TZ changes in Nicaragua, Jordan and Gaza

[Paul Eggert]

Thanks for the heads-up.  As you mention, reliable data for Gaza in
English is hard to come by, but what little info I can find
corroborates timeanddate.com.  Here's a further proposed patch to the
tz database embodying those changes.  It assumes the System V patches
I proposed yesterday and also the Georgia / Cuba/ Azerbaijan changes
of a week ago.

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RCS file: RCS/asia,v
retrieving revision 2005.14.0.1
retrieving revision 2005.14.0.2
diff -pu -r2005.14.0.1 -r2005.14.0.2
--- asia	2005/11/18 06:54:05	2005.14.0.1
+++ asia	2005/11/23 08:18:53	2005.14.0.2
@@ -930,6 +930,9 @@ Zone	Asia/Tokyo	9:18:59	-	LMT	1887 Dec 3
 # The decision was taken because of the increase in working hours in
 # government's departments from six to seven hours.
 #
+# From Paul Eggert (2005-11-22):
+# Starting 2003 transitions are from Steffen Thorsen's web site timeanddate.com.
+#
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Jordan	1973	only	-	Jun	6	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Jordan	1973	1975	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	-
@@ -952,8 +955,11 @@ Rule	Jordan	1993	1998	-	Apr	Fri>=1	0:00	
 Rule	Jordan	1994	only	-	Sep	Fri>=15	0:00	0	-
 Rule	Jordan	1995	1998	-	Sep	Fri>=15	0:00s	0	-
 Rule	Jordan	1999	only	-	Jul	 1	0:00s	1:00	S
-Rule	Jordan	1999	max	-	Sep	lastThu	0:00s	0	-
+Rule	Jordan	1999	2002	-	Sep	lastThu	0:00s	0	-
 Rule	Jordan	2000	max	-	Mar	lastThu	0:00s	1:00	S
+Rule	Jordan	2003	only	-	Oct	24	0:00s	0	-
+Rule	Jordan	2004	only	-	Oct	15	0:00s	0	-
+Rule	Jordan	2005	max	-	Sep	lastFri	0:00s	0	-
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Amman	2:23:44 -	LMT	1931
 			2:00	Jordan	EE%sT
@@ -1423,6 +1429,9 @@ Zone	Asia/Karachi	4:28:12 -	LMT	1907
 # For now, let's assume that the spring switch was at 24:00,
 # and that they switch at 0:00 on the 3rd Fridays of April and October.
 
+# From Paul Eggert (2005-11-22):
+# Starting 2004 transitions are from Steffen Thorsen's web site timeanddate.com.
+
 # The rules for Egypt are stolen from the `africa' file.
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule EgyptAsia	1957	only	-	May	10	0:00	1:00	S
@@ -1433,7 +1442,9 @@ Rule EgyptAsia	1959	1965	-	Sep	30	3:00	0
 Rule EgyptAsia	1966	only	-	Oct	 1	3:00	0	-
 
 Rule Palestine	1999	max	-	Apr	Fri>=15	0:00	1:00	S
-Rule Palestine	1999	max	-	Oct	Fri>=15	0:00	0	-
+Rule Palestine	1999	2003	-	Oct	Fri>=15	0:00	0	-
+Rule Palestine	2004	only	-	Oct	 1	1:00	0	-
+Rule Palestine	2005	max	-	Oct	 4	1:00	0	-
 
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Gaza	2:17:52	-	LMT	1900 Oct
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RCS file: RCS/northamerica,v
retrieving revision 2005.14.0.2
retrieving revision 2005.14.0.3
diff -pu -r2005.14.0.2 -r2005.14.0.3
--- northamerica	2005/11/22 18:04:38	2005.14.0.2
+++ northamerica	2005/11/23 08:18:53	2005.14.0.3
@@ -2037,13 +2037,18 @@ Zone America/Montserrat	-4:08:52 -	LMT	1
 # changes in 2000.  Perhaps a note could be added to the northamerica file, to
 # the effect that we have indirect evidence that DST was observed in 2000.
 #
+# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2005-11-02):
+# Nicaragua left DST the 2005-10-02 at 00:00 (local time).
+# http://www.presidencia.gob.ni/presidencia/files_index/secretaria/comunicados/2005/septiembre/26septiembre-cambio-hora.htm
+# (2005-09-26)
+#
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Nic	1979	1980	-	Mar	Sun>=16	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Nic	1979	1980	-	Jun	Mon>=23	0:00	0	S
-Rule	Nic	1992	only	-	Jan	1	4:00	1:00	D
+Rule	Nic	1992	only	-	Jan	 1	4:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Nic	1992	only	-	Sep	24	0:00	0	S
 Rule	Nic	2005	only	-	Apr	10	0:00	1:00	D
-Rule	Nic	2005	only	-	Sep	18	0:00	0	S
+Rule	Nic	2005	only	-	Oct	 2	0:00	0	S
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	America/Managua	-5:45:08 -	LMT	1890
 			-5:45:12 -	MMT	1934 Jun 23 # Managua Mean Time?