--- 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)