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-rw-r--r--time/africa81
-rw-r--r--time/europe44
-rw-r--r--time/iso3166.tab4
-rw-r--r--time/northamerica7
-rw-r--r--time/southamerica6
-rw-r--r--time/zone.tab2
6 files changed, 37 insertions, 107 deletions
diff --git a/time/africa b/time/africa
index 2ea89bd5e0..5c9608ceaa 100644
--- a/time/africa
+++ b/time/africa
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)africa	7.18
+# @(#)africa	7.19
 
 # 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
@@ -27,85 +27,6 @@
 # Derek Howse, Greenwich time and the discovery of the longitude,
 # Oxford University Press (1980).
 #
-# I added so many Zone names that the old, mostly flat name space was unwieldy.
-# So I renamed the Zones to have the form AREA/LOCATION, where
-# AREA is the name of a continent or ocean, and
-# LOCATION is the name of a specific location within that region.
-# For example, the old zone name `Egypt' is now `Africa/Cairo'.
-#
-# Here are the general rules I used for choosing location names,
-# in decreasing order of importance:
-#
-#	Use only valid Posix file names.  Use only Ascii letters, digits, `.',
-#		`-' and `_'.  Do not exceed 14 characters or start with `-'.
-#		E.g. prefer `Brunei' to `Bandar_Seri_Begawan'.
-#	Include at least one location per time zone rule set per country.
-#		One such location is enough.
-#	If all the clocks in a country's region have agreed since 1970,
-#		don't bother to include more than one location
-#		even if subregions' clocks disagreed before 1970.
-#		Otherwise these tables would become annoyingly large.
-#	If a name is ambiguous, use a less ambiguous alternative;
-#		e.g. many cities are named San Jose and Georgetown, so
-#		prefer `Costa_Rica' to `San_Jose' and `Guyana' to `Georgetown'.
-#	Keep locations compact.  Use cities or small islands, not countries
-#		or regions, so that any future time zone changes do not split
-#		locations into different time zones.  E.g. prefer `Paris'
-#		to `France', since France has had multiple time zones.
-#	Use traditional English spelling, e.g. prefer `Rome' to `Roma', and
-#		prefer `Athens' to the true name (which uses Greek letters).
-#		The Posix file name restrictions encourage this rule.
-#	Use the most populous among locations in a country's time zone,
-#		e.g. prefer `Shanghai' to `Beijing'.  Among locations with
-#		similar populations, pick the best-known location,
-#		e.g. prefer `Rome' to `Milan'.
-#	Use the singular form, e.g. prefer `Canary' to `Canaries'.
-#	Omit common suffixes like `_Islands' and `_City', unless that
-#		would lead to ambiguity.  E.g. prefer `Cayman' to
-#		`Cayman_Islands' and `Guatemala' to `Guatemala_City',
-#		but prefer `Mexico_City' to `Mexico' because the country
-#		of Mexico has several time zones.
-#	Use `_' to represent a space.
-#	Omit `.' from abbreviations in names, e.g. prefer `St_Helena'
-#		to `St._Helena'.
-#
-# For time zone abbreviations like `EST' I used the following rules,
-# in decreasing order of importance:
-#
-#	Use abbreviations that consist of 3 or more upper-case Ascii letters,
-#		except use "___" for locations while uninhabited.
-#		Posix.1 requires at least 3 characters, and the restriction to
-#		upper-case Ascii letters follows most traditions.
-#		Previous editions of this database also used characters like
-#		' ' and '?', but these characters have a special meaning to
-#		the shell and cause commands like
-#			set `date`
-#		to have unexpected effects.  In theory, the character set could
-#		be !%./@A-Z^_a-z{}, but these tables use only upper-case
-#		Ascii letters (and "___").
-#	Use abbreviations that are in common use among English-speakers,
-#		e.g. `EST' for Eastern Standard Time in North America.
-#		We assume that applications translate them to other languages
-#		as part of the normal localization process; for example,
-#		a French application might translate `EST' to `HNE'.
-#	For zones whose times are taken from a city's longitude, use the
-#		traditional xMT notation, e.g. `PMT' for Paris Mean Time.
-#		The only name like this in current use is `GMT'.
-#	If there is no common English abbreviation, abbreviate the English
-#		translation of the usual phrase used by native speakers.
-#		If this is not available or is a phrase mentioning the country
-#		(e.g. ``Cape Verde Time''), then:
-#
-#		When a country has a single or principal time zone region,
-#			append `T' to the country's ISO	code, e.g. `CVT' for
-#			Cape Verde Time.  For summer time append `ST';
-#			for double summer time append `DST'; etc.
-#		When a country has multiple time zones, take the first three
-#			letters of an English place name identifying each zone
-#			and then append `T', `ST', etc. as before;
-#			e.g. `MOSST' for MOScow Summer Time.
-#
-#
 # For Africa I invented the following time zone abbreviations.
 #		LMT	Local Mean Time
 #	-1:00	AAT	Atlantic Africa Time (no longer used)
diff --git a/time/europe b/time/europe
index c011424bdc..2948ba1caf 100644
--- a/time/europe
+++ b/time/europe
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)europe	7.45
+# @(#)europe	7.46
 
