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Syria to end DST a few days earlier
by Steffen Thorsen Oct. 27, 2009

Oct. 27, 2009

The Syrian Arab News Network on 2009-09-29 reported that Syria will revert back to winter (standard) time on midnight between Thursday 2009-10-29 and Friday 2009-10-30: http://www.sana.sy/ara/2/2009/09/29/247012.htm (Arabic) Best regards, Steffen Thorsen - timeanddate.com

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tzdata2009p.tar.gz
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] Oct. 26, 2009

Oct. 26, 2009

The file... ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzdata2009p.tar.gz ...is now available; this reflects the Argentina (including San Luis) changes circulated on the time zone mailing list last week (with the correction from Mariano Absatz). Now that 2009p has all the changes affecting current stamps, I'll be moving on to stuff affecting past and future time stamps. Expect a 2009q next week, but if you're only interested in current stuff, 2009p should do the job. --ado

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Fwd: Pakistan data incorrect?
by Andy Heninger Oct. 25, 2009

Oct. 25, 2009

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Syed Masood Ibrahim <coolpak(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 1:16 PM Subject: Re: Pakistan data incorrect? To: aheninger(a)google.com Cc: marc(a)geonames.org Hello, I am currently located in Pakistan city Lahore. We are still following Pakistan Daylight Savings time. Since I had no idea how to reply back on "GMane" thus sending you an e-mail... Kind Regards Masood Cell: +92-300-8487916 From: Andy Heninger <aheninger <at> google.com> Subject: Pakistan data incorrect?<http://news.gmane.org/find-root.php?message_id=%3cedd53c2d0910121459u1bde6f…> Newsgroups: gmane.comp.time.tz <http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.time.tz> Date: 2009-10-12 21:59:27 GMT (20 hours and 1 minute ago) 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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FW: Incorrect historial DST rule for Hong Kong
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] Oct. 24, 2009

Oct. 24, 2009

I'm forwarding this message from Lee Yiu Chung 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: ��ҫ�� [mailto:lee_yiu_chung@yahoo.com] Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2009 12:40 To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: Incorrect historial DST rule for Hong Kong I found there are some mistakes for the historial DST rule for Hong Kong. Accoring to the DST record from Hong Kong Observatory (actually, it is not a observatory, but the official meteorological agency of HK, and also serves as the official timing agency), there are some missing and incorrect rules. Although the exact switch over time is missing, I think 3:30 is correct. The official DST record for Hong Kong can be obtained from http://www.hko.gov.hk/gts/time/Summertime.htm. Mistakes I found: - DST records before 1946 are missing (note: during 1942-1945 (WWII) Hong Kong is under Japanese occupation, and Hong Kong is put into DST for whole year, which would make HKT "in sync" with Japan. For 1941 you can assume the start/end time is 3:30, which should be a reasonale guess. - The end date of 1952 end time is incorrect. The current tz rule implies the end date is Oct 26, but the actual end date is Oct 25. - There is extra DST period during Dec 30 1973 to 20 Oct 74. (Yes, DST was applied during WINTER, probably for oil crisis.) - No DST from 1980 onwards, but the current rule implies there was DST in 1980. Yahoo!��ṩ�W�ϰ�ȫ��ԣ��η��ڿ�! Ոǰ�� http://hk.promo.yahoo.com/security/ �˽��!

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Incorrect historial DST rule for Hong Kong
by 李耀宗 Oct. 24, 2009

Oct. 24, 2009

I found there are some mistakes for the historial DST rule for Hong Kong. Accoring to the DST record from Hong Kong Observatory (actually, it is not a observatory, but the official meteorological agency of HK, and also serves as the official timing agency), there are some missing and incorrect rules. Although the exact switch over time is missing, I think 3:30 is correct. The official DST record for Hong Kong can be obtained from http://www.hko.gov.hk/gts/time/Summertime.htm. Mistakes I found: - DST records before 1946 are missing (note: during 1942-1945 (WWII) Hong Kong is under Japanese occupation, and Hong Kong is put into DST for whole year, which would make HKT "in sync" with Japan. For 1941 you can assume the start/end time is 3:30, which should be a reasonale guess. - The end date of 1952 end time is incorrect. The current tz rule implies the end date is Oct 26, but the actual end date is Oct 25. - There is extra DST period during Dec 30 1973 to 20 Oct 74. (Yes, DST was applied during WINTER, probably for oil crisis.) - No DST from 1980 onwards, but the current rule implies there was DST in 1980. Yahoo!香港提供網上安全攻略，教你如何防範黑客! 請前往 http://hk.promo.yahoo.com/security/ 了解更多!

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Ireland and Britain consider the idea of joining European Central Time (CET)
by Alexander Krivenyshev Oct. 23, 2009

Oct. 23, 2009

Ireland and Britain consider the idea of joining European Central Time (CET=MEZ) after additional research. Irish Times: Ryan backs research into Ireland joining European central time http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/ryan-backs-research-into-ireland-joining- european-central-time-431289.html "... Mr Ryan (Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources) was responding to calls from supermarket tycoon- turned senator Fergal Quinn, who claims his campaign for a permanent switch to European time has support among both Irish and British parliamentarians ... " http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/1022/breaking80.htm or http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_uk01.html -------------------- Alexander Krivenyshev (World Time Zone) http://www.worldtimezone.com

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tzdata2009o - southamerica
by Pablo Nazar Oct. 21, 2009

Oct. 21, 2009

Regards, The Argentinian DST time change for Oct-19 was *not* done in the whole country; several Provinces did *not* change the clocks. Is this the reason why tzdata2009o doesn't contain these changes? (just guessing, I need to ask) Thanks -- Pablo Nazar

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Argentina DST change.
by Veiga Jorge Oct. 21, 2009

Oct. 21, 2009

As you may know, the time zone change to DST time in Argentina was not realized last sunday October 18th. Even though the file southamerica file in current tzdata compilation is right, the DST change in my country is only taken yearly under a political presidential decreet (per decreet basis). I hope this information becomes usefull for you. Regards, Jorge Veiga Telefónica de Argentina * mailto:veigaj@telefonica.com.ar

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proposed time zone packages for Argentina in general and San Juan in particular
by Arthur David Olson Oct. 21, 2009

Oct. 21, 2009

Below you'll find proposed changes to the "southamerica" for Argentina; most of Argentina is not using DST in 2009-2010, but San Juan is. If no problems are found, the ftp package will be updated on 2009-10-26. --ado ------- southamerica ------- *** /tmp/geta114 Wed Oct 21 09:11:40 2009 --- /tmp/getb114 Wed Oct 21 09:11:40 2009 *************** *** 1,5 **** # <pre> ! # @(#)southamerica 8.37 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. --- 1,5 ---- # <pre> ! # @(#)southamerica 8.39 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. *************** *** 215,223 **** # http://www.jujuy.gov.ar/index2/partes_prensa/18_10_08/235-181008.doc # </a> Rule Arg 2007 only - Dec 30 0:00 1:00 S ! Rule Arg 2008 max - Mar Sun>=15 0:00 0 - ! Rule Arg 2008 max - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S # From Mariano Absatz (2004-05-21): # Today it was officially published that the Province of Mendoza is changing --- 215,237 ---- # http://www.jujuy.gov.ar/index2/partes_prensa/18_10_08/235-181008.doc # </a> + # From fullinet (2009-10-18): + # As announced in + # <a hef="http://www.argentina.gob.ar/argentina/portal/paginas.dhtml?pagina=356"> + # http://www.argentina.gob.ar/argentina/portal/paginas.dhtml?pagina=356 + # </a> + # (an official .gob.ar) under title: "Sin Cambio de Hora" (english: "No hour change") + # + # "Por el momento, el Gobierno Nacional resolvio no modificar la hora + # oficial, decision que estaba en estudio para su implementacion el + # domingo 18 de octubre. Desde el Ministerio de Planificacion se anuncio + # que la Argentina hoy, en estas condiciones meteorologicas, no necesita + # la modificacion del huso horario, ya que 2009 nos encuentra con + # crecimiento en la produccion y distribucion energetica." + Rule Arg 2007 only - Dec 30 0:00 1:00 S ! Rule Arg 2008 2009 - Mar Sun>=15 0:00 0 - ! Rule Arg 2008 only - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S # From Mariano Absatz (2004-05-21): # Today it was officially published that the Province of Mendoza is changing *************** *** 389,433 **** # during 2009, this timezone change will run from 00:00 the third Sunday # in March until 24:00 of the second Saturday in October. ! # From Arthur David Olson (2009-03-16): ! # The unofficial claim at ! # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/san-luis-new-time-zone.html"> ! # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/san-luis-new-time-zone.html ! # </a> ! # is that "The province will most likely follow the next daylight saving schedule, ! # which is planned for the second Sunday in October." ! ! # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-09-19): ! # Some Argentinian Provinces (Buenos Aires, Entre Ríos) are opposing to the ! # Daylight Saving Time for the 2009-2010 season. # ! # (Spanish) ! # "El cambio de huso horario en Entre Ríos deberá ser aprobado por la ! # Legislatura": ! # <a href="http://www.analisisdigital.com.ar/noticias.php?ed=1&di=0&no=110168"> ! # http://www.analisisdigital.com.ar/noticias.php?ed=1&di=0&no=110168 # </a> ! # English translation - "The time zone change in Entre Rios must be approved by ! # the Legislature." # ! # (Spanish) ! # "Mar del Plata no quiere cambiar la hora." ! # <a href="http://www.mensajeroweb.com.ar/index.php?x=nota/33861/1/mar-del-plata-no-qu…"> ! # http://www.mensajeroweb.com.ar/index.php?x=nota/33861/1/mar-del-plata-no-qu… ! # </a> ! # English translation - "Mar del Plata is not to change the time" # ! # or ! # (some English translation) ! # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_argentina07.html"> ! # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_argentina07.html ! # </a> - # From Arthur David Olson (2009-09-22): - # "Mar del Plata no quiere cambiar la hora" translates to - # "Mar del Plata doesn't want to change the time" - # (less definitive than "is not to"). - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] # # Buenos Aires (BA), Capital Federal (CF), --- 403,442 ---- # during 2009, this timezone change will run from 00:00 the third Sunday # in March until 24:00 of the second Saturday in October. ! # From Mariano Absatz (2009-10-16): ! # ...the Province of San Luis is a case in itself. # ! # The Law at ! # <a href="http://www.diputadossanluis.gov.ar/diputadosasp/paginas/verNorma.asp?NormaI…>" ! # http://www.diputadossanluis.gov.ar/diputadosasp/paginas/verNorma.asp?NormaI… # </a> ! # 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". ! # ... # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] # # Buenos Aires (BA), Capital Federal (CF), *************** *** 560,565 **** --- 569,578 ---- -3:00 - ART # # San Luis (SL) + + Rule SanLuis 2008 max - Mar Sun>=8 0:00 0 - + Rule SanLuis 2008 max - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 1:00 S + Zone America/Argentina/San_Luis -4:25:24 - LMT 1894 Oct 31 -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec *************** *** 574,581 **** -3:00 - ART 2004 May 31 -4:00 - WART 2004 Jul 25 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 2008 Jan 21 ! -3:00 - ART 2009 Mar 15 ! -4:00 Arg WAR%sT # # Santa Cruz (SC) Zone America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos -4:36:52 - LMT 1894 Oct 31 --- 587,593 ---- -3:00 - ART 2004 May 31 -4:00 - WART 2004 Jul 25 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 2008 Jan 21 ! -4:00 SanLuis WAR%sT # # Santa Cruz (SC) Zone America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos -4:36:52 - LMT 1894 Oct 31

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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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