diff --git a/africa b/africa index 5ad47e3..44b4857 100644 --- a/africa +++ b/africa @@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ Zone Indian/Mauritius 3:50:00 - LMT 1907 # Port Louis # Here is a link to official document from Royaume du Maroc Premier Ministre, # Minist��re de la Modernisation des Secteurs Publics # -# Under Article 1 of Royal Decree No. 455-67 of Act 23 safar 1387 (2 june 1967) +# Under Article 1 of Royal Decree No. 455-67 of Act 23 safar 1387 (2 June 1967) # concerning the amendment of the legal time, the Ministry of Modernization of # Public Sectors announced that the official time in the Kingdom will be # advanced 60 minutes from Sunday 31 May 2009 at midnight. diff --git a/asia b/asia index 756e3d0..f2c27f1 100644 --- a/asia +++ b/asia @@ -1027,7 +1027,7 @@ Zone Asia/Jayapura 9:22:48 - LMT 1932 Nov # # From Roozbeh Pournader (2007-11-05): # This is quoted from Official Gazette of the Islamic Republic of -# Iran, Volume 63, Number 18242, dated Tuesday 1386/6/24 +# Iran, Volume 63, No. 18242, dated Tuesday 1386/6/24 # [2007-10-16]. I am doing the best translation I can:... # The official time of the country will be moved forward for one hour # on the 24 hours of the first day of the month of Farvardin and will @@ -1557,7 +1557,7 @@ Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931 # - Qyzylorda switched from +5:00 to +6:00 on 1992-01-19 02:00. # - Oral switched from +5:00 to +4:00 in spring 1989. -# From Kazakhstan Embassy's News Bulletin #11 +# From Kazakhstan Embassy's News Bulletin No. 11 # (2005-03-21): # The Government of Kazakhstan passed a resolution March 15 abolishing # daylight saving time citing lack of economic benefits and health diff --git a/europe b/europe index 6449483..953dade 100644 --- a/europe +++ b/europe @@ -592,11 +592,11 @@ Rule Russia 1921 only - Feb 14 23:00 1:00 MSD Rule Russia 1921 only - Mar 20 23:00 2:00 MSM # Midsummer Rule Russia 1921 only - Sep 1 0:00 1:00 MSD Rule Russia 1921 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - -# Act No.925 of the Council of Ministers of the USSR (1980-10-24): +# Act No. 925 of the Council of Ministers of the USSR (1980-10-24): Rule Russia 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Russia 1981 1983 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - -# Act No.967 of the Council of Ministers of the USSR (1984-09-13), repeated in -# Act No.227 of the Council of Ministers of the USSR (1989-03-14): +# Act No. 967 of the Council of Ministers of the USSR (1984-09-13), repeated in +# Act No. 227 of the Council of Ministers of the USSR (1989-03-14): Rule Russia 1984 1991 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 - Rule Russia 1985 1991 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S # @@ -828,7 +828,7 @@ Zone Europe/Brussels 0:17:30 - LMT 1880 # Bulgaria # # From Plamen Simenov via Steffen Thorsen (1999-09-09): -# A document of Government of Bulgaria (No.94/1997) says: +# A document of Government of Bulgaria (No. 94/1997) says: # EET -> EETDST is in 03:00 Local time in last Sunday of March ... # EETDST -> EET is in 04:00 Local time in last Sunday of October # @@ -1062,8 +1062,8 @@ Zone America/Thule -4:35:08 - LMT 1916 Jul 28 # Pituffik air base # after that. # From Mart Oruaas (2000-01-29): -# Regulation no. 301 (1999-10-12) obsoletes previous regulation -# no. 206 (1998-09-22) and thus sticks Estonia to +02:00 GMT for all +# Regulation No. 301 (1999-10-12) obsoletes previous regulation +# No. 206 (1998-09-22) and thus sticks Estonia to +02:00 GMT for all # the year round. The regulation is effective 1999-11-01. # From Toomas Soome (2002-02-21): @@ -1527,21 +1527,21 @@ Link Europe/Rome Europe/San_Marino # correct data in juridical acts and I found some juridical documents about # changes in the counting of time in Latvia from 1981.... # -# Act No.35 of the Council of Ministers of Latvian SSR of 1981-01-22 ... -# according to the Act No.925 of the Council of Ministers of USSR of 1980-10-24 +# Act No. 35 of the Council of Ministers of Latvian SSR of 1981-01-22 ... +# according to the Act No. 925 of the Council of Ministers of USSR of 1980-10-24 # ...: all year round the time of 2nd time zone + 1 hour, in addition turning # the hands of the clock 1 hour forward on 1 April at 00:00 (GMT 31 March 21:00) # and 1 hour backward on the 1 October at 00:00 (GMT 30 September 20:00). # -# Act No.592 of the Council of Ministers of Latvian SSR of 1984-09-24 ... -# according to the Act No.967 of the Council of Ministers of USSR of 1984-09-13 +# Act No. 592 of the Council of Ministers of Latvian SSR of 1984-09-24 ... +# according to the Act No. 967 of the Council of Ministers of USSR of 1984-09-13 # ...: all year round the time of 2nd time zone + 1 hour, in addition turning # the hands of the clock 1 hour forward on the last Sunday of March at 02:00 # (GMT 23:00 on the previous day) and 1 hour backward on the last Sunday of # September at 03:00 (GMT 23:00 on the previous day). # -# Act No.81 of the Council of Ministers of Latvian SSR of 1989-03-22 ... -# according to the Act No.227 of the Council of Ministers of USSR of 1989-03-14 +# Act No. 81 of the Council of Ministers of Latvian SSR of 1989-03-22 ... +# according to the Act No. 227 of the Council of Ministers of USSR of 1989-03-14 # ...: since the last Sunday of March 1989 in Lithuanian SSR, Latvian SSR, # Estonian SSR and Kaliningrad region of Russian Federation all year round the # time of 2nd time zone (Moscow time minus one hour). On the territory of Latvia @@ -1558,7 +1558,7 @@ Link Europe/Rome Europe/San_Marino # From Andrei Ivanov (2000-03-06): # This year Latvia will not switch to Daylight Savings Time (as specified in # The Regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Rep. of Latvia of -# 29-Feb-2000 (#79) , +# 29-Feb-2000 (No. 79) , # in Latvian for subscribers only). # From RFE/RL Newsline @@ -2145,7 +2145,7 @@ Zone Europe/Bucharest 1:44:24 - LMT 1891 Oct # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia36.htm # From Sanjeev Gupta (2011-09-27): -# Scans of [Decree #23 of January 8, 1992] are available at: +# Scans of [Decree No. 23 of January 8, 1992] are available at: # http://government.consultant.ru/page.aspx?1223966 # They are in Cyrillic letters (presumably Russian). @@ -2156,19 +2156,19 @@ Zone Europe/Bucharest 1:44:24 - LMT 1891 Oct # One source is # http://government.ru/gov/results/16355/ # which, according to translate.google.com, begins "Decree of August 31, -# 2011 No 725" and contains no other dates or "effective date" information. +# 2011 No. 725" and contains no other dates or "effective date" information. # # Another source is # http://www.rg.ru/2011/09/06/chas-zona-dok.html # which, according to translate.google.com, begins "Resolution of the # Government of the Russian Federation on August 31, 2011 N 725" and also # contains "Date first official publication: September 6, 2011 Posted on: -# in the 'RG' - Federal Issue number 5573 September 6, 2011" but which +# in the 'RG' - Federal Issue No. 5573 September 6, 2011" but which # does not contain any "effective date" information. # # Another source is # http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oymyakonsky_District#cite_note-RuTime-7 -# which, in note 8, contains "Resolution #725 of August 31, 2011... +# which, in note 8, contains "Resolution No. 725 of August 31, 2011... # Effective as of after 7 days following the day of the official publication" # but which does not contain any reference to September 6, 2011. # @@ -3224,7 +3224,7 @@ Link Europe/Istanbul Asia/Istanbul # Istanbul is in both continents. # From Igor Karpov, who works for the Ukrainian Ministry of Justice, # via Garrett Wollman (2003-01-27): # BTW, I've found the official document on this matter. It's government -# regulations number 509, May 13, 1996. In my poor translation it says: +# regulations No. 509, May 13, 1996. In my poor translation it says: # "Time in Ukraine is set to second timezone (Kiev time). Each last Sunday # of March at 3am the time is changing to 4am and each last Sunday of # October