>From 13cdd643d625627125a0ddfe7bb6c7f084e9f293 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2016 09:08:37 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Palestine's spring-forward transition is at 01:00, not 00:00 (Thanks to Hannah Kreitem.) * NEWS: Document this. * asia (Asia/Gaza, Asia/Hebron): Change spring transitions to March's last Saturday at 01:00, starting in 2016. --- NEWS | 4 ++++ asia | 13 ++++++++++++- 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 9b1da12..ec7c371 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes the new zones use numeric time zone abbreviations like "+04" instead of invented abbreviations like "ASTT". + Palestine's spring-forward transition on 2016-03-26 is at 01:00, not 00:00. + (Thanks to Hannah Kreitem.) Guess future transitions will be March's last + Saturday at 01:00, not Harch's last Friday at 24:00. + Changes affecting past time stamps Europe/Chisinau observed DST during 1990, and switched from +04 to diff --git a/asia b/asia index a59d653..c851266 100644 --- a/asia +++ b/asia @@ -2396,6 +2396,16 @@ Zone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907 # http://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/gaza-strip/gaza # http://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/west-bank/hebron +# From Hannah Kreitem (2016-03-09): +# http://www.palestinecabinet.gov.ps/WebSite/ar/ViewDetails?ID=31728 +# [Google translation]: "The Council also decided to start daylight +# saving in Palestine as of one o'clock on Saturday morning, +# 2016-03-26, to provide the clock 60 minutes ahead." +# +# From Paul Eggert (2016-03-12): +# Predict spring transitions on March's last Saturday at 01:00 from now on. +# Leave fall predictions alone for now. + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule EgyptAsia 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S Rule EgyptAsia 1957 1958 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - @@ -2424,7 +2434,8 @@ Rule Palestine 2012 2014 - Mar lastThu 24:00 1:00 S Rule Palestine 2012 only - Sep 21 1:00 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 +Rule Palestine 2015 only - Mar lastFri 24:00 1:00 S +Rule Palestine 2016 max - Mar lastSat 1:00 1:00 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct -- 2.5.0