From olsona@lecserver.nci.nih.gov Mon Dec 5 14:07:00 2005 From: Arthur David Olson To: tz@iana.org Subject: URL glitches in data files Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2005 14:06:59 -0500 Message-ID: <200512051906.jB5J6xku001214@elsie.nci.nih.gov> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============6887945047923561902==" --===============6887945047923561902== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Below find information on five glitchy URLs (one of which appears twice) in the time zone data files. I struck out in my browser spelunking effort to find replacements. If anyone knows of working versions, let me know; absent that, I'll add appropriate notes to the data file. --adO 
antarctica: http://www.icair.iac.org.nz/science/reports/fr/IFRTP.html; NSLOOK=
UP FAILS
# Reference:
# 
# Support and Development of Polar Research and Technology (1997-02-03)
# 

australasia: http://www.nsc.gov.au/InfoServ/Ileaflet/il27.htm; NSLOOKUP FAILS
# From Paul Eggert (1999-09-27):
# The Information Service of the Australian National Standards Commission
# 
# Daylight Saving
#  page (1995-04) has an excellent overall history of Australian DST.

antarctica: http://www.crl.go.jp/uk/uk201/basyo.htm; NSLOOKUP FAILS
(www.crl.co.jp exists; changing co to go above still fails.)
# From Hideyuki Suzuki (1999-02-06):
# In all Japanese stations, +0300 is used as the standard time.  [See]
# [reference in Japanese]=

# and information from KAMO Hiroyasu.

antarctica: http://www.dstc.qut.edu.au/DST/marg/daylight.html; NSLOOKUP FAILS
# Australia - territories
# Heard Island, McDonald Islands (uninhabited)
#	previously sealers and scientific personnel wintered
#	
#	Margaret Turner reports
#	 (1999-09-30) that they're UTC+5, with no DST;
#	presumably this is when they have visitors.

australasia: http://www.dstc.qut.edu.au/DST/marg/daylight.html; NSLOOKUP FAILS
# 
# Australia's Daylight Saving Times
# , by Margaret Turner, summarizes daylight saving issues in Australia.

southamerica: http://churchnet.ucsm.ac.uk/news/files2/news165.htm; NSLOOKUP W=
ORKS; TIMES OUT
# From Paul Eggert (1998-02-25):
# 
# Brazil Prepares for Papal Visit
# ,
# Church Net UK (1997-10-02).

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