[PROPOSED PATCH 1/4] * leapseconds.awk: Update the IERS's full name.
--- leapseconds.awk | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/leapseconds.awk b/leapseconds.awk index ee20ecc..bb81e96 100644 --- a/leapseconds.awk +++ b/leapseconds.awk @@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ BEGIN { print "# The NTP Timescale and Leap Seconds" print "# http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/leap.html" print "" - print "# The International Earth Rotation Service periodically uses leap seconds" - print "# to keep UTC to within 0.9 s of UT1" + print "# The International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service" + print "# periodically uses leap seconds to keep UTC to within 0.9 s of UT1" print "# (which measures the true angular orientation of the earth in space); see" print "# Terry J Quinn, The BIPM and the accurate measure of time," print "# Proc IEEE 79, 7 (July 1991), 894-905 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/5.84965>." -- 1.9.1
* africa, asia, australasia, backzone, europe, northamerica: * southamerica, tz-link.htm: Be less enthusiastic about Shanks. * tz-link.htm: Be clearer about UT vs UTC. * NEWS: Document this. --- NEWS | 5 +++++ africa | 9 ++++----- asia | 11 +++++------ australasia | 12 ++++++------ backzone | 5 ++--- europe | 9 ++++++--- northamerica | 12 ++++++------ southamerica | 18 +++++++++--------- tz-link.htm | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++------------ 9 files changed, 68 insertions(+), 50 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 2485c93..deb1186 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes longer guess that Pyongyang mimicked Seoul time after World War II, as this is politically implausible. + Changes affecting commentary + + The commentary is less enthusiastic about Shanks as a source, + and is more careful to distinguish UT from UTC. + Release 2014i - 2014-10-21 22:04:57 -0700 diff --git a/africa b/africa index b17c62b..1a3a176 100644 --- a/africa +++ b/africa @@ -8,18 +8,17 @@ # From Paul Eggert (2013-02-21): # -# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is +# Unless otherwise specified, the source for data through 1990 is: # Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition), # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003). +# Unfortunately this book contains many errors and cites no sources. # # Gwillim Law writes that a good source # for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport # Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM), # published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries -# of the IATA's data after 1990. -# -# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks & Pottenger is the source for -# entries through 1990, and IATA SSIM is the source for entries afterwards. +# of the IATA's data after 1990. Except where otherwise noted, +# IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990. # # Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences, # Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which diff --git a/asia b/asia index 10262f6..1a2bd12 100644 --- a/asia +++ b/asia @@ -6,20 +6,19 @@ # tz@iana.org for general use in the future). For more, please see # the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution. -# From Paul Eggert (2013-08-11): +# From Paul Eggert (2014-10-31): # -# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is +# Unless otherwise specified, the source for data through 1990 is: # Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition), # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003). +# Unfortunately this book contains many errors and cites no sources. # # Gwillim Law writes that a good source # for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport # Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM), # published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries -# of the IATA's data after 1990. -# -# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks & Pottenger is the source for -# entries through 1990, and IATA SSIM is the source for entries afterwards. +# of the IATA's data after 1990. Except where otherwise noted, +# IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990. # # Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences, # Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which diff --git a/australasia b/australasia index 8efe56f..911e681 100644 --- a/australasia +++ b/australasia @@ -797,19 +797,19 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # tz@iana.org for general use in the future). For more, please see # the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution. -# From Paul Eggert (2013-02-21): -# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is +# From Paul Eggert (2014-10-31): +# +# Unless otherwise specified, the source for data through 1990 is: # Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition), # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003). +# Unfortunately this book contains many errors and cites no sources. # # Gwillim Law writes that a good source # for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport # Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM), # published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries -# of the IATA's data after 1990. -# -# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks & Pottenger is the source for -# entries through 1990, and IATA SSIM is the source for entries afterwards. +# of the IATA's data after 1990. Except where otherwise noted, +# IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990. # # Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences, # Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which diff --git a/backzone b/backzone index 29320aa..16a998c 100644 --- a/backzone +++ b/backzone @@ -24,11 +24,10 @@ # replaced by links as their data entries were questionable and/or they # differed from other zones only in pre-1970 time stamps. -# Unless otherwise specified, the source for the data is the following, -# which does not itself cite sources and is often wrong: -# +# Unless otherwise specified, the source for data through 1990 is: # Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition), # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003). +# Unfortunately this book contains many errors and cites no sources. # This file is not intended to be compiled standalone, as it # assumes rules from other files. In the tz distribution, use diff --git a/europe b/europe index 27a8b30..be93bb4 100644 --- a/europe +++ b/europe @@ -6,16 +6,19 @@ # tz@iana.org for general use in the future). For more, please see # the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution. -# From Paul Eggert (2014-05-31): -# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is +# From Paul Eggert (2014-10-31): +# +# Unless otherwise specified, the source for data through 1990 is: # Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition), # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003). +# Unfortunately this book contains many errors and cites no sources. # # Gwillim Law writes that a good source # for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport # Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM), # published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries -# of the IATA's data after 1990. +# of the IATA's data after 1990. Except where otherwise noted, +# IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990. # # A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is # Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997). diff --git a/northamerica b/northamerica index 07f527f..87bd032 100644 --- a/northamerica +++ b/northamerica @@ -991,19 +991,19 @@ Zone America/Menominee -5:50:27 - LMT 1885 Sep 18 12:00 ################################################################################ -# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): -# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is +# From Paul Eggert (2014-10-31): +# +# Unless otherwise specified, the source for data through 1990 is: # Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition), # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003). +# Unfortunately this book contains many errors and cites no sources. # # Gwillim Law writes that a good source # for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport # Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM), # published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries -# of the IATA's data after 1990. -# -# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks & Pottenger is the source for -# entries