asia revision 67578
167578Swollman# @(#)asia 7.57 264499Swollman 358787Sru# $FreeBSD: head/share/zoneinfo/asia 67578 2000-10-25 19:36:49Z wollman $ 42742Swollman 52742Swollman# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, 62742Swollman# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to 72742Swollman# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future). 82742Swollman 958787Sru# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1999-03-22): 102742Swollman# 112742Swollman# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is 1258787Sru# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (5th edition), 1358787Sru# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1999). 142742Swollman# 1558787Sru# Gwillim Law <Gwil_Law@bridge-point.com> writes that a good source 1620094Swollman# for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport 1720094Swollman# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM), 1820094Swollman# published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries 1920094Swollman# of the IATA's data after 1990. 2020094Swollman# 2120094Swollman# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks is the source for entries through 1990, 2220094Swollman# and IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990. 2320094Swollman# 242742Swollman# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences, 252742Swollman# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which 262742Swollman# I found in the UCLA library. 272742Swollman# 282742Swollman# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is 2958787Sru# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997). 302742Swollman# 312742Swollman# I invented the abbreviations marked `*' in the following table; 322742Swollman# the rest are from earlier versions of this file, or from other sources. 332742Swollman# Corrections are welcome! 342742Swollman# std dst 352742Swollman# LMT Local Mean Time 3619878Swollman# 2:00 EET EEST Eastern European Time 372742Swollman# 2:00 IST IDT Israel 382742Swollman# 3:00 AST ADT Arabia* 3919878Swollman# 4:00 GST Gulf* 4019878Swollman# 5:30 IST India 412742Swollman# 7:00 ICT Indochina* 4219878Swollman# 8:00 CST China 4343543Swollman# 9:00 CJT Central Japanese Time (1896/1937)* 4419878Swollman# 9:00 JST Japan 4519878Swollman# 9:00 KST Korea 4619878Swollman# 9:30 CST (Australian) Central Standard Time 472742Swollman# 489908Swollman# See the `europe' file for Russia and Turkey in Asia. 492742Swollman 502742Swollman# From Guy Harris: 512742Swollman# Incorporates data for Singapore from Robert Elz' asia 1.1, as well as 522742Swollman# additional information from Tom Yap, Sun Microsystems Intercontinental 532742Swollman# Technical Support (including a page from the Official Airline Guide - 542742Swollman# Worldwide Edition). The names for time zones are guesses. 552742Swollman 562742Swollman############################################################################### 572742Swollman 5820094Swollman# These rules are stolen from the `europe' file. 592742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 6020094SwollmanRule EUAsia 1981 max - Mar lastSun 1:00u 1:00 S 6120094SwollmanRule EUAsia 1996 max - Oct lastSun 1:00u 0 - 6220094SwollmanRule E-EurAsia 1981 max - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S 6320094SwollmanRule E-EurAsia 1979 1995 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - 6420094SwollmanRule E-EurAsia 1996 max - Oct lastSun 0:00 0 - 6520094SwollmanRule RussiaAsia 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 6620094SwollmanRule RussiaAsia 1981 1983 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 6720094SwollmanRule RussiaAsia 1984 1991 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 - 6820094SwollmanRule RussiaAsia 1985 1991 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S 6920094SwollmanRule RussiaAsia 1992 only - Mar lastSat 23:00 1:00 S 7020094SwollmanRule RussiaAsia 1992 only - Sep lastSat 23:00 0 - 7120094SwollmanRule RussiaAsia 1993 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S 7220094SwollmanRule RussiaAsia 1993 1995 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 - 7320094SwollmanRule RussiaAsia 1996 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 - 742742Swollman 752742Swollman# Afghanistan 762742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 772742SwollmanZone Asia/Kabul 4:36:48 - LMT 1890 7819878Swollman 4:00 - AFT 1945 792742Swollman 4:30 - AFT 802742Swollman 812742Swollman# Armenia 8258787Sru# From Paul Eggert (1999-10-29): 8317200Swollman# Shanks has Yerevan switching to 3:00 (with Russian DST) in spring 1991, 8458787Sru# then to 4:00 with no DST in fall 1995, then readopting Russian DST in 1997. 8558787Sru# Go with Shanks, even when he disagrees with others. Edgar Der-Danieliantz 8643014Swollman# <edd@AIC.NET> reported (1996-05-04) that Yerevan probably wouldn't use DST 8743014Swollman# in 1996, though it did use DST in 1995. IATA SSIM (1991/1998) reports that 8843014Swollman# Armenia switched from 3:00 to 4:00 in 1998 and observed DST after 1991, 8943014Swollman# but started switching at 3:00s in 1998. 902742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 912742SwollmanZone Asia/Yerevan 2:58:00 - LMT 1924 May 2 9219878Swollman 3:00 - YERT 1957 Mar # Yerevan Time 9319878Swollman 4:00 RussiaAsia YER%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 9419878Swollman 3:00 1:00 YERST 1991 Sep 23 # independence 9558787Sru 3:00 RussiaAsia AM%sT 1995 Sep 24 2:00s 9643014Swollman 4:00 - AMT 1997 9743014Swollman 4:00 RussiaAsia AM%sT 982742Swollman 992742Swollman# Azerbaijan 10043014Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 10143014SwollmanRule Azer 1997 max - Mar lastSun 1:00 1:00 S 10243014SwollmanRule Azer 1997 max - Oct lastSun 1:00 0 - 1032742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1042742SwollmanZone Asia/Baku 3:19:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 10519878Swollman 3:00 - BAKT 1957 Mar # Baku Time 10619878Swollman 4:00 RussiaAsia BAK%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 10719878Swollman 3:00 1:00 BAKST 1991 Aug 30 # independence 10820094Swollman 3:00 RussiaAsia AZ%sT 1992 Sep lastSun 2:00s 10920094Swollman 4:00 - AZT 1996 # Azerbaijan time 11043014Swollman 4:00 EUAsia AZ%sT 1997 11143014Swollman 4:00 Azer AZ%sT 1122742Swollman 1132742Swollman# Bahrain 1142742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 11567578SwollmanZone Asia/Bahrain 3:22:20 - LMT 1920 # Al Manamah 1162742Swollman 4:00 - GST 1972 Jun 1172742Swollman 3:00 - AST 1182742Swollman 1192742Swollman# Bangladesh 1202742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1212742SwollmanZone Asia/Dacca 6:01:40 - LMT 1890 12219878Swollman 5:53:20 - HMT 1941 Oct # Howrah Mean Time? 12319878Swollman 6:30 - BURT 1942 May 15 # Burma Time 1242742Swollman 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep 12519878Swollman 6:30 - BURT 1951 Sep 30 12619878Swollman 6:00 - DACT 1971 Mar 26 # Dacca Time 12719878Swollman 6:00 - BDT # Bangladesh Time 1282742Swollman 1292742Swollman# Bhutan 1302742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 13167578SwollmanZone Asia/Thimphu 5:58:36 - LMT 1947 Aug 15 # or Thimbu 1322742Swollman 5:30 - IST 1987 Oct 13319878Swollman 6:00 - BTT # Bhutan Time 1342742Swollman 1352742Swollman# British Indian Ocean Territory 1362742Swollman# From Whitman: 1372742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 13819878SwollmanZone Indian/Chagos 5:00 - IOT # BIOT Time 1392742Swollman 1402742Swollman# Brunei 1412742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1422742SwollmanZone Asia/Brunei 7:39:40 - LMT 1926 Mar # Bandar Seri Begawan 1432742Swollman 7:30 - BNT 1933 1442742Swollman 8:00 - BNT 1452742Swollman 14614343Swollman# Burma / Myanmar 1472742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 14817200SwollmanZone Asia/Rangoon 6:24:40 - LMT 1880 # or Yangon 14919878Swollman 6:24:36 - RMT 1920 # Rangoon Mean Time? 15019878Swollman 6:30 - BURT 1942 May # Burma Time 1512742Swollman 9:00 - JST 1945 May 3 15219878Swollman 6:30 - MMT # Myanmar Time 1532742Swollman 1542742Swollman# Cambodia 1552742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1562742SwollmanZone Asia/Phnom_Penh 6:59:40 - LMT 1906 Jun 9 15719878Swollman 7:06:20 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT? 1582742Swollman 7:00 - ICT 1912 May 1592742Swollman 8:00 - ICT 1931 May 1602742Swollman 7:00 - ICT 1612742Swollman 16243014Swollman# China 1632742Swollman 1642742Swollman# From Guy Harris: 1652742Swollman# People's Republic of China. Yes, they really have only one time zone. 1662742Swollman 16719878Swollman# From Bob Devine (1988-01-28): 16819878Swollman# No they don't. See TIME mag, 1986-02-17 p.52. Even though 1692742Swollman# China is across 4 physical time zones, before Feb 1, 1986 only the 1702742Swollman# Peking (Bejing) time zone was recognized. Since that date, China 1712742Swollman# has two of 'em -- Peking's and Urumqi (named after the capital of 1722742Swollman# the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region). I don't know about DST for it. 1732742Swollman# 1742742Swollman# . . .I just deleted the DST table and this editor makes it too 1752742Swollman# painful to suck in another copy.. So, here is what I have for 1762742Swollman# DST start/end dates for Peking's time zone (info from AP): 1772742Swollman# 1782742Swollman# 1986 May 4 - Sept 14 1792742Swollman# 1987 mid-April - ?? 1802742Swollman 18119878Swollman# From U. S. Naval Observatory (1989-01-19): 1822742Swollman# CHINA 8 H AHEAD OF UTC ALL OF CHINA, INCL TAIWAN 1832742Swollman# CHINA 9 H AHEAD OF UTC APR 17 - SEP 10 1842742Swollman 18514343Swollman# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1995-12-19): 18619878Swollman# Shanks writes that China has had a single time zone since 1980 May 1, 18714343Swollman# observing summer DST from 1986 through 1991; this contradicts Devine's 1882742Swollman# note about Time magazine, though apparently _something_ happened in 1986. 18914343Swollman# Go with Shanks for now. I made up names for the other pre-1980 time zones. 1902742Swollman 19158787Sru# From Shanks: 1922742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 1932742SwollmanRule Shang 1940 only - Jun 3 0:00 1:00 D 1942742SwollmanRule Shang 1940 1941 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S 1952742SwollmanRule Shang 1941 only - Mar 16 0:00 1:00 D 1962742SwollmanRule PRC 1949 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S 1972742SwollmanRule PRC 1986 only - May 4 0:00 1:00 D 19814343SwollmanRule PRC 1986 1991 - Sep Sun>=11 0:00 0 S 19914343SwollmanRule PRC 1987 1991 - Apr Sun>=10 0:00 1:00 D 2002742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 20167578SwollmanZone Asia/Harbin 8:26:44 - LMT 1928 # or Haerbin 20219878Swollman 8:30 - HART 1932 Mar # Harbin Time 20314343Swollman 8:00 - CST 1940 20419878Swollman 9:00 - HART 1966 May 20519878Swollman 8:30 - HART 1980 May 20614343Swollman 8:00 PRC C%sT 2072742SwollmanZone Asia/Shanghai 8:05:52 - LMT 1928 2082742Swollman 8:00 Shang C%sT 1949 2092742Swollman 8:00 PRC C%sT 21067578SwollmanZone Asia/Chungking 7:06:20 - LMT 1928 # or Chongqing 21119878Swollman 7:00 - CHUT 1980 May # Chungking Time 21214343Swollman 8:00 PRC C%sT 21367578SwollmanZone Asia/Urumqi 5:50:20 - LMT 1928 # or Urumchi 21419878Swollman 6:00 - URUT 1980 May # Urumqi Time 21514343Swollman 8:00 PRC C%sT 21667578SwollmanZone Asia/Kashgar 5:03:56 - LMT 1928 # or Kashi or Kaxgar 21719878Swollman 5:30 - KAST 1940 # Kashgar Time 21819878Swollman 5:00 - KAST 1980 May 21914343Swollman 8:00 PRC C%sT 22067578Swollman# Hong Kong (Xianggang) 2212742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 2222742SwollmanRule HK 1946 only - Apr 20 3:30 1:00 S 2232742SwollmanRule HK 1946 only - Dec 1 3:30 0 - 2242742SwollmanRule HK 1947 only - Apr 13 3:30 1:00 S 2252742SwollmanRule HK 1947 only - Dec 30 3:30 0 - 2262742SwollmanRule HK 1948 only - May 2 3:30 1:00 S 2272742SwollmanRule HK 1948 1952 - Oct lastSun 3:30 0 - 2282742SwollmanRule HK 1949 1953 - Apr Sun>=1 3:30 1:00 S 2292742SwollmanRule HK 1953 only - Nov 1 3:30 0 - 2302742SwollmanRule HK 1954 1964 - Mar Sun>=18 3:30 1:00 S 2312742SwollmanRule HK 1954 only - Oct 31 3:30 0 - 2322742SwollmanRule HK 1955 1964 - Nov Sun>=1 3:30 0 - 2332742SwollmanRule HK 1965 1977 - Apr Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S 2342742SwollmanRule HK 1965 1977 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 - 2352742SwollmanRule HK 1979 1980 - May Sun>=8 3:30 1:00 S 2362742SwollmanRule HK 1979 1980 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 - 2372742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2382742SwollmanZone Asia/Hong_Kong 7:36:36 - LMT 1904 Oct 30 23958787Sru 8:00 HK HK%sT 2402742Swollman 24130711Swollman 24230711Swollman############################################################################### 24330711Swollman 24443014Swollman# Taiwan 24530711Swollman 24658787Sru# Shanks writes that Taiwan observed DST during 1945, when it 24743543Swollman# was still controlled by Japan. This is hard to believe, but we don't 24843543Swollman# have any other information. 24943543Swollman 25030711Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 25130711SwollmanRule Taiwan 1945 1951 - May 1 0:00 1:00 D 25230711SwollmanRule Taiwan 1945 1951 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S 25330711SwollmanRule Taiwan 1952 only - Mar 1 0:00 1:00 D 25430711SwollmanRule Taiwan 1952 1954 - Nov 1 0:00 0 S 25530711SwollmanRule Taiwan 1953 1959 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D 25630711SwollmanRule Taiwan 1955 1961 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S 25730711SwollmanRule Taiwan 1960 1961 - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 D 25830711SwollmanRule Taiwan 1974 1975 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D 25930711SwollmanRule Taiwan 1974 1975 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S 26030711SwollmanRule Taiwan 1980 only - Jun 30 0:00 1:00 D 26130711SwollmanRule Taiwan 1980 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 S 26230711Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 26330711SwollmanZone Asia/Taipei 8:06:00 - LMT 1896 26430711Swollman 8:00 Taiwan C%sT 26530711Swollman 26667578Swollman# Macao (Macau, Aomen) 2672742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 26819878SwollmanRule Macao 1961 1962 - Mar Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S 26919878SwollmanRule Macao 1961 1964 - Nov Sun>=1 3:30 0 - 27019878SwollmanRule Macao 1963 only - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 S 27119878SwollmanRule Macao 1964 only - Mar Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S 27219878SwollmanRule Macao 1965 only - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 S 27319878SwollmanRule Macao 1965 only - Oct 31 0:00 0 - 27419878SwollmanRule Macao 1966 1971 - Apr Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S 27519878SwollmanRule Macao 1966 1971 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 - 27619878SwollmanRule Macao 1972 1974 - Apr Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S 27719878SwollmanRule Macao 1972 1973 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 0 - 27819878SwollmanRule Macao 1974 1977 - Oct Sun>=15 3:30 0 - 27919878SwollmanRule Macao 1975 1977 - Apr Sun>=15 3:30 1:00 S 28019878SwollmanRule Macao 1978 1980 - Apr Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S 28119878SwollmanRule Macao 1978 1980 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 0 - 2822742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2832742SwollmanZone Asia/Macao 7:34:20 - LMT 1912 28419878Swollman 8:00 Macao MO%sT 1999 Dec 20 # return to China 28519878Swollman 8:00 PRC C%sT 2862742Swollman 2872742Swollman 2882742Swollman############################################################################### 2892742Swollman 2902742Swollman# Cyprus 2912742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 29219878SwollmanRule Cyprus 1975 only - Apr 13 0:00 1:00 S 2932742SwollmanRule Cyprus 1975 only - Oct 12 0:00 0 - 29419878SwollmanRule Cyprus 1976 only - May 15 0:00 1:00 S 2952742SwollmanRule Cyprus 1976 only - Oct 11 0:00 0 - 29619878SwollmanRule Cyprus 1977 1980 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S 2972742SwollmanRule Cyprus 1977 only - Sep 25 0:00 0 - 2982742SwollmanRule Cyprus 1978 only - Oct 2 0:00 0 - 29943543SwollmanRule Cyprus 1979 1997 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - 30043543SwollmanRule Cyprus 1981 1998 - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S 3012742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3022742SwollmanZone Asia/Nicosia 2:13:28 - LMT 1921 Nov 14 30343543Swollman 2:00 Cyprus EE%sT 1998 Sep 30458787Sru 2:00 EUAsia EE%sT 30543543Swollman# IATA SSIM (1998-09) has Cyprus using EU rules for the first time. 3062742Swollman 30767578Swollman# Classically, Cyprus belongs to Asia; e.g. see Herodotus, Histories, I.72. 30867578Swollman# However, for various reasons many users expect to find it under Europe. 30967578SwollmanLink Asia/Nicosia Europe/Nicosia 31067578Swollman 3112742Swollman# Georgia 3129908Swollman# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1994-11-19): 3139908Swollman# Today's _Economist_ (p 60) reports that Georgia moved its clocks forward 3149908Swollman# an hour recently, due to a law proposed by Zurab Murvanidze, 3159908Swollman# an MP who went on a hunger strike for 11 days to force discussion about it! 31614343Swollman# We have no details, but we'll guess they didn't move the clocks back in fall. 31714343Swollman# 31820094Swollman# From Mathew Englander <mathew@io.org>, quoting AP (1996-10-23 13:05-04): 31920094Swollman# Instead of putting back clocks at the end of October, Georgia 32020094Swollman# will stay on daylight savings time this winter to save energy, 32120094Swollman# President Eduard Shevardnadze decreed Wednesday. 3222742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3232742SwollmanZone Asia/Tbilisi 2:59:16 - LMT 1880 32419878Swollman 2:59:16 - TBMT 1924 May 2 # Tbilisi Mean Time 32519878Swollman 3:00 - TBIT 1957 Mar # Tbilisi Time 32619878Swollman 4:00 RussiaAsia TBI%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 32719878Swollman 3:00 1:00 TBIST 1991 Apr 9 # independence 32820094Swollman 3:00 RussiaAsia GE%sT 1992 # Georgia Time 32920094Swollman 3:00 E-EurAsia GE%sT 1994 Sep lastSun 33020094Swollman 4:00 E-EurAsia GE%sT 1996 Oct lastSun 33143543Swollman 4:00 1:00 GEST 1997 Mar lastSun 33243543Swollman 4:00 E-EurAsia GE%sT 3332742Swollman 33458787Sru# East Timor 33558787Sru# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 33658787SruZone Asia/Dili 8:22:20 - LMT 1912 33758787Sru 8:00 - TPT 1942 Feb 21 23:00 33858787Sru 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug 33958787Sru 9:00 - TPT 1976 May 3 34058787Sru 8:00 - TPT # East Timor Time 34158787Sru 3422742Swollman# India 3432742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3442742SwollmanZone Asia/Calcutta 5:53:28 - LMT 1880 34519878Swollman 5:53:20 - HMT 1941 Oct # Howrah Mean Time? 34619878Swollman 6:30 - BURT 1942 May 15 # Burma Time 3472742Swollman 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep 3482742Swollman 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 15 3492742Swollman 5:30 - IST 3502742Swollman# The following are like Asia/Calcutta: 3512742Swollman# Andaman Is 3522742Swollman# Lakshadweep (Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Is) 3532742Swollman# Nicobar Is 3542742Swollman 3552742Swollman# Indonesia 3562742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3572742SwollmanZone Asia/Jakarta 7:07:12 - LMT 1867 Aug 10 35858787Sru# Shanks says the next transition was at 1924 Jan 1 0:13, 35958787Sru# but this must be a typo. 36058787Sru 7:07:12 - JMT 1923 Dec 31 23:47:12 # Jakarta 36119878Swollman 7:20 - JAVT 1932 Nov # Java Time 36219878Swollman 7:30 - JAVT 1942 Mar 23 3632742Swollman 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug 36419878Swollman 7:30 - JAVT 1948 May 36519878Swollman 8:00 - JAVT 1950 May 36619878Swollman 7:30 - JAVT 1964 36719878Swollman 7:00 - JAVT 3682742SwollmanZone Asia/Ujung_Pandang 7:57:36 - LMT 1920 36919878Swollman 7:57:36 - MMT 1932 Nov # Macassar MT 37019878Swollman 8:00 - BORT 1942 Feb 9 # Borneo Time 3712742Swollman 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug 37219878Swollman 8:00 - BORT 3732742SwollmanZone Asia/Jayapura 9:22:48 - LMT 1932 Nov 37419878Swollman 9:00 - JAYT 1944 # Jayapura Time 3752742Swollman 9:30 - CST 1964 37619878Swollman 9:00 - JAYT 3772742Swollman 3782742Swollman# Iran 37964499Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2000-06-12), following up a suggestion by Rich Wales: 38043014Swollman# Ahmea Alavi in 38164499Swollman# <a href="http://www.persia.org/Iran_Lib/Calendar/taghveem.txt"> 38258787Sru# TAGHVEEM (1993-07-12) 38343014Swollman# </a> 38443014Swollman# writes ``Daylight saving time in Iran starts from the first day 38521217Swollman# of Farvardin and ends the first day of Mehr.'' This disagrees with the SSIM: 38621217Swollman# 38721217Swollman# DST start DST end 38821217Swollman# year SSIM Alavi SSIM Alavi 38921217Swollman# 1991 05-03!= 03-21 09-20!= 09-23 39021217Swollman# 1992 03-22!= 03-21 09-23 09-23 39121217Swollman# 1993 03-21 03-21 09-23 09-23 39221217Swollman# 1994 03-21 03-21 09-22!= 09-23 39321217Swollman# 1995 03-21 03-21 09-22!= 09-23 39464499Swollman# 1996 03-21!= 03-20 09-22 09-22 39564499Swollman# 1997 03-22!= 03-21 09-22!= 09-23 39658787Sru# 1998 03-21 03-21 09-21!= 09-23 39758787Sru# 1999 03-22!= 03-21 09-22!= 09-23 39858787Sru# 2000 03-21!= 03-20 09-21!= 09-22 39964499Swollman# 2001 03-19!= 03-21 09-19!= 09-23 40064499Swollman# 2002 03-18!= 03-21 09-18!= 09-23 40121217Swollman# 40221217Swollman# Go with Alavi starting with 1992. 40321217Swollman# I used Ed Reingold's cal-persia in GNU Emacs 19.34 to compute Persian dates. 40421217Swollman# The Persian calendar is based on the sun, and dates after around 2050 40521217Swollman# are approximate; stop after 2037 when 32-bit time_t's overflow. 40621217Swollman# 4072742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 40819878SwollmanRule Iran 1978 1980 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S 40919878SwollmanRule Iran 1978 only - Oct 21 0:00 0 - 41019878SwollmanRule Iran 1979 only - Sep 19 0:00 0 - 41119878SwollmanRule Iran 1980 only - Sep 23 0:00 0 - 41220094SwollmanRule Iran 1991 only - May 3 0:00s 1:00 S 41320094SwollmanRule Iran 1991 only - Sep 20 0:00s 0 - 41421217SwollmanRule Iran 1992 1995 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S 41521217SwollmanRule Iran 1992 1995 - Sep 23 0:00 0 - 41621217SwollmanRule Iran 1996 only - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 S 41721217SwollmanRule Iran 1996 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 - 41821217SwollmanRule Iran 1997 1999 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S 41921217SwollmanRule Iran 1997 1999 - Sep 23 0:00 0 - 42021217SwollmanRule Iran 2000 only - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 S 42121217SwollmanRule Iran 2000 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 - 42221217SwollmanRule Iran 2001 2003 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S 42321217SwollmanRule Iran 2001 2003 - Sep 23 0:00 0 - 42421217SwollmanRule Iran 2004 only - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 S 42521217SwollmanRule Iran 2004 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 - 42621217SwollmanRule Iran 2005 2007 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S 42721217SwollmanRule Iran 2005 2007 - Sep 23 0:00 0 - 42821217SwollmanRule Iran 2008 only - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 S 42921217SwollmanRule Iran 2008 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 - 43021217SwollmanRule Iran 2009 2011 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S 43121217SwollmanRule Iran 2009 2011 - Sep 23 0:00 0 - 43221217SwollmanRule Iran 2012 only - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 S 43321217SwollmanRule Iran 2012 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 - 43421217SwollmanRule Iran 2013 2015 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S 43521217SwollmanRule Iran 2013 2015 - Sep 23 0:00 0 - 43621217SwollmanRule Iran 2016 only - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 S 43721217SwollmanRule Iran 2016 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 - 43821217SwollmanRule Iran 2017 2019 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S 43921217SwollmanRule Iran 2017 2019 - Sep 23 0:00 0 - 44021217SwollmanRule Iran 2020 only - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 S 44121217SwollmanRule Iran 2020 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 - 44221217SwollmanRule Iran 2021 2023 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S 44321217SwollmanRule Iran 2021 2023 - Sep 23 0:00 0 - 44421217SwollmanRule Iran 2024 2025 - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 S 44521217SwollmanRule Iran 2024 2025 - Sep 22 0:00 0 - 44621217SwollmanRule Iran 2026 2027 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S 44721217SwollmanRule Iran 2026 2027 - Sep 23 0:00 0 - 44821217SwollmanRule Iran 2028 2029 - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 S 44921217SwollmanRule Iran 2028 2029 - Sep 22 0:00 0 - 45021217SwollmanRule Iran 2030 2031 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S 45121217SwollmanRule Iran 2030 2031 - Sep 23 0:00 0 - 45221217SwollmanRule Iran 2032 2033 - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 S 45321217SwollmanRule Iran 2032 2033 - Sep 22 0:00 0 - 45421217SwollmanRule Iran 2034 2035 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S 45521217SwollmanRule Iran 2034 2035 - Sep 23 0:00 0 - 45621217SwollmanRule Iran 2036 2037 - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 S 45721217SwollmanRule Iran 2036 2037 - Sep 22 0:00 0 - 4582742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 4592742SwollmanZone Asia/Tehran 3:25:44 - LMT 1916 46019878Swollman 3:25:44 - TMT 1946 # Tehran Mean Time 46119878Swollman 3:30 - IRT 1977 Nov 46219878Swollman 4:00 Iran IR%sT 1979 46319878Swollman 3:30 Iran IR%sT 4642742Swollman 46564499Swollman 4662742Swollman# Iraq 46764499Swollman# 46864499Swollman# From Jonathan Lennox <lennox@cs.columbia.edu> (2000-06-12): 46964499Swollman# An article in this week's Economist ("Inside the Saddam-free zone", p. 50 in 47064499Swollman# the U.S. edition) on the Iraqi Kurds contains a paragraph: 47164499Swollman# "The three northern provinces ... switched their clocks this spring and 47264499Swollman# are an hour ahead of Baghdad." 