-# @(#)africa 8.3
+# @(#)africa 8.5
# <pre>
# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
# 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
-Rule Egypt 1995 max - Sep lastThu 23:00s 0 -
+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:
+# Egypt will turn back clocks by one hour at the midnight of Thursday
+# after observing the daylight saving time since May.
+# http://news.gom.com.eg/gazette/pdf/2006/09/18/01.pdf
+Rule Egypt 2006 only - Sep 21 23:00s 0 -
+Rule Egypt 2007 max - Sep lastThu 23:00s 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Africa/Cairo 2:05:00 - LMT 1900 Oct
-# @(#)asia 8.6
+# %W%
# <pre>
# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
# For Jordan I have received multiple independent user reports every year
# about DST end dates, as the end-rule is different every year.
#
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2006-10-01), after a heads-up from Hilal Malawi:
+# http://www.petranews.gov.jo/nepras/2006/Sep/05/4000.htm
+# "Jordan will switch to winter time on Friday, October 27".
+#
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Jordan 1973 only - Jun 6 0:00 1:00 S
Rule Jordan 1973 1975 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
Rule Jordan 2000 max - Mar lastThu 0:00s 1:00 S
Rule Jordan 2003 only - Oct 24 0:00s 0 -
Rule Jordan 2004 only - Oct 15 0:00s 0 -
-Rule Jordan 2005 max - Sep lastFri 0:00s 0 -
+Rule Jordan 2005 only - Sep lastFri 0:00s 0 -
+Rule Jordan 2006 max - Oct lastFri 0:00s 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931
2:00 Jordan EE%sT
# Gaza changed as well, but presumed Gaza to follow the same rules as
# the West Bank.
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2006-09-26):
+# according to the Palestine News Network (2006-09-19):
+# http://english.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=596&Itemid=5
+# > The Council of Ministers announced that this year its winter schedule
+# > will begin early, as of midnight Thursday. It is also time to turn
+# > back the clocks for winter. Friday will begin an hour late this week.
+# I guess it is likely that next year's date will be moved as well,
+# because of the Ramadan.
+
# 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 Palestine 1999 2005 - Apr Fri>=15 0:00 1:00 S
Rule Palestine 1999 2003 - Oct Fri>=15 0:00 0 -
Rule Palestine 2004 only - Oct 1 1:00 0 -
-Rule Palestine 2005 max - Oct 4 2:00 0 -
+Rule Palestine 2005 only - Oct 4 2:00 0 -
Rule Palestine 2006 max - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
+Rule Palestine 2006 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 -
+Rule Palestine 2007 max - Oct Fri>=15 0:00 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct
# IATA SSIM (1998-02) says 1998-04-02;
# (1998-09) says 1999-03-29 and 1999-09-29; (1999-02) says 1999-04-02,
# 2000-04-02, and 2001-04-02; (1999-09) says 2000-03-31 and 2001-03-31;
-# ignore all these claims and go with Shanks & Pottenger.
+# (2006) says 2006-03-31 and 2006-09-22;
+# for now ignore all these claims and go with Shanks & Pottenger,
+# except for the 2006-09-22 claim (which seems right for Ramadan).
Rule Syria 1994 1996 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
-Rule Syria 1994 max - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
+Rule Syria 1994 2005 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
Rule Syria 1997 1998 - Mar lastMon 0:00 1:00 S
Rule Syria 1999 max - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
+# From Stephen Colebourne (2006-09-18):
+# According to IATA data, Syria will change DST on 21st September [21:00 UTC]
+# this year [only].... This is probably related to Ramadan, like Egypt.
+Rule Syria 2006 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 -
+Rule Syria 2007 max - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Asia/Damascus 2:25:12 - LMT 1920 # Dimashq
2:00 Syria EE%sT
-# @(#)europe 8.5
+# @(#)europe 8.6
# <pre>
# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
1:00 EU CE%sT
# Bosnia and Herzegovina
-# see Serbia and Montenegro
+# see Serbia
# Bulgaria
#
2:00 EU EE%sT
# Croatia
-# see Serbia and Montenegro
+# see Serbia
# Cyprus
# Please see the `asia' file for Asia/Nicosia.
1:00 EU CE%sT
# Macedonia
-# see Serbia and Montenegro
+# see Serbia
# Malta
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
1:00 France CE%sT 1977
1:00 EU CE%sT
+# Montenegro
+# see Serbia
+
# Netherlands
# Howse writes that the Netherlands' railways used GMT between 1892 and 1940,
11:00 Russia ANA%sT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s
12:00 Russia ANA%sT
-# Serbia and Montenegro
+# Serbia
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Europe/Belgrade 1:22:00 - LMT 1884
1:00 - CET 1941 Apr 18 23:00
1:00 - CET 1982 Nov 27
1:00 EU CE%sT
Link Europe/Belgrade Europe/Ljubljana # Slovenia
+Link Europe/Belgrade Europe/Podgorica # Montenegro
Link Europe/Belgrade Europe/Sarajevo # Bosnia and Herzegovina
Link Europe/Belgrade Europe/Skopje # Macedonia
Link Europe/Belgrade Europe/Zagreb # Croatia
Link Europe/Prague Europe/Bratislava
# Slovenia
-# see Serbia and Montenegro
+# see Serbia
# Spain
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
# ISO 3166 alpha-2 country codes
#
-# @(#)iso3166.tab 8.2
+# @(#)iso3166.tab 8.3
#
-# From Paul Eggert (2006-04-24):
+# From Paul Eggert (2006-09-27):
#
# This file contains a table with the following columns:
# 1. ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code, current as of
-# ISO 3166-1 Newsletter No. V-11 (2006-03-29). See:
+# ISO 3166-1 Newsletter No. V-12 (2006-09-26). See:
# <a href="http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/index.html">
# ISO 3166 Maintenance agency (ISO 3166/MA)
# </a>.
CN China
CO Colombia
CR Costa Rica
-CS Serbia and Montenegro
CU Cuba
CV Cape Verde
CX Christmas Island
MA Morocco
MC Monaco
MD Moldova
+ME Montenegro
MG Madagascar
MH Marshall Islands
MK Macedonia
QA Qatar
RE Reunion
RO Romania
+RS Serbia
RU Russia
RW Rwanda
SA Saudi Arabia
-# @(#)northamerica 8.8
+# @(#)northamerica 8.9
# <pre>
# also includes Central America and the Caribbean
# advanced by sixty minutes their official time, yesterday at 2 in the
# morning, and will stay that way until 30.th. of september.
#
+# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-09-30):
+# http://www.presidencia.gob.ni/buscador_gaceta/BD/DECRETOS/2006/D-063-2006P-PRN-Cambio-Hora.pdf
+# My informal translation runs:
+# The natural sun time is restored in all the national territory, in that the
+# time is returned one hour at 01:00 am of October 1 of 2006.
+#
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Nic 1979 1980 - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 D
Rule Nic 1979 1980 - Jun Mon>=23 0:00 0 S
Rule Nic 2005 only - Apr 10 0:00 1:00 D
-Rule Nic 2005 2006 - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 0 S
+Rule Nic 2005 only - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 0 S
Rule Nic 2006 only - Apr 30 2:00 1:00 D
+Rule Nic 2006 only - Oct Sun>=1 1:00 0 S
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone America/Managua -5:45:08 - LMT 1890
-5:45:12 - MMT 1934 Jun 23 # Managua Mean Time?
-# @(#)southamerica 8.3
+# %W%
# <pre>
# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
# The official decrees referenced below are mostly taken from
# <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV.html">
# Decretos sobre o Horario de Verao no Brasil
-# </a> (2001-09-20, in Portuguese).
-# The official site for all decrees, including those not related to time, is
-# <a href="http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/principal_ano.htm">
-# Presidencia da Republica, Subchefia para Assuntos Juridicos, Decretos
-# </a> (in Portuguese).
+# </a>.
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV20466.htm">20,466</a> (1931-10-01)
# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/HV3916.gif">3,916</a>
# (2001-09-13) reestablishes DST in AL, CE, MA, PB, PE, PI, RN, SE.
Rule Brazil 2000 2001 - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 1:00 S
-Rule Brazil 2001 max - Feb Sun>=15 0:00 0 -
+Rule Brazil 2001 2006 - Feb Sun>=15 0:00 0 -
# Decree 4,399 (2002-10-01) repeals DST in AL, CE, MA, PB, PE, PI, RN, SE.
# <a href="http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2002/D4399.htm"></a>
Rule Brazil 2002 only - Nov 3 0:00 1:00 S
Rule Brazil 2004 only - Nov 2 0:00 1:00 S
# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV5539.gif">5,539</a> (2005-09-19),
# adopted by the same states as before.
-Rule Brazil 2005 max - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S
+Rule Brazil 2005 only - Oct 16 0:00 1:00 S
+# Decree <a href="http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2004-2006/2006/Decreto/D5920.htm">5,920</a>
+# (2006-10-03), adopted by the same states as before.
+Rule Brazil 2006 max - Nov Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S
+Rule Brazil 2007 max - Feb lastSun 0:00 0 -
# The latest ruleset listed above says that the following states observe DST:
# DF, ES, GO, MG, MS, MT, PR, RJ, RS, SC, SP.
-# For dates after mid-2006, the above rules with TO="max" are guesses
+# For dates after mid-2007, the above rules with TO="max" are guesses
# and are quite possibly wrong, but are more likely than no DST at all.
# 02:00 local time, official time in Uruguay will be at GMT -2.
Rule Uruguay 2005 only - Oct 9 2:00 1:00 S
Rule Uruguay 2006 only - Mar 12 2:00 0 -
+# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-09-06):
+# http://www.presidencia.gub.uy/_web/decretos/2006/09/CM%20210_08%2006%202006_00001.PDF
+Rule Uruguay 2006 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S
+Rule Uruguay 2007 max - Mar Sun>=8 2:00 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone America/Montevideo -3:44:44 - LMT 1898 Jun 28
-3:44:44 - MMT 1920 May 1 # Montevideo MT
-# @(#)zone.tab 8.4
+# @(#)zone.tab 8.5
#
# TZ zone descriptions
#
CN +3929+07559 Asia/Kashgar west Tibet & Xinjiang
CO +0436-07405 America/Bogota
CR +0956-08405 America/Costa_Rica
-CS +4450+02030 Europe/Belgrade
CU +2308-08222 America/Havana
CV +1455-02331 Atlantic/Cape_Verde
CX -1025+10543 Indian/Christmas
MA +3339-00735 Africa/Casablanca
MC +4342+00723 Europe/Monaco
MD +4700+02850 Europe/Chisinau
+ME +4247+01928 Europe/Podgorica
MG -1855+04731 Indian/Antananarivo
MH +0709+17112 Pacific/Majuro most locations
MH +0905+16720 Pacific/Kwajalein Kwajalein
QA +2517+05132 Asia/Qatar
RE -2052+05528 Indian/Reunion
RO +4426+02606 Europe/Bucharest
+RS +4450+02030 Europe/Belgrade
RU +5443+02030 Europe/Kaliningrad Moscow-01 - Kaliningrad
RU +5545+03735 Europe/Moscow Moscow+00 - west Russia
RU +4844+04425 Europe/Volgograd Moscow+00 - Caspian Sea