[PATCH] Definite article for Bahamas, Gambia
* NEWS, backzone, iso3166.tab, northamerica: Put "The" in front of "Bahamas" and "Gambia"; this is a common style and is preferred by the respective governments. --- NEWS | 4 ++-- backzone | 2 +- iso3166.tab | 4 ++-- northamerica | 2 +- 4 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 67fb000..6d1cd09 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes - Tonga: adopted standard time in 1945 not 1901, and moved from +12:20 to +13 in 1961 not 1941 Additional fixes to entries in the 'backzone' file include: - - Gambia: 1933 and 1942 transitions + - The Gambia: 1933 and 1942 transitions - Malawi: several 1911 through 1925 transitions - Sierra Leone: several 1913 through 1941 transitions, and DST was NOT observed in 1957 through 1962 @@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ Release 2020e - 2020-12-22 15:14:34 -0800 Correct many pre-1986 transitions, fixing entries originally derived from Shanks. The fixes include: - Australia: several 1917 through 1971 transitions - - Bahamas: several 1941 through 1945 transitions + - The Bahamas: several 1941 through 1945 transitions - Bermuda: several 1917 through 1956 transitions - Belize: several 1942 through 1968 transitions - Ghana: several 1915 through 1956 transitions diff --git a/backzone b/backzone index 9ebf9d2..8e4f97a 100644 --- a/backzone +++ b/backzone @@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ Zone Africa/Bamako -0:32:00 - LMT 1912 Zone Africa/Bangui 1:14:20 - LMT 1912 1:00 - WAT -# Gambia +# The Gambia # From P Chan (2020-12-09): # Standard time of GMT-1 was adopted on 1933-04-01. On 1942-02-01, GMT was # adopted as a war time measure. This was made permanent in 1946. diff --git a/iso3166.tab b/iso3166.tab index a4ff61a..e7ab54d 100644 --- a/iso3166.tab +++ b/iso3166.tab @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ BN Brunei BO Bolivia BQ Caribbean NL BR Brazil -BS Bahamas +BS The Bahamas BT Bhutan BV Bouvet Island BW Botswana @@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ GG Guernsey GH Ghana GI Gibraltar GL Greenland -GM Gambia +GM The Gambia GN Guinea GP Guadeloupe GQ Equatorial Guinea diff --git a/northamerica b/northamerica index c7d9274..b27311a 100644 --- a/northamerica +++ b/northamerica @@ -2931,7 +2931,7 @@ Zone America/Tijuana -7:48:04 - LMT 1922 Jan 1 0:11:56 # Antigua and Barbuda # See America/Port_of_Spain. -# Bahamas +# The Bahamas # # For 1899 Milne gives -5:09:29.5; round that. # -- 2.27.0
On 2021-05-09 01:20:22 (+0800), Paul Eggert via tz wrote:
* NEWS, backzone, iso3166.tab, northamerica: Put "The" in front of "Bahamas" and "Gambia"; this is a common style and is preferred by the respective governments.
The government of the Republic of the Sudan also consistently spells the name of the country with the definite article in English (at least on visa stickers and related paperwork I have archived). The use of the definite article in a sample of English language publications is less consistent though. I haven't seen the government express a preference anywhere. But I've not looked very hard. Philip -- Philip Paeps Senior Reality Engineer Alternative Enterprises
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