 # 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
@@ -630,18 +630,18 @@
 # came into force on 16 November.  It restates the dates from the EC
 # seventh Summer Time Directive....
 #
-# From Peter Ilieve <peter@aldie.co.uk> (1997-03-28):
-# The [European] Transport Council discussed the proposed Eighth Directive
-# on 11 March and agreed [to] it, so it moves forward to the next stage,
-# from a Commission proposal to a Common Position....  What this means is:
-#
-# - The eighth directive proposal rules have been accepted.
-#   These are the same as the current rules (last Sunday in March and last
-#   Sunday in October).  The rules will run until 2001.
-#
-# - The French have had their request to abandon summer time turned down.
-#   They have been promised some sort of review in 1999 which might change
-#   the rules for 2000 and 2001.
+# From Peter Ilieve <peter@aldie.co.uk> (1997-08-06):
+# I now have a copy of the ... Eighth Directive 97/44/EC of the European
+# Parliament and of the Council of 22 July 1997 on summer-time arrangements.
+# It runs for 4 years, 1998--2001, and confirms the current rules of
+# last Sunday in March to last Sunday in October....
+# The directive does not apply in overseas territories of the Member States.
+# It says the Commission should produce a proposal for 2002 and beyond
+# by 1 Jan 2000 and this should be adopted by 1 Jan 2001.  I doubt that
+# this will happen though....
+# There is no mention of the French desire to abandon the whole idea.
+# France has had a change of government recently so maybe it will
+# be quietly dropped.
 
 # From Peter Ilieve <peter@memex.co.uk> (1994-03-28):
 # The [GB-Eire] end date of 22 October [1995] conflicts with your current rule
@@ -667,12 +667,12 @@
 # Also, for lack of other data, we'll follow Shanks for Eire in 1940-1948.
 #
 # Given Peter Ilieve's comments, the following claims by Shanks are incorrect:
-#     * Wales did not switch from GMT to daylight savings time until
+#     * Wales did not switch from GMT to daylight saving time until
 #	1921 Apr 3, when they began to conform with the rest of Great Britain.
 # Actually, Wales was identical after 1880.
 #     * Eire had two transitions on 1916 Oct 1.
 # It actually just had one transition.
-#     * Northern Ireland used single daylight savings time throughout WW II.
+#     * Northern Ireland used single daylight saving time throughout WW II.
 # Actually, it conformed to Britain.
 #     * GB-Eire changed standard time to 1 hour ahead of GMT on 1968-02-18.
 # Actually, that date saw the usual switch to summer time.
@@ -681,7 +681,7 @@
 # The following claims by Shanks are possible though doubtful;
 # we'll ignore them for now.
 #     * Jersey, Guernsey, and the Isle of Man did not switch from GMT
-#	to daylight savings time until 1921 Apr 3, when they began to
+#	to daylight saving time until 1921 Apr 3, when they began to
 #	conform with Great Britain.
 #     * Dublin's 1971-10-31 switch was at 02:00, even though London's was 03:00.
 #
@@ -1047,7 +1047,7 @@ Zone	Europe/Sarajevo	1:13:40	-	LMT	1884
 			1:00	-	CET	1941 Apr 18 23:00
 			1:00	C-Eur	CE%sT	1945 May  8  2:00s
 			1:00	1:00	CEST	1945 Sep 16  2:00s
-			1:00	-	CET	1982 Oct 11
+			1:00	-	CET	1982 Nov 27
 			1:00	EU	CE%sT
 
 # Bulgaria
@@ -1073,7 +1073,7 @@ Zone	Europe/Zagreb	1:03:52	-	LMT	1884
 			1:00	-	CET	1941 Apr 18 23:00
 			1:00	C-Eur	CE%sT	1945 May  8  2:00s
 			1:00	1:00	CEST	1945 Sep 16  2:00s
-			1:00	-	CET	1982 Oct 11
+			1:00	-	CET	1982 Nov 27
 			1:00	EU	CE%sT
 
 # Czech Republic
@@ -1572,7 +1572,7 @@ Zone	Europe/Skopje	1:25:44	-	LMT	1884
 			1:00	-	CET	1941 Apr 18 23:00
 			1:00	C-Eur	CE%sT	1945 May  8  2:00s
 			1:00	1:00	CEST	1945 Sep 16  2:00s
-			1:00	-	CET	1982 Oct 11
+			1:00	-	CET	1982 Nov 27
 			1:00	EU	CE%sT
 
