Updated to fedora-glibc-20061120T1000 cvs/fedora-glibc-2_5_90-7

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diff --git a/timezone/australasia b/timezone/australasia
index 70b845560e..2e17bcc0c3 100644
--- a/timezone/australasia
+++ b/timezone/australasia
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)australasia	8.1
+# @(#)australasia	8.3
 # <pre>
 
 # This file also includes Pacific islands.
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ Zone Indian/Christmas	7:02:52 -	LMT	1895 Feb
 			7:00	-	CXT	# Christmas Island Time
 
 # Cook Is
-# From Shanks:
+# From Shanks & Pottenger:
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Cook	1978	only	-	Nov	12	0:00	0:30	HS
 Rule	Cook	1979	1991	-	Mar	Sun>=1	0:00	0	-
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ Zone	Pacific/Nauru	11:07:40 -	LMT	1921 Jan 15	# Uaobe
 Rule	NC	1977	1978	-	Dec	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	NC	1978	1979	-	Feb	27	0:00	0	-
 Rule	NC	1996	only	-	Dec	 1	2:00s	1:00	S
-# Shanks says the following was at 2:00; go with IATA.
+# Shanks & Pottenger say the following was at 2:00; go with IATA.
 Rule	NC	1997	only	-	Mar	 2	2:00s	0	-
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Pacific/Noumea	11:05:48 -	LMT	1912 Jan 13
@@ -507,10 +507,10 @@ Zone	Pacific/Wallis	12:15:20 -	LMT	1901
 # 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 (1999-10-29):
+# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
 # A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
-# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (5th edition),
-# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1999).
+# Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition),
+# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003).
 #
 # Gwillim Law writes that a good source
 # for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport
@@ -518,8 +518,8 @@ Zone	Pacific/Wallis	12:15:20 -	LMT	1901
 # 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.
+# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks & Pottenger is the source for
+# entries through 1990, and IATA SSIM is the source for entries afterwards.
 #
 # Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences,
 # Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which
@@ -587,6 +587,12 @@ Zone	Pacific/Wallis	12:15:20 -	LMT	1901
 #	WST	for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 8:00
 #	EST	for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 10:00
 
+# From Chuck Soper (2006-06-01):
+# I recently found this Australian government web page on time zones:
+# <http://www.australia.gov.au/about-australia-13time>
+# And this government web page lists time zone names and abbreviations:
+# <http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/daysavtm.shtml>
+
 # From Paul Eggert (2001-04-05), summarizing a long discussion about "EST"
 # versus "AEST" etc.:
 #
@@ -669,7 +675,7 @@ Zone	Pacific/Wallis	12:15:20 -	LMT	1901
 #   understood in Australia.
 
 # From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19):
-# Shanks reports 2:00 for all autumn changes in Australia and New Zealand.
+# Shanks & Pottenger report 2:00 for all autumn changes in Australia and NZ.
 # Mark Prior writes that his newspaper
 # reports that NSW's fall 1995 change will occur at 2:00,
 # but Robert Elz says it's been 3:00 in Victoria since 1970
@@ -842,14 +848,14 @@ Zone	Pacific/Wallis	12:15:20 -	LMT	1901
 # current DST ending dates, no worries.
 #
 # Rule	Oz	1971	1985	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	-
-# Rule	Oz	1986	max	-	Oct	Sun<=24	2:00	1:00	-
+# Rule	Oz	1986	max	-	Oct	Sun>=18	2:00	1:00	-
 # Rule	Oz	1972	only	-	Feb	27	3:00	0	-
 # Rule	Oz	1973	1986	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	-
-# Rule	Oz	1987	max	-	Mar	Sun<=21	3:00	0	-
+# Rule	Oz	1987	max	-	Mar	Sun>=15	3:00	0	-
 # Zone	Australia/Tasmania	10:00	Oz	EST
 # Zone	Australia/South		9:30	Oz	CST
 # Zone	Australia/Victoria	10:00	Oz	EST	1985 Oct lastSun 2:00
-#				10:00	1:00	EST	1986 Mar Sun<=21 3:00
+#				10:00	1:00	EST	1986 Mar Sun>=15 3:00
 #				10:00	Oz	EST
 
 # From Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
@@ -875,7 +881,7 @@ Zone	Pacific/Wallis	12:15:20 -	LMT	1901
 # ...
 # Rule	 AS	1971	max	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
 # Rule	 AS	1972	1985	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	C
-# Rule	 AS	1986	1990	-	Mar	Sun<=21	3:00	0	C
+# Rule	 AS	1986	1990	-	Mar	Sun>=15	3:00	0	C
 # Rule	 AS	1991	max	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	C
 
 # From Bradley White (1992-03-11):
@@ -1068,9 +1074,9 @@ Zone	Pacific/Wallis	12:15:20 -	LMT	1901
 # shown on clocks on LHI. I guess this means that for 30 minutes at the start
 # of DST, LHI is actually 1 hour ahead of the rest of NSW.
 
-# From Paul Eggert (2001-02-09):
-# For Lord Howe dates we use Shanks through 1989, and Lonergan thereafter.
-# For times we use Lonergan.
+# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
+# For Lord Howe dates we use Shanks & Pottenger through 1989, and
+# Lonergan thereafter.  For times we use Lonergan.
 
 ###############################################################################
 
@@ -1101,16 +1107,16 @@ Zone	Pacific/Wallis	12:15:20 -	LMT	1901
 # rather than the October 1 value.
 
 # From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19);
-# Shanks reports 2:00 for all autumn changes in Australia and New Zealand.
+# Shank & Pottenger report 2:00 for all autumn changes in Australia and NZ.
 # Robert Uzgalis writes that the New Zealand Daylight
 # Savings Time Order in Council dated 1990-06-18 specifies 2:00 standard
 # time on both the first Sunday in October and the third Sunday in March.
 # As with Australia, we'll assume the tradition is 2:00s, not 2:00.
 #
-# From Paul Eggert (2003-05-26):
+# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
 # The Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) maintains a brief history,
 # as does Carol Squires; see tz-link.htm for the full references.
-# Use these sources in preference to Shanks.
+# Use these sources in preference to Shanks & Pottenger.
 #
 # For Chatham, IATA SSIM (1991/1999) gives the NZ rules but with
 # transitions at 2:45 local standard time; this confirms that Chatham
@@ -1185,8 +1191,8 @@ Zone	Pacific/Wallis	12:15:20 -	LMT	1901
 # ``I am certain, having lived there for the past decade, that "Truk"
 # (now properly known as Chuuk) ... is in the time zone GMT+10.''
 #
-# Shanks writes that Truk switched from UTC+10 to UTC+11 on 1978-10-01;
-# ignore this for now.
+# Shanks & Pottenger write that Truk switched from UTC+10 to UTC+11
+# on 1978-10-01; ignore this for now.
 
 # From Paul Eggert (1999-10-29):
 # The Federated States of Micronesia Visitors Board writes in
@@ -1279,8 +1285,8 @@ Zone	Pacific/Wallis	12:15:20 -	LMT	1901
 # on the World Day of Prayer, you would be the first people on Earth
 # to say your prayers in the morning."
 
-# From Paul Eggert (1999-08-12):
-# Shanks says the transition was on 1968-10-01; go with Mundell.
+# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
+# Shanks & Pottenger say the transition was on 1968-10-01; go with Mundell.
 
 # From Eric Ulevik (1999-05-03):
 # Tonga's director of tourism, who is also secretary of the National Millenium