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[src/trunk]: src/share/zoneinfo Import tzdata2001d.
details: https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/74e3849b6904
branches: trunk
changeset: 518445:74e3849b6904
user: kleink <kleink%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date: Fri Nov 30 13:28:39 2001 +0000
description:
Import tzdata2001d.
diffstat:
share/zoneinfo/africa | 18 ++--
share/zoneinfo/asia | 22 +++--
share/zoneinfo/australasia | 121 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
share/zoneinfo/backward | 9 +-
share/zoneinfo/europe | 163 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
share/zoneinfo/leapseconds | 31 ++++++--
share/zoneinfo/northamerica | 69 +++++++++++++-----
share/zoneinfo/southamerica | 52 +++++++++++--
share/zoneinfo/zone.tab | 23 +++--
9 files changed, 415 insertions(+), 93 deletions(-)
diffs (truncated from 1119 to 300 lines):
diff -r f9940f8717aa -r 74e3849b6904 share/zoneinfo/africa
--- a/share/zoneinfo/africa Fri Nov 30 10:31:32 2001 +0000
+++ b/share/zoneinfo/africa Fri Nov 30 13:28:39 2001 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)africa 7.35
+# @(#)africa 7.36
# 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
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (5th edition),
# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1999).
#
-# Gwillim Law <Gwil_Law%bridge-point.com@localhost> writes that a good source
+# Gwillim Law writes that a good source
# for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport
# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM),
# published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
# I invented the following abbreviations; corrections are welcome!
# 2:00 WAST West Africa Summer Time
# 2:30 BEAT British East Africa Time (no longer used)
-# 2:45 BEAUT British East Africa Unified Time (no longer used)
+# 2:44:45 BEAUT British East Africa Unified Time (no longer used)
# 3:00 CAST Central Africa Summer Time (no longer used)
# 3:00 SAST South Africa Summer Time (no longer used)
# 3:00 EAT East Africa Time
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
# Angola
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Africa/Luanda 0:52:56 - LMT 1892
- 0:52:04 - LMT 1911 May 26 # Luanda Mean Time?
+ 0:52:04 - AOT 1911 May 26 # Angola Time
1:00 - WAT
# Benin
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@
Zone Africa/Nairobi 2:27:16 - LMT 1928 Jul
3:00 - EAT 1930
2:30 - BEAT 1940
- 2:45 - BEAUT 1960
+ 2:44:45 - BEAUT 1960
3:00 - EAT
# Lesotho
@@ -287,9 +287,9 @@
2:00 - SAST
# Liberia
-# From Paul Eggert <eggert%twinsun.com@localhost> (1993-11-18):
+# From Paul Eggert <eggert%twinsun.com@localhost> (2001-07-17):
# In 1972 Liberia was the last country to switch
-# from a UTC offset that was not a multiple of 15 minutes.
+# from a UTC offset that was not a multiple of 15 or 20 minutes.
# Howse reports that it was in honor of their president's birthday.
# Shanks reports the date as May 1, whereas Howse reports Jan; go with Shanks.
# For Liberia before 1972, Shanks reports -0:44, whereas Howse and Whitman
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Africa/Dar_es_Salaam 2:37:08 - LMT 1931
3:00 - EAT 1948
- 2:45 - BEAUT 1961
+ 2:44:45 - BEAUT 1961
3:00 - EAT
# Togo
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@
Zone Africa/Kampala 2:09:40 - LMT 1928 Jul
3:00 - EAT 1930
2:30 - BEAT 1948
- 2:45 - BEAUT 1957
+ 2:44:45 - BEAUT 1957
3:00 - EAT
# Zambia
diff -r f9940f8717aa -r 74e3849b6904 share/zoneinfo/asia
--- a/share/zoneinfo/asia Fri Nov 30 10:31:32 2001 +0000
+++ b/share/zoneinfo/asia Fri Nov 30 13:28:39 2001 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)asia 7.64
+# @(#)asia 7.65
# 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
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (5th edition),
# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1999).
#
-# Gwillim Law <Gwil_Law%bridge-point.com@localhost> writes that a good source
+# Gwillim Law writes that a good source
# for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport
# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM),
# published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@
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 # or Chongqing
+Zone Asia/Chongqing 7:06:20 - LMT 1928 # or Chungking
7:00 - CHUT 1980 May # Chungking Time
8:00 PRC C%sT
Zone Asia/Urumqi 5:50:20 - LMT 1928 # or Urumchi
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@
Rule Taiwan 1980 only - Jun 30 0:00 1:00 D
Rule Taiwan 1980 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 S
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
-Zone Asia/Taipei 8:06:00 - LMT 1896
+Zone Asia/Taipei 8:06:00 - LMT 1896 # or Taibei or T'ai-pei
8:00 Taiwan C%sT
# Macao (Macau, Aomen)
@@ -932,9 +932,11 @@
# Malaysia
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
-Rule NBorneo 1935 1941 - Sep 14 0:00 0:20 TS
+Rule NBorneo 1935 1941 - Sep 14 0:00 0:20 TS # one-Third Summer
Rule NBorneo 1935 1941 - Dec 14 0:00 0 -
+#
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
+# peninsular Malaysia
Zone Asia/Kuala_Lumpur 6:46:48 - LMT 1880
6:55:24 - SMT 1905 Jun # Singapore Mean Time
7:00 - MALT 1933 # Malaya Time
@@ -943,6 +945,7 @@
7:20 - MALT 1950
7:30 - MALT 1982 May
8:00 - MYT # Malaysia Time
+# Sabah & Sarawak
Zone Asia/Kuching 7:21:20 - LMT 1926 Mar
7:30 - BORT 1933 # Borneo Time
8:00 NBorneo BOR%sT 1942
@@ -1022,11 +1025,10 @@
8:00 Mongol ULA%sT
# Choibalsan, a.k.a. Bajan Tuemen, Bajan Tumen, Chojbalsan,
# Choybalsan, Sanbejse, Tchoibalsan
-# We're still not sure about this data, so we'll omit it for now.
-#Zone Asia/Choibalsan 7:38:00 - LMT 1905 Aug
-# 7:00 - ULAT 1978
-# 8:00 Mongol ULA%sT 1983 Apr
-# 9:00 Mongol CHO%sT # Choibalsan Time
+Zone Asia/Choibalsan 7:38:00 - LMT 1905 Aug
+ 7:00 - ULAT 1978
+ 8:00 - ULAT 1983 Apr
+ 9:00 Mongol CHO%sT # Choibalsan Time
# Nepal
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
diff -r f9940f8717aa -r 74e3849b6904 share/zoneinfo/australasia
--- a/share/zoneinfo/australasia Fri Nov 30 10:31:32 2001 +0000
+++ b/share/zoneinfo/australasia Fri Nov 30 13:28:39 2001 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)australasia 7.64
+# @(#)australasia 7.65
# This file also includes Pacific islands.
# Notes are at the end of this file
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
# Australia
+# Please see the notes below for the controversy about "EST" versus "AEST" etc.
+
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Aus 1917 only - Jan 1 0:01 1:00 -
Rule Aus 1917 only - Mar 25 2:00 0 -
@@ -359,7 +361,7 @@
# Papua New Guinea
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Port_Moresby 9:48:40 - LMT 1880
- 9:48:40 - PMMT 1895 # Port Moresby Mean Time
+ 9:48:32 - PMMT 1895 # Port Moresby Mean Time
10:00 - PGT # Papua New Guinea Time
# Pitcairn
@@ -399,6 +401,8 @@
Rule Tonga 2000 only - Mar 19 2:00s 0 -
Rule Tonga 2000 only - Nov 4 2:00s 1:00 S
Rule Tonga 2001 only - Jan 27 2:00s 0 -
+Rule Tonga 2001 only - Nov 25 2:00s 1:00 S
+Rule Tonga 2002 only - Mar 3 2:00s 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Tongatapu 12:19:20 - LMT 1901
12:20 - TOT 1941 # Tonga Time
@@ -473,7 +477,7 @@
# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (5th edition),
# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1999).
#
-# Gwillim Law <Gwil_Law%bridge-point.com@localhost> writes that a good source
+# Gwillim Law writes that a good source
# for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport
# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM),
# published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries
@@ -535,12 +539,93 @@
# prefixed by the word `Australian' when referring to local times;
# time announcements on that service, naturally enough, are made in UTC.
-# From Arthur David Olson (March 8 1992):
+# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08):
# Given the above, what's chosen for year-round use is:
# CST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 9:30
# WST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 8:00
# EST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 10:00
+# From Paul Eggert (2001-04-05), summarizing a long discussion about "EST"
+# versus "AEST" etc.:
+#
+# I see the following points of dispute:
+#
+# * How important are unique time zone abbreviations?
