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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# @(#)asia 8.18 +# @(#)asia 8.20 # <pre> # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, @@ -1376,6 +1376,42 @@ Zone Indian/Maldives 4:54:00 - LMT 1880 # Male # They decided not to adopt daylight-saving time.... # http://www.mongolnews.mn/index.php?module=unuudur&sec=view&id=15742 +# From Deborah Goldsmith (2008-03-30): +# We received a bug report claiming that the tz database UTC offset for +# Asia/Choibalsan (GMT+09:00) is incorrect, and that it should be GMT +# +08:00 instead. Different sources appear to disagree with the tz +# database on this, e.g.: +# +# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=1026"> +# http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=1026 +# </a> +# <a href="http://www.worldtimeserver.com/current_time_in_MN.aspx"> +# http://www.worldtimeserver.com/current_time_in_MN.aspx +# </a> +# +# both say GMT+08:00. + +# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-03-31): +# eznis airways, which operates several domestic flights, has a flight +# schedule here: +# <a href="http://www.eznis.com/Container.jsp?id=112" +# http://www.eznis.com/Container.jsp?id=112 +# </a> +# (click the English flag for English) +# +# There it appears that flights between Choibalsan and Ulaanbatar arrive +# about 1:35 - 1:50 hours later in local clock time, no matter the +# direction, while Ulaanbaatar-Khvod takes 2 hours in the Eastern +# direction and 3:35 back, which indicates that Ulaanbatar and Khvod are +# in different time zones (like we know about), while Choibalsan and +# Ulaanbatar are in the same time zone (correction needed). + +# From Arthur David Olson (2008-05-19): +# Assume that Choibalsan is indeed offset by 8:00. +# XXX--in the absence of better information, assume that transition +# was at the start of 2008-03-31 (the day of Steffen Thorsen's report); +# this is almost surely wrong. + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Mongol 1983 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Mongol 1983 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - @@ -1411,7 +1447,8 @@ Zone Asia/Ulaanbaatar 7:07:32 - LMT 1905 Aug 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 + 9:00 Mongol CHO%sT 2008 Mar 31 # Choibalsan Time + 8:00 Mongol CHO%sT # Nepal # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] @@ -1461,10 +1498,32 @@ Zone Asia/Muscat 3:54:20 - LMT 1920 # The minister told a news conference that the experiment had rather # shown 8 per cent higher consumption of electricity. +# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-15): +# +# Here is an article that Pakistan plan to introduce Daylight Saving Time +# on June 1, 2008 for 3 months. +# +# "... The federal cabinet on Wednesday announced a new conservation plan to help +# reduce load shedding by approving the closure of commercial centres at 9pm and +# moving clocks forward by one hour for the next three months. +# ...." +# +# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_pakistan01.html"> +# http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_pakistan01.html +# </a> +# OR +# <a href="http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C05%5C15%5Cstory_15-5-2008_pg1_4"> +# http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C05%5C15%5Cstory_15-5-2008_pg1_4 +# </a> + +# From Arthur David Olson (2008-05-19): +# XXX--midnight transitions is a guess; 2008 only is a guess. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Pakistan 2002 only - Apr Sun>=2 0:01 1:00 S Rule Pakistan 2002 only - Oct Sun>=2 0:01 0 - +Rule Pakistan 2008 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Pakistan 2008 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep |