Update to tzdata2015f from ftp.iana.org

8 files changed, 118 insertions, 70 deletions

diff --git a/share/zoneinfo/datfiles/africa b/share/zoneinfo/datfiles/africa
index e0c64fbc5a6..a5357c99154 100644
--- a/share/zoneinfo/datfiles/africa
+++ b/share/zoneinfo/datfiles/africa
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $OpenBSD: africa,v 1.45 2015/06/15 15:38:04 millert Exp $
+# $OpenBSD: africa,v 1.46 2015/08/11 15:07:23 millert Exp $
 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
 # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
 
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ Zone	Africa/Tripoli	0:52:44 -	LMT	1920
 
 # From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-07-11):
 # Seems that English language article "The revival of daylight saving
-# time: Energy conservation?"-# No. 16578 (07/11/2008) was originally
+# time: Energy conservation?"- No. 16578 (07/11/2008) was originally
 # published on Monday, June 30, 2008...
 #
 # I guess that article in French "Le gouvernement avance l'introduction
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ Zone Indian/Mauritius	3:50:00 -	LMT	1907 # Port Louis
 # Here is a link to official document from Royaume du Maroc Premier Ministre,
 # Ministère de la Modernisation des Secteurs Publics
 #
-# Under Article 1 of Royal Decree No. 455-67 of Act 23 safar 1387 (2 june 1967)
+# Under Article 1 of Royal Decree No. 455-67 of Act 23 safar 1387 (2 June 1967)
 # concerning the amendment of the legal time, the Ministry of Modernization of
 # Public Sectors announced that the official time in the Kingdom will be
 # advanced 60 minutes from Sunday 31 May 2009 at midnight.
diff --git a/share/zoneinfo/datfiles/asia b/share/zoneinfo/datfiles/asia
index 34252488ca7..753006fcba6 100644
--- a/share/zoneinfo/datfiles/asia
+++ b/share/zoneinfo/datfiles/asia
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $OpenBSD: asia,v 1.72 2015/03/21 14:46:21 millert Exp $
+# $OpenBSD: asia,v 1.73 2015/08/11 15:07:23 millert Exp $
 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
 # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
 
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # tz@iana.org for general use in the future).  For more, please see
 # the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution.
 
-# From Paul Eggert (2014-10-31):
+# From Paul Eggert (2015-08-08):
 #
 # Unless otherwise specified, the source for data through 1990 is:
 # Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition),
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 #	2:00 EET  EEST	Eastern European Time
 #	2:00 IST  IDT	Israel
 #	3:00 AST  ADT	Arabia*
-#	3:30 IRST IRDT	Iran
+#	3:30 IRST IRDT	Iran*
 #	4:00 GST	Gulf*
 #	5:30 IST	India
 #	7:00 ICT	Indochina, most times and locations*
@@ -53,10 +53,11 @@
 #	8:00 CST	China
 #	8:00 IDT	Indochina, 1943-45, 1947-55, 1960-75 (some locations)*
 #	8:00 JWST	Western Standard Time (Japan, 1896/1937)*
+#	8:30 KST  KDT	Korea when at +0830*
 #	9:00 JCST	Central Standard Time (Japan, 1896/1937)
 #	9:00 WIT	east Indonesia (Waktu Indonesia Timur)
 #	9:00 JST  JDT	Japan
-#	9:00 KST  KDT	Korea
+#	9:00 KST  KDT	Korea when at +09
 #	9:30 ACST	Australian Central Standard Time
 #
 # See the 'europe' file for Russia and Turkey in Asia.
@@ -1028,7 +1029,7 @@ Zone Asia/Jayapura	9:22:48 -	LMT	1932 Nov
 #
 # From Roozbeh Pournader (2007-11-05):
 # This is quoted from Official Gazette of the Islamic Republic of
-# Iran, Volume 63, Number 18242, dated Tuesday 1386/6/24
+# Iran, Volume 63, No. 18242, dated Tuesday 1386/6/24
 # [2007-10-16]. I am doing the best translation I can:...
 # The official time of the country will be moved forward for one hour
 # on the 24 hours of the first day of the month of Farvardin and will
@@ -1558,7 +1559,7 @@ Zone	Asia/Amman	2:23:44 -	LMT	1931
 # - Qyzylorda switched from +5:00 to +6:00 on 1992-01-19 02:00.
 # - Oral switched from +5:00 to +4:00 in spring 1989.
 
-# From Kazakhstan Embassy's News Bulletin #11
+# From Kazakhstan Embassy's News Bulletin No. 11
 # <http://www.kazsociety.org.uk/news/2005/03/30.htm> (2005-03-21):
 # The Government of Kazakhstan passed a resolution March 15 abolishing
 # daylight saving time citing lack of economic benefits and health
@@ -1712,6 +1713,17 @@ Rule	ROK	1987	1988	-	Oct	Sun>=8	3:00	0	S
 #
 # For Pyongyang we have no information; guess no changes since World War II.
 
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2015-08-07):
+# According to many news sources, North Korea is going to change to
+# the 8:30 time zone on August 15, one example:
+# http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-33815049
+#
+# From Paul Eggert (2015-08-07):
+# No transition time is specified; assume 00:00.
+# There is no common English-language abbreviation for this time zone.
+# Use %z rather than invent one.  We can't assume %z works everywhere yet,
+# so for now substitute its output manually.
+
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Seoul	8:27:52	-	LMT	1908 Apr  1
 			8:30	-	KST	1912 Jan  1
@@ -1724,7 +1736,8 @@ Zone	Asia/Pyongyang	8:23:00 -	LMT	1908 Apr  1
 			8:30	-	KST	1912 Jan  1
 			9:00	-	JCST	1937 Oct  1
 			9:00	-	JST	1945 Aug 24
-			9:00	-	KST
+			9:00	-	KST	2015 Aug 15
+			8:30	-	KST
 
 ###############################################################################
 
diff --git a/share/zoneinfo/datfiles/europe b/share/zoneinfo/datfiles/europe
index 97c899fd4cb..140c2e6c0d9 100644
--- a/share/zoneinfo/datfiles/europe
+++ b/share/zoneinfo/datfiles/europe
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $OpenBSD: europe,v 1.57 2015/06/15 15:38:04 millert Exp $
+# $OpenBSD: europe,v 1.58 2015/08/11 15:07:23 millert Exp $
 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
 # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
 
@@ -194,11 +194,14 @@
 #	republished in Finest Hour (Spring 2002) 1(114):26
 #	http://www.winstonchurchill.org/images/finesthour/Vol.01%20No.114.pdf
 
-# From Paul Eggert (1996-09-03):
+# From Paul Eggert (2015-08-08):
 # The OED Supplement says that the English originally said "Daylight Saving"
 # when they were debating the adoption of DST in 1908; but by 1916 this
 # term appears only in quotes taken from DST's opponents, whereas the
 # proponents (who eventually won the argument) are quoted as using "Summer".
+# The term "Summer Time" was introduced by Herbert Samuel, Home Secretary; see:
+# Viscount Samuel. Leisure in a Democracy. Cambridge University Press
+# ISBN 978-1-107-49471-8 (1949, reissued 2015), p 8.
 
 # From Arthur David Olson (1989-01-19):
 # A source at the British Information Office in New York avers that it's
@@ -344,7 +347,7 @@
 
 # From an anonymous contributor (1996-06-02):
 # The law governing time in Ireland is under Statutory Instrument SI 395/94,
-# which gives force to European Union 7th Council Directive # 94/21/EC.
+# which gives force to European Union 7th Council Directive No. 94/21/EC.
 # Under this directive, the Minister for Justice in Ireland makes appropriate
 # regulations. I spoke this morning with the Secretary of the Department of
 # Justice (tel +353 1 678 9711) who confirmed to me that the correct name is
@@ -593,11 +596,11 @@ Rule	Russia	1921	only	-	Feb	14	23:00	1:00	MSD
 Rule	Russia	1921	only	-	Mar	20	23:00	2:00	MSM  # Midsummer
 Rule	Russia	1921	only	-	Sep	 1	 0:00	1:00	MSD
 Rule	Russia	1921	only	-	Oct	 1	 0:00	0	-
-# Act No.925 of the Council of Ministers of the USSR (1980-10-24):
+# Act No. 925 of the Council of Ministers of the USSR (1980-10-24):
 Rule	Russia	1981	1984	-	Apr	 1	 0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Russia	1981	1983	-	Oct	 1	 0:00	0	-
-# Act No.967 of the Council of Ministers of the USSR (1984-09-13), repeated in
-# Act No.227 of the Council of Ministers of the USSR (1989-03-14):
+# Act No. 967 of the Council of Ministers of the USSR (1984-09-13), repeated in
+# Act No. 227 of the Council of Ministers of the USSR (1989-03-14):
 Rule	Russia	1984	1991	-	Sep	lastSun	 2:00s	0	-
 Rule	Russia	1985	1991	-	Mar	lastSun	 2:00s	1:00	S
 #
@@ -829,7 +832,7 @@ Zone	Europe/Brussels	0:17:30 -	LMT	1880
 # Bulgaria
 #
 # From Plamen Simenov via Steffen Thorsen (1999-09-09):
-# A document of Government of Bulgaria (No.94/1997) says:
+# A document of Government of Bulgaria (No. 94/1997) says:
 # EET -> EETDST is in 03:00 Local time in last Sunday of March ...
 # EETDST -> EET is in 04:00 Local time in last Sunday of October
 #
@@ -846,7 +849,7 @@ Zone	Europe/Sofia	1:33:16 -	LMT	1880
 			1:00	C-Eur	CE%sT	1945
 			1:00	-	CET	1945 Apr  2  3:00
 			2:00	-	EET	1979 Mar 31 23:00
-			2:00	Bulg	EE%sT	1982 Sep 26  2:00
+			2:00	Bulg	EE%sT	1982 Sep 26  3:00
 			2:00	C-Eur	EE%sT	1991
 			2:00	E-Eur	EE%sT	1997
 			2:00	EU	EE%sT
@@ -1063,8 +1066,8 @@ Zone America/Thule	-4:35:08 -	LMT	1916 Jul 28 # Pituffik air base
 # after that.
 
 # From Mart Oruaas (2000-01-29):
-# Regulation no. 301 (1999-10-12) obsoletes previous regulation
-# no. 206 (1998-09-22) and thus sticks Estonia to +02:00 GMT for all
+# Regulation No. 301 (1999-10-12) obsoletes previous regulation
+# No. 206 (1998-09-22) and thus sticks Estonia to +02:00 GMT for all
 # the year round.  The regulation is effective 1999-11-01.
 
 # From Toomas Soome (2002-02-21):
@@ -1085,7 +1088,7 @@ Zone	Europe/Tallinn	1:39:00	-	LMT	1880
 			3:00	Russia	MSK/MSD	1989 Mar 26  2:00s
 			2:00	1:00	EEST	1989 Sep 24  2:00s
 			2:00	C-Eur	EE%sT	1998 Sep 22
-			2:00	EU	EE%sT	1999 Nov  1
+			2:00	EU	EE%sT	1999 Oct 31  4:00
 			2:00	-	EET	2002 Feb 21
 			2:00	EU	EE%sT
 
@@ -1528,21 +1531,21 @@ Link	Europe/Rome	Europe/San_Marino
 # correct data in juridical acts and I found some juridical documents about
 # changes in the counting of time in Latvia from 1981....
 #
-# Act No.35 of the Council of Ministers of Latvian SSR of 1981-01-22 ...
-# according to the Act No.925 of the Council of Ministers of USSR of 1980-10-24
+# Act No. 35 of the Council of Ministers of Latvian SSR of 1981-01-22 ...
+# according to the Act No. 925 of the Council of Ministers of USSR of 1980-10-24
 # ...: all year round the time of 2nd time zone + 1 hour, in addition turning
 # the hands of the clock 1 hour forward on 1 April at 00:00 (GMT 31 March 21:00)
 # and 1 hour backward on the 1 October at 00:00 (GMT 30 September 20:00).
 #
-# Act No.592 of the Council of Ministers of Latvian SSR of 1984-09-24 ...
-# according to the Act No.967 of the Council of Ministers of USSR of 1984-09-13
+# Act No. 592 of the Council of Ministers of Latvian SSR of 1984-09-24 ...
+# according to the Act No. 967 of the Council of Ministers of USSR of 1984-09-13
 # ...: all year round the time of 2nd time zone + 1 hour, in addition turning
 # the hands of the clock 1 hour forward on the last Sunday of March at 02:00
 # (GMT 23:00 on the previous day) and 1 hour backward on the last Sunday of
 # September at 03:00 (GMT 23:00 on the previous day).
 #
-# Act No.81 of the Council of Ministers of Latvian SSR of 1989-03-22 ...
-# according to the Act No.227 of the Council of Ministers of USSR of 1989-03-14
+# Act No. 81 of the Council of Ministers of Latvian SSR of 1989-03-22 ...
+# according to the Act No. 227 of the Council of Ministers of USSR of 1989-03-14
 # ...: since the last Sunday of March 1989 in Lithuanian SSR, Latvian SSR,
 # Estonian SSR and Kaliningrad region of Russian Federation all year round the
 # time of 2nd time zone (Moscow time minus one hour). On the territory of Latvia
@@ -1559,7 +1562,7 @@ Link	Europe/Rome	Europe/San_Marino
 # From Andrei Ivanov (2000-03-06):
 # This year Latvia will not switch to Daylight Savings Time (as specified in
 # The Regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Rep. of Latvia of
-# 29-Feb-2000 (#79) <http://www.lv-laiks.lv/wwwraksti/2000/071072/vd4.htm>,
+# 29-Feb-2000 (No. 79) <http://www.lv-laiks.lv/wwwraksti/2000/071072/vd4.htm>,
 # in Latvian for subscribers only).
 
