tz changes for Brazil, Canada, Dom Rep, E Timor, Fiji, Tonga, LHI

Paul Eggert eggert at twinsun.com
Mon Dec 11 04:55:26 UTC 2000


An update for the tz database is long overdue; sorry.  Here is a
proposed patch to implement all the changes reported to the tz list
since October, along with a few other cleanups (notably a conversion
of the web pages to XHTML).  The most urgent changes are for Brazil,
Canada, E Timor, Fiji, and the Dominican Republic, as these changes
affect how current time stamps are handled.

* Many changes for Brazil:

  Pernambuco and Roraima stopped observing DST at 2000-10-15 00:00.
  Alagoas, Sergipe, Maranhao, Piaui, Ceara, Rio Grande do Norte, and
  Paraiba stopped observing DST at 2000-10-22 00:00.  Add an entry
  America/Recife for Pernambuco, which (as a result of the above
  changes) now has a unique time zone history since 1970.

  Add an entry America/Eirunepe for west Amazonas, which (unlike Acre)
  observed DST in summer 1993/1994.

  (Thanks to Marcus Felipe Pereira, Paulo Alexandre Pinto Pires, Mario
  Sergio Fujikawa Ferreira, Manoel Andrade via Steffen Thorsen, and to
  Jesper Norgaard.)

* Most of Nunavut, Canada switched to Eastern Standard Time instead of
  adjusting their clocks this fall.  (Thanks to Rich Wales and Jesper
  Norgaard.)

* East Timor switched to UTC+9 at 000-09-17 00:00.
  (Thanks to Charles C. Schlegel via Steffen Thorsen.)

* Fiji stopped using DST.  (Thanks to Risto Nykanen via Steffen Thorsen.)

* Dominican Republic switched to EST at 2000-10-29 02:00, and then
  switched back to AST at 2000-12-03 01:00.  (Thanks to Rives McDow
  and to Enrique Morales via Steffen Thorsen.)

* Tonga changed its DST cutoff date last spring from 2000-04-16 to
  2000-03-19.  (Thanks to Steffen Thorsen.)

* Tonga observes DST from 2000-11-04 02:00 thru 2001-01-27 03:00 this summer.
  (Thanks to Rives McDow.)

* For lack of better info, let's assume Tonga stops using DST next year.

* Lord Howe changes its clocks at 02:00 after all, not 02:30.
  (Thanks to James Lonergan via David Keegel.)

* Modernize spelling of Asia/Dacca to Asia/Dhaka, with a backward
  compatibility entry for old-fashioned users.  (Thanks to Steve
  Minkin via Rich Shockney.)

* Add commentary from Jesper Norgaard about likely future changes to
  Mexican DST.

* Summarize story of Tweed Heads story more accurately.
  (Thanks to Eric Ulevik.)

* Update Wayne County reference since it's no longer on the Web.

* Fix my misspelling of Joseph S. Myers's name (sorry!) and update his
  coverage of the DBST/BDST issue.

* Add new "make" rules "make check" and "make check_web".

* Update the web pages as follows:

  - Use XHTML 1.0, the standard that W3C currently recommends for web pages.

  - Add a pointer to www.convertit.com.

  - Update dangling pointer to cnr.it.

  - Update obsolete pointers to Astrodienst and to ISO 8601.

  - Remove links to the USNO web site discussing the current effort to
    remove leap seconds.  The site got wiped out by a hacker and the
    USNO didn't do backups (!).


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RCS file: RCS/asia,v
retrieving revision 2000.7
retrieving revision 2000.7.0.1
diff -pu -r2000.7 -r2000.7.0.1
--- asia	2000/10/10 15:35:14	2000.7
+++ asia	2000/12/11 04:40:42	2000.7.0.1
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ Zone	Asia/Bahrain	3:22:20 -	LMT	1920		# 
 
 # Bangladesh
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
-Zone	Asia/Dacca	6:01:40 -	LMT	1890
+Zone	Asia/Dhaka	6:01:40 -	LMT	1890
 			5:53:20	-	HMT	1941 Oct    # Howrah Mean Time?
 			6:30	-	BURT	1942 May 15 # Burma Time
 			5:30	-	IST	1942 Sep
@@ -330,12 +330,35 @@ Zone	Asia/Tbilisi	2:59:16 -	LMT	1880
 			4:00 E-EurAsia	GE%sT
 
 # East Timor
+
+# From Joao Carrascalao, brother of the former governor of East Timor, in
+# <a href="http://etan.org/et99c/december/26-31/30ETMAY.htm">
+# East Timor may be late for its millennium
+# </a> (1999-12-26/31):
+# Portugal tried to change the time forward in 1974 because the sun
+# rises too early but the suggestion raised a lot of problems with the
+# Timorese and I still don't think it would work today because it
+# conflicts with their way of life.
+
+# From Paul Eggert (2000-12-04):
+# We don't have any record of the above attempt.
+# Most likely our records are incomplete, but we have no better data.
+
+# <a href="http://www.hri.org/news/world/undh/last/00-08-16.undh.html">
+# From Manoel de Almeida e Silva, Deputy Spokesman for the UN Secretary-General
+# (2000-08-16)</a>:
+# The Cabinet of the East Timor Transition Administration decided
+# today to advance East Timor's time by one hour.  The time change,
+# which will be permanent, with no seasonal adjustment, will happen at
+# midnight on Saturday, September 16.
+
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Dili	8:22:20 -	LMT	1912
-			8:00	-	TPT	1942 Feb 21 23:00
+			8:00	-	TPT	1942 Feb 21 23:00 # E Timor Time
 			9:00	-	JST	1945 Aug
 			9:00	-	TPT	1976 May  3
-			8:00	-	TPT	# East Timor Time
+			8:00	-	TPT	2000 Sep 17 00:00
+			9:00	-	TPT
 
 # India
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
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RCS file: RCS/australasia,v
retrieving revision 2000.7
retrieving revision 2000.7.0.1
diff -pu -r2000.7 -r2000.7.0.1
--- australasia	2000/10/10 15:35:15	2000.7
+++ australasia	2000/12/11 04:40:42	2000.7.0.1
@@ -153,14 +153,14 @@ Zone Australia/Broken_Hill 9:25:48 -	LMT
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	LH	1981	1984	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
 Rule	LH	1982	1985	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
-Rule	LH	1985	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:30s	0:30	-
-Rule	LH	1986	1989	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:30s	0	-
-Rule	LH	1986	only	-	Oct	19	2:30s	0:30	-
-Rule	LH	1987	1999	-	Oct	lastSun	2:30s	0:30	-
-Rule	LH	1990	1995	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:30s	0	-
-Rule	LH	1996	max	-	Mar	lastSun	2:30s	0	-
-Rule	LH	2000	only	-	Aug	lastSun	2:30s	0:30	-
-Rule	LH	2001	max	-	Oct	lastSun	2:30s	0:30	-
+Rule	LH	1985	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	0:30	-
+Rule	LH	1986	1989	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00s	0	-
+Rule	LH	1986	only	-	Oct	19	2:00s	0:30	-
+Rule	LH	1987	1999	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	0:30	-
+Rule	LH	1990	1995	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
+Rule	LH	1996	max	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
+Rule	LH	2000	only	-	Aug	lastSun	2:00s	0:30	-
+Rule	LH	2001	max	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	0:30	-
 Zone Australia/Lord_Howe 10:36:20 -	LMT	1895 Feb
 			10:00	-	EST	1981 Mar
 			10:30	LH	LHST
@@ -203,8 +203,8 @@ Zone	Indian/Cocos	6:30	-	CCT	# Cocos Isl
 
 # Fiji
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
-Rule	Fiji	1998	max	-	Nov	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	S
-Rule	Fiji	1999	max	-	Feb	lastSun	3:00	0	-
+Rule	Fiji	1998	1999	-	Nov	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	S
+Rule	Fiji	1999	2000	-	Feb	lastSun	3:00	0	-
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Pacific/Fiji	11:53:40 -	LMT	1915 Oct 26	# Suva
 			12:00	Fiji	FJ%sT	# Fiji Time
@@ -391,8 +391,10 @@ Zone	Pacific/Fakaofo	-11:24:56 -	LMT	190
 
 # Tonga
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
-Rule	Tonga	1999	max	-	Oct	Sat>=1	2:00s	1:00	S
-Rule	Tonga	2000	max	-	Apr	Sun>=16	2:00s	0	-
+Rule	Tonga	1999	only	-	Oct	 7	2:00s	1:00	S
+Rule	Tonga	2000	only	-	Mar	19	2:00s	0	-
+Rule	Tonga	2000	only	-	Nov	 4	2:00s	1:00	S
+Rule	Tonga	2001	only	-	Jan	27	2:00s	0	-
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone Pacific/Tongatapu	12:19:20 -	LMT	1901
 			12:20	-	TOT	1941 # Tonga Time
@@ -824,9 +826,8 @@ Zone	Pacific/Wallis	12:15:20 -	LMT	1901
 # Hill, and Victoria will be August 27, presumably due to the Sydney Olympics.
 
 # From Eric Ulevik, referring to Sydney's Sun Herald (2000-08-13), page 29:
-# Twin Towns Services Club (in Tweed Heads, near the Queensland border)
-# will maintain Queensland time. The Queensland Premier Peter Beattie
-# is encouraging northern NSW towns to use Queensland time.
+# The Queensland Premier Peter Beattie is encouraging northern NSW
+# towns to use Queensland time.
 
 # Yancowinna
 
@@ -868,17 +869,15 @@ Zone	Pacific/Wallis	12:15:20 -	LMT	1901
 # arrangements.  The starting date for summer time on the Island will
 # however always coincide with the rest of NSW.
 
-# From Jesper Norgaard <jnorgard at Prodigy.net.mx> (2000-09-04):
-# James Lonergan said that the island always tries to stay in sync
-# with the rest of NSW at all time except for the fact that they stay
-# ahead half an hour when DST is not observed. If this is interpreted
-# literally, they should change clocks at the exact moment that
-# e.g. Canberra changes from normal to daylight saving and vice versa.
+# From James Lonergan, Secretary, Lord Howe Island Board (2000-10-25):
+# Lord Howe Island advances clocks by 30 minutes during DST in NSW and retards
+# clocks by 30 minutes when DST finishes. Since DST was most recently
+# introduced in NSW, the "changeover" time on the Island has been 02:00 as
+# shown on clocks on LHI. I guess this means that for 30 minutes at the start
+# of DST, LHI is actually 1 hour ahead of the rest of NSW.
 
-# From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02):
+# From Paul Eggert (2000-10-25):
 # For Lord Howe we use Shanks through 1989, and Lonergan thereafter,
-# However, as per Norgaard we modify Shanks by assuming 02:30s switchover
-# for half-hour DST.
 
 ###############################################################################
 
@@ -945,6 +944,8 @@ Zone	Pacific/Wallis	12:15:20 -	LMT	1901
 # islands in the effort to attract tourists to witness the dawning of the new
 # millenium.
 
+# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/press/2000_09/2000_09_13-05.shtml (2000-09-13)
+# reports that Fiji has discontinued DST.
 
 # Johnston
 
@@ -1097,6 +1098,16 @@ Zone	Pacific/Wallis	12:15:20 -	LMT	1901
 # Tonga started its Daylight Saving on Saturday morning October 2nd at 0200am.
 # Daylight Saving ends on April 16 at 0300am which is Sunday morning.
 
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2000-10-31):
+# Back in March I found a notice on the website http://www.tongaonline.com
+# that Tonga changed back to standard time one month early, on March 19
+# instead of the original reported date April 16. Unfortunately, the article
+# is no longer available on the site, and I did not make a copy of the
+# text, and I have forgotten to report it here.
+# (Original URL was: http://www.tongaonline.com/news/march162000.htm )
+
+# From Rives McDow (2000-12-01):
+# Tonga is observing DST as of 2000-11-04 and will stop on 2001-01-27.
 
 ###############################################################################
 
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RCS file: RCS/backward,v
retrieving revision 2000.7
retrieving revision 2000.7.0.1
diff -pu -r2000.7 -r2000.7.0.1
--- backward	2000/10/10 15:35:17	2000.7
+++ backward	2000/12/11 04:40:42	2000.7.0.1
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Link	America/Tijuana		America/Ensenada
 Link	America/Indianapolis	America/Fort_Wayne
 Link	America/Indiana/Knox	America/Knox_IN
 Link	America/St_Thomas	America/Virgin
+Link	Asia/Dhaka		Asia/Dacca
 Link	Asia/Ashgabat		Asia/Ashkhabad
 Link	Asia/Jerusalem		Asia/Tel_Aviv
 Link	Asia/Thimphu		Asia/Thimbu
===================================================================
RCS file: RCS/europe,v
retrieving revision 2000.7
retrieving revision 2000.7.0.1
diff -pu -r2000.7 -r2000.7.0.1
--- europe	2000/10/10 15:35:15	2000.7
+++ europe	2000/12/11 04:40:42	2000.7.0.1
@@ -164,15 +164,14 @@
 # main SHAEF archives held in the US National Archives, SHAEF/5252/8/516)
 # agree that the usage is BDST (this appears in a message dated 17 Feb 1945).
 
-# From Joseph S. Meyers (2000-08-10):
+# From Joseph S. Myers (2000-10-03):
 # On 18th April 1941, Sir Stephen Tallents of the BBC wrote to Sir
 # Alexander Maxwell of the Home Office asking whether there was any
 # official designation; the reply of the 21st was that there wasn't
 # but he couldn't think of anything better than the "Double British
 # Summer Time" that the BBC had been using informally.
-# I've put a copy of the Home Office letter at
+# http://student.cusu.cam.ac.uk/~jsm28/british-time/bbc-19410418.png
 # http://student.cusu.cam.ac.uk/~jsm28/british-time/ho-19410421.png
-# and the BBC letter may follow if I get permission from the BBC.
 
 # From Sir Alexander Maxwell in the above-mentioned letter (1941-04-21):
 # [N]o official designation has as far as I know been adopted for the time
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RCS file: RCS/Makefile,v
retrieving revision 2000.5
retrieving revision 2000.5.0.1
diff -pu -r2000.5 -r2000.5.0.1
--- Makefile	2000/07/31 13:27:53	2000.5
+++ Makefile	2000/12/11 04:40:42	2000.5.0.1
@@ -218,6 +218,12 @@ ZIC=		$(zic) $(ZFLAGS)
 # The name of a Posix-compliant `awk' on your system.
 AWK=		nawk
 
+# The name and arguments of a program to validate your web pages.
+# See <http://www.jclark.com/sp/> for a validator, and
+# <http://validator.w3.org/source/> for a validation library.
+VALIDATE = nsgmls
+VALIDATEFLAGS = -s -B -wall -wno-unused-param
+
 ###############################################################################
 
 cc=		cc
@@ -246,8 +252,9 @@ SDATA=		solar87 solar88 solar89
 TDATA=		$(YDATA) $(NDATA) $(SDATA)
 TABDATA=	iso3166.tab zone.tab
 DATA=		$(YDATA) $(NDATA) $(SDATA) $(TABDATA) leapseconds yearistype.sh
+WEB_PAGES=	tz-art.htm tz-link.htm
 MISC=		usno1988 usno1989 usno1989a usno1995 usno1997 usno1998 \
-			tz-art.htm tz-link.htm gccdiffs checktab.awk
+			$(WEB_PAGES) checktab.awk
 ENCHILADA=	$(DOCS) $(SOURCES) $(DATA) $(MISC)
 
 # And for the benefit of csh users on systems that assume the user
@@ -344,9 +351,14 @@ tzselect:	tzselect.ksh
 			<$? >$@
 		chmod +x $@
 
+check:		check_tables check_web
+
 check_tables:	checktab.awk $(PRIMARY_YDATA)
 		$(AWK) -f checktab.awk $(PRIMARY_YDATA)
 
+check_web:	$(WEB_PAGES)
+		$(VALIDATE) $(VALIDATEFLAGS) $(WEB_PAGES)
+
 clean:
 		rm -f core *.o *.out tzselect zdump zic yearistype date \
 			,* *.tar.gz
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RCS file: RCS/northamerica,v
retrieving revision 2000.7
retrieving revision 2000.7.0.1
diff -pu -r2000.7 -r2000.7.0.1
--- northamerica	2000/10/10 15:35:15	2000.7
+++ northamerica	2000/12/11 04:40:42	2000.7.0.1
@@ -476,10 +476,8 @@ Link America/Louisville America/Kentucky
 # From Rich Wales (2000-08-29):
 # After prolonged debate, and despite continuing deep differences of opinion,
 # Wayne County (central Kentucky) is switching from Central (-0600) to Eastern
-# (-0500) time.  They won't "fall back" this year.  See:
-# <a href="http://www.nandotimes.com/nation/story/body/0,1037,500244845-500362432-502132762-0,00.html">
-# Sara Shipley, the difference an hour makes (2000-08-29 15:33 -0400)
-# </a>
+# (-0500) time.  They won't "fall back" this year.  See Sara Shipley,
+# The difference an hour makes, Nando Times (2000-08-29 15:33 -0400).
 Zone America/Kentucky/Monticello -5:39:24 - LMT	1883 Nov 18 12:00
 			-6:00	US	C%sT	1946
 			-6:00	-	CST	1968
@@ -1089,6 +1087,23 @@ Zone America/Dawson_Creek -8:00:56 -	LMT
 # Central Time and Southampton Island [in the Central zone] is not
 # required to use daylight savings.
 
+# From
+# <a href="http://www.nunatsiaq.com/archives/nunavut001130/nvt21110_02.html">
+# Nunavut now has two time zones
+# </a> (2000-11-10):
+# The Nunavut government would allow its employees in Kugluktuk and
+# Cambridge Bay to operate on central time year-round, putting them
+# one hour behind the rest of Nunavut for six months during the winter.
+# At the end of October the two communities had rebelled against
+# Nunavut's unified time zone, refusing to shift to eastern time with
+# the rest of the territory for the winter.  Cambridge Bay remained on
+# central time, while Kugluktuk, even farther west, reverted to
+# mountain time, which they had used before the advent of Nunavut's
+# unified time zone in 1999.
+
+# From Paul Eggert (2000-12-04):
+# Let's just keep track of the official times for now.
+
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	NT_YK	1918	only	-	Apr	14	2:00	1:00	D
 Rule	NT_YK	1918	only	-	Oct	27	2:00	0	S
@@ -1105,12 +1120,15 @@ Rule	NT_YK	1987	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00	1:
 Zone America/Pangnirtung -4:22:56 -	LMT	1884
 			-4:00	NT_YK	A%sT	1995 Apr Sun>=1 2:00
 			-5:00	Canada	E%sT	1999 Oct 31 2:00
-			-6:00	Canada	C%sT
+			-6:00	Canada	C%sT	2000 Oct 29 2:00
+			-5:00	-	EST
 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
+			-6:00	Canada	C%sT	2000 Oct 29 2:00
+			-5:00	-	EST
 Zone America/Rankin_Inlet -6:08:40 -	LMT	1884
-			-6:00	NT_YK	C%sT
+			-6:00	NT_YK	C%sT	2000 Oct 29 2:00
+			-5:00	-	EST
 Zone America/Cambridge_Bay -7:00:20 -	LMT	1884
 			-7:00	NT_YK	M%sT	1999 Oct 31 2:00
 			-6:00	Canada	C%sT
@@ -1205,6 +1223,14 @@ Zone America/Dawson	-9:17:40 -	LMT	1900 
 # savings time so as to stay on the same time zone as the southern part of
 # Arizona year round.
 
+# From Jesper Norgaard (2000-12-02):
+# No changes have been implemented yet, but the new elected president
+# Vicente Fox seems to agree with his presidential candidate opponent
+# Labastida that daylight saving should not be discontinued, but maybe
+# reduced with a couple of months, e.g. starting one month later and
+# ending one month earlier:
+# http://www.reforma.com/nacional/articulo/044581/
+
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Mexico	1939	only	-	Feb	5	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Mexico	1939	only	-	Jun	25	0:00	0	S
@@ -1423,6 +1449,25 @@ Zone America/Dominica	-4:05:36 -	LMT	191
 			-4:00	-	AST
 
 # Dominican Republic
+
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2000-10-30):
+# Enrique Morales reported to me that the Dominican Republic has changed the
+# time zone to Eastern Standard Time as of Sunday 29 at 2 am....
+# http://www.listin.com.do/antes/261000/republica/princi.html
+
+# From Paul Eggert (2000-12-04):
+# That URL (2000-10-26, in Spanish) says they planned to use US-style DST.
+
+# From Rives McDow (2000-12-01):
+# Dominican Republic changed its mind and presidential decree on Tuesday,
+# November 28, 2000, with a new decree.  On Sunday, December 3 at 1:00 AM the
+# Dominican Republic will be reverting to 8 hours from the International Date
+# Line, and will not be using DST in the foreseeable future.  The reason they
+# decided to use DST was to be in synch with Puerto Rico, who was also going
+# to implement DST.  When Puerto Rico didn't implement DST, the president
+# decided to revert.
+
+
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	DR	1966	only	-	Oct	30	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	DR	1967	only	-	Feb	28	0:00	0	S
@@ -1434,6 +1479,8 @@ Rule	DR	1972	1974	-	Jan	21	0:00	0	S
 Zone America/Santo_Domingo -4:39:36 -	LMT	1890
 			-4:40	-	SDMT	1933 Apr  1 12:00 # S. Dom. MT
 			-5:00	DR	E%sT	1974 Oct 27
+			-4:00	-	AST	2000 Oct 29 02:00
+			-5:00	US	E%sT	2000 Dec  3 01:00
 			-4:00	-	AST
 
