update from main archive 961126cvs/libc-961127

Wed Nov 27 06:10:10 1996  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@cygnus.com>

	* Makefile: Fix typo.

	* configure: Require autoconf-2.11.

	* elf/dl-deps.c: Terminate duplicate list.

	* libio/libio.h: Add prototypes for _IO_seekoff and _IO_seekpos.
	* libio/strfile.h: Update from current libg++.
	* libio/strops.c: Likewise.

	* login/Makefile (routines): Update after correction of reentrant
	interface.
	* login/endutent.c: Removed.
	* login/endutent_r.c: Likewise.
	* login/pututline.c: Likewise.
	* login/pututline_r.c: Likewise.
	* login/setutent.c: Likewise.
	* login/setutent_r.c: Likewise.
	* login/getutent.c: Update for new interface.
	* login/getutent_r.c: Likewise.
	* login/getutid.c: Likewise.
	* login/getutid_r.c: Likewise.
	* login/getutline.c: Likewise.
	* login/getutline_r.c: Likewise.
	* login/login.c: Likewise.
	* login/logout.c: Likewise.
	* login/logwtmp.c: Likewise.
	* login/utmp.h: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/getlogin.c: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/getlogin_r.c: Likewise.
	* login/utmp-private.h: New private header.
	* login/utmp_db.c: Stub DB backend for utmp handler.
	* login/utmp_file.c: File backend for utmp handler.
	* sysdeps/gnu/utmpbits.h (struct utmp): Add some more fields.
	(enum utlogin): List of record types.
	(struct exit_status): Record to align with other implementations.

	* sysdeps/generic/paths.h: Add _PATH_UTMP_DB.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/paths.h: Likewise.

	* sysdeps/generic/pty.c: Use getgrnam_r instead of getgrnam.

	* sysdeps/stub/getlogin.c: Update copyright.
	* sysdeps/stub/getlogin_r.c: Likewise.

	* nss/getXXbyYY_r.c: Use -1l for error-pointer value instead of -1.
	* nss/getXXent_r.c: Likewise.
	* nss/nsswitch.c: Likewise.

	* posix/Makefile (headers): Add wait.h.
	* posix/wait.h: New file.

	* posix/sys/types.h: Always define intN_t types.

	* stdio-common/Makefile: Update copyright.
	Use -Wno-format flag for scanf4.c and scanf7.c.

	* stdlib/stdlib.h: Reformat.

	* time/africa: Update from ADO tzdata1996m.
	* time/antarctica: Likewise.
	* time/asia: Likewise.
	* time/australia: Likewise.
	* time/etcetera: Likewise.
	* time/europe: Likewise.
	* time/northamerica: Likewise.
	* time/southamerica: Likewise.
	* time/zone.tab: Likewise.

Fri Nov 22 19:34:12 1996  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>

	* sysdeps/posix/getcwd.c (__getcwd): After resizing the buffer
	move the current contents to the end and relocate file name
	pointer to upper half of the buffer.

Sun Nov 24 04:56:19 1996  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@cygnus.com>

	* time/africa: Update from ADO tzdata1996m.
	* time/antarctica: Likewise.
	* time/asia: Likewise.
	* time/australia: Likewise.
	* time/etcetera: Likewise.
	* time/europe: Likewise.
	* time/nothamerica: Likewise.
	* time/southameria: Likewise.
	* time/zone.tab: Likewise.

	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sys/serial.h: New file.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/Makefile [$(subdir)=misc] (sysdep_headers):
	Add sys/serial.h.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/Dist: Add sys/serial.h.

	* posix/wait.h: New file.
	* posix/Makefile (headers): Add wait.h.

Sat Nov 23 17:27:52 1996  Roland McGrath  <roland@gnu.ai.mit.edu>

	* Makeconfig ($(common-objpfx)soversions.mk): Use regular
	expression instead of shell pattern matching.
	* shlib-versions: Change to regular expressions.

Sat Nov 23 13:24:55 1996  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@cygnus.com>

	* io/stat.c: Add section from libgcc to copyright comment
	to allow this file to be statically linked in applications.
	* io/fstat.c: Likewise.
	* io/lstat.c: Likewise.
	* io/mknod.c: Likewise.

Fri Nov 22 15:14:23 1996  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@cygnus.com>

	* csu/initfini.c: Add section from libgcc to copyright comment
	to allow this file to be statically linked in applications.

	* malloc/obstack.h [!_LIBC && !HAVE_STRING_H]: Define memcpy if
	not already defined.
	(obstack_grow, obstack_grow0): Correct placement of braces.

	* gnu-versions.h (_GNU_OBSTACK_INTERFACE_VERSION): Define to 2.
	* malloc/obstack.c (OBSTACK_INTERFACE_VERSION): Define to 2.

Thu Nov 21 19:54:51 1996  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>

	* Makerules (make-link): Simplify by changing directory only if
	not using rellns-sh; check whether we really have symbolic links.

	* rellns-sh: Fix the case of $(dirname $2) being a prefix of
	$(dirname $1); use status of ln for exit code; make more robust
	against multiple slashes in a row.

Thu Nov 21 13:05:21 1996  Thomas Bushnell, n/BSG  <thomas@gnu.ai.mit.edu>

	* configure.in (after AC_CANONICAL_HOST): mutate *-*-gnu* names
	into *-*-gnu-gnu*.
	* shlib-versions (gnu versions): Recognize *-*-gnu-gnu* instead of
	the three-part name, to distinguish correctly from *-*-linux-gnu*.

	* sysdeps/mach/hurd/Makefile ($(libdir)/libc.so): Depend on
	$(rpcuserlibs).

	* sysdeps/mach/hurd/Makefile (install-others): Add
	$(libdir)/libc_p.a.
	($(libdir)/libc_p.a): New rule.
	* sysdeps/mach/hurd/libc_p-ldscript: New file.
	* sysdeps/mach/hurd/Dist: Add libc_p-ldscript.

Wed Nov 20 20:28:21 1996  Richard Henderson  <rth@tamu.edu>

	* Makerules (make-link): Use $(shell) to find rellns-sh before we cd.
	* time/Makefile: Likewise.

	* sysdeps/alpha/elf/Makefile: New file.  Build crtbegin.o & crtend.o.
	* sysdeps/alpha/elf/Dist: New file.
	* sysdeps/alpha/elf/crtbegin.S, sysdeps/alpha/elf/crtend.S: New files.
	The bits currently distributed with GCC fail in two ways -- they don't
	understand multiple .got subsections and the extents of the lists are
	dynamicly bound meaning that the application's lists get executed
	multiple times and the library's lists never get executed.

Wed Nov 20 00:42:45 1996  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>

	* stdlib/strtod.c: Fix previous change.

Wed Nov 20 22:07:58 1996  Andreas Jaeger  <aj@arthur.pfalz.de>

	* time/Makefile ($(installed-localtime-file)): Use $(..) to find
	rellns-sh script.

Wed Nov 20 12:50:54 1996  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@cygnus.com>

	* stdio-common/Makefile: Add CFLAGS-scanf7.c to prevent warning.
	Likesie for scanf4.c

1 files changed, 103 insertions, 53 deletions

diff --git a/time/asia b/time/asia
index b5220f3..7afe922 100644
--- a/time/asia
+++ b/time/asia
@@ -1,16 +1,25 @@
-# @(#)asia	7.25
+# @(#)asia	7.26
 
 # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
 # go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
 # tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future).
 
-# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1995-07-24):
+# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1996-11-22):
 #
 # A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
 # Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (3rd edition),
 # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1991).
 # Except where otherwise noted, it is the source for the data below.
 #
+# Gwillim Law <LAW@encmail.encompass.com> 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 is the source for entries through 1990,
+# and 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
 # I found in the UCLA library.
@@ -24,7 +33,6 @@
 # Corrections are welcome!
 #		std dst
 #		LMT	Local Mean Time
-#		LST	Local Star Time (Russian ``mestnoe zvezdnoe vremya'')
 #	2:00	EET EEST Eastern European Time
 #	2:00	IST IDT	Israel
 #	3:00	AST ADT	Arabia*
@@ -48,12 +56,22 @@
 
 ###############################################################################
 
-# These rules for Russia are stolen from the `europe' file.
+# These rules are stolen from the `europe' file.
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
-Rule RussiaAsia 1981	1984	-	Apr	1	0:00	1:00	S
-Rule RussiaAsia 1981	1983	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	-
-Rule RussiaAsia 1984	max	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
-Rule RussiaAsia 1985	max	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	S
+Rule	EUAsia	1981	max	-	Mar	lastSun	 1:00u	1:00	S
+Rule	EUAsia	1996	max	-	Oct	lastSun	 1:00u	0	-
+Rule E-EurAsia	1981	max	-	Mar	lastSun	 0:00	1:00	S
+Rule E-EurAsia	1979	1995	-	Sep	lastSun	 0:00	0	-
+Rule E-EurAsia	1996	max	-	Oct	lastSun	 0:00	0	-
+Rule RussiaAsia	1981	1984	-	Apr	1	 0:00	1:00	S
+Rule RussiaAsia	1981	1983	-	Oct	1	 0:00	0	-
+Rule RussiaAsia	1984	1991	-	Sep	lastSun	 2:00s	0	-
+Rule RussiaAsia	1985	1991	-	Mar	lastSun	 2:00s	1:00	S
+Rule RussiaAsia	1992	only	-	Mar	lastSat	23:00	1:00	S
+Rule RussiaAsia	1992	only	-	Sep	lastSat	23:00	0	-
+Rule RussiaAsia	1993	max	-	Mar	lastSun	 2:00s	1:00	S
+Rule RussiaAsia	1993	1995	-	Sep	lastSun	 2:00s	0	-
+Rule RussiaAsia	1996	max	-	Oct	lastSun	 2:00s	0	-
 
 # Afghanistan
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
@@ -85,10 +103,9 @@ Zone	Asia/Baku	3:19:24 -	LMT	1924 May  2
 			3:00	-	BAKT	1957 Mar    # Baku Time
 			4:00 RussiaAsia BAK%sT	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
 			3:00	1:00	BAKST	1991 Aug 30 # independence
-			3:00 RussiaAsia	AZ%sT	1992	    # Azerbaijan Time
-			3:00	-	AZT
-# Shanks has Baku using Russian DST rules after 1991,
-# but usno1995 has Azerbaijan with no DST.  Guess no DST after 1991.
+			3:00 RussiaAsia	AZ%sT	1992 Sep lastSun 2:00s
+			4:00	-	AZT	1996 # Azerbaijan time
+			4:00	EUAsia	AZ%sT
 
 # Bahrain
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
@@ -287,18 +304,20 @@ Zone	Asia/Nicosia	2:13:28 -	LMT	1921 Nov 14
 # an MP who went on a hunger strike for 11 days to force discussion about it!
 # We have no details, but we'll guess they didn't move the clocks back in fall.
 #
-# From Paul Eggert (1995-11-13):
-# usno1995 has Georgia at 4:00.  Guess that Georgia stopped transitions
-# after spring 1994 (thus sticking at 4:00).
-# Most likely we're still missing some rule changes between 1991 and 1994.
+# From Mathew Englander <mathew@io.org>, quoting AP (1996-10-23 13:05-04):
+# Instead of putting back clocks at the end of October, Georgia
+# will stay on daylight savings time this winter to save energy,
+# President Eduard Shevardnadze decreed Wednesday.
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Tbilisi	2:59:16 -	LMT	1880
 			2:59:16	-	TBMT	1924 May  2 # Tbilisi Mean Time
 			3:00	-	TBIT	1957 Mar    # Tbilisi Time
 			4:00 RussiaAsia TBI%sT	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
 			3:00	1:00	TBIST	1991 Apr  9 # independence
-			3:00 RussiaAsia GE%sT	1994 Sep 25 2:00s # Georgia Time
-			4:00	-	GET
+			3:00 RussiaAsia GE%sT	1992 # Georgia Time
+			3:00 E-EurAsia	GE%sT	1994 Sep lastSun
+			4:00 E-EurAsia	GE%sT	1996 Oct lastSun
+			5:00	-	GET
 
 # India
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
@@ -340,6 +359,13 @@ Rule	Iran	1978	1980	-	Mar	21	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Iran	1978	only	-	Oct	21	0:00	0	-
 Rule	Iran	1979	only	-	Sep	19	0:00	0	-
 Rule	Iran	1980	only	-	Sep	23	0:00	0	-
+Rule	Iran	1991	only	-	May	 3	0:00s	1:00	S
+Rule	Iran	1991	only	-	Sep	20	0:00s	0	-
+Rule	Iran	1992	only	-	Mar	22	0:00	1:00	S
+Rule	Iran	1992	1993	-	Sep	23	0:00	0	-
+Rule	Iran	1993	max	-	Mar	21	0:00	1:00	S
+Rule	Iran	1994	1995	-	Sep	22	0:00	0	-
+Rule	Iran	1996	max	-	Sep	21	0:00	0	-
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Tehran	3:25:44	-	LMT	1916
 			3:25:44	-	TMT	1946	# Tehran Mean Time
@@ -353,8 +379,11 @@ Rule	Iraq	1982	only	-	May	1	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Iraq	1982	1984	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	S
 Rule	Iraq	1983	only	-	Mar	31	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Iraq	1984	1985	-	Apr	1	0:00	1:00	D
-Rule	Iraq	1985	max	-	Sep	lastSun	1:00s	0	S
-Rule	Iraq	1986	max	-	Mar	lastSun	1:00s	1:00	D
+Rule	Iraq	1985	1990	-	Sep	lastSun	1:00s	0	S
+Rule	Iraq	1986	1990	-	Mar	lastSun	1:00s	1:00	D
+# IATA SSIM (1991/1996) says Apr 1 12:01am UTC; guess the `:01' is a typo.
+Rule	Iraq	1991	max	-	Apr	 1	3:00s	1:00	D
+Rule	Iraq	1991	max	-	Oct	 1	3:00s	0	D
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Baghdad	2:57:40	-	LMT	1890
 			2:57:36	-	BMT	1918	    # Baghdad Mean Time?
@@ -512,9 +541,6 @@ Zone	Asia/Ishigaki	8:16:36	-	LMT	1896
 # Other Japanese possessions are probably like Asia/Tokyo.
 
 # Jordan
-# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1993-11-18):
-# Most likely Shanks is merely guessing dates from 1992 on.
-# From Shanks (1991):
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule    Jordan	1973	only	-	Jun	6	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule    Jordan	1973	1975	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	-
@@ -529,40 +555,56 @@ Rule    Jordan	1986	1988	-	Apr	Fri>=1	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule    Jordan	1986	1990	-	Oct	Fri>=1	0:00	0	-
 Rule    Jordan	1989	only	-	May	8	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule    Jordan	1990	only	-	Apr	27	0:00	1:00	S
-Rule    Jordan	1991	only	-	Apr	19	0:00	1:00	S
+Rule    Jordan	1991	only	-	Apr	17	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule    Jordan	1991	only	-	Sep	27	0:00	0	-
-Rule    Jordan	1992	max	-	Apr	Fri>=1	0:00	1:00	S
-Rule    Jordan	1992	max	-	Oct	Fri>=1	0:00	0	-
+Rule    Jordan	1992	only	-	Apr	10	0:00	1:00	S
+Rule    Jordan	1992	1993	-	Oct	Fri>=1	0:00	0	-
+Rule    Jordan	1993	max	-	Apr	Fri>=1	0:00	1:00	S
+Rule    Jordan	1994	only	-	Sep	Fri>=15	0:00	0	-
+Rule    Jordan	1995	max	-	Sep	Fri>=15	0:00s	0	-
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Amman	2:23:44 -	LMT	1931
 			2:00	Jordan	EE%sT
 
