Package: libc6 Version: 2.9-23 Severity: important Tags: patch Hi, Egyptian DST info is not correct. The government decided to end DST earlier this year because of Ramadan (Ended on 20.08.09). Attached a patch that should fix that. Could have mistakes as I never edited such files before ;-) -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (50, 'unstable'), (50, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages libc6 depends on: ii libgcc1 1:4.4.1-1 GCC support library libc6 recommends no packages. Versions of packages libc6 suggests: pn glibc-doc <none> (no description available) ii locales 2.9-23 GNU C Library: National Language ( -- debconf information: glibc/upgrade: true glibc/disable-screensaver: glibc/restart-failed: * glibc/restart-services: vsftpd spamassassin ssh samba rsync postfix openbsd-inetd cups cron -- GPG-Key: 0xA3FD0DF7 - 9F73 032E EAC9 F7AD 951F 280E CB66 8E29 A3FD 0DF7 Debian User and Developer. Homepage: www.foolab.org
--- africa.orig 2009-08-23 11:47:14.000000000 +0300 +++ africa 2009-08-23 11:56:08.000000000 +0300 @@ -235,8 +235,13 @@ # shifting business hours one hour out of daytime heat. Consequently, # unless discontinued, next DST may end Thursday 28 August 2008. # From Paul Eggert (2007-08-17): +Rule Egypt 2008 only - Aug lastThu 23:00s 0 - +# Because of Ramadan, DST ended earlier this year too. +# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/egypt-dst-ends-2009.html +# http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time_around_the_world#Egypt +Rule Egypt 2009 only - Aug Thu>=3 23:00s 0 - # For lack of better info, assume the new rule is last Thursday in August. -Rule Egypt 2008 max - Aug lastThu 23:00s 0 - +Rule Egypt 2010 max - Aug Thu>=3 23:00s 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Cairo 2:05:00 - LMT 1900 Oct
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