Updated proposed changes

Arthur David Olson olsona at lecserver.nci.nih.gov
Tue Mar 18 20:04:13 UTC 2008


Here's what's needed to change Calcutta to Kolkata, assuming that the
changes sent out earlier today have been made.

				--ado

------- asia -------
*** /tmp/geta7150	Tue Mar 18 16:03:21 2008
--- /tmp/getb7150	Tue Mar 18 16:03:21 2008
***************
*** 1,4 ****
! # @(#)asia	8.17
  # <pre>
  
  # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
--- 1,4 ----
! # @(#)asia	8.18
  # <pre>
  
  # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
***************
*** 446,458 ****
  
  # India
  # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
! Zone	Asia/Calcutta	5:53:28 -	LMT	1880	# Kolkata
  			5:53:20	-	HMT	1941 Oct    # Howrah Mean Time?
  			6:30	-	BURT	1942 May 15 # Burma Time
  			5:30	-	IST	1942 Sep
  			5:30	1:00	IST	1945 Oct 15
  			5:30	-	IST
! # The following are like Asia/Calcutta:
  #	Andaman Is
  #	Lakshadweep (Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Is)
  #	Nicobar Is
--- 446,458 ----
  
  # India
  # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
! Zone	Asia/Kolkata	5:53:28 -	LMT	1880	# Kolkata
  			5:53:20	-	HMT	1941 Oct    # Howrah Mean Time?
  			6:30	-	BURT	1942 May 15 # Burma Time
  			5:30	-	IST	1942 Sep
  			5:30	1:00	IST	1945 Oct 15
  			5:30	-	IST
! # The following are like Asia/Kolkata:
  #	Andaman Is
  #	Lakshadweep (Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Is)
  #	Nicobar Is
***************
*** 1702,1708 ****
  # kept their clocks set five and a half hours ahead of Greenwich Mean
  # Time (GMT), in line with neighbor India.
  # From Paul Eggert (2006-04-18):
! # People who live in regions under Tamil control can use TZ='Asia/Calcutta',
  # as that zone has agreed with the Tamil areas since our cutoff date of 1970.
  
  # From K Sethu (2006-04-25):
--- 1702,1708 ----
  # kept their clocks set five and a half hours ahead of Greenwich Mean
  # Time (GMT), in line with neighbor India.
  # From Paul Eggert (2006-04-18):
! # People who live in regions under Tamil control can use [TZ='Asia/Kolkata'],
  # as that zone has agreed with the Tamil areas since our cutoff date of 1970.
  
  # From K Sethu (2006-04-25):

------- backward -------
*** /tmp/geta7169	Tue Mar 18 16:03:24 2008
--- /tmp/getb7169	Tue Mar 18 16:03:25 2008
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*** 1,4 ****
! # @(#)backward	8.5
  
  # This file provides links between current names for time zones
  # and their old names.  Many names changed in late 1993.
--- 1,4 ----
! # @(#)backward	8.6
  
  # This file provides links between current names for time zones
  # and their old names.  Many names changed in late 1993.
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*** 24,29 ****
--- 24,30 ----
  Link	Asia/Ashgabat		Asia/Ashkhabad
  Link	Asia/Chongqing		Asia/Chungking
  Link	Asia/Dhaka		Asia/Dacca
+ Link	Asia/Kolkata		Asia/Calcutta
  Link	Asia/Macau		Asia/Macao
  Link	Asia/Jerusalem		Asia/Tel_Aviv
  Link	Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh	Asia/Saigon

------- zone.tab -------
*** /tmp/geta7188	Tue Mar 18 16:03:28 2008
--- /tmp/getb7188	Tue Mar 18 16:03:28 2008
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*** 1,4 ****
! # @(#)zone.tab	8.15
  #
  # TZ zone descriptions
  #
--- 1,4 ----
! # @(#)zone.tab	8.16
  #
  # TZ zone descriptions
  #
***************
*** 210,216 ****
  IE	+5320-00615	Europe/Dublin
  IL	+3146+03514	Asia/Jerusalem
  IM	+5409-00428	Europe/Isle_of_Man
! IN	+2232+08822	Asia/Calcutta
  IO	-0720+07225	Indian/Chagos
  IQ	+3321+04425	Asia/Baghdad
  IR	+3540+05126	Asia/Tehran
--- 210,216 ----
  IE	+5320-00615	Europe/Dublin
  IL	+3146+03514	Asia/Jerusalem
  IM	+5409-00428	Europe/Isle_of_Man
! IN	+2232+08822	Asia/Kolkata
  IO	-0720+07225	Indian/Chagos
  IQ	+3321+04425	Asia/Baghdad
  IR	+3540+05126	Asia/Tehran



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