update to proposed "asia" patch

Arthur David Olson olsona at lecserver.nci.nih.gov
Thu Sep 3 14:26:01 UTC 2009


Given the word from Alexander Krivenyshev, here's an updated "asia" Patch
(with changes relative to the current FTP version). If no problems are
found, this will show up in the ftp version on 2009-09-08.

			--ado

------- asia -------
*** /tmp/geta26239	Thu Sep  3 10:23:52 2009
--- /tmp/getb26239	Thu Sep  3 10:23:52 2009
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*** 1,5 ****
  # <pre>
! # @(#)asia	8.38
  # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
  # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
  
--- 1,5 ----
  # <pre>
! # @(#)asia	8.40
  # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
  # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
  
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*** 1836,1841 ****
--- 1836,1877 ----
  # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_westbank01.html
  # </a>
  
+ # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-08-31):
+ # Palestine's Council of Ministers announced that they will revert back to
+ # winter time on Friday, 2009-09-04.
+ #
+ # One news source:
+ # <a href="http://www.safa.ps/ara/?action=showdetail&seid=4158">
+ # http://www.safa.ps/ara/?action=showdetail&seid=4158
+ # </a>
+ # (Palestinian press agency, Arabic),
+ # Google translate: "Decided that the Palestinian government in Ramallah
+ # headed by Salam Fayyad, the start of work in time for the winter of
+ # 2009, starting on Friday approved the fourth delay Sept. clock sixty
+ # minutes per hour as of Friday morning."
+ #
+ # We are not sure if Gaza will do the same, last year they had a different
+ # end date, we will keep this page updated:
+ # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/westbank-gaza-dst-2009.html">
+ # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/westbank-gaza-dst-2009.html
+ # </a>
+ 
+ # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-09-02):
+ # Seems that Gaza Strip will go back to Winter Time same date as West Bank.
+ #
+ # According to Palestinian Ministry Of Interior, West Bank and Gaza Strip plan
+ # to change time back to Standard time on September 4, 2009.
+ #
+ # "Winter time unite the West Bank and Gaza"
+ # (from Palestinian National Authority):
+ # <a href="http://www.moi.gov.ps/en/?page=633167343250594025&nid=11505
+ # http://www.moi.gov.ps/en/?page=633167343250594025&nid=11505
+ # </a>
+ # or
+ # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_gazastrip02.html>
+ # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_gazastrip02.html
+ # </a>
+ 
  # 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
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*** 1854,1860 ****
  Rule Palestine	2007	only	-	Sep	Thu>=8	2:00	0	-
  Rule Palestine	2008	only	-	Aug	lastFri	2:00	0	-
  Rule Palestine	2009	max	-	Mar	lastFri	0:00	1:00	S
! Rule Palestine	2009	max	-	Sep	lastMon	2:00	0	-
  
  # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
  Zone	Asia/Gaza	2:17:52	-	LMT	1900 Oct
--- 1890,1896 ----
  Rule Palestine	2007	only	-	Sep	Thu>=8	2:00	0	-
  Rule Palestine	2008	only	-	Aug	lastFri	2:00	0	-
  Rule Palestine	2009	max	-	Mar	lastFri	0:00	1:00	S
! Rule Palestine	2009	max	-	Sep	Fri>=1	2:00	0	-
  
  # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
  Zone	Asia/Gaza	2:17:52	-	LMT	1900 Oct



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