proposed time zone package changes (Russia, Curacao)

Arthur Olson arthurdavidolson at gmail.com
Wed Jun 15 15:21:00 UTC 2011


While "RussAQ" rules were present in the antarctica file, they weren't being
used in any of the antarctica zones.
That being true, they can simply be deleted.

        --ado

On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 11:07 AM, Deborah Goldsmith <goldsmit at apple.com>wrote:

> 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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