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1# @(#)asia 7.8
2
3# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
4# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
5# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future).
6
7# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993):
8#
9# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
10# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (3rd edition),
11# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1991).
12# Except where otherwise noted, it is the source for the data below.
13#
14# I invented the abbreviations marked `*' in the following table;
15# the rest are from earlier versions of this file, or from other sources.
16# Corrections are welcome!
17# std dst
18# LMT Local Mean Time
19# LST Local Star Time (Russian ``mestnoe zvezdnoe vremya'')
20# 2:00 EET EET DST Eastern European Time
21# 2:00 IST IDT Israel
22# 3:00 AST ADT Arabia*
23# 3:00 MSK MSD Moscow
24# 3:30 IST IDT Iran
25# 4:00 BSK BSD Baku*
26# 4:00 GST GDT Gulf*
27# 4:30 AFT Afghanistan*
28# 5:00 TSK TSD Tashkent*
29# 5:00 PKT Pakistan*
30# 5:30 IST IST India
31# 5:45 NPT Nepal*
32# 6:00 BGT Bengal, Bangladesh*
33# 6:30 BMT Burma*
34# 7:00 ICT Indochina*
35# 7:00 JVT Java*
36# 8:00 BNT Borneo, Brunei*
37# 8:00 CST CDT China
38# 8:00 HKT HKST Hong Kong
39# 8:00 PST PDT Phillippines*
40# 8:00 SGT Singapore
41# 8:00 UST UDT Ulan Bator*
42# 9:00 JST Japan
43# 9:00 KST KDT Korea
44# 9:00 MLT Moluccas*
45# 9:30 CST Australian Central Standard Time
46#
47# See the `europe' file for Russia in Asia.
48#
49# See the `africa' file for Zone naming conventions.
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50
51# From Guy Harris:
52# Incorporates data for Singapore from Robert Elz' asia 1.1, as well as
53# additional information from Tom Yap, Sun Microsystems Intercontinental
54# Technical Support (including a page from the Official Airline Guide -
55# Worldwide Edition). The names for time zones are guesses.
56
57###############################################################################
58
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59# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
60Rule Russia 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D
61Rule Russia 1981 1983 - Oct 1 0:00 0 K
62Rule Russia 1984 1990 - Sep lastSun 3:00 0 K
63Rule Russia 1985 1990 - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
64Rule Russia 1992 max - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 K
65Rule Russia 1992 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D
66
67# Afghanistan
68# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
69Zone Asia/Kabul 4:36:48 - LMT 1890
70 4:00 - GST 1945
71 4:30 - AFT
72
73# Armenia
74# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
75Zone Asia/Yerevan 2:58:00 - LMT 1924 May 2
76 3:00 - MSK 1957 Mar
77 4:00 Russia BS%s 1991 Sep 29 3:00
78 3:00 Russia MS%s
79
80# Azerbaijan
81# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
82Zone Asia/Baku 3:19:24 - LMT 1924 May 2
83 3:00 - MSK 1957 Mar
84 4:00 Russia BS%s 1991 Sep 29 3:00
85 3:00 Russia MS%s
86
87# Bahrain
88# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
89Zone Asia/Bahrain 3:22:20 - LMT 1920 # Al-Manamah
90 4:00 - GST 1972 Jun
91 3:00 - AST
92
93# Bangladesh
94# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
95Zone Asia/Dacca 6:01:40 - LMT 1890
96 5:53 - CMT 1941 Oct # Calcutta Mean Time
97 6:30 - BMT 1942 May 15
98 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep
99 6:30 - BMT 1951 Sep 30
100 6:00 - BGT
101
102# Bhutan
103# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
104Zone Asia/Thimbu 5:58:36 - LMT 1947 Aug 15
105 5:30 - IST 1987 Oct
106 6:00 - BGT
107
108# British Indian Ocean Territory (Chagos Archipelago, Diego Garcia)
109# no information
110
111# Brunei
112# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
113Zone Asia/Brunei 7:39:40 - LMT 1926 Mar # Bandar Seri Begawan
114 7:30 - BNT 1933
115 8:00 - BNT
116
117# Burma
118# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
119Zone Asia/Rangoon 6:24:40 - LMT 1880
120 6:25 - RMT 1920
121 6:30 - BMT 1942 May
122 9:00 - JST 1945 May 3
123 6:30 - BMT
124
125# Cambodia
126# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
127Zone Asia/Phnom_Penh 6:59:40 - LMT 1906 Jun 9
128 7:06 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT
129 7:00 - ICT 1912 May
130 8:00 - ICT 1931 May
131 7:00 - ICT
132
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133# People's Republic of China
134
135# From Guy Harris:
136# People's Republic of China. Yes, they really have only one time zone.
