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Nagorno-Karabakh abolishing Daylight Saving Time
by Alexander Krivenyshev March 28, 2012

March 28, 2012

According to news Nagorno-Karabakh (de facto independent republic, disputed between Armenia and Azerbaijan) is abolishing Daylight Saving Time. about Nagorno-Karabakh http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagorno-Karabakh_Republic (in Russian) Nagorno-Karabakh rejects daylight saving time. http://nbnews.com.ua/news/34302/ http://www.kavkaz-uzel.ru/articles/203632/ some translation from Russian: According to the Department of Information and Public Relations of the government of Nagorno-Karabakh, the government void decision "On a new procedure for the calculation time of the Nagorno-Karabakh" (October 25, 1996), which used to regulate transition to DST or (brief) http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_nagorno-karabakh01.html P.S. Armenia will not observe DST in 2012 and Azerbaijan begins DST on March 25, 2012. Alexander Krivenyshev- WorldTimeZone.com http://www.worldtimezone.com

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proposed time zone package changes (Morocco, Haiti, Syria, West Bank, Gaza)
by Arthur David Olson March 27, 2012

March 27, 2012

I've attached "2012c.txt" with proposed time zone package changes; for convenience, the text appears below (as munged by Gmail). A summary: africa Morocco 2012 DST from last Sunday in April through last Sunday in September. asia Insert missing html directive at top of file. Change start of DST in Syria to last Friday in March in 2012 and (as a guess) forward. Starts and (guessed) ends of DST in West Bank and Gaza for 2012. northamerica Start and end of DST in Haiti in 2012 according to US rules. I'll send tarballs to KRE for possible use at munnari. --ado diff -r -c old/africa new/africa *** old/africa 2012-03-27 11:38:41.434131900 -0400 --- new/africa 2012-03-27 11:39:34.942225900 -0400 *************** *** 1,5 **** # <pre> ! # @(#)africa 8.33 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. --- 1,5 ---- # <pre> ! # @(#)africa 8.35 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. *************** *** 768,773 **** --- 768,804 ---- # wall clock time (i.e. 11pm UTC), but that's what I would assume. It has # also been like that in the past. + # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2012-03-09): + # According to Infomédiaire web site from Morocco (infomediaire.ma ), + # on March 9, 2012, (in French) Heure légale: + # Le Maroc adopte officiellement l'heure d'été + # <a href=" http://www.infomediaire.ma/news/maroc/heure-l%C3%A9gale-le-maroc-adopte-off… "> + # http://www.infomediaire.ma/news/maroc/heure-l%C3%A9gale-le-maroc-adopte-off… + # </a> + # Governing Council adopted draft decree, that Morocco DST starts on + # the last Sunday of March (March 25, 2012) and ends on + # last Sunday of September (September 30, 2012) + # except the month of Ramadan. + # or (brief) + # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco06.html"> + # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco06.html + # </a> + + # From Arthur David Olson (2012-03-10): + # The infomediaire.ma source indicates that the system is to be in + # effect every year. It gives 03H00 as the "fall back" time of day; + # it lacks a "spring forward" time of day; assume 2:00 XXX. + # Wait on specifying the Ramadan exception for details about + # start date, start time of day, end date, and end time of day XXX. + + # From Christophe Tropamer (2012-03-16): + # Seen Morocco change again: + # <a href="http://www.le2uminutes.com/actualite.php"> + # http://www.le2uminutes.com/actualite.php + # </a> + # "...à partir du dernier dimance d'avril et non fins mars, + # comme annoncé précédemment." + # RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Morocco 1939 only - Sep 12 0:00 1:00 S *************** *** 793,798 **** --- 824,832 ---- Rule Morocco 2010 only - Aug 8 0:00 0 - Rule Morocco 2011 only - Apr 3 0:00 1:00 S Rule Morocco 2011 only - Jul 31 0 0 - + Rule Morocco 2012 max - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 S + Rule Morocco 2012 max - Sep lastSun 3:00 0 - + # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Casablanca -0:30:20 - LMT 1913 Oct 26 0:00 Morocco WE%sT 1984 Mar 16 diff -r -c old/asia new/asia *** old/asia 2012-03-27 11:38:41.449731900 -0400 --- new/asia 2012-03-27 12:17:45.198848600 -0400 *************** *** 1,4 **** ! # @(#)asia 8.70 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. --- 1,5 ---- ! # <pre> ! # @(#)asia 8.73 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. *************** *** 2247,2252 **** --- 2248,2276 ---- # http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=424808 # </a> + # From Steffen Thorsen (2012-03-26): + # Palestinian news sources tell that both Gaza and West Bank will start DST + # on Friday (Thursday midnight, 2012-03-29 24:00). + # Some of many sources in Arabic: + # <a