1# @(#)asia 7.65
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> (1999-03-22):
8#
9# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
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167# From Guy Harris:
168# People's Republic of China. Yes, they really have only one time zone.
169
170# From Bob Devine (1988-01-28):
171# No they don't. See TIME mag, 1986-02-17 p.52. Even though
172# China is across 4 physical time zones, before Feb 1, 1986 only the
173# Peking (Bejing) time zone was recognized. Since that date, China
174# has two of 'em -- Peking's and Urumqi (named after the capital of
175# the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region). I don't know about DST for it.
176#
177# . . .I just deleted the DST table and this editor makes it too
178# painful to suck in another copy.. So, here is what I have for
179# DST start/end dates for Peking's time zone (info from AP):
180#
181# 1986 May 4 - Sept 14
182# 1987 mid-April - ??
183
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195# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
196Rule Shang 1940 only - Jun 3 0:00 1:00 D
197Rule Shang 1940 1941 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S
198Rule Shang 1941 only - Mar 16 0:00 1:00 D
199Rule PRC 1949 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S
200Rule PRC 1986 only - May 4 0:00 1:00 D
201Rule PRC 1986 1991 - Sep Sun>=11 0:00 0 S
202Rule PRC 1987 1991 - Apr Sun>=10 0:00 1:00 D
203# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
204Zone Asia/Harbin 8:26:44 - LMT 1928 # or Haerbin
205 8:30 - HART 1932 Mar # Harbin Time
206 8:00 - CST 1940
207 9:00 - HART 1966 May
208 8:30 - HART 1980 May
209 8:00 PRC C%sT
210Zone Asia/Shanghai 8:05:52 - LMT 1928
211 8:00 Shang C%sT 1949
212 8:00 PRC C%sT
213Zone Asia/Chongqing 7:06:20 - LMT 1928 # or Chungking
214 7:00 - CHUT 1980 May # Chungking Time
215 8:00 PRC C%sT
216Zone Asia/Urumqi 5:50:20 - LMT 1928 # or Urumchi
217 6:00 - URUT 1980 May # Urumqi Time
218 8:00 PRC C%sT
219Zone Asia/Kashgar 5:03:56 - LMT 1928 # or Kashi or Kaxgar
220 5:30 - KAST 1940 # Kashgar Time
221 5:00 - KAST 1980 May
222 8:00 PRC C%sT
223# Hong Kong (Xianggang)
224# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
225Rule HK 1946 only - Apr 20 3:30 1:00 S
226Rule HK 1946 only - Dec 1 3:30 0 -
227Rule HK 1947 only - Apr 13 3:30 1:00 S
228Rule HK 1947 only - Dec 30 3:30 0 -
229Rule HK 1948 only - May 2 3:30 1:00 S
230Rule HK 1948 1952 - Oct lastSun 3:30 0 -
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261Rule Taiwan 1974 1975 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D
262Rule Taiwan 1974 1975 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S
263Rule Taiwan 1980 only - Jun 30 0:00 1:00 D
264Rule Taiwan 1980 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 S
265# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
266Zone Asia/Taipei 8:06:00 - LMT 1896 # or Taibei or T'ai-pei
267 8:00 Taiwan C%sT
268
269# Macao (Macau, Aomen)
270# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
271Rule Macao 1961 1962 - Mar Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S
272Rule Macao 1961 1964 - Nov Sun>=1 3:30 0 -
273Rule Macao 1963 only - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 S
274Rule Macao 1964 only - Mar Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S
275Rule Macao 1965 only - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 S
276Rule Macao 1965 only - Oct 31 0:00 0 -
277Rule Macao 1966 1971 - Apr Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S
278Rule Macao 1966 1971 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 -
279Rule Macao 1972 1974 - Apr Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S
280Rule Macao 1972 1973 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 0 -
281Rule Macao 1974 1977 - Oct Sun>=15 3:30 0 -
282Rule Macao 1975 1977 - Apr Sun>=15 3:30 1:00 S
283Rule Macao 1978 1980 - Apr Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S
284Rule Macao 1978 1980 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 0 -
285# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
286Zone Asia/Macao 7:34:20 - LMT 1912
287 8:00 Macao MO%sT 1999 Dec 20 # return to China
288 8:00 PRC C%sT
289
290
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292
293# Cyprus
294# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
295Rule Cyprus 1975 only - Apr 13 0:00 1:00 S
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402 7:17:20 - PMT 1932 Nov # Pontianak MT
403 7:30 - WIT 1942 Jan 29
404 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug
405 7:30 - WIT 1948 May
406 8:00 - WIT 1950 May
407 7:30 - WIT 1964
408 8:00 - CIT 1988 Jan 1
409 7:00 - WIT
410Zone Asia/Ujung_Pandang 7:57:36 - LMT 1920
411 7:57:36 - MMT 1932 Nov # Macassar MT
412 8:00 - CIT 1942 Feb 9
413 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug
414 8:00 - CIT
415Zone Asia/Jayapura 9:22:48 - LMT 1932 Nov
416 9:00 - EIT 1944
417 9:30 - CST 1964
418 9:00 - EIT
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812# Kazakhstan
813# From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22):
814# Andrew Evtichov <evti@chevron.com> (1996-04-13) writes that Kazakhstan
815# stayed in sync with Moscow after 1990, and that Aqtobe (formerly Aktyubinsk)
816# and Aqtau (formerly Shevchenko) are the largest cities in their zones.
817# Guess that Aqtau and Aqtobe diverged in 1995, since that's the first time
818# IATA SSIM mentions a third time zone in Kazakhstan.
819#
820# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
821Zone Asia/Almaty 5:07:48 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Alma-Ata
822 5:00 - ALMT 1957 Mar # Alma-Ata Time
823 6:00 RussiaAsia ALM%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
824 5:00 1:00 ALMST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s
825 5:00 - ALMT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s
826 6:00 E-EurAsia ALM%sT
827Zone Asia/Aqtobe 3:48:40 - LMT 1924 May 2
828 4:00 - AKT 1957 Mar # Aktyubinsk Time
829 5:00 RussiaAsia AK%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
830 4:00 1:00 AKTST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s
831 4:00 - AQTT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s # Aqtobe Time
832 5:00 E-EurAsia AQT%sT
833Zone Asia/Aqtau 3:21:04 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Aktau
834 4:00 - SHET 1957 Mar # Fort Shevchenko Time
835 5:00 RussiaAsia SHE%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
836 4:00 1:00 AQTST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s
837 4:00 - AQTT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s # Aqtau Time
838 5:00 E-EurAsia AQT%sT 1995 Sep lastSun
839 4:00 E-EurAsia AQT%sT
840
841# Kyrgyzstan (Kirgizstan)
842# Transitions through 1991 are from Shanks.
843# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
844Rule Kirgiz 1992 1996 - Apr Sun>=7 0:00 1:00 S
845Rule Kirgiz 1992 1996 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 -
846Rule Kirgiz 1997 max - Mar lastSun 2:30 1:00 S
847Rule Kirgiz 1997 max - Oct lastSun 2:30 0 -
848# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
849Zone Asia/Bishkek 4:58:24 - LMT 1924 May 2
850 5:00 - FRUT 1930 Jun 21 # Frunze Time
851 6:00 RussiaAsia FRU%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
852 5:00 1:00 FRUST 1991 Aug 31 2:00 # independence
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1037 5:45 - NPT # Nepal Time
1038
1039# Oman
1040# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1041Zone Asia/Muscat 3:54:20 - LMT 1920
1042 4:00 - GST
1043
1044# Pakistan
1045# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1046Zone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907
1047 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep
1048 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 15
1049 5:30 - IST 1951 Sep 30
1050 5:00 - KART 1971 Mar 26 # Karachi Time
1051 5:00 - PKT # Pakistan Time
1052
1053# Palestine
1054
1055# From Amos Shapir <amos@nsof.co.il> (1998-02-15):
1056#
1057# From 1917 until 1948-05-15, all of Palestine, including the parts now
1058# known as the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, was under British rule.
1059# Therefore the rules given for Israel for that period, apply there too...