 # El Salvador
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RCS file: RCS/southamerica,v
retrieving revision 2000.7
retrieving revision 2000.7.0.1
diff -pu -r2000.7 -r2000.7.0.1
--- southamerica	2000/10/10 15:35:16	2000.7
+++ southamerica	2000/12/11 04:40:42	2000.7.0.1
@@ -249,7 +249,12 @@ Zone	America/La_Paz	-4:32:36 -	LMT	1890
 # <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/verao1.html">
 # Brazilian official page
 # </a>
-#
+
+# From Jesper Norgaard (2000-11-03):
+# [For an official list of which regions in Brazil use which time zones, see:]
+# http://pcdsh01.on.br/Fusbr.htm
+# http://pcdsh01.on.br/Fusbrhv.htm
+
 # From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02):
 # The official decrees referenced below are taken from
 # <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV.html">
@@ -373,6 +378,11 @@ Rule	Brazil	1999	only	-	Oct	 3	 0:00	1:0
 Rule	Brazil	2000	only	-	Feb	27	 0:00	0	-
 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DEC3592.htm">3,592</a> (2000-09-06)
 # adopted by the same states as before.
+# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/Dec3630.jpg">3,630</a> (2000-10-13)
+# repeals DST in PE and RR, effective 2000-10-15 00:00.
+# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/Dec3632.jpg">3,632</a> (2000-10-17)
+# repeals DST in SE, AL, PB, RN, CE, PI and MA, effective 2000-10-22 00:00.
+#
 # These give only one year's rules.  After that, the rules are guesses
 # and are quite possibly wrong, but are more likely than no DST at all.
 Rule	Brazil	2000	max	-	Oct	Sun>=8	 0:00	1:00	S
@@ -381,22 +391,32 @@ Rule	Brazil	2001	max	-	Feb	Sun>=15	 0:00
 
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 #
-# Fernando de Noronha
+# Atlantic islands: Fernando de Noronha, Trindade, Martin Vaz,
+# Atol das Rocas, and Penedos de Sao Pedro e Sao Paulo
 Zone America/Noronha	-2:09:40 -	LMT	1914
 			-2:00	Brazil	FN%sT	1990 Sep 17
 			-2:00	-	FNT
 #
 # Amapa (AP), east Para (PA)
+# East Para includes Belem, Maraba, Serra Norte, and Sao Felix do Xingu.
 Zone America/Belem	-3:13:56 -	LMT	1914
 			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	1988 Sep 12
 			-3:00	-	BRT
 #
 # Maranhao (MA), Piaui (PI), Ceara (CE), Rio Grande do Norte (RN),
-# Paraiba (PB), Pernambuco (PE) (except Fernando de Noronha)
+# Paraiba (PB)
 Zone America/Fortaleza	-2:34:00 -	LMT	1914
 			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	1990 Sep 17
 			-3:00	-	BRT	1999 Sep 30
-			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT
+			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	2000 Oct 22
+			-3:00	-	BRT
+#
+# Pernambuco (PE) (except Atlantic islands)
+Zone America/Recife	-2:19:36 -	LMT	1914
+			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	1990 Sep 17
+			-3:00	-	BRT	1999 Sep 30
+			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	2000 Oct 15
+			-3:00	-	BRT
 #
 # Tocantins (TO)
 Zone America/Araguaina	-3:12:48 -	LMT	1914
@@ -410,7 +430,8 @@ Zone America/Maceio	-2:22:52 -	LMT	1914
 			-3:00	-	BRT	1995 Oct 13
 			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	1996 Sep  4
 			-3:00	-	BRT	1999 Sep 30
-			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT
+			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	2000 Oct 22
+			-3:00	-	BRT
 #
 # Bahia (BA), Goias (GO), Distrito Federal (DF), Minas Gerais (MG),
 # Espirito Santo (ES), Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Sao Paulo (SP), Parana (PR),
@@ -425,6 +446,7 @@ Zone America/Cuiaba	-3:44:20 -	LMT	1914
 			-4:00	Brazil	AM%sT
 #
 # west Para (PA), Rondonia (RO)
+# West Para includes Altamira, Oribidos, Prainha, Oriximina, and Santarem.
 Zone America/Porto_Velho -4:15:36 -	LMT	1914
 			-4:00	Brazil	AM%sT	1988 Sep 12
 			-4:00	-	AMT
@@ -433,22 +455,29 @@ Zone America/Porto_Velho -4:15:36 -	LMT	
 Zone America/Boa_Vista	-4:02:40 -	LMT	1914
 			-4:00	Brazil	AM%sT	1988 Sep 12
 			-4:00	-	AMT	1999 Sep 30
-			-4:00	Brazil	AM%sT
+			-4:00	Brazil	AM%sT	2000 Oct 15
+			-4:00	-	AMT
 #
-# Amazonas (AM)
+# east Amazonas (AM): Boca do Acre, Jutai, Manaus, Floriano Peixoto
 Zone America/Manaus	-4:00:04 -	LMT	1914
 			-4:00	Brazil	AM%sT	1988 Sep 12
 			-4:00	-	AMT	1993 Sep 28
 			-4:00	Brazil	AM%sT	1994 Sep 22
 			-4:00	-	AMT
 #
+# west Amazonas (AM): Atalaia do Norte, Boca do Maoco, Benjamin Constant,
+#	Eirunepe, Envira, Ipixuna
+Zone America/Eirunepe	-4:39:28 -	LMT	1914
+			-5:00	Brazil	AC%sT	1988 Sep 12
+			-5:00	-	ACT	1993 Sep 28
+			-5:00	Brazil	AC%sT	1994 Sep 22
+			-5:00	-	ACT
+#
 # Acre (AC)
 # Rio_Branco is too ambiguous, since there's a Rio Branco in Uruguay too.
 Zone America/Porto_Acre	-4:31:12 -	LMT	1914
 			-5:00	Brazil	AC%sT	1988 Sep 12
 			-5:00	-	ACT
-#
-# Martin Vaz and Trindade are like America/Noronha.
 
