proposed changes for Brazil, Mauritius, Argentina, Berlin 1945, etc.
Deborah Goldsmith
goldsmit at apple.com
Wed Jul 9 21:39:42 UTC 2008
Did the changes in this e-mail make it into 2008d, or will they have
to wait until 2008e?
Thanks,
Deborah
On Jul 7, 2008, at 12:47 AM, Paul Eggert wrote:
> In reviewing those changes I noticed one howler: they didn't update
> America/Eirunepe, which also moved from ACT (UTC-5) to AMT (UTC-4) on
> June 24.
>
> Here's a proposed patch that integrates this change, plus some other,
> less-important changes, some of which I have been saving up for quite
> some time. Sorry about the delay.
>
> By the way, I had trouble with the patch that removed the accent, due
> to mail-encoding issues (is it UTF-8 or Latin-1? it matters).
> Possibly you'll have the same problem with my patch enclosed below,
> too. Given this problem with emailed patches, I'd prefer to avoid
> non-ASCII characters even in the comments, for a while longer anyway.
>
> To try to be a bit safer I'll also attach the proposed patch as a
> binary file.
>
> The enclosed patch is relative to tzdata2008c, and contains the
> following changes over and above the changes that were in Arthur's
> patches:
>
>
> Changes affecting current and future time stamps.
>
> * America/Eirunepe also changed from ACT (UTC-5) to AMT (UTC-4) on
> June 24.
>
> Changes affecting past time stamps.
>
> * For Mauritius, also include the 1982/1983 DST as reported by
> Steffen Thorsen.
>
> * For America/Argentina/San_Luis, redo the history from 1990 through
> 2000
> to match what's in Shanks & Pottenger.
>
> The following changes should not affect externally visible behavior.
>
> * Redo comments about Brazil to make it clearer about what west Para
> contains.
>
> * Update Brazil comments to mention Decree 6,212 (2007-09-26).
>
> * Make comments a bit more concise for Brazil and Mauritius.
>
> * Redo comments about Argentina to reflect the fact that San Luis is
> now
> separate.
>
> * Redo the daylight-saving rules for Berlin in 1945 to make it
> clearer that
> these are for the Soviet Zone, not for Berlin in general.
>
> * Redo Bahamas rules to make it clearer that the rules after 1975
> are the
> same as the US.
>
> * Add comments about time in China from 1949 to 1980.
> (Thanks to Thomas S. Mullaney for this.)
>
> * In tz-link.htm, add mention of daylight-savings-time.info,
> update links to Vzic, to efele.net map, and to the NPL.
>
>
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: RCS/africa,v
> retrieving revision 2008.3
> retrieving revision 2008.3.0.1
> diff -pu -r2008.3 -r2008.3.0.1
> --- africa 2008/05/19 21:48:03 2008.3
> +++ africa 2008/07/07 07:35:01 2008.3.0.1
> @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
> -# @(#)africa 8.11
> +# @(#)africa 8.12
> # <pre>
>
> # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know
> better,
> @@ -387,9 +387,33 @@ Zone Africa/Nouakchott -1:03:48 - LMT 19
> 0:00 - GMT
>
> # Mauritius
> +
> +# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-06-25):
> +# Mauritius plans to observe DST from 2008-11-01 to 2009-03-31 on a
> trial
> +# basis....
> +# It seems that Mauritius observed daylight saving time from
> 1982-10-10 to
> +# 1983-03-20 as well, but that was not successful....
> +# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/mauritius-daylight-saving-time.html
> +#
> +# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-06-25):
> +# http://economicdevelopment.gov.mu/portal/site/Mainhomepage/menuitem.a42b24128104d9845dabddd154508a0c/?content_id=0a7cee8b5d69a110VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD
> +#
> +# From Arthur David Olson (2008-06-30):
> +# The www.timeanddate.com article cited by Steffen Thorsen notes
> that "A
> +# final decision has yet to be made on the times that daylight saving
> +# would begin and end on these dates." As a place holder, use
> midnight.
> +#
> +# From Paul Eggert (2008-06-30):
> +# Follow Thorsen on DST in 1982/1983, instead of Shanks & Pottenger.
