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# tz@iana.org for general use in the future). For more, please see
# the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution.
-# From Paul Eggert (2018-06-19):
+# From Paul Eggert (2019-07-11):
#
# Unless otherwise specified, the source for data through 1990 is:
# Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition),
@@ -47,13 +47,13 @@
# 7:00 WIB west Indonesia (Waktu Indonesia Barat)
# 8:00 WITA central Indonesia (Waktu Indonesia Tengah)
# 8:00 CST China
-# 8:00 PST PDT* Philippine Standard Time
+# 8:00 HKT HKST Hong Kong (HKWT* for Winter Time in late 1941)
+# 8:00 PST PDT* Philippines
# 8:30 KST KDT Korea when at +0830
# 9:00 WIT east Indonesia (Waktu Indonesia Timur)
# 9:00 JST JDT Japan
# 9:00 KST KDT Korea when at +09
-# 9:30 ACST Australian Central Standard Time
-# *I invented the abbreviation PDT; see "Philippines" below.
+# *I invented the abbreviations HKWT and PDT; see below.
# Otherwise, these tables typically use numeric abbreviations like +03
# and +0330 for integer hour and minute UT offsets. Although earlier
# editions invented alphabetic time zone abbreviations for every
@@ -653,6 +653,15 @@ Zone Asia/Urumqi 5:50:20 - LMT 1928
# * 1941-09-30, Hong Kong Daily Press, Winter Time Warning.
# https://i.imgur.com/dge4kFJ.png
+# From Paul Eggert (2019-07-11):
+# "Hong Kong winter time" is considered to be daylight saving.
+# "Hong Kong had adopted daylight saving on June 15 as a wartime measure,
+# clocks moving forward one hour until October 1, when they would be put back
+# by just half an hour for 'Hong Kong Winter time', so that daylight saving
+# operated year round." -- Low Z. The longest day: when wartime Hong Kong
+# introduced daylight saving. South China Morning Post. 2019-06-28.
+# https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/short-reads/article/3016281/longest-day-when-wartime-hong-kong-introduced
+
# From P Chan (2018-12-31):
# * According to the Hong Kong Daylight-Saving Regulations, 1941, the
# 1941 spring-forward transition was at 03:00.
@@ -754,7 +763,7 @@ Rule HK 1979 only - Oct 21 3:30 0 -
Zone Asia/Hong_Kong 7:36:42 - LMT 1904 Oct 30 0:36:42
8:00 - HKT 1941 Jun 15 3:00
8:00 1:00 HKST 1941 Oct 1 4:00
- 8:30 - HKT 1941 Dec 25
+ 8:00 0:30 HKWT 1941 Dec 25
9:00 - JST 1945 Nov 18 2:00
8:00 HK HK%sT
@@ -2419,7 +2428,7 @@ Rule ROK 1987 1988 - Oct Sun>=8 3:00 0 S
Zone Asia/Seoul 8:27:52 - LMT 1908 Apr 1
8:30 - KST 1912 Jan 1
9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 8
- 9:00 - KST 1954 Mar 21
+ 9:00 ROK K%sT 1954 Mar 21
8:30 ROK K%sT 1961 Aug 10
9:00 ROK K%sT
Zone Asia/Pyongyang 8:23:00 - LMT 1908 Apr 1
@@ -3604,7 +3613,7 @@ Zone Asia/Tashkent 4:37:11 - LMT 1924 May 2
# and in South Vietnam in particular (after 1954):
# To 07:00 on 1911-05-01.
# To 08:00 on 1942-12-31 at 23:00.
-# To 09:00 in 1945-03-14 at 23:00.
+# To 09:00 on 1945-03-14 at 23:00.
# To 07:00 on 1945-09-02 in Vietnam.
# To 08:00 on 1947-04-01 in French-controlled Indochina.
# To 07:00 on 1955-07-01 in South Vietnam.