diff --git a/asia b/asia index 437e15f..fb6fbca 100644 --- a/asia +++ b/asia @@ -2547,8 +2547,8 @@ Rule Syria 2006 only - Sep 22 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 +# not take place 1st November at 0:00 o'clock but 1st November at 24:00 or +# rather Midnight between Thursday and Friday. This does make more sense 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... diff --git a/australasia b/australasia index 48aeef6..797f81c 100644 --- a/australasia +++ b/australasia @@ -1481,12 +1481,12 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # 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. @@ -1631,7 +1631,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # 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 diff --git a/europe b/europe index 5081a52..0f429da 100644 --- a/europe +++ b/europe @@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ Rule C-Eur 1944 only - Oct 2 2:00s 0 - # It seems that Paris, Monaco, Rule France, Rule Belgium all agree on # 2:00 standard time, e.g. 3:00 local time. However there are no # countries that use C-Eur rules in September 1945, so the only items -# affected are apparently these ficticious zones that translates acronyms +# affected are apparently these fictitious zones that translate acronyms # CET and MET: # # Zone CET 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT @@ -2779,9 +2779,9 @@ Link Europe/Istanbul Asia/Istanbul # Istanbul is in both continents. # Ukraine # -# From Igor Karpov, who works for the Ukranian Ministry of Justice, +# From Igor Karpov, who works for the Ukrainian Ministry of Justice, # via Garrett Wollman (2003-01-27): -# BTW, I've found the official document on this matter. It's goverment +# BTW, I've found the official document on this matter. It's government # regulations number 509, May 13, 1996. In my poor translation it says: # "Time in Ukraine is set to second timezone (Kiev time). Each last Sunday # of March at 3am the time is changing to 4am and each last Sunday of @@ -2815,7 +2815,7 @@ Link Europe/Istanbul Asia/Istanbul # Istanbul is in both continents. # time this year after all. # # From Udo Schwedt (2011-10-18): -# As far as I understand, the recent change to the Ukranian time zone +# As far as I understand, the recent change to the Ukrainian time zone # (Europe/Kiev) to introduce permanent daylight saving time (similar # to Russia) was reverted today: # diff --git a/southamerica b/southamerica index 3c2f82a..0d8ed7a 100644 --- a/southamerica +++ b/southamerica @@ -971,7 +971,7 @@ Rule Brazil 2007 only - Feb 25 0:00 0 - # adopted by the same states as before. Rule Brazil 2007 only - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 1:00 S # From Frederico A. C. Neves (2008-09-10): -# Acording to this decree +# According to this decree # # http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2007-2010/2008/Decreto/D6558.htm # @@ -1203,7 +1203,7 @@ Zone America/Rio_Branco -4:31:12 - LMT 1914 # http://www.emol.com/noticias/nacional/detalle/detallenoticias.asp?idnoticia=467651 # # -# This is not yet reflected in the offical "cambio de hora" site, but +# This is not yet reflected in the official "cambio de hora" site, but # probably will be soon: # # http://www.horaoficial.cl/cambio.htm diff --git a/tz-art.htm b/tz-art.htm index 046b6ee..d0624c0 100644 --- a/tz-art.htm +++ b/tz-art.htm @@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ Supernaw. AMG Rating3.5 stars ADO Rating2.5 stars NotesIncludes the song "Fire and Wood" with the lyric -"The clocks were turned back you remeber/Think it's still November." +"The clocks were turned back you remember/Think it's still November."   ArtistKen Nordine @@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ hilarity ensues.