summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/contrib/tzdata/asia
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'contrib/tzdata/asia')
-rw-r--r--contrib/tzdata/asia91
1 files changed, 60 insertions, 31 deletions
diff --git a/contrib/tzdata/asia b/contrib/tzdata/asia
index 79cfc48..580a179 100644
--- a/contrib/tzdata/asia
+++ b/contrib/tzdata/asia
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
# tz@iana.org for general use in the future).
-# From Paul Eggert (2013-02-21):
+# From Paul Eggert (2013-08-11):
#
# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
# Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition),
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@
# 4:00 GST Gulf*
# 5:30 IST India
# 7:00 ICT Indochina*
-# 7:00 WIT west Indonesia
-# 8:00 CIT central Indonesia
+# 7:00 WIB west Indonesia (Waktu Indonesia Barat)
+# 8:00 WITA central Indonesia (Waktu Indonesia Tengah)
# 8:00 CST China
# 9:00 CJT Central Japanese Time (1896/1937)*
-# 9:00 EIT east Indonesia
+# 9:00 WIT east Indonesia (Waktu Indonesia Timur)
# 9:00 JST JDT Japan
# 9:00 KST KDT Korea
# 9:30 CST (Australian) Central Standard Time
@@ -756,7 +756,7 @@ Zone Asia/Dili 8:22:20 - LMT 1912
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 - CIT 2000 Sep 17 00:00
+ 8:00 - WITA 2000 Sep 17 00:00
9:00 - TLT
# India
@@ -793,36 +793,53 @@ Zone Asia/Kolkata 5:53:28 - LMT 1880 # Kolkata
# (Hollandia). For now, assume all Indonesian locations other than Jayapura
# switched on 1945-09-23.
#
+# From Paul Eggert (2013-08-11):
+# Normally the tz database uses English-language abbreviations, but in
+# Indonesia it's typical to use Indonesian-language abbreviations even
+# when writing in English. For example, see the English-language
+# summary published by the Time and Frequency Laboratory of the
+# Research Center for Calibration, Instrumentation and Metrology,
+# Indonesia, <http://time.kim.lipi.go.id/time-eng.php> (2006-09-29).
+# The abbreviations are:
+#
+# WIB - UTC+7 - Waktu Indonesia Barat (Indonesia western time)
+# WITA - UTC+8 - Waktu Indonesia Tengah (Indonesia central time)
+# WIT - UTC+9 - Waktu Indonesia Timur (Indonesia eastern time)
+#
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
+# Java, Sumatra
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 - JMT 1923 Dec 31 23:47:12 # Jakarta
