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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)northamerica 7.26
+# @(#)northamerica 7.27
# also includes Central America and the Caribbean
# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
@@ -202,9 +202,9 @@ Zone America/Los_Angeles -7:52:58 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:00
#
# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19):
# Howse writes that Alaska switched from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar,
-# and from east-of-GMT to west-of-GMT days, in 1867 when the US purchased it
-# from Russia. We omit this transition, since we can't represent changes
-# from Julian to Gregorian.
+# and from east-of-GMT to west-of-GMT days, when the US bought it from Russia.
+# This was on 1867-10-18. We omit this transition, since we can't represent
+# changes from Julian to Gregorian.
#
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone America/Juneau -8:57:41 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 12:00
@@ -472,12 +472,9 @@ Link Pacific/Honolulu HST
# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which
# I found in the UCLA library.
#
-# I invented the abbreviation SPST for St Pierre Standard Time; SPDT likewise.
-# Corrections are welcome!
-#
# See the `europe' file for Greenland.
#
-# See the `africa' file for Zone naming conventions.
+# See the `africa' file for time zone naming and abbreviation conventions.
# Canada
@@ -839,7 +836,6 @@ Rule NT_YK 1919 only - May 25 2:00 1:00 D
Rule NT_YK 1919 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 S
Rule NT_YK 1942 only - Feb 9 2:00 1:00 D
Rule NT_YK 1945 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 S
-# 0:00 ??
Rule NT_YK 1965 only - Apr lastSun 0:00 2:00 DD
Rule NT_YK 1965 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
Rule NT_YK 1980 1986 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
@@ -1158,7 +1154,7 @@ Zone America/El_Salvador -5:56:48 - LMT 1921 # San Salvador
# Grenada
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
-Zone America/Grenada -4:07:00 - LMT 1911 Jul
+Zone America/Grenada -4:07:00 - LMT 1911 Jul # St George's
-4:00 - AST
# Guadeloupe
@@ -1263,7 +1259,7 @@ Zone America/St_Lucia -4:04:00 - LMT 1890 # Castries
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone America/Miquelon -3:44:40 - LMT 1911 May 15 # St Pierre
-4:00 - AST 1980 May
- -3:00 Mont SP%sT
+ -3:00 Mont PM%sT # Pierre & Miquelon Time
# St Vincent and the Grenadines
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]