Below find proposed changes to time zone package files; the executive summary: antarctica Changes to Australian stations asia Change Syria DST start from last Friday in March to first Friday in April in 2010 and forward australasia Correct 2010 Samoa DST start date tz-art.htm Add "Inherit the Wind" quote (thanks to Mark Brader) zone.tab Add Antarctica/Macquarie zic.8 Add material on case, abbreviations, and use of English If no problems are found, these are to appear on the ftp site on 2010-03-22. --ado diff -r -c old/antarctica new/antarctica *** old/antarctica Wed Jan 6 10:21:32 2010 --- new/antarctica Wed Mar 17 11:37:42 2010 *************** *** 1,5 **** # <pre> ! # @(#)antarctica 8.7 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. --- 1,5 ---- # <pre> ! # @(#)antarctica 8.8 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. *************** *** 57,62 **** --- 57,89 ---- Rule ChileAQ 1999 max - Oct Sun>=9 4:00u 1:00 S Rule ChileAQ 2000 max - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - + # These rules are stolen from the `australasia' file. + Rule AusAQ 1917 only - Jan 1 0:01 1:00 - + Rule AusAQ 1917 only - Mar 25 2:00 0 - + Rule AusAQ 1942 only - Jan 1 2:00 1:00 - + Rule AusAQ 1942 only - Mar 29 2:00 0 - + Rule AusAQ 1942 only - Sep 27 2:00 1:00 - + Rule AusAQ 1943 1944 - Mar lastSun 2:00 0 - + Rule AusAQ 1943 only - Oct 3 2:00 1:00 - + Rule ATAQ 1967 only - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 - + Rule ATAQ 1968 only - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - + Rule ATAQ 1968 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - + Rule ATAQ 1969 1971 - Mar Sun>=8 2:00s 0 - + Rule ATAQ 1972 only - Feb lastSun 2:00s 0 - + Rule ATAQ 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - + Rule ATAQ 1982 1983 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - + Rule ATAQ 1984 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - + Rule ATAQ 1986 only - Oct Sun>=15 2:00s 1:00 - + Rule ATAQ 1987 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 - + Rule ATAQ 1987 only - Oct Sun>=22 2:00s 1:00 - + Rule ATAQ 1988 1990 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - + Rule ATAQ 1991 1999 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 - + Rule ATAQ 1991 2005 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - + Rule ATAQ 2000 only - Aug lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - + Rule ATAQ 2001 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 - + Rule ATAQ 2006 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - + Rule ATAQ 2007 only - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - + Rule ATAQ 2008 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - # Argentina - year-round bases # Belgrano II, Confin Coast, -770227-0343737, since 1972-02-05 *************** *** 98,117 **** # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/antarctica-new-times.html # </a> # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Antarctica/Casey 0 - zzz 1969 8:00 - WST 2009 Oct 18 2:00 # Western (Aus) Standard Time ! 11:00 - CAST # Casey Time Zone Antarctica/Davis 0 - zzz 1957 Jan 13 7:00 - DAVT 1964 Nov # Davis Time 0 - zzz 1969 Feb 7:00 - DAVT 2009 Oct 18 2:00 ! 5:00 - DAVT Zone Antarctica/Mawson 0 - zzz 1954 Feb 13 6:00 - MAWT 2009 Oct 18 2:00 # Mawson Time 5:00 - MAWT # References: # <a href="http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/casey/casey_aws.html"> # Casey Weather (1998-02-26) --- 125,176 ---- # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/antarctica-new-times.html # </a> + # From Steffen Thorsen (2010-03-10): + # We got these changes from the Australian Antarctic Division: + # - Macquarie Island will stay on UTC+11 for winter and therefore not + # switch back from daylight savings time when other parts of Australia do + # on 4 April. + # + # - Casey station reverted to its normal time of UTC+8 on 5 March 2010. + # The change to UTC+11 is being considered as a regular summer thing but + # has not been decided yet. + # + # - Davis station will revert to its normal time of UTC+7 at 10 March 2010 + # 20:00 UTC. + # + # - Mawson station stays on UTC+5. + # + # In addition to the Rule changes for Casey/Davis, it means that Macquarie + # will no longer be like Hobart and will have to have its own Zone created. + # + # Background: + # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/antartica-time-changes-2010.html"> + # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/antartica-time-changes-2010.html + # </a> + # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Antarctica/Casey 0 - zzz 1969 8:00 - WST 2009 Oct 18 2:00 # Western (Aus) Standard Time ! 11:00 - CAST 2010 Mar 5 2:00 ! # Casey Time ! 8:00 - WST Zone Antarctica/Davis 0 - zzz 1957 Jan 13 7:00 - DAVT 1964 Nov # Davis Time 0 - zzz 1969 Feb 7:00 - DAVT 2009 Oct 18 2:00 ! 5:00 - DAVT 2010 Mar 10 20:00u ! 