MFV of 286748,tzdata2015f

Update to tzdata2015f:

Changes affecting future time stamps

    North Korea switches to +0830 on 2015-08-15.  (Thanks to Steffen Thorsen.)
    The abbreviation remains "KST".  (Thanks to Robert Elz.)
    Uruguay no longer observes DST.  (Thanks to Steffen Thorsen and Pablo Camargo.)
    Changes affecting past and future time stamps
    Moldova starts and ends DST at 00:00 UTC, not at 01:00 UTC. (Thanks to Roman Tudos.)

1 files changed, 19 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/contrib/tzdata/asia b/contrib/tzdata/asia
index 756e3d0..4f8756b 100644
--- a/contrib/tzdata/asia
+++ b/contrib/tzdata/asia
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # tz@iana.org for general use in the future).  For more, please see
 # the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution.
 
-# From Paul Eggert (2014-10-31):
+# From Paul Eggert (2015-08-08):
 #
 # Unless otherwise specified, the source for data through 1990 is:
 # Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition),
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 #	2:00 EET  EEST	Eastern European Time
 #	2:00 IST  IDT	Israel
 #	3:00 AST  ADT	Arabia*
-#	3:30 IRST IRDT	Iran
+#	3:30 IRST IRDT	Iran*
 #	4:00 GST	Gulf*
 #	5:30 IST	India
 #	7:00 ICT	Indochina, most times and locations*
@@ -52,10 +52,11 @@
 #	8:00 CST	China
 #	8:00 IDT	Indochina, 1943-45, 1947-55, 1960-75 (some locations)*
 #	8:00 JWST	Western Standard Time (Japan, 1896/1937)*
+#	8:30 KST  KDT	Korea when at +0830*
 #	9:00 JCST	Central Standard Time (Japan, 1896/1937)
 #	9:00 WIT	east Indonesia (Waktu Indonesia Timur)
 #	9:00 JST  JDT	Japan
-#	9:00 KST  KDT	Korea
+#	9:00 KST  KDT	Korea when at +09
 #	9:30 ACST	Australian Central Standard Time
 #
 # See the 'europe' file for Russia and Turkey in Asia.
@@ -1027,7 +1028,7 @@ Zone Asia/Jayapura	9:22:48 -	LMT	1932 Nov
 #
 # From Roozbeh Pournader (2007-11-05):
 # This is quoted from Official Gazette of the Islamic Republic of
-# Iran, Volume 63, Number 18242, dated Tuesday 1386/6/24
+# Iran, Volume 63, No. 18242, dated Tuesday 1386/6/24
 # [2007-10-16]. I am doing the best translation I can:...
 # The official time of the country will be moved forward for one hour
 # on the 24 hours of the first day of the month of Farvardin and will
@@ -1557,7 +1558,7 @@ Zone	Asia/Amman	2:23:44 -	LMT	1931
 # - Qyzylorda switched from +5:00 to +6:00 on 1992-01-19 02:00.
 # - Oral switched from +5:00 to +4:00 in spring 1989.
 
-# From Kazakhstan Embassy's News Bulletin #11
+# From Kazakhstan Embassy's News Bulletin No. 11
 # <http://www.kazsociety.org.uk/news/2005/03/30.htm> (2005-03-21):
 # The Government of Kazakhstan passed a resolution March 15 abolishing
 # daylight saving time citing lack of economic benefits and health
@@ -1711,6 +1712,17 @@ Rule	ROK	1987	1988	-	Oct	Sun>=8	3:00	0	S
 #
 # For Pyongyang we have no information; guess no changes since World War II.
 
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2015-08-07):
+# According to many news sources, North Korea is going to change to
+# the 8:30 time zone on August 15, one example:
+# http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-33815049
+#
+# From Paul Eggert (2015-08-07):
+# No transition time is specified; assume 00:00.
+# There is no common English-language abbreviation for this time zone.
+# Use %z rather than invent one.  We can't assume %z works everywhere yet,
+# so for now substitute its output manually.
+
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Seoul	8:27:52	-	LMT	1908 Apr  1
 			8:30	-	KST	1912 Jan  1
@@ -1723,7 +1735,8 @@ Zone	Asia/Pyongyang	8:23:00 -	LMT	1908 Apr  1
 			8:30	-	KST	1912 Jan  1
 			9:00	-	JCST	1937 Oct  1
 			9:00	-	JST	1945 Aug 24
-			9:00	-	KST
+			9:00	-	KST	2015 Aug 15
+			8:30	-	KST
 
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