diff --git a/africa b/africa index 6e268c947819..ad89bb743c1a 100644 --- a/africa +++ b/africa @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ #
-# @(#)africa 8.22 +# @(#)africa 8.23 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. @@ -276,8 +276,27 @@ Rule Egypt 2007 only - Sep Thu>=1 23:00s 0 - # In 2009 (and for the next several years), Ramadan ends before the fourth # Thursday in September; Egypt is expected to revert to the last Thursday # in September. + +# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-08-11): +# We have been able to confirm the August change with the Egyptian Cabinet +# Information and Decision Support Center: +# +# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/egypt-dst-ends-2009.html +# +# +# The Middle East News Agency +# +# http://www.mena.org.eg/index.aspx +# +# also reports "Egypt starts winter time on August 21" +# today in article numbered "71, 11/08/2009 12:25 GMT." +# Only the title above is available without a subscription to their service, +# and can be found by searching for "winter" in their search engine +# (at least today). + Rule Egypt 2008 only - Aug lastThu 23:00s 0 - -Rule Egypt 2009 max - Sep lastThu 23:00s 0 - +Rule Egypt 2009 only - Aug 20 23:00s 0 - +Rule Egypt 2010 max - Sep lastThu 23:00s 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Cairo 2:05:00 - LMT 1900 Oct diff --git a/australasia b/australasia index efcfec74d150..2fc370f8bbca 100644 --- a/australasia +++ b/australasia @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ #-# @(#)australasia 8.11 +# @(#)australasia 8.12 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. @@ -427,6 +427,22 @@ Zone Pacific/Pago_Pago 12:37:12 - LMT 1879 Jul 5 -11:00 - SST # S=Samoa # Samoa + +# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2008-12-06): +# The Samoa government (Western Samoa) may implement DST on the first Sunday of +# October 2009 (October 4, 2009) until the last Sunday of March 2010 (March 28, +# 2010). +# +# "Selected Committee reports to Cabinet on Daylight Saving Time", +# Government of Samoa: +# +# http://www.govt.ws/pr_article.cfm?pr_id=560 +# +# or +# +# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_samoa01.html +# + Zone Pacific/Apia 12:33:04 - LMT 1879 Jul 5 -11:26:56 - LMT 1911 -11:30 - SAMT 1950 # Samoa Time