>From b7adcf175ccead5827da62b2e37ee8e916778140 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2020 16:07:25 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Israel starts 2020 DST on 05-01, not 03-27 (Thanks to Ephraim Silverberg and Andrew Paprocki.) * NEWS: Mention this. * asia (Zion): Delay 2020 DST start to 05-01. --- NEWS | 6 ++++++ asia | 15 ++++++++++++++- 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 2bb1050..367d517 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -3,12 +3,18 @@ News for the tz database Unreleased, experimental changes Briefly: + Israel starts 2020 DST on 05-01, not 03-27. Canada's Yukon advances to -07 year-round from 2020-03-08. America/Nuuk renamed from America/Godthab. zic now supports expiration dates for leap second lists. Changes to future timestamps + As a measure to encourage physical distancing during the COVID-19 + pandemic, Israel delayed the start of 2020 DST from 03-27 to 05-01. + (Thanks to Ephraim Silverberg and Andrew Paprocki.) For now, assume + this is a one-time change that affects no other transitions. + Canada's Yukon, represented by America/Whitehorse and America/Dawson, advances to -07 year-round, beginning with its spring-forward transition on 2020-03-08, and will not fall back on diff --git a/asia b/asia index 11a1726..a17f4f8 100644 --- a/asia +++ b/asia @@ -1812,9 +1812,22 @@ Rule Zion 2012 only - Sep 23 2:00 0 S # in March. DST ends at 02:00 on the last Sunday of October. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule Zion 2013 max - Mar Fri>=23 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 2013 2019 - Mar Fri>=23 2:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 2013 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S +# From Ephraim Silverberg (2020-03-22): +# https://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Litzman-Health-Ministry-considering-postponing-daylight-savings-621922 +# From Andrew Paprocki (2020-03-22), quoting Interior Minister Aryeh Deri: +# "We are going to legislate emergency regulations to delay switching +# to daylight saving time until May 1."... +# https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-set-to-delay-daylight-saving-time-to-encourage-social-distancing/ +# From Paul Eggert (2020-03-22): +# Assume DST start will be May 1 at 02:00 this year, with no other changes. + +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule Zion 2020 only - May 1 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 2021 max - Mar Fri>=23 2:00 1:00 D + # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Jerusalem 2:20:54 - LMT 1880 2:20:40 - JMT 1918 # Jerusalem Mean Time? -- 2.17.1