proposed time zone package changes (Belarus, Newfoundland, Palestine)

Arthur David Olson olsona at lecserver.nci.nih.gov
Sat Sep 17 22:52:23 UTC 2011


Here are proposed changes to the time zone package. This set is limited to
changes affecting 2011 time stamps, and I'm holding off on changes to Russia
pending further information. The executive summary:

	asia		Palestine suspends DST during Ramadan in 2011;
			Gaza and Hebron split in 2011, leading to a new
			Asia/Hebron zone (thanks to Steffen Thorsen and
			Alexander Krivenshev).
			(The different end of DST in Gaza and Hebron in 2008
			is also reflected.)
	europe		Belarus adopts permanent DST in 2011
			(thanks to Yauhen Kharuzhy, Alexander Bokovoy,
			Alexander Krivenyshev, and Kirill A. Shutemov).
			Given the Belarus change, "Russia" rules changed to
			reflect end of use in 2010.
			Also: a comment typo is fixed.
	northamerica	Updated comment on Newfoundland's 2011 change of
			time of day when DST starts and ends
			(thanks to Michael Pelley).
	zone.tab	New Asia/Hebron zone (thanks to Alexander Krivenshev).

The abbreviation for Belarus is at the moment MINST (MINsk Standard Time).
BST (Belarus Standard Time) is a possibility; it is the same as
British Summer Time. I'd love to get a report of what's actually in use there
(both the name and the abbreviation).

If no problems are found, these changes will appear on the ftp site on
2011-09-26.

				--ado

diff -r -c old/asia new/asia
*** old/asia	Sat Sep  3 08:28:37 2011
--- new/asia	Sat Sep 17 14:54:07 2011
***************
*** 1,4 ****
! # @(#)asia	8.65
  # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
  # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
  
--- 1,4 ----
! # @(#)asia	8.67
  # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
  # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
  
***************
*** 2194,2200 ****
--- 2194,2230 ----
  # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/westbank-gaza-end-dst-2010.html
  # </a>
  
+ # From Steffen Thorsen (2011-08-26):
+ # Gaza and the West Bank did go back to standard time in the beginning of
+ # August, and will now enter daylight saving time again on 2011-08-30
+ # 00:00 (so two periods of DST in 2011). The pause was because of
+ # Ramadan.
+ #
+ # <a href="http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=416217">
+ # http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=416217
+ # </a>
+ # Additional info:
+ # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/palestine-dst-2011.html">
+ # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/palestine-dst-2011.html
+ # </a>
+ 
+ # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-08-27):
+ # According to the article in The Jerusalem Post:
+ # "...Earlier this month, the Palestinian government in the West Bank decided to
+ # move to standard time for 30 days, during Ramadan. The Palestinians in the
+ # Gaza Strip accepted the change and also moved their clocks one hour back.
+ # The Hamas government said on Saturday that it won't observe summertime after
+ # the Muslim feast of Id al-Fitr, which begins on Tuesday..."
+ # ...
+ # <a href="http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=235650">
+ # http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=235650
+ # </a>
+ # or
+ # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_gazastrip05.html">
+ # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_gazastrip05.html
+ # </a>
  # The rules for Egypt are stolen from the `africa' file.
+ 
  # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
  Rule EgyptAsia	1957	only	-	May	10	0:00	1:00	S
  Rule EgyptAsia	1957	1958	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
***************
*** 2210,2220 ****
  Rule Palestine	2006	2008	-	Apr	 1	0:00	1:00	S
  Rule Palestine	2006	only	-	Sep	22	0:00	0	-
  Rule Palestine	2007	only	-	Sep	Thu>=8	2:00	0	-
! Rule Palestine	2008	only	-	Aug	lastFri	2:00	0	-
  Rule Palestine	2009	only	-	Mar	lastFri	0:00	1:00	S
! Rule Palestine	2010	max	-	Mar	lastSat	0:01	1:00	S
! Rule Palestine	2009	max	-	Sep	Fri>=1	2:00	0	-
  Rule Palestine	2010	only	-	Aug	11	0:00	0	-
  
  # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
  Zone	Asia/Gaza	2:17:52	-	LMT	1900 Oct
--- 2240,2252 ----
  Rule Palestine	2006	2008	-	Apr	 1	0:00	1:00	S
  Rule Palestine	2006	only	-	Sep	22	0:00	0	-
  Rule Palestine	2007	only	-	Sep	Thu>=8	2:00	0	-
! Rule Palestine	2008	only	-	Aug	lastFri	0:00	0	-
  Rule Palestine	2009	only	-	Mar	lastFri	0:00	1:00	S
! Rule Palestine	2009	only	-	Sep	Fri>=1	2:00	0	-
! Rule Palestine	2010	only	-	Mar	lastSat	0:01	1:00	S
  Rule Palestine	2010	only	-	Aug	11	0:00	0	-
+ Rule Palestine	2011	only	-	Apr	Sat>=1	0:01	1:00	S
+ Rule Palestine	2011	only	-	Aug	Sat>=1	0:00	0:00	-
  
  # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
  Zone	Asia/Gaza	2:17:52	-	LMT	1900 Oct
***************
*** 2224,2229 ****
--- 2256,2272 ----
  			2:00	Jordan	EE%sT	1999
  			2:00 Palestine	EE%sT
  
+ Zone	Asia/Hebron	2:20:23	-	LMT	1900 Oct
+ 			2:00	Zion	EET	1948 May 15
+ 			2:00 EgyptAsia	EE%sT	1967 Jun  5
+ 			2:00	Zion	I%sT	1996
+ 			2:00	Jordan	EE%sT	1999
+ 			2:00 Palestine	EE%sT	2008 Aug
+ 			2:00 	1:00	EEST	2008 Sep
+ 			2:00 Palestine	EE%sT	2011 Aug 30
+ 			2:00	1:00	EEST	2011 Oct  3 3:00
+ 			2:00 Palestine	EE%sT
+ 
  # Paracel Is
  # no information
  
diff -r -c old/europe new/europe
*** old/europe	Wed Aug 17 12:52:01 2011
--- new/europe	Sat Sep 17 18:43:48 2011
***************
*** 1,5 ****
  # <pre>
! # @(#)europe	8.34
  # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
  # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
  
--- 1,5 ----
  # <pre>
! # @(#)europe	8.37
  # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
  # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
  
***************
*** 561,569 ****
  #
  Rule	Russia	1992	only	-	Mar	lastSat	 23:00	1:00	S
  Rule	Russia	1992	only	-	Sep	lastSat	 23:00	0	-
! Rule	Russia	1993	max	-	Mar	lastSun	 2:00s	1:00	S
  Rule	Russia	1993	1995	-	Sep	lastSun	 2:00s	0	-
! Rule	Russia	1996	max	-	Oct	lastSun	 2:00s	0	-
  
  # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-06-14):
  # According to Kremlin press service, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev
--- 561,569 ----
  #
  Rule	Russia	1992	only	-	Mar	lastSat	 23:00	1:00	S
  Rule	Russia	1992	only	-	Sep	lastSat	 23:00	0	-
! Rule	Russia	1993	2010	-	Mar	lastSun	 2:00s	1:00	S
  Rule	Russia	1993	1995	-	Sep	lastSun	 2:00s	0	-
! Rule	Russia	1996	2010	-	Oct	lastSun	 2:00s	0	-
  
  # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-06-14):
  # According to Kremlin press service, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev
***************
*** 583,589 ****
  # From Arthur David Olson (2011-06-15):
  # Take "abolishing daylight saving time" to mean that time is now considered
  # to be standard.
- # At least for now, keep the "old" Russia rules for the benefit of Belarus.
  
  # These are for backward compatibility with older versions.
  
--- 583,588 ----
***************
*** 689,694 ****
--- 688,710 ----
  			1:00	EU	CE%sT
  
  # Belarus
+ # From Yauhen Kharuzhy (2011-09-16):
+ # By latest Belarus government act Europe/Minsk timezone was changed to
+ # GMT+3 without DST (was GMT+2 with DST).
+ #
+ # Sources (Russian language):
+ # 1.
+ # <a href="http://www.belta.by/ru/all_news/society/V-Belarusi-otmenjaetsja-perexod-na-sezonnoe-vremja_i_572952.html">
+ # http://www.belta.by/ru/all_news/society/V-Belarusi-otmenjaetsja-perexod-na-sezonnoe-vremja_i_572952.html
+ # </a>
+ # 2.
+ # <a href="http://naviny.by/rubrics/society/2011/09/16/ic_articles_116_175144/">
+ # http://naviny.by/rubrics/society/2011/09/16/ic_articles_116_175144/
+ # </a>
+ # 3.
+ # <a href="http://news.tut.by/society/250578.html">
+ # http://news.tut.by/society/250578.html
+ # </a>
  # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
  Zone	Europe/Minsk	1:50:16 -	LMT	1880
  			1:50	-	MMT	1924 May 2 # Minsk Mean Time
***************
*** 700,706 ****
  			2:00	1:00	EEST	1991 Sep 29 2:00s
  			2:00	-	EET	1992 Mar 29 0:00s
  			2:00	1:00	EEST	1992 Sep 27 0:00s
! 			2:00	Russia	EE%sT
  
  # Belgium
  #
--- 716,723 ----
  			2:00	1:00	EEST	1991 Sep 29 2:00s
  			2:00	-	EET	1992 Mar 29 0:00s
  			2:00	1:00	EEST	1992 Sep 27 0:00s
! 			2:00	Russia	EE%sT	2011 Mar 27 2:00s
! 			3:00	-	MINST # MINsk Standard Time
  
  # Belgium
  #
***************
*** 2189,2195 ****
  # [parts of] Respublika Sakha (Yakutiya), Chitinskaya oblast'.
  
  # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2009-11-29):
! # ...some regions of RUssia were merged with others since 2005...
  # Some names were changed, no big deal, except for one instance: a new name.
  # YAK/YAKST: UTC+9 Zabajkal'skij kraj.
  
--- 2206,2212 ----
  # [parts of] Respublika Sakha (Yakutiya), Chitinskaya oblast'.
  
  # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2009-11-29):
! # ...some regions of [Russia] were merged with others since 2005...
  # Some names were changed, no big deal, except for one instance: a new name.
  # YAK/YAKST: UTC+9 Zabajkal'skij kraj.
  
diff -r -c old/northamerica new/northamerica
*** old/northamerica	Wed Aug 17 17:33:36 2011
--- new/northamerica	Sat Sep 17 13:05:44 2011
***************
*** 1,5 ****
  # <pre>
! # @(#)northamerica	8.48
  # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
  # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
  
--- 1,5 ----
  # <pre>
! # @(#)northamerica	8.49
  # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
  # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
  
***************
*** 1168,1198 ****
  # INMS (2000-09-12) says that, since 1988 at least, Newfoundland switches
  # at 00:01 local time.  For now, assume it started in 1987.
  
! # From Michael Pelley (2011-08-05):
! # The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador has pending changes to
! # modify the hour for daylight savings time to come into effect in
! # November 2011. This modification would change the time from 12:01AM to
! # 2:00AM on the dates of the switches of Daylight Savings Time to/from
! # Standard Time.
! #
! # As a matter of reference, in Canada provinces have the authority of
! # setting time zone information. The legislation has passed our
! # legislative body (The House of Assembly) and is awaiting the
! # proclamation to come into effect. You may find this information at:
! # <a href="http://www.assembly.nl.ca/legislation/sr/lists/Proclamation.htm">
! # http://www.assembly.nl.ca/legislation/sr/lists/Proclamation.htm
  # </a>
- # and
- # search within that web page for Standard Time (Amendment) Act. The Act
- # may be found at:
- # <a href="http://www.assembly.nl.ca/business/bills/Bill1106.htm">
- # http://www.assembly.nl.ca/business/bills/Bill1106.htm
- # </a>
  # ...
! # MICHAEL PELLEY | Manager of Enterprise Architecture - Solution Delivery
! # Office of the Chief Information Officer Executive Council Government of
! # Newfoundland & Labrador P.O. Box 8700, 40 Higgins Line, St. John's NL
! # A1B 4J6
  
  Rule	StJohns	1987	only	-	Apr	Sun>=1	0:01	1:00	D
  Rule	StJohns	1987	2006	-	Oct	lastSun	0:01	0	S
--- 1168,1188 ----
  # INMS (2000-09-12) says that, since 1988 at least, Newfoundland switches
  # at 00:01 local time.  For now, assume it started in 1987.
  
! # From Michael Pelley (2011-09-12):
! # We received today, Monday, September 12, 2011, notification that the
! # changes to the Newfoundland Standard Time Act have been proclaimed.
! # The change in the Act stipulates that the change from Daylight Savings
! # Time to Standard Time and from Standard Time to Daylight Savings Time
! # now occurs at 2:00AM.
! # ...
! # <a href="http://www.assembly.nl.ca/legislation/sr/annualstatutes/2011/1106.chp.htm">
! # http://www.assembly.nl.ca/legislation/sr/annualstatutes/2011/1106.chp.htm
  # </a>
  # ...
! # MICHAEL PELLEY  |  Manager of Enterprise Architecture - Solution Delivery
! # Office of the Chief Information Officer
! # Executive Council
! # Government of Newfoundland & Labrador
  
  Rule	StJohns	1987	only	-	Apr	Sun>=1	0:01	1:00	D
  Rule	StJohns	1987	2006	-	Oct	lastSun	0:01	0	S
diff -r -c old/zone.tab new/zone.tab
*** old/zone.tab	Wed Aug 17 13:36:43 2011
--- new/zone.tab	Sat Sep 17 13:58:14 2011
***************
*** 1,5 ****
  # <pre>
! # @(#)zone.tab	8.47
  # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
  # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
  #
--- 1,5 ----
  # <pre>
! # @(#)zone.tab	8.48
  # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
  # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
  #
***************
*** 319,325 ****
  PM	+4703-05620	America/Miquelon
  PN	-2504-13005	Pacific/Pitcairn
  PR	+182806-0660622	America/Puerto_Rico
! PS	+3130+03428	Asia/Gaza
  PT	+3843-00908	Europe/Lisbon	mainland
  PT	+3238-01654	Atlantic/Madeira	Madeira Islands
  PT	+3744-02540	Atlantic/Azores	Azores
--- 319,326 ----
  PM	+4703-05620	America/Miquelon
  PN	-2504-13005	Pacific/Pitcairn
  PR	+182806-0660622	America/Puerto_Rico
! PS	+3130+03428	Asia/Gaza	Gaza
! PS	+313200+0350542	Asia/Hebron	Hebron
  PT	+3843-00908	Europe/Lisbon	mainland
  PT	+3238-01654	Atlantic/Madeira	Madeira Islands
  PT	+3744-02540	Atlantic/Azores	Azores



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