--- old/make/sun/javazic/tzdata/asia Tue Nov 6 23:32:11 2012
+++ new/make/sun/javazic/tzdata/asia Tue Nov 6 23:32:10 2012
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2012-02-10):
# According to News Armenia, on Feb 9, 2012,
# http://newsarmenia.ru/society/20120209/42609695.html
-#
+#
# The Armenia National Assembly adopted final reading of Amendments to the
# Law "On procedure of calculation time on the territory of the Republic of
# Armenia" according to which Armenia [is] abolishing Daylight Saving Time.
@@ -204,15 +204,15 @@
#
# From A. N. M. Kamrus Saadat (2009-06-15):
-# Finally we've got the official mail regarding DST start time where DST start
-# time is mentioned as Jun 19 2009, 23:00 from BTRC (Bangladesh
-# Telecommunication Regulatory Commission).
+# Finally we've got the official mail regarding DST start time where DST start
+# time is mentioned as Jun 19 2009, 23:00 from BTRC (Bangladesh
+# Telecommunication Regulatory Commission).
#
# No DST end date has been announced yet.
# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-09-25):
-# Bangladesh won't go back to Standard Time from October 1, 2009,
-# instead it will continue DST measure till the cabinet makes a fresh decision.
+# Bangladesh won't go back to Standard Time from October 1, 2009,
+# instead it will continue DST measure till the cabinet makes a fresh decision.
#
# Following report by same newspaper-"The Daily Star Friday":
# "DST change awaits cabinet decision-Clock won't go back by 1-hr from Oct 1"
@@ -226,8 +226,8 @@
# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-10-13):
# IANS (Indo-Asian News Service) now reports:
-# Bangladesh has decided that the clock advanced by an hour to make
-# maximum use of daylight hours as an energy saving measure would
+# Bangladesh has decided that the clock advanced by an hour to make
+# maximum use of daylight hours as an energy saving measure would
# "continue for an indefinite period."
#
# One of many places where it is published:
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@
# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-03-22):
