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diff --git a/time/asia b/time/asia deleted file mode 100644 index 78ecb30d9..000000000 --- a/time/asia +++ /dev/null @@ -1,803 +0,0 @@ -# @(#)asia 7.12 - -# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, -# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to -# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future). - -# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (August 18, 1994): -# -# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is -# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (3rd edition), -# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1991). -# Except where otherwise noted, it is the source for the data below. -# -# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences, -# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which -# I found in the UCLA library. -# -# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is -# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and the discovery of the longitude, -# Oxford University Press (1980). -# -# I invented the abbreviations marked `*' in the following table; -# the rest are from earlier versions of this file, or from other sources. -# Corrections are welcome! -# std dst -# LMT Local Mean Time -# LST Local Star Time (Russian ``mestnoe zvezdnoe vremya'') -# 2:00 EET EET DST Eastern European Time -# 2:00 IST IDT Israel -# 3:00 AST ADT Arabia* -# 3:00 MSK MSD Moscow -# 3:30 IST IDT Iran -# 4:00 BSK BSD Baku* -# 4:00 GST GDT Gulf* -# 4:30 AFT Afghanistan* -# 5:00 ASK ASD Ashkhabad* -# 5:00 PKT Pakistan* -# 5:30 IST IST India -# 5:45 NPT Nepal* -# 6:00 BGT Bengal, Bangladesh* -# 6:00 TSK TSD Tashkent* -# 6:30 BMT Burma* -# 7:00 ICT Indochina* -# 7:00 JVT Java* -# 8:00 BNT Borneo, Brunei* -# 8:00 CST CDT China -# 8:00 HKT HKST Hong Kong -# 8:00 PST PDT Philippines* -# 8:00 SGT Singapore -# 8:00 UST UDT Ulan Bator* -# 9:00 JST Japan -# 9:00 KST KDT Korea -# 9:00 MLT Moluccas* -# 9:30 CST Australian Central Standard Time -# -# See the `europe' file for Russia and Turkey in Asia. -# -# See the `africa' file for Zone naming conventions. - -# From Guy Harris: -# Incorporates data for Singapore from Robert Elz' asia 1.1, as well as -# additional information from Tom Yap, Sun Microsystems Intercontinental -# Technical Support (including a page from the Official Airline Guide - -# Worldwide Edition). The names for time zones are guesses. - -############################################################################### - -# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (May 28, 1994): -# We don't know what happened to the clocks in the Caucausus and the ex-Soviet -# Central Asia after 1990. Until we get more info, stick with the pre-1991 rules. -# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule Russia 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Russia 1981 1983 - Oct 1 0:00 0 K -Rule Russia 1984 max - Sep lastSun 3:00 0 K -Rule Russia 1985 max - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 D - -# Afghanistan -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Kabul 4:36:48 - LMT 1890 - 4:00 - GST 1945 - 4:30 - AFT - -# Armenia -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Yerevan 2:58:00 - LMT 1924 May 2 - 3:00 - MSK 1957 Mar - 4:00 Russia BS%s - -# Azerbaijan -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Baku 3:19:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 - 3:00 - MSK 1957 Mar - 4:00 Russia BS%s - -# Bahrain -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Bahrain 3:22:20 - LMT 1920 # Al-Manamah - 4:00 - GST 1972 Jun - 3:00 - AST - -# Bangladesh -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Dacca 6:01:40 - LMT 1890 - 5:53 - CMT 1941 Oct # Calcutta Mean Time - 6:30 - BMT 1942 May 15 - 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep - 6:30 - BMT 1951 Sep 30 - 6:00 - BGT - -# Bhutan -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Thimbu 5:58:36 - LMT 1947 Aug 15 - 5:30 - IST 1987 Oct - 6:00 - BGT - -# British Indian Ocean Territory -# From Whitman: -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Indian/Chagos 5:00 - PKT - -# Brunei -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Brunei 7:39:40 - LMT 1926 Mar # Bandar Seri Begawan - 7:30 - BNT 1933 - 8:00 - BNT - -# Burma -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Rangoon 6:24:40 - LMT 1880 - 6:25 - RMT 1920 - 6:30 - BMT 1942 May - 9:00 - JST 1945 May 3 - 6:30 - BMT - -# Cambodia -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Phnom_Penh 6:59:40 - LMT 1906 Jun 9 - 7:06 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT - 7:00 - ICT 1912 May - 8:00 - ICT 1931 May - 7:00 - ICT - -# People's Republic of China - -# From Guy Harris: -# People's Republic of China. Yes, they really have only one time zone. - -# From Bob Devine (January 28, 1988): -# No they don't. See TIME mag, February 17, 1986 p.52. Even though -# China is across 4 physical time zones, before Feb 1, 1986 only the -# Peking (Bejing) time zone was recognized. Since that date, China -# has two of 'em -- Peking's and Urumqi (named after the capital of -# the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region). I don't know about DST for it. -# -# . . .I just deleted the DST table and this editor makes it too -# painful to suck in another copy.. So, here is what I have for -# DST start/end dates for Peking's time zone (info from AP): -# -# 1986 May 4 - Sept 14 -# 1987 mid-April - ?? - -# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993): -# According to Shanks, China started using DST in 1986, -# but it's still all one big happy time zone. - -# From U. S. Naval Observatory (January 19, 1989): -# CHINA 8 H AHEAD OF UTC ALL OF CHINA, INCL TAIWAN -# CHINA 9 H AHEAD OF UTC APR 17 - SEP 10 - -# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993): -# Shanks writes that China switched from the Chinese calendar on 1912 Feb 12. -# He also writes that China has had a single time zone since 1980 May 1, -# and that they instituted DST on 1986 May 4; this contradicts Devine's -# note about Time magazine, though apparently _something_ happened in 1986. - -# From Shanks (1991): -# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule Shang 1928 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S -Rule Shang 1940 only - Jun 3 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Shang 1940 1941 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S -Rule Shang 1941 only - Mar 16 0:00 1:00 D -Rule PRC 1949 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S -Rule PRC 1986 only - May 4 0:00 1:00 D -Rule PRC 1986 max - Sep Sun>=11 0:00 0 S -Rule PRC 1987 max - Apr Sun>=10 0:00 1:00 D -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Shanghai 8:05:52 - LMT 1928 - 8:00 Shang C%sT 1949 - 8:00 PRC C%sT - -############################################################################### - -# Republic of China - -# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule Taiwan 1896 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S -Rule Taiwan 1945 1951 - May 1 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Taiwan 1945 1951 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S -Rule Taiwan 1952 only - Mar 1 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Taiwan 1952 1954 - Nov 1 0:00 0 S -Rule Taiwan 1953 1959 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Taiwan 1955 1961 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S -Rule Taiwan 1960 1961 - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Taiwan 1974 1975 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Taiwan 1974 1975 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S -Rule Taiwan 1980 only - Jun 30 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Taiwan 1980 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 S -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Taipei 8:06:00 - LMT 1896 - 8:00 Taiwan C%sT - -############################################################################### -# Hong Kong -# Presumably Hong Kong will have DST again when it merges with China, -# but it's too early to predict the details. -# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule HK 1904 only - Oct 30 0:00 0 - -Rule HK 1946 only - Apr 20 3:30 1:00 S -Rule HK 1946 only - Dec 1 3:30 0 - -Rule HK 1947 only - Apr 13 3:30 1:00 S -Rule HK 1947 only - Dec 30 3:30 0 - -Rule HK 1948 only - May 2 3:30 1:00 S -Rule HK 1948 1952 - Oct lastSun 3:30 0 - -Rule HK 1949 1953 - Apr Sun>=1 3:30 1:00 S -Rule HK 1953 only - Nov 1 3:30 0 - -Rule HK 1954 1964 - Mar Sun>=18 3:30 1:00 S -Rule HK 1954 only - Oct 31 3:30 0 - -Rule HK 1955 1964 - Nov Sun>=1 3:30 0 - -Rule HK 1965 1977 - Apr Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S -Rule HK 1965 1977 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 - -Rule HK 1979 1980 - May Sun>=8 3:30 1:00 S -Rule HK 1979 1980 