[tz] Ukraine to abolish DST?

[Paul Eggert]

Thanks for the heads-up about the bill. I found a copy on the Rada 
website[1]. Assuming the president signs it and it becomes law, we'll 
need a change and a new TZDB release.

The bill says that the law would take effect three months after 
promulgation, so it'd be helpful to find out its promulgation date 
whenever that happens to be.

A further proposed resolution was introduced today[2] to annul 
yesterday's decision and stick with the status quo, on the grounds that 
yesterday's decision wasn't properly conducted. Not knowing Ukrainian 
politics, I don't know how today's proposal will affect matters.

I am attaching a draft TZDB patch but I haven't installed it into the 
development version, because the effective date isn't known (I 
approximated it as "2025" in the draft patch), the bill as it stands 
might not become law, and the patch will need commentary. The 
zonenow.tab part of the draft patch would be temporary and that file 
would need to be updated further after 2024-10-27 as Ukraine would merge 
with Libya and Kaliningrad for future timestamps.

[1]: https://itd.rada.gov.ua/billInfo/Bills/Card/4294
[2]: https://itd.rada.gov.ua/billInfo/Bills/Card/44572
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