Drop support for zic -y, Rule TYPEs, pacificnew

These features have not been used by the distribution since release
2000f, were previously deprecated in 2015f, and zic has warned against
their use since 2017c.

* zic.c (struct rule): Remove r_yrtype field.
(main): Ignore obsolete -y option.
(rulesub): Error on nontrivial use of the former Rule TYPE field.
(stringzone): Remove year type check.
(outzone): Stop considering the former TYPE field when applying Rules.
(shellquote, yearistype): Remove now-disused code.
* zic.8: Rename TYPE field of Rule lines to "-" in examples and in the
input format specification; fully deprecate this field for backwards
compatibiilty only.
* africa, antarctica, asia, australasia, backzone, europe, northamerica,
southamerica, zoneinfo2tdf.pl: Rename TYPE field in Rule line header
comments to "-".
* pacificnew, yearistype.sh: Remove obsolete files.
* tz-how-to.html: Rename TYPE field of Rule lines to "-" in examples;
expand explanation of FROM and TO fields so that the reworked
description of the deprecated field makes sense in context.
* Makefile (YEARISTYPE, yearistype): Remove.
(DATA, all, INSTALLARGS, INSTALL_DATA_DEPS, check_character_set,
clean_misc): Remove dependencies on yearistype, yearistype.sh, and
YEARISTYPE.
(TDATA_TO_CHECK, VERSION_DEPS): Remove dependencies on obsolete files.
* NEWS: Document this.

Makefile

@@ -169,9 +169,6 @@ TZDATA_TEXT=	leapseconds tzdata.zi
 
 # For backward-compatibility links for old zone names, use
 #	BACKWARD=	backward
-# If you also want the link US/Pacific-New, even though it is confusing
-# and is planned to be removed from the database eventually, use
-#	BACKWARD=	backward pacificnew
 # To omit these links, use
 #	BACKWARD=
 
@@ -189,10 +186,6 @@ PACKRATDATA=
 
 UTF8_LOCALE=	en_US.utf8
 
-# Since "." may not be in PATH...
-
-YEARISTYPE=	./yearistype
-
 # Non-default libraries needed to link.
 LDLIBS=
 
@@ -534,7 +527,7 @@ PRIMARY_YDATA=	africa antarctica asia australasia \
 		europe northamerica southamerica
 YDATA=		$(PRIMARY_YDATA) etcetera
 NDATA=		factory
-TDATA_TO_CHECK=	$(YDATA) $(NDATA) backward pacificnew
+TDATA_TO_CHECK=	$(YDATA) $(NDATA) backward
 TDATA=		$(YDATA) $(NDATA) $(BACKWARD)
 ZONETABLES=	zone1970.tab zone.tab
 TABDATA=	iso3166.tab $(TZDATA_TEXT) $(ZONETABLES)
@@ -542,7 +535,7 @@ LEAP_DEPS=	leapseconds.awk leap-seconds.list
 TZDATA_ZI_DEPS=	ziguard.awk zishrink.awk version $(TDATA) $(PACKRATDATA)
 DSTDATA_ZI_DEPS= ziguard.awk $(TDATA) $(PACKRATDATA)
 DATA=		$(TDATA_TO_CHECK) backzone iso3166.tab leap-seconds.list \
-			leapseconds yearistype.sh $(ZONETABLES)
+			leapseconds $(ZONETABLES)
 AWK_SCRIPTS=	checklinks.awk checktab.awk leapseconds.awk \
 			ziguard.awk zishrink.awk
 MISC=		$(AWK_SCRIPTS) zoneinfo2tdf.pl
@@ -568,12 +561,10 @@ VERSION_DEPS= \
 		etcetera europe factory iso3166.tab \
 		leap-seconds.list leapseconds.awk localtime.c \
 		newctime.3 newstrftime.3 newtzset.3 northamerica \
-		pacificnew private.h \
-		southamerica strftime.c theory.html \
+		private.h southamerica strftime.c theory.html \
 		time2posix.3 tz-art.html tz-how-to.html tz-link.html \
 		tzfile.5 tzfile.h tzselect.8 tzselect.ksh \
-		workman.sh yearistype.sh \
-		zdump.8 zdump.c zic.8 zic.c \
+		workman.sh zdump.8 zdump.c zic.8 zic.c \
 		ziguard.awk zishrink.awk \
 		zone.tab zone1970.tab zoneinfo2tdf.pl
 
@@ -582,7 +573,7 @@ VERSION_DEPS= \
 
 SHELL=		/bin/sh
 
-all:		tzselect yearistype zic zdump libtz.a $(TABDATA) \
+all:		tzselect zic zdump libtz.a $(TABDATA) \
 		  vanguard.zi main.zi rearguard.zi
 
 ALL:		all date $(ENCHILADA)
@@ -652,10 +643,6 @@ zdump:		$(TZDOBJS)
 zic:		$(TZCOBJS)
 		$(CC) -o $@ $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(TZCOBJS) $(LDLIBS)
 
-yearistype:	yearistype.sh
-		cp yearistype.sh yearistype
-		chmod +x yearistype
-
 leapseconds:	$(LEAP_DEPS)
 		$(AWK) -v EXPIRES_LINE=$(EXPIRES_LINE) \
 		  -f leapseconds.awk leap-seconds.list >$@.out
@@ -670,10 +657,9 @@ INSTALLARGS = \
  PACKRATDATA='$(PACKRATDATA)' \
  TZDEFAULT='$(TZDEFAULT)' \
  TZDIR='$(TZDIR)' \
- YEARISTYPE='$(YEARISTYPE)' \
  ZIC='$(ZIC)'
 
-INSTALL_DATA_DEPS = zic leapseconds yearistype tzdata.zi
+INSTALL_DATA_DEPS = zic leapseconds tzdata.zi
 
 # 'make install_data' installs one set of TZif files.
 install_data: $(INSTALL_DATA_DEPS)
@@ -788,7 +774,7 @@ check_character_set: $(ENCHILADA)
 		! grep -Env $(SAFE_LINE)'|^UNUSUAL_OK_'$(OK_CHAR)'*$$' \
 			Makefile && \
 		! grep -Env $(SAFE_SHARP_LINE) $(TDATA_TO_CHECK) backzone \
-			leapseconds yearistype.sh zone.tab && \
+			leapseconds zone.tab && \
 		! grep -Env $(OK_LINE) $(ENCHILADA); \
 	}
 	touch $@
@@ -878,7 +864,7 @@ clean_misc:
 		rm -fr check_*.dir
 		rm -f *.o *.out $(TIME_T_ALTERNATIVES) \
 		  check_* core typecheck_* \
-		  date tzselect version.h zdump zic yearistype libtz.a
+		  date tzselect version.h zdump zic libtz.a
 clean:		clean_misc
 		rm -fr *.dir tzdb-*/
 		rm -f *.zi $(TZS_NEW)

NEWS

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes
     Canada's Yukon changes to -07 on 2020-11-01, not 2020-03-08.
     Macquarie Island has stayed in sync with Tasmania since 2011.
     Casey, Antarctica is at +08 in summer and +11 in winter.
+    zic no longer supports -y, nor the TYPE field of Rules.
 
   Changes to future timestamps
 
@@ -45,6 +46,12 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes
 
   Changes to code
 
+    Support for zic's long-obsolete '-y YEARISTYPE' option has been
+    removed and, with it, so has support for the TYPE field in Rule
+    lines, which is now reserved for compatibility with earlier zic.
+    These features were previously deprecated in release 2015f.
+    (Thanks to Tim Parenti.)
+
     zic now defaults to '-b slim' instead of to '-b fat'.
 
     zic's new '-l -' and '-p -' options uninstall any existing
@@ -60,8 +67,8 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes
 
   Changes to documentation and commentary
 
-    The long-obsolete file systemv has been removed from the
-    distribution.  (Thanks to Tim Parenti.)
+    The long-obsolete files pacificnew, systemv, and yearistype.sh have
+    been removed from the distribution.  (Thanks to Tim Parenti.)
 
 
 Release 2020a - 2020-04-23 16:03:47 -0700

africa

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 # Corrections are welcome.
 
 # Algeria
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Algeria	1916	only	-	Jun	14	23:00s	1:00	S
 Rule	Algeria	1916	1919	-	Oct	Sun>=1	23:00s	0	-
 Rule	Algeria	1917	only	-	Mar	24	23:00s	1:00	S
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ Link Africa/Abidjan Atlantic/St_Helena	# St Helena
 # Egypt was mean noon at the Great Pyramid, 2:04:30.5, but apparently this
 # did not apply to Cairo, Alexandria, or Port Said.
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Egypt	1940	only	-	Jul	15	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Egypt	1940	only	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
 Rule	Egypt	1941	only	-	Apr	15	0:00	1:00	S
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ Zone	Africa/Cairo	2:05:09 -	LMT	1900 Oct
 # now Ghana observed different DST regimes in different years.  For
 # lack of better info, use Shanks except treat the minus sign as a
 # typo, and assume DST started in 1920 not 1936.
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Ghana	1920	1942	-	Sep	 1	0:00	0:20	-
 Rule	Ghana	1920	1942	-	Dec	31	0:00	0	-
 # Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ Zone	Africa/Monrovia	-0:43:08 -	LMT	1882
 # From Paul Eggert (2013-10-25):
 # For now, assume they're reverting to the pre-2012 rules of permanent UT +02.
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Libya	1951	only	-	Oct	14	2:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Libya	1952	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	0	-
 Rule	Libya	1953	only	-	Oct	 9	2:00	1:00	S
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ Zone	Africa/Tripoli	0:52:44 -	LMT	1920
 # "The trial ended on March 29, 2009, when the clocks moved back by one hour
 # at 2am (or 02:00) local time..."
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule Mauritius	1982	only	-	Oct	10	0:00	1:00	-
 Rule Mauritius	1983	only	-	Mar	21	0:00	0	-
 Rule Mauritius	2008	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	-
@@ -912,7 +912,7 @@ Zone Indian/Mauritius	3:50:00 -	LMT	1907 # Port Louis
 #         (car (cdr (cdr b))) (calendar-month-name (car b) t) (car (cdr b)))))
 #     (setq islamic-year (+ 1 islamic-year))))
 
-# RULE	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Morocco	1939	only	-	Sep	12	 0:00	1:00	-
 Rule	Morocco	1939	only	-	Nov	19	 0:00	0	-
 Rule	Morocco	1940	only	-	Feb	25	 0:00	1:00	-
@@ -1192,7 +1192,7 @@ Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Lusaka	# Zambia
 # Use plain "WAT" and "CAT" for the time zone abbreviations, to be compatible
 # with Namibia's neighbors.
 
-# RULE	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 # Vanguard section, for zic and other parsers that support negative DST.
 Rule	Namibia	1994	only	-	Mar	21	0:00	-1:00	WAT
 Rule	Namibia	1994	2017	-	Sep	Sun>=1	2:00	0	CAT
@@ -1315,7 +1315,7 @@ Zone	Indian/Mahe	3:41:48 -	LMT	1906 Jun # Victoria
 # See Africa/Nairobi.
 
 # South Africa
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	SA	1942	1943	-	Sep	Sun>=15	2:00	1:00	-
 Rule	SA	1943	1944	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00	0	-
 # Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
@@ -1348,7 +1348,7 @@ Link Africa/Johannesburg Africa/Mbabane    # Eswatini
 # Abdalla of NTC, archived at:
 # https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2017-October/025333.html
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Sudan	1970	only	-	May	 1	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Sudan	1970	1985	-	Oct	15	0:00	0	-
 Rule	Sudan	1971	only	-	Apr	30	0:00	1:00	S
@@ -1436,7 +1436,7 @@ Zone	Africa/Juba	2:06:28 -	LMT	1931
 # http://www.almadenahnews.com/newss/news.php?c=118&id=38036
 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_tunis02.html
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Tunisia	1939	only	-	Apr	15	23:00s	1:00	S
 Rule	Tunisia	1939	only	-	Nov	18	23:00s	0	-
 Rule	Tunisia	1940	only	-	Feb	25	23:00s	1:00	S

antarctica

@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ Zone Antarctica/Syowa	0	-	-00	1957 Jan 29
 # suggested by Bengt-Inge Larsson comment them out for now, and approximate
 # with only UTC and CEST.  Uncomment them when 2014b is more prevalent.
 #
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 #Rule	Troll	2005	max	-	Mar	 1	1:00u	1:00	+01
 Rule	Troll	2005	max	-	Mar	lastSun	1:00u	2:00	+02
 #Rule	Troll	2005	max	-	Oct	lastSun	1:00u	1:00	+01

asia

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 ###############################################################################
 
 # These rules are stolen from the 'europe' file.
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	EUAsia	1981	max	-	Mar	lastSun	 1:00u	1:00	S
 Rule	EUAsia	1979	1995	-	Sep	lastSun	 1:00u	0	-
 Rule	EUAsia	1996	max	-	Oct	lastSun	 1:00u	0	-
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ Zone	Asia/Kabul	4:36:48 -	LMT	1890
 # or
 # (brief)
 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_armenia03.html
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule Armenia	2011	only	-	Mar	lastSun	 2:00s	1:00	-
 Rule Armenia	2011	only	-	Oct	lastSun	 2:00s	0	-
 # Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ Zone	Asia/Yerevan	2:58:00 -	LMT	1924 May  2
 # http://vestnikkavkaza.net/news/Azerbaijani-Cabinet-of-Ministers-cancels-daylight-saving-time.html
 # http://en.apa.az/xeber_azerbaijan_abolishes_daylight_savings_ti_240862.html
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Azer	1997	2015	-	Mar	lastSun	 4:00	1:00	-
 Rule	Azer	1997	2015	-	Oct	lastSun	 5:00	0	-
 # Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ Zone	Asia/Baku	3:19:24 -	LMT	1924 May  2
 # http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/latest_news.php?nid=22817
 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_bangladesh06.html
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Dhaka	2009	only	-	Jun	19	23:00	1:00	-
 Rule	Dhaka	2009	only	-	Dec	31	24:00	0	-
 
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ Zone	Asia/Yangon	6:24:47 -	LMT	1880        # or Rangoon
 # generally esteemed a success, it was announced early in 1920 that it would
 # not be repeated."
 #
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Shang	1919	only	-	Apr	12	24:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Shang	1919	only	-	Sep	30	24:00	0	S
 
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ Rule	Shang	1919	only	-	Sep	30	24:00	0	S
 # the Yangtze river delta area during that period of time although the scope
 # of such use will need to be investigated to determine.
 #
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Shang	1940	only	-	Jun	 1	 0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Shang	1940	only	-	Oct	12	24:00	0	S
 Rule	Shang	1941	only	-	Mar	15	 0:00	1:00	D
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ Rule	Shang	1948	1949	-	Sep	30	24:00	0	S #plan
 # to begin on 17 April.
 # http://data.people.com.cn/pic/101p/1988/04/1988041201.jpg
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	PRC	1986	only	-	May	 4	 2:00	1:00	D
 Rule	PRC	1986	1991	-	Sep	Sun>=11	 2:00	0	S
 Rule	PRC	1987	1991	-	Apr	Sun>=11	 2:00	1:00	D
@@ -846,7 +846,7 @@ Zone	Asia/Urumqi	5:50:20	-	LMT	1928
 # or dates for the 1942 and 1945 transitions.
 # The Japanese occupation of Hong Kong began 1941-12-25.
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	HK	1946	only	-	Apr	21	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	HK	1946	only	-	Dec	1	3:30s	0	-
 Rule	HK	1947	only	-	Apr	13	3:30s	1:00	S
@@ -973,7 +973,7 @@ Zone	Asia/Hong_Kong	7:36:42 -	LMT	1904 Oct 30  0:36:42
 # until 1945-09-21 at 01:00, overriding Shanks & Pottenger.
 # Likewise, use Yu-Cheng Chuang's data for DST in Taiwan.
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Taiwan	1946	only	-	May	15	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Taiwan	1946	only	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	S
 Rule	Taiwan	1947	only	-	Apr	15	0:00	1:00	D
@@ -1099,7 +1099,7 @@ Zone	Asia/Taipei	8:06:00 -	LMT	1896 Jan  1
 # The 1904 decree says that Macau changed from the meridian of
 # Fortaleza do Monte, presumably the basis for the 7:34:10 for LMT.
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Macau	1942	1943	-	Apr	30	23:00	1:00	-
 Rule	Macau	1942	only	-	Nov	17	23:00	0	-
 Rule	Macau	1943	only	-	Sep	30	23:00	0	S
@@ -1157,7 +1157,7 @@ Zone	Asia/Macau	7:34:10 -	LMT	1904 Oct 30
 # Cyprus to remain united in time.  Cyprus Mail 2017-10-17.
 # https://cyprus-mail.com/2017/10/17/cyprus-remain-united-time/
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Cyprus	1975	only	-	Apr	13	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Cyprus	1975	only	-	Oct	12	0:00	0	-
 Rule	Cyprus	1976	only	-	May	15	0:00	1:00	S
@@ -1534,7 +1534,7 @@ Zone Asia/Jayapura	9:22:48 -	LMT	1932 Nov
 # 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	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Iran	1978	1980	-	Mar	20	24:00	1:00	-
 Rule	Iran	1978	only	-	Oct	20	24:00	0	-
 Rule	Iran	1979	only	-	Sep	18	24:00	0	-
@@ -1676,7 +1676,7 @@ Zone	Asia/Tehran	3:25:44	-	LMT	1916
 # We have published a short article in English about the change:
 # https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/iraq-dumps-daylight-saving.html
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Iraq	1982	only	-	May	1	0:00	1:00	-
 Rule	Iraq	1982	1984	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	-
 Rule	Iraq	1983	only	-	Mar	31	0:00	1:00	-
@@ -1724,7 +1724,7 @@ Zone	Asia/Baghdad	2:57:40	-	LMT	1890
 # family is from India).
 
 # From Shanks & Pottenger:
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Zion	1940	only	-	Jun	 1	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Zion	1942	1944	-	Nov	 1	0:00	0	S
 Rule	Zion	1943	only	-	Apr	 1	2:00	1:00	D
@@ -1816,7 +1816,7 @@ Rule	Zion	1988	only	-	Sep	 4	0:00	0	S
 # (except in 2002) is three nights before Yom Kippur [Day of Atonement]
 # (the eve of the 7th of Tishrei in the lunar Hebrew calendar).
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Zion	1989	only	-	Apr	30	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Zion	1989	only	-	Sep	 3	0:00	0	S
 Rule	Zion	1990	only	-	Mar	25	0:00	1:00	D
@@ -1832,7 +1832,7 @@ Rule	Zion	1993	only	-	Sep	 5	0:00	0	S
 # Ministry of Interior, Jerusalem, Israel.  The spokeswoman can be reached by
 # calling the office directly at 972-2-6701447 or 972-2-6701448.
 
-# Rule	NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Zion	1994	only	-	Apr	 1	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Zion	1994	only	-	Aug	28	0:00	0	S
 Rule	Zion	1995	only	-	Mar	31	0:00	1:00	D
@@ -1852,7 +1852,7 @@ Rule	Zion	1995	only	-	Sep	 3	0:00	0	S
 #
 #       where YYYY is the relevant year.
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Zion	1996	only	-	Mar	15	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Zion	1996	only	-	Sep	16	0:00	0	S
 Rule	Zion	1997	only	-	Mar	21	0:00	1:00	D
@@ -1875,7 +1875,7 @@ Rule	Zion	1999	only	-	Sep	 3	2:00	0	S
 #
 #	ftp://ftp.cs.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/2000-2004.ps.gz
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Zion	2000	only	-	Apr	14	2:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Zion	2000	only	-	Oct	 6	1:00	0	S
 Rule	Zion	2001	only	-	Apr	 9	1:00	1:00	D
@@ -1897,7 +1897,7 @@ Rule	Zion	2004	only	-	Sep	22	1:00	0	S
 #
 #	ftp://ftp.cs.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/2005+beyond.ps
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Zion	2005	2012	-	Apr	Fri<=1	2:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Zion	2005	only	-	Oct	 9	2:00	0	S
 Rule	Zion	2006	only	-	Oct	 1	2:00	0	S
@@ -1917,7 +1917,7 @@ Rule	Zion	2012	only	-	Sep	23	2:00	0	S
 # As of 2013, DST starts at 02:00 on the Friday before the last Sunday
 # in March.  DST ends at 02:00 on the last Sunday of October.
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Zion	2013	max	-	Mar	Fri>=23	2:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Zion	2013	max	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
 
@@ -2017,7 +2017,7 @@ Zone	Asia/Jerusalem	2:20:54 -	LMT	1880
 # do in any POSIX or C platform.  The "25:00" assumes zic from 2007 or later,
 # which should be safe now.
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Japan	1948	only	-	May	Sat>=1	24:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Japan	1948	1951	-	Sep	Sat>=8	25:00	0	S
 Rule	Japan	1949	only	-	Apr	Sat>=1	24:00	1:00	D
@@ -2094,7 +2094,7 @@ Zone	Asia/Tokyo	9:18:59	-	LMT	1887 Dec 31 15:00u
 # From Paul Eggert (2013-12-11):
 # As Steffen suggested, consider the past 21-month experiment to be DST.
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Jordan	1973	only	-	Jun	6	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Jordan	1973	1975	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	-
 Rule	Jordan	1974	1977	-	May	1	0:00	1:00	S
@@ -2420,7 +2420,7 @@ Zone	Asia/Oral	3:25:24	-	LMT	1924 May  2 # or Ural'sk
 # Our government cancels daylight saving time 6th of August 2005.
 # From 2005-08-12 our GMT-offset is +6, w/o any daylight saving.
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Kyrgyz	1992	1996	-	Apr	Sun>=7	0:00s	1:00	-
 Rule	Kyrgyz	1992	1996	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	0	-
 Rule	Kyrgyz	1997	2005	-	Mar	lastSun	2:30	1:00	-
@@ -2476,7 +2476,7 @@ Zone	Asia/Bishkek	4:58:24 -	LMT	1924 May  2
 # follow and continued to use GMT+9:00 for interoperability.
 
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	ROK	1948	only	-	Jun	 1	 0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	ROK	1948	only	-	Sep	12	24:00	0	S
 Rule	ROK	1949	only	-	Apr	 3	 0:00	1:00	D
@@ -2564,7 +2564,7 @@ Zone	Asia/Pyongyang	8:23:00 -	LMT	1908 Apr  1
 
 
 # Lebanon
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Lebanon	1920	only	-	Mar	28	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Lebanon	1920	only	-	Oct	25	0:00	0	-
 Rule	Lebanon	1921	only	-	Apr	3	0:00	1:00	S
@@ -2594,7 +2594,7 @@ Zone	Asia/Beirut	2:22:00 -	LMT	1880
 			2:00	Lebanon	EE%sT
 
 # Malaysia
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	NBorneo	1935	1941	-	Sep	14	0:00	0:20	-
 Rule	NBorneo	1935	1941	-	Dec	14	0:00	0	-
 #
@@ -2739,7 +2739,7 @@ Zone	Indian/Maldives	4:54:00 -	LMT	1880 # Malé
 # September daylight saving time ends.  Source:
 # http://zasag.mn/news/view/8969
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Mongol	1983	1984	-	Apr	1	0:00	1:00	-
 Rule	Mongol	1983	only	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	-
 # Shanks & Pottenger and IATA SSIM say 1990s switches occurred at 00:00,
@@ -2927,7 +2927,7 @@ Zone	Asia/Kathmandu	5:41:16 -	LMT	1920
 # "People laud PM's announcement to end DST"
 # http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=99374&Itemid=2
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule Pakistan	2002	only	-	Apr	Sun>=2	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule Pakistan	2002	only	-	Oct	Sun>=2	0:00	0	-
 Rule Pakistan	2008	only	-	Jun	1	0:00	1:00	S
@@ -3229,7 +3229,7 @@ Zone	Asia/Karachi	4:28:12 -	LMT	1907
 # From Tim Parenti (2016-10-19):
 # Predict fall transitions on October's last Saturday at 01:00 from now on.
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	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	-
 Rule EgyptAsia	1958	only	-	May	 1	0:00	1:00	S
@@ -3329,7 +3329,7 @@ Zone	Asia/Hebron	2:20:23	-	LMT	1900 Oct
 # influence of the sources.  There is no current abbreviation for DST,
 # so use "PDT", the usual American style.
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Phil	1936	only	-	Nov	1	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Phil	1937	only	-	Feb	1	0:00	0	S
 Rule	Phil	1954	only	-	Apr	12	0:00	1:00	D
@@ -3477,7 +3477,7 @@ Zone	Asia/Colombo	5:19:24 -	LMT	1880
 			5:30	-	+0530
 
 # Syria
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Syria	1920	1923	-	Apr	Sun>=15	2:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Syria	1920	1923	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00	0	-
 Rule	Syria	1962	only	-	Apr	29	2:00	1:00	S

australasia

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 # Please see the notes below for the controversy about "EST" versus "AEST" etc.
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Aus	1917	only	-	Jan	 1	0:01	1:00	D
 Rule	Aus	1917	only	-	Mar	25	2:00	0	S
 Rule	Aus	1942	only	-	Jan	 1	2:00	1:00	D
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Zone Australia/Darwin	 8:43:20 -	LMT	1895 Feb
 			 9:30	Aus	AC%sT
 # Western Australia
 #
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	AW	1974	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	D
 Rule	AW	1975	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	S
 Rule	AW	1983	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	D
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Zone Australia/Eucla	 8:35:28 -	LMT	1895 Dec
 # applies to all of the Whitsundays.
 # http://www.australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/austn-islands
 #
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	AQ	1971	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	D
 Rule	AQ	1972	only	-	Feb	lastSun	2:00s	0	S
 Rule	AQ	1989	1991	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	D
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ Zone Australia/Lindeman  9:55:56 -	LMT	1895
 			10:00	Holiday	AE%sT
 
 # South Australia
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	AS	1971	1985	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	D
 Rule	AS	1986	only	-	Oct	19	2:00s	1:00	D
 Rule	AS	1987	2007	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	D
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ Zone Australia/Adelaide	9:14:20 -	LMT	1895 Feb
 # http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/dst_times.shtml
 # says King Island didn't observe DST from WWII until late 1971.
 #
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	AT	1967	only	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00s	1:00	D
 Rule	AT	1968	only	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	S
 Rule	AT	1968	1985	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	D
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ Zone Australia/Currie	9:35:28	-	LMT	1895 Sep
 			10:00	AT	AE%sT
 
 # Victoria
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	AV	1971	1985	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	D
 Rule	AV	1972	only	-	Feb	lastSun	2:00s	0	S
 Rule	AV	1973	1985	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	S
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ Zone Australia/Melbourne 9:39:52 -	LMT	1895 Feb
 			10:00	AV	AE%sT
 
 # New South Wales
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	AN	1971	1985	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	D
 Rule	AN	1972	only	-	Feb	27	2:00s	0	S
 Rule	AN	1973	1981	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	S
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ Zone Australia/Broken_Hill 9:25:48 -	LMT	1895 Feb
 			9:30	AS	AC%sT
 
 # Lord Howe Island
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	LH	1981	1984	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	-
 Rule	LH	1982	1985	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00	0	-
 Rule	LH	1985	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0:30	-
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ Zone	Indian/Cocos	6:27:40	-	LMT	1900
 # From Michael Deckers (2019-08-06):
 # https://www.laws.gov.fj/LawsAsMade/downloadfile/848
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Fiji	1998	1999	-	Nov	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	-
 Rule	Fiji	1999	2000	-	Feb	lastSun	3:00	0	-
 Rule	Fiji	2009	only	-	Nov	29	2:00	1:00	-
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ Zone	Pacific/Tahiti	 -9:58:16 -	LMT	1912 Oct # Papeete
 
 # Guam
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 # http://guamlegislature.com/Public_Laws_5th/PL05-025.pdf
 # http://documents.guam.gov/wp-content/uploads/E.O.-59-7-Guam-Daylight-Savings-Time-May-6-1959.pdf
 Rule	Guam	1959	only	-	Jun	27	2:00	1:00	D
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ Zone	Pacific/Nauru	11:07:40 -	LMT	1921 Jan 15 # Uaobe
 			12:00	-	+12
 
 # New Caledonia
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	NC	1977	1978	-	Dec	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	-
 Rule	NC	1978	1979	-	Feb	27	0:00	0	-
 Rule	NC	1996	only	-	Dec	 1	2:00s	1:00	-
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ Zone	Pacific/Noumea	11:05:48 -	LMT	1912 Jan 13 # Nouméa
 
 # New Zealand
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	NZ	1927	only	-	Nov	 6	2:00	1:00	S
 Rule	NZ	1928	only	-	Mar	 4	2:00	0	M
 Rule	NZ	1928	1933	-	Oct	Sun>=8	2:00	0:30	S
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ Link Pacific/Auckland Antarctica/McMurdo
 
 # Cook Is
 # From Shanks & Pottenger:
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Cook	1978	only	-	Nov	12	0:00	0:30	-
 Rule	Cook	1979	1991	-	Mar	Sun>=1	0:00	0	-
 Rule	Cook	1979	1990	-	Oct	lastSun	0:00	0:30	-
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ Link Pacific/Pago_Pago Pacific/Midway # in US minor outlying islands
 # That web page currently lists transitions for 2012/3 and 2013/4.
 # Assume the pattern instituted in 2012 will continue indefinitely.
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	WS	2010	only	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	1	-
 Rule	WS	2011	only	-	Apr	Sat>=1	4:00	0	-
 Rule	WS	2011	only	-	Sep	lastSat	3:00	1	-
@@ -777,7 +777,7 @@ Zone	Pacific/Fakaofo	-11:24:56 -	LMT	1901
 			13:00	-	+13
 
 # Tonga
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Tonga	1999	only	-	Oct	 7	2:00s	1:00	-
 Rule	Tonga	2000	only	-	Mar	19	2:00s	0	-
 Rule	Tonga	2000	2001	-	Nov	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	-
@@ -858,7 +858,7 @@ Zone	Pacific/Wake	11:06:28 -	LMT	1901
 
 
 # Vanuatu
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Vanuatu	1983	only	-	Sep	25	0:00	1:00	-
 Rule	Vanuatu	1984	1991	-	Mar	Sun>=23	0:00	0	-
 Rule	Vanuatu	1984	only	-	Oct	23	0:00	1:00	-

backzone

@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ Zone	Africa/Douala	0:38:48	-	LMT	1912
 # Whitman gives Mar 31 - Aug 31 for 1931 on.
 # The International Hydrographic Bulletin, 1932-33, p 63 says that
 # Sierra Leone would advance its clocks by 20 minutes on 1933-10-01.
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	SL	1935	1942	-	Jun	 1	0:00	0:40	-0020
 Rule	SL	1935	1942	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-01
 Rule	SL	1957	1962	-	Jun	 1	0:00	1:00	+01
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ Zone America/Guadeloupe	-4:06:08 -	LMT	1911 Jun  8 # Pointe-à-Pitre
 # Pottenger data.  The post-1970 entries have been corrected, but the
 # pre-1970 entries are unchecked and probably have errors.
 #
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Mont	1917	only	-	Mar	25	2:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Mont	1917	only	-	Apr	24	0:00	0	S
 Rule	Mont	1919	only	-	Mar	31	2:30	1:00	D

europe

@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@
 # http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1926/sro/919/made/en/print
 # http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1947/sro/71/made/en/print
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 # Summer Time Act, 1916
 Rule	GB-Eire	1916	only	-	May	21	2:00s	1:00	BST
 Rule	GB-Eire	1916	only	-	Oct	 1	2:00s	0	GMT
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ Link	Europe/London	Europe/Isle_of_Man
 # The following is like GB-Eire and EU, except with standard time in
 # summer and negative daylight saving time in winter.  It is for when
 # negative SAVE values are used.
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Eire	1971	only	-	Oct	31	 2:00u	-1:00	-
 Rule	Eire	1972	1980	-	Mar	Sun>=16	 2:00u	0	-
 Rule	Eire	1972	1980	-	Oct	Sun>=23	 2:00u	-1:00	-
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ Zone	Europe/Dublin	-0:25:00 -	LMT	1880 Aug  2
 # predecessor organization, the European Communities.
 # For brevity they are called "EU rules" elsewhere in this file.
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	EU	1977	1980	-	Apr	Sun>=1	 1:00u	1:00	S
 Rule	EU	1977	only	-	Sep	lastSun	 1:00u	0	-
 Rule	EU	1978	only	-	Oct	 1	 1:00u	0	-
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ Rule	E-Eur	1996	max	-	Oct	lastSun	 0:00	0	-
 #
 # The 1917-1921 decree URLs are from Alexander Belopolsky (2016-08-23).
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Russia	1917	only	-	Jul	 1	23:00	1:00	MST  # Moscow Summer Time
 #
 # Decree No. 142 (1917-12-22) http://istmat.info/node/28137
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ Zone	EET		2:00	EU	EE%sT
 
 
 # Albania
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Albania	1940	only	-	Jun	16	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Albania	1942	only	-	Nov	 2	3:00	0	-
 Rule	Albania	1943	only	-	Mar	29	2:00	1:00	S
@@ -826,7 +826,7 @@ Zone	Europe/Andorra	0:06:04 -	LMT	1901
 # In 1946 the end of DST was on Monday, 7 October 1946, at 3:00 am.
 # Shanks had this right.  Source: Die Weltpresse, 5. Oktober 1946, page 5.
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Austria	1920	only	-	Apr	 5	2:00s	1:00	S
 Rule	Austria	1920	only	-	Sep	13	2:00s	0	-
 Rule	Austria	1946	only	-	Apr	14	2:00s	1:00	S
@@ -913,7 +913,7 @@ Zone	Europe/Minsk	1:50:16 -	LMT	1880
 # The 1918 rules are listed for completeness; they apply to unoccupied Belgium.
 # Assume Brussels switched to WET in 1918 when the armistice took effect.
 #
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Belgium	1918	only	-	Mar	 9	 0:00s	1:00	S
 Rule	Belgium	1918	1919	-	Oct	Sat>=1	23:00s	0	-
 Rule	Belgium	1919	only	-	Mar	 1	23:00s	1:00	S
@@ -973,7 +973,7 @@ Zone	Europe/Brussels	0:17:30 -	LMT	1880
 # 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
 #
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Bulg	1979	only	-	Mar	31	23:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Bulg	1979	only	-	Oct	 1	 1:00	0	-
 Rule	Bulg	1980	1982	-	Apr	Sat>=1	23:00	1:00	S
@@ -1005,7 +1005,7 @@ Zone	Europe/Sofia	1:33:16 -	LMT	1880
 # We know of no English-language name for historical Czech winter time;
 # abbreviate it as "GMT", as it happened to be GMT.
 #
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Czech	1945	only	-	Apr	Mon>=1	2:00s	1:00	S
 Rule	Czech	1945	only	-	Oct	 1	2:00s	0	-
 Rule	Czech	1946	only	-	May	 6	2:00s	1:00	S
@@ -1061,7 +1061,7 @@ Zone	Europe/Prague	0:57:44 -	LMT	1850
 # Hence the "02:00" of the 1980 law refers to standard time, not
 # wall-clock time, and so the EU rules were in effect in 1980.
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Denmark	1916	only	-	May	14	23:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Denmark	1916	only	-	Sep	30	23:00	0	-
 Rule	Denmark	1940	only	-	May	15	 0:00	1:00	S
@@ -1163,7 +1163,7 @@ Zone Atlantic/Faroe	-0:27:04 -	LMT	1908 Jan 11 # Tórshavn
 # http://naalakkersuisut.gl/~/media/Nanoq/Files/Attached%20Files/Engelske-tekster/Legislation/Executive%20Order%20National%20Park.rtf
 # It is their only National Park.
 #
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Thule	1991	1992	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Thule	1991	1992	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
 Rule	Thule	1993	2006	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	D
@@ -1294,7 +1294,7 @@ Zone	Europe/Tallinn	1:39:00	-	LMT	1880
 # From Paul Eggert (2014-06-14):
 # Go with Oja over Shanks.
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Finland	1942	only	-	Apr	2	24:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Finland	1942	only	-	Oct	4	1:00	0	-
 Rule	Finland	1981	1982	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00	1:00	S
@@ -1377,7 +1377,7 @@ Link	Europe/Helsinki	Europe/Mariehamn
 
 #
 # Shank & Pottenger seem to use '24:00' ambiguously; resolve it with Whitman.
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	France	1916	only	-	Jun	14	23:00s	1:00	S
 Rule	France	1916	1919	-	Oct	Sun>=1	23:00s	0	-
 Rule	France	1917	only	-	Mar	24	23:00s	1:00	S
@@ -1470,7 +1470,7 @@ Zone	Europe/Paris	0:09:21 -	LMT	1891 Mar 16
 # this was equivalent to UT +03, not +04.
 
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Germany	1946	only	-	Apr	14	2:00s	1:00	S
 Rule	Germany	1946	only	-	Oct	 7	2:00s	0	-
 Rule	Germany	1947	1949	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
@@ -1522,7 +1522,7 @@ Zone Europe/Gibraltar	-0:21:24 -	LMT	1880 Aug  2  0:00s
 			1:00	EU	CE%sT
 
 # Greece
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 # Whitman gives 1932 Jul 5 - Nov 1; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
 Rule	Greece	1932	only	-	Jul	 7	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Greece	1932	only	-	Sep	 1	0:00	0	-
@@ -1569,7 +1569,7 @@ Zone	Europe/Athens	1:34:52 -	LMT	1895 Sep 14
 # bulletins, instructions and public press.
 # [See URLs below.]
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 # https://library.hungaricana.hu/hu/view/OGYK_RT_1918/?pg=238
 # https://library.hungaricana.hu/hu/view/OGYK_RT_1919/?pg=808
 # https://library.hungaricana.hu/hu/view/OGYK_RT_1920/?pg=201
@@ -1655,7 +1655,7 @@ Zone	Europe/Budapest	1:16:20 -	LMT	1890 Nov  1
 # The information below is taken from the 1988 Almanak; see
 # http://www.almanak.hi.is/klukkan.html
 #
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Iceland	1917	1919	-	Feb	19	23:00	1:00	-
 Rule	Iceland	1917	only	-	Oct	21	 1:00	0	-
 Rule	Iceland	1918	1919	-	Nov	16	 1:00	0	-
@@ -1747,7 +1747,7 @@ Zone Atlantic/Reykjavik	-1:28	-	LMT	1908
 # to 1944-06-04; although Rome was an open city during this period, it
 # was effectively controlled by Germany.
 #
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Italy	1916	only	-	Jun	 3	24:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Italy	1916	1917	-	Sep	30	24:00	0	-
 Rule	Italy	1917	only	-	Mar	31	24:00	1:00	S
@@ -1857,7 +1857,7 @@ Link	Europe/Rome	Europe/San_Marino
 # urged Lithuania and Estonia to adopt a similar time policy, but it
 # appears that they will not do so....
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Latvia	1989	1996	-	Mar	lastSun	 2:00s	1:00	S
 Rule	Latvia	1989	1996	-	Sep	lastSun	 2:00s	0	-
 
@@ -1950,7 +1950,7 @@ Zone	Europe/Vilnius	1:41:16	-	LMT	1880
 # Luxembourg
 # Whitman disagrees with most of these dates in minor ways;
 # go with Shanks & Pottenger.
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Lux	1916	only	-	May	14	23:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Lux	1916	only	-	Oct	 1	 1:00	0	-
 Rule	Lux	1917	only	-	Apr	28	23:00	1:00	S
@@ -1991,7 +1991,7 @@ Zone Europe/Luxembourg	0:24:36 -	LMT	1904 Jun
 # From Paul Eggert (2016-10-21):
 # Assume 1900-1972 was like Rome, overriding Shanks.
 #
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Malta	1973	only	-	Mar	31	0:00s	1:00	S
 Rule	Malta	1973	only	-	Sep	29	0:00s	0	-
 Rule	Malta	1974	only	-	Apr	21	0:00s	1:00	S
@@ -2064,7 +2064,7 @@ Zone	Europe/Malta	0:58:04 -	LMT	1893 Nov  2  0:00s # Valletta
 # 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	NAME	FROM	TO	-	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	-
 
@@ -2147,7 +2147,7 @@ Zone	Europe/Monaco	0:29:32 -	LMT	1892 Jun  1
 # The data entries before 1945 are taken from
 # https://www.staff.science.uu.nl/~gent0113/wettijd/wettijd.htm
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Neth	1916	only	-	May	 1	0:00	1:00	NST	# Netherlands Summer Time
 Rule	Neth	1916	only	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	AMT	# Amsterdam Mean Time
 Rule	Neth	1917	only	-	Apr	16	2:00s	1:00	NST
@@ -2184,7 +2184,7 @@ Zone Europe/Amsterdam	0:19:32 -	LMT	1835
 # Norway
 # http://met.no/met/met_lex/q_u/sommertid.html (2004-01) agrees with Shanks &
 # Pottenger.
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Norway	1916	only	-	May	22	1:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Norway	1916	only	-	Sep	30	0:00	0	-
 Rule	Norway	1945	only	-	Apr	 2	2:00s	1:00	S
@@ -2253,7 +2253,7 @@ Link	Europe/Oslo	Arctic/Longyearbyen
 # The 1919 dates and times can be found in Tygodnik Urzędowy nr 1 (1919-03-20),
 # <http://www.wbc.poznan.pl/publication/32156> pp 1-2.
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Poland	1918	1919	-	Sep	16	2:00s	0	-
 Rule	Poland	1919	only	-	Apr	15	2:00s	1:00	S
 Rule	Poland	1944	only	-	Apr	 3	2:00s	1:00	S
@@ -2324,7 +2324,7 @@ Zone	Europe/Warsaw	1:24:00 -	LMT	1880
 # Guess that the Azores changed to EU rules in 1992 (since that's when Portugal
 # harmonized with EU rules), and that they stayed +0:00 that winter.
 #
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 # DSH writes that despite Decree 1,469 (1915), the change to the clocks was not
 # done every year, depending on what Spain did, because of railroad schedules.
 # Go with Shanks & Pottenger.
@@ -2437,7 +2437,7 @@ Zone Atlantic/Madeira	-1:07:36 -	LMT	1884        # Funchal
 # assume that Romania and Moldova switched to EU rules in 1997,
 # the same year as Bulgaria.
 #
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Romania	1932	only	-	May	21	 0:00s	1:00	S
 Rule	Romania	1932	1939	-	Oct	Sun>=1	 0:00s	0	-
 Rule	Romania	1933	1939	-	Apr	Sun>=2	 0:00s	1:00	S
@@ -3542,7 +3542,7 @@ Link Europe/Prague Europe/Bratislava
 # instant at which, according to the time indicated in article 1,
 # the 1st day of January of 1901 will begin.
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Spain	1918	only	-	Apr	15	23:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Spain	1918	1919	-	Oct	 6	24:00s	0	-
 Rule	Spain	1919	only	-	Apr	 6	23:00	1:00	S
@@ -3679,7 +3679,7 @@ Zone Europe/Stockholm	1:12:12 -	LMT	1879 Jan  1
 # By the end of the 18th century clocks and watches became commonplace
 # and their performance improved enormously.  Communities began to keep
 # mean time in preference to apparent time - Geneva from 1780 ....
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 # From Whitman (who writes "Midnight?"):
 # Rule	Swiss	1940	only	-	Nov	 2	0:00	1:00	S
 # Rule	Swiss	1940	only	-	Dec	31	0:00	0	-
@@ -3766,7 +3766,7 @@ Zone Europe/Stockholm	1:12:12 -	LMT	1879 Jan  1
 # 1853-07-16, though it probably occurred at some other date in Zurich, and
 # legal civil time probably changed at still some other transition date.
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Swiss	1941	1942	-	May	Mon>=1	1:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Swiss	1941	1942	-	Oct	Mon>=1	2:00	0	-
 # Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
@@ -3915,7 +3915,7 @@ Zone	Europe/Zurich	0:34:08 -	LMT	1853 Jul 16 # See above comment.
 # Although Google Translate misfires on that source, it looks like
 # Turkey reversed last month's decision, and so will stay at +03.
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Turkey	1916	only	-	May	 1	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Turkey	1916	only	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
 Rule	Turkey	1920	only	-	Mar	28	0:00	1:00	S

northamerica

@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
 # U.S. government action.  So even though the "US" rules have changed
 # in the latest release, other countries won't be affected.
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	US	1918	1919	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
 Rule	US	1918	1919	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
 Rule	US	1942	only	-	Feb	9	2:00	1:00	W # War
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ Zone	PST8PDT		 -8:00	US	P%sT
 # Eastern time (i.e., -4:56:01.6) just before the 1883 switch.  Round to the
 # nearest second.
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
 Rule	NYC	1920	only	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
 Rule	NYC	1920	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
 Rule	NYC	1921	1966	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ Zone America/New_York	-4:56:02 -	LMT	1883 Nov 18 12:03:58
 # The Tennessean 2007-05-11, republished 2015-04-06.
 # https://www.tennessean.com/story/insider/extras/2015/04/06/archives-seigenthaler-for-100-years-the-tennessean-had-it-covered/25348545/
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
 Rule	Chicago	1920	only	-	Jun	13	2:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Chicago	1920	1921	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
 Rule	Chicago	1921	only	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ Zone America/North_Dakota/Beulah -6:47:07 - LMT	1883 Nov 18 12:12:53
 # El Paso Times. 2018-10-24 06:40 -06.
 # https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/local/el-paso/2018/10/24/el-pasoans-were-time-rebels-fought-stay-mountain-zone/1744509002/
 #
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
 Rule	Denver	1920	1921	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Denver	1920	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
 Rule	Denver	1921	only	-	May	22	2:00	0	S
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ Zone America/Denver	-6:59:56 -	LMT	1883 Nov 18 12:00:04
 # https://repository.uchastings.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1501&context=ca_ballot_props
 # https://repository.uchastings.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1636&context=ca_ballot_props
 #
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
 Rule	CA	1948	only	-	Mar	14	2:01	1:00	D
 Rule	CA	1949	only	-	Jan	 1	2:00	0	S
 Rule	CA	1950	1966	-	Apr	lastSun	1:00	1:00	D
@@ -911,7 +911,7 @@ Zone America/Boise	-7:44:49 -	LMT	1883 Nov 18 12:15:11
 # going to switch from Central to Eastern Time on March 11, 2007....
 # http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070207/LOCAL190108/702070524/0/LOCAL
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
 Rule Indianapolis 1941	only	-	Jun	22	2:00	1:00	D
 Rule Indianapolis 1941	1954	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
 Rule Indianapolis 1946	1954	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
@@ -930,7 +930,7 @@ Zone America/Indiana/Indianapolis -5:44:38 - LMT	1883 Nov 18 12:15:22
 #
 # Eastern Crawford County, Indiana, left its clocks alone in 1974,
 # as well as from 1976 through 2005.
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
 Rule	Marengo	1951	only	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Marengo	1951	only	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
 Rule	Marengo	1954	1960	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
@@ -949,7 +949,7 @@ Zone America/Indiana/Marengo -5:45:23 -	LMT	1883 Nov 18 12:14:37
 # Daviess, Dubois, Knox, and Martin Counties, Indiana,
 # switched from eastern to central time in April 2006, then switched back
 # in November 2007.
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
 Rule Vincennes	1946	only	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
 Rule Vincennes	1946	only	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
 Rule Vincennes	1953	1954	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
@@ -974,7 +974,7 @@ Zone America/Indiana/Vincennes -5:50:07 - LMT	1883 Nov 18 12:09:53
 # The Indianapolis News, Friday 27 October 1967 states that Perry County
 # returned to CST.  It went again to EST on 27 April 1969, as documented by the
 # Indianapolis star of Saturday 26 April.
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
 Rule Perry	1955	only	-	May	 1	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule Perry	1955	1960	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
 Rule Perry	1956	1963	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
@@ -991,7 +991,7 @@ Zone America/Indiana/Tell_City -5:47:03 - LMT	1883 Nov 18 12:12:57
 #
 # Pike County, Indiana moved from central to eastern time in 1977,
 # then switched back in 2006, then switched back again in 2007.
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
 Rule	Pike	1955	only	-	May	 1	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Pike	1955	1960	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
 Rule	Pike	1956	1964	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
@@ -1012,7 +1012,7 @@ Zone America/Indiana/Petersburg -5:49:07 - LMT	1883 Nov 18 12:10:53
 # An article on page A3 of the Sunday, 1991-10-27 Washington Post
 # notes that Starke County switched from Central time to Eastern time as of
 # 1991-10-27.
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
 Rule	Starke	1947	1961	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Starke	1947	1954	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
 Rule	Starke	1955	1956	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
@@ -1029,7 +1029,7 @@ Zone America/Indiana/Knox -5:46:30 -	LMT	1883 Nov 18 12:13:30
 #
 # Pulaski County, Indiana, switched from eastern to central time in
 # April 2006 and then switched back in March 2007.
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
 Rule	Pulaski	1946	1960	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Pulaski	1946	1954	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
 Rule	Pulaski	1955	1956	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
@@ -1071,7 +1071,7 @@ Zone America/Indiana/Vevay -5:40:16 -	LMT	1883 Nov 18 12:19:44
 #
 # Part of Kentucky left its clocks alone in 1974.
 # This also includes Clark, Floyd, and Harrison counties in Indiana.
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
 Rule Louisville	1921	only	-	May	1	2:00	1:00	D
 Rule Louisville	1921	only	-	Sep	1	2:00	0	S
 Rule Louisville	1941	only	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
@@ -1185,7 +1185,7 @@ Zone America/Kentucky/Monticello -5:39:24 - LMT	1883 Nov 18 12:20:36
 # election Michigan voters narrowly repealed DST, effective 1969.
 #
 # Most of Michigan observed DST from 1973 on, but was a bit late in 1975.
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
 Rule	Detroit	1948	only	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Detroit	1948	only	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
 # Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
@@ -1202,7 +1202,7 @@ Zone America/Detroit	-5:32:11 -	LMT	1905
 #
 # Dickinson, Gogebic, Iron, and Menominee Counties, Michigan,
 # switched from EST to CST/CDT in 1973.
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
 Rule Menominee	1946	only	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
 Rule Menominee	1946	only	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
 Rule Menominee	1966	only	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
@@ -1372,7 +1372,7 @@ Zone America/Menominee	-5:50:27 -	LMT	1885 Sep 18 12:00
 # Oct 31, to Oct 27, 1918 (and Sunday is a more likely transition day
 # than Thursday) in all Canadian rulesets.
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Canada	1918	only	-	Apr	14	2:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Canada	1918	only	-	Oct	27	2:00	0	S
 Rule	Canada	1942	only	-	Feb	 9	2:00	1:00	W # War
@@ -1395,7 +1395,7 @@ Rule	Canada	2007	max	-	Nov	Sun>=1	2:00	0	S
 # that follows the rules is the southeast corner, including Port Hope
 # Simpson and Mary's Harbour, but excluding, say, Black Tickle.
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	StJohns	1917	only	-	Apr	 8	2:00	1:00	D
 Rule	StJohns	1917	only	-	Sep	17	2:00	0	S
 # Whitman gives 1919 Apr 5 and 1920 Apr 5; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
@@ -1497,7 +1497,7 @@ Zone America/Goose_Bay	-4:01:40 -	LMT	1884 # Happy Valley-Goose Bay
 # bill say that it is "accommodating the customs and practices" of those
 # regions, which suggests that they have always been in-line with Halifax.
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Halifax	1916	only	-	Apr	 1	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Halifax	1916	only	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	S
 Rule	Halifax	1920	only	-	May	 9	0:00	1:00	D
@@ -1563,7 +1563,7 @@ Zone America/Glace_Bay	-3:59:48 -	LMT	1902 Jun 15
 # clear that this was the case since at least 1993.
 # For now, assume it started in 1993.
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Moncton	1933	1935	-	Jun	Sun>=8	1:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Moncton	1933	1935	-	Sep	Sun>=8	1:00	0	S
 Rule	Moncton	1936	1938	-	Jun	Sun>=1	1:00	1:00	D
@@ -1772,7 +1772,7 @@ Zone America/Blanc-Sablon -3:48:28 -	LMT	1884
 #   With some exceptions, the use of daylight saving may be said to be limited
 # to those cities and towns lying between Quebec city and Windsor, Ont.
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Toronto	1919	only	-	Mar	30	23:30	1:00	D
 Rule	Toronto	1919	only	-	Oct	26	0:00	0	S
 Rule	Toronto	1920	only	-	May	 2	2:00	1:00	D
@@ -1870,7 +1870,7 @@ Zone America/Atikokan	-6:06:28 -	LMT	1895
 # starting 1966.  Since 02:00s is clearly correct for 1967 on, assume
 # it was also 02:00s in 1966.
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Winn	1916	only	-	Apr	23	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Winn	1916	only	-	Sep	17	0:00	0	S
 Rule	Winn	1918	only	-	Apr	14	2:00	1:00	D
@@ -1961,7 +1961,7 @@ Zone America/Winnipeg	-6:28:36 -	LMT	1887 Jul 16
 # long and rather painful to read.
 # http://www.qp.gov.sk.ca/documents/English/Statutes/Statutes/T14.pdf
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Regina	1918	only	-	Apr	14	2:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Regina	1918	only	-	Oct	27	2:00	0	S
 Rule	Regina	1930	1934	-	May	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	D
@@ -2011,7 +2011,7 @@ Zone America/Swift_Current -7:11:20 -	LMT	1905 Sep
 # Boyer JP. Forcing Choice: The Risky Reward of Referendums. Dundum. 2017.
 # ISBN 978-1459739123.
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Edm	1918	1919	-	Apr	Sun>=8	2:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Edm	1918	only	-	Oct	27	2:00	0	S
 Rule	Edm	1919	only	-	May	27	2:00	0	S
@@ -2120,7 +2120,7 @@ Zone America/Edmonton	-7:33:52 -	LMT	1906 Sep
 # https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/daylight-saving-1918-starts-again-july-7-1941-start-d-s-sept-27-end-of-d-s-1941
 # We have no further details, so omit them for now.
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Vanc	1918	only	-	Apr	14	2:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Vanc	1918	only	-	Oct	27	2:00	0	S
 Rule	Vanc	1942	only	-	Feb	 9	2:00	1:00	W # War
@@ -2461,7 +2461,7 @@ Zone America/Creston	-7:46:04 -	LMT	1884
 # about 1970, and uses PST for standard time in Yukon since then.  Consistent
 # with that, use MST for -07, the new standard time in Yukon effective Nov. 1.
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	NT_YK	1918	only	-	Apr	14	2:00	1:00	D
 Rule	NT_YK	1918	only	-	Oct	27	2:00	0	S
 Rule	NT_YK	1919	only	-	May	25	2:00	1:00	D
@@ -2735,7 +2735,7 @@ Zone America/Dawson	-9:17:40 -	LMT	1900 Aug 20
 # 5- The islands, reefs and keys shall take their timezone from the
 #    longitude they are located at.
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Mexico	1939	only	-	Feb	5	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Mexico	1939	only	-	Jun	25	0:00	0	S
 Rule	Mexico	1940	only	-	Dec	9	0:00	1:00	D
@@ -2940,7 +2940,7 @@ Zone America/Tijuana	-7:48:04 -	LMT	1922 Jan  1  0:11:56
 # rules to sync with the U.S. starting in 2007....
 # http://www.jonesbahamas.com/?c=45&a=10412
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Bahamas	1964	1975	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
 Rule	Bahamas	1964	1975	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
 # Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
@@ -2952,7 +2952,7 @@ Zone	America/Nassau	-5:09:30 -	LMT	1912 Mar 2
 
 # For 1899 Milne gives -3:58:29.2; round that.
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Barb	1977	only	-	Jun	12	2:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Barb	1977	1978	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00	0	S
 Rule	Barb	1978	1980	-	Apr	Sun>=15	2:00	1:00	D
@@ -2965,7 +2965,7 @@ Zone America/Barbados	-3:58:29 -	LMT	1924 # Bridgetown
 
 # Belize
 # Whitman entirely disagrees with Shanks; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Belize	1918	1942	-	Oct	Sun>=2	0:00	0:30	-0530
 Rule	Belize	1919	1943	-	Feb	Sun>=9	0:00	0	CST
 Rule	Belize	1973	only	-	Dec	 5	0:00	1:00	CDT
@@ -3002,7 +3002,7 @@ Zone Atlantic/Bermuda	-4:19:18 -	LMT	1930 Jan  1  2:00 # Hamilton
 
 # Milne gives -5:36:13.3 as San José mean time; round to nearest.
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	CR	1979	1980	-	Feb	lastSun	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	CR	1979	1980	-	Jun	Sun>=1	0:00	0	S
 Rule	CR	1991	1992	-	Jan	Sat>=15	0:00	1:00	D
@@ -3176,7 +3176,7 @@ Zone America/Costa_Rica	-5:36:13 -	LMT	1890        # San José
 # From Paul Eggert (2012-11-03):
 # For now, assume the future rule is first Sunday in November.
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Cuba	1928	only	-	Jun	10	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Cuba	1928	only	-	Oct	10	0:00	0	S
 Rule	Cuba	1940	1942	-	Jun	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	D
@@ -3245,7 +3245,7 @@ Zone	America/Havana	-5:29:28 -	LMT	1890
 # decided to revert.
 
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	DR	1966	only	-	Oct	30	0:00	1:00	EDT
 Rule	DR	1967	only	-	Feb	28	0:00	0	EST
 Rule	DR	1969	1973	-	Oct	lastSun	0:00	0:30	-0430
@@ -3262,7 +3262,7 @@ Zone America/Santo_Domingo -4:39:36 -	LMT	1890
 
 # El Salvador
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Salv	1987	1988	-	May	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Salv	1987	1988	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	0	S
 # There are too many San Salvadors elsewhere, so use America/El_Salvador
@@ -3291,7 +3291,7 @@ Zone America/El_Salvador -5:56:48 -	LMT	1921 # San Salvador
 # (2006-04-19), says DST ends at 24:00.  See
 # http://www.sieca.org.gt/Sitio_publico/Energeticos/Doc/Medidas/Cambio_Horario_Nac_190406.pdf
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Guat	1973	only	-	Nov	25	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Guat	1974	only	-	Feb	24	0:00	0	S
 Rule	Guat	1983	only	-	May	21	0:00	1:00	D
@@ -3372,7 +3372,7 @@ Zone America/Guatemala	-6:02:04 -	LMT	1918 Oct 5
 # I have not been able to find a more authoritative source:
 # https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-20319-haiti-notices-time-change-in-haiti.html
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Haiti	1983	only	-	May	8	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Haiti	1984	1987	-	Apr	lastSun	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Haiti	1983	1987	-	Oct	lastSun	0:00	0	S
@@ -3420,7 +3420,7 @@ Zone America/Port-au-Prince -4:49:20 -	LMT	1890
 # http://www.laprensahn.com/pais_nota.php?id04962=7386
 # So it seems that Honduras will not enter DST this year....
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Hond	1987	1988	-	May	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Hond	1987	1988	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	0	S
 Rule	Hond	2006	only	-	May	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	D
@@ -3511,7 +3511,7 @@ Zone America/Martinique	-4:04:20 -      LMT	1890        # Fort-de-France
 # The natural sun time is restored in all the national territory, in that the
 # time is returned one hour at 01:00 am of October 1 of 2006.
 #
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Nic	1979	1980	-	Mar	Sun>=16	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Nic	1979	1980	-	Jun	Mon>=23	0:00	0	S
 Rule	Nic	2005	only	-	Apr	10	0:00	1:00	D

pacificnew

@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-# tzdb data for proposed US election time (this file is obsolete)
-
-# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
-# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
-
-# From Arthur David Olson (1989-04-05):
-# On 1989-04-05, the U. S. House of Representatives passed (238-154) a bill
-# establishing "Pacific Presidential Election Time"; it was not acted on
-# by the Senate or signed into law by the President.
-# You might want to change the "PE" (Presidential Election) below to
-# "Q" (Quadrennial) to maintain three-character zone abbreviations.
-# If you're really conservative, you might want to change it to "D".
-# Avoid "L" (Leap Year), which won't be true in 2100.
-
-# If Presidential Election Time is ever established, replace "XXXX" below
-# with the year the law takes effect and uncomment the "##" lines.
-
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
-## Rule	Twilite	XXXX	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	D
-## Rule	Twilite	XXXX	max	uspres	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	PE
-## Rule	Twilite	XXXX	max	uspres	Nov	Sun>=7	2:00	0	S
-## Rule	Twilite	XXXX	max	nonpres	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
-
-# Zone	NAME			STDOFF	RULES/SAVE	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
-## Zone	America/Los_Angeles-PET	-8:00	US		P%sT	XXXX
-##				-8:00	Twilite		P%sT
-
-# For now...
-Link	America/Los_Angeles	US/Pacific-New	##

southamerica

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 # I am sending modifications to the Argentine time zone table...
 # AR was chosen because they are the ISO letters that represent Argentina.
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Arg	1930	only	-	Dec	 1	0:00	1:00	-
 Rule	Arg	1931	only	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
 Rule	Arg	1931	only	-	Oct	15	0:00	1:00	-
@@ -769,7 +769,7 @@ Zone	America/La_Paz	-4:32:36 -	LMT	1890
 # From Paul Eggert (2013-10-17):
 # For now, assume western Amazonas will change as well.
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 # Decree 20,466 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV20466.htm> (1931-10-01)
 # Decree 21,896 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV21896.htm> (1932-01-10)
 Rule	Brazil	1931	only	-	Oct	 3	11:00	1:00	-
@@ -1258,7 +1258,7 @@ Zone America/Rio_Branco	-4:31:12 -	LMT	1914
 # For now, assume that they will not revert,
 # since they have extended the expiration date once already.
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Chile	1927	1931	-	Sep	 1	0:00	1:00	-
 Rule	Chile	1928	1932	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
 Rule	Chile	1968	only	-	Nov	 3	4:00u	1:00	-
@@ -1358,7 +1358,7 @@ Zone Antarctica/Palmer	0	-	-00	1965
 # Milne gives 4:56:16.4 for Bogotá time in 1899; round to nearest.  He writes,
 # "A variation of fifteen minutes in the public clocks of Bogota is not rare."
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	CO	1992	only	-	May	 3	0:00	1:00	-
 Rule	CO	1993	only	-	Apr	 4	0:00	0	-
 # Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
@@ -1418,7 +1418,7 @@ Link	America/Curacao	America/Kralendijk	# Caribbean Netherlands
 # (Not one step back), the clocks went back in 1993 and the experiment was not
 # repeated.  For now, assume transitions were at 00:00 local time country-wide.
 #
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Ecuador	1992	only	-	Nov	28	0:00	1:00	-
 Rule	Ecuador	1993	only	-	Feb	 5	0:00	0	-
 #
@@ -1512,7 +1512,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Galapagos	-5:58:24 -	LMT	1931 # Puerto Baquerizo Moreno
 # For now we will assume permanent -03 for the Falklands
 # until advised differently (to apply for 2012 and beyond, after the 2011
 # experiment was apparently successful.)
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Falk	1937	1938	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	1:00	-
 Rule	Falk	1938	1942	-	Mar	Sun>=19	0:00	0	-
 Rule	Falk	1939	only	-	Oct	1	0:00	1:00	-
@@ -1558,7 +1558,7 @@ Zone	America/Guyana	-3:52:40 -	LMT	1915 Mar    # Georgetown
 # No time of the day is established for the adjustment, so people normally
 # adjust their clocks at 0 hour of the given dates.
 #
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Para	1975	1988	-	Oct	 1	0:00	1:00	-
 Rule	Para	1975	1978	-	Mar	 1	0:00	0	-
 Rule	Para	1979	1991	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
@@ -1651,7 +1651,7 @@ Zone America/Asuncion	-3:50:40 -	LMT	1890
 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
 # Shanks & Pottenger don't have this transition.  Assume 1986 was like 1987.
 
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Peru	1938	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	1:00	-
 Rule	Peru	1938	only	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
 Rule	Peru	1938	1939	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	1:00	-
@@ -1747,7 +1747,7 @@ Link America/Port_of_Spain America/Tortola	# Virgin Islands (UK)
 # https://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1926/03/10/2
 # https://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1926/03/18/2
 #
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Uruguay	1923	1925	-	Oct	 1	 0:00	0:30	-
 Rule	Uruguay	1924	1926	-	Apr	 1	 0:00	0	-
 # From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15):

tz-how-to.html

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ the <code>data</code> subdirectory):</p>
 <tr>
   <td colspan="6" align="center"><table><tr><td>
 <pre>
-#Rule NAME    FROM TO   TYPE IN  ON      AT   SAVE LETTER
+#Rule NAME    FROM TO    -   IN  ON      AT   SAVE LETTER
 Rule  Chicago 1920 only  -   Jun 13      2:00 1:00 D
 Rule  Chicago 1920 1921  -   Oct lastSun 2:00 0    S
 Rule  Chicago 1921 only  -   Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
@@ -93,14 +93,23 @@ Rule  Chicago 1955 1966  -   Oct lastSun 2:00 0    S
 </tr>
 </table>
 
-<p>We&rsquo;ll basically just ignore the <code>TYPE</code> column.
-In the 2007j release, the most recent as of this writing, the
-<code>TYPE</code> column never contains anything but a hyphen,
-a kind of null value. (From the description in <code>zic.8.txt</code>,
-this appears to be a mechanism for removing years from a set
-in some localizable way. It&rsquo;s used in the file, <code>pacificnew</code>,
-to determine whether a given year will have a US presidential election;
-but everything related to that use is commented out.)
+<p>The <code>FROM</code> and <code>TO</code> columns, respectively, specify the
+first and last calendar years defining a contiguous range over which a specific
+Rule line is to apply.  The keyword <code>only</code> can be used in the
+<code>TO</code> field to repeat the value of the <code>FROM</code> field in the
+event that a rule should only apply to a single year.  Often, the keyword
+<code>max</code> is used to extend a rule&rsquo;s application into the
+indefinite future; it is a platform-agnostic stand-in for the largest
+representable year.
+
+<p>The next column, <code>-</code>, is reserved; for compatibility with earlier
+releases, it always contains a hyphen, which acts as a kind of null value.
+Prior to the 2020b release, it was called the <code>TYPE</code> field, though
+it was never used in the main data.  An obsolescent supplementary file used the
+field as a proof-of-concept to allow <code>zic</code> to apply a given Rule
+line only to certain &ldquo;types&rdquo; of years within the specified range as
+dictated by the output of a separate script, such as: only years which would
+have a US presidential election, or only years which wouldn&rsquo;t.
 
 <p>The <code>SAVE</code> column contains the local (wall clock) offset from
 local standard time.
@@ -148,7 +157,7 @@ time changed in 1955. Got it?</p>
 <tr>
   <td colspan="6" align="center"><table><tr><td>
 <pre>
-#Rule NAME FROM TO   TYPE IN  ON        AT   SAVE LETTER/S
+#Rule NAME FROM TO    -   IN  ON        AT   SAVE LETTER/S
 Rule  US   1918 1919  -   Mar lastSun  2:00  1:00 D
 Rule  US   1918 1919  -   Oct lastSun  2:00  0    S
 Rule  US   1942 only  -   Feb 9        2:00  1:00 W # War
@@ -555,7 +564,7 @@ the true offset is undefined.
 <tr>
   <td colspan="6" align="center"><table><tr><td>
 <pre>
-#Rule NAME FROM TO   TYPE IN  ON      AT     SAVE LETTER/S
+#Rule NAME FROM TO   -    IN  ON      AT     SAVE LETTER/S
 Rule  US   1918 1919 -    Oct lastSun  2:00  0    S
 Rule  US   1942 only -    Feb  9       2:00  1:00 W # War
 Rule  US   1945 only -    Aug 14      23:00u 1:00 P # Peace

yearistype.sh

@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-#! /bin/sh
-: 'Determine whether year is of appropriate type (this file is obsolete).'
-
-: 'This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of'
-: '2006-07-17 by Arthur David Olson.'
-
-case $#-$1 in
-	2-|2-0*|2-*[!0-9]*)
-		echo "$0: wild year: $1" >&2
-		exit 1 ;;
-esac
-
-case $#-$2 in
-	2-even)
-		case $1 in
-			*[24680])			exit 0 ;;
-			*)				exit 1 ;;
-		esac ;;
-	2-nonpres|2-nonuspres)
-		case $1 in
-			*[02468][048]|*[13579][26])	exit 1 ;;
-			*)				exit 0 ;;
-		esac ;;
-	2-odd)
-		case $1 in
-			*[13579])			exit 0 ;;
-			*)				exit 1 ;;
-		esac ;;
-	2-uspres)
-		case $1 in
-			*[02468][048]|*[13579][26])	exit 0 ;;
-			*)				exit 1 ;;
-		esac ;;
-	2-*)
-		echo "$0: wild type: $2" >&2 ;;
-esac
-
-echo "$0: usage is $0 year even|odd|uspres|nonpres|nonuspres" >&2
-exit 1

zic.8

@@ -278,9 +278,9 @@ abbreviation must be unambiguous in context.
 A rule line has the form
 .nf
 .ti +.5i
-.ta \w'Rule\0\0'u +\w'NAME\0\0'u +\w'FROM\0\0'u +\w'1973\0\0'u +\w'TYPE\0\0'u +\w'Apr\0\0'u +\w'lastSun\0\0'u +\w'2:00w\0\0'u +\w'1:00d\0\0'u
+.ta \w'Rule\0\0'u +\w'NAME\0\0'u +\w'FROM\0\0'u +\w'1973\0\0'u +\w'\*-\0\0'u +\w'Apr\0\0'u +\w'lastSun\0\0'u +\w'2:00w\0\0'u +\w'1:00d\0\0'u
 .sp
-Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	\*-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 .sp
 For example:
 .ti +.5i
@@ -329,12 +329,17 @@ may be used to repeat the value of the
 .B FROM
 field.
 .TP
-.B TYPE
-should be
+.B \*-
+Is a reserved field and should always contain
 .q \*-
-and is present for compatibility with older versions of
-.B zic
-in which it could contain year types.
+for compatibility with older versions of
+.BR zic .
+It was previously known as the
+.B TYPE
+field, which could contain values to allow a
+separate script to further restrict in which
+.q types
+of years the rule would apply.
 .TP
 .B IN
 Names the month in which the rule takes effect.
@@ -705,9 +710,9 @@ and for its predecessor organization, the European Communities.
 .ne 22
 .nf
 .in +2m
-.ta \w'# Rule\0\0'u +\w'NAME\0\0'u +\w'FROM\0\0'u +\w'1973\0\0'u +\w'TYPE\0\0'u +\w'Apr\0\0'u +\w'lastSun\0\0'u +\w'2:00\0\0'u +\w'SAVE\0\0'u
+.ta \w'# Rule\0\0'u +\w'NAME\0\0'u +\w'FROM\0\0'u +\w'1973\0\0'u +\w'\*-\0\0'u +\w'Apr\0\0'u +\w'lastSun\0\0'u +\w'2:00\0\0'u +\w'SAVE\0\0'u
 .sp
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	\*-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Swiss	1941	1942	\*-	May	Mon>=1	1:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Swiss	1941	1942	\*-	Oct	Mon>=1	2:00	0	\*-
 .sp .5

zic.c

@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ struct rule {
 
 	zic_t		r_loyear;	/* for example, 1986 */
 	zic_t		r_hiyear;	/* for example, 1986 */
-	const char *	r_yrtype;
 	bool		r_lowasnum;
 	bool		r_hiwasnum;
 
@@ -182,7 +181,6 @@ static void	rulesub(struct rule * rp,
 			const char * typep, const char * monthp,
 			const char * dayp, const char * timep);
 static zic_t	tadd(zic_t t1, zic_t t2);
-static bool	yearistype(zic_t year, const char * type);
 
 /* Bound on length of what %z can expand to.  */
 enum { PERCENT_Z_LEN_BOUND = sizeof "+995959" - 1 };
@@ -658,7 +656,6 @@ static const char *	lcltime;
 static const char *	directory;
 static const char *	leapsec;
 static const char *	tzdefault;
-static const char *	yitcommand;
 
 /* -1 if the TZif output file should be slim, 0 if default, 1 if the
    output should be fat for backward compatibility.  The default is slim.  */
@@ -762,15 +759,7 @@ _("%s: More than one -p option specified\n"),
 				tzdefault = optarg;
 				break;
 			case 'y':
-				if (yitcommand == NULL) {
-					warning(_("-y is obsolescent"));
-					yitcommand = optarg;
-				} else {
-					fprintf(stderr,
-_("%s: More than one -y option specified\n"),
-						progname);
-					return EXIT_FAILURE;
-				}
+				warning(_("-y ignored"));
 				break;
 			case 'L':
 				if (leapsec == NULL)
@@ -812,8 +801,6 @@ _("%s: invalid time range: %s\n"),
 		directory = TZDIR;
 	if (tzdefault == NULL)
 		tzdefault = TZDEFAULT;
-	if (yitcommand == NULL)
-		yitcommand = "yearistype";
 
 	if (optind < argc && leapsec != NULL) {
 		infile(leapsec);
@@ -1731,16 +1718,10 @@ rulesub(struct rule *rp, const char *loyearp, const char *hiyearp,
 		error(_("starting year greater than ending year"));
 		return;
 	}
-	if (*typep == '\0')
-		rp->r_yrtype = NULL;
-	else {
-		if (rp->r_loyear == rp->r_hiyear) {
-			error(_("typed single year"));
-			return;
-		}
-		warning(_("year type \"%s\" is obsolete; use \"-\" instead"),
+	if (*typep != '\0') {
+		error(_("year type \"%s\" is unsupported; use \"-\" instead"),
 			typep);
-		rp->r_yrtype = ecpyalloc(typep);
+		return;
 	}
 	/*
 	** Day work.
@@ -2502,8 +2483,6 @@ stringzone(char *result, struct zone const *zpfirst, ptrdiff_t zonecount)
 		rp = &zp->z_rules[i];
 		if (rp->r_hiwasnum || rp->r_hiyear != ZIC_MAX)
 			continue;
-		if (rp->r_yrtype != NULL)
-			continue;
 		if (!rp->r_isdst) {
 			if (stdrp == NULL)
 				stdrp = rp;
@@ -2758,14 +2737,14 @@ outzone(const struct zone *zpfirst, ptrdiff_t zonecount)
 			/*
 			** Mark which rules to do in the current year.
 			** For those to do, calculate rpytime(rp, year);
+			** The former TYPE field was also considered here.
 			*/
 			for (j = 0; j < zp->z_nrules; ++j) {
 				rp = &zp->z_rules[j];
 				eats(zp->z_filename, zp->z_linenum,
 					rp->r_filename, rp->r_linenum);
 				rp->r_todo = year >= rp->r_loyear &&
-						year <= rp->r_hiyear &&
-						yearistype(year, rp->r_yrtype);
+						year <= rp->r_hiyear;
 				if (rp->r_todo) {
 					rp->r_temp = rpytime(rp, year);
 					rp->r_todo
@@ -3056,50 +3035,6 @@ adjleap(void)
 	}
 }
 
-static char *
-shellquote(char *b, char const *s)
-{
-  *b++ = '\'';
-  while (*s) {
-    if (*s == '\'')
-      *b++ = '\'', *b++ = '\\', *b++ = '\'';
-    *b++ = *s++;
-  }
-  *b++ = '\'';
-  return b;
-}
-
-static bool
-yearistype(zic_t year, const char *type)
-{
-	char *buf;
-	char *b;
-	int result;
-
-	if (type == NULL || *type == '\0')
-		return true;
-	buf = emalloc(1 + 4 * strlen(yitcommand) + 2
-		      + INT_STRLEN_MAXIMUM(zic_t) + 2 + 4 * strlen(type) + 2);
-	b = shellquote(buf, yitcommand);
-	*b++ = ' ';
-	b += sprintf(b, "%"PRIdZIC, year);
-	*b++ = ' ';
-	b = shellquote(b, type);
-	*b = '\0';
-	result = system(buf);
-	if (WIFEXITED(result)) {
-	  int status = WEXITSTATUS(result);
-	  if (status <= 1) {
-	    free(buf);
-	    return status == 0;
-	  }
-	}
-	error(_("Wild result from command execution"));
-	fprintf(stderr, _("%s: command was '%s', result was %d\n"),
-		progname, buf, result);
-	exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-}
-
 /* Is A a space character in the C locale?  */
 static bool
 is_space(char a)

zoneinfo2tdf.pl

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ while (<>) {
     }
     $contZone = $fields[1] if @fields > 5;
   } elsif ($type eq 'rule') {
-    # Rule  NAME  FROM  TO  TYPE  IN  ON  AT  SAVE  LETTER/S
+    # Rule  NAME  FROM  TO  -  IN  ON  AT  SAVE  LETTER/S
     @fields == 10 or warn "bad rule line";
   } elsif ($type eq 'link') {
     # Link  TARGET  LINK-NAME