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| -rw-r--r-- | ChangeLog | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | localedata/ChangeLog | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | timezone/africa | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | timezone/europe | 16 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | timezone/northamerica | 24 |
5 files changed, 37 insertions, 15 deletions
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +1999-03-31 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> + + * timezone/africa: Update from tzdata1999d. + * timezone/europe: Likewise. + * timezone/northamerica: Likewise. + 1999-03-31 Mark Kettenis <kettenis@gnu.org> * login/programs/pt_chown.c (main): Save effective user ID before diff --git a/localedata/ChangeLog b/localedata/ChangeLog index f6bc173..5d0b21b 100644 --- a/localedata/ChangeLog +++ b/localedata/ChangeLog @@ -1,5 +1,8 @@ 1999-03-31 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> + * charmaps/CP1256: Cosmetic changes. + * charmaps/CP1257: Likewise. + * charmaps/CP1258: New file. * charmaps/CP1257: Add some marks. diff --git a/timezone/africa b/timezone/africa index 1a2e339..f0cf017 100644 --- a/timezone/africa +++ b/timezone/africa @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# @(#)africa 7.27 +# @(#)africa 7.28 # 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 @@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ # # A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is # Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Antique Collectors Club (1997). -# Oxford University Press (1980). # # Previous editions of this database used WAT, CAT, SAT, and EAT # for +0:00 through +3:00, respectively, diff --git a/timezone/europe b/timezone/europe index fe212de..3053e50 100644 --- a/timezone/europe +++ b/timezone/europe @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# @(#)europe 7.59 +# @(#)europe 7.60 # 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 @@ -747,6 +747,20 @@ # # Whitman says Dublin Mean Time was -0:25:21, which is more precise than Shanks. +# From Paul Eggert (1999-03-28): +# Clive Feather (<news:859845706.26043.0@office.demon.net>, 1997-03-31) +# reports that Cheriton Shuttle Terminal uses Concession Time (CT), +# equivalent to French civil time. +# Julian Hill (<news:36118128.5A14@virgin.net>, 1998-09-30) reports that +# trains between Dollands Moor (the freight facility just outside Cheriton) +# and Frethun run in CT. +# My admittedly uninformed guess is that the terminal has two authorities, +# the French concession operators and the British civil authorities, +# and that the time depends on who you're talking to. +# If, say, the British police were called to the station for some reason, +# I would expect the official police report to use GMT/BST and not CET/CEST. +# This is a borderline case, but for now let's stick to GMT/BST for Cheriton. + # From an anonymous contributor (1996-06-02): # The law governing time in Ireland is under Statutory Instrument SI 395/94, # which gives force to European Union 7th Council Directive # 94/21/EC. diff --git a/timezone/northamerica b/timezone/northamerica index e3f8502..8743f4b 100644 --- a/timezone/northamerica +++ b/timezone/northamerica @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# @(#)northamerica 7.43 +# @(#)northamerica 7.44 # also includes Central America and the Caribbean # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, @@ -1150,16 +1150,17 @@ Zone America/Costa_Rica -5:36:20 - LMT 1890 # San Jose # Cuba -# From Bob Devine (1988-01-28): -# . . .DST is from 2nd Sunday in May to 2nd Sunday in October since 1981. -# Change at midnight. In 1979 & 1980, started at 3rd Sunday in March -# (I think). - -# From U. S. Naval Observatory (1989-01-19): -# CUBA 5 H BEHIND UTC -# CUBA 4 H BEHIND UTC MAR 20 - OCT 8 +# From Arthur David Olson (1999-03-29): +# The 1999-03-28 exhibition baseball game held in Havana, Cuba, between +# the Cuban National Team and the Baltimore Orioles was carried live on +# the Orioles Radio Network, including affiliate WTOP in Washington, DC. +# During the game, play-by-play announcer Jim Hunter noted that +# "We'll be losing two hours of sleep...Cuba switched to Daylight Saving +# Time today." (The "two hour" remark referred to losing one hour of +# sleep on 1999-03-28--when the announcers were in Cuba as it switched +# to DST--and one more hour on 1999-04-04--when the announcers will have +# returned to Baltimore, which switches on that date.) -# From Shanks (1991): # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Cuba 1928 only - Jun 10 0:00 1:00 D Rule Cuba 1928 only - Oct 10 0:00 0 S @@ -1187,9 +1188,8 @@ Rule Cuba 1990 1997 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Cuba 1991 1995 - Oct Sun>=8 0:00s 0 S Rule Cuba 1996 only - Oct 6 0:00s 0 S Rule Cuba 1997 only - Oct 12 0:00s 0 S -Rule Cuba 1998 only - Mar 29 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Cuba 1998 max - Mar lastSun 0:00s 1:00 D Rule Cuba 1998 max - Oct lastSun 0:00s 0 S -Rule Cuba 1999 max - Apr Sun>=1 0:00s 1:00 D # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Havana -5:29:28 - LMT 1890 |