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@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-# @(#)asia 7.85
+# @(#)asia 7.90
+# <pre>
# 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
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ Zone Asia/Kabul 4:36:48 - LMT 1890
# Shanks has Yerevan switching to 3:00 (with Russian DST) in spring 1991,
# then to 4:00 with no DST in fall 1995, then readopting Russian DST in 1997.
# Go with Shanks, even when he disagrees with others. Edgar Der-Danieliantz
-# <edd@AIC.NET> reported (1996-05-04) that Yerevan probably wouldn't use DST
+# reported (1996-05-04) that Yerevan probably wouldn't use DST
# in 1996, though it did use DST in 1995. IATA SSIM (1991/1998) reports that
# Armenia switched from 3:00 to 4:00 in 1998 and observed DST after 1991,
# but started switching at 3:00s in 1998.
@@ -99,9 +100,12 @@ Zone Asia/Yerevan 2:58:00 - LMT 1924 May 2
4:00 RussiaAsia AM%sT
# Azerbaijan
+# From Rustam Aliyev of the Azerbaijan Internet Forum (2005-10-23):
+# According to the resolution of Cabinet of Ministers, 1997
+# Resolution available at: http://aif.az/docs/daylight_res.pdf
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
-Rule Azer 1997 max - Mar lastSun 1:00 1:00 S
-Rule Azer 1997 max - Oct lastSun 1:00 0 -
+Rule Azer 1997 max - Mar lastSun 4:00 1:00 S
+Rule Azer 1997 max - Oct lastSun 5:00 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Asia/Baku 3:19:24 - LMT 1924 May 2
3:00 - BAKT 1957 Mar # Baku Time
@@ -348,6 +352,17 @@ Link Asia/Nicosia Europe/Nicosia
# Mikhail Saakashvili, who said the change was partly prompted by the process
# of integration into Europe.
+# From Teimuraz Abashidze (2005-11-07):
+# Government of Georgia ... decided to NOT CHANGE daylight savings time on
+# [Oct.] 30, as it was done before during last more than 10 years.
+# Currently, we are in fact GMT +4:00, as before 30 October it was GMT
+# +3:00.... The problem is, there is NO FORMAL LAW or governmental document
+# about it. As far as I can find, I was told, that there is no document,
+# because we just DIDN'T ISSUE document about switching to winter time....
+# I don't know what can be done, especially knowing that some years ago our
+# DST rules where changed THREE TIMES during one month.
+
+
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Asia/Tbilisi 2:59:16 - LMT 1880
2:59:16 - TBMT 1924 May 2 # Tbilisi Mean Time
@@ -359,7 +374,8 @@ Zone Asia/Tbilisi 2:59:16 - LMT 1880
4:00 E-EurAsia GE%sT 1996 Oct lastSun
4:00 1:00 GEST 1997 Mar lastSun
4:00 E-EurAsia GE%sT 2004 Jun 27
- 3:00 RussiaAsia GE%sT
+ 3:00 RussiaAsia GE%sT 2005 Mar lastSun 2:00
+ 4:00 - GET
# East Timor
@@ -915,6 +931,9 @@ Zone Asia/Tokyo 9:18:59 - LMT 1887 Dec 31 15:00u
# The decision was taken because of the increase in working hours in
# government's departments from six to seven hours.
#
+# From Paul Eggert (2005-11-22):
+# Starting 2003 transitions are from Steffen Thorsen's web site timeanddate.com.
+#
# 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 -
@@ -937,8 +956,11 @@ Rule Jordan 1993 1998 - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 S
Rule Jordan 1994 only - Sep Fri>=15 0:00 0 -
Rule Jordan 1995 1998 - Sep Fri>=15 0:00s 0 -
Rule Jordan 1999 only - Jul 1 0:00s 1:00 S
-Rule Jordan 1999 max - Sep lastThu 0:00s 0 -
+Rule Jordan 1999 2002 - Sep lastThu 0:00s 0 -
Rule Jordan 2000 max - Mar lastThu 0:00s 1:00 S
+Rule Jordan 2003 only - Oct 24 0:00s 0 -
+Rule Jordan 2004 only - Oct 15 0:00s 0 -
+Rule Jordan 2005 max - Sep lastFri 0:00s 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931
2:00 Jordan EE%sT
@@ -1044,18 +1066,22 @@ Zone Asia/Oral 3:25:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Ural'sk
# <http://eng.gateway.kg/cgi-bin/page.pl?id=1&story_name=doc9979.shtml>
# Kyrgyzstan is canceling the daylight saving time system. I take the article
# to mean that they will leave their clocks at 6 hours ahead of UTC.
+# From Malik Abdugaliev (2005-09-21):
+# Our government cancels daylight saving time 6th of August 2005.
+# From 2005-08-12 our GMT-offset is +6, w/o any daylight saving.
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
-Rule Kirgiz 1992 1996 - Apr Sun>=7 0:00s 1:00 S
-Rule Kirgiz 1992 1996 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 -
-Rule Kirgiz 1997 max - Mar lastSun 2:30 1:00 S
-Rule Kirgiz 1997 max - Oct lastSun 2:30 0 -
+Rule Kyrgyz 1992 1996 - Apr Sun>=7 0:00s 1:00 S
+Rule Kyrgyz 1992 1996 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 -
+Rule Kyrgyz 1997 2005 - Mar lastSun 2:30 1:00 S
+Rule Kyrgyz 1997 2004 - Oct lastSun 2:30 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Asia/Bishkek 4:58:24 - LMT 1924 May 2
5:00 - FRUT 1930 Jun 21 # Frunze Time
6:00 RussiaAsia FRU%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
5:00 1:00 FRUST 1991 Aug 31 2:00 # independence
- 5:00 Kirgiz KG%sT # Kirgizstan Time
+ 5:00 Kyrgyz KG%sT 2005 Aug 12 # Kyrgyzstan Time
+ 6:00 - KGT
###############################################################################
@@ -1404,6 +1430,9 @@ Zone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907
# For now, let's assume that the spring switch was at 24:00,
# and that they switch at 0:00 on the 3rd Fridays of April and October.
+# From Paul Eggert (2005-11-22):
+# Starting 2004 transitions are from Steffen Thorsen's web site timeanddate.com.
+
# The 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
@@ -1414,7 +1443,9 @@ Rule EgyptAsia 1959 1965 - Sep 30 3:00 0 -
Rule EgyptAsia 1966 only - Oct 1 3:00 0 -
Rule Palestine 1999 max - Apr Fri>=15 0:00 1:00 S
-Rule Palestine 1999 max - Oct Fri>=15 0:00 0 -
+Rule Palestine 1999 2003 - Oct Fri>=15 0:00 0 -
+Rule Palestine 2004 only - Oct 1 1:00 0 -
+Rule Palestine 2005 max - Oct 4 1:00 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct