X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/apple/system_cmds.git/blobdiff_plain/1c51fdde6f257ffe2a1b92d1a783dab947211e95..b51d5b5f06948960f0bfd4ad974e625ca2350936:/zic.tproj/datfiles/asia diff --git a/zic.tproj/datfiles/asia b/zic.tproj/datfiles/asia index f921fb0..cfefc19 100644 --- a/zic.tproj/datfiles/asia +++ b/zic.tproj/datfiles/asia @@ -1,18 +1,18 @@ -# $OpenBSD: asia,v 1.5 1997/01/14 04:36:48 millert Exp $ -# @(#)asia 7.27 +# @(#)asia 7.63 + +# $FreeBSD: src/share/zoneinfo/asia,v 1.18 2001/04/06 16:46:52 wollman Exp $ # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, # go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to # tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future). -# From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22): +# From Paul Eggert (1999-03-22): # # A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is -# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (3rd edition), -# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1991). -# Except where otherwise noted, it is the source for the data below. +# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (5th edition), +# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1999). # -# Gwillim Law writes that a good source +# Gwillim Law writes that a good source # for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport # Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM), # published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries @@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ # I found in the UCLA library. # # A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is -# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and the discovery of the longitude, -# Oxford University Press (1980). +# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997). # # I invented the abbreviations marked `*' in the following table; # the rest are from earlier versions of this file, or from other sources. @@ -41,13 +40,12 @@ # 5:30 IST India # 7:00 ICT Indochina* # 8:00 CST China +# 9:00 CJT Central Japanese Time (1896/1937)* # 9:00 JST Japan # 9:00 KST Korea # 9:30 CST (Australian) Central Standard Time # # See the `europe' file for Russia and Turkey in Asia. -# -# See the `africa' file for time zone naming and abbreviation conventions. # From Guy Harris: # Incorporates data for Singapore from Robert Elz' asia 1.1, as well as @@ -81,24 +79,27 @@ Zone Asia/Kabul 4:36:48 - LMT 1890 4:30 - AFT # Armenia -# From Paul Eggert (1996-05-04): +# From Paul Eggert (1999-10-29): # Shanks has Yerevan switching to 3:00 (with Russian DST) in spring 1991, -# but usno1995 has Armenia at 4:00 (with DST), and Edgar Der-Danieliantz -# reported today that Yerevan probably won't use DST this year, -# though it did use DST in 1995. We guess Yerevan stayed in sync with Moscow -# between 1990 and 1995, but stopped using DST in 1996. -# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule Armenia 1991 1995 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S -Rule Armenia 1991 1995 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 - +# then to 4:00 with no DST in fall 1995, then readopting Russian DST in 1997. +# Go with Shanks, even when he disagrees with others. Edgar Der-Danieliantz +# reported (1996-05-04) that Yerevan probably wouldn't use DST +# in 1996, though it did use DST in 1995. IATA SSIM (1991/1998) reports that +# Armenia switched from 3:00 to 4:00 in 1998 and observed DST after 1991, +# but started switching at 3:00s in 1998. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Yerevan 2:58:00 - LMT 1924 May 2 3:00 - YERT 1957 Mar # Yerevan Time 4:00 RussiaAsia YER%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 3:00 1:00 YERST 1991 Sep 23 # independence - 3:00 Armenia AM%sT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s # Armenia Time - 4:00 Armenia AM%sT + 3:00 RussiaAsia AM%sT 1995 Sep 24 2:00s + 4:00 - AMT 1997 + 4:00 RussiaAsia AM%sT # Azerbaijan +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule Azer 1997 max - Mar lastSun 1:00 1:00 S +Rule Azer 1997 max - Oct lastSun 1:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Baku 3:19:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 3:00 - BAKT 1957 Mar # Baku Time @@ -106,17 +107,18 @@ Zone Asia/Baku 3:19:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 3:00 1:00 BAKST 1991 Aug 30 # independence 3:00 RussiaAsia AZ%sT 1992 Sep lastSun 2:00s 4:00 - AZT 1996 # Azerbaijan time - 4:00 EUAsia AZ%sT + 4:00 EUAsia AZ%sT 1997 + 4:00 Azer AZ%sT # Bahrain # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Bahrain 3:22:20 - LMT 1920 # Al-Manamah +Zone Asia/Bahrain 3:22:20 - LMT 1920 # Al Manamah 4:00 - GST 1972 Jun 3:00 - AST # Bangladesh # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Dacca 6:01:40 - LMT 1890 +Zone Asia/Dhaka 6:01:40 - LMT 1890 5:53:20 - HMT 1941 Oct # Howrah Mean Time? 6:30 - BURT 1942 May 15 # Burma Time 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep @@ -126,7 +128,7 @@ Zone Asia/Dacca 6:01:40 - LMT 1890 # Bhutan # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Thimbu 5:58:36 - LMT 1947 Aug 15 +Zone Asia/Thimphu 5:58:36 - LMT 1947 Aug 15 # or Thimbu 5:30 - IST 1987 Oct 6:00 - BTT # Bhutan Time @@ -157,7 +159,7 @@ Zone Asia/Phnom_Penh 6:59:40 - LMT 1906 Jun 9 8:00 - ICT 1931 May 7:00 - ICT -# People's Republic of China +# China # From Guy Harris: # People's Republic of China. Yes, they really have only one time zone. @@ -186,7 +188,7 @@ Zone Asia/Phnom_Penh 6:59:40 - LMT 1906 Jun 9 # note about Time magazine, though apparently _something_ happened in 1986. # Go with Shanks for now. I made up names for the other pre-1980 time zones. -# From Shanks (1991): +# From Shanks: # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Shang 1940 only - Jun 3 0:00 1:00 D Rule Shang 1940 1941 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S @@ -196,7 +198,7 @@ Rule PRC 1986 only - May 4 0:00 1:00 D Rule PRC 1986 1991 - Sep Sun>=11 0:00 0 S Rule PRC 1987 1991 - Apr Sun>=10 0:00 1:00 D # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Harbin 8:26:44 - LMT 1928 +Zone Asia/Harbin 8:26:44 - LMT 1928 # or Haerbin 8:30 - HART 1932 Mar # Harbin Time 8:00 - CST 1940 9:00 - HART 1966 May @@ -205,20 +207,45 @@ Zone Asia/Harbin 8:26:44 - LMT 1928 Zone Asia/Shanghai 8:05:52 - LMT 1928 8:00 Shang C%sT 1949 8:00 PRC C%sT -Zone Asia/Chungking 7:06:20 - LMT 1928 +Zone Asia/Chungking 7:06:20 - LMT 1928 # or Chongqing 7:00 - CHUT 1980 May # Chungking Time 8:00 PRC C%sT -Zone Asia/Urumqi 5:50:20 - LMT 1928 +Zone Asia/Urumqi 5:50:20 - LMT 1928 # or Urumchi 6:00 - URUT 1980 May # Urumqi Time 8:00 PRC C%sT -Zone Asia/Kashgar 5:03:56 - LMT 1928 +Zone Asia/Kashgar 5:03:56 - LMT 1928 # or Kashi or Kaxgar 5:30 - KAST 1940 # Kashgar Time 5:00 - KAST 1980 May 8:00 PRC C%sT +# Hong Kong (Xianggang) +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule HK 1946 only - Apr 20 3:30 1:00 S +Rule HK 1946 only - Dec 1 3:30 0 - +Rule HK 1947 only - Apr 13 3:30 1:00 S +Rule HK 1947 only - Dec 30 3:30 0 - +Rule HK 1948 only - May 2 3:30 1:00 S +Rule HK 1948 1952 - Oct lastSun 3:30 0 - +Rule HK 1949 1953 - Apr Sun>=1 3:30 1:00 S +Rule HK 1953 only - Nov 1 3:30 0 - +Rule HK 1954 1964 - Mar Sun>=18 3:30 1:00 S +Rule HK 1954 only - Oct 31 3:30 0 - +Rule HK 1955 1964 - Nov Sun>=1 3:30 0 - +Rule HK 1965 1977 - Apr Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S +Rule HK 1965 1977 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 - +Rule HK 1979 1980 - May Sun>=8 3:30 1:00 S +Rule HK 1979 1980 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 - +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Hong_Kong 7:36:36 - LMT 1904 Oct 30 + 8:00 HK HK%sT + ############################################################################### -# Republic of China +# Taiwan + +# Shanks writes that Taiwan observed DST during 1945, when it +# was still controlled by Japan. This is hard to believe, but we don't +# have any other information. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Taiwan 1945 1951 - May 1 0:00 1:00 D @@ -236,30 +263,7 @@ Rule Taiwan 1980 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 S Zone Asia/Taipei 8:06:00 - LMT 1896 8:00 Taiwan C%sT -############################################################################### -# Hong Kong -# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule HK 1946 only - Apr 20 3:30 1:00 S -Rule HK 1946 only - Dec 1 3:30 0 - -Rule HK 1947 only - Apr 13 3:30 1:00 S -Rule HK 1947 only - Dec 30 3:30 0 - -Rule HK 1948 only - May 2 3:30 1:00 S -Rule HK 1948 1952 - Oct lastSun 3:30 0 - -Rule HK 1949 1953 - Apr Sun>=1 3:30 1:00 S -Rule HK 1953 only - Nov 1 3:30 0 - -Rule HK 1954 1964 - Mar Sun>=18 3:30 1:00 S -Rule HK 1954 only - Oct 31 3:30 0 - -Rule HK 1955 1964 - Nov Sun>=1 3:30 0 - -Rule HK 1965 1977 - Apr Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S -Rule HK 1965 1977 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 - -Rule HK 1979 1980 - May Sun>=8 3:30 1:00 S -Rule HK 1979 1980 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 - -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Hong_Kong 7:36:36 - LMT 1904 Oct 30 - 8:00 HK HK%sT 1997 Jul 1 # return to China - 8:00 PRC C%sT - -# Macao +# Macao (Macau, Aomen) # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Macao 1961 1962 - Mar Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S Rule Macao 1961 1964 - Nov Sun>=1 3:30 0 - @@ -292,11 +296,17 @@ Rule Cyprus 1976 only - Oct 11 0:00 0 - Rule Cyprus 1977 1980 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Cyprus 1977 only - Sep 25 0:00 0 - Rule Cyprus 1978 only - Oct 2 0:00 0 - -Rule Cyprus 1979 max - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - -Rule Cyprus 1981 max - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Cyprus 1979 1997 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - +Rule Cyprus 1981 1998 - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Nicosia 2:13:28 - LMT 1921 Nov 14 - 2:00 Cyprus EE%sT + 2:00 Cyprus EE%sT 1998 Sep + 2:00 EUAsia EE%sT +# IATA SSIM (1998-09) has Cyprus using EU rules for the first time. + +# Classically, Cyprus belongs to Asia; e.g. see Herodotus, Histories, I.72. +# However, for various reasons many users expect to find it under Europe. +Link Asia/Nicosia Europe/Nicosia # Georgia # From Paul Eggert (1994-11-19): @@ -318,7 +328,39 @@ Zone Asia/Tbilisi 2:59:16 - LMT 1880 3:00 RussiaAsia GE%sT 1992 # Georgia Time 3:00 E-EurAsia GE%sT 1994 Sep lastSun 4:00 E-EurAsia GE%sT 1996 Oct lastSun - 5:00 - GET + 4:00 1:00 GEST 1997 Mar lastSun + 4:00 E-EurAsia GE%sT + +# East Timor + +# From Joao Carrascalao, brother of the former governor of East Timor, in +# +# East Timor may be late for its millennium +# (1999-12-26/31): +# Portugal tried to change the time forward in 1974 because the sun +# rises too early but the suggestion raised a lot of problems with the +# Timorese and I still don't think it would work today because it +# conflicts with their way of life. + +# From Paul Eggert (2000-12-04): +# We don't have any record of the above attempt. +# Most likely our records are incomplete, but we have no better data. + +# +# From Manoel de Almeida e Silva, Deputy Spokesman for the UN Secretary-General +# (2000-08-16): +# The Cabinet of the East Timor Transition Administration decided +# today to advance East Timor's time by one hour. The time change, +# which will be permanent, with no seasonal adjustment, will happen at +# midnight on Saturday, September 16. + +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Dili 8:22:20 - LMT 1912 + 8:00 - TPT 1942 Feb 21 23:00 # E Timor Time + 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug + 9:00 - TPT 1976 May 3 + 8:00 - TPT 2000 Sep 17 00:00 + 9:00 - TPT # India # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] @@ -336,7 +378,9 @@ Zone Asia/Calcutta 5:53:28 - LMT 1880 # Indonesia # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Jakarta 7:07:12 - LMT 1867 Aug 10 - 7:07:12 - JMT 1924 Jan 1 0:13 # Jakarta MT +# Shanks says the next transition was at 1924 Jan 1 0:13, +# but this must be a typo. + 7:07:12 - JMT 1923 Dec 31 23:47:12 # Jakarta 7:20 - JAVT 1932 Nov # Java Time 7:30 - JAVT 1942 Mar 23 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug @@ -355,9 +399,12 @@ Zone Asia/Jayapura 9:22:48 - LMT 1932 Nov 9:00 - JAYT # Iran -# From Paul Eggert (1996-12-17), following up a suggestion by Rich Wales: -# Ahmad Alavi -# (1993-08-04) writes ``Daylight saving time in Iran starts from the first day +# From Paul Eggert (2000-06-12), following up a suggestion by Rich Wales: +# Ahmea Alavi in +# +# TAGHVEEM (1993-07-12) +# +# writes ``Daylight saving time in Iran starts from the first day # of Farvardin and ends the first day of Mehr.'' This disagrees with the SSIM: # # DST start DST end @@ -367,8 +414,13 @@ Zone Asia/Jayapura 9:22:48 - LMT 1932 Nov # 1993 03-21 03-21 09-23 09-23 # 1994 03-21 03-21 09-22!= 09-23 # 1995 03-21 03-21 09-22!= 09-23 -# 1996 03-21!= 03-20 09-21!= 09-22 -# 1997 03-21 03-21 09-21!= 09-23 +# 1996 03-21!= 03-20 09-22 09-22 +# 1997 03-22!= 03-21 09-22!= 09-23 +# 1998 03-21 03-21 09-21!= 09-23 +# 1999 03-22!= 03-21 09-22!= 09-23 +# 2000 03-21!= 03-20 09-21!= 09-22 +# 2001 03-19!= 03-21 09-19!= 09-23 +# 2002 03-18!= 03-21 09-18!= 09-23 # # Go with Alavi starting with 1992. # I used Ed Reingold's cal-persia in GNU Emacs 19.34 to compute Persian dates. @@ -433,7 +485,23 @@ Zone Asia/Tehran 3:25:44 - LMT 1916 4:00 Iran IR%sT 1979 3:30 Iran IR%sT + # Iraq +# +# From Jonathan Lennox (2000-06-12): +# An article in this week's Economist ("Inside the Saddam-free zone", p. 50 in +# the U.S. edition) on the Iraqi Kurds contains a paragraph: +# "The three northern provinces ... switched their clocks this spring and +# are an hour ahead of Baghdad." +# +# But Rives McDow (2000-06-18) quotes a contact in Iraqi-Kurdistan as follows: +# In the past, some Kurdish nationalists, as a protest to the Iraqi +# Government, did not adhere to daylight saving time. They referred +# to daylight saving as Saddam time. But, as of today, the time zone +# in Iraqi-Kurdistan is on standard time with Baghdad, Iraq. +# +# So we'll ignore the Economist's claim. + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Iraq 1982 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Iraq 1982 1984 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S @@ -442,8 +510,9 @@ Rule Iraq 1984 1985 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Iraq 1985 1990 - Sep lastSun 1:00s 0 S Rule Iraq 1986 1990 - Mar lastSun 1:00s 1:00 D # IATA SSIM (1991/1996) says Apr 1 12:01am UTC; guess the `:01' is a typo. +# Shanks says Iraq did not observe DST 1992/1997 or 1999 on; ignore this. Rule Iraq 1991 max - Apr 1 3:00s 1:00 D -Rule Iraq 1991 max - Oct 1 3:00s 0 D +Rule Iraq 1991 max - Oct 1 3:00s 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Baghdad 2:57:40 - LMT 1890 2:57:36 - BMT 1918 # Baghdad Mean Time? @@ -455,16 +524,27 @@ Zone Asia/Baghdad 2:57:40 - LMT 1890 # Israel -# From U. S. Naval Observatory (1989-01-19): -# ISRAEL 2 H AHEAD OF UTC -# ISRAEL 3 H AHEAD OF UTC APR 10 - SEP 3 - -# From Paul Eggert (1993-11-18): +# From Ephraim Silverberg (2001-01-11): +# +# I coined "IST/IDT" circa 1988. Until then there were three +# different abbreviations in use: +# +# JST Jerusalem Standard Time [Danny Braniss, Hebrew University] +# IZT Israel Zonal (sic) Time [Prof. Haim Papo, Technion] +# EEST Eastern Europe Standard Time [used by almost everyone else] +# +# Since timezones should be called by country and not capital cities, +# I ruled out JST. As Israel is in Asia Minor and not Eastern Europe, +# EEST was equally unacceptable. Since "zonal" was not compatible with +# any other timezone abbreviation, I felt that 'IST' was the way to go +# and, indeed, it has received almost universal acceptance in timezone +# settings in Israeli computers. # -# Shanks gives the following rules for Jerusalem from 1918 through 1991. -# After 1989 Shanks often disagrees with Silverberg; we go with Silverberg. +# In any case, I am happy to share timezone abbreviations with India, +# high on my favorite-country list (and not only because my wife's +# family is from India). -# From Shanks (1991): +# From Shanks: # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Zion 1940 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1942 1944 - Nov 1 0:00 0 S @@ -507,22 +587,31 @@ Rule Zion 1987 only - Sep 13 0:00 0 S Rule Zion 1988 only - Apr 9 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1988 only - Sep 3 0:00 0 S -# From Ephraim Silverberg (1996-01-02): -# +# From Ephraim Silverberg +# (1997-03-04, 1998-03-16, 1998-12-28, 2000-01-17 and 2000-07-25): + # According to the Office of the Secretary General of the Ministry of # Interior, there is NO set rule for Daylight-Savings/Standard time changes. -# Each year they decide anew what havoc to wreak on the country. However, -# there is a "supposed" set of rules which is subject to change depending -# on the party the Minister of Interior, the size of the coalition -# government, the phase of the moon and the direction of the wind. Hence, -# changes may need to be made on a semi-annual basis. One thing is entrenched -# in law, however: that there must be at least 150 days of daylight savings -# time annually. Ever since 1993, the change to daylight savings time has -# been from midnight Thursday night to 1 a.m. Friday morning and the change -# back to standard time on Saturday night from midnight daylight savings time -# to 11 p.m. standard time. 1996 is an exception to this rule where the -# change back to standard time takes place on Sunday night instead of Saturday -# night to avoid conflicts with the Jewish New Year. +# One thing is entrenched in law, however: that there must be at least 150 +# days of daylight savings time annually. From 1993-1998, the change to +# daylight savings time was on a Friday morning from midnight IST to +# 1 a.m IDT; up until 1998, the change back to standard time was on a +# Saturday night from midnight daylight savings time to 11 p.m. standard +# time. 1996 is an exception to this rule where the change back to standard +# time took place on Sunday night instead of Saturday night to avoid +# conflicts with the Jewish New Year. In 1999, the change to +# daylight savings time was still on a Friday morning but from +# 2 a.m. IST to 3 a.m. IDT; furthermore, the change back to standard time +# was also on a Friday morning from 2 a.m. IDT to 1 a.m. IST for +# 1999 only. In the year 2000, the change to daylight savings time was +# similar to 1999, but although the change back will be on a Friday, it +# will take place from 1 a.m. IDT to midnight IST. Starting in 2001, all +# changes to/from will take place at 1 a.m. old time, but now there is no +# rule as to what day of the week it will take place in as the start date +# (except in 2003) is the night after the Passover Seder (i.e. the eve +# of the 16th of Nisan in the lunar Hebrew calendar) and the end date +# (except in 2002) is three nights before Yom Kippur [Day of Atonement] +# (the eve of the 7th of Tishrei in the lunar Hebrew calendar). # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Zion 1989 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 D @@ -538,34 +627,69 @@ Rule Zion 1993 only - Sep 5 0:00 0 S # The dates for 1994-1995 were obtained from Office of the Spokeswoman for the # Ministry of Interior, Jerusalem, Israel. The spokeswoman can be reached by -# calling the switchboard at 972-2-701411 and asking for the spokeswoman. +# calling the office directly at 972-2-6701447 or 972-2-6701448. -# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Zion 1994 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1994 only - Aug 28 0:00 0 S Rule Zion 1995 only - Mar 31 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1995 only - Sep 3 0:00 0 S -# The dates for 1996-1998 were also obtained from Office of the Spokeswoman -# for the Ministry of Interior, Jerusalem, Israel. The official announcement -# can be viewed (in Hebrew) at the following URL: +# The dates for 1996 were determined by the Minister of Interior of the +# time, Haim Ramon. The official announcement regarding 1996-1998 +# (with the dates for 1997-1998 no longer being relevant) can be viewed at: +# +# ftp://ftp.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/1996-1998.ramon.ps.gz +# +# The dates for 1997-1998 were altered by his successor, Rabbi Eli Suissa. +# +# The official announcements for the years 1997-1999 can be viewed at: # -# ftp://ftp.huji.ac.il/pub/misc/timezones/announcements/1996-1998.ps.gz +# ftp://ftp.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/YYYY.ps.gz # -# Caveat emptor: The dates for the years 1996-1998 were originally announced -# on 1995-08-31, by the previous Minister of Interior. The new Minister -# of Interior changed the dates on 1996-01-01, to take into account the -# desires of certain portions of Israeli society (the next election is in the -# Fall of 1996). After this (1996) year's Daylight Savings Time is over, the -# new minister has announced that a study will be conducted as to the wishes of -# the populace regarding the length of Daylight Savings Time and the Interior -# Committee will meet to review the results of the study and make any necessary -# changes to the 1997-1998 dates. Never a dull moment in the State of Israel. +# where YYYY is the relevant year. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule Zion 1996 1998 - Mar Fri>=14 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 1996 only - Mar 15 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1996 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 S -Rule Zion 1997 1998 - Oct Sun>=14 0:00 0 S +Rule Zion 1997 only - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 1997 only - Sep 14 0:00 0 S +Rule Zion 1998 only - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 1998 only - Sep 6 0:00 0 S +Rule Zion 1999 only - Apr 2 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 1999 only - Sep 3 2:00 0 S + +# The Knesset Interior Committee has changed the dates for 2000 for +# the third time in just over a year and have set new dates for the +# years 2001-2004 as well. +# +# The official announcement for the start date of 2000 can be viewed at: +# +# ftp://ftp.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/2000-start.ps.gz +# +# The official announcement for the end date of 2000 and the dates +# for the years 2001-2004 can be viewed at: +# +# ftp://ftp.