make/data/tzdata/asia
changeset 57667 79036e5e744b
parent 57544 99d2dd7b84a8
child 58284 59f7c242ccb8
--- a/make/data/tzdata/asia	Wed Aug 07 07:45:37 2019 -0400
+++ b/make/data/tzdata/asia	Wed Aug 07 13:00:57 2019 +0100
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
 Rule RussiaAsia	1996	2010	-	Oct	lastSun	 2:00s	0	-
 
 # Afghanistan
-# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Kabul	4:36:48 -	LMT	1890
 			4:00	-	+04	1945
 			4:30	-	+0430
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
 # 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	NAME		STDOFF	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
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
 # 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	NAME		STDOFF	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
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@
 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	NAME		STDOFF	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
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@
 			6:00	Dhaka	+06/+07
 
 # Bhutan
-# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Thimphu	5:58:36 -	LMT	1947 Aug 15 # or Thimbu
 			5:30	-	+0530	1987 Oct
 			6:00	-	+06
@@ -275,13 +275,13 @@
 # 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	NAME		STDOFF	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	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Brunei	7:39:40 -	LMT	1926 Mar # Bandar Seri Begawan
 			7:30	-	+0730	1933
 			8:00	-	+08
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@
 # 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	NAME		STDOFF	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
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@
 # that the sort of users who prefer Asia/Urumqi now typically ignored the
 # +08 mandate back then.
 
-# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 # Beijing time, used throughout China; represented by Shanghai.
 Zone	Asia/Shanghai	8:05:43	-	LMT	1901
 			8:00	Shang	C%sT	1949 May 28
@@ -675,11 +675,41 @@
 #   https://i.imgur.com/05KkvtC.png
 # * 1941-09-30, Hong Kong Daily Press, Winter Time Warning.
 #   https://i.imgur.com/dge4kFJ.png
-# Also, the Liberation day of Hong Kong after WWII which British rule
-# over the territory resumed was August 30, 1945, which I think should
-# be the termination date for the use of JST in the territory....
-
-# From Paul Eggert (2018-11-17):
+
+# From P Chan (2018-12-31):
+# * According to the Hong Kong Daylight-Saving Regulations, 1941, the
+#   1941 spring-forward transition was at 03:00.
+#	http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1941/304271.pdf
+#	http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1941/305516.pdf
+# * According to some articles from South China Morning Post, +08 was
+#   resumed on 1945-11-18 at 02:00.
+#	https://i.imgur.com/M2IsZ3c.png
+#	https://i.imgur.com/iOPqrVo.png
+#	https://i.imgur.com/fffcGDs.png
+# * Some newspapers ... said the 1946 spring-forward transition was on
+#   04-21 at 00:00.  The Kung Sheung Evening News 1946-04-20 (Chinese)
+#	https://i.imgur.com/ZSzent0.png
+#	https://mmis.hkpl.gov.hk///c/portal/cover?c=QF757YsWv5%2FH7zGe%2FKF%2BFLYsuqGhRBfe p.4
+#   The Kung Sheung Daily News 1946-04-21 (Chinese)
+#	https://i.imgur.com/7ecmRlcm.png
+#	https://mmis.hkpl.gov.hk///c/portal/cover?c=QF757YsWv5%2BQBGt1%2BwUj5qG2GqtwR3Wh p.4
+# * According to the Summer Time Ordinance (1946), the fallback
+#   transitions between 1946 and 1952 were at 03:30 Standard Time (+08)
+#	http://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/archive/files/bb74b06a74d5294620a15de560ab33c6.pdf
+# * Some other laws and regulations related to DST from 1953 to 1979
+#   Summer Time Ordinance 1953
+#	https://i.imgur.com/IOlJMav.jpg
+#   Summer Time (Amendment) Ordinance 1965
+#	https://i.imgur.com/8rofeLa.jpg
+#   Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance (1966)
+#	https://i.imgur.com/joy3msj.jpg
+#   Emergency (Summer Time) Regulation 1973 <https://i.imgur.com/OpRWrKz.jpg>
+#   Interpretation and General Clauses (Amendment) Ordinance 1977
+#	https://i.imgur.com/RaNqnc4.jpg
+#   Resolution of the Legislative Council passed on 9 May 1979
+#	https://www.legco.gov.hk/yr78-79/english/lc_sitg/hansard/h790509.pdf#page=39
+
+# From Paul Eggert (2019-05-31):
 # Here are the dates given at
 # https://www.hko.gov.hk/gts/time/Summertime.htm
 # as of 2014-06-19:
@@ -690,7 +720,7 @@
 # 1944        Whole year
 # 1945        Whole year
 # 1946        20 Apr to 1 Dec
-# 1947        13 Apr to 30 Dec
+# 1947        13 Apr to 30 Nov
 # 1948        2 May to 31 Oct
 # 1949        3 Apr to 30 Oct
 # 1950        2 Apr to 29 Oct
@@ -727,36 +757,28 @@
 # The page does not give times of day for transitions,
 # or dates for the 1942 and 1945 transitions.
 # The Japanese occupation of Hong Kong began 1941-12-25.
-# The Japanese surrender of Hong Kong was signed 1945-09-16; see:
-# Heaver S. The days after the Pacific war ended: unsettling times
-# in Hong Kong. Post Magazine. 2016-06-13.
-# https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/1852990/days-after-pacific-war-ended-unsettling-times-hong-kong
-# For lack of anything better, use start of those days as the
-# transition times.
 
