It may not be midnight. Some Middle Eastern countries have the next day starting at sunset. ++PLS ________________________________ From: tz-request@elsie.nci.nih.gov [mailto:tz-request@elsie.nci.nih.gov] On Behalf Of Jesper Norgaard Welen Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 6:37 PM To: tz@lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: RE: Time zone rules change Am I missing something obvious here? It seems to me that the article says that Ramadan presumably will start the 24.th. of September 2006, and on the eve of that day, they will switch back to winter time. The rule change should therefore be Sep 25 0:00 or perhaps Sep 24 23:00s (which is the same). All this of course if we assume that the switch will happen at midnight as usual. Regards, - Jesper -----Original Message----- From: rsevero@gmail.com [mailto:rsevero@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Rodrigo Severo Sent: Jueves, 14 de Septiembre de 2006 4:19 To: Hammad Hassan-WHH011 Cc: tz@lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: Re: FW: Time zone rules change I have just tried to modify the africa file to represent the modification that will probably be necessary for Egypt as per Hammad's info (The Egyptian Gazette, 10th September): Clocks to turn back in Ramadan EGYPT will switch back to the winter time on the eve of the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, expected to start this year on September 24. The beginning of Ramadan, during which Muslims abstain from food and drinking from dawn to dusk, is determined by spotting the new moon. "Clocks will be turned back starting from the night on which Darul Ifta (the authority passing Islamic edicts) announces sighting the crescent of the month of Ramadan and the start of fasting," Magdi Radi, the Cabinet spokesman, said yester- day. --- tzdata2006k-original/africa 2006-08-21 10:55:51.000000000 -0300 +++ tzdata2006k/africa 2006-09-13 08:39: 10.000000000 -0300 @@ -211,7 +211,9 @@ # IATA (after 1990) says transitions are at 0:00. # Go with IATA starting in 1995, except correct 1995 entry from 09-30 to 09-29. Rule Egypt 1995 max - Apr lastFri 0:00s 1:00 S -Rule Egypt 1995 max - Sep lastThu 23:00s 0 - +Rule Egypt 1995 2005 - Sep lastThu 23:00s 0 - +Rule Egypt 2006 only - Sep 24 0:00s 0 - +Rule Egypt 2007 max - Sep lastThu 0:00s 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Cairo 2:05:00 - LMT 1900 Oct I believe this modification also fixes the difference between code and final comment for Egypt: the comment says transitions should be at 0:00 except for 1995 but the current code does otherwise. Hammad, could you send us some info about the final, definitive alteration? I ask this as per the info you sent, the 24th September isn't final yet. Rodrigo Severo On 9/13/06, Hammad Hassan-WHH011 <WHH011@motorola.com> wrote: Hello, Please find the attached file from the Egyptian Gazette newspapers on 10 of September 2006, Could you please give me information on how to change the rules on my system? Thank you and Regards, Hassan Hammad -----Original Message----- From: rsevero@gmail.com [mailto: rsevero@gmail.com <mailto:rsevero@gmail.com> ] On Behalf Of Rodrigo Severo Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 8:54 PM To: tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov Cc: Hammad Hassan-WHH011 Subject: Re: FW: Time zone rules change On 9/13/06, Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] <olsona@dc37a.nci.nih.gov> wrote: > > Since the rules are changed lately by Egypt government, I need to change the > predefined rules in the time zone file, Could you send us the new rules? If you could also include some link to official information (or non-official) regarding this issue, it would also be included in tz's documentation. Best regards, Rodrigo Severo -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rodrigo Severo Diretor Fábrica de Idéias SBS Quadra 2 - Bloco S - Ed. Empire Center - Sala 1.301 Brasília - DF - CEP 70070-904 Tel. (61) 3321-1357 Fax (61) 3223-1712 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------