From olsona@lecserver.nci.nih.gov Wed Apr 14 08:20:07 2010 From: Arthur David Olson To: tz@iana.org Subject: proposed time zone package changes (Morocco; Taipei; San Luis) Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 08:20:07 -0400 Message-ID: <201004141220.o3ECK7c0019379@lecserver.nci.nih.gov> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============3152542422594167129==" --===============3152542422594167129== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Below are proposed time zone packages; here's a summary: africa Add Morocco DST in 2010. asia Add Taipei DST in 1979; remove Taipei DST in 1980. southamerica San Luis on "permanent" DST as of 2010. If no problems are found, these will show up on the ftp site on 2010-04-19. --ado diff -r -c old/africa new/africa *** old/africa Mon Apr 5 09:58:55 2010 --- new/africa Wed Apr 14 08:15:37 2010 *************** *** 1,5 **** #
! # @(#)africa	8.24
  # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
  # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
 =20
--- 1,5 ----
  # 
! # @(#)africa	8.25
  # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
  # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
 =20
***************
*** 680,685 ****
--- 680,700 ----
  # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco03.html
  # 
 =20
+ # From Steffen Thorsen (2010-04-13):
+ # Several news media in Morocco report that the Ministry of Modernization
+ # of Public Sectors has announced that Morocco will have DST from
+ # 2010-05-02 to 2010-08-08.
+ #
+ # Example:
+ # 
+ # http://www.lavieeco.com/actualites/4099-le-maroc-passera-a-l-heure-d-ete-=
gmt1-le-2-mai.html
+ # 
+ # (French)
+ # Our page:
+ # 
+ # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-starts-dst-2010.html
+ # 
+=20
  # RULE	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 =20
  Rule	Morocco	1939	only	-	Sep	12	 0:00	1:00	S
***************
*** 701,706 ****
--- 716,723 ----
  Rule	Morocco	2008	only	-	Sep	 1	 0:00	0	-
  Rule	Morocco	2009	only	-	Jun	 1	 0:00	1:00	S
  Rule	Morocco	2009	only	-	Aug	 21	 0:00	0	-
+ Rule	Morocco	2010	only	-	May	 2	 0:00	1:00	S
+ Rule	Morocco	2010	only	-	Aug	 22	 0:00	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	Mon Apr  5 09:58:55 2010
--- new/asia	Wed Apr 14 08:15:38 2010
***************
*** 1,4 ****
! # @(#)asia	8.59
  # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
  # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
 =20
--- 1,4 ----
! # @(#)asia	8.60
  # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
  # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
 =20
***************
*** 566,571 ****
--- 566,593 ----
  # was still controlled by Japan.  This is hard to believe, but we don't
  # have any other information.
 =20
+ # From smallufo (2010-04-03):
+ # According to Taiwan's CWB,
+ # 
+ # http://www.cwb.gov.tw/V6/astronomy/cdata/summert.htm
+ # 
+ # Taipei has DST in 1979 between July 1st and Sep 30.
+=20
+ # From Arthur David Olson (2010-04-07):
+ # Here's Google's translation of the table at the bottom of the "summert.ht=
m" page:
+ # Decade 	                                                    Name         =
             Start and end date
+ # Republic of China 34 years to 40 years (AD 1945-1951 years) Summer Time  =
             May 1 to September 30=20
+ # 41 years of the Republic of China (AD 1952)                 Daylight Savi=
ng Time      March 1 to October 31=20
+ # Republic of China 42 years to 43 years (AD 1953-1954 years) Daylight Savi=
ng Time      April 1 to October 31=20
+ # In the 44 years to 45 years (AD 1955-1956 years)            Daylight Savi=
ng Time      April 1 to September 30=20
+ # Republic of China 46 years to 48 years (AD 1957-1959)       Summer Time  =
             April 1 to September 30=20
+ # Republic of China 49 years to 50 years (AD 1960-1961)       Summer Time  =
             June 1 to September 30=20
+ # Republic of China 51 years to 62 years (AD 1962-1973 years) Stop Summer T=
ime=20
+ # Republic of China 63 years to 64 years (1974-1975 AD)       Daylight Savi=
ng Time      April 1 to September 30=20
+ # Republic of China 65 years to 67 years (1976-1978 AD)       Stop Daylight=
 Saving Time=20
+ # Republic of China 68 years (AD 1979)                        Daylight Savi=
ng Time      July 1 to September 30=20
+ # Republic of China since 69 years (AD 1980)                  Stop Daylight=
 Saving Time
+=20
  # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
  Rule	Taiwan	1945	1951	-	May	1	0:00	1:00	D
  Rule	Taiwan	1945	1951	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	S
***************
*** 576,583 ****
  Rule	Taiwan	1960	1961	-	Jun	1	0:00	1:00	D
  Rule	Taiwan	1974	1975	-	Apr	1	0:00	1:00	D
  Rule	Taiwan	1974	1975	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	S
! Rule	Taiwan	1980	only	-	Jun	30	0:00	1:00	D
! Rule	Taiwan	1980	only	-	Sep	30	0:00	0	S
  # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
  Zone	Asia/Taipei	8:06:00 -	LMT	1896 # or Taibei or T'ai-pei
  			8:00	Taiwan	C%sT
--- 598,606 ----
  Rule	Taiwan	1960	1961	-	Jun	1	0:00	1:00	D
  Rule	Taiwan	1974	1975	-	Apr	1	0:00	1:00	D
  Rule	Taiwan	1974	1975	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	S
! Rule	Taiwan	1979	only	-	Jun	30	0:00	1:00	D
! Rule	Taiwan	1979	only	-	Sep	30	0:00	0	S
!=20
  # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
  Zone	Asia/Taipei	8:06:00 -	LMT	1896 # or Taibei or T'ai-pei
  			8:00	Taiwan	C%sT
diff -r -c old/southamerica new/southamerica
*** old/southamerica	Mon Apr  5 09:58:55 2010
--- new/southamerica	Wed Apr 14 08:15:38 2010
***************
*** 1,5 ****
  # 
! # @(#)southamerica	8.43
  # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
  # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
 =20
--- 1,5 ----
  # 
! # @(#)southamerica	8.44
  # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
  # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
 =20
***************
*** 437,442 ****
--- 437,463 ----
  # of the country calls it "ART".
  # ...
 =20
+ # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-04-09):
+ # According to news reports from El Diario de la Republica Province San
+ # Luis, Argentina (standard time UTC-04) will keep Daylight Saving Time
+ # after April 11, 2010--will continue to have same time as rest of
+ # Argentina (UTC-3) (no DST).
+ #
+ # Confirmaron la prórroga del huso horario de verano (Spanish)
+ # 
+ # http://www.eldiariodelarepublica.com/index.php?option=3Dcom_content&task=
=3Dview&id=3D29383&Itemid=3D9
+ # 
+ # or (some English translation):
+ # 
+ # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_argentina08.html
+ # 
+=20
+ # From Mariano Absatz (2010-04-12):
+ # yes...I can confirm this...and given that San Luis keeps calling
+ # UTC-03:00 "summer time", we should't just let San Luis go back to "Arg"
+ # rules...San Luis is still using "Western ARgentina Time" and it got
+ # stuck on Summer daylight savings time even though the summer is over.
+=20
  # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
  #
  # Buenos Aires (BA), Capital Federal (CF),
***************
*** 570,577 ****
  #
  # San Luis (SL)
 =20
! Rule	SanLuis	2008	max	-	Mar	Sun>=3D8	0:00	0	-
! Rule	SanLuis	2007	max	-	Oct	Sun>=3D8	0:00	1:00	S
 =20
  Zone America/Argentina/San_Luis -4:25:24 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
  			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
--- 591,598 ----
  #
  # San Luis (SL)
 =20
! Rule	SanLuis	2008	2009	-	Mar	Sun>=3D8	0:00	0	-
! Rule	SanLuis	2007	2009	-	Oct	Sun>=3D8	0:00	1:00	S
 =20
  Zone America/Argentina/San_Luis -4:25:24 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
  			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May

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From straen@thorsen.priv.no Fri Apr 16 15:10:04 2010
From: Steffen Thorsen 
To: tz@iana.org
Subject: Re: proposed time zone package changes (Morocco; Taipei; San Luis)
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 21:09:43 +0200
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On 14.04.2010 14:20, Arthur David Olson wrote:
> Below are proposed time zone packages; here's a summary:
>
> 	africa		Add Morocco DST in 2010.
>    
...
> + Rule	Morocco	2010	only	-	Aug	 22	 0:00	0	-
>    
It seems this line got the wrong date - the Morocco end date should be 
Aug 8 this year (according to sources mentioned earlier).

Best regards,
Steffen Thorsen - timeanddate.com

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From olsona@dc37a.nci.nih.gov Fri Apr 16 18:52:15 2010
From: "Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E]" 
To: tz@iana.org
Subject: RE: proposed time zone package changes (Morocco; Taipei; San Luis)
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 18:52:02 -0400
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I'm changing "Aug 22" to "Aug 8".

				--ado

-----Original Message-----
From: Steffen Thorsen [mailto:straen@thorsen.priv.no] 
Sent: Friday, April 16, 2010 3:10
To: tz@lecserver.nci.nih.gov
Subject: Re: proposed time zone package changes (Morocco; Taipei; San Luis)

On 14.04.2010 14:20, Arthur David Olson wrote:
> Below are proposed time zone packages; here's a summary:
>
> 	africa		Add Morocco DST in 2010.
>    
...
> + Rule	Morocco	2010	only	-	Aug	 22	 0:00	0	-
>    
It seems this line got the wrong date - the Morocco end date should be 
Aug 8 this year (according to sources mentioned earlier).

Best regards,
Steffen Thorsen - timeanddate.com



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