[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.
 #
-- 
2.27.0



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