proposed time zone package changes for Samoa (comment only) and Egypt

[Mike Giroux]

This comment should probably also be adjusted:
# 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.

On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 9:17 AM, Arthur David
Olson<olsona at elsie.nci.nih.gov> wrote:
> Below are propsed changes to the "africa" file (for the end of DST in Egypt in
> 2009) and the "australasia" file (adding a comment about the possibility of
> Samoa observing DST in 2009/2010).
>
> If no problems are found, expect these to show up on the ftp server this coming
> Monday.
>
>                                --ado
>
> ------- africa -------
> *** /tmp/geta13168      Fri Aug 14 09:02:44 2009
> --- /tmp/getb13168      Fri Aug 14 09:02:44 2009
> ***************
> *** 1,5 ****
>  # <pre>
> ! # @(#)africa  8.22
>  # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
>  # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
>
> --- 1,5 ----
>  # <pre>
> ! # @(#)africa  8.23
>  # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
>  # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
>
> ***************
> *** 276,283 ****
>  # 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
> --- 276,302 ----
>  # 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.
> +
> + # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-08-11):
> + # We have been able to confirm the August change with the Egyptian Cabinet
> + # Information and Decision Support Center:
> + # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/egypt-dst-ends-2009.html">
> + # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/egypt-dst-ends-2009.html
> + # </a>
> + #
> + # The Middle East News Agency
> + # <a href="http://www.mena.org.eg/index.aspx">
> + # http://www.mena.org.eg/index.aspx
> + # </a>
> + # also reports "Egypt starts winter time on August 21"
> + # today in article numbered "71, 11/08/2009 12:25 GMT."
> + # Only the title above is available without a subscription to their service,
> + # and can be found by searching for "winter" in their search engine
> + # (at least today).
> +
>  Rule  Egypt   2008    only    -       Aug     lastThu 23:00s  0       -
> ! Rule  Egypt   2009    only    -       Aug     20      23:00s  0       -
> ! Rule  Egypt   2010    max     -       Sep     lastThu 23:00s  0       -
>
>  # Zone        NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
>  Zone  Africa/Cairo    2:05:00 -       LMT     1900 Oct
>
> ------- australasia -------
> *** /tmp/geta13288      Fri Aug 14 09:13:20 2009
> --- /tmp/getb13288      Fri Aug 14 09:13:20 2009
> ***************
> *** 1,5 ****
>  # <pre>
> ! # @(#)australasia     8.11
>  # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
>  # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
>
> --- 1,5 ----
>  # <pre>
> ! # @(#)australasia     8.12
>  # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
>  # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
>
> ***************
> *** 427,432 ****
> --- 427,448 ----
>                        -11:00  -       SST                     # S=Samoa
>
>  # Samoa
> +
> + # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2008-12-06):
> + # The Samoa government (Western Samoa) may implement DST on the first Sunday of
> + # October 2009 (October 4, 2009) until the last Sunday of March 2010 (March 28,
> + # 2010).
> + #
> + # "Selected Committee reports to Cabinet on Daylight Saving Time",
> + # Government of Samoa:
> + # <a href="http://www.govt.ws/pr_article.cfm?pr_id=560">
> + # http://www.govt.ws/pr_article.cfm?pr_id=560
> + # </a>
> + # or
> + # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_samoa01.html">
> + # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_samoa01.html
> + # </a>
> +
>  Zone Pacific/Apia      12:33:04 -     LMT     1879 Jul  5
>                        -11:26:56 -     LMT     1911
>                        -11:30  -       SAMT    1950            # Samoa Time
>
>