FW: Time zone rules change
Rodrigo Severo
rodrigo at fabricadeideias.com
Wed Sep 13 12:19:40 UTC 2006
I have just tried to modify the africa file to represent the modification
that will probably be necessary for Egypt as per Hammad's info (The Egyptian
Gazette, 10th September):
Clocks to turn back
in Ramadan
EGYPT will switch back to the winter
time on the eve of the first day of the
Muslim holy month of Ramadan, expected
to start this year on September 24.
The beginning of Ramadan, during
which Muslims abstain from food and
drinking from dawn to dusk, is determined
by spotting the new moon.
"Clocks will be turned back starting
from the night on which Darul Ifta (the
authority passing Islamic edicts) announces
sighting the crescent of the month of
Ramadan and the start of fasting," Magdi
Radi, the Cabinet spokesman, said yester-
day.
--- tzdata2006k-original/africa 2006-08-21 10:55:51.000000000 -0300
+++ tzdata2006k/africa 2006-09-13 08:39:10.000000000 -0300
@@ -211,7 +211,9 @@
# IATA (after 1990) says transitions are at 0:00.
# Go with IATA starting in 1995, except correct 1995 entry from 09-30 to
09-29.
Rule Egypt 1995 max - Apr lastFri 0:00s 1:00 S
-Rule Egypt 1995 max - Sep lastThu 23:00s 0 -
+Rule Egypt 1995 2005 - Sep lastThu 23:00s 0 -
+Rule Egypt 2006 only - Sep 24 0:00s 0 -
+Rule Egypt 2007 max - Sep lastThu 0:00s 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Africa/Cairo 2:05:00 - LMT 1900 Oct
I believe this modification also fixes the difference between code and final
comment for Egypt: the comment says transitions should be at 0:00 except for
1995 but the current code does otherwise.
Hammad, could you send us some info about the final, definitive alteration?
I ask this as per the info you sent, the 24th September isn't final yet.
Rodrigo Severo
On 9/13/06, Hammad Hassan-WHH011 <WHH011 at motorola.com> wrote:
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> Hello,
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> Please find the attached file from the Egyptian Gazette newspapers on 10
> of September 2006,
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> Could you please give me information on how to change the rules on my
> system?
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>
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> Thank you and Regards,
>
> Hassan Hammad
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>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rsevero at gmail.com [mailto:rsevero at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Rodrigo
> Severo
> Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 8:54 PM
> To: tz at elsie.nci.nih.gov
> Cc: Hammad Hassan-WHH011
> Subject: Re: FW: Time zone rules change
>
>
>
> On 9/13/06, Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] <olsona at dc37a.nci.nih.gov>
> wrote:
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> >
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> > Since the rules are changed lately by Egypt government, I need to change
> the
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> > predefined rules in the time zone file,
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> Could you send us the new rules? If you could also include some link
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> to official information (or non-official) regarding this issue, it
>
> would also be included in tz's documentation.
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> Best regards,
>
>
>
> Rodrigo Severo
>
>
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