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1# @(#)asia 8.4
1# %W%
2# <pre>
3
4# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
5# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
6# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future).
7
8# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
9#

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207# From Shanks & Pottenger:
208# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
209Rule Shang 1940 only - Jun 3 0:00 1:00 D
210Rule Shang 1940 1941 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S
211Rule Shang 1941 only - Mar 16 0:00 1:00 D
212Rule PRC 1986 only - May 4 0:00 1:00 D
213Rule PRC 1986 1991 - Sep Sun>=11 0:00 0 S
214Rule PRC 1987 1991 - Apr Sun>=10 0:00 1:00 D
2# <pre>
3
4# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
5# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
6# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future).
7
8# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
9#

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207# From Shanks & Pottenger:
208# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
209Rule Shang 1940 only - Jun 3 0:00 1:00 D
210Rule Shang 1940 1941 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S
211Rule Shang 1941 only - Mar 16 0:00 1:00 D
212Rule PRC 1986 only - May 4 0:00 1:00 D
213Rule PRC 1986 1991 - Sep Sun>=11 0:00 0 S
214Rule PRC 1987 1991 - Apr Sun>=10 0:00 1:00 D
215#
216# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
217#
215
218# From Anthony Fok (2001-12-20):
219# BTW, I did some research on-line and found some info regarding these five
220# historic timezones from some Taiwan websites. And yes, there are official
216# From Anthony Fok (2001-12-20):
217# BTW, I did some research on-line and found some info regarding these five
218# historic timezones from some Taiwan websites. And yes, there are official
221# Chinese names for these locales (before 1949):
219# Chinese names for these locales (before 1949).
220#
221# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-07-14):
222# I have investigated the timezones around 1970 on the
223# http://www.astro.com/atlas site [with provinces and county
224# boundaries summarized below].... A few other exceptions were two
225# counties on the Sichuan side of the Xizang-Sichuan border,
226# counties Dege and Baiyu which lies on the Sichuan side and are
227# therefore supposed to be GMT+7, Xizang region being GMT+6, but Dege
228# county is GMT+8 according to astro.com while Baiyu county is GMT+6
229# (could be true), for the moment I am assuming that those two
230# counties are mistakes in the astro.com data.
231
232
233# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
222# Changbai Time ("Long-white Time", Long-white = Heilongjiang area)
234# Changbai Time ("Long-white Time", Long-white = Heilongjiang area)
235# Heilongjiang (except Mohe county), Jilin
223Zone Asia/Harbin 8:26:44 - LMT 1928 # or Haerbin
224 8:30 - CHAT 1932 Mar # Changbai Time
225 8:00 - CST 1940
226 9:00 - CHAT 1966 May
227 8:30 - CHAT 1980 May
228 8:00 PRC C%sT
229# Zhongyuan Time ("Central plain Time")
236Zone Asia/Harbin 8:26:44 - LMT 1928 # or Haerbin
237 8:30 - CHAT 1932 Mar # Changbai Time
238 8:00 - CST 1940
239 9:00 - CHAT 1966 May
240 8:30 - CHAT 1980 May
241 8:00 PRC C%sT
242# Zhongyuan Time ("Central plain Time")
243# most of China
230Zone Asia/Shanghai 8:05:52 - LMT 1928
231 8:00 Shang C%sT 1949
232 8:00 PRC C%sT
233# Long-shu Time (probably due to Long and Shu being two names of that area)
244Zone Asia/Shanghai 8:05:52 - LMT 1928
245 8:00 Shang C%sT 1949
246 8:00 PRC C%sT
247# Long-shu Time (probably due to Long and Shu being two names of that area)
248# Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Ningxia, Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Yunnan;
249# most of Gansu; west Inner Mongolia; west Qinghai; and the Guangdong
250# counties Deqing, Enping, Kaiping, Luoding, Taishan, Xinxing,
251# Yangchun, Yangjiang, Yu'nan, and Yunfu.
234Zone Asia/Chongqing 7:06:20 - LMT 1928 # or Chungking
235 7:00 - LONT 1980 May # Long-shu Time
236 8:00 PRC C%sT
237# Xin-zang Time ("Xinjiang-Tibet Time")
252Zone Asia/Chongqing 7:06:20 - LMT 1928 # or Chungking
253 7:00 - LONT 1980 May # Long-shu Time
254 8:00 PRC C%sT
255# Xin-zang Time ("Xinjiang-Tibet Time")
256# The Gansu counties Aksay, Anxi, Dunhuang, Subei; west Qinghai;
257# the Guangdong counties Xuwen, Haikang, Suixi, Lianjiang,
258# Zhanjiang, Wuchuan, Huazhou, Gaozhou, Maoming, Dianbai, and Xinyi;
259# east Tibet, including Lhasa, Chamdo, Shigaise, Jimsar, Shawan and Hutubi;
260# east Xinjiang, including Urumqi, Turpan, Karamay, Korla, Minfeng, Jinghe,
261# Wusu, Qiemo, Xinyan, Wulanwusu, Jinghe, Yumin, Tacheng, Tuoli, Emin,
262# Shihezi, Changji, Yanqi, Heshuo, Tuokexun, Tulufan, Shanshan, Hami,
263# Fukang, Kuitun, Kumukuli, Miquan, Qitai, and Turfan.
238Zone Asia/Urumqi 5:50:20 - LMT 1928 # or Urumchi
239 6:00 - URUT 1980 May # Urumqi Time
240 8:00 PRC C%sT
241# Kunlun Time
264Zone Asia/Urumqi 5:50:20 - LMT 1928 # or Urumchi
265 6:00 - URUT 1980 May # Urumqi Time
266 8:00 PRC C%sT
267# Kunlun Time
268# West Tibet, including Pulan, Aheqi, Shufu, Shule;
269# West Xinjiang, including Aksu, Atushi, Yining, Hetian, Cele, Luopu, Nileke,
270# Zhaosu, Tekesi, Gongliu, Chabuchaer, Huocheng, Bole, Pishan, Suiding,
271# and Yarkand.
242Zone Asia/Kashgar 5:03:56 - LMT 1928 # or Kashi or Kaxgar
243 5:30 - KAST 1940 # Kashgar Time
244 5:00 - KAST 1980 May
245 8:00 PRC C%sT
246
247# Hong Kong (Xianggang)
248# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
249Rule HK 1946 only - Apr 20 3:30 1:00 S

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918#
919# From Paul Eggert (2005-11-22):
920# Starting 2003 transitions are from Steffen Thorsen's web site timeanddate.com.
921#
922# From Steffen Thorsen (2005-11-23):
923# For Jordan I have received multiple independent user reports every year
924# about DST end dates, as the end-rule is different every year.
925#
272Zone Asia/Kashgar 5:03:56 - LMT 1928 # or Kashi or Kaxgar
273 5:30 - KAST 1940 # Kashgar Time
274 5:00 - KAST 1980 May
275 8:00 PRC C%sT
276
277# Hong Kong (Xianggang)
278# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
279Rule HK 1946 only - Apr 20 3:30 1:00 S

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948#
949# From Paul Eggert (2005-11-22):
950# Starting 2003 transitions are from Steffen Thorsen's web site timeanddate.com.
951#
952# From Steffen Thorsen (2005-11-23):
953# For Jordan I have received multiple independent user reports every year
954# about DST end dates, as the end-rule is different every year.
955#
956# From Steffen Thorsen (2006-10-01), after a heads-up from Hilal Malawi:
957# http://www.petranews.gov.jo/nepras/2006/Sep/05/4000.htm
958# "Jordan will switch to winter time on Friday, October 27".
959#
926# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
927Rule Jordan 1973 only - Jun 6 0:00 1:00 S
928Rule Jordan 1973 1975 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
929Rule Jordan 1974 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S
930Rule Jordan 1976 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 -
931Rule Jordan 1977 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
932Rule Jordan 1978 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 S
933Rule Jordan 1978 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 -

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944Rule Jordan 1993 1998 - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 S
945Rule Jordan 1994 only - Sep Fri>=15 0:00 0 -
946Rule Jordan 1995 1998 - Sep Fri>=15 0:00s 0 -
947Rule Jordan 1999 only - Jul 1 0:00s 1:00 S
948Rule Jordan 1999 2002 - Sep lastThu 0:00s 0 -
949Rule Jordan 2000 max - Mar lastThu 0:00s 1:00 S
950Rule Jordan 2003 only - Oct 24 0:00s 0 -
951Rule Jordan 2004 only - Oct 15 0:00s 0 -
960# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
961Rule Jordan 1973 only - Jun 6 0:00 1:00 S
962Rule Jordan 1973 1975 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
963Rule Jordan 1974 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S
964Rule Jordan 1976 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 -
965Rule Jordan 1977 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
966Rule Jordan 1978 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 S
967Rule Jordan 1978 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 -

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978Rule Jordan 1993 1998 - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 S
979Rule Jordan 1994 only - Sep Fri>=15 0:00 0 -
980Rule Jordan 1995 1998 - Sep Fri>=15 0:00s 0 -
981Rule Jordan 1999 only - Jul 1 0:00s 1:00 S
982Rule Jordan 1999 2002 - Sep lastThu 0:00s 0 -
983Rule Jordan 2000 max - Mar lastThu 0:00s 1:00 S
984Rule Jordan 2003 only - Oct 24 0:00s 0 -
985Rule Jordan 2004 only - Oct 15 0:00s 0 -
952Rule Jordan 2005 max - Sep lastFri 0:00s 0 -
986Rule Jordan 2005 only - Sep lastFri 0:00s 0 -
987Rule Jordan 2006 max - Oct lastFri 0:00s 0 -
953# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
954Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931
955 2:00 Jordan EE%sT
956
957
958# Kazakhstan
959
960# From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22):

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1071 5:00 1:00 FRUST 1991 Aug 31 2:00 # independence
1072 5:00 Kyrgyz KG%sT 2005 Aug 12 # Kyrgyzstan Time
1073 6:00 - KGT
1074
1075###############################################################################
1076
1077# Korea (North and South)
1078
988# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
989Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931
990 2:00 Jordan EE%sT
991
992
993# Kazakhstan
994
995# From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22):

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1106 5:00 1:00 FRUST 1991 Aug 31 2:00 # independence
1107 5:00 Kyrgyz KG%sT 2005 Aug 12 # Kyrgyzstan Time
1108 6:00 - KGT
1109
1110###############################################################################
1111
1112# Korea (North and South)
1113
1079# From Guy Harris:
1080# According to someone at the Korean Times in San Francisco,
1081# Daylight Savings Time was not observed until 1987. He did not know
1082# at what time of day DST starts or ends.
1114# From Annie I. Bang (2006-07-10) in
1115# <http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2006/07/10/200607100012.asp>:
1116# The Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy has already
1117# commissioned a research project [to reintroduce DST] and has said
1118# the system may begin as early as 2008.... Korea ran a daylight
1119# saving program from 1949-61 but stopped it during the 1950-53 Korean War.
1083
1084# From Shanks & Pottenger:
1085# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
1086Rule ROK 1960 only - May 15 0:00 1:00 D
1087Rule ROK 1960 only - Sep 13 0:00 0 S
1088Rule ROK 1987 1988 - May Sun>=8 0:00 1:00 D
1089Rule ROK 1987 1988 - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 0 S
1090

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1431# Starting 2004 transitions are from Steffen Thorsen's web site timeanddate.com.
1432
1433# From Steffen Thorsen (2005-11-23):
1434# A user from Gaza reported that Gaza made the change early because of
1435# the Ramadan. Next year Ramadan will be even earlier, so I think
1436# there is a good chance next year's end date will be around two weeks
1437# earlier--the same goes for Jordan.
1438
1120
1121# From Shanks & Pottenger:
1122# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
1123Rule ROK 1960 only - May 15 0:00 1:00 D
1124Rule ROK 1960 only - Sep 13 0:00 0 S
1125Rule ROK 1987 1988 - May Sun>=8 0:00 1:00 D
1126Rule ROK 1987 1988 - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 0 S
1127

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1468# Starting 2004 transitions are from Steffen Thorsen's web site timeanddate.com.
1469
1470# From Steffen Thorsen (2005-11-23):
1471# A user from Gaza reported that Gaza made the change early because of
1472# the Ramadan. Next year Ramadan will be even earlier, so I think
1473# there is a good chance next year's end date will be around two weeks
1474# earlier--the same goes for Jordan.
1475
1476# From Steffen Thorsen (2006-08-17):
1477# I was informed by a user in Bethlehem that in Bethlehem it started the
1478# same day as Israel, and after checking with other users in the area, I
1479# was informed that they started DST one day after Israel. I was not
1480# able to find any authoritative sources at the time, nor details if
1481# Gaza changed as well, but presumed Gaza to follow the same rules as
1482# the West Bank.
1483
1484# From Steffen Thorsen (2006-09-26):
1485# according to the Palestine News Network (2006-09-19):
1486# http://english.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=596&Itemid=5
1487# > The Council of Ministers announced that this year its winter schedule
1488# > will begin early, as of midnight Thursday. It is also time to turn
1489# > back the clocks for winter. Friday will begin an hour late this week.
1490# I guess it is likely that next year's date will be moved as well,
1491# because of the Ramadan.
1492
1439# The rules for Egypt are stolen from the `africa' file.
1440# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
1441Rule EgyptAsia 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S
1442Rule EgyptAsia 1957 1958 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
1443Rule EgyptAsia 1958 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S
1444Rule EgyptAsia 1959 1967 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S
1445Rule EgyptAsia 1959 1965 - Sep 30 3:00 0 -
1446Rule EgyptAsia 1966 only - Oct 1 3:00 0 -
1447
1493# The rules for Egypt are stolen from the `africa' file.
1494# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
1495Rule EgyptAsia 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S
1496Rule EgyptAsia 1957 1958 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
1497Rule EgyptAsia 1958 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S
1498Rule EgyptAsia 1959 1967 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S
1499Rule EgyptAsia 1959 1965 - Sep 30 3:00 0 -
1500Rule EgyptAsia 1966 only - Oct 1 3:00 0 -
1501
1448Rule Palestine 1999 max - Apr Fri>=15 0:00 1:00 S
1502Rule Palestine 1999 2005 - Apr Fri>=15 0:00 1:00 S
1449Rule Palestine 1999 2003 - Oct Fri>=15 0:00 0 -
1450Rule Palestine 2004 only - Oct 1 1:00 0 -
1503Rule Palestine 1999 2003 - Oct Fri>=15 0:00 0 -
1504Rule Palestine 2004 only - Oct 1 1:00 0 -
1451Rule Palestine 2005 max - Oct 4 2:00 0 -
1505Rule Palestine 2005 only - Oct 4 2:00 0 -
1506Rule Palestine 2006 max - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
1507Rule Palestine 2006 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 -
1508Rule Palestine 2007 max - Oct Fri>=15 0:00 0 -
1452
1453# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1454Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct
1455 2:00 Zion EET 1948 May 15
1456 2:00 EgyptAsia EE%sT 1967 Jun 5
1457 2:00 Zion I%sT 1996
1458 2:00 Jordan EE%sT 1999
1459 2:00 Palestine EE%sT

