proposed tz fix for Brazil, Tasmania, Romania, Kosrae, Tonga, etc.

Paul Eggert eggert at twinsun.com
Thu Nov 4 20:26:55 UTC 1999


Here are the patches I promised yesterday for the tz database.  They
incorporate a lot of changes, the most important of which is for Brazil.
In summary:

* Brazil has many changes, due to Decree 3,188 (1999-09-30).
  There is a new Zone, America/Boa_Vista, for Roraima.
  I also researched older decrees and fine-tuned some transition times
  to reflect the legal date of change.

* Tasmania starts DST early next year for the Olympics, to keep in
  sync with NSW.  (Thanks to Alex Livingston for this info.)

* _Nine O'clock_ says Romania used EU rules in fall 1998.  For now,
  assume that Romania and Moldova switched to EU rules in 1997, the
  same year as Bulgaria.

* Kosrae is at UTC+11, not UTC+12.  I don't know when they switched
  to UTC+11.  For now, let's assume they switched in 1999.

* Tonga's DST switches are at 02:00, not 00:00.  (Thanks to Rives McDow
  for this info.)

* A new entry Asia/Dili for East Timor.  This will give the tz database
  at least one Zone for each ISO 3166 country code except for BV and
  HM, which are currently uninhabited.

* The PS country code is now officially blessed by the ISO.  FX
  (metropolitan France) has been removed.  HK is still there, contrary
  to what I thought would happen after Hong Kong reverted to China.

* A message in checktab.awk was missing a space.

* Makefile sometimes uses awk, and sometimes nawk; it should use $(AWK)
  uniformly.

* The following changes were inspired by the new, 1999 edition of
  Shanks's International Atlas.

  - Armenia switched to UTC+4 in fall 1995, not January 1992.

  - Belarus did not observe DST in 1990.  Its DST switches in 1992 were
    at 00:00, not 02:00.

  - Most of Australia first used DST 1917-01-01 00:01, not 1916-10-01 02:00
    which applied only to Tasmania.

  - Lord Howe Island changed its fallback rules from the 3rd to the 1st
    Sunday in March in 1992, not 1990.

  - Jamaica switched to US rules on 1974-04-28, not 1974-01-06.

  - Kirgizstan's 1991-08-31 transition was at 02:00, not 00:00.

  - Libya did not observe DST in 1990 or 1996.  Instead, it switched
    from CET to EET in spring 1990, and then back to CET in fall 1996.

  - In Mexico, Ensenada has never differed from Tijuana, so it
    shouldn't get its own database entry.  Baja California started
    using US rules in 1976, not 1967.

  - Mongolia's fall 1996 transition was on 10-27, not 10-25.

  - Paraguay switches the last Sunday in February, not the last Saturday,
    contra to what the IATA says.  There were also some changes for older
    transitions.

  - Syria's spring transitions in 1997 and 1998 were the last Monday
    in March, not April 1.

  - Tajikistan stopped using DST on 02:00 the day they declared independence;
    they did not wait until 20 days later.

  - Uzbekistan observed DST in 1991.

  - Asia/Jakarta switched to UTC+7:20 12 minutes and 48 seconds before
    1924-01-01 00:00:00 local time, not 13 minutes after.  This
    corrects an obvious typo in Shanks (1999) that I discovered
    while entering data for Dili.  I found and fixed similar errors
    for Mexico, Costa Rica, and Cuba.

  - Several other minor changes to commentary, mostly reflecting corrections
    embodied in Shanks's latest version.

diff -pru tz-1999gh/Makefile tz/Makefile
--- tz-1999gh/Makefile	Tue Sep 28 15:06:18 1999
+++ tz/Makefile	Fri Oct  8 20:52:03 1999
@@ -358,12 +358,12 @@ public:		$(ENCHILADA) zic
 		-mkdir /tmp/,tzpublic
 		for i in $(TDATA) ; do zic -d /tmp/,tzpublic $$i ; done
 		rm -f -r /tmp/,tzpublic
-		nawk -f checktab.awk $(PRIMARY_YDATA)
+		$(AWK) -f checktab.awk $(PRIMARY_YDATA)
 		tar cf - $(DOCS) $(SOURCES) $(MISC) | gzip -9 > tzcode.tar.gz
 		tar cf - $(DATA) | gzip -9 > tzdata.tar.gz
 
 zonenames:	$(TDATA)
-		@awk '/^Zone/ { print $$2 } /^Link/ { print $$3 }' $(TDATA)
+		@$(AWK) '/^Zone/ { print $$2 } /^Link/ { print $$3 }' $(TDATA)
 
 asctime.o:	private.h tzfile.h
 date.o:		private.h
diff -pru tz-1999gh/africa tz/africa
--- tz-1999gh/africa	Tue Sep 28 14:42:06 1999
+++ tz/africa	Sat Oct 30 06:27:18 1999
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 # From Paul Eggert <eggert at twinsun.com> (1999-03-22):
 #
 # A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
-# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (4th edition),
-# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1995).
+# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (5th edition),
+# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1999).
 #
 # Gwillim Law <LAW at encmail.encompass.com> writes that a good source
 # for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport
@@ -294,8 +294,6 @@ Zone	Africa/Maseru	1:50:00 -	LMT	1903 Ma
 # Shanks reports the date as May 1, whereas Howse reports Jan; go with Shanks.
 # For Liberia before 1972, Shanks reports -0:44, whereas Howse and Whitman
 # each report -0:44:30; go with the more precise figure.
-#
-# From Shanks, as corrected by Whitman:
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Africa/Monrovia	-0:43:08 -	LMT	1882
 			-0:43:08 -	MMT	1919 Mar # Monrovia Mean Time
@@ -320,18 +318,16 @@ Rule	Libya	1986	only	-	Apr	 4	0:00	1:00	
 Rule	Libya	1986	only	-	Oct	 3	0:00	0	-
 Rule	Libya	1987	1989	-	Apr	 1	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Libya	1987	1990	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
-Rule	Libya	1990	only	-	May	 4	0:00	1:00	S
-Rule	Libya	1996	only	-	Mar	30	2:00s	1:00	S
-Rule	Libya	1996	only	-	Sep	30	2:00s	0	-
-Rule	Libya	1997	only	-	Apr	 4	0:00	1:00	S
-Rule	Libya	1997	only	-	Oct	 4	0:00	0	-
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Africa/Tripoli	0:52:44 -	LMT	1920
 			1:00	Libya	CE%sT	1959
 			2:00	-	EET	1982
-			1:00	Libya	CE%sT	1991
-			2:00	-	EET	1996 Mar 30 3:00
-			1:00	Libya	CE%sT	1997 Oct  4 0:00
+			1:00	Libya	CE%sT	1990 May  4
+# The following entries are all from Shanks;
+# the IATA SSIM data contain some obvious errors.
+			2:00	-	EET	1996 Sep 30
+			1:00	-	CET	1997 Apr  4
+			1:00	1:00	CEST	1997 Oct  4
 			2:00	-	EET
 
 # Madagascar
@@ -409,8 +405,8 @@ Zone	Africa/Maputo	2:10:20 -	LMT	1903 Ma
 			2:00	-	CAT
 
 # Namibia
-# Shanks says DST transitions are at 0:00; go with IATA.
 # The 1994-04-03 transition is from Shanks.
+# Shanks reports no DST after 1998-04; go with IATA.
 # RULE	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Namibia	1994	max	-	Sep	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Namibia	1995	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00	0	-
@@ -458,9 +454,6 @@ Zone	Africa/Kigali	2:00:16 -	LMT	1935 Ju
 			2:00	-	CAT
 
 # St Helena
-# From Paul Eggert (1997-10-05):
-# Shanks says St Helena was 1W26 (-0:05:44) from 1890 to 1951,
-# but this is most likely a typo for 5W42, the longitude of Jamestown.
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone Atlantic/St_Helena	-0:22:48 -	LMT	1890		# Jamestown
 			-0:22:48 -	JMT	1951	# Jamestown Mean Time
@@ -517,9 +510,6 @@ Rule	SA	1943	1944	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00	0	-
 Zone Africa/Johannesburg 1:52:00 -	LMT	1892 Feb 8
 			1:30	-	SAST	1903 Mar
 			2:00	SA	SAST
-# Shanks erroneously claims that most of South Africa switched to 1:00
-# on 1994-04-03 at 00:00.
-#
 # Marion and Prince Edward Is
 # scientific station since 1947
 # no information
diff -pru tz-1999gh/asia tz/asia
--- tz-1999gh/asia	Tue Sep 28 14:42:07 1999
+++ tz/asia	Thu Nov  4 07:06:46 1999
@@ -7,9 +7,8 @@
 # From Paul Eggert <eggert at twinsun.com> (1999-03-22):
 #
 # A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
-# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (4th edition),
-# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1995).
-# Except where otherwise noted, it is the source for the data below.
+# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (5th edition),
+# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1999).
 #
 # Gwillim Law <LAW at encmail.encompass.com> writes that a good source
 # for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport
@@ -78,24 +77,21 @@ Zone	Asia/Kabul	4:36:48 -	LMT	1890
 			4:30	-	AFT
 
