2022-03-20, TZDB 2022a)
  • 1.11.2 (2022-02-24, TZDB 2021e)
    • Fix crash triggered by certain subclasses of BasicZoneProcessor and ExtendedZoneProcessor.
      • The code did not handle nullptr for the BrokerFactory properly.
      • These particular classes do not know their BrokerFactory at compile-time, so they are set to nullptr initially. The setBrokerFactory() is expected to be called at runtime later.
      • No effect on the AceTime library itself which does not trigger this condition.
  • 1.11.1 (2022-02-16, TZDB 2021e)
    • Update ZoneInfoBroker::targetZoneInfo() to return a ZoneInfoBroker instead of a raw ZoneInfo* pointer.
      • Internal wiring change, no change to external API.
      • Allows alternative ZoneInfoBroker classes to implement a consistent API.
  • 1.11.0 (2022-02-14, TZDB 2021e)
    • Regenerate zonedb/ and zonedbx/ using latest AceTimeTool which identifies notable Zones and Policies whose DST shifts are not exactly 0:00 or 1:00. No actual data change. Notable policies relevant from 2000 until 2050 are:
      • ZonePolicy Eire: DST shift -1:00
      • ZonePolicy LH: DST shift 0:30
      • ZonePolicy Morocco: DST shift -1:00
      • ZonePolicy Namibia: DST shift -1:00
      • ZonePolicy StJohns: DST shift 2:00
      • ZonePolicy Troll: DST shift 2:00
    • Add support for overflow and underflow to TimePeriod.
      • When isError() returns true, the sign() method discriminates 3 error conditions, and the printTo() prints the following:
    • Change Link entries from "hard links" to "symbolic links".
      • This allows a TimeZone object to know whether it is a Zone entry or a Link entry.
      • Add TimeZone::isLink() and ZoneProcessor::isLink() methods.
      • Add bool followLink = true parameter to various other methods (getZoneId(), printTo(), printShortTo()) which determines whether the method resolves to the current Link entry or follows the link to the destination Zone entry.
      • MemoryBenchmark says that this increases flash consumption by 100-300 bytes, due to the extra code needed to follow the symlink. But the ability to determine whether the TimeZone is a link or not will be necessary for an upcoming feature, so this slight increase in flash consumption seems worth it.
      • Regenerate zonedb/ and zonedbx to convert Link entries from hard links to symbolic links.
      • See Symbolic Links for more info.
    • Add offset_date_time_mutation methods.
      • Similar to zoned_date_time_mutation methods.
      • Provides some convenient mutation methods for OffsetDateTime.
    • Upgrade Arduino CLI from 0.19.2 to 0.20.2.
  • 1.10.0 (2022-01-18, TZDB 2021e)
    • MemoryBenchmark: Add memory consumption for ZoneSorterByName and ZoneSorterByOffsetAndName.
      • AVR: 180-530 bytes of flash
      • 32-bit: 120-600 bytes of flash
    • Rename internal TransitionStorage::findTransition() to findTransitionForSeconds() for better self-documentation.
    • Move third party SAMD21 boards to new Tier 3 (May work, but not supported) level.
      • I can no longer upload binaries to these boards using Arduino IDE 1.8.19 and SparkFun SAMD Core 1.8.6.
    • Add support for fold parameter to control behavior around DST gaps and overlaps.
      • The semantics of the fold parameter is intended to be identical to Python PEP 495.
      • Add LocalTime::fold(), LocalDateTime::fold(), OffsetDateTime::fold(), ZonedDateTime::fold().
      • Update ExtendedZoneProcessor::getOffsetDateTime(acetime_t) to calculate the OffsetDateTime::fold() as an output parameter.
      • Update ExtendedZoneProcessor::getOffsetDateTime(const LocalDateTime&) to handle LocalDateTime::fold() as an input parameter.
      • Increases flash usage of ExtendedZoneProcessor by around 600 bytes on AVR, and 400-600 bytes on 32-bit processors.
    • Add toUnixSeconds64() and forUnixSeconds64() methods to LocalDate, LocalDateTime, OffsetDateTime, ZonedDateTime.
      • These use 64-bit int64_t integers, which allows Unix seconds to be used up to 2068-01-19T03:14:07Z (which is the limit of these various classes due to the internal use of 32-bit acetime_t).
      • These methods make it easier to interoperate with the time_t typedef for int64_t on the ESP8266 and ESP32 platforms.
    • Add EspTime app that shows how to integrate the SNTP client on the ESP8266 and ESP32 platforms with AceTime.
  • 1.9.0 (2021-12-02, TZDB 2021e)
    • Add ZoneSorterByName and ZoneSorterByOffsetAndName classes to sort zone indexes, ids, or names according to 2 pre-defined sorting criteria: (1) by name, or (2) by UTC offset and then by name.
    • Add examples/CompareAceTimeToHinnantDate to compare the performance of AceTime compared to Hinnant date library.
      • AceTime seems to be about 90X faster for converting date-time components to epoch seconds.
    • Add MaxBufSize comment field into zonedb[x]/zone_infos.h which is the maximum over all zones in that file. Must be less than or equal to ExtendedZoneProcessor::kMaxTransitions.
    • Potential Breaking Change: class TransitionStorage
      • Rename getHighWater() to getAllocSize(). This now returns the maximum number of transitions that has been allocated so far, which happens to be getHighWater() + 1.
      • Rename resetHighWater() to resetAllocSize().
      • Rename ExtendedZoneProcessor::resetTransitionHighWater() to resetTransitionAllocSize().
      • All of these methods were intended for internal debugging so these changes are not considered to be an API change.
      • The semantics of these methods are now closer to the algorithm in acetimepy/zone_processor.py.
    • Breaking Change: Extract BasicZoneProcessorCache and ExtendedZoneProcessorCache out of BasicZoneManager and ExtendedZoneManager. Remove all pure virtual methods from ZoneManager, making the class hierarchy non-polymorphic.
      • Saves 1100-1300 bytes of flash on AVR processors.
      • See Migrating to v1.9 for migration info.
    • Breaking Change: Remove pure virtual methods from LinkManager, analogous to their removal from ZoneManager.
      • Saves 68 bytes of flash on AVR processors.
      • See Migrating to v1.9 for migration info.
  • 1.8.2 (2021-10-28, TZDB 2021e)
  • 1.8.1 (2021-10-18, TZDB 2021d)
  • 1.8.0 (2021-10-15, TZDB 2021c)
    • Breaking Change: Move clock classes under ace_time::clock and implementation classes under ace_time::hw to the new AceTimeClock repo.
      • Classes remain in the same C++ namespace.
      • Client code needs to add #include <AceTimeClock.h>.
      • See Migrating to v1.8 for migration info.
    • Breaking Change: Convert DS3231.h into a template class with an indirect dependency to <AceWire.h>, replacing direct dependency on <Wire.h>.
      • Just including the <Wire.h> header causes flash memory to be consumed, even if Wire object is never used.
      • Saves 1000-1500 bytes of flash on AVR, and up to 4000 bytes on STM32.
      • See Migrating to v1.8 for migration info.
    • Breaking Change: Extract thin link functionality from BasicZoneManager and ExtendedZoneManager into new BasicLinkManager and ExtendedLinkManager.
      • Saves 200-500 bytes of flash memory if the feature is not used.
      • Client application can determine whether to pay for this functionality, instead of automatically being included into the ZoneManager.
      • See the Thin Links section in the User Guide and Migrating to v1.8 for migration info.
    • Simplify documentation
      • Merge docs/installation.md into README.md.
      • Move docs/date_time_timezone.md to USER_GUIDE.md.
      • Remove docs/clock_system_clock.md after migrating it to the AceTimeClock project.
      • Merge docs/comparisons.md into README.md.
  • 1.7.5 (2021-10-06, TZDB 2021c)
    • Bug Fix: Update ExtendedZoneProcessor.h to implement better detection of Transitions that occur at the exact same time as the switch to a different ZoneEra.
      • They are now considered to happen at the same time if any of the 'w' time, 's' time, or 'u' time are equal.
      • The behavior of ExtendedZoneProcessor.h should now be identical to zone_processor.py in the acetimepy library.
      • Seems to affect only Europe/Lisbon in 1992, which is not a part of the predefined zonedb or zonedbx database, which normally include only 2000 until 2050.
    • Testing
      • Create acetimepy library extracted from the previously split AceTimeTools project.
      • Update ace_time/testing/ExtendedTransitionTest.h to validate the exact equality between the observed maximum buffer size of TransitionStorage as observed by ExtendedZoneProcessor and the buffer size calculated by AceTimeTools using zone_processor.py of acetimepy library.
      • Create examples/DebugZoneProcessor for debugging the internal logic of ExtendedZoneProcessor.
    • Tool Chain
      • Upgrade ESP8266 Core from 2.7.4 to 3.0.2.
        • Flash consumption increases by 3-5 kB across the boad.
      • Upgrade Arduino CLI from 0.19.1 to 0.19.2.
      • Upgrade Arduino IDE from 1.8.13 to 1.8.16.
      • Upgrade Teensyduino from 1.54 to 1.55.
      • Upgrade SparkFun SAMD Core from 1.8.3 to 1.8.4.
    • TZDB Upgrade TZDB from 2021a to 2021c.
      • TZDB 2021b is skipped because of controversial changes which were reverted in 2021c.
      • 2021c announcement: https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz-announce/2021-October/000067.html
      • 2021b announcement: https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz-announce/2021-September/000066.html
      • Jordan now starts DST on February's last Thursday.
      • Samoa no longer observes DST.
      • 10 Zones from 2021a were converted to Links:
        • Africa/Accra -> Africa/Abidjan
        • America/Atikokan -> America/Panama
        • America/Blanc-Sablon -> America/Puerto_Rico
        • America/Creston -> America/Phoenix
        • America/Curacao -> America/Puerto_Rico
        • America/Nassau -> America/Toronto
        • America/Port_of_Spain -> America/Puerto_Rico
        • Antarctica/DumontDUrville -> Pacific/Port_Moresby
        • Antarctica/Syowa -> Asia/Riyadh
        • Pacific/Enderbury -> Pacific/Kanton
      • 1 new Zone was created:
        • Pacific/Kanton
      • BasicZoneManager now supports 258 Zones and 193 Links using the zonedb database
      • ExtendedZoneManager now supports 377 Zones and 217 Links using the zonedbx database
  • 1.7.4 (2021-08-26, TZDB 2021a)
    • Move ./tools directory into new AceTimeTools repo.
    • Move ./tests/validation directory into new AceTimeValidation repo.
      • Update .github/workflows/validation.yml to use AceTimeValidation instead of ./tests/validation.
    • This is a maintenance release. No changes to the core library code.
