--- a/components/timezone/africa Tue May 20 22:53:32 2014 -0700
+++ b/components/timezone/africa Mon May 26 10:40:11 2014 +0200
@@ -335,11 +335,54 @@
# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_egypt02.html
# </a>
+# From Ahmad El-Dardiry (2014-05-07):
+# Egypt is to change back to Daylight system on May 15
+# http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/100735/Egypt/Politics-/Egypts-government-to-reapply-daylight-saving-time-.aspx
+
+# From Gunther Vermier (2015-05-13):
+# our Egypt office confirms that the change will be at 15 May "midnight" (24:00)
+
+# From Paul Eggert (2014-05-13):
+# Sarah El Deeb and Lee Keath of AP report that the Egyptian government says
+# the change is because of blackouts in Cairo, even though Ahram Online (cited
+# above) says DST had no affect on electricity consumption. The AP story says
+# DST will not be observed during Ramadan. There is no information about when
+# DST will end. See:
+# http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/el-sissi-pushes-egyptians-line-23614833
+#
+# For now, guess that later transitions will use 2010's rules, and that
+# Egypt will agree with Morocco (see below) about the date Ramadan starts and
+# ends, though (unlike Morocco) it will switch at 00:00 standard time. In
+# Egypt the spring-forward transitions are removed for 2020-2022, when the
+# guessed spring-forward date falls during the estimated Ramadan, and all
+# transitions removed for 2023-2038, where the estimated Ramadan falls entirely
+# outside the guessed daylight-saving time. Ramadan intrudes on the guessed
+# DST starting in 2039, but that's beyond our somewhat-arbitrary cutoff.
+
Rule Egypt 2008 only - Aug lastThu 23:00s 0 -
Rule Egypt 2009 only - Aug 20 23:00s 0 -
Rule Egypt 2010 only - Aug 11 0:00 0 -
Rule Egypt 2010 only - Sep 10 0:00 1:00 S
Rule Egypt 2010 only - Sep lastThu 23:00s 0 -
+Rule Egypt 2014 only - May 15 24:00 1:00 S
+Rule Egypt 2014 only - Jun 29 0:00s 0 -
+Rule Egypt 2014 only - Jul 29 0:00s 1:00 S
+Rule Egypt 2014 max - Sep lastThu 23:00s 0 -
+Rule Egypt 2015 2019 - Apr lastFri 0:00s 1:00 S
+Rule Egypt 2015 only - Jun 18 0:00s 0 -
+Rule Egypt 2015 only - Jul 18 0:00s 1:00 S
+Rule Egypt 2016 only - Jun 7 0:00s 0 -
+Rule Egypt 2016 only - Jul 7 0:00s 1:00 S
+Rule Egypt 2017 only - May 27 0:00s 0 -
+Rule Egypt 2017 only - Jun 26 0:00s 1:00 S
+Rule Egypt 2018 only - May 16 0:00s 0 -
+Rule Egypt 2018 only - Jun 15 0:00s 1:00 S
+Rule Egypt 2019 only - May 6 0:00s 0 -
+Rule Egypt 2019 only - Jun 5 0:00s 1:00 S
+Rule Egypt 2020 only - May 24 0:00s 1:00 S
+Rule Egypt 2021 only - May 13 0:00s 1:00 S
+Rule Egypt 2022 only - May 3 0:00s 1:00 S
+Rule Egypt 2023 max - Apr lastFri 0:00s 1:00 S
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Africa/Cairo 2:05:09 - LMT 1900 Oct