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 1003