  • 1.7.3 (2021-08-25, TZDB 2021a)
    • Fix numerous broken links in documents moved to docs/*.md in an earlier refactoring.
    • Add experimental DS3231Module class that uses AceWire library.
    • This is a maintenance release before some major refactoring. No changes to core library code.
  • 1.7.2 (2021-06-02, TZDB 2021a)
    • Bug Fix: Add ZonedDateTime::normalize(), which must be called by the client code after calling a ZonedDateTime mutation function.
    • Migrate PrintStr::getCstr() in AceCommon <=1.4.4 to the shorter PrintStr::cstr() in AceCommon >= 1.4.5.
    • Migrate to AceRoutine v1.3.1, which changes AceRoutine::coroutineMillis() into non-virtual.
    • Change SystemClock to instantiate from SystemClockTemplate, which allows SystemClock::clockMillis() to also become non-virtual. Saves 20-40 bytes of flash. No discernible changes in CPU time.
  • 1.7.1 (2021-04-02, TZDB 2021a)
    • Simplify calculation of SystemClock::getSecondsSinceSyncAttempt() and SystemClock::getSecondsToSyncAttempt(), which substantially simplifies the implementation of SystemClockLoop and SystemClockCoroutine.
    • Update tests/auniter.ini to be consistent with my other libraries. Add entries for env:teensy32 (which had been supported for a while) and env:mkr1000 (which I just received).
  • 1.7 (2021-03-24, TZ DB version 2021a)
    • AceTime now has a GitHub Discussion.
      • Use that for general questions and discussions.
      • Reserve GitHub Issues for bugs and feature requests.
    • Add AceTimeTools/compare_noda to compare Noda Time against AceTime.
      • Add --nzd_file flag to compare_noda to allow custom NodaZoneData files.
      • Run the Noda Time TzdbCompiler manually to generate custom tzdata$(TZ_VERSION).nzd for the specific TZDB version specified in the Makefile.
      • Add tests/validation/tests/NodaBasicTest which matches AceTime completely from year 2000 until 2050.
      • Add tests/validation/ExtendedNodaTest which maches AceTime completely from year 1974 until 2050.
      • Identical results to HinnantBasicTest and HinnantExtendedTest.
    • Add ace_time::clock::Stm32F1Clock and ace_time::hw::Stm32F1Rtc
      • Specialized classes for the STM32F1 chip, particularly the Blue Pill board, using the LSE_CLOCK (low speed external clock).
        • Blue Pill already includes the external 32.768 kHz crystal on pins C14 and C15.
      • Alternative to the ace_time::clock::StmRtcClock class, which uses the generic STM32RTC library, which does not fully work on the STM32F1.
        • STM32RTC forgets the date fields upon power reset, preserving only the time fields.
      • These classes write directly into the 32-bit RTC register on the F1, allowing AceTime to preserve both date fields and time fields.
    • Massive refactoring of USER_GUIDE.md and README.md for clarity
      • Extract subsections of USER_GUIDE.md into separate docs, making USER_GUIDE.md shorter and hopefully more digestable.
      • Rename most of USER_GUIDE.md into docs/date_time_timezone.md.
      • Extract Clock classes into docs/clock_system_clock.md
      • Extract Installation into docs/installation.md.
      • Extract Validation and Testing into docs/validation.md.
      • Extract Comparisons into docs/comparisons.md.
      • Add documentation for StmRtcClock and Stm32F1Clock.
    • Remove virtual destructor from ace_time::clock::Clock class.
      • Saves 618 bytes of flash on 8-bit AVR processors, 328 bytes on SAMD21, but only 50-60 bytes on other 32-bit processors.
    • Finish a working implementation of acetz.py.
      • Includes support for fold.
      • Create AcetzBasicTest and AcetzExtendedTest and verify all zones validate.
    • Time zone short names are printed with spaces instead of underscore.
      • Various printShortNameTo() and printShortTo() methods now print the short names with the underscore replaced with a space. Example, instead of "Los_Angeles", it is now "Los Angeles".
      • It seems to be more reasonable for most time zones.
      • The time zone full name continues to print the entire canonical timezone identifier, e.g. "America/Los_Angeles".
      • Applications that need finer control will have to provide their own rendering logic.
    • SystemClock
      • Fix SystemClock::forceSync() that crashes if the referenceClock is null.
        • Used mostly for debugging and testing, so I doubt anyone ran into this.
      • Add methods to retrieve the sync status of SystemClock.
        • getSecondsSinceSyncAttempt()
        • getSecondsToSyncAttempt()
        • `getClockSlew()
        • getSyncStatusCode()
        • See System Clock Status for details.
      • Potentially Breaking: Move various internal constants in SystemClockLoop and SystemClockCoroutine to private.
        • Examples kStatusReady, kStatusSent, kStatusOk`k
        • These were all related to the internal finite state machine which should not have been exposed publically.
        • The sync status of SystemClock is now exposed through documented public methods described above.
    • NtpClock
      • Add warning that calling analogRead() too often (e.g. using buttons on a resistor ladder using AceButton library) on ESP8266 causes the WiFi connection to drop after 5-10 seconds.
  • 1.6 (2021-02-17, TZ DB version 2021a)
    • Remove TimeZone::kTypeBasicManaged and TimeZone::kTypeExtendedManaged and merge them into just regular TimeZone::kTypeBasic and TimeZone::kTypeExtended.
      • Significantly simplifies the implementation of TimeZone.
      • TimeZone no longer holds a reference to a ZoneProcessorCache, it holds only a reference to ZoneProcessor.
      • The binding of TimeZone to its BasicZoneProcessor or ExtendedZoneProcessor now happens early, inside the BasicZoneManager or the ExtendedZoneManager, instead of delaying it to various methods inside the TimeZone through the ZoneProcessorCache.
      • This change should be invisible to library clients.
    • Large internal refactoring of ZoneProcessor, no external change
      • Fully templatize BasicZoneProcessor into BasicZoneProcessorTemplate, and ExtendedZoneProcessor to ExtendedZoneProcessorTemplate.
      • Remove sentinel static ZoneEra anchor record which prevented easy templatization.
      • Remove direct dependency to const ZoneInfo*, replacing it with generic uintptr_t zoneKey.
      • Insert BrokerFactory indirection layer to provide mapping from a generic uintptr_t zoneKey to the corresponding ZoneInfoBroker.
      • Templatized classes now depend only on their respective Zone*Broker classes.
      • This change should be invisible to library clients.
    • Fix stale ZoneProcessor binding to TimeZone.
      • A dereferenced nullptr could crash the program if TimeZone::toTimeZoneData() was called immediately after calling the TimeZone::forZoneInfo() factory method.
      • Some accessor methods in TimeZone (getZoneId(), printTo(), printShortTo()) could return incorrect values if the number of unique TimeZones used by an application is greater than the cache SIZE template parameter given to the ZoneManager.
        • The problem occurs because the ZoneProcessorCache will rebind a previously allocated ZoneProcessor to another TimeZone when it runs out of available processors in the cache.
    • Unlikely Breaking Change: Move ZoneRegistrar.h into internal/.
      • Rename BasicZoneRegistrar to basic::ZoneRegistrar.
      • Rename ExtendedZoneRegistrar to extended::ZoneRegistrar.
      • The class is an implementation detail which is used only by BasicZoneManager and ExtendedZoneManager. It was not exposed to the end user and should not cause any breaking changes.
    • Add support for Thin Links using optional linkRegistry[] parameter in the constructors of BasicZoneManager and ExtendedZoneManager.
      • The zonedb/zone_registry.h and zonedbx/zone_registry.h files now contain a kLinkRegistrySize and a LinkEntry kLinkRegistry[] array. Each record in the array contains a mapping of linkId to its zoneId.
      • The ZoneManager::createForZoneId() method will search the Thin Link registry if a zoneId is not found in the Zone registry.
      • See Zones and Links section in the USER_GUIDE.md.
    • Breaking Change: Rename ZoneManager::registrySize() to zoneRegistrySize().
      • Add ZoneManager::linkRegistrySize() method.
      • A ZoneManager can now hold 2 different registries: the Zone (and Fat Link) registry, and the Thin Link registry. So we need to distinguish between the 2 registries.
      • See the Default Registries section in the USER_GUIDE.md for an explanation of the Zone and Link registries.
  • 1.5 (2021-01-26, TZDB 2021a)
    • Use binary search for both ZoneManager::createForZoneName() and ZoneManager::createForZoneId().
      • Previously, the zone_registry.cpp was sorted by zoneName, so only the createForZoneName() could use the binary search. The new solution sorts the zone_registry.cpp entries by zoneId instead of zoneName. The createForZoneId() can use the binary search algorith.
      • The createForZoneName() can also use the binary search because the zoneName is converted dynamically to its zoneId using the same djb2 hash algorithm used by the tzcompiler.py. If there is a match, a final verification against the exact zoneName is performed to make sure that there was no hash collision.
      • Updated AutoBenchmark.ino to determine that a binary search on the 266 zones in zonedb/zone_registry.cpp is 9-10X faster (on average) than a linear search through the same list. (Linear search takes ~190 iterations; binary search takes ~9 iterations.)
    • Upgrade Link entries to be Fat Links".
      • Links become essentially identical to Zone entries, with references to the same underlying ZoneEra records.
      • Add kZoneAndLinkRegistry[] array in zone_registry.h that contains all Links as well as Zones.
      • Add "Zones and Links" section in USER_GUIDE.md.
    • Implement zoneName compression using ace_common::KString.
      • Saves about 1500-2300 bytes for basic zonedb info files, and 2500-3400 bytes for extended zonedbx info files.
    • Potentially Breaking Change: Remove transitionBufSize from ZoneInfo struct, and migrate to kZoneBufSize{xxx} constants in the zone_infos.h files.
      • This was used only in validation tests under tests/validation and only for Extended{xxx} tests. Saves 1 byte per Zone on 8-bit processors, but none on 32-bit processors due to 4-byte alignment.
      • This should have no impact on client code since this field was used only for validation testing.
    • API Breaking Change: Replace BasicZone::name() and shortName() with printNameTo() and printShortNameTo(). Same with ExtendedZone::name() and shortName(), replaced with printNameTo() and printShortNameTo().
      • After implementing zoneName compression, it was no longer possible to return a simple pointer to the name and shortName without using static memory buffers.
      • I expect almost no one to be using the BasicZone and ExtendedZone classes, since they are mostly useful for internal algorithms.
      • Client code that needs the old functionality can use BasicZone::printNameTo(Print&), BasicZone::printShortNameTo(Print&) (similarly for ExtendedZone) to print to a ace_common::PrintStr<> object, then extract the c-string using PrintStr::getCstr().
    • Update UnixHostDuino 0.4 to EpoxyDuino 0.5.
    • Explicitly blacklist megaAVR boards, and SAMD21 boards using arduino:samd Core >= 1.8.10.
      • This allows a helpful message to be shown to the user, instead of the pages and pages of compiler errors.
    • Update TZ Database to 2021a.
    • Officially support STM32 and STM32duino after testing on STM32 Blue Pill.
  • 1.4.1 (2020-12-30, TZDB version 2020f for real)
    • Actually update src/ace_time/zonedb and src/ace_time/zonedbx zone info files to 2020f. Oops.
  • 1.4 (2020-12-30, TZ DB version 2020f)
    • Add entry for ManualZoneManager in examples/MemoryBenchmark. It seems to need between 0'ish to 250 bytes of flash.
    • Add support for creating and handling a TimePeriod error object.
      • Add kMaxPeriodSeconds and kInvalidPeriodSeconds constants.
      • Add forError() factory method.
      • Add error checking to toSeconds() and TimePeriod(seconds) constructor.
      • Printing an error object prints <Invalid TimePeriod>.
    • Add support for the STM32RTC clock on an STM32 through the ace_time::clock::StmRtcClock class.
      • Currently experimental and untested.
      • I do not have any STM32 boards right now, so I cannot test this code.
      • See #39 for details.
      • Thanks to Anatoli Arkhipenko (arkhipenko@).
    • Add convenience factory methods for creating manual TimeZone objects. Saves a lot of typing by avoiding the TimeOffset objects:
      • TimeZone::forHours()
      • TimeZone::forMinutes()
      • TimeZone::forHourMinute()
    • Fix incorrect kTypeXxx constants in ZoneManager.h. Fortunately, the numerical values overlapped perfectly, so didn't cause any bugs in actual code.
    • USER_GUIDE.md
      • Add documentation about accessing the meta information about the zonedb and zonedbx databases:
        • zonedb::kTzDatabaseVersion
        • zonedb::kZoneContext.startYear
        • zonedb::kZoneContext.untilYear
        • zonedbx::kTzDatabaseVersion
        • zonedbx::kZoneContext.startYear
        • zonedbx::kZoneContext.untilYear
      • Add documentation that the ZonedDateTime must always be within startYear and untilYear. An error object will be returned outside of that range.
    • Update TZ Database from 2020d to version 2020f
    • Update examples/AutoBenchmark to allow auto-generation of ASCII tables, which allows auto-generation of the README.md file. Update CPU benchmarks for v1.4 from v0.8, since it is much easier to update these numbers now. No significant performance change from v0.8.
    • Huge amounts of Python tools refactoring
      • Convert all remaining % string formatting to f-strings.
      • Convert all internal camelCase dictionary keys to snake_case for consistency.
      • Finish adding typing info to pass strict mypy checking.
      • Centralize most typing info into data_types/at_types.py.
      • Move various global constants into data_types/at_types.py.
      • Migrate most Arduino specific transformations into artransformer.py.
      • Move offsetCode, deltaCode, atTimeCode, untilTimeCode, rulesDeltaCode calculations and various bit-packing rules (e.g. at_time_modifier, ntil_time_modifier) into artransformer.py instead of the argenerator.py.
      • Include general and platform specific transformations in the JSON (zonedb.json or zonedbx.json) files.
      • Make argenerator.py use only the JSON output instead of making its own transformations.
      • Produce both LettersMap and LettersPerPolicy in the JSON file.
      • Unify CommentsCollection into CommentsMap using an Iterable in Dict[str, Iterable[str]].
      • Unify all transformer results into TransformerResult.
      • Check hash collisions for Link names, in addition to Zone names.
      • Rename test data generator executables to generate_data.* or some variations of it, to avoid confusion with unit tests which are often named test_xxx.py.
      • Add --input_dir flag to generate_data.cpp to allow the TZ database directory to be specified.
      • Add --ignore_buf_size_too_big to workaround a mismatch between the estimated Transition buffer size calculated by bufestimator.py and the actual buffer size required by ExtendedZoneProcessor.cpp.
      • Add --skip_checkout flag to tzcompiler.py to allow local modifications of the TZ database files to be used for code generation.
      • Add --delta_granularity flag to transformer.py to decouple it from --offset_granularity, so that the SAVE and RULES granularity can be controlled independently from the STDOFF granularity. The --until_at_granularity continues to control AT and UNTIL.
      • Make output of zinfo.py --debug to be more readable.
      • Remove --generate_zone_strings from tzcompiler.py which removes the ability to create zone_strings.{h,cpp}. The storage and optimization of strings are implementation details which seem to be better handled later in the pipeline.
      • Increase the range of zonedbpy database from the default [2000,2050) to [1974, 2050) to allow zinfo.py to handle a larger range of queries.
      • Merge --action and --language flags for tzcompiler.py; only --language flag needed right now.
      • Rename RulesMap to PoliciesMap, rules_map to policies_map, rule_name to policy_name etc. For consistency with ZonesMap, zones_map, and zone_name.
      • Add ZoneId hashes to JSON output files.
  • 1.3 (2020-11-30, TZ DB version 2020d)
    • Minor tweaks to silence clang++ warnings.
    • Create new ZoneManager interface (pure virtual) which is now the non-templatized parent to both BasicZoneManager and ExtendedZoneManager. Allows ZoneManager to be passed around poloymorphically as a pointer or reference.
    • Fix broken ZoneManager::indexForZoneName() and ZoneManager::indexForZoneId() caused by incorrect implementations in BasicZoneRegistrar and ExtendedZoneRegistrar.
    • Generate compile-time zoneIds for all zones in the form of zonedb::kZoneId{Zone_Name} and zonedbx::kZoneId{Zone_Name} (e.g. zonedb::kZoneIdAmerica_Los_Angeles). Can be given directly to ZoneManager::createForZoneId().
    • Add constructors to TimeZoneData to allow initializers to set union members. Useful for initializing arrays of TimeZoneData.
    • Add ManualZoneManager implementation of ZoneManager which implements only createForTimeZoneData(). Useful in applications which support only TimeZone::kTypeManual (fixed std and dst offsets) due to memory constaints.
    • Add documentation of TimeZoneData, TimeZone::toTimeZoneData(), and ZoneManager::createFromTimeZoneData() to USER_GUIDE.md. Looks like I added the class in v0.5 but forgot to document it.
    • Implement LocalDateTime::compareTo() using only its components instead of internally converting to epochSeconds. Not all LocalDateTime can be represented by an epochSeconds, so this change makes the algorithm more robust. The semantics of the method should remain unchanged.
    • Update the doxygen docs of the compareTo() methods of LocalDateTime, LocalTime, LocalDate, OffsetDateTime and ZonedDateTime to clarify the semantics of those operations.
  • 1.2.1 (2020-11-12, TZ DB version 2020d)
    • No functional change in this release. Mostly documentation.
    • Update examples/MemoryBenchmark numbers from v0.8 to v1.2 with new auto-generator scripts.
    • Add Table of Contents to USER_GUIDE.md to help navigate the long document.
  • 1.2 (2020-10-31, TZ DB version 2020d)
    • Potentially Breaking: AceTime library now depends on the AceCommon library (https://github.com/bxparks/AceCommon) to avoid having to maintain multiple copies of various utility functions and classes. The API for most (if not all) public classes have not changed. A number of internal helper classes have moved to the AceCommon library. If you happen to directly use some of these, you need to use the AceCommon library instead.
      • Add dependency to AceCommon to all Makefiles.
      • Add a depends attribute to library.properties.
    • Replace various utlity functions and class with those from AceCommon:
      • class TimingStats
      • incrementMod(), incrementModOffset(), printPad2To(), printPad3To()
      • strcmp_PP()
      • strchr_P(), strrchr_P() for ESP8266 and ESP32
      • PrintStr
    • Move common/CrcEeprom.h to AceUtils (https://github.com/bxparks/AceUtils) library.
  • 1.1.2 (2020-10-25, TZ DB version 2020d)
  • 1.1.1 (2020-10-18, TZ DB version 2020c)
    • Add documentation for using the PrintStr<N> class from the AceUtils library (https://github.com:bxparks/AceUtils) on the various printTo() methods. The string content can be retrieved using the PrintStr::getCstr() method which returns a normal const char* C-string. The PrintStr<N> class replaces an earlier, unreleased version that was called CstrPrint<N>.
    • Add 'Validation Tests' GitHub workflow for running tests/validation/*Test.
    • Create blacklist.json file for each compare_xxx tools, to disable validation checks for DST or abbreviations due to bugs in the 3rd party libraries.
    • Add ValidationScope enum to provide better control over whether the DST or abbrev fields are validated.
    • Print better diagnostic messages when tests/validation fails in BasicTransitionTest and ExtendedTransitionTest classes.
    • Upgrade target version numbers of 3rd party libraries used for tests/validation: pytz from 2019.3 to 2020.1, JDK 11.0.6 to 11.0.8.
    • Upgrade to TZDB 2020c (https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz-announce/2020-October/000060.html)
      • "Fiji starts DST later than usual, on 2020-12-20."
    • Restrict GitHub Actions workflow to run just HinnantBasicTest and HinnantExtendedTest, because the other Python and Java tests break every time a new TZDB version comes out.
    • Add DEVELOPER.md file containing notes mostly for myself.
  • 1.1 (2020-04-25, TZ DB version 2020a)
    • Fix broken links in README.md.
    • Fix typos in USER_GUIDE.md and update its version number to 1.0 as it should have been back in October.
    • Massive refactor of ./tools processing pipeline and update validation/tests.
      • Add mypy strict type checking for Python scripts under tools.
      • Funnel validation*.{h,cpp} code generation through a single program using a validation_data.json intermediate file.
      • Funnel processing of TZDB output from transformer.py into a single tzdbcollector.py which can produce a tzdb.json output.
      • Separate validator.py processing into a distinct section.
    • Add validation tests against Python dateutil library (similar to pytz).
    • Update TZ Database version to 2020a that was released on 2020-04-23.
  • 1.0 (2019-10-02, TZ DB version 2019c)
    • Add initial support for GitHub actions to implement continuous integration using the unit tests that run under UnitHostDuino.
    • Allow NtpClock to use an existing WiFi connection. Add examples/HelloNtpClock/ to demonstrate this. (#24, thanks @denis-stepanov).
    • Fix compiler warning about duplicate FPSTR() macro for ESP32 Core version >=1.0.3.
    • Generate the zonedb files for the various validation/*Test integration tests on-demand, instead of using the zonedb files checked into src/ace_time/zonedb[x]. This allows us to match the version of the TZ Database used by AceTime to the version used by Java 11, pytz, and Hinnant Date, independently of the version that is generated into src/ace_time/zonedb[x].
    • Update src/ace_time/zonedb[x] files to TZ version 2019c.
    • Graduate to version 1.0.
  • 0.8.1 (2019-08-26, TZ DB version 2019b)
    • Update SystemClockCoroutine to be compatible with COROUTINE_DELAY_SECONDS() API changed in AceRoutine v0.3.
    • Fix typos and grammar errors in USER_GUIDE.md and README.md.
    • Remove YearMonth abstraction in BasicZoneProcessor, saving 12 bytes of flash in WorldClock.
  • 0.8 (2019-08-19, TZ DB version 2019b)
    • Handle Fri<=1 correctly in various python scripts. (#17)
    • Improve resolution of zonedb files and ZoneProcessor classes. (#18)
      • Both BasicZoneProcessor and ExtendedZoneProcessor support 1-minute resolutions for the AT and UNTIL fields.
      • BasicZoneProcessor (and zonedb files) support a 15-minute resolution for both STDOFF and DST offset fields.
      • ExtendedZoneProcessor (and zonedbx files) support one-minute resolution for STDOFF field and 15-minute resolution for DST offset (with a range of -01:00 to 02:45). (4 bits of the deltaCode field were given to the offsetCode field to give it the 1-minute resolution.)
      • Regenerate zonedbx using 1-minute resolution.
    • Fix broken BasicZoneProcessor on some timezones between 1975 and 2000. Did not handle transitions from fixed ZoneEra (RULES='-') to named ZoneEra (RULES=reference) or vise versa. Verified against pytz and Hinnant date from 1975 to 2050.
  • 0.7.2 (2019-08-14, TZ DB version 2019b)
    • Support timezones whose FORMAT contains a '/' with a fixed RULES column. Seems to make BasicZoneProcessor slightly smaller (20-80 bytes) and ExtendedZoneProcessor slightly bigger (50-100 bytes).
    • Split --granularity into --until_at_granularity and offset_granularity. Current zonedb files use values of 60 and 900 respectively.
  • 0.7.1 (2019-08-13, TZ DB version 2019b)
    • Replace TimeZone::printAbbrevTo() with more flexible and useful TimeZone::getAbbrev().
  • 0.7 (2019-08-13, TZ DB version 2019b)
    • Change TimeZoneData to store mStdOffset and mDstOffset in units of one minute (instead of 15-minute increments, "code") in the off chance that the library supports timezones with one-minute shifts in the future.
    • Implement TimeOffset using 2 bytes (int16_t) instead of one byte (int8_t) to give it a resolution of one minute instead of 15 minutes.
    • Generate zoneinfo files containing AT and UNTIL timestamps with one-minute resolution (instead of 15-minute resolution). ZoneInfo files (zonedb/ and zonedbx/) remain identical in size. Flash memory consumption usually increases by 130 to 500 bytes, but sometimes decreases by 50-100 bytes. Timezones whose DST transitions occur at 00:01 (America/Goose_Bay, America/Moncton, America/St_Johns, Asia/Gaza, Asia/Hebron) no longer truncate to 00:00.
    • Rename TimeOffset::forHour() to forHours() for consistency with forMinutes().
    • Make ExtendedZoneProcessor more memory efficient for 32-bit processors by packing internal fields to 4-byte boundaries.
    • Integrate C++11/14/17 Hinnant Date library by creating additional tests/validation tests.
    • Upgrade zonedb and zonedbx zoneinfo files to version 2019b, after validating against the Hinnant date library.
    • Upgrade to pytz version 2019.2 to pickup TZ Database 2019b.
  • 0.6.1 (2019-08-07, TZ DB version 2019a)
    • Create a second Jenkins continuous build pipeline file tests/JenskinfileUnitHost to use UnitHostDuino to run the unit tests natively on Linux. The entire set of unit tests builds and runs in 20 seconds under UnixHostduino, compared to about 8 minutes for the single Nano environemnt, and 32 minutes against 4 boards (Nano, ESP8266, ESP32, SAMD21).
    • Fix Doxygen PREPROCESSOR so that it picks up classes which are enabled only on some environments (e.g. ESP8266, ESP32).
    • Add circuit schematics to OneZoneClock and WorldClock examples.
    • Simplify logging::printf() used internally for debugging.
    • No functional change from 0.6.
  • 0.6 (2019-08-02, TZ DB version 2019a)
    • Update tests to use UnixHostDuino.
    • Fix broken restore functionality in CommandLineClock. Make it work on Unix using UnixHostDuino. Make it work on ESP8266 and ESP32 again.
    • Update flash memory consumption numbers in zonedb/zone_infos.cpp and zonedbx/zone_infos.cpp.
    • Lift ace_time::common::DateStrings to just ace_time::DateStrings because it was the only data/time class in the common:: namespace so it seemed inconsistent and out of place.
    • Breaking Change Large refactoring and simplification of the ace_time::clock classes. Merged TimeKeeper and TimeProvider into a single Clock class hierarcy. Merged SystemClockSyncLoop (separate class) into SystemClockLoop (subclass of SystemClock) and SystemClockSyncCoroutine (separate class) into SystemClockCoroutine (subclass of SystemClock with mixin of ace_routine::Coroutine). Merged keepAlive() into ::loop() and ::runCoroutine() methods, so we don't need to worry about it separately anymore. Made SystemClockLoop use the non-blocking methods of Clock, making it as responsive as SystemClockCoroutine.
    • Add UnixClock.h which provides access to the internal Unix clock when using UnixHostDuino.
