From ea308a63450daa32dea79117f801afd12724d132 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Fri, 31 May 2013 00:21:25 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Spelling fixes. Most of these are from Kevin Lyda in , with a couple more from Jonathan Leffler in . --- asia | 4 ++-- australasia | 12 ++++++------ europe | 8 ++++---- southamerica | 4 ++-- tz-art.htm | 4 ++-- usno1995 | 4 ++-- usno1997 | 4 ++-- usno1998 | 4 ++-- 8 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) 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.
  • -"We're been using the five-cent nickle in this country since 1492. +"We've been using the five-cent nickel in this country since 1492. Now that's pretty near 100 years, daylight savings [sic]." (Groucho Marx as Captain Spaulding in "Animal Crackers", 1930, as noted by Will Fitzerald) diff --git a/usno1995 b/usno1995 index e39aa52..a5ee0ae 100644 --- a/usno1995 +++ b/usno1995 @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Australia Lord Howe Island: +10.5 hours (Local summer +11 hours) Australia New South Wales: +10 hours (Local summer +11 hours) Australia Queensland: +10 hours Australia Victoria: +10 hours (Local summer +11 hours) -Australia Australian Captial Territory: +10 hours (Local summer +11 hours) +Australia Australian Capital Territory: +10 hours (Local summer +11 hours) Australia South: +9.5 hours (Local summer +10.5 hours) Australia Tasmania: +10 hours (Local summer +11 hours) Australia Western: +8 hours @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ Ecuador: -5 hours Egypt: +2 hours (Local summer +3 hours) El Salvador: -6 hours England: 0 hours (Local summer +1 hours) -Equitorial Guinea: +1 hours +Equatorial Guinea: +1 hours Eritrea: +3 hours Estonia: +2 hours (Local summer +3 hours) Ethiopia: +3 hours diff --git a/usno1997 b/usno1997 index ac63df5..b90be86 100644 --- a/usno1997 +++ b/usno1997 @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Australia Lord Howe Island: +10.5 hours (Local summer +11 hours) Australia New South Wales: +10 hours (Local summer +11 hours) Australia Queensland: +10 hours Australia Victoria: +10 hours (Local summer +11 hours) -Australia Australian Captial Territory: +10 hours (Local summer +11 hours) +Australia Australian Capital Territory: +10 hours (Local summer +11 hours) Australia South: +9.5 hours (Local summer +10.5 hours) Australia Tasmania: +10 hours (Local summer +11 hours) Australia Western: +8 hours @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ Ecuador: -5 hours Egypt: +2 hours (Local summer +3 hours) El Salvador: -6 hours England: 0 hours (Local summer +1 hours) -Equitorial Guinea: +1 hours +Equatorial Guinea: +1 hours Eritrea: +3 hours Estonia: +2 hours (Local summer +3 hours) Ethiopia: +3 hours diff --git a/usno1998 b/usno1998 index 62264a1..d77d255 100644 --- a/usno1998 +++ b/usno1998 @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Australia Lord Howe Island: +10.5 hours (Local summer +11 hours) Australia New South Wales: +10 hours (Local summer +11 hours) Australia Queensland: +10 hours Australia Victoria: +10 hours (Local summer +11 hours) -Australia Australian Captial Territory: +10 hours (Local summer +11 hours) +Australia Australian Capital Territory: +10 hours (Local summer +11 hours) Australia South: +9.5 hours (Local summer +10.5 hours) Australia Tasmania: +10 hours (Local summer +11 hours) Australia Western: +8 hours @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ Ecuador: -5 hours Egypt: +2 hours (Local summer +3 hours) El Salvador: -6 hours England: 0 hours (Local summer +1 hours) -Equitorial Guinea: +1 hours +Equatorial Guinea: +1 hours Eritrea: +3 hours Estonia: +2 hours (Local summer +3 hours) Ethiopia: +3 hours