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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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Venezuela's switch to UTC-0430
by José Miguel Parrella Romero Aug. 22, 2007

Aug. 22, 2007

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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New Zealand DST changes : DST April 2:00 ??
by DONATELLA SABELLICO Aug. 21, 2007

Aug. 21, 2007

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-Inde… 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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Venezuela will revert to UTC-04:30 next year
by Steffen Thorsen Aug. 20, 2007

Aug. 20, 2007

Hello, I found the following article in a Brazilian newspaper (in Portuguese): http://www.agencialusa.com.br/index.php?iden=9926 From what I can understand it says that Venezuela will go from the "-4 hour GMT" to the "GMT-4,5 hour time zone" on 2008-01-01. I am not sure if they will revert at midnight or at half an hour after midnight (in the old time zone). It is a little bit confusing, because it says many places that they will advance their clocks by 30 minutes (from UTC-4), which technically would mean that they would enter UTC-3:30. However, it says that meridian 66 will determine the new time zone, and since 66/15=4,4 hours, *and* they have been in the 4,5-hour time zone before, I think it is likely that they are going back to that time zone. Best regards, Steffen

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tzcode2007g.tar.gz and tzdata2007g.tar.gz
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] Aug. 20, 2007

Aug. 20, 2007

The files... ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzcode2007g.tar.gz ...and... ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzdata2007g.tar.gz ...are now available. These reflect the changes circulated on the time zone mailing list last week by Paul Eggert; the "leapseconds" file has been updated to incorporate the most recent International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS) bulletin; and there's an addition to tz-art.htm regarding the television show "Medium." --ado

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