[tz] [PATCH] Distinguish hyphen from minus from dashes.

Paul Eggert eggert at CS.UCLA.EDU
Wed Jun 18 01:46:31 UTC 2014


Most of this patch is to commentary, to distinguish better among
the similar characters hyphen '-', minus sign '−', en dash '–' (used
for ranges), and em dash '—'.  Render ordinary dashes in text as
spaced en dashes, as this gives better-looking results in monospaced
fonts.
* yearistype.sh, zic.c: Reword diagnostics so that they do not use
hyphens as if they were dashes.  Since we are sticking to ASCII in
programs, we can't use proper dashes in diagnostics.
---
 NEWS            | 538 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------------
 README          |   4 +-
 Theory          | 110 ++++++------
 africa          |  34 ++--
 antarctica      | 162 ++++++++---------
 asia            |  84 ++++-----
 australasia     |  64 +++----
 date.c          |   4 +-
 europe          | 124 ++++++-------
 localtime.c     |  12 +-
 newctime.3      |   5 +-
 newstrftime.3   |  40 +++--
 northamerica    | 178 +++++++++----------
 pacificnew      |   2 +-
 southamerica    | 118 ++++++-------
 tz-art.htm      |   4 +-
 tzfile.h        |   2 +-
 yearistype.sh   |   4 +-
 zdump.8         |   3 +-
 zic.c           |  16 +-
 zoneinfo2tdf.pl |   4 +-
 21 files changed, 759 insertions(+), 753 deletions(-)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 3f16cae..74dfb8a 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -12,11 +12,15 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes
     'localtime', 'mktime', etc. now use much less stack space if ALL_STATE
     is defined.  (Thanks to Elliott Hughes for reporting the problem.)
 
+    Error diagnostics of 'zic' and 'yearistype' have been reworded so that
+    they no longer use ASCII '-' as if it were a dash.
+
   Changes affecting documentation and commentary
 
     Documentation and commentary now prefer UTF-8 to US-ASCII,
-    allowing the use of proper accents in foreign words and names.
-    Code and data have not changed.
+    allowing the use of proper accents in foreign words and names,
+    and distinguishing among hyphen '-', minus sign '−', en dash '–',
+    and em dash '—'.  Code and data have not changed because of this.
 
     Non-HTML documentation and commentary now use plain-text URLs instead of
     HTML insertions, and are more consistent about bracketing URLs when they
@@ -29,7 +33,7 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes
     Commentary about permanent Antarctic bases has been updated.
 
 
-Release 2014e - 2014-06-12 21:53:52 -0700
+Release 2014e – 2014-06-12 21:53:52 −0700
 
   Changes affecting near-future time stamps
 
@@ -57,7 +61,7 @@ Release 2014e - 2014-06-12 21:53:52 -0700
     removes stale pointers to World Time Explorer and WORLDTIME.
 
 
-Release 2014d - 2014-05-27 21:34:40 -0700
+Release 2014d – 2014-05-27 21:34:40 −0700
 
   Changes affecting code
 
@@ -72,7 +76,7 @@ Release 2014d - 2014-05-27 21:34:40 -0700
     tz-link.htm now mentions GNOME.
 
 
-Release 2014c - 2014-05-13 07:44:13 -0700
+Release 2014c – 2014-05-13 07:44:13 −0700
 
   Changes affecting near-future time stamps
 
@@ -97,7 +101,7 @@ Release 2014c - 2014-05-13 07:44:13 -0700
     Remove now-confusing comment about Jordan.  (Thanks to Oleksii Nochovnyi.)
 
 
-Release 2014b - 2014-03-24 21:28:50 -0700
+Release 2014b – 2014-03-24 21:28:50 −0700
 
   Changes affecting near-future time stamps
 
@@ -136,7 +140,7 @@ Release 2014b - 2014-03-24 21:28:50 -0700
     (Thanks to Sebastien Willemijns.)
 
 
-Release 2014a - 2014-03-07 23:30:29 -0800
+Release 2014a – 2014-03-07 23:30:29 −0800
 
   Changes affecting near-future time stamps
 
@@ -205,12 +209,12 @@ Release 2014a - 2014-03-07 23:30:29 -0800
       abbr elements' title attributes.
 
 
-Release 2013i - 2013-12-17 07:25:23 -0800
+Release 2013i – 2013-12-17 07:25:23 −0800
 
   Changes affecting near-future time stamps:
 
     Jordan switches back to standard time at 00:00 on December 20, 2013.
-    The 2006-2011 transition schedule is planned to resume in 2014.
+    The 2006–2011 transition schedule is planned to resume in 2014.
     (Thanks to Steffen Thorsen.)
 
   Changes affecting past time stamps:
@@ -227,7 +231,7 @@ Release 2013i - 2013-12-17 07:25:23 -0800
   Changes affecting documentation and commentary
 
     The files solar87, solar88, and solar89 are no longer distributed.
-    They were a negative experiment -- that is, a demonstration that
+    They were a negative experiment – that is, a demonstration that
     tz data can represent solar time only with some difficulty and error.
     Their presence in the distribution caused confusion, as Riyadh
     civil time was generally not solar time in those years.
@@ -235,7 +239,7 @@ Release 2013i - 2013-12-17 07:25:23 -0800
     tz-link.htm now mentions Noda Time.  (Thanks to Matt Johnson.)
 
 
-Release 2013h - 2013-10-25 15:32:32 -0700
+Release 2013h – 2013-10-25 15:32:32 −0700
 
   Changes affecting current and future time stamps:
 
@@ -247,7 +251,7 @@ Release 2013h - 2013-10-25 15:32:32 -0700
 
   Changes affecting future time stamps:
 
-    Acre and (we guess) western Amazonas will switch from UTC-4 to UTC-5
+    Acre and (we guess) western Amazonas will switch from UTC−4 to UTC−5
     on 2013-11-10.  This affects America/Rio_Branco and America/Eirunepe.
     (Thanks to Steffen Thorsen.)
 
@@ -294,7 +298,7 @@ Release 2013h - 2013-10-25 15:32:32 -0700
     8.1 introduces tz support.  Remove URLs for Tru64 and UnixWare (no
     longer maintained) and for old advisories.  SOFA now does C.
 
-Release 2013g - 2013-09-30 21:08:26 -0700
+Release 2013g – 2013-09-30 21:08:26 −0700
 
   Changes affecting current and near-future time stamps
 
@@ -327,7 +331,7 @@ Release 2013g - 2013-09-30 21:08:26 -0700
     the end of NEWS.
 
 
-Release 2013f - 2013-09-24 23:37:36 -0700
+Release 2013f – 2013-09-24 23:37:36 −0700
 
   Changes affecting near-future time stamps
 
@@ -374,7 +378,7 @@ Release 2013f - 2013-09-24 23:37:36 -0700
     'make set-timestamps' is now simpler and a bit more portable.
 
 
-Release 2013e - 2013-09-19 23:50:04 -0700
+Release 2013e – 2013-09-19 23:50:04 −0700
 
   Changes affecting near-future time stamps
 
@@ -391,13 +395,13 @@ Release 2013e - 2013-09-19 23:50:04 -0700
     Benny Lin.)  This affects Asia/Dili, Asia/Jakarta, Asia/Jayapura,
     Asia/Makassar, and Asia/Pontianak.
 
-    Use ART (UTC-3, standard time), rather than WARST (also UTC-3, but
+    Use ART (UTC−3, standard time), rather than WARST (also UTC−3, but
     daylight saving time) for San Luis, Argentina since 2009.
 
   Changes affecting Godthab time stamps after 2037 if version mismatch
 
     Allow POSIX-like TZ strings where the transition time's hour can
-    range from -167 through 167, instead of the POSIX-required 0
+    range from −167 through 167, instead of the POSIX-required 0
     through 24.  E.g., TZ='FJT-12FJST,M10.3.1/146,M1.3.4/75' for the
     new Fiji rules.  This is a more-compact way to represent
     far-future time stamps for America/Godthab, America/Santiago,
@@ -440,7 +444,7 @@ Release 2013e - 2013-09-19 23:50:04 -0700
     confirming that the old Europe/Vaduz zone was wrong and the new
     link is better for WWII-era times.)
 
-    Change Kingston Mean Time from -5:07:12 to -5:07:11.  This affects
+    Change Kingston Mean Time from −5:07:12 to −5:07:11.  This affects
     America/Cayman, America/Jamaica and America/Grand_Turk time stamps
     from 1890 to 1912.
 
@@ -599,7 +603,7 @@ Release 2013e - 2013-09-19 23:50:04 -0700
     Update shapefile citations in tz-link.htm.  (Thanks to Guy Harris.)
 
 
-Release 2013d - 2013-07-05 07:38:01 -0700
+Release 2013d – 2013-07-05 07:38:01 −0700
 
   Changes affecting future time stamps:
 
@@ -642,10 +646,10 @@ Release 2013d - 2013-07-05 07:38:01 -0700
 
     Spelling fixes (thanks to Kevin Lyda and Jonathan Leffler).
 
-    Update URL for CLDR Zone->Tzid table (thanks to Yoshito Umaoka).
+    Update URL for CLDR Zone→Tzid table (thanks to Yoshito Umaoka).
 
 
-Release 2013c - 2013-04-19 16:17:40 -0700
+Release 2013c – 2013-04-19 16:17:40 −0700
 
   Changes affecting current and future time stamps:
 
@@ -679,7 +683,7 @@ Release 2013c - 2013-04-19 16:17:40 -0700
 
     Fix times of habitation for Macquarie to agree with the Tasmania
     Parks & Wildlife Service history, which indicates that permanent
-    habitation was 1899-1919 and 1948 on.
+    habitation was 1899–1919 and 1948 on.
 
   Changing affecting metadata only:
 
@@ -690,7 +694,7 @@ Release 2013c - 2013-04-19 16:17:40 -0700
     (Thanks to Tim Parenti.)
 
 
-Release 2013b - 2013-03-10 22:33:40 -0700
+Release 2013b – 2013-03-10 22:33:40 −0700
 
   Changes affecting current and future time stamps:
 
@@ -708,11 +712,11 @@ Release 2013b - 2013-03-10 22:33:40 -0700
 
     Update URLs in tz-link page.  Add URLs for webOS, BB10, iOS.
     Update URL for Solaris.  Mention Internet RFC 6557.
-    Update Internet RFCs 2445->5545, 2822->5322.
+    Update Internet RFCs 2445→5545, 2822→5322.
     Switch from FTP to HTTP for Internet RFCs.
 
 
-Release 2013a - 2013-02-27 09:20:35 -0800
+Release 2013a – 2013-02-27 09:20:35 −0800
 
   Change affecting binary data format:
 
@@ -763,7 +767,7 @@ Release 2013a - 2013-02-27 09:20:35 -0800
     Add "Run by the Monkeys" to tz-art.  (Thanks to Arthur David Olson.)
 
 
-Release 2012j - 2012-11-12 18:34:49 -0800
+Release 2012j – 2012-11-12 18:34:49 −0800
 
   Libya moved to CET this weekend, but with DST planned next year.
   (Thanks to Even Scharning, Steffen Thorsen, and Tim Parenti.)
@@ -788,7 +792,7 @@ Release 2012j - 2012-11-12 18:34:49 -0800
   Various fixes to documentation and commentary.
 
 
-Release 2012i - 2012-11-03 12:57:09 -0700
+Release 2012i – 2012-11-03 12:57:09 −0700
 
   Cuba switches from DST tomorrow at 01:00.  (Thanks to Steffen Thorsen.)
 
@@ -807,7 +811,7 @@ Release 2012i - 2012-11-03 12:57:09 -0700
   The main web page now lists the canonical IANA URL.
 
 
-Release 2012h - 2012-10-26 22:49:10 -0700
+Release 2012h – 2012-10-26 22:49:10 −0700
 
   Bahia no longer has DST.  (Thanks to Kelley Cook.)
 
@@ -823,7 +827,7 @@ Release 2012h - 2012-10-26 22:49:10 -0700
   the instances of 'register' were kept.
 
 
-Release 2012g - 2012-10-17 20:59:45 -0700
+Release 2012g – 2012-10-17 20:59:45 −0700
 
   Samoa fall 2012 and later.  (Thanks to Nicholas Pereira and Robert Elz.)
 
@@ -840,13 +844,13 @@ Release 2012g - 2012-10-17 20:59:45 -0700
   virtue of not adding more files.
 
 
-Release 2012f - 2012-09-12 23:17:03 -0700
+Release 2012f – 2012-09-12 23:17:03 −0700
 
   * australasia (Pacific/Fiji): Fiji DST is October 21 through January
     20 this year.  (Thanks to Steffen Thorsen.)
 
 
-Release 2012e - 2012-08-02 20:44:55 -0700
+Release 2012e – 2012-08-02 20:44:55 −0700
 
   * australasia (Pacific/Fakaofo): Tokelau is UTC+13, not UTC+14.
     (Thanks to Steffen Thorsen.)
@@ -858,14 +862,14 @@ Release 2012e - 2012-08-02 20:44:55 -0700
   * Remove trailing white space.
 
 
-Release code2012c-data2012d - 2012-07-19 16:35:33 -0700
+Release code2012c-data2012d – 2012-07-19 16:35:33 −0700
 
   Changes for Morocco's time stamps, which take effect in a couple of
   hours, along with infrastructure changes to accommodate how the tz
   code and data are released on IANA.
 
 
-Release data2012c - 2012-03-27 12:17:25 -0400
+Release data2012c – 2012-03-27 12:17:25 −0400
 
   africa
 	Summer time changes for Morocco (to start late April 2012)
@@ -878,7 +882,7 @@ Release data2012c - 2012-03-27 12:17:25 -0400
 	for now anyway, for the future).
 
 
-Release 2012b - 2012-03-02 12:29:15 +0700
+Release 2012b – 2012-03-02 12:29:15 +0700
 
   There is just one change to tzcode2012b (compared with 2012a):
   the Makefile that was accidentally included with 2012a has been
@@ -896,7 +900,7 @@ Release 2012b - 2012-03-02 12:29:15 +0700
   in 2012a has been removed.
 
 
-Release 2012a - 2012-03-01 18:28:10 +0700
+Release 2012a – 2012-03-01 18:28:10 +0700
 
   The changes in tzcode2012a (compared to the previous version, 2011i)
   are entirely to the README and tz-art.htm and tz-link.htm files, if
@@ -922,9 +926,9 @@ Release 2012a - 2012-03-01 18:28:10 +0700
 	A few typos in Le Corre's list of free French place names (comments)
 
 
-Release data2011n - 2011-10-30 14:57:54 +0700
+Release data2011n – 2011-10-30 14:57:54 +0700
 
-  There are three changes of note - most urgently, Cuba (America/Havana)
+  There are three changes of note – most urgently, Cuba (America/Havana)
   has extended summer time by two weeks, now to end on Nov 13, rather than
   the (already past) Oct 30.   Second, the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic
   (Europe/Tiraspol) decided not to split from the rest of Moldova after
@@ -935,11 +939,11 @@ Release data2011n - 2011-10-30 14:57:54 +0700
 
   Apart from that, Moldova (MD) returns to a single entry in zone.tab
   (and the incorrect syntax that was in the 2011m version of that file
-  is so fixed - it would have been fixed in a different way had this
-  change not happened - that's the "missing" sccs version id).
+  is so fixed – it would have been fixed in a different way had this
+  change not happened – that's the "missing" sccs version id).
 
 
-Release data2011m - 2011-10-24 21:42:16 +0700
+Release data2011m – 2011-10-24 21:42:16 +0700
 
   In particular, the typos in comments in the data (2011-11-17 should have
   been 2011-10-17 as Alan Barrett noted, and spelling of Tiraspol that
@@ -954,10 +958,10 @@ Release data2011m - 2011-10-24 21:42:16 +0700
   version numbers there...)
 
 
-Release data2011l -  2011-10-10 11:15:43 +0700
+Release data2011l – 2011-10-10 11:15:43 +0700
 
   There are just 2 changes that cause different generated tzdata files from
-  zic, to Asia/Hebron and Pacific/Fiji - the possible change for Bahia, Brazil
+  zic, to Asia/Hebron and Pacific/Fiji – the possible change for Bahia, Brazil
   is included, but commented out.  Compared with the diff I sent out last week,
   this version also includes attributions for the sources for the changes
   (in much the same format as ado used, but the html tags have not been
@@ -965,307 +969,307 @@ Release data2011l -  2011-10-10 11:15:43 +0700
   please let me know.)
 
 
-Release data2011k - 2011-09-20 17:54:03 -0400
+Release data2011k – 2011-09-20 17:54:03 −0400
 
   [not summarized]
 
 
-Release data2011j - 2011-09-12 09:22:49 -0400
+Release data2011j – 2011-09-12 09:22:49 −0400
 
   (contemporary changes for Samoa; past changes for Kenya, Uganda, and
   Tanzania); there are also two spelling corrections to comments in
   the australasia file (with thanks to Christos Zoulas).
 
 
-Release 2011i - 2011-08-29 05:56:32 -0400
+Release 2011i – 2011-08-29 05:56:32 −0400
 
   [not summarized]
 
 
-Release data2011h - 2011-06-15 18:41:48 -0400
+Release data2011h – 2011-06-15 18:41:48 −0400
 
   Russia and Curaçao changes
 
 
-Release 2011g - 2011-04-25 09:07:22 -0400
+Release 2011g – 2011-04-25 09:07:22 −0400
 
   update the rules for Egypt to reflect its abandonment of DST this year
 
 
-Release 2011f - 2011-04-06 17:14:53 -0400
+Release 2011f – 2011-04-06 17:14:53 −0400
 
   [not summarized]
 
 
-Release 2011e - 2011-03-31 16:04:38 -0400
+Release 2011e – 2011-03-31 16:04:38 −0400
 
   Morocco, Chile, and tz-link changes
 
 
-Release 2011d - 2011-03-14 09:18:01 -0400
+Release 2011d – 2011-03-14 09:18:01 −0400
 
   changes that impact present-day time stamps in Cuba, Samoa, and Turkey
 
 
-Release 2011c - 2011-03-07 09:30:09 -0500
+Release 2011c – 2011-03-07 09:30:09 −0500
 
   These do affect current time stamps in Chile and Annette Island, Canada.
 
 
-Release 2011b - 2011-02-07 08:44:50 -0500
+Release 2011b – 2011-02-07 08:44:50 −0500
 
   [not summarized]
 
 
-Release 2011a - 2011-01-24 10:30:16 -0500
+Release 2011a – 2011-01-24 10:30:16 −0500
 
   [not summarized]
 
 
-Release data2010o - 2010-11-01 09:18:23 -0400
+Release data2010o – 2010-11-01 09:18:23 −0400
 
   change to the end of DST in Fiji in 2011
 
 
-Release 2010n - 2010-10-25 08:19:17 -0400
+Release 2010n – 2010-10-25 08:19:17 −0400
 
   [not summarized]
 
 
-Release 2010m - 2010-09-27 09:24:48 -0400
+Release 2010m – 2010-09-27 09:24:48 −0400
 
   Hong Kong, Vostok, and zic.c changes
 
 
-Release 2010l - 2010-08-16 06:57:25 -0400
+Release 2010l – 2010-08-16 06:57:25 −0400
 
   [not summarized]
 
 
-Release 2010k - 2010-07-26 10:42:27 -0400
+Release 2010k – 2010-07-26 10:42:27 −0400
 
   [not summarized]
 
 
-Release 2010j - 2010-05-10 09:07:48 -0400
+Release 2010j – 2010-05-10 09:07:48 −0400
 
   changes for Bahía de Banderas and for version naming
 
 
-Release data2010i - 2010-04-16 18:50:45 -0400
+Release data2010i – 2010-04-16 18:50:45 −0400
 
   the end of DST in Morocco on 2010-08-08
 
 
-Release data2010h - 2010-04-05 09:58:56 -0400
+Release data2010h – 2010-04-05 09:58:56 −0400
 
   [not summarized]
 
 
-Release data2010g - 2010-03-24 11:14:53 -0400
+Release data2010g – 2010-03-24 11:14:53 −0400
 
   [not summarized]
 
 
-Release 2010f - 2010-03-22 09:45:46 -0400
+Release 2010f – 2010-03-22 09:45:46 −0400
 
   [not summarized]
 
 
-Release data2010e - 2010-03-08 14:24:27 -0500
+Release data2010e – 2010-03-08 14:24:27 −0500
 
   corrects the Dhaka bug found by Danvin Ruangchan
 
 
-Release data2010d - 2010-03-06 07:26:01 -0500
+Release data2010d – 2010-03-06 07:26:01 −0500
 
   [not summarized]
 
 
-Release 2010c - 2010-03-01 09:20:58 -0500
+Release 2010c – 2010-03-01 09:20:58 −0500
 
   changes including KRE's suggestion for earlier initialization of
   "goahead" and "goback" structure elements
 
 
-Release code2010a - 2010-02-16 10:40:04 -0500
+Release code2010a – 2010-02-16 10:40:04 −0500
 
   [not summarized]
 
 
-Release data2010b - 2010-01-20 12:37:01 -0500
+Release data2010b – 2010-01-20 12:37:01 −0500
 
   Mexico changes
 
 
-Release data2010a - 2010-01-18 08:30:04 -0500
+Release data2010a – 2010-01-18 08:30:04 −0500
 
   changes to Dhaka
 
 
-Release data2009u - 2009-12-26 08:32:28 -0500
+Release data2009u – 2009-12-26 08:32:28 −0500
 
   changes to DST in Bangladesh
 
 
-Release 2009t - 2009-12-21 13:24:27 -0500
+Release 2009t – 2009-12-21 13:24:27 −0500
 
   [not summarized]
 
 
-Release data2009s - 2009-11-14 10:26:32 -0500
+Release data2009s – 2009-11-14 10:26:32 −0500
 
   (cosmetic) Antarctica change and the DST-in-Fiji-in-2009-and-2010 change
 
 
-Release 2009r - 2009-11-09 10:10:31 -0500
+Release 2009r – 2009-11-09 10:10:31 −0500
 
   "antarctica" and "tz-link.htm" changes
 
 
-Release 2009q - 2009-11-02 09:12:40 -0500
+Release 2009q – 2009-11-02 09:12:40 −0500
 
   with two corrections as reported by Eric Muller and Philip Newton
 
 
-Release data2009p - 2009-10-23 15:05:27 -0400
+Release data2009p – 2009-10-23 15:05:27 −0400
 
   Argentina (including San Luis) changes (with the correction from
   Mariano Absatz)
 
 
-Release data2009o - 2009-10-14 16:49:38 -0400
+Release data2009o – 2009-10-14 16:49:38 −0400
 
   Samoa (commentary only), Pakistan, and Bangladesh changes
 
 
-Release data2009n - 2009-09-22 15:13:38 -0400
+Release data2009n – 2009-09-22 15:13:38 −0400
 
   added commentary for Argentina and a change to the end of DST in
   2009 in Pakistan
 
 
-Release data2009m - 2009-09-03 10:23:43 -0400
+Release data2009m – 2009-09-03 10:23:43 −0400
 
   Samoa and Palestine changes
 
 
-Release data2009l - 2009-08-14 09:13:07 -0400
+Release data2009l – 2009-08-14 09:13:07 −0400
 
   Samao (comments only) and Egypt
 
 
-Release 2009k - 2009-07-20 09:46:08 -0400
+Release 2009k – 2009-07-20 09:46:08 −0400
 
   [not summarized]
 
 
-Release data2009j - 2009-06-15 06:43:59 -0400
+Release data2009j – 2009-06-15 06:43:59 −0400
 
   Bangladesh change (with a short turnaround since the DST change is
   impending)
 
 
-Release 2009i - 2009-06-08 09:21:22 -0400
+Release 2009i – 2009-06-08 09:21:22 −0400
 
   updating for DST in Bangladesh this year
 
 
-Release 2009h - 2009-05-26 09:19:14 -0400
+Release 2009h – 2009-05-26 09:19:14 −0400
 
   [not summarized]
 
 
-Release data2009g - 2009-04-20 16:34:07 -0400
+Release data2009g – 2009-04-20 16:34:07 −0400
 
   Cairo
 
 
-Release data2009f - 2009-04-10 11:00:52 -0400
+Release data2009f – 2009-04-10 11:00:52 −0400
 
   correct DST in Pakistan
 
 
-Release 2009e - 2009-04-06 09:08:11 -0400
+Release 2009e – 2009-04-06 09:08:11 −0400
 
   [not summarized]
 
 
-Release 2009d - 2009-03-23 09:38:12 -0400
+Release 2009d – 2009-03-23 09:38:12 −0400
 
   Morocco, Tunisia, Argentina, and American Astronomical Society changes
 
 
-Release data2009c - 2009-03-16 09:47:51 -0400
+Release data2009c – 2009-03-16 09:47:51 −0400
 
   change to the start of Cuban DST
 
 
-Release 2009b - 2009-02-09 11:15:22 -0500
+Release 2009b – 2009-02-09 11:15:22 −0500
 
   [not summarized]
 
 
-Release 2009a - 2009-01-21 10:09:39 -0500
+Release 2009a – 2009-01-21 10:09:39 −0500
 
   [not summarized]
 
 
-Release data2008i - 2008-10-21 12:10:25 -0400
+Release data2008i – 2008-10-21 12:10:25 −0400
 
   southamerica and zone.tab files, with Argentina DST rule changes and
   United States zone reordering and recommenting
 
 
-Release 2008h - 2008-10-13 07:33:56 -0400
+Release 2008h – 2008-10-13 07:33:56 −0400
 
   [not summarized]
 
 
-Release 2008g - 2008-10-06 09:03:18 -0400
+Release 2008g – 2008-10-06 09:03:18 −0400
 
   Fix a broken HTML anchor and update Brazil's DST transitions;
   there's also a slight reordering of information in tz-art.htm.
 
 
-Release data2008f - 2008-09-09 22:33:26 -0400
+Release data2008f – 2008-09-09 22:33:26 −0400
 
   [not summarized]
 
 
-Release 2008e - 2008-07-28 14:11:17 -0400
+Release 2008e – 2008-07-28 14:11:17 −0400
 
   changes by Arthur David Olson and Jesper Norgaard Welen
 
 
-Release data2008d - 2008-07-07 09:51:38 -0400
+Release data2008d – 2008-07-07 09:51:38 −0400
 
   changes by Arthur David Olson, Paul Eggert, and Rodrigo Severo
 
 
-Release data2008c - 2008-05-19 17:48:03 -0400
+Release data2008c – 2008-05-19 17:48:03 −0400
 
   Pakistan, Morocco, and Mongolia
 
 
-Release data2008b - 2008-03-24 08:30:59 -0400
+Release data2008b – 2008-03-24 08:30:59 −0400
 
   including renaming Asia/Calcutta to Asia/Kolkata, with a backward
   link provided
 
 
-Release 2008a - 2008-03-08 05:42:16 -0500
+Release 2008a – 2008-03-08 05:42:16 −0500
 
   [not summarized]
 
 
-Release 2007k - 2007-12-31 10:25:22 -0500
+Release 2007k – 2007-12-31 10:25:22 −0500
 
   most importantly, changes to the "southamerica" file based on
   Argentina's readoption of daylight saving time
 
 
-Release 2007j - 2007-12-03 09:51:01 -0500
+Release 2007j – 2007-12-03 09:51:01 −0500
 
   1. eliminate the "P" (parameter) macro;
 
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   4. changes by Paul Eggert (including updated information for Venezuela).
 
 
-Release data2007i - 2007-10-30 10:28:11 -0400
+Release data2007i – 2007-10-30 10:28:11 −0400
 
   changes for Cuba and Syria
 
 
-Release 2007h - 2007-10-01 10:05:51 -0400
+Release 2007h – 2007-10-01 10:05:51 −0400
 
   changes by Paul Eggert, as well as an updated link to the ICU
   project in tz-link.htm
 
 
-Release 2007g - 2007-08-20 10:47:59 -0400
+Release 2007g – 2007-08-20 10:47:59 −0400
 
   changes by Paul Eggert
 
@@ -1300,7 +1304,7 @@ Release 2007g - 2007-08-20 10:47:59 -0400
   There's an addition to tz-art.htm regarding the television show "Medium".
 
 
-Release 2007f - 2007-05-07 10:46:46 -0400
+Release 2007f – 2007-05-07 10:46:46 −0400
 
   changes by Paul Eggert (including Haiti, Turks and Caicos, and New
   Zealand)
@@ -1309,26 +1313,26 @@ Release 2007f - 2007-05-07 10:46:46 -0400
   Paul's improved time value overflow checking)
 
 
-Release 2007e - 2007-04-02 10:11:52 -0400
+Release 2007e – 2007-04-02 10:11:52 −0400
 
   Syria and Honduras changes by Paul Eggert
 
   zic.c variable renaming changes by Arthur David Olson
 
 
-Release 2007d - 2007-03-20 08:48:30 -0400
+Release 2007d – 2007-03-20 08:48:30 −0400
 
   changes by Paul Eggert
 
   the elimination of white space at the ends of lines
 
 
-Release 2007c - 2007-02-26 09:09:37 -0500
+Release 2007c – 2007-02-26 09:09:37 −0500
 
   changes by Paul Eggert
 
 
-Release 2007b - 2007-02-12 09:34:20 -0500
+Release 2007b – 2007-02-12 09:34:20 −0500
 
   Paul Eggert's proposed change to the quotation handling logic in zic.c.
 
@@ -1337,7 +1341,7 @@ Release 2007b - 2007-02-12 09:34:20 -0500
   of June 2007.
 
 
-Release 2007a - 2007-01-08 12:28:29 -0500
+Release 2007a – 2007-01-08 12:28:29 −0500
 
   changes by Paul Eggert
 
@@ -1348,51 +1352,51 @@ Release 2007a - 2007-01-08 12:28:29 -0500
   symbolic link changes
 
 
-Release 2006p - 2006-11-27 08:54:27 -0500
+Release 2006p – 2006-11-27 08:54:27 −0500
 
   changes by Paul Eggert
 
 
-Release 2006o - 2006-11-06 09:18:07 -0500
+Release 2006o – 2006-11-06 09:18:07 −0500
 
   changes by Paul Eggert
 
 
-Release 2006n - 2006-10-10 11:32:06 -0400
+Release 2006n – 2006-10-10 11:32:06 −0400
 
   changes by Paul Eggert
 
 
-Release 2006m - 2006-10-02 15:32:35 -0400
+Release 2006m – 2006-10-02 15:32:35 −0400
 
   changes for Uruguay, Palestine, and Egypt by Paul Eggert
 
   (minimalist) changes to zic.8 to clarify "until" information
 
 
-Release data2006l - 2006-09-18 12:58:11 -0400
+Release data2006l – 2006-09-18 12:58:11 −0400
 
   Paul's best-effort work on this coming weekend's Egypt time change
 
 
-Release 2006k - 2006-08-28 12:19:09 -0400
+Release 2006k – 2006-08-28 12:19:09 −0400
 
   changes by Paul Eggert
 
 
-Release 2006j - 2006-08-21 09:56:32 -0400
+Release 2006j – 2006-08-21 09:56:32 −0400
 
   changes by Paul Eggert
 
 
-Release code2006i - 2006-08-07 12:30:55 -0400
+Release code2006i – 2006-08-07 12:30:55 −0400
 
   localtime.c fixes
 
   Ken Pizzini's conversion script
 
 
-Release code2006h - 2006-07-24 09:19:37 -0400
+Release code2006h – 2006-07-24 09:19:37 −0400
 
   adds public domain notices to four files
 
@@ -1401,25 +1405,25 @@ Release code2006h - 2006-07-24 09:19:37 -0400
   adds a new recording to the "arts" file (information courtesy Colin Bowern)
 
 
-Release 2006g - 2006-05-08 17:18:09 -0400
+Release 2006g – 2006-05-08 17:18:09 −0400
 
   northamerica changes by Paul Eggert
 
 
-Release 2006f - 2006-05-01 11:46:00 -0400
+Release 2006f – 2006-05-01 11:46:00 −0400
 
   a missing version number problem is fixed (with thanks to Bradley
   White for catching the problem)
 
 
-Release 2006d - 2006-04-17 14:33:43 -0400
+Release 2006d – 2006-04-17 14:33:43 −0400
 
   changes by Paul Eggert
 
   added new items to tz-arts.htm that were found by Paul
 
 
-Release 2006c - 2006-04-03 10:09:32 -0400
+Release 2006c – 2006-04-03 10:09:32 −0400
 
   two sets of data changes by Paul Eggert
 
@@ -1430,7 +1434,7 @@ Release 2006c - 2006-04-03 10:09:32 -0400
   version
 
 
-Release 2006b - 2006-02-20 10:08:18 -0500
+Release 2006b – 2006-02-20 10:08:18 −0500
   [tz32code2006b + tz64code2006b + tzdata2006b]
 
   64-bit code
@@ -1438,7 +1442,7 @@ Release 2006b - 2006-02-20 10:08:18 -0500
   All SCCS IDs were bumped to "8.1" for this release.
 
 
-Release 2006a - 2006-01-30 08:59:31 -0500
+Release 2006a – 2006-01-30 08:59:31 −0500
 
   changes by Paul Eggert (in particular, Indiana time zone moves)
 
@@ -1446,7 +1450,7 @@ Release 2006a - 2006-01-30 08:59:31 -0500
   transitions are handled
 
 
-Release 2005r - 2005-12-27 09:27:13 -0500
+Release 2005r – 2005-12-27 09:27:13 −0500
 
   Canadian changes by Paul Eggert
 
@@ -1455,7 +1459,7 @@ Release 2005r - 2005-12-27 09:27:13 -0500
   "gettext" kept unbundled at the suggestion of Ken Pizzini).
 
 
-Release 2005q - 2005-12-13 09:17:09 -0500
+Release 2005q – 2005-12-13 09:17:09 −0500
 
   Nothing earth-shaking here:
 	1.  Electronic mail addresses have been removed.
@@ -1465,33 +1469,33 @@ Release 2005q - 2005-12-13 09:17:09 -0500
 	5.  References to dead URLs in the data files have been dealt with.
 
 
-Release 2005p - 2005-12-05 10:30:53 -0500
+Release 2005p – 2005-12-05 10:30:53 −0500
 
   "systemv", "tz-link.htm", and "zdump.c" changes
   (less the casts of arguments to the is* macros)
 
 
-Release 2005o - 2005-11-28 10:55:26 -0500
+Release 2005o – 2005-11-28 10:55:26 −0500
 
   Georgia, Cuba, Nicaragua, and Jordan changes by Paul Eggert
 
   zdump.c lint fixes by Arthur David Olson
 
 
-Release 2005n - 2005-10-03 09:44:09 -0400
+Release 2005n – 2005-10-03 09:44:09 −0400
 
   changes by Paul Eggert (both the Uruguary changes and the Kyrgyzstan
   et al. changes)
 
 
-Release 2005m - 2005-08-29 12:15:40 -0400
+Release 2005m – 2005-08-29 12:15:40 −0400
 
   changes by Paul Eggert (with a small tweak to the tz-art change)
 
   a declaration of an unused variable has been removed from zdump.c
 
 
-Release 2005l - 2005-08-22 12:06:39 -0400
+Release 2005l – 2005-08-22 12:06:39 −0400
 
   changes by Paul Eggert
 
@@ -1502,7 +1506,7 @@ Release 2005l - 2005-08-22 12:06:39 -0400
   less than a doubling in size by my local Sun's reckoning)
 
 
-Release 2005k - 2005-07-14 14:14:24 -0400
+Release 2005k – 2005-07-14 14:14:24 −0400
 
   The "leapseconds" file has been edited to reflect the recently
   announced leap second at the end of 2005.
@@ -1511,7 +1515,7 @@ Release 2005k - 2005-07-14 14:14:24 -0400
   anti-spam measure.
 
 
-Release 2005j - 2005-06-13 14:34:13 -0400
+Release 2005j – 2005-06-13 14:34:13 −0400
 
   These reflect changes to limit the length of time zone abbreviations
   and the characters used in those abbreviations.
@@ -1524,12 +1528,12 @@ Release 2005j - 2005-06-13 14:34:13 -0400
   abbreviation checks.
 
 
-Release data2005i - 2005-04-21 15:04:16 -0400
+Release data2005i – 2005-04-21 15:04:16 −0400
 
   changes (most importantly to Nicaragua and Haiti) by Paul Eggert
 
 
-Release 2005h - 2005-04-04 11:24:47 -0400
+Release 2005h – 2005-04-04 11:24:47 −0400
 
   changes by Paul Eggert
 
@@ -1537,23 +1541,23 @@ Release 2005h - 2005-04-04 11:24:47 -0400
   when doing a "make typecheck"
 
 
-Release 2005g - 2005-03-14 10:11:21 -0500
+Release 2005g – 2005-03-14 10:11:21 −0500
 
   changes by Paul Eggert (a change to current DST rules in Uruguay and
   an update to a link to time zone software)
 
 
-Release 2005f - 2005-03-01 08:45:32 -0500
+Release 2005f – 2005-03-01 08:45:32 −0500
 
   data and documentation changes by Paul Eggert
 
 
-Release 2005e - 2005-02-10 15:59:44 -0500
+Release 2005e – 2005-02-10 15:59:44 −0500
 
   [not summarized]
 
 
-Release code2005d - 2005-01-31 09:21:47 -0500
+Release code2005d – 2005-01-31 09:21:47 −0500
 
   make zic complain about links to links if the -v flag is used
 
@@ -1562,36 +1566,36 @@ Release code2005d - 2005-01-31 09:21:47 -0500
   add an include to "localtime.c" for the benefit of gcc systems
 
 
-Release 2005c - 2005-01-17 18:36:29 -0500
+Release 2005c – 2005-01-17 18:36:29 −0500
 
   get better results when mktime runs on a system where time_t is double
 
   changes to the data files (most importantly to Paraguay)
 
 
-Release 2005b - 2005-01-10 09:19:54 -0500
+Release 2005b – 2005-01-10 09:19:54 −0500
 
   Get localtime and gmtime working on systems with exotic time_t types.
 
   Update the leap second commentary in the "leapseconds" file.
 
 
-Release 2005a - 2005-01-01 13:13:44 -0500
+Release 2005a – 2005-01-01 13:13:44 −0500
 
   [not summarized]
 
 
-Release code2004i - 2004-12-14 13:42:58 -0500
+Release code2004i – 2004-12-14 13:42:58 −0500
 
   Deal with systems where time_t is unsigned.
 
 
-Release code2004h - 2004-12-07 11:40:18 -0500
+Release code2004h – 2004-12-07 11:40:18 −0500
 
   64-bit-time_t changes
 
 
-Release 2004g - 2004-11-02 09:06:01 -0500
+Release 2004g – 2004-11-02 09:06:01 −0500
 
   update to Cuba (taking effect this weekend)
 
@@ -1602,12 +1606,12 @@ Release 2004g - 2004-11-02 09:06:01 -0500
   changed versions of difftime.c and private.h
 
 
-Release code2004f - 2004-10-21 10:25:22 -0400
+Release code2004f – 2004-10-21 10:25:22 −0400
 
   Cope with wide-ranging tm_year values.
 
 
-Release 2004e - 2004-10-11 14:47:21 -0400
+Release 2004e – 2004-10-11 14:47:21 −0400
 
   Brazil/Argentina/Israel changes by Paul Eggert
 
@@ -1616,24 +1620,24 @@ Release 2004e - 2004-10-11 14:47:21 -0400
   one small fix to Makefile
 
 
-Release 2004d - 2004-09-22 08:27:29 -0400
+Release 2004d – 2004-09-22 08:27:29 −0400
 
   Avoid overflow problems when TM_YEAR_BASE is added to an integer.
 
 
-Release 2004c - 2004-08-11 12:06:26 -0400
+Release 2004c – 2004-08-11 12:06:26 −0400
 
   asctime-related changes
 
   (variants of) some of the documentation changes suggested by Paul Eggert
 
 
-Release 2004b - 2004-07-19 14:33:35 -0400
+Release 2004b – 2004-07-19 14:33:35 −0400
 
-  data changes by Paul Eggert--most importantly, updates for Argentina
+  data changes by Paul Eggert – most importantly, updates for Argentina
 
 
-Release 2004a - 2004-05-27 12:00:47 -0400
+Release 2004a – 2004-05-27 12:00:47 −0400
 
   changes by Paul Eggert
 
@@ -1644,7 +1648,7 @@ Release 2004a - 2004-05-27 12:00:47 -0400
   DST in the Navajo Nation.
 
 
-Release 2003e - 2003-12-15 09:36:47 -0500
+Release 2003e – 2003-12-15 09:36:47 −0500
 
   changes by Arthur David Olson (primarily code changes)
 
@@ -1654,18 +1658,18 @@ Release 2003e - 2003-12-15 09:36:47 -0500
   optimization of the "Toronto" rules)
 
 
-Release 2003d - 2003-10-06 09:34:44 -0400
+Release 2003d – 2003-10-06 09:34:44 −0400
 
   changes by Paul Eggert
 
 
-Release 2003c - 2003-09-16 10:47:05 -0400
+Release 2003c – 2003-09-16 10:47:05 −0400
 
   Fix bad returns in zic.c's inleap function.
   Thanks to Bradley White for catching the problem!
 
 
-Release 2003b - 2003-09-16 07:13:44 -0400
+Release 2003b – 2003-09-16 07:13:44 −0400
 
   Add a "--version" option (and documentation) to the zic and zdump commands.
 
@@ -1676,28 +1680,28 @@ Release 2003b - 2003-09-16 07:13:44 -0400
   Update the leapseconds and tz-art.htm files.
 
 
-Release 2003a - 2003-03-24 09:30:54 -0500
+Release 2003a – 2003-03-24 09:30:54 −0500
 
   changes by Paul Eggert
 
   a few additions and modifications to the tz-art.htm file
 
 
-Release 2002d - 2002-10-15 13:12:42 -0400
+Release 2002d – 2002-10-15 13:12:42 −0400
 
   changes by Paul Eggert, less the "Britain (UK)" change in iso3166.tab
 
   There's also a new time zone quote in "tz-art.htm".
 
 
-Release 2002c - 2002-04-04 11:55:20 -0500
+Release 2002c – 2002-04-04 11:55:20 −0500
 
   changes by Paul Eggert
 
   Change zic.c to avoid creating symlinks to files that don't exist.
 
 
-Release 2002b - 2002-01-28 12:56:03 -0500
+Release 2002b – 2002-01-28 12:56:03 −0500
 
   [These change notes are for Release 2002a, which was corrupted.
   2002b was a corrected version of 2002a.]
@@ -1712,24 +1716,24 @@ Release 2002b - 2002-01-28 12:56:03 -0500
   Change to "difftime.c" to avoid sizeof problems.
 
 
-Release 2001d - 2001-10-09 13:31:32 -0400
+Release 2001d – 2001-10-09 13:31:32 −0400
 
   changes by Paul Eggert
 
 
-Release 2001c - 2001-06-05 13:59:55 -0400
+Release 2001c – 2001-06-05 13:59:55 −0400
 
   changes by Paul Eggert and Andrew Brown
 
 
-Release 2001b - 2001-04-05 16:44:38 -0400
+Release 2001b – 2001-04-05 16:44:38 −0400
 
   changes by Paul Eggert (modulo jnorgard's typo fix)
 
   tz-art.htm has been htmlified.
 
 
-Release 2001a - 2001-03-13 12:57:44 -0500
+Release 2001a – 2001-03-13 12:57:44 −0500
 
   changes by Paul Eggert
 
@@ -1741,7 +1745,7 @@ Release 2001a - 2001-03-13 12:57:44 -0500
   converted to tabs.
 
 
-Release 2000h - 2000-12-14 15:33:38 -0500
+Release 2000h – 2000-12-14 15:33:38 −0500
 
   changes by Paul Eggert
 
@@ -1750,7 +1754,7 @@ Release 2000h - 2000-12-14 15:33:38 -0500
   With providence, this is the last update of the millenium.
 
 
-Release 2000g - 2000-10-10 11:35:22 -0400
+Release 2000g – 2000-10-10 11:35:22 −0400
 
   changes by Paul Eggert
 
@@ -1760,7 +1764,7 @@ Release 2000g - 2000-10-10 11:35:22 -0400
   Emmy Awards broadcast.
 
 
-Release 2000f - 2000-08-10 09:31:58 -0400
+Release 2000f – 2000-08-10 09:31:58 −0400
 
   changes by Paul Eggert
 
@@ -1770,7 +1774,7 @@ Release 2000f - 2000-08-10 09:31:58 -0400
   improved.
 
 
-Release 2000e - 2000-07-31 09:27:54 -0400
+Release 2000e – 2000-07-31 09:27:54 −0400
 
   data changes by Paul Eggert
 
@@ -1779,7 +1783,7 @@ Release 2000e - 2000-07-31 09:27:54 -0400
   the addition of a Dave Barry quote on DST to the tz-arts file
 
 
-Release 2000d - 2000-04-20 15:43:04 -0400
+Release 2000d – 2000-04-20 15:43:04 −0400
 
   changes to the documentation and code of strftime for C99 conformance
 
@@ -1788,44 +1792,44 @@ Release 2000d - 2000-04-20 15:43:04 -0400
   These are based on (though modified from) changes by Paul Eggert.
 
 
-Release 2000c - 2000-03-04 10:31:43 -0500
+Release 2000c – 2000-03-04 10:31:43 −0500
 
   changes by Paul Eggert
 
 
-Release 2000b - 2000-02-21 12:16:29 -0500
+Release 2000b – 2000-02-21 12:16:29 −0500
 
   changes by Paul Eggert and Joseph Myers
 
   modest tweaks to the tz-art.htm and tz-link.htm files
 
 
-Release 2000a - 2000-01-18 09:21:26 -0500
+Release 2000a – 2000-01-18 09:21:26 −0500
 
   changes by Paul Eggert
 
   The two hypertext documents have also been renamed.
 
 
-Release code1999i-data1999j - 1999-11-15 18:43:22 -0500
+Release code1999i-data1999j – 1999-11-15 18:43:22 −0500
 
   Paul Eggert's changes
 
   additions to the "zic" manual page and the "Arts.htm" file
 
 
-Release code1999h-data1999i - 1999-11-08 14:55:21 -0500
+Release code1999h-data1999i – 1999-11-08 14:55:21 −0500
 
   [not summarized]
 
 
-Release data1999h - 1999-10-07 03:50:29 -0400
+Release data1999h – 1999-10-07 03:50:29 −0400
 
   changes by Paul Eggert to "europe" (most importantly, fixing
   Lithuania and Estonia)
 
 
-Release 1999g - 1999-09-28 11:06:18 -0400
+Release 1999g – 1999-09-28 11:06:18 −0400
 
   data changes by Paul Eggert (most importantly, the change for
   Lebanon that buys correctness for this coming Sunday)
@@ -1834,12 +1838,12 @@ Release 1999g - 1999-09-28 11:06:18 -0400
   allow better checking of time zone files before they are published.
 
 
-Release 1999f - 1999-09-23 09:48:14 -0400
+Release 1999f – 1999-09-23 09:48:14 −0400
 
   changes by Arthur David Olson and Paul Eggert
 
 
-Release 1999e - 1999-08-17 15:20:54 -0400
+Release 1999e – 1999-08-17 15:20:54 −0400
 
   changes circulated by Paul Eggert, although the change to handling
   of DST-specifying time zone names has been commented out for now
@@ -1850,7 +1854,7 @@ Release 1999e - 1999-08-17 15:20:54 -0400
   cleanups of URLs.
 
 
-Release 1999d - 1999-03-30 11:31:07 -0500
+Release 1999d – 1999-03-30 11:31:07 −0500
 
   changes by Paul Eggert
 
@@ -1859,12 +1863,12 @@ Release 1999d - 1999-03-30 11:31:07 -0500
   avoid problems such as the one we had with Nicosia).
 
 
-Release 1999c - 1999-03-25 09:47:47 -0500
+Release 1999c – 1999-03-25 09:47:47 −0500
 
   changes by Paul Eggert, most importantly the change for Chile.
 
 
-Release 1999b - 1999-02-01 17:51:44 -0500
+Release 1999b – 1999-02-01 17:51:44 −0500
 
   changes by Paul Eggert
 
@@ -1876,28 +1880,28 @@ Release 1999b - 1999-02-01 17:51:44 -0500
   updates to the URLs in Arts.htm
 
 
-Release 1999a - 1999-01-19 16:20:29 -0500
+Release 1999a – 1999-01-19 16:20:29 −0500
 
   error message internationalizations and corrections in zic.c and
   zdump.c (as suggested by Vladimir Michl, vladimir.michl at upol.cz,
   to whom thanks!)
 
 
-Release code1998h-data1998i - 1998-10-01 09:56:10 -0400
+Release code1998h-data1998i – 1998-10-01 09:56:10 −0400
 
   changes for Brazil, Chile, and Germany
 
   support for use of "24:00" in the input files for the time zone compiler
 
 
-Release code1998g-data1998h - 1998-09-24 10:50:28 -0400
+Release code1998g-data1998h – 1998-09-24 10:50:28 −0400
 
   changes by Paul Eggert
 
   correction to a define in the "private.h" file
 
 
-Release data1998g - 1998-08-11 03:28:35 -0000
+Release data1998g – 1998-08-11 03:28:35 −0000
   [tzdata1998g.tar.gz is missing!]
 
   Lithuanian change provided by mgedmin at pub.osf.it
@@ -1907,19 +1911,19 @@ Release data1998g - 1998-08-11 03:28:35 -0000
   don't want the "backward" links (as suggested by Paul Eggert).
 
 
-Release data1998f - 1998-07-20 13:50:00 -0000
+Release data1998f – 1998-07-20 13:50:00 −0000
   [tzdata1998f.tar.gz is missing!]
 
   Update the "leapseconds" file to include the newly-announced
   insertion at the end of 1998.
 
 
-Release code1998f - 1998-06-01 10:18:31 -0400
+Release code1998f – 1998-06-01 10:18:31 −0400
 
   addition to localtime.c by Guy Harris
 
 
-Release 1998e - 1998-05-28 09:56:26 -0400
+Release 1998e – 1998-05-28 09:56:26 −0400
 
   The Makefile is changed to produce zoneinfo-posix rather than
   zoneinfo/posix, and to produce zoneinfo-leaps rather than
@@ -1932,14 +1936,14 @@ Release 1998e - 1998-05-28 09:56:26 -0400
   A usno1998 file (substantially identical to usno1997) has been added.
 
 
-Release 1998d - 1998-05-14 11:58:34 -0400
+Release 1998d – 1998-05-14 11:58:34 −0400
 
   changes to comments (in particular, elimination of references to CIA maps).
   "Arts.htm", "WWW.htm", "asia", and "australasia" are the only places
   where changes occur.
 
 
-Release 1998c - 1998-02-28 12:32:26 -0500
+Release 1998c – 1998-02-28 12:32:26 −0500
 
   changes by Paul Eggert (save the "French correction," on which I'll
   wait for the dust to settle)
@@ -1949,23 +1953,23 @@ Release 1998c - 1998-02-28 12:32:26 -0500
   changes and additions to Arts.htm
 
 
-Release 1998b - 1998-01-17 14:31:51 -0500
+Release 1998b – 1998-01-17 14:31:51 −0500
 
   URL cleanups and additions
 
 
-Release 1998a - 1998-01-13 12:37:35 -0500
+Release 1998a – 1998-01-13 12:37:35 −0500
 
   changes by Paul Eggert
 
 
-Release code1997i-data1997k - 1997-12-29 09:53:41 -0500
+Release code1997i-data1997k – 1997-12-29 09:53:41 −0500
 
   changes by Paul Eggert, with minor modifications from Arthur David
   Olson to make the files more browser friendly
 
 
-Release code1997h-data1997j - 1997-12-18 17:47:35 -0500
+Release code1997h-data1997j – 1997-12-18 17:47:35 −0500
 
   minor changes to put "TZif" at the start of each time zone information file
 
@@ -1975,12 +1979,12 @@ Release code1997h-data1997j - 1997-12-18 17:47:35 -0500
   full "make install" with its other effects).
 
 
-Release data1997i - 1997-10-07 08:45:38 -0400
+Release data1997i – 1997-10-07 08:45:38 −0400
 
   changes to Africa by Paul Eggert
 
 
-Release code1997g-data1997h - 1997-09-04 16:56:54 -0400
+Release code1997g-data1997h – 1997-09-04 16:56:54 −0400
 
   corrections for Uruguay (and other locations)
 
@@ -1989,7 +1993,7 @@ Release code1997g-data1997h - 1997-09-04 16:56:54 -0400
   upon which arithmetic has been performed.
 
 
-Release code1997f-data1997g - 1997-07-19 13:15:02 -0400
+Release code1997f-data1997g – 1997-07-19 13:15:02 −0400
 
   Paul Eggert's updates
 
@@ -1999,7 +2003,7 @@ Release code1997f-data1997g - 1997-07-19 13:15:02 -0400
   include information on Around the World in Eighty Days.
 
 
-Release code1997e-data1997f - 1997-05-03 18:52:34 -0400
+Release code1997e-data1997f – 1997-05-03 18:52:34 −0400
 
   fixes to zic's error handling
 
@@ -2011,24 +2015,24 @@ Release code1997e-data1997f - 1997-05-03 18:52:34 -0400
   A new piece of tz-related music has been added to the "Music" file.
 
 
-Release code1997d-data1997e - 1997-03-29 12:48:52 -0500
+Release code1997d-data1997e – 1997-03-29 12:48:52 −0500
 
   Paul Eggert's latest suggestions
 
 
-Release code1997c-data1997d - 1997-03-07 20:37:54 -0500
+Release code1997c-data1997d – 1997-03-07 20:37:54 −0500
 
   changes to "zic.c" to correct performance of the "-s" option
 
   a new file "usno1997"
 
 
-Release data1997c - 1997-03-04 09:58:18 -0500
+Release data1997c – 1997-03-04 09:58:18 −0500
 
   changes in Israel
 
 
-Release 1997b - 1997-02-27 18:34:19 -0500
+Release 1997b – 1997-02-27 18:34:19 −0500
 
   The data file incorporates the 1997 leap second.
 
@@ -2036,83 +2040,83 @@ Release 1997b - 1997-02-27 18:34:19 -0500
   zic/multiprocessor/directory-creation situation.
 
 
-Release 1997a - 1997-01-21 09:11:10 -0500
+Release 1997a – 1997-01-21 09:11:10 −0500
 
   Paul Eggert's Antarctica (and other changes)
 
   Arthur David Olson finessed the "getopt" issue by checking against
-  both -1 and EOF (regardless of POSIX, SunOS 4.1.1's manual says -1
+  both −1 and EOF (regardless of POSIX, SunOS 4.1.1's manual says −1
   is returned while SunOS 5.5's manual says EOF is returned).
 
