proposed changes for Morocco, Mongolia, and Pakistan
Arthur David Olson
olsona at lecserver.nci.nih.gov
Mon May 19 21:54:24 UTC 2008
I've checked with Paul Eggert and he's still otherwise occupied,
so I've prepared the proposed changes that appear below. Summarizing:
* africa Morocco observes DST in 2008
* asia Choibalsan is now 8 hours off UCT
* asia Pakistan observes DST in 2008
As usual I'll let these percolate over a weekend; I'll try to make
tzdata2008c.tar.gz available on 2008-05-27
(a Tuesday rather than usual Monday since Monday is a United States holiday).
--ado
------- africa -------
*** /tmp/geta15084 Mon May 19 17:48:13 2008
--- /tmp/getb15084 Mon May 19 17:48:13 2008
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*** 1,4 ****
! # @(#)africa 8.10
# <pre>
# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
--- 1,4 ----
! # @(#)africa 8.11
# <pre>
# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
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*** 400,405 ****
--- 400,476 ----
# Morocco
# See the `europe' file for Spanish Morocco (Africa/Ceuta).
+
+ # From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-09):
+ # Here is an article that Morocco plan to introduce Daylight Saving Time between
+ # 1 June, 2008 and 27 September, 2008.
+ #
+ # "... Morocco is to save energy by adjusting its clock during summer so it will
+ # be one hour ahead of GMT between 1 June and 27 September, according to
+ # Communication Minister and Gov ernment Spokesman, Khalid Naciri...."
+ #
+ # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_morocco01.html">
+ # http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_morocco01.html
+ # </a>
+ # OR
+ # <a href="http://en.afrik.com/news11892.html">
+ # http://en.afrik.com/news11892.html
+ # </a>
+
+ # From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-09):
+ # The Morocco time change can be confirmed on Morocco web site Maghreb Arabe Presse:
+ # <a href="http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/box3/morocco_shifts_to_da/view">
+ # http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/box3/morocco_shifts_to_da/view
+ # </a>
+ #
+ # Morocco shifts to daylight time on June 1st through September 27, Govt.
+ # spokesman.
+
+ # From Patrice Scattolin (2008-05-09):
+ # According to this article:
+ # <a href="http://www.avmaroc.com/actualite/heure-dete-comment-a127896.html">
+ # http://www.avmaroc.com/actualite/heure-dete-comment-a127896.html
+ # </a>
+ # (and republished here:
+ # <a href="http://www.actu.ma/heure-dete-comment_i127896_0.html">
+ # http://www.actu.ma/heure-dete-comment_i127896_0.html
+ # </a>
+ # )
+ # the changes occurs at midnight:
+ #
+ # saturday night may 31st at midnight (which in french is to be
+ # intrepreted as the night between saturday and sunday)
+ # sunday night the 28th at midnight
+ #
+ # Seeing that the 28th is monday, I am guessing that she intends to say
+ # the midnight of the 28th which is the midnight between sunday and
+ # monday, which jives with other sources that say that it's inclusive
+ # june1st to sept 27th.
+ #
+ # The decision was taken by decree *2-08-224 *but I can't find the decree
+ # published on the web.
+ #
+ # It's also confirmed here:
+ # <a href="http://www.maroc.ma/NR/exeres/FACF141F-D910-44B0-B7FA-6E03733425D1.htm ">
+ # http://www.maroc.ma/NR/exeres/FACF141F-D910-44B0-B7FA-6E03733425D1.htm
+ # </a>
+ # on a government portal as being between june 1st and sept 27th (not yet
+ # posted in english).
+ #
+ # The following google query will generate many relevant hits:
+ # <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Conseil+de+gouvernement+maroc+heure+avance&btnG=Search">
+ # http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Conseil+de+gouvernement+maroc+heure+avance&btnG=Search
+ # </a>
+
+ # From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-09):
+ # Is Western Sahara (part which administrated by Morocco) going to follow
+ # Morocco DST changes? Any information? What about other part of
+ # Western Sahara - under administration of POLISARIO Front (also named
+ # SADR Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic)?
+
+ # From Arthur David Olson (2008-05-09):
+ # XXX--guess that it is only Morocco for now; guess only 2008 for now.