through 1990, and IATA SSIM is the source for entries afterwards. +# of the IATA's data after 1990. Except where otherwise noted, +# IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990. # # Other sources occasionally used include: # diff --git a/southamerica b/southamerica index e246646..bdc29c2 100644 --- a/southamerica +++ b/southamerica @@ -6,23 +6,23 @@ # tz@iana.org for general use in the future). For more, please see # the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution. -# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): -# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is +# From Paul Eggert (2014-10-31): +# +# Unless otherwise specified, the source for data through 1990 is: # Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition), # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003). -# -# For data circa 1899, a common source is: -# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94. -# http://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359 +# Unfortunately this book contains many errors and cites no sources. # # Gwillim Law writes that a good source # for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport # Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM), # published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries -# of the IATA's data after 1990. +# of the IATA's data after 1990. Except where otherwise noted, +# IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990. # -# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks & Pottenger is the source for -# entries through 1990, and IATA SSIM is the source for entries afterwards. +# For data circa 1899, a common source is: +# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94. +# http://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359 # # Earlier editions of these tables used the North American style (e.g. ARST and # ARDT for Argentine Standard and Daylight Time), but the following quote diff --git a/tz-link.htm b/tz-link.htm index 98594f4..0dbd1b0 100644 --- a/tz-link.htm +++ b/tz-link.htm @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ <meta http-equiv="Content-type" content='text/html; charset="UTF-8"'> <meta name="DC.Creator" content="Eggert, Paul"> <meta name="DC.Contributor" content="Olson, Arthur David"> -<meta name="DC.Date" content="2014-10-21"> +<meta name="DC.Date" content="2014-10-31"> <meta name="DC.Description" content="Sources of information about time zones and daylight saving time"> <meta name="DC.Identifier" @@ -26,9 +26,7 @@ that represent the history of local time for many representative locations around the globe. It is updated periodically to reflect changes made by political bodies to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_zone">time zone</a> -boundaries, <a -href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time"><abbr -title="Coordinated Universal Time">UTC</abbr></a> offsets, and +boundaries and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving">daylight-saving</a> rules. This database (often called <code>zoneinfo</code> or @@ -65,7 +63,7 @@ title="Virtual Memory System">VMS</abbr></a>, X</abbr></a>, and <a href="http://oracle.com/solaris">Solaris</a>.</p> <p> -Each location in the database represents a national region where all +Each location in the database represents a region where all clocks keeping local time have agreed since 1970. Locations are identified by continent or ocean and then by the name of the location, which is typically the largest city within the region. @@ -86,6 +84,18 @@ implementation set the <code><abbr>TZ</abbr></code> environment variable to the location's full name, e.g., <code><abbr>TZ</abbr>="America/New_York"</code>.</p> <p> +Associated with each region is a history of offsets from +<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Time">Universal +Time</a> (<abbr>UT</abbr>), which is <a +href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich_Mean_Time">Greenwich Mean +Time</a> (<abbr>GMT</abbr>) with days beginning at midnight; +for time stamps after 1960 this is more precisely <a +href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time">Coordinated +Universal Time</a> (<abbr>UTC</abbr>). +The database also records when daylight saving time was in use, +along with alphabetic time zone abbreviations such as <abbr>EST</abbr> +for Eastern Standard Time in the <abbr>US</abbr>.