proposed changes to "africa" for Morocco and Tunisia

Arthur David Olson olsona at lecserver.nci.nih.gov
Wed Mar 18 12:56:35 UTC 2009


Here are proposed changes to the "africa" file in the time zone package;
these reflect changes in Morocco and Tunisia.
If no problems are found, expect these to show up in the ftp version on the 23rd.

				--ado

------- africa -------
*** /tmp/geta8634	Wed Mar 18 08:54:34 2009
--- /tmp/getb8634	Wed Mar 18 08:54:34 2009
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*** 1,4 ****
! # @(#)africa	8.17
  # <pre>
  
  # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
--- 1,4 ----
! # @(#)africa	8.18
  # <pre>
  
  # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
***************
*** 564,569 ****
--- 564,603 ----
  # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-ends-dst-early-2008.html">
  # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-ends-dst-early-2008.html
  # </a>
+ 
+ # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-03-17):
+ # Morocco will observe DST from 2009-06-01 00:00 to 2009-08-21 00:00 according
+ # to many sources, such as
+ # <a href="http://news.marweb.com/morocco/entertainment/morocco-daylight-saving.html">
+ # http://news.marweb.com/morocco/entertainment/morocco-daylight-saving.html
+ # </a>
+ # <a href="http://www.medi1sat.ma/fr/depeche.aspx?idp=2312">
+ # http://www.medi1sat.ma/fr/depeche.aspx?idp=2312
+ # </a>
+ # (French)
+ #
+ # Our summary:
+ # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-starts-dst-2009.html">
+ # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-starts-dst-2009.html
+ # </a>
+ 
+ # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-03-17):
+ # Here is a link to official document from Royaume du Maroc Premier Ministre,
+ # Ministere de la Modernisation des Secteurs Publics
+ #
+ # Under Article 1 of Royal Decree No. 455-67 of Act 23 safar 1387 (2 june 1967)
+ # concerning the amendment of the legal time, the Ministry of Modernization of
+ # Public Sectors announced that the official time in the Kingdom will be
+ # advanced 60 minutes from Sunday 31 May 2009 at midnight.
+ #
+ # <a href="http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/francais/Actualites_fr/PDF_Actualites_Fr/HeureEte_FR.pdf">
+ # http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/francais/Actualites_fr/PDF_Actualites_Fr/HeureEte_FR.pdf
+ # </a>
+ #
+ # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco03.html">
+ # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco03.html
+ # </a>
+ 
  # RULE	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
  
  Rule	Morocco	1939	only	-	Sep	12	 0:00	1:00	S
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*** 583,588 ****
--- 617,624 ----
  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	 1	 0:00	0	-
+ Rule	Morocco	2009	only	-	Jun	 1	 0:00	1:00	S
+ Rule	Morocco	2009	only	-	Aug	 21	 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
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*** 787,792 ****
--- 823,865 ----
  # Ending         : the last Sunday of October at 03:00 ...
  # http://www.tap.info.tn/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1188&Itemid=50
  
+ # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-03-16):
+ # According to several news sources, Tunisia will not observe DST this year.
+ # (Arabic)
+ # <a href="http://www.elbashayer.com/?page=viewn&nid=42546">
+ # http://www.elbashayer.com/?page=viewn&nid=42546
+ # </a>
+ # <a href="http://www.babnet.net/kiwidetail-15295.asp">
+ # http://www.babnet.net/kiwidetail-15295.asp
+ # </a>
+ #
+ # We have also confirmed this with the US embassy in Tunisia.
+ # We have a wrap-up about this on the following page:
+ # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/tunisia-cancels-dst-2009.html">
+ # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/tunisia-cancels-dst-2009.html
+ # </a>
+ 
+ # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-03-17):
+ # Here is a link to Tunis Afrique Presse News Agency
+ #
+ # Standard time to be kept the whole year long (tap.info.tn):
+ #
+ # (in English)
+ # <a href="http://www.tap.info.tn/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26813&Itemid=157">
+ # http://www.tap.info.tn/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26813&Itemid=157
+ # </a>
+ #
+ # (in Arabic)
+ # <a href="http://www.tap.info.tn/ar/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=61240&Itemid=1">
+ # http://www.tap.info.tn/ar/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=61240&Itemid=1
+ # </a>
+ 
+ # From Arthur David Olson (2009--3-18):
+ # The Tunis Afrique Presse News Agency notice contains this: "This measure is due to the fact
+ # that the fasting month of ramadan coincides with the period concerned by summer time.
+ # Therefore, the standard time will be kept unchanged the whole year long."
+ # So foregoing DST seems to be an exception (albeit one that may be repeated in the  future).
+ 
  # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
  Rule	Tunisia	1939	only	-	Apr	15	23:00s	1:00	S
  Rule	Tunisia	1939	only	-	Nov	18	23:00s	0	-
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*** 811,818 ****
  Rule	Tunisia	1990	only	-	May	 1	 0:00s	1:00	S
  Rule	Tunisia	2005	only	-	May	 1	 0:00s	1:00	S
  Rule	Tunisia	2005	only	-	Sep	30	 1:00s	0	-
! Rule	Tunisia	2006	max	-	Mar	lastSun	 2:00s	1:00	S
! Rule	Tunisia	2006	max	-	Oct	lastSun	 2:00s	0	-
  # Shanks & Pottenger give 0:09:20 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's
  # more precise 0:09:21.
  # Shanks & Pottenger say the 1911 switch was on Mar 9; go with Howse's Mar 11.
--- 884,893 ----
  Rule	Tunisia	1990	only	-	May	 1	 0:00s	1:00	S
  Rule	Tunisia	2005	only	-	May	 1	 0:00s	1:00	S
  Rule	Tunisia	2005	only	-	Sep	30	 1:00s	0	-
! Rule	Tunisia	2006	2008	-	Mar	lastSun	 2:00s	1:00	S
! Rule	Tunisia	2006	2008	-	Oct	lastSun	 2:00s	0	-
! Rule	Tunisia	2010	max	-	Mar	lastSun	 2:00s	1:00	S
! Rule	Tunisia	2010	max	-	Oct	lastSun	 2:00s	0	-
  # Shanks & Pottenger give 0:09:20 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's
  # more precise 0:09:21.
  # Shanks & Pottenger say the 1911 switch was on Mar 9; go with Howse's Mar 11.



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