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# tzdb data for Asia and environs

# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of

# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.

# This file is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,

# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to

# tz@iana.org for general use in the future).  For more, please see

# the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution.

# From Paul Eggert (2018-06-19):

#

# Unless otherwise specified, the source for data through 1990 is:

# Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition),

# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003).

# Unfortunately this book contains many errors and cites no sources.

#

# Many years ago Gwillim Law wrote that a good source

# for time zone data was the International Air Transport

# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM),

# published semiannually.  Law sent in several helpful summaries

# of the IATA's data after 1990.  Except where otherwise noted,

# IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990.

#

# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences,

# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which

# I found in the UCLA library.

#

# For data circa 1899, a common source is:

# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94.

# https://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359

#

# For Russian data circa 1919, a source is:

# Byalokoz EL. New Counting of Time in Russia since July 1, 1919.

# (See the 'europe' file for a fuller citation.)

#

# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is

# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997).

#

# The following alphabetic abbreviations appear in these tables

# (corrections are welcome):

#	     std  dst

#	     LMT	Local Mean Time

#	2:00 EET  EEST	Eastern European Time

#	2:00 IST  IDT	Israel

#	5:30 IST	India

#	7:00 WIB	west Indonesia (Waktu Indonesia Barat)

#	8:00 WITA	central Indonesia (Waktu Indonesia Tengah)

#	8:00 CST	China

#	8:00 PST  PDT*	Philippine Standard Time

#	8:30 KST  KDT	Korea when at +0830

#	9:00 WIT	east Indonesia (Waktu Indonesia Timur)

#	9:00 JST  JDT	Japan

#	9:00 KST  KDT	Korea when at +09

#	9:30 ACST	Australian Central Standard Time

# *I invented the abbreviation PDT; see "Philippines" below.

# Otherwise, these tables typically use numeric abbreviations like +03

# and +0330 for integer hour and minute UT offsets.  Although earlier

# editions invented alphabetic time zone abbreviations for every

# offset, this did not reflect common practice.

#

# See the 'europe' file for Russia and Turkey in Asia.

# From Guy Harris:

# Incorporates data for Singapore from Robert Elz' asia 1.1, as well as

# additional information from Tom Yap, Sun Microsystems Intercontinental

# Technical Support (including a page from the Official Airline Guide -

# Worldwide Edition).

###############################################################################

# These rules are stolen from the 'europe' file.

# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S

Rule	EUAsia	1981	max	-	Mar	lastSun	 1:00u	1:00	S

Rule	EUAsia	1979	1995	-	Sep	lastSun	 1:00u	0	-

Rule	EUAsia	1996	max	-	Oct	lastSun	 1:00u	0	-

Rule E-EurAsia	1981	max	-	Mar	lastSun	 0:00	1:00	-

Rule E-EurAsia	1979	1995	-	Sep	lastSun	 0:00	0	-

Rule E-EurAsia	1996	max	-	Oct	lastSun	 0:00	0	-

Rule RussiaAsia	1981	1984	-	Apr	1	 0:00	1:00	-

Rule RussiaAsia	1981	1983	-	Oct	1	 0:00	0	-

Rule RussiaAsia	1984	1995	-	Sep	lastSun	 2:00s	0	-

Rule RussiaAsia	1985	2010	-	Mar	lastSun	 2:00s	1:00	-

Rule RussiaAsia	1996	2010	-	Oct	lastSun	 2:00s	0	-

# Afghanistan

# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]

Zone	Asia/Kabul	4:36:48 -	LMT	1890

			4:00	-	+04	1945

			4:30	-	+0430

# Armenia

# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):

# Shanks & Pottenger have Yerevan switching to 3:00 (with Russian DST)

# in spring 1991, then to 4:00 with no DST in fall 1995, then

# readopting Russian DST in 1997.  Go with Shanks & Pottenger, even

# when they disagree with others.  Edgar Der-Danieliantz

# reported (1996-05-04) that Yerevan probably wouldn't use DST

# in 1996, though it did use DST in 1995.  IATA SSIM (1991/1998) reports that

# Armenia switched from 3:00 to 4:00 in 1998 and observed DST after 1991,

# but started switching at 3:00s in 1998.

# From Arthur David Olson (2011-06-15):

# While Russia abandoned DST in 2011, Armenia may choose to

# follow Russia's "old" rules.

# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2012-02-10):

# According to News Armenia, on Feb 9, 2012,

# http://newsarmenia.ru/society/20120209/42609695.html

#

# The Armenia National Assembly adopted final reading of Amendments to the

# Law "On procedure of calculation time on the territory of the Republic of

# Armenia" according to which Armenia [is] abolishing Daylight Saving Time.

# or

# (brief)

# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_armenia03.html

# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S

Rule Armenia	2011	only	-	Mar	lastSun	 2:00s	1:00	-

Rule Armenia	2011	only	-	Oct	lastSun	 2:00s	0	-

# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]

Zone	Asia/Yerevan	2:58:00 -	LMT	1924 May  2

			3:00	-	+03	1957 Mar

			4:00 RussiaAsia +04/+05	1991 Mar 31  2:00s

			3:00 RussiaAsia	+03/+04	1995 Sep 24  2:00s

			4:00	-	+04	1997

			4:00 RussiaAsia	+04/+05	2011

			4:00	Armenia	+04/+05

# Azerbaijan

# From Rustam Aliyev of the Azerbaijan Internet Forum (2005-10-23):

# According to the resolution of Cabinet of Ministers, 1997

# From Paul Eggert (2015-09-17): It was Resolution No. 21 (1997-03-17).

# http://code.az/files/daylight_res.pdf

# From Steffen Thorsen (2016-03-17):

# ... the Azerbaijani Cabinet of Ministers has cancelled switching to

# daylight saving time....

# https://www.azernews.az/azerbaijan/94137.html

# http://vestnikkavkaza.net/news/Azerbaijani-Cabinet-of-Ministers-cancels-daylight-saving-time.html

# http://en.apa.az/xeber_azerbaijan_abolishes_daylight_savings_ti_240862.html

# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S

Rule	Azer	1997	2015	-	Mar	lastSun	 4:00	1:00	-

Rule	Azer	1997	2015	-	Oct	lastSun	 5:00	0	-

# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]

Zone	Asia/Baku	3:19:24 -	LMT	1924 May  2

			3:00	-	+03	1957 Mar

			4:00 RussiaAsia +04/+05	1991 Mar 31  2:00s

			3:00 RussiaAsia	+03/+04	1992 Sep lastSun  2:00s

			4:00	-	+04	1996

			4:00	EUAsia	+04/+05	1997

			4:00	Azer	+04/+05

# Bahrain

# See Asia/Qatar.

# Bangladesh

# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-05-13):

# According to newspaper Asian Tribune (May 6, 2009) Bangladesh may introduce

# Daylight Saving Time from June 16 to Sept 30

#

# Bangladesh to introduce daylight saving time likely from June 16

# http://www.asiantribune.com/?q=node/17288

# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_bangladesh02.html

#

# "... Bangladesh government has decided to switch daylight saving time from

# June

# 16 till September 30 in a bid to ensure maximum use of daylight to cope with

# crippling power crisis. "

#

# The switch will remain in effect from June 16 to Sept 30 (2009) but if

# implemented the next year, it will come in force from April 1, 2010

# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-06-02):

# They have finally decided now, but changed the start date to midnight between

# the 19th and 20th, and they have not set the end date yet.

#

# Some sources:

# https://in.reuters.com/article/southAsiaNews/idINIndia-40017620090601

# http://bdnews24.com/details.php?id=85889&cid=2

#

# Our wrap-up:

# https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/bangladesh-daylight-saving-2009.html

# From A. N. M. Kamrus Saadat (2009-06-15):

# Finally we've got the official mail regarding DST start time where DST start

# time is mentioned as Jun 19 2009, 23:00 from BTRC (Bangladesh

# Telecommunication Regulatory Commission).

#

# No DST end date has been announced yet.

# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-09-25):

# Bangladesh won't go back to Standard Time from October 1, 2009,

# instead it will continue DST measure till the cabinet makes a fresh decision.

#

# Following report by same newspaper-"The Daily Star Friday":

# "DST change awaits cabinet decision-Clock won't go back by 1-hr from Oct 1"

# http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=107021

# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_bangladesh04.html

# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-10-13):

# IANS (Indo-Asian News Service) now reports:

# Bangladesh has decided that the clock advanced by an hour to make

# maximum use of daylight hours as an energy saving measure would

# "continue for an indefinite period."

#

# One of many places where it is published:

# http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/business/bangladesh-to-continue-indefinitely-with-advanced-time_100259987.html

# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-12-24):

