asia revision 19878
1# @(#)asia 7.25 2 3# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, 4# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to 5# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future). 6 7# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1995-07-24): 8# 9# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is 10# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (3rd edition), 11# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1991). 12# Except where otherwise noted, it is the source for the data below. 13# 14# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences, 15# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which 16# I found in the UCLA library. 17# 18# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is 19# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and the discovery of the longitude, 20# Oxford University Press (1980). 21# 22# I invented the abbreviations marked `*' in the following table; 23# the rest are from earlier versions of this file, or from other sources. 24# Corrections are welcome! 25# std dst 26# LMT Local Mean Time 27# LST Local Star Time (Russian ``mestnoe zvezdnoe vremya'') 28# 2:00 EET EEST Eastern European Time 29# 2:00 IST IDT Israel 30# 3:00 AST ADT Arabia* 31# 4:00 GST Gulf* 32# 5:30 IST India 33# 7:00 ICT Indochina* 34# 8:00 CST China 35# 9:00 JST Japan 36# 9:00 KST Korea 37# 9:30 CST (Australian) Central Standard Time 38# 39# See the `europe' file for Russia and Turkey in Asia. 40# 41# See the `africa' file for time zone naming and abbreviation conventions. 42 43# From Guy Harris: 44# Incorporates data for Singapore from Robert Elz' asia 1.1, as well as 45# additional information from Tom Yap, Sun Microsystems Intercontinental 46# Technical Support (including a page from the Official Airline Guide - 47# Worldwide Edition). The names for time zones are guesses. 48 49############################################################################### 50 51# These rules for Russia are stolen from the `europe' file. 52# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 53Rule RussiaAsia 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 54Rule RussiaAsia 1981 1983 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 55Rule RussiaAsia 1984 max - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 - 56Rule RussiaAsia 1985 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S 57 58# Afghanistan 59# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 60Zone Asia/Kabul 4:36:48 - LMT 1890 61 4:00 - AFT 1945 62 4:30 - AFT 63 64# Armenia 65# From Paul Eggert (1996-05-04): 66# Shanks has Yerevan switching to 3:00 (with Russian DST) in spring 1991, 67# but usno1995 has Armenia at 4:00 (with DST), and Edgar Der-Danieliantz 68# <edd@AIC.NET> reported today that Yerevan probably won't use DST this year, 69# though it did use DST in 1995. We guess Yerevan stayed in sync with Moscow 70# between 1990 and 1995, but stopped using DST in 1996. 71# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 72Rule Armenia 1991 1995 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S 73Rule Armenia 1991 1995 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 - 74# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 75Zone Asia/Yerevan 2:58:00 - LMT 1924 May 2 76 3:00 - YERT 1957 Mar # Yerevan Time 77 4:00 RussiaAsia YER%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 78 3:00 1:00 YERST 1991 Sep 23 # independence 79 3:00 Armenia AM%sT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s # Armenia Time 80 4:00 Armenia AM%sT 81 82# Azerbaijan 83# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 84Zone Asia/Baku 3:19:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 85 3:00 - BAKT 1957 Mar # Baku Time 86 4:00 RussiaAsia BAK%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 87 3:00 1:00 BAKST 1991 Aug 30 # independence 88 3:00 RussiaAsia AZ%sT 1992 # Azerbaijan Time 89 3:00 - AZT 90# Shanks has Baku using Russian DST rules after 1991, 91# but usno1995 has Azerbaijan with no DST. Guess no DST after 1991. 92 93# Bahrain 94# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 95Zone Asia/Bahrain 3:22:20 - LMT 1920 # Al-Manamah 96 4:00 - GST 1972 Jun 97 3:00 - AST 98 99# Bangladesh 100# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 101Zone Asia/Dacca 6:01:40 - LMT 1890 102 5:53:20 - HMT 1941 Oct # Howrah Mean Time? 103 6:30 - BURT 1942 May 15 # Burma Time 104 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep 105 6:30 - BURT 1951 Sep 30 106 6:00 - DACT 1971 Mar 26 # Dacca Time 107 6:00 - BDT # Bangladesh Time 108 109# Bhutan 110# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 111Zone Asia/Thimbu 5:58:36 - LMT 1947 Aug 15 112 5:30 - IST 1987 Oct 113 6:00 - BTT # Bhutan Time 114 115# British Indian Ocean Territory 116# From Whitman: 117# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 118Zone Indian/Chagos 5:00 - IOT # BIOT Time 119 120# Brunei 121# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 122Zone Asia/Brunei 7:39:40 - LMT 1926 Mar # Bandar Seri Begawan 123 7:30 - BNT 1933 124 8:00 - BNT 125 126# Burma / Myanmar 127# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 128Zone Asia/Rangoon 6:24:40 - LMT 1880 # or Yangon 129 6:24:36 - RMT 1920 # Rangoon Mean Time? 130 6:30 - BURT 1942 May # Burma Time 131 9:00 - JST 1945 May 3 132 6:30 - MMT # Myanmar Time 133 134# Cambodia 135# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 136Zone Asia/Phnom_Penh 6:59:40 - LMT 1906 Jun 9 137 7:06:20 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT? 138 7:00 - ICT 1912 May 139 8:00 - ICT 1931 May 140 7:00 - ICT 141 142# People's Republic of China 143 144# From Guy Harris: 145# People's Republic of China. Yes, they really have only one time zone. 146 147# From Bob Devine (1988-01-28): 148# No they don't. See TIME mag, 1986-02-17 p.52. Even though 149# China is across 4 physical time zones, before Feb 1, 1986 only the 150# Peking (Bejing) time zone was recognized. Since that date, China 151# has two of 'em -- Peking's and Urumqi (named after the capital of 152# the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region). I don't know about DST for it. 153# 154# . . .I just deleted the DST table and this editor makes it too 155# painful to suck in another copy.. So, here is what I have for 156# DST start/end dates for Peking's time zone (info from AP): 157# 158# 1986 May 4 - Sept 14 159# 1987 mid-April - ?? 160 161# From U. S. Naval Observatory (1989-01-19): 162# CHINA 8 H AHEAD OF UTC ALL OF CHINA, INCL TAIWAN 163# CHINA 9 H AHEAD OF UTC APR 17 - SEP 10 164 165# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1995-12-19): 166# Shanks writes that China has had a single time zone since 1980 May 1, 167# observing summer DST from 1986 through 1991; this contradicts Devine's 168# note about Time magazine, though apparently _something_ happened in 1986. 169# Go with Shanks for now. I made up names for the other pre-1980 time zones. 170 171# From Shanks (1991): 172# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 173Rule Shang 1940 only - Jun 3 0:00 1:00 D 174Rule Shang 1940 1941 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S 175Rule Shang 1941 only - Mar 16 0:00 1:00 D 176Rule PRC 1949 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S 177Rule PRC 1986 only - May 4 0:00 1:00 D 178Rule PRC 1986 1991 - Sep Sun>=11 0:00 0 S 179Rule PRC 1987 1991 - Apr Sun>=10 0:00 1:00 D 180# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 181Zone Asia/Harbin 8:26:44 - LMT 1928 182 8:30 - HART 1932 Mar # Harbin Time 183 8:00 - CST 1940 184 9:00 - HART 1966 May 185 8:30 - HART 1980 May 186 8:00 PRC C%sT 187Zone Asia/Shanghai 8:05:52 - LMT 1928 188 8:00 Shang C%sT 1949 189 8:00 PRC C%sT 190Zone Asia/Chungking 7:06:20 - LMT 1928 191 7:00 - CHUT 1980 May # Chungking Time 192 8:00 PRC C%sT 193Zone Asia/Urumqi 5:50:20 - LMT 1928 194 6:00 - URUT 1980 May # Urumqi Time 195 8:00 PRC C%sT 196Zone Asia/Kashgar 5:03:56 - LMT 1928 197 5:30 - KAST 1940 # Kashgar Time 198 5:00 - KAST 1980 May 199 8:00 PRC C%sT 200 201############################################################################### 202 203# Republic of China 204 205# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 206Rule Taiwan 1945 1951 - May 1 0:00 1:00 D 207Rule Taiwan 1945 1951 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S 208Rule Taiwan 1952 only - Mar 1 0:00 1:00 D 209Rule Taiwan 1952 1954 - Nov 1 0:00 0 S 210Rule Taiwan 1953 1959 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D 211Rule Taiwan 1955 1961 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S 212Rule Taiwan 1960 1961 - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 D 213Rule Taiwan 1974 1975 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D 214Rule Taiwan 1974 1975 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S 215Rule Taiwan 1980 only - Jun 30 0:00 1:00 D 216Rule Taiwan 1980 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 S 217# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 218Zone Asia/Taipei 8:06:00 - LMT 1896 219 8:00 Taiwan C%sT 220 221############################################################################### 222# Hong Kong 223# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 224Rule HK 1946 only - Apr 20 3:30 1:00 S 225Rule HK 1946 only - Dec 1 3:30 0 - 226Rule HK 1947 only - Apr 13 3:30 1:00 S 227Rule HK 1947 only - Dec 30 3:30 0 - 228Rule HK 1948 only - May 2 3:30 1:00 S 229Rule HK 1948 1952 - Oct lastSun 3:30 0 - 230Rule HK 1949 1953 - Apr Sun>=1 3:30 1:00 S 231Rule HK 1953 only - Nov 1 3:30 0 - 232Rule HK 1954 1964 - Mar Sun>=18 3:30 1:00 S 233Rule HK 1954 only - Oct 31 3:30 0 - 234Rule HK 1955 1964 - Nov Sun>=1 3:30 0 - 235Rule HK 1965 1977 - Apr Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S 236Rule HK 1965 1977 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 - 237Rule HK 1979 1980 - May Sun>=8 3:30 1:00 S 238Rule HK 1979 1980 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 - 239# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 240Zone Asia/Hong_Kong 7:36:36 - LMT 1904 Oct 30 241 8:00 HK HK%sT 1997 Jul 1 # return to China 242 8:00 PRC C%sT 243 244# Macao 245# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 246Rule Macao 1961 1962 - Mar Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S 247Rule Macao 1961 1964 - Nov Sun>=1 3:30 0 - 248Rule Macao 1963 only - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 S 249Rule Macao 1964 only - Mar Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S 250Rule Macao 1965 only - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 S 251Rule Macao 1965 only - Oct 31 0:00 0 - 252Rule Macao 1966 1971 - Apr Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S 253Rule Macao 1966 1971 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 - 254Rule Macao 1972 1974 - Apr Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S 255Rule Macao 1972 1973 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 0 - 256Rule Macao 1974 1977 - Oct Sun>=15 3:30 0 - 257Rule Macao 1975 1977 - Apr Sun>=15 3:30 1:00 S 258Rule Macao 1978 1980 - Apr Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S 259Rule Macao 1978 1980 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 0 - 260# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 261Zone Asia/Macao 7:34:20 - LMT 1912 262 8:00 Macao MO%sT 1999 Dec 20 # return to China 263 8:00 PRC C%sT 264 265 266############################################################################### 267 268# Cyprus 269# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 270Rule Cyprus 1975 only - Apr 13 0:00 1:00 S 271Rule Cyprus 1975 only - Oct 12 0:00 0 - 272Rule Cyprus 1976 only - May 15 0:00 1:00 S 273Rule Cyprus 1976 only - Oct 11 0:00 0 - 274Rule Cyprus 1977 1980 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S 275Rule Cyprus 1977 only - Sep 25 0:00 0 - 276Rule Cyprus 1978 only - Oct 2 0:00 0 - 277Rule Cyprus 1979 max - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - 278Rule Cyprus 1981 max - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S 279# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 280Zone Asia/Nicosia 2:13:28 - LMT 1921 Nov 14 281 2:00 Cyprus EE%sT 282 283# Georgia 284# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1994-11-19): 285# Today's _Economist_ (p 60) reports that Georgia moved its clocks forward 286# an hour recently, due to a law proposed by Zurab Murvanidze, 287# an MP who went on a hunger strike for 11 days to force discussion about it! 288# We have no details, but we'll guess they didn't move the clocks back in fall. 289# 290# From Paul Eggert (1995-11-13): 291# usno1995 has Georgia at 4:00. Guess that Georgia stopped transitions 292# after spring 1994 (thus sticking at 4:00). 293# Most likely we're still missing some rule changes between 1991 and 1994. 294# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 295Zone Asia/Tbilisi 2:59:16 - LMT 1880 296 2:59:16 - TBMT 1924 May 2 # Tbilisi Mean Time 297 3:00 - TBIT 1957 Mar # Tbilisi Time 298 4:00 RussiaAsia TBI%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 299 3:00 1:00 TBIST 1991 Apr 9 # independence 300 3:00 RussiaAsia GE%sT 1994 Sep 25 2:00s # Georgia Time 301 4:00 - GET 302 303# India 304# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 305Zone Asia/Calcutta 5:53:28 - LMT 1880 306 5:53:20 - HMT 1941 Oct # Howrah Mean Time? 307 6:30 - BURT 1942 May 15 # Burma Time 308 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep 309 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 15 310 5:30 - IST 311# The following are like Asia/Calcutta: 312# Andaman Is 313# Lakshadweep (Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Is) 314# Nicobar Is 315 316# Indonesia 317# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 318Zone Asia/Jakarta 7:07:12 - LMT 1867 Aug 10 319 7:07:12 - JMT 1924 Jan 1 0:13 # Jakarta MT 320 7:20 - JAVT 1932 Nov # Java Time 321 7:30 - JAVT 1942 Mar 23 322 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug 323 7:30 - JAVT 1948 May 324 8:00 - JAVT 1950 May 325 7:30 - JAVT 1964 326 7:00 - JAVT 327Zone Asia/Ujung_Pandang 7:57:36 - LMT 1920 328 7:57:36 - MMT 1932 Nov # Macassar MT 329 8:00 - BORT 1942 Feb 9 # Borneo Time 330 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug 331 8:00 - BORT 332Zone Asia/Jayapura 9:22:48 - LMT 1932 Nov 333 9:00 - JAYT 1944 # Jayapura Time 334 9:30 - CST 1964 335 9:00 - JAYT 336 337# Iran 338# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 339Rule Iran 1978 1980 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S 340Rule Iran 1978 only - Oct 21 0:00 0 - 341Rule Iran 1979 only - Sep 19 0:00 0 - 342Rule Iran 1980 only - Sep 23 0:00 0 - 343# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 344Zone Asia/Tehran 3:25:44 - LMT 1916 345 3:25:44 - TMT 1946 # Tehran Mean Time 346 3:30 - IRT 1977 Nov 347 4:00 Iran IR%sT 1979 348 3:30 Iran IR%sT 349 350# Iraq 351# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 352Rule Iraq 1982 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D 353Rule Iraq 1982 1984 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S 354Rule Iraq 1983 only - Mar 31 0:00 1:00 D 355Rule Iraq 1984 1985 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D 356Rule Iraq 1985 max - Sep lastSun 1:00s 0 S 357Rule Iraq 1986 max - Mar lastSun 1:00s 1:00 D 358# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 359Zone Asia/Baghdad 2:57:40 - LMT 1890 360 2:57:36 - BMT 1918 # Baghdad Mean Time? 361 3:00 - AST 1982 May 362 3:00 Iraq A%sT 363 364 365############################################################################### 366 367# Israel 368 369# From U. S. Naval Observatory (1989-01-19): 370# ISRAEL 2 H AHEAD OF UTC 371# ISRAEL 3 H AHEAD OF UTC APR 10 - SEP 3 372 373# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1993-11-18): 374# 375# Shanks gives the following rules for Jerusalem from 1918 through 1991. 376# After 1989 Shanks often disagrees with Silverberg; we go with Silverberg. 377 378# From Shanks (1991): 379# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 380Rule Zion 1940 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 D 381Rule Zion 1942 1944 - Nov 1 0:00 0 S 382Rule Zion 1943 only - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 D 383Rule Zion 1944 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D 384Rule Zion 1945 only - Apr 16 0:00 1:00 D 385Rule Zion 1945 only - Nov 1 2:00 0 S 386Rule Zion 1946 only - Apr 16 2:00 1:00 D 387Rule Zion 1946 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 S 388Rule Zion 1948 only - May 23 0:00 2:00 DD 389Rule Zion 1948 only - Sep 1 0:00 1:00 D 390Rule Zion 1948 1949 - Nov 1 2:00 0 S 391Rule Zion 1949 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D 392Rule Zion 1950 only - Apr 16 0:00 1:00 D 393Rule Zion 1950 only - Sep 15 3:00 0 S 394Rule Zion 1951 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D 395Rule Zion 1951 only - Nov 11 3:00 0 S 396Rule Zion 1952 only - Apr 20 2:00 1:00 D 397Rule Zion 1952 only - Oct 19 3:00 0 S 398Rule Zion 1953 only - Apr 12 2:00 1:00 D 399Rule Zion 1953 only - Sep 13 3:00 0 S 400Rule Zion 1954 only - Jun 13 0:00 1:00 D 401Rule Zion 1954 only - Sep 12 0:00 0 S 402Rule Zion 1955 only - Jun 11 2:00 1:00 D 403Rule Zion 1955 only - Sep 11 0:00 0 S 404Rule Zion 1956 only - Jun 3 0:00 1:00 D 405Rule Zion 1956 only - Sep 30 3:00 0 S 406Rule Zion 1957 only - Apr 29 2:00 1:00 D 407Rule Zion 1957 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 S 408Rule Zion 1974 only - Jul 7 0:00 1:00 D 409Rule Zion 1974 only - Oct 13 0:00 0 S 410Rule Zion 1975 only - Apr 20 0:00 1:00 D 411Rule Zion 1975 only - Aug 31 0:00 0 S 412Rule Zion 1985 only - Apr 14 0:00 1:00 D 413Rule Zion 1985 only - Sep 15 0:00 0 S 414Rule Zion 1986 only - May 18 0:00 1:00 D 415Rule Zion 1986 only - Sep 7 0:00 0 S 416Rule Zion 1987 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 D 417Rule Zion 1987 only - Sep 13 0:00 0 S 418Rule Zion 1988 only - Apr 9 0:00 1:00 D 419Rule Zion 1988 only - Sep 3 0:00 0 S 420 421# From Ephraim Silverberg (1996-01-02): 422# 423# According to the Office of the Secretary General of the Ministry of 424# Interior, there is NO set rule for Daylight-Savings/Standard time changes. 425# Each year they decide anew what havoc to wreak on the country. However, 426# there is a "supposed" set of rules which is subject to change depending 427# on the party the Minister of Interior, the size of the coalition 428# government, the phase of the moon and the direction of the wind. Hence, 429# changes may need to be made on a semi-annual basis. One thing is entrenched 430# in law, however: that there must be at least 150 days of daylight savings 431# time annually. Ever since 1993, the change to daylight savings time has 432# been from midnight Thursday night to 1 a.m. Friday morning and the change 433# back to standard time on Saturday night from midnight daylight savings time 434# to 11 p.m. standard time. 1996 is an exception to this rule where the 435# change back to standard time takes place on Sunday night instead of Saturday 436# night to avoid conflicts with the Jewish New Year. 437 438# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 439Rule Zion 1989 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 D 440Rule Zion 1989 only - Sep 3 0:00 0 S 441Rule Zion 1990 only - Mar 25 0:00 1:00 D 442Rule Zion 1990 only - Aug 26 0:00 0 S 443Rule Zion 1991 only - Mar 24 0:00 1:00 D 444Rule Zion 1991 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 S 445Rule Zion 1992 only - Mar 29 0:00 1:00 D 446Rule Zion 1992 only - Sep 6 0:00 0 S 447Rule Zion 1993 only - Apr 2 0:00 1:00 D 448Rule Zion 1993 only - Sep 5 0:00 0 S 449 450# The dates for 1994-1995 were obtained from Office of the Spokeswoman for the 451# Ministry of Interior, Jerusalem, Israel. The spokeswoman can be reached by 452# calling the switchboard at 972-2-701411 and asking for the spokeswoman. 