FW: Israel Timezone -- Changes for 2000-2002 and New Dates for 20 03-2004
Olson, Arthur David (NCI)
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Tue Jul 25 13:20:57 UTC 2000
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ephraim Silverberg [SMTP:ephraim at cs.huji.ac.il]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2000 4:09 AM
> To: tz at elsie.nci.nih.gov
> Cc: eggert at twinsun.com; Olson, Arthur David (NCI); rmcdow at enteles.com
> Subject: Israel Timezone -- Changes for 2000-2002 and New Dates for
> 2003-2004
>
> On July 19, 2000, the Israeli Parliament [Knesset] has passed a statute
> amending the dates for 2000-2002 and setting new dates for 2003-2004.
>
> Attached are the context diffs of the 'asia' file of tzdata2000d.tar.gz
> showing the start/end dates of Daylight Savings Time in Israel from 2000
> until 2004 inclusive.
> -----------------------------------CUT-HERE-------------------------------
> -----
> *** asia Tue Mar 14 16:39:25 2000
> --- asia.new Tue Jul 25 10:59:59 2000
> ***************
> *** 526,532 ****
> Rule Zion 1988 only - Sep 3 0:00 0
> S
>
> # From Ephraim Silverberg <ephraim at cs.huji.ac.il>
> ! # (1997-03-04, 1998-03-16, 1998-12-28, and 2000-01-17):
>
> # According to the Office of the Secretary General of the Ministry of
> # Interior, there is NO set rule for Daylight-Savings/Standard time
> changes.
> --- 526,532 ----
> Rule Zion 1988 only - Sep 3 0:00 0
> S
>
> # From Ephraim Silverberg <ephraim at cs.huji.ac.il>
> ! # (1997-03-04, 1998-03-16, 1998-12-28, 2000-01-17 and 2000-07-25):
>
> # According to the Office of the Secretary General of the Ministry of
> # Interior, there is NO set rule for Daylight-Savings/Standard time
> changes.
> ***************
> *** 537,550 ****
> # Saturday night from midnight daylight savings time to 11 p.m. standard
> # time. 1996 is an exception to this rule where the change back to
> standard
> # time took place on Sunday night instead of Saturday night to avoid
> ! # conflicts with the Jewish New Year. Starting in 1999, the change to
> ! # daylight savings time will still be on a Friday morning but from
> # 2 a.m. IST to 3 a.m. IDT; furthermore, the change back to standard
> time
> ! # will now also be on a Friday morning from 2 a.m. IDT to 1 a.m. IST for
> ! # 1999 only. In the years from 2000 to 2002, the change back will be
> from
> ! # 2 a.m. IDT to 1 a.m. IST the morning after the Jewish festival of
> ! # Shmini Atzeret (i.e. the morning of the 23rd of Tishrei in the lunar
> ! # Hebrew calendar).
>
> # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE
> LETTER/S
> Rule Zion 1989 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00
> D
> --- 537,555 ----
> # Saturday night from midnight daylight savings time to 11 p.m. standard
> # time. 1996 is an exception to this rule where the change back to
> standard
> # time took place on Sunday night instead of Saturday night to avoid
> ! # conflicts with the Jewish New Year. In 1999, the change to
> ! # daylight savings time was still be on a Friday morning but from
> # 2 a.m. IST to 3 a.m. IDT; furthermore, the change back to standard
> time
> ! # was also be on a Friday morning from 2 a.m. IDT to 1 a.m. IST for
> ! # 1999 only. In the year 2000, the change to daylight savings time was
> ! # similar to 1999, but although the change back will be on a Friday, it
> ! # will take place from 1 a.m. IDT to midnight IST. Starting in 2001,
> all
> ! # changes to/from will take place at 1 a.m. old time, but now there is
> no
> ! # rule as to what day of the week it will take place in as the start
> date
> ! # (except in 2003) is the night after the Passover Seder (i.e. the eve
> ! # of the 16th of Nisan in the lunar Hebrew calendar) and the end date
> ! # (except in 2002) is three nights before Yom Kippur [Day of Atonement]
> ! # (the eve of the 7th of Tishrei in the lunar Hebrew calendar).
>
> # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE
> LETTER/S
> Rule Zion 1989 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00
> D
> ***************
> *** 592,620 ****
> Rule Zion 1999 only - Apr 2 2:00 1:00
> D
> Rule Zion 1999 only - Sep 3 2:00 0
> S
>
> ! # Minister of Interior, Natan Sharansky, has announced the dates for
> ! # the years 2000-2002. However, sources inside the ministry have noted
> ! # that the end date of 2000 and both dates of 2001-2002 should be
> regarded
> ! # as tentative pending final approval.
> #
> ! # The official announcement for the years 2000-2002 can be viewed at:
> #
> ! # ftp://ftp.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/2000-2002.ps.gz
>
> # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE
> LETTER/S
> Rule Zion 2000 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00
> D
> ! Rule Zion 2000 only - Oct 22 2:00 0
> S
> ! Rule Zion 2001 only - Apr 6 2:00 1:00
> D
> ! Rule Zion 2001 only - Oct 10 2:00 0
> S
> ! Rule Zion 2002 only - Mar 29 2:00 1:00
> D
> ! Rule Zion 2002 only - Sep 29 2:00 0
> S
>
> # From Paul Eggert (2000-01-17):
> ! # Here are guesses for rules after 2002.
> # They are probably wrong, but they are more likely than no DST at all.
> # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE
> LETTER/S
> ! Rule Zion 2003 max - Mar Fri>=25 2:00 1:00
> D
> ! Rule Zion 2003 max - Oct 1 2:00 0
> S
>
> # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
> Zone Asia/Jerusalem 2:20:56 - LMT 1880
> --- 597,633 ----
> Rule Zion 1999 only - Apr 2 2:00 1:00
> D
> Rule Zion 1999 only - Sep 3 2:00 0
> S
>
> ! # The Knesset Interior Committee has changed the dates for 2000 for
> ! # the third time in just over a year and have set new dates for the
> ! # years 2001-2004 as well.
> #
> ! # The official announcement for the start date of 2000 can be viewed at:
> #
> ! # ftp://ftp.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/2000-start.ps.gz
> ! #
> ! # The official announcement for the end date of 2000 and the dates
> ! # for the years 2001-2004 can be viewed at:
> ! #
> ! # ftp://ftp.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/2000-2004.ps.gz
>
> # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE
> LETTER/S
> Rule Zion 2000 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00
> D
> ! Rule Zion 2000 only - Oct 6 1:00 0
> S
> ! Rule Zion 2001 only - Apr 9 1:00 1:00
> D
> ! Rule Zion 2001 only - Sep 24 1:00 0
> S
> ! Rule Zion 2002 only - Mar 29 1:00 1:00
> D
> ! Rule Zion 2002 only - Oct 7 1:00 0
> S
> ! Rule Zion 2003 only - Mar 28 1:00 1:00
> D
> ! Rule Zion 2003 only - Oct 3 1:00 0
> S
> ! Rule Zion 2004 only - Apr 7 1:00 1:00
> D
> ! Rule Zion 2004 only - Sep 22 1:00 0
> S
>
> # From Paul Eggert (2000-01-17):
> ! # Here are guesses for rules after 2004.
> # They are probably wrong, but they are more likely than no DST at all.
> # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE
> LETTER/S
> ! Rule Zion 2005 max - Apr 1 1:00 1:00
> D
> ! Rule Zion 2005 max - Oct 1 1:00 0
> S
>
> # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
> Zone Asia/Jerusalem 2:20:56 - LMT 1880
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> -----
>
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