 # Armenia
-# From Paul Eggert (1999-09-27):
+# From Paul Eggert (1999-10-29):
 # Shanks has Yerevan switching to 3:00 (with Russian DST) in spring 1991,
-# but usno1995 has Armenia at 4:00 (with DST), and Edgar Der-Danieliantz
+# then to 4:00 with no DST in fall 1995, then readopting Russian DST in 1997.
+# Go with Shanks, even when he disagrees with others.  Edgar Der-Danieliantz
 # <edd at AIC.NET> reported (1996-05-04) that Yerevan probably wouldn't use DST
 # in 1996, though it did use DST in 1995.  IATA SSIM (1991/1998) reports that
 # Armenia switched from 3:00 to 4:00 in 1998 and observed DST after 1991,
 # but started switching at 3:00s in 1998.  IATA SSIM (1999-02) reports
 # that they switch one day later in 2001 (i.e. on Mondays).
-# What a mess!  We guess Yerevan DST stayed in sync with Moscow between 1990
-# and 1995, did not use DST in 1996, and started using DST again in 1997.
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Yerevan	2:58:00 -	LMT	1924 May  2
 			3:00	-	YERT	1957 Mar    # Yerevan Time
 			4:00 RussiaAsia YER%sT	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
 			3:00	1:00	YERST	1991 Sep 23 # independence
-			3:00	1:00	AMST	1991 Sep 29 2:00s # Armenia Time
-			3:00	-	AMT	1992 Jan 19 2:00s
-			4:00 RussiaAsia	AM%sT	1996
+			3:00 RussiaAsia	AM%sT	1995 Sep 24 2:00s
 			4:00	-	AMT	1997
 			4:00 RussiaAsia	AM%sT			
 
@@ -191,7 +187,7 @@ Zone	Asia/Phnom_Penh	6:59:40 -	LMT	1906 
 # note about Time magazine, though apparently _something_ happened in 1986.
 # Go with Shanks for now.  I made up names for the other pre-1980 time zones.
 
-# From Shanks (1995):
+# From Shanks:
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Shang	1940	only	-	Jun	 3	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Shang	1940	1941	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	S
@@ -247,7 +243,7 @@ Zone	Asia/Hong_Kong	7:36:36 -	LMT	1904 O
 
 # Taiwan
 
-# Shanks (1995) writes that Taiwan observed DST during 1945, when it
+# Shanks writes that Taiwan observed DST during 1945, when it
 # was still controlled by Japan.  This is hard to believe, but we don't
 # have any other information.
 
@@ -331,6 +327,14 @@ Zone	Asia/Tbilisi	2:59:16 -	LMT	1880
 			4:00	1:00	GEST	1997 Mar lastSun
 			4:00 E-EurAsia	GE%sT
 
+# East Timor
+# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+Zone	Asia/Dili	8:22:20 -	LMT	1912
+			8:00	-	TPT	1942 Feb 21 23:00
+			9:00	-	JST	1945 Aug
+			9:00	-	TPT	1976 May  3
+			8:00	-	TPT	# East Timor Time
+
 # India
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Calcutta	5:53:28 -	LMT	1880
@@ -347,7 +351,9 @@ Zone	Asia/Calcutta	5:53:28 -	LMT	1880
 # Indonesia
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone Asia/Jakarta	7:07:12 -	LMT	1867 Aug 10
-			7:07:12	-	JMT	1924 Jan  1 0:13 # Jakarta MT
+# Shanks says the next transition was at 1924 Jan 1 0:13,
+# but this must be a typo.
+			7:07:12	-	JMT	1923 Dec 31 23:47:12 # Jakarta
 			7:20	-	JAVT	1932 Nov	 # Java Time
 			7:30	-	JAVT	1942 Mar 23
 			9:00	-	JST	1945 Aug
@@ -460,6 +466,7 @@ Rule	Iraq	1984	1985	-	Apr	1	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Iraq	1985	1990	-	Sep	lastSun	1:00s	0	S
 Rule	Iraq	1986	1990	-	Mar	lastSun	1:00s	1:00	D
 # IATA SSIM (1991/1996) says Apr 1 12:01am UTC; guess the `:01' is a typo.
+# Shanks says Iraq did not observe DST 1992/1997 or 1999 on; ignore this.
 Rule	Iraq	1991	max	-	Apr	 1	3:00s	1:00	D
 Rule	Iraq	1991	max	-	Oct	 1	3:00s	0	D
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
@@ -477,7 +484,7 @@ Zone	Asia/Baghdad	2:57:40	-	LMT	1890
 # ISRAEL              2 H  AHEAD OF UTC
 # ISRAEL              3 H  AHEAD OF UTC  APR 10 - SEP 3
 
-# From Shanks (1995):
+# From Shanks:
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Zion	1940	only	-	Jun	 1	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Zion	1942	1944	-	Nov	 1	0:00	0	S
@@ -718,16 +725,17 @@ Zone	Asia/Aqtau	3:21:04	-	LMT	1924 May  
 			4:00 E-EurAsia	AQT%sT
 
 # Kirgizstan
+# Transitions through 1991 are from Shanks.
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Kirgiz	1992	1996	-	Apr	Sun>=7	0:00	1:00	S
-Rule	Kirgiz	1991	1996	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	0	-
+Rule	Kirgiz	1992	1996	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	0	-
 Rule	Kirgiz	1997	max	-	Mar	lastSun	2:30	1:00	S
 Rule	Kirgiz	1997	max	-	Oct	lastSun	2:30	0	-
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Bishkek	4:58:24 -	LMT	1924 May  2
 			5:00	-	FRUT	1930 Jun 21 # Frunze Time
 			6:00 RussiaAsia FRU%sT	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
-			5:00	1:00	FRUST	1991 Aug 31 # independence
+			5:00	1:00	FRUST	1991 Aug 31 2:00 # independence
 			5:00	Kirgiz	KG%sT		    # Kirgizstan Time
 
 ###############################################################################
@@ -739,7 +747,7 @@ Zone	Asia/Bishkek	4:58:24 -	LMT	1924 May
 # Daylight Savings Time was not observed until 1987.  He did not know
 # at what time of day DST starts or ends.
 
-# From Shanks (1995):
+# From Shanks:
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	ROK	1960	only	-	May	15	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	ROK	1960	only	-	Sep	13	0:00	0	S
@@ -837,7 +845,6 @@ Zone	Indian/Maldives	4:54:00 -	LMT	1880	
 # Mongolia
 # Shanks says that Mongolia has three time zones, but usno1995 and the CIA map
 # Standard Time Zones of the World (1997-01)
-# </a>
 # both say that it has just one.
 # Let's comment out the western and eastern Mongolian time zones
 # till we know what their principal towns are.
@@ -848,7 +855,8 @@ Rule	Mongol	1985	1990	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00
 Rule	Mongol	1985	1990	-	Sep	lastSun	3:00	0	-
 Rule	Mongol	1991	max	-	Mar	lastSun	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Mongol	1991	1995	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	0	-
-Rule	Mongol	1996	only	-	Oct	Fri>=22	0:00	0	-
+# IATA SSIM (1996-09) says 1996-10-25; go with Shanks.
+Rule	Mongol	1996	only	-	Oct	lastSun	0:00	0	-
 Rule	Mongol	1997	max	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	0	-
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 #Zone	Asia/Dariv	6:14:32 -	LMT	1905 Aug
@@ -1028,7 +1036,6 @@ Zone	Asia/Singapore	6:55:24 -	LMT	1880
 # no longer available as of 1999-08-17)
 # reported ``the country's standard time will be put forward by one hour at
 # midnight Friday (1830 GMT) `in the light of the present power crisis'.''
-# Transitions before 1996 are from Shanks (1995).
 #
 # From Dharmasiri Senanayake, Sri Lanka Media Minister (1996-10-24), as quoted
 # by Shamindra in
@@ -1078,23 +1085,24 @@ Rule	Syria	1991	1992	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
 Rule	Syria	1992	only	-	Apr	 8	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Syria	1993	only	-	Mar	26	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Syria	1993	only	-	Sep	25	0:00	0	-
-# IATA SSIM (1996-09) says 1997-03-31; (1998-02) says 1998-04-02;
+# IATA SSIM (1998-02) says 1998-04-02;
 # (1998-09) says 1999-03-29 and 1999-09-29; (1999-02) says 1999-04-02,
-# 2000-04-02, and 2001-04-02; ignore all these claims for now.
-Rule	Syria	1994	max	-	Apr	 1	0:00	1:00	S
+# 2000-04-02, and 2001-04-02; ignore all these claims and go with Shanks.
+Rule	Syria	1994	1996	-	Apr	 1	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Syria	1994	max	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
+Rule	Syria	1997	1998	-	Mar	lastMon	0:00	1:00	S
+Rule	Syria	1999	max	-	Apr	 1	0:00	1:00	S
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Damascus	2:25:12 -	LMT	1920
 			2:00	Syria	EE%sT
 