  • 0.5.2 (2019-07-29, TZ DB Version 2019a)
    • Create HelloZoneManager and add it to the README.md.
    • Recommend using "Arduino MKR ZERO" board or "SparkFun SAMD21 Mini Breakout" board for the "SAMD21 M0 Mini" boards.
    • Pack basic::ZoneInfo, extended:ZoneInfo and related structs tighter on 32-bit processors, saving 2.5kB on the Basic zoneinfo files and 5.6kB on Extended zoneinfo files.
    • Pack basic::Transition and extended::Transition tighter on 32-bit processors, saving 20-32 bytes on BasicZoneProcessor and ExtendedZoneProcessor.
    • Test and support ATmega2560 AVR processor.
    • Replace all uses of Serial with SERIAL_PORT_MONITOR for compatibility with boards (e.g. SAMD boards) which use SerialUSB as the serial monitor.
  • 0.5.1 (2019-07-24, TZ DB version 2019a, beta)
    • Add documentation about the ZoneManager into USER_GUIDE.md.
    • Move DateStrings string pointers into PROGMEM, saving 42 bytes of RAM.
    • Use SERIAL_PORT_MONITOR instead of Serial everywhere for portability across different Arduino boards.
    • Support SAMD21 boards except for EEPROM which SAMD21 does not support.
  • 0.5 (2019-07-21, TZ DB version 2019a, beta)
    • Remove over-engineered SystemClockHeartbeatLoop and SystemClockHeartbeatLoop and replace with just a call to SystemClock::keepAlive().
    • Remove overly complex ManualZoneProcessor and merge most of its functionality directly into the TimeZone using kTypeManual. We lose the manual abbreviations provided by ManualZoneProcessor but the simplification of using just the TimeZone object without an extra object seems worth it.
    • Add a stable zoneId to ZoneInfo that identifies a zone. It is formed using a hash of the fully qualified zone name. The tzcompiler.py generator script will detect hash collisions and create an alternate hash.
    • Rename old ZoneManager as the ZoneRegistrar, and repurpose ZoneManager as the TimeZone factory, which keeps an internal cache of ZoneProcessor. TimeZone objects can be dynamically bound to ZoneProcessor objects using createForZoneInfo(), createForZoneName(), `createForZoneId().
    • Add TimeZoneData data struct to allow serialization of a TimeZone object as a zoneId so that it can be reconstructed using ZoneManger::createForTimeZoneData().
    • Rename ZoneSpecifier to ZoneProcessor to describe its functionality better. ZoneInfo is now passed directly into the TimeZone object using the TimeZone::forZoneInfo() factory method, with the ZoneProcessor acting as a helper object.
  • 0.4 (2019-07-09, TZ DB version 2019a, beta)
    • Support the less-than-or-equal syntax {dayOfWeek}<={dayOfMonth} appearing in version 2019b of the TZ Database which contains Rule Zion, 2005 to 20012, IN Apr, ON Fri<=1.
    • Add BasicZoneManager and ExtendedZoneManager to retrieve ZoneInfo from TZ Database string identifier (e.g. "America/Los_Angeles").
    • Add configuration options (ACE_TIME_USE_BASIC_PROGMEM and ACE_TIME_USE_EXTENDED_PROGMEM) to place zoneinfo files into PROGMEM to save static RAM.
  • 0.3.1 (2019-06-30, TZ DB version 2019a, beta)
    • Add copyright notices on source files.
    • Fix typos and formatting of README.md and USER_GUIDE.md.
    • No functional change from 0.3.
  • 0.3 (2019-06-28, TZ DB version 2019a, beta)
    • Support Link entries from TZ Database files as C++ references to corresponding Zone entries.
    • Add backward and etctera files from TZ Database to the tzcompiler.py processing. ExtendedZoneProcessor now supports every Zone and Link entry in the TZ Database (except those in backzone and systemv).
    • Add better zone and link name normalization. Convert + into _PLUS_, all other non-alphanumeric (0-9a-zA-Z_) converted to underscore _.
    • Move validation unit tests into separate tests/validation directory. Use Makefiles to generate validation_data.* files dynamically at compile time.
  • 0.2 (2019-06-26, TZ DB version 2019a, alpha)
    • Reduce flash memory size of WorldClock by removing extra font.
    • Split USER_GUIDE.md from README.md.
    • Rename ace_time::provider to ace_time::clock and rename SystemTimeProvider to SystemClock.
    • Add HelloSystemClock example code.
    • Add isValidYear() into various forComponents() methods to check int8_t range of year component.
    • Rename DateStrings::weekDay*() methods to dayOfWeek*() for consistency.
    • Change ZonedDateTime::printTo() format to match Java Time format.
    • Remove friend declarations not related to unit tests.
    • Remove redundant definitions of kInvalidEpochSeconds, standardize on LocalDate::kInvalidEpochSeconds.
    • Make timeOffset a required parameter for constructors and factory methods OffsetDateTime instead of defaulting to TimeOffset().
    • Make timeZone a required parameter in constructors and factory methods of ZonedDateTime.
    • Fix BasicZoneProcessor::getOffsetDateTime() to handle gaps and overlaps in a reasonable way, and perform some amount of normalization.
  • 0.1 (2019-06-15, TZ DB version 2019a, alpha)
    • Initial release on GitHub to establish a reference point.
    • Upgraded to TZ Database version 2019a.
  • (2018-08-20)
    • Start of library in private repo.