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+# @(#)asia	7.12
+
+# 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 <eggert@twinsun.com> (August 18, 1994):
+#
+# 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.
+#
+# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences,
+# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which
+# 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).
+#
+# I invented the abbreviations marked `*' in the following table;
+# the rest are from earlier versions of this file, or from other sources.
+# Corrections are welcome!
+#		std dst
+#		LMT	Local Mean Time
+#		LST	Local Star Time (Russian ``mestnoe zvezdnoe vremya'')
+#	2:00	EET  EET DST	Eastern European Time
+#	2:00	IST IDT	Israel
+#	3:00	AST ADT	Arabia*
+#	3:00	MSK MSD	Moscow
+#	3:30	IST IDT	Iran
+#	4:00	BSK BSD	Baku*
+#	4:00	GST GDT	Gulf*
+#	4:30	AFT	Afghanistan*
+#	5:00	ASK ASD	Ashkhabad*
+#	5:00	PKT	Pakistan*
+#	5:30	IST IST	India
+#	5:45	NPT	Nepal*
+#	6:00	BGT	Bengal, Bangladesh*
+#	6:00	TSK TSD	Tashkent*
+#	6:30	BMT	Burma*
+#	7:00	ICT	Indochina*
+#	7:00	JVT	Java*
+#	8:00	BNT	Borneo, Brunei*
+#	8:00	CST CDT	China
+#	8:00	HKT HKST Hong Kong
+#	8:00	PST PDT	Philippines*
+#	8:00	SGT	Singapore
+#	8:00	UST UDT	Ulan Bator*
+#	9:00	JST	Japan
+#	9:00	KST KDT	Korea
+#	9:00	MLT	Moluccas*
+#	9:30	CST	Australian Central Standard Time
+#
+# See the `europe' file for Russia and Turkey in Asia.
+#
+# See the `africa' file for Zone naming conventions.
+
+# From Guy Harris:
+# Incorporates data for Singapore from Robert Elz' asia 1.1, as well as
+# additional information from Tom Yap, Sun Microsystems Intercontinental
+# Technical Support (including a page from the Official Airline Guide -
+# Worldwide Edition).  The names for time zones are guesses.
+
+###############################################################################
+
+# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (May 28, 1994):
+# We don't know what happened to the clocks in the Caucausus and the ex-Soviet
+# Central Asia after 1990.  Until we get more info, stick with the pre-1991 rules.
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+Rule	Russia	1981	1984	-	Apr	1	0:00	1:00	D
+Rule	Russia	1981	1983	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	K
+Rule	Russia	1984	max	-	Sep	lastSun	3:00	0	K
+Rule	Russia	1985	max	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
+
+# Afghanistan
+# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+Zone	Asia/Kabul	4:36:48 -	LMT	1890
+			4:00	-	GST	1945
+			4:30	-	AFT
+
+# Armenia
+# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+Zone	Asia/Yerevan	2:58:00 -	LMT	1924 May  2
+			3:00	-	MSK	1957 Mar
+			4:00	Russia	BS%s
+
+# Azerbaijan
+# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+Zone	Asia/Baku	3:19:24 -	LMT	1924 May  2
+			3:00	-	MSK	1957 Mar
+			4:00	Russia	BS%s
+
+# Bahrain
+# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+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
+			5:53	-	CMT	1941 Oct    # Calcutta Mean Time
+			6:30	-	BMT	1942 May 15
+			5:30	-	IST	1942 Sep
+			6:30	-	BMT	1951 Sep 30
+			6:00	-	BGT
+
+# Bhutan
+# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+Zone	Asia/Thimbu	5:58:36 -	LMT	1947 Aug 15
+			5:30	-	IST	1987 Oct
+			6:00	-	BGT
+
+# British Indian Ocean Territory
+# From Whitman:
+# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+Zone	Indian/Chagos	5:00	-	PKT
+
+# Brunei
+# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+Zone	Asia/Brunei	7:39:40 -	LMT	1926 Mar   # Bandar Seri Begawan
+			7:30	-	BNT	1933
+			8:00	-	BNT
+
+# Burma
+# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+Zone	Asia/Rangoon	6:24:40 -	LMT	1880
+			6:25	-	RMT	1920
+			6:30	-	BMT	1942 May
+			9:00	-	JST	1945 May 3
+			6:30	-	BMT
+
+# Cambodia
+# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+Zone	Asia/Phnom_Penh	6:59:40 -	LMT	1906 Jun  9
+			7:06	-	SMT	1911 Mar 11 0:01     # Saigon MT
+			7:00	-	ICT	1912 May
+			8:00	-	ICT	1931 May
+			7:00	-	ICT
+
+# People's Republic of China
+
+# From Guy Harris:
+# People's Republic of China.  Yes, they really have only one time zone.
+
+# From Bob Devine (January 28, 1988):
+# No they don't.  See TIME mag, February 17, 1986 p.52.  Even though
+# China is across 4 physical time zones, before Feb 1, 1986 only the
+# Peking (Bejing) time zone was recognized.  Since that date, China
+# has two of 'em -- Peking's and Urumqi (named after the capital of
+# the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region).  I don't know about DST for it.
+#
+# . . .I just deleted the DST table and this editor makes it too
+# painful to suck in another copy..  So, here is what I have for
+# DST start/end dates for Peking's time zone (info from AP):
+#
+#     1986 May 4 - Sept 14
+#     1987 mid-April - ??
+
+# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993):
+# According to Shanks, China started using DST in 1986,
+# but it's still all one big happy time zone.
+
+# From U. S. Naval Observatory (January 19, 1989):
+# CHINA               8 H  AHEAD OF UTC  ALL OF CHINA, INCL TAIWAN
+# CHINA               9 H  AHEAD OF UTC  APR 17 - SEP 10
+
+# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993):
+# Shanks writes that China switched from the Chinese calendar on 1912 Feb 12.
+# He also writes that China has had a single time zone since 1980 May 1,
+# and that they instituted DST on 1986 May 4; this contradicts Devine's
+# note about Time magazine, though apparently _something_ happened in 1986.
+
+# From Shanks (1991):
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+Rule	Shang	1928	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	0	S
+Rule	Shang	1940	only	-	Jun	 3	0:00	1:00	D
+Rule	Shang	1940	1941	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	S
+Rule	Shang	1941	only	-	Mar	16	0:00	1:00	D
+Rule	PRC	1949	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	0	S
+Rule	PRC	1986	only	-	May	 4	0:00	1:00	D
+Rule	PRC	1986	max	-	Sep	Sun>=11	0:00	0	S
+Rule	PRC	1987	max	-	Apr	Sun>=10	0:00	1:00	D
+# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+Zone	Asia/Shanghai	8:05:52	-	LMT	1928
+			8:00	Shang	C%sT	1949
+			8:00	PRC	C%sT
+
+###############################################################################
+
+# Republic of China
+
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+Rule	Taiwan	1896	only	-	Jan	1	0:00	0	S
+Rule	Taiwan	1945	1951	-	May	1	0:00	1:00	D
+Rule	Taiwan	1945	1951	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	S
+Rule	Taiwan	1952	only	-	Mar	1	0:00	1:00	D
+Rule	Taiwan	1952	1954	-	Nov	1	0:00	0	S
+Rule	Taiwan	1953	1959	-	Apr	1	0:00	1:00	D
+Rule	Taiwan	1955	1961	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	S
+Rule	Taiwan	1960	1961	-	Jun	1	0:00	1:00	D
+Rule	Taiwan	1974	1975	-	Apr	1	0:00	1:00	D
+Rule	Taiwan	1974	1975	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	S
+Rule	Taiwan	1980	only	-	Jun	30	0:00	1:00	D
+Rule	Taiwan	1980	only	-	Sep	30	0:00	0	S
+# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+Zone	Asia/Taipei	8:06:00 -	LMT	1896
+			8:00	Taiwan	C%sT
+
+###############################################################################
+# Hong Kong
+# Presumably Hong Kong will have DST again when it merges with China,
+# but it's too early to predict the details.
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+Rule	HK	1904	only	-	Oct	30	0:00	0	-
+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
+
+# Macao
+# Presumably Macao will have DST again when it merges with China,
+# but it's too early to predict the details.
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+Rule	Macao	1912	only	-	Jan	1	0:00	0	S
+Rule	Macao	1961	1962	-	Mar	Sun>=16	3:30	1:00	D
+Rule	Macao	1961	1964	-	Nov	Sun>=1	3:30	0	S
+Rule	Macao	1963	only	-	Mar	Sun>=16	0:00	1:00	D
+Rule	Macao	1964	only	-	Mar	Sun>=16	3:30	1:00	D
+Rule	Macao	1965	only	-	Mar	Sun>=16	0:00	1:00	D
+Rule	Macao	1965	only	-	Oct	31	0:00	0	S
+Rule	Macao	1966	1971	-	Apr	Sun>=16	3:30	1:00	D
+Rule	Macao	1966	1971	-	Oct	Sun>=16	3:30	0	S
+Rule	Macao	1972	1974	-	Apr	Sun>=15	0:00	1:00	D
+Rule	Macao	1972	1973	-	Oct	Sun>=15	0:00	0	S
+Rule	Macao	1974	1977	-	Oct	Sun>=15	3:30	0	S
+Rule	Macao	1975	1977	-	Apr	Sun>=15	3:30	1:00	D
+Rule	Macao	1978	1980	-	Apr	Sun>=15	0:00	1:00	D
+Rule	Macao	1978	1980	-	Oct	Sun>=15	0:00	0	S
+# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+Zone	Asia/Macao	7:34:20 -	LMT	1912
+			8:00	Macao	C%sT
+
+
+###############################################################################
+
+# Cyprus
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+Rule	Cyprus	1921	only	-	Nov	14	0:00	0	-
+Rule	Cyprus	1975	only	-	Apr	13	0:00	1:00	" DST"
+Rule	Cyprus	1975	only	-	Oct	12	0:00	0	-
+Rule	Cyprus	1976	only	-	May	15	0:00	1:00	" DST"
+Rule	Cyprus	1976	only	-	Oct	11	0:00	0	-
+Rule	Cyprus	1977	1980	-	Apr	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	" DST"
+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	" DST"
+# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+Zone	Asia/Nicosia	2:13:28 -	LMT	1921 Nov 14
+			2:00	Cyprus	EET%s
+
+# Georgia
+# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1994-11-19):
+# Today's _Economist_ (p 60) reports that Georgia moved its clocks forward
+# an hour recently, due to a law proposed by Zurab Murvanidze,
+# an MP who went on a hunger strike for 11 days to force discussion about it!
+# Alas, we have no details.
+# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+Zone	Asia/Tbilisi	2:59:16 -	LMT	1880
+			2:59	-	LST	1924 May  2
+			3:00	-	MSK	1957 Mar
+			4:00	Russia	BS%s
+
+# India
+# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+Zone	Asia/Calcutta	5:53:28 -	LMT	1880
+			5:53	-	CMT	1941 Oct    # Calcutta Mean Time
+			6:30	-	BMT	1942 May 15
+			5:30	-	IST	1942 Sep
+			5:30	1:00	IST	1945 Oct 15
+			5:30	-	IST
+# The following are like Asia/Calcutta:
+#	Andaman Is
+#	Lakshadweep (Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Is)
+#	Nicobar Is
+
+# Indonesia
+# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+Zone Asia/Jakarta	7:07:12 -	LMT	1867 Aug 10
+			7:07	-	JMT	1924 Jan  1 0:13
+			7:20	-	JVT	1932 Nov
+			7:30	-	JVT	1942 Mar 23
+			9:00	-	JST	1945 Aug
+			7:30	-	JVT	1948 May
+			8:00	-	JVT	1950 May
+			7:30	-	JVT	1964
+			7:00	-	JVT
+Zone Asia/Ujung_Pandang 7:57:36 -	LMT	1920
+			7:58	-	MMT	1932 Nov    # Macassar Mean Time
+			8:00	-	BNT	1942 Feb  9
+			9:00	-	JST	1945 Aug
+			8:00	-	BNT
+Zone Asia/Jayapura	9:22:48 -	LMT	1932 Nov
+			9:00	-	MLT	1944
+			9:30	-	CST	1964
+			9:00	-	MLT
+
+# Iran
+
+# Shanks has no record of DST after 1980.
+
+# From Bob Devine (January 28, 1988):
+# Iran: Last Sunday in March to third (?) Sunday in
+# September.  Since the revolution, the official calendar is Monarchic
+# calendar; I have no idea what the correspondence between dates are.
+
+# From U. S. Naval Observatory (January 19, 1989):
+# IRAN                3.5H AHEAD OF UTC
+
+# From Shanks (1991), with corrections from Devine:
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+Rule	Iran	1977	only	-	Nov	1	0:00	0	S
+Rule	Iran	1978	1980	-	Mar	21	0:00	1:00	D
+Rule	Iran	1978	only	-	Oct	21	0:00	0	S
+Rule	Iran	1979	only	-	Sep	19	0:00	0	S
+Rule	Iran	1980	only	-	Sep	23	0:00	0	S
+Rule	Iran	1988	max	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
+Rule	Iran	1988	max	-	Sep	Sun>=15	2:00	0	S
+# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+Zone	Asia/Tehran	3:25:44	-	LMT	1916
+			3:26	-	TMT	1946
+			3:30	-	IST	1977 Nov
+			4:00	Iran	G%sT	1979
+			3:30	Iran	I%sT
+
+# Iraq
+# 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
+Rule	Iraq	1983	only	-	Mar	31	0:00	1:00	D
+Rule	Iraq	1984	1985	-	Apr	1	0:00	1:00	D
+Rule	Iraq	1985	max	-	Sep	lastSun	1:00s	0	S
+Rule	Iraq	1986	max	-	Mar	lastSun	1:00s	1:00	D
+# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+Zone	Asia/Baghdad	2:57:40	-	LMT	1890
+			2:58	-	BMT	1918	    # Baghdad Mean Time
+			3:00	-	AST	1982 May
+			3:00	Iraq	A%sT
+
+
+###############################################################################
+
+# Israel
+
+# From U. S. Naval Observatory (January 19, 1989):
+# ISRAEL              2 H  AHEAD OF UTC
+# ISRAEL              3 H  AHEAD OF UTC  APR 10 - SEP 3
+
+# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993):
+#
+# Shanks gives the following rules for Jerusalem from 1918 through 1991.
+# After 1989 Shanks often disagrees with Silverberg; we go with Silverberg.
+
+# From Shanks (1991):
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+Rule	Zion	1918	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	0	S
+Rule	Zion	1940	only	-	Jun	 1	0:00	1:00	D
+Rule	Zion	1942	1944	-	Nov	 1	0:00	0	S
+Rule	Zion	1943	only	-	Apr	 1	2:00	1:00	D
+Rule	Zion	1944	only	-	Apr	 1	0:00	1:00	D
+Rule	Zion	1945	only	-	Apr	16	0:00	1:00	D
+Rule	Zion	1945	only	-	Nov	 1	2:00	0	S
+Rule	Zion	1946	only	-	Apr	16	2:00	1:00	D
+Rule	Zion	1946	only	-	Nov	 1	0:00	0	S
+Rule	Zion	1948	only	-	May	23	0:00	2:00	DD
+Rule	Zion	1948	only	-	Sep	 1	0:00	1:00	D
+Rule	Zion	1948	1949	-	Nov	 1	2:00	0	S
+Rule	Zion	1949	only	-	May	 1	0:00	1:00	D
+Rule	Zion	1950	only	-	Apr	16	0:00	1:00	D
+Rule	Zion	1950	only	-	Sep	15	3:00	0	S
+Rule	Zion	1951	only	-	Apr	 1	0:00	1:00	D
+Rule	Zion	1951	only	-	Nov	11	3:00	0	S
+Rule	Zion	1952	only	-	Apr	20	2:00	1:00	D
+Rule	Zion	1952	only	-	Oct	19	3:00	0	S
+Rule	Zion	1953	only	-	Apr	12	2:00	1:00	D
+Rule	Zion	1953	only	-	Sep	13	3:00	0	S
+Rule	Zion	1954	only	-	Jun	13	0:00	1:00	D
+Rule	Zion	1954	only	-	Sep	12	0:00	0	S
+Rule	Zion	1955	only	-	Jun	11	2:00	1:00	D
+Rule	Zion	1955	only	-	Sep	11	0:00	0	S
+Rule	Zion	1956	only	-	Jun	 3	0:00	1:00	D
+Rule	Zion	1956	only	-	Sep	30	3:00	0	S
+Rule	Zion	1957	only	-	Apr	29	2:00	1:00	D
+Rule	Zion	1957	only	-	Sep	22	0:00	0	S
+Rule	Zion	1974	only	-	Jul	 7	0:00	1:00	D
+Rule	Zion	1974	only	-	Oct	13	0:00	0	S
+Rule	Zion	1975	only	-	Apr	20	0:00	1:00	D
+Rule	Zion	1975	only	-	Aug	31	0:00	0	S
+Rule	Zion	1985	only	-	Apr	14	0:00	1:00	D
+Rule	Zion	1985	only	-	Sep	15	0:00	0	S
+Rule	Zion	1986	only	-	May	18	0:00	1:00	D
+Rule	Zion	1986	only	-	Sep	 7	0:00	0	S
+Rule	Zion	1987	only	-	Apr	15	0:00	1:00	D
+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
+#Rule	Zion	1989	only	-	Apr	29	0:00	1:00	D
+#Rule	Zion	1989	only	-	Sep	 2	0:00	0	S
+#Rule	Zion	1990	only	-	Mar	25	0:00	1:00	D
+#Rule	Zion	1990	only	-	Aug	26	0:00	0	S
+#Rule	Zion	1991	only	-	Mar	10	0:00	1:00	D
+#Rule	Zion	1991	only	-	Sep	 1	0:00	0	S
+
+# From Ephraim Silverberg (September 5, 1993):
+#
+# 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 on daylight savings
+# time annually.
