From 0fb00e84611a40da07788db7f46db66f9f312509 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Tue, 13 May 2014 07:43:31 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] africa: Egypt's May 15 transition is at 24:00 * africa (Egypt): Change to 24:00. (Thanks to Gunther Vermier.) --- africa | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/africa b/africa index eefaf0d..83bff2e 100644 --- a/africa +++ b/africa @@ -339,7 +339,10 @@ Rule Egypt 2007 only - Sep Thu>=1 23:00s 0 - # Egypt is to change back to Daylight system on May 15 # http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/100735/Egypt/Politics-/Egypts-government-to-reapply-daylight-saving-time-.aspx -# From Paul Eggert (2014-05-07): +# From Gunther Vermier (2015-05-13): +# our Egypt office confirms that the change will be at 15 May "midnight" (24:00) + +# From Paul Eggert (2014-05-13): # Sarah El Deeb and Lee Keath of AP report that the Egyptian government says # the change is because of blackouts in Cairo, even though Ahram Online (cited # above) says DST had no affect on electricity consumption. The AP story says @@ -347,8 +350,7 @@ Rule Egypt 2007 only - Sep Thu>=1 23:00s 0 - # DST will end. See: # http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/el-sissi-pushes-egyptians-line-23614833 # -# For now, assume DST will start at 00:00 on May 15, and guess that in future -# years DST will start and end using the same rules as 2010, and guess that +# For now, guess that later transitions will use 2010's rules, and that # Egypt will agree with Morocco (see below) about the date Ramadan starts and # ends, though (unlike Morocco) it will switch at 00:00 standard time. In # Egypt the spring-forward transitions are removed for 2020-2022, when the @@ -362,7 +364,7 @@ Rule Egypt 2009 only - Aug 20 23:00s 0 - Rule Egypt 2010 only - Aug 11 0:00 0 - Rule Egypt 2010 only - Sep 10 0:00 1:00 S Rule Egypt 2010 only - Sep lastThu 23:00s 0 - -Rule Egypt 2014 only - May 15 0:00s 1:00 S +Rule Egypt 2014 only - May 15 24:00 1:00 S Rule Egypt 2014 only - Jun 29 0:00s 0 - Rule Egypt 2014 only - Jul 29 0:00s 1:00 S Rule Egypt 2014 max - Sep lastThu 23:00s 0 -