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-rw-r--r--share/zoneinfo/africa11
-rw-r--r--share/zoneinfo/asia92
-rw-r--r--share/zoneinfo/australasia8
-rw-r--r--share/zoneinfo/europe53
-rw-r--r--share/zoneinfo/northamerica331
-rw-r--r--share/zoneinfo/southamerica22
-rw-r--r--share/zoneinfo/zone.tab38
7 files changed, 388 insertions, 167 deletions
diff --git a/share/zoneinfo/africa b/share/zoneinfo/africa
index 6d5c9fb..d73d340 100644
--- a/share/zoneinfo/africa
+++ b/share/zoneinfo/africa
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)africa 8.3
+# @(#)africa 8.5
# <pre>
# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
@@ -211,7 +211,14 @@ Rule Egypt 1990 1994 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S
# IATA (after 1990) says transitions are at 0:00.
# Go with IATA starting in 1995, except correct 1995 entry from 09-30 to 09-29.
Rule Egypt 1995 max - Apr lastFri 0:00s 1:00 S
-Rule Egypt 1995 max - Sep lastThu 23:00s 0 -
+Rule Egypt 1995 2005 - Sep lastThu 23:00s 0 -
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2006-09-19):
+# The Egyptian Gazette, issue 41,090 (2006-09-18), page 1, reports:
+# Egypt will turn back clocks by one hour at the midnight of Thursday
+# after observing the daylight saving time since May.
+# http://news.gom.com.eg/gazette/pdf/2006/09/18/01.pdf
+Rule Egypt 2006 only - Sep 21 23:00s 0 -
+Rule Egypt 2007 max - Sep lastThu 23:00s 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Africa/Cairo 2:05:00 - LMT 1900 Oct
diff --git a/share/zoneinfo/asia b/share/zoneinfo/asia
index 0d4c883..a6b6a83 100644
--- a/share/zoneinfo/asia
+++ b/share/zoneinfo/asia
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)asia 8.4
+# %W%
# <pre>
# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
@@ -212,14 +212,27 @@ Rule Shang 1941 only - Mar 16 0:00 1:00 D
Rule PRC 1986 only - May 4 0:00 1:00 D
Rule PRC 1986 1991 - Sep Sun>=11 0:00 0 S
Rule PRC 1987 1991 - Apr Sun>=10 0:00 1:00 D
-#
-# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
-#
+
# From Anthony Fok (2001-12-20):
# BTW, I did some research on-line and found some info regarding these five
# historic timezones from some Taiwan websites. And yes, there are official
-# Chinese names for these locales (before 1949):
+# Chinese names for these locales (before 1949).
+#
+# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-07-14):
+# I have investigated the timezones around 1970 on the
+# http://www.astro.com/atlas site [with provinces and county
+# boundaries summarized below].... A few other exceptions were two
+# counties on the Sichuan side of the Xizang-Sichuan border,
+# counties Dege and Baiyu which lies on the Sichuan side and are
+# therefore supposed to be GMT+7, Xizang region being GMT+6, but Dege
+# county is GMT+8 according to astro.com while Baiyu county is GMT+6
+# (could be true), for the moment I am assuming that those two
+# counties are mistakes in the astro.com data.
+
+
+# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
# Changbai Time ("Long-white Time", Long-white = Heilongjiang area)
+# Heilongjiang (except Mohe county), Jilin
Zone Asia/Harbin 8:26:44 - LMT 1928 # or Haerbin
8:30 - CHAT 1932 Mar # Changbai Time
8:00 - CST 1940
@@ -227,18 +240,35 @@ Zone Asia/Harbin 8:26:44 - LMT 1928 # or Haerbin
8:30 - CHAT 1980 May
8:00 PRC C%sT
# Zhongyuan Time ("Central plain Time")
+# most of China
Zone Asia/Shanghai 8:05:52 - LMT 1928
8:00 Shang C%sT 1949
8:00 PRC C%sT
# Long-shu Time (probably due to Long and Shu being two names of that area)
+# Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Ningxia, Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Yunnan;
+# most of Gansu; west Inner Mongolia; west Qinghai; and the Guangdong
+# counties Deqing, Enping, Kaiping, Luoding, Taishan, Xinxing,
+# Yangchun, Yangjiang, Yu'nan, and Yunfu.
Zone Asia/Chongqing 7:06:20 - LMT 1928 # or Chungking
7:00 - LONT 1980 May # Long-shu Time
8:00 PRC C%sT
# Xin-zang Time ("Xinjiang-Tibet Time")
+# The Gansu counties Aksay, Anxi, Dunhuang, Subei; west Qinghai;
+# the Guangdong counties Xuwen, Haikang, Suixi, Lianjiang,
+# Zhanjiang, Wuchuan, Huazhou, Gaozhou, Maoming, Dianbai, and Xinyi;
+# east Tibet, including Lhasa, Chamdo, Shigaise, Jimsar, Shawan and Hutubi;
+# east Xinjiang, including Urumqi, Turpan, Karamay, Korla, Minfeng, Jinghe,
+# Wusu, Qiemo, Xinyan, Wulanwusu, Jinghe, Yumin, Tacheng, Tuoli, Emin,
+# Shihezi, Changji, Yanqi, Heshuo, Tuokexun, Tulufan, Shanshan, Hami,
+# Fukang, Kuitun, Kumukuli, Miquan, Qitai, and Turfan.
Zone Asia/Urumqi 5:50:20 - LMT 1928 # or Urumchi
6:00 - URUT 1980 May # Urumqi Time
8:00 PRC C%sT
# Kunlun Time
+# West Tibet, including Pulan, Aheqi, Shufu, Shule;
+# West Xinjiang, including Aksu, Atushi, Yining, Hetian, Cele, Luopu, Nileke,
+# Zhaosu, Tekesi, Gongliu, Chabuchaer, Huocheng, Bole, Pishan, Suiding,
+# and Yarkand.
Zone Asia/Kashgar 5:03:56 - LMT 1928 # or Kashi or Kaxgar
5:30 - KAST 1940 # Kashgar Time
5:00 - KAST 1980 May
@@ -923,6 +953,10 @@ Zone Asia/Tokyo 9:18:59 - LMT 1887 Dec 31 15:00u
# For Jordan I have received multiple independent user reports every year
# about DST end dates, as the end-rule is different every year.
#
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2006-10-01), after a heads-up from Hilal Malawi:
+# http://www.petranews.gov.jo/nepras/2006/Sep/05/4000.htm
+# "Jordan will switch to winter time on Friday, October 27".
+#
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Jordan 1973 only - Jun 6 0:00 1:00 S
Rule Jordan 1973 1975 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
@@ -949,7 +983,8 @@ Rule Jordan 1999 2002 - Sep lastThu 0:00s 0 -
Rule Jordan 2000 max - Mar lastThu 0:00s 1:00 S
Rule Jordan 2003 only - Oct 24 0:00s 0 -
Rule Jordan 2004 only - Oct 15 0:00s 0 -
-Rule Jordan 2005 max - Sep lastFri 0:00s 0 -
+Rule Jordan 2005 only - Sep lastFri 0:00s 0 -
+Rule Jordan 2006 max - Oct lastFri 0:00s 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931
2:00 Jordan EE%sT
@@ -1076,10 +1111,12 @@ Zone Asia/Bishkek 4:58:24 - LMT 1924 May 2
# Korea (North and South)
-# From Guy Harris:
-# According to someone at the Korean Times in San Francisco,
-# Daylight Savings Time was not observed until 1987. He did not know
-# at what time of day DST starts or ends.
