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| 1# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of 2# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. 3 4# This file is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, 5# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to 6# tz@iana.org for general use in the future). For more, please see 7# the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution. 8 | 1# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of 2# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. 3 4# This file is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, 5# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to 6# tz@iana.org for general use in the future). For more, please see 7# the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution. 8 |
| 9# From Paul Eggert (2014-10-31): | 9# From Paul Eggert (2015-08-08): |
| 10# 11# Unless otherwise specified, the source for data through 1990 is: 12# Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition), 13# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003). 14# Unfortunately this book contains many errors and cites no sources. 15# 16# Gwillim Law writes that a good source 17# for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport --- 20 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 38# I invented the abbreviations marked '*' in the following table; 39# the rest are from earlier versions of this file, or from other sources. 40# Corrections are welcome! 41# std dst 42# LMT Local Mean Time 43# 2:00 EET EEST Eastern European Time 44# 2:00 IST IDT Israel 45# 3:00 AST ADT Arabia* | 10# 11# Unless otherwise specified, the source for data through 1990 is: 12# Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition), 13# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003). 14# Unfortunately this book contains many errors and cites no sources. 15# 16# Gwillim Law writes that a good source 17# for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport --- 20 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 38# I invented the abbreviations marked '*' in the following table; 39# the rest are from earlier versions of this file, or from other sources. 40# Corrections are welcome! 41# std dst 42# LMT Local Mean Time 43# 2:00 EET EEST Eastern European Time 44# 2:00 IST IDT Israel 45# 3:00 AST ADT Arabia* |
| 46# 3:30 IRST IRDT Iran | 46# 3:30 IRST IRDT Iran* |
| 47# 4:00 GST Gulf* 48# 5:30 IST India 49# 7:00 ICT Indochina, most times and locations* 50# 7:00 WIB west Indonesia (Waktu Indonesia Barat) 51# 8:00 WITA central Indonesia (Waktu Indonesia Tengah) 52# 8:00 CST China 53# 8:00 IDT Indochina, 1943-45, 1947-55, 1960-75 (some locations)* 54# 8:00 JWST Western Standard Time (Japan, 1896/1937)* | 47# 4:00 GST Gulf* 48# 5:30 IST India 49# 7:00 ICT Indochina, most times and locations* 50# 7:00 WIB west Indonesia (Waktu Indonesia Barat) 51# 8:00 WITA central Indonesia (Waktu Indonesia Tengah) 52# 8:00 CST China 53# 8:00 IDT Indochina, 1943-45, 1947-55, 1960-75 (some locations)* 54# 8:00 JWST Western Standard Time (Japan, 1896/1937)* |
| 55# 8:30 KST KDT Korea when at +0830* |
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| 55# 9:00 JCST Central Standard Time (Japan, 1896/1937) 56# 9:00 WIT east Indonesia (Waktu Indonesia Timur) 57# 9:00 JST JDT Japan | 56# 9:00 JCST Central Standard Time (Japan, 1896/1937) 57# 9:00 WIT east Indonesia (Waktu Indonesia Timur) 58# 9:00 JST JDT Japan |
| 58# 9:00 KST KDT Korea | 59# 9:00 KST KDT Korea when at +09 |
| 59# 9:30 ACST Australian Central Standard Time 60# 61# See the 'europe' file for Russia and Turkey in Asia. 62 63# From Guy Harris: 64# Incorporates data for Singapore from Robert Elz' asia 1.1, as well as 65# additional information from Tom Yap, Sun Microsystems Intercontinental 66# Technical Support (including a page from the Official Airline Guide - --- 6 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 73Rule EUAsia 1981 max - Mar lastSun 1:00u 1:00 S 74Rule EUAsia 1979 1995 - Sep lastSun 1:00u 0 - 75Rule EUAsia 1996 max - Oct lastSun 1:00u 0 - 76Rule E-EurAsia 1981 max - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S 77Rule E-EurAsia 1979 1995 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - 78Rule E-EurAsia 1996 max - Oct lastSun 0:00 0 - 79Rule RussiaAsia 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 80Rule RussiaAsia 1981 1983 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - | 60# 9:30 ACST Australian Central Standard Time 61# 62# See the 'europe' file for Russia and Turkey in Asia. 63 64# From Guy Harris: 65# Incorporates data for Singapore from Robert Elz' asia 1.1, as well as 66# additional information from Tom Yap, Sun Microsystems Intercontinental 67# Technical Support (including a page from the Official Airline Guide - --- 6 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 74Rule EUAsia 1981 max - Mar lastSun 1:00u 1:00 S 75Rule EUAsia 1979 1995 - Sep lastSun 1:00u 0 - 76Rule EUAsia 1996 max - Oct lastSun 1:00u 0 - 77Rule E-EurAsia 1981 max - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S 78Rule E-EurAsia 1979 1995 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - 79Rule E-EurAsia 1996 max - Oct lastSun 0:00 0 - 80Rule RussiaAsia 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 81Rule RussiaAsia 1981 1983 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - |
| 81Rule RussiaAsia 1984 1991 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 - 82Rule RussiaAsia 1985 1991 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S 83Rule RussiaAsia 1992 only - Mar lastSat 23:00 1:00 S 84Rule RussiaAsia 1992 only - Sep lastSat 23:00 0 - 85Rule RussiaAsia 1993 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S 86Rule RussiaAsia 1993 1995 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 - 87Rule RussiaAsia 1996 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 - | 82Rule RussiaAsia 1984 1995 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 - 83Rule RussiaAsia 1985 2011 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S 84Rule RussiaAsia 1996 2011 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 - |
| 88 89# Afghanistan 90# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 91Zone Asia/Kabul 4:36:48 - LMT 1890 92 4:00 - AFT 1945 93 4:30 - AFT 94 95# Armenia --- 18 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 114# The Armenia National Assembly adopted final reading of Amendments to the 115# Law "On procedure of calculation time on the territory of the Republic of 116# Armenia" according to which Armenia [is] abolishing Daylight Saving Time. 117# or 118# (brief) 119# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_armenia03.html 120# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 121Zone Asia/Yerevan 2:58:00 - LMT 1924 May 2 | 85 86# Afghanistan 87# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 88Zone Asia/Kabul 4:36:48 - LMT 1890 89 4:00 - AFT 1945 90 4:30 - AFT 91 92# Armenia --- 18 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 111# The Armenia National Assembly adopted final reading of Amendments to the 112# Law "On procedure of calculation time on the territory of the Republic of 113# Armenia" according to which Armenia [is] abolishing Daylight Saving Time. 114# or 115# (brief) 116# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_armenia03.html 117# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 118Zone Asia/Yerevan 2:58:00 - LMT 1924 May 2 |
| 122 3:00 - YERT 1957 Mar # Yerevan Time 123 4:00 RussiaAsia YER%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 124 3:00 1:00 YERST 1991 Sep 23 # independence 125 3:00 RussiaAsia AM%sT 1995 Sep 24 2:00s 126 4:00 - AMT 1997 127 4:00 RussiaAsia AM%sT 2012 Mar 25 2:00s 128 4:00 - AMT | 119 3:00 - +03 1957 Mar 120 4:00 RussiaAsia +04/+05 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 121 3:00 RussiaAsia +03/+04 1995 Sep 24 2:00s 122 4:00 - +04 1997 123 4:00 RussiaAsia +04/+05 |
| 129 130# Azerbaijan | 124 125# Azerbaijan |
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| 131# From Rustam Aliyev of the Azerbaijan Internet Forum (2005-10-23): 132# According to the resolution of Cabinet of Ministers, 1997 | 127# From Rustam Aliyev of the Azerbaijan Internet Forum (2005-10-23): 128# According to the resolution of Cabinet of Ministers, 1997 |
| 133# Resolution available at: http://aif.az/docs/daylight_res.pdf | 129# From Paul Eggert (2015-09-17): It was Resolution No. 21 (1997-03-17). 130# http://code.az/files/daylight_res.pdf 131 132# From Steffen Thorsen (2016-03-17): 133# ... the Azerbaijani Cabinet of Ministers has cancelled switching to 134# daylight saving time.... 135# http://www.azernews.az/azerbaijan/94137.html 136# http://vestnikkavkaza.net/news/Azerbaijani-Cabinet-of-Ministers-cancels-daylight-saving-time.html 137# http://en.apa.az/xeber_azerbaijan_abolishes_daylight_savings_ti_240862.html 138 |
| 134# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S | 139# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S |
| 135Rule Azer 1997 max - Mar lastSun 4:00 1:00 S 136Rule Azer 1997 max - Oct lastSun 5:00 0 - | 140Rule Azer 1997 2015 - Mar lastSun 4:00 1:00 S 141Rule Azer 1997 2015 - Oct lastSun 5:00 0 - |
| 137# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 138Zone Asia/Baku 3:19:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 | 142# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 143Zone Asia/Baku 3:19:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 |
| 139 3:00 - BAKT 1957 Mar # Baku Time 140 4:00 RussiaAsia BAK%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 141 3:00 1:00 BAKST 1991 Aug 30 # independence 142 3:00 RussiaAsia AZ%sT 1992 Sep lastSat 23:00 143 4:00 - AZT 1996 # Azerbaijan Time 144 4:00 EUAsia AZ%sT 1997 145 4:00 Azer AZ%sT | 144 3:00 - +03 1957 Mar 145 4:00 RussiaAsia +04/+05 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 146 3:00 RussiaAsia +03/+04 1992 Sep lastSun 2:00s 147 4:00 - +04 1996 148 4:00 EUAsia +04/+05 1997 149 4:00 Azer +04/+05 |
| 146 147# Bahrain 148# See Asia/Qatar. 149 150# Bangladesh 151# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-05-13): 152# According to newspaper Asian Tribune (May 6, 2009) Bangladesh may introduce 153# Daylight Saving Time from June 16 to Sept 30 --- 102 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 256 7:30 - BNT 1933 257 8:00 - BNT 258 259# Burma / Myanmar 260 261# Milne says 6:24:40 was the meridian of the time ball observatory at Rangoon. 262 263# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] | 150 151# Bahrain 152# See Asia/Qatar. 153 154# Bangladesh 155# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-05-13): 156# According to newspaper Asian Tribune (May 6, 2009) Bangladesh may introduce 157# Daylight Saving Time from June 16 to Sept 30 --- 102 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 260 7:30 - BNT 1933 261 8:00 - BNT 262 263# Burma / Myanmar 264 265# Milne says 6:24:40 was the meridian of the time ball observatory at Rangoon. 266 267# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
| 264Zone Asia/Rangoon 6:24:40 - LMT 1880 # or Yangon | 268Zone Asia/Yangon 6:24:40 - LMT 1880 # or Rangoon |
