diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 7dc8812..1843fe7 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -3,8 +3,16 @@ News for the tz database Unreleased, experimental changes Briefly: + Palestine transitions are now Saturdays at 02:00. Simplify three Ukraine zones into one. + Changes to future timestamps + + Palestine now springs forward and falls back at 02:00 on the + first Saturday on or after March 24 and October 24, respectively. + This means 2022 falls back 10-29 at 02:00, not 10-28 at 01:00. + (Thanks to Heba Hamad.) + Changes to past timestamps Simplify three Ukraine zones to one, since the post-1970 diff --git a/asia b/asia index 6e3ea4b..1a3d8c1 100644 --- a/asia +++ b/asia @@ -3395,6 +3395,17 @@ Zone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907 # From Heba Hamad (2022-03-10): # summer time will begin in Palestine from Sunday 03-27-2022, 00:00 AM. +# From Heba Hamad (2022-08-30): +# winter time will begin in Palestine from Saturday 10-29, 02:00 AM by +# 60 minutes backwards. Also the state of Palestine adopted the summer +# and winter time for the years: 2023,2024,2025,2026 ... +# https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/attachments/20220830/9f024566/Time-0001.pdf +# +# From Paul Eggert (2022-08-30): +# Guess they spring forward on the first Saturday on or after March 24, +# and fall back on the first Saturday on or after October 24, as this is +# consistent with the given transitions and with previous date practice. + # Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule EgyptAsia 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S Rule EgyptAsia 1957 1958 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - @@ -3431,8 +3442,10 @@ Rule Palestine 2019 only - Mar 29 0:00 1:00 S Rule Palestine 2019 only - Oct Sat>=24 0:00 0 - Rule Palestine 2020 2021 - Mar Sat>=24 0:00 1:00 S Rule Palestine 2020 only - Oct 24 1:00 0 - -Rule Palestine 2021 max - Oct Fri>=23 1:00 0 - -Rule Palestine 2022 max - Mar Sun>=25 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Palestine 2021 only - Oct 29 1:00 0 - +Rule Palestine 2022 only - Mar 27 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Palestine 2022 max - Oct Sat>=24 2:00 0 - +Rule Palestine 2023 max - Mar Sat>=24 2:00 1:00 S # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct