[tz] [PATCH] Restore more accents. Also, update Antarctic commentary.
Paul Eggert
eggert at CS.UCLA.EDU
Tue Jun 17 03:18:01 UTC 2014
This does not change any of the data.
---
NEWS | 4 +++-
Theory | 2 +-
africa | 16 +++++++--------
antarctica | 67 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
asia | 37 +++++++++++++++++----------------
australasia | 6 +++---
europe | 2 +-
northamerica | 8 ++++----
southamerica | 2 +-
9 files changed, 82 insertions(+), 62 deletions(-)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 7d7c4c4..24c8562 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes
In zone.tab, Pacific/Easter no longer mentions Salas y Gómez, as it
is uninhabited.
+ Commentary about permanent Antarctic bases has been updated.
+
Release 2014e - 2014-06-12 21:53:52 -0700
@@ -1045,7 +1047,7 @@ Release 2010k - 2010-07-26 10:42:27 -0400
Release 2010j - 2010-05-10 09:07:48 -0400
- changes for Bahia de Banderas and for version naming
+ changes for BahÃa de Banderas and for version naming
Release data2010i - 2010-04-16 18:50:45 -0400
diff --git a/Theory b/Theory
index c46ad79..2bd6a61 100644
--- a/Theory
+++ b/Theory
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ in decreasing order of importance:
even if subregions' clocks disagreed before 1970.
Otherwise these tables would become annoyingly large.
If a name is ambiguous, use a less ambiguous alternative;
- e.g. many cities are named San Jose and Georgetown, so
+ e.g. many cities are named San José and Georgetown, so
prefer 'Costa_Rica' to 'San_Jose' and 'Guyana' to 'Georgetown'.
Keep locations compact. Use cities or small islands, not countries
or regions, so that any future time zone changes do not split
diff --git a/africa b/africa
index 84540ad..b2070f7 100644
--- a/africa
+++ b/africa
@@ -1012,14 +1012,14 @@ Zone Africa/Niamey 0:08:28 - LMT 1912
Zone Africa/Lagos 0:13:36 - LMT 1919 Sep
1:00 - WAT
-# Reunion
+# Réunion
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Indian/Reunion 3:41:52 - LMT 1911 Jun # Saint-Denis
- 4:00 - RET # Reunion Time
+ 4:00 - RET # Réunion Time
#
-# Scattered Islands (Iles Eparses) administered from Reunion are as follows.
+# Scattered Islands (Îles Éparses) administered from Réunion are as follows.
# The following information about them is taken from
-# Iles Eparses (www.outre-mer.gouv.fr/domtom/ile.htm, 1997-07-22, in French;
+# Îles Éparses (www.outre-mer.gouv.fr/domtom/ile.htm, 1997-07-22, in French;
# no longer available as of 1999-08-17).
# We have no info about their time zone histories.
#
@@ -1044,7 +1044,7 @@ Zone Atlantic/St_Helena -0:22:48 - LMT 1890 # Jamestown
# Ascension: on GMT, says usno1995 and the CIA
# Gough (scientific station since 1955; sealers wintered previously):
# on GMT, says the CIA
-# Inaccessible, Nightingale: no information, but probably GMT
+# Inaccessible, Nightingale: uninhabited
# São Tomé and PrÃncipe
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
@@ -1105,7 +1105,7 @@ Zone Africa/Johannesburg 1:52:00 - LMT 1892 Feb 8
#
# From <http://www.sunanews.net/sn13jane.html>
# Sudan News Agency (2000-01-13),
-# also reported by Michael De Beukelaer-Dossche via Steffen Thorsen:
+# also reported by Michaël De Beukelaer-Dossche via Steffen Thorsen:
