proposed tz changes for Paraguay, Brazil, Wayne County, etc.

Paul Eggert eggert at twinsun.com
Tue Oct 3 16:41:23 UTC 2000


Here are all the patches for the tz data that I've been accumulating
since August.  The most pressing changes are those for Brazil,
Paraguay, and Wayne County, Kentucky.  I haven't had time to
incorporate all the changes that I'd like for historical timestamps,
or for some new Zones for slightly different rules in Canada (notably
for New Brunswick), but we need a new version right away for Paraguay
at least.


Changes affecting present or future time stamps:

* Paraguay started observing DST on 10-01.  (Thanks to Steffen Thorsen
  for this info.)

* Brazil observes DST from 10-29 to 02-18 this summer.
  (Thanks to everyone who reported this.)

* Add a Zone America/Kentucky/Monticello for Wayne County, KY, which
  is switching to Eastern Time on 10-29.  (Thanks to Rich Wales
  and Rives McDow for this info.)

* Add a link America/Kentucky/Louisville -> America/Louisville, for
  symmetry with Monticello.

* Lord Howe changes its clocks at the same absolute time as NSW.
  (Thanks to James Lonergan via Jesper Norgaard for this info.)

* Newfoundland switches to and from DST at 00:01 local time, not 02:00.
  Manitoba switches from DST at 03:00 local time, not 02:00.
  Source: <http://www.nrc.ca/inms/time/tze.html>

* The following Zone names have been changed to reflect typical
  English usage these days.  The old names are in the `backward' file
  and so will continue to work in the typical case where you have
  backward-compatibility enabled.

	Asia/Thimbu -> Asia/Thimphu
	Asia/Ashkhabad -> Asia/Ashgabat  

  (Thanks to Oscar van Vlijmen for this info.)


Changes affecting past time stamps only

* Abbreviations for US daylight saving times between 1945-08-14 23:00
  UTC and 1945-09-30 02:00 LT are now suffixed "PT" for "Peace Time",
  not "WT" for "War Time".  This matches historical practice in US
  radio broadcasts.  We don't know about about 1919's "War Time", so
  we'll leave it alone for now.  (Thanks to Arthur David Olson for
  this info.)


Changes affecting commentary only

* Add a rule in `Theory' advising not to change established names if they
  only marginally violate the other rules, and to put old names in `backward'.

* Update several links in tz-link.htm, notably:
  - The Burbs converter is renamed to tick2tock.com.
  - Distinguish between the Time Service and the Astronomical Applications
    departments of the USNO.
  - iata.org -> www.iata.org
  - The CIA renamed (and presumably updated) its time zone map.
  - Add a link to www.worldtimeserver.com.
  - Give a link to the full text of McCarthy and Klepczynski's proposal
    to remove leap seconds.  This proposal is now being considered by the IAU.

* Bahrain: Al-Manamah -> Al Manamah
* China: Added the following alternate spellings, mostly pinyin:
    Haerbin, Chongqing, Urumchi, Kashi, Kaxgar, Xianggang, Macau, Aomen
* Cyprus: Nicosia is now listed under Europe as well as under Asia.
* Greenland: Ittoqqortoormiit was misspelled.  Clarify that Thule is the base.
* Iraq: Fixed a typo that caused the initials to be "ADT" all year long.
* Kyrgyzstan: Name of country changed from "Kirgizstan".
* Laos: Added Viangchan as an alternate spelling for Vientiane.
* Qatar: Added Doha as an alternate spelling for Al Dawhah.
* Syria: Added Dimashq as an alternate spelling for Damascus.
  
* US: Add comments roughly identifying the extent of each Zone.
  
  Rives McDow reports that the following changes have occurred in the
  US since 1985.  I haven't had time to create proper Zone entries for
  them yet, but I added his comments.

  - Kearny County, KS (put all of county on central;
	previously split between MST and CST) ... 1990-10
  - Oliver County, ND (from MST to CST) ... 1992-10
  - West Wendover, NV (from PST TO MST) ... 1999-10
  - There is another change in the offing; Mercer County, ND is looking
    to change from MT to CT. It is possible that two other ND counties
    (Sioux and Morton) will look to change also.  If made, the earliest
    a change would be effective is October 2001.

* Canada: Mention H. David Matthews and Mary Vincent's nice article
  <http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/SO98/geomap.htm> about actual vs
  legal time zones in Canada.

  Mention INMS, which attempts to document current practice in Canada,
  inspired (I think) by Matthews and Vincent's article.
  
  Mention INMS's claim that New Brunswick switches at 00:01, not 02:00.
  (We need a new Zone for this, but I haven't had time yet to verify it.)

  Clarify that the America/St_Johns Zone includes southeast Labrador,
  including Port Hope Simpson and Mary's Harbour, but excluding Black
  Tickle.
 
  Matthews and Vincent verified that Atikokan observes CST all year,
  and say also that Pickle Lake and New Osnaburgh are the same.  They
  also say that far east Quebec observes AST.  (We may need new Zones
  for these cases.)  They also write that Big Trout Lake observes
  CST/CDT, and that Upsala and Shebandowan observe EST/EDT, all in
  violation of the official Ontario rules; and that the rules are also
  not observed by other far east Quebecois, by Denare Beach and
  Creighton, Saskatchewan, and by Creston, BC.  Include commentary
  about this too, as well as their (now-dated) commentary about Alert
  and Eureka, Nunavut and other far-flung places in the north.

  (Thanks to Rob Douglas of the INMS for the pointer to Matthews and
  Vincent.)

* Australia:   
  Twin Towns Services Club (in Tweed Heads, near the Queensland border)
  will maintain Queensland time.  (Thanks to Eric Ulevik for this.)

* UK: The BBC used `DBST', not `BDST', during the war.  (Thanks
  to Joseph S. Meyers for this.)


===================================================================
RCS file: RCS/asia,v
retrieving revision 2000.5
retrieving revision 2000.5.0.1
diff -pu -r2000.5 -r2000.5.0.1
--- asia	2000/07/31 13:26:42	2000.5
+++ asia	2000/10/03 06:01:09	2000.5.0.1
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ Zone	Asia/Baku	3:19:24 -	LMT	1924 May  2
 
 # Bahrain
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
-Zone	Asia/Bahrain	3:22:20 -	LMT	1920		# Al-Manamah
+Zone	Asia/Bahrain	3:22:20 -	LMT	1920		# Al Manamah
 			4:00	-	GST	1972 Jun
 			3:00	-	AST
 
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ Zone	Asia/Dacca	6:01:40 -	LMT	1890
 
 # Bhutan
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
-Zone	Asia/Thimbu	5:58:36 -	LMT	1947 Aug 15
+Zone	Asia/Thimphu	5:58:36 -	LMT	1947 Aug 15 # or Thimbu
 			5:30	-	IST	1987 Oct
 			6:00	-	BTT	# Bhutan Time
 
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ Rule	PRC	1986	only	-	May	 4	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	PRC	1986	1991	-	Sep	Sun>=11	0:00	0	S
 Rule	PRC	1987	1991	-	Apr	Sun>=10	0:00	1:00	D
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
-Zone	Asia/Harbin	8:26:44	-	LMT	1928
+Zone	Asia/Harbin	8:26:44	-	LMT	1928 # or Haerbin
 			8:30	-	HART	1932 Mar # Harbin Time
 			8:00	-	CST	1940
 			9:00	-	HART	1966 May
@@ -205,17 +205,17 @@ Zone	Asia/Harbin	8:26:44	-	LMT	1928
 Zone	Asia/Shanghai	8:05:52	-	LMT	1928
 			8:00	Shang	C%sT	1949
 			8:00	PRC	C%sT
-Zone	Asia/Chungking	7:06:20	-	LMT	1928
+Zone	Asia/Chungking	7:06:20	-	LMT	1928 # or Chongqing
 			7:00	-	CHUT	1980 May # Chungking Time
 			8:00	PRC	C%sT
-Zone	Asia/Urumqi	5:50:20	-	LMT	1928
+Zone	Asia/Urumqi	5:50:20	-	LMT	1928 # or Urumchi
 			6:00	-	URUT	1980 May # Urumqi Time
 			8:00	PRC	C%sT
-Zone	Asia/Kashgar	5:03:56	-	LMT	1928
+Zone	Asia/Kashgar	5:03:56	-	LMT	1928 # or Kashi or Kaxgar
 			5:30	-	KAST	1940	 # Kashgar Time
 			5:00	-	KAST	1980 May
 			8:00	PRC	C%sT
-# Hong Kong
+# Hong Kong (Xianggang)
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	HK	1946	only	-	Apr	20	3:30	1:00	S
 Rule	HK	1946	only	-	Dec	1	3:30	0	-
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ Rule	Taiwan	1980	only	-	Sep	30	0:00	0	S
 Zone	Asia/Taipei	8:06:00 -	LMT	1896
 			8:00	Taiwan	C%sT
 
-# Macao
+# Macao (Macau, Aomen)
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Macao	1961	1962	-	Mar	Sun>=16	3:30	1:00	S
 Rule	Macao	1961	1964	-	Nov	Sun>=1	3:30	0	-
@@ -302,6 +302,10 @@ Zone	Asia/Nicosia	2:13:28 -	LMT	1921 Nov
 			2:00	EUAsia	EE%sT
 # IATA SSIM (1998-09) has Cyprus using EU rules for the first time.
 
+# Classically, Cyprus belongs to Asia; e.g. see Herodotus, Histories, I.72.
+# However, for various reasons many users expect to find it under Europe.
+Link	Asia/Nicosia	Europe/Nicosia
+
 # Georgia
 # From Paul Eggert <eggert at twinsun.com> (1994-11-19):
 # Today's _Economist_ (p 60) reports that Georgia moved its clocks forward
@@ -483,7 +487,7 @@ Rule	Iraq	1986	1990	-	Mar	lastSun	1:00s	
 # 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
+Rule	Iraq	1991	max	-	Oct	 1	3:00s	0	S
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Baghdad	2:57:40	-	LMT	1890
 			2:57:36	-	BMT	1918	    # Baghdad Mean Time?
@@ -774,7 +778,7 @@ Zone	Asia/Aqtau	3:21:04	-	LMT	1924 May  
 			5:00 E-EurAsia	AQT%sT	1995 Sep lastSun
 			4:00 E-EurAsia	AQT%sT
 
-# Kirgizstan
+# Kyrgyzstan (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
@@ -830,7 +834,7 @@ Zone	Asia/Kuwait	3:11:56 -	LMT	1950
 
 # Laos
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
-Zone	Asia/Vientiane	6:50:24 -	LMT	1906 Jun  9
+Zone	Asia/Vientiane	6:50:24 -	LMT	1906 Jun  9 # or Viangchan
 			7:06:20	-	SMT	1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT?
 			7:00	-	ICT	1912 May
 			8:00	-	ICT	1931 May
@@ -1086,7 +1090,7 @@ Zone	Asia/Manila	-15:56:00 -	LMT	1844
 
