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-rw-r--r--timezone/asia25
-rw-r--r--timezone/australasia37
-rw-r--r--timezone/europe225
-rw-r--r--timezone/northamerica57
-rw-r--r--timezone/southamerica7
-rw-r--r--timezone/zone.tab9
6 files changed, 220 insertions, 140 deletions
diff --git a/timezone/asia b/timezone/asia
index fd174078ad..8a167d0149 100644
--- a/timezone/asia
+++ b/timezone/asia
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)asia	7.49
+# @(#)asia	7.50
 
 # 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
@@ -661,14 +661,22 @@ Zone	Asia/Tokyo	9:18:59	-	LMT	1887 Dec 31 15:00u
 
 # Jordan
 #
-# From
-# <a href="http://star.arabia.com/990701/JO9.html">
-# Jordan Week (1999-07-01)
-# </a> via Steffen Thorsen (1999-09-09):
+# From <a href="http://star.arabia.com/990701/JO9.html">
+# Jordan Week (1999-07-01) </a> via Steffen Thorsen (1999-09-09):
 # Clocks in Jordan were forwarded one hour on Wednesday at midnight,
 # in accordance with the government's decision to implement summer time
 # all year round.
 #
+# From <a href="http://star.arabia.com/990930/JO9.html">
+# Jordan Week (1999-09-30) </a> via Steffen Thorsen (1999-11-09):
+# Winter time starts today Thursday, 30 September. Clocks will be turned back
+# by one hour.  This is the latest government decision and it's final!
+# The decision was taken because of the increase in working hours in
+# government's departments from six to seven hours.
+#
+# From Paul Eggert (1999-11-09):
+# No word on Jordan's future rules; assume 04-01 to 10-01 for now.
+#
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule    Jordan	1973	only	-	Jun	6	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule    Jordan	1973	1975	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	-
@@ -690,10 +698,12 @@ Rule    Jordan	1992	1993	-	Oct	Fri>=1	0:00	0	-
 Rule    Jordan	1993	1998	-	Apr	Fri>=1	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule    Jordan	1994	only	-	Sep	Fri>=15	0:00	0	-
 Rule    Jordan	1995	1998	-	Sep	Fri>=15	0:00s	0	-
+Rule	Jordan	1999	only	-	Jul	 1	0:00	1:00	S
+Rule	Jordan	1999	max	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
+Rule	Jordan	2000	max	-	Apr	 1	0:00	1:00	-
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Amman	2:23:44 -	LMT	1931
-			2:00	Jordan	EE%sT	1999 Jul
-			2:00	1:00	EEST
+			2:00	Jordan	EE%sT
 
 # Kazakhstan
 # From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22):
@@ -1127,7 +1137,6 @@ Zone	Asia/Dubai	3:41:12 -	LMT	1920
 			4:00	-	GST
 
 # Uzbekistan
-# 1991 transitions are from Shanks.
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Samarkand	4:27:12 -	LMT	1924 May  2
 			4:00	-	SAMT	1930 Jun 21 # Samarkand Time
diff --git a/timezone/australasia b/timezone/australasia
index 1782558de7..a841574a79 100644
--- a/timezone/australasia
+++ b/timezone/australasia
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)australasia	7.52
+# @(#)australasia	7.53
 # This file also includes Pacific islands.
 
 # Notes are at the end of this file
@@ -362,7 +362,8 @@ Zone Pacific/Port_Moresby 9:48:40 -	LMT	1880
 # Pitcairn
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone Pacific/Pitcairn	-8:40:20 -	LMT	1901		# Adamstown
-			-8:30	-	PNT	# Pitcairn Time
+			-8:30	-	PNT	1998 Apr 27 00:00
+			-8:00	-	PST	# Pitcairn Standard Time
 
 # American Samoa
 Zone Pacific/Pago_Pago	 12:37:12 -	LMT	1879 Jul  5
@@ -392,7 +393,7 @@ Zone	Pacific/Fakaofo	-11:24:56 -	LMT	1901
 # Tonga
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Tonga	1999	max	-	Oct	Sat>=1	2:00s	1:00	S
-Rule	Tonga	2000	max	-	Apr	Sun>=16	2:00s	-	-
+Rule	Tonga	2000	max	-	Apr	Sun>=16	2:00s	0	-
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone Pacific/Tongatapu	12:19:20 -	LMT	1901
 			12:20	-	TOT	1941 # Tonga Time
@@ -498,6 +499,7 @@ Zone	Pacific/Wallis	12:15:20 -	LMT	1901
 #	 12:45	CHAST CHADT Chatham*
 #	-11:00	SST	Samoa
 #	-10:00	HST	Hawaii
+#	- 8:00	PST	Pitcairn*
 #
 # See the `northamerica' file for Hawaii.
 # See the `southamerica' file for Easter I and the Galapagos Is.
@@ -944,7 +946,7 @@ 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 GMT+10 to GMT+11 on 1978-10-01;
+# Shanks writes that Truk switched from UTC+10 to UTC+11 on 1978-10-01;
 # ignore this for now.
 
 # From Paul Eggert (1999-10-29):
@@ -952,8 +954,31 @@ Zone	Pacific/Wallis	12:15:20 -	LMT	1901
 # <a href="http://www.fsmgov.org/info/clocks.html">
 # The Federated States of Micronesia - Visitor Information
 # </a> (1999-01-26)
-# that Truk and Yap are GMT+10, and Ponape and Kosrae are GMT+11.
-# We don't know when Kosrae switched from GMT+12; assume January 1 for now.
+# that Truk and Yap are UTC+10, and Ponape and Kosrae are UTC+11.
+# We don't know when Kosrae switched from UTC+12; assume January 1 for now.
+
+# Pitcairn
+
+# From Rives McDow (1999-11-08):
+# A Proclamation was signed by the Governor of Pitcairn on the 27th March 1998
+# with regard to Pitcairn Standard Time.  The Proclamation is as follows.
+#
+#	The local time for general purposes in the Islands shall be
+#	Co-ordinated Universal time minus 8 hours and shall be known
+#	as Pitcairn Standard Time.
+#
+# ... I have also seen Pitcairn listed as UTC minus 9 hours in several
+# references, and can only assume that this was an error in interpretation
+# somehow in light of this proclamation.
+
+# From Rives McDow (1999-11-09):
+# The Proclamation regarding Pitcairn time came into effect on 27 April 1998
+# ... at midnight.
+
+# From Howie Phelps (1999-11-10), who talked to a Pitcairner via shortwave:
+# Betty Christian told me yesterday that their local time is the same as
+# Pacific Standard Time. They used to be 1/2 hour different from us here in
+# Sacramento but it was changed a couple of years ago.
 
 # Samoa
 
diff --git a/timezone/europe b/timezone/europe
index cdbc667c78..d97f2250f9 100644
--- a/timezone/europe
+++ b/timezone/europe
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)europe	7.66
+# @(#)europe	7.67
 
 # 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
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
 # 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 is the source for entries through 1991,
+# and IATA SSIM is the source for entries afterwards.
 #
 # Other sources occasionally used include:
 #
@@ -1000,7 +1000,7 @@ Rule	E-Eur	1996	max	-	Oct	lastSun	 0:00	0	-
 Rule	Russia	1917	only	-	Jul	 1	23:00	1:00	MST	# Moscow Summer Time
 Rule	Russia	1917	only	-	Dec	28	 0:00	0	MMT	# Moscow Mean Time
 Rule	Russia	1918	only	-	May	31	22:00	2:00	MDST	# Moscow Double Summer Time
-Rule	Russia	1918	only	-	Sep	17	 0:00	1:00	MST
+Rule	Russia	1918	only	-	Sep	16	 1:00	1:00	MST
 Rule	Russia	1919	only	-	May	31	23:00	2:00	MDST
 Rule	Russia	1919	only	-	Jul	 1	 2:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Russia	1919	only	-	Aug	16	 0:00	0	-
@@ -1087,7 +1087,6 @@ Rule	Albania	1984	only	-	Apr	 1	0:00	1:00	S
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Europe/Tirane	1:19:20 -	LMT	1914
 			1:00	-	CET	1940 Jun 16
-# The following transition is from Shanks.
 			1:00	Albania	CE%sT	1984 Jul
 			1:00	EU	CE%sT
 
@@ -1117,7 +1116,6 @@ Zone	Europe/Vienna	1:05:20 -	LMT	1893 Apr
 			1:00	EU	CE%sT
 
 # Belarus
-# Transitions before 1991 are from Shanks.
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Europe/Minsk	1:50:16 -	LMT	1880
 			1:50	-	MMT	1924 May 2 # Minsk Mean Time
@@ -1826,14 +1824,29 @@ Zone	Europe/Malta	0:58:04 -	LMT	1893 Nov  2	# Valletta
 			1:00	EU	CE%sT
 
