changes for Israel's daylight savings rules in 1996-1998

[Paul Eggert]

Ephraim Silverberg reports that on January 1 the government of Israel
announced changes for Israel's DST transitions for the years 1996-1998.
The first change is the autumn 1996 transition.  The revised rules are
reflected by the patch below, which is relative to the latest
published tz data.

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  #Rule	Zion	1991	only	-	Mar	10	0:00	1:00	D
  #Rule	Zion	1991	only	-	Sep	 1	0:00	0	S
  
! # From Ephraim Silverberg (September 20, 1995):
  #
  # According to the Office of the Secretary General of the Ministry of
  # Interior, there is NO set rule for Daylight-Savings/Standard time changes.
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  #Rule	Zion	1991	only	-	Mar	10	0:00	1:00	D
  #Rule	Zion	1991	only	-	Sep	 1	0:00	0	S
  
! # From Ephraim Silverberg (1996-01-02):
  #
  # According to the Office of the Secretary General of the Ministry of
  # Interior, there is NO set rule for Daylight-Savings/Standard time changes.
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*** 451,457 ****
  # time annually.  Ever since 1993, the change to daylight savings time has
  # been from midnight Thursday night to 1 a.m. Friday morning and the change
  # back to standard time on Saturday night from midnight daylight savings time
! # to 11 p.m. standard time.
  
  # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
  Rule	Zion	1989	only	-	Apr	30	0:00	1:00	D
--- 451,459 ----
  # time annually.  Ever since 1993, the change to daylight savings time has
  # been from midnight Thursday night to 1 a.m. Friday morning and the change
  # back to standard time on Saturday night from midnight daylight savings time
! # to 11 p.m. standard time.  1996 is an exception to this rule where the
! # change back to standard time takes place on Sunday night instead of Saturday
! # night to avoid conflicts with the Jewish New Year.
  
  # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
  Rule	Zion	1989	only	-	Apr	30	0:00	1:00	D
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  #
  #   ftp://ftp.huji.ac.il/pub/misc/timezones/announcements/1996-1998.ps.gz
  #
! # Emptor Caveat: The fall of 1996 is an election year (the change to/from
! # daylight savings time affects the earliest possible time for morning prayers
! # making it is a sensitive issue among the religious sector of the electorate)
! # so political considerations may cause the outgoing government to make the
! # change back to standard time earlier in the fall of 1996 and the incoming
! # government may nullify the 1997/1998 times altogether depending on the
! # coalition formed after the elections.  Life isn't boring here in Israel.
  
  # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
  Rule	Zion	1996	1998	-	Mar	Fri>=14	0:00	1:00	D
! Rule	Zion	1996	only	-	Sep	22	0:00	0:00	S
! Rule	Zion	1997	only	-	Nov	 2	0:00	0:00	S
! Rule	Zion	1998	only	-	Oct	25	0:00	0:00	S
  
  # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
  Zone	Asia/Tel_Aviv	2:19:04 -	LMT	1880
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  #
  #   ftp://ftp.huji.ac.il/pub/misc/timezones/announcements/1996-1998.ps.gz
  #
! # Emptor Caveat: The dates for the years 1996-1998 were originally announced
! # on August 31, 1995, by the previous Minister of Interior.  The new Minister
! # of Interior changed the dates on January 1, 1996, to take into account the
! # desires of certain portions of Israeli society (the next election is in the
! # Fall of 1996).  After this (1996) year's Daylight Savings Time is over, the
! # new minister has announced that a study will be conducted as to the wishes of
! # the populace regarding the length of Daylight Savings Time and the Interior
! # Committee will meet to review the results of the study and make any necessary
! # changes to the 1997-1998 dates.  Never a dull moment in the State of Israel.
  
  # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
  Rule	Zion	1996	1998	-	Mar	Fri>=14	0:00	1:00	D
! Rule	Zion	1996	only	-	Sep	16	0:00	0:00	S
! Rule	Zion	1997	1998	-	Oct	Sun>=14	0:00	0:00	S
  
  # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
  Zone	Asia/Tel_Aviv	2:19:04 -	LMT	1880