proposed tz change for Syria effective in about 3.5 hours

Paul Eggert eggert at CS.UCLA.EDU
Thu Mar 29 18:31:23 UTC 2007


The AP reports that Syria is changing its clocks in about 3.5 hours.
That's not much notice, but here is a proposed patch for this, along
with a comment about the Kuwait situation.

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RCS file: RCS/asia,v
retrieving revision 2007.4
retrieving revision 2007.4.0.2
diff -pu -r2007.4 -r2007.4.0.2
--- asia	2007/03/20 12:48:12	2007.4
+++ asia	2007/03/29 18:29:37	2007.4.0.2
@@ -1161,6 +1161,14 @@ Zone	Asia/Pyongyang	8:23:00 -	LMT	1890
 
 # Kuwait
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+# From the Arab Times (2007-03-14):
+# The Civil Service Commission (CSC) has approved a proposal forwarded
+# by MP Ahmad Baqer on implementing the daylight saving time (DST) in
+# Kuwait starting from April until the end of Sept this year, reports Al-Anba.
+# <http://www.arabtimesonline.com/arabtimes/kuwait/Viewdet.asp?ID=9950>.
+# From Paul Eggert (2007-03-29):
+# We don't know the details, or whether the approval means it'll happen,
+# so for now we assume no DST.
 Zone	Asia/Kuwait	3:11:56 -	LMT	1950
 			3:00	-	AST
 
@@ -1710,11 +1718,17 @@ Rule	Syria	1993	only	-	Sep	25	0:00	0	-
 Rule	Syria	1994	1996	-	Apr	 1	0:00	1:00	S
 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
+Rule	Syria	1999	2006	-	Apr	 1	0:00	1:00	S
 # From Stephen Colebourne (2006-09-18):
 # According to IATA data, Syria will change DST on 21st September [21:00 UTC]
 # this year [only]....  This is probably related to Ramadan, like Egypt.
 Rule	Syria	2006	only	-	Sep	22	0:00	0	-
+# From Paul Eggert (2007-03-29):
+# Today the AP reported "Syria will switch to summertime at midnight Thursday."
+# http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/29/africa/ME-GEN-Syria-Time-Change.php
+# For lack of better info, assume the rule changed to "last Friday in March"
+# this year.
+Rule	Syria	2007	max	-	Mar	lastFri	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Syria	2007	max	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Damascus	2:25:12 -	LMT	1920	# Dimashq



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