Below are proposed time zone package changes; here's the executive summary: asia No Bangladesh DST in 2010 and forward. Gaza DST starts last Saturday in March at 12:01 a.m. in 2010 and forward. europe Kamchaatka changes to Moscow+8 on 2010-03-28. Anadyr changes to Moscow+8 on 2010-03-28. Samara changes to Moscow on 2010-03-28. zone.tab Kamchatka changes to Moscow+8. Anadyr changes to Moscow+8. Samara changes to Moscow. (Note that Kemerovo changes were made previously and that, for time zone purposes, Udmurt is included within Samara.) If no problems are found, these will appear on the ftp site on 2010-03-29. --ado diff -r -c old/asia new/asia *** old/asia Wed Mar 17 10:33:04 2010 --- new/asia Wed Mar 24 10:51:17 2010 *************** *** 1,4 **** ! # @(#)asia 8.56 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. --- 1,4 ---- ! # @(#)asia 8.58 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. *************** *** 214,255 **** # 2010 midnight. The decision came at a cabinet meeting at the Prime # Minister's Office last night..." ! # From Danvin Ruangchan (2009-12-24): ! # ...the news mentions DST will be turned off again 7 months after March ! # 31st on Oct 31, 2010. ! ! # From Arthur David Olson (2009-12-26): ! # Indeed, "The government will advance again the Banglasdesh Standard ! # Time by one one hour on March 31 next year by enforcing the Daylight ! # Saving Time (DST) for seven months. It will continue till October 31 ! # until further notice." I take that last sentence as the ! # establishment of a rule. ! ! # From Nobutomo Nakano (2010-02-19): ! # We received a report from Bangladesh saying that the start/end of ! # Bangladesh DST is incorrect. Currently we have only the Bengali version ! # of the official mail from BTRC which describes the following: ! # ! # "From 2010 each year when local standard time is about to reach ! # March 31 at 10:59:00 PM clocks are turned forward 1 hour (11:59:00 PM) ! # and when local daylight time is about to October 31 at 11:59:00 PM ! # clocks are turned backward 1 hour (10:59:00 PM)." ! # ! # So, DST will start/end 1 minute earlier. ! ! # From Arthur David Olson (2010-03-03): ! # The file ! # <a href=http://www.cabinet.gov/bd/file_upload/news_events/en_169.pdf> ! # http://www.cabinet.gov/bd/file_upload/news_events/en_169.pdf # </a> ! # is in Bengali; it does contain two "31"s as well as two "11.59"s and a "10.59" ! # which is consistent with the information provided by Nobutomo Nakano. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Dhaka 2009 only - Jun 19 23:00 1:00 S Rule Dhaka 2009 only - Dec 31 23:59 0 - - Rule Dhaka 2010 max - Mar 31 22:59 1:00 S - Rule Dhaka 2010 max - Oct 31 23:59 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Dhaka 6:01:40 - LMT 1890 --- 214,233 ---- # 2010 midnight. The decision came at a cabinet meeting at the Prime # Minister's Office last night..." ! # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-03-22): ! # According to Bangladesh newspaper "The Daily Star," ! # Cabinet cancels Daylight Saving Time ! # <a href="http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/latest_news.php?nid=22817"> ! # http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/latest_news.php?nid=22817 # </a> ! # or ! # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_bangladesh06.html"> ! # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_bangladesh06.html ! # </a> # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Dhaka 2009 only - Jun 19 23:00 1:00 S Rule Dhaka 2009 only - Dec 31 23:59 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Dhaka 6:01:40 - LMT 1890 *************** *** 2129,2134 **** --- 2107,2138 ---- # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_gazastrip02.html # </a> + # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-03-19): + # According to Voice of Palestine DST will last for 191 days, from March + # 26, 2010 till "the last Sunday before the tenth day of Tishri + # (October), each year" (October 03, 2010?) + # + # <a href="http://palvoice.org/forums/showthread.php?t=245697"> + # http://palvoice.org/forums/showthread.php?t=245697 + # </a> + # (in Arabic) + # or + # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_westbank03.html"> + # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_westbank03.html + # </a> + + # From Steffen Thorsen (2010-03-24): + # ...Ma'an News Agency reports that Hamas cabinet has decided it will + # start one day later, at 12:01am. Not sure if they really mean 12:01am or + # noon though: + # + # <a href="http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=271178"> + # http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=271178 + # </a> + # (Ma'an News Agency) + # "At 12:01am Friday, clocks in Israel and the West Bank will change to + # 1:01am, while Gaza clocks will change at 12:01am Saturday morning." + # The rules for Egypt are stolen from the `africa' file. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule EgyptAsia 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S *************** *** 2146,2152 **** Rule Palestine 2006 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 - Rule Palestine 2007 only - Sep Thu>=8 2:00 0 - Rule Palestine 2008 only - Aug lastFri 2:00 0 - ! Rule Palestine 2009 max - Mar lastFri 0:00 1:00 S Rule Palestine 2009 max - Sep Fri>=1 2:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] --- 2150,2157 ---- Rule Palestine 2006 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 - Rule Palestine 2007 only - Sep Thu>=8 2:00 0 - Rule Palestine 2008 only - Aug lastFri 2:00 0 - ! Rule Palestine 2009 only - Mar lastFri 0:00 1:00 S ! Rule Palestine 2010 max - Mar lastSat 0:01 1:00 S Rule Palestine 2009 max - Sep Fri>=1 2:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] diff -r -c old/europe new/europe *** old/europe Wed Jan 6 10:21:33 2010 --- new/europe Wed Mar 24 11:14:53 2010 *************** *** 1,5 **** # <pre> ! # @(#)europe 8.25 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. --- 1,5 ---- # <pre> ! # @(#)europe 8.26 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. *************** *** 2041,2047 **** 3:00 Russia KUY%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 2:00 Russia KUY%sT 1991 Sep 29 2:00s 3:00 - KUYT 1991 Oct 20 3:00 ! 4:00 Russia SAM%sT # Samara Time # # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25): [This region consists of] # Respublika Bashkortostan, Komi-Permyatskij avtonomnyj okrug, --- 2041,2049 ---- 3:00 Russia KUY%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 2:00 Russia KUY%sT 1991 Sep 29 2:00s 3:00 - KUYT 1991 Oct 20 3:00 ! 4:00 Russia SAM%sT 2010 Mar 28 2:00s # Samara Time ! 3:00 Russia SAM%sT ! # # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25): [This region consists of] # Respublika Bashkortostan, Komi-Permyatskij avtonomnyj okrug, *************** *** 2194,2200 **** 11:00 - PETT 1930 Jun 21 # P-K Time 12:00 Russia PET%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 11:00 Russia PET%sT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s ! 12:00 Russia PET%sT # # Chukotskij avtonomnyj okrug Zone Asia/Anadyr 11:49:56 - LMT 1924 May 2 --- 2196,2203 ---- 11:00 - PETT 1930 Jun 21 # P-K Time 12:00 Russia PET%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 11:00 Russia PET%sT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s ! 12:00 Russia PET%sT 2010 Mar 28 2:00s ! 11:00 Russia PET%sT # # Chukotskij avtonomnyj okrug Zone Asia/Anadyr 11:49:56 - LMT 1924 May 2 *************** *** 2202,2208 **** 13:00 Russia ANA%sT 1982 Apr 1 0:00s 12:00 Russia ANA%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 11:00 Russia ANA%sT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s ! 12:00 Russia ANA%sT # Serbia # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] --- 2205,2212 ---- 13:00 Russia ANA%sT 1982 Apr 1 0:00s 12:00 Russia ANA%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 11:00 Russia ANA%sT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s ! 12:00 Russia ANA%sT 2010 Mar 28 2:00s ! 11:00 Russia ANA%sT # Serbia # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] diff -r -c old/zone.tab new/zone.tab *** old/zone.tab Wed Mar 17 11:01:07 2010 --- new/zone.tab Wed Mar 24 11:14:53 2010 *************** *** 1,5 **** # <pre> ! # @(#)zone.tab 8.34 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. # --- 1,5 ---- # <pre> ! # @(#)zone.tab 8.35 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. # *************** *** 330,336 **** RU +5443+02030 Europe/Kaliningrad Moscow-01 - Kaliningrad RU +5545+03735 Europe/Moscow Moscow+00 - west Russia RU +4844+04425 Europe/Volgograd Moscow+00 - Caspian Sea ! RU +5312+05009 Europe/Samara Moscow+01 - Samara, Udmurtia RU +5651+06036 Asia/Yekaterinburg Moscow+02 - Urals RU +5500+07324 Asia/Omsk Moscow+03 - west Siberia RU +5502+08255 Asia/Novosibirsk Moscow+03 - Novosibirsk --- 330,336 ---- RU +5443+02030 Europe/Kaliningrad Moscow-01 - Kaliningrad RU +5545+03735 Europe/Moscow Moscow+00 - west Russia RU +4844+04425 Europe/Volgograd Moscow+00 - Caspian Sea ! RU +5312+05009 Europe/Samara Moscow - Samara, Udmurtia RU +5651+06036 Asia/Yekaterinburg Moscow+02 - Urals RU +5500+07324 Asia/Omsk Moscow+03 - west Siberia RU +5502+08255 Asia/Novosibirsk Moscow+03 - Novosibirsk *************** *** 341,348 **** RU +4310+13156 Asia/Vladivostok Moscow+07 - Amur River RU +4658+14242 Asia/Sakhalin Moscow+07 - Sakhalin Island RU +5934+15048 Asia/Magadan Moscow+08 - Magadan ! RU +5301+15839 Asia/Kamchatka Moscow+09 - Kamchatka ! RU +6445+17729 Asia/Anadyr Moscow+10 - Bering Sea RW -0157+03004 Africa/Kigali SA +2438+04643 Asia/Riyadh SB -0932+16012 Pacific/Guadalcanal --- 341,348 ---- RU +4310+13156 Asia/Vladivostok Moscow+07 - Amur River RU +4658+14242 Asia/Sakhalin Moscow+07 - Sakhalin Island RU +5934+15048 Asia/Magadan Moscow+08 - Magadan ! RU +5301+15839 Asia/Kamchatka Moscow+08 - Kamchatka ! RU +6445+17729 Asia/Anadyr Moscow+08 - Bering Sea RW -0157+03004 Africa/Kigali SA +2438+04643 Asia/Riyadh SB -0932+16012 Pacific/Guadalcanal