asia revision 20094
1# @(#)asia 7.26 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> (1996-11-22): 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# Gwillim Law <LAW@encmail.encompass.com> writes that a good source 15# for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport 16# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM), 17# published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries 18# of the IATA's data after 1990. 19# 20# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks is the source for entries through 1990, 21# and IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990. 22# 23# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences, 24# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which 25# I found in the UCLA library. 26# 27# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is 28# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and the discovery of the longitude, 29# Oxford University Press (1980). 30# 31# I invented the abbreviations marked `*' in the following table; 32# the rest are from earlier versions of this file, or from other sources. 33# Corrections are welcome! 34# std dst 35# LMT Local Mean Time 36# 2:00 EET EEST Eastern European Time 37# 2:00 IST IDT Israel 38# 3:00 AST ADT Arabia* 39# 4:00 GST Gulf* 40# 5:30 IST India 41# 7:00 ICT Indochina* 42# 8:00 CST China 43# 9:00 JST Japan 44# 9:00 KST Korea 45# 9:30 CST (Australian) Central Standard Time 46# 47# See the `europe' file for Russia and Turkey in Asia. 48# 49# See the `africa' file for time zone naming and abbreviation conventions. 50 51# From Guy Harris: 52# Incorporates data for Singapore from Robert Elz' asia 1.1, as well as 53# additional information from Tom Yap, Sun Microsystems Intercontinental 54# Technical Support (including a page from the Official Airline Guide - 55# Worldwide Edition). The names for time zones are guesses. 56 57############################################################################### 58 59# These rules are stolen from the `europe' file. 60# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 61Rule EUAsia 1981 max - Mar lastSun 1:00u 1:00 S 62Rule EUAsia 1996 max - Oct lastSun 1:00u 0 - 63Rule E-EurAsia 1981 max - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S 64Rule E-EurAsia 1979 1995 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - 65Rule E-EurAsia 1996 max - Oct lastSun 0:00 0 - 66Rule RussiaAsia 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 67Rule RussiaAsia 1981 1983 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 68Rule RussiaAsia 1984 1991 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 - 69Rule RussiaAsia 1985 1991 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S 70Rule RussiaAsia 1992 only - Mar lastSat 23:00 1:00 S 71Rule RussiaAsia 1992 only - Sep lastSat 23:00 0 - 72Rule RussiaAsia 1993 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S 73Rule RussiaAsia 1993 1995 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 - 74Rule RussiaAsia 1996 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 - 75 76# Afghanistan 77# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 78Zone Asia/Kabul 4:36:48 - LMT 1890 79 4:00 - AFT 1945 80 4:30 - AFT 81 82# Armenia 83# From Paul Eggert (1996-05-04): 84# Shanks has Yerevan switching to 3:00 (with Russian DST) in spring 1991, 85# but usno1995 has Armenia at 4:00 (with DST), and Edgar Der-Danieliantz 86# <edd@AIC.NET> reported today that Yerevan probably won't use DST this year, 87# though it did use DST in 1995. We guess Yerevan stayed in sync with Moscow 88# between 1990 and 1995, but stopped using DST in 1996. 89# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 90Rule Armenia 1991 1995 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S 91Rule Armenia 1991 1995 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 - 92# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 93Zone Asia/Yerevan 2:58:00 - LMT 1924 May 2 94 3:00 - YERT 1957 Mar # Yerevan Time 95 4:00 RussiaAsia YER%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 96 3:00 1:00 YERST 1991 Sep 23 # independence 97 3:00 Armenia AM%sT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s # Armenia Time 98 4:00 Armenia AM%sT 99 100# Azerbaijan 101# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 102Zone Asia/Baku 3:19:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 103 3:00 - BAKT 1957 Mar # Baku Time 104 4:00 RussiaAsia BAK%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 105 3:00 1:00 BAKST 1991 Aug 30 # independence 106 3:00 RussiaAsia AZ%sT 1992 Sep lastSun 2:00s 107 4:00 - AZT 1996 # Azerbaijan time 108 4:00 EUAsia AZ%sT 109 110# Bahrain 111# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 112Zone Asia/Bahrain 3:22:20 - LMT 1920 # Al-Manamah 113 4:00 - GST 1972 Jun 114 3:00 - AST 115 116# Bangladesh 117# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 118Zone Asia/Dacca 6:01:40 - LMT 1890 119 5:53:20 - HMT 1941 Oct # Howrah Mean Time? 120 6:30 - BURT 1942 May 15 # Burma Time 121 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep 122 6:30 - BURT 1951 Sep 30 123 6:00 - DACT 1971 Mar 26 # Dacca Time 124 6:00 - BDT # Bangladesh Time 125 126# Bhutan 127# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 128Zone Asia/Thimbu 5:58:36 - LMT 1947 Aug 15 129 5:30 - IST 1987 Oct 130 6:00 - BTT # Bhutan Time 131 132# British Indian Ocean Territory 133# From Whitman: 134# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 135Zone Indian/Chagos 5:00 - IOT # BIOT Time 136 137# Brunei 138# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 139Zone Asia/Brunei 7:39:40 - LMT 1926 Mar # Bandar Seri Begawan 140 7:30 - BNT 1933 141 8:00 - BNT 142 143# Burma / Myanmar 144# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 145Zone Asia/Rangoon 6:24:40 - LMT 1880 # or Yangon 146 6:24:36 - RMT 1920 # Rangoon Mean Time? 147 6:30 - BURT 1942 May # Burma Time 148 9:00 - JST 1945 May 3 149 6:30 - MMT # Myanmar Time 150 151# Cambodia 152# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 153Zone Asia/Phnom_Penh 6:59:40 - LMT 1906 Jun 9 154 7:06:20 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT? 155 7:00 - ICT 1912 May 156 8:00 - ICT 1931 May 157 7:00 - ICT 158 159# People's Republic of China 160 161# From Guy Harris: 162# People's Republic of China. Yes, they really have only one time zone. 163 164# From Bob Devine (1988-01-28): 165# No they don't. See TIME mag, 1986-02-17 p.52. Even though 166# China is across 4 physical time zones, before Feb 1, 1986 only the 167# Peking (Bejing) time zone was recognized. Since that date, China 168# has two of 'em -- Peking's and Urumqi (named after the capital of 169# the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region). I don't know about DST for it. 170# 171# . . .I just deleted the DST table and this editor makes it too 172# painful to suck in another copy.. So, here is what I have for 173# DST start/end dates for Peking's time zone (info from AP): 174# 175# 1986 May 4 - Sept 14 176# 1987 mid-April - ?? 177 178# From U. S. Naval Observatory (1989-01-19): 179# CHINA 8 H AHEAD OF UTC ALL OF CHINA, INCL TAIWAN 180# CHINA 9 H AHEAD OF UTC APR 17 - SEP 10 181 182# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1995-12-19): 183# Shanks writes that China has had a single time zone since 1980 May 1, 184# observing summer DST from 1986 through 1991; this contradicts Devine's 185# note about Time magazine, though apparently _something_ happened in 1986. 186# Go with Shanks for now. I made up names for the other pre-1980 time zones. 187 188# From Shanks (1991): 189# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 190Rule Shang 1940 only - Jun 3 0:00 1:00 D 191Rule Shang 1940 1941 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S 192Rule Shang 1941 only - Mar 16 0:00 1:00 D 193Rule PRC 1949 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S 194Rule PRC 1986 only - May 4 0:00 1:00 D 195Rule PRC 1986 1991 - Sep Sun>=11 0:00 0 S 196Rule PRC 1987 1991 - Apr Sun>=10 0:00 1:00 D 197# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 198Zone Asia/Harbin 8:26:44 - LMT 1928 199 8:30 - HART 1932 Mar # Harbin Time 200 8:00 - CST 1940 201 9:00 - HART 1966 May 202 8:30 - HART 1980 May 203 8:00 PRC C%sT 204Zone Asia/Shanghai 8:05:52 - LMT 1928 205 8:00 Shang C%sT 1949 206 8:00 PRC C%sT 207Zone Asia/Chungking 7:06:20 - LMT 1928 208 7:00 - CHUT 1980 May # Chungking Time 209 8:00 PRC C%sT 210Zone Asia/Urumqi 5:50:20 - LMT 1928 211 6:00 - URUT 1980 May # Urumqi Time 212 8:00 PRC C%sT 213Zone Asia/Kashgar 5:03:56 - LMT 1928 214 5:30 - KAST 1940 # Kashgar Time 215 5:00 - KAST 1980 May 216 8:00 PRC C%sT 217 218############################################################################### 219 220# Republic of China 221 222# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 223Rule Taiwan 1945 1951 - May 1 0:00 1:00 D 224Rule Taiwan 1945 1951 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S 225Rule Taiwan 1952 only - Mar 1 0:00 1:00 D 226Rule Taiwan 1952 1954 - Nov 1 0:00 0 S 227Rule Taiwan 1953 1959 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D 228Rule Taiwan 1955 1961 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S 229Rule Taiwan 1960 1961 - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 D 230Rule Taiwan 1974 1975 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D 231Rule Taiwan 1974 1975 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S 232Rule Taiwan 1980 only - Jun 30 0:00 1:00 D 233Rule Taiwan 1980 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 S 234# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 235Zone Asia/Taipei 8:06:00 - LMT 1896 236 8:00 Taiwan C%sT 237 238############################################################################### 239# Hong Kong 240# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 241Rule HK 1946 only - Apr 20 3:30 1:00 S 242Rule HK 1946 only - Dec 1 3:30 0 - 243Rule HK 1947 only - Apr 13 3:30 1:00 S 244Rule HK 1947 only - Dec 30 3:30 0 - 245Rule HK 1948 only - May 2 3:30 1:00 S 246Rule HK 1948 1952 - Oct lastSun 3:30 0 - 247Rule HK 1949 1953 - Apr Sun>=1 3:30 1:00 S 248Rule HK 1953 only - Nov 1 3:30 0 - 249Rule HK 1954 1964 - Mar Sun>=18 3:30 1:00 S 250Rule HK 1954 only - Oct 31 3:30 0 - 251Rule HK 1955 1964 - Nov Sun>=1 3:30 0 - 252Rule