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# <pre>
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# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
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# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
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# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
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# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
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# tz@iana.org for general use in the future).
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# From Paul Eggert (2013-08-11):
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# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
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# Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition),
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# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003).
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# Gwillim Law writes that a good source
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# for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport
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# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM),
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# published semiannually.  Law sent in several helpful summaries
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# of the IATA's data after 1990.
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# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks & Pottenger is the source for
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# entries through 1990, and IATA SSIM is the source for entries afterwards.
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# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences,
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# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which
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# I found in the UCLA library.
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# For data circa 1899, a common source is:
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# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94
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# <http://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359>.
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# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is
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# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997).
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# I invented the abbreviations marked `*' in the following table;
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# the rest are from earlier versions of this file, or from other sources.
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# Corrections are welcome!
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#	     std  dst
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#	     LMT	Local Mean Time
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#	2:00 EET  EEST	Eastern European Time
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#	2:00 IST  IDT	Israel
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#	3:00 AST  ADT	Arabia*
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#	3:30 IRST IRDT	Iran
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#	4:00 GST	Gulf*
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#	5:30 IST	India
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#	7:00 ICT	Indochina*
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#	7:00 WIB	west Indonesia (Waktu Indonesia Barat)
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#	8:00 WITA	central Indonesia (Waktu Indonesia Tengah)
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#	8:00 CST	China
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#	9:00 CJT	Central Japanese Time (1896/1937)*
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#	9:00 WIT	east Indonesia (Waktu Indonesia Timur)
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#	9:00 JST  JDT	Japan
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#	9:00 KST  KDT	Korea
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#	9:30 CST	(Australian) Central Standard Time
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# See the `europe' file for Russia and Turkey in Asia.
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# From Guy Harris:
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# Incorporates data for Singapore from Robert Elz' asia 1.1, as well as
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# additional information from Tom Yap, Sun Microsystems Intercontinental
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# Technical Support (including a page from the Official Airline Guide -
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# Worldwide Edition).  The names for time zones are guesses.
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# These rules are stolen from the `europe' file.
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# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
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Rule	EUAsia	1981	max	-	Mar	lastSun	 1:00u	1:00	S
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Rule E-EurAsia	1981	max	-	Mar	lastSun	 0:00	1:00	S
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Rule RussiaAsia	1981	1984	-	Apr	1	 0:00	1:00	S
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Rule RussiaAsia	1981	1983	-	Oct	1	 0:00	0	-
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Rule RussiaAsia	1984	1991	-	Sep	lastSun	 2:00s	0	-
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Rule RussiaAsia	1993	max	-	Mar	lastSun	 2:00s	1:00	S
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Rule RussiaAsia	1993	1995	-	Sep	lastSun	 2:00s	0	-
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Rule RussiaAsia	1996	max	-	Oct	lastSun	 2:00s	0	-
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# Afghanistan
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# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
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Zone	Asia/Kabul	4:36:48 -	LMT	1890
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# Armenia
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# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
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# Shanks & Pottenger have Yerevan switching to 3:00 (with Russian DST)
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# in spring 1991, then to 4:00 with no DST in fall 1995, then
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# readopting Russian DST in 1997.  Go with Shanks & Pottenger, even
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# when they disagree with others.  Edgar Der-Danieliantz
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# reported (1996-05-04) that Yerevan probably wouldn't use DST
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# in 1996, though it did use DST in 1995.  IATA SSIM (1991/1998) reports that
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# Armenia switched from 3:00 to 4:00 in 1998 and observed DST after 1991,
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# but started switching at 3:00s in 1998.
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# From Arthur David Olson (2011-06-15):
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# While Russia abandoned DST in 2011, Armenia may choose to
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# follow Russia's "old" rules.
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# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2012-02-10):
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# According to News Armenia, on Feb 9, 2012,
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# http://newsarmenia.ru/society/20120209/42609695.html
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# The Armenia National Assembly adopted final reading of Amendments to the
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# Law "On procedure of calculation time on the territory of the Republic of
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# Armenia" according to which Armenia [is] abolishing Daylight Saving Time.
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# or
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# (brief)
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# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_armenia03.html
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# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
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Zone	Asia/Yerevan	2:58:00 -	LMT	1924 May  2
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			3:00	-	YERT	1957 Mar    # Yerevan Time
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			3:00	1:00	YERST	1991 Sep 23 # independence
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# Azerbaijan
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# From Rustam Aliyev of the Azerbaijan Internet Forum (2005-10-23):
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# According to the resolution of Cabinet of Ministers, 1997
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# Resolution available at: http://aif.az/docs/daylight_res.pdf
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# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
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Rule	Azer	1997	max	-	Mar	lastSun	 4:00	1:00	S
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# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
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Zone	Asia/Baku	3:19:24 -	LMT	1924 May  2
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			3:00	-	BAKT	1957 Mar    # Baku Time
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			4:00 RussiaAsia BAK%sT	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
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			3:00	1:00	BAKST	1991 Aug 30 # independence
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			4:00	-	AZT	1996 # Azerbaijan time
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# Bahrain
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# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
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Zone	Asia/Bahrain	3:22:20 -	LMT	1920		# Al Manamah
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# Bangladesh
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# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-05-13):
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# According to newspaper Asian Tribune (May 6, 2009) Bangladesh may introduce
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# Daylight Saving Time from June 16 to Sept 30
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#
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# Bangladesh to introduce daylight saving time likely from June 16
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# <a href="http://www.asiantribune.com/?q=node/17288">
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# http://www.asiantribune.com/?q=node/17288
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# </a>
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# or
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# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_bangladesh02.html">
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# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_bangladesh02.html
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# </a>
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#
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# "... Bangladesh government has decided to switch daylight saving time from
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# June
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# 16 till September 30 in a bid to ensure maximum use of daylight to cope with
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# crippling power crisis. "
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# The switch will remain in effect from June 16 to Sept 30 (2009) but if
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# implemented the next year, it will come in force from April 1, 2010
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# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-06-02):
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# They have finally decided now, but changed the start date to midnight between
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# the 19th and 20th, and they have not set the end date yet.
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# Some sources:
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# <a href="http://in.reuters.com/article/southAsiaNews/idINIndia-40017620090601">
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# http://in.reuters.com/article/southAsiaNews/idINIndia-40017620090601
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# </a>
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# <a href="http://bdnews24.com/details.php?id=85889&cid=2">
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# </a>
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#
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# Our wrap-up:
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# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/bangladesh-daylight-saving-2009.html">
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# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/bangladesh-daylight-saving-2009.html
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# </a>
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# From A. N. M. Kamrus Saadat (2009-06-15):
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# Finally we've got the official mail regarding DST start time where DST start
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# time is mentioned as Jun 19 2009, 23:00 from BTRC (Bangladesh
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# Telecommunication Regulatory Commission).
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# No DST end date has been announced yet.
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# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-09-25):
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# Bangladesh won't go back to Standard Time from October 1, 2009,
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# instead it will continue DST measure till the cabinet makes a fresh decision.
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# Following report by same newspaper-"The Daily Star Friday":
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# "DST change awaits cabinet decision-Clock won't go back by 1-hr from Oct 1"
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# <a href="http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=107021">
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# http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=107021
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# </a>
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# or
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# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_bangladesh04.html">
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# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_bangladesh04.html
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# </a>
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# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-10-13):
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# IANS (Indo-Asian News Service) now reports:
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# Bangladesh has decided that the clock advanced by an hour to make
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# maximum use of daylight hours as an energy saving measure would
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# "continue for an indefinite period."
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#
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# One of many places where it is published:
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# <a href="http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/business/bangladesh-to-continue-indefinitely-with-advanced-time_100259987.html">
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# http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/business/bangladesh-to-continue-indefinitely-with-advanced-time_100259987.html
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# </a>
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# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-12-24):
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# According to Bangladesh newspaper "The Daily Star,"
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# Bangladesh will change its clock back to Standard Time on Dec 31, 2009.
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# Clock goes back 1-hr on Dec 31 night.
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# <a href="http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=119228">
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# http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=119228
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# </a>
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# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_bangladesh05.html">
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# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_bangladesh05.html
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# </a>
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# "...The government yesterday decided to put the clock back by one hour
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# on December 31 midnight and the new time will continue until March 31,
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# 2010 midnight. The decision came at a cabinet meeting at the Prime
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# Minister's Office last night..."
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# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-03-22):
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# According to Bangladesh newspaper "The Daily Star,"
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# Cabinet cancels Daylight Saving Time
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# <a href="http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/latest_news.php?nid=22817">
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# </a>
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# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_bangladesh06.html">
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# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_bangladesh06.html
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# </a>
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# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
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Rule	Dhaka	2009	only	-	Jun	19	23:00	1:00	S
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Rule	Dhaka	2009	only	-	Dec	31	23:59	0	-
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# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
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			5:53:20	-	HMT	1941 Oct    # Howrah Mean Time?
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# Whitman and the 1995 CIA time zone map say 5:00, but the
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# 1997 and later maps say 6:00.  Assume the switch occurred in 1996.
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# We have no information as to when standard time was introduced;
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Zone	Asia/Brunei	7:39:40 -	LMT	1926 Mar   # Bandar Seri Begawan
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# Milne says 6:24:40 was the meridian of the time ball observatory at Rangoon.
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# China
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# From Guy Harris:
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# People's Republic of China.  Yes, they really have only one time zone.
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# From Bob Devine (1988-01-28):
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# No they don't.  See TIME mag, 1986-02-17 p.52.  Even though
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# China is across 4 physical time zones, before Feb 1, 1986 only the
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# Peking (Bejing) time zone was recognized.  Since that date, China
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# has two of 'em -- Peking's and Urumqi (named after the capital of
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# the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region).  I don't know about DST for it.
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#
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# . . .I just deleted the DST table and this editor makes it too
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# painful to suck in another copy..  So, here is what I have for
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# DST start/end dates for Peking's time zone (info from AP):
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#
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#     1986 May 4 - Sept 14
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#     1987 mid-April - ??
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# From U. S. Naval Observatory (1989-01-19):
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# CHINA               8 H  AHEAD OF UTC  ALL OF CHINA, INCL TAIWAN
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# CHINA               9 H  AHEAD OF UTC  APR 17 - SEP 10
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# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
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# Shanks & Pottenger write that China (except for Hong Kong and Macau)
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# has had a single time zone since 1980 May 1, observing summer DST
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# from 1986 through 1991; this contradicts Devine's
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# note about Time magazine, though apparently _something_ happened in 1986.
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# Go with Shanks & Pottenger for now.  I made up names for the other
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# pre-1980 time zones.
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# From Shanks & Pottenger:
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# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
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Rule	Shang	1940	only	-	Jun	 3	0:00	1:00	D
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Rule	Shang	1941	only	-	Mar	16	0:00	1:00	D
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Rule	PRC	1986	only	-	May	 4	0:00	1:00	D
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Rule	PRC	1986	1991	-	Sep	Sun>=11	0:00	0	S
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Rule	PRC	1987	1991	-	Apr	Sun>=10	0:00	1:00	D
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# From Anthony Fok (2001-12-20):
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# BTW, I did some research on-line and found some info regarding these five
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# historic timezones from some Taiwan websites.  And yes, there are official
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# Chinese names for these locales (before 1949).
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#
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# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-07-14):
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# I have investigated the timezones around 1970 on the
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# http://www.astro.com/atlas site [with provinces and county
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# boundaries summarized below]....  A few other exceptions were two
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# counties on the Sichuan side of the Xizang-Sichuan border,
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# counties Dege and Baiyu which lies on the Sichuan side and are
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# therefore supposed to be GMT+7, Xizang region being GMT+6, but Dege
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# county is GMT+8 according to astro.com while Baiyu county is GMT+6
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# (could be true), for the moment I am assuming that those two
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# counties are mistakes in the astro.com data.
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# From Paul Eggert (2008-02-11):
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# I just now checked Google News for western news sources that talk
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# about China's single time zone, and couldn't find anything before 1986
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# talking about China being in one time zone.  (That article was: Jim
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# Mann, "A clumsy embrace for another western custom: China on daylight
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# time--sort of", Los Angeles Times, 1986-05-05.  By the way, this
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# article confirms the tz database's data claiming that China began
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# observing daylight saving time in 1986.
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#
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# From Thomas S. Mullaney (2008-02-11):
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# I think you're combining two subjects that need to treated
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# separately: daylight savings (which, you're correct, wasn't
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# implemented until the 1980s) and the unified time zone centered near
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# Beijing (which was implemented in 1949). Briefly, there was also a
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# "Lhasa Time" in Tibet and "Urumqi Time" in Xinjiang. The first was
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# ceased, and the second eventually recognized (again, in the 1980s).
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#
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# From Paul Eggert (2008-06-30):
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# There seems to be a good chance China switched to a single time zone in 1949
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# rather than in 1980 as Shanks & Pottenger have it, but we don't have a
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# reliable documentary source saying so yet, so for now we still go with
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# Shanks & Pottenger.
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# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
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# Changbai Time ("Long-white Time", Long-white = Heilongjiang area)
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# Heilongjiang (except Mohe county), Jilin
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# Zhongyuan Time ("Central plain Time")
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# most of China
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# Milne gives 8:05:56.7; round to nearest.
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# Long-shu Time (probably due to Long and Shu being two names of that area)
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# Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Ningxia, Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Yunnan;
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# most of Gansu; west Inner Mongolia; west Qinghai; and the Guangdong
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# counties Deqing, Enping, Kaiping, Luoding, Taishan, Xinxing,
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# Yangchun, Yangjiang, Yu'nan, and Yunfu.
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Zone	Asia/Chongqing	7:06:20	-	LMT	1928 # or Chungking
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# Xin-zang Time ("Xinjiang-Tibet Time")
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# The Gansu counties Aksay, Anxi, Dunhuang, Subei; west Qinghai;
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# the Guangdong counties  Xuwen, Haikang, Suixi, Lianjiang,
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# Zhanjiang, Wuchuan, Huazhou, Gaozhou, Maoming, Dianbai, and Xinyi;
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# east Tibet, including Lhasa, Chamdo, Shigaise, Jimsar, Shawan and Hutubi;
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# east Xinjiang, including Urumqi, Turpan, Karamay, Korla, Minfeng, Jinghe,
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# Wusu, Qiemo, Xinyan, Wulanwusu, Jinghe, Yumin, Tacheng, Tuoli, Emin,
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# Shihezi, Changji, Yanqi, Heshuo, Tuokexun, Tulufan, Shanshan, Hami,
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# Fukang, Kuitun, Kumukuli, Miquan, Qitai, and Turfan.
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Zone	Asia/Urumqi	5:50:20	-	LMT	1928 # or Urumchi
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# Kunlun Time
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# West Tibet, including Pulan, Aheqi, Shufu, Shule;
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# West Xinjiang, including Aksu, Atushi, Yining, Hetian, Cele, Luopu, Nileke,
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# Zhaosu, Tekesi, Gongliu, Chabuchaer, Huocheng, Bole, Pishan, Suiding,
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# and Yarkand.
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# From Luther Ma (2009-10-17):
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# Almost all (>99.9%) ethnic Chinese (properly ethnic Han) living in
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# Xinjiang use Chinese Standard Time. Some are aware of Xinjiang time,
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# but have no need of it. All planes, trains, and schools function on
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# what is called "Beijing time." When Han make an appointment in Chinese
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# they implicitly use Beijing time.
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#
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# On the other hand, ethnic Uyghurs, who make up about half the
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# population of Xinjiang, typically use "Xinjiang time" which is two
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# hours behind Beijing time, or UTC +0600. The government of the Xinjiang
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# Uyghur Autonomous Region, (XAUR, or just Xinjiang for short) as well as
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# local governments such as the Urumqi city government use both times in
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# publications, referring to what is popularly called Xinjiang time as
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# "Urumqi time." When Uyghurs make an appointment in the Uyghur language
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# they almost invariably use Xinjiang time.
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#
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# (Their ethnic Han compatriots would typically have no clue of its
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# widespread use, however, because so extremely few of them are fluent in
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# Uyghur, comparable to the number of Anglo-Americans fluent in Navajo.)
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#
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# (...As with the rest of China there was a brief interval ending in 1990
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# or 1991 when summer time was in use.  The confusion was severe, with
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# the province not having dual times but four times in use at the same
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# time. Some areas remained on standard Xinjiang time or Beijing time and
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# others moving their clocks ahead.)
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#
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# ...an example of an official website using of Urumqi time.
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#
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# The first few lines of the Google translation of
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# <a href="http://www.fjysgl.gov.cn/show.aspx?id=2379&cid=39">
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# http://www.fjysgl.gov.cn/show.aspx?id=2379&cid=39
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# </a>
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# (retrieved 2009-10-13)
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# > Urumqi fire seven people are missing the alleged losses of at least
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# > 500 million yuan
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# >
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# > (Reporter Dong Liu) the day before 20:20 or so (Urumqi Time 18:20),
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# > Urumqi City Department of International Plaza Luther Qiantang River
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# > burst fire. As of yesterday, 18:30, Urumqi City Fire officers and men
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# > have worked continuously for 22 hours...
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   487
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   488
# From Luther Ma (2009-11-19):
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   489
# With the risk of being redundant to previous answers these are the most common
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# English "transliterations" (w/o using non-English symbols):
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#
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   492
# 1. Wulumuqi...
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   493
# 2. Kashi...
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   494
# 3. Urumqi...
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   495
# 4. Kashgar...
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# ...
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   497
# 5. It seems that Uyghurs in Urumqi has been using Xinjiang since at least the
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# 1960's. I know of one Han, now over 50, who grew up in the surrounding
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# countryside and used Xinjiang time as a child.
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#
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# 6. Likewise for Kashgar and the rest of south Xinjiang I don't know of any
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# start date for Xinjiang time.
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   503
#
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# Without having access to local historical records, nor the ability to legally
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# publish them, I would go with October 1, 1949, when Xinjiang became the Uyghur
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# Autonomous Region under the PRC. (Before that Uyghurs, of course, would also
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# not be using Beijing time, but some local time.)
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Zone	Asia/Kashgar	5:03:56	-	LMT	1928 # or Kashi or Kaxgar
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			5:30	-	KAST	1940	 # Kashgar Time
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			5:00	-	KAST	1980 May
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			8:00	PRC	C%sT
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# Hong Kong (Xianggang)
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   516
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# Milne gives 7:36:41.7; round this.
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# From Lee Yiu Chung (2009-10-24):
4959
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# I found there are some mistakes for the...DST rule for Hong
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# Kong. [According] to the DST record from Hong Kong Observatory (actually,
4279
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# it is not [an] observatory, but the official meteorological agency of HK,
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# and also serves as the official timing agency), there are some missing
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# and incorrect rules. Although the exact switch over time is missing, I
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# think 3:30 is correct. The official DST record for Hong Kong can be
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# obtained from
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# <a href="http://www.hko.gov.hk/gts/time/Summertime.htm">
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# http://www.hko.gov.hk/gts/time/Summertime.htm
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# </a>.
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   530
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   531
# From Arthur David Olson (2009-10-28):
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# Here are the dates given at
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# <a href="http://www.hko.gov.hk/gts/time/Summertime.htm">
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# http://www.hko.gov.hk/gts/time/Summertime.htm
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# </a>
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# as of 2009-10-28:
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# Year        Period
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# 1941        1 Apr to 30 Sep
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# 1942        Whole year
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# 1943        Whole year
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# 1944        Whole year
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# 1945        Whole year
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   543
# 1946        20 Apr to 1 Dec
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   544
# 1947        13 Apr to 30 Dec
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   545
# 1948        2 May to 31 Oct
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   546
# 1949        3 Apr to 30 Oct
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# 1950        2 Apr to 29 Oct
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# 1951        1 Apr to 28 Oct
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   549
# 1952        6 Apr to 25 Oct
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# 1953        5 Apr to 1 Nov
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# 1954        21 Mar to 31 Oct
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# 1955        20 Mar to 6 Nov
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parents: 3739
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# 1956        18 Mar to 4 Nov
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parents: 3739
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# 1957        24 Mar to 3 Nov
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# 1958        23 Mar to 2 Nov
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# 1959        22 Mar to 1 Nov
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parents: 3739
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   557
# 1960        20 Mar to 6 Nov
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   558
# 1961        19 Mar to 5 Nov
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# 1962        18 Mar to 4 Nov
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   560
# 1963        24 Mar to 3 Nov
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# 1964        22 Mar to 1 Nov
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# 1965        18 Apr to 17 Oct
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# 1966        17 Apr to 16 Oct
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# 1967        16 Apr to 22 Oct
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# 1968        21 Apr to 20 Oct
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# 1969        20 Apr to 19 Oct
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# 1970        19 Apr to 18 Oct
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parents: 3739
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# 1971        18 Apr to 17 Oct
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parents: 3739
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# 1972        16 Apr to 22 Oct
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# 1973        22 Apr to 21 Oct
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# 1973/74     30 Dec 73 to 20 Oct 74
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# 1975        20 Apr to 19 Oct
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parents: 3739
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# 1976        18 Apr to 17 Oct
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# 1977        Nil
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# 1978        Nil
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# 1979        13 May to 21 Oct
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# 1980 to Now Nil
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# The page does not give start or end times of day.
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# The page does not give a start date for 1942.
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# The page does not givw an end date for 1945.
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   581
# The Japanese occupation of Hong Kong began on 1941-12-25.
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   582
# The Japanese surrender of Hong Kong was signed 1945-09-15.
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# For lack of anything better, use start of those days as the transition times.
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# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
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Rule	HK	1941	only	-	Apr	1	3:30	1:00	S
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Rule	HK	1941	only	-	Sep	30	3:30	0	-
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Rule	HK	1946	only	-	Apr	20	3:30	1:00	S
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Rule	HK	1946	only	-	Dec	1	3:30	0	-
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Rule	HK	1947	only	-	Apr	13	3:30	1:00	S
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Rule	HK	1947	only	-	Dec	30	3:30	0	-
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Rule	HK	1948	only	-	May	2	3:30	1:00	S
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parents: 3739
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Rule	HK	1948	1951	-	Oct	lastSun	3:30	0	-
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parents: 3739
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Rule	HK	1952	only	-	Oct	25	3:30	0	-
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Rule	HK	1949	1953	-	Apr	Sun>=1	3:30	1:00	S
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Rule	HK	1953	only	-	Nov	1	3:30	0	-
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Rule	HK	1954	1964	-	Mar	Sun>=18	3:30	1:00	S
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Rule	HK	1954	only	-	Oct	31	3:30	0	-
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Rule	HK	1955	1964	-	Nov	Sun>=1	3:30	0	-
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parents: 6290
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Rule	HK	1965	1976	-	Apr	Sun>=16	3:30	1:00	S
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parents: 6290
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Rule	HK	1965	1976	-	Oct	Sun>=16	3:30	0	-
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parents: 3739
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Rule	HK	1973	only	-	Dec	30	3:30	1:00	S
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parents: 3739
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Rule	HK	1979	only	-	May	Sun>=8	3:30	1:00	S
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parents: 3739
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Rule	HK	1979	only	-	Oct	Sun>=16	3:30	0	-
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# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
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Zone	Asia/Hong_Kong	7:36:42 -	LMT	1904 Oct 30
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			8:00	HK	HK%sT	1941 Dec 25
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			9:00	-	JST	1945 Sep 15
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			8:00	HK	HK%sT
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###############################################################################
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# Taiwan
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# Shanks & Pottenger write that Taiwan observed DST during 1945, when it
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# was still controlled by Japan.  This is hard to believe, but we don't
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# have any other information.
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parents: 5137
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# From smallufo (2010-04-03):
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# According to Taiwan's CWB,
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# <a href="http://www.cwb.gov.tw/V6/astronomy/cdata/summert.htm">
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# http://www.cwb.gov.tw/V6/astronomy/cdata/summert.htm
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# </a>
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# Taipei has DST in 1979 between July 1st and Sep 30.
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   625
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# From Arthur David Olson (2010-04-07):
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# Here's Google's translation of the table at the bottom of the "summert.htm" page:
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# Decade 	                                                    Name                      Start and end date
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# Republic of China 34 years to 40 years (AD 1945-1951 years) Summer Time               May 1 to September 30
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# 41 years of the Republic of China (AD 1952)                 Daylight Saving Time      March 1 to October 31
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# Republic of China 42 years to 43 years (AD 1953-1954 years) Daylight Saving Time      April 1 to October 31
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# In the 44 years to 45 years (AD 1955-1956 years)            Daylight Saving Time      April 1 to September 30
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parents: 12306
diff changeset
   633
# Republic of China 46 years to 48 years (AD 1957-1959)       Summer Time               April 1 to September 30
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coffeys
parents: 12306
diff changeset
   634
# Republic of China 49 years to 50 years (AD 1960-1961)       Summer Time               June 1 to September 30
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coffeys
parents: 12306
diff changeset
   635
# Republic of China 51 years to 62 years (AD 1962-1973 years) Stop Summer Time
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coffeys
parents: 12306
diff changeset
   636
# Republic of China 63 years to 64 years (1974-1975 AD)       Daylight Saving Time      April 1 to September 30
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coffeys
parents: 12306
diff changeset
   637
# Republic of China 65 years to 67 years (1976-1978 AD)       Stop Daylight Saving Time
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coffeys
parents: 12306
diff changeset
   638
# Republic of China 68 years (AD 1979)                        Daylight Saving Time      July 1 to September 30
5286
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peytoia
parents: 5137
diff changeset
   639
# Republic of China since 69 years (AD 1980)                  Stop Daylight Saving Time
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peytoia
parents: 5137
diff changeset
   640
2
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   641
# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   642
Rule	Taiwan	1945	1951	-	May	1	0:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   643
Rule	Taiwan	1945	1951	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   644
Rule	Taiwan	1952	only	-	Mar	1	0:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   645
Rule	Taiwan	1952	1954	-	Nov	1	0:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   646
Rule	Taiwan	1953	1959	-	Apr	1	0:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   647
Rule	Taiwan	1955	1961	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   648
Rule	Taiwan	1960	1961	-	Jun	1	0:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   649
Rule	Taiwan	1974	1975	-	Apr	1	0:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   650
Rule	Taiwan	1974	1975	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	S
5286
960c1ce0f14d 6945238: (tz) Support tzdata2010i
peytoia
parents: 5137
diff changeset
   651
Rule	Taiwan	1979	only	-	Jun	30	0:00	1:00	D
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peytoia
parents: 5137
diff changeset
   652
Rule	Taiwan	1979	only	-	Sep	30	0:00	0	S
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peytoia
parents: 5137
diff changeset
   653
2
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   654
# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   655
Zone	Asia/Taipei	8:06:00 -	LMT	1896 # or Taibei or T'ai-pei
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   656
			8:00	Taiwan	C%sT
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   657
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   658
# Macau (Macao, Aomen)
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   659
# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   660
Rule	Macau	1961	1962	-	Mar	Sun>=16	3:30	1:00	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   661
Rule	Macau	1961	1964	-	Nov	Sun>=1	3:30	0	-
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   662
Rule	Macau	1963	only	-	Mar	Sun>=16	0:00	1:00	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   663
Rule	Macau	1964	only	-	Mar	Sun>=16	3:30	1:00	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   664
Rule	Macau	1965	only	-	Mar	Sun>=16	0:00	1:00	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   665
Rule	Macau	1965	only	-	Oct	31	0:00	0	-
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   666
Rule	Macau	1966	1971	-	Apr	Sun>=16	3:30	1:00	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   667
Rule	Macau	1966	1971	-	Oct	Sun>=16	3:30	0	-
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   668
Rule	Macau	1972	1974	-	Apr	Sun>=15	0:00	1:00	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   669
Rule	Macau	1972	1973	-	Oct	Sun>=15	0:00	0	-
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   670
Rule	Macau	1974	1977	-	Oct	Sun>=15	3:30	0	-
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   671
Rule	Macau	1975	1977	-	Apr	Sun>=15	3:30	1:00	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   672
Rule	Macau	1978	1980	-	Apr	Sun>=15	0:00	1:00	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   673
Rule	Macau	1978	1980	-	Oct	Sun>=15	0:00	0	-
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   674
# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   675
Zone	Asia/Macau	7:34:20 -	LMT	1912
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   676
			8:00	Macau	MO%sT	1999 Dec 20 # return to China
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   677
			8:00	PRC	C%sT
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   678
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   679
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   680
###############################################################################
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   681
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   682
# Cyprus
17464
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sherman
parents: 14416
diff changeset
   683
#
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sherman
parents: 14416
diff changeset
   684
# Milne says the Eastern Telegraph Company used 2:14:00.  Stick with LMT.
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sherman
parents: 14416
diff changeset
   685
#
2
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   686
# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   687
Rule	Cyprus	1975	only	-	Apr	13	0:00	1:00	S
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   688
Rule	Cyprus	1975	only	-	Oct	12	0:00	0	-
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   689
Rule	Cyprus	1976	only	-	May	15	0:00	1:00	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   690
Rule	Cyprus	1976	only	-	Oct	11	0:00	0	-
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   691
Rule	Cyprus	1977	1980	-	Apr	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   692
Rule	Cyprus	1977	only	-	Sep	25	0:00	0	-
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   693
Rule	Cyprus	1978	only	-	Oct	2	0:00	0	-
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   694
Rule	Cyprus	1979	1997	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	0	-
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   695
Rule	Cyprus	1981	1998	-	Mar	lastSun	0:00	1:00	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   696
# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   697
Zone	Asia/Nicosia	2:13:28 -	LMT	1921 Nov 14
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   698
			2:00	Cyprus	EE%sT	1998 Sep
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   699
			2:00	EUAsia	EE%sT
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   700
# IATA SSIM (1998-09) has Cyprus using EU rules for the first time.
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   701
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   702
# Classically, Cyprus belongs to Asia; e.g. see Herodotus, Histories, I.72.
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   703
# However, for various reasons many users expect to find it under Europe.
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   704
Link	Asia/Nicosia	Europe/Nicosia
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   705
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   706
# Georgia
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   707
# From Paul Eggert (1994-11-19):
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   708
# Today's _Economist_ (p 60) reports that Georgia moved its clocks forward
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   709
# an hour recently, due to a law proposed by Zurab Murvanidze,
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   710
# an MP who went on a hunger strike for 11 days to force discussion about it!
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   711
# We have no details, but we'll guess they didn't move the clocks back in fall.
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   712
#
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   713
# From Mathew Englander, quoting AP (1996-10-23 13:05-04):
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   714
# Instead of putting back clocks at the end of October, Georgia
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   715
# will stay on daylight savings time this winter to save energy,
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   716
# President Eduard Shevardnadze decreed Wednesday.
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   717
#
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   718
# From the BBC via Joseph S. Myers (2004-06-27):
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   719
#
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   720
# Georgia moved closer to Western Europe on Sunday...  The former Soviet
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   721
# republic has changed its time zone back to that of Moscow.  As a result it
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   722
# is now just four hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time, rather than five hours
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   723
# ahead.  The switch was decreed by the pro-Western president of Georgia,
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   724
# Mikhail Saakashvili, who said the change was partly prompted by the process
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   725
# of integration into Europe.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   726
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   727
# From Teimuraz Abashidze (2005-11-07):
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   728
# Government of Georgia ... decided to NOT CHANGE daylight savings time on
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   729
# [Oct.] 30, as it was done before during last more than 10 years.
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   730
# Currently, we are in fact GMT +4:00, as before 30 October it was GMT
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   731
# +3:00.... The problem is, there is NO FORMAL LAW or governmental document
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   732
# about it.  As far as I can find, I was told, that there is no document,
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   733
# because we just DIDN'T ISSUE document about switching to winter time....
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   734
# I don't know what can be done, especially knowing that some years ago our
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   735
# DST rules where changed THREE TIMES during one month.
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   736
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   737
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   738
# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   739
Zone	Asia/Tbilisi	2:59:16 -	LMT	1880
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   740
			2:59:16	-	TBMT	1924 May  2 # Tbilisi Mean Time
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   741
			3:00	-	TBIT	1957 Mar    # Tbilisi Time
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   742
			4:00 RussiaAsia TBI%sT	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   743
			3:00	1:00	TBIST	1991 Apr  9 # independence
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   744
			3:00 RussiaAsia GE%sT	1992 # Georgia Time
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   745
			3:00 E-EurAsia	GE%sT	1994 Sep lastSun
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   746
			4:00 E-EurAsia	GE%sT	1996 Oct lastSun
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   747
			4:00	1:00	GEST	1997 Mar lastSun
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   748
			4:00 E-EurAsia	GE%sT	2004 Jun 27
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   749
			3:00 RussiaAsia	GE%sT	2005 Mar lastSun 2:00
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   750
			4:00	-	GET
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   751
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   752
# East Timor
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   753
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   754
# See Indonesia for the 1945 transition.
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   755
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   756
# From Joao Carrascalao, brother of the former governor of East Timor, in
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   757
# <a href="http://etan.org/et99c/december/26-31/30ETMAY.htm">
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   758
# East Timor may be late for its millennium
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   759
# </a> (1999-12-26/31):
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   760
# Portugal tried to change the time forward in 1974 because the sun
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   761
# rises too early but the suggestion raised a lot of problems with the
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   762
# Timorese and I still don't think it would work today because it
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   763
# conflicts with their way of life.
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   764
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   765
# From Paul Eggert (2000-12-04):
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   766
# We don't have any record of the above attempt.
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   767
# Most likely our records are incomplete, but we have no better data.
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   768
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   769
# <a href="http://www.hri.org/news/world/undh/last/00-08-16.undh.html">
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   770
# From Manoel de Almeida e Silva, Deputy Spokesman for the UN Secretary-General
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   771
# (2000-08-16)</a>:
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   772
# The Cabinet of the East Timor Transition Administration decided
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   773
# today to advance East Timor's time by one hour.  The time change,
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   774
# which will be permanent, with no seasonal adjustment, will happen at
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   775
# midnight on Saturday, September 16.
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   776
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   777
# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   778
Zone	Asia/Dili	8:22:20 -	LMT	1912
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   779
			8:00	-	TLT	1942 Feb 21 23:00 # E Timor Time
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   780
			9:00	-	JST	1945 Sep 23
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   781
			9:00	-	TLT	1976 May  3
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aefimov
parents: 19382
diff changeset
   782
			8:00	-	WITA	2000 Sep 17 00:00
2
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   783
			9:00	-	TLT
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   784
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   785
# India
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   786
# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1316
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peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
   787
Zone	Asia/Kolkata	5:53:28 -	LMT	1880	# Kolkata
2
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   788
			5:53:20	-	HMT	1941 Oct    # Howrah Mean Time?
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   789
			6:30	-	BURT	1942 May 15 # Burma Time
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   790
			5:30	-	IST	1942 Sep
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   791
			5:30	1:00	IST	1945 Oct 15
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   792
			5:30	-	IST
1316
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peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
   793
# The following are like Asia/Kolkata:
2
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   794
#	Andaman Is
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   795
#	Lakshadweep (Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Is)
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   796
#	Nicobar Is
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   797
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   798
# Indonesia
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   799
#
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   800
# From Gwillim Law (2001-05-28), overriding Shanks & Pottenger:
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   801
# <http://www.sumatera-inc.com/go_to_invest/about_indonesia.asp#standtime>
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   802
# says that Indonesia's time zones changed on 1988-01-01.  Looking at some
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   803
# time zone maps, I think that must refer to Western Borneo (Kalimantan Barat
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   804
# and Kalimantan Tengah) switching from UTC+8 to UTC+7.
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   805
#
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   806
# From Paul Eggert (2007-03-10):
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   807
# Here is another correction to Shanks & Pottenger.
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   808
# JohnTWB writes that Japanese forces did not surrender control in
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   809
# Indonesia until 1945-09-01 00:00 at the earliest (in Jakarta) and
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   810
# other formal surrender ceremonies were September 9, 11, and 13, plus
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   811
# September 12 for the regional surrender to Mountbatten in Singapore.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   812
# These would be the earliest possible times for a change.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   813
# Regimes horaires pour le monde entier, by Henri Le Corre, (Editions
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   814
# Traditionnelles, 1987, Paris) says that Java and Madura switched
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   815
# from JST to UTC+07:30 on 1945-09-23, and gives 1944-09-01 for Jayapura
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   816
# (Hollandia).  For now, assume all Indonesian locations other than Jayapura
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   817
# switched on 1945-09-23.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   818
#
20867
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aefimov
parents: 19382
diff changeset
   819
# From Paul Eggert (2013-08-11):
38b088040f4f 8025255: (tz) Support tzdata2013g
aefimov
parents: 19382
diff changeset
   820
# Normally the tz database uses English-language abbreviations, but in
38b088040f4f 8025255: (tz) Support tzdata2013g
aefimov
parents: 19382
diff changeset
   821
# Indonesia it's typical to use Indonesian-language abbreviations even
38b088040f4f 8025255: (tz) Support tzdata2013g
aefimov
parents: 19382
diff changeset
   822
# when writing in English.  For example, see the English-language
38b088040f4f 8025255: (tz) Support tzdata2013g
aefimov
parents: 19382
diff changeset
   823
# summary published by the Time and Frequency Laboratory of the
38b088040f4f 8025255: (tz) Support tzdata2013g
aefimov
parents: 19382
diff changeset
   824
# Research Center for Calibration, Instrumentation and Metrology,
38b088040f4f 8025255: (tz) Support tzdata2013g
aefimov
parents: 19382
diff changeset
   825
# Indonesia, <http://time.kim.lipi.go.id/time-eng.php> (2006-09-29).
38b088040f4f 8025255: (tz) Support tzdata2013g
aefimov
parents: 19382
diff changeset
   826
# The abbreviations are:
38b088040f4f 8025255: (tz) Support tzdata2013g
aefimov
parents: 19382
diff changeset
   827
#
38b088040f4f 8025255: (tz) Support tzdata2013g
aefimov
parents: 19382
diff changeset
   828
# WIB  - UTC+7 - Waktu Indonesia Barat (Indonesia western time)
38b088040f4f 8025255: (tz) Support tzdata2013g
aefimov
parents: 19382
diff changeset
   829
# WITA - UTC+8 - Waktu Indonesia Tengah (Indonesia central time)
38b088040f4f 8025255: (tz) Support tzdata2013g
aefimov
parents: 19382
diff changeset
   830
# WIT  - UTC+9 - Waktu Indonesia Timur (Indonesia eastern time)
38b088040f4f 8025255: (tz) Support tzdata2013g
aefimov
parents: 19382
diff changeset
   831
#
2
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   832
# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
20867
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aefimov
parents: 19382
diff changeset
   833
# Java, Sumatra
2
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   834
Zone Asia/Jakarta	7:07:12 -	LMT	1867 Aug 10
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   835
# Shanks & Pottenger say the next transition was at 1924 Jan 1 0:13,
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   836
# but this must be a typo.
20867
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aefimov
parents: 19382
diff changeset
   837
			7:07:12	-	BMT	1923 Dec 31 23:47:12 # Batavia
2
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   838
			7:20	-	JAVT	1932 Nov	 # Java Time
20867
38b088040f4f 8025255: (tz) Support tzdata2013g
aefimov
parents: 19382
diff changeset
   839
			7:30	-	WIB	1942 Mar 23
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   840
			9:00	-	JST	1945 Sep 23
20867
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aefimov
parents: 19382
diff changeset
   841
			7:30	-	WIB	1948 May
38b088040f4f 8025255: (tz) Support tzdata2013g
aefimov
parents: 19382
diff changeset
   842
			8:00	-	WIB	1950 May
38b088040f4f 8025255: (tz) Support tzdata2013g
aefimov
parents: 19382
diff changeset
   843
			7:30	-	WIB	1964
38b088040f4f 8025255: (tz) Support tzdata2013g
aefimov
parents: 19382
diff changeset
   844
			7:00	-	WIB
38b088040f4f 8025255: (tz) Support tzdata2013g
aefimov
parents: 19382
diff changeset
   845
# west and central Borneo
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   846
Zone Asia/Pontianak	7:17:20	-	LMT	1908 May
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   847
			7:17:20	-	PMT	1932 Nov    # Pontianak MT
20867
38b088040f4f 8025255: (tz) Support tzdata2013g
aefimov
parents: 19382
diff changeset
   848
			7:30	-	WIB	1942 Jan 29
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   849
			9:00	-	JST	1945 Sep 23
20867
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aefimov
parents: 19382
diff changeset
   850
			7:30	-	WIB	1948 May
38b088040f4f 8025255: (tz) Support tzdata2013g
aefimov
parents: 19382
diff changeset
   851
			8:00	-	WIB	1950 May
38b088040f4f 8025255: (tz) Support tzdata2013g
aefimov
parents: 19382
diff changeset
   852
			7:30	-	WIB	1964
38b088040f4f 8025255: (tz) Support tzdata2013g
aefimov
parents: 19382
diff changeset
   853
			8:00	-	WITA	1988 Jan  1
38b088040f4f 8025255: (tz) Support tzdata2013g
aefimov
parents: 19382
diff changeset
   854
			7:00	-	WIB
38b088040f4f 8025255: (tz) Support tzdata2013g
aefimov
parents: 19382
diff changeset
   855
# Sulawesi, Lesser Sundas, east and south Borneo
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   856
Zone Asia/Makassar	7:57:36 -	LMT	1920
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   857
			7:57:36	-	MMT	1932 Nov    # Macassar MT
20867
38b088040f4f 8025255: (tz) Support tzdata2013g
aefimov
parents: 19382
diff changeset
   858
			8:00	-	WITA	1942 Feb  9
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   859
			9:00	-	JST	1945 Sep 23
20867
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aefimov
parents: 19382
diff changeset
   860
			8:00	-	WITA
38b088040f4f 8025255: (tz) Support tzdata2013g
aefimov
parents: 19382
diff changeset
   861
# Maluku Islands, West Papua, Papua
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   862
Zone Asia/Jayapura	9:22:48 -	LMT	1932 Nov
20867
38b088040f4f 8025255: (tz) Support tzdata2013g
aefimov
parents: 19382
diff changeset
   863
			9:00	-	WIT	1944 Sep  1
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   864
			9:30	-	CST	1964
20867
38b088040f4f 8025255: (tz) Support tzdata2013g
aefimov
parents: 19382
diff changeset
   865
			9:00	-	WIT
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   866
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   867
# Iran
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   868
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   869
# From Roozbeh Pournader (2003-03-15):
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   870
# This is an English translation of what I just found (originally in Persian).
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   871
# The Gregorian dates in brackets are mine:
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   872
#
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   873
#	Official Newspaper No. 13548-1370/6/25 [1991-09-16]
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   874
#	No. 16760/T233 H				1370/6/10 [1991-09-01]
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   875
#
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   876
#	The Rule About Change of the Official Time of the Country
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   877
#
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   878
#	The Board of Ministers, in the meeting dated 1370/5/23 [1991-08-14],
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   879
#	based on the suggestion number 2221/D dated 1370/4/22 [1991-07-13]
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   880
#	of the Country's Organization for Official and Employment Affairs,
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   881
#	and referring to the law for equating the working hours of workers
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   882
#	and officers in the whole country dated 1359/4/23 [1980-07-14], and
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   883
#	for synchronizing the official times of the country, agreed that:
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   884
#
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   885
#	The official time of the country will should move forward one hour
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   886
#	at the 24[:00] hours of the first day of Farvardin and should return
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   887
#	to its previous state at the 24[:00] hours of the 30th day of
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   888
#	Shahrivar.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   889
#
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   890
#	First Deputy to the President - Hassan Habibi
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   891
#
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   892
# From personal experience, that agrees with what has been followed
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   893
# for at least the last 5 years.  Before that, for a few years, the
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   894
# date used was the first Thursday night of Farvardin and the last
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   895
# Thursday night of Shahrivar, but I can't give exact dates....
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   896
# I have also changed the abbreviations to what is considered correct
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   897
# here in Iran, IRST for regular time and IRDT for daylight saving time.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   898
#
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   899
# From Roozbeh Pournader (2005-04-05):
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   900
# The text of the Iranian law, in effect since 1925, clearly mentions
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   901
# that the true solar year is the measure, and there is no arithmetic
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   902
# leap year calculation involved.  There has never been any serious
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   903
# plan to change that law....
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   904
#
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   905
# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   906
# Go with Shanks & Pottenger before Sept. 1991, and with Pournader thereafter.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   907
# I used Ed Reingold's cal-persia in GNU Emacs 21.2 to check Persian dates,
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   908
# stopping after 2037 when 32-bit time_t's overflow.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   909
# That cal-persia used Birashk's approximation, which disagrees with the solar
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   910
# calendar predictions for the year 2025, so I corrected those dates by hand.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   911
