Could they not decide a bit earlier? All computers and mobile phones will show the wrong time for a week, as they are unlikely to be updated so quickly, even when Paul Eggert releases a patch. The required patch will be something like Rule Palestine  2016    2019    -       Oct     lastSat 1:00 0 - Rule Palestine  2019    max     -       Mar     lastFri 0:00 1:00 S Rule Palestine  2020    only    -       Oct     24      1:00 0 - Rule Palestine  2021    max     -       Oct     lastSat 1:00 0 - On 20.10.20 10:08, Sharef Mustafa wrote:

Sorry for the typo in my previous email,  the daylight saving time shall *END* in Palestine on Oct 24th 2020 at 01:00 AM

BR

On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 11:00 AM Sharef Mustafa <sharefm@gmail.com <mailto:sharefm@gmail.com>> wrote:

Hi,

As per the palestinian cabinet announcement yesterday , the day light saving shall start on Oct 24th 2020 at 01:00AM by delaying the clock by 60 minutes.

http://www.palestinecabinet.gov.ps/portal/Meeting/Details/51584

quote: " . بدء العمل بالتوقيت الشتوي في فلسطين، بتأخير عقارب الساعة 60 دقيقة إلى الوراء، اعتباراً من الساعة الواحدة من صباح يوم السبت الموافق 24/10/2020م."

This covers *Asia/Gaza* & *Asia/Hebron* time zones

Thanks

Sharef Mustafa

On 2020-10-20 08:55, Tim Parenti wrote:

On Tue, 20 Oct 2020 at 10:02, Steffen Thorsen wrote:

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On Tue, 20 Oct 2020 at 04:00, Sharef Mustafa wrote:

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As per the palestinian cabinet announcement yesterday , the day light saving shall start on Oct 24th 2020 at 01:00AM by delaying the clock by 60 minutes. http://www.palestinecabinet.gov.ps/portal/Meeting/Details/51584

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Some sources such as these say, and display on clocks, that DST ended at midnight last year, so then this rule will unfortunately not work for 2019. If these are correct about the time of the change. https://www.amad.ps/ar/post/320006

Thanks, I've installed the attached patch to the development repository, which will address this change. Since this is just over 72 hours away, we'll need yet another release soon. In https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2019-October/028533.html, when Sharef informed us of the October 2019 change, they brought up this discrepancy and said at the time "it's safe to assume 01:00 as the time to return clock by 60 minutes", which we did. Comparing how this year's decision was written, though, perhaps that was not the case. The attached patch also adjusts the timing of the 2019 change to 00:00 instead of 01:00 and fixes a since-broken link. I think we should be very wary of accepting any commentary in one online news article as definitive, especially automated translation of other languages and especially scripts, without a native interpretation of the content and confirmation of multiple sources, as we prefer official or require "boots on the ground" notice of changes.

Most people in many jusrisdictions, including journalists banging out online copy, will be unaware at what time changes are scheduled, and may express themselves colloquially using the local patois, and in Palestine, as 01.00 becomes 00.00, the time goes back to midnight, a minor distinction to some. -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada This email may be disturbing to some readers as it contains too much technical detail. Reader discretion is advised. [Data in binary units and prefixes, physical quantities in SI.]

Hi, Following the discussion on discrepancies in Palestine DST changes / announcements, kindly consider the following : - Palestinian government do not stick to certain rule regarding DST, it is a year by year desidion - DST announcements are usually few days before the actual date of change, though ..I'm not sure why - The wording of the DST announcement is not predefined or agreed upon, thus it can be vague in some cases - The cabinet website was late in many occasions to publish the official announcement in a proper time, thus we turned to local news sites, which was not reliable enough in some cases - There are efforts within the government to fix this, but bureaucracy left it behind I hope this clarifies the case...till next DST announcement "some time" in March 2021 :) Have a nice day. Sharef On Tue, Oct 20, 2020, 19:06 Brian Inglis <Brian.Inglis@systematicsw.ab.ca> wrote:

On 2020-10-20 08:55, Tim Parenti wrote:

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On Tue, 20 Oct 2020 at 10:02, Steffen Thorsen wrote:

...

On Tue, 20 Oct 2020 at 04:00, Sharef Mustafa wrote:

...

As per the palestinian cabinet announcement yesterday , the day light saving shall start on Oct 24th 2020 at 01:00AM by delaying the clock by 60 minutes. http://www.palestinecabinet.gov.ps/portal/Meeting/Details/51584

...

...

If these are correct about the time of the change. https://www.amad.ps/ar/post/320006

...

...

Some sources such as these say, and display on clocks, that DST ended at midnight last year, so then this rule will unfortunately not work for

...

Thanks, I've installed the attached patch to the development repository, which will address this change. Since this is just over 72 hours away, we'll need yet another release soon. In https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2019-October/028533.html, when Sharef informed us of the October 2019 change, they brought up this discrepancy and said at the time "it's safe to assume 01:00 as the time to return clock by 60 minutes", which we did. Comparing how this year's decision was written, though, perhaps that was not the case. The attached patch also adjusts the timing of the 2019 change to 00:00 instead of 01:00 and fixes a since-broken link. I think we should be very wary of accepting any commentary in one online news article as definitive, especially automated translation of other languages and especially scripts, without a native interpretation of the content and confirmation of multiple sources, as we prefer official or require "boots on the ground" notice of changes.

Most people in many jusrisdictions, including journalists banging out online copy, will be unaware at what time changes are scheduled, and may express themselves colloquially using the local patois, and in Palestine, as 01.00 becomes 00.00, the time goes back to midnight, a minor distinction to some.

-- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

This email may be disturbing to some readers as it contains too much technical detail. Reader discretion is advised. [Data in binary units and prefixes, physical quantities in SI.]