 # Moldova
-# see commentary for Romania
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
-Zone	Europe/Chisinau	1:55:20 -	LMT	1924 May  2
-			2:00	-	EET	1930 Jun 21
-			3:00	Russia	MSK/MSD	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
-			2:00	1:00	EEST	1991 Sep 29 2:00s
+Zone	Europe/Chisinau	1:55:20 -	LMT	1880
+			1:55	-	CMT	1918 Feb 15 # Chisinau MT
+			1:44:24	-	BMT	1931 Jul 24 # Bucharest MT
+			2:00	Romania	EE%sT	1940 Aug 15
+			2:00	1:00	EEST	1941 Jul 17
+			1:00	C-Eur	CE%sT	1944 Aug 24
+			3:00	Russia	MSK/MSD	1990
+			3:00	-	MSK	1990 May 6
+			2:00	-	EET	1991
+			2:00	Russia	EE%sT	1992
 			2:00	E-Eur	EE%sT	1997
+# See Romania commentary for the guessed 1997 transition to EU rules.
 			2:00	EU	EE%sT
+Zone	Europe/Tiraspol	1:58:32	-	LMT	1880
+			1:55	-	CMT	1918 Feb 15 # Chisinau MT
+			1:44:24	-	BMT	1931 Jul 24 # Bucharest MT
+			2:00	Romania	EE%sT	1940 Aug 15
+			2:00	1:00	EEST	1941 Jul 17
+			1:00	C-Eur	CE%sT	1944 Aug 24
+			3:00	Russia	MSK/MSD	1991 Mar 31 2:00
+			2:00	Russia	EE%sT	1992 Jan 19 2:00
+			3:00	Russia	MSK/MSD
 
 # Monaco
 # Shanks gives 0:09 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's more precise 0:09:21.
@@ -2091,11 +2104,11 @@ Zone Europe/Bucharest	1:44:24 -	LMT	1891 Oct
 
