asia revision 17200
117200Swollman# @(#)asia	7.23
22742Swollman
32742Swollman# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
42742Swollman# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
52742Swollman# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future).
62742Swollman
714343Swollman# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1995-12-19):
82742Swollman#
92742Swollman# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
102742Swollman# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (3rd edition),
112742Swollman# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1991).
122742Swollman# Except where otherwise noted, it is the source for the data below.
132742Swollman#
142742Swollman# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences,
152742Swollman# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which
162742Swollman# I found in the UCLA library.
172742Swollman#
182742Swollman# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is
192742Swollman# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and the discovery of the longitude,
202742Swollman# Oxford University Press (1980).
212742Swollman#
222742Swollman# I invented the abbreviations marked `*' in the following table;
232742Swollman# the rest are from earlier versions of this file, or from other sources.
242742Swollman# Corrections are welcome!
252742Swollman#		std dst
262742Swollman#		LMT	Local Mean Time
272742Swollman#		LST	Local Star Time (Russian ``mestnoe zvezdnoe vremya'')
282742Swollman#	2:00	EET  EET DST	Eastern European Time
292742Swollman#	2:00	IST IDT	Israel
302742Swollman#	3:00	AST ADT	Arabia*
3114343Swollman#	3:00	BSK BSD	Baku (was 4:00)*
322742Swollman#	3:30	IST IDT	Iran
3317200Swollman#	4:00	AMST AMDT Armenia (was 3:00) (was YSK, YSD)*
3414343Swollman#	4:00	TBSK TBSD Tbilisi (was 3:00)*
352742Swollman#	4:00	GST GDT	Gulf*
362742Swollman#	4:30	AFT	Afghanistan*
3717200Swollman#	5:00	ASK ASD	Aktau (was SHSK, SHSD)*
3814343Swollman#	5:00	ASK ASD	Ashkhabad (was 4:00)*
3914343Swollman#	5:00	BSK BSD Bishkek (was 6:00) (was FSK, FSD)*
402742Swollman#	5:00	PKT	Pakistan*
4114343Swollman#	5:00	TSK TSD	Tashkent (was 6:00)*
422742Swollman#	5:30	IST IST	India
432742Swollman#	5:45	NPT	Nepal*
4414343Swollman#	6:00	AASK AASD Alma-Ata (was 5:00)*
452742Swollman#	6:00	BGT	Bengal, Bangladesh*
4614343Swollman#	6:00	DSK DSD	Dushanbe (was 5:00)*
472742Swollman#	6:30	BMT	Burma*
482742Swollman#	7:00	ICT	Indochina*
492742Swollman#	7:00	JVT	Java*
502742Swollman#	8:00	BNT	Borneo, Brunei*
512742Swollman#	8:00	CST CDT	China
522742Swollman#	8:00	HKT HKST Hong Kong
532742Swollman#	8:00	PST PDT	Philippines*
542742Swollman#	8:00	SGT	Singapore
552742Swollman#	8:00	UST UDT	Ulan Bator*
569908Swollman#	9:00	JST JDT	Japan
572742Swollman#	9:00	KST KDT	Korea
582742Swollman#	9:00	MLT	Moluccas*
592742Swollman#	9:30	CST	Australian Central Standard Time
602742Swollman#
619908Swollman# See the `europe' file for Russia and Turkey in Asia.
622742Swollman#
632742Swollman# See the `africa' file for Zone naming conventions.
642742Swollman
652742Swollman# From Guy Harris:
662742Swollman# Incorporates data for Singapore from Robert Elz' asia 1.1, as well as
672742Swollman# additional information from Tom Yap, Sun Microsystems Intercontinental
682742Swollman# Technical Support (including a page from the Official Airline Guide -
692742Swollman# Worldwide Edition).  The names for time zones are guesses.
702742Swollman
712742Swollman###############################################################################
722742Swollman
7317200Swollman# These rules for Russia are stolen from the `europe' file.
742742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
7517200SwollmanRule RussiaAsia 1981	1984	-	Apr	1	0:00	1:00	D
7617200SwollmanRule RussiaAsia 1981	1983	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	K
7717200SwollmanRule RussiaAsia 1984	max	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00s	0	K
7817200SwollmanRule RussiaAsia 1985	max	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	D
792742Swollman
802742Swollman# Afghanistan
812742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
822742SwollmanZone	Asia/Kabul	4:36:48 -	LMT	1890
832742Swollman			4:00	-	GST	1945
842742Swollman			4:30	-	AFT
852742Swollman
868029Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Asia Kabul Afghanistan All points
878029Swollman
882742Swollman# Armenia
8917200Swollman# From Paul Eggert (1996-05-04):
9017200Swollman# Shanks has Yerevan switching to 3:00 (with Russian DST) in spring 1991,
9117200Swollman# but usno1995 has Armenia at 4:00 (with DST), and Edgar Der-Danieliantz
9217200Swollman# <edd@AIC.NET> reported today that Yerevan probably won't use DST this year,
9317200Swollman# though it did use DST in 1995.  We guess Yerevan stayed in sync with Moscow
9417200Swollman# between 1990 and 1995, but stopped using DST in 1996.
9517200Swollman# Der-Danieliantz also asked for a better abbreviation than `YSK'
9617200Swollman# after independence.  Apparently no abbreviation is in common use;
9717200Swollman# use `AMST/AMDT' since `AM' is the ISO country code for Armenia.
9817200Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
9917200SwollmanRule	Armenia	1992	1995	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00s	0	S
10017200SwollmanRule	Armenia	1992	1995	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	D
1012742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1022742SwollmanZone	Asia/Yerevan	2:58:00 -	LMT	1924 May  2
10314343Swollman			3:00	-	YSK	1957 Mar
10417200Swollman			4:00 RussiaAsia YS%s	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
10517200Swollman			3:00	1:00	YSD	1991 Sep 29 2:00s
10617200Swollman			3:00	-	AMST	1992 Jan 19 2:00s
10717200Swollman			4:00	Armenia	AM%sT	1996
10817200Swollman			4:00	-	AMST
1092742Swollman
1108029Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Asia Yerevan Armenia All points
1118029Swollman
1122742Swollman# Azerbaijan
1132742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1142742SwollmanZone	Asia/Baku	3:19:24 -	LMT	1924 May  2
11514343Swollman			3:00	-	BSK	1957 Mar
11617200Swollman			4:00 RussiaAsia BS%s	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
11714343Swollman			3:00	1:00	BSD	1991 Sep 29 2:00s
11814343Swollman			3:00	-	BSK
11914343Swollman# Shanks has Baku using Russian DST rules after 1991,
12014343Swollman# but usno1995 has Azerbaijan with no DST.  Go with usno1995.
1212742Swollman
1228029Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Asia Baku Azerbaijan All points
1238029Swollman
1242742Swollman# Bahrain
1252742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1262742SwollmanZone	Asia/Bahrain	3:22:20 -	LMT	1920		# Al-Manamah
1272742Swollman			4:00	-	GST	1972 Jun
1282742Swollman			3:00	-	AST
1292742Swollman
1308049Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Asia Bahrain Bahrain All points
1318029Swollman
1322742Swollman# Bangladesh
1332742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1342742SwollmanZone	Asia/Dacca	6:01:40 -	LMT	1890
1352742Swollman			5:53	-	CMT	1941 Oct    # Calcutta Mean Time
1362742Swollman			6:30	-	BMT	1942 May 15
1372742Swollman			5:30	-	IST	1942 Sep
1382742Swollman			6:30	-	BMT	1951 Sep 30
1392742Swollman			6:00	-	BGT
1402742Swollman
1418029Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Asia Dacca Bangladesh All points
1428029Swollman
1432742Swollman# Bhutan
1442742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1452742SwollmanZone	Asia/Thimbu	5:58:36 -	LMT	1947 Aug 15
1462742Swollman			5:30	-	IST	1987 Oct
1472742Swollman			6:00	-	BGT
1482742Swollman
1498029Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Asia Thimbu Bhutan All points
1508029Swollman
1512742Swollman# British Indian Ocean Territory
1522742Swollman# From Whitman:
1532742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1542742SwollmanZone	Indian/Chagos	5:00	-	PKT
1552742Swollman
1568029Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Indian Chagos British_Indian_Ocean_Terr All points
1578029Swollman
1582742Swollman# Brunei
1592742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1602742SwollmanZone	Asia/Brunei	7:39:40 -	LMT	1926 Mar   # Bandar Seri Begawan
1612742Swollman			7:30	-	BNT	1933
1622742Swollman			8:00	-	BNT
1632742Swollman
1648029Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Asia Brunei Brunei All points
1658029Swollman
16614343Swollman# Burma / Myanmar
1672742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
16817200SwollmanZone	Asia/Rangoon	6:24:40 -	LMT	1880		# or Yangon
1692742Swollman			6:25	-	RMT	1920
1702742Swollman			6:30	-	BMT	1942 May
1712742Swollman			9:00	-	JST	1945 May 3
1722742Swollman			6:30	-	BMT
1732742Swollman
1748029Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Asia Rangoon Myanmar All points
1758029Swollman
1762742Swollman# Cambodia
1772742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1782742SwollmanZone	Asia/Phnom_Penh	6:59:40 -	LMT	1906 Jun  9
1792742Swollman			7:06	-	SMT	1911 Mar 11 0:01     # Saigon MT
1802742Swollman			7:00	-	ICT	1912 May
1812742Swollman			8:00	-	ICT	1931 May
1822742Swollman			7:00	-	ICT
1832742Swollman
18412261Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Asia Phnom_Penh Cambodia All points
1858029Swollman
1862742Swollman# People's Republic of China
1872742Swollman
1882742Swollman# From Guy Harris:
1892742Swollman# People's Republic of China.  Yes, they really have only one time zone.
1902742Swollman
1912742Swollman# From Bob Devine (January 28, 1988):
1922742Swollman# No they don't.  See TIME mag, February 17, 1986 p.52.  Even though
1932742Swollman# China is across 4 physical time zones, before Feb 1, 1986 only the
1942742Swollman# Peking (Bejing) time zone was recognized.  Since that date, China
1952742Swollman# has two of 'em -- Peking's and Urumqi (named after the capital of
1962742Swollman# the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region).  I don't know about DST for it.
1972742Swollman#
1982742Swollman# . . .I just deleted the DST table and this editor makes it too
1992742Swollman# painful to suck in another copy..  So, here is what I have for
2002742Swollman# DST start/end dates for Peking's time zone (info from AP):
2012742Swollman#
2022742Swollman#     1986 May 4 - Sept 14
2032742Swollman#     1987 mid-April - ??
2042742Swollman
2052742Swollman# From U. S. Naval Observatory (January 19, 1989):
2062742Swollman# CHINA               8 H  AHEAD OF UTC  ALL OF CHINA, INCL TAIWAN
2072742Swollman# CHINA               9 H  AHEAD OF UTC  APR 17 - SEP 10
2082742Swollman
20914343Swollman# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1995-12-19):
2102742Swollman# Shanks writes that China switched from the Chinese calendar on 1912 Feb 12.
2112742Swollman# He also writes that China has had a single time zone since 1980 May 1,
21214343Swollman# observing summer DST from 1986 through 1991; this contradicts Devine's
2132742Swollman# note about Time magazine, though apparently _something_ happened in 1986.
21414343Swollman# Go with Shanks for now.  I made up names for the other pre-1980 time zones.
2152742Swollman
2162742Swollman# From Shanks (1991):
2172742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
2182742SwollmanRule	Shang	1940	only	-	Jun	 3	0:00	1:00	D
2192742SwollmanRule	Shang	1940	1941	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	S
2202742SwollmanRule	Shang	1941	only	-	Mar	16	0:00	1:00	D
2212742SwollmanRule	PRC	1949	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	0	S
2222742SwollmanRule	PRC	1986	only	-	May	 4	0:00	1:00	D
22314343SwollmanRule	PRC	1986	1991	-	Sep	Sun>=11	0:00	0	S
22414343SwollmanRule	PRC	1987	1991	-	Apr	Sun>=10	0:00	1:00	D
2252742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
22614343SwollmanZone	Asia/Harbin	8:26:44	-	LMT	1928
22714343Swollman			8:30	-	MAT	1932 Mar    # Manchuria
22814343Swollman			8:00	-	CST	1940
22914343Swollman			9:00	-	KST	1966 May
23014343Swollman			8:30	-	MAT	1980 May
23114343Swollman			8:00	PRC	C%sT
2322742SwollmanZone	Asia/Shanghai	8:05:52	-	LMT	1928
2332742Swollman			8:00	Shang	C%sT	1949
2342742Swollman			8:00	PRC	C%sT
2352742Swollman
23614343SwollmanZone	Asia/Chungking	7:06:20	-	LMT	1928
23714343Swollman			7:00	-	ICT	1980 May
23814343Swollman			8:00	PRC	C%sT
23914343SwollmanZone	Asia/Urumqi	5:50:20	-	LMT	1928
24014343Swollman			6:00	-	URT	1980 May    # Urumqi
24114343Swollman			8:00	PRC	C%sT
24214343SwollmanZone	Asia/Kashgar	5:03:56	-	LMT	1928
24314343Swollman			5:30	-	ETT	1940	    # Eastern Turkestan
24414343Swollman			5:00	-	ETT	1980 May
24514343Swollman			8:00	PRC	C%sT
2468029Swollman
24714343Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Asia Shanghai China All points except:
24814343Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Asia Harbin China Manchuria
24914343Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Asia Chungking China Chungking
25014343Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Asia Urumqi China Urumqi
25114343Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Asia Kashgar China Eastern Turkestan
25214343Swollman
2532742Swollman###############################################################################
2542742Swollman
2552742Swollman# Republic of China
2562742Swollman
2572742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
2582742SwollmanRule	Taiwan	1945	1951	-	May	1	0:00	1:00	D
2592742SwollmanRule	Taiwan	1945	1951	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	S
2602742SwollmanRule	Taiwan	1952	only	-	Mar	1	0:00	1:00	D
2612742SwollmanRule	Taiwan	1952	1954	-	Nov	1	0:00	0	S
2622742SwollmanRule	Taiwan	1953	1959	-	Apr	1	0:00	1:00	D
2632742SwollmanRule	Taiwan	1955	1961	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	S
2642742SwollmanRule	Taiwan	1960	1961	-	Jun	1	0:00	1:00	D
2652742SwollmanRule	Taiwan	1974	1975	-	Apr	1	0:00	1:00	D
2662742SwollmanRule	Taiwan	1974	1975	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	S
2672742SwollmanRule	Taiwan	1980	only	-	Jun	30	0:00	1:00	D
2682742SwollmanRule	Taiwan	1980	only	-	Sep	30	0:00	0	S
2692742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2702742SwollmanZone	Asia/Taipei	8:06:00 -	LMT	1896
2712742Swollman			8:00	Taiwan	C%sT
2722742Swollman
2738029Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Asia Taipei Taiwan All points
2748029Swollman
2752742Swollman###############################################################################
2762742Swollman# Hong Kong
2772742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
2782742SwollmanRule	HK	1946	only	-	Apr	20	3:30	1:00	S
2792742SwollmanRule	HK	1946	only	-	Dec	1	3:30	0	-
2802742SwollmanRule	HK	1947	only	-	Apr	13	3:30	1:00	S
2812742SwollmanRule	HK	1947	only	-	Dec	30	3:30	0	-
2822742SwollmanRule	HK	1948	only	-	May	2	3:30	1:00	S
2832742SwollmanRule	HK	1948	1952	-	Oct	lastSun	3:30	0	-
2842742SwollmanRule	HK	1949	1953	-	Apr	Sun>=1	3:30	1:00	S
2852742SwollmanRule	HK	1953	only	-	Nov	1	3:30	0	-
2862742SwollmanRule	HK	1954	1964	-	Mar	Sun>=18	3:30	1:00	S
2872742SwollmanRule	HK	1954	only	-	Oct	31	3:30	0	-
2882742SwollmanRule	HK	1955	1964	-	Nov	Sun>=1	3:30	0	-
2892742SwollmanRule	HK	1965	1977	-	Apr	Sun>=16	3:30	1:00	S
2902742SwollmanRule	HK	1965	1977	-	Oct	Sun>=16	3:30	0	-
2912742SwollmanRule	HK	1979	1980	-	May	Sun>=8	3:30	1:00	S
2922742SwollmanRule	HK	1979	1980	-	Oct	Sun>=16	3:30	0	-
2932742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2942742SwollmanZone	Asia/Hong_Kong	7:36:36 -	LMT	1904 Oct 30
2952742Swollman			8:00	HK	HK%sT
2962742Swollman
2978029Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Asia Hong_Kong Hong_Kong All points
2988029Swollman
2992742Swollman# Macao
3002742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
3012742SwollmanRule	Macao	1961	1962	-	Mar	Sun>=16	3:30	1:00	D
3022742SwollmanRule	Macao	1961	1964	-	Nov	Sun>=1	3:30	0	S
3032742SwollmanRule	Macao	1963	only	-	Mar	Sun>=16	0:00	1:00	D
3042742SwollmanRule	Macao	1964	only	-	Mar	Sun>=16	3:30	1:00	D
3052742SwollmanRule	Macao	1965	only	-	Mar	Sun>=16	0:00	1:00	D
3062742SwollmanRule	Macao	1965	only	-	Oct	31	0:00	0	S
3072742SwollmanRule	Macao	1966	1971	-	Apr	Sun>=16	3:30	1:00	D
3082742SwollmanRule	Macao	1966	1971	-	Oct	Sun>=16	3:30	0	S
3092742SwollmanRule	Macao	1972	1974	-	Apr	Sun>=15	0:00	1:00	D
3102742SwollmanRule	Macao	1972	1973	-	Oct	Sun>=15	0:00	0	S
3112742SwollmanRule	Macao	1974	1977	-	Oct	Sun>=15	3:30	0	S
3122742SwollmanRule	Macao	1975	1977	-	Apr	Sun>=15	3:30	1:00	D
3132742SwollmanRule	Macao	1978	1980	-	Apr	Sun>=15	0:00	1:00	D
3142742SwollmanRule	Macao	1978	1980	-	Oct	Sun>=15	0:00	0	S
3152742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3162742SwollmanZone	Asia/Macao	7:34:20 -	LMT	1912
3172742Swollman			8:00	Macao	C%sT
3182742Swollman
3198029Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Asia Macao Macao All points
3202742Swollman
3212742Swollman###############################################################################
3222742Swollman
3232742Swollman# Cyprus
3242742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
3252742SwollmanRule	Cyprus	1975	only	-	Apr	13	0:00	1:00	" DST"
3262742SwollmanRule	Cyprus	1975	only	-	Oct	12	0:00	0	-
3272742SwollmanRule	Cyprus	1976	only	-	May	15	0:00	1:00	" DST"
3282742SwollmanRule	Cyprus	1976	only	-	Oct	11	0:00	0	-
3292742SwollmanRule	Cyprus	1977	1980	-	Apr	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	" DST"
3302742SwollmanRule	Cyprus	1977	only	-	Sep	25	0:00	0	-
3312742SwollmanRule	Cyprus	1978	only	-	Oct	2	0:00	0	-
3322742SwollmanRule	Cyprus	1979	max	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	0	-
3332742SwollmanRule	Cyprus	1981	max	-	Mar	lastSun	0:00	1:00	" DST"
3342742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3352742SwollmanZone	Asia/Nicosia	2:13:28 -	LMT	1921 Nov 14
3362742Swollman			2:00	Cyprus	EET%s
3372742Swollman
3388029Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Asia Cyprus Cyprus All points
3398029Swollman
3402742Swollman# Georgia
3419908Swollman# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1994-11-19):
3429908Swollman# Today's _Economist_ (p 60) reports that Georgia moved its clocks forward
3439908Swollman# an hour recently, due to a law proposed by Zurab Murvanidze,
3449908Swollman# an MP who went on a hunger strike for 11 days to force discussion about it!
34514343Swollman# We have no details, but we'll guess they didn't move the clocks back in fall.
34614343Swollman#
34714343Swollman# From Paul Eggert (1995-11-13):
34814343Swollman# usno1995 has Georgia at 4:00.  Guess that Georgia stopped transitions
34914343Swollman# after spring 1994 (thus sticking at 4:00).
35014343Swollman# Most likely we're still missing some rule changes between 1991 and 1994.
3512742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3522742SwollmanZone	Asia/Tbilisi	2:59:16 -	LMT	1880
3532742Swollman			2:59	-	LST	1924 May  2
35414343Swollman			3:00	-	TBSK	1957 Mar
35517200Swollman			4:00 RussiaAsia TBS%s	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
35614343Swollman			3:00	1:00	TBSD	1991 Sep 29 2:00s
35717200Swollman			3:00 RussiaAsia TBS%s	1994 Sep 25 2:00s
35814343Swollman			4:00	-	TBSK
3592742Swollman
3608029Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Asia Tbilisi Georgia All points
3618029Swollman
3622742Swollman# India
3632742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3642742SwollmanZone	Asia/Calcutta	5:53:28 -	LMT	1880
3652742Swollman			5:53	-	CMT	1941 Oct    # Calcutta Mean Time
3662742Swollman			6:30	-	BMT	1942 May 15
3672742Swollman			5:30	-	IST	1942 Sep
3682742Swollman			5:30	1:00	IST	1945 Oct 15
3692742Swollman			5:30	-	IST
3702742Swollman# The following are like Asia/Calcutta:
3712742Swollman#	Andaman Is
3722742Swollman#	Lakshadweep (Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Is)
3732742Swollman#	Nicobar Is
3742742Swollman
3758029Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Asia Calcutta India All points
3768029Swollman
3772742Swollman# Indonesia
3782742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3792742SwollmanZone Asia/Jakarta	7:07:12 -	LMT	1867 Aug 10
3802742Swollman			7:07	-	JMT	1924 Jan  1 0:13
3812742Swollman			7:20	-	JVT	1932 Nov
3822742Swollman			7:30	-	JVT	1942 Mar 23
3832742Swollman			9:00	-	JST	1945 Aug
3842742Swollman			7:30	-	JVT	1948 May
3852742Swollman			8:00	-	JVT	1950 May
3862742Swollman			7:30	-	JVT	1964
3872742Swollman			7:00	-	JVT
3882742SwollmanZone Asia/Ujung_Pandang 7:57:36 -	LMT	1920
3892742Swollman			7:58	-	MMT	1932 Nov    # Macassar Mean Time
3902742Swollman			8:00	-	BNT	1942 Feb  9
3912742Swollman			9:00	-	JST	1945 Aug
3922742Swollman			8:00	-	BNT
3932742SwollmanZone Asia/Jayapura	9:22:48 -	LMT	1932 Nov
3942742Swollman			9:00	-	MLT	1944
3952742Swollman			9:30	-	CST	1964
3962742Swollman			9:00	-	MLT
3972742Swollman
3988029Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Asia Jakarta Indonesia Jakarta
3998029Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Asia Ujung_Pandang Indonesia Ujung Pandang
4008029Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Asia Jayapura Indonesia Jayapura
4018029Swollman
4022742Swollman# Iran
4032742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
4042742SwollmanRule	Iran	1978	1980	-	Mar	21	0:00	1:00	D
4052742SwollmanRule	Iran	1978	only	-	Oct	21	0:00	0	S
4062742SwollmanRule	Iran	1979	only	-	Sep	19	0:00	0	S
4072742SwollmanRule	Iran	1980	only	-	Sep	23	0:00	0	S
4082742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
4092742SwollmanZone	Asia/Tehran	3:25:44	-	LMT	1916
4102742Swollman			3:26	-	TMT	1946
4112742Swollman			3:30	-	IST	1977 Nov
4122742Swollman			4:00	Iran	G%sT	1979
4132742Swollman			3:30	Iran	I%sT
4142742Swollman
4158029Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Asia Tehran Iran All points
4168029Swollman
4172742Swollman# Iraq
4182742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
4192742SwollmanRule	Iraq	1982	only	-	May	1	0:00	1:00	D
4202742SwollmanRule	Iraq	1982	1984	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	S
4212742SwollmanRule	Iraq	1983	only	-	Mar	31	0:00	1:00	D
4222742SwollmanRule	Iraq	1984	1985	-	Apr	1	0:00	1:00	D
4232742SwollmanRule	Iraq	1985	max	-	Sep	lastSun	1:00s	0	S
4242742SwollmanRule	Iraq	1986	max	-	Mar	lastSun	1:00s	1:00	D
4252742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
4262742SwollmanZone	Asia/Baghdad	2:57:40	-	LMT	1890
4272742Swollman			2:58	-	BMT	1918	    # Baghdad Mean Time
4282742Swollman			3:00	-	AST	1982 May
4292742Swollman			3:00	Iraq	A%sT
4302742Swollman
4318029Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Asia Baghdad Iraq All points
4322742Swollman
4332742Swollman###############################################################################
4342742Swollman
4352742Swollman# Israel
4362742Swollman
4372742Swollman# From U. S. Naval Observatory (January 19, 1989):
4382742Swollman# ISRAEL              2 H  AHEAD OF UTC
4392742Swollman# ISRAEL              3 H  AHEAD OF UTC  APR 10 - SEP 3
4402742Swollman
4412742Swollman# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993):
4422742Swollman#
4432742Swollman# Shanks gives the following rules for Jerusalem from 1918 through 1991.
4442742Swollman# After 1989 Shanks often disagrees with Silverberg; we go with Silverberg.
4452742Swollman
4462742Swollman# From Shanks (1991):
4472742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
4482742SwollmanRule	Zion	1940	only	-	Jun	 1	0:00	1:00	D
4492742SwollmanRule	Zion	1942	1944	-	Nov	 1	0:00	0	S
4502742SwollmanRule	Zion	1943	only	-	Apr	 1	2:00	1:00	D
4512742SwollmanRule	Zion	1944	only	-	Apr	 1	0:00	1:00	D
4522742SwollmanRule	Zion	1945	only	-	Apr	16	0:00	1:00	D
4532742SwollmanRule	Zion	1945	only	-	Nov	 1	2:00	0	S
4542742SwollmanRule	Zion	1946	only	-	Apr	16	2:00	1:00	D
4552742SwollmanRule	Zion	1946	only	-	Nov	 1	0:00	0	S
4562742SwollmanRule	Zion	1948	only	-	May	23	0:00	2:00	DD
4572742SwollmanRule	Zion	1948	only	-	Sep	 1	0:00	1:00	D
4582742SwollmanRule	Zion	1948	1949	-	Nov	 1	2:00	0	S
4592742SwollmanRule	Zion	1949	only	-	May	 1	0:00	1:00	D
4602742SwollmanRule	Zion	1950	only	-	Apr	16	0:00	1:00	D
4612742SwollmanRule	Zion	1950	only	-	Sep	15	3:00	0	S
4622742SwollmanRule	Zion	1951	only	-	Apr	 1	0:00	1:00	D
4632742SwollmanRule	Zion	1951	only	-	Nov	11	3:00	0	S
4642742SwollmanRule	Zion	1952	only	-	Apr	20	2:00	1:00	D
4652742SwollmanRule	Zion	1952	only	-	Oct	19	3:00	0	S
4662742SwollmanRule	Zion	1953	only	-	Apr	12	2:00	1:00	D
4672742SwollmanRule	Zion	1953	only	-	Sep	13	3:00	0	S
4682742SwollmanRule	Zion	1954	only	-	Jun	13	0:00	1:00	D
4692742SwollmanRule	Zion	1954	only	-	Sep	12	0:00	0	S
4702742SwollmanRule	Zion	1955	only	-	Jun	11	2:00	1:00	D
4712742SwollmanRule	Zion	1955	only	-	Sep	11	0:00	0	S
4722742SwollmanRule	Zion	1956	only	-	Jun	 3	0:00	1:00	D
4732742SwollmanRule	Zion	1956	only	-	Sep	30	3:00	0	S
4742742SwollmanRule	Zion	1957	only	-	Apr	29	2:00	1:00	D
4752742SwollmanRule	Zion	1957	only	-	Sep	22	0:00	0	S
4762742SwollmanRule	Zion	1974	only	-	Jul	 7	0:00	1:00	D
4772742SwollmanRule	Zion	1974	only	-	Oct	13	0:00	0	S
4782742SwollmanRule	Zion	1975	only	-	Apr	20	0:00	1:00	D
4792742SwollmanRule	Zion	1975	only	-	Aug	31	0:00	0	S
4802742SwollmanRule	Zion	1985	only	-	Apr	14	0:00	1:00	D
4812742SwollmanRule	Zion	1985	only	-	Sep	15	0:00	0	S
4822742SwollmanRule	Zion	1986	only	-	May	18	0:00	1:00	D
4832742SwollmanRule	Zion	1986	only	-	Sep	 7	0:00	0	S
4842742SwollmanRule	Zion	1987	only	-	Apr	15	0:00	1:00	D
4852742SwollmanRule	Zion	1987	only	-	Sep	13	0:00	0	S
4862742SwollmanRule	Zion	1988	only	-	Apr	 9	0:00	1:00	D
4872742SwollmanRule	Zion	1988	only	-	Sep	 3	0:00	0	S
4882742Swollman#Rule	Zion	1989	only	-	Apr	29	0:00	1:00	D
4892742Swollman#Rule	Zion	1989	only	-	Sep	 2	0:00	0	S
4902742Swollman#Rule	Zion	1990	only	-	Mar	25	0:00	1:00	D
4912742Swollman#Rule	Zion	1990	only	-	Aug	26	0:00	0	S
4922742Swollman#Rule	Zion	1991	only	-	Mar	10	0:00	1:00	D
4932742Swollman#Rule	Zion	1991	only	-	Sep	 1	0:00	0	S
4942742Swollman
49514343Swollman# From Ephraim Silverberg (1996-01-02):
4962742Swollman#
4972742Swollman# According to the Office of the Secretary General of the Ministry of
4982742Swollman# Interior, there is NO set rule for Daylight-Savings/Standard time changes.
4992742Swollman# Each year they decide anew what havoc to wreak on the country.  However,
5002742Swollman# there is a "supposed" set of rules which is subject to change depending
5012742Swollman# on the party the Minister of Interior, the size of the coalition
5022742Swollman# government, the phase of the moon and the direction of the wind.  Hence,
5032742Swollman# changes may need to be made on a semi-annual basis.  One thing is entrenched
50414343Swollman# in law, however: that there must be at least 150 days of daylight savings
50514343Swollman# time annually.  Ever since 1993, the change to daylight savings time has
50614343Swollman# been from midnight Thursday night to 1 a.m. Friday morning and the change
50714343Swollman# back to standard time on Saturday night from midnight daylight savings time
50814343Swollman# to 11 p.m. standard time.  1996 is an exception to this rule where the
50914343Swollman# change back to standard time takes place on Sunday night instead of Saturday
51014343Swollman# night to avoid conflicts with the Jewish New Year.
5112742Swollman
5122742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
5132742SwollmanRule	Zion	1989	only	-	Apr	30	0:00	1:00	D
5142742SwollmanRule	Zion	1989	only	-	Sep	 3	0:00	0:00	S
5152742SwollmanRule	Zion	1990	only	-	Mar	25	0:00	1:00	D
5162742SwollmanRule	Zion	1990	only	-	Aug	26	0:00	0:00	S
5172742SwollmanRule	Zion	1991	only	-	Mar	24	0:00	1:00	D
5182742SwollmanRule	Zion	1991	only	-	Sep	 1	0:00	0:00	S
5192742SwollmanRule	Zion	1992	only	-	Mar	29	0:00	1:00	D
5202742SwollmanRule	Zion	1992	only	-	Sep	 6	0:00	0:00	S
5212742SwollmanRule	Zion	1993	only	-	Apr	 2	0:00	1:00	D
5222742SwollmanRule	Zion	1993	only	-	Sep	 5	0:00	0:00	S
5232742Swollman
52414343Swollman# The dates for 1994-1995 were obtained from Office of the Spokeswoman for the
52514343Swollman# Ministry of Interior, Jerusalem, Israel.  The spokeswoman can be reached by
52614343Swollman# calling the switchboard at 972-2-701411 and asking for the spokeswoman.
5272742Swollman
5282742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
5292742SwollmanRule    Zion    1994    only    -       Apr      1      0:00    1:00    D
5302742SwollmanRule    Zion    1994    only    -       Aug     28      0:00    0:00    S
5312742SwollmanRule    Zion    1995    only    -       Mar     31      0:00    1:00    D
5329908SwollmanRule    Zion    1995    only    -       Sep      3      0:00    0:00    S
5332742Swollman
53414343Swollman# The dates for 1996-1998 were also obtained from Office of the Spokeswoman
53514343Swollman# for the Ministry of Interior, Jerusalem, Israel.  The official announcement
53614343Swollman# can be viewed (in Hebrew) at the following URL:
53714343Swollman#
53814343Swollman#   ftp://ftp.huji.ac.il/pub/misc/timezones/announcements/1996-1998.ps.gz
53914343Swollman#
54014343Swollman# Emptor Caveat: The dates for the years 1996-1998 were originally announced
54114343Swollman# on August 31, 1995, by the previous Minister of Interior.  The new Minister
54214343Swollman# of Interior changed the dates on January 1, 1996, to take into account the
54314343Swollman# desires of certain portions of Israeli society (the next election is in the
54414343Swollman# Fall of 1996).  After this (1996) year's Daylight Savings Time is over, the
54514343Swollman# new minister has announced that a study will be conducted as to the wishes of
54614343Swollman# the populace regarding the length of Daylight Savings Time and the Interior
54714343Swollman# Committee will meet to review the results of the study and make any necessary
54814343Swollman# changes to the 1997-1998 dates.  Never a dull moment in the State of Israel.
5499908Swollman
55014343Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
55114343SwollmanRule	Zion	1996	1998	-	Mar	Fri>=14	0:00	1:00	D
55214343SwollmanRule	Zion	1996	only	-	Sep	16	0:00	0:00	S
55314343SwollmanRule	Zion	1997	1998	-	Oct	Sun>=14	0:00	0:00	S
55414343Swollman
5552742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
55614343SwollmanZone	Asia/Jerusalem	2:20:56 -	LMT	1880
5572742Swollman			2:21	-	JMT	1918
5582742Swollman			2:00	Zion	I%sT
5592742Swollman
56014343Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Asia Jerusalem Israel All points
5612742Swollman
5622742Swollman###############################################################################
5632742Swollman
5642742Swollman# Japan
5652742Swollman
5662742Swollman# `9:00' and `JST' is from Guy Harris.
5672742Swollman
5689908Swollman# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1995-03-06):
5699908Swollman# Today's _Asahi Evening News_ (page 4) reports that Japan had
5709908Swollman# daylight saving between 1948 and 1951, but ``the system was discontinued
5719908Swollman# because the public believed it would lead to longer working hours.''
5729908Swollman# Shanks writes that daylight saving in Japan during those years was as follows:
5739908Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
5749908Swollman#Rule	Japan	1948	only	-	May	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	D
5759908Swollman#Rule	Japan	1948	1951	-	Sep	Sat>=8	2:00	0	S
5769908Swollman#Rule	Japan	1949	only	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	D
5779908Swollman#Rule	Japan	1950	1951	-	May	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	D
5789908Swollman# but the only locations using it were US military bases.
5799908Swollman# We go with Shanks and omit daylight saving in those years for Asia/Tokyo.
5809908Swollman#
5819908Swollman# The same news article also reports that Japan is likely to go on DST in 1996
5829908Swollman# as follows, where I've guessed the AT and LETTER/S columns:
5839908Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
5849908Swollman#Rule	Japan	1996	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	D
5859908Swollman#Rule	Japan	1996	max	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
5862742Swollman
5872742Swollman# From Shanks (1991):
5882742Swollman# Japan switched from the Japanese calendar on 1893 Jan 1.
5892742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
5902742SwollmanZone	Asia/Tokyo	9:19:04	-	LMT	1896
5912742Swollman			9:00	-	JST
5929908Swollman# If Japan adopts DST in 1996, replace the above line with the following lines:
5939908Swollman#			9:00	-	JST	1996
5949908Swollman#			9:00	Japan	J%sT
5959908Swollman# and uncomment the two `Rule' lines commented out above.
5969908Swollman
59714343Swollman# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1995-12-19):
5989908Swollman# Shanks says that the far southern Ryukyu Is (Nansei-Shoto) are 8:00,
59914343Swollman# but we haven't confirmed this.
6009908Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
60114343Swollman#Zone	Asia/Ishigaki	8:16:36	-	LMT	1896
6022742Swollman#			8:00	-	CST
6039908Swollman# There is no information for Marcus.
6049908Swollman# Other Japanese possessions are probably like Asia/Tokyo.
6052742Swollman
6068029Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Asia Tokyo Japan All points
6078029Swollman
6082742Swollman# Jordan
6092742Swollman# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993):
6102742Swollman# Most likely Shanks is merely guessing dates from 1992 on.
