>From 9986591d2e1024a675fa5e4c4f8ac21f7920625f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2019 13:44:50 -0700 Subject: [PROPOSED] =?UTF-8?q?Palestine=E2=80=99s=202019-03-30=20transitio?= =?UTF-8?q?n=20is=20at=2000:00?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit At least that���s our guess, given the decree (thanks to Sharef Mustafa). * NEWS, asia (Palestine): Do this. --- NEWS | 12 ++++++++++++ asia | 18 +++++++++++++----- 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 1be1e01..4e181bc 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,5 +1,17 @@ News for the tz database +Unreleased, experimental changes + + Briefly: + Palestine's 2019-03-30 transition is at 00:00, not 01:00. + + Changes to future timestamps + + Palestine's 2019-03-30 spring-forward transition is at 00:00, not 01:00. + At least that's our guess, since the decree says 2019-03-29 with no time, + and news reports say 2019-03-30 at midnight. (Thanks to Sharef Mustafa.) + + Release 2019a - 2019-03-25 22:01:33 -0700 Briefly: diff --git a/asia b/asia index d790da5..3777933 100644 --- a/asia +++ b/asia @@ -3093,11 +3093,18 @@ Zone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907 # From Even Scharning (2019-03-23): # DST in Palestine will start on 30 March this year, not 23 March as the time # zone database predicted. -# https://ramallah.news/post/123610 +# http://pnn.ps/news/401130 +# http://palweather.ps/ar/node/50136.html # -# From Tim Parenti (2019-03-23): -# Combining this with the rules observed since 2016, adjust our spring -# transition guess to Mar Sat>=24. +# From Sharif Mustafa (2019-03-26): +# The Palestinian cabinet announced today that the switch to DST will +# be on Fri Mar 29th 2019 by advancing the clock by 60 minutes. +# The decree signing date is Mar 12th but it was not published till today. +# The decree does not specify the exact time of switch. +# http://palestinecabinet.gov.ps/Website/AR/NDecrees/ViewFile.ashx?ID=e54e9ea1-50ee-4137-84df-0d6c78da259b +# +# From Paul Eggert (2019-03-26): +# For now, guess spring-ahead transitions are March's last Friday at 24:00. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule EgyptAsia 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S @@ -3128,8 +3135,9 @@ Rule Palestine 2012 only - Sep 21 1:00 0 - Rule Palestine 2013 only - Sep Fri>=21 0:00 0 - Rule Palestine 2014 2015 - Oct Fri>=21 0:00 0 - Rule Palestine 2015 only - Mar lastFri 24:00 1:00 S -Rule Palestine 2016 max - Mar Sat>=24 1:00 1:00 S +Rule Palestine 2016 2018 - Mar Sat>=24 1:00 1:00 S Rule Palestine 2016 max - Oct lastSat 1:00 0 - +Rule Palestine 2019 max - Mar lastFri 24:00 1:00 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct -- 2.20.1