# @(#)africa 8.35

# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2012-03-09):

# According to Infomédiaire web site from Morocco (infomediaire.ma),

# on March 9, 2012, (in French) Heure légale:

# Le Maroc adopte officiellement l'heure d'été

# <a href="http://www.infomediaire.ma/news/maroc/heure-l%C3%A9gale-le-maroc-adopte-officiellement-lheure-d%C3%A9t%C3%A9">

# http://www.infomediaire.ma/news/maroc/heure-l%C3%A9gale-le-maroc-adopte-officiellement-lheure-d%C3%A9t%C3%A9

# </a>

# Governing Council adopted draft decree, that Morocco DST starts on

# the last Sunday of March (March 25, 2012) and ends on

# last Sunday of September (September 30, 2012)

# except the month of Ramadan.

# or (brief)

# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco06.html">

# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco06.html

# </a>

# From Arthur David Olson (2012-03-10):

# The infomediaire.ma source indicates that the system is to be in

# effect every year. It gives 03H00 as the "fall back" time of day;

# it lacks a "spring forward" time of day; assume 2:00 XXX.

# Wait on specifying the Ramadan exception for details about

# start date, start time of day, end date, and end time of day XXX.

# From Christophe Tropamer (2012-03-16):

# Seen Morocco change again:

# <a href="http://www.le2uminutes.com/actualite.php">

# http://www.le2uminutes.com/actualite.php

# </a>

# "...&agrave; partir du dernier dimance d'avril et non fins mars,

# comme annonc&eacute; pr&eacute;c&eacute;demment."

Rule Morocco 2012 max - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 S

Rule Morocco 2012 max - Sep lastSun 3:00 0 -

# @(#)antarctica 8.10

Rule ChileAQ 1999 2010 - Oct Sun>=9 4:00u 1:00 S

Rule ChileAQ 2000 2007 - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 -

# N.B.: the end of March 29 in Chile is March 30 in Universal time,

# which is used below in specifying the transition.

Rule ChileAQ 2008 only - Mar 30 3:00u 0 -

Rule ChileAQ 2009 only - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 -

Rule ChileAQ 2010 only - Apr Sun>=1 3:00u 0 -

Rule ChileAQ 2011 only - May Sun>=2 3:00u 0 -

Rule ChileAQ 2011 only - Aug Sun>=16 4:00u 1:00 S

Rule ChileAQ 2012 only - Apr Sun>=23 3:00u 0 -

Rule ChileAQ 2012 only - Sep Sun>=2 4:00u 1:00 S

Rule ChileAQ 2013 max - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 -

Rule ChileAQ 2013 max - Oct Sun>=9 4:00u 1:00 S

8:00 - WST 2011 Oct 28 2:00

11:00 - CAST 2012 Feb 21 17:00u

7:00 - DAVT 2011 Oct 28 2:00

5:00 - DAVT 2012 Feb 21 20:00u

# <pre>

# @(#)asia 8.73

# From Arthur David Olson (2011-06-15):

# While Russia abandoned DST in 2011, Armenia may choose to

# follow Russia's "old" rules.

# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2012-02-10):

# According to News Armenia, on Feb 9, 2012,

# http://newsarmenia.ru/society/20120209/42609695.html

#

# The Armenia National Assembly adopted final reading of Amendments to the

# Law "On procedure of calculation time on the territory of the Republic of

# Armenia" according to which Armenia [is] abolishing Daylight Saving Time.

# or

# (brief)

# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_armenia03.html

4:00 RussiaAsia AM%sT 2012 Mar 25 2:00s

4:00 - AMT

# From Steffen Thorsen (2012-03-26):

# Palestinian news sources tell that both Gaza and West Bank will start DST

# on Friday (Thursday midnight, 2012-03-29 24:00).

# Some of many sources in Arabic:

# <a href="http://www.samanews.com/index.php?act=Show&id=122638">

# http://www.samanews.com/index.php?act=Show&id=122638

# </a>

#

# <a href="http://safa.ps/details/news/74352/%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-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B6%D9%81%D8%A9-%D9%88%D8%BA%D8%B2%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A9.html">

# http://safa.ps/details/news/74352/%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-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B6%D9%81%D8%A9-%D9%88%D8%BA%D8%B2%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A9.html

# </a>

#

# Our brief summary:

# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/gaza-west-bank-dst-2012.html">

# 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

2:00 - EET 2012 Mar 30

2:00 1:00 EEST 2012 Sep 28

2:00 - EET 2012 Mar 30

2:00 1:00 EEST 2012 Sep 28 3:00

# From Steffen Thorsen (2012-03-26):

# Today, Syria's government announced that they will start DST early on Friday

# (00:00). This is a bit earlier than the past two years.

#

# From Syrian Arab News Agency, in Arabic:

# <a href="http://www.sana.sy/ara/2/2012/03/26/408215.htm">

# http://www.sana.sy/ara/2/2012/03/26/408215.htm

# </a>

#

# Our brief summary:

# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/syria-dst-2012.html">

# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/syria-dst-2012.html

# </a>

# From Arthur David Olson (2012-03-27):

# Assume last Friday in March going forward XXX.

Rule Syria 2010 2011 - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 S

Rule Syria 2012 max - Mar lastFri 0:00 1:00 S

# @(#)australasia 8.30

#

# Clarification by Tim Parenti (2012-01-03):

# Although Samoa has used Daylight Saving Time in the 2010-2011 and 2011-2012

# seasons, there is not yet any indication that this trend will continue on

# a regular basis. For now, we have explicitly listed the transitions below.

#

# From Gwillim Law (2011-12-29)

# A correspondent informed me that Tokelau, like Samoa, will be skipping

# December 31 this year, thereby changing its time zone from UTC-10 to

# UTC+14. When I tried to verify this statement, I found a confirming

# article in Time magazine online

# <a href="http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2103243,00.html">

# (http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2103243,00.html).

# </a>

#

# From Jonathan Leffler (2011-12-29)

# Information from the BBC to the same effect:

# <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16351377">

# http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16351377

# </a>

#

# Patch supplied by Tim Parenti (2011-12-29)

-10:00 - TKT 2011 Dec 30 # Tokelau Time

14:00 - TKT

# @(#)europe 8.41

# http://student.cusu.cam.ac.uk/~jsm28/british-time/

# <a href="http://www.polyomino.org.uk/british-time/">

# Rob Crowther (2012-01-04) reports that that URL no longer

# exists, and the article can now be found at:

# <a href="http://www.polyomino.org.uk/british-time/">

# http://www.polyomino.org.uk/british-time/

# </a>

# Rochefoucault, Champagne-Mouton, La Roche-Posay, La Haye-Descartes,

# Dole, Morez, St-Claude, and Collonges (Haute-Savoie).

# @(#)leapseconds 8.13

Leap 2012 Jun 30 23:59:60 + S

#

# Tel. : 33 (0) 1 40 51 22 26

# e-mail : (E-Mail Removed)

# http://hpiers.obspm.fr/eop-pc

#

# Paris, 5 January 2012

# Bulletin C 43

# UTC TIME STEP

# on the 1st of July 2012

#

# A positive leap second will be introduced at the end of June 2012.

# The sequence of dates of the UTC second markers will be:

#

# 2012 June 30, 23h 59m 59s

# 2012 June 30, 23h 59m 60s

# 2012 July 1, 0h 0m 0s

#

# The difference between UTC and the International Atomic Time TAI is:

#

# from 2009 January 1, 0h UTC, to 2012 July 1 0h UTC : UTC-TAI = - 34s

# from 2012 July 1, 0h UTC, until further notice : UTC-TAI = - 35s

# or June, depending on the evolution of UT1-TAI. Bulletin C is mailed every

# six months, either to announce a time step in UTC or to confirm that there

#

# Head

# Earth Orientation Center of IERS