| 265 6:24:40 - RMT 1920 # Rangoon Mean Time? 266 6:30 - BURT 1942 May # Burma Time 267 9:00 - JST 1945 May 3 268 6:30 - MMT # Myanmar Time 269 270# Cambodia 271# See Asia/Bangkok. 272 --- 98 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 371# place (with some modifications) in March 1948. It's not clear 372# how well it was observed in areas under Nationalist control. 373# * The People's Liberation Army used UT+8 during the civil war. 374# 375# An AP article "Shanghai Internat'l Area Little Changed" in the 376# Lewiston (ME) Daily Sun (1939-05-29), p 17, said "Even the time is 377# different - the occupied districts going by Tokyo time, an hour 378# ahead of that prevailing in the rest of Shanghai." Guess that the | 269 6:24:40 - RMT 1920 # Rangoon Mean Time? 270 6:30 - BURT 1942 May # Burma Time 271 9:00 - JST 1945 May 3 272 6:30 - MMT # Myanmar Time 273 274# Cambodia 275# See Asia/Bangkok. 276 --- 98 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 375# place (with some modifications) in March 1948. It's not clear 376# how well it was observed in areas under Nationalist control. 377# * The People's Liberation Army used UT+8 during the civil war. 378# 379# An AP article "Shanghai Internat'l Area Little Changed" in the 380# Lewiston (ME) Daily Sun (1939-05-29), p 17, said "Even the time is 381# different - the occupied districts going by Tokyo time, an hour 382# ahead of that prevailing in the rest of Shanghai." Guess that the |
| 379# Xujiahui Observatory was under French control and stuck with UT+8. | 383# Xujiahui Observatory was under French control and stuck with UT +08. |
| 380# 381# In earlier versions of this file, China had many separate Zone entries, but 382# this was based on what were apparently incorrect data in Shanks & Pottenger. 383# This has now been simplified to the two entries Asia/Shanghai and 384# Asia/Urumqi, with the others being links for backward compatibility. 385# Proposed in 1918 and theoretically in effect until 1949 (although in practice 386# mainly observed in coastal areas), the five zones were: 387# | 384# 385# In earlier versions of this file, China had many separate Zone entries, but 386# this was based on what were apparently incorrect data in Shanks & Pottenger. 387# This has now been simplified to the two entries Asia/Shanghai and 388# Asia/Urumqi, with the others being links for backward compatibility. 389# Proposed in 1918 and theoretically in effect until 1949 (although in practice 390# mainly observed in coastal areas), the five zones were: 391# |
| 388# Changbai Time ("Long-white Time", Long-white = Heilongjiang area) UT+8.5 | 392# Changbai Time ("Long-white Time", Long-white = Heilongjiang area) UT +08:30 |
| 389# Asia/Harbin (currently a link to Asia/Shanghai) 390# Heilongjiang (except Mohe county), Jilin 391# | 393# Asia/Harbin (currently a link to Asia/Shanghai) 394# Heilongjiang (except Mohe county), Jilin 395# |
| 392# Zhongyuan Time ("Central plain Time") UT+8 | 396# Zhongyuan Time ("Central plain Time") UT +08 |
| 393# Asia/Shanghai 394# most of China 395# This currently represents most other zones as well, 396# as apparently these regions have been the same since 1970. 397# Milne gives 8:05:43.2 for Xujiahui Observatory time; round to nearest. | 397# Asia/Shanghai 398# most of China 399# This currently represents most other zones as well, 400# as apparently these regions have been the same since 1970. 401# Milne gives 8:05:43.2 for Xujiahui Observatory time; round to nearest. |
| 398# Guo says Shanghai switched to UT+8 "from the end of the 19th century". | 402# Guo says Shanghai switched to UT +08 "from the end of the 19th century". |
| 399# | 403# |
| 400# Long-shu Time (probably due to Long and Shu being two names of that area) UT+7 | 404# Long-shu Time (probably due to Long and Shu being two names of the area) UT +07 |
| 401# Asia/Chongqing (currently a link to Asia/Shanghai) 402# Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Ningxia, Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Yunnan; 403# most of Gansu; west Inner Mongolia; west Qinghai; and the Guangdong 404# counties Deqing, Enping, Kaiping, Luoding, Taishan, Xinxing, 405# Yangchun, Yangjiang, Yu'nan, and Yunfu. 406# | 405# Asia/Chongqing (currently a link to Asia/Shanghai) 406# Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Ningxia, Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Yunnan; 407# most of Gansu; west Inner Mongolia; west Qinghai; and the Guangdong 408# counties Deqing, Enping, Kaiping, Luoding, Taishan, Xinxing, 409# Yangchun, Yangjiang, Yu'nan, and Yunfu. 410# |
| 407# Xin-zang Time ("Xinjiang-Tibet Time") UT+6 | 411# Xin-zang Time ("Xinjiang-Tibet Time") UT +06 |
| 408# Asia/Urumqi 409# This currently represents Kunlun Time as well, 410# as apparently the two regions have been the same since 1970. 411# The Gansu counties Aksay, Anxi, Dunhuang, Subei; west Qinghai; 412# the Guangdong counties Xuwen, Haikang, Suixi, Lianjiang, 413# Zhanjiang, Wuchuan, Huazhou, Gaozhou, Maoming, Dianbai, and Xinyi; 414# east Tibet, including Lhasa, Chamdo, Shigaise, Jimsar, Shawan and Hutubi; 415# east Xinjiang, including ��r��mqi, Turpan, Karamay, Korla, Minfeng, Jinghe, 416# Wusu, Qiemo, Xinyan, Wulanwusu, Jinghe, Yumin, Tacheng, Tuoli, Emin, 417# Shihezi, Changji, Yanqi, Heshuo, Tuokexun, Tulufan, Shanshan, Hami, 418# Fukang, Kuitun, Kumukuli, Miquan, Qitai, and Turfan. 419# | 412# Asia/Urumqi 413# This currently represents Kunlun Time as well, 414# as apparently the two regions have been the same since 1970. 415# The Gansu counties Aksay, Anxi, Dunhuang, Subei; west Qinghai; 416# the Guangdong counties Xuwen, Haikang, Suixi, Lianjiang, 417# Zhanjiang, Wuchuan, Huazhou, Gaozhou, Maoming, Dianbai, and Xinyi; 418# east Tibet, including Lhasa, Chamdo, Shigaise, Jimsar, Shawan and Hutubi; 419# east Xinjiang, including ��r��mqi, Turpan, Karamay, Korla, Minfeng, Jinghe, 420# Wusu, Qiemo, Xinyan, Wulanwusu, Jinghe, Yumin, Tacheng, Tuoli, Emin, 421# Shihezi, Changji, Yanqi, Heshuo, Tuokexun, Tulufan, Shanshan, Hami, 422# Fukang, Kuitun, Kumukuli, Miquan, Qitai, and Turfan. 423# |
| 420# Kunlun Time UT+5.5 | 424# Kunlun Time UT +05:30 |
| 421# Asia/Kashgar (currently a link to Asia/Urumqi) 422# West Tibet, including Pulan, Aheqi, Shufu, Shule; 423# West Xinjiang, including Aksu, Atushi, Yining, Hetian, Cele, Luopu, Nileke, 424# Zhaosu, Tekesi, Gongliu, Chabuchaer, Huocheng, Bole, Pishan, Suiding, 425# and Yarkand. 426 427# From Luther Ma (2009-10-17): 428# Almost all (>99.9%) ethnic Chinese (properly ethnic Han) living in 429# Xinjiang use Chinese Standard Time. Some are aware of Xinjiang time, 430# but have no need of it. All planes, trains, and schools function on 431# what is called "Beijing time." When Han make an appointment in Chinese 432# they implicitly use Beijing time. 433# 434# On the other hand, ethnic Uyghurs, who make up about half the 435# population of Xinjiang, typically use "Xinjiang time" which is two | 425# Asia/Kashgar (currently a link to Asia/Urumqi) 426# West Tibet, including Pulan, Aheqi, Shufu, Shule; 427# West Xinjiang, including Aksu, Atushi, Yining, Hetian, Cele, Luopu, Nileke, 428# Zhaosu, Tekesi, Gongliu, Chabuchaer, Huocheng, Bole, Pishan, Suiding, 429# and Yarkand. 430 431# From Luther Ma (2009-10-17): 432# Almost all (>99.9%) ethnic Chinese (properly ethnic Han) living in 433# Xinjiang use Chinese Standard Time. Some are aware of Xinjiang time, 434# but have no need of it. All planes, trains, and schools function on 435# what is called "Beijing time." When Han make an appointment in Chinese 436# they implicitly use Beijing time. 437# 438# On the other hand, ethnic Uyghurs, who make up about half the 439# population of Xinjiang, typically use "Xinjiang time" which is two |
| 436# hours behind Beijing time, or UTC +0600. The government of the Xinjiang | 440# hours behind Beijing time, or UT +06. The government of the Xinjiang |
| 437# Uyghur Autonomous Region, (XAUR, or just Xinjiang for short) as well as 438# local governments such as the ��r��mqi city government use both times in 439# publications, referring to what is popularly called Xinjiang time as 440# "��r��mqi time." When Uyghurs make an appointment in the Uyghur language 441# they almost invariably use Xinjiang time. 442# 443# (Their ethnic Han compatriots would typically have no clue of its 444# widespread use, however, because so extremely few of them are fluent in --- 39 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 484# the Cultural Revolution: Xinjiang Time (XJT), aka ��r��mqi Time or local time; 485# and Beijing Time. There is no confusion in Xinjiang as to which name refers 486# to which time. Both are widely used in the province, although in some 487# population groups might be use one to the exclusion of the other. The only 488# problem is that computers and smart phones list ��r��mqi (or Kashgar) as 489# having the same time as Beijing. 490 491# From Paul Eggert (2014-06-30): | 441# Uyghur Autonomous Region, (XAUR, or just Xinjiang for short) as well as 442# local governments such as the ��r��mqi city government use both times in 443# publications, referring to what is popularly called Xinjiang time as 444# "��r��mqi time." When Uyghurs make an appointment in the Uyghur language 445# they almost invariably use Xinjiang time. 446# 447# (Their ethnic Han compatriots would typically have no clue of its 448# widespread use, however, because so extremely few of them are fluent in --- 39 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 488# the Cultural Revolution: Xinjiang Time (XJT), aka ��r��mqi Time or local time; 489# and Beijing Time. There is no confusion in Xinjiang as to which name refers 490# to which time. Both are widely used in the province, although in some 491# population groups might be use one to the exclusion of the other. The only 492# problem is that computers and smart phones list ��r��mqi (or Kashgar) as 493# having the same time as Beijing. 494 495# From Paul Eggert (2014-06-30): |
| 492# In the early days of the PRC, Tibet was given its own time zone (UT+6) but 493# this was withdrawn in 1959 and never reinstated; see Tubten Kh��tsun, | 496# In the early days of the PRC, Tibet was given its own time zone (UT +06) 497# but this was withdrawn in 1959 and never reinstated; see Tubten Kh��tsun, |
| 494# Memories of life in Lhasa under Chinese Rule, Columbia U Press, ISBN 495# 978-0231142861 (2008), translator's introduction by Matthew Akester, p x. 496# As this is before our 1970 cutoff, Tibet doesn't need a separate zone. 497# 498# Xinjiang Time is well-documented as being officially recognized. E.g., see 499# "The Working-Calendar for The Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Government" 500# <http://www.sinkiang.gov.cn/service/ourworking/> (2014-04-22). 501# Unfortunately, we have no good records of time in Xinjiang before 1986. 502# During the 20th century parts of Xinjiang were ruled by the Qing dynasty, 503# the Republic of China, various warlords, the First and Second East Turkestan 504# Republics, the Soviet Union, the Kuomintang, and the People's Republic of 505# China, and tracking down all these organizations' timekeeping rules would be 506# quite a trick. Approximate this lost history by a transition from LMT to | 498# Memories of life in Lhasa under Chinese Rule, Columbia U Press, ISBN 499# 978-0231142861 (2008), translator's introduction by Matthew Akester, p x. 500# As this is before our 1970 cutoff, Tibet doesn't need a separate zone. 501# 502# Xinjiang Time is well-documented as being officially recognized. E.g., see 503# "The Working-Calendar for The Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Government" 504# <http://www.sinkiang.gov.cn/service/ourworking/> (2014-04-22). 505# Unfortunately, we have no good records of time in Xinjiang before 1986. 506# During the 20th century parts of Xinjiang were ruled by the Qing dynasty, 507# the Republic of China, various warlords, the First and Second East Turkestan 508# Republics, the Soviet Union, the Kuomintang, and the People's Republic of 509# China, and tracking down all these organizations' timekeeping rules would be 510# quite a trick. Approximate this lost history by a transition from LMT to |
| 507# XJT at the start of 1928, the year of accession of the warlord Jin Shuren, | 511# UT +06 at the start of 1928, the year of accession of the warlord Jin Shuren, |
| 508# which happens to be the date given by Shanks & Pottenger (no doubt as a | 512# which happens to be the date given by Shanks & Pottenger (no doubt as a |
| 509# guess) as the transition from LMT. Ignore the usage of UT+8 before 510# 1986-02-01 under the theory that the transition date to UT+8 is unknown and | 513# guess) as the transition from LMT. Ignore the usage of +08 before 514# 1986-02-01 under the theory that the transition date to +08 is unknown and |
| 511# that the sort of users who prefer Asia/Urumqi now typically ignored the | 515# that the sort of users who prefer Asia/Urumqi now typically ignored the |
| 512# UT+8 mandate back then. | 516# +08 mandate back then. |
| 513 514# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 515# Beijing time, used throughout China; represented by Shanghai. 516Zone Asia/Shanghai 8:05:43 - LMT 1901 517 8:00 Shang C%sT 1949 518 8:00 PRC C%sT 519# Xinjiang time, used by many in western China; represented by ��r��mqi / ��r��mchi 520# / Wulumuqi. (Please use Asia/Shanghai if you prefer Beijing time.) --- 188 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 709# The Summer Time this year is adopted from midnight Apr 15 until Sep 20 710# midnight. To save (energy?) consumption, we're expanding Summer Time 711# adoption till Oct 31 midnight. 712# 713# The Central Weather Bureau website didn't mention that, however it can 714# be found from historical government announcement database. 715 716# From Paul Eggert (2014-07-03): | 517 518# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 519# Beijing time, used throughout China; represented by Shanghai. 520Zone Asia/Shanghai 8:05:43 - LMT 1901 521 8:00 Shang C%sT 1949 522 8:00 PRC C%sT 523# Xinjiang time, used by many in western China; represented by ��r��mqi / ��r��mchi 524# / Wulumuqi. (Please use Asia/Shanghai if you prefer Beijing time.) --- 188 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 713# The Summer Time this year is adopted from midnight Apr 15 until Sep 20 714# midnight. To save (energy?) consumption, we're expanding Summer Time 715# adoption till Oct 31 midnight. 716# 717# The Central Weather Bureau website didn't mention that, however it can 718# be found from historical government announcement database. 719 720# From Paul Eggert (2014-07-03): |
| 717# As per Yu-Cheng Chuang, say that Taiwan was at UT+9 from 1937-10-01 | 721# As per Yu-Cheng Chuang, say that Taiwan was at UT +09 from 1937-10-01 |
| 718# until 1945-09-21 at 01:00, overriding Shanks & Pottenger. 719# Likewise, use Yu-Cheng Chuang's data for DST in Taiwan. 720 721# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 722Rule Taiwan 1946 only - May 15 0:00 1:00 D 723Rule Taiwan 1946 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 S 724Rule Taiwan 1947 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 D 725Rule Taiwan 1947 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 S --- 36 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 762Zone Asia/Macau 7:34:20 - LMT 1912 Jan 1 763 8:00 Macau MO%sT 1999 Dec 20 # return to China 764 8:00 PRC C%sT 765 766 767############################################################################### 768 769# Cyprus | 722# until 1945-09-21 at 01:00, overriding Shanks & Pottenger. 723# Likewise, use Yu-Cheng Chuang's data for DST in Taiwan. 724 725# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 726Rule Taiwan 1946 only - May 15 0:00 1:00 D 727Rule Taiwan 1946 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 S 728Rule Taiwan 1947 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 D 729Rule Taiwan 1947 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 S --- 36 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 766Zone Asia/Macau 7:34:20 - LMT 1912 Jan 1 767 8:00 Macau MO%sT 1999 Dec 20 # return to China 768 8:00 PRC C%sT 769 770 771############################################################################### 772 773# Cyprus |
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| 771# Milne says the Eastern Telegraph Company used 2:14:00. Stick with LMT. | 775# Milne says the Eastern Telegraph Company used 2:14:00. Stick with LMT. |
| 776# IATA SSIM (1998-09) has Cyprus using EU rules for the first time. 777 778# From Paul Eggert (2016-09-09): 779# Yesterday's Cyprus Mail reports that Northern Cyprus followed Turkey's 780# lead and switched from +02/+03 to +03 year-round. 781# http://cyprus-mail.com/2016/09/08/two-time-zones-cyprus-turkey-will-not-turn-clocks-back-next-month/ |
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| 783# From Even Scharning (2016-10-31): 784# Looks like the time zone split in Cyprus went through last night. 785# http://cyprus-mail.com/2016/10/30/cyprus-new-division-two-time-zones-now-reality/ 786 |
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| 773# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 774Rule Cyprus 1975 only - Apr 13 0:00 1:00 S 775Rule Cyprus 1975 only - Oct 12 0:00 0 - 776Rule Cyprus 1976 only - May 15 0:00 1:00 S 777Rule Cyprus 1976 only - Oct 11 0:00 0 - 778Rule Cyprus 1977 1980 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S 779Rule Cyprus 1977 only - Sep 25 0:00 0 - 780Rule Cyprus 1978 only - Oct 2 0:00 0 - 781Rule Cyprus 1979 1997 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - 782Rule Cyprus 1981 1998 - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S 783# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 784Zone Asia/Nicosia 2:13:28 - LMT 1921 Nov 14 785 2:00 Cyprus EE%sT 1998 Sep 786 2:00 EUAsia EE%sT | 787# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 788Rule Cyprus 1975 only - Apr 13 0:00 1:00 S 789Rule Cyprus 1975 only - Oct 12 0:00 0 - 790Rule Cyprus 1976 only - May 15 0:00 1:00 S 791Rule Cyprus 1976 only - Oct 11 0:00 0 - 792Rule Cyprus 1977 1980 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S 793Rule Cyprus 1977 only - Sep 25 0:00 0 - 794Rule Cyprus 1978 only - Oct 2 0:00 0 - 795Rule Cyprus 1979 1997 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - 796Rule Cyprus 1981 1998 - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S 797# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 798Zone Asia/Nicosia 2:13:28 - LMT 1921 Nov 14 799 2:00 Cyprus EE%sT 1998 Sep 800 2:00 EUAsia EE%sT |
| 787# IATA SSIM (1998-09) has Cyprus using EU rules for the first time. | 801Zone Asia/Famagusta 2:15:48 - LMT 1921 Nov 14 802 2:00 Cyprus EE%sT 1998 Sep 803 2:00 EUAsia EE%sT 2016 Sep 8 804 3:00 - +03 |
| 788 789# Classically, Cyprus belongs to Asia; e.g. see Herodotus, Histories, I.72. 790# However, for various reasons many users expect to find it under Europe. 791Link Asia/Nicosia Europe/Nicosia 792 793# Georgia 794# From Paul Eggert (1994-11-19): 795# Today's _Economist_ (p 60) reports that Georgia moved its clocks forward --- 27 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 823 824# Milne 1899 says Tbilisi (Tiflis) time was 2:59:05.7. 825# Byalokoz 1919 says Georgia was 2:59:11. 826# Go with Byalokoz. 827 828# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 829Zone Asia/Tbilisi 2:59:11 - LMT 1880 830 2:59:11 - TBMT 1924 May 2 # Tbilisi Mean Time | 805 806# Classically, Cyprus belongs to Asia; e.g. see Herodotus, Histories, I.72. 807# However, for various reasons many users expect to find it under Europe. 808Link Asia/Nicosia Europe/Nicosia 809 810# Georgia 811# From Paul Eggert (1994-11-19): 812# Today's _Economist_ (p 60) reports that Georgia moved its clocks forward --- 27 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 840 841# Milne 1899 says Tbilisi (Tiflis) time was 2:59:05.7. 842# Byalokoz 1919 says Georgia was 2:59:11. 843# Go with Byalokoz. 844 845# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 846Zone Asia/Tbilisi 2:59:11 - LMT 1880 847 2:59:11 - TBMT 1924 May 2 # Tbilisi Mean Time |
| 831 3:00 - TBIT 1957 Mar # Tbilisi Time 832 4:00 RussiaAsia TBI%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 833 3:00 1:00 TBIST 1991 Apr 9 # independence 834 3:00 RussiaAsia GE%sT 1992 # Georgia Time 835 3:00 E-EurAsia GE%sT 1994 Sep lastSun 836 4:00 E-EurAsia GE%sT 1996 Oct lastSun 837 4:00 1:00 GEST 1997 Mar lastSun 838 4:00 E-EurAsia GE%sT 2004 Jun 27 839 3:00 RussiaAsia GE%sT 2005 Mar lastSun 2:00 840 4:00 - GET | 848 3:00 - +03 1957 Mar 849 4:00 RussiaAsia +04/+05 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 850 3:00 RussiaAsia +03/+04 1992 851 3:00 E-EurAsia +03/+04 1994 Sep lastSun 852 4:00 E-EurAsia +04/+05 1996 Oct lastSun 853 4:00 1:00 +05 1997 Mar lastSun 854 4:00 E-EurAsia +04/+05 2004 Jun 27 855 3:00 RussiaAsia +03/+04 2005 Mar lastSun 2:00 856 4:00 - +04 |
| 841 842# East Timor 843 844# See Indonesia for the 1945 transition. 845 846# From Jo��o Carrascal��o, brother of the former governor of East Timor, in 847# East Timor may be late for its millennium 848# <http://etan.org/et99c/december/26-31/30ETMAY.htm> (1999-12-26/31): --- 18 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 867Zone Asia/Dili 8:22:20 - LMT 1912 Jan 1 868 8:00 - TLT 1942 Feb 21 23:00 # E Timor Time 869 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 23 870 9:00 - TLT 1976 May 3 871 8:00 - WITA 2000 Sep 17 0:00 872 9:00 - TLT 873 874# India | 857 858# East Timor 859 860# See Indonesia for the 1945 transition. 861 862# From Jo��o Carrascal��o, brother of the former governor of East Timor, in 863# East Timor may be late for its millennium 864# <http://etan.org/et99c/december/26-31/30ETMAY.htm> (1999-12-26/31): --- 18 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 883Zone Asia/Dili 8:22:20 - LMT 1912 Jan 1 884 8:00 - TLT 1942 Feb 21 23:00 # E Timor Time 885 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 23 886 9:00 - TLT 1976 May 3 887 8:00 - WITA 2000 Sep 17 0:00 888 9:00 - TLT 889 890# India |
