proposed tz changes for Brazil DST, Asia/Gaza, tzfile.5, and comments

Antoine Leca Antoine.Leca at renault.fr
Fri Feb 27 11:26:55 UTC 1998


Paul Eggert wrote:
> 
>  * Use comment headings that reflect the ISO country code table more
>    accurately for UK/Eire, Denmark, Faeroe, Greenland, Svalbard, Jan
>    Mayen, China, Taiwan, Korea (North and South), US minor outlying
>    islands, and French Southern & Antarctic Lands.  This was suggested by
>    Dave Skinner <dave at kirdu.jpl.nasa.gov>.  Palestine is still a special
>    case; it has no ISO country code but has its own section regardless,
>    as I expect it to get a country code eventually.

Info from:
<URL:ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-erlangen.de/pub/doc/ISO/ISO-3166-background>

Palestine (the "country" ruled by the Palestine National
Authority, PNA) have the code PS/PSE *reserved* for it, but the
code will not be *assigned* to it until the official recognizition
of the state.
However, it is safe to use it when designating this "country".
As it seems that PNA have the relevant authority in matter of
timezones, I think this is what we should use.

The "name" of the "country" is still a problem.  I suggest
Palestine (as we do currently in the asia file), but this is
not universaly accepted.  May be adding some comments?

 
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: RCS/antarctica,v
> retrieving revision 1998.2
> retrieving revision 1998.2.1.1
> diff -c -r1998.2 -r1998.2.1.1
> *** antarctica  1998/01/17 19:27:24     1998.2
> --- antarctica  1998/02/27 02:12:05     1998.2.1.1
> ***************
> *** 78,84 ****
>   # don't observe daylight saving time, even if Terre Adelie supplies came
>   # from Tasmania.
>   #
> ! # French Southern Territories with year-round inhabitants
>   #
>   # Martin-de-Vivies Base, Amsterdam Island, -374105+0773155, since 1950
>   # Alfred-Faure Base, Crozet Islands, -462551+0515152, since 1964
> --- 78,84 ----
>   # don't observe daylight saving time, even if Terre Adelie supplies came
>   # from Tasmania.
>   #
> ! # French Southern & Antarctic Lands with year-round inhabitants
>   #
>   # Martin-de-Vivies Base, Amsterdam Island, -374105+0773155, since 1950
>   # Alfred-Faure Base, Crozet Islands, -462551+0515152, since 1964
> ***************


Hum... I was the author of the lines above, and I carefuly choose to write
this way.  There is some problems about the international recognition
of France's claim over Terre Adelie.

In France, the name is without any doubt "Terres australes et antarctiques
francaises" (with a cedilla below the c in francaises; this is sometimes
spelled "Terres Australes et Antarctiques Francaises", but I regard this
as a minor spelling error, as capitals are not needed in French here).
This can be translated to English as you do.

However, the ISO 3166 text seems to say "French Southern Territories"
(in the English version); I have not access to the official text, but this
is what all the on-line versions say.
As I understood, your information come from Shanks, but I bo not know
what is its sources, and if they are more official.
Do anyone have easy access to the text of ISO 3166 (BTW, a new version
was published a year ago)?

Also, in zone.tab, we list Dumont d'Urville base under the code AQ, and
not under TF. This is reflecting the opposite position to the use of
your name...

So, I proposed to not apply your proposed change, but instead to apply
the following changes (I forge the rcs headers, I hope it is correct)

Antoine

===================================================================
RCS file: RCS/zone.tab,v
retrieving revision 1998.2
retrieving revision 1998.2.1.2
diff -c -r1998.2 -r1998.2.1.2
*** zone.tab	1998-01-17 19:27:28	1998.2
--- zone.tab	1998-02-27 11:08:44	1998.2.1.2
***************
*** 178,185 ****
  ID	-0507+11924	Asia/Ujung_Pandang	Borneo & Celebes
  ID	-0232+14042	Asia/Jayapura	Irian Jaya & the Moluccas
  IE	+5320-00615	Europe/Dublin
! IL	+3146+03514	Asia/Jerusalem	most locations
! IL	+3130+03428	Asia/Gaza	Gaza Strip
  IN	+2232+08822	Asia/Calcutta
  IO	-0720+07225	Indian/Chagos
  IQ	+3321+04425	Asia/Baghdad
--- 178,184 ----
  ID	-0507+11924	Asia/Ujung_Pandang	Borneo & Celebes
  ID	-0232+14042	Asia/Jayapura	Irian Jaya & the Moluccas
  IE	+5320-00615	Europe/Dublin
! IL	+3146+03514	Asia/Jerusalem
  IN	+2232+08822	Asia/Calcutta
  IO	-0720+07225	Indian/Chagos
  IQ	+3321+04425	Asia/Baghdad
***************
*** 269,274 ****
--- 268,274 ----
  PM	+4703-05620	America/Miquelon
  PN	-2504-13005	Pacific/Pitcairn
  PR	+182806-0660622	America/Puerto_Rico
+ PS	+3130+03428	Asia/Gaza
  PT	+3843-00908	Europe/Lisbon	mainland
  PT	+3238-01654	Atlantic/Madeira	Madeira Islands
  PT	+3744-02540	Atlantic/Azores	Azores
===================================================================
RCS file: RCS/iso3166.tab,v
retrieving revision 1998.2
retrieving revision 1998.2.1.2
diff -c -r1998.2 -r1998.2.1.2
*** iso3166.tab	1998-01-17 19:27:28	1998.2
--- iso3166.tab	1998-02-27 11:04:42	1998.2.1.2
***************
*** 191,196 ****
--- 191,197 ----
  PM	St Pierre & Miquelon
  PN	Pitcairn
  PR	Puerto Rico
+ PS	Palestine
  PT	Portugal
  PW	Palau
  PY	Paraguay
***************
*** 220,226 ****
  SZ	Swaziland
  TC	Turks & Caicos Is
  TD	Chad
! TF	French Southern & Antarctic Lands
  TG	Togo
  TH	Thailand
  TJ	Tajikistan
--- 221,227 ----
  SZ	Swaziland
  TC	Turks & Caicos Is
  TD	Chad
! TF	French Southern Territories
  TG	Togo
  TH	Thailand
  TJ	Tajikistan



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