1# @(#)asia 7.23
2
3# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
4# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
5# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future).
6
7# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1995-12-19):
8#
9# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
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25# std dst
26# LMT Local Mean Time
27# LST Local Star Time (Russian ``mestnoe zvezdnoe vremya'')
28# 2:00 EET EET DST Eastern European Time
29# 2:00 IST IDT Israel
30# 3:00 AST ADT Arabia*
31# 3:00 BSK BSD Baku (was 4:00)*
32# 3:30 IST IDT Iran
33# 4:00 AMST AMDT Armenia (was 3:00) (was YSK, YSD)*
34# 4:00 TBSK TBSD Tbilisi (was 3:00)*
35# 4:00 GST GDT Gulf*
36# 4:30 AFT Afghanistan*
37# 5:00 ASK ASD Aktau (was SHSK, SHSD)*
38# 5:00 ASK ASD Ashkhabad (was 4:00)*
39# 5:00 BSK BSD Bishkek (was 6:00) (was FSK, FSD)*
40# 5:00 PKT Pakistan*
41# 5:00 TSK TSD Tashkent (was 6:00)*
42# 5:30 IST IST India
43# 5:45 NPT Nepal*
44# 6:00 AASK AASD Alma-Ata (was 5:00)*
45# 6:00 BGT Bengal, Bangladesh*
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65# From Guy Harris:
66# Incorporates data for Singapore from Robert Elz' asia 1.1, as well as
67# additional information from Tom Yap, Sun Microsystems Intercontinental
68# Technical Support (including a page from the Official Airline Guide -
69# Worldwide Edition). The names for time zones are guesses.
70
71###############################################################################
72
73# These rules for Russia are stolen from the `europe' file.
74# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
75Rule RussiaAsia 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D
76Rule RussiaAsia 1981 1983 - Oct 1 0:00 0 K
77Rule RussiaAsia 1984 max - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 K
78Rule RussiaAsia 1985 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D
79
80# Afghanistan
81# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
82Zone Asia/Kabul 4:36:48 - LMT 1890
83 4:00 - GST 1945
84 4:30 - AFT
85
86# ZONE-DESCR Asia Kabul Afghanistan All points
87
88# Armenia
89# From Paul Eggert (1996-05-04):
90# Shanks has Yerevan switching to 3:00 (with Russian DST) in spring 1991,
91# but usno1995 has Armenia at 4:00 (with DST), and Edgar Der-Danieliantz
92# <edd@AIC.NET> reported today that Yerevan probably won't use DST this year,
93# though it did use DST in 1995. We guess Yerevan stayed in sync with Moscow
94# between 1990 and 1995, but stopped using DST in 1996.
95# Der-Danieliantz also asked for a better abbreviation than `YSK'
96# after independence. Apparently no abbreviation is in common use;
97# use `AMST/AMDT' since `AM' is the ISO country code for Armenia.
98# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
99Rule Armenia 1992 1995 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 S
100Rule Armenia 1992 1995 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D
101# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
102Zone Asia/Yerevan 2:58:00 - LMT 1924 May 2
103 3:00 - YSK 1957 Mar
104 4:00 RussiaAsia YS%s 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
105 3:00 1:00 YSD 1991 Sep 29 2:00s
106 3:00 - AMST 1992 Jan 19 2:00s
107 4:00 Armenia AM%sT 1996
108 4:00 - AMST
109
110# ZONE-DESCR Asia Yerevan Armenia All points
111
112# Azerbaijan
113# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
114Zone Asia/Baku 3:19:24 - LMT 1924 May 2
115 3:00 - BSK 1957 Mar
116 4:00 RussiaAsia BS%s 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
117 3:00 1:00 BSD 1991 Sep 29 2:00s
118 3:00 - BSK
119# Shanks has Baku using Russian DST rules after 1991,
120# but usno1995 has Azerbaijan with no DST. Go with usno1995.
121
122# ZONE-DESCR Asia Baku Azerbaijan All points
123
124# Bahrain
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160Zone Asia/Brunei 7:39:40 - LMT 1926 Mar # Bandar Seri Begawan
161 7:30 - BNT 1933
162 8:00 - BNT
163
164# ZONE-DESCR Asia Brunei Brunei All points
165
166# Burma / Myanmar
167# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
168Zone Asia/Rangoon 6:24:40 - LMT 1880 # or Yangon
169 6:25 - RMT 1920
170 6:30 - BMT 1942 May
171 9:00 - JST 1945 May 3
172 6:30 - BMT
173
174# ZONE-DESCR Asia Rangoon Myanmar All points
175
176# Cambodia
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210# Shanks writes that China switched from the Chinese calendar on 1912 Feb 12.
211# He also writes that China has had a single time zone since 1980 May 1,
212# observing summer DST from 1986 through 1991; this contradicts Devine's
213# note about Time magazine, though apparently _something_ happened in 1986.
