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diff --git a/timezone/asia b/timezone/asia new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..c7180eb408 --- /dev/null +++ b/timezone/asia @@ -0,0 +1,1017 @@ +# @(#)asia 7.35 + +# 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> (1996-11-22): +# +# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is +# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (3rd edition), +# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1991). +# Except where otherwise noted, it is the source for the data below. +# +# Gwillim Law <LAW@encmail.encompass.com> writes that a good source +# for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport +# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM), +# published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries +# of the IATA's data after 1990. +# +# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks is the source for entries through 1990, +# and IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990. +# +# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences, +# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which +# I found in the UCLA library. +# +# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is +# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and the discovery of the longitude, +# Oxford University Press (1980). +# +# I invented the abbreviations marked `*' in the following table; +# the rest are from earlier versions of this file, or from other sources. +# Corrections are welcome! +# std dst +# LMT Local Mean Time +# 2:00 EET EEST Eastern European Time +# 2:00 IST IDT Israel +# 3:00 AST ADT Arabia* +# 4:00 GST Gulf* +# 5:30 IST India +# 7:00 ICT Indochina* +# 8:00 CST China +# 9:00 JST Japan +# 9:00 KST Korea +# 9:30 CST (Australian) Central Standard Time +# +# See the `europe' file for Russia and Turkey in Asia. + +# From Guy Harris: +# Incorporates data for Singapore from Robert Elz' asia 1.1, as well as +# additional information from Tom Yap, Sun Microsystems Intercontinental +# Technical Support (including a page from the Official Airline Guide - +# Worldwide Edition). The names for time zones are guesses. + +############################################################################### + +# These rules are stolen from the `europe' file. +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule EUAsia 1981 max - Mar lastSun 1:00u 1:00 S +Rule EUAsia 1996 max - Oct lastSun 1:00u 0 - +Rule E-EurAsia 1981 max - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S +Rule E-EurAsia 1979 1995 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - +Rule E-EurAsia 1996 max - Oct lastSun 0:00 0 - +Rule RussiaAsia 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S +Rule RussiaAsia 1981 1983 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - +Rule RussiaAsia 1984 1991 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 - +Rule RussiaAsia 1985 1991 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S +Rule RussiaAsia 1992 only - Mar lastSat 23:00 1:00 S +Rule RussiaAsia 1992 only - Sep lastSat 23:00 0 - +Rule RussiaAsia 1993 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S +Rule RussiaAsia 1993 1995 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 - +Rule RussiaAsia 1996 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 - + +# Afghanistan +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Kabul 4:36:48 - LMT 1890 + 4:00 - AFT 1945 + 4:30 - AFT + +# Armenia +# From Paul Eggert (1996-05-04): +# 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 +# <edd@AIC.NET> reported today that Yerevan probably won't use DST this year, +# though it did use DST in 1995. We guess Yerevan stayed in sync with Moscow +# between 1990 and 1995, but stopped using DST in 1996. +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule Armenia 1991 1995 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S +Rule Armenia 1991 1995 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 - +# 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 Armenia AM%sT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s # Armenia Time + 4:00 Armenia AM%sT + +# Azerbaijan +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Baku 3:19:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 + 3:00 - BAKT 1957 Mar # Baku Time + 4:00 RussiaAsia BAK%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s + 3:00 1:00 BAKST 1991 Aug 30 # independence + 3:00 RussiaAsia AZ%sT 1992 Sep lastSun 2:00s + 4:00 - AZT 1996 # Azerbaijan time + 4:00 EUAsia AZ%sT + +# Bahrain +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Bahrain 3:22:20 - LMT 1920 # Al-Manamah + 4:00 - GST 1972 Jun + 3:00 - AST + +# Bangladesh +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Dacca 6:01:40 - LMT 1890 + 5:53:20 - HMT 1941 Oct # Howrah Mean Time? + 6:30 - BURT 1942 May 15 # Burma Time + 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep + 6:30 - BURT 1951 Sep 30 + 6:00 - DACT 1971 Mar 26 # Dacca Time + 6:00 - BDT # Bangladesh Time + +# Bhutan +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Thimbu 5:58:36 - LMT 1947 Aug 15 + 5:30 - IST 1987 Oct + 6:00 - BTT # Bhutan Time + +# British Indian Ocean Territory +# From Whitman: +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Indian/Chagos 5:00 - IOT # BIOT Time + +# Brunei +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Brunei 7:39:40 - LMT 1926 Mar # Bandar Seri Begawan + 7:30 - BNT 1933 + 8:00 - BNT + +# Burma / Myanmar +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Rangoon 6:24:40 - LMT 1880 # or Yangon + 6:24:36 - RMT 1920 # Rangoon Mean Time? + 6:30 - BURT 1942 May # Burma Time + 9:00 - JST 1945 May 3 + 6:30 - MMT # Myanmar Time + +# Cambodia +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Phnom_Penh 6:59:40 - LMT 1906 Jun 9 + 7:06:20 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT? + 7:00 - ICT 1912 May + 8:00 - ICT 1931 May + 7:00 - ICT + +# People's Republic of China + +# From Guy Harris: +# People's Republic of China. Yes, they really have only one time zone. + +# From Bob Devine (1988-01-28): +# No they don't. See TIME mag, 1986-02-17 p.52. Even though +# China is across 4 physical time zones, before Feb 1, 1986 only the +# Peking (Bejing) time zone was recognized. Since that date, China +# has two of 'em -- Peking's and Urumqi (named after the capital of +# the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region). I don't know about DST for it. +# +# . . .I just deleted the DST table and this editor makes it too +# painful to suck in another copy.. So, here is what I have for +# DST start/end dates for Peking's time zone (info from AP): +# +# 1986 May 4 - Sept 14 +# 1987 mid-April - ?? + +# From U. S. Naval Observatory (1989-01-19): +# 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): +# 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. +# Go with Shanks for now. I made up names for the other pre-1980 time zones. + +# From Shanks (1991): +# 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 +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 +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Harbin 8:26:44 - LMT 1928 + 8:30 - HART 1932 Mar # Harbin Time + 8:00 - CST 1940 + 9:00 - HART 1966 May + 8:30 - HART 1980 May + 8:00 PRC C%sT +Zone Asia/Shanghai 8:05:52 - LMT 1928 + 8:00 Shang C%sT 1949 + 8:00 PRC C%sT +Zone Asia/Chungking 7:06:20 - LMT 1928 + 7:00 - CHUT 1980 May # Chungking Time + 8:00 PRC C%sT +Zone Asia/Urumqi 5:50:20 - LMT 1928 + 6:00 - URUT 1980 May # Urumqi Time + 8:00 PRC C%sT +Zone Asia/Kashgar 5:03:56 - LMT 1928 + 5:30 - KAST 1940 # Kashgar Time + 5:00 - KAST 1980 May + 8:00 PRC C%sT +# Hong Kong +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule HK 1946 only - Apr 20 3:30 1:00 S +Rule HK 1946 only - Dec 1 3:30 0 - +Rule HK 1947 only - Apr 13 3:30 1:00 S +Rule HK 1947 only - Dec 30 3:30 0 - +Rule HK 1948 only - May 2 3:30 1:00 S +Rule HK 1948 1952 - Oct lastSun 3:30 0 - +Rule HK 1949 1953 - Apr Sun>=1 3:30 1:00 S +Rule HK 1953 only - Nov 1 3:30 0 - +Rule HK 1954 1964 - Mar Sun>=18 3:30 1:00 S +Rule HK 1954 only - Oct 31 3:30 0 - +Rule HK 1955 1964 - Nov Sun>=1 3:30 0 - +Rule HK 1965 1977 - Apr Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S +Rule HK 1965 1977 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 - +Rule HK 1979 1980 - May Sun>=8 3:30 1:00 S +Rule HK 1979 1980 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 - +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Hong_Kong 7:36:36 - LMT 1904 Oct 30 + 8:00 HK HK%sT 1997 Jul 1 # return to China + 8:00 PRC C%sT + + +############################################################################### + +# Republic of China + +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule Taiwan 1945 1951 - May 1 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Taiwan 1945 1951 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S +Rule Taiwan 1952 only - Mar 1 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Taiwan 1952 1954 - Nov 1 0:00 0 S +Rule Taiwan 1953 1959 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Taiwan 1955 1961 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S +Rule Taiwan 1960 1961 - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Taiwan 1974 1975 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Taiwan 1974 1975 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S +Rule Taiwan 1980 only - Jun 30 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Taiwan 1980 