 # Russia
 
-# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1996-11-22):
-# Except for Moscow after 1919-07-01, I invented the time zone abbreviations,
-# and (unless otherwise specified) guessed what happened after 1991.
+# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1999-11-12):
+# Except for Moscow after 1919-07-01, I invented the time zone abbreviations.
 # Moscow time zone abbreviations after 1919-07-01, and Moscow rules after 1991,
-# are from Andrey A. Chernov.  The rest is from Shanks and the IATA.
+# are from Andrey A. Chernov.  The rest is from Shanks, except we follow
+# Chernov's report that 1992 DST transitions were Sat 23:00, not Sun 02:00s.
 #
 # From Andrey A. Chernov <ache@nagual.ru> (1996-10-04):
 # `MSK' and `MSD' were born and used initially on Moscow computers with
@@ -2111,97 +2124,83 @@ Zone Europe/Bucharest	1:44:24 -	LMT	1891 Oct
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone Europe/Kaliningrad	 1:22:00 - 	LMT	1893 Apr
 			 1:00	C-Eur	CE%sT	1945
-			 2:00	Poland	CET	1946
+			 2:00	Poland	CE%sT	1946
 			 3:00	Russia	MSK/MSD	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
-			 2:00	1:00	EEST	1991 Sep 29 2:00s
-			 2:00	-	EET	1992 Jan 19 2:00s
-			 3:00	Russia	MSK/MSD	1994
-# IATA SSIM (1994-02) says Kaliningrad is at UTC+2; guess 1994 change.
 			 2:00	Russia	EE%sT
 Zone Europe/Moscow	 2:30:20 -	LMT	1880
-			 2:30:20 Russia	%s	1919 Jul  1 2:00
+			 2:30	-	MMT	1916 Jul  3 # Moscow Mean Time
+			 2:30:48 Russia	%s	1919 Jul  1 2:00
 			 3:00	Russia	MSK/MSD	1922 Oct
 			 2:00	-	EET	1930 Jun 21
 			 3:00	Russia	MSK/MSD	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
-			 2:00	1:00	EEST	1991 Sep 29 2:00s
-			 2:00	-	EET	1992 Jan 19 2:00s
+			 2:00	Russia	EE%sT	1992 Jan 19 2:00s
 			 3:00	Russia	MSK/MSD
-Zone Europe/Samara	 3:20:36 -	LMT	1924 May  2
-			 3:00	-	KUYT	1957 Mar # Kuybyshev Time
-			 4:00	Russia	KUY%sT	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
-			 3:00	1:00	KUYST	1991 Sep 29 2:00s
-			 3:00	-	SAMT	1992 Jan 19 2:00s # Samara Time
-			 4:00	Russia	SAM%sT
-Zone Asia/Yekaterinburg	 4:02:34 -	LMT	1924 May  2
-			 4:00	-	SVET	1957 Mar # Sverdlovsk Time
+Zone Europe/Samara	 3:20:36 -	LMT	1919 Jul  1 2:00
+			 3:00	-	KUYT	1930 Jun 21 # Kuybyshev
+			 4:00	Russia	KUY%sT	1989 Mar 26 2:00s
+			 3:00	Russia	KUY%sT	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
+			 2:00	Russia	KUY%sT	1991 Sep 29 2:00s
+			 3:00	-	KUYT	1991 Oct 20 3:00
+			 4:00	Russia	SAM%sT	# Samara Time
+Zone Asia/Yekaterinburg	 4:02:24 -	LMT	1919 Jul 15 4:00
+			 4:00	-	SVET	1930 Jun 21 # Sverdlovsk Time
 			 5:00	Russia	SVE%sT	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
-			 4:00	1:00	SVEST	1991 Sep 29 2:00s
-			 4:00	-	SVET	1992 Jan 19 2:00s
+			 4:00	Russia	SVE%sT	1992 Jan 19 2:00s
 			 5:00	Russia	YEK%sT	# Yekaterinburg Time
-Zone Asia/Omsk		 4:53:36 -	LMT	1924 May  2
-			 5:00	-	OMST	1957 Mar # Omsk Time
+Zone Asia/Omsk		 4:53:36 -	LMT	1919 Nov 14
+			 5:00	-	OMST	1930 Jun 21 # Omsk TIme
 			 6:00	Russia	OMS%sT	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
-			 5:00	1:00	OMSST	1991 Sep 29 2:00s
-			 5:00	-	OMST	1992 Jan 19 2:00s
+			 5:00	Russia	OMS%sT	1992 Jan 19 2:00s
 			 6:00	Russia	OMS%sT
 # From Stanislaw A. Kuzikowski <S.A.Kuz@iae.nsk.su> (1994-06-29):
 # But now it is some months since Novosibirsk is 3 hours ahead of Moscow!
 # I do not know why they have decided to make this change;
 # as far as I remember it was done exactly during winter->summer switching
 # so we (Novosibirsk) simply did not switch.
-Zone Asia/Novosibirsk	 5:31:40 -	LMT	1924 May  2
-			 6:00	-	NOVT	1957 Mar # Novosibirsk Time
+Zone Asia/Novosibirsk	 5:31:40 -	LMT	1919 Dec 14 6:00
+			 6:00	-	NOVT	1930 Jun 21 # Novosibirsk Time
 			 7:00	Russia	NOV%sT	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
-			 6:00	1:00	NOVST	1991 Sep 29 2:00s
-			 6:00	-	NOVT	1992 Jan 19 2:00s
-			 7:00	Russia	NOV%sT	1994 Mar 27 2:00s
-			 6:00	1:00	NOVST	1994 Sep 25 2:00s
+			 6:00	Russia	NOV%sT	1992 Jan 19 2:00s
+			 7:00	Russia	NOV%sT	1993 May 23 # says Shanks
 			 6:00	Russia	NOV%sT
-Zone Asia/Krasnoyarsk	 6:11:20 -	LMT	1924 May  2
-			 6:00	-	KRAT	1957 Mar # Krasnoyarsk Time
+Zone Asia/Krasnoyarsk	 6:11:20 -	LMT	1920 Jan  6
+			 6:00	-	KRAT	1930 Jun 21 # Krasnoyarsk Time
 			 7:00	Russia	KRA%sT	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
-			 6:00	1:00	KRAST	1991 Sep 29 2:00s
-			 6:00	-	KRAT	1992 Jan 19 2:00s
+			 6:00	Russia	KRA%sT	1992 Jan 19 2:00s
 			 7:00	Russia	KRA%sT
 Zone Asia/Irkutsk	 6:57:20 -	LMT	1880
-			 6:57:20 -	IMT	1924 May  2 # Irkutsk Mean Time
-			 7:00	-	IRKT	1957 Mar # Irkutsk Time
+			 6:57:20 -	IMT	1920 Jan 25 # Irkutsk Mean Time
+			 7:00	-	IRKT	1930 Jun 21 # Irkutsk Time
 			 8:00	Russia	IRK%sT	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
-			 7:00	1:00	IRKST	1991 Sep 29 2:00s
-			 7:00	-	IRKT	1992 Jan 19 2:00s
+			 7:00	Russia	IRK%sT	1992 Jan 19 2:00s
 			 8:00	Russia	IRK%sT
-Zone Asia/Yakutsk	 8:38:40 -	LMT	1924 May  2
-			 8:00	-	YAKT	1957 Mar # Yakutsk Time
+Zone Asia/Yakutsk	 8:38:40 -	LMT	1919 Dec 15
+			 8:00	-	YAKT	1930 Jun 21 # Yakutsk Time
 			 9:00	Russia	YAK%sT	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
-			 8:00	1:00	YAKST	1991 Sep 29 2:00s
-			 8:00	-	YAKT	1992 Jan 19 2:00s
+			 8:00	Russia	YAK%sT	1992 Jan 19 2:00s
 			 9:00	Russia	YAK%sT
-Zone Asia/Vladivostok	 8:47:44 -	LMT	1880
-			 8:47:44 -	VMT	1924 May  2 # Vladivostok MT
-			 9:00	-	VLAT	1957 Mar # Vladivostok Time
+Zone Asia/Vladivostok	 8:47:44 -	LMT	1922 Nov 15
+			 9:00	-	VLAT	1930 Jun 21 # Vladivostok Time
 			10:00	Russia	VLA%sT	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
-			 9:00	1:00	VLAST	1991 Sep 29 2:00s
-			 9:00	-	VLAT	1992 Jan 19 2:00s
+			 9:00	Russia	VLA%sST	1992 Jan 19 2:00s
 			10:00	Russia	VLA%sT
 Zone Asia/Magadan	10:03:12 -	LMT	1924 May  2
-			10:00	-	MAGT	1957 Mar # Magadan Time
+			10:00	-	MAGT	1930 Jun 21 # Magadan Time
 			11:00	Russia	MAG%sT	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
-			10:00	1:00	MAGST	1991 Sep 29 2:00s
-			10:00	-	MAGT	1992 Jan 19 2:00s
+			10:00	Russia	MAG%sT	1992 Jan 19 2:00s
 			11:00	Russia	MAG%sT
 # This name should be Asia/Petropavlovsk-Kamchatski, but that's too long.
-Zone Asia/Kamchatka	10:34:36 -	LMT	1924 May  2
-			11:00	-	PETT	1957 Mar # P-K Time
+Zone Asia/Kamchatka	10:34:36 -	LMT	1922 Nov 10
+			11:00	-	PETT	1930 Jun 21 # P-K Time
 			12:00	Russia	PET%sT	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
-			11:00	1:00	PETST	1991 Sep 29 2:00s
-			11:00	-	PETT	1992 Jan 19 2:00s
+			11:00	Russia	PET%sT	1992 Jan 19 2:00s
 			12:00	Russia	PET%sT
 Zone Asia/Anadyr	11:49:56 -	LMT	1924 May  2
-			12:00	-	ANAT	1957 Mar # Anadyr Time
-			13:00	Russia	ANA%sT	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
-			12:00	1:00	ANAST	1991 Sep 29 2:00s
-			12:00	-	ANAT	1992 Jan 19 2:00s
-			13:00	Russia	ANA%sT
+			12:00	-	ANAT	1930 Jun 21 # Anadyr Time
+			13:00	Russia	ANA%sT	1982 Apr  1 0:00s
+			12:00	Russia	ANA%sT	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
+			11:00	Russia	ANA%sT	1992 Jan 19 2:00s
+			12:00	Russia	ANA%sT
 
 # Slovakia
 Link Europe/Prague Europe/Bratislava
@@ -2370,53 +2369,61 @@ Zone	Europe/Istanbul	1:55:52 -	LMT	1880
 Link	Europe/Istanbul	Asia/Istanbul	# Istanbul is in both continents.
 
 # Ukraine
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
-Rule	Ukraine	1917	only	-	Jul	 1	23:00	1:00	UST	# Ukrainian Summer Time
-Rule	Ukraine	1917	only	-	Dec	28	 0:00	0	KMT	# Kiev Mean Time
-Rule	Ukraine	1918	only	-	May	31	22:00	2:00	UDST	# Ukrainian Double Summer Time
-Rule	Ukraine	1918	only	-	Sep	17	 0:00	1:00	UST
-Rule	Ukraine	1919	only	-	May	31	23:00	2:00	UDST
-Rule	Ukraine	1919	only	-	Jul	 1	 2:00	1:00	UST
-Rule	Ukraine	1919	only	-	Aug	16	 0:00	0	KMT
-Rule	Ukraine	1921	only	-	Feb	14	23:00	1:00	UST
-Rule	Ukraine	1921	only	-	Mar	21	23:00	2:00	UDST
-Rule	Ukraine	1921	only	-	Sep	 1	 0:00	1:00	UST
-Rule	Ukraine	1921	only	-	Oct	 1	 0:00	0	KMT
-Rule	Crimea	1917	only	-	Jul	 1	23:00	1:00	CST	# Crimean Summer Time
-Rule	Crimea	1917	only	-	Dec	28	 0:00	0	NMT	# Nikolayev Mean Time
-Rule	Crimea	1918	only	-	May	31	22:00	2:00	CDST	# Crimean Double Summer Time
-Rule	Crimea	1918	only	-	Sep	17	 0:00	1:00	CST
-Rule	Crimea	1919	only	-	May	31	23:00	2:00	CDST
-Rule	Crimea	1919	only	-	Jul	 1	 2:00	1:00	CST
-Rule	Crimea	1919	only	-	Aug	16	 0:00	0	NMT
-Rule	Crimea	1921	only	-	Feb	14	23:00	1:00	CST
-Rule	Crimea	1921	only	-	Mar	21	23:00	2:00	CDST
-Rule	Crimea	1921	only	-	Sep	 1	 0:00	1:00	CST
-Rule	Crimea	1921	only	-	Oct	 1	 0:00	0	NMT
-Rule	Crimea	1996	only	-	Mar	lastSun	 0:00u	1:00	-
-Rule	Crimea	1996	only	-	Oct	lastSun	 0:00u	0	-
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+# Most of Ukraine since 1970 has been like Kiev.
 Zone Europe/Kiev	2:02:04 -	LMT	1880
-			2:02:04	Ukraine	%s	1924 May  2
+			2:02:04	-	KMT	1924 May  2 # Kiev Mean Time
+			2:00	-	EET	1930 Jun 21
+			3:00	-	MSK	1941 Sep 20
+			1:00	C-Eur	CE%sT	1943 Nov  6
+			3:00	Russia	MSK/MSD	1990
+			3:00	-	MSK	1990 Jul  1 2:00
+			2:00	-	EET	1992
+			2:00	E-Eur	EE%sT	1995
+			2:00	EU	EE%sT
+# Ruthenia used CET 1990/1991.
+Zone Europe/Uzhgorod	1:29:12 -	LMT	1890 Oct
+			1:00	-	CET	1940
+			1:00	C-Eur	CE%sT	1944 Oct
+			1:00	1:00	CEST	1944 Oct 26
+			1:00	-	CET	1945 Jun 29
+			3:00	Russia	MSK/MSD	1990
+			3:00	-	MSK	1990 Jul  1 2:00
+			1:00	-	CET	1991 Mar 31 3:00
+			2:00	-	EET	1992
+			2:00	E-Eur	EE%sT	1995
+			2:00	EU	EE%sT
+# Zaporozh'ye and eastern Lugansk oblasts observed DST 1990/1991.
+# Zaporozh'ye has an apostrophe, but Posix file names can't have apostrophes.
+Zone Europe/Zaporozhye	2:20:40 -	LMT	1880
+			2:20	-	CUT	1924 May  2 # Central Ukraine T
 			2:00	-	EET	1930 Jun 21
-			3:00	Russia	MSK/MSD	1990 Jul 17
-			2:00	E-Eur	EE%sT	1996
+			3:00	-	MSK	1941 Aug 25
+			1:00	C-Eur	CE%sT	1943 Oct 25
+			3:00	Russia	MSK/MSD	1991 Mar 31 2:00
+			2:00	E-Eur	EE%sT	1995
 			2:00	EU	EE%sT
+# Central Crimea used Moscow time 1994/1997.
 Zone Europe/Simferopol	2:16:24 -	LMT	1880
-			2:08:00	Crimea	%s	1924 May  2
+			2:16	-	SMT	1924 May  2 # Simferopol Mean T
 			2:00	-	EET	1930 Jun 21
-			3:00	Russia	MSK/MSD	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
-			2:00	1:00	EEST	1991 Sep 29 2:00s
-# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1996-10-21):
-# The _Economist_ (1994-05-28, p 45) reports that most of Crimea switched
+			3:00	-	MSK	1941 Nov
+			1:00	C-Eur	CE%sT	1944 Apr 13
+			3:00	Russia	MSK/MSD	1990
+			3:00	-	MSK	1990 Jul  1 2:00
+			2:00	-	EET	1992
+# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1999-11-12):
+# The _Economist_ (1994-05-28, p 45) reports that central Crimea switched
 # from Kiev to Moscow time sometime after the January 1994 elections.
-# For now, guess it changed Feb 1.
-			2:00	C-Eur	EE%sT	1994 Feb
+# Shanks says ``date of change uncertain'', but implies that it happened
+# sometime between the 1994 DST switches.  For now, guess it changed in May.
+			2:00	E-Eur	EE%sT	1994 May
 # From IATA SSIM (1994/1997), which also says that Kerch is still like Kiev.
-			3:00	E-Eur	MSK/MSD	1996
+			3:00	E-Eur	MSK/MSD	1996 Mar 31 3:00s
+			3:00	1:00	MSD	1996 Oct 27 3:00s
 # IATA SSIM (1997-09) says Crimea switched to EET/EEST.
 # Assume it happened in March by not changing the clocks.
-			3:00	Crimea	MSK/MSD	1997 Mar lastSun 1:00u
+			3:00	Russia	MSK/MSD	1997 Mar lastSun 1:00u
 			2:00	EU	EE%sT
 
 # Yugoslavia
diff --git a/timezone/northamerica b/timezone/northamerica
index 743e721dda..443e8db90f 100644
--- a/timezone/northamerica
+++ b/timezone/northamerica
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)northamerica	7.48
+# @(#)northamerica	7.49
 # also includes Central America and the Caribbean
 
 # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ Zone America/Louisville	-5:43:02 -	LMT	1883 Nov 18 12:00
 			-5:00	US	E%sT	1974 Jan  6 2:00
 			-6:00	1:00	CDT	1974 Oct 27 2:00
 			-5:00	US	E%sT
-# Wayne County, Kentucky
+# Wayne, Clinton, and Russell Counties, Kentucky
 # From
 # <a href="http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=1999_register&docid=99-26945-filed">
 # Federal Register Doc. 99-26945
@@ -418,6 +418,18 @@ Zone America/Louisville	-5:43:02 -	LMT	1883 Nov 18 12:00
 # Kentucky, from the Central Time Zone to the Eastern Time Zone.... Now
 # the earliest date that the proposed change might take effect is
 # October 29, 2000.
+#
+# From
+# <a href="http://www.lake-cumberland.com/life/archive/news990129time.shtml">
+# Lake Cumberland LIFE
+# </a> (1999-01-29) via WKYM-101.7:
+# Clinton County has joined Wayne County in asking the DoT to change from
+# the Central to the Eastern time zone....  The Wayne County government made
+# the same request in December.  And while Russell County officials have not
+# taken action, the majority of respondents to a poll conducted there in
+# August indicated they would like to change to "fast time" also.
+# The three Lake Cumberland counties are the farthest east of any U.S.
+# location in the Central time zone.
 
 # Michigan
 #
@@ -902,7 +914,7 @@ Zone America/Dawson_Creek -8:00:56 -	LMT	1884
 # Nunavut ... moved ... to incorporate the whole territory into one time zone.
 # <a href="http://www.nunatsiaq.com/nunavut/nvt90903_13.html">
 # Nunavut moves to single time zone Oct. 31
-# </a> 
+# </a>
 #
 # From Antoine Leca (1999-09-06):
 # We then need to create a new timezone for the Kitikmeot region of Nunavut
@@ -917,6 +929,29 @@ Zone America/Dawson_Creek -8:00:56 -	LMT	1884
 # We'll ignore the claim about Coral Harbour for now,
 # since we have no further info.
 
