Source file src/pkg/time/zoneinfo.go
1 // Copyright 2011 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
3 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
4
5 package time
6
7 import (
8 "sync"
9 "syscall"
10 )
11
12 // A Location maps time instants to the zone in use at that time.
13 // Typically, the Location represents the collection of time offsets
14 // in use in a geographical area, such as CEST and CET for central Europe.
15 type Location struct {
16 name string
17 zone []zone
18 tx []zoneTrans
19
20 // Most lookups will be for the current time.
21 // To avoid the binary search through tx, keep a
22 // static one-element cache that gives the correct
23 // zone for the time when the Location was created.
24 // if cacheStart <= t <= cacheEnd,
25 // lookup can return cacheZone.
26 // The units for cacheStart and cacheEnd are seconds
27 // since January 1, 1970 UTC, to match the argument
28 // to lookup.
29 cacheStart int64
30 cacheEnd int64
31 cacheZone *zone
32 }
33
34 // A zone represents a single time zone such as CEST or CET.
35 type zone struct {
36 name string // abbreviated name, "CET"
37 offset int // seconds east of UTC
38 isDST bool // is this zone Daylight Savings Time?
39 }
40
41 // A zoneTrans represents a single time zone transition.
42 type zoneTrans struct {
43 when int64 // transition time, in seconds since 1970 GMT
44 index uint8 // the index of the zone that goes into effect at that time
45 isstd, isutc bool // ignored - no idea what these mean
46 }
47
48 // UTC represents Universal Coordinated Time (UTC).
49 var UTC *Location = &utcLoc
50
51 // utcLoc is separate so that get can refer to &utcLoc
52 // and ensure that it never returns a nil *Location,
53 // even if a badly behaved client has changed UTC.
54 var utcLoc = Location{name: "UTC"}
55
56 // Local represents the system's local time zone.
57 var Local *Location = &localLoc
58
59 // localLoc is separate so that initLocal can initialize
60 // it even if a client has changed Local.
61 var localLoc Location
62 var localOnce sync.Once
63
64 func (l *Location) get() *Location {
65 if l == nil {
66 return &utcLoc
67 }
68 if l == &localLoc {
69 localOnce.Do(initLocal)
70 }
71 return l
72 }
73
74 // String returns a descriptive name for the time zone information,
75 // corresponding to the argument to LoadLocation.
76 func (l *Location) String() string {
77 return l.get().name
78 }
79
80 // FixedZone returns a Location that always uses
81 // the given zone name and offset (seconds east of UTC).
82 func FixedZone(name string, offset int) *Location {
83 l := &Location{
84 name: name,
85 zone: []zone{{name, offset, false}},
86 tx: []zoneTrans{{-1 << 63, 0, false, false}},
87 cacheStart: -1 << 63,
88 cacheEnd: 1<<63 - 1,
89 }
90 l.cacheZone = &l.zone[0]
91 return l
92 }
93
94 // lookup returns information about the time zone in use at an
95 // instant in time expressed as seconds since January 1, 1970 00:00:00 UTC.
96 //
97 // The returned information gives the name of the zone (such as "CET"),
98 // the start and end times bracketing sec when that zone is in effect,
99 // the offset in seconds east of UTC (such as -5*60*60), and whether
100 // the daylight savings is being observed at that time.
101 func (l *Location) lookup(sec int64) (name string, offset int, isDST bool, start, end int64) {
102 l = l.get()
103
104 if len(l.tx) == 0 {
105 name = "UTC"
106 offset = 0
107 isDST = false
108 start = -1 << 63
109 end = 1<<63 - 1
110 return
111 }
112
113 if zone := l.cacheZone; zone != nil && l.cacheStart <= sec && sec < l.cacheEnd {
114 name = zone.name
115 offset = zone.offset
116 isDST = zone.isDST
117 start = l.cacheStart
118 end = l.cacheEnd
119 return
120 }
121
122 // Binary search for entry with largest time <= sec.
123 // Not using sort.Search to avoid dependencies.
124 tx := l.tx
125 end = 1<<63 - 1
126 for len(tx) > 1 {
127 m := len(tx) / 2
128 lim := tx[m].when
129 if sec < lim {
130 end = lim
131 tx = tx[0:m]
132 } else {
133 tx = tx[m:]
134 }
135 }
136 zone := &l.zone[tx[0].index]
137 name = zone.name
138 offset = zone.offset
139 isDST = zone.isDST
140 start = tx[0].when
141 // end = maintained during the search
142 return
143 }
144
145 // lookupName returns information about the time zone with
146 // the given name (such as "EST").
147 func (l *Location) lookupName(name string) (offset int, isDST bool, ok bool) {
148 l = l.get()
149 for i := range l.zone {
150 zone := &l.zone[i]
151 if zone.name == name {
152 return zone.offset, zone.isDST, true
153 }
154 }
155 return
156 }
157
158 // lookupOffset returns information about the time zone with
159 // the given offset (such as -5*60*60).
160 func (l *Location) lookupOffset(offset int) (name string, isDST bool, ok bool) {
161 l = l.get()
162 for i := range l.zone {
163 zone := &l.zone[i]
164 if zone.offset == offset {
165 return zone.name, zone.isDST, true
166 }
167 }
168 return
169 }
170
171 // NOTE(rsc): Eventually we will need to accept the POSIX TZ environment
172 // syntax too, but I don't feel like implementing it today.
173
174 var zoneinfo, _ = syscall.Getenv("ZONEINFO")
175
176 // LoadLocation returns the Location with the given name.
177 //
178 // If the name is "" or "UTC", LoadLocation returns UTC.
179 // If the name is "Local", LoadLocation returns Local.
180 //
181 // Otherwise, the name is taken to be a location name corresponding to a file
182 // in the IANA Time Zone database, such as "America/New_York".
183 //
184 // The time zone database needed by LoadLocation may not be
185 // present on all systems, especially non-Unix systems.
186 // LoadLocation looks in the directory or uncompressed zip file
187 // named by the ZONEINFO environment variable, if any, then looks in
188 // known installation locations on Unix systems,
189 // and finally looks in $GOROOT/lib/time/zoneinfo.zip.
190 func LoadLocation(name string) (*Location, error) {
191 if name == "" || name == "UTC" {
192 return UTC, nil
193 }
194 if name == "Local" {
195 return Local, nil
196 }
197 if zoneinfo != "" {
198 if z, err := loadZoneFile(zoneinfo, name); err == nil {
199 z.name = name
200 return z, nil
201 }
202 }
203 return loadLocation(name)
204 }