* timzeone/asia: Update from tzdata2008b.

	* timezone/backward: Likewise.
	* timezone/europe: Likewise.
	* timezone/northamerica: Likewise.
	* timezone/southamerica: Likewise.
	* timezone/iso3166.tab: Likewise.
	* timezone/leapseconds: Likewise.
	* timezone/zone.tab: Likewise.
	* timezone/private.h: Update from tzcode2008a.
	* timezone/zdump.c: Likewise.
	* timezone/zic.c: Likewise.

8 files changed, 344 insertions, 60 deletions

diff --git a/timezone/asia b/timezone/asia
index 3007414a7f..70f1515321 100644
--- a/timezone/asia
+++ b/timezone/asia
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)asia	8.12
+# @(#)asia	8.18
 # <pre>
 
 # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
@@ -446,13 +446,13 @@ Zone	Asia/Dili	8:22:20 -	LMT	1912
 
 # India
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
-Zone	Asia/Calcutta	5:53:28 -	LMT	1880	# Kolkata
+Zone	Asia/Kolkata	5:53:28 -	LMT	1880	# Kolkata
 			5:53:20	-	HMT	1941 Oct    # Howrah Mean Time?
 			6:30	-	BURT	1942 May 15 # Burma Time
 			5:30	-	IST	1942 Sep
 			5:30	1:00	IST	1945 Oct 15
 			5:30	-	IST
-# The following are like Asia/Calcutta:
+# The following are like Asia/Kolkata:
 #	Andaman Is
 #	Lakshadweep (Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Is)
 #	Nicobar Is
@@ -577,6 +577,15 @@ Zone Asia/Jayapura	9:22:48 -	LMT	1932 Nov
 # daylight saving time ...
 # http://uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKBLA65048420070916
 #
+# 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
+# [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
+# be changed back to its previous state on the 24 hours of the
+# thirtieth day of Shahrivar.
+#
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Iran	1978	1980	-	Mar	21	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Iran	1978	only	-	Oct	21	0:00	0	S
@@ -651,6 +660,21 @@ Zone	Asia/Tehran	3:25:44	-	LMT	1916
 #
 # So we'll ignore the Economist's claim.
 
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-03-10):
+# The cabinet in Iraq abolished DST last week, according to the following
+# news sources (in Arabic):
+# <a href="http://www.aljeeran.net/wesima_articles/news-20080305-98602.html">
+# http://www.aljeeran.net/wesima_articles/news-20080305-98602.html
+# </a>
+# <a href="http://www.aswataliraq.info/look/article.tpl?id=2047&IdLanguage=17&IdPublication=4&NrArticle=71743&NrIssue=1&NrSection=10">
+# http://www.aswataliraq.info/look/article.tpl?id=2047&IdLanguage=17&IdPublication=4&NrArticle=71743&NrIssue=1&NrSection=10
+# </a>
+#
+# We have published a short article in English about the change:
+# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/iraq-dumps-daylight-saving.html">
+# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/iraq-dumps-daylight-saving.html
+# </a>
+
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Iraq	1982	only	-	May	1	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Iraq	1982	1984	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	S
@@ -661,8 +685,8 @@ Rule	Iraq	1986	1990	-	Mar	lastSun	1:00s	1:00	D
 # IATA SSIM (1991/1996) says Apr 1 12:01am UTC; guess the `:01' is a typo.
 # Shanks & Pottenger say Iraq did not observe DST 1992/1997; ignore this.
 #
-Rule	Iraq	1991	max	-	Apr	 1	3:00s	1:00	D
-Rule	Iraq	1991	max	-	Oct	 1	3:00s	0	S
+Rule	Iraq	1991	2007	-	Apr	 1	3:00s	1:00	D
+Rule	Iraq	1991	2007	-	Oct	 1	3:00s	0	S
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Baghdad	2:57:40	-	LMT	1890
 			2:57:36	-	BMT	1918	    # Baghdad Mean Time?
@@ -1678,7 +1702,7 @@ Zone	Asia/Singapore	6:55:25 -	LMT	1901 Jan  1
 # kept their clocks set five and a half hours ahead of Greenwich Mean
 # Time (GMT), in line with neighbor India.
 # From Paul Eggert (2006-04-18):
-# People who live in regions under Tamil control can use TZ='Asia/Calcutta',
+# People who live in regions under Tamil control can use [TZ='Asia/Kolkata'],
 # as that zone has agreed with the Tamil areas since our cutoff date of 1970.
 