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 S +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Taipei 8:06:00 - LMT 1896 + 8:00 Taiwan C%sT + +# Macao +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule Macao 1961 1962 - Mar Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S +Rule Macao 1961 1964 - Nov Sun>=1 3:30 0 - +Rule Macao 1963 only - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Macao 1964 only - Mar Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S +Rule Macao 1965 only - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Macao 1965 only - Oct 31 0:00 0 - +Rule Macao 1966 1971 - Apr Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S +Rule Macao 1966 1971 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 - +Rule Macao 1972 1974 - Apr Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Macao 1972 1973 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 0 - +Rule Macao 1974 1977 - Oct Sun>=15 3:30 0 - +Rule Macao 1975 1977 - Apr Sun>=15 3:30 1:00 S +Rule Macao 1978 1980 - Apr Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Macao 1978 1980 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 0 - +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Macao 7:34:20 - LMT 1912 + 8:00 Macao MO%sT 1999 Dec 20 # return to China + 8:00 PRC C%sT + + +############################################################################### + +# Cyprus +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule Cyprus 1975 only - Apr 13 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Cyprus 1975 only - Oct 12 0:00 0 - +Rule Cyprus 1976 only - May 15 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Cyprus 1976 only - Oct 11 0:00 0 - +Rule Cyprus 1977 1980 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Cyprus 1977 only - Sep 25 0:00 0 - +Rule Cyprus 1978 only - Oct 2 0:00 0 - +Rule Cyprus 1979 max - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - +Rule Cyprus 1981 max - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Nicosia 2:13:28 - LMT 1921 Nov 14 + 2:00 Cyprus EE%sT + +# Georgia +# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (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): +# 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. +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Tbilisi 2:59:16 - LMT 1880 + 2:59:16 - TBMT 1924 May 2 # Tbilisi Mean Time + 3:00 - TBIT 1957 Mar # Tbilisi Time + 4:00 RussiaAsia TBI%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s + 3:00 1:00 TBIST 1991 Apr 9 # independence + 3:00 RussiaAsia GE%sT 1992 # Georgia Time + 3:00 E-EurAsia GE%sT 1994 Sep lastSun + 4:00 E-EurAsia GE%sT 1996 Oct lastSun + 5:00 - GET + +# India +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Calcutta 5:53:28 - LMT 1880 + 5:53:20 - HMT 1941 Oct # Howrah Mean Time? + 6:30 - BURT 1942 May 15 # Burma Time + 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep + 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 15 + 5:30 - IST +# The following are like Asia/Calcutta: +# Andaman Is +# Lakshadweep (Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Is) +# Nicobar Is + +# 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 + 7:20 - JAVT 1932 Nov # Java Time + 7:30 - JAVT 1942 Mar 23 + 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug + 7:30 - JAVT 1948 May + 8:00 - JAVT 1950 May + 7:30 - JAVT 1964 + 7:00 - JAVT +Zone Asia/Ujung_Pandang 7:57:36 - LMT 1920 + 7:57:36 - MMT 1932 Nov # Macassar MT + 8:00 - BORT 1942 Feb 9 # Borneo Time + 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug + 8:00 - BORT +Zone Asia/Jayapura 9:22:48 - LMT 1932 Nov + 9:00 - JAYT 1944 # Jayapura Time + 9:30 - CST 1964 + 9:00 - JAYT + +# Iran +# From Paul Eggert (1996-12-17), following up a suggestion by Rich Wales: +# Ahmea Alavi in +# <a href="http://tehran.stanford.edu/Iran_Lib/Calendar/taghveem.txt"> +# http://tehran.stanford.edu/Iran_Lib/Calendar/taghveem.txt (1993-08-04) +# </a> +# writes ``Daylight saving time in Iran starts from the first day +# of Farvardin and ends the first day of Mehr.'' This disagrees with the SSIM: +# +# DST start DST end +# year SSIM Alavi SSIM Alavi +# 1991 05-03!= 03-21 09-20!= 09-23 +# 1992 03-22!= 03-21 09-23 09-23 +# 1993 03-21 03-21 09-23 09-23 +# 1994 03-21 03-21 09-22!= 09-23 +# 1995 03-21 03-21 09-22!= 09-23 +# 1996 03-21!= 03-20 09-21!= 09-22 +# 1997 03-21 03-21 09-21!