+
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+Rule	Zion	1989	only	-	Apr	30	0:00	1:00	D
+Rule	Zion	1989	only	-	Sep	 3	0:00	0:00	S
+Rule	Zion	1990	only	-	Mar	25	0:00	1:00	D
+Rule	Zion	1990	only	-	Aug	26	0:00	0:00	S
+Rule	Zion	1991	only	-	Mar	24	0:00	1:00	D
+Rule	Zion	1991	only	-	Sep	 1	0:00	0:00	S
+Rule	Zion	1992	only	-	Mar	29	0:00	1:00	D
+Rule	Zion	1992	only	-	Sep	 6	0:00	0:00	S
+Rule	Zion	1993	only	-	Apr	 2	0:00	1:00	D
+Rule	Zion	1993	only	-	Sep	 5	0:00	0:00	S
+
+# The dates for 1994-1995 were obtained from Office of the Spokeswoman for
+# the Ministry of Interior, Jerusalem.  There are no dates yet for 1996 and
+# beyond so your guess is as good as theirs (those who are interested can
+# call 972-2-701411 and ask for the spokeswoman).
+
+# 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    0:00    S
+Rule    Zion    1995    only    -       Mar     31      0:00    1:00    D
+Rule    Zion    1995    only    -       Aug     27      0:00    0:00    S
+
+# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+Zone	Asia/Tel_Aviv	2:19:04 -	LMT	1880
+			2:21	-	JMT	1918
+			2:00	Zion	I%sT
+
+
+###############################################################################
+
+# Japan
+
+# `9:00' and `JST' is from Guy Harris.
+
+# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993):
+# Shanks says that the far southern Ryukyu Is (Nansei-Shoto) are 8:00,
+# but we don't have a good location name for them;
+# we don't even know the name of the principal town.
+# There is no information for Marcus.
+# Other Japanese possessions are probably like Asia/Tokyo.
+
+# From Shanks (1991):
+# Japan switched from the Japanese calendar on 1893 Jan 1.
+# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+Zone	Asia/Tokyo	9:19:04	-	LMT	1896
+			9:00	-	JST
+#Zone Asia/South_Ryukyu	8:14:44	-	LMT	1896	# Amitori
+#			8:00	-	CST
+
+# Jordan
+# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993):
+# Most likely Shanks is merely guessing dates from 1992 on.
