From 1a0e30a84b2f76663123a4555c2785b450ce06f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2022 16:58:10 -0500
Subject: [PROPOSED] Tweak expression of Palestine transition
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* asia (Palestine): Say "Sat<=30" instead of "Sat>=24".
These have equivalent effect, so this does not change the
generated data.  “Sat<=30” is a bit closer to the intended
“Saturday before the last Sunday” given by Heba Hamad.
---
 asia | 24 ++++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/asia b/asia
index 1a3d8c1..9fbeb71 100644
--- a/asia
+++ b/asia
@@ -3375,10 +3375,6 @@ Zone	Asia/Karachi	4:28:12 -	LMT	1907
 # The winter time in 2015 started on October 23 at 01:00.
 # https://wafa.ps/ar_page.aspx?id=CgpCdYa670694628582aCgpCdY
 # http://www.palestinecabinet.gov.ps/portal/meeting/details/27583
-#
-# From Paul Eggert (2019-04-10):
-# For now, guess spring-ahead transitions are at 00:00 on the Saturday
-# preceding March's last Sunday (i.e., Sat>=24).
 
 # From P Chan (2021-10-18):
 # http://wafa.ps/Pages/Details/34701
@@ -3400,11 +3396,11 @@ Zone	Asia/Karachi	4:28:12 -	LMT	1907
 # 60 minutes backwards.  Also the state of Palestine adopted the summer
 # and winter time for the years: 2023,2024,2025,2026 ...
 # https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/attachments/20220830/9f024566/Time-0001.pdf
+# (2022-08-31): ... the Saturday before the last Sunday in March and October
+# at 2:00 AM ,for the years from 2023 to 2026.
 #
-# From Paul Eggert (2022-08-30):
-# Guess they spring forward on the first Saturday on or after March 24,
-# and fall back on the first Saturday on or after October 24, as this is
-# consistent with the given transitions and with previous date practice.
+# From Paul Eggert (2022-08-31):
+# For now, assume that this rule will also be used after 2026.
 
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule EgyptAsia	1957	only	-	May	10	0:00	1:00	S
@@ -3436,16 +3432,16 @@ Rule Palestine	2013	only	-	Sep	27	0:00	0	-
 Rule Palestine	2014	only	-	Oct	24	0:00	0	-
 Rule Palestine	2015	only	-	Mar	28	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule Palestine	2015	only	-	Oct	23	1:00	0	-
-Rule Palestine	2016	2018	-	Mar	Sat>=24	1:00	1:00	S
-Rule Palestine	2016	2018	-	Oct	Sat>=24	1:00	0	-
+Rule Palestine	2016	2018	-	Mar	Sat<=30	1:00	1:00	S
+Rule Palestine	2016	2018	-	Oct	Sat<=30	1:00	0	-
 Rule Palestine	2019	only	-	Mar	29	0:00	1:00	S
-Rule Palestine	2019	only	-	Oct	Sat>=24	0:00	0	-
-Rule Palestine	2020	2021	-	Mar	Sat>=24	0:00	1:00	S
+Rule Palestine	2019	only	-	Oct	Sat<=30	0:00	0	-
+Rule Palestine	2020	2021	-	Mar	Sat<=30	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule Palestine	2020	only	-	Oct	24	1:00	0	-
 Rule Palestine	2021	only	-	Oct	29	1:00	0	-
 Rule Palestine	2022	only	-	Mar	27	0:00	1:00	S
-Rule Palestine	2022	max	-	Oct	Sat>=24	2:00	0	-
-Rule Palestine	2023	max	-	Mar	Sat>=24	2:00	1:00	S
+Rule Palestine	2022	max	-	Oct	Sat<=30	2:00	0	-
+Rule Palestine	2023	max	-	Mar	Sat<=30	2:00	1:00	S
 
 # Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Gaza	2:17:52	-	LMT	1900 Oct
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