= 09-23 +# +# Go with Alavi starting with 1992. +# I used Ed Reingold's cal-persia in GNU Emacs 19.34 to compute 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. +# +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule Iran 1978 1980 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Iran 1978 only - Oct 21 0:00 0 - +Rule Iran 1979 only - Sep 19 0:00 0 - +Rule Iran 1980 only - Sep 23 0:00 0 - +Rule Iran 1991 only - May 3 0:00s 1:00 S +Rule Iran 1991 only - Sep 20 0:00s 0 - +Rule Iran 1992 1995 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Iran 1992 1995 - Sep 23 0:00 0 - +Rule Iran 1996 only - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Iran 1996 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 - +Rule Iran 1997 1999 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Iran 1997 1999 - Sep 23 0:00 0 - +Rule Iran 2000 only - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Iran 2000 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 - +Rule Iran 2001 2003 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Iran 2001 2003 - Sep 23 0:00 0 - +Rule Iran 2004 only - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Iran 2004 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 - +Rule Iran 2005 2007 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Iran 2005 2007 - Sep 23 0:00 0 - +Rule Iran 2008 only - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Iran 2008 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 - +Rule Iran 2009 2011 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Iran 2009 2011 - Sep 23 0:00 0 - +Rule Iran 2012 only - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Iran 2012 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 - +Rule Iran 2013 2015 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Iran 2013 2015 - Sep 23 0:00 0 - +Rule Iran 2016 only - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Iran 2016 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 - +Rule Iran 2017 2019 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Iran 2017 2019 - Sep 23 0:00 0 - +Rule Iran 2020 only - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Iran 2020 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 - +Rule Iran 2021 2023 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Iran 2021 2023 - Sep 23 0:00 0 - +Rule Iran 2024 2025 - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Iran 2024 2025 - Sep 22 0:00 0 - +Rule Iran 2026 2027 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Iran 2026 2027 - Sep 23 0:00 0 - +Rule Iran 2028 2029 - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Iran 2028 2029 - Sep 22 0:00 0 - +Rule Iran 2030 2031 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Iran 2030 2031 - Sep 23 0:00 0 - +Rule Iran 2032 2033 - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Iran 2032 2033 - Sep 22 0:00 0 - +Rule Iran 2034 2035 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Iran 2034 2035 - Sep 23 0:00 0 - +Rule Iran 2036 2037 - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Iran 2036 2037 - Sep 22 0:00 0 - +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Tehran 3:25:44 - LMT 1916 + 3:25:44 - TMT 1946 # Tehran Mean Time + 3:30 - IRT 1977 Nov + 4:00 Iran IR%sT 1979 + 3:30 Iran IR%sT + +# Iraq +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule Iraq 1982 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Iraq 1982 1984 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S +Rule Iraq 1983 only - Mar 31 0:00 1:00 D +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. +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] +Zone Asia/Baghdad 2:57:40 - LMT 1890 + 2:57:36 - BMT 1918 # Baghdad Mean Time? + 3:00 - AST 1982 May + 3:00 Iraq A%sT + + +############################################################################### + +# 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 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1993-11-18): +# +# Shanks gives the following rules for Jerusalem from 1918 through 1991. +# After 1989 Shanks often disagrees with Silverberg; we go with Silverberg. + +# From Shanks (1991): +# 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 +Rule Zion 1943 only - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 1944 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 1945 only - Apr 16 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 1945 only - Nov 1 2:00 0 S +Rule Zion 1946 only - Apr 16 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 1946 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 S +Rule Zion 1948 only - May 23 0:00 2:00 DD +Rule Zion 1948 only - Sep 1 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 1948 1949 - Nov 1 2:00 0 S +Rule Zion 1949 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 1950 only - Apr 16 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 1950 only - Sep 15 3:00 0 S +Rule Zion 1951 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 1951 only - Nov 11 3:00 0 S +Rule Zion 1952 only - Apr 20 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 1952 only - Oct 19 3:00 0 S +Rule Zion 1953 only - Apr 12 