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| author | edwin <edwin@FreeBSD.org> | 2014-10-27 06:05:40 +0000 |
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| committer | edwin <edwin@FreeBSD.org> | 2014-10-27 06:05:40 +0000 |
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MFC of 273718, tzdata2014i
Upgrade to 2014i
Lots of historical data
Pacific/Fiji will go into DST from 2014-11-02 to 2015-01-18
Pacific/Bougainville will go from UTC+10 to UTC+11.
Europe/Minsk will go from FET to MSK.
Diffstat (limited to 'contrib/tzdata/asia')
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1 files changed, 176 insertions, 132 deletions
diff --git a/contrib/tzdata/asia b/contrib/tzdata/asia index 6130e59..37b2c88 100644 --- a/contrib/tzdata/asia +++ b/contrib/tzdata/asia @@ -1,9 +1,10 @@ # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. -# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, +# This file is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, # go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to -# tz@iana.org for general use in the future). +# tz@iana.org for general use in the future). For more, please see +# the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution. # From Paul Eggert (2013-08-11): # @@ -25,8 +26,12 @@ # I found in the UCLA library. # # For data circa 1899, a common source is: -# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94 -# <http://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359>. +# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94. +# http://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359 +# +# For Russian data circa 1919, a source is: +# Byalokoz EL. New Counting of Time in Russia since July 1, 1919. +# (See the 'europe' file for a fuller citation.) # # A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is # Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997). @@ -42,10 +47,11 @@ # 3:30 IRST IRDT Iran # 4:00 GST Gulf* # 5:30 IST India -# 7:00 ICT Indochina* +# 7:00 ICT Indochina, most times and locations* # 7:00 WIB west Indonesia (Waktu Indonesia Barat) # 8:00 WITA central Indonesia (Waktu Indonesia Tengah) # 8:00 CST China +# 8:00 IDT Indochina, 1943-45, 1947-55, 1960-75 (some locations)* # 8:00 JWST Western Standard Time (Japan, 1896/1937)* # 9:00 JCST Central Standard Time (Japan, 1896/1937) # 9:00 WIT east Indonesia (Waktu Indonesia Timur) @@ -115,11 +121,11 @@ Zone Asia/Kabul 4:36:48 - LMT 1890 # 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 + 4:00 RussiaAsia YER%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 3:00 1:00 YERST 1991 Sep 23 # independence - 3:00 RussiaAsia AM%sT 1995 Sep 24 2:00s + 3:00 RussiaAsia AM%sT 1995 Sep 24 2:00s 4:00 - AMT 1997 - 4:00 RussiaAsia AM%sT 2012 Mar 25 2:00s + 4:00 RussiaAsia AM%sT 2012 Mar 25 2:00s 4:00 - AMT # Azerbaijan @@ -132,16 +138,16 @@ 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 - 4:00 RussiaAsia BAK%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s + 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 lastSat 23:00 - 4:00 - AZT 1996 # Azerbaijan time + 4:00 - AZT 1996 # Azerbaijan Time 4:00 EUAsia AZ%sT 1997 4:00 Azer AZ%sT # Bahrain # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Bahrain 3:22:20 - LMT 1920 # Manamah +Zone Asia/Bahrain 3:22:20 - LMT 1920 # Manamah 4:00 - GST 1972 Jun 3:00 - AST @@ -219,7 +225,7 @@ Zone Asia/Bahrain 3:22:20 - LMT 1920 # Manamah # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Dhaka 2009 only - Jun 19 23:00 1:00 S -Rule Dhaka 2009 only - Dec 31 23:59 0 - +Rule Dhaka 2009 only - Dec 31 24:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Dhaka 6:01:40 - LMT 1890 @@ -250,7 +256,7 @@ Zone Indian/Chagos 4:49:40 - LMT 1907 # Brunei # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Brunei 7:39:40 - LMT 1926 Mar # Bandar Seri Begawan +Zone Asia/Brunei 7:39:40 - LMT 1926 Mar # Bandar Seri Begawan 7:30 - BNT 1933 8:00 - BNT @@ -259,19 +265,15 @@ Zone Asia/Brunei 7:39:40 - LMT 1926 Mar # Bandar Seri Begawan # Milne says 6:24:40 was the meridian of the time ball observatory at Rangoon. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Rangoon 6:24:40 - LMT 1880 # or Yangon - 6:24:40 - RMT 1920 # Rangoon Mean Time? - 6:30 - BURT 1942 May # Burma Time - 9:00 - JST 1945 May 3 - 6:30 - MMT # Myanmar Time +Zone Asia/Rangoon 6:24:40 - LMT 1880 # or Yangon + 6:24:40 - 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 +# See Asia/Bangkok. + # China @@ -356,8 +358,8 @@ Rule PRC 1987 1991 - Apr Sun>=10 0:00 1:00 D # * The Republic of China instituted Beijing mean solar time effective # the official calendar book of 1914. # * The French Concession in Shanghai set up signal stations in -# French docks in the 1890s, controled by Xujiahui (Zikawei) -# Obervatory and set to local mean time. +# French docks in the 1890s, controlled by Xujiahui (Zikawei) +# Observatory and set to local mean time. # * "From the end of the 19th century" it changed to UT+8. # * Chinese Customs (by then reduced to a tool of foreign powers) # eventually standardized on this time for all ports, and it @@ -381,7 +383,7 @@ Rule PRC 1987 1991 - Apr Sun>=10 0:00 1:00 D # Xujiahui Observatory was under French control and stuck with UT+8. # # In earlier versions of this file, China had many separate Zone entries, but -# this was based on what was apparently incorrect data in Shanks & Pottenger. +# this was based on what were apparently incorrect data in Shanks & Pottenger. # This has now been simplified to the two entries Asia/Shanghai and # Asia/Urumqi, with the others being links for backward compatibility. # Proposed in 1918 and theoretically in effect until 1949 (although in practice @@ -501,7 +503,7 @@ Rule PRC 1987 1991 - Apr Sun>=10 0:00 1:00 D # "The Working-Calendar for The Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Government" # <http://www.sinkiang.gov.cn/service/ourworking/> (2014-04-22). # Unfortunately, we have no good records of time in Xinjiang before 1986. -# During the 20th century parts of Xinjiang were ruled by the Qing dyansty, +# During the 20th century parts of Xinjiang were ruled by the Qing dynasty, # the Republic of China, various warlords, the First and Second East Turkestan # Republics, the Soviet Union, the Kuomintang, and the People's Republic of # China, and tracking down all these organizations' timekeeping rules would be @@ -698,19 +700,19 @@ Zone Asia/Hong_Kong 7:36:42 - LMT 1904 Oct 30 # Central Weather Bureau website was not correct. # # Original Bulletin: -# <http://subtpg.tpg.gov.tw/og/image2.asp?f=03502F0AKM1AF> -# <http://subtpg.tpg.gov.tw/og/image2.asp?f=0350300AKM1B0> (cont.) +# http://subtpg.tpg.gov.tw/og/image2.asp?f=03502F0AKM1AF +# http://subtpg.tpg.gov.tw/og/image2.asp?f=0350300AKM1B0 (cont.) # # In 1947, DST in Taiwan was expanded to Oct 31. There is a backup of that # telegram announcement from Taiwan Province Government: # -# <http://subtpg.tpg.gov.tw/og/image2.asp?f=0360310AKZ431> +# http://subtpg.tpg.gov.tw/og/image2.asp?f=0360310AKZ431 # # Here is a brief translation: # # The Summer Time this year is adopted from midnight Apr 15 until Sep 20 # midnight. To save (energy?) consumption, we're expanding Summer Time -# adption till Oct 31 midnight. +# adoption till Oct 31 midnight. # # The Central Weather Bureau website didn't mention that, however it can # be found from historical government announcement database. @@ -741,7 +743,7 @@ Rule Taiwan 1979 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 S # Taipei or Taibei or T'ai-pei Zone Asia/Taipei 8:06:00 - LMT 1896 Jan 1 8:00 - JWST 1937 Oct 1 - 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 21 01:00 + 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 21 1:00 8:00 Taiwan C%sT # Macau (Macao, Aomen) @@ -761,7 +763,7 @@ Rule Macau 1975 1977 - Apr Sun>=15 3:30 1:00 S Rule Macau 1978 1980 - Apr Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S Rule Macau 1978 1980 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Macau 7:34:20 - LMT 1912 +Zone Asia/Macau 7:34:20 - LMT 1912 Jan 1 8:00 Macau MO%sT 1999 Dec 20 # return to China 8:00 PRC C%sT @@ -823,20 +825,22 @@ Link Asia/Nicosia Europe/Nicosia # I don't know what can be done, especially knowing that some years ago our # DST rules where changed THREE TIMES during one month. -# Milne says Tbilisi (Tiflis) time was 2:59:05.7; round to nearest.) +# Milne 1899 says Tbilisi (Tiflis) time was 2:59:05.7. +# Byalokoz 1919 says Georgia was 2:59:11. +# Go with Byalokoz. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Tbilisi 2:59:06 - LMT 1880 - 2:59:06 - TBMT 1924 May 2 # Tbilisi Mean Time +Zone Asia/Tbilisi 2:59:11 - LMT 1880 + 2:59:11 - TBMT 1924 May 2 # Tbilisi Mean Time 3:00 - TBIT 1957 Mar # Tbilisi Time - 4:00 RussiaAsia TBI%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s + 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 RussiaAsia GE%sT 1992 # Georgia Time 3:00 E-EurAsia GE%sT 1994 Sep lastSun 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 2005 Mar lastSun 2:00 + 3:00 RussiaAsia GE%sT 2005 Mar lastSun 2:00 4:00 - GET # East Timor @@ -864,16 +868,16 @@ Zone Asia/Tbilisi 2:59:06 - LMT 1880 # midnight on Saturday, September 16. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Dili 8:22:20 - LMT 1912 +Zone Asia/Dili 8:22:20 - LMT 1912 Jan 1 8:00 - TLT 1942 Feb 21 23:00 # E Timor Time 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 23 9:00 - TLT 1976 May 3 - 8:00 - WITA 2000 Sep 17 00:00 + 8:00 - WITA 2000 Sep 17 0:00 9:00 - TLT # India # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Kolkata 5:53:28 - LMT 1880 # Kolkata +Zone Asia/Kolkata 5:53:28 - LMT 1880 # Kolkata 5:53:20 - HMT 1941 Oct # Howrah Mean Time? 6:30 - BURT 1942 May 15 # Burma Time 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep @@ -886,8 +890,12 @@ Zone Asia/Kolkata 5:53:28 - LMT 1880 # Kolkata # Indonesia # +# From Paul Eggert (2014-09-06): +# The 1876 Report of the Secretary of the [US] Navy, p 306 says that Batavia +# civil time was 7:07:12.5; round to even for Jakarta. +# # From Gwillim Law (2001-05-28), overriding Shanks & Pottenger: -# <http://www.sumatera-inc.com/go_to_invest/about_indonesia.asp#standtime> +# http://www.sumatera-inc.com/go_to_invest/about_indonesia.asp#standtime # says that Indonesia's time zones changed on 1988-01-01. Looking at some # time zone maps, I think that must refer to Western Borneo (Kalimantan Barat # and Kalimantan Tengah) switching from UTC+8 to UTC+7. @@ -924,7 +932,7 @@ Zone Asia/Jakarta 7:07:12 - LMT 1867 Aug 10 # Shanks & Pottenger say the next transition was at 1924 Jan 1 0:13, # but this must be a typo. 7:07:12 - BMT 1923 Dec 31 23:47:12 # Batavia - 7:20 - JAVT 1932 Nov # Java Time + 7:20 - JAVT 1932 Nov # Java Time 7:30 - WIB 1942 Mar 23 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 23 7:30 - WIB 1948 May @@ -1082,7 +1090,7 @@ Rule Iran 2036 2037 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D Rule Iran 2036 2037 - Sep 21 0:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Tehran 3:25:44 - LMT 1916 - 3:25:44 - TMT 1946 # Tehran Mean Time + 3:25:44 - TMT 1946 # Tehran Mean Time 3:30 - IRST 1977 Nov 4:00 Iran IR%sT 1979 3:30 Iran IR%sT @@ -1127,7 +1135,7 @@ Rule Iraq 1991 2007 - Apr 1 3:00s 1:00 D Rule Iraq 1991 2007 - Oct 1 3:00s 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Baghdad 2:57:40 - LMT 1890 - 2:57:36 - BMT 1918 # Baghdad Mean Time? + 2:57:36 - BMT 1918 # Baghdad Mean Time? 3:00 - AST 1982 May 3:00 Iraq A%sT @@ -1355,7 +1363,7 @@ Rule Zion 2013 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Jerusalem 2:20:54 - LMT 1880 - 2:20:40 - JMT 1918 # Jerusalem Mean Time? + 2:20:40 - JMT 1918 # Jerusalem Mean Time? 2:00 Zion I%sT @@ -1371,8 +1379,8 @@ Zone Asia/Jerusalem 2:20:54 - LMT 1880 # 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>: +# 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 @@ -1396,7 +1404,8 @@ Rule Japan 1950 1951 - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D # From Hideyuki Suzuki (1998-11-09): # 'Tokyo' usually stands for the former location of Tokyo Astronomical -# Observatory: 139 degrees 44' 40.90" E (9h 18m 58.727s), 35 degrees 39' 16.0" N. +# Observatory: 139 degrees 44' 40.90" E (9h 18m 58.727s), +# 35 degrees 39' 16.0" N. # 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). @@ -1586,10 +1595,10 @@ Zone Asia/Qyzylorda 4:21:52 - LMT 1924 May 2 6:00 - KIZT 1982 Apr 1 5:00 RussiaAsia KIZ%sT 1991 5:00 - KIZT 1991 Dec 16 # independence - 5:00 - QYZT 1992 Jan 19 2:00 + 5:00 - QYZT 1992 Jan 19 2:00 6:00 RussiaAsia QYZ%sT 2005 Mar 15 6:00 - QYZT -# Aqtobe (aka Aktobe, formerly Akt'ubinsk) +# Aqtobe (aka Aktobe, formerly Aktyubinsk) Zone Asia/Aqtobe 3:48:40 - LMT 1924 May 2 4:00 - AKTT 1930 Jun 21 # Aktyubinsk Time 5:00 - AKTT 1981 Apr 1 @@ -1609,7 +1618,7 @@ Zone Asia/Aqtau 3:21:04 - LMT 1924 May 2 6:00 - SHET 1982 Apr 1 5:00 RussiaAsia SHE%sT 1991 5:00 - SHET 1991 Dec 16 # independence - 5:00 RussiaAsia AQT%sT 1995 Mar lastSun 2:00 # Aqtau Time + 5:00 RussiaAsia AQT%sT 1995 Mar lastSun 2:00 # Aqtau Time 4:00 RussiaAsia AQT%sT 2005 Mar 15 5:00 - AQTT # West Kazakhstan @@ -1618,7 +1627,7 @@ Zone Asia/Oral 3:25:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Ural'sk 5:00 - URAT 1981 Apr 1 5:00 1:00 URAST 1981 Oct 1 6:00 - URAT 1982 Apr 1 - 5:00 RussiaAsia URA%sT 1989 Mar 26 2:00 + 5:00 RussiaAsia URA%sT 1989 Mar 26 2:00 4:00 RussiaAsia URA%sT 1991 4:00 - URAT 1991 Dec 16 # independence 4:00 RussiaAsia ORA%sT 2005 Mar 15 # Oral Time @@ -1629,7 +1638,7 @@ Zone Asia/Oral 3:25:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Ural'sk # 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> +# 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): @@ -1644,17 +1653,17 @@ 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 Kyrgyz KG%sT 2005 Aug 12 # Kyrgyzstan Time + 6:00 RussiaAsia FRU%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s + 5:00 1:00 FRUST 1991 Aug 31 2:00 # independence + 5:00 Kyrgyz KG%sT 2005 Aug 12 # Kyrgyzstan Time 6:00 - KGT ############################################################################### # Korea (North and South) -# From Annie I. Bang (2006-07-10) in -# <http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2006/07/10/200607100012.asp>: +# From Annie I. Bang (2006-07-10): +# http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2006/07/10/200607100012.asp # The Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy has already # commissioned a research project [to reintroduce DST] and has said # the system may begin as early as 2008.... Korea ran a daylight @@ -1702,12 +1711,8 @@ 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 # or Viangchan - 7:06:20 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT? - 7:00 - ICT 1912 May - 8:00 - ICT 1931 May - 7:00 - ICT +# See