[tz] [PROPOSED PATCH] Fix comments re NK transition time, abbreviation

Paul Eggert eggert at cs.ucla.edu
Sat Aug 15 14:55:58 UTC 2015


* asia (Asia/Pyongyang): Confirm 00:00 as transition time.
Fix commentary about abbreviation.
---
 asia | 11 ++++++-----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/asia b/asia
index 4f8756b..78eed56 100644
--- a/asia
+++ b/asia
@@ -1717,11 +1717,12 @@ Rule	ROK	1987	1988	-	Oct	Sun>=8	3:00	0	S
 # the 8:30 time zone on August 15, one example:
 # http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-33815049
 #
-# From Paul Eggert (2015-08-07):
-# No transition time is specified; assume 00:00.
+# From Paul Eggert (2015-08-15):
+# Bells rang out midnight (00:00) Friday as part of the celebrations.  See:
+# Talmadge E. North Korea celebrates new time zone, 'Pyongyang Time'
+# http://news.yahoo.com/north-korea-celebrates-time-zone-pyongyang-time-164038128.html
 # There is no common English-language abbreviation for this time zone.
-# Use %z rather than invent one.  We can't assume %z works everywhere yet,
-# so for now substitute its output manually.
+# Use KST, as that's what we already use for 1954-1961 in ROK.
 
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Seoul	8:27:52	-	LMT	1908 Apr  1
@@ -1735,7 +1736,7 @@ Zone	Asia/Pyongyang	8:23:00 -	LMT	1908 Apr  1
 			8:30	-	KST	1912 Jan  1
 			9:00	-	JCST	1937 Oct  1
 			9:00	-	JST	1945 Aug 24
-			9:00	-	KST	2015 Aug 15
+			9:00	-	KST	2015 Aug 15 00:00
 			8:30	-	KST
 
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