Update to the latest version from the vendor branch. These files are

now identical with the distributed versions, which may cause some
abbreviations to change for people in obscure zones.  (The abbreviations
can be changed again if need be.)  It also changes the abbreviation
of Central European Time to `CET' from its previous value of `MET'
(a curious German-English hybrid).  Finally, we have finally rid
ourselves of those nasty ZONE-DESCR comments, which were a maintenance
nightmare, in favor of the new zone.tab file.  We are not using the
distribution's iso3166.tab file because we have our own list.

Obtained from: Arthur David Olson; ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov

1 files changed, 261 insertions, 384 deletions

diff --git a/share/zoneinfo/asia b/share/zoneinfo/asia
index f5cb4b4..b5220f3 100644
--- a/share/zoneinfo/asia
+++ b/share/zoneinfo/asia
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-# @(#)asia	7.23
+# @(#)asia	7.25
 
 # 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> (1995-12-19):
+# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1995-07-24):
 #
 # A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
 # Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (3rd edition),
@@ -25,42 +25,20 @@
 #		std dst
 #		LMT	Local Mean Time
 #		LST	Local Star Time (Russian ``mestnoe zvezdnoe vremya'')
-#	2:00	EET  EET DST	Eastern European Time
+#	2:00	EET EEST Eastern European Time
 #	2:00	IST IDT	Israel
 #	3:00	AST ADT	Arabia*
-#	3:00	BSK BSD	Baku (was 4:00)*
-#	3:30	IST IDT	Iran
-#	4:00	AMST AMDT Armenia (was 3:00) (was YSK, YSD)*
-#	4:00	TBSK TBSD Tbilisi (was 3:00)*
-#	4:00	GST GDT	Gulf*
-#	4:30	AFT	Afghanistan*
-#	5:00	ASK ASD	Aktau (was SHSK, SHSD)*
-#	5:00	ASK ASD	Ashkhabad (was 4:00)*
-#	5:00	BSK BSD Bishkek (was 6:00) (was FSK, FSD)*
-#	5:00	PKT	Pakistan*
-#	5:00	TSK TSD	Tashkent (was 6:00)*
-#	5:30	IST IST	India
-#	5:45	NPT	Nepal*
-#	6:00	AASK AASD Alma-Ata (was 5:00)*
-#	6:00	BGT	Bengal, Bangladesh*
-#	6:00	DSK DSD	Dushanbe (was 5:00)*
-#	6:30	BMT	Burma*
+#	4:00	GST	Gulf*
+#	5:30	IST	India
 #	7:00	ICT	Indochina*
-#	7:00	JVT	Java*
-#	8:00	BNT	Borneo, Brunei*
-#	8:00	CST CDT	China
-#	8:00	HKT HKST Hong Kong
-#	8:00	PST PDT	Philippines*
-#	8:00	SGT	Singapore
-#	8:00	UST UDT	Ulan Bator*
-#	9:00	JST JDT	Japan
-#	9:00	KST KDT	Korea
-#	9:00	MLT	Moluccas*
-#	9:30	CST	Australian Central Standard Time
+#	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.
 #
-# See the `africa' file for Zone naming conventions.
+# See the `africa' file for time zone naming and abbreviation conventions.
 
 # From Guy Harris:
 # Incorporates data for Singapore from Robert Elz' asia 1.1, as well as
@@ -72,20 +50,17 @@
 
 # These rules for Russia are stolen from the `europe' file.
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
-Rule RussiaAsia 1981	1984	-	Apr	1	0:00	1:00	D
-Rule RussiaAsia 1981	1983	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	K
-Rule RussiaAsia	1984	1995	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00s	0	K
-Rule RussiaAsia 1985	max	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	D
-Rule RussiaAsia	1996	max	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	0	K
+Rule RussiaAsia 1981	1984	-	Apr	1	0:00	1:00	S
+Rule RussiaAsia 1981	1983	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	-
+Rule RussiaAsia 1984	max	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
+Rule RussiaAsia 1985	max	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	S
 
 # Afghanistan
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Kabul	4:36:48 -	LMT	1890
-			4:00	-	GST	1945
+			4:00	-	AFT	1945
 			4:30	-	AFT
 
-# ZONE-DESCR Asia Kabul Afghanistan All points
-
 # Armenia
 # From Paul Eggert (1996-05-04):
 # Shanks has Yerevan switching to 3:00 (with Russian DST) in spring 1991,
@@ -93,34 +68,27 @@ Zone	Asia/Kabul	4:36:48 -	LMT	1890
 # <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.
-# Der-Danieliantz also asked for a better abbreviation than `YSK'
-# after independence.  Apparently no abbreviation is in common use;
-# use `AMST/AMDT' since `AM' is the ISO country code for Armenia.
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
-Rule	Armenia	1992	1995	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00s	0	S
-Rule	Armenia	1992	1995	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	D
+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	-	YSK	1957 Mar
-			4:00 RussiaAsia YS%s	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
-			3:00	1:00	YSD	1991 Sep 29 2:00s
-			3:00	-	AMST	1992 Jan 19 2:00s
-			4:00	Armenia	AM%sT	1996
-			4:00	-	AMST
-
-# ZONE-DESCR Asia Yerevan Armenia All points
+			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	-	BSK	1957 Mar
-			4:00 RussiaAsia BS%s	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
-			3:00	1:00	BSD	1991 Sep 29 2:00s
-			3:00	-	BSK
+			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	    # Azerbaijan Time
+			3:00	-	AZT
 # Shanks has Baku using Russian DST rules after 1991,
-# but usno1995 has Azerbaijan with no DST.  Go with usno1995.
-
-# ZONE-DESCR Asia Baku Azerbaijan All points
+# but usno1995 has Azerbaijan with no DST.  Guess no DST after 1991.
 
 # Bahrain
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
@@ -128,33 +96,26 @@ Zone	Asia/Bahrain	3:22:20 -	LMT	1920		# Al-Manamah
 			4:00	-	GST	1972 Jun
 			3:00	-	AST
 
-# ZONE-DESCR Asia Bahrain Bahrain All points
-
 # Bangladesh
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Dacca	6:01:40 -	LMT	1890
-			5:53	-	CMT	1941 Oct    # Calcutta Mean Time
-			6:30	-	BMT	1942 May 15
+			5:53:20	-	HMT	1941 Oct    # Howrah Mean Time?
+			6:30	-	BURT	1942 May 15 # Burma Time
 			5:30	-	IST	1942 Sep
-			6:30	-	BMT	1951 Sep 30
-			6:00	-	BGT
-
-# ZONE-DESCR Asia Dacca Bangladesh All points
+			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	-	BGT
-
-# ZONE-DESCR Asia Thimbu Bhutan All points
+			6:00	-	BTT	# Bhutan Time
 
 # British Indian Ocean Territory
 # From Whitman:
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
-Zone	Indian/Chagos	5:00	-	PKT
-
-# ZONE-DESCR Indian Chagos British_Indian_Ocean_Terr All points
+Zone	Indian/Chagos	5:00	-	IOT	# BIOT Time
 
 # Brunei
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
@@ -162,35 +123,29 @@ Zone	Asia/Brunei	7:39:40 -	LMT	1926 Mar   # Bandar Seri Begawan
 			7:30	-	BNT	1933
 			8:00	-	BNT
 
-# ZONE-DESCR Asia Brunei Brunei All points
-
 # Burma / Myanmar
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Rangoon	6:24:40 -	LMT	1880		# or Yangon
-			6:25	-	RMT	1920
-			6:30	-	BMT	1942 May
+			6:24:36	-	RMT	1920	   # Rangoon Mean Time?
+			6:30	-	BURT	1942 May   # Burma Time
 			9:00	-	JST	1945 May 3
-			6:30	-	BMT
-
-# ZONE-DESCR Asia Rangoon Myanmar All points
+			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	-	SMT	1911 Mar 11 0:01     # Saigon MT
+			7:06:20	-	SMT	1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT?
 			7:00	-	ICT	1912 May
 			8:00	-	ICT	1931 May
 			7:00	-	ICT
 
-# ZONE-DESCR Asia Phnom_Penh Cambodia All points
-
 # People's Republic of China
 
 # From Guy Harris:
 # People's Republic of China.  Yes, they really have only one time zone.
 
-# From Bob Devine (January 28, 1988):
-# No they don't.  See TIME mag, February 17, 1986 p.52.  Even though
+# 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
@@ -203,13 +158,12 @@ Zone	Asia/Phnom_Penh	6:59:40 -	LMT	1906 Jun  9
 #     1986 May 4 - Sept 14
 #     1987 mid-April - ??
 
-# From U. S. Naval Observatory (January 19, 1989):
+# 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 switched from the Chinese calendar on 1912 Feb 12.
-# He also writes that China has had a single time zone since 1980 May 1,
+# 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.
@@ -225,32 +179,25 @@ 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	-	MAT	1932 Mar    # Manchuria
+			8:30	-	HART	1932 Mar # Harbin Time
 			8:00	-	CST	1940
-			9:00	-	KST	1966 May
-			8:30	-	MAT	1980 May
+			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	-	ICT	1980 May
+			7:00	-	CHUT	1980 May # Chungking Time
 			8:00	PRC	C%sT
 Zone	Asia/Urumqi	5:50:20	-	LMT	1928
-			6:00	-	URT	1980 May    # Urumqi
+			6:00	-	URUT	1980 May # Urumqi Time
 			8:00	PRC	C%sT
 Zone	Asia/Kashgar	5:03:56	-	LMT	1928
-			5:30	-	ETT	1940	    # Eastern Turkestan
-			5:00	-	ETT	1980 May
+			5:30	-	KAST	1940	 # Kashgar Time
+			5:00	-	KAST	1980 May
 			8:00	PRC	C%sT
 
-# ZONE-DESCR Asia Shanghai China All points except:
-# ZONE-DESCR Asia Harbin China Manchuria
-# ZONE-DESCR Asia Chungking China Chungking
-# ZONE-DESCR Asia Urumqi China Urumqi
-# ZONE-DESCR Asia Kashgar China Eastern Turkestan
-
 ###############################################################################
 
 # Republic of China
@@ -271,8 +218,6 @@ Rule	Taiwan	1980	only	-	Sep	30	0:00	0	S
 Zone	Asia/Taipei	8:06:00 -	LMT	1896
 			8:00	Taiwan	C%sT
 
-# ZONE-DESCR Asia Taipei Taiwan All points
-
 ###############################################################################
 # Hong Kong
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
@@ -293,50 +238,47 @@ 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
-
-# ZONE-DESCR Asia Hong_Kong Hong_Kong All points
+			8:00	HK	HK%sT	1997 Jul  1 # return to China
+			8:00	PRC	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	D
-Rule	Macao	1961	1964	-	Nov	Sun>=1	3:30	0	S
-Rule	Macao	1963	only	-	Mar	Sun>=16	0:00	1:00	D
-Rule	Macao	1964	only	-	Mar	Sun>=16	3:30	1:00	D
-Rule	Macao	1965	only	-	Mar	Sun>=16	0:00	1:00	D
-Rule	Macao	1965	only	-	Oct	31	0:00	0	S
-Rule	Macao	1966	1971	-	Apr	Sun>=16	3:30	1:00	D
-Rule	Macao	1966	1971	-	Oct	Sun>=16	3:30	0	S
-Rule	Macao	1972	1974	-	Apr	Sun>=15	0:00	1:00	D
-Rule	Macao	1972	1973	-	Oct	Sun>=15	0:00	0	S
-Rule	Macao	1974	1977	-	Oct	Sun>=15	3:30	0	S
-Rule	Macao	1975	1977	-	Apr	Sun>=15	3:30	1:00	D
-Rule	Macao	1978	1980	-	Apr	Sun>=15	0:00	1:00	D
-Rule	Macao	1978	1980	-	Oct	Sun>=15	0:00	0	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	C%sT
+			8:00	Macao	MO%sT	1999 Dec 20 # return to China
+			8:00	PRC	C%sT
 
-# ZONE-DESCR Asia Macao Macao All points
 
 ###############################################################################
 
 # Cyprus
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
-Rule	Cyprus	1975	only	-	Apr	13	0:00	1:00	" DST"
+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	" DST"
+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	" DST"
+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	" DST"
+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	EET%s
-
-# ZONE-DESCR Asia Cyprus Cyprus All points
+			2:00	Cyprus	EE%sT
 
 # Georgia
 # From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1994-11-19):
@@ -351,20 +293,18 @@ Zone	Asia/Nicosia	2:13:28 -	LMT	1921 Nov 14
 # Most likely we're still missing some rule changes between 1991 and 1994.
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Tbilisi	2:59:16 -	LMT	1880
-			2:59	-	LST	1924 May  2
-			3:00	-	TBSK	1957 Mar
-			4:00 RussiaAsia TBS%s	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
-			3:00	1:00	TBSD	1991 Sep 29 2:00s
-			3:00 RussiaAsia TBS%s	1994 Sep 25 2:00s
-			4:00	-	TBSK
-
-# ZONE-DESCR Asia Tbilisi Georgia All points
+			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	1994 Sep 25 2:00s # Georgia Time
+			4:00	-	GET
 
