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| -rw-r--r-- | africa | 79 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | asia | 89 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | australasia | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | europe | 18 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | northamerica | 20 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | southamerica | 18 |
6 files changed, 121 insertions, 115 deletions
@@ -6,20 +6,19 @@ # tz@iana.org for general use in the future). For more, please see # the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution. -# From Paul Eggert (2013-02-21): +# From Paul Eggert (2014-10-31): # -# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is +# Unless otherwise specified, the source for data through 1990 is: # Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition), # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003). +# Unfortunately this book contains many errors and cites no sources. # # 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 -# of the IATA's data after 1990. -# -# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks & Pottenger is the source for -# entries through 1990, and IATA SSIM is the source for entries afterwards. +# of the IATA's data after 1990. Except where otherwise noted, +# IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990. # # Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences, # Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which @@ -65,7 +64,6 @@ # 3:00 CAST Central Africa Summer Time (no longer used) # 3:00 SAST South Africa Summer Time (no longer used) # 3:00 EAT East Africa Time -# 4:00 EAST East Africa Summer Time (no longer used) # Algeria # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S @@ -146,9 +144,7 @@ Zone Africa/Ndjamena 1:00:12 - LMT 1912 # N'Djamena 1:00 - WAT # Comoros -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Indian/Comoro 2:53:04 - LMT 1911 Jul # Moroni, Gran Comoro - 3:00 - EAT +# See Africa/Nairobi. # Democratic Republic of the Congo # See Africa/Lagos for the western part and Africa/Maputo for the eastern. @@ -172,9 +168,7 @@ Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Sao_Tome # São Tomé and Príncipe Link Africa/Abidjan Atlantic/St_Helena # St Helena # Djibouti -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Djibouti 2:52:36 - LMT 1911 Jul - 3:00 - EAT +# See Africa/Nairobi. ############################################################################### @@ -387,27 +381,8 @@ Zone Africa/Cairo 2:05:09 - LMT 1900 Oct # See Africa/Lagos. # Eritrea -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Asmara 2:35:32 - LMT 1870 - 2:35:32 - AMT 1890 # Asmara Mean Time - 2:35:20 - ADMT 1936 May 5 # Adis Dera MT - 3:00 - EAT - # Ethiopia -# From Paul Eggert (2014-07-31): -# Like the Swahili of Kenya and Tanzania, many Ethiopians keep a -# 12-hour clock starting at our 06:00, so their "8 o'clock" is our -# 02:00 or 14:00. Keep this in mind when you ask the time in Amharic. -# -# Shanks & Pottenger write that Ethiopia had six narrowly-spaced time -# zones between 1870 and 1890, that they merged to 38E50 (2:35:20) in -# 1890, and that they switched to 3:00 on 1936-05-05. Perhaps 38E50 -# was for Adis Dera. Quite likely the Shanks data entries are wrong -# anyway. -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Addis_Ababa 2:34:48 - LMT 1870 - 2:35:20 - ADMT 1936 May 5 # Adis Dera MT - 3:00 - EAT +# See Africa/Nairobi. # Gabon # See Africa/Lagos. @@ -451,6 +426,15 @@ Zone Africa/Nairobi 2:27:16 - LMT 1928 Jul 2:30 - BEAT 1940 2:45 - BEAUT 1960 3:00 - EAT +Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Addis_Ababa # Ethiopia +Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Asmara # Eritrea +Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Dar_es_Salaam # Tanzania +Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Djibouti +Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Kampala # Uganda +Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Mogadishu # Somalia +Link Africa/Nairobi Indian/Antananarivo # Madagascar +Link Africa/Nairobi Indian/Comoro +Link Africa/Nairobi Indian/Mayotte # Lesotho # See Africa/Johannesburg. @@ -528,11 +512,7 @@ Zone Africa/Tripoli 0:52:44 - LMT 1920 2:00 - EET # Madagascar -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Indian/Antananarivo 3:10:04 - LMT 1911 Jul - 3:00 - EAT 1954 Feb 27 23:00s - 3:00 1:00 EAST 1954 May 29 23:00s - 3:00 - EAT +# See Africa/Nairobi. # Malawi # See Africa/Maputo. @@ -635,9 +615,7 @@ Zone Indian/Mauritius 3:50:00 - LMT 1907 # Port Louis # no information; probably like Indian/Mauritius # Mayotte -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Indian/Mayotte 3:00:56 - LMT 1911 Jul # Mamoutzou - 3:00 - EAT +# See Africa/Nairobi. # Morocco # See the 'europe' file for Spanish Morocco (Africa/Ceuta). @@ -1049,11 +1027,7 @@ Zone Indian/Mahe 3:41:48 - LMT 1906 Jun # Victoria # See Africa/Abidjan. # Somalia -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Mogadishu 3:01:28 - LMT 1893 Nov - 3:00 - EAT 1931 - 2:30 - BEAT 1957 - 3:00 - EAT +# See Africa/Nairobi. # South Africa # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S @@ -1096,11 +1070,7 @@ Link Africa/Khartoum Africa/Juba # See Africa/Johannesburg. # Tanzania -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Dar_es_Salaam 2:37:08 - LMT 1931 - 3:00 - EAT 1948 - 2:45 - BEAUT 1961 - 3:00 - EAT +# See Africa/Nairobi. # Togo # See Africa/Abidjan. @@ -1206,12 +1176,7 @@ Zone Africa/Tunis 0:40:44 - LMT 1881 May 12 1:00 Tunisia CE%sT # Uganda -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Kampala 2:09:40 - LMT 1928 Jul - 3:00 - EAT 1930 - 2:30 - BEAT 1948 - 2:45 - BEAUT 1957 - 3:00 - EAT +# See Africa/Nairobi. # Zambia # Zimbabwe @@ -6,20 +6,19 @@ # tz@iana.org for general use in the future). For more, please see # the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution. -# From Paul Eggert (2013-08-11): +# From Paul Eggert (2014-10-31): # -# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is +# Unless otherwise specified, the source for data through 1990 is: # Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition), # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003). +# Unfortunately this book contains many errors and cites no sources. # # 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 -# of the IATA's data after 1990. -# -# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks & Pottenger is the source for -# entries through 1990, and IATA SSIM is the source for entries afterwards. +# of the IATA's data after 1990. Except where otherwise noted, +# IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990. # # Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences, # Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which @@ -1663,44 +1662,70 @@ Zone Asia/Bishkek 4:58:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 # Korea (North and South) # From Annie I. Bang (2006-07-10): -# http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2006/07/10/200607100012.asp -# The Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy has already -# commissioned a research project [to reintroduce DST] and has said -# the system may begin as early as 2008.... Korea ran a daylight -# saving program from 1949-61 but stopped it during the 1950-53 Korean War. +# http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=200607100012 +# Korea ran a daylight saving program from 1949-61 but stopped it +# during the 1950-53 Korean War. The system was temporarily enforced +# between 1987 and 1988 ... + +# From Sanghyuk Jung (2014-10-29): +# http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2014-October/021830.html +# According to the Korean Wikipedia +# http://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/한국_표준시 +# [oldid=12896437 2014-09-04 08:03 UTC] +# DST in Republic of Korea was as follows.... And I checked old +# newspapers in Korean, all articles correspond with data in Wikipedia. +# For example, the article in 1948 (Korean Language) proved that DST +# started at June 1 in that year. For another example, the article in +# 1988 said that DST started at 2:00 AM in that year. -# From Shanks & Pottenger: # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule ROK 1960 only - May 15 0:00 1:00 D -Rule ROK 1960 only - Sep 13 0:00 0 S -Rule ROK 1987 1988 - May Sun>=8 0:00 1:00 D -Rule ROK 1987 1988 - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 0 S - -# From Paul Eggert (2014-07-01): -# The following entries are from Shanks & Pottenger, except that I -# guessed that time zone abbreviations through 1945 followed the same +Rule ROK 1948 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 D +Rule ROK 1948 only - Sep 13 0:00 0 S +Rule ROK 1949 only - Apr 3 0:00 1:00 D +Rule ROK 1949 1951 - Sep Sun>=8 0:00 0 S +Rule ROK 1950 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D +Rule ROK 1951 only - May 6 0:00 1:00 D +Rule ROK 1955 only - May 5 0:00 1:00 D +Rule ROK 1955 only - Sep 9 0:00 0 S +Rule ROK 1956 only - May 20 0:00 1:00 D +Rule ROK 1956 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 S +Rule ROK 1957 1960 - May Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D +Rule ROK 1957 1960 - Sep Sun>=18 0:00 0 S +Rule ROK 1987 1988 - May Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D +Rule ROK 1987 1988 - Oct Sun>=8 3:00 0 S + +# From Paul Eggert (2014-10-30): +# The Korean Wikipedia entry gives the following sources for UT offsets: +# +# 1908: Official Journal Article No. 3994 (Edict No. 5) +# 1912: Governor-General of Korea Official Gazette Issue No. 367 +# (Announcement No. 338) +# 1954: Presidential Decree No. 876 (1954-03-17) +# 1961: Law No. 676 (1961-08-07) +# 1987: Law No. 3919 (1986-12-31) +# +# The Wikipedia entry also has confusing information about a change +# to UT+9 in April 1910, but then what would be the point of the later change +# to UT+9 on 1912-01-01? Omit the 1910 change for now. +# +# I guessed that time zone abbreviations through 1945 followed the same # rules as discussed under Taiwan, with nominal switches from JST to KST # when the respective cities were taken over by the Allies after WWII. +# +# For Pyongyang we have no information; guess no changes since World War II. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Seoul 8:27:52 - LMT 1890 - 8:30 - KST 1904 Dec - 9:00 - JCST 1928 - 8:30 - KST 1932 +Zone Asia/Seoul 8:27:52 - LMT 1908 Apr 1 + 8:30 - KST 1912 Jan 1 9:00 - JCST 1937 Oct 1 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 8 9:00 - KST 1954 Mar 21 - 8:00 ROK K%sT 1961 Aug 10 - 8:30 - KST 1968 Oct + 8:30 ROK K%sT 1961 Aug 10 9:00 ROK K%sT -Zone Asia/Pyongyang 8:23:00 - LMT 1890 - 8:30 - KST 1904 Dec - 9:00 - JCST 1928 - 8:30 - KST 1932 +Zone Asia/Pyongyang 8:23:00 - LMT 1908 Apr 1 + 8:30 - KST 1912 Jan 1 9:00 - JCST 1937 Oct 1 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug 24 - 9:00 - KST 1954 Mar 21 - 8:00 - KST 1961 Aug 10 9:00 - KST ############################################################################### diff --git a/australasia b/australasia index 8efe56fd2a24..911e68176a2e 100644 --- a/australasia +++ b/australasia @@ -797,19 +797,19 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # tz@iana.org for general use in the future). For more, please see # the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution. -# From Paul Eggert (2013-02-21): -# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is +# From Paul Eggert (2014-10-31): +# +# Unless otherwise specified, the source for data through 1990 is: # Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition), # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003). +# Unfortunately this book contains many errors and cites no sources. # # 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 -# of the IATA's data after 1990. -# -# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks & Pottenger is the source for -# entries through 1990, and IATA SSIM is the source for entries afterwards. +# of the IATA's data after 1990. Except where otherwise noted, +# IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990. # # Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences, # Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which @@ -6,16 +6,19 @@ # tz@iana.org for general use in the future). For more, please see # the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution. -# From Paul Eggert (2014-05-31): -# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is +# From Paul Eggert (2014-10-31): +# +# Unless otherwise specified, the source for data through 1990 is: # Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition), # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003). +# Unfortunately this book contains many errors and cites no sources. # # 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 -# of the IATA's data after 1990. +# of the IATA's data after 1990. Except where otherwise noted, +# IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990. # # A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is # Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997). @@ -287,6 +290,14 @@ # "Timeball on the ballast office is down. Dunsink time." # -- James Joyce, Ulysses +# "Countess Markievicz ... claimed that the [1916] abolition of Dublin Mean Time +# was among various actions undertaken by the 'English' government that +# would 'put the whole country into the SF (Sinn Féin) camp'. She claimed +# Irish 'public feeling (was) outraged by forcing