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
10# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (3rd edition),
11# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1991).
12# Except where otherwise noted, it is the source for the data below.
13#
14# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences,
15# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which
16# I found in the UCLA library.
17#
18# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is
19# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and the discovery of the longitude,
20# Oxford University Press (1980).
21#
22# I invented the abbreviations marked `*' in the following table;
23# the rest are from earlier versions of this file, or from other sources.
24# Corrections are welcome!
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*
46# 6:00 DSK DSD Dushanbe (was 5:00)*
47# 6:30 BMT Burma*
48# 7:00 ICT Indochina*
49# 7:00 JVT Java*
50# 8:00 BNT Borneo, Brunei*
51# 8:00 CST CDT China
52# 8:00 HKT HKST Hong Kong
53# 8:00 PST PDT Philippines*
54# 8:00 SGT Singapore
55# 8:00 UST UDT Ulan Bator*
56# 9:00 JST JDT Japan
57# 9:00 KST KDT Korea
58# 9:00 MLT Moluccas*
59# 9:30 CST Australian Central Standard Time
60#
61# See the `europe' file for Russia and Turkey in Asia.
62#
63# See the `africa' file for Zone naming conventions.
64
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
125# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
126Zone Asia/Bahrain 3:22:20 - LMT 1920 # Al-Manamah
127 4:00 - GST 1972 Jun
128 3:00 - AST
129
130# ZONE-DESCR Asia Bahrain Bahrain All points
131
132# Bangladesh
133# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
134Zone Asia/Dacca 6:01:40 - LMT 1890
135 5:53 - CMT 1941 Oct # Calcutta Mean Time
136 6:30 - BMT 1942 May 15
137 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep
138 6:30 - BMT 1951 Sep 30
139 6:00 - BGT
140
141# ZONE-DESCR Asia Dacca Bangladesh All points
142
143# Bhutan
144# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
145Zone Asia/Thimbu 5:58:36 - LMT 1947 Aug 15
146 5:30 - IST 1987 Oct
147 6:00 - BGT
148
149# ZONE-DESCR Asia Thimbu Bhutan All points
150
151# British Indian Ocean Territory
152# From Whitman:
153# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
154Zone Indian/Chagos 5:00 - PKT
155
156# ZONE-DESCR Indian Chagos British_Indian_Ocean_Terr All points
157
158# Brunei
159# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
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
177# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
178Zone Asia/Phnom_Penh 6:59:40 - LMT 1906 Jun 9
179 7:06 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT
180 7:00 - ICT 1912 May
181 8:00 - ICT 1931 May
182 7:00 - ICT
183
184# ZONE-DESCR Asia Phnom_Penh Cambodia All points
185
186# People's Republic of China
187
188# From Guy Harris:
189# People's Republic of China. Yes, they really have only one time zone.
190
191# From Bob Devine (January 28, 1988):
192# No they don't. See TIME mag, February 17, 1986 p.52. Even though
193# China is across 4 physical time zones, before Feb 1, 1986 only the
194# Peking (Bejing) time zone was recognized. Since that date, China
195# has two of 'em -- Peking's and Urumqi (named after the capital of
196# the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region). I don't know about DST for it.
197#
198# . . .I just deleted the DST table and this editor makes it too
199# painful to suck in another copy.. So, here is what I have for
200# DST start/end dates for Peking's time zone (info from AP):
201#
202# 1986 May 4 - Sept 14
203# 1987 mid-April - ??
204
205# From U. S. Naval Observatory (January 19, 1989):
206# CHINA 8 H AHEAD OF UTC ALL OF CHINA, INCL TAIWAN
207# CHINA 9 H AHEAD OF UTC APR 17 - SEP 10
208
209# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1995-12-19):
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]
226Zone Asia/Harbin 8:26:44 - LMT 1928
227 8:30 - MAT 1932 Mar # Manchuria
228 8:00 - CST 1940
229 9:00 - KST 1966 May
230 8:30 - MAT 1980 May
231 8:00 PRC C%sT
232Zone Asia/Shanghai 8:05:52 - LMT 1928
233 8:00 Shang C%sT 1949
234 8:00 PRC C%sT
235
236Zone Asia/Chungking 7:06:20 - LMT 1928
237 7:00 - ICT 1980 May
238 8:00 PRC C%sT
239Zone Asia/Urumqi 5:50:20 - LMT 1928
240 6:00 - URT 1980 May # Urumqi
241 8:00 PRC C%sT
242Zone Asia/Kashgar 5:03:56 - LMT 1928
243 5:30 - ETT 1940 # Eastern Turkestan
244 5:00 - ETT 1980 May
245 8:00 PRC C%sT
246
247# ZONE-DESCR Asia Shanghai China All points except:
248# ZONE-DESCR Asia Harbin China Manchuria
249# ZONE-DESCR Asia Chungking China Chungking
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
266Rule Taiwan 1974 1975 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S
267Rule Taiwan 1980 only - Jun 30 0:00 1:00 D
268Rule Taiwan 1980 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 S
269# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
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 -
286Rule HK 1954 1964 - Mar Sun>=18 3:30 1:00 S
287Rule HK 1954 only - Oct 31 3:30 0 -
288Rule HK 1955 1964 - Nov Sun>=1 3:30 0 -
289Rule HK 1965 1977 - Apr Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S
290Rule HK 1965 1977 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 -
291Rule HK 1979 1980 - May Sun>=8 3:30 1:00 S
292Rule HK 1979 1980 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 -
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
309Rule Macao 1972 1974 - Apr Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 D
310Rule Macao 1972 1973 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 0 S
311Rule Macao 1974 1977 - Oct Sun>=15 3:30 0 S
312Rule Macao 1975 1977 - Apr Sun>=15 3:30 1:00 D
313Rule Macao 1978 1980 - Apr Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 D
314Rule Macao 1978 1980 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 0 S
315# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
316Zone Asia/Macao 7:34:20 - LMT 1912
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 -
333Rule Cyprus 1981 max - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 " DST"
334# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
335Zone Asia/Nicosia 2:13:28 - LMT 1921 Nov 14
336 2:00 Cyprus EET%s
337
338# ZONE-DESCR Asia Cyprus Cyprus All points
339
340# Georgia
341# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1994-11-19):
342# Today's _Economist_ (p 60) reports that Georgia moved its clocks forward
343# an hour recently, due to a law proposed by Zurab Murvanidze,
344# an MP who went on a hunger strike for 11 days to force discussion about it!
345# We have no details, but we'll guess they didn't move the clocks back in fall.
346#
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
366 6:30 - BMT 1942 May 15
367 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep
368 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 15
369 5:30 - IST
370# The following are like Asia/Calcutta:
371# Andaman Is
372# Lakshadweep (Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Is)
373# Nicobar Is
374
375# ZONE-DESCR Asia Calcutta India All points
376
377# Indonesia
378# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
379Zone Asia/Jakarta 7:07:12 - LMT 1867 Aug 10
380 7:07 - JMT 1924 Jan 1 0:13
381 7:20 - JVT 1932 Nov
382 7:30 - JVT 1942 Mar 23
383 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug
384 7:30 - JVT 1948 May
385 8:00 - JVT 1950 May
386 7:30 - JVT 1964
387 7:00 - JVT
388Zone Asia/Ujung_Pandang 7:57:36 - LMT 1920
389 7:58 - MMT 1932 Nov # Macassar Mean Time
390 8:00 - BNT 1942 Feb 9
391 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug
392 8:00 - BNT
393Zone Asia/Jayapura 9:22:48 - LMT 1932 Nov
394 9:00 - MLT 1944
395 9:30 - CST 1964
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
412 4:00 Iran G%sT 1979
413 3:30 Iran I%sT
414
415# ZONE-DESCR Asia Tehran Iran All points
416
417# Iraq
418# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
419Rule Iraq 1982 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D
420Rule Iraq 1982 1984 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S
421Rule Iraq 1983 only - Mar 31 0:00 1:00 D
422Rule Iraq 1984 1985 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D
423Rule Iraq 1985 max - Sep lastSun 1:00s 0 S
424Rule Iraq 1986 max - Mar lastSun 1:00s 1:00 D
425# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
426Zone Asia/Baghdad 2:57:40 - LMT 1890
427 2:58 - BMT 1918 # Baghdad Mean Time
428 3:00 - AST 1982 May
429 3:00 Iraq A%sT
430
431# ZONE-DESCR Asia Baghdad Iraq All points
432
433###############################################################################
434
435# Israel
436
437# From U. S. Naval Observatory (January 19, 1989):
438# ISRAEL 2 H AHEAD OF UTC
439# ISRAEL 3 H AHEAD OF UTC APR 10 - SEP 3
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
456Rule Zion 1948 only - May 23 0:00 2:00 DD
457Rule Zion 1948 only - Sep 1 0:00 1:00 D
458Rule Zion 1948 1949 - Nov 1 2:00 0 S
459Rule Zion 1949 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D
460Rule Zion 1950 only - Apr 16 0:00 1:00 D
461Rule Zion 1950 only - Sep 15 3:00 0 S
462Rule Zion 1951 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D
463Rule Zion 1951 only - Nov 11 3:00 0 S
464Rule Zion 1952 only - Apr 20 2:00 1:00 D
465Rule Zion 1952 only - Oct 19 3:00 0 S
466Rule Zion 1953 only - Apr 12 2:00 1:00 D
467Rule Zion 1953 only - Sep 13 3:00 0 S
468Rule Zion 1954 only - Jun 13 0:00 1:00 D
469Rule Zion 1954 only - Sep 12 0:00 0 S
470Rule Zion 1955 only - Jun 11 2:00 1:00 D
471Rule Zion 1955 only - Sep 11 0:00 0 S
472Rule Zion 1956 only - Jun 3 0:00 1:00 D
473Rule Zion 1956 only - Sep 30 3:00 0 S
474Rule Zion 1957 only - Apr 29 2:00 1:00 D
475Rule Zion 1957 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 S
476Rule Zion 1974 only - Jul 7 0:00 1:00 D
477Rule Zion 1974 only - Oct 13 0:00 0 S
478Rule Zion 1975 only - Apr 20 0:00 1:00 D
479Rule Zion 1975 only - Aug 31 0:00 0 S
480Rule Zion 1985 only - Apr 14 0:00 1:00 D
481Rule Zion 1985 only - Sep 15 0:00 0 S
482Rule Zion 1986 only - May 18 0:00 1:00 D
483Rule Zion 1986 only - Sep 7 0:00 0 S
484Rule Zion 1987 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 D
485Rule Zion 1987 only - Sep 13 0:00 0 S
486Rule Zion 1988 only - Apr 9 0:00 1:00 D
487Rule Zion 1988 only - Sep 3 0:00 0 S
488#Rule Zion 1989 only - Apr 29 0:00 1:00 D
489#Rule Zion 1989 only - Sep 2 0:00 0 S
490#Rule Zion 1990 only - Mar 25 0:00 1:00 D
491#Rule Zion 1990 only - Aug 26 0:00 0 S
492#Rule Zion 1991 only - Mar 10 0:00 1:00 D
493#Rule Zion 1991 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 S
494
495# From Ephraim Silverberg (1996-01-02):
496#
497# According to the Office of the Secretary General of the Ministry of
498# Interior, there is NO set rule for Daylight-Savings/Standard time changes.
499# Each year they decide anew what havoc to wreak on the country. However,
500# there is a "supposed" set of rules which is subject to change depending
501# on the party the Minister of Interior, the size of the coalition
502# government, the phase of the moon and the direction of the wind. Hence,
503# changes may need to be made on a semi-annual basis. One thing is entrenched
504# in law, however: that there must be at least 150 days of daylight savings
505# time annually. Ever since 1993, the change to daylight savings time has
506# been from midnight Thursday night to 1 a.m. Friday morning and the change
507# back to standard time on Saturday night from midnight daylight savings time
508# to 11 p.m. standard time. 1996 is an exception to this rule where the
509# change back to standard time takes place on Sunday night instead of Saturday
510# night to avoid conflicts with the Jewish New Year.
