Update time zone data files to tzdata release 2012j.

tglsfdc · tglsfdc · commit fc75d4f81c1b · 2012-12-02T16:35:23.000-05:00
DST law changes in Cuba, Israel, Jordan, Libya, Palestine, Western Samoa,
and portions of Brazil.
diff --git a/src/timezone/data/africa b/src/timezone/data/africa
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 # 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
-# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future).
+# tz@iana.org for general use in the future).
 
 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
 #
@@ -424,6 +424,20 @@ Zone	Africa/Monrovia	-0:43:08 -	LMT	1882
 
 # Libya
 
+# From Even Scharning (2012-11-10):
+# Libya set their time one hour back at 02:00 on Saturday November 10.
+# http://www.libyaherald.com/2012/11/04/clocks-to-go-back-an-hour-on-saturday/
+# Here is an official source [in Arabic]: http://ls.ly/fb6Yc
+#
+# Steffen Thorsen forwarded a translation (2012-11-10) in
+# http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2012-November/018451.html
+#
+# From Tim Parenti (2012-11-11):
+# Treat the 2012-11-10 change as a zone change from UTC+2 to UTC+1.
+# The DST rules planned for 2013 and onward roughly mirror those of Europe
+# (either two days before them or five days after them, so as to fall on
+# lastFri instead of lastSun).
+
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Libya	1951	only	-	Oct	14	2:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Libya	1952	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	0	-
@@ -438,17 +452,21 @@ Rule	Libya	1986	only	-	Apr	 4	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Libya	1986	only	-	Oct	 3	0:00	0	-
 Rule	Libya	1987	1989	-	Apr	 1	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Libya	1987	1989	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
+Rule	Libya	1997	only	-	Apr	 4	0:00	1:00	S
+Rule	Libya	1997	only	-	Oct	 4	0:00	0	-
+Rule	Libya	2013	max	-	Mar	lastFri	1:00	1:00	S
+Rule	Libya	2013	max	-	Oct	lastFri	2:00	0	-
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Africa/Tripoli	0:52:44 -	LMT	1920
 			1:00	Libya	CE%sT	1959
 			2:00	-	EET	1982
 			1:00	Libya	CE%sT	1990 May  4
-# The following entries are from Shanks & Pottenger;
+# The 1996 and 1997 entries are from Shanks & Pottenger;
 # the IATA SSIM data contain some obvious errors.
 			2:00	-	EET	1996 Sep 30
-			1:00	-	CET	1997 Apr  4
-			1:00	1:00	CEST	1997 Oct  4
-			2:00	-	EET
+			1:00	Libya	CE%sT	1997 Oct  4
+			2:00	-	EET	2012 Nov 10 2:00
+			1:00	Libya	CE%sT
 
 # Madagascar
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
diff --git a/src/timezone/data/asia b/src/timezone/data/asia
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 # 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
-# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future).
+# tz@iana.org for general use in the future).
 
 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
 #
@@ -1170,15 +1170,15 @@ Rule	Zion	2004	only	-	Sep	22	1:00	0	S
 #
 #	ftp://ftp.cs.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/2005+beyond.ps
 
-# From Paul Eggert (2005-02-22):
+# From Paul Eggert (2012-10-26):
 # I used Ephraim Silverberg's dst-israel.el program
 # <ftp://ftp.cs.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/software/dst-israel.el> (2005-02-20)
 # along with Ed Reingold's cal-hebrew in GNU Emacs 21.4,
-# to generate the transitions in this list.
+# to generate the transitions from 2005 through 2012.
 # (I replaced "lastFri" with "Fri>=26" by hand.)
-# The spring transitions below all correspond to the following Rule:
+# The spring transitions all correspond to the following Rule:
 #
-# Rule	Zion	2005	max	-	Mar	Fri>=26	2:00	1:00	D
+# Rule	Zion	2005	2012	-	Mar	Fri>=26	2:00	1:00	D
 #
 # but older zic implementations (e.g., Solaris 8) do not support
 # "Fri>=26" to mean April 1 in years like 2005, so for now we list the
@@ -1195,39 +1195,39 @@ Rule	Zion	2009	only	-	Sep	27	2:00	0	S
 Rule	Zion	2010	only	-	Sep	12	2:00	0	S
 Rule	Zion	2011	only	-	Apr	 1	2:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Zion	2011	only	-	Oct	 2	2:00	0	S
-Rule	Zion	2012	2015	-	Mar	Fri>=26	2:00	1:00	D
+Rule	Zion	2012	only	-	Mar	Fri>=26	2:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Zion	2012	only	-	Sep	23	2:00	0	S
-Rule	Zion	2013	only	-	Sep	 8	2:00	0	S
-Rule	Zion	2014	only	-	Sep	28	2:00	0	S
-Rule	Zion	2015	only	-	Sep	20	2:00	0	S
-Rule	Zion	2016	only	-	Apr	 1	2:00	1:00	D
-Rule	Zion	2016	only	-	Oct	 9	2:00	0	S
-Rule	Zion	2017	2021	-	Mar	Fri>=26	2:00	1:00	D
-Rule	Zion	2017	only	-	Sep	24	2:00	0	S
-Rule	Zion	2018	only	-	Sep	16	2:00	0	S
-Rule	Zion	2019	only	-	Oct	 6	2:00	0	S
-Rule	Zion	2020	only	-	Sep	27	2:00	0	S
-Rule	Zion	2021	only	-	Sep	12	2:00	0	S
-Rule	Zion	2022	only	-	Apr	 1	2:00	1:00	D
-Rule	Zion	2022	only	-	Oct	 2	2:00	0	S
-Rule	Zion	2023	2032	-	Mar	Fri>=26	2:00	1:00	D
-Rule	Zion	2023	only	-	Sep	24	2:00	0	S
-Rule	Zion	2024	only	-	Oct	 6	2:00	0	S
-Rule	Zion	2025	only	-	Sep	28	2:00	0	S
-Rule	Zion	2026	only	-	Sep	20	2:00	0	S
-Rule	Zion	2027	only	-	Oct	10	2:00	0	S
-Rule	Zion	2028	only	-	Sep	24	2:00	0	S
-Rule	Zion	2029	only	-	Sep	16	2:00	0	S
-Rule	Zion	2030	only	-	Oct	 6	2:00	0	S
-Rule	Zion	2031	only	-	Sep	21	2:00	0	S
-Rule	Zion	2032	only	-	Sep	12	2:00	0	S
-Rule	Zion	2033	only	-	Apr	 1	2:00	1:00	D
-Rule	Zion	2033	only	-	Oct	 2	2:00	0	S
-Rule	Zion	2034	2037	-	Mar	Fri>=26	2:00	1:00	D
-Rule	Zion	2034	only	-	Sep	17	2:00	0	S
-Rule	Zion	2035	only	-	Oct	 7	2:00	0	S
-Rule	Zion	2036	only	-	Sep	28	2:00	0	S
-Rule	Zion	2037	only	-	Sep	13	2:00	0	S
+
+# From Ephraim Silverberg (2012-10-18):
+# Yesterday, the Interior Ministry Committee, after more than a year
+# past, approved sending the proposed June 2011 changes to the Time
+# Decree Law back to the Knesset for second and third (final) votes
+# before the upcoming elections on Jan. 22, 2013.  Hence, although the
+# changes are not yet law, they are expected to be so before February 2013.
+#
+# As of 2013, DST starts at 02:00 on the Friday before the last Sunday in March.
+# DST ends at 02:00 on the first Sunday after October 1, unless it occurs on the
+# second day of the Jewish Rosh Hashana holiday, in which case DST ends a day
+# later (i.e. at 02:00 the first Monday after October 2).
+# [Rosh Hashana holidays are factored in until 2100.]
+
+# From Ephraim Silverberg (2012-11-05):
+# The Knesset passed today (in second and final readings) the amendment to the
+# Time Decree Law making the changes ... law.
+
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+Rule	Zion	2013	max	-	Mar	Fri>=23	2:00	1:00	D
+Rule	Zion	2013	2026	-	Oct	Sun>=2	2:00	0	S
+Rule	Zion	2027	only	-	Oct	Mon>=3	2:00	0	S
+Rule	Zion	2028	max	-	Oct	Sun>=2	2:00	0	S
+# The following rules are commented out for now, as they break older
+# versions of zic that support only signed 32-bit timestamps, i.e.,
+# through 2038-01-19 03:14:07 UTC.
+#Rule	Zion	2028	2053	-	Oct	Sun>=2	2:00	0	S
+#Rule	Zion	2054	only	-	Oct	Mon>=3	2:00	0	S
+#Rule	Zion	2055	2080	-	Oct	Sun>=2	2:00	0	S
+#Rule	Zion	2081	only	-	Oct	Mon>=3	2:00	0	S
+#Rule	Zion	2082	max	-	Oct	Sun>=2	2:00	0	S
 
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Jerusalem	2:20:56 -	LMT	1880
@@ -1362,6 +1362,16 @@ Zone	Asia/Tokyo	9:18:59	-	LMT	1887 Dec 31 15:00u
 # From Arthur David Olson (2009-04-06):
 # We still have Jordan switching to DST on Thursdays in 2000 and 2001.
 
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2012-10-25):
+# Yesterday the government in Jordan announced that they will not
+# switch back to standard time this winter, so the will stay on DST
+# until about the same time next year (at least).
+# http://www.petra.gov.jo/Public_News/Nws_NewsDetails.aspx?NewsID=88950
+#
+# From Paul Eggert (2012-10-25):
+# For now, assume this is just a one-year measure.  If it becomes
+# permanent, we should move Jordan from EET to AST effective tomorrow.
+
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Jordan	1973	only	-	Jun	6	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Jordan	1973	1975	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	-
@@ -1390,7 +1400,8 @@ Rule	Jordan	2002	max	-	Mar	lastThu	24:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Jordan	2003	only	-	Oct	24	0:00s	0	-
 Rule	Jordan	2004	only	-	Oct	15	0:00s	0	-
 Rule	Jordan	2005	only	-	Sep	lastFri	0:00s	0	-
-Rule	Jordan	2006	max	-	Oct	lastFri	0:00s	0	-
+Rule	Jordan	2006	2011	-	Oct	lastFri	0:00s	0	-
+Rule	Jordan	2013	max	-	Oct	lastFri	0:00s	0	-
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Amman	2:23:44 -	LMT	1931
 			2:00	Jordan	EE%sT
@@ -2041,8 +2052,7 @@ Zone	Asia/Karachi	4:28:12 -	LMT	1907
 # 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.
+# to Palestine's rules.
 
 # From IINS News Service - Israel - 1998-03-23 10:38:07 Israel time,
 # forwarded by Ephraim Silverberg:
@@ -2293,6 +2303,8 @@ Rule Palestine	2010	only	-	Aug	11	0:00	0	-
 
 # From Arthur David Olson (2011-09-20):
 # 2011 transitions per http://www.timeanddate.com as of 2011-09-20.
+# From Paul Eggert (2012-10-12):
+# 2012 transitions per http://www.timeanddate.com as of 2012-10-12.
 
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Gaza	2:17:52	-	LMT	1900 Oct
@@ -2303,7 +2315,7 @@ Zone	Asia/Gaza	2:17:52	-	LMT	1900 Oct
 			2:00 Palestine	EE%sT	2011 Apr  2 12:01
 			2:00	1:00	EEST	2011 Aug  1
 			2:00	-	EET	2012 Mar 30
-			2:00	1:00	EEST	2012 Sep 28
+			2:00	1:00	EEST	2012 Sep 21 1:00
 			2:00	-	EET
 
 Zone	Asia/Hebron	2:20:23	-	LMT	1900 Oct
@@ -2318,7 +2330,7 @@ Zone	Asia/Hebron	2:20:23	-	LMT	1900 Oct
 			2:00	-	EET	2011 Aug 30
 			2:00	1:00	EEST	2011 Sep 30 3:00
 			2:00	-	EET	2012 Mar 30
-			2:00	1:00	EEST	2012 Sep 28 3:00
+			2:00	1:00	EEST	2012 Sep 21 1:00
 			2:00	-	EET
 
 # Paracel Is
diff --git a/src/timezone/data/australasia b/src/timezone/data/australasia
@@ -628,15 +628,32 @@ Zone Pacific/Pago_Pago	 12:37:12 -	LMT	1879 Jul  5
 # Although Samoa has used Daylight Saving Time in the 2010-2011 and 2011-2012
 # seasons, there is not yet any indication that this trend will continue on
 # a regular basis. For now, we have explicitly listed the transitions below.
+#
+# From Nicky (2012-09-10):
+# Daylight Saving Time commences on Sunday 30th September 2012 and
+# ends on Sunday 7th of April 2013.
+#
+# Please find link below for more information.
+# http://www.mcil.gov.ws/mcil_publications.html
+#
+# That publication also includes dates for Summer of 2013/4 as well
+# which give the impression of a pattern in selecting dates for the
+# future, so for now, we will guess this will continue.
+
+# Western Samoa
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+Rule	WS	2012	max	-	Sep	lastSun	3:00	1	D
+Rule	WS	2012	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	4:00	0	-
+# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone Pacific/Apia	 12:33:04 -	LMT	1879 Jul  5
 			-11:26:56 -	LMT	1911
 			-11:30	-	SAMT	1950		# Samoa Time
 			-11:00	-	WST	2010 Sep 26
 			-11:00	1:00	WSDT	2011 Apr 2 4:00
 			-11:00	-	WST	2011 Sep 24 3:00
 			-11:00	1:00	WSDT	2011 Dec 30
-			 13:00	1:00	WSDT	2012 Apr 1 4:00
-			 13:00	-	WST
+			 13:00	1:00	WSDT	2012 Apr Sun>=1 4:00
+			 13:00	WS	WS%sT
 
 # Solomon Is
 # excludes Bougainville, for which see Papua New Guinea
@@ -763,7 +780,7 @@ Zone	Pacific/Wallis	12:15:20 -	LMT	1901
 
 # 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
-# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future).
+# tz@iana.org for general use in the future).
 
 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
 # A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
diff --git a/src/timezone/data/europe b/src/timezone/data/europe
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 # 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
-# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future).
+# tz@iana.org for general use in the future).
 
 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
 # A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
diff --git a/src/timezone/data/northamerica b/src/timezone/data/northamerica
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 # 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
-# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future).
+# tz@iana.org for general use in the future).
 
 # From Paul Eggert (1999-03-22):
 # A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is
@@ -2797,6 +2797,13 @@ Zone America/Costa_Rica	-5:36:20 -	LMT	1890		# San Jose
 # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/cuba-starts-dst-2012.html
 # </a>
 
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2012-11-03):
+# Radio Reloj and many other sources report that Cuba is changing back
+# to standard time on 2012-11-04:
+# http://www.radioreloj.cu/index.php/noticias-radio-reloj/36-nacionales/9961-regira-horario-normal-en-cuba-desde-el-domingo-cuatro-de-noviembre
+# From Paul Eggert (2012-11-03):
+# For now, assume the future rule is first Sunday in November.
+
 # 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
@@ -2834,7 +2841,7 @@ Rule	Cuba	2009	2010	-	Mar	Sun>=8	0:00s	1:00	D
 Rule	Cuba	2011	only	-	Mar	Sun>=15	0:00s	1:00	D
 Rule	Cuba	2011	only	-	Nov	13	0:00s	0	S
 Rule	Cuba	2012	only	-	Apr	1	0:00s	1:00	D
-Rule	Cuba	2012	max	-	Oct	lastSun	0:00s	0	S
+Rule	Cuba	2012	max	-	Nov	Sun>=1	0:00s	0	S
 Rule	Cuba	2013	max	-	Mar	Sun>=8	0:00s	1:00	D
 
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
diff --git a/src/timezone/data/southamerica b/src/timezone/data/southamerica
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 # 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
-# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future).
+# tz@iana.org for general use in the future).
 
 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
 # A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
@@ -829,6 +829,15 @@ Zone	America/La_Paz	-4:32:36 -	LMT	1890
 # http://www.in.gov.br/visualiza/index.jsp?data=13/10/2011&jornal=1000&pagina=6&totalArquivos=6
 # </a>
 
+# From Kelley Cook (2012-10-16):
+# The governor of state of Bahia in Brazil announced on Thursday that
+# due to public pressure, he is reversing the DST policy they implemented
+# last year and will not be going to Summer Time on October 21st....
+# http://www.correio24horas.com.br/r/artigo/apos-pressoes-wagner-suspende-horario-de-verao-na-bahia
+
+# From Rodrigo Severo (2012-10-16):
+# Tocantins state will have DST.
+# http://noticias.terra.com.br/brasil/noticias/0,,OI6232536-EI306.html
 
 # 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)
@@ -1048,7 +1057,8 @@ Zone America/Araguaina	-3:12:48 -	LMT	1914
 			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	1990 Sep 17
 			-3:00	-	BRT	1995 Sep 14
 			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	2003 Sep 24
-			-3:00	-	BRT
+			-3:00	-	BRT	2012 Oct 21
+			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT
 #
 # Alagoas (AL), Sergipe (SE)
 Zone America/Maceio	-2:22:52 -	LMT	1914
@@ -1067,7 +1077,8 @@ Zone America/Maceio	-2:22:52 -	LMT	1914
 Zone America/Bahia	-2:34:04 -	LMT	1914
 			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	2003 Sep 24
 			-3:00	-	BRT	2011 Oct 16
-			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT
+			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	2012 Oct 21
+			-3:00	-	BRT
 #
 # Goias (GO), Distrito Federal (DF), Minas Gerais (MG),
 # Espirito Santo (ES), Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Sao Paulo (SP), Parana (PR),