 # From K Sethu (2006-04-25):
@@ -1768,10 +1792,62 @@ Rule	Syria	2006	only	-	Sep	22	0:00	0	-
 # From Paul Eggert (2007-03-29):
 # Today the AP reported "Syria will switch to summertime at midnight Thursday."
 # http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/29/africa/ME-GEN-Syria-Time-Change.php
-# For lack of better info, assume the rule changed to "last Friday in March"
-# this year.
-Rule	Syria	2007	max	-	Mar	lastFri	0:00	1:00	S
-Rule	Syria	2007	max	-	Oct	 1	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
+# 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...
+# 
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2007-10-27):
+# Jesper Norgaard Welen wrote:
+# 
+# > "Winter local time in Syria will be observed at midnight of Thursday 1
+# > November 2007, and the clock will be put back 1 hour."
+# 
+# I found confirmation on this in this gov.sy-article (Arabic):
+# http://wehda.alwehda.gov.sy/_print_veiw.asp?FileName=12521710520070926111247
+# 
+# which using Google's translate tools says:
+# Council of Ministers also approved the commencement of work on 
+# identifying the winter time as of Friday, 2/11/2007 where the 60th 
+# minute delay at midnight Thursday 1/11/2007.
+Rule	Syria	2007	only	-	Nov	 Fri>=1	0:00	0	-
+
+# From Stephen Colebourne (2008-03-17):
+# For everyone's info, I saw an IATA time zone change for [Syria] for
+# this month (March 2008) in the last day or so...This is the data IATA
+# are now using:
+# Country     Time Standard   --- DST Start ---   --- DST End ---  DST
+# Name        Zone Variation   Time    Date        Time    Date
+# Variation
+# Syrian Arab
+# Republic    SY    +0200      2200  03APR08       2100  30SEP08   +0300
+#                              2200  02APR09       2100  30SEP09   +0300
+#                              2200  01APR10       2100  30SEP10   +0300
+
+# From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-17):
+# Here's a link to English-language coverage by the Syrian Arab News
+# Agency (SANA)...
+# <a href="http://www.sana.sy/eng/21/2008/03/11/165173.htm">
+# http://www.sana.sy/eng/21/2008/03/11/165173.htm
+# </a>...which reads (in part) "The Cabinet approved the suggestion of the
+# Ministry of Electricity to begin daylight savings time on Friday April
+# 4th, advancing clocks one hour ahead on midnight of Thursday April 3rd."
+# Since Syria is two hours east of UTC, the 2200 and 2100 transition times
+# shown above match up with midnight in Syria.
+
+# From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-18):
+# My buest guess at a Syrian rule is "the Friday nearest April 1";
+# coding that involves either using a "Mar Fri>=29" construct that old time zone
+# compilers can't handle  or having multiple Rules (a la Israel).
+# For now, use "Apr Fri>=1", and go with IATA on a uniform Sep 30 end.
+
+Rule	Syria	2008	max	-	Apr	Fri>=1	0:00	1:00	S
+Rule	Syria	2008	max	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	-
+
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Damascus	2:25:12 -	LMT	1920	# Dimashq
 			2:00	Syria	EE%sT
@@ -1825,13 +1901,13 @@ Zone	Asia/Tashkent	4:37:12 -	LMT	1924 May  2
 
 # Vietnam
 
-# From Paul Eggert (1993-11-18):
-# Saigon's official name is Thanh-Pho Ho Chi Minh, but it's too long.
-# We'll stick with the traditional name for now.
+# From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-18):
+# The English-language name of Vietnam's most populous city is "Ho Chi Min City";
+# we use Ho_Chi_Minh below to avoid a name of more than 14 characters.
 
 # From Shanks & Pottenger:
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
-Zone	Asia/Saigon	7:06:40 -	LMT	1906 Jun  9
+Zone	Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh	7:06:40 -	LMT	1906 Jun  9
 			7:06:20	-	SMT	1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT?
 			7:00	-	ICT	1912 May
 			8:00	-	ICT	1931 May
diff --git a/timezone/backward b/timezone/backward
index 7c922604e2..a65991c2dd 100644
--- a/timezone/backward
+++ b/timezone/backward
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)backward	8.3
+# @(#)backward	8.6
 
 # This file provides links between current names for time zones
 # and their old names.  Many names changed in late 1993.
@@ -24,12 +24,15 @@ Link	America/St_Thomas	America/Virgin
 Link	Asia/Ashgabat		Asia/Ashkhabad
 Link	Asia/Chongqing		Asia/Chungking
 Link	Asia/Dhaka		Asia/Dacca
+Link	Asia/Kolkata		Asia/Calcutta
 Link	Asia/Macau		Asia/Macao
 Link	Asia/Jerusalem		Asia/Tel_Aviv
+Link	Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh	Asia/Saigon
 Link	Asia/Thimphu		Asia/Thimbu
 Link	Asia/Makassar		Asia/Ujung_Pandang
 Link	Asia/Ulaanbaatar	Asia/Ulan_Bator
 Link	Atlantic/Faroe		Atlantic/Faeroe
+Link	Europe/Oslo		Atlantic/Jan_Mayen
 Link	Australia/Sydney	Australia/ACT
 Link	Australia/Sydney	Australia/Canberra
 Link	Australia/Lord_Howe	Australia/LHI
diff --git a/timezone/europe b/timezone/europe
index 60290ddc5a..73eed00fc2 100644
--- a/timezone/europe
+++ b/timezone/europe
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)europe	8.11
+# @(#)europe	8.12
 # <pre>
 
 # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
@@ -1714,7 +1714,6 @@ Zone	Europe/Oslo	0:43:00 -	LMT	1895 Jan  1
 # come up with more definitive info about the timekeeping during the
 # war years it's probably best just do do the following for now:
 Link	Europe/Oslo	Arctic/Longyearbyen
-Link	Europe/Oslo	Atlantic/Jan_Mayen
 
 # Poland
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
diff --git a/timezone/iso3166.tab b/timezone/iso3166.tab
index 0e985e95b4..8d62399580 100644
--- a/timezone/iso3166.tab
+++ b/timezone/iso3166.tab
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # ISO 3166 alpha-2 country codes
 #
-# @(#)iso3166.tab	8.4
+# @(#)iso3166.tab	8.5
 #
 # From Paul Eggert (2006-09-27):
 #
 # This file contains a table with the following columns:
 # 1.  ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code, current as of
-#     ISO 3166-1 Newsletter No. V-12 (2006-09-26).  See:
+#     ISO 3166-1 Newsletter VI-1 (2007-09-21).  See:
 #     <a href="http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/index.html">
 #     ISO 3166 Maintenance agency (ISO 3166/MA)
 #     </a>.
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ BG	Bulgaria
 BH	Bahrain
 BI	Burundi
 BJ	Benin
+BL	St Barthelemy
 BM	Bermuda
 BN	Brunei
 BO	Bolivia
@@ -159,6 +160,7 @@ MA	Morocco
 MC	Monaco
 MD	Moldova
 ME	Montenegro
+MF	St Martin (French part)
 MG	Madagascar
 MH	Marshall Islands
 MK	Macedonia
diff --git a/timezone/leapseconds b/timezone/leapseconds
index 583451e49e..35df858d79 100644
--- a/timezone/leapseconds
+++ b/timezone/leapseconds
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)leapseconds	8.4
+# @(#)leapseconds	8.5
 
 # Allowance for leapseconds added to each timezone file.
 
@@ -46,26 +46,27 @@ Leap	1998	Dec	31	23:59:60	+	S
 Leap	2005	Dec	31	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
+# OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS				
 # 61, Av. de l'Observatoire 75014 PARIS (France)
 # Tel.      : 33 (0) 1 40 51 22 26
 # FAX       : 33 (0) 1 40 51 22 91
 # Internet  : services.iers@obspm.fr
 #
-# Paris, 28 June 2007
+# Paris, 18 January 2008
 #
-# Bulletin C 34
+# Bulletin C 35
 #
-# To authorities responsible
+# To authorities responsible		
 # for the measurement and
-# distribution of time
+# distribution of time	
 #
 # INFORMATION ON UTC - TAI
 #
-# NO positive leap second will be introduced at the end of December 2007.
+# NO positive leap second will be introduced at the end of June 2008.
 # The difference between Coordinated Universal Time UTC and the
 # International Atomic Time TAI is :		
 #
@@ -77,6 +78,6 @@ Leap	2005	Dec	31	23:59:60	+	S
 # will be no time step at the next possible date.
 #
 # Daniel GAMBIS
-# Director			
-# Earth Orientation Center of IERS
+# Head			
+# Earth Orientation Center of the IERS
 # Observatoire de Paris, France
diff --git a/timezone/northamerica b/timezone/northamerica
index 73e13a5200..60e5d51e00 100644
--- a/timezone/northamerica
+++ b/timezone/northamerica
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)northamerica	8.18
+# @(#)northamerica	8.23
 # <pre>
 
