| asia (21217) | asia (30711) |
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| 1# @(#)asia 7.27 | 1# @(#)asia 7.30 |
| 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> (1996-11-22): 8# 9# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is --- 199 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 209 8:00 PRC C%sT 210Zone Asia/Urumqi 5:50:20 - LMT 1928 211 6:00 - URUT 1980 May # Urumqi Time 212 8:00 PRC C%sT 213Zone Asia/Kashgar 5:03:56 - LMT 1928 214 5:30 - KAST 1940 # Kashgar Time 215 5:00 - KAST 1980 May 216 8:00 PRC C%sT | 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> (1996-11-22): 8# 9# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is --- 199 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 209 8:00 PRC C%sT 210Zone Asia/Urumqi 5:50:20 - LMT 1928 211 6:00 - URUT 1980 May # Urumqi Time 212 8:00 PRC C%sT 213Zone Asia/Kashgar 5:03:56 - LMT 1928 214 5:30 - KAST 1940 # Kashgar Time 215 5:00 - KAST 1980 May 216 8:00 PRC C%sT |
| 217 218############################################################################### 219 220# Republic of China 221 222# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 223Rule Taiwan 1945 1951 - May 1 0:00 1:00 D 224Rule Taiwan 1945 1951 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S 225Rule Taiwan 1952 only - Mar 1 0:00 1:00 D 226Rule Taiwan 1952 1954 - Nov 1 0:00 0 S 227Rule Taiwan 1953 1959 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D 228Rule Taiwan 1955 1961 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S 229Rule Taiwan 1960 1961 - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 D 230Rule Taiwan 1974 1975 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D 231Rule Taiwan 1974 1975 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S 232Rule Taiwan 1980 only - Jun 30 0:00 1:00 D 233Rule Taiwan 1980 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 S 234# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 235Zone Asia/Taipei 8:06:00 - LMT 1896 236 8:00 Taiwan C%sT 237 238############################################################################### | |
| 239# Hong Kong 240# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 241Rule HK 1946 only - Apr 20 3:30 1:00 S 242Rule HK 1946 only - Dec 1 3:30 0 - 243Rule HK 1947 only - Apr 13 3:30 1:00 S 244Rule HK 1947 only - Dec 30 3:30 0 - 245Rule HK 1948 only - May 2 3:30 1:00 S 246Rule HK 1948 1952 - Oct lastSun 3:30 0 - --- 6 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 253Rule HK 1965 1977 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 - 254Rule HK 1979 1980 - May Sun>=8 3:30 1:00 S 255Rule HK 1979 1980 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 - 256# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 257Zone Asia/Hong_Kong 7:36:36 - LMT 1904 Oct 30 258 8:00 HK HK%sT 1997 Jul 1 # return to China 259 8:00 PRC C%sT 260 | 217# Hong Kong 218# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 219Rule HK 1946 only - Apr 20 3:30 1:00 S 220Rule HK 1946 only - Dec 1 3:30 0 - 221Rule HK 1947 only - Apr 13 3:30 1:00 S 222Rule HK 1947 only - Dec 30 3:30 0 - 223Rule HK 1948 only - May 2 3:30 1:00 S 224Rule HK 1948 1952 - Oct lastSun 3:30 0 - --- 6 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 231Rule HK 1965 1977 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 - 232Rule HK 1979 1980 - May Sun>=8 3:30 1:00 S 233Rule HK 1979 1980 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 - 234# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 235Zone Asia/Hong_Kong 7:36:36 - LMT 1904 Oct 30 236 8:00 HK HK%sT 1997 Jul 1 # return to China 237 8:00 PRC C%sT 238 |
| 239 240############################################################################### 241 242# Republic of China 243 244# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 245Rule Taiwan 1945 1951 - May 1 0:00 1:00 D 246Rule Taiwan 1945 1951 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S 247Rule Taiwan 1952 only - Mar 1 0:00 1:00 D 248Rule Taiwan 1952 1954 - Nov 1 0:00 0 S 249Rule Taiwan 1953 1959 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D 250Rule Taiwan 1955 1961 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S 251Rule Taiwan 1960 1961 - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 D 252Rule Taiwan 1974 1975 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D 253Rule Taiwan 1974 1975 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S 254Rule Taiwan 1980 only - Jun 30 0:00 1:00 D 255Rule Taiwan 1980 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 S 256# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 257Zone Asia/Taipei 8:06:00 - LMT 1896 258 8:00 Taiwan C%sT 259 |
