DST Implementation in Pakistan from 1st June-31August 2008

[Ariz Shadbash]

Hi All,

According to the tar ball tzdata2008c.tar.gz following results are coming:

ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzdata2008c.tar.gz

Asia/Karachi  Sat May 31 18:59:59 2008 UTC = Sat May 31 23:59:59 2008 
PKT isdst=0
Asia/Karachi  Sat May 31 19:00:00 2008 UTC = Sun Jun  1 01:00:00 2008 
PKST isdst=1
Asia/Karachi  Sun Aug 31 17:59:59 2008 UTC = Sun Aug 31 23:59:59 2008 
PKST isdst=1
Asia/Karachi  Sun Aug 31 18:00:00 2008 UTC = Sun Aug 31 23:00:00 2008 
PKT isdst=0


But, accordin to the Pakistan requirement this is the requirement:

Reference:http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/clockchange.html?n=106

Sunday, June 1, 2008 at 12:00:59 AM 	No 	+5 hours 	PKT
Sunday, June 1, 2008 at 1:01:00 AM 	1 hour 	+6 hours 	PKST


Sunday, August 31, 2008 at 12:00:59 AM 	1 hour 	+6 hours 	PKST
Saturday, August 30, 2008 at 11:01:00 PM 	No 	+5 hours 	PKT



can you please comment on the above difference.

Thanks and Regards
Ariz

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