 
-Release code1996o-data1996n - 1996-12-27 21:42:05 -0500
+Release code1996o-data1996n – 1996-12-27 21:42:05 −0500
 
   Paul Eggert's latest changes
 
 
-Release code1996n - 1996-12-16 09:42:02 -0500
+Release code1996n – 1996-12-16 09:42:02 −0500
 
   link snapping fix from Bruce Evans (via Garrett Wollman)
 
 
-Release data1996m - 1996-11-24 02:37:34 -0000
+Release data1996m – 1996-11-24 02:37:34 −0000
   [tzdata1996m.tar.gz is missing!]
 
   Paul Eggert's batch of changes
 
 
-Release code1996m-data1996l - 1996-11-05 14:00:12 -0500
+Release code1996m-data1996l – 1996-11-05 14:00:12 −0500
 
   No functional changes here; the files have simply been changed to
   make more use of ISO style dates in comments. The names of the above
   files now include the year in full.
 
 
-Release code96l - 1996-09-08 17:12:20 -0400
+Release code96l – 1996-09-08 17:12:20 −0400
 
   tzcode96k was missing a couple of pieces.
 
 
-Release 96k - 1996-09-08 16:06:22 -0400
+Release 96k – 1996-09-08 16:06:22 −0400
 
   the latest round of changes from Paul Eggert
 
   the recent Year 2000 material
 
 
-Release code96j - 1996-07-30 13:18:53 -0400
+Release code96j – 1996-07-30 13:18:53 −0400
 
   Set sp->typecnt as suggested by Timothy Patrick Murphy.
 
 
-Release code96i - 1996-07-27 20:11:35 -0400
+Release code96i – 1996-07-27 20:11:35 −0400
 
   Paul's suggested patch for strftime %V week numbers
 
 
-Release data96i - 1996-07-01 18:13:04 -0400
+Release data96i – 1996-07-01 18:13:04 −0400
 
   "northamerica" and "europe" changes by Paul Eggert
 
 
-Release code96h - 1996-06-05 08:02:21 -0400
+Release code96h – 1996-06-05 08:02:21 −0400
 
   fix for handling transitions specified in Universal Time
 
   Some "public domain" notices have also been added.
 
 
-Release code96g - 1996-05-16 14:00:26 -0400
+Release code96g – 1996-05-16 14:00:26 −0400
 
   fix for the simultaneous-DST-and-zone-change challenge
 
 
-Release data96h - 1996-05-09 17:40:51-0400
+Release data96h – 1996-05-09 17:40:51 −0400
 
   changes by Paul Eggert
 
 
-Release code96f-data96g - 1996-05-03 03:09:59 -0000
+Release code96f-data96g – 1996-05-03 03:09:59 −0000
   [tzcode96f.tar.gz + tzdata96g.tar.gz are both missing!]
 
   The changes get us some of the way to fixing the problems noted in Paul
@@ -2126,7 +2130,7 @@ Release code96f-data96g - 1996-05-03 03:09:59 -0000
   should ease maintenance.)
 
 
-Release data96f - 1996-04-19 19:20:03 -0000
+Release data96f – 1996-04-19 19:20:03 −0000
   [tzdata96f.tar.gz is missing!]
 
   The only changes are to the "northamerica" file; the time zone
@@ -2134,50 +2138,50 @@ Release data96f - 1996-04-19 19:20:03 -0000
   comments for Mexico have been updated.
 
 
-Release data96e - 1996-03-19 17:37:26 -0500
+Release data96e – 1996-03-19 17:37:26 −0500
 
   Proposals by Paul Eggert, in particular the Portugal change that
   comes into play at the end of this month.
 
 
-Release data96d - 1996-03-18 20:49:39 -0500
+Release data96d – 1996-03-18 20:49:39 −0500
 
   [not summarized]
 
 
-Release code96e -  1996-02-29 15:43:27 -0000
+Release code96e – 1996-02-29 15:43:27 −0000
   [tzcode96e.tar.gz is missing!]
 
   internationalization changes and the fix to the documentation for strftime
 
 
-Release code96d-data96c - 1996-02-12 11:05:27 -0500
+Release code96d-data96c – 1996-02-12 11:05:27 −0500
 
   The "code" file simply updates Bob Kridle's electronic address.
 
   The "data" file updates rules for Mexico.
 
 
-Release data96b - 1996-01-27 15:44:42 -0500
+Release data96b – 1996-01-27 15:44:42 −0500
 
   Kiribati change
 
 
-Release code96c - 1996-01-16 16:58:15-0500
+Release code96c – 1996-01-16 16:58:15 −0500
 
   leap-year streamlining and binary-search changes
 
   fix to newctime.3
 
 
-Release code96b - 1996-01-10 20:42:39 -0500
+Release code96b – 1996-01-10 20:42:39 −0500
 
   fixes and enhancements from Paul Eggert, including code that
   emulates the behavior of recent versions of the SunOS "date"
   command.
 
 
-Release 96a - 1996-01-06 09:08:24 -0500
+Release 96a – 1996-01-06 09:08:24 −0500
 
   Israel updates
 
@@ -2186,32 +2190,32 @@ Release 96a - 1996-01-06 09:08:24 -0500
   numbers (which are not necessarily the same as calendar year numbers)
 
 
-Release code95i-data95m - 1995-12-21 12:46:47 -0500
+Release code95i-data95m – 1995-12-21 12:46:47 −0500
 
   The latest revisions from Paul Eggert are included, the usno1995
   file has been updated, and a new file ("WWW") covering useful URLs
   has been added.
 
 
-Release code95h-data95l - 1995-12-19 18:10:12 -0500
+Release code95h-data95l – 1995-12-19 18:10:12 −0500
 
   A simplification of a macro definition, a change to data for Sudan,
   and (for last minute shoppers) notes in the "Music" file on the CD
   "Old Man Time".
 
 
-Release code95g-data95k - 1995-10-30 10:32:47 -0500
+Release code95g-data95k – 1995-10-30 10:32:47 −0500
 
   (slightly reformatted) 8-bit-clean proposed patch
 
-  minor patch: US/Eastern -> America/New_York
+  minor patch: US/Eastern → America/New_York
 
   snapshot of the USNO's latest data ("usno1995")
 
   some other minor cleanups
 
 
-Release code95f-data95j - 1995-10-28 21:01:34 -0000
+Release code95f-data95j – 1995-10-28 21:01:34 −0000
   [tzcode95f.tar.gz + tzdata95j.tar.gz are both missing!]
 
   European cleanups
@@ -2221,63 +2225,63 @@ Release code95f-data95j - 1995-10-28 21:01:34 -0000
   optimization in localtime.c
 
 
-Release code95e - 1995-10-13 13:23:57 -0400
+Release code95e – 1995-10-13 13:23:57 −0400
 
   the mktime change to scan from future to past when trying to find time zone
   offsets
 
 
-Release data95i - 1995-09-26 10:43:26 -0400
+Release data95i – 1995-09-26 10:43:26 −0400
 
   For Canada/Central, guess that the Sun customer's "one week too
   early" was just a approximation, and the true error is one month
   too early.  This is consistent with the rest of Canada.
 
 
-Release data95h - 1995-09-21 11:26:48 -0400
+Release data95h – 1995-09-21 11:26:48 −0400
 
   latest changes from Paul Eggert
 
 
-Release code95d - 1995-09-14 11:14:45 -0400
+Release code95d – 1995-09-14 11:14:45 −0400
 
   the addition of a "Music" file, which documents four recorded
   versions of the tune "Save That Time".
 
 
-Release data95g - 1995-09-01 17:21:36 -0400
+Release data95g – 1995-09-01 17:21:36 −0400
 
   "yearistype" correction
 
 
-Release data95f - 1995-08-28 20:46:56 -0400
+Release data95f – 1995-08-28 20:46:56 −0400
 
   Paul Eggert's change to the australasia file
 
 
-Release data95e - 1995-07-08 18:02:34 -0400
+Release data95e – 1995-07-08 18:02:34 −0400
 
   The only change is a leap second at the end of this year.
   Thanks to Bradley White for forwarding news on the leap second.
 
 
-Release data95d - 1995-07-03 13:26:22 -0400
+Release data95d – 1995-07-03 13:26:22 −0400
 
   Paul Eggert's changes
 
 
-Release data95c - 1995-07-02 19:19:28 -0400
+Release data95c – 1995-07-02 19:19:28 −0400
 
   changes to "asia", "backward", "europe", and "southamerica"
   (read: northamericacentrics need not apply)
 
 
-Release code95c - 1995-03-13 14:00:46 -0500
+Release code95c – 1995-03-13 14:00:46 −0500
 
   one-line fix for sign extension problems in detzcode
 
 
-Release 95b - 1995-03-04 11:22:38 -0500
+Release 95b – 1995-03-04 11:22:38 −0500
 
   Minor changes in both:
 
@@ -2287,7 +2291,7 @@ Release 95b - 1995-03-04 11:22:38 -0500
   The "data" file contains a fixed "Link" for America/Shiprock.
 
 
-Release 94h - 1994-12-10 12:51:14 -0500
+Release 94h – 1994-12-10 12:51:14 −0500
 
   The files:
 
@@ -2297,55 +2301,55 @@ Release 94h - 1994-12-10 12:51:14 -0500
   *	incorporate the table changes by Paul Eggert;
 
   *	include (and document) support for universal time specifications in
-	data files--but do not (yet) include use of this feature in the
+	data files – but do not (yet) include use of this feature in the
 	data files.
 
-  Think of this as "TZ Classic"--the software has been set up not to break if
+  Think of this as "TZ Classic" – the software has been set up not to break if
   universal time shows up in its input, and the data has been left as is so as
   not to break existing implementations.
 
 
-Release data94f - 1994-08-20 12:56:09 -0400
+Release data94f – 1994-08-20 12:56:09 −0400
 
   (with thanks!) the latest data updates from Paul Eggert
 
 
-Release data94e - 1994-06-04 13:13:53 -0400
+Release data94e – 1994-06-04 13:13:53 −0400
 
   [not summarized]
 
 
-Release code94g - 1994-05-05 12:14:07 -0400
+Release code94g – 1994-05-05 12:14:07 −0400
 
   fix missing "optind.c" and a reference to it in the Makefile
 
 
-Release code94f - 1994-05-05 13:00:33 -0000
+Release code94f – 1994-05-05 13:00:33 −0000
   [tzcode94f.tar.gz is missing!]
 
   changes to avoid overflow in difftime, as well as changes to cope
   with the 52/53 challenge in strftime
 
 
-Release code94e - 1994-03-30 23:32:59 -0500
+Release code94e – 1994-03-30 23:32:59 −0500
 
   change for the benefit of PCTS
 
 
-Release 94d - 1994-02-24 15:42:25 -0500
+Release 94d – 1994-02-24 15:42:25 −0500
 
   Avoid clashes with POSIX semantics for zones such as GMT+4.
 
   Some other very minor housekeeping is also present.
 
 
-Release code94c - 1994-02-10 08:52:40 -0500
+Release code94c – 1994-02-10 08:52:40 −0500
 
   Fix bug where mkdirs was broken unless you compile with
   -fwritable-strings (which is generally losing to do).
 
 
-Release 94b - 1994-02-07 10:04:33 -0500
+Release 94b – 1994-02-07 10:04:33 −0500
 
   work by Paul Eggert who notes:
 
@@ -2361,60 +2365,60 @@ Release 94b - 1994-02-07 10:04:33 -0500
   And I cleaned up the zic documentation a little bit.
 
 
-Release data94a - 1994-02-03 08:58:54 -0500
+Release data94a – 1994-02-03 08:58:54 −0500
 
   It simply incorporates the recently announced leap second into the
   "leapseconds" file.
 
 
-Release 93g - 1993-11-22 17:28:27 -0500
+Release 93g – 1993-11-22 17:28:27 −0500
 
   Paul Eggert has provided a good deal of historic information (based
   on Shanks), and there are some code changes to deal with the buglets
   that crawled out in dealing with the new information.
 
 
-Release 93f - 1993-10-15 12:27:46 -0400
+Release 93f – 1993-10-15 12:27:46 −0400
 
   Paul Eggert's changes
 
 
-Release 93e - 1993-09-05 21:21:44 -0400
+Release 93e – 1993-09-05 21:21:44 −0400
 
   There's updated data for Israel, England, and Kwajalein; there's
   also an update to "zdump" to cope with Kwajalein's 24-hour jump.
   Thanks to Paul Eggert and Peter Ilieve for the changes.
 
 
-Release 93d - 1993-06-17 23:34:17 -0400
+Release 93d – 1993-06-17 23:34:17 −0400
 
   new fix and new data on Israel
 
 
-Release 93c - 1993-06-06 19:31:55 -0400
+Release 93c – 1993-06-06 19:31:55 −0400
 
   [not summarized]
 
 
-Release 93b - 1993-02-02 14:53:58 -0500
+Release 93b – 1993-02-02 14:53:58 −0500
 
   updated "leapseconds" file
 
 
-Release 93 - 1993-01-08 07:01:06 -0500
+Release 93 – 1993-01-08 07:01:06 −0500
 
-  At kre's suggestion, the package has been split in two--a code piece
+  At kre's suggestion, the package has been split in two – a code piece
   (which also includes documentation) that's only of use to folks who
   want to recompile things and a data piece useful to anyone who can
   run "zic".
 
   The new version has a few changes to the data files, a few
   portability changes, and an off-by-one fix (with thanks to
-  Tom-Karzes at deshaw.com for providing a description and a
+  Tom Karzes at deshaw.com for providing a description and a
   solution).
 
 
-Release 92c - 1992-11-21 17:35:36 -0000
+Release 92c – 1992-11-21 17:35:36 −0000
   [tz92c.tar.Z is missing!]
 
   The fallout from the latest round of DST transitions.
@@ -2423,7 +2427,7 @@ Release 92c - 1992-11-21 17:35:36 -0000
   there's also a change to "zic.c" that makes it portable to more systems.
 
 
-Release 92 - 1992-04-25 18:17:03 -0000
+Release 92 – 1992-04-25 18:17:03 −0000
   [tz92.tar.Z is missing!]
 
   By popular demand (well, at any rate, following a request by kre at munnari)
@@ -2477,7 +2481,7 @@ Release time stamps are taken from the release's commit (for newer,
 git releases), from the newest file in the tarball (for older
 releases, where this info is available) or from the email announcing
 the release (if all else fails; these are marked with a timezone of
--0000 and an "is missing!" comment).
+−0000 and an "is missing!" comment).
 
 Earlier versions of the code and data were not announced on the tz
 list and are not summarized here.
diff --git a/README b/README
index 0b0bbbe..bf9e1cc 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 README for the tz distribution
 
-"What time is it?" -- Richard Deacon as The King
-"Any time you want it to be." -- Frank Baxter as The Scientist
+"What time is it?" — Richard Deacon as The King
+"Any time you want it to be." — Frank Baxter as The Scientist
 					(from the Bell System film "About Time")
 
 The Time Zone Database (often called tz or zoneinfo) contains code and
diff --git a/Theory b/Theory
index 602e2db..811f457 100644
--- a/Theory
+++ b/Theory
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ POSIX has the following properties and limitations.
 		in a quoted form like "<UTC+10>"; this allows
 		"+" and "-" in the names.
 	offset
-		is of the form '[+-]hh:[mm[:ss]]' and specifies the
+		is of the form '[±]hh:[mm[:ss]]' and specifies the
 		offset west of UT.  'hh' may be a single digit; 0<=hh<=24.
 		The default DST offset is one hour ahead of standard time.
 	date[/time],date[/time]
@@ -87,11 +87,11 @@ POSIX has the following properties and limitations.
 
 *	In POSIX, there's no tamper-proof way for a process to learn the
 	system's best idea of local wall clock.  (This is important for
-	applications that an administrator wants used only at certain times--
+	applications that an administrator wants used only at certain times –
 	without regard to whether the user has fiddled the "TZ" environment
 	variable.  While an administrator can "do everything in UTC" to get
 	around the problem, doing so is inconvenient and precludes handling
-	daylight saving time shifts--as might be required to limit phone
+	daylight saving time shifts – as might be required to limit phone
 	calls to off-peak hours.)
 
 *	POSIX requires that systems ignore leap seconds.
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ These are the extensions that have been made to the POSIX functions:
 	"tzsetwall();" if such code is moved to "old" systems that don't
 	provide tzsetwall, you won't be able to generate an executable program.
 	(These time zone functions also arrange for local wall clock time to be
-	used if tzset is called--directly or indirectly--and there's no "TZ"
+	used if tzset is called – directly or indirectly – and there's no "TZ"
 	environment variable; portable applications should not, however, rely
 	on this behavior since it's not the way SVR2 systems behave.)
 
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ Points of interest to folks with other systems:
 
 The functions that are conditionally compiled if STD_INSPIRED is defined
 should, at this point, be looked on primarily as food for thought.  They are
-not in any sense "standard compatible"--some are not, in fact, specified in
+not in any sense "standard compatible" – some are not, in fact, specified in
 *any* standard.  They do, however, represent responses of various authors to
 standardization proposals.
 
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ among the following goals:
    number of updates and backward-compatibility hacks.  For example,
    names of countries are ordinarily not used, to avoid
    incompatibilities when countries change their name
-   (e.g. Zaire->Congo) or when locations change countries
+   (e.g. Zaire→Congo) or when locations change countries
    (e.g. Hong Kong from UK colony to China).
 
  * Be portable to a wide variety of implementations.
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ in decreasing order of importance:
 Application writers should note that these abbreviations are ambiguous
 in practice: e.g. 'EST' has a different meaning in Australia than
 it does in the United States.  In new applications, it's often better
-to use numeric UT offsets like '-0500' instead of time zone
+to use numeric UT offsets like '−0500' instead of time zone
 abbreviations like 'EST'; this avoids the ambiguity.
 
 
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ From: Petteri Sulonen (via Usenet)
 Date: 14 Jan 1999 00:00:00 GMT
 ...
 
-If your source is correct, how come documents between 1929 -- 1940 were
+If your source is correct, how come documents between 1929 and 1940 were
 still dated using the conventional, Gregorian calendar?
 
 I can post a scan of a document dated December 1, 1934, signed by
@@ -585,14 +585,14 @@ Executive Committee of the Supreme Soviet, if you like.
 Sweden (and Finland)
 
 From: Mark Brader
-Subject: Re: Gregorian reform -- a part of locale?
+Subject: Re: Gregorian reform – a part of locale?
 <news:1996Jul6.012937.29190 at sq.com>
 Date: 1996-07-06
 
 In 1700, Denmark made the transition from Julian to Gregorian.  Sweden
 decided to *start* a transition in 1700 as well, but rather than have one of
 those unsightly calendar gaps :-), they simply decreed that the next leap
-year after 1696 would be in 1744 -- putting the whole country on a calendar
+year after 1696 would be in 1744 – putting the whole country on a calendar
 different from both Julian and Gregorian for a period of 40 years.
 
 However, in 1704 something went wrong and the plan was not carried through;
@@ -614,93 +614,93 @@ Grotefend's data
 From: "Michael Palmer" [with one obvious typo fixed]
 Subject: Re: Gregorian Calendar (was Re: Another FHC related question
 Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.german
-Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 02:32:48 -800
+Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 02:32:48 −0800
 ...
 
 The following is a(n incomplete) listing, arranged chronologically, of
 European states, with the date they converted from the Julian to the
 Gregorian calendar:
 
-04/15 Oct 1582 - Italy (with exceptions), Spain, Portugal, Poland (Roman
+04/15 Oct 1582 – Italy (with exceptions), Spain, Portugal, Poland (Roman
                  Catholics and Danzig only)
-09/20 Dec 1582 - France, Lorraine
+09/20 Dec 1582 – France, Lorraine
 
 21 Dec 1582/
-   01 Jan 1583 - Holland, Brabant, Flanders, Hennegau
-10/21 Feb 1583 - bishopric of Liege (Lüttich)
-13/24 Feb 1583 - bishopric of Augsburg
-04/15 Oct 1583 - electorate of Trier
-05/16 Oct 1583 - Bavaria, bishoprics of Freising, Eichstedt, Regensburg,
+   01 Jan 1583 – Holland, Brabant, Flanders, Hennegau
+10/21 Feb 1583 – bishopric of Liege (Lüttich)
+13/24 Feb 1583 – bishopric of Augsburg
+04/15 Oct 1583 – electorate of Trier
+05/16 Oct 1583 – Bavaria, bishoprics of Freising, Eichstedt, Regensburg,
                  Salzburg, Brixen
-13/24 Oct 1583 - Austrian Oberelsass and Breisgau
-20/31 Oct 1583 - bishopric of Basel
-02/13 Nov 1583 - duchy of Jülich-Berg
-02/13 Nov 1583 - electorate and city of Köln
-04/15 Nov 1583 - bishopric of Würzburg
-11/22 Nov 1583 - electorate of Mainz
-16/27 Nov 1583 - bishopric of Strassburg and the margraviate of Baden
-17/28 Nov 1583 - bishopric of Münster and duchy of Cleve
-14/25 Dec 1583 - Steiermark
-
-06/17 Jan 1584 - Austria and Bohemia
-11/22 Jan 1584 - Luzern, Uri, Schwyz, Zug, Freiburg, Solothurn
-12/23 Jan 1584 - Silesia and the Lausitz
+13/24 Oct 1583 – Austrian Oberelsass and Breisgau
+20/31 Oct 1583 – bishopric of Basel
+02/13 Nov 1583 – duchy of Jülich-Berg
+02/13 Nov 1583 – electorate and city of Köln
+04/15 Nov 1583 – bishopric of Würzburg
+11/22 Nov 1583 – electorate of Mainz
+16/27 Nov 1583 – bishopric of Strassburg and the margraviate of Baden
+17/28 Nov 1583 – bishopric of Münster and duchy of Cleve
+14/25 Dec 1583 – Steiermark
+
+06/17 Jan 1584 – Austria and Bohemia
+11/22 Jan 1584 – Luzern, Uri, Schwyz, Zug, Freiburg, Solothurn
+12/23 Jan 1584 – Silesia and the Lausitz
 22 Jan/
-   02 Feb 1584 - Hungary (legally on 21 Oct 1587)
-      Jun 1584 - Unterwalden
-01/12 Jul 1584 - duchy of Westfalen
+   02 Feb 1584 – Hungary (legally on 21 Oct 1587)
+      Jun 1584 – Unterwalden
+01/12 Jul 1584 – duchy of Westfalen
 
-16/27 Jun 1585 - bishopric of Paderborn
+16/27 Jun 1585 – bishopric of Paderborn
 
-14/25 Dec 1590 - Transylvania
+14/25 Dec 1590 – Transylvania
 
 22 Aug/
-   02 Sep 1612 - duchy of Prussia
+   02 Sep 1612 – duchy of Prussia
 
-13/24 Dec 1614 - Pfalz-Neuburg
+13/24 Dec 1614 – Pfalz-Neuburg
 
-          1617 - duchy of Kurland (reverted to the Julian calendar in
+          1617 – duchy of Kurland (reverted to the Julian calendar in
                  1796)
 
-          1624 - bishopric of Osnabrück
+          1624 – bishopric of Osnabrück
 
-          1630 - bishopric of Minden
+          1630 – bishopric of Minden
 
-15/26 Mar 1631 - bishopric of Hildesheim
+15/26 Mar 1631 – bishopric of Hildesheim
 
-          1655 - Kanton Wallis
+          1655 – Kanton Wallis
 
-05/16 Feb 1682 - city of Strassburg
+05/16 Feb 1682 – city of Strassburg
 
 18 Feb/
-   01 Mar 1700 - Protestant Germany (including Swedish possessions in
+   01 Mar 1700 – Protestant Germany (including Swedish possessions in
                  Germany), Denmark, Norway
 30 Jun/
-   12 Jul 1700 - Gelderland, Zutphen
+   12 Jul 1700 – Gelderland, Zutphen
 10 Nov/
-   12 Dec 1700 - Utrecht, Overijssel
+   12 Dec 1700 – Utrecht, Overijssel
 
 31 Dec 1700/
-   12 Jan 1701 - Friesland, Groningen, Zürich, Bern, Basel, Geneva,
+   12 Jan 1701 – Friesland, Groningen, Zürich, Bern, Basel, Geneva,
                  Turgau, and Schaffhausen
 
-          1724 - Glarus, Appenzell, and the city of St. Gallen
+          1724 – Glarus, Appenzell, and the city of St. Gallen
 
-01 Jan 1750    - Pisa and Florence
+01 Jan 1750    – Pisa and Florence
 
-02/14 Sep 1752 - Great Britain
+02/14 Sep 1752 – Great Britain
 
 17 Feb/
-   01 Mar 1753 - Sweden
+   01 Mar 1753 – Sweden
 
-1760-1812      - Graubünden
+1760–1812      – Graubünden
 
 The Russian empire (including Finland and the Baltic states) did not
 convert to the Gregorian calendar until the Soviet revolution of 1917.
 
 Source:  H. Grotefend, _Taschenbuch der Zeitrechnung des deutschen
 Mittelalters und der Neuzeit_, herausgegeben von Dr. O. Grotefend
-(Hannover:  Hahnsche Buchhandlung, 1941), pp. 26-28.
+(Hannover:  Hahnsche Buchhandlung, 1941), pp. 26–28.
 
 
 ----- Time and time zones on Mars -----
@@ -746,4 +746,4 @@ Michael Allison and Robert Schmunk,
 
 Jia-Rui Chong, "Workdays Fit for a Martian", Los Angeles Times
 <http://articles.latimes.com/2004/jan/14/science/sci-marstime14>
-(2004-01-14), pp A1, A20-A21.
+(2004-01-14), pp A1, A20–A21.
diff --git a/africa b/africa
index 2e75163..dd30984 100644
--- a/africa
+++ b/africa
@@ -40,20 +40,20 @@
 # the area that includes Nigeria is "West Africa".
 # He has heard of "Western Sahara Time" for +0:00 but can find no reference.
 #
-# To make things confusing, 'WAT' seems to have been used for -1:00 long ago;
-# I'd guess that this was because people needed _some_ name for -1:00,
-# and at the time, far west Africa was the only major land area in -1:00.
-# This usage is now obsolete, as the last use of -1:00 on the African
+# To make things confusing, 'WAT' seems to have been used for −1:00 long ago;
+# I'd guess that this was because people needed _some_ name for −1:00,
+# and at the time, far west Africa was the only major land area in −1:00.
+# This usage is now obsolete, as the last use of −1:00 on the African
 # mainland seems to have been 1976 in Western Sahara.
 #
 # To summarize, the following abbreviations seem to have some currency:
-#	-1:00	WAT	West Africa Time (no longer used)
+#	−1:00	WAT	West Africa Time (no longer used)
 #	 0:00	GMT	Greenwich Mean Time
 #	 2:00	CAT	Central Africa Time
 #	 2:00	SAST	South Africa Standard Time
 # and Murray suggests the following abbreviation:
 #	 1:00	WAT	West Africa Time
-# I realize that this leads to 'WAT' being used for both -1:00 and 1:00
+# I realize that this leads to 'WAT' being used for both −1:00 and 1:00
 # for times before 1976, but this is the best I can think of
 # until we get more information.
 #
@@ -306,12 +306,12 @@ Rule	Egypt	2007	only	-	Sep	Thu>=1	24:00	0	-
 # (at least today).
 
 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-07-20):
-# According to News from Egypt -  Al-Masry Al-Youm Egypt's cabinet has
+# According to News from Egypt – Al-Masry Al-Youm Egypt's cabinet has
 # decided that Daylight Saving Time will not be used in Egypt during
 # Ramadan.
 #
 # Arabic translation:
-# "Clocks to go back during Ramadan--and then forward again"
+# "Clocks to go back during Ramadan – and then forward again"
 # http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/news/clocks-go-back-during-ramadan-and-then-forward-again
 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_egypt02.html
 
@@ -479,8 +479,8 @@ Zone	Africa/Maseru	1:50:00 -	LMT	1903 Mar
 # Howse reports that it was in honor of their president's birthday.
 # Shank & Pottenger report the date as May 1, whereas Howse reports Jan;
 # go with Shanks & Pottenger.
-# For Liberia before 1972, Shanks & Pottenger report -0:44, whereas Howse and
-# Whitman each report -0:44:30; go with the more precise figure.
+# For Liberia before 1972, Shanks & Pottenger report −0:44, whereas Howse and
+# Whitman each report −0:44:30; go with the more precise figure.
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Africa/Monrovia	-0:43:08 -	LMT	1882
 			-0:43:08 -	MMT	1919 Mar # Monrovia Mean Time
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ Zone Africa/Nouakchott	-1:03:48 -	LMT	1912
 # States of America. It will start at two o'clock in the morning on the
 # last Sunday of October and will end at two o'clock in the morning on
 # the last Sunday of March the following year. The summer time for the
-# year 2008 - 2009 will, therefore, be effective as from 26 October 2008
+# year 2008–2009 will, therefore, be effective as from 26 October 2008
 # and end on 29 March 2009.
 
 # From Ed Maste (2008-10-07):
@@ -1020,11 +1020,11 @@ Zone	Indian/Reunion	3:41:52 -	LMT	1911 Jun	# Saint-Denis
 # in French; no longer available as of 1999-08-17).
 # We have no info about their time zone histories.
 #
-# Bassas da India - uninhabited
-# Europa Island - inhabited from 1905 to 1910 by two families
-# Glorioso Is - inhabited until at least 1958
-# Juan de Nova - uninhabited
-# Tromelin - inhabited until at least 1958
+# Bassas da India – uninhabited
+# Europa Island – inhabited from 1905 to 1910 by two families
+# Glorioso Is – inhabited until at least 1958
+# Juan de Nova – uninhabited
+# Tromelin – inhabited until at least 1958
 
 # Rwanda
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
@@ -1068,7 +1068,7 @@ Zone	Indian/Mahe	3:41:48 -	LMT	1906 Jun	# Victoria
 
 # Sierra Leone
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
-# Whitman gives Mar 31 - Aug 31 for 1931 on; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
+# Whitman gives Mar 31 – Aug 31 for 1931 on; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
 Rule	SL	1935	1942	-	Jun	 1	0:00	0:40	SLST
 Rule	SL	1935	1942	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	WAT
 Rule	SL	1957	1962	-	Jun	 1	0:00	1:00	SLST
diff --git a/antarctica b/antarctica
index b0ca5fd..c6b4881 100644
--- a/antarctica
+++ b/antarctica
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 # From Paul Eggert (1999-11-15):
 # To keep things manageable, we list only locations occupied year-round; see
-# COMNAP - Stations and Bases
+# COMNAP – Stations and Bases
 # <http://www.comnap.aq/comnap/comnap.nsf/P/Stations/>
 # and
 # Summary of the Peri-Antarctic Islands (1998-07-23)
@@ -50,16 +50,16 @@ Rule	ChileAQ	2011	only	-	Aug	Sun>=16	4:00u	1:00	S
 Rule	ChileAQ	2012	max	-	Apr	Sun>=23	3:00u	0	-
 Rule	ChileAQ	2012	max	-	Sep	Sun>=2	4:00u	1:00	S
 
-# Argentina - year-round bases
-# Belgrano II, Confin Coast, -770227-0343737, since 1972-02-05
-# Carlini, Potter Cove, King George Island, -6414-0602320, since 1982-01
-# Esperanza, Hope Bay, -6323-05659, since 1952-12-17
-# Marambio, -6414-05637, since 1969-10-29
-# Orcadas, Laurie I, -6016-04444, since 1904-02-22
-# San Martín, Barry I, -6808-06706, since 1951-03-21
+# Argentina – year-round bases
+# Belgrano II, Confin Coast, −770227−0343737, since 1972-02-05
+# Carlini, Potter Cove, King George Island, −6414−0602320, since 1982-01
+# Esperanza, Hope Bay, −6323−05659, since 1952-12-17
+# Marambio, −6414−05637, since 1969-10-29
+# Orcadas, Laurie I, −6016−04444, since 1904-02-22
+# San Martín, Barry I, −6808−06706, since 1951-03-21
 #	(except 1960-03 / 1976-03-21)
 
-# Australia - territories
+# Australia – territories
 # Heard Island, McDonald Islands (uninhabited)
 #	previously sealers and scientific personnel wintered
 #	Margaret Turner reports
@@ -68,10 +68,10 @@ Rule	ChileAQ	2012	max	-	Sep	Sun>=2	4:00u	1:00	S
 #	presumably this is when they have visitors.
 #
 # year-round bases
-# Casey, Bailey Peninsula, -6617+11032, since 1969
-# Davis, Vestfold Hills, -6835+07759, since 1957-01-13
-#	(except 1964-11 - 1969-02)
-# Mawson, Holme Bay, -6736+06253, since 1954-02-13
+# Casey, Bailey Peninsula, −6617+11032, since 1969
+# Davis, Vestfold Hills, −6835+07759, since 1957-01-13
+#	(except 1964-11 – 1969-02)
+# Mawson, Holme Bay, −6736+06253, since 1954-02-13
 
 # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-03-11):
 # Three Australian stations in Antarctica have changed their time zone:
@@ -89,14 +89,14 @@ Rule	ChileAQ	2012	max	-	Sep	Sun>=2	4:00u	1:00	S
 # From Steffen Thorsen (2010-03-10):
 # We got these changes from the Australian Antarctic Division: ...
 #
-# - Casey station reverted to its normal time of UTC+8 on 5 March 2010.
+# – Casey station reverted to its normal time of UTC+8 on 5 March 2010.
 # The change to UTC+11 is being considered as a regular summer thing but
 # has not been decided yet.
 #
-# - Davis station will revert to its normal time of UTC+7 at 10 March 2010
+# – Davis station will revert to its normal time of UTC+7 at 10 March 2010
 # 20:00 UTC.
 #
-# - Mawson station stays on UTC+5.
+# – Mawson station stays on UTC+5.
 #
 # Background:
 # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/antartica-time-changes-2010.html
@@ -130,28 +130,28 @@ Zone Antarctica/Mawson	0	-	zzz	1954 Feb 13
 # Mawson Station, Antarctica (1998-02-25)
 # <http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/mawson/video.html>
 
-# Belgium - year-round base
-# Princess Elisabeth, Queen Maud Land, -713412+0231200, since 2007
+# Belgium – year-round base
+# Princess Elisabeth, Queen Maud Land, −713412+0231200, since 2007
 
-# Brazil - year-round base
-# Ferraz, King George Island, -6205+05824, since 1983/4
+# Brazil – year-round base
+# Ferraz, King George Island, −6205+05824, since 1983/4
 
-# Bulgaria - year-round base
-# St. Kliment Ohridski, Livingston Island, -623829-0602153, since 1988
+# Bulgaria – year-round base
+# St. Kliment Ohridski, Livingston Island, −623829−0602153, since 1988
 
-# Chile - year-round bases and towns
-# Escudero, South Shetland Is, -621157-0585735, since 1994
-# Frei Montalva, King George Island, -6214-05848, since 1969-03-07
-# O'Higgins, Antarctic Peninsula, -6319-05704, since 1948-02
-# Prat, -6230-05941
+# Chile – year-round bases and towns
+# Escudero, South Shetland Is, −621157−0585735, since 1994
+# Frei Montalva, King George Island, −6214−05848, since 1969-03-07
+# O'Higgins, Antarctic Peninsula, −6319−05704, since 1948-02
+# Prat, −6230−05941
 # Villa Las Estrellas (a town), around the Frei base, since 1984-04-09
 # These locations have always used Santiago time; use TZ='America/Santiago'.
 
-# China - year-round bases
-# Great Wall, King George Island, -6213-05858, since 1985-02-20
-# Zhongshan, Larsemann Hills, Prydz Bay, -6922+07623, since 1989-02-26
+# China – year-round bases
+# Great Wall, King George Island, −6213−05858, since 1985-02-20
+# Zhongshan, Larsemann Hills, Prydz Bay, −6922+07623, since 1989-02-26
 
-# France - year-round bases (also see "France & Italy")
+# France – year-round bases (also see "France & Italy")
 #
 # From Antoine Leca (1997-01-20):
 # Time data are from Nicole Pailleau at the IFRTP
@@ -162,12 +162,12 @@ Zone Antarctica/Mawson	0	-	zzz	1954 Feb 13
 #
 # French Southern Territories with year-round inhabitants
 #
-# Martin-de-Viviès, Amsterdam Island, -374105+0773155, since 1950
-# Alfred-Faure, Crozet Islands, -462551+0515152, since 1964
-# Port-aux-Français, Kerguelen Islands, -492110+0701303, since 1951;
+# Martin-de-Viviès, Amsterdam Island, −374105+0773155, since 1950
+# Alfred-Faure, Crozet Islands, −462551+0515152, since 1964
+# Port-aux-Français, Kerguelen Islands, −492110+0701303, since 1951;
 #	whaling & sealing station operated 1908/1914, 1920/1929, and 1951/1956
 #
-# St Paul Island - near Amsterdam, uninhabited
+# St Paul Island – near Amsterdam, uninhabited
 #	fishing stations operated variously 1819/1931
 #
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ Zone Indian/Kerguelen	0	-	zzz	1950	# Port-aux-Francais
 			5:00	-	TFT	# ISO code TF Time
 #
 # year-round base in the main continent
-# Dumont d'Urville, Île des Pétrels, -6640+14001, since 1956-11
+# Dumont d'Urville, Île des Pétrels, −6640+14001, since 1956-11
 # <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumont_d'Urville_Station> (2005-12-05)
 #
 # Another base at Port-Martin, 50km east, began operation in 1947.
@@ -187,21 +187,21 @@ Zone Antarctica/DumontDUrville 0 -	zzz	1947
 			0	-	zzz	1956 Nov
 			10:00	-	DDUT	# Dumont-d'Urville Time
 
-# France & Italy - year-round base
-# Concordia, -750600+1232000, since 2005
+# France & Italy – year-round base
+# Concordia, −750600+1232000, since 2005
 
-# Germany - year-round base
-# Neumayer III, -704080-0081602, since 2009
+# Germany – year-round base
+# Neumayer III, −704080−0081602, since 2009
 
-# India - year-round bases
-# Bharati, -692428+0761114, since 2012
-# Maitri, -704558+0114356, since 1989
+# India – year-round bases
+# Bharati, −692428+0761114, since 2012
+# Maitri, −704558+0114356, since 1989
 
-# Italy - year-round base (also see "France & Italy")
-# Zuchelli, Terra Nova Bay, -744140+1640647, since 1986
+# Italy – year-round base (also see "France & Italy")
+# Zuchelli, Terra Nova Bay, −744140+1640647, since 1986
 
-# Japan - year-round bases
-# Syowa (also known as Showa), -690022+0393524, since 1957
+# Japan – year-round bases
+# Syowa (also known as Showa), −690022+0393524, since 1957
 #
 # From Hideyuki Suzuki (1999-02-06):
 # In all Japanese stations, +0300 is used as the standard time.
@@ -216,11 +216,11 @@ Zone Antarctica/Syowa	0	-	zzz	1957 Jan 29
 # NIPR Antarctic Research Activities (1999-08-17)
 # <http://www.nipr.ac.jp/english/ara01.html>
 
-# S Korea - year-round base
-# Jang Bogo, Terra Nova Bay, -743700+1641205 since 2014
-# King Sejong, King George Island, -6213-05847, since 1988
+# S Korea – year-round base
+# Jang Bogo, Terra Nova Bay, −743700+1641205 since 2014
+# King Sejong, King George Island, −6213−05847, since 1988
 
-# New Zealand - claims
+# New Zealand – claims
 # Balleny Islands (never inhabited)
 # Scott Island (never inhabited)
 #
@@ -228,22 +228,22 @@ Zone Antarctica/Syowa	0	-	zzz	1957 Jan 29
 # Scott Base, Ross Island, since 1957-01.
 # See Pacific/Auckland.
 
-# Norway - territories
+# Norway – territories
 # Bouvet (never inhabited)
 #
 # claims
 # Peter I Island (never inhabited)
 #
 # year-round base
-# Troll, Queen Maud Land, -720041+0023206, since 2005-02-12
+# Troll, Queen Maud Land, −720041+0023206, since 2005-02-12
 #
 # From Paul-Inge Flakstad (2014-03-10):
 # I recently had a long dialog about this with the developer of timegenie.com.
 # In the absence of specific dates, he decided to choose some likely ones:
-#   GMT +1 - From March 1 to the last Sunday in March
-#   GMT +2 - From the last Sunday in March until the last Sunday in October
-#   GMT +1 - From the last Sunday in October until November 7
-#   GMT +0 - From November 7 until March 1
+#   GMT +1 – From March 1 to the last Sunday in March
+#   GMT +2 – From the last Sunday in March until the last Sunday in October
+#   GMT +1 – From the last Sunday in October until November 7
+#   GMT +0 – From November 7 until March 1
 # The dates for switching to and from UTC+0 will probably not be absolutely
 # correct, but they should be quite close to the actual dates.
 #
@@ -263,18 +263,18 @@ Rule	Troll	2004	max	-	Oct	lastSun	1:00u	0:00	UTC
 Zone Antarctica/Troll	0	-	zzz	2005 Feb 12
      			0:00	Troll	%s
 
-# Poland - year-round base
-# Arctowski, King George Island, -620945-0582745, since 1977
+# Poland – year-round base
+# Arctowski, King George Island, −620945−0582745, since 1977
 
-# Romania - year-bound base
-# Law-Racoviță, Larsemann Hills, -692319+0762251, since 1986
+# Romania – year-bound base
+# Law-Racoviță, Larsemann Hills, −692319+0762251, since 1986
 
-# Russia - year-round bases
-# Bellingshausen, King George Island, -621159-0585337, since 1968-02-22
-# Mirny, Davis coast, -6633+09301, since 1956-02
-# Molodezhnaya, Alasheyev Bay, -6740+04551,
+# Russia – year-round bases
+# Bellingshausen, King George Island, −621159−0585337, since 1968-02-22
+# Mirny, Davis coast, −6633+09301, since 1956-02
+# Molodezhnaya, Alasheyev Bay, −6740+04551,
 #	year-round from 1962-02 to 1999-07-01
-# Novolazarevskaya, Queen Maud Land, -7046+01150,
+# Novolazarevskaya, Queen Maud Land, −7046+01150,
 #	year-round from 1960/61 to 1992
 
 # Vostok, since 1957-12-16, temporarily closed 1994-02/1994-11
@@ -304,12 +304,12 @@ Zone Antarctica/Troll	0	-	zzz	2005 Feb 12
 Zone Antarctica/Vostok	0	-	zzz	1957 Dec 16
 			6:00	-	VOST	# Vostok time
 
-# S Africa - year-round bases
-# Marion Island, -4653+03752
-# SANAE IV, Vesleskarvet, Queen Maud Land, -714022-0025026, since 1997
+# S Africa – year-round bases
+# Marion Island, −4653+03752
+# SANAE IV, Vesleskarvet, Queen Maud Land, −714022−0025026, since 1997
 
-# Ukraine - year-round base
-# Vernadsky (formerly Faraday), Galindez Island, -651445-0641526, since 1954
+# Ukraine – year-round base
+# Vernadsky (formerly Faraday), Galindez Island, −651445−0641526, since 1954
 
 # United Kingdom
 #
@@ -320,27 +320,27 @@ Zone Antarctica/Vostok	0	-	zzz	1957 Dec 16
 # South Shetland Islands
 #
 # year-round bases
-# Bird Island, South Georgia, -5400-03803, since 1983
-# Deception Island, -6259-06034, whaling station 1912/1931,
+# Bird Island, South Georgia, −5400−03803, since 1983
+# Deception Island, −6259−06034, whaling station 1912/1931,
 #	scientific station 1943/1967,
 #	previously sealers and a scientific expedition wintered by accident,
 #	and a garrison was deployed briefly
-# Halley, Coates Land, -7535-02604, since 1956-01-06
+# Halley, Coates Land, −7535−02604, since 1956-01-06
 #	Halley is on a moving ice shelf and is periodically relocated
 #	so that it is never more than 10km from its nominal location.
-# Rothera, Adelaide Island, -6734-6808, since 1976-12-01
+# Rothera, Adelaide Island, −6734−6808, since 1976-12-01
 #
 # From Paul Eggert (2002-10-22)
-# <http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/g.html> says Rothera is -03 all year.
+# <http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/g.html> says Rothera is −03 all year.
 #
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone Antarctica/Rothera	0	-	zzz	1976 Dec  1
 			-3:00	-	ROTT	# Rothera time
 
-# Uruguay - year round base
-# Artigas, King George Island, -621104-0585107
+# Uruguay – year round base
+# Artigas, King George Island, −621104−0585107
 
-# USA - year-round bases
+# USA – year-round bases
 #
 # Palmer, Anvers Island, since 1965 (moved 2 miles in 1968)
 #
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ Zone Antarctica/Palmer	0	-	zzz	1965
 #
 #
 # McMurdo Station, Ross Island, since 1955-12
-# Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, continuously occupied since 1956-11-20
+# Amundsen−Scott South Pole Station, continuously occupied since 1956-11-20
 #
 # From Chris Carrier (1996-06-27):
 # Siple, the first commander of the South Pole station,
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ Zone Antarctica/Palmer	0	-	zzz	1965
 # but that he found it more convenient to keep GMT+12
 # as supplies for the station were coming from McMurdo Sound,
 # which was on GMT+12 because New Zealand was on GMT+12 all year
-# at that time (1957).  (Source: Siple's book 90 degrees SOUTH.)
+# at that time (1957).  (Source: Siple's book 90° South.)
 #
 # From Susan Smith
 # http://www.cybertours.com/whs/pole10.html
diff --git a/asia b/asia
index dfc7f1b..5f98d71 100644
--- a/asia
+++ b/asia
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 # From Guy Harris:
 # Incorporates data for Singapore from Robert Elz' asia 1.1, as well as
 # additional information from Tom Yap, Sun Microsystems Intercontinental
-# Technical Support (including a page from the Official Airline Guide -
+# Technical Support (including a page from the Official Airline Guide –
 # Worldwide Edition).  The names for time zones are guesses.
 
 ###############################################################################
@@ -281,19 +281,19 @@ Zone	Asia/Phnom_Penh	6:59:40 -	LMT	1906 Jun  9
 # No they don't.  See TIME mag, 1986-02-17 p.52.  Even though
 # China is across 4 physical time zones, before Feb 1, 1986 only the
 # Peking (Bejing) time zone was recognized.  Since that date, China
-# has two of 'em -- Peking's and Urumqi (named after the capital of
+# has two of 'em – Peking's and Urumqi (named after the capital of
 # the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region).  I don't know about DST for it.
 #
 # . . .I just deleted the DST table and this editor makes it too
 # painful to suck in another copy.  So, here is what I have for
 # DST start/end dates for Peking's time zone (info from AP):
 #
-#     1986 May 4 - Sept 14
-#     1987 mid-April - ??
+#     1986 May 4 – Sept 14
+#     1987 mid-April – ??
 
 # From U. S. Naval Observatory (1989-01-19):
 # CHINA               8 H  AHEAD OF UTC  ALL OF CHINA, INCL TAIWAN
-# CHINA               9 H  AHEAD OF UTC  APR 17 - SEP 10
+# CHINA               9 H  AHEAD OF UTC  APR 17 – SEP 10
 
 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
 # Shanks & Pottenger write that China (except for Hong Kong and Macau)
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ Rule	PRC	1987	1991	-	Apr	Sun>=10	0:00	1:00	D
 # about China's single time zone, and couldn't find anything before 1986
 # talking about China being in one time zone.  (That article was: Jim
 # Mann, "A clumsy embrace for another western custom: China on daylight
-# time--sort of", Los Angeles Times, 1986-05-05.  By the way, this
+# time – sort of", Los Angeles Times, 1986-05-05.  By the way, this
 # article confirms the tz database's data claiming that China began
 # observing daylight saving time in 1986.
 #
@@ -566,15 +566,15 @@ Zone	Asia/Hong_Kong	7:36:42 -	LMT	1904 Oct 30
 # From Arthur David Olson (2010-04-07):
 # Here's Google's translation of the table at the bottom of the "summert.htm" page:
 # Decade 	                                                    Name                      Start and end date
-# Republic of China 34 years to 40 years (AD 1945-1951 years) Summer Time               May 1 to September 30
+# Republic of China 34 years to 40 years (AD 1945–1951 years) Summer Time               May 1 to September 30
 # 41 years of the Republic of China (AD 1952)                 Daylight Saving Time      March 1 to October 31
-# Republic of China 42 years to 43 years (AD 1953-1954 years) Daylight Saving Time      April 1 to October 31
-# In the 44 years to 45 years (AD 1955-1956 years)            Daylight Saving Time      April 1 to September 30
-# Republic of China 46 years to 48 years (AD 1957-1959)       Summer Time               April 1 to September 30
-# Republic of China 49 years to 50 years (AD 1960-1961)       Summer Time               June 1 to September 30
-# Republic of China 51 years to 62 years (AD 1962-1973 years) Stop Summer Time
-# Republic of China 63 years to 64 years (1974-1975 AD)       Daylight Saving Time      April 1 to September 30
-# Republic of China 65 years to 67 years (1976-1978 AD)       Stop Daylight Saving Time
+# Republic of China 42 years to 43 years (AD 1953–1954 years) Daylight Saving Time      April 1 to October 31
+# In the 44 years to 45 years (AD 1955–1956 years)            Daylight Saving Time      April 1 to September 30
+# Republic of China 46 years to 48 years (AD 1957–1959)       Summer Time               April 1 to September 30
+# Republic of China 49 years to 50 years (AD 1960–1961)       Summer Time               June 1 to September 30
+# Republic of China 51 years to 62 years (AD 1962–1973 years) Stop Summer Time
+# Republic of China 63 years to 64 years (1974–1975 AD)       Daylight Saving Time      April 1 to September 30
+# Republic of China 65 years to 67 years (1976–1978 AD)       Stop Daylight Saving Time
 # Republic of China 68 years (AD 1979)                        Daylight Saving Time      July 1 to September 30
 # Republic of China since 69 years (AD 1980)                  Stop Daylight Saving Time
 
@@ -764,9 +764,9 @@ Zone	Asia/Kolkata	5:53:28 -	LMT	1880	# Kolkata
 # Indonesia, <http://time.kim.lipi.go.id/time-eng.php> (2006-09-29).
 # The abbreviations are:
 #
-# WIB  - UTC+7 - Waktu Indonesia Barat (Indonesia western time)
-# WITA - UTC+8 - Waktu Indonesia Tengah (Indonesia central time)
-# WIT  - UTC+9 - Waktu Indonesia Timur (Indonesia eastern time)
+# WIB  – UTC+7 – Waktu Indonesia Barat (Indonesia western time)
+# WITA – UTC+8 – Waktu Indonesia Tengah (Indonesia central time)
+# WIT  – UTC+9 – Waktu Indonesia Timur (Indonesia eastern time)
 #
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 # Java, Sumatra
@@ -826,7 +826,7 @@ Zone Asia/Jayapura	9:22:48 -	LMT	1932 Nov
 #	to its previous state at the 24[:00] hours of the 30th day of
 #	Shahrivar.
 #
-#	First Deputy to the President - Hassan Habibi
+#	First Deputy to the President – Hassan Habibi
 #
 # From personal experience, that agrees with what has been followed
 # for at least the last 5 years.  Before that, for a few years, the
@@ -1061,7 +1061,7 @@ Rule	Zion	1988	only	-	Sep	 4	0:00	0	S
 # According to the Office of the Secretary General of the Ministry of
 # Interior, there is NO set rule for Daylight-Savings/Standard time changes.
 # One thing is entrenched in law, however: that there must be at least 150
-# days of daylight savings time annually.  From 1993-1998, the change to
+# days of daylight savings time annually.  From 1993–1998, the change to
 # daylight savings time was on a Friday morning from midnight IST to
 # 1 a.m IDT; up until 1998, the change back to standard time was on a
 # Saturday night from midnight daylight savings time to 11 p.m. standard
@@ -1093,7 +1093,7 @@ Rule	Zion	1992	only	-	Sep	 6	0:00	0	S
 Rule	Zion	1993	only	-	Apr	 2	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Zion	1993	only	-	Sep	 5	0:00	0	S
 
-# The dates for 1994-1995 were obtained from Office of the Spokeswoman for the
+# The dates for 1994–1995 were obtained from Office of the Spokeswoman for the
 # Ministry of Interior, Jerusalem, Israel.  The spokeswoman can be reached by
 # calling the office directly at 972-2-6701447 or 972-2-6701448.
 
@@ -1104,14 +1104,14 @@ Rule	Zion	1995	only	-	Mar	31	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Zion	1995	only	-	Sep	 3	0:00	0	S
 
 # The dates for 1996 were determined by the Minister of Interior of the
-# time, Haim Ramon.  The official announcement regarding 1996-1998
-# (with the dates for 1997-1998 no longer being relevant) can be viewed at:
+# time, Haim Ramon.  The official announcement regarding 1996–1998
+# (with the dates for 1997–1998 no longer being relevant) can be viewed at:
 #
 #   ftp://ftp.cs.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/1996-1998.ramon.ps.gz
 #
-# The dates for 1997-1998 were altered by his successor, Rabbi Eli Suissa.
+# The dates for 1997–1998 were altered by his successor, Rabbi Eli Suissa.
 #
-# The official announcements for the years 1997-1999 can be viewed at:
+# The official announcements for the years 1997–1999 can be viewed at:
 #
 #   ftp://ftp.cs.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/YYYY.ps.gz
 #
@@ -1129,14 +1129,14 @@ Rule	Zion	1999	only	-	Sep	 3	2:00	0	S
 
 # The Knesset Interior Committee has changed the dates for 2000 for
 # the third time in just over a year and have set new dates for the
-# years 2001-2004 as well.
+# years 2001–2004 as well.
 #
 # The official announcement for the start date of 2000 can be viewed at:
 #
 #	ftp://ftp.cs.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/2000-start.ps.gz
 #
 # The official announcement for the end date of 2000 and the dates
-# for the years 2001-2004 can be viewed at:
+# for the years 2001–2004 can be viewed at:
 #
 #	ftp://ftp.cs.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/2000-2004.ps.gz
 
@@ -1246,7 +1246,7 @@ Rule	Japan	1950	1951	-	May	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	D
 
 # From Hideyuki Suzuki (1998-11-09):
 # 'Tokyo' usually stands for the former location of Tokyo Astronomical
-# Observatory: E 139 44' 40".90 (9h 18m 58s.727), N 35 39' 16".0.
+# Observatory: 139° 44′ 40.90″ E (9h 18m 58.727s), 35° 39′ 16.0″ N.
 # This data is from 'Rika Nenpyou (Chronological Scientific Tables) 1996'
 # edited by National Astronomical Observatory of Japan....
 # JST (Japan Standard Time) has been used since 1888-01-01 00:00 (JST).
@@ -1254,10 +1254,10 @@ Rule	Japan	1950	1951	-	May	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	D
 
 # From Hideyuki Suzuki (1998-11-16):
 # The ordinance No. 51 (1886) established "standard time" in Japan,
-# which stands for the time on E 135 degree.
+# which stands for the time on 135° E.
 # In the ordinance No. 167 (1895), "standard time" was renamed to "central
 # standard time".  And the same ordinance also established "western standard
-# time", which stands for the time on E 120 degree....  But "western standard
+# time", which stands for the time on 120° E....  But "western standard
 # time" was abolished in the ordinance No. 529 (1937).  In the ordinance No.
 # 167, there is no mention regarding for what place western standard time is
 # standard....
@@ -1313,7 +1313,7 @@ Zone	Asia/Tokyo	9:18:59	-	LMT	1887 Dec 31 15:00u
 # > submission of the summer at 60 minutes as of midnight on the last Thursday
 # > of the month of March of each year.
 #
-# So - this means the midnight between Thursday and Friday since 2002.
+# So – this means the midnight between Thursday and Friday since 2002.
 
 # From Arthur David Olson (2009-04-06):
 # We still have Jordan switching to DST on Thursdays in 2000 and 2001.
@@ -1392,9 +1392,9 @@ Zone	Asia/Amman	2:23:44 -	LMT	1931
 # Go with Shanks & Pottenger, who have them always using RussiaAsia rules.
 # Also go with the following claims of Shanks & Pottenger:
 #
-# - Kazakhstan did not observe DST in 1991.
-# - Qyzylorda switched from +5:00 to +6:00 on 1992-01-19 02:00.
-# - Oral switched from +5:00 to +4:00 in spring 1989.
+# – Kazakhstan did not observe DST in 1991.
+# – Qyzylorda switched from +5:00 to +6:00 on 1992-01-19 02:00.
+# – Oral switched from +5:00 to +4:00 in spring 1989.
 
 # From Kazakhstan Embassy's News Bulletin #11
 # <http://www.kazsociety.org.uk/news/2005/03/30.htm> (2005-03-21):
@@ -1709,7 +1709,7 @@ Zone	Indian/Maldives	4:54:00 -	LMT	1880	# Male
 # (click the English flag for English)
 #
 # There it appears that flights between Choibalsan and Ulaanbatar arrive
-# about 1:35 - 1:50 hours later in local clock time, no matter the
+# about 1:35 – 1:50 hours later in local clock time, no matter the
 # direction, while Ulaanbaatar-Khvod takes 2 hours in the Eastern
 # direction and 3:35 back, which indicates that Ulaanbatar and Khvod are
 # in different time zones (like we know about), while Choibalsan and
@@ -1828,7 +1828,7 @@ Zone	Asia/Muscat	3:54:24 -	LMT	1920
 
 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2008-08-28):
 # Pakistan government has decided to keep the watches one-hour advanced
-# for another 2 months--plan to return to Standard Time on October 31
+# for another 2 months – plan to return to Standard Time on October 31
 # instead of August 31.
 #
 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_pakistan02.html
@@ -1841,7 +1841,7 @@ Zone	Asia/Muscat	3:54:24 -	LMT	1920
 # official working."
 # http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=171280
 #
-# recent news that instead of May 2009 - Pakistan plan to
+# recent news that instead of May 2009 – Pakistan plan to
 # introduce DST from April 15, 2009
 #
 # FYI: Associated Press Of Pakistan
@@ -1904,7 +1904,7 @@ Zone	Asia/Muscat	3:54:24 -	LMT	1920
 # >
 # > Then today, the president said that they might have to revert the
 # > decision if it is not supported by the parliament. So at the time
-# > being, it seems unclear if DST will be actually observed or not - but
+# > being, it seems unclear if DST will be actually observed or not – but
 # > April 1 could be a more likely date than April 15.
 # Now, it seems that the decision to not observe DST in final:
 #
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ Zone	Asia/Karachi	4:28:12 -	LMT	1907
 #
 # To summarize, the table should probably look something like that:
 #
-# Area \ when | 1918-1947 | 1948-1967 | 1967-1995 | 1996-
+# Area \ when | 1918–1947 | 1948–1967 | 1967–1995 | 1996–
 # ------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------
 # Israel      | Zion      | Zion      | Zion      | Zion
 # West bank   | Zion      | Jordan    | Zion      | Jordan
@@ -1985,7 +1985,7 @@ Zone	Asia/Karachi	4:28:12 -	LMT	1907
 # for parts of the West Bank as they transitioned from Israel's rules
 # to Palestine's rules.
 
-# From IINS News Service - Israel - 1998-03-23 10:38:07 Israel time,
+# From IINS News Service – Israel – 1998-03-23 10:38:07 Israel time,
 # forwarded by Ephraim Silverberg:
 #
 # Despite the fact that Israel changed over to daylight savings time
@@ -2009,7 +2009,7 @@ Zone	Asia/Karachi	4:28:12 -	LMT	1907
 # A user from Gaza reported that Gaza made the change early because of
 # the Ramadan.  Next year Ramadan will be even earlier, so I think
 # there is a good chance next year's end date will be around two weeks
-# earlier--the same goes for Jordan.
+# earlier – the same goes for Jordan.
 
 # From Steffen Thorsen (2006-08-17):
 # I was informed by a user in Bethlehem that in Bethlehem it started the
@@ -2311,7 +2311,7 @@ Zone	Asia/Singapore	6:55:25 -	LMT	1901 Jan  1
 # midnight Friday (1830 GMT) 'in the light of the present power crisis'."
 #
 # From Dharmasiri Senanayake, Sri Lanka Media Minister (1996-10-24), as quoted
-# by Shamindra in Daily News - Hot News Section
+# by Shamindra in Daily News – Hot News Section
 # <news:54rka5$m5h at mtinsc01-mgt.ops.worldnet.att.net> (1996-10-26):
 # With effect from 12.30 a.m. on 26th October 1996
 # Sri Lanka will be six (06) hours ahead of GMT.
@@ -2348,7 +2348,7 @@ Zone	Asia/Singapore	6:55:25 -	LMT	1901 Jan  1
 # Within Sri Lanka I think LKT is well known among computer users and
 # adminsitrators.  In my opinion SLT may not be a good choice because the
 # nation's largest telcom / internet operator Sri Lanka Telcom is well
-# known by that abbreviation - simply as SLT (there IP domains are
+# known by that abbreviation – simply as SLT (there IP domains are
 # slt.lk and sltnet.lk).
 #
 # But if indeed our government has adopted SLT as standard abbreviation
diff --git a/australasia b/australasia
index f7ea418..8fbb873 100644
--- a/australasia
+++ b/australasia
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ Zone Australia/Lord_Howe 10:36:20 -	LMT	1895 Feb
 # no times are set
 #
 # Macquarie
-# Permanent occupation (scientific station) 1911-1915 and since 25 March 1948;
+# Permanent occupation (scientific station) 1911–1915 and since 25 March 1948;
 # sealing and penguin oil station operated Nov 1899 to Apr 1919.  See the
 # Tasmania Parks & Wildlife Service history of sealing at Macquarie Island
 # <http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/index.aspx?base=1828>
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ Zone Australia/Lord_Howe 10:36:20 -	LMT	1895 Feb
 #
 # From Steffen Thorsen (2010-03-10):
 # We got these changes from the Australian Antarctic Division:
-# - Macquarie Island will stay on UTC+11 for winter and therefore not
+# – Macquarie Island will stay on UTC+11 for winter and therefore not
 # switch back from daylight savings time when other parts of Australia do
 # on 4 April.
 #
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ Zone	Indian/Cocos	6:27:40	-	LMT	1900
 
 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-10-24):
 # According to Radio Fiji and Fiji Times online, Fiji will end DST 3
-# weeks earlier than expected - on March 6, 2011, not March 27, 2011...
+# weeks earlier than expected – on March 6, 2011, not March 27, 2011...
 # Here is confirmation from Government of the Republic of the Fiji Islands,
 # Ministry of Information (fiji.gov.fj) web site:
 # http://www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2608:daylight-savings&catid=71:press-releases&Itemid=155
@@ -554,8 +554,8 @@ Zone Pacific/Pago_Pago	 12:37:12 -	LMT	1879 Jul  5
 # Please see
 # http://www.mcil.gov.ws
 # the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Labour (sideframe) "Last Sunday
-# September 2010 (26/09/10) - adjust clocks forward from 12:00 midnight
-# to 01:00am and First Sunday April 2011 (03/04/11) - adjust clocks
+# September 2010 (26/09/10) – adjust clocks forward from 12:00 midnight
+# to 01:00am and First Sunday April 2011 (03/04/11) – adjust clocks
 # backwards from 1:00am to 12:00am"
 
 # From Laupue Raymond Hughes (2011-03-07):
@@ -586,8 +586,8 @@ Zone Pacific/Pago_Pago	 12:37:12 -	LMT	1879 Jul  5
 # Reform Commission, and she has sent me a copy of the Bill that she
 # confirmed has been passed...Most of the sections are about maps rather
 # than the time zone change, but I'll paste the relevant bits below. But
-# the essence is that at midnight 29 Dec (UTC-11 I suppose), Samoa
-# changes from UTC-11 to UTC+13:
+# the essence is that at midnight 29 Dec (UTC−11 I suppose), Samoa
+# changes from UTC−11 to UTC+13:
 #
 # International Date Line Bill 2011
 #
@@ -605,11 +605,11 @@ Zone Pacific/Pago_Pago	 12:37:12 -	LMT	1879 Jul  5
 #
 # [snip]
 #
-# 3. Interpretation - [snip] "Samoa standard time" in this Act and any
+# 3. Interpretation – [snip] "Samoa standard time" in this Act and any
 # other statute of Samoa which refers to 'Samoa standard time' means the
 # time 13 hours in advance of Co-ordinated Universal Time.
 #
-# 4. Samoa standard time - (1) Upon the commencement of this Act, Samoa
+# 4. Samoa standard time – (1) Upon the commencement of this Act, Samoa
 # standard time shall be set at 13 hours in advance of Co-ordinated
 # Universal Time for the whole of Samoa. (2) All references to Samoa's
 # time zone and to Samoa standard time in Samoa in all legislation and
@@ -624,16 +624,16 @@ Zone Pacific/Pago_Pago	 12:37:12 -	LMT	1879 Jul  5
 # here is the official website publication for Samoa DST and dateline change
 #
 # DST
-# Year	End	Time	Start	Time
-# 2011	- - -	- - -	24 September	3:00am to 4:00am
-# 2012	01 April	4:00am to 3:00am	- - -	- - -
+# Year  End      Time              Start        Time
+# 2011  - - -    - - -             24 September 3:00am to 4:00am
+# 2012  01 April 4:00am to 3:00am  - - -        - - -
 #
 # Dateline Change skip Friday 30th Dec 2011
 # Thursday 29th December 2011	23:59:59 Hours
 # Saturday 31st December 2011	00:00:00 Hours
 #
 # Clarification by Tim Parenti (2012-01-03):
-# Although Samoa has used Daylight Saving Time in the 2010-2011 and 2011-2012
+# Although Samoa has used Daylight Saving Time in the 2010–2011 and 2011–2012
 # seasons, there is not yet any indication that this trend will continue on
 # a regular basis. For now, we have explicitly listed the transitions below.
 #
@@ -678,8 +678,8 @@ Zone Pacific/Guadalcanal 10:39:48 -	LMT	1912 Oct	# Honiara
 # From Steffen Thorsen (2012-07-25)
 # ... we double checked by calling hotels and offices based in Tokelau asking
 # about the time there, and they all told a time that agrees with UTC+13....
-# Shanks says UTC-10 from 1901 [but] ... there is a good chance the change
-# actually was to UTC-11 back then.
+# Shanks says UTC−10 from 1901 [but] ... there is a good chance the change
+# actually was to UTC−11 back then.
 #
 # From Paul Eggert (2012-07-25)
 # A Google Books snippet of Appendix to the Journals of the House of
@@ -714,19 +714,19 @@ Zone Pacific/Funafuti	11:56:52 -	LMT	1901
 # US minor outlying islands
 
 # Howland, Baker
-# Howland was mined for guano by American companies 1857-1878 and British
-# 1886-1891; Baker was similar but exact dates are not known.
-# Inhabited by civilians 1935-1942; U.S. military bases 1943-1944;
+# Howland was mined for guano by American companies 1857–1878 and British
+# 1886–1891; Baker was similar but exact dates are not known.
+# Inhabited by civilians 1935–1942; U.S. military bases 1943–1944;
 # uninhabited thereafter.
-# Howland observed Hawaii Standard Time (UT-10:30) in 1937;
+# Howland observed Hawaii Standard Time (UT−10:30) in 1937;
 # see page 206 of Elgen M. Long and Marie K. Long,
 # Amelia Earhart: the Mystery Solved, Simon & Schuster (2000).
 # So most likely Howland and Baker observed Hawaii Time from 1935
 # until they were abandoned after the war.
 
 # Jarvis
-# Mined for guano by American companies 1857-1879 and British 1883?-1891?.
-# Inhabited by civilians 1935-1942; IGY scientific base 1957-1958;
+# Mined for guano by American companies 1857–1879 and British 1883?–1891?.
+# Inhabited by civilians 1935–1942; IGY scientific base 1957–1958;
 # uninhabited thereafter.
 # no information; was probably like Pacific/Kiritimati
 
@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Funafuti	11:56:52 -	LMT	1901
 # From Lyle McElhaney (2014-03-11):
 # [W]hen JI was being used for that [atomic bomb] testing, the time being used
 # was not Hawaiian time but rather the same time being used on the ships,
-# which had a GMT offset of -11 hours.  This apparently applied to at least the
+# which had a GMT offset of −11 hours.  This apparently applied to at least the
 # time from Operation Newsreel (Hardtack I/Teak shot, 1958-08-01) to the last
 # Operation Fishbowl shot (Tightrope, 1962-11-04).... [See] Herman Hoerlin,
 # "The United States High-Altitude Test Experience: A Review Emphasizing the
@@ -854,9 +854,9 @@ Zone	Pacific/Wallis	12:15:20 -	LMT	1901
 #	 11:30	NZMT NZST New Zealand through 1945
 #	 12:00	NZST NZDT New Zealand 1946-present
 #	 12:45	CHAST CHADT Chatham*
-#	-11:00	SST	Samoa
-#	-10:00	HST	Hawaii
-#	- 8:00	PST	Pitcairn*
+#	−11:00	SST	Samoa
+#	−10:00	HST	Hawaii
+#	− 8:00	PST	Pitcairn*
 #
 # See the 'northamerica' file for Hawaii.
 # See the 'southamerica' file for Easter I and the Galapagos Is.
@@ -1113,7 +1113,7 @@ Zone	Pacific/Wallis	12:15:20 -	LMT	1901
 # ...
 
 # From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08):
-# The chosen rules the union of the 1971/1972 change and the 1989-1992 changes.
+# The chosen rules the union of the 1971/1972 change and the 1989–1992 changes.
 
 # From Christopher Hunt (2006-11-21), after an advance warning
 # from Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-11-01):
@@ -1393,7 +1393,7 @@ Zone	Pacific/Wallis	12:15:20 -	LMT	1901
 
 # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-04-28):
 # According to the official press release, South Australia's extended daylight
-# saving period will continue with the same rules as used during the 2008-2009
+# saving period will continue with the same rules as used during the 2008–2009
 # summer (southern hemisphere).
 #
 # From
@@ -1416,7 +1416,7 @@ Zone	Pacific/Wallis	12:15:20 -	LMT	1901
 # the 1989/90 year was a trial of an extended "daylight saving" period.
 # This trial was deemed successful and the extended period adopted for
 # subsequent years (with the addition of a further week at the start).
-# source -- phone call to Ministry of Internal Affairs Head Office.
+# source – phone call to Ministry of Internal Affairs Head Office.
 
 # From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
 # # The Country of New Zealand   (Australia's east island -) Gee they hate that!
@@ -1532,7 +1532,7 @@ Zone	Pacific/Wallis	12:15:20 -	LMT	1901
 
 # From Paul Eggert (1999-10-29):
 # The Federated States of Micronesia Visitors Board writes in
-# The Federated States of Micronesia - Visitor Information (1999-01-26)
+# The Federated States of Micronesia – Visitor Information (1999-01-26)
 # <http://www.fsmgov.org/info/clocks.html>
 # that Truk and Yap are UTC+10, and Ponape and Kosrae are UTC+11.
 # We don't know when Kosrae switched from UTC+12; assume January 1 for now.
@@ -1584,7 +1584,7 @@ Zone	Pacific/Wallis	12:15:20 -	LMT	1901
 # Howse writes (p 153, citing p 10 of the 1883-11-18 New York Herald)
 # that in 1879 the King of Samoa decided to change
 # "the date in his kingdom from the Antipodean to the American system,
-# ordaining -- by a masterpiece of diplomatic flattery -- that
+# ordaining – by a masterpiece of diplomatic flattery – that
 # the Fourth of July should be celebrated twice in that year."
 
 
@@ -1679,7 +1679,7 @@ Zone	Pacific/Wallis	12:15:20 -	LMT	1901
 # From Vernice Anderson, Personal Secretary to Philip Jessup,
 # US Ambassador At Large (oral history interview, 1971-02-02):
 #
-# Saturday, the 14th [of October, 1950] -- ...  The time was all the
+# Saturday, the 14th [of October, 1950] – ...  The time was all the
 # more confusing at that point, because we had crossed the
 # International Date Line, thus getting two Sundays.  Furthermore, we
 # discovered that Wake Island had two hours of daylight saving time
@@ -1724,7 +1724,7 @@ Zone	Pacific/Wallis	12:15:20 -	LMT	1901
 # on the high seas.  Whenever a ship was within the territorial waters of any
 # nation it would use that nation's standard time.  The captain was permitted
 # to change his ship's clocks at a time of his choice following his ship's
-# entry into another zone time--he often chose midnight.  These zones were
+# entry into another zone time – he often chose midnight.  These zones were
 # adopted by all major fleets between 1920 and 1925 but not by many
 # independent merchant ships until World War II.
 
diff --git a/date.c b/date.c
index 78b94b4..42ed16a 100644
--- a/date.c
+++ b/date.c
@@ -754,13 +754,13 @@ checkfinal(const char * const	value,
 ** summer or standard (as Hawaii, the United Kingdom, and Saudi Arabia
 ** have done), routine checks for iffy times may not work.
 ** So we perform this final check, deferring it until after the time has
-** been set--it may take a while, and we don't want to introduce an unnecessary
+** been set; it may take a while, and we don't want to introduce an unnecessary
 ** lag between the time the user enters their command and the time that
 ** stime/settimeofday is called.
 **
 ** We just check nearby times to see if any have the same representation
 ** as the time that convert returned.  We work our way out from the center
-** for quick response in solar time situations.  We only handle common cases--
+** for quick response in solar time situations.  We only handle common cases:
 ** offsets of at most a minute, and offsets of exact numbers of minutes
 ** and at most an hour.
 */
diff --git a/europe b/europe
index 20f548f..add6b28 100644
--- a/europe
+++ b/europe
@@ -49,16 +49,16 @@
 # Corrections are welcome!
 #                   std dst  2dst
 #                   LMT           Local Mean Time
-#       -4:00       AST ADT       Atlantic
-#       -3:00       WGT WGST      Western Greenland*
-#       -1:00       EGT EGST      Eastern Greenland*
+#       −4:00       AST ADT       Atlantic
+#       −3:00       WGT WGST      Western Greenland*
+#       −1:00       EGT EGST      Eastern Greenland*
 #        0:00       GMT BST  BDST Greenwich, British Summer
 #        0:00       GMT IST       Greenwich, Irish Summer
 #        0:00       WET WEST WEMT Western Europe
-#        0:19:32.13 AMT NST       Amsterdam, Netherlands Summer (1835-1937)*
-#        0:20       NET NEST      Netherlands (1937-1940)*
+#        0:19:32.13 AMT NST       Amsterdam, Netherlands Summer (1835–1937)*
+#        0:20       NET NEST      Netherlands (1937–1940)*
 #        1:00       CET CEST CEMT Central Europe
-#        1:00:14    SET           Swedish (1879-1899)*
+#        1:00:14    SET           Swedish (1879–1899)*
 #        2:00       EET EEST      Eastern Europe
 #        3:00       MSK MSD  MSM* Moscow
 
@@ -104,18 +104,18 @@
 # along the towpath within a few yards of it.'
 #
 # I have a one inch to one mile map of London and my estimate of the stone's
-# position is 51 deg. 28' 30" N, 0 deg. 18' 45" W. The longitude should
-# be within about +-2". The Ordnance Survey grid reference is TQ172761.
+# position is 51° 28′ 30″ N, 0° 18′ 45″ W. The longitude should
+# be within about ±2″. The Ordnance Survey grid reference is TQ172761.
 #
-# [This yields GMTOFF = -0:01:15 for London LMT in the 18th century.]
+# [This yields GMTOFF = −0:01:15 for London LMT in the 18th century.]
 
 # From Paul Eggert (1993-11-18):
 #
 # Howse writes that Britain was the first country to use standard time.
 # The railways cared most about the inconsistencies of local mean time,
 # and it was they who forced a uniform time on the country.
-# The original idea was credited to Dr. William Hyde Wollaston (1766-1828)
-# and was popularized by Abraham Follett Osler (1808-1903).
+# The original idea was credited to Dr. William Hyde Wollaston (1766–1828)
+# and was popularized by Abraham Follett Osler (1808–1903).
 # The first railway to adopt London time was the Great Western Railway
 # in November 1840; other railways followed suit, and by 1847 most
 # (though not all) railways used London time.  On 1847-09-22 the
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
 # about Dublin, so we use 1880-08-02, the legal transition time.
 
 # From Paul Eggert (2003-09-27):
-# Summer Time was first seriously proposed by William Willett (1857-1915),
+# Summer Time was first seriously proposed by William Willett (1857–1915),
 # a London builder and member of the Royal Astronomical Society
 # who circulated a pamphlet "The Waste of Daylight" (1907)
 # that proposed advancing clocks 20 minutes on each of four Sundays in April,
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
 # between 160 and 170 hours more daylight leisure, to a war which
 # plunged Europe into darkness for four years, and shook the
 # foundations of civilization throughout the world.
-#	-- <http://www.winstonchurchill.org/fh114willett.htm>
+#	— <http://www.winstonchurchill.org/fh114willett.htm>
 #	"A Silent Toast to William Willett", Pictorial Weekly
 
 # From Paul Eggert (1996-09-03):
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
 # if you find a zone reference it will say, "All times B.D.S.T."
 
 # From Joseph S. Myers (1999-09-02):
-# ... some military cables (WO 219/4100 - this is a copy from the
+# ... some military cables (WO 219/4100 – this is a copy from the
 # main SHAEF archives held in the US National Archives, SHAEF/5252/8/516)
 # agree that the usage is BDST (this appears in a message dated 17 Feb 1945).
 
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@
 
 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
 #
-# For lack of other data, follow Shanks & Pottenger for Eire in 1940-1948.
+# For lack of other data, follow Shanks & Pottenger for Eire in 1940–1948.
 #
 # Given Ilieve and Myers's data, the following claims by Shanks & Pottenger
 # are incorrect:
@@ -253,14 +253,14 @@
 #     * Dublin's 1971-10-31 switch was at 02:00, even though London's was 03:00.
 #
 #
-# Whitman says Dublin Mean Time was -0:25:21, which is more precise than
+# Whitman says Dublin Mean Time was −0:25:21, which is more precise than
 # Shanks & Pottenger.
 # Perhaps this was Dunsink Observatory Time, as Dunsink Observatory
 # (8 km NW of Dublin's center) seemingly was to Dublin as Greenwich was
 # to London.  For example:
 #
 #   "Timeball on the ballast office is down.  Dunsink time."
-#   -- James Joyce, Ulysses
+#   — James Joyce, Ulysses
 
 # From Joseph S. Myers (2005-01-26):
 # Irish laws are available online at <http://www.irishstatutebook.ie>.
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ Zone	EET		2:00	EU	EE%sT
 #	Mitteleuropaeische Sommerzeit (MESZ)  = UTC+02:00
 #
 # as defined in the German Time Act (Gesetz ueber die Zeitbestimmung (ZeitG),
-# 1978-07-25, Bundesgesetzblatt, Jahrgang 1978, Teil I, S. 1110-1111)....
+# 1978-07-25, Bundesgesetzblatt, Jahrgang 1978, Teil I, S. 1110–1111)....
 # I wrote ... to the German Federal Physical-Technical Institution
 #
 #	Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB)
@@ -782,8 +782,8 @@ Zone	Europe/Brussels	0:17:30 -	LMT	1880
 #
 # From Plamen Simenov via Steffen Thorsen (1999-09-09):
 # A document of Government of Bulgaria (No.94/1997) says:
-# EET --> EETDST is in 03:00 Local time in last Sunday of March ...
-# EETDST --> EET is in 04:00 Local time in last Sunday of October
+# EET → EETDST is in 03:00 Local time in last Sunday of March ...
+# EETDST → EET is in 04:00 Local time in last Sunday of October
 #
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Bulg	1979	only	-	Mar	31	23:00	1:00	S
@@ -904,9 +904,9 @@ Zone Atlantic/Faroe	-0:27:04 -	LMT	1908 Jan 11	# Torshavn
 # Greenland has four local times, and the relation to UTC
 # is according to the following time line:
 #
-# The military zone near Thule	UTC-4
-# Standard Greenland time	UTC-3
-# Scoresbysund			UTC-1
+# The military zone near Thule	UTC−4
+# Standard Greenland time	UTC−3
+# Scoresbysund			UTC−1
 # Danmarkshavn			UTC
 #
 # In the military area near Thule and in Danmarkshavn DST will not be
@@ -920,7 +920,7 @@ Zone Atlantic/Faroe	-0:27:04 -	LMT	1908 Jan 11	# Torshavn
 # info from earlier correspondence.]
 #
 # According to the center, a very small local time zone around Thule
-# Air Base keeps the time according to UTC-4, implementing daylight
+# Air Base keeps the time according to UTC−4, implementing daylight
 # savings using North America rules, changing the time at 02:00 local time....
 #
 # The east coast of Greenland north of the community of Scoresbysund
@@ -931,12 +931,12 @@ Zone Atlantic/Faroe	-0:27:04 -	LMT	1908 Jan 11	# Torshavn
 # Mestersvig and Daneborg, the air force base at Station Nord, and the
 # DPC research station at Zackenberg.
 #
-# Scoresbysund and two small villages nearby keep time UTC-1 and use
+# Scoresbysund and two small villages nearby keep time UTC−1 and use
 # the same daylight savings time period as in West Greenland (Godthab).
 #
 # The rest of Greenland, including Godthab (this area, although it
 # includes central Greenland, is known as west Greenland), keeps time
-# UTC-3, with daylight savings methods according to European rules.
+# UTC−3, with daylight savings methods according to European rules.
 #
 # It is common procedure to use UTC 0 in the wilderness of East and
 # North Greenland, because it is mainly Icelandic aircraft operators
@@ -999,7 +999,7 @@ Zone America/Thule	-4:35:08 -	LMT	1916 Jul 28 # Pituffik air base
 # The 1998-09-22 Estonian time law
 # <http://trip.rk.ee/cgi-bin/thw?${BASE}=akt&${OOHTML}=rtd&TA=1998&TO=1&AN=1390>
 # refers to the Eighth Directive and cites the association agreement between
-# the EU and Estonia, ratified by the Estonian law (RT II 1995, 22--27, 120).
+# the EU and Estonia, ratified by the Estonian law (RT II 1995, 22–27, 120).
 #
 # I also asked [my relative] whether they use any standard abbreviation
 # for their standard and summer times. He says no, they use "suveaeg"
@@ -1071,7 +1071,7 @@ Zone	Europe/Tallinn	1:39:00	-	LMT	1880
 # From Konstantin Hyppönen (2014-06-13):
 # [Heikki Oja's book Aikakirja 2013]
 # http://almanakka.helsinki.fi/images/aikakirja/Aikakirja2013kokonaan.pdf
-# pages 104-105, including a scan from a newspaper published on Apr 2 1942
+# pages 104–105, including a scan from a newspaper published on Apr 2 1942
 # say that ... [o]n Apr 2 1942, 24 o'clock (which means Apr 3 1942,
 # 00:00), clocks were moved one hour forward. The newspaper
 # mentions "on the night from Thursday to Friday"....
@@ -1100,7 +1100,7 @@ Link	Europe/Helsinki	Europe/Mariehamn
 # From Ciro Discepolo (2000-12-20):
 #
 # Henri Le Corre, Régimes horaires pour le monde entier, Éditions
-# Traditionnelles - Paris 2 books, 1993
+# Traditionnelles – Paris 2 books, 1993
 #
 # Gabriel, Traité de l'heure dans le monde, Guy Trédaniel,
 # Paris, 1991
@@ -1145,7 +1145,7 @@ Rule	France	1938	only	-	Mar	26	23:00s	1:00	S
 Rule	France	1939	only	-	Apr	15	23:00s	1:00	S
 Rule	France	1939	only	-	Nov	18	23:00s	0	-
 Rule	France	1940	only	-	Feb	25	 2:00	1:00	S
-# The French rules for 1941-1944 were not used in Paris, but Shanks & Pottenger
+# The French rules for 1941–1944 were not used in Paris, but Shanks & Pottenger
 # write that they were used in Monaco and in many French locations.
 # Le Corre writes that the upper limit of the free zone was Arnéguy, Orthez,
 # Mont-de-Marsan, Bazas, Langon, Lamothe-Montravel, Maroeuil, La
@@ -1174,7 +1174,7 @@ Rule	France	1976	only	-	Sep	26	 1:00	0	-
 # Shanks & Pottenger give 0:09:20 for Paris Mean Time, and Whitman 0:09:05,
 # but Howse quotes the actual French legislation as saying 0:09:21.
 # Go with Howse.  Howse writes that the time in France was officially based
-# on PMT-0:09:21 until 1978-08-09, when the time base finally switched to UTC.
+# on PMT−0:09:21 until 1978-08-09, when the time base finally switched to UTC.
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Europe/Paris	0:09:21 -	LMT	1891 Mar 15  0:01
 			0:09:21	-	PMT	1911 Mar 11  0:01  # Paris MT
@@ -1259,16 +1259,16 @@ Zone Europe/Gibraltar	-0:21:24 -	LMT	1880 Aug  2 0:00s
 
 # Greece
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
-# Whitman gives 1932 Jul 5 - Nov 1; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
+# Whitman gives 1932 Jul 5 – Nov 1; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
 Rule	Greece	1932	only	-	Jul	 7	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Greece	1932	only	-	Sep	 1	0:00	0	-
-# Whitman gives 1941 Apr 25 - ?; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
+# Whitman gives 1941 Apr 25 – ?; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
 Rule	Greece	1941	only	-	Apr	 7	0:00	1:00	S
-# Whitman gives 1942 Feb 2 - ?; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
+# Whitman gives 1942 Feb 2 – ?; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
 Rule	Greece	1942	only	-	Nov	 2	3:00	0	-
 Rule	Greece	1943	only	-	Mar	30	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Greece	1943	only	-	Oct	 4	0:00	0	-
-# Whitman gives 1944 Oct 3 - Oct 31; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
+# Whitman gives 1944 Oct 3 – Oct 31; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
 Rule	Greece	1952	only	-	Jul	 1	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Greece	1952	only	-	Nov	 2	0:00	0	-
 Rule	Greece	1975	only	-	Apr	12	0:00s	1:00	S
@@ -1368,10 +1368,10 @@ Rule	Iceland	1941	only	-	Mar	 2	 1:00s	1:00	S
 Rule	Iceland	1941	only	-	Nov	 2	 1:00s	0	-
 Rule	Iceland	1942	only	-	Mar	 8	 1:00s	1:00	S
 Rule	Iceland	1942	only	-	Oct	25	 1:00s	0	-
-# 1943-1946 - first Sunday in March until first Sunday in winter
+# 1943–1946 – first Sunday in March until first Sunday in winter
 Rule	Iceland	1943	1946	-	Mar	Sun>=1	 1:00s	1:00	S
 Rule	Iceland	1943	1948	-	Oct	Sun>=22	 1:00s	0	-
-# 1947-1967 - first Sunday in April until first Sunday in winter
+# 1947–1967 – first Sunday in April until first Sunday in winter
 Rule	Iceland	1947	1967	-	Apr	Sun>=1	 1:00s	1:00	S
 # 1949 Oct transition delayed by 1 week
 Rule	Iceland	1949	only	-	Oct	30	 1:00s	0	-
@@ -1840,7 +1840,7 @@ Zone	Europe/Oslo	0:43:00 -	LMT	1895 Jan  1
 # into operation on 1895-01-01) and Svalbard/Jan Mayen seem to be a
 # part of this law since 1925/1930. (From
 # <http://www.lovdata.no/all/nl-18940629-001.html>) I have not been
-# able to find if Jan Mayen used a different time zone (e.g. -0100)
+# able to find if Jan Mayen used a different time zone (e.g. −0100)
 # before 1930. Jan Mayen has only been "inhabitated" since 1921 by
 # Norwegian meteorologists and maybe used the same time as Norway ever
 # since 1921.  Svalbard (Arctic/Longyearbyen) has been inhabited since
@@ -1882,7 +1882,7 @@ Rule	Poland	1919	only	-	Apr	15	2:00s	1:00	S
 Rule	Poland	1944	only	-	Apr	 3	2:00s	1:00	S
 # Whitman gives 1944 Nov 30; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
 Rule	Poland	1944	only	-	Oct	 4	2:00	0	-
-# For 1944-1948 Whitman gives the previous day; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
+# For 1944–1948 Whitman gives the previous day; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
 Rule	Poland	1945	only	-	Apr	29	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Poland	1945	only	-	Nov	 1	0:00	0	-
 # For 1946 on the source is Kazimierz Borkowski,
@@ -1930,8 +1930,8 @@ Zone	Europe/Warsaw	1:24:00 -	LMT	1880
 # From Paul Eggert (1996-11-12):
 # IATA SSIM (1991-09) reports several 1991-09 and 1992-09 transitions
 # at 02:00u, not 01:00u.  Assume that these are typos.
-# IATA SSIM (1991/1992) reports that the Azores were at -1:00.
-# IATA SSIM (1993-02) says +0:00; later issues (through 1996-09) say -1:00.
+# IATA SSIM (1991/1992) reports that the Azores were at −1:00.
+# IATA SSIM (1993-02) says +0:00; later issues (through 1996-09) say −1:00.
 # Guess that the Azores changed to EU rules in 1992 (since that's when Portugal
 # harmonized with the EU), and that they stayed +0:00 that winter.
 #
@@ -2081,7 +2081,7 @@ Zone Europe/Bucharest	1:44:24 -	LMT	1891 Oct
 # which, according to translate.google.com, begins "Resolution of the
 # Government of the Russian Federation on August 31, 2011 N 725" and also
 # contains "Date first official publication: September 6, 2011 Posted on:
-# in the 'RG' - Federal Issue number 5573 September 6, 2011" but which
+# in the 'RG' – Federal Issue number 5573 September 6, 2011" but which
 # does not contain any "effective date" information.
 #
 # Another source is
@@ -2113,7 +2113,7 @@ Zone Europe/Bucharest	1:44:24 -	LMT	1891 Oct
 # From Stanislaw A. Kuzikowski (1994-06-29):
 # But now it is some months since Novosibirsk is 3 hours ahead of Moscow!
 # I do not know why they have decided to make this change;
-# as far as I remember it was done exactly during winter->summer switching
+# as far as I remember it was done exactly during winter→summer switching
 # so we (Novosibirsk) simply did not switch.
 #
 # From Andrey A. Chernov (1996-10-04):
@@ -2129,9 +2129,9 @@ Zone Europe/Bucharest	1:44:24 -	LMT	1891 Oct
 #
 # For Grozny, Chechnya, we have the following story from
 # John Daniszewski, "Scavengers in the Rubble", Los Angeles Times (2001-02-07):
-# News--often false--is spread by word of mouth.  A rumor that it was
+# News – often false – is spread by word of mouth.  A rumor that it was
 # time to move the clocks back put this whole city out of sync with
-# the rest of Russia for two weeks--even soldiers stationed here began
+# the rest of Russia for two weeks – even soldiers stationed here began
 # enforcing curfew at the wrong time.
 #
 # From Gwillim Law (2001-06-05):
@@ -2442,13 +2442,13 @@ Link Europe/Prague Europe/Bratislava
 
 # Spain
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
-# For 1917-1919 Whitman gives Apr Sat>=1 - Oct Sat>=1;
+# For 1917–1919 Whitman gives Apr Sat>=1 – Oct Sat>=1;
 # go with Shanks & Pottenger.
 Rule	Spain	1917	only	-	May	 5	23:00s	1:00	S
 Rule	Spain	1917	1919	-	Oct	 6	23:00s	0	-
 Rule	Spain	1918	only	-	Apr	15	23:00s	1:00	S
 Rule	Spain	1919	only	-	Apr	 5	23:00s	1:00	S
-# Whitman gives 1921 Feb 28 - Oct 14; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
+# Whitman gives 1921 Feb 28 – Oct 14; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
 Rule	Spain	1924	only	-	Apr	16	23:00s	1:00	S
 # Whitman gives 1924 Oct 14; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
 Rule	Spain	1924	only	-	Oct	 4	23:00s	0	-
@@ -2465,7 +2465,7 @@ Rule	Spain	1937	1939	-	Oct	Sat>=1	23:00s	0	-
 Rule	Spain	1938	only	-	Mar	22	23:00s	1:00	S
 Rule	Spain	1939	only	-	Apr	15	23:00s	1:00	S
 Rule	Spain	1940	only	-	Mar	16	23:00s	1:00	S
-# Whitman says no DST 1942-1945; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
+# Whitman says no DST 1942–1945; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
 Rule	Spain	1942	only	-	May	 2	22:00s	2:00	M # Midsummer
 Rule	Spain	1942	only	-	Sep	 1	22:00s	1:00	S
 Rule	Spain	1943	1946	-	Apr	Sat>=13	22:00s	2:00	M
@@ -2541,7 +2541,7 @@ Zone	Atlantic/Canary	-1:01:36 -	LMT	1922 Mar # Las Palmas de Gran C.
 # Further the law says, that "1916-09-30 is considered to end one hour later".
 #
 # The laws regulating [DST] are available on the site of the Swedish
-# Parliament beginning with 1985 - the laws regulating 1980/1984 are
+# Parliament beginning with 1985 – the laws regulating 1980/1984 are
 # not available on the site (to my knowledge they are only available
 # in Swedish): <http://www.riksdagen.se/english/work/sfst.asp> (type
 # "sommartid" without the quotes in the field "Fritext" and then click
@@ -2570,7 +2570,7 @@ Zone Europe/Stockholm	1:12:12 -	LMT	1879 Jan  1
 # From Howse:
 # By the end of the 18th century clocks and watches became commonplace
 # and their performance improved enormously.  Communities began to keep
-# mean time in preference to apparent time -- Geneva from 1780 ....
+# mean time in preference to apparent time – Geneva from 1780 ....
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 # From Whitman (who writes "Midnight?"):
 # Rule	Swiss	1940	only	-	Nov	 2	0:00	1:00	S
@@ -2671,7 +2671,7 @@ Zone	Europe/Zurich	0:34:08 -	LMT	1853 Jul 16 # See above comment.
 
 # From Amar Devegowda (2007-01-03):
 # The time zone rules for Istanbul, Turkey have not been changed for years now.
-# ... The latest rules are available at -
+# ... The latest rules are available at:
 # http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/timezone.html?n=107
 # From Steffen Thorsen (2007-01-03):
 # I have been able to find press records back to 1996 which all say that
@@ -2690,7 +2690,7 @@ Zone	Europe/Zurich	0:34:08 -	LMT	1853 Jul 16 # See above comment.
 # Starting 2007 though, it seems that they are adopting EU's 1:00 UTC
 # start/end time, according to the following page (2007-03-07):
 # http://www.ntvmsnbc.com/news/402029.asp
-# The official document is located here - it is in Turkish...:
+# The official document is located here – it is in Turkish...:
 # http://rega.basbakanlik.gov.tr/eskiler/2007/03/20070307-7.htm
 # I was able to locate the following seemingly official document
 # (on a non-government server though) describing dates between 2002 and 2006:
@@ -2729,7 +2729,7 @@ Rule	Turkey	1921	only	-	Apr	 3	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Turkey	1921	only	-	Oct	 3	0:00	0	-
 Rule	Turkey	1922	only	-	Mar	26	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Turkey	1922	only	-	Oct	 8	0:00	0	-
-# Whitman gives 1923 Apr 28 - Sep 16 and no DST in 1924-1925;
+# Whitman gives 1923 Apr 28 – Sep 16 and no DST in 1924–1925;
 # go with Shanks & Pottenger.
 Rule	Turkey	1924	only	-	May	13	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Turkey	1924	1925	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
@@ -2835,29 +2835,29 @@ Link	Europe/Istanbul	Asia/Istanbul	# Istanbul is in both continents.
 
 # From Vladimir in Moscow via Alois Treindl re Kiev time 1991/2 (2014-02-28):
 # First in Ukraine they changed Time zone from UTC+3 to UTC+2 with DST:
-#       03 25 1990 02:00 -03.00 1       Time Zone 3 with DST
-#       07 01 1990 02:00 -02.00 1       Time Zone 2 with DST
+#       03 25 1990 02:00 −03.00 1       Time Zone 3 with DST
+#       07 01 1990 02:00 −02.00 1       Time Zone 2 with DST
 # * Ukrainian Government's Resolution of 18.06.1990, No. 134.
 # http://search.ligazakon.ua/l_doc2.nsf/link1/T001500.html
 #
 # They did not end DST in September, 1990 (according to the law,
 # "summer time" was still in action):
-#       09 30 1990 03:00 -02.00 1       Time Zone 2 with DST
+#       09 30 1990 03:00 −02.00 1       Time Zone 2 with DST
 # * Ukrainian Government's Resolution of 21.09.1990, No. 272.
 # http://search.ligazakon.ua/l_doc2.nsf/link1/KP900272.html
 #
 # Again no change in March, 1991 ("summer time" in action):
-#       03 31 1991 02:00 -02.00 1       Time Zone 2 with DST
+#       03 31 1991 02:00 −02.00 1       Time Zone 2 with DST
 #
 # DST ended in September 1991 ("summer time" ended):
-#       09 29 1991 03:00 -02.00 0       Time Zone 2, no DST
+#       09 29 1991 03:00 −02.00 0       Time Zone 2, no DST
 # * Ukrainian Government's Resolution of 25.09.1991, No. 225.
 # http://www.uazakon.com/documents/date_21/pg_iwgdoc.htm
 # This is an answer.
 #
 # Since 1992 they had normal DST procedure:
-#       03 29 1992 02:00 -02.00 1       DST started
-#       09 27 1992 03:00 -02.00 0       DST ended
+#       03 29 1992 02:00 −02.00 1       DST started
+#       09 27 1992 03:00 −02.00 0       DST ended
 # * Ukrainian Government's Resolution of 20.03.1992, No. 139.
 # http://www.uazakon.com/documents/date_8u/pg_grcasa.htm
 
@@ -2952,7 +2952,7 @@ Zone Europe/Simferopol	2:16:24 -	LMT	1880
 # and off at 00:00 standard time (i.e., 01:00 DST)
 
 # ...
-# Date: Wed, 28 Jan 87 16:56:27 -0100
+# Date: Wed, 28 Jan 87 16:56:27 −0100
 # From: Tom Hofmann
 # ...
 #
@@ -2965,7 +2965,7 @@ Zone Europe/Simferopol	2:16:24 -	LMT	1880
 # But also since 1981 there are some more national exceptions
 # than listed in 'europe': Switzerland, for example, joined DST
 # one year later, Denmark ended DST on 'Oct 1' instead of 'Sep
-# lastSun' in 1981---I don't know how they handle now.
+# lastSun' in 1981 – I don't know how they handle now.
 #
 # Finally, DST ist always from 'Apr 1' to 'Oct 1' in the
 # Soviet Union (as far as I know).
diff --git a/localtime.c b/localtime.c
index 62412a5..ec0715d 100644
--- a/localtime.c
+++ b/localtime.c
@@ -115,16 +115,16 @@ struct state {
 };
 
 struct rule {
-	int		r_type;		/* type of rule--see below */
+	int		r_type;		/* type of rule; see below */
 	int		r_day;		/* day number of rule */
 	int		r_week;		/* week number of rule */
 	int		r_mon;		/* month number of rule */
 	int_fast32_t	r_time;		/* transition time of rule */
 };
 
-#define JULIAN_DAY		0	/* Jn - Julian day */
-#define DAY_OF_YEAR		1	/* n - day of year */
-#define MONTH_NTH_DAY_OF_WEEK	2	/* Mm.n.d - month, week, day of week */
+#define JULIAN_DAY		0	/* Jn = Julian day */
+#define DAY_OF_YEAR		1	/* n = day of year */
+#define MONTH_NTH_DAY_OF_WEEK	2	/* Mm.n.d = month, week, day of week */
 
 /*
 ** Prototypes for static functions.
@@ -1256,8 +1256,8 @@ tzset(void)
 
 /*
 ** The easy way to behave "as if no library function calls" localtime
-** is to not call it--so we drop its guts into "localsub", which can be
-** freely called. (And no, the PANS doesn't require the above behavior--
+** is to not call it, so we drop its guts into "localsub", which can be
+** freely called. (And no, the PANS doesn't require the above behavior,
 ** but it *is* desirable.)
 **
 ** The unused offset argument is for the benefit of mktime variants.
diff --git a/newctime.3 b/newctime.3
index 1548c1a..1353869 100644
--- a/newctime.3
+++ b/newctime.3
@@ -157,8 +157,7 @@ are determined.
 .I Mktime\^
 returns the specified calendar time;
 If the calendar time cannot be represented,
-it returns
-.BR -1 .
+it returns \(mi1.
 .PP
 .I Difftime\^
 returns the difference between two calendar times,
@@ -250,7 +249,7 @@ and
 .I ctime\^
 behave strangely for years before 1000 or after 9999.
 The 1989 and 1999 editions of the C Standard say
-that years from \-99 through 999 are converted without
+that years from \(mi99 through 999 are converted without
 extra spaces, but this conflicts with longstanding
 tradition and with this implementation.
 Traditional implementations of these two functions are
diff --git a/newstrftime.3 b/newstrftime.3
index 6d0f242..dc9a348 100644
--- a/newstrftime.3
+++ b/newstrftime.3
@@ -51,9 +51,11 @@ strftime \- format date and time
 .B const char *format;
 .B const struct tm *timeptr
 .PP
-.B cc ... -ltz
+.B cc ... \-ltz
 .fi
 .SH DESCRIPTION
+.ie '\(en'' .ds en \-
+.el .ds en \(en
 The
 .I strftime\^
 function formats the information from
@@ -100,7 +102,7 @@ is replaced by the locale's abbreviated month name.
 .TP
 %C
 is replaced by the century (a year divided by 100 and truncated to an integer)
-as a decimal number (00-99).
+as a decimal number (00\*(en99).
 .TP
 %c
 is replaced by the locale's appropriate date and time representation.
@@ -109,10 +111,10 @@ is replaced by the locale's appropriate date and time representation.
 is replaced by the date in the format %m/%d/%y.
 .TP
 %d
-is replaced by the day of the month as a decimal number (01-31).
+is replaced by the day of the month as a decimal number (01\*(en31).
 .TP
 %e
-is replaced by the day of month as a decimal number (1-31);
+is replaced by the day of month as a decimal number (1\*(en31);
 single digits are preceded by a blank.
 .TP
 %F
@@ -122,30 +124,30 @@ is replaced by the date in the format %Y-%m-%d.
 is replaced by the ISO 8601 year with century as a decimal number.
 .TP
 %g
-is replaced by the ISO 8601 year without century as a decimal number (00-99).
+is replaced by the ISO 8601 year without century as a decimal number (00\*(en99).
 .TP
 %H
-is replaced by the hour (24-hour clock) as a decimal number (00-23).
+is replaced by the hour (24-hour clock) as a decimal number (00\*(en23).
 .TP
 %I
-is replaced by the hour (12-hour clock) as a decimal number (01-12).
+is replaced by the hour (12-hour clock) as a decimal number (01\*(en12).
 .TP
 %j
-is replaced by the day of the year as a decimal number (001-366).
+is replaced by the day of the year as a decimal number (001\*(en366).
 .TP
 %k
-is replaced by the hour (24-hour clock) as a decimal number (0-23);
+is replaced by the hour (24-hour clock) as a decimal number (0\*(en23);
 single digits are preceded by a blank.
 .TP
 %l
-is replaced by the hour (12-hour clock) as a decimal number (1-12);
+is replaced by the hour (12-hour clock) as a decimal number (1\*(en12);
 single digits are preceded by a blank.
 .TP
 %M
-is replaced by the minute as a decimal number (00-59).
+is replaced by the minute as a decimal number (00\*(en59).
 .TP
 %m
-is replaced by the month as a decimal number (01-12).
+is replaced by the month as a decimal number (01\*(en12).
 .TP
 %n
 is replaced by a newline.
@@ -161,7 +163,7 @@ is replaced by the locale's representation of 12-hour clock time
 using AM/PM notation.
 .TP
 %S
-is replaced by the second as a decimal number (00-60).
+is replaced by the second as a decimal number (00\*(en60).
 .TP
 %s
 is replaced by the number of seconds since the Epoch (see newctime(3)).
@@ -174,25 +176,25 @@ is replaced by a tab.
 .TP
 %U
 is replaced by the week number of the year (Sunday as the first day of
-the week) as a decimal number (00-53).
+the week) as a decimal number (00\*(en53).
 .TP
 %u
 is replaced by the weekday (Monday as the first day of the week)
-as a decimal number (1-7).
+as a decimal number (1\*(en7).
 .TP
 %V
 is replaced by the week number of the year (Monday as the first day of
-the week) as a decimal number (01-53).  If the week containing January
+the week) as a decimal number (01\*(en53).  If the week containing January
 1 has four or more days in the new year, then it is week 1; otherwise
 it is week 53 of the previous year, and the next week is week 1.
 .TP
 %W
 is replaced by the week number of the year (Monday as the first day of
-the week) as a decimal number (00-53).
+the week) as a decimal number (00\*(en53).
 .TP
 %w
 is replaced by the weekday (Sunday as the first day of the week)
-as a decimal number (0-6).
+as a decimal number (0\*(en6).
 .TP
 %X
 is replaced by the locale's appropriate time representation.
@@ -204,7 +206,7 @@ is replaced by the locale's appropriate date representation.
 is replaced by the year with century as a decimal number.
 .TP
 %y
-is replaced by the year without century as a decimal number (00-99).
+is replaced by the year without century as a decimal number (00\*(en99).
 .TP
 %Z
 is replaced by the time zone name,
diff --git a/northamerica b/northamerica
index 0e87660..cc4afc6 100644
--- a/northamerica
+++ b/northamerica
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
 # United States
 
 # From Paul Eggert (1999-03-31):
-# Howse writes (pp 121-125) that time zones were invented by
-# Professor Charles Ferdinand Dowd (1825-1904),
+# Howse writes (pp 121–125) that time zones were invented by
+# Professor Charles Ferdinand Dowd (1825–1904),
 # Principal of Temple Grove Ladies' Seminary (Saratoga Springs, NY).
 # His pamphlet "A System of National Time for Railroads" (1870)
 # was the result of his proposals at the Convention of Railroad Trunk Lines
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 #	to push people into bed earlier, and get them up earlier, to make
 #	them healthy, wealthy and wise in spite of themselves.
 #
-#	-- Robertson Davies, The diary of Samuel Marchbanks,
+#	 — Robertson Davies, The diary of Samuel Marchbanks,
 #	   Clarke, Irwin (1947), XIX, Sunday
 #
 # For more about the first ten years of DST in the United States, see
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ Zone	PST8PDT		 -8:00	US	P%sT
 #    old			 new
 #    Pacific Standard Time(PST)  -same-
 #    Yukon Standard Time(YST)    -same-
-#    Central Alaska S.T. (CAT)   Alaska-Hawaii St[an]dard Time (AHST)
+#    Central Alaska S.T. (CAT)   Alaska–Hawaii St[an]dard Time (AHST)
 #    Nome Standard Time (NT)     Bering Standard Time (BST)
 #
 # ...Alaska's timezone lines were redrawn in 1983 to give only 2 tz.
@@ -171,17 +171,17 @@ Zone	PST8PDT		 -8:00	US	P%sT
 
 # From U. S. Naval Observatory (1989-01-19):
 # USA  EASTERN       5 H  BEHIND UTC    NEW YORK, WASHINGTON
-# USA  EASTERN       4 H  BEHIND UTC    APR 3 - OCT 30
+# USA  EASTERN       4 H  BEHIND UTC    APR 3 – OCT 30
 # USA  CENTRAL       6 H  BEHIND UTC    CHICAGO, HOUSTON
-# USA  CENTRAL       5 H  BEHIND UTC    APR 3 - OCT 30
+# USA  CENTRAL       5 H  BEHIND UTC    APR 3 – OCT 30
 # USA  MOUNTAIN      7 H  BEHIND UTC    DENVER
-# USA  MOUNTAIN      6 H  BEHIND UTC    APR 3 - OCT 30
+# USA  MOUNTAIN      6 H  BEHIND UTC    APR 3 – OCT 30
 # USA  PACIFIC       8 H  BEHIND UTC    L.A., SAN FRANCISCO
-# USA  PACIFIC       7 H  BEHIND UTC    APR 3 - OCT 30
+# USA  PACIFIC       7 H  BEHIND UTC    APR 3 – OCT 30
 # USA  ALASKA STD    9 H  BEHIND UTC    MOST OF ALASKA     (AKST)
-# USA  ALASKA STD    8 H  BEHIND UTC    APR 3 - OCT 30 (AKDT)
+# USA  ALASKA STD    8 H  BEHIND UTC    APR 3 – OCT 30 (AKDT)
 # USA  ALEUTIAN     10 H  BEHIND UTC    ISLANDS WEST OF 170W
-# USA  - " -         9 H  BEHIND UTC    APR 3 - OCT 30
+# USA    "           9 H  BEHIND UTC    APR 3 – OCT 30
 # USA  HAWAII       10 H  BEHIND UTC
 # USA  BERING       11 H  BEHIND UTC    SAMOA, MIDWAY
 
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ Zone	PST8PDT		 -8:00	US	P%sT
 #	mountain standard time
 #	Pacific standard time
 #	Yukon standard time
-#	Alaska-Hawaii standard time
+#	Alaska–Hawaii standard time
 #	Bering standard time
 # And after 1983-11-30:
 #	Atlantic standard time
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ Zone	PST8PDT		 -8:00	US	P%sT
 #	mountain standard time
 #	Pacific standard time
 #	Alaska standard time
-#	Hawaii-Aleutian standard time
+#	Hawaii–Aleutian standard time
 #	Samoa standard time
 # The law doesn't give abbreviations.
 #
@@ -234,19 +234,19 @@ Zone	PST8PDT		 -8:00	US	P%sT
 # The following was signed into law on 2005-08-08.
 #
 # H.R. 6, Energy Policy Act of 2005, SEC. 110. DAYLIGHT SAVINGS.
-#   (a) Amendment- Section 3(a) of the Uniform Time Act of 1966 (15
-#   U.S.C. 260a(a)) is amended--
-#     (1) by striking 'first Sunday of April' and inserting 'second
-#     Sunday of March'; and
-#     (2) by striking 'last Sunday of October' and inserting 'first
+#   (a) Amendment.—Section 3(a) of the Uniform Time Act of 1966 (15
+#   U.S.C. 260a(a)) is amended—
+#     (1) by striking "first Sunday of April" and inserting "second
+#     Sunday of March"; and
+#     (2) by striking "last Sunday of October" and inserting "first
 #     Sunday of November'.
-#   (b) Effective Date- Subsection (a) shall take effect 1 year after the
+#   (b) Effective Date.—Subsection (a) shall take effect 1 year after the
 #   date of enactment of this Act or March 1, 2007, whichever is later.
-#   (c) Report to Congress- Not later than 9 months after the effective
+#   (c) Report to Congress.—Not later than 9 months after the effective
 #   date stated in subsection (b), the Secretary shall report to Congress
 #   on the impact of this section on energy consumption in the United
 #   States.
-#   (d) Right to Revert- Congress retains the right to revert the
+#   (d) Right to Revert.—Congress retains the right to revert the
 #   Daylight Saving Time back to the 2005 time schedules once the
 #   Department study is complete.
 
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ Zone America/North_Dakota/New_Salem -6:45:39 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:14:21
 # ...according to the Census Bureau, the largest city is Beulah (although
 # it's commonly referred to as Beulah-Hazen, with Hazen being the next
 # largest city in Mercer County).  Google Maps places Beulah's city hall
-# at 4715'51" north, 10146'40" west, which yields an offset of 6h47'07".
+# at 47° 15′ 51″ N, 101° 46′ 40″ W, which yields an offset of 6h47′07″.
 
 Zone America/North_Dakota/Beulah -6:47:07 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:12:53
 			-7:00	US	M%sT	2010 Nov  7 2:00
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ Zone America/Los_Angeles -7:52:58 -	LMT	1883 Nov 18 12:07:02
 			-8:00	US	P%sT
 
 # Alaska
-# AK%sT is the modern abbreviation for -9:00 per USNO.
+# AK%sT is the modern abbreviation for −9:00 per USNO.
 #
 # From Paul Eggert (2001-05-30):
 # Howse writes that Alaska switched from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar,
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ Zone America/Los_Angeles -7:52:58 -	LMT	1883 Nov 18 12:07:02
 # http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CIS.cfm?Comm_Boro_name=Metlakatla
 # It's shortly after 1:00 here on the east coast of the United States;
 # the staffer said it was shortly after 10:00 there. When I asked whether
-# that meant they were on Pacific time, they said no--they were on their
+# that meant they were on Pacific time, they said no – they were on their
 # own time. I asked about daylight saving; they said it wasn't used. I
 # did not inquire about practices in the past.
 
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ Zone America/Adak	 12:13:21 -	LMT	1867 Oct 18
 # The following switches don't quite make our 1970 cutoff.
 #
 # Shanks writes that part of southwest Alaska (e.g. Aniak)
-# switched from -11:00 to -10:00 on 1968-09-22 at 02:00,
+# switched from −11:00 to −10:00 on 1968-09-22 at 02:00,
 # and another part (e.g. Akiak) made the same switch five weeks later.
 #
 # From David Flater (2004-11-09):
@@ -657,15 +657,15 @@ Zone America/Boise	-7:44:49 -	LMT	1883 Nov 18 12:15:11
 # Since 1970, most of Indiana has been like America/Indiana/Indianapolis,
 # with the following exceptions:
 #
-# - Gibson, Jasper, Lake, LaPorte, Newton, Porter, Posey, Spencer,
+# – Gibson, Jasper, Lake, LaPorte, Newton, Porter, Posey, Spencer,
 #   Vandenburgh, and Warrick counties have been like America/Chicago.
 #
-# - Dearborn and Ohio counties have been like America/New_York.
+# – Dearborn and Ohio counties have been like America/New_York.
 #
-# - Clark, Floyd, and Harrison counties have been like
+# – Clark, Floyd, and Harrison counties have been like
 #   America/Kentucky/Louisville.
 #
-# - Crawford, Daviess, Dubois, Knox, Martin, Perry, Pike, Pulaski, Starke,
+# – Crawford, Daviess, Dubois, Knox, Martin, Perry, Pike, Pulaski, Starke,
 #   and Switzerland counties have their own time zone histories as noted below.
 #
 # Shanks partitioned Indiana into 345 regions, each with its own time history,
@@ -877,13 +877,13 @@ Zone America/Kentucky/Louisville -5:43:02 -	LMT	1883 Nov 18 12:16:58
 #
 # From Rich Wales (2000-08-29):
 # After prolonged debate, and despite continuing deep differences of opinion,
-# Wayne County (central Kentucky) is switching from Central (-0600) to Eastern
-# (-0500) time.  They won't "fall back" this year.  See Sara Shipley,
-# The difference an hour makes, Nando Times (2000-08-29 15:33 -0400).
+# Wayne County (central Kentucky) is switching from Central (−0600) to Eastern
+# (−0500) time.  They won't "fall back" this year.  See Sara Shipley,
+# The difference an hour makes, Nando Times (2000-08-29 15:33 −0400).
 #
 # From Paul Eggert (2001-07-16):
 # The final rule was published in the
-# Federal Register 65, 160 (2000-08-17), page 50154-50158.
+# Federal Register 65, 160 (2000-08-17), pp 50154–50158.
 # <http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=2000_register&docid=fr17au00-22>
 #
 Zone America/Kentucky/Monticello -5:39:24 - LMT	1883 Nov 18 12:20:36
@@ -909,7 +909,7 @@ Zone America/Kentucky/Monticello -5:39:24 - LMT	1883 Nov 18 12:20:36
 # See America/North_Dakota/Center for the Oliver County, ND change.
 # West Wendover, NV officially switched from Pacific to mountain time on
 # 1999-10-31.  See the
-# Federal Register 64, 203 (1999-10-21), page 56705-56707.
+# Federal Register 64, 203 (1999-10-21), pp 56705–56707.
 # <http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=1999_register&docid=fr21oc99-15>
 # However, the Federal Register says that West Wendover already operated
 # on mountain time, and the rule merely made this official;
@@ -922,7 +922,7 @@ Zone America/Kentucky/Monticello -5:39:24 - LMT	1883 Nov 18 12:20:36
 #
 # From Paul Eggert (1999-03-31):
 # Shanks writes that Michigan started using standard time on 1885-09-18,
-# but Howse writes (pp 124-125, referring to Popular Astronomy, 1901-01)
+# but Howse writes (pp 124–125, referring to Popular Astronomy, 1901-01)
 # that Detroit kept
 #
 #	local time until 1900 when the City Council decreed that clocks should
@@ -1021,15 +1021,15 @@ Zone America/Menominee	-5:50:27 -	LMT	1885 Sep 18 12:00
 #
 #	UTC	Standard time	Daylight saving time
 #	offset	French	English	French	English
-#	-2:30	-	-	HAT	NDT
-#	-3	-	-	HAA	ADT
-#	-3:30	HNT	NST	-	-
-#	-4	HNA	AST	HAE	EDT
-#	-5	HNE	EST	HAC	CDT
-#	-6	HNC	CST	HAR	MDT
-#	-7	HNR	MST	HAP	PDT
-#	-8	HNP	PST	HAY	YDT
-#	-9	HNY	YST	-	-
+#	−2:30	–	–	HAT	NDT
+#	−3	–	–	HAA	ADT
+#	−3:30	HNT	NST	–	–
+#	−4	HNA	AST	HAE	EDT
+#	−5	HNE	EST	HAC	CDT
+#	−6	HNC	CST	HAR	MDT
+#	−7	HNR	MST	HAP	PDT
+#	−8	HNP	PST	HAY	YDT
+#	−9	HNY	YST	–	–
 #
 #	HN: Heure Normale	ST: Standard Time
 #	HA: Heure Avancée	DT: Daylight saving Time
@@ -1153,18 +1153,18 @@ Rule	StJohns	1917	only	-	Sep	17	2:00	0	S
 # Whitman gives 1919 Apr 5 and 1920 Apr 5; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
 Rule	StJohns	1919	only	-	May	 5	23:00	1:00	D
 Rule	StJohns	1919	only	-	Aug	12	23:00	0	S
-# For 1931-1935 Whitman gives Apr same date; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
+# For 1931–1935 Whitman gives Apr same date; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
 Rule	StJohns	1920	1935	-	May	Sun>=1	23:00	1:00	D
 Rule	StJohns	1920	1935	-	Oct	lastSun	23:00	0	S
-# For 1936-1941 Whitman gives May Sun>=8 and Oct Sun>=1; go with Shanks &
+# For 1936–1941 Whitman gives May Sun>=8 and Oct Sun>=1; go with Shanks &
 # Pottenger.
 Rule	StJohns	1936	1941	-	May	Mon>=9	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	StJohns	1936	1941	-	Oct	Mon>=2	0:00	0	S
 # Whitman gives the following transitions:
 # 1942 03-01/12-31, 1943 05-30/09-05, 1944 07-10/09-02, 1945 01-01/10-07
 # but go with Shanks & Pottenger and assume they used Canadian rules.
-# For 1946-9 Whitman gives May 5,4,9,1 - Oct 1,5,3,2, and for 1950 he gives
-# Apr 30 - Sep 24; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
+# For 1946–9 Whitman gives May 5,4,9,1 – Oct 1,5,3,2, and for 1950 he gives
+# Apr 30 – Sep 24; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
 Rule	StJohns	1946	1950	-	May	Sun>=8	2:00	1:00	D
 Rule	StJohns	1946	1950	-	Oct	Sun>=2	2:00	0	S
 Rule	StJohns	1951	1986	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
@@ -1183,7 +1183,7 @@ Rule	StJohns	1960	1986	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
 # ...
 # http://www.assembly.nl.ca/legislation/sr/annualstatutes/2011/1106.chp.htm
 # ...
-# MICHAEL PELLEY  |  Manager of Enterprise Architecture - Solution Delivery
+# MICHAEL PELLEY  |  Manager of Enterprise Architecture – Solution Delivery
 # Office of the Chief Information Officer
 # Executive Council
 # Government of Newfoundland & Labrador
@@ -1406,7 +1406,7 @@ Zone America/Montreal	-4:54:16 -	LMT	1884
 # have already done so.  In Orillia DST was to run until Saturday,
 # 1912-08-31 (no time mentioned), but it was met with considerable
 # hostility from certain segments of the public, and was revoked after
-# only two weeks -- I copied it as Saturday, 1912-07-07, 22:00, but
+# only two weeks – I copied it as Saturday, 1912-07-07, 22:00, but
 # presumably that should be -07-06.  (1912-06-19, -07-12; also letters
 # earlier in June).
 #
@@ -1624,7 +1624,7 @@ Zone America/Atikokan	-6:06:28 -	LMT	1895
 # Manitoba
 
 # From Rob Douglas (2006-04-06):
-# the old Manitoba Time Act - as amended by Bill 2, assented to
+# the old Manitoba Time Act – as amended by Bill 2, assented to
 # March 27, 1987 ... said ...
 # "between two o'clock Central Standard Time in the morning of
 # the first Sunday of April of each year and two o'clock Central
@@ -1634,7 +1634,7 @@ Zone America/Atikokan	-6:06:28 -	LMT	1895
 # been assented to (March 22, 1967)....
 # Also, as far as I can tell, there was no order-in-council varying
 # the time of Daylight Saving Time for 2005 and so the provisions of
-# the 1987 version would apply - the changeover was at 2:00 Central
+# the 1987 version would apply – the changeover was at 2:00 Central
 # Standard Time (i.e. not until 3:00 Central Daylight Time).
 
 # From Paul Eggert (2006-04-10):
@@ -1810,7 +1810,7 @@ Zone America/Edmonton	-7:33:52 -	LMT	1906 Sep
 # manager of the Creston & District Museum. The article was written in May 2009.
 # http://www.ilovecreston.com/?p=articles&t=spec&ar=260
 # According to the article, Creston has not changed its clocks since June 1918.
-# i.e. Creston has been stuck on UTC-7 for 93 years.
+# i.e. Creston has been stuck on UTC−7 for 93 years.
 # Dawson Creek, on the other hand, changed its clocks as recently as April 1972.
 
 # Unfortunately the exact date for the time change in June 1918 remains
@@ -1822,11 +1822,11 @@ Zone America/Edmonton	-7:33:52 -	LMT	1906 Sep
 # http://www.creston.museum.bc.ca/index.php?module=comments&uop=view_comment&cm+id=56
 
 # Here is a summary of the three clock change events in Creston's history:
-# 1. 1884 or 1885: adoption of Mountain Standard Time (GMT-7)
+# 1. 1884 or 1885: adoption of Mountain Standard Time (GMT−7)
 # Exact date unknown
-# 2. Oct 1916: switch to Pacific Standard Time (GMT-8)
+# 2. Oct 1916: switch to Pacific Standard Time (GMT−8)
 # Exact date in October unknown;  Sunday October 1 is a reasonable guess.
-# 3. June 1918: switch to Pacific Daylight Time (GMT-7)
+# 3. June 1918: switch to Pacific Daylight Time (GMT−7)
 # Exact date in June unknown; Sunday June 2 is a reasonable guess.
 # note#1:
 # On Oct 27/1918 when daylight saving ended in the rest of Canada,
@@ -1836,13 +1836,13 @@ Zone America/Edmonton	-7:33:52 -	LMT	1906 Sep
 # Creston did not oblige.
 # note#3:
 # There is no guarantee that Creston will remain on Mountain Standard Time
-# (UTC-7) forever.
+# (UTC−7) forever.
 # The subject was debated at least once this year by the town Council.
 # http://www.bclocalnews.com/kootenay_rockies/crestonvalleyadvance/news/116760809.html
 
 # During a period WWII, summer time (Daylight saying) was mandatory in Canada.
-# In Creston, that was handled by shifting the area to PST (-8:00) then applying
-# summer time to cause the offset to be -7:00, the same as it had been before
+# In Creston, that was handled by shifting the area to PST (−8:00) then applying
+# summer time to cause the offset to be −7:00, the same as it had been before
 # the change.  It can be argued that the timezone abbreviation during this
 # period should be PDT rather than MST, but that doesn't seem important enough
 # (to anyone) to further complicate the rules.
@@ -1878,7 +1878,7 @@ Zone America/Creston	-7:46:04 -	LMT	1884
 # Dawson switched to PST in 1973.  Inuvik switched to MST in 1979.
 # Mathew Englander (1996-10-07) gives the following refs:
 #	* 1967. Paragraph 28(34)(g) of the Interpretation Act, S.C. 1967-68,
-#	c. 7 defines Yukon standard time as UTC-9.  This is still valid;
+#	c. 7 defines Yukon standard time as UTC−9.  This is still valid;
 #	see Interpretation Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. I-21, s. 35(1).
 #	* C.O. 1973/214 switched Yukon to PST on 1973-10-28 00:00.
 #	* O.I.C. 1980/02 established DST.
@@ -1933,7 +1933,7 @@ Zone America/Creston	-7:46:04 -	LMT	1884
 # Nunatsiaq News (1999-11-19)
 # <http://www.nunatsiaq.com/archives/nunavut991130/nvt91119_17.html>:
 # Clyde River, Pangnirtung and Sanikiluaq now operate with two time zones,
-# central - or Nunavut time - for government offices, and eastern time
+# central – or Nunavut time – for government offices, and eastern time
 # for municipal offices and schools....  Igloolik [was similar but then]
 # made the switch to central time on Saturday, Nov. 6.
 
@@ -1984,7 +1984,7 @@ Zone America/Creston	-7:46:04 -	LMT	1884
 # (both dated 2003), and
 # http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/Magazine/SO98/geomap.asp
 # (from a 1998 Canadian Geographic article), the de facto and de jure time
-# for Southampton Island (at the north end of Hudson Bay) is UTC-5 all year
+# for Southampton Island (at the north end of Hudson Bay) is UTC−5 all year
 # round.  Using Google, it's easy to find other websites that confirm this.
 # I wasn't able to find how far back this time regimen goes, but since it
 # predates the creation of Nunavut, it probably goes back many years....
@@ -2005,15 +2005,15 @@ Zone America/Creston	-7:46:04 -	LMT	1884
 # Back in 2007 I initiated the creation of a new "zone file" for Resolute
 # Bay. Resolute Bay is a small community located about 900km north of
 # the Arctic Circle. The zone file was required because Resolute Bay had
-# decided to use UTC-5 instead of UTC-6 for the winter of 2006-2007.
+# decided to use UTC−5 instead of UTC−6 for the winter of 2006–2007.
 #
 # According to new information which I received last week, Resolute Bay
-# went back to using UTC-6 in the winter of 2007-2008...
+# went back to using UTC−6 in the winter of 2007–2008...
 #
 # On March 11/2007 most of Canada went onto daylight saving. On March
 # 14/2007 I phoned the Resolute Bay hamlet office to do a "time check." I
 # talked to somebody that was both knowledgeable and helpful. I was able
-# to confirm that Resolute Bay was still operating on UTC-5. It was
+# to confirm that Resolute Bay was still operating on UTC−5. It was
 # explained to me that Resolute Bay had been on the Eastern Time zone
 # (EST) in the winter, and was now back on the Central Time zone (CDT).
 # i.e. the time zone had changed twice in the last year but the clocks
@@ -2030,7 +2030,7 @@ Zone America/Creston	-7:46:04 -	LMT	1884
 #
 # On March 14/2011 I phoned the hamlet office again. I was told that
 # Resolute Bay had been using Central Standard Time over the winter of
-# 2010-2011 and that the clocks had therefore been moved one hour ahead
+# 2010–2011 and that the clocks had therefore been moved one hour ahead
 # on March 13/2011. The person I talked to was aware that Resolute Bay
 # had previously experimented with Eastern Standard Time but he could not
 # tell me when the practice had stopped.
@@ -2048,7 +2048,7 @@ Zone America/Creston	-7:46:04 -	LMT	1884
 #
 # Aziz responded quickly with this: "hi, The time was not changed for the
 # 1 year only, the following year, the community went back to the old way
-# of "spring ahead-fall behind" currently we are zulu plus 5 hrs and in
+# of "spring ahead–fall behind" currently we are zulu plus 5 hrs and in
 # the winter Zulu plus 6 hrs"
 #
 # This of course conflicted with everything I had ascertained in November 2008.
@@ -2136,7 +2136,7 @@ Zone America/Dawson	-9:17:40 -	LMT	1900 Aug 20
 #
 # Here are the discrepancies between Shanks & Pottenger (S&P) and the MLoC.
 # (In all cases we go with the MLoC.)
-# S&P report that Baja was at -8:00 in 1922/1923.
+# S&P report that Baja was at −8:00 in 1922/1923.
 # S&P say the 1930 transition in Baja was 1930-11-16.
 # S&P report no DST during summer 1931.
 # S&P report a transition at 1932-03-30 23:00, not 1932-04-01.
@@ -2157,9 +2157,9 @@ Zone America/Dawson	-9:17:40 -	LMT	1900 Aug 20
 # rules for the DST changes. The rules are:
 #
 # 1. The country is divided in 3 timezones:
-#    - Baja California Norte (the Mexico/BajaNorte TZ)
-#    - Baja California Sur, Nayarit, Sinaloa and Sonora (the Mexico/BajaSur TZ)
-#    - The rest of the country (the Mexico/General TZ)
+#    – Baja California Norte (the Mexico/BajaNorte TZ)
+#    – Baja California Sur, Nayarit, Sinaloa and Sonora (the Mexico/BajaSur TZ)
+#    – The rest of the country (the Mexico/General TZ)
 #
 # 2. From the first Sunday in April at 2:00 AM to the last Sunday in October
 #    at 2:00 AM, the times in each zone are as follows:
@@ -2182,7 +2182,7 @@ Zone America/Dawson	-9:17:40 -	LMT	1900 Aug 20
 
 # From Rives McDow (1998-10-08):
 # The State of Quintana Roo has reverted back to central STD and DST times
-# (i.e. UTC -0600 and -0500 as of 1998-08-02).
+# (i.e. UTC −0600 and −0500 as of 1998-08-02).
 
 # From Rives McDow (2000-01-10):
 # Effective April 4, 1999 at 2:00 AM local time, Sonora changed to the time
@@ -2200,7 +2200,7 @@ Zone America/Dawson	-9:17:40 -	LMT	1900 Aug 20
 # From Gwillim Law (2001-01-19):
 # <http://www.reforma.com/negocios_y_dinero/articulo/064481/> ... says
 # (translated):...
-# January 17, 2000 - The Energy Secretary, Ernesto Martens, announced
+# January 17, 2000 – The Energy Secretary, Ernesto Martens, announced
 # that Summer Time will be reduced from seven to five months, starting
 # this year....
 # <http://www.publico.com.mx/scripts/texto3.asp?action=pagina&pag=21&pos=p&secc=naci&date=01/17/2001>
@@ -2386,7 +2386,7 @@ Zone America/Hermosillo	-7:23:52 -	LMT	1921 Dec 31 23:36:08
 
 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-04-21):
 # According to news, Bahía de Banderas (Mexican state of Nayarit)
-# changed time zone UTC-7 to new time zone UTC-6 on April 4, 2010 (to
+# changed time zone UTC−7 to new time zone UTC−6 on April 4, 2010 (to
 # share the same time zone as nearby city Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco).
 #
 # (Spanish)
@@ -2501,7 +2501,7 @@ Zone	America/Antigua	-4:07:12 -	LMT	1912 Mar 2
 
 # Bahamas
 #
-# For 1899 Milne gives -5:09:29.5; round that.
+# For 1899 Milne gives −5:09:29.5; round that.
 #
 # From Sue Williams (2006-12-07):
 # The Bahamas announced about a month ago that they plan to change their DST
@@ -2518,7 +2518,7 @@ Zone	America/Nassau	-5:09:30 -	LMT	1912 Mar 2
 
 # Barbados
 
-# For 1899 Milne gives -3:58:29.2; round that.
+# For 1899 Milne gives −3:58:29.2; round that.
 
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Barb	1977	only	-	Jun	12	2:00	1:00	D
@@ -2546,7 +2546,7 @@ Zone	America/Belize	-5:52:48 -	LMT	1912 Apr
 
 # Bermuda
 
-# For 1899 Milne gives -4:19:18.3 as the meridian of the clock tower,
+# For 1899 Milne gives −4:19:18.3 as the meridian of the clock tower,
 # Bermuda dockyard, Ireland I; round that.
 
 # From Dan Jones, reporting in The Royal Gazette (2006-06-26):
@@ -2571,7 +2571,7 @@ Zone	America/Cayman	-5:25:32 -	LMT	1890		# Georgetown
 
 # Costa Rica
 
-# Milne gives -5:36:13.3 as San José mean time; round to nearest.
+# Milne gives −5:36:13.3 as San José mean time; round to nearest.
 
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	CR	1979	1980	-	Feb	lastSun	0:00	1:00	D
@@ -2592,8 +2592,8 @@ Zone America/Costa_Rica	-5:36:13 -	LMT	1890		# San José
 # Cuba
 
 # From Paul Eggert (2013-02-21):
-# Milne gives -5:28:50.45 for the observatory at Havana, -5:29:23.57
-# for the port, and -5:30 for meteorological observations.
+# Milne gives −5:28:50.45 for the observatory at Havana, −5:29:23.57
+# for the port, and −5:30 for meteorological observations.
 # For now, stick with Shanks & Pottenger.
 
 # From Arthur David Olson (1999-03-29):
@@ -2603,8 +2603,8 @@ Zone America/Costa_Rica	-5:36:13 -	LMT	1890		# San José
 # During the game, play-by-play announcer Jim Hunter noted that
 # "We'll be losing two hours of sleep...Cuba switched to Daylight Saving
 # Time today."  (The "two hour" remark referred to losing one hour of
-# sleep on 1999-03-28--when the announcers were in Cuba as it switched
-# to DST--and one more hour on 1999-04-04--when the announcers will have
+# sleep on 1999-03-28 – when the announcers were in Cuba as it switched
+# to DST – and one more hour on 1999-04-04 – when the announcers will have
 # returned to Baltimore, which switches on that date.)
 
 # From Steffen Thorsen (2013-11-11):
@@ -2622,7 +2622,7 @@ Zone America/Costa_Rica	-5:36:13 -	LMT	1890		# San José
 # For now, let's assume that it's a temporary measure.
 
 # From Carlos A. Carnero Delgado (2005-11-12):
-# This year (just like in 2004-2005) there's no change in time zone
+# This year (just like in 2004–2005) there's no change in time zone
 # adjustment in Cuba.  We will stay in daylight saving time:
 # http://www.granma.cu/espanol/2005/noviembre/mier9/horario.html
 
@@ -2631,7 +2631,7 @@ Zone America/Costa_Rica	-5:36:13 -	LMT	1890		# San José
 # the 3 years of permanent DST next weekend, see
 # http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2006/octubre/lun16/43horario.html
 # "On Saturday night, October 28 going into Sunday, October 29, at 01:00,
-# watches should be set back one hour -- going back to 00:00 hours -- returning
+# watches should be set back one hour – going back to 00:00 hours – returning
 # to the normal schedule....
 
 # From Paul Eggert (2007-03-02):
@@ -2642,7 +2642,7 @@ Zone America/Costa_Rica	-5:36:13 -	LMT	1890		# San José
 #
 # From Steffen Thorsen (2007-10-25):
 # Carlos Alberto Fonseca Arauz informed me that Cuba will end DST one week
-# earlier - on the last Sunday of October, just like in 2006.
+# earlier – on the last Sunday of October, just like in 2006.
 #
 # He supplied these references:
 #
@@ -2676,7 +2676,7 @@ Zone America/Costa_Rica	-5:36:13 -	LMT	1890		# San José
 # The article also says that Cuba has been observing DST since 1963,
 # while Shanks (and tzdata) has 1965 as the first date (except in the
 # 1940's). Many other web pages in Cuba also claim that it has been
-# observed since 1963, but with the exception of 1970 - an exception
+# observed since 1963, but with the exception of 1970 – an exception
 # which is not present in tzdata/Shanks. So there is a chance we need to
 # change some historic records as well.
 #
@@ -2695,7 +2695,7 @@ Zone America/Costa_Rica	-5:36:13 -	LMT	1890		# San José
 # Assume Sun>=15 (third Sunday) going forward.
 
 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-03-04)
-# According to the Radio Reloj - Cuba will start Daylight Saving Time on
+# According to the Radio Reloj – Cuba will start Daylight Saving Time on
 # midnight between Saturday, March 07, 2009 and Sunday, March 08, 2009-
 # not on midnight March 14 / March 15 as previously thought.
 #
@@ -2706,7 +2706,7 @@ Zone America/Costa_Rica	-5:36:13 -	LMT	1890		# San José
 # I listened over the Internet to
 # http://media.enet.cu/readioreloj
 # this morning; when it was 10:05 a. m. here in Bethesda, Maryland the
-# the time was announced as "diez cinco"--the same time as here, indicating
+# the time was announced as "diez cinco" – the same time as here, indicating
 # that has indeed switched to DST. Assume second Sunday from 2009 forward.
 
 # From Steffen Thorsen (2011-03-08):
@@ -2988,7 +2988,7 @@ Zone America/Tegucigalpa -5:48:52 -	LMT	1921 Apr
 # Great Swan I ceded by US to Honduras in 1972
 
 # Jamaica
-# Shanks & Pottenger give -5:07:12, but Milne records -5:07:10.41 from an
+# Shanks & Pottenger give −5:07:12, but Milne records −5:07:10.41 from an
 # unspecified official document, and says "This time is used throughout the
 # island".  Go with Milne.  Round to the nearest second as required by zic.
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
@@ -3033,7 +3033,7 @@ Zone America/Martinique	-4:04:20 -      LMT	1890		# Fort-de-France
 # and elsewhere, says (fifth paragraph, translated from Spanish):  "The last
 # time that a change of clocks was applied to save energy was in the year 2000
 # during the Arnoldo Alemán administration."...
-# The northamerica file says that Nicaragua has been on UTC-6 continuously
+# The northamerica file says that Nicaragua has been on UTC−6 continuously
 # since December 1998.  I wasn't able to find any details of Nicaraguan time
 # changes in 2000.  Perhaps a note could be added to the northamerica file, to
 # the effect that we have indirect evidence that DST was observed in 2000.
diff --git a/pacificnew b/pacificnew
index 7349434..a2249df 100644
--- a/pacificnew
+++ b/pacificnew
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
 
 # From Arthur David Olson (1989-04-05):
-# On 1989-04-05, the U. S. House of Representatives passed (238-154) a bill
+# On 1989-04-05, the U. S. House of Representatives passed (238–154) a bill
 # establishing "Pacific Presidential Election Time"; it was not acted on
 # by the Senate or signed into law by the President.
 # You might want to change the "PE" (Presidential Election) below to
diff --git a/southamerica b/southamerica
index f0e7776..695bcf8 100644
--- a/southamerica
+++ b/southamerica
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #	I suggest the use of _Summer time_ instead of the more cumbersome
 #	_daylight-saving time_.  _Summer time_ seems to be in general use
 #	in Europe and South America.
-#	-- E O Cutler, _New York Times_ (1937-02-14), quoted in
+#	— E O Cutler, _New York Times_ (1937-02-14), quoted in
 #	H L Mencken, _The American Language: Supplement I_ (1960), p 466
 #
 # Earlier editions of these tables also used the North American style
@@ -37,18 +37,18 @@
 # "summer time".  Reinaldo Goulart, a São Paulo businessman active in
 # the railroad sector, writes (1999-07-06):
 #	The subject of time zones is currently a matter of discussion/debate in
-#	Brazil.  Let's say that "the Brasilia time" is considered the
-#	"official time" because Brasilia is the capital city.
-#	The other three time zones are called "Brasilia time "minus one" or
+#	Brazil.  Let's say that "the Brasília time" is considered the
+#	"official time" because Brasília is the capital city.
+#	The other three time zones are called "Brasília time "minus one" or
 #	"plus one" or "plus two".  As far as I know there is no such
 #	name/designation as "Eastern Time" or "Central Time".
 # So I invented the following (English-language) abbreviations for now.
 # Corrections are welcome!
 #		std	dst
-#	-2:00	FNT	FNST	Fernando de Noronha
-#	-3:00	BRT	BRST	Brasilia
-#	-4:00	AMT	AMST	Amazon
-#	-5:00	ACT	ACST	Acre
+#	−2:00	FNT	FNST	Fernando de Noronha
+#	−3:00	BRT	BRST	Brasília
+#	−4:00	AMT	AMST	Amazon
+#	−5:00	ACT	ACST	Acre
 
 ###############################################################################
 
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 # Argentina: first Sunday in October to first Sunday in April since 1976.
 # Double Summer time from 1969 to 1974.  Switches at midnight.
 
-# From U. S. Naval Observatory (1988-01-199):
+# From U. S. Naval Observatory (1988-01-19):
 # ARGENTINA           3 H BEHIND   UTC
 
 # From Hernan G. Otero (1995-06-26):
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ Rule	Arg	2000	only	-	Mar	3	0:00	0	-
 # From Peter Gradelski via Steffen Thorsen (2000-03-01):
 # We just checked with our São Paulo office and they say the government of
 # Argentina decided not to become one of the countries that go on or off DST.
-# So Buenos Aires should be -3 hours from GMT at all times.
+# So Buenos Aires should be −3 hours from GMT at all times.
 #
 # From Fabián L. Arce Jofré (2000-04-04):
 # The law that claimed DST for Argentina was derogated by President Fernando
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ Rule	Arg	2000	only	-	Mar	3	0:00	0	-
 # http://www.clarin.com.ar/diario/2001-06-22/s-03601.htm
 # It remains the vote of the Deputies..., but it will be the same....
 # This kind of things had always been done this way in Argentina.
-# We are still -03:00 all year round in all of the country.
+# We are still −03:00 all year round in all of the country.
 #
 # From Steffen Thorsen (2007-12-21):
 # A user (Leonardo Chaim) reported that Argentina will adopt DST....
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ Rule	Arg	2008	only	-	Oct	Sun>=15	0:00	1:00	S
 # Hora de verano para la Republica Argentina (2003-06-08)
 # <http://www.spicasc.net/horvera.html>
 # says that standard time in Argentina from 1894-10-31
-# to 1920-05-01 was -4:16:48.25.  Go with this more-precise value
+# to 1920-05-01 was −4:16:48.25.  Go with this more-precise value
 # over Shanks & Pottenger.
 #
 # From Mariano Absatz (2004-06-05):
@@ -237,16 +237,16 @@ Rule	Arg	2008	only	-	Oct	Sun>=15	0:00	1:00	S
 # http://www.lanacion.com.ar/04/05/27/de_604825.asp
 # http://www.lanacion.com.ar/04/05/28/de_605203.asp
 #
-# The following eight (8) provinces pulled clocks back to UTC-04:00 at
+# The following eight (8) provinces pulled clocks back to UTC−04:00 at
 # midnight Monday May 31st. (that is, the night between 05/31 and 06/01).
-# Apparently, all nine provinces would go back to UTC-03:00 at the same
+# Apparently, all nine provinces would go back to UTC−03:00 at the same
 # time in October 17th.
 #
 # Catamarca, Chubut, La Rioja, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Cruz,
 # Tierra del Fuego, Tucumán.
 #
 # From Mariano Absatz (2004-06-14):
-# ... this weekend, the Province of Tucumán decided it'd go back to UTC-03:00
+# ... this weekend, the Province of Tucumán decided it'd go back to UTC−03:00
 # yesterday midnight (that is, at 24:00 Saturday 12th), since the people's
 # annoyance with the change is much higher than the power savings obtained....
 #
@@ -270,8 +270,8 @@ Rule	Arg	2008	only	-	Oct	Sun>=15	0:00	1:00	S
 # http://www.gobernac.mendoza.gov.ar/boletin/pdf/20040924-27244-normas.pdf
 #
 # From Mariano Absatz (2004-10-05):
-# San Juan changed from UTC-03:00 to UTC-04:00 at midnight between
-# Sunday, May 30th and Monday, May 31st.  It changed back to UTC-03:00
+# San Juan changed from UTC−03:00 to UTC−04:00 at midnight between
+# Sunday, May 30th and Monday, May 31st.  It changed back to UTC−03:00
 # at midnight between Saturday, July 24th and Sunday, July 25th....
 # http://www.sanjuan.gov.ar/prensa/archivo/000329.html
 # http://www.sanjuan.gov.ar/prensa/archivo/000426.html
@@ -319,9 +319,9 @@ Rule	Arg	2008	only	-	Oct	Sun>=15	0:00	1:00	S
 
 # From Mariano Absatz (2008-01-28):
 # I can confirm that the Province of San Luis (and so far only that
-# province) decided to go back to UTC-3 effective midnight Jan 20th 2008
+# province) decided to go back to UTC−3 effective midnight Jan 20th 2008
 # (that is, Monday 21st at 0:00 is the time the clocks were delayed back
-# 1 hour), and they intend to keep UTC-3 as their timezone all year round
+# 1 hour), and they intend to keep UTC−3 as their timezone all year round
 # (that is, unless they change their mind any minute now).
 #
 # So we'll have to add yet another city to 'southamerica' (I think San
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ Rule	Arg	2008	only	-	Oct	Sun>=15	0:00	1:00	S
 # America/Argentina/San_Luis... of course I can't remember if San Luis's
 # history of particular changes goes along with Mendoza or San Juan :-(
 # (I only remember not being able to collect hard facts about San Luis
-# back in 2004, when these provinces changed to UTC-4 for a few days, I
+# back in 2004, when these provinces changed to UTC−4 for a few days, I
 # mailed them personally and never got an answer).
 
 # From Paul Eggert (2008-06-30):
@@ -342,8 +342,8 @@ Rule	Arg	2008	only	-	Oct	Sun>=15	0:00	1:00	S
 
 # From Mariano Absatz (2009-03-13):
 # Yesterday (with our usual 2-day notice) the Province of San Luis
-# decided that next Sunday instead of "staying" @utc-03:00 they will go
-# to utc-04:00 until the second Saturday in October...
+# decided that next Sunday instead of "staying" @utc−03:00 they will go
+# to utc−04:00 until the second Saturday in October...
 #
 # The press release is at
 # http://www.sanluis.gov.ar/SL/Paginas/NoticiaDetalle.asp?TemaId=1&InfoPrensaId=3102
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ Rule	Arg	2008	only	-	Oct	Sun>=15	0:00	1:00	S
 # change in 2007/2008, were made according to the Federal Law and Decrees
 # that did so on the 3rd Sunday of October and March.
 #
-# In fact, San Luis actually switched from UTC-4 to UTC-3 last Sunday
+# In fact, San Luis actually switched from UTC−4 to UTC−3 last Sunday
 # (October 11th) at 0:00.
 #
 # So I guess a new set of rules, besides "Arg", must be made and the last
@@ -389,15 +389,15 @@ Rule	Arg	2008	only	-	Oct	Sun>=15	0:00	1:00	S
 # I'm enclosing a patch that does what I say... regretfully, the San Luis
 # timezone must be called "WART/WARST" even when most of the time (like,
 # right now) WARST == ART... that is, since last Sunday, all the country
-# is using UTC-3, but in my patch, San Luis calls it "WARST" and the rest
+# is using UTC−3, but in my patch, San Luis calls it "WARST" and the rest
 # of the country calls it "ART".
 # ...
 
 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-04-09):
 # According to news reports from El Diario de la Republica Province San
-# Luis, Argentina (standard time UTC-04) will keep Daylight Saving Time
-# after April 11, 2010--will continue to have same time as rest of
-# Argentina (UTC-3) (no DST).
+# Luis, Argentina (standard time UTC−04) will keep Daylight Saving Time
+# after April 11, 2010 – will continue to have same time as rest of
+# Argentina (UTC−3) (no DST).
 #
 # Confirmaron la prórroga del huso horario de verano (Spanish)
 # http://www.eldiariodelarepublica.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29383&Itemid=9
@@ -406,14 +406,14 @@ Rule	Arg	2008	only	-	Oct	Sun>=15	0:00	1:00	S
 
 # From Mariano Absatz (2010-04-12):
 # yes...I can confirm this...and given that San Luis keeps calling
-# UTC-03:00 "summer time", we should't just let San Luis go back to "Arg"
+# UTC−03:00 "summer time", we should't just let San Luis go back to "Arg"
 # rules...San Luis is still using "Western ARgentina Time" and it got
 # stuck on Summer daylight savings time even though the summer is over.
 
 # From Paul Eggert (2013-09-05):
-# Perhaps San Luis operates on the legal fiction that it is at UTC-4
+# Perhaps San Luis operates on the legal fiction that it is at UTC−4
 # with perpetual summer time, but ordinary usage typically seems to
-# just say it's at UTC-3; see, for example,
+# just say it's at UTC−3; see, for example,
 # <http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hora_oficial_argentina>.
 # We've documented similar situations as being plain changes to
 # standard time, so let's do that here too.  This does not change UTC
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ Rule	Arg	2008	only	-	Oct	Sun>=15	0:00	1:00	S
 # setting for time stamps past 2038.
 
 # From Paul Eggert (2013-02-21):
-# Milne says Córdoba time was -4:16:48.2.  Round to the nearest second.
+# Milne says Córdoba time was −4:16:48.2.  Round to the nearest second.
 
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 #
@@ -439,11 +439,11 @@ Zone America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires -3:53:48 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
 # Chaco (CC), Formosa (FM), Santiago del Estero (SE)
 #
 # Shanks & Pottenger also make the following claims, which we haven't verified:
-# - Formosa switched to -3:00 on 1991-01-07.
-# - Misiones switched to -3:00 on 1990-12-29.
-# - Chaco switched to -3:00 on 1991-01-04.
-# - Santiago del Estero switched to -4:00 on 1991-04-01,
-#   then to -3:00 on 1991-04-26.
+# – Formosa switched to −3:00 on 1991-01-07.
+# – Misiones switched to −3:00 on 1990-12-29.
+# – Chaco switched to −3:00 on 1991-01-04.
+# – Santiago del Estero switched to −4:00 on 1991-04-01,
+#   then to −3:00 on 1991-04-26.
 #
 Zone America/Argentina/Cordoba -4:16:48 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
 			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
@@ -634,9 +634,9 @@ Zone	America/La_Paz	-4:32:36 -	LMT	1890
 # The earliest issue of the SSIM I have is 2/91.  Each issue from then until
 # 9/95 says that DST is observed only in the ten states I quoted from 9/95,
 # along with Mato Grosso (MT) and Mato Grosso do Sul (MS), which are in BR2
-# (UTC-4)....  The other two time zones given for Brazil are BR3, which is
-# UTC-5, no DST, and applies only in the state of Acre (AC); and BR4, which is
-# UTC-2, and applies to Fernando de Noronha (formerly FN, but I believe it's
+# (UTC−4)....  The other two time zones given for Brazil are BR3, which is
+# UTC−5, no DST, and applies only in the state of Acre (AC); and BR4, which is
+# UTC−2, and applies to Fernando de Noronha (formerly FN, but I believe it's
 # become part of the state of Pernambuco).  The boundary between BR1 and BR2
 # has never been clearly stated.  They've simply been called East and West.
 # However, some conclusions can be drawn from another IATA manual: the Airline
@@ -704,21 +704,21 @@ Zone	America/La_Paz	-4:32:36 -	LMT	1890
 # https://www.in.gov.br/imprensa/visualiza/index.jsp?jornal=do&secao=1&pagina=1&data=25/04/2008
 #
 # As a result of the above Decree I believe the America/Rio_Branco
-# timezone shall be modified from UTC-5 to UTC-4 and a new timezone shall
+# timezone shall be modified from UTC−5 to UTC−4 and a new timezone shall
 # be created to represent the...west side of the Pará State. I
 # suggest this new timezone be called Santarem as the most
 # important/populated city in the affected area.
 #
 # This new timezone would be the same as the Rio_Branco timezone up to
-# the 2008/06/24 change which would be to UTC-3 instead of UTC-4.
+# the 2008/06/24 change which would be to UTC−3 instead of UTC−4.
 
 # From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-06-24):
 # This is a quick reference page for New and Old Brazil Time Zones map.
 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/brazil-time-new-old.php
 #
-# - 4 time zones replaced by 3 time zones-eliminating time zone UTC- 05
-# (state Acre and the part of the Amazonas will be UTC/GMT- 04) - western
-# part of Par state is moving to one timezone UTC- 03 (from UTC -04).
+# – 4 time zones replaced by 3 time zones – eliminating time zone UTC−05
+# (state Acre and the part of the Amazonas will be UTC/GMT−04) – western
+# part of Par state is moving to one timezone UTC−03 (from UTC−04).
 
 # From Paul Eggert (2002-10-10):
 # The official decrees referenced below are mostly taken from
@@ -1112,8 +1112,8 @@ Zone America/Rio_Branco	-4:31:12 -	LMT	1914
 
 # From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-10-08):
 # I think that there are some obvious mistakes in the suggested link
-# from Oscar van Vlijmen,... for instance entry 66 says that GMT-4
-# ended 1990-09-12 while entry 67 only begins GMT-3 at 1990-09-15
+# from Oscar van Vlijmen,... for instance entry 66 says that GMT−4
+# ended 1990-09-12 while entry 67 only begins GMT−3 at 1990-09-15
 # (they should have been 1990-09-15 and 1990-09-16 respectively), but
 # anyhow it clears up some doubts too.
 
@@ -1287,8 +1287,8 @@ Zone	America/Bogota	-4:56:16 -	LMT	1884 Mar 13
 #
 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
 # Shanks & Pottenger say that The Bottom and Philipsburg have been at
-# -4:00 since standard time was introduced on 1912-03-02; and that
-# Kralendijk and Rincon used Kralendijk Mean Time (-4:33:08) from
+# −4:00 since standard time was introduced on 1912-03-02; and that
+# Kralendijk and Rincon used Kralendijk Mean Time (−4:33:08) from
 # 1912-02-02 to 1965-01-01.  The former is dubious, since S&P also say
 # Saba Island has been like Curaçao.
 # This all predates our 1970 cutoff, though.
@@ -1314,7 +1314,7 @@ Link	America/Curacao	America/Kralendijk	# Caribbean Netherlands
 
 # Ecuador
 #
-# Milne says the Sentral and South American Telegraph Company used -5:24:15.
+# Milne says the Sentral and South American Telegraph Company used −5:24:15.
 #
 # From Paul Eggert (2007-03-04):
 # Apparently Ecuador had a failed experiment with DST in 1992.
@@ -1353,7 +1353,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Galapagos	-5:58:24 -	LMT	1931 # Puerto Baquerizo Moreno
 # "The general rule was that Stanley used daylight saving and the Camp
 # did not. However for various reasons many people in the Camp have
 # started to use daylight saving (known locally as 'Stanley Time')
-# There is no rule as to who uses daylight saving - it is a matter of
+# There is no rule as to who uses daylight saving – it is a matter of
 # personal choice and so it is impossible to draw a map showing who
 # uses it and who does not. Any list would be out of date as soon as
 # it was produced. This year daylight saving ended on April 18/19th
@@ -1389,13 +1389,13 @@ Zone Pacific/Galapagos	-5:58:24 -	LMT	1931 # Puerto Baquerizo Moreno
 # http://www.falklandnews.com/public/story.cfm?get=5914&source=3
 #
 # We have gotten this confirmed by a clerk of the legislative assembly:
-# Normally the clocks revert to Local Mean Time (UTC/GMT -4 hours) on the
-# third Sunday of April at 0200hrs and advance to Summer Time (UTC/GMT -3
+# Normally the clocks revert to Local Mean Time (UTC/GMT −4 hours) on the
+# third Sunday of April at 0200hrs and advance to Summer Time (UTC/GMT −3
 # hours) on the first Sunday of September at 0200hrs.
 #
 # IMPORTANT NOTE: During 2011, on a trial basis, the Falkland Islands
 # will not revert to local mean time, but clocks will remain on Summer
-# time (UTC/GMT - 3 hours) throughout the whole of 2011.  Any long term
+# time (UTC/GMT − 3 hours) throughout the whole of 2011.  Any long term
 # change to local time following the trial period will be notified.
 #
 # From Andrew Newman (2012-02-24)
@@ -1445,14 +1445,14 @@ Zone	America/Guyana	-3:52:40 -	LMT	1915 Mar	# Georgetown
 			-3:45	-	GBGT	1966 May 26 # Br Guiana Time
 			-3:45	-	GYT	1975 Jul 31 # Guyana Time
 			-3:00	-	GYT	1991
-# IATA SSIM (1996-06) says -4:00.  Assume a 1991 switch.
+# IATA SSIM (1996-06) says −4:00.  Assume a 1991 switch.
 			-4:00	-	GYT
 
 # Paraguay
 #
 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
-# Shanks & Pottenger say that spring transitions are from 01:00 -> 02:00,
-# and autumn transitions are from 00:00 -> 23:00.  Go with pre-1999
+# Shanks & Pottenger say that spring transitions are 01:00 → 02:00,
+# and autumn transitions are 00:00 → 23:00.  Go with pre-1999
 # editions of Shanks, and with the IATA, who say transitions occur at 00:00.
 #
 # From Waldemar Villamayor-Venialbo (2013-09-20):
@@ -1546,7 +1546,7 @@ Zone America/Asuncion	-3:50:40 -	LMT	1890
 #
 # From Evelyn C. Leeper via Mark Brader (2003-10-26)
 # <news:xrGmb.39935$gA1.13896113 at news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net>:
-# When we were in Peru in 1985-1986, they apparently switched over
+# When we were in Peru in 1985–1986, they apparently switched over
 # sometime between December 29 and January 3 while we were on the Amazon.
 #
 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
@@ -1621,7 +1621,7 @@ Rule	Uruguay	1936	only	-	Nov	 1	 0:00	0:30	HS
 Rule	Uruguay	1937	1941	-	Mar	lastSun	 0:00	0	-
 # Whitman gives 1937 Oct 3; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
 Rule	Uruguay	1937	1940	-	Oct	lastSun	 0:00	0:30	HS
-# Whitman gives 1941 Oct 24 - 1942 Mar 27, 1942 Dec 14 - 1943 Apr 13,
+# Whitman gives 1941 Oct 24 – 1942 Mar 27, 1942 Dec 14 – 1943 Apr 13,
 # and 1943 Apr 13 "to present time"; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
 Rule	Uruguay	1941	only	-	Aug	 1	 0:00	0:30	HS
 Rule	Uruguay	1942	only	-	Jan	 1	 0:00	0	-
@@ -1668,7 +1668,7 @@ Rule	Uruguay	2005	only	-	Mar	27	 2:00	0	-
 # From Eduardo Cota (2005-09-27):
 # http://www.presidencia.gub.uy/_Web/decretos/2005/09/CM%20119_09%2009%202005_00001.PDF
 # This means that from 2005-10-09 at 02:00 local time, until 2006-03-12 at
-# 02:00 local time, official time in Uruguay will be at GMT -2.
+# 02:00 local time, official time in Uruguay will be at GMT −2.
 Rule	Uruguay	2005	only	-	Oct	 9	 2:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Uruguay	2006	only	-	Mar	12	 2:00	0	-
 # From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-09-06):
diff --git a/tz-art.htm b/tz-art.htm
index bf44429..6c51bdc 100644
--- a/tz-art.htm
+++ b/tz-art.htm
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ O'Clock, Eastern Wartime</a></td></tr>
 Mystery, history, daylight saving time, and old-time radio.
 </td></tr>
 <tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Film</td><td>Bell Science - About Time</td></tr>
+<tr><td>Film</td><td>Bell Science – About Time</td></tr>
 <tr><td>Notes</td><td>The Frank Baxter/Richard Deacon extravaganza.
 Information is available at
 <a href="http://www.videoflicks.com/titles/1035/1035893.htm">http://www.videoflicks.com/titles/1035/1035893.htm</a></td></tr>
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ as noted by Will Fitzgerald)
 </li>
 <li>
 Brady: "...[Bishop Usher] determined that the Lord began the Creation
-on the 23rd of October in the Year 4004 B.C. at -- uh, at 9 A.M.!"
+on the 23rd of October in the Year 4004 B.C. at – uh, at 9 A.M.!"
 <br>
 Drummond: "That Eastern Standard Time? (Laughter)  Or Rocky Mountain
 Time? (More laughter)  It wasn't daylight-saving time, was it?  Because
diff --git a/tzfile.h b/tzfile.h
index 911130e..150f956 100644
--- a/tzfile.h
+++ b/tzfile.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 struct tzhead {
 	char	tzh_magic[4];		/* TZ_MAGIC */
 	char	tzh_version[1];		/* '\0' or '2' or '3' as of 2013 */
-	char	tzh_reserved[15];	/* reserved--must be zero */
+	char	tzh_reserved[15];	/* reserved; must be zero */
 	char	tzh_ttisgmtcnt[4];	/* coded number of trans. time flags */
 	char	tzh_ttisstdcnt[4];	/* coded number of trans. time flags */
 	char	tzh_leapcnt[4];		/* coded number of leap seconds */
diff --git a/yearistype.sh b/yearistype.sh
index bdc6e58..dfdcdf0 100644
--- a/yearistype.sh
+++ b/yearistype.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 case $#-$1 in
 	2-|2-0*|2-*[!0-9]*)
-		echo "$0: wild year - $1" >&2
+		echo "$0: wild year: $1" >&2
 		exit 1 ;;
 esac
 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ case $#-$2 in
 			*)				exit 1 ;;
 		esac ;;
 	2-*)
-		echo "$0: wild type - $2" >&2 ;;
+		echo "$0: wild type: $2" >&2 ;;
 esac
 
 echo "$0: usage is $0 year even|odd|uspres|nonpres|nonuspres" >&2
diff --git a/zdump.8 b/zdump.8
index 106361a..51243fb 100644
--- a/zdump.8
+++ b/zdump.8
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ implementations with different time representations.
 .BI "\-c " [loyear,]hiyear
 Cut off verbose output near the start of the given year(s).
 By default,
-the program cuts off verbose output near the starts of the years \-500 and 2500.
+the program cuts off verbose output near the starts of the years
+\(mi500 and 2500.
 .TP
 .BI "\-t " [lotime,]hitime
 Cut off verbose output at the start of the given time(s),
diff --git a/zic.c b/zic.c
index 577c7ce..0b0ca83 100644
--- a/zic.c
+++ b/zic.c
@@ -1561,7 +1561,7 @@ writezone(const char *const name, const char *const string, char version)
 		++timei32;
 	}
 	/*
-	** Output an INT32_MIN "transition" if appropriate--see below.
+	** Output an INT32_MIN "transition" if appropriate; see below.
 	*/
 	if (timei32 > 0 && ats[timei32] > INT32_MIN) {
 		--timei32;
@@ -1735,7 +1735,7 @@ writezone(const char *const name, const char *const string, char version)
 			if (pass == 1)
 				/*
 				** Output an INT32_MIN "transition"
-				** if appropriate--see above.
+				** if appropriate; see above.
 				*/
 				puttzcode(((ats[i] < INT32_MIN) ?
 					INT32_MIN : ats[i]), fp);
@@ -2420,15 +2420,15 @@ addtype(const zic_t gmtoff, const char *const abbr, const int isdst,
 	register int	i, j;
 
 	if (isdst != TRUE && isdst != FALSE) {
-		error(_("internal error - addtype called with bad isdst"));
+		error(_("internal error: addtype called with bad isdst"));
 		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 	}
 	if (ttisstd != TRUE && ttisstd != FALSE) {
-		error(_("internal error - addtype called with bad ttisstd"));
+		error(_("internal error: addtype called with bad ttisstd"));
 		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 	}
 	if (ttisgmt != TRUE && ttisgmt != FALSE) {
-		error(_("internal error - addtype called with bad ttisgmt"));
+		error(_("internal error: addtype called with bad ttisgmt"));
 		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 	}
 	/*
@@ -2662,8 +2662,8 @@ tadd(const zic_t t1, const zic_t t2)
 }
 
 /*
-** Given a rule, and a year, compute the date - in seconds since January 1,
-** 1970, 00:00 LOCAL time - in that year that the rule refers to.
+** Given a rule, and a year, compute the date (in seconds since January 1,
+** 1970, 00:00 LOCAL time) in that year that the rule refers to.
 */
 
 static zic_t
@@ -2735,7 +2735,7 @@ rpytime(register const struct rule *const rp, register const zic_t wantedy)
 			}
 		if (i < 0 || i >= len_months[isleap(y)][m]) {
 			if (noise)
-				warning(_("rule goes past start/end of month--\
+				warning(_("rule goes past start/end of month; \
 will not work with pre-2004 versions of zic"));
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/zoneinfo2tdf.pl b/zoneinfo2tdf.pl
index 3192e0c..c01d11a 100755
--- a/zoneinfo2tdf.pl
+++ b/zoneinfo2tdf.pl
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ use strict;
 
 #This file released to the public domain.
 
-#Note: error checking is poor --- only trust the output if the input
-#has been checked by zic.
+# Note: error checking is poor; trust the output only if the input
+# has been checked by zic.
 
 my $contZone = '';
 while (<>) {
-- 
1.9.1



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