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
-Rule	HK	1946	only	-	Apr	20	3:30	1:00	S
-Rule	HK	1946	only	-	Dec	1	3:30	0	-
-Rule	HK	1947	only	-	Apr	13	3:30	1:00	S
-Rule	HK	1947	only	-	Dec	30	3:30	0	-
-Rule	HK	1948	only	-	May	2	3:30	1:00	S
-Rule	HK	1948	1951	-	Oct	lastSun	3:30	0	-
-Rule	HK	1952	1953	-	Nov	Sun>=1	3:30	0	-
+Rule	HK	1946	only	-	Apr	21	0:00	1:00	S
+Rule	HK	1946	only	-	Dec	1	3:30s	0	-
+Rule	HK	1947	only	-	Apr	13	3:30s	1:00	S
+Rule	HK	1947	only	-	Nov	30	3:30s	0	-
+Rule	HK	1948	only	-	May	2	3:30s	1:00	S
+Rule	HK	1948	1952	-	Oct	Sun>=28	3:30s	0	-
 Rule	HK	1949	1953	-	Apr	Sun>=1	3:30	1:00	S
+Rule	HK	1953	1964	-	Oct	Sun>=31	3:30	0	-
 Rule	HK	1954	1964	-	Mar	Sun>=18	3:30	1:00	S
-Rule	HK	1954	only	-	Oct	31	3:30	0	-
-Rule	HK	1955	1964	-	Nov	Sun>=1	3:30	0	-
 Rule	HK	1965	1976	-	Apr	Sun>=16	3:30	1:00	S
 Rule	HK	1965	1976	-	Oct	Sun>=16	3:30	0	-
 Rule	HK	1973	only	-	Dec	30	3:30	1:00	S
-Rule	HK	1979	only	-	May	Sun>=8	3:30	1:00	S
-Rule	HK	1979	only	-	Oct	Sun>=16	3:30	0	-
-# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+Rule	HK	1979	only	-	May	13	3:30	1:00	S
+Rule	HK	1979	only	-	Oct	21	3:30	0	-
+# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Hong_Kong	7:36:42 -	LMT	1904 Oct 30  0:36:42
-			8:00	-	HKT	1941 Jun 15  3:30
+			8:00	-	HKT	1941 Jun 15  3:00
 			8:00	1:00	HKST	1941 Oct  1  4:00
 			8:30	-	HKT	1941 Dec 25
-			9:00	-	JST	1945 Sep 16
+			9:00	-	JST	1945 Nov 18  2:00
 			8:00	HK	HK%sT
 
 ###############################################################################
@@ -880,7 +902,7 @@
 Rule	Taiwan	1979	only	-	Jul	1	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Taiwan	1979	only	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	S
 
-# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 # Taipei or Taibei or T'ai-pei
 Zone	Asia/Taipei	8:06:00 -	LMT	1896 Jan  1
 			8:00	-	CST	1937 Oct  1
@@ -1018,7 +1040,7 @@
 Rule	Macau	1979	only	-	May	13	03:30	1:00	D
 Rule	Macau	1979	only	-	Oct	Sun>=16	03:30	0	S
 
-# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Macau	7:34:10 -	LMT	1904 Oct 30
 			8:00	-	CST	1941 Dec 21 23:00
 			9:00	Macau	+09/+10	1945 Sep 30 24:00
@@ -1057,7 +1079,7 @@
 Rule	Cyprus	1978	only	-	Oct	2	0:00	0	-
 Rule	Cyprus	1979	1997	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	0	-
 Rule	Cyprus	1981	1998	-	Mar	lastSun	0:00	1:00	S
-# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Nicosia	2:13:28 -	LMT	1921 Nov 14
 			2:00	Cyprus	EE%sT	1998 Sep
 			2:00	EUAsia	EE%sT
@@ -1106,7 +1128,7 @@
 # Byalokoz 1919 says Georgia was 2:59:11.
 # Go with Byalokoz.
 
-# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Tbilisi	2:59:11 -	LMT	1880
 			2:59:11	-	TBMT	1924 May  2 # Tbilisi Mean Time
 			3:00	-	+03	1957 Mar
@@ -1143,7 +1165,7 @@
 # which will be permanent, with no seasonal adjustment, will happen at
 # midnight on Saturday, September 16.
 
-# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Dili	8:22:20 -	LMT	1912 Jan  1
 			8:00	-	+08	1942 Feb 21 23:00
 			9:00	-	+09	1976 May  3
@@ -1209,7 +1231,7 @@
 # time for 1870-1941.  Shanks is our only (and dubious) source for the
 # 1941-1945 data.
 
-# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Kolkata	5:53:28 -	LMT	1854 Jun 28 # Kolkata
 			5:53:20	-	HMT	1870	    # Howrah Mean Time?
 			5:21:10	-	MMT	1906 Jan  1 # Madras local time
@@ -1261,7 +1283,7 @@
 # WITA - +08 - Waktu Indonesia Tengah (Indonesia central time)
 # WIT  - +09 - Waktu Indonesia Timur (Indonesia eastern time)
 #
-# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 # Java, Sumatra
 Zone Asia/Jakarta	7:07:12 -	LMT	1867 Aug 10
 # Shanks & Pottenger say the next transition was at 1924 Jan 1 0:13,
@@ -1337,9 +1359,9 @@
 # I used the following code in GNU Emacs 26.1 to generate the "Rule Iran"
 # lines from 2008 through 2087.  Emacs 26.1 uses Ed Reingold's
 # cal-persia implementation of Birashk's approximation, which in the
-# 2008-2087 range disagrees with the the astronomical Persian calendar
-# for Persian years 1404 (Gregorian 2025) and 1437 (Gregorian 2058),
-# so the following code special-case those years.  See Table 15.1, page 264, of:
+# 2008-2087 range disagrees with the astronomical Persian calendar
+# for Persian years 1404 (Gregorian 2025) and 1437 (Gregorian 2058), so
+# the following code special-cases those years.  See Table 15.1, page 264, of:
 # Edward M. Reingold and Nachum Dershowitz, Calendrical Calculations:
 # The Ultimate Edition, Cambridge University Press (2018).
 # https://www.cambridge.org/fr/academic/subjects/computer-science/computing-general-interest/calendrical-calculations-ultimate-edition-4th-edition
@@ -1533,7 +1555,7 @@
 Rule	Iran	2088	max	-	Mar	20	24:00	1:00	-
 Rule	Iran	2088	max	-	Sep	20	24:00	0	-
 
-# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Tehran	3:25:44	-	LMT	1916
 			3:25:44	-	TMT	1946     # Tehran Mean Time
 			3:30	-	+0330	1977 Nov
@@ -1578,7 +1600,7 @@
 #
 Rule	Iraq	1991	2007	-	Apr	 1	3:00s	1:00	-
 Rule	Iraq	1991	2007	-	Oct	 1	3:00s	0	-
-# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Baghdad	2:57:40	-	LMT	1890
 			2:57:36	-	BMT	1918     # Baghdad Mean Time?
 			3:00	-	+03	1982 May
@@ -1645,7 +1667,7 @@
 Rule	Zion	1975	only	-	Aug	31	0:00	0	S
 