+
# RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Morocco 1939 only - Sep 12 0:00 1:00 S
Rule Morocco 1939 only - Nov 19 0:00 0 -
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*** 416,426 ****
Rule Morocco 1977 only - Sep 28 0:00 0 -
Rule Morocco 1978 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S
Rule Morocco 1978 only - Aug 4 0:00 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Africa/Casablanca -0:30:20 - LMT 1913 Oct 26
0:00 Morocco WE%sT 1984 Mar 16
1:00 - CET 1986
! 0:00 - WET
# Western Sahara
Zone Africa/El_Aaiun -0:52:48 - LMT 1934 Jan
-1:00 - WAT 1976 Apr 14
--- 487,499 ----
Rule Morocco 1977 only - Sep 28 0:00 0 -
Rule Morocco 1978 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S
Rule Morocco 1978 only - Aug 4 0:00 0 -
+ Rule Morocco 2008 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S
+ Rule Morocco 2008 only - Sep 28 0:00 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Africa/Casablanca -0:30:20 - LMT 1913 Oct 26
0:00 Morocco WE%sT 1984 Mar 16
1:00 - CET 1986
! 0:00 Morocco WE%sT
# Western Sahara
Zone Africa/El_Aaiun -0:52:48 - LMT 1934 Jan
-1:00 - WAT 1976 Apr 14
------- asia -------
*** /tmp/geta15103 Mon May 19 17:48:21 2008
--- /tmp/getb15103 Mon May 19 17:48:21 2008
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*** 1,4 ****
! # @(#)asia 8.18
# <pre>
# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
--- 1,4 ----
! # @(#)asia 8.20
# <pre>
# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
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*** 1376,1381 ****
--- 1376,1417 ----
# They decided not to adopt daylight-saving time....
# http://www.mongolnews.mn/index.php?module=unuudur&sec=view&id=15742
+ # From Deborah Goldsmith (2008-03-30):
+ # We received a bug report claiming that the tz database UTC offset for
+ # Asia/Choibalsan (GMT+09:00) is incorrect, and that it should be GMT
+ # +08:00 instead. Different sources appear to disagree with the tz
+ # database on this, e.g.:
+ #
+ # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=1026">
+ # http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=1026
+ # </a>
+ # <a href="http://www.worldtimeserver.com/current_time_in_MN.aspx">
+ # http://www.worldtimeserver.com/current_time_in_MN.aspx
+ # </a>
+ #
+ # both say GMT+08:00.
+
+ # From Steffen Thorsen (2008-03-31):
+ # eznis airways, which operates several domestic flights, has a flight
+ # schedule here:
+ # <a href="http://www.eznis.com/Container.jsp?id=112"
+ # http://www.eznis.com/Container.jsp?id=112
+ # </a>
+ # (click the English flag for English)
+ #
+ # There it appears that flights between Choibalsan and Ulaanbatar arrive
+ # about 1:35 - 1:50 hours later in local clock time, no matter the
+ # direction, while Ulaanbaatar-Khvod takes 2 hours in the Eastern
+ # direction and 3:35 back, which indicates that Ulaanbatar and Khvod are
+ # in different time zones (like we know about), while Choibalsan and
+ # Ulaanbatar are in the same time zone (correction needed).
+
+ # From Arthur David Olson (2008-05-19):
+ # Assume that Choibalsan is indeed offset by 8:00.
+ # XXX--in the absence of better information, assume that transition
+ # was at the start of 2008-03-31 (the day of Steffen Thorsen's report);
+ # this is almost surely wrong.
+
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Mongol 1983 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
Rule Mongol 1983 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
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*** 1411,1417 ****
Zone Asia/Choibalsan 7:38:00 - LMT 1905 Aug
7:00 - ULAT 1978
8:00 - ULAT 1983 Apr
! 9:00 Mongol CHO%sT # Choibalsan Time
# Nepal
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
--- 1447,1454 ----
Zone Asia/Choibalsan 7:38:00 - LMT 1905 Aug
7:00 - ULAT 1978
8:00 - ULAT 1983 Apr
! 9:00 Mongol CHO%sT 2008 Mar 31 # Choibalsan Time
! 8:00 Mongol CHO%sT
# Nepal
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
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*** 1461,1470 ****
--- 1498,1529 ----
# The minister told a news conference that the experiment had rather
# shown 8 per cent higher consumption of electricity.
+ # From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-15):
+ #
+ # Here is an article that Pakistan plan to introduce Daylight Saving Time
+ # on June 1, 2008 for 3 months.
+ #
+ # "... The federal cabinet on Wednesday announced a new conservation plan to help
+ # reduce load shedding by approving the closure of commercial centres at 9pm and
+ # moving clocks forward by one hour for the next three months.
+ # ...."
+ #
+ # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_pakistan01.html">
+ # http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_pakistan01.html
+ # </a>
+ # OR
+ # <a href="http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C05%5C15%5Cstory_15-5-2008_pg1_4">
+ # http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C05%5C15%5Cstory_15-5-2008_pg1_4
+ # </a>
+ # From Arthur David Olson (2008-05-19):
+ # XXX--midnight transitions is a guess; 2008 only is a guess.
+
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Pakistan 2002 only - Apr Sun>=2 0:01 1:00 S
Rule Pakistan 2002 only - Oct Sun>=2 0:01 0 -
+ Rule Pakistan 2008 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S
+ Rule Pakistan 2008 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907
5:30 - IST 1942 Sep
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