1# @(#)asia 7.13 |
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 --- 33 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 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 JDT 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 and Turkey 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. --- 236 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 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# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1994-11-19): 310# Today's _Economist_ (p 60) reports that Georgia moved its clocks forward 311# an hour recently, due to a law proposed by Zurab Murvanidze, 312# an MP who went on a hunger strike for 11 days to force discussion about it! 313# Alas, we have no details. |
314# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 315Zone Asia/Tbilisi 2:59:16 - LMT 1880 316 2:59 - LST 1924 May 2 317 3:00 - MSK 1957 Mar 318 4:00 Russia BS%s 319 320# ZONE-DESCR Asia Tbilisi Georgia All points 321 --- 174 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 496# the Ministry of Interior, Jerusalem. There are no dates yet for 1996 and 497# beyond so your guess is as good as theirs (those who are interested can 498# call 972-2-701411 and ask for the spokeswoman). 499 500# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 501Rule Zion 1994 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D 502Rule Zion 1994 only - Aug 28 0:00 0:00 S 503Rule Zion 1995 only - Mar 31 0:00 1:00 D |
504# On 1995-03-13 Ephraim Silverberg corrected the next line from Aug 27 to Sep 3. 505Rule Zion 1995 only - Sep 3 0:00 0:00 S |
506 |
507# From Ephraim Silverberg (1995-03-13): 508# The Spokeswoman's office confirmed that there are not yet any dates 509# for the timezone conversion for the years 1996 and beyond yet 510# and this is one of the things the newly-appointed Minister of Interior 511# will have to decide sometime this year. 512 |
513# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 514Zone Asia/Tel_Aviv 2:19:04 - LMT 1880 515 2:21 - JMT 1918 516 2:00 Zion I%sT 517 518# ZONE-DESCR Asia Tel_Aviv Israel All points 519 520############################################################################### 521 522# Japan 523 524# `9:00' and `JST' is from Guy Harris. 525 |
526# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1995-03-06): 527# Today's _Asahi Evening News_ (page 4) reports that Japan had 528# daylight saving between 1948 and 1951, but ``the system was discontinued 529# because the public believed it would lead to longer working hours.'' 530# Shanks writes that daylight saving in Japan during those years was as follows: 531# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 532#Rule Japan 1948 only - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D 533#Rule Japan 1948 1951 - Sep Sat>=8 2:00 0 S 534#Rule Japan 1949 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D 535#Rule Japan 1950 1951 - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D 536# but the only locations using it were US military bases. 537# We go with Shanks and omit daylight saving in those years for Asia/Tokyo. 538# 539# The same news article also reports that Japan is likely to go on DST in 1996 540# as follows, where I've guessed the AT and LETTER/S columns: 541# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 542#Rule Japan 1996 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D 543#Rule Japan 1996 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S |
544 545# From Shanks (1991): 546# Japan switched from the Japanese calendar on 1893 Jan 1. 547# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 548Zone Asia/Tokyo 9:19:04 - LMT 1896 549 9:00 - JST |
550# If Japan adopts DST in 1996, replace the above line with the following lines: 551# 9:00 - JST 1996 552# 9:00 Japan J%sT 553# and uncomment the two `Rule' lines commented out above. 554 555# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993): 556# Shanks says that the far southern Ryukyu Is (Nansei-Shoto) are 8:00, 557# but we don't have a good location name for them; 558# we don't even know the name of the principal town. 559# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
560#Zone Asia/South_Ryukyu 8:14:44 - LMT 1896 # Amitori 561# 8:00 - CST |
562# There is no information for Marcus. 563# Other Japanese possessions are probably like Asia/Tokyo. |
564 565# ZONE-DESCR Asia Tokyo Japan All points 566 567# Jordan 568# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993): 569# Most likely Shanks is merely guessing dates from 1992 on. 570# From Shanks (1991): 571# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S --- 25 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 597# From Shanks (1991): 598# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 599Zone Asia/Alma-Ata 5:07:48 - LMT 1924 May 2 600 5:00 - TSK 1957 Mar 601 6:00 Russia TS%s 602 603# ZONE-DESCR Asia Alma-Ata Kazakhstan All points 604 |
605# Kirgizstan 606# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 607Zone Asia/Bishkek 4:58:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 608 5:00 - TSK 1957 Mar 609 6:00 Russia TS%s 610 611# ZONE-DESCR Asia Bishkek Kirgizstan All points 612 |
613############################################################################### 614 615# Korea 616 617# From Guy Harris: 618# According to someone at the Korean Times in San Francisco, 619# Daylight Savings Time was not observed until 1987. He did not know 620# at what time of day DST starts or ends. --- 22 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 643 8:00 - KST 1961 Aug 10 644 9:00 - KST 645 646# ZONE-DESCR Asia Seoul South_Korea All points 647# ZONE-DESCR Asia Pyongyang North_Korea All points 648 649############################################################################### 650 |
651# Kuwait 652# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 653Zone Asia/Kuwait 3:11:56 - LMT 1950 654 3:00 - AST 655 656# ZONE-DESCR Asia Kuwait Kuwait All points 657 |
658# Laos 659# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 660Zone Asia/Vientiane 6:50:24 - LMT 1906 Jun 9 661 7:06 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT 662 7:00 - ICT 1912 May 663 8:00 - ICT 1931 May 664 7:00 - ICT 665 --- 265 unchanged lines hidden --- |