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 # Cyprus
-#
+
 # Milne says the Eastern Telegraph Company used 2:14:00.  Stick with LMT.
-#
+# IATA SSIM (1998-09) has Cyprus using EU rules for the first time.
+
+# From Paul Eggert (2016-09-09):
+# Yesterday's Cyprus Mail reports that Northern Cyprus followed Turkey's
+# lead and switched from +02/+03 to +03 year-round.
+# http://cyprus-mail.com/2016/09/08/two-time-zones-cyprus-turkey-will-not-turn-clocks-back-next-month/
+#
+# From Even Scharning (2016-10-31):
+# Looks like the time zone split in Cyprus went through last night.
+# http://cyprus-mail.com/2016/10/30/cyprus-new-division-two-time-zones-now-reality/
+
 # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
 Rule    Cyprus  1975    only    -       Apr     13      0:00    1:00    S
 Rule    Cyprus  1975    only    -       Oct     12      0:00    0       -
 Rule    Cyprus  1976    only    -       May     15      0:00    1:00    S
 Rule    Cyprus  1976    only    -       Oct     11      0:00    0       -

@@ -809,11 +819,14 @@
 Rule    Cyprus  1981    1998    -       Mar     lastSun 0:00    1:00    S
 # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
 Zone    Asia/Nicosia    2:13:28 -       LMT     1921 Nov 14
                         2:00    Cyprus  EE%sT   1998 Sep
                         2:00    EUAsia  EE%sT
-# IATA SSIM (1998-09) has Cyprus using EU rules for the first time.
+Zone    Asia/Famagusta  2:15:48 -       LMT     1921 Nov 14
+                        2:00    Cyprus  EE%sT   1998 Sep
+                        2:00    EUAsia  EE%sT   2016 Sep  8
+                        3:00    -       +03
 
 # Classically, Cyprus belongs to Asia; e.g. see Herodotus, Histories, I.72.
 # However, for various reasons many users expect to find it under Europe.
 Link    Asia/Nicosia    Europe/Nicosia
 

@@ -2565,25 +2578,34 @@
 # start DST on 2015-03-28 00:00 which is one day later than expected.
 #
 # From Paul Eggert (2015-03-03):
 # http://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/west-bank/ramallah?year=2014
 # says that the fall 2014 transition was Oct 23 at 24:00.
-# For future dates, guess the last Friday in March at 24:00 through
-# the first Friday on or after October 21 at 00:00.  This is consistent with
-# the predictions in today's editions of the following URLs:
-# http://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/gaza-strip/gaza
-# http://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/west-bank/hebron
 
 # From Hannah Kreitem (2016-03-09):
 # http://www.palestinecabinet.gov.ps/WebSite/ar/ViewDetails?ID=31728
 # [Google translation]: "The Council also decided to start daylight
 # saving in Palestine as of one o'clock on Saturday morning,
 # 2016-03-26, to provide the clock 60 minutes ahead."
 #
 # From Paul Eggert (2016-03-12):
 # Predict spring transitions on March's last Saturday at 01:00 from now on.
-# Leave fall predictions alone for now.
+
+# From Sharef Mustafa (2016-10-19):
+# [T]he Palestinian cabinet decision (Mar 8th 2016) published on
+# http://www.palestinecabinet.gov.ps/WebSite/Upload/Decree/GOV_17/16032016134830.pdf
+# states that summer time will end on Oct 29th at 01:00.
+#
+# From Tim Parenti (2016-10-19):
+# Predict fall transitions on October's last Saturday at 01:00 from now on.
+# This is consistent with the 2016 transition as well as our spring
+# predictions.
+#
+# From Paul Eggert (2016-10-19):
+# It's also consistent with predictions in the following URLs today:
+# http://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/gaza-strip/gaza
+# http://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/west-bank/hebron
 
 # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
 Rule EgyptAsia  1957    only    -       May     10      0:00    1:00    S
 Rule EgyptAsia  1957    1958    -       Oct      1      0:00    0       -
 Rule EgyptAsia  1958    only    -       May      1      0:00    1:00    S