 # also includes Central America and the Caribbean
@@ -2187,6 +2187,69 @@ Zone America/Costa_Rica	-5:36:20 -	LMT	1890		# San Jose
 # says Cuban clocks will advance at midnight on March 10.
 # For lack of better information, assume Cuba will use US rules,
 # except that it switches at midnight standard time as usual.
+#
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2007-10-25):
+# Carlos Alberto Fonseca Arauz informed me that Cuba will end DST one week 
+# earlier - on the last Sunday of October, just like in 2006.
+# 
+# He supplied these references:
+# 
+# http://www.prensalatina.com.mx/article.asp?ID=%7B4CC32C1B-A9F7-42FB-8A07-8631AFC923AF%7D&language=ES
+# http://actualidad.terra.es/sociedad/articulo/cuba_llama_ahorrar_energia_cambio_1957044.htm
+# 
+# From Alex Kryvenishev (2007-10-25):
+# Here is also article from Granma (Cuba):
+# 
+# [Regira] el Horario Normal desde el [proximo] domingo 28 de octubre
+# http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/2007/10/24/nacional/artic07.html
+# 
+# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_cuba03.html
+
+# From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-09):
+# I'm in Maryland which is now observing United States Eastern Daylight
+# Time. At 9:44 local time I used RealPlayer to listen to
+# <a href="http://media.enet.cu/radioreloj">
+# http://media.enet.cu/radioreloj
+# </a>, a Cuban information station, and heard
+# the time announced as "ocho cuarenta y cuatro" ("eight forty-four"),
+# indicating that Cuba is still on standard time.
+
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-03-12):
+# It seems that Cuba will start DST on Sunday, 2007-03-16...
+# It was announced yesterday, according to this source (in Spanish):
+# <a href="http://www.nnc.cubaweb.cu/marzo-2008/cien-1-11-3-08.htm">
+# http://www.nnc.cubaweb.cu/marzo-2008/cien-1-11-3-08.htm
+# </a>
+#
+# Some more background information is posted here:
+# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/cuba-starts-dst-march-16.html">
+# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/cuba-starts-dst-march-16.html
+# </a>
+#
+# The article also says that Cuba has been observing DST since 1963,
+# while Shanks (and tzdata) has 1965 as the first date (except in the
+# 1940's). Many other web pages in Cuba also claim that it has been
+# observed since 1963, but with the exception of 1970 - an exception
+# which is not present in tzdata/Shanks. So there is a chance we need to
+# change some historic records as well.
+#
+# One example:
+# <a href="http://www.radiohc.cu/espanol/noticias/mar07/11mar/hor.htm">
+# http://www.radiohc.cu/espanol/noticias/mar07/11mar/hor.htm
+# </a>
+
+# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2008-03-13):
+# The Cuban time change has just been confirmed on the most authoritative
+# web site, the Granma.  Please check out
+# <a href="http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/2008/03/13/nacional/artic10.html">
+# http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/2008/03/13/nacional/artic10.html
+# </a>
+#
+# Basically as expected after Steffen Thorsens information, the change
+# will take place midnight between Saturday and Sunday.
+
+# From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-12):
+# Assume Sun>=15 (third Sunday) going forward.
 
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Cuba	1928	only	-	Jun	10	0:00	1:00	D
@@ -2218,9 +2281,9 @@ Rule	Cuba	1997	only	-	Oct	12	0:00s	0	S
 Rule	Cuba	1998	1999	-	Mar	lastSun	0:00s	1:00	D
 Rule	Cuba	1998	2003	-	Oct	lastSun	0:00s	0	S
 Rule	Cuba	2000	2006	-	Apr	Sun>=1	0:00s	1:00	D
-Rule	Cuba	2006	only	-	Oct	lastSun	0:00s	0	S
-Rule	Cuba	2007	max	-	Mar	Sun>=8	0:00s	1:00	D
-Rule	Cuba	2007	max	-	Nov	Sun>=1	0:00s	0	S
+Rule	Cuba	2006	max	-	Oct	lastSun	0:00s	0	S
+Rule	Cuba	2007	only	-	Mar	Sun>=8	0:00s	1:00	D
+Rule	Cuba	2008	max	-	Mar	Sun>=15	0:00s	1:00	D
 
