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-rw-r--r--timezone/africa3
-rw-r--r--timezone/europe16
-rw-r--r--timezone/northamerica24
3 files changed, 28 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/timezone/africa b/timezone/africa
index 1a2e339e2e..f0cf017fd2 100644
--- a/timezone/africa
+++ b/timezone/africa
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)africa 7.27
+# @(#)africa 7.28
# 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
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
#
# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is
# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Antique Collectors Club (1997).
-# Oxford University Press (1980).
#
# Previous editions of this database used WAT, CAT, SAT, and EAT
# for +0:00 through +3:00, respectively,
diff --git a/timezone/europe b/timezone/europe
index fe212dee0a..3053e5078e 100644
--- a/timezone/europe
+++ b/timezone/europe
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)europe 7.59
+# @(#)europe 7.60
# 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
@@ -747,6 +747,20 @@
#
# Whitman says Dublin Mean Time was -0:25:21, which is more precise than Shanks.
+# From Paul Eggert (1999-03-28):
+# Clive Feather (<news:859845706.26043.0@office.demon.net>, 1997-03-31)
+# reports that Cheriton Shuttle Terminal uses Concession Time (CT),
+# equivalent to French civil time.
+# Julian Hill (<news:36118128.5A14@virgin.net>, 1998-09-30) reports that
+# trains between Dollands Moor (the freight facility just outside Cheriton)
+# and Frethun run in CT.
+# My admittedly uninformed guess is that the terminal has two authorities,
+# the French concession operators and the British civil authorities,
+# and that the time depends on who you're talking to.
+# If, say, the British police were called to the station for some reason,
+# I would expect the official police report to use GMT/BST and not CET/CEST.
+# This is a borderline case, but for now let's stick to GMT/BST for Cheriton.
+
# From an anonymous contributor (1996-06-02):
# The law governing time in Ireland is under Statutory Instrument SI 395/94,
# which gives force to European Union 7th Council Directive # 94/21/EC.
diff --git a/timezone/northamerica b/timezone/northamerica
index e3f85021c9..8743f4b49e 100644
--- a/timezone/northamerica
+++ b/timezone/northamerica
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)northamerica 7.43
+# @(#)northamerica 7.44
# also includes Central America and the Caribbean
# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
@@ -1150,16 +1150,17 @@ Zone America/Costa_Rica -5:36:20 - LMT 1890 # San Jose
# Cuba
-# From Bob Devine (1988-01-28):
-# . . .DST is from 2nd Sunday in May to 2nd Sunday in October since 1981.
-# Change at midnight. In 1979 & 1980, started at 3rd Sunday in March
-# (I think).
-
-# From U. S. Naval Observatory (1989-01-19):
-# CUBA 5 H BEHIND UTC
-# CUBA 4 H BEHIND UTC MAR 20 - OCT 8
+# From Arthur David Olson (1999-03-29):
+# The 1999-03-28 exhibition baseball game held in Havana, Cuba, between
+# the Cuban National Team and the Baltimore Orioles was carried live on
+# the Orioles Radio Network, including affiliate WTOP in Washington, DC.
+# During the game, play-by-play announcer Jim Hunter noted that
+# "We'll be losing two hours of sleep...Cuba switched to Daylight Saving
+# Time today." (The "two hour" remark referred to losing one hour of
+# sleep on 1999-03-28--when the announcers were in Cuba as it switched
+# to DST--and one more hour on 1999-04-04--when the announcers will have
+# returned to Baltimore, which switches on that date.)
-# From Shanks (1991):
# 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
@@ -1187,9 +1188,8 @@ Rule Cuba 1990 1997 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D
Rule Cuba 1991 1995 - Oct Sun>=8 0:00s 0 S
Rule Cuba 1996 only - Oct 6 0:00s 0 S
Rule Cuba 1997 only - Oct 12 0:00s 0 S
-Rule Cuba 1998 only - Mar 29 0:00 1:00 D
+Rule Cuba 1998 max - Mar lastSun 0:00s 1:00 D
Rule Cuba 1998 max - Oct lastSun 0:00s 0 S
-Rule Cuba 1999 max - Apr Sun>=1 0:00s 1:00 D
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone America/Havana -5:29:28 - LMT 1890