[tz] Further un-ASCII-fication and typos
Paul Eggert
eggert at cs.ucla.edu
Wed Jun 25 18:06:47 UTC 2014
Ian Abbott wrote:
> Didn't you standardize on straight apostrophes (U+0027) earlier?
Yes, and thanks for catching that. I fixed that, along with some other
accent and spelling problems I found, in the attached patch (installed
in github).
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From e1f721201a5a660e21e4bf8a05bd6ac14d9e5082 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Eggert <eggert at cs.ucla.edu>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 11:04:15 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] More spelling and accent fixes.
MIME-Version: 1.0
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(Thanks to Ian Abbott for catching some stray '’'s.)
---
NEWS | 10 +++++-----
Theory | 2 +-
africa | 4 ++--
antarctica | 2 +-
asia | 14 +++++++-------
australasia | 2 +-
europe | 12 ++++++------
northamerica | 8 +++++---
southamerica | 2 +-
usno1989 | 6 +++---
usno1989a | 6 +++---
11 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 0c39f71..08df58d 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes
Documentation and commentary now prefer UTF-8 to US-ASCII,
allowing the use of proper accents in foreign words and names.
Code and data have not changed because of this.
- (Thanks to Garrett Wollman for helping to debug this.)
+ (Thanks to Garrett Wollman and Ian Abbott for helping to debug this.)
Non-HTML documentation and commentary now use plain-text URLs instead of
HTML insertions, and are more consistent about bracketing URLs when they
@@ -1735,7 +1735,7 @@ Release 2001b - 2001-04-05 16:44:38 -0400
changes by Paul Eggert (modulo jnorgard's typo fix)
- tz-art.htm has been htmlified.
+ tz-art.htm has been HTMLified.
Release 2001a - 2001-03-13 12:57:44 -0500
@@ -1756,7 +1756,7 @@ Release 2000h - 2000-12-14 15:33:38 -0500
one typo fix in the "art" file
- With providence, this is the last update of the millenium.
+ With providence, this is the last update of the millennium.
Release 2000g - 2000-10-10 11:35:22 -0400
@@ -2004,7 +2004,7 @@ Release code1997f-data1997g - 1997-07-19 13:15:02 -0400
a small change to a function prototype;
- "Music" has been renamed "Arts.htm", htmlified, and augmented to
+ "Music" has been renamed "Arts.htm", HTMLified, and augmented to
include information on Around the World in Eighty Days.
@@ -2014,7 +2014,7 @@ Release code1997e-data1997f - 1997-05-03 18:52:34 -0400
changes inspired by the item circulated on Slovenia
- The description of Web resources has been htmlified for browsing
+ The description of Web resources has been HTMLified for browsing
convenience.
A new piece of tz-related music has been added to the "Music" file.
diff --git a/Theory b/Theory
index 98ac64d..ce43b60 100644
--- a/Theory
+++ b/Theory
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ Gregorian calendar:
04/15 Oct 1583 - electorate of Trier
05/16 Oct 1583 - Bavaria, bishoprics of Freising, Eichstedt, Regensburg,
Salzburg, Brixen
-13/24 Oct 1583 - Austrian Oberelsass and Breisgau
+13/24 Oct 1583 - Austrian Oberelsaß and Breisgau
20/31 Oct 1583 - bishopric of Basel
02/13 Nov 1583 - duchy of Jülich-Berg
02/13 Nov 1583 - electorate and city of Köln
diff --git a/africa b/africa
index 86d6593..af0653e 100644
--- a/africa
+++ b/africa
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ Zone Africa/Nouakchott -1:03:48 - LMT 1912
# published on Monday, June 30, 2008...
#
# I guess that article in French "Le gouvernement avance l'introduction
-# de l’heure d’été" stating that DST in Mauritius starting on October 26
+# de l'heure d'été" stating that DST in Mauritius starting on October 26
# and ending on March 27, 2009 is the most recent one....
# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_mauritius02.html
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ Zone Indian/Mayotte 3:00:56 - LMT 1911 Jul # Mamoutzou
# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-03-17):
# Here is a link to official document from Royaume du Maroc Premier Ministre,
-# Ministere de la Modernisation des Secteurs Publics
+# Ministère de la Modernisation des Secteurs Publics
#
# Under Article 1 of Royal Decree No. 455-67 of Act 23 safar 1387 (2 june 1967)
# concerning the amendment of the legal time, the Ministry of Modernization of
diff --git a/antarctica b/antarctica
index af8475c..26a6219 100644
--- a/antarctica
+++ b/antarctica
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ Zone Antarctica/Mawson 0 - zzz 1954 Feb 13
# fishing stations operated variously 1819/1931
#
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
-Zone Indian/Kerguelen 0 - zzz 1950 # Port-aux-Francais
+Zone Indian/Kerguelen 0 - zzz 1950 # Port-aux-Français
5:00 - TFT # ISO code TF Time
#
# year-round base in the main continent
diff --git a/asia b/asia
index 3ee8fdc..e608cb5 100644
--- a/asia
+++ b/asia
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ Link Asia/Nicosia Europe/Nicosia
# republic has changed its time zone back to that of Moscow. As a result it
# is now just four hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time, rather than five hours
# ahead. The switch was decreed by the pro-Western president of Georgia,
-# Mikhail Saakashvili, who said the change was partly prompted by the process
+# Mikheil Saakashvili, who said the change was partly prompted by the process
# of integration into Europe.
# From Teimuraz Abashidze (2005-11-07):
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ Zone Asia/Tbilisi 2:59:16 - LMT 1880
# Most likely our records are incomplete, but we have no better data.
# From Manoel de Almeida e Silva, Deputy Spokesman for the UN Secretary-General
-# <http://www.hri.org/news/world/undh/last/00-08-16.undh.html>
+# http://www.hri.org/news/world/undh/2000/00-08-16.undh.html
# (2000-08-16):
# The Cabinet of the East Timor Transition Administration decided
# today to advance East Timor's time by one hour. The time change,
@@ -1708,12 +1708,12 @@ Zone Indian/Maldives 4:54:00 - LMT 1880 # Male
# http://www.eznis.com/Container.jsp?id=112
# (click the English flag for English)
#
-# There it appears that flights between Choibalsan and Ulaanbatar arrive
+# There it appears that flights between Choibalsan and Ulaanbaatar arrive
# about 1:35 - 1:50 hours later in local clock time, no matter the
-# direction, while Ulaanbaatar-Khvod takes 2 hours in the Eastern
-# direction and 3:35 back, which indicates that Ulaanbatar and Khvod are
+# direction, while Ulaanbaatar-Khovd takes 2 hours in the Eastern
+# direction and 3:35 back, which indicates that Ulaanbaatar and Khovd are
# in different time zones (like we know about), while Choibalsan and
-# Ulaanbatar are in the same time zone (correction needed).
+# Ulaanbaatar are in the same time zone (correction needed).
# From Arthur David Olson (2008-05-19):
# Assume that Choibalsan is indeed offset by 8:00.
@@ -1893,7 +1893,7 @@ Zone Asia/Muscat 3:54:24 - LMT 1920
# Water and Power and the Pakistan Electric Power Company:
# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/pakistan-ends-dst09.html
-# From Christoph Goehre (2009-10-01):
+# From Christoph Göhre (2009-10-01):