47364499Swollman# 47464499Swollman# But Rives McDow (2000-06-18) quotes a contact in Iraqi-Kurdistan as follows: 47564499Swollman# In the past, some Kurdish nationalists, as a protest to the Iraqi 47664499Swollman# Government, did not adhere to daylight saving time. They referred 47764499Swollman# to daylight saving as Saddam time. But, as of today, the time zone 47864499Swollman# in Iraqi-Kurdistan is on standard time with Baghdad, Iraq. 47964499Swollman# 48064499Swollman# So we'll ignore the Economist's claim. 48164499Swollman 4822742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 4832742SwollmanRule Iraq 1982 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D 4842742SwollmanRule Iraq 1982 1984 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S 4852742SwollmanRule Iraq 1983 only - Mar 31 0:00 1:00 D 4862742SwollmanRule Iraq 1984 1985 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D 48720094SwollmanRule Iraq 1985 1990 - Sep lastSun 1:00s 0 S 48820094SwollmanRule Iraq 1986 1990 - Mar lastSun 1:00s 1:00 D 48920094Swollman# IATA SSIM (1991/1996) says Apr 1 12:01am UTC; guess the `:01' is a typo. 49058787Sru# Shanks says Iraq did not observe DST 1992/1997 or 1999 on; ignore this. 49120094SwollmanRule Iraq 1991 max - Apr 1 3:00s 1:00 D 49267578SwollmanRule Iraq 1991 max - Oct 1 3:00s 0 S 4932742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 4942742SwollmanZone Asia/Baghdad 2:57:40 - LMT 1890 49519878Swollman 2:57:36 - BMT 1918 # Baghdad Mean Time? 4962742Swollman 3:00 - AST 1982 May 4972742Swollman 3:00 Iraq A%sT 4982742Swollman 4992742Swollman 5002742Swollman############################################################################### 5012742Swollman 5022742Swollman# Israel 5032742Swollman 50419878Swollman# From U. S. Naval Observatory (1989-01-19): 5052742Swollman# ISRAEL 2 H AHEAD OF UTC 5062742Swollman# ISRAEL 3 H AHEAD OF UTC APR 10 - SEP 3 5072742Swollman 50858787Sru# From Shanks: 5092742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 5102742SwollmanRule Zion 1940 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 D 5112742SwollmanRule Zion 1942 1944 - Nov 1 0:00 0 S 5122742SwollmanRule Zion 1943 only - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 D 5132742SwollmanRule Zion 1944 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D 5142742SwollmanRule Zion 1945 only - Apr 16 0:00 1:00 D 5152742SwollmanRule Zion 1945 only - Nov 1 2:00 0 S 5162742SwollmanRule Zion 1946 only - Apr 16 2:00 1:00 D 5172742SwollmanRule Zion 1946 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 S 5182742SwollmanRule Zion 1948 only - May 23 0:00 2:00 DD 5192742SwollmanRule Zion 1948 only - Sep 1 0:00 1:00 D 5202742SwollmanRule Zion 1948 1949 - Nov 1 2:00 0 S 5212742SwollmanRule Zion 1949 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D 5222742SwollmanRule Zion 1950 only - Apr 16 0:00 1:00 D 5232742SwollmanRule Zion 1950 only - Sep 15 3:00 0 S 5242742SwollmanRule Zion 1951 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D 5252742SwollmanRule Zion 1951 only - Nov 11 3:00 0 S 5262742SwollmanRule Zion 1952 only - Apr 20 2:00 1:00 D 5272742SwollmanRule Zion 1952 only - Oct 19 3:00 0 S 5282742SwollmanRule Zion 1953 only - Apr 12 2:00 1:00 D 5292742SwollmanRule Zion 1953 only - Sep 13 3:00 0 S 5302742SwollmanRule Zion 1954 only - Jun 13 0:00 1:00 D 5312742SwollmanRule Zion 1954 only - Sep 12 0:00 0 S 5322742SwollmanRule Zion 1955 only - Jun 11 2:00 1:00 D 5332742SwollmanRule Zion 1955 only - Sep 11 0:00 0 S 5342742SwollmanRule Zion 1956 only - Jun 3 0:00 1:00 D 5352742SwollmanRule Zion 1956 only - Sep 30 3:00 0 S 5362742SwollmanRule Zion 1957 only - Apr 29 2:00 1:00 D 5372742SwollmanRule Zion 1957 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 S 5382742SwollmanRule Zion 1974 only - Jul 7 0:00 1:00 D 5392742SwollmanRule Zion 1974 only - Oct 13 0:00 0 S 5402742SwollmanRule Zion 1975 only - Apr 20 0:00 1:00 D 5412742SwollmanRule Zion 1975 only - Aug 31 0:00 0 S 5422742SwollmanRule Zion 1985 only - Apr 14 0:00 1:00 D 5432742SwollmanRule Zion 1985 only - Sep 15 0:00 0 S 5442742SwollmanRule Zion 1986 only - May 18 0:00 1:00 D 5452742SwollmanRule Zion 1986 only - Sep 7 0:00 0 S 5462742SwollmanRule Zion 1987 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 D 5472742SwollmanRule Zion 1987 only - Sep 13 0:00 0 S 5482742SwollmanRule Zion 1988 only - Apr 9 0:00 1:00 D 5492742SwollmanRule Zion 1988 only - Sep 3 0:00 0 S 5502742Swollman 55143014Swollman# From Ephraim Silverberg <ephraim@cs.huji.ac.il> 55264499Swollman# (1997-03-04, 1998-03-16, 1998-12-28, 2000-01-17 and 2000-07-25): 55330711Swollman 5542742Swollman# According to the Office of the Secretary General of the Ministry of 5552742Swollman# Interior, there is NO set rule for Daylight-Savings/Standard time changes. 55643543Swollman# One thing is entrenched in law, however: that there must be at least 150 55743543Swollman# days of daylight savings time annually. From 1993-1998, the change to 55843543Swollman# daylight savings time was on a Friday morning from midnight IST to 55943543Swollman# 1 a.m IDT; up until 1998, the change back to standard time was on a 56043543Swollman# Saturday night from midnight daylight savings time to 11 p.m. standard 56143543Swollman# time. 1996 is an exception to this rule where the change back to standard 56243543Swollman# time took place on Sunday night instead of Saturday night to avoid 56364499Swollman# conflicts with the Jewish New Year. In 1999, the change to 56464499Swollman# daylight savings time was still on a Friday morning but from 56543543Swollman# 2 a.m. IST to 3 a.m. IDT; furthermore, the change back to standard time 56664499Swollman# was also on a Friday morning from 2 a.m. IDT to 1 a.m. IST for 56764499Swollman# 1999 only. In the year 2000, the change to daylight savings time was 56864499Swollman# similar to 1999, but although the change back will be on a Friday, it 56964499Swollman# will take place from 1 a.m. IDT to midnight IST. Starting in 2001, all 57064499Swollman# changes to/from will take place at 1 a.m. old time, but now there is no 57164499Swollman# rule as to what day of the week it will take place in as the start date 57264499Swollman# (except in 2003) is the night after the Passover Seder (i.e. the eve 57364499Swollman# of the 16th of Nisan in the lunar Hebrew calendar) and the end date 57464499Swollman# (except in 2002) is three nights before Yom Kippur [Day of Atonement] 57564499Swollman# (the eve of the 7th of Tishrei in the lunar Hebrew calendar). 5762742Swollman 5772742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 5782742SwollmanRule Zion 1989 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 D 57919878SwollmanRule Zion 1989 only - Sep 3 0:00 0 S 5802742SwollmanRule Zion 1990 only - Mar 25 0:00 1:00 D 58119878SwollmanRule Zion 1990 only - Aug 26 0:00 0 S 5822742SwollmanRule Zion 1991 only - Mar 24 0:00 1:00 D 58319878SwollmanRule Zion 1991 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 S 5842742SwollmanRule Zion 1992 only - Mar 29 0:00 1:00 D 58519878SwollmanRule Zion 1992 only - Sep 6 0:00 0 S 5862742SwollmanRule Zion 1993 only - Apr 2 0:00 1:00 D 58719878SwollmanRule Zion 1993 only - Sep 5 0:00 0 S 5882742Swollman 58914343Swollman# The dates for 1994-1995 were obtained from Office of the Spokeswoman for the 59014343Swollman# Ministry of Interior, Jerusalem, Israel. The spokeswoman can be reached by 59130711Swollman# calling the office directly at 972-2-6701447 or 972-2-6701448. 5922742Swollman 59330711Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 59419878SwollmanRule Zion 1994 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D 59519878SwollmanRule Zion 1994 only - Aug 28 0:00 0 S 59619878SwollmanRule Zion 1995 only - Mar 31 0:00 1:00 D 59719878SwollmanRule Zion 1995 only - Sep 3 0:00 0 S 5982742Swollman 59930711Swollman# The dates for 1996 were determined by the Minister of Interior of the 60030711Swollman# time, Haim Ramon. The official announcement regarding 1996-1998 60143014Swollman# (with the dates for 1997-1998 no longer being relevant) can be viewed at: 60214343Swollman# 60330711Swollman# ftp://ftp.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/1996-1998.ramon.ps.gz 60414343Swollman# 60543014Swollman# The dates for 1997-1998 were altered by his successor, Rabbi Eli Suissa. 60630711Swollman# 60758787Sru# The official announcements for the years 1997-1999 can be viewed at: 60843014Swollman# 60958787Sru# ftp://ftp.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/YYYY.ps.gz 61043014Swollman# 61158787Sru# where YYYY is the relevant year. 6129908Swollman 61314343Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 61430711SwollmanRule Zion 1996 only - Mar 15 0:00 1:00 D 61519878SwollmanRule Zion 1996 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 S 61630711SwollmanRule Zion 1997 only - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D 61730711SwollmanRule Zion 1997 only - Sep 14 0:00 0 S 61830711SwollmanRule Zion 1998 only - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 D 61943014SwollmanRule Zion 1998 only - Sep 6 0:00 0 S 62043543SwollmanRule Zion 1999 only - Apr 2 2:00 1:00 D 62143543SwollmanRule Zion 1999 only - Sep 3 2:00 0 S 62214343Swollman 62364499Swollman# The Knesset Interior Committee has changed the dates for 2000 for 62464499Swollman# the third time in just over a year and have set new dates for the 62564499Swollman# years 2001-2004 as well. 62658787Sru# 62764499Swollman# The official announcement for the start date of 2000 can be viewed at: 62858787Sru# 62964499Swollman# ftp://ftp.