+# From Rives McDow (1999-11-08):
+# On October 31, when the rest of Nunavut went to Central time,
+# Pangnirtung wobbled.  Here is the result of their wobble:
+#
+# The following businesses and organizations in Pangnirtung use Central Time:
+#
+#	First Air, Power Corp, Nunavut Construction, Health Center, RCMP,
+#	Eastern Arctic National Parks, A & D Specialist
+#
+# The following businesses and organizations in Pangnirtung use Eastern Time:
+#
+#	Hamlet office, All other businesses, Both schools, Airport operator
+#
+# This has made for an interesting situation there, which warranted the news.
+# No one there that I spoke with seems concerned, or has plans to
+# change the local methods of keeping time, as it evidently does not
+# really interfere with any activities or make things difficult locally.
+# They plan to celebrate New Year's turn-over twice, one hour apart,
+# so it appears that the situation will last at least that long.
+# The Nunavut Intergovernmental Affairs hopes that they will "come to
+# their senses", but the locals evidently don't see any problem with
+# the current state of affairs.
+
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	NT_YK	1918	only	-	Apr	14	2:00	1:00	D
 Rule	NT_YK	1918	only	-	Oct	27	2:00	0	S
@@ -971,7 +1006,7 @@ Zone America/Dawson	-9:17:40 -	LMT	1900 Aug 20
 # The Federal District (where Mexico City is) has observed [DST] several
 # times but not recently.
 #
-# I don't where to drawn the line in the North Baja area.  28th latitude
+# I don't where to draw the line in the North Baja area.  28th latitude
 # sounds good -- but it may be higher (how far [d]o radio stations from
 # San Diego affect culture?).
 #
@@ -1009,30 +1044,30 @@ Zone America/Dawson	-9:17:40 -	LMT	1900 Aug 20
 # From Alan Perry <alan.perry@eng.sun.com> (1996-02-15):
 # A guy from our Mexico subsidiary finally found the Presidential Decree
 # outlining the timezone changes in Mexico.
-# 
+#
 # ------------- Begin Forwarded Message -------------
-# 
+#
 # I finally got my hands on the Official Presidential Decree that sets up the
 # rules for the DST changes. The rules are:
-# 
+#
 # 1. The country is divided in 3 timezones:
 #    - Baja California Norte (the Mexico/BajaNorte TZ)
 #    - Baja California Sur, Nayarit, Sinaloa and Sonora (the Mexico/BajaSur TZ)
 #    - The rest of the country (the Mexico/General TZ)
-#    
+#
 # 2. From the first Sunday in April at 2:00 AM to the last Sunday in October
 #    at 2:00 AM, the times in each zone are as follows:
 #    BajaNorte: GMT+7
 #    BajaSur:   GMT+6
 #    General:   GMT+5
-#    
+#
 # 3. The rest of the year, the times are as follows:
 #    BajaNorte: GMT+8
 #    BajaSur:   GMT+7
 #    General:   GMT+6
-#    
+#
 # The Decree was published in Mexico's Official Newspaper on January 4th.
-# 
+#
 # -------------- End Forwarded Message --------------
 # From Paul Eggert (1996-06-12):
 # For an English translation of the decree, see
diff --git a/timezone/southamerica b/timezone/southamerica
index bb95d0d705..3b647b1723 100644
--- a/timezone/southamerica
+++ b/timezone/southamerica
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)southamerica	7.32
+# @(#)southamerica	7.33
 
 # 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
@@ -564,8 +564,9 @@ Rule	Peru	1987	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Peru	1987	only	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
 Rule	Peru	1990	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Peru	1990	only	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
-Rule	Peru	1993	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	1:00	S
-Rule	Peru	1993	only	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
+# IATA is ambiguous for 1993/1995; go with Shanks.
+Rule	Peru	1994	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	1:00	S
+Rule	Peru	1994	only	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	America/Lima	-5:08:12 -	LMT	1890
 			-5:09	-	LMT	1908 Jul 28 # Lima Mean Time
diff --git a/timezone/zone.tab b/timezone/zone.tab
index b5f67e99e0..b172d943e5 100644
--- a/timezone/zone.tab
+++ b/timezone/zone.tab
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)zone.tab	1.16
+# @(#)zone.tab	1.17
 #
 # TZ zone descriptions
 #
@@ -225,7 +225,8 @@ LV	+5657+02406	Europe/Riga
 LY	+3254+01311	Africa/Tripoli
 MA	+3339-00735	Africa/Casablanca
 MC	+4342+00723	Europe/Monaco
-MD	+4700+02850	Europe/Chisinau
+MD	+4700+02850	Europe/Chisinau	most locations
+MD	+4651+02938	Europe/Tiraspol	Transdniestria
 MG	-1855+04731	Indian/Antananarivo
 MH	+0709+17112	Pacific/Majuro	most locations
 MH	+0905+16720	Pacific/Kwajalein	Kwajalein
@@ -337,7 +338,9 @@ TV	-0831+17913	Pacific/Funafuti
 TW	+2503+12130	Asia/Taipei
 TZ	-0648+03917	Africa/Dar_es_Salaam
 UA	+5026+03031	Europe/Kiev	most locations
-UA	+4457+03406	Europe/Simferopol	Crimea
+UA	+4837+02218	Europe/Uzhgorod	Ruthenia
+UA	+4750+03510	Europe/Zaporozhye	Zaporozh'ye, E Lugansk
+UA	+4457+03406	Europe/Simferopol	central Crimea
 UG	+0019+03225	Africa/Kampala
 UM	+1700-16830	Pacific/Johnston	Johnston Atoll
 UM	+2813-17722	Pacific/Midway	Midway Islands