> +
> +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
> +Rule Mauritius 1982 only - Oct 10 0:00 1:00 S
> +Rule Mauritius 1983 only - Mar 21 0:00 0 -
> +Rule Mauritius 2008 only - Nov 1 0:00 1:00 S
> +Rule Mauritius 2009 only - Apr 1 0:00 0 -
> # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
> Zone Indian/Mauritius 3:50:00 - LMT 1907 # Port Louis
> - 4:00 - MUT # Mauritius Time
> + 4:00 Mauritius MU%sT # Mauritius Time
> # Agalega Is, Rodriguez
> # no information; probably like Indian/Mauritius
>
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: RCS/asia,v
> retrieving revision 2008.3
> retrieving revision 2008.3.0.1
> diff -pu -r2008.3 -r2008.3.0.1
> --- asia 2008/05/19 21:47:52 2008.3
> +++ asia 2008/07/07 07:35:01 2008.3.0.1
> @@ -229,6 +229,28 @@ Rule PRC 1987 1991 - Apr Sun>=10 0:00 1:
> # (could be true), for the moment I am assuming that those two
> # counties are mistakes in the astro.com data.
>
> +# From Paul Eggert (2008-02-11):
> +# I just now checked Google News for western news sources that talk
> +# about China's single time zone, and couldn't find anything before
> 1986
> +# talking about China being in one time zone. (That article was: Jim
> +# Mann, "A clumsy embrace for another western custom: China on
> daylight
> +# time--sort of", Los Angeles Times, 1986-05-05. By the way, this
> +# article confirms the tz database's data claiming that China began
> +# observing daylight saving time in 1986.
> +#
> +# From Thomas S. Mullaney (2008-02-11):
> +# I think you're combining two subjects that need to treated
> +# separately: daylight savings (which, you're correct, wasn't
> +# implemented until the 1980s) and the unified time zone centered
> near
> +# Beijing (which was implemented in 1949). Briefly, there was also a
> +# "Lhasa Time" in Tibet and "Urumqi Time" in Xinjiang. The first was
> +# ceased, and the second eventually recognized (again, in the 1980s).
> +#
> +# From Paul Eggert (2008-06-30):
> +# There seems to be a good chance China switched to a single time
> zone in 1949
> +# rather than in 1980 as Shanks & Pottenger have it, but we don't
> have a
> +# reliable documentary source saying so yet, so for now we still go
> with
> +# Shanks & Pottenger.
>
> # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
> # Changbai Time ("Long-white Time", Long-white = Heilongjiang area)
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: RCS/australasia,v
> retrieving revision 2007.7
> retrieving revision 2007.7.0.1
> diff -pu -r2007.7 -r2007.7.0.1
> --- australasia 2007/08/20 14:45:10 2007.7
> +++ australasia 2008/07/07 07:35:01 2007.7.0.1
> @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
> -# @(#)australasia 8.8
> +# @(#)australasia 8.9
> # <pre>
>
> # This file also includes Pacific islands.
> @@ -1346,7 +1346,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901
> # * Tonga will introduce DST in November
> #
> # I was given this link by John Letts:
> -# <a hef="http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_424000/424764.stm
> ">
> +# <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_424000/424764.stm
> ">
> # http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_424000/424764.stm
> # </a>
> #
> @@ -1356,7 +1356,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901
> # (12 + 1 hour DST).
>
> # From Arthur David Olson (1999-09-20):
> -# According to <a href="http://www.tongaonline.com/news/
> sept1799.html>
> +# According to <a href="http://www.tongaonline.com/news/
> sept1799.html">
> # http://www.tongaonline.com/news/sept1799.html
> # </a>:
> # "Daylight Savings Time will take effect on Oct. 2 through April
> 15, 2000
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: RCS/europe,v
> retrieving revision 2007.11
> retrieving revision 2007.11.0.1
> diff -pu -r2007.11 -r2007.11.0.1
> --- europe 2007/12/31 15:23:09 2007.11
> +++ europe 2008/07/07 07:35:01 2007.11.0.1
> @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
> -# @(#)europe 8.12
> +# @(#)europe 8.13
> # <pre>
>
> # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know
> better,
> @@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ Rule EU 1979 1995 - Sep lastSun 1:00u 0
> Rule EU 1981 max - Mar lastSun 1:00u 1:00 S
> Rule EU 1996 max - Oct lastSun 1:00u 0 -
> # The most recent directive covers the years starting in 2002. See:
> -# <a href="http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/lif/dat/2000/en_300L0084.html
> "
> +# <a href="http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/lif/dat/2000/en_300L0084.html
> ">
> # Directive 2000/84/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
> # of 19 January 2001 on summer-time arrangements.