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 1953 only - Sep 13 3:00 0 S +Rule Zion 1954 only - Jun 13 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 1954 only - Sep 12 0:00 0 S +Rule Zion 1955 only - Jun 11 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 1955 only - Sep 11 0:00 0 S +Rule Zion 1956 only - Jun 3 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 1956 only - Sep 30 3:00 0 S +Rule Zion 1957 only - Apr 29 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 1957 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 S +Rule Zion 1974 only - Jul 7 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 1974 only - Oct 13 0:00 0 S +Rule Zion 1975 only - Apr 20 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 1975 only - Aug 31 0:00 0 S +Rule Zion 1985 only - Apr 14 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 1985 only - Sep 15 0:00 0 S +Rule Zion 1986 only - May 18 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 1986 only - Sep 7 0:00 0 S +Rule Zion 1987 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 D +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> +# (1997-03-04 and 1997-12-31): + +# According to the Office of the Secretary General of the Ministry of +# Interior, there is NO set rule for Daylight-Savings/Standard time changes. +# Each year they decide anew what havoc to wreak on the country. However, +# there is a "supposed" set of rules which is subject to change depending +# on the party the Minister of Interior, the size of the coalition +# government, the phase of the moon and the direction of the wind. Hence, +# changes may need to be made on a semi-annual basis. One thing is entrenched +# in law, however: that there must be at least 150 days of daylight savings +# time annually. Ever since 1993, the change to daylight savings time is +# on a Thursday night from midnight IST to 1 a.m IDT. The change back to +# standard time is on a Saturday night from midnight daylight savings time +# to 11 p.m. standard time. 1996 is an exception to this rule where the +# change back to standard time took place on Sunday night instead of Saturday +# night to avoid conflicts with the Jewish New Year. + +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule Zion 1989 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 1989 only - Sep 3 0:00 0 S +Rule Zion 1990 only - Mar 25 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 1990 only - Aug 26 0:00 0 S +Rule Zion 1991 only - Mar 24 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 1991 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 S +Rule Zion 1992 only - Mar 29 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 1992 only - Sep 6 0:00 0 S +Rule Zion 1993 only - Apr 2 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 1993 only - Sep 5 0:00 0 S + +# The dates for 1994-1995 were obtained from Office of the Spokeswoman for the +# 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 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 +Rule Zion 1995 only - Sep 3 0:00 0 S + +# The dates for 1996 were determined by the Minister of Interior of the +# time, Haim Ramon. The official announcement regarding 1996-1998 +# (with the dates for 1997-1998 no longer being relevant) can be viewed at: +# +# ftp://ftp.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/1996-1998.ramon.ps.gz +# +# The dates for 1997-1998 were altered by his successor, Rabbi Eli Suissa. +# The official announcement for the year 1997 can be viewed at: +# +# ftp://ftp.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/1997.ps.gz +# +# According to the Office of the Spokeswoman for the Ministry of Interior, +# the dates for 1998 are tentative and are still subject to final approval +# (probably in late February/early March of 1998). + +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule Zion 1996 only - Mar 15 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 1996 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 S +Rule Zion 1997 only - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 1997 only - Sep 14 0:00 0 S +Rule Zion 1998 only - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 1998 only - Sep 6 0:00 0 S + +# From Paul Eggert (1998-01-12): +# Here are guesses for rules after 1998. +# 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 Zion 1999 max - Mar Fri>=15 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 1999 max - Sep Sun>=1 0:00 0 S + +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Jerusalem 2:20:56 - LMT 1880 + 2:20:40 - JMT 1918 # Jerusalem Mean Time? + 2:00 Zion I%sT + + +############################################################################### + +# Japan + +# `9:00' and `JST' is from Guy