[tz] [PATCH] Fix a few more accents and hyphens, and update a name and a URL.
Paul Eggert
eggert at CS.UCLA.EDU
Wed Jun 18 07:02:48 UTC 2014
---
NEWS | 4 ++--
Theory | 2 +-
africa | 2 +-
asia | 2 +-
australasia | 4 ++--
europe | 21 ++++++++++-----------
northamerica | 18 +++++++++---------
southamerica | 10 +++++-----
8 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 74dfb8a..ed55089 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ Release 2013e – 2013-09-19 23:50:04 −0700
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
+ Changes affecting Godthåb 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
@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ Release 2013a – 2013-02-27 09:20:35 −0800
Many changes affect historical time stamps before 1940.
These were deduced from: Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899
- Feb;13(2):173-94 <http://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359>.
+ Feb;13(2):173–94 <http://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359>.
Changes affecting the code:
diff --git a/Theory b/Theory
index 2538da6..263ae7c 100644
--- a/Theory
+++ b/Theory
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ Errors in the tz database arise from many sources:
enough to map SI seconds to historical solar time to more than
about one-hour accuracy. See: Morrison LV, Stephenson FR.
Historical values of the Earth's clock error Delta T and the
- calculation of eclipses. J Hist Astron. 2004;35:327-36
+ calculation of eclipses. J Hist Astron. 2004;35:327–36
<http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/2004JHA....35..327M>;
Historical values of the Earth's clock error. J Hist Astron. 2005;36:339
<http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/2005JHA....36..339M>.
diff --git a/africa b/africa
index dd30984..5f2dc00 100644
--- a/africa
+++ b/africa
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
# I found in the UCLA library.
#
# For data circa 1899, a common source is:
-# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94
+# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173–94
# <http://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359>.
#
# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is
diff --git a/asia b/asia
index 5f98d71..1b7ac48 100644
--- a/asia
+++ b/asia
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
# I found in the UCLA library.
#
# For data circa 1899, a common source is:
-# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94
+# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173–94
# <http://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359>.
#
# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is
diff --git a/australasia b/australasia
index 8fbb873..1742e0f 100644
--- a/australasia
+++ b/australasia
@@ -833,7 +833,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901
# I found in the UCLA library.
#
# For data circa 1899, a common source is:
-# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94
+# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173–94
# <http://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359>.
#
# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is
@@ -859,7 +859,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901
# − 8:00 PST Pitcairn*
#
# See the 'northamerica' file for Hawaii.
-# See the 'southamerica' file for Easter I and the Galapagos Is.
+# See the 'southamerica' file for Easter I and the Galápagos Is.
###############################################################################
diff --git a/europe b/europe
index add6b28..4664edf 100644
--- a/europe
+++ b/europe
@@ -32,13 +32,13 @@
# <http://cs.ucla.edu/~eggert/The-Waste-of-Daylight-19th.pdf>
# [PDF] (1914-03)
#
-# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94
+# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173–94
# <http://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359>. He writes:
# "It is requested that corrections and additions to these tables
# may be sent to Mr. John Milne, Royal Geographical Society,
# Savile Row, London." Nowadays please email them to tz at iana.org.
#
-# Brazil's Departamento Servico da Hora (DSH),
+# Brazil's Divisão Serviço da Hora (DSHO),
# History of Summer Time
# <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HISTHV.htm>
# (1998-09-21, in Portuguese)
@@ -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/images/finesthour/Vol.01%20No.114.pdf>
# "A Silent Toast to William Willett", Pictorial Weekly
# From Paul Eggert (1996-09-03):
@@ -169,7 +169,6 @@
# proponents (who eventually won the argument) are quoted as using "Summer".
# From Arthur David Olson (1989-01-19):
-#
# A source at the British Information Office in New York avers that it's
# known as "British" Summer Time in all parts of the United Kingdom.
@@ -718,7 +717,7 @@ Zone Europe/Minsk 1:50:16 - LMT 1880
# Annuaire de L'Observatoire Royal de Belgique,
# Avenue Circulaire, 3, B-1180 BRUXELLES, CLVIIe annee, 1991
# (Imprimerie HAYEZ, s.p.r.l., Rue Fin, 4, 1080 BRUXELLES, MCMXC),
-# pp 8-9.
