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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 bb25738707..aec8348bf6 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+# Hence, the proposal to shorten DST was withdrawn yesterday and the timezone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 09d8747c30..f35cc2e452 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 98c1c46cdc..f9bfa65717 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 e2b5896559..523e8bb607 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 17e0cd9ded..fcc18d2ee7 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