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< # @(#)asia 7.71
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> # @(#)asia 7.72
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< # From Ephraim Silverberg (2002-07-07):
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> # From Ephraim Silverberg (2003-03-23):
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< # The Israeli government today adopted a proposal by Minister of Interior
< # Eli Yishai to shorten the period of Daylight Savings Time for the year
< # 2002 (only -- the dates for 2003 and 2004 are, so far, unaffected).
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> # Minister of Interior Poraz has announced that he will respect the law
> # passed in July 2000 (proposed at the time jointly by himself and
> # then-MK David Azulai [Shas]) fixing the dates for 2000-2004. Hence,
> # the dates for 2003 and 2004 remain unchanged....
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< # The proposed date to Daylight Savings Time is September 13, 2002 instead
< # of the current date: October 7, 2002. The hour of changeover has not
< # yet been decided.
< #
< # (2002-07-10):
< # While today the Knesset passed the initial proposal to reduce DST by
< # some three weeks, a new compromise is being worked out between
< # Minister of Justice Meir Sheetrit and Minister of Interior Eli
< # Yishai to revert to standard time for a period of 48-96 _hours_
< # (sic) around the Yom Kippur fast day (September 15-16) and then go
< # *back* to DST until the end of October. The details of the proposal
< # have yet to be worked out, but the second and final readings of the
< # bill have until July 24 to pass.
< #
< # (2002-07-25):
< # Thanks go to Yitschak Goldberg from E&M for bringing this (Hebrew) article
< # to my attention:
< #
< # http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-2019315,00.html
< #
< # Hence, the proposal to shorten DST was withdrawn yesterday and the timezone
< # files that have been in effect since July 2000 are still valid for all of
< # 2002.
< #
< # Please note that the article mentions that the Shas MK's intend to
< # bring up their amendment for future years (2003 and beyond). What this
< # means exactly is anyone's guess since there are no set dates yet beyond
< # 2004 and the end day set for 2003 and 2004 is already the 7th of Tishrei
< # (i.e. before the fast of Yom Kippur). The only thing they may want to
< # change is the start date of DST in 2003 from Mar.28.03 (24th of Adar II)
< # to Apr.18.03 (16th of Nisan) so that the Passover Seder will take place
< # during Standard Time. The start date for 2004 is already Nisan 16th.
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> # As far as 2005 and beyond, no dates have been set. However, the
> # minister has mentioned that he wishes to propose to move Israel's
> # timezone in 2005 from GMT+2 to GMT+3 and upon that have DST during
> # the summer months (i.e. GMT+4). However, no legislation in this
> # direction is expected until the latter part of 2004 which is a long
> # time off in terms of Israeli politics.
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> 5:00 RussiaAsia AQT%sT 1995 Mar lastSun 2:00 # Aqtau Time
< # @(#)asia 7.71
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> # @(#)asia 7.72
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< # From Ephraim Silverberg (2002-07-07):
---
> # From Ephraim Silverberg (2003-03-23):
741,743c741,744
< # The Israeli government today adopted a proposal by Minister of Interior
< # Eli Yishai to shorten the period of Daylight Savings Time for the year
< # 2002 (only -- the dates for 2003 and 2004 are, so far, unaffected).
---
> # Minister of Interior Poraz has announced that he will respect the law
> # passed in July 2000 (proposed at the time jointly by himself and
> # then-MK David Azulai [Shas]) fixing the dates for 2000-2004. Hence,
> # the dates for 2003 and 2004 remain unchanged....
745,776c746,751
< # The proposed date to Daylight Savings Time is September 13, 2002 instead
< # of the current date: October 7, 2002. The hour of changeover has not
< # yet been decided.
< #
< # (2002-07-10):
< # While today the Knesset passed the initial proposal to reduce DST by
< # some three weeks, a new compromise is being worked out between
< # Minister of Justice Meir Sheetrit and Minister of Interior Eli
< # Yishai to revert to standard time for a period of 48-96 _hours_
< # (sic) around the Yom Kippur fast day (September 15-16) and then go
< # *back* to DST until the end of October. The details of the proposal
< # have yet to be worked out, but the second and final readings of the
< # bill have until July 24 to pass.
< #
< # (2002-07-25):
< # Thanks go to Yitschak Goldberg from E&M for bringing this (Hebrew) article
< # to my attention:
< #
< # http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-2019315,00.html
< #
< # Hence, the proposal to shorten DST was withdrawn yesterday and the timezone
< # files that have been in effect since July 2000 are still valid for all of
< # 2002.
< #
< # Please note that the article mentions that the Shas MK's intend to
< # bring up their amendment for future years (2003 and beyond). What this
< # means exactly is anyone's guess since there are no set dates yet beyond
< # 2004 and the end day set for 2003 and 2004 is already the 7th of Tishrei
< # (i.e. before the fast of Yom Kippur). The only thing they may want to
< # change is the start date of DST in 2003 from Mar.28.03 (24th of Adar II)
< # to Apr.18.03 (16th of Nisan) so that the Passover Seder will take place
< # during Standard Time. The start date for 2004 is already Nisan 16th.
---
> # As far as 2005 and beyond, no dates have been set. However, the
> # minister has mentioned that he wishes to propose to move Israel's
> # timezone in 2005 from GMT+2 to GMT+3 and upon that have DST during
> # the summer months (i.e. GMT+4). However, no legislation in this
> # direction is expected until the latter part of 2004 which is a long
> # time off in terms of Israeli politics.
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