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1# @(#)asia 7.41 | 1# @(#)asia 7.55 2# $FreeBSD: head/share/zoneinfo/asia 58787 2000-03-29 14:01:46Z ru $ |
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 | 3 4# This data 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@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future). 7 |
7# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1996-11-22): | 8# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1999-03-22): |
8# 9# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is | 9# 10# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is |
10# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (4th edition), 11# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1995). 12# Except where otherwise noted, it is the source for the data below. | 11# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (5th edition), 12# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1999). |
13# | 13# |
14# Gwillim Law <LAW@encmail.encompass.com> writes that a good source | 14# Gwillim Law <Gwil_Law@bridge-point.com> writes that a good source |
15# for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport 16# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM), 17# published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries 18# of the IATA's data after 1990. 19# 20# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks is the source for entries through 1990, 21# and IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990. 22# 23# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences, 24# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which 25# I found in the UCLA library. 26# 27# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is | 15# for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport 16# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM), 17# published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries 18# of the IATA's data after 1990. 19# 20# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks is the source for entries through 1990, 21# and IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990. 22# 23# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences, 24# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which 25# I found in the UCLA library. 26# 27# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is |
28# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and the discovery of the longitude, 29# Oxford University Press (1980). | 28# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997). |
30# 31# I invented the abbreviations marked `*' in the following table; 32# the rest are from earlier versions of this file, or from other sources. 33# Corrections are welcome! 34# std dst 35# LMT Local Mean Time 36# 2:00 EET EEST Eastern European Time 37# 2:00 IST IDT Israel --- 36 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 74 75# Afghanistan 76# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 77Zone Asia/Kabul 4:36:48 - LMT 1890 78 4:00 - AFT 1945 79 4:30 - AFT 80 81# Armenia | 29# 30# I invented the abbreviations marked `*' in the following table; 31# the rest are from earlier versions of this file, or from other sources. 32# Corrections are welcome! 33# std dst 34# LMT Local Mean Time 35# 2:00 EET EEST Eastern European Time 36# 2:00 IST IDT Israel --- 36 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 73 74# Afghanistan 75# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 76Zone Asia/Kabul 4:36:48 - LMT 1890 77 4:00 - AFT 1945 78 4:30 - AFT 79 80# Armenia |
82# From Paul Eggert (1998-??-??): | 81# From Paul Eggert (1999-10-29): |
83# Shanks has Yerevan switching to 3:00 (with Russian DST) in spring 1991, | 82# Shanks has Yerevan switching to 3:00 (with Russian DST) in spring 1991, |
84# but usno1995 has Armenia at 4:00 (with DST), and Edgar Der-Danieliantz | 83# then to 4:00 with no DST in fall 1995, then readopting Russian DST in 1997. 84# Go with Shanks, even when he disagrees with others. Edgar Der-Danieliantz |
85# <edd@AIC.NET> reported (1996-05-04) that Yerevan probably wouldn't use DST 86# in 1996, though it did use DST in 1995. IATA SSIM (1991/1998) reports that 87# Armenia switched from 3:00 to 4:00 in 1998 and observed DST after 1991, 88# but started switching at 3:00s in 1998. | 85# <edd@AIC.NET> reported (1996-05-04) that Yerevan probably wouldn't use DST 86# in 1996, though it did use DST in 1995. IATA SSIM (1991/1998) reports that 87# Armenia switched from 3:00 to 4:00 in 1998 and observed DST after 1991, 88# but started switching at 3:00s in 1998. |
89# What a mess! We guess Yerevan DST stayed in sync with Moscow between 1990 90# and 1995, did not use DST in 1996, and started using DST again in 1997. | |
91# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 92Zone Asia/Yerevan 2:58:00 - LMT 1924 May 2 93 3:00 - YERT 1957 Mar # Yerevan Time 94 4:00 RussiaAsia YER%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 95 3:00 1:00 YERST 1991 Sep 23 # independence | 89# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 90Zone Asia/Yerevan 2:58:00 - LMT 1924 May 2 91 3:00 - YERT 1957 Mar # Yerevan Time 92 4:00 RussiaAsia YER%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 93 3:00 1:00 YERST 1991 Sep 23 # independence |
96 3:00 1:00 AMST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s # Armenia Time 97 3:00 - AMT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s 98 4:00 RussiaAsia AM%sT 1996 | 94 3:00 RussiaAsia AM%sT 1995 Sep 24 2:00s |
99 4:00 - AMT 1997 100 4:00 RussiaAsia AM%sT 101 102# Azerbaijan 103# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 104Rule Azer 1997 max - Mar lastSun 1:00 1:00 S 105Rule Azer 1997 max - Oct lastSun 1:00 0 - 106# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] --- 79 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 186# CHINA 9 H AHEAD OF UTC APR 17 - SEP 10 187 188# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1995-12-19): 189# Shanks writes that China has had a single time zone since 1980 May 1, 190# observing summer DST from 1986 through 1991; this contradicts Devine's 191# note about Time magazine, though apparently _something_ happened in 1986. 192# Go with Shanks for now. I made up names for the other pre-1980 time zones. 193 | 95 4:00 - AMT 1997 96 4:00 RussiaAsia AM%sT 97 98# Azerbaijan 99# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 100Rule Azer 1997 max - Mar lastSun 1:00 1:00 S 101Rule Azer 1997 max - Oct lastSun 1:00 0 - 102# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] --- 79 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 182# CHINA 9 H AHEAD OF UTC APR 17 - SEP 10 183 184# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1995-12-19): 185# Shanks writes that China has had a single time zone since 1980 May 1, 186# observing summer DST from 1986 through 1991; this contradicts Devine's 187# note about Time magazine, though apparently _something_ happened in 1986. 188# Go with Shanks for now. I made up names for the other pre-1980 time zones. 189 |
194# From Shanks (1995): | 190# From Shanks: |