 # From RFE/RL Newsline
@@ -1764,6 +1767,18 @@ Zone	Europe/Malta	0:58:04 -	LMT	1893 Nov  2  0:00s # Valletta
 # News from Moldova (in russian):
 # http://ru.publika.md/link_317061.html
 
+# From Roman Tudos (2015-07-02):
+# http://lex.justice.md/index.php?action=view&view=doc&lang=1&id=355077
+# From Paul Eggert (2015-07-01):
+# The abovementioned official link to IGO1445-868/2014 states that
+# 2014-10-26's fallback transition occurred at 03:00 local time.  Also,
+# http://www.trm.md/en/social/la-30-martie-vom-trece-la-ora-de-vara
+# says the 2014-03-30 spring-forward transition was at 02:00 local time.
+# Guess that since 1997 Moldova has switched one hour before the EU.
+
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+Rule	Moldova	1997	max	-	Mar	lastSun	 2:00	1:00	S
+Rule	Moldova	1997	max	-	Oct	lastSun	 3:00	0	-
 
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Europe/Chisinau	1:55:20 -	LMT	1880
@@ -1778,7 +1793,7 @@ Zone	Europe/Chisinau	1:55:20 -	LMT	1880
 			2:00	Russia	EE%sT	1992
 			2:00	E-Eur	EE%sT	1997
 # See Romania commentary for the guessed 1997 transition to EU rules.
-			2:00	EU	EE%sT
+			2:00	Moldova	EE%sT
 
 # Monaco
 # Shanks & Pottenger give 0:09:20 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's
@@ -2124,7 +2139,7 @@ Zone Europe/Bucharest	1:44:24 -	LMT	1891 Oct
 # Russia
 
 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-09-15):
-# Based on last Russian Government Decree # 725 on August 31, 2011
+# Based on last Russian Government Decree No. 725 on August 31, 2011
 # (Government document
 # http://www.government.ru/gov/results/16355/print/
 # in Russian)
@@ -2134,7 +2149,7 @@ Zone Europe/Bucharest	1:44:24 -	LMT	1891 Oct
 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia36.htm
 
 # From Sanjeev Gupta (2011-09-27):
-# Scans of [Decree #23 of January 8, 1992] are available at:
+# Scans of [Decree No. 23 of January 8, 1992] are available at:
 # http://government.consultant.ru/page.aspx?1223966
 # They are in Cyrillic letters (presumably Russian).
 