 
 # Chile
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diff -pu -r2000.7 -r2000.7.0.1
--- tz-art.htm	2000/10/10 15:35:21	2000.7
+++ tz-art.htm	2000/12/11 04:40:42	2000.7.0.1
@@ -1,19 +1,23 @@
-<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
-<HTML>
-<HEAD>
-<TITLE>Time and the Arts</TITLE>
-</HEAD>
-<BODY>
-<H1>Time and the Arts</H1>
-<ADDRESS>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="US-ASCII"?>
+<!DOCTYPE html 
+	PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
+	"DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
+<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
+<head>
+<meta http-equiv="Content-type" content='text/html; charset="US-ASCII"' />
+<title>Time and the Arts</title>
+</head>
+<body>
+<h1>Time and the Arts</h1>
+<address>
 @(#)tz-art.htm	7.38
-</ADDRESS>
-<P>
+</address>
+<p>
 Please send corrections to this web page to the
-<A HREF="mailto:tz at elsie.nci.nih.gov">time zone mailing list</A>.
-<P>
-See also <A HREF="tz-link.htm">Sources for Time Zone and Daylight Saving Time Data</A>.
-<PRE>
+<a href="mailto:tz at elsie.nci.nih.gov">time zone mailing list</a>.</p>
+<p>
+See also <a href="tz-link.htm">Sources for Time Zone and Daylight Saving Time Data</a>.</p>
+<pre>
 "Is that a pertinent fact, or are you trying to dazzle me with your command
 of time zones?"
 	"Frasier Crane"
@@ -33,7 +37,7 @@ Personnel:	Karrin Allyson, vocal
 Notes:		CD notes "additional lyric by Karrin Allyson;
 		arranged by Russ Long and Karrin Allyson"
 ADO Rating:	1 star
-<A HREF="http://www.allmusic.com/cg/x.dll?p=amg&amp;sql=A175928">AMG Rating:	4 stars</A>
+<a href="http://www.allmusic.com/cg/x.dll?p=amg&amp;sql=A175928">AMG Rating:	4 stars</a>
 Penguin Rating:	3.5 stars
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Artist:		Kevin Mahogany
@@ -48,7 +52,7 @@ Personnel:	Kevin Mahogany, vocal
 		Ralph Moore, tenor saxophone
 		Lewis Nash, drums
 ADO Rating:	1.5 stars
-<A HREF="http://www.allmusic.com/cg/x.dll?p=amg&amp;sql=A262654">AMG Rating:	3 stars</A>
+<a href="http://www.allmusic.com/cg/x.dll?p=amg&amp;sql=A262654">AMG Rating:	3 stars</a>
 Penguin Rating:	3 stars
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Artist:		Joe Williams
@@ -62,7 +66,7 @@ Personnel:	Joe Williams, vocal
 Notes:		This CD is also available as part of a 3-CD package from
 		Telarc, "Triple Play" (CD-83461)
 ADO Rating:	black dot
-<A HREF="http://www.allmusic.com/cg/x.dll?p=amg&amp;sql=A194434">AMG Rating:	2 stars</A>
+<a href="http://www.allmusic.com/cg/x.dll?p=amg&amp;sql=A194434">AMG Rating:	2 stars</a>
 Penguin Rating:	3 stars
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Artist:		Charles Fambrough
@@ -77,9 +81,9 @@ Personnel:	Charles Fambrough, bass
 		Lenny White, drums
 		Marion Simon, percussion
 Notes:		On-line information and samples available at
-		<A HREF="http://wwmusic.com/~music/audioq/rel/1033.html">http://wwmusic.com/~music/audioq/rel/1033.html</A>
+		<a href="http://wwmusic.com/~music/audioq/rel/1033.html">http://wwmusic.com/~music/audioq/rel/1033.html</a>
 ADO Rating:	2 stars
-<A HREF="http://www.allmusic.com/cg/x.dll?p=amg&amp;sql=A224430">AMG Rating:	unrated</A>
+<a href="http://www.allmusic.com/cg/x.dll?p=amg&amp;sql=A224430">AMG Rating:	unrated</a>
 Penguin Rating:	3 stars
 ==========================================================================
 Also of note:
@@ -96,7 +100,7 @@ Personnel:	Holly Cole, voice
 Notes:		Lyrical reference to "Eastern Standard Time" in
 			Tom Waits' "Purple Avenue"
 ADO Rating:	2.5 stars
-<A HREF="http://www.allmusic.com/cg/x.dll?p=amg&amp;sql=A157959">AMG Rating:	3 stars</A>
+<a href="http://www.allmusic.com/cg/x.dll?p=amg&amp;sql=A157959">AMG Rating:	3 stars</a>
 Penguin Rating:	unrated
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Artist:		Milt Hinton
@@ -125,9 +129,9 @@ Notes:		tunes include Old Man Time, Time
 			Time on My Hands, This Time It's Us,
 			and Good Time Charlie
 		On-line samples available at
-		<A HREF="http://www.globalmusic.com/labels/chiaroscuro/chiaro_cd_gallery.html">http://www.globalmusic.com/labels/chiaroscuro/chiaro_cd_gallery.html</A>
+		<a href="http://www.globalmusic.com/labels/chiaroscuro/chiaro_cd_gallery.html">http://www.globalmusic.com/labels/chiaroscuro/chiaro_cd_gallery.html</a>
 ADO Rating:	3 stars
-<A HREF="http://www.allmusic.com/cg/x.dll?p=amg&amp;sql=A162344">AMG Rating:	4.5 stars</A>
+<a href="http://www.allmusic.com/cg/x.dll?p=amg&amp;sql=A162344">AMG Rating:	4.5 stars</a>
 Penguin Rating:	3 stars
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Artist:		Paul Broadbent
@@ -141,7 +145,7 @@ Personnel:	Paul Broadbent, piano
 		Frank Gibson, Jr., drums
 Notes:		The CD cover features an analemma for equation-of-time fans
 ADO Rating:	1 star
-<A HREF="http://www.allmusic.com/cg/x.dll?p=amg&amp;sql=A223722">AMG Rating:	4 stars</A>
+<a href="http://www.allmusic.com/cg/x.dll?p=amg&amp;sql=A223722">AMG Rating:	4 stars</a>
 Penguin Rating:	3.5 stars
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Artist:		Anthony Braxton/Richard Teitelbaum
@@ -156,7 +160,7 @@ Personnel:	Anthony Braxton, sporanino an
 		Leroy Jenkins, violin and miscellaneous instruments
 		Richard Teitelbaum, modular moog and micromoog synthesizer
 ADO Rating:	black dot
-<A HREF="http://www.allmusic.com/cg/x.dll?p=amg&amp;sql=A310757">AMG Rating:	unrated</A>
+<a href="http://www.allmusic.com/cg/x.dll?p=amg&amp;sql=A310757">AMG Rating:	unrated</a>
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Artist:		Jules Verne
 Book:		Le Tour du Monde en Quatre-Vingts Jours
@@ -168,14 +172,14 @@ Notes:		Wall-clock time plays a central 
 		An on-line French-language version of the book
 		"with illustrations from the original 1873 French-language edition"
 		is available at
-		<A HREF="http://fourmilab.ch/etexts/www/tdm80j">http://fourmilab.ch/etexts/www/tdm80j</A>
+		<a href="http://fourmilab.ch/etexts/www/tdm80j">http://fourmilab.ch/etexts/www/tdm80j</a>
 		An on-line English-language translation of the book is available at
-		<A HREF="http://www.literature.org/Works/Jules-Verne/eighty">http://www.literature.org/Works/Jules-Verne/eighty</A>
+		<a href="http://www.literature.org/Works/Jules-Verne/eighty">http://www.literature.org/Works/Jules-Verne/eighty</a>
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Film:		Bell Science - About Time
 Notes:		The Frank Baxter/Richard Deacon extravaganza
 		Information on ordering is available at
-		<A HREF="http://www.videoflicks.com/VF2/1035/1035893.ihtml">http://www.videoflicks.com/VF2/1035/1035893.ihtml</A>
+		<a href="http://www.videoflicks.com/VF2/1035/1035893.ihtml">http://www.videoflicks.com/VF2/1035/1035893.ihtml</a>
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 An episode of "The Adventures of Superman" entitled "The Mysterious
 Cube," first aired 1958-02-24, had Superman convincing the controllers
@@ -215,6 +219,6 @@ there's a reason for 'Daylight Saving Ti
 "I once had sex for an hour and five minutes, but that was on the day
 when you turn the clocks ahead."
 	Garry Shandling, 52nd Annual Emmys, 2000-09-10
-</PRE>
-</BODY>
-</HTML>
+</pre>
+</body>
+</html>
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diff -pu -r2000.7 -r2000.7.0.3
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+++ tz-link.htm	2000/12/11 04:40:42	2000.7.0.3
@@ -1,27 +1,32 @@
-<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
-<HTML>
-<HEAD>
-<TITLE>Sources for Time Zone and Daylight Saving Time Data</TITLE>
-<LINK REL="schema.DC" HREF="http://purl.org/DC/elements/1.1/">
-<META NAME="DC.Creator" CONTENT="Paul Eggert">
-<META NAME="DC.Contributor" CONTENT="Arthur David Olson">
-<META NAME="DC.Date" CONTENT="2000/10/03">
-<META NAME="DC.Description"
- CONTENT="Sources of information about time zones and daylight saving time">
-<META NAME="DC.Identifier" CONTENT="http://www.twinsun.com/tz/tz-link.htm">
-<META NAME="Keywords"
- CONTENT="database,daylight saving,DST,time zone,timezone,tz,zoneinfo">
-</HEAD>
-<BODY>
-<H1>Sources for Time Zone and Daylight Saving Time Data</H1>
-<ADDRESS>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="US-ASCII"?>
+<!DOCTYPE html 
+	PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
+	"DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
+<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
+<head>
+<title>Sources for Time Zone and Daylight Saving Time Data</title>
+<link rel="schema.DC" href="http://purl.org/DC/elements/1.1/" />
+<meta http-equiv="Content-type" content='text/html; charset="US-ASCII"' />
+<meta name="DC.Creator" content="Paul Eggert" />
+<meta name="DC.Contributor" content="Arthur David Olson" />
+<meta name="DC.Date" content="2000/10/03" />
+<meta name="DC.Description"
+ content="Sources of information about time zones and daylight saving time" />
+<meta name="DC.Identifier" content="http://www.twinsun.com/tz/tz-link.htm" />
+<meta name="Keywords"
+ content="database,daylight saving,DST,time zone,timezone,tz,zoneinfo" />
+</head>
+<body>
+<h1>Sources for Time Zone and Daylight Saving Time Data</h1>
+<address>
 @(#)tz-link.htm	7.28
-</ADDRESS>
-<P>
+</address>
+<p>
 Please send corrections to this web page to the
-<A HREF="mailto:tz at elsie.nci.nih.gov">time zone mailing list</A>.
-<P>
-<H2>The <samp>tz</samp> database</H2><P>
+<a href="mailto:tz at elsie.nci.nih.gov">time zone mailing list</a>.
+</p>
+<h2>The <samp>tz</samp> database</h2>
+<p>
 The public-domain time zone database contains code and data
 that represent the history of local time
 for many representative locations around the globe.
@@ -31,196 +36,201 @@ This database (often called <samp>tz</sa
 is used by several implementations,
 including BSD, DJGPP, GNU/Linux, HP-UX, IRIX, Solaris, and UnixWare.
 In the <samp>tz</samp> database's
-<A HREF="ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/">FTP distribution</A>,
+<a href="ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/">FTP distribution</a>,
 the code is in the file <samp>tzcode<var>C</var>.tar.gz</samp>,
 where <samp><var>C</var></samp> is the code's version;
 similarly, the data are in <samp>tzdata<var>D</var>.tar.gz</samp>,
 where <samp><var>D</var></samp> is the data's version.
 The code lets you compile the text data into time zone files, one for
 each location.  It also lets you read a compiled time zone file and
-interpret time stamps for that location.
-<P>
+interpret time stamps for that location.</p>
+<p>
 The data are by no means authoritative. If you find errors, please
-send changes to the <A HREF="mailto:tz at elsie.nci.nih.gov">time zone
-mailing list</A>. You can also <A
-HREF="mailto:tz-request at elsie.nci.nih.gov">subscribe</A> to the
-mailing list, or retrieve the <A
-HREF="ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzarchive.gz">archive of old
-messages</A> (in <A HREF="http://www.gzip.org/">gzip</A> compressed
-format).
-<P>
+send changes to the <a href="mailto:tz at elsie.nci.nih.gov">time zone
+mailing list</a>. You can also <a
+href="mailto:tz-request at elsie.nci.nih.gov">subscribe</a> to the
+mailing list, or retrieve the <a
+href="ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzarchive.gz">archive of old
+messages</a> (in <a href="http://www.gzip.org/">gzip</a> compressed
+format).</p>
+<p>
 The Web has several other sources for time zone and daylight saving time data.
 Here are some recent links that may be of interest.
-<H2>Web pages using recent versions of the <samp>tz</samp> database</H2>
-<UL>
-<LI><A HREF="http://www.bsdi.com/date/">Date and Time Gateway</A> is a
+</p>
+<h2>Web pages using recent versions of the <samp>tz</samp> database</h2>
+<ul>
+<li><a href="http://www.bsdi.com/date/">Date and Time Gateway</a> is a
 text-based point-and-click interface to tables of current time
-throughout the world.
-<LI><A HREF="http://sandbox.xerox.com/stewart/tzconvert.cgi">CGI/1.0
-URL Timezone Converter</A> is a similar interface, with source code
-written in <A HREF="http://www.perl.org/">Perl</A>, using what Paul
-Stewart calls the "20-line hack no one will let me forget".
-<LI><A HREF="http://www.hilink.com.au/times/">Local Times Around the World</A>
-is a fancier web interface.
-<LI><A HREF="http://timezoneconverter.com/">Time Zone Converter</A>
-is an even fancier interface.
-<LI><A HREF="http://www.tick2tock.com/cgi-bin/TZConverter">Tick2Tock
-time zone converter</A> is a multilingual interface.
-<LI><A HREF="http://www.holidayfestival.com/">The Worldwide Holiday
-&amp; Festival Site</A> lists DST-related clock changes along with holidays.
-<LI><A HREF="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/">The World Clock</A>
+throughout the world.</li>
+<li><a href="http://sandbox.xerox.com/stewart/tzconvert.cgi">CGI/1.0
+URL Timezone Converter</a> is a similar interface, with source code
+written in <a href="http://www.perl.org/">Perl</a>, using what Paul
+Stewart calls the "20-line hack no one will let me forget".</li>
+<li>Fancier web interfaces, roughly in ascending order of complexity, include:
+<ul>
+<li><a href="http://www.hilink.com.au/times/">Local Times Around the
+World</a></li>
+<li><a href="http://www.convertit.com/Go/ConvertIt/World_Time/Current_Time.ASP">Current Time in 1000 Places</a></li>
+<li><a href="http://timezoneconverter.com/">Time Zone Converter</a></li>
+</ul></li>
+<li><a href="http://www.tick2tock.com/cgi-bin/TZConverter">Tick2Tock
+time zone converter</a> is a multilingual interface.</li>
+<li><a href="http://www.holidayfestival.com/">The Worldwide Holiday
+&amp; Festival Site</a> lists DST-related clock changes along with
+holidays.</li>
+<li><a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/">The World Clock</a>
 is a web interface to a time zone database derived from
-<samp>tz</samp>'s.
-</UL>
-<H2>Other time zone file readers</H2>
-<UL>
-<LI>The <A HREF="http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/">GNU C Library</A>
+<samp>tz</samp>'s.</li>
+</ul>
+<h2>Other time zone file readers</h2>
+<ul>
+<li>The <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/">GNU C Library</a>
 has an independent, thread-safe implementation of
 a time zone file reader that is compatible with <samp>tz</samp>.
 This library is freely available under the
-<A HREF="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html">
-GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)</A>,
-and is widely used in GNU/Linux systems.
-<LI><A HREF="http://www.bmsi.com/java/#TZ">ZoneInfo.java</A>
+<a href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html">
+GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)</a>,
+and is widely used in GNU/Linux systems.</li>
+<li><a href="http://www.bmsi.com/java/#TZ">ZoneInfo.java</a>
 is a time zone file reader written in Java.
-It is freely available under the GNU LGPL.
-</UL>
-<H2>Other <SAMP>tz</SAMP>-based time zone conversion software</H2>
-<UL>
-<LI><A
-HREF="http://www1.tip.nl/~t876506/AboutTimeZonesHC.html">HyperCard
