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diff --git a/timezone/asia b/timezone/asia index 1a40fb4..52ba323 100644 --- a/timezone/asia +++ b/timezone/asia @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# @(#)asia 7.83 +# @(#)asia 7.85 # 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 @@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ # 8:00 CST China # 9:00 CJT Central Japanese Time (1896/1937)* # 9:00 EIT east Indonesia -# 9:00 JST Japan -# 9:00 KST Korea +# 9:00 JST JDT Japan +# 9:00 KST KDT Korea # 9:30 CST (Australian) Central Standard Time # # See the `europe' file for Russia and Turkey in Asia. @@ -201,7 +201,6 @@ Zone Asia/Phnom_Penh 6:59:40 - LMT 1906 Jun 9 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 @@ -387,11 +386,11 @@ Zone Asia/Tbilisi 2:59:16 - LMT 1880 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Dili 8:22:20 - LMT 1912 - 8:00 - TPT 1942 Feb 21 23:00 # E Timor Time + 8:00 - TLT 1942 Feb 21 23:00 # E Timor Time 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug - 9:00 - TPT 1976 May 3 + 9:00 - TLT 1976 May 3 8:00 - CIT 2000 Sep 17 00:00 - 9:00 - TPT + 9:00 - TLT # India # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] @@ -847,14 +846,28 @@ Zone Asia/Jerusalem 2:20:56 - LMT 1880 # 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.'' + +# From Mayumi Negishi in the 2005-08-10 Japan Times +# <http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050810f2.htm>: +# Occupation authorities imposed daylight-saving time on Japan on +# [1948-05-01].... But lack of prior debate and the execution of +# daylight-saving time just three days after the bill was passed generated +# deep hatred of the concept.... The Diet unceremoniously passed a bill to +# dump the unpopular system in October 1951, less than a month after the San +# Francisco Peace Treaty was signed. (A government poll in 1951 showed 53% +# of the Japanese wanted to scrap daylight-saving time, as opposed to 30% who +# wanted to keep it.) + # 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. +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 (for birth certificates, presumably, since +# Shanks's audience is astrologers) were US military bases. For now, assume +# that for most purposes daylight-saving time was observed; otherwise, what +# would have been the point of the 1951 poll? # From Hideyuki Suzuki (1998-11-09): # 'Tokyo' usually stands for the former location of Tokyo Astronomical @@ -884,7 +897,7 @@ Zone Asia/Jerusalem 2:20:56 - LMT 1880 Zone Asia/Tokyo 9:18:59 - LMT 1887 Dec 31 15:00u 9:00 - JST 1896 9:00 - CJT 1938 - 9:00 - JST + 9:00 Japan J%sT # Since 1938, all Japanese possessions have been like Asia/Tokyo. # Jordan @@ -930,14 +943,16 @@ Rule Jordan 2000 max - Mar lastThu 0:00s 1:00 S Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931 2:00 Jordan EE%sT + # Kazakhstan + # From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22): # Andrew Evtichov (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. -# + # From Paul Eggert (2001-10-18): # German Iofis, ELSI, Almaty (2001-10-09) reports that Kazakhstan uses # RussiaAsia rules, instead of switching at 00:00 as the IATA has it. @@ -947,7 +962,7 @@ Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931 # - Kazakhstan did not observe DST in 1991. # - Qyzylorda switched from +5:00 to +6:00 on 1992-01-19 02:00. # - Oral switched from +5:00 to +4:00 in spring 1989. -# + # <a href="http://www.kazsociety.org.uk/news/2005/03/30.htm"> # From Kazakhstan Embassy's News Bulletin #11 (2005-03-21): # </a> @@ -955,6 +970,16 @@ Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931 # daylight saving time citing lack of economic benefits and health # complications coupled with a decrease in productivity. # +# From Branislav Kojic (in Astana) via Gwillim Law (2005-06-28): +# ... what happened was that the former Kazakhstan Eastern time zone +# was "blended" with the Central zone. Therefore, Kazakhstan now has +# two time zones, and difference between them is one hour. The zone +# closer to UTC is the former Western zone (probably still called the +# same), encompassing four provinces in the west: Aqtobe, Atyrau, +# Mangghystau, and West Kazakhstan. The other zone encompasses +# everything else.... I guess that would make Kazakhstan time zones +# de jure UTC+5 and UTC+6 respectively. + # # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] # @@ -998,7 +1023,7 @@ Zone Asia/Aqtau 3:21:04 - LMT 1924 May 2 5:00 - SHET 1991 Dec 16 # independence 5:00 RussiaAsia AQT%sT 1995 Mar lastSun 2:00 # Aqtau Time 4:00 RussiaAsia AQT%sT 2005 Mar 15 - 4:00 - AQTT + 5:00 - AQTT # West Kazakhstan Zone Asia/Oral 3:25:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Ural'sk 4:00 - URAT 1930 Jun 21 # Ural'sk time @@ -1009,10 +1034,17 @@ Zone Asia/Oral 3:25:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Ural'sk 4:00 RussiaAsia URA%sT 1991 4:00 - URAT 1991 Dec 16 # independence 4:00 RussiaAsia ORA%sT 2005 Mar 15 # Oral Time - 4:00 - ORAT + 5:00 - ORAT # Kyrgyzstan (Kirgizstan) # Transitions through 1991 are from Shanks. + +# From Paul Eggert (2005-08-15): +# According to an article dated today in the Kyrgyzstan Development Gateway +# <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. + # 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 - @@ -1191,6 +1223,24 @@ Zone Indian/Maldives 4:54:00 - LMT 1880 # Male # For now, assume Rives McDow's informant got confused about Friday vs # Saturday, and that his 2001 dates should have 1 added to them. +# From Paul Eggert (2005-07-26): +# We have wildly conflicting information about Mongolia's time zones. +# Bill Bonnet (2005-05-19) reports that the US Embassy in Ulaanbaatar says +# there is only one time zone and that DST is observed, citing Microsoft +# Windows XP as the source. Risto Nykanen (2005-05-16) reports that +# travelmongolia.org says there are two time zones (UTC+7, UTC+8) with no DST. +# Oscar van Vlijmen (2005-05-20) reports that the Mongolian Embassy in +# Washington, DC says there are two time zones, with DST observed. +# He also found +# <http://ubpost.mongolnews.mn/index.php?subaction=showcomments&id=1111634894&archive=&start_from=&ucat=1&> +# which also says that there is DST, and which has a comment by "Toddius" +# (2005-03-31 06:05 +0700) saying "Mongolia actually has 3.5 time zones. +# The West (OLGII) is +7 GMT, most of the country is ULAT is +8 GMT +# and some Eastern provinces are +9 GMT but Sukhbaatar Aimag is SUHK +8.5 GMT. +# The SUKH timezone is new this year, it is one of the few things the +# parliament passed during the tumultuous winter session." +# For now, let's ignore this information, until we have more confirmation. + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Mongol 1983 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Mongol 1983 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - |