From 7bf85c80a63f31e97134d75313736b792bcd94c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Arthur David Olson Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 15:39:41 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Egypt abandons DST SCCS-file: africa SCCS-SID: 8.31 --- africa | 18 ++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/africa b/africa index 063021e..8c2f20e 100644 --- a/africa +++ b/africa @@ -212,7 +212,21 @@ Rule Egypt 1989 only - May 6 1:00 1:00 S Rule Egypt 1990 1994 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S # IATA (after 1990) says transitions are at 0:00. # Go with IATA starting in 1995, except correct 1995 entry from 09-30 to 09-29. -Rule Egypt 1995 max - Apr lastFri 0:00s 1:00 S + +# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-04-20): +# "...Egypt's interim cabinet decided on Wednesday to cancel daylight +# saving time after a poll posted on its website showed the majority of +# Egyptians would approve the cancellation." +# +# Egypt to cancel daylight saving time +# +# http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/407168 +# +# or +# +# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_egypt04.html +# +Rule Egypt 1995 2010 - Apr lastFri 0:00s 1:00 S Rule Egypt 1995 2005 - Sep lastThu 23:00s 0 - # From Steffen Thorsen (2006-09-19): # The Egyptian Gazette, issue 41,090 (2006-09-18), page 1, reports: @@ -313,7 +327,7 @@ Rule Egypt 2008 only - Aug lastThu 23:00s 0 - 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 max - Sep lastThu 23:00s 0 - +Rule Egypt 2010 only - Sep lastThu 23:00s 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Cairo 2:05:00 - LMT 1900 Oct