# According to Bangladesh newspaper "The Daily Star,"

# Bangladesh will change its clock back to Standard Time on Dec 31, 2009.

#

# Clock goes back 1-hr on Dec 31 night.

# http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=119228

# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_bangladesh05.html

#

# "...The government yesterday decided to put the clock back by one hour

# on December 31 midnight and the new time will continue until March 31,

# 2010 midnight. The decision came at a cabinet meeting at the Prime

# Minister's Office last night..."

# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-03-22):

# According to Bangladesh newspaper "The Daily Star,"

# Cabinet cancels Daylight Saving Time

# http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/latest_news.php?nid=22817

# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_bangladesh06.html

# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S

Rule	Dhaka	2009	only	-	Jun	19	23:00	1:00	-

Rule	Dhaka	2009	only	-	Dec	31	24:00	0	-

# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]

Zone	Asia/Dhaka	6:01:40 -	LMT	1890

			5:53:20	-	HMT	1941 Oct    # Howrah Mean Time?

			6:30	-	+0630	1942 May 15

			5:30	-	+0530	1942 Sep

			6:30	-	+0630	1951 Sep 30

			6:00	-	+06	2009

			6:00	Dhaka	+06/+07

# Bhutan

# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]

Zone	Asia/Thimphu	5:58:36 -	LMT	1947 Aug 15 # or Thimbu

			5:30	-	+0530	1987 Oct

			6:00	-	+06

# British Indian Ocean Territory

# Whitman and the 1995 CIA time zone map say 5:00, but the

# 1997 and later maps say 6:00.  Assume the switch occurred in 1996.

# We have no information as to when standard time was introduced;

# assume it occurred in 1907, the same year as Mauritius (which

# then contained the Chagos Archipelago).

# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]

Zone	Indian/Chagos	4:49:40	-	LMT	1907

			5:00	-	+05	1996

			6:00	-	+06

# Brunei

# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]

Zone	Asia/Brunei	7:39:40 -	LMT	1926 Mar # Bandar Seri Begawan

			7:30	-	+0730	1933

			8:00	-	+08

# Burma / Myanmar

# Milne says 6:24:40 was the meridian of the time ball observatory at Rangoon.

# From Paul Eggert (2017-04-20):

# Page 27 of Reed & Low (cited for Asia/Kolkata) says "Rangoon local time is

# used upon the railways and telegraphs of Burma, and is 6h. 24m. 47s. ahead

# of Greenwich."  This refers to the period before Burma's transition to +0630,

# a transition for which Shanks is the only source.

# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]