| 891 892# From Ian P. Beacock, in "A brief history of (modern) time", The Atlantic 893# http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/12/the-creation-of-modern-time/421419/ 894# (2015-12-22): 895# In January 1906, several thousand cotton-mill workers rioted on the 896# outskirts of Bombay.... They were protesting the proposed abolition of 897# local time in favor of Indian Standard Time.... Journalists called this 898# dispute the "Battle of the Clocks." It lasted nearly half a century. 899 |
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| 875# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 876Zone Asia/Kolkata 5:53:28 - LMT 1880 # Kolkata 877 5:53:20 - HMT 1941 Oct # Howrah Mean Time? 878 6:30 - BURT 1942 May 15 # Burma Time 879 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep 880 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 15 881 5:30 - IST 882# The following are like Asia/Kolkata: --- 17 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 900# Here is another correction to Shanks & Pottenger. 901# JohnTWB writes that Japanese forces did not surrender control in 902# Indonesia until 1945-09-01 00:00 at the earliest (in Jakarta) and 903# other formal surrender ceremonies were September 9, 11, and 13, plus 904# September 12 for the regional surrender to Mountbatten in Singapore. 905# These would be the earliest possible times for a change. 906# R��gimes horaires pour le monde entier, by Henri Le Corre, (��ditions 907# Traditionnelles, 1987, Paris) says that Java and Madura switched | 900# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 901Zone Asia/Kolkata 5:53:28 - LMT 1880 # Kolkata 902 5:53:20 - HMT 1941 Oct # Howrah Mean Time? 903 6:30 - BURT 1942 May 15 # Burma Time 904 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep 905 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 15 906 5:30 - IST 907# The following are like Asia/Kolkata: --- 17 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 925# Here is another correction to Shanks & Pottenger. 926# JohnTWB writes that Japanese forces did not surrender control in 927# Indonesia until 1945-09-01 00:00 at the earliest (in Jakarta) and 928# other formal surrender ceremonies were September 9, 11, and 13, plus 929# September 12 for the regional surrender to Mountbatten in Singapore. 930# These would be the earliest possible times for a change. 931# R��gimes horaires pour le monde entier, by Henri Le Corre, (��ditions 932# Traditionnelles, 1987, Paris) says that Java and Madura switched |
| 908# from JST to UTC+07:30 on 1945-09-23, and gives 1944-09-01 for Jayapura | 933# from UT +09 to +07:30 on 1945-09-23, and gives 1944-09-01 for Jayapura |
| 909# (Hollandia). For now, assume all Indonesian locations other than Jayapura 910# switched on 1945-09-23. 911# 912# From Paul Eggert (2013-08-11): 913# Normally the tz database uses English-language abbreviations, but in 914# Indonesia it's typical to use Indonesian-language abbreviations even 915# when writing in English. For example, see the English-language 916# summary published by the Time and Frequency Laboratory of the 917# Research Center for Calibration, Instrumentation and Metrology, 918# Indonesia, <http://time.kim.lipi.go.id/time-eng.php> (2006-09-29). | 934# (Hollandia). For now, assume all Indonesian locations other than Jayapura 935# switched on 1945-09-23. 936# 937# From Paul Eggert (2013-08-11): 938# Normally the tz database uses English-language abbreviations, but in 939# Indonesia it's typical to use Indonesian-language abbreviations even 940# when writing in English. For example, see the English-language 941# summary published by the Time and Frequency Laboratory of the 942# Research Center for Calibration, Instrumentation and Metrology, 943# Indonesia, <http://time.kim.lipi.go.id/time-eng.php> (2006-09-29). |
| 919# The abbreviations are: | 944# The time zone abbreviations and UT offsets are: |
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| 921# WIB - UTC+7 - Waktu Indonesia Barat (Indonesia western time) 922# WITA - UTC+8 - Waktu Indonesia Tengah (Indonesia central time) 923# WIT - UTC+9 - Waktu Indonesia Timur (Indonesia eastern time) | 946# WIB - +07 - Waktu Indonesia Barat (Indonesia western time) 947# WITA - +08 - Waktu Indonesia Tengah (Indonesia central time) 948# WIT - +09 - Waktu Indonesia Timur (Indonesia eastern time) |
| 924# 925# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 926# Java, Sumatra 927Zone Asia/Jakarta 7:07:12 - LMT 1867 Aug 10 928# Shanks & Pottenger say the next transition was at 1924 Jan 1 0:13, 929# but this must be a typo. 930 7:07:12 - BMT 1923 Dec 31 23:47:12 # Batavia 931 7:20 - JAVT 1932 Nov # Java Time --- 90 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 1022# 1023# From Reuters (2007-09-16), with a heads-up from Jesper N��rgaard Welen: 1024# ... the Guardian Council ... approved a law on Sunday to re-introduce 1025# daylight saving time ... 1026# http://uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKBLA65048420070916 1027# 1028# From Roozbeh Pournader (2007-11-05): 1029# This is quoted from Official Gazette of the Islamic Republic of | 949# 950# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 951# Java, Sumatra 952Zone Asia/Jakarta 7:07:12 - LMT 1867 Aug 10 953# Shanks & Pottenger say the next transition was at 1924 Jan 1 0:13, 954# but this must be a typo. 955 7:07:12 - BMT 1923 Dec 31 23:47:12 # Batavia 956 7:20 - JAVT 1932 Nov # Java Time --- 90 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 1047# 1048# From Reuters (2007-09-16), with a heads-up from Jesper N��rgaard Welen: 1049# ... the Guardian Council ... approved a law on Sunday to re-introduce 1050# daylight saving time ... 1051# http://uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKBLA65048420070916 1052# 1053# From Roozbeh Pournader (2007-11-05): 1054# This is quoted from Official Gazette of the Islamic Republic of |
| 1030# Iran, Volume 63, Number 18242, dated Tuesday 1386/6/24 | 1055# Iran, Volume 63, No. 18242, dated Tuesday 1386/6/24 |
| 1031# [2007-10-16]. I am doing the best translation I can:... 1032# The official time of the country will be moved forward for one hour 1033# on the 24 hours of the first day of the month of Farvardin and will 1034# be changed back to its previous state on the 24 hours of the 1035# thirtieth day of Shahrivar. 1036# 1037# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 1038Rule Iran 1978 1980 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D --- 38 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 1077Rule Iran 2028 2029 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D 1078Rule Iran 2028 2029 - Sep 21 0:00 0 S 1079Rule Iran 2030 2031 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D 1080Rule Iran 2030 2031 - Sep 22 0:00 0 S 1081Rule Iran 2032 2033 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D 1082Rule Iran 2032 2033 - Sep 21 0:00 0 S 1083Rule Iran 2034 2035 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D 1084Rule Iran 2034 2035 - Sep 22 0:00 0 S | 1056# [2007-10-16]. I am doing the best translation I can:... 1057# The official time of the country will be moved forward for one hour 1058# on the 24 hours of the first day of the month of Farvardin and will 1059# be changed back to its previous state on the 24 hours of the 1060# thirtieth day of Shahrivar. 1061# 1062# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 1063Rule Iran 1978 1980 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D --- 38 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 1102Rule Iran 2028 2029 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D 1103Rule Iran 2028 2029 - Sep 21 0:00 0 S 1104Rule Iran 2030 2031 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D 1105Rule Iran 2030 2031 - Sep 22 0:00 0 S 1106Rule Iran 2032 2033 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D 1107Rule Iran 2032 2033 - Sep 21 0:00 0 S 1108Rule Iran 2034 2035 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D 1109Rule Iran 2034 2035 - Sep 22 0:00 0 S |
| 1085Rule Iran 2036 2037 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D 1086Rule Iran 2036 2037 - Sep 21 0:00 0 S | 1110# 1111# The following rules are approximations starting in the year 2038. 1112# These are the best post-2037 approximations available, given the 1113# restrictions of a single rule using a Gregorian-based data format. 1114# At some point this table will need to be extended, though quite 1115# possibly Iran will change the rules first. 1116Rule Iran 2036 max - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D 1117Rule Iran 2036 max - Sep 21 0:00 0 S 1118 |
| 1087# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1088Zone Asia/Tehran 3:25:44 - LMT 1916 1089 3:25:44 - TMT 1946 # Tehran Mean Time 1090 3:30 - IRST 1977 Nov 1091 4:00 Iran IR%sT 1979 1092 3:30 Iran IR%sT 1093 1094 --- 440 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 1535Rule Jordan 2014 max - Oct lastFri 0:00s 0 - 1536# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1537Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931 1538 2:00 Jordan EE%sT 1539 1540 1541# Kazakhstan 1542 | 1119# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1120Zone Asia/Tehran 3:25:44 - LMT 1916 1121 3:25:44 - TMT 1946 # Tehran Mean Time 1122 3:30 - IRST 1977 Nov 1123 4:00 Iran IR%sT 1979 1124 3:30 Iran IR%sT 1125 1126 --- 440 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 1567Rule Jordan 2014 max - Oct lastFri 0:00s 0 - 1568# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1569Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931 1570 2:00 Jordan EE%sT 1571 1572 1573# Kazakhstan 1574 |
| 1543# From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22): 1544# Andrew Evtichov (1996-04-13) writes that Kazakhstan 1545# stayed in sync with Moscow after 1990, and that Aqtobe (formerly Aktyubinsk) 1546# and Aqtau (formerly Shevchenko) are the largest cities in their zones. 1547# Guess that Aqtau and Aqtobe diverged in 1995, since that's the first time 1548# IATA SSIM mentions a third time zone in Kazakhstan. 1549 1550# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): 1551# German Iofis, ELSI, Almaty (2001-10-09) reports that Kazakhstan uses 1552# RussiaAsia rules, instead of switching at 00:00 as the IATA has it. 1553# Go with Shanks & Pottenger, who have them always using RussiaAsia rules. 1554# Also go with the following claims of Shanks & Pottenger: 1555# 1556# - Kazakhstan did not observe DST in 1991. 1557# - Qyzylorda switched from +5:00 to +6:00 on 1992-01-19 02:00. 1558# - Oral switched from +5:00 to +4:00 in spring 1989. 1559 1560# From Kazakhstan Embassy's News Bulletin #11 | 1575# From Kazakhstan Embassy's News Bulletin No. 11 |
