* timzeone/asia: Update from tzdata2008b.

	* timezone/backward: Likewise.
	* timezone/europe: Likewise.
	* timezone/northamerica: Likewise.
	* timezone/southamerica: Likewise.
	* timezone/iso3166.tab: Likewise.
	* timezone/leapseconds: Likewise.
	* timezone/zone.tab: Likewise.
	* timezone/private.h: Update from tzcode2008a.
	* timezone/zdump.c: Likewise.
	* timezone/zic.c: Likewise.

ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+2008-04-10  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@redhat.com>
+
+	* timzeone/asia: Update from tzdata2008b.
+	* timezone/backward: Likewise.
+	* timezone/europe: Likewise.
+	* timezone/northamerica: Likewise.
+	* timezone/southamerica: Likewise.
+	* timezone/iso3166.tab: Likewise.
+	* timezone/leapseconds: Likewise.
+	* timezone/zone.tab: Likewise.
+	* timezone/private.h: Update from tzcode2008a.
+	* timezone/zdump.c: Likewise.
+	* timezone/zic.c: Likewise.
+
 2008-01-24  Steven Munroe  <sjmunroe@us.ibm.com>
 
 	[BZ #5741]

timezone/asia

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)asia	8.12
+# @(#)asia	8.18
 # <pre>
 
 # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
@@ -446,13 +446,13 @@ Zone	Asia/Dili	8:22:20 -	LMT	1912
 
 # India
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
-Zone	Asia/Calcutta	5:53:28 -	LMT	1880	# Kolkata
+Zone	Asia/Kolkata	5:53:28 -	LMT	1880	# Kolkata
 			5:53:20	-	HMT	1941 Oct    # Howrah Mean Time?
 			6:30	-	BURT	1942 May 15 # Burma Time
 			5:30	-	IST	1942 Sep
 			5:30	1:00	IST	1945 Oct 15
 			5:30	-	IST
-# The following are like Asia/Calcutta:
+# The following are like Asia/Kolkata:
 #	Andaman Is
 #	Lakshadweep (Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Is)
 #	Nicobar Is
@@ -577,6 +577,15 @@ Zone Asia/Jayapura	9:22:48 -	LMT	1932 Nov
 # daylight saving time ...
 # http://uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKBLA65048420070916
 #
+# From Roozbeh Pournader (2007-11-05):
+# This is quoted from Official Gazette of the Islamic Republic of
+# Iran, Volume 63, Number 18242, dated Tuesday 1386/6/24
+# [2007-10-16]. I am doing the best translation I can:...
+# The official time of the country will be moved forward for one hour
+# on the 24 hours of the first day of the month of Farvardin and will
+# be changed back to its previous state on the 24 hours of the
+# thirtieth day of Shahrivar.
+#
 # 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
@@ -651,6 +660,21 @@ Zone	Asia/Tehran	3:25:44	-	LMT	1916
 #
 # So we'll ignore the Economist's claim.
 
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-03-10):
+# The cabinet in Iraq abolished DST last week, according to the following
+# news sources (in Arabic):
+# <a href="http://www.aljeeran.net/wesima_articles/news-20080305-98602.html">
+# http://www.aljeeran.net/wesima_articles/news-20080305-98602.html
+# </a>
+# <a href="http://www.aswataliraq.info/look/article.tpl?id=2047&IdLanguage=17&IdPublication=4&NrArticle=71743&NrIssue=1&NrSection=10">
+# http://www.aswataliraq.info/look/article.tpl?id=2047&IdLanguage=17&IdPublication=4&NrArticle=71743&NrIssue=1&NrSection=10
+# </a>
+#
+# We have published a short article in English about the change:
+# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/iraq-dumps-daylight-saving.html">
+# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/iraq-dumps-daylight-saving.html
+# </a>
+
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Iraq	1982	only	-	May	1	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Iraq	1982	1984	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	S
@@ -661,8 +685,8 @@ Rule	Iraq	1986	1990	-	Mar	lastSun	1:00s	1:00	D
 # IATA SSIM (1991/1996) says Apr 1 12:01am UTC; guess the `:01' is a typo.
 # Shanks & Pottenger say Iraq did not observe DST 1992/1997; ignore this.
 #
-Rule	Iraq	1991	max	-	Apr	 1	3:00s	1:00	D
-Rule	Iraq	1991	max	-	Oct	 1	3:00s	0	S
+Rule	Iraq	1991	2007	-	Apr	 1	3:00s	1:00	D
+Rule	Iraq	1991	2007	-	Oct	 1	3:00s	0	S
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Baghdad	2:57:40	-	LMT	1890
 			2:57:36	-	BMT	1918	    # Baghdad Mean Time?
@@ -1678,7 +1702,7 @@ Zone	Asia/Singapore	6:55:25 -	LMT	1901 Jan  1
 # kept their clocks set five and a half hours ahead of Greenwich Mean
 # Time (GMT), in line with neighbor India.
 # From Paul Eggert (2006-04-18):
-# People who live in regions under Tamil control can use TZ='Asia/Calcutta',
+# People who live in regions under Tamil control can use [TZ='Asia/Kolkata'],
 # as that zone has agreed with the Tamil areas since our cutoff date of 1970.
 
