After I wrote a note in comp.risks about Solaris 2.2 time zone bugs, I got a message from Yitschak Goldberg <yits@eandm.co.il> that the latest Olson tables weren't right either. After asking around, Ephraim Silverberg kindly sent me his latest info; I enclose his note at the end of this message. So I propose the following patch to the `asia' file. ----- start of patch ----- =================================================================== RCS file: asia,v retrieving revision 7.4 retrieving revision 7.4.1.1 diff -c -r7.4 -r7.4.1.1 *** asia 1993/06/18 03:34:10 7.4 --- asia 1993/09/05 09:58:16 7.4.1.1 *************** *** 89,315 **** # year; as information, regarding exact times and dates during this period, # is not readily available at the present time, the rules commence starting # with the year 1989. - # - # From 1989 onwards the rules are as follows: - # - # 1. Daylight Savings Time commences midnight of the first Saturday night - # following the seven-day festival of Pesach (Passover). The transition - # is from midnight Israel Standard Time to 1 a.m. Israel Daylight Savings - # time. As the Pesach festival is dependent on the Lunar calendar (the - # first day is always on the 15th day of the month of Nisan), the rule - # changes every year on the Gregorian calendar. - # - # 2. Standard Time is reinstated on the Saturday night whereupon Jews - # following the Ashkenazi (European) rite begin to recite the Selichot - # (forgiveness) prayers prior to the Jewish Lunar New Year. The transition - # is from midnight Israel Daylight Savings time to 11 p.m. Israel Standard - # Time. The law (according to the Ashkenazi custom) concerning the - # commencement of the Selichot prayers is described in chapter 128, section - # 5 of the "Code of Jewish Law," by Rabbi Shlomo Ganzfried (translated by - # Hyman E. Goldin): - # - # Beginning with the Sunday [**] before Rosh Hashanah [***], - # we rise early for the service of Selichot (supplications for - # forgiveness). If Rosh Hashanah occurs on Monday or Tuesday, we - # begin saying the Selichot from the Sunday of the preceding week. - # - # This, too, varies from year to year on the Gregorian calendar and, thus, - # two explicit timezone rules are required for each Gregorian year. - # - # [**] actually Saturday night as the Jewish day commences at nightfall. - # [***] the Jewish Lunar New Year. ! # From Paul Eggert (June 16, 1993). Ed Reingold and I converted the above ! # rules into the following Emacs lisp code. It requires GNU Emacs 19.13 ! # or later. If you run the code, the Zion rules will be inserted into ! # your Emacs buffer. Reference: ``Calendrical Calculations'' by Nachum ! # Dershowitz and Edward M. Reingold, Software--Practice and Experience, ! # Volume 20, Number 9 (September, 1990), pages 899-928. # ! # (calendar-for-loop ! # year from 1989 to 2037 do ! # (let ((dst-starts ! # (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute ! # (calendar-dayname-on-or-before ! # 0 ! # (calendar-absolute-from-hebrew ! # (list 1 28 (+ year 3760)))))) ! # (dst-ends ! # (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute ! # (calendar-dayname-on-or-before ! # 0 ! # (- (calendar-absolute-from-hebrew (list 7 1 (+ year 3761))) 3))))) ! # (insert (format "Rule\tZion\t%d\tonly\t-\t%3s\t%2d\t0:00\t1:00\tD\n" ! # year ! # (substring ! # (calendar-month-name (extract-calendar-month dst-starts)) ! # 0 3) ! # (extract-calendar-day dst-starts))) ! # (insert (format "Rule\tZion\t%d\tonly\t-\t%3s\t%2d\t0:00\t0:00\tS\n" ! # year ! # (substring ! # (calendar-month-name (extract-calendar-month dst-ends)) ! # 0 3) ! # (extract-calendar-day dst-ends))))) # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Zion 1989 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 D ! Rule Zion 1989 only - Sep 24 0:00 0:00 S ! Rule Zion 1990 only - Apr 22 0:00 1:00 D ! Rule Zion 1990 only - Sep 16 0:00 0:00 S ! Rule Zion 1991 only - Apr 7 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1991 only - Sep 1 0:00 0:00 S ! Rule Zion 1992 only - Apr 26 0:00 1:00 D ! Rule Zion 1992 only - Sep 20 0:00 0:00 S ! Rule Zion 1993 only - Apr 18 0:00 1:00 D ! Rule Zion 1993 only - Sep 12 0:00 0:00 S ! Rule Zion 1994 only - Apr 3 0:00 1:00 D ! Rule Zion 1994 only - Aug 28 0:00 0:00 S ! Rule Zion 1995 only - Apr 23 0:00 1:00 D ! Rule Zion 1995 only - Sep 17 0:00 0:00 S ! Rule Zion 1996 only - Apr 14 0:00 1:00 D ! Rule Zion 1996 only - Sep 8 0:00 0:00 S ! Rule Zion 1997 only - May 4 0:00 1:00 D ! Rule Zion 1997 only - Sep 28 0:00 0:00 S ! Rule Zion 1998 only - Apr 19 0:00 1:00 D ! Rule Zion 1998 only - Sep 13 0:00 0:00 S ! Rule Zion 1999 only - Apr 11 0:00 1:00 D ! Rule Zion 1999 only - Sep 5 0:00 0:00 S ! Rule Zion 2000 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 D ! Rule Zion 2000 only - Sep 24 0:00 0:00 S ! Rule Zion 2001 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 D ! Rule Zion 2001 only - Sep 9 0:00 0:00 S ! Rule Zion 2002 only - Apr 7 0:00 1:00 D ! Rule Zion 2002 only - Sep 1 0:00 0:00 S ! Rule Zion 2003 only - Apr 27 0:00 1:00 D ! Rule Zion 2003 only - Sep 21 0:00 0:00 S ! Rule Zion 2004 only - Apr 18 0:00 1:00 D ! Rule Zion 2004 only - Sep 12 0:00 0:00 S ! Rule Zion 2005 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D ! Rule Zion 2005 only - Sep 25 0:00 0:00 S ! Rule Zion 2006 only - Apr 23 0:00 1:00 D ! Rule Zion 2006 only - Sep 17 0:00 0:00 S ! Rule Zion 2007 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 D ! Rule Zion 2007 only - Sep 9 0:00 0:00 S ! Rule Zion 2008 only - Apr 27 0:00 1:00 D ! Rule Zion 2008 only - Sep 21 0:00 0:00 S ! Rule Zion 2009 only - Apr 19 0:00 1:00 D ! Rule Zion 2009 only - Sep 13 0:00 0:00 S ! Rule Zion 2010 only - Apr 11 0:00 1:00 D ! Rule Zion 2010 only - Sep 5 0:00 0:00 S ! Rule Zion 2011 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D ! Rule Zion 2011 only - Sep 25 0:00 0:00 S ! Rule Zion 2012 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 D ! Rule Zion 2012 only - Sep 9 0:00 0:00 S ! Rule Zion 2013 only - Apr 7 0:00 1:00 D ! Rule Zion 2013 only - Sep 1 0:00 0:00 S ! Rule Zion 2014 only - Apr 27 0:00 1:00 D ! Rule Zion 2014 only - Sep 21 0:00 0:00 S ! Rule Zion 2015 only - Apr 12 0:00 1:00 D ! Rule Zion 2015 only - Sep 6 0:00 0:00 S ! Rule Zion 2016 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D ! Rule Zion 2016 only - Sep 25 0:00 0:00 S ! Rule Zion 2017 only - Apr 23 0:00 1:00 D ! Rule Zion 2017 only - Sep 17 0:00 0:00 S ! Rule Zion 2018 only - Apr 8 0:00 1:00 D ! Rule Zion 2018 only - Sep 2 0:00 0:00 S ! Rule Zion 2019 only - Apr 28 0:00 1:00 D ! Rule Zion 2019 only - Sep 22 0:00 0:00 S ! Rule Zion 2020 only - Apr 19 0:00 1:00 D ! Rule Zion 2020 only - Sep 13 0:00 0:00 S ! Rule Zion 2021 only - Apr 4 0:00 1:00 D ! Rule Zion 2021 only - Aug 29 0:00 0:00 S ! Rule Zion 2022 only - Apr 24 0:00 1:00 D ! Rule Zion 2022 only - Sep 18 0:00 0:00 S ! Rule Zion 2023 only - Apr 16 0:00 1:00 D ! Rule Zion 2023 only - Sep 10 0:00 0:00 S ! Rule Zion 2024 only - May 5 0:00 1:00 D ! Rule Zion 2024 only - Sep 29 0:00 0:00 S ! Rule Zion 2025 only - Apr 20 0:00 1:00 D ! Rule Zion 2025 only - Sep 14 0:00 0:00 S ! Rule Zion 2026 only - Apr 12 0:00 1:00 D ! Rule Zion 2026 only - Sep 6 0:00 0:00 S ! Rule Zion 2027 only - May 2 0:00 1:00 D ! Rule Zion 2027 only - Sep 26 0:00 0:00 S ! Rule Zion 2028 only - Apr 23 0:00 1:00 D ! Rule Zion 2028 only - Sep 17 0:00 0:00 S ! Rule Zion 2029 only - Apr 8 0:00 1:00 D ! Rule Zion 2029 only - Sep 2 0:00 0:00 S ! Rule Zion 2030 only - Apr 28 0:00 1:00 D ! Rule Zion 2030 only - Sep 22 0:00 0:00 S ! Rule Zion 2031 only - Apr 20 0:00 1:00 D ! Rule Zion 2031 only - Sep 14 0:00 0:00 S ! Rule Zion 2032 only - Apr 4 0:00 1:00 D ! Rule Zion 2032 only - Aug 29 0:00 0:00 S ! Rule Zion 2033 only - Apr 24 0:00 1:00 D ! Rule Zion 2033 only - Sep 18 0:00 0:00 S ! Rule Zion 2034 only - Apr 16 0:00 1:00 D ! Rule Zion 2034 only - Sep 10 0:00 0:00 S ! Rule Zion 2035 only - May 6 0:00 1:00 D ! Rule Zion 2035 only - Sep 30 0:00 0:00 S ! Rule Zion 2036 only - Apr 20 0:00 1:00 D ! Rule Zion 2036 only - Sep 14 0:00 0:00 S ! Rule Zion 2037 only - Apr 12 0:00 1:00 D ! Rule Zion 2037 only - Sep 6 0:00 0:00 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES/SAVE FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Israel 2:00 Zion I%sT - - # The following is a chart of the day of the week and Gregorian date of - # the first day of Pesach and the first day of Rosh Hashanah for the years - # 1989 through 2009 inclusive. - # - # First Day of Passover - # --------------------- - # Gregorian Year Day of Week Month Day - # -------------- ----------- ----- --- - # 1989 Thursday April 20 - # 1990 Tuesday April 10 - # 1991 Saturday March 30 - # 1992 Saturday April 18 - # 1993 Tuesday April 6 - # 1994 Sunday March 27 - # 1995 Saturday April 15 - # 1996 Thursday April 4 - # 1997 Tuesday April 22 - # 1998 Saturday April 11 - # 1999 Thursday April 1 - # 2000 Thursday April 20 - # 2001 Sunday April 8 - # 2002 Thursday March 28 - # 2003 Thursday April 17 - # 2004 Tuesday April 6 - # 2005 Sunday April 24 - # 2006 Thursday April 13 - # 2007 Tuesday April 3 - # 2008 Sunday April 20 - # 2009 Thursday April 9 - # - # First Day of Rosh Hashanah - # -------------------------- - # Gregorian Year Day of Week Month Day - # -------------- ----------- ----- --- - # 1989 Saturday September 30 - # 1990 Thursday September 20 - # 1991 Monday September 9 - # 1992 Monday September 28 - # 1993 Thursday September 16 - # 1994 Tuesday September 6 - # 1995 Monday September 25 - # 1996 Saturday September 14 - # 1997 Thursday October 2 - # 1998 Monday September 21 - # 1999 Saturday September 11 - # 2000 Saturday September 30 - # 2001 Tuesday September 18 - # 2002 Saturday September 7 - # 2003 Saturday September 27 - # 2004 Thursday September 16 - # 2005 Tuesday October 4 - # 2006 Saturday September 23 - # 2007 Thursday September 13 - # 2008 Tuesday September 30 - # 2009 Saturday September 19 ############################################################################### --- 89,132 ---- # year; as information, regarding exact times and dates during this period, # is not readily available at the present time, the rules commence starting # with the year 1989. ! # From Ephraim Silverberg (September 5, 1993): # ! # According to the Office of the Secretary General of the Ministry of ! # Interior, there is NO set rule for Daylight-Savings/Standard time changes. ! # Each year they decide anew what havoc to wreak on the country. However, ! # there is a "supposed" set of rules which is subject to change depending ! # on the party the Minister of Interior, the size of the coalition ! # government, the phase of the moon and the direction of the wind. Hence, ! # changes may need to be made on a semi-annual basis. One thing is entrenched ! # in law, however: that there must be at least 150 days on daylight savings ! # time annually. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Zion 1989 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 D ! Rule Zion 1989 only - Sep 3 0:00 0:00 S ! Rule Zion 1990 only - Mar 25 0:00 1:00 D ! Rule Zion 1990 only - Aug 26 0:00 0:00 S ! Rule Zion 1991 only - Mar 24 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1991 only - Sep 1 0:00 0:00 S ! Rule Zion 1992 only - Mar 29 0:00 1:00 D ! Rule Zion 1992 only - Sep 6 0:00 0:00 S ! Rule Zion 1993 only - Apr 2 0:00 1:00 D ! Rule Zion 1993 only - Sep 5 0:00 0:00 S + # The dates for 1994-1995 were obtained from Office of the Spokeswoman for + # the Ministry of Interior, Jerusalem. There are no dates yet for 1996 and + # beyond so your guess is as good as theirs (those who are interested can + # call 972-2-701411 and ask for the spokeswoman). + + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S + Rule Zion 1994 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D + Rule Zion 1994 only - Aug 28 0:00 0:00 S + Rule Zion 1995 only - Mar 31 0:00 1:00 D + Rule Zion 1995 only - Aug 27 0:00 0:00 S + # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES/SAVE FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Israel 2:00 Zion I%sT ############################################################################### ----- end of patch ----- From: Ephraim Silverberg <ephraim@CS.HUJI.AC.IL> Subject: Re: bugs in entries for Israeli time zones? To: eggert@twinsun.com (Paul Eggert) Date: Sun, 5 Sep 93 11:12:02 EET In-Reply-To: <9309022041.AA15967@spot.twinsun.com>; from "Paul Eggert" at Sep 2, 93 1:40 pm

The latest version of Arthur David Olson's time zone package claims that Israel switches from summer time to winter time on September 12. But Yitschak Goldberg <yits@eandm.co.il> writes that it really switches on Sept. 5 this year. Here is the current entry. Could you tell me what sort of corrections are needed? I'd like to forward the fixes to Olson (and also to Richard Stallman, the Emacs author).

I'm interested in both the historical dates that the time zones changed, and in the current rules (even if they are likely to change soon). Please don't feel that you need to make detailed corrections to all this glop! I just need to know what the current rules are and what the actual transitions were between 1989 and now. Thanks for any help you can provide.

Hi. Appended is the ZIC file with the most current information. Ephraim -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Zone Information Compiler (ZIC) File for the State of Israel (1989-2009) # According to the Office of the Secretary General of the Ministry of # Interior, there is NO set rule for Daylight-Savings/Standard time changes. # Each year they decide anew what havoc to wreak on the country. However, # there is a "supposed" set of rules which is subject to change depending # on the party the Minister of Interior, the size of the coalition # government, the phase of the moon and the direction of the wind. Hence, # changes may need to be made on a semi-annual basis. One thing is entrenched # in law, however: that there must be at least 150 days on daylight savings # time annually. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Zion 1989 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1989 only - Sep 3 0:00 0:00 S Rule Zion 1990 only - Mar 25 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1990 only - Aug 26 0:00 0:00 S Rule Zion 1991 only - Mar 24 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1991 only - Sep 1 0:00 0:00 S Rule Zion 1992 only - Mar 29 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1992 only - Sep 6 0:00 0:00 S Rule Zion 1993 only - Apr 2 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1993 only - Sep 5 0:00 0:00 S # The dates for 1994-1995 were obtained from Office of the Spokeswoman for # the Ministry of Interior, Jerusalem. There are no dates yet for 1996 and # beyond so your guess is as good as theirs (those who are interested can # call 972-2-701411 and ask for the spokeswoman). # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Zion 1994 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1994 only - Aug 28 0:00 0:00 S Rule Zion 1995 only - Mar 31 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1995 only - Aug 27 0:00 0:00 S # These rules are probably wrong, but they are close approximations (usually # withing two weeks): # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Zion 1996 only - Apr 14 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1996 only - Sep 8 0:00 0:00 S Rule Zion 1997 only - May 4 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1997 only - Sep 28 0:00 0:00 S Rule Zion 1998 only - Apr 19 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1998 only - Sep 13 0:00 0:00 S Rule Zion 1999 only - Apr 11 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1999 only - Sep 5 0:00 0:00 S Rule Zion 2000 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 2000 only - Sep 24 0:00 0:00 S Rule Zion 2001 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 2001 only - Sep 9 0:00 0:00 S Rule Zion 2002 only - Apr 7 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 2002 only - Sep 1 0:00 0:00 S Rule Zion 2003 only - Apr 27 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 2003 only - Sep 21 0:00 0:00 S Rule Zion 2004 only - Apr 18 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 2004 only - Sep 12 0:00 0:00 S Rule Zion 2005 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 2005 only - Sep 25 0:00 0:00 S Rule Zion 2006 only - Apr 23 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 2006 only - Sep 17 0:00 0:00 S Rule Zion 2007 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 2007 only - Sep 9 0:00 0:00 S Rule Zion 2008 only - Apr 27 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 2008 only - Sep 21 0:00 0:00 S Rule Zion 2009 only - Apr 19 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 2009 only - Sep 13 0:00 0:00 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Israel 2:00 Zion I%sT