Time zone rules change

[Shekar M S]

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Paul Eggert wrote:
> Jesper Norgaard Welen <jnorgard at prodigy.net.mx> writes:
>
>   
>> the article says that Ramadan presumably will start the 24.th. of
>> September 2006, and on the eve of that day, they will switch back to
>> winter time.  The rule change should therefore be  Sep 25 0:00.
>>     
>
> and "Paul Schauble" <Paul.Schauble at ticketmaster.com> writes:
>
>   
>> It may not be midnight. Some Middle Eastern countries have the next day
>> starting at sunset.
>>     
>
> "Christmas Eve" is the day before Christmas, and that's how I
> interpreted that story's "eve".  I chose midnight since our DB has
> previous-year changes at midnight.  If the change is Sept 25 00:00
> rather than Sept 24 00:00, or is at some other time than 00:00, I hope
> Hammad Hassan will correct us.
>
>
> Robert Elz <kre at munnari.oz.au> writes:
>
>   
>> it is pretty clear that the "eve of Ramadan" rule for ending
>> summer time won't last past the next few years, 2011 at the latest
>> I'd guess, but perhaps more likely just this year and the next couple,
>>     
>
> My guess was different: that it affects only this year, because the
> otherwise-as-usual change directly interferes with the preparation for
> the start of Ramadan this year, but wouldn't in other years.  It's
> just a guess of course.
>
>
> Oscar van Vlijmen <ovv at hetnet.nl> writes:
>
>   
>> (My calculations, based on Reingold/Dershowitz "Calendrical Calculations"
>> algorithms).
>>     
>
> I came up with the same results that you did.  Here's the source code
> to my calculations, in GNU Emacs Lisp (tested under version 21.4).
> The output is text that you can feed directly to zic.
>
>    (defun generate-ramadan ()
>      (let ((year 1427))
>        (while (< year (+ 1427 33))
>          (let ((date (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute
>                       (calendar-absolute-from-islamic (list 9 1 year)))))
>            (insert (format "Rule\tEgypt\t%d\tonly\t-\t%s\t%d\t 0:00\t0\t-\n"
>                            (extract-calendar-year date)
>                            (calendar-month-name (extract-calendar-month date) 3)
>                            (extract-calendar-day date))))
>          (setq year (1+ year)))))
>
> I came to the same conclusion that you did, which is that a lunar
> calendar is not likely to be the basis of a daylight saving scheme.
> (Though it might be the basis of a _moonlight_ saving scheme, for
> those of us who admire moonlight!)
>
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