Asia/Bangkok. + # Lebanon # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S @@ -1745,8 +1750,8 @@ Rule NBorneo 1935 1941 - Sep 14 0:00 0:20 TS # one-Third Summer Rule NBorneo 1935 1941 - Dec 14 0:00 0 - # # peninsular Malaysia -# The data here are taken from Mok Ly Yng (2003-10-30) -# <http://www.math.nus.edu.sg/aslaksen/teaching/timezone.html>. +# taken from Mok Ly Yng (2003-10-30) +# http://www.math.nus.edu.sg/aslaksen/teaching/timezone.html # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Kuala_Lumpur 6:46:46 - LMT 1901 Jan 1 6:55:25 - SMT 1905 Jun 1 # Singapore M.T. @@ -1758,12 +1763,12 @@ Zone Asia/Kuala_Lumpur 6:46:46 - LMT 1901 Jan 1 7:30 - MALT 1982 Jan 1 8:00 - MYT # Malaysia Time # Sabah & Sarawak -# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): -# The data here are mostly from Shanks & Pottenger, but the 1942, 1945 and 1982 -# transition dates are from Mok Ly Yng. +# From Paul Eggert (2014-08-12): +# The data entries here are mostly from Shanks & Pottenger, but the 1942, 1945 +# and 1982 transition dates are from Mok Ly Yng. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Kuching 7:21:20 - LMT 1926 Mar - 7:30 - BORT 1933 # Borneo Time + 7:30 - BORT 1933 # Borneo Time 8:00 NBorneo BOR%sT 1942 Feb 16 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 12 8:00 - BORT 1982 Jan 1 @@ -1771,9 +1776,9 @@ Zone Asia/Kuching 7:21:20 - LMT 1926 Mar # 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 +Zone Indian/Maldives 4:54:00 - LMT 1880 # Male + 4:54:00 - MMT 1960 # Male Mean Time + 5:00 - MVT # Maldives Time # Mongolia @@ -1835,7 +1840,7 @@ Zone Indian/Maldives 4:54:00 - LMT 1880 # Male # 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&> +# 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 @@ -1903,13 +1908,13 @@ Rule Mongol 2002 2006 - Mar lastSat 2:00 1:00 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] # Hovd, a.k.a. Chovd, Dund-Us, Dzhargalant, Khovd, Jirgalanta Zone Asia/Hovd 6:06:36 - LMT 1905 Aug - 6:00 - HOVT 1978 # Hovd Time + 6:00 - HOVT 1978 # Hovd Time 7:00 Mongol HOV%sT # Ulaanbaatar, a.k.a. Ulan Bataar, Ulan Bator, Urga Zone Asia/Ulaanbaatar 7:07:32 - LMT 1905 Aug - 7:00 - ULAT 1978 # Ulaanbaatar Time + 7:00 - ULAT 1978 # Ulaanbaatar Time 8:00 Mongol ULA%sT -# Choibalsan, a.k.a. Bajan Tuemen, Bajan Tumen, Chojbalsan, +# Choibalsan, a.k.a. Bajan Tümen, Bajan Tumen, Chojbalsan, # Choybalsan, Sanbejse, Tchoibalsan Zone Asia/Choibalsan 7:38:00 - LMT 1905 Aug 7:00 - ULAT 1978 @@ -1973,10 +1978,9 @@ Zone Asia/Muscat 3:54:24 - LMT 1920 # Here is an article that Pakistan plan to introduce Daylight Saving Time # on June 1, 2008 for 3 months. # -# "... The federal cabinet on Wednesday announced a new conservation plan to help -# reduce load shedding by approving the closure of commercial centres at 9pm and -# moving clocks forward by one hour for the next three months. -# ...." +# "... The federal cabinet on Wednesday announced a new conservation plan to +# help reduce load shedding by approving the closure of commercial centres at +# 9pm and moving clocks forward by one hour for the next three months. ...." # # http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_pakistan01.html # http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C05%5C15%5Cstory_15-5-2008_pg1_4 @@ -2023,19 +2027,14 @@ Zone Asia/Muscat 3:54:24 - LMT 1920 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-09-28): # According to Associated Press Of Pakistan, it is confirmed that -# Pakistan clocks across the country would be turned back by an hour from October -# 1, 2009. +# Pakistan clocks across the country would be turned back by an hour from +# October 1, 2009. # # "Clocks to go back one hour from 1 Oct" # http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=86715&Itemid=2 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_pakistan07.htm - -# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-09-29): -# Alexander Krivenyshev wrote: -# > According to Associated Press Of Pakistan, it is confirmed that -# > Pakistan clocks across the country would be turned back by an hour from October -# > 1, 2009. # +# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-09-29): # Now they seem to have changed their mind, November 1 is the new date: # http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=24742 # "The country's clocks will be reversed by one hour on November 1. @@ -2076,9 +2075,8 @@ Zone Asia/Muscat 3:54:24 - LMT 1920 Rule Pakistan 2002 only - Apr Sun>=2 0:01 1:00 S Rule Pakistan 2002 only - Oct Sun>=2 0:01 0 - Rule Pakistan 2008 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Pakistan 2008 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 - +Rule Pakistan 2008 2009 - Nov 1 0:00 0 - Rule Pakistan 2009 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Pakistan 2009 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907 @@ -2153,7 +2151,7 @@ Zone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907 # From Paul Eggert (1999-09-20): # Daoud Kuttab writes in Holiday havoc -# <http://www.jpost.com/com/Archive/22.Apr.1999/Opinion/Article-2.html> +# http://www.jpost.com/com/Archive/22.Apr.1999/Opinion/Article-2.html # (Jerusalem Post, 1999-04-22) that # the Palestinian National Authority changed to DST on 1999-04-15. # I vaguely recall that they switch back in October (sorry, forgot the source). @@ -2371,10 +2369,10 @@ Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct 2:00 EgyptAsia EE%sT 1967 Jun 5 2:00 Zion I%sT 1996 2:00 Jordan EE%sT 1999 - 2:00 Palestine EE%sT 2008 Aug 29 0:00 + 2:00 Palestine EE%sT 2008 Aug 29 0:00 2:00 - EET 2008 Sep 2:00 Palestine EE%sT 2010 - 2:00 - EET 2010 Mar 27 0:01 + 2:00 - EET 2010 Mar 27 0:01 2:00 Palestine EE%sT 2011 Aug 1 2:00 - EET 2012 2:00 Palestine EE%sT @@ -2394,22 +2392,23 @@ Zone Asia/Hebron 2:20:23 - LMT 1900 Oct # Philippines, issued a proclamation announcing that 1844-12-30 was to # be immediately followed by 1845-01-01; see R.H. van Gent's # History of the International Date Line -# <http://www.staff.science.uu.nl/~gent0113/idl/idl_philippines.htm>. -# The rest of the data are from Shanks & Pottenger. +# http://www.staff.science.uu.nl/~gent0113/idl/idl_philippines.htm +# The rest of the data entries are from Shanks & Pottenger. -# From Paul Eggert (2006-04-25): -# Tomorrow's Manila Standard reports that the Philippines Department of -# Trade and Industry is considering adopting DST this June when the -# rainy season begins. See -# <http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=politics02_april26_2006>. -# For now, we'll ignore this, since it's not definite and we lack details. -# # From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2006-04-26): # ... claims that Philippines had DST last time in 1990: # http://story.philippinetimes.com/p.x/ct/9/id/145be20cc6b121c0/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/ # [a story dated 2006-04-25 by Cris Larano of Dow Jones Newswires, # but no details] +# From Paul Eggert (2014-08-14): +# The following source says DST may be instituted November-January and again +# March-June, but this is not definite. It also says DST was last proclaimed +# during the Ramos administration (1992-1998); but again, no details. +# Carcamo D. PNoy urged to declare use of daylight saving time. +# Philippine Star 2014-08-05 +# http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2014/08/05/1354152/pnoy-urged-declare-use-daylight-saving-time + # 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 - @@ -2426,7 +2425,7 @@ Zone Asia/Manila -15:56:00 - LMT 1844 Dec 31 # Qatar # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Qatar 3:26:08 - LMT 1920 # Al Dawhah / Doha +Zone Asia/Qatar 3:26:08 - LMT 1920 # Al Dawhah / Doha 4:00 - GST 1972 Jun 3:00 - AST @@ -2457,8 +2456,8 @@ Zone Asia/Riyadh 3:06:52 - LMT 1947 Mar 14 3:00 - AST # Singapore -# The data here are taken from Mok Ly Yng (2003-10-30) -# <http://www.math.nus.edu.sg/aslaksen/teaching/timezone.html>. +# taken from Mok Ly Yng (2003-10-30) +# http://www.math.nus.edu.sg/aslaksen/teaching/timezone.html # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Singapore 6:55:25 - LMT 1901 Jan 1 6:55:25 - SMT 1905 Jun 1 # Singapore M.T. @@ -2501,7 +2500,7 @@ Zone Asia/Singapore 6:55:25 - LMT 1901 Jan 1 # at present, become 2400 hours of April 14, 2006 (midnight of April 14, 2006). # From Peter Apps and Ranga Sirila of Reuters (2006-04-12) in: -# <http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=scienceNews&storyID=2006-04-12T172228Z_01_COL295762_RTRIDST_0_SCIENCE-SRILANKA-TIME-DC.XML> +# http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=scienceNews&storyID=2006-04-12T172228Z_01_COL295762_RTRIDST_0_SCIENCE-SRILANKA-TIME-DC.XML # [The Tamil Tigers] never accepted the original 1996 time change and simply # kept their clocks set five and a half hours ahead of Greenwich Mean # Time (GMT), in line with neighbor India. @@ -2540,13 +2539,13 @@ Zone Asia/Singapore 6:55:25 - LMT 1901 Jan 1 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Colombo 5:19:24 - LMT 1880 - 5:19:32 - MMT 1906 # Moratuwa Mean Time + 5:19:32 - MMT 1906 # Moratuwa Mean 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 2006 Apr 15 0:30 + 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 2006 Apr 15 0:30 5:30 - IST # Syria @@ -2622,8 +2621,7 @@ Rule Syria 2007 only - Nov Fri>=1 0:00 0 - # From Stephen Colebourne (2008-03-17): # For everyone's info, I saw an IATA time zone change for [Syria] for -# this month (March 2008) in the last day or so...This is the data IATA -# are now using: +# this month (March 2008) in the last day or so.... # Country Time Standard --- DST Start --- --- DST End --- DST # Name Zone Variation Time Date Time Date # Variation @@ -2710,7 +2708,7 @@ Rule Syria 2012 max - Mar lastFri 0:00 1:00 S Rule Syria 2009 max - Oct lastFri 0:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Damascus 2:25:12 - LMT 1920 # Dimashq +Zone Asia/Damascus 2:25:12 - LMT 1920 # Dimashq 2:00 Syria EE%sT # Tajikistan @@ -2718,24 +2716,26 @@ Zone Asia/Damascus 2:25:12 - LMT 1920 # Dimashq # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Dushanbe 4:35:12 - LMT 1924 May 2 5:00 - DUST 1930 Jun 21 # Dushanbe Time - 6:00 RussiaAsia DUS%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s - 5:00 1:00 DUSST 1991 Sep 9 2:00s - 5:00 - TJT # Tajikistan Time + 6:00 RussiaAsia DUS%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s + 5:00 1:00 DUSST 1991 Sep 9 2:00s + 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 +Link Asia/Bangkok Asia/Phnom_Penh # Cambodia +Link Asia/Bangkok Asia/Vientiane # Laos # Turkmenistan # From Shanks & Pottenger. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Ashgabat 3:53:32 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Ashkhabad 4:00 - ASHT 1930 Jun 21 # Ashkhabad Time - 5:00 RussiaAsia ASH%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00 + 5:00 RussiaAsia ASH%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00 4:00 RussiaAsia ASH%sT 1991 Oct 27 # independence - 4:00 RussiaAsia TM%sT 1992 Jan 19 2:00 + 4:00 RussiaAsia TM%sT 1992 Jan 19 2:00 5:00 - TMT # United Arab Emirates @@ -2744,8 +2744,9 @@ Zone Asia/Dubai 3:41:12 - LMT 1920 4:00 - GST # Uzbekistan +# Byalokoz 1919 says Uzbekistan was 4:27:53. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Samarkand 4:27:12 - LMT 1924 May 2 +Zone Asia/Samarkand 4:27:53 - LMT 1924 May 2 4:00 - SAMT 1930 Jun 21 # Samarkand Time 5:00 - SAMT 1981 Apr 1 5:00 1:00 SAMST 1981 Oct 1 @@ -2756,29 +2757,72 @@ Zone Asia/Samarkand 4:27:12 - LMT 1924 May 2 # Milne says Tashkent was 4:37:10.8; round to nearest. Zone Asia/Tashkent 4:37:11 - LMT 1924 May 2 5:00 - TAST 1930 Jun 21 # Tashkent Time - 6:00 RussiaAsia TAS%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00 + 6:00 RussiaAsia TAS%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00 5:00 RussiaAsia TAS%sT 1991 Sep 1 # independence 5:00 RussiaAsia UZ%sT 1992 5:00 - UZT # Vietnam -# From Paul Eggert (2013-02-21): +# From Paul Eggert (2014-10-04): # Milne gives 7:16:56 for the meridian of Saigon in 1899, as being # used in Lower Laos, Cambodia, and Annam. But this is quite a ways # from Saigon's location. For now, ignore this and stick with Shanks -# and Pottenger. +# and Pottenger for LMT before 1906. # From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-18): # The English-language name of Vietnam's most populous city is "Ho Chi Minh # City"; use Ho_Chi_Minh below to avoid a name of more than 14 characters. -# From Shanks & Pottenger: +# From Paul Eggert (2014-10-21) after a heads-up from Trần Ngọc Quân: +# Trần Tiến Bình's authoritative book "Lịch Việt Nam: thế kỷ XX-XXI (1901-2100)" +# (Nhà xuất bản Văn Hoá - Thông Tin, Hanoi, 2005), pp 49-50, +# is quoted verbatim in: +# http://www.thoigian.com.vn/?mPage=P80D01 +# is translated by Brian Inglis in: +# http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2014-October/021654.html +# and is the basis for the information below. +# +# The 1906 transition was effective July 1 and standardized Indochina to +# Phù Liễn Observatory, legally 104 deg. 17'17" east of Paris. +# It's unclear whether this meant legal Paris Mean Time (00:09:21) or +# the Paris Meridian (2 deg. 20'14.03" E); the former yields 07:06:30.1333... +# and the latter 07:06:29.333... so either way it rounds to 07:06:30, +# which is used below even though the modern-day Phù Liễn Observatory +# is closer to 07:06:31. Abbreviate Phù Liễn Mean Time as PLMT. +# +# The following transitions occurred in Indochina in general (before 1954) +# and in South Vietnam in particular (after 1954): +# To 07:00 on 1911-05-01. +# To 08:00 on 1942-12-31 at 23:00. +# To 09:00 in 1945-03-14 at 23:00. +# To 07:00 on 1945-09-02 in Vietnam. +# To 08:00 on 1947-04-01 in French-controlled Indochina. +# To 07:00 on 1955-07-01 in South Vietnam. +# To 08:00 on 1959-12-31 at 23:00 in South Vietnam. +# To 07:00 on 1975-06-13 in South Vietnam. +# +# Trần cites the following sources; it's unclear which supplied the info above. +# +# Hoàng Xuân Hãn: "Lịch và lịch Việt Nam". Tập san Khoa học Xã hội, +# No. 9, Paris, February 1982. +# +# Lê Thành Lân: "Lịch và niên biểu lịch sử hai mươi thế kỷ (0001-2010)", +# NXB Thống kê, Hanoi, 2000. +# +# Lê Thành Lân: "Lịch hai thế kỷ (1802-2010) và các lịch vĩnh cửu", +# NXB Thuận Hoá, Huế, 1995. + # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh 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 +Zone Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh 7:06:40 - LMT 1906 Jul 1 + 7:06:30 - PLMT 1911 May 1 + 7:00 - ICT 1942 Dec 31 23:00 + 8:00 - IDT 1945 Mar 14 23:00 + 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 2 + 7:00 - ICT 1947 Apr 1 + 8:00 - IDT 1955 Jul 1 + 7:00 - ICT 1959 Dec 31 23:00 + 8:00 - IDT 1975 Jun 13 7:00 - ICT # Yemen |