| 1561# <http://www.kazsociety.org.uk/news/2005/03/30.htm> (2005-03-21): 1562# The Government of Kazakhstan passed a resolution March 15 abolishing 1563# daylight saving time citing lack of economic benefits and health 1564# complications coupled with a decrease in productivity. 1565# 1566# From Branislav Kojic (in Astana) via Gwillim Law (2005-06-28): 1567# ... what happened was that the former Kazakhstan Eastern time zone 1568# was "blended" with the Central zone. Therefore, Kazakhstan now has 1569# two time zones, and difference between them is one hour. The zone 1570# closer to UTC is the former Western zone (probably still called the 1571# same), encompassing four provinces in the west: Aqtobe, Atyrau, 1572# Mangghystau, and West Kazakhstan. The other zone encompasses 1573# everything else.... I guess that would make Kazakhstan time zones 1574# de jure UTC+5 and UTC+6 respectively. 1575 | 1576# <http://www.kazsociety.org.uk/news/2005/03/30.htm> (2005-03-21): 1577# The Government of Kazakhstan passed a resolution March 15 abolishing 1578# daylight saving time citing lack of economic benefits and health 1579# complications coupled with a decrease in productivity. 1580# 1581# From Branislav Kojic (in Astana) via Gwillim Law (2005-06-28): 1582# ... what happened was that the former Kazakhstan Eastern time zone 1583# was "blended" with the Central zone. Therefore, Kazakhstan now has 1584# two time zones, and difference between them is one hour. The zone 1585# closer to UTC is the former Western zone (probably still called the 1586# same), encompassing four provinces in the west: Aqtobe, Atyrau, 1587# Mangghystau, and West Kazakhstan. The other zone encompasses 1588# everything else.... I guess that would make Kazakhstan time zones 1589# de jure UTC+5 and UTC+6 respectively. 1590 |
| 1591# From Stepan Golosunov (2016-03-27) ([*] means see later comments below): 1592# Review of the linked documents from http://adilet.zan.kz/ 1593# produced the following data for post-1991 Kazakhstan: |
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| 1595# 0. Act of the Cabinet of Ministers of the USSR 1596# from 1991-02-04 No. 20 1597# http://pravo.gov.ru/proxy/ips/?docbody=&nd=102010545 1598# removed the extra hour ("decree time") on the territory of the USSR 1599# starting with the last Sunday of March 1991. 1600# It also allowed (but not mandated) Kazakh SSR, Kirghiz SSR, Tajik SSR, 1601# Turkmen SSR and Uzbek SSR to not have "summer" time. 1602# 1603# The 1992-01-13 act also refers to the act of the Cabinet of Ministers 1604# of the Kazakh SSR from 1991-03-20 No. 170 "About the act of the Cabinet 1605# of Ministers of the USSR from 1991-02-04 No. 20" but I didn't found its 1606# text. 1607# 1608# According to Izvestia newspaper No. 68 (23334) from 1991-03-20 1609# (page 6; available at http://libinfo.org/newsr/newsr2574.djvu via 1610# http://libinfo.org/index.php?id=58564) on 1991-03-31 at 2:00 during 1611# transition to "summer" time: 1612# Republic of Georgia, Latvian SSR, Lithuanian SSR, SSR Moldova, 1613# Estonian SSR; Komi ASSR; Kaliningrad oblast; Nenets autonomous okrug 1614# were to move clocks 1 hour forward. 1615# Kazakh SSR (excluding Uralsk oblast); Republic of Kyrgyzstan, Tajik 1616# SSR; Andijan, Jizzakh, Namangan, Sirdarya, Tashkent, Fergana oblasts 1617# of the Uzbek SSR were to move clocks 1 hour backwards. 1618# Other territories were to not move clocks. 1619# When the "summer" time would end on 1991-09-29, clocks were to be 1620# moved 1 hour backwards on the territory of the USSR excluding 1621# Kazakhstan, Kirghizia, Uzbekistan, Turkmenia, Tajikistan. 1622# 1623# Apparently there were last minute changes. Apparently Kazakh act No. 170 1624# was one of such changes. 1625# 1626# https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/������������������ ���������� 1627# claims that Sovetskaya Rossiya newspaper on 1991-03-29 published that 1628# Nenets autonomous okrug, Komi and Kazakhstan (excluding Uralsk oblast) 1629# were to not move clocks and Uralsk oblast was to move clocks 1630# forward; on 1991-09-29 Kazakhstan was to move clocks backwards. 1631# (Probably there were changes even after that publication. There is an 1632# article claiming that Kaliningrad oblast decided on 1991-03-29 to not 1633# move clocks.) 1634# 1635# This implies that on 1991-03-31 Asia/Oral remained on +04/+05 while 1636# the rest of Kazakhstan switched from +06/+07 to +05/06 or from +05/06 1637# to +04/+05. It's unclear how Kzyl-Orda oblast moved into the fifth 1638# time belt. (By switching from +04/+05 to +05/+06 on 1991-09-29?) ... 1639# 1640# 1. Act of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Kazakhstan 1641# from 1992-01-13 No. 28 1642# http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/P920000028_ 1643# (text includes modification from the 1996 act) 1644# introduced new rules for calculation of time, mirroring Russian 1645# 1992-01-08 act. It specified that time would be calculated 1646# according to time belts plus extra hour ("decree time"), moved clocks 1647# on the whole territory of Kazakhstan 1 hour forward on 1992-01-19 at 1648# 2:00, specified DST rules. It acknowledged that Kazakhstan was 1649# located in the fourth and the fifth time belts and specified the 1650# border between them to be located east of Kustanay and Aktyubinsk 1651# oblasts (notably including Turgai and Kzyl-Orda oblasts into the fifth 1652# time belt). 1653# 1654# This means switch on 1992-01-19 at 2:00 from +04/+05 to +05/+06 for 1655# Asia/Aqtau, Asia/Aqtobe, Asia/Oral, Atyrau and Kustanay oblasts; from 1656# +05/+06 to +06/+07 for Asia/Almaty and Asia/Qyzylorda (and Arkalyk) [*].... 1657# 1658# 2. Act of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Kazakhstan 1659# from 1992-03-27 No. 284 1660# http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/P920000284_ 1661# cancels extra hour ("decree time") for Uralsk and Kzyl-Orda oblasts 1662# since the last Sunday of March 1992, while keeping them in the fourth 1663# and the fifth time belts respectively. 1664# 1665# 3. Order of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan 1666# from 1994-09-23 No. 384 1667# http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/R940000384_ 1668# cancels the extra hour ("decree time") on the territory of Mangystau 1669# oblast since the last Sunday of September 1994 (saying that time on 1670# the territory would correspond to the third time belt as a 1671# result).... 1672# 1673# 4. Act of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan 1674# from 1996-05-08 No. 575 1675# http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/P960000575_ 1676# amends the 1992-01-13 act to end summer time in October instead 1677# of September, mirroring identical Russian change from 1996-04-23 act. 1678# 1679# 5. Act of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan 1680# from 1999-03-26 No. 305 1681# http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/P990000305_ 1682# cancels the extra hour ("decree time") for Atyrau oblast since the 1683# last Sunday of March 1999 while retaining the oblast in the fourth 1684# time belt. 1685# 1686# This means change from +05/+06 to +04/+05. 1687# 1688# There is no zone for Atyrau currently (listed under Asia/Aqtau in 1689# zone1970.tab).[*] 1690# 1691# 6. Act of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan 1692# from 2000-11-23 No. 1749 1693# http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/archive/docs/P000001749_/23.11.2000 1694# replaces the previous five documents. 1695# 1696# The only changes I noticed are in definition of the border between the 1697# fourth and the fifth time belts. They account for changes in spelling 1698# and administrative division (splitting of Turgai oblast in 1997 1699# probably changed time in territories incorporated into Kostanay oblast 1700# (including Arkalyk) from +06/+07 to +05/+06) and move Kyzylorda oblast 1701# from being in the fifth time belt and not using decree time into the 1702# fourth time belt (no change in practice).[*] 1703# 1704# 7. Act of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan 1705# from 2003-12-29 No. 1342 1706# http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/P030001342_ 1707# modified the 2000-11-23 act. No relevant changes, apparently. 1708# 1709# 8. Act of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan 1710# from 2004-07-20 No. 775 1711# http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/archive/docs/P040000775_/20.07.2004 1712# modified the 2000-11-23 act to move Kostanay and Kyzylorda oblasts into 1713# the fifth time belt and add Aktobe oblast to the list of regions not 1714# using extra hour ("decree time"), leaving Kazakhstan with only 2 time 1715# zones (+04/+05 and +06/+07). The changes were to be implemented 1716# during DST transitions in 2004 and 2005 but the acts got radically 1717# amended before implementation happened. 1718# 1719# 9. Act of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan 1720# from 2004-09-15 No. 1059 1721# http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/P040001059_ 1722# modified the 2000-11-23 act to remove exceptions from the "decree time" 1723# (leaving Kazakhstan in +05/+06 and +06/+07 zones), amended the 1724# 2004-07-20 act to implement changes for Atyrau, West Kazakhstan, 1725# Kostanay, Kyzylorda and Mangystau oblasts by not moving clocks 1726# during the 2014 transition to "winter" time. 1727# 1728# This means transition from +04/+05 to +05/+06 for Atyrau oblast (no 1729# zone currently), Asia/Oral, Asia/Aqtau and transition from +05/+06 to 1730# +06/+07 for Kostanay oblast (Kostanay and Arkalyk, no zones currently) 1731# and Asia/Qyzylorda on 2004-10-31 at 3:00....[*] 1732# 1733# 10. Act of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan 1734# from 2005-03-15 No. 231 1735# http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/P050000231_ 1736# removes DST provisions from the 2000-11-23 act, removes most of the 1737# (already implemented) provisions from the 2004-07-20 and 2004-09-15 1738# acts, comes into effect 10 days after official publication. 1739# The only practical effect seems to be the abolition of the summer 1740# time. 1741# 1742# Unamended version of the act of the Government of the Russian Federation 1743# No. 23 from 1992-01-08 [See 'europe' file for details]. 1744# Kazakh 1992-01-13 act appears to provide the same rules and 1992-03-27 1745# act was to be enacted on the last Sunday of March 1992. 1746 1747# From Paul Eggert (2016-04-15): 1748# The tables below should reflect Stepan Golosunov's remarks above, 1749# except for the items marked "[*]" which I haven't gotten to yet. 1750# It looks like we will need new zones Asia/Atyrau and Asia/Qostanay 1751# to handle changes from 1992 through 2004 that we did not previously 1752# know about. 1753 1754# |
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| 1577# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1578# 1579# Almaty (formerly Alma-Ata), representing most locations in Kazakhstan | 1755# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1756# 1757# Almaty (formerly Alma-Ata), representing most locations in Kazakhstan |
| 1758# This includes KZ-AKM, KZ-ALA, KZ-ALM, KZ-AST, KZ-BAY, KZ-VOS, KZ-ZHA, 1759# KZ-KAR, KZ-SEV, KZ-PAV, and KZ-YUZ. |
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| 1580Zone Asia/Almaty 5:07:48 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Alma-Ata | 1760Zone Asia/Almaty 5:07:48 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Alma-Ata |
