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Diffstat (limited to 'time')
| -rw-r--r-- | time/asia | 49 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | time/backward | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | time/europe | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | time/leapseconds | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | time/southamerica | 54 |
5 files changed, 81 insertions, 37 deletions
diff --git a/time/asia b/time/asia index 78ecb30d93..6e7c63652b 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 d4d8ff082f..ff9784a190 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 c5d4a572aa..a01124b6a4 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 d610692f94..c48e495344 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 b40ce559a3..52da58f4f2 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] |