[−][src]Crate libtzfile

This library reads the system timezone information files provided by IANA and returns a Tz struct containing the TZfile fields as described in the man page (http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man5/tzfile.5.html).

For higher level parsing, you can enable the parse or json features (merged from the former tzparse library).

In this documentation's examples, tzfile is the TZfile's path, for instance "/usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Paris".

Without any feature enabled, one available method : new(), which returns a Tz struct:

 use libtzfile::Tz;
 println!("{:?}", Tz::new(tzfile).unwrap());

 Tz { tzh_timecnt_data: [-2717643600, -1633273200, -1615132800, -1601823600, -1583683200, -880210800, -820519140, -812653140, -796845540, -84380400, -68659200], tzh_timecnt_indices: [2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 1, 2], tzh_typecnt: [Ttinfo { tt_gmtoff: -26898, tt_isdst: 0, tt_abbrind: 0 }, Ttinfo { tt_gmtoff: -21600, tt_isdst: 1, tt_abbrind: 1 }, Ttinfo { tt_gmtoff: -25200, tt_isdst: 0, tt_abbrind: 2 }, Ttinfo { tt_gmtoff: -21600, tt_isdst: 1, tt_abbrind: 3 }], tz_abbr: ["LMT", "MDT", "MST", "MWT"] }

With the parse or json features enabled, you have access to additional methods. For instance, to display 2020 DST transitions in France, you can use the transition_times method:

use libtzfile::Tz;
println!("{:?}", Tz::new(tzfile).unwrap().transition_times(Some(2020)).unwrap());

[TransitionTime { time: 2020-03-29T01:00:00Z, utc_offset: 7200, isdst: true, abbreviation: "CEST" }, TransitionTime { time: 2020-10-25T01:00:00Z, utc_offset: 3600, isdst: false, abbreviation: "CET" }]

If you want more complete information about the timezone, you can use the zoneinfo method, which returns a more complete structure:

use libtzfile::Tz;
println!("{:?}", Tz::new(tzfile).unwrap().zoneinfo().unwrap());

Tzinfo { timezone: "Europe/Paris", utc_datetime: 2020-09-05T16:41:44.279502100Z, datetime: 2020-09-05T18:41:44.279502100+02:00, dst_from: Some(2020-03-29T01:00:00Z), dst_until: Some(2020-10-25T01:00:00Z), dst_period: true, raw_offset: 3600, dst_offset: 7200, utc_offset: +02:00, abbreviation: "CEST", week_number: 36 }

This more complete structure can be transformed to json via a method of the json feature (which includes methods from the parse feature):

 use libtzfile::{Tz, TzError};
 let tz = Tz::new(tzfile)?
     .zoneinfo()?
     .to_json()?;
 println!("{}", tz);

 {"timezone":"Europe/Paris","utc_datetime":"2020-09-05T18:04:50.546668500Z","datetime":"2020-09-05T20:04:50.546668500+02:00","dst_from":"2020-03-29T01:00:00Z","dst_until":"2020-10-25T01:00:00Z","dst_period":true,"raw_offset":3600,"dst_offset":7200,"utc_offset":"+02:00","abbreviation":"CEST","week_number":36}

This last method and feature is used for instance in my world time API.

The tests (cargo test --features=json) are written to match ubuntu version of the 2020a timezone database.

Structs

TransitionTime	The TransitionTime struct (available with the parse or json features) contains one transition time.
Ttinfo	This sub-structure of the Tz struct is part of the TZfile format specifications, and contains UTC offset, daylight saving time, abbreviation index.
Tz	This is the crate's primary structure, which contains the splitted TZfile fields and optional (via features) methods.
Tzinfo	Convenient and human-readable informations about a timezone (available with the parse or json features).

Enums

TzError