TZ changes in Nicaragua, Jordan and Gaza

Wed Nov 23 09:49:26 UTC 2005

For all these differences, I have had user feedback on time zone changes,
but not found official information to confirm the changes (and therefore
not reporting them here yet), but more indirect confirmation such as
timestamps on online news articles and so on.

1. Jesper Norgaard Welen found official Nicaragua information - so indeed
that is fine now.

2. For Jordan I have received multiple independent user reports every year
about DST end dates, as the end-rule is different every year.

3. A user from Gaza reported that Gaza made the change early because of
the Ramadan.

Next year Ramadan will be even earlier, so I think there is a good chance
next year's end date will be around two weeks earlier - the same goes for
Jordan.

Best regards,
Steffen

On Wed, 23 Nov 2005, Paul Eggert wrote:

> Thanks for the heads-up.  As you mention, reliable data for Gaza in
> English is hard to come by, but what little info I can find
> corroborates timeanddate.com.  Here's a further proposed patch to the
> tz database embodying those changes.  It assumes the System V patches
> I proposed yesterday and also the Georgia / Cuba/ Azerbaijan changes
> of a week ago.
>
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: RCS/asia,v
> retrieving revision 2005.14.0.1
> retrieving revision 2005.14.0.2
> diff -pu -r2005.14.0.1 -r2005.14.0.2
> --- asia	2005/11/18 06:54:05	2005.14.0.1
> +++ asia	2005/11/23 08:18:53	2005.14.0.2
> @@ -930,6 +930,9 @@ Zone	Asia/Tokyo	9:18:59	-	LMT	1887 Dec 3
>  # The decision was taken because of the increase in working hours in
>  # government's departments from six to seven hours.
>  #
> +# From Paul Eggert (2005-11-22):
> +# Starting 2003 transitions are from Steffen Thorsen's web site timeanddate.com.
> +#
>  # 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	-
> @@ -952,8 +955,11 @@ Rule	Jordan	1993	1998	-	Apr	Fri>=1	0:00
>  Rule	Jordan	1994	only	-	Sep	Fri>=15	0:00	0	-
>  Rule	Jordan	1995	1998	-	Sep	Fri>=15	0:00s	0	-
>  Rule	Jordan	1999	only	-	Jul	 1	0:00s	1:00	S
> -Rule	Jordan	1999	max	-	Sep	lastThu	0:00s	0	-
> +Rule	Jordan	1999	2002	-	Sep	lastThu	0:00s	0	-
>  Rule	Jordan	2000	max	-	Mar	lastThu	0:00s	1:00	S
> +Rule	Jordan	2003	only	-	Oct	24	0:00s	0	-
> +Rule	Jordan	2004	only	-	Oct	15	0:00s	0	-
> +Rule	Jordan	2005	max	-	Sep	lastFri	0:00s	0	-
>  # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
>  Zone	Asia/Amman	2:23:44 -	LMT	1931
>  			2:00	Jordan	EE%sT
> @@ -1423,6 +1429,9 @@ Zone	Asia/Karachi	4:28:12 -	LMT	1907
>  # For now, let's assume that the spring switch was at 24:00,
>  # and that they switch at 0:00 on the 3rd Fridays of April and October.
>
> +# From Paul Eggert (2005-11-22):
> +# Starting 2004 transitions are from Steffen Thorsen's web site timeanddate.com.
> +
>  # 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
> @@ -1433,7 +1442,9 @@ Rule EgyptAsia	1959	1965	-	Sep	30	3:00	0
>  Rule EgyptAsia	1966	only	-	Oct	 1	3:00	0	-
>
>  Rule Palestine	1999	max	-	Apr	Fri>=15	0:00	1:00	S
> -Rule Palestine	1999	max	-	Oct	Fri>=15	0:00	0	-
> +Rule Palestine	1999	2003	-	Oct	Fri>=15	0:00	0	-
> +Rule Palestine	2004	only	-	Oct	 1	1:00	0	-
> +Rule Palestine	2005	max	-	Oct	 4	1:00	0	-
>
>  # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
>  Zone	Asia/Gaza	2:17:52	-	LMT	1900 Oct
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: RCS/northamerica,v
> retrieving revision 2005.14.0.2
> retrieving revision 2005.14.0.3
> diff -pu -r2005.14.0.2 -r2005.14.0.3
> --- northamerica	2005/11/22 18:04:38	2005.14.0.2
> +++ northamerica	2005/11/23 08:18:53	2005.14.0.3
> @@ -2037,13 +2037,18 @@ Zone America/Montserrat	-4:08:52 -	LMT	1
>  # changes in 2000.  Perhaps a note could be added to the northamerica file, to
>  # the effect that we have indirect evidence that DST was observed in 2000.
>  #
> +# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2005-11-02):
> +# Nicaragua left DST the 2005-10-02 at 00:00 (local time).
> +# http://www.presidencia.gob.ni/presidencia/files_index/secretaria/comunicados/2005/septiembre/26septiembre-cambio-hora.htm
> +# (2005-09-26)
> +#
>  # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
>  Rule	Nic	1979	1980	-	Mar	Sun>=16	0:00	1:00	D
>  Rule	Nic	1979	1980	-	Jun	Mon>=23	0:00	0	S
> -Rule	Nic	1992	only	-	Jan	1	4:00	1:00	D
> +Rule	Nic	1992	only	-	Jan	 1	4:00	1:00	D
>  Rule	Nic	1992	only	-	Sep	24	0:00	0	S
>  Rule	Nic	2005	only	-	Apr	10	0:00	1:00	D
> -Rule	Nic	2005	only	-	Sep	18	0:00	0	S
> +Rule	Nic	2005	only	-	Oct	 2	0:00	0	S
>  # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
>  Zone	America/Managua	-5:45:08 -	LMT	1890
>  			-5:45:12 -	MMT	1934 Jun 23 # Managua Mean Time?
>

Best regards,
Steffen

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