>From db6b741026eace55a939a13a32a7b6eca9897c10 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2018 11:37:50 -0700 Subject: [PROPOSED] Palestine springs forward a week earlier this year * NEWS: Mention this. * asia (Palestine): Change spring transition from the last to the fourth Saturday in March. (Thanks to Sharef Mustafa.) --- NEWS | 7 +++++++ asia | 15 +++++++++++---- 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index fdb85ca..ea20daf 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -3,9 +3,16 @@ News for the tz database Unreleased, experimental changes Briefly: + + Palestine starts DST a week earlier in 2018. Add support for vanguard and rearguard data consumers. Add subsecond precision to source data format, though not to data. + Changes to future time stamps + + In 2018, Palestine starts DST on March 24, not March 31. + Adjust future predictions accordingly. (Thanks to Sharef Mustafa.) + Changes to past and future time stamps Casey Station in Antarctica changed from +11 to +08 on 2018-03-11 diff --git a/asia b/asia index 48718fe..998a7d4 100644 --- a/asia +++ b/asia @@ -2639,9 +2639,6 @@ Zone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907 # [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. # From Sharef Mustafa (2016-10-19): # [T]he Palestinian cabinet decision (Mar 8th 2016) published on @@ -2658,6 +2655,16 @@ Zone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907 # https://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/gaza-strip/gaza # https://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/west-bank/hebron +# From Sharef Mustafa (2018-03-16): +# Palestine summer time will start on Mar 24th 2018 by advancing the +# clock by 60 minutes as per Palestinian cabinet decision published on +# the offical website, though the decree did not specify the exact +# time of the time shift. +# http://www.palestinecabinet.gov.ps/Website/AR/NDecrees/ViewFile.ashx?ID=e7a42ab7-ee23-435a-b9c8-a4f7e81f3817 +# +# From Paul Eggert (2018-03-16): +# For 2016 on, predict spring transitions on March's fourth Saturday at 01:00. + # 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 - @@ -2687,7 +2694,7 @@ Rule Palestine 2012 only - Sep 21 1:00 0 - Rule Palestine 2013 only - Sep Fri>=21 0:00 0 - Rule Palestine 2014 2015 - Oct Fri>=21 0:00 0 - Rule Palestine 2015 only - Mar lastFri 24:00 1:00 S -Rule Palestine 2016 max - Mar lastSat 1:00 1:00 S +Rule Palestine 2016 max - Mar Sat>=22 1:00 1:00 S Rule Palestine 2016 max - Oct lastSat 1:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -- 2.14.3