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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> (1999-03-22):
8#
9# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
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167# From Guy Harris:
168# People's Republic of China. Yes, they really have only one time zone.
169
170# From Bob Devine (1988-01-28):
171# No they don't. See TIME mag, 1986-02-17 p.52. Even though
172# China is across 4 physical time zones, before Feb 1, 1986 only the
173# Peking (Bejing) time zone was recognized. Since that date, China
174# has two of 'em -- Peking's and Urumqi (named after the capital of
175# the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region). I don't know about DST for it.
176#
177# . . .I just deleted the DST table and this editor makes it too
178# painful to suck in another copy.. So, here is what I have for
179# DST start/end dates for Peking's time zone (info from AP):
180#
181# 1986 May 4 - Sept 14
182# 1987 mid-April - ??
183
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195# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
196Rule Shang 1940 only - Jun 3 0:00 1:00 D
197Rule Shang 1940 1941 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S
198Rule Shang 1941 only - Mar 16 0:00 1:00 D
199Rule PRC 1949 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S
200Rule PRC 1986 only - May 4 0:00 1:00 D
201Rule PRC 1986 1991 - Sep Sun>=11 0:00 0 S
202Rule PRC 1987 1991 - Apr Sun>=10 0:00 1:00 D
203# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
204Zone Asia/Harbin 8:26:44 - LMT 1928 # or Haerbin
205 8:30 - HART 1932 Mar # Harbin Time
206 8:00 - CST 1940
207 9:00 - HART 1966 May
208 8:30 - HART 1980 May
209 8:00 PRC C%sT
210Zone Asia/Shanghai 8:05:52 - LMT 1928
211 8:00 Shang C%sT 1949
212 8:00 PRC C%sT
213Zone Asia/Chongqing 7:06:20 - LMT 1928 # or Chungking
214 7:00 - CHUT 1980 May # Chungking Time
215 8:00 PRC C%sT
216Zone Asia/Urumqi 5:50:20 - LMT 1928 # or Urumchi
217 6:00 - URUT 1980 May # Urumqi Time
218 8:00 PRC C%sT
219Zone Asia/Kashgar 5:03:56 - LMT 1928 # or Kashi or Kaxgar
220 5:30 - KAST 1940 # Kashgar Time
221 5:00 - KAST 1980 May
222 8:00 PRC C%sT
223# Hong Kong (Xianggang)
224# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
225Rule HK 1946 only - Apr 20 3:30 1:00 S
226Rule HK 1946 only - Dec 1 3:30 0 -
227Rule HK 1947 only - Apr 13 3:30 1:00 S
228Rule HK 1947 only - Dec 30 3:30 0 -
229Rule HK 1948 only - May 2 3:30 1:00 S
230Rule HK 1948 1952 - Oct lastSun 3:30 0 -
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261Rule Taiwan 1974 1975 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D
262Rule Taiwan 1974 1975 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S
263Rule Taiwan 1980 only - Jun 30 0:00 1:00 D
264Rule Taiwan 1980 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 S
265# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
266Zone Asia/Taipei 8:06:00 - LMT 1896 # or Taibei or T'ai-pei
267 8:00 Taiwan C%sT
268
269# Macao (Macau, Aomen)
270# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
271Rule Macao 1961 1962 - Mar Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S
272Rule Macao 1961 1964 - Nov Sun>=1 3:30 0 -
273Rule Macao 1963 only - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 S
274Rule Macao 1964 only - Mar Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S
275Rule Macao 1965 only - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 S
276Rule Macao 1965 only - Oct 31 0:00 0 -
277Rule Macao 1966 1971 - Apr Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S
278Rule Macao 1966 1971 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 -
279Rule Macao 1972 1974 - Apr Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S
280Rule Macao 1972 1973 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 0 -
281Rule Macao 1974 1977 - Oct Sun>=15 3:30 0 -
282Rule Macao 1975 1977 - Apr Sun>=15 3:30 1:00 S
283Rule Macao 1978 1980 - Apr Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S
284Rule Macao 1978 1980 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 0 -
285# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
286Zone Asia/Macao 7:34:20 - LMT 1912
287 8:00 Macao MO%sT 1999 Dec 20 # return to China
288 8:00 PRC C%sT
289
290
291###############################################################################
292
293# Cyprus
294# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
295Rule Cyprus 1975 only - Apr 13 0:00 1:00 S
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402 7:17:20 - PMT 1932 Nov # Pontianak MT
403 7:30 - WIT 1942 Jan 29
404 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug
405 7:30 - WIT 1948 May
406 8:00 - WIT 1950 May
407 7:30 - WIT 1964
408 8:00 - CIT 1988 Jan 1
409 7:00 - WIT
410Zone Asia/Ujung_Pandang 7:57:36 - LMT 1920
411 7:57:36 - MMT 1932 Nov # Macassar MT
412 8:00 - CIT 1942 Feb 9
413 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug
414 8:00 - CIT
415Zone Asia/Jayapura 9:22:48 - LMT 1932 Nov
416 9:00 - EIT 1944
417 9:30 - CST 1964
418 9:00 - EIT
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812# Kazakhstan
813# From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22):
814# Andrew Evtichov <evti@chevron.com> (1996-04-13) writes that Kazakhstan
815# stayed in sync with Moscow after 1990, and that Aqtobe (formerly Aktyubinsk)
816# and Aqtau (formerly Shevchenko) are the largest cities in their zones.
817# Guess that Aqtau and Aqtobe diverged in 1995, since that's the first time
818# IATA SSIM mentions a third time zone in Kazakhstan.
819#
820# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
821Zone Asia/Almaty 5:07:48 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Alma-Ata
822 5:00 - ALMT 1957 Mar # Alma-Ata Time
823 6:00 RussiaAsia ALM%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
824 5:00 1:00 ALMST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s
825 5:00 - ALMT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s
826 6:00 E-EurAsia ALM%sT
827Zone Asia/Aqtobe 3:48:40 - LMT 1924 May 2
828 4:00 - AKT 1957 Mar # Aktyubinsk Time
829 5:00 RussiaAsia AK%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
830 4:00 1:00 AKTST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s
831 4:00 - AQTT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s # Aqtobe Time
832 5:00 E-EurAsia AQT%sT
833Zone Asia/Aqtau 3:21:04 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Aktau
834 4:00 - SHET 1957 Mar # Fort Shevchenko Time
835 5:00 RussiaAsia SHE%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
836 4:00 1:00 AQTST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s
837 4:00 - AQTT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s # Aqtau Time
838 5:00 E-EurAsia AQT%sT 1995 Sep lastSun
839 4:00 E-EurAsia AQT%sT
840
841# Kyrgyzstan (Kirgizstan)
842# Transitions through 1991 are from Shanks.
843# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
844Rule Kirgiz 1992 1996 - Apr Sun>=7 0:00 1:00 S
845Rule Kirgiz 1992 1996 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 -
846Rule Kirgiz 1997 max - Mar lastSun 2:30 1:00 S
847Rule Kirgiz 1997 max - Oct lastSun 2:30 0 -
848# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
849Zone Asia/Bishkek 4:58:24 - LMT 1924 May 2
850 5:00 - FRUT 1930 Jun 21 # Frunze Time
851 6:00 RussiaAsia FRU%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
852 5:00 1:00 FRUST 1991 Aug 31 2:00 # independence
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1037 5:45 - NPT # Nepal Time
1038
1039# Oman
1040# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1041Zone Asia/Muscat 3:54:20 - LMT 1920
1042 4:00 - GST
1043
1044# Pakistan
1045# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1046Zone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907
1047 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep
1048 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 15
1049 5:30 - IST 1951 Sep 30
1050 5:00 - KART 1971 Mar 26 # Karachi Time
1051 5:00 - PKT # Pakistan Time
1052
1053# Palestine
1054
1055# From Amos Shapir <amos@nsof.co.il> (1998-02-15):
1056#
1057# From 1917 until 1948-05-15, all of Palestine, including the parts now
1058# known as the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, was under British rule.
1059# Therefore the rules given for Israel for that period, apply there too...
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