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-rw-r--r--timezone/antarctica43
-rw-r--r--timezone/asia9
-rw-r--r--timezone/australasia11
-rw-r--r--timezone/europe33
-rw-r--r--timezone/northamerica68
5 files changed, 101 insertions, 63 deletions
diff --git a/timezone/antarctica b/timezone/antarctica
index 3a2b64abf3..c98e528c1e 100644
--- a/timezone/antarctica
+++ b/timezone/antarctica
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)antarctica	7.20
+# @(#)antarctica	7.21
 
 # From Paul Eggert (1999-11-15):
 # To keep things manageable, we list only locations occupied year-round; see
@@ -200,25 +200,27 @@ Rule	NZAQ	1990	max	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00s	0	S
 # Russia - year-round bases
 # Bellingshausen, King George Island, -621159-0585337, since 1968-02-22
 # Mirny, Davis coast, -6633+09301, since 1956-02
-# Molodezhnaya
-# Novolazarevskaya
+# Molodezhnaya, Alasheyev Bay, year-round from 1962-02 to 1999-07-01
+# Novolazarevskaya, Queen Maud Land, -7046+01150,
+#	year-round from 1960/61 to 1992
 
-# Vostok, since 1957-12-16
+# Vostok, since 1957-12-16, temporarily closed 1994-02/1994-11
 # <a href="http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/antarctica/QA/computers/Directions,Time,ZIP">
 # From Craig Mundell (1994-12-15)</a>:
 # Vostok, which is one of the Russian stations, is set on the same
 # time as Moscow, Russia.
 #
-# From Paul Eggert (2001-03-03):
-# Today I talked with a neighbor Robert Lee Hotz, a neighbor who
-# recently returned from Vostok.  He said that the Americans have a
-# substation next to Vostok that keeps New Zealand time.
-# He thought the Russians still use Moscow time, but wasn't sure.
+# From Lee Hotz (2001-03-08):
+# I queried the folks at Columbia who spent the summer at Vostok and this is
+# what they had to say about time there:
+# ``in the US Camp (East Camp) we have been on New Zealand (McMurdo)
+# time, which is 12 hours ahead of GMT. The Russian Station Vostok was
+# 6 hours behind that (although only 2 miles away, i.e. 6 hours ahead
+# of GMT). This is a time zone I think two hours east of Moscow. The
+# natural time zone is in between the two: 8 hours ahead of GMT.''
 #
 Zone Antarctica/Vostok	0	-	zzz	1957 Dec 16
-			3:00	RussAQ	MSK/MSD	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
-			2:00	RussAQ	EE%sT	1992 Jan 19 2:00s
-			3:00	RussAQ	MSK/MSD
+			6:00	-	VOST	# Vostok time
 
 # S Africa - year-round bases
 # Marion Island
@@ -231,14 +233,16 @@ Zone Antarctica/Vostok	0	-	zzz	1957 Dec 16
 #	scientific station from 1903
 #	whaling station at Signy I 1920/1926
 # South Shetland Islands
-#	whaling station at Deception I 1912/1931
-#	scientific station from 1943;
-#	previously sealers and a scientific expedition wintered by accident,
-#	and a garrison was deployed briefly
 #
 # year-round bases
 # Bird Island, South Georgia, -5400-03803, since 1983
-# Halley, Coates Land, -7535-2619, since 1956-01-06
+# Deception Island, -6259-06034, whaling station 1912/1931,
+#	scientific station 1943/1967,
+#	previously sealers and a scientific expedition wintered by accident,
+#	and a garrison was deployed briefly
+# Halley, Coates Land, -7535-02604, since 1956-01-06
+#	Halley is on a moving ice shelf and is periodically relocated
+#	so that it is never more than 10km from its nominal location.
 # Rothera, Adelaide Island, -6734-6808, since 1976-12-01
 
 # Uruguay - year round base
@@ -262,12 +266,13 @@ Zone Antarctica/Palmer	0	-	zzz	1965
 			-4:00	ChileAQ	CL%sT
 #
 #
-# McMurdo, Ross Island, since 1956
+# McMurdo, Ross Island, since 1955-12
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone Antarctica/McMurdo	0	-	zzz	1956
 			12:00	NZAQ	NZ%sT
 #
-# Amundsen-Scott, South Pole, since 1957-01-23
+# Amundsen-Scott, South Pole, continuously occupied since 1956-11-20
+#
 # From Paul Eggert (1996-09-03):
 # Normally it wouldn't have a separate entry, since it's like the
 # larger Antarctica/McMurdo since 1970, but it's too famous to omit.
diff --git a/timezone/asia b/timezone/asia
index a28a708333..2d7520aeb4 100644
--- a/timezone/asia
+++ b/timezone/asia
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)asia	7.62
+# @(#)asia	7.63
 
 # 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
@@ -1111,7 +1111,10 @@ Zone	Asia/Gaza	2:17:52	-	LMT	1900 Oct
 # no information
 
 # Philippines
-# Howse writes (p 153) that until 1844 the Philippines kept American date.
+# On 1844-08-16, Narciso Claveria, governor-general of the
+# Philippines, issued a proclamation announcing that 1844-12-30 was to
+# be immediately followed by 1845-01-01.  Robert H. van Gent has a
+# transcript of the decree in <http://www.phys.uu.nl/~vgent/idl/idl.htm>.
 # The rest of this data is from Shanks.
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Phil	1936	only	-	Nov	1	0:00	1:00	S
@@ -1121,7 +1124,7 @@ Rule	Phil	1954	only	-	Jul	1	0:00	0	-
 Rule	Phil	1978	only	-	Mar	22	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Phil	1978	only	-	Sep	21	0:00	0	-
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
-Zone	Asia/Manila	-15:56:00 -	LMT	1844
+Zone	Asia/Manila	-15:56:00 -	LMT	1844 Dec 31
 			8:04:00 -	LMT	1899 May 11
 			8:00	Phil	PH%sT	1942 May
 			9:00	-	JST	1944 Nov
diff --git a/timezone/australasia b/timezone/australasia
index c9d3046460..fe01a3e15c 100644
--- a/timezone/australasia
+++ b/timezone/australasia
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)australasia	7.63
+# @(#)australasia	7.64
 # This file also includes Pacific islands.
 
 # Notes are at the end of this file
@@ -222,7 +222,8 @@ Zone	Pacific/Tahiti	 -9:58:16 -	LMT	1912 Oct	# Papeete
 
 # Guam
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
-Zone	Pacific/Guam	 9:39:00 -	LMT	1901		# Agana
+Zone	Pacific/Guam	-14:21:00 -	LMT	1844 Dec 31
+			 9:39:00 -	LMT	1901		# Agana
 			10:00	-	GST	2000 Dec 23	# Guam
 			10:00	-	ChST	# Chamorro Standard Time
 
@@ -241,7 +242,8 @@ Zone Pacific/Kiritimati	-10:29:20 -	LMT	1901
 
 # N Mariana Is
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
-Zone Pacific/Saipan	 9:43:00 -	LMT	1901
+Zone Pacific/Saipan	-14:17:00 -	LMT	1844 Dec 31
+			 9:43:00 -	LMT	1901
 			 9:00	-	MPT	1969 Oct # N Mariana Is Time
 			10:00	-	MPT	2000 Dec 23
 			10:00	-	ChST	# Chamorro Standard Time
@@ -977,7 +979,8 @@ Zone	Pacific/Wallis	12:15:20 -	LMT	1901
 # Howse writes (p 153) ``The Spaniards, on the other hand, reached the
 # Philippines and the Ladrones from America,'' and implies that the Ladrones
 # (now called the Marianas) kept American date for quite some time.
-# Ignore this for now, as we have no hard data.  See also Asia/Manila.
+# For now, we assume the Ladrones switched at the same time as the Philippines;
+# see Asia/Manila.
 
 # US Public Law 106-564 (2000-12-23) made UTC+10 the official standard time,
 # under the name "Chamorro Standard Time".  There is no official abbreviation,
diff --git a/timezone/europe b/timezone/europe
index d45088d33e..43b4af392a 100644
--- a/timezone/europe
+++ b/timezone/europe
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)europe	7.77
+# @(#)europe	7.78
 
 # 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
@@ -405,6 +405,11 @@ Rule	EU	1978	only	-	Oct	 1	 1:00u	0	-
 Rule	EU	1979	1995	-	Sep	lastSun	 1:00u	0	-
 Rule	EU	1981	max	-	Mar	lastSun	 1:00u	1:00	S
 Rule	EU	1996	max	-	Oct	lastSun	 1:00u	0	-
+# The most recent directive covers the years starting in 2002.  See:
+# <a href="http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/lif/dat/2000/en_300L0084.html"
+# Directive 2000/84/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
+# of 19 January 2001 on summer-time arrangements.
+# </a>
 