Harris. + +# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (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.'' +# 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. + +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Tokyo 9:19:04 - LMT 1896 + 9:00 - JST +Zone Asia/Ishigaki 8:16:36 - LMT 1896 + 8:00 - CST +# There is no information for Marcus. +# Other Japanese possessions are probably like Asia/Tokyo. + +# Jordan +# 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 max - 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 - +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +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 +# 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. +# +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Alma-Ata 5:07:48 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Almaty + 5:00 - ALMT 1957 Mar # Alma-Ata Time + 6:00 RussiaAsia ALM%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s + 5:00 1:00 ALMST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s + 5:00 - ALMT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s + 6:00 E-EurAsia ALM%sT +Zone Asia/Aqtobe 3:48:40 - LMT 1924 May 2 + 4:00 - AKT 1957 Mar # Aktyubinsk Time + 5:00 RussiaAsia AK%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s + 4:00 1:00 AKTST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s + 4:00 - AQTT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s # Aqtobe Time + 5:00 E-EurAsia AQT%sT +Zone Asia/Aqtau 3:21:04 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Aktau + 4:00 - SHET 1957 Mar # Fort Shevchenko Time + 5:00 RussiaAsia SHE%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s + 4:00 1:00 AQTST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s + 4:00 - AQTT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s # Aqtau Time + 5:00 E-EurAsia AQT%sT 1995 Sep lastSun + 4:00 E-EurAsia AQT%sT + +# Kirgizstan +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule Kirgiz 1992 max - Apr Sun>=7 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Kirgiz 1991 max - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Bishkek 4:58:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 + 5:00 - FRUT 1957 Mar # Frunze Time + 6:00 RussiaAsia FRU%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s + 5:00 1:00 FRUST 1991 Aug 31 # independence + 5:00 Kirgiz KG%sT # Kirgizstan Time + +############################################################################### + +# Korea + +# From Guy Harris: +# According to someone at the Korean Times in San Francisco, +# Daylight Savings Time was not observed until 1987. He did not know +# at what time of day DST starts or ends. + +# From Shanks (1991): +# 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 +Rule ROK 1987 1988 - May Sun<=14 0:00 1:00 D +Rule ROK 1987 1988 - Oct Sun<=14 0:00 0 S + +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Seoul 8:27:52 - LMT 1890 + 8:30 - KST 1904 Dec + 9:00 - KST 1928 + 8:30 - KST 1932 + 9:00 - KST 1954 Mar 21 + 8:00 ROK K%sT 1961 Aug 10 + 8:30 - KST 1968 Oct + 9:00 ROK K%sT +Zone Asia/Pyongyang 8:23:00 - LMT 1890 + 8:30 - KST 1904 Dec + 9:00 - KST 1928 + 8:30 - KST 1932 + 9:00 - KST 1954 Mar 21 + 8:00 - KST 1961 Aug 10 + 9:00 - KST + +############################################################################### + +# Kuwait +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Kuwait 3:11:56 - LMT 1950 + 3:00 - AST + +# Laos +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Vientiane 6:50:24 - LMT 1906 Jun 9 + 7:06:20 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT? + 7:00 - ICT 1912 May + 8:00 - ICT 1931 May + 7:00 - ICT + +# Lebanon +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule Lebanon 1920 only - Mar 28 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Lebanon 1920 only - Oct 25 0:00 0 - +Rule Lebanon 1921 only - Apr 3 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Lebanon 1921 only - Oct 3 0:00 0 - +Rule Lebanon 1922 only - Mar 26 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Lebanon 1922 only - Oct 8 0:00 0 - +Rule Lebanon 1923 only - Apr 22 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Lebanon 1923 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 - +Rule Lebanon 1957 1961 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Lebanon 1957 1961 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - +Rule Lebanon 1972 only - Jun 22 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Lebanon 1972 1977 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - +Rule Lebanon 1973 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Lebanon 1978 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Lebanon 1978 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 - +Rule Lebanon 1984 