Update time zone data files to tzdata release 2012c.

DST law changes in Antarctica, Armenia, Chile, Cuba, Falkland Islands,
Gaza, Haiti, Hebron, Morocco, Syria, Tokelau Islands.
Historical corrections for Canada.

Author: tglsfdc

src/timezone/data/africa

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # <pre>
-# @(#)africa	8.33
+# @(#)africa	8.35
 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
 # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
 
@@ -768,6 +768,37 @@ Zone	Indian/Mayotte	3:00:56 -	LMT	1911 Jul	# Mamoutzou
 # wall clock time (i.e. 11pm UTC), but that's what I would assume. It has
 # also been like that in the past.
 
+# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2012-03-09):
+# According to Infom&eacute;diaire web site from Morocco (infomediaire.ma),
+# on March 9, 2012, (in French) Heure l&eacute;gale:
+# Le Maroc adopte officiellement l'heure d'&eacute;t&eacute;
+# <a href="http://www.infomediaire.ma/news/maroc/heure-l%C3%A9gale-le-maroc-adopte-officiellement-lheure-d%C3%A9t%C3%A9">
+# http://www.infomediaire.ma/news/maroc/heure-l%C3%A9gale-le-maroc-adopte-officiellement-lheure-d%C3%A9t%C3%A9
+# </a>
+# Governing Council adopted draft decree, that Morocco DST starts on
+# the last Sunday of March (March 25, 2012) and ends on
+# last Sunday of September (September 30, 2012)
+# except the month of Ramadan.
+# or (brief)
+# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco06.html">
+# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco06.html
+# </a>
+
+# From Arthur David Olson (2012-03-10):
+# The infomediaire.ma source indicates that the system is to be in
+# effect every year. It gives 03H00 as the "fall back" time of day;
+# it lacks a "spring forward" time of day; assume 2:00 XXX.
+# Wait on specifying the Ramadan exception for details about
+# start date, start time of day, end date, and end time of day XXX.
+
+# From Christophe Tropamer (2012-03-16):
+# Seen Morocco change again:
+# <a href="http://www.le2uminutes.com/actualite.php">
+# http://www.le2uminutes.com/actualite.php
+# </a>
+# "...&agrave; partir du dernier dimance d'avril et non fins mars,
+# comme annonc&eacute; pr&eacute;c&eacute;demment."
+
 # RULE	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 
 Rule	Morocco	1939	only	-	Sep	12	 0:00	1:00	S
@@ -793,6 +824,9 @@ Rule	Morocco	2010	only	-	May	 2	 0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Morocco	2010	only	-	Aug	 8	 0:00	0	-
 Rule	Morocco	2011	only	-	Apr	 3	 0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Morocco	2011	only	-	Jul	 31	 0	0	-
+Rule	Morocco	2012	max	-	Apr	 lastSun 2:00	1:00	S
+Rule	Morocco	2012	max	-	Sep	 lastSun 3:00	0	-
+
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone Africa/Casablanca	-0:30:20 -	LMT	1913 Oct 26
 			 0:00	Morocco	WE%sT	1984 Mar 16

src/timezone/data/antarctica

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # <pre>
-# @(#)antarctica	8.9
+# @(#)antarctica	8.10
 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
 # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
 
@@ -42,8 +42,19 @@ Rule	ChileAQ	1997	only	-	Mar	30	3:00u	0	-
 Rule	ChileAQ	1998	only	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
 Rule	ChileAQ	1998	only	-	Sep	27	4:00u	1:00	S
 Rule	ChileAQ	1999	only	-	Apr	 4	3:00u	0	-
-Rule	ChileAQ	1999	max	-	Oct	Sun>=9	4:00u	1:00	S
-Rule	ChileAQ	2000	max	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
+Rule	ChileAQ	1999	2010	-	Oct	Sun>=9	4:00u	1:00	S
+Rule	ChileAQ	2000	2007	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
+# N.B.: the end of March 29 in Chile is March 30 in Universal time,
+# which is used below in specifying the transition.
+Rule	ChileAQ	2008	only	-	Mar	30	3:00u	0	-
+Rule	ChileAQ	2009	only	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
+Rule	ChileAQ	2010	only	-	Apr	Sun>=1	3:00u	0	-
+Rule	ChileAQ	2011	only	-	May	Sun>=2	3:00u	0	-
+Rule	ChileAQ	2011	only	-	Aug	Sun>=16	4:00u	1:00	S
+Rule	ChileAQ	2012	only	-	Apr	Sun>=23	3:00u	0	-
+Rule	ChileAQ	2012	only	-	Sep	Sun>=2	4:00u	1:00	S
+Rule	ChileAQ	2013	max	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
+Rule	ChileAQ	2013	max	-	Oct	Sun>=9	4:00u	1:00	S
 
