[tzdata] Palestine starts Daylight Saving Time on March 29, 2013

Petr Machata pmachata at fedoraproject.org
Wed Mar 27 19:03:18 UTC 2013


commit 3d9c1be0cdf298f8a3622b0678ce42d37a528720
Author: Petr Machata <pmachata at redhat.com>
Date:   Wed Mar 27 20:02:23 2013 +0100

    Palestine starts Daylight Saving Time on March 29, 2013

 tzdata-2013b-gaza.patch |   92 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 tzdata.spec             |   13 ++++---
 2 files changed, 99 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/tzdata-2013b-gaza.patch b/tzdata-2013b-gaza.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1a0d6d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tzdata-2013b-gaza.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+Thanks for the heads-up.  Here's a draft patch to the
+tz database, which I've pushed to the experimental repository
+at <https://github.com/eggert/tz>.
+
+>From 63814cf0a86a5329fecf12e6a60d527a83b9b729 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Paul Eggert <eggert at cs.ucla.edu>
+Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 14:23:08 -0700
+Subject: [PATCH] Palestine observes DST starting March 29, 2013.
+
+Thanks to Steffen Thorsen, in
+<http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2013-March/018812.html>.
+* asia (Palestine): Add rules for 2011 on, to simplify Gaza and Hebron.
+Adjust to recently announced changed.
+(Asia/Gaza, Asia/Hebron): Use adjusted rules.
+---
+ asia |   46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------
+ 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/asia b/asia
+index 1f09fa3..e94deb7 100644
+--- a/asia
++++ b/asia
+@@ -2291,11 +2291,20 @@ Zone	Asia/Karachi	4:28:12 -	LMT	1907
+ # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/gaza-west-bank-dst-2012.html
+ # </a>
+ 
+-# From Arthur David Olson (2012-03-27):
+-# The timeanddate article for 2012 says that "the end date has not yet been
+-# announced" and that "Last year, both...paused daylight saving time during...
+-# Ramadan. It is not yet known [for] 2012."
+-# For now, assume both switch back on the last Friday in September. XXX
++# From Steffen Thorsen (2013-03-26):
++# The following news sources tells that Palestine will "start daylight saving
++# time from midnight on Friday, March 29, 2013" (translated).
++# [These are in Arabic and are for Gaza and for Ramallah, respectively.]
++# http://www.samanews.com/index.php?act=Show&id=154120
++# http://safa.ps/details/news/99844/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87-%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A-29-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A.html
++
++# From Paul Eggert (2013-03-26):
++# For future dates, guess the last Thursday in March at 24:00 through
++# the first Friday on or after September 21 at 01:00.  This is consistent with
++# the predictions in today's editions of the following URLs,
++# which are for Gaza and Hebron respectively:
++# http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/timezone.html?n=702
++# http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/timezone.html?n=2364
+ 
+ # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+ Rule EgyptAsia	1957	only	-	May	10	0:00	1:00	S
+@@ -2317,11 +2326,10 @@ Rule Palestine	2009	only	-	Mar	lastFri	0:00	1:00	S
+ Rule Palestine	2009	only	-	Sep	Fri>=1	2:00	0	-
+ Rule Palestine	2010	only	-	Mar	lastSat	0:01	1:00	S
+ Rule Palestine	2010	only	-	Aug	11	0:00	0	-
+-
+-# From Arthur David Olson (2011-09-20):
+-# 2011 transitions per http://www.timeanddate.com as of 2011-09-20.
+-# From Paul Eggert (2012-10-12):
+-# 2012 transitions per http://www.timeanddate.com as of 2012-10-12.
++Rule Palestine	2011	only	-	Apr	 2	0:01	1:00	S
++Rule Palestine	2011	only	-	Aug	 1	0:00	0	-
++Rule Palestine	2012	max	-	Mar	lastThu	24:00	1:00	S
++Rule Palestine	2012	max	-	Sep	Fri>=21	1:00	0	-
+ 
+ # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+ Zone	Asia/Gaza	2:17:52	-	LMT	1900 Oct
+@@ -2329,11 +2337,7 @@ Zone	Asia/Gaza	2:17:52	-	LMT	1900 Oct
+ 			2:00 EgyptAsia	EE%sT	1967 Jun  5
+ 			2:00	Zion	I%sT	1996
+ 			2:00	Jordan	EE%sT	1999
+-			2:00 Palestine	EE%sT	2011 Apr  2 12:01
+-			2:00	1:00	EEST	2011 Aug  1
+-			2:00	-	EET	2012 Mar 30
+-			2:00	1:00	EEST	2012 Sep 21 1:00
+-			2:00	-	EET
++			2:00 Palestine	EE%sT
+ 
+ Zone	Asia/Hebron	2:20:23	-	LMT	1900 Oct
+ 			2:00	Zion	EET	1948 May 15
+diff --git a/asia b/asia
+index 1f09fa3..e94deb7 100644
+--- a/asia
++++ b/asia
+@@ -2350,9 +2350,7 @@ Zone	Asia/Hebron	2:20:23	-	LMT	1900 Oct
+ 			2:00	1:00	EEST	2011 Aug  1
+ 			2:00	-	EET	2011 Aug 30
+ 			2:00	1:00	EEST	2011 Sep 30 3:00
+-			2:00	-	EET	2012 Mar 30
+-			2:00	1:00	EEST	2012 Sep 21 1:00
+-			2:00	-	EET
++			2:00 Palestine	EE%sT
+ 
+ # Paracel Is
+ # no information
diff --git a/tzdata.spec b/tzdata.spec
index a6387a5..71e951b 100644
--- a/tzdata.spec
+++ b/tzdata.spec
@@ -3,14 +3,13 @@ Name: tzdata
 Version: 2013b
 %define tzdata_version 2013b
 %define tzcode_version 2013b
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Release: 2%{?dist}
 License: Public Domain
 Group: System Environment/Base
 URL: https://www.iana.org/time-zones
 Source0: ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/releases/tzdata%{tzdata_version}.tar.gz
 Source1: ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/releases/tzcode%{tzcode_version}.tar.gz
-# __decl_patches
-# __end
+Patch0: tzdata-2013b-gaza.patch
 
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildRequires: gawk, glibc, perl
@@ -35,9 +34,7 @@ This package contains timezone information for use by Java runtimes.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -c -a 1
-
-# __apply_patches
-# __end
+%patch0 -p1
 
 mkdir javazic
 tar zxf %{SOURCE3} -C javazic
@@ -98,6 +95,10 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_datadir}/javazi
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Mar 27 2013 Petr Machata <pmachata at redhat.com> - 2013b-2
+- Palestine starts Daylight Saving Time on March 29, 2013
+  (tzdata-2013b-gaza.patch)
+
 * Wed Mar 13 2013 Petr Machata <pmachata at redhat.com> - 2013b-1
 - Upstream 2013b
   - Paraguay will end DST on March 24 this year


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