511
512# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
513Rule Zion 1989 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 D
514Rule Zion 1989 only - Sep 3 0:00 0:00 S
515Rule Zion 1990 only - Mar 25 0:00 1:00 D
516Rule Zion 1990 only - Aug 26 0:00 0:00 S
517Rule Zion 1991 only - Mar 24 0:00 1:00 D
518Rule Zion 1991 only - Sep 1 0:00 0:00 S
519Rule Zion 1992 only - Mar 29 0:00 1:00 D
520Rule Zion 1992 only - Sep 6 0:00 0:00 S
521Rule Zion 1993 only - Apr 2 0:00 1:00 D
522Rule Zion 1993 only - Sep 5 0:00 0:00 S
523
524# The dates for 1994-1995 were obtained from Office of the Spokeswoman for the
525# Ministry of Interior, Jerusalem, Israel. The spokeswoman can be reached by
526# calling the switchboard at 972-2-701411 and asking for the spokeswoman.
527
528# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
529Rule Zion 1994 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D
530Rule Zion 1994 only - Aug 28 0:00 0:00 S
531Rule Zion 1995 only - Mar 31 0:00 1:00 D
532Rule Zion 1995 only - Sep 3 0:00 0:00 S
533
534# The dates for 1996-1998 were also obtained from Office of the Spokeswoman
535# for the Ministry of Interior, Jerusalem, Israel. The official announcement
536# can be viewed (in Hebrew) at the following URL:
537#
538# ftp://ftp.huji.ac.il/pub/misc/timezones/announcements/1996-1998.ps.gz
539#
540# Emptor Caveat: The dates for the years 1996-1998 were originally announced
541# on August 31, 1995, by the previous Minister of Interior. The new Minister
542# of Interior changed the dates on January 1, 1996, to take into account the
543# desires of certain portions of Israeli society (the next election is in the
544# Fall of 1996). After this (1996) year's Daylight Savings Time is over, the
545# new minister has announced that a study will be conducted as to the wishes of
546# the populace regarding the length of Daylight Savings Time and the Interior
547# Committee will meet to review the results of the study and make any necessary
548# changes to the 1997-1998 dates. Never a dull moment in the State of Israel.
549
550# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
551Rule Zion 1996 1998 - Mar Fri>=14 0:00 1:00 D
552Rule Zion 1996 only - Sep 16 0:00 0:00 S
553Rule Zion 1997 1998 - Oct Sun>=14 0:00 0:00 S
554
555# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
556Zone Asia/Jerusalem 2:20:56 - LMT 1880
557 2:21 - JMT 1918
558 2:00 Zion I%sT
559
560# ZONE-DESCR Asia Jerusalem Israel All points
561
562###############################################################################
563
564# Japan
565
566# `9:00' and `JST' is from Guy Harris.
567
568# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1995-03-06):
569# Today's _Asahi Evening News_ (page 4) reports that Japan had
570# daylight saving between 1948 and 1951, but ``the system was discontinued
571# because the public believed it would lead to longer working hours.''
572# Shanks writes that daylight saving in Japan during those years was as follows:
573# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
574#Rule Japan 1948 only - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
575#Rule Japan 1948 1951 - Sep Sat>=8 2:00 0 S
576#Rule Japan 1949 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
577#Rule Japan 1950 1951 - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
578# but the only locations using it were US military bases.
579# We go with Shanks and omit daylight saving in those years for Asia/Tokyo.
580#
581# The same news article also reports that Japan is likely to go on DST in 1996
582# as follows, where I've guessed the AT and LETTER/S columns:
583# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
584#Rule Japan 1996 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
585#Rule Japan 1996 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
586
587# From Shanks (1991):
588# Japan switched from the Japanese calendar on 1893 Jan 1.
589# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
590Zone Asia/Tokyo 9:19:04 - LMT 1896
591 9:00 - JST
592# If Japan adopts DST in 1996, replace the above line with the following lines:
593# 9:00 - JST 1996
594# 9:00 Japan J%sT
595# and uncomment the two `Rule' lines commented out above.
596
597# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1995-12-19):
598# Shanks says that the far southern Ryukyu Is (Nansei-Shoto) are 8:00,
599# but we haven't confirmed this.
600# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
601#Zone Asia/Ishigaki 8:16:36 - LMT 1896
602# 8:00 - CST
603# There is no information for Marcus.
604# Other Japanese possessions are probably like Asia/Tokyo.
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"
621Rule Jordan 1985 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
622Rule Jordan 1986 1988 - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 " DST"
623Rule Jordan 1986 1990 - Oct Fri>=1 0:00 0 -
624Rule Jordan 1989 only - May 8 0:00 1:00 " DST"
625Rule Jordan 1990 only - Apr 27 0:00 1:00 " DST"
626Rule Jordan 1991 only - Apr 19 0:00 1:00 " DST"
627Rule Jordan 1991 only - Sep 27 0:00 0 -
628Rule Jordan 1992 max - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 " DST"
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:
673# According to someone at the Korean Times in San Francisco,
674# Daylight Savings Time was not observed until 1987. He did not know
675# at what time of day DST starts or ends.
