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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)asia 7.63
+# @(#)asia 7.65
# $FreeBSD$
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (5th edition),
# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1999).
#
-# Gwillim Law <Gwil_Law@bridge-point.com> writes that a good source
+# Gwillim Law writes that a good source
# for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport
# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM),
# published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries
@@ -39,8 +39,11 @@
# 4:00 GST Gulf*
# 5:30 IST India
# 7:00 ICT Indochina*
+# 7:00 WIT west Indonesia
+# 8:00 CIT central Indonesia
# 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
# 9:30 CST (Australian) Central Standard Time
@@ -133,9 +136,11 @@ Zone Asia/Thimphu 5:58:36 - LMT 1947 Aug 15 # or Thimbu
6:00 - BTT # Bhutan Time
# British Indian Ocean Territory
-# From Whitman:
+# Whitman and the 1995 CIA time zone map say 5:00, but the
+# 1997 and later maps say 6:00. Assume the switch occurred in 1996.
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
-Zone Indian/Chagos 5:00 - IOT # BIOT Time
+Zone Indian/Chagos 5:00 - IOT 1996 # BIOT Time
+ 6:00 - IOT
# Brunei
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
@@ -207,7 +212,7 @@ Zone Asia/Harbin 8:26:44 - LMT 1928 # or Haerbin
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 # or Chongqing
+Zone Asia/Chongqing 7:06:20 - LMT 1928 # or Chungking
7:00 - CHUT 1980 May # Chungking Time
8:00 PRC C%sT
Zone Asia/Urumqi 5:50:20 - LMT 1928 # or Urumchi
@@ -260,7 +265,7 @@ Rule Taiwan 1974 1975 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S
Rule Taiwan 1980 only - Jun 30 0:00 1:00 D
Rule Taiwan 1980 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 S
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
-Zone Asia/Taipei 8:06:00 - LMT 1896
+Zone Asia/Taipei 8:06:00 - LMT 1896 # or Taibei or T'ai-pei
8:00 Taiwan C%sT
# Macao (Macau, Aomen)
@@ -359,7 +364,7 @@ Zone Asia/Dili 8:22:20 - LMT 1912
8:00 - TPT 1942 Feb 21 23:00 # E Timor Time
9:00 - JST 1945 Aug
9:00 - TPT 1976 May 3
- 8:00 - TPT 2000 Sep 17 00:00
+ 8:00 - CIT 2000 Sep 17 00:00
9:00 - TPT
# India
@@ -376,27 +381,43 @@ Zone Asia/Calcutta 5:53:28 - LMT 1880
# Nicobar Is
# Indonesia
+#
+# From Gwillim Law (2001-05-28), overriding Shanks:
+# <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.
+#
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Asia/Jakarta 7:07:12 - LMT 1867 Aug 10
