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18 files changed, 784 insertions, 1677 deletions

diff --git a/timezone/africa b/timezone/africa
index d73d340751..29625df934 100644
--- a/timezone/africa
+++ b/timezone/africa
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
-# @(#)africa	8.5
+# @(#)africa	8.1
 # <pre>
 
 # 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 (2006-03-22):
+# From Paul Eggert (1999-03-22):
 #
 # A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
-# Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition),
-# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003).
+# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (5th edition),
+# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1999).
 #
 # Gwillim Law writes that a good source
 # for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 # published semiannually.  Law sent in several helpful summaries
 # of the IATA's data after 1990.
 #
-# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks & Pottenger is the source for
-# entries through 1990, and IATA SSIM is the source for entries afterwards.
+# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks is the source for entries through 1990,
+# and IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990.
 #
 # Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences,
 # Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 # Algeria
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Algeria	1916	only	-	Jun	14	23:00s	1:00	S
-Rule	Algeria	1916	1919	-	Oct	Sun>=1	23:00s	0	-
+Rule	Algeria	1916	1919	-	Oct	Sun<=7	23:00s	0	-
 Rule	Algeria	1917	only	-	Mar	24	23:00s	1:00	S
 Rule	Algeria	1918	only	-	Mar	 9	23:00s	1:00	S
 Rule	Algeria	1919	only	-	Mar	 1	23:00s	1:00	S
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ Rule	Algeria	1921	only	-	Mar	14	23:00s	1:00	S
 Rule	Algeria	1921	only	-	Jun	21	23:00s	0	-
 Rule	Algeria	1939	only	-	Sep	11	23:00s	1:00	S
 Rule	Algeria	1939	only	-	Nov	19	 1:00	0	-
-Rule	Algeria	1944	1945	-	Apr	Mon>=1	 2:00	1:00	S
+Rule	Algeria	1944	1945	-	Apr	Mon<=7	 2:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Algeria	1944	only	-	Oct	 8	 2:00	0	-
 Rule	Algeria	1945	only	-	Sep	16	 1:00	0	-
 Rule	Algeria	1971	only	-	Apr	25	23:00s	1:00	S
@@ -86,8 +86,7 @@ Rule	Algeria	1978	only	-	Mar	24	 1:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Algeria	1978	only	-	Sep	22	 3:00	0	-
 Rule	Algeria	1980	only	-	Apr	25	 0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Algeria	1980	only	-	Oct	31	 2:00	0	-
-# Shanks & Pottenger give 0:09:20 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's
-# more precise 0:09:21.
+# Shanks gives 0:09 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's more precise 0:09:21.
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Africa/Algiers	0:12:12 -	LMT	1891 Mar 15 0:01
 			0:09:21	-	PMT	1911 Mar 11    # Paris Mean Time
@@ -107,8 +106,7 @@ Zone	Africa/Luanda	0:52:56	-	LMT	1892
 			1:00	-	WAT
 
 # Benin
-# Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1946, not 1934;
-# go with Shanks & Pottenger.
+# Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1946, not 1934; go with Shanks.
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone Africa/Porto-Novo	0:10:28	-	LMT	1912
 			0:00	-	GMT	1934 Feb 26
@@ -132,7 +130,7 @@ Zone Africa/Bujumbura	1:57:28	-	LMT	1890
 			2:00	-	CAT
 
 # Cameroon
-# Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1920; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
+# Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1920; go with Shanks.
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Africa/Douala	0:38:48	-	LMT	1912
 			1:00	-	WAT
@@ -211,14 +209,7 @@ Rule	Egypt	1990	1994	-	May	 1	1:00	1:00	S
 # IATA (after 1990) says transitions are at 0:00.
 # Go with IATA starting in 1995, except correct 1995 entry from 09-30 to 09-29.
 Rule	Egypt	1995	max	-	Apr	lastFri	 0:00s	1:00	S
-Rule	Egypt	1995	2005	-	Sep	lastThu	23:00s	0	-
-# From Steffen Thorsen (2006-09-19):
-# The Egyptian Gazette, issue 41,090 (2006-09-18), page 1, reports:
-# Egypt will turn back clocks by one hour at the midnight of Thursday
-# after observing the daylight saving time since May.
-# http://news.gom.com.eg/gazette/pdf/2006/09/18/01.pdf
-Rule	Egypt	2006	only	-	Sep	21	23:00s	0	-
-Rule	Egypt	2007	max	-	Sep	lastThu	23:00s	0	-
+Rule	Egypt	1995	max	-	Sep	lastThu	23:00s	0	-
 
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Africa/Cairo	2:05:00 -	LMT	1900 Oct
@@ -238,9 +229,9 @@ Zone	Africa/Asmera	2:35:32 -	LMT	1870
 			3:00	-	EAT
 
 # Ethiopia
-# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
-# Shanks & Pottenger write that Ethiopia had six narrowly-spaced time zones
-# between 1870 and 1890, and that they merged to 38E50 (2:35:20) in 1890.
+# From Paul Eggert (1997-10-05):
+# Shanks writes that Ethiopia had six narrowly-spaced time zones between
+# 1870 and 1890, and that they merged to 38E50 (2:35:20) in 1890.
 # We'll guess that 38E50 is for Adis Dera.
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone Africa/Addis_Ababa	2:34:48 -	LMT	1870
@@ -261,8 +252,7 @@ Zone	Africa/Banjul	-1:06:36 -	LMT	1912
 
 # Ghana
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
-# Whitman says DST was observed from 1931 to ``the present'';
-# go with Shanks & Pottenger.
+# Whitman says DST was observed from 1931 to ``the present''; go with Shanks.
 Rule	Ghana	1936	1942	-	Sep	 1	0:00	0:20	GHST
 Rule	Ghana	1936	1942	-	Dec	31	0:00	0	GMT
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
@@ -298,14 +288,13 @@ Zone	Africa/Maseru	1:50:00 -	LMT	1903 Mar
 			2:00	-	SAST
 
 # Liberia
-# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
+# From Paul Eggert (2001-07-17):
 # In 1972 Liberia was the last country to switch
 # from a UTC offset that was not a multiple of 15 or 20 minutes.
 # Howse reports that it was in honor of their president's birthday.
-# Shank & Pottenger report the date as May 1, whereas Howse reports Jan;
-# go with Shanks & Pottenger.
-# For Liberia before 1972, Shanks & Pottenger report -0:44, whereas Howse and
-# Whitman each report -0:44:30; go with the more precise figure.
+# Shanks reports the date as May 1, whereas Howse reports Jan; go with Shanks.
+# For Liberia before 1972, Shanks reports -0:44, whereas Howse and Whitman
+# each report -0:44:30; go with the more precise figure.
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Africa/Monrovia	-0:43:08 -	LMT	1882
 			-0:43:08 -	MMT	1919 Mar # Monrovia Mean Time
@@ -335,7 +324,7 @@ Zone	Africa/Tripoli	0:52:44 -	LMT	1920
 			1:00	Libya	CE%sT	1959
 			2:00	-	EET	1982
 			1:00	Libya	CE%sT	1990 May  4
-# The following entries are from Shanks & Pottenger;
+# The following entries are all from Shanks;
 # the IATA SSIM data contain some obvious errors.
 			2:00	-	EET	1996 Sep 30
 			1:00	-	CET	1997 Apr  4
@@ -414,8 +403,8 @@ Zone	Africa/Maputo	2:10:20 -	LMT	1903 Mar
 			2:00	-	CAT
 
 # Namibia
-# The 1994-04-03 transition is from Shanks & Pottenger.
-# Shanks & Pottenger report no DST after 1998-04; go with IATA.
+# The 1994-04-03 transition is from Shanks.
+# Shanks reports no DST after 1998-04; go with IATA.
 # RULE	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Namibia	1994	max	-	Sep	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Namibia	1995	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00	0	-
@@ -499,7 +488,7 @@ Zone	Indian/Mahe	3:41:48 -	LMT	1906 Jun	# Victoria
 
 # Sierra Leone
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
-# Whitman gives Mar 31 - Aug 31 for 1931 on; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
+# Whitman gives Mar 31 - Aug 31 for 1931 on; go with Shanks.
 Rule	SL	1935	1942	-	Jun	 1	0:00	0:40	SLST
 Rule	SL	1935	1942	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	WAT
 Rule	SL	1957	1962	-	Jun	 1	0:00	1:00	SLST
@@ -568,6 +557,7 @@ Zone	Africa/Lome	0:04:52 -	LMT	1893
 # Tunisia
 
 # From Gwillim Law (2005-04-30):
+#
 # My correspondent, Risto Nykanen, has alerted me to another adoption of DST,
 # this time in Tunisia.  According to Yahoo France News
 # <http://fr.news.yahoo.com/050426/5/4dumk.html>, in a story attributed to AP
@@ -581,12 +571,6 @@ Zone	Africa/Lome	0:04:52 -	LMT	1893
 # <http://www.lapresse.tn/archives/archives280405/actualites/lheure.html>
 # ... DST for 2005: on: Sun May 1 0h standard time, off: Fri Sept. 30,
 # 1h standard time.
-#
-# From Atef Loukil (2006-03-28):
-# The daylight saving time will be the same each year:
-# Beginning      : the last Sunday of March at 02:00
-# Ending         : the last Sunday of October at 03:00 ...
-# http://www.tap.info.tn/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1188&Itemid=50
 
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Tunisia	1939	only	-	Apr	15	23:00s	1:00	S
@@ -612,11 +596,8 @@ Rule	Tunisia	1989	only	-	Mar	26	 0:00s	1:00	S
 Rule	Tunisia	1990	only	-	May	 1	 0:00s	1:00	S
 Rule	Tunisia	2005	only	-	May	 1	 0:00s	1:00	S
 Rule	Tunisia	2005	only	-	Sep	30	 1:00s	0	-
-Rule	Tunisia	2006	max	-	Mar	lastSun	 2:00s	1:00	S
-Rule	Tunisia	2006	max	-	Oct	lastSun	 2:00s	0	-
-# Shanks & Pottenger give 0:09:20 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's
-# more precise 0:09:21.
-# Shanks & Pottenger say the 1911 switch was on Mar 9; go with Howse's Mar 11.
+# Shanks gives 0:09 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's more precise 0:09:21.
+# Shanks says the 1911 switch occurred on Mar 9; go with Howse's Mar 11.
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Africa/Tunis	0:40:44 -	LMT	1881 May 12
 			0:09:21	-	PMT	1911 Mar 11    # Paris Mean Time
diff --git a/timezone/antarctica b/timezone/antarctica
index 2584ae4f1d..8a9ea939c9 100644
--- a/timezone/antarctica
+++ b/timezone/antarctica
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)antarctica	8.3
+# @(#)antarctica	8.1
 # <pre>
 
 # From Paul Eggert (1999-11-15):
@@ -33,27 +33,19 @@ Rule	RussAQ	1996	max	-	Oct	lastSun	 2:00s	0	-
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	ArgAQ	1964	1966	-	Mar	 1	0:00	0	-
 Rule	ArgAQ	1964	1966	-	Oct	15	0:00	1:00	S
-Rule	ArgAQ	1967	only	-	Apr	 2	0:00	0	-
-Rule	ArgAQ	1967	1968	-	Oct	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	S
-Rule	ArgAQ	1968	1969	-	Apr	Sun>=1	0:00	0	-
+Rule	ArgAQ	1967	only	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
+Rule	ArgAQ	1967	1968	-	Oct	Sun<=7	0:00	1:00	S
+Rule	ArgAQ	1968	1969	-	Apr	Sun<=7	0:00	0	-
 Rule	ArgAQ	1974	only	-	Jan	23	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	ArgAQ	1974	only	-	May	 1	0:00	0	-
-Rule	ChileAQ	1972	1986	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
-Rule	ChileAQ	1974	1987	-	Oct	Sun>=9	4:00u	1:00	S
-Rule	ChileAQ	1987	only	-	Apr	12	3:00u	0	-
-Rule	ChileAQ	1988	1989	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
-Rule	ChileAQ	1988	only	-	Oct	Sun>=1	4:00u	1:00	S
-Rule	ChileAQ	1989	only	-	Oct	Sun>=9	4:00u	1:00	S
-Rule	ChileAQ	1990	only	-	Mar	18	3:00u	0	-
-Rule	ChileAQ	1990	only	-	Sep	16	4:00u	1:00	S
-Rule	ChileAQ	1991	1996	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
-Rule	ChileAQ	1991	1997	-	Oct	Sun>=9	4:00u	1:00	S
-Rule	ChileAQ	1997	only	-	Mar	30	3:00u	0	-
-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	ArgAQ	1974	1976	-	Oct	Sun<=7	0:00	1:00	S
+Rule	ArgAQ	1975	1977	-	Apr	Sun<=7	0:00	0	-
+Rule	ChileAQ	1966	1997	-	Oct	Sun>=9	0:00	1:00	S
+Rule	ChileAQ	1967	1998	-	Mar	Sun>=9	0:00	0	-
+Rule	ChileAQ	1998	only	-	Sep	27	0:00	1:00	S
+Rule	ChileAQ	1999	only	-	Apr	 4	0:00	0	-
+Rule	ChileAQ	1999	max	-	Oct	Sun>=9	0:00	1:00	S
+Rule	ChileAQ	2000	max	-	Mar	Sun>=9	0:00	0	-
 
 
 # Argentina - year-round bases
diff --git a/timezone/asia b/timezone/asia
index 04ddc863e7..446cc16e6f 100644
--- a/timezone/asia
+++ b/timezone/asia
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
-# @(#)asia	8.8
+# @(#)asia	8.1
 # <pre>
 
 # 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 (2006-03-22):
+# From Paul Eggert (1999-03-22):
 #
 # A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
-# Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition),
-# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003).
+# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (5th edition),
+# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1999).
 #
 # Gwillim Law writes that a good source
 # for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 # published semiannually.  Law sent in several helpful summaries
 # of the IATA's data after 1990.
 #
-# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks & Pottenger is the source for
-# entries through 1990, and IATA SSIM is the source for entries afterwards.
+# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks is the source for entries through 1990,
+# and IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990.
 #
 # Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences,
 # Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@
 # These rules are stolen from the `europe' file.
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	EUAsia	1981	max	-	Mar	lastSun	 1:00u	1:00	S
-Rule	EUAsia	1979	1995	-	Sep	lastSun	 1:00u	0	-
 Rule	EUAsia	1996	max	-	Oct	lastSun	 1:00u	0	-
 Rule E-EurAsia	1981	max	-	Mar	lastSun	 0:00	1:00	S
 Rule E-EurAsia	1979	1995	-	Sep	lastSun	 0:00	0	-
@@ -83,11 +82,10 @@ Zone	Asia/Kabul	4:36:48 -	LMT	1890
 			4:30	-	AFT
 
 # Armenia
-# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
-# Shanks & Pottenger have Yerevan switching to 3:00 (with Russian DST)
-# in spring 1991, then to 4:00 with no DST in fall 1995, then
-# readopting Russian DST in 1997.  Go with Shanks & Pottenger, even
-# when they disagree with others.  Edgar Der-Danieliantz
+# From Paul Eggert (1999-10-29):
+# Shanks has Yerevan switching to 3:00 (with Russian DST) in spring 1991,
+# then to 4:00 with no DST in fall 1995, then readopting Russian DST in 1997.
+# Go with Shanks, even when he disagrees with others.  Edgar Der-Danieliantz
 # reported (1996-05-04) that Yerevan probably wouldn't use DST
 # 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,
@@ -196,15 +194,13 @@ Zone	Asia/Phnom_Penh	6:59:40 -	LMT	1906 Jun  9
 # CHINA               8 H  AHEAD OF UTC  ALL OF CHINA, INCL TAIWAN
 # CHINA               9 H  AHEAD OF UTC  APR 17 - SEP 10
 
-# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
-# Shanks & Pottenger write that China (except for Hong Kong and Macau)
-# has had a single time zone since 1980 May 1, observing summer DST
-# from 1986 through 1991; this contradicts Devine's
+# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19):
+# Shanks writes that China has had a single time zone since 1980 May 1,
+# observing summer DST from 1986 through 1991; this contradicts Devine's
 # note about Time magazine, though apparently _something_ happened in 1986.
-# Go with Shanks & Pottenger for now.  I made up names for the other
-# pre-1980 time zones.
+# Go with Shanks for now.  I made up names for the other pre-1980 time zones.
 
-# From Shanks & Pottenger:
+# From Shanks:
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Shang	1940	only	-	Jun	 3	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Shang	1940	1941	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	S
@@ -212,27 +208,14 @@ Rule	Shang	1941	only	-	Mar	16	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	PRC	1986	only	-	May	 4	0:00	1:00	D
 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]
+#
 # From Anthony Fok (2001-12-20):
 # BTW, I did some research on-line and found some info regarding these five
 # historic timezones from some Taiwan websites.  And yes, there are official
-# Chinese names for these locales (before 1949).
-# 
-# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-07-14):
-# I have investigated the timezones around 1970 on the
-# http://www.astro.com/atlas site [with provinces and county
-# boundaries summarized below]....  A few other exceptions were two
-# counties on the Sichuan side of the Xizang-Sichuan border,
-# counties Dege and Baiyu which lies on the Sichuan side and are
-# therefore supposed to be GMT+7, Xizang region being GMT+6, but Dege
-# county is GMT+8 according to astro.com while Baiyu county is GMT+6
-# (could be true), for the moment I am assuming that those two
-# counties are mistakes in the astro.com data.
-
-
-# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+# Chinese names for these locales (before 1949):
 # Changbai Time ("Long-white Time", Long-white = Heilongjiang area)
-# Heilongjiang (except Mohe county), Jilin
 Zone	Asia/Harbin	8:26:44	-	LMT	1928 # or Haerbin
 			8:30	-	CHAT	1932 Mar # Changbai Time
 			8:00	-	CST	1940
@@ -240,35 +223,18 @@ Zone	Asia/Harbin	8:26:44	-	LMT	1928 # or Haerbin
 			8:30	-	CHAT	1980 May
 			8:00	PRC	C%sT
 # Zhongyuan Time ("Central plain Time")
-# most of China
 Zone	Asia/Shanghai	8:05:52	-	LMT	1928
 			8:00	Shang	C%sT	1949
 			8:00	PRC	C%sT
 # Long-shu Time (probably due to Long and Shu being two names of that area)
-# Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Ningxia, Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Yunnan;
-# most of Gansu; west Inner Mongolia; west Qinghai; and the Guangdong
-# counties Deqing, Enping, Kaiping, Luoding, Taishan, Xinxing,
-# Yangchun, Yangjiang, Yu'nan, and Yunfu.
 Zone	Asia/Chongqing	7:06:20	-	LMT	1928 # or Chungking
 			7:00	-	LONT	1980 May # Long-shu Time
 			8:00	PRC	C%sT
 # Xin-zang Time ("Xinjiang-Tibet Time")
-# The Gansu counties Aksay, Anxi, Dunhuang, Subei; west Qinghai;
-# the Guangdong counties  Xuwen, Haikang, Suixi, Lianjiang,
-# Zhanjiang, Wuchuan, Huazhou, Gaozhou, Maoming, Dianbai, and Xinyi;
-# east Tibet, including Lhasa, Chamdo, Shigaise, Jimsar, Shawan and Hutubi;
-# east Xinjiang, including Urumqi, Turpan, Karamay, Korla, Minfeng, Jinghe,
-# Wusu, Qiemo, Xinyan, Wulanwusu, Jinghe, Yumin, Tacheng, Tuoli, Emin,
-# Shihezi, Changji, Yanqi, Heshuo, Tuokexun, Tulufan, Shanshan, Hami,
-# Fukang, Kuitun, Kumukuli, Miquan, Qitai, and Turfan.
 Zone	Asia/Urumqi	5:50:20	-	LMT	1928 # or Urumchi
 			6:00	-	URUT	1980 May # Urumqi Time
 			8:00	PRC	C%sT
 # Kunlun Time
-# West Tibet, including Pulan, Aheqi, Shufu, Shule;
-# West Xinjiang, including Aksu, Atushi, Yining, Hetian, Cele, Luopu, Nileke,
-# Zhaosu, Tekesi, Gongliu, Chabuchaer, Huocheng, Bole, Pishan, Suiding,
-# and Yarkand.
 Zone	Asia/Kashgar	5:03:56	-	LMT	1928 # or Kashi or Kaxgar
 			5:30	-	KAST	1940	 # Kashgar Time
 			5:00	-	KAST	1980 May
@@ -300,7 +266,7 @@ Zone	Asia/Hong_Kong	7:36:36 -	LMT	1904 Oct 30
 
 # Taiwan
 
-# Shanks & Pottenger write that Taiwan observed DST during 1945, when it
+# Shanks writes that Taiwan observed DST during 1945, when it
 # was still controlled by Japan.  This is hard to believe, but we don't
 # have any other information.
 
@@ -457,7 +423,7 @@ Zone	Asia/Calcutta	5:53:28 -	LMT	1880	# Kolkata
 
 # Indonesia
 #
-# From Gwillim Law (2001-05-28), overriding Shanks & Pottenger:
+# From Gwillim Law (2001-05-28), overriding Shanks:
 # <http://www.sumatera-inc.com/go_to_invest/about_indonesia.asp#standtime>
 # says that Indonesia's time zones changed on 1988-01-01.  Looking at some
 # time zone maps, I think that must refer to Western Borneo (Kalimantan Barat
@@ -465,7 +431,7 @@ Zone	Asia/Calcutta	5:53:28 -	LMT	1880	# Kolkata
 #
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone Asia/Jakarta	7:07:12 -	LMT	1867 Aug 10
-# Shanks & Pottenger say the next transition was at 1924 Jan 1 0:13,
+# Shanks says the next transition was at 1924 Jan 1 0:13,
 # but this must be a typo.
 			7:07:12	-	JMT	1923 Dec 31 23:47:12 # Jakarta
 			7:20	-	JAVT	1932 Nov	 # Java Time
@@ -532,8 +498,8 @@ Zone Asia/Jayapura	9:22:48 -	LMT	1932 Nov
 # leap year calculation involved.  There has never been any serious
 # plan to change that law....
 #
-# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
-# Go with Shanks & Pottenger before Sept. 1991, and with Pournader thereafter.
+# From Paul Eggert (2005-04-05):
+# Go with Shanks before September 1991, and with Pournader thereafter.
 # I used Ed Reingold's cal-persia in GNU Emacs 21.2 to check Persian dates,
 # stopping after 2037 when 32-bit time_t's overflow.
 # That cal-persia used Birashk's approximation, which disagrees with the solar
@@ -553,14 +519,6 @@ Zone Asia/Jayapura	9:22:48 -	LMT	1932 Nov
 # Reingold's/Dershowitz' calculator gives correctly the Gregorian date
 # 2058-03-21 for 1 Farvardin 1437 (astronomical).
 #
-# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
-# The above comments about post-2006 transitions may become relevant again,
-# if Iran ever resuscitates DST, so we'll leave the comments in.
-#
-# From Steffen Thorsen (2006-03-22):
-# Several of my users have reported that Iran will not observe DST anymore:
-# http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/line-17/0603193812164948.htm
-#
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Iran	1978	1980	-	Mar	21	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Iran	1978	only	-	Oct	21	0:00	0	S
@@ -579,8 +537,38 @@ Rule	Iran	2001	2003	-	Mar	22	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Iran	2001	2003	-	Sep	22	0:00	0	S
 Rule	Iran	2004	only	-	Mar	21	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Iran	2004	only	-	Sep	21	0:00	0	S
-Rule	Iran	2005	only	-	Mar	22	0:00	1:00	D
-Rule	Iran	2005	only	-	Sep	22	0:00	0	S
+Rule	Iran	2005	2007	-	Mar	22	0:00	1:00	D
+Rule	Iran	2005	2007	-	Sep	22	0:00	0	S
+Rule	Iran	2008	only	-	Mar	21	0:00	1:00	D
+Rule	Iran	2008	only	-	Sep	21	0:00	0	S
+Rule	Iran	2009	2011	-	Mar	22	0:00	1:00	D
+Rule	Iran	2009	2011	-	Sep	22	0:00	0	S
+Rule	Iran	2012	only	-	Mar	21	0:00	1:00	D
+Rule	Iran	2012	only	-	Sep	21	0:00	0	S
+Rule	Iran	2013	2015	-	Mar	22	0:00	1:00	D
+Rule	Iran	2013	2015	-	Sep	22	0:00	0	S
+Rule	Iran	2016	only	-	Mar	21	0:00	1:00	D
+Rule	Iran	2016	only	-	Sep	21	0:00	0	S
+Rule	Iran	2017	2019	-	Mar	22	0:00	1:00	D
+Rule	Iran	2017	2019	-	Sep	22	0:00	0	S
+Rule	Iran	2020	only	-	Mar	21	0:00	1:00	D
+Rule	Iran	2020	only	-	Sep	21	0:00	0	S
+Rule	Iran	2021	2023	-	Mar	22	0:00	1:00	D
+Rule	Iran	2021	2023	-	Sep	22	0:00	0	S
+Rule	Iran