676
677# From Shanks (1991):
678# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
679Rule ROK 1960 only - May 15 0:00 1:00 D
680Rule ROK 1960 only - Sep 13 0:00 0 S
681Rule ROK 1987 1988 - May Sun<=14 0:00 1:00 D
682Rule ROK 1987 1988 - Oct Sun<=14 0:00 0 S
683
684# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
685Zone Asia/Seoul 8:27:52 - LMT 1890
686 8:30 - KST 1904 Dec
687 9:00 - KST 1928
688 8:30 - KST 1932
689 9:00 - KST 1954 Mar 21
690 8:00 ROK K%sT 1961 Aug 10
691 8:30 - KST 1968 Oct
692 9:00 ROK K%sT
693Zone Asia/Pyongyang 8:23:00 - LMT 1890
694 8:30 - KST 1904 Dec
695 9:00 - KST 1928
696 8:30 - KST 1932
697 9:00 - KST 1954 Mar 21
698 8:00 - KST 1961 Aug 10
699 9:00 - KST
700
701# ZONE-DESCR Asia Seoul South_Korea All points
702# ZONE-DESCR Asia Pyongyang North_Korea All points
703
704###############################################################################
705
706# Kuwait
707# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
708Zone Asia/Kuwait 3:11:56 - LMT 1950
709 3:00 - AST
710
711# ZONE-DESCR Asia Kuwait Kuwait All points
712
713# Laos
714# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
715Zone Asia/Vientiane 6:50:24 - LMT 1906 Jun 9
716 7:06 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT
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 -
733Rule Lebanon 1957 1961 - May 1 0:00 1:00 " DST"
734Rule Lebanon 1957 1961 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
735Rule Lebanon 1972 only - Jun 22 0:00 1:00 " DST"
736Rule Lebanon 1972 1977 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
737Rule Lebanon 1973 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 " DST"
738Rule Lebanon 1978 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 " DST"
739Rule Lebanon 1978 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 -
740Rule Lebanon 1984 1987 - May 1 0:00 1:00 " DST"
741Rule Lebanon 1984 max - Oct 16 0:00 0 -
742Rule Lebanon 1988 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 " DST"
743Rule Lebanon 1989 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 " DST"
744Rule Lebanon 1990 max - May 1 0:00 1:00 " DST"
745# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
746Zone Asia/Beirut 2:22:00 - LMT 1880
747 2:00 Lebanon EET%s
748
749# ZONE-DESCR Asia Beirut Lebanon All points
750
751# Malaysia
752# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
753Zone Asia/Kuala_Lumpur 6:46:48 - LMT 1880
754 6:55 - SMT 1905 Jun
755 7:00 - SGT 1933
756 7:20 - SGT 1942 Feb 15
757 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 2
758 7:20 - SGT 1950
759 7:30 - SGT 1982 May
760 8:00 - SGT
761
762# ZONE-DESCR Asia Kuala_Lumpur Malaysia All points
763
764# Maldives
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
787Zone Asia/Ulan_Bator 7:07:32 - LMT 1905 Aug
788 7:00 - UST 1978
789 8:00 Mongol U%sT
790#Zone Asia/Baruun-Urt 7:33:00 - LMT 1905 Aug
791# 8:00 - BST 1978
792# 9:00 Mongol B%sT
793
794# ZONE-DESCR Asia Ulan_Bator Mongolia Central zone
795
796# Nepal
797# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
798Zone Asia/Katmandu 5:41:16 - LMT 1920
799 5:30 - IST 1986
800 5:45 - NPT
801
802# ZONE-DESCR Asia Katmandu Nepal All points
803
804# Oman
805# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
806Zone Asia/Muscat 3:54:20 - LMT 1920
807 4:00 - GST
808
809# ZONE-DESCR Asia Muscat Oman All points
810
811# Pakistan
812# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
813Zone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907
814 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep
815 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 15
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
852 8:04:00 - LMT 1899 May 11
853 8:00 Phil P%sT 1942 May
854 9:00 - JST 1944 Nov
855 8:00 Phil P%sT
856
857# ZONE-DESCR Asia Manila Philippines All points
858
859# Qatar
860# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
861Zone Asia/Qatar 3:26:08 - LMT 1920 # Al Dawhah
862 4:00 - GST 1972 Jun
863 3:00 - AST
864
865# ZONE-DESCR Asia Qatar Qatar All points
866
867# Saudi Arabia
868# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
869Zone Asia/Riyadh 3:06:52 - LMT 1950
870 3:00 - AST
871
872# ZONE-DESCR Asia Riyadh Saudi_Arabia All points
873
874# Singapore
875# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
876Zone Asia/Singapore 6:55:24 - LMT 1880
877 6:55 - SMT 1905 Jun
878 7:00 - SGT 1933
879 7:20 - SGT 1942 Feb 15
880 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 2
881 7:20 - SGT 1950
882 7:30 - SGT 1982 May
883 8:00 - SGT
884
885# ZONE-DESCR Asia Singapore Singapore All points
886
887# Spratly Is
888# no information
889
890# Sri Lanka
891# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
892Zone Asia/Colombo 5:19:24 - LMT 1880
893 5:20 - JMT 1906
894 5:30 - IST 1942 Jan 5
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 -
911Rule Syria 1966 only - Apr 24 2:00 1:00 " DST"
912Rule Syria 1966 1976 - Oct 1 2:00 0 -
913Rule Syria 1967 1978 - May 1 2:00 1:00 " DST"
914Rule Syria 1977 1978 - Sep 1 2:00 0 -
915Rule Syria 1983 1984 - Apr 9 2:00 1:00 " DST"
916Rule Syria 1983 1984 - Oct 1 2:00 0 -
917Rule Syria 1986 only - Feb 16 2:00 1:00 " DST"
918Rule Syria 1986 only - Oct 9 2:00 0 -
919Rule Syria 1987 only - Mar 1 2:00 1:00 " DST"
920Rule Syria 1987 1988 - Oct 31 2:00 0 -
921Rule Syria 1988 only - Mar 15 2:00 1:00 " DST"
922Rule Syria 1989 only - Mar 31 2:00 1:00 " DST"
923Rule Syria 1989 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 -
924Rule Syria 1990 max - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 " DST"
925Rule Syria 1990 max - Sep 30 2:00 0 -
926# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
927Zone Asia/Damascus 2:25:12 - LMT 1920
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):
988# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
989Zone Asia/Saigon 7:06:40 - LMT 1906 Jun 9
990 7:06 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT
991 7:00 - ICT 1912 May
992 8:00 - ICT 1931 May
993 7:00 - ICT
994
995# ZONE-DESCR Asia Saigon Vietnam All points
996
997# Yemen
998# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
999Zone Asia/Aden 3:00:48 - LMT 1950
1000 3:00 - AST
1001
1002# ZONE-DESCR Asia Aden Yemen All points
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
10# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (3rd edition),
11# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1991).
