asia revision 8049
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# ZONE-DESCR Asia Kabul Afghanistan All points 84 85# Armenia 86# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 87Zone Asia/Yerevan 2:58:00 - LMT 1924 May 2 88 3:00 - MSK 1957 Mar 89 4:00 Russia BS%s 90 91# ZONE-DESCR Asia Yerevan Armenia All points 92 93# Azerbaijan 94# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 95Zone Asia/Baku 3:19:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 96 3:00 - MSK 1957 Mar 97 4:00 Russia BS%s 98 99# ZONE-DESCR Asia Baku Azerbaijan All points 100 101# Bahrain 102# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 103Zone Asia/Bahrain 3:22:20 - LMT 1920 # Al-Manamah 104 4:00 - GST 1972 Jun 105 3:00 - AST 106 107# ZONE-DESCR Asia Bahrain Bahrain All points 108 109# Bangladesh 110# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 111Zone Asia/Dacca 6:01:40 - LMT 1890 112 5:53 - CMT 1941 Oct # Calcutta Mean Time 113 6:30 - BMT 1942 May 15 114 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep 115 6:30 - BMT 1951 Sep 30 116 6:00 - BGT 117 118# ZONE-DESCR Asia Dacca Bangladesh All points 119 120# Bhutan 121# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 122Zone Asia/Thimbu 5:58:36 - LMT 1947 Aug 15 123 5:30 - IST 1987 Oct 124 6:00 - BGT 125 126# ZONE-DESCR Asia Thimbu Bhutan All points 127 128# British Indian Ocean Territory 129# From Whitman: 130# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 131Zone Indian/Chagos 5:00 - PKT 132 133# ZONE-DESCR Indian Chagos British_Indian_Ocean_Terr All points 134 135# Brunei 136# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 137Zone Asia/Brunei 7:39:40 - LMT 1926 Mar # Bandar Seri Begawan 138 7:30 - BNT 1933 139 8:00 - BNT 140 141# ZONE-DESCR Asia Brunei Brunei All points 142 143# Burma 144# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 145Zone Asia/Rangoon 6:24:40 - LMT 1880 146 6:25 - RMT 1920 147 6:30 - BMT 1942 May 148 9:00 - JST 1945 May 3 149 6:30 - BMT 150 151# ZONE-DESCR Asia Rangoon Myanmar All points 152 153# Cambodia 154# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 155Zone Asia/Phnom_Penh 6:59:40 - LMT 1906 Jun 9 156 7:06 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT 157 7:00 - ICT 1912 May 158 8:00 - ICT 1931 May 159 7:00 - ICT 160 161# ZONE-DESCR Asia Phonm_Penh Cambodia All points 162 163# People's Republic of China 164 165# From Guy Harris: 166# People's Republic of China. Yes, they really have only one time zone. 167 168# From Bob Devine (January 28, 1988): 169# No they don't. See TIME mag, February 17, 1986 p.52. Even though 170# China is across 4 physical time zones, before Feb 1, 1986 only the 171# Peking (Bejing) time zone was recognized. Since that date, China 172# has two of 'em -- Peking's and Urumqi (named after the capital of 173# the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region). I don't know about DST for it. 174# 175# . . .I just deleted the DST table and this editor makes it too 176# painful to suck in another copy.. So, here is what I have for 177# DST start/end dates for Peking's time zone (info from AP): 178# 179# 1986 May 4 - Sept 14 180# 1987 mid-April - ?? 181 182# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993): 183# According to Shanks, China started using DST in 1986, 184# but it's still all one big happy time zone. 185 186# From U. S. Naval Observatory (January 19, 1989): 187# CHINA 8 H AHEAD OF UTC ALL OF CHINA, INCL TAIWAN 188# CHINA 9 H AHEAD OF UTC APR 17 - SEP 10 189 190# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993): 191# Shanks writes that China switched from the Chinese calendar on 1912 Feb 12. 192# He also writes that China has had a single time zone since 1980 May 1, 193# and that they instituted DST on 1986 May 4; this contradicts Devine's 194# note about Time magazine, though apparently _something_ happened in 1986. 195 196# From Shanks (1991): 197# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 198Rule Shang 1928 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S 199Rule Shang 1940 only - Jun 3 0:00 1:00 D 200Rule Shang 1940 1941 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S 201Rule Shang 1941 only - Mar 16 0:00 1:00 D 202Rule PRC 1949 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S 203Rule PRC 1986 only - May 4 0:00 1:00 D 204Rule PRC 1986 max - Sep Sun>=11 0:00 0 S 205Rule PRC 1987 max - Apr Sun>=10 0:00 1:00 D 206# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 207Zone Asia/Shanghai 8:05:52 - LMT 1928 208 8:00 Shang C%sT 1949 209 8:00 PRC C%sT 210 211# ZONE-DESCR Asia Shanghai China All points 212 213############################################################################### 214 215# Republic of China 216 217# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 218Rule Taiwan 1896 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S 219Rule Taiwan 1945 1951 - May 1 0:00 1:00 D 220Rule Taiwan 1945 1951 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S 221Rule Taiwan 1952 only - Mar 1 0:00 1:00 D 222Rule Taiwan 1952 1954 - Nov 1 0:00 0 S 223Rule Taiwan 1953 1959 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D 224Rule Taiwan 1955 1961 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S 225Rule Taiwan 1960 1961 - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 D 226Rule Taiwan 1974 1975 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D 227Rule Taiwan 1974 1975 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S 228Rule Taiwan 1980 only - Jun 30 0:00 1:00 D 229Rule Taiwan 1980 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 S 230# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 231Zone Asia/Taipei 8:06:00 - LMT 1896 232 8:00 Taiwan C%sT 233 234# ZONE-DESCR Asia Taipei Taiwan All points 235 236############################################################################### 237# Hong Kong 238# Presumably Hong Kong 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 HK 1904 only - Oct 30 0:00 0 - 242Rule HK 1946 only - Apr 20 3:30 1:00 S 243Rule HK 1946 only - Dec 1 3:30 0 - 244Rule HK 1947 only - Apr 13 3:30 1:00 S 245Rule HK 1947 only - Dec 30 3:30 0 - 246Rule HK 1948 only - May 2 3:30 1:00 S 247Rule HK 1948 1952 - Oct lastSun 3:30 0 - 248Rule HK 1949 1953 - Apr Sun>=1 3:30 1:00 S 249Rule HK 1953 only - Nov 1 3:30 0 - 250Rule HK 1954 1964 - Mar Sun>=18 3:30 1:00 S 251Rule HK 1954 only - Oct 31 3:30 0 - 252Rule HK 1955 1964 - Nov Sun>=1 3:30 0 - 253Rule HK 1965 1977 - Apr Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S 254Rule HK 1965 1977 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 - 255Rule HK 1979 1980 - May Sun>=8 3:30 1:00 S 256Rule HK 1979 1980 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 - 257# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 258Zone Asia/Hong_Kong 7:36:36 - LMT 1904 Oct 30 259 8:00 HK HK%sT 260 261# ZONE-DESCR Asia Hong_Kong Hong_Kong All points 262 263# Macao 264# Presumably Macao will have DST again when it merges with China, 265# but it's too early to predict the details. 266# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 267Rule Macao 1912 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S 268Rule Macao 1961 1962 - Mar Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 D 269Rule Macao 1961 1964 - Nov Sun>=1 3:30 0 S 270Rule Macao 1963 only - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 D 271Rule Macao 1964 only - Mar Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 D 272Rule Macao 1965 only - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 D 273Rule Macao 1965 only - Oct 31 0:00 0 S 274Rule Macao 1966 1971 - Apr Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 D 275Rule Macao 1966 1971 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 S 276Rule Macao 1972 1974 - Apr Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 D 277Rule Macao 1972 1973 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 0 S 278Rule Macao 1974 1977 - Oct Sun>=15 3:30 0 S 279Rule Macao 1975 1977 - Apr Sun>=15 3:30 1:00 D 280Rule Macao 1978 1980 - Apr Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 D 281Rule Macao 1978 1980 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 0 S 282# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 283Zone Asia/Macao 7:34:20 - LMT 1912 284 8:00 Macao C%sT 285 286# ZONE-DESCR Asia Macao Macao All points 287 288############################################################################### 289 290# Cyprus 291# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 292Rule Cyprus 1921 only - Nov 14 0:00 0 - 293Rule Cyprus 1975 only - Apr 13 0:00 1:00 " DST" 294Rule Cyprus 1975 only - Oct 12 0:00 0 - 295Rule Cyprus 1976 only - May 15 0:00 1:00 " DST" 296Rule Cyprus 1976 only - Oct 11 0:00 0 - 297Rule Cyprus 1977 1980 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 " DST" 298Rule Cyprus 1977 only - Sep 25 0:00 0 - 299Rule Cyprus 1978 only - Oct 2 0:00 0 - 300Rule Cyprus 1979 max - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - 301Rule Cyprus 1981 max - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 " DST" 302# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 303Zone Asia/Nicosia 2:13:28 - LMT 1921 Nov 14 304 2:00 Cyprus EET%s 305 306# ZONE-DESCR Asia Cyprus Cyprus All points 307 308# Georgia 309# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 310Zone Asia/Tbilisi 2:59:16 - LMT 1880 311 2:59 - LST 1924 May 2 312 3:00 - MSK 1957 Mar 313 4:00 Russia BS%s 314 315# ZONE-DESCR Asia Tbilisi Georgia All points 316 317# India 318# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 319Zone Asia/Calcutta 5:53:28 - LMT 1880 320 5:53 - CMT 1941 Oct # Calcutta Mean Time 321 6:30 - BMT 1942 May 15 322 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep 323 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 15 324 5:30 - IST 325# The following are like Asia/Calcutta: 326# Andaman Is 327# Lakshadweep (Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Is) 328# Nicobar Is 329 330# ZONE-DESCR Asia Calcutta India All points 331 332# Indonesia 333# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 334Zone Asia/Jakarta 7:07:12 - LMT 1867 Aug 10 335 7:07 - JMT 1924 Jan 1 0:13 336 7:20 - JVT 1932 Nov 337 7:30 - JVT 1942 Mar 23 338 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug 339 7:30 - JVT 1948 May 340 8:00 - JVT 1950 May 341 7:30 - JVT 1964 342 7:00 - JVT 343Zone Asia/Ujung_Pandang 7:57:36 - LMT 1920 344 7:58 - MMT 1932 Nov # Macassar Mean Time 345 8:00 - BNT 1942 Feb 9 346 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug 347 8:00 - BNT 348Zone Asia/Jayapura 9:22:48 - LMT 1932 Nov 349 9:00 - MLT 1944 350 9:30 - CST 1964 351 9:00 - MLT 352 353# ZONE-DESCR Asia Jakarta Indonesia Jakarta 354# ZONE-DESCR Asia Ujung_Pandang Indonesia Ujung Pandang 355# ZONE-DESCR Asia Jayapura Indonesia Jayapura 356 357# Iran 358 359# Shanks has no record of DST after 1980. 360 361# From Bob Devine (January 28, 1988): 362# Iran: Last Sunday in March to third (?) Sunday in 363# September. Since the revolution, the official calendar is Monarchic 364# calendar; I have no idea what the correspondence between dates are. 365 366# From U. S. Naval Observatory (January 19, 1989): 367# IRAN 3.5H AHEAD OF UTC 368 369# From Shanks (1991), with corrections from Devine: 370# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 371Rule Iran 1977 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 S 372Rule Iran 1978 1980 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D 373Rule Iran 1978 only - Oct 21 0:00 0 S 374Rule Iran 1979 only - Sep 19 0:00 0 S 375Rule Iran 1980 only - Sep 23 0:00 0 S 376Rule Iran 1988 max - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 377Rule Iran 1988 max - Sep Sun>=15 2:00 0 S 378# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 379Zone Asia/Tehran 3:25:44 - LMT 1916 380 3:26 - TMT 1946 381 3:30 - IST 1977 Nov 382 4:00 Iran G%sT 1979 383 3:30 Iran I%sT 384 385# ZONE-DESCR Asia Tehran Iran All points 386 387# Iraq 388# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 389Rule Iraq 1982 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D 390Rule Iraq 1982 1984 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S 391Rule Iraq 1983 only - Mar 31 0:00 1:00 D 392Rule Iraq 1984 1985 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D 393Rule Iraq 1985 max - Sep lastSun 1:00s 0 S 394Rule Iraq 1986 max - Mar lastSun 1:00s 1:00 D 395# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 396Zone Asia/Baghdad 2:57:40 - LMT 1890 397 2:58 - BMT 1918 # Baghdad Mean Time 398 3:00 - AST 1982 May 399 3:00 Iraq A%sT 400 401# ZONE-DESCR Asia Baghdad Iraq All points 402 403############################################################################### 404 405# Israel 406 407# From U. S. Naval Observatory (January 19, 1989): 408# ISRAEL 2 H AHEAD OF UTC 409# ISRAEL 3 H AHEAD OF UTC APR 10 - SEP 3 410 411# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993): 412# 413# Shanks gives the following rules for Jerusalem from 1918 through 1991. 414# After 1989 Shanks often disagrees with Silverberg; we go with Silverberg. 415 416# From Shanks (1991): 417# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 418Rule Zion 1918 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S 419Rule Zion 1940 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 D 420Rule Zion 1942 1944 - Nov 1 0:00 0 S 421Rule Zion 1943 only - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 D 422Rule Zion 1944 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D 423Rule Zion 1945 only - Apr 16 0:00 1:00 D 424Rule Zion 1945 only - Nov 1 2:00 0 S 425Rule Zion 1946 only - Apr 16 2:00 1:00 D 426Rule Zion 1946 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 S 427Rule Zion 1948 only - May 23 0:00 2:00 DD 428Rule Zion 1948 only - Sep 1 0:00 1:00 D 429Rule Zion 1948 1949 - Nov 1 2:00 0 S 430Rule Zion 1949 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D 431Rule Zion 1950 only - Apr 16 0:00 1:00 D 432Rule Zion 1950 only - Sep 15 3:00 0 S 433Rule Zion 1951 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D 434Rule Zion 1951 only - Nov 11 3:00 0 S 435Rule Zion 1952 only - Apr 20 2:00 1:00 D 436Rule Zion 1952 only - Oct 19 3:00 0 S 437Rule Zion 1953 only - Apr 12 2:00 1:00 D 438Rule Zion 1953 only - Sep 13 3:00 0 S 439Rule Zion 1954 only - Jun 13 0:00 1:00 D 440Rule Zion 1954 only - Sep 12 0:00 0 S 441Rule Zion 1955 only - Jun 11 2:00 1:00 D 442Rule Zion 1955 only - Sep 11 0:00 0 S 443Rule Zion 1956 only - Jun 3 0:00 1:00 D 444Rule Zion 1956 only - Sep 30 3:00 0 S 445Rule Zion 1957 only - Apr 29 2:00 1:00 D 446Rule Zion 1957 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 S 447Rule Zion 1974 only - Jul 7 0:00 1:00 D 448Rule Zion 1974 only - Oct 13 0:00 0 S 449Rule Zion 1975 only - Apr 20 0:00 1:00 D 450Rule Zion 1975 only - Aug 31 0:00 0 S 451Rule Zion 1985 only - Apr 14 0:00 1:00 D 452Rule Zion 1985 only - Sep 15 0:00 0 S 453Rule Zion 1986 only - May 18 0:00 1:00 D 454Rule Zion 1986 only - Sep 7 0:00 0 S 455Rule Zion 1987 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 D 456Rule Zion 1987 only - Sep 13 0:00 0 S 457Rule Zion 1988 only - Apr 9 0:00 1:00 D 458Rule Zion 1988 only - Sep 3 0:00 0 S 459#Rule Zion 1989 only - Apr 29 0:00 1:00 D 460#Rule Zion 1989 only - Sep 2 0:00 0 S 461#Rule Zion 1990 only - Mar 25 0:00 1:00 D 462#Rule Zion 1990 only - Aug 26 0:00 0 S 463#Rule Zion 1991 only - Mar 10 0:00 1:00 D 464#Rule Zion 1991 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 S 465 466# From Ephraim Silverberg (September 5, 1993): 467# 468# According to the Office of the Secretary General of the Ministry of 469# Interior, there is NO set rule for Daylight-Savings/Standard time changes. 470# Each year they decide anew what havoc to wreak on the country. However, 471# there is a "supposed" set of rules which is subject to change depending 472# on the party the Minister of Interior, the size of the coalition 473# government, the phase of the moon and the direction of the wind. Hence, 474# changes may need to be made on a semi-annual basis. One thing is entrenched 475# in law, however: that there must be at least 150 days on daylight savings 476# time annually. 477 478# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 479Rule Zion 1989 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 D 480Rule Zion 1989 only - Sep 3 0:00 0:00 S 481Rule Zion 1990 only - Mar 25 0:00 1:00 D 482Rule Zion 1990 only - Aug 26 0:00 0:00 S 483Rule Zion 1991 only - Mar 24 0:00 1:00 D 484Rule Zion 1991 only - Sep 1 0:00 0:00 S 485Rule Zion 1992 only - Mar 29 0:00 1:00 D 486Rule Zion 1992 only - Sep 6 0:00 0:00 S 487Rule Zion 1993 only - Apr 2 0:00 1:00 D 488Rule Zion 1993 only - Sep 5 0:00 0:00 S 489 490# The dates for 1994-1995 were obtained from Office of the Spokeswoman for 491# the Ministry of Interior, Jerusalem. There are no dates yet for 1996 and 492# beyond so your guess is as good as theirs (those who are interested can 493# call 972-2-701411 and ask for the spokeswoman). 494 495# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 496Rule Zion 1994 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D 497Rule Zion 1994 only - Aug 28 0:00 0:00 S 498Rule Zion 1995 only - Mar 31 0:00 1:00 D 499Rule Zion 1995 only - Aug 27 0:00 0:00 S 500 501# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 502Zone Asia/Tel_Aviv 2:19:04 - LMT 1880 503 2:21 - JMT 1918 504 2:00 Zion I%sT 505 506# ZONE-DESCR Asia Tel_Aviv Israel All points 507 508############################################################################### 509 510# Japan 511 512# `9:00' and `JST' is from Guy Harris. 513 514# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993): 515# Shanks says that the far southern Ryukyu Is (Nansei-Shoto) are 8:00, 516# but we don't have a good location name for them; 517# we don't even know the name of the principal town. 518# There is no information for Marcus. 519# Other Japanese possessions are probably like Asia/Tokyo. 520 521# From Shanks (1991): 522# Japan switched from the Japanese calendar on 1893 Jan 1. 523# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 524Zone Asia/Tokyo 9:19:04 - LMT 1896 525 9:00 - JST 526#Zone Asia/South_Ryukyu 8:14:44 - LMT 1896 # Amitori 527# 8:00 - CST 528 529# ZONE-DESCR Asia Tokyo Japan All points 530 531# Jordan 532# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993): 533# Most likely Shanks is merely guessing dates from 1992 on. 534# From Shanks (1991): 535# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 536Rule Jordan 1931 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - 537Rule Jordan 1973 only - Jun 6 0:00 1:00 " DST" 538Rule Jordan 1973 1975 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 539Rule Jordan 1974 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 " DST" 540Rule Jordan 1976 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 - 541Rule Jordan 1977 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 542Rule Jordan 1978 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 " DST" 543Rule Jordan 1978 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 - 544Rule Jordan 1985 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 " DST" 545Rule Jordan 1985 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 546Rule Jordan 1986 1988 - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 " DST" 547Rule Jordan 1986 1990 - Oct Fri>=1 0:00 0 - 548Rule Jordan 1989 only - May 8 0:00 1:00 " DST" 549Rule Jordan 1990 only - Apr 27 0:00 1:00 " DST" 550Rule Jordan 1991 only - Apr 19 0:00 1:00 " DST" 551Rule Jordan 1991 only - Sep 27 0:00 0 - 552Rule Jordan 1992 max - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 " DST" 553Rule Jordan 1992 max - Oct Fri>=1 0:00 0 - 554# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 555Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931 556 2:00 Jordan EET%s 557 558# ZONE-DESCR Asia Amman Jordan All points 559 560# Kazakhstan 561# From Shanks (1991): 562# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 563Zone Asia/Alma-Ata 5:07:48 - LMT 1924 May 2 564 5:00 - TSK 1957 Mar 565 6:00 Russia TS%s 566 567# ZONE-DESCR Asia Alma-Ata Kazakhstan All points 568 569############################################################################### 570 571# Korea 572 573# From Guy Harris: 574# According to someone at the Korean Times in San Francisco, 575# Daylight Savings Time was not observed until 1987. He did not know 576# at what time of day DST starts or ends. 577 578# From Shanks (1991): 579# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 580Rule ROK 1960 only - May 15 0:00 1:00 D 581Rule ROK 1960 only - Sep 13 0:00 0 S 582Rule ROK 1987 1988 - May Sun<=14 0:00 1:00 D 583Rule ROK 1987 1988 - Oct Sun<=14 0:00 0 S 584 585# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 586Zone Asia/Seoul 8:27:52 - LMT 1890 587 8:30 - KST 1904 Dec 588 9:00 - KST 1928 589 8:30 - KST 1932 590 9:00 - KST 1954 Mar 21 591 8:00 ROK K%sT 1961 Aug 10 592 8:30 - KST 1968 Oct 593 9:00 ROK K%sT 594Zone Asia/Pyongyang 8:23:00 - LMT 1890 595 8:30 - KST 1904 Dec 596 9:00 - KST 1928 597 8:30 - KST 1932 598 9:00 - KST 1954 Mar 21 599 8:00 - KST 1961 Aug 10 600 9:00 - KST 601 602# ZONE-DESCR Asia Seoul South_Korea All points 603# ZONE-DESCR Asia Pyongyang North_Korea All points 604 605############################################################################### 606 607 608# Kuwait 609# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 610Zone Asia/Kuwait 3:11:56 - LMT 1950 611 3:00 - AST 612 613# ZONE-DESCR Asia Kuwait Kuwait All points 614 615# Kyrgyzstan 616# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 617Zone Asia/Frunze 4:58:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 618 5:00 - TSK 1957 Mar 619 6:00 Russia TS%s 620 621# ZONE-DESCR Asia Frunze Kyrgyzstan All points 622 623# Laos 624# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 625Zone Asia/Vientiane 6:50:24 - LMT 1906 Jun 9 626 7:06 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT 627 7:00 - ICT 1912 May 628 8:00 - ICT 1931 May 629 7:00 - ICT 630 631# ZONE-DESCR Asia Vientiane Laos All points 632 633# Lebanon 634# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 635Rule Lebanon 1880 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - 636Rule Lebanon 1920 only - Mar 28 0:00 1:00 " DST" 637Rule Lebanon 1920 only - Oct 25 0:00 0 - 638Rule Lebanon 1921 only - Apr 3 0:00 1:00 " DST" 639Rule Lebanon 1921 only - Oct 3 0:00 0 - 640Rule Lebanon 1922 only - Mar 26 0:00 1:00 " DST" 641Rule Lebanon 1922 only - Oct 8 0:00 0 - 642Rule Lebanon 1923 only - Apr 22 0:00 1:00 " DST" 643Rule Lebanon 1923 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 - 644Rule Lebanon 1957 1961 - May 1 0:00 1:00 " DST" 645Rule Lebanon 1957 1961 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 646Rule Lebanon 1972 only - Jun 22 0:00 1:00 " DST" 647Rule Lebanon 1972 1977 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 648Rule Lebanon 1973 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 " DST" 649Rule Lebanon 1978 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 " DST" 650Rule Lebanon 1978 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 - 651Rule Lebanon 1984 1987 - May 1 0:00 1:00 " DST" 652Rule Lebanon 1984 max - Oct 16 0:00 0 - 653Rule Lebanon 1988 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 " DST" 654Rule Lebanon 1989 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 " DST" 655Rule Lebanon 1990 max - May 1 0:00 1:00 " DST" 656# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 657Zone Asia/Beirut 2:22:00 - LMT 1880 658 2:00 Lebanon EET%s 659 660# ZONE-DESCR Asia Beirut Lebanon All points 661 662# Malaysia 663# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 664Zone Asia/Kuala_Lumpur 6:46:48 - LMT 1880 665 6:55 - SMT 1905 Jun 666 7:00 - SGT 1933 667 7:20 - SGT 1942 Feb 15 668 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 2 669 7:20 - SGT 1950 670 7:30 - SGT 1982 May 671 8:00 - SGT 672 673# ZONE-DESCR Asia Kuala_Lumpur Malaysia All points 674 675# Maldives 676# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 677Zone Indian/Maldives 4:54:00 - LMT 1880 # Male 678 4:54 - MMT 1960 679 5:00 - PKT 680 681# ZONE-DESCR Indian Maldives Maldives All points 682 683# Mongolia 684# Let's comment out the western and eastern Mongolian time zones 685# till we know what their principal towns are. 686# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 687Rule Mongol 1978 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S 688Rule Mongol 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 T 689Rule Mongol 1981 1984 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S 690Rule Mongol 1985 max - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 T 691Rule Mongol 1985 max - Sep lastSun 3:00 0 S 692# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 693#Zone Asia/Dariv 6:14:32 - LMT 1905 Aug 694# 6:00 - DST 1978 695# 7:00 Mongol D%sT 696Zone Asia/Ulan_Bator 7:07:32 - LMT 1905 Aug 697 7:00 - UST 1978 698 8:00 Mongol U%sT 699#Zone Asia/Baruun-Urt 7:33:00 - LMT 1905 Aug 700# 8:00 - BST 1978 701# 9:00 Mongol B%sT 702 703# ZONE-DESCR Asia Ulan_Bator Mongolia Central zone 704 705# Nepal 706# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 707Zone Asia/Katmandu 5:41:16 - LMT 1920 708 5:30 - IST 1986 709 5:45 - NPT 710 711# ZONE-DESCR Asia Katmandu Nepal All points 712 713# Oman 714# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 715Zone Asia/Muscat 3:54:20 - LMT 1920 716 4:00 - GST 717 718# ZONE-DESCR Asia Muscat Oman All points 719 720# Pakistan 721# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 722Zone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907 723 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep 724 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 15 725 5:30 - IST 1951 Sep 30 726 5:00 - PKT 727 728# ZONE-DESCR Asia Karachi Pakistan All points 729 730# Palestine 731# These rules for Egypt are stolen from the `africa' file. 732# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 733Rule Egypt 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 " DST" 734Rule Egypt 1957 1958 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 735Rule Egypt 1958 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 " DST" 736Rule Egypt 1959 1981 - May 1 1:00 1:00 " DST" 737Rule Egypt 1959 1965 - Sep 30 3:00 0 - 738Rule Egypt 1966 max - Oct 1 3:00 0 - 739# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 740Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct 741 2:00 - EET 1957 May 10 742 2:00 Egypt EET%s 1967 Jun 30 743 2:00 Zion I%sT 744# This will undoubtedly change soon. 745 746# Philippines 747# Howse writes (p 162) that until 1844 the Philippines kept American date. 748# The rest of this data is from Shanks. 749# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 750Rule Phil 1899 only - May 11 0:00 0 S 751Rule Phil 1936 only - Nov 1 0:00 1:00 D 752Rule Phil 1937 only - Feb 1 0:00 0 S 753Rule Phil 1954 only - Apr 12 0:00 1:00 D 754Rule Phil 1954 only - Jul 1 0:00 0 S 755Rule Phil 1978 only - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D 756Rule Phil 1978 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 S 757# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 758Zone Asia/Manila -15:56:00 - LMT 1844 759 8:04:00 - LMT 1899 May 11 760 8:00 Phil P%sT 1942 May 761 9:00 - JST 1944 Nov 762 8:00 Phil P%sT 763 764# ZONE-DESCR Asia Manila Philippines All points 765 766# Qatar 767# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 768Zone Asia/Qatar 3:26:08 - LMT 1920 # Al Dawhah 769 4:00 - GST 1972 Jun 770 3:00 - AST 771 772# ZONE-DESCR Asia Qatar Qatar All points 773 774# Saudi Arabia 775# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 776Zone Asia/Riyadh 3:06:52 - LMT 1950 777 3:00 - AST 778 779# ZONE-DESCR Asia Riyadh Saudi_Arabia All points 780 781# Singapore 782# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 783Zone Asia/Singapore 6:55:24 - LMT 1880 784 6:55 - SMT 1905 Jun 785 7:00 - SGT 1933 786 7:20 - SGT 1942 Feb 15 787 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 2 788 7:20 - SGT 1950 789 7:30 - SGT 1982 May 790 8:00 - SGT 791 792# ZONE-DESCR Asia Singapore Singapore All points 793 794# Sri Lanka 795# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 796Zone Asia/Colombo 5:19:24 - LMT 1880 797 5:20 - JMT 1906 798 5:30 - IST 1942 Jan 5 799 5:30 0:30 IHST 1942 Sep 800 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 16 2:00 801 5:30 - IST 802 803# ZONE-DESCR Asia Colombo Sri_Lanka All points 804 805# Syria 806# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 807Rule Syria 1920 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - 808Rule Syria 1920 1923 - Apr Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 " DST" 809Rule Syria 1920 1923 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 0 - 810Rule Syria 1962 only - Apr 29 2:00 1:00 " DST" 811Rule Syria 1962 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 - 812Rule Syria 1963 1965 - May 1 2:00 1:00 " DST" 813Rule Syria 1963 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 - 814Rule Syria 1964 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 - 815Rule Syria 1965 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 - 816Rule Syria 1966 only - Apr 24 2:00 1:00 " DST" 817Rule Syria 1966 1976 - Oct 1 2:00 0 - 818Rule Syria 1967 1978 - May 1 2:00 1:00 " DST" 819Rule Syria 1977 1978 - Sep 1 2:00 0 - 820Rule Syria 1983 1984 - Apr 9 2:00 1:00 " DST" 821Rule Syria 1983 1984 - Oct 1 2:00 0 - 822Rule Syria 1986 only - Feb 16 2:00 1:00 " DST" 823Rule Syria 1986 only - Oct 9 2:00 0 - 824Rule Syria 1987 only - Mar 1 2:00 1:00 " DST" 825Rule Syria 1987 1988 - Oct 31 2:00 0 - 826Rule Syria 1988 only - Mar 15 2:00 1:00 " DST" 827Rule Syria 1989 only - Mar 31 2:00 1:00 " DST" 828Rule Syria 1989 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 - 829Rule Syria 1990 max - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 " DST" 830Rule Syria 1990 max - Sep 30 2:00 0 - 831# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 832Zone Asia/Damascus 2:25:12 - LMT 1920 833 2:00 Syria EET%s 834 835# ZONE-DESCR Asia Damascus Syria All points 836 837# Tajikistan 838# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 839Zone Asia/Dushanbe 4:35:12 - LMT 1924 May 2 840 5:00 - TSK 1957 Mar 841 6:00 Russia TS%s 842 843# ZONE-DESCR Asia Dushanbe Tajikistan All points 844 845# Thailand 846# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 847Zone Asia/Bangkok 6:42:04 - LMT 1880 848 6:42 - BMT 1920 Apr 849 7:00 - ICT 850 851# ZONE-DESCR Asia Bangkok Thailand All points 852 853# Turkmenistan 854# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 855Zone Asia/Ashkhabad 3:53:32 - LMT 1924 May 2 856 4:00 - ASK 1957 Mar 857 5:00 Russia AS%s 858 859# ZONE-DESCR Asia Ashkhabad Turkmenistan All points 860 861# United Arab Emirates 862# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 863Zone Asia/Dubai 3:41:12 - LMT 1920 864 4:00 - GST 865 866# ZONE-DESCR Asia Dubai U_A_E All points 867 868# Uzbekistan 869# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 870Zone Asia/Tashkent 4:37:12 - LMT 1924 May 2 871 5:00 - TSK 1957 Mar 872 6:00 Russia TS%s 873 874# ZONE-DESCR Asia Tashkent Uzbekistan All points 875 876# Vietnam 877# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993): 878# Saigon's official name is Thanh-Pho Ho Chi Minh, but it's too long. 879# We'll stick with the traditional name for now. 880# From Shanks (1991): 881# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 882Zone Asia/Saigon 7:06:40 - LMT 1906 Jun 9 883 7:06 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT 884 7:00 - ICT 1912 May 885 8:00 - ICT 1931 May 886 7:00 - ICT 887 888# ZONE-DESCR Asia Saigon Vietnam All points 889 890# Yemen 891# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 892Zone Asia/Aden 3:00:48 - LMT 1950 893 3:00 - AST 894 895# ZONE-DESCR Asia Aden Yemen All points 896