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Diffstat (limited to 'timezone')
| -rw-r--r-- | timezone/africa | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | timezone/asia | 34 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | timezone/australasia | 38 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | timezone/backward | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | timezone/europe | 27 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | timezone/iso3166.tab | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | timezone/northamerica | 169 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | timezone/southamerica | 26 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | timezone/zone.tab | 9 |
9 files changed, 248 insertions, 67 deletions
diff --git a/timezone/africa b/timezone/africa index 8a7467d6a6..61258bff69 100644 --- a/timezone/africa +++ b/timezone/africa @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# @(#)africa 7.33 +# @(#)africa 7.34 # 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 @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ # # Previous editions of this database used WAT, CAT, SAT, and EAT # for +0:00 through +3:00, respectively, -# but Mark R V Murray <markm@iafrica.com> reports that +# but Mark R V Murray <markm@grondar.za> reports that # `SAST' is the official abbreviation for +2:00 in the country of South Africa, # `CAT' is commonly used for +2:00 in countries north of South Africa, and # `WAT' is probably the best name for +1:00, as the common phrase for diff --git a/timezone/asia b/timezone/asia index 7ef2d0c63e..287060ae98 100644 --- a/timezone/asia +++ b/timezone/asia @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# @(#)asia 7.56 +# @(#)asia 7.57 # 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 @@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ Zone Asia/Baku 3:19:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 # Bahrain # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Bahrain 3:22:20 - LMT 1920 # Al-Manamah +Zone Asia/Bahrain 3:22:20 - LMT 1920 # Al Manamah 4:00 - GST 1972 Jun 3:00 - AST @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ Zone Asia/Dacca 6:01:40 - LMT 1890 # Bhutan # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Thimbu 5:58:36 - LMT 1947 Aug 15 +Zone Asia/Thimphu 5:58:36 - LMT 1947 Aug 15 # or Thimbu 5:30 - IST 1987 Oct 6:00 - BTT # Bhutan Time @@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ Rule PRC 1986 only - May 4 0:00 1:00 D Rule PRC 1986 1991 - Sep Sun>=11 0:00 0 S Rule PRC 1987 1991 - Apr Sun>=10 0:00 1:00 D # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Harbin 8:26:44 - LMT 1928 +Zone Asia/Harbin 8:26:44 - LMT 1928 # or Haerbin 8:30 - HART 1932 Mar # Harbin Time 8:00 - CST 1940 9:00 - HART 1966 May @@ -205,17 +205,17 @@ Zone Asia/Harbin 8:26:44 - LMT 1928 Zone Asia/Shanghai 8:05:52 - LMT 1928 8:00 Shang C%sT 1949 8:00 PRC C%sT -Zone Asia/Chungking 7:06:20 - LMT 1928 +Zone Asia/Chungking 7:06:20 - LMT 1928 # or Chongqing 7:00 - CHUT 1980 May # Chungking Time 8:00 PRC C%sT -Zone Asia/Urumqi 5:50:20 - LMT 1928 +Zone Asia/Urumqi 5:50:20 - LMT 1928 # or Urumchi 6:00 - URUT 1980 May # Urumqi Time 8:00 PRC C%sT -Zone Asia/Kashgar 5:03:56 - LMT 1928 +Zone Asia/Kashgar 5:03:56 - LMT 1928 # or Kashi or Kaxgar 5:30 - KAST 1940 # Kashgar Time 5:00 - KAST 1980 May 8:00 PRC C%sT -# Hong Kong +# Hong Kong (Xianggang) # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule HK 1946 only - Apr 20 3:30 1:00 S Rule HK 1946 only - Dec 1 3:30 0 - @@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ Rule Taiwan 1980 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 S Zone Asia/Taipei 8:06:00 - LMT 1896 8:00 Taiwan C%sT -# Macao +# Macao (Macau, Aomen) # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Macao 1961 1962 - Mar Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S Rule Macao 1961 1964 - Nov Sun>=1 3:30 0 - @@ -302,6 +302,10 @@ Zone Asia/Nicosia 2:13:28 - LMT 1921 Nov 14 2:00 EUAsia EE%sT # IATA SSIM (1998-09) has Cyprus using EU rules for the first time. +# Classically, Cyprus belongs to Asia; e.g. see Herodotus, Histories, I.72. +# However, for various reasons many users expect to find it under Europe. +Link Asia/Nicosia Europe/Nicosia + # Georgia # From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1994-11-19): # Today's _Economist_ (p 60) reports that Georgia moved its clocks forward @@ -483,7 +487,7 @@ Rule Iraq 1986 1990 - Mar lastSun 1:00s 1:00 D # IATA SSIM (1991/1996) says Apr 1 12:01am UTC; guess the `:01' is a typo. # Shanks says Iraq did not observe DST 1992/1997 or 1999 on; ignore this. Rule Iraq 1991 max - Apr 1 3:00s 1:00 D -Rule Iraq 1991 max - Oct 1 3:00s 0 D +Rule Iraq 1991 max - Oct 1 3:00s 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Baghdad 2:57:40 - LMT 1890 2:57:36 - BMT 1918 # Baghdad Mean Time? @@ -774,7 +778,7 @@ Zone Asia/Aqtau 3:21:04 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Aktau 5:00 E-EurAsia AQT%sT 1995 Sep lastSun 4:00 E-EurAsia AQT%sT -# Kirgizstan +# Kyrgyzstan (Kirgizstan) # Transitions through 1991 are from Shanks. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Kirgiz 1992 1996 - Apr Sun>=7 0:00 1:00 S @@ -830,7 +834,7 @@ Zone Asia/Kuwait 3:11:56 - LMT 1950 # Laos # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Vientiane 6:50:24 - LMT 1906 Jun 9 +Zone Asia/Vientiane 6:50:24 - LMT 1906 Jun 9 # or Viangchan 7:06:20 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT? 7:00 - ICT 1912 May 8:00 - ICT 1931 May @@ -1086,7 +1090,7 @@ Zone Asia/Manila -15:56:00 - LMT 1844 # Qatar # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Qatar 3:26:08 - LMT 1920 # Al Dawhah +Zone Asia/Qatar 3:26:08 - LMT 1920 # Al Dawhah / Doha 4:00 - GST 1972 Jun 3:00 - AST @@ -1175,7 +1179,7 @@ Rule Syria 1994 max - Oct 1 0:00 0 - Rule Syria 1997 1998 - Mar lastMon 0:00 1:00 S Rule Syria 1999 max - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Damascus 2:25:12 - LMT 1920 +Zone Asia/Damascus 2:25:12 - LMT 1920 # Dimashq 2:00 Syria EE%sT # Tajikistan @@ -1196,7 +1200,7 @@ Zone Asia/Bangkok 6:42:04 - LMT 1880 # Turkmenistan # From Shanks. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Ashkhabad 3:53:32 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Ashgabat +Zone Asia/Ashgabat 3:53:32 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Ashkhabad 4:00 - ASHT 1930 Jun 21 # Ashkhabad Time 5:00 RussiaAsia ASH%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00 4:00 RussiaAsia ASH%sT 1991 Oct 27 # independence diff --git a/timezone/australasia b/timezone/australasia index c9215d82ec..15683747a4 100644 --- a/timezone/australasia +++ b/timezone/australasia @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# @(#)australasia 7.58 +# @(#)australasia 7.60 # This file also includes Pacific islands. # Notes are at the end of this file @@ -153,14 +153,14 @@ Zone Australia/Broken_Hill 9:25:48 - LMT 1895 Feb # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule LH 1981 1984 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - Rule LH 1982 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - -Rule LH 1985 only - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0:30 - -Rule LH 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 - -Rule LH 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00s 0:30 - -Rule LH 1987 1999 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0:30 - -Rule LH 1990 1995 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - -Rule LH 1996 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - -Rule LH 2000 only - Aug lastSun 2:00s 0:30 - -Rule LH 2001 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0:30 - +Rule LH 1985 only - Oct lastSun 2:30s 0:30 - +Rule LH 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 2:30s 0 - +Rule LH 1986 only - Oct 19 2:30s 0:30 - +Rule LH 1987 1999 - Oct lastSun 2:30s 0:30 - +Rule LH 1990 1995 - Mar Sun>=1 2:30s 0 - +Rule LH 1996 max - Mar lastSun 2:30s 0 - +Rule LH 2000 only - Aug lastSun 2:30s 0:30 - +Rule LH 2001 max - Oct lastSun 2:30s 0:30 - Zone Australia/Lord_Howe 10:36:20 - LMT 1895 Feb 10:00 - EST 1981 Mar 10:30 LH LHST @@ -823,9 +823,14 