Hi, I can't confirm the final date for time change, as you know this depends on the new moon of Ramadan appearance as per Hijiri calendar. but most properly it will be at 24 of Sep. 2006. So, if the government decided time change based on the Hijiri system then we also need to change this again on the next year, or it will be fixed time (i.e. no time change between summer and winter). For me i will generate two files one for 23 and the other for 24, i will apply the 24 file first on my system. Thank you very much for your support, Best Regards, Hassan Hammad ________________________________ From: rsevero@gmail.com [mailto:rsevero@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Rodrigo Severo Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 3:20 PM To: Hammad Hassan-WHH011 Cc: tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov Subject: Re: FW: Time zone rules change I have just tried to modify the africa file to represent the modification that will probably be necessary for Egypt as per Hammad's info (The Egyptian Gazette, 10th September): Clocks to turn back in Ramadan EGYPT will switch back to the winter time on the eve of the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, expected to start this year on September 24. The beginning of Ramadan, during which Muslims abstain from food and drinking from dawn to dusk, is determined by spotting the new moon. "Clocks will be turned back starting from the night on which Darul Ifta (the authority passing Islamic edicts) announces sighting the crescent of the month of Ramadan and the start of fasting," Magdi Radi, the Cabinet spokesman, said yester- day. --- tzdata2006k-original/africa 2006-08-21 10:55:51.000000000 -0300 +++ tzdata2006k/africa 2006-09-13 08:39: 10.000000000 -0300 @@ -211,7 +211,9 @@ # IATA (after 1990) says transitions are at 0:00. # Go with IATA starting in 1995, except correct 1995 entry from 09-30 to 09-29. Rule Egypt 1995 max - Apr lastFri 0:00s 1:00 S -Rule Egypt 1995 max - Sep lastThu 23:00s 0 - +Rule Egypt 1995 2005 - Sep lastThu 23:00s 0 - +Rule Egypt 2006 only - Sep 24 0:00s 0 - +Rule Egypt 2007 max - Sep lastThu 0:00s 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Cairo 2:05:00 - LMT 1900 Oct I believe this modification also fixes the difference between code and final comment for Egypt: the comment says transitions should be at 0:00 except for 1995 but the current code does otherwise. Hammad, could you send us some info about the final, definitive alteration? I ask this as per the info you sent, the 24th September isn't final yet. Rodrigo Severo On 9/13/06, Hammad Hassan-WHH011 <WHH011@motorola.com> wrote: Hello, Please find the attached file from the Egyptian Gazette newspapers on 10 of September 2006, Could you please give me information on how to change the rules on my system? Thank you and Regards, Hassan Hammad -----Original Message----- From: rsevero@gmail.com [mailto: rsevero@gmail.com <mailto:rsevero@gmail.com> ] On Behalf Of Rodrigo Severo Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 8:54 PM To: tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov Cc: Hammad Hassan-WHH011 Subject: Re: FW: Time zone rules change On 9/13/06, Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] <olsona@dc37a.nci.nih.gov> wrote: > > Since the rules are changed lately by Egypt government, I need to change the > predefined rules in the time zone file, Could you send us the new rules? If you could also include some link to official information (or non-official) regarding this issue, it would also be included in tz's documentation. Best regards, Rodrigo Severo -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rodrigo Severo Diretor Fábrica de Idéias SBS Quadra 2 - Bloco S - Ed. Empire Center - Sala 1.301 Brasília - DF - CEP 70070-904 Tel. (61) 3321-1357 Fax (61) 3223-1712 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------