* NEWS: Document this. * asia (Asia/Gaza, Asia/Hebron): Fix typos, to use "EEST" instead of "EET" when abbreviating summer time before 1948. --- NEWS | 8 ++++++++ asia | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index da5c2a5..db9f03d 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,5 +1,13 @@ News for the tz database +Unreleased, experimental changes + + Changes to past time zone abbreviations + + Asia/Gaza and Asia/Hebron now use "EEST", not "EET", to denote + summer time before 1948. The old use of "EET" was a typo. + + Release 2016i - 2016-11-01 23:19:52 -0700 Briefly: Cyprus split into two time zones on 2016-10-30, and Tonga diff --git a/asia b/asia index 67164b3..bb7534a 100644 --- a/asia +++ b/asia @@ -2616,7 +2616,7 @@ Rule Palestine 2016 max - Oct lastSat 1:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct - 2:00 Zion EET 1948 May 15 + 2:00 Zion EET/EEST 1948 May 15 2:00 EgyptAsia EE%sT 1967 Jun 5 2:00 Zion I%sT 1996 2:00 Jordan EE%sT 1999 @@ -2629,7 +2629,7 @@ Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct 2:00 Palestine EE%sT Zone Asia/Hebron 2:20:23 - LMT 1900 Oct - 2:00 Zion EET 1948 May 15 + 2:00 Zion EET/EEST 1948 May 15 2:00 EgyptAsia EE%sT 1967 Jun 5 2:00 Zion I%sT 1996 2:00 Jordan EE%sT 1999 -- 2.7.4