# [T]he German Consulate General in Karachi reported me today that Pakistan
# will go back to standard time on 1st of November.
diff --git a/australasia b/australasia
index 9d223d0..6980628 100644
--- a/australasia
+++ b/australasia
@@ -1477,7 +1477,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901
# From the BBC World Service in
# http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/205226.stm (1998-10-31 16:03 UTC):
-# The Fijiian government says the main reasons for the time change is to
+# The Fijian government says the main reasons for the time change is to
# improve productivity and reduce road accidents.... [T]he move is also
# intended to boost Fiji's ability to attract tourists to witness the dawning
# of the new millennium.
diff --git a/europe b/europe
index 67518b0..453cf96 100644
--- a/europe
+++ b/europe
@@ -837,7 +837,7 @@ Zone Europe/Prague 0:57:44 - LMT 1850
# http://www.retsinfo.dk/_GETDOCI_/ACCN/A19722110030-REGL
#
# This provoked a new law from 1974 to make possible summer time changes
-# in subsequenet decrees with the law
+# in subsequent decrees with the law
# http://www.retsinfo.dk/_GETDOCI_/ACCN/A19740022330-REGL
#
# It seems however that no decree was set forward until 1980. I have
@@ -896,7 +896,7 @@ Zone Atlantic/Faroe -0:27:04 - LMT 1908 Jan 11 # Torshavn
# 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.
-# From Gwillin Law (2001-06-06), citing
+# From Gwillim Law (2001-06-06), citing
# <http://www.statkart.no/efs/efshefter/2001/efs5-2001.pdf> (2001-03-15),
# and with translations corrected by Steffen Thorsen:
#
@@ -1022,7 +1022,7 @@ Zone America/Thule -4:35:08 - LMT 1916 Jul 28 # Pituffik air base
# The Estonian government has changed once again timezone politics.
# Now we are using again EU rules.
#
-# From Urmet Jaanes (2002-03-28):
+# From Urmet Jänes (2002-03-28):
# The legislative reference is Government decree No. 84 on 2002-02-21.
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
@@ -1090,7 +1090,7 @@ Zone Europe/Helsinki 1:39:52 - LMT 1878 May 31
2:00 Finland EE%sT 1983
2:00 EU EE%sT
-# Aaland Is
+# Åland Is
Link Europe/Helsinki Europe/Mariehamn
@@ -1193,7 +1193,7 @@ Zone Europe/Paris 0:09:21 - LMT 1891 Mar 15 0:01
# Bundesanstalt contains DST information back to 1916.
# [See tz-link.htm for the URL.]
-# From Joerg Schilling (2002-10-23):
+# From Jörg Schilling (2002-10-23):
# In 1945, Berlin was switched to Moscow Summer time (GMT+4) by
# <http://www.dhm.de/lemo/html/biografien/BersarinNikolai/>
# General [Nikolai] Bersarin.
@@ -1840,7 +1840,7 @@ Zone Europe/Oslo 0:43:00 - LMT 1895 Jan 1
# part of this law since 1925/1930. (From
# <http://www.lovdata.no/all/nl-18940629-001.html>) I have not been
# able to find if Jan Mayen used a different time zone (e.g. -0100)
-# before 1930. Jan Mayen has only been "inhabitated" since 1921 by
+# before 1930. Jan Mayen has only been "inhabited" since 1921 by
# Norwegian meteorologists and maybe used the same time as Norway ever
# since 1921. Svalbard (Arctic/Longyearbyen) has been inhabited since
# before 1895, and therefore probably changed the local time somewhere
diff --git a/northamerica b/northamerica
index 17da05c..42a2a85 100644
--- a/northamerica
+++ b/northamerica
@@ -2318,12 +2318,12 @@ Rule Mexico 2001 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
Rule Mexico 2002 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
Rule Mexico 2002 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
-# Quintana Roo
+# Quintana Roo; represented by Cancún
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, Yucatán
+# Campeche, Yucatán; represented by Mérida
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
@@ -2412,6 +2412,7 @@ Zone America/Hermosillo -7:23:52 - LMT 1921 Dec 31 23:36:08
# From Arthur David Olson (2010-05-01):
# Use "Bahia_Banderas" to keep the name to fourteen characters.
+# Mazatlán
Zone America/Mazatlan -7:05:40 - LMT 1921 Dec 31 23:54:20
-7:00 - MST 1927 Jun 10 23:00
-6:00 - CST 1930 Nov 15
@@ -2423,6 +2424,7 @@ Zone America/Mazatlan -7:05:40 - LMT 1921 Dec 31 23:54:20
-8:00 - PST 1970
-7:00 Mexico M%sT
+# Bahía de Banderas
Zone America/Bahia_Banderas -7:01:00 - LMT 1921 Dec 31 23:59:00
-7:00 - MST 1927 Jun 10 23:00
-6:00 - CST 1930 Nov 15
@@ -2650,7 +2652,7 @@ Zone America/Costa_Rica -5:36:13 - LMT 1890 # San José
# http://www.prensalatina.com.mx/article.asp?ID=%7B4CC32C1B-A9F7-42FB-8A07-8631AFC923AF%7D&language=ES
# http://actualidad.terra.es/sociedad/articulo/cuba_llama_ahorrar_energia_cambio_1957044.htm
#
-# From Alex Kryvenishev (2007-10-25):
+# From Alex Krivenyshev (2007-10-25):
# Here is also article from Granma (Cuba):
#
# Regirá el Horario Normal desde el próximo domingo 28 de octubre
diff --git a/southamerica b/southamerica
index e518956..4016306 100644
--- a/southamerica
+++ b/southamerica
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ Rule Arg 2008 only - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S
#
# Es inminente que en San Luis atrasen una hora los relojes
# (It is imminent in San Luis clocks one hour delay)
-# http://www.lagaceta.com.ar/vernotae.asp?id_nota=253414
+# http://www.lagaceta.com.ar/nota/253414/Economia/Es-inminente-que-en-San-Luis-atrasen-una-hora-los-relojes.html
# http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_argentina02.html
# From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2008-01-18):
diff --git a/usno1989 b/usno1989
index 72f1a99..d9c937e 100644
--- a/usno1989
+++ b/usno1989
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ LEBANON 2 H AHEAD OF UTC
LEBANON 3 H AHEAD OF UTC JUN 1 - OCT 31
LEEWARD ISLANDS 4 H BEHIND UTC ANTIGUA, DOMINICA,
LEEWARD ISLANDS MONTSERRAT, ST.
