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* NEWS, africa, australasia: Minor commentary fixes.

Some of these are from Tim Parenti's proposed patches in:
http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2014-July/021265.html
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Paul Eggert
2014-07-31 21:02:21 -07:00
parent 4c73ed617f
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@ -96,11 +96,11 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes
Asia/Riyadh's transition to standard time is now 1947-03-14, not 1950.
Europe/Helsinki's 1942 fall-back transition was October 4 at 01:00, not
October 3 at 00:00. (Thanks to Konstantin Hyppönen.)
Europe/Helsinki's 1942 fall-back transition was 10-04 at 01:00, not
10-03 at 00:00. (Thanks to Konstantin Hyppönen.)
Pacific/Apia and Pacific/Pago_Pago have been changed from UTC-11:30 to
UTC-11 for the period from 1911 to 1950.
Pacific/Pago_Pago has been changed from UTC-11:30 to UTC-11 for the period
from 1911 to 1950.
Pacific/Chatham has been changed to New Zealand standard time plus
45 minutes for the period before 1957, reflecting a 1956 remark in
@ -188,6 +188,10 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes
Commentary about the coverage of each Russian zone has been standardized.
(Thanks to Tim Parenti).
There is new commentary about contemporary timekeeping in Ethiopia.
Obsolete comments about a 2007 proposal for DST in Kuwait has been removed.
There is new commentary about time in Poland in 1919.
Proper credit has been given to DST inventor George Vernon Hudson.

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@ -998,7 +998,7 @@ Zone Indian/Reunion 3:41:52 - LMT 1911 Jun # Saint-Denis
# St Helena
# See Africa/Abidjan.
# The parts of the St Helena territory are similar:
# The other parts of the St Helena territory are similar:
# Tristan da Cunha: on GMT, say Whitman and the CIA
# Ascension: on GMT, say the USNO (1995-12-21) and the CIA
# Gough (scientific station since 1955; sealers wintered previously):

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@ -1424,7 +1424,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901
# that DST will begin on 2007-09-30 2008-04-06.
# http://www.dia.govt.nz/diawebsite.nsf/wpg_URL/Services-Daylight-Saving-Daylight-saving-to-be-extended
# From Paul Eggert (2017-07-14):
# From Paul Eggert (2014-07-14):
# Chatham Island time was formally standardized on 1957-01-01 by
# New Zealand's Standard Time Amendment Act 1956 (1956-10-26)
# <http://www.austlii.edu.au/nz/legis/hist_act/staa19561956n100244.pdf>.
@ -1567,7 +1567,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901
# for American Samoa, e.g., the US National Bureau of Standards
# circular "Standard Time Throughout the World", 1932.
# Assume American Samoa switched to UTC-11 in 1911, not 1950,
# and that after 1950 they agreed until (western) Samoa subtracted a
# and that after 1950 they agreed until (western) Samoa skipped a
# day in 2011. Assume also that the Samoas follow the US and New
# Zealand's "ST"/"DT" style of daylight-saving abbreviations.