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diff --git a/time/asia b/time/asia index 6e7c63652b..78e7f26ea2 100644 --- a/time/asia +++ b/time/asia @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# @(#)asia 7.13 +# @(#)asia 7.14 # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, # go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to @@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ Rule Zion 1988 only - Sep 3 0:00 0 S #Rule Zion 1991 only - Mar 10 0:00 1:00 D #Rule Zion 1991 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 S -# From Ephraim Silverberg (September 5, 1993): +# From Ephraim Silverberg (September 20, 1995): # # According to the Office of the Secretary General of the Ministry of # Interior, there is NO set rule for Daylight-Savings/Standard time changes. @@ -437,8 +437,11 @@ Rule Zion 1988 only - Sep 3 0:00 0 S # on the party the Minister of Interior, the size of the coalition # government, the phase of the moon and the direction of the wind. Hence, # changes may need to be made on a semi-annual basis. One thing is entrenched -# in law, however: that there must be at least 150 days on daylight savings -# time annually. +# in law, however: that there must be at least 150 days of daylight savings +# time annually. Ever since 1993, the change to daylight savings time has +# been from midnight Thursday night to 1 a.m. Friday morning and the change +# back to standard time on Saturday night from midnight daylight savings time +# to 11 p.m. standard time. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Zion 1989 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 D @@ -452,23 +455,35 @@ Rule Zion 1992 only - Sep 6 0:00 0:00 S Rule Zion 1993 only - Apr 2 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1993 only - Sep 5 0:00 0:00 S -# The dates for 1994-1995 were obtained from Office of the Spokeswoman for -# the Ministry of Interior, Jerusalem. There are no dates yet for 1996 and -# beyond so your guess is as good as theirs (those who are interested can -# call 972-2-701411 and ask for the spokeswoman). +# The dates for 1994-1995 were obtained from Office of the Spokeswoman for the +# Ministry of Interior, Jerusalem, Israel. The spokeswoman can be reached by +# calling the switchboard at 972-2-701411 and asking for the spokeswoman. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Zion 1994 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1994 only - Aug 28 0:00 0:00 S Rule Zion 1995 only - Mar 31 0:00 1:00 D -# On 1995-03-13 Ephraim Silverberg corrected the next line from Aug 27 to Sep 3. Rule Zion 1995 only - Sep 3 0:00 0:00 S -# From Ephraim Silverberg (1995-03-13): -# The Spokeswoman's office confirmed that there are not yet any dates -# for the timezone conversion for the years 1996 and beyond yet -# and this is one of the things the newly-appointed Minister of Interior -# will have to decide sometime this year. +# The dates for 1996-1998 were also obtained from Office of the Spokeswoman +# for the Ministry of Interior, Jerusalem, Israel. The official announcement +# can be viewed (in Hebrew) at the following URL: +# +# ftp://ftp.huji.ac.il/pub/misc/timezones/announcements/1996-1998.ps.gz +# +# Emptor Caveat: The fall of 1996 is an election year (the change to/from +# daylight savings time affects the earliest possible time for morning prayers +# making it is a sensitive issue among the religious sector of the electorate) +# so political considerations may cause the outgoing government to make the +# change back to standard time earlier in the fall of 1996 and the incoming +# government may nullify the 1997/1998 times altogether depending on the +# coalition formed after the elections. Life isn't boring here in Israel. + +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule Zion 1996 1998 - Mar Fri>=14 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 1996 only - Sep 22 0:00 0:00 S +Rule Zion 1997 only - Nov 2 0:00 0:00 S +Rule Zion 1998 only - Oct 25 0:00 0:00 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Tel_Aviv 2:19:04 - LMT 1880 |