TZ_CONVERT(1)															     TZ_CONVERT(1)

NAME

       tz_convert - Timezone converter from operating system tz format into libical format used by Orage and several other calander tools.

SYNOPSIS

       tz_convert [OPTION...] [INFILE]

DESCRIPTION

       tz_convert is a command line tool, which can be used to convert timezone data from so called tz binary format, usually used in operating
       systems, to libical format, used by several calenders like Orage.

       There are several options available to only convert certain files or files in certain directory. Or only convert part of the file and
       ignore for example old data. It is also possible to add new timezone files, which are based on old timezone data.

       There are tools, which generate ical timezones data from tz source database, but those are often not available for normal users and are
       difficult to use. So often libical timezones are not upto date.	tz_convert reads directly the binary tz data and makes it possible to keep
       libical timezones up to date. The tool is mainly meant to be used by distro maintainers, but it should be easy and clear enough for all
       users.

FILES

       tz timezone files often can be found in directory /usr/share/zoneinfo. For example Europe/Helsinki. libical timezone files needs to be
       where you calendar can find them. For Xfce and Orage systems they are located under your Xfce directory in share/orage/libical/zoneinfo.
       For example Europe/Helsinki.ics. (use locate to find them.)

OPTIONS

       -V, --version
	   Print version information and exit.

       -?, --help
	   Show this help message and exit.

       --usage
	   Show short usage summary.

       -i, --infile
	   tz file name from operating system to convert from. If this is directory, all files in it are processed. Default is /usr/share/zoneinfo

       -o, --outfile
	   ical timezone file name to be written. This can not be directory. It is meant to be used together with timezone parameter. This is very
	   seldom used. Default is timezone/infile.ics

       -m, --message
	   debug message level. How much exra information is shown. 0 is least and 10 is highest (1=default). May give usefull information when
	   things do not work as expected.

       -l, --limit
	   limit processing to newer than this year. Often there is a lot of old data available, which is not needed in normal day to day work and
	   skipping unused years helps to improve performance. Default is to ignore older than year 1970 time changes.

       -t, --timezone
	   timezone name to be used in the actual file. Normally file name is the same as timezone name, but if you want to create your own
	   timezone, you need new file name, which contains some known timezone name. This is used together with outfile parameter.

       -r, --norecursive
	   process only main directory, instead of all subdirectories. 0 = recursive 1 = only main directory (0=default).

       -c, --exclude count
	   number of excluded directories. 5 = default (You only need this if you have more than 5 excluded directories). This is used together
	   with exclude parameter.

       -x, --exclude
	   do not process this directory, skip it. You can give several directories with separate parameters. By default directories right and
	   posix are excluded, but if you use this parameter, you have to specify those also. You need to use exclude count if you have more than
	   5 exclude directories.

       -u, --norrule
	   do not use RRULE ical repeating rule, but use RDATE instead. Not all calendars are able to understand RRULE correctly with timezones.
	   (Orage should work fine with RRULE). 0 = use RRULE 1 = do not use RRULE (0=default).

BUGS

       Please report any bugs and enhancement requests to http://bugzilla.xfce.org/. Note that tz_convert is part of orage so bugs are reported
       against orage and component tz_convert. Usage related questions can be sent to xfce@xfce.org email list.

HOMEPAGE

       http://www.xfce.org/projects/orage/

AUTHOR

       tz_convert was written by Juha Kautto <juha@xfce.org>.

       This manual page was written by Juha Kautto <juha@xfce.org>.

								    05/28/2009							     TZ_CONVERT(1)