 # India
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Calcutta	5:53:28 -	LMT	1880
-			5:53	-	CMT	1941 Oct    # Calcutta Mean Time
-			6:30	-	BMT	1942 May 15
+			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
@@ -373,47 +313,39 @@ Zone	Asia/Calcutta	5:53:28 -	LMT	1880
 #	Lakshadweep (Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Is)
 #	Nicobar Is
 
-# ZONE-DESCR Asia Calcutta India All points
-
 # Indonesia
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone Asia/Jakarta	7:07:12 -	LMT	1867 Aug 10
-			7:07	-	JMT	1924 Jan  1 0:13
-			7:20	-	JVT	1932 Nov
-			7:30	-	JVT	1942 Mar 23
+			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	-	JVT	1948 May
-			8:00	-	JVT	1950 May
-			7:30	-	JVT	1964
-			7:00	-	JVT
+			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
-			7:58	-	MMT	1932 Nov    # Macassar Mean Time
-			8:00	-	BNT	1942 Feb  9
+			7:57:36	-	MMT	1932 Nov    # Macassar MT
+			8:00	-	BORT	1942 Feb  9 # Borneo Time
 			9:00	-	JST	1945 Aug
-			8:00	-	BNT
+			8:00	-	BORT
 Zone Asia/Jayapura	9:22:48 -	LMT	1932 Nov
-			9:00	-	MLT	1944
+			9:00	-	JAYT	1944	    # Jayapura Time
 			9:30	-	CST	1964
-			9:00	-	MLT
-
-# ZONE-DESCR Asia Jakarta Indonesia Jakarta
-# ZONE-DESCR Asia Ujung_Pandang Indonesia Ujung Pandang
-# ZONE-DESCR Asia Jayapura Indonesia Jayapura
+			9:00	-	JAYT
 
 # Iran
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
-Rule	Iran	1978	1980	-	Mar	21	0:00	1:00	D
-Rule	Iran	1978	only	-	Oct	21	0:00	0	S
-Rule	Iran	1979	only	-	Sep	19	0:00	0	S
-Rule	Iran	1980	only	-	Sep	23	0:00	0	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	-
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Tehran	3:25:44	-	LMT	1916
-			3:26	-	TMT	1946
-			3:30	-	IST	1977 Nov
-			4:00	Iran	G%sT	1979
-			3:30	Iran	I%sT
-
-# ZONE-DESCR Asia Tehran Iran All points
+			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
@@ -425,21 +357,20 @@ Rule	Iraq	1985	max	-	Sep	lastSun	1:00s	0	S
 Rule	Iraq	1986	max	-	Mar	lastSun	1:00s	1:00	D
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Baghdad	2:57:40	-	LMT	1890
-			2:58	-	BMT	1918	    # Baghdad Mean Time
+			2:57:36	-	BMT	1918	    # Baghdad Mean Time?
 			3:00	-	AST	1982 May
 			3:00	Iraq	A%sT
 
-# ZONE-DESCR Asia Baghdad Iraq All points
 
 ###############################################################################
 
 # Israel
 
-# From U. S. Naval Observatory (January 19, 1989):
+# 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> (November 18, 1993):
+# 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.
@@ -486,12 +417,6 @@ 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
-#Rule	Zion	1989	only	-	Apr	29	0:00	1:00	D
-#Rule	Zion	1989	only	-	Sep	 2	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	10	0:00	1:00	D
-#Rule	Zion	1991	only	-	Sep	 1	0:00	0	S
 
 # From Ephraim Silverberg (1996-01-02):
 #
@@ -512,25 +437,25 @@ Rule	Zion	1988	only	-	Sep	 3	0:00	0	S
 
 # 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	0:00	S
+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	0:00	S
+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	0:00	S
+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	0:00	S
+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	0:00	S
+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 switchboard at 972-2-701411 and asking for the spokeswoman.
 
 # 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    0:00    S
-Rule    Zion    1995    only    -       Mar     31      0:00    1:00    D
-Rule    Zion    1995    only    -       Sep      3      0:00    0:00    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 1996-1998 were also obtained from Office of the Spokeswoman
 # for the Ministry of Interior, Jerusalem, Israel.  The official announcement
@@ -539,8 +464,8 @@ Rule    Zion    1995    only    -       Sep      3      0:00    0:00    S
 #   ftp://ftp.huji.ac.il/pub/misc/timezones/announcements/1996-1998.ps.gz
 #
 # Emptor Caveat: The dates for the years 1996-1998 were originally announced
-# on August 31, 1995, by the previous Minister of Interior.  The new Minister
-# of Interior changed the dates on January 1, 1996, to take into account the
+# on 1995-08-31, by the previous Minister of Interior.  The new Minister
+# of Interior changed the dates on 1996-01-01, to take into account the
 # desires of certain portions of Israeli society (the next election is in the
 # Fall of 1996).  After this (1996) year's Daylight Savings Time is over, the
 # new minister has announced that a study will be conducted as to the wishes of
@@ -550,15 +475,14 @@ Rule    Zion    1995    only    -       Sep      3      0:00    0:00    S
 
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Zion	1996	1998	-	Mar	Fri>=14	0:00	1:00	D
-Rule	Zion	1996	only	-	Sep	16	0:00	0:00	S
-Rule	Zion	1997	1998	-	Oct	Sun>=14	0:00	0:00	S
+Rule	Zion	1996	only	-	Sep	16	0:00	0	S
+Rule	Zion	1997	1998	-	Oct	Sun>=14	0:00	0	S
 
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Jerusalem	2:20:56 -	LMT	1880
-			2:21	-	JMT	1918
+			2:20:40	-	JMT	1918	# Jerusalem Mean Time?
 			2:00	Zion	I%sT
 
-# ZONE-DESCR Asia Jerusalem Israel All points
 
 ###############################################################################
 
@@ -578,61 +502,40 @@ Zone	Asia/Jerusalem	2:20:56 -	LMT	1880
 #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.
-#
-# The same news article also reports that Japan is likely to go on DST in 1996
-# as follows, where I've guessed the AT and LETTER/S columns:
-# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
-#Rule	Japan	1996	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	D
-#Rule	Japan	1996	max	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
 
-# From Shanks (1991):
-# Japan switched from the Japanese calendar on 1893 Jan 1.
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Tokyo	9:19:04	-	LMT	1896
 			9:00	-	JST
-# If Japan adopts DST in 1996, replace the above line with the following lines:
-#			9:00	-	JST	1996
-#			9:00	Japan	J%sT
-# and uncomment the two `Rule' lines commented out above.
-
-# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1995-12-19):
-# Shanks says that the far southern Ryukyu Is (Nansei-Shoto) are 8:00,
-# but we haven't confirmed this.
-# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
-#Zone	Asia/Ishigaki	8:16:36	-	LMT	1896
-#			8:00	-	CST
+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.
 
-# ZONE-DESCR Asia Tokyo Japan All points
-
 # Jordan
-# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993):
+# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1993-11-18):
 # Most likely Shanks is merely guessing dates from 1992 on.
 # From Shanks (1991):
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
-Rule    Jordan	1973	only	-	Jun	6	0:00	1:00	" DST"
+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	" DST"
+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	" DST"
+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	" DST"
+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	" DST"
+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	" DST"
-Rule    Jordan	1990	only	-	Apr	27	0:00	1:00	" DST"
-Rule    Jordan	1991	only	-	Apr	19	0:00	1:00	" DST"
+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	19	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule    Jordan	1991	only	-	Sep	27	0:00	0	-
-Rule    Jordan	1992	max	-	Apr	Fri>=1	0:00	1:00	" DST"
+Rule    Jordan	1992	max	-	Apr	Fri>=1	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule    Jordan	1992	max	-	Oct	Fri>=1	0:00	0	-
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Amman	2:23:44 -	LMT	1931
-			2:00	Jordan	EET%s
-
-# ZONE-DESCR Asia Amman Jordan All points
+			2:00	Jordan	EE%sT
 