6112742Swollman# From Shanks (1991):
6122742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
6132742SwollmanRule    Jordan	1973	only	-	Jun	6	0:00	1:00	" DST"
6142742SwollmanRule    Jordan	1973	1975	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	-
6152742SwollmanRule    Jordan	1974	1977	-	May	1	0:00	1:00	" DST"
6162742SwollmanRule    Jordan	1976	only	-	Nov	1	0:00	0	-
6172742SwollmanRule    Jordan	1977	only	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	-
6182742SwollmanRule    Jordan	1978	only	-	Apr	30	0:00	1:00	" DST"
6192742SwollmanRule    Jordan	1978	only	-	Sep	30	0:00	0	-
6202742SwollmanRule    Jordan	1985	only	-	Apr	1	0:00	1:00	" DST"
6212742SwollmanRule    Jordan	1985	only	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	-
6222742SwollmanRule    Jordan	1986	1988	-	Apr	Fri>=1	0:00	1:00	" DST"
6232742SwollmanRule    Jordan	1986	1990	-	Oct	Fri>=1	0:00	0	-
6242742SwollmanRule    Jordan	1989	only	-	May	8	0:00	1:00	" DST"
6252742SwollmanRule    Jordan	1990	only	-	Apr	27	0:00	1:00	" DST"
6262742SwollmanRule    Jordan	1991	only	-	Apr	19	0:00	1:00	" DST"
6272742SwollmanRule    Jordan	1991	only	-	Sep	27	0:00	0	-
6282742SwollmanRule    Jordan	1992	max	-	Apr	Fri>=1	0:00	1:00	" DST"
6292742SwollmanRule    Jordan	1992	max	-	Oct	Fri>=1	0:00	0	-
6302742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
6312742SwollmanZone	Asia/Amman	2:23:44 -	LMT	1931
6322742Swollman			2:00	Jordan	EET%s
6332742Swollman
6348029Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Asia Amman Jordan All points
6358029Swollman
6362742Swollman# Kazakhstan
63717200Swollman# From Paul Eggert (1996-04-19):
63817200Swollman# Andrew Evtichov <evti@chevron.com> (1996-04-13) writes that Kazakhstan
63917200Swollman# stayed in sync with Moscow after 1990, and that Aktau is the biggest city
64017200Swollman# in western Kazakhstan.  Follow Shanks before 1991, Evtichov afterwards.
6412742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
64217200SwollmanZone	Asia/Alma-Ata	5:07:48 -	LMT	1924 May  2 # or Almaty
64314343Swollman			5:00	-	AASK	1957 Mar
64417200Swollman			6:00 RussiaAsia AAS%s	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
64517200Swollman			5:00	1:00	AASD	1991 Sep 29 2:00s
64617200Swollman			5:00	-	AASK	1992 Jan 19 2:00s
64717200Swollman			6:00 RussiaAsia AAS%s
64817200SwollmanZone	Asia/Aktau	3:21:04	-	LMT	1924 May  2 # or Aqtau
64917200Swollman			4:00	-	SHSK	1957 Mar # Fort Shevchenko
65017200Swollman			5:00 RussiaAsia SHS%s	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
65117200Swollman			4:00	1:00	ASD	1991 Sep 29 2:00s
65217200Swollman			4:00	-	ASK	1992 Jan 19 2:00s
65317200Swollman			5:00 RussiaAsia AS%s
6542742Swollman
65517200Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Asia Alma-Ata Kazakhstan All points except:
65617200Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Asia Aktau Kazakhstan Aktau
6572742Swollman
6589908Swollman# Kirgizstan
6599908Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
6609908SwollmanZone	Asia/Bishkek	4:58:24 -	LMT	1924 May  2
66114343Swollman			5:00	-	FSK	1957 Mar	# Frunze
66217200Swollman			6:00 RussiaAsia FS%s	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
66314343Swollman			5:00	1:00	FSD	1991 Sep 29 2:00s
66417200Swollman			5:00 RussiaAsia BS%s
6659908Swollman
6669908Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Asia Bishkek Kirgizstan All points
6679908Swollman
6682742Swollman###############################################################################
6692742Swollman
6702742Swollman# Korea
6712742Swollman
6722742Swollman# From Guy Harris:
6732742Swollman# According to someone at the Korean Times in San Francisco,
6742742Swollman# Daylight Savings Time was not observed until 1987.  He did not know
6752742Swollman# at what time of day DST starts or ends.
6762742Swollman
6772742Swollman# From Shanks (1991):
6782742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
6792742SwollmanRule	ROK	1960	only	-	May	15	0:00	1:00	D
6802742SwollmanRule	ROK	1960	only	-	Sep	13	0:00	0	S
6812742SwollmanRule	ROK	1987	1988	-	May	Sun<=14	0:00	1:00	D
6822742SwollmanRule	ROK	1987	1988	-	Oct	Sun<=14	0:00	0	S
6832742Swollman
6842742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
6852742SwollmanZone	Asia/Seoul	8:27:52	-	LMT	1890
6862742Swollman			8:30	-	KST	1904 Dec
6872742Swollman			9:00	-	KST	1928
6882742Swollman			8:30	-	KST	1932
6892742Swollman			9:00	-	KST	1954 Mar 21
6902742Swollman			8:00	ROK	K%sT	1961 Aug 10
6912742Swollman			8:30	-	KST	1968 Oct
6922742Swollman			9:00	ROK	K%sT
6932742SwollmanZone	Asia/Pyongyang	8:23:00 -	LMT	1890
6942742Swollman			8:30	-	KST	1904 Dec
6952742Swollman			9:00	-	KST	1928
6962742Swollman			8:30	-	KST	1932
6972742Swollman			9:00	-	KST	1954 Mar 21
6982742Swollman			8:00	-	KST	1961 Aug 10
6992742Swollman			9:00	-	KST
7002742Swollman
7018029Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Asia Seoul South_Korea All points
7028029Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Asia Pyongyang North_Korea All points
7038029Swollman
7042742Swollman###############################################################################
7052742Swollman
7062742Swollman# Kuwait
7072742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
7082742SwollmanZone	Asia/Kuwait	3:11:56 -	LMT	1950
7092742Swollman			3:00	-	AST
7102742Swollman
7118029Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Asia Kuwait Kuwait All points
7128029Swollman
7132742Swollman# Laos
7142742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
7152742SwollmanZone	Asia/Vientiane	6:50:24 -	LMT	1906 Jun  9
7162742Swollman			7:06	-	SMT	1911 Mar 11 0:01     # Saigon MT
7172742Swollman			7:00	-	ICT	1912 May
7182742Swollman			8:00	-	ICT	1931 May
7192742Swollman			7:00	-	ICT
7202742Swollman
7218029Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Asia Vientiane Laos All points
7228029Swollman
7232742Swollman# Lebanon
7242742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
