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Fix a few more accents and hyphens, and update a name and a URL.
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Use ART (UTC−3, standard time), rather than WARST (also UTC−3, but
daylight saving time) for San Luis, Argentina since 2009.

Changes affecting Godthab time stamps after 2037 if version mismatch
Changes affecting Godthåb time stamps after 2037 if version mismatch

Allow POSIX-like TZ strings where the transition time's hour can
range from −167 through 167, instead of the POSIX-required 0
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Many changes affect historical time stamps before 1940.
These were deduced from: Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899
Feb;13(2):173-94 <http://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359>.
Feb;13(2):17394 <http://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359>.

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enough to map SI seconds to historical solar time to more than
about one-hour accuracy. See: Morrison LV, Stephenson FR.
Historical values of the Earth's clock error Delta T and the
calculation of eclipses. J Hist Astron. 2004;35:327-36
calculation of eclipses. J Hist Astron. 2004;35:32736
<http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/2004JHA....35..327M>;
Historical values of the Earth's clock error. J Hist Astron. 2005;36:339
<http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/2005JHA....36..339M>.
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# I found in the UCLA library.
#
# For data circa 1899, a common source is:
# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94
# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):17394
# <http://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359>.
#
# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is
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# I found in the UCLA library.
#
# For data circa 1899, a common source is:
# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94
# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):17394
# <http://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359>.
#
# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is
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# I found in the UCLA library.
#
# For data circa 1899, a common source is:
# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94
# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):17394
# <http://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359>.
#
# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is
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# − 8:00 PST Pitcairn*
#
# See the 'northamerica' file for Hawaii.
# See the 'southamerica' file for Easter I and the Galapagos Is.
# See the 'southamerica' file for Easter I and the Galápagos Is.

###############################################################################

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# <http://cs.ucla.edu/~eggert/The-Waste-of-Daylight-19th.pdf>
# [PDF] (1914-03)
#
# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94
# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):17394
# <http://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359>. He writes:
# "It is requested that corrections and additions to these tables
# may be sent to Mr. John Milne, Royal Geographical Society,
# Savile Row, London." Nowadays please email them to [email protected].
#
# Brazil's Departamento Servico da Hora (DSH),
# Brazil's Divisão Serviço da Hora (DSHO),
# History of Summer Time
# <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HISTHV.htm>
# (1998-09-21, in Portuguese)
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# between 160 and 170 hours more daylight leisure, to a war which
# plunged Europe into darkness for four years, and shook the
# foundations of civilization throughout the world.
# — <http://www.winstonchurchill.org/fh114willett.htm>
# — <http://www.winstonchurchill.org/images/finesthour/Vol.01%20No.114.pdf>
# "A Silent Toast to William Willett", Pictorial Weekly

# From Paul Eggert (1996-09-03):
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# proponents (who eventually won the argument) are quoted as using "Summer".

# From Arthur David Olson (1989-01-19):
#
# A source at the British Information Office in New York avers that it's
# known as "British" Summer Time in all parts of the United Kingdom.

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# Annuaire de L'Observatoire Royal de Belgique,
# Avenue Circulaire, 3, B-1180 BRUXELLES, CLVIIe annee, 1991
# (Imprimerie HAYEZ, s.p.r.l., Rue Fin, 4, 1080 BRUXELLES, MCMXC),
# pp 8-9.
# pp 89.
# LMT before 1892 was 0:17:30, according to the official journal of Belgium:
# Moniteur Belge, Samedi 30 Avril 1892, N.121.
# Thanks to Pascal Delmoitie for these references.
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# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
# Greenland joined the EU as part of Denmark, obtained home rule on 1979-05-01,
# and left the EU on 1985-02-01. It therefore should have been using EU
# rules at least through 1984. Shanks & Pottenger say Scoresbysund and Godthab
# rules at least through 1984. Shanks & Pottenger say Scoresbysund and Godthåb
# used C-Eur rules after 1980, but IATA SSIM (1991/1996) says they use EU
# rules since at least 1991. Assume EU rules since 1980.

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# DPC research station at Zackenberg.
#
# Scoresbysund and two small villages nearby keep time UTC−1 and use
# the same daylight savings time period as in West Greenland (Godthab).
# the same daylight savings time period as in West Greenland (Godthåb).
#
# The rest of Greenland, including Godthab (this area, although it
# The rest of Greenland, including Godthåb (this area, although it
# includes central Greenland, is known as west Greenland), keeps time
# UTC−3, with daylight savings methods according to European rules.
#
# It is common procedure to use UTC 0 in the wilderness of East and
# North Greenland, because it is mainly Icelandic aircraft operators
# maintaining traffic in these areas. However, the official status of
# this area is that it sticks with Godthab time. This area might be
# this area is that it sticks with Godthåb time. This area might be
# considered a dual time zone in some respects because of this.

# From Rives McDow (2001-11-19):
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# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
# From 1997 on the CIA map shows Danmarkshavn on GMT;
# the 1995 map as like Godthab.
# For lack of better info, assume they were like Godthab before 1996.
# the 1995 map as like Godthåb.
# For lack of better info, assume they were like Godthåb before 1996.
# startkart.no says Thule does not observe DST, but this is clearly an error,
# so go with Shanks & Pottenger for Thule transitions until this year.
# For 2007 on assume Thule will stay in sync with US DST rules.
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# Hawaii

# From Arthur David Olson (2010-12-09):
# "Hawaiian Time" by Robert C. Schmitt and Doak C. Cox appears on pages 207-225
# "Hawaiian Time" by Robert C. Schmitt and Doak C. Cox appears on pages 207225
# of volume 26 of The Hawaiian Journal of History (1992). As of 2010-12-09,
# the article is available at
# http://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10524/239/2/JL26215.pdf
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# <http://cs.ucla.edu/~eggert/The-Waste-of-Daylight-19th.pdf>
# [PDF] (1914-03)
#
# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94
# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):17394
# <http://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359>.
#
# See the 'europe' file for Greenland.
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# the first Sunday of April of each year and two o'clock Central
# Standard Time in the morning of the last Sunday of October next
# following, one hour in advance of Central Standard Time."...
# I believe that the English legislation [of the old time act] had =
# I believe that the English legislation [of the old time act] had
# been assented to (March 22, 1967)....
# Also, as far as I can tell, there was no order-in-council varying
# the time of Daylight Saving Time for 2005 and so the provisions of
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-6:00 - CST 1981 Dec 23
-5:00 Mexico E%sT 1998 Aug 2 2:00
-6:00 Mexico C%sT
# Campeche, Yucatan
# Campeche, Yucatán
Zone America/Merida -5:58:28 - LMT 1922 Jan 1 0:01:32
-6:00 - CST 1981 Dec 23
-5:00 - EST 1982 Dec 2
-6:00 Mexico C%sT
# Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas (near US border)
# Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas (near US border)
Zone America/Matamoros -6:40:00 - LMT 1921 Dec 31 23:20:00
-6:00 - CST 1988
-6:00 US C%sT 1989
-6:00 Mexico C%sT 2010
-6:00 US C%sT
# Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas (away from US border)
# Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas (away from US border)
Zone America/Monterrey -6:41:16 - LMT 1921 Dec 31 23:18:44
-6:00 - CST 1988
-6:00 US C%sT 1989
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# America/Tijuana only in that it did not observe DST from 1976
# through 1995. This was as per Shanks (1999). But Shanks & Pottenger say
# Ensenada did not observe DST from 1948 through 1975. Guy Harris reports
# that the 1987 OAG says "Only Ensenada, Mexicale, San Felipe and
# that the 1987 OAG says "Only Ensenada, Mexicali, San Felipe and
# Tijuana observe DST," which agrees with Shanks & Pottenger but implies that
# DST-observance was a town-by-town matter back then. This concerns
# data after 1970 so most likely there should be at least one Zone
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# Grenada
# Guadeloupe
# St Barthelemy
# St Barthélemy
# St Martin (French part)
# See 'southamerica'.

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# Panama
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone America/Panama -5:18:08 - LMT 1890
-5:19:36 - CMT 1908 Apr 22 # Colon Mean Time
-5:19:36 - CMT 1908 Apr 22 # Colón Mean Time
-5:00 - EST

# Puerto Rico
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# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003).
#
# For data circa 1899, a common source is:
# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94
# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):17394
# <http://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359>.
#
# Gwillim Law writes that a good source
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-3:00 Arg AR%sT 2008 Oct 18
-3:00 - ART
#
# Tierra del Fuego, Antartida e Islas del Atlantico Sur (TF)
# Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur (TF)
Zone America/Argentina/Ushuaia -4:33:12 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
-4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May # Córdoba Mean Time
-4:00 - ART 1930 Dec
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# From Paul Eggert (2002-10-10):
# The official decrees referenced below are mostly taken from
# Decretos sobre o Horario de Verao no Brasil
# Decretos sobre o Horário de Verão no Brasil
# <http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV.html>.

# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-08-29):
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-5:00 - ECT # Ecuador Time
Zone Pacific/Galapagos -5:58:24 - LMT 1931 # Puerto Baquerizo Moreno
-5:00 - ECT 1986
-6:00 - GALT # Galapagos Time
-6:00 - GALT # Galápagos Time

# Falklands

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Link America/Port_of_Spain America/Guadeloupe
Link America/Port_of_Spain America/Marigot # St Martin (French part)
Link America/Port_of_Spain America/Montserrat
Link America/Port_of_Spain America/St_Barthelemy
Link America/Port_of_Spain America/St_Barthelemy # St Barthélemy
Link America/Port_of_Spain America/St_Kitts # St Kitts & Nevis
Link America/Port_of_Spain America/St_Lucia
Link America/Port_of_Spain America/St_Thomas # Virgin Islands (US)
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