asia (12261) | asia (14343) |
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1# @(#)asia 7.13 | 1# @(#)asia 7.18 |
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 | 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): | 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 --- 7 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 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* | 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 --- 7 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 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 | 31# 3:00 BSK BSD Baku (was 4:00)* |
32# 3:30 IST IDT Iran | 32# 3:30 IST IDT Iran |
33# 4:00 BSK BSD Baku* | 33# 4:00 TBSK TBSD Tbilisi (was 3:00)* 34# 4:00 YSK YSD Yerevan (was 3:00)* |
34# 4:00 GST GDT Gulf* 35# 4:30 AFT Afghanistan* | 35# 4:00 GST GDT Gulf* 36# 4:30 AFT Afghanistan* |
36# 5:00 ASK ASD Ashkhabad* | 37# 5:00 ASK ASD Ashkhabad (was 4:00)* 38# 5:00 BSK BSD Bishkek (was 6:00) (was FSK, FSD)* |
37# 5:00 PKT Pakistan* | 39# 5:00 PKT Pakistan* |
40# 5:00 TSK TSD Tashkent (was 6:00)* |
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38# 5:30 IST IST India 39# 5:45 NPT Nepal* | 41# 5:30 IST IST India 42# 5:45 NPT Nepal* |
43# 6:00 AASK AASD Alma-Ata (was 5:00)* |
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40# 6:00 BGT Bengal, Bangladesh* | 44# 6:00 BGT Bengal, Bangladesh* |
41# 6:00 TSK TSD Tashkent* | 45# 6:00 DSK DSD Dushanbe (was 5:00)* |
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 --- 10 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 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 | 46# 6:30 BMT Burma* 47# 7:00 ICT Indochina* 48# 7:00 JVT Java* 49# 8:00 BNT Borneo, Brunei* 50# 8:00 CST CDT China 51# 8:00 HKT HKST Hong Kong 52# 8:00 PST PDT Philippines* 53# 8:00 SGT Singapore --- 10 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 64# From Guy Harris: 65# Incorporates data for Singapore from Robert Elz' asia 1.1, as well as 66# additional information from Tom Yap, Sun Microsystems Intercontinental 67# Technical Support (including a page from the Official Airline Guide - 68# Worldwide Edition). The names for time zones are guesses. 69 70############################################################################### 71 |
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 | 72# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 73Rule Russia 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D 74Rule 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 | 75Rule Russia 1984 max - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 K 76Rule Russia 1985 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 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 | 77 78# Afghanistan 79# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 80Zone Asia/Kabul 4:36:48 - LMT 1890 81 4:00 - GST 1945 82 4:30 - AFT 83 84# ZONE-DESCR Asia Kabul Afghanistan All points 85 86# Armenia 87# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 88Zone Asia/Yerevan 2:58:00 - LMT 1924 May 2 |
88 3:00 - MSK 1957 Mar 89 4:00 Russia BS%s | 89 3:00 - YSK 1957 Mar 90 4:00 Russia YS%s 91# Shanks has Yerevan switching to 3:00 (with Russian DST) in spring 1991, 92# but usno1995 has Armenia at 4:00 (with DST). Ignore the 1991 switch for now. |
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 | 93 94# ZONE-DESCR Asia Yerevan Armenia All points 95 96# Azerbaijan 97# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 98Zone Asia/Baku 3:19:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 |
96 3:00 - MSK 1957 Mar 97 4:00 Russia BS%s | 99 3:00 - BSK 1957 Mar 100 4:00 Russia BS%s 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 101 3:00 1:00 BSD 1991 Sep 29 2:00s 102 3:00 - BSK 103# Shanks has Baku using Russian DST rules after 1991, 104# but usno1995 has Azerbaijan with no DST. Go with usno1995. |
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 --- 29 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 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 | 105 106# ZONE-DESCR Asia Baku Azerbaijan All points 107 108# Bahrain 109# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 110Zone Asia/Bahrain 3:22:20 - LMT 1920 # Al-Manamah 111 4:00 - GST 1972 Jun 112 3:00 - AST --- 29 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 142# Brunei 143# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 144Zone Asia/Brunei 7:39:40 - LMT 1926 Mar # Bandar Seri Begawan 145 7:30 - BNT 1933 146 8:00 - BNT 147 148# ZONE-DESCR Asia Brunei Brunei All points 149 |
143# Burma | 150# Burma / Myanmar |
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 --- 22 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 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 | 151# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 152Zone Asia/Rangoon 6:24:40 - LMT 1880 153 6:25 - RMT 1920 154 6:30 - BMT 1942 May 155 9:00 - JST 1945 May 3 156 6:30 - BMT 157 158# ZONE-DESCR Asia Rangoon Myanmar All points --- 22 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 181# 182# . . .I just deleted the DST table and this editor makes it too 183# painful to suck in another copy.. So, here is what I have for 184# DST start/end dates for Peking's time zone (info from AP): 185# 186# 1986 May 4 - Sept 14 187# 1987 mid-April - ?? 188 |
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 | 189# From U. S. Naval Observatory (January 19, 1989): 190# CHINA 8 H AHEAD OF UTC ALL OF CHINA, INCL TAIWAN 191# CHINA 9 H AHEAD OF UTC APR 17 - SEP 10 192 |
190# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993): | 193# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1995-12-19): |
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, | 194# Shanks writes that China switched from the Chinese calendar on 1912 Feb 12. 195# 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 | 196# observing summer DST from 1986 through 1991; this contradicts Devine's |
194# note about Time magazine, though apparently _something_ happened in 1986. | 197# note about Time magazine, though apparently _something_ happened in 1986. |
198# Go with Shanks for now. I made up names for the other pre-1980 time zones. |
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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 | 199 200# From Shanks (1991): 201# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 202Rule Shang 1928 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S 203Rule Shang 1940 only - Jun 3 0:00 1:00 D 204Rule Shang 1940 1941 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S 205Rule Shang 1941 only - Mar 16 0:00 1:00 D 206Rule PRC 1949 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S 207Rule 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 | 208Rule PRC 1986 1991 - Sep Sun>=11 0:00 0 S 209Rule PRC 1987 1991 - Apr Sun>=10 0:00 1:00 D |
206# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] | 210# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
211Zone Asia/Harbin 8:26:44 - LMT 1928 212 8:30 - MAT 1932 Mar # Manchuria 213 8:00 - CST 1940 214 9:00 - KST 1966 May 215 8:30 - MAT 1980 May 216 8:00 PRC C%sT |
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207Zone Asia/Shanghai 8:05:52 - LMT 1928 208 8:00 Shang C%sT 1949 209 8:00 PRC C%sT 210 | 217Zone Asia/Shanghai 8:05:52 - LMT 1928 218 8:00 Shang C%sT 1949 219 8:00 PRC C%sT 220 |
211# ZONE-DESCR Asia Shanghai China All points | 221Zone Asia/Chungking 7:06:20 - LMT 1928 222 7:00 - ICT 1980 May 223 8:00 PRC C%sT 224Zone Asia/Urumqi 5:50:20 - LMT 1928 225 6:00 - URT 1980 May # Urumqi 226 8:00 PRC C%sT 227Zone Asia/Kashgar 5:03:56 - LMT 1928 228 5:30 - ETT 1940 # Eastern Turkestan 229 5:00 - ETT 1980 May 230 8:00 PRC C%sT |
212 | 231 |
232# ZONE-DESCR Asia Shanghai China All points except: 233# ZONE-DESCR Asia Harbin China Manchuria 234# ZONE-DESCR Asia Chungking China Chungking 235# ZONE-DESCR Asia Urumqi China Urumqi 236# ZONE-DESCR Asia Kashgar China Eastern Turkestan 237 |
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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 --- 9 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 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############################################################################### 239 240# Republic of China 241 242# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 243Rule Taiwan 1896 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S 244Rule Taiwan 1945 1951 - May 1 0:00 1:00 D 245Rule Taiwan 1945 1951 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S --- 9 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 255# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 256Zone Asia/Taipei 8:06:00 - LMT 1896 257 8:00 Taiwan C%sT 258 259# ZONE-DESCR Asia Taipei Taiwan All points 260 261############################################################################### 262# 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 - --- 8 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 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 | 263# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 264Rule HK 1904 only - Oct 30 0:00 0 - 265Rule HK 1946 only - Apr 20 3:30 1:00 S 266Rule HK 1946 only - Dec 1 3:30 0 - 267Rule HK 1947 only - Apr 13 3:30 1:00 S 268Rule HK 1947 only - Dec 30 3:30 0 - 269Rule HK 1948 only - May 2 3:30 1:00 S 270Rule HK 1948 1952 - Oct lastSun 3:30 0 - --- 8 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 279Rule HK 1979 1980 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 - 280# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 281Zone Asia/Hong_Kong 7:36:36 - LMT 1904 Oct 30 282 8:00 HK HK%sT 283 284# ZONE-DESCR Asia Hong_Kong Hong_Kong All points 285 286# 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 --- 31 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 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! | 287# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 288Rule Macao 1912 