[tz] [PROPOSED 2/2] Prefer “°” to “degrees” when quoting source saying former
Paul Eggert
eggert at cs.ucla.edu
Tue Jan 24 07:22:00 UTC 2023
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africa | 2 +-
antarctica | 2 +-
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/africa b/africa
index cfb9283c..90018808 100644
--- a/africa
+++ b/africa
@@ -1210,7 +1210,7 @@ Zone Africa/Windhoek 1:08:24 - LMT 1892 Feb 8
# https://libsysdigi.library.illinois.edu/ilharvest/Africana/Books2011-05/3064634/3064634_1914/3064634_1914_opt.pdf#page=27
# "On January 1st [1914], a universal standard time for Nigeria was adopted,
# viz., half an hour fast on Greenwich mean time, corresponding to the meridian
-# 7 [degrees] 30' E. long."
+# 7° 30' E. long."
# Lloyd's Register of Shipping (1915) says "Hitherto the time observed in Lagos
# was the local mean time. On 1st January, 1914, standard time for the whole of
# Nigeria was introduced ... Lagos time has been advanced about 16 minutes
diff --git a/antarctica b/antarctica
index f02755ae..fc603e99 100644
--- a/antarctica
+++ b/antarctica
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ Zone Antarctica/Rothera 0 - -00 1976 Dec 1
# but that he found it more convenient to keep GMT+12
# as supplies for the station were coming from McMurdo Sound,
# which was on GMT+12 because New Zealand was on GMT+12 all year
-# at that time (1957). (Source: Siple's book 90 Degrees South.)
+# at that time (1957). (Source: Siple's book 90° South.)
#
# From Susan Smith
# http://www.cybertours.com/whs/pole10.html
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