 # Qatar
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
-Zone	Asia/Qatar	3:26:08 -	LMT	1920		# Al Dawhah
+Zone	Asia/Qatar	3:26:08 -	LMT	1920	# Al Dawhah / Doha
 			4:00	-	GST	1972 Jun
 			3:00	-	AST
 
@@ -1175,7 +1179,7 @@ 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
+Zone	Asia/Damascus	2:25:12 -	LMT	1920	# Dimashq
 			2:00	Syria	EE%sT
 
 # Tajikistan
@@ -1196,7 +1200,7 @@ Zone	Asia/Bangkok	6:42:04	-	LMT	1880
 # Turkmenistan
 # From Shanks.
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
-Zone	Asia/Ashkhabad	3:53:32 -	LMT	1924 May  2 # or Ashgabat
+Zone	Asia/Ashgabat	3:53:32 -	LMT	1924 May  2 # or Ashkhabad
 			4:00	-	ASHT	1930 Jun 21 # Ashkhabad Time
 			5:00 RussiaAsia	ASH%sT	1991 Mar 31 2:00
 			4:00 RussiaAsia	ASH%sT	1991 Oct 27 # independence
===================================================================
RCS file: RCS/australasia,v
retrieving revision 2000.6
retrieving revision 2000.6.0.1
diff -pu -r2000.6 -r2000.6.0.1
--- australasia	2000/08/10 13:31:51	2000.6
+++ australasia	2000/10/03 06:01:09	2000.6.0.1
@@ -153,14 +153,14 @@ Zone Australia/Broken_Hill 9:25:48 -	LMT
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 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	only	-	Oct	19	2:00s	0:30	-
-Rule	LH	1987	1999	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	0:30	-
-Rule	LH	1990	1995	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
-Rule	LH	1996	max	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
-Rule	LH	2000	only	-	Aug	lastSun	2:00s	0:30	-
-Rule	LH	2001	max	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	0:30	-
+Rule	LH	1985	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:30s	0:30	-
+Rule	LH	1986	1989	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:30s	0	-
+Rule	LH	1986	only	-	Oct	19	2:30s	0:30	-
+Rule	LH	1987	1999	-	Oct	lastSun	2:30s	0:30	-
+Rule	LH	1990	1995	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:30s	0	-
+Rule	LH	1996	max	-	Mar	lastSun	2:30s	0	-
+Rule	LH	2000	only	-	Aug	lastSun	2:30s	0:30	-
+Rule	LH	2001	max	-	Oct	lastSun	2:30s	0:30	-
 Zone Australia/Lord_Howe 10:36:20 -	LMT	1895 Feb
 			10:00	-	EST	1981 Mar
 			10:30	LH	LHST
@@ -823,6 +823,11 @@ Zone	Pacific/Wallis	12:15:20 -	LMT	1901
 # Capital Territory, New South Wales except Lord Howe Island and Broken
 # Hill, and Victoria will be August 27, presumably due to the Sydney Olympics.
 
+# From Eric Ulevik, referring to Sydney's Sun Herald (2000-08-13), page 29:
+# Twin Towns Services Club (in Tweed Heads, near the Queensland border)
+# will maintain Queensland time. The Queensland Premier Peter Beattie
+# is encouraging northern NSW towns to use Queensland time.
+
 # Yancowinna
 
 # From John Basser (1989-01-04):
@@ -863,8 +868,17 @@ Zone	Pacific/Wallis	12:15:20 -	LMT	1901
 # arrangements.  The starting date for summer time on the Island will
 # however always coincide with the rest of NSW.
 
-# From Paul Eggert (2000-01-31):
-# For Lord Howe we use Shanks through 1989, and Lonergan thereafter.
+# From Jesper Norgaard <jnorgard at Prodigy.net.mx> (2000-09-04):
+# James Lonergan said that the island always tries to stay in sync
+# with the rest of NSW at all time except for the fact that they stay
+# ahead half an hour when DST is not observed. If this is interpreted
+# literally, they should change clocks at the exact moment that
+# e.g. Canberra changes from normal to daylight saving and vice versa.
+
+# From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02):
+# For Lord Howe we use Shanks through 1989, and Lonergan thereafter,
+# However, as per Norgaard we modify Shanks by assuming 02:30s switchover
+# for half-hour DST.
 
 ###############################################################################
 
===================================================================
RCS file: RCS/backward,v
retrieving revision 2000.1
retrieving revision 2000.1.0.1
diff -pu -r2000.1 -r2000.1.0.1
--- backward	2000/01/18 14:21:21	2000.1
+++ backward	2000/10/03 06:01:09	2000.1.0.1
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ Link	America/Tijuana		America/Ensenada
 Link	America/Indianapolis	America/Fort_Wayne
 Link	America/Indiana/Knox	America/Knox_IN
 Link	America/St_Thomas	America/Virgin
+Link	Asia/Ashgabat		Asia/Ashkhabad
 Link	Asia/Jerusalem		Asia/Tel_Aviv
+Link	Asia/Thimphu		Asia/Thimbu
 Link	Asia/Ulaanbaatar	Asia/Ulan_Bator
 Link	Australia/Sydney	Australia/ACT
 Link	Australia/Sydney	Australia/Canberra
===================================================================
RCS file: RCS/europe,v
retrieving revision 2000.6
retrieving revision 2000.6.0.1
diff -pu -r2000.6 -r2000.6.0.1
--- europe	2000/08/10 13:31:36	2000.6
+++ europe	2000/10/03 06:01:09	2000.6.0.1
@@ -164,7 +164,26 @@
 # main SHAEF archives held in the US National Archives, SHAEF/5252/8/516)
 # agree that the usage is BDST (this appears in a message dated 17 Feb 1945).
 