</p> +<p> In the <code><abbr>tz</abbr></code> database's <a href="ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/releases/"><abbr title="File Transfer Protocol">FTP</abbr> releases</a> @@ -297,8 +307,8 @@ license.</li> <abbr>API</abbr> is upward compatible with standard JavaScript Dates. It is freely available under the Apache License.</li> <li><a href="https://github.com/sproutsocial/walltime-js">Walltime-js</a> -translates UTC to local time. It is freely available under the <abbr>MIT</abbr> -license.</li> +translates <abbr>UT</abbr> to local time. It is freely available under +the <abbr>MIT</abbr> license.</li> </ul> <li><a href="http://pytz.sourceforge.net">pytz – World Timezone Definitions for Python</a> compiles <code><abbr>tz</abbr></code> source into @@ -336,7 +346,8 @@ This library is freely available under the and is widely used in <abbr>GNU</abbr>/Linux systems.</li> <li><a href="http://www.gnome.org/">GNOME</a>'s Glib has a <code><abbr>tz</abbr></code> binary file reader written in C that -creates a <code>GTimeZone</code> object representing sets of UTC offsets. +creates a <code>GTimeZone</code> object representing sets +of <abbr>UT</abbr> offsets. It is freely available under the <abbr>LGPL</abbr>.</li> <li><a href="http://bmsi.com/java/#TZ">ZoneInfo.java</a> is a <code><abbr>tz</abbr></code> binary file reader written in Java. @@ -432,7 +443,10 @@ href="http://www.astrocom.com/astrology/books/american-atlas">one volume for the <abbr>US</abbr></a>, and <a href="http://www.astrocom.com/astrology/books/international-atlas">one for other locations</a>) by <a -href="http://astrocom.com/">Astro Computing Services</a>.</li> +href="http://astrocom.com/">Astro Computing Services</a>. +These atlases are extensive but unreliable, as Shanks appears to have +guessed many <abbr>UT</abbr> offsets and transitions. The atlases cite no +sources and do not indicate which entries are guesswork.</li> <li><a href="http://www.hp.com/go/hpux/">HP-UX</a> has a database in its own <code>tztab</code>(4) format.</li> <li>Microsoft Windows has proprietary data mentioned above.</li> @@ -626,9 +640,8 @@ specifies a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_Host_Configuration_Protocol"><abbr>DHCP</abbr></a> option for a server to configure a client's time zone and daylight saving settings automatically.</li> -<li><a href="http://gauss.gge.unb.ca/GMT.UT.and.the.RGO.html">A Few -Facts Concerning <abbr title="Greenwich Mean Time">GMT</abbr>, <abbr -title="Universal Time">UT</abbr>, and +<li><a href="http://gauss.gge.unb.ca/GMT.UT.and.the.RGO.html">A Few Facts +Concerning <abbr>GMT</abbr>, <abbr>UT</abbr>, and the <abbr title="Royal Greenwich Observatory">RGO</abbr></a> answers questions like "What is the difference between <abbr>GMT</abbr> and <abbr>UTC</abbr>?"</li> -- 1.9.1
* africa (Africa/Addis_Ababa, Africa/Asmara, Africa/Dar_es_Salaam) (Africa/Djibouti, Africa/Kampala, Africa/Mogadishu, Indian/Antananarivo) (Indian/Comoro, Indian/Mayotte): Change these from zones to links to Africa/Nairobi. * backzone: Move the old data here. * checktab.awk (tztab): Remove special cases for these zones. * NEWS: Document the above. --- NEWS | 9 ++++++++ africa | 68 +++++++++++++++--------------------------------------------- backzone | 58 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ checktab.awk | 9 -------- 4 files changed, 84 insertions(+), 60 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index deb1186..6845b99 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -10,6 +10,15 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes longer guess that Pyongyang mimicked Seoul time after World War II, as this is politically implausible. + Some more zones have been turned into links, when they differed + from existing zones only for older time stamps. As usual, + these changes affect UTC offsets in pre-1970 time stamps only. + Their old contents have been moved to the 'backzone' file. + The affected zones are: Africa/Addis_Ababa, Africa/Asmara, + Africa/Dar_es_Salaam, Africa/Djibouti, Africa/Kampala, + Africa/Mogadishu, Indian/Antananarivo, Indian/Comoro, and + Indian/Mayotte. + Changes affecting commentary The commentary is less enthusiastic about Shanks as a source, diff --git a/africa b/africa index 1a3a176..3f41b3d 100644 --- a/africa +++ b/africa @@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ # 3:00 CAST Central Africa Summer Time (no longer used) # 3:00 SAST South Africa Summer Time (no longer used) # 3:00 EAT East Africa Time -# 4:00 EAST East Africa Summer Time (no longer used) # Algeria # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S @@ -145,9 +144,7 @@ Zone Africa/Ndjamena 1:00:12 - LMT 1912 # N'Djamena 1:00 - WAT # Comoros -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Indian/Comoro 2:53:04 - LMT 1911 Jul # Moroni, Gran Comoro - 3:00 - EAT +# See Africa/Nairobi. # Democratic Republic of the Congo # See Africa/Lagos for the western part and Africa/Maputo for the eastern. @@ -171,9 +168,7 @@ Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Sao_Tome # São Tomé and Príncipe Link Africa/Abidjan Atlantic/St_Helena # St Helena # Djibouti -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Djibouti 2:52:36 - LMT 1911 Jul - 3:00 - EAT +# See Africa/Nairobi. ############################################################################### @@ -386,27 +381,8 @@ Zone Africa/Cairo 2:05:09 - LMT 1900 Oct # See Africa/Lagos. # Eritrea -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Asmara 2:35:32 - LMT 1870 - 2:35:32 - AMT 1890 # Asmara Mean Time - 2:35:20 - ADMT 1936 May 5 # Adis Dera MT - 3:00 - EAT - # Ethiopia -# From Paul Eggert (2014-07-31): -# Like the Swahili of Kenya and Tanzania, many Ethiopians keep a -# 12-hour clock starting at our 06:00, so their "8 o'clock" is our -# 02:00 or 14:00. Keep this in mind when you ask the time in Amharic. -# -# Shanks & Pottenger write that Ethiopia had six narrowly-spaced time -# zones between 1870 and 1890, that they merged to 38E50 (2:35:20) in -# 1890, and that they switched to 3:00 on 1936-05-05. Perhaps 38E50 -# was for Adis Dera. Quite likely the Shanks data entries are wrong -# anyway. -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Addis_Ababa 2:34:48 - LMT 1870 - 2:35:20 - ADMT 1936 May 5 # Adis Dera MT - 3:00 - EAT +# See Africa/Nairobi. # Gabon # See Africa/Lagos. @@ -450,6 +426,15 @@ Zone Africa/Nairobi 2:27:16 - LMT 1928 Jul 2:30 - BEAT 1940 2:45 - BEAUT 1960 3:00 - EAT +Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Addis_Ababa # Ethiopia +Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Asmara # Eritrea +Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Dar_es_Salaam # Tanzania +Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Djibouti +Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Kampala # Uganda +Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Mogadishu # Somalia +Link Africa/Nairobi Indian/Antananarivo # Madagascar +Link Africa/Nairobi Indian/Comoro +Link Africa/Nairobi Indian/Mayotte # Lesotho # See Africa/Johannesburg. @@ -527,11 +512,7 @@ Zone Africa/Tripoli 0:52:44 - LMT 1920 2:00 - EET # Madagascar -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Indian/Antananarivo 3:10:04 - LMT 1911 Jul - 3:00 - EAT 1954 Feb 27 23:00s - 3:00 1:00 EAST 1954 May 29 23:00s - 3:00 - EAT +# See Africa/Nairobi. # Malawi # See Africa/Maputo. @@ -634,9 +615,7 @@ Zone Indian/Mauritius 3:50:00 - LMT 1907 # Port Louis # no information; probably like Indian/Mauritius # Mayotte -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Indian/Mayotte 3:00:56 - LMT 1911 Jul # Mamoutzou - 3:00 - EAT +# See Africa/Nairobi. # Morocco # See the 'europe' file for Spanish Morocco (Africa/Ceuta). @@ -1048,11 +1027,7 @@ Zone Indian/Mahe 3:41:48 - LMT 1906 Jun # Victoria # See Africa/Abidjan. # Somalia -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Mogadishu 3:01:28 - LMT 1893 Nov - 3:00 - EAT 1931 - 2:30 - BEAT 1957 - 3:00 - EAT +# See Africa/Nairobi. # South Africa # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S @@ -1095,11 +1070,7 @@ Link Africa/Khartoum Africa/Juba # See Africa/Johannesburg. # Tanzania -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Dar_es_Salaam 2:37:08 - LMT 1931 - 3:00 - EAT 1948 - 2:45 - BEAUT 1961 - 3:00 - EAT +# See Africa/Nairobi. # Togo # See Africa/Abidjan. @@ -1205,12 +1176,7 @@ Zone Africa/Tunis 0:40:44 - LMT 1881 May 12 1:00 Tunisia CE%sT # Uganda -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Kampala 2:09:40 - LMT 1928 Jul - 3:00 - EAT 1930 - 2:30 - BEAT 1948 - 2:45 - BEAUT 1957 - 3:00 - EAT +# See Africa/Nairobi. # Zambia # Zimbabwe diff --git a/backzone b/backzone index 16a998c..bc2a1a1 100644 --- a/backzone +++ b/backzone @@ -40,6 +40,27 @@ # As explained in the zic man page, the zone columns are: # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +# Ethiopia +# From Paul Eggert (2014-07-31): +# Like the Swahili of Kenya and Tanzania, many Ethiopians keep a +# 12-hour clock starting at our 06:00, so their "8 o'clock" is our +# 02:00 or 14:00. Keep this in mind when you ask the time in Amharic. +# +# Shanks & Pottenger write that Ethiopia had six narrowly-spaced time +# zones between 1870 and 1890, that they merged to 38E50 (2:35:20) in +# 1890, and that they switched to 3:00 on 1936-05-05. Perhaps 38E50 +# was for Adis Dera. Quite likely the Shanks data entries are wrong +# anyway. +Zone Africa/Addis_Ababa 2:34:48 - LMT 1870 + 2:35:20 - ADMT 1936 May 5 # Adis Dera MT + 3:00 - EAT + +# Eritrea +Zone Africa/Asmara 2:35:32 - LMT 1870 + 2:35:32 - AMT 1890 # Asmara Mean Time + 2:35:20 - ADMT 1936 May 5 # Adis Dera MT + 3:00 - EAT + # Mali (southern) Zone Africa/Bamako -0:32:00 - LMT 1912 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 @@ -79,6 +100,16 @@ Zone Africa/Dakar -1:09:44 - LMT 1912 -1:00 - WAT 1941 Jun 0:00 - GMT +# Tanzania +Zone Africa/Dar_es_Salaam 2:37:08 - LMT 1931 + 3:00 - EAT 1948 + 2:45 - BEAUT 1961 + 3:00 - EAT + +# Djibouti +Zone Africa/Djibouti 2:52:36 - LMT 1911 Jul + 3:00 - EAT + # Cameroon # Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1920; go with Shanks & Pottenger. Zone Africa/Douala 0:38:48 - LMT 1912 @@ -118,6 +149,13 @@ Zone Africa/Juba 2:06:24 - LMT 1931 2:00 Sudan CA%sT 2000 Jan 15 12:00 3:00 - EAT +# Uganda +Zone Africa/Kampala 2:09:40 - LMT 1928 Jul + 3:00 - EAT 1930 + 2:30 - BEAT 1948 + 2:45 - BEAUT 1957 + 3:00 - EAT + # Rwanda Zone Africa/Kigali 2:00:16 - LMT 1935 Jun 2:00 - CAT @@ -174,6 +212,12 @@ Zone Africa/Maseru 1:50:00 - LMT 1903 Mar Zone Africa/Mbabane 2:04:24 - LMT 1903 Mar 2:00 - SAST +# Somalia +Zone Africa/Mogadishu 3:01:28 - LMT 1893 Nov + 3:00 - EAT 1931 + 2:30 - BEAT 1957 + 3:00 - EAT + # Niger Zone Africa/Niamey 0:08:28 - LMT 1912 -1:00 - WAT 1934 Feb 26 @@ -517,5 +561,19 @@ Zone Europe/Zagreb 1:03:52 - LMT 1884 1:00 - CET 1982 Nov 27 1:00 EU CE%sT +# Madagascar +Zone Indian/Antananarivo 3:10:04 - LMT 1911 Jul + 3:00 - EAT 1954 Feb 27 23:00s + 3:00 1:00 EAST 1954 May 29 23:00s + 3:00 - EAT + +# Comoros +Zone Indian/Comoro 2:53:04 - LMT 1911 Jul # Moroni, Gran Comoro + 3:00 - EAT + +# Mayotte +Zone Indian/Mayotte 3:00:56 - LMT 1911 Jul # Mamoutzou + 3:00 - EAT + # US minor outlying islands Zone Pacific/Johnston -10:00 - HST diff --git a/checktab.awk b/checktab.awk index 55baa54..0686399 100644 --- a/checktab.awk +++ b/checktab.awk @@ -15,21 +15,12 @@ BEGIN { # Some more special cases; these are zones that should probably # be turned into links. if (zone_table == "zone1970.tab") { - tztab["Africa/Addis_Ababa"] = 1 - tztab["Africa/Asmara"] = 1 - tztab["Africa/Dar_es_Salaam"] = 1 - tztab["Africa/Djibouti"] = 1 - tztab["Africa/Kampala"] = 1 - tztab["Africa/Mogadishu"] = 1 tztab["America/Antigua"] = 1 tztab["America/Cayman"] = 1 tztab["Asia/Aden"] = 1 tztab["Asia/Bahrain"] = 1 tztab["Asia/Kuwait"] = 1 tztab["Asia/Muscat"] = 1 - tztab["Indian/Antananarivo"] = 1 - tztab["Indian/Comoro"] = 1 - tztab["Indian/Mayotte"] = 1 tztab["Pacific/Midway"] = 1 tztab["Pacific/Saipan"] = 1 } -- 1.9.1
--- europe | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/europe b/europe index be93bb4..83a3531 100644 --- a/europe +++ b/europe @@ -290,6 +290,14 @@ # "Timeball on the ballast office is down. Dunsink time." # -- James Joyce, Ulysses +# "Countess Markievicz ... claimed that the [1916] abolition of Dublin Mean Time +# was among various actions undertaken by the 'English' government that +# would 'put the whole country into the SF (Sinn Féin) camp'. She claimed +# Irish 'public feeling (was) outraged by forcing of English time on us'." +# -- Parsons M. Dublin lost its time zone - and 25 minutes - after 1916 Rising. +# Irish Times 2014-10-27. +# http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/dublin-lost-its-time-zone-and-25-min... + # From Joseph S. Myers (2005-01-26): # Irish laws are available online at <http://www.irishstatutebook.ie>. # These include various relating to legal time, for example: -- 1.9.1
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