 # Kazakhstan
 # From Paul Eggert (1996-04-19):
@@ -641,30 +544,25 @@ Zone	Asia/Amman	2:23:44 -	LMT	1931
 # in western Kazakhstan.  Follow Shanks before 1991, Evtichov afterwards.
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Alma-Ata	5:07:48 -	LMT	1924 May  2 # or Almaty
-			5:00	-	AASK	1957 Mar
-			6:00 RussiaAsia AAS%s	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
-			5:00	1:00	AASD	1991 Sep 29 2:00s
-			5:00	-	AASK	1992 Jan 19 2:00s
-			6:00 RussiaAsia AAS%s
+			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 RussiaAsia ALM%sT
 Zone	Asia/Aktau	3:21:04	-	LMT	1924 May  2 # or Aqtau
-			4:00	-	SHSK	1957 Mar # Fort Shevchenko
-			5:00 RussiaAsia SHS%s	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
-			4:00	1:00	ASD	1991 Sep 29 2:00s
-			4:00	-	ASK	1992 Jan 19 2:00s
-			5:00 RussiaAsia AS%s
-
-# ZONE-DESCR Asia Alma-Ata Kazakhstan All points except:
-# ZONE-DESCR Asia Aktau Kazakhstan Aktau
+			4:00	-	SHET	1957 Mar # Fort Shevchenko Time
+			5:00 RussiaAsia SHE%sT	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
+			4:00	1:00	AKTST	1991 Sep 29 2:00s
+			4:00	-	AKTT	1992 Jan 19 2:00s # Aktau Time
+			5:00 RussiaAsia AKT%sT
 
 # Kirgizstan
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Bishkek	4:58:24 -	LMT	1924 May  2
-			5:00	-	FSK	1957 Mar	# Frunze
-			6:00 RussiaAsia FS%s	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
-			5:00	1:00	FSD	1991 Sep 29 2:00s
-			5:00 RussiaAsia BS%s
-
-# ZONE-DESCR Asia Bishkek Kirgizstan All points
+			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 RussiaAsia KG%sT		    # Kirgizstan Time
 
 ###############################################################################
 
@@ -699,9 +597,6 @@ Zone	Asia/Pyongyang	8:23:00 -	LMT	1890
 			8:00	-	KST	1961 Aug 10
 			9:00	-	KST
 
-# ZONE-DESCR Asia Seoul South_Korea All points
-# ZONE-DESCR Asia Pyongyang North_Korea All points
-
 ###############################################################################
 
 # Kuwait
@@ -709,131 +604,122 @@ Zone	Asia/Pyongyang	8:23:00 -	LMT	1890
 Zone	Asia/Kuwait	3:11:56 -	LMT	1950
 			3:00	-	AST
 
-# ZONE-DESCR Asia Kuwait Kuwait All points
-
 # Laos
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Vientiane	6:50:24 -	LMT	1906 Jun  9
-			7:06	-	SMT	1911 Mar 11 0:01     # Saigon MT
+			7:06:20	-	SMT	1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT?
 			7:00	-	ICT	1912 May
 			8:00	-	ICT	1931 May
 			7:00	-	ICT
 
-# ZONE-DESCR Asia Vientiane Laos All points
-
 # Lebanon
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
-Rule	Lebanon	1920	only	-	Mar	28	0:00	1:00	" DST"
+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	" DST"
+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	" DST"
+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	" DST"
+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	" DST"
+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	" DST"
+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	" DST"
-Rule	Lebanon	1978	only	-	Apr	30	0:00	1:00	" DST"
+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	" DST"
+Rule	Lebanon	1984	1987	-	May	1	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Lebanon	1984	max	-	Oct	16	0:00	0	-
-Rule	Lebanon	1988	only	-	Jun	1	0:00	1:00	" DST"
-Rule	Lebanon	1989	only	-	May	10	0:00	1:00	" DST"
-Rule	Lebanon	1990	max	-	May	1	0:00	1:00	" DST"
+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	max	-	May	1	0:00	1:00	S
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Beirut	2:22:00 -	LMT	1880
-			2:00	Lebanon	EET%s
-
-# ZONE-DESCR Asia Beirut Lebanon All points
+			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	-	SMT	1905 Jun
-			7:00	-	SGT	1933
-			7:20	-	SGT	1942 Feb 15
+			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	-	SGT	1950
-			7:30	-	SGT	1982 May
-			8:00	-	SGT
-
-# ZONE-DESCR Asia Kuala_Lumpur Malaysia All points
+			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	-	MMT	1960
-			5:00	-	PKT
-
-# ZONE-DESCR Indian Maldives Maldives All points
+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 http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/95fact/802389h.gif
+# Shanks says that Mongolia has three time zones, but usno1995 and
+# <URL:http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/95fact/802389h.gif> (1995)
 # 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	T
-Rule	Mongol	1981	1984	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	S
-Rule	Mongol	1985	max	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00	1:00	T
-Rule	Mongol	1985	max	-	Sep	lastSun	3:00	0	S
+Rule	Mongol	1981	1984	-	Apr	1	0:00	1:00	S
+Rule	Mongol	1981	1984	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	-
+Rule	Mongol	1985	max	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00	1:00	S
+Rule	Mongol	1985	max	-	Sep	lastSun	3:00	0	-
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 #Zone	Asia/Dariv	6:14:32 -	LMT	1905 Aug
-#			6:00	-	DST	1978
-#			7:00	Mongol	D%sT
+#			6:00	-	DART	1978	# Dariv Time
+#			7:00	Mongol	DAR%sT
 Zone	Asia/Ulan_Bator	7:07:32 -	LMT	1905 Aug
-			7:00	-	UST	1978
-			8:00	Mongol	U%sT
+			7:00	-	ULAT	1978	# Ulan Bator Time
+			8:00	Mongol	ULA%sT
 #Zone Asia/Baruun-Urt	7:33:00 -	LMT	1905 Aug
-#			8:00	-	BST	1978
-#			9:00	Mongol	B%sT
-
-# ZONE-DESCR  Asia Ulan_Bator Mongolia Central zone
+#			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
-
-# ZONE-DESCR Asia Katmandu Nepal All points
+			5:45	-	NPT	# Nepal Time
 
