Plus, update a now-obsolete source for Samoa's late-2011 change to the International Date Line. --- Makefile | 2 +- NEWS | 4 ++-- Theory | 2 +- asia | 22 +++++++++++----------- australasia | 44 +++++++------------------------------------- europe | 8 ++++---- northamerica | 4 ++-- southamerica | 4 ++-- 8 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 60 deletions(-) diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index ff941a0..8de640a 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ LDLIBS= # year 2000 grief # -Dtime_tz=\"T\" to use T as the time_t type, rather than the system time_t # -DTZ_DOMAIN=\"foo\" to use "foo" for gettext domain name; default is "tz" -# -TTZ_DOMAINDIR=\"/path\" to use "/path" for gettext directory; +# -DTZ_DOMAINDIR=\"/path\" to use "/path" for gettext directory; # the default is system-supplied, typically "/usr/lib/locale" # -DTZDEFRULESTRING=\",date/time,date/time\" to default to the specified # DST transitions if the time zone files cannot be accessed diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 789f955..162a113 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1184,7 +1184,7 @@ Release data2009m - 2009-09-03 10:23:43 -0400 Release data2009l - 2009-08-14 09:13:07 -0400 - Samao (comments only) and Egypt + Samoa (comments only) and Egypt Release 2009k - 2009-07-20 09:46:08 -0400 @@ -1512,7 +1512,7 @@ Release 2005o - 2005-11-28 10:55:26 -0500 Release 2005n - 2005-10-03 09:44:09 -0400 - changes by Paul Eggert (both the Uruguary changes and the Kyrgyzstan + changes by Paul Eggert (both the Uruguay changes and the Kyrgyzstan et al. changes) diff --git a/Theory b/Theory index ef26751..a956d85 100644 --- a/Theory +++ b/Theory @@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ Gregorian calendar: 14/25 Dec 1583 - Steiermark 06/17 Jan 1584 - Austria and Bohemia -11/22 Jan 1584 - Luzern, Uri, Schwyz, Zug, Freiburg, Solothurn +11/22 Jan 1584 - Lucerne, Uri, Schwyz, Zug, Freiburg, Solothurn 12/23 Jan 1584 - Silesia and the Lausitz 22 Jan/ 02 Feb 1584 - Hungary (legally on 21 Oct 1587) diff --git a/asia b/asia index 5f76ab7..54a8dc7 100644 --- a/asia +++ b/asia @@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ Zone Asia/Phnom_Penh 6:59:40 - LMT 1906 Jun 9 # No they don't. See TIME mag, 1986-02-17 p.52. Even though # China is across 4 physical time zones, before Feb 1, 1986 only the # Peking (Beijing) time zone was recognized. Since that date, China -# has two of 'em - Peking's and Urumqi (named after the capital of +# has two of 'em - Peking's and Ürümqi (named after the capital of # 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 @@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ Rule PRC 1987 1991 - Apr Sun>=10 0:00 1:00 D # separately: daylight savings (which, you're correct, wasn't # implemented until the 1980s) and the unified time zone centered near # Beijing (which was implemented in 1949). Briefly, there was also a -# "Lhasa Time" in Tibet and "Urumqi Time" in Xinjiang. The first was +# "Lhasa Time" in Tibet and "Ürümqi Time" in Xinjiang. The first was # ceased, and the second eventually recognized (again, in the 1980s). # # From Paul Eggert (2008-06-30): @@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ Zone Asia/Chongqing 7:06:20 - LMT 1928 # or Chungking # Wusu, Qiemo, Xinyan, Wulanwusu, Jinghe, Yumin, Tacheng, Tuoli, Emin, # Shihezi, Changji, Yanqi, Heshuo, Tuokexun, Tulufan, Shanshan, Hami, # Fukang, Kuitun, Kumukuli, Miquan, Qitai, and Turfan. -Zone Asia/Urumqi 5:50:20 - LMT 1928 # Ürümqi or Urumchi +Zone Asia/Urumqi 5:50:20 - LMT 1928 # Ürümqi or Ürümchi 6:00 - URUT 1980 May # Ürümqi Time 8:00 PRC C%sT # Kunlun Time @@ -403,9 +403,9 @@ Zone Asia/Urumqi 5:50:20 - LMT 1928 # Ürümqi or Urumchi # population of Xinjiang, typically use "Xinjiang time" which is two # hours behind Beijing time, or UTC +0600. The government of the Xinjiang # Uyghur Autonomous Region, (XAUR, or just Xinjiang for short) as well as -# local governments such as the Urumqi city government use both times in +# local governments such as the Ürümqi city government use both times in # publications, referring to what is popularly called Xinjiang time as -# "Urumqi time." When