The below seems to have been sent to lecserver.nci.nih.gov rather than elsie.nci.nih.gov; I'm forwarding it. --ado -----Original Message----- From: Paul Eggert [mailto:eggert@cs.ucla.edu] Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 4:46 PM To: Arthur David Olson Cc: tz@lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: Re: proposed bad-URL changes for antarctica, australasia, and southamerica Thanks for finding those bad URLs. I went through by hand and found better ones, or elided the ones that aren't really needed. Here's a proposed patch along those lines. =================================================================== RCS file: RCS/antarctica,v retrieving revision 2005.10 retrieving revision 2005.10.0.1 diff -pu -r2005.10 -r2005.10.0.1 --- antarctica 2005/07/14 18:13:38 2005.10 +++ antarctica 2005/12/08 21:43:08 2005.10.0.1 @@ -59,9 +59,7 @@ Rule ChileAQ 2000 max - Mar Sun>=9 0:00 # Australia - territories # Heard Island, McDonald Islands (uninhabited) # previously sealers and scientific personnel wintered -# <a href="http://www.dstc.qut.edu.au/DST/marg/daylight.html"> -# Margaret Turner reports -# </a> (1999-09-30) that they're UTC+5, with no DST; +# Margaret Turner reports (1999-09-30) that they're UTC+5, with no DST; # presumably this is when they have visitors. # # year-round bases @@ -139,8 +137,8 @@ Zone Antarctica/DumontDUrville 0 - zzz 1 0 - zzz 1956 Nov 10:00 - DDUT # Dumont-d'Urville Time # Reference: -# <a href="http://www.icair.iac.org.nz/science/reports/fr/IFRTP.html"> -# Support and Development of Polar Research and Technology (1997-02-03) +# <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumont_d'Urville_Station"> +# Dumont d'Urville Station (2005-12-05) # </a> @@ -155,10 +153,7 @@ Zone Antarctica/DumontDUrville 0 - zzz 1 # Syowa, -690022+0393524 # # From Hideyuki Suzuki (1999-02-06): -# In all Japanese stations, +0300 is used as the standard time. [See] -# <a href="http://www.crl.go.jp/uk/uk201/basyo.htm">[reference in Japanese]</a> -# and information from KAMO Hiroyasu. -# +# In all Japanese stations, +0300 is used as the standard time.... # Syowa station, which is the first antarctic station of Japan, # was established on 1957-01-29. Since Syowa station is still the main # station of Japan, it's appropriate for the principal location. =================================================================== RCS file: RCS/australasia,v retrieving revision 2005.14 retrieving revision 2005.14.0.1 diff -pu -r2005.14 -r2005.14.0.1 --- australasia 2005/10/03 13:43:50 2005.14 +++ australasia 2005/12/08 21:43:08 2005.14.0.1 @@ -551,9 +551,10 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # Australia -# <a href="http://www.dstc.qut.edu.au/DST/marg/daylight.html"> -# Australia's Daylight Saving Times -# </a>, by Margaret Turner, summarizes daylight saving issues in Australia. +# From Paul Eggert (2005-12-08): +# <a +href="http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/dst_times.shtml"> +# Implementation Dates of Daylight Saving Time within Australia # </a> +summarizes daylight saving issues in Australia. # From John Mackin (1991-03-06): # We in Australia have _never_ referred to DST as `daylight' time. @@ -960,17 +961,6 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # legislation. This is very important to understand. # I have researched New South Wales time only... -# From Paul Eggert (1999-09-27): -# The Information Service of the Australian National Standards Commission -# <a href="http://www.nsc.gov.au/InfoServ/Ileaflet/il27.htm"> -# Daylight Saving -# </a> page (1995-04) has an excellent overall history of Australian DST. -# The Community Relations Division of the NSW Attorney General's Department -# publishes a history of daylight saving in NSW. See: -# <a href="http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/crd.nsf/pages/time2"> -# Lawlink NSW: Daylight Saving in New South Wales -# </a> - # From Eric Ulevik (1999-05-26): # DST will start in NSW on the last Sunday of August, rather than the usual # October in 2000. [See: Matthew Moore, =================================================================== RCS file: RCS/southamerica,v retrieving revision 2005.15 retrieving revision 2005.15.0.1 diff -pu -r2005.15 -r2005.15.0.1 --- southamerica 2005/11/28 15:52:28 2005.15 +++ southamerica 2005/12/08 21:43:08 2005.15.0.1 @@ -525,12 +525,6 @@ Rule Brazil 1997 only - Feb 16 0:00 0 - # This year, the ending date of DS was postponed to March 1 # to help dealing with the shortages of electric power. # -# From Paul Eggert (1998-02-25): -# <a href="http://churchnet.ucsm.ac.uk/news/files2/news165.htm"> -# Brazil Prepares for Papal Visit -# </a>, -# Church Net UK (1997-10-02). -# # Decree 2,317 (1997-09-04), adopted by same states. Rule Brazil 1997 only - Oct 6 0:00 1:00 S # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/HV2495.JPG">2,495</a>