[tz] [PROPOSED] Mongolia no longer observes DST

Paul Eggert eggert at cs.ucla.edu
Wed Feb 8 17:42:23 UTC 2017


* NEWS: Mention this.
* asia (Mongolia): DST expires after 2016.
---
 NEWS | 2 ++
 asia | 8 ++++++--
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 10c2cd4..3179d57 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes
 
   Changes to future time stamps
 
+    Mongolia no longer observes DST.  (Thanks to Ganbold Tsagaankhuu.)
+
     Chile's Region of Magallanes moves from -04/-03 to -03 year-round.
     Its clocks diverge from America/Santiago starting 2017-05-13 at
     23:00, hiving off a new zone America/Punta_Arenas.  Although the
diff --git a/asia b/asia
index 26b6a5b..35774c6 100644
--- a/asia
+++ b/asia
@@ -2137,14 +2137,18 @@ Rule	Mongol	1983	only	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	-
 # correction of 02:00 (in the previous edition) not being done correctly
 # in the latest edition; so ignore it for now.
 
+# From Ganbold Tsagaankhuu (2017-02-09):
+# Mongolian Government meeting has concluded today to cancel daylight
+# saving time adoption in Mongolia.  Source: http://zasag.mn/news/view/16192
+
 Rule	Mongol	1985	1998	-	Mar	lastSun	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Mongol	1984	1998	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	0	-
 # IATA SSIM (1999-09) says Mongolia no longer observes DST.
 Rule	Mongol	2001	only	-	Apr	lastSat	2:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Mongol	2001	2006	-	Sep	lastSat	2:00	0	-
 Rule	Mongol	2002	2006	-	Mar	lastSat	2:00	1:00	S
-Rule	Mongol	2015	max	-	Mar	lastSat	2:00	1:00	S
-Rule	Mongol	2015	max	-	Sep	lastSat	0:00	0	-
+Rule	Mongol	2015	2016	-	Mar	lastSat	2:00	1:00	S
+Rule	Mongol	2015	2016	-	Sep	lastSat	0:00	0	-
 
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 # Hovd, a.k.a. Chovd, Dund-Us, Dzhargalant, Khovd, Jirgalanta
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2.9.3



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