# Clocks will be moved ahead for 60 minutes all over the Sudan as of noon
# Saturday.... This was announced Thursday by Caretaker State Minister for
# Manpower Abdul-Rahman Nur-Eddin.
@@ -1143,7 +1143,7 @@ Zone Africa/Lome 0:04:52 - LMT 1893
# Tunisia
# From Gwillim Law (2005-04-30):
-# My correspondent, Risto Nykanen, has alerted me to another adoption of DST,
+# My correspondent, Risto Nykänen, has alerted me to another adoption of DST,
# this time in Tunisia. According to Yahoo France News
# <http://fr.news.yahoo.com/050426/5/4dumk.html>, in a story attributed to AP
# and dated 2005-04-26, "Tunisia has decided to advance its official time by
@@ -1152,7 +1152,7 @@ Zone Africa/Lome 0:04:52 - LMT 1893
# Saturday." (My translation)
#
# From Oscar van Vlijmen (2005-05-02):
-# LaPresse, the first national daily newspaper ...
+# La Presse, the first national daily newspaper ...
# <http://www.lapresse.tn/archives/archives280405/actualites/lheure.html>
# ... DST for 2005: on: Sun May 1 0h standard time, off: Fri Sept. 30,
# 1h standard time.
diff --git a/antarctica b/antarctica
index fef5ebb..45bbc41 100644
--- a/antarctica
+++ b/antarctica
@@ -52,11 +52,11 @@ 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
-# Esperanza, San Martin Land, -6323-05659, since 1952-12-17
-# Jubany, Potter Peninsula, King George Island, -6414-0602320, since 1982-01
-# Marambio, Seymour I, -6414-05637, since 1969-10-29
+# 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 Martin, Debenham I, -6807-06708, since 1951-03-21
+# San MartÃn, Barry I, -6808-06706, since 1951-03-21
# (except 1960-03 / 1976-03-21)
# Australia - territories
@@ -130,14 +130,20 @@ 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
+
# Brazil - year-round base
-# Comandante Ferraz, King George Island, -6205+05824, since 1983/4
+# Ferraz, King George Island, -6205+05824, since 1983/4
+
+# 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
-# Presidente Eduadro Frei, King George Island, -6214-05848, since 1969-03-07
-# General Bernardo O'Higgins, Antarctic Peninsula, -6319-05704, since 1948-02
-# Capitan Arturo Prat, -6230-05941
+# 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'.
@@ -145,20 +151,20 @@ Zone Antarctica/Mawson 0 - zzz 1954 Feb 13
# 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
+# France - year-round bases (also see "France & Italy")
#
# From Antoine Leca (1997-01-20):
# Time data are from Nicole Pailleau at the IFRTP
# (French Institute for Polar Research and Technology).
-# She confirms that French Southern Territories and Terre Adelie bases
-# don't observe daylight saving time, even if Terre Adelie supplies came
+# She confirms that French Southern Territories and Terre Adélie bases
+# don't observe daylight saving time, even if Terre Adélie supplies came
# from Tasmania.
#
# French Southern Territories with year-round inhabitants
#
-# Martin-de-Vivies Base, Amsterdam Island, -374105+0773155, since 1950
-# Alfred-Faure Base, Crozet Islands, -462551+0515152, since 1964
-# Port-aux-Francais, 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
@@ -169,7 +175,8 @@ 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, Ile des Petrels, -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.
# It was destroyed by fire on 1952-01-14.
@@ -179,19 +186,22 @@ Zone Antarctica/DumontDUrville 0 - zzz 1947
10:00 - PMT 1952 Jan 14 # Port-Martin Time
0 - zzz 1956 Nov
10:00 - DDUT # Dumont-d'Urville Time
-# Reference:
-# Dumont d'Urville Station (2005-12-05)
-# <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumont_d'Urville_Station>
+
+# France & Italy - year-round base
+# Concordia, -750600+1232000, since 2005
# Germany - year-round base
-# Georg von Neumayer, -7039-00815
+# Neumayer III, -704080-0081602, since 2009
-# India - year-round base
-# Dakshin Gangotri, -7005+01200
+# 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
# Japan - year-round bases
-# Dome Fuji, -7719+03942
-# Syowa, -690022+0393524
+# 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.
@@ -207,6 +217,7 @@ Zone Antarctica/Syowa 0 - zzz 1957 Jan 29
# <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
# New Zealand - claims
@@ -255,6 +266,9 @@ Zone Antarctica/Troll 0 - zzz 2005 Feb 12
# Poland - year-round base
# Arctowski, King George Island, -620945-0582745, since 1977
+# Romania - year-bound base
+# Law-Racoviţă, 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
@@ -292,9 +306,12 @@ Zone Antarctica/Vostok 0 - zzz 1957 Dec 16
# S Africa - year-round bases
# Marion Island, -4653+03752
-# Sanae, -7141-00250
+# SANAE IV, Vesleskarvet, Queen Maud Land, -714022-0025026, since 1997
+
+# Ukraine - year-round base
+# Vernadsky (formerly Faraday), Galindez Island, -651445-0641526, since 1954
-# UK
+# United Kingdom
#
# British Antarctic Territories (BAT) claims
# South Orkney Islands
diff --git a/asia b/asia
index ccfdab1..d7fa8c8 100644
--- a/asia
+++ b/asia
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ Zone Asia/Baku 3:19:24 - LMT 1924 May 2
# Bahrain
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
-Zone Asia/Bahrain 3:22:20 - LMT 1920 # Al Manamah
+Zone Asia/Bahrain 3:22:20 - LMT 1920 # Manamah
4:00 - GST 1972 Jun
3:00 - AST
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ Zone Asia/Phnom_Penh 6:59:40 - LMT 1906 Jun 9
# 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
+# 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
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ Zone Asia/Tbilisi 2:59:16 - LMT 1880
# See Indonesia for the 1945 transition.
-# From Joao Carrascalao, brother of the former governor of East Timor, in
+# From João Carrascalão, brother of the former governor of East Timor, in
# East Timor may be late for its millennium
# <http://etan.org/et99c/december/26-31/30ETMAY.htm> (1999-12-26/31):
# Portugal tried to change the time forward in 1974 because the sun
@@ -749,7 +749,7 @@ Zone Asia/Kolkata 5:53:28 - LMT 1880 # Kolkata
# other formal surrender ceremonies were September 9, 11, and 13, plus
# September 12 for the regional surrender to Mountbatten in Singapore.
# These would be the earliest possible times for a change.
-# Regimes horaires pour le monde entier, by Henri Le Corre, (Editions
+# Régimes horaires pour le monde entier, by Henri Le Corre, (Éditions
# Traditionnelles, 1987, Paris) says that Java and Madura switched
# from JST to UTC+07:30 on 1945-09-23, and gives 1944-09-01 for Jayapura
# (Hollandia). For now, assume all Indonesian locations other than Jayapura
@@ -1627,7 +1627,7 @@ Zone Indian/Maldives 4:54:00 - LMT 1880 # Male
# General Information Mongolia
# <http://www.mongoliatourism.gov.mn/general.htm> (1999-09)
# "Time: Mongolia has two time zones. Three westernmost provinces of
-# Bayan-Ulgii, Uvs, and Hovd are one hour earlier than the capital city, and
+# Bayan-Ölgii, Uvs, and Hovd are one hour earlier than the capital city, and
# the rest of the country follows the Ulaanbaatar time, which is UTC/GMT plus
# eight hours."
@@ -1638,7 +1638,7 @@ Zone Indian/Maldives 4:54:00 - LMT 1880 # Male
# of implementation may have been different....
# Some maps in the past have indicated that there was an additional time
# zone in the eastern part of Mongolia, including the provinces of Dornod,
-# Suhbaatar, and possibly Khentij.
+# Sükhbaatar, and possibly Khentii.
