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-rw-r--r-- | share/zoneinfo/africa | 40 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | share/zoneinfo/asia | 37 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | share/zoneinfo/europe | 23 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | share/zoneinfo/southamerica | 50 |
4 files changed, 139 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/share/zoneinfo/africa b/share/zoneinfo/africa index 223b780..304e7d3 100644 --- a/share/zoneinfo/africa +++ b/share/zoneinfo/africa @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# @(#)africa 8.15 +# @(#)africa 8.16 # <pre> # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, @@ -436,11 +436,28 @@ Zone Africa/Nouakchott -1:03:48 - LMT 1912 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_mauritius02.html # </a> +# From Riad M. Hossen Ally (2008-08-03): +# The Government of Mauritius weblink +# <a href="http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/pmosite/menuitem.4ca0efdee47462e7440a600248a521ca/?content_id=3D4728ca68b2a5b110VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD"> +# http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/pmosite/menuitem.4ca0efdee47462e7440a600248a521ca/?content_id=3D4728ca68b2a5b110VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD +# </a> +# Cabinet Decision of July 18th, 2008 states as follows: +# +# 4. ...Cabinet has agreed to the introduction into the National Assembly +# of the Time Bill which provides for the introduction of summer time in +# Mauritius. The summer time period which will be of one hour ahead of +# the standard time, will be aligned with that in Europe and the United +# States of America. It will start at two o'clock in the morning on the +# last Sunday of October and will end at two o'clock in the morning on +# the last Sunday of March the following year. The summer time for the +# year 2008 - 2009 will, therefore, be effective as from 26 October 2008 +# and end on 29 March 2009. + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Mauritius 1982 only - Oct 10 0:00 1:00 S Rule Mauritius 1983 only - Mar 21 0:00 0 - -Rule Mauritius 2008 only - Oct 26 2:00s 1:00 S -Rule Mauritius 2009 only - Mar 27 2:00s 0 - +Rule Mauritius 2008 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 S +Rule Mauritius 2009 max - Mar lastSun 2:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Indian/Mauritius 3:50:00 - LMT 1907 # Port Louis 4:00 Mauritius MU%sT # Mauritius Time @@ -525,7 +542,22 @@ Zone Indian/Mayotte 3:00:56 - LMT 1911 Jul # Mamoutzou # From Arthur David Olson (2008-05-09): # XXX--guess that it is only Morocco for now; guess only 2008 for now. +# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-08-27): +# Morocco will change the clocks back on the midnight between August 31 +# and September 1. They originally planned to observe DST to near the end +# of September: +# +# One article about it (in French): +# <a href="http://www.menara.ma/fr/Actualites/Maroc/Societe/ci.retour_a_l_heure_gmt_a_partir_du_dimanche_31_aout_a_minuit_officiel_.default"> +# http://www.menara.ma/fr/Actualites/Maroc/Societe/ci.retour_a_l_heure_gmt_a_partir_du_dimanche_31_aout_a_minuit_officiel_.default +# </a> +# +# We have some further details posted here: +# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-ends-dst-early-2008.html"> +# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-ends-dst-early-2008.html +# </a> # RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S + Rule Morocco 1939 only - Sep 12 0:00 1:00 S Rule Morocco 1939 only - Nov 19 0:00 0 - Rule Morocco 1940 only - Feb 25 0:00 1:00 S @@ -542,7 +574,7 @@ Rule Morocco 1977 only - Sep 28 0:00 0 - Rule Morocco 1978 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Morocco 1978 only - Aug 4 0:00 0 - Rule Morocco 2008 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Morocco 2008 only - Sep 28 0:00 0 - +Rule Morocco 2008 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Casablanca -0:30:20 - LMT 1913 Oct 26 0:00 Morocco WE%sT 1984 Mar 16 diff --git a/share/zoneinfo/asia b/share/zoneinfo/asia index 4f954b1..768850f 100644 --- a/share/zoneinfo/asia +++ b/share/zoneinfo/asia @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# @(#)asia 8.22 +# @(#)asia 8.23 # <pre> # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, @@ -1541,11 +1541,24 @@ Zone Asia/Muscat 3:54:20 - LMT 1920 # From Arthur David Olson (2008-05-19): # XXX--midnight transitions is a guess; 2008 only is a guess. +# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2008-08-28): +# Pakistan government has decided to keep the watches one-hour advanced +# for another 2 months--plan to return to Standard Time on October 31 +# instead of August 31. +# +# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_pakistan02.html"> +# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_pakistan02.html +# </a> +# OR +# <a href="http://dailymailnews.com/200808/28/news/dmbrn03.html"> +# http://dailymailnews.com/200808/28/news/dmbrn03.html +# </a> + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Pakistan 2002 only - Apr Sun>=2 0:01 1:00 S Rule Pakistan 2002 only - Oct Sun>=2 0:01 0 - Rule Pakistan 2008 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Pakistan 2008 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 - +Rule Pakistan 2008 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep @@ -1665,6 +1678,23 @@ Zone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907 # For lack of better information, predict that future changes will be # the 2nd Thursday of September at 02:00. +# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2008-08-28): +# Here is an article, that Mideast running on different clocks at Ramadan. +# +# Gaza Strip (as Egypt) ended DST at midnight Thursday (Aug 28, 2008), while +# the West Bank will end Daylight Saving Time at midnight Sunday (Aug 31, 2008). +# +# <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/7759001"> +# http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/7759001 +# </a> +# <a href="http://www.abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=5676087"> +# http://www.abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=5676087 +# </a> +# or +# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_gazastrip01.html"> +# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_gazastrip01.html +# </a> + # The rules for Egypt are stolen from the `africa' file. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule EgyptAsia 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S @@ -1680,7 +1710,8 @@ Rule Palestine 2004 only - Oct 1 1:00 0 - Rule Palestine 2005 only - Oct 4 2:00 0 - Rule Palestine 2006 max - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Palestine 2006 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 - -Rule Palestine 2007 max - Sep Thu>=8 2:00 0 - +Rule Palestine 2007 only - Sep Thu>=8 2:00 0 - +Rule Palestine 2008 max - Aug lastThu 2:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct diff --git a/share/zoneinfo/europe b/share/zoneinfo/europe index 861f95e..7bb9864 100644 --- a/share/zoneinfo/europe +++ b/share/zoneinfo/europe @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# @(#)europe 8.17 +# @(#)europe 8.18 # <pre> # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, @@ -2353,6 +2353,27 @@ Zone Europe/Zurich 0:34:08 - LMT 1848 Sep 12 # (on a non-government server though) describing dates between 2002 and 2006: # http://www.alomaliye.com/bkk_2002_3769.htm +# From Sue Williams (2008-08-11): +# I spotted this news article about a potential change in Turkey. +# +# <a href="http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/domestic/9626174.asp?scr=1"> +# http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/domestic/9626174.asp?scr=1 +# </a> + +# From Sue Williams (2008-08-20): +# This article says that around the end of March 2011, Turkey wants to +# adjust the clocks forward by 1/2 hour and stay that way permanently. +# The article indicates that this is a change in timezone offset in addition +# to stopping observance of DST. +# This proposal has not yet been approved. +# +# Read more here... +# +# Turkey to abandon daylight saving time in 2011 +# <a href="http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=112989"> +# http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=112989 +# </a> + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Turkey 1916 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Turkey 1916 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - diff --git a/share/zoneinfo/southamerica b/share/zoneinfo/southamerica index 35793a2..e2244cf 100644 --- a/share/zoneinfo/southamerica +++ b/share/zoneinfo/southamerica @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# @(#)southamerica 8.26 +# @(#)southamerica 8.27 # <pre> # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, @@ -164,9 +164,22 @@ Rule Arg 2000 only - Mar 3 0:00 0 - # From Paul Eggert (2007-12-22): # For dates after mid-2008, the following rules are my guesses and # are quite possibly wrong, but are more likely than no DST at all. + +# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2008-09-05): +# As per message from Carlos Alberto Fonseca Arauz (Nicaragua), +# Argentina will start DST on Sunday October 19, 2008. +# +# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_argentina03.html"> +# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_argentina03.html +# </a> +# OR +# <a href="http://www.impulsobaires.com.ar/nota.php?id=57832 (in spanish)"> +# http://www.impulsobaires.com.ar/nota.php?id=57832 (in spanish) +# </a> + Rule Arg 2007 only - Dec 30 0:00 1:00 S Rule Arg 2008 max - Mar Sun>=15 0:00 0 - -Rule Arg 2008 max - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Arg 2008 max - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S # From Mariano Absatz (2004-05-21): # Today it was officially published that the Province of Mendoza is changing @@ -591,6 +604,36 @@ Zone America/La_Paz -4:32:36 - LMT 1890 # Decretos sobre o Horario de Verao no Brasil # </a>. +# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-08-29): +# As announced by the government and many newspapers in Brazil late +# yesterday, Brazil will start DST on 2008-10-19 (need to change rule) and +# it will end on 2009-02-15 (current rule for Brazil is fine). Based on +# past years experience with the elections, there was a good chance that +# the start was postponed to November, but it did not happen this year. +# +# It has not yet been posted to http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV.html +# +# An official page about it: +# <a href="http://www.mme.gov.br/site/news/detail.do?newsId=16722"> +# http://www.mme.gov.br/site/news/detail.do?newsId=16722 +# </a> +# Note that this link does not always work directly, but must be accessed +# by going to +# <a href="http://www.mme.gov.br/first>" +# http://www.mme.gov.br/first +# </a> +# +# One example link that works directly: +# <a href="http://jornale.com.br/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13530&Itemid=54"> +# http://jornale.com.br/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13530&Itemid=54 +# (Portuguese) +# </a> +# +# We have a written a short article about it as well: +# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/brazil-dst-2008-2009.html"> +# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/brazil-dst-2008-2009.html +# </a> + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV20466.htm">20,466</a> (1931-10-01) # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV21896.htm">21,896</a> (1932-01-10) @@ -724,8 +767,9 @@ Rule Brazil 2006 only - Nov 5 0:00 1:00 S Rule Brazil 2007 only - Feb 25 0:00 0 - # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV6212.gif">6,212</a> (2007-09-26), # adopted by the same states as before. -Rule Brazil 2007 max - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Brazil 2007 only - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 1:00 S Rule Brazil 2008 max - Feb Sun>=15 0:00 0 - +Rule Brazil 2008 max - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S # The latest ruleset listed above says that the following states observe DST: # DF, ES, GO, MG, MS, MT, PR, RJ, RS, SC, SP. # For dates after mid-2008, the above rules with TO="max" are guesses |