Hello community,

here is the log from the commit of package timezone for openSUSE:Factory 
checked in at 2012-04-03 17:39:06
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Comparing /work/SRC/openSUSE:Factory/timezone (Old)
 and      /work/SRC/openSUSE:Factory/.timezone.new (New)
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Package is "timezone", Maintainer is "[email protected]"

Changes:
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--- /work/SRC/openSUSE:Factory/timezone/timezone-java.changes   2011-11-07 
14:32:17.000000000 +0100
+++ /work/SRC/openSUSE:Factory/.timezone.new/timezone-java.changes      
2012-04-03 17:39:08.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,0 +2,28 @@
+Mon Apr  2 16:19:16 CEST 2012 - [email protected]
+
+- update to 2012c:
+  * Morocco DST starts late April 2012
+  * Changes for Gaza, Hebron and Syria (for 2012)
+  * Haiti now follows US/Canada rules regarding DST
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Mar 29 14:56:30 CEST 2012 - [email protected]
+
+- adjust license to spdx.org format (bnc#752642)
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Mar  3 11:33:38 CET 2012 - [email protected]
+
+- update to 2012b (bnc#748550):
+  * Cuba has delayed start of DST by 3 weeks
+  (now starts April 1 rather than March 11
+  * Chile 2011/2012 and 2012/2013 summer time date adjustments.
+  * Falkland Islands onto permanent summer time (we're assuming for the
+    foreseeable future, though 2012 is all we're fairly certain of.)
+  * Armenia has abolished Summer Time.
+  * Tokelau jumped the International Date Line back last December
+    (just the same as their near neighbour, Samoa).
+  * America/Creston is a new zone for a small area of British Columbia
+  * There will be a leapsecod 2012-06-30 23:59:60 UTC.
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
timezone.changes: same change

Old:
----
  tzcode2011i.tar.gz
  tzdata2011n.tar.gz

New:
----
  tzcode2012b.tar.gz
  tzdata2012c.tar.gz

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Other differences:
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++++++ timezone-java.spec ++++++
--- /var/tmp/diff_new_pack.8YCCfw/_old  2012-04-03 17:39:10.000000000 +0200
+++ /var/tmp/diff_new_pack.8YCCfw/_new  2012-04-03 17:39:10.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package timezone-java
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2011 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2012 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -15,20 +15,20 @@
 # Please submit bugfixes or comments via http://bugs.opensuse.org/
 #
 
-# norootforbuild
-
 
 Name:           timezone-java
-BuildRequires:  fastjar gcc-gij javazic
-License:        SUSE-Public-Domain
+BuildRequires:  fastjar
+BuildRequires:  gcc-gij
+BuildRequires:  javazic
 Summary:        Timezone Descriptions
+License:        BSD-3-Clause and SUSE-Public-Domain
 Group:          System/Base
 # COMMON-BEGIN
 # COMMON-BEGIN
-Version:        2011n
-Release:        1
+Version:        2012c
+Release:        0
 Source:         ftp://munnari.oz.au/pub/tzdata%{version}.tar.gz
-Source1:        ftp://munnari.oz.au/pub/tzcode2011i.tar.gz
+Source1:        ftp://munnari.oz.au/pub/tzcode2012b.tar.gz
 Patch0:         tzdata-china.diff
 Patch1:         tzcode-zic.diff
 Patch2:         tzcode-ksh.diff

++++++ timezone.spec ++++++
--- /var/tmp/diff_new_pack.8YCCfw/_old  2012-04-03 17:39:10.000000000 +0200
+++ /var/tmp/diff_new_pack.8YCCfw/_new  2012-04-03 17:39:10.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package timezone
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2011 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2012 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -15,20 +15,18 @@
 # Please submit bugfixes or comments via http://bugs.opensuse.org/
 #
 
-# norootforbuild
-
 
 Name:           timezone
-License:        PERMISSIVE-OSI-COMPLIANT(BSD-like ; public domain)
 Summary:        Timezone Descriptions
+License:        BSD-3-Clause and SUSE-Public-Domain
 Group:          System/Base
 Url:            http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html
 PreReq:         filesystem, coreutils
 # COMMON-BEGIN
-Version:        2011n
-Release:        1
+Version:        2012c
+Release:        0
 Source:         ftp://munnari.oz.au/pub/tzdata%{version}.tar.gz
-Source1:        ftp://munnari.oz.au/pub/tzcode2011i.tar.gz
+Source1:        ftp://munnari.oz.au/pub/tzcode2012b.tar.gz
 Patch0:         tzdata-china.diff
 Patch1:         tzcode-zic.diff
 Patch2:         tzcode-ksh.diff

++++++ timezone-java.spec.in ++++++
--- /var/tmp/diff_new_pack.8YCCfw/_old  2012-04-03 17:39:10.000000000 +0200
+++ /var/tmp/diff_new_pack.8YCCfw/_new  2012-04-03 17:39:10.000000000 +0200
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 Name:           timezone-java
 BuildRequires:  fastjar gcc-gij javazic
-License:        Public Domain, Freeware
+License:        BSD-3-Clause and SUSE-Public-Domain
 Summary:        Timezone Descriptions
 Group:          System/Base
 # COMMON-BEGIN

++++++ tzcode2011i.tar.gz -> tzcode2012b.tar.gz ++++++
diff -urN '--exclude=CVS' '--exclude=.cvsignore' '--exclude=.svn' 
'--exclude=.svnignore' old/README new/README
--- old/README  2011-06-15 12:43:12.000000000 +0200
+++ new/README  2012-02-26 23:37:09.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-@(#)README     8.3
+@(#)README     8.4
 This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 
        mkdir tz
        cd tz
-       wget 'ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tz*.tar.gz'
+       wget 'ftp://munnari.oz.au/pub/tz*.tar.gz'
        gzip -dc tzcode*.tar.gz | tar -xf -
        gzip -dc tzdata*.tar.gz | tar -xf -
 
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
 1970, and there are undoubtedly errors even for time stamps since 1970.
 If you know that the rules are different from those in a file, by all means
 feel free to change file (and please send the changed version to
[email protected] for use in the future).  Europeans take note!
[email protected] for use in the future).  Europeans take note!
 
 Thanks to these Timezone Caballeros who've made major contributions to the
 time conversion package:  Keith Bostic; Bob Devine; Paul Eggert; Robert Elz;
@@ -80,7 +80,13 @@
 for testing work, and to Gwillim Law for checking local mean time data.
 None of them are responsible for remaining errors.
 
-Look in the ~ftp/pub directory of elsie.nci.nih.gov
+Look in the ~ftp/pub directory of munnari.oz.au
 for updated versions of these files.
 
-Please send comments or information to [email protected].
+Please send comments or information to [email protected].
+
+Postscript:  The README above is largely unmodified (aside from details
+of mailing list and ftp archive addresses) from that prepared many years
+ago by Arthur David Olson, to whom the timezone community owes the
+greatest debt of all.  Arthur is not currently maintaining this data or
+code (though he remains involved).
diff -urN '--exclude=CVS' '--exclude=.cvsignore' '--exclude=.svn' 
'--exclude=.svnignore' old/tz-art.htm new/tz-art.htm
--- old/tz-art.htm      2011-06-15 12:43:15.000000000 +0200
+++ new/tz-art.htm      2012-02-27 00:38:50.000000000 +0100
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 <body>
 <h1>Time and the Arts</h1>
 <address>
-@(#)tz-art.htm 8.20
+@(#)tz-art.htm 8.21
 </address>
 <p>
 This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 </p>
 <p>
 Please send corrections to this web page to the
-<a href="mailto:[email protected]";>time zone mailing list</a>.</p>
+<a href="mailto:[email protected]";>time zone mailing list</a>.</p>
 <p>
 See also <a href="tz-link.htm">Sources for Time Zone and Daylight Saving Time 
Data</a>.</p>
 <hr>
diff -urN '--exclude=CVS' '--exclude=.cvsignore' '--exclude=.svn' 
'--exclude=.svnignore' old/tz-link.htm new/tz-link.htm
--- old/tz-link.htm     2011-08-17 19:31:59.000000000 +0200
+++ new/tz-link.htm     2012-02-27 14:25:59.000000000 +0100
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 <body>
 <h1>Sources for Time Zone and Daylight Saving Time Data</h1>
 <address>
-@(#)tz-link.htm        8.32
+@(#)tz-link.htm        8.33
 </address>
 <p>
 This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 </p>
 <p>
 Please send corrections to this web page to the
-<a href="mailto:[email protected]";>time zone mailing list</a>.</p>
+<a href="mailto:[email protected]";>time zone mailing list</a>.</p>
 <h2>The <code>tz</code> database</h2>
 <p>
 The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain";>public-domain</a>
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
 the location's full name, e.g., <code>TZ="America/New_York"</code>.</p>
 <p>
 In the <code>tz</code> database's
-<a href="ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub";><abbr
+<a href="ftp://munnari.oz.au/pub";><abbr
 title="File Transfer Protocol">FTP</abbr> distribution</a>
 the code is in the file <code>tzcode<var>C</var>.tar.gz</code>,
 where <code><var>C</var></code> is the code's version;
@@ -98,25 +98,30 @@
 <code>README</code> file for what to do next.</p>
 <pre style="margin-left: 2em"><code>mkdir tz
 cd tz
-<a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/";>wget</a> 
'ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tz*.tar.gz'
+<a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/";>wget</a> 
'ftp://munnari.oz.au/pub/tz*.tar.gz'
 <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/";>gzip</a> -dc tzcode*.tar.gz | <a 
href="http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/";>tar</a> -xf -
 gzip -dc tzdata*.tar.gz | tar -xf -
 </code></pre>
 <p>
+The code and data files can also be obtained from the
+<a href="http://www.iana.org";>IANA</a>
+<a href="http://www.iana.org/time-zones";>timezone web page</a>.
+<p>
 The code lets you compile the <code>tz</code> source files into
 machine-readable binary files, one for each location. It also lets
 you read a <code>tz</code> binary file and interpret time stamps for that
 location.</p>
 <p>
 The data are by no means authoritative. If you find errors, please
-send changes to the <a href="mailto:[email protected]";>time zone
+send changes to the <a href="mailto:[email protected]";>time zone
 mailing list</a>. You can also <a
 href="http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.time.tz";>browse recent
 messages</a> sent to the mailing list, <a
-href="mailto:[email protected]";>subscribe</a> to it,
-retrieve the <a
-href="ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzarchive.gz";>full archive of old
-messages</a> (in gzip compressed format), or retrieve <a
+href="https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/tz";>subscribe</a> to it.
+browse the <a
+href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/";>archive of old
+messages</a> (message by message or in gzip compressed format),
+or retrieve <a
 href="ftp://munnari.oz.au/pub/oldtz";>archived older versions of code
 and data</a>.</p>
 <p>
@@ -273,6 +278,11 @@
 It is freely available under the <abbr>LGPL</abbr>.</li>
 <li>Tcl, mentioned above, also contains a
 <code>tz</code> binary file reader.</li>
+<li><a href="http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?DateTime::TimeZone::Tzfile";>
+DateTime::TimeZone::Tzfile</a>
+is a <code>tz</code> binary file reader written in Perl.
+It is freely available under the same terms as Perl
+(dual <abbr>GPL</abbr> and Artistic license).</li>
 </ul>
 <h2>Other <code>tz</code>-based time zone software</h2>
 <ul>

++++++ tzdata2011n.tar.gz -> tzdata2012c.tar.gz ++++++
diff -urN '--exclude=CVS' '--exclude=.cvsignore' '--exclude=.svn' 
'--exclude=.svnignore' old/africa new/africa
--- old/africa  2011-09-20 19:55:03.000000000 +0200
+++ new/africa  2012-03-27 17:39:16.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # <pre>
-# @(#)africa   8.33
+# @(#)africa   8.35
 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
 # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
 
@@ -768,6 +768,37 @@
 # wall clock time (i.e. 11pm UTC), but that's what I would assume. It has
 # also been like that in the past.
 
+# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2012-03-09):
+# According to Infom&eacute;diaire web site from Morocco (infomediaire.ma),
+# on March 9, 2012, (in French) Heure l&eacute;gale:
+# Le Maroc adopte officiellement l'heure d'&eacute;t&eacute;
+# <a 
href="http://www.infomediaire.ma/news/maroc/heure-l%C3%A9gale-le-maroc-adopte-officiellement-lheure-d%C3%A9t%C3%A9";>
+# 
http://www.infomediaire.ma/news/maroc/heure-l%C3%A9gale-le-maroc-adopte-officiellement-lheure-d%C3%A9t%C3%A9
+# </a>
+# Governing Council adopted draft decree, that Morocco DST starts on
+# the last Sunday of March (March 25, 2012) and ends on
+# last Sunday of September (September 30, 2012)
+# except the month of Ramadan.
+# or (brief)
+# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco06.html";>
+# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco06.html
+# </a>
+
+# From Arthur David Olson (2012-03-10):
+# The infomediaire.ma source indicates that the system is to be in
+# effect every year. It gives 03H00 as the "fall back" time of day;
+# it lacks a "spring forward" time of day; assume 2:00 XXX.
+# Wait on specifying the Ramadan exception for details about
+# start date, start time of day, end date, and end time of day XXX.
+
+# From Christophe Tropamer (2012-03-16):
+# Seen Morocco change again:
+# <a href="http://www.le2uminutes.com/actualite.php";>
+# http://www.le2uminutes.com/actualite.php
+# </a>
+# "...&agrave; partir du dernier dimance d'avril et non fins mars,
+# comme annonc&eacute; pr&eacute;c&eacute;demment."
+
 # RULE NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
 
 Rule   Morocco 1939    only    -       Sep     12       0:00   1:00    S
@@ -793,6 +824,9 @@
 Rule   Morocco 2010    only    -       Aug      8       0:00   0       -
 Rule   Morocco 2011    only    -       Apr      3       0:00   1:00    S
 Rule   Morocco 2011    only    -       Jul      31      0      0       -
+Rule   Morocco 2012    max     -       Apr      lastSun 2:00   1:00    S
+Rule   Morocco 2012    max     -       Sep      lastSun 3:00   0       -
+
 # Zone NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
 Zone Africa/Casablanca -0:30:20 -      LMT     1913 Oct 26
                         0:00   Morocco WE%sT   1984 Mar 16
diff -urN '--exclude=CVS' '--exclude=.cvsignore' '--exclude=.svn' 
'--exclude=.svnignore' old/antarctica new/antarctica
--- old/antarctica      2011-09-20 19:55:03.000000000 +0200
+++ new/antarctica      2012-03-27 17:37:26.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # <pre>
-# @(#)antarctica       8.9
+# @(#)antarctica       8.10
 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
 # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
 
@@ -42,8 +42,19 @@
 Rule   ChileAQ 1998    only    -       Mar     Sun>=9  3:00u   0       -
 Rule   ChileAQ 1998    only    -       Sep     27      4:00u   1:00    S
 Rule   ChileAQ 1999    only    -       Apr      4      3:00u   0       -
-Rule   ChileAQ 1999    max     -       Oct     Sun>=9  4:00u   1:00    S
-Rule   ChileAQ 2000    max     -       Mar     Sun>=9  3:00u   0       -
+Rule   ChileAQ 1999    2010    -       Oct     Sun>=9  4:00u   1:00    S
+Rule   ChileAQ 2000    2007    -       Mar     Sun>=9  3:00u   0       -
+# N.B.: the end of March 29 in Chile is March 30 in Universal time,
+# which is used below in specifying the transition.
+Rule   ChileAQ 2008    only    -       Mar     30      3:00u   0       -
+Rule   ChileAQ 2009    only    -       Mar     Sun>=9  3:00u   0       -
+Rule   ChileAQ 2010    only    -       Apr     Sun>=1  3:00u   0       -
+Rule   ChileAQ 2011    only    -       May     Sun>=2  3:00u   0       -
+Rule   ChileAQ 2011    only    -       Aug     Sun>=16 4:00u   1:00    S
+Rule   ChileAQ 2012    only    -       Apr     Sun>=23 3:00u   0       -
+Rule   ChileAQ 2012    only    -       Sep     Sun>=2  4:00u   1:00    S
+Rule   ChileAQ 2013    max     -       Mar     Sun>=9  3:00u   0       -
+Rule   ChileAQ 2013    max     -       Oct     Sun>=9  4:00u   1:00    S
 
 # These rules are stolen from the `australasia' file.
 Rule   AusAQ   1917    only    -       Jan      1      0:01    1:00    -
@@ -142,12 +153,16 @@
                                                # Western (Aus) Standard Time
                        11:00   -       CAST    2010 Mar 5 2:00
                                                # Casey Time
+                       8:00    -       WST     2011 Oct 28 2:00
+                       11:00   -       CAST    2012 Feb 21 17:00u
                        8:00    -       WST
 Zone Antarctica/Davis  0       -       zzz     1957 Jan 13
                        7:00    -       DAVT    1964 Nov # Davis Time
                        0       -       zzz     1969 Feb
                        7:00    -       DAVT    2009 Oct 18 2:00
                        5:00    -       DAVT    2010 Mar 10 20:00u
+                       7:00    -       DAVT    2011 Oct 28 2:00
+                       5:00    -       DAVT    2012 Feb 21 20:00u
                        7:00    -       DAVT
 Zone Antarctica/Mawson 0       -       zzz     1954 Feb 13
                        6:00    -       MAWT    2009 Oct 18 2:00
diff -urN '--exclude=CVS' '--exclude=.cvsignore' '--exclude=.svn' 
'--exclude=.svnignore' old/asia new/asia
--- old/asia    2011-10-15 05:17:13.000000000 +0200
+++ new/asia    2012-03-27 18:17:25.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-# @(#)asia     8.69
+# <pre>
+# @(#)asia     8.73
 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
 # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
 
@@ -77,10 +78,6 @@
 Rule RussiaAsia        1993    1995    -       Sep     lastSun  2:00s  0       
-
 Rule RussiaAsia        1996    max     -       Oct     lastSun  2:00s  0       
-
 
-# From Arthur David Olson (2011-06-15):
-# While Russia abandoned DST in 2011, Armenia may choose to
-# follow Russia's "old" rules.
-
 # Afghanistan
 # Zone NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
 Zone   Asia/Kabul      4:36:48 -       LMT     1890
@@ -97,6 +94,21 @@
 # in 1996, though it did use DST in 1995.  IATA SSIM (1991/1998) reports that
 # Armenia switched from 3:00 to 4:00 in 1998 and observed DST after 1991,
 # but started switching at 3:00s in 1998.
+
+# From Arthur David Olson (2011-06-15):
+# While Russia abandoned DST in 2011, Armenia may choose to
+# follow Russia's "old" rules.
+
+# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2012-02-10):
+# According to News Armenia, on Feb 9, 2012,
+# http://newsarmenia.ru/society/20120209/42609695.html
+# 
+# The Armenia National Assembly adopted final reading of Amendments to the
+# Law "On procedure of calculation time on the territory of the Republic of
+# Armenia" according to which Armenia [is] abolishing Daylight Saving Time.
+# or
+# (brief)
+# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_armenia03.html
 # Zone NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
 Zone   Asia/Yerevan    2:58:00 -       LMT     1924 May  2
                        3:00    -       YERT    1957 Mar    # Yerevan Time
@@ -104,7 +116,8 @@
                        3:00    1:00    YERST   1991 Sep 23 # independence
                        3:00 RussiaAsia AM%sT   1995 Sep 24 2:00s
                        4:00    -       AMT     1997
-                       4:00 RussiaAsia AM%sT
+                       4:00 RussiaAsia AM%sT   2012 Mar 25 2:00s
+                       4:00    -       AMT
 
 # Azerbaijan
 # From Rustam Aliyev of the Azerbaijan Internet Forum (2005-10-23):
@@ -2235,6 +2248,29 @@
 # http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=424808
 # </a>
 
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2012-03-26):
+# Palestinian news sources tell that both Gaza and West Bank will start DST
+# on Friday (Thursday midnight, 2012-03-29 24:00).
+# Some of many sources in Arabic:
+# <a href="http://www.samanews.com/index.php?act=Show&id=122638";>
+# http://www.samanews.com/index.php?act=Show&id=122638
+# </a>
+#
+# <a 
href="http://safa.ps/details/news/74352/%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B6%D9%81%D8%A9-%D9%88%D8%BA%D8%B2%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A9.html";>
+# 
http://safa.ps/details/news/74352/%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B6%D9%81%D8%A9-%D9%88%D8%BA%D8%B2%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A9.html
+# </a>
+#
+# Our brief summary:
+# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/gaza-west-bank-dst-2012.html";>
+# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/gaza-west-bank-dst-2012.html
+# </a>
+
+# From Arthur David Olson (2012-03-27):
+# The timeanddate article for 2012 says that "the end date has not yet been
+# announced" and that "Last year, both...paused daylight saving time during...
+# Ramadan. It is not yet known [for] 2012."
+# For now, assume both switch back on the last Friday in September. XXX
+
 # Rule NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
 Rule EgyptAsia 1957    only    -       May     10      0:00    1:00    S
 Rule EgyptAsia 1957    1958    -       Oct      1      0:00    0       -
@@ -2267,6 +2303,8 @@
                        2:00    Jordan  EE%sT   1999
                        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    -       EET
 
 Zone   Asia/Hebron     2:20:23 -       LMT     1900 Oct
@@ -2280,6 +2318,8 @@
                        2:00    1:00    EEST    2011 Aug  1
                        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    -       EET
 
 # Paracel Is
@@ -2571,10 +2611,28 @@
 # http://sns.sy/sns/?path=news/read/11421 (Arabic)
 # </a>
 
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2012-03-26):
+# Today, Syria's government announced that they will start DST early on Friday
+# (00:00). This is a bit earlier than the past two years.
+#
+# From Syrian Arab News Agency, in Arabic:
+# <a href="http://www.sana.sy/ara/2/2012/03/26/408215.htm";>
+# http://www.sana.sy/ara/2/2012/03/26/408215.htm
+# </a>
+#
+# Our brief summary:
+# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/syria-dst-2012.html";>
+# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/syria-dst-2012.html
+# </a>
+
+# From Arthur David Olson (2012-03-27):
+# Assume last Friday in March going forward XXX.
+
 Rule   Syria   2008    only    -       Apr     Fri>=1  0:00    1:00    S
 Rule   Syria   2008    only    -       Nov     1       0:00    0       -
 Rule   Syria   2009    only    -       Mar     lastFri 0:00    1:00    S
-Rule   Syria   2010    max     -       Apr     Fri>=1  0:00    1:00    S
+Rule   Syria   2010    2011    -       Apr     Fri>=1  0:00    1:00    S
+Rule   Syria   2012    max     -       Mar     lastFri 0:00    1:00    S
 Rule   Syria   2009    max     -       Oct     lastFri 0:00    0       -
 
 # Zone NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
diff -urN '--exclude=CVS' '--exclude=.cvsignore' '--exclude=.svn' 
'--exclude=.svnignore' old/australasia new/australasia
--- old/australasia     2011-10-24 18:58:31.000000000 +0200
+++ new/australasia     2012-03-27 17:37:26.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # <pre>
-# @(#)australasia      8.29
+# @(#)australasia      8.30
 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
 # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
 
@@ -616,6 +616,11 @@
 # Dateline Change skip Friday 30th Dec 2011
 # Thursday 29th December 2011  23:59:59 Hours
 # Saturday 31st December 2011  00:00:00 Hours
+#
+# Clarification by Tim Parenti (2012-01-03):
+# 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.
 Zone Pacific/Apia       12:33:04 -     LMT     1879 Jul  5
                        -11:26:56 -     LMT     1911
                        -11:30  -       SAMT    1950            # Samoa Time
@@ -633,9 +638,28 @@
                        11:00   -       SBT     # Solomon Is Time
 
 # Tokelau Is
+#
+# From Gwillim Law (2011-12-29)
+# A correspondent informed me that Tokelau, like Samoa, will be skipping
+# December 31 this year, thereby changing its time zone from UTC-10 to
+# UTC+14. When I tried to verify this statement, I found a confirming
+# article in Time magazine online
+# <a href="http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2103243,00.html";>
+# (http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2103243,00.html).
+# </a>
+#
+# From Jonathan Leffler (2011-12-29)
+# Information from the BBC to the same effect:
+# <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16351377";>
+# http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16351377
+# </a>
+#
+# Patch supplied by Tim Parenti (2011-12-29)
+
 # Zone NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
 Zone   Pacific/Fakaofo -11:24:56 -     LMT     1901
-                       -10:00  -       TKT     # Tokelau Time
+                       -10:00  -       TKT 2011 Dec 30 # Tokelau Time
+                       14:00   -       TKT
 