137
138# From Bob Devine (January 28, 1988):
139# No they don't. See TIME mag, February 17, 1986 p.52. Even though
140# China is across 4 physical time zones, before Feb 1, 1986 only the
141# Peking (Bejing) time zone was recognized. Since that date, China
142# has two of 'em -- Peking's and Urumqi (named after the capital of
143# the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region). I don't know about DST for it.
144#
145# . . .I just deleted the DST table and this editor makes it too
146# painful to suck in another copy.. So, here is what I have for
147# DST start/end dates for Peking's time zone (info from AP):
148#
149# 1986 May 4 - Sept 14
150# 1987 mid-April - ??
151
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152# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993):
153# According to Shanks, China started using DST in 1986,
154# but it's still all one big happy time zone.
155
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156# From U. S. Naval Observatory (January 19, 1989):
157# CHINA 8 H AHEAD OF UTC ALL OF CHINA, INCL TAIWAN
158# CHINA 9 H AHEAD OF UTC APR 17 - SEP 10
159
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160# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993):
161# Shanks writes that China switched from the Chinese calendar on 1912 Feb 12.
162# He also writes that China has had a single time zone since 1980 May 1,
163# and that they instituted DST on 1986 May 4; this contradicts Devine's
164# note about Time magazine, though apparently _something_ happened in 1986.
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166# From Shanks (1991):
167# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
168Rule Shang 1928 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S
169Rule Shang 1940 only - Jun 3 0:00 1:00 D
170Rule Shang 1940 1941 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S
171Rule Shang 1941 only - Mar 16 0:00 1:00 D
172Rule PRC 1949 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S
173Rule PRC 1986 only - May 4 0:00 1:00 D
174Rule PRC 1986 max - Sep Sun>=11 0:00 0 S
175Rule PRC 1987 max - Apr Sun>=10 0:00 1:00 D
176# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
177Zone Asia/Shanghai 8:05:52 - LMT 1928
178 8:00 Shang C%sT 1949
179 8:00 PRC C%sT
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181###############################################################################
182
183# Republic of China
184
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185# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
186Rule Taiwan 1896 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S
187Rule Taiwan 1945 1951 - May 1 0:00 1:00 D
188Rule Taiwan 1945 1951 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S
189Rule Taiwan 1952 only - Mar 1 0:00 1:00 D
190Rule Taiwan 1952 1954 - Nov 1 0:00 0 S
191Rule Taiwan 1953 1959 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D
192Rule Taiwan 1955 1961 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S
193Rule Taiwan 1960 1961 - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 D
194Rule Taiwan 1974 1975 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D
195Rule Taiwan 1974 1975 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S
196Rule Taiwan 1980 only - Jun 30 0:00 1:00 D
197Rule Taiwan 1980 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 S
198# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
199Zone Asia/Taipei 8:06:00 - LMT 1896
200 8:00 Taiwan C%sT
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203# Hong Kong
204# Presumably Hong Kong will have DST again when it merges with China,
205# but it's too early to predict the details.
206# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
207Rule HK 1904 only - Oct 30 0:00 0 -
208Rule HK 1946 only - Apr 20 3:30 1:00 S
209Rule HK 1946 only - Dec 1 3:30 0 -
210Rule HK 1947 only - Apr 13 3:30 1:00 S
211Rule HK 1947 only - Dec 30 3:30 0 -
212Rule HK 1948 only - May 2 3:30 1:00 S
213Rule HK 1948 1952 - Oct lastSun 3:30 0 -
214Rule HK 1949 1953 - Apr Sun>=1 3:30 1:00 S
215Rule HK 1953 only - Nov 1 3:30 0 -
216Rule HK 1954 1964 - Mar Sun>=18 3:30 1:00 S
217Rule HK 1954 only - Oct 31 3:30 0 -
218Rule HK 1955 1964 - Nov Sun>=1 3:30 0 -
219Rule HK 1965 1977 - Apr Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S
220Rule HK 1965 1977 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 -
221Rule HK 1979 1980 - May Sun>=8 3:30 1:00 S
222Rule HK 1979 1980 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 -
223# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
224Zone Asia/Hong_Kong 7:36:36 - LMT 1904 Oct 30
225 8:00 HK HK%sT
226
227# Macao
228# Presumably Macao will have DST again when it merges with China,
229# but it's too early to predict the details.
230# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
231Rule Macao 1912 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S
232Rule Macao 1961 1962 - Mar Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 D
233Rule Macao 1961 1964 - Nov Sun>=1 3:30 0 S
234Rule Macao 1963 only - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 D
235Rule Macao 1964 only - Mar Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 D
236Rule Macao 1965 only - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 D
237Rule Macao 1965 only - Oct 31 0:00 0 S
238Rule Macao 1966 1971 - Apr Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 D
239Rule Macao 1966 1971 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 S
240Rule Macao 1972 1974 - Apr Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 D
241Rule Macao 1972 1973 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 0 S
242Rule Macao 1974 1977 - Oct Sun>=15 3:30 0 S
243Rule Macao 1975 1977 - Apr Sun>=15 3:30 1:00 D
244Rule Macao 1978 1980 - Apr Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 D
245Rule Macao 1978 1980 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 0 S
246# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
247Zone Asia/Macao 7:34:20 - LMT 1912
248 8:00 Macao C%sT
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252
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253# Cyprus
254# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
255Rule Cyprus 1921 only - Nov 14 0:00 0 -
256Rule Cyprus 1975 only - Apr 13 0:00 1:00 " DST"
257Rule Cyprus 1975 only - Oct 12 0:00 0 -
258Rule Cyprus 1976 only - May 15 0:00 1:00 " DST"
259Rule Cyprus 1976 only - Oct 11 0:00 0 -
260Rule Cyprus 1977 1980 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 " DST"
261Rule Cyprus 1977 only - Sep 25 0:00 0 -
262Rule Cyprus 1978 only - Oct 2 0:00 0 -
263Rule Cyprus 1979 max - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 -
264Rule Cyprus 1981 max - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 " DST"
265# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
266Zone Asia/Nicosia 2:13:28 - LMT 1921 Nov 14
267 2:00 Cyprus EET%s
268
269# Georgia
270# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
271Zone Asia/Tbilisi 2:59:16 - LMT 1880
272 2:59 - LST 1924 May 2
273 3:00 - MSK 1957 Mar
274 4:00 Russia BS%s 1991 Sep 29 3:00
275 3:00 Russia MS%s
276
277# India
278# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
279Zone Asia/Calcutta 5:53:28 - LMT 1880
280 5:53 - CMT 1941 Oct # Calcutta Mean Time
281 6:30 - BMT 1942 May 15
282 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep
283 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 15
284 5:30 - IST
285# The following are like India/Calcutta:
286# Andaman Is
287# Lakshadweep (Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Is)
288# Nicobar Is
289
290# Indonesia
291# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
292Zone Asia/Jakarta 7:07:12 - LMT 1867 Aug 10
293 7:07 - JMT 1924 Jan 1 0:13
294 7:20 - JVT 1932 Nov
295 7:30 - JVT 1942 Mar 23
296 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug
297 7:30 - JVT 1948 May
298 8:00 - JVT 1950 May
299 7:30 - JVT 1964
300 7:00 - JVT
301Zone Asia/Ujung_Pandang 7:57:36 - LMT 1920
302 7:58 - MMT 1932 Nov # Macassar Mean Time
303 8:00 - BNT 1942 Feb 9
304 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug
305 8:00 - BNT
306Zone Asia/Jayapura 9:22:48 - LMT 1932 Nov
307 9:00 - MLT 1944
308 9:30 - CST 1964
309 9:00 - MLT
310
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311# Iran
312
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313# Shanks has no record of DST after 1980.