 # Tajikistan
-# From Shanks (1995), who writes ``date of change uncertain'' for 1991.
+# From Shanks.
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Dushanbe	4:35:12 -	LMT	1924 May  2
 			5:00	-	DUST	1930 Jun 21 # Dushanbe Time
 			6:00 RussiaAsia DUS%sT	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
-			5:00	1:00	DUSST	1991 Sep  9 # independence
-			5:00 RussiaAsia	TJ%sT	1992
+			5:00	1:00	DUSST	1991 Sep  9 2:00s
 			5:00	-	TJT		    # Tajikistan Time
 
 # Thailand
@@ -1104,16 +1112,13 @@ Zone	Asia/Bangkok	6:42:04	-	LMT	1880
 			7:00	-	ICT
 
 # Turkmenistan
-# From Shanks (1995):
+# From Shanks.
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Ashkhabad	3:53:32 -	LMT	1924 May  2 # or Ashgabat
 			4:00	-	ASHT	1930 Jun 21 # Ashkhabad Time
-			5:00	-	ASHT	1981 Apr  1
-			5:00	1:00	ASHST	1981 Oct  1
-			6:00	-	ASHT	1982 Apr  1
-			5:00 RussiaAsia	ASH%sT	1991
-			5:00	-	ASHT	1991 Oct 27 # independence
-			5:00 RussiaAsia	TM%sT	1993	# Turkmenistan Time
+			5:00 RussiaAsia	ASH%sT	1991 Mar 31 2:00
+			4:00 RussiaAsia	ASH%sT	1991 Oct 27 # independence
+			4:00 RussiaAsia TM%sT	1992 Jan 19 2:00
 			5:00	-	TMT
 
 # United Arab Emirates
@@ -1122,22 +1127,22 @@ Zone	Asia/Dubai	3:41:12 -	LMT	1920
 			4:00	-	GST
 
 # Uzbekistan
-# From Shanks (1995):
+# 1991 transitions are from Shanks.
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Samarkand	4:27:12 -	LMT	1924 May  2
 			4:00	-	SAMT	1930 Jun 21 # Samarkand Time
 			5:00	-	SAMT	1981 Apr  1
 			5:00	1:00	SAMST	1981 Oct  1
 			6:00 RussiaAsia TAS%sT	1991 Mar 31 2:00 # Tashkent Time
-			5:00	-	TAST	1991 Sep  1 # independence
-			5:00	-	UZT	1992
+			5:00 RussiaAsia	TAS%sT	1991 Sep  1 # independence
+			5:00 RussiaAsia	UZ%sT	1992
 			5:00 RussiaAsia	UZ%sT	1993
 			5:00	-	UZT
 Zone	Asia/Tashkent	4:37:12 -	LMT	1924 May  2
 			5:00	-	TAST	1930 Jun 21 # Tashkent Time
 			6:00 RussiaAsia TAS%sT	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
-			5:00	-	TAST	1991 Sep  1 # independence
-			5:00	-	UZT	1992
+			5:00 RussiaAsia	TAS%sT	1991 Sep  1 # independence
+			5:00 RussiaAsia	UZ%sT	1992
 			5:00 RussiaAsia	UZ%sT	1993
 			5:00	-	UZT
 
@@ -1145,7 +1150,7 @@ Zone	Asia/Tashkent	4:37:12 -	LMT	1924 Ma
 # From Paul Eggert <eggert at twinsun.com> (1993-11-18):
 # Saigon's official name is Thanh-Pho Ho Chi Minh, but it's too long.
 # We'll stick with the traditional name for now.
-# From Shanks (1991):
+# From Shanks:
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Saigon	7:06:40 -	LMT	1906 Jun  9
 			7:06:20	-	SMT	1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT?
diff -pru tz-1999gh/australasia tz/australasia
--- tz-1999gh/australasia	Tue Sep 28 14:42:07 1999
+++ tz/australasia	Sat Oct 30 05:44:52 1999
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@
 # Australia
 
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
-# Shanks gives 1917 Jan 1 0:01; go with Whitman (and guess 2:00).
-Rule	Aus	1916	only	-	Oct	 1	2:00	1:00	-
+Rule	Aus	1917	only	-	Jan	 1	0:01	1:00	-
 Rule	Aus	1917	only	-	Mar	25	2:00	0	-
 Rule	Aus	1942	only	-	Jan	 1	2:00	1:00	-
 Rule	Aus	1942	only	-	Mar	29	2:00	0	-
@@ -24,11 +23,9 @@ Rule	Aus	1943	only	-	Oct	 3	2:00	1:00	-
 # Northern Territory
 Zone Australia/Darwin	 8:43:20 -	LMT	1895 Feb
 			 9:00	-	CST	1899 May
-			 9:30	-	CST	1917 Jan 1 0:01
 			 9:30	Aus	CST
 # Western Australia
 Zone Australia/Perth	 7:43:24 -	LMT	1895 Dec
-			 8:00	-	WST	1917 Jan 1 0:01
 			 8:00	Aus	WST	1943 Jul
 			 8:00	-	WST	1974 Oct lastSun 2:00s
 			 8:00	1:00	WST	1975 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s
@@ -58,11 +55,9 @@ Rule	AQ	1990	1992	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
 Rule	Holiday	1992	1993	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
 Rule	Holiday	1993	1994	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
 Zone Australia/Brisbane	10:12:08 -	LMT	1895
-			10:00	-	EST	1917 Jan 1 0:01
 			10:00	Aus	EST	1971
 			10:00	AQ	EST
 Zone Australia/Lindeman  9:55:56 -	LMT	1895
-			10:00	-	EST	1917 Jan 1 0:01
 			10:00	Aus	EST	1971
 			10:00	AQ	EST	1992 Jul
 			10:00	Holiday	EST
@@ -81,7 +76,6 @@ Rule	AS	1995	max	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone Australia/Adelaide	9:14:20 -	LMT	1895 Feb
 			9:00	-	CST	1899 May
-			9:30	-	CST	1917 Jan 1 0:01
 			9:30	Aus	CST	1971
 			9:30	AS	CST
 
@@ -99,11 +93,14 @@ Rule	AT	1986	only	-	Oct	Sun>=15	2:00s	1:
 Rule	AT	1987	1990	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00s	0	-
 Rule	AT	1987	only	-	Oct	Sun>=22	2:00s	1:00	-
 Rule	AT	1988	1990	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
-Rule	AT	1991	max	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00s	1:00	-
+Rule	AT	1991	1999	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00s	1:00	-
 Rule	AT	1991	max	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
+Rule	AT	2000	only	-	Aug	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
+Rule	AT	2001	max	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00s	1:00	-
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone Australia/Hobart	9:49:16	-	LMT	1895 Sep
-			10:00	-	EST	1917 Jan 1 0:01
+			10:00	-	EST	1916 Oct 1 2:00
+			10:00	1:00	EST	1917 Feb
 			10:00	Aus	EST	1967
 			10:00	AT	EST
 
@@ -121,7 +118,6 @@ Rule	AV	2000	only	-	Aug	lastSun	2:00s	1:
 Rule	AV	2001	max	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone Australia/Melbourne 9:39:52 -	LMT	1895 Feb
-			10:00	-	EST	1917 Jan 1 0:01
 			10:00	Aus	EST	1971
 			10:00	AV	EST
 
@@ -141,13 +137,11 @@ Rule	AN	2000	only	-	Aug	lastSun	2:00s	1:
 Rule	AN	2001	max	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone Australia/Sydney	10:04:52 -	LMT	1895 Feb
-			10:00	-	EST	1917 Jan 1 0:01
 			10:00	Aus	EST	1971
 			10:00	AN	EST
 Zone Australia/Broken_Hill 9:25:48 -	LMT	1895 Feb
 			10:00	-	EST	1896 Aug 23
 			9:00	-	CST	1899 May
-			9:30	-	CST	1917 Jan 1 0:01
 			9:30	Aus	CST	1971
 			9:30	AN	CST	2000
 			9:30	AS	CST
@@ -157,10 +151,10 @@ Zone Australia/Broken_Hill 9:25:48 -	LMT
 Rule	LH	1981	1984	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
 Rule	LH	1982	1985	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
 Rule	LH	1985	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	0:30	-
-Rule	LH	1986	1989	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00s	0	-
+Rule	LH	1986	1991	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00s	0	-
 Rule	LH	1986	only	-	Oct	19	2:00s	0:30	-
 Rule	LH	1987	max	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	0:30	-
-Rule	LH	1990	1995	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
+Rule	LH	1992	1995	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
 Rule	LH	1996	max	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
 Zone Australia/Lord_Howe 10:36:20 -	LMT	1895 Feb
 			10:00	-	EST	1981 Mar
@@ -193,7 +187,7 @@ Zone Indian/Christmas	7:02:52 -	LMT	1895
 			7:00	-	CXT	# Christmas Island Time
 
 # Cook Is
-# From Shanks (1995):
+# From Shanks:
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Cook	1978	only	-	Nov	12	0:00	0:30	HS
 Rule	Cook	1979	1991	-	Mar	Sun>=1	0:00	0	-
@@ -271,8 +265,9 @@ Zone Pacific/Truk	10:07:08 -	LMT	1901
 Zone Pacific/Ponape	10:32:52 -	LMT	1901		# Kolonia
 			11:00	-	PONT			# Ponape Time
 Zone Pacific/Kosrae	10:51:56 -	LMT	1901
-			11:00	-	PONT	1969 Oct
-			12:00	-	KOST			# Kosrae Time
+			11:00	-	KOST	1969 Oct	# Kosrae Time
+			12:00	-	KOST	1999
+			11:00	-	KOST
 
 # Nauru
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
@@ -287,6 +282,7 @@ Zone	Pacific/Nauru	11:07:40 -	LMT	1921 J
 Rule	NC	1977	1978	-	Dec	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	NC	1978	1979	-	Feb	27	0:00	0	-
 Rule	NC	1996	only	-	Dec	 1	2:00s	1:00	S
+# Shanks says the following was at 2:00; go with IATA.
 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
@@ -394,10 +390,9 @@ Zone	Pacific/Fakaofo	-11:24:56 -	LMT	190
 			-10:00	-	TKT	# Tokelau Time
 
 # Tonga
-# Transition time is a guess--see below
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
-Rule	Tonga	1999	max	-	Oct	Sat>=1	0:00	1:00	S
-Rule	Tonga	2000	max	-	Apr	Sat>=15	0:00	-	-
+Rule	Tonga	1999	max	-	Oct	Sat>=1	2:00s	1:00	S
+Rule	Tonga	2000	max	-	Apr	Sun>=16	2:00s	-	-
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone Pacific/Tongatapu	12:19:20 -	LMT	1901
 			12:20	-	TOT	1941 # Tonga Time
@@ -467,10 +462,10 @@ Zone	Pacific/Wallis	12:15:20 -	LMT	1901
 # go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
 # tz at elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future).
 
-# From Paul Eggert <eggert at twinsun.com> (1999-03-22):
+# From Paul Eggert <eggert at twinsun.com> (1999-10-29):
 # A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
-# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (4th edition),
-# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1995).
+# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (5th edition),
+# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1999).
 #
 # Gwillim Law <LAW at encmail.encompass.com> writes that a good source
 # for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport
@@ -733,6 +728,13 @@ Zone	Pacific/Wallis	12:15:20 -	LMT	1901
 # 6 weeks a year now when we are out of sync with the rest of Australia
 # (but nothing new about that).
 
+# From Alex Livingston (1999-10-04):
+# I heard on the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) radio news on the
+# (long) weekend that Tasmania, which usually goes its own way in this regard,
+# has decided to join with most of NSW, the ACT, and most of Victoria
+# (Australia) and start daylight saving on the last Sunday in August in 2000
+# instead of the first Sunday in October.
+
 # Victoria
 
 # The rules for 1971 through 1991 were reported by George Shepherd
@@ -884,11 +886,11 @@ Zone	Pacific/Wallis	12:15:20 -	LMT	1901
 # time on both the first Sunday in October and the third Sunday in March.
 # As with Australia, we'll assume the tradition is 2:00s, not 2:00.
 #
-# From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22):
-# Shanks gives no data for Chatham; usno1989 says it's +12:45,
-# usno1995 says it's +12:45/+13:45, and IATA SSIM (1991/1996)
+# From Paul Eggert (1999-10-29):
+# Shanks gives no time data for Chatham; usno1989 says it's +12:45,
+# usno1995 says it's +12:45/+13:45, and IATA SSIM (1991/1999)
 # gives the NZ rules but with transitions at 2:45 local standard time.
-# Guess that they adopted DST in 1990.
+# Guess that they have been in lock-step with NZ since 1990.
 
 ###############################################################################
 
@@ -945,6 +947,14 @@ Zone	Pacific/Wallis	12:15:20 -	LMT	1901
 # Shanks writes that Truk switched from GMT+10 to GMT+11 on 1978-10-01;
 # ignore this for now.
 
+# From Paul Eggert (1999-10-29):
+# The Federated States of Micronesia Visitors Board writes in
+# <a href="http://www.fsmgov.org/info/clocks.html">
+# The Federated States of Micronesia - Visitor Information
+# </a> (1999-01-26)
+# that Truk and Yap are GMT+10, and Ponape and Kosrae are GMT+11.
+# We don't know when Kosrae switched from GMT+12; assume January 1 for now.
+
 # Samoa
 
 # Howse writes (p 153, citing p 10 of the 1883-11-18 New York Herald)
@@ -1018,3 +1028,7 @@ Zone	Pacific/Wallis	12:15:20 -	LMT	1901
 # Sept. 10, clocks must be turned ahead one hour on the opening day and 
 # set back an hour on the closing date."
 # Alas, no indication of the time of day.
+
+# From Rives McDow (1999-10-06):
+# Tonga started its Daylight Saving on Saturday morning October 2nd at 0200am.
+# Daylight Saving ends on April 16 at 0300am which is Sunday morning.
diff -pru tz-1999gh/backward tz/backward
--- tz-1999gh/backward	Tue Aug 11 03:16:33 1998
+++ tz/backward	Sat Oct 30 04:52:45 1999
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 # and their old names.  Many names changed in late 1993.
 
 Link	America/Adak		America/Atka
+Link	America/Tijuana		America/Ensenada
 Link	America/Indianapolis	America/Fort_Wayne
 Link	America/Indiana/Knox	America/Knox_IN
 Link	America/St_Thomas	America/Virgin
diff -pru tz-1999gh/checktab.awk tz/checktab.awk
--- tz-1999gh/checktab.awk	Tue Sep 28 14:53:05 1999
+++ tz/checktab.awk	Wed Oct 13 22:00:42 1999
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ END {
 	if (0 < want_warnings) {
 		for (cc in cc2name) {
 			if (!cc_used[cc]) {
-				printf "%s:%d: warning:" \
+				printf "%s:%d: warning: " \
 					"no Zone entries for %s (%s)\n", \
 					iso_table, cc2NR[cc], cc, cc2name[cc]
 			}
diff -pru tz-1999gh/europe tz/europe
--- tz-1999gh/europe	Thu Oct  7 07:50:22 1999
+++ tz/europe	Fri Oct 29 23:26:33 1999
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 # go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
 # tz at elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future).
 
-# From Paul Eggert <eggert at twinsun.com> (1999-03-22):
+# From Paul Eggert <eggert at twinsun.com> (1999-10-29):
 # A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
-# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (4th edition),
-# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1995).
+# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (5th edition),
+# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1999).
 #
 # Gwillim Law <LAW at encmail.encompass.com> writes that a good source
 # for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport
@@ -724,10 +724,10 @@
 # changes in Alderney and Guernsey were at the same 2am GMT time as
 # for Great Britain; the order for Jersey is more interesting.
 #
-# From Paul Eggert (1999-10-06):
+# From Paul Eggert (1999-10-22):
 # Mark Brader kindly translated the 1916 Jersey order from the French.
 # It says that the 1916 transitions were 05-20 and 09-30 at midnight.
-# Presumably this was 24:00, two hours earlier than Great Britain.
+# No doubt this was 24:00, two or three hours earlier than Great Britain.
 # It also says that after 1916 they'll sync with Great Britain.
 
 # From Joseph S. Myers (1999-09-28):
@@ -1005,9 +1005,6 @@ Rule	Russia	1919	only	-	May	31	23:00	2:0
 Rule	Russia	1919	only	-	Jul	 1	 2:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Russia	1919	only	-	Aug	16	 0:00	0	-
 Rule	Russia	1921	only	-	Feb	14	23:00	1:00	S
-# Shanks gives 1921 Mar 21 for the following transition.
-# From Andrey A. Chernov <ache at astral.msk.su> (1993-11-12):
-# My sources says, that it is Mar 20, not 21.
 Rule	Russia	1921	only	-	Mar	20	23:00	2:00	M # Midsummer
 Rule	Russia	1921	only	-	Sep	 1	 0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Russia	1921	only	-	Oct	 1	 0:00	0	-
@@ -1090,7 +1087,7 @@ Rule	Albania	1984	only	-	Apr	 1	0:00	1:0
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Europe/Tirane	1:19:20 -	LMT	1914
 			1:00	-	CET	1940 Jun 16
-# The following transition is from Shanks's 4th edition (1995).
+# The following transition is from Shanks.
 			1:00	Albania	CE%sT	1984 Jul
 			1:00	EU	CE%sT
 
@@ -1120,17 +1117,18 @@ Zone	Europe/Vienna	1:05:20 -	LMT	1893 Ap
 			1:00	EU	CE%sT
 
 # Belarus
-# Transitions before 1991 are from Shanks (1995).
+# Transitions before 1991 are from Shanks.
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Europe/Minsk	1:50:16 -	LMT	1880
 			1:50	-	MMT	1924 May 2 # Minsk Mean Time
 			2:00	-	EET	1930 Jun 21
 			3:00	-	MSK	1941 Jun 28
 			1:00	C-Eur	CE%sT	1944 Jul  3
-			3:00	Russia	MSK/MSD	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
+			3:00	Russia	MSK/MSD	1990
+			3:00	-	MSK	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
 			2:00	1:00	EEST	1991 Sep 29 2:00s
-			2:00	-	EET	1992 Mar 29 2:00s
-			2:00	1:00	EEST	1992 Sep 27 2:00s
+			2:00	-	EET	1992 Mar 29 0:00s
+			2:00	1:00	EEST	1992 Sep 27 0:00s
 			2:00	Russia	EE%sT
 
