[tz] [PATCH] Fix a few more accents and hyphens, and update a name and a URL.

Paul Eggert eggert at CS.UCLA.EDU
Wed Jun 18 07:02:48 UTC 2014


---
 NEWS         |  4 ++--
 Theory       |  2 +-
 africa       |  2 +-
 asia         |  2 +-
 australasia  |  4 ++--
 europe       | 21 ++++++++++-----------
 northamerica | 18 +++++++++---------
 southamerica | 10 +++++-----
 8 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 74dfb8a..ed55089 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ Release 2013e – 2013-09-19 23:50:04 −0700
     Use ART (UTC−3, standard time), rather than WARST (also UTC−3, but
     daylight saving time) for San Luis, Argentina since 2009.
 
-  Changes affecting Godthab time stamps after 2037 if version mismatch
+  Changes affecting Godthåb time stamps after 2037 if version mismatch
 
     Allow POSIX-like TZ strings where the transition time's hour can
     range from −167 through 167, instead of the POSIX-required 0
@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ Release 2013a – 2013-02-27 09:20:35 −0800
 
   Many changes affect historical time stamps before 1940.
   These were deduced from: Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899
-  Feb;13(2):173-94 <http://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359>.
+  Feb;13(2):173–94 <http://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359>.
 
   Changes affecting the code:
 
diff --git a/Theory b/Theory
index 2538da6..263ae7c 100644
--- a/Theory
+++ b/Theory
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ Errors in the tz database arise from many sources:
    enough to map SI seconds to historical solar time to more than
    about one-hour accuracy.  See: Morrison LV, Stephenson FR.
    Historical values of the Earth's clock error Delta T and the
-   calculation of eclipses. J Hist Astron. 2004;35:327-36
+   calculation of eclipses. J Hist Astron. 2004;35:327–36
    <http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/2004JHA....35..327M>;
    Historical values of the Earth's clock error. J Hist Astron. 2005;36:339
    <http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/2005JHA....36..339M>.
diff --git a/africa b/africa
index dd30984..5f2dc00 100644
--- a/africa
+++ b/africa
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 # I found in the UCLA library.
 #
 # For data circa 1899, a common source is:
-# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94
+# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173–94
 # <http://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359>.
 #
 # A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is
diff --git a/asia b/asia
index 5f98d71..1b7ac48 100644
--- a/asia
+++ b/asia
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 # I found in the UCLA library.
 #
 # For data circa 1899, a common source is:
-# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94
+# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173–94
 # <http://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359>.
 #
 # A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is
diff --git a/australasia b/australasia
index 8fbb873..1742e0f 100644
--- a/australasia
+++ b/australasia
@@ -833,7 +833,7 @@ Zone	Pacific/Wallis	12:15:20 -	LMT	1901
 # I found in the UCLA library.
 #
 # For data circa 1899, a common source is:
-# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94
+# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173–94
 # <http://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359>.
 #
 # A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is
@@ -859,7 +859,7 @@ Zone	Pacific/Wallis	12:15:20 -	LMT	1901
 #	− 8:00	PST	Pitcairn*
 #
 # See the 'northamerica' file for Hawaii.
-# See the 'southamerica' file for Easter I and the Galapagos Is.
+# See the 'southamerica' file for Easter I and the Galápagos Is.
 
 ###############################################################################
 
diff --git a/europe b/europe
index add6b28..4664edf 100644
--- a/europe
+++ b/europe
@@ -32,13 +32,13 @@
 #	<http://cs.ucla.edu/~eggert/The-Waste-of-Daylight-19th.pdf>
 #	[PDF] (1914-03)
 #
-#	Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94
+#	Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173–94
 #	<http://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359>.  He writes:
 #	"It is requested that corrections and additions to these tables
 #	may be sent to Mr. John Milne, Royal Geographical Society,
 #	Savile Row, London."  Nowadays please email them to tz at iana.org.
 #
-#	Brazil's Departamento Servico da Hora (DSH),
+#	Brazil's Divisão Serviço da Hora (DSHO),
 #	History of Summer Time
 #	<http://pcdsh01.on.br/HISTHV.htm>
 #	(1998-09-21, in Portuguese)
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
 # between 160 and 170 hours more daylight leisure, to a war which
 # plunged Europe into darkness for four years, and shook the
 # foundations of civilization throughout the world.
-#	— <http://www.winstonchurchill.org/fh114willett.htm>
+#	— <http://www.winstonchurchill.org/images/finesthour/Vol.01%20No.114.pdf>
 #	"A Silent Toast to William Willett", Pictorial Weekly
 
 # From Paul Eggert (1996-09-03):
@@ -169,7 +169,6 @@
 # proponents (who eventually won the argument) are quoted as using "Summer".
 
 # From Arthur David Olson (1989-01-19):
-#
 # A source at the British Information Office in New York avers that it's
 # known as "British" Summer Time in all parts of the United Kingdom.
 
@@ -718,7 +717,7 @@ Zone	Europe/Minsk	1:50:16 -	LMT	1880
 #	Annuaire de L'Observatoire Royal de Belgique,
 #	Avenue Circulaire, 3, B-1180 BRUXELLES, CLVIIe annee, 1991
 #	(Imprimerie HAYEZ, s.p.r.l., Rue Fin, 4, 1080 BRUXELLES, MCMXC),
-#	pp 8-9.
+#	pp 8–9.
 # LMT before 1892 was 0:17:30, according to the official journal of Belgium:
 #	Moniteur Belge, Samedi 30 Avril 1892, N.121.
 # Thanks to Pascal Delmoitie for these references.
@@ -893,7 +892,7 @@ Zone Atlantic/Faroe	-0:27:04 -	LMT	1908 Jan 11	# Torshavn
 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
 # Greenland joined the EU as part of Denmark, obtained home rule on 1979-05-01,
 # and left the EU on 1985-02-01.  It therefore should have been using EU
-# rules at least through 1984.  Shanks & Pottenger say Scoresbysund and Godthab
+# rules at least through 1984.  Shanks & Pottenger say Scoresbysund and Godthåb
 # used C-Eur rules after 1980, but IATA SSIM (1991/1996) says they use EU
 # rules since at least 1991.  Assume EU rules since 1980.
 
@@ -932,16 +931,16 @@ Zone Atlantic/Faroe	-0:27:04 -	LMT	1908 Jan 11	# Torshavn
 # DPC research station at Zackenberg.
 #
 # Scoresbysund and two small villages nearby keep time UTC−1 and use
-# the same daylight savings time period as in West Greenland (Godthab).
+# the same daylight savings time period as in West Greenland (Godthåb).
 #
-# The rest of Greenland, including Godthab (this area, although it
+# The rest of Greenland, including Godthåb (this area, although it
 # includes central Greenland, is known as west Greenland), keeps time
 # UTC−3, with daylight savings methods according to European rules.
 #
 # It is common procedure to use UTC 0 in the wilderness of East and
 # North Greenland, because it is mainly Icelandic aircraft operators
 # maintaining traffic in these areas.  However, the official status of
-# this area is that it sticks with Godthab time.  This area might be
+# this area is that it sticks with Godthåb time.  This area might be
 # considered a dual time zone in some respects because of this.
 
 # From Rives McDow (2001-11-19):
@@ -950,8 +949,8 @@ Zone Atlantic/Faroe	-0:27:04 -	LMT	1908 Jan 11	# Torshavn
 
 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
 # From 1997 on the CIA map shows Danmarkshavn on GMT;
-# the 1995 map as like Godthab.
-# For lack of better info, assume they were like Godthab before 1996.
+# the 1995 map as like Godthåb.
+# For lack of better info, assume they were like Godthåb before 1996.
 # startkart.no says Thule does not observe DST, but this is clearly an error,
 # so go with Shanks & Pottenger for Thule transitions until this year.
 # For 2007 on assume Thule will stay in sync with US DST rules.
diff --git a/northamerica b/northamerica
index cc4afc6..539a1bf 100644
--- a/northamerica
+++ b/northamerica
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ Zone America/Adak	 12:13:21 -	LMT	1867 Oct 18
 # Hawaii
 
