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diff --git a/timezone/asia b/timezone/asia index 9c9ee54fc8..a28a708333 100644 --- a/timezone/asia +++ b/timezone/asia @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# @(#)asia 7.58 +# @(#)asia 7.62 # 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 @@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ Zone Asia/Yerevan 2:58:00 - LMT 1924 May 2 3:00 1:00 YERST 1991 Sep 23 # independence 3:00 RussiaAsia AM%sT 1995 Sep 24 2:00s 4:00 - AMT 1997 - 4:00 RussiaAsia AM%sT + 4:00 RussiaAsia AM%sT # Azerbaijan # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S @@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ Zone Asia/Tehran 3:25:44 - LMT 1916 # # From Jonathan Lennox <lennox@cs.columbia.edu> (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 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." # @@ -522,9 +522,25 @@ 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 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. +# +# 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: # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S @@ -611,7 +627,7 @@ Rule Zion 1993 only - Sep 5 0:00 0 S # Ministry of Interior, Jerusalem, Israel. The spokeswoman can be reached by # 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 @@ -669,7 +685,7 @@ 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 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 @@ -745,26 +761,26 @@ Zone Asia/Tokyo 9:18:59 - LMT 1887 Dec 31 15:00u # 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 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 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 |