7252742SwollmanRule	Lebanon	1920	only	-	Mar	28	0:00	1:00	" DST"
7262742SwollmanRule	Lebanon	1920	only	-	Oct	25	0:00	0	-
7272742SwollmanRule	Lebanon	1921	only	-	Apr	3	0:00	1:00	" DST"
7282742SwollmanRule	Lebanon	1921	only	-	Oct	3	0:00	0	-
7292742SwollmanRule	Lebanon	1922	only	-	Mar	26	0:00	1:00	" DST"
7302742SwollmanRule	Lebanon	1922	only	-	Oct	8	0:00	0	-
7312742SwollmanRule	Lebanon	1923	only	-	Apr	22	0:00	1:00	" DST"
7322742SwollmanRule	Lebanon	1923	only	-	Sep	16	0:00	0	-
7332742SwollmanRule	Lebanon	1957	1961	-	May	1	0:00	1:00	" DST"
7342742SwollmanRule	Lebanon	1957	1961	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	-
7352742SwollmanRule	Lebanon	1972	only	-	Jun	22	0:00	1:00	" DST"
7362742SwollmanRule	Lebanon	1972	1977	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	-
7372742SwollmanRule	Lebanon	1973	1977	-	May	1	0:00	1:00	" DST"
7382742SwollmanRule	Lebanon	1978	only	-	Apr	30	0:00	1:00	" DST"
7392742SwollmanRule	Lebanon	1978	only	-	Sep	30	0:00	0	-
7402742SwollmanRule	Lebanon	1984	1987	-	May	1	0:00	1:00	" DST"
7412742SwollmanRule	Lebanon	1984	max	-	Oct	16	0:00	0	-
7422742SwollmanRule	Lebanon	1988	only	-	Jun	1	0:00	1:00	" DST"
7432742SwollmanRule	Lebanon	1989	only	-	May	10	0:00	1:00	" DST"
7442742SwollmanRule	Lebanon	1990	max	-	May	1	0:00	1:00	" DST"
7452742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
7462742SwollmanZone	Asia/Beirut	2:22:00 -	LMT	1880
7472742Swollman			2:00	Lebanon	EET%s
7482742Swollman
7498029Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Asia Beirut Lebanon All points
7508029Swollman
7512742Swollman# Malaysia
7522742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
7532742SwollmanZone Asia/Kuala_Lumpur	6:46:48 -	LMT	1880
7542742Swollman			6:55	-	SMT	1905 Jun
7552742Swollman			7:00	-	SGT	1933
7562742Swollman			7:20	-	SGT	1942 Feb 15
7572742Swollman			9:00	-	JST	1945 Sep 2
7582742Swollman			7:20	-	SGT	1950
7592742Swollman			7:30	-	SGT	1982 May
7602742Swollman			8:00	-	SGT
7612742Swollman
7628029Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Asia Kuala_Lumpur Malaysia All points
7638029Swollman
7642742Swollman# Maldives
7652742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
7662742SwollmanZone	Indian/Maldives	4:54:00 -	LMT	1880			# Male
7672742Swollman			4:54	-	MMT	1960
7682742Swollman			5:00	-	PKT
7692742Swollman
7708029Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Indian Maldives Maldives All points
7718029Swollman
7722742Swollman# Mongolia
77317200Swollman# Shanks says that Mongolia has three time zones,
77417200Swollman# but usno1995 and http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/95fact/802389h.gif
77517200Swollman# both say that it has just one.
7762742Swollman# Let's comment out the western and eastern Mongolian time zones
7772742Swollman# till we know what their principal towns are.
7782742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
7792742SwollmanRule	Mongol	1981	1984	-	Apr	1	0:00	1:00	T
7802742SwollmanRule	Mongol	1981	1984	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	S
7812742SwollmanRule	Mongol	1985	max	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00	1:00	T
7822742SwollmanRule	Mongol	1985	max	-	Sep	lastSun	3:00	0	S
7832742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
7842742Swollman#Zone	Asia/Dariv	6:14:32 -	LMT	1905 Aug
7852742Swollman#			6:00	-	DST	1978
7862742Swollman#			7:00	Mongol	D%sT
7872742SwollmanZone	Asia/Ulan_Bator	7:07:32 -	LMT	1905 Aug
7882742Swollman			7:00	-	UST	1978
7892742Swollman			8:00	Mongol	U%sT
7902742Swollman#Zone Asia/Baruun-Urt	7:33:00 -	LMT	1905 Aug
7912742Swollman#			8:00	-	BST	1978
7922742Swollman#			9:00	Mongol	B%sT
7932742Swollman
7948029Swollman# ZONE-DESCR  Asia Ulan_Bator Mongolia Central zone
7958029Swollman
7962742Swollman# Nepal
7972742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
7982742SwollmanZone	Asia/Katmandu	5:41:16 -	LMT	1920
7992742Swollman			5:30	-	IST	1986
8002742Swollman			5:45	-	NPT
8012742Swollman
8028029Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Asia Katmandu Nepal All points
8038029Swollman
8042742Swollman# Oman
8052742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
8062742SwollmanZone	Asia/Muscat	3:54:20 -	LMT	1920
8072742Swollman			4:00	-	GST
8082742Swollman
8098029Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Asia Muscat Oman All points 
8108029Swollman
8112742Swollman# Pakistan
8122742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
8132742SwollmanZone	Asia/Karachi	4:28:12 -	LMT	1907
8142742Swollman			5:30	-	IST	1942 Sep
8152742Swollman			5:30	1:00	IST	1945 Oct 15
8162742Swollman			5:30	-	IST	1951 Sep 30
8172742Swollman			5:00	-	PKT
8182742Swollman
8198029Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Asia Karachi Pakistan All points
8208029Swollman
8212742Swollman# Palestine
8222742Swollman# These rules for Egypt are stolen from the `africa' file.
8232742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
82417200SwollmanRule EgyptAsia	1957	only	-	May	10	0:00	1:00	" DST"
82517200SwollmanRule EgyptAsia	1957	1958	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
82617200SwollmanRule EgyptAsia	1958	only	-	May	 1	0:00	1:00	" DST"
82717200SwollmanRule EgyptAsia	1959	1981	-	May	 1	1:00	1:00	" DST"
82817200SwollmanRule EgyptAsia	1959	1965	-	Sep	30	3:00	0	-
82917200SwollmanRule EgyptAsia	1966	max	-	Oct	 1	3:00	0	-
8302742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
8312742SwollmanZone	Asia/Gaza	2:17:52	-	LMT	1900 Oct
8322742Swollman			2:00	-	EET	1957 May 10
83317200Swollman			2:00 EgyptAsia	EET%s	1967 Jun 30
8342742Swollman			2:00	Zion	I%sT
8352742Swollman# This will undoubtedly change soon.
8362742Swollman
83714343Swollman# Paracel Is
83814343Swollman# no information
83914343Swollman
8402742Swollman# Philippines
8412742Swollman# Howse writes (p 162) that until 1844 the Philippines kept American date.
8422742Swollman# The rest of this data is from Shanks.
8432742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
8442742SwollmanRule	Phil	1936	only	-	Nov	1	0:00	1:00	D
8452742SwollmanRule	Phil	1937	only	-	Feb	1	0:00	0	S
8462742SwollmanRule	Phil	1954	only	-	Apr	12	0:00	1:00	D
8472742SwollmanRule	Phil	1954	only	-	Jul	1	0:00	0	S
8482742SwollmanRule	Phil	1978	only	-	Mar	22	0:00	1:00	D
8492742SwollmanRule	Phil	1978	only	-	Sep	21	0:00	0	S
8502742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
8512742SwollmanZone	Asia/Manila	-15:56:00 -	LMT	1844
8522742Swollman			8:04:00 -	LMT	1899 May 11
8532742Swollman			8:00	Phil	P%sT	1942 May
8542742Swollman			9:00	-	JST	1944 Nov
8552742Swollman			8:00	Phil	P%sT
8562742Swollman
8578029Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Asia Manila Philippines All points
8588029Swollman
8592742Swollman# Qatar
8602742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
8612742SwollmanZone	Asia/Qatar	3:26:08 -	LMT	1920		# Al Dawhah
8622742Swollman			4:00	-	GST	1972 Jun
8632742Swollman			3:00	-	AST
8642742Swollman
8658029Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Asia Qatar Qatar All points
8668029Swollman
8672742Swollman# Saudi Arabia
8682742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
8692742SwollmanZone	Asia/Riyadh	3:06:52 -	LMT	1950
8702742Swollman			3:00	-	AST
8712742Swollman
8728029Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Asia Riyadh Saudi_Arabia All points
8738029Swollman
8742742Swollman# Singapore
8752742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
8762742SwollmanZone	Asia/Singapore	6:55:24 -	LMT	1880
8772742Swollman			6:55	-	SMT	1905 Jun
8782742Swollman			7:00	-	SGT	1933
8792742Swollman			7:20	-	SGT	1942 Feb 15
8802742Swollman			9:00	-	JST	1945 Sep  2
8812742Swollman			7:20	-	SGT	1950
8822742Swollman			7:30	-	SGT	1982 May
8832742Swollman			8:00	-	SGT
8842742Swollman
8858029Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Asia Singapore Singapore All points
8868029Swollman
88714343Swollman# Spratly Is
88814343Swollman# no information
88914343Swollman
8902742Swollman# Sri Lanka
8912742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
8922742SwollmanZone	Asia/Colombo	5:19:24 -	LMT	1880
8932742Swollman			5:20	-	JMT	1906
8942742Swollman			5:30	-	IST	1942 Jan  5
8952742Swollman			5:30	0:30	IHST	1942 Sep
8962742Swollman			5:30	1:00	IST	1945 Oct 16 2:00
8972742Swollman			5:30	-	IST
8982742Swollman
8998029Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Asia Colombo Sri_Lanka All points
9008029Swollman
9012742Swollman# Syria
9022742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
9032742SwollmanRule	Syria	1920	1923	-	Apr	Sun>=15	2:00	1:00	" DST"
9042742SwollmanRule	Syria	1920	1923	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00	0	-
9052742SwollmanRule	Syria	1962	only	-	Apr	29	2:00	1:00	" DST"
9062742SwollmanRule	Syria	1962	only	-	Oct	1	2:00	0	-
9072742SwollmanRule	Syria	1963	1965	-	May	1	2:00	1:00	" DST"
9082742SwollmanRule	Syria	1963	only	-	Sep	30	2:00	0	-
9092742SwollmanRule	Syria	1964	only	-	Oct	1	2:00	0	-
9102742SwollmanRule	Syria	1965	only	-	Sep	30	2:00	0	-
9112742SwollmanRule	Syria	1966	only	-	Apr	24	2:00	1:00	" DST"
9122742SwollmanRule	Syria	1966	1976	-	Oct	1	2:00	0	-
9132742SwollmanRule	Syria	1967	1978	-	May	1	2:00	1:00	" DST"
9142742SwollmanRule	Syria	1977	1978	-	Sep	1	2:00	0	-
9152742SwollmanRule	Syria	1983	1984	-	Apr	9	2:00	1:00	" DST"
9162742SwollmanRule	Syria	1983	1984	-	Oct	1	2:00	0	-
9172742SwollmanRule	Syria	1986	only	-	Feb	16	2:00	1:00	" DST"
9182742SwollmanRule	Syria	1986	only	-	Oct	9	2:00	0	-
9192742SwollmanRule	Syria	1987	only	-	Mar	1	2:00	1:00	" DST"
9202742SwollmanRule	Syria	1987	1988	-	Oct	31	2:00	0	-
9212742SwollmanRule	Syria	1988	only	-	Mar	15	2:00	1:00	" DST"
9222742SwollmanRule	Syria	1989	only	-	Mar	31	2:00	1:00	" DST"
9232742SwollmanRule	Syria	1989	only	-	Oct	1	2:00	0	-
9242742SwollmanRule	Syria	1990	max	-	Apr	1	2:00	1:00	" DST"
9252742SwollmanRule	Syria	1990	max	-	Sep	30	2:00	0	-
9262742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
9272742SwollmanZone	Asia/Damascus	2:25:12 -	LMT	1920
9282742Swollman			2:00	Syria	EET%s
9292742Swollman
9308029Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Asia Damascus Syria All points
9318029Swollman
9322742Swollman# Tajikistan
9332742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
9342742SwollmanZone	Asia/Dushanbe	4:35:12 -	LMT	1924 May  2
93514343Swollman			5:00	-	DSK	1957 Mar
93617200Swollman			6:00 RussiaAsia DS%s	1991
93714343Swollman			6:00	-	DSK
93814343Swollman# Shanks has Dushanbe at 5:00 (6:00 summer) after 1991 Sep 29 3:00,
93914343Swollman# but usno1995 has it at 6:00.  Go with usno1995.
9402742Swollman
9418029Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Asia Dushanbe Tajikistan All points
9428029Swollman
9432742Swollman# Thailand
9442742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
9452742SwollmanZone	Asia/Bangkok	6:42:04	-	LMT	1880
9462742Swollman			6:42	-	BMT	1920 Apr
9472742Swollman			7:00	-	ICT
9482742Swollman
9498029Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Asia Bangkok Thailand All points
9508029Swollman
9512742Swollman# Turkmenistan
9522742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
9532742SwollmanZone	Asia/Ashkhabad	3:53:32 -	LMT	1924 May  2
9542742Swollman			4:00	-	ASK	1957 Mar
95517200Swollman			5:00 RussiaAsia AS%s	1991
95614343Swollman			5:00	-	ASK
95714343Swollman# Shanks has Ashkhabad at 4:00 (5:00 summer) after 1991 Sep 20 3:00,
95814343Swollman# but usno has it at 5:00.  Go with usno1995.
9592742Swollman
9608029Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Asia Ashkhabad Turkmenistan All points
9618029Swollman
9622742Swollman# United Arab Emirates
9632742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
9642742SwollmanZone	Asia/Dubai	3:41:12 -	LMT	1920
9652742Swollman			4:00	-	GST
9662742Swollman
9678029Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Asia Dubai U_A_E All points
9688029Swollman
9692742Swollman# Uzbekistan
9702742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
9712742SwollmanZone	Asia/Tashkent	4:37:12 -	LMT	1924 May  2
9722742Swollman			5:00	-	TSK	1957 Mar
97317200Swollman			6:00 RussiaAsia TS%s	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
97414343Swollman			5:00	1:00	TSD	1991 Sep 29 2:00s
97514343Swollman			5:00	-	TSK
97614343Swollman# Shanks has Tashkent using DST after 1991, but usno1995 says they don't.
97714343Swollman# Go with usno1995.
97817200Swollman# http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/95fact/802389h.gif claims that
97917200Swollman# Uzbekistan has two time zones, but we lack data about this.
9802742Swollman
9818029Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Asia Tashkent Uzbekistan All points
9828029Swollman
9832742Swollman# Vietnam
9842742Swollman# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993):
9852742Swollman# Saigon's official name is Thanh-Pho Ho Chi Minh, but it's too long.
9862742Swollman# We'll stick with the traditional name for now.
9872742Swollman# From Shanks (1991):
9882742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
9892742SwollmanZone	Asia/Saigon	7:06:40 -	LMT	1906 Jun  9
9902742Swollman			7:06	-	SMT	1911 Mar 11 0:01     # Saigon MT
9912742Swollman			7:00	-	ICT	1912 May
9922742Swollman			8:00	-	ICT	1931 May
9932742Swollman			7:00	-	ICT
9942742Swollman
9958029Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Asia Saigon Vietnam All points
9968029Swollman
9972742Swollman# Yemen
9982742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
9992742SwollmanZone	Asia/Aden	3:00:48	-	LMT	1950
10002742Swollman			3:00	-	AST
10018029Swollman
10028029Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Asia Aden Yemen All points
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