asia revision 21217
1# @(#)asia 7.27 2 3# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, 4# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to 5# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future). 6 7# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1996-11-22): 8# 9# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is 10# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (3rd edition), 11# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1991). 12# Except where otherwise noted, it is the source for the data below. 13# 14# Gwillim Law <LAW@encmail.encompass.com> writes that a good source 15# for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport 16# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM), 17# published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries 18# of the IATA's data after 1990. 19# 20# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks is the source for entries through 1990, 21# and IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990. 22# 23# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences, 24# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which 25# I found in the UCLA library. 26# 27# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is 28# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and the discovery of the longitude, 29# Oxford University Press (1980). 30# 31# I invented the abbreviations marked `*' in the following table; 32# the rest are from earlier versions of this file, or from other sources. 33# Corrections are welcome! 34# std dst 35# LMT Local Mean Time 36# 2:00 EET EEST Eastern European Time 37# 2:00 IST IDT Israel 38# 3:00 AST ADT Arabia* 39# 4:00 GST Gulf* 40# 5:30 IST India 41# 7:00 ICT Indochina* 42# 8:00 CST China 43# 9:00 JST Japan 44# 9:00 KST Korea 45# 9:30 CST (Australian) Central Standard Time 46# 47# See the `europe' file for Russia and Turkey in Asia. 48# 49# See the `africa' file for time zone naming and abbreviation conventions. 50 51# From Guy Harris: 52# Incorporates data for Singapore from Robert Elz' asia 1.1, as well as 53# additional information from Tom Yap, Sun Microsystems Intercontinental 54# Technical Support (including a page from the Official Airline Guide - 55# Worldwide Edition). The names for time zones are guesses. 56 57############################################################################### 58 59# These rules are stolen from the `europe' file. 60# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 61Rule EUAsia 1981 max - Mar lastSun 1:00u 1:00 S 62Rule EUAsia 1996 max - Oct lastSun 1:00u 0 - 63Rule E-EurAsia 1981 max - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S 64Rule E-EurAsia 1979 1995 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - 65Rule E-EurAsia 1996 max - Oct lastSun 0:00 0 - 66Rule RussiaAsia 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 67Rule RussiaAsia 1981 1983 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 68Rule RussiaAsia 1984 1991 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 - 69Rule RussiaAsia 1985 1991 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S 70Rule RussiaAsia 1992 only - Mar lastSat 23:00 1:00 S 71Rule RussiaAsia 1992 only - Sep lastSat 23:00 0 - 72Rule RussiaAsia 1993 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S 73Rule RussiaAsia 1993 1995 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 - 74Rule RussiaAsia 1996 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 - 75 76# Afghanistan 77# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 78Zone Asia/Kabul 4:36:48 - LMT 1890 79 4:00 - AFT 1945 80 4:30 - AFT 81 82# Armenia 83# From Paul Eggert (1996-05-04): 84# Shanks has Yerevan switching to 3:00 (with Russian DST) in spring 1991, 85# but usno1995 has Armenia at 4:00 (with DST), and Edgar Der-Danieliantz 86# <edd@AIC.NET> reported today that Yerevan probably won't use DST this year, 87# though it did use DST in 1995. We guess Yerevan stayed in sync with Moscow 88# between 1990 and 1995, but stopped using DST in 1996. 89# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 90Rule Armenia 1991 1995 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S 91Rule Armenia 1991 1995 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 - 92# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 93Zone Asia/Yerevan 2:58:00 - LMT 1924 May 2 94 3:00 - YERT 1957 Mar # Yerevan Time 95 4:00 RussiaAsia YER%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 96 3:00 1:00 YERST 1991 Sep 23 # independence 97 3:00 Armenia AM%sT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s # Armenia Time 98 4:00 Armenia AM%sT 99 100# Azerbaijan 101# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 102Zone Asia/Baku 3:19:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 103 3:00 - BAKT 1957 Mar # Baku Time 104 4:00 RussiaAsia BAK%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 105 3:00 1:00 BAKST 1991 Aug 30 # independence 106 3:00 RussiaAsia AZ%sT 1992 Sep lastSun 2:00s 107 4:00 - AZT 1996 # Azerbaijan time 108 4:00 EUAsia AZ%sT 109 110# Bahrain 111# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 112Zone Asia/Bahrain 3:22:20 - LMT 1920 # Al-Manamah 113 4:00 - GST 1972 Jun 114 3:00 - AST 115 116# Bangladesh 117# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 118Zone Asia/Dacca 6:01:40 - LMT 1890 119 5:53:20 - HMT 1941 Oct # Howrah Mean Time? 120 6:30 - BURT 1942 May 15 # Burma Time 121 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep 122 6:30 - BURT 1951 Sep 30 123 6:00 - DACT 1971 Mar 26 # Dacca Time 124 6:00 - BDT # Bangladesh Time 125 126# Bhutan 127# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 128Zone Asia/Thimbu 5:58:36 - LMT 1947 Aug 15 129 5:30 - IST 1987 Oct 130 6:00 - BTT # Bhutan Time 131 132# British Indian Ocean Territory 133# From Whitman: 134# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 135Zone Indian/Chagos 5:00 - IOT # BIOT Time 136 137# Brunei 138# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 139Zone Asia/Brunei 7:39:40 - LMT 1926 Mar # Bandar Seri Begawan 140 7:30 - BNT 1933 141 8:00 - BNT 142 143# Burma / Myanmar 144# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 145Zone Asia/Rangoon 6:24:40 - LMT 1880 # or Yangon 146 6:24:36 - RMT 1920 # Rangoon Mean Time? 147 6:30 - BURT 1942 May # Burma Time 148 9:00 - JST 1945 May 3 149 6:30 - MMT # Myanmar Time 150 151# Cambodia 152# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 153Zone Asia/Phnom_Penh 6:59:40 - LMT 1906 Jun 9 154 7:06:20 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT? 155 7:00 - ICT 1912 May 156 8:00 - ICT 1931 May 157 7:00 - ICT 158 159# People's Republic of China 160 161# From Guy Harris: 162# People's Republic of China. Yes, they really have only one time zone. 163 164# From Bob Devine (1988-01-28): 165# No they don't. See TIME mag, 1986-02-17 p.52. Even though 166# China is across 4 physical time zones, before Feb 1, 1986 only the 167# Peking (Bejing) time zone was recognized. Since that date, China 168# has two of 'em -- Peking's and Urumqi (named after the capital of 169# the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region). I don't know about DST for it. 170# 171# . . .I just deleted the DST table and this editor makes it too 172# painful to suck in another copy.. So, here is what I have for 173# DST start/end dates for Peking's time zone (info from AP): 174# 175# 1986 May 4 - Sept 14 176# 1987 mid-April - ?? 177 178# From U. S. Naval Observatory (1989-01-19): 179# CHINA 8 H AHEAD OF UTC ALL OF CHINA, INCL TAIWAN 180# CHINA 9 H AHEAD OF UTC APR 17 - SEP 10 181 182# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1995-12-19): 183# Shanks writes that China has had a single time zone since 1980 May 1, 184# observing summer DST from 1986 through 1991; this contradicts Devine's 185# note about Time magazine, though apparently _something_ happened in 1986. 186# Go with Shanks for now. I made up names for the other pre-1980 time zones. 187 188# From Shanks (1991): 189# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 190Rule Shang 1940 only - Jun 3 0:00 1:00 D 191Rule Shang 1940 1941 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S 192Rule Shang 1941 only - Mar 16 0:00 1:00 D 193Rule PRC 1949 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S 194Rule PRC 1986 only - May 4 0:00 1:00 D 195Rule PRC 1986 1991 - Sep Sun>=11 0:00 0 S 196Rule PRC 1987 1991 - Apr Sun>=10 0:00 1:00 D 197# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 198Zone Asia/Harbin 8:26:44 - LMT 1928 199 8:30 - HART 1932 Mar # Harbin Time 200 8:00 - CST 1940 201 9:00 - HART 1966 May 202 8:30 - HART 1980 May 203 8:00 PRC C%sT 204Zone Asia/Shanghai 8:05:52 - LMT 1928 205 8:00 Shang C%sT 1949 206 8:00 PRC C%sT 207Zone Asia/Chungking 7:06:20 - LMT 1928 208 7:00 - CHUT 1980 May # Chungking Time 209 8:00 PRC C%sT 210Zone Asia/Urumqi 5:50:20 - LMT 1928 211 6:00 - URUT 1980 May # Urumqi Time 212 8:00 PRC C%sT 213Zone Asia/Kashgar 5:03:56 - LMT 1928 214 5:30 - KAST 1940 # Kashgar Time 215 5:00 - KAST 1980 May 216 8:00 PRC C%sT 217 218############################################################################### 219 220# Republic of China 221 222# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 223Rule Taiwan 1945 1951 - May 1 0:00 1:00 D 224Rule Taiwan 1945 1951 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S 225Rule Taiwan 1952 only - Mar 1 0:00 1:00 D 226Rule Taiwan 1952 1954 - Nov 1 0:00 0 S 227Rule Taiwan 1953 1959 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D 228Rule Taiwan 1955 1961 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S 229Rule Taiwan 1960 1961 - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 D 230Rule Taiwan 1974 1975 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D 231Rule Taiwan 1974 1975 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S 232Rule Taiwan 1980 only - Jun 30 0:00 1:00 D 233Rule Taiwan 1980 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 S 234# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 235Zone Asia/Taipei 8:06:00 - LMT 1896 236 8:00 Taiwan C%sT 237 238############################################################################### 239# Hong Kong 240# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 241Rule HK 1946 only - Apr 20 3:30 1:00 S 242Rule HK 1946 only - Dec 1 3:30 0 - 243Rule HK 1947 only - Apr 13 3:30 1:00 S 244Rule HK 1947 only - Dec 30 3:30 0 - 245Rule HK 1948 only - May 2 3:30 1:00 S 246Rule HK 1948 1952 - Oct lastSun 3:30 0 - 247Rule HK 1949 1953 - Apr Sun>=1 3:30 1:00 S 248Rule HK 1953 only - Nov 1 3:30 0 - 249Rule HK 1954 1964 - Mar Sun>=18 3:30 1:00 S 250Rule HK 1954 only - Oct 31 3:30 0 - 251Rule HK 1955 1964 - Nov Sun>=1 3:30 0 - 252Rule HK 1965 1977 - Apr Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S 253Rule HK 1965 1977 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 - 254Rule HK 1979 1980 - May Sun>=8 3:30 1:00 S 255Rule HK 1979 1980 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 - 256# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 257Zone Asia/Hong_Kong 7:36:36 - LMT 1904 Oct 30 258 8:00 HK HK%sT 1997 Jul 1 # return to China 259 8:00 PRC C%sT 260 261# Macao 262# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 263Rule Macao 1961 1962 - Mar Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S 264Rule Macao 1961 1964 - Nov Sun>=1 3:30 0 - 265Rule Macao 1963 only - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 S 266Rule Macao 1964 only - Mar Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S 267Rule Macao 1965 only - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 S 268Rule Macao 1965 only - Oct 31 0:00 0 - 269Rule Macao 1966 1971 - Apr Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S 270Rule Macao 1966 1971 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 - 271Rule Macao 1972 1974 - Apr Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S 272Rule Macao 1972 1973 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 0 - 273Rule Macao 1974 1977 - Oct Sun>=15 3:30 0 - 274Rule Macao 1975 1977 - Apr Sun>=15 3:30 1:00 S 275Rule Macao 1978 1980 - Apr Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S 276Rule Macao 1978 1980 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 0 - 277# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 278Zone Asia/Macao 7:34:20 - LMT 1912 279 8:00 Macao MO%sT 1999 Dec 20 # return to China 280 8:00 PRC C%sT 281 282 283############################################################################### 284 285# Cyprus 286# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 287Rule Cyprus 1975 only - Apr 13 0:00 1:00 S 288Rule Cyprus 1975 only - Oct 12 0:00 0 - 289Rule Cyprus 1976 only - May 15 0:00 1:00 S 290Rule Cyprus 1976 only - Oct 11 0:00 0 - 291Rule Cyprus 1977 1980 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S 292Rule Cyprus 1977 only - Sep 25 0:00 0 - 293Rule Cyprus 1978 only - Oct 2 0:00 0 - 294Rule Cyprus 1979 max - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - 295Rule Cyprus 1981 max - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S 296# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 297Zone Asia/Nicosia 2:13:28 - LMT 1921 Nov 14 298 2:00 Cyprus EE%sT 299 300# Georgia 301# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1994-11-19): 302# Today's _Economist_ (p 60) reports that Georgia moved its clocks forward 303# an hour recently, due to a law proposed by Zurab Murvanidze, 304# an MP who went on a hunger strike for 11 days to force discussion about it! 305# We have no details, but we'll guess they didn't move the clocks back in fall. 306# 307# From Mathew Englander <mathew@io.org>, quoting AP (1996-10-23 13:05-04): 308# Instead of putting back clocks at the end of October, Georgia 309# will stay on daylight savings time this winter to save energy, 310# President Eduard Shevardnadze decreed Wednesday. 311# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 312Zone Asia/Tbilisi 2:59:16 - LMT 1880 313 2:59:16 - TBMT 1924 May 2 # Tbilisi Mean Time 314 3:00 - TBIT 1957 Mar # Tbilisi Time 315 4:00 RussiaAsia TBI%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 316 3:00 1:00 TBIST 1991 Apr 9 # independence 317 3:00 RussiaAsia GE%sT 1992 # Georgia Time 318 3:00 E-EurAsia GE%sT 1994 Sep lastSun 319 4:00 E-EurAsia GE%sT 1996 Oct lastSun 320 5:00 - GET 321 322# India 323# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 324Zone Asia/Calcutta 5:53:28 - LMT 1880 325 5:53:20 - HMT 1941 Oct # Howrah Mean Time? 326 6:30 - BURT 1942 May 15 # Burma Time 327 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep 328 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 15 329 5:30 - IST 330# The following are like Asia/Calcutta: 331# Andaman Is 332# Lakshadweep (Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Is) 333# Nicobar Is 334 335# Indonesia 336# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 337Zone Asia/Jakarta 7:07:12 - LMT 1867 Aug 10 338 7:07:12 - JMT 1924 Jan 1 0:13 # Jakarta MT 339 7:20 - JAVT 1932 Nov # Java Time 340 7:30 - JAVT 1942 Mar 23 341 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug 342 7:30 - JAVT 1948 May 343 8:00 - JAVT 1950 May 344 7:30 - JAVT 1964 345 7:00 - JAVT 346Zone Asia/Ujung_Pandang 7:57:36 - LMT 1920 347 7:57:36 - MMT 1932 Nov # Macassar MT 348 8:00 - BORT 1942 Feb 9 # Borneo Time 349 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug 350 8:00 - BORT 351Zone Asia/Jayapura 9:22:48 - LMT 1932 Nov 352 9:00 - JAYT 1944 # Jayapura Time 353 9:30 - CST 1964 354 9:00 - JAYT 355 356# Iran 357# From Paul Eggert (1996-12-17), following up a suggestion by Rich Wales: 358# Ahmad Alavi <URL:http://tehran.stanford.edu/Iran_Lib/Calendar/taghveem.txt> 359# (1993-08-04) writes ``Daylight saving time in Iran starts from the first day 360# of Farvardin and ends the first day of Mehr.'' This disagrees with the SSIM: 361# 362# DST start DST end 363# year SSIM Alavi SSIM Alavi 364# 1991 05-03!= 03-21 09-20!= 09-23 365# 1992 03-22!= 03-21 09-23 09-23 366# 1993 03-21 03-21 09-23 09-23 367# 1994 03-21 03-21 09-22!= 09-23 368# 1995 03-21 03-21 09-22!= 09-23 369# 1996 03-21!= 03-20 09-21!= 09-22 370# 1997 03-21 03-21 09-21!= 09-23 371# 372# Go with Alavi starting with 1992. 373# I used Ed Reingold's cal-persia in GNU Emacs 19.34 to compute Persian dates. 374# The Persian calendar is based on the sun, and dates after around 2050 375# are approximate; stop after 2037 when 32-bit time_t's overflow. 