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Diffstat (limited to 'time')
| -rw-r--r-- | time/africa | 81 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | time/europe | 44 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | time/iso3166.tab | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | time/northamerica | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | time/southamerica | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | time/zone.tab | 2 |
6 files changed, 37 insertions, 107 deletions
diff --git a/time/africa b/time/africa index 2ea89bd5e0..5c9608ceaa 100644 --- a/time/africa +++ b/time/africa @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# @(#)africa 7.18 +# @(#)africa 7.19 # 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 @@ -27,85 +27,6 @@ # Derek Howse, Greenwich time and the discovery of the longitude, # Oxford University Press (1980). # -# I added so many Zone names that the old, mostly flat name space was unwieldy. -# So I renamed the Zones to have the form AREA/LOCATION, where -# AREA is the name of a continent or ocean, and -# LOCATION is the name of a specific location within that region. -# For example, the old zone name `Egypt' is now `Africa/Cairo'. -# -# Here are the general rules I used for choosing location names, -# in decreasing order of importance: -# -# Use only valid Posix file names. Use only Ascii letters, digits, `.', -# `-' and `_'. Do not exceed 14 characters or start with `-'. -# E.g. prefer `Brunei' to `Bandar_Seri_Begawan'. -# Include at least one location per time zone rule set per country. -# One such location is enough. -# If all the clocks in a country's region have agreed since 1970, -# don't bother to include more than one location -# even if subregions' clocks disagreed before 1970. -# Otherwise these tables would become annoyingly large. -# If a name is ambiguous, use a less ambiguous alternative; -# e.g. many cities are named San Jose and Georgetown, so -# prefer `Costa_Rica' to `San_Jose' and `Guyana' to `Georgetown'. -# Keep locations compact. Use cities or small islands, not countries -# or regions, so that any future time zone changes do not split -# locations into different time zones. E.g. prefer `Paris' -# to `France', since France has had multiple time zones. -# Use traditional English spelling, e.g. prefer `Rome' to `Roma', and -# prefer `Athens' to the true name (which uses Greek letters). -# The Posix file name restrictions encourage this rule. -# Use the most populous among locations in a country's time zone, -# e.g. prefer `Shanghai' to `Beijing'. Among locations with -# similar populations, pick the best-known location, -# e.g. prefer `Rome' to `Milan'. -# Use the singular form, e.g. prefer `Canary' to `Canaries'. -# Omit common suffixes like `_Islands' and `_City', unless that -# would lead to ambiguity. E.g. prefer `Cayman' to -# `Cayman_Islands' and `Guatemala' to `Guatemala_City', -# but prefer `Mexico_City' to `Mexico' because the country -# of Mexico has several time zones. -# Use `_' to represent a space. -# Omit `.' from abbreviations in names, e.g. prefer `St_Helena' -# to `St._Helena'. -# -# For time zone abbreviations like `EST' I used the following rules, -# in decreasing order of importance: -# -# Use abbreviations that consist of 3 or more upper-case Ascii letters, -# except use "___" for locations while uninhabited. -# Posix.1 requires at least 3 characters, and the restriction to -# upper-case Ascii letters follows most traditions. -# Previous editions of this database also used characters like -# ' ' and '?', but these characters have a special meaning to -# the shell and cause commands like -# set `date` -# to have unexpected effects. In theory, the character set could -# be !