[tz] [PATCH] Definite article for Bahamas, Gambia
Paul Eggert
eggert at cs.ucla.edu
Sat May 8 17:20:22 UTC 2021
* NEWS, backzone, iso3166.tab, northamerica:
Put "The" in front of "Bahamas" and "Gambia"; this is a
common style and is preferred by the respective governments.
---
NEWS | 4 ++--
backzone | 2 +-
iso3166.tab | 4 ++--
northamerica | 2 +-
4 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 67fb000..6d1cd09 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes
- Tonga: adopted standard time in 1945 not 1901, and moved from
+12:20 to +13 in 1961 not 1941
Additional fixes to entries in the 'backzone' file include:
- - Gambia: 1933 and 1942 transitions
+ - The Gambia: 1933 and 1942 transitions
- Malawi: several 1911 through 1925 transitions
- Sierra Leone: several 1913 through 1941 transitions, and DST
was NOT observed in 1957 through 1962
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ Release 2020e - 2020-12-22 15:14:34 -0800
Correct many pre-1986 transitions, fixing entries originally
derived from Shanks. The fixes include:
- Australia: several 1917 through 1971 transitions
- - Bahamas: several 1941 through 1945 transitions
+ - The Bahamas: several 1941 through 1945 transitions
- Bermuda: several 1917 through 1956 transitions
- Belize: several 1942 through 1968 transitions
- Ghana: several 1915 through 1956 transitions
diff --git a/backzone b/backzone
index 9ebf9d2..8e4f97a 100644
--- a/backzone
+++ b/backzone
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ Zone Africa/Bamako -0:32:00 - LMT 1912
Zone Africa/Bangui 1:14:20 - LMT 1912
1:00 - WAT
-# Gambia
+# The Gambia
# From P Chan (2020-12-09):
# Standard time of GMT-1 was adopted on 1933-04-01. On 1942-02-01, GMT was
# adopted as a war time measure. This was made permanent in 1946.
diff --git a/iso3166.tab b/iso3166.tab
index a4ff61a..e7ab54d 100644
--- a/iso3166.tab
+++ b/iso3166.tab
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ BN Brunei
BO Bolivia
BQ Caribbean NL
BR Brazil
-BS Bahamas
+BS The Bahamas
BT Bhutan
BV Bouvet Island
BW Botswana
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ GG Guernsey
GH Ghana
GI Gibraltar
GL Greenland
-GM Gambia
+GM The Gambia
GN Guinea
GP Guadeloupe
GQ Equatorial Guinea
diff --git a/northamerica b/northamerica
index c7d9274..b27311a 100644
--- a/northamerica
+++ b/northamerica
@@ -2931,7 +2931,7 @@ Zone America/Tijuana -7:48:04 - LMT 1922 Jan 1 0:11:56
# Antigua and Barbuda
# See America/Port_of_Spain.
-# Bahamas
+# The Bahamas
#
# For 1899 Milne gives -5:09:29.5; round that.
#
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