the time at 4am is changing to 3am" @@ -3233,7 +3233,7 @@ Link Europe/Istanbul Asia/Istanbul # Istanbul is in both continents. # On September 20, 2011 the deputies of the Verkhovna Rada agreed to # abolish the transfer clock to winter time. # -# Bill number 8330 of MP from the Party of Regions Oleg Nadoshi got +# Bill No. 8330 of MP from the Party of Regions Oleg Nadoshi got # approval from 266 deputies. # # Ukraine abolishes transfer back to the winter time (in Russian) diff --git a/southamerica b/southamerica index dd9235f..097e826 100644 --- a/southamerica +++ b/southamerica @@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ Rule Arg 2000 only - Mar 3 0:00 0 - # Timezone Law (which never was effectively applied) will (would?) be # in effect.... The article is at # http://ar.clarin.com/diario/2001-06-06/e-01701.htm -# ... The Law itself is "Ley No 25155", sanctioned on 1999-08-25, enacted +# ... The Law itself is "Ley No. 25155", sanctioned on 1999-08-25, enacted # 1999-09-17, and published 1999-09-21. The official publication is at: # http://www.boletin.jus.gov.ar/BON/Primera/1999/09-Septiembre/21/PDF/BO21-09-99LEG.PDF # Regretfully, you have to subscribe (and pay) for the on-line version.... @@ -181,9 +181,9 @@ Rule Arg 2000 only - Mar 3 0:00 0 - # ------- Comment #1 from [jmdocile] 2008-10-06 16:28 0000 ------- # Hi, there is a problem with timezone-data-2008e and maybe with # timezone-data-2008f -# Argentinian law [Number] 25.155 is no longer valid. +# Argentinian law No. 25.155 is no longer valid. # http://www.infoleg.gov.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/60000-64999/60036/norma.htm -# The new one is law [Number] 26.350 +# The new one is law No. 26.350 # http://www.infoleg.gov.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/135000-139999/136191/norma.htm # So there is no summer time in Argentina for now. @@ -771,7 +771,7 @@ Zone America/La_Paz -4:32:36 - LMT 1890 # [ and in a second message (same day): ] # I found the decree. # -# DECRETO No- 7.584, DE 13 DE OUTUBRO DE 2011 +# DECRETO No. 7.584, DE 13 DE OUTUBRO DE 2011 # Link : # http://www.in.gov.br/visualiza/index.jsp?data=13/10/2011&jornal=1000&pagina=6&totalArquivos=6 @@ -1125,7 +1125,7 @@ Zone America/Rio_Branco -4:31:12 - LMT 1914 # Conflicts between [1] and [2] were resolved as follows: # # - [1] says the 1910 transition was Jan 1, [2] says Jan 10 and cites -# Bolet��n N�� 1, Aviso N�� 1 (1910). Go with [2]. +# Bolet��n No. 1, Aviso No. 1 (1910). Go with [2]. # # - [1] says SMT was -4:42:45, [2] says Chile's official time from # 1916 to 1919 was -4:42:46.3, the meridian of Chile's National @@ -1133,7 +1133,7 @@ Zone America/Rio_Branco -4:31:12 - LMT 1914 # Quinta Normal in Santiago. Go with [2], rounding it to -4:42:46. # # - [1] says the 1918 transition was Sep 1, [2] says Sep 10 and cites -# Bolet��n N�� 22, Aviso N�� 129/1918 (1918-08-23). Go with [2]. +# Bolet��n No. 22, Aviso No. 129/1918 (1918-08-23). Go with [2]. # # - [1] does not give times for transitions; assume they occur # at midnight mainland time, the current common practice. However, @@ -1533,7 +1533,7 @@ Rule Para 1997 only - Feb lastSun 0:00 0 - # (1999-09) reports no date; go with above sources and Gerd Knops (2001-02-27). Rule Para 1998 2001 - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 - # From Rives McDow (2002-02-28): -# A decree was issued in Paraguay (no. 16350) on 2002-02-26 that changed the +# A decree was issued in Paraguay (No. 16350) on 2002-02-26 that changed the # dst method to be from the first Sunday in September to the first Sunday in # April. Rule Para 2002 2004 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 0 - @@ -1735,7 +1735,7 @@ Zone America/Montevideo -3:44:44 - LMT 1898 Jun 28 # Venezuela # # From Paul Eggert (2015-07-28): -# For the 1965 transition see Gaceta Oficial ��� 27.619 (1964-12-15), p 205.533 +# For the 1965 transition see Gaceta Oficial No. 27.619 (1964-12-15), p 205.533 # http://www.pgr.gob.ve/dmdocuments/1964/27619.pdf # # From John Stainforth (2007-11-28):