>From 39df8c8b22605f59f71213cfb92b3fd321e31d3c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2021 07:46:19 -0700 Subject: [PROPOSED] =?UTF-8?q?Jordan=20now=20starts=20DST=20on=20February?= =?UTF-8?q?=E2=80=99s=20last=20Thursday.?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit * NEWS: Mention this. * asia (Jordan): From 2022, start DST on Feb (not Mar) lastThu 24:00. --- NEWS | 3 +++ asia | 11 ++++++++++- 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 61915c9..2e243b3 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes Changes to future timestamps + Jordan now starts DST on February's last Thursday. + (Thanks to Steffen Thorsen.) + Samoa no longer observes DST. (Thanks to Geoffrey D. Bennett.) Changes to zone name diff --git a/asia b/asia index 854f2b7..793e7e3 100644 --- a/asia +++ b/asia @@ -2227,6 +2227,14 @@ Zone Asia/Tokyo 9:18:59 - LMT 1887 Dec 31 15:00u # From Paul Eggert (2013-12-11): # As Steffen suggested, consider the past 21-month experiment to be DST. +# From Steffen Thorsen (2021-09-24): +# The Jordanian Government announced yesterday that they will start DST +# in February instead of March: +# https://petra.gov.jo/Include/InnerPage.jsp?ID=37683&lang=en&name=en_news (English) +# https://petra.gov.jo/Include/InnerPage.jsp?ID=189969&lang=ar&name=news (Arabic) +# From the Arabic version, it seems to say it would be at midnight +# (assume 24:00) on the last Thursday in February, starting from 2022. + # Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Jordan 1973 only - Jun 6 0:00 1:00 S Rule Jordan 1973 1975 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - @@ -2257,8 +2265,9 @@ Rule Jordan 2004 only - Oct 15 0:00s 0 - Rule Jordan 2005 only - Sep lastFri 0:00s 0 - Rule Jordan 2006 2011 - Oct lastFri 0:00s 0 - Rule Jordan 2013 only - Dec 20 0:00 0 - -Rule Jordan 2014 max - Mar lastThu 24:00 1:00 S +Rule Jordan 2014 2021 - Mar lastThu 24:00 1:00 S Rule Jordan 2014 max - Oct lastFri 0:00s 0 - +Rule Jordan 2022 max - Feb lastThu 24:00 1:00 S # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931 2:00 Jordan EE%sT -- 2.30.2