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FW: Argentina 2009-2010: No DST officialy
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] Oct. 21, 2009

Oct. 21, 2009

I'm forwarding this message from "fullinet", an address that's not on the time zone mailing list. Those of you who are on the list, lease direct replies appropriately. --ado From: Full Inet [mailto:fullinet@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2009 4:17 To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: Argentina 2009-2010: No DST officialy As announced in http://www.argentina.gob.ar/argentina/portal/paginas.dhtml?pagina=356 (an official .gob.ar) under title: "Sin Cambio de Hora" (english: "No hour change") "Por el momento, el Gobierno Nacional resolvió no modificar la hora oficial, decisión que estaba en estudio para su implementación el domingo 18 de octubre. Desde el Ministerio de Planificación se anunció que la Argentina hoy, en estas condiciones meteorológicas, no necesita la modificación del huso horario, ya que 2009 nos encuentra con crecimiento en la producción y distribución energética." So, the database should be updated.

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tzdata report - Argentina's time change
by JAP Oct. 20, 2009

Oct. 20, 2009

Itś necessary to add this change at tzdata/southamerica file: Change this lines Rule Arg 2008 max - Mar Sun>=15 0:00 0 - Rule Arg 2008 max - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S to this others Rule Arg 2008 2009 - Mar Sun>=15 0:00 0 - Rule Arg 2008 only - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S If you need more information, see http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=1186963 "The government suspended the time change" Javier Piendibene

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tzdata2009o.tar.gz
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] Oct. 19, 2009

Oct. 19, 2009

The file... ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzdata2009o.tar.gz ...is now available; this reflects the Samoa (commentary only), Paikstan, and Bangladesh changes circulated last week on the time zone mailing list. I plan to send out proposed changes for South America in two days, with tzdata2009p.tar.gz appearing in seven days; some folks may want to wait a week before updating. --ado

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[Fwd: Fwd: Please stop the change to Argentina's summer time.]
by Mariano Absatz - El Baby Oct. 19, 2009

Oct. 19, 2009

Hi, Margarita is not on the tz mailing list and she asked me to forward this to you.... if you want replies to reach her, don't forget to add her address to the Cc: As this paper news (http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=1187055 <http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=1187055>) that Arnaldo just sent to the list, confirms, there will be no DST change in Argentina this weekend (although the Decree wasn't published in time). I checked Margarita's patch and it seems OK to me (for what I read last year, she works with the Debian people helping them maintain the tzdata package at least in stuff related to Argentina). Regards. -- Mariano Absatz - "El Baby" baby(a)baby.com.ar www.clueless.com.ar ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Margarita Manterola <margamanterola(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 10:30 AM Subject: Please stop the change to Argentina's summer time. To: tz(a)elsie.nci.nih.gov It looks like it's almost certain that no change will take place on Sunday: http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=1186963&pid=7542694&toi=6275 "El Gobierno suspende el cambio de hora" -> Government postpones the time change. http://www.boletinsantafesino.com.ar/noticia.php?subaction=showfull&id=1255… "El domingo no cambiará la hora oficial, el gobierno nacional dio marcha atrás" -> the time won't change on Sunday, national government has changed its mind. And several others like that. I'm really sorry for living in such a stupid country that can't take decisions like these with more than 2 days of anticipation. The worse thing is that the news say that they might finally decide to implement it later on, and I'm sure it'll be done with the same amount of time of anticipation :(. I'm attaching a patch to fix it for now, until they decide to tell us when the time will change, if it changes. -- Besos, Marga -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - Theory is when you know something but it doesn't work. - Practice is when something works but you don't know why. - Usually we combine theory and practice: Nothing works and we don't know why. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- * TagZilla 0.066 * http://tagzilla.mozdev.org

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New initiative for DST in Juarez, Chihuahua (Mexico)
by Alexander Krivenyshev Oct. 19, 2009

