On 2017-03-02 02:34, Paul Goyette wrote:
On Thu, 2 Mar 2017, Paul Eggert wrote:
Paul Goyette wrote:
According to the asia file, the Philippines jumped 24 hours on May 11, 1899, from -15:56:00 to +8:04:00 (they moved the international date line?)
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Manila -15:56:00 - LMT 1844 Dec 31 8:04:00 - LMT 1899 May 11 8:00 Phil +08/+09 1942 May
Yes, they moved the date line. But this occurred in 1844, not in 1899. I think you misread the UNTIL column. zdump -i reports:
TZ="Asia/Manila" - - -1556 LMT 1845-01-01 00 +0804 LMT 1899-05-10 23:56 +08 ...
so the big change occurred in 1844, and the four-minute change occurred in 1899, which is what the table says.
Yes, as expected, I misinterpreted the data! Thanks for clarifying!
(FWIW, zdump indeed shows the big jump going from 1844-12-30 23:59:59 to 1845-01-01 00:00:00 completely skipping over Dec. 31st!)
Background - it was considered to be part of New Spain with Mexico: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Date_Line#Philippines over 14Mm Manila-Acapulco compared to nearly 9Mm Veracruz-Seville. -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada