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-rw-r--r--timezone/australasia34
-rw-r--r--timezone/iso3166.tab19
-rw-r--r--timezone/southamerica49
-rw-r--r--timezone/zone.tab4
5 files changed, 122 insertions, 26 deletions
diff --git a/timezone/asia b/timezone/asia
index bb25738..aec8348 100644
--- a/timezone/asia
+++ b/timezone/asia
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)asia 7.67
+# @(#)asia 7.68
# 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
@@ -727,6 +727,46 @@ Zone Asia/Jerusalem 2:20:56 - LMT 1880
2:20:40 - JMT 1918 # Jerusalem Mean Time?
2:00 Zion I%sT
+# From Ephraim Silverberg (2002-07-07):
+#
+# The Israeli government today adopted a proposal by Minister of Interior
+# Eli Yishai to shorten the period of Daylight Savings Time for the year
+# 2002 (only -- the dates for 2003 and 2004 are, so far, unaffected).
+#
+# The proposed date to Daylight Savings Time is September 13, 2002 instead
+# of the current date: October 7, 2002. The hour of changeover has not
+# yet been decided.
+#
+# (2002-07-10):
+# While today the Knesset passed the initial proposal to reduce DST by
+# some three weeks, a new compromise is being worked out between
+# Minister of Justice Meir Sheetrit and Minister of Interior Eli
+# Yishai to revert to standard time for a period of 48-96 _hours_
+# (sic) around the Yom Kippur fast day (September 15-16) and then go
+# *back* to DST until the end of October. The details of the proposal
+# have yet to be worked out, but the second and final readings of the
+# bill have until July 24 to pass.
+#
+# (2002-07-25):
+# Thanks go to Yitschak Goldberg from E&M for bringing this (Hebrew) article
+# to my attention:
+#
+# http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-2019315,00.html
+#
+# Hence, the proposal to shorten DST was withdrawn yesterday and the timezone
+# files that have been in effect since July 2000 are still valid for all of
+# 2002.
+#
+# Please note that the article mentions that the Shas MK's intend to
+# bring up their amendment for future years (2003 and beyond). What this
+# means exactly is anyone's guess since there are no set dates yet beyond
+# 2004 and the end day set for 2003 and 2004 is already the 7th of Tishrei
+# (i.e. before the fast of Yom Kippur). The only thing they may want to
+# change is the start date of DST in 2003 from Mar.28.03 (24th of Adar II)
+# to Apr.18.03 (16th of Nisan) so that the Passover Seder will take place
+# during Standard Time. The start date for 2004 is already Nisan 16th.
+
+
###############################################################################
diff --git a/timezone/australasia b/timezone/australasia
index 09d8747..f35cc2e 100644
--- a/timezone/australasia
+++ b/timezone/australasia
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)australasia 7.66
+# @(#)australasia 7.67
# This file also includes Pacific islands.
# Notes are at the end of this file
@@ -738,6 +738,38 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901
# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08):
# The chosen rules the union of the 1971/1972 change and the 1989-1992 changes.
+# From Rives McDow (2002-04-09):
+# The most interesting region I have found consists of three towns on the
+# southern coast of Australia, population 10 at last report, along with
+# 50,000 sheep, about 100 kilometers long and 40 kilometers into the
+# continent. The primary town is Madura, with the other towns being
+# Mundrabilla and Eucla. According to the sheriff of Madura, the
+# residents got tired of having to change the time so often, as they are
+# located in a strip overlapping the border of South Australia and Western
+# Australia. South Australia observes daylight saving time; Western
+# Australia does not. The two states are one and a half hours apart. The
+# residents decided to forget about this nonsense of changing the clock so
+# much and set the local time 20 hours and 45 minutes from the
+# international date line, or right in the middle of the time of South
+# Australia and Western Australia. As it only affects about 10 people and
+# tourists staying at the Madura Motel, it has never really made as big an
+# impact as Broken Hill. However, as tourist visiting there or anyone
+# calling the local sheriff will attest, they do keep time in this way.
+#
+# From Paul Eggert (2002-04-09):
+# This is confirmed by the section entitled
+# "What's the deal with time zones???" in
+# <http://www.earthsci.unimelb.edu.au/~awatkins/null.html>,
+# which says a few other things:
+#
+# * Border Village, SA also is 45 minutes ahead of Perth.
+# * The locals call this time zone "central W.A. Time" (presumably "CWAT").
+# * The locals also call Western Australia time "Perth time".
+#
+# It's not clear from context whether everyone in Western Australia
+# knows of this naming convention, or whether it's just the people in
+# this subregion.
+
# South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08):
diff --git a/timezone/iso3166.tab b/timezone/iso3166.tab
index 98c1c46..f9bfa65 100644
--- a/timezone/iso3166.tab
+++ b/timezone/iso3166.tab
@@ -1,17 +1,18 @@
-# ISO 3166 2-letter country codes
+# ISO 3166 alpha-2 country codes
#
# @(#)iso3166.tab 1.9
#
-# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1999-10-13):
+# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (2002-05-28):
#
# This file contains a table with the following columns:
-# 1. ISO 3166-1:1999 2-character country code. See:
-# <a href="http://www.din.de/gremien/nas/nabd/iso3166ma/codlstp1.html">
-# ISO 3166-1: The Code List
-# </a>.
+# 1. ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code, current as of
+# ISO 3166-1 Newsletter No. V-5 (2002-05-20). See:
+# <a href="http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/index.html">
+# ISO 3166 Maintenance agency (ISO 3166/MA)
+# </a>.
# 2. The usual English name for the country,
-# chosen so that alphabetic sorting of subsets produces helpful lists.
-# This is not the same as the English name in the ISO 3166 tables.
+# chosen so that alphabetic sorting of subsets produces helpful lists.
+# This is not the same as the English name in the ISO 3166 tables.
#
# Columns are separated by a single tab.
# The table is sorted by country code.
@@ -229,10 +230,10 @@ TG Togo
TH Thailand
TJ Tajikistan
TK Tokelau
+TL East Timor
TM Turkmenistan
TN Tunisia
TO Tonga
-TP East Timor
TR Turkey
TT Trinidad & Tobago
TV Tuvalu
diff --git a/timezone/southamerica b/timezone/southamerica
index e2b5896..523e8bb 100644
--- a/timezone/southamerica
+++ b/timezone/southamerica
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)southamerica 7.43
+# @(#)southamerica 7.45
# 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
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ Zone America/Buenos_Aires -3:53:48 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
# Shanks also makes the following claims, which we haven't verified:
# - Formosa switched to -3:00 on 1991-01-07.
# - La Rioja and San Juan switched to -4:00 on 1991-03-01
-# and then to 03:00 on 1991-05-07.
+# and then to -3:00 on 1991-05-07.
# - Misiones switched to -3:00 on 1990-12-29.
# - Chaco switched to -3:00 on 1991-01-04.
# - San Luis switched to -4:00 on 1990-03-14, then to -3:00 on 1990-10-15,
@@ -292,11 +292,28 @@ Zone America/La_Paz -4:32:36 - LMT 1890
# http://pcdsh01.on.br/Fusbr.htm
# http://pcdsh01.on.br/Fusbrhv.htm
-# From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02):
-# The official decrees referenced below are taken from
+# From Celso Doria via David Madeo (2002-10-09):
+# The reason for the delay this year has to do with elections in Brazil.
+#
+# Unlike in the United States, elections in Brazil are 100% computerized and
+# the results are known almost immediately. Yesterday, it was the first
+# round of the elections when 115 million Brazilians voted for President,
+# Governor, Senators, Federal Deputies, and State Deputies. Nobody is
+# counting (or re-counting) votes anymore and we know there will be a second
+# round for the Presidency and also for some Governors. The 2nd round will
+# take place on October 27th.
+#
+# The reason why the DST will only begin November 3rd is that the thousands
+# of electoral machines used cannot have their time changed, and since the
+# Constitution says the elections must begin at 8:00 AM and end at 5:00 PM,
+# the Government decided to postpone DST, instead of changing the Constitution
+# (maybe, for the next elections, it will be possible to change the clock)...
+
+# From Paul Eggert (2002-10-10):
+# The official decrees referenced below are mostly taken from
# <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV.html">
# Decretos sobre o Horario de Verao no Brasil
-# </a> (1999-10-04, in Portuguese).
+# </a> (2001-09-20, in Portuguese).
# The official site for all decrees, including those not related to time, is
# <a href="http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/principal_ano.htm">
# Presidencia da Republica, Subchefia para Assuntos Juridicos, Decretos
@@ -421,15 +438,18 @@ Rule Brazil 2000 only - Feb 27 0:00 0 -
# repeals DST in SE, AL, PB, RN, CE, PI and MA, effective 2000-10-22 00:00.
# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/HV3916.gif">3,916</a>
# (2001-09-13) reestablishes DST in AL, CE, MA, PB, PE, PI, RN, SE.
+Rule Brazil 2000 2001 - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 1:00 S
+Rule Brazil 2001 max - Feb Sun>=15 0:00 0 -
+# Decree 4,399 (2002-10-01) repeals DST in AL, CE, MA, PB, PE, PI, RN, SE.
+# <a href="http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2002/D4399.htm"></a>
+Rule Brazil 2002 only - Nov 3 0:00 1:00 S
#
+Rule Brazil 2003 max - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 1:00 S
# The latest decree listed above says that the following states observe DST:
-# AL, BA, CE, DF, ES, GO, MA, MG, MS, MT,
-# PB, PE, PI, PR, RJ, RN, RS, SC, SE, SP, TO.
+# BA, DF, ES, GO, MG, MS, MT, PR, RJ, RS, SC, SP, TO.
#
-# For dates after mid-2002, the following rules are guesses
+# For dates after mid-2003, the above rules with TO="max" are guesses
# and are quite possibly wrong, but are more likely than no DST at all.
-Rule Brazil 2000 max - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 1:00 S
-Rule Brazil 2001 max - Feb Sun>=15 0:00 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
@@ -453,7 +473,8 @@ Zone America/Fortaleza -2:34:00 - LMT 1914
-3:00 - BRT 1999 Sep 30
-3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2000 Oct 22
-3:00 - BRT 2001 Sep 13
- -3:00 Brazil BR%sT
+ -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2002 Oct 1
+ -3:00 - BRT
#
# Pernambuco (PE) (except Atlantic islands)
Zone America/Recife -2:19:36 - LMT 1914
@@ -461,7 +482,8 @@ Zone America/Recife -2:19:36 - LMT 1914
-3:00 - BRT 1999 Sep 30
-3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2000 Oct 15
-3:00 - BRT 2001 Sep 13
- -3:00 Brazil BR%sT
+ -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2002 Oct 1
+ -3:00 - BRT
#
# Tocantins (TO)
Zone America/Araguaina -3:12:48 - LMT 1914
@@ -477,7 +499,8 @@ Zone America/Maceio -2:22:52 - LMT 1914
-3:00 - BRT 1999 Sep 30
-3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2000 Oct 22
-3:00 - BRT 2001 Sep 13
- -3:00 Brazil BR%sT
+ -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2002 Oct 1
+ -3:00 - BRT
#
# Bahia (BA), Goias (GO), Distrito Federal (DF), Minas Gerais (MG),
# Espirito Santo (ES), Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Sao Paulo (SP), Parana (PR),
diff --git a/timezone/zone.tab b/timezone/zone.tab
index 17e0cd9..fcc18d2 100644
--- a/timezone/zone.tab
+++ b/timezone/zone.tab
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)zone.tab 1.26
+# @(#)zone.tab 1.27
#
# TZ zone descriptions
#
@@ -339,10 +339,10 @@ TG +0608+00113 Africa/Lome
TH +1345+10031 Asia/Bangkok
TJ +3835+06848 Asia/Dushanbe
TK -0922-17114 Pacific/Fakaofo
+TL -0833+12535 Asia/Dili
TM +3757+05823 Asia/Ashgabat
TN +3648+01011 Africa/Tunis
TO -2110+17510 Pacific/Tongatapu
-TP -0833+12535 Asia/Dili
TR +4101+02858 Europe/Istanbul
TT +1039-06131 America/Port_of_Spain
TV -0831+17913 Pacific/Funafuti