<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Ah, got it. Thanks.<div><br></div><div>Debbie</div><div><br><div><div>On Jun 15, 2011, at 8:21 AM, Arthur Olson wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">While "RussAQ" rules were present in the antarctica file, they weren't being used in any of the antarctica zones.<br>That being true, they can simply be deleted.<br><br> --ado<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 11:07 AM, Deborah Goldsmith <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:goldsmit@apple.com">goldsmit@apple.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Is it appropriate to delete the historical information for Antarctica? Shouldn’t it only change going forward?<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
Debbie<br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
On Jun 15, 2011, at 5:07 AM, Arthur David Olson wrote:<br>
<br>
> Below find proposed priority changes to the time zone package;<br>
> the executive summary:<br>
><br>
> antarctica Remove unused "RussAQ" rules.<br>
> asia Add comment on retaining "old" Russia rules<br>
> for the benefit of Armenia<br>
> europe Russia abandons DST in 2011<br>
> (thanks to Alexander Krivenyshev)<br>
> ("old" Russia rules retained for now for Belarus)<br>
> iso3166.tab Change AN (Netherlands Antilles) to CW (Curacao)<br>
> zone.tab Change AN (Netherlands Antilles) to CW (Curacao)<br>
><br>
> If no problems are found and nothing goes wrong,<br>
> these changes are to appear on the ftp site on 2011-06-27.<br>
><br>
> Now that the Russian changes are official,<br>
> we'll see what Armenia and Belarus do.<br>
><br>
> --ado<br>
><br>
> diff -r old/antarctica new/antarctica<br>
> 2c2<br>
> < # @(#)antarctica 8.8<br>
> ---<br>
>> # @(#)antarctica 8.9<br>
> 22,33d21<br>
> < # These rules are stolen from the `europe' file.<br>
> < # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S<br>
> < Rule RussAQ 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S<br>
> < Rule RussAQ 1981 1983 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -<br>
> < Rule RussAQ 1984 1991 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 -<br>
> < Rule RussAQ 1985 1991 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S<br>
> < Rule RussAQ 1992 only - Mar lastSat 23:00 1:00 S<br>
> < Rule RussAQ 1992 only - Sep lastSat 23:00 0 -<br>
> < Rule RussAQ 1993 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S<br>
> < Rule RussAQ 1993 1995 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 -<br>
> < Rule RussAQ 1996 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 -<br>
> <<br>
> diff -r old/asia new/asia<br>
> 1c1<br>
> < # @(#)asia 8.64<br>
> ---<br>
>> # @(#)asia 8.65<br>
> 79a80,83<br>
>> # From Arthur David Olson (2011-06-15):<br>
>> # While Russia abandoned DST in 2011, Armenia may choose to<br>
>> # follow Russia's "old" rules.<br>
>><br>
> diff -r old/europe new/europe<br>
> 2c2<br>
> < # @(#)europe 8.32<br>
> ---<br>
>> # @(#)europe 8.33<br>
> 567a568,587<br>
>> # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-06-14):<br>
>> # According to Kremlin press service, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev<br>
>> # signed a federal law "On calculation of time" on June 9, 2011.<br>
>> # According to the law Russia is abolishing daylight saving time.<br>
>> #<br>
>> # Medvedev signed a law "On the Calculation of Time" (in russian):<br>
>> # <a href="<a href="http://bmockbe.ru/events/?ID=7583" target="_blank">http://bmockbe.ru/events/?ID=7583</a>"><br>
>> # <a href="http://bmockbe.ru/events/?ID=7583" target="_blank">http://bmockbe.ru/events/?ID=7583</a><br>
>> # </a><br>
>> #<br>
>> # Medvedev signed a law on the calculation of the time (in russian):<br>
>> # <a href="<a href="http://www.regnum.ru/news/polit/1413906.html" target="_blank">http://www.regnum.ru/news/polit/1413906.html</a>"><br>
>> # <a href="http://www.regnum.ru/news/polit/1413906.html" target="_blank">http://www.regnum.ru/news/polit/1413906.html</a><br>
>> # </a><br>
>><br>
>> # From Arthur David Olson (2011-06-15):<br>
>> # Take "abolishing daylight saving time" to mean that time is now considered<br>
>> # to be standard.<br>
>> # At least for now, keep the "old" Russia rules for the benefit of Belarus.<br>
>><br>
> 2016c2036,2037<br>
> < 2:00 Russia EE%sT<br>
> ---<br>
>> 2:00 Russia EE%sT 2011 Mar 27 2:00s<br>
>> 3:00 - EET<br>
> 2045c2066,2067<br>
> < 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD<br>
> ---<br>
>> 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 2011 Mar 27 2:00s<br>
>> 4:00 - MSK<br>
> 2058c2080,2081<br>
> < 3:00 Russia VOL%sT<br>
> ---<br>
>> 3:00 Russia VOL%sT 2011 Mar 27 2:00s<br>
>> 4:00 - VOLT<br>
> 2070c2093,2094<br>
> < 3:00 Russia SAM%sT<br>
> ---<br>
>> 3:00 Russia SAM%sT 2011 Mar 27 2:00s<br>
>> 4:00 - SAMT<br>
> 2083c2107,2108<br>
> < 5:00 Russia YEK%sT # Yekaterinburg Time<br>
> ---<br>
>> 5:00 Russia YEK%sT 2011 Mar 27 2:00s<br>
>> 6:00 - YEKT # Yekaterinburg Time<br>
> 2091c2116,2117<br>
> < 6:00 Russia OMS%sT<br>
> ---<br>
>> 6:00 Russia OMS%sT 2011 Mar 27 2:00s<br>
>> 7:00 - OMST<br>
> 2101c2127,2128<br>
> < 6:00 Russia NOV%sT<br>
> ---<br>
>> 6:00 Russia NOV%sT 2011 Mar 27 2:00s<br>
>> 7:00 - NOVT<br>
> 2134c2161,2162<br>
> < 6:00 Russia NOV%sT # Novosibirsk/Novokuznetsk Time<br>
> ---<br>
>> 6:00 Russia NOV%sT 2011 Mar 27 2:00s<br>
>> 7:00 - NOVT # Novosibirsk/Novokuznetsk Time<br>
> 2145c2173,2174<br>
> < 7:00 Russia KRA%sT<br>
> ---<br>
>> 7:00 Russia KRA%sT 2011 Mar 27 2:00s<br>
>> 8:00 - KRAT<br>
> 2155c2184,2185<br>
> < 8:00 Russia IRK%sT<br>
> ---<br>
>> 8:00 Russia IRK%sT 2011 Mar 27 2:00s<br>
>> 9:00 - IRKT<br>
> 2178c2208,2209<br>
> < 9:00 Russia YAK%sT<br>
> ---<br>
>> 9:00 Russia YAK%sT 2011 Mar 27 2:00s<br>
>> 10:00 - YAKT<br>
> 2191c2222,2223<br>
> < 10:00 Russia VLA%sT<br>
> ---<br>
>> 10:00 Russia VLA%sT 2011 Mar 27 2:00s<br>
>> 11:00 - VLAT<br>
> 2201c2233,2234<br>
> < 10:00 Russia SAK%sT<br>
> ---<br>
>> 10:00 Russia SAK%sT 2011 Mar 27 2:00s<br>
>> 11:00 - SAKT<br>
> 2214c2247,2248<br>
> < 11:00 Russia MAG%sT<br>
> ---<br>
>> 11:00 Russia MAG%sT 2011 Mar 27 2:00s<br>
>> 12:00 - MAGT<br>
> 2225c2259,2260<br>
> < 11:00 Russia PET%sT<br>
> ---<br>
>> 11:00 Russia PET%sT 2011 Mar 27 2:00s<br>
>> 12:00 - PETT<br>
> 2234c2269,2270<br>
> < 11:00 Russia ANA%sT<br>
> ---<br>
>> 11:00 Russia ANA%sT 2011 Mar 27 2:00s<br>
>> 12:00 - ANAT<br>
> diff -r old/iso3166.tab new/iso3166.tab<br>
> 2c2<br>
> < # @(#)iso3166.tab 8.6<br>
> ---<br>
>> # @(#)iso3166.tab 8.7<br>
> 33d32<br>
> < AN Netherlands Antilles<br>
> 77a77<br>
>> CW Curacao<br>
> diff -r old/zone.tab new/zone.tab<br>
> 2c2<br>
> < # @(#)zone.tab 8.43<br>
> ---<br>
>> # @(#)zone.tab 8.44<br>
> 35d34<br>
> < AN +1211-06900 America/Curacao<br>
> 157a157<br>
>> CW +1211-06900 America/Curacao<br>
><br>
<br>
<br>
</div></div></blockquote></div><br>
</blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>