 # From K Sethu (2006-04-25):
@@ -1768,10 +1792,62 @@ Rule	Syria	2006	only	-	Sep	22	0:00	0	-
 # From Paul Eggert (2007-03-29):
 # Today the AP reported "Syria will switch to summertime at midnight Thursday."
 # http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/29/africa/ME-GEN-Syria-Time-Change.php
-# For lack of better info, assume the rule changed to "last Friday in March"
-# this year.
-Rule	Syria	2007	max	-	Mar	lastFri	0:00	1:00	S
-Rule	Syria	2007	max	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
+Rule	Syria	2007	only	-	Mar	lastFri	0:00	1:00	S
+# From Jesper Norgard (2007-10-27):
+# The sister center ICARDA of my work CIMMYT is confirming that Syria DST will
+# not take place 1.st November at 0:00 o'clock but 1.st November at 24:00 or
+# rather Midnight between Thursday and Friday. This does make more sence than
+# having it between Wednesday and Thursday (two workdays in Syria) since the
+# weekend in Syria is not Saturday and Sunday, but Friday and Saturday. So now
+# it is implemented at midnight of the last workday before weekend...
+# 
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2007-10-27):
+# Jesper Norgaard Welen wrote:
+# 
+# > "Winter local time in Syria will be observed at midnight of Thursday 1
+# > November 2007, and the clock will be put back 1 hour."
+# 
+# I found confirmation on this in this gov.sy-article (Arabic):
+# http://wehda.alwehda.gov.sy/_print_veiw.asp?FileName=12521710520070926111247
+# 
+# which using Google's translate tools says:
+# Council of Ministers also approved the commencement of work on 
+# identifying the winter time as of Friday, 2/11/2007 where the 60th 
+# minute delay at midnight Thursday 1/11/2007.
+Rule	Syria	2007	only	-	Nov	 Fri>=1	0:00	0	-
+
+# From Stephen Colebourne (2008-03-17):
+# For everyone's info, I saw an IATA time zone change for [Syria] for
+# this month (March 2008) in the last day or so...This is the data IATA
+# are now using:
+# Country     Time Standard   --- DST Start ---   --- DST End ---  DST
+# Name        Zone Variation   Time    Date        Time    Date
+# Variation
+# Syrian Arab
+# Republic    SY    +0200      2200  03APR08       2100  30SEP08   +0300
+#                              2200  02APR09       2100  30SEP09   +0300
+#                              2200  01APR10       2100  30SEP10   +0300
+
+# From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-17):
+# Here's a link to English-language coverage by the Syrian Arab News
+# Agency (SANA)...
+# <a href="http://www.sana.sy/eng/21/2008/03/11/165173.htm">
+# http://www.sana.sy/eng/21/2008/03/11/165173.htm
+# </a>...which reads (in part) "The Cabinet approved the suggestion of the
+# Ministry of Electricity to begin daylight savings time on Friday April
+# 4th, advancing clocks one hour ahead on midnight of Thursday April 3rd."
+# Since Syria is two hours east of UTC, the 2200 and 2100 transition times
+# shown above match up with midnight in Syria.
+
+# From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-18):
+# My buest guess at a Syrian rule is "the Friday nearest April 1";
+# coding that involves either using a "Mar Fri>=29" construct that old time zone
+# compilers can't handle  or having multiple Rules (a la Israel).
+# For now, use "Apr Fri>=1", and go with IATA on a uniform Sep 30 end.
+
+Rule	Syria	2008	max	-	Apr	Fri>=1	0:00	1:00	S
+Rule	Syria	2008	max	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	-
+
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Damascus	2:25:12 -	LMT	1920	# Dimashq
 			2:00	Syria	EE%sT
@@ -1825,13 +1901,13 @@ Zone	Asia/Tashkent	4:37:12 -	LMT	1924 May  2
 
 # Vietnam
 
-# From Paul Eggert (1993-11-18):
-# Saigon's official name is Thanh-Pho Ho Chi Minh, but it's too long.
-# We'll stick with the traditional name for now.
+# From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-18):
+# The English-language name of Vietnam's most populous city is "Ho Chi Min City";
+# we use Ho_Chi_Minh below to avoid a name of more than 14 characters.
 