#
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   912
# From Oscar van Vlijmen (2005-03-30), writing about future
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   913
# discrepancies between cal-persia and the Iranian calendar:
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   914
# For 2091 solar-longitude-after yields 2091-03-20 08:40:07.7 UT for
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   915
# the vernal equinox and that gets so close to 12:00 some local
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   916
# Iranian time that the definition of the correct location needs to be
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   917
# known exactly, amongst other factors.  2157 is even closer:
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   918
# 2157-03-20 08:37:15.5 UT.  But the Gregorian year 2025 should give
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   919
# no interpretation problem whatsoever.  By the way, another instant
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   920
# in the near future where there will be a discrepancy between
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   921
# arithmetical and astronomical Iranian calendars will be in 2058:
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   922
# vernal equinox on 2058-03-20 09:03:05.9 UT.  The Java version of
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   923
# Reingold's/Dershowitz' calculator gives correctly the Gregorian date
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   924
# 2058-03-21 for 1 Farvardin 1437 (astronomical).
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   925
#
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   926
# From Steffen Thorsen (2006-03-22):
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   927
# Several of my users have reported that Iran will not observe DST anymore:
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   928
# http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/line-17/0603193812164948.htm
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   929
#
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   930
# From Reuters (2007-09-16), with a heads-up from Jesper Norgaard Welen:
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   931
# ... the Guardian Council ... approved a law on Sunday to re-introduce
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   932
# daylight saving time ...
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   933
# http://uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKBLA65048420070916
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   934
#
1316
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
   935
# From Roozbeh Pournader (2007-11-05):
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
   936
# This is quoted from Official Gazette of the Islamic Republic of
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
   937
# Iran, Volume 63, Number 18242, dated Tuesday 1386/6/24
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
   938
# [2007-10-16]. I am doing the best translation I can:...
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
   939
# The official time of the country will be moved forward for one hour
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
   940
# on the 24 hours of the first day of the month of Farvardin and will
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
   941
# be changed back to its previous state on the 24 hours of the
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
   942
# thirtieth day of Shahrivar.
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
   943
#
2
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   944
# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   945
Rule	Iran	1978	1980	-	Mar	21	0:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   946
Rule	Iran	1978	only	-	Oct	21	0:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   947
Rule	Iran	1979	only	-	Sep	19	0:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   948
Rule	Iran	1980	only	-	Sep	23	0:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   949
Rule	Iran	1991	only	-	May	 3	0:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   950
Rule	Iran	1992	1995	-	Mar	22	0:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   951
Rule	Iran	1991	1995	-	Sep	22	0:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   952
Rule	Iran	1996	only	-	Mar	21	0:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   953
Rule	Iran	1996	only	-	Sep	21	0:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   954
Rule	Iran	1997	1999	-	Mar	22	0:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   955
Rule	Iran	1997	1999	-	Sep	22	0:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   956
Rule	Iran	2000	only	-	Mar	21	0:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   957
Rule	Iran	2000	only	-	Sep	21	0:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   958
Rule	Iran	2001	2003	-	Mar	22	0:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   959
Rule	Iran	2001	2003	-	Sep	22	0:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   960
Rule	Iran	2004	only	-	Mar	21	0:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   961
Rule	Iran	2004	only	-	Sep	21	0:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   962
Rule	Iran	2005	only	-	Mar	22	0:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   963
Rule	Iran	2005	only	-	Sep	22	0:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   964
Rule	Iran	2008	only	-	Mar	21	0:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   965
Rule	Iran	2008	only	-	Sep	21	0:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   966
Rule	Iran	2009	2011	-	Mar	22	0:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   967
Rule	Iran	2009	2011	-	Sep	22	0:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   968
Rule	Iran	2012	only	-	Mar	21	0:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   969
Rule	Iran	2012	only	-	Sep	21	0:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   970
Rule	Iran	2013	2015	-	Mar	22	0:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   971
Rule	Iran	2013	2015	-	Sep	22	0:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   972
Rule	Iran	2016	only	-	Mar	21	0:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   973
Rule	Iran	2016	only	-	Sep	21	0:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   974
Rule	Iran	2017	2019	-	Mar	22	0:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   975
Rule	Iran	2017	2019	-	Sep	22	0:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   976
Rule	Iran	2020	only	-	Mar	21	0:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   977
Rule	Iran	2020	only	-	Sep	21	0:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   978
Rule	Iran	2021	2023	-	Mar	22	0:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   979
Rule	Iran	2021	2023	-	Sep	22	0:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   980
Rule	Iran	2024	only	-	Mar	21	0:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   981
Rule	Iran	2024	only	-	Sep	21	0:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   982
Rule	Iran	2025	2027	-	Mar	22	0:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   983
Rule	Iran	2025	2027	-	Sep	22	0:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   984
Rule	Iran	2028	2029	-	Mar	21	0:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   985
Rule	Iran	2028	2029	-	Sep	21	0:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   986
Rule	Iran	2030	2031	-	Mar	22	0:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   987
Rule	Iran	2030	2031	-	Sep	22	0:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   988
Rule	Iran	2032	2033	-	Mar	21	0:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   989
Rule	Iran	2032	2033	-	Sep	21	0:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   990
Rule	Iran	2034	2035	-	Mar	22	0:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   991
Rule	Iran	2034	2035	-	Sep	22	0:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   992
Rule	Iran	2036	2037	-	Mar	21	0:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   993
Rule	Iran	2036	2037	-	Sep	21	0:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   994
# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   995
Zone	Asia/Tehran	3:25:44	-	LMT	1916
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   996
			3:25:44	-	TMT	1946	# Tehran Mean Time
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   997
			3:30	-	IRST	1977 Nov
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   998
			4:00	Iran	IR%sT	1979
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   999
			3:30	Iran	IR%sT
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1000
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1001
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1002
# Iraq
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1003
#
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1004
# From Jonathan Lennox (2000-06-12):
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1005
# An article in this week's Economist ("Inside the Saddam-free zone", p. 50 in
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1006
# the U.S. edition) on the Iraqi Kurds contains a paragraph:
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1007
# "The three northern provinces ... switched their clocks this spring and
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1008
# are an hour ahead of Baghdad."
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1009
#
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1010
# But Rives McDow (2000-06-18) quotes a contact in Iraqi-Kurdistan as follows:
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1011
# In the past, some Kurdish nationalists, as a protest to the Iraqi
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1012
# Government, did not adhere to daylight saving time.  They referred
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1013
# to daylight saving as Saddam time.  But, as of today, the time zone
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1014
# in Iraqi-Kurdistan is on standard time with Baghdad, Iraq.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1015
#
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1016
# So we'll ignore the Economist's claim.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1017
1316
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  1018
# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-03-10):
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  1019
# The cabinet in Iraq abolished DST last week, according to the following
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  1020
# news sources (in Arabic):
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  1021
# <a href="http://www.aljeeran.net/wesima_articles/news-20080305-98602.html">
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  1022
# http://www.aljeeran.net/wesima_articles/news-20080305-98602.html
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  1023
# </a>
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  1024
# <a href="http://www.aswataliraq.info/look/article.tpl?id=2047&IdLanguage=17&IdPublication=4&NrArticle=71743&NrIssue=1&NrSection=10">
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  1025
# http://www.aswataliraq.info/look/article.tpl?id=2047&IdLanguage=17&IdPublication=4&NrArticle=71743&NrIssue=1&NrSection=10
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  1026
# </a>
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  1027
#
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  1028
# We have published a short article in English about the change:
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  1029
# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/iraq-dumps-daylight-saving.html">
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  1030
# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/iraq-dumps-daylight-saving.html
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  1031
# </a>
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  1032
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1033
# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1034
Rule	Iraq	1982	only	-	May	1	0:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1035
Rule	Iraq	1982	1984	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1036
Rule	Iraq	1983	only	-	Mar	31	0:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1037
Rule	Iraq	1984	1985	-	Apr	1	0:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1038
Rule	Iraq	1985	1990	-	Sep	lastSun	1:00s	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1039
Rule	Iraq	1986	1990	-	Mar	lastSun	1:00s	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1040
# IATA SSIM (1991/1996) says Apr 1 12:01am UTC; guess the `:01' is a typo.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1041
# Shanks & Pottenger say Iraq did not observe DST 1992/1997; ignore this.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1042
#
1316
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  1043
Rule	Iraq	1991	2007	-	Apr	 1	3:00s	1:00	D
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  1044
Rule	Iraq	1991	2007	-	Oct	 1	3:00s	0	S
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1045
# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1046
Zone	Asia/Baghdad	2:57:40	-	LMT	1890
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1047
			2:57:36	-	BMT	1918	    # Baghdad Mean Time?
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1048
			3:00	-	AST	1982 May
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1049
			3:00	Iraq	A%sT
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1050
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1051
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1052
###############################################################################
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1053
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1054
# Israel
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1055
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1056
# From Ephraim Silverberg (2001-01-11):
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1057
#
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1058
# I coined "IST/IDT" circa 1988.  Until then there were three
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1059
# different abbreviations in use:
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1060
#
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1061
# JST  Jerusalem Standard Time [Danny Braniss, Hebrew University]
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1062
# IZT  Israel Zonal (sic) Time [Prof. Haim Papo, Technion]
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1063
# EEST Eastern Europe Standard Time [used by almost everyone else]
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1064
#
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1065
# Since timezones should be called by country and not capital cities,
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1066
# I ruled out JST.  As Israel is in Asia Minor and not Eastern Europe,
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1067
# EEST was equally unacceptable.  Since "zonal" was not compatible with
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1068
# any other timezone abbreviation, I felt that 'IST' was the way to go
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1069
# and, indeed, it has received almost universal acceptance in timezone
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1070
# settings in Israeli computers.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1071
#
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1072
# In any case, I am happy to share timezone abbreviations with India,
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1073
# high on my favorite-country list (and not only because my wife's
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1074
# family is from India).
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1075
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1076
# From Shanks & Pottenger:
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1077
# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1078
Rule	Zion	1940	only	-	Jun	 1	0:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1079
Rule	Zion	1942	1944	-	Nov	 1	0:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1080
Rule	Zion	1943	only	-	Apr	 1	2:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1081
Rule	Zion	1944	only	-	Apr	 1	0:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1082
Rule	Zion	1945	only	-	Apr	16	0:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1083
Rule	Zion	1945	only	-	Nov	 1	2:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1084
Rule	Zion	1946	only	-	Apr	16	2:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1085
Rule	Zion	1946	only	-	Nov	 1	0:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1086
Rule	Zion	1948	only	-	May	23	0:00	2:00	DD
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1087
Rule	Zion	1948	only	-	Sep	 1	0:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1088
Rule	Zion	1948	1949	-	Nov	 1	2:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1089
Rule	Zion	1949	only	-	May	 1	0:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1090
Rule	Zion	1950	only	-	Apr	16	0:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1091
Rule	Zion	1950	only	-	Sep	15	3:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1092
Rule	Zion	1951	only	-	Apr	 1	0:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1093
Rule	Zion	1951	only	-	Nov	11	3:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1094
Rule	Zion	1952	only	-	Apr	20	2:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1095
Rule	Zion	1952	only	-	Oct	19	3:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1096
Rule	Zion	1953	only	-	Apr	12	2:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1097
Rule	Zion	1953	only	-	Sep	13	3:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1098
Rule	Zion	1954	only	-	Jun	13	0:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1099
Rule	Zion	1954	only	-	Sep	12	0:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1100
Rule	Zion	1955	only	-	Jun	11	2:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1101
Rule	Zion	1955	only	-	Sep	11	0:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1102
Rule	Zion	1956	only	-	Jun	 3	0:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1103
Rule	Zion	1956	only	-	Sep	30	3:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1104
Rule	Zion	1957	only	-	Apr	29	2:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1105
Rule	Zion	1957	only	-	Sep	22	0:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1106
Rule	Zion	1974	only	-	Jul	 7	0:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1107
Rule	Zion	1974	only	-	Oct	13	0:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1108
Rule	Zion	1975	only	-	Apr	20	0:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1109
Rule	Zion	1975	only	-	Aug	31	0:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1110
Rule	Zion	1985	only	-	Apr	14	0:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1111
Rule	Zion	1985	only	-	Sep	15	0:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1112
Rule	Zion	1986	only	-	May	18	0:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1113
Rule	Zion	1986	only	-	Sep	 7	0:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1114
Rule	Zion	1987	only	-	Apr	15	0:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1115
Rule	Zion	1987	only	-	Sep	13	0:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1116
Rule	Zion	1988	only	-	Apr	 9	0:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1117
Rule	Zion	1988	only	-	Sep	 3	0:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1118
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1119
# From Ephraim Silverberg
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1120
# (1997-03-04, 1998-03-16, 1998-12-28, 2000-01-17, 2000-07-25, 2004-12-22,
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1121
# and 2005-02-17):
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1122
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1123
# According to the Office of the Secretary General of the Ministry of
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1124
# Interior, there is NO set rule for Daylight-Savings/Standard time changes.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1125
# One thing is entrenched in law, however: that there must be at least 150
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1126
# days of daylight savings time annually.  From 1993-1998, the change to
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1127
# daylight savings time was on a Friday morning from midnight IST to
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1128
# 1 a.m IDT; up until 1998, the change back to standard time was on a
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1129
# Saturday night from midnight daylight savings time to 11 p.m. standard
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1130
# time.  1996 is an exception to this rule where the change back to standard
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1131
# time took place on Sunday night instead of Saturday night to avoid
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1132
# conflicts with the Jewish New Year.  In 1999, the change to
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1133
# daylight savings time was still on a Friday morning but from
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1134
# 2 a.m. IST to 3 a.m. IDT; furthermore, the change back to standard time
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1135
# was also on a Friday morning from 2 a.m. IDT to 1 a.m. IST for
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1136
# 1999 only.  In the year 2000, the change to daylight savings time was
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1137
# similar to 1999, but although the change back will be on a Friday, it
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1138
# will take place from 1 a.m. IDT to midnight IST.  Starting in 2001, all
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1139
# changes to/from will take place at 1 a.m. old time, but now there is no
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1140
# rule as to what day of the week it will take place in as the start date
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1141
# (except in 2003) is the night after the Passover Seder (i.e. the eve
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1142
# of the 16th of Nisan in the lunar Hebrew calendar) and the end date
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1143
# (except in 2002) is three nights before Yom Kippur [Day of Atonement]
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1144
# (the eve of the 7th of Tishrei in the lunar Hebrew calendar).
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1145
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1146
# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1147
Rule	Zion	1989	only	-	Apr	30	0:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1148
Rule	Zion	1989	only	-	Sep	 3	0:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1149
Rule	Zion	1990	only	-	Mar	25	0:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1150
Rule	Zion	1990	only	-	Aug	26	0:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1151
Rule	Zion	1991	only	-	Mar	24	0:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1152
Rule	Zion	1991	only	-	Sep	 1	0:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1153
Rule	Zion	1992	only	-	Mar	29	0:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1154
Rule	Zion	1992	only	-	Sep	 6	0:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1155
Rule	Zion	1993	only	-	Apr	 2	0:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1156
Rule	Zion	1993	only	-	Sep	 5	0:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1157
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1158
# The dates for 1994-1995 were obtained from Office of the Spokeswoman for the
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1159
# Ministry of Interior, Jerusalem, Israel.  The spokeswoman can be reached by
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1160
# calling the office directly at 972-2-6701447 or 972-2-6701448.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1161
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1162
# Rule	NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1163
Rule	Zion	1994	only	-	Apr	 1	0:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1164
Rule	Zion	1994	only	-	Aug	28	0:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1165
Rule	Zion	1995	only	-	Mar	31	0:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1166
Rule	Zion	1995	only	-	Sep	 3	0:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1167
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1168
# The dates for 1996 were determined by the Minister of Interior of the
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1169
# time, Haim Ramon.  The official announcement regarding 1996-1998
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1170
# (with the dates for 1997-1998 no longer being relevant) can be viewed at:
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1171
#
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1172
#   ftp://ftp.cs.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/1996-1998.ramon.ps.gz
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1173
#
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1174
# The dates for 1997-1998 were altered by his successor, Rabbi Eli Suissa.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1175
#
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1176
# The official announcements for the years 1997-1999 can be viewed at:
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1177
#
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1178
#   ftp://ftp.cs.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/YYYY.ps.gz
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1179
#
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1180
#       where YYYY is the relevant year.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1181
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1182
# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1183
Rule	Zion	1996	only	-	Mar	15	0:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1184
Rule	Zion	1996	only	-	Sep	16	0:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1185
Rule	Zion	1997	only	-	Mar	21	0:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1186
Rule	Zion	1997	only	-	Sep	14	0:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1187
Rule	Zion	1998	only	-	Mar	20	0:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1188
Rule	Zion	1998	only	-	Sep	 6	0:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1189
Rule	Zion	1999	only	-	Apr	 2	2:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1190
Rule	Zion	1999	only	-	Sep	 3	2:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1191
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1192
# The Knesset Interior Committee has changed the dates for 2000 for
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1193
# the third time in just over a year and have set new dates for the
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1194
# years 2001-2004 as well.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1195
#
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1196
# The official announcement for the start date of 2000 can be viewed at:
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1197
#
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1198
#	ftp://ftp.cs.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/2000-start.ps.gz
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1199
#
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1200
# The official announcement for the end date of 2000 and the dates
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1201
# for the years 2001-2004 can be viewed at:
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1202
#
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1203
#	ftp://ftp.cs.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/2000-2004.ps.gz
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1204
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1205
# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1206
Rule	Zion	2000	only	-	Apr	14	2:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1207
Rule	Zion	2000	only	-	Oct	 6	1:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1208
Rule	Zion	2001	only	-	Apr	 9	1:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1209
Rule	Zion	2001	only	-	Sep	24	1:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1210
Rule	Zion	2002	only	-	Mar	29	1:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1211
Rule	Zion	2002	only	-	Oct	 7	1:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1212
Rule	Zion	2003	only	-	Mar	28	1:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1213
Rule	Zion	2003	only	-	Oct	 3	1:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1214
Rule	Zion	2004	only	-	Apr	 7	1:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1215
Rule	Zion	2004	only	-	Sep	22	1:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1216
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1217
# The proposed law agreed upon by the Knesset Interior Committee on
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1218
# 2005-02-14 is that, for 2005 and beyond, DST starts at 02:00 the
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1219
# last Friday before April 2nd (i.e. the last Friday in March or April
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1220
# 1st itself if it falls on a Friday) and ends at 02:00 on the Saturday
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1221
# night _before_ the fast of Yom Kippur.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1222
#
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1223
# Those who can read Hebrew can view the announcement at:
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1224
#
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1225
#	ftp://ftp.cs.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/2005+beyond.ps
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1226
14416
449750ac6173 8002227: (tz) Support tzdata2012i
coffeys
parents: 12306
diff changeset
  1227
# From Paul Eggert (2012-10-26):
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1228
# I used Ephraim Silverberg's dst-israel.el program
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1229
# <ftp://ftp.cs.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/software/dst-israel.el> (2005-02-20)
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1230
# along with Ed Reingold's cal-hebrew in GNU Emacs 21.4,
14416
449750ac6173 8002227: (tz) Support tzdata2012i
coffeys
parents: 12306
diff changeset
  1231
# to generate the transitions from 2005 through 2012.
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1232
# (I replaced "lastFri" with "Fri>=26" by hand.)
14416
449750ac6173 8002227: (tz) Support tzdata2012i
coffeys
parents: 12306
diff changeset
  1233
# The spring transitions all correspond to the following Rule:
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1234
#
14416
449750ac6173 8002227: (tz) Support tzdata2012i
coffeys
parents: 12306
diff changeset
  1235
# Rule	Zion	2005	2012	-	Mar	Fri>=26	2:00	1:00	D
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1236
#
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1237
# but older zic implementations (e.g., Solaris 8) do not support
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1238
# "Fri>=26" to mean April 1 in years like 2005, so for now we list the
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1239
# springtime transitions explicitly.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1240
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1241
# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1242
Rule	Zion	2005	only	-	Apr	 1	2:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1243
Rule	Zion	2005	only	-	Oct	 9	2:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1244
Rule	Zion	2006	2010	-	Mar	Fri>=26	2:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1245
Rule	Zion	2006	only	-	Oct	 1	2:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1246
Rule	Zion	2007	only	-	Sep	16	2:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1247
Rule	Zion	2008	only	-	Oct	 5	2:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1248
Rule	Zion	2009	only	-	Sep	27	2:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1249
Rule	Zion	2010	only	-	Sep	12	2:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1250
Rule	Zion	2011	only	-	Apr	 1	2:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1251
Rule	Zion	2011	only	-	Oct	 2	2:00	0	S
14416
449750ac6173 8002227: (tz) Support tzdata2012i
coffeys
parents: 12306
diff changeset
  1252
Rule	Zion	2012	only	-	Mar	Fri>=26	2:00	1:00	D
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1253
Rule	Zion	2012	only	-	Sep	23	2:00	0	S
14416
449750ac6173 8002227: (tz) Support tzdata2012i
coffeys
parents: 12306
diff changeset
  1254
19382
fdb8e07fdaee 8020054: (tz) Support tzdata2013d
sherman
parents: 17464
diff changeset
  1255
# From Ephraim Silverberg (2013-06-27):
fdb8e07fdaee 8020054: (tz) Support tzdata2013d
sherman
parents: 17464
diff changeset
  1256
# On June 23, 2013, the Israeli government approved changes to the
fdb8e07fdaee 8020054: (tz) Support tzdata2013d
sherman
parents: 17464
diff changeset
  1257
# Time Decree Law.  The next day, the changes passed the First Reading
fdb8e07fdaee 8020054: (tz) Support tzdata2013d
sherman
parents: 17464
diff changeset
  1258
# in the Knesset.  The law is expected to pass the Second and Third
fdb8e07fdaee 8020054: (tz) Support tzdata2013d
sherman
parents: 17464
diff changeset
  1259
# (final) Readings by the beginning of September 2013.
14416
449750ac6173 8002227: (tz) Support tzdata2012i
coffeys
parents: 12306
diff changeset
  1260
#
19382
fdb8e07fdaee 8020054: (tz) Support tzdata2013d
sherman
parents: 17464
diff changeset
  1261
# As of 2013, DST starts at 02:00 on the Friday before the last Sunday
fdb8e07fdaee 8020054: (tz) Support tzdata2013d
sherman
parents: 17464
diff changeset
  1262
# in March.  DST ends at 02:00 on the last Sunday of October.
17464
268d3ce75045 8013386: (tz) Support tzdata2013c
sherman
parents: 14416
diff changeset
  1263
14416
449750ac6173 8002227: (tz) Support tzdata2012i
coffeys
parents: 12306
diff changeset
  1264
# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
449750ac6173 8002227: (tz) Support tzdata2012i
coffeys
parents: 12306
diff changeset
  1265
Rule	Zion	2013	max	-	Mar	Fri>=23	2:00	1:00	D
19382
fdb8e07fdaee 8020054: (tz) Support tzdata2013d
sherman
parents: 17464
diff changeset
  1266
Rule	Zion	2013	max	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1267
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1268
# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
19382
fdb8e07fdaee 8020054: (tz) Support tzdata2013d
sherman
parents: 17464
diff changeset
  1269
Zone	Asia/Jerusalem	2:20:54 -	LMT	1880
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1270
			2:20:40	-	JMT	1918	# Jerusalem Mean Time?
