[tz] Jordan back from DST - reverting to UTC+2

Paul Eggert eggert at cs.ucla.edu
Wed Dec 11 20:30:37 UTC 2013


On 12/11/2013 12:19 PM, Steffen Thorsen wrote:
> I would actually think they are planning to change one hour earlier than normal, but just this time. 

Thanks for the further heads-up.  I've pushed this patch to
the experimental github version.

>From b0cde690c66b6c91404f738059f940df3fc1e4a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Eggert <eggert at cs.ucla.edu>
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 12:29:10 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Asia/Amman: Jordan's Dec. 20 transition is DST, not standard
 time

(Thanks to Steffen Thorsen.)
* asia (Jordan): Transition is at 00:00, not 00:00s.
* NEWS: Document this.
---
 NEWS |  7 +++----
 asia | 11 ++++++-----
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 646c320..355134a 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -4,10 +4,9 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes
 
   Changes affecting near-future time stamps:
 
-    Jordan switches back to standard time on December 20 of this year.
-    (Thanks to Steffen Thorsen.)  Guess that this transition is at 01:00
-    (i.e., midnight standard time), and that the 2006-2011 transition
-    schedule will resume next year.
+    Jordan switches back to standard time at 00:00 on December 20, 2013.
+    The 2006-2011 transition schedule is planned to resume in 2014.
+    (Thanks to Steffen Thorsen.)
 
   Changes affecting past time stamps:
 
diff --git a/asia b/asia
index 57e80ca..2867e64 100644
--- a/asia
+++ b/asia
@@ -1389,12 +1389,13 @@ Zone    Asia/Tokyo    9:18:59    -    LMT    1887 Dec 31 15:00u
 # http://www.petra.gov.jo/public_news/Nws_NewsDetails.aspx?Menu_ID=&Site_Id=2&lang=1&NewsID=133230&CatID=14
 # ... Our background/permalink about it
 # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/jordan-reverses-dst-decision.html
+# ...
+# http://www.petra.gov.jo/Public_News/Nws_NewsDetails.aspx?lang=2&site_id=1&NewsID=133313&Type=P
+# ... says midnight for the coming one and 1:00 for the ones in the future
+# (and they will use DST again next year, using the normal schedule).
 
 # From Paul Eggert (2013-12-11):
-# Assume that this month's transition is at midnight standard time,
-# since that's been the recent pattern for fall-back transitions.
-# Also, guess that the schedule for 2014 on will be the same as 2006-2011.
-# And as Steffen suggested, consider the past 21-month experiment to be DST.
+# As Steffen suggested, consider the past 21-month experiment to be DST.
 
 # Rule    NAME    FROM    TO    TYPE    IN    ON    AT    SAVE    LETTER/S
 Rule    Jordan    1973    only    -    Jun    6    0:00    1:00    S
@@ -1425,7 +1426,7 @@ Rule    Jordan    2003    only    -    Oct    24    0:00s    0    -
 Rule    Jordan    2004    only    -    Oct    15    0:00s    0    -
 Rule    Jordan    2005    only    -    Sep    lastFri    0:00s    0    -
 Rule    Jordan    2006    2011    -    Oct    lastFri    0:00s    0    -
-Rule    Jordan    2013    only    -    Dec    20    0:00s    0    -
+Rule    Jordan    2013    only    -    Dec    20    0:00    0    -
 Rule    Jordan    2014    max    -    Mar    lastThu    24:00    1:00    S
 Rule    Jordan    2014    max    -    Oct    lastFri    0:00s    0    -
 # Zone    NAME        GMTOFF    RULES    FORMAT    [UNTIL]
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