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diff --git a/timezone/asia b/timezone/asia index 394877c490..fd174078ad 100644 --- a/timezone/asia +++ b/timezone/asia @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# @(#)asia 7.48 +# @(#)asia 7.49 # 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 @@ -7,9 +7,8 @@ # From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1999-03-22): # # A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is -# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (4th edition), -# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1995). -# 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 <LAW@encmail.encompass.com> writes that a good source # for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport @@ -78,24 +77,21 @@ Zone Asia/Kabul 4:36:48 - LMT 1890 4:30 - AFT # Armenia -# From Paul Eggert (1999-09-27): +# 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 +# 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 # <edd@AIC.NET> 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. IATA SSIM (1999-02) reports # that they switch one day later in 2001 (i.e. on Mondays). -# What a mess! We guess Yerevan DST stayed in sync with Moscow between 1990 -# and 1995, did not use DST in 1996, and started using DST again in 1997. # 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 1:00 AMST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s # Armenia Time - 3:00 - AMT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s - 4:00 RussiaAsia AM%sT 1996 + 3:00 RussiaAsia AM%sT 1995 Sep 24 2:00s 4:00 - AMT 1997 4:00 RussiaAsia AM%sT @@ -191,7 +187,7 @@ 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 (1995): +# 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 @@ -247,7 +243,7 @@ Zone Asia/Hong_Kong 7:36:36 - LMT 1904 Oct 30 # Taiwan -# Shanks (1995) writes that Taiwan observed DST during 1945, when it +# 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. @@ -331,6 +327,14 @@ Zone Asia/Tbilisi 2:59:16 - LMT 1880 4:00 1:00 GEST 1997 Mar lastSun 4:00 E-EurAsia GE%sT +# East Timor +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Dili 8:22:20 - LMT 1912 + 8:00 - TPT 1942 Feb 21 23:00 + 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug + 9:00 - TPT 1976 May 3 + 8:00 - TPT # East Timor Time + # India # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Calcutta 5:53:28 - LMT 1880 @@ -347,7 +351,9 @@ 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 @@ -460,6 +466,7 @@ 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 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] @@ -477,7 +484,7 @@ Zone Asia/Baghdad 2:57:40 - LMT 1890 # ISRAEL 2 H AHEAD OF UTC # ISRAEL 3 H AHEAD OF UTC APR 10 - SEP 3 -# From Shanks (1995): +# 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 @@ -718,16 +725,17 @@ Zone Asia/Aqtau 3:21:04 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Aktau 4:00 E-EurAsia AQT%sT # Kirgizstan +# Transitions through 1991 are from Shanks. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Kirgiz 1992 1996 - Apr Sun>=7 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Kirgiz 1991 1996 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - +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 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 ############################################################################### @@ -739,7 +747,7 @@ Zone Asia/Bishkek 4:58:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 # Daylight Savings Time was not observed until 1987. He did not know # at what time of day DST starts or ends. -# From Shanks (1995): +# 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 @@ -837,7 +845,6 @@ Zone Indian/Maldives 4:54:00 - LMT 1880 # Male # Mongolia # Shanks says that Mongolia has three time zones, but usno1995 and the CIA map # Standard Time Zones of the World (1997-01) -# </a> # 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. @@ -848,7 +855,8 @@ 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 1995 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - -Rule Mongol 1996 only - 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 max - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] #Zone Asia/Dariv 6:14:32 - LMT 1905 Aug @@ -1028,7 +1036,6 @@ Zone Asia/Singapore 6:55:24 - LMT 1880 # 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 (1995). # # From Dharmasiri Senanayake, Sri Lanka Media Minister (1996-10-24), as quoted # by Shamindra in @@ -1078,23 +1085,24 @@ 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; (1998-02) says 1998-04-02; +# 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; ignore all these claims for now. -Rule Syria 1994 max - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S +# 2000-04-02, and 2001-04-02; 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 2:00 Syria EE%sT # Tajikistan -# From Shanks (1995), who writes ``date of change uncertain'' for 1991. +# From Shanks. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Dushanbe 4:35:12 - LMT 1924 May 2 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 @@ -1104,16 +1112,13 @@ Zone Asia/Bangkok 6:42:04 - LMT 1880 7:00 - ICT # Turkmenistan -# From Shanks (1995): +# From Shanks. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Ashkhabad 3:53:32 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Ashgabat 4:00 - ASHT 1930 Jun 21 # Ashkhabad Time - 5:00 - ASHT 1981 Apr 1 - 5:00 1:00 ASHST 1981 Oct 1 - 6:00 - ASHT 1982 Apr 1 - 5:00 RussiaAsia ASH%sT 1991 - 5:00 - ASHT 1991 Oct 27 # independence - 5:00 RussiaAsia TM%sT 1993 # Turkmenistan 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 @@ -1122,22 +1127,22 @@ Zone Asia/Dubai 3:41:12 - LMT 1920 4:00 - GST # Uzbekistan -# From Shanks (1995): +# 1991 transitions are from Shanks. # 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 - TAST 1991 Sep 1 # independence - 5:00 - UZT 1992 + 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 1930 Jun 21 # Tashkent Time 6:00 RussiaAsia TAS%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s - 5:00 - TAST 1991 Sep 1 # independence - 5:00 - UZT 1992 + 5:00 RussiaAsia TAS%sT 1991 Sep 1 # independence + 5:00 RussiaAsia UZ%sT 1992 5:00 RussiaAsia UZ%sT 1993 5:00 - UZT @@ -1145,7 +1150,7 @@ Zone Asia/Tashkent 4:37:12 - LMT 1924 May 2 # From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (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? |