In several cases our text files had commentary like this:
# Egypt to cancel daylight saving time
# <a href="http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/407168">
# http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/407168
# </a>
where lines 2 and 4 let the file be viewed by a browser with the
URL being clickable. In practice this approach does not work with
many modern browsers (I tested with Firefox and with Chrome) and
it clutters up the data, so in cases like the above this patch
removes lines 2 and 4.
(Problem reported by Steffen "Daode" Nurpmeso.)
This was appropriate before Unicode, where "`" and "'" often balanced
in visual output, but that's been obsolete for a while.
Overall, single-quote 'like this' instead of `like this', and
double-quote "like this" or (in typeset output) “like this”
instead of ``like this''. While we're at it, fix some glitches
with hyphens versus minus versus en dash versus em dash.
* Makefile ($(MANTXTS)): Use UTF-8 locale to produce *.txt output.
* checktab.awk, tzselect.ksh:
Quote 'like this' in diagnostics, instead of `like this'.
* date.1, newctime.3, newtzset.3, time2posix.3, zic.8 (q, lq, rq):
New macros. Use them for better double-quoting in output.
* workman.sh: Tell Perl that its stdin and stdout are UTF-8.
* NEWS: Document this.
since they're in free association with NZ not Australia.
Mention notation problem with Chatham.
(Thanks to Hank W.)
This change doesn't alter the data files produced.
Reported by David Wheeler in
<http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2013-September/020083.html>.
* australasia (Fiji): Tweak spring-forward transitions to match
timeanddate.com's predictions.
* newtzset.3: Adjust Fiji example to match updated predictions.
Reword examples so that the English descriptions are more
consistent and are roughly in the same order as the TZ string
contents.
In several places the code and documentation incorrectly used
"UTC" to describe time stamps that might precede the introduction
of UTC and for which UTC is therefore undefined. Change these
uses to "UT", as that's the correct term when talking about these
time stamps. Problem reported by Steve Allen in
<http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2013-September/019907.html>.
The major compatibility issue here is with 'zdump -v'; it'll now
output "UT" instead of the possibly-incorrect "UTC".
Many files change in minor ways in the commentary.
* zdump.c (show):
* zic.c (inzsub, addtype):
In output, say "UT" rather than "UTC", since the time stamp we're
talking about might precede the introduction of UTC.
Problem reported by Alan Gutierrez in
<http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2013-May/019368.html>.
* australasia (Antarctica/Macquarie): Rework to avoid problem
when combined with older zic + older localtime.
* localtime.c: Rework to avoid problem when combined with
older Antarctica/Macquarie + older zic.
(struct state): New member defaulttype.
(tzload): Set it.
(localsub): Use it.
* zic.c: Rework to avoid problem when combined with
older Antarctica/Macquarie + older zic.
(writezone): Potentially, set type 0 to that of lowest-valued time.
(outzone): Reserve type 0.
Also, sort Macquarie more-consistently with other parts of Australia.
This doesn't affect time stamps, just zone selection.
Problems reported by Tim Parenti in
<http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2013-April/019060.html>.
* australasia (Antarctica/Macquarie): Tasmania Parks & Wildlife Service
history indicates that permanent habitation was 1899-1918 and 1948 on.
* zone.tab (Antarctica/Macquarie): Move next to Lord Howe and Tasmania.
This doesn't affect time stamps, just zone selection.
Problem reported by Tobias Conradi in
<http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2013-April/019023.html>.
* antarctica (AusAQ, ATAQ): Remove; no longer needed.
* australasia (Antarctica/Macquarie): Move here from
the 'antarctica' file. Use Aus and AT rather than
AusAQ and ATAQ.
* zone.tab (Antarctica/Macquarie): Country code AU, not AQ.
The source is: Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94
<http://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359>.
* africa (Africa/Gaborone, Africa/Cairo):
* asia (Asia/Rangoon, Asia/Shanghai, Asia/Hong_Kong, Asia/Aden):
* australasia (Pacific/Fiji):
* europe (Europe/Vienna):
* northamerica (America/Nassau, America/Barbados, Atlantic/Bermuda)
(America/Costa_Rica):
* southamerica (America/Bogota, America/Curacao):
Adjust old time stamps to match Milne. I went going through
Milne's list one by one and did not finish, but the rest can be
done later.
* africa, australasia, europe, northamerica, southamerica:
* tzselect.ksh, zdump.c, zic.c:
In commentary and strings, change email address from
tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov to tz@iana.org, as the old email address
no longer works.
* australasia (WS): New rule.
(Pacific/Apia): Use it, for new DST rules for Western Samoa.
Thanks to Nicholas Pereira for the heads-up and to Robert Elz
for coding up the rules.
