Merged the latest timezone data file release.

Changed zones: Algeria, Egypt, Ghana, Libya, Morocco, Sierra Leone,
  South Africa, Sudan, Tunisia, Armenia, Myanmar, China, Taiwan, Hong
  Kong, Macao, Cyprus, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan,
  Kirgizstan, Lebanon, Mongolia, the Phillippines, Syria, Tajikistan,
  Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Australia, Kiribati, New Caledonia, New
  Zealand, Vanuatu, the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Czech Republic,
  Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the
  Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey,
  Canada, Mexico, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, the
  Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Nicaragua,
  Brazil, the Falkland Islands, Paraguay

Deleted zones: Asia/Tomsk (superseded by Asia/Krasnoyarsk)

Added zones: Asia/Aktau (area formerly part of Asia/Alma-Ata);
  Asia/Krasnoyarsk (supersedes Asia/Tomsk); America/Glace_Bay (area
  formerly part of America/Halifax); America/Thunder_Bay,
  America/Nipigon, America/Rainy_River (areas formerly covered by
  America/Montreal); America/Swift_Current (area formerly part of
  America/Regina); America/Dawson_Creek (area formerly part of
  America/Vancouver); America/Pangnirtung, America/Iqaluit,
  America/Rankin_Inlet, America/Yellowknife, America/Inuvik,
  America/Dawson (areas formerly part of America/Whitehorse)

1 files changed, 64 insertions, 44 deletions

diff --git a/share/zoneinfo/asia b/share/zoneinfo/asia
index 6f766f0..52bf5bc 100644
--- a/share/zoneinfo/asia
+++ b/share/zoneinfo/asia
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)asia	7.18
+# @(#)asia	7.23
 
 # 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
@@ -30,10 +30,11 @@
 #	3:00	AST ADT	Arabia*
 #	3:00	BSK BSD	Baku (was 4:00)*
 #	3:30	IST IDT	Iran
+#	4:00	AMST AMDT Armenia (was 3:00) (was YSK, YSD)*
 #	4:00	TBSK TBSD Tbilisi (was 3:00)*
-#	4:00	YSK YSD Yerevan (was 3:00)*
 #	4:00	GST GDT	Gulf*
 #	4:30	AFT	Afghanistan*
+#	5:00	ASK ASD	Aktau (was SHSK, SHSD)*
 #	5:00	ASK ASD	Ashkhabad (was 4:00)*
 #	5:00	BSK BSD Bishkek (was 6:00) (was FSK, FSD)*
 #	5:00	PKT	Pakistan*
@@ -69,11 +70,12 @@
 
 ###############################################################################
 
+# These rules for Russia are stolen from the `europe' file.
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
-Rule	Russia	1981	1984	-	Apr	1	0:00	1:00	D
-Rule	Russia	1981	1983	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	K
-Rule	Russia	1984	max	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00s	0	K
-Rule	Russia	1985	max	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	D
+Rule RussiaAsia 1981	1984	-	Apr	1	0:00	1:00	D
+Rule RussiaAsia 1981	1983	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	K
+Rule RussiaAsia 1984	max	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00s	0	K
+Rule RussiaAsia 1985	max	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	D
 
 # Afghanistan
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
@@ -84,12 +86,26 @@ Zone	Asia/Kabul	4:36:48 -	LMT	1890
 # ZONE-DESCR Asia Kabul Afghanistan All points
 
 # Armenia
+# From Paul Eggert (1996-05-04):
+# Shanks has Yerevan switching to 3:00 (with Russian DST) in spring 1991,
+# but usno1995 has Armenia at 4:00 (with DST), and Edgar Der-Danieliantz
+# <edd@AIC.NET> reported today that Yerevan probably won't use DST this year,
+# though it did use DST in 1995.  We guess Yerevan stayed in sync with Moscow
+# between 1990 and 1995, but stopped using DST in 1996.
+# Der-Danieliantz also asked for a better abbreviation than `YSK'
+# after independence.  Apparently no abbreviation is in common use;
+# use `AMST/AMDT' since `AM' is the ISO country code for Armenia.
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+Rule	Armenia	1992	1995	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00s	0	S
+Rule	Armenia	1992	1995	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	D
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Yerevan	2:58:00 -	LMT	1924 May  2
 			3:00	-	YSK	1957 Mar
-			4:00	Russia	YS%s
-# Shanks has Yerevan switching to 3:00 (with Russian DST) in spring 1991,
-# but usno1995 has Armenia at 4:00 (with DST).  Ignore the 1991 switch for now.
+			4:00 RussiaAsia YS%s	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
+			3:00	1:00	YSD	1991 Sep 29 2:00s
+			3:00	-	AMST	1992 Jan 19 2:00s
+			4:00	Armenia	AM%sT	1996
+			4:00	-	AMST
 
 # ZONE-DESCR Asia Yerevan Armenia All points
 
@@ -97,7 +113,7 @@ Zone	Asia/Yerevan	2:58:00 -	LMT	1924 May  2
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Baku	3:19:24 -	LMT	1924 May  2
 			3:00	-	BSK	1957 Mar
-			4:00	Russia	BS%s	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
+			4:00 RussiaAsia BS%s	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
 			3:00	1:00	BSD	1991 Sep 29 2:00s
 			3:00	-	BSK
 # Shanks has Baku using Russian DST rules after 1991,
@@ -149,7 +165,7 @@ Zone	Asia/Brunei	7:39:40 -	LMT	1926 Mar   # Bandar Seri Begawan
 
 # Burma / Myanmar
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
-Zone	Asia/Rangoon	6:24:40 -	LMT	1880
+Zone	Asia/Rangoon	6:24:40 -	LMT	1880		# or Yangon
 			6:25	-	RMT	1920
 			6:30	-	BMT	1942 May
 			9:00	-	JST	1945 May 3
@@ -199,7 +215,6 @@ Zone	Asia/Phnom_Penh	6:59:40 -	LMT	1906 Jun  9
 
 # From Shanks (1991):
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
-Rule	Shang	1928	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	0	S
 Rule	Shang	1940	only	-	Jun	 3	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Shang	1940	1941	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	S
 Rule	Shang	1941	only	-	Mar	16	0:00	1:00	D
@@ -240,7 +255,6 @@ Zone	Asia/Kashgar	5:03:56	-	LMT	1928
 # Republic of China
 
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
-Rule	Taiwan	1896	only	-	Jan	1	0:00	0	S
 Rule	Taiwan	1945	1951	-	May	1	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Taiwan	1945	1951	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	S
 Rule	Taiwan	1952	only	-	Mar	1	0:00	1:00	D
@@ -261,7 +275,6 @@ Zone	Asia/Taipei	8:06:00 -	LMT	1896
 ###############################################################################
 # Hong Kong
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
-Rule	HK	1904	only	-	Oct	30	0:00	0	-
 Rule	HK	1946	only	-	Apr	20	3:30	1:00	S
 Rule	HK	1946	only	-	Dec	1	3:30	0	-
 Rule	HK	1947	only	-	Apr	13	3:30	1:00	S
@@ -285,7 +298,6 @@ Zone	Asia/Hong_Kong	7:36:36 -	LMT	1904 Oct 30
 
 # Macao
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
-Rule	Macao	1912	only	-	Jan	1	0:00	0	S
 Rule	Macao	1961	1962	-	Mar	Sun>=16	3:30	1:00	D
 Rule	Macao	1961	1964	-	Nov	Sun>=1	3:30	0	S
 Rule	Macao	1963	only	-	Mar	Sun>=16	0:00	1:00	D
@@ -310,7 +322,6 @@ Zone	Asia/Macao	7:34:20 -	LMT	1912
 
 # Cyprus
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
-Rule	Cyprus	1921	only	-	Nov	14	0:00	0	-
 Rule	Cyprus	1975	only	-	Apr	13	0:00	1:00	" DST"
 Rule	Cyprus	1975	only	-	Oct	12	0:00	0	-
 Rule	Cyprus	1976	only	-	May	15	0:00	1:00	" DST"
@@ -341,9 +352,9 @@ Zone	Asia/Nicosia	2:13:28 -	LMT	1921 Nov 14
 Zone	Asia/Tbilisi	2:59:16 -	LMT	1880
 			2:59	-	LST	1924 May  2
 			3:00	-	TBSK	1957 Mar
-			4:00	Russia	TBS%s	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
+			4:00 RussiaAsia TBS%s	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
 			3:00	1:00	TBSD	1991 Sep 29 2:00s
-			3:00	Russia	TBS%s	1994 Sep 25 2:00s
+			3:00 RussiaAsia TBS%s	1994 Sep 25 2:00s
 			4:00	-	TBSK
 
 # ZONE-DESCR Asia Tbilisi Georgia All points
@@ -390,7 +401,6 @@ Zone Asia/Jayapura	9:22:48 -	LMT	1932 Nov
 
 # Iran
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
-Rule	Iran	1977	only	-	Nov	1	0:00	0	S
 Rule	Iran	1978	1980	-	Mar	21	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Iran	1978	only	-	Oct	21	0:00	0	S
 Rule	Iran	1979	only	-	Sep	19	0:00	0	S
@@ -435,7 +445,6 @@ Zone	Asia/Baghdad	2:57:40	-	LMT	1890
 
 # From Shanks (1991):
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
-Rule	Zion	1918	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	0	S
 Rule	Zion	1940	only	-	Jun	 1	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Zion	1942	1944	-	Nov	 1	0:00	0	S
 Rule	Zion	1943	only	-	Apr	 1	2:00	1:00	D
@@ -601,7 +610,6 @@ Zone	Asia/Tokyo	9:19:04	-	LMT	1896
 # Most likely Shanks is merely guessing dates from 1992 on.
 # From Shanks (1991):
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
-Rule    Jordan	1931	only	-	Jan	1	0:00	0	-
 Rule    Jordan	1973	only	-	Jun	6	0:00	1:00	" DST"
 Rule    Jordan	1973	1975	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	-
 Rule    Jordan	1974	1977	-	May	1	0:00	1:00	" DST"
@@ -626,23 +634,34 @@ Zone	Asia/Amman	2:23:44 -	LMT	1931
 # ZONE-DESCR Asia Amman Jordan All points
 
 # Kazakhstan
-# From Shanks (1991):
+# From Paul Eggert (1996-04-19):
+# Andrew Evtichov <evti@chevron.com> (1996-04-13) writes that Kazakhstan
+# stayed in sync with Moscow after 1990, and that Aktau is the biggest city
+# in western Kazakhstan.  Follow Shanks before 1991, Evtichov afterwards.
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
-Zone	Asia/Alma-Ata	5:07:48 -	LMT	1924 May  2
+Zone	Asia/Alma-Ata	5:07:48 -	LMT	1924 May  2 # or Almaty
 			5:00	-	AASK	1957 Mar
-			6:00	Russia	AAS%s
-# Shanks has Alma-Ata switching to 5:00 in 1991,
-# but usno1995 has Kazakhstan at 6:00.  Ignore the 1991 switch for now.
-
-# ZONE-DESCR Asia Alma-Ata Kazakhstan All points
+			6:00 RussiaAsia AAS%s	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
+			5:00	1:00	AASD	1991 Sep 29 2:00s
+			5:00	-	AASK	1992 Jan 19 2:00s
+			6:00 RussiaAsia AAS%s
+Zone	Asia/Aktau	3:21:04	-	LMT	1924 May  2 # or Aqtau
+			4:00	-	SHSK	1957 Mar # Fort Shevchenko
+			5:00 RussiaAsia SHS%s	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
+			4:00	1:00	ASD	1991 Sep 29 2:00s
+			4:00	-	ASK	1992 Jan 19 2:00s
+			5:00 RussiaAsia AS%s
+
+# ZONE-DESCR Asia Alma-Ata Kazakhstan All points except:
+# ZONE-DESCR Asia Aktau Kazakhstan Aktau
 
 # Kirgizstan
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Bishkek	4:58:24 -	LMT	1924 May  2
 			5:00	-	FSK	1957 Mar	# Frunze
-			6:00	Russia	FS%s	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
+			6:00 RussiaAsia FS%s	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
 			5:00	1:00	FSD	1991 Sep 29 2:00s
-			5:00	Russia	BS%s
+			5:00 RussiaAsia BS%s
 
 # ZONE-DESCR Asia Bishkek Kirgizstan All points
 
@@ -703,7 +722,6 @@ Zone	Asia/Vientiane	6:50:24 -	LMT	1906 Jun  9
 
 # Lebanon
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
-Rule	Lebanon	1880	only	-	Jan	1	0:00	0	-
 Rule	Lebanon	1920	only	-	Mar	28	0:00	1:00	" DST"
 Rule	Lebanon	1920	only	-	Oct	25	0:00	0	-
 Rule	Lebanon	1921	only	-	Apr	3	0:00	1:00	" DST"
@@ -752,10 +770,12 @@ Zone	Indian/Maldives	4:54:00 -	LMT	1880			# Male
 # ZONE-DESCR Indian Maldives Maldives All points
 
 # Mongolia
+# Shanks says that Mongolia has three time zones,
+# but usno1995 and http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/95fact/802389h.gif
+# both say that it has just one.
 # Let's comment out the western and eastern Mongolian time zones
 # till we know what their principal towns are.
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
-Rule	Mongol	1978	only	-	Jan	1	0:00	0	S
 Rule	Mongol	1981	1984	-	Apr	1	0:00	1:00	T
 Rule	Mongol	1981	1984	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	S
 Rule	Mongol	1985	max	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00	1:00	T
@@ -801,16 +821,16 @@ Zone	Asia/Karachi	4:28:12 -	LMT	1907
 # Palestine
 # These rules for Egypt are stolen from the `africa' file.
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
-Rule	Egypt	1957	only	-	May	10	0:00	1:00	" DST"
-Rule	Egypt	1957	1958	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
-Rule	Egypt	1958	only	-	May	 1	0:00	1:00	" DST"
-Rule	Egypt	1959	1981	-	May	 1	1:00	1:00	" DST"
-Rule	Egypt	1959	1965	-	Sep	30	3:00	0	-
-Rule	Egypt	1966	max	-	Oct	 1	3:00	0	-
+Rule EgyptAsia	1957	only	-	May	10	0:00	1:00	" DST"
+Rule EgyptAsia	1957	1958	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
+Rule EgyptAsia	1958	only	-	May	 1	0:00	1:00	" DST"
+Rule EgyptAsia	1959	1981	-	May	 1	1:00	1:00	" DST"
+Rule EgyptAsia	1959	1965	-	Sep	30	3:00	0	-
+Rule EgyptAsia	1966	max	-	Oct	 1	3:00	0	-
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Gaza	2:17:52	-	LMT	1900 Oct
 			2:00	-	EET	1957 May 10
-			2:00	Egypt	EET%s	1967 Jun 30
+			2:00 EgyptAsia	EET%s	1967 Jun 30
 			2:00	Zion	I%sT
 # This will undoubtedly change soon.
 
@@ -821,7 +841,6 @@ Zone	Asia/Gaza	2:17:52	-	LMT	1900 Oct
 # Howse writes (p 162) that until 1844 the Philippines kept American date.
 # The rest of this data is from Shanks.
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
-Rule	Phil	1899	only	-	May	11	0:00	0	S
 Rule	Phil	1936	only	-	Nov	1	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Phil	1937	only	-	Feb	1	0:00	0	S
 Rule	Phil	1954	only	-	Apr	12	0:00	1:00	D
@@ -881,7 +900,6 @@ Zone	Asia/Colombo	5:19:24 -	LMT	1880
 
 # Syria
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
-Rule	Syria	1920	only	-	Jan	1	0:00	0	-
 Rule	Syria	1920	1923	-	Apr	Sun>=15	2:00	1:00	" DST"
 Rule	Syria	1920	1923	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00	0	-
 Rule	Syria	1962	only	-	Apr	29	2:00	1:00	" DST"
@@ -915,7 +933,7 @@ Zone	Asia/Damascus	2:25:12 -	LMT	1920
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Dushanbe	4:35:12 -	LMT	1924 May  2
 			5:00	-	DSK	1957 Mar
-			6:00	Russia	DS%s	1991
+			6:00 RussiaAsia DS%s	1991
 			6:00	-	DSK
 # Shanks has Dushanbe at 5:00 (6:00 summer) after 1991 Sep 29 3:00,
 # but usno1995 has it at 6:00.  Go with usno1995.
@@ -934,7 +952,7 @@ Zone	Asia/Bangkok	6:42:04	-	LMT	1880
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Ashkhabad	3:53:32 -	LMT	1924 May  2
 			4:00	-	ASK	1957 Mar
-			5:00	Russia	AS%s	1991
+			5:00 RussiaAsia AS%s	1991
 			5:00	-	ASK
 # Shanks has Ashkhabad at 4:00 (5:00 summer) after 1991 Sep 20 3:00,
 # but usno has it at 5:00.  Go with usno1995.
@@ -952,11 +970,13 @@ Zone	Asia/Dubai	3:41:12 -	LMT	1920
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Tashkent	4:37:12 -	LMT	1924 May  2
 			5:00	-	TSK	1957 Mar
-			6:00	Russia	TS%s	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
+			6:00 RussiaAsia TS%s	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
 			5:00	1:00	TSD	1991 Sep 29 2:00s
 			5:00	-	TSK
 # Shanks has Tashkent using DST after 1991, but usno1995 says they don't.
 # Go with usno1995.
+# http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/95fact/802389h.gif claims that
+# Uzbekistan has two time zones, but we lack data about this.
 
 # ZONE-DESCR Asia Tashkent Uzbekistan All points