--- a/make/data/tzdata/asia Tue Jan 30 19:13:26 2018 -0800
+++ b/make/data/tzdata/asia Wed Jan 31 22:55:12 2018 -0800
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
# 9:00 KST KDT Korea when at +09
# 9:30 ACST Australian Central Standard Time
# Otherwise, these tables typically use numeric abbreviations like +03
-# and +0330 for integer hour and minute UTC offsets. Although earlier
+# and +0330 for integer hour and minute UT offsets. Although earlier
# editions invented alphabetic time zone abbreviations for every
# offset, this did not reflect common practice.
#
@@ -670,17 +670,17 @@
# time", in which abolished the adoption of Western Standard Time in
# western islands (listed above), which means the whole Japan
# territory, including later occupations, adopt Japan Central Time
-# (UTC+9). The adoption began on Oct 1, 1937. The original text can
+# (UT+9). The adoption began on Oct 1, 1937. The original text can
# be found on Wikisource:
# https://ja.wikisource.org/wiki/明治二十八年勅令第百六十七號標準時ニ關スル件中改正ノ件
#
-# That is, the time zone of Taipei switched to UTC+9 on Oct 1, 1937.
+# That is, the time zone of Taipei switched to UT+9 on Oct 1, 1937.
# From Yu-Cheng Chuang (2014-07-02):
-# I've found more evidence about when the time zone was switched from UTC+9
-# back to UTC+8 after WW2. I believe it was on Sep 21, 1945. In a document
+# I've found more evidence about when the time zone was switched from UT+9
+# back to UT+8 after WW2. I believe it was on Sep 21, 1945. In a document
# during Japanese era [1] in which the officer told the staff to change time
-# zone back to Western Standard Time (UTC+8) on Sep 21. And in another
+# zone back to Western Standard Time (UT+8) on Sep 21. And in another
# history page of National Cheng Kung University [2], on Sep 21 there is a
# note "from today, switch back to Western Standard Time". From these two
# materials, I believe that the time zone change happened on Sep 21. And
@@ -1487,17 +1487,17 @@
# of the Japanese wanted to scrap daylight-saving time, as opposed to 30% who
# wanted to keep it.)
-# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
-# Shanks & Pottenger write that DST in Japan during those years was as follows:
+# From Takayuki Nikai (2018-01-19):
+# The source of information is Japanese law.
+# http://www.shugiin.go.jp/internet/itdb_housei.nsf/html/houritsu/00219480428029.htm
+# http://www.shugiin.go.jp/internet/itdb_housei.nsf/html/houritsu/00719500331039.htm
+# ... In summary, it is written as follows. From 24:00 on the first Saturday
+# in May, until 0:00 on the day after the second Saturday in September.
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
-Rule Japan 1948 only - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
-Rule Japan 1948 1951 - Sep Sat>=8 2:00 0 S
-Rule Japan 1949 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
-Rule Japan 1950 1951 - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
-# but the only locations using it (for birth certificates, presumably, since
-# their audience is astrologers) were US military bases. For now, assume
-# that for most purposes daylight-saving time was observed; otherwise, what
-# would have been the point of the 1951 poll?
+Rule Japan 1948 only - May Sat>=1 24:00 1:00 D
+Rule Japan 1948 1951 - Sep Sun>=9 0:00 0 S
+Rule Japan 1949 only - Apr Sat>=1 24:00 1:00 D
+Rule Japan 1950 1951 - May Sat>=1 24:00 1:00 D
# From Hideyuki Suzuki (1998-11-09):
# 'Tokyo' usually stands for the former location of Tokyo Astronomical
@@ -1528,7 +1528,7 @@
#
# ...the Showa Emperor announced Ordinance No. 529 of Showa Year 12 ... which
# means the whole Japan territory, including later occupations, adopt Japan
-# Central Time (UTC+9). The adoption began on Oct 1, 1937.
+# Central Time (UT+9). The adoption began on Oct 1, 1937.
# https://ja.wikisource.org/wiki/明治二十八年勅令第百六十七號標準時ニ關スル件中改正ノ件
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
@@ -2089,8 +2089,8 @@
# Maldives
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
-Zone Indian/Maldives 4:54:00 - LMT 1880 # Male
- 4:54:00 - MMT 1960 # Male Mean Time
+Zone Indian/Maldives 4:54:00 - LMT 1880 # Malé
+ 4:54:00 - MMT 1960 # Malé Mean Time
5:00 - +05
# Mongolia