proposed time zone package changes (Morocco; Taipei; San Luis)
Arthur David Olson
olsona at lecserver.nci.nih.gov
Wed Apr 14 12:20:07 UTC 2010
Below are proposed time zone packages; here's a summary:
africa Add Morocco DST in 2010.
asia Add Taipei DST in 1979; remove Taipei DST in 1980.
southamerica San Luis on "permanent" DST as of 2010.
If no problems are found, these will show up on the ftp site on 2010-04-19.
--ado
diff -r -c old/africa new/africa
*** old/africa Mon Apr 5 09:58:55 2010
--- new/africa Wed Apr 14 08:15:37 2010
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*** 1,5 ****
# <pre>
! # @(#)africa 8.24
# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
--- 1,5 ----
# <pre>
! # @(#)africa 8.25
# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
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*** 680,685 ****
--- 680,700 ----
# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco03.html
# </a>
+ # From Steffen Thorsen (2010-04-13):
+ # Several news media in Morocco report that the Ministry of Modernization
+ # of Public Sectors has announced that Morocco will have DST from
+ # 2010-05-02 to 2010-08-08.
+ #
+ # Example:
+ # <a href="http://www.lavieeco.com/actualites/4099-le-maroc-passera-a-l-heure-d-ete-gmt1-le-2-mai.html">
+ # http://www.lavieeco.com/actualites/4099-le-maroc-passera-a-l-heure-d-ete-gmt1-le-2-mai.html
+ # </a>
+ # (French)
+ # Our page:
+ # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-starts-dst-2010.html">
+ # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-starts-dst-2010.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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*** 701,706 ****
--- 716,723 ----
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 -
+ Rule Morocco 2010 only - May 2 0:00 1:00 S
+ Rule Morocco 2010 only - Aug 22 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
diff -r -c old/asia new/asia
*** old/asia Mon Apr 5 09:58:55 2010
--- new/asia Wed Apr 14 08:15:38 2010
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*** 1,4 ****
! # @(#)asia 8.59
# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
--- 1,4 ----
! # @(#)asia 8.60
# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
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*** 566,571 ****
--- 566,593 ----
# was still controlled by Japan. This is hard to believe, but we don't
# have any other information.
+ # From smallufo (2010-04-03):
+ # According to Taiwan's CWB,
+ # <a href="http://www.cwb.gov.tw/V6/astronomy/cdata/summert.htm">
+ # http://www.cwb.gov.tw/V6/astronomy/cdata/summert.htm
+ # </a>
+ # Taipei has DST in 1979 between July 1st and Sep 30.
+
+ # From Arthur David Olson (2010-04-07):
+ # Here's Google's translation of the table at the bottom of the "summert.htm" page:
+ # Decade Name Start and end date
+ # Republic of China 34 years to 40 years (AD 1945-1951 years) Summer Time May 1 to September 30
+ # 41 years of the Republic of China (AD 1952) Daylight Saving Time March 1 to October 31
+ # Republic of China 42 years to 43 years (AD 1953-1954 years) Daylight Saving Time April 1 to October 31
+ # In the 44 years to 45 years (AD 1955-1956 years) Daylight Saving Time April 1 to September 30
+ # Republic of China 46 years to 48 years (AD 1957-1959) Summer Time April 1 to September 30
+ # Republic of China 49 years to 50 years (AD 1960-1961) Summer Time June 1 to September 30
+ # Republic of China 51 years to 62 years (AD 1962-1973 years) Stop Summer Time
+ # Republic of China 63 years to 64 years (1974-1975 AD) Daylight Saving Time April 1 to September 30
+ # Republic of China 65 years to 67 years (1976-1978 AD) Stop Daylight Saving Time
+ # Republic of China 68 years (AD 1979) Daylight Saving Time July 1 to September 30
+ # Republic of China since 69 years (AD 1980) Stop Daylight Saving Time
+
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Taiwan 1945 1951 - May 1 0:00 1:00 D
Rule Taiwan 1945 1951 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S
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*** 576,583 ****
Rule Taiwan 1960 1961 - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 D
Rule Taiwan 1974 1975 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D
Rule Taiwan 1974 1975 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S
! Rule Taiwan 1980 only - Jun 30 0:00 1:00 D
! Rule Taiwan 1980 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 S
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Asia/Taipei 8:06:00 - LMT 1896 # or Taibei or T'ai-pei
8:00 Taiwan C%sT
--- 598,606 ----
Rule Taiwan 1960 1961 - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 D
Rule Taiwan 1974 1975 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D
Rule Taiwan 1974 1975 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S
! Rule Taiwan 1979 only - Jun 30 0:00 1:00 D
! Rule Taiwan 1979 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 S
!
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Asia/Taipei 8:06:00 - LMT 1896 # or Taibei or T'ai-pei
8:00 Taiwan C%sT
diff -r -c old/southamerica new/southamerica
*** old/southamerica Mon Apr 5 09:58:55 2010
--- new/southamerica Wed Apr 14 08:15:38 2010
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*** 1,5 ****
# <pre>
! # @(#)southamerica 8.43
# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
--- 1,5 ----
# <pre>
! # @(#)southamerica 8.44
# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
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*** 437,442 ****
--- 437,463 ----
# of the country calls it "ART".
# ...
+ # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-04-09):
+ # According to news reports from El Diario de la Republica Province San
+ # Luis, Argentina (standard time UTC-04) will keep Daylight Saving Time
+ # after April 11, 2010--will continue to have same time as rest of
+ # Argentina (UTC-3) (no DST).
+ #
+ # Confirmaron la prórroga del huso horario de verano (Spanish)
+ # <a href="http://www.eldiariodelarepublica.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29383&Itemid=9">
+ # http://www.eldiariodelarepublica.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29383&Itemid=9
+ # </a>
+ # or (some English translation):
+ # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_argentina08.html">
+ # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_argentina08.html
+ # </a>
+
+ # From Mariano Absatz (2010-04-12):
+ # yes...I can confirm this...and given that San Luis keeps calling
+ # UTC-03:00 "summer time", we should't just let San Luis go back to "Arg"
+ # rules...San Luis is still using "Western ARgentina Time" and it got
+ # stuck on Summer daylight savings time even though the summer is over.
+
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
#
# Buenos Aires (BA), Capital Federal (CF),
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*** 570,577 ****
#
# San Luis (SL)
! Rule SanLuis 2008 max - Mar Sun>=8 0:00 0 -
! Rule SanLuis 2007 max - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 1:00 S
Zone America/Argentina/San_Luis -4:25:24 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
-4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May
--- 591,598 ----
#
# San Luis (SL)
! Rule SanLuis 2008 2009 - Mar Sun>=8 0:00 0 -
! Rule SanLuis 2007 2009 - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 1:00 S
Zone America/Argentina/San_Luis -4:25:24 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
-4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May
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