Use UTC instead of Universal. Apparently, "Universal" is not...er... universally installed.

configure

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
-# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.72 for remind 06.01.04.
+# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.72 for remind 06.01.05.
 #
 #
 # Copyright (C) 1992-1996, 1998-2017, 2020-2023 Free Software Foundation,
@@ -601,8 +601,8 @@ MAKEFLAGS=
 # Identity of this package.
 PACKAGE_NAME='remind'
 PACKAGE_TARNAME='remind'
-PACKAGE_VERSION='06.01.04'
+PACKAGE_VERSION='06.01.05'
-PACKAGE_STRING='remind 06.01.04'
+PACKAGE_STRING='remind 06.01.05'
 PACKAGE_BUGREPORT=''
 PACKAGE_URL='https://dianne.skoll.ca/projects/remind/'
 
@@ -1258,7 +1258,7 @@ if test "$ac_init_help" = "long"; then
   # Omit some internal or obsolete options to make the list less imposing.
   # This message is too long to be a string in the A/UX 3.1 sh.
   cat <<_ACEOF
-'configure' configures remind 06.01.04 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
+'configure' configures remind 06.01.05 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
 
 Usage: $0 [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...
 
@@ -1320,7 +1320,7 @@ fi
 
 if test -n "$ac_init_help"; then
   case $ac_init_help in
-     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of remind 06.01.04:";;
+     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of remind 06.01.05:";;
    esac
   cat <<\_ACEOF
 
@@ -1408,7 +1408,7 @@ fi
 test -n "$ac_init_help" && exit $ac_status
 if $ac_init_version; then
   cat <<\_ACEOF
-remind configure 06.01.04
+remind configure 06.01.05
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.72
 
 Copyright (C) 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -1871,7 +1871,7 @@ cat >config.log <<_ACEOF
 This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
 running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
 
-It was created by remind $as_me 06.01.04, which was
+It was created by remind $as_me 06.01.05, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.72.  Invocation command line was
 
   $ $0$ac_configure_args_raw
@@ -4848,7 +4848,7 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<\_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 # report actual input values of CONFIG_FILES etc. instead of their
 # values after options handling.
 ac_log="
-This file was extended by remind $as_me 06.01.04, which was
+This file was extended by remind $as_me 06.01.05, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.72.  Invocation command line was
 
   CONFIG_FILES    = $CONFIG_FILES
@@ -4913,7 +4913,7 @@ ac_cs_config_escaped=`printf "%s\n" "$ac_cs_config" | sed "s/^ //; s/'/'\\\\\\\\
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 ac_cs_config='$ac_cs_config_escaped'
 ac_cs_version="\\
-remind config.status 06.01.04
+remind config.status 06.01.05
 configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.72,
   with options \\"\$ac_cs_config\\"
 

configure.ac

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
-AC_INIT(remind, 06.01.04, , , https://dianne.skoll.ca/projects/remind/)
+AC_INIT(remind, 06.01.05, , , https://dianne.skoll.ca/projects/remind/)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/queue.c])
 
 cat <<'EOF'

docs/WHATSNEW

@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 CHANGES TO REMIND
 
+* VERSION 6.1 Patch 5 - 2025-10-09
+
+- BUG FIX: remind: Yet another bug in TZ handling was fixed.  I hope this
+  is the final TZ bug; the test suite has had a large number of TZ tests
+  added.
+
+- IMPROVEMENT: remind: If the directory /usr/share/zoneinfo exists, Remind
+  warns about time zone names that look invalid.  You can override the
+  warning by prefixing your time zone name with "!" if you want to use
+  non-file-based time zone names like "UTC+0400".
+
+- MINOR IMPROVEMENTS: A couple of man page typos were fixed.
+
 * VERSION 6.1 Patch 4 - 2025-10-08
 
 - BUG FIX: remind: In calendar mode, reminders that specify a TZ zone

man/rem2ps.1.in

@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ Helvetica-BoldOblique.
 .RE
 .TP
 \fB\-s\fR[\fBthed\fR] \fIsize\fR
-Set the size (in points) of the text for the the calendar title,
+Set the size (in points) of the text for the calendar title,
 day-of-week headings, the calendar entries, and the day numbers,
 respectively.  \fISize\fR must be a decimal number.  The default sizes
 are equivalent to specifying:
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ illustrated with examples:
 .fi
 .PP
 That example creates a blank calendar for the entire year of 1994, and
-sends it the the printer named "laser."
+sends it to the printer named "laser."
 .PP
 .nf
 	remind \-p ~/.reminders | rem2ps \-l \-sd 18 > cal.ps
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ If an AT clause was present, this key contains the event start time in
 the format \fIYYYY-MM-DD\fRT\fIHH:MM\fR in the \fIsystem default time zone\fR.
 .TP
 .B eventstart_in_tz \fIdt\fR
-If a TZ clause was present, this key containes the event start time in
+If a TZ clause was present, this key contains the event start time in
 the format \fIYYYY-MM-DD\fRT\fIHH:MM\fR in the \fItime zone specified
 by TZ\fR.
 .TP

man/remind.1.in

@@ -2264,9 +2264,20 @@ adjusted to Thursday, 14 May 2026 at 06:59 UTC because of the
 time zone adjustment.
 .PP
 If you use an invalid time zone name after the \fBTZ\fR keyword,
-results are undefined.  Unfortunately, \fBRemind\fR cannot diagnose
+results are undefined.  As mentioned previously, time zone names
-this error becase the C library \fBtzset()\fR function has no
+\fIare\fR case-sensitive; America/Toronto is valid, but
-error return.
+america/toronto is not.
+.PP
+If you are on a system that stores time zone data in
+/usr/share/zoneinfo, then \fBRemind\fR will attempt to validate the
+time zone name and will warn you if it appears to be invalid.  If you
+want to specify a time zone that lacks a file under
+/usr/share/zoneinfo anyway, and want to suppress the warning, prefix
+the time zone name with "!".  For example:
+.PP
+.nf
+    REM Thursday AT 14:45 TZ !EST+5EDT,M3.2.0/2,M11.1.0/2 MSG Old TZ format
+.fi
 .PP
 In a reminder with the \fBTZ\fR keyword, OMIT dates are evaluated in
 the specified time zone.  Here's an example: Suppose the local time zone

man/tkremind.1.in

@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ The seventh control specifies what \fBRemind\fR should do if a reminder
 falls on a holiday or weekend.
 
 Enter the body of the reminder into the \fBSummary:\fR text entry.  If
-you want, you can enter a location, a URL, and and longer description
+you want, you can enter a location, a URL, and a longer description
 in the \fBLocation:\fR, \fBURL:\fR and \fBDescription:\fR boxes.  If
 you enter anything here, they will be added as \fBINFO\fR items to the
 reminder.

src/dorem.c

@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ void EnterTimezone(char const *tz)
     CurYear  = tm.tm_year + 1900;
 
     DSEToday = DSE(CurYear, CurMon, CurDay);
+
     /* Adjust DSEToday back by a day if midnight in our time zone requires it */
     if (SysTime < LocalSysTime) {
         DSEToday--;
@@ -1264,6 +1265,20 @@ int ParseRem(ParsePtr s, Trigger *trig, TimeTrig *tim)
         check_trigger_function(trig->warn, "WARN");
         check_trigger_function(trig->omitfunc, "OMITFUNC");
     }
+
+    /* Check that TZ looks plausible */
+    if (trig->tz && (*trig->tz != '!')) {
+        warn_if_timezone_bad(trig->tz);
+    }
+
+    /* Remove leading ! from TZ spec */
+    if (trig->tz && *trig->tz == '!') {
+        char *s = (char *) trig->tz;
+        while (*s) {
+            *s = *(s+1);
+            s++;
+        }
+    }
     return OK;
 }
 