-# Howse writes (p 157) `DBST'; let's assume this is a typo.
+# From Joseph S. Meyers (2000-08-10):
+# On 18th April 1941, Sir Stephen Tallents of the BBC wrote to Sir
+# Alexander Maxwell of the Home Office asking whether there was any
+# official designation; the reply of the 21st was that there wasn't
+# but he couldn't think of anything better than the "Double British
+# Summer Time" that the BBC had been using informally.
+# I've put a copy of the Home Office letter at
+# http://student.cusu.cam.ac.uk/~jsm28/british-time/ho-19410421.png
+# and the BBC letter may follow if I get permission from the BBC.
+
+# From Sir Alexander Maxwell in the above-mentioned letter (1941-04-21):
+# [N]o official designation has as far as I know been adopted for the time
+# which is to be introduced in May....
+# I cannot think of anything better than "Double British Summer Time"
+# which could not be said to run counter to any official description.
+
+# From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02):
+# Howse writes (p 157) `DBST' too, but `BDST' seems to have been common
+# and follows the more usual convention of putting the location name first,
+# so we use `BDST'.
 
 # Peter Ilieve <peter at aldie.co.uk> (1998-04-19) described at length
 # the history of summer time legislation in the United Kingdom.
@@ -705,14 +724,14 @@ Rule	Thule	1993	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00	1:
 Rule	Thule	1993	max	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
 #
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
-Zone America/Scoresbysund -1:29:00 -	LMT	1916 Jul 28 # Ittoqqortoormit
+Zone America/Scoresbysund -1:29:00 -	LMT	1916 Jul 28 # Ittoqqortoormiit
 			-2:00	-	CGT	1980 Apr  6 2:00
 			-2:00	C-Eur	CG%sT	1981 Mar 29
 			-1:00	EU	EG%sT
 Zone America/Godthab	-3:26:56 -	LMT	1916 Jul 28 # Nuuk
 			-3:00	-	WGT	1980 Apr  6 2:00
 			-3:00	EU	WG%sT
-Zone America/Thule	-4:35:08 -	LMT	1916 Jul 28 # Pituffik
+Zone America/Thule	-4:35:08 -	LMT	1916 Jul 28 # Pituffik air base
 			-4:00	Thule	A%sT
 
 # Estonia
===================================================================
RCS file: RCS/iso3166.tab,v
retrieving revision 1999.8
retrieving revision 1999.8.0.1
diff -pu -r1999.8 -r1999.8.0.1
--- iso3166.tab	1999/11/08 22:27:22	1999.8
+++ iso3166.tab	2000/10/03 06:01:09	1999.8.0.1
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ JM	Jamaica
 JO	Jordan
 JP	Japan
 KE	Kenya
-KG	Kirgizstan
+KG	Kyrgyzstan
 KH	Cambodia
 KI	Kiribati
 KM	Comoros
===================================================================
RCS file: RCS/northamerica,v
retrieving revision 2000.5
retrieving revision 2000.5.0.2
diff -pu -r2000.5 -r2000.5.0.2
--- northamerica	2000/07/31 13:26:41	2000.5
+++ northamerica	2000/10/03 06:41:08	2000.5.0.2
@@ -58,10 +58,36 @@
 # Before the Uniform Time Act of 1966 took effect in 1967, observance of
 # Daylight Saving Time in the US was by local option, except during wartime.
 
+# From Arthur David Olson (2000-09-25):
+# Last night I heard part of a rebroadcast of a 1945 Arch Oboler radio drama.
+# In the introduction, Oboler spoke of "Eastern Peace Time."
+# An AltaVista search turned up
+# <a href="http://rowayton.org/rhs/hstaug45.html">:
+# "When the time is announced over the radio now, it is 'Eastern Peace
+# Time' instead of the old familiar 'Eastern War Time.'  Peace is wonderful."
+# </a> (August 1945) by way of confirmation.
+
+# From Joseph Gallant <notquite at hotmail.com>, citing
+# George H. Douglas, _The Early Days of Radio Broadcasting_ (1987):
+# At 7 P.M. (Eastern War Time) [on 1945-08-14], the networks were set
+# to switch to London for Atlee's address, but the American people
+# never got to hear his speech live. According to one press account,
+# CBS' Bob Trout was first to announce the word of Japan's surrender,
+# but a few seconds later, NBC, ABC and Mutual also flashed the word
+# of surrender, all of whom interrupting the bells of Big Ben in
+# London which were to precede Mr. Atlee's speech.
+
+# From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02):
+# Shanks says that DST was called "War Time" in the US in 1919.
+# In the light of the above, this seems suspect;
+# but we have no better authority yet.
+
+
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	US	1918	1919	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00	1:00	W # War
 Rule	US	1918	1919	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
 Rule	US	1942	only	-	Feb	9	2:00	1:00	W # War
+Rule	US	1945	only	-	Aug	14	23:00u	1:00	P # Peace
 Rule	US	1945	only	-	Sep	30	2:00	0	S
 Rule	US	1967	max	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
 Rule	US	1967	1973	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
@@ -150,6 +176,13 @@ Rule	US	1987	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	
 # Go with Shanks.
 
