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-rw-r--r--time/asia49
-rw-r--r--time/backward3
-rw-r--r--time/europe9
-rw-r--r--time/leapseconds3
-rw-r--r--time/southamerica54
5 files changed, 81 insertions, 37 deletions
diff --git a/time/asia b/time/asia
index 78ecb30..6e7c636 100644
--- a/time/asia
+++ b/time/asia
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)asia 7.12
+# @(#)asia 7.13
# 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
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
# 8:00 PST PDT Philippines*
# 8:00 SGT Singapore
# 8:00 UST UDT Ulan Bator*
-# 9:00 JST Japan
+# 9:00 JST JDT Japan
# 9:00 KST KDT Korea
# 9:00 MLT Moluccas*
# 9:30 CST Australian Central Standard Time
@@ -461,7 +461,14 @@ Rule Zion 1993 only - Sep 5 0:00 0:00 S
Rule Zion 1994 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D
Rule Zion 1994 only - Aug 28 0:00 0:00 S
Rule Zion 1995 only - Mar 31 0:00 1:00 D
-Rule Zion 1995 only - Aug 27 0:00 0:00 S
+# On 1995-03-13 Ephraim Silverberg corrected the next line from Aug 27 to Sep 3.
+Rule Zion 1995 only - Sep 3 0:00 0:00 S
+
+# From Ephraim Silverberg (1995-03-13):
+# The Spokeswoman's office confirmed that there are not yet any dates
+# for the timezone conversion for the years 1996 and beyond yet
+# and this is one of the things the newly-appointed Minister of Interior
+# will have to decide sometime this year.
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Asia/Tel_Aviv 2:19:04 - LMT 1880
@@ -475,20 +482,44 @@ Zone Asia/Tel_Aviv 2:19:04 - LMT 1880
# `9:00' and `JST' is from Guy Harris.
-# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993):
-# Shanks says that the far southern Ryukyu Is (Nansei-Shoto) are 8:00,
-# but we don't have a good location name for them;
-# we don't even know the name of the principal town.
-# There is no information for Marcus.
-# Other Japanese possessions are probably like Asia/Tokyo.
+# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1995-03-06):
+# Today's _Asahi Evening News_ (page 4) reports that Japan had
+# daylight saving between 1948 and 1951, but ``the system was discontinued
+# because the public believed it would lead to longer working hours.''
+# Shanks writes that daylight saving in Japan during those years was as follows:
+# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
+#Rule Japan 1948 only - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
+#Rule Japan 1948 1951 - Sep Sat>=8 2:00 0 S
+#Rule Japan 1949 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
+#Rule Japan 1950 1951 - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
+# but the only locations using it were US military bases.
+# We go with Shanks and omit daylight saving in those years for Asia/Tokyo.
+#
+# The same news article also reports that Japan is likely to go on DST in 1996
+# as follows, where I've guessed the AT and LETTER/S columns:
+# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
+#Rule Japan 1996 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
+#Rule Japan 1996 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
# From Shanks (1991):
# Japan switched from the Japanese calendar on 1893 Jan 1.
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Asia/Tokyo 9:19:04 - LMT 1896
9:00 - JST
+# If Japan adopts DST in 1996, replace the above line with the following lines:
+# 9:00 - JST 1996
+# 9:00 Japan J%sT
+# and uncomment the two `Rule' lines commented out above.
+
+# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993):
+# Shanks says that the far southern Ryukyu Is (Nansei-Shoto) are 8:00,
+# but we don't have a good location name for them;
+# we don't even know the name of the principal town.
+# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
#Zone Asia/South_Ryukyu 8:14:44 - LMT 1896 # Amitori
# 8:00 - CST
+# There is no information for Marcus.
+# Other Japanese possessions are probably like Asia/Tokyo.
# Jordan
# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993):
diff --git a/time/backward b/time/backward
index d4d8ff0..ff9784a 100644
--- a/time/backward
+++ b/time/backward
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)backward 7.8
+# @(#)backward 7.9
# This file provides links between current names for time zones
# and their old names. Many names changed in late 1993.
@@ -73,4 +73,5 @@ Link America/Los_Angeles US/Pacific
Link Pacific/Samoa US/Samoa
Link Etc/UTC UTC
Link Etc/Universal Universal
+Link Europe/Moscow W-SU
Link Etc/Zulu Zulu
diff --git a/time/europe b/time/europe
index c5d4a57..a01124b 100644
--- a/time/europe
+++ b/time/europe
@@ -714,11 +714,10 @@ Rule GB-Eire 1961 1967 - Oct Sun>=23 2:00s 0 GMT
Rule GB-Eire 1971 only - Oct 31 3:00 0 GMT
Rule GB-Eire 1972 1980 - Oct Sun>=23 2:00s 0 GMT
# 1981 on
-Rule GB-Eire 1981 max - Mar lastSun 1:00u 1:00 BST
+Rule GB-Eire 1981 1995 - Mar lastSun 1:00u 1:00 BST
Rule GB-Eire 1981 1989 - Oct Sun>=23 1:00u 0 GMT
Rule GB-Eire 1990 1995 - Oct Sun>=22 1:00u 0 GMT
-Rule GB-Eire 1996 max - Oct lastSun 1:00u 0 GMT
-# Also see EC, which (starting 1996) differs only in LETTER/S.
+# See EC for rules starting in 1996.
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Europe/London -0:01:15 - LMT 1847 Sep 22
@@ -760,7 +759,6 @@ Rule EC 1978 only - Oct 1 1:00u 0 -
Rule EC 1979 1995 - Sep lastSun 1:00u 0 -
Rule EC 1981 max - Mar lastSun 1:00u 1:00 " DST"
Rule EC 1996 max - Oct lastSun 1:00u 0 -
-# Also see GB-Eire, which (starting 1996) differs only in LETTER/S.