214# Go with Shanks for now. I made up names for the other pre-1980 time zones.
215
216# From Shanks (1991):
217# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
218Rule Shang 1940 only - Jun 3 0:00 1:00 D
219Rule Shang 1940 1941 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S
220Rule Shang 1941 only - Mar 16 0:00 1:00 D
221Rule PRC 1949 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S
222Rule PRC 1986 only - May 4 0:00 1:00 D
223Rule PRC 1986 1991 - Sep Sun>=11 0:00 0 S
224Rule PRC 1987 1991 - Apr Sun>=10 0:00 1:00 D
225# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
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250# ZONE-DESCR Asia Urumqi China Urumqi
251# ZONE-DESCR Asia Kashgar China Eastern Turkestan
252
253###############################################################################
254
255# Republic of China
256
257# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
258Rule Taiwan 1945 1951 - May 1 0:00 1:00 D
259Rule Taiwan 1945 1951 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S
260Rule Taiwan 1952 only - Mar 1 0:00 1:00 D
261Rule Taiwan 1952 1954 - Nov 1 0:00 0 S
262Rule Taiwan 1953 1959 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D
263Rule Taiwan 1955 1961 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S
264Rule Taiwan 1960 1961 - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 D
265Rule Taiwan 1974 1975 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D
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270Zone Asia/Taipei 8:06:00 - LMT 1896
271 8:00 Taiwan C%sT
272
273# ZONE-DESCR Asia Taipei Taiwan All points
274
275###############################################################################
276# Hong Kong
277# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
278Rule HK 1946 only - Apr 20 3:30 1:00 S
279Rule HK 1946 only - Dec 1 3:30 0 -
280Rule HK 1947 only - Apr 13 3:30 1:00 S
281Rule HK 1947 only - Dec 30 3:30 0 -
282Rule HK 1948 only - May 2 3:30 1:00 S
283Rule HK 1948 1952 - Oct lastSun 3:30 0 -
284Rule HK 1949 1953 - Apr Sun>=1 3:30 1:00 S
285Rule HK 1953 only - Nov 1 3:30 0 -
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293# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
294Zone Asia/Hong_Kong 7:36:36 - LMT 1904 Oct 30
295 8:00 HK HK%sT
296
297# ZONE-DESCR Asia Hong_Kong Hong_Kong All points
298
299# Macao
300# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
301Rule Macao 1961 1962 - Mar Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 D
302Rule Macao 1961 1964 - Nov Sun>=1 3:30 0 S
303Rule Macao 1963 only - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 D
304Rule Macao 1964 only - Mar Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 D
305Rule Macao 1965 only - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 D
306Rule Macao 1965 only - Oct 31 0:00 0 S
307Rule Macao 1966 1971 - Apr Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 D
308Rule Macao 1966 1971 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 S
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317 8:00 Macao C%sT
318
319# ZONE-DESCR Asia Macao Macao All points
320
321###############################################################################
322
323# Cyprus
324# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
325Rule Cyprus 1975 only - Apr 13 0:00 1:00 " DST"
326Rule Cyprus 1975 only - Oct 12 0:00 0 -
327Rule Cyprus 1976 only - May 15 0:00 1:00 " DST"
328Rule Cyprus 1976 only - Oct 11 0:00 0 -
329Rule Cyprus 1977 1980 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 " DST"
330Rule Cyprus 1977 only - Sep 25 0:00 0 -
331Rule Cyprus 1978 only - Oct 2 0:00 0 -
332Rule Cyprus 1979 max - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 -
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347# From Paul Eggert (1995-11-13):
348# usno1995 has Georgia at 4:00. Guess that Georgia stopped transitions
349# after spring 1994 (thus sticking at 4:00).
350# Most likely we're still missing some rule changes between 1991 and 1994.
351# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
352Zone Asia/Tbilisi 2:59:16 - LMT 1880
353 2:59 - LST 1924 May 2
354 3:00 - TBSK 1957 Mar
355 4:00 RussiaAsia TBS%s 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
356 3:00 1:00 TBSD 1991 Sep 29 2:00s
357 3:00 RussiaAsia TBS%s 1994 Sep 25 2:00s
358 4:00 - TBSK
359
360# ZONE-DESCR Asia Tbilisi Georgia All points
361
362# India
363# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
364Zone Asia/Calcutta 5:53:28 - LMT 1880
365 5:53 - CMT 1941 Oct # Calcutta Mean Time
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396 9:00 - MLT
397
398# ZONE-DESCR Asia Jakarta Indonesia Jakarta
399# ZONE-DESCR Asia Ujung_Pandang Indonesia Ujung Pandang
400# ZONE-DESCR Asia Jayapura Indonesia Jayapura
401
402# Iran
403# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
404Rule Iran 1978 1980 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D
405Rule Iran 1978 only - Oct 21 0:00 0 S
406Rule Iran 1979 only - Sep 19 0:00 0 S
407Rule Iran 1980 only - Sep 23 0:00 0 S
408# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
409Zone Asia/Tehran 3:25:44 - LMT 1916
410 3:26 - TMT 1946
411 3:30 - IST 1977 Nov
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440
441# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993):
442#
443# Shanks gives the following rules for Jerusalem from 1918 through 1991.
