proposed time zone package changes (Russia, Curacao)

Deborah Goldsmith goldsmit at apple.com
Wed Jun 15 15:07:37 UTC 2011


Is it appropriate to delete the historical information for Antarctica? Shouldn’t it only change going forward?

Thanks,
Debbie

On Jun 15, 2011, at 5:07 AM, Arthur David Olson wrote:

> Below find proposed priority changes to the time zone package; 
> the executive summary:
> 
> 	antarctica	Remove unused "RussAQ" rules.
> 	asia		Add comment on retaining "old" Russia rules
> 			for the benefit of Armenia
> 	europe		Russia abandons DST in 2011
> 			(thanks to Alexander Krivenyshev)
> 			("old" Russia rules retained for now for Belarus)
> 	iso3166.tab	Change AN (Netherlands Antilles) to CW (Curacao)
> 	zone.tab	Change AN (Netherlands Antilles) to CW (Curacao)
> 
> If no problems are found and nothing goes wrong,
> these changes are to appear on the ftp site on 2011-06-27.
> 
> Now that the Russian changes are official,
> we'll see what Armenia and Belarus do.
> 
> 				--ado
> 
> diff -r old/antarctica new/antarctica
> 2c2
> < # @(#)antarctica	8.8
> ---
>> # @(#)antarctica	8.9
> 22,33d21
> < # These rules are stolen from the `europe' file.
> < # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
> < Rule	RussAQ	1981	1984	-	Apr	 1	 0:00	1:00	S
> < Rule	RussAQ	1981	1983	-	Oct	 1	 0:00	0	-
> < Rule	RussAQ	1984	1991	-	Sep	lastSun	 2:00s	0	-
> < Rule	RussAQ	1985	1991	-	Mar	lastSun	 2:00s	1:00	S
> < Rule	RussAQ	1992	only	-	Mar	lastSat	 23:00	1:00	S
> < Rule	RussAQ	1992	only	-	Sep	lastSat	 23:00	0	-
> < Rule	RussAQ	1993	max	-	Mar	lastSun	 2:00s	1:00	S
> < Rule	RussAQ	1993	1995	-	Sep	lastSun	 2:00s	0	-
> < Rule	RussAQ	1996	max	-	Oct	lastSun	 2:00s	0	-
> < 
> diff -r old/asia new/asia
> 1c1
> < # @(#)asia	8.64
> ---
>> # @(#)asia	8.65
> 79a80,83
>> # From Arthur David Olson (2011-06-15):
>> # While Russia abandoned DST in 2011, Armenia may choose to
>> # follow Russia's "old" rules.
>> 
> diff -r old/europe new/europe
> 2c2
> < # @(#)europe	8.32
> ---
>> # @(#)europe	8.33
> 567a568,587
>> # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-06-14):
>> # According to Kremlin press service, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev
>> # signed a federal law "On calculation of time" on June 9, 2011.
>> # According to the law Russia is abolishing daylight saving time.
>> # 
>> # Medvedev signed a law "On the Calculation of Time" (in russian): 
>> # <a href="http://bmockbe.ru/events/?ID=7583">
>> # http://bmockbe.ru/events/?ID=7583
>> # </a>
>> # 
>> # Medvedev signed a law on the calculation of the time (in russian):
>> # <a href="http://www.regnum.ru/news/polit/1413906.html">
>> # http://www.regnum.ru/news/polit/1413906.html
>> # </a>
>> 
>> # From Arthur David Olson (2011-06-15):
>> # Take "abolishing daylight saving time" to mean that time is now considered
>> # to be standard.
>> # At least for now, keep the "old" Russia rules for the benefit of Belarus.
>> 
> 2016c2036,2037
> < 			 2:00	Russia	EE%sT
> ---
>> 			 2:00	Russia	EE%sT	2011 Mar 27 2:00s
>> 			 3:00	-	EET
> 2045c2066,2067
> < 			 3:00	Russia	MSK/MSD
> ---
>> 			 3:00	Russia	MSK/MSD	2011 Mar 27 2:00s
>> 			 4:00	-	MSK
> 2058c2080,2081
> < 			 3:00	Russia	VOL%sT
> ---
>> 			 3:00	Russia	VOL%sT	2011 Mar 27 2:00s
>> 			 4:00	-	VOLT
> 2070c2093,2094
> < 			 3:00	Russia	SAM%sT
> ---
>> 			 3:00	Russia	SAM%sT	2011 Mar 27 2:00s
>> 			 4:00	-	SAMT
> 2083c2107,2108
> < 			 5:00	Russia	YEK%sT	# Yekaterinburg Time
> ---
>> 			 5:00	Russia	YEK%sT	2011 Mar 27 2:00s
>> 			 6:00	-	YEKT	# Yekaterinburg Time
> 2091c2116,2117
> < 			 6:00	Russia	OMS%sT
> ---
>> 			 6:00	Russia	OMS%sT	2011 Mar 27 2:00s
>> 			 7:00	-	OMST
> 2101c2127,2128
> < 			 6:00	Russia	NOV%sT
> ---
>> 			 6:00	Russia	NOV%sT	2011 Mar 27 2:00s
>> 			 7:00	-	NOVT
> 2134c2161,2162
> < 			 6:00	Russia	NOV%sT # Novosibirsk/Novokuznetsk Time
> ---
>> 			 6:00	Russia	NOV%sT	2011 Mar 27 2:00s
>> 			 7:00	-	NOVT # Novosibirsk/Novokuznetsk Time
> 2145c2173,2174
> < 			 7:00	Russia	KRA%sT
> ---
>> 			 7:00	Russia	KRA%sT	2011 Mar 27 2:00s
>> 			 8:00	-	KRAT
> 2155c2184,2185
> < 			 8:00	Russia	IRK%sT
> ---
>> 			 8:00	Russia	IRK%sT	2011 Mar 27 2:00s
>> 			 9:00	-	IRKT
> 2178c2208,2209
> < 			 9:00	Russia	YAK%sT
> ---
>> 			 9:00	Russia	YAK%sT	2011 Mar 27 2:00s
>> 			 10:00	-	YAKT
> 2191c2222,2223
> < 			10:00	Russia	VLA%sT
> ---
>> 			10:00	Russia	VLA%sT	2011 Mar 27 2:00s
>> 			11:00	-	VLAT
> 2201c2233,2234
> < 			10:00	Russia	SAK%sT
> ---
>> 			10:00	Russia	SAK%sT	2011 Mar 27 2:00s
>> 			11:00	-	SAKT
> 2214c2247,2248
> < 			11:00	Russia	MAG%sT
> ---
>> 			11:00	Russia	MAG%sT	2011 Mar 27 2:00s
>> 			12:00	-	MAGT
> 2225c2259,2260
> < 			11:00	Russia	PET%sT
> ---
>> 			11:00	Russia	PET%sT	2011 Mar 27 2:00s
>> 			12:00	-	PETT
> 2234c2269,2270
> < 			11:00	Russia	ANA%sT
> ---
>> 			11:00	Russia	ANA%sT	2011 Mar 27 2:00s
>> 			12:00	-	ANAT
> diff -r old/iso3166.tab new/iso3166.tab
> 2c2
> < # @(#)iso3166.tab	8.6
> ---
>> # @(#)iso3166.tab	8.7
> 33d32
> < AN	Netherlands Antilles
> 77a77
>> CW	Curacao
> diff -r old/zone.tab new/zone.tab
> 2c2
> < # @(#)zone.tab	8.43
> ---
>> # @(#)zone.tab	8.44
> 35d34
> < AN	+1211-06900	America/Curacao
> 157a157
>> CW	+1211-06900	America/Curacao
> 



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