 # Malta
@@ -1968,7 +1968,7 @@ Zone Europe/Ljubljana	0:58:04	-	LMT	1884
 			1:00	-	CET	1941 Apr 18 23:00
 			1:00	C-Eur	CE%sT	1945 May  8  2:00s
 			1:00	1:00	CEST	1945 Sep 16  2:00s
-			1:00	-	CET	1982 Oct 11
+			1:00	-	CET	1982 Nov 27
 			1:00	EU	CE%sT
 
 # Spain
@@ -2209,9 +2209,9 @@ Zone	Europe/Belgrade	1:22:00	-	LMT	1884
 			1:00	C-Eur	CE%sT	1945 May  8  2:00s
 			1:00	1:00	CEST	1945 Sep 16  2:00s
 # Metod Kozelj <metod.kozelj@rzs-hm.si> reports that the legal date of
-# transition to EU rules was 1982-10-11, for all of Yugoslavia at the time.
+# transition to EU rules was 1982-11-27, for all of Yugoslavia at the time.
 # Shanks doesn't give as much detail, so go with Kozelj.
-			1:00	-	CET	1982 Oct 11
+			1:00	-	CET	1982 Nov 27
 			1:00	EU	CE%sT
 
 ###############################################################################
diff --git a/time/iso3166.tab b/time/iso3166.tab
index b5237783c4..6eb4d318db 100644
--- a/time/iso3166.tab
+++ b/time/iso3166.tab
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 # 2.  The usual English name for the country,
 #	chosen so that alphabetic sorting of subsets produces helpful lists.
 #
+# For France in Europe, we follow common practice and use FR,
+# even though FX might be more technically correct.
+#
 # Columns are separated by a single tab.
 # The table is sorted by country code.
 #
@@ -86,6 +89,7 @@ FK	Falkland Islands
 FM	Micronesia
 FO	Faeroe Islands
 FR	France
+FX	France, Metropolitan
 GA	Gabon
 GB	Britain (UK)
 GD	Grenada
diff --git a/time/northamerica b/time/northamerica
index b70cb900c0..635c4ef180 100644
--- a/time/northamerica
+++ b/time/northamerica
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)northamerica	7.31
+# @(#)northamerica	7.32
 # also includes Central America and the Caribbean
 
 # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
@@ -1249,8 +1249,11 @@ Zone America/Martinique	-4:04:20 -      LMT	1890		# Fort-de-France
 			-4:00	-	AST
 
 # Montserrat
+# From Paul Eggert (1997-08-31):
+# Recent volcanic eruptions have forced evacuation of Plymouth, the capital.
+# Luckily, Olveston, the current de facto capital, has the same longitude.
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
-Zone America/Montserrat	-4:08:52 -	LMT	1911 Jul 1 0:01   # Plymouth
+Zone America/Montserrat	-4:08:52 -	LMT	1911 Jul 1 0:01   # Olveston
 			-4:00	-	AST
 
 # Nicaragua
diff --git a/time/southamerica b/time/southamerica
index 927f71638a..09e0aa6d28 100644
--- a/time/southamerica
+++ b/time/southamerica
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)southamerica	7.17
+# @(#)southamerica	7.18
 
 # 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
@@ -533,7 +533,9 @@ Rule	Uruguay	1989	only	-	Mar	12	 0:00	0	-
 Rule	Uruguay	1989	only	-	Oct	29	 0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Uruguay	1990	1992	-	Mar	Sun>=1	 0:00	0	-
 Rule	Uruguay	1990	1991	-	Oct	Sun>=21	 0:00	1:00	S
-Rule	Uruguay	1992	1993	-	Oct	Sun>=15	 0:00	1:00	S
+# Shanks's 4th edition (1995) says no DST was observed in 1990/1 and 1991/2,
+# and that 1992/3's DST was from 10-25 to 03-01.  Go with IATA.
+Rule	Uruguay	1992	only	-	Oct	18	 0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Uruguay	1993	only	-	Feb	28	 0:00	0	-
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone America/Montevideo	-3:44:44 -	LMT	1898 Jun 28
diff --git a/time/zone.tab b/time/zone.tab
index 48b32373cc..df4c157788 100644
--- a/time/zone.tab
+++ b/time/zone.tab
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ MO	+2214+11335	Asia/Macao
 MP	+1512+14545	Pacific/Saipan
 MQ	+1436-06105	America/Martinique
 MR	+1806-01557	Africa/Nouakchott
-MS	+1642-06213	America/Montserrat
+MS	+1644-06213	America/Montserrat
 MT	+3554+01431	Europe/Malta
 MU	-2010+05730	Indian/Mauritius
 MV	+0410+07330	Indian/Maldives