-LEEWARD ISLAANDS CHRISTOPHER, ST. KITTS,
+LEEWARD ISLANDS CHRISTOPHER, ST. KITTS,
LEEWARD ISLANDS NEVIS, ANGUILLA
LESOTHO 2 H AHEAD OF UTC
LIBERIA ON UTC
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ ST.MAARTEN
ST.KITTS-NEVIS 4 H BEHIND UTC
ST.LUCIA 4 H BEHIND UTC
ST.PIERRE 3 H BEHIND UTC INCLUDING MIQUELON
-ST.PIERRE 2 H BEHIND UTC INLCUDING MIQUELON APR 3
+ST.PIERRE 2 H BEHIND UTC INCLUDING MIQUELON APR 3
ST.PIERRE - OCT 29
ST.VINCENT 4 H BEHIND UTC INCLUDING THE GRENADINES
ST. HELENA ON UTC
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ UNITED STATES SEE USA
UPPER VOLTA ON UTC
URUGUAY 3 H BEHIND UTC
URUGUAY 2 H BEHIND UTC DEC 11, '88-FEB 25, '89
-URAGUAY (ESTIMATED)
+URUGUAY (ESTIMATED)
USA EASTERN 5 H BEHIND UTC NEW YORK, WASHINGTON
USA EASTERN 4 H BEHIND UTC APR 3 - OCT 30
USA CENTRAL 6 H BEHIND UTC CHICAGO, HOUSTON
diff --git a/usno1989a b/usno1989a
index 889f8c4..b3c5081 100644
--- a/usno1989a
+++ b/usno1989a
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ LEBANON 2 H AHEAD OF UTC
LEBANON 3 H AHEAD OF UTC JUN 1 - OCT 31
LEEWARD ISLANDS 4 H BEHIND UTC ANTIGUA, DOMINICA,
LEEWARD ISLANDS MONTSERRAT, ST.
-LEEWARD ISLAANDS CHRISTOPHER, ST. KITTS,
+LEEWARD ISLANDS CHRISTOPHER, ST. KITTS,
LEEWARD ISLANDS NEVIS, ANGUILLA
LESOTHO 2 H AHEAD OF UTC
LIBERIA ON UTC
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ ST. MAARTEN
ST. KITTS-NEVIS 4 H BEHIND UTC
ST. LUCIA 4 H BEHIND UTC
ST. PIERRE 3 H BEHIND UTC INCLUDING MIQUELON
-ST. PIERRE 2 H BEHIND UTC INLCUDING MIQUELON APR 3
+ST. PIERRE 2 H BEHIND UTC INCLUDING MIQUELON APR 3
ST. PIERRE - OCT 29
ST. VINCENT 4 H BEHIND UTC INCLUDING THE GRENADINES
ST. HELENA ON UTC
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ UNITED STATES SEE USA
UPPER VOLTA ON UTC
URUGUAY 3 H BEHIND UTC
URUGUAY 2 H BEHIND UTC DEC 11, '88-FEB 25, '89
-URAGUAY (ESTIMATED)
+URUGUAY (ESTIMATED)
USA EASTERN 5 H BEHIND UTC NEW YORK, WASHINGTON
USA EASTERN 4 H BEHIND UTC APR 3 - OCT 30
USA CENTRAL 6 H BEHIND UTC CHICAGO, HOUSTON
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