Hi. Some updates on the Iran DST cancellation plans for next Iranian year: Official IR News Agency announcement: irna.ir/xjJ3TT Iran Parliament (Majles) official announcement : shorturl.at/fhtIR Highlights: DST will be cancelled for the next Iranian year 1402 (i.e 2023-March-21) and forthcoming years. Backgrounds: Iranian Parliament (Majles) had rectified a law to cancel DST for the current Iranian year 1401 (starting 2022-3-21) just one week before the new Iranian year. The government subsequently objected that such a rapid change of plans in a short period would be hard to implement and would harm financial, banking, telecommunication and other sectors. Due to this objection, the Iranian Guardian Council had returned the mentioned ratification to Majles to resolve this ambiguity. This was reviewed today in Majles with presence of Guardian Council representative. It is finally decided that this law should take effect from next year to allow the government to update their infrastructure. Best regards, Ali On 12/26/1400 AP 12:57 AM, Ali Mirjamali wrote:
Sorry for the confusion. Iranian year starts at March equinox (i.e. 1st Farvardin or 20th March). Daylight saving used to start at midnight 1st Farvadin. Till September equinox (i.e. 30th Shahrivar which is usually 22nd September). For six months.
For further reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_Hijri_calendar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time_in_Iran
Best regards, Ali
On 12/26/1400 AP 12:42 AM, Tim Parenti wrote:
On Wed, 16 Mar 2022 at 16:14, Ali Mirjamali via tz <tz@iana.org <mailto:tz@iana.org>> wrote:
The chances are high. Majlis (parliament) ratification should be further rectified by "Guardian Council" to become actual law and take effect. Guardian Council has 10 days to approve or reject it. If they approve it with delay (which is very probable), it will be enforceable from next year.
This is in Persian but online translation should clarify it
https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news/1400/12/24/2682848/%D9%85%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%...
<https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news/1400/12/24/2682848/%D9%85%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%...>
If my (Google-assisted) translation is right, I'm reading in the second-to-last paragraph something like:
"If, for any reason, the implementation of this plan by the 1st of Farvardin, 1401 [2022-03-21] does not occur, the plan will be implemented from the 31st of Shahrīvar of the next year."
Due to poor translation quality, it's not immediately clear to me whether that means "next year", as in the Persian year which is about to start in a few days (1401), or *the* next year after the one already mentioned (i.e., 1402). Depending on the meaning, permanent +0330 could take effect from 31 Shahrīvar 1401 (2022-09-22) or from 31 Shahrīvar 1402 (2023-09-22) if it's unable to come into force this week. Could you clarify your understanding from the original Persian as to the most correct interpretation of the delay provision here?
-- Tim Parenti