I have just tried to modify the africa file to represent the modification that will probably be necessary for Egypt as per Hammad's info (The Egyptian Gazette, 10th September):<br><br>Clocks to turn back<br>in Ramadan<br><br>
EGYPT will switch back to the winter<br>time on the eve of the first day of the<br>Muslim holy month of Ramadan, expected<br>to start this year on September 24.<br> The beginning of Ramadan, during<br>which Muslims abstain from food and
<br>drinking from dawn to dusk, is determined<br>by spotting the new moon.<br> "Clocks will be turned back starting<br>from the night on which Darul Ifta (the<br>authority passing Islamic edicts) announces<br>sighting the crescent of the month of
<br>Ramadan and the start of fasting," Magdi<br>Radi, the Cabinet spokesman, said yester-<br>day.<br><br><br>--- tzdata2006k-original/africa 2006-08-21 10:55:51.000000000 -0300<br>+++ tzdata2006k/africa 2006-09-13 08:39:
10.000000000 -0300<br>@@ -211,7 +211,9 @@<br> # IATA (after 1990) says transitions are at 0:00.<br> # Go with IATA starting in 1995, except correct 1995 entry from 09-30 to 09-29.<br> Rule Egypt 1995 max - Apr lastFri 0:00s 1:00 S
<br>-Rule Egypt 1995 max - Sep lastThu 23:00s 0 -<br>+Rule Egypt 1995 2005 - Sep lastThu 23:00s 0 -<br>+Rule Egypt 2006 only - Sep 24 0:00s 0 -
<br>+Rule Egypt 2007 max - Sep lastThu 0:00s 0 -<br><br> # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]<br> Zone Africa/Cairo 2:05:00 - LMT 1900 Oct<br><br>I believe this modification also fixes the difference between code and final comment for Egypt: the comment says transitions should be at 0:00 except for 1995 but the current code does otherwise.
<br><br>Hammad, could you send us some info about the final, definitive alteration? I ask this as per the info you sent, the 24th September isn't final yet.<br><br><br>Rodrigo Severo<br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">
On 9/13/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Hammad Hassan-WHH011</b> <<a href="mailto:WHH011@motorola.com">WHH011@motorola.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Hello,</span></font></p>
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<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Please find the attached file from the
Egyptian Gazette newspapers on 10 of September 2006, </span></font></p>
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<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Could you please give me information on
how to change the rules on my system?</span></font></p>
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<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Thank you and Regards,</span></font></p></div><div><span class="sg">
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Hassan Hammad</span></font></p></span></div><div><span class="e" id="q_10da3707f1a4088f_2">
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<p><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">-----Original Message-----<br>
From: <a href="mailto:rsevero@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">rsevero@gmail.com</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:rsevero@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
rsevero@gmail.com</a>] On Behalf Of Rodrigo Severo<br>
Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 8:54 PM<br>
To: <a href="mailto:tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov</a><br>
Cc: Hammad Hassan-WHH011<br>
Subject: Re: FW: Time zone rules change</span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">On 9/13/06, Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E]
<<a href="mailto:olsona@dc37a.nci.nih.gov" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">olsona@dc37a.nci.nih.gov</a>> wrote:</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">> </span></font></p>
<p><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">> Since the rules are changed lately by Egypt government, I need to change
the</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">> predefined rules in the time zone file,</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Could you send us the new rules? If you could also include some link</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">to official information (or non-official) regarding this issue, it</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">would also be included in tz's documentation.</span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Best regards,</span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Rodrigo Severo</span></font></p>
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