Thanks, here's a proposed patch to implement this, which I've pushed to the experimental version on github. I'd like to release a new version very soon, since the tz database is currently incorrect for Morocco. (I wish they'd give more notice!)
From 0def5ed0fd67bf3093a69a5659537a3a32ee1d4e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2013 21:30:30 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Morocco changed end-of-DST from September to October.
* africa (Morocco): Morocco now ends DST the last Sunday in October, not September. (Thanks to Steffen Thorsen.) * NEWS: Document the above. --- NEWS | 5 +++++ africa | 13 ++++++++++++- 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 14f75fa..5a8d8fc 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ News for the tz database Unreleased, experimental changes + Changes affecting current and near-future time stamps + + Morocco changed their rules, and now falls back the first Sunday + in October, not September. (Thanks to Steffen Thorsen.) + Changes affecting 'zic' 'zic' now runs on platforms that lack both hard links and symlinks. diff --git a/africa b/africa index 9a5d93b..d168597 100644 --- a/africa +++ b/africa @@ -858,6 +858,16 @@ Zone Indian/Mayotte 3:00:56 - LMT 1911 Jul # Mamoutzou # transitions would be 2013-07-07 and 2013-08-10; see: # http://www.maroc.ma/en/news/morocco-suspends-daylight-saving-time-july-7-aug... +# From Steffen Thorsen (2013-09-28): +# Morocco extends DST by one month, on very short notice, just 1 day +# before it was going to end. There is a new decree (2.13.781) for +# this, where DST from now on goes from last Sunday of March at 02:00 +# to last Sunday of October at 03:00, similar to EU rules. Official +# source (French): +# http://www.maroc.gov.ma/fr/actualites/lhoraire-dete-gmt1-maintenu-jusquau-27... +# Another source (specifying the time for start and end in the decree): +# http://www.lemag.ma/Heure-d-ete-au-Maroc-jusqu-au-27-octobre_a75620.html + # From Paul Eggert (2013-07-03): # To estimate what the Moroccan government will do in future years, # transition dates for 2014 through 2021 were determined by running @@ -913,11 +923,12 @@ Rule Morocco 2010 only - Aug 8 0:00 0 - Rule Morocco 2011 only - Apr 3 0:00 1:00 S Rule Morocco 2011 only - Jul 31 0 0 - Rule Morocco 2012 2019 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 S -Rule Morocco 2012 max - Sep lastSun 3:00 0 - +Rule Morocco 2012 only - Sep 30 3:00 0 - Rule Morocco 2012 only - Jul 20 3:00 0 - Rule Morocco 2012 only - Aug 20 2:00 1:00 S Rule Morocco 2013 only - Jul 7 3:00 0 - Rule Morocco 2013 only - Aug 10 2:00 1:00 S +Rule Morocco 2013 max - Oct lastSun 3:00 0 - Rule Morocco 2014 only - Jun 29 3:00 0 - Rule Morocco 2014 only - Jul 29 2:00 1:00 S Rule Morocco 2015 only - Jun 18 3:00 0 - -- 1.8.1.2