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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