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diff --git a/share/zoneinfo/asia b/share/zoneinfo/asia new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..60166c1f34ff --- /dev/null +++ b/share/zoneinfo/asia @@ -0,0 +1,800 @@ +# @(#)asia 7.11 + +# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, +# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to +# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future). + +# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (August 18, 1994): +# +# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is +# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (3rd edition), +# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1991). +# Except where otherwise noted, it is the source for the data below. +# +# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences, +# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which +# I found in the UCLA library. +# +# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is +# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and the discovery of the longitude, +# Oxford University Press (1980). +# +# I invented the abbreviations marked `*' in the following table; +# the rest are from earlier versions of this file, or from other sources. +# Corrections are welcome! +# std dst +# LMT Local Mean Time +# LST Local Star Time (Russian ``mestnoe zvezdnoe vremya'') +# 2:00 EET EET DST Eastern European Time +# 2:00 IST IDT Israel +# 3:00 AST ADT Arabia* +# 3:00 MSK MSD Moscow +# 3:30 IST IDT Iran +# 4:00 BSK BSD Baku* +# 4:00 GST GDT Gulf* +# 4:30 AFT Afghanistan* +# 5:00 ASK ASD Ashkhabad* +# 5:00 PKT Pakistan* +# 5:30 IST IST India +# 5:45 NPT Nepal* +# 6:00 BGT Bengal, Bangladesh* +# 6:00 TSK TSD Tashkent* +# 6:30 BMT Burma* +# 7:00 ICT Indochina* +# 7:00 JVT Java* +# 8:00 BNT Borneo, Brunei* +# 8:00 CST CDT China +# 8:00 HKT HKST Hong Kong +# 8:00 PST PDT Philippines* +# 8:00 SGT Singapore +# 8:00 UST UDT Ulan Bator* +# 9:00 JST Japan +# 9:00 KST KDT Korea +# 9:00 MLT Moluccas* +# 9:30 CST Australian Central Standard Time +# +# See the `europe' file for Russia in Asia. +# +# See the `africa' file for Zone naming conventions. + +# From Guy Harris: +# Incorporates data for Singapore from Robert Elz' asia 1.1, as well as +# additional information from Tom Yap, Sun Microsystems Intercontinental +# Technical Support (including a page from the Official Airline Guide - +# Worldwide Edition). The names for time zones are guesses. + +############################################################################### + +# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (May 28, 1994): +# We don't know what happened to the clocks in the Caucausus and the ex-Soviet +# Central Asia after 1990. Until we get more info, stick with the pre-1991 rules. +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule Russia 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Russia 1981 1983 - Oct 1 0:00 0 K +Rule Russia 1984 max - Sep lastSun 3:00 0 K +Rule Russia 1985 max - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 D + +# Afghanistan +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Kabul 4:36:48 - LMT 1890 + 4:00 - GST 1945 + 4:30 - AFT + +# Armenia +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Yerevan 2:58:00 - LMT 1924 May 2 + 3:00 - MSK 1957 Mar + 4:00 Russia BS%s + +# Azerbaijan +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Baku 3:19:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 + 3:00 - MSK 1957 Mar + 4:00 Russia BS%s + +# Bahrain +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Bahrain 3:22:20 - LMT 1920 # Al-Manamah + 4:00 - GST 1972 Jun + 3:00 - AST + +# Bangladesh +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Dacca 6:01:40 - LMT 1890 + 5:53 - CMT 1941 Oct # Calcutta Mean Time + 6:30 - BMT 1942 May 15 + 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep + 6:30 - BMT 1951 Sep 30 + 6:00 - BGT + +# Bhutan +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Thimbu 5:58:36 - LMT 1947 Aug 15 + 5:30 - IST 1987 Oct + 6:00 - BGT + +# British Indian Ocean Territory +# From Whitman: +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Indian/Chagos 5:00 - PKT + +# Brunei +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Brunei 7:39:40 - LMT 1926 Mar # Bandar Seri Begawan + 7:30 - BNT 1933 + 8:00 - BNT + +# Burma +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Rangoon 