From dcd8cbed23201416cbd3bbf43f669737693282d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2023 12:10:57 -0800 Subject: [PROPOSED] Egypt now uses DST again From 2023 Egypt plans to observe DST from April's last Friday through October's last Thursday (Thanks to Ahmad ElDardiry.) Assume 00:00 and 24:00 transitions. * NEWS: Mention this. * africa (Egypt): Implement this. --- NEWS | 5 +++++ africa | 9 +++++++++ 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index f1bc788e..342ad786 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ News for the tz database Unreleased, experimental changes Briefly: + Egypt now uses DST again, from April through October. Much of Greenland still uses DST from 2024 on. America/Yellowknife now links to America/Edmonton. tzselect can now use current time to help infer timezone. @@ -11,6 +12,10 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes Changes to future timestamps + Starting in 2023, Egypt will observe DST from April's last Friday + through October's last Thursday. (Thanks to Ahmad ElDardiry.) + Assume the transition times are 00:00 and 24:00, respectively. + Much of Greenland, represented by America/Nuuk, will continue to observe DST using European Union rules. When combined with Greenland's decision not to change the clocks in fall 2023, diff --git a/africa b/africa index 90018808..24871f3d 100644 --- a/africa +++ b/africa @@ -321,6 +321,13 @@ Rule Egypt 2007 only - Sep Thu>=1 24:00 0 - # From Mina Samuel (2016-07-04): # Egyptian government took the decision to cancel the DST, +# From Ahmad ElDardiry (2023-03-01): +# Egypt officially announced today that daylight savings will be +# applied from last Friday of April to last Thursday of October. +# https://www.mena.org.eg/ar/news/dbcall/table/textnews/id/10044253 +# From Paul Eggert (2023-03-01): +# Assume transitions are at 00:00 and 24:00 respectively. + Rule Egypt 2008 only - Aug lastThu 24:00 0 - Rule Egypt 2009 only - Aug 20 24:00 0 - Rule Egypt 2010 only - Aug 10 24:00 0 - @@ -330,6 +337,8 @@ Rule Egypt 2014 only - May 15 24:00 1:00 S Rule Egypt 2014 only - Jun 26 24:00 0 - Rule Egypt 2014 only - Jul 31 24:00 1:00 S Rule Egypt 2014 only - Sep lastThu 24:00 0 - +Rule Egypt 2023 max - Apr lastFri 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Egypt 2023 Max - Oct lastThu 24:00 0 - # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] #STDOFF 2:05:08.9 -- 2.37.2