 # Belgium
@@ -1366,7 +1364,6 @@ Zone	Europe/Helsinki	1:39:52 -	LMT	1878 
 # France
 #
 # Shanks seems to use `24:00' ambiguously; we resolve it with Whitman.
-# From Shanks (1991):
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	France	1916	only	-	Jun	14	23:00s	1:00	S
 Rule	France	1916	1919	-	Oct	Sun>=1	23:00s	0	-
@@ -1454,7 +1451,6 @@ Rule	Germany	1945	only	-	May	31	3:00	2:0
 Rule	Germany	1945	only	-	Sep	23	3:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Germany	1945	only	-	Nov	18	2:00s	0	-
 Rule	Germany	1946	only	-	Apr	14	2:00s	1:00	S
-# Shanks gives 1946-10-06; go with the PTB.
 Rule	Germany	1946	only	-	Oct	 7	2:00s	0	-
 Rule	Germany	1947	1949	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
 Rule	Germany	1947	only	-	Apr	 6	2:00s	1:00	S
@@ -1571,10 +1567,10 @@ Zone	Europe/Budapest	1:16:20 -	LMT	1890 
 # might be a reference to the Julian calendar as opposed to Gregorian, or it
 # might mean something else (???).
 #
-# From Paul Eggert <eggert at twinsun.com> (1993-12-09):
+# From Paul Eggert <eggert at twinsun.com> (1999-10-29):
 # The Iceland Almanak, Shanks and Whitman disagree on many points.
 # We go with the Almanak, except for one claim from Shanks, namely that
-# Reykavik was -1:28 from 1837 to 1908, local mean time before that.
+# Reykavik was 21W57 from 1837 to 1908, local mean time before that.
 #
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Iceland	1917	1918	-	Feb	19	23:00	1:00	S
@@ -1728,8 +1724,6 @@ Zone	Europe/Riga	1:36:24	-	LMT	1880
 			2:00	-	EET	1940 Aug  5
 			3:00	-	MSK	1941 Jul
 			1:00	C-Eur	CE%sT	1944 Oct 13
-			# Shanks says 1944-08-08, but
-			# Riga fell to the Red Army on 1944-10-13.
 			3:00	Russia	MSK/MSD	1989 Mar lastSun 2:00s
 			2:00	1:00	EEST	1989 Sep lastSun 2:00s
 			2:00	Latvia	EE%sT	1997 Jan 21
@@ -1832,12 +1826,14 @@ Zone	Europe/Malta	0:58:04 -	LMT	1893 Nov
 			1:00	EU	CE%sT
 
 # Moldova
+# see commentary for Romania
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Europe/Chisinau	1:55:20 -	LMT	1924 May  2
 			2:00	-	EET	1930 Jun 21
 			3:00	Russia	MSK/MSD	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
 			2:00	1:00	EEST	1991 Sep 29 2:00s
-			2:00	E-Eur	EE%sT
+			2:00	E-Eur	EE%sT	1997
+			2:00	EU	EE%sT
 
 # Monaco
 # Shanks gives 0:09 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's more precise 0:09:21.
@@ -1852,7 +1848,7 @@ Zone	Europe/Monaco	0:29:32 -	LMT	1891 Ma
 # Howse writes that the Netherlands' railways used GMT between 1892 and 1940,
 # but for other purposes the Netherlands used Amsterdam mean time.
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
-# Shanks gives 1916 May 1 0:00 and 1916 Oct 1 0:00; go with Whitman.
+# Shanks gives 1916 Apr 30 24:00 and 1916 Oct 1 00:00; go with Whitman.
 Rule	Neth	1916	only	-	May	 1	2:00s	1:00	NST	# Netherlands Summer Time
 Rule	Neth	1916	only	-	Oct	 2	2:00s	0	AMT	# Amsterdam Mean Time
 Rule	Neth	1917	only	-	Apr	16	2:00s	1:00	NST
@@ -1878,7 +1874,6 @@ Rule	Neth	1937	1939	-	Oct	Sun>=2	2:00s	0
 Rule	Neth	1938	1939	-	May	15	2:00s	1:00	S
 Rule	Neth	1945	only	-	Apr	 2	2:00s	1:00	S
 Rule	Neth	1945	only	-	May	20	2:00s	0	-
-# Before 1937, Shanks says just `0:20'; we use Whitman's more precise figure.
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone Europe/Amsterdam	0:19:28 -	LMT	1892 May
 			0:19:28	Neth	%s	1937 Jul
@@ -2067,6 +2062,14 @@ Zone Atlantic/Madeira	-1:07:36 -	LMT	188
 			 0:00	EU	WE%sT
 
 # Romania
+#
+# From Paul Eggert (1999-10-07):
+# <a href="http://www.nineoclock.ro/POL/1778pol.html">
+# Nine O'clock</a> (1998-10-23) reports that the switch occurred at
+# 04:00 local time in fall 1998.  For lack of better info,
+# assume that Romania and Moldova switched to EU rules in 1997,
+# the same year as Bulgaria.
+#
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Romania	1932	only	-	May	21	 0:00s	1:00	S
 Rule	Romania	1932	1939	-	Oct	Sun>=1	 0:00s	0	-
@@ -2083,7 +2086,8 @@ Zone Europe/Bucharest	1:44:24 -	LMT	1891
 			2:00	Romania	EE%sT	1981 Mar 29 2:00s
 			2:00	C-Eur	EE%sT	1991
 			2:00	Romania	EE%sT	1994
-			2:00	E-Eur	EE%sT
+			2:00	E-Eur	EE%sT	1997
+			2:00	EU	EE%sT
 
 # Russia
 
@@ -2293,7 +2297,7 @@ Zone Europe/Stockholm	1:12:12 -	LMT	1878
 # From Whitman (who writes ``Midnight?''):
 Rule	Swiss	1940	only	-	Nov	 2	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Swiss	1940	only	-	Dec	31	0:00	0	-
-# From Shanks (1991):
+# From Shanks:
 Rule	Swiss	1941	1942	-	May	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Swiss	1941	1942	-	Oct	Sun>=1	0:00	0	-
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
@@ -2316,7 +2320,6 @@ Rule	Turkey	1922	only	-	Oct	 8	0:00	0	-
 Rule	Turkey	1924	only	-	May	13	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Turkey	1924	1925	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
 Rule	Turkey	1925	only	-	May	 1	0:00	1:00	S
-# Shanks omits the first two transitions in 1940; go with Whitman.
 Rule	Turkey	1940	only	-	Jun	30	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Turkey	1940	only	-	Oct	 5	0:00	0	-
 Rule	Turkey	1940	only	-	Dec	 1	0:00	1:00	S
diff -pru tz-1999gh/iso3166.tab tz/iso3166.tab
--- tz-1999gh/iso3166.tab	Thu Sep 23 13:48:06 1999
+++ tz/iso3166.tab	Wed Oct 13 20:42:10 1999
@@ -2,20 +2,17 @@
 #
 # @(#)iso3166.tab	1.6
 #
-# From Paul Eggert <eggert at twinsun.com> (1996-09-03):
+# From Paul Eggert <eggert at twinsun.com> (1999-10-13):
 #
 # This file contains a table with the following columns:
-# 1.  ISO 3166-1:1997 2-character country code.  See: 
+# 1.  ISO 3166-1:1999 2-character country code.  See:
+#	<a href="http://www.din.de/gremien/nas/nabd/iso3166ma/codlstp1.html">
+#	ISO 3166-1: The Code List
+#	</a>.
 # 2.  The usual English name for the country,
 #	chosen so that alphabetic sorting of subsets produces helpful lists.
 #	This is not the same as the English name in the ISO 3166 tables.
 #
-# The PS code below has been reserved for Palestine by the ISO;
-# however, the code is not yet officially assigned to Palestine.  Please see
-# <a href="ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-erlangen.de/pub/doc/ISO/ISO-3166-background">
-# Cord Wischhoefer, Country Code Elements for Palestine (1996-07-24)
-# </a>.
-#
 # Columns are separated by a single tab.
 # The table is sorted by country code.
 #
@@ -95,7 +92,6 @@ FK	Falkland Islands
 FM	Micronesia
 FO	Faeroe Islands
 FR	France
-FX	France, Metropolitan
 GA	Gabon
 GB	Britain (UK)
 GD	Grenada
@@ -114,6 +110,7 @@ GT	Guatemala
 GU	Guam
 GW	Guinea-Bissau
 GY	Guyana
+HK	Hong Kong
 HM	Heard Island & McDonald Islands
 HN	Honduras
 HR	Croatia
diff -pru tz-1999gh/northamerica tz/northamerica
--- tz-1999gh/northamerica	Tue Sep 28 14:42:08 1999
+++ tz/northamerica	Sat Oct 30 05:23:34 1999
@@ -408,6 +408,16 @@ Zone America/Louisville	-5:43:02 -	LMT	1
 			-5:00	US	E%sT	1974 Jan  6 2:00
 			-6:00	1:00	CDT	1974 Oct 27 2:00
 			-5:00	US	E%sT
+# Wayne County, Kentucky
+# From
+# <a href="http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=1999_register&docid=99-26945-filed">
+# Federal Register Doc. 99-26945
+# </a> (1999-10-14 08:45-04)
+# In response to a petition by the Wayne County, Kentucky, Fiscal Court,
+# the Department of Transportation (DOT) proposed to move Wayne County,
+# Kentucky, from the Central Time Zone to the Eastern Time Zone.... Now
+# the earliest date that the proposed change might take effect is
+# October 29, 2000.
 
 # Michigan
 #
@@ -482,10 +492,10 @@ Link	Pacific/Honolulu	HST
 ################################################################################
 
 
-# From Paul Eggert <eggert at twinsun.com> (1996-11-22):
+# From Paul Eggert <eggert at twinsun.com> (1999-10-29):
 # A good source for time zone historical data outside the US is
-# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (4th edition),
-# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1995).
+# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (5th edition),
+# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1999).
 #
 # Gwillim Law <LAW at encmail.encompass.com> writes that a good source
 # for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport
@@ -536,7 +546,7 @@ Link	Pacific/Honolulu	HST
 # From Paul Eggert <eggert at twinsun.com> (1994-11-22):
 # Alas, this sort of thing must be handled by localization software.
 
-# The data for Canada are all from Shanks (1991).
+# The data for Canada are all from Shanks.
 
 
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
@@ -682,7 +692,7 @@ Zone America/Glace_Bay	-3:59:48 -	LMT	19
 # says that Ontario east of 90W uses EST/EDT, and west of 90W uses CST/CDT.
 # Officially Atikokan is therefore on CST/CDT, and most likely this report
 # concerns a non-official time observed as a matter of local practice.
-# For what it's worth, Shanks (1995) says that Atikokan has agreed with
+# For what it's worth, Shanks says that Atikokan has agreed with
 # Rainy River ever since standard time was introduced.
 
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
@@ -854,7 +864,7 @@ Zone America/Edmonton	-7:33:52 -	LMT	190
 
 # From Paul Eggert (1996-06-12):
 # Shanks writes that since 1970 most of this region has been like Vancouver.
-# Dawswon Creek uses MST.  Much of east BC is like Edmonton.
+# Dawson Creek uses MST.  Much of east BC is like Edmonton.
 
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Vanc	1918	only	-	Apr	14	2:00	1:00	D
@@ -877,9 +887,8 @@ Zone America/Dawson_Creek -8:00:56 -	LMT
 
 # Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon
 
-# From Paul Eggert (1996-10-07):
+# From Paul Eggert (1999-10-29):
 # Dawson switched to PST in 1973.  Inuvik switched to MST in 1979.
-# Shanks's table for Watson Lake is corrupted, so we have no data there.
 # Mathew Englander <mathew at io.org> (1996-10-07) gives the following refs:
 #	* 1967. Paragraph 28(34)(g) of the Interpretation Act, S.C. 1967-68,
 #	c. 7 defines Yukon standard time as UTC-9.  This is still valid;
@@ -892,7 +901,7 @@ Zone America/Dawson_Creek -8:00:56 -	LMT
 # From Rives McDow (1999-09-04):
 # Nunavut ... moved ... to incorporate the whole territory into one time zone.
 # <a href="http://www.nunatsiaq.com/nunavut/nvt90903_13.html">
-# The change announcement
+# Nunavut moves to single time zone Oct. 31
 # </a> 
 #
 # From Antoine Leca (1999-09-06):
@@ -997,10 +1006,6 @@ Zone America/Dawson	-9:17:40 -	LMT	1900 
 # a zone that's GMT-8 with DST; a zone that's always GMT-7;
 # a zone that's GMT-6 with DST; and a zone that's always GMT-6.
 
-# From Paul Eggert <eggert at twinsun.com> (1993-11-18):
-# Shanks also says there are four zones, but disagrees about the fourth.
-# Instead of GMT-6 with DST, he says there's GMT-8 without DST.
-
 # From Alan Perry <alan.perry at eng.sun.com> (1996-02-15):
 # A guy from our Mexico subsidiary finally found the Presidential Decree
 # outlining the timezone changes in Mexico.
@@ -1039,7 +1044,7 @@ Zone America/Dawson	-9:17:40 -	LMT	1900 
 # The State of Quintana Roo has reverted back to central STD and DST times
 # (i.e. UTC -0600 and -0500 as of 1998-08-02).
 
-# From Shanks (1991):
+# From Shanks:
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Mexico	1939	only	-	Feb	5	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Mexico	1939	only	-	Jun	25	0:00	0	S
@@ -1052,12 +1057,11 @@ Rule	Mexico	1950	only	-	Jul	30	0:00	0	S
 Rule	Mexico	1996	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Mexico	1996	max	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
 #
-Rule	BajaN	1950	1966	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
-Rule	BajaN	1950	1961	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
-Rule	BajaN	1961	1966	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
+Rule	BajaN	1954	1961	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
+Rule	BajaN	1954	1961	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 # Quintana Roo
-Zone America/Cancun	-5:47:04 -	LMT	1922 Jan  1  1:12:42
+Zone America/Cancun	-5:47:04 -	LMT	1922 Jan  1  0:12:56
 			-6:00	-	CST	1996
 			-6:00	Mexico	C%sT	1997 Oct lastSun 2:00
 			-5:00	Mexico	E%sT	1998 Aug  2  2:00
@@ -1071,7 +1075,7 @@ Zone America/Mexico_City -6:36:36 -	LMT	
 			-7:00	-	MST	1932 Mar 30 23:00
 			-6:00	Mexico	C%sT
 # Chihuahua
-Zone America/Chihuahua	-7:04:20 -	LMT	1921 Dec 31 23:55:44
+Zone America/Chihuahua	-7:04:20 -	LMT	1921 Dec 31 23:55:40
 			-7:00	-	MST	1927 Jun 10 23:00
 			-6:00	-	CST	1930 Nov 15
 			-7:00	-	MST	1931 May  1 23:00
@@ -1092,23 +1096,15 @@ Zone America/Mazatlan	-7:05:40 -	LMT	192
 			-7:00	-	MST	1949 Jan 14
 			-8:00	-	PST	1970
 			-7:00	Mexico	M%sT
-# N Baja California
+# Baja California
 Zone America/Tijuana	-7:48:04 -	LMT	1922 Jan  1  0:11:56
 			-8:00	-	PST	1927 Jun 10 23:00
 			-7:00	-	MST	1930 Nov 16
 			-8:00	-	PST	1942 Apr
 			-7:00	-	MST	1949 Jan 14
-			-8:00	BajaN	P%sT	1967 Apr lastSun 2:00
+			-8:00	BajaN	P%sT	1976
 			-8:00	US	P%sT	1996
 			-8:00	Mexico	P%sT
-# Baja California
-Zone America/Ensenada	-7:46:28 -	LMT	1922 Jan  1  0:13:32
-			-8:00	-	PST	1927 Jun 10 23:00
-			-7:00	-	MST	1930 Nov 16
-			-8:00	-	PST	1942 Apr
-			-7:00	-	MST	1949 Jan 14
-			-8:00	-	PST	1996
-			-8:00	Mexico	P%sT
 #
 # Revillagigedo Is
 # no information
@@ -1173,8 +1169,6 @@ Zone	America/Cayman	-5:25:32 -	LMT	1890	
 			-5:00	-	EST
 
 # Costa Rica
-# Shanks gives some very odd dates for 1991, and stops there.
-# For now, we won't guess further.
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	CR	1979	1980	-	Feb	lastSun	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	CR	1979	1980	-	Jun	Sun>=1	0:00	0	S
@@ -1185,7 +1179,7 @@ Rule	CR	1992	only	-	Mar	15	0:00	0	S
 # There are too many San Joses elsewhere, so we'll use `Costa Rica'.
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone America/Costa_Rica	-5:36:20 -	LMT	1890		# San Jose
-			-5:36	-	SJMT	1921 Jan 15 # San Jose Mean Time
+			-5:36:20 -	SJMT	1921 Jan 15 # San Jose Mean Time
 			-6:00	CR	C%sT
 # Coco
 # no information; probably like America/Costa_Rica
@@ -1236,7 +1230,7 @@ Rule	Cuba	2000	max	-	Apr	 1	0:00s	1:00	D
 
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	America/Havana	-5:29:28 -	LMT	1890
-			-5:30	-	HMT	1925 Jul 19 12:00 # Havana MT
+			-5:29:36 -	HMT	1925 Jul 19 12:00 # Havana MT
 			-5:00	Cuba	C%sT
 
 # Dominica
@@ -1294,7 +1288,7 @@ Zone America/Guatemala	-6:02:04 -	LMT	19
 Rule	Haiti	1983	only	-	May	8	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Haiti	1984	1987	-	Apr	lastSun	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Haiti	1983	1987	-	Oct	lastSun	0:00	0	S
-# Shanks says AT is 2:00, but IATA SSIM (1991/1996) says 1:00s.  Go with IATA.
+# Shanks says AT is 2:00, but IATA SSIM (1991/1997) says 1:00s.  Go with IATA.
 Rule	Haiti	1988	1997	-	Apr	Sun>=1	1:00s	1:00	D
 Rule	Haiti	1988	1997	-	Oct	lastSun	1:00s	0	S
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
@@ -1318,11 +1312,11 @@ Zone America/Tegucigalpa -5:48:52 -	LMT	
 # From U. S. Naval Observatory (1989-01-19):
 # JAMAICA             5 H  BEHIND UTC
 
-# From Shanks (1991):
+# From Shanks:
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	America/Jamaica	-5:07:12 -	LMT	1890		# Kingston
 			-5:07:12 -	KMT	1912 Feb    # Kingston Mean Time
-			-5:00	-	EST	1974 Jan 6 2:00
+			-5:00	-	EST	1974 Apr 28 2:00
 			-5:00	US	E%sT	1984
 			-5:00	-	EST
 
diff -pru tz-1999gh/southamerica tz/southamerica
--- tz-1999gh/southamerica	Tue Sep 28 14:42:08 1999
+++ tz/southamerica	Sat Oct 30 05:15:33 1999
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 
 # From Paul Eggert <eggert at twinsun.com> (1999-07-07):
 # A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
-# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (4th edition),
-# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1995).
+# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (5th edition),
+# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1999).
 #
 # Gwillim Law <LAW at encmail.encompass.com> writes that a good source
 # for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ Rule	Arg	1988	only	-	Dec	 1	0:00	1:00	S
 # Talleres de Hidrografia Naval Argentina
 # (Argentine Naval Hydrography Institute)
 #
-# Shanks gives 1989 Mar 16 and stops after 1990 Mar 4; go with Otero.
+# Shanks stops after 1992-03-01; go with Otero.
 Rule	Arg	1989	1993	-	Mar	Sun>=1	0:00	0	-
 Rule	Arg	1989	1992	-	Oct	Sun>=15	0:00	1:00	S
 #
@@ -216,38 +216,16 @@ Zone	America/La_Paz	-4:32:36 -	LMT	1890
 # Maranhao (MA), Paraiba (PR), Pernambuco (PE), Piaui (PI), and Rio Grande do
 # Norte (RN), and the eastern part of Para (PA) are all in BR1 without DST.
 
-# From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22):
-# Let's make the following assumptions:
-#
-# * All data in Shanks are correct through 1990.  In particular,
-#   Shanks was right when he said Acre stopped observing DST in mid-1988.
-# * Areas where Shanks reports DST up to 1990, but the IATA reports no DST
-#   in 1995, stopped observing DST in mid-1990.
-#
-# Under these assumptions Brazil needs 7 entries to cover all the distinct
-# time zone histories since 1970:
-#
-# Noronha (UTC-2), Fortaleza (UTC-3), and Manaus (UTC-4) stopped observing DST
-#	in mid-1990.
-# Maceio (UTC-3) stopped observing DST in mid-1990, but started again mid-1995.
-# Sao Paulo (UTC-3) and Cuiaba (UTC-4) always observed DST.
-# Porto Acre (UTC-5) stopped observing DST in mid-1988.
-
-# From Rodrigo Feher <feher at pobox.com> (1998-01-17):
-# Reading "southamerica" file in timezone 7.55 I've found an
-# error. Line 193 say "Territory of Acre". It is not a territory anymore
-# but a state.
-
 # From Marcos Tadeu (1998-09-27):
 # <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/verao1.html">
 # Brazilian official page
 # </a>
 #
-# From Paul Eggert (1998-09-28):
+# From Paul Eggert (1998-10-29):
 # The official decrees referenced below are taken from
 # <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV.html">
 # Decretos sobre o Horario de Verao no Brasil
-# </a> (1998-09-25, in Portuguese).
+# </a> (1999-10-04, in Portuguese).
 
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV20466.htm">20,466</a> (1931-10-01)
@@ -355,9 +333,11 @@ Rule	Brazil	1998	only	-	Mar	 1	 0:00	0	-
 Rule	Brazil	1998	only	-	Oct	11	 0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Brazil	1999	only	-	Feb	21	 0:00	0	-
 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/HV3150.gif">3,150</a>
-# (1999-08-23), adopted by same states, says only 1999-10-03 and 2000-02-27;
-# after that, these rules are guesses and are quite possibly wrong,
-# but they are more likely than no DST at all.
+# (1999-08-23) adopted by same states.
+# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV99.gif">3,188</a> (1999-09-30)
+# adds SE, AL, PE, PR, RN, CE, PI, MA and RR.
+# These give only one year's rules.  After that, the rules are guesses
+# and are quite possibly wrong, but are more likely than no DST at all.
 Rule	Brazil	1999	max	-	Oct	Sun>=1	 0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Brazil	2000	max	-	Feb	lastSun	 0:00	0	-
 
@@ -366,61 +346,69 @@ Rule	Brazil	2000	max	-	Feb	lastSun	 0:00
 #
 # Fernando de Noronha
 Zone America/Noronha	-2:09:40 -	LMT	1914
-			-2:00	Brazil	FN%sT	1990 Jul
+			-2:00	Brazil	FN%sT	1990 Sep 17
 			-2:00	-	FNT
 #
-# Amapa, east Para
+# Amapa (AP), east Para (PA)
 Zone America/Belem	-3:13:56 -	LMT	1914
-			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	1988 Jul
+			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	1988 Sep 12
 			-3:00	-	BRT
 #
-# Maranhao, Piaui, Ceara, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraiba,
-# Pernambuco (except Fernando de Noronha)
+# Maranhao (MA), Piaui (PI), Ceara (CE), Rio Grande do Norte (RN),
+# Paraiba (PB), Pernambuco (PE) (except Fernando de Noronha)
 Zone America/Fortaleza	-2:34:00 -	LMT	1914
-			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	1990 Jul
-			-3:00	-	BRT
+			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	1990 Sep 17
+			-3:00	-	BRT	1999 Sep 30
+			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT
 #
-# Tocantins
+# Tocantins (TO)
 Zone America/Araguaina	-3:12:48 -	LMT	1914
-			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	1990 Jul
-			-3:00	-	BRT	1995 Jul
+			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	1990 Sep 17
+			-3:00	-	BRT	1995 Sep 14
 			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT
 #
-# Alagoas, Sergipe
+# Alagoas (AL), Sergipe (SE)
 Zone America/Maceio	-2:22:52 -	LMT	1914
-			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	1990 Jul
-			-3:00	-	BRT	1995 Jul
-			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	1996 Jul
-			-3:00	-	BRT
+			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	1990 Sep 17
+			-3:00	-	BRT	1995 Oct 13
+			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	1996 Sep  4
+			-3:00	-	BRT	1999 Sep 30
+			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT
 #
-# Bahia, Goias, Distrito Federal, Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro,
-# Sao Paulo, Parana, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul
+# Bahia (BA), Goias (GO), Distrito Federal (DF), Minas Gerais (MG),
+# Espirito Santo (ES), Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Sao Paulo (SP), Parana (PR),
+# Santa Catarina (SC), Rio Grande do Sul (RS)
 Zone America/Sao_Paulo	-3:06:28 -	LMT	1914
 			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	1963 Oct 23 00:00
-			-3:00	-	BRST	1964
+			-3:00	1:00	BRST	1964
 			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT
 #
 # Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul
 Zone America/Cuiaba	-3:44:20 -	LMT	1914
-			-4:00	Brazil	AM%sT	1990 Jul
-			-4:00	-	AMT
+			-4:00	Brazil	AM%sT
 #
-# Roraima, west Para, Rondonia
+# west Para (PA), Rondonia (RO)
 Zone America/Porto_Velho -4:15:36 -	LMT	1914
-			-4:00	Brazil	AM%sT	1988 Jul
+			-4:00	Brazil	AM%sT	1988 Sep 12
 			-4:00	-	AMT
 #
-# Amazonas
+# Roraima (RR)
+Zone America/Boa_Vista	-4:02:40 -	LMT	1914
+			-4:00	Brazil	AM%sT	1988 Sep 12
+			-4:00	-	AMT	1999 Sep 30
+			-4:00	Brazil	AM%sT
+#
+# Amazonas (AM)
 Zone America/Manaus	-4:00:04 -	LMT	1914
-			-4:00	Brazil	AM%sT	1988 Jul
-			-4:00	-	AMT	1993 Jul
-			-4:00	Brazil	AM%sT	1994 Jul
+			-4:00	Brazil	AM%sT	1988 Sep 12
+			-4:00	-	AMT	1993 Sep 28
+			-4:00	Brazil	AM%sT	1994 Sep 22
 			-4:00	-	AMT
 #
-# Acre
+# Acre (AC)
 # Rio_Branco is too ambiguous, since there's a Rio Branco in Uruguay too.
 Zone America/Porto_Acre	-4:31:12 -	LMT	1914
-			-5:00	Brazil	AC%sT	1988 Jul
+			-5:00	Brazil	AC%sT	1988 Sep 12
 			-5:00	-	ACT
 #
 # Martin Vaz and Trinidade are like America/Noronha.
@@ -452,7 +440,7 @@ Rule	Chile	1999	only	-	Apr	 4	0:00	0	-
 Rule	Chile	1999	max	-	Oct	Sun>=9	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Chile	2000	max	-	Mar	Sun>=9	0:00	0	-
 # IATA SSIM anomalies: (1990-09) says 1990-09-16; (1992-02) says 1992-03-14;
-# (1996-09) says 1998-03-08.  Ignore these for now.
+# (1996-09) says 1998-03-08.  Ignore these.
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone America/Santiago	-4:42:40 -	LMT	1890
 			-4:42:40 -	SMT	1910	    # Santiago Mean Time
@@ -469,9 +457,10 @@ Zone Pacific/Easter	-7:17:28 -	LMT	1890	
 
 
 # Colombia
+# Shanks specifies 24:00 for 1992 transition times; go with IATA,
+# as it seems implausible to change clocks at midnight New Year's Eve.
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	CO	1992	only	-	May	 2	0:00	1:00	S
-# Shanks (1995) estimates 1993-04-03 24:00 for this; go with IATA.
 Rule	CO	1992	only	-	Dec	31	0:00	0	-
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	America/Bogota	-4:56:20 -	LMT	1884 Mar 13
@@ -481,7 +470,7 @@ Zone	America/Bogota	-4:56:20 -	LMT	1884 
 # no information; probably like America/Bogota
 
 # Curacao
-# Shanks (1995) says that Bottom and Oranjestad have been at -4:00 since
+# Shanks says that Bottom and Oranjestad have been at -4:00 since
 # standard time was introduced on 1912-03-02; and that Kralendijk and Rincon
 # used Kralendijk Mean Time (-4:33:08) from 1912-02-02 to 1965-01-01.
 # This all predates our 1970 cutoff, though.
@@ -535,22 +524,14 @@ Zone	America/Guyana	-3:52:40 -	LMT	1915 
 			-4:00	-	GYT
 
 # Paraguay
-
-# From Bob Devine (1988-01-28):
-# Paraguay: First day in October to last in March.  Midnight switch??
-# Since 1980.
-
-# From U. S. Naval Observatory (1989-01-19):
-# PARAGUAY            4 H  BEHIND UTC
-# PARAGUAY            3 H  BEHIND UTC    OCT 1, '88-MAR 31, '89
-
-# From Shanks (1991):
+# From Paul Eggert (1999-10-29):
+# Shanks (1999) says that spring transitions are from 01:00 -> 02:00,
+# and autumn transitions are from 00:00 -> 23:00.  Go with earlier
+# editions of Shanks, and with the IATA, who say transitions occur at 00:00.
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
-Rule	Para	1975	1978	-	Oct	 1	0:00	1:00	S
+Rule	Para	1975	1988	-	Oct	 1	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Para	1975	1978	-	Mar	 1	0:00	0	-
-# Shanks says 1979 was all DST.
-Rule	Para	1980	1991	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
-Rule	Para	1980	1988	-	Oct	 1	0:00	1:00	S
+Rule	Para	1979	1991	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
 Rule	Para	1989	only	-	Oct	22	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Para	1990	only	-	Oct	 1	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Para	1991	only	-	Oct	 6	0:00	1:00	S
@@ -559,9 +540,13 @@ Rule	Para	1992	only	-	Oct	 5	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Para	1993	only	-	Mar	31	0:00	0	-
 Rule	Para	1993	1995	-	Oct	 1	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Para	1994	1995	-	Feb	lastSun	0:00	0	-
-Rule	Para	1996	1998	-	Mar	 1	0:00	0	-
+Rule	Para	1996	only	-	Mar	 1	0:00	0	-
+# IATA SSIM (1997-09) says Mar 1; go with Shanks.
+Rule	Para	1997	only	-	Feb	lastSun	0:00	0	-
+Rule	Para	1998	only	-	Mar	 1	0:00	0	-
 Rule	Para	1996	max	-	Oct	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	S
-Rule	Para	1999	max	-	Feb	lastSat	0:00	0	-
+# IATA SSIM (1999-02) says lastSat, not lastSun; go with Shanks.
+Rule	Para	1999	max	-	Feb	lastSun	0:00	0	-
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone America/Asuncion	-3:50:40 -	LMT	1890
 			-3:50:40 -	AMT	1931 Oct 10 # Asuncion Mean Time
@@ -611,7 +596,7 @@ Zone America/Port_of_Spain -4:06:04 -	LM
 # Uruguay
 # From Paul Eggert <eggert at twinsun.com> (1993-11-18):
 # Uruguay wins the prize for the strangest peacetime manipulation of the rules.
-# From Shanks (1991):
+# From Shanks:
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 # Whitman gives 1923 Oct 1; go with Shanks.
 Rule	Uruguay	1923	only	-	Oct	 2	 0:00	0:30	HS
@@ -653,10 +638,10 @@ Rule	Uruguay	1988	only	-	Mar	14	 0:00	0	
 Rule	Uruguay	1988	only	-	Dec	11	 0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Uruguay	1989	only	-	Mar	12	 0:00	0	-
 Rule	Uruguay	1989	only	-	Oct	29	 0:00	1:00	S
+# Shanks says no DST was observed in 1990/1 and 1991/2,
+# and that 1992/3's DST was from 10-25 to 03-01.  Go with IATA.
 Rule	Uruguay	1990	1992	-	Mar	Sun>=1	 0:00	0	-
 Rule	Uruguay	1990	1991	-	Oct	Sun>=21	 0:00	1:00	S
-# Shanks's 4th edition (1995) says no DST was observed in 1990/1 and 1991/2,
-# and that 1992/3's DST was from 10-25 to 03-01.  Go with IATA.
 Rule	Uruguay	1992	only	-	Oct	18	 0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Uruguay	1993	only	-	Feb	28	 0:00	0	-
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
diff -pru tz-1999gh/zone.tab tz/zone.tab
--- tz-1999gh/zone.tab	Thu Sep 23 13:48:07 1999
+++ tz/zone.tab	Sat Oct 30 04:51:34 1999
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ BR	-0712-04812	America/Araguaina	Tocanti
 BR	-0940-03543	America/Maceio	Alagoas, Sergipe
 BR	-2332-04637	America/Sao_Paulo	S & SE Brazil (BA, GO, DF, MG, ES, RJ, SP, PR, SC, RS)
 BR	-1535-05605	America/Cuiaba	Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul
-BR	-0846-06354	America/Porto_Velho	W Para, Rondonia, Roraima
+BR	-0846-06354	America/Porto_Velho	W Para, Rondonia
+BR	+0249-06040	America/Boa_Vista	Roraima
 BR	-0308-06001	America/Manaus	Amazonas
 BR	-0934-06731	America/Porto_Acre	Acre
 BS	+2505-07721	America/Nassau
@@ -121,7 +122,6 @@ CL	-2710-10927	Pacific/Easter	Easter Isl
 CM	+0403+00942	Africa/Douala
 CN	+4545+12641	Asia/Harbin	north Manchuria
 CN	+3114+12128	Asia/Shanghai	China coast
-CN	+2217+11409	Asia/Hong_Kong	Hong Kong
 CN	+2934+10635	Asia/Chungking	China mountains
 CN	+4348+08735	Asia/Urumqi	Tibet & Xinjiang
 CN	+3929+07559	Asia/Kashgar	Eastern Turkestan
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ GT	+1438-09031	America/Guatemala
 GU	+1328+14445	Pacific/Guam
 GW	+1151-01535	Africa/Bissau
 GY	+0648-05810	America/Guyana
+HK	+2217+11409	Asia/Hong_Kong
 HN	+1406-08713	America/Tegucigalpa
 HR	+4548+01558	Europe/Zagreb
 HT	+1832-07220	America/Port-au-Prince
@@ -242,12 +243,11 @@ MT	+3554+01431	Europe/Malta
 MU	-2010+05730	Indian/Mauritius
 MV	+0410+07330	Indian/Maldives
 MW	-1547+03500	Africa/Blantyre
-MX	+2105-08646	America/Cancun	Eastern Time
-MX	+1924-09909	America/Mexico_City	Central Time
+MX	+1924-09909	America/Mexico_City	Central Time - most locations
+MX	+2105-08646	America/Cancun	Central Time - Quintana Roo
 MX	+2313-10625	America/Mazatlan	Mountain Time - most locations
 MX	+2838-10605	America/Chihuahua	Mountain Time - Chihuahua
-MX	+3152-11637	America/Ensenada	Pacific Time - most locations
-MX	+3232-11701	America/Tijuana	Pacific Time - north Baja California
+MX	+3232-11701	America/Tijuana	Pacific Time
 MY	+0310+10142	Asia/Kuala_Lumpur	peninsular Malaysia
 MY	+0133+11020	Asia/Kuching	Sabah & Sarawak
 MZ	-2558+03235	Africa/Maputo
@@ -330,6 +330,7 @@ TK	-0922-17114	Pacific/Fakaofo
 TM	+3757+05823	Asia/Ashkhabad
 TN	+3648+01011	Africa/Tunis
 TO	-2110+17510	Pacific/Tongatapu
+TP	-0833+12535	Asia/Dili
 TR	+4101+02858	Europe/Istanbul
 TT	+1039-06131	America/Port_of_Spain
 TV	-0831+17913	Pacific/Funafuti



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