314
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315# From Bob Devine (January 28, 1988):
316# Iran: Last Sunday in March to third (?) Sunday in
317# September. Since the revolution, the official calendar is Monarchic
318# calendar; I have no idea what the correspondence between dates are.
319
320# From U. S. Naval Observatory (January 19, 1989):
321# IRAN 3.5H AHEAD OF UTC
322
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325Rule Iran 1977 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 S
326Rule Iran 1978 1980 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D
327Rule Iran 1978 only - Oct 21 0:00 0 S
328Rule Iran 1979 only - Sep 19 0:00 0 S
329Rule Iran 1980 only - Sep 23 0:00 0 S
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330Rule Iran 1988 max - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
331Rule Iran 1988 max - Sep Sun>=15 2:00 0 S
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332# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
333Zone Asia/Tehran 3:25:44 - LMT 1916
334 3:26 - TMT 1946
335 3:30 - IST 1977 Nov
336 4:00 Iran G%sT 1979
337 3:30 Iran I%sT
338
339# Iraq
340# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
341Rule Iraq 1982 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D
342Rule Iraq 1982 1984 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S
343Rule Iraq 1983 only - Mar 31 0:00 1:00 D
344Rule Iraq 1984 1985 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D
345Rule Iraq 1985 max - Sep lastSun 1:00s 0 S
346Rule Iraq 1986 max - Mar lastSun 1:00s 1:00 D
347# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
348Zone Asia/Baghdad 2:57:40 - LMT 1890
349 2:58 - BMT 1918 # Baghdad Mean Time
350 3:00 - AST 1982 May
351 3:00 Iraq A%sT
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355
356# Israel
357
358# From U. S. Naval Observatory (January 19, 1989):
359# ISRAEL 2 H AHEAD OF UTC
360# ISRAEL 3 H AHEAD OF UTC APR 10 - SEP 3
361
ecdde2d7 362# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993):
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364# Shanks gives the following rules for Jerusalem from 1918 through 1991.
365# After 1989 Shanks often disagrees with Silverberg; we go with Silverberg.
366
367# From Shanks (1991):
368# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
369Rule Zion 1918 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S
370Rule Zion 1940 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 D
371Rule Zion 1942 1944 - Nov 1 0:00 0 S
372Rule Zion 1943 only - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 D
373Rule Zion 1944 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D
374Rule Zion 1945 only - Apr 16 0:00 1:00 D
375Rule Zion 1945 only - Nov 1 2:00 0 S
376Rule Zion 1946 only - Apr 16 2:00 1:00 D
377Rule Zion 1946 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 S
378Rule Zion 1948 only - May 23 0:00 2:00 DD
379Rule Zion 1948 only - Sep 1 0:00 1:00 D
380Rule Zion 1948 1949 - Nov 1 2:00 0 S
381Rule Zion 1949 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D
382Rule Zion 1950 only - Apr 16 0:00 1:00 D
383Rule Zion 1950 only - Sep 15 3:00 0 S
384Rule Zion 1951 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D
385Rule Zion 1951 only - Nov 11 3:00 0 S
386Rule Zion 1952 only - Apr 20 2:00 1:00 D
387Rule Zion 1952 only - Oct 19 3:00 0 S
388Rule Zion 1953 only - Apr 12 2:00 1:00 D
389Rule Zion 1953 only - Sep 13 3:00 0 S
390Rule Zion 1954 only - Jun 13 0:00 1:00 D
391Rule Zion 1954 only - Sep 12 0:00 0 S
392Rule Zion 1955 only - Jun 11 2:00 1:00 D
393Rule Zion 1955 only - Sep 11 0:00 0 S
394Rule Zion 1956 only - Jun 3 0:00 1:00 D
395Rule Zion 1956 only - Sep 30 3:00 0 S
396Rule Zion 1957 only - Apr 29 2:00 1:00 D
397Rule Zion 1957 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 S
398Rule Zion 1974 only - Jul 7 0:00 1:00 D
399Rule Zion 1974 only - Oct 13 0:00 0 S
400Rule Zion 1975 only - Apr 20 0:00 1:00 D
401Rule Zion 1975 only - Aug 31 0:00 0 S
402Rule Zion 1985 only - Apr 14 0:00 1:00 D
403Rule Zion 1985 only - Sep 15 0:00 0 S
404Rule Zion 1986 only - May 18 0:00 1:00 D
405Rule Zion 1986 only - Sep 7 0:00 0 S
406Rule Zion 1987 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 D
407Rule Zion 1987 only - Sep 13 0:00 0 S
408Rule Zion 1988 only - Apr 9 0:00 1:00 D
409Rule Zion 1988 only - Sep 3 0:00 0 S
410#Rule Zion 1989 only - Apr 29 0:00 1:00 D
411#Rule Zion 1989 only - Sep 2 0:00 0 S
412#Rule Zion 1990 only - Mar 25 0:00 1:00 D
413#Rule Zion 1990 only - Aug 26 0:00 0 S
414#Rule Zion 1991 only - Mar 10 0:00 1:00 D
415#Rule Zion 1991 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 S
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1bd76676 417# From Ephraim Silverberg (September 5, 1993):
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419# According to the Office of the Secretary General of the Ministry of
420# Interior, there is NO set rule for Daylight-Savings/Standard time changes.
421# Each year they decide anew what havoc to wreak on the country. However,
422# there is a "supposed" set of rules which is subject to change depending
423# on the party the Minister of Interior, the size of the coalition
424# government, the phase of the moon and the direction of the wind. Hence,
425# changes may need to be made on a semi-annual basis. One thing is entrenched
426# in law, however: that there must be at least 150 days on daylight savings
427# time annually.
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429# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
430Rule Zion 1989 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 D
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431Rule Zion 1989 only - Sep 3 0:00 0:00 S
432Rule Zion 1990 only - Mar 25 0:00 1:00 D
433Rule Zion 1990 only - Aug 26 0:00 0:00 S
434Rule Zion 1991 only - Mar 24 0:00 1:00 D
15637ed4 435Rule Zion 1991 only - Sep 1 0:00 0:00 S
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436Rule Zion 1992 only - Mar 29 0:00 1:00 D
437Rule Zion 1992 only - Sep 6 0:00 0:00 S
438Rule Zion 1993 only - Apr 2 0:00 1:00 D
439Rule Zion 1993 only - Sep 5 0:00 0:00 S
440
441# The dates for 1994-1995 were obtained from Office of the Spokeswoman for
442# the Ministry of Interior, Jerusalem. There are no dates yet for 1996 and
443# beyond so your guess is as good as theirs (those who are interested can
444# call 972-2-701411 and ask for the spokeswoman).
445
446# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
447Rule Zion 1994 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D
448Rule Zion 1994 only - Aug 28 0:00 0:00 S
449Rule Zion 1995 only - Mar 31 0:00 1:00 D
450Rule Zion 1995 only - Aug 27 0:00 0:00 S
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452# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
453Zone Asia/Tel_Aviv 2:19:04 - LMT 1880
454 2:21 - JMT 1918
455 2:00 Zion I%sT
456
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459
460# Japan
461
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462# `9:00' and `JST' is from Guy Harris.
463
464# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993):
465# Shanks says that the far southern Ryukyu Is (Nansei-Shoto) are 8:00,
466# but we don't have a good location name for them;
467# we don't even know the name of the principal town.
468# There is no information for Marcus.
469# Other Japanese possessions are probably like Asia/Tokyo.
470
471# From Shanks (1991):
472# Japan switched from the Japanese calendar on 1893 Jan 1.
473# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
474Zone Asia/Tokyo 9:19:04 - LMT 1896
475 9:00 - JST
476#Zone Asia/South_Ryukyu 8:14:44 - LMT 1896 # Amitori
477# 8:00 - CST
478
479# Jordan
480# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993):
481# Most likely Shanks is merely guessing dates from 1992 on.
482# From Shanks (1991):
483# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
484Rule Jordan 1931 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 -
485Rule Jordan 1973 only - Jun 6 0:00 1:00 " DST"
486Rule Jordan 1973 1975 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
487Rule Jordan 1974 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 " DST"
488Rule Jordan 1976 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 -
489Rule Jordan 1977 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
490Rule Jordan 1978 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 " DST"
491Rule Jordan 1978 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 -
492Rule Jordan 1985 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 " DST"
493Rule Jordan 1985 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
494Rule Jordan 1986 1988 - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 " DST"
495Rule Jordan 1986 1990 - Oct Fri>=1 0:00 0 -
496Rule Jordan 1989 only - May 8 0:00 1:00 " DST"
497Rule Jordan 1990 only - Apr 27 0:00 1:00 " DST"
498Rule Jordan 1991 only - Apr 19 0:00 1:00 " DST"
499Rule Jordan 1991 only - Sep 27 0:00 0 -
500Rule Jordan 1992 max - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 " DST"
501Rule Jordan 1992 max - Oct Fri>=1 0:00 0 -
502# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
503Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931
504 2:00 Jordan EET%s
505
506# Kazakhstan
507# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993):
508# Before 1993, Almaty was known by its Russian name ``Alma-Ata''.
509# From Shanks (1991):
510# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
511Zone Asia/Almaty 5:07:48 - LMT 1924 May 2
512 5:00 - TSK 1957 Mar
513 6:00 Russia TS%s 1991 Sep 29 3:00
514 5:00 Russia TS%s
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518
ecdde2d7 519# Korea
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520
521# From Guy Harris:
522# According to someone at the Korean Times in San Francisco,
523# Daylight Savings Time was not observed until 1987. He did not know
524# at what time of day DST starts or ends.
525
ecdde2d7 526# From Shanks (1991):
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528Rule ROK 1960 only - May 15 0:00 1:00 D
529Rule ROK 1960 only - Sep 13 0:00 0 S
530Rule ROK 1987 1988 - May Sun<=14 0:00 1:00 D
531Rule ROK 1987 1988 - Oct Sun<=14 0:00 0 S
532
533# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
534Zone Asia/Seoul 8:27:52 - LMT 1890
535 8:30 - KST 1904 Dec
536 9:00 - KST 1928
537 8:30 - KST 1932
538 9:00 - KST 1954 Mar 21
539 8:00 ROK K%sT 1961 Aug 10
540 8:30 - KST 1968 Oct
541 9:00 ROK K%sT
542Zone Asia/Pyongyang 8:23:00 - LMT 1890
543 8:30 - KST 1904 Dec
544 9:00 - KST 1928
545 8:30 - KST 1932
546 9:00 - KST 1954 Mar 21
547 8:00 - KST 1961 Aug 10
548 9:00 - KST
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551
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553# Kuwait
554# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
555Zone Asia/Kuwait 3:11:56 - LMT 1950
556 3:00 - AST
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558# Kyrgyzstan
559# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
560Zone Asia/Frunze 4:58:24 - LMT 1924 May 2
561 5:00 - TSK 1957 Mar
562 6:00 Russia TS%s 1991 Sep 29 3:00
563 5:00 Russia TS%s
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565# Laos
566# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
567Zone Asia/Vientiane 6:50:24 - LMT 1906 Jun 9
568 7:06 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT
569 7:00 - ICT 1912 May
570 8:00 - ICT 1931 May
571 7:00 - ICT
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573# Lebanon
574# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
575Rule Lebanon 1880 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 -
576Rule Lebanon 1920 only - Mar 28 0:00 1:00 " DST"
577Rule Lebanon 1920 only - Oct 25 0:00 0 -
