--- NEWS | 4 ++-- Theory | 2 +- africa | 2 +- asia | 2 +- australasia | 4 ++-- europe | 21 ++++++++++----------- northamerica | 18 +++++++++--------- southamerica | 10 +++++----- 8 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 74dfb8a..ed55089 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ Release 2013e – 2013-09-19 23:50:04 −0700 Use ART (UTC−3, standard time), rather than WARST (also UTC−3, but daylight saving time) for San Luis, Argentina since 2009. - Changes affecting Godthab time stamps after 2037 if version mismatch + Changes affecting Godthåb time stamps after 2037 if version mismatch Allow POSIX-like TZ strings where the transition time's hour can range from −167 through 167, instead of the POSIX-required 0 @@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ Release 2013a – 2013-02-27 09:20:35 −0800 Many changes affect historical time stamps before 1940. These were deduced from: Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 - Feb;13(2):173-94 <http://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359>. + Feb;13(2):173–94 <http://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359>. Changes affecting the code: diff --git a/Theory b/Theory index 2538da6..263ae7c 100644 --- a/Theory +++ b/Theory @@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ Errors in the tz database arise from many sources: enough to map SI seconds to historical solar time to more than about one-hour accuracy. See: Morrison LV, Stephenson FR. Historical values of the Earth's clock error Delta T and the - calculation of eclipses. J Hist Astron. 2004;35:327-36 + calculation of eclipses. J Hist Astron. 2004;35:327–36 <http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/2004JHA....35..327M>; Historical values of the Earth's clock error. J Hist Astron. 2005;36:339 <http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/2005JHA....36..339M>. diff --git a/africa b/africa index dd30984..5f2dc00 100644 --- a/africa +++ b/africa @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ # I found in the UCLA library. # # For data circa 1899, a common source is: -# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94 +# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173–94 # <http://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359>. # # A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is diff --git a/asia b/asia index 5f98d71..1b7ac48 100644 --- a/asia +++ b/asia @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ # I found in the UCLA library. # # For data circa 1899, a common source is: -# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94 +# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173–94 # <http://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359>. # # A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is diff --git a/australasia b/australasia index 8fbb873..1742e0f 100644 --- a/australasia +++ b/australasia @@ -833,7 +833,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # I found in the UCLA library. # # For data circa 1899, a common source is: -# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94 +# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173–94 # <http://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359>. # # A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is @@ -859,7 +859,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # − 8:00 PST Pitcairn* # # See the 'northamerica' file for Hawaii. -# See the 'southamerica' file for Easter I and the Galapagos Is. +# See the 'southamerica' file for Easter I and the Galápagos Is. ############################################################################### diff --git a/europe b/europe index add6b28..4664edf 100644 --- a/europe +++ b/europe @@ -32,13 +32,13 @@ # <http://cs.ucla.edu/~eggert/The-Waste-of-Daylight-19th.pdf> # [PDF] (1914-03) # -# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94 +# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173–94 # <http://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359>. He writes: # "It is requested that corrections and additions to these tables # may be sent to Mr. John Milne, Royal Geographical Society, # Savile Row, London." Nowadays please email them to tz@iana.org. # -# Brazil's Departamento Servico da Hora (DSH), +# Brazil's Divisão Serviço da Hora (DSHO), # History of Summer Time # <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HISTHV.htm> # (1998-09-21, in Portuguese) @@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ # between 160 and 170 hours more daylight leisure, to a war which # plunged Europe into darkness for four years, and shook the # foundations of civilization throughout the world. -# — <http://www.winstonchurchill.org/fh114willett.htm> +# — <http://www.winstonchurchill.org/images/finesthour/Vol.01%20No.114.pdf> # "A Silent Toast to William Willett", Pictorial Weekly # From Paul Eggert (1996-09-03): @@ -169,7 +169,6 @@ # proponents (who eventually won the argument) are quoted as using "Summer". # From Arthur David Olson (1989-01-19): -# # A source at the British Information Office in New York avers that it's # known as "British" Summer Time in all parts of the United Kingdom. @@ -718,7 +717,7 @@ Zone Europe/Minsk 1:50:16 - LMT 1880 # Annuaire de L'Observatoire Royal de Belgique, # Avenue Circulaire, 3, B-1180 BRUXELLES, CLVIIe annee, 1991 # (Imprimerie HAYEZ, s.p.r.l., Rue Fin, 4, 1080 BRUXELLES, MCMXC), -# pp 8-9. +# pp 8–9. # LMT before 1892 was 0:17:30, according to the official journal of Belgium: # Moniteur Belge, Samedi 30 Avril 1892, N.121. # Thanks to Pascal Delmoitie for these references. @@ -893,7 +892,7 @@ Zone Atlantic/Faroe -0:27:04 - LMT 1908 Jan 11 # Torshavn # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): # Greenland joined the EU as part of Denmark, obtained home rule on 1979-05-01, # and left the EU on 1985-02-01. It therefore should have been using EU -# rules at least through 1984. Shanks & Pottenger say Scoresbysund and Godthab +# rules at least through 1984. Shanks & Pottenger say Scoresbysund and Godthåb # used C-Eur rules after 1980, but IATA SSIM (1991/1996) says they use EU # rules since at least 1991. Assume EU rules since 1980. @@ -932,16 +931,16 @@ Zone Atlantic/Faroe -0:27:04 - LMT 1908 Jan 11 # Torshavn # DPC research station at Zackenberg. # # Scoresbysund and two small villages nearby keep time UTC−1 and use -# the same daylight savings time period as in West Greenland (Godthab). +# the same daylight savings time period as in West Greenland (Godthåb). # -# The rest of Greenland, including Godthab (this area, although it +# The rest of Greenland, including Godthåb (this area, although it # includes central Greenland, is known as west Greenland), keeps time # UTC−3, with daylight savings methods according to European rules. # # It is common procedure to use UTC 0 in the wilderness of East and # North Greenland, because it is mainly Icelandic aircraft operators # maintaining traffic in these areas. However, the official status of -# this area is that it sticks with Godthab time. This area might be +# this area is that it sticks with Godthåb time. This area might be # considered a dual time zone in some respects because of this. # From Rives McDow (2001-11-19): @@ -950,8 +949,8 @@ Zone Atlantic/Faroe -0:27:04 - LMT 1908 Jan 11 # Torshavn # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): # From 1997 on the CIA map shows Danmarkshavn on GMT; -# the 1995 map as like Godthab. -# For lack of better info, assume they were like Godthab before 1996. +# the 1995 map as like Godthåb. +# For lack of better info, assume they were like Godthåb before 1996. # startkart.no says Thule does not observe DST, but this is clearly an error, # so go with Shanks & Pottenger for Thule transitions until this year. # For 2007 on assume Thule will stay in sync with US DST rules. diff --git a/northamerica b/northamerica index cc4afc6..539a1bf 100644 --- a/northamerica +++ b/northamerica @@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ Zone America/Adak 12:13:21 - LMT 1867 Oct 18 # Hawaii # From Arthur David Olson (2010-12-09): -# "Hawaiian Time" by Robert C. Schmitt and Doak C. Cox appears on pages 207-225 +# "Hawaiian Time" by Robert C. Schmitt and Doak C. Cox appears on pages 207–225 # of volume 26 of The Hawaiian Journal of History (1992). As of 2010-12-09, # the article is available at # http://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10524/239/2/JL26215.pdf @@ -1008,7 +1008,7 @@ Zone America/Menominee -5:50:27 - LMT 1885 Sep 18 12:00 # <http://cs.ucla.edu/~eggert/The-Waste-of-Daylight-19th.pdf> # [PDF] (1914-03) # -# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94 +# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173–94 # <http://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359>. # # See the 'europe' file for Greenland. @@ -1630,7 +1630,7 @@ Zone America/Atikokan -6:06:28 - LMT 1895 # the first Sunday of April of each year and two o'clock Central # Standard Time in the morning of the last Sunday of October next # following, one hour in advance of Central Standard Time."