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diff --git a/timezone/asia b/timezone/asia index 9406aca..3f8cdfa 100644 --- a/timezone/asia +++ b/timezone/asia @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# @(#)asia 7.40 +# @(#)asia 7.41 # 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 @@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ # 5:30 IST India # 7:00 ICT Indochina* # 8:00 CST China +# 9:00 CJT Central Japanese Time (1896/1937)* # 9:00 JST Japan # 9:00 KST Korea # 9:30 CST (Australian) Central Standard Time @@ -246,6 +247,10 @@ Zone Asia/Hong_Kong 7:36:36 - LMT 1904 Oct 30 # Taiwan +# Shanks (1995) writes that Taiwan observed DST during 1945, when it +# was still controlled by Japan. This is hard to believe, but we don't +# have any other information. + # 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 @@ -295,11 +300,13 @@ 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 +Rule Cyprus 1979 1997 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - +Rule Cyprus 1981 1998 - 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 + 2:00 Cyprus EE%sT 1998 Sep + 2:00 EU EE%sT +# IATA SSIM (1998-09) has Cyprus using EU rules for the first time. # Georgia # From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1994-11-19): @@ -321,7 +328,8 @@ Zone Asia/Tbilisi 2:59:16 - LMT 1880 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 + 4:00 1:00 GEST 1997 Mar lastSun + 4:00 E-EurAsia GE%sT # India # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] @@ -509,22 +517,21 @@ 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 1998-03-16): +# (1997-03-04, 1998-03-16 and 1998-12-28): # 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. +# One thing is entrenched in law, however: that there must be at least 150 +# days of daylight savings time annually. From 1993-1998, the change to +# daylight savings time was on a Friday morning from midnight IST to +# 1 a.m IDT; up until 1998, the change back to standard time was 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. Starting in 1999, the change to +# daylight savings time will still be on a Friday morning but from +# 2 a.m. IST to 3 a.m. IDT; furthermore, the change back to standard time +# will now also be on a Friday morning from 2 a.m. IDT to 1 a.m. IST. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Zion 1989 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 D @@ -570,19 +577,21 @@ 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 +Rule Zion 1999 only - Apr 2 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 1999 only - Sep 3 2:00 0 S -# From Member of Knesset Avraham Poraz, as quoted in Ha'aretz (1998-09-02): -# [The 1998-09-06 transition is to] serve the interests of a small minority -# of ultra-Orthodox Sephardic Jews who, during the [Hebrew] month of Elul, -# recite Slihot penitential prayers in the early morning hours -# and thus find daylight time inconvenient. +# Due to imminent elections in 1999, there are no dates for the year 2000 +# and beyond. There was a move to legislate the DST rules in Israel, but +# due to the government's fall, it most likely won't be brought to the Knesset +# for first reading before the elections and will probably be altered by the +# newly elected government. -# From Paul Eggert (1998-01-12): -# Here are guesses for rules after 1998. +# From Paul Eggert (1999-01-30): +# Here are guesses for rules after 1999. # 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 +Rule Zion 2000 max - Apr Fri>=1 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 2000 max - Sep Fri>=1 2:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Jerusalem 2:20:56 - LMT 1880 @@ -609,13 +618,36 @@ Zone Asia/Jerusalem 2:20:56 - LMT 1880 # but the only locations using it were US military bases. # We go with Shanks and omit daylight saving in those years for Asia/Tokyo. +# From Hideyuki Suzuki (1998-11-09): +# 'Tokyo' usually stands for the former location of Tokyo Astronomical +# Observatory: E 139 44' 40".90 (9h 18m 58s.727), N 35 39' 16".0. +# This data is from 'Rika Nenpyou (Chronological Scientific Tables) 1996' +# edited by National Astronomical Observatory of Japan.... +# JST (Japan Standard Time) has been used since 1888-01-01 00:00 (JST). +# The law is enacted on 1886-07-07. + +# From Hideyuki Suzuki (1998-11-16): +# The ordinance No. 51 (1886) established "standard time" in Japan, +# which stands for the time on E 135 degree. +# In the ordinance No. 167 (1895), "standard time" was renamed to "central +# standard time". And the same ordinance also established "western standard +# time", which stands for the time on E 120 degree.... But "western standard +# time" was abolished in the ordinance No. 529 (1937). In the ordinance No. +# 167, there is no mention regarding for what place western standard time is +# standard.... +# +# I wrote "ordinance" above, but I don't know how to translate. +# In Japanese it's "chokurei", which means ordinance from emperor. + +# Shanks claims JST in use since 1896, and that a few places (e.g. Ishigaki) +# use +0800; go with Suzuki. Guess that all ordinances took effect on Jan 1. + # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Tokyo 9:19:04 - LMT 1896 +Zone Asia/Tokyo 9:18:59 - LMT 1887 Dec 31 15:00u + 9:00 - JST 1896 + 9:00 - CJT 1938 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. +# Since 1938, all Japanese possessions have been like Asia/Tokyo. # Jordan # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S @@ -1017,8 +1049,8 @@ 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; (1998-02) says 1998-04-02, -# 1999-03-29, and 1999-09-29; ignore all these claims for now. +# IATA SSIM (1996-09) says 1997-03-31; (1998-02) says 1998-04-02; +# (1998-09) says 1999-03-29 and 1999-09-29; ignore all these claims for now. 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] |