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diff --git a/timezone/asia b/timezone/asia index 23047d5229..dc09affd2d 100644 --- a/timezone/asia +++ b/timezone/asia @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ # I found in the UCLA library. # # A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is -# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Antique Collectors Club (1997). +# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997). # # I invented the abbreviations marked `*' in the following table; # the rest are from earlier versions of this file, or from other sources. @@ -648,6 +648,11 @@ Zone Asia/Tokyo 9:18:59 - LMT 1887 Dec 31 15:00u # Since 1938, all Japanese possessions have been like Asia/Tokyo. # Jordan +# From Steffen Thorsen (1999-05-08): +# Jordan do not have DST this year. It also seems that they are not going +# to use it the next years either. "We do not need it" was the answer I got +# from the Jordan National Information Centre (http://www.nic.gov.jo). +# # 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 - @@ -666,9 +671,9 @@ 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 max - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 S +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 max - Sep Fri>=15 0:00s 0 - +Rule Jordan 1995 1998 - Sep Fri>=15 0:00s 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931 2:00 Jordan EE%sT @@ -948,7 +953,7 @@ Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct # no information # Philippines -# Howse writes that until 1844 the Philippines kept American date. +# Howse writes (p 153) 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 1936 only - Nov 1 0:00 1:00 S @@ -992,9 +997,9 @@ Zone Asia/Singapore 6:55:24 - LMT 1880 # Sri Lanka # From Paul Eggert (1996-09-03): -# <a href="http://www.virtual-pc.com/lankaweb/news/items/240596-2.html"> -# Sri Lanka advances clock by an hour to avoid blackout (1996-05-24) -# </a> +# "Sri Lanka advances clock by an hour to avoid blackout" +# (www.virtual-pc.com/lankaweb/news/items/240596-2.html, 1996-05-24, +# 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). |