From efd0231aa7a68ec431ce99251d2496a0eed624ec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tim Parenti Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2020 10:53:09 -0400 Subject: Palestine ends DST on 2020-10-24 (Thanks to Sharef Mustafa.) * asia (Palestine): Assume future fall transitions will be on the Saturday preceding October's last Sunday at 01:00, with the recent exception of the 2019-10-26 fall-back, which was at 00:00. (Thanks to Steffen Thorsen.) * NEWS: Mention this. --- NEWS | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ asia | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---- 2 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 25cf8cb..4d653dc 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,5 +1,23 @@ News for the tz database +Unreleased, experimental changes + + Briefly: + Palestine ends DST earlier than predicted, on 2020-10-24. + + Changes to future timestamps + + Palestine ends DST on 2020-10-24 at 01:00, instead of 2020-10-31 as + previously predicted. (Thanks to Sharef Mustafa.) This affects + Asia/Gaza and Asia/Hebron. Assume future fall transitions will be + on the Saturday preceding October's last Sunday. + + Changes to past timestamps + + Palestine's 2019-10-26 fall-back was at 00:00, not 01:00. (Thanks + to Steffen Thorsen.) + + Release 2020c - 2020-10-16 11:15:53 -0700 Briefly: diff --git a/asia b/asia index e4d84e9..1c2d3eb 100644 --- a/asia +++ b/asia @@ -3221,13 +3221,31 @@ Zone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907 # From Sharef Mustafa (2019-10-18): # Palestine summer time will end on midnight Oct 26th 2019 ... -# http://www.palestinecabinet.gov.ps/website/ar/ViewDetails?ID=43948 # +# From Steffen Thorsen (2020-10-20): +# Some sources such as these say, and display on clocks, that DST ended at +# midnight last year... +# https://www.amad.ps/ar/post/320006 +# +# From Tim Parenti (2020-10-20): +# The report of the Palestinian Cabinet meeting of 2019-10-14 confirms +# a decision on (translated): "The start of the winter time in Palestine, by +# delaying the clock by sixty minutes, starting from midnight on Friday / +# Saturday corresponding to 26/10/2019." +# http://www.palestinecabinet.gov.ps/portal/meeting/details/43948 + +# From Sharef Mustafa (2020-10-20): +# As per the palestinian cabinet announcement yesterday , the day light saving +# shall [end] on Oct 24th 2020 at 01:00AM by delaying the clock by 60 minutes. +# http://www.palestinecabinet.gov.ps/portal/Meeting/Details/51584 + # From Paul Eggert (2019-04-10): # For now, guess spring-ahead transitions are March's last Friday at 00:00. # -# From Tim Parenti (2016-10-19): -# Predict fall transitions on October's last Saturday at 01:00 from now on. +# From Tim Parenti (2020-10-20): +# Predict future fall transitions at 01:00 on the Saturday preceding October's +# last Sunday (i.e., Sat>=24). This is consistent with our predictions since +# 2016, although the time of the change differed slightly in 2019. # Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule EgyptAsia 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S @@ -3259,8 +3277,10 @@ Rule Palestine 2013 only - Sep Fri>=21 0:00 0 - Rule Palestine 2014 2015 - Oct Fri>=21 0:00 0 - Rule Palestine 2015 only - Mar lastFri 24:00 1:00 S Rule Palestine 2016 2018 - Mar Sat>=24 1:00 1:00 S -Rule Palestine 2016 max - Oct lastSat 1:00 0 - +Rule Palestine 2016 2018 - Oct Sat>=24 1:00 0 - Rule Palestine 2019 max - Mar lastFri 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Palestine 2019 only - Oct Sat>=24 0:00 0 - +Rule Palestine 2020 max - Oct Sat>=24 1:00 0 - # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct -- 2.15.1