12# Except where otherwise noted, it is the source for the data below.
13#
14# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences,
15# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which
16# I found in the UCLA library.
17#
18# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is
19# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and the discovery of the longitude,
20# Oxford University Press (1980).
21#
22# I invented the abbreviations marked `*' in the following table;
23# the rest are from earlier versions of this file, or from other sources.
24# Corrections are welcome!
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*
46# 6:00 DSK DSD Dushanbe (was 5:00)*
47# 6:30 BMT Burma*
48# 7:00 ICT Indochina*
49# 7:00 JVT Java*
50# 8:00 BNT Borneo, Brunei*
51# 8:00 CST CDT China
52# 8:00 HKT HKST Hong Kong
53# 8:00 PST PDT Philippines*
54# 8:00 SGT Singapore
55# 8:00 UST UDT Ulan Bator*
56# 9:00 JST JDT Japan
57# 9:00 KST KDT Korea
58# 9:00 MLT Moluccas*
59# 9:30 CST Australian Central Standard Time
60#
61# See the `europe' file for Russia and Turkey in Asia.
62#
63# See the `africa' file for Zone naming conventions.
64
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
125# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
126Zone Asia/Bahrain 3:22:20 - LMT 1920 # Al-Manamah
127 4:00 - GST 1972 Jun
128 3:00 - AST
129
130# ZONE-DESCR Asia Bahrain Bahrain All points
131
132# Bangladesh
133# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
134Zone Asia/Dacca 6:01:40 - LMT 1890
135 5:53 - CMT 1941 Oct # Calcutta Mean Time
136 6:30 - BMT 1942 May 15
137 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep
138 6:30 - BMT 1951 Sep 30
139 6:00 - BGT
140
141# ZONE-DESCR Asia Dacca Bangladesh All points
142
143# Bhutan
144# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
145Zone Asia/Thimbu 5:58:36 - LMT 1947 Aug 15
146 5:30 - IST 1987 Oct
147 6:00 - BGT
148
149# ZONE-DESCR Asia Thimbu Bhutan All points
150
151# British Indian Ocean Territory
152# From Whitman:
153# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
154Zone Indian/Chagos 5:00 - PKT
155
156# ZONE-DESCR Indian Chagos British_Indian_Ocean_Terr All points
157
158# Brunei
159# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
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
177# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
178Zone Asia/Phnom_Penh 6:59:40 - LMT 1906 Jun 9
179 7:06 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT
180 7:00 - ICT 1912 May
181 8:00 - ICT 1931 May
182 7:00 - ICT
183
184# ZONE-DESCR Asia Phnom_Penh Cambodia All points
185
186# People's Republic of China
187
188# From Guy Harris:
189# People's Republic of China. Yes, they really have only one time zone.
190
191# From Bob Devine (January 28, 1988):
192# No they don't. See TIME mag, February 17, 1986 p.52. Even though
193# China is across 4 physical time zones, before Feb 1, 1986 only the
194# Peking (Bejing) time zone was recognized. Since that date, China
195# has two of 'em -- Peking's and Urumqi (named after the capital of
196# the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region). I don't know about DST for it.
197#
198# . . .I just deleted the DST table and this editor makes it too
199# painful to suck in another copy.. So, here is what I have for
200# DST start/end dates for Peking's time zone (info from AP):
201#
202# 1986 May 4 - Sept 14
203# 1987 mid-April - ??
204
205# From U. S. Naval Observatory (January 19, 1989):
206# CHINA 8 H AHEAD OF UTC ALL OF CHINA, INCL TAIWAN
207# CHINA 9 H AHEAD OF UTC APR 17 - SEP 10
208
209# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1995-12-19):
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]
226Zone Asia/Harbin 8:26:44 - LMT 1928
227 8:30 - MAT 1932 Mar # Manchuria
228 8:00 - CST 1940
229 9:00 - KST 1966 May
230 8:30 - MAT 1980 May
231 8:00 PRC C%sT
232Zone Asia/Shanghai 8:05:52 - LMT 1928
233 8:00 Shang C%sT 1949
234 8:00 PRC C%sT
235
236Zone Asia/Chungking 7:06:20 - LMT 1928
237 7:00 - ICT 1980 May
238 8:00 PRC C%sT
239Zone Asia/Urumqi 5:50:20 - LMT 1928
240 6:00 - URT 1980 May # Urumqi
241 8:00 PRC C%sT
242Zone Asia/Kashgar 5:03:56 - LMT 1928
243 5:30 - ETT 1940 # Eastern Turkestan
244 5:00 - ETT 1980 May
245 8:00 PRC C%sT
246
247# ZONE-DESCR Asia Shanghai China All points except:
248# ZONE-DESCR Asia Harbin China Manchuria
249# ZONE-DESCR Asia Chungking China Chungking
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
266Rule Taiwan 1974 1975 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S
267Rule Taiwan 1980 only - Jun 30 0:00 1:00 D
268Rule Taiwan 1980 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 S
269# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
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 -
286Rule HK 1954 1964 - Mar Sun>=18 3:30 1:00 S
287Rule HK 1954 only - Oct 31 3:30 0 -
288Rule HK 1955 1964 - Nov Sun>=1 3:30 0 -
289Rule HK 1965 1977 - Apr Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S
290Rule HK 1965 1977 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 -
291Rule HK 1979 1980 - May Sun>=8 3:30 1:00 S
292Rule HK 1979 1980 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 -
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
309Rule Macao 1972 1974 - Apr Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 D
310Rule Macao 1972 1973 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 0 S
311Rule Macao 1974 1977 - Oct Sun>=15 3:30 0 S
312Rule Macao 1975 1977 - Apr Sun>=15 3:30 1:00 D
313Rule Macao 1978 1980 - Apr Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 D
314Rule Macao 1978 1980 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 0 S
315# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
316Zone Asia/Macao 7:34:20 - LMT 1912
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 -
333Rule Cyprus 1981 max - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 " DST"
334# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
335Zone Asia/Nicosia 2:13:28 - LMT 1921 Nov 14
336 2:00 Cyprus EET%s
337
338# ZONE-DESCR Asia Cyprus Cyprus All points
339
340# Georgia
341# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1994-11-19):
342# Today's _Economist_ (p 60) reports that Georgia moved its clocks forward
343# an hour recently, due to a law proposed by Zurab Murvanidze,
344# an MP who went on a hunger strike for 11 days to force discussion about it!
345# We have no details, but we'll guess they didn't move the clocks back in fall.
346#
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
366 6:30 - BMT 1942 May 15
367 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep
368 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 15
369 5:30 - IST
370# The following are like Asia/Calcutta:
371# Andaman Is
372# Lakshadweep (Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Is)
373# Nicobar Is
374
375# ZONE-DESCR Asia Calcutta India All points
376
377# Indonesia
378# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
379Zone Asia/Jakarta 7:07:12 - LMT 1867 Aug 10
380 7:07 - JMT 1924 Jan 1 0:13
381 7:20 - JVT 1932 Nov
382 7:30 - JVT 1942 Mar 23
383 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug
384 7:30 - JVT 1948 May
385 8:00 - JVT 1950 May
386 7:30 - JVT 1964
387 7:00 - JVT
388Zone Asia/Ujung_Pandang 7:57:36 - LMT 1920
389 7:58 - MMT 1932 Nov # Macassar Mean Time
390 8:00 - BNT 1942 Feb 9
391 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug
392 8:00 - BNT
393Zone Asia/Jayapura 9:22:48 - LMT 1932 Nov
394 9:00 - MLT 1944
395 9:30 - CST 1964
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
412 4:00 Iran G%sT 1979
413 3:30 Iran I%sT
414
415# ZONE-DESCR Asia Tehran Iran All points
416
417# Iraq
418# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
419Rule Iraq 1982 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D
420Rule Iraq 1982 1984 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S
421Rule Iraq 1983 only - Mar 31 0:00 1:00 D
422Rule Iraq 1984 1985 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D
423Rule Iraq 1985 max - Sep lastSun 1:00s 0 S
424Rule Iraq 1986 max - Mar lastSun 1:00s 1:00 D
425# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
426Zone Asia/Baghdad 2:57:40 - LMT 1890
427 2:58 - BMT 1918 # Baghdad Mean Time
428 3:00 - AST 1982 May
429 3:00 Iraq A%sT
430
431# ZONE-DESCR Asia Baghdad Iraq All points
432
433###############################################################################
434
435# Israel
436
437# From U. S. Naval Observatory (January 19, 1989):
438# ISRAEL 2 H AHEAD OF UTC
439# ISRAEL 3 H AHEAD OF UTC APR 10 - SEP 3
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
456Rule Zion 1948 only - May 23 0:00 2:00 DD
457Rule Zion 1948 only - Sep 1 0:00 1:00 D
458Rule Zion 1948 1949 - Nov 1 2:00 0 S
459Rule Zion 1949 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D
460Rule Zion 1950 only - Apr 16 0:00 1:00 D
461Rule Zion 1950 only - Sep 15 3:00 0 S
462Rule Zion 1951 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D
463Rule Zion 1951 only - Nov 11 3:00 0 S
464Rule Zion 1952 only - Apr 20 2:00 1:00 D
465Rule Zion 1952 only - Oct 19 3:00 0 S
466Rule Zion 1953 only - Apr 12 2:00 1:00 D
467Rule Zion 1953 only - Sep 13 3:00 0 S
468Rule Zion 1954 only - Jun 13 0:00 1:00 D
469Rule Zion 1954 only - Sep 12 0:00 0 S
470Rule Zion 1955 only - Jun 11 2:00 1:00 D
471Rule Zion 1955 only - Sep 11 0:00 0 S
472Rule Zion 1956 only - Jun 3 0:00 1:00 D
473Rule Zion 1956 only - Sep 30 3:00 0 S
474Rule Zion 1957 only - Apr 29 2:00 1:00 D
475Rule Zion 1957 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 S
476Rule Zion 1974 only - Jul 7 0:00 1:00 D
477Rule Zion 1974 only - Oct 13 0:00 0 S
478Rule Zion 1975 only - Apr 20 0:00 1:00 D
479Rule Zion 1975 only - Aug 31 0:00 0 S
480Rule Zion 1985 only - Apr 14 0:00 1:00 D
481Rule Zion 1985 only - Sep 15 0:00 0 S
482Rule Zion 1986 only - May 18 0:00 1:00 D
483Rule Zion 1986 only - Sep 7 0:00 0 S
484Rule Zion 1987 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 D
485Rule Zion 1987 only - Sep 13 0:00 0 S
486Rule Zion 1988 only - Apr 9 0:00 1:00 D
487Rule Zion 1988 only - Sep 3 0:00 0 S
488#Rule Zion 1989 only - Apr 29 0:00 1:00 D
489#Rule Zion 1989 only - Sep 2 0:00 0 S
490#Rule Zion 1990 only - Mar 25 0:00 1:00 D
491#Rule Zion 1990 only - Aug 26 0:00 0 S
492#Rule Zion 1991 only - Mar 10 0:00 1:00 D
493#Rule Zion 1991 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 S
494
495# From Ephraim Silverberg (1996-01-02):
496#
497# According to the Office of the Secretary General of the Ministry of
498# Interior, there is NO set rule for Daylight-Savings/Standard time changes.
499# Each year they decide anew what havoc to wreak on the country. However,
500# there is a "supposed" set of rules which is subject to change depending
501# on the party the Minister of Interior, the size of the coalition
502# government, the phase of the moon and the direction of the wind. Hence,
503# changes may need to be made on a semi-annual basis. One thing is entrenched
504# in law, however: that there must be at least 150 days of daylight savings
505# time annually. Ever since 1993, the change to daylight savings time has
506# been from midnight Thursday night to 1 a.m. Friday morning and the change
507# back to standard time on Saturday night from midnight daylight savings time
508# to 11 p.m. standard time. 1996 is an exception to this rule where the
509# change back to standard time takes place on Sunday night instead of Saturday
510# night to avoid conflicts with the Jewish New Year.
511
512# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
513Rule Zion 1989 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 D
514Rule Zion 1989 only - Sep 3 0:00 0:00 S
515Rule Zion 1990 only - Mar 25 0:00 1:00 D
516Rule Zion 1990 only - Aug 26 0:00 0:00 S
517Rule Zion 1991 only - Mar 24 0:00 1:00 D
518Rule Zion 1991 only - Sep 1 0:00 0:00 S
519Rule Zion 1992 only - Mar 29 0:00 1:00 D
520Rule Zion 1992 only - Sep 6 0:00 0:00 S
521Rule Zion 1993 only - Apr 2 0:00 1:00 D
522Rule Zion 1993 only - Sep 5 0:00 0:00 S
523
524# The dates for 1994-1995 were obtained from Office of the Spokeswoman for the
525# Ministry of Interior, Jerusalem, Israel. The spokeswoman can be reached by
526# calling the switchboard at 972-2-701411 and asking for the spokeswoman.
527
528# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
529Rule Zion 1994 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D
530Rule Zion 1994 only - Aug 28 0:00 0:00 S
531Rule Zion 1995 only - Mar 31 0:00 1:00 D
532Rule Zion 1995 only - Sep 3 0:00 0:00 S
533
534# The dates for 1996-1998 were also obtained from Office of the Spokeswoman
535# for the Ministry of Interior, Jerusalem, Israel. The official announcement
536# can be viewed (in Hebrew) at the following URL:
537#
538# ftp://ftp.huji.ac.il/pub/misc/timezones/announcements/1996-1998.ps.gz
539#
540# Emptor Caveat: The dates for the years 1996-1998 were originally announced
541# on August 31, 1995, by the previous Minister of Interior. The new Minister
542# of Interior changed the dates on January 1, 1996, to take into account the
543# desires of certain portions of Israeli society (the next election is in the
544# Fall of 1996). After this (1996) year's Daylight Savings Time is over, the
545# new minister has announced that a study will be conducted as to the wishes of
546# the populace regarding the length of Daylight Savings Time and the Interior
547# Committee will meet to review the results of the study and make any necessary
548# changes to the 1997-1998 dates. Never a dull moment in the State of Israel.
549
550# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
551Rule Zion 1996 1998 - Mar Fri>=14 0:00 1:00 D
552Rule Zion 1996 only - Sep 16 0:00 0:00 S
553Rule Zion 1997 1998 - Oct Sun>=14 0:00 0:00 S
554
555# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
556Zone Asia/Jerusalem 2:20:56 - LMT 1880
557 2:21 - JMT 1918
558 2:00 Zion I%sT
559
560# ZONE-DESCR Asia Jerusalem Israel All points
561
562###############################################################################
563
564# Japan
565
566# `9:00' and `JST' is from Guy Harris.
567
568# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1995-03-06):
569# Today's _Asahi Evening News_ (page 4) reports that Japan had
570# daylight saving between 1948 and 1951, but ``the system was discontinued
571# because the public believed it would lead to longer working hours.''
572# Shanks writes that daylight saving in Japan during those years was as follows:
573# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
574#Rule Japan 1948 only - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
575#Rule Japan 1948 1951 - Sep Sat>=8 2:00 0 S
576#Rule Japan 1949 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
577#Rule Japan 1950 1951 - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
578# but the only locations using it were US military bases.
579# We go with Shanks and omit daylight saving in those years for Asia/Tokyo.
580#
581# The same news article also reports that Japan is likely to go on DST in 1996
582# as follows, where I've guessed the AT and LETTER/S columns:
583# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
584#Rule Japan 1996 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
585#Rule Japan 1996 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
586
587# From Shanks (1991):
588# Japan switched from the Japanese calendar on 1893 Jan 1.
589# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
590Zone Asia/Tokyo 9:19:04 - LMT 1896
591 9:00 - JST
592# If Japan adopts DST in 1996, replace the above line with the following lines:
593# 9:00 - JST 1996
594# 9:00 Japan J%sT
595# and uncomment the two `Rule' lines commented out above.
596
597# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1995-12-19):
598# Shanks says that the far southern Ryukyu Is (Nansei-Shoto) are 8:00,
599# but we haven't confirmed this.
600# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
601#Zone Asia/Ishigaki 8:16:36 - LMT 1896
602# 8:00 - CST
603# There is no information for Marcus.
604# Other Japanese possessions are probably like Asia/Tokyo.
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"
621Rule Jordan 1985 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
622Rule Jordan 1986 1988 - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 " DST"
623Rule Jordan 1986 1990 - Oct Fri>=1 0:00 0 -
624Rule Jordan 1989 only - May 8 0:00 1:00 " DST"
625Rule Jordan 1990 only - Apr 27 0:00 1:00 " DST"
626Rule Jordan 1991 only - Apr 19 0:00 1:00 " DST"
627Rule Jordan 1991 only - Sep 27 0:00 0 -
628Rule Jordan 1992 max - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 " DST"
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:
673# According to someone at the Korean Times in San Francisco,
674# Daylight Savings Time was not observed until 1987. He did not know
675# at what time of day DST starts or ends.
