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new links for time zone page on twinsun
by Steve Allen Sept. 28, 2011

Sept. 28, 2011

I suggest a few additions to the links on the twinsun time zone page http://www.twinsun.com/tz/tz-link.htm Starting last December the ITU-R has provided free online access to their recommendations. These are visible at http://www.itu.int/pub/R-REC It is a major change from the previous restrictions on ITU-R documents. This includes the time and frequency recommendations http://www.itu.int/rec/R-REC-TF/en some of which are now suppressed but which describe the history of the usage and nomenclature. In particular it has the current and two previous versions of ITU-R TF.460 which is the document that describes radio broadcast time signals and UTC. http://www.itu.int/rec/R-REC-TF.460/en The earlier versions document the connections between UTC and GMT. There are many other possibly relevant sources, but these have been deemed particularly important and they are the basis for the inputs that go to the zoneinfo database and code. -- Steve Allen <sla(a)ucolick.org> WGS-84 (GPS) UCO/Lick Observatory--ISB Natural Sciences II, Room 165 Lat +36.99855 1156 High Street Voice: +1 831 459 3046 Lng -122.06015 Santa Cruz, CA 95064 http://www.ucolick.org/~sla/ Hgt +250 m

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Changed zone settings in Ukraine
by Andrey Poleyaev Sept. 28, 2011

Sept. 28, 2011

Greetings, due to: http://portal.rada.gov.ua/rada/control/ru/publish/article/news_left?art_id=… <http://portal.rada.gov.ua/rada/control/ru/publish/article/news_left?art_id=…> Throughout Ukraine timezone changed to EEST. So it needs some changes in europe timezone source, example Kiev ### Zone Europe/Kiev 2:02:04 - LMT 1880 2:02:04 - KMT 1924 May 2 # Kiev Mean Time 2:00 - EET 1930 Jun 21 3:00 - MSK 1941 Sep 20 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1943 Nov 6 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 1990 3:00 - MSK 1990 Jul 1 2:00 2:00 - EET 1992 2:00 E-Eur EE%sT 1995 2:00 EU EE%sT 2011 March 27 3:00 - EEST -- Andrey Poletaev Trifle Internet Service Provider +38 056 7319911 +38 067 5640890

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Information wanted #1: time zone names in Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine
by Arthur David Olson Sept. 27, 2011

Sept. 27, 2011

I'm asking for information to use in specifying time zone abbreviations for Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine. For all three I can use: 1. References to government documents that specify time zone names or abbreviations. 2. References to government documents that specify whether current time is considered to be "standard" time or "saving" time. 3. References indicating what time zone names or abbreviations are actually in use in the areas. 4. References indicating whether people in the areas consider themselves to be on "standard" or "saving" time. We do have this year's Decree #725... http://www.government.ru/gov/results/16355/print/ ...for Russia; if translate.google.com is correct, Moscow is on "Eastern Standard Time" with most other zones being "Eastern Standard Time plus n hours" and one zone being "Eastern Standard Time minus 1 hour." --ado

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Information wanted #2: Russian Decree #725 vs. tzdata2011k
by Arthur David Olson Sept. 27, 2011

Sept. 27, 2011

There are five places where this year's Russian Government Decree #725... http://www.government.ru/gov/results/16355/print/ ...and tzdata2011k differ on what current time is: Place Decree #725 tzdata2011k Notes Bulunskij MSK+6 MSK+7 covered by Asia/Vladivostok Tomponskij MSK+6 MSK+7 covered by Asia/Vladivostok Ust'-Majskij MSK+6 MSK+7 covered by Asia/Vladivostok Ojmyakonskij MSK+7 MSK+8 covered by Asia/Magadan Sakhalin MSK+8 MSK+7 already separate--Asia/Sakhalin Did a change occur in these areas in 2011 and, if so, when? Or is tzdata2011k wrong? Decree #725 indicates that it abrogates Decree #23 of January 8, 1992 (among other things abrogated); is the abrogated decree available online? Thanks for any help folks can provide. --ado

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RE: UTC as basis for time legislation
by Paul_Koning＠Dell.com Sept. 26, 2011

Sept. 26, 2011

>> ... But other than that, if you say GMT you mean the same time as if >> you say UTC. > >Uh... you like waving red flags in front of bulls, don't you? Or maybe >walking up to a bee hive and whacking it with a short stick is your >idea of a good time. :) Ouch. My apologies to the hornets. I did some reading and I think I now understand some of the subtleties involved. Let me restate the point I should have made and hopefully not disturb another beehive. The tzdata uses an approximation of the subtle details of timekeeping. With those approximations, GMT and UTC end up being described both as having a constant 0 offset. So if country A says its legal time is an hour ahead of GMT and B says they are an hour ahead of UTC, those are technically different statements. However, to the approximation of tzdata, the outcome is the same: both country A and B would be shown in the tzdata file as having an offset of 60 minutes. Is that correct? paul

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data2011k.tar.gz
by Arthur David Olson Sept. 26, 2011

Sept. 26, 2011

The file... ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzdata2011k.tar.gz ...is now available; this reflects changes circulated last week on the time zone mailing list. I plan to send out two requests for information about Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine within a day. --ado

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IANA and the tz database - diverging from Theory
by Tobias Conradi Sept. 26, 2011

Sept. 26, 2011

The 2011-05-19 text by E. Lear and P. Eggert at http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-lear-iana-timezone-database-04 defines an update rule that is different to the ones in the Theory file, it reads: "3. Making Updates to the TZ Database New TZ names (e.g. locations) are only to be created when the scope of the region a name was envisioned to cover is no longer accurate." Also the Terminology section defines only three TZ specific terms, while the Theory file contains several more. Does anyone know why the rules of tz names are changed in the IANA tz text? -- Tobias Conradi Rheinsberger Str. 18 10115 Berlin Germany http://tobiasconradi.com/tobias_conradi

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Proposal for UTC offset coloring in maps based on 6 RGB colors
by Tobias Conradi Sept. 26, 2011

Sept. 26, 2011

This proposal is restricted to UTC offset zones, i.e. it does not propose anything for the tz zones. In the following text main zone will refer to any zone with an offset from UTC that is a multiple of 1 hour. ==Current situation== http://www.worldtimezone.com/ uses 3 colors, RGB, for main zones, as of today the map on the home page shows Kyrgysztan as +5 in the same color as neighboring China +8. repetition after 3 hours https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/maps/refmap_tim… uses 4 colors, 2 kinds of green, 1 brown, 1 yellow for the main zones. repetition after 4 hours http://www.worldtimeexplorer.com/WorldMapBig.gif uses ca. 9 colors, main zones and zone with other offsets share colors. repetition: none, e.g. orange in America is preceded by grey, while in Asia it is preceded by cyan Wikimedia offers maps with several different schemes: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Worldwide_Time_Zones_(including_DST)… ca. 9 colors, includes coding for DST usage Even where the following files share offsets from UTC, the colors are not necessarily shared: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_Russia_-_Time_Zones_(2009).svg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sakha_time_zones.png http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_Russia_-_Time_Zones_(April_20… http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Time_zones_of_Europe.svg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Africa-timezones.png ==Proposal== Use 6 colors that are easily distinguished for the main zones and order them so that mixing two colors from two zones that are 2 hours apart result in the color of the zone in between. The same mixing process shall be applied for zones with an offset of 30min from a main zone. The RGB space, if each color can only be on or off, gives 2*2*2=8 possibilities which include white and black. That means there are 6 colors (Level 1 colors) that can be used. One possibility, denoting colors in hexadecimal shorthand form (f = ff, 0 = 00): UTC = f0f magenta +1 = 00f blue +2 = 0ff cyan +3 = 0f0 green +4 = ff0 yellow +5 = f00 red The repetition starts with +6 = UTC = f0f. As middle position between x00 (0) and xff (255) use x80 (128) as listed at http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-color/#html4 The zones with a 15min offset from a main zone get to use 40 (64) or c0 (192) e.g. +5:45 = ff00c0 (used in Nepal) Even if the colors apart from the Level 1 colors are not desired because they are too difficult to distinguish, one can use the main colors. One can memorize: +1 = CET most parts of the EU = base color of the EU flag +3 = Arab Standard Time, Mecca lies in the +3 zone = green = base color of the flag of Saudi Arabia The one can derive that the color for the zone in between, namely +2, is cyan. Since colors repeat after 6 main zones, +8 will also be cyan. A matrix of colors and offsets can be found at: http://www.tango.info/wiki/UTC_offset_representation_by_6_base_colors If anyone can make a map of the UTC offsets using 6 base colors, not necessarily those that are used in the proposal, I would be happy to see it. Any suggestions for improving the system are welcome. -- Tobias Conradi Rheinsberger Str. 18 10115 Berlin Germany http://tobiasconradi.com

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DateTime::TimeZone::Tzfile for tz-link.htm
by Zefram Sept. 24, 2011

Sept. 24, 2011

Possible addition to the "Other tz binary file readers" part of tz-link.htm: <li> <a href="http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?DateTime::TimeZone::Tzfile">DateTime::TimeZone::Tzfile</a> is a <code>tz</code> binary file reader written in Perl. It is freely available under the same terms as Perl (dual <abbr>GPL</abbr> and Artistic license). </li> You already have a note about DateTime::TimeZone in a different section. There's work underway to make DT:TZ use DT:TZ:Tzfile for its Olson needs, but currently they're essentially unrelated. -zefram

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Re coming Russian-Belarusian-Ukrainian timezone change
by Yury Tarasievich Sept. 24, 2011

Sept. 24, 2011

Hello, They say that for denoting the new timezone there's FET (further-eastern european time) proposal in the works, but this seems Very Bad and Confusing English to me. Please consider denoting the new timezone as EEFT (East European Forward Time) -> minimal changes in abbreviature and mnemonic, clear semantic. Better English, too. -Yury

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UTC as basis for time legislation
by Tobias Conradi Sept. 23, 2011

Sept. 23, 2011

On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 11:01 PM, Steve Allen <sla(a)ucolick.org> wrote: > On Fri 2011-09-23T22:53:10 +0200, Tobias Conradi hath writ: >> IIRC UTC and not GMT is the basis for most time legislation that is >> currently in place. > > It would be interesting to find reliable indicators about whether UTC > or GMT is the basis in any given region. Even recently I've seen > official decrees using the geographic terms "meridian" and "Greenwich". UTC used in EU law to define the start and end of summer-time: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:C:2011:083:0006:01… Germany http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/me_einhg/__4.html "koordinierte Weltzeit" ~ coordinated Worldtime -- Tobias Conradi Rheinsberger Str. 18 10115 Berlin Germany http://tobiasconradi.com/tobias_conradi

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Regarding tz changes
by utkal santra Sept. 23, 2011

Sept. 23, 2011

Hi, I wanted to know when is the next timzone update is happening.Currently I found fw data are missing. I would like to add the Russian (Moscow) timezone changes to that. Please let me know the next release. Thanks, Utkal

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FW: Re coming Russian-Belarusian-Ukrainian timezone change
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] Sept. 22, 2011

Sept. 22, 2011

I'm forwarding this message from Yury Tarasievich, who is not on the time zone mailing list. Those of you who are on the list, please direct replies appropriately. --ado -----Original Message----- From: Yury Tarasievich [mailto:yury.tarasievich@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 12:24 To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: Re coming Russian-Belarusian-Ukrainian timezone change Hello, They say that for denoting the new timezone there's FET (further-eastern european time) proposal in the works, but this seems Very Bad and Confusing English to me. Please consider denoting the new timezone as EEFT (East European Forward Time) -> minimal changes in abbreviature and mnemonic, clear semantic. Better English, too. -Yury

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Zone proposal for Russia: Asia/Yuzhno-Kurilsk
by Tobias Conradi Sept. 22, 2011

Sept. 22, 2011

Yuzhno-Kurilsk District Currently in tz part of Asia/Magadan, but according to http://www.garant.ru/hotlaw/federal/346568/ in Zone 8 (MSK+7) are http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurilsky_District http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuzhno-Kurilsky_District Citing http://www.garant.ru/hotlaw/federal/346568/ : 8-я часовая зона - московское время плюс 7 часов. ....Курильский ..... Южно-Курильский районы, город областного значения 9-я часовая зона - московское время плюс 8 часов. ... Северо-Курильский район ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severo-Kurilsky_District will use Magadan Time, as according to tz it currently does. Zone proposal: NEW Asia/Yuzhno-Kurilsk covering http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurilsky_District http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuzhno-Kurilsky_District -- Tobias Conradi Rheinsberger Str. 18 10115 Berlin Germany http://tobiasconradi.com/tobias_conradi

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America/Sitka LMT bug
by Zefram Sept. 22, 2011

Sept. 22, 2011

I noticed this recent addition to the database: |Zone America/Sitka -14:58:47 - LMT 1867 Oct 18 | -9:01:13 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 12:00 | -8:00 - PST 1942 ... For local mean time to jump by 5.6 hours, implying that the city jumped 89 degrees to the east, would be a neat trick. Obviously the first offset is meant to be +14:58:47, and the city jumped by 24 hours or 360 degrees, crossing the IDL. -zefram

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Re: Fwd:data2011j
by gunther Vermeir Sept. 21, 2011

Sept. 21, 2011

not really what you ask but an excellent high level overview of changes is kept by the java team http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/tzdata-versions-138805.html Gunther On 21/09/11 22:40, ALAN KAPLAN, BLOOMBERG/ 731 LEXIN wrote: > --- Original Sender: STEFANO PACIFICO, BLOOMBERG/ 731 LEXIN --- > > Hi, I was wondering if it might be possible to modify the process create a .txt file containing the changes you are making for tz stuff.(like you indicated below) Eg. If you release a new file tzdata2011j.tar.gz, then you have on the same ftp server, tzdata2011j.txt or something like that. > Please let me know if something like that is possible. > > Sincerely, > Alan Kaplan > Bloomberg LP > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: tz(a)elsie.nci.nih.gov > To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov > At: 9/12 9:31:09 > > The file... > ftp://elsie.nci.nh.gov/pub/tzdata2011j.tar.gz > ...is now available; this reflects the changes circulated recently on the times > zone mailing list (contemporary changes for Samoa; past changes for Kenya, > Uganda, and Tanzania); there are also two spelling corrections to comments > in the australasia file (with thanks to Christos Zoulas). > > I expect another version will appear soon to handle changes in the > Middle East (and perhaps in Russia); folks seeking to avoid version churn may > want to wait a bit. > > --ado >

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RE: Fwd:data2011j
by Paul_Koning＠Dell.com Sept. 21, 2011

