Here is WTE output for the time 4.15 am EDT:
When it is 4.15.00 am Wednesday 15. Oct 2003 -0400 EDT in USA - District of Columbia, Washington DC (GMT-5.0) � - Daylight Saving is active then it is 11.15.00 am Wednesday 15. Oct 2003 +0300 EEST in Palestine (Gaza area), Gaza (GMT+2.0) � - Daylight Saving is active DST start : 12.00.00 am Friday 18. Apr 2003 +0200 EET DST end : 12.00.00 am Friday 17. Oct 2003 +0300 EEST
So the time was supposed to have been 11:15 am, not 10.15 am. Of course this is not a water-tight proof that the TZ database is wrong, but at least an indication that is worth investigating. Can anyone come up with more authoritative information about this?
Unfortunately, relations with the PA instititions are a bit strained at this point of time so I doubt that I would receive any response whatsoever, but you can try contacting the Director of the Bir Zeit University Computer Centre, Marwan Tarazi <mtarazi@admin.birzeit.edu> (+972-2-298-2012) to get a more authoratative answer. ___________________________________________________________________________ Ephraim Silverberg, CSE System Group, Phone number: 972-2-6585521 Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel. Fax number: 972-2-6757244 WWW: http://www.cs.huji.ac.il/~ephraim E-mail: ephraim@cse.huji.ac.il