Oct. 19, 2009

There is a new initiative or intention to redeem the proposal ("frozen" in the previous legislature) to approve the new DST schedule in the municipality of Juarez, Chihuahua state (Mexico): (Spanish) http://www.diario.com.mx/nota.php?notaid=26d0da68d4e7efd3e7c7f4fed0b6c466 (Spanish) A eso se le añadiría “en el caso del municipio de Juárez, en el estado de Chihuahua, esta aplicación surtirá efecto desde las dos horas del segundo domingo de marzo y concluirá a las dos horas del primer domingo de noviembre”. or (English) http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_mexico05.html …would add "in the municipality of Juarez, Chihuahua State, the DST application shall take from two hours the second Sunday in March and end at two hours the first Sunday in November." DST starts in El Paso, USA (second Sunday in March) 3 weeks before DST starts in Juarez, Mexico (First Sunday in April). DST ends in El Paso, USA (first Sunday in November) 1 week after DST ends in Juarez, Mexico (Last Sunday in October). 4 weeks of DST mismatch in USA and Mexico (3 weeks in spring and 1 week in autumn) is affecting communities on both sides of the border. -------------------- Alexander Krivenyshev (World Time Zone) http://www.worldtimezone.com

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Regarding Argentina/San_Luis
by Mariano Absatz - El Baby Oct. 18, 2009

Oct. 18, 2009

Hi, this one I missed... Besides today's breaking news about Argentina not changing to DST this summer, the Province of San Luis is a case in itself. The Law at http://www.diputadossanluis.gov.ar/diputadosasp/paginas/verNorma.asp?NormaI… is ambiguous because establishes a calendar from the 2nd Sunday in October at 0:00 thru the 2nd Saturday in March at 24:00 and the complement of that starting on the 2nd Sunday of March at 0:00 and ending on the 2nd Saturday of March at 24:00. This clearly breaks every time the 1st of March or October is a Sunday. IMHO, the "spirit of the Law" is to make the changes at 0:00 on the 2nd Sunday of October and March. The problem is that the changes in the rest of the Provinces that did change in 2007/2008, were made according to the Federal Law and Decrees that did so on the 3rd Sunday of October and March. In fact, San Luis actually switched from UTC-4 to UTC-3 last Sunday (October 11th) at 0:00. So I guess a new set of rules, besides "Arg", must be made and the last America/Argentina/San_Luis entries should change to use these... I'm enclosing a patch that does what I say... regretfully, the San Luis timezone must be called "WART/WARST" even when most of the time (like, right now) WARST == ART... that is, since last Sunday, all the country is using UTC-3, but in my patch, San Luis calls it "WARST" and the rest of the country calls it "ART". The patch includes the previous patch from Margarita. Of course, there is no indication that any time soon, the Federal Government says anything about what will happen next year... probably they will decide by mid-October 2010 :-( Regards. -- Mariano Absatz - "El Baby" baby(a)baby.com.ar www.clueless.com.ar -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Justify my text? I'm sorry but it has no excuse. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- * TagZilla 0.066 * http://tagzilla.mozdev.org

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Argentina 2009-2010: No DST officialy
by Full Inet Oct. 18, 2009

Oct. 18, 2009

As announced in http://www.argentina.gob.ar/argentina/portal/paginas.dhtml?pagina=356 (an official .gob.ar) under title: "Sin Cambio de Hora" (english: "No hour change") "Por el momento, el Gobierno Nacional resolvió no modificar la hora oficial, decisión que estaba en estudio para su implementación el domingo 18 de octubre. Desde el Ministerio de Planificación se anunció que la Argentina hoy, en estas condiciones meteorológicas, no necesita la modificación del huso horario, ya que 2009 nos encuentra con crecimiento en la producción y distribución energética." So, the database should be updated.

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Talks about DST in Nepal
by Steffen Thorsen Oct. 16, 2009

Oct. 16, 2009

According to the Nepali Times, there has been a discussion about observing DST in Nepal: "Daylight saving time (DST) has been discussed before in the Nepal Electricity Authority and the Ministry of Environment, but plans have since gathered dust. If enacted, DST would delay sunset and sunrise by 1 hour and 15 minutes, reducing light use during evening peak hours" Also from the article, it seems that the 15 minute difference to India is not that popular, although having DST will not exactly make it easier (1.5 hour difference to India): http://www.nepalitimes.com/issue/2009/10/16/Nation/16397 Best regards, Steffen Thorsen - timeanddate.com

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No "Summer Time" for Argentina 2009-2010
by Alexander Krivenyshev Oct. 16, 2009

Oct. 16, 2009

Seems that Argentina will not implement "Summer Time" this year (2009-2010). Just some media reports, however no official info from any gov.ar site available at this point. (Spanish): "El Gobierno no cambiaría la hora oficial el próximo domingo" http://www.infobae.com/contenidos/478091-101275-0-El-Gobierno-no-cambiar%C3… la-hora-el-pr%C3%B3ximo-domingo "The Government would not change the official time on Sunday" or (Spanish): "AL FINAL NO HABRA CAMBIO DE HORA" http://www.diarioshow.com/notas/2009/10/15/20067-al-final-no-habra-cambio-d… hora.html THERE WILL BE NO CHANGE AT THE END OF TIME") or http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_argentina07.html Alexander Krivenyshev (World Time Zone) http://www.worldtimezone.com

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Please stop the change to Argentina's summer time.
by Margarita Manterola Oct. 16, 2009

Oct. 16, 2009

It looks like it's almost certain that no change will take place on Sunday: http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=1186963&pid=7542694&toi=6275 "El Gobierno suspende el cambio de hora" -> Government postpones the time change. http://www.boletinsantafesino.com.ar/noticia.php?subaction=showfull&id=1255… "El domingo no cambiará la hora oficial, el gobierno nacional dio marcha atrás" -> the time won't change on Sunday, national government has changed its mind. And several others like that. I'm really sorry for living in such a stupid country that can't take decisions like these with more than 2 days of anticipation. The worse thing is that the news say that they might finally decide to implement it later on, and I'm sure it'll be done with the same amount of time of anticipation :(. I'm attaching a patch to fix it for now, until they decide to tell us when the time will change, if it changes. -- Besos, Marga

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Samoa DST postponed to 2010
by Steffen Thorsen Oct. 16, 2009

Oct. 16, 2009

We have been in contact with the government of Samoa again, and received the following info: "Cabinet has now approved Daylight Saving to be effected next year commencing from the last Sunday of September 2010 and conclude first Sunday of April 2011." Background info: http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/samoa-dst-plan-2009.html Samoa's Daylight Saving Time Act 2009 is available here, but does not contain any dates: http://www.parliament.gov.ws/documents/acts/Daylight%20Saving%20Act%20%2020… Best regards, Steffen Thorsen - timeanddate.com

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growing opposition to DST in many Argentine Provinces
by Alexander Krivenyshev Oct. 15, 2009

Oct. 15, 2009

We have to anticipate some last moment changes in DST rules for Argentine Provinces again. >From various news- there is a growing opposition to the Daylight Saving Time on October 18 in many Argentine Provinces: Cordoba, Entre Rios, Tucuman, Santiago del Estero, Santa Fe ... (Spanish) http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=1180908 Crece la oposición al cambio de hora Además de las quejas de comerciantes bonaerenses y porteños, cinco provincias ya adelantaron que no adherirán a la medida (English) Growing opposition to the change of time In addition to complaints of merchants of Buenos Aires and Buenos Aires, five provinces and advanced that they do not adhere DST. http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_argentina07.html province Cordoba: Cordova examines whether adheres to the time change http://www.fmazul.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4218&Itemid… Córdoba analiza si adhiere al cambio horario province Entre Rios: There is resistance to change time zone in Entre Rios http://www.eldiariodeparana.com.ar/textocomp.asp?id=179076 Hay resistencia al cambio de huso horario en Entre Ríos province Tucuman: Some provinces do not want another time http://www.losandes.com.ar/notas/2009/10/1/sociedad-449004.asp Algunas provincias no quieren otro huso ".... in Tucumán, the governor surprised everyone by stating that it will consider in coming days whether or not the province adheres to the time change plan" province Santiago del Estero: The time change does not benefit anything http://www.nuevodiarioweb.com.ar/VerNota.aspx? id=142267&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1 “El cambio de hora no beneficia en nada” province Santa Fe: Santa Fe will join the discussion if time change http://www.rafaela.com/portal/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=18576 Santa Fe debate si se sumará al cambio de horario Minister of Water, Utilities and Environment of the province Santa Fe said that "we are trying to unify positions with other provinces and we have not set our own ..." --------------------- See current Time Zones map for Argentina: http://www.worldtimezone.com/time-argentina24.php Alexander Krivenyshev, http://www.worldtimezone.com

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proposed time zone package changes for Samoa (comments), Bangladesh, and Pakistan
by Arthur David Olson Oct. 14, 2009

Oct. 14, 2009

At the end of this message are proposed changes to time zone files, summarized here: asia Bangladesh does not go off DST in 2009 Pakistan Goes off DST November 1 2009 (and in future years) australasia Samoa information on Samoa NOT starting DST in 2009 (comments only) I've only included changes involving 2009; other data changes (as well as tz-art additions) are in the pipeline. The adoption of "permanent" DST in Bangladesh means there's another place that can't be represented by a POSIX time zone environment variable; this may cause some grief. We may want to change the trailing... 6:00 1:00 BDST ...line for Bangladesh to... 5:00 - BDST ...either in the short term or the long term. If no one finds problems, expect these changes to show up on the ftp site on 2009-10-19. --ado ------- asia ------- *** /tmp/geta23160 Wed Oct 14 16:50:00 2009 --- /tmp/getb23160 Wed Oct 14 16:50:00 2009 *************** *** 1,5 **** # <pre> ! # @(#)asia 8.41 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. --- 1,5 ---- # <pre> ! # @(#)asia 8.42 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. *************** *** 172,183 **** # # No DST end date has been announced yet. ! # From Arthur David Olson (2009-07-11): ! # Arbitrarily end DST at the end of 2009 so that a POSIX-sytle time zone string ! # can appear in the Dhaka binary file and for the benefit of old glibc ! # reimplementations of the time zone software that mishandle permanent DST. ! # A change will be required once the end date is known. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Dhaka 6:01:40 - LMT 1890 5:53:20 - HMT 1941 Oct # Howrah Mean Time? --- 172,202 ---- # # No DST end date has been announced yet. ! # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-09-25): ! # Bangladesh won't go back to Standard Time from October 1, 2009, ! # instead it will continue DST measure till the cabinet makes a fresh decision. ! # ! # Following report by same newspaper-"The Daily Star Friday": ! # "DST change awaits cabinet decision-Clock won't go back by 1-hr from Oct 1" ! # <a href="http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=107021"> ! # http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=107021 ! # </a> ! # or ! # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_bangladesh04.html"> ! # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_bangladesh04.html ! # </a> + # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-10-13): + # IANS (Indo-Asian News Service) now reports: + # Bangladesh has decided that the clock advanced by an hour to make + # maximum use of daylight hours as an energy saving measure would + # "continue for an indefinite period." + # + # One of many places where it is published: + # <a href="http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/business/bangladesh-to-continue-indefin…"> + # http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/business/bangladesh-to-continue-indefin… + # </a> + # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Dhaka 6:01:40 - LMT 1890 5:53:20 - HMT 1941 Oct # Howrah Mean Time? *************** *** 186,193 **** 6:30 - BURT 1951 Sep 30 6:00 - DACT 1971 Mar 26 # Dacca Time 6:00 - BDT 2009 Jun 19 23:00 # Bangladesh Time ! 6:00 1:00 BDST 2010 ! 6:00 - BDT # Bhutan # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] --- 205,211 ---- 6:30 - BURT 1951 Sep 30 6:00 - DACT 1971 Mar 26 # Dacca Time 6:00 - BDT 2009 Jun 19 23:00 # Bangladesh Time ! 6:00 1:00 BDST # Bhutan # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] *************** *** 1684,1696 **** # http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=87168 # </a> # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Pakistan 2002 only - Apr Sun>=2 0:01 1:00 S Rule Pakistan 2002 only - Oct Sun>=2 0:01 0 - Rule Pakistan 2008 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Pakistan 2008 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 - ! Rule Pakistan 2009 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 S ! Rule Pakistan 2009 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep --- 1702,1757 ---- # http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=87168 # </a> + # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-09-28): + # According to Associated Press Of Pakistan, it is confirmed that + # Pakistan clocks across the country would be turned back by an hour from October + # 1, 2009. + # + # "Clocks to go back one hour from 1 Oct" + # <a href="http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=86715&I…"> + # http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=86715&I… + # </a> + # or + # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_pakistan07.htm"> + # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_pakistan07.htm + # </a> + + # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-09-29): + # Alexander Krivenyshev wrote: + # > According to Associated Press Of Pakistan, it is confirmed that + # > Pakistan clocks across the country would be turned back by an hour from October + # > 1, 2009. + # + # Now they seem to have changed their mind, November 1 is the new date: + # <a href="http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=24742"> + # http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=24742 + # </a> + # "The country's clocks will be reversed by one hour on November 1. + # Officials of Federal Ministry for Interior told this to Geo News on + # Monday." + # + # And more importantly, it seems that these dates will be kept every year: + # "It has now been decided that clocks will be wound forward by one hour + # on April 15 and reversed by an hour on November 1 every year without + # obtaining prior approval, the officials added." + # + # We have confirmed this year's end date with both with the Ministry of + # Water and Power and the Pakistan Electric Power Company: + # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/pakistan-ends-dst09.html"> + # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/pakistan-ends-dst09.html + # </a> + + # From Christoph Goehre (2009-10-01): + # [T]he German Consulate General in Karachi reported me today that Pakistan + # will go back to standard time on 1st of November. + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Pakistan 2002 only - Apr Sun>=2 0:01 1:00 S Rule Pakistan 2002 only - Oct Sun>=2 0:01 0 - Rule Pakistan 2008 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Pakistan 2008 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 - ! Rule Pakistan 2009 max - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 S ! Rule Pakistan 2009 max - Nov 1 0:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep ------- australasia ------- *** /tmp/geta23179 Wed Oct 14 16:50:13 2009 --- /tmp/getb23179 Wed Oct 14 16:50:13 2009 *************** *** 1,5 **** # <pre> ! # @(#)australasia 8.13 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. --- 1,5 ---- # <pre> ! # @(#)australasia 8.14 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. *************** *** 457,462 **** --- 457,492 ---- # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/samoa-dst-plan-2009.html # </a> + # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-10-03): + # First, my deepest condolences to people of Samoa islands and all families and + # loved ones around the world who lost their lives in the earthquake and tsunami. + # + # Considering the recent devastation on Samoa by earthquake and tsunami and that + # many government offices/ ministers are closed- not sure if "Daylight Saving + # Bill 2009" will be implemented in next few days- on October 4, 2009. + # + # Here is reply from Consulate-General of Samoa in New Zealand + # --------------------------- + # Consul General + # consulgeneral(a)samoaconsulate.org.nz + # + # Talofa Alexander, + # + # Thank you for your sympathy for our country but at this time we have not + # been informed about the Daylight Savings Time Change. Most Ministries in + # Apia are closed or relocating due to weather concerns. + # + # When we do find out if they are still proceeding with the time change we + # will advise you soonest. + # + # Kind Regards, + # Lana + # for: Consul General + + # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-10-05): + # We have called a hotel in Samoa and asked about local time there - they + # are still on standard time. + Zone Pacific/Apia 12:33:04 - LMT 1879 Jul 5 -11:26:56 - LMT 1911 -11:30 - SAMT 1950 # Samoa Time

