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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