proposeed time zone package changes--Chile/Russia/Irkutsk/Buryatia/Morocco

Arthur David Olson olsona at lecserver.nci.nih.gov
Wed Mar 30 14:02:39 UTC 2011


Here are proposed changes to the time zone package; the executive summary:

africa		Add start and end of DST in 2011 in Morocco.
asia		Russia to use permanent DST after its start in 2011.
europe		Russia to use permanent DST after its start in 2011.
		Irkutsk changes to Moscow+4 at start of DST in 2011.
		Ulan-Ude stays at Moscow+5 at start of DST in 2011 (new zone).
southamerica	Change end and start of DST in 2011 in Chile.
tz-link.htm	Information on Time Zone Master.
zone.tab 	Irkutsk changes to Moscow+4 at start of DST in 2011.
		Ulan-Ude stays at Moscow+5 at start of DST in 2011 (new zone).

Current time stamps are affected by these changes.

If no problems are found, the ftp versions will be updated on 2011-04-04.

			--ado

diff -r -c old/africa new/africa
*** old/africa	Thu Dec 16 12:24:19 2010
--- new/africa	Wed Mar 30 08:12:21 2011
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*** 1,5 ****
  # <pre>
! # @(#)africa	8.28
  # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
  # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
  
--- 1,5 ----
  # <pre>
! # @(#)africa	8.29
  # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
  # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
  
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*** 712,717 ****
--- 712,748 ----
  # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-starts-dst-2010.html
  # </a>
  
+ # From Dan Abitol (2011-03-30):
+ # ...Rules for Africa/Casablanca are the following (24h format)
+ # The 3rd april 2011 at 00:00:00, [it] will be 3rd april 1:00:00
+ # The 31th july 2011 at 00:59:59,  [it] will be 31th July 00:00:00
+ # ...Official links of change in morocco
+ # The change was broadcast on the FM Radio
+ # I ve called ANRT (telecom regulations in Morocco) at
+ # +212.537.71.84.00
+ # <a href="http://www.anrt.net.ma/fr/">
+ # http://www.anrt.net.ma/fr/
+ # </a>
+ # They said that
+ # <a href="http://www.map.ma/fr/sections/accueil/l_heure_legale_au_ma/view">
+ # http://www.map.ma/fr/sections/accueil/l_heure_legale_au_ma/view
+ # </a>
+ # is the official publication to look at.
+ # They said that the decision was already taken.
+ #
+ # More articles in the press
+ # <a href="http://www.yabiladi.com/articles/details/5058/secret-l-heure-d-ete-maroc-lev">
+ # http://www.yabiladi.com/articles/details/5058/secret-l-heure-d-ete-maroc-lev
+ # </a>
+ # e.html
+ # <a href="http://www.lematin.ma/Actualite/Express/Article.asp?id=148923">
+ # http://www.lematin.ma/Actualite/Express/Article.asp?id=148923
+ # </a>
+ # <a href="http://www.lavieeco.com/actualite/Le-Maroc-passe-sur-GMT%2B1-a-partir-de-dim">
+ # http://www.lavieeco.com/actualite/Le-Maroc-passe-sur-GMT%2B1-a-partir-de-dim
+ # anche-prochain-5538.html
+ # </a>
+ 
  # RULE	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
  
  Rule	Morocco	1939	only	-	Sep	12	 0:00	1:00	S
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*** 735,740 ****
--- 766,773 ----
  Rule	Morocco	2009	only	-	Aug	 21	 0:00	0	-
  Rule	Morocco	2010	only	-	May	 2	 0:00	1:00	S
  Rule	Morocco	2010	only	-	Aug	 8	 0:00	0	-
+ Rule	Morocco	2011	only	-	Apr	 3	 0:00	1:00	S
+ Rule	Morocco	2011	only	-	Jul	 31	 1:00	0	-
  # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
  Zone Africa/Casablanca	-0:30:20 -	LMT	1913 Oct 26
  			 0:00	Morocco	WE%sT	1984 Mar 16
diff -r -c old/asia new/asia
*** old/asia	Tue Jan  4 13:14:47 2011
--- new/asia	Wed Mar 30 09:02:23 2011
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*** 1,4 ****
! # @(#)asia	8.62
  # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
  # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
  
--- 1,4 ----
! # @(#)asia	8.63
  # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
  # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
  
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*** 73,81 ****
  Rule RussiaAsia	1985	1991	-	Mar	lastSun	 2:00s	1:00	S
  Rule RussiaAsia	1992	only	-	Mar	lastSat	23:00	1:00	S
  Rule RussiaAsia	1992	only	-	Sep	lastSat	23:00	0	-
! Rule RussiaAsia	1993	max	-	Mar	lastSun	 2:00s	1:00	S
  Rule RussiaAsia	1993	1995	-	Sep	lastSun	 2:00s	0	-
! Rule RussiaAsia	1996	max	-	Oct	lastSun	 2:00s	0	-
  
  # Afghanistan
  # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
--- 73,81 ----
  Rule RussiaAsia	1985	1991	-	Mar	lastSun	 2:00s	1:00	S
  Rule RussiaAsia	1992	only	-	Mar	lastSat	23:00	1:00	S
  Rule RussiaAsia	1992	only	-	Sep	lastSat	23:00	0	-
! Rule RussiaAsia	1993	2011	-	Mar	lastSun	 2:00s	1:00	S
  Rule RussiaAsia	1993	1995	-	Sep	lastSun	 2:00s	0	-
! Rule RussiaAsia	1996	2010	-	Oct	lastSun	 2:00s	0	-
  
  # Afghanistan
  # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
diff -r -c old/europe new/europe
*** old/europe	Thu Mar 10 22:03:39 2011
--- new/europe	Wed Mar 30 09:38:23 2011
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*** 1,5 ****
  # <pre>
! # @(#)europe	8.28
  # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
  # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
  
--- 1,5 ----
  # <pre>
! # @(#)europe	8.30
  # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
  # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
  
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*** 561,570 ****
  #
  Rule	Russia	1992	only	-	Mar	lastSat	 23:00	1:00	S
  Rule	Russia	1992	only	-	Sep	lastSat	 23:00	0	-
! Rule	Russia	1993	max	-	Mar	lastSun	 2:00s	1:00	S
  Rule	Russia	1993	1995	-	Sep	lastSun	 2:00s	0	-
! Rule	Russia	1996	max	-	Oct	lastSun	 2:00s	0	-
  
  # These are for backward compatibility with older versions.
  
  # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
--- 561,588 ----
  #
  Rule	Russia	1992	only	-	Mar	lastSat	 23:00	1:00	S
  Rule	Russia	1992	only	-	Sep	lastSat	 23:00	0	-
! Rule	Russia	1993	2011	-	Mar	lastSun	 2:00s	1:00	S
  Rule	Russia	1993	1995	-	Sep	lastSun	 2:00s	0	-
! Rule	Russia	1996	2010	-	Oct	lastSun	 2:00s	0	-
  
+ # From Steffen Thorsen (2011-02-08):
+ # Many news sources report that Russia will move clocks forward for DST
+ # as usual, but not back again, so they will stay permanently on DST,
+ # from 2011.
+ #
+ # Some examples:
+ # <a href="http://themoscownews.com/society/20110208/188402634.html">
+ # http://themoscownews.com/society/20110208/188402634.html
+ # </a>
+ # <a href="http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/World/Story/STIStory_632614.html">
+ # http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/World/Story/STIStory_632614.html
+ # </a>
+ #
+ # We will keep this page updated:
+ # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/russia-winter-time.html">
+ # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/russia-winter-time.html
+ # </a>
+ 
  # These are for backward compatibility with older versions.
  
  # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
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*** 2147,2158 ****
  # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25): [This region consists of]
  # Respublika Buryatiya, Irkutskaya oblast',
  # Ust'-Ordynskij Buryatskij avtonomnyj okrug.
  Zone Asia/Irkutsk	 6:57:20 -	LMT	1880
  			 6:57:20 -	IMT	1920 Jan 25 # Irkutsk Mean Time
  			 7:00	-	IRKT	1930 Jun 21 # Irkutsk Time
  			 8:00	Russia	IRK%sT	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
  			 7:00	Russia	IRK%sT	1992 Jan 19 2:00s
! 			 8:00	Russia	IRK%sT
  #
  # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2003-10-18): [This region consists of]
  # Aginskij Buryatskij avtonomnyj okrug, Amurskaya oblast',
--- 2165,2211 ----
  # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25): [This region consists of]
  # Respublika Buryatiya, Irkutskaya oblast',
  # Ust'-Ordynskij Buryatskij avtonomnyj okrug.
+ 
+ # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-03-16):
+ # According to various media sources (in Russian):
+ # <a href="http://www.irk.ru/news/20110316/time/">
+ # http://www.irk.ru/news/20110316/time/
+ # </a>
+ # <a href="http://www.bratsk.ru/report/show/8416.html">
+ # http://www.bratsk.ru/report/show/8416.html
+ # </a>
+ # Irkutsk Region (Russia) has received government permission to change
+ # time zone to Krasnoyarsk time zone (UTC+8 summer time after March 27,
+ # 2011). On March 27, 2011 Irkutsk will keep its clock without change to
+ # Summer Time (DST) when most of Russia will move to DST. After March 27,
+ # 2011 time difference between Moscow (UTC+4 after March 27, 2011) and
+ # Irkutsk (UTC+8 after March 27, 2011) will be 4 hours, not 5 hours.
+ #
+ # or
+ # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia27.html">
+ # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia27.html
+ # </a>
+ 
+ # From Alexander Ray (2011-03-27):
+ # In the time zone change Russia took this March, Irkutsk Oblast began
+ # using Krasnoyarsk Time while Buryatia didn't, so a split of
+ # Asia/Irkutsk is in order, creating Asia/UlanUde(?).
+ 
  Zone Asia/Irkutsk	 6:57:20 -	LMT	1880
  			 6:57:20 -	IMT	1920 Jan 25 # Irkutsk Mean Time
  			 7:00	-	IRKT	1930 Jun 21 # Irkutsk Time
  			 8:00	Russia	IRK%sT	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
  			 7:00	Russia	IRK%sT	1992 Jan 19 2:00s
! 			 8:00	Russia	IRK%sT	2011 Mar 27 2:00s
! 			 7:00	Russia	KRA%sT
! 
! Zone Asia/Ulan_Ude	 7:10:24 -	LMT	1880
! 			 6:57:20 -	IMT	1920 Jan 25 # Irkutsk Mean Time
! 			 7:00	-	IRKT	1930 Jun 21 # Irkutsk Time
! 			 8:00	Russia	IRK%sT	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
! 			 7:00	Russia	IRK%sT	1992 Jan 19 2:00s
! 			 8:00	Russia	BUR%sT
! 
  #
  # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2003-10-18): [This region consists of]
  # Aginskij Buryatskij avtonomnyj okrug, Amurskaya oblast',
diff -r -c old/southamerica new/southamerica
*** old/southamerica	Wed Mar  2 12:47:20 2011
--- new/southamerica	Wed Mar 30 08:42:44 2011
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*** 1,5 ****
  # <pre>
! # @(#)southamerica	8.45
  # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
  # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
  
--- 1,5 ----
  # <pre>
! # @(#)southamerica	8.46
  # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
  # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
  
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*** 1171,1176 ****
--- 1171,1189 ----
  # From Arthur David Olson (2011-03-02):
  # The emol.com article mentions a water shortage as the cause of the
  # postponement, which may mean that it's not a permanent change.
+ 
+ # From Glenn Eychaner (2011-03-28):
+ # The article:
+ # <a href="http://diario.elmercurio.com/2011/03/28/_portada/_portada/noticias/7565897A-CA86-49E6-9E03-660B21A4883E.htm?id=3D{7565897A-CA86-49E6-9E03-660B21A4883E}">
+ # http://diario.elmercurio.com/2011/03/28/_portada/_portada/noticias/7565897A-CA86-49E6-9E03-660B21A4883E.htm?id=3D{7565897A-CA86-49E6-9E03-660B21A4883E}
+ # </a>
+ #
+ # In English:
+ # Chile's clocks will go back an hour this year on the 7th of May instead
+ # of this Saturday. They will go forward again the 3rd Saturday in
+ # August, just as before 1968. This is a pilot plan which will be
+ # reevaluated in 2012.
+ 
  # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
  Rule	Chile	1927	1932	-	Sep	 1	0:00	1:00	S
  Rule	Chile	1928	1932	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
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*** 1200,1212 ****
  Rule	Chile	1998	only	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
  Rule	Chile	1998	only	-	Sep	27	4:00u	1:00	S
  Rule	Chile	1999	only	-	Apr	 4	3:00u	0	-
! Rule	Chile	1999	max	-	Oct	Sun>=9	4:00u	1:00	S
  Rule	Chile	2000	2007	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
  # N.B.: the end of March 29 in Chile is March 30 in Universal time,
  # which is used below in specifying the transition.
  Rule	Chile	2008	only	-	Mar	30	3:00u	0	-
  Rule	Chile	2009	only	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
! Rule	Chile	2010	2011	-	Apr	Sun>=1	3:00u	0	-
  Rule	Chile	2012	max	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
  # IATA SSIM anomalies: (1992-02) says 1992-03-14;
  # (1996-09) says 1998-03-08.  Ignore these.
--- 1213,1228 ----
  Rule	Chile	1998	only	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
  Rule	Chile	1998	only	-	Sep	27	4:00u	1:00	S
  Rule	Chile	1999	only	-	Apr	 4	3:00u	0	-
! Rule	Chile	1999	2010	-	Oct	Sun>=9	4:00u	1:00	S
! Rule	Chile	2011	only	-	Aug	Sun>=16	4:00u	1:00	S
! Rule	Chile	2012	max	-	Oct	Sun>=9	4:00u	1:00	S
  Rule	Chile	2000	2007	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
  # N.B.: the end of March 29 in Chile is March 30 in Universal time,
  # which is used below in specifying the transition.
  Rule	Chile	2008	only	-	Mar	30	3:00u	0	-
  Rule	Chile	2009	only	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
! Rule	Chile	2010	only	-	Apr	Sun>=1	3:00u	0	-
! Rule	Chile	2011	only	-	May	Sun>=2	3:00u	0	-
  Rule	Chile	2012	max	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
  # IATA SSIM anomalies: (1992-02) says 1992-03-14;
  # (1996-09) says 1998-03-08.  Ignore these.
diff -r -c old/tz-link.htm new/tz-link.htm
*** old/tz-link.htm	Wed Jan 12 10:40:27 2011
--- new/tz-link.htm	Wed Mar 30 09:52:14 2011
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*** 18,24 ****
  <body>
  <h1>Sources for Time Zone and Daylight Saving Time Data</h1>
  <address>
! @(#)tz-link.htm	8.31
  </address>
  <p>
  This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
--- 18,24 ----
  <body>
  <h1>Sources for Time Zone and Daylight Saving Time Data</h1>
  <address>
! @(#)tz-link.htm	8.32
  </address>
  <p>
  This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
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*** 318,323 ****
--- 318,334 ----
  lets users "see the time in up to 25 locations in the world at once."
  (From Hans Nieuwenhuis, 2009-11-02.)
  </li>
+ <li>
+ <a href="http://www.relativedata.com/time-zone-master">
+ Time Zone Master Basic
+ </a> "allows people to display multiple desktop clocks, and to
+ research current and historical time information, as well as times of
+ astronomical events (sunrise/transit/set, moonrise/transit/set, phases,
+ season starts) for user-selected dates in the past and future. It can
+ automatically download, compile and use the tzdata**.gz database files
+ as they are released to keep the data up to date. The software is
+ free." (Davie Patte)
+ </li>
  </ul>
  <h2>Other time zone databases</h2>
  <ul>
diff -r -c old/zone.tab new/zone.tab
*** old/zone.tab	Wed Feb  9 14:00:33 2011
--- new/zone.tab	Wed Mar 30 09:38:23 2011
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*** 1,5 ****
  # <pre>
! # @(#)zone.tab	8.41
  # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
  # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
  #
--- 1,5 ----
  # <pre>
! # @(#)zone.tab	8.42
  # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
  # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
  #
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*** 337,343 ****
  RU	+5502+08255	Asia/Novosibirsk	Moscow+03 - Novosibirsk
  RU	+5345+08707	Asia/Novokuznetsk	Moscow+03 - Novokuznetsk
  RU	+5601+09250	Asia/Krasnoyarsk	Moscow+04 - Yenisei River
! RU	+5216+10420	Asia/Irkutsk	Moscow+05 - Lake Baikal
  RU	+6200+12940	Asia/Yakutsk	Moscow+06 - Lena River
  RU	+4310+13156	Asia/Vladivostok	Moscow+07 - Amur River
  RU	+4658+14242	Asia/Sakhalin	Moscow+07 - Sakhalin Island
--- 337,344 ----
  RU	+5502+08255	Asia/Novosibirsk	Moscow+03 - Novosibirsk
  RU	+5345+08707	Asia/Novokuznetsk	Moscow+03 - Novokuznetsk
  RU	+5601+09250	Asia/Krasnoyarsk	Moscow+04 - Yenisei River
! RU	+5216+10420	Asia/Irkutsk	Moscow+04 - Lake Baikal
! RU	+5150+10736	Asia/Ulan_Ude	Moscow+05 - Buryatia
  RU	+6200+12940	Asia/Yakutsk	Moscow+06 - Lena River
  RU	+4310+13156	Asia/Vladivostok	Moscow+07 - Amur River
  RU	+4658+14242	Asia/Sakhalin	Moscow+07 - Sakhalin Island



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