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 - -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Hong_Kong 7:36:36 - LMT 1904 Oct 30 - 8:00 HK HK%sT - -# Macao -# Presumably Macao will have DST again when it merges with China, -# but it's too early to predict the details. -# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule Macao 1912 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S -Rule Macao 1961 1962 - Mar Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 D -Rule Macao 1961 1964 - Nov Sun>=1 3:30 0 S -Rule Macao 1963 only - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Macao 1964 only - Mar Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 D -Rule Macao 1965 only - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Macao 1965 only - Oct 31 0:00 0 S -Rule Macao 1966 1971 - Apr Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 D -Rule Macao 1966 1971 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 S -Rule Macao 1972 1974 - Apr Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Macao 1972 1973 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 0 S -Rule Macao 1974 1977 - Oct Sun>=15 3:30 0 S -Rule Macao 1975 1977 - Apr Sun>=15 3:30 1:00 D -Rule Macao 1978 1980 - Apr Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Macao 1978 1980 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 0 S -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Macao 7:34:20 - LMT 1912 - 8:00 Macao C%sT - - -############################################################################### - -# Cyprus -# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule Cyprus 1921 only - Nov 14 0:00 0 - -Rule Cyprus 1975 only - Apr 13 0:00 1:00 " DST" -Rule Cyprus 1975 only - Oct 12 0:00 0 - -Rule Cyprus 1976 only - May 15 0:00 1:00 " DST" -Rule Cyprus 1976 only - Oct 11 0:00 0 - -Rule Cyprus 1977 1980 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 " DST" -Rule Cyprus 1977 only - Sep 25 0:00 0 - -Rule Cyprus 1978 only - Oct 2 0:00 0 - -Rule Cyprus 1979 max - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - -Rule Cyprus 1981 max - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 " DST" -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Nicosia 2:13:28 - LMT 1921 Nov 14 - 2:00 Cyprus EET%s - -# Georgia -# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1994-11-19): -# Today's _Economist_ (p 60) reports that Georgia moved its clocks forward -# an hour recently, due to a law proposed by Zurab Murvanidze, -# an MP who went on a hunger strike for 11 days to force discussion about it! -# Alas, we have no details. -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Tbilisi 2:59:16 - LMT 1880 - 2:59 - LST 1924 May 2 - 3:00 - MSK 1957 Mar - 4:00 Russia BS%s - -# India -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Calcutta 5:53:28 - LMT 1880 - 5:53 - CMT 1941 Oct # Calcutta Mean Time - 6:30 - BMT 1942 May 15 - 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep - 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 15 - 5:30 - IST -# The following are like Asia/Calcutta: -# Andaman Is -# Lakshadweep (Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Is) -# Nicobar Is - -# Indonesia -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Jakarta 7:07:12 - LMT 1867 Aug 10 - 7:07 - JMT 1924 Jan 1 0:13 - 7:20 - JVT 1932 Nov - 7:30 - JVT 1942 Mar 23 - 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug - 7:30 - JVT 1948 May - 8:00 - JVT 1950 May - 7:30 - JVT 1964 - 7:00 - JVT -Zone Asia/Ujung_Pandang 7:57:36 - LMT 1920 - 7:58 - MMT 1932 Nov # Macassar Mean Time - 8:00 - BNT 1942 Feb 9 - 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug - 8:00 - BNT -Zone Asia/Jayapura 9:22:48 - LMT 1932 Nov - 9:00 - MLT 1944 - 9:30 - CST 1964 - 9:00 - MLT - -# Iran - -# Shanks has no record of DST after 1980. - -# From Bob Devine (January 28, 1988): -# Iran: Last Sunday in March to third (?) Sunday in -# September. Since the revolution, the official calendar is Monarchic -# calendar; I have no idea what the correspondence between dates are. - -# From U. S. Naval Observatory (January 19, 1989): -# IRAN 3.5H AHEAD OF UTC - -# From Shanks (1991), with corrections from Devine: -# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule Iran 1977 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 S -Rule Iran 1978 1980 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Iran 1978 only - Oct 21 0:00 0 S -Rule Iran 1979 only - Sep 19 0:00 0 S -Rule Iran 1980 