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Venezuela timezone change from utc -4 to utc -4:30 Sep 24 2007
by artemis3 Sept. 18, 2007

Sept. 18, 2007

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello, i'm not quite sure i understand the tzdata file format. I would like to add a rule to reflect this change, so would something like this work? # Venezuela # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Vzla 1964 max - Jan 1 0:00 0:30 S Rule Vzla 2007 max - Sep 24 0:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Caracas -4:27:44 - LMT 1890 -4:27:40 - CMT 1912 Feb 12 # Caracas Mean Time? -4:30 - VET 1964 # Venezuela Time -4:00 Vzla VET 2007 Sep 23 -4:30 Vzla VET Historically the change from UTC -4:30 to UTC -4 was in January 1964 (not 1965), skipping the very first 30 minutes of that year; how would a rule reflect this? This will end on Sep 23. From September 24 2007 when we are going back to UTC -4:30. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFG7+y7Uzw3EMm5P5wRAl6/AJwOpYCiNVO0y3D65skDtdn8emssIQCdGWRW +eLBB99tjjBZl1ywCGLTvcQ= =2kfj -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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FW: Venezuela new timezone
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] Sept. 17, 2007

Sept. 17, 2007

I'm forwarding this message from Nicolás Ruiz, who is not on the time zone mailing list. Those of you who are on the time zone mailing list should direct replies appropriately. --ado -----Original Message----- From: Nicolás Ruiz [mailto:nicolas@ula.ve] Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 4:53 PM To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: Venezuela new timezone Starting on Sept 24th, 2007 Venezuela is scheduled to use a new timezone (UTC -4:30). I'm attaching a patch to tzdata-2007b/southamerica. -- A: Because it destroys the flow of conversation. Q: Why is top posting dumb? -- Juan Nicolás Ruiz | Corporación Parque Tecnológico de Mérida nicolas(a)ula.ve | Mérida - Venezuela PGP Key fingerprint = CDA7 9892 50F7 22F8 E379 08DA 9A3B 194B D641 C6FF

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Venezuela new timezone
by Nicolás Ruiz Sept. 17, 2007

Sept. 17, 2007

Starting on Sept 24th, 2007 Venezuela is scheduled to use a new timezone (UTC -4:30). I'm attaching a patch to tzdata-2007b/southamerica. -- A: Because it destroys the flow of conversation. Q: Why is top posting dumb? -- Juan Nicolás Ruiz | Corporación Parque Tecnológico de Mérida nicolas(a)ula.ve | Mérida - Venezuela PGP Key fingerprint = CDA7 9892 50F7 22F8 E379 08DA 9A3B 194B D641 C6FF --- southamerica.orig 2007-09-17 16:23:52.000000000 -0400 +++ southamerica 2007-09-17 16:27:01.000000000 -0400 @@ -1094,4 +1094,5 @@ Zone America/Caracas -4:27:44 - LMT 1890 -4:27:40 - CMT 1912 Feb 12 # Caracas Mean Time? -4:30 - VET 1965 # Venezuela Time - -4:00 - VET + -4:00 - VET 2007 Sep 24 # Venezuela Time + -4:30 - VET

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FW: Changes on VET (Venezuela Time Zone) Errata
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] Sept. 17, 2007

Sept. 17, 2007

I'm forwarding this second message from Fausto Moretti, who is not on the time zone mailing list. Those of you who are on the time zone mailing list should direct replies appropriately. --ado -----Original Message----- From: Fausto Moretti [mailto:Fausto.Moretti@Sun.COM] Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 1:49 To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: Re: Changes on VET (Venezuela Time Zone) Errata I just forgot the 59 seconds where GMT-4 is still used! Fausto Moretti wrote: > Good morning, > > Due to a presidential resolution in Venezuela the new time zone for > Venezuelan people starting at Sep 24 00:00 will be GMT-4:30; the next > changes i've made on southamerica time zone source file and were > tested (not enough) but work. > > # Venezuela > # From Fausto Moretti (2007-09-17): > # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] > Zone America/Caracas -4:27:44 - LMT 1890 > -4:27:40 - CMT 1912 Feb 12 # Caracas > Mean Time? > -4:30 - VET 1965 # Venezuela > Time > -4:00 - VET 2007 Sep 23 23:59:59 # > Pre. Resol. > -4:30 - VET > > > Regards! > Fausto >

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Changes on VET (Venezuela Time Zone)
by Fausto Moretti Sept. 17, 2007

Sept. 17, 2007

Good morning, Due to a presidential resolution in Venezuela the new time zone for Venezuelan people starting at Sep 24 00:00 will be GMT-4:30; the next changes i've made on southamerica time zone source file and were tested (not enough) but work. # Venezuela # From Fausto Moretti (2007-09-17): # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Caracas -4:27:44 - LMT 1890 -4:27:40 - CMT 1912 Feb 12 # Caracas Mean Time? -4:30 - VET 1965 # Venezuela Time -4:00 - VET 2007 Sep 23 23:59 # Pre. Resol. -4:30 - VET Regards! Fausto

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FW: Changes on VET (Venezuela Time Zone)
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] Sept. 17, 2007

Sept. 17, 2007

I'm forwarding this message from Fausto Moretti, who is not on the time zone mailing list. Those of you who are on the time zone mailing list should direct replies appropriately. --ado -----Original Message----- From: Fausto Moretti [mailto:Fausto.Moretti@Sun.COM] Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 1:17 To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: Changes on VET (Venezuela Time Zone) Good morning, Due to a presidential resolution in Venezuela the new time zone for Venezuelan people starting at Sep 24 00:00 will be GMT-4:30; the next changes i've made on southamerica time zone source file and were tested (not enough) but work. # Venezuela # From Fausto Moretti (2007-09-17): # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Caracas -4:27:44 - LMT 1890 -4:27:40 - CMT 1912 Feb 12 # Caracas Mean Time? -4:30 - VET 1965 # Venezuela Time -4:00 - VET 2007 Sep 23 23:59 # Pre. Resol. -4:30 - VET Regards! Fausto

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FW: Venezuela's switch to UTC-0430
by Alex Mayorga Adame Sept. 13, 2007

Sept. 13, 2007

The confirmation, directly from the “Bolivarian Government”, is that the change would take effect on January 1st 2008. If you feel like practicing your Spanish, here’s the reference http://www.gobiernoenlinea.gob.ve/noticias-view/ver_detalles.pag?idNoticia=…

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Time Zone Map Database
by Jamie Lin Sept. 11, 2007

Sept. 11, 2007

I am looking for a time zone database to use in C-Programming. The database descriptions are followed: -Text File easy for processing with C -Contain Map Element, instead of Zone-By-Name -Example: have vector lines that represent timezone boundary with the vector vertices in longitude and latitude coordinate. I notice the Olson Database doesn't contain such boundary line element. And I am wondering where I might be able to obtain such database. I would really appriciate if you can provide me with some information. Thank for your time. _________________________________________________________________ Invite your mail contacts to join your friends list with Windows Live Spaces. It's easy! http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=create&wx_url=/friends.aspx…

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W.r.t timezone update for Asia/Choibalsan
by Chenthill Sept. 7, 2007

Sept. 7, 2007

Hi, I am currently updating the timezones for evolution (default mail client for many linux distros) . I have a small doubt with updating timezone for the location Asia/Choibalsan. I see that the offset is +09000 from the olson timezone database (ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/) for the standard timezone, but timeanddate.com (http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/results.html?query=Choibalsan) http://www.travelpost.com/AS/Mongolia/Dornod/Choibalsan/7449157 and http://www.timeinside.com/view.jsp?region=Asia&country=Mongolia&city=Choiba… show its +08000 for Choibalsan. Please let me know which would be the right offset for Asia/Choibalsan. thanks in advance, Chenthill.

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C#/VB.NET PublicDomain Olson Time Zone Database Implementation
by Kevin Sept. 7, 2007

Sept. 7, 2007

Hi, I created a fully Public Domain .NET library which implements the Olson time zone database for .NET applications. The package is called PublicDomain and the source, binaries, and documentation are available at http://www.codeplex.com/PublicDomain. Olson time zone database support is just one part of a larger package of various pieces of public domain code. The package was written from scratch in C# and includes an objectified form of the olson time zone database (because we all know how fun it is to analyze the raw, obfuscated data). I also created a variety of unit and regression tests. The implementation used to be quite experimental, but now it has gone through a bit of usage and appears to be getting quite solid. I also wrote an article on codeproject discussing a simple use case of using the package (http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/Using_time_zones_in_NET.asp) I would appreciate it if you included a description of this package for those that use .NET, including C#, VB.NET, etc. on the Olson Time zone database home page (http://www.twinsun.com/tz/tz-link.htm) -- using some form of less verbose description than mine above :-). Thanks! Kevin

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Egypt timezone change - Clarification
by Abdelrahman Hassan Sept. 6, 2007

Sept. 6, 2007

># From Dirk Losch (2007-08-14): ># I received a mail from an airline which says that the daylight ># saving time in Egypt will end in the night of 2007-09-06 to 2007-09-07. ># From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2007-08-15): [The following agree:] ># http://www.nentjes.info/Bill/bill5.htm ># http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=53 ># From Paul Eggert (2007-08-17): ># For lack of better info, assume the new rule is first Thursday. >Rule Egypt 2007 max - Sep Thu>=1 23:00s 0 In response to the uncertainty observed on the mailing list and the latest version of the time zonecode regarding Egypt's recent DST change, I would like to confirm that the change is indeed for this year only. Furthermore, it is as of now unknown when DST will end next year. Some MPs are even suggesting to discontinue DST alltogether, so we will have to wait and see. The reason for this year's change (and for the general confusion) is the holy month of Ramadan (in which Muslims fast from dawn to dusk). Due to the Hijri (lunar Islamic calendar) year being 11 days shorter than the year of the Gregorian calendar, Ramadan shifts earlier each year. This year it will be observed September 13 (September is quite hot in Egypt), and the idea is to make fasting easier for workers by shifting business hours one hour out of daytime heat. Consequently, unless discontinued, next DST may end Thursday 28 August 2008.

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Re: daylight saving in Egypt
by Patrice Scattolin Sept. 5, 2007

Sept. 5, 2007

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/timezone.html?n=53 shows a change time of Thursday, August 28, 2008 at 11:59:59 PM So it looks like even thought the 2008 date passed, it has been picked. Anyone knows how official this 2008 date is? Would be nice to do the 2008 early in advance. Steffen Thorsen wrote: > Yes, indeed - it is fine, I looked at the wrong file, sorry about that. > > However, it is very likely that the date will not be incorrect for > 2008, as it will fall in the middle of Ramadan (again), so that might > be something to change later. Who knows if they will move the date > into August or to October. > > Best regards, > Steffen > > Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] wrote: >>>> "Egypt will start its wintertime as of Friday, September 7," Cabinet >>>> Spokesman Magdi Radi announced Wednesday 22/8/2007. This means that >>>> Egyptians will set their clocks one hour backward. >>>> >>>> Egypt operates Daylight-Saving Time between the last Friday in April >>>> and the last Thursday in September when the clocks are a 3 hours >> ahead >>>> of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). >>>> >>>> The date will change a little bit this year because of Ramadan, the >>>> Holy Muslims fasting month due to start Thursday, September 13. >>> The current tzdata2007g.tar.gz does not have this, but Paul Eggert's >>> latest patch has it - so it is probably time to make a new release >>> by Friday. >> >> It seems to me as if tzdata2007g.tar.gz does reflect the moved-up >> change--see below. >> >> --ado >> >> Script started on Tue Sep 04 16:47:08 2007 >> lecserver$ ftp elsie.nci.nih.gov >> Connected to lecserver. >> 220 lecserver FTP server (Version >> wu-2.6.2(4)+connect-dos.patch+realpath.patch Tue Apr 13 15:43:02 EDT >> 2004) ready. >> Name (elsie.nci.nih.gov:olsona): anonymous >> 331 Guest login ok, send your complete e-mail address as password. >> Password: >> 230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply. >> ftp> binary >> 200 Type set to I. >> ftp> cd pub >> 250 CWD command successful. >> ftp> get tzdata2007g.tar.gz >> 200 PORT command successful. >> 150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for tzdata2007g.tar.gz (161080 >> bytes). >> 226 Transfer complete. >> local: tzdata2007g.tar.gz remote: tzdata2007g.tar.gz >> 161080 bytes received in 0.029 seconds (5512.11 Kbytes/s) >> ftp> quit >> 221-You have transferred 161080 bytes in 1 files. >> 221-Total traffic for this session was 161827 bytes in 1 transfers. >> 221-Thank you for using the FTP service on lecserver. >> 221 Goodbye. >> lecserver$ gunzip < *.gz | tar xf - >> lecserver$ grep "Egypt.*2007" africa >> # saving time in Egypt will end in the night of 2007-09-06 to >> 2007-09-07. >> Rule Egypt 2007 max - Sep Thu>=1 23:00s 0 >> - >> lecserver$ exit >> script done on Tue Sep 04 16:48:24 2007 >

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Re: daylight saving in Egypt
by Patrice Scattolin Sept. 5, 2007

