tz - proposed patch for Metropolitan France and Olveston, Montserrat

Paul Eggert eggert at twinsun.com
Sun Aug 31 08:33:35 UTC 1997


In the light of the recent comments about the FX country code and the
latitude and longitude for Olveston, Montserrat, here's a further proposed
patch, to be applied after the patch that I proposed on Aug 29.

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RCS file: RCS/iso3166.tab,v
retrieving revision 1.2
retrieving revision 1.3
diff -c -r1.2 -r1.3
*** iso3166.tab	1997/07/06 07:19:55	1.2
--- iso3166.tab	1997/08/31 08:13:53	1.3
***************
*** 7,12 ****
--- 7,15 ----
  # 2.  The usual English name for the country,
  #	chosen so that alphabetic sorting of subsets produces helpful lists.
  #
+ # For France in Europe, we follow common practice and use FR,
+ # even though FX might be more technically correct.
+ #
  # Columns are separated by a single tab.
  # The table is sorted by country code.
  #
***************
*** 86,91 ****
--- 89,95 ----
  FM	Micronesia
  FO	Faeroe Islands
  FR	France
+ FX	France, Metropolitan
  GA	Gabon
  GB	Britain (UK)
  GD	Grenada
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RCS file: RCS/northamerica,v
retrieving revision 1997.5.0.1
retrieving revision 1997.5.0.2
diff -c -r1997.5.0.1 -r1997.5.0.2
*** northamerica	1997/08/29 08:34:24	1997.5.0.1
--- northamerica	1997/08/31 08:13:53	1997.5.0.2
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*** 1249,1259 ****
  			-4:00	-	AST
  
  # Montserrat
! # From Paul Eggert (1997-08-29):
  # Recent volcanic eruptions have forced evacuation of Plymouth, the capital.
! # 4:08 is a guess at the longitude of Olveston, the current de facto capital.
  # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
! Zone America/Montserrat	-4:08	-	LMT	1911 Jul 1 0:01   # Olveston
  			-4:00	-	AST
  
  # Nicaragua
--- 1249,1259 ----
  			-4:00	-	AST
  
  # Montserrat
! # From Paul Eggert (1997-08-31):
  # Recent volcanic eruptions have forced evacuation of Plymouth, the capital.
! # Luckily, Olveston, the current de facto capital, has the same longitude.
  # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
! Zone America/Montserrat	-4:08:52 -	LMT	1911 Jul 1 0:01   # Olveston
  			-4:00	-	AST
  
  # Nicaragua
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RCS file: RCS/zone.tab,v
retrieving revision 1.2.1.4
retrieving revision 1.2.1.5
diff -c -r1.2.1.4 -r1.2.1.5
*** zone.tab	1997/07/16 16:25:51	1.2.1.4
--- zone.tab	1997/08/31 08:13:53	1.2.1.5
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*** 231,237 ****
  MP	+1512+14545	Pacific/Saipan
  MQ	+1436-06105	America/Martinique
  MR	+1806-01557	Africa/Nouakchott
! MS	+1642-06213	America/Montserrat
  MT	+3554+01431	Europe/Malta
  MU	-2010+05730	Indian/Mauritius
  MV	+0410+07330	Indian/Maldives
--- 231,237 ----
  MP	+1512+14545	Pacific/Saipan
  MQ	+1436-06105	America/Martinique
  MR	+1806-01557	Africa/Nouakchott
! MS	+1644-06213	America/Montserrat
  MT	+3554+01431	Europe/Malta
  MU	-2010+05730	Indian/Mauritius
  MV	+0410+07330	Indian/Maldives



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