+# From Annie I. Bang (2006-07-10) in
+# <http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2006/07/10/200607100012.asp>:
+# The Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy has already
+# commissioned a research project [to reintroduce DST] and has said
+# the system may begin as early as 2008.... Korea ran a daylight
+# saving program from 1949-61 but stopped it during the 1950-53 Korean War.
# From Shanks & Pottenger:
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
@@ -1436,6 +1473,23 @@ Zone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907
# there is a good chance next year's end date will be around two weeks
# earlier--the same goes for Jordan.
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2006-08-17):
+# I was informed by a user in Bethlehem that in Bethlehem it started the
+# same day as Israel, and after checking with other users in the area, I
+# was informed that they started DST one day after Israel. I was not
+# able to find any authoritative sources at the time, nor details if
+# Gaza changed as well, but presumed Gaza to follow the same rules as
+# the West Bank.
+
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2006-09-26):
+# according to the Palestine News Network (2006-09-19):
+# http://english.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=596&Itemid=5
+# > The Council of Ministers announced that this year its winter schedule
+# > will begin early, as of midnight Thursday. It is also time to turn
+# > back the clocks for winter. Friday will begin an hour late this week.
+# I guess it is likely that next year's date will be moved as well,
+# because of the Ramadan.
+
# The rules for Egypt are stolen from the `africa' file.
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule EgyptAsia 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S
@@ -1445,10 +1499,13 @@ Rule EgyptAsia 1959 1967 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S
Rule EgyptAsia 1959 1965 - Sep 30 3:00 0 -
Rule EgyptAsia 1966 only - Oct 1 3:00 0 -
-Rule Palestine 1999 max - Apr Fri>=15 0:00 1:00 S
+Rule Palestine 1999 2005 - Apr Fri>=15 0:00 1:00 S
Rule Palestine 1999 2003 - Oct Fri>=15 0:00 0 -
Rule Palestine 2004 only - Oct 1 1:00 0 -
-Rule Palestine 2005 max - Oct 4 2:00 0 -
+Rule Palestine 2005 only - Oct 4 2:00 0 -
+Rule Palestine 2006 max - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
+Rule Palestine 2006 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 -
+Rule Palestine 2007 max - Oct Fri>=15 0:00 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct
@@ -1627,11 +1684,18 @@ Rule Syria 1993 only - Sep 25 0:00 0 -
# IATA SSIM (1998-02) says 1998-04-02;
# (1998-09) says 1999-03-29 and 1999-09-29; (1999-02) says 1999-04-02,
# 2000-04-02, and 2001-04-02; (1999-09) says 2000-03-31 and 2001-03-31;
-# ignore all these claims and go with Shanks & Pottenger.
+# (2006) says 2006-03-31 and 2006-09-22;
+# for now ignore all these claims and go with Shanks & Pottenger,
+# except for the 2006-09-22 claim (which seems right for Ramadan).
Rule Syria 1994 1996 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
-Rule Syria 1994 max - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
+Rule Syria 1994 2005 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
Rule Syria 1997 1998 - Mar lastMon 0:00 1:00 S
Rule Syria 1999 max - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
+# From Stephen Colebourne (2006-09-18):
+# According to IATA data, Syria will change DST on 21st September [21:00 UTC]
+# this year [only].... This is probably related to Ramadan, like Egypt.
+Rule Syria 2006 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 -
+Rule Syria 2007 max - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Asia/Damascus 2:25:12 - LMT 1920 # Dimashq
2:00 Syria EE%sT
diff --git a/share/zoneinfo/australasia b/share/zoneinfo/australasia
index 2be8338..2e17bcc 100644
--- a/share/zoneinfo/australasia
+++ b/share/zoneinfo/australasia
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)australasia 8.2
+# @(#)australasia 8.3
# <pre>
# This file also includes Pacific islands.
@@ -587,6 +587,12 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901
# WST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 8:00
# EST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 10:00
+# From Chuck Soper (2006-06-01):
+# I recently found this Australian government web page on time zones:
+# <http://www.australia.gov.au/about-australia-13time>
+# And this government web page lists time zone names and abbreviations:
+# <http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/daysavtm.shtml>
+
# From Paul Eggert (2001-04-05), summarizing a long discussion about "EST"
# versus "AEST" etc.:
#
diff --git a/share/zoneinfo/europe b/share/zoneinfo/europe
index 3a0ae10..b3a3b26 100644
--- a/share/zoneinfo/europe
+++ b/share/zoneinfo/europe
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)europe 8.3
+# @(#)europe 8.6
# <pre>
# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
@@ -425,6 +425,9 @@ Zone Europe/London -0:01:15 - LMT 1847 Dec 1 0:00s
1:00 - BST 1971 Oct 31 2:00u
0:00 GB-Eire %s 1996
0:00 EU GMT/BST
+Link Europe/London Europe/Jersey
+Link Europe/London Europe/Guernsey
+Link Europe/London Europe/Isle_of_Man
Zone Europe/Dublin -0:25:00 - LMT 1880 Aug 2
-0:25:21 - DMT 1916 May 21 2:00
-0:25:21 1:00 IST 1916 Oct 1 2:00s
@@ -703,7 +706,7 @@ Zone Europe/Brussels 0:17:30 - LMT 1880
1:00 EU CE%sT
# Bosnia and Herzegovina
-# see Serbia and Montenegro
+# see Serbia
# Bulgaria
#
@@ -730,7 +733,7 @@ Zone Europe/Sofia 1:33:16 - LMT 1880
2:00 EU EE%sT
# Croatia
-# see Serbia and Montenegro
+# see Serbia
# Cyprus
# Please see the `asia' file for Asia/Nicosia.
@@ -894,7 +897,7 @@ Zone America/Danmarkshavn -1:14:40 - LMT 1916 Jul 28
-3:00 - WGT 1980 Apr 6 2:00
-3:00 EU WG%sT 1996
0:00 - GMT
-Zone America/Scoresbysund -1:29:00 - LMT 1916 Jul 28 # Ittoqqortoormiit
+Zone America/Scoresbysund -1:27:52 - LMT 1916 Jul 28 # Ittoqqortoormiit
-2:00 - CGT 1980 Apr 6 2:00
-2:00 C-Eur CG%sT 1981 Mar 29
-1:00 EU EG%sT
@@ -1510,7 +1513,7 @@ Zone Europe/Luxembourg 0:24:36 - LMT 1904 Jun
1:00 EU CE%sT
# Macedonia
-# see Serbia and Montenegro
+# see Serbia
# Malta
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
@@ -1567,6 +1570,9 @@ Zone Europe/Monaco 0:29:32 - LMT 1891 Mar 15
1:00 France CE%sT 1977
1:00 EU CE%sT
+# Montenegro
+# see Serbia
+
# Netherlands
# Howse writes that the Netherlands' railways used GMT between 1892 and 1940,
@@ -1937,20 +1943,20 @@ Zone Europe/Kaliningrad 1:22:00 - LMT 1893 Apr
2:00 Russia EE%sT
#
# From Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25): [This region consists of]
-# Respublika Adygeya, Arkhangel'skaya oblast', Astrakhanskaya oblast',
+# Respublika Adygeya, Arkhangel'skaya oblast',
# Belgorodskaya oblast', Bryanskaya oblast', Vladimirskaya oblast',
-# Volgogradskaya oblast', Vologodskaya oblast', Voronezhskaya oblast',
+# Vologodskaya oblast', Voronezhskaya oblast',
# Respublika Dagestan, Ivanovskaya oblast', Respublika Ingushetiya,
# Kabarbino-Balkarskaya Respublika, Respublika Kalmykiya,
# Kalyzhskaya oblast', Respublika Karachaevo-Cherkessiya,
-# Respublika Kareliya, Kirovskaya oblast', Respublika Komi,
+# Respublika Kareliya, Respublika Komi,
# Kostromskaya oblast', Krasnodarskij kraj, Kurskaya oblast',
# Leningradskaya oblast', Lipetskaya oblast', Respublika Marij El,
# Respublika Mordoviya, Moskva, Moskovskaya oblast',
# Murmanskaya oblast', Nenetskij avtonomnyj okrug,
# Nizhegorodskaya oblast', Novgorodskaya oblast', Orlovskaya oblast',
# Penzenskaya oblast', Pskovskaya oblast', Rostovskaya oblast',
-# Ryazanskaya oblast', Sankt-Peterburg, Saratovskaya oblast',
+# Ryazanskaya oblast', Sankt-Peterburg,
# Respublika Severnaya Osetiya, Smolenskaya oblast',
# Stavropol'skij kraj, Tambovskaya oblast', Respublika Tatarstan,
# Tverskaya oblast', Tyl'skaya oblast', Ul'yanovskaya oblast',
@@ -1965,11 +1971,25 @@ Zone Europe/Moscow 2:30:20 - LMT 1880
2:00 Russia EE%sT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s
3:00 Russia MSK/MSD
#
+# Astrakhanskaya oblast', Kirovskaya oblast', Saratovskaya oblast',
+# Volgogradskaya oblast'. Shanks & Pottenger say Kirov is still at +0400
+# but Wikipedia (2006-05-09) says +0300. Perhaps it switched after the
+# others? But we have no data.
+Zone Europe/Volgograd 2:57:40 - LMT 1920 Jan 3
+ 3:00 - TSAT 1925 Apr 6 # Tsaritsyn Time
+ 3:00 - STAT 1930 Jun 21 # Stalingrad Time
+ 4:00 - STAT 1961 Nov 11
+ 4:00 Russia VOL%sT 1989 Mar 26 2:00s # Volgograd T
+ 3:00 Russia VOL%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
+ 4:00 - VOLT 1992 Mar 29 2:00s
+ 3:00 Russia VOL%sT
+#
# From Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25): [This region consists of]
# Samarskaya oblast', Udmyrtskaya respublika
Zone Europe/Samara 3:20:36 - LMT 1919 Jul 1 2:00
- 3:00 - KUYT 1930 Jun 21 # Kuybyshev
- 4:00 Russia KUY%sT 1989 Mar 26 2:00s
+ 3:00 - SAMT 1930 Jun 21
+ 4:00 - SAMT 1935 Jan 27
+ 4:00 Russia KUY%sT 1989 Mar 26 2:00s # Kuybyshev
3:00 Russia KUY%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
2:00 Russia KUY%sT 1991 Sep 29 2:00s
3:00 - KUYT 1991 Oct 20 3:00
@@ -1995,7 +2015,9 @@ Zone Asia/Omsk 4:53:36 - LMT 1919 Nov 14
5:00 Russia OMS%sT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s
6:00 Russia OMS%sT
#
-# Novosibirskaya oblast'.
+# From Paul Eggert (2006-08-19): I'm guessing about Tomsk here; it's
+# not clear when it switched from +7 to +6.
+# Novosibirskaya oblast', Tomskaya oblast'.
Zone Asia/Novosibirsk 5:31:40 - LMT 1919 Dec 14 6:00
6:00 - NOVT 1930 Jun 21 # Novosibirsk Time
7:00 Russia NOV%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
@@ -2005,7 +2027,7 @@ Zone Asia/Novosibirsk 5:31:40 - LMT 1919 Dec 14 6:00
#
# From Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25): [This region consists of]
# Kemerovskaya oblast', Krasnoyarskij kraj,
-# Tajmyrskij (Dolgano-Nenetskij) avtonomnyj okrug, Tomskaya oblast',
+# Tajmyrskij (Dolgano-Nenetskij) avtonomnyj okrug,
# Respublika Tuva, Respublika Khakasiya, Evenkijskij avtonomnyj okrug.
Zone Asia/Krasnoyarsk 6:11:20 - LMT 1920 Jan 6
6:00 - KRAT 1930 Jun 21 # Krasnoyarsk Time
@@ -2088,7 +2110,7 @@ Zone Asia/Anadyr 11:49:56 - LMT 1924 May 2
11:00 Russia ANA%sT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s
12:00 Russia ANA%sT
-# Serbia and Montenegro
+# Serbia
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Europe/Belgrade 1:22:00 - LMT 1884
1:00 - CET 1941 Apr 18 23:00
@@ -2100,6 +2122,7 @@ Zone Europe/Belgrade 1:22:00 - LMT 1884
1:00 - CET 1982 Nov 27
1:00 EU CE%sT
Link Europe/Belgrade Europe/Ljubljana # Slovenia
+Link Europe/Belgrade Europe/Podgorica # Montenegro
Link Europe/Belgrade Europe/Sarajevo # Bosnia and Herzegovina
Link Europe/Belgrade Europe/Skopje # Macedonia
Link Europe/Belgrade Europe/Zagreb # Croatia
@@ -2108,7 +2131,7 @@ Link Europe/Belgrade Europe/Zagreb # Croatia
Link Europe/Prague Europe/Bratislava
# Slovenia
-# see Serbia and Montenegro
+# see Serbia
# Spain
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
diff --git a/share/zoneinfo/northamerica b/share/zoneinfo/northamerica
index cc0ff49..9f79a50 100644
--- a/share/zoneinfo/northamerica
+++ b/share/zoneinfo/northamerica
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)northamerica 8.6
+# @(#)northamerica 8.9
# <pre>
# also includes Central America and the Caribbean
@@ -900,6 +900,41 @@ Zone America/Menominee -5:50:27 - LMT 1885 Sep 18 12:00
# U.S. and the rest of Canada....
# http://www2.news.gov.bc.ca/news_releases_2005-2009/2006AG0014-000330.htm
+# From Chris Walton (2006-04-25):
+# Daylight saving time will be extended by four weeks starting in 2007....
+# Here is a news release which was issued today by the Nova Scotia government:
+# http://www.gov.ns.ca/news/details.asp?id=20060425004
+
+# From Chris Walton (2006-06-26):
+# [For New Brunswick] the new legislation dictates that the time change is to
+# be done at 02:00 instead of 00:01.
+# http://www.gnb.ca/0062/acts/BBA-2006/Chap-19.pdf
+# ...
+# Manitoba has traditionally changed the clock every fall at 03:00.
+# As of 2006, the transition is to take place one hour earlier at 02:00.
+# http://web2.gov.mb.ca/laws/statutes/ccsm/o030e.php
+# ...
+# [Alberta, Ontario, Quebec] will follow US rules.
+# http://www.qp.gov.ab.ca/documents/Acts/2006CH03_UNPR.cfm?frm_isbn=0779744934
+# http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/DBLaws/Source/Regs/English/2006/R06111_e.htm
+# http://www.assnat.qc.ca/eng/37legislature2/Projets-loi/Publics/06-a002.htm
+# ...
+# P.E.I. will follow US rules. The new legislation is not law yet.