... -# I believe that the English legislation [of the old time act] had = +# I believe that the English legislation [of the old time act] had # been assented to (March 22, 1967).... # Also, as far as I can tell, there was no order-in-council varying # the time of Daylight Saving Time for 2005 and so the provisions of @@ -2322,18 +2322,18 @@ Zone America/Cancun -5:47:04 - LMT 1922 Jan 1 0:12:56 -6:00 - CST 1981 Dec 23 -5:00 Mexico E%sT 1998 Aug 2 2:00 -6:00 Mexico C%sT -# Campeche, Yucatan +# Campeche, Yucatán Zone America/Merida -5:58:28 - LMT 1922 Jan 1 0:01:32 -6:00 - CST 1981 Dec 23 -5:00 - EST 1982 Dec 2 -6:00 Mexico C%sT -# Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas (near US border) +# Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas (near US border) Zone America/Matamoros -6:40:00 - LMT 1921 Dec 31 23:20:00 -6:00 - CST 1988 -6:00 US C%sT 1989 -6:00 Mexico C%sT 2010 -6:00 US C%sT -# Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas (away from US border) +# Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas (away from US border) Zone America/Monterrey -6:41:16 - LMT 1921 Dec 31 23:18:44 -6:00 - CST 1988 -6:00 US C%sT 1989 @@ -2478,7 +2478,7 @@ Zone America/Santa_Isabel -7:39:28 - LMT 1922 Jan 1 0:20:32 # America/Tijuana only in that it did not observe DST from 1976 # through 1995. This was as per Shanks (1999). But Shanks & Pottenger say # Ensenada did not observe DST from 1948 through 1975. Guy Harris reports -# that the 1987 OAG says "Only Ensenada, Mexicale, San Felipe and +# that the 1987 OAG says "Only Ensenada, Mexicali, San Felipe and # Tijuana observe DST," which agrees with Shanks & Pottenger but implies that # DST-observance was a town-by-town matter back then. This concerns # data after 1970 so most likely there should be at least one Zone @@ -2844,7 +2844,7 @@ Zone America/El_Salvador -5:56:48 - LMT 1921 # San Salvador # Grenada # Guadeloupe -# St Barthelemy +# St Barthélemy # St Martin (French part) # See 'southamerica'. @@ -3077,7 +3077,7 @@ Zone America/Managua -5:45:08 - LMT 1890 # Panama # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Panama -5:18:08 - LMT 1890 - -5:19:36 - CMT 1908 Apr 22 # Colon Mean Time + -5:19:36 - CMT 1908 Apr 22 # Colón Mean Time -5:00 - EST # Puerto Rico diff --git a/southamerica b/southamerica index 695bcf8..4a01f3f 100644 --- a/southamerica +++ b/southamerica @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003). # # For data circa 1899, a common source is: -# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94 +# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173–94 # <http://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359>. # # Gwillim Law writes that a good source @@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ Zone America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos -4:36:52 - LMT 1894 Oct 31 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 2008 Oct 18 -3:00 - ART # -# Tierra del Fuego, Antartida e Islas del Atlantico Sur (TF) +# Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur (TF) Zone America/Argentina/Ushuaia -4:33:12 - LMT 1894 Oct 31 -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May # Córdoba Mean Time -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec @@ -722,7 +722,7 @@ Zone America/La_Paz -4:32:36 - LMT 1890 # From Paul Eggert (2002-10-10): # The official decrees referenced below are mostly taken from -# Decretos sobre o Horario de Verao no Brasil +# Decretos sobre o Horário de Verão no Brasil # <http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV.html>. # From Steffen Thorsen (2008-08-29): @@ -1328,7 +1328,7 @@ Zone America/Guayaquil -5:19:20 - LMT 1890 -5:00 - ECT # Ecuador Time Zone Pacific/Galapagos -5:58:24 - LMT 1931 # Puerto Baquerizo Moreno -5:00 - ECT 1986 - -6:00 - GALT # Galapagos Time + -6:00 - GALT # Galápagos Time # Falklands @@ -1598,7 +1598,7 @@ Link America/Port_of_Spain America/Grenada Link America/Port_of_Spain America/Guadeloupe Link America/Port_of_Spain America/Marigot # St Martin (French part) Link America/Port_of_Spain America/Montserrat -Link America/Port_of_Spain America/St_Barthelemy +Link America/Port_of_Spain America/St_Barthelemy # St Barthélemy Link America/Port_of_Spain America/St_Kitts # St Kitts & Nevis Link America/Port_of_Spain America/St_Lucia Link America/Port_of_Spain America/St_Thomas # Virgin Islands (US) -- 1.9.1