proposed time zone package changes for Samoa (comment only) and Egypt

Arthur David Olson olsona at lecserver.nci.nih.gov
Fri Aug 14 13:17:20 UTC 2009


Below are propsed changes to the "africa" file (for the end of DST in Egypt in
2009) and the "australasia" file (adding a comment about the possibility of
Samoa observing DST in 2009/2010).

If no problems are found, expect these to show up on the ftp server this coming
Monday.

				--ado

------- africa -------
*** /tmp/geta13168	Fri Aug 14 09:02:44 2009
--- /tmp/getb13168	Fri Aug 14 09:02:44 2009
***************
*** 1,5 ****
  # <pre>
! # @(#)africa	8.22
  # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
  # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
  
--- 1,5 ----
  # <pre>
! # @(#)africa	8.23
  # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
  # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
  
***************
*** 276,283 ****
  # In 2009 (and for the next several years), Ramadan ends before the fourth
  # Thursday in September; Egypt is expected to revert to the last Thursday
  # in September.
  Rule	Egypt	2008	only	-	Aug	lastThu	23:00s	0	-
! Rule	Egypt	2009	max	-	Sep	lastThu	23:00s	0	-
  
  # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
  Zone	Africa/Cairo	2:05:00 -	LMT	1900 Oct
--- 276,302 ----
  # In 2009 (and for the next several years), Ramadan ends before the fourth
  # Thursday in September; Egypt is expected to revert to the last Thursday
  # in September.
+ 
+ # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-08-11):
+ # We have been able to confirm the August change with the Egyptian Cabinet 
+ # Information and Decision Support Center:
+ # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/egypt-dst-ends-2009.html">
+ # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/egypt-dst-ends-2009.html
+ # </a>
+ # 
+ # The Middle East News Agency
+ # <a href="http://www.mena.org.eg/index.aspx">
+ # http://www.mena.org.eg/index.aspx
+ # </a>
+ # also reports "Egypt starts winter time on August 21"
+ # today in article numbered "71, 11/08/2009 12:25 GMT." 
+ # Only the title above is available without a subscription to their service,
+ # and can be found by searching for "winter" in their search engine
+ # (at least today).
+ 
  Rule	Egypt	2008	only	-	Aug	lastThu	23:00s	0	-
! Rule	Egypt	2009	only	-	Aug	20	23:00s	0	-
! Rule	Egypt	2010	max	-	Sep	lastThu	23:00s	0	-
  
  # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
  Zone	Africa/Cairo	2:05:00 -	LMT	1900 Oct

------- australasia -------
*** /tmp/geta13288	Fri Aug 14 09:13:20 2009
--- /tmp/getb13288	Fri Aug 14 09:13:20 2009
***************
*** 1,5 ****
  # <pre>
! # @(#)australasia	8.11
  # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
  # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
  
--- 1,5 ----
  # <pre>
! # @(#)australasia	8.12
  # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
  # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
  
***************
*** 427,432 ****
--- 427,448 ----
  			-11:00	-	SST			# S=Samoa
  
  # Samoa
+ 
+ # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2008-12-06):
+ # The Samoa government (Western Samoa) may implement DST on the first Sunday of 
+ # October 2009 (October 4, 2009) until the last Sunday of March 2010 (March 28, 
+ # 2010). 
+ # 
+ # "Selected Committee reports to Cabinet on Daylight Saving Time",
+ # Government of Samoa:
+ # <a href="http://www.govt.ws/pr_article.cfm?pr_id=560">
+ # http://www.govt.ws/pr_article.cfm?pr_id=560
+ # </a>
+ # or
+ # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_samoa01.html">
+ # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_samoa01.html
+ # </a>
+ 
  Zone Pacific/Apia	 12:33:04 -	LMT	1879 Jul  5
  			-11:26:56 -	LMT	1911
  			-11:30	-	SAMT	1950		# Samoa Time



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