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Estonia will not switch to summer time anymore starting from 2000
by Taavi Talvik March 17, 2000

March 17, 2000

Following patch against zone files in FreeBSD: --- /usr/src/share/zoneinfo/europe.old Sun Feb 14 19:13:56 1999 +++ /usr/src/share/zoneinfo/europe Fri Mar 17 13:44:38 2000 @@ -1265,6 +1265,8 @@ # for their standard and summer times. He says no, they use "suveaeg" # (summer time) and "talveaeg" (winter time). +# Starting from 2000 Estonia will not switch to summer time anymore. + # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Europe/Tallinn 1:39:00 - LMT 1880 1:39:00 - TMT 1918 Feb # Tallinn Mean Time @@ -1276,7 +1278,8 @@ 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 1989 Mar 26 2:00s 2:00 1:00 EEST 1989 Sep 24 2:00s 2:00 C-Eur EE%sT 1998 Sep 22 - 2:00 EU EE%sT + 2:00 EU EE%sT 2000 + 2:00 - EET # Finland # See Sweden for when the Gregorian calendar was adopted. ----------------------------------------------------------- Taavi Talvik | Internet: taavi(a)uninet.ee Unineti Andmeside AS | phone: +372 6405150 Ravala pst. 10 | fax: +372 6405151 Tallinn 10143, Estonia |

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tzdata2000d.tar.gz
by Olson, Arthur David (NCI) March 14, 2000

March 14, 2000

The file ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzdata2000d.tar.gz is now available; this incorporates the Latvia-related changes circulated last week on the time zone mailing list by Paul Eggert. There is no change to tzcode2000c.tar.gz --ado

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FW: no DST time in Latvia
by Olson, Arthur David (NCI) March 6, 2000

March 6, 2000

Note that Andrei is not on the time zone mailing list; be sure to direct any replies appropriately. --ado -----Original Message----- From: Andrei Ivanov [SMTP:Andrei.Ivanov@Realogic.lv] Sent: Monday, March 06, 2000 6:28 AM To: tz(a)elsie.nci.nih.gov Subject: FYI: no DST time in Latvia Hi This year Latvia will not switch to Daylight Savings Time (as specified in The Regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Rep. of Latvia of 29-Feb-2000 (#79)), so a minor patch [attached] may be applied to the 'europe' file (as part of tzdata2000c.tar.gz package). Regards, -- andrei <<Diff for europe>>

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FYI: no DST time in Latvia
by Andrei Ivanov March 6, 2000

March 6, 2000

Hi This year Latvia will not switch to Daylight Savings Time (as specified in The Regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Rep. of Latvia of 29-Feb-2000 (#79)), so a minor patch [attached] may be applied to the 'europe' file (as part of tzdata2000c.tar.gz package). Regards, -- andrei

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Another ISO 3166 list
by Oscar van Vlijmen March 5, 2000

March 5, 2000

Just found another list with ISO 3166 designations: "INTERNET ISO 3166-BASED TOP LEVEL DOMAIN SURVEY Last update: October 15, 1999 | Copyright ITU 1999" This short page refers to the complete list of approx. 424 KB. On this list you find the ISO3166 2- & 3-letter designations including all addresses of administrative bodies/people of all designated top-level country/territory domains, including Isle of Man, Guernsey, etcetera. http://www.itu.int/net/cctlds/ Regards, Oscar van Vlijmen 2000-03-05

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tzcode2000c.tar.gz and tzdata2000c.tar.gz
by Olson, Arthur David (NCI) March 4, 2000

March 4, 2000

The files ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzcode2000c.tar.gz and ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzdata2000c.tar.gz are now available. These incorporate the changes circulated on the time zone mailing list by Paul Eggert. --ado

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proposed tz changes for Argentina, Jordan, Paraguay, Sudan
by Paul Eggert March 2, 2000

