sledp3-timezone-2010lRecommended update for timezone
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DST changes:
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Africa/Cairo (Egypt) and Asia/Gaza (Palestine) do not use
daylight saving during the month of Ramadan in order to prevent
Muslims from fasting one hour longer.
http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/egypt-ends-dst-2010.html
<http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/egypt-ends-dst-2010.html>
http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/westbank-gaza-end-dst-2010.html
<http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/westbank-gaza-end-dst-2010.html>
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Africa/Casablanca (Marocco) has spent the period from May 2 to
Aug 8 using daylight saving. Marocco adopted regular daylight
saving, but the start and end dates vary every year.
http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-starts-dst-2010.html
<http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-starts-dst-2010.html>
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America/Argentina/San_Luis (Argentina region) local government
did not terminate its DST period as planned and instead decided
to extend its use of the UTC-3 time indefinitely.
http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_argentina08.html
<http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_argentina08.html>
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New zones:
o America/Bahia_Banderas (Mexican state of Nayarit) has declared
that it is to follow the UCT-6 time instead of UCT-7, with the
aim to have the same time as the nearby city of Puerto
Vallarta.
http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_mexico08.html
<http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_mexico08.html>
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Historical changes:
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Asia/Taipei information on DST usage listed 1980 as one year
using DST, which should read 1979 instead according to
government resources.
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Europe/Helsinki, before switching to Central European standard
DST in 1983, trialled DST for two years. However, the database
omitted to specify that in these trials of 1981 and 1982,
switches have been made one hour earlier than in 1983.
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Spelling changes in Micronesia:
o Pacific/Truk has been renamed to Pacific/Chuuk in 1989.
o Pacific/Ponape has been renamed to Pacific/Pohnpei in 1984.
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