Maybe a mistake in tzdata2010k.tar.gz

[Stanley, Rick]

Hi,

I got your email from http://www.twinsun.com/tz/tz-link.htm.

I have recently downloaded this tz file: tzdata2010k.tar.gz

I have compiled the tz file for Egypt and find the following:

bash-3.00# zdump -v Egypt | grep 2010
Egypt  Thu Apr 29 21:59:59 2010 UTC = Thu Apr 29 23:59:59 2010 EET isdst=0
Egypt  Thu Apr 29 22:00:00 2010 UTC = Fri Apr 30 01:00:00 2010 EEST isdst=1

Egypt  Tue Aug 10 20:59:59 2010 UTC = Tue Aug 10 23:59:59 2010 EEST isdst=1
Egypt  Tue Aug 10 21:00:00 2010 UTC = Tue Aug 10 23:00:00 2010 EET isdst=0

Egypt  Wed Sep  8 21:59:59 2010 UTC = Wed Sep  8 23:59:59 2010 EET isdst=0
Egypt  Wed Sep  8 22:00:00 2010 UTC = Thu Sep  9 01:00:00 2010 EEST isdst=1

Egypt  Thu Sep 30 20:59:59 2010 UTC = Thu Sep 30 23:59:59 2010 EEST isdst=1
Egypt  Thu Sep 30 21:00:00 2010 UTC = Thu Sep 30 23:00:00 2010 EET isdst=0

All of this looks correct, except for the Sep 8 - Sep 9 changes.

Here is what I find on the web about time changes in Egypt:

DST ends<http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/clockchange.html?n=53> on Midnight between Tuesday, August 10, 2010 and Wednesday, August 11, 2010 local daylight time
DST starts<http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/clockchange.html?n=53> on Midnight between Thursday, September 9, 2010 and Friday, September 10, 2010 local standard time
DST ends<http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/clockchange.html?n=53> on Midnight between Thursday, September 30, 2010 and Friday, October 1, 2010 local daylight time

On the web, DST starts between Sept 9 and 10th
In the TZ file, DST starts between Sept 8 and 9th.

Thank you,



Rick Stanley
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