March 2, 2000

Here are some proposed changes to the tz database. The most pressing changes are for Argentina (where the old tz database becomes incorrect on Sunday) and for Sudan (where it became incorrect on January 15). * Argentina has stopped using DST; it will not move its clocks ahead this Sunday. (Thanks to Peter Gradelski via Steffen Thorsen for this info.) * As of last fall, Jordan's DST rules are from March's last Thursday to September's last Thursday, switching at 00:00. (Thanks to Gwillim Law for this info.) * As of last spring, Paraguay begins DST on October's 2nd Sunday, not its 1st. (Thanks to Gwillim Law for this info.) * Sudan switched to UTC+3 on January 15. (Thanks to Michael De Beukelaer-Dossche via Steffen Thorsen.) * In tz-link.html: - Place "Time and The Arts" in the same category as dmoz and yahoo. - Create a new category for non-web tz-based software, and add a Windows app. - Add a pointer to NTP. * Fix some HTML nonconformance glitches, and make some phrases more consistent. * Update some obsolete email addresses. =================================================================== RCS file: RCS/africa,v retrieving revision 1999.9 retrieving revision 1999.9.0.1 diff -pu -r1999.9 -r1999.9.0.1 --- africa 1999/11/08 22:27:22 1999.9 +++ africa 2000/03/03 05:53:27 1999.9.0.1 @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ # Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (5th edition), # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1999). # -# Gwillim Law <LAW(a)encmail.encompass.com> writes that a good source +# Gwillim Law <Gwil_Law(a)bridge-point.com> writes that a good source # for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport # Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM), # published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries @@ -515,10 +515,14 @@ Zone Africa/Johannesburg 1:52:00 - LMT 1 # no information # Sudan -# From Michael Ross <mross(a)antigone.com> (1995-11-15): -# Sudan no longer observes any form of daylight time change. -# I verified this today by telephone with the Sudan Mission to the -# United Nations: 212-573-6033 +# +# From <a href="http://www.sunanews.net/sn13jane.html"> +# Sudan News Agency (2000-01-13) +# </a>, also reported by Michael De Beukelaer-Dossche via Steffen Thorsen: +# Clocks will be moved ahead for 60 minutes all over the Sudan as of noon +# Saturday.... This was announced Thursday by Caretaker State Minister for +# Manpower Abdul-Rahman Nur-Eddin. +# # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Sudan 1970 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Sudan 1970 1985 - Oct 15 0:00 0 - @@ -526,7 +530,8 @@ Rule Sudan 1971 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 Rule Sudan 1972 1985 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Khartoum 2:10:08 - LMT 1931 - 2:00 Sudan CA%sT + 2:00 Sudan CA%sT 2000 Jan 15 12:00 + 3:00 - EAT # Swaziland # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] =================================================================== RCS file: RCS/asia,v retrieving revision 2000.2 retrieving revision 2000.2.0.1 diff -pu -r2000.2 -r2000.2.0.1 --- asia 2000/02/21 17:06:16 2000.2 +++ asia 2000/03/03 05:53:27 2000.2.0.1 @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ # Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (5th edition), # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1999). # -# Gwillim Law <LAW(a)encmail.encompass.com> writes that a good source +# Gwillim Law <Gwil_Law(a)bridge-point.com> writes that a good source # for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport # Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM), # published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries @@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ Rule Zion 1999 only - Sep 3 2:00 0 S # that the end date of 2000 and both dates of 2001-2002 should be regarded # as tentative pending final approval. # -# The official announcement for the years 2000-2001 can be viewed at: +# The official announcement for the years 2000-2002 can be viewed at: # # ftp://ftp.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/2000-2002.ps.gz @@ -687,9 +687,6 @@ Zone Asia/Tokyo 9:18:59 - LMT 1887 Dec 3 # The decision was taken because of the increase in working hours in # government's departments from six to seven hours. # -# From Paul Eggert (1999-11-09): -# No word on Jordan's future rules; assume 04-01 to 10-01 for now. -# # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Jordan 1973 only - Jun 6 0:00 1:00 S Rule Jordan 1973 1975 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - @@ -711,9 +708,9 @@ Rule Jordan 1992 1993 - Oct Fri>=1 0: Rule Jordan 1993 1998 - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Jordan 1994 only - Sep Fri>=15 0:00 0 - Rule Jordan 1995 1998 - Sep Fri>=15 0:00s 0 - -Rule Jordan 1999 only - Jul 1 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Jordan 1999 max - Oct 1 0:00 0 - -Rule Jordan 2000 max - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 - +Rule Jordan 1999 only - Jul 1 0:00s 1:00 S +Rule Jordan 1999 max - Sep lastThu 0:00s 0 - +Rule Jordan 2000 max - Mar lastThu 0:00s 1:00 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931 2:00 Jordan EE%sT =================================================================== RCS file: RCS/australasia,v retrieving revision 2000.2 retrieving revision 2000.2.0.1 diff -pu -r2000.2 -r2000.2.0.1 --- australasia 2000/02/21 17:06:17 2000.2 +++ australasia 2000/03/03 05:53:27 2000.2.0.1 @@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (5th edition), # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1999). # -# Gwillim Law <LAW(a)encmail.encompass.com> writes that a good source +# Gwillim Law <Gwil_Law(a)bridge-point.com> writes that a good source # for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport # Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM), # published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries =================================================================== RCS file: RCS/europe,v retrieving revision 2000.2 retrieving revision 2000.2.0.1 diff -pu -r2000.2 -r2000.2.0.1 --- europe 2000/02/21 17:08:59 2000.2 +++ europe 2000/03/03 05:53:27 2000.2.0.1 @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ # Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (5th edition), # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1999). # -# Gwillim Law <LAW(a)encmail.encompass.com> writes that a good source +# Gwillim Law <Gwil_Law(a)bridge-point.com> writes that a good source # for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport # Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM), # published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries =================================================================== RCS file: RCS/northamerica,v retrieving revision 2000.1 retrieving revision 2000.1.0.1 diff -pu -r2000.1 -r2000.1.0.1 --- northamerica 2000/01/18 14:21:19 2000.1 +++ northamerica 2000/03/03 05:53:27 2000.1.0.1 @@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ Link Pacific/Honolulu HST # Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (5th edition), # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1999). # -# Gwillim Law <LAW(a)encmail.encompass.com> writes that a good source +# Gwillim Law <Gwil_Law(a)bridge-point.com> writes that a good source # for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport # Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM), # published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries =================================================================== RCS file: RCS/southamerica,v retrieving revision 2000.1 retrieving revision 2000.1.0.1 diff -pu -r2000.1 -r2000.1.0.1 --- southamerica 2000/01/18 14:21:20 2000.1 +++ southamerica 2000/03/03 05:53:27 2000.1.0.1 @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ # Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (5th edition), # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1999). # -# Gwillim Law <LAW(a)encmail.encompass.com> writes that a good source +# Gwillim Law <Gwil_Law(a)bridge-point.com> writes that a good source # for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport # Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM), # published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries @@ -114,8 +114,11 @@ Rule Arg 1989 1992 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 1: # from the International Date Line. On March 5, 2000, at 0:00 local time, # Argentina will come off daylight savings time, which will bring them to 8 # hours from the International Date Line. -Rule Arg 1999 max - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Arg 2000 max - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 - +# +# From Peter Gradelski via Steffen Thorsen (2000-03-01): +# We just checked with our San Paulo office and they say the government of +# Argentina decided not to become one of the countries that go on or off DST. +# So Buenos Aires should be -3 hours from GMT at all times. # # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] # @@ -125,8 +128,7 @@ Zone America/Buenos_Aires -3:53:48 - LMT -4:16:44 - CMT 1920 May # Cordoba Mean Time -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5 - -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3 0:00 - -4:00 Arg AR%sT + -3:00 Arg AR%sT # # Santa Fe (SF), Entre Rios (ER), Corrientes (CN), Misiones (MN), Chaco (CC), # Formosa (FM), La Pampa (LP), Chubut (CH) @@ -135,8 +137,7 @@ Zone America/Rosario -4:02:40 - LMT 1894 -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1991 Jul - -3:00 - ART 1999 Oct 3 0:00 - -4:00 Arg AR%sT + -3:00 - ART # # Cordoba (CB), Santiago del Estero (SE), Salta (SA), Tucuman (TM), La Rioja (LR), San Juan (SJ), San Luis (SL), # Neuquen (NQ), Rio Negro (RN) @@ -145,8 +146,7 @@ Zone America/Cordoba -4:16:44 - LMT 1894 -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1990 Jul - -3:00 - ART 1999 Oct 3 0:00 - -4:00 Arg AR%sT + -3:00 - ART # # Jujuy (JY) Zone America/Jujuy -4:21:12 - LMT 1894 Nov @@ -157,8 +157,7 @@ Zone America/Jujuy -4:21:12 - LMT 1894 N -4:00 - WART 1991 Oct 6 -4:00 1:00 WARST 1992 Mar 15 -4:00 - WART 1992 Oct 18 - -3:00 - ART 1999 Oct 3 0:00 - -4:00 Arg AR%sT + -3:00 - ART # # Catamarca (CT) Zone America/Catamarca -4:23:08 - LMT 1894 Nov @@ -168,8 +167,7 @@ Zone America/Catamarca -4:23:08 - LMT 18 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1990 Jul -3:00 - ART 1991 Jul -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1992 Jul - -3:00 - ART 1999 Oct 3 0:00 - -4:00 Arg AR%sT + -3:00 - ART # # Mendoza (MZ) Zone America/Mendoza -4:35:16 - LMT 1894 Nov @@ -180,8 +178,7 @@ Zone America/Mendoza -4:35:16 - LMT 1894 -4:00 - WART 1991 Oct 15 -4:00 1:00 WARST 1992 Mar 1 -4:00 - WART 1992 Oct 18 - -3:00 - ART 1999 Oct 3 0:00 - -4:00 Arg AR%sT + -3:00 - ART # Aruba # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] @@ -559,10 +556,12 @@ Rule Para 1996 only - Mar 1 0:00 0 - # IATA SSIM (1997-09) says Mar 1; go with Shanks. Rule Para 1997 only - Feb lastSun 0:00 0 - Rule Para 1998 only - Mar 1 0:00 0 - -Rule Para 1996 max - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Para 1996 1998 - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S # IATA SSIM (1999-02) says lastSat, not lastSun; (1999-09) reports no date; # go with Shanks. Rule Para 1999 max - Feb lastSun 0:00 0 - +# IATA SSIM (2000-02) says 1999-10-10. +Rule Para 1999 max - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 1:00 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Asuncion -3:50:40 - LMT 1890 -3:50:40 - AMT 1931 Oct 10 # Asuncion Mean Time =================================================================== RCS file: RCS/tz-art.htm,v retrieving revision 2000.2 retrieving revision 2000.2.0.1 diff -pu -r2000.2 -r2000.2.0.1 --- tz-art.htm 2000/02/21 17:14:10 2000.2 +++ tz-art.htm 2000/03/03 05:53:27 2000.2.0.1 @@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ @(#)tz-art.htm 7.32 </ADDRESS> <P> -Please send corrections to this file to -<a href=mailto:tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov>tz(a)elsie.nci.nih.gov</a>. +Please send corrections to this web page to the +<A HREF="mailto:tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov">time zone mailing list</A>. <P> -See also <a href=tz-link.htm>Sources for Time Zone and Daylight Saving Time Data</a>. +See also <A HREF="tz-link.htm">Sources for Time Zone and Daylight Saving Time Data</A>. <PRE> "Is that a pertinent fact, or are you trying to dazzle me with your command of time zones?" =================================================================== RCS file: RCS/tz-link.htm,v retrieving revision 2000.2 retrieving revision 2000.2.0.1 diff -pu -r2000.2 -r2000.2.0.1 --- tz-link.htm 2000/02/21 17:14:10 2000.2 +++ tz-link.htm 2000/03/03 05:53:27 2000.2.0.1 @@ -18,10 +18,8 @@ @(#)tz-link.htm 7.24 </ADDRESS> <P> -Please send corrections to this file to -<a href=mailto:tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov>tz(a)elsie.nci.nih.gov</a>. -<P> -See also <a href=tz-art.htm>Time and the Arts</a>. +Please send corrections to this web page to the +<A HREF="mailto:tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov">time zone mailing list</A>. <P> <H2>The <samp>tz</samp> database</H2><P> The public-domain time zone database contains code and data @@ -71,14 +69,19 @@ is a fancier web interface. is an even fancier interface. <LI><A HREF="http://www.burbs.com/fcgi-bin/tzconvert.fcgi">Burbs time zone converter</A> is a multilingual interface. -<LI><A -HREF="http://www1.tip.nl/~t876506/AboutTimeZonesHC.html">HyperCard -time zones calculator</A> is a <A -HREF="http://apple.com/hypercard/">HyperCard</A> interface. <LI><A HREF="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/">The World Clock</A> is a web interface to a time zone database derived from <samp>tz</samp>'s. </UL> +<H2>Other <SAMP>tz</SAMP>-based time zone conversion software</H2> +<UL> +<LI><A +HREF="http://www1.tip.nl/~t876506/AboutTimeZonesHC.html">HyperCard +time zones calculator</A> is a HyperCard stack. +<LI><A +HREF="http://timezone50.homepage.com/">Time Zone Converter</A> is a +Microsoft Windows 95/98/NT4 program. +</UL> <H2>Other time zone databases</H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="http://www.astro.ch/atlas/">Astrology / Astrologie -> @@ -129,10 +132,10 @@ The time zone map is out of date, howeve <LI>A few countries have well-documented histories of legal time. <DL> <DT>Australia -<DD>The Community Relations Division of the New South Wales (NSW) -Attorney General's Department maintains a <A -HREF="http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/crd.nsf/pages/time2">history of -daylight saving in NSW</A>. +<DD>The Community Relations Division of the NSW Attorney General's +Department maintains a history of <A +HREF="http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/crd.nsf/pages/time2">daylight +saving in New South Wales</A>. <DT>Brazil <DD>The Time Service Department of the National Observatory records <A HREF="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV.html" @@ -155,6 +158,8 @@ with perhaps the best-documented history </UL> <H2>Precision timekeeping</H2> <UL> +<LI><A HREF="http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~ntp/">Time Server</A> discusses +the Network Time Protocol (NTP), used to synchronize clocks of Internet hosts. <LI><A HREF="http://ecco.bsee.swin.edu.au/chronos/GMT-explained.html">A Few Facts Concerning GMT, UT, and the RGO</A> answers questions like "What is the difference between GMT and UTC?" @@ -182,6 +187,7 @@ summary of <A HREF="http://www.iso.ch/ma <UL> <LI><A HREF="http://dmoz.org/Reference/Time/">Open Directory - Reference: Time</A> +<LI><A HREF="tz-art.htm">Time and the Arts</A> <LI><A HREF="http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Measurements_and_Units/Time/Time_Zones/">Yahoo! - Science:Measurements and Units:Time:Time Zones</A> </UL> </BODY>

