[tz] [PATCH] Speling fixs

Paul Eggert eggert at cs.ucla.edu
Fri May 31 07:56:42 UTC 2013


Thanks for the fixes.

For trivial typos where we're sure the original author did
not intend the misspelling, I think it's OK to quietly
correct the spelling.  A couple of things, though.  First, the
misspelling from the BBC was a shocker, so I went back and
discovered that the BBC also caught that misspelling and fixed it
a few hours later and changed some other wording, so let's quote the
updated version.

Second, the Groucho Marx section seems to have had three other errors,
which I corrected as best I could: "We're" -> "We've", "daylight
savings [sic]" -> "daylight saving", "Fitzerald" -> "Fitzgerald".

For now, here's what I installed in the experimental copy on github:

diff --git a/asia b/asia
index 437e15f..fb6fbca 100644
--- a/asia
+++ b/asia
@@ -2547,8 +2547,8 @@ Rule	Syria	2006	only	-	Sep	22	0:00	0	-
 Rule	Syria	2007	only	-	Mar	lastFri	0:00	1:00	S
 # From Jesper Norgard (2007-10-27):
 # The sister center ICARDA of my work CIMMYT is confirming that Syria DST will
-# not take place 1.st November at 0:00 o'clock but 1.st November at 24:00 or
-# rather Midnight between Thursday and Friday. This does make more sence than
+# not take place 1st November at 0:00 o'clock but 1st November at 24:00 or
+# rather Midnight between Thursday and Friday. This does make more sense than
 # having it between Wednesday and Thursday (two workdays in Syria) since the
 # weekend in Syria is not Saturday and Sunday, but Friday and Saturday. So now
 # it is implemented at midnight of the last workday before weekend...
diff --git a/australasia b/australasia
index 48aeef6..797f81c 100644
--- a/australasia
+++ b/australasia
@@ -1481,12 +1481,12 @@ Zone	Pacific/Wallis	12:15:20 -	LMT	1901
 # From Paul Eggert (2000-01-08):
 # IATA SSIM (1999-09) says DST ends 0100 local time.  Go with McDow.
 
-# From the BBC World Service (1998-10-31 11:32 UTC):
+# From the BBC World Service in
+# http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/205226.stm (1998-10-31 16:03 UTC):
 # The Fijiian government says the main reasons for the time change is to
-# improve productivity and reduce road accidents.  But correspondents say it
-# also hopes the move will boost Fiji's ability to compete with other pacific
-# islands in the effort to attract tourists to witness the dawning of the new
-# millenium.
+# improve productivity and reduce road accidents.... [T]he move is also
+# intended to boost Fiji's ability to attract tourists to witness the dawning
+# of the new millennium.
 
 # http://www.fiji.gov.fj/press/2000_09/2000_09_13-05.shtml (2000-09-13)
 # reports that Fiji has discontinued DST.
@@ -1631,7 +1631,7 @@ Zone	Pacific/Wallis	12:15:20 -	LMT	1901
 # Shanks & Pottenger say the transition was on 1968-10-01; go with Mundell.
 
 # From Eric Ulevik (1999-05-03):
-# Tonga's director of tourism, who is also secretary of the National Millenium
+# Tonga's director of tourism, who is also secretary of the National Millennium
 # Committee, has a plan to get Tonga back in front.
 # He has proposed a one-off move to tropical daylight saving for Tonga from
 # October to March, which has won approval in principle from the Tongan
diff --git a/europe b/europe
index 5081a52..0f429da 100644
--- a/europe
+++ b/europe
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ Rule	C-Eur	1944	only	-	Oct	 2	 2:00s	0	-
 # It seems that Paris, Monaco, Rule France, Rule Belgium all agree on
 # 2:00 standard time, e.g. 3:00 local time.  However there are no
 # countries that use C-Eur rules in September 1945, so the only items
-# affected are apparently these ficticious zones that translates acronyms
+# affected are apparently these fictitious zones that translate acronyms
 # CET and MET:
 #
 # Zone CET  1:00 C-Eur CE%sT
@@ -2779,9 +2779,9 @@ Link	Europe/Istanbul	Asia/Istanbul	# Istanbul is in both continents.
 
 # Ukraine
 #
-# From Igor Karpov, who works for the Ukranian Ministry of Justice,
+# From Igor Karpov, who works for the Ukrainian Ministry of Justice,
 # via Garrett Wollman (2003-01-27):
-# BTW, I've found the official document on this matter. It's goverment
+# BTW, I've found the official document on this matter. It's government
 # regulations number 509, May 13, 1996. In my poor translation it says:
 # "Time in Ukraine is set to second timezone (Kiev time). Each last Sunday
 # of March at 3am the time is changing to 4am and each last Sunday of
@@ -2815,7 +2815,7 @@ Link	Europe/Istanbul	Asia/Istanbul	# Istanbul is in both continents.
 # time this year after all.
 #
 # From Udo Schwedt (2011-10-18):
-# As far as I understand, the recent change to the Ukranian time zone
+# As far as I understand, the recent change to the Ukrainian time zone
 # (Europe/Kiev) to introduce permanent daylight saving time (similar
 # to Russia) was reverted today:
 #
diff --git a/southamerica b/southamerica
index 3c2f82a..0d8ed7a 100644
--- a/southamerica
+++ b/southamerica
@@ -971,7 +971,7 @@ Rule	Brazil	2007	only	-	Feb	25	 0:00	0	-
 # adopted by the same states as before.
 Rule	Brazil	2007	only	-	Oct	Sun>=8	 0:00	1:00	S
 # From Frederico A. C. Neves (2008-09-10):
-# Acording to this decree
+# According to this decree
 # <a href="http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2007-2010/2008/Decreto/D6558.htm">
 # http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2007-2010/2008/Decreto/D6558.htm
 # </a>
@@ -1203,7 +1203,7 @@ Zone America/Rio_Branco	-4:31:12 -	LMT	1914
 # http://www.emol.com/noticias/nacional/detalle/detallenoticias.asp?idnoticia=467651
 # </a>
 #
-# This is not yet reflected in the offical "cambio de hora" site, but
+# This is not yet reflected in the official "cambio de hora" site, but
 # probably will be soon:
 # <a href="http://www.horaoficial.cl/cambio.htm">
 # http://www.horaoficial.cl/cambio.htm
diff --git a/tz-art.htm b/tz-art.htm
index 046b6ee..4dc097a 100644
--- a/tz-art.htm
+++ b/tz-art.htm
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ Supernaw.</td></tr>
 <tr><td><a href="http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&amp;sql=10:3bftxzw0ldhe">AMG Rating</a></td><td>3.5 stars</td></tr>
 <tr><td>ADO Rating</td><td>2.5 stars</td></tr>
 <tr><td>Notes<td>Includes the song "Fire and Wood" with the lyric
-"The clocks were turned back you remeber/Think it's still November."
+"The clocks were turned back you remember/Think it's still November."
 </td></tr>
 <tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
 <tr><td>Artist</td><td>Ken Nordine</td></tr>
@@ -431,10 +431,10 @@ hilarity ensues.
 <hr>
 <ul>
 <li>
-"We're been using the five-cent nickle in this country since 1492.
-Now that's pretty near 100 years, daylight savings [sic]."
+"We've been using the five-cent nickel in this country since 1492.
+Now that's pretty near 100 years, daylight saving."
 (Groucho Marx as Captain Spaulding in "Animal Crackers", 1930,
-as noted by Will Fitzerald)
+as noted by Will Fitzgerald)
 </li>
 <li>
 Brady: "...[Bishop Usher] determined that the Lord began the Creation
diff --git a/usno1995 b/usno1995
index e39aa52..a5ee0ae 100644
--- a/usno1995
+++ b/usno1995
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Australia Lord Howe Island: +10.5 hours (Local summer +11 hours)
 Australia New South Wales: +10 hours (Local summer +11 hours)
 Australia Queensland: +10 hours
 Australia Victoria: +10 hours (Local summer +11 hours)
-Australia Australian Captial Territory: +10 hours (Local summer +11 hours)
+Australia Australian Capital Territory: +10 hours (Local summer +11 hours)
 Australia South: +9.5 hours (Local summer +10.5 hours)
 Australia Tasmania: +10 hours (Local summer +11 hours)
 Australia Western: +8 hours
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ Ecuador: -5 hours
 Egypt: +2 hours (Local summer +3 hours)
 El Salvador: -6 hours
 England: 0 hours (Local summer +1 hours)
-Equitorial Guinea: +1 hours
+Equatorial Guinea: +1 hours
 Eritrea: +3 hours
 Estonia: +2 hours (Local summer +3 hours)
 Ethiopia: +3 hours
diff --git a/usno1997 b/usno1997
index ac63df5..b90be86 100644
--- a/usno1997
+++ b/usno1997
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Australia Lord Howe Island: +10.5 hours (Local summer +11 hours)
 Australia New South Wales: +10 hours (Local summer +11 hours)
 Australia Queensland: +10 hours
 Australia Victoria: +10 hours (Local summer +11 hours)
-Australia Australian Captial Territory: +10 hours (Local summer +11 hours)
+Australia Australian Capital Territory: +10 hours (Local summer +11 hours)
 Australia South: +9.5 hours (Local summer +10.5 hours)
 Australia Tasmania: +10 hours (Local summer +11 hours)
 Australia Western: +8 hours
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ Ecuador: -5 hours
 Egypt: +2 hours (Local summer +3 hours)
 El Salvador: -6 hours
 England: 0 hours (Local summer +1 hours)
-Equitorial Guinea: +1 hours
+Equatorial Guinea: +1 hours
 Eritrea: +3 hours
 Estonia: +2 hours (Local summer +3 hours)
 Ethiopia: +3 hours
diff --git a/usno1998 b/usno1998
index 62264a1..d77d255 100644
--- a/usno1998
+++ b/usno1998
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Australia Lord Howe Island: +10.5 hours (Local summer +11 hours)
 Australia New South Wales: +10 hours (Local summer +11 hours)
 Australia Queensland: +10 hours
 Australia Victoria: +10 hours (Local summer +11 hours)
-Australia Australian Captial Territory: +10 hours (Local summer +11 hours)
+Australia Australian Capital Territory: +10 hours (Local summer +11 hours)
 Australia South: +9.5 hours (Local summer +10.5 hours)
 Australia Tasmania: +10 hours (Local summer +11 hours)
 Australia Western: +8 hours
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ Ecuador: -5 hours
 Egypt: +2 hours (Local summer +3 hours)
 El Salvador: -6 hours
 England: 0 hours (Local summer +1 hours)
-Equitorial Guinea: +1 hours
+Equatorial Guinea: +1 hours
 Eritrea: +3 hours
 Estonia: +2 hours (Local summer +3 hours)
 Ethiopia: +3 hours


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