Uyghurs make an appointment in the Uyghur language +# "Ürümqi time." When Uyghurs make an appointment in the Uyghur language # they almost invariably use Xinjiang time. # # (Their ethnic Han compatriots would typically have no clue of its @@ -418,17 +418,17 @@ Zone Asia/Urumqi 5:50:20 - LMT 1928 # Ürümqi or Urumchi # time. Some areas remained on standard Xinjiang time or Beijing time and # others moving their clocks ahead.) # -# ...an example of an official website using of Urumqi time. +# ...an example of an official website using of Ürümqi time. # # The first few lines of the Google translation of # http://www.fjysgl.gov.cn/show.aspx?id=2379&cid=39 # (retrieved 2009-10-13) -# > Urumqi fire seven people are missing the alleged losses of at least +# > Ürümqi fire seven people are missing the alleged losses of at least # > 500 million yuan # > -# > (Reporter Dong Liu) the day before 20:20 or so (Urumqi Time 18:20), -# > Urumqi City Department of International Plaza Luther Qiantang River -# > burst fire. As of yesterday, 18:30, Urumqi City Fire officers and men +# > (Reporter Dong Liu) the day before 20:20 or so (Ürümqi Time 18:20), +# > Ürümqi City Department of International Plaza Luther Qiantang River +# > burst fire. As of yesterday, 18:30, Ürümqi City Fire officers and men # > have worked continuously for 22 hours... # From Luther Ma (2009-11-19): @@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ Zone Asia/Urumqi 5:50:20 - LMT 1928 # Ürümqi or Urumchi # 3. Urumqi... # 4. Kashgar... # ... -# 5. It seems that Uyghurs in Urumqi has been using Xinjiang since at least the +# 5. It seems that Uyghurs in Ürümqi has been using Xinjiang since at least the # 1960's. I know of one Han, now over 50, who grew up in the surrounding # countryside and used Xinjiang time as a child. # diff --git a/australasia b/australasia index 045be88..1cb34a3 100644 --- a/australasia +++ b/australasia @@ -571,42 +571,12 @@ Zone Pacific/Pago_Pago 12:37:12 - LMT 1879 Jul 5 # # http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/markets/newsfeeditem.aspx?id=138501958347963 -# From Mark Sim-Smith (2011-08-17): -# I have been in contact with Leilani Tuala Warren from the Samoa Law -# Reform Commission, and she has sent me a copy of the Bill that she -# confirmed has been passed...Most of the sections are about maps rather -# than the time zone change, but I'll paste the relevant bits below. But -# the essence is that at midnight 29 Dec (UTC-11 I suppose), Samoa -# changes from UTC-11 to UTC+13: -# -# International Date Line Bill 2011 -# -# AN ACT to provide for the change to standard time in Samoa and to make -# consequential amendments to the position of the International Date -# Line, and for related purposes. -# -# BE IT ENACTED by the Legislative Assembly of Samoa in Parliament -# assembled as follows: -# -# 1. Short title and commencement-(1) This Act may be cited as the -# International Date Line Act 2011. (2) Except for section 5(3) this Act -# commences at 12 o'clock midnight, on Thursday 29th December 2011. (3) -# Section 5(3) commences on the date of assent by the Head of State. -# -# [snip] -# -# 3. Interpretation - [snip] "Samoa standard time" in this Act and any -# other statute of Samoa which refers to 'Samoa standard time' means the -# time 13 hours in advance of Co-ordinated Universal Time. -# -# 4. Samoa standard time - (1) Upon the commencement of this Act, Samoa -# standard time shall be set at 13 hours in advance of Co-ordinated -# Universal Time for the whole of Samoa. (2) All references to Samoa's -# time zone and to Samoa standard time in Samoa in all legislation and -# instruments after the commencement of this Act shall be references to -# Samoa standard time as provided for in this Act. (3) Nothing in this -# Act affects the provisions of the Daylight Saving Act 2009, except that -# it defines Samoa standard time.... +# From Paul Eggert (2014-06-27): +# The International Date Line Act 2011 +# http://www.parliament.gov.ws/images/ACTS/International_Date_Line_Act__2011_-... +# changed Samoa from UTC-11 to UTC+13, effective "12 o'clock midnight, on +# Thursday 29th December 2011". The International Date Line was adjusted +# accordingly. # From Laupue Raymond Hughes (2011-09-02): # http://www.mcil.gov.ws/mcil_publications.html @@ -649,7 +619,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Apia 12:33:04 - LMT 1879 Jul 5 -11:00 - WST 2010 Sep 26 -11:00 1:00 WSDT 2011 Apr 2 4:00 -11:00 - WST 2011 Sep 24 3:00 - -11:00 1:00 WSDT 2011 Dec 30 + -11:00 1:00 WSDT 2011 Dec 29 24:00 13:00 1:00 WSDT 2012 Apr Sun>=1 4:00 13:00 WS WS%sT diff --git a/europe b/europe index 6ab0413..5ef94b0 100644 --- a/europe +++ b/europe @@ -880,7 +880,7 @@ Zone Europe/Copenhagen 0:50:20 - LMT 1890 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1945 Apr 2 2:00 1:00 Denmark CE%sT 1980 1:00 EU CE%sT -Zone Atlantic/Faroe -0:27:04 - LMT 1908 Jan 11 # Torshavn +Zone Atlantic/Faroe -0:27:04 - LMT 1908 Jan 11 # Tórshavn 0:00 - WET 1981 0:00 EU WE%sT # @@ -1855,7 +1855,7 @@ Zone Europe/Oslo 0:43:00 - LMT 1895 Jan 1 # <http://home.no.net/janmayen/history.htm> says that the meteorologists # burned down their station in 1940 and left the island, but returned in # 1941 with a small Norwegian garrison and continued operations despite -# frequent air ttacks from Germans. In 1943 the Americans established a +# frequent air attacks from Germans. In 1943 the Americans established a # radiolocating station on the island, called "Atlantic City". Possibly # the UT offset changed during the war, but I think it unlikely that # Jan Mayen used German daylight-saving rules. @@ -2808,7 +2808,7 @@ Link Europe/Istanbul Asia/Istanbul # Istanbul is in both continents. # Bill number 8330 of MP from the Party of Regions Oleg Nadoshi got # approval from 266 deputies. # -# Ukraine abolishes transter back to the winter time (in Russian) +# Ukraine abolishes transfer back to the winter time (in Russian) # http://news.mail.ru/politics/6861560/ # # The Ukrainians will no longer change the clock (in Russian) @@ -2874,7 +2874,7 @@ Zone Europe/Kiev 2:02:04 - LMT 1880 2:00 E-Eur EE%sT 1995 2:00 EU EE%sT # Ruthenia used CET 1990/1991. -# "Uzhhorod" is the transliteration of the Ukrainian name, but +# "Uzhhorod" is the transliteration of the Rusyn/Ukrainian pronunciation, but # "Uzhgorod" is more common in English. Zone Europe/Uzhgorod 1:29:12 - LMT 1890 Oct 1:00 - CET 1940 diff --git a/northamerica b/northamerica index 28a05ce..66f362b 100644 --- a/northamerica +++ b/northamerica @@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ Zone America/Boise -7:44:49 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:15:11 # with the following exceptions: # # - Gibson, Jasper, Lake, LaPorte, Newton, Porter, Posey, Spencer, -# Vandenburgh, and Warrick counties have been like America/Chicago. +# Vanderburgh, and Warrick counties have been like America/Chicago. # # - Dearborn and Ohio counties have been like America/New_York. # @@ -2688,7 +2688,7 @@ Zone America/Costa_Rica -5:36:13 - LMT 1890 # San José # web site, the Granma. Please check out # http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/2008/03/13/nacional/artic10.html # -# Basically as expected after Steffen Thorsens information, the change +# Basically as expected after Steffen Thorsen's information, the change # will take place midnight between Saturday and Sunday. # From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-12): diff --git a/southamerica b/southamerica index 4016306..de1f15e 100644 --- a/southamerica +++ b/southamerica @@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ Zone America/La_Paz -4:32:36 - LMT 1890 # From Paul Schulze (2008-06-24): # ...by law number 11.662 of April 24, 2008 (published in the "Diario -# Oficial da Uniao"...) in Brazil there are changes in the timezones, +# Oficial da União"...) in Brazil there are changes in the timezones, # effective today (00:00am at June 24, 2008) as follows: # # a) The timezone UTC+5 is e[x]tinguished, with all the Acre state and the @@ -1314,7 +1314,7 @@ Link America/Curacao America/Kralendijk # Caribbean Netherlands # Ecuador # -# Milne says the Sentral and South American Telegraph Company used -5:24:15. +# Milne says the Central and South American Telegraph Company used -5:24:15. # # From Paul Eggert (2007-03-04): # Apparently Ecuador had a failed experiment with DST in 1992. -- 1.9.1