317 # Sarah El Deeb and Lee Keath of AP report that the Egyptian government says |
317 # Sarah El Deeb and Lee Keath of AP report that the Egyptian government says |
318 # the change is because of blackouts in Cairo, even though Ahram Online (cited |
318 # the change is because of blackouts in Cairo, even though Ahram Online (cited |
319 # above) says DST had no affect on electricity consumption. There is |
319 # above) says DST had no affect on electricity consumption. There is |
320 # no information about when DST will end this fall. See: |
320 # no information about when DST will end this fall. See: |
321 # http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/el-sissi-pushes-egyptians-line-23614833 |
321 # http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/el-sissi-pushes-egyptians-line-23614833 |
322 # |
322 |
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323 # From Steffen Thorsen (2015-04-08): |
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324 # Egypt will start DST on midnight after Thursday, April 30, 2015. |
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325 # This is based on a law (no 35) from May 15, 2014 saying it starts the last |
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326 # Thursday of April.... Clocks will still be turned back for Ramadan, but |
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327 # dates not yet announced.... |
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328 # http://almogaz.com/news/weird-news/2015/04/05/1947105 ... |
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329 # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/egypt-starts-dst-2015.html |
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330 |
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331 # From Paul Eggert (2015-04-08): |
323 # For now, guess that later spring and fall transitions will use |
332 # For now, guess that later spring and fall transitions will use |
324 # 2010's rules, and guess that Egypt will switch to standard time at |
333 # 2014's rules, and guess that Egypt will switch to standard time at |
325 # 24:00 the last Thursday before Ramadan, and back to DST at 00:00 the |
334 # 24:00 the last Thursday before Ramadan, and back to DST at 00:00 the |
326 # first Friday after Ramadan. To implement this, |
335 # first Friday after Ramadan. To implement this, |
327 # transition dates for 2015 through 2037 were determined by running |
336 # transition dates for 2015 through 2037 were determined by running |
328 # the following program under GNU Emacs 24.3, with the results integrated |
337 # the following program under GNU Emacs 24.4, with the results integrated |
329 # by hand into the table below. Ramadan again intrudes on the guessed |
338 # by hand into the table below. Ramadan again intrudes on the guessed |
330 # DST starting in 2038, but that's beyond our somewhat-arbitrary cutoff. |
339 # DST starting in 2038, but that's beyond our somewhat-arbitrary cutoff. |
331 # (let ((islamic-year 1436)) |
340 # (let ((islamic-year 1436)) |
332 # (while (< islamic-year 1460) |
341 # (while (< islamic-year 1460) |
333 # (let ((a (calendar-islamic-to-absolute (list 9 1 islamic-year))) |
342 # (let ((a (calendar-islamic-to-absolute (list 9 1 islamic-year))) |
355 Rule Egypt 2010 only - Sep lastThu 24:00 0 - |
364 Rule Egypt 2010 only - Sep lastThu 24:00 0 - |
356 Rule Egypt 2014 only - May 15 24:00 1:00 S |
365 Rule Egypt 2014 only - May 15 24:00 1:00 S |
357 Rule Egypt 2014 only - Jun 26 24:00 0 - |
366 Rule Egypt 2014 only - Jun 26 24:00 0 - |
358 Rule Egypt 2014 only - Jul 31 24:00 1:00 S |
367 Rule Egypt 2014 only - Jul 31 24:00 1:00 S |
359 Rule Egypt 2014 max - Sep lastThu 24:00 0 - |
368 Rule Egypt 2014 max - Sep lastThu 24:00 0 - |
360 Rule Egypt 2015 2019 - Apr lastFri 0:00s 1:00 S |
369 Rule Egypt 2015 2019 - Apr lastThu 24:00 1:00 S |
361 Rule Egypt 2015 only - Jun 11 24:00 0 - |
370 Rule Egypt 2015 only - Jun 11 24:00 0 - |
362 Rule Egypt 2015 only - Jul 23 24:00 1:00 S |
371 Rule Egypt 2015 only - Jul 23 24:00 1:00 S |
363 Rule Egypt 2016 only - Jun 2 24:00 0 - |
372 Rule Egypt 2016 only - Jun 2 24:00 0 - |
364 Rule Egypt 2016 only - Jul 7 24:00 1:00 S |
373 Rule Egypt 2016 only - Jul 7 24:00 1:00 S |
365 Rule Egypt 2017 only - May 25 24:00 0 - |
374 Rule Egypt 2017 only - May 25 24:00 0 - |
369 Rule Egypt 2019 only - May 2 24:00 0 - |
378 Rule Egypt 2019 only - May 2 24:00 0 - |
370 Rule Egypt 2019 only - Jun 6 24:00 1:00 S |
379 Rule Egypt 2019 only - Jun 6 24:00 1:00 S |
371 Rule Egypt 2020 only - May 28 24:00 1:00 S |
380 Rule Egypt 2020 only - May 28 24:00 1:00 S |
372 Rule Egypt 2021 only - May 13 24:00 1:00 S |
381 Rule Egypt 2021 only - May 13 24:00 1:00 S |
373 Rule Egypt 2022 only - May 5 24:00 1:00 S |
382 Rule Egypt 2022 only - May 5 24:00 1:00 S |
374 Rule Egypt 2023 max - Apr lastFri 0:00s 1:00 S |
383 Rule Egypt 2023 max - Apr lastThu 24:00 1:00 S |
375 |
384 |
376 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
385 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
377 Zone Africa/Cairo 2:05:09 - LMT 1900 Oct |
386 Zone Africa/Cairo 2:05:09 - LMT 1900 Oct |
378 2:00 Egypt EE%sT |
387 2:00 Egypt EE%sT |
379 |
388 |