jdk/test/sun/util/calendar/zi/tzdata/australasia
changeset 19382 fdb8e07fdaee
parent 17464 268d3ce75045
child 20867 38b088040f4f
--- a/jdk/test/sun/util/calendar/zi/tzdata/australasia	Fri Aug 09 10:55:52 2013 -0700
+++ b/jdk/test/sun/util/calendar/zi/tzdata/australasia	Fri Aug 09 12:40:11 2013 -0700
@@ -1,22 +1,22 @@
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@@ -253,10 +253,16 @@
 # - 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.
+#
+# From Arthur David Olson (2013-05-23):
+# The 1919 transition is overspecified below so pre-2013 zics
+# will produce a binary file with an EST-type as the first 32-bit type;
+# this is required for correct handling of times before 1916 by
+# pre-2013 versions of localtime.
 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
+			10:00	Aus	EST	1919 Apr 1 0:00s
 			0	-	zzz	1948 Mar 25
 			10:00	Aus	EST	1967
 			10:00	AT	EST	2010 Apr 4 3:00
@@ -1498,12 +1504,12 @@
 # From Paul Eggert (2000-01-08):
 # IATA SSIM (1999-09) says DST ends 0100 local time.  Go with McDow.
 
-# From the BBC World Service (1998-10-31 11:32 UTC):
+# From the BBC World Service in
+# http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/205226.stm (1998-10-31 16:03 UTC):
 # The Fijiian government says the main reasons for the time change is to
-# improve productivity and reduce road accidents.  But correspondents say it
-# also hopes the move will boost Fiji's ability to compete with other pacific
-# islands in the effort to attract tourists to witness the dawning of the new
-# millenium.
+# improve productivity and reduce road accidents.... [T]he move is also
+# intended to boost Fiji's ability to attract tourists to witness the dawning
+# of the new millennium.
 
 # http://www.fiji.gov.fj/press/2000_09/2000_09_13-05.shtml (2000-09-13)
 # reports that Fiji has discontinued DST.
@@ -1648,7 +1654,7 @@
 # Shanks & Pottenger say the transition was on 1968-10-01; go with Mundell.
 
 # From Eric Ulevik (1999-05-03):
-# Tonga's director of tourism, who is also secretary of the National Millenium
+# Tonga's director of tourism, who is also secretary of the National Millennium
 # Committee, has a plan to get Tonga back in front.
 # He has proposed a one-off move to tropical daylight saving for Tonga from
 # October to March, which has won approval in principle from the Tongan