[tz] [PATCH] A few more fixes related to AEST/AEDT etc. (Thanks to Tim Parenti.)
Paul Eggert
eggert at CS.UCLA.EDU
Mon Jun 30 08:19:46 UTC 2014
* Theory: Use CST instead of EST in the example, so that it matches
the current database.
* antarctica (Antarctica/Casey): AWST, not WST.
* asia (Asia/Jayapura): ACST, not CST.
* australasia: Prepend "[A]" to "EST" in quote about EST.
---
Theory | 6 +++---
antarctica | 8 ++++----
asia | 4 ++--
australasia | 2 +-
4 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Theory b/Theory
index a956d85..05a9f65 100644
--- a/Theory
+++ b/Theory
@@ -542,10 +542,10 @@ in decreasing order of importance:
in some sense, asleep.
Application writers should note that these abbreviations are ambiguous
-in practice: e.g. 'EST' has a different meaning in Australia than
+in practice: e.g. 'CST' has a different meaning in China 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
-abbreviations like 'EST'; this avoids the ambiguity.
+to use numeric UT offsets like '-0600' instead of time zone
+abbreviations like 'CST'; this avoids the ambiguity.
----- Calendrical issues -----
diff --git a/antarctica b/antarctica
index 26a6219..101e9c7 100644
--- a/antarctica
+++ b/antarctica
@@ -103,13 +103,13 @@ Rule ChileAQ 2012 max - Sep Sun>=2 4:00u 1:00 S
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Antarctica/Casey 0 - zzz 1969
- 8:00 - WST 2009 Oct 18 2:00
- # Western (Aus) Standard Time
+ 8:00 - AWST 2009 Oct 18 2:00
+ # western Australia time
11:00 - CAST 2010 Mar 5 2:00
# Casey Time
- 8:00 - WST 2011 Oct 28 2:00
+ 8:00 - AWST 2011 Oct 28 2:00
11:00 - CAST 2012 Feb 21 17:00u
- 8:00 - WST
+ 8:00 - AWST
Zone Antarctica/Davis 0 - zzz 1957 Jan 13
7:00 - DAVT 1964 Nov # Davis Time
0 - zzz 1969 Feb
diff --git a/asia b/asia
index 54a8dc7..3f7d019 100644
--- a/asia
+++ b/asia
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
# 9:00 WIT east Indonesia (Waktu Indonesia Timur)
# 9:00 JST JDT Japan
# 9:00 KST KDT Korea
-# 9:30 CST (Australian) Central Standard Time
+# 9:30 ACST Australian Central Standard Time
#
# See the 'europe' file for Russia and Turkey in Asia.
@@ -800,7 +800,7 @@ Zone Asia/Makassar 7:57:36 - LMT 1920
# Maluku Islands, West Papua, Papua
Zone Asia/Jayapura 9:22:48 - LMT 1932 Nov
9:00 - WIT 1944 Sep 1
- 9:30 - CST 1964
+ 9:30 - ACST 1964
9:00 - WIT
# Iran
diff --git a/australasia b/australasia
index 69f61f1..1fd7cb1 100644
--- a/australasia
+++ b/australasia
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ Zone Australia/Lord_Howe 10:36:20 - LMT 1895 Feb
#
# From Arthur David Olson (2013-05-23):
# The 1919 transition is overspecified below so pre-2013 zics
-# will produce a binary file with an EST-type as the first 32-bit type;
+# will produce a binary file with an [A]EST-type as the first 32-bit type;
# this is required for correct handling of times before 1916 by
# pre-2013 versions of localtime.
Zone Antarctica/Macquarie 0 - zzz 1899 Nov
--
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