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1622Rule Syria 1991 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
1623Rule Syria 1991 1992 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
1624Rule Syria 1992 only - Apr 8 0:00 1:00 S
1625Rule Syria 1993 only - Mar 26 0:00 1:00 S
1626Rule Syria 1993 only - Sep 25 0:00 0 -
1627# IATA SSIM (1998-02) says 1998-04-02;
1628# (1998-09) says 1999-03-29 and 1999-09-29; (1999-02) says 1999-04-02,
1629# 2000-04-02, and 2001-04-02; (1999-09) says 2000-03-31 and 2001-03-31;
1509
1510# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1511Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct
1512 2:00 Zion EET 1948 May 15
1513 2:00 EgyptAsia EE%sT 1967 Jun 5
1514 2:00 Zion I%sT 1996
1515 2:00 Jordan EE%sT 1999
1516 2:00 Palestine EE%sT

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1679Rule Syria 1991 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
1680Rule Syria 1991 1992 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
1681Rule Syria 1992 only - Apr 8 0:00 1:00 S
1682Rule Syria 1993 only - Mar 26 0:00 1:00 S
1683Rule Syria 1993 only - Sep 25 0:00 0 -
1684# IATA SSIM (1998-02) says 1998-04-02;
1685# (1998-09) says 1999-03-29 and 1999-09-29; (1999-02) says 1999-04-02,
1686# 2000-04-02, and 2001-04-02; (1999-09) says 2000-03-31 and 2001-03-31;
1630# ignore all these claims and go with Shanks & Pottenger.
1687# (2006) says 2006-03-31 and 2006-09-22;
1688# for now ignore all these claims and go with Shanks & Pottenger,
1689# except for the 2006-09-22 claim (which seems right for Ramadan).
1631Rule Syria 1994 1996 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
1690Rule Syria 1994 1996 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
1632Rule Syria 1994 max - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
1691Rule Syria 1994 2005 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
1633Rule Syria 1997 1998 - Mar lastMon 0:00 1:00 S
1634Rule Syria 1999 max - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
1692Rule Syria 1997 1998 - Mar lastMon 0:00 1:00 S
1693Rule Syria 1999 max - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
1694# From Stephen Colebourne (2006-09-18):
1695# According to IATA data, Syria will change DST on 21st September [21:00 UTC]
1696# this year [only].... This is probably related to Ramadan, like Egypt.
1697Rule Syria 2006 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 -
1698Rule Syria 2007 max - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
1635# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1636Zone Asia/Damascus 2:25:12 - LMT 1920 # Dimashq
1637 2:00 Syria EE%sT
1638
1639# Tajikistan
1640# From Shanks & Pottenger.
1641# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1642Zone Asia/Dushanbe 4:35:12 - LMT 1924 May 2

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1700Zone Asia/Damascus 2:25:12 - LMT 1920 # Dimashq
1701 2:00 Syria EE%sT
1702
1703# Tajikistan
1704# From Shanks & Pottenger.
1705# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1706Zone Asia/Dushanbe 4:35:12 - LMT 1924 May 2

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