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diff --git a/timezone/asia b/timezone/asia index 4417134..3c2c1a1 100644 --- a/timezone/asia +++ b/timezone/asia @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# @(#)asia 7.75 +# @(#)asia 7.77 # 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 @@ -761,6 +761,26 @@ Zone Asia/Jerusalem 2:20:56 - LMT 1880 # direction is expected until the latter part of 2004 which is a long # time off in terms of Israeli politics. +# (2004-09-20): +# The latest rumour, however, is that in 2005, when the clock changes to +# Daylight Saving Time (date as yet unknown), the move will be a two-hour leap +# forward (from UTC+0200 to UTC+0400) and then, in the fall, the clock will +# move back only an hour to UTC+0300 thus effectively moving Israel's timezone +# from UTC+0200 to UTC+0300. However, no actual draft has been put before the +# Knesset (Israel's Parliament) though the intention is to do so this +# month [2004-09]. + +# (2004-09-26): +# Even though the draft law for the above did pass the Ministerial Committee +# for Legislative Matters three months ago, it was voted down in today's +# Cabinet meeting. The current suggestion is to keep the current timezone at +# UTC+0200 but have an extended period of Daylight Saving Time (UTC+0300) from +# the beginning of Passover holiday in the spring to after the Tabernacle +# holiday in the fall (i.e. the dates of which are governed by the Hebrew +# calendar but this means at least 184 days of DST). However, this is only a +# suggestion that was raised in today's cabinet meeting and has not yet been +# drafted. + ############################################################################### |