MFV of 280411,tzdata{2015b}

Release 2015b - 2015-03-19 23:28:11 -0700

  Changes affecting future time stamps

    Mongolia will start observing DST again this year, from the last
    Saturday in March at 02:00 to the last Saturday in September at 00:00.
    (Thanks to Ganbold Tsagaankhuu.)

    Palestine will start DST on March 28, not March 27.  Also,
    correct the fall 2014 transition from September 26 to October 24.
    Adjust future predictions accordingly.  (Thanks to Steffen Thorsen.)

  Changes affecting past time stamps

    The 1982 zone shift in Pacific/Easter has been corrected, fixing a 2015a
    regression.  (Thanks to Stuart Bishop for reporting the problem.)

    Some more zones have been turned into links, when they differed
    from existing zones only for older time stamps.  As usual,
    these changes affect UTC offsets in pre-1970 time stamps only.
    Their old contents have been moved to the 'backzone' file.
    The affected zones are: America/Antigua, America/Cayman,
    Pacific/Midway, and Pacific/Saipan.

  Changes affecting time zone abbreviations

    Correct the 1992-2010 DST abbreviation in Volgograd from "MSK" to "MSD".
    (Thanks to Hank W.)

1 files changed, 26 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/contrib/tzdata/asia b/contrib/tzdata/asia
index 8f33b16..756e3d0 100644
--- a/contrib/tzdata/asia
+++ b/contrib/tzdata/asia
@@ -1904,6 +1904,13 @@ Zone	Indian/Maldives	4:54:00 -	LMT	1880 # Male
 # was at the start of 2008-03-31 (the day of Steffen Thorsen's report);
 # this is almost surely wrong.
 
+# From Ganbold Tsagaankhuu (2015-03-10):
+# It seems like yesterday Mongolian Government meeting has concluded to use
+# daylight saving time in Mongolia....  Starting at 2:00AM of last Saturday of
+# March 2015, daylight saving time starts.  And 00:00AM of last Saturday of
+# September daylight saving time ends.  Source:
+# http://zasag.mn/news/view/8969
+
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Mongol	1983	1984	-	Apr	1	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Mongol	1983	only	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	-
@@ -1924,6 +1931,8 @@ Rule	Mongol	1984	1998	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	0	-
 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	-
 
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 # Hovd, a.k.a. Chovd, Dund-Us, Dzhargalant, Khovd, Jirgalanta
@@ -2342,13 +2351,19 @@ Zone	Asia/Karachi	4:28:12 -	LMT	1907
 # official source...:
 # http://www.palestinecabinet.gov.ps/ar/Views/ViewDetails.aspx?pid=1252
 
-# From Paul Eggert (2013-09-24):
-# For future dates, guess the last Thursday in March at 24:00 through
-# the first Friday on or after September 21 at 00:00.  This is consistent with
-# the predictions in today's editions of the following URLs,
-# which are for Gaza and Hebron respectively:
-# http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/timezone.html?n=702
-# http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/timezone.html?n=2364
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2015-03-03):
+# Sources such as http://www.alquds.com/news/article/view/id/548257
+# and http://www.raya.ps/ar/news/890705.html say Palestine areas will
+# start DST on 2015-03-28 00:00 which is one day later than expected.
+#
+# From Paul Eggert (2015-03-03):
+# http://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/west-bank/ramallah?year=2014
+# says that the fall 2014 transition was Oct 23 at 24:00.
+# For future dates, guess the last Friday in March at 24:00 through
+# the first Friday on or after October 21 at 00:00.  This is consistent with
+# the predictions in today's editions of the following URLs:
+# http://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/gaza-strip/gaza
+# http://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/west-bank/hebron
 
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule EgyptAsia	1957	only	-	May	10	0:00	1:00	S
@@ -2374,9 +2389,11 @@ Rule Palestine	2011	only	-	Apr	 1	0:01	1:00	S
 Rule Palestine	2011	only	-	Aug	 1	0:00	0	-
 Rule Palestine	2011	only	-	Aug	30	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule Palestine	2011	only	-	Sep	30	0:00	0	-
-Rule Palestine	2012	max	-	Mar	lastThu	24:00	1:00	S
+Rule Palestine	2012	2014	-	Mar	lastThu	24:00	1:00	S
 Rule Palestine	2012	only	-	Sep	21	1:00	0	-
-Rule Palestine	2013	max	-	Sep	Fri>=21	0:00	0	-
+Rule Palestine	2013	only	-	Sep	Fri>=21	0:00	0	-
+Rule Palestine	2014	max	-	Oct	Fri>=21	0:00	0	-
+Rule Palestine	2015	max	-	Mar	lastFri	24:00	1:00	S
 
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Gaza	2:17:52	-	LMT	1900 Oct