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diff --git a/timezone/asia b/timezone/asia index 915014c7e8..52ba32338e 100644 --- a/timezone/asia +++ b/timezone/asia @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ -# @(#)asia 7.81 +# @(#)asia 7.85 # 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> (1999-03-22): +# 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 (5th edition), @@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ # 8:00 CST China # 9:00 CJT Central Japanese Time (1896/1937)* # 9:00 EIT east Indonesia -# 9:00 JST Japan -# 9:00 KST Korea +# 9:00 JST JDT Japan +# 9:00 KST KDT Korea # 9:30 CST (Australian) Central Standard Time # # See the `europe' file for Russia and Turkey in Asia. @@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ Zone Asia/Phnom_Penh 6:59:40 - LMT 1906 Jun 9 # 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> (1995-12-19): +# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19): # Shanks writes that China has had a single time zone since 1980 May 1, # observing summer DST from 1986 through 1991; this contradicts Devine's # note about Time magazine, though apparently _something_ happened in 1986. @@ -201,7 +201,6 @@ Zone Asia/Phnom_Penh 6:59:40 - LMT 1906 Jun 9 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 1991 - Sep Sun>=11 0:00 0 S Rule PRC 1987 1991 - Apr Sun>=10 0:00 1:00 D @@ -329,13 +328,13 @@ Zone Asia/Nicosia 2:13:28 - LMT 1921 Nov 14 Link Asia/Nicosia Europe/Nicosia # Georgia -# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1994-11-19): +# From Paul Eggert (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! # We have no details, but we'll guess they didn't move the clocks back in fall. # -# From Mathew Englander <mathew@io.org>, quoting AP (1996-10-23 13:05-04): +# From Mathew Englander, quoting AP (1996-10-23 13:05-04): # Instead of putting back clocks at the end of October, Georgia # will stay on daylight savings time this winter to save energy, # President Eduard Shevardnadze decreed Wednesday. @@ -387,11 +386,11 @@ Zone Asia/Tbilisi 2:59:16 - LMT 1880 # 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 + 8:00 - TLT 1942 Feb 21 23:00 # E Timor Time 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug - 9:00 - TPT 1976 May 3 + 9:00 - TLT 1976 May 3 8:00 - CIT 2000 Sep 17 00:00 - 9:00 - TPT + 9:00 - TLT # India # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] @@ -476,12 +475,33 @@ Zone Asia/Jayapura 9:22:48 - LMT 1932 Nov # Thursday night of Shahrivar, but I can't give exact dates.... # I have also changed the abbreviations to what is considered correct # here in Iran, IRST for regular time and IRDT for daylight saving time. - -# From Paul Eggert (2003-03-15) +# +# From Roozbeh Pournader (2005-04-05): +# The text of the Iranian law, in effect since 1925, clearly mentions +# that the true solar year is the measure, and there is no arithmetic +# leap year calculation involved. There has never been any serious +# plan to change that law.... +# +# From Paul Eggert (2005-04-05): # Go with Shanks before September 1991, and with Pournader thereafter. -# I used Ed Reingold's cal-persia in GNU Emacs 21.2 to check Persian dates. -# The Persian calendar is based on the sun, and dates after around 2050 -# are approximate; stop after 2037 when 32-bit time_t's overflow. +# I used Ed Reingold's cal-persia in GNU Emacs 21.2 to check Persian dates, +# stopping after 2037 when 32-bit time_t's overflow. +# That cal-persia used Birashk's approximation, which disagrees with the solar +# calendar predictions for the year 2025, so I corrected those dates by hand. +# +# From Oscar van Vlijmen (2005-03-30), writing about future +# discrepancies between cal-persia and the Iranian calendar: +# For 2091 solar-longitude-after yields 2091-03-20 08:40:07.7 UT for +# the vernal equinox and that gets so close to 12:00 some local +# Iranian time that the definition of the correct location needs to be +# known exactly, amongst other factors. 2157 is even closer: +# 2157-03-20 08:37:15.5 UT. But the Gregorian year 2025 should give +# no interpretation problem whatsoever. By the way, another instant +# in the near future where there will be a discrepancy between +# arithmetical and astronomical Iranian calendars will be in 2058: +# vernal equinox on 2058-03-20 09:03:05.9 UT. The Java version of +# Reingold's/Dershowitz' calculator gives correctly the Gregorian date +# 2058-03-21 for 1 Farvardin 1437 (astronomical). # # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Iran 1978 1980 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D @@ -519,10 +539,10 @@ Rule Iran 2020 only - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D Rule