676
677# From Shanks (1991):
678# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
679Rule ROK 1960 only - May 15 0:00 1:00 D
680Rule ROK 1960 only - Sep 13 0:00 0 S
681Rule ROK 1987 1988 - May Sun<=14 0:00 1:00 D
682Rule ROK 1987 1988 - Oct Sun<=14 0:00 0 S
683
684# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
685Zone Asia/Seoul 8:27:52 - LMT 1890
686 8:30 - KST 1904 Dec
687 9:00 - KST 1928
688 8:30 - KST 1932
689 9:00 - KST 1954 Mar 21
690 8:00 ROK K%sT 1961 Aug 10
691 8:30 - KST 1968 Oct
692 9:00 ROK K%sT
693Zone Asia/Pyongyang 8:23:00 - LMT 1890
694 8:30 - KST 1904 Dec
695 9:00 - KST 1928
696 8:30 - KST 1932
697 9:00 - KST 1954 Mar 21
698 8:00 - KST 1961 Aug 10
699 9:00 - KST
700
701# ZONE-DESCR Asia Seoul South_Korea All points
702# ZONE-DESCR Asia Pyongyang North_Korea All points
703
704###############################################################################
705
706# Kuwait
707# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
708Zone Asia/Kuwait 3:11:56 - LMT 1950
709 3:00 - AST
710
711# ZONE-DESCR Asia Kuwait Kuwait All points
712
713# Laos
714# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
715Zone Asia/Vientiane 6:50:24 - LMT 1906 Jun 9
716 7:06 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT
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 -
733Rule Lebanon 1957 1961 - May 1 0:00 1:00 " DST"
734Rule Lebanon 1957 1961 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
735Rule Lebanon 1972 only - Jun 22 0:00 1:00 " DST"
736Rule Lebanon 1972 1977 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
737Rule Lebanon 1973 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 " DST"
738Rule Lebanon 1978 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 " DST"
739Rule Lebanon 1978 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 -
740Rule Lebanon 1984 1987 - May 1 0:00 1:00 " DST"
741Rule Lebanon 1984 max - Oct 16 0:00 0 -
742Rule Lebanon 1988 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 " DST"
743Rule Lebanon 1989 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 " DST"
744Rule Lebanon 1990 max - May 1 0:00 1:00 " DST"
745# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
746Zone Asia/Beirut 2:22:00 - LMT 1880
747 2:00 Lebanon EET%s
748
749# ZONE-DESCR Asia Beirut Lebanon All points
750
751# Malaysia
752# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
753Zone Asia/Kuala_Lumpur 6:46:48 - LMT 1880
754 6:55 - SMT 1905 Jun
755 7:00 - SGT 1933
756 7:20 - SGT 1942 Feb 15
757 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 2
758 7:20 - SGT 1950
759 7:30 - SGT 1982 May
760 8:00 - SGT
761
762# ZONE-DESCR Asia Kuala_Lumpur Malaysia All points
763
764# Maldives
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
787Zone Asia/Ulan_Bator 7:07:32 - LMT 1905 Aug
788 7:00 - UST 1978
789 8:00 Mongol U%sT
790#Zone Asia/Baruun-Urt 7:33:00 - LMT 1905 Aug
791# 8:00 - BST 1978
792# 9:00 Mongol B%sT
793
794# ZONE-DESCR Asia Ulan_Bator Mongolia Central zone
795
796# Nepal
797# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
798Zone Asia/Katmandu 5:41:16 - LMT 1920
799 5:30 - IST 1986
800 5:45 - NPT
801
802# ZONE-DESCR Asia Katmandu Nepal All points
803
804# Oman
805# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
806Zone Asia/Muscat 3:54:20 - LMT 1920
807 4:00 - GST
808
809# ZONE-DESCR Asia Muscat Oman All points
810
811# Pakistan
812# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
813Zone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907
814 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep
815 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 15
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
852 8:04:00 - LMT 1899 May 11
853 8:00 Phil P%sT 1942 May
854 9:00 - JST 1944 Nov
855 8:00 Phil P%sT
856
857# ZONE-DESCR Asia Manila Philippines All points
858
859# Qatar
860# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
861Zone Asia/Qatar 3:26:08 - LMT 1920 # Al Dawhah
862 4:00 - GST 1972 Jun
863 3:00 - AST
864
865# ZONE-DESCR Asia Qatar Qatar All points
866
867# Saudi Arabia
868# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
869Zone Asia/Riyadh 3:06:52 - LMT 1950
870 3:00 - AST
871
872# ZONE-DESCR Asia Riyadh Saudi_Arabia All points
873
874# Singapore
875# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
876Zone Asia/Singapore 6:55:24 - LMT 1880
877 6:55 - SMT 1905 Jun
878 7:00 - SGT 1933
879 7:20 - SGT 1942 Feb 15
880 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 2
881 7:20 - SGT 1950
882 7:30 - SGT 1982 May
883 8:00 - SGT
884
885# ZONE-DESCR Asia Singapore Singapore All points
886
887# Spratly Is
888# no information
889
890# Sri Lanka
891# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
892Zone Asia/Colombo 5:19:24 - LMT 1880
893 5:20 - JMT 1906
894 5:30 - IST 1942 Jan 5
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 -
911Rule Syria 1966 only - Apr 24 2:00 1:00 " DST"
912Rule Syria 1966 1976 - Oct 1 2:00 0 -
913Rule Syria 1967 1978 - May 1 2:00 1:00 " DST"
914Rule Syria 1977 1978 - Sep 1 2:00 0 -
915Rule Syria 1983 1984 - Apr 9 2:00 1:00 " DST"
916Rule Syria 1983 1984 - Oct 1 2:00 0 -
917Rule Syria 1986 only - Feb 16 2:00 1:00 " DST"
918Rule Syria 1986 only - Oct 9 2:00 0 -
919Rule Syria 1987 only - Mar 1 2:00 1:00 " DST"
920Rule Syria 1987 1988 - Oct 31 2:00 0 -
921Rule Syria 1988 only - Mar 15 2:00 1:00 " DST"
922Rule Syria 1989 only - Mar 31 2:00 1:00 " DST"
923Rule Syria 1989 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 -
924Rule Syria 1990 max - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 " DST"
925Rule Syria 1990 max - Sep 30 2:00 0 -
926# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
927Zone Asia/Damascus 2:25:12 - LMT 1920
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):
988# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
989Zone Asia/Saigon 7:06:40 - LMT 1906 Jun 9
990 7:06 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT
991 7:00 - ICT 1912 May
992 8:00 - ICT 1931 May
993 7:00 - ICT
994
995# ZONE-DESCR Asia Saigon Vietnam All points
996
997# Yemen
998# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
999Zone Asia/Aden 3:00:48 - LMT 1950
1000 3:00 - AST
1001
1002# ZONE-DESCR Asia Aden Yemen All points