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Saratov and Novosibirsk proposed to change their time zones
by Stepan Golosunov July 4, 2016

July 4, 2016

Hi, Search for "об исчислении времени" on http://asozd2.duma.gov.ru/main.nsf/SearchUD?OpenForm revealed 3 new bills changing time zone borders in Russia: http://asozd2.duma.gov.ru/main.nsf/(Spravka)?OpenAgent&RN=1058438-6 and http://asozd2.duma.gov.ru/main.nsf/(Spravka)?OpenAgent&RN=1083558-6 move Saratov oblast from UTC+3 to UTC+4. http://asozd2.duma.gov.ru/main.nsf/(Spravka)?OpenAgent&RN=1085784-6 moves Novosibirsk oblast from UTC+6 to UTC+7. Given that the last two bills are proposed by regional parliaments, they are likely to be approved. When is less clear. The bills currently have effective dates in July, but that can be easily changed before the second readings. And they are just received while there are only 4 weeks before the summer break in the State Duma.

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Re: [tz] Novosibirsk, +06 -> +07 on 2016-07-24
by Pupkov, Dmitry July 4, 2016

July 4, 2016

It looks like this has been officially signed by the President, and this is now a formal law. Changes will take into effect on 24th of July. http://ria.ru/society/20160704/1458396876.html Regards, Dmitry Thanks for the heads-up. Since it seems so likely this will go through, I'm attaching a proposed patch that I have installed into the experimental tz database on Github. While I'm in the neighborhood this patch also removes invented abbreviations for Asia/Novosibirsk by switching to numeric abbreviations for that location and for Asia/Novokuznetsk (which used the same invented abbreviation).

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Re: [tz] Egypt cancelled DST
by Mina Samuel July 4, 2016

July 4, 2016

It is confirmed officially about the decision, so your help appreciated as it will need time to apply this in a lot of nodes. -----Original Message----- From: Mina Samuel Sent: Monday, July 04, 2016 12:51 PM To: tz(a)iana.org; 'Paul Eggert' <eggert(a)cs.ucla.edu> Cc: Rafik Adib <rafik.adib(a)ericsson.com>; Gehan Moustafa, Vodafone Egypt (Gehan.Moustafa(a)vodafone.com) <Gehan.Moustafa(a)vodafone.com>; Shreef Khattab, Vodafone Egypt (Shreef.Khattab(a)vodafone.com) <Shreef.Khattab(a)vodafone.com>; Ramy Rasmy <ramy.rasmy(a)ericsson.com>; Yasser Elsawi, Vodafone Egypt <Yasser.Elsawi(a)vodafone.com> Subject: [tz] Egypt cancelled DST Dears, Egyptian government took the decision to cancel the DST, Can you please help to provide the updated package as to be able to apply the new/cancelled rules. https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ar&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UT… http://www.youm7.com/story/2016/7/4/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%83%D9%88%D9%85%D8…

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Egypt Time Change cancellation
by Gehan Moustafa, Vodafone Egypt July 4, 2016

July 4, 2016

Dear All, Kindly be informed that according to Egyptian government DST has been cancelled , so please provide us with the cancllation package ASAP http://bit.ly/29iF6aC Best Regards, [Vodafone]<http://www.vodafone.com.eg/> Gehan Moustafa Mediation & Revenue Assurance Supervisor Charging, Mediation & IN Vodafone Egypt Telec. SA Mobile: +20 (10) 01008710 Email: gehan.moustafa(a)vodafone.com Vodafone Egypt, Smart Village : Vodafone C3 Building, Cairo/Alex. Desert Road KM 28- 6th of October City, Egypt vodafone.com.eg <http://www.vodafone.com.eg> ************************************************************************************************************************* The content of this document is classified as Vodafone Egypt S.A.E. Confidential and Proprietary Information. The recipient hereby is committed to hold in strict confidence the contents of this (e-mail, document, information) and not to disclose to any third party without the prior written consent of Vodafone Egypt S.A.E. Recipient will be held liable for any unauthorized disclosure. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete the message in its entirety, including any attachments. http://www.vodafone.com.eg *************************************************************************************************************************

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Europe/Minsk: September 1992 transition is incorrect?
by Ed Schouten July 2, 2016