of English time on us'." +# -- Parsons M. Dublin lost its time zone - and 25 minutes - after 1916 Rising. +# Irish Times 2014-10-27. +# http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/dublin-lost-its-time-zone-and-25-minutes-after-1916-rising-1.1977411 + # From Joseph S. Myers (2005-01-26): # Irish laws are available online at <http://www.irishstatutebook.ie>. # These include various relating to legal time, for example: @@ -594,6 +605,7 @@ Rule Russia 1992 only - Sep lastSat 23:00 0 - Rule Russia 1993 2010 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Russia 1993 1995 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 - Rule Russia 1996 2010 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 - +# As described below, Russia's 2014 change affects Zone data, not Rule data. # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-06-14): # According to Kremlin press service, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev diff --git a/northamerica b/northamerica index 07f527fe9b7e..c91430c0337d 100644 --- a/northamerica +++ b/northamerica @@ -991,19 +991,19 @@ Zone America/Menominee -5:50:27 - LMT 1885 Sep 18 12:00 ################################################################################ -# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): -# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is +# From Paul Eggert (2014-10-31): +# +# Unless otherwise specified, the source for data through 1990 is: # Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition), # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003). +# Unfortunately this book contains many errors and cites no sources. # # 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 -# of the IATA's data after 1990. -# -# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks & Pottenger is the source for -# entries through 1990, and IATA SSIM is the source for entries afterwards. +# of the IATA's data after 1990. Except where otherwise noted, +# IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990. # # Other sources occasionally used include: # @@ -3131,13 +3131,17 @@ Zone America/Miquelon -3:44:40 - LMT 1911 May 15 # St Pierre # From Paul Eggert (2014-08-19): # The 2014-08-13 Cabinet meeting decided to stay on UTC-4 year-round. See: # http://tcweeklynews.com/daylight-savings-time-to-be-maintained-p5353-127.htm -# Model this as a switch from EST/EDT to AST on 2014-11-02 at 02:00. +# Model this as a switch from EST/EDT to AST ... +# From Chris Walton (2014-11-04): +# ... the TCI government appears to have delayed the switch to +# "permanent daylight saving time" by one year.... +# http://tcweeklynews.com/time-change-to-go-ahead-this-november-p5437-127.htm # # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Grand_Turk -4:44:32 - LMT 1890 -5:07:11 - KMT 1912 Feb # Kingston Mean Time -5:00 - EST 1979 - -5:00 US E%sT 2014 Nov 2 2:00 + -5:00 US E%sT 2015 Nov Sun>=1 2:00 -4:00 - AST # British Virgin Is diff --git a/southamerica b/southamerica index e2466461dd34..bdc29c214ed6 100644 --- a/southamerica +++ b/southamerica @@ -6,23 +6,23 @@ # tz@iana.org for general use in the future). For more, please see # the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution. -# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): -# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is +# From Paul Eggert (2014-10-31): +# +# Unless otherwise specified, the source for data through 1990 is: # Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition), # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003). -# -# For data circa 1899, a common source is: -# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94. -# http://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359 +# Unfortunately this book contains many errors and cites no sources. # # 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 -# of the IATA's data after 1990. +# of the IATA's data after 1990. Except where otherwise noted, +# IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990. # -# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks & Pottenger is the source for -# entries through 1990, and IATA SSIM is the source for entries afterwards. +# For data circa 1899, a common source is: +# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94. +# http://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359 # # Earlier editions of these tables used the North American style (e.g. ARST and # ARDT for Argentine Standard and Daylight Time), but the following quote |