tzdata/backport-Palestine-ends-DST-on-2020-10-24.patch

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From: Tim Parenti <tim@timtimeonline.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2020 10:53:09 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 6/6] Palestine ends DST on 2020-10-24
(Thanks to Sharef Mustafa.)
* asia (Palestine): Assume future fall transitions will be on the
Saturday preceding October's last Sunday at 01:00, with the recent
exception of the 2019-10-26 fall-back, which was at 00:00.
(Thanks to Steffen Thorsen.)
* NEWS: Mention this.
---
NEWS | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
asia | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
2 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 25cf8cb..4d653dc 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,23 @@
News for the tz database
+Unreleased, experimental changes
+
+ Briefly:
+ Palestine ends DST earlier than predicted, on 2020-10-24.
+
+ Changes to future timestamps
+
+ Palestine ends DST on 2020-10-24 at 01:00, instead of 2020-10-31 as
+ previously predicted. (Thanks to Sharef Mustafa.) This affects
+ Asia/Gaza and Asia/Hebron. Assume future fall transitions will be
+ on the Saturday preceding October's last Sunday.
+
+ Changes to past timestamps
+
+ Palestine's 2019-10-26 fall-back was at 00:00, not 01:00. (Thanks
+ to Steffen Thorsen.)
+
+
Release 2020c - 2020-10-16 11:15:53 -0700
Briefly:
diff --git a/asia b/asia
index e4d84e9..1c2d3eb 100644
--- a/asia
+++ b/asia
@@ -3221,13 +3221,31 @@ 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 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 Paul Eggert (2019-04-10):
# For now, guess spring-ahead transitions are March's last Friday at 00:00.
#
-# From Tim Parenti (2016-10-19):
-# Predict fall transitions on October's last Saturday at 01:00 from now on.
+# 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.
# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule EgyptAsia 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S
@@ -3259,8 +3277,10 @@ 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 2016 2018 - Mar Sat>=24 1:00 1:00 S
-Rule Palestine 2016 max - Oct lastSat 1:00 0 -
+Rule Palestine 2016 2018 - Oct Sat>=24 1:00 0 -
Rule Palestine 2019 max - Mar lastFri 0:00 1:00 S
+Rule Palestine 2019 only - Oct Sat>=24 0:00 0 -
+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
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