 # These rules are stolen from the `australasia' file.
 Rule	AusAQ	1917	only	-	Jan	 1	0:01	1:00	-
@@ -142,12 +153,16 @@ Zone Antarctica/Casey	0	-	zzz	1969
 						# Western (Aus) Standard Time
 			11:00	-	CAST	2010 Mar 5 2:00
 						# Casey Time
+			8:00	-	WST	2011 Oct 28 2:00
+			11:00	-	CAST	2012 Feb 21 17:00u
 			8:00	-	WST
 Zone Antarctica/Davis	0	-	zzz	1957 Jan 13
 			7:00	-	DAVT	1964 Nov # Davis Time
 			0	-	zzz	1969 Feb
 			7:00	-	DAVT	2009 Oct 18 2:00
 			5:00	-	DAVT	2010 Mar 10 20:00u
+			7:00	-	DAVT	2011 Oct 28 2:00
+			5:00	-	DAVT	2012 Feb 21 20:00u
 			7:00	-	DAVT
 Zone Antarctica/Mawson	0	-	zzz	1954 Feb 13
 			6:00	-	MAWT	2009 Oct 18 2:00

src/timezone/data/asia

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-# @(#)asia	8.69
+# <pre>
+# @(#)asia	8.73
 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
 # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
 
@@ -77,10 +78,6 @@ Rule RussiaAsia	1993	max	-	Mar	lastSun	 2:00s	1:00	S
 Rule RussiaAsia	1993	1995	-	Sep	lastSun	 2:00s	0	-
 Rule RussiaAsia	1996	max	-	Oct	lastSun	 2:00s	0	-
 
-# From Arthur David Olson (2011-06-15):
-# While Russia abandoned DST in 2011, Armenia may choose to
-# follow Russia's "old" rules.
-
 # Afghanistan
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Kabul	4:36:48 -	LMT	1890
@@ -97,14 +94,30 @@ Zone	Asia/Kabul	4:36:48 -	LMT	1890
 # in 1996, though it did use DST in 1995.  IATA SSIM (1991/1998) reports that
 # Armenia switched from 3:00 to 4:00 in 1998 and observed DST after 1991,
 # but started switching at 3:00s in 1998.
+
+# From Arthur David Olson (2011-06-15):
+# While Russia abandoned DST in 2011, Armenia may choose to
+# follow Russia's "old" rules.
+
+# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2012-02-10):
+# According to News Armenia, on Feb 9, 2012,
+# http://newsarmenia.ru/society/20120209/42609695.html
+# 
+# The Armenia National Assembly adopted final reading of Amendments to the
+# Law "On procedure of calculation time on the territory of the Republic of
+# Armenia" according to which Armenia [is] abolishing Daylight Saving Time.
+# or
+# (brief)
+# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_armenia03.html
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Yerevan	2:58:00 -	LMT	1924 May  2
 			3:00	-	YERT	1957 Mar    # Yerevan Time
 			4:00 RussiaAsia YER%sT	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
 			3:00	1:00	YERST	1991 Sep 23 # independence
 			3:00 RussiaAsia	AM%sT	1995 Sep 24 2:00s
 			4:00	-	AMT	1997
-			4:00 RussiaAsia	AM%sT
+			4:00 RussiaAsia	AM%sT	2012 Mar 25 2:00s
+			4:00	-	AMT
 
 # Azerbaijan
 # From Rustam Aliyev of the Azerbaijan Internet Forum (2005-10-23):
@@ -2235,6 +2248,29 @@ Zone	Asia/Karachi	4:28:12 -	LMT	1907
 # http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=424808
 # </a>
 
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2012-03-26):
+# Palestinian news sources tell that both Gaza and West Bank will start DST
+# on Friday (Thursday midnight, 2012-03-29 24:00).
+# Some of many sources in Arabic:
+# <a href="http://www.samanews.com/index.php?act=Show&id=122638">
+# http://www.samanews.com/index.php?act=Show&id=122638
+# </a>
+#
+# <a href="http://safa.ps/details/news/74352/%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B6%D9%81%D8%A9-%D9%88%D8%BA%D8%B2%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A9.html">
+# http://safa.ps/details/news/74352/%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B6%D9%81%D8%A9-%D9%88%D8%BA%D8%B2%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A9.html
+# </a>
+#
+# Our brief summary:
+# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/gaza-west-bank-dst-2012.html">
+# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/gaza-west-bank-dst-2012.html
+# </a>
+
+# From Arthur David Olson (2012-03-27):
+# The timeanddate article for 2012 says that "the end date has not yet been
+# announced" and that "Last year, both...paused daylight saving time during...
+# Ramadan. It is not yet known [for] 2012."
+# For now, assume both switch back on the last Friday in September. XXX
+
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule EgyptAsia	1957	only	-	May	10	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule EgyptAsia	1957	1958	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
@@ -2267,6 +2303,8 @@ Zone	Asia/Gaza	2:17:52	-	LMT	1900 Oct
 			2:00	Jordan	EE%sT	1999
 			2:00 Palestine	EE%sT	2011 Apr  2 12:01
 			2:00	1:00	EEST	2011 Aug  1
+			2:00	-	EET	2012 Mar 30
+			2:00	1:00	EEST	2012 Sep 28
 			2:00	-	EET
 
 Zone	Asia/Hebron	2:20:23	-	LMT	1900 Oct
@@ -2280,6 +2318,8 @@ Zone	Asia/Hebron	2:20:23	-	LMT	1900 Oct
 			2:00	1:00	EEST	2011 Aug  1
 			2:00	-	EET	2011 Aug 30
 			2:00	1:00	EEST	2011 Sep 30 3:00
+			2:00	-	EET	2012 Mar 30
+			2:00	1:00	EEST	2012 Sep 28 3:00
 			2:00	-	EET
 
 # Paracel Is
@@ -2571,10 +2611,28 @@ Rule	Syria	2007	only	-	Nov	 Fri>=1	0:00	0	-
 # http://sns.sy/sns/?path=news/read/11421 (Arabic)
 # </a>
 
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2012-03-26):
+# Today, Syria's government announced that they will start DST early on Friday
+# (00:00). This is a bit earlier than the past two years.
+#
+# From Syrian Arab News Agency, in Arabic:
+# <a href="http://www.sana.sy/ara/2/2012/03/26/408215.htm">
+# http://www.sana.sy/ara/2/2012/03/26/408215.htm
+# </a>
+#
+# Our brief summary:
+# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/syria-dst-2012.html">
+# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/syria-dst-2012.html
+# </a>
+
+# From Arthur David Olson (2012-03-27):
+# Assume last Friday in March going forward XXX.
+
 Rule	Syria	2008	only	-	Apr	Fri>=1	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Syria	2008	only	-	Nov	1	0:00	0	-
 Rule	Syria	2009	only	-	Mar	lastFri	0:00	1:00	S
-Rule	Syria	2010	max	-	Apr	Fri>=1	0:00	1:00	S
+Rule	Syria	2010	2011	-	Apr	Fri>=1	0:00	1:00	S
+Rule	Syria	2012	max	-	Mar	lastFri	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Syria	2009	max	-	Oct	lastFri	0:00	0	-
 
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]

src/timezone/data/australasia

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # <pre>
-# @(#)australasia	8.29
+# @(#)australasia	8.30
 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
 # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
 
@@ -616,6 +616,11 @@ Zone Pacific/Pago_Pago	 12:37:12 -	LMT	1879 Jul  5
 # Dateline Change skip Friday 30th Dec 2011
 # Thursday 29th December 2011	23:59:59 Hours
 # Saturday 31st December 2011	00:00:00 Hours
+#
+# Clarification by Tim Parenti (2012-01-03):
+# Although Samoa has used Daylight Saving Time in the 2010-2011 and 2011-2012
+# seasons, there is not yet any indication that this trend will continue on
+# a regular basis. For now, we have explicitly listed the transitions below.
 Zone Pacific/Apia	 12:33:04 -	LMT	1879 Jul  5
 			-11:26:56 -	LMT	1911
 			-11:30	-	SAMT	1950		# Samoa Time
@@ -633,9 +638,28 @@ Zone Pacific/Guadalcanal 10:39:48 -	LMT	1912 Oct	# Honiara
 			11:00	-	SBT	# Solomon Is Time
 
 # Tokelau Is
+#
+# From Gwillim Law (2011-12-29)
+# A correspondent informed me that Tokelau, like Samoa, will be skipping
+# December 31 this year, thereby changing its time zone from UTC-10 to
+# UTC+14. When I tried to verify this statement, I found a confirming
+# article in Time magazine online
+# <a href="http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2103243,00.html">
+# (http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2103243,00.html).
+# </a>
+#
+# From Jonathan Leffler (2011-12-29)
+# Information from the BBC to the same effect:
+# <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16351377">
+# http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16351377
+# </a>
+#
+# Patch supplied by Tim Parenti (2011-12-29)
+
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Pacific/Fakaofo	-11:24:56 -	LMT	1901
-			-10:00	-	TKT	# Tokelau Time
+			-10:00	-	TKT 2011 Dec 30	# Tokelau Time
+			14:00	-	TKT
 
 # Tonga
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S

src/timezone/data/europe

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # <pre>
-# @(#)europe	8.40
+# @(#)europe	8.41
 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
 # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
 
