[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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