 # From Shanks & Pottenger:
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
-Zone	Asia/Saigon	7:06:40 -	LMT	1906 Jun  9
+Zone	Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh	7:06:40 -	LMT	1906 Jun  9
 			7:06:20	-	SMT	1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT?
 			7:00	-	ICT	1912 May
 			8:00	-	ICT	1931 May

timezone/backward

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)backward	8.3
+# @(#)backward	8.6
 
 # This file provides links between current names for time zones
 # and their old names.  Many names changed in late 1993.
@@ -24,12 +24,15 @@ Link	America/St_Thomas	America/Virgin
 Link	Asia/Ashgabat		Asia/Ashkhabad
 Link	Asia/Chongqing		Asia/Chungking
 Link	Asia/Dhaka		Asia/Dacca
+Link	Asia/Kolkata		Asia/Calcutta
 Link	Asia/Macau		Asia/Macao
 Link	Asia/Jerusalem		Asia/Tel_Aviv
+Link	Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh	Asia/Saigon
 Link	Asia/Thimphu		Asia/Thimbu
 Link	Asia/Makassar		Asia/Ujung_Pandang
 Link	Asia/Ulaanbaatar	Asia/Ulan_Bator
 Link	Atlantic/Faroe		Atlantic/Faeroe
+Link	Europe/Oslo		Atlantic/Jan_Mayen
 Link	Australia/Sydney	Australia/ACT
 Link	Australia/Sydney	Australia/Canberra
 Link	Australia/Lord_Howe	Australia/LHI

timezone/europe

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)europe	8.11
+# @(#)europe	8.12
 # <pre>
 
 # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
@@ -1714,7 +1714,6 @@ Zone	Europe/Oslo	0:43:00 -	LMT	1895 Jan  1
 # come up with more definitive info about the timekeeping during the
 # war years it's probably best just do do the following for now:
 Link	Europe/Oslo	Arctic/Longyearbyen
-Link	Europe/Oslo	Atlantic/Jan_Mayen
 
 # Poland
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S

timezone/iso3166.tab

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # ISO 3166 alpha-2 country codes
 #
-# @(#)iso3166.tab	8.4
+# @(#)iso3166.tab	8.5
 #
 # From Paul Eggert (2006-09-27):
 #
 # This file contains a table with the following columns:
 # 1.  ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code, current as of
-#     ISO 3166-1 Newsletter No. V-12 (2006-09-26).  See:
+#     ISO 3166-1 Newsletter VI-1 (2007-09-21).  See:
 #     <a href="http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/index.html">
 #     ISO 3166 Maintenance agency (ISO 3166/MA)
 #     </a>.
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ BG	Bulgaria
 BH	Bahrain
 BI	Burundi
 BJ	Benin
+BL	St Barthelemy
 BM	Bermuda
 BN	Brunei
 BO	Bolivia
@@ -159,6 +160,7 @@ MA	Morocco
 MC	Monaco
 MD	Moldova
 ME	Montenegro
+MF	St Martin (French part)
 MG	Madagascar
 MH	Marshall Islands
 MK	Macedonia

timezone/leapseconds

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)leapseconds	8.4
+# @(#)leapseconds	8.5
 
 # Allowance for leapseconds added to each timezone file.
 
@@ -46,26 +46,27 @@ Leap	1998	Dec	31	23:59:60	+	S
 Leap	2005	Dec	31	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
+# OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS				
 # 61, Av. de l'Observatoire 75014 PARIS (France)
 # Tel.      : 33 (0) 1 40 51 22 26
 # FAX       : 33 (0) 1 40 51 22 91
 # Internet  : services.iers@obspm.fr
 #
-# Paris, 28 June 2007
+# Paris, 18 January 2008
 #
-# Bulletin C 34
+# Bulletin C 35
 #
-# To authorities responsible
+# To authorities responsible		
 # for the measurement and
-# distribution of time
+# distribution of time	
 #
 # INFORMATION ON UTC - TAI
 #
-# NO positive leap second will be introduced at the end of December 2007.
+# NO positive leap second will be introduced at the end of June 2008.
 # The difference between Coordinated Universal Time UTC and the
 # International Atomic Time TAI is :		
 #
@@ -77,6 +78,6 @@ Leap	2005	Dec	31	23:59:60	+	S
 # will be no time step at the next possible date.
 #
 # Daniel GAMBIS
-# Director			
-# Earth Orientation Center of IERS
+# Head			
+# Earth Orientation Center of the IERS
 # Observatoire de Paris, France

timezone/northamerica

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)northamerica	8.18
+# @(#)northamerica	8.23
 # <pre>
 