# W-Eur differs from EC only in that W-Eur uses standard time.
Rule W-Eur 1800 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 -
@@ -824,7 +822,6 @@ Rule Russia 1985 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D
Zone WET 0:00 EC WET%s
Zone MET 1:00 M-Eur MET%s
Zone EET 2:00 EC EET%s
-Zone W-SU 3:00 M-Eur ????
# Tom Hoffman says that MET is also known as Central European Time
@@ -1789,7 +1786,7 @@ Zone Asia/Anadyr 11:49:56 - LMT 1924 May 2
12:00 - ASK 1992 Jan 19 2:00s
13:00 Russia AS%s
-# Serbia
+# Yugoslavia (what's left of it -- mostly Serbia)
# They switched from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar on 1918 Mar 18.
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Europe/Belgrade 1:22:00 - LMT 1884
diff --git a/time/leapseconds b/time/leapseconds
index d610692..c48e495 100644
--- a/time/leapseconds
+++ b/time/leapseconds
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)leapseconds 7.7
+# @(#)leapseconds 7.8
# Allowance for leapseconds added to each timezone file.
@@ -39,3 +39,4 @@ Leap 1990 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S
Leap 1992 Jun 30 23:59:60 + S
Leap 1993 Jun 30 23:59:60 + S
Leap 1994 Jun 30 23:59:60 + S
+Leap 1995 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S
diff --git a/time/southamerica b/time/southamerica
index b40ce55..52da58f 100644
--- a/time/southamerica
+++ b/time/southamerica
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)southamerica 7.6
+# @(#)southamerica 7.8
# 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
@@ -14,17 +14,18 @@
# the rest are from earlier versions of this file, or from other sources.
# Some of these are just plausible excuses for common English abbreviations.
# Corrections are welcome!
-# std dst
-# LMT Local Mean Time
-# -2:00 FST FDT Fernando de Noronha
-# -3:00 EST EDT Eastern South America (conflicts with -5:00)
-# -4:00 AST ADT Andes*, Antilles*, Asuncion*, Atlantic
-# -4:00 CST CDT Chile (conflicts with -6:00)
-# -4:00 WST WDT Western Brazil
-# -5:00 AST ADT Acre (conflicts with -4:00)
-# -5:00 EST EDT Eastern, Ecuador*
-# -6:00 CST CDT Archipelago of Columbus*, Central
-# -7:00 MST MDT Mataveri*, Mountain
+# std dst
+# LMT Local Mean Time
+# -2:00 FST FDT Fernando de Noronha
+# -3:00 EST EDT Eastern South America (conflicts with -5:00)
+# -3:00 ARST ARDT Argentina
+# -4:00 AST ADT Andes*, Antilles*, Asuncion*, Atlantic
+# -4:00 CST CDT Chile (conflicts with -6:00)
+# -4:00 WST WDT Western Brazil
+# -5:00 AST ADT Acre (conflicts with -4:00)
+# -5:00 EST EDT Eastern, Ecuador*
+# -6:00 CST CDT Archipelago of Columbus*, Central
+# -7:00 MST MDT Mataveri*, Mountain
#
# See the `africa' file for Zone naming conventions.
@@ -49,6 +50,10 @@
# From U. S. Naval Observatory (January 19, 19889):
# ARGENTINA 3 H BEHIND UTC
+# From Hernan G. Otero <hernan@isoft.com.ar> (June 26, 1995):
+# I am sending modifications to the Argentinian time zone table...
+# AR was chosen because they are the ISO letters that represent Argentina.
+
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Arg 1930 only - Dec 1 0:00 1:00 D
Rule Arg 1931 only - Apr 1 0:00 0 S
@@ -79,19 +84,28 @@ Rule Arg 1986 1987 - Oct 25 0:00 1:00 D
Rule Arg 1987 only - Feb 13 0:00 0 S
Rule Arg 1988 only - Feb 7 0:00 0 S
Rule Arg 1988 only - Dec 1 0:00 1:00 D
-Rule Arg 1989 only - Mar 16 0:00 0 S
-Rule Arg 1989 only - Oct 15 0:00 1:00 D
-Rule Arg 1990 only - Mar 4 0:00 0 S
-# _The Economist_ (8 Jan 1994, p 42) reports that Argentina
-# had DST in 1991-2 and 1992-3, but not in 1990-1 or in 1993-4.
-# It has something to do with electricity companies meeting demand in summer.
-# We don't know the 1991-3 transition times, unfortunately.
+#
+# From Hernan G. Otero <hernan@isoft.com.ar> (June 26, 1995):
+# These corrections were contributed by InterSoft Argentina S.A.,
+# obtaining the data from the:
+# Talleres de Hidrografia Naval Argentina
+# (Argentinian Naval Hydrography Institute)
+#
+# Shanks gives 1989 Mar 16 and stops after 1990 Mar 4; go with Otero.
+Rule Arg 1989 1993 - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 S
+Rule Arg 1989 1992 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 D
+#
+# From Hernan G. Otero <hernan@isoft.com.ar> (June 26, 1995):
+# From this moment on, the law that mandated the daylight saving
+# time corrections was derogated and no more modifications
+# to the time zones (for daylight saving) are now made.
+#
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone America/Buenos_Aires -3:53:48 - LMT 1894 Nov
-4:17 - CMT 1920 May # Cordoba Mean Time
-4:00 - AST 1930 Dec
-4:00 Arg A%sT 1969 Oct 5
- -3:00 Arg E%sT
+ -3:00 Arg AR%sT
# Bolivia
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]