diff --git a/antarctica b/antarctica
index d55924bddf69..9bf2494ad198 100644
--- a/antarctica
+++ b/antarctica
@@ -53,34 +53,6 @@ Rule ChileAQ 2011 only - Aug Sun>=16 4:00u 1:00 S
Rule ChileAQ 2012 max - Apr Sun>=23 3:00u 0 -
Rule ChileAQ 2012 max - Sep Sun>=2 4:00u 1:00 S
-# These rules are stolen from the `australasia' file.
-Rule AusAQ 1917 only - Jan 1 0:01 1:00 -
-Rule AusAQ 1917 only - Mar 25 2:00 0 -
-Rule AusAQ 1942 only - Jan 1 2:00 1:00 -
-Rule AusAQ 1942 only - Mar 29 2:00 0 -
-Rule AusAQ 1942 only - Sep 27 2:00 1:00 -
-Rule AusAQ 1943 1944 - Mar lastSun 2:00 0 -
-Rule AusAQ 1943 only - Oct 3 2:00 1:00 -
-Rule ATAQ 1967 only - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 -
-Rule ATAQ 1968 only - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 -
-Rule ATAQ 1968 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
-Rule ATAQ 1969 1971 - Mar Sun>=8 2:00s 0 -
-Rule ATAQ 1972 only - Feb lastSun 2:00s 0 -
-Rule ATAQ 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
-Rule ATAQ 1982 1983 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 -
-Rule ATAQ 1984 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
-Rule ATAQ 1986 only - Oct Sun>=15 2:00s 1:00 -
-Rule ATAQ 1987 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 -
-Rule ATAQ 1987 only - Oct Sun>=22 2:00s 1:00 -
-Rule ATAQ 1988 1990 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
-Rule ATAQ 1991 1999 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 -
-Rule ATAQ 1991 2005 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 -
-Rule ATAQ 2000 only - Aug lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
-Rule ATAQ 2001 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 -
-Rule ATAQ 2006 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
-Rule ATAQ 2007 only - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 -
-Rule ATAQ 2008 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
-
# Argentina - year-round bases
# Belgrano II, Confin Coast, -770227-0343737, since 1972-02-05
# Esperanza, San Martin Land, -6323-05659, since 1952-12-17
@@ -122,10 +94,7 @@ Rule ATAQ 2008 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
#
# From Steffen Thorsen (2010-03-10):
-# We got these changes from the Australian Antarctic Division:
-# - Macquarie Island will stay on UTC+11 for winter and therefore not
-# switch back from daylight savings time when other parts of Australia do
-# on 4 April.
+# We got these changes from the Australian Antarctic Division: ...
#
# - Casey station reverted to its normal time of UTC+8 on 5 March 2010.
# The change to UTC+11 is being considered as a regular summer thing but
@@ -136,9 +105,6 @@ Rule ATAQ 2008 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
#
# - Mawson station stays on UTC+5.
#
-# In addition to the Rule changes for Casey/Davis, it means that Macquarie
-# will no longer be like Hobart and will have to have its own Zone created.
-#
# Background:
#
# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/antartica-time-changes-2010.html
@@ -165,12 +131,6 @@ Zone Antarctica/Mawson 0 - zzz 1954 Feb 13
6:00 - MAWT 2009 Oct 18 2:00
# Mawson Time
5:00 - MAWT
-Zone Antarctica/Macquarie 0 - zzz 1911
- 10:00 - EST 1916 Oct 1 2:00
- 10:00 1:00 EST 1917 Feb
- 10:00 AusAQ EST 1967
- 10:00 ATAQ EST 2010 Apr 4 3:00
- 11:00 - MIST # Macquarie Island Time
# References:
#
# Casey Weather (1998-02-26)
diff --git a/asia b/asia
index 1f09fa35a55a..e544fcce75e7 100644
--- a/asia
+++ b/asia
@@ -2291,11 +2291,20 @@ Zone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907
# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/gaza-west-bank-dst-2012.html
#
-# 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
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2013-03-26):
+# The following news sources tells that Palestine will "start daylight saving
+# time from midnight on Friday, March 29, 2013" (translated).
