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1# tzdb data for Asia and environs
2
3# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
4# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
5
6# This file is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
7# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
8# tz@iana.org for general use in the future). For more, please see
9# the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution.
10
1# tzdb data for Asia and environs
2
3# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
4# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
5
6# This file is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
7# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
8# tz@iana.org for general use in the future). For more, please see
9# the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution.
10
11# From Paul Eggert (2018-06-19):
11# From Paul Eggert (2019-07-11):
12#
13# Unless otherwise specified, the source for data through 1990 is:
14# Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition),
15# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003).
16# Unfortunately this book contains many errors and cites no sources.
17#
18# Many years ago Gwillim Law wrote that a good source
19# for time zone data was the International Air Transport

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42# std dst
43# LMT Local Mean Time
44# 2:00 EET EEST Eastern European Time
45# 2:00 IST IDT Israel
46# 5:30 IST India
47# 7:00 WIB west Indonesia (Waktu Indonesia Barat)
48# 8:00 WITA central Indonesia (Waktu Indonesia Tengah)
49# 8:00 CST China
12#
13# Unless otherwise specified, the source for data through 1990 is:
14# Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition),
15# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003).
16# Unfortunately this book contains many errors and cites no sources.
17#
18# Many years ago Gwillim Law wrote that a good source
19# for time zone data was the International Air Transport

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42# std dst
43# LMT Local Mean Time
44# 2:00 EET EEST Eastern European Time
45# 2:00 IST IDT Israel
46# 5:30 IST India
47# 7:00 WIB west Indonesia (Waktu Indonesia Barat)
48# 8:00 WITA central Indonesia (Waktu Indonesia Tengah)
49# 8:00 CST China
50# 8:00 PST PDT* Philippine Standard Time
50# 8:00 HKT HKST Hong Kong (HKWT* for Winter Time in late 1941)
51# 8:00 PST PDT* Philippines
51# 8:30 KST KDT Korea when at +0830
52# 9:00 WIT east Indonesia (Waktu Indonesia Timur)
53# 9:00 JST JDT Japan
54# 9:00 KST KDT Korea when at +09
52# 8:30 KST KDT Korea when at +0830
53# 9:00 WIT east Indonesia (Waktu Indonesia Timur)
54# 9:00 JST JDT Japan
55# 9:00 KST KDT Korea when at +09
55# 9:30 ACST Australian Central Standard Time
56# *I invented the abbreviation PDT; see "Philippines" below.
56# *I invented the abbreviations HKWT and PDT; see below.
57# Otherwise, these tables typically use numeric abbreviations like +03
58# and +0330 for integer hour and minute UT offsets. Although earlier
59# editions invented alphabetic time zone abbreviations for every
60# offset, this did not reflect common practice.
61#
62# See the 'europe' file for Russia and Turkey in Asia.
63
64# From Guy Harris:

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648# https://i.imgur.com/kCiUR78.jpg
649# * 1942-02-05. The Hong Kong News, Radio Program Guide.
650# https://i.imgur.com/eVvDMzS.jpg
651# * 1941-06-14. Hong Kong Daily Press, Daylight Saving from 3am Tomorrow.
652# https://i.imgur.com/05KkvtC.png
653# * 1941-09-30, Hong Kong Daily Press, Winter Time Warning.
654# https://i.imgur.com/dge4kFJ.png
655
57# Otherwise, these tables typically use numeric abbreviations like +03
58# and +0330 for integer hour and minute UT offsets. Although earlier
59# editions invented alphabetic time zone abbreviations for every
60# offset, this did not reflect common practice.
61#
62# See the 'europe' file for Russia and Turkey in Asia.
63
64# From Guy Harris:

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648# https://i.imgur.com/kCiUR78.jpg
649# * 1942-02-05. The Hong Kong News, Radio Program Guide.
650# https://i.imgur.com/eVvDMzS.jpg
651# * 1941-06-14. Hong Kong Daily Press, Daylight Saving from 3am Tomorrow.
652# https://i.imgur.com/05KkvtC.png
653# * 1941-09-30, Hong Kong Daily Press, Winter Time Warning.
654# https://i.imgur.com/dge4kFJ.png
655
656# From Paul Eggert (2019-07-11):
657# "Hong Kong winter time" is considered to be daylight saving.
658# "Hong Kong had adopted daylight saving on June 15 as a wartime measure,
659# clocks moving forward one hour until October 1, when they would be put back
660# by just half an hour for 'Hong Kong Winter time', so that daylight saving
661# operated year round." -- Low Z. The longest day: when wartime Hong Kong
662# introduced daylight saving. South China Morning Post. 2019-06-28.
663# https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/short-reads/article/3016281/longest-day-when-wartime-hong-kong-introduced
664
656# From P Chan (2018-12-31):
657# * According to the Hong Kong Daylight-Saving Regulations, 1941, the
658# 1941 spring-forward transition was at 03:00.
659# http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1941/304271.pdf
660# http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1941/305516.pdf
661# * According to some articles from South China Morning Post, +08 was
662# resumed on 1945-11-18 at 02:00.
663# https://i.imgur.com/M2IsZ3c.png

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749Rule HK 1965 1976 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 -
750Rule HK 1973 only - Dec 30 3:30 1:00 S
751Rule HK 1979 only - May 13 3:30 1:00 S
752Rule HK 1979 only - Oct 21 3:30 0 -
753# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
754Zone Asia/Hong_Kong 7:36:42 - LMT 1904 Oct 30 0:36:42
755 8:00 - HKT 1941 Jun 15 3:00
756 8:00 1:00 HKST 1941 Oct 1 4:00
665# From P Chan (2018-12-31):
666# * According to the Hong Kong Daylight-Saving Regulations, 1941, the
667# 1941 spring-forward transition was at 03:00.
668# http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1941/304271.pdf
669# http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1941/305516.pdf
670# * According to some articles from South China Morning Post, +08 was
671# resumed on 1945-11-18 at 02:00.
672# https://i.imgur.com/M2IsZ3c.png

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758Rule HK 1965 1976 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 -
759Rule HK 1973 only - Dec 30 3:30 1:00 S
760Rule HK 1979 only - May 13 3:30 1:00 S
761Rule HK 1979 only - Oct 21 3:30 0 -
762# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
763Zone Asia/Hong_Kong 7:36:42 - LMT 1904 Oct 30 0:36:42
764 8:00 - HKT 1941 Jun 15 3:00
765 8:00 1:00 HKST 1941 Oct 1 4:00
757 8:30 - HKT 1941 Dec 25
766 8:00 0:30 HKWT 1941 Dec 25
758 9:00 - JST 1945 Nov 18 2:00
759 8:00 HK HK%sT
760
761###############################################################################
762
763# Taiwan
764
765# From smallufo (2010-04-03):

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2414# From Paul Eggert (2018-05-04):
2415# The BBC reported that the transition was from 23:30 to 24:00 today.
2416# https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-44010705
2417
2418# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2419Zone Asia/Seoul 8:27:52 - LMT 1908 Apr 1
2420 8:30 - KST 1912 Jan 1
2421 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 8
767 9:00 - JST 1945 Nov 18 2:00
768 8:00 HK HK%sT
769
770###############################################################################
771
772# Taiwan
773
774# From smallufo (2010-04-03):

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2423# From Paul Eggert (2018-05-04):
2424# The BBC reported that the transition was from 23:30 to 24:00 today.
2425# https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-44010705
2426
2427# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2428Zone Asia/Seoul 8:27:52 - LMT 1908 Apr 1
2429 8:30 - KST 1912 Jan 1
2430 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 8
2422 9:00 - KST 1954 Mar 21
2431 9:00 ROK K%sT 1954 Mar 21
2423 8:30 ROK K%sT 1961 Aug 10
2424 9:00 ROK K%sT
2425Zone Asia/Pyongyang 8:23:00 - LMT 1908 Apr 1
2426 8:30 - KST 1912 Jan 1
2427 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug 24
2428 9:00 - KST 2015 Aug 15 00:00
2429 8:30 - KST 2018 May 4 23:30
2430 9:00 - KST

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3599# and the latter 07:06:29.333... so either way it rounds to 07:06:30,
3600# which is used below even though the modern-day Ph�� Li���n Observatory
3601# is closer to 07:06:31. Abbreviate Ph�� Li���n Mean Time as PLMT.
3602#
3603# The following transitions occurred in Indochina in general (before 1954)
3604# and in South Vietnam in particular (after 1954):
3605# To 07:00 on 1911-05-01.
3606# To 08:00 on 1942-12-31 at 23:00.
2432 8:30 ROK K%sT 1961 Aug 10
2433 9:00 ROK K%sT
2434Zone Asia/Pyongyang 8:23:00 - LMT 1908 Apr 1
2435 8:30 - KST 1912 Jan 1
2436 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug 24
2437 9:00 - KST 2015 Aug 15 00:00
2438 8:30 - KST 2018 May 4 23:30
2439 9:00 - KST

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3608# and the latter 07:06:29.333... so either way it rounds to 07:06:30,
3609# which is used below even though the modern-day Ph�� Li���n Observatory
3610# is closer to 07:06:31. Abbreviate Ph�� Li���n Mean Time as PLMT.
3611#
3612# The following transitions occurred in Indochina in general (before 1954)
3613# and in South Vietnam in particular (after 1954):
3614# To 07:00 on 1911-05-01.
3615# To 08:00 on 1942-12-31 at 23:00.
3607# To 09:00 in 1945-03-14 at 23:00.
3616# To 09:00 on 1945-03-14 at 23:00.
3608# To 07:00 on 1945-09-02 in Vietnam.
3609# To 08:00 on 1947-04-01 in French-controlled Indochina.
3610# To 07:00 on 1955-07-01 in South Vietnam.
3611# To 08:00 on 1959-12-31 at 23:00 in South Vietnam.
3612# To 07:00 on 1975-06-13 in South Vietnam.
3613#
3614# Tr���n cites the following sources; it's unclear which supplied the info above.
3615#

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3617# To 07:00 on 1945-09-02 in Vietnam.
3618# To 08:00 on 1947-04-01 in French-controlled Indochina.
3619# To 07:00 on 1955-07-01 in South Vietnam.
3620# To 08:00 on 1959-12-31 at 23:00 in South Vietnam.
3621# To 07:00 on 1975-06-13 in South Vietnam.
3622#
3623# Tr���n cites the following sources; it's unclear which supplied the info above.
3624#

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