+#
+# Here I tend to agree with the point (most recently made by Chris
+# Newman) that unique abbreviations should not be essential for proper
+# operation of software. We have other instances of ambiguity
+# (e.g. "IST" denoting both "Israel Standard Time" and "Indian
+# Standard Time"), and they are not likely to go away any time soon.
+# In the old days, some software mistakenly relied on unique
+# abbreviations, but this is becoming less true with time, and I don't
+# think it's that important to cater to such software these days.
+#
+# On the other hand, there is another motivation for unambiguous
+# abbreviations: it cuts down on human confusion. This is
+# particularly true for Australia, where "EST" can mean one thing for
+# time T and a different thing for time T plus 1 second.
+#
+# * Does the relevant legislation indicate which abbreviations should be used?
+#
+# Here I tend to think that things are a mess, just as they are in
+# many other countries. We Americans are currently disagreeing about
+# which abbreviation to use for the newly legislated Chamorro Standard
+# Time, for example.
+#
+# Personally, I would prefer to use common practice; I would like to
+# refer to legislation only for examples of common practice, or as a
+# tiebreaker.
+#
+# * Do Australians more often use "Eastern Daylight Time" or "Eastern
+# Summer Time"? Do they typically prefix the time zone names with
+# the word "Australian"?
+#
+# My own impression is that both "Daylight Time" and "Summer Time" are
+# common and are widely understood, but that "Summer Time" is more
+# popular; and that the leading "A" is also common but is omitted more
+# often than not. I just used AltaVista advanced search and got the
+# following count of page hits:
+#
+# 1,103 "Eastern Summer Time" AND domain:au
+# 971 "Australian Eastern Summer Time" AND domain:au
+# 613 "Eastern Daylight Time" AND domain:au
+# 127 "Australian Eastern Daylight Time" AND domain:au
+#
+# Here "Summer" seems quite a bit more popular than "Daylight",
+# particularly when we know the time zone is Australian and not US,
+# say. The "Australian" prefix seems to be popular for Eastern Summer
+# Time, but unpopular for Eastern Daylight Time.
+#
+# For abbreviations, tools like AltaVista are less useful because of
+# ambiguity. Many hits are not really time zones, unfortunately, and
+# many hits denote US time zones and not Australian ones. But here
+# are the hit counts anyway:
+#
+# 161,304 "EST" and domain:au
+# 25,156 "EDT" and domain:au
+# 18,263 "AEST" and domain:au
+# 10,416 "AEDT" and domain:au
+#
+# 14,538 "CST" and domain:au
+# 5,728 "CDT" and domain:au
+# 176 "ACST" and domain:au
+# 29 "ACDT" and domain:au
+#
+# 7,539 "WST" and domain:au
+# 68 "AWST" and domain:au
+#
+# This data suggest that Australians tend to omit the "A" prefix in
+# practice. The situation for "ST" versus "DT" is less clear, given
+# the ambiguities involved.
+#
+# * How do Australians feel about the abbreviations in the tz database?
+#
+# If you just count Australians on this list, I count 2 in favor and 3
+# against. One of the "against" votes (David Keegel) counseled delay,
+# saying that both AEST/AEDT and EST/EST are widely used and
+# understood in Australia.
+
# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19):
# Shanks reports 2:00 for all autumn changes in Australia and New Zealand.
# Mark Prior <mrp%itd.adelaide.edu.au@localhost> writes that his newspaper
@@ -756,6 +841,28 @@
# # The state of VICTORIA.. [ Courtesy of Vic. Dept of Premier + Cabinet ]
# # [ Nov 1990 ]
+# From Scott Harrington (2001-08-29):
+# On KQED's "City Arts and Lectures" program last night I heard an
+# interesting story about daylight savings time. Dr. John Heilbron was
+# discussing his book "The Sun in the Church: Cathedrals as Solar
+# Observatories"[1], and in particular the Shrine of Remembrance[2] located
+# in Melbourne, Australia.
+#
+# Apparently the shrine's main purpose is a beam of sunlight which
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