 # Kazakhstan
-# From Paul Eggert (1996-04-19):
+# From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22):
 # Andrew Evtichov <evti@chevron.com> (1996-04-13) writes that Kazakhstan
-# stayed in sync with Moscow after 1990, and that Aktau is the biggest city
-# in western Kazakhstan.  Follow Shanks before 1991, Evtichov afterwards.
+# stayed in sync with Moscow after 1990, and that Aqtobe (formerly Aktyubinsk)
+# and Aqtau (formerly Shevchenko) are the largest cities in their zones.
+# Guess that Aqtau and Aqtobe diverged in 1995, since that's the first time
+# IATA SSIM mentions a third time zone in Kazakhstan.
+#
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Alma-Ata	5:07:48 -	LMT	1924 May  2 # or Almaty
 			5:00	-	ALMT	1957 Mar # Alma-Ata Time
 			6:00 RussiaAsia ALM%sT	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
 			5:00	1:00	ALMST	1991 Sep 29 2:00s
 			5:00	-	ALMT	1992 Jan 19 2:00s
-			6:00 RussiaAsia ALM%sT
-Zone	Asia/Aktau	3:21:04	-	LMT	1924 May  2 # or Aqtau
+			6:00 E-EurAsia	ALM%sT
+Zone	Asia/Aqtobe	3:48:40	-	LMT	1924 May  2
+			4:00	-	AKT	1957 Mar # Aktyubinsk Time
+			5:00 RussiaAsia AK%sT	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
+			4:00	1:00	AKTST	1991 Sep 29 2:00s
+			4:00	-	AQTT	1992 Jan 19 2:00s # Aqtobe Time
+			5:00 E-EurAsia	AQT%sT
+Zone	Asia/Aqtau	3:21:04	-	LMT	1924 May  2 # or Aktau
 			4:00	-	SHET	1957 Mar # Fort Shevchenko Time
 			5:00 RussiaAsia SHE%sT	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
-			4:00	1:00	AKTST	1991 Sep 29 2:00s
-			4:00	-	AKTT	1992 Jan 19 2:00s # Aktau Time
-			5:00 RussiaAsia AKT%sT
+			4:00	1:00	AQTST	1991 Sep 29 2:00s
+			4:00	-	AQTT	1992 Jan 19 2:00s # Aqtau Time
+			5:00 E-EurAsia	AQT%sT	1995 Sep lastSun
+			4:00 E-EurAsia	AQT%sT
 
 # Kirgizstan
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+Rule	Kirgiz	1992	max	-	Apr	Sun>=7	0:00	1:00	S
+Rule	Kirgiz	1991	max	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	0	-
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Bishkek	4:58:24 -	LMT	1924 May  2
 			5:00	-	FRUT	1957 Mar    # Frunze Time
 			6:00 RussiaAsia FRU%sT	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
 			5:00	1:00	FRUST	1991 Aug 31 # independence
-			5:00 RussiaAsia KG%sT		    # Kirgizstan Time
+			5:00	Kirgiz	KG%sT		    # Kirgizstan Time
 
