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# These rules are stolen from the 'europe' file.
-# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
+# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule EUAsia 1981 max - Mar lastSun 1:00u 1:00 S
Rule EUAsia 1979 1995 - Sep lastSun 1:00u 0 -
Rule EUAsia 1996 max - Oct lastSun 1:00u 0 -
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ Zone Asia/Kabul 4:36:48 - LMT 1890
# or
# (brief)
# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_armenia03.html
-# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
+# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Armenia 2011 only - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
Rule Armenia 2011 only - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 -
# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ Zone Asia/Yerevan 2:58:00 - LMT 1924 May 2
# http://vestnikkavkaza.net/news/Azerbaijani-Cabinet-of-Ministers-cancels-daylight-saving-time.html
# http://en.apa.az/xeber_azerbaijan_abolishes_daylight_savings_ti_240862.html
-# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
+# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Azer 1997 2015 - Mar lastSun 4:00 1:00 -
Rule Azer 1997 2015 - Oct lastSun 5:00 0 -
# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ Zone Asia/Baku 3:19:24 - LMT 1924 May 2
# http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/latest_news.php?nid=22817
# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_bangladesh06.html
-# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
+# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Dhaka 2009 only - Jun 19 23:00 1:00 -
Rule Dhaka 2009 only - Dec 31 24:00 0 -
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ Zone Asia/Yangon 6:24:47 - LMT 1880 # or Rangoon
# generally esteemed a success, it was announced early in 1920 that it would
# not be repeated."
#
-# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
+# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Shang 1919 only - Apr 12 24:00 1:00 D
Rule Shang 1919 only - Sep 30 24:00 0 S
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ Rule Shang 1919 only - Sep 30 24:00 0 S
# the Yangtze river delta area during that period of time although the scope
# of such use will need to be investigated to determine.
#
-# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
+# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Shang 1940 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 D
Rule Shang 1940 only - Oct 12 24:00 0 S
Rule Shang 1941 only - Mar 15 0:00 1:00 D
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ Rule Shang 1948 1949 - Sep 30 24:00 0 S #plan
# to begin on 17 April.
# http://data.people.com.cn/pic/101p/1988/04/1988041201.jpg
-# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
+# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule PRC 1986 only - May 4 2:00 1:00 D
Rule PRC 1986 1991 - Sep Sun>=11 2:00 0 S
Rule PRC 1987 1991 - Apr Sun>=11 2:00 1:00 D
@@ -846,7 +846,7 @@ Zone Asia/Urumqi 5:50:20 - LMT 1928
# or dates for the 1942 and 1945 transitions.
# The Japanese occupation of Hong Kong began 1941-12-25.
-# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
+# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule HK 1946 only - Apr 21 0:00 1:00 S
Rule HK 1946 only - Dec 1 3:30s 0 -
Rule HK 1947 only - Apr 13 3:30s 1:00 S
@@ -973,7 +973,7 @@ Zone Asia/Hong_Kong 7:36:42 - LMT 1904 Oct 30 0:36:42
# until 1945-09-21 at 01:00, overriding Shanks & Pottenger.
# Likewise, use Yu-Cheng Chuang's data for DST in Taiwan.
-# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
+# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Taiwan 1946 only - May 15 0:00 1:00 D
Rule Taiwan 1946 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 S
Rule Taiwan 1947 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 D
@@ -1099,7 +1099,7 @@ Zone Asia/Taipei 8:06:00 - LMT 1896 Jan 1
# The 1904 decree says that Macau changed from the meridian of
# Fortaleza do Monte, presumably the basis for the 7:34:10 for LMT.
-# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
+# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Macau 1942 1943 - Apr 30 23:00 1:00 -
