1# @(#)asia 7.63
2
3# $FreeBSD: head/share/zoneinfo/asia 75267 2001-04-06 16:46:52Z wollman $
4
5# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
6# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
7# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future).
8
9# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1999-03-22):
10#
11# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
12# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (5th edition),
13# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1999).
14#
15# Gwillim Law <Gwil_Law@bridge-point.com> writes that a good source
16# for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport
17# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM),
18# published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries
19# of the IATA's data after 1990.
20#
21# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks is the source for entries through 1990,
22# and IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990.
23#
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34# std dst
35# LMT Local Mean Time
36# 2:00 EET EEST Eastern European Time
37# 2:00 IST IDT Israel
38# 3:00 AST ADT Arabia*
39# 4:00 GST Gulf*
40# 5:30 IST India
41# 7:00 ICT Indochina*
42# 8:00 CST China
43# 9:00 CJT Central Japanese Time (1896/1937)*
44# 9:00 JST Japan
45# 9:00 KST Korea
46# 9:30 CST (Australian) Central Standard Time
47#
48# See the `europe' file for Russia and Turkey in Asia.
49
50# From Guy Harris:
51# Incorporates data for Singapore from Robert Elz' asia 1.1, as well as
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128
129# Bhutan
130# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
131Zone Asia/Thimphu 5:58:36 - LMT 1947 Aug 15 # or Thimbu
132 5:30 - IST 1987 Oct
133 6:00 - BTT # Bhutan Time
134
135# British Indian Ocean Territory
136# From Whitman:
137# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
138Zone Indian/Chagos 5:00 - IOT # BIOT Time
139
140# Brunei
141# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
142Zone Asia/Brunei 7:39:40 - LMT 1926 Mar # Bandar Seri Begawan
143 7:30 - BNT 1933
144 8:00 - BNT
145
146# Burma / Myanmar
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202 8:30 - HART 1932 Mar # Harbin Time
203 8:00 - CST 1940
204 9:00 - HART 1966 May
205 8:30 - HART 1980 May
206 8:00 PRC C%sT
207Zone Asia/Shanghai 8:05:52 - LMT 1928
208 8:00 Shang C%sT 1949
209 8:00 PRC C%sT
210Zone Asia/Chungking 7:06:20 - LMT 1928 # or Chongqing
211 7:00 - CHUT 1980 May # Chungking Time
212 8:00 PRC C%sT
213Zone Asia/Urumqi 5:50:20 - LMT 1928 # or Urumchi
214 6:00 - URUT 1980 May # Urumqi Time
215 8:00 PRC C%sT
216Zone Asia/Kashgar 5:03:56 - LMT 1928 # or Kashi or Kaxgar
217 5:30 - KAST 1940 # Kashgar Time
218 5:00 - KAST 1980 May
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255Rule Taiwan 1953 1959 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D
256Rule Taiwan 1955 1961 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S
257Rule Taiwan 1960 1961 - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 D
258Rule Taiwan 1974 1975 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D
259Rule Taiwan 1974 1975 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S
260Rule Taiwan 1980 only - Jun 30 0:00 1:00 D
261Rule Taiwan 1980 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 S
262# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
263Zone Asia/Taipei 8:06:00 - LMT 1896
264 8:00 Taiwan C%sT
265
266# Macao (Macau, Aomen)
267# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
268Rule Macao 1961 1962 - Mar Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S
269Rule Macao 1961 1964 - Nov Sun>=1 3:30 0 -
270Rule Macao 1963 only - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 S
271Rule Macao 1964 only - Mar Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S
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354# which will be permanent, with no seasonal adjustment, will happen at
355# midnight on Saturday, September 16.
356
357# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
358Zone Asia/Dili 8:22:20 - LMT 1912
359 8:00 - TPT 1942 Feb 21 23:00 # E Timor Time
360 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug
361 9:00 - TPT 1976 May 3
362 8:00 - TPT 2000 Sep 17 00:00
363 9:00 - TPT
364
365# India
366# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
367Zone Asia/Calcutta 5:53:28 - LMT 1880
368 5:53:20 - HMT 1941 Oct # Howrah Mean Time?
369 6:30 - BURT 1942 May 15 # Burma Time
370 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep
371 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 15
372 5:30 - IST
373# The following are like Asia/Calcutta:
374# Andaman Is
375# Lakshadweep (Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Is)
376# Nicobar Is
377
378# Indonesia
379# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
380Zone Asia/Jakarta 7:07:12 - LMT 1867 Aug 10
381# Shanks says the next transition was at 1924 Jan 1 0:13,
382# but this must be a typo.
383 7:07:12 - JMT 1923 Dec 31 23:47:12 # Jakarta
384 7:20 - JAVT 1932 Nov # Java Time
385 7:30 - JAVT 1942 Mar 23
386 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug
387 7:30 - JAVT 1948 May
388 8:00 - JAVT 1950 May
389 7:30 - JAVT 1964
390 7:00 - JAVT
391Zone Asia/Ujung_Pandang 7:57:36 - LMT 1920
392 7:57:36 - MMT 1932 Nov # Macassar MT
393 8:00 - BORT 1942 Feb 9 # Borneo Time
394 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug
395 8:00 - BORT
396Zone Asia/Jayapura 9:22:48 - LMT 1932 Nov
397 9:00 - JAYT 1944 # Jayapura Time
398 9:30 - CST 1964
399 9:00 - JAYT
400
401# Iran
402# From Paul Eggert (2000-06-12), following up a suggestion by Rich Wales:
403# Ahmea Alavi in
404# <a href="http://www.persia.org/Iran_Lib/Calendar/taghveem.txt">
405# TAGHVEEM (1993-07-12)
406# </a>
407# writes ``Daylight saving time in Iran starts from the first day
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908Rule Lebanon 1993 1998 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 -
909Rule Lebanon 1999 max - Oct lastSun 0:00 0 -
910# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
911Zone Asia/Beirut 2:22:00 - LMT 1880
912 2:00 Lebanon EE%sT
913
914# Malaysia
915# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
916Rule NBorneo 1935 1941 - Sep 14 0:00 0:20 TS
917Rule NBorneo 1935 1941 - Dec 14 0:00 0 -
918# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
919Zone Asia/Kuala_Lumpur 6:46:48 - LMT 1880
920 6:55:24 - SMT 1905 Jun # Singapore Mean Time
921 7:00 - MALT 1933 # Malaya Time
922 7:20 - MALT 1942 Feb 15
923 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 2
924 7:20 - MALT 1950
925 7:30 - MALT 1982 May
926 8:00 - MYT # Malaysia Time
927Zone Asia/Kuching 7:21:20 - LMT 1926 Mar
928 7:30 - BORT 1933 # Borneo Time
929 8:00 NBorneo BOR%sT 1942
930 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 2
931 8:00 - BORT 1982 May
932 8:00 - MYT
933
934# Maldives
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957# being the last year it was implemented. The dates of implementation I am
958# unsure of, but most probably it was similar to Russia, except for the time
959# of implementation may have been different....
960# Some maps in the past have indicated that there was an additional time
961# zone in the eastern part of Mongolia, including the provinces of Dornod,
962# Suhbaatar, and possibly Khentij.
963
964# From Paul Eggert (1999-12-15):
965# For now, we'll comment out the east zone (Choybalsan)
966# and use Shanks's and the IATA's data for the daylight-saving rules.
967# Naming and spelling is tricky in Mongolia.
968# We'll use Hovd (also spelled Chovd and Khovd) to represent the west zone;
969# the capital of the Hovd province is sometimes called Hovd, sometimes Dund-Us,
970# and sometimes Jirgalanta (with variant spellings), but the name Hovd
971# is good enough for our purposes.
972
973# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
974Rule Mongol 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
975Rule Mongol 1981 1984 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
976Rule Mongol 1985 1990 - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 S
977Rule Mongol 1985 1990 - Sep lastSun 3:00 0 -
978Rule Mongol 1991 1998 - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S
979Rule Mongol 1991 1995 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 -
980# IATA SSIM (1996-09) says 1996-10-25; go with Shanks.
981Rule Mongol 1996 only - Oct lastSun 0:00 0 -
982Rule Mongol 1997 1998 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 -
983# IATA SSIM (1999-09) says Mongolia no longer observes DST.
984
985# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
986Zone Asia/Hovd 6:06:36 - LMT 1905 Aug
987 6:00 - HOVT 1978 # Hovd Time
988 7:00 Mongol HOV%sT
989Zone Asia/Ulaanbaatar 7:07:32 - LMT 1905 Aug
990 7:00 - ULAT 1978 # Ulaanbaatar Time
991 8:00 Mongol ULA%sT
992# We're not sure about this entry yet, so we'll omit it for now.
993#Zone Asia/Choybalsan 7:38:00 - LMT 1905 Aug
994# 8:00 - CHOT 1978 # Choybalsan Time
995# 9:00 Mongol CHO%sT 19??
996# 8:00 Mongol ULA%sT
997
998# Nepal
999# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1000Zone Asia/Katmandu 5:41:16 - LMT 1920
1001 5:30 - IST 1986
1002 5:45 - NPT # Nepal Time
1003
1004# Oman
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3# $FreeBSD: head/share/zoneinfo/asia 75267 2001-04-06 16:46:52Z wollman $
4
5# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
6# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
7# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future).
8
9# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1999-03-22):
10#
11# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
12# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (5th edition),
13# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1999).
14#
15# Gwillim Law <Gwil_Law@bridge-point.com> writes that a good source
16# for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport
17# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM),
18# published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries
19# of the IATA's data after 1990.
20#
21# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks is the source for entries through 1990,
22# and IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990.
23#
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34# std dst
35# LMT Local Mean Time
36# 2:00 EET EEST Eastern European Time
37# 2:00 IST IDT Israel
38# 3:00 AST ADT Arabia*
39# 4:00 GST Gulf*
40# 5:30 IST India
41# 7:00 ICT Indochina*
42# 8:00 CST China
43# 9:00 CJT Central Japanese Time (1896/1937)*
44# 9:00 JST Japan
45# 9:00 KST Korea
46# 9:30 CST (Australian) Central Standard Time
47#
48# See the `europe' file for Russia and Turkey in Asia.
49
50# From Guy Harris:
51# Incorporates data for Singapore from Robert Elz' asia 1.1, as well as
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128
129# Bhutan
130# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
131Zone Asia/Thimphu 5:58:36 - LMT 1947 Aug 15 # or Thimbu
132 5:30 - IST 1987 Oct
133 6:00 - BTT # Bhutan Time
134
135# British Indian Ocean Territory
136# From Whitman:
137# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
138Zone Indian/Chagos 5:00 - IOT # BIOT Time
139
140# Brunei
141# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
142Zone Asia/Brunei 7:39:40 - LMT 1926 Mar # Bandar Seri Begawan
143 7:30 - BNT 1933
144 8:00 - BNT
145
146# Burma / Myanmar
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202 8:30 - HART 1932 Mar # Harbin Time
203 8:00 - CST 1940
204 9:00 - HART 1966 May
205 8:30 - HART 1980 May
206 8:00 PRC C%sT
207Zone Asia/Shanghai 8:05:52 - LMT 1928
208 8:00 Shang C%sT 1949
209 8:00 PRC C%sT
210Zone Asia/Chungking 7:06:20 - LMT 1928 # or Chongqing
211 7:00 - CHUT 1980 May # Chungking Time
212 8:00 PRC C%sT
213Zone Asia/Urumqi 5:50:20 - LMT 1928 # or Urumchi
214 6:00 - URUT 1980 May # Urumqi Time
215 8:00 PRC C%sT
216Zone Asia/Kashgar 5:03:56 - LMT 1928 # or Kashi or Kaxgar
217 5:30 - KAST 1940 # Kashgar Time
218 5:00 - KAST 1980 May
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255Rule Taiwan 1953 1959 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D
256Rule Taiwan 1955 1961 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S
257Rule Taiwan 1960 1961 - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 D
258Rule Taiwan 1974 1975 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D
259Rule Taiwan 1974 1975 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S
260Rule Taiwan 1980 only - Jun 30 0:00 1:00 D
261Rule Taiwan 1980 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 S
262# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
263Zone Asia/Taipei 8:06:00 - LMT 1896
264 8:00 Taiwan C%sT
265
266# Macao (Macau, Aomen)
267# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
268Rule Macao 1961 1962 - Mar Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S
269Rule Macao 1961 1964 - Nov Sun>=1 3:30 0 -
270Rule Macao 1963 only - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 S
271Rule Macao 1964 only - Mar Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S
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354# which will be permanent, with no seasonal adjustment, will happen at
355# midnight on Saturday, September 16.
356
357# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
358Zone Asia/Dili 8:22:20 - LMT 1912
359 8:00 - TPT 1942 Feb 21 23:00 # E Timor Time
360 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug
361 9:00 - TPT 1976 May 3
362 8:00 - TPT 2000 Sep 17 00:00
363 9:00 - TPT
364
365# India
366# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
367Zone Asia/Calcutta 5:53:28 - LMT 1880
368 5:53:20 - HMT 1941 Oct # Howrah Mean Time?
369 6:30 - BURT 1942 May 15 # Burma Time
370 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep
371 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 15
372 5:30 - IST
373# The following are like Asia/Calcutta:
374# Andaman Is
375# Lakshadweep (Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Is)
376# Nicobar Is
377
378# Indonesia
379# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
380Zone Asia/Jakarta 7:07:12 - LMT 1867 Aug 10
381# Shanks says the next transition was at 1924 Jan 1 0:13,
382# but this must be a typo.
383 7:07:12 - JMT 1923 Dec 31 23:47:12 # Jakarta
384 7:20 - JAVT 1932 Nov # Java Time
385 7:30 - JAVT 1942 Mar 23
386 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug
387 7:30 - JAVT 1948 May
388 8:00 - JAVT 1950 May
389 7:30 - JAVT 1964
390 7:00 - JAVT
391Zone Asia/Ujung_Pandang 7:57:36 - LMT 1920
392 7:57:36 - MMT 1932 Nov # Macassar MT
393 8:00 - BORT 1942 Feb 9 # Borneo Time
394 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug
395 8:00 - BORT
396Zone Asia/Jayapura 9:22:48 - LMT 1932 Nov
397 9:00 - JAYT 1944 # Jayapura Time
398 9:30 - CST 1964
399 9:00 - JAYT
400
401# Iran
402# From Paul Eggert (2000-06-12), following up a suggestion by Rich Wales:
403# Ahmea Alavi in
404# <a href="http://www.persia.org/Iran_Lib/Calendar/taghveem.txt">
405# TAGHVEEM (1993-07-12)
406# </a>
407# writes ``Daylight saving time in Iran starts from the first day
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908Rule Lebanon 1993 1998 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 -
909Rule Lebanon 1999 max - Oct lastSun 0:00 0 -
910# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
911Zone Asia/Beirut 2:22:00 - LMT 1880
912 2:00 Lebanon EE%sT
913
914# Malaysia
915# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
916Rule NBorneo 1935 1941 - Sep 14 0:00 0:20 TS
917Rule NBorneo 1935 1941 - Dec 14 0:00 0 -
918# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
919Zone Asia/Kuala_Lumpur 6:46:48 - LMT 1880
920 6:55:24 - SMT 1905 Jun # Singapore Mean Time
921 7:00 - MALT 1933 # Malaya Time
922 7:20 - MALT 1942 Feb 15
923 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 2
924 7:20 - MALT 1950
925 7:30 - MALT 1982 May
926 8:00 - MYT # Malaysia Time
927Zone Asia/Kuching 7:21:20 - LMT 1926 Mar
928 7:30 - BORT 1933 # Borneo Time
929 8:00 NBorneo BOR%sT 1942
930 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 2
931 8:00 - BORT 1982 May
932 8:00 - MYT
933
934# Maldives
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957# being the last year it was implemented. The dates of implementation I am
958# unsure of, but most probably it was similar to Russia, except for the time
959# of implementation may have been different....
960# Some maps in the past have indicated that there was an additional time
961# zone in the eastern part of Mongolia, including the provinces of Dornod,
962# Suhbaatar, and possibly Khentij.
963
964# From Paul Eggert (1999-12-15):
965# For now, we'll comment out the east zone (Choybalsan)
966# and use Shanks's and the IATA's data for the daylight-saving rules.
967# Naming and spelling is tricky in Mongolia.
968# We'll use Hovd (also spelled Chovd and Khovd) to represent the west zone;
969# the capital of the Hovd province is sometimes called Hovd, sometimes Dund-Us,
970# and sometimes Jirgalanta (with variant spellings), but the name Hovd
971# is good enough for our purposes.
972
973# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
974Rule Mongol 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
975Rule Mongol 1981 1984 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
976Rule Mongol 1985 1990 - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 S
977Rule Mongol 1985 1990 - Sep lastSun 3:00 0 -
978Rule Mongol 1991 1998 - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S
979Rule Mongol 1991 1995 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 -
980# IATA SSIM (1996-09) says 1996-10-25; go with Shanks.
981Rule Mongol 1996 only - Oct lastSun 0:00 0 -
982Rule Mongol 1997 1998 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 -
983# IATA SSIM (1999-09) says Mongolia no longer observes DST.
984
985# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
986Zone Asia/Hovd 6:06:36 - LMT 1905 Aug
987 6:00 - HOVT 1978 # Hovd Time
988 7:00 Mongol HOV%sT
989Zone Asia/Ulaanbaatar 7:07:32 - LMT 1905 Aug
990 7:00 - ULAT 1978 # Ulaanbaatar Time
991 8:00 Mongol ULA%sT
992# We're not sure about this entry yet, so we'll omit it for now.
993#Zone Asia/Choybalsan 7:38:00 - LMT 1905 Aug
994# 8:00 - CHOT 1978 # Choybalsan Time
995# 9:00 Mongol CHO%sT 19??
996# 8:00 Mongol ULA%sT
997
998# Nepal
999# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1000Zone Asia/Katmandu 5:41:16 - LMT 1920
1001 5:30 - IST 1986
1002 5:45 - NPT # Nepal Time
1003
1004# Oman
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