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 --- 31 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 234Rule HK 1954 only - Oct 31 3:30 0 - 235Rule HK 1955 1964 - Nov Sun>=1 3:30 0 - 236Rule HK 1965 1977 - Apr Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S 237Rule HK 1965 1977 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 - 238Rule HK 1979 1980 - May Sun>=8 3:30 1:00 S 239Rule HK 1979 1980 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 - 240# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 241Zone Asia/Hong_Kong 7:36:36 - LMT 1904 Oct 30 | 191# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 192Rule Shang 1940 only - Jun 3 0:00 1:00 D 193Rule Shang 1940 1941 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S 194Rule Shang 1941 only - Mar 16 0:00 1:00 D 195Rule PRC 1949 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S 196Rule PRC 1986 only - May 4 0:00 1:00 D 197Rule PRC 1986 1991 - Sep Sun>=11 0:00 0 S 198Rule PRC 1987 1991 - Apr Sun>=10 0:00 1:00 D --- 31 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 230Rule HK 1954 only - Oct 31 3:30 0 - 231Rule HK 1955 1964 - Nov Sun>=1 3:30 0 - 232Rule HK 1965 1977 - Apr Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S 233Rule HK 1965 1977 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 - 234Rule HK 1979 1980 - May Sun>=8 3:30 1:00 S 235Rule HK 1979 1980 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 - 236# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 237Zone Asia/Hong_Kong 7:36:36 - LMT 1904 Oct 30 |
242 8:00 HK HK%sT 1997 Jul 1 # return to China 243 8:00 PRC C%sT | 238 8:00 HK HK%sT |
244 245 246############################################################################### 247 248# Taiwan 249 | 239 240 241############################################################################### 242 243# Taiwan 244 |
250# Shanks (1995) writes that Taiwan observed DST during 1945, when it | 245# Shanks writes that Taiwan observed DST during 1945, when it |
251# was still controlled by Japan. This is hard to believe, but we don't 252# have any other information. 253 254# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 255Rule Taiwan 1945 1951 - May 1 0:00 1:00 D 256Rule Taiwan 1945 1951 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S 257Rule Taiwan 1952 only - Mar 1 0:00 1:00 D 258Rule Taiwan 1952 1954 - Nov 1 0:00 0 S --- 41 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 300Rule Cyprus 1977 1980 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S 301Rule Cyprus 1977 only - Sep 25 0:00 0 - 302Rule Cyprus 1978 only - Oct 2 0:00 0 - 303Rule Cyprus 1979 1997 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - 304Rule Cyprus 1981 1998 - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S 305# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 306Zone Asia/Nicosia 2:13:28 - LMT 1921 Nov 14 307 2:00 Cyprus EE%sT 1998 Sep | 246# was still controlled by Japan. This is hard to believe, but we don't 247# have any other information. 248 249# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 250Rule Taiwan 1945 1951 - May 1 0:00 1:00 D 251Rule Taiwan 1945 1951 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S 252Rule Taiwan 1952 only - Mar 1 0:00 1:00 D 253Rule Taiwan 1952 1954 - Nov 1 0:00 0 S --- 41 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 295Rule Cyprus 1977 1980 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S 296Rule Cyprus 1977 only - Sep 25 0:00 0 - 297Rule Cyprus 1978 only - Oct 2 0:00 0 - 298Rule Cyprus 1979 1997 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - 299Rule Cyprus 1981 1998 - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S 300# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 301Zone Asia/Nicosia 2:13:28 - LMT 1921 Nov 14 302 2:00 Cyprus EE%sT 1998 Sep |
308 2:00 EU EE%sT | 303 2:00 EUAsia EE%sT |
309# IATA SSIM (1998-09) has Cyprus using EU rules for the first time. 310 311# Georgia 312# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1994-11-19): 313# Today's _Economist_ (p 60) reports that Georgia moved its clocks forward 314# an hour recently, due to a law proposed by Zurab Murvanidze, 315# an MP who went on a hunger strike for 11 days to force discussion about it! 316# We have no details, but we'll guess they didn't move the clocks back in fall. --- 9 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 326 4:00 RussiaAsia TBI%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 327 3:00 1:00 TBIST 1991 Apr 9 # independence 328 3:00 RussiaAsia GE%sT 1992 # Georgia Time 329 3:00 E-EurAsia GE%sT 1994 Sep lastSun 330 4:00 E-EurAsia GE%sT 1996 Oct lastSun 331 4:00 1:00 GEST 1997 Mar lastSun 332 4:00 E-EurAsia GE%sT 333 | 304# IATA SSIM (1998-09) has Cyprus using EU rules for the first time. 305 306# Georgia 307# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1994-11-19): 308# Today's _Economist_ (p 60) reports that Georgia moved its clocks forward 309# an hour recently, due to a law proposed by Zurab Murvanidze, 310# an MP who went on a hunger strike for 11 days to force discussion about it! 311# We have no details, but we'll guess they didn't move the clocks back in fall. --- 9 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 321 4:00 RussiaAsia TBI%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 322 3:00 1:00 TBIST 1991 Apr 9 # independence 323 3:00 RussiaAsia GE%sT 1992 # Georgia Time 324 3:00 E-EurAsia GE%sT 1994 Sep lastSun 325 4:00 E-EurAsia GE%sT 1996 Oct lastSun 326 4:00 1:00 GEST 1997 Mar lastSun 327 4:00 E-EurAsia GE%sT 328 |
329# East Timor 330# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 331Zone Asia/Dili 8:22:20 - LMT 1912 332 8:00 - TPT 1942 Feb 21 23:00 333 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug 334 9:00 - TPT 1976 May 3 335 8:00 - TPT # East Timor Time 336 |
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334# India 335# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 336Zone Asia/Calcutta 5:53:28 - LMT 1880 337 5:53:20 - HMT 1941 Oct # Howrah Mean Time? 338 6:30 - BURT 1942 May 15 # Burma Time 339 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep 340 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 15 341 5:30 - IST 342# The following are like Asia/Calcutta: 343# Andaman Is 344# Lakshadweep (Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Is) 345# Nicobar Is 346 347# Indonesia 348# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 349Zone Asia/Jakarta 7:07:12 - LMT 1867 Aug 10 | 337# India 338# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 339Zone Asia/Calcutta 5:53:28 - LMT 1880 340 5:53:20 - HMT 1941 Oct # Howrah Mean Time? 341 6:30 - BURT 1942 May 15 # Burma Time 342 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep 343 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 15 344 5:30 - IST 345# The following are like Asia/Calcutta: 346# Andaman Is 347# Lakshadweep (Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Is) 348# Nicobar Is 349 350# Indonesia 351# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 352Zone Asia/Jakarta 7:07:12 - LMT 1867 Aug 10 |
350 7:07:12 - JMT 1924 Jan 1 0:13 # Jakarta MT | 353# Shanks says the next transition was at 1924 Jan 1 0:13, 354# but this must be a typo. 355 7:07:12 - JMT 1923 Dec 31 23:47:12 # Jakarta |
351 7:20 - JAVT 1932 Nov # Java Time 352 7:30 - JAVT 1942 Mar 23 353 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug 354 7:30 - JAVT 1948 May 355 8:00 - JAVT 1950 May 356 7:30 - JAVT 1964 357 7:00 - JAVT 358Zone Asia/Ujung_Pandang 7:57:36 - LMT 1920 359 7:57:36 - MMT 1932 Nov # Macassar MT 360 8:00 - BORT 1942 Feb 9 # Borneo Time 361 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug 362 8:00 - BORT 363Zone Asia/Jayapura 9:22:48 - LMT 1932 Nov 364 9:00 - JAYT 1944 # Jayapura Time 365 9:30 - CST 1964 366 9:00 - JAYT 367 368# Iran | 356 7:20 - JAVT 1932 Nov # Java Time 357 7:30 - JAVT 1942 Mar 23 358 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug 359 7:30 - JAVT 1948 May 360 8:00 - JAVT 1950 May 361 7:30 - JAVT 1964 362 7:00 - JAVT 363Zone Asia/Ujung_Pandang 7:57:36 - LMT 1920 364 7:57:36 - MMT 1932 Nov # Macassar MT 365 8:00 - BORT 1942 Feb 9 # Borneo Time 366 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug 367 8:00 - BORT 368Zone Asia/Jayapura 9:22:48 - LMT 1932 Nov 369 9:00 - JAYT 1944 # Jayapura Time 370 9:30 - CST 1964 371 9:00 - JAYT 372 373# Iran |
369# From Paul Eggert (1996-12-17), following up a suggestion by Rich Wales: | 374# From Paul Eggert (1999-09-27), following up a suggestion by Rich Wales: |
370# Ahmea Alavi in 371# <a href="http://tehran.stanford.edu/Iran_Lib/Calendar/taghveem.txt"> | 375# Ahmea Alavi in 376# <a href="http://tehran.stanford.edu/Iran_Lib/Calendar/taghveem.txt"> |
372# TAGHVEEM (1993-08-04) | 377# TAGHVEEM (1993-07-12) |
373# </a> 374# writes ``Daylight saving time in Iran starts from the first day 375# of Farvardin and ends the first day of Mehr.'' This disagrees with the SSIM: 376# 377# DST start DST end 378# year SSIM Alavi SSIM Alavi 379# 1991 05-03!= 03-21 09-20!= 09-23 380# 1992 03-22!= 03-21 09-23 09-23 381# 1993 03-21 03-21 09-23 09-23 382# 1994 03-21 03-21 09-22!= 09-23 383# 1995 03-21 03-21 09-22!= 09-23 384# 1996 03-21!= 03-20 09-21!= 09-22 385# 1997 03-21 03-21 09-21!= 09-23 | 378# </a> 379# writes ``Daylight saving time in Iran starts from the first day 380# of Farvardin and ends the first day of Mehr.'' This disagrees with the SSIM: 381# 382# DST start DST end 383# year SSIM Alavi SSIM Alavi 384# 1991 05-03!= 03-21 09-20!= 09-23 385# 1992 03-22!= 03-21 09-23 09-23 386# 1993 03-21 03-21 09-23 09-23 387# 1994 03-21 03-21 09-22!= 09-23 388# 1995 03-21 03-21 09-22!= 09-23 389# 1996 03-21!= 03-20 09-21!= 09-22 390# 1997 03-21 03-21 09-21!= 09-23 |
391# 1998 03-21 03-21 09-21!= 09-23 392# 1999 03-22!= 03-21 09-22!= 09-23 393# 2000 03-21!= 03-20 09-21!= 09-22 394# 2001 03-17!= 03-21 09-19!= 09-23 |
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386# 387# Go with Alavi starting with 1992. 388# I used Ed Reingold's cal-persia in GNU Emacs 19.34 to compute Persian dates. 389# The Persian calendar is based on the sun, and dates after around 2050 390# are approximate; stop after 2037 when 32-bit time_t's overflow. 391# 392# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 393Rule Iran 1978 1980 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S --- 57 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 451# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 452Rule Iraq 1982 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D 453Rule Iraq 1982 1984 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S 454Rule Iraq 1983 only - Mar 31 0:00 1:00 D 455Rule Iraq 1984 1985 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D 456Rule Iraq 1985 1990 - Sep lastSun 1:00s 0 S 457Rule Iraq 1986 1990 - Mar lastSun 1:00s 1:00 D 458# IATA SSIM (1991/1996) says Apr 1 12:01am UTC; guess the `:01' is a typo. | 395# 396# Go with Alavi starting with 1992. 397# I used Ed Reingold's cal-persia in GNU Emacs 19.34 to compute Persian dates. 398# The Persian calendar is based on the sun, and dates after around 2050 399# are approximate; stop after 2037 when 32-bit time_t's overflow. 400# 401# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 402Rule Iran 1978 1980 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S --- 57 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 460# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 461Rule Iraq 1982 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D 462Rule Iraq 1982 1984 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S 463Rule Iraq 1983 only - Mar 31 0:00 1:00 D 464Rule Iraq 1984 1985 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D 465Rule Iraq 1985 1990 - Sep lastSun 1:00s 0 S 466Rule Iraq 1986 1990 - Mar lastSun 1:00s 1:00 D 467# IATA SSIM (1991/1996) says Apr 1 12:01am UTC; guess the `:01' is a typo. |
468# Shanks says Iraq did not observe DST 1992/1997 or 1999 on; ignore this. |
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459Rule Iraq 1991 max - Apr 1 3:00s 1:00 D 460Rule Iraq 1991 max - Oct 1 3:00s 0 D 461# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 462Zone Asia/Baghdad 2:57:40 - LMT 1890 463 2:57:36 - BMT 1918 # Baghdad Mean Time? 464 3:00 - AST 1982 May 465 3:00 Iraq A%sT 466 467 468############################################################################### 469 470# Israel 471 472# From U. S. Naval Observatory (1989-01-19): 473# ISRAEL 2 H AHEAD OF UTC 474# ISRAEL 3 H AHEAD OF UTC APR 10 - SEP 3 475 | 469Rule Iraq 1991 max - Apr 1 3:00s 1:00 D 470Rule Iraq 1991 max - Oct 1 3:00s 0 D 471# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 472Zone Asia/Baghdad 2:57:40 - LMT 1890 473 2:57:36 - BMT 1918 # Baghdad Mean Time? 474 3:00 - AST 1982 May 475 3:00 Iraq A%sT 476 477 478############################################################################### 479 480# Israel 481 482# From U. S. Naval Observatory (1989-01-19): 483# ISRAEL 2 H AHEAD OF UTC 484# ISRAEL 3 H AHEAD OF UTC APR 10 - SEP 3 485 |
476# From Shanks (1995): | 486# From Shanks: |
477# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 478Rule Zion 1940 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 D 479Rule Zion 1942 1944 - Nov 1 0:00 0 S 480Rule Zion 1943 only - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 D 481Rule Zion 1944 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D 482Rule Zion 1945 only - Apr 16 0:00 1:00 D 483Rule Zion 1945 only - Nov 1 2:00 0 S 484Rule Zion 1946 only - Apr 16 2:00 1:00 D --- 27 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 512Rule Zion 1986 only - May 18 0:00 1:00 D 513Rule Zion 1986 only - Sep 7 0:00 0 S 514Rule Zion 1987 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 D 515Rule Zion 1987 only - Sep 13 0:00 0 S 516Rule Zion 1988 only - Apr 9 0:00 1:00 D 517Rule Zion 1988 only - Sep 3 0:00 0 S 518 519# From Ephraim Silverberg <ephraim@cs.huji.ac.il> | 487# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 488Rule Zion 1940 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 D 489Rule Zion 1942 1944 - Nov 1 0:00 0 S 490Rule Zion 1943 only - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 D 491Rule Zion 1944 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D 492Rule Zion 1945 only - Apr 16 0:00 1:00 D 493Rule Zion 1945 only - Nov 1 2:00 0 S 494Rule Zion 1946 only - Apr 16 2:00 1:00 D --- 27 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 522Rule Zion 1986 only - May 18 0:00 1:00 D 523Rule Zion 1986 only - Sep 7 0:00 0 S 524Rule Zion 1987 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 D 525Rule Zion 1987 only - Sep 13 0:00 0 S 526Rule Zion 1988 only - Apr 9 0:00 1:00 D 527Rule Zion 1988 only - Sep 3 0:00 0 S 528 529# From Ephraim Silverberg <ephraim@cs.huji.ac.il> |
520# (1997-03-04, 1998-03-16 and 1998-12-28): | 530# (1997-03-04, 1998-03-16, 1998-12-28, and 2000-01-17): |
521 522# According to the Office of the Secretary General of the Ministry of 523# Interior, there is NO set rule for Daylight-Savings/Standard time changes. 524# One thing is entrenched in law, however: that there must be at least 150 525# days of daylight savings time annually. From 1993-1998, the change to 526# daylight savings time was on a Friday morning from midnight IST to 527# 1 a.m IDT; up until 1998, the change back to standard time was on a 528# Saturday night from midnight daylight savings time to 11 p.m. standard 529# time. 1996 is an exception to this rule where the change back to standard 530# time took place on Sunday night instead of Saturday night to avoid 531# conflicts with the Jewish New Year. Starting in 1999, the change to 532# daylight savings time will still be on a Friday morning but from 533# 2 a.m. IST to 3 a.m. IDT; furthermore, the change back to standard time | 531 532# According to the Office of the Secretary General of the Ministry of 533# Interior, there is NO set rule for Daylight-Savings/Standard time changes. 534# One thing is entrenched in law, however: that there must be at least 150 535# days of daylight savings time annually. From 1993-1998, the change to 536# daylight savings time was on a Friday morning from midnight IST to 537# 1 a.m IDT; up until 1998, the change back to standard time was on a 538# Saturday night from midnight daylight savings time to 11 p.m. standard 539# time. 1996 is an exception to this rule where the change back to standard 540# time took place on Sunday night instead of Saturday night to avoid 541# conflicts with the Jewish New Year. Starting in 1999, the change to 542# daylight savings time will still be on a Friday morning but from 543# 2 a.m. IST to 3 a.m. IDT; furthermore, the change back to standard time |
534# will now also be on a Friday morning from 2 a.m. IDT to 1 a.m. IST. | 544# will now also be on a Friday morning from 2 a.m. IDT to 1 a.m. IST for 545# 1999 only. In the years from 2000 to 2002, the change back will be from 546# 2 a.m. IDT to 1 a.m. IST the morning after the Jewish festival of 547# Shmini Atzeret (i.e. the morning of the 23rd of Tishrei in the lunar 548# Hebrew calendar). |
535 536# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 537Rule Zion 1989 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 D 538Rule Zion 1989 only - Sep 3 0:00 0 S 539Rule Zion 1990 only - Mar 25 0:00 1:00 D 540Rule Zion 1990 only - Aug 26 0:00 0 S 541Rule Zion 1991 only - Mar 24 0:00 1:00 D 542Rule Zion 1991 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 S --- 14 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 557 558# The dates for 1996 were determined by the Minister of Interior of the 559# time, Haim Ramon. The official announcement regarding 1996-1998 560# (with the dates for 1997-1998 no longer being relevant) can be viewed at: 561# 562# ftp://ftp.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/1996-1998.ramon.ps.gz 563# 564# The dates for 1997-1998 were altered by his successor, Rabbi Eli Suissa. | 549 550# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 551Rule Zion 1989 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 D 552Rule Zion 1989 only - Sep 3 0:00 0 S 553Rule Zion 1990 only - Mar 25 0:00 1:00 D 554Rule Zion 1990 only - Aug 26 0:00 0 S 555Rule Zion 1991 only - Mar 24 0:00 1:00 D 556Rule Zion 1991 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 S --- 14 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 571 572# The dates for 1996 were determined by the Minister of Interior of the 573# time, Haim Ramon. The official announcement regarding 1996-1998 574# (with the dates for 1997-1998 no longer being relevant) can be viewed at: 575# 576# ftp://ftp.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/1996-1998.ramon.ps.gz 577# 578# The dates for 1997-1998 were altered by his successor, Rabbi Eli Suissa. |
565# The official announcement for the year 1997 can be viewed at: | |
566# | 579# |
567# ftp://ftp.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/1997.ps.gz | 580# The official announcements for the years 1997-1999 can be viewed at: |
568# | 581# |
569# The official announcement for the year 1998 can be viewed at: | 582# ftp://ftp.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/YYYY.ps.gz |
570# | 583# |
571# ftp://ftp.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/1998.ps.gz | 584# where YYYY is the relevant year. |
572 573# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 574Rule Zion 1996 only - Mar 15 0:00 1:00 D 575Rule Zion 1996 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 S 576Rule Zion 1997 only - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D 577Rule Zion 1997 only - Sep 14 0:00 0 S 578Rule Zion 1998 only - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 D 579Rule Zion 1998 only - Sep 6 0:00 0 S 580Rule Zion 1999 only - Apr 2 2:00 1:00 D 581Rule Zion 1999 only - Sep 3 2:00 0 S 582 | 585 586# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 587Rule Zion 1996 only - Mar 15 0:00 1:00 D 588Rule Zion 1996 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 S 589Rule Zion 1997 only - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D 590Rule Zion 1997 only - Sep 14 0:00 0 S 591Rule Zion 1998 only - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 D 592Rule Zion 1998 only - Sep 6 0:00 0 S 593Rule Zion 1999 only - Apr 2 2:00 1:00 D 594Rule Zion 1999 only - Sep 3 2:00 0 S 595 |
583# Due to imminent elections in 1999, there are no dates for the year 2000 584# and beyond. There was a move to legislate the DST rules in Israel, but 585# due to the government's fall, it most likely won't be brought to the Knesset 586# for first reading before the elections and will probably be altered by the 587# newly elected government. | 596# Minister of Interior, Natan Sharansky, has announced the dates for 597# the years 2000-2002. However, sources inside the ministry have noted 598# that the end date of 2000 and both dates of 2001-2002 should be regarded 599# as tentative pending final approval. 600# 601# The official announcement for the years 2000-2002 can be viewed at: 602# 603# ftp://ftp.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/2000-2002.ps.gz |
588 | 604 |
589# From Paul Eggert (1999-01-30): 590# Here are guesses for rules after 1999. | 605# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 606Rule Zion 2000 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 D 607Rule Zion 2000 only - Oct 22 2:00 0 S 608Rule Zion 2001 only - Apr 6 2:00 1:00 D 609Rule Zion 2001 only - Oct 10 2:00 0 S 610Rule Zion 2002 only - Mar 29 2:00 1:00 D 611Rule Zion 2002 only - Sep 29 2:00 0 S 612 613# From Paul Eggert (2000-01-17): 614# Here are guesses for rules after 2002. |
591# They are probably wrong, but they are more likely than no DST at all. 592# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S | 615# They are probably wrong, but they are more likely than no DST at all. 616# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S |
593Rule Zion 2000 max - Apr Fri>=1 2:00 1:00 D 594Rule Zion 2000 max - Sep Fri>=1 2:00 0 S | 617Rule Zion 2003 max - Mar Fri>=25 2:00 1:00 D 618Rule Zion 2003 max - Oct 1 2:00 0 S |
