Israel 2005 and Beyond -- Proposed Timezone Dates

[Ephraim Silverberg]

Yesterday, the Knesset Interior Committee passed a proposed (originally
in March 2004) change to the Time Setting Law that would make the dates
for DST from 2005 and beyond so that DST starts on the night _after_ the
first night of the Passover holiday at midnight until midnight of the
Saturday night _before_ the fast of Yom Kippur.

Those who can read Hebrew can view the proposal at:

    ftp://ftp.cs.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/2005+.ps

The proposal still has to be passed by the Knesset (three readings) for
it to become law so I'm not sure if they should be incorporated in the
global TZ database, but I'm attaching the diffs just in case.  I have
only calculated the dates for ten years (2005-2014), but if the law
passes, I will write a C programme that will output TZ times for Israel
for any given year.

I will inform the list if and when the law passes the legislative process
and if any amendments are made on the way.
___________________________________________________________________________
Ephraim Silverberg, CSE System Group,        Phone number:    972-2-6585521
Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.        Fax number:      972-2-5617723
WWW: http://www.cs.huji.ac.il/~ephraim       E-mail: ephraim at cse.huji.ac.il
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*** 735,746 ****
  Rule	Zion	2004	only	-	Apr	 7	1:00	1:00	D
  Rule	Zion	2004	only	-	Sep	22	1:00	0	S
  
! # From Paul Eggert (2000-07-25):
! # Here are guesses for rules after 2004.
! # They are probably wrong, but they are more likely than no DST at all.
  # Rule	NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
! Rule	Zion	2005	max	-	Apr	 1	1:00	1:00	D
! Rule	Zion	2005	max	-	Oct	 1	1:00	0	S
  
  # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
  Zone	Asia/Jerusalem	2:20:56 -	LMT	1880
--- 735,775 ----
  Rule	Zion	2004	only	-	Apr	 7	1:00	1:00	D
  Rule	Zion	2004	only	-	Sep	22	1:00	0	S
  
! # The Knesset Interior Committee has approved a proposal (originally
! # introduced on 2004-03-24) that would amend the Time Setting Law
! # to set the dates for the year 2005 and beyond so that DST starts
! # on the night _after_ the first night of the Passover holiday at
! # midnight until midnight of the Saturday night _before_ the fast
! # of Yom Kippur.  The proposal still has to be passed by the Knesset
! # (three readings) for it to become law.
! 
! Rule	Zion	2005	only	-	Apr 25	0:00	1:00	D
! Rule	Zion	2005	only	-	Oct  9	0:00	0	S
! Rule	Zion	2006	only	-	Apr 14	0:00	1:00	D
! Rule	Zion	2006	only	-	Oct  1	0:00	0	S
! Rule	Zion	2007	only	-	Apr  4	0:00	1:00	D
! Rule	Zion	2007	only	-	Sep 16	0:00	0	S
! Rule	Zion	2008	only	-	Apr 21	0:00	1:00	D
! Rule	Zion	2008	only	-	Oct  5	0:00	0	S
! Rule	Zion	2009	only	-	Apr 10	0:00	1:00	D
! Rule	Zion	2009	only	-	Sep 27	0:00	0	S
! Rule	Zion	2010	only	-	Mar 31	0:00	1:00	D
! Rule	Zion	2010	only	-	Sep 12	0:00	0	S
! Rule	Zion	2011	only	-	Apr 20	0:00	1:00	D
! Rule	Zion	2011	only	-	Oct  2	0:00	0	S
! Rule	Zion	2012	only	-	Apr  8	0:00	1:00	D
! Rule	Zion	2012	only	-	Sep 23	0:00	0	S
! Rule	Zion	2013	only	-	Mar 27	0:00	1:00	D
! Rule	Zion	2013	only	-	Sep  8	0:00	0	S
! Rule	Zion	2014	only	-	Apr 16	0:00	1:00	D
! Rule	Zion	2014	only	-	Sep 28	0:00	0	S
! 
! # Here are approximations for rules after 2014 since I didn't
! # want to bloat the TZ rule file with tens of years of dates
! # especially since the law has not been finalised.
  # Rule	NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
! Rule	Zion	2015	max	-	Apr	 1	0:00	1:00	D
! Rule	Zion	2015	max	-	Oct	 firstSun	0:00	0	S
  
  # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
  Zone	Asia/Jerusalem	2:20:56 -	LMT	1880