1# @(#)asia 7.11
2
3# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
4# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
5# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future).
6
7# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (August 18, 1994):
8#
9# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
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43# 7:00 ICT Indochina*
44# 7:00 JVT Java*
45# 8:00 BNT Borneo, Brunei*
46# 8:00 CST CDT China
47# 8:00 HKT HKST Hong Kong
48# 8:00 PST PDT Philippines*
49# 8:00 SGT Singapore
50# 8:00 UST UDT Ulan Bator*
51# 9:00 JST Japan
52# 9:00 KST KDT Korea
53# 9:00 MLT Moluccas*
54# 9:30 CST Australian Central Standard Time
55#
56# See the `europe' file for Russia in Asia.
57#
58# See the `africa' file for Zone naming conventions.
59
60# From Guy Harris:
61# Incorporates data for Singapore from Robert Elz' asia 1.1, as well as
62# additional information from Tom Yap, Sun Microsystems Intercontinental
63# Technical Support (including a page from the Official Airline Guide -
64# Worldwide Edition). The names for time zones are guesses.
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301Rule Cyprus 1981 max - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 " DST"
302# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
303Zone Asia/Nicosia 2:13:28 - LMT 1921 Nov 14
304 2:00 Cyprus EET%s
305
306# ZONE-DESCR Asia Cyprus Cyprus All points
307
308# Georgia
309# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
310Zone Asia/Tbilisi 2:59:16 - LMT 1880
311 2:59 - LST 1924 May 2
312 3:00 - MSK 1957 Mar
313 4:00 Russia BS%s
314
315# ZONE-DESCR Asia Tbilisi Georgia All points
316
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491# the Ministry of Interior, Jerusalem. There are no dates yet for 1996 and
492# beyond so your guess is as good as theirs (those who are interested can
493# call 972-2-701411 and ask for the spokeswoman).
494
495# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
496Rule Zion 1994 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D
497Rule Zion 1994 only - Aug 28 0:00 0:00 S
498Rule Zion 1995 only - Mar 31 0:00 1:00 D
499Rule Zion 1995 only - Aug 27 0:00 0:00 S
500
501# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
502Zone Asia/Tel_Aviv 2:19:04 - LMT 1880
503 2:21 - JMT 1918
504 2:00 Zion I%sT
505
506# ZONE-DESCR Asia Tel_Aviv Israel All points
507
508###############################################################################
509
510# Japan
511
512# `9:00' and `JST' is from Guy Harris.
513
514# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993):
515# Shanks says that the far southern Ryukyu Is (Nansei-Shoto) are 8:00,
516# but we don't have a good location name for them;
517# we don't even know the name of the principal town.
518# There is no information for Marcus.
519# Other Japanese possessions are probably like Asia/Tokyo.
520
521# From Shanks (1991):
522# Japan switched from the Japanese calendar on 1893 Jan 1.
523# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
524Zone Asia/Tokyo 9:19:04 - LMT 1896
525 9:00 - JST
526#Zone Asia/South_Ryukyu 8:14:44 - LMT 1896 # Amitori
527# 8:00 - CST
528
529# ZONE-DESCR Asia Tokyo Japan All points
530
531# Jordan
532# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993):
533# Most likely Shanks is merely guessing dates from 1992 on.
534# From Shanks (1991):
535# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
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561# From Shanks (1991):
562# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
563Zone Asia/Alma-Ata 5:07:48 - LMT 1924 May 2
564 5:00 - TSK 1957 Mar
565 6:00 Russia TS%s
566
567# ZONE-DESCR Asia Alma-Ata Kazakhstan All points
568
569###############################################################################
570
571# Korea
572
573# From Guy Harris:
574# According to someone at the Korean Times in San Francisco,
575# Daylight Savings Time was not observed until 1987. He did not know
576# at what time of day DST starts or ends.
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599 8:00 - KST 1961 Aug 10
600 9:00 - KST
601
602# ZONE-DESCR Asia Seoul South_Korea All points
603# ZONE-DESCR Asia Pyongyang North_Korea All points
604
605###############################################################################
606
607
608# Kuwait
609# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
610Zone Asia/Kuwait 3:11:56 - LMT 1950
611 3:00 - AST
612
613# ZONE-DESCR Asia Kuwait Kuwait All points
614
615# Kyrgyzstan
616# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
617Zone Asia/Frunze 4:58:24 - LMT 1924 May 2
618 5:00 - TSK 1957 Mar
619 6:00 Russia TS%s
620
621# ZONE-DESCR Asia Frunze Kyrgyzstan All points
622
623# Laos
624# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
625Zone Asia/Vientiane 6:50:24 - LMT 1906 Jun 9
626 7:06 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT
627 7:00 - ICT 1912 May
628 8:00 - ICT 1931 May
629 7:00 - ICT
630
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2
3# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
4# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
5# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future).
