svn commit: r191615 - vendor/tzdata/dist

[Edwin Groothuis]

Author: edwin
Date: Tue Apr 28 07:44:12 2009
New Revision: 191615
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/191615

Log:
  Vendor import of tzdata2009g
  
  Egypt will have DST till the end of September the coming years.

Modified:
  vendor/tzdata/dist/africa

Modified: vendor/tzdata/dist/africa
==============================================================================
--- vendor/tzdata/dist/africa	Tue Apr 28 04:45:06 2009	(r191614)
+++ vendor/tzdata/dist/africa	Tue Apr 28 07:44:12 2009	(r191615)
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)africa	8.18
+# @(#)africa	8.19
 # <pre>
 
 # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
@@ -236,7 +236,46 @@ Rule	Egypt	2007	only	-	Sep	Thu>=1	23:00s
 # unless discontinued, next DST may end Thursday 28 August 2008.
 # From Paul Eggert (2007-08-17):
 # For lack of better info, assume the new rule is last Thursday in August.
-Rule	Egypt	2008	max	-	Aug	lastThu	23:00s	0	-
+
+# From Petr Machata (2009-04-06):
+# The following appeared in Red Hat bugzilla[1] (edited):
+#
+# > $ zdump -v /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo | grep 2009
+# > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo  Thu Apr 23 21:59:59 2009 UTC =3D Thu =
+# Apr 23
+# > 23:59:59 2009 EET isdst=3D0 gmtoff=3D7200
+# > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo  Thu Apr 23 22:00:00 2009 UTC =3D Fri =
+# Apr 24
+# > 01:00:00 2009 EEST isdst=3D1 gmtoff=3D10800
+# > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo  Thu Aug 27 20:59:59 2009 UTC =3D Thu =
+# Aug 27
+# > 23:59:59 2009 EEST isdst=3D1 gmtoff=3D10800
+# > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo  Thu Aug 27 21:00:00 2009 UTC =3D Thu =
+# Aug 27
+# > 23:00:00 2009 EET isdst=3D0 gmtoff=3D7200
+#
+# > end date should be Thu Sep 24 2009 (Last Thursday in September at 23:59=
+# :59)
+# > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958729/
+#
+# timeanddate[2] and another site I've found[3] also support that.
+#
+# [1] <a href="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3D492263">
+# https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3D492263
+# </a>
+# [2] <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/clockchange.html?n=3D53">
+# http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/clockchange.html?n=3D53
+# </a>
+# [3] <a href="http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/africa/egypt/">
+# http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/africa/egypt/
+# </a>
+
+# From Arthur David Olson (2009-04-20):
+# In 2009 (and for the next several years), Ramadan ends before the fourth
+# Thursday in September; Egypt is expected to revert to the last Thursday
+# in September.
+Rule	Egypt	2008	only	-	Aug	lastThu	23:00s	0	-
+Rule	Egypt	2009	max	-	Sep	lastThu	23:00s	0	-
 
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Africa/Cairo	2:05:00 -	LMT	1900 Oct