> # </a>
> @@ -480,9 +480,10 @@ Rule C-Eur 1940 only - Apr 1 2:00s 1:0
> Rule C-Eur 1942 only - Nov 2 2:00s 0 -
> Rule C-Eur 1943 only - Mar 29 2:00s 1:00 S
> Rule C-Eur 1943 only - Oct 4 2:00s 0 -
> -Rule C-Eur 1944 only - Apr 3 2:00s 1:00 S
> +Rule C-Eur 1944 1945 - Apr Mon>=1 2:00s 1:00 S
> # Whitman gives 1944 Oct 7; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
> Rule C-Eur 1944 only - Oct 2 2:00s 0 -
> +Rule C-Eur 1945 only - Sep 16 2:00 0 -
> Rule C-Eur 1977 1980 - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 S
> Rule C-Eur 1977 only - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 -
> Rule C-Eur 1978 only - Oct 1 2:00s 0 -
> @@ -1099,27 +1100,34 @@ Zone Europe/Paris 0:09:21 - LMT 1891 Mar
>
> # From Paul Eggert (2003-03-08):
> # <a href="http://www.parlament-berlin.de/pds-fraktion.nsf/727459127c8b66ee8525662300459099/defc77cb784f180ac1256c2b0030274b/$FILE/bersarint.pdf
> ">
> +# http://www.parlament-berlin.de/pds-fraktion.nsf/727459127c8b66ee8525662300459099/defc77cb784f180ac1256c2b0030274b/$FILE/bersarint.pdf
> +# </a>
> # says that Bersarin issued an order to use Moscow time on May 20.
> # However, Moscow did not observe daylight saving in 1945, so
> # this was equivalent to CEMT (GMT+3), not GMT+4.
>
>
> # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
> -Rule Germany 1945 only - Apr 2 2:00s 1:00 S
> -Rule Germany 1945 only - May 24 2:00 2:00 M # Midsummer
> -Rule Germany 1945 only - Sep 24 3:00 1:00 S
> -Rule Germany 1945 only - Nov 18 2:00s 0 -
> Rule Germany 1946 only - Apr 14 2:00s 1:00 S
> Rule Germany 1946 only - Oct 7 2:00s 0 -
> Rule Germany 1947 1949 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
> -Rule Germany 1947 only - Apr 6 2:00s 1:00 S
> +# http://www.ptb.de/de/org/4/44/441/salt.htm says the following
> transition
> +# occurred at 3:00 MEZ, not the 2:00 MEZ given in Shanks & Pottenger.
> +# Go with the PTB.
> +Rule Germany 1947 only - Apr 6 3:00s 1:00 S
> Rule Germany 1947 only - May 11 2:00s 2:00 M
> Rule Germany 1947 only - Jun 29 3:00 1:00 S
> Rule Germany 1948 only - Apr 18 2:00s 1:00 S
> Rule Germany 1949 only - Apr 10 2:00s 1:00 S
> +
> +Rule SovietZone 1945 only - May 24 2:00 2:00 M # Midsummer
> +Rule SovietZone 1945 only - Sep 24 3:00 1:00 S
> +Rule SovietZone 1945 only - Nov 18 2:00s 0 -
> +
> # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
> Zone Europe/Berlin 0:53:28 - LMT 1893 Apr
> - 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1945 Apr 2 2:00
> + 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1945 May 24 2:00
> + 1:00 SovietZone CE%sT 1946
> 1:00 Germany CE%sT 1980
> 1:00 EU CE%sT
>
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: RCS/northamerica,v
> retrieving revision 2008.2
> retrieving revision 2008.2.0.1
> diff -pu -r2008.2 -r2008.2.0.1
> --- northamerica 2008/03/24 12:30:58 2008.2
> +++ northamerica 2008/07/07 07:35:01 2008.2.0.1
> @@ -2076,8 +2076,8 @@ Zone America/Antigua -4:07:12 - LMT 1912
> # http://www.jonesbahamas.com/?c=45&a=10412
>
> # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
> -Rule Bahamas 1964 2006 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
> -Rule Bahamas 1964 1986 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
> +Rule Bahamas 1964 1975 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
> +Rule Bahamas 1964 1975 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
> # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
> Zone America/Nassau -5:09:24 - LMT 1912 Mar 2
> -5:00 Bahamas E%sT 1976
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: RCS/southamerica,v
> retrieving revision 2008.2
> retrieving revision 2008.2.0.1
> diff -pu -r2008.2 -r2008.2.0.1
> --- southamerica 2008/03/24 12:30:58 2008.2
> +++ southamerica 2008/07/07 07:35:01 2008.2.0.1
> @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
> -# @(#)southamerica 8.19
> +# @(#)southamerica 8.22
> # <pre>
>
> # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know
> better,
> @@ -294,14 +294,14 @@ Rule Arg 2008 max - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00
> # back in 2004, when these provinces changed to UTC-4 for a few
> days, I
> # mailed them personally and never got an answer).
