1# @(#)asia 7.13
2
3# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
4# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
5# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future).
6
7# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (August 18, 1994):
8#
9# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
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
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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 MSK MSD Moscow
32# 3:30 IST IDT Iran
33# 4:00 BSK BSD Baku*
34# 4:00 GST GDT Gulf*
35# 4:30 AFT Afghanistan*
36# 5:00 ASK ASD Ashkhabad*
37# 5:00 PKT Pakistan*
38# 5:30 IST IST India
39# 5:45 NPT Nepal*
40# 6:00 BGT Bengal, Bangladesh*
41# 6:00 TSK TSD Tashkent*
42# 6:30 BMT Burma*
43# 7:00 ICT Indochina*
44# 7:00 JVT Java*
45# 8:00 BNT Borneo, Brunei*
46# 8:00 CST CDT China
47# 8:00 HKT HKST Hong Kong
48# 8:00 PST PDT Philippines*
49# 8:00 SGT Singapore
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60# From Guy Harris:
61# Incorporates data for Singapore from Robert Elz' asia 1.1, as well as
62# additional information from Tom Yap, Sun Microsystems Intercontinental
63# Technical Support (including a page from the Official Airline Guide -
64# Worldwide Edition). The names for time zones are guesses.
65
66###############################################################################
67
68# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (May 28, 1994):
69# We don't know what happened to the clocks in the Caucausus and the ex-Soviet
70# Central Asia after 1990. Until we get more info, stick with the pre-1991 rules.
71# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
72Rule Russia 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D
73Rule Russia 1981 1983 - Oct 1 0:00 0 K
74Rule Russia 1984 max - Sep lastSun 3:00 0 K
75Rule Russia 1985 max - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
76
77# Afghanistan
78# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
79Zone Asia/Kabul 4:36:48 - LMT 1890
80 4:00 - GST 1945
81 4:30 - AFT
82
83# ZONE-DESCR Asia Kabul Afghanistan All points
84
85# Armenia
86# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
87Zone Asia/Yerevan 2:58:00 - LMT 1924 May 2
88 3:00 - MSK 1957 Mar
89 4:00 Russia BS%s
90
91# ZONE-DESCR Asia Yerevan Armenia All points
92
93# Azerbaijan
94# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
95Zone Asia/Baku 3:19:24 - LMT 1924 May 2
96 3:00 - MSK 1957 Mar
97 4:00 Russia BS%s
98
99# ZONE-DESCR Asia Baku Azerbaijan All points
100
101# Bahrain
102# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
103Zone Asia/Bahrain 3:22:20 - LMT 1920 # Al-Manamah
104 4:00 - GST 1972 Jun
105 3:00 - AST
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135# Brunei
136# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
137Zone Asia/Brunei 7:39:40 - LMT 1926 Mar # Bandar Seri Begawan
138 7:30 - BNT 1933
139 8:00 - BNT
140
141# ZONE-DESCR Asia Brunei Brunei All points
142
143# Burma
144# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
145Zone Asia/Rangoon 6:24:40 - LMT 1880
146 6:25 - RMT 1920
147 6:30 - BMT 1942 May
148 9:00 - JST 1945 May 3
149 6:30 - BMT
150
151# ZONE-DESCR Asia Rangoon Myanmar All points
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174#
175# . . .I just deleted the DST table and this editor makes it too
176# painful to suck in another copy.. So, here is what I have for
177# DST start/end dates for Peking's time zone (info from AP):
178#
179# 1986 May 4 - Sept 14
180# 1987 mid-April - ??
181
182# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993):
183# According to Shanks, China started using DST in 1986,
184# but it's still all one big happy time zone.
185
186# From U. S. Naval Observatory (January 19, 1989):
187# CHINA 8 H AHEAD OF UTC ALL OF CHINA, INCL TAIWAN
188# CHINA 9 H AHEAD OF UTC APR 17 - SEP 10
189
190# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993):
191# Shanks writes that China switched from the Chinese calendar on 1912 Feb 12.
192# He also writes that China has had a single time zone since 1980 May 1,
193# and that they instituted DST on 1986 May 4; this contradicts Devine's
194# note about Time magazine, though apparently _something_ happened in 1986.
195
196# From Shanks (1991):
197# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
198Rule Shang 1928 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S
199Rule Shang 1940 only - Jun 3 0:00 1:00 D
200Rule Shang 1940 1941 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S
201Rule Shang 1941 only - Mar 16 0:00 1:00 D
202Rule PRC 1949 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S
203Rule PRC 1986 only - May 4 0:00 1:00 D
204Rule PRC 1986 max - Sep Sun>=11 0:00 0 S
205Rule PRC 1987 max - Apr Sun>=10 0:00 1:00 D
206# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
207Zone Asia/Shanghai 8:05:52 - LMT 1928
208 8:00 Shang C%sT 1949
209 8:00 PRC C%sT
210
211# ZONE-DESCR Asia Shanghai China All points
212
213###############################################################################
214
215# Republic of China
216
217# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
218Rule Taiwan 1896 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S
219Rule Taiwan 1945 1951 - May 1 0:00 1:00 D
220Rule Taiwan 1945 1951 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S
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230# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
231Zone Asia/Taipei 8:06:00 - LMT 1896
232 8:00 Taiwan C%sT
233
234# ZONE-DESCR Asia Taipei Taiwan All points
235
236###############################################################################
237# Hong Kong
238# Presumably Hong Kong will have DST again when it merges with China,
239# but it's too early to predict the details.
240# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
241Rule HK 1904 only - Oct 30 0:00 0 -
242Rule HK 1946 only - Apr 20 3:30 1:00 S
243Rule HK 1946 only - Dec 1 3:30 0 -
244Rule HK 1947 only - Apr 13 3:30 1:00 S
245Rule HK 1947 only - Dec 30 3:30 0 -
246Rule HK 1948 only - May 2 3:30 1:00 S
247Rule HK 1948 1952 - Oct lastSun 3:30 0 -
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256Rule HK 1979 1980 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 -
257# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
258Zone Asia/Hong_Kong 7:36:36 - LMT 1904 Oct 30
259 8:00 HK HK%sT
260
261# ZONE-DESCR Asia Hong_Kong Hong_Kong All points
262
263# Macao
264# Presumably Macao will have DST again when it merges with China,
265# but it's too early to predict the details.
266# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
267Rule Macao 1912 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S
268Rule Macao 1961 1962 - Mar Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 D
269Rule Macao 1961 1964 - Nov Sun>=1 3:30 0 S
270Rule Macao 1963 only - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 D
271Rule Macao 1964 only - Mar Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 D
272Rule Macao 1965 only - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 D
273Rule Macao 1965 only - Oct 31 0:00 0 S
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305
306# ZONE-DESCR Asia Cyprus Cyprus All points
307
308# Georgia
309# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1994-11-19):
310# Today's _Economist_ (p 60) reports that Georgia moved its clocks forward
311# an hour recently, due to a law proposed by Zurab Murvanidze,
312# an MP who went on a hunger strike for 11 days to force discussion about it!
313# Alas, we have no details.
314# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
315Zone Asia/Tbilisi 2:59:16 - LMT 1880
316 2:59 - LST 1924 May 2
317 3:00 - MSK 1957 Mar
318 4:00 Russia BS%s
319
320# ZONE-DESCR Asia Tbilisi Georgia All points
321
322# India
323# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
324Zone Asia/Calcutta 5:53:28 - LMT 1880
325 5:53 - CMT 1941 Oct # Calcutta Mean Time
326 6:30 - BMT 1942 May 15
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355 9:30 - CST 1964
356 9:00 - MLT
357
358# ZONE-DESCR Asia Jakarta Indonesia Jakarta
359# ZONE-DESCR Asia Ujung_Pandang Indonesia Ujung Pandang
360# ZONE-DESCR Asia Jayapura Indonesia Jayapura
361
362# Iran
363
364# Shanks has no record of DST after 1980.
365
366# From Bob Devine (January 28, 1988):
367# Iran: Last Sunday in March to third (?) Sunday in
368# September. Since the revolution, the official calendar is Monarchic
369# calendar; I have no idea what the correspondence between dates are.
370
371# From U. S. Naval Observatory (January 19, 1989):
372# IRAN 3.5H AHEAD OF UTC
373
374# From Shanks (1991), with corrections from Devine:
375# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
376Rule Iran 1977 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 S
377Rule Iran 1978 1980 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D
378Rule Iran 1978 only - Oct 21 0:00 0 S
379Rule Iran 1979 only - Sep 19 0:00 0 S
380Rule Iran 1980 only - Sep 23 0:00 0 S
381Rule Iran 1988 max - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
382Rule Iran 1988 max - Sep Sun>=15 2:00 0 S
383# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
384Zone Asia/Tehran 3:25:44 - LMT 1916
385 3:26 - TMT 1946
386 3:30 - IST 1977 Nov
387 4:00 Iran G%sT 1979
388 3:30 Iran I%sT
389
390# ZONE-DESCR Asia Tehran Iran All points
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463Rule Zion 1988 only - Sep 3 0:00 0 S
464#Rule Zion 1989 only - Apr 29 0:00 1:00 D
465#Rule Zion 1989 only - Sep 2 0:00 0 S
466#Rule Zion 1990 only - Mar 25 0:00 1:00 D
467#Rule Zion 1990 only - Aug 26 0:00 0 S
468#Rule Zion 1991 only - Mar 10 0:00 1:00 D
469#Rule Zion 1991 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 S
470
471# From Ephraim Silverberg (September 5, 1993):
472#
473# According to the Office of the Secretary General of the Ministry of
474# Interior, there is NO set rule for Daylight-Savings/Standard time changes.
475# Each year they decide anew what havoc to wreak on the country. However,
476# there is a "supposed" set of rules which is subject to change depending
477# on the party the Minister of Interior, the size of the coalition
478# government, the phase of the moon and the direction of the wind. Hence,
479# changes may need to be made on a semi-annual basis. One thing is entrenched
480# in law, however: that there must be at least 150 days on daylight savings
481# time annually.
482
483# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
484Rule Zion 1989 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 D
485Rule Zion 1989 only - Sep 3 0:00 0:00 S
486Rule Zion 1990 only - Mar 25 0:00 1:00 D
487Rule Zion 1990 only - Aug 26 0:00 0:00 S
488Rule Zion 1991 only - Mar 24 0:00 1:00 D
489Rule Zion 1991 only - Sep 1 0:00 0:00 S
490Rule Zion 1992 only - Mar 29 0:00 1:00 D
491Rule Zion 1992 only - Sep 6 0:00 0:00 S
492Rule Zion 1993 only - Apr 2 0:00 1:00 D
493Rule Zion 1993 only - Sep 5 0:00 0:00 S
494
495# The dates for 1994-1995 were obtained from Office of the Spokeswoman for
496# the Ministry of Interior, Jerusalem. There are no dates yet for 1996 and
497# beyond so your guess is as good as theirs (those who are interested can
498# call 972-2-701411 and ask for the spokeswoman).
499
500# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
501Rule Zion 1994 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D
502Rule Zion 1994 only - Aug 28 0:00 0:00 S
503Rule Zion 1995 only - Mar 31 0:00 1:00 D
504# On 1995-03-13 Ephraim Silverberg corrected the next line from Aug 27 to Sep 3.
505Rule Zion 1995 only - Sep 3 0:00 0:00 S
506
507# From Ephraim Silverberg (1995-03-13):
508# The Spokeswoman's office confirmed that there are not yet any dates
509# for the timezone conversion for the years 1996 and beyond yet
510# and this is one of the things the newly-appointed Minister of Interior
511# will have to decide sometime this year.
512
513# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
514Zone Asia/Tel_Aviv 2:19:04 - LMT 1880
515 2:21 - JMT 1918
516 2:00 Zion I%sT
517
518# ZONE-DESCR Asia Tel_Aviv Israel All points
519
520###############################################################################
521
522# Japan
523
524# `9:00' and `JST' is from Guy Harris.
525
526# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1995-03-06):
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547# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
548Zone Asia/Tokyo 9:19:04 - LMT 1896
549 9:00 - JST
550# If Japan adopts DST in 1996, replace the above line with the following lines:
551# 9:00 - JST 1996
552# 9:00 Japan J%sT
553# and uncomment the two `Rule' lines commented out above.
554
555# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993):
556# Shanks says that the far southern Ryukyu Is (Nansei-Shoto) are 8:00,
557# but we don't have a good location name for them;
558# we don't even know the name of the principal town.
559# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
560#Zone Asia/South_Ryukyu 8:14:44 - LMT 1896 # Amitori
561# 8:00 - CST
562# There is no information for Marcus.
563# Other Japanese possessions are probably like Asia/Tokyo.
564
565# ZONE-DESCR Asia Tokyo Japan All points
566
567# Jordan
568# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993):
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592 2:00 Jordan EET%s
593
594# ZONE-DESCR Asia Amman Jordan All points
595
596# Kazakhstan
597# From Shanks (1991):
598# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
599Zone Asia/Alma-Ata 5:07:48 - LMT 1924 May 2
600 5:00 - TSK 1957 Mar
601 6:00 Russia TS%s
602
603# ZONE-DESCR Asia Alma-Ata Kazakhstan All points
604
605# Kirgizstan
606# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
607Zone Asia/Bishkek 4:58:24 - LMT 1924 May 2
608 5:00 - TSK 1957 Mar
609 6:00 Russia TS%s
610
611# ZONE-DESCR Asia Bishkek Kirgizstan All points
612
613###############################################################################
614
615# Korea
616
617# From Guy Harris:
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773Rule Egypt 1966 max - Oct 1 3:00 0 -
774# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
775Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct
776 2:00 - EET 1957 May 10
777 2:00 Egypt EET%s 1967 Jun 30
778 2:00 Zion I%sT
779# This will undoubtedly change soon.
780
781# Philippines
782# Howse writes (p 162) that until 1844 the Philippines kept American date.
783# The rest of this data is from Shanks.
784# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
785Rule Phil 1899 only - May 11 0:00 0 S
786Rule Phil 1936 only - Nov 1 0:00 1:00 D
787Rule Phil 1937 only - Feb 1 0:00 0 S
788Rule Phil 1954 only - Apr 12 0:00 1:00 D
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821 7:20 - SGT 1942 Feb 15
822 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 2
823 7:20 - SGT 1950
824 7:30 - SGT 1982 May
825 8:00 - SGT
826
827# ZONE-DESCR Asia Singapore Singapore All points
828
829# Sri Lanka
830# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
831Zone Asia/Colombo 5:19:24 - LMT 1880
832 5:20 - JMT 1906
833 5:30 - IST 1942 Jan 5
834 5:30 0:30 IHST 1942 Sep
835 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 16 2:00
836 5:30 - IST
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867Zone Asia/Damascus 2:25:12 - LMT 1920
868 2:00 Syria EET%s
869
870# ZONE-DESCR Asia Damascus Syria All points
871
872# Tajikistan
873# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
874Zone Asia/Dushanbe 4:35:12 - LMT 1924 May 2
875 5:00 - TSK 1957 Mar
876 6:00 Russia TS%s
877
878# ZONE-DESCR Asia Dushanbe Tajikistan All points
879
880# Thailand
881# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
882Zone Asia/Bangkok 6:42:04 - LMT 1880
883 6:42 - BMT 1920 Apr
884 7:00 - ICT
885
886# ZONE-DESCR Asia Bangkok Thailand All points
887
888# Turkmenistan
889# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
890Zone Asia/Ashkhabad 3:53:32 - LMT 1924 May 2
891 4:00 - ASK 1957 Mar
892 5:00 Russia AS%s
893
894# ZONE-DESCR Asia Ashkhabad Turkmenistan All points
895
896# United Arab Emirates
897# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
898Zone Asia/Dubai 3:41:12 - LMT 1920
899 4:00 - GST
900
901# ZONE-DESCR Asia Dubai U_A_E All points
902
903# Uzbekistan
904# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
905Zone Asia/Tashkent 4:37:12 - LMT 1924 May 2
906 5:00 - TSK 1957 Mar
907 6:00 Russia TS%s
908
909# ZONE-DESCR Asia Tashkent Uzbekistan All points
910
911# Vietnam
912# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993):
913# Saigon's official name is Thanh-Pho Ho Chi Minh, but it's too long.
914# We'll stick with the traditional name for now.
915# 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> (August 18, 1994):
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
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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 MSK MSD Moscow
32# 3:30 IST IDT Iran
33# 4:00 BSK BSD Baku*
34# 4:00 GST GDT Gulf*
35# 4:30 AFT Afghanistan*
36# 5:00 ASK ASD Ashkhabad*
37# 5:00 PKT Pakistan*
38# 5:30 IST IST India
39# 5:45 NPT Nepal*
40# 6:00 BGT Bengal, Bangladesh*
41# 6:00 TSK TSD Tashkent*
42# 6:30 BMT Burma*
43# 7:00 ICT Indochina*
44# 7:00 JVT Java*
45# 8:00 BNT Borneo, Brunei*
46# 8:00 CST CDT China
47# 8:00 HKT HKST Hong Kong
48# 8:00 PST PDT Philippines*
49# 8:00 SGT Singapore
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60# From Guy Harris:
61# Incorporates data for Singapore from Robert Elz' asia 1.1, as well as
62# additional information from Tom Yap, Sun Microsystems Intercontinental
63# Technical Support (including a page from the Official Airline Guide -
64# Worldwide Edition). The names for time zones are guesses.
65
66###############################################################################
67
68# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (May 28, 1994):
69# We don't know what happened to the clocks in the Caucausus and the ex-Soviet
70# Central Asia after 1990. Until we get more info, stick with the pre-1991 rules.
71# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
72Rule Russia 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D
73Rule Russia 1981 1983 - Oct 1 0:00 0 K
74Rule Russia 1984 max - Sep lastSun 3:00 0 K
75Rule Russia 1985 max - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
76
77# Afghanistan
78# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
79Zone Asia/Kabul 4:36:48 - LMT 1890
80 4:00 - GST 1945
81 4:30 - AFT
82
83# ZONE-DESCR Asia Kabul Afghanistan All points
84
85# Armenia
86# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
87Zone Asia/Yerevan 2:58:00 - LMT 1924 May 2
88 3:00 - MSK 1957 Mar
89 4:00 Russia BS%s
90
91# ZONE-DESCR Asia Yerevan Armenia All points
92
93# Azerbaijan
94# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
95Zone Asia/Baku 3:19:24 - LMT 1924 May 2
96 3:00 - MSK 1957 Mar
97 4:00 Russia BS%s
98
99# ZONE-DESCR Asia Baku Azerbaijan All points
100
101# Bahrain
102# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
103Zone Asia/Bahrain 3:22:20 - LMT 1920 # Al-Manamah
104 4:00 - GST 1972 Jun
105 3:00 - AST
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135# Brunei
136# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
137Zone Asia/Brunei 7:39:40 - LMT 1926 Mar # Bandar Seri Begawan
138 7:30 - BNT 1933
139 8:00 - BNT
140
141# ZONE-DESCR Asia Brunei Brunei All points
142
143# Burma
144# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
145Zone Asia/Rangoon 6:24:40 - LMT 1880
146 6:25 - RMT 1920
147 6:30 - BMT 1942 May
148 9:00 - JST 1945 May 3
149 6:30 - BMT
150
151# ZONE-DESCR Asia Rangoon Myanmar All points
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174#
175# . . .I just deleted the DST table and this editor makes it too
176# painful to suck in another copy.. So, here is what I have for
177# DST start/end dates for Peking's time zone (info from AP):
178#
179# 1986 May 4 - Sept 14
180# 1987 mid-April - ??
181
182# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993):
183# According to Shanks, China started using DST in 1986,
184# but it's still all one big happy time zone.
185
186# From U. S. Naval Observatory (January 19, 1989):
187# CHINA 8 H AHEAD OF UTC ALL OF CHINA, INCL TAIWAN
188# CHINA 9 H AHEAD OF UTC APR 17 - SEP 10
189
190# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993):
191# Shanks writes that China switched from the Chinese calendar on 1912 Feb 12.
192# He also writes that China has had a single time zone since 1980 May 1,
193# and that they instituted DST on 1986 May 4; this contradicts Devine's
194# note about Time magazine, though apparently _something_ happened in 1986.
195
196# From Shanks (1991):
197# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
198Rule Shang 1928 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S
199Rule Shang 1940 only - Jun 3 0:00 1:00 D
200Rule Shang 1940 1941 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S
201Rule Shang 1941 only - Mar 16 0:00 1:00 D
202Rule PRC 1949 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S
203Rule PRC 1986 only - May 4 0:00 1:00 D
204Rule PRC 1986 max - Sep Sun>=11 0:00 0 S
205Rule PRC 1987 max - Apr Sun>=10 0:00 1:00 D
206# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
207Zone Asia/Shanghai 8:05:52 - LMT 1928
208 8:00 Shang C%sT 1949
209 8:00 PRC C%sT
210
211# ZONE-DESCR Asia Shanghai China All points
212
213###############################################################################
214
215# Republic of China
216
217# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
218Rule Taiwan 1896 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S
219Rule Taiwan 1945 1951 - May 1 0:00 1:00 D
220Rule Taiwan 1945 1951 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S
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230# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
231Zone Asia/Taipei 8:06:00 - LMT 1896
232 8:00 Taiwan C%sT
233
234# ZONE-DESCR Asia Taipei Taiwan All points
235
236###############################################################################
237# Hong Kong
238# Presumably Hong Kong will have DST again when it merges with China,
239# but it's too early to predict the details.
240# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
241Rule HK 1904 only - Oct 30 0:00 0 -
242Rule HK 1946 only - Apr 20 3:30 1:00 S
243Rule HK 1946 only - Dec 1 3:30 0 -
244Rule HK 1947 only - Apr 13 3:30 1:00 S
245Rule HK 1947 only - Dec 30 3:30 0 -
246Rule HK 1948 only - May 2 3:30 1:00 S
247Rule HK 1948 1952 - Oct lastSun 3:30 0 -
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256Rule HK 1979 1980 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 -
257# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
258Zone Asia/Hong_Kong 7:36:36 - LMT 1904 Oct 30
259 8:00 HK HK%sT
260
261# ZONE-DESCR Asia Hong_Kong Hong_Kong All points
262
263# Macao
264# Presumably Macao will have DST again when it merges with China,
265# but it's too early to predict the details.
266# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
267Rule Macao 1912 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S
268Rule Macao 1961 1962 - Mar Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 D
269Rule Macao 1961 1964 - Nov Sun>=1 3:30 0 S
270Rule Macao 1963 only - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 D
271Rule Macao 1964 only - Mar Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 D
272Rule Macao 1965 only - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 D
273Rule Macao 1965 only - Oct 31 0:00 0 S
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305
306# ZONE-DESCR Asia Cyprus Cyprus All points
307
308# Georgia
309# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1994-11-19):
310# Today's _Economist_ (p 60) reports that Georgia moved its clocks forward
311# an hour recently, due to a law proposed by Zurab Murvanidze,
312# an MP who went on a hunger strike for 11 days to force discussion about it!
313# Alas, we have no details.
314# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
315Zone Asia/Tbilisi 2:59:16 - LMT 1880
316 2:59 - LST 1924 May 2
317 3:00 - MSK 1957 Mar
318 4:00 Russia BS%s
319
320# ZONE-DESCR Asia Tbilisi Georgia All points
321
322# India
323# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
324Zone Asia/Calcutta 5:53:28 - LMT 1880
325 5:53 - CMT 1941 Oct # Calcutta Mean Time
326 6:30 - BMT 1942 May 15
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355 9:30 - CST 1964
356 9:00 - MLT
357
358# ZONE-DESCR Asia Jakarta Indonesia Jakarta
359# ZONE-DESCR Asia Ujung_Pandang Indonesia Ujung Pandang
360# ZONE-DESCR Asia Jayapura Indonesia Jayapura
361
362# Iran
363
364# Shanks has no record of DST after 1980.
365
366# From Bob Devine (January 28, 1988):
367# Iran: Last Sunday in March to third (?) Sunday in
368# September. Since the revolution, the official calendar is Monarchic
369# calendar; I have no idea what the correspondence between dates are.
370
371# From U. S. Naval Observatory (January 19, 1989):
372# IRAN 3.5H AHEAD OF UTC
373
374# From Shanks (1991), with corrections from Devine:
375# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
376Rule Iran 1977 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 S
377Rule Iran 1978 1980 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D
378Rule Iran 1978 only - Oct 21 0:00 0 S
379Rule Iran 1979 only - Sep 19 0:00 0 S
380Rule Iran 1980 only - Sep 23 0:00 0 S
381Rule Iran 1988 max - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
382Rule Iran 1988 max - Sep Sun>=15 2:00 0 S
383# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
384Zone Asia/Tehran 3:25:44 - LMT 1916
385 3:26 - TMT 1946
386 3:30 - IST 1977 Nov
387 4:00 Iran G%sT 1979
388 3:30 Iran I%sT
389
390# ZONE-DESCR Asia Tehran Iran All points
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463Rule Zion 1988 only - Sep 3 0:00 0 S
464#Rule Zion 1989 only - Apr 29 0:00 1:00 D
465#Rule Zion 1989 only - Sep 2 0:00 0 S
466#Rule Zion 1990 only - Mar 25 0:00 1:00 D
467#Rule Zion 1990 only - Aug 26 0:00 0 S
468#Rule Zion 1991 only - Mar 10 0:00 1:00 D
469#Rule Zion 1991 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 S
470
471# From Ephraim Silverberg (September 5, 1993):
472#
473# According to the Office of the Secretary General of the Ministry of
474# Interior, there is NO set rule for Daylight-Savings/Standard time changes.
475# Each year they decide anew what havoc to wreak on the country. However,
476# there is a "supposed" set of rules which is subject to change depending
477# on the party the Minister of Interior, the size of the coalition
478# government, the phase of the moon and the direction of the wind. Hence,
479# changes may need to be made on a semi-annual basis. One thing is entrenched
480# in law, however: that there must be at least 150 days on daylight savings
481# time annually.
482
483# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
484Rule Zion 1989 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 D
485Rule Zion 1989 only - Sep 3 0:00 0:00 S
486Rule Zion 1990 only - Mar 25 0:00 1:00 D
487Rule Zion 1990 only - Aug 26 0:00 0:00 S
488Rule Zion 1991 only - Mar 24 0:00 1:00 D
489Rule Zion 1991 only - Sep 1 0:00 0:00 S
490Rule Zion 1992 only - Mar 29 0:00 1:00 D
491Rule Zion 1992 only - Sep 6 0:00 0:00 S
492Rule Zion 1993 only - Apr 2 0:00 1:00 D
493Rule Zion 1993 only - Sep 5 0:00 0:00 S
494
495# The dates for 1994-1995 were obtained from Office of the Spokeswoman for
496# the Ministry of Interior, Jerusalem. There are no dates yet for 1996 and
497# beyond so your guess is as good as theirs (those who are interested can
498# call 972-2-701411 and ask for the spokeswoman).
499
500# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
501Rule Zion 1994 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D
502Rule Zion 1994 only - Aug 28 0:00 0:00 S
503Rule Zion 1995 only - Mar 31 0:00 1:00 D
504# On 1995-03-13 Ephraim Silverberg corrected the next line from Aug 27 to Sep 3.
505Rule Zion 1995 only - Sep 3 0:00 0:00 S
506
507# From Ephraim Silverberg (1995-03-13):
508# The Spokeswoman's office confirmed that there are not yet any dates
509# for the timezone conversion for the years 1996 and beyond yet
510# and this is one of the things the newly-appointed Minister of Interior
511# will have to decide sometime this year.
512
513# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
514Zone Asia/Tel_Aviv 2:19:04 - LMT 1880
515 2:21 - JMT 1918
516 2:00 Zion I%sT
517
518# ZONE-DESCR Asia Tel_Aviv Israel All points
519
520###############################################################################
521
522# Japan
523
524# `9:00' and `JST' is from Guy Harris.
525
526# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1995-03-06):
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547# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
548Zone Asia/Tokyo 9:19:04 - LMT 1896
549 9:00 - JST
550# If Japan adopts DST in 1996, replace the above line with the following lines:
551# 9:00 - JST 1996
552# 9:00 Japan J%sT
553# and uncomment the two `Rule' lines commented out above.
554
555# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993):
556# Shanks says that the far southern Ryukyu Is (Nansei-Shoto) are 8:00,
557# but we don't have a good location name for them;
558# we don't even know the name of the principal town.
559# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
560#Zone Asia/South_Ryukyu 8:14:44 - LMT 1896 # Amitori
561# 8:00 - CST
562# There is no information for Marcus.
563# Other Japanese possessions are probably like Asia/Tokyo.
564
565# ZONE-DESCR Asia Tokyo Japan All points
566
567# Jordan
568# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993):
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592 2:00 Jordan EET%s
593
594# ZONE-DESCR Asia Amman Jordan All points
595
596# Kazakhstan
597# From Shanks (1991):
598# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
599Zone Asia/Alma-Ata 5:07:48 - LMT 1924 May 2
600 5:00 - TSK 1957 Mar
601 6:00 Russia TS%s
602
603# ZONE-DESCR Asia Alma-Ata Kazakhstan All points
604
605# Kirgizstan
606# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
607Zone Asia/Bishkek 4:58:24 - LMT 1924 May 2
608 5:00 - TSK 1957 Mar
609 6:00 Russia TS%s
610
611# ZONE-DESCR Asia Bishkek Kirgizstan All points
612
613###############################################################################
614
615# Korea
616
617# From Guy Harris:
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773Rule Egypt 1966 max - Oct 1 3:00 0 -
774# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
775Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct
776 2:00 - EET 1957 May 10
777 2:00 Egypt EET%s 1967 Jun 30
778 2:00 Zion I%sT
779# This will undoubtedly change soon.
780
781# Philippines
782# Howse writes (p 162) that until 1844 the Philippines kept American date.
783# The rest of this data is from Shanks.
784# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
785Rule Phil 1899 only - May 11 0:00 0 S
786Rule Phil 1936 only - Nov 1 0:00 1:00 D
787Rule Phil 1937 only - Feb 1 0:00 0 S
788Rule Phil 1954 only - Apr 12 0:00 1:00 D
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821 7:20 - SGT 1942 Feb 15
822 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 2
823 7:20 - SGT 1950
824 7:30 - SGT 1982 May
825 8:00 - SGT
826
827# ZONE-DESCR Asia Singapore Singapore All points
828
829# Sri Lanka
830# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
831Zone Asia/Colombo 5:19:24 - LMT 1880
832 5:20 - JMT 1906
833 5:30 - IST 1942 Jan 5
834 5:30 0:30 IHST 1942 Sep
835 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 16 2:00
836 5:30 - IST
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867Zone Asia/Damascus 2:25:12 - LMT 1920
868 2:00 Syria EET%s
869
870# ZONE-DESCR Asia Damascus Syria All points
871
872# Tajikistan
873# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
874Zone Asia/Dushanbe 4:35:12 - LMT 1924 May 2
875 5:00 - TSK 1957 Mar
876 6:00 Russia TS%s
877
878# ZONE-DESCR Asia Dushanbe Tajikistan All points
879
880# Thailand
881# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
882Zone Asia/Bangkok 6:42:04 - LMT 1880
883 6:42 - BMT 1920 Apr
884 7:00 - ICT
885
886# ZONE-DESCR Asia Bangkok Thailand All points
887
888# Turkmenistan
889# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
890Zone Asia/Ashkhabad 3:53:32 - LMT 1924 May 2
891 4:00 - ASK 1957 Mar
892 5:00 Russia AS%s
893
894# ZONE-DESCR Asia Ashkhabad Turkmenistan All points
895
896# United Arab Emirates
897# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
898Zone Asia/Dubai 3:41:12 - LMT 1920
899 4:00 - GST
900
901# ZONE-DESCR Asia Dubai U_A_E All points
902
903# Uzbekistan
904# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
905Zone Asia/Tashkent 4:37:12 - LMT 1924 May 2
906 5:00 - TSK 1957 Mar
907 6:00 Russia TS%s
908
909# ZONE-DESCR Asia Tashkent Uzbekistan All points
910
911# Vietnam
912# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993):
913# Saigon's official name is Thanh-Pho Ho Chi Minh, but it's too long.
914# We'll stick with the traditional name for now.
915# From Shanks (1991):
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