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-# @(#)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