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S 289Rule Macao 1961 1962 - Mar Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 D 290Rule Macao 1961 1964 - Nov Sun>=1 3:30 0 S 291Rule Macao 1963 only - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 D 292Rule Macao 1964 only - Mar Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 D 293Rule Macao 1965 only - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 D 294Rule Macao 1965 only - Oct 31 0:00 0 S --- 31 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 326 327# ZONE-DESCR Asia Cyprus Cyprus All points 328 329# Georgia 330# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1994-11-19): 331# Today's _Economist_ (p 60) reports that Georgia moved its clocks forward 332# an hour recently, due to a law proposed by Zurab Murvanidze, 333# an MP who went on a hunger strike for 11 days to force discussion about it! |
313# Alas, we have no details. | 334# We have no details, but we'll guess they didn't move the clocks back in fall. 335# 336# From Paul Eggert (1995-11-13): 337# usno1995 has Georgia at 4:00. Guess that Georgia stopped transitions 338# after spring 1994 (thus sticking at 4:00). 339# Most likely we're still missing some rule changes between 1991 and 1994. |
314# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 315Zone Asia/Tbilisi 2:59:16 - LMT 1880 316 2:59 - LST 1924 May 2 | 340# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 341Zone Asia/Tbilisi 2:59:16 - LMT 1880 342 2:59 - LST 1924 May 2 |
317 3:00 - MSK 1957 Mar 318 4:00 Russia BS%s | 343 3:00 - TBSK 1957 Mar 344 4:00 Russia TBS%s 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 345 3:00 1:00 TBSD 1991 Sep 29 2:00s 346 3:00 Russia TBS%s 1994 Sep 25 2:00s 347 4:00 - TBSK |
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 --- 28 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 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 | 348 349# ZONE-DESCR Asia Tbilisi Georgia All points 350 351# India 352# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 353Zone Asia/Calcutta 5:53:28 - LMT 1880 354 5:53 - CMT 1941 Oct # Calcutta Mean Time 355 6:30 - BMT 1942 May 15 --- 28 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 384 9:30 - CST 1964 385 9:00 - MLT 386 387# ZONE-DESCR Asia Jakarta Indonesia Jakarta 388# ZONE-DESCR Asia Ujung_Pandang Indonesia Ujung Pandang 389# ZONE-DESCR Asia Jayapura Indonesia Jayapura 390 391# 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 | 392# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 393Rule Iran 1977 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 S 394Rule Iran 1978 1980 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D 395Rule Iran 1978 only - Oct 21 0:00 0 S 396Rule Iran 1979 only - Sep 19 0:00 0 S 397Rule 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 --- 72 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 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 | 398# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 399Zone Asia/Tehran 3:25:44 - LMT 1916 400 3:26 - TMT 1946 401 3:30 - IST 1977 Nov 402 4:00 Iran G%sT 1979 403 3:30 Iran I%sT 404 405# ZONE-DESCR Asia Tehran Iran All points --- 72 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 478Rule Zion 1988 only - Sep 3 0:00 0 S 479#Rule Zion 1989 only - Apr 29 0:00 1:00 D 480#Rule Zion 1989 only - Sep 2 0:00 0 S 481#Rule Zion 1990 only - Mar 25 0:00 1:00 D 482#Rule Zion 1990 only - Aug 26 0:00 0 S 483#Rule Zion 1991 only - Mar 10 0:00 1:00 D 484#Rule Zion 1991 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 S 485 |
471# From Ephraim Silverberg (September 5, 1993): | 486# From Ephraim Silverberg (1996-01-02): |
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 | 487# 488# According to the Office of the Secretary General of the Ministry of 489# Interior, there is NO set rule for Daylight-Savings/Standard time changes. 490# Each year they decide anew what havoc to wreak on the country. However, 491# there is a "supposed" set of rules which is subject to change depending 492# on the party the Minister of Interior, the size of the coalition 493# government, the phase of the moon and the direction of the wind. Hence, 494# 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. | 495# in law, however: that there must be at least 150 days of daylight savings 496# time annually. Ever since 1993, the change to daylight savings time has 497# been from midnight Thursday night to 1 a.m. Friday morning and the change 498# back to standard time on Saturday night from midnight daylight savings time 499# to 11 p.m. standard time. 1996 is an exception to this rule where the 500# change back to standard time takes place on Sunday night instead of Saturday 501# night to avoid conflicts with the Jewish New Year. |
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 | 502 503# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 504Rule Zion 1989 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 D 505Rule Zion 1989 only - Sep 3 0:00 0:00 S 506Rule Zion 1990 only - Mar 25 0:00 1:00 D 507Rule Zion 1990 only - Aug 26 0:00 0:00 S 508Rule Zion 1991 only - Mar 24 0:00 1:00 D 509Rule Zion 1991 only - Sep 1 0:00 0:00 S 510Rule Zion 1992 only - Mar 29 0:00 1:00 D 511Rule Zion 1992 only - Sep 6 0:00 0:00 S 512Rule Zion 1993 only - Apr 2 0:00 1:00 D 513Rule Zion 1993 only - Sep 5 0:00 0:00 S 514 |
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). | 515# The dates for 1994-1995 were obtained from Office of the Spokeswoman for the 516# Ministry of Interior, Jerusalem, Israel. The spokeswoman can be reached by 517# calling the switchboard at 972-2-701411 and asking 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 | 518 519# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 520Rule Zion 1994 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D 521Rule Zion 1994 only - Aug 28 0:00 0:00 S 522Rule 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 | 523Rule Zion 1995 only - Sep 3 0:00 0:00 S 524 |
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. | 525# The dates for 1996-1998 were also obtained from Office of the Spokeswoman 526# for the Ministry of Interior, Jerusalem, Israel. The official announcement 527# can be viewed (in Hebrew) at the following URL: 528# 529# ftp://ftp.huji.ac.il/pub/misc/timezones/announcements/1996-1998.ps.gz 530# 531# Emptor Caveat: The dates for the years 1996-1998 were originally announced 532# on August 31, 1995, by the previous Minister of Interior. The new Minister 533# of Interior changed the dates on January 1, 1996, to take into account the 534# desires of certain portions of Israeli society (the next election is in the 535# Fall of 1996). After this (1996) year's Daylight Savings Time is over, the 536# new minister has announced that a study will be conducted as to the wishes of 537# the populace regarding the length of Daylight Savings Time and the Interior 538# Committee will meet to review the results of the study and make any necessary 539# changes to the 1997-1998 dates. Never a dull moment in the State of Israel. |
512 | 540 |
541# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 542Rule Zion 1996 1998 - Mar Fri>=14 0:00 1:00 D 543Rule Zion 1996 only - Sep 16 0:00 0:00 S 544Rule Zion 1997 1998 - Oct Sun>=14 0:00 0:00 S 545 |
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513# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] | 546# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
514Zone Asia/Tel_Aviv 2:19:04 - LMT 1880 | 547Zone Asia/Jerusalem 2:20:56 - LMT 1880 |
515 2:21 - JMT 1918 516 2:00 Zion I%sT 517 | 548 2:21 - JMT 1918 549 2:00 Zion I%sT 550 |
518# ZONE-DESCR Asia Tel_Aviv Israel All points | 551# ZONE-DESCR Asia Jerusalem 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): --- 20 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 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 | 552 553############################################################################### 554 555# Japan 556 557# `9:00' and `JST' is from Guy Harris. 558 559# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1995-03-06): --- 20 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 580# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 581Zone Asia/Tokyo 9:19:04 - LMT 1896 582 9:00 - JST 583# If Japan adopts DST in 1996, replace the above line with the following lines: 584# 9:00 - JST 1996 585# 9:00 Japan J%sT 586# and uncomment the two `Rule' lines commented out above. 587 |
555# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993): | 588# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1995-12-19): |
556# Shanks says that the far southern Ryukyu Is (Nansei-Shoto) are 8:00, | 589# 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. | 590# but we haven't confirmed this. |
559# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] | 591# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
560#Zone Asia/South_Ryukyu 8:14:44 - LMT 1896 # Amitori | 592#Zone Asia/Ishigaki 8:16:36 - LMT 1896 |
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): --- 23 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 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 | 593# 8:00 - CST 594# There is no information for Marcus. 595# Other Japanese possessions are probably like Asia/Tokyo. 596 597# ZONE-DESCR Asia Tokyo Japan All points 598 599# Jordan 600# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993): --- 23 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 624 2:00 Jordan EET%s 625 626# ZONE-DESCR Asia Amman Jordan All points 627 628# Kazakhstan 629# From Shanks (1991): 630# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 631Zone Asia/Alma-Ata 5:07:48 - LMT 1924 May 2 |
600 5:00 - TSK 1957 Mar 601 6:00 Russia TS%s | 632 5:00 - AASK 1957 Mar 633 6:00 Russia AAS%s 634# Shanks has Alma-Ata switching to 5:00 in 1991, 635# but usno1995 has Kazakhstan at 6:00. Ignore the 1991 switch for now. |
