* northamerica (America/Cayman, America/Jamaica, America/Grand_Turk): Change KMT from -5:07:12 to -5:07:11 (should be -5:07:10.41). * zone.tab: Fine-tune geographical coordinates to match -5:07:10.41. I chose the latitude to match the General Post Office, Kingston, in the city center according to Google Maps. --- northamerica | 19 +++++++------------ zone.tab | 2 +- 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/northamerica b/northamerica index 3a572ba..55755dd 100644 --- a/northamerica +++ b/northamerica @@ -2622,7 +2622,7 @@ Zone Atlantic/Bermuda -4:19:18 - LMT 1930 Jan 1 2:00 # Hamilton # 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 + -5:07:11 - KMT 1912 Feb # Kingston Mean Time -5:00 - EST # Costa Rica @@ -3067,17 +3067,12 @@ Zone America/Tegucigalpa -5:48:52 - LMT 1921 Apr # Great Swan I ceded by US to Honduras in 1972 # Jamaica - -# From Bob Devine (1988-01-28): -# Follows US rules. - -# From U. S. Naval Observatory (1989-01-19): -# JAMAICA 5 H BEHIND UTC - -# From Shanks & Pottenger: +# Shanks & Pottenger give -5:07:12, but Milne records -5:07:10.41 from an +# unspecified official document, and says "This time is used throughout the +# island". Go with Milne. Round to the nearest second as required by zic. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone America/Jamaica -5:07:12 - LMT 1890 # Kingston - -5:07:12 - KMT 1912 Feb # Kingston Mean Time +Zone America/Jamaica -5:07:11 - LMT 1890 # Kingston + -5:07:11 - KMT 1912 Feb # Kingston Mean Time -5:00 - EST 1974 Apr 28 2:00 -5:00 US E%sT 1984 -5:00 - EST @@ -3217,7 +3212,7 @@ Rule TC 2007 max - Mar Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D Rule TC 2007 max - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Grand_Turk -4:44:32 - LMT 1890 - -5:07:12 - KMT 1912 Feb # Kingston Mean Time + -5:07:11 - KMT 1912 Feb # Kingston Mean Time -5:00 TC E%sT # British Virgin Is diff --git a/zone.tab b/zone.tab index 769432b..7d4c575 100644 --- a/zone.tab +++ b/zone.tab @@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ IR +3540+05126 Asia/Tehran IS +6409-02151 Atlantic/Reykjavik IT +4154+01229 Europe/Rome JE +4912-00207 Europe/Jersey -JM +1800-07648 America/Jamaica +JM +175805-0764736 America/Jamaica JO +3157+03556 Asia/Amman JP +353916+1394441 Asia/Tokyo KE -0117+03649 Africa/Nairobi -- 1.8.3.1