# According to Bangladesh newspaper "The Daily Star,"
-# Cabinet cancels Daylight Saving Time
+# Cabinet cancels Daylight Saving Time
#
# http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/latest_news.php?nid=22817
#
@@ -383,11 +383,11 @@
# observing daylight saving time in 1986.
#
# From Thomas S. Mullaney (2008-02-11):
-# I think you're combining two subjects that need to treated
-# separately: daylight savings (which, you're correct, wasn't
-# implemented until the 1980s) and the unified time zone centered near
-# Beijing (which was implemented in 1949). Briefly, there was also a
-# "Lhasa Time" in Tibet and "Urumqi Time" in Xinjiang. The first was
+# I think you're combining two subjects that need to treated
+# separately: daylight savings (which, you're correct, wasn't
+# implemented until the 1980s) and the unified time zone centered near
+# Beijing (which was implemented in 1949). Briefly, there was also a
+# "Lhasa Time" in Tibet and "Urumqi Time" in Xinjiang. The first was
# ceased, and the second eventually recognized (again, in the 1980s).
#
# From Paul Eggert (2008-06-30):
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@
# as of 2009-10-28:
# Year Period
# 1941 1 Apr to 30 Sep
-# 1942 Whole year
+# 1942 Whole year
# 1943 Whole year
# 1944 Whole year
# 1945 Whole year
@@ -615,16 +615,16 @@
# From Arthur David Olson (2010-04-07):
# Here's Google's translation of the table at the bottom of the "summert.htm" page:
# Decade Name Start and end date
-# Republic of China 34 years to 40 years (AD 1945-1951 years) Summer Time May 1 to September 30
-# 41 years of the Republic of China (AD 1952) Daylight Saving Time March 1 to October 31
-# Republic of China 42 years to 43 years (AD 1953-1954 years) Daylight Saving Time April 1 to October 31
-# In the 44 years to 45 years (AD 1955-1956 years) Daylight Saving Time April 1 to September 30
-# Republic of China 46 years to 48 years (AD 1957-1959) Summer Time April 1 to September 30
-# Republic of China 49 years to 50 years (AD 1960-1961) Summer Time June 1 to September 30
-# Republic of China 51 years to 62 years (AD 1962-1973 years) Stop Summer Time
-# Republic of China 63 years to 64 years (1974-1975 AD) Daylight Saving Time April 1 to September 30
-# Republic of China 65 years to 67 years (1976-1978 AD) Stop Daylight Saving Time
-# Republic of China 68 years (AD 1979) Daylight Saving Time July 1 to September 30
+# Republic of China 34 years to 40 years (AD 1945-1951 years) Summer Time May 1 to September 30
+# 41 years of the Republic of China (AD 1952) Daylight Saving Time March 1 to October 31
+# Republic of China 42 years to 43 years (AD 1953-1954 years) Daylight Saving Time April 1 to October 31
+# In the 44 years to 45 years (AD 1955-1956 years) Daylight Saving Time April 1 to September 30
+# Republic of China 46 years to 48 years (AD 1957-1959) Summer Time April 1 to September 30
+# Republic of China 49 years to 50 years (AD 1960-1961) Summer Time June 1 to September 30
+# Republic of China 51 years to 62 years (AD 1962-1973 years) Stop Summer Time
+# Republic of China 63 years to 64 years (1974-1975 AD) Daylight Saving Time April 1 to September 30
+# Republic of China 65 years to 67 years (1976-1978 AD) Stop Daylight Saving Time
+# Republic of China 68 years (AD 1979) Daylight Saving Time July 1 to September 30
# Republic of China since 69 years (AD 1980) Stop Daylight Saving Time
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
@@ -1193,15 +1193,15 @@
#
# ftp://ftp.cs.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/2005+beyond.ps
-# From Paul Eggert (2005-02-22):
+# From Paul Eggert (2012-10-26):
# I used Ephraim Silverberg's dst-israel.el program
# (2005-02-20)
# along with Ed Reingold's cal-hebrew in GNU Emacs 21.4,
-# to generate the transitions in this list.
+# to generate the transitions from 2005 through 2012.
# (I replaced "lastFri" with "Fri>=26" by hand.)
-# The spring transitions below all correspond to the following Rule:
+# The spring transitions all correspond to the following Rule:
#
-# Rule Zion 2005 max - Mar Fri>=26 2:00 1:00 D
+# Rule Zion 2005 2012 - Mar Fri>=26 2:00 1:00 D
#
# but older zic implementations (e.g., Solaris 8) do not support
# "Fri>=26" to mean April 1 in years like 2005, so for now we list the
@@ -1218,40 +1218,37 @@
Rule Zion 2010 only - Sep 12 2:00 0 S
Rule Zion 2011 only - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 D
Rule Zion 2011 only - Oct 2 2:00 0 S
-Rule Zion 2012 2015 - Mar Fri>=26 2:00 1:00 D
+Rule Zion 2012 only - Mar Fri>=26 2:00 1:00 D
Rule Zion 2012 only - Sep 23 2:00 0 S
-Rule Zion 2013 only - Sep 8 2:00 0 S
-Rule Zion 2014 only - Sep 28 2:00 0 S
-Rule Zion 2015 only - Sep 20 2:00 0 S
-Rule Zion 2016 only - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 D
-Rule Zion 2016 only - Oct 9 2:00 0 S
-Rule Zion 2017 2021 - Mar Fri>=26 2:00 1:00 D
-Rule Zion 2017 only - Sep 24 2:00 0 S
-Rule Zion 2018 only - Sep 16 2:00 0 S
-Rule Zion 2019 only - Oct 6 2:00 0 S
-Rule Zion 2020 only - Sep 27 2:00 0 S
-Rule Zion 2021 only - Sep 12 2:00 0 S
-Rule Zion 2022 only - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 D
-Rule Zion 2022 only - Oct 2 2:00 0 S
-Rule Zion 2023 2032 - Mar Fri>=26 2:00 1:00 D
-Rule Zion 2023 only - Sep 24 2:00 0 S
-Rule Zion 2024 only - Oct 6 2:00 0 S
-Rule Zion 2025 only - Sep 28 2:00 0 S
-Rule Zion 2026 only - Sep 20 2:00 0 S
-Rule Zion 2027 only - Oct 10 2:00 0 S
-Rule Zion 2028 only - Sep 24 2:00 0 S
-Rule Zion 2029 only - Sep 16 2:00 0 S
-Rule Zion 2030 only - Oct 6 2:00 0 S
-Rule Zion 2031 only - Sep 21 2:00 0 S
-Rule Zion 2032 only - Sep 12 2:00 0 S
-Rule Zion 2033 only - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 D
-Rule Zion 2033 only - Oct 2 2:00 0 S
-Rule Zion 2034 2037 - Mar Fri>=26 2:00 1:00 D
-Rule Zion 2034 only - Sep 17 2:00 0 S
-Rule Zion 2035 only - Oct 7 2:00 0 S
-Rule Zion 2036 only - Sep 28 2:00 0 S
-Rule Zion 2037 only - Sep 13 2:00 0 S
+# From Ephraim Silverberg (2012-10-18):
+
+# Yesterday, the Interior Ministry Committee, after more than a year
+# past, approved sending the proposed June 2011 changes to the Time
+# Decree Law back to the Knesset for second and third (final) votes
+# before the upcoming elections on Jan. 22, 2013. Hence, although the
+# changes are not yet law, they are expected to be so before February 2013.