453 454# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 455Rule Zion 1994 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D 456Rule Zion 1994 only - Aug 28 0:00 0 S 457Rule Zion 1995 only - Mar 31 0:00 1:00 D 458Rule Zion 1995 only - Sep 3 0:00 0 S 459 460# The dates for 1996-1998 were also obtained from Office of the Spokeswoman 461# for the Ministry of Interior, Jerusalem, Israel. The official announcement 462# can be viewed (in Hebrew) at the following URL: 463# 464# ftp://ftp.huji.ac.il/pub/misc/timezones/announcements/1996-1998.ps.gz 465# 466# Emptor Caveat: The dates for the years 1996-1998 were originally announced 467# on 1995-08-31, by the previous Minister of Interior. The new Minister 468# of Interior changed the dates on 1996-01-01, to take into account the 469# desires of certain portions of Israeli society (the next election is in the 470# Fall of 1996). After this (1996) year's Daylight Savings Time is over, the 471# new minister has announced that a study will be conducted as to the wishes of 472# the populace regarding the length of Daylight Savings Time and the Interior 473# Committee will meet to review the results of the study and make any necessary 474# changes to the 1997-1998 dates. Never a dull moment in the State of Israel. 475 476# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 477Rule Zion 1996 1998 - Mar Fri>=14 0:00 1:00 D 478Rule Zion 1996 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 S 479Rule Zion 1997 1998 - Oct Sun>=14 0:00 0 S 480 481# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 482Zone Asia/Jerusalem 2:20:56 - LMT 1880 483 2:20:40 - JMT 1918 # Jerusalem Mean Time? 484 2:00 Zion I%sT 485 486 487############################################################################### 488 489# Japan 490 491# `9:00' and `JST' is from Guy Harris. 492 493# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1995-03-06): 494# Today's _Asahi Evening News_ (page 4) reports that Japan had 495# daylight saving between 1948 and 1951, but ``the system was discontinued 496# because the public believed it would lead to longer working hours.'' 497# Shanks writes that daylight saving in Japan during those years was as follows: 498# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 499#Rule Japan 1948 only - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D 500#Rule Japan 1948 1951 - Sep Sat>=8 2:00 0 S 501#Rule Japan 1949 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D 502#Rule Japan 1950 1951 - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D 503# but the only locations using it were US military bases. 504# We go with Shanks and omit daylight saving in those years for Asia/Tokyo. 505 506# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 507Zone Asia/Tokyo 9:19:04 - LMT 1896 508 9:00 - JST 509Zone Asia/Ishigaki 8:16:36 - LMT 1896 510 8:00 - CST 511# There is no information for Marcus. 512# Other Japanese possessions are probably like Asia/Tokyo. 513 514# Jordan 515# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1993-11-18): 516# Most likely Shanks is merely guessing dates from 1992 on. 517# From Shanks (1991): 518# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 519Rule Jordan 1973 only - Jun 6 0:00 1:00 S 520Rule Jordan 1973 1975 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 521Rule Jordan 1974 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 522Rule Jordan 1976 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 - 523Rule Jordan 1977 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 524Rule Jordan 1978 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 S 525Rule Jordan 1978 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 - 526Rule Jordan 1985 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 527Rule Jordan 1985 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 528Rule Jordan 1986 1988 - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 S 529Rule Jordan 1986 1990 - Oct Fri>=1 0:00 0 - 530Rule Jordan 1989 only - May 8 0:00 1:00 S 531Rule Jordan 1990 only - Apr 27 0:00 1:00 S 532Rule Jordan 1991 only - Apr 19 0:00 1:00 S 533Rule Jordan 1991 only - Sep 27 0:00 0 - 534Rule Jordan 1992 max - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 S 535Rule Jordan 1992 max - Oct Fri>=1 0:00 0 - 536# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 537Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931 538 2:00 Jordan EE%sT 539 540# Kazakhstan 541# From Paul Eggert (1996-04-19): 542# Andrew Evtichov <evti@chevron.com> (1996-04-13) writes that Kazakhstan 543# stayed in sync with Moscow after 1990, and that Aktau is the biggest city 544# in western Kazakhstan. Follow Shanks before 1991, Evtichov afterwards. 545# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 546Zone Asia/Alma-Ata 5:07:48 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Almaty 547 5:00 - ALMT 1957 Mar # Alma-Ata Time 548 6:00 RussiaAsia ALM%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 549 5:00 1:00 ALMST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s 550 5:00 - ALMT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s 551 6:00 RussiaAsia ALM%sT 552Zone Asia/Aktau 3:21:04 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Aqtau 553 4:00 - SHET 1957 Mar # Fort Shevchenko Time 554 5:00 RussiaAsia SHE%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 555 4:00 1:00 AKTST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s 556 4:00 - AKTT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s # Aktau Time 557 5:00 RussiaAsia AKT%sT 558 559# Kirgizstan 560# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 561Zone Asia/Bishkek 4:58:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 562 5:00 - FRUT 1957 Mar # Frunze Time 563 6:00 RussiaAsia FRU%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 564 5:00 1:00 FRUST 1991 Aug 31 # independence 565 5:00 RussiaAsia KG%sT # Kirgizstan Time 566 567############################################################################### 568 569# Korea 570 571# From Guy Harris: 572# According to someone at the Korean Times in San Francisco, 573# Daylight Savings Time was not observed until 1987. He did not know 574# at what time of day DST starts or ends. 575 576# From Shanks (1991): 577# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 578Rule ROK 1960 only - May 15 0:00 1:00 D 579Rule ROK 1960 only - Sep 13 0:00 0 S 580Rule ROK 1987 1988 - May Sun<=14 0:00 1:00 D 581Rule ROK 1987 1988 - Oct Sun<=14 0:00 0 S 582 583# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 584Zone Asia/Seoul 8:27:52 - LMT 1890 585 8:30 - KST 1904 Dec 586 9:00 - KST 1928 587 8:30 - KST 1932 588 9:00 - KST 1954 Mar 21 589 8:00 ROK K%sT 1961 Aug 10 590 8:30 - KST 1968 Oct 591 9:00 ROK K%sT 592Zone Asia/Pyongyang 8:23:00 - LMT 1890 593 8:30 - KST 1904 Dec 594 9:00 - KST 1928 595 8:30 - KST 1932 596 9:00 - KST 1954 Mar 21 597 8:00 - KST 1961 Aug 10 598 9:00 - KST 599 600############################################################################### 601 602# Kuwait 603# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 604Zone Asia/Kuwait 3:11:56 - LMT 1950 605 3:00 - AST 606 607# Laos 608# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 609Zone Asia/Vientiane 6:50:24 - LMT 1906 Jun 9 610 7:06:20 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT? 611 7:00 - ICT 1912 May 612 8:00 - ICT 1931 May 613 7:00 - ICT 614 615# Lebanon 616# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 617Rule Lebanon 1920 only - Mar 28 0:00 1:00 S 618Rule Lebanon 1920 only - Oct 25 0:00 0 - 619Rule Lebanon 1921 only - Apr 3 0:00 1:00 S 620Rule Lebanon 1921 only - Oct 3 0:00 0 - 621Rule Lebanon 1922 only - Mar 26 0:00 1:00 S 622Rule Lebanon 1922 only - Oct 8 0:00 0 - 623Rule Lebanon 1923 only - Apr 22 0:00 1:00 S 624Rule Lebanon 1923 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 - 625Rule Lebanon 1957 1961 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 626Rule Lebanon 1957 1961 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 627Rule Lebanon 1972 only - Jun 22 0:00 1:00 S 628Rule Lebanon 1972 1977 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 629Rule Lebanon 1973 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 630Rule Lebanon 1978 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 S 631Rule Lebanon 1978 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 - 632Rule Lebanon 1984 1987 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 633Rule Lebanon 1984 max - Oct 16 0:00 0 - 634Rule Lebanon 1988 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S 635Rule Lebanon 1989 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S 636Rule Lebanon 1990 max - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 637# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 638Zone Asia/Beirut 2:22:00 - LMT 1880 639 2:00 Lebanon EE%sT 640 641# Malaysia 642# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 643Rule NBorneo 1935 1941 - Sep 14 0:00 0:20 TS 644Rule NBorneo 1935 1941 - Dec 14 0:00 0 - 645# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 