diff --git a/share/zoneinfo/africa b/share/zoneinfo/africa
index 8286e6f62f07..a38818f6594c 100644
--- a/share/zoneinfo/africa
+++ b/share/zoneinfo/africa
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)africa 7.23
+# @(#)africa 7.24
# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
@@ -105,9 +105,6 @@ Zone Africa/Luanda 0:52:56 - LMT 1892
0:52:04 - LMT 1911 May 26 # Luanda Mean Time?
1:00 - WAT
-# Bassas da India
-# uninhabited
-
# Benin
# Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1946, not 1934; go with Shanks.
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
@@ -240,9 +237,6 @@ Zone Africa/Addis_Ababa 2:34:48 - LMT 1870
2:35:20 - ADMT 1936 May 5 # Adis Dera MT
3:00 - EAT
-# Europa Island
-# uninhabited
-
# Gabon
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Africa/Libreville 0:37:48 - LMT 1912
@@ -264,9 +258,6 @@ Rule Ghana 1936 1942 - Dec 31 0:00 0 GMT
Zone Africa/Accra -0:00:52 - LMT 1918
0:00 Ghana %s
-# Glorioso Is
-# uninhabited
-
# Guinea
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Africa/Conakry -0:54:52 - LMT 1912
@@ -280,9 +271,6 @@ Zone Africa/Bissau -1:02:20 - LMT 1911 May 26
-1:00 - WAT 1975
0:00 - GMT
-# Juan de Nova
-# uninhabited
-
# Kenya
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Africa/Nairobi 2:27:16 - LMT 1928 Jul
@@ -450,6 +438,19 @@ Zone Africa/Lagos 0:13:36 - LMT 1919 Sep
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Indian/Reunion 3:41:52 - LMT 1911 Jun # Saint-Denis
4:00 - RET # Reunion Time
+#
+# Scattered Islands (Iles Eparses) administered from Reunion are as follows.
+# The following information about them is taken from
+#
+# Iles Eparses
+#
+# (1997-07-22, in French). We have no info about their time zone histories.
+#
+# Bassas da India - uninhabited
+# Europa Island - inhabited from 1905 to 1910 by two families
+# Glorioso Is - inhabited until at least 1958
+# Juan de Nova - uninhabited
+# Tromelin - inhabited until at least 1958
# Rwanda
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
@@ -553,9 +554,6 @@ Zone Africa/Dar_es_Salaam 2:37:08 - LMT 1931
Zone Africa/Lome 0:04:52 - LMT 1893
0:00 - GMT
-# Tromelin
-# uninhabited
-
# Tunisia
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Tunisia 1939 only - Apr 15 23:00s 1:00 S
diff --git a/share/zoneinfo/antarctica b/share/zoneinfo/antarctica
index 1e6e73eff223..f5422b2bf1a6 100644
--- a/share/zoneinfo/antarctica
+++ b/share/zoneinfo/antarctica
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)antarctica 7.12
+# @(#)antarctica 7.14
# From Paul Eggert (1997-03-28):
# To keep things manageable, we list only locations occupied year-round;
@@ -41,20 +41,26 @@ Rule ChileAQ 1970 max - Mar Sun>=9 0:00 0 -
#
# year-round bases
# Casey, Bailey Peninsula, since 1969
-# Davis, Vestfold Hills, since 1957-01-13 (except 1965-01 - 1969-02)
+# Davis, Vestfold Hills, since 1957-01-13 (except 1964-11 - 1969-02)
# Mawson, Holme Bay, since 1954-02-13
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Antarctica/Casey 0 - ___ 1969
8:00 - WST # Western (Aus) Standard Time
-#Zone Antartica/Davis unknown
+Zone Antarctica/Davis 0 - ___ 1957 Jan 13
+ 7:00 - DAVT 1964 Nov # Davis Time
+ 0 - ___ 1969 Feb
+ 7:00 - DAVT
Zone Antarctica/Mawson 0 - ___ 1954 Feb 13
6:00 - MAWT # Mawson Time
# References:
#
-# http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/casey/casey_aws.html (1996-07-15)
+# Casey Weather (1998-02-26)
+#
+#
+# Davis Station, Antarctica (1998-02-26)
#
#
-# http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/mawson/video.html (1996-04-19)
+# Mawson Station, Antarctica (1998-02-25)
#
# Brazil - year-round base
@@ -104,7 +110,7 @@ Zone Antarctica/DumontDUrville 0 - ___ 1947
10:00 - DDUT # Dumont-d'Urville Time
# Reference:
#
-# Support and Development of Polar Research and Technology (1996-09-10)
+# Support and Development of Polar Research and Technology (1997-02-03)
#
@@ -212,9 +218,8 @@ Zone Antarctica/McMurdo 0 - ___ 1956
# at that time (1957). (Source: Siple's book 90 degrees SOUTH.)
#
# From Susan Smith
-#
-# http://www.cybertours.com/whs/pole10.html (1995-11-13 16:24:56 +1300):
-#
+# http://www.cybertours.com/whs/pole10.html
+# (1995-11-13 16:24:56 +1300, no longer available):
# We use the same time as McMurdo does.
# And they use the same time as Christchurch, NZ does....
# One last quirk about South Pole time.
diff --git a/share/zoneinfo/asia b/share/zoneinfo/asia
index c7180eb4081d..fae16c6995f9 100644
--- a/share/zoneinfo/asia
+++ b/share/zoneinfo/asia
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)asia 7.35
+# @(#)asia 7.39
# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ Zone Asia/Phnom_Penh 6:59:40 - LMT 1906 Jun 9
8:00 - ICT 1931 May
7:00 - ICT
-# People's Republic of China
+# China
# From Guy Harris:
# People's Republic of China. Yes, they really have only one time zone.
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ Zone Asia/Hong_Kong 7:36:36 - LMT 1904 Oct 30
###############################################################################
-# Republic of China
+# Taiwan
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Taiwan 1945 1951 - May 1 0:00 1:00 D
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ Zone Asia/Jayapura 9:22:48 - LMT 1932 Nov
# From Paul Eggert (1996-12-17), following up a suggestion by Rich Wales:
# Ahmea Alavi in
#
-# http://tehran.stanford.edu/Iran_Lib/Calendar/taghveem.txt (1993-08-04)
+# TAGHVEEM (1993-08-04)
#
# writes ``Daylight saving time in Iran starts from the first day
# of Farvardin and ends the first day of Mehr.'' This disagrees with the SSIM:
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ Rule Zion 1988 only - Apr 9 0:00 1:00 D
Rule Zion 1988 only - Sep 3 0:00 0 S
# From Ephraim Silverberg
-# (1997-03-04 and 1997-12-31):
+# (1997-03-04 and 1998-03-16):
# According to the Office of the Secretary General of the Ministry of
# Interior, there is NO set rule for Daylight-Savings/Standard time changes.
@@ -557,9 +557,9 @@ Rule Zion 1995 only - Sep 3 0:00 0 S
#
# ftp://ftp.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/1997.ps.gz
#
-# According to the Office of the Spokeswoman for the Ministry of Interior,
-# the dates for 1998 are tentative and are still subject to final approval
-# (probably in late February/early March of 1998).
+# The official announcement for the year 1998 can be viewed at:
+#
+# ftp://ftp.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/1998.ps.gz
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Zion 1996 only - Mar 15 0:00 1:00 D
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ Zone Asia/Bishkek 4:58:24 - LMT 1924 May 2
###############################################################################
-# Korea
+# Korea (North and South)
# From Guy Harris:
# According to someone at the Korean Times in San Francisco,
@@ -779,9 +779,8 @@ Zone Indian/Maldives 4:54:00 - LMT 1880 # Male
5:00 - MVT # Maldives Time
# Mongolia
-# Shanks says that Mongolia has three time zones, but usno1995 and
-#
-# http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/95fact/802389h.gif (1995)
+# Shanks says that Mongolia has three time zones, but usno1995 and the CIA map
+# Standard Time Zones of the World (1997-01)
#
# both say that it has just one.
# Let's comment out the western and eastern Mongolian time zones
@@ -827,6 +826,69 @@ Zone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907
5:00 - PKT # Pakistan Time
# Palestine
+
+# From Amos Shapir (1998-02-15):
+#
+# From 1917 until 1948-05-15, all of Palestine, including the parts now
+# known as the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, was under British rule.
+# Therefore the rules given for Israel for that period, apply there too...
+#
+# The Gaza Strip was under Egyptian rule between 1948-05-15 until 1967-06-05
+# (except a short occupation by Israel from 1956-11 till 1957-03, but no
+# time zone was affected then). It was never formally annexed to Egypt,
+# though.
+#
+# The rest of Palestine was under Jordanian rule at that time, formally
+# annexed in 1950 as the West Bank (and the word "Trans" was dropped from
+# the country's previous name of "the Hashemite Kingdom of the
+# Trans-Jordan"). So the rules for Jordan for that time apply. Major
+# towns in that area are Nablus (Shchem), El-Halil (Hebron), Ramallah, and
+# East Jerusalem.
+#
+# Both areas were occupied by Israel in June 1967, but not annexed (except
+# for East Jerusalem). They were on Israel time since then; there might
+# have been a Military Governor's order about time zones, but I'm not aware
+# of any (such orders may have been issued semi-annually whenever summer
+# time was in effect, but maybe the legal aspect of time was just neglected).
+#
+# The Palestinian Authority was established in 1993, and got hold of most
+# towns in the West Bank and Gaza by 1995. I know that in order to
+# demonstrate...independence, they have been switching to
+# summer time and back on a different schedule than Israel's, but I don't
+# know when this was started, or what algorithm is used (most likely the
+# Jordanian one).
+#
+# To summarize, the table should probably look something like that:
+#
+# Area \ when | 1918-1947 | 1948-1967 | 1967-1995 | 1996-
+# ------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------
+# Israel | Zion | Zion | Zion | Zion
+# West bank | Zion | Jordan | Zion | Jordan
+# Gaza | Zion | Egypt | Zion | Jordan
+#
+# I guess more info may be available from the PA's web page (if/when they
+# have one).
+
+# From Paul Eggert (1998-02-25):
+# Shanks writes that Gaza did not observe DST until 1957, but we'll go
+# with Shapir and assume that it observed DST from 1940 through 1947,
+# and that it used Jordanian rules starting in 1996.
+# We don't yet need a separate entry for the West Bank, since
+# the only differences between it and Gaza that we know about
+# occurred before our cutoff date of 1970.
+# However, as we get more information, we may need to add entries
+# for parts of the West Bank as they transitioned from Israel's rules
+# to Palestine's rules. If you have more info about this, please
+# send it to tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for incorporation into future editions.
+
+# From IINS News Service - Israel - 1998-03-23 10:38:07 Israel time,
+# forwarded by Ephraim Silverberg:
+#
+# Despite the fact that Israel changed over to daylight savings time
+# last week, the PLO Authority (PA) has decided not to turn its clocks
+# one-hour forward at this time. As a sign of independence from Israeli rule,
+# the PA has decided to implement DST in April.
+
# These rules for Egypt are stolen from the `africa' file.
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule EgyptAsia 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S
@@ -837,9 +899,10 @@ Rule EgyptAsia 1959 1965 - Sep 30 3:00 0 -
Rule EgyptAsia 1966 only - Oct 1 3:00 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct
- 2:00 - EET 1957 May 10
- 2:00 EgyptAsia EE%sT 1967 Jun 30
- 2:00 Zion I%sT
+ 2:00 Zion EET 1948 May 15
+ 2:00 EgyptAsia EE%sT 1967 Jun 5
+ 2:00 Zion I%sT 1996
+ 2:00 Jordan EE%sT
# Paracel Is
# no information
@@ -890,17 +953,17 @@ Zone Asia/Singapore 6:55:24 - LMT 1880
# Sri Lanka
# From Paul Eggert (1996-09-03):
#
-# http://www.virtual-pc.com/lankaweb/news/items/240596-2.html (1996-05-24)
+# Sri Lanka advances clock by an hour to avoid blackout (1996-05-24)
#
# reported ``the country's standard time will be put forward by one hour at
# midnight Friday (1830 GMT) `in the light of the present power crisis'.''
# Transitions before 1996 are from Shanks (1991).
#
# From Dharmasiri Senanayake, Sri Lanka Media Minister (1996-10-24), as quoted
-# in
+# by Shamindra in
#
-# news:54rka5$m5h@mtinsc01-mgt.ops.worldnet.att.net (1996-10-26):
-#
+# Daily News - Hot News Section (1996-10-26)
+# :
# With effect from 12.30 a.m. on 26th October 1996
# Sri Lanka will be six (06) hours ahead of GMT.
@@ -990,14 +1053,6 @@ Zone Asia/Tashkent 4:37:12 - LMT 1924 May 2
5:00 - UZT # Uzbekistan Time
# Shanks has Tashkent using DST after 1991, but usno1995 says they don't.
# Guess no DST after 1991.
-#
-# http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/95fact/802389h.gif (1995)
-#
-# says that Uzbekistan has two time zones, but a cable
-#
-# http://www.itaiep.doc.gov/bisnis/cables/960510uz.html (1996-05-10)
-#
-# from the American Embassy in Tashkent implies that they have just one.
# Vietnam
# From Paul Eggert (1993-11-18):
diff --git a/share/zoneinfo/australasia b/share/zoneinfo/australasia
index 5121cd32fdf8..f82121e125af 100644
--- a/share/zoneinfo/australasia
+++ b/share/zoneinfo/australasia
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)australasia 7.39
+# @(#)australasia 7.43
# This file also includes Pacific islands.
# Notes are at the end of this file
@@ -158,9 +158,6 @@ Zone Australia/Lord_Howe 10:36:20 - LMT 1895 Feb
10:30 LH LHST
# Australian miscellany
-# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
-Zone Indian/Christmas 7:02:52 - LMT 1895 Feb
- 7:00 - CXT # Christmas Island Time
#
# Ashmore Is, Cartier
# no indigenous inhabitants; only seasonal caretakers
@@ -178,6 +175,10 @@ Zone Indian/Christmas 7:02:52 - LMT 1895 Feb
# Manihiki, Penrhyn, Rakehanga
# no information
+# Christmas
+# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
+Zone Indian/Christmas 7:02:52 - LMT 1895 Feb
+ 7:00 - CXT # Christmas Island Time
# Cook Is
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
@@ -207,27 +208,14 @@ Zone Pacific/Marquesas -9:18:00 - LMT 1912 Oct
-9:30 - MART # Marquesas Time
Zone Pacific/Tahiti -9:58:16 - LMT 1912 Oct # Papeete
-10:00 - TAHT # Tahiti Time
+# Clipperton (near North America) is administered from French Polynesia;
+# it is uninhabited.
# Guam
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Guam 9:39:00 - LMT 1901 # Agana
10:00 - GST
-# Howland, Baker
-# uninhabited since World War II
-# no information; was probably like Pacific/Pago_Pago
-
-# Jarvis
-# uninhabited since 1958
-# no information; was probably like Pacific/Kiritimati
-
-# Johnston
-# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
-Zone Pacific/Johnston -10:00 - HST
-
-# Kingman
-# uninhabited
-
# Kiribati
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Tarawa 11:32:04 - LMT 1901 # Bairiki
@@ -352,9 +340,6 @@ Zone Pacific/Norfolk 11:11:52 - LMT 1901 # Kingston
Zone Pacific/Palau 8:57:56 - LMT 1901 # Koror
9:00 - PWT # Palau Time
-# Palmyra
-# uninhabited since World War II; was probably like Pacific/Kiritimati
-
# Papua New Guinea
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Port_Moresby 9:48:40 - LMT 1880
@@ -402,6 +387,39 @@ Zone Pacific/Tongatapu 12:19:20 - LMT 1901
Zone Pacific/Funafuti 11:56:52 - LMT 1901
12:00 - TVT # Tuvalu Time
+
+# US minor outlying islands
+
+# Howland, Baker
+# uninhabited since World War II
+# no information; was probably like Pacific/Pago_Pago
+
+# Jarvis
+# uninhabited since 1958
+# no information; was probably like Pacific/Kiritimati
+
+# Johnston
+# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
+Zone Pacific/Johnston -10:00 - HST
+
+# Kingman
+# uninhabited
+
+# Midway
+Zone Pacific/Midway -11:49:28 - LMT 1901
+ -11:00 - NST 1967 Apr # N=Nome
+ -11:00 - BST 1983 Nov 30 # B=Bering
+ -11:00 - SST # S=Samoa
+
+# Palmyra
+# uninhabited since World War II; was probably like Pacific/Kiritimati
+
+# Wake
+# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
+Zone Pacific/Wake 11:06:28 - LMT 1901
+ 12:00 - WAKT # Wake Time
+
+
# Vanuatu
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Vanuatu 1983 only - Sep 25 0:00 1:00 S
@@ -414,11 +432,6 @@ Rule Vanuatu 1992 only - Oct Sun>=23 0:00 1:00 S
Zone Pacific/Efate 11:13:16 - LMT 1912 Jan 13 # Vila
11:00 Vanuatu VU%sT # Vanuatu Time
-# Wake
-# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
-Zone Pacific/Wake 11:06:28 - LMT 1901
- 12:00 - WAKT # Wake Time
-
# Wallis and Futuna
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901
@@ -517,16 +530,15 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901
#
# NSW (including LHI and Broken Hill):
#
-# http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/sta1987137/index.html
+# Standard Time Act 1987 (updated 1995-04-04)
#
# ACT
-#
-# http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/act/consol_act/consol_act/stasta1972279/i
+#
+# Standard Time and Summer Time Act 1972
#
-# ndex.html
# SA
#
-# http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/sa/consol_act/sta1898137/index.html
+# Standard Time Act, 1898
#
# Northern Territory
@@ -801,7 +813,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901
# # YANCOWINNA.. [ Confirmation courtesy of Broken Hill Postmaster ]
# # [ Dec 1990 ]
# ...
-# # Yancowinna uses Central Standard Time, despite it's location on the
+# # Yancowinna uses Central Standard Time, despite [its] location on the
# # New South Wales side of the S.A. border. Most business and social dealings
# # are with CST zones, therefore CST is legislated by local government
# # although the switch to Summer Time occurs in line with N.S.W. There have
diff --git a/share/zoneinfo/backward b/share/zoneinfo/backward
index 4c7a19d2cff8..84f3de51b15a 100644
--- a/share/zoneinfo/backward
+++ b/share/zoneinfo/backward
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)backward 7.14
+# @(#)backward 7.15
# This file provides links between current names for time zones
# and their old names. Many names changed in late 1993.
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ Link America/Havana Cuba
Link Africa/Cairo Egypt
Link Europe/Dublin Eire
Link Europe/London GB
-Link Etc/GMT GMT
Link Etc/GMT+0 GMT+0
Link Etc/GMT-0 GMT-0
Link Etc/GMT0 GMT0
diff --git a/share/zoneinfo/etcetera b/share/zoneinfo/etcetera
index cf1516fe2f33..4fb27acff37c 100644
--- a/share/zoneinfo/etcetera
+++ b/share/zoneinfo/etcetera
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)etcetera 7.9
+# @(#)etcetera 7.10
# These entries are mostly present for historical reasons, so that
# people in areas not otherwise covered by the tz files could "zic -l"
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ Zone Etc/GMT 0 - GMT
Zone Etc/UTC 0 - UTC
Zone Etc/UCT 0 - UCT
+# The following link uses older naming conventions,
+# but it belongs here, not in the file `backward',
+# as functions like gmtime load the "GMT" file to handle leap seconds properly.
+# We want this to work even on installations that omit the other older names.
+Link Etc/GMT GMT
+
Link Etc/UTC Etc/Universal
Link Etc/UTC Etc/Zulu
diff --git a/share/zoneinfo/europe b/share/zoneinfo/europe
index dbaa01f2f49b..671cd54a2281 100644
--- a/share/zoneinfo/europe
+++ b/share/zoneinfo/europe
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)europe 7.52
+# @(#)europe 7.55
# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
###############################################################################
-# United Kingdom
+# Britain (United Kingdom) and Ireland (Eire)
# The UK and its colonies adopted the Gregorian calendar on 1752-09-14.
# From Peter Ilieve (1994-07-06):
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
# time of sunrise and sunset in The Times, when BDST was in effect, and
# if you find a zone reference it will say, "All times B.D.S.T."
-# From Peter Ilieve (1998-01-12):
+# From Peter Ilieve (1998-04-19):
# The following list attempts to show the complete history of Summer Time
# legislation in the United Kingdom, and has quite a bit to say about
# the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands as well.
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@
# seen it I don't know if it used Greenwich mean time, some other definition,
# or just said that Isle of Man time would be the same as in Great Britain.
#
-# - The Isle of Man (War Legislation) Act, 1914 (4 & 5 Geo. 5. c. 62) (???)
+# - The Isle of Man (War Legislation) Act, 1914 (4 & 5 Geo. 5. c. 62)
#
# Gives the power, by Order in Council, to extend wartime legislation
# to the Isle of Man.
@@ -258,6 +258,14 @@
#
# The matching Isle of Man Order for 1918 with the same dates and times.
#
+# - The Termination of the Present War (Definition) Act, 1918
+# (8 & 9 Geo. 5. c. 59)
+#
+# This gave power to specify a legal end date for the war just ended,
+# which would affect things like the Summer Time Act, 1916, which applied
+# only in wartime. This date was to be close to the date of formal
+# ratification of the treaty or treaties of peace.
+#
# - S.R.&O. 1919, No. 297
#
# An Order made under the Summer Time Act, 1916 giving dates
@@ -285,12 +293,12 @@
# Monday 25 October (the time remaining 02:00 GMT). The 1989 Green
# Paper (Cm 722) says this was done because of a coal strike.
#
-# - The War Emergency Laws (Continuance) Act, 1920 (10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. 5) (???)
+# - The War Emergency Laws (Continuance) Act, 1920 (10 Geo. 5. c. 5)
#
# This extends the power to make Orders under the Summer Time Act, 1916
# for a period of 12 months after the termination of the war.
-# I haven't seen this one so I don't know when it came into force, or
-# when the law deemed the termination of the war to have been.
+# Came into force on 31 March 1920. Although the war had been over for more
+# than 12 months by then the legal end date had not yet been set.
#
# - S.R.&O. 1921, No. 363
#
@@ -302,11 +310,16 @@
#
# The matching Isle of Man Order for 1921 with the same dates and times.
#
-# - S.R.&O. 1922, No. 264 (???)
+# - S.R.&O. 1922, No. 264
#
-# This probably defines Summer Time for 1922 as the Summer Time Act, 1922
-# was passed after the start date. Dates from Cm 722:
-# 1922: 26 March to 8 October
+# An Order made under the Summer Time Act, 1916 and the War
+# Emergency Laws (Continuance) Act, 1920 giving dates for Summer Time
+# in 1921 of Sunday 26 March to Sunday 8 October, both at 02:00 GMT.
+# It also mentions the arrangements for defining the legal end date
+# for the late war. An Order was made on 10 August 1921, under the
+# Termination of the Present War (Definition) Act, 1918, setting
+# a date of 31 August 1921. This means the powers of the Summer Time
+# Act, 1916 would finally expire on 31 August 1922.
#
# - S.R.&O. 1922, No. 290 (???)
#
@@ -327,7 +340,7 @@
# dated 13 October 1922. It revokes (among other things) the Order extending
# the Summer Time Act, 1916 to the Isle of Man.
#
-# - The Expiring Laws Continuance Act, 1923 (13 & 14 Geo. 5. c. 37) (jsm)
+# - The Expiring Laws Continuance Act, 1923 (13 & 14 Geo. 5. c. 37)
#
# This extended the Summer Time Act, 1922 (among other things) until
# 31 December 1924.
@@ -359,15 +372,16 @@
# These were made under the Emergency Powers (Defence) Act, 1939.
# They change the end date to be the day after the third Saturday in November.
#
-# - S.R.&O. 1940, No. 1883
+# - S.R.&O. 1940, No. 172
#
# An Order in Council amending the Defence (Summer Time) Regulations, 1939.
+# It changed the start date to the day after the fourth Saturday in February
+# (ie. 25 Feb 1940).
+#
+# - S.R.&O. 1940, No. 1883
+#
+# Another Order amending the Defence (Summer Time) Regulations, 1939.
# This continues summer time throughout the year after it starts in 1940.
-# There was another Order (S.R.&O. 1940, No. 172) that I assume had merely
-# changed the dates, to start on 4 February, and was then superseded by this
-# one. I haven't seen No. 172 so I don't know what end date it would have
-# specified. The dates from Cm 722:
-# 1940: Summer Time starts on 4 February
#
# - S.R.&O. 1941, No. 476
#
@@ -385,15 +399,20 @@
#
# - S.R.&O. 1944, No. 932
#
-# This changed the end date of Double Summer Time to 17 September 1944.
-# (I don't have the text of this, just a note of what it did, the text almost
-# certainly had the `day after the nth Saturday' form.)
+# Another Order amending the Defence (Summer Time) Regulations, 1939.
+# This changed the end date of Double Summer Time to the day after the
+# third Saturday in September (ie. 17 September 1944).
#
-# - S.R.&O. 1945, No. 312 (???)
+# - S.R.&O. 1945, No. 312
#
-# Probably defines the dates of Double Summer Time in 1945.
-# I do have this quote from Hansard (the official record of the United Kingdom
-# Parliament), Oral Answers, 1 March 1945, cols 1559--60:
+# Another Order amending the Defence (Summer Time) Regulations, 1939.
+# This changes the start and end dates of Double Summer Time to the
+# day after the first Sunday in April and the day after the second Saturday
+# in July (ie. Mon 2 April to Sun 15 July).
+#
+# I have this quote from Hansard (the official record of the United Kingdom
+# Parliament), Oral Answers, 1 March 1945, cols 1559--60, explaining the
+# unusual start on a Monday:
#
# `58. Major Sir Goronwy Owen asked the Secretary of State for the Home
# Department if he is now able to state the Government's proposals
@@ -410,15 +429,13 @@
# Sunday, but in the night of Sunday-Monday so that it will operate from
# Monday, 2nd April.'
#
-# Cm 722 gives dates of:
-# 1945: Double Summer time: 2 April to 15 July
-# 1945: Summer Time ends on 7 October
-#
# - S.R.&O. 1945, No. 1208
#
# An Order under the Emergency Powers (Defence) Acts, 1939 and 1940 revoking
# a long list of things, including the Defence (Summer Time) Regulations, 1939.
# This meant that Summer Time reverted to being set by the 1922 and 1925 Acts.
+# It was made on 28 September, early enough to end Summer Time on the
+# date defined by the 1925 Act: 7 October.
#
# - The Summer Time Act, 1947 (10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 16)
#
@@ -431,21 +448,36 @@
# both to vary the dates and to continue Double Summer Time. It applied
# to the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.
#
-# - Summer Time Order, 1948 (S.I. 1948/495) (???)
-# - Summer Time Order, 1949 (S.I. 1949/373) (???)
-# - Summer Time Order, 1950 (S.I. 1950/518) (???)
-# - Summer Time Order, 1951 (S.I. 1951/430) (???)
-# - Summer Time Order, 1952 (S.I. 1952/451) (???)
+# - Summer Time Order, 1948 (S.I. 1948/495)
#
-# These presumably give the dates of Summer Time for the relevent years.
-# There was no Double Summer Time. The dates given in the 1989 Green Paper
-# for these years are:
-# 1948: 14 March to 31 October
-# 1949: 3 April to 30 October
-# 1950: 16 April to 22 October
-# 1951: 15 April to 21 October
-# 1952: 20 April to 26 October
-# After 1952 things revert back to the 1922 and 1925 Acts.
+# An Order made under the Summer Time Act, 1947. Gave dates for 1948 of
+# 14 March and 31 October, both at 02:00 GMT.
+#
+# Although the 1947 Act had legislated for Double Summer Time, this was
+# not continued after 1947.
+#
+# - Summer Time Order, 1949 (S.I. 1949/373)
+#
+# Another Order made under the Summer Time Act, 1947. Gave dates for 1949
+# of 3 April and 30 October, both at 02:00 GMT.
+#
+# - Summer Time Order, 1950 (S.I. 1950/518)
+#
+# Another Order made under the Summer Time Act, 1947. Gave dates for 1950
+# of 16 April and 22 October, both at 02:00 GMT.
+#
+# - Summer Time Order, 1951 (S.I. 1951/430)
+#
+# Another Order made under the Summer Time Act, 1947. Gave dates for 1951
+# of 15 April and 21 October, both at 02:00 GMT.
+#
+# - Summer Time Order, 1952 (S.I. 1952/451)
+#
+# Another Order made under the Summer Time Act, 1947. Gave dates for 1952
+# of 20 April and 26 October, both at 02:00 GMT.
+#
+# This is the last of this run of Orders, so for 1953 things reverted
+# to the 1922 and 1925 Acts.
#
# - The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland), 1954 (1954 c. 33 (N.I.)) (???)
#
@@ -659,7 +691,9 @@
# 2000: 26 March to 29 October
# 2001: 25 March to 28 October
#
+#
# - Summer Time Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/2982)
+#
#
# Implements the eighth Directive. Has the same text about the Isle of Man,
# Guernsey and Jersey as the 1994 Order.
@@ -757,7 +791,7 @@ Rule GB-Eire 1939 only - Apr Sun>=16 2:00s 1:00 BST
# S.R.&O. 1939, No. 1379
Rule GB-Eire 1939 only - Nov Sun>=16 2:00s 0 GMT
# S.R.&O. 1940, No. 172 and No. 1883
-Rule GB-Eire 1940 only - Feb 25 2:00s 1:00 BST
+Rule GB-Eire 1940 only - Feb Sun>=23 2:00s 1:00 BST
# S.R.&O. 1941, No. 476
Rule GB-Eire 1941 only - May Sun>=2 1:00s 2:00 BDST
Rule GB-Eire 1941 1943 - Aug Sun>=9 1:00s 1:00 BST
@@ -766,9 +800,9 @@ Rule GB-Eire 1942 1944 - Apr Sun>=2 1:00s 2:00 BDST
# S.R.&O. 1944, No. 932
Rule GB-Eire 1944 only - Sep Sun>=16 1:00s 1:00 BST
# S.R.&O. 1945, No. 312
-Rule GB-Eire 1945 only - Apr 2 1:00s 2:00 BDST
+Rule GB-Eire 1945 only - Apr Mon>=2 1:00s 2:00 BDST
+Rule GB-Eire 1945 only - Jul Sun>=9 1:00s 1:00 BST
# S.R.&O. 1945, No. 1208
-Rule GB-Eire 1945 only - Jul 15 1:00s 1:00 BST
Rule GB-Eire 1945 1946 - Oct Sun>=2 2:00s 0 GMT
Rule GB-Eire 1946 only - Apr Sun>=9 2:00s 1:00 BST
# The Summer Time Act, 1947
@@ -778,9 +812,10 @@ Rule GB-Eire 1947 only - Aug 10 1:00s 1:00 BST
Rule GB-Eire 1947 only - Nov 2 2:00s 0 GMT
# Summer Time Order, 1948 (S.I. 1948/495)
Rule GB-Eire 1948 only - Mar 14 2:00s 1:00 BST
-Rule GB-Eire 1948 1949 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 GMT
+Rule GB-Eire 1948 only - Oct 31 2:00s 0 GMT
# Summer Time Order, 1949 (S.I. 1949/373)
Rule GB-Eire 1949 only - Apr 3 2:00s 1:00 BST
+Rule GB-Eire 1949 only - Oct 30 2:00s 0 GMT
# Summer Time Order, 1950 (S.I. 1950/518)
# Summer Time Order, 1951 (S.I. 1951/430)
# Summer Time Order, 1952 (S.I. 1952/451)
@@ -1132,7 +1167,7 @@ Zone Europe/Prague 0:57:44 - LMT 1850
1:00 Czech CE%sT 1979
1:00 EU CE%sT
-# Denmark
+# Denmark, Faeroe Islands, and Greenland
# Gregorian calendar adopted 1700-03-01.
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Denmark 1916 only - May 14 23:00 1:00 S
@@ -1464,7 +1499,7 @@ Zone Atlantic/Reykjavik -1:27:24 - LMT 1837
# From Paul Eggert (1996-05-06):
# For Italian DST we have three sources: Shanks, Whitman, and F. Pollastri
#
-# http://pisolo.cstv.to.cnr.it/toi/uk/ienitlt.html (1996-03-14)
+# Day-light Saving Time in Italy (1996-03-14)
#
# (`FP' below), taken from an Italian National Electrotechnical Institute
# publication. When the three sources disagree, guess who's right, as follows:
@@ -1575,11 +1610,16 @@ Zone Europe/Vilnius 1:41:16 - LMT 1880
1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1944 Aug
3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
2:00 1:00 EEST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s
- 2:00 C-Eur EE%sT
+ 2:00 C-Eur EE%sT 1998 Mar 29 2:00s
+ 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT
# From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22):
# IATA SSIM (1992/1996) says Lithuania uses W-Eur rules, but since it is
# known to be wrong about Estonia and Latvia, assume it's wrong here too.
+# From Marius Gedminas (1998-08-07):
+# I would like to inform that in this year Lithuanian time zone
+# (Europe/Vilnius) was changed.
+
# Luxembourg
# Whitman disagrees with most of these dates in minor ways; go with Shanks.
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
@@ -1712,11 +1752,9 @@ Zone Europe/Oslo 0:43:00 - LMT 1895
1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1945 Apr 2 2:00
1:00 Norway CE%sT 1980
1:00 EU CE%sT
-#
-# Svalbard
+
+# Svalbard & Jan Mayen
Link Europe/Oslo Arctic/Longyearbyen
-#
-# Jan Mayen
# From Whitman:
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Atlantic/Jan_Mayen -1:00 - EGT
@@ -2084,9 +2122,10 @@ Zone Atlantic/Canary -1:01:36 - LMT 1922 Mar # Las Palmas de Gran C.
# Sweden
# From: msb@sq.com (Mark Brader)
-#
-# news:1996Jul6.012937.29190@sq.com
-# :
+#
+# Subject: Re: Gregorian reform -- a part of locale?
+#
+# Date: 1996-07-06
#
# In 1700, Denmark made the transition from Julian to Gregorian. Sweden
# decided to *start* a transition in 1700 as well, but rather than have one of
diff --git a/share/zoneinfo/iso3166.tab b/share/zoneinfo/iso3166.tab
index 6eb4d318db52..a3b2bee9fa0d 100644
--- a/share/zoneinfo/iso3166.tab
+++ b/share/zoneinfo/iso3166.tab
@@ -3,12 +3,16 @@
# From Paul Eggert (1996-09-03):
#
# This file contains a table with the following columns:
-# 1. ISO 3166 2-character country code.
+# 1. ISO 3166-1:1997 2-character country code. See:
# 2. The usual English name for the country,
# chosen so that alphabetic sorting of subsets produces helpful lists.
+# This is not the same as the English name in the ISO 3166 tables.
#
-# For France in Europe, we follow common practice and use FR,
-# even though FX might be more technically correct.
+# The PS code below has been reserved for Palestine by the ISO;
+# however, the code is not yet officially assigned to Palestine. Please see
+#
+# Cord Wischhoefer, Country Code Elements for Palestine (1996-07-24)
+# .
#
# Columns are separated by a single tab.
# The table is sorted by country code.
@@ -191,6 +195,7 @@ PL Poland
PM St Pierre & Miquelon
PN Pitcairn
PR Puerto Rico
+PS Palestine
PT Portugal
PW Palau
PY Paraguay
diff --git a/share/zoneinfo/leapseconds b/share/zoneinfo/leapseconds
index 903da5aaaefc..1cd114b91fbe 100644
--- a/share/zoneinfo/leapseconds
+++ b/share/zoneinfo/leapseconds
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)leapseconds 7.10
+# @(#)leapseconds 7.11
# Allowance for leapseconds added to each timezone file.
@@ -41,3 +41,4 @@ Leap 1993 Jun 30 23:59:60 + S
Leap 1994 Jun 30 23:59:60 + S
Leap 1995 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S
Leap 1997 Jun 30 23:59:60 + S
+Leap 1998 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S
diff --git a/share/zoneinfo/northamerica b/share/zoneinfo/northamerica
index baaf84095acc..042be035d701 100644
--- a/share/zoneinfo/northamerica
+++ b/share/zoneinfo/northamerica
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)northamerica 7.39
+# @(#)northamerica 7.40
# also includes Central America and the Caribbean
# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
@@ -262,11 +262,6 @@ Zone Pacific/Honolulu -10:31:26 - LMT 1900 Jan 1 12:00
-10:30 US H%sT 1947 Jun 8 2:00
-10:00 - HST
-Zone Pacific/Midway -11:49:28 - LMT 1901
- -11:00 - NST 1967 Apr # N=Nome
- -11:00 - BST 1983 Nov 30 # B=Bering
- -11:00 - SST # S=Samoa
-
# Now we turn to US areas that have diverged from the consensus since 1970.
# Arizona mostly uses MST.
@@ -1102,9 +1097,6 @@ Zone America/Cayman -5:25:32 - LMT 1890 # Georgetown
-5:07 - KMT 1912 Feb # Kingston Mean Time
-5:00 - EST
-# Clipperton
-# uninhabited
-
# Costa Rica
# Shanks gives some very odd dates for 1991, and stops there.
# For now, we won't guess further.
diff --git a/share/zoneinfo/southamerica b/share/zoneinfo/southamerica
index f53355c4c095..f2bf21706385 100644
--- a/share/zoneinfo/southamerica
+++ b/share/zoneinfo/southamerica
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)southamerica 7.22
+# @(#)southamerica 7.23
# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
@@ -274,8 +274,25 @@ Rule Brazil 1992 only - Feb 9 0:00 0 S
Rule Brazil 1993 1995 - Oct Sun>=11 0:00 1:00 D
Rule Brazil 1993 only - Jan 31 0:00 0 S
Rule Brazil 1994 1995 - Feb Sun>=15 0:00 0 S
-Rule Brazil 1996 max - Feb Sun>=11 0:00 0 S
-Rule Brazil 1996 max - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D
+Rule Brazil 1996 only - Feb Sun>=11 0:00 0 S
+Rule Brazil 1996 only - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D
+# From Daniel C. Sobral (1998-02-12):
+# In 1997, the DS began on October 6. The stated reason was that
+# because international television networks ignored Brazil's policy on DS,
+# they bought the wrong times on satellite for coverage of Pope's visit.
+# This year, the ending date of DS was postponed to March 1
+# to help dealing with the shortages of electric power.
+#
+# From Paul Eggert (1998-02-25):
+# Reference for 1997-10-06 change:
+#
+# Brazil Prepares for Papal Visit
+# ,
+# Church Net UK (1997-10-02).
+Rule Brazil 1997 only - Oct 6 0:00 1:00 D
+Rule Brazil 1998 only - Mar 1 0:00 0 S
+Rule Brazil 1998 max - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D
+Rule Brazil 1999 max - Feb Sun>=11 0:00 0 S
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
#
diff --git a/share/zoneinfo/zone.tab b/share/zoneinfo/zone.tab
index df4c15778868..3cfd4d12cbc2 100644
--- a/share/zoneinfo/zone.tab
+++ b/share/zoneinfo/zone.tab
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ AQ -7750+16636 Antarctica/McMurdo McMurdo Station, Ross Island
AQ -9000+00000 Antarctica/South_Pole Amundsen-Scott Station, South Pole
AQ -6448-06406 Antarctica/Palmer Palmer Station, Anvers Island
AQ -6736+06253 Antarctica/Mawson Mawson Station, Holme Bay
+AQ -6835+07758 Antarctica/Davis Davis Station, Vestfold Hills
AQ -6617+11031 Antarctica/Casey Casey Station, Bailey Peninsula
AQ -6640+14001 Antarctica/DumontDUrville Dumont-d'Urville Base, Terre Adelie
AR -3436-05827 America/Buenos_Aires E Argentina (BA, DF, SC, TF)
@@ -178,8 +179,7 @@ ID -0610+10648 Asia/Jakarta Java & Sumatra
ID -0507+11924 Asia/Ujung_Pandang Borneo & Celebes
ID -0232+14042 Asia/Jayapura Irian Jaya & the Moluccas
IE +5320-00615 Europe/Dublin
-IL +3146+03514 Asia/Jerusalem most locations
-IL +3130+03428 Asia/Gaza Gaza Strip
+IL +3146+03514 Asia/Jerusalem
IN +2232+08822 Asia/Calcutta
IO -0720+07225 Indian/Chagos
IQ +3321+04425 Asia/Baghdad
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ NP +2743+08519 Asia/Katmandu
NR -0031+16655 Pacific/Nauru
NU -1901+16955 Pacific/Niue
NZ -3652+17446 Pacific/Auckland most locations
-NZ -4355+17630 Pacific/Chatham Chatham Island
+NZ -4355-17630 Pacific/Chatham Chatham Islands
OM +2336+05835 Asia/Muscat
PA +0858-07932 America/Panama
PE -1203-07703 America/Lima
@@ -269,6 +269,7 @@ PL +5215+02100 Europe/Warsaw
PM +4703-05620 America/Miquelon
PN -2504-13005 Pacific/Pitcairn
PR +182806-0660622 America/Puerto_Rico
+PS +3130+03428 Asia/Gaza
PT +3843-00908 Europe/Lisbon mainland
PT +3238-01654 Atlantic/Madeira Madeira Islands
PT +3744-02540 Atlantic/Azores Azores