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tzdata2009f.tar.gz
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] April 13, 2009

April 13, 2009

The file... ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzdata2009f.tar.gz ...is now available; this reflects the change to the "asia" file circulated last week on the time zone mailing list to correct DST in Pakistan. --ado

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proposed time zone package change for Pakistan
by Arthur David Olson April 10, 2009

April 10, 2009

There's a proposed change to the "asia" file below to update Pakistan; if no one sees problems with it, expect it in the ftp version this coming Monday. I'll hold off on updates to Palestine and Jordan until folks have had a chance to weigh in on the question of whether to use 24:00 in the rules (which would rile up pre-1998 versions of zic). --ado ------- asia ------- *** /tmp/geta26809 Fri Apr 10 11:01:05 2009 --- /tmp/getb26809 Fri Apr 10 11:01:05 2009 *************** *** 1,4 **** ! # @(#)asia 8.29 # <pre> # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, --- 1,4 ---- ! # @(#)asia 8.30 # <pre> # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, *************** *** 1589,1599 **** --- 1589,1634 ---- # http://dailymailnews.com/200808/28/news/dmbrn03.html # </a> + # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-04-08): + # Based on previous media reports that "... proposed plan to + # advance clocks by one hour from May 1 will cause disturbance + # to the working schedules rather than bringing discipline in + # official working." + # <a href="http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=171280"> + # http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=171280 + # </a> + # + # recent news that instead of May 2009 - Pakistan plan to + # introduce DST from April 15, 2009 + # + # FYI: Associated Press Of Pakistan + # April 08, 2009 + # Cabinet okays proposal to advance clocks by one hour from April 15 + # <a href="http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=73043&I…"> + # http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=73043&I… + # </a> + # + # or + # + # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_pakistan05.html"> + # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_pakistan05.html + # </a> + # + # .... + # The Federal Cabinet on Wednesday approved the proposal to + # advance clocks in the country by one hour from April 15 to + # conserve energy" + + # From Arthur David Olson (2009-04-10): + # Assume for now that Pakistan will end DST in 2009 as it did in 2008. + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Pakistan 2002 only - Apr Sun>=2 0:01 1:00 S Rule Pakistan 2002 only - Oct Sun>=2 0:01 0 - Rule Pakistan 2008 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Pakistan 2008 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 - + Rule Pakistan 2009 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 S + Rule Pakistan 2009 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep

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Jordan definition problem
by Jesper Nørgaard April 10, 2009

April 10, 2009

There is a subtle problem in the Tzdata2009e file about Jordan: > 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. The problem is quite similar to the problem of the San Luis timezone in Argentina. The rule is this time Last Thursday in March at midnight, but has been implemented in 2009e as Last Friday in March, which is not the same. The problem occurs first in 2005, where timeanddate.com starts DST Thursday the 31.st. of March at 23:59:59, while the rules of 2009e will impose DST to start Friday the 25.th. of March 2005 at 0:00. In the tz database there are quite a lot of midnight-rules, however all have been end of DST thus it was possible to say 23:00s instead of 24:00. I wonder if there is a problem making the following definition: > ! Rule Jordan 2002 max - Mar lastThu 24:00s 1:00 S If there is, it might be necessary to hand-code the dates where Last Thursday of March is the 31.st. Regards, Jeser Nørgaard Welen

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Pakistan new DST info
by Jocelyn Brial April 10, 2009

April 10, 2009

Hello, I am taking followup from Gerhard Niklasch regarding 2 customers ( Nokia and Motorola ) requesting IDR for the new TZ in Pakistan . One of these customers informed us that the 15 April date was finally approved by Pakistan government : http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/pakistan-daylight-saving-2009.html http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009%5C04%5C09%5Cstory_9-4-20… We therefore need to provide patches for all currently supported versions of Solaris and do it soon. Please let me know if I need to open a bug and/or escalate to Sustaining ( ENG-SW-UTILITIES queue ? ) TIA Jocelyn

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Pakistan plan to introduce DST from April 15, 2009
by Alexander Krivenyshev April 8, 2009

April 8, 2009

Based on previous media reports that "... proposed plan to advance clocks by one hour from May 1 will cause disturbance to the working schedules rather than bringing discipline in official working." http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=171280 recent news that instead of May 2009 - Pakistan plan to introduce DST from April 15, 2009 FYI: Associated Press Of Pakistan April 08, 2009 Cabinet okays proposal to advance clocks by one hour from April 15 http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php? option=com_content&task=view&id=73043&Itemid=1 or http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_pakistan05.html .... “The Federal Cabinet on Wednesday approved the proposal to advance clocks in the country by one hour from April 15 to conserve energy" Alexander Krivenyshev, http://www.worldtimezone.com

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Palestine differences
by Jesper Nørgaard April 8, 2009

April 8, 2009

There seems to be some differences between the encoding of the Palestine Rule in he TZ database with Steffen Thorsens website. If Steffen is taken as authority, the following changes should be made: -Rule Palestine 2006 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 - +Rule Palestine 2006 only - Sep 22 2:00 0 - -Rule Palestine 2006 2008 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Palestine 2006 2007 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Palestine 2009 max - Mar lastFri 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Palestine 2008 max - Mar lastFri 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Palestine 2009 max - Sep lastMon 2:00 0 - +Rule Palestine 2009 max - Sep lastMon 0:00 0 - The last rule change is especially controversial, since it has not happened yet and we only have a non-authoritative web article to support this. Actually I would say the Olson guess seems more likely from my own subjective view, but we may not care yet when there is no authoritative information. Regards, Jesper Nørgaard Welen

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Korea plan to introduce Daylight Saving Time soon
by Alexander Krivenyshev April 7, 2009

April 7, 2009

Reports from media that Korea plan to introduce Daylight Saving Time soon "Korea Will Introduce Daylight Saving Time Soon", The Korea Times, Feb 16, 2009: http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2009/02/116_39684.html or http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_korea06.html Alexander Krivenyshev, http://www.WorldTimeZone.com New Jersey, USA

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dump of compiled timezone files
by Reinhard April 7, 2009

April 7, 2009

Hello, I want to compare an older version (debian sarge) of the compiled timezone database with a newer version (debian etch). So I'm looking for a utility that dumps the contents of a compiled timezone file in human readable format the can be compared by utilities like diff or tkdiff afterwards. Can I use a timezone db compiled for etch on a sarge machine? Thanks Reinhard

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tunis/tunisia timezone
by Jean-Michel Delehaye April 7, 2009

April 7, 2009

Hi, Tunis/Tunisia timezone seems to be UTC/GMT +1 hour : http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=253 Thanks

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tzcode2009e.tar.gz and tzdata2009e.tar.gz
by Arthur David Olson April 7, 2009

April 7, 2009

The files... ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/tzcode2009e.tar.gz ...and... ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/tzdata2009e.tar.gz ...are now available. These reflect the changes circulated last week on the time zone mailing list modulo the considerations circulated this weekend. A diff of the "asia" file against the previous version appears below. --ado ------- asia ------- *** /tmp/geta15479 Mon Apr 6 09:09:09 2009 --- /tmp/getb15479 Mon Apr 6 09:09:09 2009 *************** *** 1,4 **** ! # @(#)asia 8.26 # <pre> # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, --- 1,4 ---- ! # @(#)asia 8.29 # <pre> # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, *************** *** 1049,1054 **** --- 1049,1088 ---- # 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. + + # From Arthur David Olson (2009-04-06): + # We still have Jordan switching to DST on Thursdays in 2000 and 2001. + # 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 - --- 1105,1113 ---- 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 2001 - Mar lastThu 0:00s 1:00 S ! Rule Jordan 2002 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 **** --- 1730,1751 ---- # 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 --- 1759,1770 ---- 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 lastMon 2:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct

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