According to Infomédiaire web site from Morocco (infomediaire.ma), on March 9, 2012, (in French) Heure légale : Le Maroc adopte officiellement l'heure d'été http://www.infomediaire.ma/news/maroc/heure-l%C3%A9gale-le-maroc-adopte- officiellement-lheure-d%C3%A9t%C3%A9 Governing Council adopted draft decree, that Morocco DST starts on the last Sunday of March (March 25, 2012) and ends on last Sunday of September (September 30, 2012) except the month of Ramadan. or (brief) http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco06.html Alexander Krivenyshev- WorldTimeZone.com http://www.worldtimezone.com
According to Infomédiaire web site from Morocco (infomediaire.ma), on March 9, 2012, (in French) Heure légale: Le Maroc adopte officiellement l'heure d'été
http://www.infomediaire.ma/news/maroc/heure-l%C3%A9gale-le-maroc-adopte-offi...
Governing Council adopted draft decree, that Morocco DST starts on the last Sunday of March (March 25, 2012) and ends on last Sunday of September (September 30, 2012) except the month of Ramadan. or (brief) http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco06.html
Several things to check here: 1. The infomediarie.ma reference indicates that the change happens "chaque année"; this means it is a matter of policy for every year going forward rather than for just this year, yes? 2. The infomediarie.ma reference specifies a "fall back" time of 03H00, but no time of day is specified for the spring forward--is that time of day expected to be 2:00 a.m.? 3. For the "no DST during the month of Ramadan" exception, is it known whether a. clocks will be adjusted on the first day of Ramadan, the day before the first day, the Sunday before the first day of Ramadan, or the Sunday on or before the first day of Ramadan? b. clocks will be adjusted on the day after Ramadan or the first Sunday after Ramadan? c. the time of day when the Ramadan adjustments are made? Thanks for any light folks can shed. --ado
The infomedia text:
L'heure légale au Maroc sera avancée, chaque année, de 60 minutes entre le dernier dimanche de mars et le dernier dimanche de septembre, à l'exception du mois du ramadan, selon un projet de décret adopté, hier, par le Conseil de gouvernement. Le retour à l'heure légale s'effectuera à 03H00 du dernier dimanche de septembre. L’objectif principal de cette mesure est de réduire la facture énergétique et de maintenir le même décalage horaire avec les partenaires économiques internationaux.
My rough translation: Following the adoption of a law yesterday by the government, legal time in Maroc will be advanced, every year, by 60 minutes between the last Sunday of March and the last Sunday of September, except during the month of Ramadan. The fallback will occur at 3h00 on the last Sunday of September. The principal reason for this change is to reduce the cost of energy and to maintain a constant offset with the international economic partners. So yes, it seems that this is a policy for all future years. The other questions cannot be answered from this announcement. Eric.
Eric Muller <emuller <at> adobe.com> writes:
The infomedia text:
L'heure légale au Maroc sera avancée, chaque année, de 60 minutes entre le dernier dimanche de mars et le dernier dimanche de septembre, à l'exception du mois du ramadan, selon un projet de décret adopté, hier, par le Conseil de gouvernement. Le retour à l'heure légale s'effectuera à 03H00 du dernier dimanche de septembre. L’objectif principal de cette mesure est de réduire la facture énergétique et de maintenir le même décalage horaire avec les partenaires économiques internationaux.
My rough translation:
Following the adoption of a law yesterday by the government, legal time in Maroc will be advanced, every year, by 60 minutes between the last Sunday of March and the last Sunday of September, except during the month of Ramadan. The fallback will occur at 3h00 on the last Sunday of September. The principal reason for this change is to reduce the cost of energy and to maintain a constant offset with the international economic partners.
So yes, it seems that this is a policy for all future years. The other questions cannot be answered from this announcement.
Eric.
Not much information yet. However the decree listed as project #20: Projet de decret n. 2-12-126 portant modification de L'heure légale (Draft decree n. 2-12-126 Amendment Legal time) under official gov web site: http://www.sgg.gov.ma/crcg_080312_Fr.pdf?cle=35 Alexander Krivenyshev- WorldTimeZone.com http://www.worldtimezone.com
On 3/9/2012 1:54 PM, Alexander Krivenyshev wrote:
However the decree listed as project #20: Projet de decret n. 2-12-126 portant modification de L'heure légale
(Draft decree n. 2-12-126 Amendment Legal time)
under official gov web site: http://www.sgg.gov.ma/crcg_080312_Fr.pdf?cle=35
20. Projet de décret n 2-12-126 portant modification de l'heure légale Approuvé sous réserve de tenir compte des observations soulevées very rough translation: Project of law 2-12-126 on changes to legal time Approved under the condition that the comments raised be taken into account. So even finding the text of the project (which I could not find) would not give all the details. Eric.
Thanks to both Alexander and Eric for the additional information. With the DST start date coming up shortly, it may be best to encode what's relatively well-known at this point and release it; the Ramadan exceptions can be added later once details are known. --ado
On Fri, Mar 9, 2012, at 21:54, Alexander Krivenyshev wrote:
Eric Muller <emuller <at> adobe.com> writes:
The infomedia text:
L'heure légale au Maroc sera avancée, chaque année, de 60 minutes entre le dernier dimanche de mars et le dernier dimanche de septembre, à l'exception du mois du ramadan, selon un projet de décret adopté, hier, par le Conseil de gouvernement. Le retour à l'heure légale s'effectuera à 03H00 du dernier dimanche de septembre. L’objectif principal de cette mesure est de réduire la facture énergétique et de maintenir le même décalage horaire avec les partenaires économiques internationaux.
So yes, it seems that this is a policy for all future years. The other questions cannot be answered from this announcement.
absolutly. "à l'exception du mois du ramadan" maybe means than TZ change will be done 1 month before or after or maybe never ^^ it is unclear for me as a native FR speaker so for you.... --- Sébastien WILLEMIJNS
Arthur David Olson <arthurdavidolson <at> gmail.com> writes:
According to Infomédiaire web site from Morocco (infomediaire.ma), on March
9,> 2012, (in French) Heure légale: Le Maroc adopte officiellement l'heure d'été> http://www.infomediaire.ma/news/maroc/heure-l%C3%A9gale-le-maroc-adopte- officiellement-lheure-d%C3%A9t%C3%A9
Governing Council adopted draft decree, that Morocco DST starts on > the last Sunday of March (March 25, 2012) and ends on> last Sunday of September (September 30, 2012)> except the month of Ramadan. or (brief)> http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco06.htmlSeveral things to check here:1. The infomediarie.ma reference indicates that the change happens "chaque année"; this means it is a matter of policy for every year going forward rather than for just this year, yes?2. The infomediarie.ma reference specifies a "fall back" time of 03H00, but no time of day is specified for the spring forward--is that time of day expected to be 2:00 a.m.?3. For the "no DST during the month of Ramadan" exception, is it known whether a. clocks will be adjusted on the first day of Ramadan, the day before the first day, the Sunday before the first day of Ramadan, or the Sunday on or before the first day of Ramadan? b. clocks will be adjusted on the day after Ramadan or the first Sunday after Ramadan? c. the time of day when the Ramadan adjustments are made?Thanks for any light folks can shed. --ado
1. Yes, every year DST starts at last Sunday of March and ends at last Sunday of September. 2. According to pic from Marrakesh web site: http://www.emarrakech.info/Le-Maroc-adopte-definitivement-le-passage-annuel-... heure-d-ete_a60367.html spring forward expected to be 2:00 a.m ... however have to wait for official docs. Alexander Krivenyshev- WorldTimeZone.com http://www.worldtimezone.com
I've attached proposed changes to "africa" for Morocco's DST change; for convenience they also appear below (with tab characters mangled by Gmail). More work is needed as noted; these changes are to get us through the transition at the end of this month. --ado *** 8.33/africa 2012-03-10 09:02:05.351276500 -0500 --- 8.34/africa 2012-03-10 09:02:13.342294400 -0500 *************** *** 1,5 **** # <pre> ! # @(#)africa 8.33 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. --- 1,5 ---- # <pre> ! # @(#)africa 8.34 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. *************** *** 768,773 **** --- 768,796 ---- # wall clock time (i.e. 11pm UTC), but that's what I would assume. It has # also been like that in the past. + # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2012-03-09): + # According to Infomédiaire web site from Morocco (infomediaire.ma ), + # on March 9, 2012, (in French) Heure légale: + # Le Maroc adopte officiellement l'heure d'été + # <a href=" http://www.infomediaire.ma/news/maroc/heure-l%C3%A9gale-le-maroc-adopte-offi... "> + # http://www.infomediaire.ma/news/maroc/heure-l%C3%A9gale-le-maroc-adopte-offi... + # </a> + # Governing Council adopted draft decree, that Morocco DST starts on + # the last Sunday of March (March 25, 2012) and ends on + # last Sunday of September (September 30, 2012) + # except the month of Ramadan. + # or (brief) + # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco06.html"> + # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco06.html + # </a> + + # From Arthur David Olson (2012-03-10): + # The infomediaire.ma source indicates that the system is to be in + # effect every year. It gives 03H00 as the "fall back" time of day; + # it lacks a "spring forward" time of day; assume 2:00 XXX. + # Wait on specifying the Ramadan exception for details about + # start date, start time of day, end date, and end time of day XXX. + # RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Morocco 1939 only - Sep 12 0:00 1:00 S *************** *** 793,798 **** --- 816,824 ---- Rule Morocco 2010 only - Aug 8 0:00 0 - Rule Morocco 2011 only - Apr 3 0:00 1:00 S Rule Morocco 2011 only - Jul 31 0 0 - + Rule Morocco 2012 max - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 S + Rule Morocco 2012 max - Sep lastSun 3:00 0 - + # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Casablanca -0:30:20 - LMT 1913 Oct 26 0:00 Morocco WE%sT 1984 Mar 16
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Sebastien WILLEMIJNS