340 # Sarah El Deeb and Lee Keath of AP report that the Egyptian government says |
340 # Sarah El Deeb and Lee Keath of AP report that the Egyptian government says |
341 # the change is because of blackouts in Cairo, even though Ahram Online (cited |
341 # the change is because of blackouts in Cairo, even though Ahram Online (cited |
342 # above) says DST had no affect on electricity consumption. There is |
342 # above) says DST had no affect on electricity consumption. There is |
343 # no information about when DST will end this fall. See: |
343 # no information about when DST will end this fall. See: |
344 # http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/el-sissi-pushes-egyptians-line-23614833 |
344 # http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/el-sissi-pushes-egyptians-line-23614833 |
345 # |
345 |
346 # For now, guess that later spring and fall transitions will use |
346 # From Steffen Thorsen (2015-04-08): |
347 # 2010's rules, and guess that Egypt will switch to standard time at |
347 # Egypt will start DST on midnight after Thursday, April 30, 2015. |
348 # 24:00 the last Thursday before Ramadan, and back to DST at 00:00 the |
348 # This is based on a law (no 35) from May 15, 2014 saying it starts the last |
349 # first Friday after Ramadan. To implement this, |
349 # Thursday of April.... Clocks will still be turned back for Ramadan, but |
350 # transition dates for 2015 through 2037 were determined by running |
350 # dates not yet announced.... |
351 # the following program under GNU Emacs 24.3, with the results integrated |
351 # http://almogaz.com/news/weird-news/2015/04/05/1947105 ... |
352 # by hand into the table below. Ramadan again intrudes on the guessed |
352 # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/egypt-starts-dst-2015.html |
353 # DST starting in 2038, but that's beyond our somewhat-arbitrary cutoff. |
353 |
354 # (let ((islamic-year 1436)) |
354 # From Ahmed Nazmy (2015-04-20): |
355 # (while (< islamic-year 1460) |
355 # Egypt's ministers cabinet just announced ... that it will cancel DST at |
356 # (let ((a (calendar-islamic-to-absolute (list 9 1 islamic-year))) |
356 # least for 2015. |
357 # (b (calendar-islamic-to-absolute (list 10 1 islamic-year))) |
357 # |
358 # (friday 5)) |
358 # From Tim Parenti (2015-04-20): |
359 # (while (/= friday (mod a 7)) |
359 # http://english.ahram.org.eg/WriterArticles/NewsContentP/1/128195/Egypt/No-daylight-saving-this-summer-Egypts-prime-minist.aspx |
360 # (setq a (1- a))) |
360 # "Egypt's cabinet agreed on Monday not to switch clocks for daylight saving |
361 # (while (/= friday (mod b 7)) |
361 # time this summer, and carry out studies on the possibility of canceling the |
362 # (setq b (1+ b))) |
362 # practice altogether in future years." |
363 # (setq a (1- a)) |
363 # |
364 # (setq b (1- b)) |
364 # From Paul Eggert (2015-04-20): |
365 # (setq a (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute a)) |
365 # For now, assume DST will be canceled. Any resumption would likely |
366 # (setq b (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute b)) |
366 # use different rules anyway. |
367 # (insert |
367 |
368 # (format |
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369 # (concat "Rule\tEgypt\t%d\tonly\t-\t%s\t%2d\t24:00\t0\t-\n" |
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370 # "Rule\tEgypt\t%d\tonly\t-\t%s\t%2d\t24:00\t1:00\tS\n") |
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371 # (car (cdr (cdr a))) (calendar-month-name (car a) t) (car (cdr a)) |
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372 # (car (cdr (cdr b))) (calendar-month-name (car b) t) (car (cdr b))))) |
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373 # (setq islamic-year (+ 1 islamic-year)))) |
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374 Rule Egypt 2008 only - Aug lastThu 24:00 0 - |
368 Rule Egypt 2008 only - Aug lastThu 24:00 0 - |
375 Rule Egypt 2009 only - Aug 20 24:00 0 - |
369 Rule Egypt 2009 only - Aug 20 24:00 0 - |
376 Rule Egypt 2010 only - Aug 10 24:00 0 - |
370 Rule Egypt 2010 only - Aug 10 24:00 0 - |
377 Rule Egypt 2010 only - Sep 9 24:00 1:00 S |
371 Rule Egypt 2010 only - Sep 9 24:00 1:00 S |
378 Rule Egypt 2010 only - Sep lastThu 24:00 0 - |
372 Rule Egypt 2010 only - Sep lastThu 24:00 0 - |
379 Rule Egypt 2014 only - May 15 24:00 1:00 S |
373 Rule Egypt 2014 only - May 15 24:00 1:00 S |
380 Rule Egypt 2014 only - Jun 26 24:00 0 - |
374 Rule Egypt 2014 only - Jun 26 24:00 0 - |
381 Rule Egypt 2014 only - Jul 31 24:00 1:00 S |
375 Rule Egypt 2014 only - Jul 31 24:00 1:00 S |
382 Rule Egypt 2014 max - Sep lastThu 24:00 0 - |
376 Rule Egypt 2014 only - Sep lastThu 24:00 0 - |
383 Rule Egypt 2015 2019 - Apr lastFri 0:00s 1:00 S |
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384 Rule Egypt 2015 only - Jun 11 24:00 0 - |
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385 Rule Egypt 2015 only - Jul 23 24:00 1:00 S |
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386 Rule Egypt 2016 only - Jun 2 24:00 0 - |
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387 Rule Egypt 2016 only - Jul 7 24:00 1:00 S |
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388 Rule Egypt 2017 only - May 25 24:00 0 - |
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389 Rule Egypt 2017 only - Jun 29 24:00 1:00 S |
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390 Rule Egypt 2018 only - May 10 24:00 0 - |
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391 Rule Egypt 2018 only - Jun 14 24:00 1:00 S |
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392 Rule Egypt 2019 only - May 2 24:00 0 - |
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393 Rule Egypt 2019 only - Jun 6 24:00 1:00 S |
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394 Rule Egypt 2020 only - May 28 24:00 1:00 S |
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395 Rule Egypt 2021 only - May 13 24:00 1:00 S |
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396 Rule Egypt 2022 only - May 5 24:00 1:00 S |
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397 Rule Egypt 2023 max - Apr lastFri 0:00s 1:00 S |
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398 |
377 |
399 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
378 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
400 Zone Africa/Cairo 2:05:09 - LMT 1900 Oct |
379 Zone Africa/Cairo 2:05:09 - LMT 1900 Oct |
401 2:00 Egypt EE%sT |
380 2:00 Egypt EE%sT |
402 |
381 |