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3# $FreeBSD: head/share/zoneinfo/asia 86222 2001-11-09 19:17:59Z 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 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# --- 10 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 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# 7:00 WIT west Indonesia 43# 8:00 CIT central Indonesia |
44# 8:00 CST China 45# 9:00 CJT Central Japanese Time (1896/1937)* |
46# 9:00 EIT east Indonesia |
47# 9:00 JST Japan 48# 9:00 KST Korea 49# 9:30 CST (Australian) Central Standard Time 50# 51# See the `europe' file for Russia and Turkey in Asia. 52 53# From Guy Harris: 54# Incorporates data for Singapore from Robert Elz' asia 1.1, as well as --- 76 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 131 132# Bhutan 133# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 134Zone Asia/Thimphu 5:58:36 - LMT 1947 Aug 15 # or Thimbu 135 5:30 - IST 1987 Oct 136 6:00 - BTT # Bhutan Time 137 138# British Indian Ocean Territory |
139# Whitman and the 1995 CIA time zone map say 5:00, but the 140# 1997 and later maps say 6:00. Assume the switch occurred in 1996. |
141# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
142Zone Indian/Chagos 5:00 - IOT 1996 # BIOT Time 143 6:00 - IOT |
144 145# Brunei 146# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 147Zone Asia/Brunei 7:39:40 - LMT 1926 Mar # Bandar Seri Begawan 148 7:30 - BNT 1933 149 8:00 - BNT 150 151# Burma / Myanmar --- 55 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 207 8:30 - HART 1932 Mar # Harbin Time 208 8:00 - CST 1940 209 9:00 - HART 1966 May 210 8:30 - HART 1980 May 211 8:00 PRC C%sT 212Zone Asia/Shanghai 8:05:52 - LMT 1928 213 8:00 Shang C%sT 1949 214 8:00 PRC C%sT |
215Zone Asia/Chongqing 7:06:20 - LMT 1928 # or Chungking |
216 7:00 - CHUT 1980 May # Chungking Time 217 8:00 PRC C%sT 218Zone Asia/Urumqi 5:50:20 - LMT 1928 # or Urumchi 219 6:00 - URUT 1980 May # Urumqi Time 220 8:00 PRC C%sT 221Zone Asia/Kashgar 5:03:56 - LMT 1928 # or Kashi or Kaxgar 222 5:30 - KAST 1940 # Kashgar Time 223 5:00 - KAST 1980 May --- 36 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 260Rule Taiwan 1953 1959 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D 261Rule Taiwan 1955 1961 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S 262Rule Taiwan 1960 1961 - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 D 263Rule Taiwan 1974 1975 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D 264Rule Taiwan 1974 1975 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S 265Rule Taiwan 1980 only - Jun 30 0:00 1:00 D 266Rule Taiwan 1980 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 S 267# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
268Zone Asia/Taipei 8:06:00 - LMT 1896 # or Taibei or T'ai-pei |
269 8:00 Taiwan C%sT 270 271# Macao (Macau, Aomen) 272# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 273Rule Macao 1961 1962 - Mar Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S 274Rule Macao 1961 1964 - Nov Sun>=1 3:30 0 - 275Rule Macao 1963 only - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 S 276Rule Macao 1964 only - Mar Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S --- 82 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 359# which will be permanent, with no seasonal adjustment, will happen at 360# midnight on Saturday, September 16. 361 362# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 363Zone Asia/Dili 8:22:20 - LMT 1912 364 8:00 - TPT 1942 Feb 21 23:00 # E Timor Time 365 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug 366 9:00 - TPT 1976 May 3 |
367 8:00 - CIT 2000 Sep 17 00:00 |
368 9:00 - TPT 369 370# India 371# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 372Zone Asia/Calcutta 5:53:28 - LMT 1880 373 5:53:20 - HMT 1941 Oct # Howrah Mean Time? 374 6:30 - BURT 1942 May 15 # Burma Time 375 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep 376 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 15 377 5:30 - IST 378# The following are like Asia/Calcutta: 379# Andaman Is 380# Lakshadweep (Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Is) 381# Nicobar Is 382 383# Indonesia |
384# 385# From Gwillim Law (2001-05-28), overriding Shanks: 386# <http://www.sumatera-inc.com/go_to_invest/about_indonesia.asp#standtime> 387# says that Indonesia's time zones changed on 1988-01-01. Looking at some 388# time zone maps, I think that must refer to Western Borneo (Kalimantan Barat 389# and Kalimantan Tengah) switching from UTC+8 to UTC+7. 390# |
391# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 392Zone Asia/Jakarta 7:07:12 - LMT 1867 Aug 10 393# Shanks says the next transition was at 1924 Jan 1 0:13, 394# but this must be a typo. 395 7:07:12 - JMT 1923 Dec 31 23:47:12 # Jakarta 396 7:20 - JAVT 1932 Nov # Java Time |
397 7:30 - WIT 1942 Mar 23 |
398 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug |
399 7:30 - WIT 1948 May 400 8:00 - WIT 1950 May 401 7:30 - WIT 1964 402 7:00 - WIT 403Zone Asia/Pontianak 7:17:20 - LMT 1908 May 404 7:17:20 - PMT 1932 Nov # Pontianak MT 405 7:30 - WIT 1942 Jan 29 406 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug 407 7:30 - WIT 1948 May 408 8:00 - WIT 1950 May 409 7:30 - WIT 1964 410 8:00 - CIT 1988 Jan 1 411 7:00 - WIT |
412Zone Asia/Ujung_Pandang 7:57:36 - LMT 1920 413 7:57:36 - MMT 1932 Nov # Macassar MT |
414 8:00 - CIT 1942 Feb 9 |
415 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug |
416 8:00 - CIT |
417Zone Asia/Jayapura 9:22:48 - LMT 1932 Nov |
418 9:00 - EIT 1944 |
419 9:30 - CST 1964 |
420 9:00 - EIT |
421 422# Iran 423# From Paul Eggert (2000-06-12), following up a suggestion by Rich Wales: 424# Ahmea Alavi in 425# <a href="http://www.persia.org/Iran_Lib/Calendar/taghveem.txt"> 426# TAGHVEEM (1993-07-12) 427# </a> 428# writes ``Daylight saving time in Iran starts from the first day --- 500 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 929Rule Lebanon 1993 1998 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - 930Rule Lebanon 1999 max - Oct lastSun 0:00 0 - 931# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 932Zone Asia/Beirut 2:22:00 - LMT 1880 933 2:00 Lebanon EE%sT 934 935# Malaysia 936# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S |
937Rule NBorneo 1935 1941 - Sep 14 0:00 0:20 TS # one-Third Summer |
938Rule NBorneo 1935 1941 - Dec 14 0:00 0 - |
939# |
940# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
941# peninsular Malaysia |
942Zone Asia/Kuala_Lumpur 6:46:48 - LMT 1880 943 6:55:24 - SMT 1905 Jun # Singapore Mean Time 944 7:00 - MALT 1933 # Malaya Time 945 7:20 - MALT 1942 Feb 15 946 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 2 947 7:20 - MALT 1950 948 7:30 - MALT 1982 May 949 8:00 - MYT # Malaysia Time |
950# Sabah & Sarawak |
951Zone Asia/Kuching 7:21:20 - LMT 1926 Mar 952 7:30 - BORT 1933 # Borneo Time 953 8:00 NBorneo BOR%sT 1942 954 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 2 955 8:00 - BORT 1982 May 956 8:00 - MYT 957 958# Maldives --- 22 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 981# being the last year it was implemented. The dates of implementation I am 982# unsure of, but most probably it was similar to Russia, except for the time 983# of implementation may have been different.... 984# Some maps in the past have indicated that there was an additional time 985# zone in the eastern part of Mongolia, including the provinces of Dornod, 986# Suhbaatar, and possibly Khentij. 987 988# From Paul Eggert (1999-12-15): |
989# Naming and spelling is tricky in Mongolia. 990# We'll use Hovd (also spelled Chovd and Khovd) to represent the west zone; 991# the capital of the Hovd province is sometimes called Hovd, sometimes Dund-Us, 992# and sometimes Jirgalanta (with variant spellings), but the name Hovd 993# is good enough for our purposes. 994 |
995# From Rives McDow (2001-05-13): 996# In addition to Mongolia starting daylight savings as reported earlier 997# (adopted DST on 2001-04-27 02:00 local time, ending 2001-09-28), 998# there are three time zones. 999# 1000# Provinces [at 7:00]: Bayan-ulgii, Uvs, Khovd, Zavkhan, Govi-Altai 1001# Provinces [at 8:00]: Khovsgol, Bulgan, Arkhangai, Khentii, Tov, 1002# Bayankhongor, Ovorkhangai, Dundgovi, Dornogovi, Omnogovi 1003# Provinces [at 9:00]: Dornod, Sukhbaatar 1004# 1005# [The province of Selenge is omitted from the above lists.] 1006 |
1007# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S |
1008Rule Mongol 1983 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 1009Rule Mongol 1983 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 1010# IATA SSIM says 1990s switches occurred at 00:00, but Shanks (1995) lists 1011# them at 02:00s, and McDow says the 2001 switches also occurred at 02:00. 1012# Also, IATA SSIM (1996-09) says 1996-10-25. Go with Shanks through 1998. 1013Rule Mongol 1985 1998 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S 1014Rule Mongol 1984 1998 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 - |
1015# IATA SSIM (1999-09) says Mongolia no longer observes DST. |
1016Rule Mongol 2001 only - Apr 27 2:00s 1:00 S 1017Rule Mongol 2001 only - Sep 28 2:00s 0 - |
1018 1019# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
1020# Hovd, a.k.a. Chovd, Dund-Us, Dzhargalant, Khovd, Jirgalanta |
1021Zone Asia/Hovd 6:06:36 - LMT 1905 Aug 1022 6:00 - HOVT 1978 # Hovd Time 1023 7:00 Mongol HOV%sT |
1024# Ulaanbaatar, a.k.a. Ulan Bataar, Ulan Bator, Urga |
1025Zone Asia/Ulaanbaatar 7:07:32 - LMT 1905 Aug 1026 7:00 - ULAT 1978 # Ulaanbaatar Time 1027 8:00 Mongol ULA%sT |
1028# Choibalsan, a.k.a. Bajan Tuemen, Bajan Tumen, Chojbalsan, 1029# Choybalsan, Sanbejse, Tchoibalsan 1030Zone Asia/Choibalsan 7:38:00 - LMT 1905 Aug 1031 7:00 - ULAT 1978 1032 8:00 - ULAT 1983 Apr 1033 9:00 Mongol CHO%sT # Choibalsan Time |
1034 1035# Nepal 1036# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1037Zone Asia/Katmandu 5:41:16 - LMT 1920 1038 5:30 - IST 1986 1039 5:45 - NPT # Nepal Time 1040 1041# Oman --- 289 unchanged lines hidden --- |