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diff --git a/time/asia b/time/asia deleted file mode 100644 index c7180eb..0000000 --- a/time/asia +++ /dev/null @@ -1,1017 +0,0 @@ -# @(#)asia 7.35 - -# 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> (1996-11-22): -# -# 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. -# -# Gwillim Law <LAW@encmail.encompass.com> writes that a good source -# for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport -# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM), -# published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries -# of the IATA's data after 1990. -# -# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks is the source for entries through 1990, -# and IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990. -# -# 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 -# 2:00 EET EEST Eastern European Time -# 2:00 IST IDT Israel -# 3:00 AST ADT Arabia* -# 4:00 GST Gulf* -# 5:30 IST India -# 7:00 ICT Indochina* -# 8:00 CST China -# 9:00 JST Japan -# 9:00 KST Korea -# 9:30 CST (Australian) Central Standard Time -# -# See the `europe' file for Russia and Turkey in Asia. - -# 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. - -############################################################################### - -# These rules are stolen from the `europe' file. -# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule EUAsia 1981 max - Mar lastSun 1:00u 1:00 S -Rule EUAsia 1996 max - Oct lastSun 1:00u 0 - -Rule E-EurAsia 1981 max - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S -Rule E-EurAsia 1979 1995 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - -Rule E-EurAsia 1996 max - Oct lastSun 0:00 0 - -Rule RussiaAsia 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S -Rule RussiaAsia 1981 1983 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - -Rule RussiaAsia 1984 1991 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 - -Rule RussiaAsia 1985 1991 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S -Rule RussiaAsia 1992 only - Mar lastSat 23:00 1:00 S -Rule RussiaAsia 1992 only - Sep lastSat 23:00 0 - -Rule RussiaAsia 1993 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S -Rule RussiaAsia 1993 1995 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 - -Rule RussiaAsia 1996 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 - - -# Afghanistan -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Kabul 4:36:48 - LMT 1890 - 4:00 - AFT 1945 - 4:30 - AFT - -# Armenia -# From Paul Eggert (1996-05-04): -# Shanks has Yerevan switching to 3:00 (with Russian DST) in spring 1991, -# but usno1995 has Armenia at 4:00 (with DST), and Edgar Der-Danieliantz -# <edd@AIC.NET> reported today that Yerevan probably won't use DST this year, -# though it did use DST in 1995. We guess Yerevan stayed in sync with Moscow -# between 1990 and 1995, but stopped using DST in 1996. -# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule Armenia 1991 1995 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S -Rule Armenia 1991 1995 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 - -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Yerevan 2:58:00 - LMT 1924 May 2 - 3:00 - YERT 1957 Mar # Yerevan Time - 4:00 RussiaAsia YER%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s - 3:00 1:00 YERST 1991 Sep 23 # independence - 3:00 Armenia AM%sT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s # Armenia Time - 4:00 Armenia AM%sT - -# Azerbaijan -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Baku 3:19:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 - 3:00 - BAKT 1957 Mar # Baku Time - 4:00 RussiaAsia BAK%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s - 3:00 1:00 BAKST 1991 Aug 30 # independence - 3:00 RussiaAsia AZ%sT 1992 Sep lastSun 2:00s - 4:00 - AZT 1996 # Azerbaijan time - 4:00 EUAsia AZ%sT - -# 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 - 5:53:20 - HMT 1941 Oct # Howrah Mean Time? - 6:30 - BURT 1942 May 15 # Burma Time - 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep - 6:30 - BURT 1951 Sep 30 - 6:00 - DACT 1971 Mar 26 # Dacca Time - 6:00 - BDT # Bangladesh Time - -# Bhutan -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Thimbu 5:58:36 - LMT 1947 Aug 15 - 5:30 - IST 1987 Oct - 6:00 - BTT # Bhutan Time - -# British Indian Ocean Territory -# From Whitman: -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Indian/Chagos 5:00 - IOT # BIOT Time - -# 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 / Myanmar -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Rangoon 6:24:40 - LMT 1880 # or Yangon - 6:24:36 - RMT 1920 # Rangoon Mean Time? - 6:30 - BURT 1942 May # Burma Time - 9:00 - JST 1945 May 3 - 6:30 - MMT # Myanmar Time - -# Cambodia -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Phnom_Penh 6:59:40 - LMT 1906 Jun 9 - 7:06:20 - 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 (1988-01-28): -# No they don't. See TIME mag, 1986-02-17 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 U. S. Naval Observatory (1989-01-19): -# 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> (1995-12-19): -# Shanks writes that China has had a single time zone since 1980 May 1, -# observing summer DST from 1986 through 1991; this contradicts Devine's -# note about Time magazine, though apparently _something_ happened in 1986. -# Go with Shanks for now. I made up names for the other pre-1980 time zones. - -# From Shanks (1991): -# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/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 1991 - Sep Sun>=11 0:00 0 S -Rule PRC 1987 1991 - Apr Sun>=10 0:00 1:00 D -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Harbin 8:26:44 - LMT 1928 - 8:30 - HART 1932 Mar # Harbin Time - 8:00 - CST 1940 - 9:00 - HART 1966 May - 8:30 - HART 1980 May - 8:00 PRC C%sT -Zone Asia/Shanghai 8:05:52 - LMT 1928 - 8:00 Shang C%sT 1949 - 8:00 PRC C%sT -Zone Asia/Chungking 7:06:20 - LMT 1928 - 7:00 - CHUT 1980 May # Chungking Time - 8:00 PRC C%sT -Zone Asia/Urumqi 5:50:20 - LMT 1928 - 6:00 - URUT 1980 May # Urumqi Time - 8:00 PRC C%sT -Zone Asia/Kashgar 5:03:56 - LMT 1928 - 5:30 - KAST 1940 # Kashgar Time - 5:00 - KAST 1980 May - 8:00 PRC C%sT -# Hong Kong -# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -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 1997 Jul 1 # return to China - 8:00 PRC C%sT - - -############################################################################### - -# Republic of China - -# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/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 - -# Macao -# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule Macao 1961 1962 - Mar Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S -Rule Macao 1961 1964 - Nov Sun>=1 3:30 0 - -Rule Macao 1963 only - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Macao 1964 only - Mar Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S -Rule Macao 1965 only - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Macao 1965 only - Oct 31 0:00 0 - -Rule Macao 1966 1971 - Apr Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S -Rule Macao 1966 1971 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 - -Rule Macao 1972 1974 - Apr Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Macao 1972 1973 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 0 - -Rule Macao 1974 1977 - Oct Sun>=15 3:30 0 - -Rule Macao 1975 1977 - Apr Sun>=15 3:30 1:00 S -Rule Macao 1978 1980 - Apr Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Macao 1978 1980 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 0 - -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Macao 7:34:20 - LMT 1912 - 8:00 Macao MO%sT 1999 Dec 20 # return to China - 8:00 PRC C%sT - - -############################################################################### - -# Cyprus -# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule Cyprus 1975 only - Apr 13 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Cyprus 1975 only - Oct 12 0:00 0 - -Rule Cyprus 1976 only - May 15 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Cyprus 1976 only - Oct 11 0:00 0 - -Rule Cyprus 1977 1980 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S -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 S -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Nicosia 2:13:28 - LMT 1921 Nov 14 - 2:00 Cyprus EE%sT - -# 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! -# We have no details, but we'll guess they didn't move the clocks back in fall. -# -# From Mathew Englander <mathew@io.org>, quoting AP (1996-10-23 13:05-04): -# Instead of putting back clocks at the end of October, Georgia -# will stay on daylight savings time this winter to save energy, -# President Eduard Shevardnadze decreed Wednesday. -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Tbilisi 2:59:16 - LMT 1880 - 2:59:16 - TBMT 1924 May 2 # Tbilisi Mean Time - 3:00 - TBIT 1957 Mar # Tbilisi Time - 4:00 RussiaAsia TBI%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s - 3:00 1:00 TBIST 1991 Apr 9 # independence - 3:00 RussiaAsia GE%sT 1992 # Georgia Time - 3:00 E-EurAsia GE%sT 1994 Sep lastSun - 4:00 E-EurAsia GE%sT 1996 Oct lastSun - 5:00 - GET - -# India -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Calcutta 5:53:28 - LMT 1880 - 5:53:20 - HMT 1941 Oct # Howrah Mean Time? - 6:30 - BURT 1942 May 15 # Burma Time - 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 - 7:07:12 - JMT 1924 Jan 1 0:13 # Jakarta MT - 7:20 - JAVT 1932 Nov # Java Time - 7:30 - JAVT 1942 Mar 23 - 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug - 7:30 - JAVT 1948 May - 8:00 - JAVT 1950 May - 7:30 - JAVT 1964 - 7:00 - JAVT -Zone Asia/Ujung_Pandang 7:57:36 - LMT 1920 - 7:57:36 - MMT 1932 Nov # Macassar MT - 8:00 - BORT 1942 Feb 9 # Borneo Time - 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug - 8:00 - BORT -Zone Asia/Jayapura 9:22:48 - LMT 1932 Nov - 9:00 - JAYT 1944 # Jayapura Time - 9:30 - CST 1964 - 9:00 - JAYT - -# Iran -# From Paul Eggert (1996-12-17), following up a suggestion by Rich Wales: -# Ahmea Alavi in -# <a href="http://tehran.stanford.edu/Iran_Lib/Calendar/taghveem.txt"> -# http://tehran.stanford.edu/Iran_Lib/Calendar/taghveem.txt (1993-08-04) -# </a> -# writes ``Daylight saving time in Iran starts from the first day -# of Farvardin and ends the first day of Mehr.'' This disagrees with the SSIM: -# -# DST start DST end -# year SSIM Alavi SSIM Alavi -# 1991 05-03!= 03-21 09-20!= 09-23 -# 1992 03-22!= 03-21 09-23 09-23 -# 1993 03-21 03-21 09-23 09-23 -# 1994 03-21 03-21 09-22!= 09-23 -# 1995 03-21 03-21 09-22!= 09-23 -# 1996 03-21!= 03-20 09-21!= 09-22 -# 1997 03-21 03-21 09-21!= 09-23 -# -# Go with Alavi starting with 1992. -# I used Ed Reingold's cal-persia in GNU Emacs 19.34 to compute Persian dates. -# The Persian calendar is based on the sun, and dates after around 2050 -# are approximate; stop after 2037 when 32-bit time_t's overflow. -# -# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule Iran 1978 1980 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Iran 1978 only - Oct 21 0:00 0 - -Rule Iran 1979 only - Sep 19 0:00 0 - -Rule Iran 1980 only - Sep 23 0:00 0 - -Rule Iran 1991 only - May 3 0:00s 1:00 S -Rule Iran 1991 only - Sep 20 0:00s 0 - -Rule Iran 1992 1995 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Iran 1992 1995 - Sep 23 0:00 0 - -Rule Iran 1996 only - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Iran 1996 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 - -Rule Iran 1997 1999 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Iran 1997 1999 - Sep 23 0:00 0 - -Rule Iran 2000 only - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Iran 2000 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 - -Rule Iran 2001 2003 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Iran 2001 2003 - Sep 23 0:00 0 - -Rule Iran 2004 only - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Iran 2004 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 - -Rule Iran 2005 2007 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Iran 2005 2007 - Sep 23 0:00 0 - -Rule Iran 2008 only - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Iran 2008 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 - -Rule Iran 2009 2011 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Iran 2009 2011 - Sep 23 0:00 0 - -Rule Iran 2012 only - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Iran 2012 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 - -Rule Iran 2013 2015 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Iran 2013 2015 - Sep 23 0:00 0 - -Rule Iran 2016 only - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Iran 2016 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 - -Rule Iran 2017 2019 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Iran 2017 2019 - Sep 23 0:00 0 - -Rule Iran 2020 only - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Iran 2020 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 - -Rule Iran 2021 2023 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Iran 2021 2023 - Sep 23 0:00 0 - -Rule Iran 2024 2025 - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Iran 2024 2025 - Sep 22 0:00 0 - -Rule Iran 2026 2027 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Iran 2026 2027 - Sep 23 0:00 0 - -Rule Iran 2028 2029 - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Iran 2028 2029 - Sep 22 0:00 0 - -Rule Iran 2030 2031 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Iran 2030 2031 - Sep 23 0:00 0 - -Rule Iran 2032 2033 - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Iran 2032 2033 - Sep 22 0:00 0 - -Rule Iran 2034 2035 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Iran 2034 2035 - Sep 23 0:00 0 - -Rule Iran 2036 2037 - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Iran 2036 2037 - Sep 22 0:00 0 - -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Tehran 3:25:44 - LMT 1916 - 3:25:44 - TMT 1946 # Tehran Mean Time - 3:30 - IRT 1977 Nov - 4:00 Iran IR%sT 1979 - 3:30 Iran IR%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 1990 - Sep lastSun 1:00s 0 