444# After 1989 Shanks often disagrees with Silverberg; we go with Silverberg.
445
446# From Shanks (1991):
447# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
448Rule Zion 1940 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 D
449Rule Zion 1942 1944 - Nov 1 0:00 0 S
450Rule Zion 1943 only - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 D
451Rule Zion 1944 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D
452Rule Zion 1945 only - Apr 16 0:00 1:00 D
453Rule Zion 1945 only - Nov 1 2:00 0 S
454Rule Zion 1946 only - Apr 16 2:00 1:00 D
455Rule Zion 1946 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 S
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605
606# ZONE-DESCR Asia Tokyo Japan All points
607
608# Jordan
609# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993):
610# Most likely Shanks is merely guessing dates from 1992 on.
611# From Shanks (1991):
612# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
613Rule Jordan 1973 only - Jun 6 0:00 1:00 " DST"
614Rule Jordan 1973 1975 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
615Rule Jordan 1974 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 " DST"
616Rule Jordan 1976 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 -
617Rule Jordan 1977 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
618Rule Jordan 1978 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 " DST"
619Rule Jordan 1978 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 -
620Rule Jordan 1985 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 " DST"
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629Rule Jordan 1992 max - Oct Fri>=1 0:00 0 -
630# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
631Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931
632 2:00 Jordan EET%s
633
634# ZONE-DESCR Asia Amman Jordan All points
635
636# Kazakhstan
637# From Paul Eggert (1996-04-19):
638# Andrew Evtichov <evti@chevron.com> (1996-04-13) writes that Kazakhstan
639# stayed in sync with Moscow after 1990, and that Aktau is the biggest city
640# in western Kazakhstan. Follow Shanks before 1991, Evtichov afterwards.
641# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
642Zone Asia/Alma-Ata 5:07:48 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Almaty
643 5:00 - AASK 1957 Mar
644 6:00 RussiaAsia AAS%s 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
645 5:00 1:00 AASD 1991 Sep 29 2:00s
646 5:00 - AASK 1992 Jan 19 2:00s
647 6:00 RussiaAsia AAS%s
648Zone Asia/Aktau 3:21:04 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Aqtau
649 4:00 - SHSK 1957 Mar # Fort Shevchenko
650 5:00 RussiaAsia SHS%s 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
651 4:00 1:00 ASD 1991 Sep 29 2:00s
652 4:00 - ASK 1992 Jan 19 2:00s
653 5:00 RussiaAsia AS%s
654
655# ZONE-DESCR Asia Alma-Ata Kazakhstan All points except:
656# ZONE-DESCR Asia Aktau Kazakhstan Aktau
657
658# Kirgizstan
659# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
660Zone Asia/Bishkek 4:58:24 - LMT 1924 May 2
661 5:00 - FSK 1957 Mar # Frunze
662 6:00 RussiaAsia FS%s 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
663 5:00 1:00 FSD 1991 Sep 29 2:00s
664 5:00 RussiaAsia BS%s
665
666# ZONE-DESCR Asia Bishkek Kirgizstan All points
667
668###############################################################################
669
670# Korea
671
672# From Guy Harris:
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717 7:00 - ICT 1912 May
718 8:00 - ICT 1931 May
719 7:00 - ICT
720
721# ZONE-DESCR Asia Vientiane Laos All points
722
723# Lebanon
724# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
725Rule Lebanon 1920 only - Mar 28 0:00 1:00 " DST"
726Rule Lebanon 1920 only - Oct 25 0:00 0 -
727Rule Lebanon 1921 only - Apr 3 0:00 1:00 " DST"
728Rule Lebanon 1921 only - Oct 3 0:00 0 -
729Rule Lebanon 1922 only - Mar 26 0:00 1:00 " DST"
730Rule Lebanon 1922 only - Oct 8 0:00 0 -
731Rule Lebanon 1923 only - Apr 22 0:00 1:00 " DST"
732Rule Lebanon 1923 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 -
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765# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
766Zone Indian/Maldives 4:54:00 - LMT 1880 # Male
767 4:54 - MMT 1960
768 5:00 - PKT
769
770# ZONE-DESCR Indian Maldives Maldives All points
771
772# Mongolia
773# Shanks says that Mongolia has three time zones,
774# but usno1995 and http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/95fact/802389h.gif
775# both say that it has just one.
776# Let's comment out the western and eastern Mongolian time zones
777# till we know what their principal towns are.
778# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
779Rule Mongol 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 T
780Rule Mongol 1981 1984 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S
781Rule Mongol 1985 max - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 T
782Rule Mongol 1985 max - Sep lastSun 3:00 0 S
783# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
784#Zone Asia/Dariv 6:14:32 - LMT 1905 Aug
785# 6:00 - DST 1978
786# 7:00 Mongol D%sT
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816 5:30 - IST 1951 Sep 30
817 5:00 - PKT
818
819# ZONE-DESCR Asia Karachi Pakistan All points
820
821# Palestine
822# These rules for Egypt are stolen from the `africa' file.
823# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
824Rule EgyptAsia 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 " DST"
825Rule EgyptAsia 1957 1958 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
826Rule EgyptAsia 1958 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 " DST"
827Rule EgyptAsia 1959 1981 - May 1 1:00 1:00 " DST"
828Rule EgyptAsia 1959 1965 - Sep 30 3:00 0 -
829Rule EgyptAsia 1966 max - Oct 1 3:00 0 -
830# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
831Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct
832 2:00 - EET 1957 May 10
833 2:00 EgyptAsia EET%s 1967 Jun 30
834 2:00 Zion I%sT
835# This will undoubtedly change soon.
836
837# Paracel Is
838# no information
839
840# Philippines
841# Howse writes (p 162) that until 1844 the Philippines kept American date.
842# The rest of this data is from Shanks.
843# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
844Rule Phil 1936 only - Nov 1 0:00 1:00 D
845Rule Phil 1937 only - Feb 1 0:00 0 S
846Rule Phil 1954 only - Apr 12 0:00 1:00 D
847Rule Phil 1954 only - Jul 1 0:00 0 S
848Rule Phil 1978 only - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D
849Rule Phil 1978 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 S
850# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
851Zone Asia/Manila -15:56:00 - LMT 1844
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895 5:30 0:30 IHST 1942 Sep
896 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 16 2:00
897 5:30 - IST
898
899# ZONE-DESCR Asia Colombo Sri_Lanka All points
900
901# Syria
902# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
903Rule Syria 1920 1923 - Apr Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 " DST"
904Rule Syria 1920 1923 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 0 -
905Rule Syria 1962 only - Apr 29 2:00 1:00 " DST"
906Rule Syria 1962 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 -
907Rule Syria 1963 1965 - May 1 2:00 1:00 " DST"
908Rule Syria 1963 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 -
909Rule Syria 1964 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 -
910Rule Syria 1965 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 -
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928 2:00 Syria EET%s
929
930# ZONE-DESCR Asia Damascus Syria All points
931
932# Tajikistan
933# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
934Zone Asia/Dushanbe 4:35:12 - LMT 1924 May 2
935 5:00 - DSK 1957 Mar
936 6:00 RussiaAsia DS%s 1991
937 6:00 - DSK
938# Shanks has Dushanbe at 5:00 (6:00 summer) after 1991 Sep 29 3:00,
939# but usno1995 has it at 6:00. Go with usno1995.
940
941# ZONE-DESCR Asia Dushanbe Tajikistan All points
942
943# Thailand
944# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
945Zone Asia/Bangkok 6:42:04 - LMT 1880
946 6:42 - BMT 1920 Apr
947 7:00 - ICT
948
949# ZONE-DESCR Asia Bangkok Thailand All points
950
951# Turkmenistan
952# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
953Zone Asia/Ashkhabad 3:53:32 - LMT 1924 May 2
954 4:00 - ASK 1957 Mar
955 5:00 RussiaAsia AS%s 1991
956 5:00 - ASK
957# Shanks has Ashkhabad at 4:00 (5:00 summer) after 1991 Sep 20 3:00,
958# but usno has it at 5:00. Go with usno1995.
959
960# ZONE-DESCR Asia Ashkhabad Turkmenistan All points
961
962# United Arab Emirates
963# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
964Zone Asia/Dubai 3:41:12 - LMT 1920
965 4:00 - GST
966
967# ZONE-DESCR Asia Dubai U_A_E All points
968
969# Uzbekistan
970# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
971Zone Asia/Tashkent 4:37:12 - LMT 1924 May 2
972 5:00 - TSK 1957 Mar
973 6:00 RussiaAsia TS%s 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
974 5:00 1:00 TSD 1991 Sep 29 2:00s
975 5:00 - TSK
976# Shanks has Tashkent using DST after 1991, but usno1995 says they don't.
977# Go with usno1995.
978# http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/95fact/802389h.gif claims that
979# Uzbekistan has two time zones, but we lack data about this.
980
981# ZONE-DESCR Asia Tashkent Uzbekistan All points
982
983# Vietnam
984# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993):
985# Saigon's official name is Thanh-Pho Ho Chi Minh, but it's too long.
986# We'll stick with the traditional name for now.