@@ -2608,13 +2630,14 @@
 Rule Palestine  2011    only    -       Aug     30      0:00    1:00    S
 Rule Palestine  2011    only    -       Sep     30      0:00    0       -
 Rule Palestine  2012    2014    -       Mar     lastThu 24:00   1:00    S
 Rule Palestine  2012    only    -       Sep     21      1:00    0       -
 Rule Palestine  2013    only    -       Sep     Fri>=21 0:00    0       -
-Rule Palestine  2014    max     -       Oct     Fri>=21 0:00    0       -
+Rule Palestine  2014    2015    -       Oct     Fri>=21 0:00    0       -
 Rule Palestine  2015    only    -       Mar     lastFri 24:00   1:00    S
 Rule Palestine  2016    max     -       Mar     lastSat 1:00    1:00    S
+Rule Palestine  2016    max     -       Oct     lastSat 1:00    0       -
 
 # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
 Zone    Asia/Gaza       2:17:52 -       LMT     1900 Oct
                         2:00    Zion    EET     1948 May 15
                         2:00 EgyptAsia  EE%sT   1967 Jun  5

@@ -2760,49 +2783,35 @@
 # Time (GMT), in line with neighbor India.
 # From Paul Eggert (2006-04-18):
 # People who live in regions under Tamil control can use [TZ='Asia/Kolkata'],
 # as that zone has agreed with the Tamil areas since our cutoff date of 1970.
 
-# From K Sethu (2006-04-25):
-# I think the abbreviation LKT originated from the world of computers at
-# the time of or subsequent to the time zone changes by SL Government
-# twice in 1996 and probably SL Government or its standardization
-# agencies never declared an abbreviation as a national standard.
-#
-# I recollect before the recent change the government announcements
-# mentioning it as simply changing Sri Lanka Standard Time or Sri Lanka
-# Time and no mention was made about the abbreviation.
-#
-# If we look at Sri Lanka Department of Government's "Official News
-# Website of Sri Lanka" ... http://www.news.lk/ we can see that they
-# use SLT as abbreviation in time stamp at the beginning of each news
-# item....
-#
-# Within Sri Lanka I think LKT is well known among computer users and
-# administrators.  In my opinion SLT may not be a good choice because the
-# nation's largest telcom / internet operator Sri Lanka Telcom is well
-# known by that abbreviation - simply as SLT (there IP domains are
-# slt.lk and sltnet.lk).
-#
-# But if indeed our government has adopted SLT as standard abbreviation
-# (that we have not known so far) then  it is better that it be used for
-# all computers.
-
-# From Paul Eggert (2006-04-25):
-# One possibility is that we wait for a bit for the dust to settle down
-# and then see what people actually say in practice.
+# From Sadika Sumanapala (2016-10-19):
+# According to http://www.sltime.org (maintained by Measurement Units,
+# Standards & Services Department, Sri Lanka) abbreviation for Sri Lanka
+# standard time is SLST.
+#
+# From Paul Eggert (2016-10-18):
+# "SLST" seems to be reasonably recent and rarely-used outside time
+# zone nerd sources.  I searched Google News and found three uses of
+# it in the International Business Times of India in February and
+# March of this year when discussing cricket match times, but nothing
+# since then (though there has been a lot of cricket) and nothing in
+# other English-language news sources.  Our old abbreviation "LKT" is
+# even worse.  For now, let's use a numeric abbreviation; we can
+# switch to "SLST" if it catches on.
 
 # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
 Zone    Asia/Colombo    5:19:24 -       LMT     1880
                         5:19:32 -       MMT     1906        # Moratuwa Mean Time
-                        5:30    -       IST     1942 Jan  5
-                        5:30    0:30    IHST    1942 Sep
-                        5:30    1:00    IST     1945 Oct 16  2:00
-                        5:30    -       IST     1996 May 25  0:00
-                        6:30    -       LKT     1996 Oct 26  0:30
-                        6:00    -       LKT     2006 Apr 15  0:30
-                        5:30    -       IST
+                        5:30    -       +0530   1942 Jan  5
+                        5:30    0:30    +0530/+06 1942 Sep
+                        5:30    1:00    +0530/+0630 1945 Oct 16  2:00
+                        5:30    -       +0530   1996 May 25  0:00
+                        6:30    -       +0630   1996 Oct 26  0:30
+                        6:00    -       +06     2006 Apr 15  0:30
+                        5:30    -       +0530
 
 # Syria
 # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
 Rule    Syria   1920    1923    -       Apr     Sun>=15 2:00    1:00    S
 Rule    Syria   1920    1923    -       Oct     Sun>=1  2:00    0       -
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