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1271
			2:00	Zion	I%sT
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1272
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1273
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1274
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1275
###############################################################################
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1276
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1277
# Japan
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1278
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1279
# `9:00' and `JST' is from Guy Harris.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1280
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1281
# From Paul Eggert (1995-03-06):
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1282
# Today's _Asahi Evening News_ (page 4) reports that Japan had
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1283
# daylight saving between 1948 and 1951, but ``the system was discontinued
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1284
# because the public believed it would lead to longer working hours.''
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1285
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1286
# From Mayumi Negishi in the 2005-08-10 Japan Times
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1287
# <http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050810f2.htm>:
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1288
# Occupation authorities imposed daylight-saving time on Japan on
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1289
# [1948-05-01]....  But lack of prior debate and the execution of
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1290
# daylight-saving time just three days after the bill was passed generated
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1291
# deep hatred of the concept....  The Diet unceremoniously passed a bill to
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1292
# dump the unpopular system in October 1951, less than a month after the San
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1293
# Francisco Peace Treaty was signed.  (A government poll in 1951 showed 53%
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1294
# of the Japanese wanted to scrap daylight-saving time, as opposed to 30% who
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1295
# wanted to keep it.)
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1296
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1297
# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1298
# Shanks & Pottenger write that DST in Japan during those years was as follows:
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1299
# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1300
Rule	Japan	1948	only	-	May	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1301
Rule	Japan	1948	1951	-	Sep	Sat>=8	2:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1302
Rule	Japan	1949	only	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1303
Rule	Japan	1950	1951	-	May	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1304
# but the only locations using it (for birth certificates, presumably, since
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1305
# their audience is astrologers) were US military bases.  For now, assume
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1306
# that for most purposes daylight-saving time was observed; otherwise, what
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1307
# would have been the point of the 1951 poll?
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1308
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1309
# From Hideyuki Suzuki (1998-11-09):
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1310
# 'Tokyo' usually stands for the former location of Tokyo Astronomical
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1311
# Observatory: E 139 44' 40".90 (9h 18m 58s.727), N 35 39' 16".0.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1312
# This data is from 'Rika Nenpyou (Chronological Scientific Tables) 1996'
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1313
# edited by National Astronomical Observatory of Japan....
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1314
# JST (Japan Standard Time) has been used since 1888-01-01 00:00 (JST).
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1315
# The law is enacted on 1886-07-07.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1316
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1317
# From Hideyuki Suzuki (1998-11-16):
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1318
# The ordinance No. 51 (1886) established "standard time" in Japan,
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1319
# which stands for the time on E 135 degree.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1320
# In the ordinance No. 167 (1895), "standard time" was renamed to "central
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1321
# standard time".  And the same ordinance also established "western standard
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1322
# time", which stands for the time on E 120 degree....  But "western standard
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1323
# time" was abolished in the ordinance No. 529 (1937).  In the ordinance No.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1324
# 167, there is no mention regarding for what place western standard time is
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1325
# standard....
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1326
#
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1327
# I wrote "ordinance" above, but I don't know how to translate.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1328
# In Japanese it's "chokurei", which means ordinance from emperor.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1329
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1330
# Shanks & Pottenger claim JST in use since 1896, and that a few
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1331
# places (e.g. Ishigaki) use +0800; go with Suzuki.  Guess that all
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1332
# ordinances took effect on Jan 1.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1333
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1334
# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1335
Zone	Asia/Tokyo	9:18:59	-	LMT	1887 Dec 31 15:00u
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1336
			9:00	-	JST	1896
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1337
			9:00	-	CJT	1938
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1338
			9:00	Japan	J%sT
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1339
# Since 1938, all Japanese possessions have been like Asia/Tokyo.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1340
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1341
# Jordan
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1342
#
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1343
# From <a href="http://star.arabia.com/990701/JO9.html">
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1344
# Jordan Week (1999-07-01) </a> via Steffen Thorsen (1999-09-09):
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1345
# Clocks in Jordan were forwarded one hour on Wednesday at midnight,
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1346
# in accordance with the government's decision to implement summer time
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1347
# all year round.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1348
#
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1349
# From <a href="http://star.arabia.com/990930/JO9.html">
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1350
# Jordan Week (1999-09-30) </a> via Steffen Thorsen (1999-11-09):
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1351
# Winter time starts today Thursday, 30 September. Clocks will be turned back
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1352
# by one hour.  This is the latest government decision and it's final!
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1353
# The decision was taken because of the increase in working hours in
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1354
# government's departments from six to seven hours.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1355
#
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1356
# From Paul Eggert (2005-11-22):
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1357
# Starting 2003 transitions are from Steffen Thorsen's web site timeanddate.com.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1358
#
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1359
# From Steffen Thorsen (2005-11-23):
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1360
# For Jordan I have received multiple independent user reports every year
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1361
# about DST end dates, as the end-rule is different every year.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1362
#
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1363
# From Steffen Thorsen (2006-10-01), after a heads-up from Hilal Malawi:
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1364
# http://www.petranews.gov.jo/nepras/2006/Sep/05/4000.htm
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1365
# "Jordan will switch to winter time on Friday, October 27".
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1366
#
2813
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  1367
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  1368
# From Phil Pizzey (2009-04-02):
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  1369
# ...I think I may have spotted an error in the timezone data for
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  1370
# Jordan.
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  1371
# The current (2009d) asia file shows Jordan going to daylight
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  1372
# saving
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  1373
# time on the last Thursday in March.
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  1374
#
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  1375
# Rule  Jordan      2000  max	-  Mar   lastThu     0:00s 1:00  S
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  1376
#
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  1377
# However timeanddate.com, which I usually find reliable, shows Jordan
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  1378
# going to daylight saving time on the last Friday in March since 2002.
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  1379
# Please see
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  1380
# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/timezone.html?n=11">
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  1381
# http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/timezone.html?n=11
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  1382
# </a>
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  1383
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  1384
# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-04-02):
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  1385
# This single one might be good enough, (2009-03-24, Arabic):
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  1386
# <a href="http://petra.gov.jo/Artical.aspx?Lng=2&Section=8&Artical=95279">
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  1387
# http://petra.gov.jo/Artical.aspx?Lng=2&Section=8&Artical=95279
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  1388
# </a>
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  1389
#
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  1390
# Google's translation:
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  1391
#
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  1392
# > The Council of Ministers decided in 2002 to adopt the principle of timely
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  1393
# > submission of the summer at 60 minutes as of midnight on the last Thursday
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  1394
# > of the month of March of each year.
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  1395
#
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  1396
# So - this means the midnight between Thursday and Friday since 2002.
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  1397
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  1398
# From Arthur David Olson (2009-04-06):
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  1399
# We still have Jordan switching to DST on Thursdays in 2000 and 2001.
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  1400
14416
449750ac6173 8002227: (tz) Support tzdata2012i
coffeys
parents: 12306
diff changeset
  1401
# From Steffen Thorsen (2012-10-25):
449750ac6173 8002227: (tz) Support tzdata2012i
coffeys
parents: 12306
diff changeset
  1402
# Yesterday the government in Jordan announced that they will not
449750ac6173 8002227: (tz) Support tzdata2012i
coffeys
parents: 12306
diff changeset
  1403
# switch back to standard time this winter, so the will stay on DST
449750ac6173 8002227: (tz) Support tzdata2012i
coffeys
parents: 12306
diff changeset
  1404
# until about the same time next year (at least).
449750ac6173 8002227: (tz) Support tzdata2012i
coffeys
parents: 12306
diff changeset
  1405
# http://www.petra.gov.jo/Public_News/Nws_NewsDetails.aspx?NewsID=88950
22616
2b4c9efdf2d7 8030822: (tz) Support tzdata2013i
aefimov
parents: 21805
diff changeset
  1406
2b4c9efdf2d7 8030822: (tz) Support tzdata2013i
aefimov
parents: 21805
diff changeset
  1407
# From Steffen Thorsen (2013-12-11):
2b4c9efdf2d7 8030822: (tz) Support tzdata2013i
aefimov
parents: 21805
diff changeset
  1408
# Jordan Times and other sources say that Jordan is going back to
2b4c9efdf2d7 8030822: (tz) Support tzdata2013i
aefimov
parents: 21805
diff changeset
  1409
# UTC+2 on 2013-12-19 at midnight:
2b4c9efdf2d7 8030822: (tz) Support tzdata2013i
aefimov
parents: 21805
diff changeset
  1410
# http://jordantimes.com/govt-decides-to-switch-back-to-wintertime
2b4c9efdf2d7 8030822: (tz) Support tzdata2013i
aefimov
parents: 21805
diff changeset
  1411
# Official, in Arabic:
2b4c9efdf2d7 8030822: (tz) Support tzdata2013i
aefimov
parents: 21805
diff changeset
  1412
# http://www.petra.gov.jo/public_news/Nws_NewsDetails.aspx?Menu_ID=&Site_Id=2&lang=1&NewsID=133230&CatID=14
2b4c9efdf2d7 8030822: (tz) Support tzdata2013i
aefimov
parents: 21805
diff changeset
  1413
# ... Our background/permalink about it
2b4c9efdf2d7 8030822: (tz) Support tzdata2013i
aefimov
parents: 21805
diff changeset
  1414
# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/jordan-reverses-dst-decision.html
2b4c9efdf2d7 8030822: (tz) Support tzdata2013i
aefimov
parents: 21805
diff changeset
  1415
# ...
2b4c9efdf2d7 8030822: (tz) Support tzdata2013i
aefimov
parents: 21805
diff changeset
  1416
# http://www.petra.gov.jo/Public_News/Nws_NewsDetails.aspx?lang=2&site_id=1&NewsID=133313&Type=P
2b4c9efdf2d7 8030822: (tz) Support tzdata2013i
aefimov
parents: 21805
diff changeset
  1417
# ... says midnight for the coming one and 1:00 for the ones in the future
2b4c9efdf2d7 8030822: (tz) Support tzdata2013i
aefimov
parents: 21805
diff changeset
  1418
# (and they will use DST again next year, using the normal schedule).
2b4c9efdf2d7 8030822: (tz) Support tzdata2013i
aefimov
parents: 21805
diff changeset
  1419
2b4c9efdf2d7 8030822: (tz) Support tzdata2013i
aefimov
parents: 21805
diff changeset
  1420
# From Paul Eggert (2013-12-11):
2b4c9efdf2d7 8030822: (tz) Support tzdata2013i
aefimov
parents: 21805
diff changeset
  1421
# As Steffen suggested, consider the past 21-month experiment to be DST.
14416
449750ac6173 8002227: (tz) Support tzdata2012i
coffeys
parents: 12306
diff changeset
  1422
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1423
# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1424
Rule	Jordan	1973	only	-	Jun	6	0:00	1:00	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1425
Rule	Jordan	1973	1975	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	-
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1426
Rule	Jordan	1974	1977	-	May	1	0:00	1:00	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1427
Rule	Jordan	1976	only	-	Nov	1	0:00	0	-
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1428
Rule	Jordan	1977	only	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	-
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1429
Rule	Jordan	1978	only	-	Apr	30	0:00	1:00	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1430
Rule	Jordan	1978	only	-	Sep	30	0:00	0	-
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1431
Rule	Jordan	1985	only	-	Apr	1	0:00	1:00	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1432
Rule	Jordan	1985	only	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	-
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1433
Rule	Jordan	1986	1988	-	Apr	Fri>=1	0:00	1:00	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1434
Rule	Jordan	1986	1990	-	Oct	Fri>=1	0:00	0	-
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1435
Rule	Jordan	1989	only	-	May	8	0:00	1:00	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1436
Rule	Jordan	1990	only	-	Apr	27	0:00	1:00	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1437
Rule	Jordan	1991	only	-	Apr	17	0:00	1:00	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1438
Rule	Jordan	1991	only	-	Sep	27	0:00	0	-
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1439
Rule	Jordan	1992	only	-	Apr	10	0:00	1:00	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1440
Rule	Jordan	1992	1993	-	Oct	Fri>=1	0:00	0	-
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1441
Rule	Jordan	1993	1998	-	Apr	Fri>=1	0:00	1:00	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1442
Rule	Jordan	1994	only	-	Sep	Fri>=15	0:00	0	-
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1443
Rule	Jordan	1995	1998	-	Sep	Fri>=15	0:00s	0	-
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1444
Rule	Jordan	1999	only	-	Jul	 1	0:00s	1:00	S
2813
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  1445
Rule	Jordan	1999	2002	-	Sep	lastFri	0:00s	0	-
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  1446
Rule	Jordan	2000	2001	-	Mar	lastThu	0:00s	1:00	S
20867
38b088040f4f 8025255: (tz) Support tzdata2013g
aefimov
parents: 19382
diff changeset
  1447
Rule	Jordan	2002	2012	-	Mar	lastThu	24:00	1:00	S
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1448
Rule	Jordan	2003	only	-	Oct	24	0:00s	0	-
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1449
Rule	Jordan	2004	only	-	Oct	15	0:00s	0	-
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1450
Rule	Jordan	2005	only	-	Sep	lastFri	0:00s	0	-
22616
2b4c9efdf2d7 8030822: (tz) Support tzdata2013i
aefimov
parents: 21805
diff changeset
  1451
Rule	Jordan	2006	2011	-	Oct	lastFri	0:00s	0	-
2b4c9efdf2d7 8030822: (tz) Support tzdata2013i
aefimov
parents: 21805
diff changeset
  1452
Rule	Jordan	2013	only	-	Dec	20	0:00	0	-
2b4c9efdf2d7 8030822: (tz) Support tzdata2013i
aefimov
parents: 21805
diff changeset
  1453
Rule	Jordan	2014	max	-	Mar	lastThu	24:00	1:00	S
2b4c9efdf2d7 8030822: (tz) Support tzdata2013i
aefimov
parents: 21805
diff changeset
  1454
Rule	Jordan	2014	max	-	Oct	lastFri	0:00s	0	-
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1455
# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1456
Zone	Asia/Amman	2:23:44 -	LMT	1931
22616
2b4c9efdf2d7 8030822: (tz) Support tzdata2013i
aefimov
parents: 21805
diff changeset
  1457
			2:00	Jordan	EE%sT
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1458
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1459
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1460
# Kazakhstan
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1461
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1462
# From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22):
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1463
# Andrew Evtichov (1996-04-13) writes that Kazakhstan
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1464
# stayed in sync with Moscow after 1990, and that Aqtobe (formerly Aktyubinsk)
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1465
# and Aqtau (formerly Shevchenko) are the largest cities in their zones.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1466
# Guess that Aqtau and Aqtobe diverged in 1995, since that's the first time
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1467
# IATA SSIM mentions a third time zone in Kazakhstan.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1468
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1469
# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1470
# German Iofis, ELSI, Almaty (2001-10-09) reports that Kazakhstan uses
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1471
# RussiaAsia rules, instead of switching at 00:00 as the IATA has it.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1472
# Go with Shanks & Pottenger, who have them always using RussiaAsia rules.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1473
# Also go with the following claims of Shanks & Pottenger:
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1474
#
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1475
# - Kazakhstan did not observe DST in 1991.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1476
# - Qyzylorda switched from +5:00 to +6:00 on 1992-01-19 02:00.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1477
# - Oral switched from +5:00 to +4:00 in spring 1989.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1478
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1479
# <a href="http://www.kazsociety.org.uk/news/2005/03/30.htm">
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1480
# From Kazakhstan Embassy's News Bulletin #11 (2005-03-21):
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1481
# </a>
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1482
# The Government of Kazakhstan passed a resolution March 15 abolishing
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1483
# daylight saving time citing lack of economic benefits and health
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1484
# complications coupled with a decrease in productivity.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1485
#
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1486
# From Branislav Kojic (in Astana) via Gwillim Law (2005-06-28):
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1487
# ... what happened was that the former Kazakhstan Eastern time zone
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1488
# was "blended" with the Central zone.  Therefore, Kazakhstan now has
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1489
# two time zones, and difference between them is one hour.  The zone
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1490
# closer to UTC is the former Western zone (probably still called the
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1491
# same), encompassing four provinces in the west: Aqtobe, Atyrau,
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1492
# Mangghystau, and West Kazakhstan.  The other zone encompasses
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1493
# everything else....  I guess that would make Kazakhstan time zones
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1494
# de jure UTC+5 and UTC+6 respectively.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1495
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1496
#
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1497
# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1498
#
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1499
# Almaty (formerly Alma-Ata), representing most locations in Kazakhstan
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1500
Zone	Asia/Almaty	5:07:48 -	LMT	1924 May  2 # or Alma-Ata
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1501
			5:00	-	ALMT	1930 Jun 21 # Alma-Ata Time
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1502
			6:00 RussiaAsia ALM%sT	1991
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1503
			6:00	-	ALMT	1992
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1504
			6:00 RussiaAsia	ALM%sT	2005 Mar 15
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1505
			6:00	-	ALMT
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1506
# Qyzylorda (aka Kyzylorda, Kizilorda, Kzyl-Orda, etc.)
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1507
Zone	Asia/Qyzylorda	4:21:52 -	LMT	1924 May  2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1508
			4:00	-	KIZT	1930 Jun 21 # Kizilorda Time
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1509
			5:00	-	KIZT	1981 Apr  1
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1510
			5:00	1:00	KIZST	1981 Oct  1
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1511
			6:00	-	KIZT	1982 Apr  1
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1512
			5:00 RussiaAsia	KIZ%sT	1991
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1513
			5:00	-	KIZT	1991 Dec 16 # independence
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1514
			5:00	-	QYZT	1992 Jan 19 2:00
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1515
			6:00 RussiaAsia	QYZ%sT	2005 Mar 15
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1516
			6:00	-	QYZT
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1517
# Aqtobe (aka Aktobe, formerly Akt'ubinsk)
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1518
Zone	Asia/Aqtobe	3:48:40	-	LMT	1924 May  2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1519
			4:00	-	AKTT	1930 Jun 21 # Aktyubinsk Time
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1520
			5:00	-	AKTT	1981 Apr  1
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1521
			5:00	1:00	AKTST	1981 Oct  1
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1522
			6:00	-	AKTT	1982 Apr  1
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1523
			5:00 RussiaAsia	AKT%sT	1991
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1524
			5:00	-	AKTT	1991 Dec 16 # independence
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1525
			5:00 RussiaAsia	AQT%sT	2005 Mar 15 # Aqtobe Time
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1526
			5:00	-	AQTT
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1527
# Mangghystau
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1528
# Aqtau was not founded until 1963, but it represents an inhabited region,
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1529
# so include time stamps before 1963.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1530
Zone	Asia/Aqtau	3:21:04	-	LMT	1924 May  2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1531
			4:00	-	FORT	1930 Jun 21 # Fort Shevchenko T
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1532
			5:00	-	FORT	1963
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1533
			5:00	-	SHET	1981 Oct  1 # Shevchenko Time
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1534
			6:00	-	SHET	1982 Apr  1
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1535
			5:00 RussiaAsia	SHE%sT	1991
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1536
			5:00	-	SHET	1991 Dec 16 # independence
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1537
			5:00 RussiaAsia	AQT%sT	1995 Mar lastSun 2:00 # Aqtau Time
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1538
			4:00 RussiaAsia	AQT%sT	2005 Mar 15
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1539
			5:00	-	AQTT
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1540
# West Kazakhstan
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1541
Zone	Asia/Oral	3:25:24	-	LMT	1924 May  2 # or Ural'sk
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1542
			4:00	-	URAT	1930 Jun 21 # Ural'sk time
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1543
			5:00	-	URAT	1981 Apr  1
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1544
			5:00	1:00	URAST	1981 Oct  1
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1545
			6:00	-	URAT	1982 Apr  1
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1546
			5:00 RussiaAsia	URA%sT	1989 Mar 26 2:00
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1547
			4:00 RussiaAsia	URA%sT	1991
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1548
			4:00	-	URAT	1991 Dec 16 # independence
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1549
			4:00 RussiaAsia	ORA%sT	2005 Mar 15 # Oral Time
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1550
			5:00	-	ORAT
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1551
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1552
# Kyrgyzstan (Kirgizstan)
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1553
# Transitions through 1991 are from Shanks & Pottenger.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1554
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1555
# From Paul Eggert (2005-08-15):
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1556
# According to an article dated today in the Kyrgyzstan Development Gateway
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1557
# <http://eng.gateway.kg/cgi-bin/page.pl?id=1&story_name=doc9979.shtml>
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1558
# Kyrgyzstan is canceling the daylight saving time system.  I take the article
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1559
# to mean that they will leave their clocks at 6 hours ahead of UTC.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1560
# From Malik Abdugaliev (2005-09-21):
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1561
# Our government cancels daylight saving time 6th of August 2005.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1562
# From 2005-08-12 our GMT-offset is +6, w/o any daylight saving.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1563
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1564
# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1565
Rule	Kyrgyz	1992	1996	-	Apr	Sun>=7	0:00s	1:00	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1566
Rule	Kyrgyz	1992	1996	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	0	-
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1567
Rule	Kyrgyz	1997	2005	-	Mar	lastSun	2:30	1:00	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1568
Rule	Kyrgyz	1997	2004	-	Oct	lastSun	2:30	0	-
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1569
# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1570
Zone	Asia/Bishkek	4:58:24 -	LMT	1924 May  2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1571
			5:00	-	FRUT	1930 Jun 21 # Frunze Time
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1572
			6:00 RussiaAsia FRU%sT	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1573
			5:00	1:00	FRUST	1991 Aug 31 2:00 # independence
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1574
			5:00	Kyrgyz	KG%sT	2005 Aug 12    # Kyrgyzstan Time
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1575
			6:00	-	KGT
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1576
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1577
###############################################################################
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1578
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1579
# Korea (North and South)
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1580
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1581
# From Annie I. Bang (2006-07-10) in
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1582
# <http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2006/07/10/200607100012.asp>:
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1583
# The Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy has already
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1584
# commissioned a research project [to reintroduce DST] and has said
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1585
# the system may begin as early as 2008....  Korea ran a daylight
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1586
# saving program from 1949-61 but stopped it during the 1950-53 Korean War.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1587
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1588
# From Shanks & Pottenger:
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1589
# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1590
Rule	ROK	1960	only	-	May	15	0:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1591
Rule	ROK	1960	only	-	Sep	13	0:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1592
Rule	ROK	1987	1988	-	May	Sun>=8	0:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1593
Rule	ROK	1987	1988	-	Oct	Sun>=8	0:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1594
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1595
# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1596
Zone	Asia/Seoul	8:27:52	-	LMT	1890
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1597
			8:30	-	KST	1904 Dec
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1598
			9:00	-	KST	1928
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1599
			8:30	-	KST	1932
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1600
			9:00	-	KST	1954 Mar 21
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1601
			8:00	ROK	K%sT	1961 Aug 10
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1602
			8:30	-	KST	1968 Oct
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1603
			9:00	ROK	K%sT
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1604
Zone	Asia/Pyongyang	8:23:00 -	LMT	1890
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1605
			8:30	-	KST	1904 Dec
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1606
			9:00	-	KST	1928
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1607
			8:30	-	KST	1932
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1608
			9:00	-	KST	1954 Mar 21
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1609
			8:00	-	KST	1961 Aug 10
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1610
			9:00	-	KST
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1611
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1612
###############################################################################
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1613
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1614
# Kuwait
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1615
# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1616
# From the Arab Times (2007-03-14):
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1617
# The Civil Service Commission (CSC) has approved a proposal forwarded
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1618
# by MP Ahmad Baqer on implementing the daylight saving time (DST) in
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1619
# Kuwait starting from April until the end of Sept this year, reports Al-Anba.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1620
# <http://www.arabtimesonline.com/arabtimes/kuwait/Viewdet.asp?ID=9950>.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1621
# From Paul Eggert (2007-03-29):
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1622
# We don't know the details, or whether the approval means it'll happen,
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1623
# so for now we assume no DST.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1624
Zone	Asia/Kuwait	3:11:56 -	LMT	1950
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1625
			3:00	-	AST
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1626
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1627
# Laos
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1628
# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1629
Zone	Asia/Vientiane	6:50:24 -	LMT	1906 Jun  9 # or Viangchan
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1630
			7:06:20	-	SMT	1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT?