S -Rule Iraq 1986 1990 - Mar lastSun 1:00s 1:00 D -# IATA SSIM (1991/1996) says Apr 1 12:01am UTC; guess the `:01' is a typo. -Rule Iraq 1991 max - Apr 1 3:00s 1:00 D -Rule Iraq 1991 max - Oct 1 3:00s 0 D -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Baghdad 2:57:40 - LMT 1890 - 2:57:36 - BMT 1918 # Baghdad Mean Time? - 3:00 - AST 1982 May - 3:00 Iraq A%sT - - -############################################################################### - -# Israel - -# From U. S. Naval Observatory (1989-01-19): -# ISRAEL 2 H AHEAD OF UTC -# ISRAEL 3 H AHEAD OF UTC APR 10 - SEP 3 - -# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1993-11-18): -# -# 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 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 - -# From Ephraim Silverberg <ephraim@cs.huji.ac.il> -# (1997-03-04 and 1997-12-31): - -# 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 of daylight savings -# time annually. Ever since 1993, the change to daylight savings time is -# on a Thursday night from midnight IST to 1 a.m IDT. The change back to -# standard time is on a Saturday night from midnight daylight savings time -# to 11 p.m. standard time. 1996 is an exception to this rule where the -# change back to standard time took place on Sunday night instead of Saturday -# night to avoid conflicts with the Jewish New Year. - -# 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 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 24 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Zion 1991 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 S -Rule Zion 1992 only - Mar 29 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Zion 1992 only - Sep 6 0:00 0 S -Rule Zion 1993 only - Apr 2 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Zion 1993 only - Sep 5 0:00 0 S - -# The dates for 1994-1995 were obtained from Office of the Spokeswoman for the -# Ministry of Interior, Jerusalem, Israel. The spokeswoman can be reached by -# calling the office directly at 972-2-6701447 or 972-2-6701448. - -# 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 S -Rule Zion 1995 only - Mar 31 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Zion 1995 only - Sep 3 0:00 0 S - -# The dates for 1996 were determined by the Minister of Interior of the -# time, Haim Ramon. The official announcement regarding 1996-1998 -# (with the dates for 1997-1998 no longer being relevant) can be viewed at: -# -# ftp://ftp.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/1996-1998.ramon.ps.gz -# -# The dates for 1997-1998 were altered by his successor, Rabbi Eli Suissa. -# The official announcement for the year 1997 can be viewed at: -# -# ftp://ftp.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/1997.ps.gz -# -# According to the Office of the Spokeswoman for the Ministry of Interior, -# the dates for 1998 are tentative and are still subject to final approval -# (probably in late February/early March of 1998). - -# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule Zion 1996 only - Mar 15 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Zion 1996 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 S -Rule Zion 1997 only - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Zion 1997 only - Sep 14 0:00 0 S -Rule Zion 1998 only - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Zion 1998 only - Sep 6 0:00 0 S - -# From Paul Eggert (1998-01-12): -# Here are guesses for rules after 1998. -# They are probably wrong, but they are more likely than no DST at all. -# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule Zion 1999 max - Mar Fri>=15 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Zion 1999 max - Sep Sun>=1 0:00 0 S - -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Jerusalem 2:20:56 - LMT 1880 - 2:20:40 - JMT 1918 # Jerusalem Mean Time? - 2:00 Zion I%sT - - -############################################################################### - -# Japan - -# `9:00' and `JST' is from Guy Harris. - -# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1995-03-06): -# Today's _Asahi Evening News_ (page 4) reports that Japan had -# daylight saving between 1948 and 1951, but ``the system was discontinued -# because the public believed it would lead to longer working hours.'' -# Shanks writes that daylight saving in Japan during those years was as follows: -# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -#Rule Japan 1948 only - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D -#Rule Japan 1948 1951 - Sep Sat>=8 2:00 0 S -#Rule Japan 1949 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D -#Rule Japan 1950 1951 - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D -# but the only locations