Ephraim Silverberg reports that on January 1 the government of Israel announced changes for Israel's DST transitions for the years 1996-1998. The first change is the autumn 1996 transition. The revised rules are reflected by the patch below, which is relative to the latest published tz data. =================================================================== RCS file: RCS/asia,v retrieving revision 1995.13 retrieving revision 1995.13.1.1 diff -c -r1995.13 -r1995.13.1.1 *** asia 1995/12/21 17:18:23 1995.13 --- asia 1996/01/03 02:23:13 1995.13.1.1 *************** *** 438,444 **** #Rule Zion 1991 only - Mar 10 0:00 1:00 D #Rule Zion 1991 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 S ! # From Ephraim Silverberg (September 20, 1995): # # According to the Office of the Secretary General of the Ministry of # Interior, there is NO set rule for Daylight-Savings/Standard time changes. --- 438,444 ---- #Rule Zion 1991 only - Mar 10 0:00 1:00 D #Rule Zion 1991 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 S ! # From Ephraim Silverberg (1996-01-02): # # According to the Office of the Secretary General of the Ministry of # Interior, there is NO set rule for Daylight-Savings/Standard time changes. *************** *** 451,457 **** # time annually. Ever since 1993, the change to daylight savings time has # been from midnight Thursday night to 1 a.m. Friday morning and the change # back to standard time on Saturday night from midnight daylight savings time ! # to 11 p.m. standard time. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Zion 1989 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 D --- 451,459 ---- # time annually. Ever since 1993, the change to daylight savings time has # been from midnight Thursday night to 1 a.m. Friday morning and the change # back to standard time on Saturday night from midnight daylight savings time ! # to 11 p.m. standard time. 1996 is an exception to this rule where the ! # change back to standard time takes place on Sunday night instead of Saturday ! # night to avoid conflicts with the Jewish New Year. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Zion 1989 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 D *************** *** 481,499 **** # # ftp://ftp.huji.ac.il/pub/misc/timezones/announcements/1996-1998.ps.gz # ! # Emptor Caveat: The fall of 1996 is an election year (the change to/from ! # daylight savings time affects the earliest possible time for morning prayers ! # making it is a sensitive issue among the religious sector of the electorate) ! # so political considerations may cause the outgoing government to make the ! # change back to standard time earlier in the fall of 1996 and the incoming ! # government may nullify the 1997/1998 times altogether depending on the ! # coalition formed after the elections. Life isn't boring here in Israel. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Zion 1996 1998 - Mar Fri>=14 0:00 1:00 D ! Rule Zion 1996 only - Sep 22 0:00 0:00 S ! Rule Zion 1997 only - Nov 2 0:00 0:00 S ! Rule Zion 1998 only - Oct 25 0:00 0:00 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Tel_Aviv 2:19:04 - LMT 1880 --- 483,502 ---- # # ftp://ftp.huji.ac.il/pub/misc/timezones/announcements/1996-1998.ps.gz # ! # Emptor Caveat: The dates for the years 1996-1998 were originally announced ! # on August 31, 1995, by the previous Minister of Interior. The new Minister ! # of Interior changed the dates on January 1, 1996, to take into account the ! # desires of certain portions of Israeli society (the next election is in the ! # Fall of 1996). After this (1996) year's Daylight Savings Time is over, the ! # new minister has announced that a study will be conducted as to the wishes of ! # the populace regarding the length of Daylight Savings Time and the Interior ! # Committee will meet to review the results of the study and make any necessary ! # changes to the 1997-1998 dates. Never a dull moment in the State of Israel. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Zion 1996 1998 - Mar Fri>=14 0:00 1:00 D ! Rule Zion 1996 only - Sep 16 0:00 0:00 S ! Rule Zion 1997 1998 - Oct Sun>=14 0:00 0:00 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Tel_Aviv 2:19:04 - LMT 1880