 # also includes Central America and the Caribbean
@@ -2187,6 +2187,69 @@ Zone America/Costa_Rica	-5:36:20 -	LMT	1890		# San Jose
 # says Cuban clocks will advance at midnight on March 10.
 # For lack of better information, assume Cuba will use US rules,
 # except that it switches at midnight standard time as usual.
+#
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2007-10-25):
+# Carlos Alberto Fonseca Arauz informed me that Cuba will end DST one week 
+# earlier - on the last Sunday of October, just like in 2006.
+# 
+# He supplied these references:
+# 
+# http://www.prensalatina.com.mx/article.asp?ID=%7B4CC32C1B-A9F7-42FB-8A07-8631AFC923AF%7D&language=ES
+# http://actualidad.terra.es/sociedad/articulo/cuba_llama_ahorrar_energia_cambio_1957044.htm
+# 
+# From Alex Kryvenishev (2007-10-25):
+# Here is also article from Granma (Cuba):
+# 
+# [Regira] el Horario Normal desde el [proximo] domingo 28 de octubre
+# http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/2007/10/24/nacional/artic07.html
+# 
+# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_cuba03.html
+
+# From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-09):
+# I'm in Maryland which is now observing United States Eastern Daylight
+# Time. At 9:44 local time I used RealPlayer to listen to
+# <a href="http://media.enet.cu/radioreloj">
+# http://media.enet.cu/radioreloj
+# </a>, a Cuban information station, and heard
+# the time announced as "ocho cuarenta y cuatro" ("eight forty-four"),
+# indicating that Cuba is still on standard time.
+
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-03-12):
+# It seems that Cuba will start DST on Sunday, 2007-03-16...
+# It was announced yesterday, according to this source (in Spanish):
+# <a href="http://www.nnc.cubaweb.cu/marzo-2008/cien-1-11-3-08.htm">
+# http://www.nnc.cubaweb.cu/marzo-2008/cien-1-11-3-08.htm
+# </a>
+#
+# Some more background information is posted here:
+# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/cuba-starts-dst-march-16.html">
+# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/cuba-starts-dst-march-16.html
+# </a>
+#
+# The article also says that Cuba has been observing DST since 1963,
+# while Shanks (and tzdata) has 1965 as the first date (except in the
+# 1940's). Many other web pages in Cuba also claim that it has been
+# observed since 1963, but with the exception of 1970 - an exception
+# which is not present in tzdata/Shanks. So there is a chance we need to
+# change some historic records as well.
+#
+# One example:
+# <a href="http://www.radiohc.cu/espanol/noticias/mar07/11mar/hor.htm">
+# http://www.radiohc.cu/espanol/noticias/mar07/11mar/hor.htm
+# </a>
+
+# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2008-03-13):
+# The Cuban time change has just been confirmed on the most authoritative
+# web site, the Granma.  Please check out
+# <a href="http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/2008/03/13/nacional/artic10.html">
+# http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/2008/03/13/nacional/artic10.html
+# </a>
+#
+# Basically as expected after Steffen Thorsens information, the change
+# will take place midnight between Saturday and Sunday.
+
+# From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-12):
+# Assume Sun>=15 (third Sunday) going forward.
 
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Cuba	1928	only	-	Jun	10	0:00	1:00	D
@@ -2218,9 +2281,9 @@ Rule	Cuba	1997	only	-	Oct	12	0:00s	0	S
 Rule	Cuba	1998	1999	-	Mar	lastSun	0:00s	1:00	D
 Rule	Cuba	1998	2003	-	Oct	lastSun	0:00s	0	S
 Rule	Cuba	2000	2006	-	Apr	Sun>=1	0:00s	1:00	D
-Rule	Cuba	2006	only	-	Oct	lastSun	0:00s	0	S
-Rule	Cuba	2007	max	-	Mar	Sun>=8	0:00s	1:00	D
-Rule	Cuba	2007	max	-	Nov	Sun>=1	0:00s	0	S
+Rule	Cuba	2006	max	-	Oct	lastSun	0:00s	0	S
+Rule	Cuba	2007	only	-	Mar	Sun>=8	0:00s	1:00	D
+Rule	Cuba	2008	max	-	Mar	Sun>=15	0:00s	1:00	D
 
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	America/Havana	-5:29:28 -	LMT	1890
@@ -2287,6 +2350,10 @@ Zone	America/Grenada	-4:07:00 -	LMT	1911 Jul	# St George's
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone America/Guadeloupe	-4:06:08 -	LMT	1911 Jun 8	# Pointe a Pitre
 			-4:00	-	AST
+# St Barthelemy
+Link America/Guadeloupe	America/St_Barthelemy
+# St Martin (French part)
+Link America/Guadeloupe	America/Marigot
 
 # Guatemala
 #