| 1581 5:00 - ALMT 1930 Jun 21 # Alma-Ata Time 1582 6:00 RussiaAsia ALM%sT 1991 1583 6:00 - ALMT 1992 1584 6:00 RussiaAsia ALM%sT 2005 Mar 15 1585 6:00 - ALMT 1586# Qyzylorda (aka Kyzylorda, Kizilorda, Kzyl-Orda, etc.) | 1761 5:00 - +05 1930 Jun 21 1762 6:00 RussiaAsia +06/+07 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 1763 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 1992 Jan 19 2:00s 1764 6:00 RussiaAsia +06/+07 2004 Oct 31 2:00s 1765 6:00 - +06 1766# Qyzylorda (aka Kyzylorda, Kizilorda, Kzyl-Orda, etc.) (KZ-KZY) |
| 1587Zone Asia/Qyzylorda 4:21:52 - LMT 1924 May 2 | 1767Zone Asia/Qyzylorda 4:21:52 - LMT 1924 May 2 |
| 1588 4:00 - KIZT 1930 Jun 21 # Kizilorda Time 1589 5:00 - KIZT 1981 Apr 1 1590 5:00 1:00 KIZST 1981 Oct 1 1591 6:00 - KIZT 1982 Apr 1 1592 5:00 RussiaAsia KIZ%sT 1991 1593 5:00 - KIZT 1991 Dec 16 # independence 1594 5:00 - QYZT 1992 Jan 19 2:00 1595 6:00 RussiaAsia QYZ%sT 2005 Mar 15 1596 6:00 - QYZT 1597# Aqtobe (aka Aktobe, formerly Aktyubinsk) | 1768 4:00 - +04 1930 Jun 21 1769 5:00 - +05 1981 Apr 1 1770 5:00 1:00 +06 1981 Oct 1 1771 6:00 - +06 1982 Apr 1 1772 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 1773 4:00 RussiaAsia +04/+05 1991 Sep 29 2:00s 1774 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 1992 Jan 19 2:00s 1775 6:00 RussiaAsia +06/+07 1992 Mar 29 2:00s 1776 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 2004 Oct 31 2:00s 1777 6:00 - +06 1778# Aqtobe (aka Aktobe, formerly Aktyubinsk) (KZ-AKT) |
| 1598Zone Asia/Aqtobe 3:48:40 - LMT 1924 May 2 | 1779Zone Asia/Aqtobe 3:48:40 - LMT 1924 May 2 |
| 1599 4:00 - AKTT 1930 Jun 21 # Aktyubinsk Time 1600 5:00 - AKTT 1981 Apr 1 1601 5:00 1:00 AKTST 1981 Oct 1 1602 6:00 - AKTT 1982 Apr 1 1603 5:00 RussiaAsia AKT%sT 1991 1604 5:00 - AKTT 1991 Dec 16 # independence 1605 5:00 RussiaAsia AQT%sT 2005 Mar 15 # Aqtobe Time 1606 5:00 - AQTT 1607# Mangghystau | 1780 4:00 - +04 1930 Jun 21 1781 5:00 - +05 1981 Apr 1 1782 5:00 1:00 +06 1981 Oct 1 1783 6:00 - +06 1982 Apr 1 1784 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 1785 4:00 RussiaAsia +04/+05 1992 Jan 19 2:00s 1786 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 2004 Oct 31 2:00s 1787 5:00 - +05 1788# Qostanay (KZ-KUS) 1789 1790# Mangghystau (KZ-MAN) |
| 1608# Aqtau was not founded until 1963, but it represents an inhabited region, 1609# so include time stamps before 1963. 1610Zone Asia/Aqtau 3:21:04 - LMT 1924 May 2 | 1791# Aqtau was not founded until 1963, but it represents an inhabited region, 1792# so include time stamps before 1963. 1793Zone Asia/Aqtau 3:21:04 - LMT 1924 May 2 |
| 1611 4:00 - FORT 1930 Jun 21 # Fort Shevchenko T 1612 5:00 - FORT 1963 1613 5:00 - SHET 1981 Oct 1 # Shevchenko Time 1614 6:00 - SHET 1982 Apr 1 1615 5:00 RussiaAsia SHE%sT 1991 1616 5:00 - SHET 1991 Dec 16 # independence 1617 5:00 RussiaAsia AQT%sT 1995 Mar lastSun 2:00 # Aqtau Time 1618 4:00 RussiaAsia AQT%sT 2005 Mar 15 1619 5:00 - AQTT 1620# West Kazakhstan | 1794 4:00 - +04 1930 Jun 21 1795 5:00 - +05 1963 1796 5:00 - +05 1981 Oct 1 1797 6:00 - +06 1982 Apr 1 1798 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 1799 4:00 RussiaAsia +04/+05 1992 Jan 19 2:00s 1800 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 1994 Sep 25 2:00s 1801 4:00 RussiaAsia +04/+05 2004 Oct 31 2:00s 1802 5:00 - +05 1803 1804# West Kazakhstan (KZ-ZAP) 1805# From Paul Eggert (2016-03-18): 1806# The 1989 transition is from USSR act No. 227 (1989-03-14). |
| 1621Zone Asia/Oral 3:25:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Ural'sk | 1807Zone Asia/Oral 3:25:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Ural'sk |
| 1622 4:00 - URAT 1930 Jun 21 # Ural'sk time 1623 5:00 - URAT 1981 Apr 1 1624 5:00 1:00 URAST 1981 Oct 1 1625 6:00 - URAT 1982 Apr 1 1626 5:00 RussiaAsia URA%sT 1989 Mar 26 2:00 1627 4:00 RussiaAsia URA%sT 1991 1628 4:00 - URAT 1991 Dec 16 # independence 1629 4:00 RussiaAsia ORA%sT 2005 Mar 15 # Oral Time 1630 5:00 - ORAT | 1808 4:00 - +04 1930 Jun 21 1809 5:00 - +05 1981 Apr 1 1810 5:00 1:00 +06 1981 Oct 1 1811 6:00 - +06 1982 Apr 1 1812 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 1989 Mar 26 2:00s 1813 4:00 RussiaAsia +04/+05 1992 Jan 19 2:00s 1814 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 1992 Mar 29 2:00s 1815 4:00 RussiaAsia +04/+05 2004 Oct 31 2:00s 1816 5:00 - +05 |
| 1631 1632# Kyrgyzstan (Kirgizstan) 1633# Transitions through 1991 are from Shanks & Pottenger. 1634 1635# From Paul Eggert (2005-08-15): 1636# According to an article dated today in the Kyrgyzstan Development Gateway 1637# http://eng.gateway.kg/cgi-bin/page.pl?id=1&story_name=doc9979.shtml 1638# Kyrgyzstan is canceling the daylight saving time system. I take the article --- 4 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 1643 1644# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 1645Rule Kyrgyz 1992 1996 - Apr Sun>=7 0:00s 1:00 S 1646Rule Kyrgyz 1992 1996 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - 1647Rule Kyrgyz 1997 2005 - Mar lastSun 2:30 1:00 S 1648Rule Kyrgyz 1997 2004 - Oct lastSun 2:30 0 - 1649# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1650Zone Asia/Bishkek 4:58:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 | 1817 1818# Kyrgyzstan (Kirgizstan) 1819# Transitions through 1991 are from Shanks & Pottenger. 1820 1821# From Paul Eggert (2005-08-15): 1822# According to an article dated today in the Kyrgyzstan Development Gateway 1823# http://eng.gateway.kg/cgi-bin/page.pl?id=1&story_name=doc9979.shtml 1824# Kyrgyzstan is canceling the daylight saving time system. I take the article --- 4 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 1829 1830# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 1831Rule Kyrgyz 1992 1996 - Apr Sun>=7 0:00s 1:00 S 1832Rule Kyrgyz 1992 1996 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - 1833Rule Kyrgyz 1997 2005 - Mar lastSun 2:30 1:00 S 1834Rule Kyrgyz 1997 2004 - Oct lastSun 2:30 0 - 1835# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1836Zone Asia/Bishkek 4:58:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 |
| 1651 5:00 - FRUT 1930 Jun 21 # Frunze Time 1652 6:00 RussiaAsia FRU%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 1653 5:00 1:00 FRUST 1991 Aug 31 2:00 # independence 1654 5:00 Kyrgyz KG%sT 2005 Aug 12 # Kyrgyzstan Time 1655 6:00 - KGT | 1837 5:00 - +05 1930 Jun 21 1838 6:00 RussiaAsia +06/+07 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 1839 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 1991 Aug 31 2:00 1840 5:00 Kyrgyz +05/+06 2005 Aug 12 1841 6:00 - +06 |
| 1656 1657############################################################################### 1658 1659# Korea (North and South) 1660 1661# From Annie I. Bang (2006-07-10): 1662# http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=200607100012 1663# Korea ran a daylight saving program from 1949-61 but stopped it --- 22 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 1686Rule ROK 1955 only - Sep 9 0:00 0 S 1687Rule ROK 1956 only - May 20 0:00 1:00 D 1688Rule ROK 1956 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 S 1689Rule ROK 1957 1960 - May Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D 1690Rule ROK 1957 1960 - Sep Sun>=18 0:00 0 S 1691Rule ROK 1987 1988 - May Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D 1692Rule ROK 1987 1988 - Oct Sun>=8 3:00 0 S 1693 | 1842 1843############################################################################### 1844 1845# Korea (North and South) 1846 1847# From Annie I. Bang (2006-07-10): 1848# http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=200607100012 1849# Korea ran a daylight saving program from 1949-61 but stopped it --- 22 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 1872Rule ROK 1955 only - Sep 9 0:00 0 S 1873Rule ROK 1956 only - May 20 0:00 1:00 D 1874Rule ROK 1956 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 S 1875Rule ROK 1957 1960 - May Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D 1876Rule ROK 1957 1960 - Sep Sun>=18 0:00 0 S 1877Rule ROK 1987 1988 - May Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D 1878Rule ROK 1987 1988 - Oct Sun>=8 3:00 0 S 1879 |
| 1694# From Paul Eggert (2014-10-30): | 1880# From Paul Eggert (2016-08-23): |
| 1695# The Korean Wikipedia entry gives the following sources for UT offsets: 1696# | 1881# The Korean Wikipedia entry gives the following sources for UT offsets: 1882# |
| 1697# 1908: Official Journal Article No. 3994 (Edict No. 5) | 1883# 1908: Official Journal Article No. 3994 (decree No. 5) |
| 1698# 1912: Governor-General of Korea Official Gazette Issue No. 367 1699# (Announcement No. 338) 1700# 1954: Presidential Decree No. 876 (1954-03-17) 1701# 1961: Law No. 676 (1961-08-07) | 1884# 1912: Governor-General of Korea Official Gazette Issue No. 367 1885# (Announcement No. 338) 1886# 1954: Presidential Decree No. 876 (1954-03-17) 1887# 1961: Law No. 676 (1961-08-07) |
| 1702# 1987: Law No. 3919 (1986-12-31) | |
| 1703# | 1888# |
| 1704# The Wikipedia entry also has confusing information about a change 1705# to UT+9 in April 1910, but then what would be the point of the later change 1706# to UT+9 on 1912-01-01? Omit the 1910 change for now. | 1889# (Another source "1987: Law No. 3919 (1986-12-31)" was in the 2014-10-30 1890# edition of the Korean Wikipedia entry.) |
| 1707# 1708# I guessed that time zone abbreviations through 1945 followed the same 1709# rules as discussed under Taiwan, with nominal switches from JST to KST 1710# when the respective cities were taken over by the Allies after WWII. 1711# | 1891# 1892# I guessed that time zone abbreviations through 1945 followed the same 1893# rules as discussed under Taiwan, with nominal switches from JST to KST 1894# when the respective cities were taken over by the Allies after WWII. 1895# |
| 1712# For Pyongyang we have no information; guess no changes since World War II. | 1896# For Pyongyang, guess no changes from World War II until 2015, as we 1897# have no information otherwise. |
| 1713 | 1898 |
| 1899# From Steffen Thorsen (2015-08-07): 1900# According to many news sources, North Korea is going to change to 1901# the 8:30 time zone on August 15, one example: 1902# http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-33815049 1903# 1904# From Paul Eggert (2015-08-15): 1905# Bells rang out midnight (00:00) Friday as part of the celebrations. See: 1906# Talmadge E. North Korea celebrates new time zone, 'Pyongyang Time' 1907# http://news.yahoo.com/north-korea-celebrates-time-zone-pyongyang-time-164038128.html 1908# There is no common English-language abbreviation for this time zone. 1909# Use KST, as that's what we already use for 1954-1961 in ROK. 1910 |
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| 1714# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1715Zone Asia/Seoul 8:27:52 - LMT 1908 Apr 1 1716 8:30 - KST 1912 Jan 1 1717 9:00 - JCST 1937 Oct 1 1718 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 8 1719 9:00 - KST 1954 Mar 21 1720 8:30 ROK K%sT 1961 Aug 10 1721 9:00 ROK K%sT 1722Zone Asia/Pyongyang 8:23:00 - LMT 1908 Apr 1 1723 8:30 - KST 1912 Jan 1 1724 9:00 - JCST 1937 Oct 1 1725 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug 24 | 1911# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1912Zone Asia/Seoul 8:27:52 - LMT 1908 Apr 1 1913 8:30 - KST 1912 Jan 1 1914 9:00 - JCST 1937 Oct 1 1915 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 8 1916 9:00 - KST 1954 Mar 21 1917 8:30 ROK K%sT 1961 Aug 10 1918 9:00 ROK K%sT 1919Zone Asia/Pyongyang 8:23:00 - LMT 1908 Apr 1 1920 8:30 - KST 1912 Jan 1 1921 9:00 - JCST 1937 Oct 1 1922 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug 24 |