Zone	Asia/Yangon	6:24:47 -	LMT	1880        # or Rangoon

			6:24:47	-	RMT	1920        # Rangoon local time

			6:30	-	+0630	1942 May

			9:00	-	+09	1945 May  3

			6:30	-	+0630

# Cambodia

# See Asia/Bangkok.

# China

# From Paul Eggert (2018-10-02):

# The following comes from Table 1 of:

# Li Yu. Research on the daylight saving movement in 1940s Shanghai.

# Nanjing Journal of Social Sciences. 2014;(2):144-50.

# http://oversea.cnki.net/kns55/detail.aspx?dbname=CJFD2014&filename=NJSH201402020

# The table lists dates only; I am guessing 00:00 and 24:00 transition times.

# Also, the table lists the planned end of DST in 1949, but the corresponding

# zone line cuts this off on May 28, when the Communists took power.

#

# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S

Rule	Shang	1940	only	-	Jun	 1	 0:00	1:00	D

Rule	Shang	1940	only	-	Oct	12	24:00	0	S

Rule	Shang	1941	only	-	Mar	15	 0:00	1:00	D

Rule	Shang	1941	only	-	Nov	 1	24:00	0	S

Rule	Shang	1942	only	-	Jan	31	 0:00	1:00	D

Rule	Shang	1945	only	-	Sep	 1	24:00	0	S

Rule	Shang	1946	only	-	May	15	 0:00	1:00	D

Rule	Shang	1946	only	-	Sep	30	24:00	0	S

Rule	Shang	1947	only	-	Apr	15	 0:00	1:00	D

Rule	Shang	1947	only	-	Oct	31	24:00	0	S

Rule	Shang	1948	1949	-	May	 1	 0:00	1:00	D

Rule	Shang	1948	1949	-	Sep	30	24:00	0	S #plan

# From Guy Harris:

# People's Republic of China.  Yes, they really have only one time zone.

# From Bob Devine (1988-01-28):

# No they don't.  See TIME mag, 1986-02-17 p.52.  Even though

# China is across 4 physical time zones, before Feb 1, 1986 only the

# Peking (Beijing) time zone was recognized.  Since that date, China

# has two of 'em - Peking's and Ürümqi (named after the capital of

# the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region).  I don't know about DST for it.

#

# . . .I just deleted the DST table and this editor makes it too

# painful to suck in another copy.  So, here is what I have for

# DST start/end dates for Peking's time zone (info from AP):

#

#     1986 May 4 - Sept 14

#     1987 mid-April - ??

# From U. S. Naval Observatory (1989-01-19):

# CHINA               8 H  AHEAD OF UTC  ALL OF CHINA, INCL TAIWAN

# CHINA               9 H  AHEAD OF UTC  APR 17 - SEP 10

# From Paul Eggert (2008-02-11):

# Jim Mann, "A clumsy embrace for another western custom: China on daylight

# time - sort of", Los Angeles Times, 1986-05-05 ... [says] that China began

# observing daylight saving time in 1986.

# From P Chan (2018-05-07):

# The start and end time of DST in China [from 1986 on] should be 2:00

# (i.e. 2:00 to 3:00 at the start and 2:00 to 1:00 at the end)....

# Government notices about summer time:

#

# 1986-04-12 http://www.zj.gov.cn/attach/zfgb/198608.pdf p.21-22

# (To establish summer time from 1986. On 4 May, set the clocks ahead one hour

# at 2 am. On 14 September, set the clocks backward one hour at 2 am.)

#

# 1987-02-15 http://www.gov.cn/gongbao/shuju/1987/gwyb198703.pdf p.114

# (Summer time in 1987 to start from 12 April until 13 September)

#

# 1987-09-09 http://www.gov.cn/gongbao/shuju/1987/gwyb198721.pdf p.709

# (From 1988, summer time to start from 2 am of the first Sunday of mid-April

# until 2 am of the first Sunday of mid-September)

#

# 1992-03-03 http://www.gov.cn/gongbao/shuju/1992/gwyb199205.pdf p.152

# (To suspend summer time from 1992)

#

# The first page of People's Daily on 12 April 1988 stating that summer time

# to begin on 17 April.

# http://data.people.com.cn/pic/101p/1988/04/1988041201.jpg

# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S

Rule	PRC	1986	only	-	May	 4	 2:00	1:00	D

Rule	PRC	1986	1991	-	Sep	Sun>=11	 2:00	0	S

Rule	PRC	1987	1991	-	Apr	Sun>=11	 2:00	1:00	D

# From Anthony Fok (2001-12-20):

# BTW, I did some research on-line and found some info regarding these five

# historic timezones from some Taiwan websites.  And yes, there are official

# Chinese names for these locales (before 1949).

#

# From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2006-07-14):

# I have investigated the timezones around 1970 on the

# https://www.astro.com/atlas site [with provinces and county

# boundaries summarized below]....  A few other exceptions were two

# counties on the Sichuan side of the Xizang-Sichuan border,

# counties Dege and Baiyu which lies on the Sichuan side and are

# therefore supposed to be GMT+7, Xizang region being GMT+6, but Dege

# county is GMT+8 according to astro.com while Baiyu county is GMT+6

# (could be true), for the moment I am assuming that those two

# counties are mistakes in the astro.com data.

# From Paul Eggert (2017-01-05):

# Alois Treindl kindly sent me translations of the following two sources:

#

# (1)

# Guo Qing-sheng (National Time-Service Center, CAS, Xi'an 710600, China)

# Beijing Time at the Beginning of the PRC

# China Historical Materials of Science and Technology

# (Zhongguo ke ji shi liao, 中国科技史料). 2003;24(1):5-9.

# http://oversea.cnki.net/kcms/detail/detail.aspx?filename=ZGKS200301000&dbname=CJFD2003

# It gives evidence that at the beginning of the PRC, Beijing time was

# officially apparent solar time!  