[tz] Jordan back from DST - reverting to UTC+2
Paul Eggert
eggert at cs.ucla.edu
Wed Dec 11 20:30:37 UTC 2013
On 12/11/2013 12:19 PM, Steffen Thorsen wrote:
> I would actually think they are planning to change one hour earlier than normal, but just this time.
Thanks for the further heads-up. I've pushed this patch to
the experimental github version.
>From b0cde690c66b6c91404f738059f940df3fc1e4a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Eggert <eggert at cs.ucla.edu>
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 12:29:10 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Asia/Amman: Jordan's Dec. 20 transition is DST, not standard
time
(Thanks to Steffen Thorsen.)
* asia (Jordan): Transition is at 00:00, not 00:00s.
* NEWS: Document this.
---
NEWS | 7 +++----
asia | 11 ++++++-----
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 646c320..355134a 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -4,10 +4,9 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes
Changes affecting near-future time stamps:
- Jordan switches back to standard time on December 20 of this year.
- (Thanks to Steffen Thorsen.) Guess that this transition is at 01:00
- (i.e., midnight standard time), and that the 2006-2011 transition
- schedule will resume next year.
+ Jordan switches back to standard time at 00:00 on December 20, 2013.
+ The 2006-2011 transition schedule is planned to resume in 2014.
+ (Thanks to Steffen Thorsen.)
Changes affecting past time stamps:
diff --git a/asia b/asia
index 57e80ca..2867e64 100644
--- a/asia
+++ b/asia
@@ -1389,12 +1389,13 @@ Zone Asia/Tokyo 9:18:59 - LMT 1887 Dec 31 15:00u
# http://www.petra.gov.jo/public_news/Nws_NewsDetails.aspx?Menu_ID=&Site_Id=2&lang=1&NewsID=133230&CatID=14
# ... Our background/permalink about it
# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/jordan-reverses-dst-decision.html
+# ...
+# http://www.petra.gov.jo/Public_News/Nws_NewsDetails.aspx?lang=2&site_id=1&NewsID=133313&Type=P
+# ... says midnight for the coming one and 1:00 for the ones in the future
+# (and they will use DST again next year, using the normal schedule).
# From Paul Eggert (2013-12-11):
-# Assume that this month's transition is at midnight standard time,
-# since that's been the recent pattern for fall-back transitions.
-# Also, guess that the schedule for 2014 on will be the same as 2006-2011.
-# And as Steffen suggested, consider the past 21-month experiment to be DST.
+# As Steffen suggested, consider the past 21-month experiment to be DST.
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Jordan 1973 only - Jun 6 0:00 1:00 S
@@ -1425,7 +1426,7 @@ Rule Jordan 2003 only - Oct 24 0:00s 0 -
Rule Jordan 2004 only - Oct 15 0:00s 0 -
Rule Jordan 2005 only - Sep lastFri 0:00s 0 -
Rule Jordan 2006 2011 - Oct lastFri 0:00s 0 -
-Rule Jordan 2013 only - Dec 20 0:00s 0 -
+Rule Jordan 2013 only - Dec 20 0:00 0 -
Rule Jordan 2014 max - Mar lastThu 24:00 1:00 S
Rule Jordan 2014 max - Oct lastFri 0:00s 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
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