 # Tonga
 # Rule NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
diff -urN '--exclude=CVS' '--exclude=.cvsignore' '--exclude=.svn' 
'--exclude=.svnignore' old/europe new/europe
--- old/europe  2011-10-28 11:59:09.000000000 +0200
+++ new/europe  2012-03-27 17:37:27.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # <pre>
-# @(#)europe   8.40
+# @(#)europe   8.41
 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
 # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
 
@@ -211,9 +211,15 @@
 # the history of summer time legislation in the United Kingdom.
 # Since 1998 Joseph S. Myers has been updating
 # and extending this list, which can be found in
-# <a href="http://student.cusu.cam.ac.uk/~jsm28/british-time/";>
+# http://student.cusu.cam.ac.uk/~jsm28/british-time/
+# <a href="http://www.polyomino.org.uk/british-time/";>
 # History of legal time in Britain
 # </a>
+# Rob Crowther (2012-01-04) reports that that URL no longer
+# exists, and the article can now be found at:
+# <a href="http://www.polyomino.org.uk/british-time/";>
+# http://www.polyomino.org.uk/british-time/
+# </a>
 
 # From Joseph S. Myers (1998-01-06):
 #
@@ -1151,10 +1157,10 @@
 # write that they were used in Monaco and in many French locations.
 # Le Corre writes that the upper limit of the free zone was Arneguy, Orthez,
 # Mont-de-Marsan, Bazas, Langon, Lamotte-Montravel, Marouil, La
-# Rochefoucault, Champagne-Mouton, La Roche-Posay, La Haye-Decartes,
+# Rochefoucault, Champagne-Mouton, La Roche-Posay, La Haye-Descartes,
 # Loches, Montrichard, Vierzon, Bourges, Moulins, Digoin,
 # Paray-le-Monial, Montceau-les-Mines, Chalons-sur-Saone, Arbois,
-# Dole, Morez, St-Claude, and Collognes (Haute-Savioe).
+# Dole, Morez, St-Claude, and Collonges (Haute-Savoie).
 Rule   France  1941    only    -       May      5       0:00   2:00    M # 
Midsummer
 # Shanks & Pottenger say this transition occurred at Oct 6 1:00,
 # but go with Denis Excoffier (1997-12-12),
diff -urN '--exclude=CVS' '--exclude=.cvsignore' '--exclude=.svn' 
'--exclude=.svnignore' old/leapseconds new/leapseconds
--- old/leapseconds     2011-09-20 19:55:04.000000000 +0200
+++ new/leapseconds     2012-03-27 17:37:27.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # <pre>
-# @(#)leapseconds      8.11
+# @(#)leapseconds      8.13
 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
 # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
 
@@ -48,40 +48,54 @@
 Leap   1998    Dec     31      23:59:60        +       S
 Leap   2005    Dec     31      23:59:60        +       S
 Leap   2008    Dec     31      23:59:60        +       S
+Leap   2012    Jun     30      23:59:60        +       S
 
 # INTERNATIONAL EARTH ROTATION AND REFERENCE SYSTEMS SERVICE (IERS)
 #
 # SERVICE INTERNATIONAL DE LA ROTATION TERRESTRE ET DES SYSTEMES DE REFERENCE
 #
+#
 # SERVICE DE LA ROTATION TERRESTRE
 # OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS
 # 61, Av. de l'Observatoire 75014 PARIS (France)
-# Tel.      : 33 (0) 1 40 51 22 29
+# Tel.      : 33 (0) 1 40 51 22 26
 # FAX       : 33 (0) 1 40 51 22 91
-# Internet  : [email protected]
+# e-mail    : (E-Mail Removed)
+# http://hpiers.obspm.fr/eop-pc
+#
+# Paris, 5 January 2012
 #
-# Paris, 2 February 2011
 #
-# Bulletin C 41
+# Bulletin C 43
 #
 # To authorities responsible
 # for the measurement and
 # distribution of time
 #
-# INFORMATION ON UTC - TAI
 #
-# NO positive leap second will be introduced at the end of June 2011.
-# The difference between Coordinated Universal Time UTC and the
-# International Atomic Time TAI is :           
+# UTC TIME STEP
+# on the 1st of July 2012
+#
 #
-# from 2009 January 1, 0h UTC, until further notice : UTC-TAI = -34 s
+# A positive leap second will be introduced at the end of June 2012.
+# The sequence of dates of the UTC second markers will be:             
+#              
+#                          2012 June 30,     23h 59m 59s
+#                          2012 June 30,     23h 59m 60s
+#                          2012 July  1,      0h  0m  0s
+#
+# The difference between UTC and the International Atomic Time TAI is:
+#
+# from 2009 January 1, 0h UTC, to 2012 July 1  0h UTC  : UTC-TAI = - 34s
+# from 2012 July 1,    0h UTC, until further notice    : UTC-TAI = - 35s
 #
 # Leap seconds can be introduced in UTC at the end of the months of December
-# or June,  depending on the evolution of UT1-TAI. Bulletin C is mailed every
-# six months, either to announce a time step in UTC, or to confirm that there
+# or June, depending on the evolution of UT1-TAI. Bulletin C is mailed every
+# six months, either to announce a time step in UTC or to confirm that there
 # will be no time step at the next possible date.
 #
+#
 # Daniel GAMBIS
-# Head                 
-# Earth Orientation Center of the IERS
+# Head         
+# Earth Orientation Center of IERS
 # Observatoire de Paris, France
diff -urN '--exclude=CVS' '--exclude=.cvsignore' '--exclude=.svn' 
'--exclude=.svnignore' old/northamerica new/northamerica
--- old/northamerica    2011-10-30 08:57:54.000000000 +0100
+++ new/northamerica    2012-03-27 17:39:12.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # <pre>
-# @(#)northamerica     8.51
+# @(#)northamerica     8.54
 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
 # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
 
@@ -1120,9 +1120,26 @@
 # For now, assume all of DST-observing Canada will fall into line with the
 # new US DST rules,
 
+# From Chris Walton (2011-12-01)
+# In the first of Tammy Hardwick's articles
+# <a href="http://www.ilovecreston.com/?p=articles&t=spec&ar=260";>
+# http://www.ilovecreston.com/?p=articles&t=spec&ar=260
+# </a>
+# she quotes the Friday November 1/1918 edition of the Creston Review.
+# The quote includes these two statements:
+# 'Sunday the CPR went back to the old system of time...'
+# '... The daylight saving scheme was dropped all over Canada at the same 
time,'
+# These statements refer to a transition from daylight time to standard time
+# that occurred nationally on Sunday October 27/1918.  This transition was
+# also documented in the Saturday October 26/1918 edition of the Toronto Star.
+
+# In light of that evidence, we alter the date from the earlier believed
+# Oct 31, to Oct 27, 1918 (and Sunday is a more likely transition day
+# than Thursday) in all Canadian rulesets.
+
 # Rule NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
 Rule   Canada  1918    only    -       Apr     14      2:00    1:00    D
-Rule   Canada  1918    only    -       Oct     31      2:00    0       S
+Rule   Canada  1918    only    -       Oct     27      2:00    0       S
 Rule   Canada  1942    only    -       Feb      9      2:00    1:00    W # War
 Rule   Canada  1945    only    -       Aug     14      23:00u  1:00    P # 
Peace
 Rule   Canada  1945    only    -       Sep     30      2:00    0       S
@@ -1645,7 +1662,7 @@
 Rule   Winn    1916    only    -       Apr     23      0:00    1:00    D
 Rule   Winn    1916    only    -       Sep     17      0:00    0       S
 Rule   Winn    1918    only    -       Apr     14      2:00    1:00    D
-Rule   Winn    1918    only    -       Oct     31      2:00    0       S
+Rule   Winn    1918    only    -       Oct     27      2:00    0       S
 Rule   Winn    1937    only    -       May     16      2:00    1:00    D
 Rule   Winn    1937    only    -       Sep     26      2:00    0       S
 Rule   Winn    1942    only    -       Feb      9      2:00    1:00    W # War
@@ -1728,7 +1745,7 @@
 
 # Rule NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
 Rule   Regina  1918    only    -       Apr     14      2:00    1:00    D
-Rule   Regina  1918    only    -       Oct     31      2:00    0       S
+Rule   Regina  1918    only    -       Oct     27      2:00    0       S
 Rule   Regina  1930    1934    -       May     Sun>=1  0:00    1:00    D
 Rule   Regina  1930    1934    -       Oct     Sun>=1  0:00    0       S
 Rule   Regina  1937    1941    -       Apr     Sun>=8  0:00    1:00    D
@@ -1765,7 +1782,7 @@
 
 # Rule NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
 Rule   Edm     1918    1919    -       Apr     Sun>=8  2:00    1:00    D
-Rule   Edm     1918    only    -       Oct     31      2:00    0       S
+Rule   Edm     1918    only    -       Oct     27      2:00    0       S
 Rule   Edm     1919    only    -       May     27      2:00    0       S
 Rule   Edm     1920    1923    -       Apr     lastSun 2:00    1:00    D
 Rule   Edm     1920    only    -       Oct     lastSun 2:00    0       S
@@ -1795,9 +1812,68 @@
 # Dawson Creek uses MST.  Much of east BC is like Edmonton.
 # Matthews and Vincent (1998) write that Creston is like Dawson Creek.
 
+# It seems though that (re: Creston) is not entirely correct:
+
+# From Chris Walton (2011-12-01):
+# There are two areas within the Canadian province of British Columbia
+# that do not currently observe daylight saving:
+# a) The Creston Valley (includes the town of Creston and surrounding area)
+# b) The eastern half of the Peace River Regional District
+# (includes the cities of Dawson Creek and Fort St. John)
+
+# Earlier this year I stumbled across a detailed article about the time
+# keeping history of Creston; it was written by Tammy Hardwick who is the
+# manager of the Creston & District Museum. The article was written in May 
2009.
+# <a href="http://www.ilovecreston.com/?p=articles&t=spec&ar=260";>
+# http://www.ilovecreston.com/?p=articles&t=spec&ar=260
+# </a>
+# According to the article, Creston has not changed its clocks since June 1918.
+# i.e. Creston has been stuck on UTC-7 for 93 years.
+# Dawson Creek, on the other hand, changed its clocks as recently as April 
1972.
+
+# Unfortunately the exact date for the time change in June 1918 remains
+# unknown and will be difficult to ascertain.  I e-mailed Tammy a few months
+# ago to ask if Sunday June 2 was a reasonable guess.  She said it was just
+# as plausible as any other date (in June).  She also said that after writing 
the
+# article she had discovered another time change in 1916; this is the subject
+# of another article which she wrote in October 2010.
+# <a 
href="http://www.creston.museum.bc.ca/index.php?module=comments&uop=view_comment&cm+id=56";>
+# 
http://www.creston.museum.bc.ca/index.php?module=comments&uop=view_comment&cm+id=56
+# </a>
+
+# Here is a summary of the three clock change events in Creston's history:
+# 1. 1884 or 1885: adoption of Mountain Standard Time (GMT-7)
+# Exact date unknown
+# 2. Oct 1916: switch to Pacific Standard Time (GMT-8) 
+# Exact date in October unknown;  Sunday October 1 is a reasonable guess.
+# 3. June 1918: switch to Pacific Daylight Time (GMT-7)
+# Exact date in June unknown; Sunday June 2 is a reasonable guess.
+# note#1:
+# On Oct 27/1918 when daylight saving ended in the rest of Canada,
+# Creston did not change its clocks.
+# note#2:
+# During WWII when the Federal Government legislated a mandatory clock change,
+# Creston did not oblige.
+# note#3:
+# There is no guarantee that Creston will remain on Mountain Standard Time
+# (UTC-7) forever.
+# The subject was debated at least once this year by the town Council.
+# <a 
href="http://www.bclocalnews.com/kootenay_rockies/crestonvalleyadvance/news/116760809.html";>
+# 
http://www.bclocalnews.com/kootenay_rockies/crestonvalleyadvance/news/116760809.html
+# </a>
+
+# During a period WWII, summer time (Daylight saying) was mandatory in Canada.
+# In Creston, that was handled by shifting the area to PST (-8:00) then 
applying
+# summer time to cause the offset to be -7:00, the same as it had been before
+# the change.  It can be argued that the timezone abbreviation during this
+# period should be PDT rather than MST, but that doesn't seem important enough
+# (to anyone) to further complicate the rules.
+
+# The transition dates (and times) are guesses.
+
 # Rule NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
 Rule   Vanc    1918    only    -       Apr     14      2:00    1:00    D
-Rule   Vanc    1918    only    -       Oct     31      2:00    0       S
+Rule   Vanc    1918    only    -       Oct     27      2:00    0       S
 Rule   Vanc    1942    only    -       Feb      9      2:00    1:00    W # War
 Rule   Vanc    1945    only    -       Aug     14      23:00u  1:00    P # 
Peace
 Rule   Vanc    1945    only    -       Sep     30      2:00    0       S
@@ -1813,7 +1889,10 @@
                        -8:00   Canada  P%sT    1947
                        -8:00   Vanc    P%sT    1972 Aug 30 2:00
                        -7:00   -       MST
-
+Zone America/Creston   -7:46:04 -      LMT     1884
+                       -7:00   -       MST     1916 Oct 1
+                       -8:00   -       PST     1918 Jun 2
+                       -7:00   -       MST
 
 # Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon
 
@@ -2704,6 +2783,20 @@
 # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/cuba-time-changes-2011.html";>
 # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/cuba-time-changes-2011.html
 # </a>
+# 
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2012-03-01)
+# According to Radio Reloj, Cuba will start DST on Midnight between March 
+# 31 and April 1.
+# 
+# Radio Reloj has the following info (Spanish):
+# <a 
href="http://www.radioreloj.cu/index.php/noticias-radio-reloj/71-miscelaneas/7529-cuba-aplicara-el-horario-de-verano-desde-el-1-de-abril";>
+# 
http://www.radioreloj.cu/index.php/noticias-radio-reloj/71-miscelaneas/7529-cuba-aplicara-el-horario-de-verano-desde-el-1-de-abril
+# </a>
+#
+# Our info on it:
+# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/cuba-starts-dst-2012.html";>
+# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/cuba-starts-dst-2012.html
+# </a>
 
 # Rule NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
 Rule   Cuba    1928    only    -       Jun     10      0:00    1:00    D
@@ -2741,8 +2834,9 @@
 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    max     -       Mar     Sun>=8  0:00s   1:00    D
+Rule   Cuba    2012    only    -       Apr     1       0:00s   1:00    D
 Rule   Cuba    2012    max     -       Oct     lastSun 0:00s   0       S
+Rule   Cuba    2013    max     -       Mar     Sun>=8  0:00s   1:00    D
 
 # Zone NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
 Zone   America/Havana  -5:29:28 -      LMT     1890
@@ -2876,6 +2970,29 @@
 # From Stephen Colebourne (2007-02-22):
 # Some IATA info: Haiti won't be having DST in 2007.
 
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2012-03-11):
+# According to several news sources, Haiti will observe DST this year,
+# apparently using the same start and end date as USA/Canada.
+# So this means they have already changed their time.
+#
+# (Sources in French):
+# <a href="http://www.alterpresse.org/spip.php?article12510";>
+# http://www.alterpresse.org/spip.php?article12510
+# </a>
+# <a href="http://radiovision2000haiti.net/home/?p=13253";>
+# http://radiovision2000haiti.net/home/?p=13253
+# </a>
+#
+# Our coverage:
+# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/haiti-dst-2012.html";>
+# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/haiti-dst-2012.html
+# </a>
+
+# From Arthur David Olson (2012-03-11):
+# The alterpresse.org source seems to show a US-style leap from 2:00 a.m. to
+# 3:00 a.m. rather than the traditional Haitian jump at midnight.
+# Assume a US-style fall back as well XXX.
+# Do not yet assume that the change carries forward past 2012 XXX.
 
 # Rule NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
 Rule   Haiti   1983    only    -       May     8       0:00    1:00    D
@@ -2887,6 +3004,8 @@
 Rule   Haiti   1988    1997    -       Oct     lastSun 1:00s   0       S
 Rule   Haiti   2005    2006    -       Apr     Sun>=1  0:00    1:00    D
 Rule   Haiti   2005    2006    -       Oct     lastSun 0:00    0       S
+Rule   Haiti   2012    only    -       Mar     Sun>=8  2:00    1:00    D
+Rule   Haiti   2012    only    -       Nov     Sun>=1  2:00    0       S
 # Zone NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
 Zone America/Port-au-Prince -4:49:20 - LMT     1890
                        -4:49   -       PPMT    1917 Jan 24 12:00 # P-a-P MT
diff -urN '--exclude=CVS' '--exclude=.cvsignore' '--exclude=.svn' 
'--exclude=.svnignore' old/southamerica new/southamerica
--- old/southamerica    2011-10-15 05:46:37.000000000 +0200
+++ new/southamerica    2012-03-27 17:37:28.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # <pre>
-# @(#)southamerica     8.52
+# @(#)southamerica     8.53
 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
 # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
 
@@ -1218,6 +1218,28 @@
 # August, not in October as they have since 1968. This is a pilot plan
 # which will be reevaluated in 2012.
 
+# From Mauricio Parada (2012-02-22), translated by Glenn Eychaner (2012-02-23):
+# As stated in the website of the Chilean Energy Ministry
+# 
http://www.minenergia.cl/ministerio/noticias/generales/gobierno-anuncia-fechas-de-cambio-de.html
+# The Chilean Government has decided to postpone the entrance into winter time
+# (to leave DST) from March 11 2012 to April 28th 2012. The decision has not
+# been yet formalized but it will within the next days.
+# Quote from the website communication:
+#
+# 6. For the year 2012, the dates of entry into winter time will be as follows:
+# a. Saturday April 28, 2012, clocks should go back 60 minutes; that is, at
+# 23:59:59, instead of passing to 0:00, the time should be adjusted to be 23:00
+# of the same day.
+# b. Saturday, September 1, 2012, clocks should go forward 60 minutes; that is,
+# at 23:59:59, instead of passing to 0:00, the time should be adjusted to be
+# 01:00 on September 2.
+#
+# Note that...this is yet another "temporary" change that will be reevaluated
+# AGAIN in 2013.
+
+# NOTE: ChileAQ rules for Antarctic bases are stored separately in the
+# 'antarctica' file.
+
 # Rule NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
 Rule   Chile   1927    1932    -       Sep      1      0:00    1:00    S
 Rule   Chile   1928    1932    -       Apr      1      0:00    0       -
@@ -1248,8 +1270,6 @@
 Rule   Chile   1998    only    -       Sep     27      4:00u   1:00    S
 Rule   Chile   1999    only    -       Apr      4      3:00u   0       -
 Rule   Chile   1999    2010    -       Oct     Sun>=9  4:00u   1:00    S
-Rule   Chile   2011    only    -       Aug     Sun>=16 4:00u   1:00    S
-Rule   Chile   2012    max     -       Oct     Sun>=9  4:00u   1:00    S
 Rule   Chile   2000    2007    -       Mar     Sun>=9  3:00u   0       -
 # N.B.: the end of March 29 in Chile is March 30 in Universal time,
 # which is used below in specifying the transition.
@@ -1257,7 +1277,11 @@
 Rule   Chile   2009    only    -       Mar     Sun>=9  3:00u   0       -
 Rule   Chile   2010    only    -       Apr     Sun>=1  3:00u   0       -
 Rule   Chile   2011    only    -       May     Sun>=2  3:00u   0       -
-Rule   Chile   2012    max     -       Mar     Sun>=9  3:00u   0       -
+Rule   Chile   2011    only    -       Aug     Sun>=16 4:00u   1:00    S
+Rule   Chile   2012    only    -       Apr     Sun>=23 3:00u   0       -
+Rule   Chile   2012    only    -       Sep     Sun>=2  4:00u   1:00    S
+Rule   Chile   2013    max     -       Mar     Sun>=9  3:00u   0       -
+Rule   Chile   2013    max     -       Oct     Sun>=9  4:00u   1:00    S
 # IATA SSIM anomalies: (1992-02) says 1992-03-14;
 # (1996-09) says 1998-03-08.  Ignore these.
 # Zone NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
@@ -1403,6 +1427,21 @@
 # will not revert to local mean time, but clocks will remain on Summer
 # time (UTC/GMT - 3 hours) throughout the whole of 2011.  Any long term
 # change to local time following the trial period will be notified.
+#
+# From Andrew Newman (2012-02-24)
+# A letter from Justin McPhee, Chief Executive,
+# Cable & Wireless Falkland Islands (dated 2012-02-22)
+# states...
+#   The current Atlantic/Stanley entry under South America expects the
+#   clocks to go back to standard Falklands Time (FKT) on the 15th April.
+#   The database entry states that in 2011 Stanley was staying on fixed
+#   summer time on a trial basis only.  FIG need to contact IANA and/or
+#   the maintainers of the database to inform them we're adopting
+#   the same policy this year and suggest recommendations for future years.
+#
+# For now we will assume permanent summer time for the Falklands
+# until advised differently (to apply for 2012 and beyond, after the 2011
+# experiment was apparently successful.)
 # Rule NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
 Rule   Falk    1937    1938    -       Sep     lastSun 0:00    1:00    S
 Rule   Falk    1938    1942    -       Mar     Sun>=19 0:00    0       -
@@ -1415,14 +1454,14 @@
 Rule   Falk    1985    2000    -       Sep     Sun>=9  0:00    1:00    S
 Rule   Falk    1986    2000    -       Apr     Sun>=16 0:00    0       -
 Rule   Falk    2001    2010    -       Apr     Sun>=15 2:00    0       -
-Rule   Falk    2012    max     -       Apr     Sun>=15 2:00    0       -
-Rule   Falk    2001    max     -       Sep     Sun>=1  2:00    1:00    S
+Rule   Falk    2001    2010    -       Sep     Sun>=1  2:00    1:00    S
 # Zone NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
 Zone Atlantic/Stanley  -3:51:24 -      LMT     1890
                        -3:51:24 -      SMT     1912 Mar 12  # Stanley Mean Time
                        -4:00   Falk    FK%sT   1983 May     # Falkland Is Time
                        -3:00   Falk    FK%sT   1985 Sep 15
-                       -4:00   Falk    FK%sT
+                       -4:00   Falk    FK%sT   2010 Sep 5 02:00
+                       -3:00   -       FKST
 
 # French Guiana
 # Zone NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
diff -urN '--exclude=CVS' '--exclude=.cvsignore' '--exclude=.svn' 
'--exclude=.svnignore' old/zone.tab new/zone.tab
--- old/zone.tab        2011-10-28 11:54:04.000000000 +0200
+++ new/zone.tab        2012-03-27 17:37:29.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # <pre>
-# @(#)zone.tab 8.52
+# @(#)zone.tab 8.55
 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
 # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
 #
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@
 CA     +690650-1050310 America/Cambridge_Bay   Mountain Time - west Nunavut
 CA     +6227-11421     America/Yellowknife     Mountain Time - central 
Northwest Territories
 CA     +682059-1334300 America/Inuvik  Mountain Time - west Northwest 
Territories
+CA     +4906-11631     America/Creston Mountain Standard Time - Creston, 
British Columbia
 CA     +5946-12014     America/Dawson_Creek    Mountain Standard Time - Dawson 
Creek & Fort Saint John, British Columbia
 CA     +4916-12307     America/Vancouver       Pacific Time - west British 
Columbia
 CA     +6043-13503     America/Whitehorse      Pacific Time - south Yukon
@@ -333,7 +334,7 @@
 RU     +5443+02030     Europe/Kaliningrad      Moscow-01 - Kaliningrad
 RU     +5545+03735     Europe/Moscow   Moscow+00 - west Russia
 RU     +4844+04425     Europe/Volgograd        Moscow+00 - Caspian Sea
-RU     +5312+05009     Europe/Samara   Moscow - Samara, Udmurtia
+RU     +5312+05009     Europe/Samara   Moscow+00 - Samara, Udmurtia
 RU     +5651+06036     Asia/Yekaterinburg      Moscow+02 - Urals
 RU     +5500+07324     Asia/Omsk       Moscow+03 - west Siberia
 RU     +5502+08255     Asia/Novosibirsk        Moscow+03 - Novosibirsk

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