This continues in the series of moving entries to 'backward' if they exist only because of obsolete tz rules about country codes. In this case, Zone entries are changed to Links; this doesn't affect any post-1970 time stamps, and the pre-1970 time stamps are out of scope and are often of dubious reliability. * backward, northamerica, southamerica (America/Anguilla) (America/Antigua, America/Aruba, America/Blanc-Sablon) (America/Cayman, America/Curacao, America/Dominica) (America/Grenada, America/Guadeloupe, America/Montserrat) (America/Port_of_Spain, America/St_Kitts, America/St_Lucia) (America/St_Thomas, America/St_Vincent, America/Tortola): Now 'backward' links to America/Puerto_Rico. (America/Atikokan): Now a 'backward' link to America/Panama. (America/Creston): Now a 'backward' link to America/Phoenix. (America/Nassau): Now a 'backward' link to America/Toronto. * backward (America/Coral_Harbour, America/Kralendijk) (America/Lower_Princes, America/Marigot, America/St_Barthelemy) (America/Virgin): Adjust to avoid link-to-a-link. --- backward | 31 +++++++++++++---- northamerica | 110 +++++++++++++++++++---------------------------------------- southamerica | 20 +++-------- 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 97 deletions(-) diff --git a/backward b/backward index 561e2ff..2ee440d 100644 --- a/backward +++ b/backward @@ -7,27 +7,46 @@ Link Africa/Asmara Africa/Asmera Link Africa/Bamako Africa/Timbuktu +Link America/Puerto_Rico America/Anguilla +Link America/Puerto_Rico America/Antigua Link America/Argentina/Catamarca America/Argentina/ComodRivadavia +Link America/Puerto_Rico America/Aruba +Link America/Panama America/Atikokan Link America/Adak America/Atka +Link America/Puerto_Rico America/Blanc-Sablon Link America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires America/Buenos_Aires Link America/Argentina/Catamarca America/Catamarca -Link America/Atikokan America/Coral_Harbour +Link America/Panama America/Cayman +Link America/Panama America/Coral_Harbour Link America/Argentina/Cordoba America/Cordoba +Link America/Phoenix America/Creston +Link America/Puerto_Rico America/Curacao +Link America/Puerto_Rico America/Dominica Link America/Tijuana America/Ensenada Link America/Indiana/Indianapolis America/Fort_Wayne +Link America/Puerto_Rico America/Grenada +Link America/Puerto_Rico America/Guadeloupe Link America/Indiana/Indianapolis America/Indianapolis Link America/Argentina/Jujuy America/Jujuy Link America/Indiana/Knox America/Knox_IN -Link America/Curacao America/Kralendijk +Link America/Puerto_Rico America/Kralendijk Link America/Kentucky/Louisville America/Louisville -Link America/Curacao America/Lower_Princes -Link America/Guadeloupe America/Marigot +Link America/Puerto_Rico America/Lower_Princes +Link America/Puerto_Rico America/Marigot Link America/Argentina/Mendoza America/Mendoza +Link America/Puerto_Rico America/Montserrat +Link America/Toronto America/Nassau +Link America/Puerto_Rico America/Port_of_Spain Link America/Rio_Branco America/Porto_Acre Link America/Argentina/Cordoba America/Rosario Link America/Denver America/Shiprock -Link America/Guadeloupe America/St_Barthelemy -Link America/St_Thomas America/Virgin +Link America/Puerto_Rico America/St_Barthelemy +Link America/Puerto_Rico America/St_Kitts +Link America/Puerto_Rico America/St_Lucia +Link America/Puerto_Rico America/St_Thomas +Link America/Puerto_Rico America/St_Vincent +Link America/Puerto_Rico America/Tortola +Link America/Puerto_Rico America/Virgin Link Pacific/Auckland Antarctica/McMurdo Link Pacific/Auckland Antarctica/South_Pole Link Europe/Oslo Arctic/Longyearbyen diff --git a/northamerica b/northamerica index 7676c77..5d8ad63 100644 --- a/northamerica +++ b/northamerica @@ -1341,25 +1341,23 @@ Zone America/Moncton -4:19:08 - LMT 1883 Dec 9 # Quebec -# From Paul Eggert (2006-07-09): +# From Paul Eggert (2013-08-26): # Shanks & Pottenger write that since 1970 most of Quebec has been # like Montreal. -# From Paul Eggert (2006-06-27): # Matthews and Vincent (1998) also write that Quebec east of the -63 # meridian is supposed to observe AST, but residents as far east as # Natashquan use EST/EDT, and residents east of Natashquan use AST. -# In "Official time in Quebec" the Quebec department of justice writes in -# http://www.justice.gouv.qc.ca/english/publications/generale/temps-regl-1-a.h... -# that "The residents of the Municipality of the -# Cote-Nord-du-Golfe-Saint-Laurent and the municipalities of Saint-Augustin, -# Bonne-Esperance and Blanc-Sablon apply the Official Time Act as it is -# written and use Atlantic standard time all year round. The same applies to -# the residents of the Native facilities along the lower North Shore." -# <http://www.assnat.qc.ca/eng/37legislature2/Projets-loi/Publics/06-a002.htm> +# The Quebec department of justice writes in +# "The situation in Minganie and Basse-Cote-Nord" +# http://www.justice.gouv.qc.ca/english/publications/generale/temps-minganie-a... +# that the coastal strip from just east of Natashquan to Blanc-Sablon +# observes Atlantic standard time all year round. +# http://www.assnat.qc.ca/Media/Process.aspx?MediaId=ANQ.Vigie.Bll.DocumentGen... # says this common practice was codified into law as of 2007. # For lack of better info, guess this practice began around 1970, contra to # Shanks & Pottenger who have this region observing AST/ADT. +# See America/Puerto_Rico. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Mont 1917 only - Mar 25 2:00 1:00 D @@ -1392,9 +1390,6 @@ Rule Mont 1951 1956 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Mont 1957 1973 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone America/Blanc-Sablon -3:48:28 - LMT 1884 - -4:00 Canada A%sT 1970 - -4:00 - AST Zone America/Montreal -4:54:16 - LMT 1884 -5:00 Mont E%sT 1918 -5:00 Canada E%sT 1919 @@ -1468,14 +1463,16 @@ Zone America/Montreal -4:54:16 - LMT 1884 # can say for certain that Atikokan has been practicing the current # time keeping since 1952, at least. -# From Paul Eggert (2006-07-17): +# From Paul Eggert (2013-08-26): # Shanks & Pottenger say that Atikokan has agreed with Rainy River # ever since standard time was introduced, but the information from # McKinnon sounds more authoritative. For now, assume that Atikokan # switched to EST immediately after WWII era daylight saving time # ended. This matches the old (less-populous) America/Coral_Harbour # entry since our cutoff date of 1970, so we can move -# America/Coral_Harbour to the 'backward' file. +# America/Coral_Harbour to the 'backward' file. And Atikokan itself +# is the same as America/Panama since 1970, so we can move +# America/Atikokan to the 'backward' file as well. # From Mark Brader (2010-03-06): # @@ -1633,11 +1630,6 @@ Zone America/Rainy_River -6:18:16 - LMT 1895 -6:00 Canada C%sT 1940 Sep 29 -6:00 1:00 CDT 1942 Feb 9 2:00s -6:00 Canada C%sT -Zone America/Atikokan -6:06:28 - LMT 1895 - -6:00 Canada C%sT 1940 Sep 29 - -6:00 1:00 CDT 1942 Feb 9 2:00s - -6:00 Canada C%sT 1945 Sep 30 2:00 - -5:00 - EST # Manitoba @@ -1872,7 +1864,8 @@ Zone America/Edmonton -7:33:52 - LMT 1906 Sep # period should be PDT rather than MST, but that doesn't seem important enough # (to anyone) to further complicate the rules. -# The transition dates (and times) are guesses. +# From Paul Eggert (2013-08-26): +# See America/Phoenix, since Creston has agreed with Phoenix since 1970. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Vanc 1918 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 D @@ -1892,10 +1885,6 @@ Zone America/Dawson_Creek -8:00:56 - LMT 1884 -8:00 Canada P%sT 1947 -8:00 Vanc P%sT 1972 Aug 30 2:00 -7:00 - MST -Zone America/Creston -7:46:04 - LMT 1884 - -7:00 - MST 1916 Oct 1 - -8:00 - PST 1918 Jun 2 - -7:00 - MST # Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon @@ -2546,15 +2535,10 @@ Zone America/Santa_Isabel -7:39:28 - LMT 1922 Jan 1 0:20:32 ############################################################################### # Anguilla -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone America/Anguilla -4:12:16 - LMT 1912 Mar 2 - -4:00 - AST +# See America/Puerto_Rico. # Antigua and Barbuda -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone America/Antigua -4:07:12 - LMT 1912 Mar 2 - -5:00 - EST 1951 - -4:00 - AST +# See America/Puerto_Rico. # Bahamas # @@ -2564,14 +2548,8 @@ Zone America/Antigua -4:07:12 - LMT 1912 Mar 2 # The Bahamas announced about a month ago that they plan to change their DST # rules to sync with the U.S. starting in 2007.... # http://www.jonesbahamas.com/?c=45&a=10412 - -# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule Bahamas 1964 1975 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S -Rule Bahamas 1964 1975 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone America/Nassau -5:09:30 - LMT 1912 Mar 2 - -5:00 Bahamas E%sT 1976 - -5:00 US E%sT +# +# See America/Toronto. # Barbados @@ -2617,14 +2595,11 @@ Zone America/Belize -5:52:48 - LMT 1912 Apr # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Atlantic/Bermuda -4:19:18 - LMT 1930 Jan 1 2:00 # Hamilton -4:00 - AST 1974 Apr 28 2:00 - -4:00 Bahamas A%sT 1976 + -4:00 Canada A%sT 1976 -4:00 US A%sT # Cayman Is -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone America/Cayman -5:25:32 - LMT 1890 # Georgetown - -5:07:12 - KMT 1912 Feb # Kingston Mean Time - -5:00 - EST +# See America/Panama. # Costa Rica @@ -2870,9 +2845,7 @@ Zone America/Havana -5:29:28 - LMT 1890 -5:00 Cuba C%sT # Dominica -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone America/Dominica -4:05:36 - LMT 1911 Jul 1 0:01 # Roseau - -4:00 - AST +# See America/Puerto_Rico. # Dominican Republic @@ -2921,15 +2894,10 @@ Zone America/El_Salvador -5:56:48 - LMT 1921 # San Salvador -6:00 Salv C%sT # Grenada -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone America/Grenada -4:07:00 - LMT 1911 Jul # St George's - -4:00 - AST +# See America/Puerto_Rico. # Guadeloupe -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone America/Guadeloupe -4:06:08 - LMT 1911 Jun 8 # Pointe a Pitre - -4:00 - AST -# Use America/Guadeloupe also for St Barthelemy and for St Martin (French part). +# See America/Puerto_Rico. # Guatemala # @@ -3099,9 +3067,7 @@ Zone America/Martinique -4:04:20 - LMT 1890 # Fort-de-France # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): # In 1995 volcanic eruptions forced evacuation of Plymouth, the capital. # world.gazetteer.com says Cork Hill is the most populous location now. -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone America/Montserrat -4:08:52 - LMT 1911 Jul 1 0:01 # Cork Hill - -4:00 - AST +# See America/Puerto_Rico. # Nicaragua # @@ -3182,16 +3148,17 @@ Zone America/Puerto_Rico -4:24:25 - LMT 1899 Mar 28 12:00 # San Juan -4:00 US A%sT 1946 -4:00 - AST +# St Barthelemy +# See America/Puerto_Rico. + # St Kitts-Nevis -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone America/St_Kitts -4:10:52 - LMT 1912 Mar 2 # Basseterre - -4:00 - AST +# See America/Puerto_Rico. # St Lucia -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone America/St_Lucia -4:04:00 - LMT 1890 # Castries - -4:04:00 - CMT 1912 # Castries Mean Time - -4:00 - AST +# See America/Puerto_Rico. + +# St Martin (French part) +# See America/Puerto_Rico. # St Pierre and Miquelon # There are too many St Pierres elsewhere, so we'll use `Miquelon'. @@ -3202,10 +3169,7 @@ Zone America/Miquelon -3:44:40 - LMT 1911 May 15 # St Pierre -3:00 Canada PM%sT # St Vincent and the Grenadines -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone America/St_Vincent -4:04:56 - LMT 1890 # Kingstown - -4:04:56 - KMT 1912 # Kingstown Mean Time - -4:00 - AST +# See America/Puerto_Rico. # Turks and Caicos # @@ -3239,11 +3203,7 @@ Zone America/Grand_Turk -4:44:32 - LMT 1890 -5:00 TC E%sT # British Virgin Is -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone America/Tortola -4:18:28 - LMT 1911 Jul # Road Town - -4:00 - AST +# See America/Puerto_Rico. # Virgin Is -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone America/St_Thomas -4:19:44 - LMT 1911 Jul # Charlotte Amalie - -4:00 - AST +# See America/Puerto_Rico. diff --git a/southamerica b/southamerica index 17150a8..59f5fe7 100644 --- a/southamerica +++ b/southamerica @@ -631,10 +631,7 @@ Zone America/Argentina/Ushuaia -4:33:12 - LMT 1894 Oct 31 -3:00 - ART # Aruba -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone America/Aruba -4:40:24 - LMT 1912 Feb 12 # Oranjestad - -4:30 - ANT 1965 # Netherlands Antilles Time - -4:00 - AST +# See America/Puerto_Rico. # Bolivia # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] @@ -1328,7 +1325,7 @@ Zone America/Bogota -4:56:16 - LMT 1884 Mar 13 # Curacao -# Milne gives 4:35:46.9 for Curacao mean time; round to nearest. +# Milne gives 4:35:46.9 for Curacao mean time. # # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): # Shanks & Pottenger say that The Bottom and Philipsburg have been at @@ -1344,14 +1341,7 @@ Zone America/Bogota -4:56:16 - LMT 1884 Mar 13 # Netherlands as Kingdom Islands. This won't affect their time zones # though, as far as we know. # -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone America/Curacao -4:35:47 - LMT 1912 Feb 12 # Willemstad - -4:30 - ANT 1965 # Netherlands Antilles Time - -4:00 - AST - -# Sint Maarten -# Bonaire, Sint Estatius and Saba -# Use America/Curacao. +# For all these regions, see America/Puerto_Rico. # Ecuador # @@ -1625,9 +1615,7 @@ Zone America/Paramaribo -3:40:40 - LMT 1911 -3:00 - SRT # Trinidad and Tobago -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone America/Port_of_Spain -4:06:04 - LMT 1912 Mar 2 - -4:00 - AST +# See America/Puerto_Rico. # Uruguay # From Paul Eggert (1993-11-18): -- 1.8.1.2