+# It passed first reading on April 20....
+# http://www.assembly.pe.ca/bills/pdf_first/62/3/bill-101.pdf
+# ...
+# Province of Newfoundland and Labrador.... The change is being considered.
+# http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2006/mpa/0331n01.htm
+# ...
+# N.W.T. will follow US rules. Whoever maintains the government web site
+# does not seem to believe in bookmarks. To see the news release, click the
+# following link and search for "Daylight Savings Time Change". Press the
+# "Daylight Savings Time Change" link; it will fire off a popup using
+# JavaScript.
+# http://www.exec.gov.nt.ca/currentnews/currentPR.asp?mode=archive
+
+
+
# From Paul Eggert (2006-04-25):
# H. David Matthews and Mary Vincent's map
# <a href="http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/Magazine/SO98/geomap.asp">
@@ -912,16 +947,10 @@ Zone America/Menominee -5:50:27 - LMT 1885 Sep 18 12:00
# information about standard and daylight saving time zones in Canada.
# </a> (updated periodically).
# Its unofficial information is often taken from Matthews and Vincent.
-#
-# CBC News reported that Ontario and Manitoba have announced plans to
-# follow the US change; see
-# <http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/daylightsavingtime/> (2005-10-21).
-# CBC news also reported that Prince Edward Island is the first
-# province in Atlantic Canada to follow the US change, and that Quebec
-# had agreed; see <http://www.cbc.ca/pei/story/pe_daylight_20051207.html>
-# (2005-12-07). It also reported that Alberta will fall into line; see
-# <http://www.cbc.ca/calgary/story/ca_daylight20060202.html> (2006-02-02).
-# For now, assume all of Canada will fall into line.
+
+# From Paul Eggert (2006-06-27):
+# For now, assume all of DST-observing Canada will fall into line with the
+# new US DST rules,
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Canada 1918 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 D
@@ -936,7 +965,7 @@ Rule Canada 2007 max - Mar Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D
Rule Canada 2007 max - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 0 S
-# Newfoundland (and far southeast Labrador)
+# Newfoundland and Labrador
# From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02):
# Matthews and Vincent (1998) write that Labrador should use NST/NDT,
@@ -974,9 +1003,6 @@ Rule StJohns 1987 only - Apr Sun>=1 0:01 1:00 D
Rule StJohns 1987 2006 - Oct lastSun 0:01 0 S
Rule StJohns 1988 only - Apr Sun>=1 0:01 2:00 DD
Rule StJohns 1989 2006 - Apr Sun>=1 0:01 1:00 D
-# From Chris Walton (2006-04-05):
-# http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2006/mpa/0331n01.htm
-# [This says Newfoundlandland expects to follow step with the US.]
Rule StJohns 2007 max - Mar Sun>=8 0:01 1:00 D
Rule StJohns 2007 max - Nov Sun>=1 0:01 0 S
#
@@ -1015,11 +1041,6 @@ Zone America/Goose_Bay -4:01:40 - LMT 1884 # Happy Valley-Goose Bay
# in Canada to observe DST in 1971 but not 1970; for now we'll assume
# this is a typo.
-# From Chris Walton (2006-04-25):
-# Daylight saving time will be extended by four weeks starting in 2007....
-# Here is a news release which was issued today by the Nova Scotia government:
-# http://www.gov.ns.ca/news/details.asp?id=20060425004
-
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Halifax 1916 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D
Rule Halifax 1916 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 S
@@ -1084,10 +1105,7 @@ Zone America/Glace_Bay -3:59:48 - LMT 1902 Jun 15
# <http://www.gnb.ca/0062/PDF-acts/t-06.pdf> says they change at 00:01, and
# <http://www.canlii.org/nb/laws/sta/t-6/20030127/whole.html> makes it
# clear that this has been the case since at least 1993.
-# For now, assume it started in 1993. The Office of the Premier announced
-# <http://www.gnb.ca/cnb/news/pre/2005e1737pr.htm> (2005-12-23)
-# that they will bring forward proposed amendments to harmonize with the US;
-# for now assume that this will happen, but they'll still switch at 00:01.
+# For now, assume it started in 1993.
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Moncton 1933 1935 - Jun Sun>=8 1:00 1:00 D
@@ -1103,8 +1121,6 @@ Rule Moncton 1946 1956 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
Rule Moncton 1957 1972 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
Rule Moncton 1993 2006 - Apr Sun>=1 0:01 1:00 D
Rule Moncton 1993 2006 - Oct lastSun 0:01 0 S
-Rule Moncton 2007 max - Mar Sun>=8 0:01 1:00 D
-Rule Moncton 2007 max - Nov Sun>=1 0:01 0 S
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone America/Moncton -4:19:08 - LMT 1883 Dec 9
-5:00 - EST 1902 Jun 15
@@ -1113,13 +1129,79 @@ Zone America/Moncton -4:19:08 - LMT 1883 Dec 9
-4:00 Canada A%sT 1946
-4:00 Moncton A%sT 1973
-4:00 Canada A%sT 1993
- -4:00 Moncton A%sT
+ -4:00 Moncton A%sT 2007
+ -4:00 Canada A%sT
-# Ontario, Quebec
+# Quebec
+
+# From Paul Eggert (2006-07-09):
+# Shanks & Pottenger write that since 1970 most of Quebec has been
+# like Montreal.
+
+# From Paul Eggert (2006-06-27):
+# Matthews and Vincent (1998) also write that Quebec east of the -63
+# meridian is supposed to observe AST, but residents as far east as
+# Natashquan use EST/EDT, and residents east of Natashquan use AST.
+# In "Official time in Quebec" the Quebec department of justice writes in
+# http://www.justice.gouv.qc.ca/english/publications/generale/temps-regl-1-a.htm
+# that "The residents of the Municipality of the
+# Cote-Nord-du-Golfe-Saint-Laurent and the municipalities of Saint-Augustin,
+# Bonne-Esperance and Blanc-Sablon apply the Official Time Act as it is
+# written and use Atlantic standard time all year round. The same applies to
+# the residents of the Native facilities along the lower North Shore."
+# <http://www.assnat.qc.ca/eng/37legislature2/Projets-loi/Publics/06-a002.htm>
+# says this common practice was codified into law as of 2007.
+# For lack of better info, guess this practice began around 1970, contra to
+# Shanks & Pottenger who have this region observing AST/ADT.
-# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
-# Shanks & Pottenger writes that since 1970 most of Ontario has been like
-# Toronto, and most of Quebec has been like Montreal.
+# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
+Rule Mont 1917 only - Mar 25 2:00 1:00 D
+Rule Mont 1917 only - Apr 24 0:00 0 S
+Rule Mont 1919 only - Mar 31 2:30 1:00 D
+Rule Mont 1919 only - Oct 25 2:30 0 S
+Rule Mont 1920 only - May 2 2:30 1:00 D
+Rule Mont 1920 1922 - Oct Sun>=1 2:30 0 S
+Rule Mont 1921 only - May 1 2:00 1:00 D
+Rule Mont 1922 only - Apr 30 2:00 1:00 D
+Rule Mont 1924 only - May 17 2:00 1:00 D
+Rule Mont 1924 1926 - Sep lastSun 2:30 0 S
+Rule Mont 1925 1926 - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
+# The 1927-to-1937 rules can be expressed more simply as
+# Rule Mont 1927 1937 - Apr lastSat 24:00 1:00 D
+# Rule Mont 1927 1937 - Sep lastSat 24:00 0 S
+# The rules below avoid use of 24:00
+# (which pre-1998 versions of zic cannot handle).
+Rule Mont 1927 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D
+Rule Mont 1927 1932 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 S
+Rule Mont 1928 1931 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 D
+Rule Mont 1932 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D
+Rule Mont 1933 1940 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 D
+Rule Mont 1933 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 S
+Rule Mont 1934 1939 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 S
+Rule Mont 1946 1973 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
+Rule Mont 1945 1948 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
+Rule Mont 1949 1950 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
+Rule Mont 1951 1956 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
+Rule Mont 1957 1973 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
+
+# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
+Zone America/Blanc-Sablon -3:48:28 - LMT 1884
+ -4:00 Canada A%sT 1970
+ -4:00 - AST
+Zone America/Montreal -4:54:16 - LMT 1884
+ -5:00 Mont E%sT 1918
+ -5:00 Canada E%sT 1919
+ -5:00 Mont E%sT 1942 Feb 9 2:00s
+ -5:00 Canada E%sT 1946
+ -5:00 Mont E%sT 1974
+ -5:00 Canada E%sT
+
+
+# Ontario
+
+# From Paul Eggert (2006-07-09):
+# Shanks & Pottenger write that since 1970 most of Ontario has been like
+# Toronto.
# Thunder Bay skipped DST in 1973.
# Many smaller locales did not observe peacetime DST until 1974;
# Nipigon (EST) and Rainy River (CST) are the largest that we know of.
@@ -1150,51 +1232,45 @@ Zone America/Moncton -4:19:08 - LMT 1883 Dec 9
# Officially Atikokan is therefore on CST/CDT, and most likely this report
# concerns a non-official time observed as a matter of local practice.
#
-# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
-# For what it's worth, Shanks & Pottenger say that Atikokan has agreed with
-# Rainy River ever since standard time was introduced.
-
# From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02):
# Matthews and Vincent (1998) write that Atikokan, Pickle Lake, and
# New Osnaburgh observe CST all year, that Big Trout Lake observes
# CST/CDT, and that Upsala and Shebandowan observe EST/EDT, all in
# violation of the official Ontario rules.
-# They also write that Quebec east of the -63 meridian is supposed to
-# observe AST, but residents as far east as Natashquan use EST/EDT,
-# and residents east of Natashquan use AST.
-# We probably need Zones for far east Quebec and for Atikokan,
-# but we don't know when their practices started.
+#
+# From Paul Eggert (2006-07-09):
+# Chris Walton (2006-07-06) mentioned an article by Stephanie MacLellan in the
+# 2005-07-21 Chronicle-Journal, which said:
+#
+# The clocks in Atikokan stay set on standard time year-round.
+# This means they spend about half the time on central time and
+# the other half on eastern time.
+#
+# For the most part, the system works, Mayor Dennis Brown said.
+#
+# "The majority of businesses in Atikokan deal more with Eastern
+# Canada, but there are some that deal with Western Canada," he
+# said. "I don't see any changes happening here."
+#
+# Walton also writes "Supposedly Pickle Lake and Mishkeegogamang
+# [New Osnaburgh] follow the same practice."
-# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
-Rule Mont 1917 only - Mar 25 2:00 1:00 D
-Rule Mont 1917 only - Apr 24 0:00 0 S
-Rule Mont 1919 only - Mar 31 2:30 1:00 D
-Rule Mont 1919 only - Oct 25 2:30 0 S
-Rule Mont 1920 only - May 2 2:30 1:00 D
-Rule Mont 1920 1922 - Oct Sun>=1 2:30 0 S
-Rule Mont 1921 only - May 1 2:00 1:00 D
-Rule Mont 1922 only - Apr 30 2:00 1:00 D
-Rule Mont 1924 only - May 17 2:00 1:00 D
-Rule Mont 1924 1926 - Sep lastSun 2:30 0 S
-Rule Mont 1925 1926 - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
-# The 1927-to-1937 rules can be expressed more simply as
-# Rule Mont 1927 1937 - Apr lastSat 24:00 1:00 D
-# Rule Mont 1927 1937 - Sep lastSat 24:00 0 S
-# The rules below avoid use of 24:00
-# (which pre-1998 versions of zic cannot handle).
-Rule Mont 1927 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D
-Rule Mont 1927 1932 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 S
-Rule Mont 1928 1931 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 D
-Rule Mont 1932 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D
-Rule Mont 1933 1940 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 D
-Rule Mont 1933 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 S
-Rule Mont 1934 1939 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 S
-Rule Mont 1946 1973 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
-Rule Mont 1945 1948 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
-Rule Mont 1949 1950 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
-Rule Mont 1951 1956 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
-Rule Mont 1957 1973 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
+# From Garry McKinnon (2006-07-14) via Chris Walton:
+# I chatted with a member of my board who has an outstanding memory
+# and a long history in Atikokan (and in the telecom industry) and he
+# can say for certain that Atikokan has been practicing the current
+# time keeping since 1952, at least.
+
+# From Paul Eggert (2006-07-17):
+# Shanks & Pottenger say that Atikokan has agreed with Rainy River
+# ever since standard time was introduced, but the information from
+# McKinnon sounds more authoritative. For now, assume that Atikokan
+# switched to EST immediately after WWII era daylight saving time
+# ended. This matches the old (less-populous) America/Coral_Harbour
+# entry since our cutoff date of 1970, so we can move
+# America/Coral_Harbour to the 'backward' file.
+# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Toronto 1919 only - Mar 30 23:30 1:00 D
Rule Toronto 1919 only - Oct 26 0:00 0 S
Rule Toronto 1920 only - May 2 2:00 1:00 D
@@ -1228,9 +1304,9 @@ Rule Toronto 1950 1973 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
Rule Toronto 1950 only - Nov lastSun 2:00 0 S
Rule Toronto 1951 1956 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
# Shanks & Pottenger say Toronto ended DST a week early in 1971,
-# namely on 1971-10-24, but Mark Brader wrote (2003-05-31) that he
-# checked the 1971-10-30 issue of the Toronto Star, and it said that
-# DST ended 1971-10-31 as usual.
+# namely on 1971-10-24, but Mark Brader wrote (2003-05-31) that this
+# is wrong, and that he had confirmed it by checking the 1971-10-30
+# Toronto Star, which said that DST was ending 1971-10-31 as usual.
Rule Toronto 1957 1973 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
# From Paul Eggert (2003-07-27):
@@ -1252,13 +1328,6 @@ Rule Toronto 1957 1973 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
# months for the remainder of the war years.
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
-Zone America/Montreal -4:54:16 - LMT 1884
- -5:00 Mont E%sT 1918
- -5:00 Canada E%sT 1919
- -5:00 Mont E%sT 1942 Feb 9 2:00s
- -5:00 Canada E%sT 1946
- -5:00 Mont E%sT 1974
- -5:00 Canada E%sT
Zone America/Toronto -5:17:32 - LMT 1895
-5:00 Canada E%sT 1919
-5:00 Toronto E%sT 1942 Feb 9 2:00s
@@ -1276,19 +1345,19 @@ Zone America/Nipigon -5:53:04 - LMT 1895
-5:00 Canada E%sT 1940 Sep 29
-5:00 1:00 EDT 1942 Feb 9 2:00s
-5:00 Canada E%sT
-Zone America/Rainy_River -6:17:56 - LMT 1895
+Zone America/Rainy_River -6:18:16 - LMT 1895
-6:00 Canada C%sT 1940 Sep 29
-6:00 1:00 CDT 1942 Feb 9 2:00s
-6:00 Canada C%sT
+Zone America/Atikokan -6:06:28 - LMT 1895
+ -6:00 Canada C%sT 1940 Sep 29
+ -6:00 1:00 CDT 1942 Feb 9 2:00s
+ -6:00 Canada C%sT 1945 Sep 30 2:00
+ -5:00 - EST
# Manitoba
-# From Chris Walton (2006-04-05):
-# Here is a copy of the new official time act ...
