This does not change any of the data. --- NEWS | 4 +++- Theory | 2 +- africa | 16 +++++++-------- antarctica | 67 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------- asia | 37 +++++++++++++++++---------------- australasia | 6 +++--- europe | 2 +- northamerica | 8 ++++---- southamerica | 2 +- 9 files changed, 82 insertions(+), 62 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 7d7c4c4..24c8562 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes In zone.tab, Pacific/Easter no longer mentions Salas y Gómez, as it is uninhabited. + Commentary about permanent Antarctic bases has been updated. + Release 2014e - 2014-06-12 21:53:52 -0700 @@ -1045,7 +1047,7 @@ Release 2010k - 2010-07-26 10:42:27 -0400 Release 2010j - 2010-05-10 09:07:48 -0400 - changes for Bahia de Banderas and for version naming + changes for Bahía de Banderas and for version naming Release data2010i - 2010-04-16 18:50:45 -0400 diff --git a/Theory b/Theory index c46ad79..2bd6a61 100644 --- a/Theory +++ b/Theory @@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ in decreasing order of importance: even if subregions' clocks disagreed before 1970. Otherwise these tables would become annoyingly large. If a name is ambiguous, use a less ambiguous alternative; - e.g. many cities are named San Jose and Georgetown, so + e.g. many cities are named San José and Georgetown, so prefer 'Costa_Rica' to 'San_Jose' and 'Guyana' to 'Georgetown'. Keep locations compact. Use cities or small islands, not countries or regions, so that any future time zone changes do not split diff --git a/africa b/africa index 84540ad..b2070f7 100644 --- a/africa +++ b/africa @@ -1012,14 +1012,14 @@ Zone Africa/Niamey 0:08:28 - LMT 1912 Zone Africa/Lagos 0:13:36 - LMT 1919 Sep 1:00 - WAT -# Reunion +# Réunion # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Indian/Reunion 3:41:52 - LMT 1911 Jun # Saint-Denis - 4:00 - RET # Reunion Time + 4:00 - RET # Réunion Time # -# Scattered Islands (Iles Eparses) administered from Reunion are as follows. +# Scattered Islands (Îles Éparses) administered from Réunion are as follows. # The following information about them is taken from -# Iles Eparses (www.outre-mer.gouv.fr/domtom/ile.htm, 1997-07-22, in French; +# Îles Éparses (www.outre-mer.gouv.fr/domtom/ile.htm, 1997-07-22, in French; # no longer available as of 1999-08-17). # We have no info about their time zone histories. # @@ -1044,7 +1044,7 @@ Zone Atlantic/St_Helena -0:22:48 - LMT 1890 # Jamestown # Ascension: on GMT, says usno1995 and the CIA # Gough (scientific station since 1955; sealers wintered previously): # on GMT, says the CIA -# Inaccessible, Nightingale: no information, but probably GMT +# Inaccessible, Nightingale: uninhabited # São Tomé and Príncipe # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] @@ -1105,7 +1105,7 @@ Zone Africa/Johannesburg 1:52:00 - LMT 1892 Feb 8 # # From <http://www.sunanews.net/sn13jane.html> # Sudan News Agency (2000-01-13), -# also reported by Michael De Beukelaer-Dossche via Steffen Thorsen: +# also reported by Michaël De Beukelaer-Dossche via Steffen Thorsen: # Clocks will be moved ahead for 60 minutes all over the Sudan as of noon # Saturday.... This was announced Thursday by Caretaker State Minister for # Manpower Abdul-Rahman Nur-Eddin. @@ -1143,7 +1143,7 @@ Zone Africa/Lome 0:04:52 - LMT 1893 # Tunisia # From Gwillim Law (2005-04-30): -# My correspondent, Risto Nykanen, has alerted me to another adoption of DST, +# My correspondent, Risto Nykänen, has alerted me to another adoption of DST, # this time in Tunisia. According to Yahoo France News # <http://fr.news.yahoo.com/050426/5/4dumk.html>, in a story attributed to AP # and dated 2005-04-26, "Tunisia has decided to advance its official time by @@ -1152,7 +1152,7 @@ Zone Africa/Lome 0:04:52 - LMT 1893 # Saturday." (My translation) # # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2005-05-02): -# LaPresse, the first national daily newspaper ... +# La Presse, the first national daily newspaper ... # <http://www.lapresse.tn/archives/archives280405/actualites/lheure.html> # ... DST for 2005: on: Sun May 1 0h standard time, off: Fri Sept. 30, # 1h standard time. diff --git a/antarctica b/antarctica index fef5ebb..45bbc41 100644 --- a/antarctica +++ b/antarctica @@ -52,11 +52,11 @@ Rule ChileAQ 2012 max - Sep Sun>=2 4:00u 1:00 S # Argentina - year-round bases # Belgrano II, Confin Coast, -770227-0343737, since 1972-02-05 -# Esperanza, San Martin Land, -6323-05659, since 1952-12-17 -# Jubany, Potter Peninsula, King George Island, -6414-0602320, since 1982-01 -# Marambio, Seymour I, -6414-05637, since 1969-10-29 +# Carlini, Potter Cove, King George Island, -6414-0602320, since 1982-01 +# Esperanza, Hope Bay, -6323-05659, since 1952-12-17 +# Marambio, -6414-05637, since 1969-10-29 # Orcadas, Laurie I, -6016-04444, since 1904-02-22 -# San Martin, Debenham I, -6807-06708, since 1951-03-21 +# San Martín, Barry I, -6808-06706, since 1951-03-21 # (except 1960-03 / 1976-03-21) # Australia - territories @@ -130,14 +130,20 @@ Zone Antarctica/Mawson 0 - zzz 1954 Feb 13 # Mawson Station, Antarctica (1998-02-25) # <http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/mawson/video.html> +# Belgium - year-round base +# Princess Elisabeth, Queen Maud Land, -713412+0231200, since 2007 + # Brazil - year-round base -# Comandante Ferraz, King George Island, -6205+05824, since 1983/4 +# Ferraz, King George Island, -6205+05824, since 1983/4 + +# Bulgaria - year-round base +# St. Kliment Ohridski, Livingston Island, -623829-0602153, since 1988 # Chile - year-round bases and towns # Escudero, South Shetland Is, -621157-0585735, since 1994 -# Presidente Eduadro Frei, King George Island, -6214-05848, since 1969-03-07 -# General Bernardo O'Higgins, Antarctic Peninsula, -6319-05704, since 1948-02 -# Capitan Arturo Prat, -6230-05941 +# Frei Montalva, King George Island, -6214-05848, since 1969-03-07 +# O'Higgins, Antarctic Peninsula, -6319-05704, since 1948-02 +# Prat, -6230-05941 # Villa Las Estrellas (a town), around the Frei base, since 1984-04-09 # These locations have always used Santiago time; use TZ='America/Santiago'. @@ -145,20 +151,20 @@ Zone Antarctica/Mawson 0 - zzz 1954 Feb 13 # Great Wall, King George Island, -6213-05858, since 1985-02-20 # Zhongshan, Larsemann Hills, Prydz Bay, -6922+07623, since 1989-02-26 -# France - year-round bases +# France - year-round bases (also see "France & Italy") # # From Antoine Leca (1997-01-20): # Time data are from Nicole Pailleau at the IFRTP # (French Institute for Polar Research and Technology). -# She confirms that French Southern Territories and Terre Adelie bases -# don't observe daylight saving time, even if Terre Adelie supplies came +# She confirms that French Southern Territories and Terre Adélie bases +# don't observe daylight saving time, even if Terre Adélie supplies came # from Tasmania. # # French Southern Territories with year-round inhabitants # -# Martin-de-Vivies Base, Amsterdam Island, -374105+0773155, since 1950 -# Alfred-Faure Base, Crozet Islands, -462551+0515152, since 1964 -# Port-aux-Francais, Kerguelen Islands, -492110+0701303, since 1951; +# Martin-de-Viviès, Amsterdam Island, -374105+0773155, since 1950 +# Alfred-Faure, Crozet Islands, -462551+0515152, since 1964 +# Port-aux-Français, Kerguelen Islands, -492110+0701303, since 1951; # whaling & sealing station operated 1908/1914, 1920/1929, and 1951/1956 # # St Paul Island - near Amsterdam, uninhabited @@ -169,7 +175,8 @@ Zone Indian/Kerguelen 0 - zzz 1950 # Port-aux-Francais 5:00 - TFT # ISO code TF Time # # year-round base in the main continent -# Dumont-d'Urville, Ile des Petrels, -6640+14001, since 1956-11 +# Dumont d'Urville, Île des Pétrels, -6640+14001, since 1956-11 +# <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumont_d'Urville_Station> (2005-12-05) # # Another base at Port-Martin, 50km east, began operation in 1947. # It was destroyed by fire on 1952-01-14. @@ -179,19 +186,22 @@ Zone Antarctica/DumontDUrville 0 - zzz 1947 10:00 - PMT 1952 Jan 14 # Port-Martin Time 0 - zzz 1956 Nov 10:00 - DDUT # Dumont-d'Urville Time -# Reference: -# Dumont d'Urville Station (2005-12-05) -# <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumont_d'Urville_Station> + +# France & Italy - year-round base +# Concordia, -750600+1232000, since 2005 # Germany - year-round base -# Georg von Neumayer, -7039-00815 +# Neumayer III, -704080-0081602, since 2009 -# India - year-round base -# Dakshin Gangotri, -7005+01200 +# India - year-round bases +# Bharati, -692428+0761114, since 2012 +# Maitri, -704558+0114356, since 1989 + +# Italy - year-round base (also see "France & Italy") +# Zuchelli, Terra Nova Bay, -744140+1640647, since 1986 # Japan - year-round bases -# Dome Fuji, -7719+03942 -# Syowa, -690022+0393524 +# Syowa (also known as Showa), -690022+0393524, since 1957 # # From Hideyuki Suzuki (1999-02-06): # In all Japanese stations, +0300 is used as the standard time. @@ -207,6 +217,7 @@ Zone Antarctica/Syowa 0 - zzz 1957 Jan 29 # <http://www.nipr.ac.jp/english/ara01.html> # S Korea - year-round base +# Jang Bogo, Terra Nova Bay, -743700+1641205 since 2014 # King Sejong, King George Island, -6213-05847, since 1988 # New Zealand - claims @@ -255,6 +266,9 @@ Zone Antarctica/Troll 0 - zzz 2005 Feb 12 # Poland - year-round base # Arctowski, King George Island, -620945-0582745, since 1977 +# Romania - year-bound base +# Law-Racoviţă, Larsemann Hills, -692319+0762251, since 1986 + # Russia - year-round bases # Bellingshausen, King George Island, -621159-0585337, since 1968-02-22 # Mirny, Davis coast, -6633+09301, since 1956-02 @@ -292,9 +306,12 @@ Zone Antarctica/Vostok 0 - zzz 1957 Dec 16 # S Africa - year-round bases # Marion Island, -4653+03752 -# Sanae, -7141-00250 +# SANAE IV, Vesleskarvet, Queen Maud Land, -714022-0025026, since 1997 + +# Ukraine - year-round base +# Vernadsky (formerly Faraday), Galindez Island, -651445-0641526, since 1954 -# UK +# United Kingdom # # British Antarctic Territories (BAT) claims # South Orkney Islands diff --git a/asia b/asia index ccfdab1..d7fa8c8 100644 --- a/asia +++ b/asia @@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ Zone Asia/Baku 3:19:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 # Bahrain # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Bahrain 3:22:20 - LMT 1920 # Al Manamah +Zone Asia/Bahrain 3:22:20 - LMT 1920 # Manamah 4:00 - GST 1972 Jun 3:00 - AST @@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ Zone Asia/Phnom_Penh 6:59:40 - LMT 1906 Jun 9 # the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region). I don't know about DST for it. # # . . .I just deleted the DST table and this editor makes it too -# painful to suck in another copy.. So, here is what I have for +# painful to suck in another copy. So, here is what I have for # DST start/end dates for Peking's time zone (info from AP): # # 1986 May 4 - Sept 14 @@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ Zone Asia/Tbilisi 2:59:16 - LMT 1880 # See Indonesia for the 1945 transition. -# From Joao Carrascalao, brother of the former governor of East Timor, in +# From João Carrascalão, brother of the former governor of East Timor, in # East Timor may be late for its millennium # <http://etan.org/et99c/december/26-31/30ETMAY.htm> (1999-12-26/31): # Portugal tried to change the time forward in 1974 because the sun @@ -749,7 +749,7 @@ Zone Asia/Kolkata 5:53:28 - LMT 1880 # Kolkata # other formal surrender ceremonies were September 9, 11, and 13, plus # September 12 for the regional surrender to Mountbatten in Singapore. # These would be the earliest possible times for a change. -# Regimes horaires pour le monde entier, by Henri Le Corre, (Editions +# Régimes horaires pour le monde entier, by Henri Le Corre, (Éditions # Traditionnelles, 1987, Paris) says that Java and Madura switched # from JST to UTC+07:30 on 1945-09-23, and gives 1944-09-01 for Jayapura # (Hollandia). For now, assume all Indonesian locations other than Jayapura @@ -1627,7 +1627,7 @@ Zone Indian/Maldives 4:54:00 - LMT 1880 # Male # General Information Mongolia # <http://www.mongoliatourism.gov.mn/general.htm> (1999-09) # "Time: Mongolia has two time zones. Three westernmost provinces of -# Bayan-Ulgii, Uvs, and Hovd are one hour earlier than the capital city, and +# Bayan-Ölgii, Uvs, and Hovd are one hour earlier than the capital city, and # the rest of the country follows the Ulaanbaatar time, which is UTC/GMT plus # eight hours." @@ -1638,7 +1638,7 @@ Zone Indian/Maldives 4:54:00 - LMT 1880 # Male # of implementation may have been different.... # Some maps in the past have indicated that there was an additional time # zone in the eastern part of Mongolia, including the provinces of Dornod, -# Suhbaatar, and possibly Khentij. +# Sükhbaatar, and possibly Khentii. # From Paul Eggert (1999-12-15): # Naming and spelling is tricky in Mongolia. @@ -1652,10 +1652,10 @@ Zone Indian/Maldives 4:54:00 - LMT 1880 # Male # (adopted DST on 2001-04-27 02:00 local time, ending 2001-09-28), # there are three time zones. # -# Provinces [at 7:00]: Bayan-ulgii, Uvs, Khovd, Zavkhan, Govi-Altai -# Provinces [at 8:00]: Khovsgol, Bulgan, Arkhangai, Khentii, Tov, -# Bayankhongor, Ovorkhangai, Dundgovi, Dornogovi, Omnogovi -# Provinces [at 9:00]: Dornod, Sukhbaatar +# Provinces [at 7:00]: Bayan-Ölgii, Uvs, Khovd, Zavkhan, Govi-Altai +# Provinces [at 8:00]: Khövsgöl, Bulgan, Arkhangai, Khentii, Töv, +# Bayankhongor, Övörkhangai, Dundgovi, Dornogovi, Ömnögovi +# Provinces [at 9:00]: Dornod, Sükhbaatar # # [The province of Selenge is omitted from the above lists.] @@ -1672,7 +1672,7 @@ Zone Indian/Maldives 4:54:00 - LMT 1880 # Male # We have wildly conflicting information about Mongolia's time zones. # Bill Bonnet (2005-05-19) reports that the US Embassy in Ulaanbaatar says # there is only one time zone and that DST is observed, citing Microsoft -# Windows XP as the source. Risto Nykanen (2005-05-16) reports that +# Windows XP as the source. Risto Nykänen (2005-05-16) reports that # travelmongolia.org says there are two time zones (UTC+7, UTC+8) with no DST. # Oscar van Vlijmen (2005-05-20) reports that the Mongolian Embassy in # Washington, DC says there are two time zones, with DST observed. @@ -1681,7 +1681,7 @@ Zone Indian/Maldives 4:54:00 - LMT 1880 # Male # which also says that there is DST, and which has a comment by "Toddius" # (2005-03-31 06:05 +0700) saying "Mongolia actually has 3.5 time zones. # The West (OLGII) is +7 GMT, most of the country is ULAT is +8 GMT -# and some Eastern provinces are +9 GMT but Sukhbaatar Aimag is SUHK +8.5 GMT. +# and some Eastern provinces are +9 GMT but Sükhbaatar Aimag is SUHK +8.5 GMT. # The SUKH timezone is new this year, it is one of the few things the # parliament passed during the tumultuous winter session." # For now, let's ignore this information, until we have more confirmation. @@ -1729,7 +1729,7 @@ Rule Mongol 1983 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - # (1996-09) says 1996-10-25. Go with Shanks & Pottenger through 1998. # # Shanks & Pottenger say that the Sept. 1984 through Sept. 1990 switches -# in Choibalsan (more precisely, in Dornod and Sukhbaatar) took place +# in Choibalsan (more precisely, in Dornod and Sükhbaatar) took place # at 02:00 standard time, not at 00:00 local time as in the rest of # the country. That would be odd, and possibly is a result of their # correction of 02:00 (in the previous edition) not being done correctly @@ -2232,10 +2232,11 @@ Zone Asia/Hebron 2:20:23 - LMT 1900 Oct # no information # Philippines -# On 1844-08-16, Narciso Claveria, governor-general of the +# On 1844-08-16, Narciso Clavería, governor-general of the # Philippines, issued a proclamation announcing that 1844-12-30 was to -# be immediately followed by 1845-01-01. Robert H. van Gent has a -# transcript of the decree in <http://www.phys.uu.nl/~vgent/idl/idl.htm>. +# be immediately followed by 1845-01-01; see R.H. van Gent's +# History of the International Date Line +# <http://www.staff.science.uu.nl/~gent0113/idl/idl_philippines.htm>. # The rest of the data are from Shanks & Pottenger. # From Paul Eggert (2006-04-25): @@ -2589,8 +2590,8 @@ Zone Asia/Tashkent 4:37:12 - LMT 1924 May 2 # and Pottenger. # From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-18): -# The English-language name of Vietnam's most populous city is "Ho Chi Min City"; -# we use Ho_Chi_Minh below to avoid a name of more than 14 characters. +# The English-language name of Vietnam's most populous city is "Ho Chi Minh +# City"; use Ho_Chi_Minh below to avoid a name of more than 14 characters. # From Shanks & Pottenger: # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] diff --git a/australasia b/australasia index 02c25e6..d4fdf1c 100644 --- a/australasia +++ b/australasia @@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Chatham 12:13:48 - LMT 1957 Jan 1 Link Pacific/Auckland Antarctica/McMurdo # Auckland Is -# uninhabited; Maori and Moriori, colonial settlers, pastoralists, sealers, +# uninhabited; Māori and Moriori, colonial settlers, pastoralists, sealers, # and scientific personnel have wintered # Campbell I @@ -1606,8 +1606,8 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # advancing its time to maintain the differential of 13 degrees # (approximately 50 minutes ahead of New Zealand time). # -# Because His Majesty King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV, then Crown Prince -# Tungi, preferred to ensure Tonga's title as the land where time +# Because His Majesty King Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV, then Crown Prince +# Tungī, preferred to ensure Tonga's title as the land where time # begins, the Legislative Assembly approved the latter change. # # But some of the older, more conservative members from the outer diff --git a/europe b/europe index 9ff95b7..680c7a5 100644 --- a/europe +++ b/europe @@ -2605,7 +2605,7 @@ Zone Europe/Stockholm 1:12:12 - LMT 1879 Jan 1 # night as an absolute novelty, because this was the first time that such # a thing had happened in Switzerland. # -# I have also checked 1916, because one book source (Gabriel, Traite de +# I have also checked 1916, because one book source (Gabriel, Traité de # l'heure dans le monde) claims that Switzerland had DST in 1916. This is # false, no official document could be found. Probably Gabriel got misled # by references to Germany, which introduced DST in 1916 for the first time. diff --git a/northamerica b/northamerica index 68f3b12..3c2d434 100644 --- a/northamerica +++ b/northamerica @@ -2571,7 +2571,7 @@ Zone America/Cayman -5:25:32 - LMT 1890 # Georgetown # Costa Rica -# Milne gives -5:36:13.3 as San Jose mean time; round to nearest. +# Milne gives -5:36:13.3 as San José mean time; round to nearest. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule CR 1979 1980 - Feb lastSun 0:00 1:00 D @@ -2581,10 +2581,10 @@ Rule CR 1991 1992 - Jan Sat>=15 0:00 1:00 D # go with Shanks & Pottenger. Rule CR 1991 only - Jul 1 0:00 0 S Rule CR 1992 only - Mar 15 0:00 0 S -# There are too many San Joses elsewhere, so we'll use 'Costa Rica'. +# There are too many San Josés elsewhere, so we'll use 'Costa Rica'. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone America/Costa_Rica -5:36:13 - LMT 1890 # San Jose - -5:36:13 - SJMT 1921 Jan 15 # San Jose Mean Time +Zone America/Costa_Rica -5:36:13 - LMT 1890 # San José + -5:36:13 - SJMT 1921 Jan 15 # San José Mean Time -6:00 CR C%sT # Coco # no information; probably like America/Costa_Rica diff --git a/southamerica b/southamerica index 870f864..f0e7776 100644 --- a/southamerica +++ b/southamerica @@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ Rule Arg 2008 only - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S # Here are articles that Argentina Province San Luis is planning to end DST # as earlier as upcoming Monday January 21, 2008 or February 2008: # -# Provincia argentina retrasa reloj y marca diferencia con resto del pais +# Provincia argentina retrasa reloj y marca diferencia con resto del país # (Argentine Province delayed clock and mark difference with the rest of the # country) # http://cl.invertia.com/noticias/noticia.aspx?idNoticia=200801171849_EFE_ET43... -- 1.9.1