From be03380bbcc5b1bac77b1f3b72e59c9193cb2468 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2017 23:48:19 -0800
Subject: [PROPOSED] Simplify comments about zic %z

---
 europe       | 2 ++
 southamerica | 9 ++-------
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/europe b/europe
index c281449..082b3eb 100644
--- a/europe
+++ b/europe
@@ -2166,6 +2166,7 @@ Zone	Europe/Lisbon	-0:36:45 -	LMT	1884
 			 0:00	W-Eur	WE%sT	1992 Sep 27  1:00s
 			 1:00	EU	CE%sT	1996 Mar 31  1:00u
 			 0:00	EU	WE%sT
+# This Zone can be simplified once we assume zic %z.
 Zone Atlantic/Azores	-1:42:40 -	LMT	1884        # Ponta Delgada
 			-1:54:32 -	HMT	1912 Jan  1 # Horta Mean Time
 			-2:00	Port	-02/-01	1942 Apr 25 22:00s
@@ -2181,6 +2182,7 @@ Zone Atlantic/Azores	-1:42:40 -	LMT	1884        # Ponta Delgada
 			-1:00	W-Eur	-01/+00	1992 Sep 27  1:00s
 			 0:00	EU	WE%sT	1993 Mar 28  1:00u
 			-1:00	EU	-01/+00
+# This Zone can be simplified once we assume zic %z.
 Zone Atlantic/Madeira	-1:07:36 -	LMT	1884        # Funchal
 			-1:07:36 -	FMT	1912 Jan  1 # Funchal Mean Time
 			-1:00	Port	-01/+00	1942 Apr 25 22:00s
diff --git a/southamerica b/southamerica
index fe88965..af969ff 100644
--- a/southamerica
+++ b/southamerica
@@ -1736,7 +1736,8 @@ Rule	Uruguay	2006	only	-	Mar	12	 2:00	0	-
 # [dated 2015-06-29; repeals Decree 311/006 dated 2006-09-04]
 Rule	Uruguay	2006	2014	-	Oct	Sun>=1	 2:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Uruguay	2007	2015	-	Mar	Sun>=8	 2:00	0	-
-# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+
+# This Zone can be simplified once we assume zic %z.
 Zone America/Montevideo	-3:44:44 -	LMT	1898 Jun 28
 			-3:44:44 -	MMT	1920 May  1 # Montevideo MT
 			-3:30	Uruguay	-0330/-03 1942 Dec 14
@@ -1745,12 +1746,6 @@ Zone America/Montevideo	-3:44:44 -	LMT	1898 Jun 28
 			-3:00	Uruguay	-03/-02	1974
 			-3:00	Uruguay	-03/-0230 1974 Dec 22
 			-3:00	Uruguay	-03/-02
-# From Tim Parenti (2016-12-19):
-# The transitions after 1942 are constructed to support representing Uruguay's
-# various DST schemes while zic %z is relatively new and not widely supported.
-# The last several lines can ultimately be replaced with the following:
-#			-3:30	Uruguay	%z	1942 Dec 14
-#			-3:00	Uruguay	%z
 
 # Venezuela
 #
-- 
2.7.4

