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158234Skato# @(#)asia 7.23 258234Skato 3298107Sgjb# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, 458234Skato# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to 5114415Snyan# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future). 6145765Snyan 774815Sru# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1995-12-19): 858234Skato# 9114415Snyan# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is 10114415Snyan# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (3rd edition), 11275030Sbapt# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1991). 12148062Snyan# Except where otherwise noted, it is the source for the data below. 1358234Skato# 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 BSK BSD Baku (was 4:00)* 32# 3:30 IST IDT Iran 33# 4:00 AMST AMDT Armenia (was 3:00) (was YSK, YSD)* 34# 4:00 TBSK TBSD Tbilisi (was 3:00)* 35# 4:00 GST GDT Gulf* 36# 4:30 AFT Afghanistan* 37# 5:00 ASK ASD Aktau (was SHSK, SHSD)* 38# 5:00 ASK ASD Ashkhabad (was 4:00)* 39# 5:00 BSK BSD Bishkek (was 6:00) (was FSK, FSD)* 40# 5:00 PKT Pakistan* 41# 5:00 TSK TSD Tashkent (was 6:00)* 42# 5:30 IST IST India 43# 5:45 NPT Nepal* 44# 6:00 AASK AASD Alma-Ata (was 5:00)* 45# 6:00 BGT Bengal, Bangladesh* 46# 6:00 DSK DSD Dushanbe (was 5:00)* 47# 6:30 BMT Burma* 48# 7:00 ICT Indochina* 49# 7:00 JVT Java* 50# 8:00 BNT Borneo, Brunei* 51# 8:00 CST CDT China 52# 8:00 HKT HKST Hong Kong 53# 8:00 PST PDT Philippines* 54# 8:00 SGT Singapore 55# 8:00 UST UDT Ulan Bator* 56# 9:00 JST JDT Japan 57# 9:00 KST KDT Korea 58# 9:00 MLT Moluccas* 59# 9:30 CST Australian Central Standard Time 60# 61# See the `europe' file for Russia and Turkey in Asia. 62# 63# See the `africa' file for Zone naming conventions. 64 65# From Guy Harris: 66# Incorporates data for Singapore from Robert Elz' asia 1.1, as well as 67# additional information from Tom Yap, Sun Microsystems Intercontinental 68# Technical Support (including a page from the Official Airline Guide - 69# Worldwide Edition). The names for time zones are guesses. 70 71############################################################################### 72 73# These rules for Russia are stolen from the `europe' file. 74# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 75Rule RussiaAsia 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D 76Rule RussiaAsia 1981 1983 - Oct 1 0:00 0 K 77Rule RussiaAsia 1984 max - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 K 78Rule RussiaAsia 1985 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D 79 80# Afghanistan 81# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 82Zone Asia/Kabul 4:36:48 - LMT 1890 83 4:00 - GST 1945 84 4:30 - AFT 85 86# ZONE-DESCR Asia Kabul Afghanistan All points 87 88# Armenia 89# From Paul Eggert (1996-05-04): 90# Shanks has Yerevan switching to 3:00 (with Russian DST) in spring 1991, 91# but usno1995 has Armenia at 4:00 (with DST), and Edgar Der-Danieliantz 92# <edd@AIC.NET> reported today that Yerevan probably won't use DST this year, 93# though it did use DST in 1995. We guess Yerevan stayed in sync with Moscow 94# between 1990 and 1995, but stopped using DST in 1996. 95# Der-Danieliantz also asked for a better abbreviation than `YSK' 96# after independence. Apparently no abbreviation is in common use; 97# use `AMST/AMDT' since `AM' is the ISO country code for Armenia. 98# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 99Rule Armenia 1992 1995 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 S 100Rule Armenia 1992 1995 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D 101# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 102Zone Asia/Yerevan 2:58:00 - LMT 1924 May 2 103 3:00 - YSK 1957 Mar 104 4:00 RussiaAsia YS%s 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 105 3:00 1:00 YSD 1991 Sep 29 2:00s 106 3:00 - AMST 1992 Jan 19 2:00s 107 4:00 Armenia AM%sT 1996 108 4:00 - AMST 109 110# ZONE-DESCR Asia Yerevan Armenia All points 111 112# Azerbaijan 113# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 114Zone Asia/Baku 3:19:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 115 3:00 - BSK 1957 Mar 116 4:00 RussiaAsia BS%s 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 117 3:00 1:00 BSD 1991 Sep 29 2:00s 118 3:00 - BSK 119# Shanks has Baku using Russian DST rules after 1991, 120# but usno1995 has Azerbaijan with no DST. Go with usno1995. 121 122# ZONE-DESCR Asia Baku Azerbaijan All points 123 124# Bahrain 125# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 126Zone Asia/Bahrain 3:22:20 - LMT 1920 # Al-Manamah 127 4:00 - GST 1972 Jun 128 3:00 - AST 129 130# ZONE-DESCR Asia Bahrain Bahrain All points 131 132# Bangladesh 133# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 134Zone Asia/Dacca 6:01:40 - LMT 1890 135 5:53 - CMT 1941 Oct # Calcutta Mean Time 136 6:30 - BMT 1942 May 15 137 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep 138 6:30 - BMT 1951 Sep 30 139 6:00 - BGT 140 141# ZONE-DESCR Asia Dacca Bangladesh All points 142 143# Bhutan 144# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 145Zone Asia/Thimbu 5:58:36 - LMT 1947 Aug 15 146 5:30 - IST 1987 Oct 147 6:00 - BGT 148 149# ZONE-DESCR Asia Thimbu Bhutan All points 150 151# British Indian Ocean Territory 152# From Whitman: 153# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 154Zone Indian/Chagos 5:00 - PKT 155 156# ZONE-DESCR Indian Chagos British_Indian_Ocean_Terr All points 157 158# Brunei 159# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 160Zone Asia/Brunei 7:39:40 - LMT 1926 Mar # Bandar Seri Begawan 161 7:30 - BNT 1933 162 8:00 - BNT 163 164# ZONE-DESCR Asia Brunei Brunei All points 165 166# Burma / Myanmar 167# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 168Zone Asia/Rangoon 6:24:40 - LMT 1880 # or Yangon 169 6:25 - RMT 1920 170 6:30 - BMT 1942 May 171 9:00 - JST 1945 May 3 172 6:30 - BMT 173 174# ZONE-DESCR Asia Rangoon Myanmar All points 175 176# Cambodia 177# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 178Zone Asia/Phnom_Penh 6:59:40 - LMT 1906 Jun 9 179 7:06 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT 180 7:00 - ICT 1912 May 181 8:00 - ICT 1931 May 182 7:00 - ICT 183 184# ZONE-DESCR Asia Phnom_Penh Cambodia All points 185 186# People's Republic of China 187 188# From Guy Harris: 189# People's Republic of China. Yes, they really have only one time zone. 190 191# From Bob Devine (January 28, 1988): 192# No they don't. See TIME mag, February 17, 1986 p.52. Even though 193# China is across 4 physical time zones, before Feb 1, 1986 only the 194# Peking (Bejing) time zone was recognized. Since that date, China 195# has two of 'em -- Peking's and Urumqi (named after the capital of 196# the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region). I don't know about DST for it. 197# 198# . . .I just deleted the DST table and this editor makes it too 199# painful to suck in another copy.. So, here is what I have for 200# DST start/end dates for Peking's time zone (info from AP): 201# 202# 1986 May 4 - Sept 14 203# 1987 mid-April - ?? 204 205# From U. S. Naval Observatory (January 19, 1989): 206# CHINA 8 H AHEAD OF UTC ALL OF CHINA, INCL TAIWAN 207# CHINA 9 H AHEAD OF UTC APR 17 - SEP 10 208 209# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1995-12-19): 210# Shanks writes that China switched from the Chinese calendar on 1912 Feb 12. 211# He also writes that China has had a single time zone since 1980 May 1, 212# observing summer DST from 1986 through 1991; this contradicts Devine's 213# note about Time magazine, though apparently _something_ happened in 1986. 214# Go with Shanks for now. I made up names for the other pre-1980 time zones. 215 216# From Shanks (1991): 217# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 218Rule Shang 1940 only - Jun 3 0:00 1:00 D 219Rule Shang 1940 1941 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S 220Rule Shang 1941 only - Mar 16 0:00 1:00 D 221Rule PRC 1949 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S 222Rule PRC 1986 only - May 4 0:00 1:00 D 223Rule PRC 1986 1991 - Sep Sun>=11 0:00 0 S 224Rule PRC 1987 1991 - Apr Sun>=10 0:00 1:00 D 225# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 226Zone Asia/Harbin 8:26:44 - LMT 1928 227 8:30 - MAT 1932 Mar # Manchuria 228 8:00 - CST 1940 229 9:00 - KST 1966 May 230 8:30 - MAT 1980 May 231 8:00 PRC C%sT 232Zone Asia/Shanghai 8:05:52 - LMT 1928 233 8:00 Shang C%sT 1949 234 8:00 PRC C%sT 235 236Zone Asia/Chungking 7:06:20 - LMT 1928 237 7:00 - ICT 1980 May 238 8:00 PRC C%sT 239Zone Asia/Urumqi 5:50:20 - LMT 1928 240 6:00 - URT 1980 May # Urumqi 241 8:00 PRC C%sT 242Zone Asia/Kashgar 5:03:56 - LMT 1928 243 5:30 - ETT 1940 # Eastern Turkestan 244 5:00 - ETT 1980 May 245 8:00 PRC C%sT 246 247# ZONE-DESCR Asia Shanghai China All points except: 248# ZONE-DESCR Asia Harbin China Manchuria 249# ZONE-DESCR Asia Chungking China Chungking 250# ZONE-DESCR Asia Urumqi China Urumqi 251# ZONE-DESCR Asia Kashgar China Eastern Turkestan 252 253############################################################################### 254 255# Republic of China 256 257# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 258Rule Taiwan 1945 1951 - May 1 0:00 1:00 D 259Rule Taiwan 1945 1951 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S 260Rule Taiwan 1952 only - Mar 1 0:00 1:00 D 261Rule Taiwan 1952 1954 - Nov 1 0:00 0 S 262Rule Taiwan 1953 1959 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D 263Rule Taiwan 1955 1961 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S 264Rule Taiwan 1960 1961 - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 D 265Rule Taiwan 1974 1975 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D 266Rule Taiwan 1974 1975 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S 267Rule Taiwan 1980 only - Jun 30 0:00 1:00 D 268Rule Taiwan 1980 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 S 269# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 270Zone Asia/Taipei 8:06:00 - LMT 1896 271 8:00 Taiwan C%sT 272 273# ZONE-DESCR Asia Taipei Taiwan All points 274 275############################################################################### 276# Hong Kong 277# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 278Rule HK 1946 only - Apr 20 3:30 1:00 S 279Rule HK 1946 only - Dec 1 3:30 0 - 280Rule HK 1947 only - Apr 13 3:30 1:00 S 281Rule HK 1947 only - Dec 30 3:30 0 - 282Rule HK 1948 only - May 2 3:30 1:00 S 283Rule HK 1948 1952 - Oct lastSun 3:30 0 - 284Rule HK 1949 1953 - Apr Sun>=1 3:30 1:00 S 285Rule HK 1953 only - Nov 1 3:30 0 - 286Rule HK 1954 1964 - Mar Sun>=18 3:30 1:00 S 287Rule HK 1954 only - Oct 31 3:30 0 - 288Rule HK 1955 1964 - Nov Sun>=1 3:30 0 - 289Rule HK 1965 1977 - Apr Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S 290Rule HK 1965 1977 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 - 291Rule HK 1979 1980 - May Sun>=8 3:30 1:00 S 292Rule HK 1979 1980 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 - 293# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 294Zone Asia/Hong_Kong 7:36:36 - LMT 1904 Oct 30 295 8:00 HK HK%sT 296 297# ZONE-DESCR Asia Hong_Kong Hong_Kong All points 298 299# Macao 300# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 301Rule Macao 1961 1962 - Mar Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 D 302Rule Macao 1961 1964 - Nov Sun>=1 3:30 0 S 303Rule Macao 1963 only - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 D 304Rule Macao 1964 only - Mar Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 D 305Rule Macao 1965 only - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 D 306Rule Macao 1965 only - Oct 31 0:00 0 S 307Rule Macao 1966 1971 - Apr Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 D 308Rule Macao 1966 1971 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 S 309Rule Macao 1972 1974 - Apr Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 D 310Rule Macao 1972 1973 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 0 S 311Rule Macao 1974 1977 - Oct Sun>=15 3:30 0 S 312Rule Macao 1975 1977 - Apr Sun>=15 3:30 1:00 D 313Rule Macao 1978 1980 - Apr Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 D 314Rule Macao 1978 1980 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 0 S 315# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 316Zone Asia/Macao 7:34:20 - LMT 1912 317 8:00 Macao C%sT 318 319# ZONE-DESCR Asia Macao Macao All points 320 321############################################################################### 322 323# Cyprus 324# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 325Rule Cyprus 1975 only - Apr 13 0:00 1:00 " DST" 326Rule Cyprus 1975 only - Oct 12 0:00 0 - 327Rule Cyprus 1976 only - May 15 0:00 1:00 " DST" 328Rule Cyprus 1976 only - Oct 11 0:00 0 - 329Rule Cyprus 1977 1980 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 " DST" 330Rule Cyprus 1977 only - Sep 25 0:00 0 - 331Rule Cyprus 1978 only - Oct 2 0:00 0 - 332Rule Cyprus 1979 max - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - 333Rule Cyprus 1981 max - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 " DST" 334# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 335Zone Asia/Nicosia 2:13:28 - LMT 1921 Nov 14 336 2:00 Cyprus EET%s 337 338# ZONE-DESCR Asia Cyprus Cyprus All points 339 340# Georgia 341# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1994-11-19): 342# Today's _Economist_ (p 60) reports that Georgia moved its clocks forward 343# an hour recently, due to a law proposed by Zurab Murvanidze, 344# an MP who went on a hunger strike for 11 days to force discussion about it! 345# We have no details, but we'll guess they didn't move the clocks back in fall. 346# 347# From Paul Eggert (1995-11-13): 348# usno1995 has Georgia at 4:00. Guess that Georgia stopped transitions 349# after spring 1994 (thus sticking at 4:00). 350# Most likely we're still missing some rule changes between 1991 and 1994. 351# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 352Zone Asia/Tbilisi 2:59:16 - LMT 1880 353 2:59 - LST 1924 May 2 354 3:00 - TBSK 1957 Mar 355 4:00 RussiaAsia TBS%s 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 356 3:00 1:00 TBSD 1991 Sep 29 2:00s 357 3:00 RussiaAsia TBS%s 1994 Sep 25 2:00s 358 4:00 - TBSK 359 360# ZONE-DESCR Asia Tbilisi Georgia All points 361 362# India 363# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 364Zone Asia/Calcutta 5:53:28 - LMT 1880 365 5:53 - CMT 1941 Oct # Calcutta Mean Time 366 6:30 - BMT 1942 May 15 367 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep 368 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 15 369 5:30 - IST 370# The following are like Asia/Calcutta: 371# Andaman Is 372# Lakshadweep (Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Is) 373# Nicobar Is 374 375# ZONE-DESCR Asia Calcutta India All points 376 377# Indonesia 378# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 379Zone Asia/Jakarta 7:07:12 - LMT 1867 Aug 10 380 7:07 - JMT 1924 Jan 1 0:13 381 7:20 - JVT 1932 Nov 382 7:30 - JVT 1942 Mar 23 383 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug 384 7:30 - JVT 1948 May 385 8:00 - JVT 1950 May 386 7:30 - JVT 1964 387 7:00 - JVT 388Zone Asia/Ujung_Pandang 7:57:36 - LMT 1920 389 7:58 - MMT 1932 Nov # Macassar Mean Time 390 8:00 - BNT 1942 Feb 9 391 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug 392 8:00 - BNT 393Zone Asia/Jayapura 9:22:48 - LMT 1932 Nov 394 9:00 - MLT 1944 395 9:30 - CST 1964 396 9:00 - MLT 397 398# ZONE-DESCR Asia Jakarta Indonesia Jakarta 399# ZONE-DESCR Asia Ujung_Pandang Indonesia Ujung Pandang 400# ZONE-DESCR Asia Jayapura Indonesia Jayapura 401 402# Iran 403# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 404Rule Iran 1978 1980 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D 405Rule Iran 1978 only - Oct 21 0:00 0 S 406Rule Iran 1979 only - Sep 19 0:00 0 S 407Rule Iran 1980 only - Sep 23 0:00 0 S 408# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 409Zone Asia/Tehran 3:25:44 - LMT 1916 410 3:26 - TMT 1946 411 3:30 - IST 1977 Nov 412 4:00 Iran G%sT 1979 413 3:30 Iran I%sT 414 415# ZONE-DESCR Asia Tehran Iran All points 416 417# Iraq 418# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 419Rule Iraq 1982 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D 420Rule Iraq 1982 1984 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S 421Rule Iraq 1983 only - Mar 31 0:00 1:00 D 422Rule Iraq 1984 1985 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D 423Rule Iraq 1985 max - Sep lastSun 1:00s 0 S 424Rule Iraq 1986 max - Mar lastSun 1:00s 1:00 D 425# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 426Zone Asia/Baghdad 2:57:40 - LMT 1890 427 2:58 - BMT 1918 # Baghdad Mean Time 428 3:00 - AST 1982 May 429 3:00 Iraq A%sT 430 431# ZONE-DESCR Asia Baghdad Iraq All points 432 433############################################################################### 434 435# Israel 436 437# From U. S. Naval Observatory (January 19, 1989): 438# ISRAEL 2 H AHEAD OF UTC 439# ISRAEL 3 H AHEAD OF UTC APR 10 - SEP 3 440 441# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993): 442# 443# Shanks gives the following rules for Jerusalem from 1918 through 1991. 444# After 1989 Shanks often disagrees with Silverberg; we go with Silverberg. 445 446# From Shanks (1991): 447# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 448Rule Zion 1940 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 D 449Rule Zion 1942 1944 - Nov 1 0:00 0 S 450Rule Zion 1943 only - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 D 451Rule Zion 1944 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D 452Rule Zion 1945 only - Apr 16 0:00 1:00 D 453Rule Zion 1945 only - Nov 1 2:00 0 S 454Rule Zion 1946 only - Apr 16 2:00 1:00 D 455Rule Zion 1946 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 S 456Rule Zion 1948 only - May 23 0:00 2:00 DD 457Rule Zion 1948 only - Sep 1 0:00 1:00 D 458Rule Zion 1948 1949 - Nov 1 2:00 0 S 459Rule Zion 1949 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D 460Rule Zion 1950 only - Apr 16 0:00 1:00 D 461Rule Zion 1950 only - Sep 15 3:00 0 S 462Rule Zion 1951 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D 463Rule Zion 1951 only - Nov 11 3:00 0 S 464Rule Zion 1952 only - Apr 20 2:00 1:00 D 465Rule Zion 1952 only - Oct 19 3:00 0 S 466Rule Zion 1953 only - Apr 12 2:00 1:00 D 467Rule Zion 1953 only - Sep 13 3:00 0 S 468Rule Zion 1954 only - Jun 13 0:00 1:00 D 469Rule Zion 1954 only - Sep 12 0:00 0 S 470Rule Zion 1955 only - Jun 11 2:00 1:00 D 471Rule Zion 1955 only - Sep 11 0:00 0 S 472Rule Zion 1956 only - Jun 3 0:00 1:00 D 473Rule Zion 1956 only - Sep 30 3:00 0 S 474Rule Zion 1957 only - Apr 29 2:00 1:00 D 475Rule Zion 1957 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 S 476Rule Zion 1974 only - Jul 7 0:00 1:00 D 477Rule Zion 1974 only - Oct 13 0:00 0 S 478Rule Zion 1975 only - Apr 20 0:00 1:00 D 479Rule Zion 1975 only - Aug 31 0:00 0 S 480Rule Zion 1985 only - Apr 14 0:00 1:00 D 481Rule Zion 1985 only - Sep 15 0:00 0 S 482Rule Zion 1986 only - May 18 0:00 1:00 D 483Rule Zion 1986 only - Sep 7 0:00 0 S 484Rule Zion 1987 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 D 485Rule Zion 1987 only - Sep 13 0:00 0 S 486Rule Zion 1988 only - Apr 9 0:00 1:00 D 487Rule Zion 1988 only - Sep 3 0:00 0 S 488#Rule Zion 1989 only - Apr 29 0:00 1:00 D 489#Rule Zion 1989 only - Sep 2 0:00 0 S 490#Rule Zion 1990 only - Mar 25 0:00 1:00 D 491#Rule Zion 1990 only - Aug 26 0:00 0 S 492#Rule Zion 1991 only - Mar 10 0:00 1:00 D 493#Rule Zion 1991 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 S 494 495# From Ephraim Silverberg (1996-01-02): 496# 497# According to the Office of the Secretary General of the Ministry of 498# Interior, there is NO set rule for Daylight-Savings/Standard time changes. 499# Each year they decide anew what havoc to wreak on the country. However, 500# there is a "supposed" set of rules which is subject to change depending 501# on the party the Minister of Interior, the size of the coalition 502# government, the phase of the moon and the direction of the wind. Hence, 503# changes may need to be made on a semi-annual basis. One thing is entrenched 504# in law, however: that there must be at least 150 days of daylight savings 505# time annually. Ever since 1993, the change to daylight savings time has 506# been from midnight Thursday night to 1 a.m. Friday morning and the change 507# back to standard time on Saturday night from midnight daylight savings time 508# to 11 p.m. standard time. 1996 is an exception to this rule where the 509# change back to standard time takes place on Sunday night instead of Saturday 510# night to avoid conflicts with the Jewish New Year. 511 512# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 513Rule Zion 1989 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 D 514Rule Zion 1989 only - Sep 3 0:00 0:00 S 515Rule Zion 1990 only - Mar 25 0:00 1:00 D 516Rule Zion 1990 only - Aug 26 0:00 0:00 S 517Rule Zion 1991 only - Mar 24 0:00 1:00 D 518Rule Zion 1991 only - Sep 1 0:00 0:00 S 519Rule Zion 1992 only - Mar 29 0:00 1:00 D 520Rule Zion 1992 only - Sep 6 0:00 0:00 S 521Rule Zion 1993 only - Apr 2 0:00 1:00 D 522Rule Zion 1993 only - Sep 5 0:00 0:00 S 523 524# The dates for 1994-1995 were obtained from Office of the Spokeswoman for the 525# Ministry of Interior, Jerusalem, Israel. The spokeswoman can be reached by 526# calling the switchboard at 972-2-701411 and asking for the spokeswoman. 527 528# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 529Rule Zion 1994 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D 530Rule Zion 1994 only - Aug 28 0:00 0:00 S 531Rule Zion 1995 only - Mar 31 0:00 1:00 D 532Rule Zion 1995 only - Sep 3 0:00 0:00 S 533 534# The dates for 1996-1998 were also obtained from Office of the Spokeswoman 535# for the Ministry of Interior, Jerusalem, Israel. The official announcement 536# can be viewed (in Hebrew) at the following URL: 537# 538# ftp://ftp.huji.ac.il/pub/misc/timezones/announcements/1996-1998.ps.gz 539# 540# Emptor Caveat: The dates for the years 1996-1998 were originally announced 541# on August 31, 1995, by the previous Minister of Interior. The new Minister 542# of Interior changed the dates on January 1, 1996, to take into account the 543# desires of certain portions of Israeli society (the next election is in the 544# Fall of 1996). After this (1996) year's Daylight Savings Time is over, the 545# new minister has announced that a study will be conducted as to the wishes of 546# the populace regarding the length of Daylight Savings Time and the Interior 547# Committee will meet to review the results of the study and make any necessary 548# changes to the 1997-1998 dates. Never a dull moment in the State of Israel. 549 550# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 551Rule Zion 1996 1998 - Mar Fri>=14 0:00 1:00 D 552Rule Zion 1996 only - Sep 16 0:00 0:00 S 553Rule Zion 1997 1998 - Oct Sun>=14 0:00 0:00 S 554 555# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 556Zone Asia/Jerusalem 2:20:56 - LMT 1880 557 2:21 - JMT 1918 558 2:00 Zion I%sT 559 560# ZONE-DESCR Asia Jerusalem Israel All points 561 562############################################################################### 563 564# Japan 565 566# `9:00' and `JST' is from Guy Harris. 567 568# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1995-03-06): 569# Today's _Asahi Evening News_ (page 4) reports that Japan had 570# daylight saving between 1948 and 1951, but ``the system was discontinued 571# because the public believed it would lead to longer working hours.'' 572# Shanks writes that daylight saving in Japan during those years was as follows: 573# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 574#Rule Japan 1948 only - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D 575#Rule Japan 1948 1951 - Sep Sat>=8 2:00 0 S 576#Rule Japan 1949 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D 577#Rule Japan 1950 1951 - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D 578# but the only locations using it were US military bases. 579# We go with Shanks and omit daylight saving in those years for Asia/Tokyo. 580# 581# The same news article also reports that Japan is likely to go on DST in 1996 582# as follows, where I've guessed the AT and LETTER/S columns: 583# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 584#Rule Japan 1996 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D 585#Rule Japan 1996 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S 586 587# From Shanks (1991): 588# Japan switched from the Japanese calendar on 1893 Jan 1. 589# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 590Zone Asia/Tokyo 9:19:04 - LMT 1896 591 9:00 - JST 592# If Japan adopts DST in 1996, replace the above line with the following lines: 593# 9:00 - JST 1996 594# 9:00 Japan J%sT 595# and uncomment the two `Rule' lines commented out above. 596 597# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1995-12-19): 598# Shanks says that the far southern Ryukyu Is (Nansei-Shoto) are 8:00, 599# but we haven't confirmed this. 600# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 601#Zone Asia/Ishigaki 8:16:36 - LMT 1896 602# 8:00 - CST 603# There is no information for Marcus. 604# Other Japanese possessions are probably like Asia/Tokyo. 605 606# ZONE-DESCR Asia Tokyo Japan All points 607 608# Jordan 609# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993): 610# Most likely Shanks is merely guessing dates from 1992 on. 611# From Shanks (1991): 612# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 613Rule Jordan 1973 only - Jun 6 0:00 1:00 " DST" 614Rule Jordan 1973 1975 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 615Rule Jordan 1974 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 " DST" 616Rule Jordan 1976 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 - 617Rule Jordan 1977 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 618Rule Jordan 1978 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 " DST" 619Rule Jordan 1978 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 - 620Rule Jordan 1985 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 " DST" 621Rule Jordan 1985 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 622Rule Jordan 1986 1988 - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 " DST" 623Rule Jordan 1986 1990 - Oct Fri>=1 0:00 0 - 624Rule Jordan 1989 only - May 8 0:00 1:00 " DST" 625Rule Jordan 1990 only - Apr 27 0:00 1:00 " DST" 626Rule Jordan 1991 only - Apr 19 0:00 1:00 " DST" 627Rule Jordan 1991 only - Sep 27 0:00 0 - 628Rule Jordan 1992 max - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 " DST" 629Rule Jordan 1992 max - Oct Fri>=1 0:00 0 - 630# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 631Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931 632 2:00 Jordan EET%s 633 634# ZONE-DESCR Asia Amman Jordan All points 635 636# Kazakhstan 637# From Paul Eggert (1996-04-19): 638# Andrew Evtichov <evti@chevron.com> (1996-04-13) writes that Kazakhstan 639# stayed in sync with Moscow after 1990, and that Aktau is the biggest city 640# in western Kazakhstan. Follow Shanks before 1991, Evtichov afterwards. 641# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 642Zone Asia/Alma-Ata 5:07:48 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Almaty 643 5:00 - AASK 1957 Mar 644 6:00 RussiaAsia AAS%s 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 645 5:00 1:00 AASD 1991 Sep 29 2:00s 646 5:00 - AASK 1992 Jan 19 2:00s 647 6:00 RussiaAsia AAS%s 648Zone Asia/Aktau 3:21:04 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Aqtau 649 4:00 - SHSK 1957 Mar # Fort Shevchenko 650 5:00 RussiaAsia SHS%s 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 651 4:00 1:00 ASD 1991 Sep 29 2:00s 652 4:00 - ASK 1992 Jan 19 2:00s 653 5:00 RussiaAsia AS%s 654 655# ZONE-DESCR Asia Alma-Ata Kazakhstan All points except: 656# ZONE-DESCR Asia Aktau Kazakhstan Aktau 657 658# Kirgizstan 659# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 660Zone Asia/Bishkek 4:58:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 661 5:00 - FSK 1957 Mar # Frunze 662 6:00 RussiaAsia FS%s 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 663 5:00 1:00 FSD 1991 Sep 29 2:00s 664 5:00 RussiaAsia BS%s 665 666# ZONE-DESCR Asia Bishkek Kirgizstan All points 667 668############################################################################### 669 670# Korea 671 672# From Guy Harris: 673# According to someone at the Korean Times in San Francisco, 674# Daylight Savings Time was not observed until 1987. He did not know 675# at what time of day DST starts or ends. 676 677# From Shanks (1991): 678# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 679Rule ROK 1960 only - May 15 0:00 1:00 D 680Rule ROK 1960 only - Sep 13 0:00 0 S 681Rule ROK 1987 1988 - May Sun<=14 0:00 1:00 D 682Rule ROK 1987 1988 - Oct Sun<=14 0:00 0 S 683 684# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 685Zone Asia/Seoul 8:27:52 - LMT 1890 686 8:30 - KST 1904 Dec 687 9:00 - KST 1928 688 8:30 - KST 1932 689 9:00 - KST 1954 Mar 21 690 8:00 ROK K%sT 1961 Aug 10 691 8:30 - KST 1968 Oct 692 9:00 ROK K%sT 693Zone Asia/Pyongyang 8:23:00 - LMT 1890 694 8:30 - KST 1904 Dec 695 9:00 - KST 1928 696 8:30 - KST 1932 697 9:00 - KST 1954 Mar 21 698 8:00 - KST 1961 Aug 10 699 9:00 - KST 700 701# ZONE-DESCR Asia Seoul South_Korea All points 702# ZONE-DESCR Asia Pyongyang North_Korea All points 703 704############################################################################### 705 706# Kuwait 707# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 708Zone Asia/Kuwait 3:11:56 - LMT 1950 709 3:00 - AST 710 711# ZONE-DESCR Asia Kuwait Kuwait All points 712 713# Laos 714# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 715Zone Asia/Vientiane 6:50:24 - LMT 1906 Jun 9 716 7:06 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT 717 7:00 - ICT 1912 May 718 8:00 - ICT 1931 May 719 7:00 - ICT 720 721# ZONE-DESCR Asia Vientiane Laos All points 722 723# Lebanon 724# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 725Rule Lebanon 1920 only - Mar 28 0:00 1:00 " DST" 726Rule Lebanon 1920 only - Oct 25 0:00 0 - 727Rule Lebanon 1921 only - Apr 3 0:00 1:00 " DST" 728Rule Lebanon 1921 only - Oct 3 0:00 0 - 729Rule Lebanon 1922 only - Mar 26 0:00 1:00 " DST" 730Rule Lebanon 1922 only - Oct 8 0:00 0 - 731Rule Lebanon 1923 only - Apr 22 0:00 1:00 " DST" 732Rule Lebanon 1923 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 - 733Rule Lebanon 1957 1961 - May 1 0:00 1:00 " DST" 734Rule Lebanon 1957 1961 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 735Rule Lebanon 1972 only - Jun 22 0:00 1:00 " DST" 736Rule Lebanon 1972 1977 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 737Rule Lebanon 1973 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 " DST" 738Rule Lebanon 1978 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 " DST" 739Rule Lebanon 1978 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 - 740Rule Lebanon 1984 1987 - May 1 0:00 1:00 " DST" 741Rule Lebanon 1984 max - Oct 16 0:00 0 - 742Rule Lebanon 1988 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 " DST" 743Rule Lebanon 1989 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 " DST" 744Rule Lebanon 1990 max - May 1 0:00 1:00 " DST" 745# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 746Zone Asia/Beirut 2:22:00 - LMT 1880 747 2:00 Lebanon EET%s 748 749# ZONE-DESCR Asia Beirut Lebanon All points 750 751# Malaysia 752# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 753Zone Asia/Kuala_Lumpur 6:46:48 - LMT 1880 754 6:55 - SMT 1905 Jun 755 7:00 - SGT 1933 756 7:20 - SGT 1942 Feb 15 757 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 2 758 7:20 - SGT 1950 759 7:30 - SGT 1982 May 760 8:00 - SGT 761 762# ZONE-DESCR Asia Kuala_Lumpur Malaysia All points 763 764# Maldives 765# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 766Zone Indian/Maldives 4:54:00 - LMT 1880 # Male 767 4:54 - MMT 1960 768 5:00 - PKT 769 770# ZONE-DESCR Indian Maldives Maldives All points 771 772# Mongolia 773# Shanks says that Mongolia has three time zones, 774# but usno1995 and http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/95fact/802389h.gif 775# both say that it has just one. 776# Let's comment out the western and eastern Mongolian time zones 777# till we know what their principal towns are. 778# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 779Rule Mongol 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 T 780Rule Mongol 1981 1984 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S 781Rule Mongol 1985 max - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 T 782Rule Mongol 1985 max - Sep lastSun 3:00 0 S 783# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 784#Zone Asia/Dariv 6:14:32 - LMT 1905 Aug 785# 6:00 - DST 1978 786# 7:00 Mongol D%sT 787Zone Asia/Ulan_Bator 7:07:32 - LMT 1905 Aug 788 7:00 - UST 1978 789 8:00 Mongol U%sT 790#Zone Asia/Baruun-Urt 7:33:00 - LMT 1905 Aug 791# 8:00 - BST 1978 792# 9:00 Mongol B%sT 793 794# ZONE-DESCR Asia Ulan_Bator Mongolia Central zone 795 796# Nepal 797# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 798Zone Asia/Katmandu 5:41:16 - LMT 1920 799 5:30 - IST 1986 800 5:45 - NPT 801 802# ZONE-DESCR Asia Katmandu Nepal All points 803 804# Oman 805# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 806Zone Asia/Muscat 3:54:20 - LMT 1920 807 4:00 - GST 808 809# ZONE-DESCR Asia Muscat Oman All points 810 811# Pakistan 812# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 813Zone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907 814 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep 815 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 15 816 5:30 - IST 1951 Sep 30 817 5:00 - PKT 818 819# ZONE-DESCR Asia Karachi Pakistan All points 820 821# Palestine 822# These rules for Egypt are stolen from the `africa' file. 823# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 824Rule EgyptAsia 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 " DST" 825Rule EgyptAsia 1957 1958 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 826Rule EgyptAsia 1958 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 " DST" 827Rule EgyptAsia 1959 1981 - May 1 1:00 1:00 " DST" 828Rule EgyptAsia 1959 1965 - Sep 30 3:00 0 - 829Rule EgyptAsia 1966 max - Oct 1 3:00 0 - 830# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 831Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct 832 2:00 - EET 1957 May 10 833 2:00 EgyptAsia EET%s 1967 Jun 30 834 2:00 Zion I%sT 835# This will undoubtedly change soon. 836 837# Paracel Is 838# no information 839 840# Philippines 841# Howse writes (p 162) that until 1844 the Philippines kept American date. 842# The rest of this data is from Shanks. 843# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 844Rule Phil 1936 only - Nov 1 0:00 1:00 D 845Rule Phil 1937 only - Feb 1 0:00 0 S 846Rule Phil 1954 only - Apr 12 0:00 1:00 D 847Rule Phil 1954 only - Jul 1 0:00 0 S 848Rule Phil 1978 only - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D 849Rule Phil 1978 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 S 850# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 851Zone Asia/Manila -15:56:00 - LMT 1844 852 8:04:00 - LMT 1899 May 11 853 8:00 Phil P%sT 1942 May 854 9:00 - JST 1944 Nov 855 8:00 Phil P%sT 856 857# ZONE-DESCR Asia Manila Philippines All points 858 859# Qatar 860# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 861Zone Asia/Qatar 3:26:08 - LMT 1920 # Al Dawhah 862 4:00 - GST 1972 Jun 863 3:00 - AST 864 865# ZONE-DESCR Asia Qatar Qatar All points 866 867# Saudi Arabia 868# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 869Zone Asia/Riyadh 3:06:52 - LMT 1950 870 3:00 - AST 871 872# ZONE-DESCR Asia Riyadh Saudi_Arabia All points 873 874# Singapore 875# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 876Zone Asia/Singapore 6:55:24 - LMT 1880 877 6:55 - SMT 1905 Jun 878 7:00 - SGT 1933 879 7:20 - SGT 1942 Feb 15 880 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 2 881 7:20 - SGT 1950 882 7:30 - SGT 1982 May 883 8:00 - SGT 884 885# ZONE-DESCR Asia Singapore Singapore All points 886 887# Spratly Is 888# no information 889 890# Sri Lanka 891# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 892Zone Asia/Colombo 5:19:24 - LMT 1880 893 5:20 - JMT 1906 894 5:30 - IST 1942 Jan 5 895 5:30 0:30 IHST 1942 Sep 896 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 16 2:00 897 5:30 - IST 898 899# ZONE-DESCR Asia Colombo Sri_Lanka All points 900 901# Syria 902# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 903Rule Syria 1920 1923 - Apr Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 " DST" 904Rule Syria 1920 1923 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 0 - 905Rule Syria 1962 only - Apr 29 2:00 1:00 " DST" 906Rule Syria 1962 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 - 907Rule Syria 1963 1965 - May 1 2:00 1:00 " DST" 908Rule Syria 1963 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 - 909Rule Syria 1964 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 - 910Rule Syria 1965 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 - 911Rule Syria 1966 only - Apr 24 2:00 1:00 " DST" 912Rule Syria 1966 1976 - Oct 1 2:00 0 - 913Rule Syria 1967 1978 - May 1 2:00 1:00 " DST" 914Rule Syria 1977 1978 - Sep 1 2:00 0 - 915Rule Syria 1983 1984 - Apr 9 2:00 1:00 " DST" 916Rule Syria 1983 1984 - Oct 1 2:00 0 - 917Rule Syria 1986 only - Feb 16 2:00 1:00 " DST" 918Rule Syria 1986 only - Oct 9 2:00 0 - 919Rule Syria 1987 only - Mar 1 2:00 1:00 " DST" 920Rule Syria 1987 1988 - Oct 31 2:00 0 - 921Rule Syria 1988 only - Mar 15 2:00 1:00 " DST" 922Rule Syria 1989 only - Mar 31 2:00 1:00 " DST" 923Rule Syria 1989 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 - 924Rule Syria 1990 max - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 " DST" 925Rule Syria 1990 max - Sep 30 2:00 0 - 926# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 927Zone Asia/Damascus 2:25:12 - LMT 1920 928 2:00 Syria EET%s 929 930# ZONE-DESCR Asia Damascus Syria All points 931 932# Tajikistan 933# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 934Zone Asia/Dushanbe 4:35:12 - LMT 1924 May 2 935 5:00 - DSK 1957 Mar 936 6:00 RussiaAsia DS%s 1991 937 6:00 - DSK 938# Shanks has Dushanbe at 5:00 (6:00 summer) after 1991 Sep 29 3:00, 939# but usno1995 has it at 6:00. Go with usno1995. 940 941# ZONE-DESCR Asia Dushanbe Tajikistan All points 942 943# Thailand 944# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 945Zone Asia/Bangkok 6:42:04 - LMT 1880 946 6:42 - BMT 1920 Apr 947 7:00 - ICT 948 949# ZONE-DESCR Asia Bangkok Thailand All points 950 951# Turkmenistan 952# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 953Zone Asia/Ashkhabad 3:53:32 - LMT 1924 May 2 954 4:00 - ASK 1957 Mar 955 5:00 RussiaAsia AS%s 1991 956 5:00 - ASK 957# Shanks has Ashkhabad at 4:00 (5:00 summer) after 1991 Sep 20 3:00, 958# but usno has it at 5:00. Go with usno1995. 959 960# ZONE-DESCR Asia Ashkhabad Turkmenistan All points 961 962# United Arab Emirates 963# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 964Zone Asia/Dubai 3:41:12 - LMT 1920 965 4:00 - GST 966 967# ZONE-DESCR Asia Dubai U_A_E All points 968 969# Uzbekistan 970# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 971Zone Asia/Tashkent 4:37:12 - LMT 1924 May 2 972 5:00 - TSK 1957 Mar 973 6:00 RussiaAsia TS%s 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 974 5:00 1:00 TSD 1991 Sep 29 2:00s 975 5:00 - TSK 976# Shanks has Tashkent using DST after 1991, but usno1995 says they don't. 977# Go with usno1995. 978# http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/95fact/802389h.gif claims that 979# Uzbekistan has two time zones, but we lack data about this. 980 981# ZONE-DESCR Asia Tashkent Uzbekistan All points 982 983# Vietnam 984# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993): 985# Saigon's official name is Thanh-Pho Ho Chi Minh, but it's too long. 986# We'll stick with the traditional name for now. 987# From Shanks (1991): 988# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 989Zone Asia/Saigon 7:06:40 - LMT 1906 Jun 9 990 7:06 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT 991 7:00 - ICT 1912 May 992 8:00 - ICT 1931 May 993 7:00 - ICT 994 995# ZONE-DESCR Asia Saigon Vietnam All points 996 997# Yemen 998# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 999Zone Asia/Aden 3:00:48 - LMT 1950 1000 3:00 - AST 1001 1002# ZONE-DESCR Asia Aden Yemen All points 1003