 # Oman
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Muscat	3:54:20 -	LMT	1920
 			4:00	-	GST
 
-# ZONE-DESCR Asia Muscat Oman All points 
-
 # 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	-	PKT
-
-# ZONE-DESCR Asia Karachi Pakistan All points
+			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	" DST"
+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	" DST"
-Rule EgyptAsia	1959	1981	-	May	 1	1:00	1:00	" DST"
+Rule EgyptAsia	1958	only	-	May	 1	0:00	1:00	S
+Rule EgyptAsia	1959	1981	-	May	 1	1:00	1:00	S
 Rule EgyptAsia	1959	1965	-	Sep	30	3:00	0	-
 Rule EgyptAsia	1966	max	-	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	EET%s	1967 Jun 30
+			2:00 EgyptAsia	EE%sT	1967 Jun 30
 			2:00	Zion	I%sT
-# This will undoubtedly change soon.
 
 # Paracel Is
 # no information
@@ -842,20 +728,18 @@ Zone	Asia/Gaza	2:17:52	-	LMT	1900 Oct
 # 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	D
-Rule	Phil	1937	only	-	Feb	1	0:00	0	S
-Rule	Phil	1954	only	-	Apr	12	0:00	1:00	D
-Rule	Phil	1954	only	-	Jul	1	0:00	0	S
-Rule	Phil	1978	only	-	Mar	22	0:00	1:00	D
-Rule	Phil	1978	only	-	Sep	21	0:00	0	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	P%sT	1942 May
+			8:00	Phil	PH%sT	1942 May
 			9:00	-	JST	1944 Nov
-			8:00	Phil	P%sT
-
-# ZONE-DESCR Asia Manila Philippines All points
+			8:00	Phil	PH%sT
 
 # Qatar
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
@@ -863,141 +747,134 @@ Zone	Asia/Qatar	3:26:08 -	LMT	1920		# Al Dawhah
 			4:00	-	GST	1972 Jun
 			3:00	-	AST
 
-# ZONE-DESCR Asia Qatar Qatar All points
-
 # Saudi Arabia
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Riyadh	3:06:52 -	LMT	1950
 			3:00	-	AST
 
-# ZONE-DESCR Asia Riyadh Saudi_Arabia All points
-
 # Singapore
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Singapore	6:55:24 -	LMT	1880
-			6:55	-	SMT	1905 Jun
-			7:00	-	SGT	1933
-			7:20	-	SGT	1942 Feb 15
+			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	-	SGT	1950
-			7:30	-	SGT	1982 May
+			7:20	-	MALT	1950
+			7:30	-	MALT	1965 Aug  9 # independence
+			7:30	-	SGT	1982 May # Singapore Time
 			8:00	-	SGT
 
-# ZONE-DESCR Asia Singapore Singapore All points
-
 # Spratly Is
 # no information
 
 # Sri Lanka
+# From Paul Eggert (1996-09-03):
+# <URL:http://www.virtual-pc.com/lankaweb/news/items/240596-2.html> (1996-05-24)
+# 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).
+
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Colombo	5:19:24 -	LMT	1880
-			5:20	-	JMT	1906
+			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
-
-# ZONE-DESCR Asia Colombo Sri_Lanka All points
+			5:30	-	IST	1996 May 25 0:00
+			6:30	-	LKT	# Sri Lanka Time
 
 # Syria
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
-Rule	Syria	1920	1923	-	Apr	Sun>=15	2:00	1:00	" DST"
+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	" DST"
+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	" DST"
+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	" DST"
+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	" DST"
+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	" DST"
+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	" DST"
+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	" DST"
+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	" DST"
-Rule	Syria	1989	only	-	Mar	31	2:00	1:00	" DST"
+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	max	-	Apr	1	2:00	1:00	" DST"
+Rule	Syria	1990	max	-	Apr	1	2:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Syria	1990	max	-	Sep	30	2:00	0	-
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Damascus	2:25:12 -	LMT	1920
-			2:00	Syria	EET%s
-
-# ZONE-DESCR Asia Damascus Syria All points
+			2:00	Syria	EE%sT
 
 # Tajikistan
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Dushanbe	4:35:12 -	LMT	1924 May  2
-			5:00	-	DSK	1957 Mar
-			6:00 RussiaAsia DS%s	1991
-			6:00	-	DSK
-# Shanks has Dushanbe at 5:00 (6:00 summer) after 1991 Sep 29 3:00,
-# but usno1995 has it at 6:00.  Go with usno1995.
-
-# ZONE-DESCR Asia Dushanbe Tajikistan All points
+			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
+# Shanks has Dushanbe at 5:00 (6:00 summer) after 1991,
+# but a cable from the American Embassy at Dushanbe
+# <URL:http://www.itaiep.doc.gov/bisnis/cables/960703ti.html> (1996-07-02)
+# says that Tajikistan is at 5:00.  Guess no DST after 1991.
 
 # Thailand
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Bangkok	6:42:04	-	LMT	1880
-			6:42	-	BMT	1920 Apr
+			6:42:04	-	BMT	1920 Apr # Bangkok Mean Time
 			7:00	-	ICT
 
-# ZONE-DESCR Asia Bangkok Thailand All points
-
 # Turkmenistan
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
-Zone	Asia/Ashkhabad	3:53:32 -	LMT	1924 May  2
-			4:00	-	ASK	1957 Mar
-			5:00 RussiaAsia AS%s	1991
-			5:00	-	ASK
-# Shanks has Ashkhabad at 4:00 (5:00 summer) after 1991 Sep 20 3:00,
-# but usno has it at 5:00.  Go with usno1995.
-
-# ZONE-DESCR Asia Ashkhabad Turkmenistan All points
+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 Oct 27 # independence
+			4:00 RussiaAsia	TM%sT	1992	    # Turkmenistan Time
+			4:00	-	TMT
+# Shanks has Ashkhabad at 4:00 (5:00 summer) after 1991, but
+# DHL <URL:http://www.dhl.com/dhlinfo/country/turkmeni.html> (1996-07-26)
+# reports 4:00.  Guess no DST after 1991.
 
 # United Arab Emirates
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Dubai	3:41:12 -	LMT	1920
 			4:00	-	GST
 
-# ZONE-DESCR Asia Dubai U_A_E All points
-
 # Uzbekistan
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Tashkent	4:37:12 -	LMT	1924 May  2
-			5:00	-	TSK	1957 Mar
-			6:00 RussiaAsia TS%s	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
-			5:00	1:00	TSD	1991 Sep 29 2:00s
-			5:00	-	TSK
+			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.
-# Go with usno1995.
-# http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/95fact/802389h.gif claims that
-# Uzbekistan has two time zones, but we lack data about this.
-
-# ZONE-DESCR Asia Tashkent Uzbekistan All points
+# Guess no DST after 1991.
+# <URL:http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/95fact/802389h.gif> (1995)
+# says that Uzbekistan has two time zones, but a cable
+# <URL:http://www.itaiep.doc.gov/bisnis/cables/960510uz.html> (1996-05-10)
+# from the American Embassy in Tashkent implies that they have just one.
 
 # Vietnam
-# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993):
+# 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	-	SMT	1911 Mar 11 0:01     # Saigon MT
+			7:06:20	-	SMT	1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT?
 			7:00	-	ICT	1912 May
 			8:00	-	ICT	1931 May
 			7:00	-	ICT
 
-# ZONE-DESCR Asia Saigon Vietnam All points
-
 # Yemen
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Aden	3:00:48	-	LMT	1950
 			3:00	-	AST
-
-# ZONE-DESCR Asia Aden Yemen All points