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@@ -344,8 +344,7 @@ Zone PST8PDT -8:00 US P%sT
# From Paul Eggert (2014-09-06):
# Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 44, 4 (1884-02-08), 208
# says that New York City Hall time was 3 minutes 58.4 seconds fast of
-# Eastern time (i.e., -4:56:01.6) just before the 1883 switch. Round to the
-# nearest second.
+# Eastern time (i.e., -4:56:01.6) just before the 1883 switch.
# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER
Rule NYC 1920 only - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
@@ -354,7 +353,8 @@ Rule NYC 1921 1966 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
Rule NYC 1921 1954 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
Rule NYC 1955 1966 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
-Zone America/New_York -4:56:02 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:03:58
+ #STDOFF -4:56:01.6
+Zone America/New_York -4:56:02 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 17:00u
-5:00 US E%sT 1920
-5:00 NYC E%sT 1942
-5:00 US E%sT 1946
@@ -2818,7 +2818,7 @@ Zone America/Tijuana -7:48:04 - LMT 1922 Jan 1 0:11:56
# Barbados
-# For 1899 Milne gives -3:58:29.2; round that.
+# For 1899 Milne gives -3:58:29.2.
# From P Chan (2020-12-09 and 2020-12-11):
# Standard time of GMT-4 was adopted in 1911.
@@ -2862,6 +2862,7 @@ Rule Barb 1978 1980 - Apr Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 D
Rule Barb 1979 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 S
Rule Barb 1980 only - Sep 25 2:00 0 S
# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
+ #STDOFF -3:58:29.2
Zone America/Barbados -3:58:29 - LMT 1911 Aug 28 # Bridgetown
-4:00 Barb A%sT 1944
-4:00 Barb AST/-0330 1945
@@ -2922,10 +2923,10 @@ Zone America/Belize -5:52:48 - LMT 1912 Apr 1
# Bermuda
-# From Paul Eggert (2020-11-24):
+# From Paul Eggert (2022-07-27):
# For 1899 Milne gives -4:19:18.3 as the meridian of the clock tower,
# Bermuda dockyard, Ireland I. This agrees with standard offset given in the
-# Daylight Saving Act, 1917 cited below. Round that to the nearest second.
+# Daylight Saving Act, 1917 cited below.
# It is not known when this time became standard for Bermuda; guess 1890.
# The transition to -04 was specified by:
# 1930: The Time Zone Act, 1929 (1929: No. 39) [1929-11-08]
@@ -3020,6 +3021,7 @@ Rule Bermuda 1956 only - May Sun>=22 2:00 1:00 D
Rule Bermuda 1956 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
+ #STDOFF -4:19:18.3
Zone Atlantic/Bermuda -4:19:18 - LMT 1890 # Hamilton
-4:19:18 Bermuda BMT/BST 1930 Jan 1 2:00
-4:00 Bermuda A%sT 1974 Apr 28 2:00
@@ -3034,7 +3036,7 @@ Zone Atlantic/Bermuda -4:19:18 - LMT 1890 # Hamilton
# Costa Rica
-# Milne gives -5:36:13.3 as San José mean time; round to nearest.
+# Milne gives -5:36:13.3 as San José mean time.
# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule CR 1979 1980 - Feb lastSun 0:00 1:00 D
@@ -3046,6 +3048,7 @@ Rule CR 1991 only - Jul 1 0:00 0 S
Rule CR 1992 only - Mar 15 0:00 0 S
# There are too many San Josés elsewhere, so we'll use 'Costa Rica'.
# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
+ #STDOFF -5:36:13.3
Zone America/Costa_Rica -5:36:13 - LMT 1890 # San José
-5:36:13 - SJMT 1921 Jan 15 # San José Mean Time
-6:00 CR C%sT
@@ -3468,7 +3471,7 @@ Zone America/Tegucigalpa -5:48:52 - LMT 1921 Apr
# Jamaica
# Shanks & Pottenger give -5:07:12, but Milne records -5:07:10.41 from an
# unspecified official document, and says "This time is used throughout the
-# island". Go with Milne. Round to the nearest second as required by zic.
+# island". Go with Milne.
#
# Shanks & Pottenger give April 28 for the 1974 spring-forward transition, but
# Lance Neita writes that Prime Minister Michael Manley decreed it January 5.
@@ -3481,6 +3484,7 @@ Zone America/Tegucigalpa -5:48:52 - LMT 1921 Apr
# http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/columns/The-politician-in-all-of-us_17573647
#
# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
+ #STDOFF -5:07:10.41
Zone America/Jamaica -5:07:10 - LMT 1890 # Kingston
-5:07:10 - KMT 1912 Feb # Kingston Mean Time
-5:00 - EST 1974
@@ -3678,6 +3682,7 @@ Zone America/Miquelon -3:44:40 - LMT 1911 May 15 # St Pierre
# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone America/Grand_Turk -4:44:32 - LMT 1890
+ #STDOFF -5:07:10.41
-5:07:10 - KMT 1912 Feb # Kingston Mean Time
-5:00 - EST 1979
-5:00 US E%sT 2015 Mar 8 2:00