@@ -2145,19 +2160,19 @@ Zone Europe/Bucharest	1:44:24 -	LMT	1891 Oct
 # One source is
 # http://government.ru/gov/results/16355/
 # which, according to translate.google.com, begins "Decree of August 31,
-# 2011 No 725" and contains no other dates or "effective date" information.
+# 2011 No. 725" and contains no other dates or "effective date" information.
 #
 # Another source is
 # http://www.rg.ru/2011/09/06/chas-zona-dok.html
 # which, according to translate.google.com, begins "Resolution of the
 # Government of the Russian Federation on August 31, 2011 N 725" and also
 # contains "Date first official publication: September 6, 2011 Posted on:
-# in the 'RG' - Federal Issue number 5573 September 6, 2011" but which
+# in the 'RG' - Federal Issue No. 5573 September 6, 2011" but which
 # does not contain any "effective date" information.
 #
 # Another source is
 # http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oymyakonsky_District#cite_note-RuTime-7
-# which, in note 8, contains "Resolution #725 of August 31, 2011...
+# which, in note 8, contains "Resolution No. 725 of August 31, 2011...
 # Effective as of after 7 days following the day of the official publication"
 # but which does not contain any reference to September 6, 2011.
 #
@@ -2365,7 +2380,7 @@ Zone Europe/Simferopol	 2:16:24 -	LMT	1880
 # changed in May.
 			 2:00	E-Eur	EE%sT	1994 May
 # From IATA SSIM (1994/1997), which also says that Kerch is still like Kiev.
-			 3:00	E-Eur	MSK/MSD	1996 Mar 31  3:00s
+			 3:00	E-Eur	MSK/MSD	1996 Mar 31  0:00s
 			 3:00	1:00	MSD	1996 Oct 27  3:00s
 # IATA SSIM (1997-09) says Crimea switched to EET/EEST.
 # Assume it happened in March by not changing the clocks.
@@ -2500,7 +2515,7 @@ Zone Asia/Novosibirsk	 5:31:40 -	LMT	1919 Dec 14  6:00
 # from current Russia Zone 6 - Krasnoyarsk Time Zone (KRA) UTC +0700
 # to Russia Zone 5 - Novosibirsk Time Zone (NOV) UTC +0600
 #
-# This is according to Government of Russia decree # 740, on September
+# This is according to Government of Russia decree No. 740, on September
 # 14, 2009 "Application in the territory of the Kemerovo region the Fifth
 # time zone." ("Russia Zone 5" or old "USSR Zone 5" is GMT +0600)
 #
@@ -2923,7 +2938,7 @@ Zone	Africa/Ceuta	-0:21:16 -	LMT	1901
 Zone	Atlantic/Canary	-1:01:36 -	LMT	1922 Mar # Las Palmas de Gran C.
 			-1:00	-	CANT	1946 Sep 30  1:00 # Canaries T
 			 0:00	-	WET	1980 Apr  6  0:00s
-			 0:00	1:00	WEST	1980 Sep 28  0:00s
+			 0:00	1:00	WEST	1980 Sep 28  1:00u
 			 0:00	EU	WE%sT
 # IATA SSIM (1996-09) says the Canaries switch at 2:00u, not 1:00u.
 # Ignore this for now, as the Canaries are part of the EU.
@@ -3213,7 +3228,7 @@ Link	Europe/Istanbul	Asia/Istanbul	# Istanbul is in both continents.
 # 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 government
-# regulations number 509, May 13, 1996. In my poor translation it says:
+# regulations No. 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
 # October the time at 4am is changing to 3am"
@@ -3222,7 +3237,7 @@ Link	Europe/Istanbul	Asia/Istanbul	# Istanbul is in both continents.
 # On September 20, 2011 the deputies of the Verkhovna Rada agreed to
 # abolish the transfer clock to winter time.
 #
-# Bill number 8330 of MP from the Party of Regions Oleg Nadoshi got
+# Bill No. 8330 of MP from the Party of Regions Oleg Nadoshi got
 # approval from 266 deputies.
 #
 # Ukraine abolishes transfer back to the winter time (in Russian)
diff --git a/share/zoneinfo/datfiles/leapseconds b/share/zoneinfo/datfiles/leapseconds
index 221d25a19ae..fd929ffb911 100644
--- a/share/zoneinfo/datfiles/leapseconds
+++ b/share/zoneinfo/datfiles/leapseconds
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $OpenBSD: leapseconds,v 1.30 2015/03/03 16:26:10 millert Exp $
+# $OpenBSD: leapseconds,v 1.31 2015/08/11 15:07:23 millert Exp $
 # Allowance for leap seconds added to each time zone file.
 