using it were US military bases. -# We go with Shanks and omit daylight saving in those years for Asia/Tokyo. - -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Tokyo 9:19:04 - LMT 1896 - 9:00 - JST -Zone Asia/Ishigaki 8:16:36 - LMT 1896 - 8:00 - CST -# There is no information for Marcus. -# Other Japanese possessions are probably like Asia/Tokyo. - -# Jordan -# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule Jordan 1973 only - Jun 6 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Jordan 1973 1975 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - -Rule Jordan 1974 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S -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 S -Rule Jordan 1978 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 - -Rule Jordan 1985 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Jordan 1985 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - -Rule Jordan 1986 1988 - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Jordan 1986 1990 - Oct Fri>=1 0:00 0 - -Rule Jordan 1989 only - May 8 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Jordan 1990 only - Apr 27 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Jordan 1991 only - Apr 17 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Jordan 1991 only - Sep 27 0:00 0 - -Rule Jordan 1992 only - Apr 10 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Jordan 1992 1993 - Oct Fri>=1 0:00 0 - -Rule Jordan 1993 max - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Jordan 1994 only - Sep Fri>=15 0:00 0 - -Rule Jordan 1995 max - Sep Fri>=15 0:00s 0 - -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931 - 2:00 Jordan EE%sT - -# Kazakhstan -# From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22): -# Andrew Evtichov <evti@chevron.com> (1996-04-13) writes that Kazakhstan -# stayed in sync with Moscow after 1990, and that Aqtobe (formerly Aktyubinsk) -# and Aqtau (formerly Shevchenko) are the largest cities in their zones. -# Guess that Aqtau and Aqtobe diverged in 1995, since that's the first time -# IATA SSIM mentions a third time zone in Kazakhstan. -# -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Alma-Ata 5:07:48 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Almaty - 5:00 - ALMT 1957 Mar # Alma-Ata Time - 6:00 RussiaAsia ALM%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s - 5:00 1:00 ALMST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s - 5:00 - ALMT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s - 6:00 E-EurAsia ALM%sT -Zone Asia/Aqtobe 3:48:40 - LMT 1924 May 2 - 4:00 - AKT 1957 Mar # Aktyubinsk Time - 5:00 RussiaAsia AK%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s - 4:00 1:00 AKTST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s - 4:00 - AQTT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s # Aqtobe Time - 5:00 E-EurAsia AQT%sT -Zone Asia/Aqtau 3:21:04 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Aktau - 4:00 - SHET 1957 Mar # Fort Shevchenko Time - 5:00 RussiaAsia SHE%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s - 4:00 1:00 AQTST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s - 4:00 - AQTT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s # Aqtau Time - 5:00 E-EurAsia AQT%sT 1995 Sep lastSun - 4:00 E-EurAsia AQT%sT - -# Kirgizstan -# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule Kirgiz 1992 max - Apr Sun>=7 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Kirgiz 1991 max - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Bishkek 4:58:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 - 5:00 - FRUT 1957 Mar # Frunze Time - 6:00 RussiaAsia FRU%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s - 5:00 1:00 FRUST 1991 Aug 31 # independence - 5:00 Kirgiz KG%sT # Kirgizstan Time - -############################################################################### - -# 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 - 7:06:20 - 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 1920 only - Mar 28 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Lebanon 1920 only - Oct 25 0:00 0 - -Rule Lebanon 1921 only - Apr 3 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Lebanon 1921 only - Oct 3 0:00 0 - -Rule Lebanon 1922 only - Mar 26 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Lebanon 1922 only - Oct 8 0:00 0 - -Rule Lebanon 1923 only - Apr 22 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Lebanon 1923 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 - -Rule Lebanon 1957 1961 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Lebanon 1957 1961 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - -Rule Lebanon 1972 only - Jun 22 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Lebanon 1972 1977 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - -Rule Lebanon 1973 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Lebanon 1978 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Lebanon 1978 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 - -Rule Lebanon 1984 1987 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Lebanon 1984 1991 - Oct 16 0:00 0 - -Rule Lebanon 1988 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Lebanon 1989 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Lebanon 1990 1992 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Lebanon 1992 only - Oct 4 0:00 0 - -Rule Lebanon 1993 max - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Lebanon 1993 max - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Beirut 2:22:00 - LMT 1880 - 2:00 Lebanon EE%sT - -# Malaysia -# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule NBorneo 1935 1941 - Sep 14 0:00 0:20 TS -Rule NBorneo 1935 1941 - Dec 14 0:00 0 - -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Kuala_Lumpur 6:46:48 - LMT 1880 - 6:55:24 - SMT 1905 Jun # Singapore Mean Time - 7:00 - MALT 1933 # Malaya Time - 7:20 - MALT 1942 Feb 15 - 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 2 - 7:20 - MALT 1950 - 7:30 - MALT 1982 May - 8:00 - MYT # Malaysia Time -Zone Asia/Kuching 7:21:20 - LMT 1926 Mar - 7:30 - BORT 1933 # Borneo Time - 8:00 NBorneo BOR%sT 1942 - 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 2 - 8:00 - BORT 1982 May - 8:00 - MYT - -# Maldives -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Indian/Maldives 4:54:00 - LMT 1880 # Male - 4:54:00 - MMT 1960 # Male Mean Time - 5:00 - MVT # Maldives Time - -# Mongolia -# Shanks says that Mongolia has three time zones, but usno1995 and -# <a href="http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/95fact/802389h.gif"> -# http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/95fact/802389h.gif (1995) -# </a> -# both say that it has just one. -# 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 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Mongol 1981 1984 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - -Rule Mongol 1985 1990 - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 S -Rule Mongol 1985 1990 - Sep lastSun 3:00 0 - -Rule Mongol 1991 max - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Mongol 1991 1995 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - -Rule Mongol 1996 only - Oct Fri>=22 0:00 0 - -Rule Mongol 1997 max - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -#Zone Asia/Dariv 6:14:32 - LMT 1905 Aug -# 6:00 - DART 1978 # Dariv Time -# 7:00 Mongol DAR%sT -Zone Asia/Ulan_Bator 7:07:32 - LMT 1905 Aug - 7:00 - ULAT 1978 # Ulan Bator Time - 8:00 Mongol ULA%sT -#Zone Asia/Baruun-Urt 7:33:00 - LMT 1905 Aug -# 8:00 - BART 1978 # Baruun-Urt Time -# 9:00 Mongol BAR%sT - -# Nepal -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Katmandu 5:41:16 - LMT 1920 - 5:30 - IST 1986 - 5:45 - NPT # Nepal Time - -# 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 - KART 1971 Mar 26 # Karachi Time - 5:00 - PKT # Pakistan Time - -# Palestine -# These rules for Egypt are stolen from the `africa' file. -# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule EgyptAsia 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S -Rule EgyptAsia 1957 1958 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - -Rule EgyptAsia 1958 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S -Rule EgyptAsia 1959 1967 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S -Rule EgyptAsia 1959 1965 - Sep 30 3:00 0 - -Rule EgyptAsia 1966 only - 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 EgyptAsia EE%sT 1967 Jun 30 - 2:00 Zion I%sT - -# Paracel Is -# no information - -# 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 1936 only - Nov 1 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Phil 1937 only - Feb 1 0:00 0 - -Rule Phil 1954 only - Apr 12 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Phil 1954 only - Jul 1 0:00 0 - -Rule Phil 1978 only - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Phil 1978 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 - -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Manila -15:56:00 - LMT 1844 - 8:04:00 - LMT 1899 May 11 - 8:00 Phil PH%sT 1942 May - 9:00 - JST 1944 Nov - 8:00 Phil PH%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 - 6:55:24 - SMT 1905 Jun # Singapore Mean Time - 7:00 - MALT 1933 # Malaya Time - 7:20 - MALT 1942 Feb 15 - 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 2 - 7:20 - MALT 1950 - 7:30 - MALT 1965 Aug 9 # independence - 7:30 - SGT 1982 May # Singapore Time - 8:00 - SGT - -# Spratly Is -# no information - -# Sri Lanka -# From Paul Eggert (1996-09-03): -# <a href="http://www.virtual-pc.com/lankaweb/news/items/240596-2.html"> -# http://www.virtual-pc.com/lankaweb/news/items/240596-2.html (1996-05-24) -# </a> -# reported ``the country's standard time will be put forward by one hour at -# midnight Friday (1830 GMT) `in the light of the present power crisis'.'' -# Transitions before 1996 are from Shanks (1991). -# -# From Dharmasiri Senanayake, Sri Lanka Media Minister (1996-10-24), as quoted -# in -# <a href="news:54rka5$m5h@mtinsc01-mgt.ops.worldnet.att.net"> -# news:54rka5$m5h@mtinsc01-mgt.ops.worldnet.att.net (1996-10-26): -# </a> -# With effect from 12.30 a.m. on 26th October 1996 -# Sri Lanka will be six (06) hours ahead of GMT. - -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Colombo 5:19:24 - LMT 1880 - 5:20 - CEYT 1906 # Ceylon Time - 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 1996 May 25 0:00 - 6:30 - LKT 1996 Oct 26 0:30 - 6:00 - LKT - -# Syria -# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule Syria 1920 1923 - Apr Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 S -Rule Syria 1920 1923 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 0 - -Rule Syria 1962 only - Apr 29 2:00 1:00 S -Rule Syria 1962 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 - -Rule Syria 1963 1965 - May 1 2:00 1:00 S -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 S -Rule Syria 1966 1976 - Oct 1 2:00 0 - -Rule Syria 1967 1978 - May 1 2:00 1:00 S -Rule Syria 1977 1978 - Sep 1 2:00 0 - -Rule Syria 1983 1984 - Apr 9 2:00 1:00 S -Rule Syria 1983 1984 - Oct 1 2:00 0 - -Rule Syria 1986 only - Feb 16 2:00 1:00 S -Rule Syria 1986 only - Oct 9 2:00 0 - -Rule Syria 1987 only - Mar 1 2:00 1:00 S -Rule Syria 1987 1988 - Oct 31 2:00 0 - -Rule Syria 1988 only - Mar 15 2:00 1:00 S -Rule Syria 1989 only - Mar 31 2:00 1:00 S -Rule Syria 1989 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 - -Rule Syria 1990 only - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 S -Rule Syria 1990 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 - -Rule Syria 1991 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Syria 1991 1992 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - -Rule Syria 1992 only - Apr 8 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Syria 1993 only - Mar 26 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Syria 1993 only - Sep 25 0:00 0 - -# IATA SSIM (1996-09) says 1997-03-31; assume that it should be 1997-04-01. -Rule Syria 1994 max - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Syria 1994 max - Oct 1 0:00 0 - -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Damascus 2:25:12 - LMT 1920 - 2:00 Syria EE%sT - -# Tajikistan -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Dushanbe 4:35:12 - LMT 1924 May 2 - 5:00 - DUST 1957 Mar # Dushanbe Time - 6:00 RussiaAsia DUS%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s - 5:00 1:00 DUSST 1991 Sep 9 # independence - 5:00 RussiaAsia TJ%sT 1992 - 5:00 - TJT # Tajikistan Time - -# Thailand -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Bangkok 6:42:04 - LMT 1880 - 6:42:04 - BMT 1920 Apr # Bangkok Mean Time - 7:00 - ICT - -# Turkmenistan -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Ashkhabad 3:53:32 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Ashgabat - 4:00 - ASHT 1957 Mar # Ashkhabad Time - 5:00 RussiaAsia ASH%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s - 4:00 1:00 ASHST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s - 4:00 - ASHT 1991 Oct 27 # independence - 4:00 - TMT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s - 5:00 - TMT # Turkmenistan Time - -# 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 - TAST 1957 Mar # Tashkent Time - 6:00 RussiaAsia TAS%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s - 5:00 1:00 TASST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s - 5:00 - UZT # Uzbekistan Time -# Shanks has Tashkent using DST after 1991, but usno1995 says they don't. -# Guess no DST after 1991. -# <a href="http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/95fact/802389h.gif"> -# http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/95fact/802389h.gif (1995) -# </a> -# says that Uzbekistan has two time zones, but a cable -# <a href="http://www.itaiep.doc.gov/bisnis/cables/960510uz.html"> -# http://www.itaiep.doc.gov/bisnis/cables/960510uz.html (1996-05-10) -# </a> -# from the American Embassy in Tashkent implies that they have just one. - -# Vietnam -# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1993-11-18): -# 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 - 7:06:20 - 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 |