* NEWS: Document this. * antarctica (Antarctica/Casey, Antarctica/Davis, Antarctica/Mawson): (Indian/Kerguelen, Antarctica/DumontDUrville, Antarctica/Syowa) (Troll, Antarctica/Vostok, Antarctica/Rothera): Prefer numeric to invented time zone abbreviations. --- NEWS | 15 +++++++++------ antarctica | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------------- 2 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index b0da284..d88d2bb 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -15,17 +15,20 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes Changes to past and future time zone abbreviations - Several zones in the former Soviet Union now use numeric time zone - abbreviations instead of invented ones. The affected zones are + Several zones in Antarctica and the former Soviet Union now use + numeric time zone abbreviations instead of invented ones. The + affected zones are Antarctica/Casey, Antarctica/Davis, + Antarctica/DumontDUrville, Antarctica/Mawson, Antarctica/Rothera, + Antarctica/Syowa, Antarctica/Troll, Antarctica/Vostok, Asia/Anadyr, Asia/Ashgabat, Asia/Baku, Asia/Bishkek, Asia/Chita, Asia/Dushanbe, Asia/Irkutsk, Asia/Kamchatka, Asia/Khandyga, Asia/Krasnoyarsk, Asia/Magadan, Asia/Omsk, Asia/Sakhalin, Asia/Samarkand, Asia/Srednekolymsk, Asia/Tashkent, Asia/Tbilisi, Asia/Ust-Nera, Asia/Vladivostok, Asia/Yakutsk, Asia/Yekaterinburg, - Asia/Yerevan, Europe/Kaliningrad, Europe/Minsk, Europe/Samara, and - Europe/Volgograd. For Europe/Moscow the invented abbreviation MSM - was replaced by +05, whereas MSK and MSD were kept as they are not - our invention and are widely used. + Asia/Yerevan, Europe/Kaliningrad, Europe/Minsk, Europe/Samara, + Europe/Volgograd, and Indian/Kerguelen. For Europe/Moscow the + invented abbreviation MSM was replaced by +05, whereas MSK and MSD + were kept as they are not our invention and are widely used. Changes to code diff --git a/antarctica b/antarctica index a537832..f8b4bfb 100644 --- a/antarctica +++ b/antarctica @@ -10,9 +10,7 @@ # http://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/bob/periant.htm # for information. # Unless otherwise specified, we have no time zone information. -# -# Except for the French entries, -# I made up all time zone abbreviations mentioned here; corrections welcome! + # FORMAT is '-00' and GMTOFF is 0 for locations while uninhabited. # Argentina - year-round bases @@ -68,23 +66,22 @@ # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Antarctica/Casey 0 - -00 1969 - 8:00 - AWST 2009 Oct 18 2:00 - # Australian Western Std Time - 11:00 - CAST 2010 Mar 5 2:00 # Casey Time - 8:00 - AWST 2011 Oct 28 2:00 - 11:00 - CAST 2012 Feb 21 17:00u - 8:00 - AWST + 8:00 - +08 2009 Oct 18 2:00 + 11:00 - +11 2010 Mar 5 2:00 + 8:00 - +08 2011 Oct 28 2:00 + 11:00 - +11 2012 Feb 21 17:00u + 8:00 - +08 Zone Antarctica/Davis 0 - -00 1957 Jan 13 - 7:00 - DAVT 1964 Nov # Davis Time + 7:00 - +07 1964 Nov 0 - -00 1969 Feb - 7:00 - DAVT 2009 Oct 18 2:00 - 5:00 - DAVT 2010 Mar 10 20:00u - 7:00 - DAVT 2011 Oct 28 2:00 - 5:00 - DAVT 2012 Feb 21 20:00u - 7:00 - DAVT + 7:00 - +07 2009 Oct 18 2:00 + 5:00 - +05 2010 Mar 10 20:00u + 7:00 - +07 2011 Oct 28 2:00 + 5:00 - +05 2012 Feb 21 20:00u + 7:00 - +07 Zone Antarctica/Mawson 0 - -00 1954 Feb 13 - 6:00 - MAWT 2009 Oct 18 2:00 # Mawson Time - 5:00 - MAWT + 6:00 - +06 2009 Oct 18 2:00 + 5:00 - +05 # References: # Casey Weather (1998-02-26) # http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/casey/casey_aws.html @@ -138,7 +135,7 @@ Zone Antarctica/Mawson 0 - -00 1954 Feb 13 # # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Indian/Kerguelen 0 - -00 1950 # Port-aux-Français - 5:00 - TFT # ISO code TF Time + 5:00 - +05 # # year-round base in the main continent # Dumont d'Urville, Île des Pétrels, -6640+14001, since 1956-11 @@ -149,9 +146,9 @@ Zone Indian/Kerguelen 0 - -00 1950 # Port-aux-Français # # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Antarctica/DumontDUrville 0 - -00 1947 - 10:00 - PMT 1952 Jan 14 # Port-Martin Time + 10:00 - +10 1952 Jan 14 0 - -00 1956 Nov - 10:00 - DDUT # Dumont-d'Urville Time + 10:00 - +10 # France & Italy - year-round base # Concordia, -750600+1232000, since 2005 @@ -177,7 +174,7 @@ Zone Antarctica/DumontDUrville 0 - -00 1947 # station of Japan, it's appropriate for the principal location. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Antarctica/Syowa 0 - -00 1957 Jan 29 - 3:00 - SYOT # Syowa Time + 3:00 - +03 # See: # NIPR Antarctic Research Activities (1999-08-17) # http://www.nipr.ac.jp/english/ara01.html @@ -219,12 +216,12 @@ Zone Antarctica/Syowa 0 - -00 1957 Jan 29 # with only UTC and CEST. Uncomment them when 2014b is more prevalent. # # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -#Rule Troll 2005 max - Mar 1 1:00u 1:00 CET -Rule Troll 2005 max - Mar lastSun 1:00u 2:00 CEST -#Rule Troll 2005 max - Oct lastSun 1:00u 1:00 CET -#Rule Troll 2004 max - Nov 7 1:00u 0:00 UTC +#Rule Troll 2005 max - Mar 1 1:00u 1:00 +01 +Rule Troll 2005 max - Mar lastSun 1:00u 2:00 +02 +#Rule Troll 2005 max - Oct lastSun 1:00u 1:00 +01 +#Rule Troll 2004 max - Nov 7 1:00u 0:00 +00 # Remove the following line when uncommenting the above '#Rule' lines. -Rule Troll 2004 max - Oct lastSun 1:00u 0:00 UTC +Rule Troll 2004 max - Oct lastSun 1:00u 0:00 +00 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Antarctica/Troll 0 - -00 2005 Feb 12 0:00 Troll %s @@ -265,10 +262,10 @@ Zone Antarctica/Troll 0 - -00 2005 Feb 12 # changes during the year and does not necessarily correspond to mean # solar noon. So the Vostok time might have been whatever the clocks # happened to be during their visit. So we still don't really know what time -# it is at Vostok. But we'll guess UTC+6. +# it is at Vostok. But we'll guess +06. # Zone Antarctica/Vostok 0 - -00 1957 Dec 16 - 6:00 - VOST # Vostok time + 6:00 - +06 # S Africa - year-round bases # Marion Island, -4653+03752 @@ -301,7 +298,7 @@ Zone Antarctica/Vostok 0 - -00 1957 Dec 16 # # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Antarctica/Rothera 0 - -00 1976 Dec 1 - -3:00 - ROTT # Rothera time + -3:00 - -03 # Uruguay - year round base # Artigas, King George Island, -621104-0585107 -- 2.5.5