| 1726 9:00 - KST | 1923 9:00 - KST 2015 Aug 15 00:00 1924 8:30 - KST |
| 1727 1728############################################################################### 1729 1730# Kuwait 1731# See Asia/Riyadh. 1732 1733# Laos 1734# See Asia/Bangkok. --- 116 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 1851# For now, assume Rives McDow's informant got confused about Friday vs 1852# Saturday, and that his 2001 dates should have 1 added to them. 1853 1854# From Paul Eggert (2005-07-26): 1855# We have wildly conflicting information about Mongolia's time zones. 1856# Bill Bonnet (2005-05-19) reports that the US Embassy in Ulaanbaatar says 1857# there is only one time zone and that DST is observed, citing Microsoft 1858# Windows XP as the source. Risto Nyk��nen (2005-05-16) reports that | 1925 1926############################################################################### 1927 1928# Kuwait 1929# See Asia/Riyadh. 1930 1931# Laos 1932# See Asia/Bangkok. --- 116 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 2049# For now, assume Rives McDow's informant got confused about Friday vs 2050# Saturday, and that his 2001 dates should have 1 added to them. 2051 2052# From Paul Eggert (2005-07-26): 2053# We have wildly conflicting information about Mongolia's time zones. 2054# Bill Bonnet (2005-05-19) reports that the US Embassy in Ulaanbaatar says 2055# there is only one time zone and that DST is observed, citing Microsoft 2056# Windows XP as the source. Risto Nyk��nen (2005-05-16) reports that |
| 1859# travelmongolia.org says there are two time zones (UTC+7, UTC+8) with no DST. | 2057# travelmongolia.org says there are two time zones (UT +07, +08) with no DST. |
| 1860# Oscar van Vlijmen (2005-05-20) reports that the Mongolian Embassy in 1861# Washington, DC says there are two time zones, with DST observed. 1862# He also found 1863# http://ubpost.mongolnews.mn/index.php?subaction=showcomments&id=1111634894&archive=&start_from=&ucat=1& 1864# which also says that there is DST, and which has a comment by "Toddius" 1865# (2005-03-31 06:05 +0700) saying "Mongolia actually has 3.5 time zones. 1866# The West (OLGII) is +7 GMT, most of the country is ULAT is +8 GMT 1867# and some Eastern provinces are +9 GMT but S��khbaatar Aimag is SUHK +8.5 GMT. --- 223 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 2091# 2092# "Govt Withdraws Plan To Advance Clocks" 2093# http://www.apakistannews.com/govt-withdraws-plan-to-advance-clocks-172041 2094# 2095# "People laud PM's announcement to end DST" 2096# http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=99374&Itemid=2 2097 2098# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S | 2058# Oscar van Vlijmen (2005-05-20) reports that the Mongolian Embassy in 2059# Washington, DC says there are two time zones, with DST observed. 2060# He also found 2061# http://ubpost.mongolnews.mn/index.php?subaction=showcomments&id=1111634894&archive=&start_from=&ucat=1& 2062# which also says that there is DST, and which has a comment by "Toddius" 2063# (2005-03-31 06:05 +0700) saying "Mongolia actually has 3.5 time zones. 2064# The West (OLGII) is +7 GMT, most of the country is ULAT is +8 GMT 2065# and some Eastern provinces are +9 GMT but S��khbaatar Aimag is SUHK +8.5 GMT. --- 223 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 2289# 2290# "Govt Withdraws Plan To Advance Clocks" 2291# http://www.apakistannews.com/govt-withdraws-plan-to-advance-clocks-172041 2292# 2293# "People laud PM's announcement to end DST" 2294# http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=99374&Itemid=2 2295 2296# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S |
| 2099Rule Pakistan 2002 only - Apr Sun>=2 0:01 1:00 S 2100Rule Pakistan 2002 only - Oct Sun>=2 0:01 0 - | 2297Rule Pakistan 2002 only - Apr Sun>=2 0:00 1:00 S 2298Rule Pakistan 2002 only - Oct Sun>=2 0:00 0 - |
| 2101Rule Pakistan 2008 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S 2102Rule Pakistan 2008 2009 - Nov 1 0:00 0 - 2103Rule Pakistan 2009 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 S 2104 2105# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2106Zone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907 2107 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep 2108 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 15 --- 245 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 2354# From Steffen Thorsen (2015-03-03): 2355# Sources such as http://www.alquds.com/news/article/view/id/548257 2356# and http://www.raya.ps/ar/news/890705.html say Palestine areas will 2357# start DST on 2015-03-28 00:00 which is one day later than expected. 2358# 2359# From Paul Eggert (2015-03-03): 2360# http://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/west-bank/ramallah?year=2014 2361# says that the fall 2014 transition was Oct 23 at 24:00. | 2299Rule Pakistan 2008 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S 2300Rule Pakistan 2008 2009 - Nov 1 0:00 0 - 2301Rule Pakistan 2009 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 S 2302 2303# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2304Zone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907 2305 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep 2306 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 15 --- 245 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 2552# From Steffen Thorsen (2015-03-03): 2553# Sources such as http://www.alquds.com/news/article/view/id/548257 2554# and http://www.raya.ps/ar/news/890705.html say Palestine areas will 2555# start DST on 2015-03-28 00:00 which is one day later than expected. 2556# 2557# From Paul Eggert (2015-03-03): 2558# http://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/west-bank/ramallah?year=2014 2559# says that the fall 2014 transition was Oct 23 at 24:00. |
| 2362# For future dates, guess the last Friday in March at 24:00 through 2363# the first Friday on or after October 21 at 00:00. This is consistent with 2364# the predictions in today's editions of the following URLs: | 2560 2561# From Hannah Kreitem (2016-03-09): 2562# http://www.palestinecabinet.gov.ps/WebSite/ar/ViewDetails?ID=31728 2563# [Google translation]: "The Council also decided to start daylight 2564# saving in Palestine as of one o'clock on Saturday morning, 2565# 2016-03-26, to provide the clock 60 minutes ahead." 2566# 2567# From Paul Eggert (2016-03-12): 2568# Predict spring transitions on March's last Saturday at 01:00 from now on. 2569 2570# From Sharef Mustafa (2016-10-19): 2571# [T]he Palestinian cabinet decision (Mar 8th 2016) published on 2572# http://www.palestinecabinet.gov.ps/WebSite/Upload/Decree/GOV_17/16032016134830.pdf 2573# states that summer time will end on Oct 29th at 01:00. 2574# 2575# From Tim Parenti (2016-10-19): 2576# Predict fall transitions on October's last Saturday at 01:00 from now on. 2577# This is consistent with the 2016 transition as well as our spring 2578# predictions. 2579# 2580# From Paul Eggert (2016-10-19): 2581# It's also consistent with predictions in the following URLs today: |
| 2365# http://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/gaza-strip/gaza 2366# http://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/west-bank/hebron 2367 2368# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 2369Rule EgyptAsia 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S 2370Rule EgyptAsia 1957 1958 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 2371Rule EgyptAsia 1958 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 2372Rule EgyptAsia 1959 1967 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S --- 14 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 2387Rule Palestine 2010 only - Aug 11 0:00 0 - 2388Rule Palestine 2011 only - Apr 1 0:01 1:00 S 2389Rule Palestine 2011 only - Aug 1 0:00 0 - 2390Rule Palestine 2011 only - Aug 30 0:00 1:00 S 2391Rule Palestine 2011 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 - 2392Rule Palestine 2012 2014 - Mar lastThu 24:00 1:00 S 2393Rule Palestine 2012 only - Sep 21 1:00 0 - 2394Rule Palestine 2013 only - Sep Fri>=21 0:00 0 - | 2582# http://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/gaza-strip/gaza 2583# http://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/west-bank/hebron 2584 2585# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 2586Rule EgyptAsia 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S 2587Rule EgyptAsia 1957 1958 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 2588Rule EgyptAsia 1958 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 2589Rule EgyptAsia 1959 1967 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S --- 14 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 2604Rule Palestine 2010 only - Aug 11 0:00 0 - 2605Rule Palestine 2011 only - Apr 1 0:01 1:00 S 2606Rule Palestine 2011 only - Aug 1 0:00 0 - 2607Rule Palestine 2011 only - Aug 30 0:00 1:00 S 2608Rule Palestine 2011 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 - 2609Rule Palestine 2012 2014 - Mar lastThu 24:00 1:00 S 2610Rule Palestine 2012 only - Sep 21 1:00 0 - 2611Rule Palestine 2013 only - Sep Fri>=21 0:00 0 - |
| 2395Rule Palestine 2014 max - Oct Fri>=21 0:00 0 - 2396Rule Palestine 2015 max - Mar lastFri 24:00 1:00 S | 2612Rule Palestine 2014 2015 - Oct Fri>=21 0:00 0 - 2613Rule Palestine 2015 only - Mar lastFri 24:00 1:00 S 2614Rule Palestine 2016 max - Mar lastSat 1:00 1:00 S 2615Rule Palestine 2016 max - Oct lastSat 1:00 0 - |
| 2397 2398# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2399Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct 2400 2:00 Zion EET 1948 May 15 2401 2:00 EgyptAsia EE%sT 1967 Jun 5 2402 2:00 Zion I%sT 1996 2403 2:00 Jordan EE%sT 1999 2404 2:00 Palestine EE%sT 2008 Aug 29 0:00 --- 71 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 2476# The TZ database cannot represent quasi-solar time; airline time is the best 2477# we can do. The 1946 foreign air news digest of the U.S. Civil Aeronautics 2478# Board (OCLC 42299995) reported that the "... Arabian Government, inaugurated 2479# a weekly Dhahran-Cairo service, via the Saudi Arabian cities of Riyadh and 2480# Jidda, on March 14, 1947". Shanks & Pottenger guessed 1950; go with the 2481# earlier date. 2482# 2483# Shanks & Pottenger also state that until 1968-05-01 Saudi Arabia had two | 2616 2617# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2618Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct 2619 2:00 Zion EET 1948 May 15 2620 2:00 EgyptAsia EE%sT 1967 Jun 5 2621 2:00 Zion I%sT 1996 2622 2:00 Jordan EE%sT 1999 2623 2:00 Palestine EE%sT 2008 Aug 29 0:00 --- 71 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 2695# The TZ database cannot represent quasi-solar time; airline time is the best 2696# we can do. The 1946 foreign air news digest of the U.S. Civil Aeronautics 2697# Board (OCLC 42299995) reported that the "... Arabian Government, inaugurated 2698# a weekly Dhahran-Cairo service, via the Saudi Arabian cities of Riyadh and 2699# Jidda, on March 14, 1947". Shanks & Pottenger guessed 1950; go with the 2700# earlier date. 2701# 2702# Shanks & Pottenger also state that until 1968-05-01 Saudi Arabia had two |
| 2484# time zones; the other zone, at UTC+4, was in the far eastern part of | 2703# time zones; the other zone, at UT +04, was in the far eastern part of |
| 2485# the country. Ignore this, as it's before our 1970 cutoff. 2486# 2487# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2488Zone Asia/Riyadh 3:06:52 - LMT 1947 Mar 14 2489 3:00 - AST 2490Link Asia/Riyadh Asia/Aden # Yemen 2491Link Asia/Riyadh Asia/Kuwait 2492 --- 45 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 2538# http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=scienceNews&storyID=2006-04-12T172228Z_01_COL295762_RTRIDST_0_SCIENCE-SRILANKA-TIME-DC.XML 2539# [The Tamil Tigers] never accepted the original 1996 time change and simply 2540# kept their clocks set five and a half hours ahead of Greenwich Mean 2541# Time (GMT), in line with neighbor India. 2542# From Paul Eggert (2006-04-18): 2543# People who live in regions under Tamil control can use [TZ='Asia/Kolkata'], 2544# as that zone has agreed with the Tamil areas since our cutoff date of 1970. 2545 | 2704# the country. Ignore this, as it's before our 1970 cutoff. 2705# 2706# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2707Zone Asia/Riyadh 3:06:52 - LMT 1947 Mar 14 2708 3:00 - AST 2709Link Asia/Riyadh Asia/Aden # Yemen 2710Link Asia/Riyadh Asia/Kuwait 2711 --- 45 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 2757# http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=scienceNews&storyID=2006-04-12T172228Z_01_COL295762_RTRIDST_0_SCIENCE-SRILANKA-TIME-DC.XML 2758# [The Tamil Tigers] never accepted the original 1996 time change and simply 2759# kept their clocks set five and a half hours ahead of Greenwich Mean 2760# Time (GMT), in line with neighbor India. 2761# From Paul Eggert (2006-04-18): 2762# People who live in regions under Tamil control can use [TZ='Asia/Kolkata'], 2763# as that zone has agreed with the Tamil areas since our cutoff date of 1970. 2764 |
| 2546# From K Sethu (2006-04-25): 2547# I think the abbreviation LKT originated from the world of computers at 2548# the time of or subsequent to the time zone changes by SL Government 2549# twice in 1996 and probably SL Government or its standardization 2550# agencies never declared an abbreviation as a national standard. | 2765# From Sadika Sumanapala (2016-10-19): 2766# According to http://www.sltime.org (maintained by Measurement Units, 2767# Standards & Services Department, Sri Lanka) abbreviation for Sri Lanka 2768# standard time is SLST. |
| 2551# | 2769# |
| 2552# I recollect before the recent change the government announcements 2553# mentioning it as simply changing Sri Lanka Standard Time or Sri Lanka 2554# Time and no mention was made about the abbreviation. 2555# 2556# If we look at Sri Lanka Department of Government's "Official News 2557# Website of Sri Lanka" ... http://www.news.lk/ we can see that they 2558# use SLT as abbreviation in time stamp at the beginning of each news 2559# item.... 2560# 2561# Within Sri Lanka I think LKT is well known among computer users and 2562# administrators. In my opinion SLT may not be a good choice because the 2563# nation's largest telcom / internet operator Sri Lanka Telcom is well 2564# known by that abbreviation - simply as SLT (there IP domains are 2565# slt.lk and sltnet.lk). 2566# 2567# But if indeed our government has adopted SLT as standard abbreviation 2568# (that we have not known so far) then it is better that it be used for 2569# all computers. | 2770# From Paul Eggert (2016-10-18): 2771# "SLST" seems to be reasonably recent and rarely-used outside time 2772# zone nerd sources. I searched Google News and found three uses of 2773# it in the International Business Times of India in February and 2774# March of this year when discussing cricket match times, but nothing 2775# since then (though there has been a lot of cricket) and nothing in 2776# other English-language news sources. Our old abbreviation "LKT" is 2777# even worse. For now, let's use a numeric abbreviation; we can 2778# switch to "SLST" if it catches on. |
| 2570 | 2779 |
| 2571# From Paul Eggert (2006-04-25): 2572# One possibility is that we wait for a bit for the dust to settle down 2573# and then see what people actually say in practice. 2574 | |
| 2575# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2576Zone Asia/Colombo 5:19:24 - LMT 1880 2577 5:19:32 - MMT 1906 # Moratuwa Mean Time | 2780# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2781Zone Asia/Colombo 5:19:24 - LMT 1880 2782 5:19:32 - MMT 1906 # Moratuwa Mean Time |
| 2578 5:30 - IST 1942 Jan 5 2579 5:30 0:30 IHST 1942 Sep 2580 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 16 2:00 2581 5:30 - IST 1996 May 25 0:00 2582 6:30 - LKT 1996 Oct 26 0:30 2583 6:00 - LKT 2006 Apr 15 0:30 2584 5:30 - IST | 2783 5:30 - +0530 1942 Jan 5 2784 5:30 0:30 +0530/+06 1942 Sep 2785 5:30 1:00 +0530/+0630 1945 Oct 16 2:00 2786 5:30 - +0530 1996 May 25 0:00 2787 6:30 - +0630 1996 Oct 26 0:30 2788 6:00 - +06 2006 Apr 15 0:30 2789 5:30 - +0530 |
| 2585 2586# Syria 2587# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 2588Rule Syria 1920 1923 - Apr Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 S 2589Rule Syria 1920 1923 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 0 - 2590Rule Syria 1962 only - Apr 29 2:00 1:00 S 2591Rule Syria 1962 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 - 2592Rule Syria 1963 1965 - May 1 2:00 1:00 S --- 152 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 2745# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2746Zone Asia/Damascus 2:25:12 - LMT 1920 # Dimashq 2747 2:00 Syria EE%sT 2748 2749# Tajikistan 2750# From Shanks & Pottenger. 2751# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2752Zone Asia/Dushanbe 4:35:12 - LMT 1924 May 2 | 2790 2791# Syria 2792# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 2793Rule Syria 1920 1923 - Apr Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 S 2794Rule Syria 1920 1923 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 0 - 2795Rule Syria 1962 only - Apr 29 2:00 1:00 S 2796Rule Syria 1962 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 - 2797Rule Syria 1963 1965 - May 1 2:00 1:00 S --- 152 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 2950# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2951Zone Asia/Damascus 2:25:12 - LMT 1920 # Dimashq 2952 2:00 Syria EE%sT 2953 2954# Tajikistan 2955# From Shanks & Pottenger. 2956# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2957Zone Asia/Dushanbe 4:35:12 - LMT 1924 May 2 |
| 2753 5:00 - DUST 1930 Jun 21 # Dushanbe Time 2754 6:00 RussiaAsia DUS%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 2755 5:00 1:00 DUSST 1991 Sep 9 2:00s 2756 5:00 - TJT # Tajikistan Time | 2958 5:00 - +05 1930 Jun 21 2959 6:00 RussiaAsia +06/+07 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 2960 5:00 1:00 +05/+06 1991 Sep 9 2:00s 2961 5:00 - +05 |
| 2757 2758# Thailand 2759# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2760Zone Asia/Bangkok 6:42:04 - LMT 1880 2761 6:42:04 - BMT 1920 Apr # Bangkok Mean Time 2762 7:00 - ICT 2763Link Asia/Bangkok Asia/Phnom_Penh # Cambodia 2764Link Asia/Bangkok Asia/Vientiane # Laos 2765 2766# Turkmenistan 2767# From Shanks & Pottenger. 2768# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2769Zone Asia/Ashgabat 3:53:32 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Ashkhabad | 2962 2963# Thailand 2964# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2965Zone Asia/Bangkok 6:42:04 - LMT 1880 2966 6:42:04 - BMT 1920 Apr # Bangkok Mean Time 2967 7:00 - ICT 2968Link Asia/Bangkok Asia/Phnom_Penh # Cambodia 2969Link Asia/Bangkok Asia/Vientiane # Laos 2970 2971# Turkmenistan 2972# From Shanks & Pottenger. 2973# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2974Zone Asia/Ashgabat 3:53:32 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Ashkhabad |
| 2770 4:00 - ASHT 1930 Jun 21 # Ashkhabad Time 2771 5:00 RussiaAsia ASH%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00 2772 4:00 RussiaAsia ASH%sT 1991 Oct 27 # independence 2773 4:00 RussiaAsia TM%sT 1992 Jan 19 2:00 2774 5:00 - TMT | 2975 4:00 - +04 1930 Jun 21 2976 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 1991 Mar 31 2:00 2977 4:00 RussiaAsia +04/+05 1992 Jan 19 2:00 2978 5:00 - +05 |
| 2775 2776# United Arab Emirates 2777# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2778Zone Asia/Dubai 3:41:12 - LMT 1920 2779 4:00 - GST 2780Link Asia/Dubai Asia/Muscat # Oman 2781 2782# Uzbekistan 2783# Byalokoz 1919 says Uzbekistan was 4:27:53. 2784# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2785Zone Asia/Samarkand 4:27:53 - LMT 1924 May 2 | 2979 2980# United Arab Emirates 2981# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2982Zone Asia/Dubai 3:41:12 - LMT 1920 2983 4:00 - GST 2984Link Asia/Dubai Asia/Muscat # Oman 2985 2986# Uzbekistan 2987# Byalokoz 1919 says Uzbekistan was 4:27:53. 2988# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2989Zone Asia/Samarkand 4:27:53 - LMT 1924 May 2 |
| 2786 4:00 - SAMT 1930 Jun 21 # Samarkand Time 2787 5:00 - SAMT 1981 Apr 1 2788 5:00 1:00 SAMST 1981 Oct 1 2789 6:00 - TAST 1982 Apr 1 # Tashkent Time 2790 5:00 RussiaAsia SAM%sT 1991 Sep 1 # independence 2791 5:00 RussiaAsia UZ%sT 1992 2792 5:00 - UZT | 2990 4:00 - +04 1930 Jun 21 2991 5:00 - +05 1981 Apr 1 2992 5:00 1:00 +06 1981 Oct 1 2993 6:00 - +06 1982 Apr 1 2994 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 1992 2995 5:00 - +05 |
| 2793# Milne says Tashkent was 4:37:10.8; round to nearest. 2794Zone Asia/Tashkent 4:37:11 - LMT 1924 May 2 | 2996# Milne says Tashkent was 4:37:10.8; round to nearest. 2997Zone Asia/Tashkent 4:37:11 - LMT 1924 May 2 |
| 2795 5:00 - TAST 1930 Jun 21 # Tashkent Time 2796 6:00 RussiaAsia TAS%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00 2797 5:00 RussiaAsia TAS%sT 1991 Sep 1 # independence 2798 5:00 RussiaAsia UZ%sT 1992 2799 5:00 - UZT | 2998 5:00 - +05 1930 Jun 21 2999 6:00 RussiaAsia +06/+07 1991 Mar 31 2:00 3000 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 1992 3001 5:00 - +05 |
| 2800 2801# Vietnam 2802 2803# From Paul Eggert (2014-10-04): 2804# Milne gives 7:16:56 for the meridian of Saigon in 1899, as being 2805# used in Lower Laos, Cambodia, and Annam. But this is quite a ways 2806# from Saigon's location. For now, ignore this and stick with Shanks 2807# and Pottenger for LMT before 1906. --- 58 unchanged lines hidden --- | 3002 3003# Vietnam 3004 3005# From Paul Eggert (2014-10-04): 3006# Milne gives 7:16:56 for the meridian of Saigon in 1899, as being 3007# used in Lower Laos, Cambodia, and Annam. But this is quite a ways 3008# from Saigon's location. For now, ignore this and stick with Shanks 3009# and Pottenger for LMT before 1906. --- 58 unchanged lines hidden --- |