only - Sep 23 0:00 0 S -Rule Iran 1988 max - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 D -Rule Iran 1988 max - Sep Sun>=15 2:00 0 S -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Tehran 3:25:44 - LMT 1916 - 3:26 - TMT 1946 - 3:30 - IST 1977 Nov - 4:00 Iran G%sT 1979 - 3:30 Iran I%sT - -# Iraq -# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule Iraq 1982 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Iraq 1982 1984 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S -Rule Iraq 1983 only - Mar 31 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Iraq 1984 1985 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Iraq 1985 max - Sep lastSun 1:00s 0 S -Rule Iraq 1986 max - Mar lastSun 1:00s 1:00 D -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Baghdad 2:57:40 - LMT 1890 - 2:58 - BMT 1918 # Baghdad Mean Time - 3:00 - AST 1982 May - 3:00 Iraq A%sT - - -############################################################################### - -# Israel - -# From U. S. Naval Observatory (January 19, 1989): -# ISRAEL 2 H AHEAD OF UTC -# ISRAEL 3 H AHEAD OF UTC APR 10 - SEP 3 - -# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993): -# -# Shanks gives the following rules for Jerusalem from 1918 through 1991. -# After 1989 Shanks often disagrees with Silverberg; we go with Silverberg. - -# From Shanks (1991): -# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule Zion 1918 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S -Rule Zion 1940 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Zion 1942 1944 - Nov 1 0:00 0 S -Rule Zion 1943 only - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 D -Rule Zion 1944 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Zion 1945 only - Apr 16 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Zion 1945 only - Nov 1 2:00 0 S -Rule Zion 1946 only - Apr 16 2:00 1:00 D -Rule Zion 1946 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 S -Rule Zion 1948 only - May 23 0:00 2:00 DD -Rule Zion 1948 only - Sep 1 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Zion 1948 1949 - Nov 1 2:00 0 S -Rule Zion 1949 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Zion 1950 only - Apr 16 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Zion 1950 only - Sep 15 3:00 0 S -Rule Zion 1951 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Zion 1951 only - Nov 11 3:00 0 S -Rule Zion 1952 only - Apr 20 2:00 1:00 D -Rule Zion 1952 only - Oct 19 3:00 0 S -Rule Zion 1953 only - Apr 12 2:00 1:00 D -Rule Zion 1953 only - Sep 13 3:00 0 S -Rule Zion 1954 only - Jun 13 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Zion 1954 only - Sep 12 0:00 0 S -Rule Zion 1955 only - Jun 11 2:00 1:00 D -Rule Zion 1955 only - Sep 11 0:00 0 S -Rule Zion 1956 only - Jun 3 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Zion 1956 only - Sep 30 3:00 0 S -Rule Zion 1957 only - Apr 29 2:00 1:00 D -Rule Zion 1957 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 S -Rule Zion 1974 only - Jul 7 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Zion 1974 only - Oct 13 0:00 0 S -Rule Zion 1975 only - Apr 20 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Zion 1975 only - Aug 31 0:00 0 S -Rule Zion 1985 only - Apr 14 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Zion 1985 only - Sep 15 0:00 0 S -Rule Zion 1986 only - May 18 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Zion 1986 only - Sep 7 0:00 0 S -Rule Zion 1987 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Zion 1987 only - Sep 13 0:00 0 S -Rule Zion 1988 only - Apr 9 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Zion 1988 only - Sep 3 0:00 0 S -#Rule Zion 1989 only - Apr 29 0:00 1:00 D -#Rule Zion 1989 only - Sep 2 0:00 0 S -#Rule Zion 1990 only - Mar 25 0:00 1:00 D -#Rule Zion 1990 only - Aug 26 0:00 0 S -#Rule Zion 1991 only - Mar 10 0:00 1:00 D -#Rule Zion 1991 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 S - -# From Ephraim Silverberg (September 5, 1993): -# -# According to the Office of the Secretary General of the Ministry of -# Interior, there is NO set rule for Daylight-Savings/Standard time changes. -# Each year they decide anew what havoc to wreak on the country. However, -# there is a "supposed" set of rules which is subject to change depending -# on the party the Minister of Interior, the size of the coalition -# government, the phase of the moon and the direction of the wind. Hence, -# changes may need