6:24:40 - LMT 1880 + 6:25 - RMT 1920 + 6:30 - BMT 1942 May + 9:00 - JST 1945 May 3 + 6:30 - BMT + +# Cambodia +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Phnom_Penh 6:59:40 - LMT 1906 Jun 9 + 7:06 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT + 7:00 - ICT 1912 May + 8:00 - ICT 1931 May + 7:00 - ICT + +# People's Republic of China + +# From Guy Harris: +# People's Republic of China. Yes, they really have only one time zone. + +# From Bob Devine (January 28, 1988): +# No they don't. See TIME mag, February 17, 1986 p.52. Even though +# China is across 4 physical time zones, before Feb 1, 1986 only the +# Peking (Bejing) time zone was recognized. Since that date, China +# has two of 'em -- Peking's and Urumqi (named after the capital of +# the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region). I don't know about DST for it. +# +# . . .I just deleted the DST table and this editor makes it too +# painful to suck in another copy.. So, here is what I have for +# DST start/end dates for Peking's time zone (info from AP): +# +# 1986 May 4 - Sept 14 +# 1987 mid-April - ?? + +# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993): +# According to Shanks, China started using DST in 1986, +# but it's still all one big happy time zone. + +# From U. S. Naval Observatory (January 19, 1989): +# CHINA 8 H AHEAD OF UTC ALL OF CHINA, INCL TAIWAN +# CHINA 9 H AHEAD OF UTC APR 17 - SEP 10 + +# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993): +# Shanks writes that China switched from the Chinese calendar on 1912 Feb 12. +# He also writes that China has had a single time zone since 1980 May 1, +# and that they instituted DST on 1986 May 4; this contradicts Devine's +# note about Time magazine, though apparently _something_ happened in 1986. + +# From Shanks (1991): +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule Shang 1928 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S +Rule Shang 1940 only - Jun 3 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Shang 1940 1941 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S +Rule Shang 1941 only - Mar 16 0:00 1:00 D +Rule PRC 1949 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S +Rule PRC 1986 only - May 4 0:00 1:00 D +Rule PRC 1986 max - Sep Sun>=11 0:00 0 S +Rule PRC 1987 max - Apr Sun>=10 0:00 1:00 D +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Shanghai 8:05:52 - LMT 1928 + 8:00 Shang C%sT 1949 + 8:00 PRC C%sT + +############################################################################### + +# Republic of China + +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule Taiwan 1896 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S +Rule Taiwan 1945 1951 - May 1 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Taiwan 1945 1951 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S +Rule Taiwan 1952 only - Mar 1 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Taiwan 1952 1954 - Nov 1 0:00 0 S +Rule Taiwan 1953 1959 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Taiwan 1955 1961 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S +Rule Taiwan 1960 1961 - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Taiwan 1974 1975 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Taiwan 1974 1975 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S +Rule Taiwan 1980 only - Jun 30 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Taiwan 1980 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 S +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Taipei 8:06:00 - LMT 1896 + 8:00 Taiwan C%sT + +############################################################################### +# Hong Kong +# Presumably Hong Kong will have DST again when it merges with China, +# but it's too early to predict the details. +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule HK 1904 only - Oct 30 0:00 0 - +Rule HK 1946 only - Apr 20 3:30 1:00 S +Rule HK 1946 only - Dec 1 3:30 0 - +Rule HK 1947 only - Apr 13 3:30 1:00 S +Rule HK 1947 only - Dec 30 3:30 0 - +Rule HK 1948 only - May 2 3:30 1:00 S +Rule HK 1948 1952 - Oct lastSun 3:30 0 - +Rule HK 1949 1953 - Apr Sun>=1 3:30 1:00 S +Rule HK 1953 only - Nov 1 3:30 0 - +Rule HK 1954 1964 - Mar Sun>=18 3:30 1:00 S +Rule HK 1954 only - Oct 31 3:30 0 - +Rule HK 1955 1964 - Nov Sun>=1 3:30 0 - +Rule HK 1965 1977 - Apr Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S +Rule HK 1965 1977 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 - +Rule HK 1979 1980 - May Sun>=8 3:30 1:00 S +Rule HK 1979 1980 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 - +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Hong_Kong 7:36:36 - LMT 1904 Oct 30 + 8:00 HK HK%sT + +# Macao +# Presumably Macao will have DST again when it merges with China, +# but it's too early to predict the details. +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule Macao 1912 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S +Rule Macao 1961 1962 - Mar Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 D +Rule Macao 1961 1964 - Nov Sun>=1 3:30 0 S +Rule Macao 1963 only - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Macao 1964 only - Mar Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 D +Rule Macao 1965 only - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Macao 1965 only - Oct 31 0:00 0 S +Rule Macao 1966 1971 - Apr Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 D +Rule Macao 1966 1971 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 S +Rule Macao 1972 1974 - Apr Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Macao 1972 1973 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 0 S +Rule Macao 1974 1977 - Oct Sun>=15 3:30 0 S +Rule Macao 1975 1977 - Apr Sun>=15 3:30 1:00 D +Rule Macao 1978 1980 - Apr Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Macao 1978 1980 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 0 S +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Macao 7:34:20 - LMT 1912 + 8:00 Macao C%sT + + +############################################################################### + +# Cyprus +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule Cyprus 1921 only - Nov 14 0:00 0 - +Rule Cyprus 1975 only - Apr 13 0:00 1:00 " DST" +Rule Cyprus 1975 only - Oct 12 0:00 0 - +Rule Cyprus 1976 only - May 15 0:00 1:00 " DST" +Rule Cyprus 1976 only - Oct 11 0:00 0 - +Rule Cyprus 1977 1980 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 " DST" +Rule Cyprus 1977 only - Sep 25 0:00 0 - +Rule Cyprus 1978 only - Oct 2 0:00 0 - +Rule Cyprus 1979 max - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - +Rule Cyprus 1981 max - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 " DST" +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Nicosia 2:13:28 - LMT 1921 Nov 14 + 2:00 Cyprus EET%s + +# Georgia +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Tbilisi 2:59:16 - LMT 1880 + 2:59 - LST 1924 May 2 + 3:00 - MSK 1957 Mar + 4:00 Russia BS%s + +# India +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Calcutta 5:53:28 - LMT 1880 + 5:53 - CMT 1941 Oct # Calcutta Mean Time + 6:30 - BMT 1942 May 15 + 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep + 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 15 + 5:30 - IST +# The following are like Asia/Calcutta: +# Andaman Is +# Lakshadweep (Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Is) +# Nicobar Is + +# Indonesia +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Jakarta 7:07:12 - LMT 1867 Aug 10 + 7:07 - JMT 1924 Jan 1 0:13 + 7:20 - JVT 1932 Nov + 7:30 - JVT 1942 Mar 23 + 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug + 7:30 - JVT 1948 May + 8:00 - JVT 1950 May + 7:30 - JVT 1964 + 7:00 - JVT +Zone Asia/Ujung_Pandang 7:57:36 - LMT 1920 + 7:58 - MMT 1932 Nov # Macassar Mean Time + 8:00 - BNT 1942 Feb 9 + 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug + 8:00 - BNT +Zone Asia/Jayapura 9:22:48 - LMT 1932 Nov + 9:00 - MLT 1944 + 9:30 - CST 1964 + 9:00 - MLT + +# Iran + +# Shanks has no record of DST after 1980. + +# From Bob Devine (January 28, 1988): +# Iran: Last Sunday in March to third (?) Sunday in +# September. Since the revolution, the official calendar is Monarchic +# calendar; I have no idea what the correspondence between dates are. + +# From U. S. Naval Observatory (January 19, 1989): +# IRAN 3.5H AHEAD OF UTC + +# From Shanks (1991), with corrections from Devine: +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule Iran 1977 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 S +Rule Iran 1978 1980 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Iran 1978 only - Oct 21 0:00 0 S +Rule Iran 1979 only - Sep 19 0:00 0 S +Rule Iran 1980 only - Sep 23 0:00 0 S +Rule Iran 1988 max - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Iran 1988 max - Sep Sun>=15 2:00 0 S +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Tehran 3:25:44 - LMT 1916 + 3:26 - TMT 1946 + 3:30 - IST 1977 Nov + 4:00 Iran G%sT 1979 + 3:30 Iran I%sT + +# Iraq +# 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 +Rule Iraq 1983 only - Mar 31 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Iraq 1984 1985 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Iraq 1985 max - Sep lastSun 1:00s 0 S +Rule Iraq 1986 max - Mar lastSun 1:00s 1:00 D +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Baghdad 2:57:40 - LMT 1890 + 2:58 - BMT 1918 # Baghdad Mean Time + 3:00 - AST 1982 May + 3:00 Iraq A%sT + + +############################################################################### + +# Israel + +# From U. S. Naval Observatory (January 19, 1989): +# ISRAEL 2 H AHEAD OF UTC +# ISRAEL 3 H AHEAD OF UTC APR 10 - SEP 3 + +# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993): +# +# Shanks gives the following rules for Jerusalem from 1918 through 1991. +# After 1989 Shanks often disagrees with Silverberg; we go with Silverberg. + +# From Shanks (1991): +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule Zion 1918 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S +Rule Zion 1940 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 1942 1944 - Nov 1 0:00 0 S +Rule Zion 1943 only - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 1944 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 1945 only - Apr 16 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 1945 only - Nov 1 2:00 0 S +Rule Zion 1946 only - Apr 16 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 1946 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 S +Rule Zion 1948 only - May 23 0:00 2:00 DD +Rule Zion 1948 only - Sep 1 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 1948 1949 - Nov 1 2:00 0 S +Rule Zion 1949 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 1950 only - Apr 16 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 1950 only - Sep 15 3:00 0 S +Rule Zion 1951 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 1951 only - Nov 11 3:00 0 S +Rule Zion 1952 only - Apr 20 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 1952 only - Oct 19 3:00 0 S +Rule Zion 1953 only - Apr 12 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 1953 only - Sep 13 3:00 0 S +Rule Zion 1954 only - Jun 13 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 1954 only - Sep 12 0:00 0 S +Rule Zion 1955 only - Jun 11 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 1955 only - Sep 11 0:00 0 S +Rule Zion 1956 only - Jun 3 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 1956 only - Sep 30 3:00 0 S +Rule Zion 1957 only - Apr 29 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 1957 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 S +Rule Zion 1974 only - Jul 7 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 1974 only - Oct 13 0:00 0 S +Rule Zion 1975 only - Apr 20 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 1975 only - Aug 31 0:00 0 S +Rule Zion 1985 only - Apr 14 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 1985 only - Sep 15 0:00 0 S +Rule Zion 1986 only - May 18 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 1986 only - Sep 7 0:00 0 S +Rule Zion 1987 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 1987 only - Sep 13 0:00 0 S +Rule Zion 1988 only - Apr 9 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 1988 only - Sep 3 0:00 0 S +#Rule Zion 1989 only - Apr 29 0:00 1:00 D +#Rule Zion 1989 only - Sep 2 0:00 0 S +#Rule Zion 1990 only - Mar 25 0:00 1:00 D +#Rule Zion 1990 only - Aug 26 0:00 0 S +#Rule Zion 1991 only - Mar 10 0:00 1:00 D +#Rule Zion 1991 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 S + +# From Ephraim Silverberg (September 5, 1993): +# +# According to the Office of the Secretary General of the Ministry of +# Interior, there is NO set rule for Daylight-Savings/Standard time changes. +# Each year they decide anew what havoc to wreak on the country. However, +# there is a "supposed" set of rules which is subject to change depending +# on the party the Minister of Interior, the size of the coalition +# government, the phase of the moon and the direction of the wind. Hence, +# changes may need to be made on a semi-annual basis. One thing is entrenched +# in law, however: that there must be at least 150 days on daylight savings +# time annually. + +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule Zion 1989 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 1989 only - Sep 3 0:00 0:00 S +Rule Zion 1990 only - Mar 25 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 1990 only - Aug 26 0:00 0:00 S +Rule Zion 1991 only - Mar 24 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 1991 only - Sep 1 0:00 0:00 S +Rule Zion 1992 only - Mar 29 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 1992 only - Sep 6 0:00 0:00 S +Rule Zion 1993 only - Apr 2 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 1993 only - Sep 5 0:00 0:00 S + +# The dates for 1994-1995 were obtained from Office of the Spokeswoman for +# the Ministry of Interior, Jerusalem. There are no dates yet for 1996 and +# beyond so your guess is as good as theirs (those who are interested can +# call 972-2-701411 and ask for the spokeswoman). + +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule Zion 1994 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 1994 only - Aug 28 0:00 0:00 S +Rule Zion 1995 only - Mar 31 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 1995 only - Aug 27 0:00 0:00 S + +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Tel_Aviv 2:19:04 - LMT 1880 + 2:21 - JMT 1918 + 2:00 Zion I%sT + + +############################################################################### + +# Japan + +# `9:00' and `JST' is from Guy Harris. + +# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993): +# Shanks says that the far southern Ryukyu Is (Nansei-Shoto) are 8:00, +# but we don't have a good location name for them; +# we don't even know the name of the principal town. +# There is no information for Marcus. +# Other Japanese possessions are probably like Asia/Tokyo. + +# From Shanks (1991): +# Japan switched from the Japanese calendar on 1893 Jan 1. +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Tokyo 9:19:04 - LMT 1896 + 9:00 - JST +#Zone Asia/South_Ryukyu 8:14:44 - LMT 1896 # Amitori +# 8:00 - CST + +# Jordan +# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993): +# Most likely Shanks is merely guessing dates from 1992 on. +# From Shanks (1991): +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule Jordan 1931 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - +Rule Jordan 1973 only - Jun 6 0:00 1:00 " DST" +Rule Jordan 1973 1975 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - +Rule Jordan 1974 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 " DST" +Rule Jordan 1976 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 - +Rule Jordan 1977 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - +Rule Jordan 1978 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 " DST" +Rule Jordan 1978 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 - +Rule Jordan 1985 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 " DST" +Rule Jordan 1985 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - +Rule Jordan 1986 1988 - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 " DST" +Rule Jordan 1986 1990 - Oct Fri>=1 0:00 0 - +Rule Jordan 1989 only - May 8 0:00 1:00 " DST" +Rule Jordan 1990 only - Apr 27 0:00 1:00 " DST" +Rule Jordan 1991 only - Apr 19 0:00 1:00 " DST" +Rule Jordan 1991 only - Sep 27 0:00 0 - +Rule Jordan 1992 max - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 " DST" +Rule Jordan 1992 max - Oct Fri>=1 0:00 0 - +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931 + 2:00 Jordan EET%s + +# Kazakhstan +# From Shanks (1991): +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Alma-Ata 5:07:48 - LMT 1924 May 2 + 5:00 - TSK 1957 Mar + 6:00 Russia TS%s + + +############################################################################### + +# Korea + +# From Guy Harris: +# According to someone at the Korean Times in San Francisco, +# Daylight Savings Time was not observed until 1987. He did not know +# at what time of day DST starts or ends. + +# From Shanks (1991): +# 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<=14 0:00 1:00 D +Rule ROK 1987 1988 - Oct Sun<=14 0:00 0 S + +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Seoul 8:27:52 - LMT 1890 + 8:30 - KST 1904 Dec + 9:00 - KST 1928 + 8:30 - KST 1932 + 9:00 - KST 1954 Mar 21 + 8:00 ROK K%sT 1961 