From 183750fb0e0c1ccdd79756f59eb4309520506400 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 21:02:21 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] * NEWS, africa, australasia: Minor commentary fixes. Some of these are from Tim Parenti's proposed patches in: http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2014-July/021265.html --- NEWS | 12 ++++++++---- africa | 2 +- australasia | 4 ++-- 3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 0f4e234..3c0c374 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -96,11 +96,11 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes Asia/Riyadh's transition to standard time is now 1947-03-14, not 1950. - Europe/Helsinki's 1942 fall-back transition was October 4 at 01:00, not - October 3 at 00:00. (Thanks to Konstantin Hyppönen.) + Europe/Helsinki's 1942 fall-back transition was 10-04 at 01:00, not + 10-03 at 00:00. (Thanks to Konstantin Hyppönen.) - Pacific/Apia and Pacific/Pago_Pago have been changed from UTC-11:30 to - UTC-11 for the period from 1911 to 1950. + Pacific/Pago_Pago has been changed from UTC-11:30 to UTC-11 for the period + from 1911 to 1950. Pacific/Chatham has been changed to New Zealand standard time plus 45 minutes for the period before 1957, reflecting a 1956 remark in @@ -188,6 +188,10 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes Commentary about the coverage of each Russian zone has been standardized. (Thanks to Tim Parenti). + There is new commentary about contemporary timekeeping in Ethiopia. + + Obsolete comments about a 2007 proposal for DST in Kuwait has been removed. + There is new commentary about time in Poland in 1919. Proper credit has been given to DST inventor George Vernon Hudson. diff --git a/africa b/africa index 3a68f88..d323cb3 100644 --- a/africa +++ b/africa @@ -998,7 +998,7 @@ Zone Indian/Reunion 3:41:52 - LMT 1911 Jun # Saint-Denis # St Helena # See Africa/Abidjan. -# The parts of the St Helena territory are similar: +# The other parts of the St Helena territory are similar: # Tristan da Cunha: on GMT, say Whitman and the CIA # Ascension: on GMT, say the USNO (1995-12-21) and the CIA # Gough (scientific station since 1955; sealers wintered previously): diff --git a/australasia b/australasia index db94107..72116ff 100644 --- a/australasia +++ b/australasia @@ -1424,7 +1424,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # that DST will begin on 2007-09-30 2008-04-06. # http://www.dia.govt.nz/diawebsite.nsf/wpg_URL/Services-Daylight-Saving-Daylight-saving-to-be-extended -# From Paul Eggert (2017-07-14): +# From Paul Eggert (2014-07-14): # Chatham Island time was formally standardized on 1957-01-01 by # New Zealand's Standard Time Amendment Act 1956 (1956-10-26) # . @@ -1567,7 +1567,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # for American Samoa, e.g., the US National Bureau of Standards # circular "Standard Time Throughout the World", 1932. # Assume American Samoa switched to UTC-11 in 1911, not 1950, -# and that after 1950 they agreed until (western) Samoa subtracted a +# and that after 1950 they agreed until (western) Samoa skipped a # day in 2011. Assume also that the Samoas follow the US and New # Zealand's "ST"/"DT" style of daylight-saving abbreviations. -- 1.9.1