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/2000-2004.ps.gz + +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule Zion 2000 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 2000 only - Oct 6 1:00 0 S +Rule Zion 2001 only - Apr 9 1:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 2001 only - Sep 24 1:00 0 S +Rule Zion 2002 only - Mar 29 1:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 2002 only - Oct 7 1:00 0 S +Rule Zion 2003 only - Mar 28 1:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 2003 only - Oct 3 1:00 0 S +Rule Zion 2004 only - Apr 7 1:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 2004 only - Sep 22 1:00 0 S + +# From Paul Eggert (2000-07-25): +# Here are guesses for rules after 2004. +# They are probably wrong, but they are more likely than no DST at all. +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule Zion 2005 max - Apr 1 1:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 2005 max - Oct 1 1:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Jerusalem 2:20:56 - LMT 1880 @@ -592,36 +716,76 @@ Zone Asia/Jerusalem 2:20:56 - LMT 1880 # but the only locations using it were US military bases. # We go with Shanks and omit daylight saving in those years for Asia/Tokyo. +# From Hideyuki Suzuki (1998-11-09): +# 'Tokyo' usually stands for the former location of Tokyo Astronomical +# Observatory: E 139 44' 40".90 (9h 18m 58s.727), N 35 39' 16".0. +# This data is from 'Rika Nenpyou (Chronological Scientific Tables) 1996' +# edited by National Astronomical Observatory of Japan.... +# JST (Japan Standard Time) has been used since 1888-01-01 00:00 (JST). +# The law is enacted on 1886-07-07. + +# From Hideyuki Suzuki (1998-11-16): +# The ordinance No. 51 (1886) established "standard time" in Japan, +# which stands for the time on E 135 degree. +# In the ordinance No. 167 (1895), "standard time" was renamed to "central +# standard time". And the same ordinance also established "western standard +# time", which stands for the time on E 120 degree.... But "western standard +# time" was abolished in the ordinance No. 529 (1937). In the ordinance No. +# 167, there is no mention regarding for what place western standard time is +# standard.... +# +# I wrote "ordinance" above, but I don't know how to translate. +# In Japanese it's "chokurei", which means ordinance from emperor. + +# Shanks claims JST in use since 1896, and that a few places (e.g. Ishigaki) +# use +0800; go with Suzuki. Guess that all ordinances took effect on Jan 1. + # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Tokyo 9:19:04 - LMT 1896 +Zone Asia/Tokyo 9:18:59 - LMT 1887 Dec 31 15:00u + 9:00 - JST 1896 + 9:00 - CJT 1938 9:00 - JST -Zone Asia/Ishigaki 8:16:36 - LMT 1896 - 8:00 - CST -# There is no information for Marcus. -# Other Japanese possessions are probably like Asia/Tokyo. +# Since 1938, all Japanese possessions have been like Asia/Tokyo. # Jordan +# +# From +# Jordan Week (1999-07-01) via Steffen Thorsen (1999-09-09): +# Clocks in Jordan were forwarded one hour on Wednesday at midnight, +# in accordance with the government's decision to implement summer time +# all year round. +# +# From +# Jordan Week (1999-09-30) via Steffen Thorsen (1999-11-09): +# Winter time starts today Thursday, 30 September. Clocks will be turned back +# by one hour. This is the latest government decision and it's final! +# The decision was taken because of the increase in working hours in +# government's departments from six to seven hours. +# # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule Jordan 1973 only - Jun 6 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Jordan 1973 1975 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - -Rule Jordan 1974 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Jordan 1976 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 - -Rule Jordan 1977 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - -Rule Jordan 1978 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Jordan 1978 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 - -Rule Jordan 1985 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Jordan 1985 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - -Rule Jordan 1986 1988 - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Jordan 1986 1990 - Oct Fri>=1 0:00 0 - -Rule Jordan 1989 only - May 8 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Jordan 1990 only - Apr 27 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Jordan 1991 only - Apr 17 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Jordan 1991 only - Sep 27 0:00 0 - -Rule Jordan 1992 only - Apr 10 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Jordan 1992 1993 - Oct Fri>=1 0:00 0 - -Rule Jordan 1993 max - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Jordan 1994 only - Sep Fri>=15 0:00 0 - -Rule Jordan 1995 max - Sep Fri>=15 0:00s 0 - +Rule Jordan 1973 only - Jun 6 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Jordan 1973 1975 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - +Rule Jordan 1974 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Jordan 1976 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 - +Rule Jordan 1977 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - +Rule Jordan 1978 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Jordan 1978 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 - +Rule Jordan 1985 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Jordan 1985 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - +Rule Jordan 1986 1988 - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Jordan 1986 1990 - Oct Fri>=1 0:00 0 - +Rule Jordan 1989 only - May 8 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Jordan 1990 only - Apr 27 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Jordan 1991 only - Apr 17 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Jordan 1991 only - Sep 27 0:00 0 - +Rule Jordan 1992 only - Apr 10 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Jordan 1992 1993 - Oct Fri>=1 0:00 0 - +Rule Jordan 1993 1998 - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Jordan 1994 only - Sep Fri>=15 0:00 0 - +Rule Jordan 1995 1998 - Sep Fri>=15 0:00s 0 - +Rule Jordan 1999 only - Jul 1 0:00s 1:00 S +Rule Jordan 1999 max - Sep lastThu 0:00s 0 - +Rule Jordan 2000 max - Mar lastThu 0:00s 1:00 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931 2:00 Jordan EE%sT @@ -635,7 +799,7 @@ Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931 # IATA SSIM mentions a third time zone in Kazakhstan. # # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Alma-Ata 5:07:48 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Almaty +Zone Asia/Almaty 5:07:48 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Alma-Ata 5:00 - ALMT 1957 Mar # Alma-Ata Time 6:00 RussiaAsia ALM%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 5:00 1:00 ALMST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s @@ -655,27 +819,30 @@ Zone Asia/Aqtau 3:21:04 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Aktau 5:00 E-EurAsia AQT%sT 1995 Sep lastSun 4:00 E-EurAsia AQT%sT -# Kirgizstan +# Kyrgyzstan (Kirgizstan) +# Transitions through 1991 are from Shanks. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule Kirgiz 1992 max - Apr Sun>=7 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Kirgiz 1991 max - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - +Rule Kirgiz 1992 1996 - Apr Sun>=7 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Kirgiz 1992 1996 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - +Rule Kirgiz 1997 max - Mar lastSun 2:30 1:00 S +Rule Kirgiz 1997 max - Oct lastSun 2:30 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Bishkek 4:58:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 - 5:00 - FRUT 1957 Mar # Frunze Time + 5:00 - FRUT 1930 Jun 21 # Frunze Time 6:00 RussiaAsia FRU%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s - 5:00 1:00 FRUST 1991 Aug 31 # independence + 5:00 1:00 FRUST 1991 Aug 31 2:00 # independence 5:00 Kirgiz KG%sT # Kirgizstan Time ############################################################################### -# Korea +# Korea (North and South) # From Guy Harris: # According to someone at the Korean Times in San Francisco, # Daylight Savings Time was not observed until 1987. He did not know # at what time of day DST starts or ends. -# From Shanks (1991): +# From Shanks: # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule ROK 1960 only - May 15 0:00 1:00 D Rule ROK 1960 only - Sep 13 0:00 0 S @@ -708,7 +875,7 @@ Zone Asia/Kuwait 3:11:56 - LMT 1950 # Laos # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Vientiane 6:50:24 - LMT 1906 Jun 9 +Zone Asia/Vientiane 6:50:24 - LMT 1906 Jun 9 # or Viangchan 7:06:20 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT? 7:00 - ICT 1912 May 8:00 - ICT 1931 May @@ -738,7 +905,8 @@ Rule Lebanon 1989 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S Rule Lebanon 1990 1992 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Lebanon 1992 only - Oct 4 0:00 0 - Rule Lebanon 1993 max - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Lebanon 1993 max - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - +Rule Lebanon 1993 1998 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - +Rule Lebanon 1999 max - Oct lastSun 0:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Beirut 2:22:00 - LMT 1880 2:00 Lebanon EE%sT @@ -770,29 +938,62 @@ Zone Indian/Maldives 4:54:00 - LMT 1880 # Male 5:00 - MVT # Maldives Time # Mongolia -# Shanks says that Mongolia has three time zones, but usno1995 and -# (1995) + +# Shanks says that Mongolia has three time zones, but usno1995 and the CIA map +# Standard Time Zones of the World (1997-01) # both say that it has just one. -# Let's comment out the western and eastern Mongolian time zones -# till we know what their principal towns are. + +# From Oscar van Vlijmen (1999-12-11): +# +# General Information Mongolia +# (1999-09) +# "Time: Mongolia has two time zones. Three westernmost provinces of +# Bayan-Ulgii, Uvs, and Hovd are one hour earlier than the capital city, and +# the rest of the country follows the Ulaanbaatar time, which is UTC/GMT plus +# eight hours." + +# From Rives McDow (1999-12-13): +# Mongolia discontinued the use of daylight savings time in 1999; 1998 +# being the last year it was implemented. The dates of implementation I am +# unsure of, but most probably it was similar to Russia, except for the time +# of implementation may have been different.... +# Some maps in the past have indicated that there was an additional time +# zone in the eastern part of Mongolia, including the provinces of Dornod, +# Suhbaatar, and possibly Khentij. + +# From Paul Eggert (1999-12-15): +# For now, we'll comment out the east zone (Choybalsan) +# and use Shanks's and the IATA's data for the daylight-saving rules. +# Naming and spelling is tricky in Mongolia. +# We'll use Hovd (also spelled Chovd and Khovd) to represent the west zone; +# the capital of the Hovd province is sometimes called Hovd, sometimes Dund-Us, +# and sometimes Jirgalanta (with variant spellings), but the name Hovd +# is good enough for our purposes. + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Mongol 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Mongol 1981 1984 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - Rule Mongol 1985 1990 - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 S Rule Mongol 1985 1990 - Sep lastSun 3:00 0 - -Rule Mongol 1991 max - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Mongol 1991 1998 - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S Rule Mongol 1991 1995 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - -Rule Mongol 1996 max - Oct Fri>=22 0:00 0 - +# IATA SSIM (1996-09) says 1996-10-25; go with Shanks. +Rule Mongol 1996 only - Oct lastSun 0:00 0 - +Rule Mongol 1997 1998 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - +# IATA SSIM (1999-09) says Mongolia no longer observes DST. + # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -#Zone Asia/Dariv 6:14:32 - LMT 1905 Aug -# 6:00 - DART 1978 # Dariv Time -# 7:00 Mongol DAR%sT -Zone Asia/Ulan_Bator 7:07:32 - LMT 1905 Aug - 7:00 - ULAT 1978 # Ulan Bator Time +Zone Asia/Hovd 6:06:36 - LMT 1905 Aug + 6:00 - HOVT 1978 # Hovd Time + 7:00 Mongol HOV%sT +Zone Asia/Ulaanbaatar 7:07:32 - LMT 1905 Aug + 7:00 - ULAT 1978 # Ulaanbaatar Time 8:00 Mongol ULA%sT -#Zone Asia/Baruun-Urt 7:33:00 - LMT 1905 Aug -# 8:00 - BART 1978 # Baruun-Urt Time -# 9:00 Mongol BAR%sT +# We're not sure about this entry yet, so we'll omit it for now. +#Zone Asia/Choybalsan 7:38:00 - LMT 1905 Aug +# 8:00 - CHOT 1978 # Choybalsan Time +# 9:00 Mongol CHO%sT 19?? +# 8:00 Mongol ULA%sT # Nepal # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] @@ -815,7 +1016,80 @@ Zone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907 5:00 - PKT # Pakistan Time # Palestine -# These rules for Egypt are stolen from the `africa' file. + +# From Amos Shapir (1998-02-15): +# +# From 1917 until 1948-05-15, all of Palestine, including the parts now +# known as the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, was under British rule. +# Therefore the rules given for Israel for that period, apply there too... +# +# The Gaza Strip was under Egyptian rule between 1948-05-15 until 1967-06-05 +# (except a short occupation by Israel from 1956-11 till 1957-03, but no +# time zone was affected then). It was never formally annexed to Egypt, +# though. +# +# The rest of Palestine was under Jordanian rule at that time, formally +# annexed in 1950 as the West Bank (and the word "Trans" was dropped from +# the country's previous name of "the Hashemite Kingdom of the +# Trans-Jordan"). So the rules for Jordan for that time apply. Major +# towns in that area are Nablus (Shchem), El-Halil (Hebron), Ramallah, and +# East Jerusalem. +# +# Both areas were occupied by Israel in June 1967, but not annexed (except +# for East Jerusalem). They were on Israel time since then; there might +# have been a Military Governor's order about time zones, but I'm not aware +# of any (such orders may have been issued semi-annually whenever summer +# time was in effect, but maybe the legal aspect of time was just neglected). +# +# The Palestinian Authority was established in 1993, and got hold of most +# towns in the West Bank and Gaza by 1995. I know that in order to +# demonstrate...independence, they have been switching to +# summer time and back on a different schedule than Israel's, but I don't +# know when this was started, or what algorithm is used (most likely the +# Jordanian one). +# +# To summarize, the table should probably look something like that: +# +# Area \ when | 1918-1947 | 1948-1967 | 1967-1995 | 1996- +# ------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+----------- +# Israel | Zion | Zion | Zion | Zion +# West bank | Zion | Jordan | Zion | Jordan +# Gaza | Zion | Egypt | Zion | Jordan +# +# I guess more info may be available from the PA's web page (if/when they +# have one). + +# From Paul Eggert (1998-02-25): +# Shanks writes that Gaza did not observe DST until 1957, but we'll go +# with Shapir and assume that it observed DST from 1940 through 1947, +# and that it used Jordanian rules starting in 1996. +# We don't yet need a separate entry for the West Bank, since +# the only differences between it and Gaza that we know about +# occurred before our cutoff date of 1970. +# However, as we get more information, we may need to add entries +# for parts of the West Bank as they transitioned from Israel's rules +# to Palestine's rules. If you have more info about this, please +# send it to tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for incorporation into future editions. + +# From IINS News Service - Israel - 1998-03-23 10:38:07 Israel time, +# forwarded by Ephraim Silverberg: +# +# Despite the fact that Israel changed over to daylight savings time +# last week, the PLO Authority (PA) has decided not to turn its clocks +# one-hour forward at this time. As a sign of independence from Israeli rule, +# the PA has decided to implement DST in April. + +# From Paul Eggert (1999-09-20): +# Daoud Kuttab writes in +# +# Holiday havoc +# (Jerusalem Post, 1999-04-22) that +# the Palestinian National Authority changed to DST on 1999-04-15. +# I vaguely recall that they switch back in October (sorry, forgot the source). +# For now, let's assume that the spring switch was at 24:00, +# and that they switch at 0:00 on the 3rd Fridays of April and October. + +# The rules for Egypt are stolen from the `africa' file. # 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 - @@ -823,17 +1097,26 @@ Rule EgyptAsia 1958 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule EgyptAsia 1959 1967 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S Rule EgyptAsia 1959 1965 - Sep 30 3:00 0 - Rule EgyptAsia 1966 only - Oct 1 3:00 0 - + +Rule Palestine 1999 max - Apr Fri>=15 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Palestine 1999 max - Oct Fri>=15 0:00 0 - + # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct - 2:00 - EET 1957 May 10 - 2:00 EgyptAsia EE%sT 1967 Jun 30 - 2:00 Zion I%sT + 2:00 Zion EET 1948 May 15 + 2:00 EgyptAsia EE%sT 1967 Jun 5 + 2:00 Zion I%sT 1996 + 2:00 Jordan EE%sT 1999 + 2:00 Palestine EE%sT # Paracel Is # no information # Philippines -# Howse writes (p 162) that until 1844 the Philippines kept American date. +# On 1844-08-16, Narciso Claveria, governor-general of the +# Philippines, issued a proclamation announcing that 1844-12-30 was to +# be immediately followed by 1845-01-01. Robert H. van Gent has a +# transcript of the decree in . # The rest of this data is from Shanks. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Phil 1936 only - Nov 1 0:00 1:00 S @@ -843,7 +1126,7 @@ Rule Phil 1954 only - Jul 1 0:00 0 - Rule Phil 1978 only - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 S Rule Phil 1978 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Manila -15:56:00 - LMT 1844 +Zone Asia/Manila -15:56:00 - LMT 1844 Dec 31 8:04:00 - LMT 1899 May 11 8:00 Phil PH%sT 1942 May 9:00 - JST 1944 Nov @@ -851,7 +1134,7 @@ Zone Asia/Manila -15:56:00 - LMT 1844 # Qatar # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Qatar 3:26:08 - LMT 1920 # Al Dawhah +Zone Asia/Qatar 3:26:08 - LMT 1920 # Al Dawhah / Doha 4:00 - GST 1972 Jun 3:00 - AST @@ -877,19 +1160,29 @@ Zone Asia/Singapore 6:55:24 - LMT 1880 # Sri Lanka # From Paul Eggert (1996-09-03): -# (1996-05-24) +# "Sri Lanka advances clock by an hour to avoid blackout" +# (www.virtual-pc.com/lankaweb/news/items/240596-2.html, 1996-05-24, +# no longer available as of 1999-08-17) # reported ``the country's standard time will be put forward by one hour at # midnight Friday (1830 GMT) `in the light of the present power crisis'.'' -# Transitions before 1996 are from Shanks (1991). +# +# From Dharmasiri Senanayake, Sri Lanka Media Minister (1996-10-24), as quoted +# by Shamindra in +# +# Daily News - Hot News Section (1996-10-26) +# : +# With effect from 12.30 a.m. on 26th October 1996 +# Sri Lanka will be six (06) hours ahead of GMT. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Colombo 5:19:24 - LMT 1880 - 5:20 - CEYT 1906 # Ceylon Time + 5:19:32 - MMT 1906 # Moratuwa Mean Time 5:30 - IST 1942 Jan 5 5:30 0:30 IHST 1942 Sep 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 16 2:00 5:30 - IST 1996 May 25 0:00 - 6:30 - LKT # Sri Lanka Time + 6:30 - LKT 1996 Oct 26 0:30 + 6:00 - LKT # Syria # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S @@ -921,20 +1214,25 @@ Rule Syria 1991 1992 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - Rule Syria 1992 only - Apr 8 0:00 1:00 S Rule Syria 1993 only - Mar 26 0:00 1:00 S Rule Syria 1993 only - Sep 25 0:00 0 - -# IATA SSIM (1996-09) says 1997-03-31; assume that it should be 1997-04-01. -Rule Syria 1994 max - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S +# IATA SSIM (1998-02) says 1998-04-02; +# (1998-09) says 1999-03-29 and 1999-09-29; (1999-02) says 1999-04-02, +# 2000-04-02, and 2001-04-02; (1999-09) says 2000-03-31 and 2001-03-31; +# ignore all these claims and go with Shanks. +Rule Syria 1994 1996 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Syria 1994 max - Oct 1 0:00 0 - +Rule Syria 1997 1998 - Mar lastMon 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Syria 1999 max - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Damascus 2:25:12 - LMT 1920 +Zone Asia/Damascus 2:25:12 - LMT 1920 # Dimashq 2:00 Syria EE%sT # Tajikistan +# From Shanks. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Dushanbe 4:35:12 - LMT 1924 May 2 - 5:00 - DUST 1957 Mar # Dushanbe Time + 5:00 - DUST 1930 Jun 21 # Dushanbe Time 6:00 RussiaAsia DUS%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s - 5:00 1:00 DUSST 1991 Sep 9 # independence - 5:00 RussiaAsia TJ%sT 1992 + 5:00 1:00 DUSST 1991 Sep 9 2:00s 5:00 - TJT # Tajikistan Time # Thailand @@ -944,14 +1242,14 @@ Zone Asia/Bangkok 6:42:04 - LMT 1880 7:00 - ICT # Turkmenistan +# From Shanks. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Ashkhabad 3:53:32 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Ashgabat - 4:00 - ASHT 1957 Mar # Ashkhabad Time - 5:00 RussiaAsia ASH%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s - 4:00 1:00 ASHST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s - 4:00 - ASHT 1991 Oct 27 # independence - 4:00 - TMT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s - 5:00 - TMT # Turkmenistan Time +Zone Asia/Ashgabat 3:53:32 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Ashkhabad + 4:00 - ASHT 1930 Jun 21 # Ashkhabad Time + 5:00 RussiaAsia ASH%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00 + 4:00 RussiaAsia ASH%sT 1991 Oct 27 # independence + 4:00 RussiaAsia TM%sT 1992 Jan 19 2:00 + 5:00 - TMT # United Arab Emirates # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] @@ -960,23 +1258,28 @@ Zone Asia/Dubai 3:41:12 - LMT 1920 # Uzbekistan # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Samarkand 4:27:12 - LMT 1924 May 2 + 4:00 - SAMT 1930 Jun 21 # Samarkand Time + 5:00 - SAMT 1981 Apr 1 + 5:00 1:00 SAMST 1981 Oct 1 + 6:00 RussiaAsia TAS%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00 # Tashkent Time + 5:00 RussiaAsia TAS%sT 1991 Sep 1 # independence + 5:00 RussiaAsia UZ%sT 1992 + 5:00 RussiaAsia UZ%sT 1993 + 5:00 - UZT Zone Asia/Tashkent 4:37:12 - LMT 1924 May 2 - 5:00 - TAST 1957 Mar # Tashkent Time + 5:00 - TAST 1930 Jun 21 # Tashkent Time 6:00 RussiaAsia TAS%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s - 5:00 1:00 TASST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s - 5:00 - UZT # Uzbekistan Time -# Shanks has Tashkent using DST after 1991, but usno1995 says they don't. -# Guess no DST after 1991. -# (1995) -# says that Uzbekistan has two time zones, but a cable -# (1996-05-10) -# from the American Embassy in Tashkent implies that they have just one. + 5:00 RussiaAsia TAS%sT 1991 Sep 1 # independence + 5:00 RussiaAsia UZ%sT 1992 + 5:00 RussiaAsia UZ%sT 1993 + 5:00 - UZT # Vietnam # From Paul Eggert (1993-11-18): # Saigon's official name is Thanh-Pho Ho Chi Minh, but it's too long. # We'll stick with the traditional name for now. -# From Shanks (1991): +# From Shanks: # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Saigon 7:06:40 - LMT 1906 Jun 9 7:06:20 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT?