proposed tz data changes for Syria, Uruguay

Paul Eggert eggert at CS.UCLA.EDU
Mon Sep 18 19:06:41 UTC 2006


Here's the proposed changes to the tz data for today's heads-ups
(is that the right word?).  Thanks to Stephen Colebourne and
Eduardo Cota for these changes.  The Syria change takes effect
Thursday, so I thought I'd send these out now.

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RCS file: RCS/asia,v
retrieving revision 2006.11
retrieving revision 2006.11.0.1
diff -pu -r2006.11 -r2006.11.0.1
--- asia	2006/08/28 16:18:48	2006.11
+++ asia	2006/09/18 18:57:32	2006.11.0.1
@@ -1670,9 +1670,14 @@ Rule	Syria	1993	only	-	Sep	25	0:00	0	-
 # 2000-04-02, and 2001-04-02; (1999-09) says 2000-03-31 and 2001-03-31;
 # ignore all these claims and go with Shanks & Pottenger.
 Rule	Syria	1994	1996	-	Apr	 1	0:00	1:00	S
-Rule	Syria	1994	max	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
+Rule	Syria	1994	2005	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
 Rule	Syria	1997	1998	-	Mar	lastMon	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Syria	1999	max	-	Apr	 1	0:00	1:00	S
+# From Stephen Colebourne (2006-09-18):
+# According to IATA data, Syria will change DST on 21st September this
+# year [only]....  This is probably related to Ramadan, like Egypt.
+Rule	Syria	2006	only	-	Sep	21	0:00	0	-
+Rule	Syria	2007	max	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Damascus	2:25:12 -	LMT	1920	# Dimashq
 			2:00	Syria	EE%sT
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RCS file: RCS/southamerica,v
retrieving revision 2006.3
retrieving revision 2006.3.0.1
diff -pu -r2006.3 -r2006.3.0.1
--- southamerica	2006/04/03 14:07:15	2006.3
+++ southamerica	2006/09/18 18:57:32	2006.3.0.1
@@ -1064,6 +1064,10 @@ Rule	Uruguay	2005	only	-	Mar	27	 2:00	0	
 # 02:00 local time, official time in Uruguay will be at GMT -2.
 Rule	Uruguay	2005	only	-	Oct	 9	 2:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Uruguay	2006	only	-	Mar	12	 2:00	0	-
+# From Eduardo Cota (2006-09-15):
+# http://www.presidencia.gub.uy/_web/decretos/2006/09/CM%20210_08%2006%202006_00001.PDF
+Rule	Uruguay	2006	max	-	Oct	Sun>=1	 2:00	1:00	S
+Rule	Uruguay	2007	max	-	Mar	Sun>=8	 2:00	0	-
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone America/Montevideo	-3:44:44 -	LMT	1898 Jun 28
 			-3:44:44 -	MMT	1920 May  1	# Montevideo MT



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