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| -rw-r--r-- | africa | 19 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | australasia | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | backward | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | europe | 37 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | leapseconds | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | northamerica | 81 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | zone.tab | 6 |
7 files changed, 146 insertions, 25 deletions
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ # <pre> -# @(#)africa 8.26 +# @(#)africa 8.27 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. @@ -294,8 +294,25 @@ Rule Egypt 2007 only - Sep Thu>=1 23:00s 0 - # and can be found by searching for "winter" in their search engine # (at least today). +# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-07-20): +# According to News from Egypt - Al-Masry Al-Youm Egypt's cabinet has +# decided that Daylight Saving Time will not be used in Egypt during +# Ramadan. +# +# Arabic translation: +# "Clocks to go back during Ramadan--and then forward again" +# <a href="http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/news/clocks-go-back-during-ramadan-and-then-forward-again"> +# http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/news/clocks-go-back-during-ramadan-and-then-forward-again +# </a> +# or +# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_egypt02.html"> +# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_egypt02.html +# </a> + Rule Egypt 2008 only - Aug lastThu 23:00s 0 - Rule Egypt 2009 only - Aug 20 23:00s 0 - +Rule Egypt 2010 only - Aug 10 23:00s 0 - +Rule Egypt 2010 only - Sep 9 0:00s 1:00 S Rule Egypt 2010 max - Sep lastThu 23:00s 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] diff --git a/australasia b/australasia index 9884b6750a71..36a81b0fba24 100644 --- a/australasia +++ b/australasia @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ # <pre> -# @(#)australasia 8.17 +# @(#)australasia 8.18 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. @@ -346,10 +346,10 @@ Zone Pacific/Kwajalein 11:09:20 - LMT 1901 # Micronesia # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Pacific/Truk 10:07:08 - LMT 1901 - 10:00 - TRUT # Truk Time -Zone Pacific/Ponape 10:32:52 - LMT 1901 # Kolonia - 11:00 - PONT # Ponape Time +Zone Pacific/Chuuk 10:07:08 - LMT 1901 + 10:00 - CHUT # Chuuk Time +Zone Pacific/Pohnpei 10:32:52 - LMT 1901 # Kolonia + 11:00 - PONT # Pohnpei Time Zone Pacific/Kosrae 10:51:56 - LMT 1901 11:00 - KOST 1969 Oct # Kosrae Time 12:00 - KOST 1999 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ # <pre> -# @(#)backward 8.8 +# @(#)backward 8.9 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. @@ -90,7 +90,9 @@ Link Pacific/Chatham NZ-CHAT Link America/Denver Navajo Link Asia/Shanghai PRC Link Pacific/Pago_Pago Pacific/Samoa -Link Pacific/Truk Pacific/Yap +Link Pacific/Chuuk Pacific/Yap +Link Pacific/Chuuk Pacific/Truk +Link Pacific/Pohnpei Pacific/Ponape Link Europe/Warsaw Poland Link Europe/Lisbon Portugal Link Asia/Taipei ROC @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ # <pre> -# @(#)europe 8.26 +# @(#)europe 8.27 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. @@ -1013,22 +1013,47 @@ Zone Europe/Tallinn 1:39:00 - LMT 1880 2:00 EU EE%sT # Finland -# + # From Hannu Strang (1994-09-25 06:03:37 UTC): # Well, here in Helsinki we're just changing from summer time to regular one, # and it's supposed to change at 4am... + +# From Janne Snabb (2010-0715): # -# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): -# Shanks & Pottenger say Finland has switched at 02:00 standard time -# since 1981. Go with Strang instead. +# I noticed that the Finland data is not accurate for years 1981 and 1982. +# During these two first trial years the DST adjustment was made one hour +# earlier than in forthcoming years. Starting 1983 the adjustment was made +# according to the central European standards. +# +# This is documented in Heikki Oja: Aikakirja 2007, published by The Almanac +# Office of University of Helsinki, ISBN 952-10-3221-9, available online (in +# Finnish) at +# +# <a href="http://almanakka.helsinki.fi/aikakirja/Aikakirja2007kokonaan.pdf"> +# http://almanakka.helsinki.fi/aikakirja/Aikakirja2007kokonaan.pdf +# </a> +# +# Page 105 (56 in PDF version) has a handy table of all past daylight savings +# transitions. It is easy enough to interpret without Finnish skills. +# +# This is also confirmed by Finnish Broadcasting Company's archive at: # +# <a href="http://www.yle.fi/elavaarkisto/?s=s&g=1&ag=5&t=&a=3401"> +# http://www.yle.fi/elavaarkisto/?s=s&g=1&ag=5&t=&a=3401 +# </a> +# +# The news clip from 1981 says that "the time between 2 and 3 o'clock does not +# exist tonight." + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Finland 1942 only - Apr 3 0:00 1:00 S Rule Finland 1942 only - Oct 3 0:00 0 - +Rule Finland 1981 1982 - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 S +Rule Finland 1981 1982 - Sep lastSun 3:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Europe/Helsinki 1:39:52 - LMT 1878 May 31 1:39:52 - HMT 1921 May # Helsinki Mean Time - 2:00 Finland EE%sT 1981 Mar 29 2:00 + 2:00 Finland EE%sT 1983 2:00 EU EE%sT # Aaland Is diff --git a/leapseconds b/leapseconds index a3c95efb1c8f..d70185c6904c 100644 --- a/leapseconds +++ b/leapseconds @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ # <pre> -# @(#)leapseconds 8.9 +# @(#)leapseconds 8.10 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. @@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ Leap 2008 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S # FAX : 33 (0) 1 40 51 22 91 # Internet : services.iers@obspm.fr # -# Paris, 4 July 2009 +# Paris, 14 July 2010 # -# Bulletin C 38 +# Bulletin C 40 # # To authorities responsible # for the measurement and @@ -70,9 +70,9 @@ Leap 2008 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S # # INFORMATION ON UTC - TAI # -# NO positive leap second will be introduced at the end of December 2009. +# NO positive leap second will be introduced at the end of December 2010. # The difference between Coordinated Universal Time UTC and the -# International Atomic Time TAI is : +# International Atomic Time TAI is : # # from 2009 January 1, 0h UTC, until further notice : UTC-TAI = -34 s # @@ -82,6 +82,6 @@ Leap 2008 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S # will be no time step at the next possible date. # # Daniel GAMBIS -# Director +# Director # Earth Orientation Center of IERS # Observatoire de Paris, France diff --git a/northamerica b/northamerica index ae9ca5746fc2..7dfd064f23ff 100644 --- a/northamerica +++ b/northamerica @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ # <pre> -# @(#)northamerica 8.31 +# @(#)northamerica 8.34 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. @@ -1324,6 +1324,83 @@ Zone America/Montreal -4:54:16 - LMT 1884 # entry since our cutoff date of 1970, so we can move # America/Coral_Harbour to the 'backward' file. +# From Mark Brader (2010-03-06): +# +# Currently the database has: +# +# # 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. +# +# In the (Toronto) Globe and Mail for Saturday, 1955-09-24, in the bottom +# right corner of page 1, it says that Toronto will return to standard +# time at 2 am Sunday morning (which agrees with the database), and that: +# +# The one-hour setback will go into effect throughout most of Ontario, +# except in areas like Windsor which remains on standard time all year. +# +# Windsor is, of course, a lot larger than Nipigon. +# +# I only came across this incidentally. I don't know if Windsor began +# observing DST when Detroit did, or in 1974, or on some other date. +# +# By the way, the article continues by noting that: +# +# Some cities in the United States have pushed the deadline back +# three weeks and will change over from daylight saving in October. + +# From Arthur David Olson (2010-07-17): +# +# "Standard Time and Time Zones in Canada" appeared in +# The Journal of The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, +# volume 26, number 2 (February 1932) and, as of 2010-07-17, +# was available at +# <a href="http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1932JRASC..26...49S"> +# http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1932JRASC..26...49S +# </a> +# +# It includes the text below (starting on page 57): +# +# A list of the places in Canada using daylight saving time would +# require yearly revision. From information kindly furnished by +# the provincial governments and by the postmasters in many cities +# and towns, it is found that the following places used daylight sav- +# ing in 1930. The information for the province of Quebec is definite, +# for the other provinces only approximate: +# +# Province Daylight saving time used +# Prince Edward Island Not used. +# Nova Scotia In Halifax only. +# New Brunswick In St. John only. +# Quebec In the following places: +# Montreal Lachine +# Quebec Mont-Royal +# Levis Iberville +# St. Lambert Cap de la Madeleine +# Verdun Loretteville +# Westmount Richmond +# Outremont St. Jerome +# Longueuil Greenfield Park +# Arvida Waterloo +# Chambly-Canton Beaulieu +# Melbourne La Tuque +# St. Theophile Buckingham +# Ontario Used generally in the cities and towns along +# the southerly part of the province. Not +# used in the northwesterlhy part. +# Manitoba Not used. +# Saskatchewan In Regina only. +# Alberta Not used. +# British Columbia Not used. +# +# With some exceptions, the use of daylight saving may be said to be limited +# to those cities and towns lying between Quebec city and Windsor, Ont. + # 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 @@ -2147,7 +2224,7 @@ Zone America/Bahia_Banderas -7:01:00 - LMT 1921 Dec 31 23:59:00 -6:00 - CST 1942 Apr 24 -7:00 - MST 1949 Jan 14 -8:00 - PST 1970 - -7:00 Mexico M%sT 2010 Apr 4 + -7:00 Mexico M%sT 2010 Apr 4 2:00 -6:00 Mexico C%sT # Baja California (near US border) @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ # <pre> -# @(#)zone.tab 8.36 +# @(#)zone.tab 8.37 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. # @@ -177,8 +177,8 @@ ET +0902+03842 Africa/Addis_Ababa FI +6010+02458 Europe/Helsinki FJ -1808+17825 Pacific/Fiji FK -5142-05751 Atlantic/Stanley -FM +0725+15147 Pacific/Truk Truk (Chuuk) and Yap -FM +0658+15813 Pacific/Ponape Ponape (Pohnpei) +FM +0725+15147 Pacific/Chuuk Chuuk (Truk) and Yap +FM +0658+15813 Pacific/Pohnpei Pohnpei (Ponape) FM +0519+16259 Pacific/Kosrae Kosrae FO +6201-00646 Atlantic/Faroe FR +4852+00220 Europe/Paris |