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	America/Havana	-5:29:28 -	LMT	1890
@@ -2287,6 +2350,10 @@ Zone	America/Grenada	-4:07:00 -	LMT	1911 Jul	# St George's
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone America/Guadeloupe	-4:06:08 -	LMT	1911 Jun 8	# Pointe a Pitre
 			-4:00	-	AST
+# St Barthelemy
+Link America/Guadeloupe	America/St_Barthelemy
+# St Martin (French part)
+Link America/Guadeloupe	America/Marigot
 
 # Guatemala
 #
diff --git a/timezone/southamerica b/timezone/southamerica
index bfda827649..43f73d3238 100644
--- a/timezone/southamerica
+++ b/timezone/southamerica
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)southamerica	8.12
+# @(#)southamerica	8.19
 # <pre>
 
 # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
@@ -105,7 +105,11 @@ Rule	Arg	1989	1992	-	Oct	Sun>=15	0:00	1:00	S
 # which did not result in the switch of a time zone, as they stayed 9 hours
 # from the International Date Line.
 Rule	Arg	1999	only	-	Oct	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	S
-Rule	Arg	2000	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	0:00	0	-
+# From Paul Eggert (2007-12-28):
+# DST was set to expire on March 5, not March 3, but since it was converted
+# to standard time on March 3 it's more convenient for us to pretend that
+# it ended on March 3.
+Rule	Arg	2000	only	-	Mar	3	0:00	0	-
 #
 # From Peter Gradelski via Steffen Thorsen (2000-03-01):
 # We just checked with our Sao Paulo office and they say the government of
@@ -140,6 +144,30 @@ Rule	Arg	2000	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	0:00	0	-
 # This kind of things had always been done this way in Argentina.
 # We are still -03:00 all year round in all of the country.
 #
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2007-12-21):
+# A user (Leonardo Chaim) reported that Argentina will adopt DST....
+# all of the country (all Zone-entries) are affected.  News reports like
+# http://www.lanacion.com.ar/opinion/nota.asp?nota_id=973037 indicate
+# that Argentina will use DST next year as well, from October to
+# March, although exact rules are not given.
+#
+# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2007-12-26)
+# The last hurdle of Argentina DST is over, the proposal was approved in
+# the lower chamber too (Deputados) with a vote 192 for and 2 against.
+# By the way thanks to Mariano Absatz and Daniel Mario Vega for the link to
+# the original scanned proposal, where the dates and the zero hours are
+# clear and unambiguous...This is the article about final approval:
+# <a href="http://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/nota.asp?nota_id=973996">
+# http://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/nota.asp?nota_id=973996
+# </a>
+#
+# From Paul Eggert (2007-12-22):
+# For dates after mid-2008, the following rules are my guesses and
+# are quite possibly wrong, but are more likely than no DST at all.
+Rule	Arg	2007	only	-	Dec	30	0:00	1:00	S
+Rule	Arg	2008	max	-	Mar	Sun>=15	0:00	0	-
+Rule	Arg	2008	max	-	Oct	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	S
+ 
 # From Mariano Absatz (2004-05-21):
 # Today it was officially published that the Province of Mendoza is changing
 # its timezone this winter... starting tomorrow night....
@@ -200,6 +228,76 @@ Rule	Arg	2000	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	0:00	0	-
 # http://www.sanjuan.gov.ar/prensa/archivo/000426.html
 # http://www.sanjuan.gov.ar/prensa/archivo/000441.html
 
+# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-01-17):
+# Here are articles that Argentina Province San Luis is planning to end DST
+# as earlier as upcoming Monday January 21, 2008 or February 2008:
+#
+# Provincia argentina retrasa reloj y marca diferencia con resto del pais
+# (Argentine Province delayed clock and mark difference with the rest of the
+# country)
+# <a href="http://cl.invertia.com/noticias/noticia.aspx?idNoticia=200801171849_EFE_ET4373&idtel">
+# http://cl.invertia.com/noticias/noticia.aspx?idNoticia=200801171849_EFE_ET4373&idtel
+# </a>
+#
+# Es inminente que en San Luis atrasen una hora los relojes
+# (It is imminent in San Luis clocks one hour delay)
+# <a href="http://www.lagaceta.com.ar/vernotae.asp?id_nota=253414">
+# http://www.lagaceta.com.ar/vernotae.asp?id_nota=253414
+# </a>
+#
+# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_argentina02.html">
+# http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_argentina02.html
+# </a>
+
+# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2008-01-18):
+# The page of the San Luis provincial government
+# <a href="http://www.sanluis.gov.ar/notas.asp?idCanal=0&id=22812">
+# http://www.sanluis.gov.ar/notas.asp?idCanal=0&id=22812
+# </a>
+# confirms what Alex Krivenyshev has earlier sent to the tz
+# emailing list about that San Luis plans to return to standard
+# time much earlier than the rest of the country. It also
+# confirms that upon request the provinces San Juan and Mendoza 
+# refused to follow San Luis in this change. 
+# 
+# The change is supposed to take place Monday the 21.st at 0:00
+# hours. As far as I understand it if this goes ahead, we need
+# a new timezone for San Luis (although there are also documented
+# independent changes in the southamerica file of San Luis in
+# 1990 and 1991 which has not been confirmed).
+
+# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2008-01-25):
+# Unfortunately the below page has become defunct, about the San Luis
+# time change. Perhaps because it now is part of a group of pages "Most
+# important pages of 2008."
+#
+# You can use
+# <a href="http://www.sanluis.gov.ar/notas.asp?idCanal=8141&id=22834">
+# http://www.sanluis.gov.ar/notas.asp?idCanal=8141&id=22834
+# </a>
+# instead it seems. Or use "Buscador" from the main page of the San Luis
+# government, and fill in "huso" and click OK, and you will get 3 pages
+# from which the first one is identical to the above.
+
+# From Mariano Absatz (2008-01-28):
+# I can confirm that the Province of San Luis (and so far only that
+# province) decided to go back to UTC-3 effective midnight Jan 20th 2008
+# (that is, Monday 21st at 0:00 is the time the clocks were delayed back
+# 1 hour), and they intend to keep UTC-3 as their timezone all year round
+# (that is, unless they change their mind any minute now).
+#
+# So we'll have to add yet another city to 'southamerica' (I think San
+# Luis city is the mos populated city in the Province, so it'd be
+# America/Argentina/San_Luis... of course I can't remember if San Luis's
+# history of particular changes goes along with Mendoza or San Juan :-(
+# (I only remember not being able to collect hard facts about San Luis
+# back in 2004, when these provinces changed to UTC-4 for a few days, I
+# mailed them personally and never got an answer).
+
+# From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-15):
+# Until there's better information, asssume San Luis was like San Juan
+# rather than Mendoza (since San Juan has a simpler DST history).
+
 # Unless otherwise specified, data are from Shanks & Pottenger through 1992,
 # from the IATA otherwise.  As noted below, Shanks & Pottenger say that
 # America/Cordoba split into 6 subregions during 1991/1992, but we
@@ -214,7 +312,7 @@ Zone America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires -3:53:48 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
 			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	1969 Oct  5
 			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1999 Oct  3
 			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	2000 Mar  3
-			-3:00	-	ART
+			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT
 #
 # Santa Fe (SF), Entre Rios (ER), Corrientes (CN), Misiones (MN), Chaco (CC),
 # Formosa (FM), Salta (SA), Santiago del Estero (SE), Cordoba (CB),
@@ -237,7 +335,7 @@ Zone America/Argentina/Cordoba -4:16:48 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
 			-4:00	-	WART	1991 Oct 20
 			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1999 Oct  3
 			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	2000 Mar  3
-			-3:00	-	ART
+			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT
 #
 # Tucuman (TM)
 Zone America/Argentina/Tucuman -4:20:52 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
@@ -250,7 +348,7 @@ Zone America/Argentina/Tucuman -4:20:52 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
 			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	2000 Mar  3
 			-3:00	-	ART	2004 Jun  1
 			-4:00	-	WART	2004 Jun 13
-			-3:00	-	ART
+			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT
 #
 # La Rioja (LR)
 Zone America/Argentina/La_Rioja -4:27:24 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
@@ -263,7 +361,7 @@ Zone America/Argentina/La_Rioja -4:27:24 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
 			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	2000 Mar  3
 			-3:00	-	ART	2004 Jun  1
 			-4:00	-	WART	2004 Jun 20
-			-3:00	-	ART
+			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT
 #
 # San Juan (SJ)
 Zone America/Argentina/San_Juan -4:34:04 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
@@ -276,7 +374,7 @@ Zone America/Argentina/San_Juan -4:34:04 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
 			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	2000 Mar  3
 			-3:00	-	ART	2004 May 31
 			-4:00	-	WART	2004 Jul 25
-			-3:00	-	ART
+			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT
 #
 # Jujuy (JY)
 Zone America/Argentina/Jujuy -4:21:12 -	LMT	1894 Oct 31
@@ -290,7 +388,7 @@ Zone America/Argentina/Jujuy -4:21:12 -	LMT	1894 Oct 31
 			-3:00	1:00	ARST	1992
 			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1999 Oct  3
 			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	2000 Mar  3
-			-3:00	-	ART
+			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT
 #
 # Catamarca (CT), Chubut (CH)
 Zone America/Argentina/Catamarca -4:23:08 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
@@ -303,7 +401,7 @@ Zone America/Argentina/Catamarca -4:23:08 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
 			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	2000 Mar  3
 			-3:00	-	ART	2004 Jun  1
 			-4:00	-	WART	2004 Jun 20
-			-3:00	-	ART
+			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT
 #
 # Mendoza (MZ)
 Zone America/Argentina/Mendoza -4:35:16 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
@@ -320,6 +418,20 @@ Zone America/Argentina/Mendoza -4:35:16 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
 			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	2000 Mar  3
 			-3:00	-	ART	2004 May 23
 			-4:00	-	WART	2004 Sep 26
+			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT
+#
+# San Luis (SL)
+Zone America/Argentina/San_Luis -4:25:24 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
+			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
+			-4:00	-	ART	1930 Dec
+			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	1969 Oct  5
+			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1991 Mar  1
+			-4:00	-	WART	1991 May  7
+			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1999 Oct  3
+			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	2000 Mar  3
+			-3:00	-	ART	2004 May 31
+			-4:00	-	WART	2004 Jul 25
+			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	2008 Jan 21
 			-3:00	-	ART
 #
 # Santa Cruz (SC)
@@ -331,7 +443,7 @@ Zone America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos -4:36:52 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
 			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	2000 Mar  3
 			-3:00	-	ART	2004 Jun  1
 			-4:00	-	WART	2004 Jun 20
-			-3:00	-	ART
+			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT
 #
 # Tierra del Fuego, Antartida e Islas del Atlantico Sur (TF)
 Zone America/Argentina/Ushuaia -4:33:12 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
@@ -342,7 +454,7 @@ Zone America/Argentina/Ushuaia -4:33:12 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
 			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	2000 Mar  3
 			-3:00	-	ART	2004 May 30
 			-4:00	-	WART	2004 Jun 20
-			-3:00	-	ART
+			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT
 
 # Aruba
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
@@ -731,6 +843,26 @@ Zone America/Rio_Branco	-4:31:12 -	LMT	1914
 # America/Santiago.  The pre-1980 Pacific/Easter data are dubious,
 # but we have no other source.
 
+# From German Poo-Caaman~o (2008-03-03):
+# Due to drought, Chile extends Daylight Time in three weeks.  This
+# is one-time change (Saturday 3/29 at 24:00 for America/Santiago
+# and Saturday 3/29 at 22:00 for Pacific/Easter)
+# The Supreme Decree is located at 
+# <a href="http://www.shoa.cl/servicios/supremo316.pdf">
+# http://www.shoa.cl/servicios/supremo316.pdf
+# </a>
+# and the instructions for 2008 are located in:
+# <a href="http://www.horaoficial.cl/cambio.htm">
+# http://www.horaoficial.cl/cambio.htm
+# </a>.
+
+# From José Miguel Garrido (2008-03-05):
+# ...
+# You could see the announces of the change on 
+# <a href="http://www.shoa.cl/noticias/2008/04hora/hora.htm">
+# http://www.shoa.cl/noticias/2008/04hora/hora.htm
+# </a>.
+
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Chile	1927	1932	-	Sep	 1	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Chile	1928	1932	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
@@ -761,7 +893,11 @@ Rule	Chile	1998	only	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
 Rule	Chile	1998	only	-	Sep	27	4:00u	1:00	S
 Rule	Chile	1999	only	-	Apr	 4	3:00u	0	-
 Rule	Chile	1999	max	-	Oct	Sun>=9	4:00u	1:00	S
-Rule	Chile	2000	max	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
+Rule	Chile	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	Chile	2008	only	-	Mar	30	3:00u	0	-
+Rule	Chile	2009	max	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
 # IATA SSIM anomalies: (1992-02) says 1992-03-14;
 # (1996-09) says 1998-03-08.  Ignore these.
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
@@ -1107,19 +1243,17 @@ Zone America/Montevideo	-3:44:44 -	LMT	1898 Jun 28
 
 # Venezuela
 #
-# From Kiraz Janicke (2007-09-25), in
-# http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/2645:
-# The proposal ... involves turning the clock back half an hour from
-# +4.00 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), to +4.30GMT, the time zone
-# Venezuela had until December 31, 1964, when the current time zone
-# was adopted. The change was due to take place on September 17 and
-# then on September 24, but has since been postponed until December
-# 31, to allow for compliance with international organizations, such
-# as the International Office of Weights and Measures.
+# 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
+# published today in the "Gaceta Oficial de la Republica Bolivariana
+# de Venezuela, numero 38.819" (official document for all laws or
+# resolution publication)
+# http://www.globovision.com/news.php?nid=72208
 
 # 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
-			-4:00	-	VET	2008
+			-4:00	-	VET	2007 Dec  9 03:00
 			-4:30	-	VET
diff --git a/timezone/zone.tab b/timezone/zone.tab
index 8d4333ad9d..1647036c0e 100644
--- a/timezone/zone.tab
+++ b/timezone/zone.tab
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)zone.tab	8.11
+# @(#)zone.tab	8.16
 #
 # TZ zone descriptions
 #
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ AQ	-7824+10654	Antarctica/Vostok	Vostok Station, S Magnetic Pole
 AQ	-6640+14001	Antarctica/DumontDUrville	Dumont-d'Urville Station, Terre Adelie
 AQ	-690022+0393524	Antarctica/Syowa	Syowa Station, E Ongul I
 AR	-3436-05827	America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires	Buenos Aires (BA, CF)
-AR	-3124-06411	America/Argentina/Cordoba	most locations (CB, CC, CN, ER, FM, LP, MN, NQ, RN, SA, SE, SF, SL)
+AR	-3124-06411	America/Argentina/Cordoba	most locations (CB, CC, CN, ER, FM, LP, MN, NQ, RN, SA, SE, SF)
+AR	-3319-06621	America/Argentina/San_Luis	San Luis (SL)
 AR	-2411-06518	America/Argentina/Jujuy	Jujuy (JY)
 AR	-2649-06513	America/Argentina/Tucuman	Tucuman (TM)
 AR	-2828-06547	America/Argentina/Catamarca	Catamarca (CT), Chubut (CH)
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ BG	+4241+02319	Europe/Sofia
 BH	+2623+05035	Asia/Bahrain
 BI	-0323+02922	Africa/Bujumbura
 BJ	+0629+00237	Africa/Porto-Novo
+BL	+1753-06251	America/St_Barthelemy
 BM	+3217-06446	Atlantic/Bermuda
 BN	+0456+11455	Asia/Brunei
 BO	-1630-06809	America/La_Paz
@@ -208,7 +210,7 @@ ID	-0232+14042	Asia/Jayapura	Irian Jaya & the Moluccas
 IE	+5320-00615	Europe/Dublin
 IL	+3146+03514	Asia/Jerusalem
 IM	+5409-00428	Europe/Isle_of_Man
-IN	+2232+08822	Asia/Calcutta
+IN	+2232+08822	Asia/Kolkata
 IO	-0720+07225	Indian/Chagos
 IQ	+3321+04425	Asia/Baghdad
 IR	+3540+05126	Asia/Tehran
@@ -250,6 +252,7 @@ MA	+3339-00735	Africa/Casablanca
 MC	+4342+00723	Europe/Monaco
 MD	+4700+02850	Europe/Chisinau
 ME	+4226+01916	Europe/Podgorica
+MF	+1804-06305	America/Marigot
 MG	-1855+04731	Indian/Antananarivo
 MH	+0709+17112	Pacific/Majuro	most locations
 MH	+0905+16720	Pacific/Kwajalein	Kwajalein
@@ -339,8 +342,7 @@ SE	+5920+01803	Europe/Stockholm
 SG	+0117+10351	Asia/Singapore
 SH	-1555-00542	Atlantic/St_Helena
 SI	+4603+01431	Europe/Ljubljana
-SJ	+7800+01600	Arctic/Longyearbyen	Svalbard
-SJ	+7059-00805	Atlantic/Jan_Mayen	Jan Mayen
+SJ	+7800+01600	Arctic/Longyearbyen
 SK	+4809+01707	Europe/Bratislava
 SL	+0830-01315	Africa/Freetown
 SM	+4355+01228	Europe/San_Marino
@@ -410,7 +412,7 @@ VC	+1309-06114	America/St_Vincent
 VE	+1030-06656	America/Caracas
 VG	+1827-06437	America/Tortola
 VI	+1821-06456	America/St_Thomas
-VN	+1045+10640	Asia/Saigon
+VN	+1045+10640	Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh
 VU	-1740+16825	Pacific/Efate
 WF	-1318-17610	Pacific/Wallis
 WS	-1350-17144	Pacific/Apia