src/protos.h

@@ -304,3 +304,5 @@ int AdjustTriggerForTimeZone(Trigger *trig, int dse, TimeTrig *tim);
 void EnterTimezone(char const *tz);
 void ExitTimezone(char const *tz);
 int warning_level(char const *which);
+void warn_if_timezone_bad(char const *tz);
+

src/trigger.c

@@ -621,11 +621,15 @@ int ComputeTriggerNoAdjustDuration(int today, Trigger *trig, TimeTrig const *tim
         if (trig->tz) {
             TimeTrig copy = *tim;
             int new_result;
+            int force_retry = 0;
             ExitTimezone(trig->tz);
             new_result = AdjustTriggerForTimeZone(trig, result, &copy);
+            if (trig->scanfrom == NO_SCANFROM && new_result < DSEToday) {
+                force_retry = 1;
+            }
             EnterTimezone(trig->tz);
-            if (result + duration_days >= today &&
+            if (force_retry ||
-                new_result + duration_days < today) {
+                (result + duration_days >= today &&new_result + duration_days < today)) {
                 /* If we are not making progress, then give up: It's expired */
                 if (nextstart <= save_nextstart) {
                     trig->expired = 1;

src/utils.c

@@ -28,10 +28,31 @@ static char const DontEscapeMe[] =
 #include <ctype.h>
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+
 #include "types.h"
 #include "globals.h"
 #include "protos.h"
 
+static int HaveZoneinfoDir = -1;
+
+#define ZONE_DIR "/usr/share/zoneinfo"
+static int have_zoneinfo_dir(void)
+{
+    struct stat sb;
+    if (HaveZoneinfoDir < 0) {
+        if (stat(ZONE_DIR, &sb) < 0) {
+            HaveZoneinfoDir = 0;
+        } else if ((sb.st_mode & S_IFMT) != S_IFDIR) {
+            HaveZoneinfoDir = 0;
+        } else {
+            HaveZoneinfoDir = 1;
+        }
+    }
+    return HaveZoneinfoDir;
+}
+
 /* Call this instead of system() so if called ignores return code,
    we don't get a compiler warning.  Also redirect stdin to /dev/null */
 int system1(char const *cmd)
@@ -378,3 +399,34 @@ warning_level(char const *which)
     if (!WarningLevel) return 1;
     return strcmp(WarningLevel, which) >= 0;
 }
+
+void
+warn_if_timezone_bad(char const *tz)
+{
+    DynamicBuffer zfile;
+    struct stat sb;
+    int r;
+
+    if (!tz) {
+        return;
+    }
+    if (*tz == '!') {
+        return;
+    }
+    if (!have_zoneinfo_dir()) {
+        return;
+    }
+    DBufInit(&zfile);
+    DBufPuts(&zfile, ZONE_DIR);
+    DBufPuts(&zfile, "/");
+    DBufPuts(&zfile, tz);
+    r = stat(DBufValue(&zfile), &sb);
+    DBufFree(&zfile);
+    if (r < 0) {
+        if (warning_level("06.01.05")) {
+            Wprint(tr("No time zone file found for TZ `%s'... is it valid?"),
+                   tz);
+        }
+    }
+}
+

tests/test-rem

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ REMIND="../src/remind --flush -q"
 OUT="../tests/test.out"
 CMP="../tests/test.cmp"
 # Set a known timezone so moon phases show up in predictable places
-TZ=Universal
+TZ=UTC
 export TZ
 
 # Colorize output iff stdout is a tty

tests/test-timezone-support

@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
+export LANG=C.UTF-8
+
 DIR=`dirname $0`
 cd $DIR
 if test $? != 0 ; then
@@ -143,9 +146,9 @@ TZ=America/Los_Angeles $REMIND - 2026-01-01 <<'EOF' >> $OUT 2>&1
 BANNER %
 SET $AddBlankLines 0
 
-REM AT 13:33 TZ America/Los_Angeles TZ Universal MSG Whatsup? %*l %3.
+REM AT 13:33 TZ America/Los_Angeles TZ UTC MSG Whatsup? %*l %3.
 REM AT 13:33 TZ "" TZ America/Los_Angeles MSG Whatsup? %*l %3.
-REM TZ Universal MSG Borked
+REM TZ UTC MSG Borked
 EOF
 
 TZ=America/Toronto $REMIND -dx - 2025-09-01@01:00 <<'EOF' >> $OUT 2>&1
@@ -190,6 +193,68 @@ TZ=America/Toronto $REMIND -s - 2025-10-01 <<'EOF' >> $OUT 2>&1
 REM Wednesday AT 14:00 TZ Australia/Sydney MSG 2PM Sydney
 EOF
 
+echo "" >> $OUT
+# Every day and a SATISFY reminder
+TZ=America/Toronto $REMIND -s - 2025-10-01 <<'EOF' >> $OUT 2>&1
+REM AT 04:44 TZ America/Los_Angeles MSG 04:44 every day in L.A.
+REM 2 AT 05:00 TZ America/Los_Angeles MSG 05:00 on 2nd in L.A.
+REM Wed AT 06:00 TZ America/Los_Angeles MSG 06:00 on Wed in L.A.
+REM Wed AT 23:00 TZ America/Los_Angeles MSG 23:00 on Wed in L.A.
+REM AT 09:00 TZ America/Los_Angeles SATISFY [!($Td % 3)] MSG 09:00 every third day in L.A.
+REM AT 22:00 TZ America/Los_Angeles SATISFY [!($Td % 3)] MSG 22:00 every third day in L.A.
+EOF
+
+echo "" >> $OUT
+# And the inverse
+TZ=America/Los_Angeles $REMIND -s - 2025-10-01 <<'EOF' >> $OUT 2>&1
+REM AT 04:44 TZ America/Toronto MSG 04:44 every day in T.O.
+REM 2 AT 05:00 TZ America/Toronto MSG 05:00 on 2nd in T.O.
+REM Wed AT 06:00 TZ America/Toronto MSG 06:00 on Wed in T.O.
+REM Wed AT 01:00 TZ America/Toronto MSG 01:00 on Wed in T.O.
+REM AT 09:00 TZ America/Toronto SATISFY [!($Td % 3)] MSG 09:00 every third day in T.O.
+REM AT 02:00 TZ America/Toronto SATISFY [!($Td % 3)] MSG 02:00 every third day in T.O.
+EOF
+
+# Semi-exhaustive checking...
+OFFSETS="-12 -11 -10 -9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 +0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6 +7 +8 +9 +10 +11 +12"
+cat <<'EOF' >> $OUT
+
+NOTE NOTE NOTE: The notation UTC+n denotes a time zone n hours
+WEST of UTC, and UTC-n denotes a time zone n hours EAST of
+UTC... the opposite of what you might think.  The zone
+UTC+1 is two hours EARLIER than UTC-1.
+
+EOF
+
+for src in $OFFSETS; do
+    srczone="UTC$src"
+    for dst in $OFFSETS ; do
+        dstzone="UTC$dst"
+        (echo 'BANNER %'; echo "REM AT 00:00 TZ !$dstzone MSG 00:00 at $dstzone in [getenv(\"TZ\")] is %3, %r %m; diff=[(\$Tt-00:00)/60]") | TZ=$srczone $REMIND '-i$addblanklines=0' - 2025-10-09@12:00 >> $OUT 2>&1
+    done
+done
+for src in $OFFSETS; do
+    srczone="UTC$src"
+    for dst in $OFFSETS ; do
+        dstzone="UTC$dst"
+        (echo 'BANNER %'; echo "REM AT 12:00 TZ !$dstzone MSG 12:00 at $dstzone in [getenv(\"TZ\")] is %3, %r %m; diff=[(\$Tt-12:00)/60]") | TZ=$srczone $REMIND '-i$addblanklines=0' - 2025-10-09@12:00 >> $OUT 2>&1
+    done
+done
+for src in $OFFSETS; do
+    srczone="UTC$src"
+    for dst in $OFFSETS ; do
+        dstzone="UTC$dst"
+        (echo 'BANNER %'; echo "REM 11 ++10 AT 00:00 TZ !$dstzone MSG 00:00 on 11th at $dstzone in [getenv(\"TZ\")] is %3, %r %m; diff=[(trigdatetime()-'2025-10-11@00:00')/60]") | TZ=$srczone $REMIND '-i$addblanklines=0' - 2025-10-09@12:00 >> $OUT 2>&1
+    done
+done
+for src in $OFFSETS; do
+    srczone="UTC$src"
+    for dst in $OFFSETS ; do
+        dstzone="UTC$dst"
+        (echo 'BANNER %'; echo "REM 11 ++10 AT 12:00 TZ !$dstzone MSG 12:00 on 11th at $dstzone in [getenv(\"TZ\")] is %3, %r %m; diff=[(trigdatetime()-'2025-10-11@12:00')/60]") | TZ=$srczone $REMIND '-i$addblanklines=0' - 2025-10-09@12:00 >> $OUT 2>&1
+    done
+done
+
 cmp -s $OUT $CMP
 if [ "$?" = "0" ] ; then
     echo "Remind:   Time zone tests ${GRN}PASSED${NRM}"

tests/test.cmp

@@ -1046,7 +1046,7 @@ set a057 value("a05"+"6")
 "a05" + "6" => "a056"
 value("a056") => "SDFJHSDF KSJDFH KJSDFH KSJDFH"
 set a058 version()
-version() => "06.01.04"
+version() => "06.01.05"
 set a059 wkday(today())
 today() => 1991-02-16
 wkday(1991-02-16) => "Saturday"
@@ -2609,7 +2609,7 @@ a056  "SDFJHSDF KSJDFH KJSDFH KSJDFH"
 a007  "1991-02-16"
 a057  "SDFJHSDF KSJDFH KJSDFH KSJDFH"
 a008  "11:44"
-a058  "06.01.04"
+a058  "06.01.05"
 a059  "Saturday"
 a010  12
 a060  6
@@ -5562,8 +5562,8 @@ REM SATISFY ""
 REM SATISFY [version() > "01.00.00"]
 ../tests/test.rem(1074): SATISFY: expression has no reference to trigdate() or $T...
 ../tests/test.rem(1074): Trig = Saturday, 16 February, 1991
-version() => "06.01.04"
+version() => "06.01.05"
-"06.01.04" > "01.00.00" => 1
+"06.01.05" > "01.00.00" => 1
 ../tests/test.rem(1074): Trig(satisfied) = Saturday, 16 February, 1991
 REM SATISFY [max(x, max(x, 1, 2, 3), 4, 5, 6) * 5]
 ../tests/test.rem(1075): SATISFY: expression has no reference to trigdate() or $T...
@@ -23707,7 +23707,7 @@ SECURITY: Won't read world-writable file or directory!
 Error reading include_dir/ww: Can't open file
 SECURITY: Won't read world-writable file or directory!
 Error reading include_dir/ww: No files matching *.rem
-06.01.04
+06.01.05
 Enabling test mode: This is meant for the acceptance test.
 Do not use --test in production.
 In test mode, the system time is fixed at 2025-01-06@19:00
@@ -25088,6 +25088,7 @@ TRANSLATE "Invalid translation: Both original and translated must have the same
 TRANSLATE "Missing REM type; assuming MSG" ""
 TRANSLATE "No Adar A in %d" ""
 TRANSLATE "No substition function `%s' defined" ""
+TRANSLATE "No time zone file found for TZ `%s'... is it valid?" ""
 TRANSLATE "Non-constant built-in function `%s' makes expression non-constant" ""
 TRANSLATE "Non-constant expression converted to constant by `const' built-in function" ""
 TRANSLATE "Nonexistence of global variable `%s' makes value() non-constant" ""