>
> -# From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-15):
> -# Until there's better information, asssume San Luis was like San
> Juan
> -# rather than Mendoza (since San Juan has a simpler DST history).
> -
> +# From Paul Eggert (2008-06-30):
> # Unless otherwise specified, data are from Shanks & Pottenger
> through 1992,
> # from the IATA otherwise. As noted below, Shanks & Pottenger say
> that
> -# America/Cordoba split into 6 subregions during 1991/1992, but we
> -# haven't verified this yet so for now we'll keep it a single region.
> +# America/Cordoba split into 6 subregions during 1991/1992, one of
> which
> +# was America/San_Luis, but we haven't verified this yet so for now
> we'll
> +# keep America/Cordoba a single region rather than splitting it
> into the
> +# other 5 subregions.
> +
> #
> # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
> #
> @@ -316,14 +316,12 @@ Zone America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires -3:5
> #
> # Santa Fe (SF), Entre Rios (ER), Corrientes (CN), Misiones (MN),
> Chaco (CC),
> # Formosa (FM), Salta (SA), Santiago del Estero (SE), Cordoba (CB),
> -# San Luis (SL), La Pampa (LP), Neuquen (NQ), Rio Negro (RN)
> +# La Pampa (LP), Neuquen (NQ), Rio Negro (RN)
> #
> # Shanks & Pottenger also make the following claims, which we
> haven't verified:
> # - Formosa switched to -3:00 on 1991-01-07.
> # - Misiones switched to -3:00 on 1990-12-29.
> # - Chaco switched to -3:00 on 1991-01-04.
> -# - San Luis switched to -4:00 on 1990-03-14, then to -3:00 on
> 1990-10-15,
> -# then to -4:00 on 1991-03-01, then to -3:00 on 1991-06-01.
> # - Santiago del Estero switched to -4:00 on 1991-04-01,
> # then to -3:00 on 1991-04-26.
> #
> @@ -425,10 +423,13 @@ Zone America/Argentina/San_Luis -4:25:24
> -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May
> -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec
> -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5
> - -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1991 Mar 1
> - -4:00 - WART 1991 May 7
> - -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3
> - -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3
> + -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1990
> + -3:00 1:00 ARST 1990 Mar 14
> + -4:00 - WART 1990 Oct 15
> + -4:00 1:00 WARST 1991 Mar 1
> + -4:00 - WART 1991 Jun 1
> + -3:00 - ART 1999 Oct 3
> + -4:00 1:00 WARST 2000 Mar 3
> -3:00 - ART 2004 May 31
> -4:00 - WART 2004 Jul 25
> -3:00 Arg AR%sT 2008 Jan 21
> @@ -540,6 +541,22 @@ Zone America/La_Paz -4:32:36 - LMT 1890
> # Brazil will start DST on 2007-10-14 00:00 and end on 2008-02-17
> 00:00:
> # http://www.mme.gov.br/site/news/detail.do;jsessionid=BBA06811AFCAAC28F0285210913513DA?newsId=13975
>
> +# From Paul Schulze (2008-06-24):
> +# ... by law number 11.662 of April 24, 2008
> +# (published in the "Diario Oficial da Uniao"
> +# https://www.in.gov.br/imprensa/jsp/jsp/jornaiscompletos/visualizacao/pdf/visualiza_pdf.jsp?jornal=do&secao=1&pagina=01&data=25/04/2008)
> +# in Brazil there are changes in the timezones, effective today
> +# (00:00 at June 24, 2008) as follows:
> +# a) The timezone UTC+5 is estinguished, with all the Acre state
> and
> +# the part of the Amazonas state that had this timezone now being put
> +# to the timezone UTC+4
> +# b) The whole Para state now is put at timezone UTC+3, instead
> of just
> +# part of it, as was before.
