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Palestine's spring-forward transition is at 01:00, not 00:00
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(Thanks to Hannah Kreitem.)
* NEWS: Document this.
* asia (Asia/Gaza, Asia/Hebron): Change spring transitions
to March's last Saturday at 01:00, starting in 2016.
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the new zones use numeric time zone abbreviations like "+04"
instead of invented abbreviations like "ASTT".

Palestine's spring-forward transition on 2016-03-26 is at 01:00, not 00:00.
(Thanks to Hannah Kreitem.) Guess future transitions will be March's last
Saturday at 01:00, not Harch's last Friday at 24:00.

Changes affecting past time stamps

Europe/Chisinau observed DST during 1990, and switched from +04 to
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Expand Up @@ -2396,6 +2396,16 @@ Zone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907
# http://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/gaza-strip/gaza
# http://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/west-bank/hebron

# From Hannah Kreitem (2016-03-09):
# http://www.palestinecabinet.gov.ps/WebSite/ar/ViewDetails?ID=31728
# [Google translation]: "The Council also decided to start daylight
# saving in Palestine as of one o'clock on Saturday morning,
# 2016-03-26, to provide the clock 60 minutes ahead."
#
# From Paul Eggert (2016-03-12):
# Predict spring transitions on March's last Saturday at 01:00 from now on.
# Leave fall predictions alone for now.

# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule EgyptAsia 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S
Rule EgyptAsia 1957 1958 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
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Rule Palestine 2012 only - Sep 21 1:00 0 -
Rule Palestine 2013 only - Sep Fri>=21 0:00 0 -
Rule Palestine 2014 max - Oct Fri>=21 0:00 0 -
Rule Palestine 2015 max - Mar lastFri 24:00 1:00 S
Rule Palestine 2015 only - Mar lastFri 24:00 1:00 S
Rule Palestine 2016 max - Mar lastSat 1:00 1:00 S

# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct
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