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-# @(#)asia 8.56
+# @(#)asia 8.58
# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
@@ -214,42 +214,20 @@ Zone Asia/Bahrain 3:22:20 - LMT 1920 # Al Manamah
# 2010 midnight. The decision came at a cabinet meeting at the Prime
# Minister's Office last night..."
-# From Danvin Ruangchan (2009-12-24):
-# ...the news mentions DST will be turned off again 7 months after March
-# 31st on Oct 31, 2010.
-
-# From Arthur David Olson (2009-12-26):
-# Indeed, "The government will advance again the Banglasdesh Standard
-# Time by one one hour on March 31 next year by enforcing the Daylight
-# Saving Time (DST) for seven months. It will continue till October 31
-# until further notice." I take that last sentence as the
-# establishment of a rule.
-
-# From Nobutomo Nakano (2010-02-19):
-# We received a report from Bangladesh saying that the start/end of
-# Bangladesh DST is incorrect. Currently we have only the Bengali version
-# of the official mail from BTRC which describes the following:
-#
-# "From 2010 each year when local standard time is about to reach
-# March 31 at 10:59:00 PM clocks are turned forward 1 hour (11:59:00 PM)
-# and when local daylight time is about to October 31 at 11:59:00 PM
-# clocks are turned backward 1 hour (10:59:00 PM)."
-#
-# So, DST will start/end 1 minute earlier.
-
-# From Arthur David Olson (2010-03-03):
-# The file
-# <a href=http://www.cabinet.gov/bd/file_upload/news_events/en_169.pdf>
-# http://www.cabinet.gov/bd/file_upload/news_events/en_169.pdf
+# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-03-22):
+# According to Bangladesh newspaper "The Daily Star,"
+# Cabinet cancels Daylight Saving Time
+# <a href="http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/latest_news.php?nid=22817">
+# http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/latest_news.php?nid=22817
+# </a>
+# or
+# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_bangladesh06.html">
+# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_bangladesh06.html
# </a>
-# is in Bengali; it does contain two "31"s as well as two "11.59"s and a "10.59"
-# which is consistent with the information provided by Nobutomo Nakano.
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Dhaka 2009 only - Jun 19 23:00 1:00 S
Rule Dhaka 2009 only - Dec 31 23:59 0 -
-Rule Dhaka 2010 max - Mar 31 22:59 1:00 S
-Rule Dhaka 2010 max - Oct 31 23:59 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Asia/Dhaka 6:01:40 - LMT 1890
@@ -2129,6 +2107,32 @@ Zone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907
# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_gazastrip02.html
# </a>
+# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-03-19):
+# According to Voice of Palestine DST will last for 191 days, from March
+# 26, 2010 till "the last Sunday before the tenth day of Tishri
+# (October), each year" (October 03, 2010?)
+#
+# <a href="http://palvoice.org/forums/showthread.php?t=245697">
+# http://palvoice.org/forums/showthread.php?t=245697
+# </a>
+# (in Arabic)
+# or
+# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_westbank03.html">
+# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_westbank03.html
+# </a>
+
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2010-03-24):
+# ...Ma'an News Agency reports that Hamas cabinet has decided it will
+# start one day later, at 12:01am. Not sure if they really mean 12:01am or
+# noon though:
+#
+# <a href="http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=271178">
+# http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=271178
+# </a>
+# (Ma'an News Agency)
+# "At 12:01am Friday, clocks in Israel and the West Bank will change to
+# 1:01am, while Gaza clocks will change at 12:01am Saturday morning."
+
# 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
@@ -2146,7 +2150,8 @@ Rule Palestine 2006 2008 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
Rule Palestine 2006 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 -
Rule Palestine 2007 only - Sep Thu>=8 2:00 0 -
Rule Palestine 2008 only - Aug lastFri 2:00 0 -
-Rule Palestine 2009 max - Mar lastFri 0:00 1:00 S
+Rule Palestine 2009 only - Mar lastFri 0:00 1:00 S
+Rule Palestine 2010 max - Mar lastSat 0:01 1:00 S
Rule Palestine 2009 max - Sep Fri>=1 2:00 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
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