From d39b82ec2b9201f421b7f82eac752be359760674 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Edwin Groothuis Date: Tue, 13 May 2014 21:22:04 +0000 Subject: Vendor import of tzdata2014c - Egypt goes to DST on 15 May 2014. Obtained from: ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/releases/ --- africa | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ asia | 16 ---------------- europe | 4 ++++ 3 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) diff --git a/africa b/africa index fbf0b65ab544..83bff2eccaf3 100644 --- a/africa +++ b/africa @@ -335,11 +335,54 @@ Rule Egypt 2007 only - Sep Thu>=1 23:00s 0 - # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_egypt02.html # +# From Ahmad El-Dardiry (2014-05-07): +# Egypt is to change back to Daylight system on May 15 +# http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/100735/Egypt/Politics-/Egypts-government-to-reapply-daylight-saving-time-.aspx + +# From Gunther Vermier (2015-05-13): +# our Egypt office confirms that the change will be at 15 May "midnight" (24:00) + +# From Paul Eggert (2014-05-13): +# Sarah El Deeb and Lee Keath of AP report that the Egyptian government says +# the change is because of blackouts in Cairo, even though Ahram Online (cited +# above) says DST had no affect on electricity consumption. The AP story says +# DST will not be observed during Ramadan. There is no information about when +# DST will end. See: +# http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/el-sissi-pushes-egyptians-line-23614833 +# +# For now, guess that later transitions will use 2010's rules, and that +# Egypt will agree with Morocco (see below) about the date Ramadan starts and +# ends, though (unlike Morocco) it will switch at 00:00 standard time. In +# Egypt the spring-forward transitions are removed for 2020-2022, when the +# guessed spring-forward date falls during the estimated Ramadan, and all +# transitions removed for 2023-2038, where the estimated Ramadan falls entirely +# outside the guessed daylight-saving time. Ramadan intrudes on the guessed +# DST starting in 2039, but that's beyond our somewhat-arbitrary cutoff. + Rule Egypt 2008 only - Aug lastThu 23:00s 0 - Rule Egypt 2009 only - Aug 20 23:00s 0 - Rule Egypt 2010 only - Aug 11 0:00 0 - Rule Egypt 2010 only - Sep 10 0:00 1:00 S Rule Egypt 2010 only - Sep lastThu 23:00s 0 - +Rule Egypt 2014 only - May 15 24:00 1:00 S +Rule Egypt 2014 only - Jun 29 0:00s 0 - +Rule Egypt 2014 only - Jul 29 0:00s 1:00 S +Rule Egypt 2014 max - Sep lastThu 23:00s 0 - +Rule Egypt 2015 2019 - Apr lastFri 0:00s 1:00 S +Rule Egypt 2015 only - Jun 18 0:00s 0 - +Rule Egypt 2015 only - Jul 18 0:00s 1:00 S +Rule Egypt 2016 only - Jun 7 0:00s 0 - +Rule Egypt 2016 only - Jul 7 0:00s 1:00 S +Rule Egypt 2017 only - May 27 0:00s 0 - +Rule Egypt 2017 only - Jun 26 0:00s 1:00 S +Rule Egypt 2018 only - May 16 0:00s 0 - +Rule Egypt 2018 only - Jun 15 0:00s 1:00 S +Rule Egypt 2019 only - May 6 0:00s 0 - +Rule Egypt 2019 only - Jun 5 0:00s 1:00 S +Rule Egypt 2020 only - May 24 0:00s 1:00 S +Rule Egypt 2021 only - May 13 0:00s 1:00 S +Rule Egypt 2022 only - May 3 0:00s 1:00 S +Rule Egypt 2023 max - Apr lastFri 0:00s 1:00 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Cairo 2:05:09 - LMT 1900 Oct diff --git a/asia b/asia index 3bd7e7da5b2a..24566ca0f5ba 100644 --- a/asia +++ b/asia @@ -1347,22 +1347,6 @@ Zone Asia/Tokyo 9:18:59 - LMT 1887 Dec 31 15:00u # "Jordan will switch to winter time on Friday, October 27". # -# From Phil Pizzey (2009-04-02): -# ...I think I may have spotted an error in the timezone data for -# Jordan. -# The current (2009d) asia file shows Jordan going to daylight -# saving -# time on the last Thursday in March. -# -# Rule Jordan 2000 max - Mar lastThu 0:00s 1:00 S -# -# However timeanddate.com, which I usually find reliable, shows Jordan -# going to daylight saving time on the last Friday in March since 2002. -# Please see -# -# http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/timezone.html?n=11 -# - # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-04-02): # This single one might be good enough, (2009-03-24, Arabic): # diff --git a/europe b/europe index f9a33921e85e..bfc596a9d4b3 100644 --- a/europe +++ b/europe @@ -2966,6 +2966,10 @@ Zone Europe/Simferopol 2:16:24 - LMT 1880 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2014-03-17): # time change at 2:00 (2am) on March 30, 2014 # http://vz.ru/news/2014/3/17/677464.html +# From Paul Eggert (2014-03-30): +# Simferopol and Sevastopol reportedly changed their central town clocks +# late the previous day, but this appears to have been ceremonial +# and the discrepancies are small enough to not worry about. 2:00 EU EE%sT 2014 Mar 30 2:00 4:00 - MSK -- cgit v1.2.3