 # US Eastern time, represented by New York
+
+# Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, most of Florida,
+# Georgia, far southeastern Indiana, eastern Kentucky, Maine,
+# Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North
+# Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, eastern
+# Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia
+
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
 Rule	NYC	1920	only	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
 Rule	NYC	1920	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
@@ -165,6 +198,13 @@ Zone America/New_York	-4:56:02 -	LMT	188
 			-5:00	US	E%sT
 
 # US Central time, represented by Chicago
+
+# Alabama, Arkansas, Florida panhandle, Illinois, western Indiana
+# corners, Iowa, most of Kansas, western Kentucky, Louisiana,
+# Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, eastern Nebraska, eastern North
+# Dakota, Oklahoma, eastern South Dakota, western Tennessee, most of
+# Texas, Wisconsin
+
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
 Rule	Chicago	1920	only	-	Jun	13	2:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Chicago	1920	1921	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
@@ -183,6 +223,11 @@ Zone America/Chicago	-5:50:36 -	LMT	1883
 			-6:00	US	C%sT
 
 # US Mountain time, represented by Denver
+#
+# Colorado, southern Idaho, far western Kansas, Montana, western
+# Nebraska, New Mexico, southwestern North Dakota, far eastern Oregon,
+# western South Dakota, far western Texas, Utah, Wyoming
+#
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
 Rule	Denver	1920	1921	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Denver	1920	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
@@ -198,6 +243,9 @@ Zone America/Denver	-6:59:56 -	LMT	1883 
 			-7:00	US	M%sT
 
 # US Pacific time, represented by Los Angeles
+#
+# California, northern Idaho, Nevada, most of Oregon, and Washington
+#
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
 Rule	CA	1948	only	-	Mar	14	2:00	1:00	D
 Rule	CA	1949	only	-	Jan	 1	2:00	0	S
@@ -390,6 +438,7 @@ Zone America/Indiana/Vevay -5:40:16 -	LM
 			-5:00	-	EST
 
 # Part of Kentucky left its clocks alone in 1974.
+# This also includes a part of Indiana immediately adjacent to Louisville.
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
 Rule Louisville	1921	only	-	May	1	2:00	1:00	D
 Rule Louisville	1921	only	-	Sep	1	2:00	0	S
@@ -408,16 +457,9 @@ 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
+Link America/Louisville America/Kentucky/Louisville
+#
 # Wayne, Clinton, and Russell Counties, 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.
 #
 # From
 # <a href="http://www.lake-cumberland.com/life/archive/news990129time.shtml">
@@ -430,6 +472,36 @@ Zone America/Louisville	-5:43:02 -	LMT	1
 # August indicated they would like to change to "fast time" also.
 # The three Lake Cumberland counties are the farthest east of any U.S.
 # location in the Central time zone.
+#
+# From Rich Wales (2000-08-29):
+# After prolonged debate, and despite continuing deep differences of opinion,
+# Wayne County (central Kentucky) is switching from Central (-0600) to Eastern
+# (-0500) time.  They won't "fall back" this year.  See:
+# <a href="http://www.nandotimes.com/nation/story/body/0,1037,500244845-500362432-502132762-0,00.html">
+# Sara Shipley, the difference an hour makes (2000-08-29 15:33 -0400)
+# </a>
+Zone America/Kentucky/Monticello -5:39:24 - LMT	1883 Nov 18 12:00
+			-6:00	US	C%sT	1946
+			-6:00	-	CST	1968
+			-6:00	US	C%sT	2000 Oct 29  2:00
+			-5:00	US	E%sT
+
+
+# From Rives McDow (2000-08-30):
+# Here ... are all the changes in the US since 1985.
+# Kearny County, KS (put all of county on central;
+#	previously split between MST and CST) ... 1990-10
+# Starke County, IN (from CST to EST) ... 1991-10
+# Oliver County, ND (from MST to CST) ... 1992-10
+# West Wendover, NV (from PST TO MST) ... 1999-10
+# Wayne County, KY (from CST to EST) ... 2000-10
+# There is another change in the offing; Mercer County, ND is looking
+# to change from MT to CT. It is possible that two other ND counties
+# (Sioux and Morton) will look to change also.  If made, the earliest
+# a change would be effective is October 2001.
+#
+# From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02):
+# FIXME: I haven't yet had time to incorporate all the above changes.
 
 # Michigan
 #
@@ -558,8 +630,20 @@ 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.
+# Unless otherwise specified, the data for Canada are all from Shanks.
 
+# From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02):
+# H. David Matthews and Mary Vincent's map
+# <a href="http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/SO98/geomap.htm">
+# "It's about TIME", _Canadian Geographic_ (September-October 1998)
+# </a> contains detailed boundaries for regions observing nonstandard
+# time and daylight saving time arrangements in Canada circa 1998.
+#
+# INMS, the Institute for National Measurement Standards in Ottawa, has
+# <a href="http://www.nrc.ca/inms/time/tze.html">
+# information about standard and daylight saving time zones in Canada.
+# </a> (updated periodically).
+# Its unofficial information is often taken from Matthews and Vincent.
 
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Canada	1918	only	-	Apr	14	2:00	1:00	D
@@ -571,7 +655,13 @@ Rule	Canada	1974	max	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	
 Rule	Canada	1987	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	D
 
 
-# Newfoundland (except Labrador)
+# Newfoundland (and far southeast Labrador)
+
+# From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02):
+# Matthews and Vincent (1998) write that Labrador should use NST/NDT,
+# but the only part of Labrador that follows the rules is the
+# southeast corner, including Port Hope Simpson and Mary's Harbour,
+# but excluding, say, Black Tickle.
 