-# http://web2.gov.mb.ca/laws/statutes/ccsm/o030e.php
-# The act indicates that daylight savings ends at 2:00am.
-
# From Rob Douglas (2006-04-06):
# the old Manitoba Time Act - as amended by Bill 2, assented to
# March 27, 1987 ... said ...
@@ -1388,6 +1457,11 @@ Zone America/Winnipeg -6:28:36 - LMT 1887 Jul 16
# rules any more; all other districts appear to have used CST year round
# since sometime in the 1960s.
+# From Chris Walton (2006-06-26):
+# The Saskatchewan time act which was last updated in 1996 is about 30 pages
+# long and rather painful to read.
+# http://www.qp.gov.sk.ca/documents/English/Statutes/Statutes/T14.pdf
+
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Regina 1918 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 D
Rule Regina 1918 only - Oct 31 2:00 0 S
@@ -1490,6 +1564,10 @@ Zone America/Dawson_Creek -8:00:56 - LMT 1884
# * O.I.C. 1987/056 changed DST to Apr firstSun 2:00 to Oct lastSun 2:00.
# Shanks & Pottenger say Yukon's 1973-10-28 switch was at 2:00; go
# with Englander.
+# From Chris Walton (2006-06-26):
+# Here is a link to the old daylight saving portion of the interpretation
+# act which was last updated in 1987:
+# http://www.gov.yk.ca/legislation/regs/oic1987_056.pdf
# From Rives McDow (1999-09-04):
# Nunavut ... moved ... to incorporate the whole territory into one time zone.
@@ -1597,10 +1675,10 @@ Zone America/Dawson_Creek -8:00:56 - LMT 1884
# From Paul Eggert (2005-07-26):
# For lack of better information, assume that Southampton Island observed
# daylight saving only during wartime.
-#
-# From Chris Walton (2006-04-25):
-# Daylight saving time will be extended by four weeks starting in 2007....
-# http://www.cbc.ca/north/story/nor-nwt-time-change.html
+
+# From Chris Walton (2006-07-19):
+# The government of Yukon Territory ... recently announced it will extend
+# daylight saving in 2007.... http://www.gov.yk.ca/news/2006/06-164.html
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule NT_YK 1918 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 D
@@ -1625,10 +1703,11 @@ 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 Canada E%sT
-Zone America/Coral_Harbour -5:32:40 - LMT 1884
- -5:00 NT_YK E%sT 1946
- -5:00 - EST
-Zone America/Rankin_Inlet -6:08:40 - LMT 1884
+# Now subsumed by America/Atikokan.
+#Zone America/Coral_Harbour -5:32:40 - LMT 1884
+# -5:00 NT_YK E%sT 1946
+# -5:00 - EST
+Zone America/Rankin_Inlet -6:08:20 - LMT 1884
-6:00 NT_YK C%sT 2000 Oct 29 2:00
-5:00 - EST 2001 Apr 1 3:00
-6:00 Canada C%sT
@@ -1641,7 +1720,7 @@ Zone America/Cambridge_Bay -7:00:20 - LMT 1884
Zone America/Yellowknife -7:37:24 - LMT 1884
-7:00 NT_YK M%sT 1980
-7:00 Canada M%sT
-Zone America/Inuvik -8:54:00 - LMT 1884
+Zone America/Inuvik -8:54:52 - LMT 1884
-8:00 NT_YK P%sT 1979 Apr lastSun 2:00
-7:00 NT_YK M%sT 1980
-7:00 Canada M%sT
@@ -1952,10 +2031,20 @@ Zone America/Belize -5:52:48 - LMT 1912 Apr
-6:00 Belize C%sT
# Bermuda
+
+# From Dan Jones, reporting in The Royal Gazette (2006-06-26):
+
+# Next year, however, clocks in the US will go forward on the second Sunday
+# in March, until the first Sunday in November. And, after the Time Zone
+# (Seasonal Variation) Bill 2006 was passed in the House of Assembly on
+# Friday, the same thing will happen in Bermuda.
+# http://www.theroyalgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060529/NEWS/105290135
+
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Atlantic/Bermuda -4:19:04 - LMT 1930 Jan 1 2:00 # Hamilton
-4:00 - AST 1974 Apr 28 2:00
- -4:00 Bahamas A%sT
+ -4:00 Bahamas A%sT 1976
+ -4:00 US A%sT
# Cayman Is
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
@@ -2007,6 +2096,11 @@ Zone America/Costa_Rica -5:36:20 - LMT 1890 # San Jose
# adjustment in Cuba. We will stay in daylight saving time:
# http://www.granma.cu/espanol/2005/noviembre/mier9/horario.html
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2006-08-17):
+# It is likely that they are not reverting back to standard time this
+# year either, based on the number of responses I have got from users
+# (when my site claimed Cuba will end DST on lastSun/October)
+
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Cuba 1928 only - Jun 10 0:00 1:00 D
Rule Cuba 1928 only - Oct 10 0:00 0 S
@@ -2037,7 +2131,7 @@ Rule Cuba 1997 only - Oct 12 0:00s 0 S
Rule Cuba 1998 1999 - Mar lastSun 0:00s 1:00 D
Rule Cuba 1998 2003 - Oct lastSun 0:00s 0 S
Rule Cuba 2000 max - Apr Sun>=1 0:00s 1:00 D
-Rule Cuba 2006 max - Oct lastSun 0:00s 0 S
+Rule Cuba 2007 max - Oct lastSun 0:00s 0 S
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone America/Havana -5:29:28 - LMT 1890
@@ -2086,15 +2180,6 @@ Zone America/Santo_Domingo -4:39:36 - LMT 1890
# El Salvador
-# From Paul Eggert (2006-05-05):
-# worldtimezone.com reports a 2006-05-02 Spanish-language AP article
-# saying Honduras will start using DST midnight Saturday, effective 4
-# months until September, and a 2006-05-03 NACION article saying El
-# Salvador will follow suit. However, ignore this for now, because:
-# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2005-05-05):
-# Change of DST perhaps postponed in El Salvador:
-# http://www.laprensagrafica.com/lodeldia/883.asp
-
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Salv 1987 1988 - May Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D
Rule Salv 1987 1988 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 S
@@ -2123,6 +2208,11 @@ Zone America/Guadeloupe -4:06:08 - LMT 1911 Jun 8 # Pointe a Pitre
# decided on that date to advance official time by 60 minutes, to lessen the
# impact of the elevated cost of oil.... Daylight saving time will last from
# 2006-04-29 24:00 (Guatemalan standard time) to 2006-09-30 (time unspecified).
+# From Paul Eggert (2006-06-22):
+# The Ministry of Energy and Mines, press release CP-15/2006
+# (2006-04-19), says DST ends at 24:00. See
+# <http://www.sieca.org.gt/Sitio_publico/Energeticos/Doc/Medidas/Cambio_Horario_Nac_190406.pdf>.
+
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Guat 1973 only - Nov 25 0:00 1:00 D
Rule Guat 1974 only - Feb 24 0:00 0 S
@@ -2192,14 +2282,28 @@ Zone America/Port-au-Prince -4:49:20 - LMT 1890
# saying Honduras will start using DST midnight Saturday, effective 4
# months until September. La Tribuna reported today
# <http://www.latribuna.hn/99299.html> that Manuel Zelaya, the president
-# of Honduras, refused to back down on this. For lack of better info,
-# assume they'll use the same end-of-DST rules as in 1987 and 1988.
+# of Honduras, refused to back down on this.
+
+# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-08-08):
+# It seems that Honduras has returned from DST to standard time this Monday at
+# 00:00 hours (prolonging Sunday to 25 hours duration).
+# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_honduras04.html
+
+# From Paul Eggert (2006-08-08):
+# Also see Diario El Heraldo, The country returns to standard time (2006-08-08)
+# <http://www.elheraldo.hn/nota.php?nid=54941&sec=12>.
+# It mentions executive decree 18-2006.
+
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2006-08-17):
+# Honduras will observe DST from 2007 to 2009, exact dates are not
+# published, I have located this authoritative source:
+# http://www.presidencia.gob.hn/noticia.aspx?nId=47
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Hond 1987 1988 - May Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D
Rule Hond 1987 1988 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 S
-Rule Hond 2006 only - May Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D
-Rule Hond 2006 only - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 S
+Rule Hond 2006 2009 - May Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D
+Rule Hond 2006 2009 - Aug Mon>=1 0:00 0 S
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone America/Tegucigalpa -5:48:52 - LMT 1921 Apr
-6:00 Hond C%sT
@@ -2279,12 +2383,19 @@ Zone America/Montserrat -4:08:52 - LMT 1911 Jul 1 0:01 # Cork Hill
# advanced by sixty minutes their official time, yesterday at 2 in the
# morning, and will stay that way until 30.th. of september.
#
+# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-09-30):
+# http://www.presidencia.gob.ni/buscador_gaceta/BD/DECRETOS/2006/D-063-2006P-PRN-Cambio-Hora.pdf
+# My informal translation runs:
+# The natural sun time is restored in all the national territory, in that the
+# time is returned one hour at 01:00 am of October 1 of 2006.
+#
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Nic 1979 1980 - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 D
Rule Nic 1979 1980 - Jun Mon>=23 0:00 0 S
Rule Nic 2005 only - Apr 10 0:00 1:00 D
-Rule Nic 2005 2006 - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 0 S
+Rule Nic 2005 only - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 0 S
Rule Nic 2006 only - Apr 30 2:00 1:00 D
+Rule Nic 2006 only - Oct Sun>=1 1:00 0 S
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone America/Managua -5:45:08 - LMT 1890
-5:45:12 - MMT 1934 Jun 23 # Managua Mean Time?
diff --git a/share/zoneinfo/southamerica b/share/zoneinfo/southamerica
index 3503074..2980d0f 100644
--- a/share/zoneinfo/southamerica
+++ b/share/zoneinfo/southamerica
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)southamerica 8.3
+# %W%
# <pre>
# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
@@ -428,11 +428,7 @@ Zone America/La_Paz -4:32:36 - LMT 1890
# The official decrees referenced below are mostly taken from
# <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV.html">
# Decretos sobre o Horario de Verao no Brasil
-# </a> (2001-09-20, in Portuguese).
-# The official site for all decrees, including those not related to time, is
-# <a href="http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/principal_ano.htm">
-# Presidencia da Republica, Subchefia para Assuntos Juridicos, Decretos
-# </a> (in Portuguese).
+# </a>.
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV20466.htm">20,466</a> (1931-10-01)
@@ -548,7 +544,7 @@ Rule Brazil 2000 only - Feb 27 0:00 0 -
# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/HV3916.gif">3,916</a>
# (2001-09-13) reestablishes DST in AL, CE, MA, PB, PE, PI, RN, SE.
Rule Brazil 2000 2001 - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 1:00 S
-Rule Brazil 2001 max - Feb Sun>=15 0:00 0 -
+Rule Brazil 2001 2006 - Feb Sun>=15 0:00 0 -
# Decree 4,399 (2002-10-01) repeals DST in AL, CE, MA, PB, PE, PI, RN, SE.
# <a href="http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2002/D4399.htm"></a>
Rule Brazil 2002 only - Nov 3 0:00 1:00 S
@@ -560,10 +556,14 @@ Rule Brazil 2003 only - Oct 19 0:00 1:00 S
Rule Brazil 2004 only - Nov 2 0:00 1:00 S
# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV5539.gif">5,539</a> (2005-09-19),
# adopted by the same states as before.
-Rule Brazil 2005 max - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S
+Rule Brazil 2005 only - Oct 16 0:00 1:00 S
+# Decree <a href="http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2004-2006/2006/Decreto/D5920.htm">5,920</a>
+# (2006-10-03), adopted by the same states as before.
+Rule Brazil 2006 max - Nov Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S