 # W-Eur differs from EU only in that W-Eur uses standard time.
 Rule	W-Eur	1977	1980	-	Apr	Sun>=1	 1:00s	1:00	S
@@ -1368,37 +1373,33 @@ Zone	Europe/Monaco	0:29:32 -	LMT	1891 Mar 15
 # Netherlands
 # Howse writes that the Netherlands' railways used GMT between 1892 and 1940,
 # but for other purposes the Netherlands used Amsterdam mean time.
+# The data before 1945 is taken from
+# <http://www.phys.uu.nl/~vgent/wettijd/wettijd.htm>.
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
-# Shanks gives 1916 Apr 30 24:00 and 1916 Oct 1 00:00; go with Whitman.
-Rule	Neth	1916	only	-	May	 1	2:00s	1:00	NST	# Netherlands Summer Time
-Rule	Neth	1916	only	-	Oct	 2	2:00s	0	AMT	# Amsterdam Mean Time
+Rule	Neth	1916	only	-	May	 1	0:00	1:00	NST	# Netherlands Summer Time
+Rule	Neth	1916	only	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	AMT	# Amsterdam Mean Time
 Rule	Neth	1917	only	-	Apr	16	2:00s	1:00	NST
 Rule	Neth	1917	only	-	Sep	17	2:00s	0	AMT
-# Whitman gives 1918 Apr 14, 1918 Oct 31, and 1921 Sep 28; go with Shanks.
 Rule	Neth	1918	1921	-	Apr	Mon>=1	2:00s	1:00	NST
-Rule	Neth	1918	1921	-	Sep	Mon>=24	2:00s	0	AMT
-Rule	Neth	1922	only	-	Mar	26	2:00s	1:00	NST
-# Whitman gives 1939 Oct 1; go with Shanks.
+Rule	Neth	1918	1921	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00s	0	AMT
+Rule	Neth	1922	only	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	NST
 Rule	Neth	1922	1936	-	Oct	Sun>=2	2:00s	0	AMT
-Rule	Neth	1923	only	-	Jun	 1	2:00s	1:00	NST
-Rule	Neth	1924	only	-	Mar	30	2:00s	1:00	NST
-# Whitman gives 1925 Apr 5; go with Shanks.
-Rule	Neth	1925	only	-	Jun	 5	2:00s	1:00	NST
-# For 1926 through 1930 Whitman gives Apr 15; go with Shanks.
+Rule	Neth	1923	only	-	Jun	Fri>=1	2:00s	1:00	NST
+Rule	Neth	1924	only	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	NST
+Rule	Neth	1925	only	-	Jun	Fri>=1	2:00s	1:00	NST
 Rule	Neth	1926	1931	-	May	15	2:00s	1:00	NST
 Rule	Neth	1932	only	-	May	22	2:00s	1:00	NST
 Rule	Neth	1933	1936	-	May	15	2:00s	1:00	NST
 Rule	Neth	1937	only	-	May	22	2:00s	1:00	NST
 Rule	Neth	1937	only	-	Jul	 1	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Neth	1937	1939	-	Oct	Sun>=2	2:00s	0	-
-# Whitman gives 1939 Apr 15 and 1940 Apr 19; go with Shanks.
 Rule	Neth	1938	1939	-	May	15	2:00s	1:00	S
 Rule	Neth	1945	only	-	Apr	 2	2:00s	1:00	S
-Rule	Neth	1945	only	-	May	20	2:00s	0	-
+Rule	Neth	1945	only	-	Sep	16	2:00s	0	-
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone Europe/Amsterdam	0:19:28 -	LMT	1892 May
 			0:19:28	Neth	%s	1937 Jul
-			0:20	Neth	NE%sT	1940 May 16 0:40
+			0:20	Neth	NE%sT	1940 May 17 0:00
 			1:00	C-Eur	CE%sT	1945 Apr  2 2:00
 			1:00	Neth	CE%sT	1977
 			1:00	EU	CE%sT
diff --git a/timezone/northamerica b/timezone/northamerica
index 9266fab046..58e790c1c1 100644
--- a/timezone/northamerica
+++ b/timezone/northamerica
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)northamerica	7.56
+# @(#)northamerica	7.58
 # also includes Central America and the Caribbean
 
 # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
@@ -280,40 +280,47 @@ Zone America/Los_Angeles -7:52:58 -	LMT	1883 Nov 18 12:00
 # Alaska
 # AK%sT is the modern abbreviation for -9:00 per USNO.
 #
-# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19):
+# From Paul Eggert (2001-04-01):
 # Howse writes that Alaska switched from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar,
 # and from east-of-GMT to west-of-GMT days, when the US bought it from Russia.
-# This was on 1867-10-18.  We omit this transition, since we can't represent
-# changes from Julian to Gregorian.
+# This was on 1867-10-18, a Friday; the previous day was 1867-10-06 Julian,
+# also a Friday.  Include only the time zone part of this transition,
+# ignoring the switch from Julian to Gregorian, since we can't represent
+# the Julian calendar.
 #
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
-Zone America/Juneau	 -8:57:41 -	LMT	1900 Aug 20 12:00
+Zone America/Juneau	 15:02:19 -	LMT	1867 Oct 18
+			 -8:57:41 -	LMT	1900 Aug 20 12:00
 			 -8:00	-	PST	1942
 			 -8:00	US	P%sT	1946
 			 -8:00	-	PST	1969
 			 -8:00	US	P%sT	1983 Oct 30 2:00
 			 -9:00	US	AK%sT
-Zone America/Yakutat	 -9:18:55 -	LMT	1900 Aug 20 12:00
+Zone America/Yakutat	 14:41:05 -	LMT	1867 Oct 18
+			 -9:18:55 -	LMT	1900 Aug 20 12:00
 			 -9:00	-	YST	1942
 			 -9:00	US	Y%sT	1946
 			 -9:00	-	YST	1969
 			 -9:00	US	Y%sT	1983 Oct 30 2:00
 			 -9:00	US	AK%sT
-Zone America/Anchorage	 -9:59:36 -	LMT	1900 Aug 20 12:00
+Zone America/Anchorage	 14:00:24 -	LMT	1867 Oct 18
+			 -9:59:36 -	LMT	1900 Aug 20 12:00
 			-10:00	-	CAT	1942
 			-10:00	US	CAT/CAWT 1946
 			-10:00	-	CAT	1967 Apr
 			-10:00	-	AHST	1969
 			-10:00	US	AH%sT	1983 Oct 30 2:00
 			 -9:00	US	AK%sT
-Zone America/Nome	-11:01:38 -	LMT	1900 Aug 20 12:00
+Zone America/Nome	 12:58:21 -	LMT	1867 Oct 18
+			-11:01:38 -	LMT	1900 Aug 20 12:00
 			-11:00	-	NST	1942
 			-11:00	US	N%sT	1946
 			-11:00	-	NST	1967 Apr
 			-11:00	-	BST	1969
 			-11:00	US	B%sT	1983 Oct 30 2:00
 			 -9:00	US	AK%sT
-Zone America/Adak	-11:46:38 -	LMT	1900 Aug 20 12:00
+Zone America/Adak	 12:13:21 -	LMT	1867 Oct 18
+			-11:46:38 -	LMT	1900 Aug 20 12:00
 			-11:00	-	NST	1942
 			-11:00	US	N%sT	1946
 			-11:00	-	NST	1967 Apr
@@ -1138,6 +1145,16 @@ Zone America/Dawson_Creek -8:00:56 -	LMT	1884
 # From Paul Eggert (2000-12-04):
 # Let's just keep track of the official times for now.
 