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/2000-start.ps.gz 63064499Swollman# 63164499Swollman# The official announcement for the end date of 2000 and the dates 63264499Swollman# for the years 2001-2004 can be viewed at: 63364499Swollman# 63464499Swollman# ftp://ftp.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/2000-2004.ps.gz 63543014Swollman 63658787Sru# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 63758787SruRule Zion 2000 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 D 63864499SwollmanRule Zion 2000 only - Oct 6 1:00 0 S 63964499SwollmanRule Zion 2001 only - Apr 9 1:00 1:00 D 64064499SwollmanRule Zion 2001 only - Sep 24 1:00 0 S 64164499SwollmanRule Zion 2002 only - Mar 29 1:00 1:00 D 64264499SwollmanRule Zion 2002 only - Oct 7 1:00 0 S 64364499SwollmanRule Zion 2003 only - Mar 28 1:00 1:00 D 64464499SwollmanRule Zion 2003 only - Oct 3 1:00 0 S 64564499SwollmanRule Zion 2004 only - Apr 7 1:00 1:00 D 64664499SwollmanRule Zion 2004 only - Sep 22 1:00 0 S 64758787Sru 64864499Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2000-07-25): 64964499Swollman# Here are guesses for rules after 2004. 65030711Swollman# They are probably wrong, but they are more likely than no DST at all. 65130711Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 65264499SwollmanRule Zion 2005 max - Apr 1 1:00 1:00 D 65364499SwollmanRule Zion 2005 max - Oct 1 1:00 0 S 65430711Swollman 6552742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 65614343SwollmanZone Asia/Jerusalem 2:20:56 - LMT 1880 65719878Swollman 2:20:40 - JMT 1918 # Jerusalem Mean Time? 6582742Swollman 2:00 Zion I%sT 6592742Swollman 6602742Swollman 6612742Swollman############################################################################### 6622742Swollman 6632742Swollman# Japan 6642742Swollman 6652742Swollman# `9:00' and `JST' is from Guy Harris. 6662742Swollman 6679908Swollman# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1995-03-06): 6689908Swollman# Today's _Asahi Evening News_ (page 4) reports that Japan had 6699908Swollman# daylight saving between 1948 and 1951, but ``the system was discontinued 6709908Swollman# because the public believed it would lead to longer working hours.'' 6719908Swollman# Shanks writes that daylight saving in Japan during those years was as follows: 6729908Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 6739908Swollman#Rule Japan 1948 only - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D 6749908Swollman#Rule Japan 1948 1951 - Sep Sat>=8 2:00 0 S 6759908Swollman#Rule Japan 1949 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D 6769908Swollman#Rule Japan 1950 1951 - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D 6779908Swollman# but the only locations using it were US military bases. 6789908Swollman# We go with Shanks and omit daylight saving in those years for Asia/Tokyo. 6792742Swollman 68043543Swollman# From Hideyuki Suzuki (1998-11-09): 68143543Swollman# 'Tokyo' usually stands for the former location of Tokyo Astronomical 68243543Swollman# Observatory: E 139 44' 40".90 (9h 18m 58s.727), N 35 39' 16".0. 68343543Swollman# This data is from 'Rika Nenpyou (Chronological Scientific Tables) 1996' 68443543Swollman# edited by National Astronomical Observatory of Japan.... 68543543Swollman# JST (Japan Standard Time) has been used since 1888-01-01 00:00 (JST). 68643543Swollman# The law is enacted on 1886-07-07. 68743543Swollman 68843543Swollman# From Hideyuki Suzuki (1998-11-16): 68943543Swollman# The ordinance No. 51 (1886) established "standard time" in Japan, 69043543Swollman# which stands for the time on E 135 degree. 69143543Swollman# In the ordinance No. 167 (1895), "standard time" was renamed to "central 69243543Swollman# standard time". And the same ordinance also established "western standard 69343543Swollman# time", which stands for the time on E 120 degree.... But "western standard 69443543Swollman# time" was abolished in the ordinance No. 529 (1937). In the ordinance No. 69543543Swollman# 167, there is no mention regarding for what place western standard time is 69643543Swollman# standard.... 69743543Swollman# 69843543Swollman# I wrote "ordinance" above, but I don't know how to translate. 69943543Swollman# In Japanese it's "chokurei", which means ordinance from emperor. 70043543Swollman 70143543Swollman# Shanks claims JST in use since 1896, and that a few places (e.g. Ishigaki) 70243543Swollman# use +0800; go with Suzuki. Guess that all ordinances took effect on Jan 1. 70343543Swollman 7042742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 70543543SwollmanZone Asia/Tokyo 9:18:59 - LMT 1887 Dec 31 15:00u 70643543Swollman 9:00 - JST 1896 70743543Swollman 9:00 - CJT 1938 7082742Swollman 9:00 - JST 70943543Swollman# Since 1938, all Japanese possessions have been like Asia/Tokyo. 7102742Swollman 7112742Swollman# Jordan 71258787Sru# 71358787Sru# From <a href="http://star.arabia.com/990701/JO9.html"> 71458787Sru# Jordan Week (1999-07-01) </a> via Steffen Thorsen (1999-09-09): 71558787Sru# Clocks in Jordan were forwarded one hour on Wednesday at midnight, 71658787Sru# in accordance with the government's decision to implement summer time 71758787Sru# all year round. 71858787Sru# 71958787Sru# From <a href="http://star.arabia.com/990930/JO9.html"> 72058787Sru# Jordan Week (1999-09-30) </a> via Steffen Thorsen (1999-11-09): 72158787Sru# Winter time starts today Thursday, 30 September. Clocks will be turned back 72258787Sru# by one hour. This is the latest government decision and it's final! 72358787Sru# The decision was taken because of the increase in working hours in 72458787Sru# government's departments from six to seven hours. 72558787Sru# 7262742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 72719878SwollmanRule Jordan 1973 only - Jun 6 0:00 1:00 S 7282742SwollmanRule Jordan 1973 1975 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 72919878SwollmanRule Jordan 1974 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 7302742SwollmanRule Jordan 1976 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 - 7312742SwollmanRule Jordan 1977 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 73219878SwollmanRule Jordan 1978 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 S 7332742SwollmanRule Jordan 1978 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 - 73419878SwollmanRule Jordan 1985 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 7352742SwollmanRule Jordan 1985 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 73619878SwollmanRule Jordan 1986 1988 - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 S 7372742SwollmanRule Jordan 1986 1990 - Oct Fri>=1 0:00 0 - 73819878SwollmanRule Jordan 1989 only - May 8 0:00 1:00 S 73919878SwollmanRule Jordan 1990 only - Apr 27 0:00 1:00 S 74020094SwollmanRule Jordan 1991 only - Apr 17 0:00 1:00 S 7412742SwollmanRule Jordan 1991 only - Sep 27 0:00 0 - 74220094SwollmanRule Jordan 1992 only - Apr 10 0:00 1:00 S 74320094SwollmanRule Jordan 1992 1993 - Oct Fri>=1 0:00 0 - 74458787SruRule Jordan 1993 1998 - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 S 74520094SwollmanRule Jordan 1994 only - Sep Fri>=15 0:00 0 - 74658787SruRule Jordan 1995 1998 - Sep Fri>=15 0:00s 0 - 74758787SruRule Jordan 1999 only - Jul 1 0:00s 1:00 S 74858787SruRule Jordan 1999 max - Sep lastThu 0:00s 0 - 74958787SruRule Jordan 2000 max - Mar lastThu 0:00s 1:00 S 7502742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 7512742SwollmanZone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931 75219878Swollman 2:00 Jordan EE%sT 7532742Swollman 7542742Swollman# Kazakhstan 75520094Swollman# From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22): 75617200Swollman# Andrew Evtichov <evti@chevron.com> (1996-04-13) writes that Kazakhstan 75720094Swollman# stayed in sync with Moscow after 1990, and that Aqtobe (formerly Aktyubinsk) 75820094Swollman# and Aqtau (formerly Shevchenko) are the largest cities in their zones. 75920094Swollman# Guess that Aqtau and Aqtobe diverged in 1995, since that's the first time 76020094Swollman# IATA SSIM mentions a third time zone in Kazakhstan. 76120094Swollman# 7622742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 76343014SwollmanZone Asia/Almaty 5:07:48 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Alma-Ata 76419878Swollman 5:00 - ALMT 1957 Mar # Alma-Ata Time 76519878Swollman 6:00 RussiaAsia ALM%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 76619878Swollman 5:00 1:00 ALMST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s 76719878Swollman 5:00 - ALMT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s 76820094Swollman 6:00 E-EurAsia ALM%sT 76920094SwollmanZone Asia/Aqtobe 3:48:40 - LMT 1924 May 2 77020094Swollman 4:00 - AKT 1957 Mar # Aktyubinsk Time 77120094Swollman 5:00 RussiaAsia AK%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 77220094Swollman 4:00 1:00 AKTST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s 77320094Swollman 4:00 - AQTT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s # Aqtobe Time 77420094Swollman 5:00 E-EurAsia AQT%sT 77520094SwollmanZone Asia/Aqtau 3:21:04 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Aktau 77619878Swollman 4:00 - SHET 1957 Mar # Fort Shevchenko Time 77719878Swollman 5:00 RussiaAsia SHE%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 77820094Swollman 4:00 1:00 AQTST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s 77920094Swollman 4:00 - AQTT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s # Aqtau Time 78020094Swollman 5:00 E-EurAsia AQT%sT 1995 Sep lastSun 78120094Swollman 4:00 E-EurAsia AQT%sT 7822742Swollman 78367578Swollman# Kyrgyzstan (Kirgizstan) 78458787Sru# Transitions through 1991 are from Shanks. 78520094Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 78643014SwollmanRule Kirgiz 1992 1996 - Apr Sun>=7 0:00 1:00 S 78758787SruRule Kirgiz 1992 1996 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - 78843014SwollmanRule Kirgiz 1997 max - Mar lastSun 2:30 1:00 S 78943014SwollmanRule Kirgiz 1997 max - Oct lastSun 2:30 0 - 7909908Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 7919908SwollmanZone Asia/Bishkek 4:58:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 79243014Swollman 5:00 - FRUT 1930 Jun 21 # Frunze Time 79319878Swollman 6:00 RussiaAsia FRU%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 79458787Sru 5:00 1:00 FRUST 1991 Aug 31 2:00 # independence 79520094Swollman 5:00 Kirgiz KG%sT # Kirgizstan Time 7969908Swollman 7972742Swollman############################################################################### 7982742Swollman 79943014Swollman# Korea (North and South) 8002742Swollman 8012742Swollman# From Guy Harris: 8022742Swollman# According to someone at the Korean Times in San Francisco, 8032742Swollman# Daylight Savings Time was not observed until 1987. He did not know 8042742Swollman# at what time of day DST starts or ends. 8052742Swollman 80658787Sru# From Shanks: 8072742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 8082742SwollmanRule ROK 1960 only - May 15 0:00 1:00 D 8092742SwollmanRule ROK 1960 only - Sep 13 0:00 0 S 8102742SwollmanRule ROK 1987 1988 - May Sun<=14 0:00 1:00 D 8112742SwollmanRule ROK 1987 1988 - Oct Sun<=14 0:00 0 S 8122742Swollman 8132742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 8142742SwollmanZone Asia/Seoul 8:27:52 - LMT 1890 8152742Swollman 8:30 - KST 1904 Dec 8162742Swollman 9:00 - KST 1928 8172742Swollman 8:30 - KST 1932 8182742Swollman 9:00 - KST 1954 Mar 21 8192742Swollman 8:00 ROK K%sT 1961 Aug 10 8202742Swollman 8:30 - KST 1968 Oct 8212742Swollman 9:00 ROK K%sT 8222742SwollmanZone Asia/Pyongyang 8:23:00 - LMT 1890 8232742Swollman 8:30 - KST 1904 Dec 8242742Swollman 9:00 - KST 1928 8252742Swollman 8:30 - KST 1932 8262742Swollman 9:00 - KST 1954 Mar 21 8272742Swollman 8:00 - KST 1961 Aug 10 8282742Swollman 9:00 - KST 8292742Swollman 8302742Swollman############################################################################### 8312742Swollman 8322742Swollman# Kuwait 8332742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 8342742SwollmanZone Asia/Kuwait 3:11:56 - LMT 1950 8352742Swollman 3:00 - AST 8362742Swollman 8372742Swollman# Laos 8382742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 83967578SwollmanZone Asia/Vientiane 6:50:24 - LMT 1906 Jun 9 # or Viangchan 84019878Swollman 7:06:20 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT? 8412742Swollman 7:00 - ICT 1912 May 8422742Swollman 8:00 - ICT 1931 May 8432742Swollman 7:00 - ICT 8442742Swollman 8452742Swollman# Lebanon 8462742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 84719878SwollmanRule Lebanon 1920 only - Mar 28 0:00 1:00 S 8482742SwollmanRule Lebanon 1920 only - Oct 25 0:00 0 - 84919878SwollmanRule Lebanon 1921 only - Apr 3 0:00 1:00 S 8502742SwollmanRule Lebanon 1921 only - Oct 3 0:00 0 - 85119878SwollmanRule Lebanon 1922 only - Mar 26 0:00 1:00 S 8522742SwollmanRule Lebanon 1922 only - Oct 8 0:00 0 - 85319878SwollmanRule Lebanon 1923 only - Apr 22 0:00 1:00 S 8542742SwollmanRule Lebanon 1923 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 - 85519878SwollmanRule Lebanon 1957 1961 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 8562742SwollmanRule Lebanon 1957 1961 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 85719878SwollmanRule Lebanon 1972 only - Jun 22 0:00 1:00 S 8582742SwollmanRule Lebanon 1972 1977 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 85919878SwollmanRule Lebanon 1973 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 86019878SwollmanRule Lebanon 1978 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 S 8612742SwollmanRule Lebanon 1978 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 - 86219878SwollmanRule Lebanon 1984 1987 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 86320094SwollmanRule Lebanon 1984 1991 - Oct 16 0:00 0 - 86419878SwollmanRule Lebanon 1988 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S 86519878SwollmanRule Lebanon 1989 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S 86620094SwollmanRule Lebanon 1990 1992 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 86720094SwollmanRule Lebanon 1992 only - Oct 4 0:00 0 - 86820094SwollmanRule Lebanon 1993 max - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S 86958787SruRule Lebanon 1993 1998 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - 87058787SruRule Lebanon 1999 max - Oct lastSun 0:00 0 - 8712742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 8722742SwollmanZone Asia/Beirut 2:22:00 - LMT 1880 87319878Swollman 2:00 Lebanon EE%sT 8742742Swollman 8752742Swollman# Malaysia 87619878Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 87719878SwollmanRule NBorneo 1935 1941 - Sep 14 0:00 0:20 TS 87819878SwollmanRule NBorneo 1935 1941 - Dec 14 0:00 0 - 8792742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 8802742SwollmanZone Asia/Kuala_Lumpur 6:46:48 - LMT 1880 88119878Swollman 6:55:24 - SMT 1905 Jun # Singapore Mean Time 88219878Swollman 7:00 - MALT 1933 # Malaya Time 88319878Swollman 7:20 - MALT 1942 Feb 15 8842742Swollman 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 2 88519878Swollman 7:20 - MALT 1950 88619878Swollman 7:30 - MALT 1982 May 88719878Swollman 8:00 - MYT # Malaysia Time 88819878SwollmanZone Asia/Kuching 7:21:20 - LMT 1926 Mar 88919878Swollman 7:30 - BORT 1933 # Borneo Time 89019878Swollman 8:00 NBorneo BOR%sT 1942 89119878Swollman 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 2 89219878Swollman 8:00 - BORT 1982 May 89319878Swollman 8:00 - MYT 8942742Swollman 8952742Swollman# Maldives 8962742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 89719878SwollmanZone Indian/Maldives 4:54:00 - LMT 1880 # Male 89819878Swollman 4:54:00 - MMT 1960 # Male Mean Time 89919878Swollman 5:00 - MVT # Maldives Time 9002742Swollman 9012742Swollman# Mongolia 90258787Sru 90343014Swollman# Shanks says that Mongolia has three time zones, but usno1995 and the CIA map 90443014Swollman# Standard Time Zones of the World (1997-01) 90517200Swollman# both say that it has just one. 90658787Sru 90758787Sru# From Oscar van Vlijmen (1999-12-11): 90858787Sru# <a href="http://www.mongoliatourism.gov.mn/general.htm"> 90958787Sru# General Information Mongolia 91058787Sru# </a> (1999-09) 91158787Sru# "Time: Mongolia has two time zones. Three westernmost provinces of 91258787Sru# Bayan-Ulgii, Uvs, and Hovd are one hour earlier than the capital city, and 91358787Sru# the rest of the country follows the Ulaanbaatar time, which is UTC/GMT plus 91458787Sru# eight hours." 91558787Sru 91658787Sru# From Rives McDow (1999-12-13): 91758787Sru# Mongolia discontinued the use of daylight savings time in 1999; 1998 91858787Sru# being the last year it was implemented. The dates of implementation I am 91958787Sru# unsure of, but most probably it was similar to Russia, except for the time 92058787Sru# of implementation may have been different.... 92158787Sru# Some maps in the past have indicated that there was an additional time 92258787Sru# zone in the eastern part of Mongolia, including the provinces of Dornod, 92358787Sru# Suhbaatar, and possibly Khentij. 92458787Sru 92558787Sru# From Paul Eggert (1999-12-15): 92658787Sru# For now, we'll comment out the east zone (Choybalsan) 92758787Sru# and use Shanks's and the IATA's data for the daylight-saving rules. 92858787Sru# Naming and spelling is tricky in Mongolia. 