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February 2000 SSIM data
by Law, Gwil Jr. March 1, 2000

March 1, 2000

I have received the February, 2000 edition of the Standard Schedules Information Manual (SSIM) from IATA. What follows is a narrative list of changes from the previous edition (September, 1999). It may be that neither edition is completely correct, but differences between them are probably indicative of actual changes in the real world. Argentina: had been on UTC-3 for several years. The new SSIM says that Argentina is using UTC-4 as its standard time and observing DST throughout the country from midnight (local time) at the start of the first Sunday in October until midnight (local DST) start of the first Sunday in March. As usual, there is no indication of when this change took effect. Although the SSIM lists the beginning of DST in October, 1999, it may be that Argentina simply remained on standard time last October, but started thinking of it as DST. Australia: Tasmania will deviate from its normal rule to begin DST on August 27, 2000, in synch with Sydney. Brazil: A number of states that didn't observe DST are supposed to have begun using it on October 3, 1999. They are Alagoas, Sergipe, Ceara, Maranhao, Paraiba, Pernambuco, Piaui, and Rio Grande do Norte (UTC-3 standard time), and Roraima (UTC-4). Chile: will switch to DST on October 15, 2000, instead of October 8 as previously reported. The end of DST has been moved a week earlier, to come on the second Sunday of March instead of the third. Estonia: will remain on standard time (UTC+2) year-round. Israel: the dates for the beginning and end of DST in 2000 have been changed to April 14 and September 14, respectively. The dates for the following two years remain unchanged. Jordan: was shown remaining on standard time year round in the SSIM dated September, 1999 only. In all other editions since 1991, including the present one, it is shown on UTC+2, with DST in the summer. The change dates shown in the February, 2000 edition are different from previous editions. It says that DST runs from midnight (local time) at the start of the last Thursday in March until 1:00 (local DST) of the last Thursday in September. Lithuania: is said to have moved from UTC+1 (with DST) to UTC+2 (with DST). The dates and times of DST start and end, shown in UTC, are unaltered. There is no indication of when this change occurred. Paraguay: The beginning of DST in 1999 has been changed from October 3 to October 10, in both cases at midnight local time. Sudan: changed from UTC+2 to UTC+3. Tonga: For 1999-2000 only, Tonga is shown observing DST from 2:00 (local time) on October 1, 1999 to 3:00 (local DST) on April 15, 2000. Yours, Gwillim Law

