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author | Edwin Groothuis <edwin@FreeBSD.org> | 2008-03-25 02:44:06 +0000 |
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committer | Edwin Groothuis <edwin@FreeBSD.org> | 2008-03-25 02:44:06 +0000 |
commit | dbe4cee6139181fb0779292359140fbd54afb257 (patch) | |
tree | 85d1602d266098f92b784a0a1730350a2e643571 /share/zoneinfo/asia | |
parent | 7acaebeaeffc91e5d03fcad271d4105528478b1a (diff) | |
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Vendor import of tzdata version 2008b.
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svn path=/vendor/tzdata/dist/; revision=177589
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diff --git a/share/zoneinfo/asia b/share/zoneinfo/asia index 705fceae92c8..70f15153214d 100644 --- a/share/zoneinfo/asia +++ b/share/zoneinfo/asia @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# @(#)asia 8.14 +# @(#)asia 8.18 # <pre> # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, @@ -446,13 +446,13 @@ Zone Asia/Dili 8:22:20 - LMT 1912 # India # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Calcutta 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 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 15 5:30 - IST -# The following are like Asia/Calcutta: +# The following are like Asia/Kolkata: # Andaman Is # Lakshadweep (Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Is) # Nicobar Is @@ -660,6 +660,21 @@ Zone Asia/Tehran 3:25:44 - LMT 1916 # # So we'll ignore the Economist's claim. +# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-03-10): +# The cabinet in Iraq abolished DST last week, according to the following +# news sources (in Arabic): +# <a href="http://www.aljeeran.net/wesima_articles/news-20080305-98602.html"> +# http://www.aljeeran.net/wesima_articles/news-20080305-98602.html +# </a> +# <a href="http://www.aswataliraq.info/look/article.tpl?id=2047&IdLanguage=17&IdPublication=4&NrArticle=71743&NrIssue=1&NrSection=10"> +# http://www.aswataliraq.info/look/article.tpl?id=2047&IdLanguage=17&IdPublication=4&NrArticle=71743&NrIssue=1&NrSection=10 +# </a> +# +# We have published a short article in English about the change: +# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/iraq-dumps-daylight-saving.html"> +# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/iraq-dumps-daylight-saving.html +# </a> + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Iraq 1982 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Iraq 1982 1984 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S @@ -670,8 +685,8 @@ Rule Iraq 1986 1990 - Mar lastSun 1:00s 1:00 D # IATA SSIM (1991/1996) says Apr 1 12:01am UTC; guess the `:01' is a typo. # Shanks & Pottenger say Iraq did not observe DST 1992/1997; ignore this. # -Rule Iraq 1991 max - Apr 1 3:00s 1:00 D -Rule Iraq 1991 max - Oct 1 3:00s 0 S +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? @@ -1687,7 +1702,7 @@ Zone Asia/Singapore 6:55:25 - LMT 1901 Jan 1 # kept their clocks set five and a half hours ahead of Greenwich Mean # Time (GMT), in line with neighbor India. # From Paul Eggert (2006-04-18): -# People who live in regions under Tamil control can use TZ='Asia/Calcutta', +# People who live in regions under Tamil control can use [TZ='Asia/Kolkata'], # as that zone has agreed with the Tamil areas since our cutoff date of 1970. # From K Sethu (2006-04-25): @@ -1777,9 +1792,7 @@ Rule Syria 2006 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 - # From Paul Eggert (2007-03-29): # Today the AP reported "Syria will switch to summertime at midnight Thursday." # http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/29/africa/ME-GEN-Syria-Time-Change.php -# For lack of better info, assume the rule changed to "last Friday in March" -# this year. -Rule Syria 2007 max - Mar lastFri 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Syria 2007 only - Mar lastFri 0:00 1:00 S # From Jesper Norgard (2007-10-27): # The sister center ICARDA of my work CIMMYT is confirming that Syria DST will # not take place 1.st November at 0:00 o'clock but 1.st November at 24:00 or @@ -1801,10 +1814,40 @@ Rule Syria 2007 max - Mar lastFri 0:00 1:00 S # Council of Ministers also approved the commencement of work on # identifying the winter time as of Friday, 2/11/2007 where the 60th # minute delay at midnight Thursday 1/11/2007. -# -# From Arthur David Olson (2007-10-30): -# My best guess for the future is first Friday in November. -Rule Syria 2007 max - Nov Fri>=1 0:00 0 - +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: +# Country Time Standard --- DST Start --- --- DST End --- DST +# Name Zone Variation Time Date Time Date +# Variation +# Syrian Arab +# Republic SY +0200 2200 03APR08 2100 30SEP08 +0300 +# 2200 02APR09 2100 30SEP09 +0300 +# 2200 01APR10 2100 30SEP10 +0300 + +# From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-17): +# Here's a link to English-language coverage by the Syrian Arab News +# Agency (SANA)... +# <a href="http://www.sana.sy/eng/21/2008/03/11/165173.htm"> +# http://www.sana.sy/eng/21/2008/03/11/165173.htm +# </a>...which reads (in part) "The Cabinet approved the suggestion of the +# Ministry of Electricity to begin daylight savings time on Friday April +# 4th, advancing clocks one hour ahead on midnight of Thursday April 3rd." +# Since Syria is two hours east of UTC, the 2200 and 2100 transition times +# shown above match up with midnight in Syria. + +# From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-18): +# My buest guess at a Syrian rule is "the Friday nearest April 1"; +# coding that involves either using a "Mar Fri>=29" construct that old time zone +# compilers can't handle or having multiple Rules (a la Israel). +# For now, use "Apr Fri>=1", and go with IATA on a uniform Sep 30 end. + +Rule Syria 2008 max - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Syria 2008 max - Oct 1 0:00 0 - + # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Damascus 2:25:12 - LMT 1920 # Dimashq 2:00 Syria EE%sT @@ -1858,13 +1901,13 @@ Zone Asia/Tashkent 4:37:12 - LMT 1924 May 2 # Vietnam -# From Paul Eggert (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 Arthur David Olson (2008-03-18): +# The English-language name of Vietnam's most populous city is "Ho Chi Min City"; +# we use Ho_Chi_Minh below to avoid a name of more than 14 characters. # From Shanks & Pottenger: # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Saigon 7:06:40 - LMT 1906 Jun 9 +Zone Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh 7:06:40 - LMT 1906 Jun 9 7:06:20 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT? 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