+# [These are in Arabic and are for Gaza and for Ramallah, respectively.]
+# http://www.samanews.com/index.php?act=Show&id=154120
+# http://safa.ps/details/news/99844/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87-%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-29-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A.html
+
+# From Paul Eggert (2013-04-15):
+# For future dates, guess the last Thursday in March at 24:00 through
+# the first Friday on or after September 21 at 01:00. This is consistent with
+# the predictions in today's editions of the following URLs,
+# which are for Gaza and Hebron respectively:
+# http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/timezone.html?n=702
+# http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/timezone.html?n=2364
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule EgyptAsia 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S
@@ -2309,19 +2318,20 @@ Rule Palestine 1999 2005 - Apr Fri>=15 0:00 1:00 S
Rule Palestine 1999 2003 - Oct Fri>=15 0:00 0 -
Rule Palestine 2004 only - Oct 1 1:00 0 -
Rule Palestine 2005 only - Oct 4 2:00 0 -
-Rule Palestine 2006 2008 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
+Rule Palestine 2006 2007 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
Rule Palestine 2006 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 -
Rule Palestine 2007 only - Sep Thu>=8 2:00 0 -
-Rule Palestine 2008 only - Aug lastFri 0:00 0 -
-Rule Palestine 2009 only - Mar lastFri 0:00 1:00 S
-Rule Palestine 2009 only - Sep Fri>=1 2:00 0 -
-Rule Palestine 2010 only - Mar lastSat 0:01 1:00 S
+Rule Palestine 2008 2009 - Mar lastFri 0:00 1:00 S
+Rule Palestine 2008 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 -
+Rule Palestine 2009 only - Sep Fri>=1 1:00 0 -
+Rule Palestine 2010 only - Mar 26 0:00 1:00 S
Rule Palestine 2010 only - Aug 11 0:00 0 -
-
-# From Arthur David Olson (2011-09-20):
-# 2011 transitions per http://www.timeanddate.com as of 2011-09-20.
-# From Paul Eggert (2012-10-12):
-# 2012 transitions per http://www.timeanddate.com as of 2012-10-12.
+Rule Palestine 2011 only - Apr 1 0:01 1:00 S
+Rule Palestine 2011 only - Aug 1 0:00 0 -
+Rule Palestine 2011 only - Aug 30 0:00 1:00 S
+Rule Palestine 2011 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 -
+Rule Palestine 2012 max - Mar lastThu 24:00 1:00 S
+Rule Palestine 2012 max - Sep Fri>=21 1:00 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct
@@ -2329,26 +2339,20 @@ Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct
2:00 EgyptAsia EE%sT 1967 Jun 5
2:00 Zion I%sT 1996
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 21 1:00
- 2:00 - EET
+ 2:00 Palestine EE%sT 2008 Aug 29 0:00
+ 2:00 - EET 2008 Sep
+ 2:00 Palestine EE%sT 2010
+ 2:00 - EET 2010 Mar 27 0:01
+ 2:00 Palestine EE%sT 2011 Aug 1
+ 2:00 - EET 2012
+ 2:00 Palestine EE%sT
Zone Asia/Hebron 2:20:23 - LMT 1900 Oct
2:00 Zion EET 1948 May 15
2:00 EgyptAsia EE%sT 1967 Jun 5
2:00 Zion I%sT 1996
2:00 Jordan EE%sT 1999
- 2:00 Palestine EE%sT 2008 Aug
- 2:00 1:00 EEST 2008 Sep
- 2:00 Palestine EE%sT 2011 Apr 1 12:01
- 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 21 1:00
- 2:00 - EET
+ 2:00 Palestine EE%sT
# Paracel Is
# no information
diff --git a/australasia b/australasia
index 58df73d5d7e0..5fe6d531697b 100644
--- a/australasia
+++ b/australasia
@@ -218,9 +218,26 @@ Zone Australia/Lord_Howe 10:36:20 - LMT 1895 Feb
# no times are set
#
# Macquarie
-# permanent occupation (scientific station) since 1948;
-# sealing and penguin oil station operated 1888/1917
-# like Australia/Hobart
+# Permanent occupation (scientific station) 1911-1915 and since 25 March 1948;
+# sealing and penguin oil station operated Nov 1899 to Apr 1919. See the
+# Tasmania Parks & Wildlife Service history of sealing at Macquarie Island
+#
+# .
+# Guess that it was like Australia/Hobart while inhabited before 2010.
+#
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2010-03-10):
+# We got these changes from the Australian Antarctic Division:
+# - Macquarie Island will stay on UTC+11 for winter and therefore not
+# switch back from daylight savings time when other parts of Australia do
+# on 4 April.
+Zone Antarctica/Macquarie 0 - zzz 1899 Nov
+ 10:00 - EST 1916 Oct 1 2:00
+ 10:00 1:00 EST 1917 Feb
+ 10:00 Aus EST 1919 Apr
+ 0 - zzz 1948 Mar 25
+ 10:00 Aus EST 1967
+ 10:00 AT EST 2010 Apr 4 3:00
+ 11:00 - MIST # Macquarie I Standard Time
# Christmas
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
diff --git a/southamerica b/southamerica
index 9ef8b826074b..3c2f82ae4cff 100644
--- a/southamerica
+++ b/southamerica
@@ -1566,16 +1566,16 @@ Rule Para 2005 2009 - Mar Sun>=8 0:00 0 -
# forward 60 minutes, in all the territory of the Paraguayan Republic.
# ...
Rule Para 2010 max - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S
-Rule Para 2010 max - Apr Sun>=8 0:00 0 -
+Rule Para 2010 2012 - Apr Sun>=8 0:00 0 -
#
# From Steffen Thorsen (2013-03-07):
# Paraguay will end DST on 2013-03-24 00:00....
-# They do not tell if this will be a permanent change or just this year....
# http://www.ande.gov.py/interna.php?id=1075
#
-# From Paul Eggert (2013-03-07):
-# For now, assume it's just this year.
-Rule Para 2013 only - Mar 24 0:00 0 -
+# From Carlos Raul Perasso (2013-03-15):
+# The change in Paraguay is now final. Decree number 10780
+# http://www.presidencia.gov.py/uploads/pdf/presidencia-3b86ff4b691c79d4f5927ca964922ec74772ce857c02ca054a52a37b49afc7fb.pdf
+Rule Para 2013 max - Mar Sun>=22 0:00 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone America/Asuncion -3:50:40 - LMT 1890
diff --git a/zone.tab b/zone.tab
index c1cd95e89e27..6b985204e93a 100644
--- a/zone.tab
+++ b/zone.tab
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ AQ -6617+11031 Antarctica/Casey Casey Station, Bailey Peninsula
AQ -7824+10654 Antarctica/Vostok Vostok Station, Lake Vostok
AQ -6640+14001 Antarctica/DumontDUrville Dumont-d'Urville Station, Terre Adelie
AQ -690022+0393524 Antarctica/Syowa Syowa Station, E Ongul I
-AQ -5430+15857 Antarctica/Macquarie Macquarie Island Station, Macquarie Island
AR -3436-05827 America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires Buenos Aires (BA, CF)
AR -3124-06411 America/Argentina/Cordoba most locations (CB, CC, CN, ER, FM, MN, SE, SF)
AR -2447-06525 America/Argentina/Salta (SA, LP, NQ, RN)
@@ -58,6 +57,7 @@ AR -5448-06818 America/Argentina/Ushuaia Tierra del Fuego (TF)
AS -1416-17042 Pacific/Pago_Pago
AT +4813+01620 Europe/Vienna
AU -3133+15905 Australia/Lord_Howe Lord Howe Island
+AU -5430+15857 Antarctica/Macquarie Macquarie Island
AU -4253+14719 Australia/Hobart Tasmania - most locations
AU -3956+14352 Australia/Currie Tasmania - King Island
AU -3749+14458 Australia/Melbourne Victoria