6
7# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (August 18, 1994):
8#
9# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
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43# 7:00 ICT Indochina*
44# 7:00 JVT Java*
45# 8:00 BNT Borneo, Brunei*
46# 8:00 CST CDT China
47# 8:00 HKT HKST Hong Kong
48# 8:00 PST PDT Philippines*
49# 8:00 SGT Singapore
50# 8:00 UST UDT Ulan Bator*
51# 9:00 JST Japan
52# 9:00 KST KDT Korea
53# 9:00 MLT Moluccas*
54# 9:30 CST Australian Central Standard Time
55#
56# See the `europe' file for Russia in Asia.
57#
58# See the `africa' file for Zone naming conventions.
59
60# From Guy Harris:
61# Incorporates data for Singapore from Robert Elz' asia 1.1, as well as
62# additional information from Tom Yap, Sun Microsystems Intercontinental
63# Technical Support (including a page from the Official Airline Guide -
64# Worldwide Edition). The names for time zones are guesses.
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301Rule Cyprus 1981 max - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 " DST"
302# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
303Zone Asia/Nicosia 2:13:28 - LMT 1921 Nov 14
304 2:00 Cyprus EET%s
305
306# ZONE-DESCR Asia Cyprus Cyprus All points
307
308# Georgia
309# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
310Zone Asia/Tbilisi 2:59:16 - LMT 1880
311 2:59 - LST 1924 May 2
312 3:00 - MSK 1957 Mar
313 4:00 Russia BS%s
314
315# ZONE-DESCR Asia Tbilisi Georgia All points
316
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491# the Ministry of Interior, Jerusalem. There are no dates yet for 1996 and
492# beyond so your guess is as good as theirs (those who are interested can
493# call 972-2-701411 and ask for the spokeswoman).
494
495# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
496Rule Zion 1994 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D
497Rule Zion 1994 only - Aug 28 0:00 0:00 S
498Rule Zion 1995 only - Mar 31 0:00 1:00 D
499Rule Zion 1995 only - Aug 27 0:00 0:00 S
500
501# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
502Zone Asia/Tel_Aviv 2:19:04 - LMT 1880
503 2:21 - JMT 1918
504 2:00 Zion I%sT
505
506# ZONE-DESCR Asia Tel_Aviv Israel All points
507
508###############################################################################
509
510# Japan
511
512# `9:00' and `JST' is from Guy Harris.
513
514# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993):
515# Shanks says that the far southern Ryukyu Is (Nansei-Shoto) are 8:00,
516# but we don't have a good location name for them;
517# we don't even know the name of the principal town.
518# There is no information for Marcus.
519# Other Japanese possessions are probably like Asia/Tokyo.
520
521# From Shanks (1991):
522# Japan switched from the Japanese calendar on 1893 Jan 1.
523# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
524Zone Asia/Tokyo 9:19:04 - LMT 1896
525 9:00 - JST
526#Zone Asia/South_Ryukyu 8:14:44 - LMT 1896 # Amitori
527# 8:00 - CST
528
529# ZONE-DESCR Asia Tokyo Japan All points
530
531# Jordan
532# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993):
533# Most likely Shanks is merely guessing dates from 1992 on.
534# From Shanks (1991):
535# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
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561# From Shanks (1991):
562# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
563Zone Asia/Alma-Ata 5:07:48 - LMT 1924 May 2
564 5:00 - TSK 1957 Mar
565 6:00 Russia TS%s
566
567# ZONE-DESCR Asia Alma-Ata Kazakhstan All points
568
569###############################################################################
570
571# Korea
572
573# From Guy Harris:
574# According to someone at the Korean Times in San Francisco,
575# Daylight Savings Time was not observed until 1987. He did not know
576# at what time of day DST starts or ends.
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599 8:00 - KST 1961 Aug 10
600 9:00 - KST
601
602# ZONE-DESCR Asia Seoul South_Korea All points
603# ZONE-DESCR Asia Pyongyang North_Korea All points
604
605###############################################################################
606
607
608# Kuwait
609# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
610Zone Asia/Kuwait 3:11:56 - LMT 1950
611 3:00 - AST
612
613# ZONE-DESCR Asia Kuwait Kuwait All points
614
615# Kyrgyzstan
616# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
617Zone Asia/Frunze 4:58:24 - LMT 1924 May 2
618 5:00 - TSK 1957 Mar
619 6:00 Russia TS%s
620
621# ZONE-DESCR Asia Frunze Kyrgyzstan All points
622
623# Laos
624# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
625Zone Asia/Vientiane 6:50:24 - LMT 1906 Jun 9
626 7:06 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT
627 7:00 - ICT 1912 May
628 8:00 - ICT 1931 May
629 7:00 - ICT
630
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