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full compact
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< # @(#)asia 7.18
---
> # @(#)asia 7.23
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> # 4:00 AMST AMDT Armenia (was 3:00) (was YSK, YSD)*
34d34
< # 4:00 YSK YSD Yerevan (was 3:00)*
36a37
> # 5:00 ASK ASD Aktau (was SHSK, SHSD)*
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> # These rules for Russia are stolen from the `europe' file.
73,76c75,78
< Rule Russia 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D
< Rule Russia 1981 1983 - Oct 1 0:00 0 K
< Rule Russia 1984 max - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 K
< Rule Russia 1985 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D
---
> Rule RussiaAsia 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D
> Rule RussiaAsia 1981 1983 - Oct 1 0:00 0 K
> Rule RussiaAsia 1984 max - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 K
> Rule RussiaAsia 1985 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D
86a89,100
> # From Paul Eggert (1996-05-04):
> # Shanks has Yerevan switching to 3:00 (with Russian DST) in spring 1991,
> # but usno1995 has Armenia at 4:00 (with DST), and Edgar Der-Danieliantz
> # <edd@AIC.NET> reported today that Yerevan probably won't use DST this year,
> # though it did use DST in 1995. We guess Yerevan stayed in sync with Moscow
> # between 1990 and 1995, but stopped using DST in 1996.
> # Der-Danieliantz also asked for a better abbreviation than `YSK'
> # after independence. Apparently no abbreviation is in common use;
> # use `AMST/AMDT' since `AM' is the ISO country code for Armenia.
> # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
> Rule Armenia 1992 1995 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 S
> Rule Armenia 1992 1995 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D
90,92c104,108
< 4:00 Russia YS%s
< # Shanks has Yerevan switching to 3:00 (with Russian DST) in spring 1991,
< # but usno1995 has Armenia at 4:00 (with DST). Ignore the 1991 switch for now.
---
> 4:00 RussiaAsia YS%s 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
> 3:00 1:00 YSD 1991 Sep 29 2:00s
> 3:00 - AMST 1992 Jan 19 2:00s
> 4:00 Armenia AM%sT 1996
> 4:00 - AMST
100c116
< 4:00 Russia BS%s 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
---
> 4:00 RussiaAsia BS%s 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
152c168
< Zone Asia/Rangoon 6:24:40 - LMT 1880
---
> Zone Asia/Rangoon 6:24:40 - LMT 1880 # or Yangon
202d217
< Rule Shang 1928 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S
243d257
< Rule Taiwan 1896 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S
264d277
< Rule HK 1904 only - Oct 30 0:00 0 -
288d300
< Rule Macao 1912 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S
313d324
< Rule Cyprus 1921 only - Nov 14 0:00 0 -
344c355
< 4:00 Russia TBS%s 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
---
> 4:00 RussiaAsia TBS%s 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
346c357
< 3:00 Russia TBS%s 1994 Sep 25 2:00s
---
> 3:00 RussiaAsia TBS%s 1994 Sep 25 2:00s
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< Rule Iran 1977 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 S
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< Rule Zion 1918 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S
604d612
< Rule Jordan 1931 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 -
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< # From Shanks (1991):
---
> # From Paul Eggert (1996-04-19):
> # Andrew Evtichov <evti@chevron.com> (1996-04-13) writes that Kazakhstan
> # stayed in sync with Moscow after 1990, and that Aktau is the biggest city
> # in western Kazakhstan. Follow Shanks before 1991, Evtichov afterwards.
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< Zone Asia/Alma-Ata 5:07:48 - LMT 1924 May 2
---
> Zone Asia/Alma-Ata 5:07:48 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Almaty
633,635c644,653
< 6:00 Russia AAS%s
< # Shanks has Alma-Ata switching to 5:00 in 1991,
< # but usno1995 has Kazakhstan at 6:00. Ignore the 1991 switch for now.
---
> 6:00 RussiaAsia AAS%s 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
> 5:00 1:00 AASD 1991 Sep 29 2:00s
> 5:00 - AASK 1992 Jan 19 2:00s
> 6:00 RussiaAsia AAS%s
> Zone Asia/Aktau 3:21:04 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Aqtau
> 4:00 - SHSK 1957 Mar # Fort Shevchenko
> 5:00 RussiaAsia SHS%s 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
> 4:00 1:00 ASD 1991 Sep 29 2:00s
> 4:00 - ASK 1992 Jan 19 2:00s
> 5:00 RussiaAsia AS%s
637c655,656
< # ZONE-DESCR Asia Alma-Ata Kazakhstan All points
---
> # ZONE-DESCR Asia Alma-Ata Kazakhstan All points except:
> # ZONE-DESCR Asia Aktau Kazakhstan Aktau
643c662
< 6:00 Russia FS%s 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
---
> 6:00 RussiaAsia FS%s 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
645c664
< 5:00 Russia BS%s
---
> 5:00 RussiaAsia BS%s
706d724
< Rule Lebanon 1880 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 -
754a773,775
> # Shanks says that Mongolia has three time zones,
> # but usno1995 and http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/95fact/802389h.gif
> # both say that it has just one.
758d778
< Rule Mongol 1978 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S
804,809c824,829
< Rule Egypt 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 " DST"
< Rule Egypt 1957 1958 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
< Rule Egypt 1958 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 " DST"
< Rule Egypt 1959 1981 - May 1 1:00 1:00 " DST"
< Rule Egypt 1959 1965 - Sep 30 3:00 0 -
< Rule Egypt 1966 max - Oct 1 3:00 0 -
---
> Rule EgyptAsia 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 " DST"
> Rule EgyptAsia 1957 1958 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
> Rule EgyptAsia 1958 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 " DST"
> Rule EgyptAsia 1959 1981 - May 1 1:00 1:00 " DST"
> Rule EgyptAsia 1959 1965 - Sep 30 3:00 0 -
> Rule EgyptAsia 1966 max - Oct 1 3:00 0 -
813c833
< 2:00 Egypt EET%s 1967 Jun 30
---
> 2:00 EgyptAsia EET%s 1967 Jun 30
824d843
< Rule Phil 1899 only - May 11 0:00 0 S
884d902
< Rule Syria 1920 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 -
918c936
< 6:00 Russia DS%s 1991
---
> 6:00 RussiaAsia DS%s 1991
937c955
< 5:00 Russia AS%s 1991
---
> 5:00 RussiaAsia AS%s 1991
955c973
< 6:00 Russia TS%s 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
---
> 6:00 RussiaAsia TS%s 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
959a978,979
> # http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/95fact/802389h.gif claims that
> # Uzbekistan has two time zones, but we lack data about this.