Wed Jan 10 10:11:39 1996 Roland McGrath <roland@churchy.gnu.ai.mit.edu>cvs/libc-960111

	* time/africa, time/antarctica, time/asia, time/australasia,
 	time/europe, time/northamerica, time/pacificnew, time/solar87,
 	time/solar88, time/solar89, time/southamerica: Updated from ADO 96a.

11 files changed, 719 insertions, 357 deletions

diff --git a/time/africa b/time/africa
index 11c2008aab..ddb472d320 100644
--- a/time/africa
+++ b/time/africa
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)africa	7.7
+# @(#)africa	7.12
 
 # 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
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@
 #		E.g. prefer `Brunei' to `Bandar_Seri_Begawan'.
 #	Include at least one location per time zone rule set per country.
 #		One such location is enough.
+#	If all the clocks in a country's region have agreed since 1970,
+#		don't bother to include more than one location
+#		even if subregions' clocks disagreed before 1970.
+#		Otherwise these tables would become annoyingly large.
 #	If a name is ambiguous, use a less ambiguous alternative;
 #		e.g. many cities are named San Jose and Georgetown, so
 #		prefer `Costa_Rica' to `San_Jose' and `Guyana' to `Georgetown'.
@@ -118,6 +122,9 @@ Zone	Africa/Luanda	0:52:56	-	LMT	1892
 			0:52	-	LMT	1911 May 26 # Luanda Mean Time
 			1:00	-	CAT
 
+# Bassas da India
+# uninhabited
+
 # Benin
 # Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1946, not 1934; go with Shanks.
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
@@ -248,6 +255,9 @@ Zone Africa/Addis_Ababa	2:34:48 -	LMT	1870
 			2:35	-	AAMT	1936 May 5    # Addis Ababa MT
 			3:00	-	EAT
 
+# Europa Island
+# uninhabited
+
 # Gabon
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone Africa/Libreville	0:37:48 -	LMT	1912
@@ -273,6 +283,9 @@ Rule	Ghana	1936	1942	-	Dec	31	0:00	0	WAT
 Zone	Africa/Accra	-0:00:52 -	LMT	1918
 			 0:00	Ghana	%s
 
+# Glorioso Is
+# uninhabited
+
 # Guinea
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Africa/Conakry	-0:54:52 -	LMT	1912
@@ -286,6 +299,9 @@ Zone	Africa/Bissau	-1:02:20 -	LMT	1911 May 26
 			 1:00	-	CAT	1975
 			 0:00	-	WAT
 
+# Juan de Nova
+# uninhabited
+
 # Kenya
 # From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993):
 # Shanks says the transition to 2:45 was in 1940, but it must have been 1948.
@@ -347,16 +363,15 @@ Rule	Libya	1986	only	-	Oct	 3	0:00	0	-
 Rule	Libya	1987	1989	-	Apr	 1	0:00	1:00	" DST"
 Rule	Libya	1987	1990	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
 Rule	Libya	1990	only	-	May	 4	0:00	1:00	" DST"
-# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993):
-# Here's a guess for years starting with 1991.
-Rule	Libya	1991	max	-	Apr	 1	0:00	1:00	" DST"
-Rule	Libya	1991	max	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
-
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Africa/Tripoli	0:52:44 -	LMT	1920
 			1:00	Libya	MET%s	1959
 			2:00	-	EET	1982
-			1:00	Libya	MET%s
+# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1995-12-19):
+# usno1995 (from OAG) says Libya uses 2:00 all year, as they did before 1982.
+# We don't know when they switched back.  We'll guess 1991.
+			1:00	Libya	MET%s	1991
+			2:00	-	EET
 
 # Madagascar
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
@@ -396,7 +411,7 @@ Zone Indian/Mauritius	3:50:00 -	LMT	1907		# Port Louis
 