987# From Shanks (1991):
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2
3# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
4# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
5# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future).
6
7# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1995-12-19):
8#
9# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
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25# std dst
26# LMT Local Mean Time
27# LST Local Star Time (Russian ``mestnoe zvezdnoe vremya'')
28# 2:00 EET EET DST Eastern European Time
29# 2:00 IST IDT Israel
30# 3:00 AST ADT Arabia*
31# 3:00 BSK BSD Baku (was 4:00)*
32# 3:30 IST IDT Iran
33# 4:00 AMST AMDT Armenia (was 3:00) (was YSK, YSD)*
34# 4:00 TBSK TBSD Tbilisi (was 3:00)*
35# 4:00 GST GDT Gulf*
36# 4:30 AFT Afghanistan*
37# 5:00 ASK ASD Aktau (was SHSK, SHSD)*
38# 5:00 ASK ASD Ashkhabad (was 4:00)*
39# 5:00 BSK BSD Bishkek (was 6:00) (was FSK, FSD)*
40# 5:00 PKT Pakistan*
41# 5:00 TSK TSD Tashkent (was 6:00)*
42# 5:30 IST IST India
43# 5:45 NPT Nepal*
44# 6:00 AASK AASD Alma-Ata (was 5:00)*
45# 6:00 BGT Bengal, Bangladesh*
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65# From Guy Harris:
66# Incorporates data for Singapore from Robert Elz' asia 1.1, as well as
67# additional information from Tom Yap, Sun Microsystems Intercontinental
68# Technical Support (including a page from the Official Airline Guide -
69# Worldwide Edition). The names for time zones are guesses.
70
71###############################################################################
72
73# These rules for Russia are stolen from the `europe' file.
74# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
75Rule RussiaAsia 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D
76Rule RussiaAsia 1981 1983 - Oct 1 0:00 0 K
77Rule RussiaAsia 1984 max - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 K
78Rule RussiaAsia 1985 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D
79
80# Afghanistan
81# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
82Zone Asia/Kabul 4:36:48 - LMT 1890
83 4:00 - GST 1945
84 4:30 - AFT
85
86# ZONE-DESCR Asia Kabul Afghanistan All points
87
88# Armenia
89# From Paul Eggert (1996-05-04):
90# Shanks has Yerevan switching to 3:00 (with Russian DST) in spring 1991,
91# but usno1995 has Armenia at 4:00 (with DST), and Edgar Der-Danieliantz
92# <edd@AIC.NET> reported today that Yerevan probably won't use DST this year,
93# though it did use DST in 1995. We guess Yerevan stayed in sync with Moscow
94# between 1990 and 1995, but stopped using DST in 1996.
95# Der-Danieliantz also asked for a better abbreviation than `YSK'
96# after independence. Apparently no abbreviation is in common use;
97# use `AMST/AMDT' since `AM' is the ISO country code for Armenia.
98# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
99Rule Armenia 1992 1995 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 S
100Rule Armenia 1992 1995 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D
101# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
102Zone Asia/Yerevan 2:58:00 - LMT 1924 May 2
103 3:00 - YSK 1957 Mar
104 4:00 RussiaAsia YS%s 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
105 3:00 1:00 YSD 1991 Sep 29 2:00s
106 3:00 - AMST 1992 Jan 19 2:00s
107 4:00 Armenia AM%sT 1996
108 4:00 - AMST
109
110# ZONE-DESCR Asia Yerevan Armenia All points
111
112# Azerbaijan
113# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
114Zone Asia/Baku 3:19:24 - LMT 1924 May 2
115 3:00 - BSK 1957 Mar
116 4:00 RussiaAsia BS%s 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
117 3:00 1:00 BSD 1991 Sep 29 2:00s
118 3:00 - BSK
119# Shanks has Baku using Russian DST rules after 1991,
120# but usno1995 has Azerbaijan with no DST. Go with usno1995.
121
122# ZONE-DESCR Asia Baku Azerbaijan All points
123
124# Bahrain
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160Zone Asia/Brunei 7:39:40 - LMT 1926 Mar # Bandar Seri Begawan
161 7:30 - BNT 1933
162 8:00 - BNT
163
164# ZONE-DESCR Asia Brunei Brunei All points
165
166# Burma / Myanmar
167# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
168Zone Asia/Rangoon 6:24:40 - LMT 1880 # or Yangon
169 6:25 - RMT 1920
170 6:30 - BMT 1942 May
171 9:00 - JST 1945 May 3
172 6:30 - BMT
173
174# ZONE-DESCR Asia Rangoon Myanmar All points
175
176# Cambodia
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210# Shanks writes that China switched from the Chinese calendar on 1912 Feb 12.
211# He also writes that China has had a single time zone since 1980 May 1,
212# observing summer DST from 1986 through 1991; this contradicts Devine's
213# note about Time magazine, though apparently _something_ happened in 1986.