> +# This change follows a proposal of senator Tiao Viana of Acre state,
> +# that proposed it due to concerns about open television channels
> +# displaying programs inappropriate to youths in the states that
> had the
> +# timezone UTC+5 too early in the night.
> +
> # From Paul Eggert (2002-10-10):
> # The official decrees referenced below are mostly taken from
> # <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV.html">
> @@ -662,13 +679,13 @@ Rule Brazil 2000 only - Feb 27 0:00 0 -
> Rule Brazil 2000 2001 - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 1:00 S
> 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>
> +# <a href="http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2002/D4399.htm
> ">4,399</a>
> Rule Brazil 2002 only - Nov 3 0:00 1:00 S
> # Decree 4,844 (2003-09-24; corrected 2003-09-26) repeals DST in BA,
> MT, TO.
> -# <a href="http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2003/D4844.htm
> "></a>
> +# <a href="http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2003/D4844.htm
> ">4,844</a>
> Rule Brazil 2003 only - Oct 19 0:00 1:00 S
> # Decree 5,223 (2004-10-01) reestablishes DST in MT.
> -# <a href="http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2004-2006/2004/Decreto/D5223.htm
> "></a>
> +# <a href="http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2004-2006/2004/Decreto/D5223.htm
> ">5,223</a>
> 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.
> @@ -677,9 +694,8 @@ Rule Brazil 2005 only - Oct 16 0:00 1:0
> # adopted by the same states as before.
> Rule Brazil 2006 only - Nov 5 0:00 1:00 S
> Rule Brazil 2007 only - Feb 25 0:00 0 -
> -# (Decree number not yet known)
> -# http://www.brasil.gov.br/noticias/ultimas_noticias/horario_verao070920/
> -# (2007-09-20) after a heads-up from Steffen Thorsen:
> +# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV6212.gif">6,212</a>
> (2007-09-26),
> +# adopted by the same states as before.
> Rule Brazil 2007 max - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 1:00 S
> Rule Brazil 2008 max - Feb Sun>=15 0:00 0 -
> # The latest ruleset listed above says that the following states
> observe DST:
> @@ -687,7 +703,6 @@ Rule Brazil 2008 max - Feb Sun>=15 0:00
> # For dates after mid-2008, the above rules with TO="max" are guesses
> # and are quite possibly wrong, but are more likely than no DST at
> all.
>
> -
> # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
> #
> # Fernando de Noronha (administratively part of PE)
> @@ -713,6 +728,13 @@ Zone America/Belem -3:13:56 - LMT 1914
> -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 1988 Sep 12
> -3:00 - BRT
> #
> +# west Para (PA)
> +# West Para includes Altamira, Oribidos, Prainha, Oriximina, and
> Santarem.
> +Zone America/Santarem -3:38:48 - LMT 1914
> + -4:00 Brazil AM%sT 1988 Sep 12
> + -4:00 - AMT 2008 Jun 24 00:00
> + -3:00 - BRT
> +#
> # Maranhao (MA), Piaui (PI), Ceara (CE), Rio Grande do Norte (RN),
> # Paraiba (PB)
> Zone America/Fortaleza -2:34:00 - LMT 1914
> @@ -775,8 +797,7 @@ Zone America/Cuiaba -3:44:20 - LMT 1914
> -4:00 - AMT 2004 Oct 1
> -4:00 Brazil AM%sT
> #
> -# west Para (PA), Rondonia (RO)
> -# West Para includes Altamira, Oribidos, Prainha, Oriximina, and
> Santarem.
> +# Rondonia (RO)
> Zone America/Porto_Velho -4:15:36 - LMT 1914
> -4:00 Brazil AM%sT 1988 Sep 12
> -4:00 - AMT
> @@ -803,13 +824,14 @@ Zone America/Eirunepe -4:39:28 - LMT 191
> -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
> + -5:00 - ACT 2008 Jun 24 00:00
> + -4:00 - AMT
> #
> # Acre (AC)
> Zone America/Rio_Branco -4:31:12 - LMT 1914
> -5:00 Brazil AC%sT 1988 Sep 12
> - -5:00 - ACT
> -
> + -5:00 - ACT 2008 Jun 24 00:00
> + -4:00 - AMT
>
> # Chile
>
> @@ -856,7 +878,7 @@ Zone America/Rio_Branco -4:31:12 - LMT 1
> # http://www.horaoficial.cl/cambio.htm
> # </a>.
>
> -# From José Miguel Garrido (2008-03-05):
> +# From Jose Miguel Garrido (2008-03-05):
> # ...
> # You could see the announces of the change on
> # <a href="http://www.shoa.cl/noticias/2008/04hora/hora.htm">
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: RCS/tz-link.htm,v
> retrieving revision 2007.11
> retrieving revision 2007.11.0.1
> diff -pu -r2007.11 -r2007.11.0.1
> --- tz-link.htm 2007/12/31 15:23:10 2007.11
> +++ tz-link.htm 2008/07/07 07:35:01 2007.11.0.1
> @@ -134,6 +134,9 @@ uses a pulldown menu.</li>
> timezone information for all countries</a> displays tables of DST
> rules.
> <li><a href="http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/">The World Clock -
> Time Zones</a> lets you sort zone names and convert times.</li>
> +<li><a href="http://daylight-savings-time.info/">Graphical Display of
> +Time Zones and Daylight Saving Times</a> shows a graph of time
> +difference versus time for any pair of locations.</li>
> <li>The <a href="http://worldtimeengine.com/">World Time Engine</a>
> also contains data about time zone boundaries; it supports queries
> via place
> names and shows location maps.</li>
> @@ -178,7 +181,7 @@ href="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/foo">sch
> </ul>
> <h2>Other <code>tz</code> compilers</h2>
> <ul>
> -<li><a href="http://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/prod/dialspace/town/pipexdsl/s/asbm26/vzic/
> ">Vzic iCalendar
> +<li><a href="http://www.dachaplin.dsl.pipex.com/vzic/">Vzic iCalendar
> Timezone Converter</a> describes a <a
> href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_%28programming_language%29">C</a>
> program that compiles
> @@ -353,7 +356,7 @@ but the maps are more up to date.</li>
> </ul>
> <h2>Time zone boundaries</h2>
> <ul>
> -<li><a href="http://efele.net/maps/">A map of the TZ timezones in
> +<li><a href="http://efele.net/maps/tz/us/">A map of the TZ
> timezones in
> the US</a> contains a <a
> href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shapefile">shapefile</a> of the
> <code>tz</code> regions in the US.</li>
> @@ -477,7 +480,7 @@ href="http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~jsm28/br
> legal time in Britain</a> discusses in detail the country
> with perhaps the best-documented history of clock adjustments.
> The National Physical Laboratory also maintains an <a
> -href="http://www.npl.co.uk/time/measurement_time/summer_time_archive.html
> ">Archive
> +href="http://www.npl.co.uk/server.php?show=ConWebDoc.2714">Archive
> of Summer time dates</a>.</dd>
> </dl>
> <h2>Precision timekeeping</h2>
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: RCS/zone.tab,v
> retrieving revision 2008.2
> retrieving revision 2008.2.0.1
> diff -pu -r2008.2 -r2008.2.0.1
> --- zone.tab 2008/03/24 12:30:59 2008.2
> +++ zone.tab 2008/07/07 07:35:01 2008.2.0.1
> @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
> -# @(#)zone.tab 8.16
> +# @(#)zone.tab 8.18
> #
> # TZ zone descriptions
> #
> @@ -92,7 +92,8 @@ BR -1259-03831 America/Bahia Bahia
> BR -2332-04637 America/Sao_Paulo S & SE Brazil (GO, DF, MG, ES, RJ,
> SP, PR, SC, RS)
> BR -2027-05437 America/Campo_Grande Mato Grosso do Sul
> BR -1535-05605 America/Cuiaba Mato Grosso
> -BR -0846-06354 America/Porto_Velho W Para, Rondonia
> +BR -0226-05452 America/Santarem W Para
> +BR -0846-06354 America/Porto_Velho Rondonia
> BR +0249-06040 America/Boa_Vista Roraima
> BR -0308-06001 America/Manaus E Amazonas
> BR -0640-06952 America/Eirunepe W Amazonas
>
>
>
> <tz-diff>
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