 # Mayotte
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
-Zone	Indian/Mayotte	3:01:08 -	LMT	1911 Jul	# Dzaoudzi
+Zone	Indian/Mayotte	3:00:56 -	LMT	1911 Jul	# Mamoutzou
 			3:00	-	EAT
 
 # Morocco
@@ -423,7 +438,7 @@ Zone Africa/Casablanca	-0:30:20 -	LMT	1913 Oct 26
 			 1:00	-	MET	1986
 			 0:00	-	WET
 # The following are controlled by Spain, and are like Europe/Madrid:
-# Alboran, Alhucemas Is, Ceuta, Chafarinas Is, Mellila.
+# Alboran, Alhucemas Is, Ceuta, Chafarinas Is, Melilla.
 
 # Mozambique
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
@@ -452,7 +467,7 @@ Zone	Africa/Lagos	0:13:36 -	LMT	1919 Sep
 
 # Reunion
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
-Zone	Indian/Reunion	3:41:52 -	LMT	1911 Jun	# St Denis
+Zone	Indian/Reunion	3:41:52 -	LMT	1911 Jun	# Saint-Denis
 			4:00	-	SMT
 
 # Rwanda
@@ -465,10 +480,10 @@ Zone	Africa/Kigali	2:00:16 -	LMT	1935 Jun
 Zone Atlantic/St_Helena	-0:22:48 -	LMT	1890		# Jamestown
 			-0:06	-	?MT	1951	# a typo in Shanks?
 			 0:00	-	GMT
-# Whitman says Tristan da Cunha is on GMT, like Atlantic/St_Helena.
-#
-# Ascension, Gough, Inaccessible, Nightingale
-# no information; probably like Atlantic/St_Helena
+# The other parts of the St Helena territory are similar:
+#	Tristan da Cunha: on GMT, says Whitman
+#	Ascension: on GMT, says usno1995
+#	Gough, Inaccessible, Nightingale: no information, but probably GMT
 
 # Sao Tome and Principe
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
@@ -524,12 +539,16 @@ Zone Africa/Johannesburg 1:52:00 -	LMT	1892 Feb 8
 # no information
 
 # Sudan
+# From Michael Ross <mross@antigone.com> (November 15, 1995):
+# Sudan no longer observes any form of daylight time change.
+# I verified this today by telephone with the Sudan Mission to the
+# United Nations: 212-573-6033
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Sudan	1931	only	-	Feb	 8	0:00	0	-
 Rule	Sudan	1970	only	-	May	 1	0:00	1:00	" DST"
-Rule	Sudan	1970	max	-	Oct	15	0:00	0	-
+Rule	Sudan	1970	1985	-	Oct	15	0:00	0	-
 Rule	Sudan	1971	only	-	Apr	30	0:00	1:00	" DST"
-Rule	Sudan	1972	max	-	Apr	lastSun	0:00	1:00	" DST"
+Rule	Sudan	1972	1985	-	Apr	lastSun	0:00	1:00	" DST"
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Africa/Khartoum	2:10:08 -	LMT	1931
 			2:00	Sudan	EET%s
@@ -551,6 +570,9 @@ Zone Africa/Dar_es_Salaam 2:37:08 -	LMT	1931
 Zone	Africa/Lome	0:04:52 -	LMT	1893
 			0:00	-	WAT
 
+# Tromelin
+# uninhabited
+
 # Tunisia
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Tunisia	1911	only	-	Mar	 9	 0:00	0	-
diff --git a/time/antarctica b/time/antarctica
index f5ed31370d..3c46c1576c 100644
--- a/time/antarctica
+++ b/time/antarctica
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)antarctica	7.2
+# @(#)antarctica	7.3
 
 # From Arthur David Olson (February 13, 1988):
 # No data available.
@@ -9,11 +9,17 @@
 #	South Orkney Is
 #	South Shetland Is
 
-# Amsterdam Island
 # Bouvet
-# Crozet Is
-# Heard and McDonald Is
-# Kerguelen Is
-# St Paul Island
+# uninhabited
+
+# French Southern and Antarctic Lands (no indigenous inhabitants) include
+#	Amsterdam Island
+#	Crozet Is
+#	Kerguelen Is
+#	St Paul Island
+
+# Heard Island, McDonald Is
+# uninhabited
+
 # Peter I Island
 # Scott Island
diff --git a/time/asia b/time/asia
index 78e7f26ea2..7c1e6acc7a 100644
--- a/time/asia
+++ b/time/asia
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-# @(#)asia	7.14
+# @(#)asia	7.17
 
 # 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
 # tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future).
 
-# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (August 18, 1994):
+# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1995-12-19):
 #
 # A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
 # Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (3rd edition),
@@ -28,17 +28,21 @@
 #	2:00	EET  EET DST	Eastern European Time
 #	2:00	IST IDT	Israel
 #	3:00	AST ADT	Arabia*
-#	3:00	MSK MSD	Moscow
+#	3:00	BSK BSD	Baku (was 4:00)*
 #	3:30	IST IDT	Iran
-#	4:00	BSK BSD	Baku*
+#	4:00	TBSK TBSD Tbilisi (was 3:00)*
+#	4:00	YSK YSD Yerevan (was 3:00)*
 #	4:00	GST GDT	Gulf*
 #	4:30	AFT	Afghanistan*
-#	5:00	ASK ASD	Ashkhabad*
+#	5:00	ASK ASD	Ashkhabad (was 4:00)*
+#	5:00	BSK BSD Bishkek (was 6:00) (was FSK, FSD)*
 #	5:00	PKT	Pakistan*
+#	5:00	TSK TSD	Tashkent (was 6:00)*
 #	5:30	IST IST	India
 #	5:45	NPT	Nepal*
+#	6:00	AASK AASD Alma-Ata (was 5:00)*
 #	6:00	BGT	Bengal, Bangladesh*
-#	6:00	TSK TSD	Tashkent*
+#	6:00	DSK DSD	Dushanbe (was 5:00)*
 #	6:30	BMT	Burma*
 #	7:00	ICT	Indochina*
 #	7:00	JVT	Java*
@@ -65,14 +69,11 @@
 
 ###############################################################################
 
-# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (May 28, 1994):
-# We don't know what happened to the clocks in the Caucausus and the ex-Soviet
-# Central Asia after 1990.  Until we get more info, stick with the pre-1991 rules.
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Russia	1981	1984	-	Apr	1	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Russia	1981	1983	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	K
-Rule	Russia	1984	max	-	Sep	lastSun	3:00	0	K
-Rule	Russia	1985	max	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
+Rule	Russia	1984	max	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00s	0	K
+Rule	Russia	1985	max	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	D
 
 # Afghanistan
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
@@ -83,14 +84,20 @@ Zone	Asia/Kabul	4:36:48 -	LMT	1890
 # Armenia
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Yerevan	2:58:00 -	LMT	1924 May  2
-			3:00	-	MSK	1957 Mar
-			4:00	Russia	BS%s
+			3:00	-	YSK	1957 Mar
+			4:00	Russia	YS%s
+# Shanks has Yerevan switching to 3:00 (with Russian DST) in spring 1991,
+# but usno1995 has Armenia at 4:00 (with DST).  Ignore the 1991 switch for now.
 
 # Azerbaijan
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Baku	3:19:24 -	LMT	1924 May  2
-			3:00	-	MSK	1957 Mar
-			4:00	Russia	BS%s
+			3:00	-	BSK	1957 Mar
+			4:00	Russia	BS%s	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
+			3:00	1:00	BSD	1991 Sep 29 2:00s
+			3:00	-	BSK
+# Shanks has Baku using Russian DST rules after 1991,
+# but usno1995 has Azerbaijan with no DST.  Go with usno1995.
 
 # Bahrain
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
@@ -124,7 +131,7 @@ Zone	Asia/Brunei	7:39:40 -	LMT	1926 Mar   # Bandar Seri Begawan
 			7:30	-	BNT	1933
 			8:00	-	BNT
 
-# Burma
+# Burma / Myanmar
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Rangoon	6:24:40 -	LMT	1880
 			6:25	-	RMT	1920
@@ -159,19 +166,16 @@ Zone	Asia/Phnom_Penh	6:59:40 -	LMT	1906 Jun  9
 #     1986 May 4 - Sept 14
 #     1987 mid-April - ??
 
-# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993):
-# According to Shanks, China started using DST in 1986,
-# but it's still all one big happy time zone.
-
 # From U. S. Naval Observatory (January 19, 1989):
 # CHINA               8 H  AHEAD OF UTC  ALL OF CHINA, INCL TAIWAN
 # CHINA               9 H  AHEAD OF UTC  APR 17 - SEP 10
 
-# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993):
+# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1995-12-19):
 # Shanks writes that China switched from the Chinese calendar on 1912 Feb 12.
 # He also writes that China has had a single time zone since 1980 May 1,
-# and that they instituted DST on 1986 May 4; this contradicts Devine's
+# observing summer DST from 1986 through 1991; this contradicts Devine's
 # note about Time magazine, though apparently _something_ happened in 1986.
+# Go with Shanks for now.  I made up names for the other pre-1980 time zones.
 
 # From Shanks (1991):
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
@@ -181,12 +185,28 @@ Rule	Shang	1940	1941	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	S
 Rule	Shang	1941	only	-	Mar	16	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	PRC	1949	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	0	S
 Rule	PRC	1986	only	-	May	 4	0:00	1:00	D
-Rule	PRC	1986	max	-	Sep	Sun>=11	0:00	0	S
-Rule	PRC	1987	max	-	Apr	Sun>=10	0:00	1:00	D
-# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+Rule	PRC	1986	1991	-	Sep	Sun>=11	0:00	0	S
+Rule	PRC	1987	1991	-	Apr	Sun>=10	0:00	1:00	D
+# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+Zone	Asia/Harbin	8:26:44	-	LMT	1928
+			8:30	-	MAT	1932 Mar    # Manchuria
+			8:00	-	CST	1940
+			9:00	-	KST	1966 May
+			8:30	-	MAT	1980 May
+			8:00	PRC	C%sT
 Zone	Asia/Shanghai	8:05:52	-	LMT	1928
 			8:00	Shang	C%sT	1949
 			8:00	PRC	C%sT
+Zone	Asia/Chungking	7:06:20	-	LMT	1928
+			7:00	-	ICT	1980 May
+			8:00	PRC	C%sT
+Zone	Asia/Urumqi	5:50:20	-	LMT	1928
+			6:00	-	URT	1980 May    # Urumqi
+			8:00	PRC	C%sT
+Zone	Asia/Kashgar	5:03:56	-	LMT	1928
+			5:30	-	ETT	1940	    # Eastern Turkestan
+			5:00	-	ETT	1980 May
+			8:00	PRC	C%sT
 
 ###############################################################################
 
@@ -211,8 +231,6 @@ Zone	Asia/Taipei	8:06:00 -	LMT	1896
 
 ###############################################################################
 # Hong Kong
-# Presumably Hong Kong will have DST again when it merges with China,
-# but it's too early to predict the details.
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	HK	1904	only	-	Oct	30	0:00	0	-
 Rule	HK	1946	only	-	Apr	20	3:30	1:00	S
@@ -235,8 +253,6 @@ Zone	Asia/Hong_Kong	7:36:36 -	LMT	1904 Oct 30
 			8:00	HK	HK%sT
 
