Update tzdata and zoneinfo to version 2000h.

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tzdata/asia

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)asia	7.57
+# @(#)asia	7.58
 
 # 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
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ Zone	Asia/Bahrain	3:22:20 -	LMT	1920		# Al Manamah
 
 # Bangladesh
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
-Zone	Asia/Dacca	6:01:40 -	LMT	1890
+Zone	Asia/Dhaka	6:01:40 -	LMT	1890
 			5:53:20	-	HMT	1941 Oct    # Howrah Mean Time?
 			6:30	-	BURT	1942 May 15 # Burma Time
 			5:30	-	IST	1942 Sep
@@ -330,12 +330,35 @@ Zone	Asia/Tbilisi	2:59:16 -	LMT	1880
 			4:00 E-EurAsia	GE%sT
 
 # East Timor
+
+# From Joao Carrascalao, brother of the former governor of East Timor, in
+# <a href="http://etan.org/et99c/december/26-31/30ETMAY.htm">
+# East Timor may be late for its millennium
+# </a> (1999-12-26/31):
+# Portugal tried to change the time forward in 1974 because the sun
+# rises too early but the suggestion raised a lot of problems with the
+# Timorese and I still don't think it would work today because it
+# conflicts with their way of life.
+
+# From Paul Eggert (2000-12-04):
+# We don't have any record of the above attempt.
+# Most likely our records are incomplete, but we have no better data.
+
+# <a href="http://www.hri.org/news/world/undh/last/00-08-16.undh.html">
+# From Manoel de Almeida e Silva, Deputy Spokesman for the UN Secretary-General
+# (2000-08-16)</a>:
+# The Cabinet of the East Timor Transition Administration decided
+# today to advance East Timor's time by one hour.  The time change,
+# which will be permanent, with no seasonal adjustment, will happen at
+# midnight on Saturday, September 16.
+
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Dili	8:22:20 -	LMT	1912
-			8:00	-	TPT	1942 Feb 21 23:00
+			8:00	-	TPT	1942 Feb 21 23:00 # E Timor Time
 			9:00	-	JST	1945 Aug
 			9:00	-	TPT	1976 May  3
-			8:00	-	TPT	# East Timor Time
+			8:00	-	TPT	2000 Sep 17 00:00
+			9:00	-	TPT
 
 # India
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]

tzdata/australasia

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)australasia	7.60
+# @(#)australasia	7.61
 # This file also includes Pacific islands.
 
 # Notes are at the end of this file
@@ -153,14 +153,14 @@ Zone Australia/Broken_Hill 9:25:48 -	LMT	1895 Feb
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	LH	1981	1984	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
 Rule	LH	1982	1985	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
-Rule	LH	1985	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:30s	0:30	-
-Rule	LH	1986	1989	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:30s	0	-
-Rule	LH	1986	only	-	Oct	19	2:30s	0:30	-
-Rule	LH	1987	1999	-	Oct	lastSun	2:30s	0:30	-
-Rule	LH	1990	1995	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:30s	0	-
-Rule	LH	1996	max	-	Mar	lastSun	2:30s	0	-
-Rule	LH	2000	only	-	Aug	lastSun	2:30s	0:30	-
-Rule	LH	2001	max	-	Oct	lastSun	2:30s	0:30	-
+Rule	LH	1985	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	0:30	-
+Rule	LH	1986	1989	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00s	0	-
+Rule	LH	1986	only	-	Oct	19	2:00s	0:30	-
+Rule	LH	1987	1999	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	0:30	-
+Rule	LH	1990	1995	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
+Rule	LH	1996	max	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
+Rule	LH	2000	only	-	Aug	lastSun	2:00s	0:30	-
+Rule	LH	2001	max	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	0:30	-
 Zone Australia/Lord_Howe 10:36:20 -	LMT	1895 Feb
 			10:00	-	EST	1981 Mar
 			10:30	LH	LHST
@@ -203,8 +203,8 @@ Zone	Indian/Cocos	6:30	-	CCT	# Cocos Islands Time
 
