[tz] [PROPOSED 1/3] Remove many invented abbreviations in 'australasia'
Paul Eggert
eggert at cs.ucla.edu
Fri Feb 10 19:44:12 UTC 2017
* NEWS: Document this.
* australasia (Australia/Eucla, Australia/Lord_Howe)
(Antarctica/Macquarie, Indian/Christmas, Indian/Cocos, Pacific/Fiji)
(Pacific/Gambier, Pacific/Marquesas, Pacific/Tahiti, Pacific/Tarawa)
(Pacific/Enderbury, Pacific/Kiritimati, Pacific/Majuro)
(Pacific/Kwajalein, Pacific/Chuuk, Pacific/Pohnpei, Pacific/Kosrae)
(Pacific/Nauru, Pacific/Noumea, Pacific/Chatham, Pacific/Rarotonga)
(Pacific/Niue, Pacific/Norfolk, Pacific/Palau, Pacific/Port_Moresby)
(Pacific/Bougainville, Pacific/Pitcairn, Pacific/Pago_Pago)
(Pacific/Apia, Pacific/Guadalcanal, Pacific/Fakaofo, Pacific/Funafuti):
(Pacific/Wake, Pacific/Efate, Pacific/Wallis):
Use numeric time zone abbreviations instead of invented ones,
for time zones with UT offsets that are integer minutes.
---
NEWS | 15 ++++--
australasia | 148 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------------
2 files changed, 79 insertions(+), 84 deletions(-)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 3179d57..23bcd8f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -37,11 +37,16 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes
part of the ongoing project of removing invented abbreviations.
This avoids the need to invent an abbreviation for the new Chilean
new zone. Similarly, switch from invented to numeric time zone
- abbreviations for Afghanistan, the Azores, Bangladesh, Bhutan, the
- British Indian Ocean Territory, Brunei, Dubai, East Timor,
- Greenland, Indochina, Iran, Iraq, Malaysia, the Maldives,
- Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philippines, Qatar, St Pierre and
- Miquelon, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, and Xinjiang; for half-hour DST
+ abbreviations for Afghanistan, American Samoa, the Azores,
+ Bangladesh, Bhutan, the British Indian Ocean Territory, Brunei,
+ Chatham Is, Christmas I, Cocos (Keeling) Is, Cook Is, Dubai, East
+ Timor, Eucla, Fiji, French Polynesia, Greenland, Indochina, Iran,
+ Iraq, Kiribati, Lord Howe, Macquarie, Malaysia, the Maldives,
+ Marshall Is, Micronesia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, New
+ Caledonia, Niue, Norfolk I, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the
+ Philippines, Pitcairn, Qatar, St Pierre & Miquelon, Samoa, Saudi
+ Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Is, Tokelau, Tuvalu, Wake, Vanuatu,
+ Wallis & Futuna, and Xinjiang; for half-hour daylight saving time
in Belize before 1944 and in the Dominican Republic before 1975;
and for Canary Islands before 1946, for Madeira before 1967, for
Iceland before 1969, for Indian Summer Time before 1942, for
diff --git a/australasia b/australasia
index 0bca53e..1280022 100644
--- a/australasia
+++ b/australasia
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ Zone Australia/Perth 7:43:24 - LMT 1895 Dec
8:00 Aus AW%sT 1943 Jul
8:00 AW AW%sT
Zone Australia/Eucla 8:35:28 - LMT 1895 Dec
- 8:45 Aus ACW%sT 1943 Jul
- 8:45 AW ACW%sT
+ 8:45 Aus +0845/+0945 1943 Jul
+ 8:45 AW +0845/+0945
# Queensland
#
@@ -212,7 +212,8 @@ Rule LH 2008 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 0 S
Rule LH 2008 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 0:30 D
Zone Australia/Lord_Howe 10:36:20 - LMT 1895 Feb
10:00 - AEST 1981 Mar
- 10:30 LH LH%sT
+ 10:30 LH +1030/+1130 1985 Jul
+ 10:30 LH +1030/+11
# Australian miscellany
#
@@ -250,19 +251,19 @@ Zone Antarctica/Macquarie 0 - -00 1899 Nov
0 - -00 1948 Mar 25
10:00 Aus AE%sT 1967
10:00 AT AE%sT 2010 Apr 4 3:00
- 11:00 - MIST # Macquarie I Standard Time
+ 11:00 - +11
# Christmas
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Indian/Christmas 7:02:52 - LMT 1895 Feb
- 7:00 - CXT # Christmas Island Time
+ 7:00 - +07
# Cocos (Keeling) Is
# These islands were ruled by the Ross family from about 1830 to 1978.
# We don't know when standard time was introduced; for now, we guess 1900.
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Indian/Cocos 6:27:40 - LMT 1900
- 6:30 - CCT # Cocos Islands Time
+ 6:30 - +0630
# Fiji
@@ -375,16 +376,16 @@ Rule Fiji 2014 max - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S
Rule Fiji 2015 max - Jan Sun>=15 3:00 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Fiji 11:55:44 - LMT 1915 Oct 26 # Suva
- 12:00 Fiji FJ%sT # Fiji Time
+ 12:00 Fiji +12/+13
# French Polynesia
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Gambier -8:59:48 - LMT 1912 Oct # Rikitea
- -9:00 - GAMT # Gambier Time
+ -9:00 - -09
Zone Pacific/Marquesas -9:18:00 - LMT 1912 Oct
- -9:30 - MART # Marquesas Time
+ -9:30 - -0930
Zone Pacific/Tahiti -9:58:16 - LMT 1912 Oct # Papeete
- -10:00 - TAHT # Tahiti Time
+ -10:00 - -10
# Clipperton (near North America) is administered from French Polynesia;
# it is uninhabited.
@@ -399,15 +400,15 @@ Link Pacific/Guam Pacific/Saipan # N Mariana Is
# Kiribati
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Tarawa 11:32:04 - LMT 1901 # Bairiki
- 12:00 - GILT # Gilbert Is Time
+ 12:00 - +12
Zone Pacific/Enderbury -11:24:20 - LMT 1901
- -12:00 - PHOT 1979 Oct # Phoenix Is Time
- -11:00 - PHOT 1995
- 13:00 - PHOT
+ -12:00 - -12 1979 Oct
+ -11:00 - -11 1995
+ 13:00 - +13
Zone Pacific/Kiritimati -10:29:20 - LMT 1901
- -10:40 - LINT 1979 Oct # Line Is Time
- -10:00 - LINT 1995
- 14:00 - LINT
+ -10:40 - -1040 1979 Oct
+ -10:00 - -10 1995
+ 14:00 - +14
# N Mariana Is
# See Pacific/Guam.
@@ -415,31 +416,31 @@ Zone Pacific/Kiritimati -10:29:20 - LMT 1901
# Marshall Is
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Majuro 11:24:48 - LMT 1901
- 11:00 - MHT 1969 Oct # Marshall Islands Time
- 12:00 - MHT
+ 11:00 - +11 1969 Oct
+ 12:00 - +12
Zone Pacific/Kwajalein 11:09:20 - LMT 1901
- 11:00 - MHT 1969 Oct
- -12:00 - KWAT 1993 Aug 20 # Kwajalein Time
- 12:00 - MHT
+ 11:00 - +11 1969 Oct
+ -12:00 - -12 1993 Aug 20
+ 12:00 - +12
# Micronesia
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Chuuk 10:07:08 - LMT 1901
- 10:00 - CHUT # Chuuk Time
+ 10:00 - +10
Zone Pacific/Pohnpei 10:32:52 - LMT 1901 # Kolonia
- 11:00 - PONT # Pohnpei Time
+ 11:00 - +11
Zone Pacific/Kosrae 10:51:56 - LMT 1901
- 11:00 - KOST 1969 Oct # Kosrae Time
- 12:00 - KOST 1999
- 11:00 - KOST
+ 11:00 - +11 1969 Oct
+ 12:00 - +12 1999
+ 11:00 - +11
# Nauru
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Nauru 11:07:40 - LMT 1921 Jan 15 # Uaobe
- 11:30 - NRT 1942 Mar 15 # Nauru Time
- 9:00 - JST 1944 Aug 15
- 11:30 - NRT 1979 May
- 12:00 - NRT
+ 11:30 - +1130 1942 Mar 15
+ 9:00 - +09 1944 Aug 15
+ 11:30 - +1130 1979 May
+ 12:00 - +12
# New Caledonia
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
@@ -450,7 +451,7 @@ Rule NC 1996 only - Dec 1 2:00s 1:00 S
Rule NC 1997 only - Mar 2 2:00s 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Noumea 11:05:48 - LMT 1912 Jan 13 # Nouméa
- 11:00 NC NC%sT
+ 11:00 NC +11/+12
###############################################################################
@@ -491,8 +492,8 @@ Zone Pacific/Auckland 11:39:04 - LMT 1868 Nov 2
11:30 NZ NZ%sT 1946 Jan 1
12:00 NZ NZ%sT
Zone Pacific/Chatham 12:13:48 - LMT 1868 Nov 2
- 12:15 - CHAST 1946 Jan 1
- 12:45 Chatham CHA%sT
+ 12:15 - +1215 1946 Jan 1
+ 12:45 Chatham +1245/+1345
Link Pacific/Auckland Antarctica/McMurdo
@@ -514,8 +515,8 @@ Rule Cook 1979 1991 - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 -
Rule Cook 1979 1990 - Oct lastSun 0:00 0:30 HS
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Rarotonga -10:39:04 - LMT 1901 # Avarua
- -10:30 - CKT 1978 Nov 12 # Cook Is Time
- -10:00 Cook CK%sT
+ -10:30 - -1030 1978 Nov 12
+ -10:00 Cook -10/-0930
###############################################################################
@@ -523,29 +524,29 @@ Zone Pacific/Rarotonga -10:39:04 - LMT 1901 # Avarua
# Niue
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Niue -11:19:40 - LMT 1901 # Alofi
- -11:20 - NUT 1951 # Niue Time
- -11:30 - NUT 1978 Oct 1
- -11:00 - NUT
+ -11:20 - -1120 1951
+ -11:30 - -1130 1978 Oct 1
+ -11:00 - -11
# Norfolk
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Norfolk 11:11:52 - LMT 1901 # Kingston
- 11:12 - NMT 1951 # Norfolk Mean Time
- 11:30 - NFT 1974 Oct 27 02:00 # Norfolk T.
- 11:30 1:00 NFST 1975 Mar 2 02:00
- 11:30 - NFT 2015 Oct 4 02:00
- 11:00 - NFT
+ 11:12 - +1112 1951
+ 11:30 - +1130 1974 Oct 27 02:00
+ 11:30 1:00 +1230 1975 Mar 2 02:00
+ 11:30 - +1130 2015 Oct 4 02:00
+ 11:00 - +11
# Palau (Belau)
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Palau 8:57:56 - LMT 1901 # Koror
- 9:00 - PWT # Palau Time
+ 9:00 - +09
# Papua New Guinea
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Port_Moresby 9:48:40 - LMT 1880
9:48:32 - PMMT 1895 # Port Moresby Mean Time
- 10:00 - PGT # Papua New Guinea Time
+ 10:00 - +10
#
# From Paul Eggert (2014-10-13):
# Base the Bougainville entry on the Arawa-Kieta region, which appears to have
@@ -560,28 +561,26 @@ Zone Pacific/Port_Moresby 9:48:40 - LMT 1880
# and seem to have controlled it until their 1945-08-21 surrender.
#
# The Autonomous Region of Bougainville switched from UT +10 to +11
-# on 2014-12-28 at 02:00. They call +11 "Bougainville Standard Time";
-# abbreviate this as BST. See:
+# on 2014-12-28 at 02:00. They call +11 "Bougainville Standard Time".