578Rule Lebanon 1921 only - Apr 3 0:00 1:00 " DST"
579Rule Lebanon 1921 only - Oct 3 0:00 0 -
580Rule Lebanon 1922 only - Mar 26 0:00 1:00 " DST"
581Rule Lebanon 1922 only - Oct 8 0:00 0 -
582Rule Lebanon 1923 only - Apr 22 0:00 1:00 " DST"
583Rule Lebanon 1923 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 -
584Rule Lebanon 1957 1961 - May 1 0:00 1:00 " DST"
585Rule Lebanon 1957 1961 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
586Rule Lebanon 1972 only - Jun 22 0:00 1:00 " DST"
587Rule Lebanon 1972 1977 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
588Rule Lebanon 1973 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 " DST"
589Rule Lebanon 1978 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 " DST"
590Rule Lebanon 1978 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 -
591Rule Lebanon 1984 1987 - May 1 0:00 1:00 " DST"
592Rule Lebanon 1984 max - Oct 16 0:00 0 -
593Rule Lebanon 1988 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 " DST"
594Rule Lebanon 1989 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 " DST"
595Rule Lebanon 1990 max - May 1 0:00 1:00 " DST"
596# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
597Zone Asia/Beirut 2:22:00 - LMT 1880
598 2:00 Lebanon EET%s
599
600# Malaysia
601# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
602Zone Asia/Kuala_Lumpur 6:46:48 - LMT 1880
603 6:55 - SMT 1905 Jun
604 7:00 - SGT 1933
605 7:20 - SGT 1942 Feb 15
606 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 2
607 7:20 - SGT 1950
608 7:30 - SGT 1982 May
609 8:00 - SGT
610
611# Maldives
612# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
613Zone Indian/Maldives 4:54:00 - LMT 1880 # Male
614 4:54 - MMT 1960
615 5:00 - PKT
616
617# Mongolia
618# Let's comment out the western and eastern Mongolian time zones
619# till we know what their principal towns are.
620# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
621Rule Mongol 1978 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S
622Rule Mongol 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 T
623Rule Mongol 1981 1984 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S
624Rule Mongol 1985 max - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 T
625Rule Mongol 1985 max - Sep lastSun 3:00 0 S
626# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
627#Zone Asia/Dariv 6:14:32 - LMT 1905 Aug
628# 6:00 - DST 1978
629# 7:00 Mongol D%sT
630Zone Asia/Ulan_Bator 7:07:32 - LMT 1905 Aug
631 7:00 - UST 1978
632 8:00 Mongol U%sT
633#Zone Asia/Baruun-Urt 7:33:00 - LMT 1905 Aug
634# 8:00 - BST 1978
635# 9:00 Mongol B%sT
636
637# Nepal
638# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
639Zone Asia/Katmandu 5:41:16 - LMT 1920
640 5:30 - IST 1986
641 5:45 - NPT
642
643# Oman
644# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
645Zone Asia/Muscat 3:54:20 - LMT 1920
646 4:00 - GST
647
648# Pakistan
649# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
650Zone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907
651 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep
652 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 15
653 5:30 - IST 1951 Sep 30
654 5:00 - PKT
655
656# Palestine
657# These rules for Egypt are stolen from the `africa' file.
658# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
659Rule Egypt 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 " DST"
660Rule Egypt 1957 1958 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
661Rule Egypt 1958 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 " DST"
662Rule Egypt 1959 1981 - May 1 1:00 1:00 " DST"
663Rule Egypt 1959 1965 - Sep 30 3:00 0 -
664Rule Egypt 1966 max - Oct 1 3:00 0 -
665# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
666Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct
667 2:00 - EET 1957 May 10
668 2:00 Egypt EET%s 1967 Jun 30
669 2:00 Zion I%sT
670# This will undoubtedly change soon.