 # Fiji
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
-Rule	Fiji	1998	max	-	Nov	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	S
-Rule	Fiji	1999	max	-	Feb	lastSun	3:00	0	-
+Rule	Fiji	1998	1999	-	Nov	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	S
+Rule	Fiji	1999	2000	-	Feb	lastSun	3:00	0	-
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Pacific/Fiji	11:53:40 -	LMT	1915 Oct 26	# Suva
 			12:00	Fiji	FJ%sT	# Fiji Time
@@ -391,8 +391,10 @@ Zone	Pacific/Fakaofo	-11:24:56 -	LMT	1901
 
 # Tonga
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
-Rule	Tonga	1999	max	-	Oct	Sat>=1	2:00s	1:00	S
-Rule	Tonga	2000	max	-	Apr	Sun>=16	2:00s	0	-
+Rule	Tonga	1999	only	-	Oct	 7	2:00s	1:00	S
+Rule	Tonga	2000	only	-	Mar	19	2:00s	0	-
+Rule	Tonga	2000	only	-	Nov	 4	2:00s	1:00	S
+Rule	Tonga	2001	only	-	Jan	27	2:00s	0	-
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone Pacific/Tongatapu	12:19:20 -	LMT	1901
 			12:20	-	TOT	1941 # Tonga Time
@@ -824,9 +826,8 @@ Zone	Pacific/Wallis	12:15:20 -	LMT	1901
 # Hill, and Victoria will be August 27, presumably due to the Sydney Olympics.
 
 # From Eric Ulevik, referring to Sydney's Sun Herald (2000-08-13), page 29:
-# Twin Towns Services Club (in Tweed Heads, near the Queensland border)
-# will maintain Queensland time. The Queensland Premier Peter Beattie
-# is encouraging northern NSW towns to use Queensland time.
+# The Queensland Premier Peter Beattie is encouraging northern NSW
+# towns to use Queensland time.
 
 # Yancowinna
 
@@ -868,17 +869,15 @@ Zone	Pacific/Wallis	12:15:20 -	LMT	1901
 # arrangements.  The starting date for summer time on the Island will
 # however always coincide with the rest of NSW.
 
-# From Jesper Norgaard <[email protected]> (2000-09-04):
-# James Lonergan said that the island always tries to stay in sync
-# with the rest of NSW at all time except for the fact that they stay
-# ahead half an hour when DST is not observed. If this is interpreted
-# literally, they should change clocks at the exact moment that
-# e.g. Canberra changes from normal to daylight saving and vice versa.
+# From James Lonergan, Secretary, Lord Howe Island Board (2000-10-25):
+# Lord Howe Island advances clocks by 30 minutes during DST in NSW and retards
+# clocks by 30 minutes when DST finishes. Since DST was most recently
+# introduced in NSW, the "changeover" time on the Island has been 02:00 as
+# shown on clocks on LHI. I guess this means that for 30 minutes at the start
+# of DST, LHI is actually 1 hour ahead of the rest of NSW.
 
-# From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02):
+# From Paul Eggert (2000-10-25):
 # For Lord Howe we use Shanks through 1989, and Lonergan thereafter,
-# However, as per Norgaard we modify Shanks by assuming 02:30s switchover
-# for half-hour DST.
 
 ###############################################################################
 
@@ -945,6 +944,8 @@ Zone	Pacific/Wallis	12:15:20 -	LMT	1901
 # islands in the effort to attract tourists to witness the dawning of the new
 # millenium.
 
+# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/press/2000_09/2000_09_13-05.shtml (2000-09-13)
+# reports that Fiji has discontinued DST.
 
 # Johnston
 
@@ -1097,6 +1098,16 @@ Zone	Pacific/Wallis	12:15:20 -	LMT	1901
 # Tonga started its Daylight Saving on Saturday morning October 2nd at 0200am.
 # Daylight Saving ends on April 16 at 0300am which is Sunday morning.
 
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2000-10-31):
+# Back in March I found a notice on the website http://www.tongaonline.com
+# that Tonga changed back to standard time one month early, on March 19
+# instead of the original reported date April 16. Unfortunately, the article
+# is no longer available on the site, and I did not make a copy of the
+# text, and I have forgotten to report it here.
+# (Original URL was: http://www.tongaonline.com/news/march162000.htm )
+
+# From Rives McDow (2000-12-01):
+# Tonga is observing DST as of 2000-11-04 and will stop on 2001-01-27.
 
 ###############################################################################
 

tzdata/backward

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)backward	7.18
+# @(#)backward	7.19
 
 # This file provides links between current names for time zones
 # and their old names.  Many names changed in late 1993.
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Link	America/Tijuana		America/Ensenada
 Link	America/Indianapolis	America/Fort_Wayne
 Link	America/Indiana/Knox	America/Knox_IN
 Link	America/St_Thomas	America/Virgin
+Link	Asia/Dhaka		Asia/Dacca
 Link	Asia/Ashgabat		Asia/Ashkhabad
 Link	Asia/Jerusalem		Asia/Tel_Aviv
 Link	Asia/Thimphu		Asia/Thimbu

tzdata/europe

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)europe	7.74
+# @(#)europe	7.75
 
 # 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
@@ -164,15 +164,14 @@
 # main SHAEF archives held in the US National Archives, SHAEF/5252/8/516)
 # agree that the usage is BDST (this appears in a message dated 17 Feb 1945).
 
-# From Joseph S. Meyers (2000-08-10):
+# From Joseph S. Myers (2000-10-03):
 # On 18th April 1941, Sir Stephen Tallents of the BBC wrote to Sir
 # Alexander Maxwell of the Home Office asking whether there was any
 # official designation; the reply of the 21st was that there wasn't
 # but he couldn't think of anything better than the "Double British
 # Summer Time" that the BBC had been using informally.
-# I've put a copy of the Home Office letter at
+# http://student.cusu.cam.ac.uk/~jsm28/british-time/bbc-19410418.png
 # http://student.cusu.cam.ac.uk/~jsm28/british-time/ho-19410421.png
-# and the BBC letter may follow if I get permission from the BBC.
 
 # From Sir Alexander Maxwell in the above-mentioned letter (1941-04-21):
 # [N]o official designation has as far as I know been adopted for the time

tzdata/northamerica

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)northamerica	7.53
+# @(#)northamerica	7.54
 # also includes Central America and the Caribbean
 
 # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
@@ -476,10 +476,8 @@ Link America/Louisville America/Kentucky/Louisville
 # From Rich Wales (2000-08-29):
 # After prolonged debate, and despite continuing deep differences of opinion,
 # Wayne County (central Kentucky) is switching from Central (-0600) to Eastern
-# (-0500) time.  They won't "fall back" this year.  See:
-# <a href="http://www.nandotimes.com/nation/story/body/0,1037,500244845-500362432-502132762-0,00.html">
-# Sara Shipley, the difference an hour makes (2000-08-29 15:33 -0400)
-# </a>
+# (-0500) time.  They won't "fall back" this year.  See Sara Shipley,
+# The difference an hour makes, Nando Times (2000-08-29 15:33 -0400).
 Zone America/Kentucky/Monticello -5:39:24 - LMT	1883 Nov 18 12:00
 			-6:00	US	C%sT	1946
 			-6:00	-	CST	1968
@@ -1089,6 +1087,23 @@ Zone America/Dawson_Creek -8:00:56 -	LMT	1884
 # Central Time and Southampton Island [in the Central zone] is not
 # required to use daylight savings.
 