to be made on a semi-annual basis. One thing is entrenched -# in law, however: that there must be at least 150 days on daylight savings -# time annually. - -# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule Zion 1989 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Zion 1989 only - Sep 3 0:00 0:00 S -Rule Zion 1990 only - Mar 25 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Zion 1990 only - Aug 26 0:00 0:00 S -Rule Zion 1991 only - Mar 24 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Zion 1991 only - Sep 1 0:00 0:00 S -Rule Zion 1992 only - Mar 29 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Zion 1992 only - Sep 6 0:00 0:00 S -Rule Zion 1993 only - Apr 2 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Zion 1993 only - Sep 5 0:00 0:00 S - -# The dates for 1994-1995 were obtained from Office of the Spokeswoman for -# the Ministry of Interior, Jerusalem. There are no dates yet for 1996 and -# beyond so your guess is as good as theirs (those who are interested can -# call 972-2-701411 and ask for the spokeswoman). - -# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule Zion 1994 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Zion 1994 only - Aug 28 0:00 0:00 S -Rule Zion 1995 only - Mar 31 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Zion 1995 only - Aug 27 0:00 0:00 S - -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Tel_Aviv 2:19:04 - LMT 1880 - 2:21 - JMT 1918 - 2:00 Zion I%sT - - -############################################################################### - -# Japan - -# `9:00' and `JST' is from Guy Harris. - -# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993): -# Shanks says that the far southern Ryukyu Is (Nansei-Shoto) are 8:00, -# but we don't have a good location name for them; -# we don't even know the name of the principal town. -# There is no information for Marcus. -# Other Japanese possessions are probably like Asia/Tokyo. - -# From Shanks (1991): -# Japan switched from the Japanese calendar on 1893 Jan 1. -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Tokyo 9:19:04 - LMT 1896 - 9:00 - JST -#Zone Asia/South_Ryukyu 8:14:44 - LMT 1896 # Amitori -# 8:00 - CST - -# Jordan -# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993): -# Most likely Shanks is merely guessing dates from 1992 on. -# From Shanks (1991): -# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule Jordan 1931 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - -Rule Jordan 1973 only - Jun 6 0:00 1:00 " DST" -Rule Jordan 1973 1975 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - -Rule Jordan 1974 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 " DST" -Rule Jordan 1976 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 - -Rule Jordan 1977 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - -Rule Jordan 1978 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 " DST" -Rule Jordan 1978 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 - -Rule Jordan 1985 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 " DST" -Rule Jordan 1985 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - -Rule Jordan 1986 1988 - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 " DST" -Rule Jordan 1986 1990 - Oct Fri>=1 0:00 0 - -Rule Jordan 1989 only - May 8 0:00 1:00 " DST" -Rule Jordan 1990 only - Apr 27 0:00 1:00 " DST" -Rule Jordan 1991 only - Apr 19 0:00 1:00 " DST" -Rule Jordan 1991 only - Sep 27 0:00 0 - -Rule Jordan 1992 max - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 " DST" -Rule Jordan 1992 max - Oct Fri>=1 0:00 0 - -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931 - 2:00 Jordan EET%s - -# Kazakhstan -# From Shanks (1991): -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Alma-Ata 5:07:48 - LMT 1924 May 2 - 5:00 - TSK 1957 Mar - 6:00 Russia TS%s - -# Kirgizstan -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Bishkek 4:58:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 - 5:00 - TSK 1957 Mar - 6:00 Russia TS%s - -############################################################################### - -# Korea - -# From Guy Harris: -# According to someone at the Korean Times in San Francisco, -# Daylight Savings Time was not observed until 1987. He did not know -# at what time of day DST starts or ends. - -# From Shanks (1991): -# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule ROK 1960 only - May 15 0:00 1:00 D -Rule ROK 1960 only - Sep 13 0:00 0 S -Rule ROK 