[tz] Morocco not ending DST tonight - instead extending by one month

Paul Eggert eggert at cs.ucla.edu
Mon Sep 30 04:33:36 UTC 2013


Thanks, here's a proposed patch to implement this,
which I've pushed to the experimental version on github.

I'd like to release a new version very soon, since
the tz database is currently incorrect for Morocco.
(I wish they'd give more notice!)

>From 0def5ed0fd67bf3093a69a5659537a3a32ee1d4e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Eggert <eggert at cs.ucla.edu>
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2013 21:30:30 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Morocco changed end-of-DST from September to October.

* africa (Morocco): Morocco now ends DST the last Sunday in
October, not September.  (Thanks to Steffen Thorsen.)
* NEWS: Document the above.
---
 NEWS   |  5 +++++
 africa | 13 ++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 14f75fa..5a8d8fc 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ News for the tz database
 
 Unreleased, experimental changes
 
+  Changes affecting current and near-future time stamps
+
+    Morocco changed their rules, and now falls back the first Sunday
+    in October, not September.  (Thanks to Steffen Thorsen.)
+
   Changes affecting 'zic'
 
     'zic' now runs on platforms that lack both hard links and symlinks.
diff --git a/africa b/africa
index 9a5d93b..d168597 100644
--- a/africa
+++ b/africa
@@ -858,6 +858,16 @@ Zone	Indian/Mayotte	3:00:56 -	LMT	1911 Jul	# Mamoutzou
 # transitions would be 2013-07-07 and 2013-08-10; see:
 # http://www.maroc.ma/en/news/morocco-suspends-daylight-saving-time-july-7-aug10
 
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2013-09-28):
+# Morocco extends DST by one month, on very short notice, just 1 day
+# before it was going to end.  There is a new decree (2.13.781) for
+# this, where DST from now on goes from last Sunday of March at 02:00
+# to last Sunday of October at 03:00, similar to EU rules.  Official
+# source (French):
+# http://www.maroc.gov.ma/fr/actualites/lhoraire-dete-gmt1-maintenu-jusquau-27-octobre-2013
+# Another source (specifying the time for start and end in the decree):
+# http://www.lemag.ma/Heure-d-ete-au-Maroc-jusqu-au-27-octobre_a75620.html
+
 # From Paul Eggert (2013-07-03):
 # To estimate what the Moroccan government will do in future years,
 # transition dates for 2014 through 2021 were determined by running
@@ -913,11 +923,12 @@ Rule	Morocco	2010	only	-	Aug	 8	 0:00	0	-
 Rule	Morocco	2011	only	-	Apr	 3	 0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Morocco	2011	only	-	Jul	 31	 0	0	-
 Rule	Morocco	2012	2019	-	Apr	 lastSun 2:00	1:00	S
-Rule	Morocco	2012	max	-	Sep	 lastSun 3:00	0	-
+Rule	Morocco	2012	only	-	Sep	 30	 3:00	0	-
 Rule	Morocco	2012	only	-	Jul	 20	 3:00	0	-
 Rule	Morocco	2012	only	-	Aug	 20	 2:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Morocco	2013	only	-	Jul	  7	 3:00	0	-
 Rule	Morocco	2013	only	-	Aug	 10	 2:00	1:00	S
+Rule	Morocco	2013	max	-	Oct	 lastSun 3:00	0	-
 Rule	Morocco	2014	only	-	Jun	 29	 3:00	0	-
 Rule	Morocco	2014	only	-	Jul	 29	 2:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Morocco	2015	only	-	Jun	 18	 3:00	0	-
-- 
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