April 2009 - tz - lists.iana.org

The Alaska House of Representatives passed HB 19 to eliminate DST
by Alexander Krivenyshev April 5, 2009

April 5, 2009

The Alaska House of Representatives passed HB 19 to eliminate daylight-saving time. It is now in the hands of the Senate. TITLE: "An Act exempting the state and its political subdivisions from daylight saving time; and providing for an effective date." BILL: HB 19 SHORT TITLE: ELIMINATE DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME BILL VERSION: CSHB 19(L&C) CURRENT STATUS: (S) STA STATUS DATE: 03/30/09 AND BILL: HJR 20 SHORT TITLE: REPEAL FEDERAL DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME BILL VERSION: CURRENT STATUS: (H) RLS STATUS DATE: 03/18/09 SPONSOR(s): REPRESENTATIVE(s) FAIRCLOUGH, Keller TITLE: Urging the United States Congress to end daylight saving time. http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_bill.asp?session=26&bill=HB19 http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_bill.asp?session=26&bill=HJR20 or (short summary) http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_usa03.html Alexander Krivenyshev, http://www.WorldTimeZone.com

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418 municipalities in Oaxaca (Mexico) against Summer Time (DST)
by Alexander Krivenyshev April 3, 2009

April 3, 2009

I'm forwarding this news report from Guillermo Bulak, Argentina (guillermobulak(a)yahoo.com.ar) who send me an article that 418 municipalities in Oaxaca (Mexico) unanimously determined to disregard upcoming Summer Time (DST)- starting in Mexico on April 5, 2009. (Partial Computer Assisted Translation to English) http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_mexico03.html or (in Spanish) http://www.omnia.com.mx/noticias/se-rebelan-418-alcaldias-en-oaxaca-contra-… horario-de-verano/ Alexander Krivenyshev, http://www.worldtimezone.com

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revised proposed changes to "asia" file
by Arthur David Olson April 2, 2009

April 2, 2009

Here's a revised proposed change to the "asia" file; changes in Jordan and Palestine are specified as on Fridays rather than on Thursdays. This change is relative to the version currently in the ftp directory. --ado ------- asia ------- *** /tmp/geta12860 Thu Apr 2 11:05:49 2009 --- /tmp/getb12860 Thu Apr 2 11:05:49 2009 *************** *** 1,4 **** ! # @(#)asia 8.26 # <pre> # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, --- 1,4 ---- ! # @(#)asia 8.28 # <pre> # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, *************** *** 1049,1054 **** --- 1049,1085 ---- # http://www.petranews.gov.jo/nepras/2006/Sep/05/4000.htm # "Jordan will switch to winter time on Friday, October 27". # + + # From Phil Pizzey (2009-04-02): + # ...I think I may have spotted an error in the timezone data for + # Jordan. + # The current (2009d) asia file shows Jordan going to daylight + # saving + # time on the last Thursday in March. + # + # Rule Jordan 2000 max - Mar lastThu 0:00s 1:00 S + # + # However timeanddate.com, which I usually find reliable, shows Jordan + # going to daylight saving time on the last Friday in March since 2002. + # Please see + # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/timezone.html?n=11"> + # http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/timezone.html?n=11 + # </a> + + # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-04-02): + # This single one might be good enough, (2009-03-24, Arabic): + # <a href="http://petra.gov.jo/Artical.aspx?Lng=2&Section=8&Artical=95279"> + # http://petra.gov.jo/Artical.aspx?Lng=2&Section=8&Artical=95279 + # </a> + # + # Google's translation: + # + # > The Council of Ministers decided in 2002 to adopt the principle of timely + # > submission of the summer at 60 minutes as of midnight on the last Thursday + # > of the month of March of each year. + # + # So - this means the midnight between Thursday and Friday since 2002. + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Jordan 1973 only - Jun 6 0:00 1:00 S Rule Jordan 1973 1975 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - *************** *** 1071,1078 **** Rule Jordan 1994 only - Sep Fri>=15 0:00 0 - Rule Jordan 1995 1998 - Sep Fri>=15 0:00s 0 - Rule Jordan 1999 only - Jul 1 0:00s 1:00 S ! Rule Jordan 1999 2002 - Sep lastThu 0:00s 0 - ! Rule Jordan 2000 max - Mar lastThu 0:00s 1:00 S Rule Jordan 2003 only - Oct 24 0:00s 0 - Rule Jordan 2004 only - Oct 15 0:00s 0 - Rule Jordan 2005 only - Sep lastFri 0:00s 0 - --- 1102,1109 ---- Rule Jordan 1994 only - Sep Fri>=15 0:00 0 - Rule Jordan 1995 1998 - Sep Fri>=15 0:00s 0 - Rule Jordan 1999 only - Jul 1 0:00s 1:00 S ! Rule Jordan 1999 2002 - Sep lastFri 0:00s 0 - ! Rule Jordan 2000 max - Mar lastFri 0:00s 1:00 S Rule Jordan 2003 only - Oct 24 0:00s 0 - Rule Jordan 2004 only - Oct 15 0:00s 0 - Rule Jordan 2005 only - Sep lastFri 0:00s 0 - *************** *** 1695,1700 **** --- 1726,1747 ---- # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_gazastrip01.html # </a> + # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-03-26): + # According to the Palestine News Network (arabic.pnn.ps), Palestinian + # government decided to start Daylight Time on Thursday night March + # 26 and continue until the night of 27 September 2009. + # + # (in Arabic) + # <a href="http://arabic.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=50850"> + # http://arabic.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=50850 + # </a> + # + # or + # (English translation) + # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_westbank01.html"> + # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_westbank01.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 *************** *** 1708,1717 **** Rule Palestine 1999 2003 - Oct Fri>=15 0:00 0 - Rule Palestine 2004 only - Oct 1 1:00 0 - Rule Palestine 2005 only - Oct 4 2:00 0 - ! Rule Palestine 2006 max - 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 max - Aug lastThu 2:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct --- 1755,1766 ---- Rule Palestine 1999 2003 - Oct Fri>=15 0:00 0 - Rule Palestine 2004 only - Oct 1 1:00 0 - Rule Palestine 2005 only - Oct 4 2:00 0 - ! 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 max - Mar lastFri 0:00 1:00 S ! Rule Palestine 2009 max - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct

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FW: Jordan DST out by a day since 2002 ?
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] April 2, 2009

April 2, 2009

I'm forwarding this message from Phil Pizzey 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: Philip.Pizzey(a)sita.aero [mailto:Philip.Pizzey@sita.aero] Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 6:13 To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: Jordan DST out by a day since 2002 ? Hi there, I think I may have spotted an error in the timezone data for Jordan. The current (2009d) asia file shows Jordan going to daylight saving time on the last Thursday in March. Rule Jordan 2000 max - Mar lastThu 0:00s 1:00 S However timeanddate.com, which I usually find reliable, shows Jordan going to daylight saving time on the last Friday in March since 2002. Please see http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/timezone.html?n=11 Thursday, 28 March 2002, 23:59:59 No +2 hours EET Friday, 29 March 2002, 01:00:00 1 hour +3 hours EEST DST starts ... Thursday, 26 March 2009, 23:59:59 No +2 hours EET Friday, 27 March 2009, 01:00:00 1 hour +3 hours EEST DST starts Cheers, Phil.

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proposed time zone package changes for Palestine, pytz home page
by Arthur David Olson April 2, 2009

April 2, 2009

Below are two proposed time zone packages changes, the first to the "asia" file to reflect Palestine's change this year in the start and en of DST and the second to the tz-link.htm file to reflect the change in the pytz home page. If no problems are found, expect these to show up in the ftp directory this coming Monday. --ado ------- asia ------- *** /tmp/geta25630 Tue Mar 31 14:46:47 2009 --- /tmp/getb25630 Tue Mar 31 14:46:47 2009 *************** *** 1,4 **** ! # @(#)asia 8.26 # <pre> # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, --- 1,4 ---- ! # @(#)asia 8.27 # <pre> # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, *************** *** 1695,1700 **** --- 1695,1716 ---- # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_gazastrip01.html # </a> + # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-03-26): + # According to the Palestine News Network (arabic.pnn.ps), Palestinian + # government decided to start Daylight Time on Thursday night March + # 26 and continue until the night of 27 September 2009. + # + # (in Arabic) + # <a href="http://arabic.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=50850"> + # http://arabic.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=50850 + # </a> + # + # or + # (English translation) + # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_westbank01.html"> + # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_westbank01.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 *************** *** 1708,1717 **** Rule Palestine 1999 2003 - Oct Fri>=15 0:00 0 - Rule Palestine 2004 only - Oct 1 1:00 0 - Rule Palestine 2005 only - Oct 4 2:00 0 - ! Rule Palestine 2006 max - 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 max - Aug lastThu 2:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct --- 1724,1735 ---- Rule Palestine 1999 2003 - Oct Fri>=15 0:00 0 - Rule Palestine 2004 only - Oct 1 1:00 0 - Rule Palestine 2005 only - Oct 4 2:00 0 - ! 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 lastThu 2:00 0 - ! Rule Palestine 2009 max - Mar lastThu 0:00 1:00 S ! Rule Palestine 2009 max - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct ------- tz-link.htm ------- *** /tmp/geta25650 Tue Mar 31 14:46:58 2009 --- /tmp/getb25650 Tue Mar 31 14:46:58 2009 *************** *** 18,24 **** <body> <h1>Sources for Time Zone and Daylight Saving Time Data</h1> <address> ! @(#)tz-link.htm 8.17 </address> <p> Please send corrections to this web page to the --- 18,24 ---- <body> <h1>Sources for Time Zone and Daylight Saving Time Data</h1> <address> ! @(#)tz-link.htm 8.18 </address> <p> Please send corrections to this web page to the *************** *** 218,224 **** <code>org.joda.time.tz.ZoneInfoCompiler</code> that compiles <code>tz</code> source into a Joda-specific binary format. Joda Time is freely available under a <abbr>BSD</abbr>-style license.</li> ! <li><a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/pytz">PyTZ - Python Time Zone Library</a> compiles <code>tz</code> source into <a href="http://python.org/">Python</a>. It is freely available under a <abbr>BSD</abbr>-style license.</li> --- 218,224 ---- <code>org.joda.time.tz.ZoneInfoCompiler</code> that compiles <code>tz</code> source into a Joda-specific binary format. Joda Time is freely available under a <abbr>BSD</abbr>-style license.</li> ! <li><a href="http://pytz.sourceforge.net">PyTZ - Python Time Zone Library</a> compiles <code>tz</code> source into <a href="http://python.org/">Python</a>. It is freely available under a <abbr>BSD</abbr>-style license.</li>

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French news
by S�bastien WILLEMIJNS April 1, 2009

April 1, 2009

Hello, I follow now any "french language countries" about DST/TZ informations, am i alone ? )

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French language news
by Sebastien WILLEMIJNS April 1, 2009

April 1, 2009

Hello, I follow now DST changes in French speaking languages countries thanks to "google news" ;)

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Human readable DB
by S�bastien WILLEMIJNS April 1, 2009

April 1, 2009

Hello, I'm looking for human readable database of future DST changes: Europe/Roma changes DST 29rd March 2009 Europe/Paris changes DST 29rd March 2009 and more and more... Do you know a software or/and online website which give me these infos in one page ?

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