However, Guo also says that the

# evidence is dubious, as the relevant institute of astronomy had not

# been taken over by the PRC yet.  It's plausible that apparent solar

# time was announced but never implemented, and that people continued

# to use UT+8.  As the Shanghai radio station (and I presume the

# observatory) was still under control of French missionaries, it

# could well have ignored any such mandate.

#

# (2)

# Guo Qing-sheng (Shaanxi Astronomical Observatory, CAS, Xi'an 710600, China)

# A Study on the Standard Time Changes for the Past 100 Years in China

# [undated and unknown publication location]

# It says several things:

#   * The Qing dynasty used local apparent solar time throughout China.

#   * The Republic of China instituted Beijing mean solar time effective

#     the official calendar book of 1914.

#   * The French Concession in Shanghai set up signal stations in

#     French docks in the 1890s, controlled by Xujiahui (Zikawei)

#     Observatory and set to local mean time.

#   * "From the end of the 19th century" it changed to UT+8.

#   * Chinese Customs (by then reduced to a tool of foreign powers)

#     eventually standardized on this time for all ports, and it

#     became used by railways as well.

#   * In 1918 the Central Observatory proposed dividing China into

#     five time zones (see below for details).  This caught on

#     at first only in coastal areas observing UT+8.

#   * During WWII all of China was in theory was at UT+7.  In practice

#     this was ignored in the west, and I presume was ignored in

#     Japanese-occupied territory.

#   * Japanese-occupied Manchuria was at UT+9, i.e., Japan time.

#   * The five-zone plan was resurrected after WWII and officially put into

#     place (with some modifications) in March 1948.  It's not clear

#     how well it was observed in areas under Nationalist control.

#   * The People's Liberation Army used UT+8 during the civil war.

#

# An AP article "Shanghai Internat'l Area Little Changed" in the

# Lewiston (ME) Daily Sun (1939-05-29), p 17, said "Even the time is

# different - the occupied districts going by Tokyo time, an hour

# ahead of that prevailing in the rest of Shanghai."  Guess that the

# Xujiahui Observatory was under French control and stuck with UT +08.

#

# In earlier versions of this file, China had many separate Zone entries, but

# this was based on what were apparently incorrect data in Shanks & Pottenger.

# This has now been simplified to the two entries Asia/Shanghai and

# Asia/Urumqi, with the others being links for backward compatibility.

# Proposed in 1918 and theoretically in effect until 1949 (although in practice

# mainly observed in coastal areas), the five zones were:

#

# Changbai Time ("Long-white Time", Long-white = Heilongjiang area) UT +08:30

# Now part of Asia/Shanghai; its pre-1970 times are not recorded here.

# Heilongjiang (except Mohe county), Jilin

#

# Zhongyuan Time ("Central plain Time") UT +08

# Now part of Asia/Shanghai.

# most of China

# Milne gives 8:05:43.2 for Xujiahui Observatory time; round to nearest.

# Guo says Shanghai switched to UT +08 "from the end of the 19th century".

#

# Long-shu Time (probably as Long and Shu were two names of the area) UT +07

# Now part of Asia/Shanghai; its pre-1970 times are not recorded here.

# Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Ningxia, Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Yunnan;

# most of Gansu; west Inner Mongolia; east Qinghai; and the Guangdong

# counties Deqing, Enping, Kaiping, Luoding, Taishan, Xinxing,

# Yangchun, Yangjiang, Yu'nan, and Yunfu.

#

# Xin-zang Time ("Xinjiang-Tibet Time") UT +06

# This region is now part of either Asia/Urumqi or Asia/Shanghai with

# current boundaries uncertain; times before 1970 for areas that

# disagree with Ürümqi or Shanghai are not recorded here.

# The Gansu counties Aksay, Anxi, Dunhuang, Subei; west Qinghai;

# the Guangdong counties  Xuwen, Haikang, Suixi, Lianjiang,

# Zhanjiang, Wuchuan, Huazhou, Gaozhou, Maoming, Dianbai, and Xinyi;

# east Tibet, including Lhasa, Chamdo, Shigaise, Jimsar, Shawan and Hutubi;

# east Xinjiang, including Ürümqi, Turpan, Karamay, Korla, Minfeng, Jinghe,

# Wusu, Qiemo, Xinyan, Wulanwusu, Jinghe, Yumin, Tacheng, Tuoli, Emin,

# Shihezi, Changji, Yanqi, Heshuo, Tuokexun, Tulufan, Shanshan, Hami,

# Fukang, Kuitun, Kumukuli, Miquan, Qitai, and Turfan.

#

# Kunlun Time UT +05:30

# This region is now in the same status as Xin-zang Time (see above).

# West Tibet, including Pulan, Aheqi, Shufu, Shule;

# West Xinjiang, including Aksu, Atushi, Yining, Hetian, Cele, Luopu, Nileke,

# Zhaosu, Tekesi, Gongliu, Chabuchaer, Huocheng, Bole, Pishan, Suiding,

# and Yarkand.

# From Luther Ma (2009-10-17):

# Almost all (>99.9%) ethnic Chinese (properly ethnic Han) living in

# Xinjiang use Chinese Standard Time. Some are aware of Xinjiang time,

# but have no need of it. All planes, trains, and schools function on

# what is called "Beijing time." When Han make an appointment in Chinese