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Bug#543219: marked as done (libc6: Egypt's DST ended earlier this year.)

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and subject line Re: Bug#543219: libc6: Egypt's DST ended earlier this year.
has caused the Debian Bug report #543219,
regarding libc6: Egypt's DST ended earlier this year.
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--- Begin Message --- 
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 (

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* glibc/restart-services: vsftpd spamassassin ssh samba rsync postfix openbsd-inetd cups cron

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--- 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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On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 11:59:05AM +0300, Mohammed Sameer wrote:
> 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 ;-)
> 

libc6 is not the right package, this bug has been fixed in *tzdata*
version 2009l-1.

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