[tz] [PROPOSED PATCH] Mongolia resumes DST in 2015

Paul Eggert eggert at cs.ucla.edu
Tue Mar 10 07:04:48 UTC 2015


* asia (Mongol), NEWS: Mongolia will start observing DST again
this year, from the last Saturday in March at 02:00 to the last
Saturday in September at 00:00.  (Thanks to Ganbold Tsagaankhuu.)
---
 NEWS | 4 ++++
 asia | 9 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d21c1fa..5aca1f6 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes
 
   Changes affecting future time stamps
 
+    Mongolia will start observing DST again this year, from the last
+    Saturday in March at 02:00 to the last Saturday in September at 00:00.
+    (Thanks to Ganbold Tsagaankhuu.)
+
     Palestine will start DST on March 28, not March 27.  Also,
     correct the fall 2014 transition from September 26 to October 24.
     Adjust future predictions accordingly.  (Thanks to Steffen Thorsen.)
diff --git a/asia b/asia
index fa7978e..756e3d0 100644
--- a/asia
+++ b/asia
@@ -1904,6 +1904,13 @@ Zone	Indian/Maldives	4:54:00 -	LMT	1880 # Male
 # was at the start of 2008-03-31 (the day of Steffen Thorsen's report);
 # this is almost surely wrong.
 
+# From Ganbold Tsagaankhuu (2015-03-10):
+# It seems like yesterday Mongolian Government meeting has concluded to use
+# daylight saving time in Mongolia....  Starting at 2:00AM of last Saturday of
+# March 2015, daylight saving time starts.  And 00:00AM of last Saturday of
+# September daylight saving time ends.  Source:
+# http://zasag.mn/news/view/8969
+
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Mongol	1983	1984	-	Apr	1	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Mongol	1983	only	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	-
@@ -1924,6 +1931,8 @@ Rule	Mongol	1984	1998	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	0	-
 Rule	Mongol	2001	only	-	Apr	lastSat	2:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Mongol	2001	2006	-	Sep	lastSat	2:00	0	-
 Rule	Mongol	2002	2006	-	Mar	lastSat	2:00	1:00	S
+Rule	Mongol	2015	max	-	Mar	lastSat	2:00	1:00	S
+Rule	Mongol	2015	max	-	Sep	lastSat	0:00	0	-
 
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 # Hovd, a.k.a. Chovd, Dund-Us, Dzhargalant, Khovd, Jirgalanta
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