+# From
+# <a href="http://www.nunatsiaq.com/archives/nunavut001130/nvt21110_02.html">
+# Nunavut now has two time zones
+# </a> (2000-11-10):
+# The Nunavut government would allow its employees in Kugluktuk and
+# Cambridge Bay to operate on central time year-round, putting them
+# one hour behind the rest of Nunavut for six months during the winter.
+# At the end of October the two communities had rebelled against
+# Nunavut's unified time zone, refusing to shift to eastern time with
+# the rest of the territory for the winter.  Cambridge Bay remained on
+# central time, while Kugluktuk, even farther west, reverted to
+# mountain time, which they had used before the advent of Nunavut's
+# unified time zone in 1999.
+
+# From Paul Eggert (2000-12-04):
+# Let's just keep track of the official times for now.
+
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	NT_YK	1918	only	-	Apr	14	2:00	1:00	D
 Rule	NT_YK	1918	only	-	Oct	27	2:00	0	S
@@ -1105,12 +1120,15 @@ Rule	NT_YK	1987	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	D
 Zone America/Pangnirtung -4:22:56 -	LMT	1884
 			-4:00	NT_YK	A%sT	1995 Apr Sun>=1 2:00
 			-5:00	Canada	E%sT	1999 Oct 31 2:00
-			-6:00	Canada	C%sT
+			-6:00	Canada	C%sT	2000 Oct 29 2:00
+			-5:00	-	EST
 Zone America/Iqaluit	-4:33:52 -	LMT	1884 # Frobisher Bay before 1987
 			-5:00	NT_YK	E%sT	1999 Oct 31 2:00
-			-6:00	Canada	C%sT
+			-6:00	Canada	C%sT	2000 Oct 29 2:00
+			-5:00	-	EST
 Zone America/Rankin_Inlet -6:08:40 -	LMT	1884
-			-6:00	NT_YK	C%sT
+			-6:00	NT_YK	C%sT	2000 Oct 29 2:00
+			-5:00	-	EST
 Zone America/Cambridge_Bay -7:00:20 -	LMT	1884
 			-7:00	NT_YK	M%sT	1999 Oct 31 2:00
 			-6:00	Canada	C%sT
@@ -1205,6 +1223,14 @@ Zone America/Dawson	-9:17:40 -	LMT	1900 Aug 20
 # savings time so as to stay on the same time zone as the southern part of
 # Arizona year round.
 
+# From Jesper Norgaard (2000-12-02):
+# No changes have been implemented yet, but the new elected president
+# Vicente Fox seems to agree with his presidential candidate opponent
+# Labastida that daylight saving should not be discontinued, but maybe
+# reduced with a couple of months, e.g. starting one month later and
+# ending one month earlier:
+# http://www.reforma.com/nacional/articulo/044581/
+
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Mexico	1939	only	-	Feb	5	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Mexico	1939	only	-	Jun	25	0:00	0	S
@@ -1423,6 +1449,25 @@ Zone America/Dominica	-4:05:36 -	LMT	1911 Jul 1 0:01		# Roseau
 			-4:00	-	AST
 
 # Dominican Republic
+
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2000-10-30):
+# Enrique Morales reported to me that the Dominican Republic has changed the
+# time zone to Eastern Standard Time as of Sunday 29 at 2 am....
+# http://www.listin.com.do/antes/261000/republica/princi.html
+
+# From Paul Eggert (2000-12-04):
+# That URL (2000-10-26, in Spanish) says they planned to use US-style DST.
+
+# From Rives McDow (2000-12-01):
+# Dominican Republic changed its mind and presidential decree on Tuesday,
+# November 28, 2000, with a new decree.  On Sunday, December 3 at 1:00 AM the
+# Dominican Republic will be reverting to 8 hours from the International Date
+# Line, and will not be using DST in the foreseeable future.  The reason they
+# decided to use DST was to be in synch with Puerto Rico, who was also going
+# to implement DST.  When Puerto Rico didn't implement DST, the president
+# decided to revert.
+
+
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	DR	1966	only	-	Oct	30	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	DR	1967	only	-	Feb	28	0:00	0	S
@@ -1434,6 +1479,8 @@ Rule	DR	1972	1974	-	Jan	21	0:00	0	S
 Zone America/Santo_Domingo -4:39:36 -	LMT	1890
 			-4:40	-	SDMT	1933 Apr  1 12:00 # S. Dom. MT
 			-5:00	DR	E%sT	1974 Oct 27
+			-4:00	-	AST	2000 Oct 29 02:00
+			-5:00	US	E%sT	2000 Dec  3 01:00
 			-4:00	-	AST
 
 # El Salvador