Johnston is now uninhabited, and is in the same category as Baker, Howland, Jarvis, and Palmyra. Move its link to the 'backward' file. * NEWS: Document this. * australasia: Update Johnston comments. * backward (Pacific/Johnston): Move here from ... * northamerica: ... here. * zone.tab (Pacific/Johnston): Remove. --- NEWS | 5 +++++ australasia | 7 +++---- backward | 1 + northamerica | 1 - zone.tab | 1 - 5 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 23bcd8f..b3273ce 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes before 1999 and Taiwan before 1938, and use "JST" instead of the invented abbreviation "JCST" for Japan and Korea before 1938. + Change to database entry category + + Move the Pacific/Johnston link from 'australasia' to 'backward', + since Johnston is now uninhabited. + Changes to code zic no longer mishandles some transitions in January 2038 when it diff --git a/australasia b/australasia index 100492e..d389ae1 100644 --- a/australasia +++ b/australasia @@ -736,10 +736,11 @@ Zone Pacific/Funafuti 11:56:52 - LMT 1901 # Johnston # -# From Paul Eggert (2014-03-11): +# From Paul Eggert (2017-02-10): # Sometimes Johnston kept Hawaii time, and sometimes it was an hour behind. # Details are uncertain. We have no data for Johnston after 1970, so -# treat it like Hawaii for now. +# treat it like Hawaii for now. Since Johnston is now uninhabited, +# its link to Pacific/Honolulu is in the 'backward' file. # # In his memoirs of June 6th to October 4, 1945 # <http://www.315bw.org/Herb_Bach.htm> (2005), Herbert C. Bach writes, @@ -759,8 +760,6 @@ Zone Pacific/Funafuti 11:56:52 - LMT 1901 # See the table on page 4 where he lists GMT and local times for the tests; a # footnote for the JI tests reads that local time is "JI time = Hawaii Time # Minus One Hour". -# -# See 'northamerica' for Pacific/Johnston. # Kingman # uninhabited diff --git a/backward b/backward index aa23dd8..09f2a31 100644 --- a/backward +++ b/backward @@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ Link Pacific/Auckland NZ Link Pacific/Chatham NZ-CHAT Link America/Denver Navajo Link Asia/Shanghai PRC +Link Pacific/Honolulu Pacific/Johnston Link Pacific/Pohnpei Pacific/Ponape Link Pacific/Pago_Pago Pacific/Samoa Link Pacific/Chuuk Pacific/Truk diff --git a/northamerica b/northamerica index d5d85dc..80378ec 100644 --- a/northamerica +++ b/northamerica @@ -677,7 +677,6 @@ Zone Pacific/Honolulu -10:31:26 - LMT 1896 Jan 13 12:00 -10:30 1:00 HDT 1945 Sep 30 2:00 -10:30 - HST 1947 Jun 8 2:00 -10:00 - HST -Link Pacific/Honolulu Pacific/Johnston # Now we turn to US areas that have diverged from the consensus since 1970. diff --git a/zone.tab b/zone.tab index a639a36..204048c 100644 --- a/zone.tab +++ b/zone.tab @@ -398,7 +398,6 @@ UA +5026+03031 Europe/Kiev Ukraine (most areas) UA +4837+02218 Europe/Uzhgorod Ruthenia UA +4750+03510 Europe/Zaporozhye Zaporozh'ye/Zaporizhia; Lugansk/Luhansk (east) UG +0019+03225 Africa/Kampala -UM +1645-16931 Pacific/Johnston Johnston Atoll UM +2813-17722 Pacific/Midway Midway Islands UM +1917+16637 Pacific/Wake Wake Island US +404251-0740023 America/New_York Eastern (most areas) -- 2.9.3