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FW: source file correction for tzdata (egypt end of daylight savings)
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] Aug. 24, 2009

Aug. 24, 2009

I’m forwarding this message from John D. Martin III, who is not on the time zone mailing list. Those of you who are on the time zone mailing list, please direct replies appropriately. John's message indicates a change at the midnight between Friday, August 21 and Saturday, August 22 while the current "Africa" file indicates a change at the midnight between Thursday, August 20 and Friday, August 21. Is there anyone with boots on the ground in Egypt who can tell us what actually happened last week? --ado From: John Martin [mailto:john.d.martin.iii@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2009 6:43 To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: source file correction for tzdata (egypt end of daylight savings) I am sending some info about the end of daylight savings time for Egypt in 2009. The line for 2009 for Egypt/Cairo in 'africa' within the tzdata source should read : Rule Egypt 2009 only - Aug 21 23:00s 0 - Rule Egypt 2010 max - Sep lastThu 23:00s 0 - The beginning of Ramadan has been used to determine the switch to standard time. In 2009 the switch occurred on 21 August at midnight or the third Thursday of the month. This will likely revert in 2010 to the standard time in the last week in September. Thanks. J -- John D. Martin III john.d.martin.iii(a)gmail.com http://youcantmakemistakes.com +1.269.216.9126 (us) +20.16.558.5960 (eg)

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source file correction for tzdata (egypt end of daylight savings)
by John Martin Aug. 22, 2009

Aug. 22, 2009

I am sending some info about the end of daylight savings time for Egypt in 2009. The line for 2009 for Egypt/Cairo in 'africa' within the tzdata source should read : Rule Egypt 2009 only - Aug 21 23:00s 0 - Rule Egypt 2010 max - Sep lastThu 23:00s 0 - The beginning of Ramadan has been used to determine the switch to standard time. In 2009 the switch occurred on 21 August at midnight or the third Thursday of the month. This will likely revert in 2010 to the standard time in the last week in September. Thanks. J -- John D. Martin III john.d.martin.iii(a)gmail.com http://youcantmakemistakes.com +1.269.216.9126 (us) +20.16.558.5960 (eg)

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FW: updated Olson DB for new end of Egypt DST
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] Aug. 17, 2009

Aug. 17, 2009

I'm forwarding this message on behalf of Amr Elmalah 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: news [mailto:news@ger.gmane.org] On Behalf Of Amr Elmalah Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 6:50 To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: updated Olson DB for new end of Egypt DST Dear all, Is there is a new version of JAVA TZupdater with the modified Olson DB that has the new winter time change for Egypt (20 August). We need to update the JAVA with the new winter time. Any help?? Regards, Amr.

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tzdata2009l.tar.gz
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] Aug. 17, 2009

Aug. 17, 2009

The file... ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzdata2009l.tar.gz ...is now available; this reflects the changes circulated last week on the time zone mailing list for Samao (comments only) and Egypt. If information arrives regarding Samoa there may be another update. --ado

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updated Olson DB for new end of Egypt DST
by Amr Elmalah Aug. 17, 2009

Aug. 17, 2009

Dear all, Is there is a new version of JAVA TZupdater with the modified Olson DB that has the new winter time change for Egypt (20 August). We need to update the JAVA with the new winter time. Any help?? Regards, Amr.

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proposed time zone package changes for Samoa (comment only) and Egypt
by Arthur David Olson Aug. 14, 2009

Aug. 14, 2009

Below are propsed changes to the "africa" file (for the end of DST in Egypt in 2009) and the "australasia" file (adding a comment about the possibility of Samoa observing DST in 2009/2010). If no problems are found, expect these to show up on the ftp server this coming Monday. --ado ------- africa ------- *** /tmp/geta13168 Fri Aug 14 09:02:44 2009 --- /tmp/getb13168 Fri Aug 14 09:02:44 2009 *************** *** 1,5 **** # <pre> ! # @(#)africa 8.22 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. --- 1,5 ---- # <pre> ! # @(#)africa 8.23 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. *************** *** 276,283 **** # In 2009 (and for the next several years), Ramadan ends before the fourth # Thursday in September; Egypt is expected to revert to the last Thursday # in September. Rule Egypt 2008 only - Aug lastThu 23:00s 0 - ! Rule Egypt 2009 max - Sep lastThu 23:00s 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Cairo 2:05:00 - LMT 1900 Oct --- 276,302 ---- # In 2009 (and for the next several years), Ramadan ends before the fourth # Thursday in September; Egypt is expected to revert to the last Thursday # in September. + + # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-08-11): + # We have been able to confirm the August change with the Egyptian Cabinet + # Information and Decision Support Center: + # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/egypt-dst-ends-2009.html"> + # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/egypt-dst-ends-2009.html + # </a> + # + # The Middle East News Agency + # <a href="http://www.mena.org.eg/index.aspx"> + # http://www.mena.org.eg/index.aspx + # </a> + # also reports "Egypt starts winter time on August 21" + # today in article numbered "71, 11/08/2009 12:25 GMT." + # Only the title above is available without a subscription to their service, + # and can be found by searching for "winter" in their search engine + # (at least today). + Rule Egypt 2008 only - Aug lastThu 23:00s 0 - ! Rule Egypt 2009 only - Aug 20 23:00s 0 - ! Rule Egypt 2010 max - Sep lastThu 23:00s 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Cairo 2:05:00 - LMT 1900 Oct ------- australasia ------- *** /tmp/geta13288 Fri Aug 14 09:13:20 2009 --- /tmp/getb13288 Fri Aug 14 09:13:20 2009 *************** *** 1,5 **** # <pre> ! # @(#)australasia 8.11 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. --- 1,5 ---- # <pre> ! # @(#)australasia 8.12 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. *************** *** 427,432 **** --- 427,448 ---- -11:00 - SST # S=Samoa # Samoa + + # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2008-12-06): + # The Samoa government (Western Samoa) may implement DST on the first Sunday of + # October 2009 (October 4, 2009) until the last Sunday of March 2010 (March 28, + # 2010). + # + # "Selected Committee reports to Cabinet on Daylight Saving Time", + # Government of Samoa: + # <a href="http://www.govt.ws/pr_article.cfm?pr_id=560"> + # http://www.govt.ws/pr_article.cfm?pr_id=560 + # </a> + # or + # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_samoa01.html"> + # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_samoa01.html + # </a> + Zone Pacific/Apia 12:33:04 - LMT 1879 Jul 5 -11:26:56 - LMT 1911 -11:30 - SAMT 1950 # Samoa Time

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End of DST in Africa/Cairo 2009
by jacquie＠entropy.cc Aug. 13, 2009

Aug. 13, 2009

Hi, Does anyone know of an update for the end of DST in Africa/Cairo? According to the latest tzdata2009k.tar.gz, DST will end on September 24, 2009. However, time and date have August 20, 2009: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/clockchange.html?n=53 We have confirmed with several properties in Cairo that DST will end on August 20th. Thanks in advance for any information. Jacquie

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Where do you get time zone boundary infomation from ?
by Rod Williams Aug. 7, 2009

Aug. 7, 2009

I am a software engineer working for an avionics company. I am currently working on a project that requires the software I will create to know the time *any place on earth given a latitude and longitude*. Time zone boundaries and time rules will need be *updated on a monthly basis*. This task is proving to be very difficult. The most difficult part is getting up to date data on for time zone boundaries. *Most of the services and databases I have researched only give time zone information for a particular city in that given time zone (ie. Olson Time Zone Database), I have yet to find anything that defines the actual time zone boundaries.* *Is there a service or database that gives up to date boundary and time rules monthly, and has worldwide coverage?* Thanks in advance, Rod Williams

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Re: End of DST in Africa/Cairo 2009
by Robin Thorpe Aug. 5, 2009

Aug. 5, 2009

Dear Jacquie, Paul is out of the office on vacation until Monday, August 10, 2009, but I can help you with your question. We are aware of the daylight savings issue in Egypt and are monitoring it closely. According to previous announcements daylight savings time should change the last weekend in September. However, this year is different due to Ramadan starting August 22. It is probable that the government will make a change, but there has been no official decision as of today. Historically the government has made the announcement about one week prior to the start of Ramadan. If they follow this pattern the announcement would come around August 15. According to our sources the last possible day for the announcement is August 20 since Ramadan begins on August 22. We will issue an update as soon as a change is announced and confirmed. I hope this addresses your concerns. If it doesn't or if you have other questions please feel free to email or call me at 212-742-8577. Kind regards, Robin At 02:44 PM 8/5/2009, jacquie(a)entropy.cc wrote: >Hi, > >Does anyone know of an update for the end of DST in Africa/Cairo? >According to the latest tzdata2009k.tar.gz, DST will end on >September 24, 2009. However, time and date have August 20, 2009: > >http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/clockchange.html?n=53 > >We have confirmed with several properties in Cairo that DST will end >on August 20th. Thanks in advance for any information. > >Jacquie > > > > > > >

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