From e869ebf3a8f955c9494fc74beeee34b898e16ce1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Arthur David Olson Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 10:28:54 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Eggert mods SCCS-file: asia SCCS-SID: 7.47 --- asia | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------- 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) diff --git a/asia b/asia index 0486370..de9cfaf 100644 --- a/asia +++ b/asia @@ -648,28 +648,14 @@ Zone Asia/Tokyo 9:18:59 - LMT 1887 Dec 31 15:00u # Since 1938, all Japanese possessions have been like Asia/Tokyo. # Jordan -# From Steffen Thorsen [straen@thorsen.priv.no] (1999-05-08): -# Jordan do not have DST this year. It also seems that they are not going -# to use it the next years either. "We do not need it" was the answer I got -# from the Jordan National Information Centre (http://www.nic.gov.jo). # -# From Steffen Thorsen [straen@thorsen.priv.no] (1999-09-09): -# In April I reported that Jordan had stopped using DST. Now the government -# will use DST all year long, as reported in this Jordanian newspaper: +# From # -# http://star.arabia.com/990701/JO9.html -# -# -# "Summer time is back -# Clocks in Jordan were forwarded one hour on Wednesday at midnight, in -# accordance with the government's decision to implement summer time all -# year round." -# -# It seems that DST was introduced on 30 June at 24:00 (or 1 July 00:00). -# This link might also be of interest: -# -# http://star.arabia.com/990624/JO2.html -# +# Jordan Week (1999-07-01) +# via Steffen Thorsen (1999-09-09): +# Clocks in Jordan were forwarded one hour on Wednesday at midnight, +# in accordance with the government's decision to implement summer time +# all year round. # # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Jordan 1973 only - Jun 6 0:00 1:00 S @@ -953,7 +939,17 @@ Zone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907 # one-hour forward at this time. As a sign of independence from Israeli rule, # the PA has decided to implement DST in April. -# These rules for Egypt are stolen from the `africa' file. +# From Paul Eggert (1999-09-20): +# Daoud Kuttab writes in +# +# Holiday havoc +# (Jerusalem Post, 1999-04-22) that +# the Palestinian National Authority changed to DST on 1999-04-15. +# I vaguely recall that they switch back in October (sorry, forgot the source). +# For now, let's assume that the spring switch was at 24:00, +# and that they switch at 0:00 on the 3rd Fridays of April and October. + +# 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 Rule EgyptAsia 1957 1958 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - @@ -961,12 +957,17 @@ Rule EgyptAsia 1958 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule EgyptAsia 1959 1967 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S Rule EgyptAsia 1959 1965 - Sep 30 3:00 0 - Rule EgyptAsia 1966 only - Oct 1 3:00 0 - + +Rule Palestine 1999 max - Apr Fri>=15 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Palestine 1999 max - Oct Fri>=15 0:00 0 - + # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct 2:00 Zion EET 1948 May 15 2:00 EgyptAsia EE%sT 1967 Jun 5 2:00 Zion I%sT 1996 - 2:00 Jordan EE%sT + 2:00 Jordan EE%sT 1999 + 2:00 Palestine EE%sT # Paracel Is # no information