proposed time zone package changes (Morocco; Taipei; San Luis)

Arthur David Olson olsona at lecserver.nci.nih.gov
Wed Apr 14 12:20:07 UTC 2010


Below are proposed time zone packages; here's a summary:

	africa		Add Morocco DST in 2010.
	asia		Add Taipei DST in 1979; remove Taipei DST in 1980.
	southamerica	San Luis on "permanent" DST as of 2010.

If no problems are found, these will show up on the ftp site on 2010-04-19.

				--ado

diff -r -c old/africa new/africa
*** old/africa	Mon Apr  5 09:58:55 2010
--- new/africa	Wed Apr 14 08:15:37 2010
***************
*** 1,5 ****
  # <pre>
! # @(#)africa	8.24
  # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
  # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
  
--- 1,5 ----
  # <pre>
! # @(#)africa	8.25
  # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
  # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
  
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*** 680,685 ****
--- 680,700 ----
  # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco03.html
  # </a>
  
+ # From Steffen Thorsen (2010-04-13):
+ # Several news media in Morocco report that the Ministry of Modernization
+ # of Public Sectors has announced that Morocco will have DST from
+ # 2010-05-02 to 2010-08-08.
+ #
+ # Example:
+ # <a href="http://www.lavieeco.com/actualites/4099-le-maroc-passera-a-l-heure-d-ete-gmt1-le-2-mai.html">
+ # http://www.lavieeco.com/actualites/4099-le-maroc-passera-a-l-heure-d-ete-gmt1-le-2-mai.html
+ # </a>
+ # (French)
+ # Our page:
+ # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-starts-dst-2010.html">
+ # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-starts-dst-2010.html
+ # </a>
+ 
  # RULE	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
  
  Rule	Morocco	1939	only	-	Sep	12	 0:00	1:00	S
***************
*** 701,706 ****
--- 716,723 ----
  Rule	Morocco	2008	only	-	Sep	 1	 0:00	0	-
  Rule	Morocco	2009	only	-	Jun	 1	 0:00	1:00	S
  Rule	Morocco	2009	only	-	Aug	 21	 0:00	0	-
+ Rule	Morocco	2010	only	-	May	 2	 0:00	1:00	S
+ Rule	Morocco	2010	only	-	Aug	 22	 0:00	0	-
  # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
  Zone Africa/Casablanca	-0:30:20 -	LMT	1913 Oct 26
  			 0:00	Morocco	WE%sT	1984 Mar 16
diff -r -c old/asia new/asia
*** old/asia	Mon Apr  5 09:58:55 2010
--- new/asia	Wed Apr 14 08:15:38 2010
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*** 1,4 ****
! # @(#)asia	8.59
  # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
  # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
  
--- 1,4 ----
! # @(#)asia	8.60
  # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
  # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
  
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*** 566,571 ****
--- 566,593 ----
  # was still controlled by Japan.  This is hard to believe, but we don't
  # have any other information.
  