+# From Rives McDow (2001-03-07):
+# The premier of Nunavut has issued a ministerial statement advising
+# that effective 2001-04-01, the territory of Nunavut will revert
+# back to three time zones (mountain, central, and eastern).  Of the
+# cities in Nunavut, Coral Harbor is the only one that I know of that
+# has said it will not observe dst, staying on EST year round.  I'm
+# checking for more info, and will get back to you if I come up with
+# more.
+# [Also see <http://www.nunatsiaq.com/nunavut/nvt10309_06.html> (2001-03-09).]
+
 # 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
@@ -1155,19 +1172,21 @@ Zone America/Pangnirtung -4:22:56 -	LMT	1884
 			-4:00	NT_YK	A%sT	1995 Apr Sun>=1 2:00
 			-5:00	Canada	E%sT	1999 Oct 31 2:00
 			-6:00	Canada	C%sT	2000 Oct 29 2:00
-			-5:00	-	EST
+			-5:00	Canada	E%sT
 Zone America/Iqaluit	-4:33:52 -	LMT	1884 # Frobisher Bay before 1987
 			-5:00	NT_YK	E%sT	1999 Oct 31 2:00
 			-6:00	Canada	C%sT	2000 Oct 29 2:00
-			-5:00	-	EST
+			-5:00	Canada	E%sT
 Zone America/Rankin_Inlet -6:08:40 -	LMT	1884
 			-6:00	NT_YK	C%sT	2000 Oct 29 2:00
-			-5:00	-	EST
+			-5:00	-	EST	2001 Apr  1 3:00
+			-6:00	Canada	C%sT
 Zone America/Cambridge_Bay -7:00:20 -	LMT	1884
 			-7:00	NT_YK	M%sT	1999 Oct 31 2:00
 			-6:00	Canada	C%sT	2000 Oct 29 2:00
 			-5:00	-	EST	2000 Nov  5 0:00
-			-6:00	Canada	C%sT
+			-6:00	-	CST	2001 Apr  1 3:00
+			-7:00	Canada	M%sT
 Zone America/Yellowknife -7:37:24 -	LMT	1884
 			-7:00	NT_YK	M%sT
 Zone America/Inuvik	-8:54:00 -	LMT	1884
@@ -1294,16 +1313,25 @@ Zone America/Dawson	-9:17:40 -	LMT	1900 Aug 20
 # James F. Smith writes in today's LA Times
 # </a>
 # * Sonora will continue to observe standard time.
-# * Border states including Baja California, Chihuahua, and Nuevo Leon
-#   will use US rules,
 # * Last week Mexico City's mayor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador decreed that
 #   the Federal District will not adopt DST.
 # * 4 of 16 district leaders announced they'll ignore the decree.
 # * The decree does not affect federal-controlled facilities including
 #   the airport, banks, hospitals, and schools.
 #
-# For now we'll assume that the Federal District will bow to federal rules
-# and that border states and Durango will stick with US rules.
+# For now we'll assume that the Federal District will bow to federal rules.
+
+# From Jesper Norgaard (2001-04-01):
+# I found some references to the Mexican application of daylight
+# saving, which modifies what I had already sent you, stating earlier
+# that a number of northern Mexican states would go on daylight
+# saving. The modification reverts this to only cover Baja California
+# (Norte), while all other states (except Sonora, who has no daylight
+# saving all year) will follow the original decree of president
+# Vicente Fox, starting daylight saving May 6, 2001 and ending
+# September 30, 2001.
+# References: "Diario de Monterrey" <www.diariodemonterrey.com/index.asp>
+# Palabra <http://palabra.infosel.com/010331/primera/ppri3101.pdf> (2001-03-31)
 
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Mexico	1939	only	-	Feb	5	0:00	1:00	D
@@ -1333,8 +1361,7 @@ Zone America/Merida	-5:58:28 -	LMT	1922 Jan  1  0:01:32
 Zone America/Monterrey	-6:41:16 -	LMT	1921 Dec 31 23:18:44
 			-6:00	-	CST	1988
 			-6:00	US	C%sT	1989
-			-6:00	Mexico	C%sT	2001
-			-6:00	US	C%sT
+			-6:00	Mexico	C%sT
 # Central Mexico
 Zone America/Mexico_City -6:36:36 -	LMT	1922 Jan  1  0:23:24
 			-7:00	-	MST	1927 Jun 10 23:00
@@ -1353,8 +1380,7 @@ Zone America/Chihuahua	-7:04:20 -	LMT	1921 Dec 31 23:55:40
 			-6:00	-	CST	1996
 			-6:00	Mexico	C%sT	1998
 			-6:00	-	CST	1998 Apr Sun>=1 3:00
-			-7:00	Mexico	M%sT	2001
-			-7:00	US	M%sT
+			-7:00	Mexico	M%sT
 # Sonora
 Zone America/Hermosillo	-7:23:52 -	LMT	1921 Dec 31 23:36:08
 			-7:00	-	MST	1927 Jun 10 23:00