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authorRoland McGrath <roland@gnu.org>2005-02-16 11:30:35 +0000
committerRoland McGrath <roland@gnu.org>2005-02-16 11:30:35 +0000
commit07ff1a0fcde4b4419d7ae62afb368d626e53d336 (patch)
treeb43a5cfae62edb6c55d73d73348d353de2d8eea7
parenteae6a0b0ef4c785c739de460074ac00911931aaa (diff)
2005-01-25 Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de>
[BZ #736] * timezone/asia: Update from tzdata2005c. * timezone/backward: Likewise. * timezone/europe: Likewise. * timezone/leapseconds: Likewise. * timezone/northamerica: Likewise. * timezone/southamerica: Likewise.
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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/timezone/europe b/timezone/europe
index eeb114f881..2da2df16db 100644
--- a/timezone/europe
+++ b/timezone/europe
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)europe 7.88
+# @(#)europe 7.91
# 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
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ Zone Europe/Sofia 1:33:16 - LMT 1880
# see Serbia and Montenegro
# Cyprus
-# See the `asia' file.
+# Please see the `asia' file for Asia/Nicosia.
# Czech Republic
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
@@ -754,6 +754,11 @@ Zone Atlantic/Faeroe -0:27:04 - LMT 1908 Jan 11 # Torshavn
0:00 - WET 1981
0:00 EU WE%sT
#
+# From Paul Eggert (2004-10-31):
+# During World War II, Germany maintained secret manned weather stations in
+# East Greenland and Franz Josef Land, but we don't know their time zones.
+# My source for this is Wilhelm Dege's book mentioned under Svalbard.
+#
# From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22):
# Greenland joined the EU as part of Denmark, obtained home rule on 1979-05-01,
# and left the EU on 1985-02-01. It therefore should have been using EU
@@ -1055,6 +1060,11 @@ Zone Europe/Berlin 0:53:28 - LMT 1893 Apr
1:00 Germany CE%sT 1980
1:00 EU CE%sT
+# Georgia
+# Please see the "asia" file for Asia/Tbilisi.
+# Herodotus (Histories, IV.45) says Georgia north of the Phasis (now Rioni)
+# is in Europe. Our reference location Tbilisi is in the Asian part.
+
# Gibraltar
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Europe/Gibraltar -0:21:24 - LMT 1880 Aug 2
@@ -1611,7 +1621,7 @@ Zone Europe/Oslo 0:43:00 - LMT 1895 Jan 1
# From Paul Eggert (2001-05-01):
#
# Actually, Jan Mayen was never occupied by Germany during World War II,
-# so it must have diverged from Oslo time during the war, as Olso was
+# so it must have diverged from Oslo time during the war, as Oslo was
# keeping Berlin time.
#
# <http://home.no.net/janmayen/history.htm> says that the meteorologists
@@ -1628,7 +1638,7 @@ Zone Europe/Oslo 0:43:00 - LMT 1895 Jan 1
# <http://www.svalbard.com/SvalbardFAQ.html> says that the Germans were
# expelled on 1942-05-14. However, small parties of Germans did return,
# and according to Wilhelm Dege's book "War North of 80" (1954)
-# <http://www.utpress.utoronto.ca/publishing/rights/dege_warnorthof80.htm>
+# <http://www.ucalgary.ca/UofC/departments/UP/1-55238/1-55238-110-2.html>
# the German armed forces at the Svalbard weather station code-named
# Haudegen did not surrender to the Allies until September 1945.
#