[tz] [PROPOSED PATCH 2/4] Phase out invented abbrs for Antarctica
Paul Eggert
eggert at cs.ucla.edu
Tue Aug 23 23:55:43 UTC 2016
* NEWS: Document this.
* antarctica (Antarctica/Casey, Antarctica/Davis, Antarctica/Mawson):
(Indian/Kerguelen, Antarctica/DumontDUrville, Antarctica/Syowa)
(Troll, Antarctica/Vostok, Antarctica/Rothera):
Prefer numeric to invented time zone abbreviations.
---
NEWS | 15 +++++++++------
antarctica | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------------
2 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index b0da284..d88d2bb 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -15,17 +15,20 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes
Changes to past and future time zone abbreviations
- Several zones in the former Soviet Union now use numeric time zone
- abbreviations instead of invented ones. The affected zones are
+ Several zones in Antarctica and the former Soviet Union now use
+ numeric time zone abbreviations instead of invented ones. The
+ affected zones are Antarctica/Casey, Antarctica/Davis,
+ Antarctica/DumontDUrville, Antarctica/Mawson, Antarctica/Rothera,
+ Antarctica/Syowa, Antarctica/Troll, Antarctica/Vostok,
Asia/Anadyr, Asia/Ashgabat, Asia/Baku, Asia/Bishkek, Asia/Chita,
Asia/Dushanbe, Asia/Irkutsk, Asia/Kamchatka, Asia/Khandyga,
Asia/Krasnoyarsk, Asia/Magadan, Asia/Omsk, Asia/Sakhalin,
Asia/Samarkand, Asia/Srednekolymsk, Asia/Tashkent, Asia/Tbilisi,
Asia/Ust-Nera, Asia/Vladivostok, Asia/Yakutsk, Asia/Yekaterinburg,
- Asia/Yerevan, Europe/Kaliningrad, Europe/Minsk, Europe/Samara, and
- Europe/Volgograd. For Europe/Moscow the invented abbreviation MSM
- was replaced by +05, whereas MSK and MSD were kept as they are not
- our invention and are widely used.
+ Asia/Yerevan, Europe/Kaliningrad, Europe/Minsk, Europe/Samara,
+ Europe/Volgograd, and Indian/Kerguelen. For Europe/Moscow the
+ invented abbreviation MSM was replaced by +05, whereas MSK and MSD
+ were kept as they are not our invention and are widely used.
Changes to code
diff --git a/antarctica b/antarctica
index a537832..f8b4bfb 100644
--- a/antarctica
+++ b/antarctica
@@ -10,9 +10,7 @@
# http://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/bob/periant.htm
# for information.
# Unless otherwise specified, we have no time zone information.
-#
-# Except for the French entries,
-# I made up all time zone abbreviations mentioned here; corrections welcome!
+
# FORMAT is '-00' and GMTOFF is 0 for locations while uninhabited.
# Argentina - year-round bases
@@ -68,23 +66,22 @@
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Antarctica/Casey 0 - -00 1969
- 8:00 - AWST 2009 Oct 18 2:00
- # Australian Western Std Time
- 11:00 - CAST 2010 Mar 5 2:00 # Casey Time
- 8:00 - AWST 2011 Oct 28 2:00
- 11:00 - CAST 2012 Feb 21 17:00u
- 8:00 - AWST
+ 8:00 - +08 2009 Oct 18 2:00
+ 11:00 - +11 2010 Mar 5 2:00
+ 8:00 - +08 2011 Oct 28 2:00
+ 11:00 - +11 2012 Feb 21 17:00u
+ 8:00 - +08
Zone Antarctica/Davis 0 - -00 1957 Jan 13
- 7:00 - DAVT 1964 Nov # Davis Time
+ 7:00 - +07 1964 Nov
0 - -00 1969 Feb
- 7:00 - DAVT 2009 Oct 18 2:00
- 5:00 - DAVT 2010 Mar 10 20:00u
- 7:00 - DAVT 2011 Oct 28 2:00
- 5:00 - DAVT 2012 Feb 21 20:00u
- 7:00 - DAVT
+ 7:00 - +07 2009 Oct 18 2:00
+ 5:00 - +05 2010 Mar 10 20:00u
+ 7:00 - +07 2011 Oct 28 2:00
+ 5:00 - +05 2012 Feb 21 20:00u
+ 7:00 - +07
Zone Antarctica/Mawson 0 - -00 1954 Feb 13
- 6:00 - MAWT 2009 Oct 18 2:00 # Mawson Time
- 5:00 - MAWT
+ 6:00 - +06 2009 Oct 18 2:00
+ 5:00 - +05
# References:
# Casey Weather (1998-02-26)
# http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/casey/casey_aws.html
@@ -138,7 +135,7 @@ Zone Antarctica/Mawson 0 - -00 1954 Feb 13
#
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Indian/Kerguelen 0 - -00 1950 # Port-aux-Français
- 5:00 - TFT # ISO code TF Time
+ 5:00 - +05
#
# year-round base in the main continent
# Dumont d'Urville, Île des Pétrels, -6640+14001, since 1956-11
@@ -149,9 +146,9 @@ Zone Indian/Kerguelen 0 - -00 1950 # Port-aux-Français
#
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Antarctica/DumontDUrville 0 - -00 1947
- 10:00 - PMT 1952 Jan 14 # Port-Martin Time
+ 10:00 - +10 1952 Jan 14
0 - -00 1956 Nov
- 10:00 - DDUT # Dumont-d'Urville Time
+ 10:00 - +10
# France & Italy - year-round base
# Concordia, -750600+1232000, since 2005
@@ -177,7 +174,7 @@ Zone Antarctica/DumontDUrville 0 - -00 1947
# station of Japan, it's appropriate for the principal location.
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Antarctica/Syowa 0 - -00 1957 Jan 29
- 3:00 - SYOT # Syowa Time
+ 3:00 - +03
# See:
# NIPR Antarctic Research Activities (1999-08-17)
# http://www.nipr.ac.jp/english/ara01.html
@@ -219,12 +216,12 @@ Zone Antarctica/Syowa 0 - -00 1957 Jan 29
# with only UTC and CEST. Uncomment them when 2014b is more prevalent.
#
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
-#Rule Troll 2005 max - Mar 1 1:00u 1:00 CET
-Rule Troll 2005 max - Mar lastSun 1:00u 2:00 CEST
-#Rule Troll 2005 max - Oct lastSun 1:00u 1:00 CET
-#Rule Troll 2004 max - Nov 7 1:00u 0:00 UTC
+#Rule Troll 2005 max - Mar 1 1:00u 1:00 +01
+Rule Troll 2005 max - Mar lastSun 1:00u 2:00 +02
+#Rule Troll 2005 max - Oct lastSun 1:00u 1:00 +01
+#Rule Troll 2004 max - Nov 7 1:00u 0:00 +00
# Remove the following line when uncommenting the above '#Rule' lines.
-Rule Troll 2004 max - Oct lastSun 1:00u 0:00 UTC
+Rule Troll 2004 max - Oct lastSun 1:00u 0:00 +00
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Antarctica/Troll 0 - -00 2005 Feb 12
0:00 Troll %s
@@ -265,10 +262,10 @@ Zone Antarctica/Troll 0 - -00 2005 Feb 12
# changes during the year and does not necessarily correspond to mean
# solar noon. So the Vostok time might have been whatever the clocks
# happened to be during their visit. So we still don't really know what time
-# it is at Vostok. But we'll guess UTC+6.
+# it is at Vostok. But we'll guess +06.
#
Zone Antarctica/Vostok 0 - -00 1957 Dec 16
- 6:00 - VOST # Vostok time
+ 6:00 - +06
# S Africa - year-round bases
# Marion Island, -4653+03752
@@ -301,7 +298,7 @@ Zone Antarctica/Vostok 0 - -00 1957 Dec 16
#
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Antarctica/Rothera 0 - -00 1976 Dec 1
- -3:00 - ROTT # Rothera time
+ -3:00 - -03
# Uruguay - year round base
# Artigas, King George Island, -621104-0585107
--
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