7:00 - DAVT Zone Antarctica/Mawson 0 - zzz 1954 Feb 13 6:00 - MAWT 2009 Oct 18 2:00 # Mawson Time 5:00 - MAWT + Zone Antarctica/Macquarie 0 - zzz 1911 + 10:00 - EST 1916 Oct 1 2:00 + 10:00 1:00 EST 1917 Feb + 10:00 AusAQ EST 1967 + 10:00 ATAQ EST 2010 Apr 4 3:00 + 11:00 - MIST # Macquarie Island Time # References: # <a href="http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/casey/casey_aws.html"> # Casey Weather (1998-02-26) diff -r -c old/asia new/asia *** old/asia Mon Mar 8 14:24:27 2010 --- new/asia Wed Mar 17 10:33:04 2010 *************** *** 1,4 **** ! # @(#)asia 8.55 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. --- 1,4 ---- ! # @(#)asia 8.56 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. *************** *** 2438,2446 **** # Thursday of the month or the start of the last Friday of the month or # something else. For now, use the start of the last Friday. Rule Syria 2008 only - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Syria 2008 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 - ! Rule Syria 2009 max - Mar lastFri 0:00 1:00 S Rule Syria 2009 max - Oct lastFri 0:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] --- 2438,2455 ---- # Thursday of the month or the start of the last Friday of the month or # something else. For now, use the start of the last Friday. + # From Steffen Thorsen (2010-03-17): + # The "Syrian News Station" reported on 2010-03-16 that the Council of + # Ministers has decided that Syria will start DST on midnight Thursday + # 2010-04-01: (midnight between Thursday and Friday): + # <a href="http://sns.sy/sns/?path=news/read/11421"> + # http://sns.sy/sns/?path=news/read/11421 (Arabic) + # </a> + Rule Syria 2008 only - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Syria 2008 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 - ! Rule Syria 2009 only - Mar lastFri 0:00 1:00 S ! Rule Syria 2010 max - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Syria 2009 max - Oct lastFri 0:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] diff -r -c old/australasia new/australasia *** old/australasia Wed Mar 3 17:56:19 2010 --- new/australasia Wed Mar 17 10:27:07 2010 *************** *** 1,5 **** # <pre> ! # @(#)australasia 8.16 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. --- 1,5 ---- # <pre> ! # @(#)australasia 8.17 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. *************** *** 490,496 **** Zone Pacific/Apia 12:33:04 - LMT 1879 Jul 5 -11:26:56 - LMT 1911 -11:30 - SAMT 1950 # Samoa Time ! -11:00 - WST 2010 Oct 24 -11:00 1:00 WSDT 2011 Apr 3 -11:00 - WST --- 490,496 ---- Zone Pacific/Apia 12:33:04 - LMT 1879 Jul 5 -11:26:56 - LMT 1911 -11:30 - SAMT 1950 # Samoa Time ! -11:00 - WST 2010 Sep 26 -11:00 1:00 WSDT 2011 Apr 3 -11:00 - WST diff -r -c old/tz-art.htm new/tz-art.htm *** old/tz-art.htm Thu Feb 11 21:50:04 2010 --- new/tz-art.htm Wed Mar 17 10:50:50 2010 *************** *** 9,15 **** <body> <h1>Time and the Arts</h1> <address> ! @(#)tz-art.htm 8.16 </address> <p> This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of --- 9,15 ---- <body> <h1>Time and the Arts</h1> <address> ! @(#)tz-art.htm 8.17 </address> <p> This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of *************** *** 417,422 **** --- 417,434 ---- as noted by Will Fitzerald) </li> <li> + Brady: "...[Bishop Usher] determined that the Lord began the Creation + on the 23rd of October in the Year 4004 B.C. at -- uh, at 9 A.M.!" + <br> + Drummond: "That Eastern Standard Time? (Laughter) Or Rocky Mountain + Time? (More laughter) It wasn't daylight-saving time, was it? Because + the Lord didn't make the sun until the fourth day!" + <br> + (From the play "Inherit the Wind" by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, + filmed in 1960 with Spencer Tracy as Drummond and Fredric March as + Brady, and several other times. Thanks to Mark Brader.) + </li> + <li> "Good news." "What did they do? Extend Daylight Saving Time year round?" (Professional tanner George Hamilton, in dialog from a diff -r -c old/zic.8 new/zic.8 *** old/zic.8 Wed Jan 6 10:21:34 2010 --- new/zic.8 Tue Mar 16 13:11:55 2010 *************** *** 109,114 **** --- 109,117 ---- Non-blank lines are expected to be of one of three types: rule lines, zone lines, and link lines. .PP + Names (such as month names) must be in English and are case insensitive. + Abbreviations, if used, must be unambiguous in context. + .PP A rule line has the form .nf .ti +.5i *************** *** 490,495 **** /usr/local/etc/zoneinfo standard directory used for created files .SH "SEE ALSO" newctime(3), tzfile(5), zdump(8) ! .\" @(#)zic.8 8.5 .\" This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of .\" 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. --- 493,498 ---- /usr/local/etc/zoneinfo standard directory used for created files .SH "SEE ALSO" newctime(3), tzfile(5), zdump(8) ! .\" @(#)zic.8 8.6 .\" This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of .\" 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. diff -r -c old/zone.tab new/zone.tab *** old/zone.tab Wed Jan 20 12:25:55 2010 --- new/zone.tab Wed Mar 17 11:01:07 2010 *************** *** 1,5 **** # <pre> ! # @(#)zone.tab 8.33 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. # --- 1,5 ---- # <pre> ! # @(#)zone.tab 8.34 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. # *************** *** 44,49 **** --- 44,50 ---- AQ -7824+10654 Antarctica/Vostok Vostok Station, S Magnetic Pole AQ -6640+14001 Antarctica/DumontDUrville Dumont-d'Urville Station, Terre Adelie AQ -690022+0393524 Antarctica/Syowa Syowa Station, E Ongul I + AQ -5430+15857 Antarctica/Macquarie Macquarie Island Station, Macquarie Island AR -3436-05827 America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires Buenos Aires (BA, CF) AR -3124-06411 America/Argentina/Cordoba most locations (CB, CC, CN, ER, FM, MN, SE, SF) AR -2447-06525 America/Argentina/Salta (SA, LP, NQ, RN)