376# 377# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 378Rule Iran 1978 1980 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S 379Rule Iran 1978 only - Oct 21 0:00 0 - 380Rule Iran 1979 only - Sep 19 0:00 0 - 381Rule Iran 1980 only - Sep 23 0:00 0 - 382Rule Iran 1991 only - May 3 0:00s 1:00 S 383Rule Iran 1991 only - Sep 20 0:00s 0 - 384Rule Iran 1992 1995 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S 385Rule Iran 1992 1995 - Sep 23 0:00 0 - 386Rule Iran 1996 only - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 S 387Rule Iran 1996 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 - 388Rule Iran 1997 1999 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S 389Rule Iran 1997 1999 - Sep 23 0:00 0 - 390Rule Iran 2000 only - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 S 391Rule Iran 2000 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 - 392Rule Iran 2001 2003 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S 393Rule Iran 2001 2003 - Sep 23 0:00 0 - 394Rule Iran 2004 only - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 S 395Rule Iran 2004 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 - 396Rule Iran 2005 2007 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S 397Rule Iran 2005 2007 - Sep 23 0:00 0 - 398Rule Iran 2008 only - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 S 399Rule Iran 2008 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 - 400Rule Iran 2009 2011 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S 401Rule Iran 2009 2011 - Sep 23 0:00 0 - 402Rule Iran 2012 only - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 S 403Rule Iran 2012 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 - 404Rule Iran 2013 2015 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S 405Rule Iran 2013 2015 - Sep 23 0:00 0 - 406Rule Iran 2016 only - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 S 407Rule Iran 2016 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 - 408Rule Iran 2017 2019 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S 409Rule Iran 2017 2019 - Sep 23 0:00 0 - 410Rule Iran 2020 only - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 S 411Rule Iran 2020 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 - 412Rule Iran 2021 2023 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S 413Rule Iran 2021 2023 - Sep 23 0:00 0 - 414Rule Iran 2024 2025 - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 S 415Rule Iran 2024 2025 - Sep 22 0:00 0 - 416Rule Iran 2026 2027 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S 417Rule Iran 2026 2027 - Sep 23 0:00 0 - 418Rule Iran 2028 2029 - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 S 419Rule Iran 2028 2029 - Sep 22 0:00 0 - 420Rule Iran 2030 2031 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S 421Rule Iran 2030 2031 - Sep 23 0:00 0 - 422Rule Iran 2032 2033 - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 S 423Rule Iran 2032 2033 - Sep 22 0:00 0 - 424Rule Iran 2034 2035 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S 425Rule Iran 2034 2035 - Sep 23 0:00 0 - 426Rule Iran 2036 2037 - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 S 427Rule Iran 2036 2037 - Sep 22 0:00 0 - 428# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 429Zone Asia/Tehran 3:25:44 - LMT 1916 430 3:25:44 - TMT 1946 # Tehran Mean Time 431 3:30 - IRT 1977 Nov 432 4:00 Iran IR%sT 1979 433 3:30 Iran IR%sT 434 435# Iraq 436# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 437Rule Iraq 1982 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D 438Rule Iraq 1982 1984 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S 439Rule Iraq 1983 only - Mar 31 0:00 1:00 D 440Rule Iraq 1984 1985 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D 441Rule Iraq 1985 1990 - Sep lastSun 1:00s 0 S 442Rule Iraq 1986 1990 - Mar lastSun 1:00s 1:00 D 443# IATA SSIM (1991/1996) says Apr 1 12:01am UTC; guess the `:01' is a typo. 444Rule Iraq 1991 max - Apr 1 3:00s 1:00 D 445Rule Iraq 1991 max - Oct 1 3:00s 0 D 446# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 447Zone Asia/Baghdad 2:57:40 - LMT 1890 448 2:57:36 - BMT 1918 # Baghdad Mean Time? 449 3:00 - AST 1982 May 450 3:00 Iraq A%sT 451 452 453############################################################################### 454 455# Israel 456 457# From U. S. Naval Observatory (1989-01-19): 458# ISRAEL 2 H AHEAD OF UTC 459# ISRAEL 3 H AHEAD OF UTC APR 10 - SEP 3 460 461# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1993-11-18): 462# 463# Shanks gives the following rules for Jerusalem from 1918 through 1991. 464# After 1989 Shanks often disagrees with Silverberg; we go with Silverberg. 465 466# From Shanks (1991): 467# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 468Rule Zion 1940 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 D 469Rule Zion 1942 1944 - Nov 1 0:00 0 S 470Rule Zion 1943 only - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 D 471Rule Zion 1944 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D 472Rule Zion 1945 only - Apr 16 0:00 1:00 D 473Rule Zion 1945 only - Nov 1 2:00 0 S 474Rule Zion 1946 only - Apr 16 2:00 1:00 D 475Rule Zion 1946 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 S 476Rule Zion 1948 only - May 23 0:00 2:00 DD 477Rule Zion 1948 only - Sep 1 0:00 1:00 D 478Rule Zion 1948 1949 - Nov 1 2:00 0 S 479Rule Zion 1949 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D 480Rule Zion 1950 only - Apr 16 0:00 1:00 D 481Rule Zion 1950 only - Sep 15 3:00 0 S 482Rule Zion 1951 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D 483Rule Zion 1951 only - Nov 11 3:00 0 S 484Rule Zion 1952 only - Apr 20 2:00 1:00 D 485Rule Zion 1952 only - Oct 19 3:00 0 S 486Rule Zion 1953 only - Apr 12 2:00 1:00 D 487Rule Zion 1953 only - Sep 13 3:00 0 S 488Rule Zion 1954 only - Jun 13 0:00 1:00 D 489Rule Zion 1954 only - Sep 12 0:00 0 S 490Rule Zion 1955 only - Jun 11 2:00 1:00 D 491Rule Zion 1955 only - Sep 11 0:00 0 S 492Rule Zion 1956 only - Jun 3 0:00 1:00 D 493Rule Zion 1956 only - Sep 30 3:00 0 S 494Rule Zion 1957 only - Apr 29 2:00 1:00 D 495Rule Zion 1957 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 S 496Rule Zion 1974 only - Jul 7 0:00 1:00 D 497Rule Zion 1974 only - Oct 13 0:00 0 S 498Rule Zion 1975 only - Apr 20 0:00 1:00 D 499Rule Zion 1975 only - Aug 31 0:00 0 S 500Rule Zion 1985 only - Apr 14 0:00 1:00 D 501Rule Zion 1985 only - Sep 15 0:00 0 S 502Rule Zion 1986 only - May 18 0:00 1:00 D 503Rule Zion 1986 only - Sep 7 0:00 0 S 504Rule Zion 1987 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 D 505Rule Zion 1987 only - Sep 13 0:00 0 S 506Rule Zion 1988 only - Apr 9 0:00 1:00 D 507Rule Zion 1988 only - Sep 3 0:00 0 S 508 509# From Ephraim Silverberg (1996-01-02): 510# 511# According to the Office of the Secretary General of the Ministry of 512# Interior, there is NO set rule for Daylight-Savings/Standard time changes. 513# Each year they decide anew what havoc to wreak on the country. However, 514# there is a "supposed" set of rules which is subject to change depending 515# on the party the Minister of Interior, the size of the coalition 516# government, the phase of the moon and the direction of the wind. Hence, 517# changes may need to be made on a semi-annual basis. One thing is entrenched 518# in law, however: that there must be at least 150 days of daylight savings 519# time annually. Ever since 1993, the change to daylight savings time has 520# been from midnight Thursday night to 1 a.m. Friday morning and the change 521# back to standard time on Saturday night from midnight daylight savings time 522# to 11 p.m. standard time. 1996 is an exception to this rule where the 523# change back to standard time takes place on Sunday night instead of Saturday 524# night to avoid conflicts with the Jewish New Year. 525 526# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 527Rule Zion 1989 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 D 528Rule Zion 1989 only - Sep 3 0:00 0 S 529Rule Zion 1990 only - Mar 25 0:00 1:00 D 530Rule Zion 1990 only - Aug 26 0:00 0 S 531Rule Zion 1991 only - Mar 24 0:00 1:00 D 532Rule Zion 1991 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 S 533Rule Zion 1992 only - Mar 29 0:00 1:00 D 534Rule Zion 1992 only - Sep 6 0:00 0 S 535Rule Zion 1993 only - Apr 2 0:00 1:00 D 536Rule Zion 1993 only - Sep 5 0:00 0 S 537 538# The dates for 1994-1995 were obtained from Office of the Spokeswoman for the 539# Ministry of Interior, Jerusalem, Israel. The spokeswoman can be reached by 540# calling the switchboard at 972-2-701411 and asking for the spokeswoman. 541 542# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 543Rule Zion 1994 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D 544Rule Zion 1994 only - Aug 28 0:00 0 S 545Rule Zion 1995 only - Mar 31 0:00 1:00 D 546Rule Zion 1995 only - Sep 3 0:00 0 S 547 548# The dates for 1996-1998 were also obtained from Office of the Spokeswoman 549# for the Ministry of Interior, Jerusalem, Israel. The official announcement 550# can be viewed (in Hebrew) at the following URL: 551# 552# ftp://ftp.huji.ac.il/pub/misc/timezones/announcements/1996-1998.ps.gz 553# 554# Caveat emptor: The dates for the years 1996-1998 were originally announced 555# on 1995-08-31, by the previous Minister of Interior. The new Minister 556# of Interior changed the dates on 1996-01-01, to take into account the 557# desires of certain portions of Israeli society (the next election is in the 558# Fall of 1996). After this (1996) year's Daylight Savings Time is over, the 559# new minister has announced that a study will be conducted as to the wishes of 560# the populace regarding the length of Daylight Savings Time and the Interior 561# Committee will meet to review the results of the study and make any necessary 562# changes to the 1997-1998 dates. Never a dull moment in the State of Israel. 563 564# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 565Rule Zion 1996 1998 - Mar Fri>=14 0:00 1:00 D 566Rule Zion 1996 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 S 567Rule Zion 1997 1998 - Oct Sun>=14 0:00 0 S 568 569# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 570Zone Asia/Jerusalem 2:20:56 - LMT 1880 571 2:20:40 - JMT 1918 # Jerusalem Mean Time? 572 2:00 Zion I%sT 573 574 575############################################################################### 576 577# Japan 578 579# `9:00' and `JST' is from Guy Harris. 580 581# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1995-03-06): 582# Today's _Asahi Evening News_ (page 4) reports that Japan had 583# daylight saving between 1948 and 1951, but ``the system was discontinued 584# because the public believed it would lead to longer working hours.'' 585# Shanks writes that daylight saving in Japan during those years was as follows: 586# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 587#Rule Japan 1948 only - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D 588#Rule Japan 1948 1951 - Sep Sat>=8 2:00 0 S 589#Rule Japan 1949 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D 590#Rule Japan 1950 1951 - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D 591# but the only locations using it were US military bases. 592# We go with Shanks and omit daylight saving in those years for Asia/Tokyo. 593 594# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 595Zone Asia/Tokyo 9:19:04 - LMT 1896 596 9:00 - JST 597Zone Asia/Ishigaki 8:16:36 - LMT 1896 598 8:00 - CST 599# There is no information for Marcus. 600# Other Japanese possessions are probably like Asia/Tokyo. 601 602# Jordan 603# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 604Rule Jordan 1973 only - Jun 6 0:00 1:00 S 605Rule Jordan 1973 1975 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 606Rule Jordan 1974 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 607Rule Jordan 1976 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 - 608Rule Jordan 1977 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 609Rule Jordan 1978 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 S 610Rule Jordan 1978 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 - 611Rule Jordan 1985 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 612Rule Jordan 1985 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 613Rule Jordan 1986 1988 - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 S 614Rule Jordan 1986 1990 - Oct Fri>=1 0:00 0 - 615Rule Jordan 1989 only - May 8 0:00 1:00 S 616Rule Jordan 1990 only - Apr 27 0:00 1:00 S 617Rule Jordan 1991 only - Apr 17 0:00 1:00 S 618Rule Jordan 1991 only - Sep 27 0:00 0 - 619Rule Jordan 1992 only - Apr 10 0:00 1:00 S 620Rule Jordan 1992 1993 - Oct Fri>=1 0:00 0 - 621Rule Jordan 1993 max - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 S 622Rule Jordan 1994 only - Sep Fri>=15 0:00 0 - 623Rule Jordan 1995 max - Sep Fri>=15 0:00s 0 - 624# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 625Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931 626 2:00 Jordan EE%sT 627 628# Kazakhstan 629# From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22): 630# Andrew Evtichov <evti@chevron.com> (1996-04-13) writes that Kazakhstan 631# stayed in sync with Moscow after 1990, and that Aqtobe (formerly Aktyubinsk) 632# and Aqtau (formerly Shevchenko) are the largest cities in their zones. 633# Guess that Aqtau and Aqtobe diverged in 1995, since that's the first time 634# IATA SSIM mentions a third time zone in Kazakhstan. 635# 636# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 637Zone Asia/Alma-Ata 5:07:48 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Almaty 638 5:00 - ALMT 1957 Mar # Alma-Ata Time 639 6:00 RussiaAsia ALM%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 640 5:00 1:00 ALMST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s 641 5:00 - ALMT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s 642 6:00 E-EurAsia ALM%sT 643Zone Asia/Aqtobe 3:48:40 - LMT 1924 May 2 644 4:00 - AKT 1957 Mar # Aktyubinsk Time 645 5:00 RussiaAsia AK%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 646 4:00 1:00 AKTST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s 647 4:00 - AQTT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s # Aqtobe Time 648 5:00 E-EurAsia AQT%sT 649Zone Asia/Aqtau 3:21:04 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Aktau 650 4:00 - SHET 1957 Mar # Fort Shevchenko Time 651 5:00 RussiaAsia SHE%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 652 4:00 1:00 AQTST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s 653 4:00 - AQTT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s # Aqtau Time 654 5:00 E-EurAsia AQT%sT 1995 Sep lastSun 655 4:00 E-EurAsia AQT%sT 656 657# Kirgizstan 658# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 659Rule Kirgiz 1992 max - Apr Sun>=7 0:00 1:00 S 660Rule Kirgiz 1991 max - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - 661# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 662Zone Asia/Bishkek 4:58:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 663 5:00 - FRUT 1957 Mar # Frunze Time 664 6:00 RussiaAsia FRU%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 665 5:00 1:00 FRUST 1991 Aug 31 # independence 666 5:00 Kirgiz KG%sT # Kirgizstan Time 667 668############################################################################### 669 670# Korea 671 672# From Guy Harris: 673# According to someone at the Korean Times in San Francisco, 674# Daylight Savings Time was not observed until 1987. He did not know 675# at what time of day DST starts or ends. 676 677# From Shanks (1991): 678# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 679Rule ROK 1960 only - May 15 0:00 1:00 D 680Rule ROK 1960 only - Sep 13 0:00 0 S 681Rule ROK 1987 1988 - May Sun<=14 0:00 1:00 D 682Rule ROK 1987 1988 - Oct Sun<=14 0:00 0 S 683 684# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 685Zone Asia/Seoul 8:27:52 - LMT 1890 686 8:30 - KST 1904 Dec 687 9:00 - KST 1928 688 8:30 - KST 1932 689 9:00 - KST 1954 Mar 21 690 8:00 ROK K%sT 1961 Aug 10 691 8:30 - KST 1968 Oct 692 9:00 ROK K%sT 693Zone Asia/Pyongyang 8:23:00 - LMT 1890 694 8:30 - KST 1904 Dec 695 9:00 - KST 1928 696 8:30 - KST 1932 697 9:00 - KST 1954 Mar 21 698 8:00 - KST 1961 Aug 10 699 9:00 - KST 700 701############################################################################### 702 703# Kuwait 704# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 705Zone Asia/Kuwait 3:11:56 - LMT 1950 706 3:00 - AST 707 708# Laos 709# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 710Zone Asia/Vientiane 6:50:24 - LMT 1906 Jun 9 711 7:06:20 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT? 712 7:00 - ICT 1912 May 713 8:00 - ICT 1931 May 714 7:00 - ICT 715 716# Lebanon 717# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 718Rule Lebanon 1920 only - Mar 28 0:00 1:00 S 719Rule Lebanon 1920 only - Oct 25 0:00 0 - 720Rule Lebanon 1921 only - Apr 3 0:00 1:00 S 721Rule Lebanon 1921 only - Oct 3 0:00 0 - 722Rule Lebanon 1922 only - Mar 26 0:00 1:00 S 723Rule Lebanon 1922 only - Oct 8 0:00 0 - 724Rule Lebanon 1923 only - Apr 22 0:00 1:00 S 725Rule Lebanon 1923 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 - 726Rule Lebanon 1957 1961 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 727Rule Lebanon 1957 1961 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 728Rule Lebanon 1972 only - Jun 22 0:00 1:00 S 729Rule Lebanon 1972 1977 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 730Rule Lebanon 1973 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 731Rule Lebanon 1978 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 S 732Rule Lebanon 1978 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 - 733Rule Lebanon 1984 1987 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 734Rule Lebanon 1984 1991 - Oct 16 0:00 0 - 735Rule Lebanon 1988 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S 736Rule Lebanon 1989 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S 737Rule Lebanon 1990 1992 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 738Rule Lebanon 1992 only - Oct 4 0:00 0 - 739Rule Lebanon 1993 max - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S 740Rule Lebanon 1993 max - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - 741# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 742Zone Asia/Beirut 2:22:00 - LMT 1880 743 2:00 Lebanon EE%sT 744 745# Malaysia 746# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 747Rule NBorneo 1935 1941 - Sep 14 0:00 0:20 TS 748Rule NBorneo 1935 1941 - Dec 14 0:00 0 - 749# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 750Zone Asia/Kuala_Lumpur 6:46:48 - LMT 1880 751 6:55:24 - SMT 1905 Jun # Singapore Mean Time 752 7:00 - MALT 1933 # Malaya Time 753 7:20 - MALT 1942 Feb 15 754 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 2 755 7:20 - MALT 1950 756 7:30 - MALT 1982 May 757 8:00 - MYT # Malaysia Time 758Zone Asia/Kuching 7:21:20 - LMT 1926 Mar 759 7:30 - BORT 1933 # Borneo Time 760 8:00 NBorneo BOR%sT 1942 761 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 2 762 8:00 - BORT 1982 May 763 8:00 - MYT 764 765# Maldives 766# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 767Zone Indian/Maldives 4:54:00 - LMT 1880 # Male 768 4:54:00 - MMT 1960 # Male Mean Time 769 5:00 - MVT # Maldives Time 770 771# Mongolia 772# Shanks says that Mongolia has three time zones, but usno1995 and 773# <URL:http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/95fact/802389h.gif> (1995) 774# both say that it has just one. 775# Let's comment out the western and eastern Mongolian time zones 776# till we know what their principal towns are. 777# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 778Rule Mongol 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 779Rule Mongol 1981 1984 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 780Rule Mongol 1985 1990 - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 S 781Rule Mongol 1985 1990 - Sep lastSun 3:00 0 - 782Rule Mongol 1991 max - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S 783Rule Mongol 1991 1995 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - 784Rule Mongol 1996 max - Oct Fri>=22 0:00 0 - 785# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 786#Zone Asia/Dariv 6:14:32 - LMT 1905 Aug 787# 6:00 - DART 1978 # Dariv Time 788# 7:00 Mongol DAR%sT 789Zone Asia/Ulan_Bator 7:07:32 - LMT 1905 Aug 790 7:00 - ULAT 1978 # Ulan Bator Time 791 8:00 Mongol ULA%sT 792#Zone Asia/Baruun-Urt 7:33:00 - LMT 1905 Aug 793# 8:00 - BART 1978 # Baruun-Urt Time 794# 9:00 Mongol BAR%sT 795 796# Nepal 797# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 798Zone Asia/Katmandu 5:41:16 - LMT 1920 799 5:30 - IST 1986 800 5:45 - NPT # Nepal Time 801 802# Oman 803# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 804Zone Asia/Muscat 3:54:20 - LMT 1920 805 4:00 - GST 806 807# Pakistan 808# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 809Zone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907 810 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep 811 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 15 812 5:30 - IST 1951 Sep 30 813 5:00 - KART 1971 Mar 26 # Karachi Time 814 5:00 - PKT # Pakistan Time 815 816# Palestine 817# These rules for Egypt are stolen from the `africa' file. 818# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 819Rule EgyptAsia 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S 820Rule EgyptAsia 1957 1958 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 821Rule EgyptAsia 1958 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 822Rule EgyptAsia 1959 1967 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S 823Rule EgyptAsia 1959 1965 - Sep 30 3:00 0 - 824Rule EgyptAsia 1966 only - Oct 1 3:00 0 - 825# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 826Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct 827 2:00 - EET 1957 May 10 828 2:00 EgyptAsia EE%sT 1967 Jun 30 829 2:00 Zion I%sT 830 831# Paracel Is 832# no information 833 834# Philippines 835# Howse writes (p 162) that until 1844 the Philippines kept American date. 836# The rest of this data is from Shanks. 837# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 838Rule Phil 1936 only - Nov 1 0:00 1:00 S 839Rule Phil 1937 only - Feb 1 0:00 0 - 840Rule Phil 1954 only - Apr 12 0:00 1:00 S 841Rule Phil 1954 only - Jul 1 0:00 0 - 842Rule Phil 1978 only - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 S 843Rule Phil 1978 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 - 844# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 845Zone Asia/Manila -15:56:00 - LMT 1844 846 8:04:00 - LMT 1899 May 11 847 8:00 Phil PH%sT 1942 May 848 9:00 - JST 1944 Nov 849 8:00 Phil PH%sT 850 851# Qatar 852# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 853Zone Asia/Qatar 3:26:08 - LMT 1920 # Al Dawhah 854 4:00 - GST 1972 Jun 855 3:00 - AST 856 857# Saudi Arabia 858# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 859Zone Asia/Riyadh 3:06:52 - LMT 1950 860 3:00 - AST 861 862# Singapore 863# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 864Zone Asia/Singapore 6:55:24 - LMT 1880 865 6:55:24 - SMT 1905 Jun # Singapore Mean Time 866 7:00 - MALT 1933 # Malaya Time 867 7:20 - MALT 1942 Feb 15 868 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 2 869 7:20 - MALT 1950 870 7:30 - MALT 1965 Aug 9 # independence 871 7:30 - SGT 1982 May # Singapore Time 872 8:00 - SGT 873 874# Spratly Is 875# no information 876 877# Sri Lanka 878# From Paul Eggert (1996-09-03): 879# <URL:http://www.virtual-pc.com/lankaweb/news/items/240596-2.html> (1996-05-24) 880# reported ``the country's standard time will be put forward by one hour at 881# midnight Friday (1830 GMT) `in the light of the present power crisis'.'' 882# Transitions before 1996 are from Shanks (1991). 883 884# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 885Zone Asia/Colombo 5:19:24 - LMT 1880 886 5:20 - CEYT 1906 # Ceylon Time 887 5:30 - IST 1942 Jan 5 888 5:30 0:30 IHST 1942 Sep 889 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 16 2:00 890 5:30 - IST 1996 May 25 0:00 891 6:30 - LKT # Sri Lanka Time 892 893# Syria 894# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 895Rule Syria 1920 1923 - Apr Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 S 896Rule Syria 1920 1923 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 0 - 897Rule Syria 1962 only - Apr 29 2:00 1:00 S 898Rule Syria 1962 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 - 899Rule Syria 1963 1965 - May 1 2:00 1:00 S 900Rule Syria 1963 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 - 901Rule Syria 1964 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 - 902Rule Syria 1965 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 - 903Rule Syria 1966 only - Apr 24 2:00 1:00 S 904Rule Syria 1966 1976 - Oct 1 2:00 0 - 905Rule Syria 1967 1978 - May 1 2:00 1:00 S 906Rule Syria 1977 1978 - Sep 1 2:00 0 - 907Rule Syria 1983 1984 - Apr 9 2:00 1:00 S 908Rule Syria 1983 1984 - Oct 1 2:00 0 - 909Rule Syria 1986 only - Feb 16 2:00 1:00 S 910Rule Syria 1986 only - Oct 9 2:00 0 - 911Rule Syria 1987 only - Mar 1 2:00 1:00 S 912Rule Syria 1987 1988 - Oct 31 2:00 0 - 913Rule Syria 1988 only - Mar 15 2:00 1:00 S 914Rule Syria 1989 only - Mar 31 2:00 1:00 S 915Rule Syria 1989 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 - 916Rule Syria 1990 only - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 S 917Rule Syria 1990 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 - 918Rule Syria 1991 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 919Rule Syria 1991 1992 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 920Rule Syria 1992 only - Apr 8 0:00 1:00 S 921Rule Syria 1993 only - Mar 26 0:00 1:00 S 922Rule Syria 1993 only - Sep 25 0:00 0 - 923# IATA SSIM (1996-09) says 1997-03-31; assume that it should be 1997-04-01. 924Rule Syria 1994 max - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 925Rule Syria 1994 max - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 926# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 927Zone Asia/Damascus 2:25:12 - LMT 1920 928 2:00 Syria EE%sT 929 930# Tajikistan 931# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 932Zone Asia/Dushanbe 4:35:12 - LMT 1924 May 2 933 5:00 - DUST 1957 Mar # Dushanbe Time 934 6:00 RussiaAsia DUS%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 935 5:00 1:00 DUSST 1991 Sep 9 # independence 936 5:00 RussiaAsia TJ%sT 1992 937 5:00 - TJT # Tajikistan Time 938 939# Thailand 940# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 941Zone Asia/Bangkok 6:42:04 - LMT 1880 942 6:42:04 - BMT 1920 Apr # Bangkok Mean Time 943 7:00 - ICT 944 945# Turkmenistan 946# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 947Zone Asia/Ashkhabad 3:53:32 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Ashgabat 948 4:00 - ASHT 1957 Mar # Ashkhabad Time 949 5:00 RussiaAsia ASH%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 950 4:00 1:00 ASHST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s 951 4:00 - ASHT 1991 Oct 27 # independence 952 4:00 - TMT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s 953 5:00 - TMT # Turkmenistan Time 954 955# United Arab Emirates 956# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 957Zone Asia/Dubai 3:41:12 - LMT 1920 958 4:00 - GST 959 960# Uzbekistan 961# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 962Zone Asia/Tashkent 4:37:12 - LMT 1924 May 2 963 5:00 - TAST 1957 Mar # Tashkent Time 964 6:00 RussiaAsia TAS%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 965 5:00 1:00 TASST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s 966 5:00 - UZT # Uzbekistan Time 967# Shanks has Tashkent using DST after 1991, but usno1995 says they don't. 968# Guess no DST after 1991. 969# <URL:http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/95fact/802389h.gif> (1995) 970# says that Uzbekistan has two time zones, but a cable 971# <URL:http://www.itaiep.doc.gov/bisnis/cables/960510uz.html> (1996-05-10) 972# from the American Embassy in Tashkent implies that they have just one. 973 974# Vietnam 975# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1993-11-18): 976# Saigon's official name is Thanh-Pho Ho Chi Minh, but it's too long. 977# We'll stick with the traditional name for now. 978# From Shanks (1991): 979# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 980Zone Asia/Saigon 7:06:40 - LMT 1906 Jun 9 981 7:06:20 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT? 982 7:00 - ICT 1912 May 983 8:00 - ICT 1931 May 984 7:00 - ICT 985 986# Yemen 987# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 988Zone Asia/Aden 3:00:48 - LMT 1950 989 3:00 - AST 990