Sept. 21, 2011

You can just grab the latest, grab the previous, unpack both, diff -r on the two. paul -----Original Message----- From: ALAN KAPLAN, BLOOMBERG/ 731 LEXIN [mailto:skywalker@bloomberg.net] Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 4:40 PM To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: Fwd:data2011j --- Original Sender: STEFANO PACIFICO, BLOOMBERG/ 731 LEXIN --- Hi, I was wondering if it might be possible to modify the process create a .txt file containing the changes you are making for tz stuff.(like you indicated below) Eg. If you release a new file tzdata2011j.tar.gz, then you have on the same ftp server, tzdata2011j.txt or something like that. Please let me know if something like that is possible. Sincerely, Alan Kaplan Bloomberg LP ----- Original Message ----- From: tz(a)elsie.nci.nih.gov To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov At: 9/12 9:31:09 The file... ftp://elsie.nci.nh.gov/pub/tzdata2011j.tar.gz ...is now available; this reflects the changes circulated recently on the times zone mailing list (contemporary changes for Samoa; past changes for Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania); there are also two spelling corrections to comments in the australasia file (with thanks to Christos Zoulas). I expect another version will appear soon to handle changes in the Middle East (and perhaps in Russia); folks seeking to avoid version churn may want to wait a bit. --ado

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Re: DST changes from 20.09.2011 for Ukraine
by itman＠fm.com.ua Sept. 21, 2011

Sept. 21, 2011

Sorry for mistake in patch. Time for Ukraine should be UTC+3, so for 1st rule to be applied it should be 2011 year. Kind regards, Serge Kolotylo itman(a)fm.com.ua --- old/europe 2011-08-17 18:52:01.000000000 +0200 +++ new/europe 2011-09-21 20:44:13.000000000 +0200 @@ -464,6 +464,33 @@ # of 19 January 2001 on summer-time arrangements. #</a> +#From Serge Kolotylo +#New Rules for Ukraine +#The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (Ukraine's parliament) accepted +#resolution to cancel seasonal clock change and +#to establish Ukraine time as second time zone plus one hour +#according to this resolution: +#Ukraine will not switch to winter time anymore and "standard" +#time will be changed from UTC+2 to UTC+3 (WorldTimeZone.com) +#or in Ukrainian http://portal.rada.gov.ua/rada/control/uk/publish/article/news_left?art_id=… +#Start date of resolution 20.09.2011 + +#in direct translation from original (in Ukrainian) +#text of resolution: "About changing the order of time calculation on Ukraine territory" +# Number 8330 from 04.04.2011 +#So, it means that from 27th of March in Ukraine will be time +#of 2nd timezone plus 1 hour, UTC+3 +#it will be no more any "winter" (-1 hour) or "summer" (+1 hour) changes +#also note, that at the moment of 21.09.2011 Ukraine is in UTC+3 +#also note that in Ukraine there is only 1 timezone +#For all Ukraine there is only Kiev time +#So, what is declared by Igor Karpov - splitting time by Ukrainian cities +#it is not correct because for all of them time rules are the same +#and the only time is valid - Kiev time + +Rule Ukraine 1981 2011 - Mar lastSun 1:00u 1:00 S +Rule Ukraine 1996 2010 - Oct lastSun 1:00u 0 - + # W-Eur differs from EU only in that W-Eur uses standard time. Rule W-Eur 1977 1980 - Apr Sun>=1 1:00s 1:00 S Rule W-Eur 1977 only - Sep lastSun 1:00s 0 - @@ -2626,7 +2653,7 @@ 3:00 - MSK 1990 Jul 1 2:00 2:00 - EET 1992 2:00 E-Eur EE%sT 1995 - 2:00 EU EE%sT + 2:00 Ukraine EE%sT # Ruthenia used CET 1990/1991. # "Uzhhorod" is the transliteration of the Ukrainian name, but # "Uzhgorod" is more common in English.

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DST changes from 20.09.2011 for Ukraine
by itman＠fm.com.ua Sept. 21, 2011

Sept. 21, 2011

Hello, Please implement following changes for Ukraine. I have made my personal patch for europe file from tzdata2011j.tar.gz. Explanations are in comments below. Please, note that I did not make changes to others Ukrainian cities besides Kiev because time is the same for all cities and it is Kiev time. Kind regards, Serge Kolotylo itman(a)fm.com.ua --- old/europe 2011-08-17 18:52:01.000000000 +0200 +++ new/europe 2011-09-21 20:44:13.000000000 +0200 @@ -464,6 +464,33 @@ # of 19 January 2001 on summer-time arrangements. #</a> +#From Serge Kolotylo +#New Rules for Ukraine +#The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (Ukraine's parliament) accepted +#resolution to cancel seasonal clock change and +#to establish Ukraine time as second time zone plus one hour +#according to this resolution: +#Ukraine will not switch to winter time anymore and "standard" +#time will be changed from UTC+2 to UTC+3 (WorldTimeZone.com) +#or in Ukrainian http://portal.rada.gov.ua/rada/control/uk/publish/article/news_left?art_id=… +#Start date of resolution 20.09.2011 + +#in direct translation from original (in Ukrainian) +#text of resolution: "About changing the order of time calculation on Ukraine territory" +# Number 8330 from 04.04.2011 +#So, it means that from 27th of March in Ukraine will be time +#of 2nd timezone plus 1 hour, UTC+3 +#it will be no more any "winter" (-1 hour) or "summer" (+1 hour) changes +#also note, that at the moment of 21.09.2011 Ukraine is in UTC+3 +#also note that in Ukraine there is only 1 timezone +#For all Ukraine there is only Kiev time +#So, what is declared by Igor Karpov - splitting time by Ukrainian cities +#it is not correct because for all of them time rules are the same +#and the only time is valid - Kiev time + +Rule Ukraine 1981 2010 - Mar lastSun 1:00u 1:00 S +Rule Ukraine 1996 2010 - Oct lastSun 1:00u 0 - + # W-Eur differs from EU only in that W-Eur uses standard time. Rule W-Eur 1977 1980 - Apr Sun>=1 1:00s 1:00 S Rule W-Eur 1977 only - Sep lastSun 1:00s 0 - @@ -2626,7 +2653,7 @@ 3:00 - MSK 1990 Jul 1 2:00 2:00 - EET 1992 2:00 E-Eur EE%sT 1995 - 2:00 EU EE%sT + 2:00 Ukraine EE%sT # Ruthenia used CET 1990/1991. # "Uzhhorod" is the transliteration of the Ukrainian name, but # "Uzhgorod" is more common in English.

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updated changes--Belarus, Newfoundland, Palestine, Ukraine, west Russia
by Arthur David Olson Sept. 21, 2011

Sept. 21, 2011

Below are updated proposed changes to the time zone package; the summary: asia Palestine suspends DST during Ramadan in 2011; Gaza and Hebron split in 2011, leading to a new Asia/Hebron zone (thanks to Steffen Thorsen and Alexander Krivenshev). (The different end of DST in Gaza and Hebron in 2008 is also reflected.) europe Belarus adopts permanent DST in 2011 (thanks to Yauhen Kharuzhy, Alexander Bokovoy, Alexander Krivenyshev, and Kirill A. Shutemov). Ukraine adopts permanent DST in 2011 (thanks to Alexander Krivenyshev). "Russia" rules changed to reflect end of use in 2010. "FET" used as abbreviation for Belarus, Ukraine, and western Russia (thanks to Paul Eggert). Also: a comment typo is fixed. northamerica Updated comment on Newfoundland's 2011 change of time of day when DST starts and ends (thanks to Michael Pelley). zone.tab New Asia/Hebron zone (thanks to Alexander Krivenshev). I still hope to update the ftp site on 2011-09-26. --ado diff -r -c old/asia new/asia *** old/asia Sat Sep 3 08:28:37 2011 --- new/asia Tue Sep 20 17:54:03 2011 *************** *** 1,4 **** ! # @(#)asia 8.65 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. --- 1,4 ---- ! # @(#)asia 8.68 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. *************** *** 2194,2200 **** --- 2194,2230 ---- # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/westbank-gaza-end-dst-2010.html # </a> + # From Steffen Thorsen (2011-08-26): + # Gaza and the West Bank did go back to standard time in the beginning of + # August, and will now enter daylight saving time again on 2011-08-30 + # 00:00 (so two periods of DST in 2011). The pause was because of + # Ramadan. + # + # <a href="http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=416217"> + # http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=416217 + # </a> + # Additional info: + # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/palestine-dst-2011.html"> + # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/palestine-dst-2011.html + # </a> + + # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-08-27): + # According to the article in The Jerusalem Post: + # "...Earlier this month, the Palestinian government in the West Bank decided to + # move to standard time for 30 days, during Ramadan. The Palestinians in the + # Gaza Strip accepted the change and also moved their clocks one hour back. + # The Hamas government said on Saturday that it won't observe summertime after + # the Muslim feast of Id al-Fitr, which begins on Tuesday..." + # ... + # <a href="http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=235650"> + # http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=235650 + # </a> + # or + # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_gazastrip05.html"> + # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_gazastrip05.html + # </a> # The rules for Egypt are stolen from the `africa' file. + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE 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 - *************** *** 2210,2221 **** Rule Palestine 2006 2008 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Palestine 2006 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 - Rule Palestine 2007 only - Sep Thu>=8 2:00 0 - ! Rule Palestine 2008 only - Aug lastFri 2:00 0 - Rule Palestine 2009 only - Mar lastFri 0:00 1:00 S ! Rule Palestine 2010 max - Mar lastSat 0:01 1:00 S ! Rule Palestine 2009 max - Sep Fri>=1 2:00 0 - Rule Palestine 2010 only - Aug 11 0:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct 2:00 Zion EET 1948 May 15 --- 2240,2254 ---- Rule Palestine 2006 2008 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Palestine 2006 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 - Rule Palestine 2007 only - Sep Thu>=8 2:00 0 - ! Rule Palestine 2008 only - Aug lastFri 0:00 0 - Rule Palestine 2009 only - Mar lastFri 0:00 1:00 S ! Rule Palestine 2009 only - Sep Fri>=1 2:00 0 - ! Rule Palestine 2010 only - Mar lastSat 0:01 1:00 S Rule Palestine 2010 only - Aug 11 0:00 0 - + # From Arthur David Olson (2011-09-20): + # 2011 transitions per http://www.timeanddate.com as of 2011-09-20. + # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct 2:00 Zion EET 1948 May 15 *************** *** 2222,2229 **** 2:00 EgyptAsia EE%sT 1967 Jun 5 2:00 Zion I%sT 1996 2:00 Jordan EE%sT 1999 ! 2:00 Palestine EE%sT # Paracel Is # no information --- 2255,2277 ---- 2:00 EgyptAsia EE%sT 1967 Jun 5 2:00 Zion I%sT 1996 2:00 Jordan EE%sT 1999 ! 2:00 Palestine EE%sT 2011 Apr 2 12:01 ! 2:00 1:00 EEST 2011 Aug 1 ! 2:00 - EET + Zone Asia/Hebron 2:20:23 - LMT 1900 Oct + 2:00 Zion EET 1948 May 15 + 2:00 EgyptAsia EE%sT 1967 Jun 5 + 2:00 Zion I%sT 1996 + 2:00 Jordan EE%sT 1999 + 2:00 Palestine EE%sT 2008 Aug + 2:00 1:00 EEST 2008 Sep + 2:00 Palestine EE%sT 2011 Apr 1 12:01 + 2:00 1:00 EEST 2011 Aug 1 + 2:00 - EET 2011 Aug 30 + 2:00 1:00 EEST 2011 Oct 3 3:00 + 2:00 - EET + # Paracel Is # no information diff -r -c old/europe new/europe *** old/europe Wed Aug 17 12:52:01 2011 --- new/europe Tue Sep 20 17:44:59 2011 *************** *** 1,5 **** # <pre> ! # @(#)europe 8.34 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. --- 1,5 ---- # <pre> ! # @(#)europe 8.38 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. *************** *** 561,569 **** # Rule Russia 1992 only - Mar lastSat 23:00 1:00 S Rule Russia 1992 only - Sep lastSat 23:00 0 - ! Rule Russia 1993 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Russia 1993 1995 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 - ! Rule Russia 1996 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 - # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-06-14): # According to Kremlin press service, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev --- 561,569 ---- # Rule Russia 1992 only - Mar lastSat 23:00 1:00 S Rule Russia 1992 only - Sep lastSat 23:00 0 - ! Rule Russia 1993 2010 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Russia 1993 1995 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 - ! Rule Russia 1996 2010 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 - # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-06-14): # According to Kremlin press service, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev *************** *** 583,589 **** # From Arthur David Olson (2011-06-15): # Take "abolishing daylight saving time" to mean that time is now considered # to be standard. - # At least for now, keep the "old" Russia rules for the benefit of Belarus. # These are for backward compatibility with older versions. --- 583,588 ---- *************** *** 689,694 **** --- 688,710 ---- 1:00 EU CE%sT # Belarus + # From Yauhen Kharuzhy (2011-09-16): + # By latest Belarus government act Europe/Minsk timezone was changed to + # GMT+3 without DST (was GMT+2 with DST). + # + # Sources (Russian language): + # 1. + # <a href="http://www.belta.by/ru/all_news/society/V-Belarusi-otmenjaetsja-perexod-na-…"> + # http://www.belta.by/ru/all_news/society/V-Belarusi-otmenjaetsja-perexod-na-… + # </a> + # 2. + # <a href="http://naviny.by/rubrics/society/2011/09/16/ic_articles_116_175144/"> + # http://naviny.by/rubrics/society/2011/09/16/ic_articles_116_175144/ + # </a> + # 3. + # <a href="http://news.tut.by/society/250578.html"> + # http://news.tut.by/society/250578.html + # </a> # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Europe/Minsk 1:50:16 - LMT 1880 1:50 - MMT 1924 May 2 # Minsk Mean Time *************** *** 700,706 **** 2:00 1:00 EEST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s 2:00 - EET 1992 Mar 29 0:00s 2:00 1:00 EEST 1992 Sep 27 0:00s ! 2:00 Russia EE%sT # Belgium # --- 716,723 ---- 2:00 1:00 EEST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s 2:00 - EET 1992 Mar 29 0:00s 2:00 1:00 EEST 1992 Sep 27 0:00s ! 2:00 Russia EE%sT 2011 Mar 27 2:00s ! 3:00 - FET # Further-eastern European Time # Belgium # *************** *** 2034,2040 **** 2:00 Poland CE%sT 1946 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 2:00 Russia EE%sT 2011 Mar 27 2:00s ! 3:00 - KALT # # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25): [This region consists of] # Respublika Adygeya, Arkhangel'skaya oblast', --- 2051,2057 ---- 2:00 Poland CE%sT 1946 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 2:00 Russia EE%sT 2011 Mar 27 2:00s ! 3:00 - FET # Further-eastern European Time # # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25): [This region consists of] # Respublika Adygeya, Arkhangel'skaya oblast', *************** *** 2189,2195 **** # [parts of] Respublika Sakha (Yakutiya), Chitinskaya oblast'. # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2009-11-29): ! # ...some regions of RUssia were merged with others since 2005... # Some names were changed, no big deal, except for one instance: a new name. # YAK/YAKST: UTC+9 Zabajkal'skij kraj. --- 2206,2212 ---- # [parts of] Respublika Sakha (Yakutiya), Chitinskaya oblast'. # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2009-11-29): ! # ...some regions of [Russia] were merged with others since 2005... # Some names were changed, no big deal, except for one instance: a new name. # YAK/YAKST: UTC+9 Zabajkal'skij kraj. *************** *** 2613,2618 **** --- 2630,2657 ---- # of March at 3am the time is changing to 4am and each last Sunday of # October the time at 4am is changing to 3am" + # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-09-20): + # On September 20, 2011 the deputies of the Verkhovna Rada agreed to + # abolish the transfer clock to winter time. + # + # Bill number 8330 of MP from the Party of Regions Oleg Nadoshi got + # approval from 266 deputies. + # + # Ukraine abolishes transter back to the winter time (in Russian) + # <a href="http://news.mail.ru/politics/6861560/"> + # http://news.mail.ru/politics/6861560/ + # </a> + # + # The Ukrainians will no longer change the clock (in Russian) + # <a href="http://www.segodnya.ua/news/14290482.html"> + # http://www.segodnya.ua/news/14290482.html + # </a> + # + # Deputies cancelled the winter time (in Russian) + # <a href="http://www.pravda.com.ua/rus/news/2011/09/20/6600616/"> + # http://www.pravda.com.ua/rus/news/2011/09/20/6600616/ + # </a> + # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] # Most of Ukraine since 1970 has been like Kiev. # "Kyiv" is the transliteration of the Ukrainian name, but *************** *** 2626,2632 **** 3:00 - MSK 1990 Jul 1 2:00 2:00 - EET 1992 2:00 E-Eur EE%sT 1995 ! 2:00 EU EE%sT # Ruthenia used CET 1990/1991. # "Uzhhorod" is the transliteration of the Ukrainian name, but # "Uzhgorod" is more common in English. --- 2665,2672 ---- 3:00 - MSK 1990 Jul 1 2:00 2:00 - EET 1992 2:00 E-Eur EE%sT 1995 ! 2:00 EU EE%sT 2011 Mar lastSun 1:00u ! 3:00 - FET # Further-eastern European Time # Ruthenia used CET 1990/1991. # "Uzhhorod" is the transliteration of the Ukrainian name, but # "Uzhgorod" is more common in English. *************** *** 2640,2646 **** 1:00 - CET 1991 Mar 31 3:00 2:00 - EET 1992 2:00 E-Eur EE%sT 1995 ! 2:00 EU EE%sT # Zaporozh'ye and eastern Lugansk oblasts observed DST 1990/1991. # "Zaporizhia" is the transliteration of the Ukrainian name, but # "Zaporozh'ye" is more common in English. Use the common English --- 2680,2687 ---- 1:00 - CET 1991 Mar 31 3:00 2:00 - EET 1992 2:00 E-Eur EE%sT 1995 ! 2:00 EU EE%sT 2011 Mar lastSun 1:00u ! 3:00 - FET # Further-eastern European Time # Zaporozh'ye and eastern Lugansk oblasts observed DST 1990/1991. # "Zaporizhia" is the transliteration of the Ukrainian name, but # "Zaporozh'ye" is more common in English. Use the common English *************** *** 2653,2659 **** 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1943 Oct 25 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 1991 Mar 31 2:00 2:00 E-Eur EE%sT 1995 ! 2:00 EU EE%sT # Central Crimea used Moscow time 1994/1997. Zone Europe/Simferopol 2:16:24 - LMT 1880 2:16 - SMT 1924 May 2 # Simferopol Mean T --- 2694,2701 ---- 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1943 Oct 25 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 1991 Mar 31 2:00 2:00 E-Eur EE%sT 1995 ! 2:00 EU EE%sT 2011 Mar lastSun 1:00u ! 3:00 - FET # Further-eastern European Time # Central Crimea used Moscow time 1994/1997. Zone Europe/Simferopol 2:16:24 - LMT 1880 2:16 - SMT 1924 May 2 # Simferopol Mean T *************** *** 2678,2684 **** # Assume it happened in March by not changing the clocks. 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 1997 3:00 - MSK 1997 Mar lastSun 1:00u ! 2:00 EU EE%sT ############################################################################### --- 2720,2727 ---- # Assume it happened in March by not changing the clocks. 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 1997 3:00 - MSK 1997 Mar lastSun 1:00u ! 2:00 EU EE%sT 2011 Mar lastSun 1:00u ! 3:00 - FET # Further-eastern European Time ############################################################################### diff -r -c old/northamerica new/northamerica *** old/northamerica Wed Aug 17 17:33:36 2011 --- new/northamerica Tue Sep 20 13:55:04 2011 *************** *** 1,5 **** # <pre> ! # @(#)northamerica 8.48 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. --- 1,5 ---- # <pre> ! # @(#)northamerica 8.49 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. *************** *** 1168,1198 **** # INMS (2000-09-12) says that, since 1988 at least, Newfoundland switches # at 00:01 local time. For now, assume it started in 1987. ! # From Michael Pelley (2011-08-05): ! # The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador has pending changes to ! # modify the hour for daylight savings time to come into effect in ! # November 2011. This modification would change the time from 12:01AM to ! # 2:00AM on the dates of the switches of Daylight Savings Time to/from ! # Standard Time. ! # ! # As a matter of reference, in Canada provinces have the authority of ! # setting time zone information. The legislation has passed our ! # legislative body (The House of Assembly) and is awaiting the ! # proclamation to come into effect. You may find this information at: ! # <a href="http://www.assembly.nl.ca/legislation/sr/lists/Proclamation.htm"> ! # http://www.assembly.nl.ca/legislation/sr/lists/Proclamation.htm # </a> - # and - # search within that web page for Standard Time (Amendment) Act. The Act - # may be found at: - # <a href="http://www.assembly.nl.ca/business/bills/Bill1106.htm"> - # http://www.assembly.nl.ca/business/bills/Bill1106.htm - # </a> # ... ! # MICHAEL PELLEY | Manager of Enterprise Architecture - Solution Delivery ! # Office of the Chief Information Officer Executive Council Government of ! # Newfoundland & Labrador P.O. Box 8700, 40 Higgins Line, St. John's NL ! # A1B 4J6 Rule StJohns 1987 only - Apr Sun>=1 0:01 1:00 D Rule StJohns 1987 2006 - Oct lastSun 0:01 0 S --- 1168,1188 ---- # INMS (2000-09-12) says that, since 1988 at least, Newfoundland switches # at 00:01 local time. For now, assume it started in 1987. ! # From Michael Pelley (2011-09-12): ! # We received today, Monday, September 12, 2011, notification that the ! # changes to the Newfoundland Standard Time Act have been proclaimed. ! # The change in the Act stipulates that the change from Daylight Savings ! # Time to Standard Time and from Standard Time to Daylight Savings Time ! # now occurs at 2:00AM. ! # ... ! # <a href="http://www.assembly.nl.ca/legislation/sr/annualstatutes/2011/1106.chp.htm"> ! # http://www.assembly.nl.ca/legislation/sr/annualstatutes/2011/1106.chp.htm # </a> # ... ! # MICHAEL PELLEY | Manager of Enterprise Architecture - Solution Delivery ! # Office of the Chief Information Officer ! # Executive Council ! # Government of Newfoundland & Labrador Rule StJohns 1987 only - Apr Sun>=1 0:01 1:00 D Rule StJohns 1987 2006 - Oct lastSun 0:01 0 S diff -r -c old/zone.tab new/zone.tab *** old/zone.tab Wed Aug 17 13:36:43 2011 --- new/zone.tab Tue Sep 20 17:37:30 2011 *************** *** 1,5 **** # <pre> ! # @(#)zone.tab 8.47 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. # --- 1,5 ---- # <pre> ! # @(#)zone.tab 8.49 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. # *************** *** 319,325 **** PM +4703-05620 America/Miquelon PN -2504-13005 Pacific/Pitcairn PR +182806-0660622 America/Puerto_Rico ! PS +3130+03428 Asia/Gaza PT +3843-00908 Europe/Lisbon mainland PT +3238-01654 Atlantic/Madeira Madeira Islands PT +3744-02540 Atlantic/Azores Azores --- 319,326 ---- PM +4703-05620 America/Miquelon PN -2504-13005 Pacific/Pitcairn PR +182806-0660622 America/Puerto_Rico ! PS +3130+03428 Asia/Gaza Gaza Strip ! PS +313200+0350542 Asia/Hebron West Bank PT +3843-00908 Europe/Lisbon mainland PT +3238-01654 Atlantic/Madeira Madeira Islands PT +3744-02540 Atlantic/Azores Azores

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Ukraine adopts UTC+3 year-round
by Tim Parenti Sept. 20, 2011

Sept. 20, 2011

While I support any effort to create a "unified" abbreviation designation for the new UTC+3 year-round zone to be observed by Belarus and Ukraine (and perhaps even Kaliningrad), I don't think that using "EEST" year-round is necessarily a good idea, especially for zones which are geographically contiguous to others that will be shifting back to EET in October. The similarities in designation could cause confusion in border regions. Furthermore, continuing to call the time "Summer Time" through the winter doesn't make any sense, especially if we're codifying the new zone as UTC+3+0 (standard offset year-round), rather than UTC+2+1, which it seems we are indeed doing. That said, I don't have any better suggestions for a unified designation off the top of my head. I think "UAT" would serve decently for Ukraine's four tz zones, at least unless and until something more "unifying" can be devised. -- Tim Parenti On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 09:12, Alexander Bokovoy <abokovoy(a)redhat.com>wrote: > According to > http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/zweb_n/webproc4_1?id=&pf3511=40036 > > Ukraine has adopted permanent DST today, September 20th. > > It means we would actually benefit from keeping EEST for Belarus and > Ukraine. >

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FW: updated Russian Time Zones - need to correct some districts for Sakha - Yakutia and Sakhalin
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] Sept. 20, 2011

Sept. 20, 2011

I'm forwarding this message which didn't seem to make to the list on its own. --ado -----Original Message----- From: Tobias Conradi [mailto:tobias.conradi@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, September 16, 2011 7:12 To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: Re: updated Russian Time Zones - need to correct some districts for Sakha - Yakutia and Sakhalin I wonder whether this 2011 decree really means that tzdata only needs corrections or whether it means that tzdata needs addition of new zones. If the tz data is correct for the time before 2011, then the decree may imply zone split. That is two new zones: 1) NEW Asia/Khandyga containing Bulunsky (parts), Tomponsky, Ust-Maysky 2) NEW Asia/Ust-Nera containing Oymyakonsky. Tobias Conradi On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 4:44 AM, Alexander Krivenyshev <worldtimezone(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Based on last Russian Government Decree # 725 on August 31, 2011 > (Government document http://www.government.ru/gov/results/16355/print/ in > Russian) there are few corrections have to be made for some Russian time zones > slightly affecting following regions: > Sakha Republic (Yakutia) > Sakhalinskaya Oblast (Sakhalin Oblast, Sakhalin) - Severo-Kurilsky District > (Kuril Islands) > > > All updated Russian Time Zones were placed in table and translated to English > by WorldTimeZone.com at the link below: > http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia36.htm > > ---------------------------------------- > > Zone Asia/Yakutsk UTC+10 > > Current note that in Zone Asia/Yakutsk > "# From Oscar van Vlijmen (2009-11-29): > # The Sakha districts are: Aldanskij, Amginskij, Anabarskij, > # Verkhnevilyujskij, Vilyujskij, Gornyj, > # Zhiganskij, Kobyajskij, Lenskij, Megino-Kangalasskij, Mirninskij, > # Namskij, Nyurbinskij, Olenyokskij, Olyokminskij, > # Suntarskij, Tattinskij, Ust'-Aldanskij, Khangalasskij, > # Churapchinskij, Eveno-Bytantajskij Natsional'nij." have to be corrected. > > > the following Sakha Republic (Yakutia) districts using time zone UTC+10 (MSK+6): > > Aldansky District (Aldansky Ulus) - Aldan > Amginsky District (Amginsky Ulus) - Amga > Anabarsky District (Anabarsky Ulus) - Saskylakh > Bulunsky District (Bulunsky Ulus) - Tiksi > Verkhnevilyuysky District (Verkhnevilyuysky Ulus) - Verkhnevilyuysk > Vilyuysky District (Vilyuysky Ulus) - Vilyuysk > Gorny District (Gorny Ulus) - Berdigestyakh > Zhigansky Evenkiysky National District (Zhigansky Evenkiysky National Ulus) - > Zhigansk > Kobyaysky District (Kobyaysky Ulus) - Sangar > Lensky District (Lensky Ulus) - Lensk > Megino-Kangalassky District (Megino-Kangalassky Ulus) - Nizhny Bestyakh > Mirninsky District (Mirninsky Ulus) - Mirny > Namsky District (Namsky Ulus) - Namtsy > Neryungrinsky District (Neryungrinsky Ulus) - Neryungri > Nyurbinsky District (Nyurbinsky Ulus) - Nyurba > Olyokminsky District (Olyokminsky Ulus) - Olyokminsk > Olenyoksky Evenkiysky National District (Olenyoksky Evenkiysky National Ulus) - > Olenyok > Suntarsky District (Suntarsky Ulus) - Suntar > Tattinsky District (Tattinsky Ulus) - Ytyk-Kyuyol > Tomponsky District (Tomponsky Ulus) - Khandyga > Ust-Aldansky District (Ust-Aldansky Ulus) - Borogontsy > Ust-Maysky District (Ust-Maysky Ulus) - Ust-Maya > Khangalassky District (Khangalassky Ulus) - Pokrovsk > Churapchinsky District (Churapchinsky Ulus) - Churapcha > Eveno-Bytantaysky National District (Eveno-Bytantaysky National Ulus) - > Batagay-Alyta > ----------------------------------------- > > Zone Asia/Yakutsk UTC+10 > Zabaykalsky Krai - Chita MSK+6 UTC+10 > > Note: On March 1, 2008 Chitinskaya Oblast merged with Aginskij Buryatskij > avtonomnyj okrug to form Zabaykalsky Krai. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chita_Oblast > > ------------------------------------------ > > Zone Asia/Vladivostok UTC+11 > the following 3 Sakha Republic (Yakutia) districts using time zone UTC+11 > (MSK+7): > > Verkhoyansky District (Verkhoyanskij, Verkhoyansky Ulus) - Batagay > Oymyakonsky District (Ojmyakonskij, Oymyakonsky Ulus) - Ust-Nera > Ust-Yansky District (Ust'-Yanskij, Ust-Yansky Ulus) - Deputatsky > > Current note that in Zone Asia/Vladivostok > "# The Sakha districts are: Bulunskij, Verkhoyanskij, Tomponskij, Ust'-Majskij, > # Ust'-Yanskij." have to be corrected. > > ------------------------------------------ > > Zone Asia/Magadan UTC+12 > the following 6 Sakha Republic (Yakutia) districts using time zone UTC+12 > (MSK+8): > > Abyysky District (Abyjskij, Abyysky Ulus) - Belaya Gora > Allaikhovsky District (Allaikhovskij, Allaikhovsky Ulus) - Chokurdakh > Verkhnekolymsky District (Verkhhhnekolymskij, Verkhnekolymsky Ulus) - Zyryanka > Momsky District (Momskij, Momsky Ulus) - Khonuu > Nizhnekolymsky District (Nizhnekolymskij, Nizhnekolymsky Ulus) - Chersky > Srednekolymsky District (Srednekolymskij, Srednekolymsky Ulus) - Srednekolymsk > > Note: Ojmyakonskij District (Oymyakonsky, Oymyakonsky Ulus) - adm. center Ust- > Nera using UTC+11, not UTC+12 > > > Note "# Probably also: Kuril Islands." for Zone Asia/Magadan > have to be replaced that only one district of Sakhalinskaya Oblast (Sakhalin > Oblast, Sakhalin Region)- > Severo-Kurilsky District (Kuril Islands) - admin. center Severo-Kurilsk > (Paramushir island) using UTC+12. > > > Rest of the Sakhalinskaya Oblast (Sakhalin, Sakhalin Region) using UTC+11. > > Zone Asia/Sakhalin +11 (except Severo-Kurilsky District UTC+12) > > ----------------------------------------- > > Alexander Krivenyshev, > http://www.worldtimezone.com > > > > > > -- Tobias Conradi Rheinsberger Str. 18 10115 Berlin Germany http://tobiasconradi.com/tobias_conradi

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Ukraine abolishes DST
by Alexander Krivenyshev Sept. 20, 2011

Sept. 20, 2011

On September 20, 2011 the deputies of the Verkhovna Rada agreed to abolish the transfer clock to winter time. Bill number 8330 of MP from the Party of Regions Oleg Nadoshi got approval from 266 deputies. Ukraine abolishes transter back to the winter time (in Russian) http://news.mail.ru/politics/6861560/ The Ukrainians will no longer change the clock (in Russian) http://www.segodnya.ua/news/14290482.html Deputies cancelled the winter time (in Russian) http://www.pravda.com.ua/rus/news/2011/09/20/6600616/ Urkaine will use UTC+3 year around (same as Belarus)- WorldTimeZone.com Alexander Krivenyshev, http://www.worldtimezone.com Guttenberg, New Jersey

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proposed time zone package changes (Belarus, Newfoundland, Palestine)
by Arthur David Olson Sept. 20, 2011

Sept. 20, 2011

Here are proposed changes to the time zone package. This set is limited to changes affecting 2011 time stamps, and I'm holding off on changes to Russia pending further information. The executive summary: asia Palestine suspends DST during Ramadan in 2011; Gaza and Hebron split in 2011, leading to a new Asia/Hebron zone (thanks to Steffen Thorsen and Alexander Krivenshev). (The different end of DST in Gaza and Hebron in 2008 is also reflected.) europe Belarus adopts permanent DST in 2011 (thanks to Yauhen Kharuzhy, Alexander Bokovoy, Alexander Krivenyshev, and Kirill A. Shutemov). Given the Belarus change, "Russia" rules changed to reflect end of use in 2010. Also: a comment typo is fixed. northamerica Updated comment on Newfoundland's 2011 change of time of day when DST starts and ends (thanks to Michael Pelley). zone.tab New Asia/Hebron zone (thanks to Alexander Krivenshev). The abbreviation for Belarus is at the moment MINST (MINsk Standard Time). BST (Belarus Standard Time) is a possibility; it is the same as British Summer Time. I'd love to get a report of what's actually in use there (both the name and the abbreviation). If no problems are found, these changes will appear on the ftp site on 2011-09-26. --ado diff -r -c old/asia new/asia *** old/asia Sat Sep 3 08:28:37 2011 --- new/asia Sat Sep 17 14:54:07 2011 *************** *** 1,4 **** ! # @(#)asia 8.65 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. --- 1,4 ---- ! # @(#)asia 8.67 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. *************** *** 2194,2200 **** --- 2194,2230 ---- # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/westbank-gaza-end-dst-2010.html # </a> + # From Steffen Thorsen (2011-08-26): + # Gaza and the West Bank did go back to standard time in the beginning of + # August, and will now enter daylight saving time again on 2011-08-30 + # 00:00 (so two periods of DST in 2011). The pause was because of + # Ramadan. + # + # <a href="http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=416217"> + # http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=416217 + # </a> + # Additional info: + # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/palestine-dst-2011.html"> + # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/palestine-dst-2011.html + # </a> + + # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-08-27): + # According to the article in The Jerusalem Post: + # "...Earlier this month, the Palestinian government in the West Bank decided to + # move to standard time for 30 days, during Ramadan. The Palestinians in the + # Gaza Strip accepted the change and also moved their clocks one hour back. + # The Hamas government said on Saturday that it won't observe summertime after + # the Muslim feast of Id al-Fitr, which begins on Tuesday..." + # ... + # <a href="http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=235650"> + # http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=235650 + # </a> + # or + # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_gazastrip05.html"> + # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_gazastrip05.html + # </a> # The rules for Egypt are stolen from the `africa' file. + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE 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 - *************** *** 2210,2220 **** Rule Palestine 2006 2008 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Palestine 2006 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 - Rule Palestine 2007 only - Sep Thu>=8 2:00 0 - ! Rule Palestine 2008 only - Aug lastFri 2:00 0 - Rule Palestine 2009 only - Mar lastFri 0:00 1:00 S ! Rule Palestine 2010 max - Mar lastSat 0:01 1:00 S ! Rule Palestine 2009 max - Sep Fri>=1 2:00 0 - Rule Palestine 2010 only - Aug 11 0:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct --- 2240,2252 ---- Rule Palestine 2006 2008 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Palestine 2006 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 - Rule Palestine 2007 only - Sep Thu>=8 2:00 0 - ! Rule Palestine 2008 only - Aug lastFri 0:00 0 - Rule Palestine 2009 only - Mar lastFri 0:00 1:00 S ! Rule Palestine 2009 only - Sep Fri>=1 2:00 0 - ! Rule Palestine 2010 only - Mar lastSat 0:01 1:00 S Rule Palestine 2010 only - Aug 11 0:00 0 - + Rule Palestine 2011 only - Apr Sat>=1 0:01 1:00 S + Rule Palestine 2011 only - Aug Sat>=1 0:00 0:00 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct *************** *** 2224,2229 **** --- 2256,2272 ---- 2:00 Jordan EE%sT 1999 2:00 Palestine EE%sT + Zone Asia/Hebron 2:20:23 - LMT 1900 Oct + 2:00 Zion EET 1948 May 15 + 2:00 EgyptAsia EE%sT 1967 Jun 5 + 2:00 Zion I%sT 1996 + 2:00 Jordan EE%sT 1999 + 2:00 Palestine EE%sT 2008 Aug + 2:00 1:00 EEST 2008 Sep + 2:00 Palestine EE%sT 2011 Aug 30 + 2:00 1:00 EEST 2011 Oct 3 3:00 + 2:00 Palestine EE%sT + # Paracel Is # no information diff -r -c old/europe new/europe *** old/europe Wed Aug 17 12:52:01 2011 --- new/europe Sat Sep 17 18:43:48 2011 *************** *** 1,5 **** # <pre> ! # @(#)europe 8.34 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. --- 1,5 ---- # <pre> ! # @(#)europe 8.37 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. *************** *** 561,569 **** # Rule Russia 1992 only - Mar lastSat 23:00 1:00 S Rule Russia 1992 only - Sep lastSat 23:00 0 - ! Rule Russia 1993 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Russia 1993 1995 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 - ! Rule Russia 1996 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 - # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-06-14): # According to Kremlin press service, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev --- 561,569 ---- # Rule Russia 1992 only - Mar lastSat 23:00 1:00 S Rule Russia 1992 only - Sep lastSat 23:00 0 - ! Rule Russia 1993 2010 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Russia 1993 1995 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 - ! Rule Russia 1996 2010 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 - # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-06-14): # According to Kremlin press service, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev *************** *** 583,589 **** # From Arthur David Olson (2011-06-15): # Take "abolishing daylight saving time" to mean that time is now considered # to be standard. - # At least for now, keep the "old" Russia rules for the benefit of Belarus. # These are for backward compatibility with older versions. --- 583,588 ---- *************** *** 689,694 **** --- 688,710 ---- 1:00 EU CE%sT # Belarus + # From Yauhen Kharuzhy (2011-09-16): + # By latest Belarus government act Europe/Minsk timezone was changed to + # GMT+3 without DST (was GMT+2 with DST). + # + # Sources (Russian language): + # 1. + # <a href="http://www.belta.by/ru/all_news/society/V-Belarusi-otmenjaetsja-perexod-na-…"> + # http://www.belta.by/ru/all_news/society/V-Belarusi-otmenjaetsja-perexod-na-… + # </a> + # 2. + # <a href="http://naviny.by/rubrics/society/2011/09/16/ic_articles_116_175144/"> + # http://naviny.by/rubrics/society/2011/09/16/ic_articles_116_175144/ + # </a> + # 3. + # <a href="http://news.tut.by/society/250578.html"> + # http://news.tut.by/society/250578.html + # </a> # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Europe/Minsk 1:50:16 - LMT 1880 1:50 - MMT 1924 May 2 # Minsk Mean Time *************** *** 700,706 **** 2:00 1:00 EEST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s 2:00 - EET 1992 Mar 29 0:00s 2:00 1:00 EEST 1992 Sep 27 0:00s ! 2:00 Russia EE%sT # Belgium # --- 716,723 ---- 2:00 1:00 EEST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s 2:00 - EET 1992 Mar 29 0:00s 2:00 1:00 EEST 1992 Sep 27 0:00s ! 2:00 Russia EE%sT 2011 Mar 27 2:00s ! 3:00 - MINST # MINsk Standard Time # Belgium # *************** *** 2189,2195 **** # [parts of] Respublika Sakha (Yakutiya), Chitinskaya oblast'. # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2009-11-29): ! # ...some regions of RUssia were merged with others since 2005... # Some names were changed, no big deal, except for one instance: a new name. # YAK/YAKST: UTC+9 Zabajkal'skij kraj. --- 2206,2212 ---- # [parts of] Respublika Sakha (Yakutiya), Chitinskaya oblast'. # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2009-11-29): ! # ...some regions of [Russia] were merged with others since 2005... # Some names were changed, no big deal, except for one instance: a new name. # YAK/YAKST: UTC+9 Zabajkal'skij kraj. diff -r -c old/northamerica new/northamerica *** old/northamerica Wed Aug 17 17:33:36 2011 --- new/northamerica Sat Sep 17 13:05:44 2011 *************** *** 1,5 **** # <pre> ! # @(#)northamerica 8.48 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. --- 1,5 ---- # <pre> ! # @(#)northamerica 8.49 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. *************** *** 1168,1198 **** # INMS (2000-09-12) says that, since 1988 at least, Newfoundland switches # at 00:01 local time. For now, assume it started in 1987. ! # From Michael Pelley (2011-08-05): ! # The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador has pending changes to ! # modify the hour for daylight savings time to come into effect in ! # November 2011. This modification would change the time from 12:01AM to ! # 2:00AM on the dates of the switches of Daylight Savings Time to/from ! # Standard Time. ! # ! # As a matter of reference, in Canada provinces have the authority of ! # setting time zone information. The legislation has passed our ! # legislative body (The House of Assembly) and is awaiting the ! # proclamation to come into effect. You may find this information at: ! # <a href="http://www.assembly.nl.ca/legislation/sr/lists/Proclamation.htm"> ! # http://www.assembly.nl.ca/legislation/sr/lists/Proclamation.htm # </a> - # and - # search within that web page for Standard Time (Amendment) Act. The Act - # may be found at: - # <a href="http://www.assembly.nl.ca/business/bills/Bill1106.htm"> - # http://www.assembly.nl.ca/business/bills/Bill1106.htm - # </a> # ... ! # MICHAEL PELLEY | Manager of Enterprise Architecture - Solution Delivery ! # Office of the Chief Information Officer Executive Council Government of ! # Newfoundland & Labrador P.O. Box 8700, 40 Higgins Line, St. John's NL ! # A1B 4J6 Rule StJohns 1987 only - Apr Sun>=1 0:01 1:00 D Rule StJohns 1987 2006 - Oct lastSun 0:01 0 S --- 1168,1188 ---- # INMS (2000-09-12) says that, since 1988 at least, Newfoundland switches # at 00:01 local time. For now, assume it started in 1987. ! # From Michael Pelley (2011-09-12): ! # We received today, Monday, September 12, 2011, notification that the ! # changes to the Newfoundland Standard Time Act have been proclaimed. ! # The change in the Act stipulates that the change from Daylight Savings ! # Time to Standard Time and from Standard Time to Daylight Savings Time ! # now occurs at 2:00AM. ! # ... ! # <a href="http://www.assembly.nl.ca/legislation/sr/annualstatutes/2011/1106.chp.htm"> ! # http://www.assembly.nl.ca/legislation/sr/annualstatutes/2011/1106.chp.htm # </a> # ... ! # MICHAEL PELLEY | Manager of Enterprise Architecture - Solution Delivery ! # Office of the Chief Information Officer ! # Executive Council ! # Government of Newfoundland & Labrador Rule StJohns 1987 only - Apr Sun>=1 0:01 1:00 D Rule StJohns 1987 2006 - Oct lastSun 0:01 0 S diff -r -c old/zone.tab new/zone.tab *** old/zone.tab Wed Aug 17 13:36:43 2011 --- new/zone.tab Sat Sep 17 13:58:14 2011 *************** *** 1,5 **** # <pre> ! # @(#)zone.tab 8.47 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. # --- 1,5 ---- # <pre> ! # @(#)zone.tab 8.48 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. # *************** *** 319,325 **** PM +4703-05620 America/Miquelon PN -2504-13005 Pacific/Pitcairn PR +182806-0660622 America/Puerto_Rico ! PS +3130+03428 Asia/Gaza PT +3843-00908 Europe/Lisbon mainland PT +3238-01654 Atlantic/Madeira Madeira Islands PT +3744-02540 Atlantic/Azores Azores --- 319,326 ---- PM +4703-05620 America/Miquelon PN -2504-13005 Pacific/Pitcairn PR +182806-0660622 America/Puerto_Rico ! PS +3130+03428 Asia/Gaza Gaza ! PS +313200+0350542 Asia/Hebron Hebron PT +3843-00908 Europe/Lisbon mainland PT +3238-01654 Atlantic/Madeira Madeira Islands PT +3744-02540 Atlantic/Azores Azores

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Hong Kong problem and BCN timezone(s)
by Jesper Nørgaard Sept. 20, 2011

Sept. 20, 2011

I have found a small problem in the Hong Kong corrections of 2009q. It seems that the Hong Kong government page says that DST was not used in 1977 and 1978, while this is the current tz data: Rule HK 1965 1977 - Apr Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S Rule HK 1965 1977 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 - Indeed the whole extract of the government web page is still part of the asia file. I would suggest it should be like this Rule HK 1965 1976 - Apr Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S Rule HK 1965 1976 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 - My other question concerns the timezone America/Santa_Isabel. It seems that several sources imply that all of Baca California Norte is on the same timezone http://www.frontera.info/EdicionEnlinea/Notas/Noticias/13032010/435414.aspx http://www.notisistema.com/noticias/?p=251578 http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/north-mexico-dst-change.html This is far from authoritative, but at least and indication that BCN might be one single timezone. I wonder if there has been any confirmation of the Santa Isabel timezone in BCN? I am not saying it is not there, I just haven't found any confirmation of it. - Jesper Norgaard Welen

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