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # Capital Territory, New South Wales except Lord Howe Island and Broken # Hill, and Victoria will be August 27, presumably due to the Sydney Olympics. +# From Eric Ulevik, referring to Sydney's Sun Herald (2000-08-13), page 29: +# Twin Towns Services Club (in Tweed Heads, near the Queensland border) +# will maintain Queensland time. The Queensland Premier Peter Beattie +# is encouraging northern NSW towns to use Queensland time. + # Yancowinna -# From John Basser (1989-01-04): +# From John Mackin (1989-01-04): # `Broken Hill' means the County of Yancowinna. # From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): @@ -863,8 +868,17 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # arrangements. The starting date for summer time on the Island will # however always coincide with the rest of NSW. -# From Paul Eggert (2000-01-31): -# For Lord Howe we use Shanks through 1989, and Lonergan thereafter. +# From Jesper Norgaard <jnorgard@Prodigy.net.mx> (2000-09-04): +# James Lonergan said that the island always tries to stay in sync +# with the rest of NSW at all time except for the fact that they stay +# ahead half an hour when DST is not observed. If this is interpreted +# literally, they should change clocks at the exact moment that +# e.g. Canberra changes from normal to daylight saving and vice versa. + +# From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02): +# For Lord Howe we use Shanks through 1989, and Lonergan thereafter, +# However, as per Norgaard we modify Shanks by assuming 02:30s switchover +# for half-hour DST. ############################################################################### diff --git a/timezone/backward b/timezone/backward index cc0caa8d40..ba3b254463 100644 --- a/timezone/backward +++ b/timezone/backward @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# @(#)backward 7.17 +# @(#)backward 7.18 # This file provides links between current names for time zones # and their old names. Many names changed in late 1993. @@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ Link America/Tijuana America/Ensenada Link America/Indianapolis America/Fort_Wayne Link America/Indiana/Knox America/Knox_IN Link America/St_Thomas America/Virgin +Link Asia/Ashgabat Asia/Ashkhabad Link Asia/Jerusalem Asia/Tel_Aviv +Link Asia/Thimphu Asia/Thimbu Link Asia/Ulaanbaatar Asia/Ulan_Bator Link Australia/Sydney Australia/ACT Link Australia/Sydney Australia/Canberra diff --git a/timezone/europe b/timezone/europe index 92b82b622c..5febba1783 100644 --- a/timezone/europe +++ b/timezone/europe @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# @(#)europe 7.73 +# @(#)europe 7.74 # 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 @@ -164,7 +164,26 @@ # main SHAEF archives held in the US National Archives, SHAEF/5252/8/516) # agree that the usage is BDST (this appears in a message dated 17 Feb 1945). -# Howse writes (p 157) `DBST'; let's assume this is a typo. +# From Joseph S. Meyers (2000-08-10): +# On 18th April 1941, Sir Stephen Tallents of the BBC wrote to Sir +# Alexander Maxwell of the Home Office asking whether there was any +# official designation; the reply of the 21st was that there wasn't +# but he couldn't think of anything better than the "Double British +# Summer Time" that the BBC had been using informally. +# I've put a copy of the Home Office letter at +# http://student.cusu.cam.ac.uk/~jsm28/british-time/ho-19410421.png +# and the BBC letter may follow if I get permission from the BBC. + +# From Sir Alexander Maxwell in the above-mentioned letter (1941-04-21): +# [N]o official designation has as far as I know been adopted for the time +# which is to be introduced in May.... +# I cannot think of anything better than "Double British Summer Time" +# which could not be said to run counter to any official description. + +# From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02): +# Howse writes (p 157) `DBST' too, but `BDST' seems to have been common +# and follows the more usual convention of putting the location name first, +# so we use `BDST'. # Peter Ilieve <peter@aldie.co.uk> (1998-04-19) described at length # the history of summer time legislation in the United Kingdom. @@ -705,14 +724,14 @@ Rule Thule 1993 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D Rule Thule 1993 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S # # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone America/Scoresbysund -1:29:00 - LMT 1916 Jul 28 # Ittoqqortoormit +Zone America/Scoresbysund -1:29:00 - LMT 1916 Jul 28 # Ittoqqortoormiit -2:00 - CGT 1980 Apr 6 2:00 -2:00 C-Eur CG%sT 1981 Mar 29 -1:00 EU EG%sT Zone America/Godthab -3:26:56 - LMT 1916 Jul 28 # Nuuk -3:00 - WGT 1980 Apr 6 2:00 -3:00 EU WG%sT -Zone America/Thule -4:35:08 - LMT 1916 Jul 28 # Pituffik +Zone America/Thule -4:35:08 - LMT 1916 Jul 28 # Pituffik air base -4:00 Thule A%sT # Estonia diff --git a/timezone/iso3166.tab b/timezone/iso3166.tab index 0173c40112..2286f3afe6 100644 --- a/timezone/iso3166.tab +++ b/timezone/iso3166.tab @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # ISO 3166 2-letter country codes # -# @(#)iso3166.tab 1.7 +# @(#)iso3166.tab 1.8 # # From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1999-10-13): # @@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ JM Jamaica JO Jordan JP Japan KE Kenya -KG Kirgizstan +KG Kyrgyzstan KH Cambodia KI Kiribati KM Comoros diff --git a/timezone/northamerica b/timezone/northamerica index 654450a9c5..19dea11371 100644 --- a/timezone/northamerica +++ b/timezone/northamerica @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# @(#)northamerica 7.52 +# @(#)northamerica 7.53 # also includes Central America and the Caribbean # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, @@ -58,10 +58,36 @@ # Before the Uniform Time Act of 1966 took effect in 1967, observance of # Daylight Saving Time in the US was by local option, except during wartime. +# From Arthur David Olson (2000-09-25): +# Last night I heard part of a rebroadcast of a 1945 Arch Oboler radio drama. +# In the introduction, Oboler spoke of "Eastern Peace Time." +# An AltaVista search turned up +# <a href="http://rowayton.org/rhs/hstaug45.html">: +# "When the time is announced over the radio now, it is 'Eastern Peace +# Time' instead of the old familiar 'Eastern War Time.' Peace is wonderful." +# </a> (August 1945) by way of confirmation. + +# From Joseph Gallant <notquite@hotmail.com>, citing +# George H. Douglas, _The Early Days of Radio Broadcasting_ (1987): +# At 7 P.M. (Eastern War Time) [on 1945-08-14], the networks were set +# to switch to London for Atlee's address, but the American people +# never got to hear his speech live. According to one press account, +# CBS' Bob Trout was first to announce the word of Japan's surrender, +# but a few seconds later, NBC, ABC and Mutual also flashed the word +# of surrender, all of whom interrupting the bells of Big Ben in +# London which were to precede Mr. Atlee's speech. + +# From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02): +# Shanks says that DST was called "War Time" in the US in 1919. +# In the light of the above, this seems suspect; +# but we have no better authority yet. + + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule US 1918 1919 - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 W # War Rule US 1918 1919 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule US 1942 only - Feb 9 2:00 1:00 W # War +Rule US 1945 only - Aug 14 23:00u 1:00 P # Peace Rule US 1945 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 S Rule US 1967 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule US 1967 1973 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D @@ -150,6 +176,13 @@ Rule US 1987 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D # Go with Shanks. # US Eastern time, represented by New York + +# Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, most of Florida, +# Georgia, far southeastern Indiana, eastern Kentucky, Maine, +# Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North +# Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, eastern +# Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER Rule NYC 1920 only - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule NYC 1920 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S @@ -165,6 +198,13 @@ Zone America/New_York -4:56:02 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:00 -5:00 US E%sT # US Central time, represented by Chicago + +# Alabama, Arkansas, Florida panhandle, Illinois, western Indiana +# corners, Iowa, most of Kansas, western Kentucky, Louisiana, +# Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, eastern Nebraska, eastern North +# Dakota, Oklahoma, eastern South Dakota, western Tennessee, most of +# Texas, Wisconsin + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER Rule Chicago 1920 only - Jun 13 2:00 1:00 D Rule Chicago 1920 1921 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S @@ -183,6 +223,11 @@ Zone America/Chicago -5:50:36 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:00 -6:00 US C%sT # US Mountain time, represented by Denver +# +# Colorado, southern Idaho, far western Kansas, Montana, western +# Nebraska, New Mexico, southwestern North Dakota, far eastern Oregon, +# western South Dakota, far western Texas, Utah, Wyoming +# # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER Rule Denver 1920 1921 - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Denver 1920 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S @@ -198,6 +243,9 @@ Zone America/Denver -6:59:56 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:00 -7:00 US M%sT # US Pacific time, represented by Los Angeles +# +# California, northern Idaho, Nevada, most of Oregon, and Washington +# # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER Rule CA 1948 only - Mar 14 2:00 1:00 D Rule CA 1949 only - Jan 1 2:00 0 S @@ -390,6 +438,7 @@ Zone America/Indiana/Vevay -5:40:16 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:00 -5:00 - EST # Part of Kentucky left its clocks alone in 1974. +# This also includes a part of Indiana immediately adjacent to Louisville. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER Rule Louisville 1921 only - May 1 2:00 1:00 D Rule Louisville 1921 only - Sep 1 2:00 0 S @@ -408,16 +457,9 @@ 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 +Link America/Louisville America/Kentucky/Louisville +# # 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 -# </a> (1999-10-14 08:45-04) -# In response to a petition by the Wayne County, Kentucky, Fiscal Court, -# the Department of Transportation (DOT) proposed to move Wayne County, -# 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"> @@ -430,6 +472,36 @@ Zone America/Louisville -5:43:02 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:00 # 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. +# +# From Rich Wales (2000-08-29): +# After prolonged debate, and despite continuing deep differences of opinion, +# Wayne County (central Kentucky) is switching from Central (-0600) to Eastern +# (-0500) time. They won't "fall back" this year. See: +# <a href="http://www.nandotimes.com/nation/story/body/0,1037,500244845-500362432-502132762-0,00.html"> +# Sara Shipley, the difference an hour makes (2000-08-29 15:33 -0400) +# </a> +Zone America/Kentucky/Monticello -5:39:24 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:00 + -6:00 US C%sT 1946 + -6:00 - CST 1968 + -6:00 US C%sT 2000 Oct 29 2:00 + -5:00 US E%sT + + +# From Rives McDow (2000-08-30): +# Here ... are all the changes in the US since 1985. +# Kearny County, KS (put all of county on central; +# previously split between MST and CST) ... 1990-10 +# Starke County, IN (from CST to EST) ... 1991-10 +# Oliver County, ND (from MST to CST) ... 1992-10 +# West Wendover, NV (from PST TO MST) ... 1999-10 +# Wayne County, KY (from CST to EST) ... 2000-10 +# There is another change in the offing; Mercer County, ND is looking +# to change from MT to CT. It is possible that two other ND counties +# (Sioux and Morton) will look to change also. If made, the earliest +# a change would be effective is October 2001. +# +# From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02): +# FIXME: I haven't yet had time to incorporate all the above changes. # Michigan # @@ -558,8 +630,20 @@ Link Pacific/Honolulu HST # From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1994-11-22): # Alas, this sort of thing must be handled by localization software. -# The data for Canada are all from Shanks. +# Unless otherwise specified, the data for Canada are all from Shanks. +# From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02): +# H. David Matthews and Mary Vincent's map +# <a href="http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/SO98/geomap.htm"> +# "It's about TIME", _Canadian Geographic_ (September-October 1998) +# </a> contains detailed boundaries for regions observing nonstandard +# time and daylight saving time arrangements in Canada circa 1998. +# +# INMS, the Institute for National Measurement Standards in Ottawa, has +# <a href="http://www.nrc.ca/inms/time/tze.html"> +# information about standard and daylight saving time zones in Canada. +# </a> (updated periodically). +# Its unofficial information is often taken from Matthews and Vincent. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Canada 1918 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 D @@ -571,7 +655,13 @@ Rule Canada 1974 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Canada 1987 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D -# Newfoundland (except Labrador) +# Newfoundland (and far southeast Labrador) + +# From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02): +# Matthews and Vincent (1998) write that Labrador should use NST/NDT, +# but the only part of Labrador that follows the rules is the +# southeast corner, including Port Hope Simpson and Mary's Harbour, +# but excluding, say, Black Tickle. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule StJohns 1917 1918 - Apr Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D @@ -601,10 +691,14 @@ Rule StJohns 1946 1950 - May Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D Rule StJohns 1946 1950 - Oct Sun>=2 2:00 0 S Rule StJohns 1951 1986 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule StJohns 1951 1959 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S -Rule StJohns 1960 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S -Rule StJohns 1987 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D -Rule StJohns 1988 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 2:00 DD -Rule StJohns 1989 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D +Rule StJohns 1960 1986 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S +# From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02): +# INMS (2000-09-12) says that, since 1988 at least, Newfoundland switches +# at 00:01 local time. For now, assume it started in 1987. +Rule StJohns 1987 only - Apr Sun>=1 0:01 1:00 D +Rule StJohns 1987 max - Oct lastSun 0:01 0 S +Rule StJohns 1988 only - Apr Sun>=1 0:01 2:00 DD +Rule StJohns 1989 max - Apr Sun>=1 0:01 1:00 D # St John's has an apostrophe, but Posix file names can't have apostrophes. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/St_Johns -3:30:52 - LMT 1884 @@ -612,7 +706,7 @@ Zone America/St_Johns -3:30:52 - LMT 1884 -3:30 StJohns N%sT -# east Labrador +# most of east Labrador # The name `Happy Valley-Goose Bay' is too long; use `Goose Bay'. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] @@ -633,6 +727,11 @@ Zone America/Goose_Bay -4:01:40 - LMT 1884 # Happy Valley-Goose Bay # Shanks also writes that Liverpool, NS was the only town in Canada to observe # DST in 1971 but not 1970; for now we'll assume this is a typo. +# From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02): +# INMS (2000-09-12) says that, since 1988 at least, New Brunswick switches +# at 00:01 local time. FIXME: verify and create a new Zone for this. + + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Halifax 1916 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Halifax 1916 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 S @@ -707,6 +806,17 @@ Zone America/Glace_Bay -3:59:48 - LMT 1902 Jun 15 # For what it's worth, Shanks says that Atikokan has agreed with # Rainy River ever since standard time was introduced. +# From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02): +# Matthews and Vincent (1998) write that Atikokan, Pickle Lake, and +# New Osnaburgh observe CST all year, that Big Trout Lake observes +# CST/CDT, and that Upsala and Shebandowan observe EST/EDT, all in +# violation of the official Ontario rules. +# They also write that Quebec east of the -63 meridian is supposed to +# observe AST, but residents as far east as Natashquan use EST/EDT, +# and residents east of Natashquan use AST. +# We probably need Zones for far east Quebec and for Atikokan, +# but we don't know when their practices started. + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Mont 1917 only - Mar 25 2:00 1:00 D Rule Mont 1917 only - Apr 24 0:00 0 S @@ -774,8 +884,12 @@ Rule Winn 1960 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Winn 1963 only - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Winn 1963 only - Sep 22 2:00 0 S Rule Winn 1966 1986 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D -Rule Winn 1966 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S +Rule Winn 1966 1986 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Winn 1987 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D +# From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02): +# INMS (2000-09-12) says that, since 1988 at least, Manitoba switches from +# DST at 03:00 local time. For now, assume it started in 1987. +Rule Winn 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Winnipeg -6:28:36 - LMT 1887 Jul 16 -6:00 Winn C%sT @@ -783,10 +897,12 @@ Zone America/Winnipeg -6:28:36 - LMT 1887 Jul 16 # Saskatchewan -# From Paul Eggert (1996-06-12): +# From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02): # Shanks writes that since 1970 most of this region has been like Regina. # Some western towns (e.g. Swift Current) switched from MST/MDT to CST in 1972. # Other western towns (e.g. Lloydminster) are like Edmonton. +# Matthews and Vincent (1998) write that Denare Beach and Creighton +# are like Winnipeg, in violation of Saskatchewan law. # From W. Jones <jones@skdad.usask.ca> (1992-11-06): # The. . .below is based on information I got from our law library, the @@ -874,9 +990,10 @@ Zone America/Edmonton -7:33:52 - LMT 1906 Sep # British Columbia -# From Paul Eggert (1996-06-12): +# From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02): # Shanks writes that since 1970 most of this region has been like Vancouver. # Dawson Creek uses MST. Much of east BC is like Edmonton. +# Matthews and Vincent (1998) write that Creston is like Dawson Creek. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Vanc 1918 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 D @@ -960,6 +1077,18 @@ Zone America/Dawson_Creek -8:00:56 - LMT 1884 # for municipal offices and schools.... Igloolik [was similar but then] # made the switch to central time on Saturday, Nov. 6. +# From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02): +# Matthews and Vincent (1998) say the following, but we lack histories +# for these potential new Zones. +# +# The Canadian Forces station at Alert uses Eastern Time while the +# handful of residents at the Eureka weather station [in the Central +# zone] skip daylight savings. Baffin Island, which is crossed by the +# Central, Eastern and Atlantic Time zones only uses Eastern Time. +# Gjoa Haven, Taloyoak and Pelly Bay all use Mountain instead of +# Central Time and Southampton Island [in the Central zone] is not +# required to use daylight savings. + # 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 diff --git a/timezone/southamerica b/timezone/southamerica index 39d5d6b782..b153aeb109 100644 --- a/timezone/southamerica +++ b/timezone/southamerica @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# @(#)southamerica 7.36 +# @(#)southamerica 7.37 # 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 @@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ Rule Arg 1999 only - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Arg 2000 only - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 - # # From Peter Gradelski via Steffen Thorsen (2000-03-01): -# We just checked with our San Paulo office and they say the government of +# We just checked with our Sao Paulo office and they say the government of # Argentina decided not to become one of the countries that go on or off DST. # So Buenos Aires should be -3 hours from GMT at all times. # @@ -250,11 +250,15 @@ Zone America/La_Paz -4:32:36 - LMT 1890 # Brazilian official page # </a> # -# From Paul Eggert (1998-10-29): +# From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02): # The official decrees referenced below are taken from # <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV.html"> # Decretos sobre o Horario de Verao no Brasil # </a> (1999-10-04, 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 +# </a> (in Portuguese). # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV20466.htm">20,466</a> (1931-10-01) @@ -364,11 +368,15 @@ Rule Brazil 1999 only - Feb 21 0:00 0 - # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/HV3150.gif">3,150</a> # (1999-08-23) adopted by same states. # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV99.gif">3,188</a> (1999-09-30) -# adds SE, AL, PE, PR, RN, CE, PI, MA and RR. +# adds SE, AL, PB, PE, RN, CE, PI, MA and RR. +Rule Brazil 1999 only - Oct 3 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Brazil 2000 only - Feb 27 0:00 0 - +# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DEC3592.htm">3,592</a> (2000-09-06) +# adopted by the same states as before. # These give only one year's rules. After that, the rules are guesses # and are quite possibly wrong, but are more likely than no DST at all. -Rule Brazil 1999 max - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Brazil 2000 max - Feb lastSun 0:00 0 - +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] @@ -578,7 +586,11 @@ Rule Para 1996 1998 - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S # go with Shanks. Rule Para 1999 max - Feb lastSun 0:00 0 - # IATA SSIM (2000-02) says 1999-10-10. -Rule Para 1999 max - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Para 1999 only - Oct 10 0:00 1:00 S +# From Steffen Thorsen (2000-10-02): +# I have three independent reports that Paraguay changed to DST this Sunday +# (10-01). +Rule Para 2000 max - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Asuncion -3:50:40 - LMT 1890 -3:50:40 - AMT 1931 Oct 10 # Asuncion Mean Time diff --git a/timezone/zone.tab b/timezone/zone.tab index 401ab9ea25..3a77814b1b 100644 --- a/timezone/zone.tab +++ b/timezone/zone.tab @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# @(#)zone.tab 1.19 +# @(#)zone.tab 1.20 # # TZ zone descriptions # @@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ BR +0249-06040 America/Boa_Vista Roraima BR -0308-06001 America/Manaus Amazonas BR -0934-06731 America/Porto_Acre Acre BS +2505-07721 America/Nassau -BT +2728+08939 Asia/Thimbu +BT +2728+08939 Asia/Thimphu BW -2545+02555 Africa/Gaborone BY +5354+02734 Europe/Minsk BZ +1730-08812 America/Belize @@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ TG +0608+00113 Africa/Lome TH +1345+10031 Asia/Bangkok TJ +3835+06848 Asia/Dushanbe TK -0922-17114 Pacific/Fakaofo -TM +3757+05823 Asia/Ashkhabad +TM +3757+05823 Asia/Ashgabat TN +3648+01011 Africa/Tunis TO -2110+17510 Pacific/Tongatapu TP -0833+12535 Asia/Dili @@ -351,7 +351,8 @@ UM +2813-17722 Pacific/Midway Midway Islands UM +1917+16637 Pacific/Wake Wake Island US +404251-0740023 America/New_York Eastern Time US +421953-0830245 America/Detroit Eastern Time - Michigan - most locations -US +381515-0854534 America/Louisville Eastern Time - Louisville, Kentucky +US +381515-0854534 America/Louisville Eastern Time - Kentucky - Louisville area +US +364947-0845057 America/Kentucky/Monticello Eastern Time - Kentucky - Wayne County US +394606-0860929 America/Indianapolis Eastern Standard Time - Indiana - most locations US +382232-0862041 America/Indiana/Marengo Eastern Standard Time - Indiana - Crawford County US +411745-0863730 America/Indiana/Knox Eastern Standard Time - Indiana - Starke County |