[tz] [PROPOSED 3/3] Move Pacific/Johnston to 'backward'
Paul Eggert
eggert at cs.ucla.edu
Fri Feb 10 19:44:14 UTC 2017
Johnston is now uninhabited, and is in the same category as Baker,
Howland, Jarvis, and Palmyra. Move its link to the 'backward' file.
* NEWS: Document this.
* australasia: Update Johnston comments.
* backward (Pacific/Johnston): Move here from ...
* northamerica: ... here.
* zone.tab (Pacific/Johnston): Remove.
---
NEWS | 5 +++++
australasia | 7 +++----
backward | 1 +
northamerica | 1 -
zone.tab | 1 -
5 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 23bcd8f..b3273ce 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes
before 1999 and Taiwan before 1938, and use "JST" instead of the
invented abbreviation "JCST" for Japan and Korea before 1938.
+ Change to database entry category
+
+ Move the Pacific/Johnston link from 'australasia' to 'backward',
+ since Johnston is now uninhabited.
+
Changes to code
zic no longer mishandles some transitions in January 2038 when it
diff --git a/australasia b/australasia
index 100492e..d389ae1 100644
--- a/australasia
+++ b/australasia
@@ -736,10 +736,11 @@ Zone Pacific/Funafuti 11:56:52 - LMT 1901
# Johnston
#
-# From Paul Eggert (2014-03-11):
+# From Paul Eggert (2017-02-10):
# Sometimes Johnston kept Hawaii time, and sometimes it was an hour behind.
# Details are uncertain. We have no data for Johnston after 1970, so
-# treat it like Hawaii for now.
+# treat it like Hawaii for now. Since Johnston is now uninhabited,
+# its link to Pacific/Honolulu is in the 'backward' file.
#
# In his memoirs of June 6th to October 4, 1945
# <http://www.315bw.org/Herb_Bach.htm> (2005), Herbert C. Bach writes,
@@ -759,8 +760,6 @@ Zone Pacific/Funafuti 11:56:52 - LMT 1901
# See the table on page 4 where he lists GMT and local times for the tests; a
# footnote for the JI tests reads that local time is "JI time = Hawaii Time
# Minus One Hour".
-#
-# See 'northamerica' for Pacific/Johnston.
# Kingman
# uninhabited
diff --git a/backward b/backward
index aa23dd8..09f2a31 100644
--- a/backward
+++ b/backward
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ Link Pacific/Auckland NZ
Link Pacific/Chatham NZ-CHAT
Link America/Denver Navajo
Link Asia/Shanghai PRC
+Link Pacific/Honolulu Pacific/Johnston
Link Pacific/Pohnpei Pacific/Ponape
Link Pacific/Pago_Pago Pacific/Samoa
Link Pacific/Chuuk Pacific/Truk
diff --git a/northamerica b/northamerica
index d5d85dc..80378ec 100644
--- a/northamerica
+++ b/northamerica
@@ -677,7 +677,6 @@ Zone Pacific/Honolulu -10:31:26 - LMT 1896 Jan 13 12:00
-10:30 1:00 HDT 1945 Sep 30 2:00
-10:30 - HST 1947 Jun 8 2:00
-10:00 - HST
-Link Pacific/Honolulu Pacific/Johnston
# Now we turn to US areas that have diverged from the consensus since 1970.
diff --git a/zone.tab b/zone.tab
index a639a36..204048c 100644
--- a/zone.tab
+++ b/zone.tab
@@ -398,7 +398,6 @@ UA +5026+03031 Europe/Kiev Ukraine (most areas)
UA +4837+02218 Europe/Uzhgorod Ruthenia
UA +4750+03510 Europe/Zaporozhye Zaporozh'ye/Zaporizhia; Lugansk/Luhansk (east)
UG +0019+03225 Africa/Kampala
-UM +1645-16931 Pacific/Johnston Johnston Atoll
UM +2813-17722 Pacific/Midway Midway Islands
UM +1917+16637 Pacific/Wake Wake Island
US +404251-0740023 America/New_York Eastern (most areas)
--
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