646Zone Asia/Kuala_Lumpur 6:46:48 - LMT 1880 647 6:55:24 - SMT 1905 Jun # Singapore Mean Time 648 7:00 - MALT 1933 # Malaya Time 649 7:20 - MALT 1942 Feb 15 650 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 2 651 7:20 - MALT 1950 652 7:30 - MALT 1982 May 653 8:00 - MYT # Malaysia Time 654Zone Asia/Kuching 7:21:20 - LMT 1926 Mar 655 7:30 - BORT 1933 # Borneo Time 656 8:00 NBorneo BOR%sT 1942 657 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 2 658 8:00 - BORT 1982 May 659 8:00 - MYT 660 661# Maldives 662# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 663Zone Indian/Maldives 4:54:00 - LMT 1880 # Male 664 4:54:00 - MMT 1960 # Male Mean Time 665 5:00 - MVT # Maldives Time 666 667# Mongolia 668# Shanks says that Mongolia has three time zones, but usno1995 and 669# <URL:http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/95fact/802389h.gif> (1995) 670# both say that it has just one. 671# Let's comment out the western and eastern Mongolian time zones 672# till we know what their principal towns are. 673# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 674Rule Mongol 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 675Rule Mongol 1981 1984 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 676Rule Mongol 1985 max - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 S 677Rule Mongol 1985 max - Sep lastSun 3:00 0 - 678# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 679#Zone Asia/Dariv 6:14:32 - LMT 1905 Aug 680# 6:00 - DART 1978 # Dariv Time 681# 7:00 Mongol DAR%sT 682Zone Asia/Ulan_Bator 7:07:32 - LMT 1905 Aug 683 7:00 - ULAT 1978 # Ulan Bator Time 684 8:00 Mongol ULA%sT 685#Zone Asia/Baruun-Urt 7:33:00 - LMT 1905 Aug 686# 8:00 - BART 1978 # Baruun-Urt Time 687# 9:00 Mongol BAR%sT 688 689# Nepal 690# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 691Zone Asia/Katmandu 5:41:16 - LMT 1920 692 5:30 - IST 1986 693 5:45 - NPT # Nepal Time 694 695# Oman 696# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 697Zone Asia/Muscat 3:54:20 - LMT 1920 698 4:00 - GST 699 700# Pakistan 701# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 702Zone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907 703 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep 704 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 15 705 5:30 - IST 1951 Sep 30 706 5:00 - KART 1971 Mar 26 # Karachi Time 707 5:00 - PKT # Pakistan Time 708 709# Palestine 710# These rules for Egypt are stolen from the `africa' file. 711# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 712Rule EgyptAsia 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S 713Rule EgyptAsia 1957 1958 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 714Rule EgyptAsia 1958 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 715Rule EgyptAsia 1959 1981 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S 716Rule EgyptAsia 1959 1965 - Sep 30 3:00 0 - 717Rule EgyptAsia 1966 max - Oct 1 3:00 0 - 718# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 719Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct 720 2:00 - EET 1957 May 10 721 2:00 EgyptAsia EE%sT 1967 Jun 30 722 2:00 Zion I%sT 723 724# Paracel Is 725# no information 726 727# Philippines 728# Howse writes (p 162) that until 1844 the Philippines kept American date. 729# The rest of this data is from Shanks. 730# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 731Rule Phil 1936 only - Nov 1 0:00 1:00 S 732Rule Phil 1937 only - Feb 1 0:00 0 - 733Rule Phil 1954 only - Apr 12 0:00 1:00 S 734Rule Phil 1954 only - Jul 1 0:00 0 - 735Rule Phil 1978 only - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 S 736Rule Phil 1978 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 - 737# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 738Zone Asia/Manila -15:56:00 - LMT 1844 739 8:04:00 - LMT 1899 May 11 740 8:00 Phil PH%sT 1942 May 741 9:00 - JST 1944 Nov 742 8:00 Phil PH%sT 743 744# Qatar 745# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 746Zone Asia/Qatar 3:26:08 - LMT 1920 # Al Dawhah 747 4:00 - GST 1972 Jun 748 3:00 - AST 749 750# Saudi Arabia 751# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 752Zone Asia/Riyadh 3:06:52 - LMT 1950 753 3:00 - AST 754 755# Singapore 756# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 757Zone Asia/Singapore 6:55:24 - LMT 1880 758 6:55:24 - SMT 1905 Jun # Singapore Mean Time 759 7:00 - MALT 1933 # Malaya Time 760 7:20 - MALT 1942 Feb 15 761 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 2 762 7:20 - MALT 1950 763 7:30 - MALT 1965 Aug 9 # independence 764 7:30 - SGT 1982 May # Singapore Time 765 8:00 - SGT 766 767# Spratly Is 768# no information 769 770# Sri Lanka 771# From Paul Eggert (1996-09-03): 772# <URL:http://www.virtual-pc.com/lankaweb/news/items/240596-2.html> (1996-05-24) 773# reported ``the country's standard time will be put forward by one hour at 774# midnight Friday (1830 GMT) `in the light of the present power crisis'.'' 