Aug 10 + 8:30 - KST 1968 Oct + 9:00 ROK K%sT +Zone Asia/Pyongyang 8:23:00 - LMT 1890 + 8:30 - KST 1904 Dec + 9:00 - KST 1928 + 8:30 - KST 1932 + 9:00 - KST 1954 Mar 21 + 8:00 - KST 1961 Aug 10 + 9:00 - KST + +############################################################################### + + +# Kuwait +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Kuwait 3:11:56 - LMT 1950 + 3:00 - AST + +# Kyrgyzstan +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Frunze 4:58:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 + 5:00 - TSK 1957 Mar + 6:00 Russia TS%s + +# Laos +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Vientiane 6:50:24 - LMT 1906 Jun 9 + 7:06 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT + 7:00 - ICT 1912 May + 8:00 - ICT 1931 May + 7:00 - ICT + +# Lebanon +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule Lebanon 1880 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - +Rule Lebanon 1920 only - Mar 28 0:00 1:00 " DST" +Rule Lebanon 1920 only - Oct 25 0:00 0 - +Rule Lebanon 1921 only - Apr 3 0:00 1:00 " DST" +Rule Lebanon 1921 only - Oct 3 0:00 0 - +Rule Lebanon 1922 only - Mar 26 0:00 1:00 " DST" +Rule Lebanon 1922 only - Oct 8 0:00 0 - +Rule Lebanon 1923 only - Apr 22 0:00 1:00 " DST" +Rule Lebanon 1923 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 - +Rule Lebanon 1957 1961 - May 1 0:00 1:00 " DST" +Rule Lebanon 1957 1961 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - +Rule Lebanon 1972 only - Jun 22 0:00 1:00 " DST" +Rule Lebanon 1972 1977 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - +Rule Lebanon 1973 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 " DST" +Rule Lebanon 1978 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 " DST" +Rule Lebanon 1978 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 - +Rule Lebanon 1984 1987 - May 1 0:00 1:00 " DST" +Rule Lebanon 1984 max - Oct 16 0:00 0 - +Rule Lebanon 1988 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 " DST" +Rule Lebanon 1989 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 " DST" +Rule Lebanon 1990 max - May 1 0:00 1:00 " DST" +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Beirut 2:22:00 - LMT 1880 + 2:00 Lebanon EET%s + +# Malaysia +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Kuala_Lumpur 6:46:48 - LMT 1880 + 6:55 - SMT 1905 Jun + 7:00 - SGT 1933 + 7:20 - SGT 1942 Feb 15 + 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 2 + 7:20 - SGT 1950 + 7:30 - SGT 1982 May + 8:00 - SGT + +# Maldives +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Indian/Maldives 4:54:00 - LMT 1880 # Male + 4:54 - MMT 1960 + 5:00 - PKT + +# Mongolia +# Let's comment out the western and eastern Mongolian time zones +# till we know what their principal towns are. +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule Mongol 1978 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S +Rule Mongol 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 T +Rule Mongol 1981 1984 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S +Rule Mongol 1985 max - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 T +Rule Mongol 1985 max - Sep lastSun 3:00 0 S +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +#Zone Asia/Dariv 6:14:32 - LMT 1905 Aug +# 6:00 - DST 1978 +# 7:00 Mongol D%sT +Zone Asia/Ulan_Bator 7:07:32 - LMT 1905 Aug + 7:00 - UST 1978 + 8:00 Mongol U%sT +#Zone Asia/Baruun-Urt 7:33:00 - LMT 1905 Aug +# 8:00 - BST 1978 +# 9:00 Mongol B%sT + +# Nepal +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Katmandu 5:41:16 - LMT 1920 + 5:30 - IST 1986 + 5:45 - NPT + +# Oman +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Muscat 3:54:20 - LMT 1920 + 4:00 - GST + +# Pakistan +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907 + 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep + 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 15 + 5:30 - IST 1951 Sep 30 + 5:00 - PKT + +# Palestine +# These rules for Egypt are stolen from the `africa' file. +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule Egypt 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 " DST" +Rule Egypt 1957 1958 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - +Rule Egypt 1958 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 " DST" +Rule Egypt 1959 1981 - May 1 1:00 1:00 " DST" +Rule Egypt 1959 1965 - Sep 30 3:00 0 - +Rule Egypt 1966 