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	StJohns	1917	1918	-	Apr	Sun>=8	2:00	1:00	D
@@ -601,10 +691,14 @@ Rule	StJohns	1946	1950	-	May	Sun>=8	2:00
 Rule	StJohns	1946	1950	-	Oct	Sun>=2	2:00	0	S
 Rule	StJohns	1951	1986	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
 Rule	StJohns	1951	1959	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
-Rule	StJohns	1960	max	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
-Rule	StJohns	1987	only	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	D
-Rule	StJohns	1988	only	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00	2:00	DD
-Rule	StJohns	1989	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	D
+Rule	StJohns	1960	1986	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
+# From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02):
+# INMS (2000-09-12) says that, since 1988 at least, Newfoundland switches
+# at 00:01 local time.  For now, assume it started in 1987.
+Rule	StJohns	1987	only	-	Apr	Sun>=1	0:01	1:00	D
+Rule	StJohns	1987	max	-	Oct	lastSun	0:01	0	S
+Rule	StJohns	1988	only	-	Apr	Sun>=1	0:01	2:00	DD
+Rule	StJohns	1989	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	0:01	1:00	D
 # St John's has an apostrophe, but Posix file names can't have apostrophes.
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone America/St_Johns	-3:30:52 -	LMT	1884
@@ -612,7 +706,7 @@ Zone America/St_Johns	-3:30:52 -	LMT	188
 			-3:30	StJohns	N%sT
 
 
-# east Labrador
+# most of east Labrador
 
 # The name `Happy Valley-Goose Bay' is too long; use `Goose Bay'.
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
@@ -633,6 +727,11 @@ Zone America/Goose_Bay	-4:01:40 -	LMT	18
 # Shanks also writes that Liverpool, NS was the only town in Canada to observe
 # DST in 1971 but not 1970; for now we'll assume this is a typo.
 
+# From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02):
+# INMS (2000-09-12) says that, since 1988 at least, New Brunswick switches
+# at 00:01 local time.  FIXME: verify and create a new Zone for this.
+
+
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule Halifax	1916	only	-	Apr	 1	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule Halifax	1916	only	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	S
@@ -707,6 +806,17 @@ Zone America/Glace_Bay	-3:59:48 -	LMT	19
 # For what it's worth, Shanks says that Atikokan has agreed with
 # Rainy River ever since standard time was introduced.
 
+# From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02):
+# Matthews and Vincent (1998) write that Atikokan, Pickle Lake, and
+# New Osnaburgh observe CST all year, that Big Trout Lake observes
+# CST/CDT, and that Upsala and Shebandowan observe EST/EDT, all in
+# violation of the official Ontario rules.
+# They also write that Quebec east of the -63 meridian is supposed to
+# observe AST, but residents as far east as Natashquan use EST/EDT,
+# and residents east of Natashquan use AST.
+# We probably need Zones for far east Quebec and for Atikokan,
+# but we don't know when their practices started.
+
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Mont	1917	only	-	Mar	25	2:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Mont	1917	only	-	Apr	24	0:00	0	S
@@ -774,8 +884,12 @@ Rule	Winn	1960	only	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0
 Rule	Winn	1963	only	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Winn	1963	only	-	Sep	22	2:00	0	S
 Rule	Winn	1966	1986	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
-Rule	Winn	1966	max	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
+Rule	Winn	1966	1986	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
 Rule	Winn	1987	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	D
+# From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02):
+# INMS (2000-09-12) says that, since 1988 at least, Manitoba switches from
+# DST at 03:00 local time.  For now, assume it started in 1987.
+Rule	Winn	1987	max	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	0	S
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone America/Winnipeg	-6:28:36 -	LMT	1887 Jul 16
 			-6:00	Winn	C%sT
@@ -783,10 +897,12 @@ Zone America/Winnipeg	-6:28:36 -	LMT	188
 
 # Saskatchewan
 
-# From Paul Eggert (1996-06-12):
+# From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02):
 # Shanks writes that since 1970 most of this region has been like Regina.
 # Some western towns (e.g. Swift Current) switched from MST/MDT to CST in 1972.
 # Other western towns (e.g. Lloydminster) are like Edmonton.
+# Matthews and Vincent (1998) write that Denare Beach and Creighton
+# are like Winnipeg, in violation of Saskatchewan law.
 
 # From W. Jones <jones at skdad.usask.ca> (1992-11-06):
 # The. . .below is based on information I got from our law library, the
@@ -874,9 +990,10 @@ Zone America/Edmonton	-7:33:52 -	LMT	190
 
 # British Columbia
 
-# From Paul Eggert (1996-06-12):
+# From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02):
 # Shanks writes that since 1970 most of this region has been like Vancouver.
 # Dawson Creek uses MST.  Much of east BC is like Edmonton.
+# Matthews and Vincent (1998) write that Creston is like Dawson Creek.
 
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Vanc	1918	only	-	Apr	14	2:00	1:00	D
@@ -960,6 +1077,18 @@ Zone America/Dawson_Creek -8:00:56 -	LMT
 # for municipal offices and schools....  Igloolik [was similar but then]
 # made the switch to central time on Saturday, Nov. 6.
 
+# From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02):
+# Matthews and Vincent (1998) say the following, but we lack histories
+# for these potential new Zones.
+# 
+# The Canadian Forces station at Alert uses Eastern Time while the
+# handful of residents at the Eureka weather station [in the Central
+# zone] skip daylight savings.  Baffin Island, which is crossed by the
+# Central, Eastern and Atlantic Time zones only uses Eastern Time.
+# Gjoa Haven, Taloyoak and Pelly Bay all use Mountain instead of
+# Central Time and Southampton Island [in the Central zone] is not
+# required to use daylight savings.
+
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	NT_YK	1918	only	-	Apr	14	2:00	1:00	D
 Rule	NT_YK	1918	only	-	Oct	27	2:00	0	S
===================================================================
RCS file: RCS/southamerica,v
retrieving revision 2000.6
retrieving revision 2000.6.0.1
diff -pu -r2000.6 -r2000.6.0.1
--- southamerica	2000/08/10 13:31:37	2000.6
+++ southamerica	2000/10/03 06:01:09	2000.6.0.1
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ Rule	Arg	1999	only	-	Oct	Sun>=1	0:00	1:0
 Rule	Arg	2000	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	0:00	0	-
 #
 # From Peter Gradelski via Steffen Thorsen (2000-03-01):
-# We just checked with our San Paulo office and they say the government of
+# We just checked with our Sao Paulo office and they say the government of
 # Argentina decided not to become one of the countries that go on or off DST.
 # So Buenos Aires should be -3 hours from GMT at all times.
 #
@@ -250,11 +250,15 @@ Zone	America/La_Paz	-4:32:36 -	LMT	1890
 # Brazilian official page
 # </a>
 #
-# From Paul Eggert (1998-10-29):
+# From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02):
 # 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> (1999-10-04, in Portuguese).
+# The official site for all decrees, including those not related to time, is
+# <a href="http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/principal_ano.htm">
+# Presidencia da Republica, Subchefia para Assuntos Juridicos, Decretos
+# </a> (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)
@@ -364,11 +368,15 @@ 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.
 # 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.
+# adds SE, AL, PB, PE, RN, CE, PI, MA and RR.
+Rule	Brazil	1999	only	-	Oct	 3	 0:00	1:00	S
+Rule	Brazil	2000	only	-	Feb	27	 0:00	0	-
+# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DEC3592.htm">3,592</a> (2000-09-06)
+# adopted by the same states as before.
 # 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	-
+Rule	Brazil	2000	max	-	Oct	Sun>=8	 0:00	1:00	S
+Rule	Brazil	2001	max	-	Feb	Sun>=15	 0:00	0	-
 
 
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
@@ -578,7 +586,11 @@ Rule	Para	1996	1998	-	Oct	Sun>=1	0:00	1:
 # go with Shanks.
 Rule	Para	1999	max	-	Feb	lastSun	0:00	0	-
 # IATA SSIM (2000-02) says 1999-10-10.
-Rule	Para	1999	max	-	Oct	Sun>=8	0:00	1:00	S
+Rule	Para	1999	only	-	Oct	10	0:00	1:00	S
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2000-10-02):
+# I have three independent reports that Paraguay changed to DST this Sunday
+# (10-01).
+Rule	Para	2000	max	-	Oct	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	S
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone America/Asuncion	-3:50:40 -	LMT	1890
 			-3:50:40 -	AMT	1931 Oct 10 # Asuncion Mean Time
===================================================================
RCS file: RCS/Theory,v
retrieving revision 2000.2
retrieving revision 2000.2.0.1
diff -pu -r2000.2 -r2000.2.0.1
--- Theory	2000/02/21 17:09:29	2000.2
+++ Theory	2000/10/03 06:01:09	2000.2.0.1
@@ -227,13 +227,19 @@ in decreasing order of importance:
 	Use `_' to represent a space.
 	Omit `.' from abbreviations in names, e.g. prefer `St_Helena'
 		to `St._Helena'.
+	Do not change established names if they only marginally
+		violate the above rules.  For example, don't change
+		the existing name `Rome' to `Milan' merely because
+		Milan's population has grown to be somewhat greater
+		than Rome's.
+	If a name is changed, put its old spelling in the `backward' file.
 
 The file `zone.tab' lists the geographical locations used to name
 time zone rule files.
 
 Older versions of this package used a different naming scheme,
 and these older names are still supported.
-See the file `backwards' for most of these older names
+See the file `backward' for most of these older names
 (e.g. `US/Eastern' instead of `America/New_York').
 The other old-fashioned names still supported are
 `WET', `CET', `MET', `EET' (see the file `europe'),
===================================================================
RCS file: RCS/tz-link.htm,v
retrieving revision 2000.6
retrieving revision 2000.6.0.1
diff -pu -r2000.6 -r2000.6.0.1
--- tz-link.htm	2000/08/10 13:31:37	2000.6
+++ tz-link.htm	2000/10/03 06:01:09	2000.6.0.1
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ Stewart calls the "20-line hack no one w
 is a fancier web interface.
 <LI><A HREF="http://timezoneconverter.com/">Time Zone Converter</A>
 is an even fancier interface.
-<LI><A HREF="http://www.burbs.com/fcgi-bin/tzconvert.fcgi">Burbs time
-zone converter</A> is a multilingual interface.
+<LI><A HREF="http://www.tick2tock.com/cgi-bin/TZConverter">Tick2Tock
+time zone converter</A> is a multilingual interface.
 <LI><A HREF="http://www.holidayfestival.com/">The Worldwide Holiday
 & Festival Site</A> lists DST-related clock changes along with holidays.
 <LI><A HREF="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/">The World Clock</A>
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ Microsoft Windows 95/98/NT4 program.
 </UL>
 <H2>Other time zone databases</H2>
 <UL>
-<LI><A HREF="http://www.astro.ch/atlas/">Astrology / Astrologie ->
-Astrodienst Atlas Database</A> is Astrodienst's Web version of Shanks's
+<LI><A HREF="http://www.astro.ch/atlas/">Astrodienst Online -
+Atlas & Timezone Database</A> is Astrodienst's Web version of Shanks's
 excellent time zone history atlases published in both <A
 HREF="http://astrocom.com/software/ACS_PC_Atlas.htm">computer</A> and <A
 HREF="http://astrocom.com/books/xrefa.htm#SHANKS">book</A> form by <A
@@ -107,9 +107,14 @@ time info, public holidays</A>
 contains information on local time, sunrise and sunset,
 and public holidays in several hundred cities around the world.
 <LI><A HREF="http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/tzones.html">World Time Zones</A>
-contains US Naval Observatory data, used as the source
+contains data from the Time Service Department of the US Naval Observatory
+(USNO), used as the source
 for the <samp>usno*</samp> files in the <samp>tz</samp> distribution.
-<LI>The <A HREF="http://iata.org/">International Air Transport Association</A>
+<LI>The USNO Astronomical Applications Department publishes answers to
+<A HREF="http://aa.usno.navy.mil/AA/faq/">Frequently Asked Questions</A>
+about time zones and daylight saving time.
+<LI>The <A HREF="http://www.iata.org/">International
+Air Transport Association</A>
 publishes the IATA Standard Schedules Information Manual (SSIM),
 which gives current time zone rules for
 all the airports served by commercial aviation.
@@ -117,7 +122,7 @@ all the airports served by commercial av
 <H2>Maps</H2>
 <UL>
 <LI>The United States Central Intelligence Agency publishes a <A
-HREF="http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/figures/802649.pdf">time
+HREF="http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/reference/Low%20res%20PDF/low802700.pdf">time
 zone map</A>; the
 <A HREF="http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/world_maps.html">
 Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection</A>
@@ -126,16 +131,19 @@ recent editions. 
 The pictorial quality is good,
 but the maps do not indicate summer time,
 and parts of the data are a few years out of date.
-<LI><A HREF="http://worldtimezone.com/">World time zones map with
+<LI><A HREF="http://worldtimezone.com/">World timezones map with
 current time</A>
 has several fancy time zone maps; it covers Russia particularly well.
 The maps' pictorial quality is not quite as good as the CIA's
 and (as usual with maps) the maps are not quite up to date.
+<LI><A HREF="http://www.worldtimeserver.com/">World Time Server</A>
+has a separate little outline map for each region of each country that
+currently observes a different time.
 </UL>
 <H2>Daylight saving time concepts and history</H2>
 <UL>
-<LI><A HREF="http://webexhibits.com/daylightsaving/">Daylight
-Saving Time -- History, rationale, laws and dates</A>
+<LI><A HREF="http://webexhibits.com/daylightsaving/">About Daylight
+Saving Time - History, rationale, laws and dates</A>
 is a good overall history of DST.
 <LI><A HREF="http://www.cstv.to.cnr.it/toi/uk/toi.html">The
 Time of Internet</A>
@@ -190,11 +198,14 @@ when leap seconds occur.
 <LI>The <A
 HREF="http://clockdev.usno.navy.mil/archives/leapsecs.html">Leap
 Second Discussion List</A> covers <A
-HREF="http://www.gisdevelopment.net/reference/scie/s_t_41_50.htm#47">McCarthy
+HREF="http://clockdev.usno.navy.mil/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A3=ind0007&L=leapsecs&P=26737&E=2&B=------_=_NextPart_000_01BFEAA4.2B254664&N=GPS-Nov99_Innov.pdf&T=application/octet-stream">McCarthy
 and Klepczynski's proposal to remove leap seconds</A>, currently
 being studied by a <A
 HREF="http://www.intec.rug.ac.be/Research/Projects/ursi/Commissions.html">URSI
-Commission J</A> working group.
+Commission J</A> working group, and the <A HREF="http://www.iau.org/">IAU</A>
+has <A
+HREF="http://clockdev.usno.navy.mil/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0009&L=leapsecs&F=lf&S=&P=2658">plans</A>
+to report on this proposal by 2003.
 </UL>
 <H2>Time notation</H2>
 <UL>
===================================================================
RCS file: RCS/zone.tab,v
retrieving revision 2000.5
retrieving revision 2000.5.0.1
diff -pu -r2000.5 -r2000.5.0.1
--- zone.tab	2000/07/31 13:26:40	2000.5
+++ zone.tab	2000/10/03 06:01:09	2000.5.0.1
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ 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
-BT	+2728+08939	Asia/Thimbu
+BT	+2728+08939	Asia/Thimphu
 BW	-2545+02555	Africa/Gaborone
 BY	+5354+02734	Europe/Minsk
 BZ	+1730-08812	America/Belize
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ TG	+0608+00113	Africa/Lome
 TH	+1345+10031	Asia/Bangkok
 TJ	+3835+06848	Asia/Dushanbe
 TK	-0922-17114	Pacific/Fakaofo
-TM	+3757+05823	Asia/Ashkhabad
+TM	+3757+05823	Asia/Ashgabat
 TN	+3648+01011	Africa/Tunis
 TO	-2110+17510	Pacific/Tongatapu
 TP	-0833+12535	Asia/Dili
@@ -351,7 +351,8 @@ UM	+2813-17722	Pacific/Midway	Midway Isl
 UM	+1917+16637	Pacific/Wake	Wake Island
 US	+404251-0740023	America/New_York	Eastern Time
 US	+421953-0830245	America/Detroit	Eastern Time - Michigan - most locations
-US	+381515-0854534	America/Louisville	Eastern Time - Louisville, Kentucky
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