1987 1988 - May Sun<=14 0:00 1:00 D -Rule ROK 1987 1988 - Oct Sun<=14 0:00 0 S - -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Seoul 8:27:52 - LMT 1890 - 8:30 - KST 1904 Dec - 9:00 - KST 1928 - 8:30 - KST 1932 - 9:00 - KST 1954 Mar 21 - 8:00 ROK K%sT 1961 Aug 10 - 8:30 - KST 1968 Oct - 9:00 ROK K%sT -Zone Asia/Pyongyang 8:23:00 - LMT 1890 - 8:30 - KST 1904 Dec - 9:00 - KST 1928 - 8:30 - KST 1932 - 9:00 - KST 1954 Mar 21 - 8:00 - KST 1961 Aug 10 - 9:00 - KST - -############################################################################### - -# Kuwait -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Kuwait 3:11:56 - LMT 1950 - 3:00 - AST - -# Laos -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Vientiane 6:50:24 - LMT 1906 Jun 9 - 7:06 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT - 7:00 - ICT 1912 May - 8:00 - ICT 1931 May - 7:00 - ICT - -# Lebanon -# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule Lebanon 1880 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - -Rule Lebanon 1920 only - Mar 28 0:00 1:00 " DST" -Rule Lebanon 1920 only - Oct 25 0:00 0 - -Rule Lebanon 1921 only - Apr 3 0:00 1:00 " DST" -Rule Lebanon 1921 only - Oct 3 0:00 0 - -Rule Lebanon 1922 only - Mar 26 0:00 1:00 " DST" -Rule Lebanon 1922 only - Oct 8 0:00 0 - -Rule Lebanon 1923 only - Apr 22 0:00 1:00 " DST" -Rule Lebanon 1923 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 - -Rule Lebanon 1957 1961 - May 1 0:00 1:00 " DST" -Rule Lebanon 1957 1961 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - -Rule Lebanon 1972 only - Jun 22 0:00 1:00 " DST" -Rule Lebanon 1972 1977 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - -Rule Lebanon 1973 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 " DST" -Rule Lebanon 1978 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 " DST" -Rule Lebanon 1978 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 - -Rule Lebanon 1984 1987 - May 1 0:00 1:00 " DST" -Rule Lebanon 1984 max - Oct 16 0:00 0 - -Rule Lebanon 1988 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 " DST" -Rule Lebanon 1989 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 " DST" -Rule Lebanon 1990 max - May 1 0:00 1:00 " DST" -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Beirut 2:22:00 - LMT 1880 - 2:00 Lebanon EET%s - -# Malaysia -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Kuala_Lumpur 6:46:48 - LMT 1880 - 6:55 - SMT 1905 Jun - 7:00 - SGT 1933 - 7:20 - SGT 1942 Feb 15 - 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 2 - 7:20 - SGT 1950 - 7:30 - SGT 1982 May - 8:00 - SGT - -# Maldives -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Indian/Maldives 4:54:00 - LMT 1880 # Male - 4:54 - MMT 1960 - 5:00 - PKT - -# Mongolia -# Let's comment out the western and eastern Mongolian time zones -# till we know what their principal towns are. -# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule Mongol 1978 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S -Rule Mongol 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 T -Rule Mongol 1981 1984 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S -Rule Mongol 1985 max - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 T -Rule Mongol 1985 max - Sep lastSun 3:00 0 S -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -#Zone Asia/Dariv 6:14:32 - LMT 1905 Aug -# 6:00 - DST 1978 -# 7:00 Mongol D%sT -Zone Asia/Ulan_Bator 7:07:32 - LMT 1905 Aug - 7:00 - UST 1978 - 8:00 Mongol U%sT -#Zone Asia/Baruun-Urt 7:33:00 - LMT 1905 Aug -# 8:00 - BST 1978 -# 9:00 Mongol B%sT - -# Nepal -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Katmandu 5:41:16 - LMT 1920 - 5:30 - IST 1986 - 5:45 - NPT - -# Oman -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Muscat 3:54:20 - LMT 1920 - 4:00 - GST - -# Pakistan -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907 - 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep - 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 15 - 5:30 - IST 1951 Sep 30 - 5:00 - PKT - -# Palestine -# These rules for Egypt are stolen from the `africa' file. -# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule Egypt 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 " DST" -Rule Egypt 1957 1958 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - -Rule Egypt 1958 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 " DST" -Rule Egypt 1959 1981 - May 1 1:00 1:00 " DST" -Rule Egypt 1959 1965 - Sep 30 3:00 0 - -Rule Egypt 1966 max - Oct 1 3:00 0 - -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct - 2:00 - EET 1957 May 10 - 2:00 Egypt EET%s 1967 Jun 30 - 2:00 Zion I%sT -# This will undoubtedly change soon. - -# Philippines -# Howse writes (p 162) that until 1844 the Philippines kept American date. -# The rest of this data is from Shanks. -# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule Phil 1899 only - May 11 0:00 0 S -Rule Phil 1936 only - Nov 1 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Phil 1937 only - Feb 1 0:00 0 S -Rule Phil 1954 only - Apr 12 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Phil 1954 only - Jul 1 0:00 0 S -Rule Phil 1978 only - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Phil 1978 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 S -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Manila -15:56:00 - LMT 1844 - 8:04:00 - LMT 1899 May 11 - 8:00 Phil P%sT 1942 May - 9:00 - JST 1944 Nov - 8:00 Phil P%sT - -# Qatar -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Qatar 3:26:08 - LMT 1920 # Al Dawhah - 4:00 - GST 1972 Jun - 3:00 - AST - -# Saudi Arabia -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Riyadh 3:06:52 - LMT 1950 - 3:00 - AST - -# Singapore -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Singapore 6:55:24 - LMT 1880 - 6:55 - SMT 1905 Jun - 7:00 - SGT 1933 - 7:20 - SGT 1942 Feb 15 - 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 2 - 7:20 - SGT 1950 - 7:30 - SGT 1982 May - 8:00 - SGT - -# Sri Lanka -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Colombo 5:19:24 - LMT 1880 - 5:20 - JMT 1906 - 5:30 - IST 1942 Jan 5 - 5:30 0:30 IHST 1942 Sep - 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 16 2:00 - 5:30 - IST - -# Syria -# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule Syria 1920 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - -Rule Syria 1920 1923 - Apr Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 " DST" -Rule Syria 1920 1923 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 0 - -Rule Syria 1962 only - Apr 29 2:00 1:00 " DST" -Rule Syria 1962 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 - -Rule Syria 1963 1965 - May 1 2:00 1:00 " DST" -Rule Syria 1963 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 - -Rule Syria 1964 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 - -Rule Syria 1965 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 - -Rule Syria 1966 only - Apr 24 2:00 1:00 " DST" -Rule Syria 1966 1976 - Oct 1 2:00 0 - -Rule Syria 1967 1978 - May 1 2:00 1:00 " DST" -Rule Syria 1977 1978 - Sep 1 2:00 0 - -Rule Syria 1983 1984 - Apr 9 2:00 1:00 " DST" -Rule Syria 1983 1984 - Oct 1 2:00 0 - -Rule Syria 1986 only - Feb 16 2:00 1:00 " DST" -Rule Syria 1986 only - Oct 9 2:00 0 - -Rule Syria 1987 only - Mar 1 2:00 1:00 " DST" -Rule Syria 1987 1988 - Oct 31 2:00 0 - -Rule Syria 1988 only - Mar 15 2:00 1:00 " DST" -Rule Syria 1989 only - Mar 31 2:00 1:00 " DST" -Rule Syria 1989 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 - -Rule Syria 1990 max - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 " DST" -Rule Syria 1990 max - Sep 30 2:00 0 - -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Damascus 2:25:12 - LMT 1920 - 2:00 Syria EET%s - -# Tajikistan -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Dushanbe 4:35:12 - LMT 1924 May 2 - 5:00 - TSK 1957 Mar - 6:00 Russia TS%s - -# Thailand -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Bangkok 6:42:04 - LMT 1880 - 6:42 - BMT 1920 Apr - 7:00 - ICT - -# Turkmenistan -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Ashkhabad 3:53:32 - LMT 1924 May 2 - 4:00 - ASK 1957 Mar - 5:00 Russia AS%s - -# United Arab Emirates -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Dubai 3:41:12 - LMT 1920 - 4:00 - GST - -# Uzbekistan -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Tashkent 4:37:12 - LMT 1924 May 2 - 5:00 - TSK 1957 Mar - 6:00 Russia TS%s - -# Vietnam -# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993): -# Saigon's official name is Thanh-Pho Ho Chi Minh, but it's too long. -# We'll stick with the traditional name for now. -# From Shanks (1991): -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Saigon 7:06:40 - LMT 1906 Jun 9 - 7:06 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT - 7:00 - ICT 1912 May - 8:00 - ICT 1931 May - 7:00 - ICT - -# Yemen -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Aden 3:00:48 - LMT 1950 - 3:00 - AST |