+Rule Brazil 2007 max - Feb lastSun 0:00 0 -
# The latest ruleset listed above says that the following states observe DST:
# DF, ES, GO, MG, MS, MT, PR, RJ, RS, SC, SP.
-# For dates after mid-2006, the above rules with TO="max" are guesses
+# For dates after mid-2007, the above rules with TO="max" are guesses
# and are quite possibly wrong, but are more likely than no DST at all.
@@ -1064,6 +1064,10 @@ Rule Uruguay 2005 only - Mar 27 2:00 0 -
# 02:00 local time, official time in Uruguay will be at GMT -2.
Rule Uruguay 2005 only - Oct 9 2:00 1:00 S
Rule Uruguay 2006 only - Mar 12 2:00 0 -
+# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-09-06):
+# http://www.presidencia.gub.uy/_web/decretos/2006/09/CM%20210_08%2006%202006_00001.PDF
+Rule Uruguay 2006 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S
+Rule Uruguay 2007 max - Mar Sun>=8 2:00 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone America/Montevideo -3:44:44 - LMT 1898 Jun 28
-3:44:44 - MMT 1920 May 1 # Montevideo MT
diff --git a/share/zoneinfo/zone.tab b/share/zoneinfo/zone.tab
index 874f9b4..3dd0e08 100644
--- a/share/zoneinfo/zone.tab
+++ b/share/zoneinfo/zone.tab
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)zone.tab 8.3
+# @(#)zone.tab 8.5
#
# TZ zone descriptions
#
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ AQ -690022+0393524 Antarctica/Syowa Syowa Station, E Ongul I
AR -3436-05827 America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires Buenos Aires (BA, CF)
AR -3124-06411 America/Argentina/Cordoba most locations (CB, CC, CN, ER, FM, LP, MN, NQ, RN, SA, SE, SF, SL)
AR -2411-06518 America/Argentina/Jujuy Jujuy (JY)
-AR -3124-06411 America/Argentina/Tucuman Tucuman (TM)
+AR -2649-06513 America/Argentina/Tucuman Tucuman (TM)
AR -2828-06547 America/Argentina/Catamarca Catamarca (CT), Chubut (CH)
AR -2926-06651 America/Argentina/La_Rioja La Rioja (LR)
AR -3132-06831 America/Argentina/San_Juan San Juan (SJ)
@@ -99,27 +99,28 @@ BT +2728+08939 Asia/Thimphu
BW -2545+02555 Africa/Gaborone
BY +5354+02734 Europe/Minsk
BZ +1730-08812 America/Belize
-CA +4734-05243 America/St_Johns Newfoundland Island
-CA +4439-06336 America/Halifax Atlantic Time - Nova Scotia (most places), W Labrador, E Quebec & PEI
+CA +4734-05243 America/St_Johns Newfoundland Time, including SE Labrador
+CA +4439-06336 America/Halifax Atlantic Time - Nova Scotia (most places), PEI
CA +4612-05957 America/Glace_Bay Atlantic Time - Nova Scotia - places that did not observe DST 1966-1971
CA +4606-06447 America/Moncton Atlantic Time - New Brunswick
-CA +5320-06025 America/Goose_Bay Atlantic Time - E Labrador
+CA +5320-06025 America/Goose_Bay Atlantic Time - Labrador - most locations
+CA +5125-05707 America/Blanc-Sablon Atlantic Standard Time - Quebec - Lower North Shore
CA +4531-07334 America/Montreal Eastern Time - Quebec - most locations
CA +4339-07923 America/Toronto Eastern Time - Ontario - most locations
CA +4901-08816 America/Nipigon Eastern Time - Ontario & Quebec - places that did not observe DST 1967-1973
CA +4823-08915 America/Thunder_Bay Eastern Time - Thunder Bay, Ontario
CA +6608-06544 America/Pangnirtung Eastern Time - Pangnirtung, Nunavut
CA +6344-06828 America/Iqaluit Eastern Time - east Nunavut
-CA +6408-08310 America/Coral_Harbour Eastern Standard Time - Southampton Island
-CA +6245-09210 America/Rankin_Inlet Central Time - central Nunavut
+CA +484531-0913718 America/Atikokan Eastern Standard Time - Atikokan, Ontario and Southampton I, Nunavut
+CA +624900-0920459 America/Rankin_Inlet Central Time - central Nunavut
CA +4953-09709 America/Winnipeg Central Time - Manitoba & west Ontario
-CA +4843-09429 America/Rainy_River Central Time - Rainy River & Fort Frances, Ontario
+CA +4843-09434 America/Rainy_River Central Time - Rainy River & Fort Frances, Ontario
CA +6903-10505 America/Cambridge_Bay Central Time - west Nunavut
CA +5024-10439 America/Regina Central Standard Time - Saskatchewan - most locations
CA +5017-10750 America/Swift_Current Central Standard Time - Saskatchewan - midwest
CA +5333-11328 America/Edmonton Mountain Time - Alberta, east British Columbia & west Saskatchewan
CA +6227-11421 America/Yellowknife Mountain Time - central Northwest Territories
-CA +6825-11330 America/Inuvik Mountain Time - west Northwest Territories
+CA +682059-1334300 America/Inuvik Mountain Time - west Northwest Territories
CA +5946-12014 America/Dawson_Creek Mountain Standard Time - Dawson Creek & Fort Saint John, British Columbia
CA +4916-12307 America/Vancouver Pacific Time - west British Columbia
CA +6043-13503 America/Whitehorse Pacific Time - south Yukon
@@ -136,13 +137,12 @@ CL -3327-07040 America/Santiago most locations
CL -2710-10927 Pacific/Easter Easter Island & Sala y Gomez
CM +0403+00942 Africa/Douala
CN +3114+12128 Asia/Shanghai east China - Beijing, Guangdong, Shanghai, etc.
-CN +4545+12641 Asia/Harbin Heilongjiang
-CN +2934+10635 Asia/Chongqing central China - Gansu, Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan, etc.
-CN +4348+08735 Asia/Urumqi Tibet & most of Xinjiang Uyghur
-CN +3929+07559 Asia/Kashgar southwest Xinjiang Uyghur
+CN +4545+12641 Asia/Harbin Heilongjiang (except Mohe), Jilin
+CN +2934+10635 Asia/Chongqing central China - Sichuan, Yunnan, Guangxi, Shaanxi, Guizhou, etc.
+CN +4348+08735 Asia/Urumqi most of Tibet & Xinjiang
+CN +3929+07559 Asia/Kashgar west Tibet & Xinjiang
CO +0436-07405 America/Bogota
CR +0956-08405 America/Costa_Rica
-CS +4450+02030 Europe/Belgrade
CU +2308-08222 America/Havana
CV +1455-02331 Atlantic/Cape_Verde
CX -1025+10543 Indian/Christmas
@@ -177,11 +177,12 @@ GB +512830-0001845 Europe/London
GD +1203-06145 America/Grenada
GE +4143+04449 Asia/Tbilisi
GF +0456-05220 America/Cayenne
+GG +4927-00232 Europe/Guernsey
GH +0533-00013 Africa/Accra
GI +3608-00521 Europe/Gibraltar
GL +6411-05144 America/Godthab most locations
GL +7646-01840 America/Danmarkshavn east coast, north of Scoresbysund
-GL +7030-02215 America/Scoresbysund Scoresbysund / Ittoqqortoormiit
+GL +7029-02158 America/Scoresbysund Scoresbysund / Ittoqqortoormiit
GL +7634-06847 America/Thule Thule / Pituffik
GM +1328-01639 Africa/Banjul
GN +0931-01343 Africa/Conakry
@@ -204,12 +205,14 @@ ID -0507+11924 Asia/Makassar east & south Borneo, Celebes, Bali, Nusa Tengarra,
ID -0232+14042 Asia/Jayapura Irian Jaya & the Moluccas
IE +5320-00615 Europe/Dublin
IL +3146+03514 Asia/Jerusalem
+IM +5409-00428 Europe/Isle_of_Man
IN +2232+08822 Asia/Calcutta
IO -0720+07225 Indian/Chagos
IQ +3321+04425 Asia/Baghdad
IR +3540+05126 Asia/Tehran
IS +6409-02151 Atlantic/Reykjavik
IT +4154+01229 Europe/Rome
+JE +4912-00237 Europe/Jersey
JM +1800-07648 America/Jamaica
JO +3157+03556 Asia/Amman
JP +353916+1394441 Asia/Tokyo
@@ -244,6 +247,7 @@ LY +3254+01311 Africa/Tripoli
MA +3339-00735 Africa/Casablanca
MC +4342+00723 Europe/Monaco
MD +4700+02850 Europe/Chisinau
+ME +4247+01928 Europe/Podgorica
MG -1855+04731 Indian/Antananarivo
MH +0709+17112 Pacific/Majuro most locations
MH +0905+16720 Pacific/Kwajalein Kwajalein
@@ -308,9 +312,11 @@ PY -2516-05740 America/Asuncion
QA +2517+05132 Asia/Qatar
RE -2052+05528 Indian/Reunion
RO +4426+02606 Europe/Bucharest
+RS +4450+02030 Europe/Belgrade
RU +5443+02030 Europe/Kaliningrad Moscow-01 - Kaliningrad
RU +5545+03735 Europe/Moscow Moscow+00 - west Russia
-RU +5312+05009 Europe/Samara Moscow+01 - Caspian Sea
+RU +4844+04425 Europe/Volgograd Moscow+00 - Caspian Sea
+RU +5312+05009 Europe/Samara Moscow+01 - Samara, Udmurtia
RU +5651+06036 Asia/Yekaterinburg Moscow+02 - Urals
RU +5500+07324 Asia/Omsk Moscow+03 - west Siberia
RU +5502+08255 Asia/Novosibirsk Moscow+03 - Novosibirsk
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