595 596# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 597Zone Asia/Jerusalem 2:20:56 - LMT 1880 598 2:20:40 - JMT 1918 # Jerusalem Mean Time? 599 2:00 Zion I%sT 600 601 602############################################################################### --- 42 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 645# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 646Zone Asia/Tokyo 9:18:59 - LMT 1887 Dec 31 15:00u 647 9:00 - JST 1896 648 9:00 - CJT 1938 649 9:00 - JST 650# Since 1938, all Japanese possessions have been like Asia/Tokyo. 651 652# Jordan | 619 620# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 621Zone Asia/Jerusalem 2:20:56 - LMT 1880 622 2:20:40 - JMT 1918 # Jerusalem Mean Time? 623 2:00 Zion I%sT 624 625 626############################################################################### --- 42 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 669# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 670Zone Asia/Tokyo 9:18:59 - LMT 1887 Dec 31 15:00u 671 9:00 - JST 1896 672 9:00 - CJT 1938 673 9:00 - JST 674# Since 1938, all Japanese possessions have been like Asia/Tokyo. 675 676# Jordan |
677# 678# From <a href="http://star.arabia.com/990701/JO9.html"> 679# Jordan Week (1999-07-01) </a> via Steffen Thorsen (1999-09-09): 680# Clocks in Jordan were forwarded one hour on Wednesday at midnight, 681# in accordance with the government's decision to implement summer time 682# all year round. 683# 684# From <a href="http://star.arabia.com/990930/JO9.html"> 685# Jordan Week (1999-09-30) </a> via Steffen Thorsen (1999-11-09): 686# Winter time starts today Thursday, 30 September. Clocks will be turned back 687# by one hour. This is the latest government decision and it's final! 688# The decision was taken because of the increase in working hours in 689# government's departments from six to seven hours. 690# |
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653# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 654Rule Jordan 1973 only - Jun 6 0:00 1:00 S 655Rule Jordan 1973 1975 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 656Rule Jordan 1974 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 657Rule Jordan 1976 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 - 658Rule Jordan 1977 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 659Rule Jordan 1978 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 S 660Rule Jordan 1978 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 - 661Rule Jordan 1985 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 662Rule Jordan 1985 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 663Rule Jordan 1986 1988 - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 S 664Rule Jordan 1986 1990 - Oct Fri>=1 0:00 0 - 665Rule Jordan 1989 only - May 8 0:00 1:00 S 666Rule Jordan 1990 only - Apr 27 0:00 1:00 S 667Rule Jordan 1991 only - Apr 17 0:00 1:00 S 668Rule Jordan 1991 only - Sep 27 0:00 0 - 669Rule Jordan 1992 only - Apr 10 0:00 1:00 S 670Rule Jordan 1992 1993 - Oct Fri>=1 0:00 0 - | 691# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 692Rule Jordan 1973 only - Jun 6 0:00 1:00 S 693Rule Jordan 1973 1975 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 694Rule Jordan 1974 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 695Rule Jordan 1976 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 - 696Rule Jordan 1977 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 697Rule Jordan 1978 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 S 698Rule Jordan 1978 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 - 699Rule Jordan 1985 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 700Rule Jordan 1985 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 701Rule Jordan 1986 1988 - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 S 702Rule Jordan 1986 1990 - Oct Fri>=1 0:00 0 - 703Rule Jordan 1989 only - May 8 0:00 1:00 S 704Rule Jordan 1990 only - Apr 27 0:00 1:00 S 705Rule Jordan 1991 only - Apr 17 0:00 1:00 S 706Rule Jordan 1991 only - Sep 27 0:00 0 - 707Rule Jordan 1992 only - Apr 10 0:00 1:00 S 708Rule Jordan 1992 1993 - Oct Fri>=1 0:00 0 - |
671Rule Jordan 1993 max - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 S | 709Rule Jordan 1993 1998 - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 S |
672Rule Jordan 1994 only - Sep Fri>=15 0:00 0 - | 710Rule Jordan 1994 only - Sep Fri>=15 0:00 0 - |
673Rule Jordan 1995 max - Sep Fri>=15 0:00s 0 - | 711Rule Jordan 1995 1998 - Sep Fri>=15 0:00s 0 - 712Rule Jordan 1999 only - Jul 1 0:00s 1:00 S 713Rule Jordan 1999 max - Sep lastThu 0:00s 0 - 714Rule Jordan 2000 max - Mar lastThu 0:00s 1:00 S |
674# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 675Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931 676 2:00 Jordan EE%sT 677 678# Kazakhstan 679# From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22): 680# Andrew Evtichov <evti@chevron.com> (1996-04-13) writes that Kazakhstan 681# stayed in sync with Moscow after 1990, and that Aqtobe (formerly Aktyubinsk) --- 18 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 700 4:00 - SHET 1957 Mar # Fort Shevchenko Time 701 5:00 RussiaAsia SHE%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 702 4:00 1:00 AQTST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s 703 4:00 - AQTT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s # Aqtau Time 704 5:00 E-EurAsia AQT%sT 1995 Sep lastSun 705 4:00 E-EurAsia AQT%sT 706 707# Kirgizstan | 715# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 716Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931 717 2:00 Jordan EE%sT 718 719# Kazakhstan 720# From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22): 721# Andrew Evtichov <evti@chevron.com> (1996-04-13) writes that Kazakhstan 722# stayed in sync with Moscow after 1990, and that Aqtobe (formerly Aktyubinsk) --- 18 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 741 4:00 - SHET 1957 Mar # Fort Shevchenko Time 742 5:00 RussiaAsia SHE%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 743 4:00 1:00 AQTST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s 744 4:00 - AQTT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s # Aqtau Time 745 5:00 E-EurAsia AQT%sT 1995 Sep lastSun 746 4:00 E-EurAsia AQT%sT 747 748# Kirgizstan |
749# Transitions through 1991 are from Shanks. |
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708# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 709Rule Kirgiz 1992 1996 - Apr Sun>=7 0:00 1:00 S | 750# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 751Rule Kirgiz 1992 1996 - Apr Sun>=7 0:00 1:00 S |
710Rule Kirgiz 1991 1996 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - | 752Rule Kirgiz 1992 1996 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - |
711Rule Kirgiz 1997 max - Mar lastSun 2:30 1:00 S 712Rule Kirgiz 1997 max - Oct lastSun 2:30 0 - 713# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 714Zone Asia/Bishkek 4:58:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 715 5:00 - FRUT 1930 Jun 21 # Frunze Time 716 6:00 RussiaAsia FRU%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s | 753Rule Kirgiz 1997 max - Mar lastSun 2:30 1:00 S 754Rule Kirgiz 1997 max - Oct lastSun 2:30 0 - 755# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 756Zone Asia/Bishkek 4:58:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 757 5:00 - FRUT 1930 Jun 21 # Frunze Time 758 6:00 RussiaAsia FRU%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s |
717 5:00 1:00 FRUST 1991 Aug 31 # independence | 759 5:00 1:00 FRUST 1991 Aug 31 2:00 # independence |
718 5:00 Kirgiz KG%sT # Kirgizstan Time 719 720############################################################################### 721 722# Korea (North and South) 723 724# From Guy Harris: 725# According to someone at the Korean Times in San Francisco, 726# Daylight Savings Time was not observed until 1987. He did not know 727# at what time of day DST starts or ends. 728 | 760 5:00 Kirgiz KG%sT # Kirgizstan Time 761 762############################################################################### 763 764# Korea (North and South) 765 766# From Guy Harris: 767# According to someone at the Korean Times in San Francisco, 768# Daylight Savings Time was not observed until 1987. He did not know 769# at what time of day DST starts or ends. 770 |
729# From Shanks (1995): | 771# From Shanks: |
730# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 731Rule ROK 1960 only - May 15 0:00 1:00 D 732Rule ROK 1960 only - Sep 13 0:00 0 S 733Rule ROK 1987 1988 - May Sun<=14 0:00 1:00 D 734Rule ROK 1987 1988 - Oct Sun<=14 0:00 0 S 735 736# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 737Zone Asia/Seoul 8:27:52 - LMT 1890 --- 46 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 784Rule Lebanon 1978 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 - 785Rule Lebanon 1984 1987 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 786Rule Lebanon 1984 1991 - Oct 16 0:00 0 - 787Rule Lebanon 1988 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S 788Rule Lebanon 1989 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S 789Rule Lebanon 1990 1992 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 790Rule Lebanon 1992 only - Oct 4 0:00 0 - 791Rule Lebanon 1993 max - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S | 772# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 773Rule ROK 1960 only - May 15 0:00 1:00 D 774Rule ROK 1960 only - Sep 13 0:00 0 S 775Rule ROK 1987 1988 - May Sun<=14 0:00 1:00 D 776Rule ROK 1987 1988 - Oct Sun<=14 0:00 0 S 777 778# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 779Zone Asia/Seoul 8:27:52 - LMT 1890 --- 46 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 826Rule Lebanon 1978 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 - 827Rule Lebanon 1984 1987 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 828Rule Lebanon 1984 1991 - Oct 16 0:00 0 - 829Rule Lebanon 1988 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S 830Rule Lebanon 1989 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S 831Rule Lebanon 1990 1992 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 832Rule Lebanon 1992 only - Oct 4 0:00 0 - 833Rule Lebanon 1993 max - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S |
792Rule Lebanon 1993 max - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - | 834Rule Lebanon 1993 1998 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - 835Rule Lebanon 1999 max - Oct lastSun 0:00 0 - |
793# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 794Zone Asia/Beirut 2:22:00 - LMT 1880 795 2:00 Lebanon EE%sT 796 797# Malaysia 798# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 799Rule NBorneo 1935 1941 - Sep 14 0:00 0:20 TS 800Rule NBorneo 1935 1941 - Dec 14 0:00 0 - --- 15 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 816 817# Maldives 818# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 819Zone Indian/Maldives 4:54:00 - LMT 1880 # Male 820 4:54:00 - MMT 1960 # Male Mean Time 821 5:00 - MVT # Maldives Time 822 823# Mongolia | 836# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 837Zone Asia/Beirut 2:22:00 - LMT 1880 838 2:00 Lebanon EE%sT 839 840# Malaysia 841# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 842Rule NBorneo 1935 1941 - Sep 14 0:00 0:20 TS 843Rule NBorneo 1935 1941 - Dec 14 0:00 0 - --- 15 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 859 860# Maldives 861# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 862Zone Indian/Maldives 4:54:00 - LMT 1880 # Male 863 4:54:00 - MMT 1960 # Male Mean Time 864 5:00 - MVT # Maldives Time 865 866# Mongolia |
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824# Shanks says that Mongolia has three time zones, but usno1995 and the CIA map 825# Standard Time Zones of the World (1997-01) | 868# Shanks says that Mongolia has three time zones, but usno1995 and the CIA map 869# Standard Time Zones of the World (1997-01) |
826# </a> | |
827# both say that it has just one. | 870# both say that it has just one. |
828# Let's comment out the western and eastern Mongolian time zones 829# till we know what their principal towns are. | 871 872# From Oscar van Vlijmen (1999-12-11): 873# <a href="http://www.mongoliatourism.gov.mn/general.htm"> 874# General Information Mongolia 875# </a> (1999-09) 876# "Time: Mongolia has two time zones. Three westernmost provinces of 877# Bayan-Ulgii, Uvs, and Hovd are one hour earlier than the capital city, and 878# the rest of the country follows the Ulaanbaatar time, which is UTC/GMT plus 879# eight hours." 880 881# From Rives McDow (1999-12-13): 882# Mongolia discontinued the use of daylight savings time in 1999; 1998 883# being the last year it was implemented. The dates of implementation I am 884# unsure of, but most probably it was similar to Russia, except for the time 885# of implementation may have been different.... 886# Some maps in the past have indicated that there was an additional time 887# zone in the eastern part of Mongolia, including the provinces of Dornod, 888# Suhbaatar, and possibly Khentij. 889 890# From Paul Eggert (1999-12-15): 891# For now, we'll comment out the east zone (Choybalsan) 892# and use Shanks's and the IATA's data for the daylight-saving rules. 893# Naming and spelling is tricky in Mongolia. 894# We'll use Hovd (also spelled Chovd and Khovd) to represent the west zone; 895# the capital of the Hovd province is sometimes called Hovd, sometimes Dund-Us, 896# and sometimes Jirgalanta (with variant spellings), but the name Hovd 897# is good enough for our purposes. 898 |
830# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 831Rule Mongol 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 832Rule Mongol 1981 1984 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 833Rule Mongol 1985 1990 - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 S 834Rule Mongol 1985 1990 - Sep lastSun 3:00 0 - | 899# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 900Rule Mongol 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 901Rule Mongol 1981 1984 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 902Rule Mongol 1985 1990 - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 S 903Rule Mongol 1985 1990 - Sep lastSun 3:00 0 - |
835Rule Mongol 1991 max - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S | 904Rule Mongol 1991 1998 - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S |
836Rule Mongol 1991 1995 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - | 905Rule Mongol 1991 1995 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - |
837Rule Mongol 1996 only - Oct Fri>=22 0:00 0 - 838Rule Mongol 1997 max - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - | 906# IATA SSIM (1996-09) says 1996-10-25; go with Shanks. 907Rule Mongol 1996 only - Oct lastSun 0:00 0 - 908Rule Mongol 1997 1998 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - 909# IATA SSIM (1999-09) says Mongolia no longer observes DST. 910 |
839# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] | 911# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
840#Zone Asia/Dariv 6:14:32 - LMT 1905 Aug 841# 6:00 - DART 1978 # Dariv Time 842# 7:00 Mongol DAR%sT 843Zone Asia/Ulan_Bator 7:07:32 - LMT 1905 Aug 844 7:00 - ULAT 1978 # Ulan Bator Time | 912Zone Asia/Hovd 6:06:36 - LMT 1905 Aug 913 6:00 - HOVT 1978 # Hovd Time 914 7:00 Mongol HOV%sT 915Zone Asia/Ulaanbaatar 7:07:32 - LMT 1905 Aug 916 7:00 - ULAT 1978 # Ulaanbaatar Time |
845 8:00 Mongol ULA%sT | 917 8:00 Mongol ULA%sT |
846#Zone Asia/Baruun-Urt 7:33:00 - LMT 1905 Aug 847# 8:00 - BART 1978 # Baruun-Urt Time 848# 9:00 Mongol BAR%sT | 918# We're not sure about this entry yet, so we'll omit it for now. 919#Zone Asia/Choybalsan 7:38:00 - LMT 1905 Aug 920# 8:00 - CHOT 1978 # Choybalsan Time 921# 9:00 Mongol CHO%sT 19?? 922# 8:00 Mongol ULA%sT |
849 850# Nepal 851# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 852Zone Asia/Katmandu 5:41:16 - LMT 1920 853 5:30 - IST 1986 854 5:45 - NPT # Nepal Time 855 856# Oman --- 69 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 926# From IINS News Service - Israel - 1998-03-23 10:38:07 Israel time, 927# forwarded by Ephraim Silverberg: 928# 929# Despite the fact that Israel changed over to daylight savings time 930# last week, the PLO Authority (PA) has decided not to turn its clocks 931# one-hour forward at this time. As a sign of independence from Israeli rule, 932# the PA has decided to implement DST in April. 933 | 923 924# Nepal 925# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 926Zone Asia/Katmandu 5:41:16 - LMT 1920 927 5:30 - IST 1986 928 5:45 - NPT # Nepal Time 929 930# Oman --- 69 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 1000# From IINS News Service - Israel - 1998-03-23 10:38:07 Israel time, 1001# forwarded by Ephraim Silverberg: 1002# 1003# Despite the fact that Israel changed over to daylight savings time 1004# last week, the PLO Authority (PA) has decided not to turn its clocks 1005# one-hour forward at this time. As a sign of independence from Israeli rule, 1006# the PA has decided to implement DST in April. 1007 |
934# These rules for Egypt are stolen from the `africa' file. | 1008# From Paul Eggert (1999-09-20): 1009# Daoud Kuttab writes in 1010# <a href="http://www.jpost.com/com/Archive/22.Apr.1999/Opinion/Article-2.html"> 1011# Holiday havoc 1012# </a> (Jerusalem Post, 1999-04-22) that 1013# the Palestinian National Authority changed to DST on 1999-04-15. 1014# I vaguely recall that they switch back in October (sorry, forgot the source). 1015# For now, let's assume that the spring switch was at 24:00, 1016# and that they switch at 0:00 on the 3rd Fridays of April and October. 1017 1018# The rules for Egypt are stolen from the `africa' file. |
935# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 936Rule EgyptAsia 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S 937Rule EgyptAsia 1957 1958 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 938Rule EgyptAsia 1958 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 939Rule EgyptAsia 1959 1967 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S 940Rule EgyptAsia 1959 1965 - Sep 30 3:00 0 - 941Rule EgyptAsia 1966 only - Oct 1 3:00 0 - | 1019# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 1020Rule EgyptAsia 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S 1021Rule EgyptAsia 1957 1958 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 1022Rule EgyptAsia 1958 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 1023Rule EgyptAsia 1959 1967 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S 1024Rule EgyptAsia 1959 1965 - Sep 30 3:00 0 - 1025Rule EgyptAsia 1966 only - Oct 1 3:00 0 - |
1026 1027Rule Palestine 1999 max - Apr Fri>=15 0:00 1:00 S 1028Rule Palestine 1999 max - Oct Fri>=15 0:00 0 - 1029 |
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942# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 943Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct 944 2:00 Zion EET 1948 May 15 945 2:00 EgyptAsia EE%sT 1967 Jun 5 946 2:00 Zion I%sT 1996 | 1030# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1031Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct 1032 2:00 Zion EET 1948 May 15 1033 2:00 EgyptAsia EE%sT 1967 Jun 5 1034 2:00 Zion I%sT 1996 |
947 2:00 Jordan EE%sT | 1035 2:00 Jordan EE%sT 1999 1036 2:00 Palestine EE%sT |
948 949# Paracel Is 950# no information 951 952# Philippines | 1037 1038# Paracel Is 1039# no information 1040 1041# Philippines |
953# Howse writes (p 162) that until 1844 the Philippines kept American date. | 1042# Howse writes (p 153) that until 1844 the Philippines kept American date. |
954# The rest of this data is from Shanks. 955# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 956Rule Phil 1936 only - Nov 1 0:00 1:00 S 957Rule Phil 1937 only - Feb 1 0:00 0 - 958Rule Phil 1954 only - Apr 12 0:00 1:00 S 959Rule Phil 1954 only - Jul 1 0:00 0 - 960Rule Phil 1978 only - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 S 961Rule Phil 1978 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 - --- 27 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 989 7:30 - SGT 1982 May # Singapore Time 990 8:00 - SGT 991 992# Spratly Is 993# no information 994 995# Sri Lanka 996# From Paul Eggert (1996-09-03): | 1043# The rest of this data is from Shanks. 1044# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 1045Rule Phil 1936 only - Nov 1 0:00 1:00 S 1046Rule Phil 1937 only - Feb 1 0:00 0 - 1047Rule Phil 1954 only - Apr 12 0:00 1:00 S 1048Rule Phil 1954 only - Jul 1 0:00 0 - 1049Rule Phil 1978 only - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 S 1050Rule Phil 1978 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 - --- 27 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 1078 7:30 - SGT 1982 May # Singapore Time 1079 8:00 - SGT 1080 1081# Spratly Is 1082# no information 1083 1084# Sri Lanka 1085# From Paul Eggert (1996-09-03): |
997# <a href="http://www.virtual-pc.com/lankaweb/news/items/240596-2.html"> 998# Sri Lanka advances clock by an hour to avoid blackout (1996-05-24) 999# </a> | 1086# "Sri Lanka advances clock by an hour to avoid blackout" 1087# (www.virtual-pc.com/lankaweb/news/items/240596-2.html, 1996-05-24, 1088# no longer available as of 1999-08-17) |
1000# reported ``the country's standard time will be put forward by one hour at 1001# midnight Friday (1830 GMT) `in the light of the present power crisis'.'' | 1089# reported ``the country's standard time will be put forward by one hour at 1090# midnight Friday (1830 GMT) `in the light of the present power crisis'.'' |
1002# Transitions before 1996 are from Shanks (1995). | |
1003# 1004# From Dharmasiri Senanayake, Sri Lanka Media Minister (1996-10-24), as quoted 1005# by Shamindra in 1006# <a href="news:54rka5$m5h@mtinsc01-mgt.ops.worldnet.att.net"> 1007# Daily News - Hot News Section (1996-10-26) 1008# </a>: 1009# With effect from 12.30 a.m. on 26th October 1996 1010# Sri Lanka will be six (06) hours ahead of GMT. --- 33 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 1044Rule Syria 1989 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 - 1045Rule Syria 1990 only - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 S 1046Rule Syria 1990 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 - 1047Rule Syria 1991 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 1048Rule Syria 1991 1992 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 1049Rule Syria 1992 only - Apr 8 0:00 1:00 S 1050Rule Syria 1993 only - Mar 26 0:00 1:00 S 1051Rule Syria 1993 only - Sep 25 0:00 0 - | 1091# 1092# From Dharmasiri Senanayake, Sri Lanka Media Minister (1996-10-24), as quoted 1093# by Shamindra in 1094# <a href="news:54rka5$m5h@mtinsc01-mgt.ops.worldnet.att.net"> 1095# Daily News - Hot News Section (1996-10-26) 1096# </a>: 1097# With effect from 12.30 a.m. on 26th October 1996 1098# Sri Lanka will be six (06) hours ahead of GMT. --- 33 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 1132Rule Syria 1989 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 - 1133Rule Syria 1990 only - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 S 1134Rule Syria 1990 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 - 1135Rule Syria 1991 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 1136Rule Syria 1991 1992 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 1137Rule Syria 1992 only - Apr 8 0:00 1:00 S 1138Rule Syria 1993 only - Mar 26 0:00 1:00 S 1139Rule Syria 1993 only - Sep 25 0:00 0 - |
1052# IATA SSIM (1996-09) says 1997-03-31; (1998-02) says 1998-04-02; 1053# (1998-09) says 1999-03-29 and 1999-09-29; ignore all these claims for now. 1054Rule Syria 1994 max - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S | 1140# IATA SSIM (1998-02) says 1998-04-02; 1141# (1998-09) says 1999-03-29 and 1999-09-29; (1999-02) says 1999-04-02, 1142# 2000-04-02, and 2001-04-02; (1999-09) says 2000-03-31 and 2001-03-31; 1143# ignore all these claims and go with Shanks. 1144Rule Syria 1994 1996 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S |
1055Rule Syria 1994 max - Oct 1 0:00 0 - | 1145Rule Syria 1994 max - Oct 1 0:00 0 - |
1146Rule Syria 1997 1998 - Mar lastMon 0:00 1:00 S 1147Rule Syria 1999 max - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S |
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1056# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1057Zone Asia/Damascus 2:25:12 - LMT 1920 1058 2:00 Syria EE%sT 1059 1060# Tajikistan | 1148# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1149Zone Asia/Damascus 2:25:12 - LMT 1920 1150 2:00 Syria EE%sT 1151 1152# Tajikistan |
1061# From Shanks (1995), who writes ``date of change uncertain'' for 1991. | 1153# From Shanks. |
1062# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1063Zone Asia/Dushanbe 4:35:12 - LMT 1924 May 2 1064 5:00 - DUST 1930 Jun 21 # Dushanbe Time 1065 6:00 RussiaAsia DUS%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s | 1154# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1155Zone Asia/Dushanbe 4:35:12 - LMT 1924 May 2 1156 5:00 - DUST 1930 Jun 21 # Dushanbe Time 1157 6:00 RussiaAsia DUS%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s |
1066 5:00 1:00 DUSST 1991 Sep 9 # independence 1067 5:00 RussiaAsia TJ%sT 1992 | 1158 5:00 1:00 DUSST 1991 Sep 9 2:00s |
1068 5:00 - TJT # Tajikistan Time 1069 1070# Thailand 1071# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1072Zone Asia/Bangkok 6:42:04 - LMT 1880 1073 6:42:04 - BMT 1920 Apr # Bangkok Mean Time 1074 7:00 - ICT 1075 1076# Turkmenistan | 1159 5:00 - TJT # Tajikistan Time 1160 1161# Thailand 1162# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1163Zone Asia/Bangkok 6:42:04 - LMT 1880 1164 6:42:04 - BMT 1920 Apr # Bangkok Mean Time 1165 7:00 - ICT 1166 1167# Turkmenistan |
1077# From Shanks (1995): | 1168# From Shanks. |
1078# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1079Zone Asia/Ashkhabad 3:53:32 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Ashgabat 1080 4:00 - ASHT 1930 Jun 21 # Ashkhabad Time | 1169# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1170Zone Asia/Ashkhabad 3:53:32 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Ashgabat 1171 4:00 - ASHT 1930 Jun 21 # Ashkhabad Time |
1081 5:00 - ASHT 1981 Apr 1 1082 5:00 1:00 ASHST 1981 Oct 1 1083 6:00 - ASHT 1982 Apr 1 1084 5:00 RussiaAsia ASH%sT 1991 1085 5:00 - ASHT 1991 Oct 27 # independence 1086 5:00 RussiaAsia TM%sT 1993 # Turkmenistan Time | 1172 5:00 RussiaAsia ASH%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00 1173 4:00 RussiaAsia ASH%sT 1991 Oct 27 # independence 1174 4:00 RussiaAsia TM%sT 1992 Jan 19 2:00 |
1087 5:00 - TMT 1088 1089# United Arab Emirates 1090# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1091Zone Asia/Dubai 3:41:12 - LMT 1920 1092 4:00 - GST 1093 1094# Uzbekistan | 1175 5:00 - TMT 1176 1177# United Arab Emirates 1178# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1179Zone Asia/Dubai 3:41:12 - LMT 1920 1180 4:00 - GST 1181 1182# Uzbekistan |
1095# From Shanks (1995): | |
1096# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1097Zone Asia/Samarkand 4:27:12 - LMT 1924 May 2 1098 4:00 - SAMT 1930 Jun 21 # Samarkand Time 1099 5:00 - SAMT 1981 Apr 1 1100 5:00 1:00 SAMST 1981 Oct 1 1101 6:00 RussiaAsia TAS%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00 # Tashkent Time | 1183# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1184Zone Asia/Samarkand 4:27:12 - LMT 1924 May 2 1185 4:00 - SAMT 1930 Jun 21 # Samarkand Time 1186 5:00 - SAMT 1981 Apr 1 1187 5:00 1:00 SAMST 1981 Oct 1 1188 6:00 RussiaAsia TAS%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00 # Tashkent Time |
1102 5:00 - TAST 1991 Sep 1 # independence 1103 5:00 - UZT 1992 | 1189 5:00 RussiaAsia TAS%sT 1991 Sep 1 # independence 1190 5:00 RussiaAsia UZ%sT 1992 |
1104 5:00 RussiaAsia UZ%sT 1993 1105 5:00 - UZT 1106Zone Asia/Tashkent 4:37:12 - LMT 1924 May 2 1107 5:00 - TAST 1930 Jun 21 # Tashkent Time 1108 6:00 RussiaAsia TAS%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s | 1191 5:00 RussiaAsia UZ%sT 1993 1192 5:00 - UZT 1193Zone Asia/Tashkent 4:37:12 - LMT 1924 May 2 1194 5:00 - TAST 1930 Jun 21 # Tashkent Time 1195 6:00 RussiaAsia TAS%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s |
1109 5:00 - TAST 1991 Sep 1 # independence 1110 5:00 - UZT 1992 | 1196 5:00 RussiaAsia TAS%sT 1991 Sep 1 # independence 1197 5:00 RussiaAsia UZ%sT 1992 |
1111 5:00 RussiaAsia UZ%sT 1993 1112 5:00 - UZT 1113 1114# Vietnam 1115# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1993-11-18): 1116# Saigon's official name is Thanh-Pho Ho Chi Minh, but it's too long. 1117# We'll stick with the traditional name for now. | 1198 5:00 RussiaAsia UZ%sT 1993 1199 5:00 - UZT 1200 1201# Vietnam 1202# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1993-11-18): 1203# Saigon's official name is Thanh-Pho Ho Chi Minh, but it's too long. 1204# We'll stick with the traditional name for now. |
1118# From Shanks (1991): | 1205# From Shanks: |
1119# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1120Zone Asia/Saigon 7:06:40 - LMT 1906 Jun 9 1121 7:06:20 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT? 1122 7:00 - ICT 1912 May 1123 8:00 - ICT 1931 May 1124 7:00 - ICT 1125 1126# Yemen 1127# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1128Zone Asia/Aden 3:00:48 - LMT 1950 1129 3:00 - AST | 1206# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1207Zone Asia/Saigon 7:06:40 - LMT 1906 Jun 9 1208 7:06:20 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT? 1209 7:00 - ICT 1912 May 1210 8:00 - ICT 1931 May 1211 7:00 - ICT 1212 1213# Yemen 1214# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1215Zone Asia/Aden 3:00:48 - LMT 1950 1216 3:00 - AST |