+ # From smallufo (2010-04-03):
+ # According to Taiwan's CWB,
+ # <a href="http://www.cwb.gov.tw/V6/astronomy/cdata/summert.htm">
+ # http://www.cwb.gov.tw/V6/astronomy/cdata/summert.htm
+ # </a>
+ # Taipei has DST in 1979 between July 1st and Sep 30.
+ 
+ # From Arthur David Olson (2010-04-07):
+ # Here's Google's translation of the table at the bottom of the "summert.htm" page:
+ # Decade 	                                                    Name                      Start and end date
+ # Republic of China 34 years to 40 years (AD 1945-1951 years) Summer Time               May 1 to September 30 
+ # 41 years of the Republic of China (AD 1952)                 Daylight Saving Time      March 1 to October 31 
+ # Republic of China 42 years to 43 years (AD 1953-1954 years) Daylight Saving Time      April 1 to October 31 
+ # In the 44 years to 45 years (AD 1955-1956 years)            Daylight Saving Time      April 1 to September 30 
+ # Republic of China 46 years to 48 years (AD 1957-1959)       Summer Time               April 1 to September 30 
+ # Republic of China 49 years to 50 years (AD 1960-1961)       Summer Time               June 1 to September 30 
+ # Republic of China 51 years to 62 years (AD 1962-1973 years) Stop Summer Time 
+ # Republic of China 63 years to 64 years (1974-1975 AD)       Daylight Saving Time      April 1 to September 30 
+ # Republic of China 65 years to 67 years (1976-1978 AD)       Stop Daylight Saving Time 
+ # Republic of China 68 years (AD 1979)                        Daylight Saving Time      July 1 to September 30 
+ # Republic of China since 69 years (AD 1980)                  Stop Daylight Saving Time
+ 
  # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
  Rule	Taiwan	1945	1951	-	May	1	0:00	1:00	D
  Rule	Taiwan	1945	1951	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	S
***************
*** 576,583 ****
  Rule	Taiwan	1960	1961	-	Jun	1	0:00	1:00	D
  Rule	Taiwan	1974	1975	-	Apr	1	0:00	1:00	D
  Rule	Taiwan	1974	1975	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	S
! Rule	Taiwan	1980	only	-	Jun	30	0:00	1:00	D
! Rule	Taiwan	1980	only	-	Sep	30	0:00	0	S
  # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
  Zone	Asia/Taipei	8:06:00 -	LMT	1896 # or Taibei or T'ai-pei
  			8:00	Taiwan	C%sT
--- 598,606 ----
  Rule	Taiwan	1960	1961	-	Jun	1	0:00	1:00	D
  Rule	Taiwan	1974	1975	-	Apr	1	0:00	1:00	D
  Rule	Taiwan	1974	1975	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	S
! Rule	Taiwan	1979	only	-	Jun	30	0:00	1:00	D
! Rule	Taiwan	1979	only	-	Sep	30	0:00	0	S
! 
  # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
  Zone	Asia/Taipei	8:06:00 -	LMT	1896 # or Taibei or T'ai-pei
  			8:00	Taiwan	C%sT
diff -r -c old/southamerica new/southamerica
*** old/southamerica	Mon Apr  5 09:58:55 2010
--- new/southamerica	Wed Apr 14 08:15:38 2010
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*** 1,5 ****
  # <pre>
! # @(#)southamerica	8.43
  # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
  # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
  
--- 1,5 ----
  # <pre>
! # @(#)southamerica	8.44
  # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
  # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
  
***************
*** 437,442 ****
--- 437,463 ----
  # of the country calls it "ART".
  # ...
  
+ # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-04-09):
+ # According to news reports from El Diario de la Republica Province San
+ # Luis, Argentina (standard time UTC-04) will keep Daylight Saving Time
+ # after April 11, 2010--will continue to have same time as rest of
+ # Argentina (UTC-3) (no DST).
+ #
+ # Confirmaron la pr&oacute;rroga del huso horario de verano (Spanish)
+ # <a href="http://www.eldiariodelarepublica.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29383&Itemid=9">
+ # http://www.eldiariodelarepublica.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29383&Itemid=9
+ # </a>
+ # or (some English translation):
+ # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_argentina08.html">
+ # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_argentina08.html
+ # </a>
+ 
+ # From Mariano Absatz (2010-04-12):
+ # yes...I can confirm this...and given that San Luis keeps calling
+ # UTC-03:00 "summer time", we should't just let San Luis go back to "Arg"
+ # rules...San Luis is still using "Western ARgentina Time" and it got
+ # stuck on Summer daylight savings time even though the summer is over.
+ 
  # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
  #
  # Buenos Aires (BA), Capital Federal (CF),
***************
*** 570,577 ****
  #
  # San Luis (SL)
  
! Rule	SanLuis	2008	max	-	Mar	Sun>=8	0:00	0	-
! Rule	SanLuis	2007	max	-	Oct	Sun>=8	0:00	1:00	S
  
  Zone America/Argentina/San_Luis -4:25:24 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
  			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
--- 591,598 ----
  #
  # San Luis (SL)
  
! Rule	SanLuis	2008	2009	-	Mar	Sun>=8	0:00	0	-
! Rule	SanLuis	2007	2009	-	Oct	Sun>=8	0:00	1:00	S
  
  Zone America/Argentina/San_Luis -4:25:24 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
  			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May



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