+ 7:07:12 - BMT 1923 Dec 31 23:47:12 # Batavia
7:20 - JAVT 1932 Nov # Java Time
- 7:30 - WIT 1942 Mar 23
+ 7:30 - WIB 1942 Mar 23
9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 23
- 7:30 - WIT 1948 May
- 8:00 - WIT 1950 May
- 7:30 - WIT 1964
- 7:00 - WIT
+ 7:30 - WIB 1948 May
+ 8:00 - WIB 1950 May
+ 7:30 - WIB 1964
+ 7:00 - WIB
+# west and central Borneo
Zone Asia/Pontianak 7:17:20 - LMT 1908 May
7:17:20 - PMT 1932 Nov # Pontianak MT
- 7:30 - WIT 1942 Jan 29
+ 7:30 - WIB 1942 Jan 29
9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 23
- 7:30 - WIT 1948 May
- 8:00 - WIT 1950 May
- 7:30 - WIT 1964
- 8:00 - CIT 1988 Jan 1
- 7:00 - WIT
+ 7:30 - WIB 1948 May
+ 8:00 - WIB 1950 May
+ 7:30 - WIB 1964
+ 8:00 - WITA 1988 Jan 1
+ 7:00 - WIB
+# Sulawesi, Lesser Sundas, east and south Borneo
Zone Asia/Makassar 7:57:36 - LMT 1920
7:57:36 - MMT 1932 Nov # Macassar MT
- 8:00 - CIT 1942 Feb 9
+ 8:00 - WITA 1942 Feb 9
9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 23
- 8:00 - CIT
+ 8:00 - WITA
+# Maluku Islands, West Papua, Papua
Zone Asia/Jayapura 9:22:48 - LMT 1932 Nov
- 9:00 - EIT 1944 Sep 1
+ 9:00 - WIT 1944 Sep 1
9:30 - CST 1964
- 9:00 - EIT
+ 9:00 - WIT
# Iran
@@ -1364,9 +1381,11 @@ Zone Asia/Tokyo 9:18:59 - LMT 1887 Dec 31 15:00u
# until about the same time next year (at least).
# http://www.petra.gov.jo/Public_News/Nws_NewsDetails.aspx?NewsID=88950
#
-# From Paul Eggert (2012-10-25):
-# For now, assume this is just a one-year measure. If it becomes
-# permanent, we should move Jordan from EET to AST effective tomorrow.
+# From Paul Eggert (2013-09-21):
+# It's looking like this change will be permanent; see
+# Petra News Agency, Cancelling winter saved Jordan $7 million (2013-02-20)
+# <http://www.albawaba.com/business/jordan-winter-electricity--472005>.
+# So move Jordan to UTC+3 as of the abovementioned date.
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Jordan 1973 only - Jun 6 0:00 1:00 S
@@ -1392,15 +1411,15 @@ Rule Jordan 1995 1998 - Sep Fri>=15 0:00s 0 -
Rule Jordan 1999 only - Jul 1 0:00s 1:00 S
Rule Jordan 1999 2002 - Sep lastFri 0:00s 0 -
Rule Jordan 2000 2001 - Mar lastThu 0:00s 1:00 S
-Rule Jordan 2002 max - Mar lastThu 24:00 1:00 S
+Rule Jordan 2002 2012 - Mar lastThu 24:00 1:00 S
Rule Jordan 2003 only - Oct 24 0:00s 0 -
Rule Jordan 2004 only - Oct 15 0:00s 0 -
Rule Jordan 2005 only - Sep lastFri 0:00s 0 -
-Rule Jordan 2006 2011 - Oct lastFri 0:00s 0 -
-Rule Jordan 2013 max - Oct lastFri 0:00s 0 -
+Rule Jordan 2006 2012 - Oct lastFri 0:00s 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931
- 2:00 Jordan EE%sT
+ 2:00 Jordan EE%sT 2012 Oct 26 0:00s
+ 3:00 - AST
# Kazakhstan
@@ -2280,9 +2299,18 @@ Zone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907
# http://www.samanews.com/index.php?act=Show&id=154120
# http://safa.ps/details/news/99844/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87-%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A-29-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A.html
-# From Paul Eggert (2013-04-15):
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2013-09-24):
+# The Gaza and West Bank are ending DST Thursday at midnight
+# (2013-09-27 00:00:00) (one hour earlier than last year...).
+# This source in English, says "that winter time will go into effect
+# at midnight on Thursday in the West Bank and Gaza Strip":
+# http://english.wafa.ps/index.php?action=detail&id=23246
+# official source...:
+# http://www.palestinecabinet.gov.ps/ar/Views/ViewDetails.aspx?pid=1252
+
+# From Paul Eggert (2013-09-24):
# For future dates, guess the last Thursday in March at 24:00 through
-# the first Friday on or after September 21 at 01:00. This is consistent with
+# the first Friday on or after September 21 at 00:00. This is consistent with
# the predictions in today's editions of the following URLs,
# which are for Gaza and Hebron respectively:
# http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/timezone.html?n=702
@@ -2313,7 +2341,8 @@ Rule Palestine 2011 only - Aug 1 0:00 0 -
Rule Palestine 2011 only - Aug 30 0:00 1:00 S
Rule Palestine 2011 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 -
Rule Palestine 2012 max - Mar lastThu 24:00 1:00 S
-Rule Palestine 2012 max - Sep Fri>=21 1:00 0 -
+Rule Palestine 2012 only - Sep 21 1:00 0 -
+Rule Palestine 2013 max - Sep Fri>=21 0:00 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct
OpenPOWER on IntegriCloud