Pakistan update

Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] olsona at dc37a.nci.nih.gov
Mon Apr 6 17:35:07 UTC 2009


You didn't miss a Pakistan update; as far as I know we don't yet have
anything that's government-issued.

				--ado

-----Original Message-----
From: akuster [mailto:akuster at mvista.com] 
Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 1:27
To: tz at lecserver.nci.nih.gov
Cc: tz at lecserver.nci.nih.gov
Subject: Re: tzcode2009e.tar.gz and tzdata2009e.tar.gz

Hello,

Did I miss the Pakistan update or is it still in flux and will be in an 
upcoming release?

- Armin

Arthur David Olson wrote:
> The files...
> 	ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/tzcode2009e.tar.gz
> ...and...
> 	ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/tzdata2009e.tar.gz
> ...are now available. These reflect the changes circulated last week
on the
> time zone mailing list modulo the considerations circulated this
weekend.
> A diff of the "asia" file against the previous version appears below.
> 
> 				--ado
> 
> ------- asia -------
> *** /tmp/geta15479	Mon Apr  6 09:09:09 2009
> --- /tmp/getb15479	Mon Apr  6 09:09:09 2009
> ***************
> *** 1,4 ****
> ! # @(#)asia	8.26
>   # <pre>
>   
>   # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know
better,
> --- 1,4 ----
> ! # @(#)asia	8.29
>   # <pre>
>   
>   # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know
better,
> ***************
> *** 1049,1054 ****
> --- 1049,1088 ----
>   # http://www.petranews.gov.jo/nepras/2006/Sep/05/4000.htm
>   # "Jordan will switch to winter time on Friday, October 27".
>   #
> + 
> + # From Phil Pizzey (2009-04-02):
> + # ...I think I may have spotted an error in the timezone data for
> + # Jordan.
> + # The current (2009d) asia file shows Jordan going to daylight
> + # saving
> + # time on the last Thursday in March.
> + #
> + # Rule  Jordan      2000  max	-  Mar   lastThu     0:00s 1:00
S
> + #
> + # However timeanddate.com, which I usually find reliable, shows
Jordan
> + # going to daylight saving time on the last Friday in March since
2002.
> + # Please see
> + # <a
href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/timezone.html?n=11">
> + # http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/timezone.html?n=11
> + # </a>
> + 
> + # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-04-02):
> + # This single one might be good enough, (2009-03-24, Arabic):
> + # <a
href="http://petra.gov.jo/Artical.aspx?Lng=2&Section=8&Artical=95279">
> + # http://petra.gov.jo/Artical.aspx?Lng=2&Section=8&Artical=95279
> + # </a>
> + #
> + # Google's translation:
> + #
> + # > The Council of Ministers decided in 2002 to adopt the principle
of timely
> + # > submission of the summer at 60 minutes as of midnight on the
last Thursday
> + # > of the month of March of each year.
> + #
> + # So - this means the midnight between Thursday and Friday since
2002.
> + 
> + # From Arthur David Olson (2009-04-06):
> + # We still have Jordan switching to DST on Thursdays in 2000 and
2001.
> + 
>   # 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	-
> ***************
> *** 1071,1078 ****
>   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	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	only	-	Sep	lastFri	0:00s
0	-
> --- 1105,1113 ----
>   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	2002	-	Sep	lastFri	0:00s
0	-
> ! Rule	Jordan	2000	2001	-	Mar	lastThu	0:00s
1:00	S
> ! Rule	Jordan	2002	max	-	Mar	lastFri	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	only	-	Sep	lastFri	0:00s
0	-
> ***************
> *** 1695,1700 ****
> --- 1730,1751 ----
>   # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_gazastrip01.html
>   # </a>
>   
> + # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-03-26):
> + # According to the Palestine News Network (arabic.pnn.ps),
Palestinian
> + # government decided to start Daylight Time on Thursday night March
> + # 26 and continue until the night of 27 September 2009.
> + #
> + # (in Arabic)
> + # <a
href="http://arabic.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=508
50">
> + #
http://arabic.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=50850
> + # </a>
> + #
> + # or
> + # (English translation)
> + # <a
href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_westbank01.html">
> + # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_westbank01.html
> + # </a>
> + 
>   # 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
> ***************
> *** 1708,1717 ****
>   Rule Palestine	1999	2003	-	Oct	Fri>=15	0:00
0	-
>   Rule Palestine	2004	only	-	Oct	 1	1:00
0	-
>   Rule Palestine	2005	only	-	Oct	 4	2:00
0	-
> ! Rule Palestine	2006	max	-	Apr	 1	0:00
1:00	S
>   Rule Palestine	2006	only	-	Sep	22	0:00
0	-
>   Rule Palestine	2007	only	-	Sep	Thu>=8	2:00
0	-
> ! Rule Palestine	2008	max	-	Aug	lastThu	2:00
0	-
>   
>   # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
>   Zone	Asia/Gaza	2:17:52	-	LMT	1900 Oct
> --- 1759,1770 ----
>   Rule Palestine	1999	2003	-	Oct	Fri>=15	0:00
0	-
>   Rule Palestine	2004	only	-	Oct	 1	1:00
0	-
>   Rule Palestine	2005	only	-	Oct	 4	2:00
0	-
> ! Rule Palestine	2006	2008	-	Apr	 1	0:00
1:00	S
>   Rule Palestine	2006	only	-	Sep	22	0:00
0	-
>   Rule Palestine	2007	only	-	Sep	Thu>=8	2:00
0	-
> ! Rule Palestine	2008	only	-	Aug	lastFri	2:00
0	-
> ! Rule Palestine	2009	max	-	Mar	lastFri	0:00
1:00	S
> ! Rule Palestine	2009	max	-	Sep	lastMon	2:00
0	-
>   
>   # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
>   Zone	Asia/Gaza	2:17:52	-	LMT	1900 Oct
> 





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