+#
+# As of 2013, DST starts at 02:00 on the Friday before the last Sunday in March.
+# DST ends at 02:00 on the first Sunday after October 1, unless it occurs on the
+# second day of the Jewish Rosh Hashana holiday, in which case DST ends a day
+# later (i.e. at 02:00 the first Monday after October 2).
+# [Rosh Hashana holidays are factored in until 2100.]
+
+# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
+Rule Zion 2013 max - Mar Fri>=23 2:00 1:00 D
+Rule Zion 2013 2026 - Oct Sun>=2 2:00 0 S
+Rule Zion 2027 only - Oct Mon>=3 2:00 0 S
+Rule Zion 2028 max - Oct Sun>=2 2:00 0 S
+# The following rules are commented out for now, as they break older
+# versions of zic that support only signed 32-bit timestamps, i.e.,
+# through 2038-01-19 03:14:07 UTC.
+#Rule Zion 2028 2053 - Oct Sun>=2 2:00 0 S
+#Rule Zion 2054 only - Oct Mon>=3 2:00 0 S
+#Rule Zion 2055 2080 - Oct Sun>=2 2:00 0 S
+#Rule Zion 2081 only - Oct Mon>=3 2:00 0 S
+#Rule Zion 2082 max - Oct Sun>=2 2:00 0 S
+
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Asia/Jerusalem 2:20:56 - LMT 1880
2:20:40 - JMT 1918 # Jerusalem Mean Time?
@@ -1385,6 +1382,16 @@
# From Arthur David Olson (2009-04-06):
# We still have Jordan switching to DST on Thursdays in 2000 and 2001.
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2012-10-25):
+# Yesterday the government in Jordan announced that they will not
+# switch back to standard time this winter, so the will stay on DST
+# until about the same time next year (at least).
+# http://www.petra.gov.jo/Public_News/Nws_NewsDetails.aspx?NewsID=88950
+#
+# From Paul Eggert (2012-10-25):
+# For now, assume this is just a one-year measure. If it becomes
+# permanent, we should move Jordan from EET to AST effective tomorrow.
+
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Jordan 1973 only - Jun 6 0:00 1:00 S
Rule Jordan 1973 1975 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
@@ -1413,7 +1420,8 @@
Rule Jordan 2003 only - Oct 24 0:00s 0 -
Rule Jordan 2004 only - Oct 15 0:00s 0 -
Rule Jordan 2005 only - Sep lastFri 0:00s 0 -
-Rule Jordan 2006 max - Oct lastFri 0:00s 0 -
+Rule Jordan 2006 2011 - Oct lastFri 0:00s 0 -
+Rule Jordan 2013 max - Oct lastFri 0:00s 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931
2:00 Jordan EE%sT
@@ -1858,15 +1866,15 @@
# shown 8 per cent higher consumption of electricity.
# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-15):
-#
-# Here is an article that Pakistan plan to introduce Daylight Saving Time
+#
+# Here is an article that Pakistan plan to introduce Daylight Saving Time
# on June 1, 2008 for 3 months.
-#
-# "... The federal cabinet on Wednesday announced a new conservation plan to help
-# reduce load shedding by approving the closure of commercial centres at 9pm and
-# moving clocks forward by one hour for the next three months.
+#
+# "... The federal cabinet on Wednesday announced a new conservation plan to help
+# reduce load shedding by approving the closure of commercial centres at 9pm and
+# moving clocks forward by one hour for the next three months.
# ...."
-#
+#
#
# http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_pakistan01.html
#
@@ -1926,7 +1934,7 @@
# Government has decided to restore the previous time by moving the
# clocks backward by one hour from October 1. A formal announcement to
# this effect will be made after the Prime Minister grants approval in
-# this regard."
+# this regard."
#
# http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=87168
#
@@ -2222,7 +2230,7 @@
#
# http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=306795
#
-# the clocks were set back one hour at 2010-08-11 00:00:00 local time in
+# the clocks were set back one hour at 2010-08-11 00:00:00 local time in
# Gaza and the West Bank.
# Some more background info:
#
@@ -2261,7 +2269,7 @@
# The rules for Egypt are stolen from the `africa' file.
# From Steffen Thorsen (2011-09-30):
-# West Bank did end Daylight Saving Time this morning/midnight (2011-09-30
+# West Bank did end Daylight Saving Time this morning/midnight (2011-09-30
# 00:00).
# So West Bank and Gaza now have the same time again.
#
@@ -2316,6 +2324,8 @@
# From Arthur David Olson (2011-09-20):
# 2011 transitions per http://www.timeanddate.com as of 2011-09-20.
+# From Paul Eggert (2012-10-12):
+# 2012 transitions per http://www.timeanddate.com as of 2012-10-12.
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct
@@ -2326,7 +2336,7 @@
2:00 Palestine EE%sT 2011 Apr 2 12:01
2:00 1:00 EEST 2011 Aug 1
2:00 - EET 2012 Mar 30
- 2:00 1:00 EEST 2012 Sep 28
+ 2:00 1:00 EEST 2012 Sep 21 1:00
2:00 - EET
Zone Asia/Hebron 2:20:23 - LMT 1900 Oct
@@ -2341,7 +2351,7 @@
2:00 - EET 2011 Aug 30
2:00 1:00 EEST 2011 Sep 30 3:00
2:00 - EET 2012 Mar 30
- 2:00 1:00 EEST 2012 Sep 28 3:00
+ 2:00 1:00 EEST 2012 Sep 21 1:00
2:00 - EET
# Paracel Is
@@ -2535,19 +2545,19 @@
# having it between Wednesday and Thursday (two workdays in Syria) since the
# weekend in Syria is not Saturday and Sunday, but Friday and Saturday. So now
# it is implemented at midnight of the last workday before weekend...
-#
+#
# From Steffen Thorsen (2007-10-27):
# Jesper Norgaard Welen wrote:
-#
+#
# > "Winter local time in Syria will be observed at midnight of Thursday 1
# > November 2007, and the clock will be put back 1 hour."
-#
+#
# I found confirmation on this in this gov.sy-article (Arabic):
# http://wehda.alwehda.gov.sy/_print_veiw.asp?FileName=12521710520070926111247
-#
+#
# which using Google's translate tools says:
-# Council of Ministers also approved the commencement of work on
-# identifying the winter time as of Friday, 2/11/2007 where the 60th
+# Council of Ministers also approved the commencement of work on
+# identifying the winter time as of Friday, 2/11/2007 where the 60th
# minute delay at midnight Thursday 1/11/2007.
Rule Syria 2007 only - Nov Fri>=1 0:00 0 -
@@ -2613,8 +2623,8 @@
#
# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-10-27):
-# The Syrian Arab News Network on 2009-09-29 reported that Syria will
-# revert back to winter (standard) time on midnight between Thursday
+# The Syrian Arab News Network on 2009-09-29 reported that Syria will
+# revert back to winter (standard) time on midnight between Thursday
# 2009-10-29 and Friday 2009-10-30:
#
# http://www.sana.sy/ara/2/2009/09/29/247012.htm (Arabic)