Rule Macau 1942 only - Nov 17 23:00 0 -
Rule Macau 1943 only - Sep 30 23:00 0 S
@@ -1157,7 +1157,7 @@ Zone Asia/Macau 7:34:10 - LMT 1904 Oct 30
# Cyprus to remain united in time. Cyprus Mail 2017-10-17.
# https://cyprus-mail.com/2017/10/17/cyprus-remain-united-time/
-# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
+# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Cyprus 1975 only - Apr 13 0:00 1:00 S
Rule Cyprus 1975 only - Oct 12 0:00 0 -
Rule Cyprus 1976 only - May 15 0:00 1:00 S
@@ -1534,7 +1534,7 @@ Zone Asia/Jayapura 9:22:48 - LMT 1932 Nov
# be changed back to its previous state on the 24 hours of the
# thirtieth day of Shahrivar.
#
-# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
+# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Iran 1978 1980 - Mar 20 24:00 1:00 -
Rule Iran 1978 only - Oct 20 24:00 0 -
Rule Iran 1979 only - Sep 18 24:00 0 -
@@ -1676,7 +1676,7 @@ Zone Asia/Tehran 3:25:44 - LMT 1916
# We have published a short article in English about the change:
# https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/iraq-dumps-daylight-saving.html
-# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
+# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Iraq 1982 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 -
Rule Iraq 1982 1984 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
Rule Iraq 1983 only - Mar 31 0:00 1:00 -
@@ -1699,6 +1699,10 @@ Zone Asia/Baghdad 2:57:40 - LMT 1890
# Israel
+# For more info about the motivation for DST in Israel, see:
+# Barak Y. Israel's Daylight Saving Time controversy. Israel Affairs.
+# 2020-08-11. https://doi.org/10.1080/13537121.2020.1806564
+
# From Ephraim Silverberg (2001-01-11):
#
# I coined "IST/IDT" circa 1988. Until then there were three
@@ -1720,7 +1724,7 @@ Zone Asia/Baghdad 2:57:40 - LMT 1890
# family is from India).
# From Shanks & Pottenger:
-# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
+# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Zion 1940 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 D
Rule Zion 1942 1944 - Nov 1 0:00 0 S
Rule Zion 1943 only - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 D
@@ -1812,7 +1816,7 @@ Rule Zion 1988 only - Sep 4 0:00 0 S
# (except in 2002) is three nights before Yom Kippur [Day of Atonement]
# (the eve of the 7th of Tishrei in the lunar Hebrew calendar).
-# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
+# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Zion 1989 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 D
Rule Zion 1989 only - Sep 3 0:00 0 S
Rule Zion 1990 only - Mar 25 0:00 1:00 D
@@ -1828,7 +1832,7 @@ Rule Zion 1993 only - Sep 5 0:00 0 S
# Ministry of Interior, Jerusalem, Israel. The spokeswoman can be reached by
# calling the office directly at 972-2-6701447 or 972-2-6701448.
-# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
+# Rule NAME FROM TO - 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 S
Rule Zion 1995 only - Mar 31 0:00 1:00 D
@@ -1848,7 +1852,7 @@ Rule Zion 1995 only - Sep 3 0:00 0 S
#
# where YYYY is the relevant year.
-# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
+# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Zion 1996 only - Mar 15 0:00 1:00 D
Rule Zion 1996 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 S
Rule Zion 1997 only - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D
@@ -1871,7 +1875,7 @@ Rule Zion 1999 only - Sep 3 2:00 0 S
#
# ftp://ftp.cs.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/2000-2004.ps.gz
-# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
+# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Zion 2000 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 D
Rule Zion 2000 only - Oct 6 1:00 0 S
Rule Zion 2001 only - Apr 9 1:00 1:00 D
@@ -1893,7 +1897,7 @@ Rule Zion 2004 only - Sep 22 1:00 0 S
#
# ftp://ftp.cs.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/2005+beyond.ps
-# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
+# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Zion 2005 2012 - Apr Fri<=1 2:00 1:00 D
Rule Zion 2005 only - Oct 9 2:00 0 S
Rule Zion 2006 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 S
@@ -1913,7 +1917,7 @@ Rule Zion 2012 only - Sep 23 2:00 0 S
# As of 2013, DST starts at 02:00 on the Friday before the last Sunday
# in March. DST ends at 02:00 on the last Sunday of October.
-# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
+# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Zion 2013 max - Mar Fri>=23 2:00 1:00 D
Rule Zion 2013 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
@@ -2013,7 +2017,7 @@ Zone Asia/Jerusalem 2:20:54 - LMT 1880
# do in any POSIX or C platform. The "25:00" assumes zic from 2007 or later,
# which should be safe now.
-# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
+# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Japan 1948 only - May Sat>=1 24:00 1:00 D
Rule Japan 1948 1951 - Sep Sat>=8 25:00 0 S
Rule Japan 1949 only - Apr Sat>=1 24:00 1:00 D
@@ -2090,7 +2094,7 @@ Zone Asia/Tokyo 9:18:59 - LMT 1887 Dec 31 15:00u
# From Paul Eggert (2013-12-11):
# As Steffen suggested, consider the past 21-month experiment to be DST.
-# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
+# Rule NAME FROM TO - 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 1974 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S
@@ -2416,7 +2420,7 @@ Zone Asia/Oral 3:25:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Ural'sk
# Our government cancels daylight saving time 6th of August 2005.
# From 2005-08-12 our GMT-offset is +6, w/o any daylight saving.
-# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
+# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Kyrgyz 1992 1996 - Apr Sun>=7 0:00s 1:00 -
Rule Kyrgyz 1992 1996 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 -
Rule Kyrgyz 1997 2005 - Mar lastSun 2:30 1:00 -
@@ -2472,7 +2476,7 @@ Zone Asia/Bishkek 4:58:24 - LMT 1924 May 2
# follow and continued to use GMT+9:00 for interoperability.
-# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
+# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule ROK 1948 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 D
Rule ROK 1948 only - Sep 12 24:00 0 S
Rule ROK 1949 only - Apr 3 0:00 1:00 D
@@ -2560,7 +2564,7 @@ Zone Asia/Pyongyang 8:23:00 - LMT 1908 Apr 1
# Lebanon
-# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
+# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Lebanon 1920 only - Mar 28 0:00 1:00 S
Rule Lebanon 1920 only - Oct 25 0:00 0 -
Rule Lebanon 1921 only - Apr 3 0:00 1:00 S
@@ -2590,7 +2594,7 @@ Zone Asia/Beirut 2:22:00 - LMT 1880
2:00 Lebanon EE%sT
# Malaysia
-# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
+# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule NBorneo 1935 1941 - Sep 14 0:00 0:20 -
Rule NBorneo 1935 1941 - Dec 14 0:00 0 -
#
@@ -2735,7 +2739,7 @@ Zone Indian/Maldives 4:54:00 - LMT 1880 # Malé
# September daylight saving time ends. Source:
# http://zasag.mn/news/view/8969
-# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
+# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Mongol 1983 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 -
Rule Mongol 1983 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
# Shanks & Pottenger and IATA SSIM say 1990s switches occurred at 00:00,
@@ -2923,7 +2927,7 @@ Zone Asia/Kathmandu 5:41:16 - LMT 1920
# "People laud PM's announcement to end DST"
# http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=99374&Itemid=2
-# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
+# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Pakistan 2002 only - Apr Sun>=2 0:00 1:00 S
Rule Pakistan 2002 only - Oct Sun>=2 0:00 0 -
Rule Pakistan 2008 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S
@@ -3217,15 +3221,42 @@ Zone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907
# From Sharef Mustafa (2019-10-18):
# Palestine summer time will end on midnight Oct 26th 2019 ...
-# http://www.palestinecabinet.gov.ps/website/ar/ViewDetails?ID=43948
#
-# From Paul Eggert (2019-04-10):
-# For now, guess spring-ahead transitions are March's last Friday at 00:00.
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2020-10-20):
+# Some sources such as these say, and display on clocks, that DST ended at
+# midnight last year...
+# https://www.amad.ps/ar/post/320006
+#
+# From Tim Parenti (2020-10-20):
+# The report of the Palestinian Cabinet meeting of 2019-10-14 confirms
+# a decision on (translated): "The start of the winter time in Palestine, by
+# delaying the clock by sixty minutes, starting from midnight on Friday /
+# Saturday corresponding to 26/10/2019."
+# http://www.palestinecabinet.gov.ps/portal/meeting/details/43948
+
+# From Sharef Mustafa (2020-10-20):
+# As per the palestinian cabinet announcement yesterday , the day light saving
+# shall [end] on Oct 24th 2020 at 01:00AM by delaying the clock by 60 minutes.
+# http://www.palestinecabinet.gov.ps/portal/Meeting/Details/51584
+
+# From Tim Parenti (2020-10-20):
+# Predict future fall transitions at 01:00 on the Saturday preceding October's
+# last Sunday (i.e., Sat>=24). This is consistent with our predictions since
+# 2016, although the time of the change differed slightly in 2019.
+
+# From Pierre Cashon (2020-10-20):
+# The summer time this year started on March 28 at 00:00.
+# https://wafa.ps/ar_page.aspx?id=GveQNZa872839351758aGveQNZ
+# http://www.palestinecabinet.gov.ps/portal/meeting/details/50284
+# The winter time in 2015 started on October 23 at 01:00.
+# https://wafa.ps/ar_page.aspx?id=CgpCdYa670694628582aCgpCdY
+# http://www.palestinecabinet.gov.ps/portal/meeting/details/27583
#
-# From Tim Parenti (2016-10-19):
-# Predict fall transitions on October's last Saturday at 01:00 from now on.
+# From Paul Eggert (2019-04-10):
+# For now, guess spring-ahead transitions are at 00:00 on the Saturday
+# preceding March's last Sunday (i.e., Sat>=24).
-# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
+# Rule NAME FROM TO - 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 -
Rule EgyptAsia 1958 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S
@@ -3239,10 +3270,10 @@ Rule Palestine 2004 only - Oct 1 1:00 0 -
Rule Palestine 2005 only - Oct 4 2:00 0 -
Rule Palestine 2006 2007 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
Rule Palestine 2006 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 -
-Rule Palestine 2007 only - Sep Thu>=8 2:00 0 -
+Rule Palestine 2007 only - Sep 13 2:00 0 -
Rule Palestine 2008 2009 - Mar lastFri 0:00 1:00 S
Rule Palestine 2008 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 -
-Rule Palestine 2009 only - Sep Fri>=1 1:00 0 -
+Rule Palestine 2009 only - Sep 4 1:00 0 -
Rule Palestine 2010 only - Mar 26 0:00 1:00 S
Rule Palestine 2010 only - Aug 11 0:00 0 -
Rule Palestine 2011 only - Apr 1 0:01 1:00 S
@@ -3251,12 +3282,16 @@ Rule Palestine 2011 only - Aug 30 0:00 1:00 S
Rule Palestine 2011 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 -
Rule Palestine 2012 2014 - Mar lastThu 24:00 1:00 S
Rule Palestine 2012 only - Sep 21 1:00 0 -
-Rule Palestine 2013 only - Sep Fri>=21 0:00 0 -
-Rule Palestine 2014 2015 - Oct Fri>=21 0:00 0 -
-Rule Palestine 2015 only - Mar lastFri 24:00 1:00 S
+Rule Palestine 2013 only - Sep 27 0:00 0 -
+Rule Palestine 2014 only - Oct 24 0:00 0 -
+Rule Palestine 2015 only - Mar 28 0:00 1:00 S
+Rule Palestine 2015 only - Oct 23 1:00 0 -
Rule Palestine 2016 2018 - Mar Sat>=24 1:00 1:00 S
-Rule Palestine 2016 max - Oct lastSat 1:00 0 -
-Rule Palestine 2019 max - Mar lastFri 0:00 1:00 S
+Rule Palestine 2016 2018 - Oct Sat>=24 1:00 0 -
+Rule Palestine 2019 only - Mar 29 0:00 1:00 S
+Rule Palestine 2019 only - Oct Sat>=24 0:00 0 -
+Rule Palestine 2020 max - Mar Sat>=24 0:00 1:00 S
+Rule Palestine 2020 max - Oct Sat>=24 1:00 0 -
# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct
@@ -3325,7 +3360,7 @@ Zone Asia/Hebron 2:20:23 - LMT 1900 Oct
# influence of the sources. There is no current abbreviation for DST,
# so use "PDT", the usual American style.
-# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
+# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Phil 1936 only - Nov 1 0:00 1:00 D
Rule Phil 1937 only - Feb 1 0:00 0 S
Rule Phil 1954 only - Apr 12 0:00 1:00 D
@@ -3473,7 +3508,7 @@ Zone Asia/Colombo 5:19:24 - LMT 1880
5:30 - +0530
# Syria
-# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
+# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Syria 1920 1923 - Apr Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 S
Rule Syria 1920 1923 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 0 -
Rule Syria 1962 only - Apr 29 2:00 1:00 S