proposed bad-URL changes for antarctica, australasia, and southamerica
Paul Eggert
eggert at CS.UCLA.EDU
Thu Dec 8 21:45:45 UTC 2005
Thanks for finding those bad URLs. I went through by hand and found
better ones, or elided the ones that aren't really needed. Here's a
proposed patch along those lines.
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RCS file: RCS/antarctica,v
retrieving revision 2005.10
retrieving revision 2005.10.0.1
diff -pu -r2005.10 -r2005.10.0.1
--- antarctica 2005/07/14 18:13:38 2005.10
+++ antarctica 2005/12/08 21:43:08 2005.10.0.1
@@ -59,9 +59,7 @@ Rule ChileAQ 2000 max - Mar Sun>=9 0:00
# 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;
+# Margaret Turner reports (1999-09-30) that they're UTC+5, with no DST;
# presumably this is when they have visitors.
#
# year-round bases
@@ -139,8 +137,8 @@ Zone Antarctica/DumontDUrville 0 - zzz 1
0 - zzz 1956 Nov
10:00 - DDUT # Dumont-d'Urville Time
# 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 href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumont_d'Urville_Station">
+# Dumont d'Urville Station (2005-12-05)
# </a>
@@ -155,10 +153,7 @@ Zone Antarctica/DumontDUrville 0 - zzz 1
# Syowa, -690022+0393524
#
# 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.
-#
+# In all Japanese stations, +0300 is used as the standard time....
# Syowa station, which is the first antarctic station of Japan,
# was established on 1957-01-29. Since Syowa station is still the main
# station of Japan, it's appropriate for the principal location.
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RCS file: RCS/australasia,v
retrieving revision 2005.14
retrieving revision 2005.14.0.1
diff -pu -r2005.14 -r2005.14.0.1
--- australasia 2005/10/03 13:43:50 2005.14
+++ australasia 2005/12/08 21:43:08 2005.14.0.1
@@ -551,9 +551,10 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901
# Australia
-# <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.
+# From Paul Eggert (2005-12-08):
+# <a href="http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/dst_times.shtml">
+# Implementation Dates of Daylight Saving Time within Australia
+# </a> summarizes daylight saving issues in Australia.
# From John Mackin (1991-03-06):
# We in Australia have _never_ referred to DST as `daylight' time.
@@ -960,17 +961,6 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901
# legislation. This is very important to understand.
# I have researched New South Wales time only...
-# 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.
-# The Community Relations Division of the NSW Attorney General's Department
-# publishes a history of daylight saving in NSW. See:
-# <a href="http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/crd.nsf/pages/time2">
-# Lawlink NSW: Daylight Saving in New South Wales
-# </a>
-
# From Eric Ulevik (1999-05-26):
# DST will start in NSW on the last Sunday of August, rather than the usual
# October in 2000. [See: Matthew Moore,
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RCS file: RCS/southamerica,v
retrieving revision 2005.15
retrieving revision 2005.15.0.1
diff -pu -r2005.15 -r2005.15.0.1
--- southamerica 2005/11/28 15:52:28 2005.15
+++ southamerica 2005/12/08 21:43:08 2005.15.0.1
@@ -525,12 +525,6 @@ Rule Brazil 1997 only - Feb 16 0:00 0 -
# This year, the ending date of DS was postponed to March 1
# to help dealing with the shortages of electric power.
#
-# 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).
-#
# Decree 2,317 (1997-09-04), adopted by same states.
Rule Brazil 1997 only - Oct 6 0:00 1:00 S
# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/HV2495.JPG">2,495</a>
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