From d3306708aa1e4fc9634a6b1936016f55983a2159 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2014 21:37:29 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Israel DST transitions were off by a day in 1988. (Thanks to Avigdor Finkelstein.) * asia (Zion): Add 1 to the 1988 transition dates. * NEWS: Document this. --- NEWS | 5 ++++- asia | 9 +++++++-- 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 004c210..62d2a9b 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -8,11 +8,14 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes Turkey begins DST on 2014-03-31, not 03-30. (Thanks to Faruk Pasin for the heads-up, and to Tim Parenti for simplifying the update.) - Changes affecting recent time stamps + Changes affecting past time stamps Fiji ended DST on 2014-01-19 at 02:00, not the previously-scheduled 03:00. (Thanks to Steffen Thorsen.) + In 1988 Israel observed DST from 04-10 to 09-04, not 04-09 to 09-03. + (Thanks to Avigdor Finkelstein.) + Changes affecting code A uninitialized-storage bug in 'localtime' has been fixed. diff --git a/asia b/asia index 2867e64..3bd7e7d 100644 --- a/asia +++ b/asia @@ -1090,8 +1090,13 @@ Rule Zion 1986 only - May 18 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1986 only - Sep 7 0:00 0 S Rule Zion 1987 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1987 only - Sep 13 0:00 0 S -Rule Zion 1988 only - Apr 9 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Zion 1988 only - Sep 3 0:00 0 S + +# From Avigdor Finkelstein (2014-03-05): +# I check the Parliament (Knesset) records and there it's stated that the +# [1988] transition should take place on Saturday night, when the Sabbath +# ends and changes to Sunday. +Rule Zion 1988 only - Apr 10 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 1988 only - Sep 4 0:00 0 S # From Ephraim Silverberg # (1997-03-04, 1998-03-16, 1998-12-28, 2000-01-17, 2000-07-25, 2004-12-22, -- 1.8.3.2