URL glitches in data files

Mon Dec 5 19:06:59 UTC 2005

Below find information on five glitchy URLs (one of which appears twice)
in the time zone data files. I struck out in my browser spelunking effort to
find replacements. If anyone knows of working versions, let me know;
absent that, I'll add appropriate notes to the data file.

				--adO

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antarctica: http://www.icair.iac.org.nz/science/reports/fr/IFRTP.html; NSLOOKUP FAILS
# Reference:
# <a href="http://www.icair.iac.org.nz/science/reports/fr/IFRTP.html">
# Support and Development of Polar Research and Technology (1997-02-03)
# </a>

australasia: http://www.nsc.gov.au/InfoServ/Ileaflet/il27.htm; NSLOOKUP FAILS
# From Paul Eggert (1999-09-27):
# The Information Service of the Australian National Standards Commission
# <a href="http://www.nsc.gov.au/InfoServ/Ileaflet/il27.htm">
# Daylight Saving
# </a> page (1995-04) has an excellent overall history of Australian DST.

antarctica: http://www.crl.go.jp/uk/uk201/basyo.htm; NSLOOKUP FAILS
(www.crl.co.jp exists; changing co to go above still fails.)
# From Hideyuki Suzuki (1999-02-06):
# In all Japanese stations, +0300 is used as the standard time.  [See]
# <a href="http://www.crl.go.jp/uk/uk201/basyo.htm">[reference in Japanese]</a>
# and information from KAMO Hiroyasu.

antarctica: http://www.dstc.qut.edu.au/DST/marg/daylight.html; NSLOOKUP FAILS
# Australia - territories
# Heard Island, McDonald Islands (uninhabited)
#	previously sealers and scientific personnel wintered
#	<a href="http://www.dstc.qut.edu.au/DST/marg/daylight.html">
#	Margaret Turner reports
#	</a> (1999-09-30) that they're UTC+5, with no DST;
#	presumably this is when they have visitors.

australasia: http://www.dstc.qut.edu.au/DST/marg/daylight.html; NSLOOKUP FAILS
# <a href="http://www.dstc.qut.edu.au/DST/marg/daylight.html">
# Australia's Daylight Saving Times
# </a>, by Margaret Turner, summarizes daylight saving issues in Australia.

southamerica: http://churchnet.ucsm.ac.uk/news/files2/news165.htm; NSLOOKUP WORKS; TIMES OUT
# From Paul Eggert (1998-02-25):
# <a href="http://churchnet.ucsm.ac.uk/news/files2/news165.htm">
# Brazil Prepares for Papal Visit
# </a>,
# Church Net UK (1997-10-02).