ingrid.yao@Eng 2000-04-05

========================= message from HP =================

In a previous communication, JavaSoft had stated that they used 
a reference document from nih.gov which used IATA as its reference.

1) Rule before the line with 
	++++++++++++ 
		is what is in 1.3

2) Rule after the line with
	++++++++++++ 
		is what the rule reads in the IATA document!

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For e.g., the rule in 1.3 says that Asia/Amman does not have any
DST rules, where as the IATA document says that Amman enters DST
in April and leaves in October.

new SimpleTimeZone(2*ONE_HOUR, "Asia/Amman"),
        // Zone Asia/Amman      2:00    Jordan  EE%sT
+++++++++++
Rule    Jordan  1999    only    -   Jul  1  0:00    1:00    S
Rule    Jordan  1999    max -   Oct  1  0:00    0   -
Rule    Jordan  2000    max -   Apr  1  0:00    1:00    -
# Zone  NAME        GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
Zone    Asia/Amman  2:23:44 -   LMT 1931
            2:00    Jordan  EE%sT

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1.3 says Beirut changes from DST to Std. time on the last Sunday in
Sep., 
IATA says last Sun in Oct.

new SimpleTimeZone(2*ONE_HOUR, "Asia/Beirut" /*EE%sT*/,
          Calendar.MARCH, -1, Calendar.SUNDAY /*DOW_IN_DOM*/, 0*ONE_HOUR, Calendar.SEPTEMBER, -1, Calendar.SUNDAY /*DOW_IN_DOM*/, 0*ONE_HOUR, 1*
ONE_HOUR),
		// Rule Lebanon 1993    max -   Mar lastSun 0:00    1:00    S
        // Rule Lebanon 1993    max -   Sep lastSun 0:00    0   -
        // Asia/Beirut  Lebanon(LB) 2:00    Lebanon EE%sT
+++++++++++
Rule    Lebanon 1993    max -   Mar lastSun 0:00    1:00    S
Rule    Lebanon 1993    1998    -   Sep lastSun 0:00    0   -
Rule    Lebanon 1999    max -   Oct lastSun 0:00    0   -
# Zone  NAME        GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
Zone    Asia/Beirut 2:22:00 -   LMT 1880
            2:00    Lebanon EE%sT

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1.3, Vilnius is GMT+1
IATA, GMT+2

new SimpleTimeZone(1*ONE_HOUR, "Europe/Vilnius",
          Calendar.MARCH, -1, Calendar.SUNDAY /*DOW_IN_MON*/, 1*ONE_HOUR, SimpleTimeZone.UTC_TIME,
          Calendar.OCTOBER, -1, Calendar.SUNDAY /*DOW_IN_MON*/, 1*ONE_HOUR, SimpleTimeZone.UTC_TIME, 1*ONE_HOUR),
        // Rule EU  1981    max -   Mar lastSun  1:00u  1:00    S
        // Rule EU  1996    max -   Oct lastSun  1:00u  0   -
        // Zone Europe/Vilnius  Lithuania(LT)   1:00    EU  CE%sT

+++++++++++

# From Marius Gedminas <###@###.###> (1998-08-07):
# I would like to inform that in this year Lithuanian time zone
# (Europe/Vilnius) was changed.

# From <a href="http://www.elta.lt/">ELTA</a> No. 972 (2582) (1999-09-29),
# via Steffen Thorsen:
# Lithuania has shifted back to the second time zone (GMT plus two hours)
# to be valid here starting from October 31,
# as decided by the national government on Wednesday....
# The Lithuanian government also announced plans to consider a
# motion to give up shifting to summer time in spring, as it was
# already done by Estonia.

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1.3, Estonia has summer time
IATA, Estonia does not change to summer time anymore ...

new SimpleTimeZone(2*ONE_HOUR, "Europe/Tallinn",
          Calendar.MARCH, -1, Calendar.SUNDAY /*DOW_IN_MON*/, 1*ONE_HOUR, SimpleTimeZone.UTC_TIME,
          Calendar.OCTOBER, -1, Calendar.SUNDAY /*DOW_IN_MON*/, 1*ONE_HOUR, SimpleTimeZone.UTC_TIME, 1*ONE_HOUR),
        // Rule EU  1981    max -   Mar lastSun  1:00u  1:00    S
        // Rule EU  1996    max -   Oct lastSun  1:00u  0   -
        // Zone Europe/Tallinn  Estonia(EE) 2:00    EU  EE%sT
+++++++++++
# From <a href="http://www.baltictimes.com/">The Baltic Times</a> (1999-09-09)
# via Steffen Thorsen:
# This year will mark the last time Estonia shifts to summer time,
# a council of the ruling coalition announced Sept. 6....
# But what this could mean for Estonia's chances of joining the European
# Union are still unclear.  In 1994, the EU declared summer time compulsory
# for all member states until 2001.  Brussels has yet to decide what to do
# after that.

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1.3, no summer time
IATA, Cuiaba has summer time

new SimpleTimeZone(-4*ONE_HOUR, "America/Cuiaba"),
        // Zone America/Cuiaba  Brazil(BR)  -4:00   -   WST
++++++++++++
Rule    Brazil  1999    max -   Oct Sun>=1   0:00   1:00    S
Rule    Brazil  2000    max -   Feb lastSun  0:00   0   -

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Discrepancy in dates at which DST takes effect and moves out to 
std. time

new SimpleTimeZone(-3*ONE_HOUR, "America/Sao_Paulo", Calendar.OCTOBER, 8, -Calendar.SUNDAY /*DOW>=DOM*/, 0*ONE_HOUR, SimpleTimeZone.WALL_TIME, Calendar.FEBRUARY, 15, -Calendar.SUNDAY /*DOW>=DOM*/, 0*ONE_HOUR, SimpleTimeZone.WALL_TIME, 1*ONE_HOUR),
        // Rule Brazil  1998    max -   Oct Sun>=8   0:00   1:00    D
        // Rule Brazil  1999    max -   Feb Sun>=15  0:00   0   S
        // Zone America/Sao_Paulo   Brazil(BR)  -3:00   Brazil  E%sT
        new SimpleTimeZone(-3*ONE_HOUR, "BET" /*alias for America/Sao_Paulo*/, Calendar.OCTOBER, 8, -Calendar.SUNDAY /*DOW>=DOM*/, 0*ONE_HOUR, SimpleTimeZone.WALL_TIME, Calendar.FEBRUARY, 15, -Calendar.SUNDAY /*DOW>=DOM*/, 0*ONE_HOUR, SimpleTimeZone.WALL_TIME, 1*ONE_HOUR)

+++++++++++++

Rule    Brazil  1999    max -   Oct Sun>=1   0:00   1:00    S
Rule    Brazil  2000    max -   Feb lastSun  0:00   0   -

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Also, Asia/Ishigaki present in 1.2, but missing in 1.3