asia revision 2742
1# @(#)asia 7.11 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): 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 16# I found in the UCLA library. 17# 18# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is 19# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and the discovery of the longitude, 20# Oxford University Press (1980). 21# 22# I invented the abbreviations marked `*' in the following table; 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 32# 3:30 IST IDT Iran 33# 4:00 BSK BSD Baku* 34# 4:00 GST GDT Gulf* 35# 4:30 AFT Afghanistan* 36# 5:00 ASK ASD Ashkhabad* 37# 5:00 PKT Pakistan* 38# 5:30 IST IST India 39# 5:45 NPT Nepal* 40# 6:00 BGT Bengal, Bangladesh* 41# 6:00 TSK TSD Tashkent* 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 50# 8:00 UST UDT Ulan Bator* 51# 9:00 JST Japan 52# 9:00 KST KDT Korea 53# 9:00 MLT Moluccas* 54# 9:30 CST Australian Central Standard Time 55# 56# See the `europe' file for Russia in Asia. 57# 58# See the `africa' file for Zone naming conventions. 59 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 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 74Rule Russia 1984 max - Sep lastSun 3:00 0 K 75Rule Russia 1985 max - Mar lastSun 2:00 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# Armenia 84# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 85Zone Asia/Yerevan 2:58:00 - LMT 1924 May 2 86 3:00 - MSK 1957 Mar 87 4:00 Russia BS%s 88 89# Azerbaijan 90# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 91Zone Asia/Baku 3:19:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 92 3:00 - MSK 1957 Mar 93 4:00 Russia BS%s 94 95# Bahrain 96# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 97Zone Asia/Bahrain 3:22:20 - LMT 1920 # Al-Manamah 98 4:00 - GST 1972 Jun 99 3:00 - AST 100 101# Bangladesh 102# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 103Zone Asia/Dacca 6:01:40 - LMT 1890 104 5:53 - CMT 1941 Oct # Calcutta Mean Time 105 6:30 - BMT 1942 May 15 106 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep 107 6:30 - BMT 1951 Sep 30 108 6:00 - BGT 109 110# Bhutan 111# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 112Zone Asia/Thimbu 5:58:36 - LMT 1947 Aug 15 113 5:30 - IST 1987 Oct 114 6:00 - BGT 115 116# British Indian Ocean Territory 117# From Whitman: 118# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 119Zone Indian/Chagos 5:00 - PKT 120 121# Brunei 122# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 123Zone Asia/Brunei 7:39:40 - LMT 1926 Mar # Bandar Seri Begawan 124 7:30 - BNT 1933 125 8:00 - BNT 126 127# Burma 128# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 129Zone Asia/Rangoon 6:24:40 - LMT 1880 130 6:25 - RMT 1920 131 6:30 - BMT 1942 May 132 9:00 - JST 1945 May 3 133 6:30 - BMT 134 135# Cambodia 136# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 137Zone Asia/Phnom_Penh 6:59:40 - LMT 1906 Jun 9 138 7:06 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT 139 7:00 - ICT 1912 May 140 8:00 - ICT 1931 May 141 7:00 - ICT 142 143# People's Republic of China 144 145# From Guy Harris: 146# People's Republic of China. Yes, they really have only one time zone. 147 148# From Bob Devine (January 28, 1988): 149# No they don't. See TIME mag, February 17, 1986 p.52. Even though 150# China is across 4 physical time zones, before Feb 1, 1986 only the 151# Peking (Bejing) time zone was recognized. Since that date, China 152# has two of 'em -- Peking's and Urumqi (named after the capital of 153# the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region). I don't know about DST for it. 154# 155# . . .I just deleted the DST table and this editor makes it too 156# painful to suck in another copy.. So, here is what I have for 157# DST start/end dates for Peking's time zone (info from AP): 158# 159# 1986 May 4 - Sept 14 160# 1987 mid-April - ?? 161 162# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993): 163# According to Shanks, China started using DST in 1986, 164# but it's still all one big happy time zone. 165 166# From U. S. Naval Observatory (January 19, 1989): 167# CHINA 8 H AHEAD OF UTC ALL OF CHINA, INCL TAIWAN 168# CHINA 9 H AHEAD OF UTC APR 17 - SEP 10 169 170# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993): 171# Shanks writes that China switched from the Chinese calendar on 1912 Feb 12. 172# He also writes that China has had a single time zone since 1980 May 1, 173# and that they instituted DST on 1986 May 4; this contradicts Devine's 174# note about Time magazine, though apparently _something_ happened in 1986. 175 176# From Shanks (1991): 177# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 178Rule Shang 1928 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S 179Rule Shang 1940 only - Jun 3 0:00 1:00 D 180Rule Shang 1940 1941 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S 181Rule Shang 1941 only - Mar 16 0:00 1:00 D 182Rule PRC 1949 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S 183Rule PRC 1986 only - May 4 0:00 1:00 D 184Rule PRC 1986 max - Sep Sun>=11 0:00 0 S 185Rule PRC 1987 max - Apr Sun>=10 0:00 1:00 D 186# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 187Zone Asia/Shanghai 8:05:52 - LMT 1928 188 8:00 Shang C%sT 1949 189 8:00 PRC C%sT 190 191############################################################################### 192 193# Republic of China 194 195# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 196Rule Taiwan 1896 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S 197Rule Taiwan 1945 1951 - May 1 0:00 1:00 D 198Rule Taiwan 1945 1951 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S 199Rule Taiwan 1952 only - Mar 1 0:00 1:00 D 200Rule Taiwan 1952 1954 - Nov 1 0:00 0 S 201Rule Taiwan 1953 1959 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D 202Rule Taiwan 1955 1961 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S 203Rule Taiwan 1960 1961 - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 D 204Rule Taiwan 1974 1975 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D 205Rule Taiwan 1974 1975 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S 206Rule Taiwan 1980 only - Jun 30 0:00 1:00 D 207Rule Taiwan 1980 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 S 208# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 209Zone Asia/Taipei 8:06:00 - LMT 1896 210 8:00 Taiwan C%sT 211 212############################################################################### 213# Hong Kong 214# Presumably Hong Kong will have DST again when it merges with China, 215# but it's too early to predict the details. 216# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 217Rule HK 1904 only - Oct 30 0:00 0 - 218Rule HK 1946 only - Apr 20 3:30 1:00 S 219Rule HK 1946 only - Dec 1 3:30 0 - 220Rule HK 1947 only - Apr 13 3:30 1:00 S 221Rule HK 1947 only - Dec 30 3:30 0 - 222Rule HK 1948 only - May 2 3:30 1:00 S 223Rule HK 1948 1952 - Oct lastSun 3:30 0 - 224Rule HK 1949 1953 - Apr Sun>=1 3:30 1:00 S 225Rule HK 1953 only - Nov 1 3:30 0 - 226Rule HK 1954 1964 - Mar Sun>=18 3:30 1:00 S 227Rule HK 1954 only - Oct 31 3:30 0 - 228Rule HK 1955 1964 - Nov Sun>=1 3:30 0 - 229Rule HK 1965 1977 - Apr Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S 230Rule HK 1965 1977 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 - 231Rule HK 1979 1980 - May Sun>=8 3:30 1:00 S 232Rule HK 1979 1980 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 - 233# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 234Zone Asia/Hong_Kong 7:36:36 - LMT 1904 Oct 30 235 8:00 HK HK%sT 236 237# Macao 238# Presumably Macao 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 Macao 1912 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S 242Rule Macao 1961 1962 - Mar Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 D 243Rule Macao 1961 1964 - Nov Sun>=1 3:30 0 S 244Rule Macao 1963 only - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 D 245Rule Macao 1964 only - Mar Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 D 246Rule Macao 1965 only - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 D 247Rule Macao 1965 only - Oct 31 0:00 0 S 248Rule Macao 1966 1971 - Apr Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 D 249Rule Macao 1966 1971 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 S 250Rule Macao 1972 1974 - Apr Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 D 251Rule Macao 1972 1973 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 0 S 252Rule Macao 1974 1977 - Oct Sun>=15 3:30 0 S 253Rule Macao 1975 1977 - Apr Sun>=15 3:30 1:00 D 254Rule Macao 1978 1980 - Apr Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 D 255Rule Macao 1978 1980 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 0 S 256# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 257Zone Asia/Macao 7:34:20 - LMT 1912 258 8:00 Macao C%sT 259 260 261############################################################################### 262 263# Cyprus 264# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 265Rule Cyprus 1921 only - Nov 14 0:00 0 - 266Rule Cyprus 1975 only - Apr 13 0:00 1:00 " DST" 267Rule Cyprus 1975 only - Oct 12 0:00 0 - 268Rule Cyprus 1976 only - May 15 0:00 1:00 " DST" 269Rule Cyprus 1976 only - Oct 11 0:00 0 - 270Rule Cyprus 1977 1980 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 " DST" 271Rule Cyprus 1977 only - Sep 25 0:00 0 - 272Rule Cyprus 1978 only - Oct 2 0:00 0 - 273Rule Cyprus 1979 max - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - 274Rule Cyprus 1981 max - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 " DST" 275# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 276Zone Asia/Nicosia 2:13:28 - LMT 1921 Nov 14 277 2:00 Cyprus EET%s 278 279# Georgia 280# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 281Zone Asia/Tbilisi 2:59:16 - LMT 1880 282 2:59 - LST 1924 May 2 283 3:00 - MSK 1957 Mar 284 4:00 Russia BS%s 285 286# India 287# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 288Zone Asia/Calcutta 5:53:28 - LMT 1880 289 5:53 - CMT 1941 Oct # Calcutta Mean Time 290 6:30 - BMT 1942 May 15 291 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep 292 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 15 293 5:30 - IST 294# The following are like Asia/Calcutta: 295# Andaman Is 296# Lakshadweep (Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Is) 297# Nicobar Is 298 299# Indonesia 300# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 301Zone Asia/Jakarta 7:07:12 - LMT 1867 Aug 10 302 7:07 - JMT 1924 Jan 1 0:13 303 7:20 - JVT 1932 Nov 304 7:30 - JVT 1942 Mar 23 305 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug 306 7:30 - JVT 1948 May 307 8:00 - JVT 1950 May 308 7:30 - JVT 1964 309 7:00 - JVT 310Zone Asia/Ujung_Pandang 7:57:36 - LMT 1920 311 7:58 - MMT 1932 Nov # Macassar Mean Time 312 8:00 - BNT 1942 Feb 9 313 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug 314 8:00 - BNT 315Zone Asia/Jayapura 9:22:48 - LMT 1932 Nov 316 9:00 - MLT 1944 317 9:30 - CST 1964 318 9:00 - MLT 319 320# Iran 321 322# Shanks has no record of DST after 1980. 323 324# From Bob Devine (January 28, 1988): 325# Iran: Last Sunday in March to third (?) Sunday in 326# September. Since the revolution, the official calendar is Monarchic 327# calendar; I have no idea what the correspondence between dates are. 328 329# From U. S. Naval Observatory (January 19, 1989): 330# IRAN 3.5H AHEAD OF UTC 331 332# From Shanks (1991), with corrections from Devine: 333# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 334Rule Iran 1977 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 S 335Rule Iran 1978 1980 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D 336Rule Iran 1978 only - Oct 21 0:00 0 S 337Rule Iran 1979 only - Sep 19 0:00 0 S 338Rule Iran 1980 only - Sep 23 0:00 0 S 339Rule Iran 1988 max - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 340Rule Iran 1988 max - Sep Sun>=15 2:00 0 S 341# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 342Zone Asia/Tehran 3:25:44 - LMT 1916 343 3:26 - TMT 1946 344 3:30 - IST 1977 Nov 345 4:00 Iran G%sT 1979 346 3:30 Iran I%sT 347 348# Iraq 349# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 350Rule Iraq 1982 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D 351Rule Iraq 1982 1984 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S 352Rule Iraq 1983 only - Mar 31 0:00 1:00 D 353Rule Iraq 1984 1985 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D 354Rule Iraq 1985 max - Sep lastSun 1:00s 0 S 355Rule Iraq 1986 max - Mar lastSun 1:00s 1:00 D 356# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 357Zone Asia/Baghdad 2:57:40 - LMT 1890 358 2:58 - BMT 1918 # Baghdad Mean Time 359 3:00 - AST 1982 May 360 3:00 Iraq A%sT 361 362 363############################################################################### 364 365# Israel 366 367# From U. S. Naval Observatory (January 19, 1989): 368# ISRAEL 2 H AHEAD OF UTC 369# ISRAEL 3 H AHEAD OF UTC APR 10 - SEP 3 370 371# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993): 372# 373# Shanks gives the following rules for Jerusalem from 1918 through 1991. 374# After 1989 Shanks often disagrees with Silverberg; we go with Silverberg. 375 376# From Shanks (1991): 377# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 378Rule Zion 1918 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S 379Rule Zion 1940 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 D 380Rule Zion 1942 1944 - Nov 1 0:00 0 S 381Rule Zion 1943 only - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 D 382Rule Zion 1944 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D 383Rule Zion 1945 only - Apr 16 0:00 1:00 D 384Rule Zion 1945 only - Nov 1 2:00 0 S 385Rule Zion 1946 only - Apr 16 2:00 1:00 D 386Rule Zion 1946 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 S 387Rule Zion 1948 only - May 23 0:00 2:00 DD 388Rule Zion 1948 only - Sep 1 0:00 1:00 D 389Rule Zion 1948 1949 - Nov 1 2:00 0 S 390Rule Zion 1949 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D 391Rule Zion 1950 only - Apr 16 0:00 1:00 D 392Rule Zion 1950 only - Sep 15 3:00 0 S 393Rule Zion 1951 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D 394Rule Zion 1951 only - Nov 11 3:00 0 S 395Rule Zion 1952 only - Apr 20 2:00 1:00 D 396Rule Zion 1952 only - Oct 19 3:00 0 S 397Rule Zion 1953 only - Apr 12 2:00 1:00 D 398Rule Zion 1953 only - Sep 13 3:00 0 S 399Rule Zion 1954 only - Jun 13 0:00 1:00 D 400Rule Zion 1954 only - Sep 12 0:00 0 S 401Rule Zion 1955 only - Jun 11 2:00 1:00 D 402Rule Zion 1955 only - Sep 11 0:00 0 S 403Rule Zion 1956 only - Jun 3 0:00 1:00 D 404Rule Zion 1956 only - Sep 30 3:00 0 S 405Rule Zion 1957 only - Apr 29 2:00 1:00 D 406Rule Zion 1957 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 S 407Rule Zion 1974 only - Jul 7 0:00 1:00 D 408Rule Zion 1974 only - Oct 13 0:00 0 S 409Rule Zion 1975 only - Apr 20 0:00 1:00 D 410Rule Zion 1975 only - Aug 31 0:00 0 S 411Rule Zion 1985 only - Apr 14 0:00 1:00 D 412Rule Zion 1985 only - Sep 15 0:00 0 S 413Rule Zion 1986 only - May 18 0:00 1:00 D 414Rule Zion 1986 only - Sep 7 0:00 0 S 415Rule Zion 1987 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 D 416Rule Zion 1987 only - Sep 13 0:00 0 S 417Rule Zion 1988 only - Apr 9 0:00 1:00 D 418Rule Zion 1988 only - Sep 3 0:00 0 S 419#Rule Zion 1989 only - Apr 29 0:00 1:00 D 420#Rule Zion 1989 only - Sep 2 0:00 0 S 421#Rule Zion 1990 only - Mar 25 0:00 1:00 D 422#Rule Zion 1990 only - Aug 26 0:00 0 S 423#Rule Zion 1991 only - Mar 10 0:00 1:00 D 424#Rule Zion 1991 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 S 425 426# From Ephraim Silverberg (September 5, 1993): 427# 428# According to the Office of the Secretary General of the Ministry of 429# Interior, there is NO set rule for Daylight-Savings/Standard time changes. 430# Each year they decide anew what havoc to wreak on the country. However, 431# there is a "supposed" set of rules which is subject to change depending 432# on the party the Minister of Interior, the size of the coalition 433# government, the phase of the moon and the direction of the wind. Hence, 434# changes may need to be made on a semi-annual basis. One thing is entrenched 435# in law, however: that there must be at least 150 days on daylight savings 436# time annually. 437 438# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 439Rule Zion 1989 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 D 440Rule Zion 1989 only - Sep 3 0:00 0:00 S 441Rule Zion 1990 only - Mar 25 0:00 1:00 D 442Rule Zion 1990 only - Aug 26 0:00 0:00 S 443Rule Zion 1991 only - Mar 24 0:00 1:00 D 444Rule Zion 1991 only - Sep 1 0:00 0:00 S 445Rule Zion 1992 only - Mar 29 0:00 1:00 D 446Rule Zion 1992 only - Sep 6 0:00 0:00 S 447Rule Zion 1993 only - Apr 2 0:00 1:00 D 448Rule Zion 1993 only - Sep 5 0:00 0:00 S 449 450# The dates for 1994-1995 were obtained from Office of the Spokeswoman for 451# the Ministry of Interior, Jerusalem. There are no dates yet for 1996 and 452# beyond so your guess is as good as theirs (those who are interested can 453# call 972-2-701411 and ask for the spokeswoman). 454 455# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 456Rule Zion 1994 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D 457Rule Zion 1994 only - Aug 28 0:00 0:00 S 458Rule Zion 1995 only - Mar 31 0:00 1:00 D 459Rule Zion 1995 only - Aug 27 0:00 0:00 S 460 461# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 462Zone Asia/Tel_Aviv 2:19:04 - LMT 1880 463 2:21 - JMT 1918 464 2:00 Zion I%sT 465 466 467############################################################################### 468 469# Japan 470 471# `9:00' and `JST' is from Guy Harris. 472 473# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993): 474# Shanks says that the far southern Ryukyu Is (Nansei-Shoto) are 8:00, 475# but we don't have a good location name for them; 476# we don't even know the name of the principal town. 477# There is no information for Marcus. 478# Other Japanese possessions are probably like Asia/Tokyo. 479 480# From Shanks (1991): 481# Japan switched from the Japanese calendar on 1893 Jan 1. 482# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 483Zone Asia/Tokyo 9:19:04 - LMT 1896 484 9:00 - JST 485#Zone Asia/South_Ryukyu 8:14:44 - LMT 1896 # Amitori 486# 8:00 - CST 487 488# Jordan 489# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993): 490# Most likely Shanks is merely guessing dates from 1992 on. 491# From Shanks (1991): 492# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 493Rule Jordan 1931 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - 494Rule Jordan 1973 only - Jun 6 0:00 1:00 " DST" 495Rule Jordan 1973 1975 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 496Rule Jordan 1974 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 " DST" 497Rule Jordan 1976 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 - 498Rule Jordan 1977 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 499Rule Jordan 1978 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 " DST" 500Rule Jordan 1978 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 - 501Rule Jordan 1985 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 " DST" 502Rule Jordan 1985 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 503Rule Jordan 1986 1988 - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 " DST" 504Rule Jordan 1986 1990 - Oct Fri>=1 0:00 0 - 505Rule Jordan 1989 only - May 8 0:00 1:00 " DST" 506Rule Jordan 1990 only - Apr 27 0:00 1:00 " DST" 507Rule Jordan 1991 only - Apr 19 0:00 1:00 " DST" 508Rule Jordan 1991 only - Sep 27 0:00 0 - 509Rule Jordan 1992 max - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 " DST" 510Rule Jordan 1992 max - Oct Fri>=1 0:00 0 - 511# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 512Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931 513 2:00 Jordan EET%s 514 515# Kazakhstan 516# From Shanks (1991): 517# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 518Zone Asia/Alma-Ata 5:07:48 - LMT 1924 May 2 519 5:00 - TSK 1957 Mar 520 6:00 Russia TS%s 521 522 523############################################################################### 524 525# Korea 526 527# From Guy Harris: 528# According to someone at the Korean Times in San Francisco, 529# Daylight Savings Time was not observed until 1987. He did not know 530# at what time of day DST starts or ends. 531 532# From Shanks (1991): 533# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 534Rule ROK 1960 only - May 15 0:00 1:00 D 535Rule ROK 1960 only - Sep 13 0:00 0 S 536Rule ROK 1987 1988 - May Sun<=14 0:00 1:00 D 537Rule ROK 1987 1988 - Oct Sun<=14 0:00 0 S 538 539# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 540Zone Asia/Seoul 8:27:52 - LMT 1890 541 8:30 - KST 1904 Dec 542 9:00 - KST 1928 543 8:30 - KST 1932 544 9:00 - KST 1954 Mar 21 545 8:00 ROK K%sT 1961 Aug 10 546 8:30 - KST 1968 Oct 547 9:00 ROK K%sT 548Zone Asia/Pyongyang 8:23:00 - LMT 1890 549 8:30 - KST 1904 Dec 550 9:00 - KST 1928 551 8:30 - KST 1932 552 9:00 - KST 1954 Mar 21 553 8:00 - KST 1961 Aug 10 554 9:00 - KST 555 556############################################################################### 557 558 559# Kuwait 560# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 561Zone Asia/Kuwait 3:11:56 - LMT 1950 562 3:00 - AST 563 564# Kyrgyzstan 565# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 566Zone Asia/Frunze 4:58:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 567 5:00 - TSK 1957 Mar 568 6:00 Russia TS%s 569 570# Laos 571# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 572Zone Asia/Vientiane 6:50:24 - LMT 1906 Jun 9 573 7:06 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT 574 7:00 - ICT 1912 May 575 8:00 - ICT 1931 May 576 7:00 - ICT 577 578# Lebanon 579# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 580Rule Lebanon 1880 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - 581Rule Lebanon 1920 only - Mar 28 0:00 1:00 " DST" 582Rule Lebanon 1920 only - Oct 25 0:00 0 - 583Rule Lebanon 1921 only - Apr 3 0:00 1:00 " DST" 584Rule Lebanon 1921 only - Oct 3 0:00 0 - 585Rule Lebanon 1922 only - Mar 26 0:00 1:00 " DST" 586Rule Lebanon 1922 only - Oct 8 0:00 0 - 587Rule Lebanon 1923 only - Apr 22 0:00 1:00 " DST" 588Rule Lebanon 1923 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 - 589Rule Lebanon 1957 1961 - May 1 0:00 1:00 " DST" 590Rule Lebanon 1957 1961 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 591Rule Lebanon 1972 only - Jun 22 0:00 1:00 " DST" 592Rule Lebanon 1972 1977 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 593Rule Lebanon 1973 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 " DST" 594Rule Lebanon 1978 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 " DST" 595Rule Lebanon 1978 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 - 596Rule Lebanon 1984 1987 - May 1 0:00 1:00 " DST" 597Rule Lebanon 1984 max - Oct 16 0:00 0 - 598Rule Lebanon 1988 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 " DST" 599Rule Lebanon 1989 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 " DST" 600Rule Lebanon 1990 max - May 1 0:00 1:00 " DST" 601# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 602Zone Asia/Beirut 2:22:00 - LMT 1880 603 2:00 Lebanon EET%s 604 605# Malaysia 606# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 607Zone Asia/Kuala_Lumpur 6:46:48 - LMT 1880 608 6:55 - SMT 1905 Jun 609 7:00 - SGT 1933 610 7:20 - SGT 1942 Feb 15 611 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 2 612 7:20 - SGT 1950 613 7:30 - SGT 1982 May 614 8:00 - SGT 615 616# Maldives 617# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 618Zone Indian/Maldives 4:54:00 - LMT 1880 # Male 619 4:54 - MMT 1960 620 5:00 - PKT 621 622# Mongolia 623# Let's comment out the western and eastern Mongolian time zones 624# till we know what their principal towns are. 625# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 626Rule Mongol 1978 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S 627Rule Mongol 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 T 628Rule Mongol 1981 1984 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S 629Rule Mongol 1985 max - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 T 630Rule Mongol 1985 max - Sep lastSun 3:00 0 S 631# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 632#Zone Asia/Dariv 6:14:32 - LMT 1905 Aug 633# 6:00 - DST 1978 634# 7:00 Mongol D%sT 635Zone Asia/Ulan_Bator 7:07:32 - LMT 1905 Aug 636 7:00 - UST 1978 637 8:00 Mongol U%sT 638#Zone Asia/Baruun-Urt 7:33:00 - LMT 1905 Aug 639# 8:00 - BST 1978 640# 9:00 Mongol B%sT 641 642# Nepal 643# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 644Zone Asia/Katmandu 5:41:16 - LMT 1920 645 5:30 - IST 1986 646 5:45 - NPT 647 648# Oman 649# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 650Zone Asia/Muscat 3:54:20 - LMT 1920 651 4:00 - GST 652 653# Pakistan 654# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 655Zone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907 656 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep 657 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 15 658 5:30 - IST 1951 Sep 30 659 5:00 - PKT 660 661# Palestine 662# These rules for Egypt are stolen from the `africa' file. 663# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 664Rule Egypt 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 " DST" 665Rule Egypt 1957 1958 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 666Rule Egypt 1958 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 " DST" 667Rule Egypt 1959 1981 - May 1 1:00 1:00 " DST" 668Rule Egypt 1959 1965 - Sep 30 3:00 0 - 669Rule Egypt 1966 max - Oct 1 3:00 0 - 670# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 671Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct 672 2:00 - EET 1957 May 10 673 2:00 Egypt EET%s 1967 Jun 30 674 2:00 Zion I%sT 675# This will undoubtedly change soon. 676 677# Philippines 678# Howse writes (p 162) that until 1844 the Philippines kept American date. 679# The rest of this data is from Shanks. 680# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 681Rule Phil 1899 only - May 11 0:00 0 S 682Rule Phil 1936 only - Nov 1 0:00 1:00 D 683Rule Phil 1937 only - Feb 1 0:00 0 S 684Rule Phil 1954 only - Apr 12 0:00 1:00 D 685Rule Phil 1954 only - Jul 1 0:00 0 S 686Rule Phil 1978 only - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D 687Rule Phil 1978 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 S 688# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 689Zone Asia/Manila -15:56:00 - LMT 1844 690 8:04:00 - LMT 1899 May 11 691 8:00 Phil P%sT 1942 May 692 9:00 - JST 1944 Nov 693 8:00 Phil P%sT 694 695# Qatar 696# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 697Zone Asia/Qatar 3:26:08 - LMT 1920 # Al Dawhah 698 4:00 - GST 1972 Jun 699 3:00 - AST 700 701# Saudi Arabia 702# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 703Zone Asia/Riyadh 3:06:52 - LMT 1950 704 3:00 - AST 705 706# Singapore 707# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 708Zone Asia/Singapore 6:55:24 - LMT 1880 709 6:55 - SMT 1905 Jun 710 7:00 - SGT 1933 711 7:20 - SGT 1942 Feb 15 712 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 2 713 7:20 - SGT 1950 714 7:30 - SGT 1982 May 715 8:00 - SGT 716 717# Sri Lanka 718# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 719Zone Asia/Colombo 5:19:24 - LMT 1880 720 5:20 - JMT 1906 721 5:30 - IST 1942 Jan 5 722 5:30 0:30 IHST 1942 Sep 723 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 16 2:00 724 5:30 - IST 725 726# Syria 727# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 728Rule Syria 1920 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - 729Rule Syria 1920 1923 - Apr Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 " DST" 730Rule Syria 1920 1923 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 0 - 731Rule Syria 1962 only - Apr 29 2:00 1:00 " DST" 732Rule Syria 1962 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 - 733Rule Syria 1963 1965 - May 1 2:00 1:00 " DST" 734Rule Syria 1963 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 - 735Rule Syria 1964 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 - 736Rule Syria 1965 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 - 737Rule Syria 1966 only - Apr 24 2:00 1:00 " DST" 738Rule Syria 1966 1976 - Oct 1 2:00 0 - 739Rule Syria 1967 1978 - May 1 2:00 1:00 " DST" 740Rule Syria 1977 1978 - Sep 1 2:00 0 - 741Rule Syria 1983 1984 - Apr 9 2:00 1:00 " DST" 742Rule Syria 1983 1984 - Oct 1 2:00 0 - 743Rule Syria 1986 only - Feb 16 2:00 1:00 " DST" 744Rule Syria 1986 only - Oct 9 2:00 0 - 745Rule Syria 1987 only - Mar 1 2:00 1:00 " DST" 746Rule Syria 1987 1988 - Oct 31 2:00 0 - 747Rule Syria 1988 only - Mar 15 2:00 1:00 " DST" 748Rule Syria 1989 only - Mar 31 2:00 1:00 " DST" 749Rule Syria 1989 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 - 750Rule Syria 1990 max - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 " DST" 751Rule Syria 1990 max - Sep 30 2:00 0 - 752# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 753Zone Asia/Damascus 2:25:12 - LMT 1920 754 2:00 Syria EET%s 755 756# Tajikistan 757# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 758Zone Asia/Dushanbe 4:35:12 - LMT 1924 May 2 759 5:00 - TSK 1957 Mar 760 6:00 Russia TS%s 761 762# Thailand 763# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 764Zone Asia/Bangkok 6:42:04 - LMT 1880 765 6:42 - BMT 1920 Apr 766 7:00 - ICT 767 768# Turkmenistan 769# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 770Zone Asia/Ashkhabad 3:53:32 - LMT 1924 May 2 771 4:00 - ASK 1957 Mar 772 5:00 Russia AS%s 773 774# United Arab Emirates 775# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 776Zone Asia/Dubai 3:41:12 - LMT 1920 777 4:00 - GST 778 779# Uzbekistan 780# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 781Zone Asia/Tashkent 4:37:12 - LMT 1924 May 2 782 5:00 - TSK 1957 Mar 783 6:00 Russia TS%s 784 785# Vietnam 786# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993): 787# Saigon's official name is Thanh-Pho Ho Chi Minh, but it's too long. 788# We'll stick with the traditional name for now. 789# From Shanks (1991): 790# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 791Zone Asia/Saigon 7:06:40 - LMT 1906 Jun 9 792 7:06 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT 793 7:00 - ICT 1912 May 794 8:00 - ICT 1931 May 795 7:00 - ICT 796 797# Yemen 798# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 799Zone Asia/Aden 3:00:48 - LMT 1950 800 3:00 - AST 801