775# Transitions before 1996 are from Shanks (1991). 776 777# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 778Zone Asia/Colombo 5:19:24 - LMT 1880 779 5:20 - CEYT 1906 # Ceylon Time 780 5:30 - IST 1942 Jan 5 781 5:30 0:30 IHST 1942 Sep 782 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 16 2:00 783 5:30 - IST 1996 May 25 0:00 784 6:30 - LKT # Sri Lanka Time 785 786# Syria 787# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 788Rule Syria 1920 1923 - Apr Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 S 789Rule Syria 1920 1923 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 0 - 790Rule Syria 1962 only - Apr 29 2:00 1:00 S 791Rule Syria 1962 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 - 792Rule Syria 1963 1965 - May 1 2:00 1:00 S 793Rule Syria 1963 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 - 794Rule Syria 1964 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 - 795Rule Syria 1965 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 - 796Rule Syria 1966 only - Apr 24 2:00 1:00 S 797Rule Syria 1966 1976 - Oct 1 2:00 0 - 798Rule Syria 1967 1978 - May 1 2:00 1:00 S 799Rule Syria 1977 1978 - Sep 1 2:00 0 - 800Rule Syria 1983 1984 - Apr 9 2:00 1:00 S 801Rule Syria 1983 1984 - Oct 1 2:00 0 - 802Rule Syria 1986 only - Feb 16 2:00 1:00 S 803Rule Syria 1986 only - Oct 9 2:00 0 - 804Rule Syria 1987 only - Mar 1 2:00 1:00 S 805Rule Syria 1987 1988 - Oct 31 2:00 0 - 806Rule Syria 1988 only - Mar 15 2:00 1:00 S 807Rule Syria 1989 only - Mar 31 2:00 1:00 S 808Rule Syria 1989 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 - 809Rule Syria 1990 max - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 S 810Rule Syria 1990 max - Sep 30 2:00 0 - 811# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 812Zone Asia/Damascus 2:25:12 - LMT 1920 813 2:00 Syria EE%sT 814 815# Tajikistan 816# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 817Zone Asia/Dushanbe 4:35:12 - LMT 1924 May 2 818 5:00 - DUST 1957 Mar # Dushanbe Time 819 6:00 RussiaAsia DUS%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 820 5:00 1:00 DUSST 1991 Sep 9 # independence 821 5:00 RussiaAsia TJ%sT 1992 822 5:00 - TJT # Tajikistan Time 823# Shanks has Dushanbe at 5:00 (6:00 summer) after 1991, 824# but a cable from the American Embassy at Dushanbe 825# <URL:http://www.itaiep.doc.gov/bisnis/cables/960703ti.html> (1996-07-02) 826# says that Tajikistan is at 5:00. Guess no DST after 1991. 827 828# Thailand 829# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 830Zone Asia/Bangkok 6:42:04 - LMT 1880 831 6:42:04 - BMT 1920 Apr # Bangkok Mean Time 832 7:00 - ICT 833 834# Turkmenistan 835# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 836Zone Asia/Ashkhabad 3:53:32 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Ashgabat 837 4:00 - ASHT 1957 Mar # Ashkhabad Time 838 5:00 RussiaAsia ASH%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 839 4:00 1:00 ASHST 1991 Oct 27 # independence 840 4:00 RussiaAsia TM%sT 1992 # Turkmenistan Time 841 4:00 - TMT 842# Shanks has Ashkhabad at 4:00 (5:00 summer) after 1991, but 843# DHL <URL:http://www.dhl.com/dhlinfo/country/turkmeni.html> (1996-07-26) 844# reports 4:00. Guess no DST after 1991. 845 846# United Arab Emirates 847# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 848Zone Asia/Dubai 3:41:12 - LMT 1920 849 4:00 - GST 850 851# Uzbekistan 852# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 853Zone Asia/Tashkent 4:37:12 - LMT 1924 May 2 854 5:00 - TAST 1957 Mar # Tashkent Time 855 6:00 RussiaAsia TAS%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 856 5:00 1:00 TASST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s 857 5:00 - UZT # Uzbekistan Time 858# Shanks has Tashkent using DST after 1991, but usno1995 says they don't. 859# Guess no DST after 1991. 860# <URL:http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/95fact/802389h.gif> (1995) 861# says that Uzbekistan has two time zones, but a cable 862# <URL:http://www.itaiep.doc.gov/bisnis/cables/960510uz.html> (1996-05-10) 863# from the American Embassy in Tashkent implies that they have just one. 864 865# Vietnam 866# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1993-11-18): 867# Saigon's official name is Thanh-Pho Ho Chi Minh, but it's too long. 868# We'll stick with the traditional name for now. 869# From Shanks (1991): 870# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 871Zone Asia/Saigon 7:06:40 - LMT 1906 Jun 9 872 7:06:20 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT? 873 7:00 - ICT 1912 May 874 8:00 - ICT 1931 May 875 7:00 - ICT 876 877# Yemen 878# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 879Zone Asia/Aden 3:00:48 - LMT 1950 880 3:00 - AST 881