href="http://www.samanews.com/index.php?act=Show&id=122638"> + # http://www.samanews.com/index.php?act=Show&id=122638 + # </a> + # + # <a href=" http://safa.ps/details/news/74352/%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%… "> + # http://safa.ps/details/news/74352/%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%… + # </a> + # + # Our brief summary: + # <a href=" http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/gaza-west-bank-dst-2012.html"> + # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/gaza-west-bank-dst-2012.html + # </a> + + # From Arthur David Olson (2012-03-27): + # The timeanddate article for 2012 says that "the end date has not yet been + # announced" and that "Last year, both...paused daylight saving time during... + # Ramadan. It is not yet known [for] 2012." + # For now, assume both switch back on the last Friday in September. XXX + # 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 - *************** *** 2279,2284 **** --- 2303,2310 ---- 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 2012 Mar 30 + 2:00 1:00 EEST 2012 Sep 28 2:00 - EET Zone Asia/Hebron 2:20:23 - LMT 1900 Oct *************** *** 2292,2297 **** --- 2318,2325 ---- 2:00 1:00 EEST 2011 Aug 1 2:00 - EET 2011 Aug 30 2:00 1:00 EEST 2011 Sep 30 3:00 + 2:00 - EET 2012 Mar 30 + 2:00 1:00 EEST 2012 Sep 28 3:00 2:00 - EET # Paracel Is *************** *** 2583,2592 **** # http://sns.sy/sns/?path=news/read/11421 (Arabic) # </a> Rule Syria 2008 only - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Syria 2008 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 - Rule Syria 2009 only - Mar lastFri 0:00 1:00 S ! Rule Syria 2010 max - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Syria 2009 max - Oct lastFri 0:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] --- 2611,2638 ---- # http://sns.sy/sns/?path=news/read/11421 (Arabic) # </a> + # From Steffen Thorsen (2012-03-26): + # Today, Syria's government announced that they will start DST early on Friday + # (00:00). This is a bit earlier than the past two years. + # + # From Syrian Arab News Agency, in Arabic: + # <a href="http://www.sana.sy/ara/2/2012/03/26/408215.htm"> + # http://www.sana.sy/ara/2/2012/03/26/408215.htm + # </a> + # + # Our brief summary: + # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/syria-dst-2012.html"> + # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/syria-dst-2012.html + # </a> + + # From Arthur David Olson (2012-03-27): + # Assume last Friday in March going forward XXX. + Rule Syria 2008 only - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Syria 2008 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 - Rule Syria 2009 only - Mar lastFri 0:00 1:00 S ! Rule Syria 2010 2011 - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 S ! Rule Syria 2012 max - Mar lastFri 0:00 1:00 S Rule Syria 2009 max - Oct lastFri 0:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] diff -r -c old/northamerica new/northamerica *** old/northamerica 2012-03-27 11:38:41.449731900 -0400 --- new/northamerica 2012-03-27 11:39:34.957825900 -0400 *************** *** 1,5 **** # <pre> ! # @(#)northamerica 8.53 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. --- 1,5 ---- # <pre> ! # @(#)northamerica 8.54 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. *************** *** 2970,2975 **** --- 2970,2998 ---- # From Stephen Colebourne (2007-02-22): # Some IATA info: Haiti won't be having DST in 2007. + # From Steffen Thorsen (2012-03-11): + # According to several news sources, Haiti will observe DST this year, + # apparently using the same start and end date as USA/Canada. + # So this means they have already changed their time. + # + # (Sources in French): + # <a href="http://www.alterpresse.org/spip.php?article12510"> + # http://www.alterpresse.org/spip.php?article12510 + # </a> + # <a href="http://radiovision2000haiti.net/home/?p=13253"> + # http://radiovision2000haiti.net/home/?p=13253 + # </a> + # + # Our coverage: + # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/haiti-dst-2012.html"> + # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/haiti-dst-2012.html + # </a> + + # From Arthur David Olson (2012-03-11): + # The alterpresse.org source seems to show a US-style leap from 2:00 a.m. to + # 3:00 a.m. rather than the traditional Haitian jump at midnight. + # Assume a US-style fall back as well XXX. + # Do not yet assume that the change carries forward past 2012 XXX. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Haiti 1983 only - May 8 0:00 1:00 D *************** *** 2981,2986 **** --- 3004,3011 ---- Rule Haiti 1988 1997 - Oct lastSun 1:00s 0 S Rule Haiti 2005 2006 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Haiti 2005 2006 - Oct lastSun 0:00 0 S + Rule Haiti 2012 only - Mar Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D + Rule Haiti 2012 only - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Port-au-Prince -4:49:20 - LMT 1890 -4:49 - PPMT 1917 Jan 24 12:00 # P-a-P MT

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Gaza and West Bank starting DST on Friday
by Steffen Thorsen March 26, 2012

March 26, 2012

Lots of things happening recently... Palestinian news sources tell that both Gaza and West Bank will start DST on Friday (Thursday midnight, 2012-03-29 24:00). Some of many sources in Arabic: http://www.samanews.com/index.php?act=Show&id=122638 http://safa.ps/details/news/74352/%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%… Our brief summary: http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/gaza-west-bank-dst-2012.html And from Israel there is a confirmation on their start date too (same Friday) (Hebrew): http://www.moin.gov.il/PublicationsAndUsefullInfo/PressAnnouncements/Pages/… It seems they will work further on the new daylight saving time proposal, but nothing has been decided yet. Best regards, Steffen Thorsen - timeanddate.com

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Syria starts DST earlier
by Steffen Thorsen March 26, 2012

March 26, 2012

Today, Syria's government announced that they will start DST early on Friday (00:00). This is a bit earlier than the past two years. From Syrian Arab News Agency, in Arabic: http://www.sana.sy/ara/2/2012/03/26/408215.htm Our brief summary: http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/syria-dst-2012.html Best regards, Steffen Thorsen - timeanddate.com

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Nagorno-Karabakh rejects daylight saving time
by Alexander Krivenyshev March 24, 2012

March 24, 2012

According to news Nagorno-Karabakh (de facto independent republic, disputed between Armenia and Azerbaijan) is abolishing Daylight Saving Time. about Nagorno-Karabakh http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagorno-Karabakh_Republic (in Russian) Nagorno-Karabakh rejects daylight saving time. http://nbnews.com.ua/news/34302/ http://www.kavkaz-uzel.ru/articles/203632/ some translation from Russian: According to the Department of Information and Public Relations of the government of Nagorno-Karabakh, the government void decision "On a new procedure for the calculation time of the Nagorno-Karabakh" (October 25, 1996), which used to regulate transition to DST or (brief) http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_nagorno-karabakh01.html P.S. Armenia will not observe DST in 2012 and Azerbaijan begins DST on March 25, 2012. Alexander Krivenyshev- WorldTimeZone.com http://www.worldtimezone.com

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Re: [tz] changes to AusAQ [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
by Michael Chinn March 23, 2012

March 23, 2012

Took me awhile to get around to compiling the data, can only get it back to 2010 at present Casey 24/10/2010 5:00 +11 Wilks Aero 24/10/2010 5:00 +11 Davis 24/10/2010 7:00 +5 Casey 6/03/2011 5:00 +8 Wilks Aero 6/03/2011 5:00 +8 Davis 6/03/2011 2:00 +7 Casey 22/10/2011 7:00 +11 Wilks Aero 22/10/2011 7:00 +11 Davis 22/10/2011 7:00 +5 Casey 22/02/2012 4:00 +8 Wilks Aero 22/02/2012 4:00 +8 Davis 22/02/2012 1:00 +7 Best regards, Michael Michael Chinn IT Help Desk Australian Antarctic Division p: (03) 6232 3488 e: michael.chinn(a)aad.gov.au<mailto:michael.chinn@aad.gov.au> w: www.antarctica.gov.au<http://www.antarctica.gov.au/> [cid:image001.jpg@01CD08EE.D0F50690]<http://centenary.antarctica.gov.au/> ___________________________________________________________________________ Australian Antarctic Division - Commonwealth of Australia IMPORTANT: This transmission is intended for the addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that use or dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited by Commonwealth law. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify the sender immediately by e-mail or by telephoning +61 3 6232 3209 and DELETE the message. Visit our web site at http://www.antarctica.gov.au/ ___________________________________________________________________________

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Eternal DST rules for Morocco from 2012 at last
by OvV_HN March 21, 2012

March 21, 2012

In reply to: [tz] Eternal DST rules for Morocco from 2012 at last Arthur David Olson arthurdavidolson at gmail.com Wed Mar 21 11:09:40 UTC 2012 I've attached an updated proposed change for Morocco; the tabs-mangled-by-Gmail version appears below. The differences are against 2012b. --ado diff -r -c old/africa new/africa .............. etc. Reply: In Morocco DST will not be observed during the month of Ramadan. This will happen approximately from 2012-7-20 to 2012-8-18. See my posting from a couple of days ago (Mar 16). Your TZ update does not reflect this situation. Any reason why? Oscar van Vlijmen

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Re: [tz] Eternal DST rules for Morocco from 2012 at last
by Dan Abitbol March 21, 2012

March 21, 2012

Hello Sorry to disturb again but as you know Morocco have new DST rules and first change is scheduled on 25 March 15, 2012-03-15 Do you plan to release 2012c that takes into account these new rules for Morocco soon ? We really need them to get Red Hat publish new tzdata rpm and PHP Pecl to publish new timezone db extension from your official files And then we need to update more than 40 machines at one of our customers in Morocco Please help. Thank you very much -----Message d'origine----- De : Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] [mailto:olsona@dc37a.nci.nih.gov] Envoyé : lundi 12 mars 2012 18:38 À : 'Dan Abitbol' Objet : RE: Eternal DST rules for Morocco from 2012 at last Robert Elz has been serving as the coordinator since October of last year. --ado -----Original Message----- From: Dan Abitbol [mailto:dabitbol@streamwide.com] Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 1:33 To: Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] Subject: RE: Eternal DST rules for Morocco from 2012 at last Thank you very much After I read the thread about it , I understood that you were no more the Tz Coordinator and that there's no yet anyone doing this role (although zefram applied) , is my understanding correct ? Regards -----Message d'origine----- De : Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] [mailto:olsona@dc37a.nci.nih.gov] Envoyé : lundi 12 mars 2012 18:26 À : 'Dan Abitbol' Objet : RE: Eternal DST rules for Morocco from 2012 at last Your best bet is to subscribe to the new IANA time zone mailing list; I expect word on an update will appear there shortly. --ado -----Original Message----- From: Dan Abitbol [mailto:dabitbol@streamwide.com] Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 1:20 To: Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E]; 'Derick Rethans' Cc: support(a)streamwide.com; 'Serban NISTOR'; amajjad(a)streamwide.com Subject: RE: Eternal DST rules for Morocco from 2012 at last Hello Mr Olson It's not you anymore who apply the changes and makes new timezone db package available for all ? is it someone else at IANA ? How to get please the 2012c early this week with updated rules for Morocco ? Do you think we have a chance to get it this week or some days before 25 march ? In fact, I could apply the changes by hand and update red hat timezone db files but actually, I guess Dereck will need official timezonedb 2012c to produce sources file for the php extension that we would have to recompile . Thank you for any help. Regards -----Message d'origine----- De : Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] [mailto:olsona@dc37a.nci.nih.gov] Envoyé : lundi 12 mars 2012 18:13 À : 'Dan Abitbol'; 'Derick Rethans' Cc : support(a)streamwide.com; 'Serban NISTOR'; amajjad(a)streamwide.com Objet : RE: Eternal DST rules for Morocco from 2012 at last You can wait for 2012c, or you can pick up the change from the mailing list archive and apply it by hand. --ado -----Original Message----- From: Dan Abitbol [mailto:dabitbol@streamwide.com] Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 1:05 To: 'Derick Rethans' Cc: support(a)streamwide.com; Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E]; 'Serban NISTOR'; amajjad(a)streamwide.com Subject: RE: Eternal DST rules for Morocco from 2012 at last Thank you Derick So I just have to wait for 2012c ?

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Easy conversion to MySQL?
by Yann Gascard / VPA President March 21, 2012

March 21, 2012

Hello, I'm normally using MySQL timezone description table (http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/timezones.html) But lately they are not that reactive there. Is anybody able to help me finding a way to generate these description table easily by myself? I got to use them as hosting provider I've got is not updating PHP timezones and I need an up to date reference. I don't have a Unix system. I can access to a Mac OS X one but even this one is really out of date (even with a system up to date). So I can't generate the tables using the mysql_tzinfo_to_sql there either :(** <http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/mysql-tzinfo-to-sql.html> Thanks a lot! :) -- -- *Yann Gascard* - President Virtual Pilots Association www.virtualpilots.org <http://www.virtualpilots.org>

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Re: [tz] TZ from lat/lon?
by H J March 20, 2012

March 20, 2012

--- On Thu, 3/1/12, David Patte <dpatte(a)relativedata.com> wrote: > Time Zone Master, from relativedata.com, is a windows program that does > this type of calculation internally. [...] > The programme is free from our site, and is packaged as a desktop clock > application, but if you are looking for a more specific product for your > needs, the internal latlong->tz engine could be rebuilt into something > more suitable. Let me know what you are looking for. Hi David, Thanks for responding, and sorry I have been so slow in getting back to you (work travel the past few weeks; just now catching up). The Windows app looks terrific, but my little project will need to run on a small embedded Linux board (Gumstix Overo or similar), so I think it's really the internal engine I would want to use. (And in case it matters, this is a one-off personal project I'd been thinking of doing for some time now, so it's strictly non-commercial.) Regards, --HJ

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