 # Macao
-# Presumably Macao will have DST again when it merges with China,
-# but it's too early to predict the details.
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Macao	1912	only	-	Jan	1	0:00	0	S
 Rule	Macao	1961	1962	-	Mar	Sun>=16	3:30	1:00	D
@@ -281,12 +297,20 @@ Zone	Asia/Nicosia	2:13:28 -	LMT	1921 Nov 14
 # Today's _Economist_ (p 60) reports that Georgia moved its clocks forward
 # an hour recently, due to a law proposed by Zurab Murvanidze,
 # an MP who went on a hunger strike for 11 days to force discussion about it!
-# Alas, we have no details.
+# We have no details, but we'll guess they didn't move the clocks back in fall.
+#
+# From Paul Eggert (1995-11-13):
+# usno1995 has Georgia at 4:00.  Guess that Georgia stopped transitions
+# after spring 1994 (thus sticking at 4:00).
+# Most likely we're still missing some rule changes between 1991 and 1994.
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Tbilisi	2:59:16 -	LMT	1880
 			2:59	-	LST	1924 May  2
-			3:00	-	MSK	1957 Mar
-			4:00	Russia	BS%s
+			3:00	-	TBSK	1957 Mar
+			4:00	Russia	TBS%s	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
+			3:00	1:00	TBSD	1991 Sep 29 2:00s
+			3:00	Russia	TBS%s	1994 Sep 25 2:00s
+			4:00	-	TBSK
 
 # India
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
@@ -323,26 +347,12 @@ Zone Asia/Jayapura	9:22:48 -	LMT	1932 Nov
 			9:00	-	MLT
 
 # Iran
-
-# Shanks has no record of DST after 1980.
-
-# From Bob Devine (January 28, 1988):
-# Iran: Last Sunday in March to third (?) Sunday in
-# September.  Since the revolution, the official calendar is Monarchic
-# calendar; I have no idea what the correspondence between dates are.
-
-# From U. S. Naval Observatory (January 19, 1989):
-# IRAN                3.5H AHEAD OF UTC
-
-# From Shanks (1991), with corrections from Devine:
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Iran	1977	only	-	Nov	1	0:00	0	S
 Rule	Iran	1978	1980	-	Mar	21	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Iran	1978	only	-	Oct	21	0:00	0	S
 Rule	Iran	1979	only	-	Sep	19	0:00	0	S
 Rule	Iran	1980	only	-	Sep	23	0:00	0	S
-Rule	Iran	1988	max	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
-Rule	Iran	1988	max	-	Sep	Sun>=15	2:00	0	S
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Tehran	3:25:44	-	LMT	1916
 			3:26	-	TMT	1946
@@ -428,7 +438,7 @@ Rule	Zion	1988	only	-	Sep	 3	0:00	0	S
 #Rule	Zion	1991	only	-	Mar	10	0:00	1:00	D
 #Rule	Zion	1991	only	-	Sep	 1	0:00	0	S
 
-# From Ephraim Silverberg (September 20, 1995):
+# From Ephraim Silverberg (1996-01-02):
 #
 # According to the Office of the Secretary General of the Ministry of
 # Interior, there is NO set rule for Daylight-Savings/Standard time changes.
@@ -441,7 +451,9 @@ Rule	Zion	1988	only	-	Sep	 3	0:00	0	S
 # time annually.  Ever since 1993, the change to daylight savings time has
 # been from midnight Thursday night to 1 a.m. Friday morning and the change
 # back to standard time on Saturday night from midnight daylight savings time
-# to 11 p.m. standard time.
+# to 11 p.m. standard time.  1996 is an exception to this rule where the
+# change back to standard time takes place on Sunday night instead of Saturday
+# night to avoid conflicts with the Jewish New Year.
 
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Zion	1989	only	-	Apr	30	0:00	1:00	D
@@ -471,19 +483,20 @@ Rule    Zion    1995    only    -       Sep      3      0:00    0:00    S
 #
 #   ftp://ftp.huji.ac.il/pub/misc/timezones/announcements/1996-1998.ps.gz
 #
-# Emptor Caveat: The fall of 1996 is an election year (the change to/from
-# daylight savings time affects the earliest possible time for morning prayers
-# making it is a sensitive issue among the religious sector of the electorate)
-# so political considerations may cause the outgoing government to make the
-# change back to standard time earlier in the fall of 1996 and the incoming
-# government may nullify the 1997/1998 times altogether depending on the
-# coalition formed after the elections.  Life isn't boring here in Israel.
+# Emptor Caveat: The dates for the years 1996-1998 were originally announced
+# on August 31, 1995, by the previous Minister of Interior.  The new Minister
+# of Interior changed the dates on January 1, 1996, to take into account the
+# desires of certain portions of Israeli society (the next election is in the
+# Fall of 1996).  After this (1996) year's Daylight Savings Time is over, the
+# new minister has announced that a study will be conducted as to the wishes of
+# the populace regarding the length of Daylight Savings Time and the Interior
+# Committee will meet to review the results of the study and make any necessary
+# changes to the 1997-1998 dates.  Never a dull moment in the State of Israel.
 
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Zion	1996	1998	-	Mar	Fri>=14	0:00	1:00	D
-Rule	Zion	1996	only	-	Sep	22	0:00	0:00	S
-Rule	Zion	1997	only	-	Nov	 2	0:00	0:00	S
-Rule	Zion	1998	only	-	Oct	25	0:00	0:00	S
+Rule	Zion	1996	only	-	Sep	16	0:00	0:00	S
+Rule	Zion	1997	1998	-	Oct	Sun>=14	0:00	0:00	S
 
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Tel_Aviv	2:19:04 -	LMT	1880
@@ -526,12 +539,11 @@ Zone	Asia/Tokyo	9:19:04	-	LMT	1896
 #			9:00	Japan	J%sT
 # and uncomment the two `Rule' lines commented out above.
 
-# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993):
+# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1995-12-19):
 # Shanks says that the far southern Ryukyu Is (Nansei-Shoto) are 8:00,
-# but we don't have a good location name for them;
-# we don't even know the name of the principal town.
+# but we haven't confirmed this.
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
-#Zone Asia/South_Ryukyu	8:14:44	-	LMT	1896	# Amitori
+#Zone	Asia/Ishigaki	8:16:36	-	LMT	1896
 #			8:00	-	CST
 # There is no information for Marcus.
 # Other Japanese possessions are probably like Asia/Tokyo.
@@ -567,14 +579,18 @@ Zone	Asia/Amman	2:23:44 -	LMT	1931
 # From Shanks (1991):
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Alma-Ata	5:07:48 -	LMT	1924 May  2
-			5:00	-	TSK	1957 Mar
-			6:00	Russia	TS%s
+			5:00	-	AASK	1957 Mar
+			6:00	Russia	AAS%s
+# Shanks has Alma-Ata switching to 5:00 in 1991,
+# but usno1995 has Kazakhstan at 6:00.  Ignore the 1991 switch for now.
 
 # Kirgizstan
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Bishkek	4:58:24 -	LMT	1924 May  2
-			5:00	-	TSK	1957 Mar
-			6:00	Russia	TS%s
+			5:00	-	FSK	1957 Mar	# Frunze
+			6:00	Russia	FS%s	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
+			5:00	1:00	FSD	1991 Sep 29 2:00s
+			5:00	Russia	BS%s
 
 ###############################################################################
 
@@ -723,6 +739,9 @@ Zone	Asia/Gaza	2:17:52	-	LMT	1900 Oct
 			2:00	Zion	I%sT
 # This will undoubtedly change soon.
 
+# Paracel Is
+# no information
+
 # Philippines
 # Howse writes (p 162) that until 1844 the Philippines kept American date.
 # The rest of this data is from Shanks.
@@ -763,6 +782,9 @@ Zone	Asia/Singapore	6:55:24 -	LMT	1880
 			7:30	-	SGT	1982 May
 			8:00	-	SGT
 
+# Spratly Is
+# no information
+
 # Sri Lanka
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Colombo	5:19:24 -	LMT	1880
@@ -805,8 +827,11 @@ Zone	Asia/Damascus	2:25:12 -	LMT	1920
 # Tajikistan
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Dushanbe	4:35:12 -	LMT	1924 May  2
-			5:00	-	TSK	1957 Mar
-			6:00	Russia	TS%s
+			5:00	-	DSK	1957 Mar
+			6:00	Russia	DS%s	1991
+			6:00	-	DSK
+# Shanks has Dushanbe at 5:00 (6:00 summer) after 1991 Sep 29 3:00,
+# but usno1995 has it at 6:00.  Go with usno1995.
 
 # Thailand
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
@@ -818,7 +843,10 @@ Zone	Asia/Bangkok	6:42:04	-	LMT	1880
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Ashkhabad	3:53:32 -	LMT	1924 May  2
 			4:00	-	ASK	1957 Mar
-			5:00	Russia	AS%s
+			5:00	Russia	AS%s	1991
+			5:00	-	ASK
+# Shanks has Ashkhabad at 4:00 (5:00 summer) after 1991 Sep 20 3:00,
+# but usno has it at 5:00.  Go with usno1995.
 
 # United Arab Emirates
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
@@ -829,7 +857,11 @@ Zone	Asia/Dubai	3:41:12 -	LMT	1920
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Tashkent	4:37:12 -	LMT	1924 May  2
 			5:00	-	TSK	1957 Mar
-			6:00	Russia	TS%s
+			6:00	Russia	TS%s	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
+			5:00	1:00	TSD	1991 Sep 29 2:00s
+			5:00	-	TSK
+# Shanks has Tashkent using DST after 1991, but usno1995 says they don't.
+# Go with usno1995.
 
 # Vietnam
 # From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993):
diff --git a/time/australasia b/time/australasia
index cab462b134..f885ec16b2 100644
--- a/time/australasia
+++ b/time/australasia
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)australasia	7.22
+# @(#)australasia	7.24
 # This file also includes Pacific islands.
 
 # Notes are at the end of this file
@@ -28,123 +28,132 @@ Zone Australia/Darwin	 8:43:20 -	LMT	1895 Feb
 # Western Australia
 Zone Australia/Perth	 7:43:24 -	LMT	1895 Dec
 			 8:00	-	WST	1917 Jan 1 0:01
-			 8:00	Aus	WST	1974 Oct lastSun 2:00
-			 8:00	1:00	WST	1975 Mar Sun>=1 3:00
-			 8:00	-	WST	1983 Oct lastSun 2:00
-			 8:00	1:00	WST	1984 Mar Sun>=1 3:00
-			 8:00	-	WST	1991 Nov 17 2:00
-			 8:00	1:00	WST	1992 Mar Sun>=1 3:00
+			 8:00	Aus	WST	1974 Oct lastSun 2:00s
+			 8:00	1:00	WST	1975 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s
+			 8:00	-	WST	1983 Oct lastSun 2:00s
+			 8:00	1:00	WST	1984 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s
+			 8:00	-	WST	1991 Nov 17 2:00s
+			 8:00	1:00	WST	1992 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s
 			 8:00	-	WST
 # Queensland
 Zone Australia/Brisbane	10:12:08 -	LMT	1895
 			10:00	-	EST	1917 Jan 1 0:01
-			10:00	Aus	EST	1971 Oct lastSun 2:00
-			10:00	1:00	EST	1972 Feb lastSun 3:00
-			10:00	-	EST	1989 Oct lastSun 2:00
-			10:00	1:00	EST	1990 Mar Sun>=1 3:00
-			10:00	-	EST	1990 Oct lastSun 2:00
-			10:00	1:00	EST	1991 Mar Sun>=1 3:00