671
672# Philippines
673# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
674Rule Phil 1899 only - May 11 0:00 0 S
675Rule Phil 1936 only - Nov 1 0:00 1:00 D
676Rule Phil 1937 only - Feb 1 0:00 0 S
677Rule Phil 1954 only - Apr 12 0:00 1:00 D
678Rule Phil 1954 only - Jul 1 0:00 0 S
679Rule Phil 1978 only - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D
680Rule Phil 1978 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 S
681# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
682Zone Asia/Manila 8:04:00 - LMT 1899 May 11
683 8:00 Phil P%sT 1942 May
684 9:00 - JST 1944 Nov
685 8:00 Phil P%sT
686
687# Qatar
688# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
689Zone Asia/Qatar 3:26:08 - LMT 1920 # Al Dawhah
690 4:00 - GST 1972 Jun
691 3:00 - AST
692
693# Saudi Arabia
694# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
695Zone Asia/Riyadh 3:06:52 - LMT 1950
696 3:00 - AST
697
698# Singapore
699# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
700Zone Asia/Singapore 6:55:24 - LMT 1880
701 6:55 - SMT 1905 Jun
702 7:00 - SGT 1933
703 7:20 - SGT 1942 Feb 15
704 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 2
705 7:20 - SGT 1950
706 7:30 - SGT 1982 May
707 8:00 - SGT
708
709# Sri Lanka
710# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
711Zone Asia/Colombo 5:19:24 - LMT 1880
712 5:20 - JMT 1906
713 5:30 - IST 1942 Jan 5
714 5:30 0:30 IHST 1942 Sep
715 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 16 2:00
716 5:30 - IST
717
718# Syria
719# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
720Rule Syria 1920 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 -
721Rule Syria 1920 1923 - Apr Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 " DST"
722Rule Syria 1920 1923 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 0 -
723Rule Syria 1962 only - Apr 29 2:00 1:00 " DST"
724Rule Syria 1962 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 -
725Rule Syria 1963 1965 - May 1 2:00 1:00 " DST"
726Rule Syria 1963 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 -
727Rule Syria 1964 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 -
728Rule Syria 1965 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 -
729Rule Syria 1966 only - Apr 24 2:00 1:00 " DST"
730Rule Syria 1966 1976 - Oct 1 2:00 0 -
731Rule Syria 1967 1978 - May 1 2:00 1:00 " DST"
732Rule Syria 1977 1978 - Sep 1 2:00 0 -
733Rule Syria 1983 1984 - Apr 9 2:00 1:00 " DST"
734Rule Syria 1983 1984 - Oct 1 2:00 0 -
735Rule Syria 1986 only - Feb 16 2:00 1:00 " DST"
736Rule Syria 1986 only - Oct 9 2:00 0 -
737Rule Syria 1987 only - Mar 1 2:00 1:00 " DST"
738Rule Syria 1987 1988 - Oct 31 2:00 0 -
739Rule Syria 1988 only - Mar 15 2:00 1:00 " DST"
740Rule Syria 1989 only - Mar 31 2:00 1:00 " DST"
741Rule Syria 1989 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 -
742Rule Syria 1990 max - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 " DST"
743Rule Syria 1990 max - Sep 30 2:00 0 -
744# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
745Zone Asia/Damascus 2:25:12 - LMT 1920
746 2:00 Syria EET%s
747
748# Tajikistan
749# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
750Zone Asia/Dushanbe 4:35:12 - LMT 1924 May 2
751 5:00 - TSK 1957 Mar
752 6:00 Russia TS%s 1991 Sep 29 3:00
753 5:00 Russia TS%s
754
755# Thailand
756# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
757Zone Asia/Bangkok 6:42:04 - LMT 1880
758 6:42 - BMT 1920 Apr
759 7:00 - ICT
760
761# Turkmenistan
762# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
763Zone Asia/Ashkhabad 3:53:32 - LMT 1924 May 2
764 4:00 - BSK 1957 Mar
765 5:00 Russia SS%s 1991 Sep 29 3:00
766 4:00 Russia BS%s
767
768# United Arab Emirates
769# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
770Zone Asia/Dubai 3:41:12 - LMT 1920
771 4:00 - GST
772
773# Uzbekistan
774# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
775Zone Asia/Tashkent 4:37:12 - LMT 1924 May 2
776 5:00 - TSK 1957 Mar
777 6:00 Russia TS%s 1991 Sep 29 3:00
778 5:00 Russia TS%s
779
780# Vietnam
781# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993):
782# Saigon's official name is Thanh-Pho Ho Chi Minh, but it's too long.
783# We'll stick with the traditional name for now.
784# From Shanks (1991):
785# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
786Zone Asia/Saigon 7:06:40 - LMT 1906 Jun 9
787 7:06 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT
788 7:00 - ICT 1912 May
789 8:00 - ICT 1931 May
790 7:00 - ICT
791
792# Yemen
793# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
794Zone Asia/Aden 3:00:48 - LMT 1950
795 3:00 - AST