214# Go with Shanks for now. I made up names for the other pre-1980 time zones.
215
216# From Shanks (1991):
217# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
218Rule Shang 1940 only - Jun 3 0:00 1:00 D
219Rule Shang 1940 1941 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S
220Rule Shang 1941 only - Mar 16 0:00 1:00 D
221Rule PRC 1949 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S
222Rule PRC 1986 only - May 4 0:00 1:00 D
223Rule PRC 1986 1991 - Sep Sun>=11 0:00 0 S
224Rule PRC 1987 1991 - Apr Sun>=10 0:00 1:00 D
225# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
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250# ZONE-DESCR Asia Urumqi China Urumqi
251# ZONE-DESCR Asia Kashgar China Eastern Turkestan
252
253###############################################################################
254
255# Republic of China
256
257# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
258Rule Taiwan 1945 1951 - May 1 0:00 1:00 D
259Rule Taiwan 1945 1951 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S
260Rule Taiwan 1952 only - Mar 1 0:00 1:00 D
261Rule Taiwan 1952 1954 - Nov 1 0:00 0 S
262Rule Taiwan 1953 1959 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D
263Rule Taiwan 1955 1961 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S
264Rule Taiwan 1960 1961 - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 D
265Rule Taiwan 1974 1975 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D
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270Zone Asia/Taipei 8:06:00 - LMT 1896
271 8:00 Taiwan C%sT
272
273# ZONE-DESCR Asia Taipei Taiwan All points
274
275###############################################################################
276# Hong Kong
277# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
278Rule HK 1946 only - Apr 20 3:30 1:00 S
279Rule HK 1946 only - Dec 1 3:30 0 -
280Rule HK 1947 only - Apr 13 3:30 1:00 S
281Rule HK 1947 only - Dec 30 3:30 0 -
282Rule HK 1948 only - May 2 3:30 1:00 S
283Rule HK 1948 1952 - Oct lastSun 3:30 0 -
284Rule HK 1949 1953 - Apr Sun>=1 3:30 1:00 S
285Rule HK 1953 only - Nov 1 3:30 0 -
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293# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
294Zone Asia/Hong_Kong 7:36:36 - LMT 1904 Oct 30
295 8:00 HK HK%sT
296
297# ZONE-DESCR Asia Hong_Kong Hong_Kong All points
298
299# Macao
300# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
301Rule Macao 1961 1962 - Mar Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 D
302Rule Macao 1961 1964 - Nov Sun>=1 3:30 0 S
303Rule Macao 1963 only - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 D
304Rule Macao 1964 only - Mar Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 D
305Rule Macao 1965 only - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 D
306Rule Macao 1965 only - Oct 31 0:00 0 S
307Rule Macao 1966 1971 - Apr Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 D
308Rule Macao 1966 1971 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 S
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317 8:00 Macao C%sT
318
319# ZONE-DESCR Asia Macao Macao All points
320
321###############################################################################
322
323# Cyprus
324# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
325Rule Cyprus 1975 only - Apr 13 0:00 1:00 " DST"
326Rule Cyprus 1975 only - Oct 12 0:00 0 -
327Rule Cyprus 1976 only - May 15 0:00 1:00 " DST"
328Rule Cyprus 1976 only - Oct 11 0:00 0 -
329Rule Cyprus 1977 1980 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 " DST"
330Rule Cyprus 1977 only - Sep 25 0:00 0 -
331Rule Cyprus 1978 only - Oct 2 0:00 0 -
332Rule Cyprus 1979 max - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 -
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347# From Paul Eggert (1995-11-13):
348# usno1995 has Georgia at 4:00. Guess that Georgia stopped transitions
349# after spring 1994 (thus sticking at 4:00).
350# Most likely we're still missing some rule changes between 1991 and 1994.
351# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
352Zone Asia/Tbilisi 2:59:16 - LMT 1880
353 2:59 - LST 1924 May 2
354 3:00 - TBSK 1957 Mar
355 4:00 RussiaAsia TBS%s 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
356 3:00 1:00 TBSD 1991 Sep 29 2:00s
357 3:00 RussiaAsia TBS%s 1994 Sep 25 2:00s
358 4:00 - TBSK
359
360# ZONE-DESCR Asia Tbilisi Georgia All points
361
362# India
363# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
364Zone Asia/Calcutta 5:53:28 - LMT 1880
365 5:53 - CMT 1941 Oct # Calcutta Mean Time
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396 9:00 - MLT
397
398# ZONE-DESCR Asia Jakarta Indonesia Jakarta
399# ZONE-DESCR Asia Ujung_Pandang Indonesia Ujung Pandang
400# ZONE-DESCR Asia Jayapura Indonesia Jayapura
401
402# Iran
403# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
404Rule Iran 1978 1980 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D
405Rule Iran 1978 only - Oct 21 0:00 0 S
406Rule Iran 1979 only - Sep 19 0:00 0 S
407Rule Iran 1980 only - Sep 23 0:00 0 S
408# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
409Zone Asia/Tehran 3:25:44 - LMT 1916
410 3:26 - TMT 1946
411 3:30 - IST 1977 Nov
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440
441# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993):
442#
443# Shanks gives the following rules for Jerusalem from 1918 through 1991.
