diff --git a/share/zoneinfo/africa b/share/zoneinfo/africa index 7f77ee56d72f..434110ccd78c 100644 --- a/share/zoneinfo/africa +++ b/share/zoneinfo/africa @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# @(#)africa 8.9 +# @(#)africa 8.10 #
# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, @@ -224,9 +224,19 @@ Rule Egypt 2006 only - Sep 21 23:00s 0 - # From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2007-08-15): [The following agree:] # http://www.nentjes.info/Bill/bill5.htm # http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=53 +# From Steffen Thorsen (2007-09-04): The official information...: +# http://www.sis.gov.eg/En/EgyptOnline/Miscellaneous/000002/0207000000000000001580.htm +Rule Egypt 2007 only - Sep Thu>=1 23:00s 0 - +# From Abdelrahman Hassan (2007-09-06): +# Due to the Hijri (lunar Islamic calendar) year being 11 days shorter +# than the year of the Gregorian calendar, Ramadan shifts earlier each +# year. This year it will be observed September 13 (September is quite +# hot in Egypt), and the idea is to make fasting easier for workers by +# shifting business hours one hour out of daytime heat. Consequently, +# unless discontinued, next DST may end Thursday 28 August 2008. # From Paul Eggert (2007-08-17): -# For lack of better info, assume the new rule is first Thursday. -Rule Egypt 2007 max - Sep Thu>=1 23:00s 0 - +# For lack of better info, assume the new rule is last Thursday in August. +Rule Egypt 2008 max - Aug lastThu 23:00s 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Cairo 2:05:00 - LMT 1900 Oct diff --git a/share/zoneinfo/asia b/share/zoneinfo/asia index 329dc729f4a8..3007414a7f9f 100644 --- a/share/zoneinfo/asia +++ b/share/zoneinfo/asia @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# @(#)asia 8.11 +# @(#)asia 8.12 ## This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, @@ -568,14 +568,15 @@ Zone Asia/Jayapura 9:22:48 - LMT 1932 Nov # Reingold's/Dershowitz' calculator gives correctly the Gregorian date # 2058-03-21 for 1 Farvardin 1437 (astronomical). # -# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): -# The above comments about post-2006 transitions may become relevant again, -# if Iran ever resuscitates DST, so we'll leave the comments in. -# # From Steffen Thorsen (2006-03-22): # Several of my users have reported that Iran will not observe DST anymore: # http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/line-17/0603193812164948.htm # +# From Reuters (2007-09-16), with a heads-up from Jesper Norgaard Welen: +# ... the Guardian Council ... approved a law on Sunday to re-introduce +# daylight saving time ... +# http://uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKBLA65048420070916 +# # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Iran 1978 1980 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D Rule Iran 1978 only - Oct 21 0:00 0 S @@ -596,6 +597,36 @@ Rule Iran 2004 only - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D Rule Iran 2004 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 S Rule Iran 2005 only - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D Rule Iran 2005 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 S +Rule Iran 2008 only - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Iran 2008 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 S +Rule Iran 2009 2011 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Iran 2009 2011 - Sep 22 0:00 0 S +Rule Iran 2012 only - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Iran 2012 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 S +Rule Iran 2013 2015 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Iran 2013 2015 - Sep 22 0:00 0 S +Rule Iran 2016 only - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Iran 2016 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 S +Rule Iran 2017 2019 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Iran 2017 2019 - Sep 22 0:00 0 S +Rule Iran 2020 only - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Iran 2020 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 S +Rule Iran 2021 2023 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Iran 2021 2023 - Sep 22 0:00 0 S +Rule Iran 2024 only - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Iran 2024 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 S +Rule Iran 2025 2027 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Iran 2025 2027 - Sep 22 0:00 0 S +Rule Iran 2028 2029 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Iran 2028 2029 - Sep 21 0:00 0 S +Rule Iran 2030 2031 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Iran 2030 2031 - Sep 22 0:00 0 S +Rule Iran 2032 2033 