@@ -211,9 +211,15 @@
 # the history of summer time legislation in the United Kingdom.
 # Since 1998 Joseph S. Myers has been updating
 # and extending this list, which can be found in
-# <a href="http://student.cusu.cam.ac.uk/~jsm28/british-time/">
+# http://student.cusu.cam.ac.uk/~jsm28/british-time/
+# <a href="http://www.polyomino.org.uk/british-time/">
 # History of legal time in Britain
 # </a>
+# Rob Crowther (2012-01-04) reports that that URL no longer
+# exists, and the article can now be found at:
+# <a href="http://www.polyomino.org.uk/british-time/">
+# http://www.polyomino.org.uk/british-time/
+# </a>
 
 # From Joseph S. Myers (1998-01-06):
 #
@@ -1151,10 +1157,10 @@ Rule	France	1940	only	-	Feb	25	 2:00	1:00	S
 # write that they were used in Monaco and in many French locations.
 # Le Corre writes that the upper limit of the free zone was Arneguy, Orthez,
 # Mont-de-Marsan, Bazas, Langon, Lamotte-Montravel, Marouil, La
-# Rochefoucault, Champagne-Mouton, La Roche-Posay, La Haye-Decartes,
+# Rochefoucault, Champagne-Mouton, La Roche-Posay, La Haye-Descartes,
 # Loches, Montrichard, Vierzon, Bourges, Moulins, Digoin,
 # Paray-le-Monial, Montceau-les-Mines, Chalons-sur-Saone, Arbois,
-# Dole, Morez, St-Claude, and Collognes (Haute-Savioe).
+# Dole, Morez, St-Claude, and Collonges (Haute-Savoie).
 Rule	France	1941	only	-	May	 5	 0:00	2:00	M # Midsummer
 # Shanks & Pottenger say this transition occurred at Oct 6 1:00,
 # but go with Denis Excoffier (1997-12-12),

src/timezone/data/leapseconds

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # <pre>
-# @(#)leapseconds	8.11
+# @(#)leapseconds	8.13
 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
 # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
 
@@ -48,40 +48,54 @@ Leap	1997	Jun	30	23:59:60	+	S
 Leap	1998	Dec	31	23:59:60	+	S
 Leap	2005	Dec	31	23:59:60	+	S
 Leap	2008	Dec	31	23:59:60	+	S
+Leap	2012	Jun	30	23:59:60	+	S
 
 # INTERNATIONAL EARTH ROTATION AND REFERENCE SYSTEMS SERVICE (IERS)
 #
 # SERVICE INTERNATIONAL DE LA ROTATION TERRESTRE ET DES SYSTEMES DE REFERENCE
 #
+#
 # SERVICE DE LA ROTATION TERRESTRE
 # OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS
 # 61, Av. de l'Observatoire 75014 PARIS (France)
-# Tel.      : 33 (0) 1 40 51 22 29
+# Tel.      : 33 (0) 1 40 51 22 26
 # FAX       : 33 (0) 1 40 51 22 91
-# Internet  : [email protected]
+# e-mail    : (E-Mail Removed)
+# http://hpiers.obspm.fr/eop-pc
+#
+# Paris, 5 January 2012
 #
-# Paris, 2 February 2011
 #
-# Bulletin C 41
+# Bulletin C 43
 #
 # To authorities responsible
 # for the measurement and
 # distribution of time
 #
-# INFORMATION ON UTC - TAI
 #
-# NO positive leap second will be introduced at the end of June 2011.
-# The difference between Coordinated Universal Time UTC and the
-# International Atomic Time TAI is :		
+# UTC TIME STEP
+# on the 1st of July 2012
+#
 #
-# from 2009 January 1, 0h UTC, until further notice : UTC-TAI = -34 s
+# A positive leap second will be introduced at the end of June 2012.
+# The sequence of dates of the UTC second markers will be:		
+# 		
+#                          2012 June 30,     23h 59m 59s
+#                          2012 June 30,     23h 59m 60s
+#                          2012 July  1,      0h  0m  0s
+#
+# The difference between UTC and the International Atomic Time TAI is:
+#
+# from 2009 January 1, 0h UTC, to 2012 July 1  0h UTC  : UTC-TAI = - 34s
+# from 2012 July 1,    0h UTC, until further notice    : UTC-TAI = - 35s
 #
 # Leap seconds can be introduced in UTC at the end of the months of December
-# or June,  depending on the evolution of UT1-TAI. Bulletin C is mailed every
-# six months, either to announce a time step in UTC, or to confirm that there
+# or June, depending on the evolution of UT1-TAI. Bulletin C is mailed every
+# six months, either to announce a time step in UTC or to confirm that there
 # will be no time step at the next possible date.
 #
+#
 # Daniel GAMBIS
-# Head			
-# Earth Orientation Center of the IERS
+# Head		
+# Earth Orientation Center of IERS
 # Observatoire de Paris, France