# Shanks says 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
7:20 - JAVT 1932 Nov # Java Time
- 7:30 - JAVT 1942 Mar 23
+ 7:30 - WIT 1942 Mar 23
9:00 - JST 1945 Aug
- 7:30 - JAVT 1948 May
- 8:00 - JAVT 1950 May
- 7:30 - JAVT 1964
- 7:00 - JAVT
+ 7:30 - WIT 1948 May
+ 8:00 - WIT 1950 May
+ 7:30 - WIT 1964
+ 7:00 - WIT
+Zone Asia/Pontianak 7:17:20 - LMT 1908 May
+ 7:17:20 - PMT 1932 Nov # Pontianak MT
+ 7:30 - WIT 1942 Jan 29
+ 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug
+ 7:30 - WIT 1948 May
+ 8:00 - WIT 1950 May
+ 7:30 - WIT 1964
+ 8:00 - CIT 1988 Jan 1
+ 7:00 - WIT
Zone Asia/Ujung_Pandang 7:57:36 - LMT 1920
7:57:36 - MMT 1932 Nov # Macassar MT
- 8:00 - BORT 1942 Feb 9 # Borneo Time
+ 8:00 - CIT 1942 Feb 9
9:00 - JST 1945 Aug
- 8:00 - BORT
+ 8:00 - CIT
Zone Asia/Jayapura 9:22:48 - LMT 1932 Nov
- 9:00 - JAYT 1944 # Jayapura Time
+ 9:00 - EIT 1944
9:30 - CST 1964
- 9:00 - JAYT
+ 9:00 - EIT
# Iran
# From Paul Eggert (2000-06-12), following up a suggestion by Rich Wales:
@@ -913,9 +934,11 @@ Zone Asia/Beirut 2:22:00 - LMT 1880
# 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 - Sep 14 0:00 0:20 TS # one-Third Summer
Rule NBorneo 1935 1941 - Dec 14 0:00 0 -
+#
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
+# peninsular Malaysia
Zone Asia/Kuala_Lumpur 6:46:48 - LMT 1880
6:55:24 - SMT 1905 Jun # Singapore Mean Time
7:00 - MALT 1933 # Malaya Time
@@ -924,6 +947,7 @@ Zone Asia/Kuala_Lumpur 6:46:48 - LMT 1880
7:20 - MALT 1950
7:30 - MALT 1982 May
8:00 - MYT # Malaysia Time
+# Sabah & Sarawak
Zone Asia/Kuching 7:21:20 - LMT 1926 Mar
7:30 - BORT 1933 # Borneo Time
8:00 NBorneo BOR%sT 1942
@@ -962,38 +986,51 @@ Zone Indian/Maldives 4:54:00 - LMT 1880 # Male
# Suhbaatar, and possibly Khentij.
# From Paul Eggert (1999-12-15):
-# For now, we'll comment out the east zone (Choybalsan)
-# and use Shanks's and the IATA's data for the daylight-saving rules.
# Naming and spelling is tricky in Mongolia.
# We'll use Hovd (also spelled Chovd and Khovd) to represent the west zone;
# the capital of the Hovd province is sometimes called Hovd, sometimes Dund-Us,
# and sometimes Jirgalanta (with variant spellings), but the name Hovd
# is good enough for our purposes.
+# From Rives McDow (2001-05-13):
+# In addition to Mongolia starting daylight savings as reported earlier
+# (adopted DST on 2001-04-27 02:00 local time, ending 2001-09-28),
+# there are three time zones.
+#
+# Provinces [at 7:00]: Bayan-ulgii, Uvs, Khovd, Zavkhan, Govi-Altai
+# Provinces [at 8:00]: Khovsgol, Bulgan, Arkhangai, Khentii, Tov,
+# Bayankhongor, Ovorkhangai, Dundgovi, Dornogovi, Omnogovi
+# Provinces [at 9:00]: Dornod, Sukhbaatar
+#
+# [The province of Selenge is omitted from the above lists.]
+
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
-Rule Mongol 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
-Rule Mongol 1981 1984 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
-Rule Mongol 1985 1990 - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 S
-Rule Mongol 1985 1990 - Sep lastSun 3:00 0 -
-Rule Mongol 1991 1998 - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S
-Rule Mongol 1991 1995 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 -
-# IATA SSIM (1996-09) says 1996-10-25; go with Shanks.
-Rule Mongol 1996 only - Oct lastSun 0:00 0 -
-Rule Mongol 1997 1998 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 -
+Rule Mongol 1983 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
+Rule Mongol 1983 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
+# IATA SSIM says 1990s switches occurred at 00:00, but Shanks (1995) lists
+# them at 02:00s, and McDow says the 2001 switches also occurred at 02:00.
+# Also, IATA SSIM (1996-09) says 1996-10-25. Go with Shanks through 1998.
+Rule Mongol 1985 1998 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S
+Rule Mongol 1984 1998 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 -
# IATA SSIM (1999-09) says Mongolia no longer observes DST.
+Rule Mongol 2001 only - Apr 27 2:00s 1:00 S
+Rule Mongol 2001 only - Sep 28 2:00s 0 -
# 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
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
8:00 Mongol ULA%sT
-# We're not sure about this entry yet, so we'll omit it for now.
-#Zone Asia/Choybalsan 7:38:00 - LMT 1905 Aug
-# 8:00 - CHOT 1978 # Choybalsan Time
-# 9:00 Mongol CHO%sT 19??
-# 8:00 Mongol ULA%sT
+# Choibalsan, a.k.a. Bajan Tuemen, Bajan Tumen, Chojbalsan,
+# Choybalsan, Sanbejse, Tchoibalsan
+Zone Asia/Choibalsan 7:38:00 - LMT 1905 Aug
+ 7:00 - ULAT 1978
+ 8:00 - ULAT 1983 Apr
+ 9:00 Mongol CHO%sT # Choibalsan Time
# Nepal
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
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