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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