proposed time zone package change to africa file for Cairo

Sean Coffey Sean.Coffey at Sun.COM
Wed Apr 22 14:52:43 UTC 2009


Hi Arthur,

the timeanddate link given in the update below is incorrect I believe.
It points to "Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico"
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/clockchange.html?n=3D53

Is : http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/clockchange.html?n=53
the line you meant ?

regards,
Sean.

Arthur David Olson wrote:
> Below is a proposed change (thanks to Petr Machata) for the end of DST in
> Egypt in 2009 and forward. If not problems are found, this change should
> show up in the ftpable version a week from today.
>
> 				--ado
>
> ------- africa -------
> *** /tmp/geta10010	Mon Apr 20 16:34:24 2009
> --- /tmp/getb10010	Mon Apr 20 16:34:24 2009
> ***************
> *** 1,4 ****
> ! # @(#)africa	8.18
>   # <pre>
>   
>   # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
> --- 1,4 ----
> ! # @(#)africa	8.19
>   # <pre>
>   
>   # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
> ***************
> *** 236,243 ****
>   # unless discontinued, next DST may end Thursday 28 August 2008.
>   # From Paul Eggert (2007-08-17):
>   # For lack of better info, assume the new rule is last Thursday in August.
> - Rule	Egypt	2008	max	-	Aug	lastThu	23:00s	0	-
>   
>   # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
>   Zone	Africa/Cairo	2:05:00 -	LMT	1900 Oct
>   			2:00	Egypt	EE%sT
> --- 236,282 ----
>   # unless discontinued, next DST may end Thursday 28 August 2008.
>   # From Paul Eggert (2007-08-17):
>   # For lack of better info, assume the new rule is last Thursday in August.
>   
> + # From Petr Machata (2009-04-06):
> + # The following appeared in Red Hat bugzilla[1] (edited):
> + #
> + # > $ zdump -v /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo | grep 2009
> + # > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo  Thu Apr 23 21:59:59 2009 UTC =3D Thu =
> + # Apr 23
> + # > 23:59:59 2009 EET isdst=3D0 gmtoff=3D7200
> + # > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo  Thu Apr 23 22:00:00 2009 UTC =3D Fri =
> + # Apr 24
> + # > 01:00:00 2009 EEST isdst=3D1 gmtoff=3D10800
> + # > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo  Thu Aug 27 20:59:59 2009 UTC =3D Thu =
> + # Aug 27
> + # > 23:59:59 2009 EEST isdst=3D1 gmtoff=3D10800
> + # > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo  Thu Aug 27 21:00:00 2009 UTC =3D Thu =
> + # Aug 27
> + # > 23:00:00 2009 EET isdst=3D0 gmtoff=3D7200
> + #
> + # > end date should be Thu Sep 24 2009 (Last Thursday in September at 23:59=
> + # :59)
> + # > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958729/
> + #
> + # timeanddate[2] and another site I've found[3] also support that.
> + #
> + # [1] <a href="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3D492263">
> + # https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3D492263
> + # </a>
> + # [2] <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/clockchange.html?n=3D53">
> + # http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/clockchange.html?n=3D53
> + # </a>
> + # [3] <a href="http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/africa/egypt/">
> + # http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/africa/egypt/
> + # </a>
> + 
> + # From Arthur David Olson (2009-04-20):
> + # In 2009 (and for the next several years), Ramadan ends before the fourth
> + # Thursday in September; Egypt is expected to revert to the last Thursday
> + # in September.
> + Rule	Egypt	2008	only	-	Aug	lastThu	23:00s	0	-
> + Rule	Egypt	2009	max	-	Sep	lastThu	23:00s	0	-
> + 
>   # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
>   Zone	Africa/Cairo	2:05:00 -	LMT	1900 Oct
>   			2:00	Egypt	EE%sT
>
>   



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