Sept. 5, 2007

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/timezone.html?n=53 shows a change time of Thursday, August 28, 2008 at 11:59:59 PM So it looks like even thought the 2008 date passed, it has been picked. Anyone knows how official this 2008 date is? Would be nice to do the 2008 early in advance. Steffen Thorsen wrote: > Yes, indeed - it is fine, I looked at the wrong file, sorry about that. > > However, it is very likely that the date will not be incorrect for > 2008, as it will fall in the middle of Ramadan (again), so that might > be something to change later. Who knows if they will move the date > into August or to October. > > Best regards, > Steffen > > Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] wrote: >>>> "Egypt will start its wintertime as of Friday, September 7," Cabinet >>>> Spokesman Magdi Radi announced Wednesday 22/8/2007. This means that >>>> Egyptians will set their clocks one hour backward. >>>> >>>> Egypt operates Daylight-Saving Time between the last Friday in April >>>> and the last Thursday in September when the clocks are a 3 hours >> ahead >>>> of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). >>>> >>>> The date will change a little bit this year because of Ramadan, the >>>> Holy Muslims fasting month due to start Thursday, September 13. >>> The current tzdata2007g.tar.gz does not have this, but Paul Eggert's >>> latest patch has it - so it is probably time to make a new release >>> by Friday. >> >> It seems to me as if tzdata2007g.tar.gz does reflect the moved-up >> change--see below. >> >> --ado >> >> Script started on Tue Sep 04 16:47:08 2007 >> lecserver$ ftp elsie.nci.nih.gov >> Connected to lecserver. >> 220 lecserver FTP server (Version >> wu-2.6.2(4)+connect-dos.patch+realpath.patch Tue Apr 13 15:43:02 EDT >> 2004) ready. >> Name (elsie.nci.nih.gov:olsona): anonymous >> 331 Guest login ok, send your complete e-mail address as password. >> Password: >> 230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply. >> ftp> binary >> 200 Type set to I. >> ftp> cd pub >> 250 CWD command successful. >> ftp> get tzdata2007g.tar.gz >> 200 PORT command successful. >> 150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for tzdata2007g.tar.gz (161080 >> bytes). >> 226 Transfer complete. >> local: tzdata2007g.tar.gz remote: tzdata2007g.tar.gz >> 161080 bytes received in 0.029 seconds (5512.11 Kbytes/s) >> ftp> quit >> 221-You have transferred 161080 bytes in 1 files. >> 221-Total traffic for this session was 161827 bytes in 1 transfers. >> 221-Thank you for using the FTP service on lecserver. >> 221 Goodbye. >> lecserver$ gunzip < *.gz | tar xf - >> lecserver$ grep "Egypt.*2007" africa >> # saving time in Egypt will end in the night of 2007-09-06 to >> 2007-09-07. >> Rule Egypt 2007 max - Sep Thu>=1 23:00s 0 >> - >> lecserver$ exit >> script done on Tue Sep 04 16:48:24 2007 > -- Oracle Email Signature Logo Patrice Scattolin | Software Development Manager | 514.905.8744 Oracle Collaborative Application Services 600 Blvd de Maisonneuve West Suite 1900 Montreal, Quebec

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FW: daylight saving in Egypt
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] Sept. 4, 2007

Sept. 4, 2007

I'm forwarding this message from Dirk Losch, who is on the time zone mailing list on an address other than the one from which this message was sent. Direct replies appropriately. --ado -----Original Message----- From: Dirk Losch [mailto:dirk.losch@gmx.de] Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 5:38 To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: daylight saving in Egypt Hello, I received a mail from an airline which says that the daylight saving time in Egypt will end in the night of 2007-09-06 to 2007-09-07. Can anyone confirm this? In the database are the following entries: .... Rule Egypt 1995 max - Apr lastFri 0:00s 1:00 S Rule Egypt 1995 2005 - Sep lastThu 23:00s 0 - # From Steffen Thorsen (2006-09-19): # The Egyptian Gazette, issue 41,090 (2006-09-18), page 1, reports: # Egypt will turn back clocks by one hour at the midnight of Thursday # after observing the daylight saving time since May. # http://news.gom.com.eg/gazette/pdf/2006/09/18/01.pdf Rule Egypt 2006 only - Sep 21 23:00s 0 - Rule Egypt 2007 max - Sep lastThu 23:00s 0 - ... Best regards - dirk -

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FW: EU BST-->GMT issue
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] Aug. 30, 2007

