"David Magda" <dmagda@ee.ryerson.ca> writes:
On Thu, July 12, 2012 09:38, Ian Abbott wrote:
On 2012-07-12 11:58, Neil Masson wrote:
According to http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/clockchange.html?n=60&year=2012, DST in Morocco is being suspended between 20 July and 19 August. A customer is reporting that the suspension will be between 15 July and 26 August. I have asked for references, but so far do not have any.
FWIW, Microsoft appear to be going with the 20 July and 19 August dates and have Windows hotfixes to be installed during certain intervals to cope with the temporary suspension of DST. See:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/dst2007/archive/2012/06/20/ramadan-change-for-mor...
Non-normative weblog post from March:
http://riadzany.blogspot.com/2012/03/daylight-saving-in-morocco-2012.html
The following is based on the above information and blog post. It seems consistent with what Microsoft did for Windows[1]. [1] https://blogs.technet.com/b/dst2007/archive/2012/06/20/ramadan-change-for-mo... --- africa~ 2012-03-27 17:39:16.000000000 +0200 +++ africa 2012-07-13 09:46:30.382276596 +0200 @@ -826,6 +826,9 @@ Rule Morocco 2011 only - Apr 3 0:00 1: Rule Morocco 2011 only - Jul 31 0 0 - Rule Morocco 2012 max - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 S Rule Morocco 2012 max - Sep lastSun 3:00 0 - +# DST is suspended for the month of Ramadan +Rule Morocco 2012 only - Jul 20 3:00 0 - +Rule Morocco 2012 only - Aug 19 2:00 1:00 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Casablanca -0:30:20 - LMT 1913 Oct 26 Thanks, PM