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Iran 2032 2033 - Sep 21 0:00 0 S +Rule Iran 2034 2035 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Iran 2034 2035 - Sep 22 0:00 0 S +Rule Iran 2036 2037 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Iran 2036 2037 - Sep 21 0:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Tehran 3:25:44 - LMT 1916 3:25:44 - TMT 1946 # Tehran Mean Time @@ -1518,6 +1549,17 @@ Zone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907 # I guess it is likely that next year's date will be moved as well, # because of the Ramadan. +# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2007-09-18): +# According to Steffen Thorsen's web site the Gaza Strip and the rest of the +# Palestinian territories left DST early on 13.th. of September at 2:00. + +# From Paul Eggert (2007-09-20): +# My understanding is that Gaza and the West Bank disagree even over when +# the weekend is (Thursday+Friday versus Friday+Saturday), so I'd be a bit +# surprised if they agreed about DST. But for now, assume they agree. +# For lack of better information, predict that future changes will be +# the 2nd Thursday of September at 02:00. + # The rules for Egypt are stolen from the `africa' file. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule EgyptAsia 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S @@ -1533,7 +1575,7 @@ Rule Palestine 2004 only - Oct 1 1:00 0 - Rule Palestine 2005 only - Oct 4 2:00 0 - Rule Palestine 2006 max - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Palestine 2006 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 - -Rule Palestine 2007 max - Oct Fri>=15 0:00 0 - +Rule Palestine 2007 max - Sep Thu>=8 2:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct diff --git a/share/zoneinfo/southamerica b/share/zoneinfo/southamerica index 7aec8b6b8b25..bfda82764962 100644 --- a/share/zoneinfo/southamerica +++ b/share/zoneinfo/southamerica @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# @(#)southamerica 8.11 +# @(#)southamerica 8.12 ## This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, @@ -424,6 +424,10 @@ Zone America/La_Paz -4:32:36 - LMT 1890 # modern Brazilian eletronic voting machines which, apparently, can't deal # with a time change between the first and the second rounds of the elections. +# From Steffen Thorsen (2007-09-20): +# Brazil will start DST on 2007-10-14 00:00 and end on 2008-02-17 00:00: +# http://www.mme.gov.br/site/news/detail.do;jsessionid=BBA06811AFCAAC28F0285210913513DA?newsId=13975 + # From Paul Eggert (2002-10-10): # The official decrees referenced below are mostly taken from # @@ -557,13 +561,18 @@ Rule Brazil 2004 only - Nov 2 0:00 1:00 S # Decree 5,539 (2005-09-19), # adopted by the same states as before. Rule Brazil 2005 only - Oct 16 0:00 1:00 S -# Decree 5,920 -# (2006-10-03), adopted by the same states as before. -Rule Brazil 2006 max - Nov Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Brazil 2007 max - Feb lastSun 0:00 0 - +# Decree 5,920 (2006-10-03), +# adopted by the same states as before. +Rule Brazil 2006 only - Nov 5 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Brazil 2007 only - Feb 25 0:00 0 - +# (Decree number not yet known) +# http://www.brasil.gov.br/noticias/ultimas_noticias/horario_verao070920/ +# (2007-09-20) after a heads-up from Steffen Thorsen: +Rule Brazil 2007 max - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Brazil 2008 max - Feb Sun>=15 0:00 0 - # The latest ruleset listed above says that the following states observe DST: # DF, ES, GO, MG, MS, MT, PR, RJ, RS, SC, SP. -# For dates after mid-2007, the above rules with TO="max" are guesses +# For dates after mid-2008, the above rules with TO="max" are guesses # and are quite possibly wrong, but are more likely than no DST at all. @@ -1097,8 +1106,20 @@ Zone America/Montevideo -3:44:44 - LMT 1898 Jun 28 -3:00 Uruguay UY%sT # Venezuela +# +# From Kiraz Janicke (2007-09-25), in +# http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/2645: +# The proposal ... involves turning the clock back half an hour from +# +4.00 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), to +4.30GMT, the time zone +# Venezuela had until December 31, 1964, when the current time zone +# was adopted. The change was due to take place on September 17 and +# then on September 24, but has since been postponed until December +# 31, to allow for compliance with international organizations, such +# as the International Office of Weights and Measures. + # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Caracas -4:27:44 - LMT 1890 -4:27:40 - CMT 1912 Feb 12 # Caracas Mean Time? -4:30 - VET 1965 # Venezuela Time - -4:00 - VET + -4:00 - VET 2008 + -4:30 - VET