%./@A-Z^_a-z{}, but these tables use only upper-case -# Ascii letters (and "___"). -# Use abbreviations that are in common use among English-speakers, -# e.g. `EST' for Eastern Standard Time in North America. -# We assume that applications translate them to other languages -# as part of the normal localization process; for example, -# a French application might translate `EST' to `HNE'. -# For zones whose times are taken from a city's longitude, use the -# traditional xMT notation, e.g. `PMT' for Paris Mean Time. -# The only name like this in current use is `GMT'. -# If there is no common English abbreviation, abbreviate the English -# translation of the usual phrase used by native speakers. -# If this is not available or is a phrase mentioning the country -# (e.g. ``Cape Verde Time''), then: -# -# When a country has a single or principal time zone region, -# append `T' to the country's ISO code, e.g. `CVT' for -# Cape Verde Time. For summer time append `ST'; -# for double summer time append `DST'; etc. -# When a country has multiple time zones, take the first three -# letters of an English place name identifying each zone -# and then append `T', `ST', etc. as before; -# e.g. `MOSST' for MOScow Summer Time. -# -# # For Africa I invented the following time zone abbreviations. # LMT Local Mean Time # -1:00 AAT Atlantic Africa Time (no longer used) diff --git a/time/europe b/time/europe index c011424bdc..2948ba1caf 100644 --- a/time/europe +++ b/time/europe @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# @(#)europe 7.45 +# @(#)europe 7.46 # 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 @@ -630,18 +630,18 @@ # came into force on 16 November. It restates the dates from the EC # seventh Summer Time Directive.... # -# From Peter Ilieve <peter@aldie.co.uk> (1997-03-28): -# The [European] Transport Council discussed the proposed Eighth Directive -# on 11 March and agreed [to] it, so it moves forward to the next stage, -# from a Commission proposal to a Common Position.... What this means is: -# -# - The eighth directive proposal rules have been accepted. -# These are the same as the current rules (last Sunday in March and last -# Sunday in October). The rules will run until 2001. -# -# - The French have had their request to abandon summer time turned down. -# They have been promised some sort of review in 1999 which might change -# the rules for 2000 and 2001. +# From Peter Ilieve <peter@aldie.co.uk> (1997-08-06): +# I now have a copy of the ... Eighth Directive 97/44/EC of the European +# Parliament and of the Council of 22 July 1997 on summer-time arrangements. +# It runs for 4 years, 1998--2001, and confirms the current rules of +# last Sunday in March to last Sunday in October.... +# The directive does not apply in overseas territories of the Member States. +# It says the Commission should produce a proposal for 2002 and beyond +# by 1 Jan 2000 and this should be adopted by 1 Jan 2001. I doubt that +# this will happen though.... +# There is no mention of the French desire to abandon the whole idea. +# France has had a change of government recently so maybe it will +# be quietly dropped. # From Peter Ilieve <peter@memex.co.uk> (1994-03-28): # The [GB-Eire] end date of 22 October [1995] conflicts with your current rule @@ -667,12 +667,12 @@ # Also, for lack of other data, we'll follow Shanks for Eire in 1940-1948. # # Given Peter Ilieve's comments, the following claims by Shanks are incorrect: -# * Wales did not switch from GMT to daylight savings time until +# * Wales did not switch from GMT to daylight saving time until # 1921 Apr 3, when they began to conform with the rest of Great Britain. # Actually, Wales was identical after 1880. # * Eire had two transitions on 1916 Oct 1. # It actually just had one transition. -# * Northern Ireland used single daylight savings time throughout WW II. +# * Northern Ireland used single daylight saving time throughout WW II. # Actually, it conformed to Britain. # * GB-Eire changed standard time to 1 hour ahead of GMT on 1968-02-18. # Actually, that date saw the usual switch to summer time. @@ -681,7 +681,7 @@ # The following claims by Shanks are possible though doubtful; # we'll ignore them for now. # * Jersey, Guernsey, and the Isle of Man did not switch from GMT -# to daylight savings time until 1921 Apr 3, when they began to +# to daylight saving time until 1921 Apr 3, when they began to # conform with Great Britain. # * Dublin's 1971-10-31 switch was at 02:00, even though London's was 03:00. # @@ -1047,7 +1047,7 @@ Zone Europe/Sarajevo 1:13:40 - LMT 1884 1:00 - CET 1941 Apr 18 23:00 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1945 May 8 2:00s 1:00 1:00 CEST 1945 Sep 16 2:00s - 1:00 - CET 1982 Oct 11 + 1:00 - CET 1982 Nov 27 1:00 EU CE%sT # Bulgaria @@ -1073,7 +1073,7 @@ Zone Europe/Zagreb 1:03:52 - LMT 1884 1:00 - CET 1941 Apr 18 23:00 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1945 May 8 2:00s 1:00 1:00 CEST 1945 Sep 16 2:00s - 1:00 - CET 1982 Oct 11 + 1:00 - CET 1982 Nov 27 1:00 EU CE%sT # Czech Republic @@ -1572,7 +1572,7 @@ Zone Europe/Skopje 1:25:44 - LMT 1884 1:00 - CET 1941 Apr 18 23:00 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1945 May 8 2:00s 1:00 1:00 CEST 1945 Sep 16 2:00s - 1:00 - CET 1982 Oct 11 + 1:00 - CET 1982 Nov 27 1:00 EU CE%sT # Malta @@ -1968,7 +1968,7 @@ Zone Europe/Ljubljana 0:58:04 - LMT 1884 1:00 - CET 1941 Apr 18 23:00 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1945 May 8 2:00s 1:00 1:00 CEST 1945 Sep 16 2:00s - 1:00 - CET 1982 Oct 11 + 1:00 - CET 1982 Nov 27 1:00 EU CE%sT # Spain @@ -2209,9 +2209,9 @@ Zone Europe/Belgrade 1:22:00 - LMT 1884 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1945 May 8 2:00s 1:00 1:00 CEST 1945 Sep 16 2:00s # Metod Kozelj <metod.kozelj@rzs-hm.si> reports that the legal date of -# transition to EU rules was 1982-10-11, for all of Yugoslavia at the time. +# transition to EU rules was 1982-11-27, for all of Yugoslavia at the time. # Shanks doesn't give as much detail, so go with Kozelj. - 1:00 - CET 1982 Oct 11 + 1:00 - CET 1982 Nov 27 1:00 EU CE%sT ############################################################################### diff --git a/time/iso3166.tab b/time/iso3166.tab index b5237783c4..6eb4d318db 100644 --- a/time/iso3166.tab +++ b/time/iso3166.tab @@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ # 2. The usual English name for the country, # chosen so that alphabetic sorting of subsets produces helpful lists. # +# For France in Europe, we follow common practice and use FR, +# even though FX might be more technically correct. +# # Columns are separated by a single tab. # The table is sorted by country code. # @@ -86,6 +89,7 @@ FK Falkland Islands FM Micronesia FO Faeroe Islands FR France +FX France, Metropolitan GA Gabon GB Britain (UK) GD Grenada diff --git a/time/northamerica b/time/northamerica index b70cb900c0..635c4ef180 100644 --- a/time/northamerica +++ b/time/northamerica @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# @(#)northamerica 7.31 +# @(#)northamerica 7.32 # also includes Central America and the Caribbean # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, @@ -1249,8 +1249,11 @@ Zone America/Martinique -4:04:20 - LMT 1890 # Fort-de-France -4:00 - AST # Montserrat +# From Paul Eggert (1997-08-31): +# Recent volcanic eruptions have forced evacuation of Plymouth, the capital. +# Luckily, Olveston, the current de facto capital, has the same longitude. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone America/Montserrat -4:08:52 - LMT 1911 Jul 1 0:01 # Plymouth +Zone America/Montserrat -4:08:52 - LMT 1911 Jul 1 0:01 # Olveston -4:00 - AST # Nicaragua diff --git a/time/southamerica b/time/southamerica index 927f71638a..09e0aa6d28 100644 --- a/time/southamerica +++ b/time/southamerica @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# @(#)southamerica 7.17 +# @(#)southamerica 7.18 # 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 @@ -533,7 +533,9 @@ Rule Uruguay 1989 only - Mar 12 0:00 0 - Rule Uruguay 1989 only - Oct 29 0:00 1:00 S Rule Uruguay 1990 1992 - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 - Rule Uruguay 1990 1991 - Oct Sun>=21 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Uruguay 1992 1993 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S +# Shanks's 4th edition (1995) says no DST was observed in 1990/1 and 1991/2, +# and that 1992/3's DST was from 10-25 to 03-01. Go with IATA. +Rule Uruguay 1992 only - Oct 18 0:00 1:00 S Rule Uruguay 1993 only - Feb 28 0:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Montevideo -3:44:44 - LMT 1898 Jun 28 diff --git a/time/zone.tab b/time/zone.tab index 48b32373cc..df4c157788 100644 --- a/time/zone.tab +++ b/time/zone.tab @@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ MO +2214+11335 Asia/Macao MP +1512+14545 Pacific/Saipan MQ +1436-06105 America/Martinique MR +1806-01557 Africa/Nouakchott -MS +1642-06213 America/Montserrat +MS +1644-06213 America/Montserrat MT +3554+01431 Europe/Malta MU -2010+05730 Indian/Mauritius MV +0410+07330 Indian/Maldives |