+# From Shanks (1991):
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+Rule    Jordan	1931	only	-	Jan	1	0:00	0	-
+Rule    Jordan	1973	only	-	Jun	6	0:00	1:00	" DST"
+Rule    Jordan	1973	1975	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	-
+Rule    Jordan	1974	1977	-	May	1	0:00	1:00	" DST"
+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	" DST"
+Rule    Jordan	1978	only	-	Sep	30	0:00	0	-
+Rule    Jordan	1985	only	-	Apr	1	0:00	1:00	" DST"
+Rule    Jordan	1985	only	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	-
+Rule    Jordan	1986	1988	-	Apr	Fri>=1	0:00	1:00	" DST"
+Rule    Jordan	1986	1990	-	Oct	Fri>=1	0:00	0	-
+Rule    Jordan	1989	only	-	May	8	0:00	1:00	" DST"
+Rule    Jordan	1990	only	-	Apr	27	0:00	1:00	" DST"
+Rule    Jordan	1991	only	-	Apr	19	0:00	1:00	" DST"
+Rule    Jordan	1991	only	-	Sep	27	0:00	0	-
+Rule    Jordan	1992	max	-	Apr	Fri>=1	0:00	1:00	" DST"
+Rule    Jordan	1992	max	-	Oct	Fri>=1	0:00	0	-
+# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+Zone	Asia/Amman	2:23:44 -	LMT	1931
+			2:00	Jordan	EET%s
+
+# Kazakhstan
+# From Shanks (1991):
+# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+Zone	Asia/Alma-Ata	5:07:48 -	LMT	1924 May  2
+			5:00	-	TSK	1957 Mar
+			6:00	Russia	TS%s
+
+# Kirgizstan
+# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+Zone	Asia/Bishkek	4:58:24 -	LMT	1924 May  2
+			5:00	-	TSK	1957 Mar
+			6:00	Russia	TS%s
+
+###############################################################################
+
+# Korea
+
+# 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):
+# 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
+Rule	ROK	1987	1988	-	May	Sun<=14	0:00	1:00	D
+Rule	ROK	1987	1988	-	Oct	Sun<=14	0:00	0	S
+
+# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+Zone	Asia/Seoul	8:27:52	-	LMT	1890
+			8:30	-	KST	1904 Dec
+			9:00	-	KST	1928
+			8:30	-	KST	1932
+			9:00	-	KST	1954 Mar 21
+			8:00	ROK	K%sT	1961 Aug 10
+			8:30	-	KST	1968 Oct
+			9:00	ROK	K%sT
+Zone	Asia/Pyongyang	8:23:00 -	LMT	1890
+			8:30	-	KST	1904 Dec
+			9:00	-	KST	1928
+			8:30	-	KST	1932
+			9:00	-	KST	1954 Mar 21
+			8:00	-	KST	1961 Aug 10
+			9:00	-	KST
+
+###############################################################################
+
+# Kuwait
+# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+Zone	Asia/Kuwait	3:11:56 -	LMT	1950
+			3:00	-	AST
+
+# Laos
+# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+Zone	Asia/Vientiane	6:50:24 -	LMT	1906 Jun  9
+			7:06	-	SMT	1911 Mar 11 0:01     # Saigon MT
+			7:00	-	ICT	1912 May
+			8:00	-	ICT	1931 May
+			7:00	-	ICT
+
+# Lebanon
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+Rule	Lebanon	1880	only	-	Jan	1	0:00	0	-
+Rule	Lebanon	1920	only	-	Mar	28	0:00	1:00	" DST"
+Rule	Lebanon	1920	only	-	Oct	25	0:00	0	-
+Rule	Lebanon	1921	only	-	Apr	3	0:00	1:00	" DST"
+Rule	Lebanon	1921	only	-	Oct	3	0:00	0	-
+Rule	Lebanon	1922	only	-	Mar	26	0:00	1:00	" DST"
+Rule	Lebanon	1922	only	-	Oct	8	0:00	0	-
+Rule	Lebanon	1923	only	-	Apr	22	0:00	1:00	" DST"
+Rule	Lebanon	1923	only	-	Sep	16	0:00	0	-
+Rule	Lebanon	1957	1961	-	May	1	0:00	1:00	" DST"
+Rule	Lebanon	1957	1961	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	-
+Rule	Lebanon	1972	only	-	Jun	22	0:00	1:00	" DST"
+Rule	Lebanon	1972	1977	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	-
+Rule	Lebanon	1973	1977	-	May	1	0:00	1:00	" DST"
+Rule	Lebanon	1978	only	-	Apr	30	0:00	1:00	" DST"
+Rule	Lebanon	1978	only	-	Sep	30	0:00	0	-
+Rule	Lebanon	1984	1987	-	May	1	0:00	1:00	" DST"
+Rule	Lebanon	1984	max	-	Oct	16	0:00	0	-
+Rule	Lebanon	1988	only	-	Jun	1	0:00	1:00	" DST"
+Rule	Lebanon	1989	only	-	May	10	0:00	1:00	" DST"
+Rule	Lebanon	1990	max	-	May	1	0:00	1:00	" DST"
+# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+Zone	Asia/Beirut	2:22:00 -	LMT	1880
+			2:00	Lebanon	EET%s
+
+# Malaysia
+# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+Zone Asia/Kuala_Lumpur	6:46:48 -	LMT	1880
+			6:55	-	SMT	1905 Jun
+			7:00	-	SGT	1933
+			7:20	-	SGT	1942 Feb 15
+			9:00	-	JST	1945 Sep 2
+			7:20	-	SGT	1950
+			7:30	-	SGT	1982 May
+			8:00	-	SGT
+
+# Maldives
+# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+Zone	Indian/Maldives	4:54:00 -	LMT	1880			# Male
+			4:54	-	MMT	1960
+			5:00	-	PKT
+
+# Mongolia
+# Let's comment out the western and eastern Mongolian time zones
+# till we know what their principal towns are.
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+Rule	Mongol	1978	only	-	Jan	1	0:00	0	S
+Rule	Mongol	1981	1984	-	Apr	1	0:00	1:00	T
+Rule	Mongol	1981	1984	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	S
+Rule	Mongol	1985	max	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00	1:00	T
+Rule	Mongol	1985	max	-	Sep	lastSun	3:00	0	S
+# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+#Zone	Asia/Dariv	6:14:32 -	LMT	1905 Aug
+#			6:00	-	DST	1978
+#			7:00	Mongol	D%sT
+Zone	Asia/Ulan_Bator	7:07:32 -	LMT	1905 Aug
+			7:00	-	UST	1978
+			8:00	Mongol	U%sT
+#Zone Asia/Baruun-Urt	7:33:00 -	LMT	1905 Aug
+#			8:00	-	BST	1978
+#			9:00	Mongol	B%sT
+
+# Nepal
+# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+Zone	Asia/Katmandu	5:41:16 -	LMT	1920
+			5:30	-	IST	1986
+			5:45	-	NPT
+
+# Oman
+# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+Zone	Asia/Muscat	3:54:20 -	LMT	1920
+			4:00	-	GST
+
+# Pakistan
+# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+Zone	Asia/Karachi	4:28:12 -	LMT	1907
+			5:30	-	IST	1942 Sep
+			5:30	1:00	IST	1945 Oct 15
+			5:30	-	IST	1951 Sep 30
+			5:00	-	PKT
+
+# Palestine
+# These rules for Egypt are stolen from the `africa' file.
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+Rule	Egypt	1957	only	-	May	10	0:00	1:00	" DST"
+Rule	Egypt	1957	1958	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
+Rule	Egypt	1958	only	-	May	 1	0:00	1:00	" DST"
+Rule	Egypt	1959	1981	-	May	 1	1:00	1:00	" DST"
+Rule	Egypt	1959	1965	-	Sep	30	3:00	0	-
+Rule	Egypt	1966	max	-	Oct	 1	3:00	0	-
+# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+Zone	Asia/Gaza	2:17:52	-	LMT	1900 Oct
+			2:00	-	EET	1957 May 10
+			2:00	Egypt	EET%s	1967 Jun 30
+			2:00	Zion	I%sT
+# This will undoubtedly change soon.
+
+# Philippines
+# Howse writes (p 162) that until 1844 the Philippines kept American date.
+# The rest of this data is from Shanks.
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+Rule	Phil	1899	only	-	May	11	0:00	0	S
+Rule	Phil	1936	only	-	Nov	1	0:00	1:00	D
+Rule	Phil	1937	only	-	Feb	1	0:00	0	S
+Rule	Phil	1954	only	-	Apr	12	0:00	1:00	D
+Rule	Phil	1954	only	-	Jul	1	0:00	0	S
+Rule	Phil	1978	only	-	Mar	22	0:00	1:00	D
+Rule	Phil	1978	only	-	Sep	21	0:00	0	S
+# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+Zone	Asia/Manila	-15:56:00 -	LMT	1844
+			8:04:00 -	LMT	1899 May 11
+			8:00	Phil	P%sT	1942 May
+			9:00	-	JST	1944 Nov
+			8:00	Phil	P%sT
+
+# Qatar
+# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+Zone	Asia/Qatar	3:26:08 -	LMT	1920		# Al Dawhah
+			4:00	-	GST	1972 Jun
+			3:00	-	AST
+
+# Saudi Arabia
+# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+Zone	Asia/Riyadh	3:06:52 -	LMT	1950
+			3:00	-	AST
+
+# Singapore
+# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+Zone	Asia/Singapore	6:55:24 -	LMT	1880
+			6:55	-	SMT	1905 Jun
+			7:00	-	SGT	1933
+			7:20	-	SGT	1942 Feb 15
+			9:00	-	JST	1945 Sep  2
+			7:20	-	SGT	1950
+			7:30	-	SGT	1982 May
+			8:00	-	SGT
+
+# Sri Lanka
+# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+Zone	Asia/Colombo	5:19:24 -	LMT	1880
+			5:20	-	JMT	1906
+			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
+
+# Syria
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+Rule	Syria	1920	only	-	Jan	1	0:00	0	-
+Rule	Syria	1920	1923	-	Apr	Sun>=15	2:00	1:00	" DST"
+Rule	Syria	1920	1923	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00	0	-
+Rule	Syria	1962	only	-	Apr	29	2:00	1:00	" DST"
+Rule	Syria	1962	only	-	Oct	1	2:00	0	-
+Rule	Syria	1963	1965	-	May	1	2:00	1:00	" DST"
+Rule	Syria	1963	only	-	Sep	30	2:00	0	-
+Rule	Syria	1964	only	-	Oct	1	2:00	0	-
+Rule	Syria	1965	only	-	Sep	30	2:00	0	-
+Rule	Syria	1966	only	-	Apr	24	2:00	1:00	" DST"
+Rule	Syria	1966	1976	-	Oct	1	2:00	0	-
+Rule	Syria	1967	1978	-	May	1	2:00	1:00	" DST"
+Rule	Syria	1977	1978	-	Sep	1	2:00	0	-
+Rule	Syria	1983	1984	-	Apr	9	2:00	1:00	" DST"
+Rule	Syria	1983	1984	-	Oct	1	2:00	0	-
+Rule	Syria	1986	only	-	Feb	16	2:00	1:00	" DST"
+Rule	Syria	1986	only	-	Oct	9	2:00	0	-
+Rule	Syria	1987	only	-	Mar	1	2:00	1:00	" DST"
+Rule	Syria	1987	1988	-	Oct	31	2:00	0	-
+Rule	Syria	1988	only	-	Mar	15	2:00	1:00	" DST"
+Rule	Syria	1989	only	-	Mar	31	2:00	1:00	" DST"
+Rule	Syria	1989	only	-	Oct	1	2:00	0	-
+Rule	Syria	1990	max	-	Apr	1	2:00	1:00	" DST"
+Rule	Syria	1990	max	-	Sep	30	2:00	0	-
+# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+Zone	Asia/Damascus	2:25:12 -	LMT	1920
+			2:00	Syria	EET%s
+
+# Tajikistan
+# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+Zone	Asia/Dushanbe	4:35:12 -	LMT	1924 May  2
+			5:00	-	TSK	1957 Mar
+			6:00	Russia	TS%s
+
+# Thailand
+# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+Zone	Asia/Bangkok	6:42:04	-	LMT	1880
+			6:42	-	BMT	1920 Apr
+			7:00	-	ICT
+
+# Turkmenistan
+# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+Zone	Asia/Ashkhabad	3:53:32 -	LMT	1924 May  2
+			4:00	-	ASK	1957 Mar
+			5:00	Russia	AS%s
+
+# United Arab Emirates
+# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+Zone	Asia/Dubai	3:41:12 -	LMT	1920
+			4:00	-	GST
+
+# Uzbekistan
+# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+Zone	Asia/Tashkent	4:37:12 -	LMT	1924 May  2
+			5:00	-	TSK	1957 Mar
+			6:00	Russia	TS%s
+
+# Vietnam
+# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993):
+# 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):
+# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+Zone	Asia/Saigon	7:06:40 -	LMT	1906 Jun  9
+			7:06	-	SMT	1911 Mar 11 0:01     # Saigon MT
+			7:00	-	ICT	1912 May
+			8:00	-	ICT	1931 May
+			7:00	-	ICT
+
+# Yemen
+# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+Zone	Asia/Aden	3:00:48	-	LMT	1950
+			3:00	-	AST