Backfill news entry for 2020b

Author: pganssle

NEWS.md

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+# Version 2020.2
+Upstream version 2020b release 2020-10-07T01:35:04+00:00
+
+## Briefly:
+
+Revised predictions for Morocco's changes starting in 2023. 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 winter and +11 in
+summer. zic no longer supports -y, nor the TYPE field of Rules.
+
+## Changes to future timestamps
+
+Morocco's spring-forward after Ramadan is now predicted to occur no sooner than
+two days after Ramadan, instead of one day. (Thanks to Milamber.)  The first
+altered prediction is for 2023, now predicted to spring-forward on April 30
+instead of April 23.
+
+## Changes to past and future timestamps
+
+Casey Station, Antarctica has been using +08 in winter and +11 in summer since
+2018.  The most recent transition from +08 to +11 was 2020-10-04 00:01.  Also,
+Macquarie Island has been staying in sync with Tasmania since 2011.  (Thanks to
+Steffen Thorsen.)
+
+## Changes to past and future time zone abbreviations and DST flags
+
+Canada's Yukon, represented by America/Whitehorse and America/Dawson, changes
+its time zone rules from -08/-07 to permanent -07 on 2020-11-01, not on
+2020-03-08 as 2020a had it. This change affects only the time zone abbreviation
+(MST vs PDT) and daylight saving flag for the period between the two dates.
+(Thanks to Andrew G. Smith.)
+
+## Changes to past timestamps
+
+Correct several transitions for Hungary for 1918/1983. For example, the
+1983-09-25 fall-back was at 01:00, not 03:00. (Thanks to Géza Nyáry.)  Also, the
+1890 transition to standard time was on 11-01, not 10-01 (thanks to Michael
+Deckers).
+
+The 1891 French transition was on March 16, not March 15.  The 1911-03-11 French
+transition was at midnight, not a minute later. Monaco's transitions were on
+1892-06-01 and 1911-03-29, not 1891-03-15 and 1911-03-11.  (Thanks to Michael
+Deckers.)
+
+## Changes to documentation and commentary
+
+The long-obsolete files pacificnew, systemv, and yearistype.sh have been removed
+from the distribution.  (Thanks to Tim Parenti.)
+
+---
+
 # Version 2020.1
 Upstream version 2020a release 2020-04-23T23:03:47+00:00
 

news.d/2020b.md

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+# Version 2020.2
+Upstream version 2020b release 2020-10-07T01:35:04+00:00
+
+## Briefly:
+
+Revised predictions for Morocco's changes starting in 2023. 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 winter and +11 in
+summer. zic no longer supports -y, nor the TYPE field of Rules.
+
+## Changes to future timestamps
+
+Morocco's spring-forward after Ramadan is now predicted to occur no sooner than
+two days after Ramadan, instead of one day. (Thanks to Milamber.)  The first
+altered prediction is for 2023, now predicted to spring-forward on April 30
+instead of April 23.
+
+## Changes to past and future timestamps
+
+Casey Station, Antarctica has been using +08 in winter and +11 in summer since
+2018.  The most recent transition from +08 to +11 was 2020-10-04 00:01.  Also,
+Macquarie Island has been staying in sync with Tasmania since 2011.  (Thanks to
+Steffen Thorsen.)
+
+## Changes to past and future time zone abbreviations and DST flags
+
+Canada's Yukon, represented by America/Whitehorse and America/Dawson, changes
+its time zone rules from -08/-07 to permanent -07 on 2020-11-01, not on
+2020-03-08 as 2020a had it. This change affects only the time zone abbreviation
+(MST vs PDT) and daylight saving flag for the period between the two dates.
+(Thanks to Andrew G. Smith.)
+
+## Changes to past timestamps
+
+Correct several transitions for Hungary for 1918/1983. For example, the
+1983-09-25 fall-back was at 01:00, not 03:00. (Thanks to Géza Nyáry.)  Also, the
+1890 transition to standard time was on 11-01, not 10-01 (thanks to Michael
+Deckers).
+
+The 1891 French transition was on March 16, not March 15.  The 1911-03-11 French
+transition was at midnight, not a minute later. Monaco's transitions were on
+1892-06-01 and 1911-03-29, not 1891-03-15 and 1911-03-11.  (Thanks to Michael
+Deckers.)
+
+## Changes to documentation and commentary
+
+The long-obsolete files pacificnew, systemv, and yearistype.sh have been removed
+from the distribution.  (Thanks to Tim Parenti.)