>From aa9427b9c47ad819fea673254e23e86cba9ab4bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2015 08:43:21 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Palestine delays DST by a day this spring * asia (Palestine), NEWS: Palestine will start DST on March 28, not March 27. Also, correct the fall 2014 transition from September 26 to October 24. Adjust future predictions accordingly. (Thanks to Steffen Thorsen.) --- NEWS | 6 ++++++ asia | 26 +++++++++++++++++--------- 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 6313065..0db60c8 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -2,6 +2,12 @@ News for the tz database Unreleased, experimental changes + Changes affecting future time stamps + + Palestine will start DST on March 28, not March 27. Also, + correct the fall 2014 transition from September 26 to October 24. + Adjust future predictions accordingly. (Thanks to Steffen Thorsen.) + Changes affecting past time stamps The 1982 zone shift in Pacific/Easter has been corrected, fixing a 2015a diff --git a/asia b/asia index 8f33b16..39dfa34 100644 --- a/asia +++ b/asia @@ -2342,13 +2342,19 @@ Zone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907 # official source...: # http://www.palestinecabinet.gov.ps/ar/Views/ViewDetails.aspx?pid=1252 -# From Paul Eggert (2013-09-24): -# For future dates, guess the last Thursday in March at 24:00 through -# the first Friday on or after September 21 at 00:00. This is consistent with -# the predictions in today's editions of the following URLs, -# which are for Gaza and Hebron respectively: -# http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/timezone.html?n=702 -# http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/timezone.html?n=2364 +# From Steffen Thorsen (2015-03-03): +# Sources such as http://www.alquds.com/news/article/view/id/548257 +# and http://www.raya.ps/ar/news/890705.html say Palestine areas will +# start DST on 2015-03-28 00:00 which is one day later than expected. +# +# From Paul Eggert (2015-03-03): +# http://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/west-bank/ramallah?year=2014 +# says that the fall 2014 transition was Oct 23 at 24:00. +# For future dates, guess the last Friday in March at 00:00 through +# the first Friday on or after October 21 at 00:00. This is consistent with +# the predictions in today's editions of the following URLs: +# http://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/gaza-strip/gaza +# http://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/west-bank/hebron # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule EgyptAsia 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S @@ -2374,9 +2380,11 @@ Rule Palestine 2011 only - Apr 1 0:01 1:00 S Rule Palestine 2011 only - Aug 1 0:00 0 - Rule Palestine 2011 only - Aug 30 0:00 1:00 S Rule Palestine 2011 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 - -Rule Palestine 2012 max - Mar lastThu 24:00 1:00 S +Rule Palestine 2012 2014 - Mar lastThu 24:00 1:00 S Rule Palestine 2012 only - Sep 21 1:00 0 - -Rule Palestine 2013 max - Sep Fri>=21 0:00 0 - +Rule Palestine 2013 only - Sep Fri>=21 0:00 0 - +Rule Palestine 2014 max - Oct Fri>=21 0:00 0 - +Rule Palestine 2015 max - Mar lastFri 24:00 1:00 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct -- 2.1.0