Talk:Israel Summer Time

Israeli daylight savings law

Should this be moved to Israeli daylight savings law... as of now I see no reason that it would be a proper noun. gren グレン 13:13, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

I agree. Unless the law is actually called "Israeli Daylight Savings Law, it should be moved to its more grammatical correct twin. Jabberwalkee_

Deleted sentence

I deleted this sentence, "Eventually, one hopes that the new law will be reflected in various timekeeping software, including even that published by Microsoft." because it is not neutral.

Moved to Daylight Saving Law

and corrected all references in article--Jabberwalkee 16:48, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

Since it isn't actually called this and discusses the previous law, and discuss summer time in general, I moved it to "Israel Summer Time" after European Summer Time (see edit summary for more). Epson291 (talk) 20:24, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Pesach

Using this rule it turns out that the beginning of DST is usually before Pesach. Exceptions in the 21 century: 2013, 2051, 2067, 2078, 2089, 2097. -- 08:53, 11 July 2007 81.1.221.74

Edit by affected company

I did an edit to the name of my company listed in the article to fix the case (from LinGNU to Lingnu). I was not the one to introduce the link in the first place, I merely performed the technical edit of fixing the name. Still, in the interest of full disclosure, I list it here. Shachar (talk) 14:21, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Apparent ambiguity?

Page has ... on the Sunday between Rosh Hashanah ... and Yom Kippur .... Rosh Hashanah is 1 Tishrei and Yom Kippur is 10 Tishrei. There are 8 days in between, hence there may apparently be TWO Sundays in between, on 2 & 9 Tishrei.

That seems in need of explanation, here and maybe to the Knesset.

There is no ambiguity if Rosh Hashanah is for this purpose taken as 1 & 2 Tishrei.

82.163.24.100 (talk) 13:26, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

The same comment applies to but has At the last Sunday before 10th of Tishrei. I suggest a check with Hebrew authority. 82.163.24.100 (talk) 21:22, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Indeed. Rosh Ha-Shana is always celebrated two days: 1st and 2nd of Tishre. There is always one Saturday between Rosh Ha-Shana and Yom Kippur, and it even has a special name in Jewish tradition: Shabbat Shuva. 132.66.38.197 (talk) 11:56, 8 July 2018 (UTC)

Non-perpetual

As the period now begins on the Gregorian Calendar and finishes on the Hebrew Calendar, and the Hebrew and Gregorian years differ in average length, the given Rules cannot hold in perpetuity. The mean lengths of Summer Time and of Winter Time will steadily drift on opposite directions, and eventually one will become negative. 82.163.24.100 (talk) 19:12, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

Nope. The hebrew calendar has leap years in order to correct this. This problem would happen with the islamic calendar.--ZealousGnome (talk) 10:09, 10 June 2011 (UTC)

Article needs to be updated with latest law (November 2012)

On 6 November 2012, the Israeli Parliament changed the daylight saving time law so that Israel’s daylight saving time will run an average of 193 days a year, compared to 182 under the former law. This means that Yom Kippur will now be included in the period of daylight saving time.

Source: http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/despite-shas-pressure-knesset-extends-israel-s-daylight-saving-time.premium-1.475375 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jrose6 (talk • contribs) 13:23, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

Article needs to be updated, please

New law has passed, extending IST to the last Sunday on October.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.65.160.130 (talk • contribs) 18:30, July 10, 2013‎ (UTC)

Why Friday/Sunday?

I assume there is a religious reason for not changing the clock during the night from Friday to Saturday, i.e. early on Saturday morning. Perhaps changing the clock on Shabbat is not allowed as it would be work.

But why doesn't summer time start and end on the same weekday, say early on Friday morning (which would be the start of a two-day weekend in the Jewish calendar)?

--212.183.121.21 (talk) 00:00, 29 October 2017 (UTC)

I couldn't find an authorized answer to this question, so I can only offer a reasonable guess - Until the early 1990s, the change of time occurred always on the night between Saturday and Sunday. Arie Deri, the Minister of the Interior at the time, told the Israeli press and the Knesset that he received a lot of complaints about sleep deprivation on the night before the beginning of a new working week. Since Friday night was out of the question for religious considerations (he himself is ultra-orthodox), he decided spring forward on Friday. But since there were no complaints about the opposite change during fall, he left it on Sunday, and this practice became a tradition. Nevertheless, the newest statute says the move forward is on the Friday before the last Sunday in March, in order to keep the gap with Europe permanent (always two days before Europe). 132.66.38.197 (talk) 11:56, 8 July 2018 (UTC)

Palestine?

The official name is Israel Summertime, but it looks like someone politic-oriented wanted to spread fakes — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.126.7.119 (talk) 19:48, 3 May 2020 (UTC)

Summer Time Dates table

The table contains dates starting 2005 which are incorrect through 2012 - as stated in article, the law of daylight savings changed in 2012, and further in 2013. Prior to that, daylight savings end used to fluctuate between SEP and OCT; for example in 2010 it ended on SEP 12, in 2011 on OCT 2, in 2012 on SEP 23. First correct date is 2013 where DST ended on OCT 27 (date sources - timeanddate dotcom). ~2026-19846-15 (talk) 08:29, 30 March 2026 (UTC)