From aa860185d25fcc4eed34c24838eec405a778d5a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: edwin Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 00:07:05 +0000 Subject: MFV of r196998. Import of tzdata2008m Samoa will go in DST on 4 October 2009 till 28 March 2010 Palestine will go back from DST on 4 September 2009 --- share/zoneinfo/asia | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- share/zoneinfo/australasia | 20 ++++++++++++++++++-- 2 files changed, 56 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'share/zoneinfo') diff --git a/share/zoneinfo/asia b/share/zoneinfo/asia index 13a1989..7142b45 100644 --- a/share/zoneinfo/asia +++ b/share/zoneinfo/asia @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ # 
-# @(#)asia	8.36
+# @(#)asia	8.40
 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
 # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
 
@@ -1836,6 +1836,42 @@ Zone	Asia/Karachi	4:28:12 -	LMT	1907
 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_westbank01.html
 # 
 
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-08-31):
+# Palestine's Council of Ministers announced that they will revert back to
+# winter time on Friday, 2009-09-04.
+#
+# One news source:
+# 
+# http://www.safa.ps/ara/?action=showdetail&seid=4158
+# 
+# (Palestinian press agency, Arabic),
+# Google translate: "Decided that the Palestinian government in Ramallah
+# headed by Salam Fayyad, the start of work in time for the winter of
+# 2009, starting on Friday approved the fourth delay Sept. clock sixty
+# minutes per hour as of Friday morning."
+#
+# We are not sure if Gaza will do the same, last year they had a different
+# end date, we will keep this page updated:
+# 
+# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/westbank-gaza-dst-2009.html
+# 
+
+# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-09-02):
+# Seems that Gaza Strip will go back to Winter Time same date as West Bank.
+#
+# According to Palestinian Ministry Of Interior, West Bank and Gaza Strip plan
+# to change time back to Standard time on September 4, 2009.
+#
+# "Winter time unite the West Bank and Gaza"
+# (from Palestinian National Authority):
+# 
+# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_gazastrip02.html
+# 
+
 # 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
@@ -1854,7 +1890,7 @@ 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	max	-	Sep	lastMon	2:00	0	-
+Rule Palestine	2009	max	-	Sep	Fri>=1	2:00	0	-
 
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Gaza	2:17:52	-	LMT	1900 Oct
diff --git a/share/zoneinfo/australasia b/share/zoneinfo/australasia
index 2fc370f..86fac13 100644
--- a/share/zoneinfo/australasia
+++ b/share/zoneinfo/australasia
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # 
-# @(#)australasia	8.12
+# @(#)australasia	8.13
 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
 # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
 
@@ -443,10 +443,26 @@ Zone Pacific/Pago_Pago	 12:37:12 -	LMT	1879 Jul  5
 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_samoa01.html
 # 
 
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-08-27):
+# Samoa's parliament passed the Daylight Saving Bill 2009, and will start 
+# daylight saving time on the first Sunday of October 2009 and end on the 
+# last Sunday of March 2010. We hope that the full text will be published 
+# soon, but we believe that the bill is only valid for 2009-2010. Samoa's 
+# Daylight Saving Act 2009 will be enforced as soon as the Head of State 
+# executes a proclamation publicizing this Act.
+#
+# Some background information here, which will be updated once we have 
+# more details:
+# 
+# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/samoa-dst-plan-2009.html
+# 
+
 Zone Pacific/Apia	 12:33:04 -	LMT	1879 Jul  5
 			-11:26:56 -	LMT	1911
 			-11:30	-	SAMT	1950		# Samoa Time
-			-11:00	-	WST			# Samoa Time
+			-11:00	-	WST	2009 Oct 4
+			-11:00	1:00	WSDT	2010 Mar 28
+			-11:00	-	WST
 
 # Solomon Is
 # excludes Bougainville, for which see Papua New Guinea
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