Systems deadlines countdown
Based on sec-deadlines by @clementfunt and ai-deadlines by @abshkdz
Adding/updating a conference
- Read the data format description below. Note that the timezone format sign is inverted (e.g., UTC+7 is written as
Etc/GMT-7). It's not a bug. I hate this format too. I'd be happy to move to a different timezone JavaScript library that uses a friendlier format, but I don't have time for that.
- Update
_data/conferences.yml. You can do that on Github or locally after forking the repo.
- Send a pull request
Conference entry record
Example record:
- name: NSDI
description: USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation
year: 2022
date: April 4-6
comment: two deadlines; first abstract deadline March 4, second is Sep 9
link: https://www.usenix.org/conference/nsdi22/call-for-papers
timezone: Etc/GMT+8
deadline:
- "2021-03-10 20:59"
- "2021-09-15 20:59"
place: Renton, Washington, USA
tags: [NET]
Descriptions of the fields:
| Field name | Description |
|---|
name* | Short conference name, without year |
year* | Year the conference is happening |
description | Description, or long name |
link* | URL to the conference home page |
deadline* | Deadline, or list of deadlines. (Gory details below) |
timezone | Timezone in tz format. By default is UTC-12 (AoE) |
date | When the conference is happening |
place | Where the conference is happening |
tags | One or multiple tags: SEC, PRIV, or CRYPTO |
Fields marked with asterisk (*) are required.
Deadline format
The deadline field can contain:
- The simplest option: a date and time in ISO format. Example:
"2017-08-19 23:59".
- If a deadline is rolling, you can use a template date, just substitute the year with
%y, or month with %m. Example: "%y-%m-15 23:59" means there is a deadline on the 15th day of every month, every year. "2017-%m-15" means a deadline on 15th day of every month, but only in 2017, i.e. "2018-01-15" is not a part of this template.
- A list of (1) or (2). Example of two rolling deadlines, with one in the end of May every year, and the second in the end of February:
- "%y-05-31 23:59"
- "%y-02-28 23:59"
On the page, all deadlines are displayed in viewer's local time (that's a feature).
Note: If the deadline hour is {h}:00, it will be automatically translated into {h-1}:59:59 to avoid pain and confusion when it happens to be midnight in local time.
Timezones
The timezone is specified in tz format. Unlike abbreviations (e.g. EST), these are un-ambiguous. Here are tz codes for some common timezones:
| Common name | tz |
|---|
| UTC | Etc/UTC |
| America Pacific Time | America/Los_Angeles |
| Pacific Standard Time (UTC-8) | Etc/GMT+8 (Yes, the sign is inverted for some weird reason) |
| America Eastern Time | America/New_York |
| Eastern Standard Time (UTC-5) | Etc/GMT+5 |
| American Samoa Time (UTC-11) | Pacific/Samoa or Etc/GMT+11. This timezone does not use DST. |
| Aleutian Islands | America/Adak |