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FW: Time zones
by Olson, Arthur David (NCI) Feb. 29, 2000

Feb. 29, 2000

Note that Eric Paxton is not on the time zone mailing list; direct replies appropriately. --ado -----Original Message----- From: Eric Paxton [SMTP:no.spam.epaxton@iafrica.com] Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2000 6:49 AM To: tz(a)elsie.nci.nih.gov Subject: Time zones Hi, I came across a document of yours describing time zones, my comments are the following, The abbreviation used for the Republic of South Africa, usually referred to as just South Africa, is SAST which is "South African Standard Time" UCT +2 we do not have any seasonal time changes. Hope this helps, Eric.

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ISO 3166
by Law, Gwil Jr. Feb. 23, 2000

Feb. 23, 2000

Joseph S. Myers wrote: > ... Now I might wonder whether the ISO 3166 criteria for > dependent territories are documented somewhere? There are some documents. The best place to find them is at the home page of the ISO 3166 maintenance agency, <http://www.din.de/gremien/nas/nabd/iso3166ma/index.html>. The link called "How to get a country name into ISO 3166-1" is informative. The standard itself says, "The list appearing in this International Standard ... is based on the list included in the 'United Nations Standard Country or Area Code for Statistical Use' established by the Statistical Office of the United Nations.... Some additional entities are included in this International Standard with a view to providing more complete global coverage." The "additional entities" at this time are Antarctica and nine islands or island groups, mostly in the Indian Ocean. Conversely, Channel Islands and Isle of Man are on the Statistical Office list but not ISO 3166. You can find the Statistical Office list at <http://www.un.org/Depts/unsd/methods/m49alpha.htm>, along with a disclaimer as to the legal standing of the countries. A few years ago, a new code was assigned: FX for Metropolitan France. The standard cautiously refrains from defining the scope of each code, with a few exceptions, but the apparent intention was that FX would be just European France, including Corsica, whereas FR would theoretically cover the departements and territoires d'outre-mer. The FX code was later withdrawn. Despite appearances, this doesn't change the meaning of FR: the standard has always allowed you to use either MQ or FR for Martinique (a departement d'outre-mer), according to your information interchange requirements. When Hong Kong became a special administrative region of China in 1997, its code and name were allowed to remain unchanged in ISO 3166. The ISO 3166/MA Annual Report for 1998 gives three reasons: "1. China [has] neither requested Hong Kong's removal from the standard nor a change of its present name form. 2. ...the [existing] code elements ... are very widely used. 3. According to the UN Statistics Division the new name is to be used in statistical publications. ISO 3166-1 is not a statistical publication." I've heard that the ISO 3166/MA receives numerous requests for new code assignments that may have no geographic meaning, but are wanted as new top-level domains. The agency turns them down. Antoine Leca wrote: > BTW, does someone know if ISO 3166 text is or will be available > online or for a modest/reasonnable fee? I've always heard that ISO is very protective of its copyrights, claiming that the only way it can support its activities is to charge high prices for its exclusive documents. Yours, Gwillim Law

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