 # From Arthur David Olson (2010-12-09):
-# "Hawaiian Time" by Robert C. Schmitt and Doak C. Cox appears on pages 207-225
+# "Hawaiian Time" by Robert C. Schmitt and Doak C. Cox appears on pages 207–225
 # of volume 26 of The Hawaiian Journal of History (1992). As of 2010-12-09,
 # the article is available at
 # http://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10524/239/2/JL26215.pdf
@@ -1008,7 +1008,7 @@ Zone America/Menominee	-5:50:27 -	LMT	1885 Sep 18 12:00
 #	<http://cs.ucla.edu/~eggert/The-Waste-of-Daylight-19th.pdf>
 #	[PDF] (1914-03)
 #
-#	Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94
+#	Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173–94
 #	<http://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359>.
 #
 # See the 'europe' file for Greenland.
@@ -1630,7 +1630,7 @@ Zone America/Atikokan	-6:06:28 -	LMT	1895
 # the first Sunday of April of each year and two o'clock Central
 # Standard Time in the morning of the last Sunday of October next
 # following, one hour in advance of Central Standard Time."...
-# I believe that the English legislation [of the old time act] had =
+# I believe that the English legislation [of the old time act] had
 # been assented to (March 22, 1967)....
 # Also, as far as I can tell, there was no order-in-council varying
 # the time of Daylight Saving Time for 2005 and so the provisions of
@@ -2322,18 +2322,18 @@ Zone America/Cancun	-5:47:04 -	LMT	1922 Jan  1  0:12:56
 			-6:00	-	CST	1981 Dec 23
 			-5:00	Mexico	E%sT	1998 Aug  2  2:00
 			-6:00	Mexico	C%sT
-# Campeche, Yucatan
+# Campeche, Yucatán
 Zone America/Merida	-5:58:28 -	LMT	1922 Jan  1  0:01:32
 			-6:00	-	CST	1981 Dec 23
 			-5:00	-	EST	1982 Dec  2
 			-6:00	Mexico	C%sT
-# Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas (near US border)
+# Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas (near US border)
 Zone America/Matamoros	-6:40:00 -	LMT	1921 Dec 31 23:20:00
 			-6:00	-	CST	1988
 			-6:00	US	C%sT	1989
 			-6:00	Mexico	C%sT	2010
 			-6:00	US	C%sT
-# Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas (away from US border)
+# Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas (away from US border)
 Zone America/Monterrey	-6:41:16 -	LMT	1921 Dec 31 23:18:44
 			-6:00	-	CST	1988
 			-6:00	US	C%sT	1989
@@ -2478,7 +2478,7 @@ Zone America/Santa_Isabel	-7:39:28 -	LMT	1922 Jan  1  0:20:32
 # America/Tijuana only in that it did not observe DST from 1976
 # through 1995.  This was as per Shanks (1999).  But Shanks & Pottenger say
 # Ensenada did not observe DST from 1948 through 1975.  Guy Harris reports
-# that the 1987 OAG says "Only Ensenada, Mexicale, San Felipe and
+# that the 1987 OAG says "Only Ensenada, Mexicali, San Felipe and
 # Tijuana observe DST," which agrees with Shanks & Pottenger but implies that
 # DST-observance was a town-by-town matter back then.  This concerns
 # data after 1970 so most likely there should be at least one Zone
@@ -2844,7 +2844,7 @@ Zone America/El_Salvador -5:56:48 -	LMT	1921		# San Salvador
 
 # Grenada
 # Guadeloupe
-# St Barthelemy
+# St Barthélemy
 # St Martin (French part)
 # See 'southamerica'.
 
@@ -3077,7 +3077,7 @@ Zone	America/Managua	-5:45:08 -	LMT	1890
 # Panama
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	America/Panama	-5:18:08 -	LMT	1890
-			-5:19:36 -	CMT	1908 Apr 22   # Colon Mean Time
+			-5:19:36 -	CMT	1908 Apr 22   # Colón Mean Time
 			-5:00	-	EST
 
 # Puerto Rico
diff --git a/southamerica b/southamerica
index 695bcf8..4a01f3f 100644
--- a/southamerica
+++ b/southamerica
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003).
 #
 # For data circa 1899, a common source is:
-# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94
+# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173–94
 # <http://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359>.
 #
 # Gwillim Law writes that a good source
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ Zone America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos -4:36:52 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
 			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	2008 Oct 18
 			-3:00	-	ART
 #
-# Tierra del Fuego, Antartida e Islas del Atlantico Sur (TF)
+# Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur (TF)
 Zone America/Argentina/Ushuaia -4:33:12 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
 			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May # Córdoba Mean Time
 			-4:00	-	ART	1930 Dec
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@ Zone	America/La_Paz	-4:32:36 -	LMT	1890
 
 # From Paul Eggert (2002-10-10):
 # The official decrees referenced below are mostly taken from
-# Decretos sobre o Horario de Verao no Brasil
+# Decretos sobre o Horário de Verão no Brasil
 # <http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV.html>.
 
 # From Steffen Thorsen (2008-08-29):
@@ -1328,7 +1328,7 @@ Zone America/Guayaquil	-5:19:20 -	LMT	1890
 			-5:00	-	ECT	     # Ecuador Time
 Zone Pacific/Galapagos	-5:58:24 -	LMT	1931 # Puerto Baquerizo Moreno
 			-5:00	-	ECT	1986
-			-6:00	-	GALT	     # Galapagos Time
+			-6:00	-	GALT	     # Galápagos Time
 
 # Falklands
 
@@ -1598,7 +1598,7 @@ Link America/Port_of_Spain America/Grenada
 Link America/Port_of_Spain America/Guadeloupe
 Link America/Port_of_Spain America/Marigot	# St Martin (French part)
 Link America/Port_of_Spain America/Montserrat
-Link America/Port_of_Spain America/St_Barthelemy
+Link America/Port_of_Spain America/St_Barthelemy # St Barthélemy
 Link America/Port_of_Spain America/St_Kitts	# St Kitts & Nevis
 Link America/Port_of_Spain America/St_Lucia
 Link America/Port_of_Spain America/St_Thomas	# Virgin Islands (US)
-- 
1.9.1



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