92958787Sru# We'll use Hovd (also spelled Chovd and Khovd) to represent the west zone; 93058787Sru# the capital of the Hovd province is sometimes called Hovd, sometimes Dund-Us, 93158787Sru# and sometimes Jirgalanta (with variant spellings), but the name Hovd 93258787Sru# is good enough for our purposes. 93358787Sru 9342742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 93519878SwollmanRule Mongol 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 93619878SwollmanRule Mongol 1981 1984 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 93720094SwollmanRule Mongol 1985 1990 - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 S 93820094SwollmanRule Mongol 1985 1990 - Sep lastSun 3:00 0 - 93958787SruRule Mongol 1991 1998 - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S 94020094SwollmanRule Mongol 1991 1995 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - 94158787Sru# IATA SSIM (1996-09) says 1996-10-25; go with Shanks. 94258787SruRule Mongol 1996 only - Oct lastSun 0:00 0 - 94358787SruRule Mongol 1997 1998 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - 94458787Sru# IATA SSIM (1999-09) says Mongolia no longer observes DST. 94558787Sru 9462742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 94758787SruZone Asia/Hovd 6:06:36 - LMT 1905 Aug 94858787Sru 6:00 - HOVT 1978 # Hovd Time 94958787Sru 7:00 Mongol HOV%sT 95058787SruZone Asia/Ulaanbaatar 7:07:32 - LMT 1905 Aug 95158787Sru 7:00 - ULAT 1978 # Ulaanbaatar Time 95219878Swollman 8:00 Mongol ULA%sT 95358787Sru# We're not sure about this entry yet, so we'll omit it for now. 95458787Sru#Zone Asia/Choybalsan 7:38:00 - LMT 1905 Aug 95558787Sru# 8:00 - CHOT 1978 # Choybalsan Time 95658787Sru# 9:00 Mongol CHO%sT 19?? 95758787Sru# 8:00 Mongol ULA%sT 9582742Swollman 9592742Swollman# Nepal 9602742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 9612742SwollmanZone Asia/Katmandu 5:41:16 - LMT 1920 9622742Swollman 5:30 - IST 1986 96319878Swollman 5:45 - NPT # Nepal Time 9642742Swollman 9652742Swollman# Oman 9662742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 9672742SwollmanZone Asia/Muscat 3:54:20 - LMT 1920 9682742Swollman 4:00 - GST 9692742Swollman 9702742Swollman# Pakistan 9712742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 9722742SwollmanZone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907 9732742Swollman 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep 9742742Swollman 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 15 9752742Swollman 5:30 - IST 1951 Sep 30 97619878Swollman 5:00 - KART 1971 Mar 26 # Karachi Time 97719878Swollman 5:00 - PKT # Pakistan Time 9782742Swollman 9792742Swollman# Palestine 98043014Swollman 98143014Swollman# From Amos Shapir <amos@nsof.co.il> (1998-02-15): 98243014Swollman# 98343014Swollman# From 1917 until 1948-05-15, all of Palestine, including the parts now 98443014Swollman# known as the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, was under British rule. 98543014Swollman# Therefore the rules given for Israel for that period, apply there too... 98643014Swollman# 98743014Swollman# The Gaza Strip was under Egyptian rule between 1948-05-15 until 1967-06-05 98843014Swollman# (except a short occupation by Israel from 1956-11 till 1957-03, but no 98943014Swollman# time zone was affected then). It was never formally annexed to Egypt, 99043014Swollman# though. 99143014Swollman# 99243014Swollman# The rest of Palestine was under Jordanian rule at that time, formally 99343014Swollman# annexed in 1950 as the West Bank (and the word "Trans" was dropped from 99443014Swollman# the country's previous name of "the Hashemite Kingdom of the 99543014Swollman# Trans-Jordan"). So the rules for Jordan for that time apply. Major 99643014Swollman# towns in that area are Nablus (Shchem), El-Halil (Hebron), Ramallah, and 99743014Swollman# East Jerusalem. 99843014Swollman# 99943014Swollman# Both areas were occupied by Israel in June 1967, but not annexed (except 100043014Swollman# for East Jerusalem). They were on Israel time since then; there might 100143014Swollman# have been a Military Governor's order about time zones, but I'm not aware 100243014Swollman# of any (such orders may have been issued semi-annually whenever summer 100343014Swollman# time was in effect, but maybe the legal aspect of time was just neglected). 100443014Swollman# 100543014Swollman# The Palestinian Authority was established in 1993, and got hold of most 100643014Swollman# towns in the West Bank and Gaza by 1995. I know that in order to 100743014Swollman# demonstrate...independence, they have been switching to 100843014Swollman# summer time and back on a different schedule than Israel's, but I don't 100943014Swollman# know when this was started, or what algorithm is used (most likely the 101043014Swollman# Jordanian one). 101143014Swollman# 101243014Swollman# To summarize, the table should probably look something like that: 101343014Swollman# 101443014Swollman# Area \ when | 1918-1947 | 1948-1967 | 1967-1995 | 1996- 101543014Swollman# ------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+----------- 101643014Swollman# Israel | Zion | Zion | Zion | Zion 101743014Swollman# West bank | Zion | Jordan | Zion | Jordan 101843014Swollman# Gaza | Zion | Egypt | Zion | Jordan 101943014Swollman# 102043014Swollman# I guess more info may be available from the PA's web page (if/when they 102143014Swollman# have one). 102243014Swollman 102343014Swollman# From Paul Eggert (1998-02-25): 102443014Swollman# Shanks writes that Gaza did not observe DST until 1957, but we'll go 102543014Swollman# with Shapir and assume that it observed DST from 1940 through 1947, 102643014Swollman# and that it used Jordanian rules starting in 1996. 102743014Swollman# We don't yet need a separate entry for the West Bank, since 102843014Swollman# the only differences between it and Gaza that we know about 102943014Swollman# occurred before our cutoff date of 1970. 103043014Swollman# However, as we get more information, we may need to add entries 103143014Swollman# for parts of the West Bank as they transitioned from Israel's rules 103243014Swollman# to Palestine's rules. If you have more info about this, please 103343014Swollman# send it to tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for incorporation into future editions. 103443014Swollman 103543014Swollman# From IINS News Service - Israel - 1998-03-23 10:38:07 Israel time, 103643014Swollman# forwarded by Ephraim Silverberg: 103743014Swollman# 103843014Swollman# Despite the fact that Israel changed over to daylight savings time 103943014Swollman# last week, the PLO Authority (PA) has decided not to turn its clocks 104043014Swollman# one-hour forward at this time. As a sign of independence from Israeli rule, 104143014Swollman# the PA has decided to implement DST in April. 104243014Swollman 104358787Sru# From Paul Eggert (1999-09-20): 104458787Sru# Daoud Kuttab writes in 104558787Sru# <a href="http://www.jpost.com/com/Archive/22.Apr.1999/Opinion/Article-2.html"> 104658787Sru# Holiday havoc 104758787Sru# </a> (Jerusalem Post, 1999-04-22) that 104858787Sru# the Palestinian National Authority changed to DST on 1999-04-15. 104958787Sru# I vaguely recall that they switch back in October (sorry, forgot the source). 105058787Sru# For now, let's assume that the spring switch was at 24:00, 105158787Sru# and that they switch at 0:00 on the 3rd Fridays of April and October. 105258787Sru 105358787Sru# The rules for Egypt are stolen from the `africa' file. 10542742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 105519878SwollmanRule EgyptAsia 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S 105617200SwollmanRule EgyptAsia 1957 1958 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 105719878SwollmanRule EgyptAsia 1958 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 105820094SwollmanRule EgyptAsia 1959 1967 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S 105917200SwollmanRule EgyptAsia 1959 1965 - Sep 30 3:00 0 - 106020094SwollmanRule EgyptAsia 1966 only - Oct 1 3:00 0 - 106158787Sru 106258787SruRule Palestine 1999 max - Apr Fri>=15 0:00 1:00 S 106358787SruRule Palestine 1999 max - Oct Fri>=15 0:00 0 - 106458787Sru 10652742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 10662742SwollmanZone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct 106743014Swollman 2:00 Zion EET 1948 May 15 106843014Swollman 2:00 EgyptAsia EE%sT 1967 Jun 5 106943014Swollman 2:00 Zion I%sT 1996 107058787Sru 2:00 Jordan EE%sT 1999 107158787Sru 2:00 Palestine EE%sT 10722742Swollman 107314343Swollman# Paracel Is 107414343Swollman# no information 107514343Swollman 10762742Swollman# Philippines 107758787Sru# Howse writes (p 153) that until 1844 the Philippines kept American date. 10782742Swollman# The rest of this data is from Shanks. 10792742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 108019878SwollmanRule Phil 1936 only - Nov 1 0:00 1:00 S 108119878SwollmanRule Phil 1937 only - Feb 1 0:00 0 - 108219878SwollmanRule Phil 1954 only - Apr 12 0:00 1:00 S 108319878SwollmanRule Phil 1954 only - Jul 1 0:00 0 - 108419878SwollmanRule Phil 1978 only - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 S 108519878SwollmanRule Phil 1978 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 - 10862742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 10872742SwollmanZone Asia/Manila -15:56:00 - LMT 1844 10882742Swollman 8:04:00 - LMT 1899 May 11 108919878Swollman 8:00 Phil PH%sT 1942 May 10902742Swollman 9:00 - JST 1944 Nov 109119878Swollman 8:00 Phil PH%sT 10922742Swollman 10932742Swollman# Qatar 10942742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 109567578SwollmanZone Asia/Qatar 3:26:08 - LMT 1920 # Al Dawhah / Doha 10962742Swollman 4:00 - GST 1972 Jun 10972742Swollman 3:00 - AST 10982742Swollman 10992742Swollman# Saudi Arabia 11002742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 11012742SwollmanZone Asia/Riyadh 3:06:52 - LMT 1950 11022742Swollman 3:00 - AST 11032742Swollman 11042742Swollman# Singapore 11052742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 11062742SwollmanZone Asia/Singapore 6:55:24 - LMT 1880 110719878Swollman 6:55:24 - SMT 1905 Jun # Singapore Mean Time 110819878Swollman 7:00 - MALT 1933 # Malaya Time 110919878Swollman 7:20 - MALT 1942 Feb 15 11102742Swollman 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 2 111119878Swollman 7:20 - MALT 1950 111219878Swollman 7:30 - MALT 1965 Aug 9 # independence 111319878Swollman 7:30 - SGT 1982 May # Singapore Time 11142742Swollman 8:00 - SGT 11152742Swollman 111614343Swollman# Spratly Is 111714343Swollman# no information 111814343Swollman 11192742Swollman# Sri Lanka 112019878Swollman# From Paul Eggert (1996-09-03): 112158787Sru# "Sri Lanka advances clock by an hour to avoid blackout" 112258787Sru# (www.virtual-pc.com/lankaweb/news/items/240596-2.html, 1996-05-24, 112358787Sru# no longer available as of 1999-08-17) 112419878Swollman# reported ``the country's standard time will be put forward by one hour at 112519878Swollman# midnight Friday (1830 GMT) `in the light of the present power crisis'.'' 112630711Swollman# 112730711Swollman# From Dharmasiri Senanayake, Sri Lanka Media Minister (1996-10-24), as quoted 112843014Swollman# by Shamindra in 112943014Swollman# <a href="news:54rka5$m5h@mtinsc01-mgt.ops.worldnet.att.net"> 113043014Swollman# Daily News - Hot News Section (1996-10-26) 113143014Swollman# </a>: 113230711Swollman# With effect from 12.30 a.m. on 26th October 1996 113330711Swollman# Sri Lanka will be six (06) hours ahead of GMT. 113419878Swollman 11352742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 11362742SwollmanZone Asia/Colombo 5:19:24 - LMT 1880 113743014Swollman 5:19:32 - MMT 1906 # Moratuwa Mean Time 11382742Swollman 5:30 - IST 1942 Jan 5 11392742Swollman 5:30 0:30 IHST 1942 Sep 11402742Swollman 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 16 2:00 114119878Swollman 5:30 - IST 1996 May 25 0:00 114230711Swollman 6:30 - LKT 1996 Oct 26 0:30 114330711Swollman 6:00 - LKT 11442742Swollman 11452742Swollman# Syria 11462742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 114719878SwollmanRule Syria 1920 1923 - Apr Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 S 11482742SwollmanRule Syria 1920 1923 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 0 - 114919878SwollmanRule Syria 1962 only - Apr 29 2:00 1:00 S 11502742SwollmanRule Syria 1962 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 - 115119878SwollmanRule Syria 1963 1965 - May 1 2:00 1:00 S 11522742SwollmanRule Syria 1963 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 - 11532742SwollmanRule Syria 1964 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 - 11542742SwollmanRule Syria 1965 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 - 115519878SwollmanRule Syria 1966 only - Apr 24 2:00 1:00 S 11562742SwollmanRule Syria 1966 1976 - Oct 1 2:00 0 - 115719878SwollmanRule Syria 1967 1978 - May 1 2:00 1:00 S 11582742SwollmanRule Syria 1977 1978 - Sep 1 2:00 0 - 115919878SwollmanRule Syria 1983 1984 - Apr 9 2:00 1:00 S 11602742SwollmanRule Syria 1983 1984 - Oct 1 2:00 0 - 116119878SwollmanRule Syria 1986 only - Feb 16 2:00 1:00 S 11622742SwollmanRule Syria 1986 only - Oct 9 2:00 0 - 116319878SwollmanRule Syria 1987 only - Mar 1 2:00 1:00 S 11642742SwollmanRule Syria 1987 1988 - Oct 31 2:00 0 - 116519878SwollmanRule Syria 1988 only - Mar 15 2:00 1:00 S 116619878SwollmanRule Syria 1989 only - Mar 31 2:00 1:00 S 11672742SwollmanRule Syria 1989 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 - 116820094SwollmanRule Syria 1990 only - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 S 116920094SwollmanRule Syria 1990 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 - 117020094SwollmanRule Syria 1991 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 117120094SwollmanRule Syria 1991 1992 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 117220094SwollmanRule Syria 1992 only - Apr 8 0:00 1:00 S 117320094SwollmanRule Syria 1993 only - Mar 26 0:00 1:00 S 117420094SwollmanRule Syria 1993 only - Sep 25 0:00 0 - 117558787Sru# IATA SSIM (1998-02) says 1998-04-02; 117658787Sru# (1998-09) says 1999-03-29 and 1999-09-29; (1999-02) says 1999-04-02, 117758787Sru# 2000-04-02, and 2001-04-02; (1999-09) says 2000-03-31 and 2001-03-31; 117858787Sru# ignore all these claims and go with Shanks. 117958787SruRule Syria 1994 1996 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 118020094SwollmanRule Syria 1994 max - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 118158787SruRule Syria 1997 1998 - Mar lastMon 0:00 1:00 S 118258787SruRule Syria 1999 max - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 11832742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 118467578SwollmanZone Asia/Damascus 2:25:12 - LMT 1920 # Dimashq 118519878Swollman 2:00 Syria EE%sT 11862742Swollman 11872742Swollman# Tajikistan 118858787Sru# From Shanks. 11892742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 11902742SwollmanZone Asia/Dushanbe 4:35:12 - LMT 1924 May 2 119143014Swollman 5:00 - DUST 1930 Jun 21 # Dushanbe Time 119219878Swollman 6:00 RussiaAsia DUS%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 119358787Sru 5:00 1:00 DUSST 1991 Sep 9 2:00s 119419878Swollman 5:00 - TJT # Tajikistan Time 11952742Swollman 11962742Swollman# Thailand 11972742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 11982742SwollmanZone Asia/Bangkok 6:42:04 - LMT 1880 119919878Swollman 6:42:04 - BMT 1920 Apr # Bangkok Mean Time 12002742Swollman 7:00 - ICT 12012742Swollman 12022742Swollman# Turkmenistan 120358787Sru# From Shanks. 12042742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 120567578SwollmanZone Asia/Ashgabat 3:53:32 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Ashkhabad 120643014Swollman 4:00 - ASHT 1930 Jun 21 # Ashkhabad Time 120758787Sru 5:00 RussiaAsia ASH%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00 120858787Sru 4:00 RussiaAsia ASH%sT 1991 Oct 27 # independence 120958787Sru 4:00 RussiaAsia TM%sT 1992 Jan 19 2:00 121043014Swollman 5:00 - TMT 12112742Swollman 12122742Swollman# United Arab Emirates 12132742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 12142742SwollmanZone Asia/Dubai 3:41:12 - LMT 1920 12152742Swollman 4:00 - GST 12162742Swollman 12172742Swollman# Uzbekistan 12182742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 121943014SwollmanZone Asia/Samarkand 4:27:12 - LMT 1924 May 2 122043014Swollman 4:00 - SAMT 1930 Jun 21 # Samarkand Time 122143014Swollman 5:00 - SAMT 1981 Apr 1 122243014Swollman 5:00 1:00 SAMST 1981 Oct 1 122343014Swollman 6:00 RussiaAsia TAS%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00 # Tashkent Time 122458787Sru 5:00 RussiaAsia TAS%sT 1991 Sep 1 # independence 122558787Sru 5:00 RussiaAsia UZ%sT 1992 122643014Swollman 5:00 RussiaAsia UZ%sT 1993 122743014Swollman 5:00 - UZT 12282742SwollmanZone Asia/Tashkent 4:37:12 - LMT 1924 May 2 122943014Swollman 5:00 - TAST 1930 Jun 21 # Tashkent Time 123019878Swollman 6:00 RussiaAsia TAS%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 123158787Sru 5:00 RussiaAsia TAS%sT 1991 Sep 1 # independence 123258787Sru 5:00 RussiaAsia UZ%sT 1992 123343014Swollman 5:00 RussiaAsia UZ%sT 1993 123443014Swollman 5:00 - UZT 12352742Swollman 12362742Swollman# Vietnam 123719878Swollman# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1993-11-18): 12382742Swollman# Saigon's official name is Thanh-Pho Ho Chi Minh, but it's too long. 12392742Swollman# We'll stick with the traditional name for now. 124058787Sru# From Shanks: 12412742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 12422742SwollmanZone Asia/Saigon 7:06:40 - LMT 1906 Jun 9 124319878Swollman 7:06:20 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT? 12442742Swollman 7:00 - ICT 1912 May 12452742Swollman 8:00 - ICT 1931 May 12462742Swollman 7:00 - ICT 12472742Swollman 12482742Swollman# Yemen 12492742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 12502742SwollmanZone Asia/Aden 3:00:48 - LMT 1950 12512742Swollman 3:00 - AST 1252