From 59aa97e8e9e3744a06cb004946a104824a5234c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2022 17:17:05 -0700 Subject: [PROPOSED] Syria to switch from +02/+03 with DST to plain +03 * NEWS: Mention this. * asia (Syria, Asia/Damascus): Go to year-round +03, effective when the fallback would have occurred. (Thanks to Steffen Thorsen.) --- NEWS | 9 +++++++++ asia | 18 +++++++++++++----- 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index c7f3a897..b3dfc940 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -2,6 +2,15 @@ News for the tz database Unreleased, experimental changes + Briefly: + Syria is switching from +02/+03 with DST to year-round +03. + + Changes to future timestamps + + Syria is abandoning the DST regime and is changing to permanent + +03, so it will not fall back from +03 to +02 on 2022-10-28. + (Thanks to Steffen Thorsen.) + Changes to past timestamps On 1922-01-01 Tijuana adopted standard time at 00:00, not 01:00. diff --git a/asia b/asia index e0daae0c..23366df6 100644 --- a/asia +++ b/asia @@ -3815,19 +3815,27 @@ Rule Syria 2007 only - Nov Fri>=1 0:00 0 - # Our brief summary: # https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/syria-dst-2012.html -# From Arthur David Olson (2012-03-27): -# Assume last Friday in March going forward XXX. +# From Steffen Thorsen (2022-10-05): +# Syria is adopting year-round DST, starting this autumn.... +# From https://www.enabbaladi.net/archives/607812 +# "This [the decision] came after the weekly government meeting today, +# Tuesday 4 October ..." +# +# From Paul Eggert (2022-10-05): +# Model this as a transition from EEST +03 (DST) to plain +03 +# (non-DST) at the point where DST would otherwise have ended. Rule Syria 2008 only - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Syria 2008 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 - Rule Syria 2009 only - Mar lastFri 0:00 1:00 S Rule Syria 2010 2011 - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Syria 2012 max - Mar lastFri 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Syria 2009 max - Oct lastFri 0:00 0 - +Rule Syria 2012 2022 - Mar lastFri 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Syria 2009 2022 - Oct lastFri 0:00 0 - # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Damascus 2:25:12 - LMT 1920 # Dimashq - 2:00 Syria EE%sT + 2:00 Syria EE%sT 2022 Oct 28 0:00 + 3:00 - +03 # Tajikistan # From Shanks & Pottenger. -- 2.34.1