Iran 2020 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 S Rule Iran 2021 2023 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D Rule Iran 2021 2023 - Sep 22 0:00 0 S -Rule Iran 2024 2025 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Iran 2024 2025 - Sep 21 0:00 0 S -Rule Iran 2026 2027 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Iran 2026 2027 - Sep 22 0:00 0 S +Rule Iran 2024 only - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Iran 2024 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 S +Rule Iran 2025 2027 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Iran 2025 2027 - Sep 22 0:00 0 S Rule Iran 2028 2029 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D Rule Iran 2028 2029 - Sep 21 0:00 0 S Rule Iran 2030 2031 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D @@ -543,7 +563,7 @@ Zone Asia/Tehran 3:25:44 - LMT 1916 # Iraq # -# From Jonathan Lennox <lennox@cs.columbia.edu> (2000-06-12): +# 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 @@ -642,7 +662,7 @@ 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 <ephraim@cs.huji.ac.il> +# From Ephraim Silverberg # (1997-03-04, 1998-03-16, 1998-12-28, 2000-01-17, 2000-07-25, 2004-12-22, # and 2005-02-17): @@ -822,18 +842,32 @@ Zone Asia/Jerusalem 2:20:56 - LMT 1880 # `9:00' and `JST' is from Guy Harris. -# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1995-03-06): +# From Paul Eggert (1995-03-06): # Today's _Asahi Evening News_ (page 4) reports that Japan had # daylight saving between 1948 and 1951, but ``the system was discontinued # because the public believed it would lead to longer working hours.'' + +# From Mayumi Negishi in the 2005-08-10 Japan Times +# <http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050810f2.htm>: +# Occupation authorities imposed daylight-saving time on Japan on +# [1948-05-01].... But lack of prior debate and the execution of +# daylight-saving time just three days after the bill was passed generated +# deep hatred of the concept.... The Diet unceremoniously passed a bill to +# dump the unpopular system in October 1951, less than a month after the San +# Francisco Peace Treaty was signed. (A government poll in 1951 showed 53% +# of the Japanese wanted to scrap daylight-saving time, as opposed to 30% who +# wanted to keep it.) + # Shanks writes that daylight saving in Japan during those years was as follows: # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -#Rule Japan 1948 only - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D -#Rule Japan 1948 1951 - Sep Sat>=8 2:00 0 S -#Rule Japan 1949 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D -#Rule Japan 1950 1951 - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D -# but the only locations using it were US military bases. -# We go with Shanks and omit daylight saving in those years for Asia/Tokyo. +Rule Japan 1948 only - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Japan 1948 1951 - Sep Sat>=8 2:00 0 S +Rule Japan 1949 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Japan 1950 1951 - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D +# but the only locations using it (for birth certificates, presumably, since +# Shanks's audience is astrologers) were US military bases. For now, assume +# that for most purposes daylight-saving time was observed; otherwise, what +# would have been the point of the 1951 poll? # From Hideyuki Suzuki (1998-11-09): # 'Tokyo' usually stands for the former location of Tokyo Astronomical @@ -863,7 +897,7 @@ Zone Asia/Jerusalem 2:20:56 - LMT 1880 Zone Asia/Tokyo 9:18:59 - LMT 1887 Dec 31 15:00u 9:00 - JST 1896 9:00 - CJT 1938 - 9:00 - JST + 9:00 Japan J%sT # Since 1938, all Japanese possessions have been like Asia/Tokyo. # Jordan @@ -909,14 +943,16 @@ Rule Jordan 2000 max - Mar lastThu 0:00s 1:00 S Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931 2:00 Jordan EE%sT + # Kazakhstan + # From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22): -# Andrew Evtichov <evti@chevron.com> (1996-04-13) writes that Kazakhstan +# Andrew Evtichov (1996-04-13) writes that Kazakhstan # stayed in sync with Moscow after 1990, and that Aqtobe (formerly Aktyubinsk) # and Aqtau (formerly Shevchenko) are the largest cities in their zones. # Guess that Aqtau and Aqtobe diverged in 1995, since that's the first time # IATA SSIM mentions a third time zone in Kazakhstan. -# + # From Paul Eggert (2001-10-18): # German Iofis, ELSI, Almaty (2001-10-09) reports that Kazakhstan uses # RussiaAsia rules, instead of switching at 00:00 as the IATA has it. @@ -926,7 +962,7 @@ Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931 # - Kazakhstan did not observe DST in 1991. # - Qyzylorda switched from +5:00 to +6:00 on 1992-01-19 02:00. # - Oral switched from +5:00 to +4:00 in spring 1989. -# + # <a href="http://www.kazsociety.org.uk/news/2005/03/30.htm"> # From Kazakhstan Embassy's News Bulletin #11 (2005-03-21): # </a> @@ -934,6 +970,16 @@ Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931 # daylight saving time citing lack of economic benefits and health # complications coupled with a decrease in productivity. # +# From Branislav Kojic (in Astana) via Gwillim Law (2005-06-28): +# ... what happened was that the former Kazakhstan Eastern time zone +# was "blended" with the Central zone. Therefore, Kazakhstan now has +# two time zones, and difference between them is one hour. The zone +# closer to UTC is the former Western zone (probably still called the +# same), encompassing four provinces in the west: Aqtobe, Atyrau, +# Mangghystau, and West Kazakhstan. The other zone encompasses +# everything else.... I guess that would make Kazakhstan time zones +# de jure UTC+5 and UTC+6 respectively. + # # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] # @@ -977,7 +1023,7 @@ Zone Asia/Aqtau 3:21:04 - LMT 1924 May 2 5:00 - SHET 1991 Dec 16 # independence 5:00 RussiaAsia AQT%sT 1995 Mar lastSun 2:00 # Aqtau Time 4:00 RussiaAsia AQT%sT 2005 Mar 15 - 4:00 - AQTT + 5:00 - AQTT # West Kazakhstan Zone Asia/Oral 3:25:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Ural'sk 4:00 - URAT 1930 Jun 21 # Ural'sk time @@ -988,10 +1034,17 @@ Zone Asia/Oral 3:25:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Ural'sk 4:00 RussiaAsia URA%sT 1991 4:00 - URAT 1991 Dec 16 # independence 4:00 RussiaAsia ORA%sT 2005 Mar 15 # Oral Time - 4:00 - ORAT + 5:00 - ORAT # Kyrgyzstan (Kirgizstan) # Transitions through 1991 are from Shanks. + +# From Paul Eggert (2005-08-15): +# According to an article dated today in the Kyrgyzstan Development Gateway +# <http://eng.gateway.kg/cgi-bin/page.pl?id=1&story_name=doc9979.shtml> +# Kyrgyzstan is canceling the daylight saving time system. I take the article +# to mean that they will leave their clocks at 6 hours ahead of UTC. + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Kirgiz 1992 1996 - Apr Sun>=7 0:00s 1:00 S Rule Kirgiz 1992 1996 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - @@ -1161,7 +1214,7 @@ Zone Indian/Maldives 4:54:00 - LMT 1880 # Male # # [The province of Selenge is omitted from the above lists.] -# From Ganbold Ts., Ulaanbaatar <ganbold@micom.mng.net> (2004-04-17): +# From Ganbold Ts., Ulaanbaatar (2004-04-17): # Daylight saving occurs at 02:00 local time last Saturday of March. # It will change back to normal at 02:00 local time last Saturday of # September.... As I remember this rule was changed in 2001. @@ -1170,6 +1223,24 @@ Zone Indian/Maldives 4:54:00 - LMT 1880 # Male # For now, assume Rives McDow's informant got confused about Friday vs # Saturday, and that his 2001 dates should have 1 added to them. +# From Paul Eggert (2005-07-26): +# We have wildly conflicting information about Mongolia's time zones. +# Bill Bonnet (2005-05-19) reports that the US Embassy in Ulaanbaatar says +# there is only one time zone and that DST is observed, citing Microsoft +# Windows XP as the source. Risto Nykanen (2005-05-16) reports that +# travelmongolia.org says there are two time zones (UTC+7, UTC+8) with no DST. +# Oscar van Vlijmen (2005-05-20) reports that the Mongolian Embassy in +# Washington, DC says there are two time zones, with DST observed. +# He also found +# <http://ubpost.mongolnews.mn/index.php?subaction=showcomments&id=1111634894&archive=&start_from=&ucat=1&> +# which also says that there is DST, and which has a comment by "Toddius" +# (2005-03-31 06:05 +0700) saying "Mongolia actually has 3.5 time zones. +# The West (OLGII) is +7 GMT, most of the country is ULAT is +8 GMT +# and some Eastern provinces are +9 GMT but Sukhbaatar Aimag is SUHK +8.5 GMT. +# The SUKH timezone is new this year, it is one of the few things the +# parliament passed during the tumultuous winter session." +# For now, let's ignore this information, until we have more confirmation. + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Mongol 1983 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Mongol 1983 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - @@ -1261,7 +1332,7 @@ Zone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907 # Palestine -# From Amos Shapir <amos@nsof.co.il> (1998-02-15): +# 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. @@ -1523,7 +1594,7 @@ Zone Asia/Tashkent 4:37:12 - LMT 1924 May 2 5:00 - UZT # Vietnam -# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1993-11-18): +# 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: |