# From Paul Eggert (1999-12-15):
# Naming and spelling is tricky in Mongolia.
@@ -1652,10 +1652,10 @@ Zone Indian/Maldives 4:54:00 - LMT 1880 # Male
# (adopted DST on 2001-04-27 02:00 local time, ending 2001-09-28),
# there are three time zones.
#
-# Provinces [at 7:00]: Bayan-ulgii, Uvs, Khovd, Zavkhan, Govi-Altai
-# Provinces [at 8:00]: Khovsgol, Bulgan, Arkhangai, Khentii, Tov,
-# Bayankhongor, Ovorkhangai, Dundgovi, Dornogovi, Omnogovi
-# Provinces [at 9:00]: Dornod, Sukhbaatar
+# Provinces [at 7:00]: Bayan-Ölgii, Uvs, Khovd, Zavkhan, Govi-Altai
+# Provinces [at 8:00]: Khövsgöl, Bulgan, Arkhangai, Khentii, Töv,
+# Bayankhongor, Övörkhangai, Dundgovi, Dornogovi, Ömnögovi
+# Provinces [at 9:00]: Dornod, Sükhbaatar
#
# [The province of Selenge is omitted from the above lists.]
@@ -1672,7 +1672,7 @@ Zone Indian/Maldives 4:54:00 - LMT 1880 # Male
# We have wildly conflicting information about Mongolia's time zones.
# Bill Bonnet (2005-05-19) reports that the US Embassy in Ulaanbaatar says
# there is only one time zone and that DST is observed, citing Microsoft
-# Windows XP as the source. Risto Nykanen (2005-05-16) reports that
+# Windows XP as the source. Risto Nykänen (2005-05-16) reports that
# travelmongolia.org says there are two time zones (UTC+7, UTC+8) with no DST.
# Oscar van Vlijmen (2005-05-20) reports that the Mongolian Embassy in
# Washington, DC says there are two time zones, with DST observed.
@@ -1681,7 +1681,7 @@ Zone Indian/Maldives 4:54:00 - LMT 1880 # Male
# which also says that there is DST, and which has a comment by "Toddius"
# (2005-03-31 06:05 +0700) saying "Mongolia actually has 3.5 time zones.
# The West (OLGII) is +7 GMT, most of the country is ULAT is +8 GMT
-# and some Eastern provinces are +9 GMT but Sukhbaatar Aimag is SUHK +8.5 GMT.
+# and some Eastern provinces are +9 GMT but Sükhbaatar Aimag is SUHK +8.5 GMT.
# The SUKH timezone is new this year, it is one of the few things the
# parliament passed during the tumultuous winter session."
# For now, let's ignore this information, until we have more confirmation.
@@ -1729,7 +1729,7 @@ Rule Mongol 1983 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
# (1996-09) says 1996-10-25. Go with Shanks & Pottenger through 1998.
#
# Shanks & Pottenger say that the Sept. 1984 through Sept. 1990 switches
-# in Choibalsan (more precisely, in Dornod and Sukhbaatar) took place
+# in Choibalsan (more precisely, in Dornod and Sükhbaatar) took place
# at 02:00 standard time, not at 00:00 local time as in the rest of
# the country. That would be odd, and possibly is a result of their
# correction of 02:00 (in the previous edition) not being done correctly
@@ -2232,10 +2232,11 @@ Zone Asia/Hebron 2:20:23 - LMT 1900 Oct
# no information
# Philippines
-# On 1844-08-16, Narciso Claveria, governor-general of the
+# On 1844-08-16, Narciso ClaverÃa, governor-general of the
# Philippines, issued a proclamation announcing that 1844-12-30 was to
-# be immediately followed by 1845-01-01. Robert H. van Gent has a
-# transcript of the decree in <http://www.phys.uu.nl/~vgent/idl/idl.htm>.
+# be immediately followed by 1845-01-01; see R.H. van Gent's
+# History of the International Date Line
+# <http://www.staff.science.uu.nl/~gent0113/idl/idl_philippines.htm>.
# The rest of the data are from Shanks & Pottenger.
# From Paul Eggert (2006-04-25):
@@ -2589,8 +2590,8 @@ Zone Asia/Tashkent 4:37:12 - LMT 1924 May 2
# and Pottenger.
# From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-18):
-# The English-language name of Vietnam's most populous city is "Ho Chi Min City";
-# we use Ho_Chi_Minh below to avoid a name of more than 14 characters.