+# See:
# http://www.bougainville24.com/bougainville-issues/bougainville-gets-own-timezone/
#
Zone Pacific/Bougainville 10:22:16 - LMT 1880
9:48:32 - PMMT 1895
- 10:00 - PGT 1942 Jul
- 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug 21
- 10:00 - PGT 2014 Dec 28 2:00
- 11:00 - BST
+ 10:00 - +10 1942 Jul
+ 9:00 - +09 1945 Aug 21
+ 10:00 - +10 2014 Dec 28 2:00
+ 11:00 - +11
# Pitcairn
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Pitcairn -8:40:20 - LMT 1901 # Adamstown
- -8:30 - PNT 1998 Apr 27 0:00
- -8:00 - PST # Pitcairn Standard Time
+ -8:30 - -0830 1998 Apr 27 0:00
+ -8:00 - -08
# American Samoa
Zone Pacific/Pago_Pago 12:37:12 - LMT 1879 Jul 5
-11:22:48 - LMT 1911
- -11:00 - NST 1967 Apr # N=Nome
- -11:00 - BST 1983 Nov 30 # B=Bering
-11:00 - SST # S=Samoa
Link Pacific/Pago_Pago Pacific/Midway # in US minor outlying islands
@@ -662,17 +661,17 @@ Rule WS 2012 max - Sep lastSun 3:00 1 D
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Apia 12:33:04 - LMT 1879 Jul 5
-11:26:56 - LMT 1911
- -11:30 - WSST 1950
- -11:00 WS S%sT 2011 Dec 29 24:00 # S=Samoa
- 13:00 WS WS%sT
+ -11:30 - -1130 1950
+ -11:00 WS -11/-10 2011 Dec 29 24:00
+ 13:00 WS +13/+14
# Solomon Is
# excludes Bougainville, for which see Papua New Guinea
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Guadalcanal 10:39:48 - LMT 1912 Oct # Honiara
- 11:00 - SBT # Solomon Is Time
+ 11:00 - +11
-# Tokelau Is
+# Tokelau
#
# From Gwillim Law (2011-12-29)
# A correspondent informed me that Tokelau, like Samoa, will be skipping
@@ -693,8 +692,8 @@ Zone Pacific/Guadalcanal 10:39:48 - LMT 1912 Oct # Honiara
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Fakaofo -11:24:56 - LMT 1901
- -11:00 - TKT 2011 Dec 30 # Tokelau Time
- 13:00 - TKT
+ -11:00 - -11 2011 Dec 30
+ 13:00 - +13
# Tonga
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
@@ -713,7 +712,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Tongatapu 12:19:20 - LMT 1901
# Tuvalu
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Funafuti 11:56:52 - LMT 1901
- 12:00 - TVT # Tuvalu Time
+ 12:00 - +12
# US minor outlying islands
@@ -775,7 +774,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Funafuti 11:56:52 - LMT 1901
# Wake
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Wake 11:06:28 - LMT 1901
- 12:00 - WAKT # Wake Time
+ 12:00 - +12
# Vanuatu
@@ -788,12 +787,12 @@ Rule Vanuatu 1992 1993 - Jan Sun>=23 0:00 0 -
Rule Vanuatu 1992 only - Oct Sun>=23 0:00 1:00 S
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Efate 11:13:16 - LMT 1912 Jan 13 # Vila
- 11:00 Vanuatu VU%sT # Vanuatu Time
+ 11:00 Vanuatu +11/+12
# Wallis and Futuna
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901
- 12:00 - WFT # Wallis & Futuna Time
+ 12:00 - +12
###############################################################################
@@ -804,7 +803,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901
# tz at iana.org for general use in the future). For more, please see
# the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution.
-# From Paul Eggert (2014-10-31):
+# From Paul Eggert (2017-02-10):
#
# Unless otherwise specified, the source for data through 1990 is:
# Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition),
@@ -829,28 +828,19 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901
# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is
# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997).
#
-# I invented the abbreviations marked '*' in the following table;
-# the rest are from earlier versions of this file, or from other sources.
+# The following abbreviations are from other sources.
# Corrections are welcome!
# std dst
# LMT Local Mean Time
# 8:00 AWST AWDT Western Australia
-# 8:45 ACWST ACWDT Central Western Australia*
-# 9:00 JST Japan
# 9:30 ACST ACDT Central Australia
# 10:00 AEST AEDT Eastern Australia
+# 10:00 GST Guam through 2000
# 10:00 ChST Chamorro
-# 10:30 LHST LHDT Lord Howe*
-# 11:00 BST Bougainville*
# 11:30 NZMT NZST New Zealand through 1945
# 12:00 NZST NZDT New Zealand 1946-present
-# 12:15 CHAST Chatham through 1945*
-# 12:45 CHAST CHADT Chatham 1946-present*
-# 13:00 WSST WSDT (western) Samoa 2011-present*
-# -11:30 WSST Western Samoa through 1950*
# -11:00 SST Samoa
# -10:00 HST Hawaii
-# - 8:00 PST Pitcairn*
#
# See the 'northamerica' file for Hawaii.
# See the 'southamerica' file for Easter I and the Galápagos Is.
--
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