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| 261# Macao 262# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 263Rule Macao 1961 1962 - Mar Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S 264Rule Macao 1961 1964 - Nov Sun>=1 3:30 0 - 265Rule Macao 1963 only - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 S 266Rule Macao 1964 only - Mar Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S 267Rule Macao 1965 only - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 S 268Rule Macao 1965 only - Oct 31 0:00 0 - --- 232 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 501Rule Zion 1985 only - Sep 15 0:00 0 S 502Rule Zion 1986 only - May 18 0:00 1:00 D 503Rule Zion 1986 only - Sep 7 0:00 0 S 504Rule Zion 1987 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 D 505Rule Zion 1987 only - Sep 13 0:00 0 S 506Rule Zion 1988 only - Apr 9 0:00 1:00 D 507Rule Zion 1988 only - Sep 3 0:00 0 S 508 | 260# Macao 261# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 262Rule Macao 1961 1962 - Mar Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S 263Rule Macao 1961 1964 - Nov Sun>=1 3:30 0 - 264Rule Macao 1963 only - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 S 265Rule Macao 1964 only - Mar Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S 266Rule Macao 1965 only - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 S 267Rule Macao 1965 only - Oct 31 0:00 0 - --- 232 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 500Rule Zion 1985 only - Sep 15 0:00 0 S 501Rule Zion 1986 only - May 18 0:00 1:00 D 502Rule Zion 1986 only - Sep 7 0:00 0 S 503Rule Zion 1987 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 D 504Rule Zion 1987 only - Sep 13 0:00 0 S 505Rule Zion 1988 only - Apr 9 0:00 1:00 D 506Rule Zion 1988 only - Sep 3 0:00 0 S 507 |
| 509# From Ephraim Silverberg (1996-01-02): 510# | 508# From Ephraim Silverberg (ephraim@cs.huji.ac.il), 1997-03-04: 509 |
| 511# According to the Office of the Secretary General of the Ministry of 512# Interior, there is NO set rule for Daylight-Savings/Standard time changes. 513# Each year they decide anew what havoc to wreak on the country. However, 514# there is a "supposed" set of rules which is subject to change depending 515# on the party the Minister of Interior, the size of the coalition 516# government, the phase of the moon and the direction of the wind. Hence, 517# changes may need to be made on a semi-annual basis. One thing is entrenched 518# in law, however: that there must be at least 150 days of daylight savings | 510# According to the Office of the Secretary General of the Ministry of 511# Interior, there is NO set rule for Daylight-Savings/Standard time changes. 512# Each year they decide anew what havoc to wreak on the country. However, 513# there is a "supposed" set of rules which is subject to change depending 514# on the party the Minister of Interior, the size of the coalition 515# government, the phase of the moon and the direction of the wind. Hence, 516# changes may need to be made on a semi-annual basis. One thing is entrenched 517# in law, however: that there must be at least 150 days of daylight savings |
| 519# time annually. Ever since 1993, the change to daylight savings time has 520# been from midnight Thursday night to 1 a.m. Friday morning and the change 521# back to standard time on Saturday night from midnight daylight savings time | 518# time annually. Ever since 1993, the change to daylight savings time is 519# on a Thursday night from midnight IST to 1 a.m IDT. The change back to 520# standard time is on a Saturday night from midnight daylight savings time |
| 522# to 11 p.m. standard time. 1996 is an exception to this rule where the | 521# to 11 p.m. standard time. 1996 is an exception to this rule where the |
| 523# change back to standard time takes place on Sunday night instead of Saturday | 522# change back to standard time took place on Sunday night instead of Saturday |
| 524# night to avoid conflicts with the Jewish New Year. 525 526# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 527Rule Zion 1989 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 D 528Rule Zion 1989 only - Sep 3 0:00 0 S 529Rule Zion 1990 only - Mar 25 0:00 1:00 D 530Rule Zion 1990 only - Aug 26 0:00 0 S 531Rule Zion 1991 only - Mar 24 0:00 1:00 D 532Rule Zion 1991 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 S 533Rule Zion 1992 only - Mar 29 0:00 1:00 D 534Rule Zion 1992 only - Sep 6 0:00 0 S 535Rule Zion 1993 only - Apr 2 0:00 1:00 D 536Rule Zion 1993 only - Sep 5 0:00 0 S 537 538# The dates for 1994-1995 were obtained from Office of the Spokeswoman for the 539# Ministry of Interior, Jerusalem, Israel. The spokeswoman can be reached by | 523# night to avoid conflicts with the Jewish New Year. 524 525# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 526Rule Zion 1989 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 D 527Rule Zion 1989 only - Sep 3 0:00 0 S 528Rule Zion 1990 only - Mar 25 0:00 1:00 D 529Rule Zion 1990 only - Aug 26 0:00 0 S 530Rule Zion 1991 only - Mar 24 0:00 1:00 D 531Rule Zion 1991 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 S 532Rule Zion 1992 only - Mar 29 0:00 1:00 D 533Rule Zion 1992 only - Sep 6 0:00 0 S 534Rule Zion 1993 only - Apr 2 0:00 1:00 D 535Rule Zion 1993 only - Sep 5 0:00 0 S 536 537# The dates for 1994-1995 were obtained from Office of the Spokeswoman for the 538# Ministry of Interior, Jerusalem, Israel. The spokeswoman can be reached by |
| 540# calling the switchboard at 972-2-701411 and asking for the spokeswoman. | 539# calling the office directly at 972-2-6701447 or 972-2-6701448. |
| 541 | 540 |
| 542# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S | 541# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S |
| 543Rule Zion 1994 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D 544Rule Zion 1994 only - Aug 28 0:00 0 S 545Rule Zion 1995 only - Mar 31 0:00 1:00 D 546Rule Zion 1995 only - Sep 3 0:00 0 S 547 | 542Rule Zion 1994 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D 543Rule Zion 1994 only - Aug 28 0:00 0 S 544Rule Zion 1995 only - Mar 31 0:00 1:00 D 545Rule Zion 1995 only - Sep 3 0:00 0 S 546 |
| 548# The dates for 1996-1998 were also obtained from Office of the Spokeswoman 549# for the Ministry of Interior, Jerusalem, Israel. The official announcement 550# can be viewed (in Hebrew) at the following URL: | 547# The dates for 1996 were determined by the Minister of Interior of the 548# time, Haim Ramon. The official announcement regarding 1996-1998 549# (with the dates for 1997 no longer being relevant) can be viewed at: |
| 551# | 550# |
| 552# ftp://ftp.huji.ac.il/pub/misc/timezones/announcements/1996-1998.ps.gz | 551# ftp://ftp.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/1996-1998.ramon.ps.gz |
| 553# | 552# |
| 554# Caveat emptor: The dates for the years 1996-1998 were originally announced 555# on 1995-08-31, by the previous Minister of Interior. The new Minister 556# of Interior changed the dates on 1996-01-01, to take into account the 557# desires of certain portions of Israeli society (the next election is in the 558# Fall of 1996). After this (1996) year's Daylight Savings Time is over, the 559# new minister has announced that a study will be conducted as to the wishes of 560# the populace regarding the length of Daylight Savings Time and the Interior 561# Committee will meet to review the results of the study and make any necessary 562# changes to the 1997-1998 dates. Never a dull moment in the State of Israel. | 553# The dates for 1997 were altered by his successor, Rabbi Eli Suissa. 554# No changes have been made regarding 1998 as of yet. 555# 556# The official announcement for the year 1997 can be viewed at: 557# 558# ftp://ftp.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/1997.ps.gz |
| 563 564# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S | 559 560# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S |
| 565Rule Zion 1996 1998 - Mar Fri>=14 0:00 1:00 D | 561Rule Zion 1996 only - Mar 15 0:00 1:00 D |
| 566Rule Zion 1996 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 S | 562Rule Zion 1996 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 S |
| 567Rule Zion 1997 1998 - Oct Sun>=14 0:00 0 S | 563Rule Zion 1997 only - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D 564Rule Zion 1997 only - Sep 14 0:00 0 S 565Rule Zion 1998 only - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 D 566Rule Zion 1998 only - Oct 18 0:00 0 S |
| 568 | 567 |
| 568# From Paul Eggert (1997-03-15): 569# Here are guesses for rules after 1998. 570# They are probably wrong, but they are more likely than no DST at all. 571# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 572Rule Zion 1999 max - Mar Fri>=15 0:00 1:00 D 573Rule Zion 1999 max - Sep Sun>=15 0:00 0 S 574 |