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Kemerovo region (Russia) will change time zone from (KRA) UTC+07 to (NOV) UTC+06
by Alexander Krivenyshev Oct. 13, 2009

Oct. 13, 2009

Kemerovo oblast' (Kemerovo region)- in Russia will change current time zone on March 28, 2010: from current Russia Zone 6 - Krasnoyarsk Time Zone (KRA) UTC +0700 to Russia Zone 5 - Novosibirsk Time Zone (NOV) UTC +0600 This is according to Government of Russia decree # 740, on September 14, 2009 "Application in the territory of the Kemerovo region the Fifth time zone." ("Russia Zone 5" or old "USSR Zone 5" is GMT +0600) Russian Government web site (Russian language) http://www.government.ru/content/governmentactivity/rfgovernmentdecisions/a… e/2009/09/14/991633.htm or Russian-English translation by WorldTimeZone.com with reference map to local region and new Russia Time Zone map after March 28, 2010 http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia03.html Thus, when Russia will switch to DST on the night of March 28, 2010- Kemerovo region (Kemerovo oblast') will not change the clock. As a result , Kemerovo oblast' will be in the same time zone as Novosibirsk, Omsk, Tomsk, Barnaul and Altai Republic. Alexander Krivenyshev (World Time Zone), http://www.worldtimezone.com

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Bangladesh to continue DST indefinitely
by Steffen Thorsen Oct. 13, 2009

Oct. 13, 2009

IANS (Indo-Asian News Service) now reports: Bangladesh has decided that the clock advanced by an hour to make maximum use of daylight hours as an energy saving measure would “continue for an indefinite period”. One of many places where it is published: http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/business/bangladesh-to-continue-indefin… Best regards, Steffen Thorsen - timeanddate.com

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Pakistan data incorrect?
by Andy Heninger Oct. 12, 2009

Oct. 12, 2009

Pinging the Pakistan question again, the current (2009n) data for Pakistan appears to be incorrect for the date for the end of daylight savings time for this year, 2009n says Rule Pakistan 2009 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - Should be Rule Pakistan 2009 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 - I've independently received reports that Pakistan is still on Daylight time, but if someone located there could confirm it, that would be good. (I'm not there.) And then, of course, the data wants to be updated. Thanks, -- Andy

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tzdata2009m.tar.gz
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] Oct. 12, 2009

Oct. 12, 2009

The file... ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzdata2009m.tar.gz ...is now available; this reflects the changes circulated last week on the time zone mailing list (added commentary for Argentina and a change to the end of DST in 2009 in Pakistan). I'll wait for reports on what actually happens in Bangladesh on October 1 before making any changes there, but a tzdata2009n can be expected sometime within a month. --ado

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Pakistan confirmed back to ST on Oct 1, Bangladesh not
by Alexander Krivenyshev Oct. 8, 2009

Oct. 8, 2009

According to Associated Press Of Pakistan, it is confirmed that Pakistan clocks across the country would be turned back by an hour from October 1, 2009. "Clocks to go back one hour from 1 Oct" http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php? option=com_content&task=view&id=86715&Itemid=2 or http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_pakistan07.htm Also, Bangladesh won't go back to Standard Time from October 1, 2009, instead it will continue DST measure till the cabinet makes a decision. Following report by same newspaper- "The Daily Star Friday": "DST change awaits cabinet decision- Clock won't go back by 1-hr from Oct 1" http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=107021 or http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_bangladesh04.html Alexander Krivenyshev, http://www.worldtimezone.com

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FW: tz-art.htm
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] Oct. 7, 2009

Oct. 7, 2009

-----Original Message----- From: Mark Brader [mailto:msb@vex.net] Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 6:27 To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: tz-art.htm I am not on the TZ mailing list. Please direct responses appropriately. * The 1953 railway comedy movie "The Titfield Thunderbolt" includes a play on words on British Double Summer Time. Valentine's wife wants him to leave the pub and asks him, "Do you know what time it is?" And he, happy where he is, replies: "Yes, my love. Summer double time." IMDB page: http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0046436/ * The premise of the 1999 caper movie "Entrapment" involves computers in an international banking network being shut down briefly at midnight in each time zone to avoid any problems at the transition from the year 1999 to 2000 in that zone. (Hmmmm.) If this shutdown is extended by 10 seconds, it will create a one-time opportunity for a gigantic computerized theft. To achieve this, at one location the crooks interfere with the microwave system supplying time signals to the computer, advancing the time by 0.1 second each minute over the last hour of 1999. (So this movie teaches us that 0.1 x 60 = 10.) IMDB page: http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0137494/ And while I'm writing: the item about "A Matter of Life and Death" is missing the word "movie" or similar, and does not mention its other title, which it's known by in the US: "Stairway to Heaven". -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "In cyberspace, the lunatics not only run the asylum, msb(a)vex.net | but they helped build it..." --Richard Kadrey

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Korea and Japan are considering implementation of DST in 2010.
by Alexander Krivenyshev Oct. 7, 2009

Oct. 7, 2009

Korea and Japan are considering implementation of Daylight Saving Time in 2010. Korea, Japan Mull Daylight Saving Time Next Year: http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?bicode=050000&biid=2009100756898 or http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_korea07.html Alexander Krivenyshev, http://www.worldtimezone.com

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Korea and Japan are considering implementation of DST in 2010.
by Alexander Krivenyshev Oct. 7, 2009

Oct. 7, 2009

Korea and Japan are considering implementation of Daylight Saving Time in 2010. Korea, Japan Mull Daylight Saving Time Next Year: http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?bicode=050000&biid=2009100756898 or http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_korea07.html Alexander Krivenyshev, http://www.worldtimezone.com

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Samoa earthquake and tsunami- Daylight Saving Bill 2009 ?
by Alexander Krivenyshev Oct. 5, 2009

Oct. 5, 2009

First, my deepest condolences to people of Samoa islands and all families and loved ones around the world who lost their lives in the earthquake and tsunami. Considering the recent devastation on Samoa by earthquake and tsunami and that many government offices/ ministers are closed- not sure if "Daylight Saving Bill 2009" will be implemented in next few days- on October 4, 2009. Here is reply from Consulate-General of Samoa in New Zealand --------------------------- Consul General consulgeneral(a)samoaconsulate.org.nz Talofa Alexander, Thank you for your sympathy for our country but at this time we have not been informed about the Daylight Savings Time Change. Most Ministries in Apia are closed or relocating due to weather concerns. When we do find out if they are still proceeding with the time change we will advise you soonest. Kind Regards, Lana for: Consul General -------------------------- Alexander Krivenyshev, http://www.worldtimezone.com

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FW: Timezone files - Tru64
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] Oct. 5, 2009

Oct. 5, 2009

I'm forwarding this message from Nick Bishop, who is not on the time zone mailing list. Those of you who are on the list, please direct replies appropriately. (This matter was discussed last year on the list; note that using "23:59:59" rather than "23:59" as a workaround reduces the cheat.) --ado -----Original Message----- From: Bishop, Nick [mailto:nick.bishop@logica.com] Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 2:10 To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: Timezone files - Tru64 Hi, The timezone files from ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/ are useful for systems at end of life. Thanks. May I draw your attention to this line in the @(#)asia 8.41 file from tzdata2009n.tar.gz: 1165: Rule Jordan 2002 max - Mar lastThu 24:00 1:00 S The Tru64 version of the zic command is not able to process this line. # zic -d asia "asia", line 1165: invalid time of day As a crude workaround I replaced the 24:00 with 23:59, making a line that reads 1165: Rule Jordan 2002 max - Mar lastThu 23:59 1:00 S You've probably got a better way of dealing with the problem (my solution will be incorrect for one minute prior to changeover), so I'll refrain from sending a patchfile. I have encountered this problem for these versions of Tru64 * Tru64 5.1 (uname -a => OSF1 creaky.old.machine V5.1 732 alpha) * Tru64 5.1B-4 (uname -a => OSF1 a.newer.machine V5.1 2650 alpha) Regards, Nick Bishop Analyst Programmer Services Division _________________________________________ Logica Ground Floor, 436 Elgar Road Box Hill VIC 3128 Australia T: +61 3 9892 0497 (direct) F: +61 3 9898 6270 M: +61 438 366 342 E: mailto:nick.bishop@logica.com http://www.logica.com Please help Logica to respect the environment by not printing this email / Pour contribuer comme Logica au respect de l'environnement, merci de ne pas imprimer ce mail / Bitte drucken Sie diese Nachricht nicht aus und helfen Sie so Logica dabei, die Umwelt zu schützen. / Por favor ajude a Logica a respeitar o ambiente nao imprimindo este correio electronico. This e-mail and any attachment is for authorised use by the intended recipient(s) only. It may contain proprietary material, confidential information and/or be subject to legal privilege. It should not be copied, disclosed to, retained or used by, any other party. If you are not an intended recipient then please promptly delete this e-mail and any attachment and all copies and inform the sender. Thank you.

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Timezone files - Tru64
by Bishop, Nick Oct. 5, 2009

Oct. 5, 2009

Hi, The timezone files from ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/ are useful for systems at end of life. Thanks. May I draw your attention to this line in the @(#)asia 8.41 file from tzdata2009n.tar.gz: 1165: Rule Jordan 2002 max - Mar lastThu 24:00 1:00 S The Tru64 version of the zic command is not able to process this line. # zic -d asia "asia", line 1165: invalid time of day As a crude workaround I replaced the 24:00 with 23:59, making a line that reads 1165: Rule Jordan 2002 max - Mar lastThu 23:59 1:00 S You've probably got a better way of dealing with the problem (my solution will be incorrect for one minute prior to changeover), so I'll refrain from sending a patchfile. I have encountered this problem for these versions of Tru64 * Tru64 5.1 (uname -a => OSF1 creaky.old.machine V5.1 732 alpha) * Tru64 5.1B-4 (uname -a => OSF1 a.newer.machine V5.1 2650 alpha) Regards, Nick Bishop Analyst Programmer Services Division _________________________________________ Logica Ground Floor, 436 Elgar Road Box Hill VIC 3128 Australia T: +61 3 9892 0497 (direct) F: +61 3 9898 6270 M: +61 438 366 342 E: mailto:nick.bishop@logica.com http://www.logica.com Please help Logica to respect the environment by not printing this email / Pour contribuer comme Logica au respect de l'environnement, merci de ne pas imprimer ce mail / Bitte drucken Sie diese Nachricht nicht aus und helfen Sie so Logica dabei, die Umwelt zu schützen. / Por favor ajude a Logica a respeitar o ambiente nao imprimindo este correio electronico. This e-mail and any attachment is for authorised use by the intended recipient(s) only. It may contain proprietary material, confidential information and/or be subject to legal privilege. It should not be copied, disclosed to, retained or used by, any other party. If you are not an intended recipient then please promptly delete this e-mail and any attachment and all copies and inform the sender. Thank you.

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[Fwd: Re: [Question #68852]: Ottawa not listed in time zone cities?]
by Norm MacNeil Oct. 5, 2009

Oct. 5, 2009

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