Thanks for the heads-up. Here's a patch, pushed to github. I'll try to generate a new official release soon.
From baea52df7ac9c4b53857556f7ee822e93d4eee0a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 08:02:57 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Africa/Tripoli: switch to EET sans DST as of 02:00 today
(Thanks to Even Scharning for the heads-up.) * africa (Libya): DST rules are for 2013 only. (Africa/Tripoli): Switch to EET without DST as of 02:00 today. * NEWS: Document this. --- NEWS | 3 +++ africa | 15 ++++++++++++--- 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index f0b74e9..d174443 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes Changes affecting current and future time stamps: + Libya has switched its time zone back to UTC+2 without DST, + instead of UTC+1 with DST. (Thanks to Even Scharning.) + Western Sahara (Africa/El_Aaiun) uses Morocco's DST rules. (Thanks to Gwillim Law.) diff --git a/africa b/africa index 6641d4d..029e5c2 100644 --- a/africa +++ b/africa @@ -451,6 +451,14 @@ Zone Africa/Monrovia -0:43:08 - LMT 1882 # (either two days before them or five days after them, so as to fall on # lastFri instead of lastSun). +# From Even Scharning (2013-10-25): +# The scheduled end of DST in Libya on Friday, October 25, 2013 was +# cancelled yesterday.... +# http://www.libyaherald.com/2013/10/24/correction-no-time-change-tomorrow/ +# +# From Paul Eggert (2013-10-25): +# For now, assume they're reverting to the pre-2012 rules of permanent UTC+2. + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Libya 1951 only - Oct 14 2:00 1:00 S Rule Libya 1952 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - @@ -467,8 +475,8 @@ Rule Libya 1987 1989 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Libya 1987 1989 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - Rule Libya 1997 only - Apr 4 0:00 1:00 S Rule Libya 1997 only - Oct 4 0:00 0 - -Rule Libya 2013 max - Mar lastFri 1:00 1:00 S -Rule Libya 2013 max - Oct lastFri 2:00 0 - +Rule Libya 2013 only - Mar lastFri 1:00 1:00 S +Rule Libya 2013 only - Oct lastFri 2:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Tripoli 0:52:44 - LMT 1920 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1959 @@ -479,7 +487,8 @@ Zone Africa/Tripoli 0:52:44 - LMT 1920 2:00 - EET 1996 Sep 30 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1997 Oct 4 2:00 - EET 2012 Nov 10 2:00 - 1:00 Libya CE%sT + 1:00 Libya CE%sT 2013 Oct 25 2:00 + 2:00 - EET # Madagascar # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -- 1.8.3.2