Error in time zone for Egypt
Martin Höfler
mhoefler at gmx.net
Sun Aug 15 19:44:23 UTC 2010
Hi!
I think there's an error in the time zone description of Egypt for 2010:
during Ramadan, Egypt switches back to standard time and at the end of
Ramadan it's daylight saving time again. This is the respective rule:
Rule Egypt 2010 only - Sep 9 0:00s 1:00 S
However, Ramadan seems to end at midnight between the 9th and the 10th of
September (it lasts 30 days, which includes the 9th). See
http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/egypt-ends-dst-2010.html
So the rule should be:
Rule Egypt 2010 only - Sep 9 24:00s 1:00 S
Or
Rule Egypt 2010 only - Sep 10 0:00s 1:00 S
I'm not 100% sure about all this (I'm no expert), but as the other sources
in the time zone file don't mention a specific switch time, I think the rule
needs to be corrected.
Best regards,
Martin Hoefler
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