* africa: Make it clear that the rarer African abbreviations are still used in the data, even if only in older timestamps. --- africa | 16 +++++++++------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/africa b/africa index 84e1ce2..eb7f8ae 100644 --- a/africa +++ b/africa @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ # tz@iana.org for general use in the future). For more, please see # the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution. -# From Paul Eggert (2017-04-09): +# From Paul Eggert (2018-05-27): # # Unless otherwise specified, the source for data through 1990 is: # Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition), @@ -51,13 +51,15 @@ # I vaguely recall 'WAT' also being used for -01 in the past but # cannot now come up with solid citations. # -# I invented the following abbreviations; corrections are welcome! -# +02 WAST West Africa Summer Time (no longer used) -# +03 CAST Central Africa Summer Time (no longer used) -# +03 SAST South Africa Summer Time (no longer used) +# I invented the following abbreviations in the 1990s: +# +02 WAST West Africa Summer Time +# +03 CAST Central Africa Summer Time +# +03 SAST South Africa Summer Time # +03 EAT East Africa Time -# 'EAT' also seems to have caught on; the others are rare but are paired -# with better-attested non-DST abbreviations. +# 'EAT' seems to have caught on and is in current timestamps, and though +# the other abbreviations are rarer and are only in past timestamps, +# they are paired with better-attested non-DST abbreviations. +# Corrections are welcome. # Algeria # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -- 2.17.0