1987 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Lebanon 1984 1991 - Oct 16 0:00 0 - +Rule Lebanon 1988 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Lebanon 1989 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Lebanon 1990 1992 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Lebanon 1992 only - Oct 4 0:00 0 - +Rule Lebanon 1993 max - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Lebanon 1993 max - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Beirut 2:22:00 - LMT 1880 + 2:00 Lebanon EE%sT + +# Malaysia +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule NBorneo 1935 1941 - Sep 14 0:00 0:20 TS +Rule NBorneo 1935 1941 - Dec 14 0:00 0 - +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Kuala_Lumpur 6:46:48 - LMT 1880 + 6:55:24 - SMT 1905 Jun # Singapore Mean Time + 7:00 - MALT 1933 # Malaya Time + 7:20 - MALT 1942 Feb 15 + 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 2 + 7:20 - MALT 1950 + 7:30 - MALT 1982 May + 8:00 - MYT # Malaysia Time +Zone Asia/Kuching 7:21:20 - LMT 1926 Mar + 7:30 - BORT 1933 # Borneo Time + 8:00 NBorneo BOR%sT 1942 + 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 2 + 8:00 - BORT 1982 May + 8:00 - MYT + +# Maldives +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Indian/Maldives 4:54:00 - LMT 1880 # Male + 4:54:00 - MMT 1960 # Male Mean Time + 5:00 - MVT # Maldives Time + +# Mongolia +# Shanks says that Mongolia has three time zones, but usno1995 and +# <a href="http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/95fact/802389h.gif"> +# http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/95fact/802389h.gif (1995) +# </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. +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule Mongol 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Mongol 1981 1984 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - +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 - +Rule Mongol 1997 max - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +#Zone Asia/Dariv 6:14:32 - LMT 1905 Aug +# 6:00 - DART 1978 # Dariv Time +# 7:00 Mongol DAR%sT +Zone Asia/Ulan_Bator 7:07:32 - LMT 1905 Aug + 7:00 - ULAT 1978 # Ulan Bator Time + 8:00 Mongol ULA%sT +#Zone Asia/Baruun-Urt 7:33:00 - LMT 1905 Aug +# 8:00 - BART 1978 # Baruun-Urt Time +# 9:00 Mongol BAR%sT + +# Nepal +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Katmandu 5:41:16 - LMT 1920 + 5:30 - IST 1986 + 5:45 - NPT # Nepal Time + +# Oman +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Muscat 3:54:20 - LMT 1920 + 4:00 - GST + +# Pakistan +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907 + 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep + 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 15 + 5:30 - IST 1951 Sep 30 + 5:00 - KART 1971 Mar 26 # Karachi Time + 5:00 - PKT # Pakistan Time + +# Palestine +# These rules for Egypt are stolen from the `africa' file. +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule EgyptAsia 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S +Rule EgyptAsia 1957 1958 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - +Rule EgyptAsia 1958 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S +Rule EgyptAsia 1959 1967 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S +Rule EgyptAsia 1959 1965 - Sep 30 3:00 0 - +Rule EgyptAsia 1966 only - Oct 1 3:00 0 - +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct + 2:00 - EET 1957 May 10 + 2:00 EgyptAsia EE%sT 1967 Jun 30 + 2:00 Zion I%sT + +# Paracel Is +# no information + +# Philippines +# Howse writes (p 162) 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 +Rule Phil 1937 only - Feb 1 0:00 0 - +Rule Phil 1954 only - Apr 12 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Phil 1954 only - Jul 1 0:00 0 - +Rule Phil 1978 only - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Phil 1978 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 - +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Manila -15:56:00 - LMT 1844 + 8:04:00 - LMT 1899 May 11 + 8:00 Phil PH%sT 1942 May + 9:00 - JST 1944 Nov + 8:00 Phil PH%sT + +# Qatar +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Qatar 3:26:08 - LMT 1920 # Al Dawhah + 4:00 - GST 1972 Jun + 3:00 - AST + +# Saudi Arabia +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Riyadh 3:06:52 - LMT 1950 + 3:00 - AST + +# Singapore +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Singapore 6:55:24 - LMT 1880 + 6:55:24 - SMT 1905 Jun # Singapore Mean Time + 7:00 - MALT 1933 # Malaya Time + 7:20 - MALT 1942 Feb 15 + 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 2 + 7:20 - MALT 1950 + 7:30 - MALT 1965 Aug 9 # independence + 7:30 - SGT 1982 May # Singapore Time + 8:00 - SGT + +# Spratly Is +# no