+# pp 8–9.
# LMT before 1892 was 0:17:30, according to the official journal of Belgium:
# Moniteur Belge, Samedi 30 Avril 1892, N.121.
# Thanks to Pascal Delmoitie for these references.
@@ -893,7 +892,7 @@ Zone Atlantic/Faroe -0:27:04 - LMT 1908 Jan 11 # Torshavn
# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
# Greenland joined the EU as part of Denmark, obtained home rule on 1979-05-01,
# and left the EU on 1985-02-01. It therefore should have been using EU
-# rules at least through 1984. Shanks & Pottenger say Scoresbysund and Godthab
+# rules at least through 1984. Shanks & Pottenger say Scoresbysund and Godthåb
# used C-Eur rules after 1980, but IATA SSIM (1991/1996) says they use EU
# rules since at least 1991. Assume EU rules since 1980.
@@ -932,16 +931,16 @@ Zone Atlantic/Faroe -0:27:04 - LMT 1908 Jan 11 # Torshavn
# DPC research station at Zackenberg.
#
# Scoresbysund and two small villages nearby keep time UTC−1 and use
-# the same daylight savings time period as in West Greenland (Godthab).
+# the same daylight savings time period as in West Greenland (Godthåb).
#
-# The rest of Greenland, including Godthab (this area, although it
+# The rest of Greenland, including Godthåb (this area, although it
# includes central Greenland, is known as west Greenland), keeps time
# 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
# maintaining traffic in these areas. However, the official status of
-# this area is that it sticks with Godthab time. This area might be
+# this area is that it sticks with Godthåb time. This area might be
# considered a dual time zone in some respects because of this.
# From Rives McDow (2001-11-19):
@@ -950,8 +949,8 @@ Zone Atlantic/Faroe -0:27:04 - LMT 1908 Jan 11 # Torshavn
# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
# From 1997 on the CIA map shows Danmarkshavn on GMT;
-# the 1995 map as like Godthab.
-# For lack of better info, assume they were like Godthab before 1996.
+# the 1995 map as like Godthåb.
+# For lack of better info, assume they were like Godthåb before 1996.
# startkart.no says Thule does not observe DST, but this is clearly an error,
# so go with Shanks & Pottenger for Thule transitions until this year.
# For 2007 on assume Thule will stay in sync with US DST rules.
diff --git a/northamerica b/northamerica
index cc4afc6..539a1bf 100644
--- a/northamerica
+++ b/northamerica
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ Zone America/Adak 12:13:21 - LMT 1867 Oct 18
# Hawaii
# From Arthur David Olson (2010-12-09):
-# "Hawaiian Time" by Robert C. Schmitt and Doak C. Cox appears on pages 207-225
+# "Hawaiian Time" by Robert C. Schmitt and Doak C. Cox appears on pages 207–225
# of volume 26 of The Hawaiian Journal of History (1992). As of 2010-12-09,
# the article is available at
# http://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10524/239/2/JL26215.pdf
@@ -1008,7 +1008,7 @@ Zone America/Menominee -5:50:27 - LMT 1885 Sep 18 12:00
# <http://cs.ucla.edu/~eggert/The-Waste-of-Daylight-19th.pdf>
# [PDF] (1914-03)
#
-# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94
+# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173–94
# <http://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359>.
#
# See the 'europe' file for Greenland.
@@ -1630,7 +1630,7 @@ Zone America/Atikokan -6:06:28 - LMT 1895
# the first Sunday of April of each year and two o'clock Central
# Standard Time in the morning of the last Sunday of October next
# following, one hour in advance of Central Standard Time."...
-# I believe that the English legislation [of the old time act] had =
+# I believe that the English legislation [of the old time act] had
# 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
@@ -2322,18 +2322,18 @@ Zone America/Cancun -5:47:04 - LMT 1922 Jan 1 0:12:56
-6:00 - CST 1981 Dec 23
-5:00 Mexico E%sT 1998 Aug 2 2:00
-6:00 Mexico C%sT
-# Campeche, Yucatan
+# Campeche, Yucatán
Zone America/Merida -5:58:28 - LMT 1922 Jan 1 0:01:32
-6:00 - CST 1981 Dec 23
-5:00 - EST 1982 Dec 2
-6:00 Mexico C%sT
-# Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas (near US border)
+# Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas (near US border)
Zone America/Matamoros -6:40:00 - LMT 1921 Dec 31 23:20:00
-6:00 - CST 1988
-6:00 US C%sT 1989
-6:00 Mexico C%sT 2010
-6:00 US C%sT
-# Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas (away from US border)
+# Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas (away from US border)
Zone America/Monterrey -6:41:16 - LMT 1921 Dec 31 23:18:44
-6:00 - CST 1988
-6:00 US C%sT 1989
@@ -2478,7 +2478,7 @@ Zone America/Santa_Isabel -7:39:28 - LMT 1922 Jan 1 0:20:32
# America/Tijuana only in that it did not observe DST from 1976
# through 1995. This was as per Shanks (1999). But Shanks & Pottenger say
# Ensenada did not observe DST from 1948 through 1975. Guy Harris reports
-# that the 1987 OAG says "Only Ensenada, Mexicale, San Felipe and
+# that the 1987 OAG says "Only Ensenada, Mexicali, San Felipe and
# Tijuana observe DST," which agrees with Shanks & Pottenger but implies that
# DST-observance was a town-by-town matter back then. This concerns
# data after 1970 so most likely there should be at least one Zone
@@ -2844,7 +2844,7 @@ Zone America/El_Salvador -5:56:48 - LMT 1921 # San Salvador
# Grenada
# Guadeloupe
-# St Barthelemy
+# St Barthélemy
# St Martin (French part)
# See 'southamerica'.
@@ -3077,7 +3077,7 @@ Zone America/Managua -5:45:08 - LMT 1890
# Panama
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone America/Panama -5:18:08 - LMT 1890
- -5:19:36 - CMT 1908 Apr 22 # Colon Mean Time
+ -5:19:36 - CMT 1908 Apr 22 # Colón Mean Time
-5:00 - EST
# Puerto Rico
diff --git a/southamerica b/southamerica
index 695bcf8..4a01f3f 100644
--- a/southamerica
+++ b/southamerica
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003).
#
# For data circa 1899, a common source is:
-# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94
+# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173–94
# <http://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359>.
#
# Gwillim Law writes that a good source
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ Zone America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos -4:36:52 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
-3:00 Arg AR%sT 2008 Oct 18
-3:00 - ART
#
-# Tierra del Fuego, Antartida e Islas del Atlantico Sur (TF)
+# Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur (TF)
Zone America/Argentina/Ushuaia -4:33:12 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
-4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May # Córdoba Mean Time
-4:00 - ART 1930 Dec
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@ Zone America/La_Paz -4:32:36 - LMT 1890
# From Paul Eggert (2002-10-10):
# The official decrees referenced below are mostly taken from
-# Decretos sobre o Horario de Verao no Brasil
+# Decretos sobre o Horário de Verão no Brasil
# <http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV.html>.
# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-08-29):
@@ -1328,7 +1328,7 @@ Zone America/Guayaquil -5:19:20 - LMT 1890
-5:00 - ECT # Ecuador Time
Zone Pacific/Galapagos -5:58:24 - LMT 1931 # Puerto Baquerizo Moreno
-5:00 - ECT 1986
- -6:00 - GALT # Galapagos Time
+ -6:00 - GALT # Galápagos Time
# Falklands
@@ -1598,7 +1598,7 @@ Link America/Port_of_Spain America/Grenada
Link America/Port_of_Spain America/Guadeloupe
Link America/Port_of_Spain America/Marigot # St Martin (French part)
Link America/Port_of_Spain America/Montserrat
-Link America/Port_of_Spain America/St_Barthelemy
+Link America/Port_of_Spain America/St_Barthelemy # St Barthélemy
Link America/Port_of_Spain America/St_Kitts # St Kitts & Nevis
Link America/Port_of_Spain America/St_Lucia
Link America/Port_of_Spain America/St_Thomas # Virgin Islands (US)
--
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