On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, I wrote:
Attached are the context diffs of the 'asia' file of tzdata2000a.tar.gz
I forgot to update the leading comment -- here are the correct context diffs. -----------------------------------CUT-HERE------------------------------------ *** asia.orig Tue Jan 18 16:21:18 2000 --- asia Thu Feb 17 15:16:11 2000 *************** *** 1,4 **** ! # @(#)asia 7.51 # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, # go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to --- 1,4 ---- ! # @(#)asia 7.52 # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, # go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to *************** *** 540,546 **** # conflicts with the Jewish New Year. Starting in 1999, the change to # daylight savings time will still be on a Friday morning but from # 2 a.m. IST to 3 a.m. IDT; furthermore, the change back to standard time ! # will now also be on a Friday morning from 2 a.m. IDT to 1 a.m. IST. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Zion 1989 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 D --- 540,550 ---- # conflicts with the Jewish New Year. Starting in 1999, the change to # daylight savings time will still be on a Friday morning but from # 2 a.m. IST to 3 a.m. IDT; furthermore, the change back to standard time ! # will now also be on a Friday morning from 2 a.m. IDT to 1 a.m. IST for ! # 1999 only. In the years from 2000 to 2002, the change back will be from ! # 2 a.m. IDT to 1 a.m. IST the morning after the Jewish festival of ! # Shmini Atzeret (i.e. the morning of the 23rd of Tishrei in the lunar ! # Hebrew calendar). # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Zion 1989 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 D *************** *** 588,605 **** Rule Zion 1999 only - Apr 2 2:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1999 only - Sep 3 2:00 0 S ! # Due to imminent elections in 1999, there are no dates for the year 2000 ! # and beyond. There was a move to legislate the DST rules in Israel, but ! # due to the government's fall, it most likely won't be brought to the Knesset ! # for first reading before the elections and will probably be altered by the ! # newly elected government. # From Paul Eggert (1999-01-30): ! # Here are guesses for rules after 1999. # They are probably wrong, but they are more likely than no DST at all. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S ! Rule Zion 2000 max - Apr Fri>=1 2:00 1:00 D ! Rule Zion 2000 max - Sep Fri>=1 2:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Jerusalem 2:20:56 - LMT 1880 --- 592,620 ---- Rule Zion 1999 only - Apr 2 2:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1999 only - Sep 3 2:00 0 S ! # Minister of Interior, Natan Sharansky, has announced the dates for ! # the years 2000-2002. However, sources inside the ministry have noted ! # that the end date of 2000 and both dates of 2001-2002 should be regarded ! # as tentative pending final approval. ! # ! # The official announcement for the years 2000-2001 can be viewed at: ! # ! # ftp://ftp.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/2000-2002.ps.gz ! ! # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S ! Rule Zion 2000 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 D ! Rule Zion 2000 only - Oct 22 2:00 0 S ! Rule Zion 2001 only - Apr 6 2:00 1:00 D ! Rule Zion 2001 only - Oct 10 2:00 0 S ! Rule Zion 2002 only - Mar 29 2:00 1:00 D ! Rule Zion 2002 only - Sep 29 2:00 0 S # From Paul Eggert (1999-01-30): ! # Here are guesses for rules after 2002. # They are probably wrong, but they are more likely than no DST at all. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S ! Rule Zion 2003 max - Mar Fri>=25 2:00 1:00 D ! Rule Zion 2003 max - Sep Fri>=24 2:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Jerusalem 2:20:56 - LMT 1880 ----------------------------------UNTIL-HERE----------------------------------- ___________________________________________________________________________ Ephraim Silverberg, CSE System Group, Phone number: 972-2-6585521 Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel. Fax number: 972-2-6585439 WWW: http://www.cs.huji.ac.il/~ephraim E-mail: ephraim@cse.huji.ac.il