information + +# Sri Lanka +# From Paul Eggert (1996-09-03): +# <a href="http://www.virtual-pc.com/lankaweb/news/items/240596-2.html"> +# http://www.virtual-pc.com/lankaweb/news/items/240596-2.html (1996-05-24) +# </a> +# 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 (1991). +# +# From Dharmasiri Senanayake, Sri Lanka Media Minister (1996-10-24), as quoted +# in +# <a href="news:54rka5$m5h@mtinsc01-mgt.ops.worldnet.att.net"> +# news:54rka5$m5h@mtinsc01-mgt.ops.worldnet.att.net (1996-10-26): +# </a> +# With effect from 12.30 a.m. on 26th October 1996 +# Sri Lanka will be six (06) hours ahead of GMT. + +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Colombo 5:19:24 - LMT 1880 + 5:20 - CEYT 1906 # Ceylon Time + 5:30 - IST 1942 Jan 5 + 5:30 0:30 IHST 1942 Sep + 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 16 2:00 + 5:30 - IST 1996 May 25 0:00 + 6:30 - LKT 1996 Oct 26 0:30 + 6:00 - LKT + +# Syria +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule Syria 1920 1923 - Apr Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 S +Rule Syria 1920 1923 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 0 - +Rule Syria 1962 only - Apr 29 2:00 1:00 S +Rule Syria 1962 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 - +Rule Syria 1963 1965 - May 1 2:00 1:00 S +Rule Syria 1963 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 - +Rule Syria 1964 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 - +Rule Syria 1965 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 - +Rule Syria 1966 only - Apr 24 2:00 1:00 S +Rule Syria 1966 1976 - Oct 1 2:00 0 - +Rule Syria 1967 1978 - May 1 2:00 1:00 S +Rule Syria 1977 1978 - Sep 1 2:00 0 - +Rule Syria 1983 1984 - Apr 9 2:00 1:00 S +Rule Syria 1983 1984 - Oct 1 2:00 0 - +Rule Syria 1986 only - Feb 16 2:00 1:00 S +Rule Syria 1986 only - Oct 9 2:00 0 - +Rule Syria 1987 only - Mar 1 2:00 1:00 S +Rule Syria 1987 1988 - Oct 31 2:00 0 - +Rule Syria 1988 only - Mar 15 2:00 1:00 S +Rule Syria 1989 only - Mar 31 2:00 1:00 S +Rule Syria 1989 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 - +Rule Syria 1990 only - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 S +Rule Syria 1990 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 - +Rule Syria 1991 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S +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; assume that it should be 1997-04-01. +Rule Syria 1994 max - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Syria 1994 max - Oct 1 0:00 0 - +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Damascus 2:25:12 - LMT 1920 + 2:00 Syria EE%sT + +# Tajikistan +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Dushanbe 4:35:12 - LMT 1924 May 2 + 5:00 - DUST 1957 Mar # 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 - TJT # Tajikistan Time + +# Thailand +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Bangkok 6:42:04 - LMT 1880 + 6:42:04 - BMT 1920 Apr # Bangkok Mean Time + 7:00 - ICT + +# Turkmenistan +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Ashkhabad 3:53:32 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Ashgabat + 4:00 - ASHT 1957 Mar # Ashkhabad Time + 5:00 RussiaAsia ASH%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s + 4:00 1:00 ASHST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s + 4:00 - ASHT 1991 Oct 27 # independence + 4:00 - TMT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s + 5:00 - TMT # Turkmenistan Time + +# United Arab Emirates +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Dubai 3:41:12 - LMT 1920 + 4:00 - GST + +# Uzbekistan +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Tashkent 4:37:12 - LMT 1924 May 2 + 5:00 - TAST 1957 Mar # Tashkent Time + 6:00 RussiaAsia TAS%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s + 5:00 1:00 TASST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s + 5:00 - UZT # Uzbekistan Time +# Shanks has Tashkent using DST after 1991, but usno1995 says they don't. +# Guess no DST after 1991. +# <a href="http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/95fact/802389h.gif"> +# http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/95fact/802389h.gif (1995) +# </a> +# says that Uzbekistan has two time zones, but a cable +# <a href="http://www.itaiep.doc.gov/bisnis/cables/960510uz.html"> +# http://www.itaiep.doc.gov/bisnis/cables/960510uz.html (1996-05-10) +# </a> +# from the American Embassy in Tashkent implies that they have just one. + +# Vietnam +# 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): +# 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? + 7:00 - ICT 1912 May + 8:00 - ICT 1931 May + 7:00 - ICT + +# Yemen +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Aden 3:00:48 - LMT 1950 + 3:00 - AST |