Due to the current Corona Lockdown of the State of Israel that is expected to get more strict, the government is considering delaying the start of DST that was supposed to start this Friday morning: https://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Litzman-Health-Ministry-considering-post... No final decision has been taken though so, meanwhile, the original switchover time is still in effect. I will try to update if and when changes take place.
“We are going to legislate emergency regulations to delay switching to daylight saving time until May 1,” he said, adding that his office was coordinating with the Justice Ministry to draft and approve the measure. Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit gave his approval to the measure. The move was first announced earlier Sunday evening by Health Minister Yaakov Litzman in an interview with Channel 12 news. https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-set-to-delay-daylight-saving-time-to-en... I do not see something official yet but perhaps someone local can find it.
On Mar 22, 2020, at 4:08 PM, Ephraim Silverberg <ephraim@cs.huji.ac.il> wrote:
Due to the current Corona Lockdown of the State of Israel that is expected to get more strict, the government is considering delaying the start of DST that was supposed to start this Friday morning: https://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Litzman-Health-Ministry-considering-post...
No final decision has been taken though so, meanwhile, the original switchover time is still in effect. I will try to update if and when changes take place.
Thanks to both of you for the heads-up. Proposed patch attached. Presumably we'll need a new tzdb release shortly. I would like official confirmation first.
The government decided _not_ to delay the start of DST and it will begin on Friday morning as scheduled: https://www.jpost.com/HEALTH-SCIENCE/Coronavirus-Netanyahu-considers-upping-... Hence, _no_ patch is necessary. Thanks to all for your efforts. On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 1:10 AM Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> wrote:
Thanks to both of you for the heads-up. Proposed patch attached. Presumably we'll need a new tzdb release shortly. I would like official confirmation first.
Perhaps someone could give them feedback on why that was a good move, and how long it would take Apple, Google, IBM, MS, Oracle, Samsung, various Unix distros and vendors to issue updates and make them effective (hint: not by Friday!) On 2020-03-23 05:08, Ephraim Silverberg wrote:
The government decided _not_ to delay the start of DST and it will begin on Friday morning as scheduled: https://www.jpost.com/HEALTH-SCIENCE/Coronavirus-Netanyahu-considers-upping-...
Hence, _no_ patch is necessary. Thanks to all for your efforts.
On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 1:10 AM Paul Eggert wrote: Thanks to both of you for the heads-up. Proposed patch attached. Presumably we'll need a new tzdb release shortly. I would like official confirmation first.
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Perhaps someone could give them feedback on why that was a good move, and how long it would take Apple, Google, IBM, MS, Oracle, Samsung, various Unix distros and vendors to issue updates...
Per Jerusalem Post coverage, the Digital Authority is hip to a problem; I don't know if they're fully aware of desirable lead time. "It was determined based on the advice of the Israel Digital Authority that the date of transition between the winter and summer clocks is structurally defined in the operating systems of servers, computers, communications equipment[,] and cellular phones. The authority said that to change such a system would take longer than the time available." @dashdashado
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