July 2, 2016

Hi there, When taking a look at 'zdump -v Europe/Minsk' with tzcode2016e/tzdata2016e running on a FreeBSD 10 system, I observe the following: Europe/Minsk Sat Sep 26 23:59:59 1992 UTC = Sun Sep 27 02:59:59 1992 EEST isdst=1 gmtoff=10800 Europe/Minsk Sun Sep 27 00:00:00 1992 UTC = Sun Sep 27 02:00:00 1992 EET isdst=0 gmtoff=7200 Now taking a look at the Zone definition of Minsk: 2:00 1:00 EEST 1992 Sep 27 0:00s 2:00 Russia EE%sT 2011 Mar 27 2:00s My question is, shouldn't this transition have taken place two hours earlier? Can anyone else reproduce this? -- Ed Schouten <ed(a)nuxi.nl> Nuxi, 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands KvK-nr.: 62051717

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Egypt to have DST again
by Steffen Thorsen July 2, 2016

July 2, 2016

Several of our users have reported on new DST plans in Egypt, which is confirmed by several sources that all say Egypt will have DST from July 7 until the end of October. Unfortunately, "end of October" is very vague, but we at timeanddate.com would assume a rule like this for it, based on their historic end dates: Rule Egypt 2016 max - Oct lastThu 23:00s 0 - We also assume it will start at the end of July 7 (midnight between Thursday and Friday). http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentP/1/204655/Egypt/Daylight-savings-ti… http://www.nileinternational.net/en/?p=25806 I found it interesting that EgyptAir seems to have assumed DST to start in April (like it previously did in 2010), and therefore this obviously causes problems with the schedules: http://www.egyptair.com/en/about-egyptair/news-and-press/Pages/CANCELLATION… Best regards, Steffen Thorsen - timeanddate.com

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No DST in Egypt anymore
by Amgad Meckawy June 29, 2016

June 29, 2016

Egyptian parliament have just agreed to Cancel the DST so clock won't change 1 hour ahead on next 7th of July. time-fixed would still the same allover the year this decision have been announced just on 28-june-2016 sources --------- http://s.youm7.com/2780068 https://rassd.com/189329.htm http://www.parlmany.com/News/7/98619/%D8%A5%D9%84%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%A1- %D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%AA- %D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%89-%D8%A8%D8%A3%D9%85%D8%B1- %D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86 http://www.masrawy.com/News/News_Egypt/details/2016/6/28/876429/%D8%B1%D8% B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D9%85%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%B3- %D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%82- %D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%A5%D9%84%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%A1- %D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%AA- %D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A#NEWS-MOSTREAD-details

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America/Indiana/Vincennes
by Matt Johnson June 23, 2016

June 23, 2016

In zone.tab, the America/Indiana/Vincennes comments were changed to "Eastern - IN (Da, Du, K, Mn)". IMHO, those abbreviations aren't distinct enough to identify specific counties in Indiana. We used to say "Daviess, Dubois, Knox & Martin". Da and Du I might be able to figure out, but K could just as well be Kosciusko County, and Mn could be Madison or Marion. Can we just return them to their names please?

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Asia/Kashgar offset
by stefan.kruzlik.ext＠geodis.com June 23, 2016

June 23, 2016

Hello, Could you please confirm the current usage of offset of +6hours for Asia/Kashgar in your TZ database is correct? Checking any available source on the internet Google (search for 'Kashgar time') Bing (search for 'Kashgar time') http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/china/kashgar https://www.localtimenow.com/china/kashgar/ All show offset of +8hours. Thanks, Stefan Kruzlik SCO IT Geobus Solution Architect Geodis IT Supply Chain Optimisation GEODIS 7-9, allées de l'Europe 92615 - CLICHY / FRANCE Tel. : + 33 (0)1 71 15 65 62 stefan.kruzlik.ext(a)geodis.com | geodis.com

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Asia/Novosibirsk switch from +06 to +07 on 2016-07-24.
by Александр June 22, 2016

June 22, 2016

> The bill for Novosibirsk is here: > http://asozd2.duma.gov.ru/main.nsf/(Spravka)?OpenAgent&RN=1085784-6 > > It has passed the first reading in the State Duma. It needs to pass a second reading, then pass the Federation Council, then be signed into law by the President. Even if this all passes, it's possible the effective date will change along the way. > http://asozd2.duma.gov.ru/main.nsf/(SpravkaNew)?OpenAgent&RN=1085784-6&02 This bill was approved in the second reading today. It moves Novosibirsk oblast from UTC+6 to UTC+7 and is supposed to come into effect on 2016-07-24 at 2:00. The bill needs to be approved in the third readings by the State Duma, approved by the Federation Council, signed by the President and published to become a law. Minor changes in the text are to be expected before the second reading (references need to be updated to account for the recent changes). --- Best regards, Alexander Golikov.

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