[Midnightbsd-cvs] src: share/zoneinfo: 2008i

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2008i

Modified Files:
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    src/share/zoneinfo:
        MidnightBSD-upgrade (r1.3 -> r1.4)
        africa (r1.4 -> r1.5)
        asia (r1.4 -> r1.5)
        australasia (r1.4 -> r1.5)
        backward (r1.4 -> r1.5)
        europe (r1.4 -> r1.5)
        leapseconds (r1.4 -> r1.5)
        northamerica (r1.4 -> r1.5)
        southamerica (r1.4 -> r1.5)
        zone.tab (r1.4 -> r1.5)

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Index: australasia
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RCS file: /home/cvs/src/share/zoneinfo/australasia,v
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diff -L share/zoneinfo/australasia -L share/zoneinfo/australasia -u -r1.4 -r1.5
--- share/zoneinfo/australasia
+++ share/zoneinfo/australasia
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)australasia	8.8
+# @(#)australasia	8.9
 # <pre>
 
 # This file also includes Pacific islands.
@@ -1346,7 +1346,7 @@
 # * Tonga will introduce DST in November
 #
 # I was given this link by John Letts:
-# <a hef="http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_424000/424764.stm">
+# <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_424000/424764.stm">
 # http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_424000/424764.stm
 # </a>
 #
@@ -1356,7 +1356,7 @@
 # (12 + 1 hour DST).
 
 # From Arthur David Olson (1999-09-20):
-# According to <a href="http://www.tongaonline.com/news/sept1799.html>
+# According to <a href="http://www.tongaonline.com/news/sept1799.html">
 # http://www.tongaonline.com/news/sept1799.html
 # </a>:
 # "Daylight Savings Time will take effect on Oct. 2 through April 15, 2000
Index: backward
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RCS file: /home/cvs/src/share/zoneinfo/backward,v
retrieving revision 1.4
retrieving revision 1.5
diff -L share/zoneinfo/backward -L share/zoneinfo/backward -u -r1.4 -r1.5
--- share/zoneinfo/backward
+++ share/zoneinfo/backward
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)backward	8.4
+# @(#)backward	8.6
 
 # This file provides links between current names for time zones
 # and their old names.  Many names changed in late 1993.
@@ -24,8 +24,10 @@
 Link	Asia/Ashgabat		Asia/Ashkhabad
 Link	Asia/Chongqing		Asia/Chungking
 Link	Asia/Dhaka		Asia/Dacca
+Link	Asia/Kolkata		Asia/Calcutta
 Link	Asia/Macau		Asia/Macao
 Link	Asia/Jerusalem		Asia/Tel_Aviv
+Link	Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh	Asia/Saigon
 Link	Asia/Thimphu		Asia/Thimbu
 Link	Asia/Makassar		Asia/Ujung_Pandang
 Link	Asia/Ulaanbaatar	Asia/Ulan_Bator
Index: leapseconds
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RCS file: /home/cvs/src/share/zoneinfo/leapseconds,v
retrieving revision 1.4
retrieving revision 1.5
diff -L share/zoneinfo/leapseconds -L share/zoneinfo/leapseconds -u -r1.4 -r1.5
--- share/zoneinfo/leapseconds
+++ share/zoneinfo/leapseconds
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)leapseconds	8.4
+# @(#)leapseconds	8.6
 
 # Allowance for leapseconds added to each timezone file.
 
@@ -44,8 +44,10 @@
 Leap	1997	Jun	30	23:59:60	+	S
 Leap	1998	Dec	31	23:59:60	+	S
 Leap	2005	Dec	31	23:59:60	+	S
+Leap	2008	Dec	31	23:59:60	+	S
 
 # INTERNATIONAL EARTH ROTATION AND REFERENCE SYSTEMS SERVICE (IERS)
+#
 # SERVICE INTERNATIONAL DE LA ROTATION TERRESTRE ET DES SYSTEMES DE REFERENCE
 #
 # SERVICE DE LA ROTATION TERRESTRE
@@ -53,30 +55,38 @@
 # 61, Av. de l'Observatoire 75014 PARIS (France)
 # Tel.      : 33 (0) 1 40 51 22 26
 # FAX       : 33 (0) 1 40 51 22 91
-# Internet  : services.iers at obspm.fr
+# e-mail    : services.iers at obspm.fr
+# http://hpiers.obspm.fr/eop-pc
 #
-# Paris, 28 June 2007
+# Paris, 4 July 2008
 #
-# Bulletin C 34
+# Bulletin C 36
 #
 # To authorities responsible
 # for the measurement and
 # distribution of time
 #
-# INFORMATION ON UTC - TAI
+# UTC TIME STEP
+# on the 1st of January 2009
+#
+# A positive leap second will be introduced at the end of December 2008.
+# The sequence of dates of the UTC second markers will be:		
+#
+# 2008 December 31,     23h 59m 59s
+# 2008 December 31,     23h 59m 60s
+# 2009 January   1,      0h  0m  0s
 #
-# NO positive leap second will be introduced at the end of December 2007.
-# The difference between Coordinated Universal Time UTC and the
-# International Atomic Time TAI is :		
+# The difference between UTC and the International Atomic Time TAI is:
 #
-# from 2006 January 1, 0h UTC, until further notice : UTC-TAI = -33 s
+# from 2006 January 1, 0h UTC, to 2009 January 1  0h UTC  : UTC-TAI = - 33s
+# from 2009 January 1, 0h UTC, until further notice       : UTC-TAI = - 34s
 #
 # Leap seconds can be introduced in UTC at the end of the months of December
-# or June,  depending on the evolution of UT1-TAI. Bulletin C is mailed every
-# six months, either to announce a time step in UTC, or to confirm that there
+# or June, depending on the evolution of UT1-TAI. Bulletin C is mailed every
+# six months, either to announce a time step in UTC or to confirm that there
 # will be no time step at the next possible date.
 #
 # Daniel GAMBIS
-# Director			
+# Head		
 # Earth Orientation Center of IERS
 # Observatoire de Paris, France
Index: zone.tab
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RCS file: /home/cvs/src/share/zoneinfo/zone.tab,v
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diff -L share/zoneinfo/zone.tab -L share/zoneinfo/zone.tab -u -r1.4 -r1.5
--- share/zoneinfo/zone.tab
+++ share/zoneinfo/zone.tab
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)zone.tab	8.13
+# @(#)zone.tab	8.21
 #
 # TZ zone descriptions
 #
@@ -42,13 +42,15 @@
 AQ	-6640+14001	Antarctica/DumontDUrville	Dumont-d'Urville Station, Terre Adelie
 AQ	-690022+0393524	Antarctica/Syowa	Syowa Station, E Ongul I
 AR	-3436-05827	America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires	Buenos Aires (BA, CF)
-AR	-3124-06411	America/Argentina/Cordoba	most locations (CB, CC, CN, ER, FM, LP, MN, NQ, RN, SA, SE, SF, SL)
+AR	-3124-06411	America/Argentina/Cordoba	most locations (CB, CC, CN, ER, FM, MN, SE, SF)
+AR	-2447-06525	America/Argentina/Salta	(SA, LP, NQ, RN)
 AR	-2411-06518	America/Argentina/Jujuy	Jujuy (JY)
 AR	-2649-06513	America/Argentina/Tucuman	Tucuman (TM)
 AR	-2828-06547	America/Argentina/Catamarca	Catamarca (CT), Chubut (CH)
 AR	-2926-06651	America/Argentina/La_Rioja	La Rioja (LR)
 AR	-3132-06831	America/Argentina/San_Juan	San Juan (SJ)
 AR	-3253-06849	America/Argentina/Mendoza	Mendoza (MZ)
+AR	-3319-06621	America/Argentina/San_Luis	San Luis (SL)
 AR	-5138-06913	America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos	Santa Cruz (SC)
 AR	-5448-06818	America/Argentina/Ushuaia	Tierra del Fuego (TF)
 AS	-1416-17042	Pacific/Pago_Pago
@@ -91,7 +93,8 @@
 BR	-2332-04637	America/Sao_Paulo	S & SE Brazil (GO, DF, MG, ES, RJ, SP, PR, SC, RS)
 BR	-2027-05437	America/Campo_Grande	Mato Grosso do Sul
 BR	-1535-05605	America/Cuiaba	Mato Grosso
-BR	-0846-06354	America/Porto_Velho	W Para, Rondonia
+BR	-0226-05452	America/Santarem	W Para
+BR	-0846-06354	America/Porto_Velho	Rondonia
 BR	+0249-06040	America/Boa_Vista	Roraima
 BR	-0308-06001	America/Manaus	E Amazonas
 BR	-0640-06952	America/Eirunepe	W Amazonas
@@ -209,7 +212,7 @@
 IE	+5320-00615	Europe/Dublin
 IL	+3146+03514	Asia/Jerusalem
 IM	+5409-00428	Europe/Isle_of_Man
-IN	+2232+08822	Asia/Calcutta
+IN	+2232+08822	Asia/Kolkata
 IO	-0720+07225	Indian/Chagos
 IQ	+3321+04425	Asia/Baghdad
 IR	+3540+05126	Asia/Tehran
@@ -291,7 +294,7 @@
 NO	+5955+01045	Europe/Oslo
 NP	+2743+08519	Asia/Katmandu
 NR	-0031+16655	Pacific/Nauru
-NU	-1901+16955	Pacific/Niue
+NU	-1901-16955	Pacific/Niue
 NZ	-3652+17446	Pacific/Auckland	most locations
 NZ	-4357-17633	Pacific/Chatham	Chatham Islands
 OM	+2336+05835	Asia/Muscat
@@ -382,13 +385,13 @@
 US	+364947-0845057	America/Kentucky/Monticello	Eastern Time - Kentucky - Wayne County
 US	+394606-0860929	America/Indiana/Indianapolis	Eastern Time - Indiana - most locations
 US	+384038-0873143	America/Indiana/Vincennes	Eastern Time - Indiana - Daviess, Dubois, Knox & Martin Counties
-US	+411745-0863730	America/Indiana/Knox	Eastern Time - Indiana - Starke County
 US	+410305-0863611	America/Indiana/Winamac	Eastern Time - Indiana - Pulaski County
 US	+382232-0862041	America/Indiana/Marengo	Eastern Time - Indiana - Crawford County
+US	+382931-0871643	America/Indiana/Petersburg	Eastern Time - Indiana - Pike County
 US	+384452-0850402	America/Indiana/Vevay	Eastern Time - Indiana - Switzerland County
 US	+415100-0873900	America/Chicago	Central Time
 US	+375711-0864541	America/Indiana/Tell_City	Central Time - Indiana - Perry County
-US	+382931-0871643	America/Indiana/Petersburg	Central Time - Indiana - Pike County
+US	+411745-0863730	America/Indiana/Knox	Central Time - Indiana - Starke County
 US	+450628-0873651	America/Menominee	Central Time - Michigan - Dickinson, Gogebic, Iron & Menominee Counties
 US	+470659-1011757	America/North_Dakota/Center	Central Time - North Dakota - Oliver County
 US	+465042-1012439	America/North_Dakota/New_Salem	Central Time - North Dakota - Morton County (except Mandan area)
@@ -411,7 +414,7 @@
 VE	+1030-06656	America/Caracas
 VG	+1827-06437	America/Tortola
 VI	+1821-06456	America/St_Thomas
-VN	+1045+10640	Asia/Saigon
+VN	+1045+10640	Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh
 VU	-1740+16825	Pacific/Efate
 WF	-1318-17610	Pacific/Wallis
 WS	-1350-17144	Pacific/Apia
Index: africa
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RCS file: /home/cvs/src/share/zoneinfo/africa,v
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diff -L share/zoneinfo/africa -L share/zoneinfo/africa -u -r1.4 -r1.5
--- share/zoneinfo/africa
+++ share/zoneinfo/africa
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)africa	8.10
+# @(#)africa	8.17
 # <pre>
 
 # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
@@ -387,9 +387,88 @@
 			 0:00	-	GMT
 
 # Mauritius
+
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-06-25):
+# Mauritius plans to observe DST from 2008-11-01 to 2009-03-31 on a trial
+# basis....
+# It seems that Mauritius observed daylight saving time from 1982-10-10 to 
+# 1983-03-20 as well, but that was not successful....
+# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/mauritius-daylight-saving-time.html
+
+# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-06-25):
+# http://economicdevelopment.gov.mu/portal/site/Mainhomepage/menuitem.a42b24128104d9845dabddd154508a0c/?content_id=0a7cee8b5d69a110VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD
+
+# From Arthur David Olson (2008-06-30):
+# The www.timeanddate.com article cited by Steffen Thorsen notes that "A
+# final decision has yet to be made on the times that daylight saving
+# would begin and end on these dates." As a place holder, use midnight.
+
+# From Paul Eggert (2008-06-30):
+# Follow Thorsen on DST in 1982/1983, instead of Shanks & Pottenger.
+
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-07-10):
+# According to
+# <a href="http://www.lexpress.mu/display_article.php?news_id=111216">
+# http://www.lexpress.mu/display_article.php?news_id=111216
+# </a>
+# (in French), Mauritius will start and end their DST a few days earlier
+# than previously announced (2008-11-01 to 2009-03-31).  The new start
+# date is 2008-10-26 at 02:00 and the new end date is 2009-03-27 (no time
+# given, but it is probably at either 2 or 3 wall clock time).
+# 
+# A little strange though, since the article says that they moved the date 
+# to align itself with Europe and USA which also change time on that date, 
+# but that means they have not paid attention to what happened in 
+# USA/Canada last year (DST ends first Sunday in November). I also wonder 
+# why that they end on a Friday, instead of aligning with Europe which 
+# changes two days later.
+
+# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-07-11):
+# Seems that English language article "The revival of daylight saving
+# time:  Energy conservation?"-# No. 16578 (07/11/2008) was originally
+# published on Monday, June 30, 2008...
+#
+# I guess that article in French "Le gouvernement avance l'introduction
+# de l'heure d'ete" stating that DST in Mauritius starting on October 26
+# and ending on March 27, 2009 is the most recent one.
+# ...
+# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_mauritius02.html">
+# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_mauritius02.html
+# </a>
+
+# From Riad M. Hossen Ally (2008-08-03):
+# The Government of Mauritius weblink
+# <a href="http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/pmosite/menuitem.4ca0efdee47462e7440a600248a521ca/?content_id=3D4728ca68b2a5b110VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD">
+# http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/pmosite/menuitem.4ca0efdee47462e7440a600248a521ca/?content_id=3D4728ca68b2a5b110VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD
+# </a>
+# Cabinet Decision of July 18th, 2008 states as follows:
+#
+# 4. ...Cabinet has agreed to the introduction into the National Assembly
+# of the Time Bill which provides for the introduction of summer time in
+# Mauritius. The summer time period which will be of one hour ahead of
+# the standard time, will be aligned with that in Europe and the United
+# States of America. It will start at two o'clock in the morning on the
+# last Sunday of October and will end at two o'clock in the morning on
+# the last Sunday of March the following year. The summer time for the
+# year 2008 - 2009 will, therefore, be effective as from 26 October 2008
+# and end on 29 March 2009.
+
+# From Ed Maste (2008-10-07):
+# THE TIME BILL (No. XXVII of 2008) Explanatory Memorandum states the
+# beginning / ending of summer time is 2 o'clock standard time in the
+# morning of the last Sunday of October / last Sunday of March.
+# <a href="http://www.gov.mu/portal/goc/assemblysite/file/bill2708.pdf">
+# http://www.gov.mu/portal/goc/assemblysite/file/bill2708.pdf
+# </a>
+
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+Rule Mauritius	1982	only	-	Oct	10	0:00	1:00	S
+Rule Mauritius	1983	only	-	Mar	21	0:00	0	-
+Rule Mauritius	2008	max	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	S
+Rule Mauritius	2009	max	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone Indian/Mauritius	3:50:00 -	LMT	1907		# Port Louis
-			4:00	-	MUT	# Mauritius Time
+			4:00 Mauritius	MU%sT	# Mauritius Time
 # Agalega Is, Rodriguez
 # no information; probably like Indian/Mauritius
 
@@ -400,7 +479,93 @@
 
 # Morocco
 # See the `europe' file for Spanish Morocco (Africa/Ceuta).
+
+# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-09):
+# Here is an article that Morocco plan to introduce Daylight Saving Time between
+# 1 June, 2008 and 27 September, 2008.
+#
+# "... Morocco is to save energy by adjusting its clock during summer so it will
+# be one hour ahead of GMT between 1 June and 27 September, according to
+# Communication Minister and Gov ernment Spokesman, Khalid Naciri...."
+#
+# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_morocco01.html">
+# http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_morocco01.html
+# </a>
+# OR
+# <a href="http://en.afrik.com/news11892.html">
+# http://en.afrik.com/news11892.html
+# </a>
+
+# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-09):
+# The Morocco time change can be confirmed on Morocco web site Maghreb Arabe Presse:
+# <a href="http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/box3/morocco_shifts_to_da/view">
+# http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/box3/morocco_shifts_to_da/view
+# </a>
+#
+# Morocco shifts to daylight time on June 1st through September 27, Govt.
+# spokesman.
+
+# From Patrice Scattolin (2008-05-09):
+# According to this article:
+# <a href="http://www.avmaroc.com/actualite/heure-dete-comment-a127896.html">
+# http://www.avmaroc.com/actualite/heure-dete-comment-a127896.html
+# </a>
+# (and republished here:
+# <a href="http://www.actu.ma/heure-dete-comment_i127896_0.html">
+# http://www.actu.ma/heure-dete-comment_i127896_0.html
+# </a>
+# )
+# the changes occurs at midnight:
+#
+# saturday night may 31st at midnight (which in french is to be
+# intrepreted as the night between saturday and sunday)
+# sunday night the 28th  at midnight
+#
+# Seeing that the 28th is monday, I am guessing that she intends to say
+# the midnight of the 28th which is the midnight between sunday and
+# monday, which jives with other sources that say that it's inclusive
+# june1st to sept 27th.
+#
+# The decision was taken by decree *2-08-224 *but I can't find the decree
+# published on the web.
+#
+# It's also confirmed here:
+# <a href="http://www.maroc.ma/NR/exeres/FACF141F-D910-44B0-B7FA-6E03733425D1.htm">
+# http://www.maroc.ma/NR/exeres/FACF141F-D910-44B0-B7FA-6E03733425D1.htm
+# </a>
+# on a government portal as being  between june 1st and sept 27th (not yet
+# posted in english).
+#
+# The following google query will generate many relevant hits:
+# <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Conseil+de+gouvernement+maroc+heure+avance&btnG=Search">
+# http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Conseil+de+gouvernement+maroc+heure+avance&btnG=Search
+# </a>
+
+# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-09):
+# Is Western Sahara (part which administrated by Morocco) going to follow
+# Morocco DST changes?  Any information?  What about other part of
+# Western Sahara - under administration of POLISARIO Front (also named
+# SADR Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic)?
+
+# From Arthur David Olson (2008-05-09):
+# XXX--guess that it is only Morocco for now; guess only 2008 for now.
+
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-08-27):
+# Morocco will change the clocks back on the midnight between August 31 
+# and September 1. They originally planned to observe DST to near the end 
+# of September:
+#
+# One article about it (in French):
+# <a href="http://www.menara.ma/fr/Actualites/Maroc/Societe/ci.retour_a_l_heure_gmt_a_partir_du_dimanche_31_aout_a_minuit_officiel_.default">
+# http://www.menara.ma/fr/Actualites/Maroc/Societe/ci.retour_a_l_heure_gmt_a_partir_du_dimanche_31_aout_a_minuit_officiel_.default
+# </a>
+#
+# We have some further details posted here:
+# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-ends-dst-early-2008.html">
+# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-ends-dst-early-2008.html
+# </a>
 # RULE	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+
 Rule	Morocco	1939	only	-	Sep	12	 0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Morocco	1939	only	-	Nov	19	 0:00	0	-
 Rule	Morocco	1940	only	-	Feb	25	 0:00	1:00	S
@@ -416,11 +581,13 @@
 Rule	Morocco	1977	only	-	Sep	28	 0:00	0	-
 Rule	Morocco	1978	only	-	Jun	 1	 0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Morocco	1978	only	-	Aug	 4	 0:00	0	-
+Rule	Morocco	2008	only	-	Jun	 1	 0:00	1:00	S
+Rule	Morocco	2008	only	-	Sep	 1	 0:00	0	-
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone Africa/Casablanca	-0:30:20 -	LMT	1913 Oct 26
 			 0:00	Morocco	WE%sT	1984 Mar 16
 			 1:00	-	CET	1986
-			 0:00	-	WET
+			 0:00	Morocco	WE%sT
 # Western Sahara
 Zone Africa/El_Aaiun	-0:52:48 -	LMT	1934 Jan
 			-1:00	-	WAT	1976 Apr 14
Index: MidnightBSD-upgrade
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/cvs/src/share/zoneinfo/MidnightBSD-upgrade,v
retrieving revision 1.3
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diff -L share/zoneinfo/MidnightBSD-upgrade -L share/zoneinfo/MidnightBSD-upgrade -u -r1.3 -r1.4
--- share/zoneinfo/MidnightBSD-upgrade
+++ share/zoneinfo/MidnightBSD-upgrade
@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@
 
 __
 
-Last updated with tzdata2007k
+Last updated with tzdata2008i
 
 $MidnightBSD$
Index: southamerica
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/cvs/src/share/zoneinfo/southamerica,v
retrieving revision 1.4
retrieving revision 1.5
diff -L share/zoneinfo/southamerica -L share/zoneinfo/southamerica -u -r1.4 -r1.5
--- share/zoneinfo/southamerica
+++ share/zoneinfo/southamerica
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)southamerica	8.15
+# @(#)southamerica	8.33
 # <pre>
 
 # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
@@ -164,9 +164,58 @@
 # From Paul Eggert (2007-12-22):
 # For dates after mid-2008, the following rules are my guesses and
 # are quite possibly wrong, but are more likely than no DST at all.
+
+# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2008-09-05):
+# As per message from Carlos Alberto Fonseca Arauz (Nicaragua),
+# Argentina will start DST on Sunday October 19, 2008.
+#
+# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_argentina03.html">
+# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_argentina03.html
+# </a>
+# OR
+# <a href="http://www.impulsobaires.com.ar/nota.php?id=57832 (in spanish)">
+# http://www.impulsobaires.com.ar/nota.php?id=57832 (in spanish)
+# </a>
+
+# From Rodrigo Severo (2008-10-06):
+# Here is some info available at a Gentoo bug related to TZ on Argentina's DST:
+# ...
+# ------- Comment #1 from [jmdocile]  2008-10-06 16:28 0000 -------
+# Hi, there is a problem with timezone-data-2008e and maybe with
+# timezone-data-2008f
+# Argentinian law [Number] 25.155 is no longer valid.
+# <a href="http://www.infoleg.gov.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/60000-64999/60036/norma.htm">
+# http://www.infoleg.gov.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/60000-64999/60036/norma.htm
+# </a>
+# The new one is law [Number] 26.350
+# <a href="http://www.infoleg.gov.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/135000-139999/136191/norma.htm">
+# http://www.infoleg.gov.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/135000-139999/136191/norma.htm
+# </a>
+# So there is no summer time in Argentina for now.
+
+# From Mariano Absatz (2008-10-20):
+# Decree 1693/2008 applies Law 26.350 for the summer 2008/2009 establishing DST in Argentina
+# From 2008-10-19 until 2009-03-15
+# <a href="http://www.boletinoficial.gov.ar/Bora.Portal/CustomControls/PdfContent.aspx?fp=16102008&pi=3&pf=4&s=0&sec=01">
+# http://www.boletinoficial.gov.ar/Bora.Portal/CustomControls/PdfContent.aspx?fp=16102008&pi=3&pf=4&s=0&sec=01
+# </a>
+#
+# Decree 1705/2008 excepting 12 Provinces from applying DST in the summer 2008/2009:
+# Catamarca, La Rioja, Mendoza, Salta, San Juan, San Luis, La Pampa, Neuquen, Rio Negro, Chubut, Santa Cruz
+# and Tierra del Fuego
+# <a href="http://www.boletinoficial.gov.ar/Bora.Portal/CustomControls/PdfContent.aspx?fp=17102008&pi=1&pf=1&s=0&sec=01">
+# http://www.boletinoficial.gov.ar/Bora.Portal/CustomControls/PdfContent.aspx?fp=17102008&pi=1&pf=1&s=0&sec=01
+# </a>
+#
+# Press release 235 dated Saturday October 18th, from the Government of the Province of Jujuy saying
+# it will not apply DST either (even when it was not included in Decree 1705/2008)
+# <a href="http://www.jujuy.gov.ar/index2/partes_prensa/18_10_08/235-181008.doc">
+# http://www.jujuy.gov.ar/index2/partes_prensa/18_10_08/235-181008.doc
+# </a>
+
 Rule	Arg	2007	only	-	Dec	30	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Arg	2008	max	-	Mar	Sun>=15	0:00	0	-
-Rule	Arg	2008	max	-	Oct	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	S
+Rule	Arg	2008	max	-	Oct	Sun>=15	0:00	1:00	S
  
 # From Mariano Absatz (2004-05-21):
 # Today it was officially published that the Province of Mendoza is changing
@@ -228,10 +277,80 @@
 # http://www.sanjuan.gov.ar/prensa/archivo/000426.html
 # http://www.sanjuan.gov.ar/prensa/archivo/000441.html
 
+# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-01-17):
+# Here are articles that Argentina Province San Luis is planning to end DST
+# as earlier as upcoming Monday January 21, 2008 or February 2008:
+#
+# Provincia argentina retrasa reloj y marca diferencia con resto del pais
+# (Argentine Province delayed clock and mark difference with the rest of the
+# country)
+# <a href="http://cl.invertia.com/noticias/noticia.aspx?idNoticia=200801171849_EFE_ET4373&idtel">
+# http://cl.invertia.com/noticias/noticia.aspx?idNoticia=200801171849_EFE_ET4373&idtel
+# </a>
+#
+# Es inminente que en San Luis atrasen una hora los relojes
+# (It is imminent in San Luis clocks one hour delay)
+# <a href="http://www.lagaceta.com.ar/vernotae.asp?id_nota=253414">
+# http://www.lagaceta.com.ar/vernotae.asp?id_nota=253414
+# </a>
+#
+# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_argentina02.html">
+# http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_argentina02.html
+# </a>
+
+# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2008-01-18):
+# The page of the San Luis provincial government
+# <a href="http://www.sanluis.gov.ar/notas.asp?idCanal=0&id=22812">
+# http://www.sanluis.gov.ar/notas.asp?idCanal=0&id=22812
+# </a>
+# confirms what Alex Krivenyshev has earlier sent to the tz
+# emailing list about that San Luis plans to return to standard
+# time much earlier than the rest of the country. It also
+# confirms that upon request the provinces San Juan and Mendoza 
+# refused to follow San Luis in this change. 
+# 
+# The change is supposed to take place Monday the 21.st at 0:00
+# hours. As far as I understand it if this goes ahead, we need
+# a new timezone for San Luis (although there are also documented
+# independent changes in the southamerica file of San Luis in
+# 1990 and 1991 which has not been confirmed).
+
+# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2008-01-25):
+# Unfortunately the below page has become defunct, about the San Luis
+# time change. Perhaps because it now is part of a group of pages "Most
+# important pages of 2008."
+#
+# You can use
+# <a href="http://www.sanluis.gov.ar/notas.asp?idCanal=8141&id=22834">
+# http://www.sanluis.gov.ar/notas.asp?idCanal=8141&id=22834
+# </a>
+# instead it seems. Or use "Buscador" from the main page of the San Luis
+# government, and fill in "huso" and click OK, and you will get 3 pages
+# from which the first one is identical to the above.
+
+# From Mariano Absatz (2008-01-28):
+# I can confirm that the Province of San Luis (and so far only that
+# province) decided to go back to UTC-3 effective midnight Jan 20th 2008
+# (that is, Monday 21st at 0:00 is the time the clocks were delayed back
+# 1 hour), and they intend to keep UTC-3 as their timezone all year round
+# (that is, unless they change their mind any minute now).
+#
+# So we'll have to add yet another city to 'southamerica' (I think San
+# Luis city is the mos populated city in the Province, so it'd be
+# America/Argentina/San_Luis... of course I can't remember if San Luis's
+# history of particular changes goes along with Mendoza or San Juan :-(
+# (I only remember not being able to collect hard facts about San Luis
+# back in 2004, when these provinces changed to UTC-4 for a few days, I
+# mailed them personally and never got an answer).
+
+# From Paul Eggert (2008-06-30):
 # Unless otherwise specified, data are from Shanks & Pottenger through 1992,
 # from the IATA otherwise.  As noted below, Shanks & Pottenger say that
-# America/Cordoba split into 6 subregions during 1991/1992, but we
-# haven't verified this yet so for now we'll keep it a single region.
+# America/Cordoba split into 6 subregions during 1991/1992, one of which
+# was America/San_Luis, but we haven't verified this yet so for now we'll
+# keep America/Cordoba a single region rather than splitting it into the
+# other 5 subregions.
+
 #
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 #
@@ -244,16 +363,13 @@
 			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	2000 Mar  3
 			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT
 #
-# Santa Fe (SF), Entre Rios (ER), Corrientes (CN), Misiones (MN), Chaco (CC),
-# Formosa (FM), Salta (SA), Santiago del Estero (SE), Cordoba (CB),
-# San Luis (SL), La Pampa (LP), Neuquen (NQ), Rio Negro (RN)
+# Cordoba (CB), Santa Fe (SF), Entre Rios (ER), Corrientes (CN), Misiones (MN),
+# Chaco (CC), Formosa (FM), Santiago del Estero (SE)
 #
 # Shanks & Pottenger also make the following claims, which we haven't verified:
 # - Formosa switched to -3:00 on 1991-01-07.
 # - Misiones switched to -3:00 on 1990-12-29.
 # - Chaco switched to -3:00 on 1991-01-04.
-# - San Luis switched to -4:00 on 1990-03-14, then to -3:00 on 1990-10-15,
-#   then to -4:00 on 1991-03-01, then to -3:00 on 1991-06-01.
 # - Santiago del Estero switched to -4:00 on 1991-04-01,
 #   then to -3:00 on 1991-04-26.
 #
@@ -267,6 +383,18 @@
 			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	2000 Mar  3
 			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT
 #
+# Salta (SA), La Pampa (LP), Neuquen (NQ), Rio Negro (RN)
+Zone America/Argentina/Salta -4:21:40 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
+			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
+			-4:00	-	ART	1930 Dec
+			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	1969 Oct  5
+			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1991 Mar  3
+			-4:00	-	WART	1991 Oct 20
+			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1999 Oct  3
+			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	2000 Mar  3
+			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	2008 Oct 18
+			-3:00	-	ART
+#
 # Tucuman (TM)
 Zone America/Argentina/Tucuman -4:20:52 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
 			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
@@ -291,7 +419,8 @@
 			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	2000 Mar  3
 			-3:00	-	ART	2004 Jun  1
 			-4:00	-	WART	2004 Jun 20
-			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT
+			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	2008 Oct 18
+			-3:00	-	ART
 #
 # San Juan (SJ)
 Zone America/Argentina/San_Juan -4:34:04 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
@@ -304,7 +433,8 @@
 			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	2000 Mar  3
 			-3:00	-	ART	2004 May 31
 			-4:00	-	WART	2004 Jul 25
-			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT
+			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	2008 Oct 18
+			-3:00	-	ART
 #
 # Jujuy (JY)
 Zone America/Argentina/Jujuy -4:21:12 -	LMT	1894 Oct 31
@@ -318,7 +448,8 @@
 			-3:00	1:00	ARST	1992
 			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1999 Oct  3
 			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	2000 Mar  3
-			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT
+			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	2008 Oct 18
+			-3:00	-	ART
 #
 # Catamarca (CT), Chubut (CH)
 Zone America/Argentina/Catamarca -4:23:08 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
@@ -331,7 +462,8 @@
 			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	2000 Mar  3
 			-3:00	-	ART	2004 Jun  1
 			-4:00	-	WART	2004 Jun 20
-			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT
+			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	2008 Oct 18
+			-3:00	-	ART
 #
 # Mendoza (MZ)
 Zone America/Argentina/Mendoza -4:35:16 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
@@ -348,7 +480,25 @@
 			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	2000 Mar  3
 			-3:00	-	ART	2004 May 23
 			-4:00	-	WART	2004 Sep 26
-			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT
+			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	2008 Oct 18
+			-3:00	-	ART
+#
+# San Luis (SL)
+Zone America/Argentina/San_Luis -4:25:24 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
+			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
+			-4:00	-	ART	1930 Dec
+			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	1969 Oct  5
+			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1990
+			-3:00	1:00	ARST	1990 Mar 14
+			-4:00	-	WART	1990 Oct 15
+			-4:00	1:00	WARST	1991 Mar  1
+			-4:00	-	WART	1991 Jun  1
+			-3:00	-	ART	1999 Oct  3
+			-4:00	1:00	WARST	2000 Mar  3
+			-3:00	-	ART	2004 May 31
+			-4:00	-	WART	2004 Jul 25
+			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	2008 Jan 21
+			-3:00	-	ART
 #
 # Santa Cruz (SC)
 Zone America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos -4:36:52 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
@@ -359,7 +509,8 @@
 			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	2000 Mar  3
 			-3:00	-	ART	2004 Jun  1
 			-4:00	-	WART	2004 Jun 20
-			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT
+			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	2008 Oct 18
+			-3:00	-	ART
 #
 # Tierra del Fuego, Antartida e Islas del Atlantico Sur (TF)
 Zone America/Argentina/Ushuaia -4:33:12 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
@@ -370,7 +521,8 @@
 			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	2000 Mar  3
 			-3:00	-	ART	2004 May 30
 			-4:00	-	WART	2004 Jun 20
-			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT
+			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	2008 Oct 18
+			-3:00	-	ART
 
 # Aruba
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
@@ -456,12 +608,86 @@
 # Brazil will start DST on 2007-10-14 00:00 and end on 2008-02-17 00:00:
 # http://www.mme.gov.br/site/news/detail.do;jsessionid=BBA06811AFCAAC28F0285210913513DA?newsId=13975
 
+# From Paul Schulze (2008-06-24):
+# ...by law number 11.662 of April 24, 2008 (published in the "Diario
+# Oficial da Uniao"...) in Brazil there are changes in the timezones,
+# effective today (00:00am at June 24, 2008) as follows:
+#
+# a) The timezone UTC+5 is e[x]tinguished, with all the Acre state and the
+# part of the Amazonas state that had this timezone now being put to the
+# timezone UTC+4
+# b) The whole Para state now is put at timezone UTC+3, instead of just
+# part of it, as was before.
+#
+# This change follows a proposal of senator Tiao Viana of Acre state, that
+# proposed it due to concerns about open television channels displaying
+# programs inappropriate to youths in the states that had the timezone
+# UTC+5 too early in the night. In the occasion, some more corrections
+# were proposed, trying to unify the timezones of any given state. This
+# change modifies timezone rules defined in decree 2.784 of 18 June,
+# 1913.
+
+# From Rodrigo Severo (2008-06-24):
+# Just correcting the URL:
+# <a href="https://www.in.gov.br/imprensa/visualiza/index.jsp?jornal=3Ddo&secao=3D1&pagina=3D1&data=3D25/04/2008">
+# https://www.in.gov.br/imprensa/visualiza/index.jsp?jornal=3Ddo&secao=3D1&pagina=3D1&data=3D25/04/2008
+# </a>
+#
+# As a result of the above Decree I believe the America/Rio_Branco
+# timezone shall be modified from UTC-5 to UTC-4 and a new timezone shall
+# be created to represent the the west side of the Para State. I
+# suggest this new timezone be called Santarem as the most
+# important/populated city in the affected area.
+#
+# This new timezone would be the same as the Rio_Branco timezone up to
+# the 2008/06/24 change which would be to UTC-3 instead of UTC-4.
+
+# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-06-24):
+# This is a quick reference page for New and Old Brazil Time Zones map.
+# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/brazil-time-new-old.php">
+# http://www.worldtimezone.com/brazil-time-new-old.php
+# </a>
+#
+# - 4 time zones replaced by 3 time zones-eliminating time zone UTC- 05
+# (state Acre and the part of the Amazonas will be UTC/GMT- 04) - western
+# part of Par state is moving to one timezone UTC- 03 (from UTC -04).
+
 # From Paul Eggert (2002-10-10):
 # The official decrees referenced below are mostly taken from
 # <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV.html">
 # Decretos sobre o Horario de Verao no Brasil
 # </a>.
 
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-08-29):
+# As announced by the government and many newspapers in Brazil late
+# yesterday, Brazil will start DST on 2008-10-19 (need to change rule) and
+# it will end on 2009-02-15 (current rule for Brazil is fine). Based on
+# past years experience with the elections, there was a good chance that
+# the start was postponed to November, but it did not happen this year.
+#
+# It has not yet been posted to http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV.html
+#
+# An official page about it:
+# <a href="http://www.mme.gov.br/site/news/detail.do?newsId=16722">
+# http://www.mme.gov.br/site/news/detail.do?newsId=16722
+# </a>
+# Note that this link does not always work directly, but must be accessed
+# by going to
+# <a href="http://www.mme.gov.br/first">
+# http://www.mme.gov.br/first
+# </a>
+#
+# One example link that works directly:
+# <a href="http://jornale.com.br/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13530&Itemid=54">
+# http://jornale.com.br/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13530&Itemid=54
+# (Portuguese)
+# </a>
+#
+# We have a written a short article about it as well:
+# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/brazil-dst-2008-2009.html">
+# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/brazil-dst-2008-2009.html
+# </a>
+
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV20466.htm">20,466</a> (1931-10-01)
 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV21896.htm">21,896</a> (1932-01-10)
@@ -578,13 +804,13 @@
 Rule	Brazil	2000	2001	-	Oct	Sun>=8	 0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Brazil	2001	2006	-	Feb	Sun>=15	 0:00	0	-
 # Decree 4,399 (2002-10-01) repeals DST in AL, CE, MA, PB, PE, PI, RN, SE.
-# <a href="http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2002/D4399.htm"></a>
+# <a href="http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2002/D4399.htm">4,399</a>
 Rule	Brazil	2002	only	-	Nov	 3	 0:00	1:00	S
 # Decree 4,844 (2003-09-24; corrected 2003-09-26) repeals DST in BA, MT, TO.
-# <a href="http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2003/D4844.htm"></a>
+# <a href="http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2003/D4844.htm">4,844</a>
 Rule	Brazil	2003	only	-	Oct	19	 0:00	1:00	S
 # Decree 5,223 (2004-10-01) reestablishes DST in MT.
-# <a href="http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2004-2006/2004/Decreto/D5223.htm"></a>
+# <a href="http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2004-2006/2004/Decreto/D5223.htm">5,223</a>
 Rule	Brazil	2004	only	-	Nov	 2	 0:00	1:00	S
 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV5539.gif">5,539</a> (2005-09-19),
 # adopted by the same states as before.
@@ -593,16 +819,36 @@
 # adopted by the same states as before.
 Rule	Brazil	2006	only	-	Nov	 5	 0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Brazil	2007	only	-	Feb	25	 0:00	0	-
-# (Decree number not yet known)
-# http://www.brasil.gov.br/noticias/ultimas_noticias/horario_verao070920/
-# (2007-09-20) after a heads-up from Steffen Thorsen:
-Rule	Brazil	2007	max	-	Oct	Sun>=8	 0:00	1:00	S
-Rule	Brazil	2008	max	-	Feb	Sun>=15	 0:00	0	-
+# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV6212.gif">6,212</a> (2007-09-26),
+# adopted by the same states as before.
+Rule	Brazil	2007	only	-	Oct	Sun>=8	 0:00	1:00	S
+# From Frederico A. C. Neves (2008-09-10):
+# Acording to this decree
+# <a href="http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2007-2010/2008/Decreto/D6558.htm">
+# http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2007-2010/2008/Decreto/D6558.htm
+# </a>
+# [t]he DST period in Brazil now on will be from the 3rd Oct Sunday to the
+# 3rd Feb Sunday. There is an exception on the return date when this is
+# the Carnival Sunday then the return date will be the next Sunday...
+Rule	Brazil	2008	max	-	Oct	Sun>=15	0:00	1:00	S
+Rule	Brazil	2008	2011	-	Feb	Sun>=15	0:00	0	-
+Rule	Brazil	2012	only	-	Feb	Sun>=22	0:00	0	-
+Rule	Brazil	2013	2014	-	Feb	Sun>=15	0:00	0	-
+Rule	Brazil	2015	only	-	Feb	Sun>=22	0:00	0	-
+Rule	Brazil	2016	2022	-	Feb	Sun>=15	0:00	0	-
+Rule	Brazil	2023	only	-	Feb	Sun>=22	0:00	0	-
+Rule	Brazil	2024	2025	-	Feb	Sun>=15	0:00	0	-
+Rule	Brazil	2026	only	-	Feb	Sun>=22	0:00	0	-
+Rule	Brazil	2027	2033	-	Feb	Sun>=15	0:00	0	-
+Rule	Brazil	2034	only	-	Feb	Sun>=22	0:00	0	-
+Rule	Brazil	2035	2036	-	Feb	Sun>=15	0:00	0	-
+Rule	Brazil	2037	only	-	Feb	Sun>=22	0:00	0	-
+# From Arthur David Olson (2008-09-29):
+# The next is wrong in some years but is better than nothing.
+Rule	Brazil	2038	max	-	Feb	Sun>=15	0:00	0	-
+
 # The latest ruleset listed above says that the following states observe DST:
 # DF, ES, GO, MG, MS, MT, PR, RJ, RS, SC, SP.
-# For dates after mid-2008, the above rules with TO="max" are guesses
-# and are quite possibly wrong, but are more likely than no DST at all.
-
 
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 #
@@ -629,6 +875,13 @@
 			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	1988 Sep 12
 			-3:00	-	BRT
 #
+# west Para (PA)
+# West Para includes Altamira, Oribidos, Prainha, Oriximina, and Santarem.
+Zone America/Santarem	-3:38:48 -	LMT	1914
+			-4:00	Brazil	AM%sT	1988 Sep 12
+			-4:00	-	AMT	2008 Jun 24 00:00
+			-3:00	-	BRT
+#
 # Maranhao (MA), Piaui (PI), Ceara (CE), Rio Grande do Norte (RN),
 # Paraiba (PB)
 Zone America/Fortaleza	-2:34:00 -	LMT	1914
@@ -691,8 +944,7 @@
 			-4:00	-	AMT	2004 Oct  1
 			-4:00	Brazil	AM%sT
 #
-# west Para (PA), Rondonia (RO)
-# West Para includes Altamira, Oribidos, Prainha, Oriximina, and Santarem.
+# Rondonia (RO)
 Zone America/Porto_Velho -4:15:36 -	LMT	1914
 			-4:00	Brazil	AM%sT	1988 Sep 12
 			-4:00	-	AMT
@@ -719,13 +971,14 @@
 			-5:00	Brazil	AC%sT	1988 Sep 12
 			-5:00	-	ACT	1993 Sep 28
 			-5:00	Brazil	AC%sT	1994 Sep 22
-			-5:00	-	ACT
+			-5:00	-	ACT	2008 Jun 24 00:00
+			-4:00	-	AMT
 #
 # Acre (AC)
 Zone America/Rio_Branco	-4:31:12 -	LMT	1914
 			-5:00	Brazil	AC%sT	1988 Sep 12
-			-5:00	-	ACT
-
+			-5:00	-	ACT	2008 Jun 24 00:00
+			-4:00	-	AMT
 
 # Chile
 
@@ -759,6 +1012,26 @@
 # America/Santiago.  The pre-1980 Pacific/Easter data are dubious,
 # but we have no other source.
 
+# From German Poo-Caaman~o (2008-03-03):
+# Due to drought, Chile extends Daylight Time in three weeks.  This
+# is one-time change (Saturday 3/29 at 24:00 for America/Santiago
+# and Saturday 3/29 at 22:00 for Pacific/Easter)
+# The Supreme Decree is located at 
+# <a href="http://www.shoa.cl/servicios/supremo316.pdf">
+# http://www.shoa.cl/servicios/supremo316.pdf
+# </a>
+# and the instructions for 2008 are located in:
+# <a href="http://www.horaoficial.cl/cambio.htm">
+# http://www.horaoficial.cl/cambio.htm
+# </a>.
+
+# From Jose Miguel Garrido (2008-03-05):
+# ...
+# You could see the announces of the change on 
+# <a href="http://www.shoa.cl/noticias/2008/04hora/hora.htm">
+# http://www.shoa.cl/noticias/2008/04hora/hora.htm
+# </a>.
+
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Chile	1927	1932	-	Sep	 1	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Chile	1928	1932	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
@@ -789,7 +1062,11 @@
 Rule	Chile	1998	only	-	Sep	27	4:00u	1:00	S
 Rule	Chile	1999	only	-	Apr	 4	3:00u	0	-
 Rule	Chile	1999	max	-	Oct	Sun>=9	4:00u	1:00	S
-Rule	Chile	2000	max	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
+Rule	Chile	2000	2007	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
+# N.B.: the end of March 29 in Chile is March 30 in Universal time,
+# which is used below in specifying the transition.
+Rule	Chile	2008	only	-	Mar	30	3:00u	0	-
+Rule	Chile	2009	max	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
 # IATA SSIM anomalies: (1992-02) says 1992-03-14;
 # (1996-09) says 1998-03-08.  Ignore these.
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
Index: asia
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/cvs/src/share/zoneinfo/asia,v
retrieving revision 1.4
retrieving revision 1.5
diff -L share/zoneinfo/asia -L share/zoneinfo/asia -u -r1.4 -r1.5
--- share/zoneinfo/asia
+++ share/zoneinfo/asia
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)asia	8.14
+# @(#)asia	8.24
 # <pre>
 
 # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
@@ -229,6 +229,28 @@
 # (could be true), for the moment I am assuming that those two
 # counties are mistakes in the astro.com data.
 
+# From Paul Eggert (2008-02-11):
+# I just now checked Google News for western news sources that talk
+# about China's single time zone, and couldn't find anything before 1986
+# talking about China being in one time zone.  (That article was: Jim
+# Mann, "A clumsy embrace for another western custom: China on daylight
+# time--sort of", Los Angeles Times, 1986-05-05.  By the way, this
+# article confirms the tz database's data claiming that China began
+# observing daylight saving time in 1986.
+#
+# From Thomas S. Mullaney (2008-02-11):
+# I think you're combining two subjects that need to treated 
+# separately: daylight savings (which, you're correct, wasn't 
+# implemented until the 1980s) and the unified time zone centered near 
+# Beijing (which was implemented in 1949). Briefly, there was also a 
+# "Lhasa Time" in Tibet and "Urumqi Time" in Xinjiang. The first was 
+# ceased, and the second eventually recognized (again, in the 1980s).
+#
+# From Paul Eggert (2008-06-30):
+# There seems to be a good chance China switched to a single time zone in 1949
+# rather than in 1980 as Shanks & Pottenger have it, but we don't have a
+# reliable documentary source saying so yet, so for now we still go with
+# Shanks & Pottenger.
 
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 # Changbai Time ("Long-white Time", Long-white = Heilongjiang area)
@@ -446,13 +468,13 @@
 
 # India
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
-Zone	Asia/Calcutta	5:53:28 -	LMT	1880	# Kolkata
+Zone	Asia/Kolkata	5:53:28 -	LMT	1880	# Kolkata
 			5:53:20	-	HMT	1941 Oct    # Howrah Mean Time?
 			6:30	-	BURT	1942 May 15 # Burma Time
 			5:30	-	IST	1942 Sep
 			5:30	1:00	IST	1945 Oct 15
 			5:30	-	IST
-# The following are like Asia/Calcutta:
+# The following are like Asia/Kolkata:
 #	Andaman Is
 #	Lakshadweep (Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Is)
 #	Nicobar Is
@@ -660,6 +682,21 @@
 #
 # So we'll ignore the Economist's claim.
 
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-03-10):
+# The cabinet in Iraq abolished DST last week, according to the following
+# news sources (in Arabic):
+# <a href="http://www.aljeeran.net/wesima_articles/news-20080305-98602.html">
+# http://www.aljeeran.net/wesima_articles/news-20080305-98602.html
+# </a>
+# <a href="http://www.aswataliraq.info/look/article.tpl?id=2047&IdLanguage=17&IdPublication=4&NrArticle=71743&NrIssue=1&NrSection=10">
+# http://www.aswataliraq.info/look/article.tpl?id=2047&IdLanguage=17&IdPublication=4&NrArticle=71743&NrIssue=1&NrSection=10
+# </a>
+#
+# We have published a short article in English about the change:
+# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/iraq-dumps-daylight-saving.html">
+# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/iraq-dumps-daylight-saving.html
+# </a>
+
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Iraq	1982	only	-	May	1	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Iraq	1982	1984	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	S
@@ -670,8 +707,8 @@
 # IATA SSIM (1991/1996) says Apr 1 12:01am UTC; guess the `:01' is a typo.
 # Shanks & Pottenger say Iraq did not observe DST 1992/1997; ignore this.
 #
-Rule	Iraq	1991	max	-	Apr	 1	3:00s	1:00	D
-Rule	Iraq	1991	max	-	Oct	 1	3:00s	0	S
+Rule	Iraq	1991	2007	-	Apr	 1	3:00s	1:00	D
+Rule	Iraq	1991	2007	-	Oct	 1	3:00s	0	S
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Baghdad	2:57:40	-	LMT	1890
 			2:57:36	-	BMT	1918	    # Baghdad Mean Time?
@@ -1361,6 +1398,42 @@
 # They decided not to adopt daylight-saving time....
 # http://www.mongolnews.mn/index.php?module=unuudur&sec=view&id=15742
 
+# From Deborah Goldsmith (2008-03-30):
+# We received a bug report claiming that the tz database UTC offset for
+# Asia/Choibalsan (GMT+09:00) is incorrect, and that it should be GMT
+# +08:00 instead. Different sources appear to disagree with the tz
+# database on this, e.g.:
+#
+# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=1026">
+# http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=1026
+# </a>
+# <a href="http://www.worldtimeserver.com/current_time_in_MN.aspx">
+# http://www.worldtimeserver.com/current_time_in_MN.aspx
+# </a>
+#
+# both say GMT+08:00.
+
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-03-31):
+# eznis airways, which operates several domestic flights, has a flight
+# schedule here:
+# <a href="http://www.eznis.com/Container.jsp?id=112">
+# http://www.eznis.com/Container.jsp?id=112
+# </a>
+# (click the English flag for English)
+#
+# There it appears that flights between Choibalsan and Ulaanbatar arrive
+# about 1:35 - 1:50 hours later in local clock time, no matter the
+# direction, while Ulaanbaatar-Khvod takes 2 hours in the Eastern
+# direction and 3:35 back, which indicates that Ulaanbatar and Khvod are
+# in different time zones (like we know about), while Choibalsan and
+# Ulaanbatar are in the same time zone (correction needed).
+
+# From Arthur David Olson (2008-05-19):
+# Assume that Choibalsan is indeed offset by 8:00.
+# XXX--in the absence of better information, assume that transition
+# was at the start of 2008-03-31 (the day of Steffen Thorsen's report);
+# this is almost surely wrong.
+
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Mongol	1983	1984	-	Apr	1	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Mongol	1983	only	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	-
@@ -1396,7 +1469,8 @@
 Zone	Asia/Choibalsan	7:38:00 -	LMT	1905 Aug
 			7:00	-	ULAT	1978
 			8:00	-	ULAT	1983 Apr
-			9:00	Mongol	CHO%sT	# Choibalsan Time
+			9:00	Mongol	CHO%sT	2008 Mar 31 # Choibalsan Time
+			8:00	Mongol	CHO%sT
 
 # Nepal
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
@@ -1446,10 +1520,45 @@
 # The minister told a news conference that the experiment had rather
 # shown 8 per cent higher consumption of electricity.
 
+# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-15):
+# 
+# Here is an article that Pakistan plan to introduce Daylight Saving Time 
+# on June 1, 2008 for 3 months.
+# 
+# "... The federal cabinet on Wednesday announced a new conservation plan to help 
+# reduce load shedding by approving the closure of commercial centres at 9pm and 
+# moving clocks forward by one hour for the next three months. 
+# ...."
+# 
+# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_pakistan01.html">
+# http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_pakistan01.html
+# </a>
+# OR
+# <a href="http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C05%5C15%5Cstory_15-5-2008_pg1_4">
+# http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C05%5C15%5Cstory_15-5-2008_pg1_4
+# </a>
+
+# From Arthur David Olson (2008-05-19):
+# XXX--midnight transitions is a guess; 2008 only is a guess.
+
+# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2008-08-28):
+# Pakistan government has decided to keep the watches one-hour advanced
+# for another 2 months--plan to return to Standard Time on October 31
+# instead of August 31.
+#
+# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_pakistan02.html">
+# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_pakistan02.html
+# </a>
+# OR
+# <a href="http://dailymailnews.com/200808/28/news/dmbrn03.html">
+# http://dailymailnews.com/200808/28/news/dmbrn03.html
+# </a>
 
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule Pakistan	2002	only	-	Apr	Sun>=2	0:01	1:00	S
 Rule Pakistan	2002	only	-	Oct	Sun>=2	0:01	0	-
+Rule Pakistan	2008	only	-	Jun	1	0:00	1:00	S
+Rule Pakistan	2008	only	-	Nov	1	0:00	0	-
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Karachi	4:28:12 -	LMT	1907
 			5:30	-	IST	1942 Sep
@@ -1569,6 +1678,23 @@
 # For lack of better information, predict that future changes will be
 # the 2nd Thursday of September at 02:00.
 
+# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2008-08-28):
+# Here is an article, that Mideast running on different clocks at Ramadan.
+#
+# Gaza Strip (as Egypt) ended DST at midnight Thursday (Aug 28, 2008), while
+# the West Bank will end Daylight Saving Time at midnight Sunday (Aug 31, 2008).
+#
+# <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/7759001">
+# http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/7759001
+# </a>
+# <a href="http://www.abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=5676087">
+# http://www.abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=5676087
+# </a>
+# or
+# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_gazastrip01.html">
+# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_gazastrip01.html
+# </a>
+
 # The 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
@@ -1584,7 +1710,8 @@
 Rule Palestine	2005	only	-	Oct	 4	2:00	0	-
 Rule Palestine	2006	max	-	Apr	 1	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule Palestine	2006	only	-	Sep	22	0:00	0	-
-Rule Palestine	2007	max	-	Sep	Thu>=8	2:00	0	-
+Rule Palestine	2007	only	-	Sep	Thu>=8	2:00	0	-
+Rule Palestine	2008	max	-	Aug	lastThu	2:00	0	-
 
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Gaza	2:17:52	-	LMT	1900 Oct
@@ -1687,7 +1814,7 @@
 # kept their clocks set five and a half hours ahead of Greenwich Mean
 # Time (GMT), in line with neighbor India.
 # From Paul Eggert (2006-04-18):
-# People who live in regions under Tamil control can use TZ='Asia/Calcutta',
+# People who live in regions under Tamil control can use [TZ='Asia/Kolkata'],
 # as that zone has agreed with the Tamil areas since our cutoff date of 1970.
 
 # From K Sethu (2006-04-25):
@@ -1777,9 +1904,7 @@
 # From Paul Eggert (2007-03-29):
 # Today the AP reported "Syria will switch to summertime at midnight Thursday."
 # http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/29/africa/ME-GEN-Syria-Time-Change.php
-# For lack of better info, assume the rule changed to "last Friday in March"
-# this year.
-Rule	Syria	2007	max	-	Mar	lastFri	0:00	1:00	S
+Rule	Syria	2007	only	-	Mar	lastFri	0:00	1:00	S
 # From Jesper Norgard (2007-10-27):
 # The sister center ICARDA of my work CIMMYT is confirming that Syria DST will
 # not take place 1.st November at 0:00 o'clock but 1.st November at 24:00 or
@@ -1801,10 +1926,52 @@
 # Council of Ministers also approved the commencement of work on 
 # identifying the winter time as of Friday, 2/11/2007 where the 60th 
 # minute delay at midnight Thursday 1/11/2007.
+Rule	Syria	2007	only	-	Nov	 Fri>=1	0:00	0	-
+
+# From Stephen Colebourne (2008-03-17):
+# For everyone's info, I saw an IATA time zone change for [Syria] for
+# this month (March 2008) in the last day or so...This is the data IATA
+# are now using:
+# Country     Time Standard   --- DST Start ---   --- DST End ---  DST
+# Name        Zone Variation   Time    Date        Time    Date
+# Variation
+# Syrian Arab
+# Republic    SY    +0200      2200  03APR08       2100  30SEP08   +0300
+#                              2200  02APR09       2100  30SEP09   +0300
+#                              2200  01APR10       2100  30SEP10   +0300
+
+# From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-17):
+# Here's a link to English-language coverage by the Syrian Arab News
+# Agency (SANA)...
+# <a href="http://www.sana.sy/eng/21/2008/03/11/165173.htm">
+# http://www.sana.sy/eng/21/2008/03/11/165173.htm
+# </a>...which reads (in part) "The Cabinet approved the suggestion of the
+# Ministry of Electricity to begin daylight savings time on Friday April
+# 4th, advancing clocks one hour ahead on midnight of Thursday April 3rd."
+# Since Syria is two hours east of UTC, the 2200 and 2100 transition times
+# shown above match up with midnight in Syria.
+
+# From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-18):
+# My buest guess at a Syrian rule is "the Friday nearest April 1";
+# coding that involves either using a "Mar Fri>=29" construct that old time zone
+# compilers can't handle  or having multiple Rules (a la Israel).
+# For now, use "Apr Fri>=1", and go with IATA on a uniform Sep 30 end.
+
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-10-07):
+# Syria has now officially decided to end DST on 2008-11-01 this year,
+# according to the following article in the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA).
+#
+# The article is in Arabic, and seems to tell that they will go back to
+# winter time on 2008-11-01 at 00:00 local daylight time (delaying/setting
+# clocks back 60 minutes).
 #
-# From Arthur David Olson (2007-10-30):
-# My best guess for the future is first Friday in November.
-Rule	Syria	2007	max	-	Nov	 Fri>=1	0:00	0	-
+# <a href="http://sana.sy/ara/2/2008/10/07/195459.htm">
+# http://sana.sy/ara/2/2008/10/07/195459.htm
+# </a>
+
+Rule	Syria	2008	max	-	Apr	Fri>=1	0:00	1:00	S
+Rule	Syria	2008	max	-	Nov	1	0:00	0	-
+
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Damascus	2:25:12 -	LMT	1920	# Dimashq
 			2:00	Syria	EE%sT
@@ -1858,13 +2025,13 @@
 
 # Vietnam
 
-# From Paul Eggert (1993-11-18):
-# Saigon's official name is Thanh-Pho Ho Chi Minh, but it's too long.
-# We'll stick with the traditional name for now.
+# From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-18):
+# The English-language name of Vietnam's most populous city is "Ho Chi Min City";
+# we use Ho_Chi_Minh below to avoid a name of more than 14 characters.
 
 # From Shanks & Pottenger:
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
-Zone	Asia/Saigon	7:06:40 -	LMT	1906 Jun  9
+Zone	Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh	7:06:40 -	LMT	1906 Jun  9
 			7:06:20	-	SMT	1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT?
 			7:00	-	ICT	1912 May
 			8:00	-	ICT	1931 May
Index: europe
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/cvs/src/share/zoneinfo/europe,v
retrieving revision 1.4
retrieving revision 1.5
diff -L share/zoneinfo/europe -L share/zoneinfo/europe -u -r1.4 -r1.5
--- share/zoneinfo/europe
+++ share/zoneinfo/europe
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)europe	8.12
+# @(#)europe	8.18
 # <pre>
 
 # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@
 Rule	EU	1981	max	-	Mar	lastSun	 1:00u	1:00	S
 Rule	EU	1996	max	-	Oct	lastSun	 1:00u	0	-
 # The most recent directive covers the years starting in 2002.  See:
-# <a href="http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/lif/dat/2000/en_300L0084.html"
+# <a href="http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/lif/dat/2000/en_300L0084.html">
 # Directive 2000/84/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
 # of 19 January 2001 on summer-time arrangements.
 # </a>
@@ -480,9 +480,48 @@
 Rule	C-Eur	1942	only	-	Nov	 2	 2:00s	0	-
 Rule	C-Eur	1943	only	-	Mar	29	 2:00s	1:00	S
 Rule	C-Eur	1943	only	-	Oct	 4	 2:00s	0	-
-Rule	C-Eur	1944	only	-	Apr	 3	 2:00s	1:00	S
+Rule	C-Eur	1944	1945	-	Apr	Mon>=1	 2:00s	1:00	S
 # Whitman gives 1944 Oct 7; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
 Rule	C-Eur	1944	only	-	Oct	 2	 2:00s	0	-
+# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2008-07-13):
+#
+# I found what is probably a typo of 2:00 which should perhaps be 2:00s
+# in the C-Eur rule from tz database version 2008d (this part was
+# corrected in version 2008d). The circumstancial evidence is simply the
+# tz database itself, as seen below:
+#
+# Zone Europe/Paris 0:09:21 - LMT 1891 Mar 15  0:01
+#    0:00 France WE%sT 1945 Sep 16  3:00
+#
+# Zone Europe/Monaco 0:29:32 - LMT 1891 Mar 15
+#    0:00 France WE%sT 1945 Sep 16 3:00
+#
+# Zone Europe/Belgrade 1:22:00 - LMT 1884
+#    1:00 1:00 CEST 1945 Sep 16  2:00s
+#
+# Rule France 1945 only - Sep 16  3:00 0 -
+# Rule Belgium 1945 only - Sep 16  2:00s 0 -
+# Rule Neth 1945 only - Sep 16 2:00s 0 -
+#
+# The rule line to be changed is:
+#
+# Rule C-Eur 1945 only - Sep 16  2:00 0 -
+#
+# It seems that Paris, Monaco, Rule France, Rule Belgium all agree on
+# 2:00 standard time, e.g. 3:00 local time.  However there are no
+# countries that use C-Eur rules in September 1945, so the only items
+# affected are apparently these ficticious zones that translates acronyms
+# CET and MET:
+#
+# Zone CET  1:00 C-Eur CE%sT
+# Zone MET  1:00 C-Eur ME%sT
+#
+# It this is right then the corrected version would look like:
+#
+# Rule C-Eur 1945 only - Sep 16  2:00s 0 -
+#
+# A small step for mankind though 8-)
+Rule	C-Eur	1945	only	-	Sep	16	 2:00s	0	-
 Rule	C-Eur	1977	1980	-	Apr	Sun>=1	 2:00s	1:00	S
 Rule	C-Eur	1977	only	-	Sep	lastSun	 2:00s	0	-
 Rule	C-Eur	1978	only	-	Oct	 1	 2:00s	0	-
@@ -725,7 +764,8 @@
 Zone	Europe/Sofia	1:33:16 -	LMT	1880
 			1:56:56	-	IMT	1894 Nov 30 # Istanbul MT?
 			2:00	-	EET	1942 Nov  2  3:00
-			1:00	C-Eur	CE%sT	1945 Apr  2  3:00
+			1:00	C-Eur	CE%sT	1945
+			1:00	-	CET	1945 Apr 2 3:00
 			2:00	-	EET	1979 Mar 31 23:00
 			2:00	Bulg	EE%sT	1982 Sep 26  2:00
 			2:00	C-Eur	EE%sT	1991
@@ -1093,33 +1133,40 @@
 # [See tz-link.htm for the URL.]
 
 # From Joerg Schilling (2002-10-23):
-# In 1945, Berlin was switched to Moscow Summer time (GMT+4) by <a
-# href="http://www.dhm.de/lemo/html/biografien/BersarinNikolai/">
+# In 1945, Berlin was switched to Moscow Summer time (GMT+4) by
+# <a href="http://www.dhm.de/lemo/html/biografien/BersarinNikolai/">
 # General [Nikolai] Bersarin</a>.
 
 # From Paul Eggert (2003-03-08):
 # <a href="http://www.parlament-berlin.de/pds-fraktion.nsf/727459127c8b66ee8525662300459099/defc77cb784f180ac1256c2b0030274b/$FILE/bersarint.pdf">
+# http://www.parlament-berlin.de/pds-fraktion.nsf/727459127c8b66ee8525662300459099/defc77cb784f180ac1256c2b0030274b/$FILE/bersarint.pdf
+# </a>
 # says that Bersarin issued an order to use Moscow time on May 20.
 # However, Moscow did not observe daylight saving in 1945, so
 # this was equivalent to CEMT (GMT+3), not GMT+4.
 
 
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
-Rule	Germany	1945	only	-	Apr	 2	2:00s	1:00	S
-Rule	Germany	1945	only	-	May	24	2:00	2:00	M # Midsummer
-Rule	Germany	1945	only	-	Sep	24	3:00	1:00	S
-Rule	Germany	1945	only	-	Nov	18	2:00s	0	-
 Rule	Germany	1946	only	-	Apr	14	2:00s	1:00	S
 Rule	Germany	1946	only	-	Oct	 7	2:00s	0	-
 Rule	Germany	1947	1949	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
-Rule	Germany	1947	only	-	Apr	 6	2:00s	1:00	S
+# http://www.ptb.de/de/org/4/44/441/salt.htm says the following transition
+# occurred at 3:00 MEZ, not the 2:00 MEZ given in Shanks & Pottenger.
+# Go with the PTB.
+Rule	Germany	1947	only	-	Apr	 6	3:00s	1:00	S
 Rule	Germany	1947	only	-	May	11	2:00s	2:00	M
 Rule	Germany	1947	only	-	Jun	29	3:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Germany	1948	only	-	Apr	18	2:00s	1:00	S
 Rule	Germany	1949	only	-	Apr	10	2:00s	1:00	S
+
+Rule SovietZone	1945	only	-	May	24	2:00	2:00	M # Midsummer
+Rule SovietZone	1945	only	-	Sep	24	3:00	1:00	S
+Rule SovietZone	1945	only	-	Nov	18	2:00s	0	-
+
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Europe/Berlin	0:53:28 -	LMT	1893 Apr
-			1:00	C-Eur	CE%sT	1945 Apr 2 2:00
+			1:00	C-Eur	CE%sT	1945 May 24 2:00
+			1:00 SovietZone	CE%sT	1946
 			1:00	Germany	CE%sT	1980
 			1:00	EU	CE%sT
 
@@ -1196,7 +1243,7 @@
 Zone	Europe/Budapest	1:16:20 -	LMT	1890 Oct
 			1:00	C-Eur	CE%sT	1918
 			1:00	Hungary	CE%sT	1941 Apr  6  2:00
-			1:00	C-Eur	CE%sT	1945 May  1 23:00
+			1:00	C-Eur	CE%sT	1945
 			1:00	Hungary	CE%sT	1980 Sep 28  2:00s
 			1:00	EU	CE%sT
 
@@ -2113,7 +2160,8 @@
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Europe/Belgrade	1:22:00	-	LMT	1884
 			1:00	-	CET	1941 Apr 18 23:00
-			1:00	C-Eur	CE%sT	1945 May  8  2:00s
+			1:00	C-Eur	CE%sT	1945
+			1:00	-	CET	1945 May 8 2:00s
 			1:00	1:00	CEST	1945 Sep 16  2:00s
 # Metod Kozelj reports that the legal date of
 # transition to EU rules was 1982-11-27, for all of Yugoslavia at the time.
@@ -2305,6 +2353,27 @@
 # (on a non-government server though) describing dates between 2002 and 2006:
 # http://www.alomaliye.com/bkk_2002_3769.htm
 
+# From Sue Williams (2008-08-11):
+# I spotted this news article about a potential change in Turkey.
+#
+# <a href="http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/domestic/9626174.asp?scr=1">
+# http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/domestic/9626174.asp?scr=1
+# </a>
+
+# From Sue Williams (2008-08-20):
+# This article says that around the end of March 2011, Turkey wants to
+# adjust the clocks forward by 1/2 hour and stay that way permanently.
+# The article indicates that this is a change in timezone offset in addition
+# to stopping observance of DST.
+# This proposal has not yet been approved.
+#
+# Read more here...
+#
+# Turkey to abandon daylight saving time in 2011
+# <a href="http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=112989">
+# http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=112989
+# </a>
+
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Turkey	1916	only	-	May	 1	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Turkey	1916	only	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
Index: northamerica
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/cvs/src/share/zoneinfo/northamerica,v
retrieving revision 1.4
retrieving revision 1.5
diff -L share/zoneinfo/northamerica -L share/zoneinfo/northamerica -u -r1.4 -r1.5
--- share/zoneinfo/northamerica
+++ share/zoneinfo/northamerica
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)northamerica	8.20
+# @(#)northamerica	8.24
 # <pre>
 
 # also includes Central America and the Caribbean
@@ -2076,8 +2076,8 @@
 # http://www.jonesbahamas.com/?c=45&a=10412
 
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
-Rule	Bahamas	1964	2006	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
-Rule	Bahamas	1964	1986	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
+Rule	Bahamas	1964	1975	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
+Rule	Bahamas	1964	1975	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	America/Nassau	-5:09:24 -	LMT	1912 Mar 2
 			-5:00	Bahamas	E%sT	1976
@@ -2205,6 +2205,52 @@
 # 
 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_cuba03.html
 
+# From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-09):
+# I'm in Maryland which is now observing United States Eastern Daylight
+# Time. At 9:44 local time I used RealPlayer to listen to
+# <a href="http://media.enet.cu/radioreloj">
+# http://media.enet.cu/radioreloj
+# </a>, a Cuban information station, and heard
+# the time announced as "ocho cuarenta y cuatro" ("eight forty-four"),
+# indicating that Cuba is still on standard time.
+
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-03-12):
+# It seems that Cuba will start DST on Sunday, 2007-03-16...
+# It was announced yesterday, according to this source (in Spanish):
+# <a href="http://www.nnc.cubaweb.cu/marzo-2008/cien-1-11-3-08.htm">
+# http://www.nnc.cubaweb.cu/marzo-2008/cien-1-11-3-08.htm
+# </a>
+#
+# Some more background information is posted here:
+# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/cuba-starts-dst-march-16.html">
+# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/cuba-starts-dst-march-16.html
+# </a>
+#
+# The article also says that Cuba has been observing DST since 1963,
+# while Shanks (and tzdata) has 1965 as the first date (except in the
+# 1940's). Many other web pages in Cuba also claim that it has been
+# observed since 1963, but with the exception of 1970 - an exception
+# which is not present in tzdata/Shanks. So there is a chance we need to
+# change some historic records as well.
+#
+# One example:
+# <a href="http://www.radiohc.cu/espanol/noticias/mar07/11mar/hor.htm">
+# http://www.radiohc.cu/espanol/noticias/mar07/11mar/hor.htm
+# </a>
+
+# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2008-03-13):
+# The Cuban time change has just been confirmed on the most authoritative
+# web site, the Granma.  Please check out
+# <a href="http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/2008/03/13/nacional/artic10.html">
+# http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/2008/03/13/nacional/artic10.html
+# </a>
+#
+# Basically as expected after Steffen Thorsens information, the change
+# will take place midnight between Saturday and Sunday.
+
+# From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-12):
+# Assume Sun>=15 (third Sunday) going forward.
+
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Cuba	1928	only	-	Jun	10	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Cuba	1928	only	-	Oct	10	0:00	0	S
@@ -2236,7 +2282,8 @@
 Rule	Cuba	1998	2003	-	Oct	lastSun	0:00s	0	S
 Rule	Cuba	2000	2006	-	Apr	Sun>=1	0:00s	1:00	D
 Rule	Cuba	2006	max	-	Oct	lastSun	0:00s	0	S
-Rule	Cuba	2007	max	-	Mar	Sun>=8	0:00s	1:00	D
+Rule	Cuba	2007	only	-	Mar	Sun>=8	0:00s	1:00	D
+Rule	Cuba	2008	max	-	Mar	Sun>=15	0:00s	1:00	D
 
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	America/Havana	-5:29:28 -	LMT	1890


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