 ###############################################################################
 
@@ -630,10 +672,13 @@ Rule	Lebanon	1973	1977	-	May	1	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Lebanon	1978	only	-	Apr	30	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Lebanon	1978	only	-	Sep	30	0:00	0	-
 Rule	Lebanon	1984	1987	-	May	1	0:00	1:00	S
-Rule	Lebanon	1984	max	-	Oct	16	0:00	0	-
+Rule	Lebanon	1984	1991	-	Oct	16	0:00	0	-
 Rule	Lebanon	1988	only	-	Jun	1	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Lebanon	1989	only	-	May	10	0:00	1:00	S
-Rule	Lebanon	1990	max	-	May	1	0:00	1:00	S
+Rule	Lebanon	1990	1992	-	May	1	0:00	1:00	S
+Rule	Lebanon	1992	only	-	Oct	4	0:00	0	-
+Rule	Lebanon	1993	max	-	Mar	lastSun	0:00	1:00	S
+Rule	Lebanon	1993	max	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	0	-
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Beirut	2:22:00 -	LMT	1880
 			2:00	Lebanon	EE%sT
@@ -673,8 +718,11 @@ Zone	Indian/Maldives	4:54:00 -	LMT	1880	# Male
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Mongol	1981	1984	-	Apr	1	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Mongol	1981	1984	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	-
-Rule	Mongol	1985	max	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00	1:00	S
-Rule	Mongol	1985	max	-	Sep	lastSun	3:00	0	-
+Rule	Mongol	1985	1990	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00	1:00	S
+Rule	Mongol	1985	1990	-	Sep	lastSun	3:00	0	-
+Rule	Mongol	1991	max	-	Mar	lastSun	0:00	1:00	S
+Rule	Mongol	1991	1995	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	0	-
+Rule	Mongol	1996	max	-	Oct	Fri>=22	0:00	0	-
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 #Zone	Asia/Dariv	6:14:32 -	LMT	1905 Aug
 #			6:00	-	DART	1978	# Dariv Time
@@ -712,9 +760,9 @@ Zone	Asia/Karachi	4:28:12 -	LMT	1907
 Rule EgyptAsia	1957	only	-	May	10	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule EgyptAsia	1957	1958	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
 Rule EgyptAsia	1958	only	-	May	 1	0:00	1:00	S
-Rule EgyptAsia	1959	1981	-	May	 1	1:00	1:00	S
+Rule EgyptAsia	1959	1967	-	May	 1	1:00	1:00	S
 Rule EgyptAsia	1959	1965	-	Sep	30	3:00	0	-
-Rule EgyptAsia	1966	max	-	Oct	 1	3:00	0	-
+Rule EgyptAsia	1966	only	-	Oct	 1	3:00	0	-
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Gaza	2:17:52	-	LMT	1900 Oct
 			2:00	-	EET	1957 May 10
@@ -806,8 +854,16 @@ Rule	Syria	1987	1988	-	Oct	31	2:00	0	-
 Rule	Syria	1988	only	-	Mar	15	2:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Syria	1989	only	-	Mar	31	2:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Syria	1989	only	-	Oct	1	2:00	0	-
-Rule	Syria	1990	max	-	Apr	1	2:00	1:00	S
-Rule	Syria	1990	max	-	Sep	30	2:00	0	-
+Rule	Syria	1990	only	-	Apr	1	2:00	1:00	S
+Rule	Syria	1990	only	-	Sep	30	2:00	0	-
+Rule	Syria	1991	only	-	Apr	 1	0:00	1:00	S
+Rule	Syria	1991	1992	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
+Rule	Syria	1992	only	-	Apr	 8	0:00	1:00	S
+Rule	Syria	1993	only	-	Mar	26	0:00	1:00	S
+Rule	Syria	1993	only	-	Sep	25	0:00	0	-
+# IATA SSIM (1996-09) says 1997-03-31; assume that it should be 1997-04-01.
+Rule	Syria	1994	max	-	Apr	 1	0:00	1:00	S
+Rule	Syria	1994	max	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Damascus	2:25:12 -	LMT	1920
 			2:00	Syria	EE%sT
@@ -820,10 +876,6 @@ Zone	Asia/Dushanbe	4:35:12 -	LMT	1924 May  2
 			5:00	1:00	DUSST	1991 Sep  9 # independence
 			5:00 RussiaAsia	TJ%sT	1992
 			5:00	-	TJT		    # Tajikistan Time
-# Shanks has Dushanbe at 5:00 (6:00 summer) after 1991,
-# but a cable from the American Embassy at Dushanbe
-# <URL:http://www.itaiep.doc.gov/bisnis/cables/960703ti.html> (1996-07-02)
-# says that Tajikistan is at 5:00.  Guess no DST after 1991.
 
 # Thailand
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
@@ -836,12 +888,10 @@ Zone	Asia/Bangkok	6:42:04	-	LMT	1880
 Zone	Asia/Ashkhabad	3:53:32 -	LMT	1924 May  2 # or Ashgabat
 			4:00	-	ASHT	1957 Mar    # Ashkhabad Time
 			5:00 RussiaAsia ASH%sT	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
-			4:00	1:00	ASHST	1991 Oct 27 # independence
-			4:00 RussiaAsia	TM%sT	1992	    # Turkmenistan Time
-			4:00	-	TMT
-# Shanks has Ashkhabad at 4:00 (5:00 summer) after 1991, but
-# DHL <URL:http://www.dhl.com/dhlinfo/country/turkmeni.html> (1996-07-26)
-# reports 4:00.  Guess no DST after 1991.
+			4:00	1:00	ASHST	1991 Sep 29 2:00s
+			4:00	-	ASHT	1991 Oct 27 # independence
+			4:00	-	TMT	1992 Jan 19 2:00s
+			5:00	-	TMT	# Turkmenistan Time
 
 # United Arab Emirates
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]