Aug. 30, 2007

I'm forwarding this message from Dafydd Rhys-Jones, who sent it before joining the time zone mailing list. --ado From: Dafydd Rhys-Jones [mailto:D.Rhys-Jones@F5.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 5:38 To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: EU BST-->GMT issue Hello all, Are there any known bugs revolving around the EU timezone not reverting from BST back to GMT? [root@server2 ~]# rm -f /etc/localtime ; ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/London /etc/localtime [root@server2 ~]# date Wed Aug 29 21:42:31 BST 2007 [root@server2 ~]# date -s "Sun Oct 26 00:59:59 2008" Sun Oct 26 00:59:59 BST 2008 [root@server2 ~]# date Sun Oct 26 00:59:59 BST 2008 [root@server2 ~]# date Sun Oct 26 01:00:01 BST 2008 [root@server2 ~]# date Sun Oct 26 01:00:02 BST 2008 [root@server2 ~]# date Sun Oct 26 01:00:03 BST 2008 [root@server2 ~]# date Sun Oct 26 01:00:04 BST 2008 [root@server2 ~]# date -s "Sun Oct 26 01:00:01 2008" Sun Oct 26 01:00:01 GMT 2008 Dafydd Rhys-Jones | Software Test Engineer F5 Networks P 206.272.5555 F 206.272.5556 www.f5.com D 206.272.6280 M 206.335.1096

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EU BST-->GMT issue
by Dafydd Rhys-Jones Aug. 29, 2007

Aug. 29, 2007

Hello all, Are there any known bugs revolving around the EU timezone not reverting from BST back to GMT? [root@server2 ~]# rm -f /etc/localtime ; ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/London /etc/localtime [root@server2 ~]# date Wed Aug 29 21:42:31 BST 2007 [root@server2 ~]# date -s "Sun Oct 26 00:59:59 2008" Sun Oct 26 00:59:59 BST 2008 [root@server2 ~]# date Sun Oct 26 00:59:59 BST 2008 [root@server2 ~]# date Sun Oct 26 01:00:01 BST 2008 [root@server2 ~]# date Sun Oct 26 01:00:02 BST 2008 [root@server2 ~]# date Sun Oct 26 01:00:03 BST 2008 [root@server2 ~]# date Sun Oct 26 01:00:04 BST 2008 [root@server2 ~]# date -s "Sun Oct 26 01:00:01 2008" Sun Oct 26 01:00:01 GMT 2008 Dafydd Rhys-Jones | Software Test Engineer F5 Networks P 206.272.5555 F 206.272.5556 www.f5.com <http://www.f5.com> D 206.272.6280 M 206.335.1096

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please update ICU homepage URL on http://www.twinsun.com/tz/tz-link.htm
by Markus Scherer Aug. 28, 2007

Aug. 28, 2007

Dear TZ DB maintainers, Please update the ICU homepage URL on http://www.twinsun.com/tz/tz-link.htm from http://www-306.ibm.com/software/globalization/icu/ to http://icu-project.org/ Thanks and best regards, markus

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time zone shift in Venezuela
by Karl Swartz Aug. 27, 2007

Aug. 27, 2007

I assume an update is coming soon which will cover the time zone change (from UTC-4 to UTC-4.5) next month: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N23289803.htm The latest files on the ftp site (2007g) don't have this yet. Then again, maybe nobody has been able to figure out WHEN in September this is happening -- I sure couldn't find any details. :-( -- Karl

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FW: FW: Venezuela's switch to UTC-0430
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] Aug. 27, 2007

Aug. 27, 2007

I'm forwarding this message from José Miguel Parrella Romero, who sent it before joining the time zone mailing list. --ado -----Original Message----- From: José Miguel Parrella Romero [mailto:joseparrella@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 3:30 To: Patrice Scattolin Cc: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: Re: FW: Venezuela's switch to UTC-0430 Patrice Scattolin escribió: > More importantly, does anyone know how likely that said change be > adopted? When is it expected to be adopted? It would be risky to say that the change _will_ be adopted, but the forecast says it will, due to political reasons. Though it was said to be adopted on Jan 1 2008, today's newspapers stated that the government is trying to push it in order to make the switch in Sep 17 2007. They also said that the government will notify all international organizations when the decision is taken. Jose

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Time zones in the news
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] Aug. 25, 2007

Aug. 25, 2007

Or, more accurately, on the op-ed page: "The Great Clock Plot" by Gail Collins appears on page A21 of the 2007-08-23 New York Times; it's a cranky take on the proposed Venezuelan time change. --ado

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FW: Venezuela's switch to UTC-0430
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] Aug. 24, 2007

Aug. 24, 2007

I'm forwarding this message from José Miguel Parrella Romero, who sent it before joining the time zone mailing list. --ado -----Original Message----- From: José Miguel Parrella Romero [mailto:joseparrella@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 9:48 To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: Venezuela's switch to UTC-0430 I've read two previous posts in this mailing list regarding Venezuela's change to a new timezone. I feel compelled to clarify the following: * The change is not decided yet. The proposal is coming from a department and involves ammending an act, so it has to be passed to the National Assembly. * In any case, it's not scheduled to happen on 2008. The head of department said it could happen on September 2007, as we begin school terms in that month. Again, it depends on legislative approval. * The currently used meridian is 60º W, in the most eastern part of the country. The new meridian will be 66º, crossing the town of Río Chico, at the middle of the country, so it's expected that the new timezone will be at UTC-0430. In any case, I'd be happy to know what's the standard process on announcing modifications to the public domain timezone database. Jose

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FW: New Zealand DST changes : DST April 2:00 ??
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] Aug. 23, 2007

Aug. 23, 2007

I'm forwarding this message from Donatella Sabellico, who sent it before joining the time zone mailing list. --ado -----Original Message----- From: DONATELLA SABELLICO [mailto:dsabellico@it.ibm.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 8:38 To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: New Zealand DST changes : DST April 2:00 ?? Hi All, I was reviewing the Australasia time zone table. What I notice is that into this link: http://www.dia.govt.nz/diawebsite.nsf/wpg_URL/Services-Daylight-Saving-I ndex?OpenDocument it is stated: ______________ "From this year, Daylight Saving will run for a period of 27 weeks. It now commences from the last Sunday in September, when 3.00am becomes 2.00am, and ends on the first Sunday in April the following year, when 3.00am becomes 2.00am. " Instead into the Australasia table : Rule NZ 2008 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S instead of 3:00 ... so can please someone told me at what time is supposed to start the April DST on New Zealand? Thanks!

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Iran is going to use DST again
by Alex Krivenyshev Aug. 23, 2007

Aug. 23, 2007

Iran adopted a single-urgency bill regarding Summer Time, proposing to change official time twice a year- official clock would change once at the beginning of the Iranian calendar year (March 21) and once at the start of the second half of each year (September 23). http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_iran05.html or "Majlis approves bill on clock change", Press TV, Iran http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=20379&sectionid=351020102 Alex Krivenyshev, WTZ.com http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/ New York, NY

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Venezuela to have new time zone from January 2008.
by Alex Krivenyshev Aug. 23, 2007

Aug. 23, 2007

Here is article directly from Venezuela web portal that Venezuela to have new time zone from January 2008. (in Spanish) http://www.abn.info.ve/go_news5.php?articulo=100886&lee=18 (in English) http://www.abn.info.ve/go_news5.php?articulo=100918&lee=17 correction for English translation- by WorldTimeZone.com http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_venezuela01.html that " ........ Furthermore, Navarro said that it will be necessary to change the Meteorology Law, in which Venezuela has four hours ahead ("behind"- correction by worldtimezone.com) of the international hour established by the Greenwich Meridian (meridian 0) to change it 4,5 hours ahead ("behind"- correction by worldtimezone.com) of the Greenwich mean Time....." Alex Krivenyshev, WTZ.com http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/ New York, NY

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proposal to advance of the Indian Standard Time by half an hour to being 6 hours ahead UTC.
by Alex Krivenyshev Aug. 23, 2007

Aug. 23, 2007

There is a proposal to advance of the Indian Standard Time (UTC + 5:30) by half an hour to being 6 hours ahead of the Universal Coordinated Time (UTC + 06) and to reject suggestion for introducing multiple time zones and/or DST. Here are excerpts from an article that appeared in the Indian publication "Energy savings from advancing the Indian Standard Time by half an hour", by Dilip R. Ahuja and D. P. Sen Gupta, National Institute of Advanced Studies, IISc Campus, Bangalore; CURRENT SCIENCE, 298 VOL. 93, NO. 3 http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_india01.html ........... The proposal We propose that we advance, once and for, all IST from being the time at the 82.5°E long. (Mirzapur District, Uttar Pradesh) to 90°E (Bengal-Assam border), i.e. from being 5 h 30 min ahead of UTC to being 6 h ahead of UTC and that we do not cycle the clocks annually. ............. If this proposal of advancing IST is found acceptable, we believe that 1-2 years would suffice to plan for a smooth transition. Alex Krivenyshev, WTZ.com http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/ New York, NY

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