HK 1965 1977 - Apr Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S 253Rule HK 1965 1977 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 - 254Rule HK 1979 1980 - May Sun>=8 3:30 1:00 S 255Rule HK 1979 1980 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 - 256# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 257Zone Asia/Hong_Kong 7:36:36 - LMT 1904 Oct 30 258 8:00 HK HK%sT 1997 Jul 1 # return to China 259 8:00 PRC C%sT 260 261# Macao 262# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 263Rule Macao 1961 1962 - Mar Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S 264Rule Macao 1961 1964 - Nov Sun>=1 3:30 0 - 265Rule Macao 1963 only - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 S 266Rule Macao 1964 only - Mar Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S 267Rule Macao 1965 only - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 S 268Rule Macao 1965 only - Oct 31 0:00 0 - 269Rule Macao 1966 1971 - Apr Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S 270Rule Macao 1966 1971 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 - 271Rule Macao 1972 1974 - Apr Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S 272Rule Macao 1972 1973 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 0 - 273Rule Macao 1974 1977 - Oct Sun>=15 3:30 0 - 274Rule Macao 1975 1977 - Apr Sun>=15 3:30 1:00 S 275Rule Macao 1978 1980 - Apr Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S 276Rule Macao 1978 1980 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 0 - 277# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 278Zone Asia/Macao 7:34:20 - LMT 1912 279 8:00 Macao MO%sT 1999 Dec 20 # return to China 280 8:00 PRC C%sT 281 282 283############################################################################### 284 285# Cyprus 286# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 287Rule Cyprus 1975 only - Apr 13 0:00 1:00 S 288Rule Cyprus 1975 only - Oct 12 0:00 0 - 289Rule Cyprus 1976 only - May 15 0:00 1:00 S 290Rule Cyprus 1976 only - Oct 11 0:00 0 - 291Rule Cyprus 1977 1980 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S 292Rule Cyprus 1977 only - Sep 25 0:00 0 - 293Rule Cyprus 1978 only - Oct 2 0:00 0 - 294Rule Cyprus 1979 max - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - 295Rule Cyprus 1981 max - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S 296# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 297Zone Asia/Nicosia 2:13:28 - LMT 1921 Nov 14 298 2:00 Cyprus EE%sT 299 300# Georgia 301# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1994-11-19): 302# Today's _Economist_ (p 60) reports that Georgia moved its clocks forward 303# an hour recently, due to a law proposed by Zurab Murvanidze, 304# an MP who went on a hunger strike for 11 days to force discussion about it! 305# We have no details, but we'll guess they didn't move the clocks back in fall. 306# 307# From Mathew Englander <mathew@io.org>, quoting AP (1996-10-23 13:05-04): 308# Instead of putting back clocks at the end of October, Georgia 309# will stay on daylight savings time this winter to save energy, 310# President Eduard Shevardnadze decreed Wednesday. 311# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 312Zone Asia/Tbilisi 2:59:16 - LMT 1880 313 2:59:16 - TBMT 1924 May 2 # Tbilisi Mean Time 314 3:00 - TBIT 1957 Mar # Tbilisi Time 315 4:00 RussiaAsia TBI%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 316 3:00 1:00 TBIST 1991 Apr 9 # independence 317 3:00 RussiaAsia GE%sT 1992 # Georgia Time 318 3:00 E-EurAsia GE%sT 1994 Sep lastSun 319 4:00 E-EurAsia GE%sT 1996 Oct lastSun 320 5:00 - GET 321 322# India 323# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 324Zone Asia/Calcutta 5:53:28 - LMT 1880 325 5:53:20 - HMT 1941 Oct # Howrah Mean Time? 326 6:30 - BURT 1942 May 15 # Burma Time 327 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep 328 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 15 329 5:30 - IST 330# The following are like Asia/Calcutta: 331# Andaman Is 332# Lakshadweep (Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Is) 333# Nicobar Is 334 335# Indonesia 336# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 337Zone Asia/Jakarta 7:07:12 - LMT 1867 Aug 10 338 7:07:12 - JMT 1924 Jan 1 0:13 # Jakarta MT 339 7:20 - JAVT 1932 Nov # Java Time 340 7:30 - JAVT 1942 Mar 23 341 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug 342 7:30 - JAVT 1948 May 343 8:00 - JAVT 1950 May 344 7:30 - JAVT 1964 345 7:00 - JAVT 346Zone Asia/Ujung_Pandang 7:57:36 - LMT 1920 347 7:57:36 - MMT 1932 Nov # Macassar MT 348 8:00 - BORT 1942 Feb 9 # Borneo Time 349 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug 350 8:00 - BORT 351Zone Asia/Jayapura 9:22:48 - LMT 1932 Nov 352 9:00 - JAYT 1944 # Jayapura Time 353 9:30 - CST 1964 354 9:00 - JAYT 355 356# Iran 357# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 358Rule Iran 1978 1980 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S 359Rule Iran 1978 only - Oct 21 0:00 0 - 360Rule Iran 1979 only - Sep 19 0:00 0 - 361Rule Iran 1980 only - Sep 23 0:00 0 - 362Rule Iran 1991 only - May 3 0:00s 1:00 S 363Rule Iran 1991 only - Sep 20 0:00s 0 - 364Rule Iran 1992 only - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 S 365Rule Iran 1992 1993 - Sep 23 0:00 0 - 366Rule Iran 1993 max - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S 367Rule Iran 1994 1995 - Sep 22 0:00 0 - 368Rule Iran 1996 max - Sep 21 0:00 0 - 369# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 370Zone Asia/Tehran 3:25:44 - LMT 1916 371 3:25:44 - TMT 1946 # Tehran Mean Time 372 3:30 - IRT 1977 Nov 373 4:00 Iran IR%sT 1979 374 3:30 Iran IR%sT 375 376# Iraq 377# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 378Rule Iraq 1982 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D 379Rule Iraq 1982 1984 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S 380Rule Iraq 1983 only - Mar 31 0:00 1:00 D 381Rule Iraq 1984 1985 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D 382Rule Iraq 1985 1990 - Sep lastSun 1:00s 0 S 383Rule Iraq 1986 1990 - Mar lastSun 1:00s 1:00 D 384# IATA SSIM (1991/1996) says Apr 1 12:01am UTC; guess the `:01' is a typo. 385Rule Iraq 1991 max - Apr 1 3:00s 1:00 D 386Rule Iraq 1991 max - Oct 1 3:00s 0 D 387# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 388Zone Asia/Baghdad 2:57:40 - LMT 1890 389 2:57:36 - BMT 1918 # Baghdad Mean Time? 390 3:00 - AST 1982 May 391 3:00 Iraq A%sT 392 393 394############################################################################### 395 396# Israel 397 398# From U. S. Naval Observatory (1989-01-19): 399# ISRAEL 2 H AHEAD OF UTC 400# ISRAEL 3 H AHEAD OF UTC APR 10 - SEP 3 401 402# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1993-11-18): 403# 404# Shanks gives the following rules for Jerusalem from 1918 through 1991. 405# After 1989 Shanks often disagrees with Silverberg; we go with Silverberg. 406 407# From Shanks (1991): 408# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 409Rule Zion 1940 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 D 410Rule Zion 1942 1944 - Nov 1 0:00 0 S 411Rule Zion 1943 only - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 D 412Rule Zion 1944 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D 413Rule Zion 1945 only - Apr 16 0:00 1:00 D 414Rule Zion 1945 only - Nov 1 2:00 0 S 415Rule Zion 1946 only - Apr 16 2:00 1:00 D 416Rule Zion 1946 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 S 417Rule Zion 1948 only - May 23 0:00 2:00 DD 418Rule Zion 1948 only - Sep 1 0:00 1:00 D 419Rule Zion 1948 1949 - Nov 1 2:00 0 S 420Rule Zion 1949 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D 421Rule Zion 1950 only - Apr 16 0:00 1:00 D 422Rule Zion 1950 only - Sep 15 3:00 0 S 423Rule Zion 1951 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D 424Rule Zion 1951 only - Nov 11 3:00 0 S 425Rule Zion 1952 only - Apr 20 2:00 1:00 D 426Rule Zion 1952 only - Oct 19 3:00 0 S 427Rule Zion 1953 only - Apr 12 2:00 1:00 D 428Rule Zion 1953 only - Sep 13 3:00 0 S 429Rule Zion 1954 only - Jun 13 0:00 1:00 D 430Rule Zion 1954 only - Sep 12 0:00 0 S 431Rule Zion 1955 only - Jun 11 2:00 1:00 D 432Rule Zion 1955 only - Sep 11 0:00 0 S 433Rule Zion 1956 only - Jun 3 0:00 1:00 D 434Rule Zion 1956 only - Sep 30 3:00 0 S 435Rule Zion 1957 only - Apr 29 2:00 1:00 D 436Rule Zion 1957 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 S 437Rule Zion 1974 only - Jul 7 0:00 1:00 D 438Rule Zion 1974 only - Oct 13 0:00 0 S 439Rule Zion 1975 only - Apr 20 0:00 1:00 D 440Rule Zion 1975 only - Aug 31 0:00 0 S 441Rule Zion 1985 only - Apr 14 0:00 1:00 D 442Rule Zion 1985 only - Sep 15 0:00 0 S 443Rule Zion 1986 only - May 18 0:00 1:00 D 444Rule Zion 1986 only - Sep 7 0:00 0 S 445Rule Zion 1987 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 D 446Rule Zion 1987 only - Sep 13 0:00 0 S 447Rule Zion 1988 only - Apr 9 0:00 1:00 D 448Rule Zion 1988 only - Sep 3 0:00 0 S 449 450# From Ephraim Silverberg (1996-01-02): 451# 452# According to the Office of the Secretary General of the Ministry of 453# Interior, there is NO set rule for Daylight-Savings/Standard time changes. 454# Each year they decide anew what havoc to wreak on the country. However, 455# there is a "supposed" set of rules which is subject to change depending 456# on the party the Minister of Interior, the size of the coalition 457# government, the phase of the moon and the direction of the wind. Hence, 458# changes may need to be made on a semi-annual basis. One thing is entrenched 459# in law, however: that there must be at least 150 days of daylight savings 460# time annually. Ever since 1993, the change to daylight savings time has 461# been from midnight Thursday night to 1 a.m. Friday morning and the change 462# back to standard time on Saturday night from midnight daylight savings time 463# to 11 p.m. standard time. 1996 is an exception to this rule where the 464# change back to standard time takes place on Sunday night instead of Saturday 465# night to avoid conflicts with the Jewish New Year. 466 467# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 468Rule Zion 1989 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 D 469Rule Zion 1989 only - Sep 3 0:00 0 S 470Rule Zion 1990 only - Mar 25 0:00 1:00 D 471Rule Zion 1990 only - Aug 26 0:00 0 S 472Rule Zion 1991 only - Mar 24 0:00 1:00 D 473Rule Zion 1991 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 S 474Rule Zion 1992 only - Mar 29 0:00 1:00 D 475Rule Zion 1992 only - Sep 6 0:00 0 S 476Rule Zion 1993 only - Apr 2 0:00 1:00 D 477Rule Zion 1993 only - Sep 5 0:00 0 S 478 479# The dates for 1994-1995 were obtained from Office of the Spokeswoman for the 480# Ministry of Interior, Jerusalem, Israel. The spokeswoman can be reached by 481# calling the switchboard at 972-2-701411 and asking for the spokeswoman. 482 483# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 484Rule Zion 1994 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D 485Rule Zion 1994 only - Aug 28 0:00 0 S 486Rule Zion 1995 only - Mar 31 0:00 1:00 D 487Rule Zion 1995 only - Sep 3 0:00 0 S 488 489# The dates for 1996-1998 were also obtained from Office of the Spokeswoman 490# for the Ministry of Interior, Jerusalem, Israel. The official announcement 491# can be viewed (in Hebrew) at the following URL: 492# 493# ftp://ftp.huji.ac.il/pub/misc/timezones/announcements/1996-1998.ps.gz 494# 495# Emptor Caveat: The dates for the years 1996-1998 were originally announced 496# on 1995-08-31, by the previous Minister of Interior. The new Minister 497# of Interior changed the dates on 1996-01-01, to take into account the 498# desires of certain portions of Israeli society (the next election is in the 499# Fall of 1996). After this (1996) year's Daylight Savings Time is over, the 500# new minister has announced that a study will be conducted as to the wishes of 501# the populace regarding the length of Daylight Savings Time and the Interior 502# Committee will meet to review the results of the study and make any necessary 503# changes to the 1997-1998 dates. Never a dull moment in the State of Israel. 504 505# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 506Rule Zion 1996 1998 - Mar Fri>=14 0:00 1:00 D 507Rule Zion 1996 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 S 508Rule Zion 1997 1998 - Oct Sun>=14 0:00 0 S 509 510# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 511Zone Asia/Jerusalem 2:20:56 - LMT 1880 512 2:20:40 - JMT 1918 # Jerusalem Mean Time? 513 2:00 Zion I%sT 514 515 516############################################################################### 517 518# Japan 519 520# `9:00' and `JST' is from Guy Harris. 521 522# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1995-03-06): 523# Today's _Asahi Evening News_ (page 4) reports that Japan had 524# daylight saving between 1948 and 1951, but ``the system was discontinued 525# because the public believed it would lead to longer working hours.'' 526# Shanks writes that daylight saving in Japan during those years was as follows: 527# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 528#Rule Japan 1948 only - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D 529#Rule Japan 1948 1951 - Sep Sat>=8 2:00 0 S 530#Rule Japan 1949 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D 531#Rule Japan 1950 1951 - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D 532# but the only locations using it were US military bases. 533# We go with Shanks and omit daylight saving in those years for Asia/Tokyo. 534 535# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 536Zone Asia/Tokyo 9:19:04 - LMT 1896 537 9:00 - JST 538Zone Asia/Ishigaki 8:16:36 - LMT 1896 539 8:00 - CST 540# There is no information for Marcus. 541# Other Japanese possessions are probably like Asia/Tokyo. 542 543# Jordan 544# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 545Rule Jordan 1973 only - Jun 6 0:00 1:00 S 546Rule Jordan 1973 1975 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 547Rule Jordan 1974 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 548Rule Jordan 1976 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 - 549Rule Jordan 1977 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 550Rule Jordan 1978 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 S 551Rule Jordan 1978 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 - 552Rule Jordan 1985 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 553Rule Jordan 1985 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 554Rule Jordan 1986 1988 - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 S 555Rule Jordan 1986 1990 - Oct Fri>=1 0:00 0 - 556Rule Jordan 1989 only - May 8 0:00 1:00 S 557Rule Jordan 1990 only - Apr 27 0:00 1:00 S 558Rule Jordan 1991 only - Apr 17 0:00 1:00 S 559Rule Jordan 1991 only - Sep 27 0:00 0 - 560Rule Jordan 1992 only - Apr 10 0:00 1:00 S 561Rule Jordan 1992 1993 - Oct Fri>=1 0:00 0 - 562Rule Jordan 1993 max - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 S 563Rule Jordan 1994 only - Sep Fri>=15 0:00 0 - 564Rule Jordan 1995 max - Sep Fri>=15 0:00s 0 - 565# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 566Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931 567 2:00 Jordan EE%sT 568 569# Kazakhstan 570# From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22): 571# Andrew Evtichov <evti@chevron.com> (1996-04-13) writes that Kazakhstan 572# stayed in sync with Moscow after 1990, and that Aqtobe (formerly Aktyubinsk) 573# and Aqtau (formerly Shevchenko) are the largest cities in their zones. 574# Guess that Aqtau and Aqtobe diverged in 1995, since that's the first time 575# IATA SSIM mentions a third time zone in Kazakhstan. 576# 577# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 578Zone Asia/Alma-Ata 5:07:48 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Almaty 579 5:00 - ALMT 1957 Mar # Alma-Ata Time 580 6:00 RussiaAsia ALM%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 581 5:00 1:00 ALMST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s 582 5:00 - ALMT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s 583 6:00 E-EurAsia ALM%sT 584Zone Asia/Aqtobe 3:48:40 - LMT 1924 May 2 585 4:00 - AKT 1957 Mar # Aktyubinsk Time 586 5:00 RussiaAsia AK%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 587 4:00 1:00 AKTST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s 588 4:00 - AQTT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s # Aqtobe Time 589 5:00 E-EurAsia AQT%sT 590Zone Asia/Aqtau 3:21:04 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Aktau 591 4:00 - SHET 1957 Mar # Fort Shevchenko Time 592 5:00 RussiaAsia SHE%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 593 4:00 1:00 AQTST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s 594 4:00 - AQTT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s # Aqtau Time 595 5:00 E-EurAsia AQT%sT 1995 Sep lastSun 596 4:00 E-EurAsia AQT%sT 597 598# Kirgizstan 599# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 600Rule Kirgiz 1992 max - Apr Sun>=7 0:00 1:00 S 601Rule Kirgiz 1991 max - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - 602# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 603Zone Asia/Bishkek 4:58:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 604 5:00 - FRUT 1957 Mar # Frunze Time 605 6:00 RussiaAsia FRU%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 606 5:00 1:00 FRUST 1991 Aug 31 # independence 607 5:00 Kirgiz KG%sT # Kirgizstan Time 608 609############################################################################### 610 611# Korea 612 613# From Guy Harris: 614# According to someone at the Korean Times in San Francisco, 615# Daylight Savings Time was not observed until 1987. He did not know 616# at what time of day DST starts or ends. 617 618# From Shanks (1991): 619# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 620Rule ROK 1960 only - May 15 0:00 1:00 D 621Rule ROK 1960 only - Sep 13 0:00 0 S 622Rule ROK 1987 1988 - May Sun<=14 0:00 1:00 D 623Rule ROK 1987 1988 - Oct Sun<=14 0:00 0 S 624 625# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 626Zone Asia/Seoul 8:27:52 - LMT 1890 627 8:30 - KST 1904 Dec 628 9:00 - KST 1928 629 8:30 - KST 1932 630 9:00 - KST 1954 Mar 21 631 8:00 ROK K%sT 1961 Aug 10 632 8:30 - KST 1968 Oct 633 9:00 ROK K%sT 634Zone Asia/Pyongyang 8:23:00 - LMT 1890 635 8:30 - KST 1904 Dec 636 9:00 - KST 1928 637 8:30 - KST 1932 638 9:00 - KST 1954 Mar 21 639 8:00 - KST 1961 Aug 10 640 9:00 - KST 641 642############################################################################### 643 644# Kuwait 645# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 646Zone Asia/Kuwait 3:11:56 - LMT 1950 647 3:00 - AST 648 649# Laos 650# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 651Zone Asia/Vientiane 6:50:24 - LMT 1906 Jun 9 652 7:06:20 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT? 653 7:00 - ICT 1912 May 654 8:00 - ICT 1931 May 655 7:00 - ICT 656 657# Lebanon 658# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 659Rule Lebanon 1920 only - Mar 28 0:00 1:00 S 660Rule Lebanon 1920 only - Oct 25 0:00 0 - 661Rule Lebanon 1921 only - Apr 3 0:00 1:00 S 662Rule Lebanon 1921 only - Oct 3 0:00 0 - 663Rule Lebanon 1922 only - Mar 26 0:00 1:00 S 664Rule Lebanon 1922 only - Oct 8 0:00 0 - 665Rule Lebanon 1923 only - Apr 22 0:00 1:00 S 666Rule Lebanon 1923 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 - 667Rule Lebanon 1957 1961 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 668Rule Lebanon 1957 1961 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 669Rule Lebanon 1972 only - Jun 22 0:00 1:00 S 670Rule Lebanon 1972 1977 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 671Rule Lebanon 1973 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 672Rule Lebanon 1978 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 S 673Rule Lebanon 1978 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 - 674Rule Lebanon 1984 1987 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 675Rule Lebanon 1984 1991 - Oct 16 0:00 0 - 676Rule Lebanon 1988 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S 677Rule Lebanon 1989 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S 678Rule Lebanon 1990 1992 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 679Rule Lebanon 1992 only - Oct 4 0:00 0 - 680Rule Lebanon 1993 max - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S 681Rule Lebanon 1993 max - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - 682# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 683Zone Asia/Beirut 2:22:00 - LMT 1880 684 2:00 Lebanon EE%sT 685 686# Malaysia 687# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 688Rule NBorneo 1935 1941 - Sep 14 0:00 0:20 TS 689Rule NBorneo 1935 1941 - Dec 14 0:00 0 - 690# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 691Zone Asia/Kuala_Lumpur 6:46:48 - LMT 1880 692 6:55:24 - SMT 1905 Jun # Singapore Mean Time 693 7:00 - MALT 1933 # Malaya Time 694 7:20 - MALT 1942 Feb 15 695 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 2 696 7:20 - MALT 1950 697 7:30 - MALT 1982 May 698 8:00 - MYT # Malaysia Time 699Zone Asia/Kuching 7:21:20 - LMT 1926 Mar 700 7:30 - BORT 1933 # Borneo Time 701 8:00 NBorneo BOR%sT 1942 702 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 2 703 8:00 - BORT 1982 May 704 8:00 - MYT 705 706# Maldives 707# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 708Zone Indian/Maldives 4:54:00 - LMT 1880 # Male 709 4:54:00 - MMT 1960 # Male Mean Time 710 5:00 - MVT # Maldives Time 711 712# Mongolia 713# Shanks says that Mongolia has three time zones, but usno1995 and 714# <URL:http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/95fact/802389h.gif> (1995) 715# both say that it has just one. 716# Let's comment out the western and eastern Mongolian time zones 717# till we know what their principal towns are. 718# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 719Rule Mongol 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 720Rule Mongol 1981 1984 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 721Rule Mongol 1985 1990 - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 S 722Rule Mongol 1985 1990 - Sep lastSun 3:00 0 - 723Rule Mongol 1991 max - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S 724Rule Mongol 1991 1995 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - 725Rule Mongol 1996 max - Oct Fri>=22 0:00 0 - 726# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 727#Zone Asia/Dariv 6:14:32 - LMT 1905 Aug 728# 6:00 - DART 1978 # Dariv Time 729# 7:00 Mongol DAR%sT 730Zone Asia/Ulan_Bator 7:07:32 - LMT 1905 Aug 731 7:00 - ULAT 1978 # Ulan Bator Time 732 8:00 Mongol ULA%sT 733#Zone Asia/Baruun-Urt 7:33:00 - LMT 1905 Aug 734# 8:00 - BART 1978 # Baruun-Urt Time 735# 9:00 Mongol BAR%sT 736 737# Nepal 738# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 739Zone Asia/Katmandu 5:41:16 - LMT 1920 740 5:30 - IST 1986 741 5:45 - NPT # Nepal Time 742 743# Oman 744# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 745Zone Asia/Muscat 3:54:20 - LMT 1920 746 4:00 - GST 747 748# Pakistan 749# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 750Zone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907 751 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep 752 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 15 753 5:30 - IST 1951 Sep 30 754 5:00 - KART 1971 Mar 26 # Karachi Time 755 5:00 - PKT # Pakistan Time 756 757# Palestine 758# These rules for Egypt are stolen from the `africa' file. 759# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 760Rule EgyptAsia 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S 761Rule EgyptAsia 1957 1958 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 762Rule EgyptAsia 1958 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 763Rule EgyptAsia 1959 1967 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S 764Rule EgyptAsia 1959 1965 - Sep 30 3:00 0 - 765Rule EgyptAsia 1966 only - Oct 1 3:00 0 - 766# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 767Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct 768 2:00 - EET 1957 May 10 769 2:00 EgyptAsia EE%sT 1967 Jun 30 770 2:00 Zion I%sT 771 772# Paracel Is 773# no information 774 775# Philippines 776# Howse writes (p 162) that until 1844 the Philippines kept American date. 777# The rest of this data is from Shanks. 778# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 779Rule Phil 1936 only - Nov 1 0:00 1:00 S 780Rule Phil 1937 only - Feb 1 0:00 0 - 781Rule Phil 1954 only - Apr 12 0:00 1:00 S 782Rule Phil 1954 only - Jul 1 0:00 0 - 783Rule Phil 1978 only - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 S 784Rule Phil 1978 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 - 785# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 786Zone Asia/Manila -15:56:00 - LMT 1844 787 8:04:00 - LMT 1899 May 11 788 8:00 Phil PH%sT 1942 May 789 9:00 - JST 1944 Nov 790 8:00 Phil PH%sT 791 792# Qatar 793# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 794Zone Asia/Qatar 3:26:08 - LMT 1920 # Al Dawhah 795 4:00 - GST 1972 Jun 796 3:00 - AST 797 798# Saudi Arabia 799# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 800Zone Asia/Riyadh 3:06:52 - LMT 1950 801 3:00 - AST 802 803# Singapore 804# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 805Zone Asia/Singapore 6:55:24 - LMT 1880 806 6:55:24 - SMT 1905 Jun # Singapore Mean Time 807 7:00 - MALT 1933 # Malaya Time 808 7:20 - MALT 1942 Feb 15 809 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 2 810 7:20 - MALT 1950 811 7:30 - MALT 1965 Aug 9 # independence 812 7:30 - SGT 1982 May # Singapore Time 813 8:00 - SGT 814 815# Spratly Is 816# no information 817 818# Sri Lanka 819# From Paul Eggert (1996-09-03): 820# <URL:http://www.virtual-pc.com/lankaweb/news/items/240596-2.html> (1996-05-24) 821# reported ``the country's standard time will be put forward by one hour at 822# midnight Friday (1830 GMT) `in the light of the present power crisis'.'' 823# Transitions before 1996 are from Shanks (1991). 824 825# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 826Zone Asia/Colombo 5:19:24 - LMT 1880 827 5:20 - CEYT 1906 # Ceylon Time 828 5:30 - IST 1942 Jan 5 829 5:30 0:30 IHST 1942 Sep 830 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 16 2:00 831 5:30 - IST 1996 May 25 0:00 832 6:30 - LKT # Sri Lanka Time 833 834# Syria 835# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 836Rule Syria 1920 1923 - Apr Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 S 837Rule Syria 1920 1923 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 0 - 838Rule Syria 1962 only - Apr 29 2:00 1:00 S 839Rule Syria 1962 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 - 840Rule Syria 1963 1965 - May 1 2:00 1:00 S 841Rule Syria 1963 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 - 842Rule Syria 1964 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 - 843Rule Syria 1965 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 - 844Rule Syria 1966 only - Apr 24 2:00 1:00 S 845Rule Syria 1966 1976 - Oct 1 2:00 0 - 846Rule Syria 1967 1978 - May 1 2:00 1:00 S 847Rule Syria 1977 1978 - Sep 1 2:00 0 - 848Rule Syria 1983 1984 - Apr 9 2:00 1:00 S 849Rule Syria 1983 1984 - Oct 1 2:00 0 - 850Rule Syria 1986 only - Feb 16 2:00 1:00 S 851Rule Syria 1986 only - Oct 9 2:00 0 - 852Rule Syria 1987 only - Mar 1 2:00 1:00 S 853Rule Syria 1987 1988 - Oct 31 2:00 0 - 854Rule Syria 1988 only - Mar 15 2:00 1:00 S 855Rule Syria 1989 only - Mar 31 2:00 1:00 S 856Rule Syria 1989 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 - 857Rule Syria 1990 only - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 S 858Rule Syria 1990 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 - 859Rule Syria 1991 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 860Rule Syria 1991 1992 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 861Rule Syria 1992 only - Apr 8 0:00 1:00 S 862Rule Syria 1993 only - Mar 26 0:00 1:00 S 863Rule Syria 1993 only - Sep 25 0:00 0 - 864# IATA SSIM (1996-09) says 1997-03-31; assume that it should be 1997-04-01. 865Rule Syria 1994 max - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 866Rule Syria 1994 max - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 867# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 868Zone Asia/Damascus 2:25:12 - LMT 1920 869 2:00 Syria EE%sT 870 871# Tajikistan 872# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 873Zone Asia/Dushanbe 4:35:12 - LMT 1924 May 2 874 5:00 - DUST 1957 Mar # Dushanbe Time 875 6:00 RussiaAsia DUS%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 876 5:00 1:00 DUSST 1991 Sep 9 # independence 877 5:00 RussiaAsia TJ%sT 1992 878 5:00 - TJT # Tajikistan Time 879 880# Thailand 881# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 882Zone Asia/Bangkok 6:42:04 - LMT 1880 883 6:42:04 - BMT 1920 Apr # Bangkok Mean Time 884 7:00 - ICT 885 886# Turkmenistan 887# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 888Zone Asia/Ashkhabad 3:53:32 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Ashgabat 889 4:00 - ASHT 1957 Mar # Ashkhabad Time 890 5:00 RussiaAsia ASH%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 891 4:00 1:00 ASHST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s 892 4:00 - ASHT 1991 Oct 27 # independence 893 4:00 - TMT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s 894 5:00 - TMT # Turkmenistan Time 895 896# United Arab Emirates 897# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 898Zone Asia/Dubai 3:41:12 - LMT 1920 899 4:00 - GST 900 901# Uzbekistan 902# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 903Zone Asia/Tashkent 4:37:12 - LMT 1924 May 2 904 5:00 - TAST 1957 Mar # Tashkent Time 905 6:00 RussiaAsia TAS%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 906 5:00 1:00 TASST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s 907 5:00 - UZT # Uzbekistan Time 908# Shanks has Tashkent using DST after 1991, but usno1995 says they don't. 909# Guess no DST after 1991. 910# <URL:http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/95fact/802389h.gif> (1995) 911# says that Uzbekistan has two time zones, but a cable 912# <URL:http://www.itaiep.doc.gov/bisnis/cables/960510uz.html> (1996-05-10) 913# from the American Embassy in Tashkent implies that they have just one. 914 915# Vietnam 916# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1993-11-18): 917# Saigon's official name is Thanh-Pho Ho Chi Minh, but it's too long. 918# We'll stick with the traditional name for now. 919# From Shanks (1991): 920# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 921Zone Asia/Saigon 7:06:40 - LMT 1906 Jun 9 922 7:06:20 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT? 923 7:00 - ICT 1912 May 924 8:00 - ICT 1931 May 925 7:00 - ICT 926 927# Yemen 928# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 929Zone Asia/Aden 3:00:48 - LMT 1950 930 3:00 - AST 931
