[tz] Israel DST -- Stay Tuned

Brian Inglis Brian.Inglis at SystematicSw.ab.ca
Mon Mar 23 18:57:51 UTC 2020


Perhaps someone could give them feedback on why that was a good move, and how
long it would take Apple, Google, IBM, MS, Oracle, Samsung, various Unix distros
and vendors to issue updates and make them effective (hint: not by Friday!)


On 2020-03-23 05:08, Ephraim Silverberg wrote:
> The government decided _not_ to delay the start of DST and it will begin on 
> Friday morning as scheduled:
> https://www.jpost.com/HEALTH-SCIENCE/Coronavirus-Netanyahu-considers-upping-restrictions-as-patients-hit-1238-621986
> 
> Hence, _no_ patch is necessary.  Thanks to all for your efforts.

> On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 1:10 AM Paul Eggert wrote:
> Thanks to both of you for the heads-up. Proposed patch attached. Presumably 
> we'll need a new tzdb release shortly. I would like official confirmation
> first.

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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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