444# After 1989 Shanks often disagrees with Silverberg; we go with Silverberg.
445
446# From Shanks (1991):
447# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
448Rule Zion 1940 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 D
449Rule Zion 1942 1944 - Nov 1 0:00 0 S
450Rule Zion 1943 only - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 D
451Rule Zion 1944 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D
452Rule Zion 1945 only - Apr 16 0:00 1:00 D
453Rule Zion 1945 only - Nov 1 2:00 0 S
454Rule Zion 1946 only - Apr 16 2:00 1:00 D
455Rule Zion 1946 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 S
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605
606# ZONE-DESCR Asia Tokyo Japan All points
607
608# Jordan
609# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993):
610# Most likely Shanks is merely guessing dates from 1992 on.
611# From Shanks (1991):
612# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
613Rule Jordan 1973 only - Jun 6 0:00 1:00 " DST"
614Rule Jordan 1973 1975 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
615Rule Jordan 1974 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 " DST"
616Rule Jordan 1976 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 -
617Rule Jordan 1977 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
618Rule Jordan 1978 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 " DST"
619Rule Jordan 1978 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 -
620Rule Jordan 1985 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 " DST"
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629Rule Jordan 1992 max - Oct Fri>=1 0:00 0 -
630# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
631Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931
632 2:00 Jordan EET%s
633
634# ZONE-DESCR Asia Amman Jordan All points
635
636# Kazakhstan
637# From Paul Eggert (1996-04-19):
638# Andrew Evtichov <evti@chevron.com> (1996-04-13) writes that Kazakhstan
639# stayed in sync with Moscow after 1990, and that Aktau is the biggest city
640# in western Kazakhstan. Follow Shanks before 1991, Evtichov afterwards.
641# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
642Zone Asia/Alma-Ata 5:07:48 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Almaty
643 5:00 - AASK 1957 Mar
644 6:00 RussiaAsia AAS%s 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
645 5:00 1:00 AASD 1991 Sep 29 2:00s
646 5:00 - AASK 1992 Jan 19 2:00s
647 6:00 RussiaAsia AAS%s
648Zone Asia/Aktau 3:21:04 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Aqtau
649 4:00 - SHSK 1957 Mar # Fort Shevchenko
650 5:00 RussiaAsia SHS%s 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
651 4:00 1:00 ASD 1991 Sep 29 2:00s
652 4:00 - ASK 1992 Jan 19 2:00s
653 5:00 RussiaAsia AS%s
654
655# ZONE-DESCR Asia Alma-Ata Kazakhstan All points except:
656# ZONE-DESCR Asia Aktau Kazakhstan Aktau
657
658# Kirgizstan
659# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
660Zone Asia/Bishkek 4:58:24 - LMT 1924 May 2
661 5:00 - FSK 1957 Mar # Frunze
662 6:00 RussiaAsia FS%s 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
663 5:00 1:00 FSD 1991 Sep 29 2:00s
664 5:00 RussiaAsia BS%s
665
666# ZONE-DESCR Asia Bishkek Kirgizstan All points
667
668###############################################################################
669
670# Korea
671
672# From Guy Harris:
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717 7:00 - ICT 1912 May
718 8:00 - ICT 1931 May
719 7:00 - ICT
720
721# ZONE-DESCR Asia Vientiane Laos All points
722
723# Lebanon
724# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
725Rule Lebanon 1920 only - Mar 28 0:00 1:00 " DST"
726Rule Lebanon 1920 only - Oct 25 0:00 0 -
727Rule Lebanon 1921 only - Apr 3 0:00 1:00 " DST"
728Rule Lebanon 1921 only - Oct 3 0:00 0 -
729Rule Lebanon 1922 only - Mar 26 0:00 1:00 " DST"
730Rule Lebanon 1922 only - Oct 8 0:00 0 -
731Rule Lebanon 1923 only - Apr 22 0:00 1:00 " DST"
732Rule Lebanon 1923 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 -
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765# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
766Zone Indian/Maldives 4:54:00 - LMT 1880 # Male
767 4:54 - MMT 1960
768 5:00 - PKT
769
770# ZONE-DESCR Indian Maldives Maldives All points
771
772# Mongolia
773# Shanks says that Mongolia has three time zones,
774# but usno1995 and http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/95fact/802389h.gif
775# both say that it has just one.
776# Let's comment out the western and eastern Mongolian time zones
777# till we know what their principal towns are.
778# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
779Rule Mongol 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 T
780Rule Mongol 1981 1984 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S
781Rule Mongol 1985 max - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 T
782Rule Mongol 1985 max - Sep lastSun 3:00 0 S
783# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
784#Zone Asia/Dariv 6:14:32 - LMT 1905 Aug
785# 6:00 - DST 1978
786# 7:00 Mongol D%sT
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816 5:30 - IST 1951 Sep 30
817 5:00 - PKT
818
819# ZONE-DESCR Asia Karachi Pakistan All points
820
821# Palestine
822# These rules for Egypt are stolen from the `africa' file.
823# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
824Rule EgyptAsia 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 " DST"
825Rule EgyptAsia 1957 1958 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
826Rule EgyptAsia 1958 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 " DST"
827Rule EgyptAsia 1959 1981 - May 1 1:00 1:00 " DST"
828Rule EgyptAsia 1959 1965 - Sep 30 3:00 0 -
829Rule EgyptAsia 1966 max - Oct 1 3:00 0 -
830# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
831Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct
832 2:00 - EET 1957 May 10
833 2:00 EgyptAsia EET%s 1967 Jun 30
834 2:00 Zion I%sT
835# This will undoubtedly change soon.
836
837# Paracel Is
838# no information
839
840# Philippines
841# Howse writes (p 162) that until 1844 the Philippines kept American date.
842# The rest of this data is from Shanks.
843# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
844Rule Phil 1936 only - Nov 1 0:00 1:00 D
845Rule Phil 1937 only - Feb 1 0:00 0 S
846Rule Phil 1954 only - Apr 12 0:00 1:00 D
847Rule Phil 1954 only - Jul 1 0:00 0 S
848Rule Phil 1978 only - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D
849Rule Phil 1978 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 S
850# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
851Zone Asia/Manila -15:56:00 - LMT 1844
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895 5:30 0:30 IHST 1942 Sep
896 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 16 2:00
897 5:30 - IST
898
899# ZONE-DESCR Asia Colombo Sri_Lanka All points
900
901# Syria
902# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
903Rule Syria 1920 1923 - Apr Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 " DST"
904Rule Syria 1920 1923 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 0 -
905Rule Syria 1962 only - Apr 29 2:00 1:00 " DST"
906Rule Syria 1962 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 -
907Rule Syria 1963 1965 - May 1 2:00 1:00 " DST"
908Rule Syria 1963 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 -
909Rule Syria 1964 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 -
910Rule Syria 1965 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 -
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928 2:00 Syria EET%s
929
930# ZONE-DESCR Asia Damascus Syria All points
931
932# Tajikistan
933# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
934Zone Asia/Dushanbe 4:35:12 - LMT 1924 May 2
935 5:00 - DSK 1957 Mar
936 6:00 RussiaAsia DS%s 1991
937 6:00 - DSK
938# Shanks has Dushanbe at 5:00 (6:00 summer) after 1991 Sep 29 3:00,
939# but usno1995 has it at 6:00. Go with usno1995.
940
941# ZONE-DESCR Asia Dushanbe Tajikistan All points
942
943# Thailand
944# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
945Zone Asia/Bangkok 6:42:04 - LMT 1880
946 6:42 - BMT 1920 Apr
947 7:00 - ICT
948
949# ZONE-DESCR Asia Bangkok Thailand All points
950
951# Turkmenistan
952# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
953Zone Asia/Ashkhabad 3:53:32 - LMT 1924 May 2
954 4:00 - ASK 1957 Mar
955 5:00 RussiaAsia AS%s 1991
956 5:00 - ASK
957# Shanks has Ashkhabad at 4:00 (5:00 summer) after 1991 Sep 20 3:00,
958# but usno has it at 5:00. Go with usno1995.
959
960# ZONE-DESCR Asia Ashkhabad Turkmenistan All points
961
962# United Arab Emirates
963# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
964Zone Asia/Dubai 3:41:12 - LMT 1920
965 4:00 - GST
966
967# ZONE-DESCR Asia Dubai U_A_E All points
968
969# Uzbekistan
970# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
971Zone Asia/Tashkent 4:37:12 - LMT 1924 May 2
972 5:00 - TSK 1957 Mar
973 6:00 RussiaAsia TS%s 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
974 5:00 1:00 TSD 1991 Sep 29 2:00s
975 5:00 - TSK
976# Shanks has Tashkent using DST after 1991, but usno1995 says they don't.
977# Go with usno1995.
978# http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/95fact/802389h.gif claims that
979# Uzbekistan has two time zones, but we lack data about this.
980
981# ZONE-DESCR Asia Tashkent Uzbekistan All points
982
983# Vietnam
984# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993):
985# Saigon's official name is Thanh-Pho Ho Chi Minh, but it's too long.
986# We'll stick with the traditional name for now.
987# From Shanks (1991):
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