max - Oct 1 3:00 0 - +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct + 2:00 - EET 1957 May 10 + 2:00 Egypt EET%s 1967 Jun 30 + 2:00 Zion I%sT +# This will undoubtedly change soon. + +# Philippines +# Howse writes (p 162) that until 1844 the Philippines kept American date. +# The rest of this data is from Shanks. +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule Phil 1899 only - May 11 0:00 0 S +Rule Phil 1936 only - Nov 1 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Phil 1937 only - Feb 1 0:00 0 S +Rule Phil 1954 only - Apr 12 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Phil 1954 only - Jul 1 0:00 0 S +Rule Phil 1978 only - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Phil 1978 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 S +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Manila -15:56:00 - LMT 1844 + 8:04:00 - LMT 1899 May 11 + 8:00 Phil P%sT 1942 May + 9:00 - JST 1944 Nov + 8:00 Phil P%sT + +# Qatar +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Qatar 3:26:08 - LMT 1920 # Al Dawhah + 4:00 - GST 1972 Jun + 3:00 - AST + +# Saudi Arabia +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Riyadh 3:06:52 - LMT 1950 + 3:00 - AST + +# Singapore +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Singapore 6:55:24 - LMT 1880 + 6:55 - SMT 1905 Jun + 7:00 - SGT 1933 + 7:20 - SGT 1942 Feb 15 + 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 2 + 7:20 - SGT 1950 + 7:30 - SGT 1982 May + 8:00 - SGT + +# Sri Lanka +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Colombo 5:19:24 - LMT 1880 + 5:20 - JMT 1906 + 5:30 - IST 1942 Jan 5 + 5:30 0:30 IHST 1942 Sep + 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 16 2:00 + 5:30 - IST + +# Syria +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule Syria 1920 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - +Rule Syria 1920 1923 - Apr Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 " DST" +Rule Syria 1920 1923 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 0 - +Rule Syria 1962 only - Apr 29 2:00 1:00 " DST" +Rule Syria 1962 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 - +Rule Syria 1963 1965 - May 1 2:00 1:00 " DST" +Rule Syria 1963 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 - +Rule Syria 1964 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 - +Rule Syria 1965 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 - +Rule Syria 1966 only - Apr 24 2:00 1:00 " DST" +Rule Syria 1966 1976 - Oct 1 2:00 0 - +Rule Syria 1967 1978 - May 1 2:00 1:00 " DST" +Rule Syria 1977 1978 - Sep 1 2:00 0 - +Rule Syria 1983 1984 - Apr 9 2:00 1:00 " DST" +Rule Syria 1983 1984 - Oct 1 2:00 0 - +Rule Syria 1986 only - Feb 16 2:00 1:00 " DST" +Rule Syria 1986 only - Oct 9 2:00 0 - +Rule Syria 1987 only - Mar 1 2:00 1:00 " DST" +Rule Syria 1987 1988 - Oct 31 2:00 0 - +Rule Syria 1988 only - Mar 15 2:00 1:00 " DST" +Rule Syria 1989 only - Mar 31 2:00 1:00 " DST" +Rule Syria 1989 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 - +Rule Syria 1990 max - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 " DST" +Rule Syria 1990 max - Sep 30 2:00 0 - +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Damascus 2:25:12 - LMT 1920 + 2:00 Syria EET%s + +# Tajikistan +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Dushanbe 4:35:12 - LMT 1924 May 2 + 5:00 - TSK 1957 Mar + 6:00 Russia TS%s + +# Thailand +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Bangkok 6:42:04 - LMT 1880 + 6:42 - BMT 1920 Apr + 7:00 - ICT + +# Turkmenistan +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Ashkhabad 3:53:32 - LMT 1924 May 2 + 4:00 - ASK 1957 Mar + 5:00 Russia AS%s + +# United Arab Emirates +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Dubai 3:41:12 - LMT 1920 + 4:00 - GST + +# Uzbekistan +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Tashkent 4:37:12 - LMT 1924 May 2 + 5:00 - TSK 1957 Mar + 6:00 Russia TS%s + +# Vietnam +# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993): +# 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 Shanks (1991): +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Saigon 7:06:40 - LMT 1906 Jun 9 + 7:06 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT + 7:00 - ICT 1912 May + 8:00 - ICT 1931 May + 7:00 - ICT + +# Yemen +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Aden 3:00:48 - LMT 1950 + 3:00 - AST |