 # This file is in the public domain.
@@ -57,5 +57,5 @@ Leap	2008	Dec	31	23:59:60	+	S
 Leap	2012	Jun	30	23:59:60	+	S
 Leap	2015	Jun	30	23:59:60	+	S
 
-#	Updated through IERS Bulletin C49
-#	File expires on:  28 December 2015
+#	Updated through IERS Bulletin C50
+#	File expires on:  28 June 2016
diff --git a/share/zoneinfo/datfiles/northamerica b/share/zoneinfo/datfiles/northamerica
index 8e6f8921fcd..45f294c7417 100644
--- a/share/zoneinfo/datfiles/northamerica
+++ b/share/zoneinfo/datfiles/northamerica
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $OpenBSD: northamerica,v 1.56 2015/06/15 15:38:04 millert Exp $
+# $OpenBSD: northamerica,v 1.57 2015/08/11 15:07:23 millert Exp $
 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
 # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
 
@@ -1236,10 +1236,19 @@ Zone America/Goose_Bay	-4:01:40 -	LMT	1884 # Happy Valley-Goose Bay
 
 # west Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward I
 
-# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
+# From Brian Inglis (2015-07-20):
+# From the historical weather station records available at:
+# https://weatherspark.com/history/28351/1971/Sydney-Nova-Scotia-Canada
+# Sydney shares the same time history as Glace Bay, so was
+# likely to be the same across the island....
+# Sydney, as the capital and most populous location, or Cape Breton, would
+# have been better names for the zone had we known this in 1996.
+
+# From Paul Eggert (2015-07-20):
 # Shanks & Pottenger write that since 1970 most of this region has been like
 # Halifax.  Many locales did not observe peacetime DST until 1972;
-# Glace Bay, NS is the largest that we know of.
+# the Cape Breton area, represented by Glace Bay, is the largest we know of
+# (Glace Bay was perhaps not the best name choice but no point changing now).
 # Shanks & Pottenger also write that Liverpool, NS was the only town
 # in Canada to observe DST in 1971 but not 1970; for now we'll assume
 # this is a typo.
@@ -1797,13 +1806,13 @@ Zone America/Edmonton	-7:33:52 -	LMT	1906 Sep
 # Exact date in October unknown; Sunday October 1 is a reasonable guess.
 # 3. June 1918: switch to Pacific Daylight Time (GMT-7)
 # Exact date in June unknown; Sunday June 2 is a reasonable guess.
-# note#1:
+# note 1:
 # On Oct 27/1918 when daylight saving ended in the rest of Canada,
 # Creston did not change its clocks.
-# note#2:
+# note 2:
 # During WWII when the Federal Government legislated a mandatory clock change,
 # Creston did not oblige.
-# note#3:
+# note 3:
 # There is no guarantee that Creston will remain on Mountain Standard Time
 # (UTC-7) forever.
 # The subject was debated at least once this year by the town Council.
diff --git a/share/zoneinfo/datfiles/southamerica b/share/zoneinfo/datfiles/southamerica
index 6c4999109f6..2afe70cbcd4 100644
--- a/share/zoneinfo/datfiles/southamerica
+++ b/share/zoneinfo/datfiles/southamerica
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $OpenBSD: southamerica,v 1.58 2015/06/15 15:38:04 millert Exp $
+# $OpenBSD: southamerica,v 1.59 2015/08/11 15:07:23 millert Exp $
 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
 # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
 
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ Rule	Arg	2000	only	-	Mar	3	0:00	0	-
 # Timezone Law (which never was effectively applied) will (would?) be
 # in effect.... The article is at
 # http://ar.clarin.com/diario/2001-06-06/e-01701.htm
-# ... The Law itself is "Ley No 25155", sanctioned on 1999-08-25, enacted
+# ... The Law itself is "Ley No. 25155", sanctioned on 1999-08-25, enacted
 # 1999-09-17, and published 1999-09-21.  The official publication is at:
 # http://www.boletin.jus.gov.ar/BON/Primera/1999/09-Septiembre/21/PDF/BO21-09-99LEG.PDF
 # Regretfully, you have to subscribe (and pay) for the on-line version....
@@ -176,15 +176,11 @@ Rule	Arg	2000	only	-	Mar	3	0:00	0	-
 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_argentina03.html
 # http://www.impulsobaires.com.ar/nota.php?id=57832 (in spanish)
 
-# From Rodrigo Severo (2008-10-06):
-# Here is some info available at a Gentoo bug related to TZ on Argentina's DST:
-# ...
-# ------- Comment #1 from [jmdocile]  2008-10-06 16:28 0000 -------
-# Hi, there is a problem with timezone-data-2008e and maybe with
-# timezone-data-2008f
-# Argentinian law [Number] 25.155 is no longer valid.
+# From Juan Manuel Docile in https://bugs.gentoo.org/240339 (2008-10-07)
+# via Rodrigo Severo:
+# Argentinian law No. 25.155 is no longer valid.
 # http://www.infoleg.gov.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/60000-64999/60036/norma.htm
-# The new one is law [Number] 26.350
+# The new one is law No. 26.350
 # http://www.infoleg.gov.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/135000-139999/136191/norma.htm
 # So there is no summer time in Argentina for now.
 
@@ -772,7 +768,7 @@ Zone	America/La_Paz	-4:32:36 -	LMT	1890
 #	 [ and in a second message (same day): ]
 # I found the decree.
 #
-# DECRETO No- 7.584, DE 13 DE OUTUBRO DE 2011
+# DECRETO No. 7.584, DE 13 DE OUTUBRO DE 2011
 # Link :
 # http://www.in.gov.br/visualiza/index.jsp?data=13/10/2011&jornal=1000&pagina=6&totalArquivos=6
 
@@ -1126,7 +1122,7 @@ Zone America/Rio_Branco	-4:31:12 -	LMT	1914
 # Conflicts between [1] and [2] were resolved as follows:
 #
 #  - [1] says the 1910 transition was Jan 1, [2] says Jan 10 and cites
-#    Boletín Nº 1, Aviso Nº 1 (1910).  Go with [2].
+#    Boletín No. 1, Aviso No. 1 (1910).  Go with [2].
 #
 #  - [1] says SMT was -4:42:45, [2] says Chile's official time from
 #    1916 to 1919 was -4:42:46.3, the meridian of Chile's National
@@ -1134,7 +1130,7 @@ Zone America/Rio_Branco	-4:31:12 -	LMT	1914
 #    Quinta Normal in Santiago.  Go with [2], rounding it to -4:42:46.
 #
 #  - [1] says the 1918 transition was Sep 1, [2] says Sep 10 and cites
-#    Boletín Nº 22, Aviso Nº 129/1918 (1918-08-23).  Go with [2].
+#    Boletín No. 22, Aviso No. 129/1918 (1918-08-23).  Go with [2].
 #
 #  - [1] does not give times for transitions; assume they occur
 #    at midnight mainland time, the current common practice.  However,
@@ -1534,7 +1530,7 @@ Rule	Para	1997	only	-	Feb	lastSun	0:00	0	-
 # (1999-09) reports no date; go with above sources and Gerd Knops (2001-02-27).
 Rule	Para	1998	2001	-	Mar	Sun>=1	0:00	0	-
 # From Rives McDow (2002-02-28):
-# A decree was issued in Paraguay (no. 16350) on 2002-02-26 that changed the
+# A decree was issued in Paraguay (No. 16350) on 2002-02-26 that changed the
 # dst method to be from the first Sunday in September to the first Sunday in
 # April.
 Rule	Para	2002	2004	-	Apr	Sun>=1	0:00	0	-
@@ -1714,8 +1710,19 @@ Rule	Uruguay	2005	only	-	Oct	 9	 2:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Uruguay	2006	only	-	Mar	12	 2:00	0	-
 # From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2006-09-06):
 # http://www.presidencia.gub.uy/_web/decretos/2006/09/CM%20210_08%2006%202006_00001.PDF
-Rule	Uruguay	2006	max	-	Oct	Sun>=1	 2:00	1:00	S
-Rule	Uruguay	2007	max	-	Mar	Sun>=8	 2:00	0	-
+#
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2015-06-30):
+# ... it looks like they will not be using DST the coming summer:
+# http://www.elobservador.com.uy/gobierno-resolvio-que-no-habra-cambio-horario-verano-n656787
+# http://www.republica.com.uy/este-ano-no-se-modificara-el-huso-horario-en-uruguay/523760/
+# From Paul Eggert (2015-06-30):
+# Apparently restaurateurs complained that DST caused people to go to the beach
+# instead of out to dinner.
+# From Pablo Camargo (2015-07-13):
+# http://archivo.presidencia.gub.uy/sci/decretos/2015/06/cons_min_201.pdf
+# [dated 2015-06-29; repeals Decree 311/006 dated 2006-09-04]
+Rule	Uruguay	2006	2014	-	Oct	Sun>=1	 2:00	1:00	S
+Rule	Uruguay	2007	2015	-	Mar	Sun>=8	 2:00	0	-
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone America/Montevideo	-3:44:44 -	LMT	1898 Jun 28
 			-3:44:44 -	MMT	1920 May  1 # Montevideo MT
@@ -1724,6 +1731,10 @@ Zone America/Montevideo	-3:44:44 -	LMT	1898 Jun 28
 
 # Venezuela
 #
+# From Paul Eggert (2015-07-28):
+# For the 1965 transition see Gaceta Oficial No. 27.619 (1964-12-15), p 205.533
+# http://www.pgr.gob.ve/dmdocuments/1964/27619.pdf
+#
 # From John Stainforth (2007-11-28):
 # ... the change for Venezuela originally expected for 2007-12-31 has
 # been brought forward to 2007-12-09.  The official announcement was
@@ -1735,6 +1746,6 @@ Zone America/Montevideo	-3:44:44 -	LMT	1898 Jun 28
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	America/Caracas	-4:27:44 -	LMT	1890
 			-4:27:40 -	CMT	1912 Feb 12 # Caracas Mean Time?
-			-4:30	-	VET	1965        # Venezuela Time
+			-4:30	-	VET	1965 Jan  1  0:00 # Venezuela T.
 			-4:00	-	VET	2007 Dec  9  3:00
 			-4:30	-	VET
diff --git a/share/zoneinfo/datfiles/zone.tab b/share/zoneinfo/datfiles/zone.tab
index 190d7155978..c2499f3dc64 100644
--- a/share/zoneinfo/datfiles/zone.tab
+++ b/share/zoneinfo/datfiles/zone.tab
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $OpenBSD: zone.tab,v 1.53 2015/03/03 16:26:10 millert Exp $
+# $OpenBSD: zone.tab,v 1.54 2015/08/11 15:07:23 millert Exp $
 # tz zone descriptions (deprecated version)
 #
 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
@@ -107,8 +107,8 @@ BW	-2439+02555	Africa/Gaborone
 BY	+5354+02734	Europe/Minsk
 BZ	+1730-08812	America/Belize
 CA	+4734-05243	America/St_Johns	Newfoundland Time, including SE Labrador
-CA	+4439-06336	America/Halifax	Atlantic Time - Nova Scotia (most places), PEI
-CA	+4612-05957	America/Glace_Bay	Atlantic Time - Nova Scotia - places that did not observe DST 1966-1971
+CA	+4439-06336	America/Halifax	Atlantic Time - Nova Scotia (peninsula), PEI
+CA	+4612-05957	America/Glace_Bay	Atlantic Time - Nova Scotia (Cape Breton)
 CA	+4606-06447	America/Moncton	Atlantic Time - New Brunswick
 CA	+5320-06025	America/Goose_Bay	Atlantic Time - Labrador - most locations
 CA	+5125-05707	America/Blanc-Sablon	Atlantic Standard Time - Quebec - Lower North Shore
diff --git a/share/zoneinfo/datfiles/zone1970.tab b/share/zoneinfo/datfiles/zone1970.tab
index 2689c001068..c9d31d94926 100644
--- a/share/zoneinfo/datfiles/zone1970.tab
+++ b/share/zoneinfo/datfiles/zone1970.tab
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ BT	+2728+08939	Asia/Thimphu
 BY	+5354+02734	Europe/Minsk
 BZ	+1730-08812	America/Belize
 CA	+4734-05243	America/St_Johns	Newfoundland Time, including SE Labrador
-CA	+4439-06336	America/Halifax	Atlantic Time - Nova Scotia (most places), PEI
-CA	+4612-05957	America/Glace_Bay	Atlantic Time - Nova Scotia - places that did not observe DST 1966-1971
+CA	+4439-06336	America/Halifax	Atlantic Time - Nova Scotia (peninsula), PEI
+CA	+4612-05957	America/Glace_Bay	Atlantic Time - Nova Scotia (Cape Breton)
 CA	+4606-06447	America/Moncton	Atlantic Time - New Brunswick
 CA	+5320-06025	America/Goose_Bay	Atlantic Time - Labrador - most locations
 CA	+5125-05707	America/Blanc-Sablon	Atlantic Standard Time - Quebec - Lower North Shore