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1631
			7:00	-	ICT	1912 May
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1632
			8:00	-	ICT	1931 May
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1633
			7:00	-	ICT
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1634
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1635
# Lebanon
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1636
# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1637
Rule	Lebanon	1920	only	-	Mar	28	0:00	1:00	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1638
Rule	Lebanon	1920	only	-	Oct	25	0:00	0	-
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1639
Rule	Lebanon	1921	only	-	Apr	3	0:00	1:00	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1640
Rule	Lebanon	1921	only	-	Oct	3	0:00	0	-
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1641
Rule	Lebanon	1922	only	-	Mar	26	0:00	1:00	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1642
Rule	Lebanon	1922	only	-	Oct	8	0:00	0	-
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1643
Rule	Lebanon	1923	only	-	Apr	22	0:00	1:00	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1644
Rule	Lebanon	1923	only	-	Sep	16	0:00	0	-
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1645
Rule	Lebanon	1957	1961	-	May	1	0:00	1:00	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1646
Rule	Lebanon	1957	1961	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	-
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1647
Rule	Lebanon	1972	only	-	Jun	22	0:00	1:00	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1648
Rule	Lebanon	1972	1977	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	-
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1649
Rule	Lebanon	1973	1977	-	May	1	0:00	1:00	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1650
Rule	Lebanon	1978	only	-	Apr	30	0:00	1:00	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1651
Rule	Lebanon	1978	only	-	Sep	30	0:00	0	-
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1652
Rule	Lebanon	1984	1987	-	May	1	0:00	1:00	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1653
Rule	Lebanon	1984	1991	-	Oct	16	0:00	0	-
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1654
Rule	Lebanon	1988	only	-	Jun	1	0:00	1:00	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1655
Rule	Lebanon	1989	only	-	May	10	0:00	1:00	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1656
Rule	Lebanon	1990	1992	-	May	1	0:00	1:00	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1657
Rule	Lebanon	1992	only	-	Oct	4	0:00	0	-
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1658
Rule	Lebanon	1993	max	-	Mar	lastSun	0:00	1:00	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1659
Rule	Lebanon	1993	1998	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	0	-
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1660
Rule	Lebanon	1999	max	-	Oct	lastSun	0:00	0	-
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1661
# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1662
Zone	Asia/Beirut	2:22:00 -	LMT	1880
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1663
			2:00	Lebanon	EE%sT
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1664
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1665
# Malaysia
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1666
# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1667
Rule	NBorneo	1935	1941	-	Sep	14	0:00	0:20	TS # one-Third Summer
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1668
Rule	NBorneo	1935	1941	-	Dec	14	0:00	0	-
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1669
#
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1670
# peninsular Malaysia
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1671
# The data here are taken from Mok Ly Yng (2003-10-30)
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1672
# <http://www.math.nus.edu.sg/aslaksen/teaching/timezone.html>.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1673
# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1674
Zone Asia/Kuala_Lumpur	6:46:46 -	LMT	1901 Jan  1
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1675
			6:55:25	-	SMT	1905 Jun  1 # Singapore M.T.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1676
			7:00	-	MALT	1933 Jan  1 # Malaya Time
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1677
			7:00	0:20	MALST	1936 Jan  1
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1678
			7:20	-	MALT	1941 Sep  1
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1679
			7:30	-	MALT	1942 Feb 16
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1680
			9:00	-	JST	1945 Sep 12
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1681
			7:30	-	MALT	1982 Jan  1
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1682
			8:00	-	MYT	# Malaysia Time
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1683
# Sabah & Sarawak
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1684
# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1685
# The data here are mostly from Shanks & Pottenger, but the 1942, 1945 and 1982
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1686
# transition dates are from Mok Ly Yng.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1687
# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1688
Zone Asia/Kuching	7:21:20	-	LMT	1926 Mar
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1689
			7:30	-	BORT	1933	# Borneo Time
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1690
			8:00	NBorneo	BOR%sT	1942 Feb 16
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1691
			9:00	-	JST	1945 Sep 12
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1692
			8:00	-	BORT	1982 Jan  1
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1693
			8:00	-	MYT
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1694
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1695
# Maldives
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1696
# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1697
Zone	Indian/Maldives	4:54:00 -	LMT	1880	# Male
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1698
			4:54:00	-	MMT	1960	# Male Mean Time
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1699
			5:00	-	MVT		# Maldives Time
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1700
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1701
# Mongolia
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1702
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1703
# Shanks & Pottenger say that Mongolia has three time zones, but
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1704
# usno1995 and the CIA map Standard Time Zones of the World (2005-03)
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1705
# both say that it has just one.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1706
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1707
# From Oscar van Vlijmen (1999-12-11):
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1708
# <a href="http://www.mongoliatourism.gov.mn/general.htm">
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1709
# General Information Mongolia
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1710
# </a> (1999-09)
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1711
# "Time: Mongolia has two time zones. Three westernmost provinces of
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1712
# Bayan-Ulgii, Uvs, and Hovd are one hour earlier than the capital city, and
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1713
# the rest of the country follows the Ulaanbaatar time, which is UTC/GMT plus
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1714
# eight hours."
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1715
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1716
# From Rives McDow (1999-12-13):
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1717
# Mongolia discontinued the use of daylight savings time in 1999; 1998
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1718
# being the last year it was implemented.  The dates of implementation I am
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1719
# unsure of, but most probably it was similar to Russia, except for the time
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1720
# of implementation may have been different....
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1721
# Some maps in the past have indicated that there was an additional time
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1722
# zone in the eastern part of Mongolia, including the provinces of Dornod,
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1723
# Suhbaatar, and possibly Khentij.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1724
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1725
# From Paul Eggert (1999-12-15):
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1726
# Naming and spelling is tricky in Mongolia.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1727
# We'll use Hovd (also spelled Chovd and Khovd) to represent the west zone;
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1728
# the capital of the Hovd province is sometimes called Hovd, sometimes Dund-Us,
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1729
# and sometimes Jirgalanta (with variant spellings), but the name Hovd
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1730
# is good enough for our purposes.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1731
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1732
# From Rives McDow (2001-05-13):
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1733
# In addition to Mongolia starting daylight savings as reported earlier
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1734
# (adopted DST on 2001-04-27 02:00 local time, ending 2001-09-28),
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1735
# there are three time zones.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1736
#
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1737
# Provinces [at 7:00]: Bayan-ulgii, Uvs, Khovd, Zavkhan, Govi-Altai
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1738
# Provinces [at 8:00]: Khovsgol, Bulgan, Arkhangai, Khentii, Tov,
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1739
#	Bayankhongor, Ovorkhangai, Dundgovi, Dornogovi, Omnogovi
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1740
# Provinces [at 9:00]: Dornod, Sukhbaatar
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1741
#
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1742
# [The province of Selenge is omitted from the above lists.]
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1743
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1744
# From Ganbold Ts., Ulaanbaatar (2004-04-17):
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1745
# Daylight saving occurs at 02:00 local time last Saturday of March.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1746
# It will change back to normal at 02:00 local time last Saturday of
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1747
# September.... As I remember this rule was changed in 2001.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1748
#
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1749
# From Paul Eggert (2004-04-17):
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1750
# For now, assume Rives McDow's informant got confused about Friday vs
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1751
# Saturday, and that his 2001 dates should have 1 added to them.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1752
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1753
# From Paul Eggert (2005-07-26):
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1754
# We have wildly conflicting information about Mongolia's time zones.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1755
# Bill Bonnet (2005-05-19) reports that the US Embassy in Ulaanbaatar says
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1756
# there is only one time zone and that DST is observed, citing Microsoft
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1757
# Windows XP as the source.  Risto Nykanen (2005-05-16) reports that
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1758
# travelmongolia.org says there are two time zones (UTC+7, UTC+8) with no DST.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1759
# Oscar van Vlijmen (2005-05-20) reports that the Mongolian Embassy in
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1760
# Washington, DC says there are two time zones, with DST observed.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1761
# He also found
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1762
# <http://ubpost.mongolnews.mn/index.php?subaction=showcomments&id=1111634894&archive=&start_from=&ucat=1&>
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1763
# which also says that there is DST, and which has a comment by "Toddius"
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1764
# (2005-03-31 06:05 +0700) saying "Mongolia actually has 3.5 time zones.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1765
# The West (OLGII) is +7 GMT, most of the country is ULAT is +8 GMT
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1766
# and some Eastern provinces are +9 GMT but Sukhbaatar Aimag is SUHK +8.5 GMT.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1767
# The SUKH timezone is new this year, it is one of the few things the
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1768
# parliament passed during the tumultuous winter session."
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1769
# For now, let's ignore this information, until we have more confirmation.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1770
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1771
# From Ganbold Ts. (2007-02-26):
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1772
# Parliament of Mongolia has just changed the daylight-saving rule in February.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1773
# They decided not to adopt daylight-saving time....
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1774
# http://www.mongolnews.mn/index.php?module=unuudur&sec=view&id=15742
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1775
1316
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  1776
# From Deborah Goldsmith (2008-03-30):
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  1777
# We received a bug report claiming that the tz database UTC offset for
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  1778
# Asia/Choibalsan (GMT+09:00) is incorrect, and that it should be GMT
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  1779
# +08:00 instead. Different sources appear to disagree with the tz
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  1780
# database on this, e.g.:
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  1781
#
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  1782
# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=1026">
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  1783
# http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=1026
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  1784
# </a>
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  1785
# <a href="http://www.worldtimeserver.com/current_time_in_MN.aspx">
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  1786
# http://www.worldtimeserver.com/current_time_in_MN.aspx
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  1787
# </a>
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  1788
#
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  1789
# both say GMT+08:00.
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  1790
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  1791
# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-03-31):
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  1792
# eznis airways, which operates several domestic flights, has a flight
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  1793
# schedule here:
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  1794
# <a href="http://www.eznis.com/Container.jsp?id=112">
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  1795
# http://www.eznis.com/Container.jsp?id=112
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  1796
# </a>
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  1797
# (click the English flag for English)
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  1798
#
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  1799
# There it appears that flights between Choibalsan and Ulaanbatar arrive
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  1800
# about 1:35 - 1:50 hours later in local clock time, no matter the
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  1801
# direction, while Ulaanbaatar-Khvod takes 2 hours in the Eastern
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  1802
# direction and 3:35 back, which indicates that Ulaanbatar and Khvod are
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  1803
# in different time zones (like we know about), while Choibalsan and
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  1804
# Ulaanbatar are in the same time zone (correction needed).
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  1805
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  1806
# From Arthur David Olson (2008-05-19):
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peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  1807
# Assume that Choibalsan is indeed offset by 8:00.
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  1808
# XXX--in the absence of better information, assume that transition
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  1809
# was at the start of 2008-03-31 (the day of Steffen Thorsen's report);
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peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  1810
# this is almost surely wrong.
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  1811
2
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1812
# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1813
Rule	Mongol	1983	1984	-	Apr	1	0:00	1:00	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1814
Rule	Mongol	1983	only	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	-
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1815
# Shanks & Pottenger and IATA SSIM say 1990s switches occurred at 00:00,
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1816
# but McDow says the 2001 switches occurred at 02:00.  Also, IATA SSIM
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1817
# (1996-09) says 1996-10-25.  Go with Shanks & Pottenger through 1998.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1818
#
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1819
# Shanks & Pottenger say that the Sept. 1984 through Sept. 1990 switches
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1820
# in Choibalsan (more precisely, in Dornod and Sukhbaatar) took place
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1821
# at 02:00 standard time, not at 00:00 local time as in the rest of
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1822
# the country.  That would be odd, and possibly is a result of their
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1823
# correction of 02:00 (in the previous edition) not being done correctly
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1824
# in the latest edition; so ignore it for now.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1825
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1826
Rule	Mongol	1985	1998	-	Mar	lastSun	0:00	1:00	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1827
Rule	Mongol	1984	1998	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	0	-
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1828
# IATA SSIM (1999-09) says Mongolia no longer observes DST.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1829
Rule	Mongol	2001	only	-	Apr	lastSat	2:00	1:00	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1830
Rule	Mongol	2001	2006	-	Sep	lastSat	2:00	0	-
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1831
Rule	Mongol	2002	2006	-	Mar	lastSat	2:00	1:00	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1832
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1833
# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1834
# Hovd, a.k.a. Chovd, Dund-Us, Dzhargalant, Khovd, Jirgalanta
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1835
Zone	Asia/Hovd	6:06:36 -	LMT	1905 Aug
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1836
			6:00	-	HOVT	1978	# Hovd Time
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1837
			7:00	Mongol	HOV%sT
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1838
# Ulaanbaatar, a.k.a. Ulan Bataar, Ulan Bator, Urga
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1839
Zone	Asia/Ulaanbaatar 7:07:32 -	LMT	1905 Aug
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1840
			7:00	-	ULAT	1978	# Ulaanbaatar Time
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1841
			8:00	Mongol	ULA%sT
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1842
# Choibalsan, a.k.a. Bajan Tuemen, Bajan Tumen, Chojbalsan,
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1843
# Choybalsan, Sanbejse, Tchoibalsan
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1844
Zone	Asia/Choibalsan	7:38:00 -	LMT	1905 Aug
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1845
			7:00	-	ULAT	1978
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1846
			8:00	-	ULAT	1983 Apr
1316
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  1847
			9:00	Mongol	CHO%sT	2008 Mar 31 # Choibalsan Time
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  1848
			8:00	Mongol	CHO%sT
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1849
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1850
# Nepal
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1851
# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1850
be2da26d2b21 6796489: (tz) Support tzdata2009a
peytoia
parents: 1833
diff changeset
  1852
Zone	Asia/Kathmandu	5:41:16 -	LMT	1920
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1853
			5:30	-	IST	1986
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1854
			5:45	-	NPT	# Nepal Time
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1855
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1856
# Oman
17464
268d3ce75045 8013386: (tz) Support tzdata2013c
sherman
parents: 14416
diff changeset
  1857
268d3ce75045 8013386: (tz) Support tzdata2013c
sherman
parents: 14416
diff changeset
  1858
# Milne says 3:54:24 was the meridian of the Muscat Tidal Observatory.
268d3ce75045 8013386: (tz) Support tzdata2013c
sherman
parents: 14416
diff changeset
  1859
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1860
# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
17464
268d3ce75045 8013386: (tz) Support tzdata2013c
sherman
parents: 14416
diff changeset
  1861
Zone	Asia/Muscat	3:54:24 -	LMT	1920
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1862
			4:00	-	GST
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1863
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1864
# Pakistan
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1865
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1866
# From Rives McDow (2002-03-13):
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1867
# I have been advised that Pakistan has decided to adopt dst on a
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1868
# TRIAL basis for one year, starting 00:01 local time on April 7, 2002
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1869
# and ending at 00:01 local time October 6, 2002.  This is what I was
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1870
# told, but I believe that the actual time of change may be 00:00; the
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1871
# 00:01 was to make it clear which day it was on.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1872
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1873
# From Paul Eggert (2002-03-15):
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1874
# Jesper Norgaard found this URL:
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1875
# http://www.pak.gov.pk/public/news/app/app06_dec.htm
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1876
# (dated 2001-12-06) which says that the Cabinet adopted a scheme "to
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1877
# advance the clocks by one hour on the night between the first
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1878
# Saturday and Sunday of April and revert to the original position on
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1879
# 15th October each year".  This agrees with McDow's 04-07 at 00:00,
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1880
# but disagrees about the October transition, and makes it sound like
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1881
# it's not on a trial basis.  Also, the "between the first Saturday
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1882
# and Sunday of April" phrase, if taken literally, means that the
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1883
# transition takes place at 00:00 on the first Sunday on or after 04-02.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1884
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1885
# From Paul Eggert (2003-02-09):
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1886
# DAWN <http://www.dawn.com/2002/10/06/top13.htm> reported on 2002-10-05
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1887
# that 2002 DST ended that day at midnight.  Go with McDow for now.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1888
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1889
# From Steffen Thorsen (2003-03-14):
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1890
# According to http://www.dawn.com/2003/03/07/top15.htm
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1891
# there will be no DST in Pakistan this year:
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1892
#
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1893
# ISLAMABAD, March 6: Information and Media Development Minister Sheikh
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1894
# Rashid Ahmed on Thursday said the cabinet had reversed a previous
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1895
# decision to advance clocks by one hour in summer and put them back by
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1896
# one hour in winter with the aim of saving light hours and energy.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1897
#
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1898
# The minister told a news conference that the experiment had rather
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1899
# shown 8 per cent higher consumption of electricity.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1900
1316
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  1901
# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-15):
14416
449750ac6173 8002227: (tz) Support tzdata2012i
coffeys
parents: 12306
diff changeset
  1902
#
449750ac6173 8002227: (tz) Support tzdata2012i
coffeys
parents: 12306
diff changeset
  1903
# Here is an article that Pakistan plan to introduce Daylight Saving Time
1316
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  1904
# on June 1, 2008 for 3 months.
14416
449750ac6173 8002227: (tz) Support tzdata2012i
coffeys
parents: 12306
diff changeset
  1905
#
449750ac6173 8002227: (tz) Support tzdata2012i
coffeys
parents: 12306
diff changeset
  1906
# "... The federal cabinet on Wednesday announced a new conservation plan to help
449750ac6173 8002227: (tz) Support tzdata2012i
coffeys
parents: 12306
diff changeset
  1907
# reduce load shedding by approving the closure of commercial centres at 9pm and
449750ac6173 8002227: (tz) Support tzdata2012i
coffeys
parents: 12306
diff changeset
  1908
# moving clocks forward by one hour for the next three months.
1316
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  1909
# ...."
14416
449750ac6173 8002227: (tz) Support tzdata2012i
coffeys
parents: 12306
diff changeset
  1910
#
1316
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  1911
# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_pakistan01.html">
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  1912
# http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_pakistan01.html
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  1913
# </a>
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  1914
# OR
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  1915
# <a href="http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C05%5C15%5Cstory_15-5-2008_pg1_4">
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  1916
# http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C05%5C15%5Cstory_15-5-2008_pg1_4
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  1917
# </a>
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  1918
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  1919
# From Arthur David Olson (2008-05-19):
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  1920
# XXX--midnight transitions is a guess; 2008 only is a guess.
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1921
1831
c9effd4226ea 6756569: (tz) Support tzdata2008g
peytoia
parents: 1316
diff changeset
  1922
# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2008-08-28):
c9effd4226ea 6756569: (tz) Support tzdata2008g
peytoia
parents: 1316
diff changeset
  1923
# Pakistan government has decided to keep the watches one-hour advanced
c9effd4226ea 6756569: (tz) Support tzdata2008g
peytoia
parents: 1316
diff changeset
  1924
# for another 2 months--plan to return to Standard Time on October 31
c9effd4226ea 6756569: (tz) Support tzdata2008g
peytoia
parents: 1316
diff changeset
  1925
# instead of August 31.
c9effd4226ea 6756569: (tz) Support tzdata2008g
peytoia
parents: 1316
diff changeset
  1926
#
c9effd4226ea 6756569: (tz) Support tzdata2008g
peytoia
parents: 1316
diff changeset
  1927
# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_pakistan02.html">
c9effd4226ea 6756569: (tz) Support tzdata2008g
peytoia
parents: 1316
diff changeset
  1928
# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_pakistan02.html
c9effd4226ea 6756569: (tz) Support tzdata2008g
peytoia
parents: 1316
diff changeset
  1929
# </a>
c9effd4226ea 6756569: (tz) Support tzdata2008g
peytoia
parents: 1316
diff changeset
  1930
# OR
c9effd4226ea 6756569: (tz) Support tzdata2008g
peytoia
parents: 1316
diff changeset
  1931
# <a href="http://dailymailnews.com/200808/28/news/dmbrn03.html">
c9effd4226ea 6756569: (tz) Support tzdata2008g
peytoia
parents: 1316
diff changeset
  1932
# http://dailymailnews.com/200808/28/news/dmbrn03.html
c9effd4226ea 6756569: (tz) Support tzdata2008g
peytoia
parents: 1316
diff changeset
  1933
# </a>
c9effd4226ea 6756569: (tz) Support tzdata2008g
peytoia
parents: 1316
diff changeset
  1934
2813
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  1935
# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-04-08):
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  1936
# Based on previous media reports that "... proposed plan to
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  1937
# advance clocks by one hour from May 1 will cause disturbance
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  1938
# to the working schedules rather than bringing discipline in
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  1939
# official working."
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  1940
# <a href="http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=171280">
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  1941
# http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=171280
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  1942
# </a>
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  1943
#
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  1944
# recent news that instead of May 2009 - Pakistan plan to
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  1945
# introduce DST from April 15, 2009
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  1946
#
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  1947
# FYI: Associated Press Of Pakistan
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  1948
# April 08, 2009
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  1949
# Cabinet okays proposal to advance clocks by one hour from April 15
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  1950
# <a href="http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=73043&Itemid=1">
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  1951
# http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=73043&Itemid=1
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  1952
# </a>
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  1953
#
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  1954
# or
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  1955
#
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  1956
# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_pakistan05.html">
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  1957
# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_pakistan05.html
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  1958
# </a>
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  1959
#
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  1960
# ....
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  1961
# The Federal Cabinet on Wednesday approved the proposal to
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  1962
# advance clocks in the country by one hour from April 15 to
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  1963
# conserve energy"
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  1964
4279
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peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  1965
# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-09-17):
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  1966
# "The News International," Pakistan reports that: "The Federal
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  1967
# Government has decided to restore the previous time by moving the
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  1968
# clocks backward by one hour from October 1. A formal announcement to
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  1969
# this effect will be made after the Prime Minister grants approval in
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449750ac6173 8002227: (tz) Support tzdata2012i
coffeys
parents: 12306
diff changeset
  1970
# this regard."
4279
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peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  1971
# <a href="http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=87168">
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  1972
# http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=87168
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  1973
# </a>
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  1974
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  1975
# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-09-28):
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  1976
# According to Associated Press Of Pakistan, it is confirmed that
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  1977
# Pakistan clocks across the country would be turned back by an hour from October
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  1978
# 1, 2009.
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  1979
#
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  1980
# "Clocks to go back one hour from 1 Oct"
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  1981
# <a href="http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=86715&Itemid=2">
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  1982
# http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=86715&Itemid=2
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  1983
# </a>
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  1984
# or
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  1985
# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_pakistan07.htm">
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  1986
# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_pakistan07.htm
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  1987
# </a>
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  1988
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  1989
# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-09-29):
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  1990
# Alexander Krivenyshev wrote:
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  1991
# > According to Associated Press Of Pakistan, it is confirmed that
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  1992
# > Pakistan clocks across the country would be turned back by an hour from October
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  1993
# > 1, 2009.
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  1994
#
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
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  1995
# Now they seem to have changed their mind, November 1 is the new date:
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  1996
# <a href="http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=24742">
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  1997
# http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=24742
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  1998
# </a>
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  1999
# "The country's clocks will be reversed by one hour on November 1.
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  2000
# Officials of Federal Ministry for Interior told this to Geo News on
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  2001
# Monday."
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  2002
#
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peytoia
parents: 3739
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  2003
# And more importantly, it seems that these dates will be kept every year:
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  2004
# "It has now been decided that clocks will be wound forward by one hour
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peytoia
parents: 3739
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  2005
# on April 15 and reversed by an hour on November 1 every year without
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  2006
# obtaining prior approval, the officials added."
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  2007
#
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
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  2008
# We have confirmed this year's end date with both with the Ministry of
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  2009
# Water and Power and the Pakistan Electric Power Company:
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  2010
# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/pakistan-ends-dst09.html">
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  2011
# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/pakistan-ends-dst09.html
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  2012
# </a>
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  2013
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  2014
# From Christoph Goehre (2009-10-01):
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  2015
# [T]he German Consulate General in Karachi reported me today that Pakistan
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  2016
# will go back to standard time on 1st of November.
2813
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peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  2017
5286
960c1ce0f14d 6945238: (tz) Support tzdata2010i
peytoia
parents: 5137
diff changeset
  2018
# From Steffen Thorsen (2010-03-26):
960c1ce0f14d 6945238: (tz) Support tzdata2010i
peytoia
parents: 5137
diff changeset
  2019
# Steffen Thorsen wrote:
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peytoia
parents: 5137
diff changeset
  2020
# > On Thursday (2010-03-25) it was announced that DST would start in
960c1ce0f14d 6945238: (tz) Support tzdata2010i
peytoia
parents: 5137
diff changeset
  2021
# > Pakistan on 2010-04-01.
960c1ce0f14d 6945238: (tz) Support tzdata2010i
peytoia
parents: 5137
diff changeset
  2022
# >
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peytoia
parents: 5137
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  2023
# > Then today, the president said that they might have to revert the
960c1ce0f14d 6945238: (tz) Support tzdata2010i
peytoia
parents: 5137
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  2024
# > decision if it is not supported by the parliament. So at the time
960c1ce0f14d 6945238: (tz) Support tzdata2010i
peytoia
parents: 5137
diff changeset
  2025
# > being, it seems unclear if DST will be actually observed or not - but
960c1ce0f14d 6945238: (tz) Support tzdata2010i
peytoia
parents: 5137
diff changeset
  2026
# > April 1 could be a more likely date than April 15.
960c1ce0f14d 6945238: (tz) Support tzdata2010i
peytoia
parents: 5137
diff changeset
  2027
# Now, it seems that the decision to not observe DST in final:
960c1ce0f14d 6945238: (tz) Support tzdata2010i
peytoia
parents: 5137
diff changeset
  2028
#
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peytoia
parents: 5137
diff changeset
  2029
# "Govt Withdraws Plan To Advance Clocks"
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peytoia
parents: 5137
diff changeset
  2030
# <a href="http://www.apakistannews.com/govt-withdraws-plan-to-advance-clocks-172041">
960c1ce0f14d 6945238: (tz) Support tzdata2010i
peytoia
parents: 5137
diff changeset
  2031
# http://www.apakistannews.com/govt-withdraws-plan-to-advance-clocks-172041
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peytoia
parents: 5137
diff changeset
  2032
# </a>
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peytoia
parents: 5137
diff changeset
  2033
#
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peytoia
parents: 5137
diff changeset
  2034
# "People laud PM's announcement to end DST"
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peytoia
parents: 5137
diff changeset
  2035
# <a href="http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=99374&Itemid=2">
960c1ce0f14d 6945238: (tz) Support tzdata2010i
peytoia
parents: 5137
diff changeset
  2036
# http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=99374&Itemid=2
960c1ce0f14d 6945238: (tz) Support tzdata2010i
peytoia
parents: 5137
diff changeset
  2037
# </a>
960c1ce0f14d 6945238: (tz) Support tzdata2010i
peytoia
parents: 5137
diff changeset
  2038
2
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2039
# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
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duke
parents:
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  2040
Rule Pakistan	2002	only	-	Apr	Sun>=2	0:01	1:00	S
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2041
Rule Pakistan	2002	only	-	Oct	Sun>=2	0:01	0	-
1316
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  2042
Rule Pakistan	2008	only	-	Jun	1	0:00	1:00	S
1831
c9effd4226ea 6756569: (tz) Support tzdata2008g
peytoia
parents: 1316
diff changeset
  2043
Rule Pakistan	2008	only	-	Nov	1	0:00	0	-
5286
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peytoia
parents: 5137
diff changeset
  2044
Rule Pakistan	2009	only	-	Apr	15	0:00	1:00	S
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peytoia
parents: 5137
diff changeset
  2045
Rule Pakistan	2009	only	-	Nov	1	0:00	0	-
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parents: 5137
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  2046
2
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parents:
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  2047
# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
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parents:
diff changeset
  2048
Zone	Asia/Karachi	4:28:12 -	LMT	1907
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2049
			5:30	-	IST	1942 Sep
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2050
			5:30	1:00	IST	1945 Oct 15
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2051
			5:30	-	IST	1951 Sep 30
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2052
			5:00	-	KART	1971 Mar 26 # Karachi Time
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2053
			5:00 Pakistan	PK%sT	# Pakistan Time
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2054
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parents:
diff changeset
  2055
# Palestine
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2056
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2057
# From Amos Shapir (1998-02-15):
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2058
#
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2059
# From 1917 until 1948-05-15, all of Palestine, including the parts now
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parents:
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  2060
# known as the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, was under British rule.
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2061
# Therefore the rules given for Israel for that period, apply there too...
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2062
#
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duke
parents:
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  2063
# The Gaza Strip was under Egyptian rule between 1948-05-15 until 1967-06-05
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duke
parents:
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  2064
# (except a short occupation by Israel from 1956-11 till 1957-03, but no
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2065
# time zone was affected then).  It was never formally annexed to Egypt,
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2066
# though.
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2067
#
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2068
# The rest of Palestine was under Jordanian rule at that time, formally
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2069
# annexed in 1950 as the West Bank (and the word "Trans" was dropped from
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2070
# the country's previous name of "the Hashemite Kingdom of the
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2071
# Trans-Jordan").  So the rules for Jordan for that time apply.  Major
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2072
# towns in that area are Nablus (Shchem), El-Halil (Hebron), Ramallah, and
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2073
# East Jerusalem.
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2074
#
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2075
# Both areas were occupied by Israel in June 1967, but not annexed (except
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duke
parents:
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  2076
# for East Jerusalem).  They were on Israel time since then; there might
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2077
# have been a Military Governor's order about time zones, but I'm not aware
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2078
# of any (such orders may have been issued semi-annually whenever summer
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2079
# time was in effect, but maybe the legal aspect of time was just neglected).
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2080
#
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2081
# The Palestinian Authority was established in 1993, and got hold of most
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parents:
diff changeset
  2082
# towns in the West Bank and Gaza by 1995.  I know that in order to
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2083
# demonstrate...independence, they have been switching to
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2084
# summer time and back on a different schedule than Israel's, but I don't
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2085
# know when this was started, or what algorithm is used (most likely the
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2086
# Jordanian one).
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2087
#
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2088
# To summarize, the table should probably look something like that:
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2089
#
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duke
parents:
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  2090
# Area \ when | 1918-1947 | 1948-1967 | 1967-1995 | 1996-
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2091
# ------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2092
# Israel      | Zion      | Zion      | Zion      | Zion
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parents:
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  2093
# West bank   | Zion      | Jordan    | Zion      | Jordan
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2094
# Gaza        | Zion      | Egypt     | Zion      | Jordan
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parents:
diff changeset
  2095
#
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2096
# I guess more info may be available from the PA's web page (if/when they
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2097
# have one).
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2098
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2099
# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2100
# Shanks & Pottenger write that Gaza did not observe DST until 1957, but go
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2101
# with Shapir and assume that it observed DST from 1940 through 1947,
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2102
# and that it used Jordanian rules starting in 1996.
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2103
# We don't yet need a separate entry for the West Bank, since
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duke
parents:
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  2104
# the only differences between it and Gaza that we know about
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duke
parents:
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  2105
# occurred before our cutoff date of 1970.
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2106
# However, as we get more information, we may need to add entries
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2107
# for parts of the West Bank as they transitioned from Israel's rules
17464
268d3ce75045 8013386: (tz) Support tzdata2013c
sherman
parents: 14416
diff changeset
  2108
# to Palestine's rules.
2
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2109
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2110
# From IINS News Service - Israel - 1998-03-23 10:38:07 Israel time,
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2111
# forwarded by Ephraim Silverberg:
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2112
#
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2113
# Despite the fact that Israel changed over to daylight savings time
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2114
# last week, the PLO Authority (PA) has decided not to turn its clocks
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2115
# one-hour forward at this time.  As a sign of independence from Israeli rule,
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2116
# the PA has decided to implement DST in April.
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2117
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2118
# From Paul Eggert (1999-09-20):
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2119
# Daoud Kuttab writes in
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2120
# <a href="http://www.jpost.com/com/Archive/22.Apr.1999/Opinion/Article-2.html">
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parents:
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  2121
# Holiday havoc
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2122
# </a> (Jerusalem Post, 1999-04-22) that
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2123
# the Palestinian National Authority changed to DST on 1999-04-15.
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2124
# I vaguely recall that they switch back in October (sorry, forgot the source).
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2125
# For now, let's assume that the spring switch was at 24:00,
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2126
# and that they switch at 0:00 on the 3rd Fridays of April and October.
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2127
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2128
# From Paul Eggert (2005-11-22):
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2129
# Starting 2004 transitions are from Steffen Thorsen's web site timeanddate.com.
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2130
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2131
# From Steffen Thorsen (2005-11-23):
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2132
# A user from Gaza reported that Gaza made the change early because of
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2133
# the Ramadan.  Next year Ramadan will be even earlier, so I think
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2134
# there is a good chance next year's end date will be around two weeks
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2135
# earlier--the same goes for Jordan.
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2136
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2137
# From Steffen Thorsen (2006-08-17):
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2138
# I was informed by a user in Bethlehem that in Bethlehem it started the
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2139
# same day as Israel, and after checking with other users in the area, I
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2140
# was informed that they started DST one day after Israel.  I was not
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2141
# able to find any authoritative sources at the time, nor details if
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2142
# Gaza changed as well, but presumed Gaza to follow the same rules as
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2143
# the West Bank.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2144
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2145
# From Steffen Thorsen (2006-09-26):
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2146
# according to the Palestine News Network (2006-09-19):
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2147
# http://english.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=596&Itemid=5
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2148
# > The Council of Ministers announced that this year its winter schedule
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2149
# > will begin early, as of midnight Thursday.  It is also time to turn
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2150
# > back the clocks for winter.  Friday will begin an hour late this week.
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2151
# I guess it is likely that next year's date will be moved as well,
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2152
# because of the Ramadan.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2153
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2154
# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2007-09-18):
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2155
# According to Steffen Thorsen's web site the Gaza Strip and the rest of the
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2156
# Palestinian territories left DST early on 13.th. of September at 2:00.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2157
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2158
# From Paul Eggert (2007-09-20):
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2159
# My understanding is that Gaza and the West Bank disagree even over when
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2160
# the weekend is (Thursday+Friday versus Friday+Saturday), so I'd be a bit
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2161
# surprised if they agreed about DST.  But for now, assume they agree.
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2162
# For lack of better information, predict that future changes will be
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2163
# the 2nd Thursday of September at 02:00.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2164
1831
c9effd4226ea 6756569: (tz) Support tzdata2008g
peytoia
parents: 1316
diff changeset
  2165
# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2008-08-28):
c9effd4226ea 6756569: (tz) Support tzdata2008g
peytoia
parents: 1316
diff changeset
  2166
# Here is an article, that Mideast running on different clocks at Ramadan.
c9effd4226ea 6756569: (tz) Support tzdata2008g
peytoia
parents: 1316
diff changeset
  2167
#
c9effd4226ea 6756569: (tz) Support tzdata2008g
peytoia
parents: 1316
diff changeset
  2168
# Gaza Strip (as Egypt) ended DST at midnight Thursday (Aug 28, 2008), while
c9effd4226ea 6756569: (tz) Support tzdata2008g
peytoia
parents: 1316
diff changeset
  2169
# the West Bank will end Daylight Saving Time at midnight Sunday (Aug 31, 2008).
c9effd4226ea 6756569: (tz) Support tzdata2008g
peytoia
parents: 1316
diff changeset
  2170
#
c9effd4226ea 6756569: (tz) Support tzdata2008g
peytoia
parents: 1316
diff changeset
  2171
# <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/7759001">
c9effd4226ea 6756569: (tz) Support tzdata2008g
peytoia
parents: 1316
diff changeset
  2172
# http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/7759001
c9effd4226ea 6756569: (tz) Support tzdata2008g
peytoia
parents: 1316
diff changeset
  2173
# </a>
c9effd4226ea 6756569: (tz) Support tzdata2008g
peytoia
parents: 1316
diff changeset
  2174
# <a href="http://www.abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=5676087">
c9effd4226ea 6756569: (tz) Support tzdata2008g
peytoia
parents: 1316
diff changeset
  2175
# http://www.abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=5676087
c9effd4226ea 6756569: (tz) Support tzdata2008g
peytoia
parents: 1316
diff changeset
  2176
# </a>
c9effd4226ea 6756569: (tz) Support tzdata2008g
peytoia
parents: 1316
diff changeset
  2177
# or
c9effd4226ea 6756569: (tz) Support tzdata2008g
peytoia
parents: 1316
diff changeset
  2178
# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_gazastrip01.html">
c9effd4226ea 6756569: (tz) Support tzdata2008g
peytoia
parents: 1316
diff changeset
  2179
# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_gazastrip01.html
c9effd4226ea 6756569: (tz) Support tzdata2008g
peytoia
parents: 1316
diff changeset
  2180
# </a>
c9effd4226ea 6756569: (tz) Support tzdata2008g
peytoia
parents: 1316
diff changeset
  2181
2813
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  2182
# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-03-26):
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  2183
# According to the Palestine News Network (arabic.pnn.ps), Palestinian
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  2184
# government decided to start Daylight Time on Thursday night March
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  2185
# 26 and continue until the night of 27 September 2009.
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  2186
#
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  2187
# (in Arabic)
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  2188
# <a href="http://arabic.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=50850">
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  2189
# http://arabic.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=50850
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  2190
# </a>
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  2191
#
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  2192
# or
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  2193
# (English translation)
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  2194
# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_westbank01.html">
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  2195
# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_westbank01.html
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  2196
# </a>
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  2197
4279
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  2198
# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-08-31):
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  2199
# Palestine's Council of Ministers announced that they will revert back to
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  2200
# winter time on Friday, 2009-09-04.
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  2201
#
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  2202
# One news source:
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  2203
# <a href="http://www.safa.ps/ara/?action=showdetail&seid=4158">
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  2204
# http://www.safa.ps/ara/?action=showdetail&seid=4158
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  2205
# </a>
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  2206
# (Palestinian press agency, Arabic),
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  2207
# Google translate: "Decided that the Palestinian government in Ramallah
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  2208
# headed by Salam Fayyad, the start of work in time for the winter of
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  2209
# 2009, starting on Friday approved the fourth delay Sept. clock sixty
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  2210
# minutes per hour as of Friday morning."
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  2211
#
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  2212
# We are not sure if Gaza will do the same, last year they had a different
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  2213
# end date, we will keep this page updated:
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  2214
# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/westbank-gaza-dst-2009.html">
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  2215
# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/westbank-gaza-dst-2009.html
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  2216
# </a>
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  2217
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  2218
# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-09-02):
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  2219
# Seems that Gaza Strip will go back to Winter Time same date as West Bank.
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  2220
#
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  2221
# According to Palestinian Ministry Of Interior, West Bank and Gaza Strip plan
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  2222
# to change time back to Standard time on September 4, 2009.
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  2223
#
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  2224
# "Winter time unite the West Bank and Gaza"
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  2225
# (from Palestinian National Authority):
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  2226
# <a href="http://www.moi.gov.ps/en/?page=633167343250594025&nid=11505
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  2227
# http://www.moi.gov.ps/en/?page=633167343250594025&nid=11505
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  2228
# </a>
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  2229
# or
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  2230
# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_gazastrip02.html>
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  2231
# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_gazastrip02.html
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  2232
# </a>
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  2233
5137
9a7b933f58ae 6939021: (tz) Support tzdata2010g
peytoia
parents: 5130
diff changeset
  2234
# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-03-19):
9a7b933f58ae 6939021: (tz) Support tzdata2010g
peytoia
parents: 5130
diff changeset
  2235
# According to Voice of Palestine DST will last for 191 days, from March
9a7b933f58ae 6939021: (tz) Support tzdata2010g
peytoia
parents: 5130
diff changeset
  2236
# 26, 2010 till "the last Sunday before the tenth day of Tishri
9a7b933f58ae 6939021: (tz) Support tzdata2010g
peytoia
parents: 5130
diff changeset
  2237
# (October), each year" (October 03, 2010?)
9a7b933f58ae 6939021: (tz) Support tzdata2010g
peytoia
parents: 5130
diff changeset
  2238
#
9a7b933f58ae 6939021: (tz) Support tzdata2010g
peytoia
parents: 5130
diff changeset
  2239
# <a href="http://palvoice.org/forums/showthread.php?t=245697">
9a7b933f58ae 6939021: (tz) Support tzdata2010g
peytoia
parents: 5130
diff changeset
  2240
# http://palvoice.org/forums/showthread.php?t=245697
9a7b933f58ae 6939021: (tz) Support tzdata2010g
peytoia
parents: 5130
diff changeset
  2241
# </a>
9a7b933f58ae 6939021: (tz) Support tzdata2010g
peytoia
parents: 5130
diff changeset
  2242
# (in Arabic)
9a7b933f58ae 6939021: (tz) Support tzdata2010g
peytoia
parents: 5130
diff changeset
  2243
# or
9a7b933f58ae 6939021: (tz) Support tzdata2010g
peytoia
parents: 5130
diff changeset
  2244
# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_westbank03.html">
9a7b933f58ae 6939021: (tz) Support tzdata2010g
peytoia
parents: 5130
diff changeset
  2245
# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_westbank03.html
9a7b933f58ae 6939021: (tz) Support tzdata2010g
peytoia
parents: 5130
diff changeset
  2246
# </a>
9a7b933f58ae 6939021: (tz) Support tzdata2010g
peytoia
parents: 5130
diff changeset
  2247
9a7b933f58ae 6939021: (tz) Support tzdata2010g
peytoia
parents: 5130
diff changeset
  2248
# From Steffen Thorsen (2010-03-24):
9a7b933f58ae 6939021: (tz) Support tzdata2010g
peytoia
parents: 5130
diff changeset
  2249
# ...Ma'an News Agency reports that Hamas cabinet has decided it will
9a7b933f58ae 6939021: (tz) Support tzdata2010g
peytoia
parents: 5130
diff changeset
  2250
# start one day later, at 12:01am. Not sure if they really mean 12:01am or
9a7b933f58ae 6939021: (tz) Support tzdata2010g
peytoia
parents: 5130
diff changeset
  2251
# noon though:
9a7b933f58ae 6939021: (tz) Support tzdata2010g
peytoia
parents: 5130
diff changeset
  2252
#
9a7b933f58ae 6939021: (tz) Support tzdata2010g
peytoia
parents: 5130
diff changeset
  2253
# <a href="http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=271178">
9a7b933f58ae 6939021: (tz) Support tzdata2010g
peytoia
parents: 5130
diff changeset
  2254
# http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=271178
9a7b933f58ae 6939021: (tz) Support tzdata2010g
peytoia
parents: 5130
diff changeset
  2255
# </a>
9a7b933f58ae 6939021: (tz) Support tzdata2010g
peytoia
parents: 5130
diff changeset
  2256
# (Ma'an News Agency)
9a7b933f58ae 6939021: (tz) Support tzdata2010g
peytoia
parents: 5130
diff changeset
  2257
# "At 12:01am Friday, clocks in Israel and the West Bank will change to
9a7b933f58ae 6939021: (tz) Support tzdata2010g
peytoia
parents: 5130
diff changeset
  2258
# 1:01am, while Gaza clocks will change at 12:01am Saturday morning."
9a7b933f58ae 6939021: (tz) Support tzdata2010g
peytoia
parents: 5130
diff changeset
  2259
6290
535b02d1049c 6977550: (tz) Support tzdata2010l
peytoia
parents: 5506
diff changeset
  2260
# From Steffen Thorsen (2010-08-11):
535b02d1049c 6977550: (tz) Support tzdata2010l
peytoia
parents: 5506
diff changeset
  2261
# According to several sources, including
535b02d1049c 6977550: (tz) Support tzdata2010l
peytoia
parents: 5506
diff changeset
  2262
# <a href="http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=306795">
535b02d1049c 6977550: (tz) Support tzdata2010l
peytoia
parents: 5506
diff changeset
  2263
# http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=306795
535b02d1049c 6977550: (tz) Support tzdata2010l
peytoia
parents: 5506
diff changeset
  2264
# </a>
14416
449750ac6173 8002227: (tz) Support tzdata2012i
coffeys
parents: 12306
diff changeset
  2265
# the clocks were set back one hour at 2010-08-11 00:00:00 local time in
6290
535b02d1049c 6977550: (tz) Support tzdata2010l
peytoia
parents: 5506
diff changeset
  2266
# Gaza and the West Bank.
535b02d1049c 6977550: (tz) Support tzdata2010l
peytoia
parents: 5506
diff changeset
  2267
# Some more background info:
535b02d1049c 6977550: (tz) Support tzdata2010l
peytoia
parents: 5506
diff changeset
  2268
# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/westbank-gaza-end-dst-2010.html">
535b02d1049c 6977550: (tz) Support tzdata2010l
peytoia
parents: 5506
diff changeset
  2269
# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/westbank-gaza-end-dst-2010.html
535b02d1049c 6977550: (tz) Support tzdata2010l
peytoia
parents: 5506
diff changeset
  2270
# </a>
535b02d1049c 6977550: (tz) Support tzdata2010l
peytoia
parents: 5506
diff changeset
  2271
10795
39d94a6eb53a 7103108: (tz) Support tzdata2011l
peytoia
parents: 10593
diff changeset
  2272
# From Steffen Thorsen (2011-08-26):
39d94a6eb53a 7103108: (tz) Support tzdata2011l
peytoia
parents: 10593
diff changeset
  2273
# Gaza and the West Bank did go back to standard time in the beginning of
39d94a6eb53a 7103108: (tz) Support tzdata2011l
peytoia
parents: 10593
diff changeset
  2274
# August, and will now enter daylight saving time again on 2011-08-30
39d94a6eb53a 7103108: (tz) Support tzdata2011l
peytoia
parents: 10593
diff changeset
  2275
# 00:00 (so two periods of DST in 2011). The pause was because of
39d94a6eb53a 7103108: (tz) Support tzdata2011l
peytoia
parents: 10593
diff changeset
  2276
# Ramadan.
39d94a6eb53a 7103108: (tz) Support tzdata2011l
peytoia
parents: 10593
diff changeset
  2277
#
39d94a6eb53a 7103108: (tz) Support tzdata2011l
peytoia
parents: 10593
diff changeset
  2278
# <a href="http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=416217">
39d94a6eb53a 7103108: (tz) Support tzdata2011l
peytoia
parents: 10593
diff changeset
  2279
# http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=416217
39d94a6eb53a 7103108: (tz) Support tzdata2011l
peytoia
parents: 10593
diff changeset
  2280
# </a>
39d94a6eb53a 7103108: (tz) Support tzdata2011l
peytoia
parents: 10593
diff changeset
  2281
# Additional info:
39d94a6eb53a 7103108: (tz) Support tzdata2011l
peytoia
parents: 10593
diff changeset
  2282
# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/palestine-dst-2011.html">
39d94a6eb53a 7103108: (tz) Support tzdata2011l
peytoia
parents: 10593
diff changeset
  2283
# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/palestine-dst-2011.html
39d94a6eb53a 7103108: (tz) Support tzdata2011l
peytoia
parents: 10593
diff changeset
  2284
# </a>
39d94a6eb53a 7103108: (tz) Support tzdata2011l
peytoia
parents: 10593
diff changeset
  2285
39d94a6eb53a 7103108: (tz) Support tzdata2011l
peytoia
parents: 10593
diff changeset
  2286
# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-08-27):
39d94a6eb53a 7103108: (tz) Support tzdata2011l
peytoia
parents: 10593
diff changeset
  2287
# According to the article in The Jerusalem Post:
39d94a6eb53a 7103108: (tz) Support tzdata2011l
peytoia
parents: 10593
diff changeset
  2288
# "...Earlier this month, the Palestinian government in the West Bank decided to
39d94a6eb53a 7103108: (tz) Support tzdata2011l
peytoia
parents: 10593
diff changeset
  2289
# move to standard time for 30 days, during Ramadan. The Palestinians in the
39d94a6eb53a 7103108: (tz) Support tzdata2011l
peytoia
parents: 10593
diff changeset
  2290
# Gaza Strip accepted the change and also moved their clocks one hour back.
39d94a6eb53a 7103108: (tz) Support tzdata2011l
peytoia
parents: 10593
diff changeset
  2291
# The Hamas government said on Saturday that it won't observe summertime after
39d94a6eb53a 7103108: (tz) Support tzdata2011l
peytoia
parents: 10593
diff changeset
  2292
# the Muslim feast of Id al-Fitr, which begins on Tuesday..."
39d94a6eb53a 7103108: (tz) Support tzdata2011l
peytoia
parents: 10593
diff changeset
  2293
# ...
39d94a6eb53a 7103108: (tz) Support tzdata2011l
peytoia
parents: 10593
diff changeset
  2294
# <a href="http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=235650">
39d94a6eb53a 7103108: (tz) Support tzdata2011l
peytoia
parents: 10593
diff changeset
  2295
# http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=235650
39d94a6eb53a 7103108: (tz) Support tzdata2011l
peytoia
parents: 10593
diff changeset
  2296
# </a>
39d94a6eb53a 7103108: (tz) Support tzdata2011l
peytoia
parents: 10593
diff changeset
  2297
# or
39d94a6eb53a 7103108: (tz) Support tzdata2011l
peytoia
parents: 10593
diff changeset
  2298
# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_gazastrip05.html">
39d94a6eb53a 7103108: (tz) Support tzdata2011l
peytoia
parents: 10593
diff changeset
  2299
# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_gazastrip05.html
39d94a6eb53a 7103108: (tz) Support tzdata2011l
peytoia
parents: 10593
diff changeset
  2300
# </a>
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2301
# The rules for Egypt are stolen from the `africa' file.
10795
39d94a6eb53a 7103108: (tz) Support tzdata2011l
peytoia
parents: 10593
diff changeset
  2302
39d94a6eb53a 7103108: (tz) Support tzdata2011l
peytoia
parents: 10593
diff changeset
  2303
# From Steffen Thorsen (2011-09-30):
14416
449750ac6173 8002227: (tz) Support tzdata2012i
coffeys
parents: 12306
diff changeset
  2304
# West Bank did end Daylight Saving Time this morning/midnight (2011-09-30
10795
39d94a6eb53a 7103108: (tz) Support tzdata2011l
peytoia
parents: 10593
diff changeset
  2305
# 00:00).
39d94a6eb53a 7103108: (tz) Support tzdata2011l
peytoia
parents: 10593
diff changeset
  2306
# So West Bank and Gaza now have the same time again.
39d94a6eb53a 7103108: (tz) Support tzdata2011l
peytoia
parents: 10593
diff changeset
  2307
#
39d94a6eb53a 7103108: (tz) Support tzdata2011l
peytoia
parents: 10593
diff changeset
  2308
# Many sources, including:
39d94a6eb53a 7103108: (tz) Support tzdata2011l
peytoia
parents: 10593
diff changeset
  2309
# <a href="http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=424808">
39d94a6eb53a 7103108: (tz) Support tzdata2011l
peytoia
parents: 10593
diff changeset
  2310
# http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=424808
39d94a6eb53a 7103108: (tz) Support tzdata2011l
peytoia
parents: 10593
diff changeset
  2311
# </a>
39d94a6eb53a 7103108: (tz) Support tzdata2011l
peytoia
parents: 10593
diff changeset
  2312
12306
35ebe1184d3d 7158483: (tz) Support tzdata2012c
peytoia
parents: 10795
diff changeset
  2313
# From Steffen Thorsen (2012-03-26):
35ebe1184d3d 7158483: (tz) Support tzdata2012c
peytoia
parents: 10795
diff changeset
  2314
# Palestinian news sources tell that both Gaza and West Bank will start DST
35ebe1184d3d 7158483: (tz) Support tzdata2012c
peytoia
parents: 10795
diff changeset
  2315
# on Friday (Thursday midnight, 2012-03-29 24:00).
35ebe1184d3d 7158483: (tz) Support tzdata2012c
peytoia
parents: 10795
diff changeset
  2316
# Some of many sources in Arabic:
35ebe1184d3d 7158483: (tz) Support tzdata2012c
peytoia
parents: 10795
diff changeset
  2317
# <a href="http://www.samanews.com/index.php?act=Show&id=122638">
35ebe1184d3d 7158483: (tz) Support tzdata2012c
peytoia
parents: 10795
diff changeset
  2318
# http://www.samanews.com/index.php?act=Show&id=122638
35ebe1184d3d 7158483: (tz) Support tzdata2012c
peytoia
parents: 10795
diff changeset
  2319
# </a>
35ebe1184d3d 7158483: (tz) Support tzdata2012c
peytoia
parents: 10795
diff changeset
  2320
#
35ebe1184d3d 7158483: (tz) Support tzdata2012c
peytoia
parents: 10795
diff changeset
  2321
# <a href="http://safa.ps/details/news/74352/%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B6%D9%81%D8%A9-%D9%88%D8%BA%D8%B2%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A9.html">
35ebe1184d3d 7158483: (tz) Support tzdata2012c
peytoia
parents: 10795
diff changeset
  2322
# http://safa.ps/details/news/74352/%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B6%D9%81%D8%A9-%D9%88%D8%BA%D8%B2%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A9.html
35ebe1184d3d 7158483: (tz) Support tzdata2012c
peytoia
parents: 10795
diff changeset
  2323
# </a>
35ebe1184d3d 7158483: (tz) Support tzdata2012c
peytoia
parents: 10795
diff changeset
  2324
#
35ebe1184d3d 7158483: (tz) Support tzdata2012c
peytoia
parents: 10795
diff changeset
  2325
# Our brief summary:
35ebe1184d3d 7158483: (tz) Support tzdata2012c
peytoia
parents: 10795
diff changeset
  2326
# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/gaza-west-bank-dst-2012.html">
35ebe1184d3d 7158483: (tz) Support tzdata2012c
peytoia
parents: 10795
diff changeset
  2327
# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/gaza-west-bank-dst-2012.html
35ebe1184d3d 7158483: (tz) Support tzdata2012c
peytoia
parents: 10795
diff changeset
  2328
# </a>
35ebe1184d3d 7158483: (tz) Support tzdata2012c
peytoia
parents: 10795
diff changeset
  2329
17464
268d3ce75045 8013386: (tz) Support tzdata2013c
sherman
parents: 14416
diff changeset
  2330
# From Steffen Thorsen (2013-03-26):
268d3ce75045 8013386: (tz) Support tzdata2013c
sherman
parents: 14416
diff changeset
  2331
# The following news sources tells that Palestine will "start daylight saving
268d3ce75045 8013386: (tz) Support tzdata2013c
sherman
parents: 14416
diff changeset
  2332
# time from midnight on Friday, March 29, 2013" (translated).
268d3ce75045 8013386: (tz) Support tzdata2013c
sherman
parents: 14416
diff changeset
  2333
# [These are in Arabic and are for Gaza and for Ramallah, respectively.]
268d3ce75045 8013386: (tz) Support tzdata2013c
sherman
parents: 14416
diff changeset
  2334
# http://www.samanews.com/index.php?act=Show&id=154120
268d3ce75045 8013386: (tz) Support tzdata2013c
sherman
parents: 14416
diff changeset
  2335
# http://safa.ps/details/news/99844/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87-%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A-29-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A.html
268d3ce75045 8013386: (tz) Support tzdata2013c
sherman
parents: 14416
diff changeset
  2336
20867
38b088040f4f 8025255: (tz) Support tzdata2013g
aefimov
parents: 19382
diff changeset
  2337
# From Steffen Thorsen (2013-09-24):
38b088040f4f 8025255: (tz) Support tzdata2013g
aefimov
parents: 19382
diff changeset
  2338
# The Gaza and West Bank are ending DST Thursday at midnight
38b088040f4f 8025255: (tz) Support tzdata2013g
aefimov
parents: 19382
diff changeset
  2339
# (2013-09-27 00:00:00) (one hour earlier than last year...).
38b088040f4f 8025255: (tz) Support tzdata2013g
aefimov
parents: 19382
diff changeset
  2340
# This source in English, says "that winter time will go into effect
38b088040f4f 8025255: (tz) Support tzdata2013g
aefimov
parents: 19382
diff changeset
  2341
# at midnight on Thursday in the West Bank and Gaza Strip":
38b088040f4f 8025255: (tz) Support tzdata2013g
aefimov
parents: 19382
diff changeset
  2342
# http://english.wafa.ps/index.php?action=detail&id=23246
38b088040f4f 8025255: (tz) Support tzdata2013g
aefimov
parents: 19382
diff changeset
  2343
# official source...:
38b088040f4f 8025255: (tz) Support tzdata2013g
aefimov
parents: 19382
diff changeset
  2344
# http://www.palestinecabinet.gov.ps/ar/Views/ViewDetails.aspx?pid=1252
38b088040f4f 8025255: (tz) Support tzdata2013g
aefimov
parents: 19382
diff changeset
  2345
38b088040f4f 8025255: (tz) Support tzdata2013g
aefimov
parents: 19382
diff changeset
  2346
# From Paul Eggert (2013-09-24):
17464
268d3ce75045 8013386: (tz) Support tzdata2013c
sherman
parents: 14416
diff changeset
  2347
# For future dates, guess the last Thursday in March at 24:00 through
20867
38b088040f4f 8025255: (tz) Support tzdata2013g
aefimov
parents: 19382
diff changeset
  2348
# the first Friday on or after September 21 at 00:00.  This is consistent with
17464
268d3ce75045 8013386: (tz) Support tzdata2013c
sherman
parents: 14416
diff changeset
  2349
# the predictions in today's editions of the following URLs,
268d3ce75045 8013386: (tz) Support tzdata2013c
sherman
parents: 14416
diff changeset
  2350
# which are for Gaza and Hebron respectively:
268d3ce75045 8013386: (tz) Support tzdata2013c
sherman
parents: 14416
diff changeset
  2351
# http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/timezone.html?n=702
268d3ce75045 8013386: (tz) Support tzdata2013c
sherman
parents: 14416
diff changeset
  2352
# http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/timezone.html?n=2364
12306
35ebe1184d3d 7158483: (tz) Support tzdata2012c
peytoia
parents: 10795
diff changeset
  2353
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2354
# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2355
Rule EgyptAsia	1957	only	-	May	10	0:00	1:00	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2356
Rule EgyptAsia	1957	1958	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2357
Rule EgyptAsia	1958	only	-	May	 1	0:00	1:00	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2358
Rule EgyptAsia	1959	1967	-	May	 1	1:00	1:00	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2359
Rule EgyptAsia	1959	1965	-	Sep	30	3:00	0	-
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2360
Rule EgyptAsia	1966	only	-	Oct	 1	3:00	0	-
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2361
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2362
Rule Palestine	1999	2005	-	Apr	Fri>=15	0:00	1:00	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2363
Rule Palestine	1999	2003	-	Oct	Fri>=15	0:00	0	-
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2364
Rule Palestine	2004	only	-	Oct	 1	1:00	0	-
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2365
Rule Palestine	2005	only	-	Oct	 4	2:00	0	-
17464
268d3ce75045 8013386: (tz) Support tzdata2013c
sherman
parents: 14416
diff changeset
  2366
Rule Palestine	2006	2007	-	Apr	 1	0:00	1:00	S
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2367
Rule Palestine	2006	only	-	Sep	22	0:00	0	-
1831
c9effd4226ea 6756569: (tz) Support tzdata2008g
peytoia
parents: 1316
diff changeset
  2368
Rule Palestine	2007	only	-	Sep	Thu>=8	2:00	0	-
17464
268d3ce75045 8013386: (tz) Support tzdata2013c
sherman
parents: 14416
diff changeset
  2369
Rule Palestine	2008	2009	-	Mar	lastFri	0:00	1:00	S
268d3ce75045 8013386: (tz) Support tzdata2013c
sherman
parents: 14416
diff changeset
  2370
Rule Palestine	2008	only	-	Sep	 1	0:00	0	-
268d3ce75045 8013386: (tz) Support tzdata2013c
sherman
parents: 14416
diff changeset
  2371
Rule Palestine	2009	only	-	Sep	Fri>=1	1:00	0	-
268d3ce75045 8013386: (tz) Support tzdata2013c
sherman
parents: 14416
diff changeset
  2372
Rule Palestine	2010	only	-	Mar	26	0:00	1:00	S
6290
535b02d1049c 6977550: (tz) Support tzdata2010l
peytoia
parents: 5506
diff changeset
  2373
Rule Palestine	2010	only	-	Aug	11	0:00	0	-
17464
268d3ce75045 8013386: (tz) Support tzdata2013c
sherman
parents: 14416
diff changeset
  2374
Rule Palestine	2011	only	-	Apr	 1	0:01	1:00	S
268d3ce75045 8013386: (tz) Support tzdata2013c
sherman
parents: 14416
diff changeset
  2375
Rule Palestine	2011	only	-	Aug	 1	0:00	0	-
268d3ce75045 8013386: (tz) Support tzdata2013c
sherman
parents: 14416
diff changeset
  2376
Rule Palestine	2011	only	-	Aug	30	0:00	1:00	S
268d3ce75045 8013386: (tz) Support tzdata2013c
sherman
parents: 14416
diff changeset
  2377
Rule Palestine	2011	only	-	Sep	30	0:00	0	-
268d3ce75045 8013386: (tz) Support tzdata2013c
sherman
parents: 14416
diff changeset
  2378
Rule Palestine	2012	max	-	Mar	lastThu	24:00	1:00	S
20867
38b088040f4f 8025255: (tz) Support tzdata2013g
aefimov
parents: 19382
diff changeset
  2379
Rule Palestine	2012	only	-	Sep	21	1:00	0	-
38b088040f4f 8025255: (tz) Support tzdata2013g
aefimov
parents: 19382
diff changeset
  2380
Rule Palestine	2013	max	-	Sep	Fri>=21	0:00	0	-
10795
39d94a6eb53a 7103108: (tz) Support tzdata2011l
peytoia
parents: 10593
diff changeset
  2381
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2382
# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2383
Zone	Asia/Gaza	2:17:52	-	LMT	1900 Oct
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2384
			2:00	Zion	EET	1948 May 15
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2385
			2:00 EgyptAsia	EE%sT	1967 Jun  5
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2386
			2:00	Zion	I%sT	1996
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2387
			2:00	Jordan	EE%sT	1999
17464
268d3ce75045 8013386: (tz) Support tzdata2013c
sherman
parents: 14416
diff changeset
  2388
			2:00 Palestine	EE%sT	2008 Aug 29 0:00
268d3ce75045 8013386: (tz) Support tzdata2013c
sherman
parents: 14416
diff changeset
  2389
			2:00	-	EET	2008 Sep
268d3ce75045 8013386: (tz) Support tzdata2013c
sherman
parents: 14416
diff changeset
  2390
			2:00 Palestine	EE%sT	2010
268d3ce75045 8013386: (tz) Support tzdata2013c
sherman
parents: 14416
diff changeset
  2391
			2:00	-	EET	2010 Mar 27 0:01
268d3ce75045 8013386: (tz) Support tzdata2013c
sherman
parents: 14416
diff changeset
  2392
			2:00 Palestine	EE%sT	2011 Aug  1
268d3ce75045 8013386: (tz) Support tzdata2013c
sherman
parents: 14416
diff changeset
  2393
			2:00	-	EET	2012
268d3ce75045 8013386: (tz) Support tzdata2013c
sherman
parents: 14416
diff changeset
  2394
			2:00 Palestine	EE%sT
10795
39d94a6eb53a 7103108: (tz) Support tzdata2011l
peytoia
parents: 10593
diff changeset
  2395
39d94a6eb53a 7103108: (tz) Support tzdata2011l
peytoia
parents: 10593
diff changeset
  2396
Zone	Asia/Hebron	2:20:23	-	LMT	1900 Oct
39d94a6eb53a 7103108: (tz) Support tzdata2011l
peytoia
parents: 10593
diff changeset
  2397
			2:00	Zion	EET	1948 May 15
39d94a6eb53a 7103108: (tz) Support tzdata2011l
peytoia
parents: 10593
diff changeset
  2398
			2:00 EgyptAsia	EE%sT	1967 Jun  5
39d94a6eb53a 7103108: (tz) Support tzdata2011l
peytoia
parents: 10593
diff changeset
  2399
			2:00	Zion	I%sT	1996
39d94a6eb53a 7103108: (tz) Support tzdata2011l
peytoia
parents: 10593
diff changeset
  2400
			2:00	Jordan	EE%sT	1999
17464
268d3ce75045 8013386: (tz) Support tzdata2013c
sherman
parents: 14416
diff changeset
  2401
			2:00 Palestine	EE%sT
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2402
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2403
# Paracel Is
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2404
# no information
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2405
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2406
# Philippines
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2407
# On 1844-08-16, Narciso Claveria, governor-general of the
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2408
# Philippines, issued a proclamation announcing that 1844-12-30 was to
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2409
# be immediately followed by 1845-01-01.  Robert H. van Gent has a
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2410
# transcript of the decree in <http://www.phys.uu.nl/~vgent/idl/idl.htm>.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2411
# The rest of the data are from Shanks & Pottenger.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2412
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2413
# From Paul Eggert (2006-04-25):
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2414
# Tomorrow's Manila Standard reports that the Philippines Department of
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2415
# Trade and Industry is considering adopting DST this June when the
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2416
# rainy season begins.  See
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2417
# <http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=politics02_april26_2006>.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2418
# For now, we'll ignore this, since it's not definite and we lack details.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2419
#
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2420
# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-04-26):
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2421
# ... claims that Philippines had DST last time in 1990:
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2422
# http://story.philippinetimes.com/p.x/ct/9/id/145be20cc6b121c0/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2423
# [a story dated 2006-04-25 by Cris Larano of Dow Jones Newswires,
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2424
# but no details]
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2425
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2426
# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2427
Rule	Phil	1936	only	-	Nov	1	0:00	1:00	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2428
Rule	Phil	1937	only	-	Feb	1	0:00	0	-
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2429
Rule	Phil	1954	only	-	Apr	12	0:00	1:00	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2430
Rule	Phil	1954	only	-	Jul	1	0:00	0	-
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2431
Rule	Phil	1978	only	-	Mar	22	0:00	1:00	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2432
Rule	Phil	1978	only	-	Sep	21	0:00	0	-
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2433
# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2434
Zone	Asia/Manila	-15:56:00 -	LMT	1844 Dec 31
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2435
			8:04:00 -	LMT	1899 May 11
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2436
			8:00	Phil	PH%sT	1942 May
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2437
			9:00	-	JST	1944 Nov
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2438
			8:00	Phil	PH%sT
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2439
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2440
# Qatar
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2441
# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2442
Zone	Asia/Qatar	3:26:08 -	LMT	1920	# Al Dawhah / Doha
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2443
			4:00	-	GST	1972 Jun
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2444
			3:00	-	AST
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2445
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2446
# Saudi Arabia
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2447
# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2448
Zone	Asia/Riyadh	3:06:52 -	LMT	1950
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2449
			3:00	-	AST
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2450
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2451
# Singapore
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2452
# The data here are taken from Mok Ly Yng (2003-10-30)
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2453
# <http://www.math.nus.edu.sg/aslaksen/teaching/timezone.html>.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2454
# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2455
Zone	Asia/Singapore	6:55:25 -	LMT	1901 Jan  1
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2456
			6:55:25	-	SMT	1905 Jun  1 # Singapore M.T.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2457
			7:00	-	MALT	1933 Jan  1 # Malaya Time
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2458
			7:00	0:20	MALST	1936 Jan  1
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2459
			7:20	-	MALT	1941 Sep  1
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2460
			7:30	-	MALT	1942 Feb 16
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2461
			9:00	-	JST	1945 Sep 12
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2462
			7:30	-	MALT	1965 Aug  9 # independence
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2463
			7:30	-	SGT	1982 Jan  1 # Singapore Time
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2464
			8:00	-	SGT
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2465
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2466
# Spratly Is
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2467
# no information
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2468
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2469
# Sri Lanka
17464
268d3ce75045 8013386: (tz) Support tzdata2013c
sherman
parents: 14416
diff changeset
  2470
268d3ce75045 8013386: (tz) Support tzdata2013c
sherman
parents: 14416
diff changeset
  2471
# From Paul Eggert (2013-02-21):
268d3ce75045 8013386: (tz) Support tzdata2013c
sherman
parents: 14416
diff changeset
  2472
# Milne says "Madras mean time use from May 1, 1898.  Prior to this Colombo
268d3ce75045 8013386: (tz) Support tzdata2013c
sherman
parents: 14416
diff changeset
  2473
# mean time, 5h. 4m. 21.9s. F., was used."  But 5:04:21.9 differs considerably
268d3ce75045 8013386: (tz) Support tzdata2013c
sherman
parents: 14416
diff changeset
  2474
# from Colombo's meridian 5:19:24, so for now ignore Milne and stick with
268d3ce75045 8013386: (tz) Support tzdata2013c
sherman
parents: 14416
diff changeset
  2475
# Shanks and Pottenger.
268d3ce75045 8013386: (tz) Support tzdata2013c
sherman
parents: 14416
diff changeset
  2476
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2477
# From Paul Eggert (1996-09-03):
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2478
# "Sri Lanka advances clock by an hour to avoid blackout"
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2479
# (www.virtual-pc.com/lankaweb/news/items/240596-2.html, 1996-05-24,
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2480
# no longer available as of 1999-08-17)
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2481
# reported ``the country's standard time will be put forward by one hour at
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2482
# midnight Friday (1830 GMT) `in the light of the present power crisis'.''
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2483
#
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2484
# From Dharmasiri Senanayake, Sri Lanka Media Minister (1996-10-24), as quoted
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2485
# by Shamindra in
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2486
# <a href="news:54rka5$m5h@mtinsc01-mgt.ops.worldnet.att.net">
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2487
# Daily News - Hot News Section (1996-10-26)
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2488
# </a>:
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2489
# With effect from 12.30 a.m. on 26th October 1996
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2490
# Sri Lanka will be six (06) hours ahead of GMT.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2491
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2492
# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-04-14), quoting Sri Lanka News Online
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2493
# <http://news.sinhalaya.com/wmview.php?ArtID=11002> (2006-04-13):
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2494
# 0030 hrs on April 15, 2006 (midnight of April 14, 2006 +30 minutes)
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2495
# at present, become 2400 hours of April 14, 2006 (midnight of April 14, 2006).
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2496
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2497
# From Peter Apps and Ranga Sirila of Reuters (2006-04-12) in:
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2498
# <http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=scienceNews&storyID=2006-04-12T172228Z_01_COL295762_RTRIDST_0_SCIENCE-SRILANKA-TIME-DC.XML>
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2499
# [The Tamil Tigers] never accepted the original 1996 time change and simply
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2500
# kept their clocks set five and a half hours ahead of Greenwich Mean
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2501
# Time (GMT), in line with neighbor India.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2502
# From Paul Eggert (2006-04-18):
1316
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  2503
# People who live in regions under Tamil control can use [TZ='Asia/Kolkata'],
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2504
# as that zone has agreed with the Tamil areas since our cutoff date of 1970.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2505
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2506
# From K Sethu (2006-04-25):
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2507
# I think the abbreviation LKT originated from the world of computers at
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2508
# the time of or subsequent to the time zone changes by SL Government
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2509
# twice in 1996 and probably SL Government or its standardization
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2510
# agencies never declared an abbreviation as a national standard.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2511
#
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2512
# I recollect before the recent change the government annoucemments
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2513
# mentioning it as simply changing Sri Lanka Standard Time or Sri Lanka
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2514
# Time and no mention was made about the abbreviation.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2515
#
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2516
# If we look at Sri Lanka Department of Government's "Official News
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2517
# Website of Sri Lanka" ... http://www.news.lk/ we can see that they
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2518
# use SLT as abbreviation in time stamp at the beginning of each news
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2519
# item....
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2520
#
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2521
# Within Sri Lanka I think LKT is well known among computer users and
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2522
# adminsitrators.  In my opinion SLT may not be a good choice because the
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2523
# nation's largest telcom / internet operator Sri Lanka Telcom is well
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2524
# known by that abbreviation - simply as SLT (there IP domains are
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2525
# slt.lk and sltnet.lk).
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2526
#
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2527
# But if indeed our government has adopted SLT as standard abbreviation
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2528
# (that we have not known so far) then  it is better that it be used for
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2529
# all computers.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2530
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2531
# From Paul Eggert (2006-04-25):
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2532
# One possibility is that we wait for a bit for the dust to settle down
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2533
# and then see what people actually say in practice.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2534
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2535
# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2536
Zone	Asia/Colombo	5:19:24 -	LMT	1880
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2537
			5:19:32	-	MMT	1906	# Moratuwa Mean Time
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2538
			5:30	-	IST	1942 Jan  5
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2539
			5:30	0:30	IHST	1942 Sep
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2540
			5:30	1:00	IST	1945 Oct 16 2:00
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2541
			5:30	-	IST	1996 May 25 0:00
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2542
			6:30	-	LKT	1996 Oct 26 0:30
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2543
			6:00	-	LKT	2006 Apr 15 0:30
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2544
			5:30	-	IST
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2545
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2546
# Syria
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2547
# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2548
Rule	Syria	1920	1923	-	Apr	Sun>=15	2:00	1:00	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2549
Rule	Syria	1920	1923	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00	0	-
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2550
Rule	Syria	1962	only	-	Apr	29	2:00	1:00	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2551
Rule	Syria	1962	only	-	Oct	1	2:00	0	-
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2552
Rule	Syria	1963	1965	-	May	1	2:00	1:00	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2553
Rule	Syria	1963	only	-	Sep	30	2:00	0	-
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2554
Rule	Syria	1964	only	-	Oct	1	2:00	0	-
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2555
Rule	Syria	1965	only	-	Sep	30	2:00	0	-
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2556
Rule	Syria	1966	only	-	Apr	24	2:00	1:00	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2557
Rule	Syria	1966	1976	-	Oct	1	2:00	0	-
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2558
Rule	Syria	1967	1978	-	May	1	2:00	1:00	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2559
Rule	Syria	1977	1978	-	Sep	1	2:00	0	-
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2560
Rule	Syria	1983	1984	-	Apr	9	2:00	1:00	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2561
Rule	Syria	1983	1984	-	Oct	1	2:00	0	-
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2562
Rule	Syria	1986	only	-	Feb	16	2:00	1:00	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2563
Rule	Syria	1986	only	-	Oct	9	2:00	0	-
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2564
Rule	Syria	1987	only	-	Mar	1	2:00	1:00	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2565
Rule	Syria	1987	1988	-	Oct	31	2:00	0	-
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2566
Rule	Syria	1988	only	-	Mar	15	2:00	1:00	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2567
Rule	Syria	1989	only	-	Mar	31	2:00	1:00	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2568
Rule	Syria	1989	only	-	Oct	1	2:00	0	-
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2569
Rule	Syria	1990	only	-	Apr	1	2:00	1:00	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2570
Rule	Syria	1990	only	-	Sep	30	2:00	0	-
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2571
Rule	Syria	1991	only	-	Apr	 1	0:00	1:00	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2572
Rule	Syria	1991	1992	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2573
Rule	Syria	1992	only	-	Apr	 8	0:00	1:00	S
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2574
Rule	Syria	1993	only	-	Mar	26	0:00	1:00	S
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2575
Rule	Syria	1993	only	-	Sep	25	0:00	0	-
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parents:
diff changeset
  2576
# IATA SSIM (1998-02) says 1998-04-02;
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parents:
diff changeset
  2577
# (1998-09) says 1999-03-29 and 1999-09-29; (1999-02) says 1999-04-02,
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parents:
diff changeset
  2578
# 2000-04-02, and 2001-04-02; (1999-09) says 2000-03-31 and 2001-03-31;
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parents:
diff changeset
  2579
# (2006) says 2006-03-31 and 2006-09-22;
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2580
# for now ignore all these claims and go with Shanks & Pottenger,
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2581
# except for the 2006-09-22 claim (which seems right for Ramadan).
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2582
Rule	Syria	1994	1996	-	Apr	 1	0:00	1:00	S
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2583
Rule	Syria	1994	2005	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2584
Rule	Syria	1997	1998	-	Mar	lastMon	0:00	1:00	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2585
Rule	Syria	1999	2006	-	Apr	 1	0:00	1:00	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2586
# From Stephen Colebourne (2006-09-18):
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2587
# According to IATA data, Syria will change DST on 21st September [21:00 UTC]
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2588
# this year [only]....  This is probably related to Ramadan, like Egypt.
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2589
Rule	Syria	2006	only	-	Sep	22	0:00	0	-
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2590
# From Paul Eggert (2007-03-29):
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2591
# Today the AP reported "Syria will switch to summertime at midnight Thursday."
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2592
# http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/29/africa/ME-GEN-Syria-Time-Change.php
1316
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  2593
Rule	Syria	2007	only	-	Mar	lastFri	0:00	1:00	S
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  2594
# From Jesper Norgard (2007-10-27):
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  2595
# The sister center ICARDA of my work CIMMYT is confirming that Syria DST will
19382
fdb8e07fdaee 8020054: (tz) Support tzdata2013d
sherman
parents: 17464
diff changeset
  2596
# not take place 1st November at 0:00 o'clock but 1st November at 24:00 or
fdb8e07fdaee 8020054: (tz) Support tzdata2013d
sherman
parents: 17464
diff changeset
  2597
# rather Midnight between Thursday and Friday. This does make more sense than
1316
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  2598
# having it between Wednesday and Thursday (two workdays in Syria) since the
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  2599
# weekend in Syria is not Saturday and Sunday, but Friday and Saturday. So now
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  2600
# it is implemented at midnight of the last workday before weekend...
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449750ac6173 8002227: (tz) Support tzdata2012i
coffeys
parents: 12306
diff changeset
  2601
#
1316
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  2602
# From Steffen Thorsen (2007-10-27):
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  2603
# Jesper Norgaard Welen wrote:
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449750ac6173 8002227: (tz) Support tzdata2012i
coffeys
parents: 12306
diff changeset
  2604
#
1316
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  2605
# > "Winter local time in Syria will be observed at midnight of Thursday 1
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  2606
# > November 2007, and the clock will be put back 1 hour."
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449750ac6173 8002227: (tz) Support tzdata2012i
coffeys
parents: 12306
diff changeset
  2607
#
1316
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  2608
# I found confirmation on this in this gov.sy-article (Arabic):
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  2609
# http://wehda.alwehda.gov.sy/_print_veiw.asp?FileName=12521710520070926111247
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449750ac6173 8002227: (tz) Support tzdata2012i
coffeys
parents: 12306
diff changeset
  2610
#
1316
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  2611
# which using Google's translate tools says:
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449750ac6173 8002227: (tz) Support tzdata2012i
coffeys
parents: 12306
diff changeset
  2612
# Council of Ministers also approved the commencement of work on
449750ac6173 8002227: (tz) Support tzdata2012i
coffeys
parents: 12306
diff changeset
  2613
# identifying the winter time as of Friday, 2/11/2007 where the 60th
1316
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  2614
# minute delay at midnight Thursday 1/11/2007.
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  2615
Rule	Syria	2007	only	-	Nov	 Fri>=1	0:00	0	-
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  2616
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  2617
# From Stephen Colebourne (2008-03-17):
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  2618
# For everyone's info, I saw an IATA time zone change for [Syria] for
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  2619
# this month (March 2008) in the last day or so...This is the data IATA
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  2620
# are now using:
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  2621
# Country     Time Standard   --- DST Start ---   --- DST End ---  DST
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peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  2622
# Name        Zone Variation   Time    Date        Time    Date
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  2623
# Variation
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peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  2624
# Syrian Arab
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  2625
# Republic    SY    +0200      2200  03APR08       2100  30SEP08   +0300
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  2626
#                              2200  02APR09       2100  30SEP09   +0300
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  2627
#                              2200  01APR10       2100  30SEP10   +0300
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  2628
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  2629
# From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-17):
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  2630
# Here's a link to English-language coverage by the Syrian Arab News
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  2631
# Agency (SANA)...
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  2632
# <a href="http://www.sana.sy/eng/21/2008/03/11/165173.htm">
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  2633
# http://www.sana.sy/eng/21/2008/03/11/165173.htm
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  2634
# </a>...which reads (in part) "The Cabinet approved the suggestion of the
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  2635
# Ministry of Electricity to begin daylight savings time on Friday April
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  2636
# 4th, advancing clocks one hour ahead on midnight of Thursday April 3rd."
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  2637
# Since Syria is two hours east of UTC, the 2200 and 2100 transition times
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  2638
# shown above match up with midnight in Syria.
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  2639
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  2640
# From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-18):
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  2641
# My buest guess at a Syrian rule is "the Friday nearest April 1";
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  2642
# coding that involves either using a "Mar Fri>=29" construct that old time zone
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  2643
# compilers can't handle  or having multiple Rules (a la Israel).
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  2644
# For now, use "Apr Fri>=1", and go with IATA on a uniform Sep 30 end.
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  2645
1833
e4d8baed5336 6758988: (tz) Support tzdata2008h
peytoia
parents: 1831
diff changeset
  2646
# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-10-07):
e4d8baed5336 6758988: (tz) Support tzdata2008h
peytoia
parents: 1831
diff changeset
  2647
# Syria has now officially decided to end DST on 2008-11-01 this year,
e4d8baed5336 6758988: (tz) Support tzdata2008h
peytoia
parents: 1831
diff changeset
  2648
# according to the following article in the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA).
e4d8baed5336 6758988: (tz) Support tzdata2008h
peytoia
parents: 1831
diff changeset
  2649
#
e4d8baed5336 6758988: (tz) Support tzdata2008h
peytoia
parents: 1831
diff changeset
  2650
# The article is in Arabic, and seems to tell that they will go back to
e4d8baed5336 6758988: (tz) Support tzdata2008h
peytoia
parents: 1831
diff changeset
  2651
# winter time on 2008-11-01 at 00:00 local daylight time (delaying/setting
e4d8baed5336 6758988: (tz) Support tzdata2008h
peytoia
parents: 1831
diff changeset
  2652
# clocks back 60 minutes).
e4d8baed5336 6758988: (tz) Support tzdata2008h
peytoia
parents: 1831
diff changeset
  2653
#
e4d8baed5336 6758988: (tz) Support tzdata2008h
peytoia
parents: 1831
diff changeset
  2654
# <a href="http://sana.sy/ara/2/2008/10/07/195459.htm">
e4d8baed5336 6758988: (tz) Support tzdata2008h
peytoia
parents: 1831
diff changeset
  2655
# http://sana.sy/ara/2/2008/10/07/195459.htm
e4d8baed5336 6758988: (tz) Support tzdata2008h
peytoia
parents: 1831
diff changeset
  2656
# </a>
e4d8baed5336 6758988: (tz) Support tzdata2008h
peytoia
parents: 1831
diff changeset
  2657
2813
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  2658
# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-03-19):
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  2659
# Syria will start DST on 2009-03-27 00:00 this year according to many sources,
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  2660
# two examples:
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  2661
#
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  2662
# <a href="http://www.sana.sy/eng/21/2009/03/17/217563.htm">
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  2663
# http://www.sana.sy/eng/21/2009/03/17/217563.htm
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  2664
# </a>
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  2665
# (English, Syrian Arab News # Agency)
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  2666
# <a href="http://thawra.alwehda.gov.sy/_View_news2.asp?FileName=94459258720090318012209">
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  2667
# http://thawra.alwehda.gov.sy/_View_news2.asp?FileName=94459258720090318012209
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  2668
# </a>
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  2669
# (Arabic, gov-site)
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  2670
#
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  2671
# We have not found any sources saying anything about when DST ends this year.
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  2672
#
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  2673
# Our summary
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  2674
# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/syria-dst-starts-march-27-2009.html">
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  2675
# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/syria-dst-starts-march-27-2009.html
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  2676
# </a>
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  2677
4279
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  2678
# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-10-27):
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449750ac6173 8002227: (tz) Support tzdata2012i
coffeys
parents: 12306
diff changeset
  2679
# The Syrian Arab News Network on 2009-09-29 reported that Syria will
449750ac6173 8002227: (tz) Support tzdata2012i
coffeys
parents: 12306
diff changeset
  2680
# revert back to winter (standard) time on midnight between Thursday
4279
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  2681
# 2009-10-29 and Friday 2009-10-30:
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  2682
# <a href="http://www.sana.sy/ara/2/2009/09/29/247012.htm">
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  2683
# http://www.sana.sy/ara/2/2009/09/29/247012.htm (Arabic)
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  2684
# </a>
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  2685
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  2686
# From Arthur David Olson (2009-10-28):
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  2687
# We'll see if future DST switching times turn out to be end of the last
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  2688
# Thursday of the month or the start of the last Friday of the month or
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  2689
# something else. For now, use the start of the last Friday.
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  2690
5137
9a7b933f58ae 6939021: (tz) Support tzdata2010g
peytoia
parents: 5130
diff changeset
  2691
# From Steffen Thorsen (2010-03-17):
9a7b933f58ae 6939021: (tz) Support tzdata2010g
peytoia
parents: 5130
diff changeset
  2692
# The "Syrian News Station" reported on 2010-03-16 that the Council of
9a7b933f58ae 6939021: (tz) Support tzdata2010g
peytoia
parents: 5130
diff changeset
  2693
# Ministers has decided that Syria will start DST on midnight Thursday
9a7b933f58ae 6939021: (tz) Support tzdata2010g
peytoia
parents: 5130
diff changeset
  2694
# 2010-04-01: (midnight between Thursday and Friday):
9a7b933f58ae 6939021: (tz) Support tzdata2010g
peytoia
parents: 5130
diff changeset
  2695
# <a href="http://sns.sy/sns/?path=news/read/11421">
9a7b933f58ae 6939021: (tz) Support tzdata2010g
peytoia
parents: 5130
diff changeset
  2696
# http://sns.sy/sns/?path=news/read/11421 (Arabic)
9a7b933f58ae 6939021: (tz) Support tzdata2010g
peytoia
parents: 5130
diff changeset
  2697
# </a>
9a7b933f58ae 6939021: (tz) Support tzdata2010g
peytoia
parents: 5130
diff changeset
  2698
12306
35ebe1184d3d 7158483: (tz) Support tzdata2012c
peytoia
parents: 10795
diff changeset
  2699
# From Steffen Thorsen (2012-03-26):
35ebe1184d3d 7158483: (tz) Support tzdata2012c
peytoia
parents: 10795
diff changeset
  2700
# Today, Syria's government announced that they will start DST early on Friday
35ebe1184d3d 7158483: (tz) Support tzdata2012c
peytoia
parents: 10795
diff changeset
  2701
# (00:00). This is a bit earlier than the past two years.
35ebe1184d3d 7158483: (tz) Support tzdata2012c
peytoia
parents: 10795
diff changeset
  2702
#
35ebe1184d3d 7158483: (tz) Support tzdata2012c
peytoia
parents: 10795
diff changeset
  2703
# From Syrian Arab News Agency, in Arabic:
35ebe1184d3d 7158483: (tz) Support tzdata2012c
peytoia
parents: 10795
diff changeset
  2704
# <a href="http://www.sana.sy/ara/2/2012/03/26/408215.htm">
35ebe1184d3d 7158483: (tz) Support tzdata2012c
peytoia
parents: 10795
diff changeset
  2705
# http://www.sana.sy/ara/2/2012/03/26/408215.htm
35ebe1184d3d 7158483: (tz) Support tzdata2012c
peytoia
parents: 10795
diff changeset
  2706
# </a>
35ebe1184d3d 7158483: (tz) Support tzdata2012c
peytoia
parents: 10795
diff changeset
  2707
#
35ebe1184d3d 7158483: (tz) Support tzdata2012c
peytoia
parents: 10795
diff changeset
  2708
# Our brief summary:
35ebe1184d3d 7158483: (tz) Support tzdata2012c
peytoia
parents: 10795
diff changeset
  2709
# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/syria-dst-2012.html">
35ebe1184d3d 7158483: (tz) Support tzdata2012c
peytoia
parents: 10795
diff changeset
  2710
# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/syria-dst-2012.html
35ebe1184d3d 7158483: (tz) Support tzdata2012c
peytoia
parents: 10795
diff changeset
  2711
# </a>
35ebe1184d3d 7158483: (tz) Support tzdata2012c
peytoia
parents: 10795
diff changeset
  2712
35ebe1184d3d 7158483: (tz) Support tzdata2012c
peytoia
parents: 10795
diff changeset
  2713
# From Arthur David Olson (2012-03-27):
35ebe1184d3d 7158483: (tz) Support tzdata2012c
peytoia
parents: 10795
diff changeset
  2714
# Assume last Friday in March going forward XXX.
35ebe1184d3d 7158483: (tz) Support tzdata2012c
peytoia
parents: 10795
diff changeset
  2715
2813
05d460e4a182 6834474: (tz) Support tzdata2009g
peytoia
parents: 1850
diff changeset
  2716
Rule	Syria	2008	only	-	Apr	Fri>=1	0:00	1:00	S
4279
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  2717
Rule	Syria	2008	only	-	Nov	1	0:00	0	-
5137
9a7b933f58ae 6939021: (tz) Support tzdata2010g
peytoia
parents: 5130
diff changeset
  2718
Rule	Syria	2009	only	-	Mar	lastFri	0:00	1:00	S
12306
35ebe1184d3d 7158483: (tz) Support tzdata2012c
peytoia
parents: 10795
diff changeset
  2719
Rule	Syria	2010	2011	-	Apr	Fri>=1	0:00	1:00	S
35ebe1184d3d 7158483: (tz) Support tzdata2012c
peytoia
parents: 10795
diff changeset
  2720
Rule	Syria	2012	max	-	Mar	lastFri	0:00	1:00	S
4279
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
  2721
Rule	Syria	2009	max	-	Oct	lastFri	0:00	0	-
1316
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  2722
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2723
# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2724
Zone	Asia/Damascus	2:25:12 -	LMT	1920	# Dimashq
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2725
			2:00	Syria	EE%sT
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2726
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2727
# Tajikistan
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2728
# From Shanks & Pottenger.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2729
# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2730
Zone	Asia/Dushanbe	4:35:12 -	LMT	1924 May  2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2731
			5:00	-	DUST	1930 Jun 21 # Dushanbe Time
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2732
			6:00 RussiaAsia DUS%sT	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2733
			5:00	1:00	DUSST	1991 Sep  9 2:00s
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2734
			5:00	-	TJT		    # Tajikistan Time
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2735
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2736
# Thailand
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2737
# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2738
Zone	Asia/Bangkok	6:42:04	-	LMT	1880
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2739
			6:42:04	-	BMT	1920 Apr # Bangkok Mean Time
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2740
			7:00	-	ICT
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2741
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2742
# Turkmenistan
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2743
# From Shanks & Pottenger.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2744
# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2745
Zone	Asia/Ashgabat	3:53:32 -	LMT	1924 May  2 # or Ashkhabad
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2746
			4:00	-	ASHT	1930 Jun 21 # Ashkhabad Time
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2747
			5:00 RussiaAsia	ASH%sT	1991 Mar 31 2:00
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2748
			4:00 RussiaAsia	ASH%sT	1991 Oct 27 # independence
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2749
			4:00 RussiaAsia	TM%sT	1992 Jan 19 2:00
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2750
			5:00	-	TMT
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2751
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2752
# United Arab Emirates
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2753
# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2754
Zone	Asia/Dubai	3:41:12 -	LMT	1920
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2755
			4:00	-	GST
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2756
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2757
# Uzbekistan
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2758
# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2759
Zone	Asia/Samarkand	4:27:12 -	LMT	1924 May  2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2760
			4:00	-	SAMT	1930 Jun 21 # Samarkand Time
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2761
			5:00	-	SAMT	1981 Apr  1
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2762
			5:00	1:00	SAMST	1981 Oct  1
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2763
			6:00	-	TAST	1982 Apr  1 # Tashkent Time
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2764
			5:00 RussiaAsia	SAM%sT	1991 Sep  1 # independence
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2765
			5:00 RussiaAsia	UZ%sT	1992
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2766
			5:00	-	UZT
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2767
Zone	Asia/Tashkent	4:37:12 -	LMT	1924 May  2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2768
			5:00	-	TAST	1930 Jun 21 # Tashkent Time
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2769
			6:00 RussiaAsia	TAS%sT	1991 Mar 31 2:00
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2770
			5:00 RussiaAsia	TAS%sT	1991 Sep  1 # independence
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2771
			5:00 RussiaAsia	UZ%sT	1992
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2772
			5:00	-	UZT
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2773
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2774
# Vietnam
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2775
17464
268d3ce75045 8013386: (tz) Support tzdata2013c
sherman
parents: 14416
diff changeset
  2776
# From Paul Eggert (2013-02-21):
268d3ce75045 8013386: (tz) Support tzdata2013c
sherman
parents: 14416
diff changeset
  2777
# Milne gives 7:16:56 for the meridian of Saigon in 1899, as being
268d3ce75045 8013386: (tz) Support tzdata2013c
sherman
parents: 14416
diff changeset
  2778
# used in Lower Laos, Cambodia, and Annam.  But this is quite a ways
268d3ce75045 8013386: (tz) Support tzdata2013c
sherman
parents: 14416
diff changeset
  2779
# from Saigon's location.  For now, ignore this and stick with Shanks
268d3ce75045 8013386: (tz) Support tzdata2013c
sherman
parents: 14416
diff changeset
  2780
# and Pottenger.
268d3ce75045 8013386: (tz) Support tzdata2013c
sherman
parents: 14416
diff changeset
  2781
1316
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  2782
# From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-18):
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  2783
# The English-language name of Vietnam's most populous city is "Ho Chi Min City";
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  2784
# we use Ho_Chi_Minh below to avoid a name of more than 14 characters.
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2785
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2786
# From Shanks & Pottenger:
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2787
# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1316
20fc6d4d57ae 6730743: (tz) Support tzdata2008e
peytoia
parents: 2
diff changeset
  2788
Zone	Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh	7:06:40 -	LMT	1906 Jun  9
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2789
			7:06:20	-	SMT	1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT?
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2790
			7:00	-	ICT	1912 May
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2791
			8:00	-	ICT	1931 May
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2792
			7:00	-	ICT
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2793
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2794
# Yemen
17464
268d3ce75045 8013386: (tz) Support tzdata2013c
sherman
parents: 14416
diff changeset
  2795
268d3ce75045 8013386: (tz) Support tzdata2013c
sherman
parents: 14416
diff changeset
  2796
# Milne says 2:59:54 was the meridian of the saluting battery at Aden,
268d3ce75045 8013386: (tz) Support tzdata2013c
sherman
parents: 14416
diff changeset
  2797
# and that Yemen was at 1:55:56, the meridian of the Hagia Sophia.
268d3ce75045 8013386: (tz) Support tzdata2013c
sherman
parents: 14416
diff changeset
  2798
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2799
# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
17464
268d3ce75045 8013386: (tz) Support tzdata2013c
sherman
parents: 14416
diff changeset
  2800
Zone	Asia/Aden	2:59:54	-	LMT	1950
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  2801
			3:00	-	AST