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| 569# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 570Zone Asia/Jerusalem 2:20:56 - LMT 1880 571 2:20:40 - JMT 1918 # Jerusalem Mean Time? 572 2:00 Zion I%sT 573 574 575############################################################################### 576 --- 199 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 776# till we know what their principal towns are. 777# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 778Rule Mongol 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 779Rule Mongol 1981 1984 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 780Rule Mongol 1985 1990 - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 S 781Rule Mongol 1985 1990 - Sep lastSun 3:00 0 - 782Rule Mongol 1991 max - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S 783Rule Mongol 1991 1995 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - | 575# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 576Zone Asia/Jerusalem 2:20:56 - LMT 1880 577 2:20:40 - JMT 1918 # Jerusalem Mean Time? 578 2:00 Zion I%sT 579 580 581############################################################################### 582 --- 199 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 782# till we know what their principal towns are. 783# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 784Rule Mongol 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 785Rule Mongol 1981 1984 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 786Rule Mongol 1985 1990 - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 S 787Rule Mongol 1985 1990 - Sep lastSun 3:00 0 - 788Rule Mongol 1991 max - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S 789Rule Mongol 1991 1995 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - |
| 784Rule Mongol 1996 max - Oct Fri>=22 0:00 0 - | 790Rule Mongol 1996 only - Oct Fri>=22 0:00 0 - 791Rule Mongol 1997 max - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - |
| 785# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 786#Zone Asia/Dariv 6:14:32 - LMT 1905 Aug 787# 6:00 - DART 1978 # Dariv Time 788# 7:00 Mongol DAR%sT 789Zone Asia/Ulan_Bator 7:07:32 - LMT 1905 Aug 790 7:00 - ULAT 1978 # Ulan Bator Time 791 8:00 Mongol ULA%sT 792#Zone Asia/Baruun-Urt 7:33:00 - LMT 1905 Aug --- 82 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 875# no information 876 877# Sri Lanka 878# From Paul Eggert (1996-09-03): 879# <URL:http://www.virtual-pc.com/lankaweb/news/items/240596-2.html> (1996-05-24) 880# reported ``the country's standard time will be put forward by one hour at 881# midnight Friday (1830 GMT) `in the light of the present power crisis'.'' 882# Transitions before 1996 are from Shanks (1991). | 792# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 793#Zone Asia/Dariv 6:14:32 - LMT 1905 Aug 794# 6:00 - DART 1978 # Dariv Time 795# 7:00 Mongol DAR%sT 796Zone Asia/Ulan_Bator 7:07:32 - LMT 1905 Aug 797 7:00 - ULAT 1978 # Ulan Bator Time 798 8:00 Mongol ULA%sT 799#Zone Asia/Baruun-Urt 7:33:00 - LMT 1905 Aug --- 82 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 882# no information 883 884# Sri Lanka 885# From Paul Eggert (1996-09-03): 886# <URL:http://www.virtual-pc.com/lankaweb/news/items/240596-2.html> (1996-05-24) 887# reported ``the country's standard time will be put forward by one hour at 888# midnight Friday (1830 GMT) `in the light of the present power crisis'.'' 889# Transitions before 1996 are from Shanks (1991). |
| 890# 891# From Dharmasiri Senanayake, Sri Lanka Media Minister (1996-10-24), as quoted 892# in <URL:news:54rka5$m5h@mtinsc01-mgt.ops.worldnet.att.net> (1996-10-26): 893# With effect from 12.30 a.m. on 26th October 1996 894# Sri Lanka will be six (06) hours ahead of GMT. |
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| 883 884# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 885Zone Asia/Colombo 5:19:24 - LMT 1880 886 5:20 - CEYT 1906 # Ceylon Time 887 5:30 - IST 1942 Jan 5 888 5:30 0:30 IHST 1942 Sep 889 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 16 2:00 890 5:30 - IST 1996 May 25 0:00 | 895 896# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 897Zone Asia/Colombo 5:19:24 - LMT 1880 898 5:20 - CEYT 1906 # Ceylon Time 899 5:30 - IST 1942 Jan 5 900 5:30 0:30 IHST 1942 Sep 901 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 16 2:00 902 5:30 - IST 1996 May 25 0:00 |
| 891 6:30 - LKT # Sri Lanka Time | 903 6:30 - LKT 1996 Oct 26 0:30 904 6:00 - LKT |
| 892 893# Syria 894# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 895Rule Syria 1920 1923 - Apr Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 S 896Rule Syria 1920 1923 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 0 - 897Rule Syria 1962 only - Apr 29 2:00 1:00 S 898Rule Syria 1962 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 - 899Rule Syria 1963 1965 - May 1 2:00 1:00 S --- 90 unchanged lines hidden --- | 905 906# Syria 907# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 908Rule Syria 1920 1923 - Apr Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 S 909Rule Syria 1920 1923 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 0 - 910Rule Syria 1962 only - Apr 29 2:00 1:00 S 911Rule Syria 1962 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 - 912Rule Syria 1963 1965 - May 1 2:00 1:00 S --- 90 unchanged lines hidden --- |