From d5054b62469ef1b1b0cea3192f6cc814ade989d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2017 09:36:38 -0700 Subject: [PROPOSED 1/2] Remove Canada/East-Saskatchewan from 'backward' * NEWS, Theory: Document this. * backward (Canada/East-Saskatchewan): Comment out. --- NEWS | 5 +++++ Theory | 5 ++--- backward | 4 +++- 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index fd73ca8..5f79225 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes Add 7 s to the UT offset in Asia/Yangon before 1920. + Changes to zone names + + Remove Canada/East-Saskatchewan from the 'backward' file, as it + exceeded the 14-character limit and was an unused misnomer anyway. + Changes to build procedure To support applications that prefer to read time zone data in text diff --git a/Theory b/Theory index 8aeccb2..1bed8d2 100644 --- a/Theory +++ b/Theory @@ -158,9 +158,8 @@ Older versions of this package defined legacy names that are incompatible with the first rule of location names, but which are still supported. These legacy names are mostly defined in the file 'etcetera'. Also, the file 'backward' defines the legacy names -'GMT0', 'GMT-0', 'GMT+0' and 'Canada/East-Saskatchewan', and the file -'northamerica' defines the legacy names 'EST5EDT', 'CST6CDT', -'MST7MDT', and 'PST8PDT'. +'GMT0', 'GMT-0' and 'GMT+0', and the file 'northamerica' defines the +legacy names 'EST5EDT', 'CST6CDT', 'MST7MDT', and 'PST8PDT'. Excluding 'backward' should not affect the other data. If 'backward' is excluded, excluding 'etcetera' should not affect the diff --git a/backward b/backward index 09f2a31..2141f0d 100644 --- a/backward +++ b/backward @@ -61,7 +61,9 @@ Link America/Sao_Paulo Brazil/East Link America/Manaus Brazil/West Link America/Halifax Canada/Atlantic Link America/Winnipeg Canada/Central -Link America/Regina Canada/East-Saskatchewan +# This line is commented out, as the name exceeded the 14-character limit +# and was an unused misnomer. +#Link America/Regina Canada/East-Saskatchewan Link America/Toronto Canada/Eastern Link America/Edmonton Canada/Mountain Link America/St_Johns Canada/Newfoundland -- 2.7.4