+# The English-language name of Vietnam's most populous city is "Ho Chi Minh
+# City"; use Ho_Chi_Minh below to avoid a name of more than 14 characters.
# From Shanks & Pottenger:
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
diff --git a/australasia b/australasia
index 02c25e6..d4fdf1c 100644
--- a/australasia
+++ b/australasia
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Chatham 12:13:48 - LMT 1957 Jan 1
Link Pacific/Auckland Antarctica/McMurdo
# Auckland Is
-# uninhabited; Maori and Moriori, colonial settlers, pastoralists, sealers,
+# uninhabited; MÄori and Moriori, colonial settlers, pastoralists, sealers,
# and scientific personnel have wintered
# Campbell I
@@ -1606,8 +1606,8 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901
# advancing its time to maintain the differential of 13 degrees
# (approximately 50 minutes ahead of New Zealand time).
#
-# Because His Majesty King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV, then Crown Prince
-# Tungi, preferred to ensure Tonga's title as the land where time
+# Because His Majesty King TÄufaÊ»Ähau Tupou IV, then Crown Prince
+# Tungī, preferred to ensure Tonga's title as the land where time
# begins, the Legislative Assembly approved the latter change.
#
# But some of the older, more conservative members from the outer
diff --git a/europe b/europe
index 9ff95b7..680c7a5 100644
--- a/europe
+++ b/europe
@@ -2605,7 +2605,7 @@ Zone Europe/Stockholm 1:12:12 - LMT 1879 Jan 1
# night as an absolute novelty, because this was the first time that such
# a thing had happened in Switzerland.
#
-# I have also checked 1916, because one book source (Gabriel, Traite de
+# I have also checked 1916, because one book source (Gabriel, Traité de
# l'heure dans le monde) claims that Switzerland had DST in 1916. This is
# false, no official document could be found. Probably Gabriel got misled
# by references to Germany, which introduced DST in 1916 for the first time.
diff --git a/northamerica b/northamerica
index 68f3b12..3c2d434 100644
--- a/northamerica
+++ b/northamerica
@@ -2571,7 +2571,7 @@ Zone America/Cayman -5:25:32 - LMT 1890 # Georgetown
# Costa Rica
-# Milne gives -5:36:13.3 as San Jose 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
@@ -2581,10 +2581,10 @@ Rule CR 1991 1992 - Jan Sat>=15 0:00 1:00 D
# go with Shanks & Pottenger.
Rule CR 1991 only - Jul 1 0:00 0 S
Rule CR 1992 only - Mar 15 0:00 0 S
-# There are too many San Joses elsewhere, so we'll use 'Costa Rica'.
+# There are too many San Josés elsewhere, so we'll use 'Costa Rica'.
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
-Zone America/Costa_Rica -5:36:13 - LMT 1890 # San Jose
- -5:36:13 - SJMT 1921 Jan 15 # San Jose Mean Time
+Zone America/Costa_Rica -5:36:13 - LMT 1890 # San José
+ -5:36:13 - SJMT 1921 Jan 15 # San José Mean Time
-6:00 CR C%sT
# Coco
# no information; probably like America/Costa_Rica
diff --git a/southamerica b/southamerica
index 870f864..f0e7776 100644
--- a/southamerica
+++ b/southamerica
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ Rule Arg 2008 only - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S
# Here are articles that Argentina Province San Luis is planning to end DST
# as earlier as upcoming Monday January 21, 2008 or February 2008:
#
-# Provincia argentina retrasa reloj y marca diferencia con resto del pais
+# Provincia argentina retrasa reloj y marca diferencia con resto del paÃs
# (Argentine Province delayed clock and mark difference with the rest of the
# country)
# http://cl.invertia.com/noticias/noticia.aspx?idNoticia=200801171849_EFE_ET4373&idtel
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