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 | 636 637# ZONE-DESCR Asia Alma-Ata Kazakhstan All points 638 639# Kirgizstan 640# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 641Zone Asia/Bishkek 4:58:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 |
608 5:00 - TSK 1957 Mar 609 6:00 Russia TS%s | 642 5:00 - FSK 1957 Mar # Frunze 643 6:00 Russia FS%s 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 644 5:00 1:00 FSD 1991 Sep 29 2:00s 645 5:00 Russia BS%s |
610 611# ZONE-DESCR Asia Bishkek Kirgizstan All points 612 613############################################################################### 614 615# Korea 616 617# From Guy Harris: --- 155 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 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 | 646 647# ZONE-DESCR Asia Bishkek Kirgizstan All points 648 649############################################################################### 650 651# Korea 652 653# From Guy Harris: --- 155 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 809Rule Egypt 1966 max - Oct 1 3:00 0 - 810# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 811Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct 812 2:00 - EET 1957 May 10 813 2:00 Egypt EET%s 1967 Jun 30 814 2:00 Zion I%sT 815# This will undoubtedly change soon. 816 |
817# Paracel Is 818# no information 819 |
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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 --- 32 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 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 | 820# Philippines 821# Howse writes (p 162) that until 1844 the Philippines kept American date. 822# The rest of this data is from Shanks. 823# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 824Rule Phil 1899 only - May 11 0:00 0 S 825Rule Phil 1936 only - Nov 1 0:00 1:00 D 826Rule Phil 1937 only - Feb 1 0:00 0 S 827Rule Phil 1954 only - Apr 12 0:00 1:00 D --- 32 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 860 7:20 - SGT 1942 Feb 15 861 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 2 862 7:20 - SGT 1950 863 7:30 - SGT 1982 May 864 8:00 - SGT 865 866# ZONE-DESCR Asia Singapore Singapore All points 867 |
868# Spratly Is 869# no information 870 |
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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 --- 30 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 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 | 871# Sri Lanka 872# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 873Zone Asia/Colombo 5:19:24 - LMT 1880 874 5:20 - JMT 1906 875 5:30 - IST 1942 Jan 5 876 5:30 0:30 IHST 1942 Sep 877 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 16 2:00 878 5:30 - IST --- 30 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 909Zone Asia/Damascus 2:25:12 - LMT 1920 910 2:00 Syria EET%s 911 912# ZONE-DESCR Asia Damascus Syria All points 913 914# Tajikistan 915# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 916Zone Asia/Dushanbe 4:35:12 - LMT 1924 May 2 |
875 5:00 - TSK 1957 Mar 876 6:00 Russia TS%s | 917 5:00 - DSK 1957 Mar 918 6:00 Russia DS%s 1991 919 6:00 - DSK 920# Shanks has Dushanbe at 5:00 (6:00 summer) after 1991 Sep 29 3:00, 921# but usno1995 has it at 6:00. Go with usno1995. |
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 | 922 923# ZONE-DESCR Asia Dushanbe Tajikistan All points 924 925# Thailand 926# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 927Zone Asia/Bangkok 6:42:04 - LMT 1880 928 6:42 - BMT 1920 Apr 929 7:00 - ICT 930 931# ZONE-DESCR Asia Bangkok Thailand All points 932 933# Turkmenistan 934# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 935Zone Asia/Ashkhabad 3:53:32 - LMT 1924 May 2 936 4:00 - ASK 1957 Mar |
892 5:00 Russia AS%s | 937 5:00 Russia AS%s 1991 938 5:00 - ASK 939# Shanks has Ashkhabad at 4:00 (5:00 summer) after 1991 Sep 20 3:00, 940# but usno has it at 5:00. Go with usno1995. |
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 | 941 942# ZONE-DESCR Asia Ashkhabad Turkmenistan All points 943 944# United Arab Emirates 945# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 946Zone Asia/Dubai 3:41:12 - LMT 1920 947 4:00 - GST 948 949# ZONE-DESCR Asia Dubai U_A_E All points 950 951# Uzbekistan 952# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 953Zone Asia/Tashkent 4:37:12 - LMT 1924 May 2 954 5:00 - TSK 1957 Mar |
907 6:00 Russia TS%s | 955 6:00 Russia TS%s 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 956 5:00 1:00 TSD 1991 Sep 29 2:00s 957 5:00 - TSK 958# Shanks has Tashkent using DST after 1991, but usno1995 says they don't. 959# Go with usno1995. |
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): --- 15 unchanged lines hidden --- | 960 961# ZONE-DESCR Asia Tashkent Uzbekistan All points 962 963# Vietnam 964# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993): 965# Saigon's official name is Thanh-Pho Ho Chi Minh, but it's too long. 966# We'll stick with the traditional name for now. 967# From Shanks (1991): --- 15 unchanged lines hidden --- |