On Jun 15, 2011, at 5:07 AM, Arthur David Olson wrote:
> Below find proposed priority changes to the time zone package;
> the executive summary:
>
> antarctica Remove unused "RussAQ" rules.
> asia Add comment on retaining "old" Russia rules
> for the benefit of Armenia
> europe Russia abandons DST in 2011
> (thanks to Alexander Krivenyshev)
> ("old" Russia rules retained for now for Belarus)
> iso3166.tab Change AN (Netherlands Antilles) to CW (Curacao)
> zone.tab Change AN (Netherlands Antilles) to CW (Curacao)
>
> If no problems are found and nothing goes wrong,
> these changes are to appear on the ftp site on 2011-06-27.
>
> Now that the Russian changes are official,
> we'll see what Armenia and Belarus do.
>
> --ado
>
> diff -r old/antarctica new/antarctica
> 2c2
> < # @(#)antarctica 8.8
> ---
>> # @(#)antarctica 8.9
> 22,33d21
> < # These rules are stolen from the `europe' file.
> < # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
> < Rule RussAQ 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
> < Rule RussAQ 1981 1983 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
> < Rule RussAQ 1984 1991 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 -
> < Rule RussAQ 1985 1991 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S
> < Rule RussAQ 1992 only - Mar lastSat 23:00 1:00 S
> < Rule RussAQ 1992 only - Sep lastSat 23:00 0 -
> < Rule RussAQ 1993 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S
> < Rule RussAQ 1993 1995 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 -
> < Rule RussAQ 1996 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 -
> <
> diff -r old/asia new/asia
> 1c1
> < # @(#)asia 8.64
> ---
>> # @(#)asia 8.65
> 79a80,83
>> # From Arthur David Olson (2011-06-15):
>> # While Russia abandoned DST in 2011, Armenia may choose to
>> # follow Russia's "old" rules.
>>
> diff -r old/europe new/europe
> 2c2
> < # @(#)europe 8.32
> ---
>> # @(#)europe 8.33
> 567a568,587
>> # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-06-14):
>> # According to Kremlin press service, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev
>> # signed a federal law "On calculation of time" on June 9, 2011.
>> # According to the law Russia is abolishing daylight saving time.
>> #
>> # Medvedev signed a law "On the Calculation of Time" (in russian):
>> # <a href="
http://bmockbe.ru/events/?ID=7583">
>> #
http://bmockbe.ru/events/?ID=7583
>> # </a>
>> #
>> # Medvedev signed a law on the calculation of the time (in russian):
>> # <a href="
http://www.regnum.ru/news/polit/1413906.html">
>> #
http://www.regnum.ru/news/polit/1413906.html
>> # </a>
>>
>> # From Arthur David Olson (2011-06-15):
>> # Take "abolishing daylight saving time" to mean that time is now considered
>> # to be standard.
>> # At least for now, keep the "old" Russia rules for the benefit of Belarus.
>>
> 2016c2036,2037
> < 2:00 Russia EE%sT
> ---
>> 2:00 Russia EE%sT 2011 Mar 27 2:00s
>> 3:00 - EET
> 2045c2066,2067
> < 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD
> ---
>> 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 2011 Mar 27 2:00s
>> 4:00 - MSK
> 2058c2080,2081
> < 3:00 Russia VOL%sT
> ---
>> 3:00 Russia VOL%sT 2011 Mar 27 2:00s
>> 4:00 - VOLT
> 2070c2093,2094
> < 3:00 Russia SAM%sT
> ---
>> 3:00 Russia SAM%sT 2011 Mar 27 2:00s
>> 4:00 - SAMT
> 2083c2107,2108
> < 5:00 Russia YEK%sT # Yekaterinburg Time
> ---
>> 5:00 Russia YEK%sT 2011 Mar 27 2:00s
>> 6:00 - YEKT # Yekaterinburg Time
> 2091c2116,2117
> < 6:00 Russia OMS%sT
> ---
>> 6:00 Russia OMS%sT 2011 Mar 27 2:00s
>> 7:00 - OMST
> 2101c2127,2128
> < 6:00 Russia NOV%sT
> ---
>> 6:00 Russia NOV%sT 2011 Mar 27 2:00s
>> 7:00 - NOVT
> 2134c2161,2162
> < 6:00 Russia NOV%sT # Novosibirsk/Novokuznetsk Time
> ---
>> 6:00 Russia NOV%sT 2011 Mar 27 2:00s
>> 7:00 - NOVT # Novosibirsk/Novokuznetsk Time
> 2145c2173,2174
> < 7:00 Russia KRA%sT
> ---
>> 7:00 Russia KRA%sT 2011 Mar 27 2:00s
>> 8:00 - KRAT
> 2155c2184,2185
> < 8:00 Russia IRK%sT
> ---
>> 8:00 Russia IRK%sT 2011 Mar 27 2:00s
>> 9:00 - IRKT
> 2178c2208,2209
> < 9:00 Russia YAK%sT
> ---
>> 9:00 Russia YAK%sT 2011 Mar 27 2:00s
>> 10:00 - YAKT
> 2191c2222,2223
> < 10:00 Russia VLA%sT
> ---
>> 10:00 Russia VLA%sT 2011 Mar 27 2:00s
>> 11:00 - VLAT
> 2201c2233,2234
> < 10:00 Russia SAK%sT
> ---
>> 10:00 Russia SAK%sT 2011 Mar 27 2:00s
>> 11:00 - SAKT
> 2214c2247,2248
> < 11:00 Russia MAG%sT
> ---
>> 11:00 Russia MAG%sT 2011 Mar 27 2:00s
>> 12:00 - MAGT
> 2225c2259,2260
> < 11:00 Russia PET%sT
> ---
>> 11:00 Russia PET%sT 2011 Mar 27 2:00s
>> 12:00 - PETT
> 2234c2269,2270
> < 11:00 Russia ANA%sT
> ---
>> 11:00 Russia ANA%sT 2011 Mar 27 2:00s
>> 12:00 - ANAT
> diff -r old/iso3166.tab new/iso3166.tab
> 2c2
> < # @(#)iso3166.tab 8.6
> ---
>> # @(#)iso3166.tab 8.7
> 33d32
> < AN Netherlands Antilles
> 77a77
>> CW Curacao
> diff -r old/zone.tab new/zone.tab
> 2c2
> < # @(#)zone.tab 8.43
> ---
>> # @(#)zone.tab 8.44
> 35d34
> < AN +1211-06900 America/Curacao
> 157a157
>> CW +1211-06900 America/Curacao
>