-time zones calculator</A> is a HyperCard stack.
-<LI><A
-HREF="http://timezone50.homepage.com/">Time Zone Converter</A> is a
-Microsoft Windows 95/98/NT4 program.
-</UL>
-<H2>Other time zone databases</H2>
-<UL>
-<LI><A HREF="http://www.astro.ch/atlas/">Astrodienst Online -
-Atlas &amp; Timezone Database</A> is Astrodienst's Web version of Shanks's
-excellent time zone history atlases published in both <A
-HREF="http://astrocom.com/software/ACS_PC_Atlas.htm">computer</A> and <A
-HREF="http://astrocom.com/books/xrefa.htm#SHANKS">book</A> form by <A
-HREF="http://astrocom.com/">Astro Communications Services</A>.
-<LI><A HREF="http://worldtime.com/">WORLDTIME: interactive atlas,
-time info, public holidays</A>
+It is freely available under the GNU LGPL.</li>
+</ul>
+<h2>Other <samp>tz</samp>-based time zone conversion software</h2>
+<ul>
+<li><a
+href="http://www1.tip.nl/~t876506/AboutTimeZonesHC.html">HyperCard
+time zones calculator</a> is a HyperCard stack.</li>
+<li><a
+href="http://timezone50.homepage.com/">Time Zone Converter</a> is a
+Microsoft Windows 95/98/NT4 program.</li>
+</ul>
+<h2>Other time zone databases</h2>
+<ul>
+<li><a href="http://www.astro.ch/cgi-bin/atlw3/aq.cgi?lang=e">Astrodienst
+Online - Atlas Query</a> is Astrodienst's Web version of Shanks's
+excellent time zone history atlases published in both <a
+href="http://astrocom.com/software/ACS_PC_Atlas.htm">computer</a> and <a
+href="http://astrocom.com/books/xrefa.htm#SHANKS">book</a> form by <a
+href="http://astrocom.com/">Astro Communications Services</a>.</li>
+<li><a href="http://worldtime.com/">WORLDTIME: interactive atlas,
+time info, public holidays</a>
 contains information on local time, sunrise and sunset,
-and public holidays in several hundred cities around the world.
-<LI><A HREF="http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/tzones.html">World Time Zones</A>
+and public holidays in several hundred cities around the world.</li>
+<li><a href="http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/tzones.html">World Time Zones</a>
 contains data from the Time Service Department of the US Naval Observatory
 (USNO), used as the source
-for the <samp>usno*</samp> files in the <samp>tz</samp> distribution.
-<LI>The USNO Astronomical Applications Department publishes answers to
-<A HREF="http://aa.usno.navy.mil/AA/faq/">Frequently Asked Questions</A>
-about time zones and daylight saving time.
-<LI>The <A HREF="http://www.iata.org/">International
-Air Transport Association</A>
+for the <samp>usno*</samp> files in the <samp>tz</samp> distribution.</li>
+<li>The USNO Astronomical Applications Department publishes answers to
+<a href="http://aa.usno.navy.mil/AA/faq/">Frequently Asked Questions</a>
+about time zones and daylight saving time.</li>
+<li>The <a href="http://www.iata.org/">International
+Air Transport Association</a>
 publishes the IATA Standard Schedules Information Manual (SSIM),
 which gives current time zone rules for
-all the airports served by commercial aviation.
-</UL>
-<H2>Maps</H2>
-<UL>
-<LI>The United States Central Intelligence Agency publishes a <A
-HREF="http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/reference/Low%20res%20PDF/low802700.pdf">time
-zone map</A>; the
-<A HREF="http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/world_maps.html">
-Perry-Casta&ntilde;eda Library Map Collection</A>
+all the airports served by commercial aviation.</li>
+</ul>
+<h2>Maps</h2>
+<ul>
+<li>The United States Central Intelligence Agency publishes a <a
+href="http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/reference/Low%20res%20PDF/low802700.pdf">time
+zone map</a>; the
+<a href="http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/world_maps.html">
+Perry-Casta&ntilde;eda Library Map Collection</a>
 of the University of Texas at Austin has on-line copies of
 recent editions. 
 The pictorial quality is good,
 but the maps do not indicate summer time,
-and parts of the data are a few years out of date.
-<LI><A HREF="http://worldtimezone.com/">World timezones map with
-current time</A>
+and parts of the data are a few years out of date.</li>
+<li><a href="http://worldtimezone.com/">World timezones map with
+current time</a>
 has several fancy time zone maps; it covers Russia particularly well.
 The maps' pictorial quality is not quite as good as the CIA's
-and (as usual with maps) the maps are not quite up to date.
-<LI><A HREF="http://www.worldtimeserver.com/">World Time Server</A>
+and (as usual with maps) the maps are not quite up to date.</li>
+<li><a href="http://www.worldtimeserver.com/">World Time Server</a>
 has a separate little outline map for each region of each country that
-currently observes a different time.
-</UL>
-<H2>Daylight saving time concepts and history</H2>
-<UL>
-<LI><A HREF="http://webexhibits.com/daylightsaving/">About Daylight
-Saving Time - History, rationale, laws and dates</A>
-is a good overall history of DST.
-<LI><A HREF="http://www.cstv.to.cnr.it/toi/uk/toi.html">The
-Time of Internet</A>
+currently observes a different time.</li>
+</ul>
+<h2>Daylight saving time concepts and history</h2>
+<ul>
+<li><a href="http://webexhibits.com/daylightsaving/">About Daylight
+Saving Time - History, rationale, laws and dates</a>
+is a good overall history of DST.</li>
+<li><a href="http://toi.iriti.cnr.it/">The
+Time of Internet</a>
 contains good descriptions of Time Zones and daylight saving time,
 with diagrams.
-The time zone map is out of date, however.
-<LI>A few countries have well-documented histories of legal time.
-<DL>
-<DT>Australia
-<DD>The Community Relations Division of the NSW Attorney General's
-Department maintains a history of <A
-HREF="http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/crd.nsf/pages/time2">daylight
-saving in New South Wales</A>.
-<DT>Brazil
-<DD>The Time Service Department of the National Observatory
-records <A HREF="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV.html"
-HREFLANG="pt-BR">Brazil's daylight saving time decrees (in
-Portuguese)</A>.
-<DT>Germany
-<DD>The National Institute for Science and Technology maintains <A
-HREF="http://www.ptb.de/english/org/4/43/432/lega.htm">a history of
-German legal time</A>.
-<DT>Israel
-<DD>The Ministry of Interior periodically issues <A
-HREF="ftp://ftp.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements"
-HREFLANG="he">announcements (in Hebrew)</A>.
-<DT>United Kingdom
-<DD><A
-HREF="http://student.cusu.cam.ac.uk/~jsm28/british-time/">History of
-legal time in Britain</A> is an excellent discussion for the country
-with perhaps the best-documented history of clock adjustments.
-</DL>
-</UL>
-<H2>Precision timekeeping</H2>
-<UL>
-<LI><A HREF="http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~ntp/">Time Server</A> discusses
-the Network Time Protocol (NTP), used to synchronize clocks of Internet hosts.
-<LI><A HREF="http://ecco.bsee.swin.edu.au/chronos/GMT-explained.html">A
-Few Facts Concerning GMT, UT, and the RGO</A>
-answers questions like "What is the difference between GMT and UTC?"
-<LI><A
-HREF="http://sadira.gb.nrao.edu/~rfisher/Ephemerides/times.html">Astronomical
-Times</A> explains more abstruse astronomical time scales like TT, TCG,
-and TDB.
-<LI><A HREF="http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/basics/bsf2-3.htm">Earth
-and Its Reference Systems</A>
-briefly explains interplanetary space flight timekeeping.
-<LI><A HREF="http://hpiers.obspm.fr/webiers/results/bul/README.html">Bulletins
-of IERS</A> contains official publications of the
+The time zone map is out of date, however.</li>
+<li>A few countries have well-documented histories of legal time.
+<dl>
+<dt>Australia</dt>
+<dd>The Community Relations Division of the NSW Attorney General's
+Department maintains a history of <a
+href="http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/crd.nsf/pages/time2">daylight
+saving in New South Wales</a>.</dd>
+<dt>Brazil</dt>
+<dd>The Time Service Department of the National Observatory
+records <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV.html"
+hreflang="pt-BR">Brazil's daylight saving time decrees (in
+Portuguese)</a>.</dd>
+<dt>Germany</dt>
+<dd>The National Institute for Science and Technology maintains <a
+href="http://www.ptb.de/english/org/4/43/432/lega.htm">a history of
+German legal time</a>.</dd>
+<dt>Israel</dt>
+<dd>The Ministry of Interior periodically issues <a
+href="ftp://ftp.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements"
+hreflang="he">announcements (in Hebrew)</a>.</dd>
+<dt>United Kingdom</dt>
+<dd><a
+href="http://student.cusu.cam.ac.uk/~jsm28/british-time/">History of
+legal time in Britain</a> is an excellent discussion for the country
+with perhaps the best-documented history of clock adjustments.</dd>
+</dl></li>
+</ul>
+<h2>Precision timekeeping</h2>
+<ul>
+<li><a href="http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~ntp/">Time Server</a> discusses
+the Network Time Protocol (NTP), used to synchronize clocks of
+Internet hosts.</li>
+<li><a href="http://ecco.bsee.swin.edu.au/chronos/GMT-explained.html">A
+Few Facts Concerning GMT, UT, and the RGO</a>
+answers questions like "What is the difference between GMT and UTC?"</li>
+<li><a
+href="http://sadira.gb.nrao.edu/~rfisher/Ephemerides/times.html">Astronomical
+Times</a> explains more abstruse astronomical time scales like TT, TCG,
+and TDB.</li>
+<li><a href="http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/basics/bsf2-3.htm">Earth
+and Its Reference Systems</a>
+briefly explains interplanetary space flight timekeeping.</li>
+<li><a href="http://hpiers.obspm.fr/webiers/results/bul/README.html">Bulletins
+of IERS</a> contains official publications of the
 International Earth Rotation Service, the committee that decides
-when leap seconds occur.
-<LI>The <A
-HREF="http://clockdev.usno.navy.mil/archives/leapsecs.html">Leap
-Second Discussion List</A> covers <A
-HREF="http://clockdev.usno.navy.mil/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A3=ind0007&L=leapsecs&P=26737&E=2&B=------_=_NextPart_000_01BFEAA4.2B254664&N=GPS-Nov99_Innov.pdf&T=application/octet-stream">McCarthy
-and Klepczynski's proposal to remove leap seconds</A>, currently
-being studied by a <A
-HREF="http://www.intec.rug.ac.be/Research/Projects/ursi/Commissions.html">URSI
-Commission J</A> working group, and the <A HREF="http://www.iau.org/">IAU</A>
-has <A
-HREF="http://clockdev.usno.navy.mil/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0009&L=leapsecs&F=lf&S=&P=2658">plans</A>
-to report on this proposal by 2003.
-</UL>
-<H2>Time notation</H2>
-<UL>
-<LI>
-<A HREF="http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-time.html">A Summary of
-the International Standard Date and Time Notation</A> is a good
-summary of <A HREF="http://www.iso.ch/markete/moreend.htm">ISO
-8601</A>.
-</UL>
-<H2>Related indexes</H2>
-<UL>
-<LI><A HREF="http://dmoz.org/Reference/Time/">Open Directory -
-Reference: Time</A>
-<LI><A HREF="tz-art.htm">Time and the Arts</A>
-<LI><A HREF="http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Measurements_and_Units/Time/Time_Zones/">Yahoo! - Science:Measurements and Units:Time:Time Zones</A>
-</UL>
-</BODY>
-</HTML>
+when leap seconds occur.</li>
+<li>The <a
+href="http://clockdev.usno.navy.mil/archives/leapsecs.html">Leap
+Second Discussion List</a> covers <a
+href="http://www.gisdevelopment.net/reference/scie/s_t_41_50.htm#47">McCarthy
+and Klepczynski's proposal to remove leap seconds</a>, currently
+being studied by a <a
+href="http://www.intec.rug.ac.be/Research/Projects/ursi/Commissions.html">URSI
+Commission J</a> working group, and the <a href="http://www.iau.org/">IAU</a>
+has plans to report on this proposal by 2003.</li>
+</ul>
+<h2>Time notation</h2>
+<ul>
+<li>
+<a href="http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-time.html">A Summary of
+the International Standard Date and Time Notation</a> is a good
+summary of <a href="http://www.iso.ch/markete/8601.pdf">ISO
+8601:1988 - Data elements and interchange formats - Information interchange
+- Representation of dates and times</a>.</li>
+</ul>
+<h2>Related indexes</h2>
+<ul>
+<li><a href="http://dmoz.org/Reference/Time/">Open Directory -
+Reference: Time</a></li>
+<li><a href="tz-art.htm">Time and the Arts</a></li>
+<li><a href="http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Measurements_and_Units/Time/Time_Zones/">Yahoo! - Science:Measurements and Units:Time:Time Zones</a></li>
+</ul>
+</body>
+</html>
===================================================================
RCS file: RCS/zone.tab,v
retrieving revision 2000.7
retrieving revision 2000.7.0.1
diff -pu -r2000.7 -r2000.7.0.1
--- zone.tab	2000/10/10 15:35:18	2000.7
+++ zone.tab	2000/12/11 04:40:42	2000.7.0.1
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ AW	+1230-06858	America/Aruba
 AZ	+4023+04951	Asia/Baku
 BA	+4352+01825	Europe/Sarajevo
 BB	+1306-05937	America/Barbados
-BD	+2343+09025	Asia/Dacca
+BD	+2343+09025	Asia/Dhaka
 BE	+5050+00420	Europe/Brussels
 BF	+1222-00131	Africa/Ouagadougou
 BG	+4241+02319	Europe/Sofia
@@ -71,16 +71,18 @@ BJ	+0629+00237	Africa/Porto-Novo
 BM	+3217-06446	Atlantic/Bermuda
 BN	+0456+11455	Asia/Brunei
 BO	-1630-06809	America/La_Paz
-BR	-0351-03225	America/Noronha	Fernando de Noronha
+BR	-0351-03225	America/Noronha	Atlantic islands
 BR	-0127-04829	America/Belem	Amapa, E Para
-BR	-0343-03830	America/Fortaleza	NE Brazil (MA, PI, CE, RN, PR, PE)
+BR	-0343-03830	America/Fortaleza	NE Brazil (MA, PI, CE, RN, PR)
+BR	-0803-03454	America/Recife	Pernambuco
 BR	-0712-04812	America/Araguaina	Tocantins
 BR	-0940-03543	America/Maceio	Alagoas, Sergipe
 BR	-2332-04637	America/Sao_Paulo	S & SE Brazil (BA, GO, DF, MG, ES, RJ, SP, PR, SC, RS)
 BR	-1535-05605	America/Cuiaba	Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul
 BR	-0846-06354	America/Porto_Velho	W Para, Rondonia
 BR	+0249-06040	America/Boa_Vista	Roraima
-BR	-0308-06001	America/Manaus	Amazonas
+BR	-0308-06001	America/Manaus	E Amazonas
+BR	-0640-06952	America/Eirunepe	W Amazonas
 BR	-0934-06731	America/Porto_Acre	Acre
 BS	+2505-07721	America/Nassau
 BT	+2728+08939	Asia/Thimphu
@@ -94,11 +96,11 @@ CA	+5320-06025	America/Goose_Bay	Atlanti
 CA	+4531-07334	America/Montreal	Eastern Time - Ontario & Quebec - 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 Standard Time - Pangnirtung, Nunavut
+CA	+6344-06828	America/Iqaluit	Eastern Standard Time - east Nunavut
+CA	+6245-09210	America/Rankin_Inlet	Eastern Standard 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	+6608-06544	America/Pangnirtung	Central Time - Pangnirtung, Nunavut
-CA	+6344-06828	America/Iqaluit	Central Time - east Nunavut
-CA	+6245-09210	America/Rankin_Inlet	Central Time - central Nunavut
 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



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