 # From Alois Treindl (2019-03-06):
-# http://www.moin.gov.il/Documents/שעון קיץ/clock-50-years-7-2014.pdf
+# http://www.moin.gov.il/Documents/שעון%20קיץ/clock-50-years-7-2014.pdf
 # From Isaac Starkman (2019-03-06):
 # Summer time was in that period in 1980 and 1984, see
 # https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3951073,00.html
@@ -1783,32 +1805,15 @@
 #
 #	ftp://ftp.cs.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/2005+beyond.ps
 
-# From Paul Eggert (2012-10-26):
-# I used Ephraim Silverberg's dst-israel.el program
-# <ftp://ftp.cs.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/software/dst-israel.el> (2005-02-20)
-# along with Ed Reingold's cal-hebrew in GNU Emacs 21.4,
-# to generate the transitions from 2005 through 2012.
-# (I replaced "lastFri" with "Fri>=26" by hand.)
-# The spring transitions all correspond to the following Rule:
-#
-# Rule	Zion	2005	2012	-	Mar	Fri>=26	2:00	1:00	D
-#
-# but older zic implementations (e.g., Solaris 8) do not support
-# "Fri>=26" to mean April 1 in years like 2005, so for now we list the
-# springtime transitions explicitly.
-
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
-Rule	Zion	2005	only	-	Apr	 1	2:00	1:00	D
+Rule	Zion	2005	2012	-	Apr	Fri<=1	2:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Zion	2005	only	-	Oct	 9	2:00	0	S
-Rule	Zion	2006	2010	-	Mar	Fri>=26	2:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Zion	2006	only	-	Oct	 1	2:00	0	S
 Rule	Zion	2007	only	-	Sep	16	2:00	0	S
 Rule	Zion	2008	only	-	Oct	 5	2:00	0	S
 Rule	Zion	2009	only	-	Sep	27	2:00	0	S
 Rule	Zion	2010	only	-	Sep	12	2:00	0	S
-Rule	Zion	2011	only	-	Apr	 1	2:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Zion	2011	only	-	Oct	 2	2:00	0	S
-Rule	Zion	2012	only	-	Mar	Fri>=26	2:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Zion	2012	only	-	Sep	23	2:00	0	S
 
 # From Ephraim Silverberg (2013-06-27):
@@ -1824,7 +1829,7 @@
 Rule	Zion	2013	max	-	Mar	Fri>=23	2:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Zion	2013	max	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
 
-# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Jerusalem	2:20:54 -	LMT	1880
 			2:20:40	-	JMT	1918 # Jerusalem Mean Time?
 			2:00	Zion	I%sT
@@ -1916,7 +1921,7 @@
 # Central Time (UT+9). The adoption began on Oct 1, 1937.
 # https://ja.wikisource.org/wiki/明治二十八年勅令第百六十七號標準時ニ關スル件中改正ノ件
 
-# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Tokyo	9:18:59	-	LMT	1887 Dec 31 15:00u
 			9:00	Japan	J%sT
 # Since 1938, all Japanese possessions have been like Asia/Tokyo,
@@ -2019,7 +2024,7 @@
 Rule	Jordan	2013	only	-	Dec	20	0:00	0	-
 Rule	Jordan	2014	max	-	Mar	lastThu	24:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Jordan	2014	max	-	Oct	lastFri	0:00s	0	-
-# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Amman	2:23:44 -	LMT	1931
 			2:00	Jordan	EE%sT
 
@@ -2060,8 +2065,8 @@
 # text.
 #
 # According to Izvestia newspaper No. 68 (23334) from 1991-03-20
-# (page 6; available at http://libinfo.org/newsr/newsr2574.djvu via
-# http://libinfo.org/index.php?id=58564) on 1991-03-31 at 2:00 during
+# -- page 6; available at http://libinfo.org/newsr/newsr2574.djvu via
+# http://libinfo.org/index.php?id=58564 -- on 1991-03-31 at 2:00 during
 # transition to "summer" time:
 # Republic of Georgia, Latvian SSR, Lithuanian SSR, SSR Moldova,
 # Estonian SSR; Komi ASSR; Kaliningrad oblast; Nenets autonomous okrug
@@ -2077,7 +2082,7 @@
 # Apparently there were last minute changes. Apparently Kazakh act No. 170
 # was one of such changes.
 #
-# https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Декретное время
+# https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Декретное_время
 # claims that Sovetskaya Rossiya newspaper on 1991-03-29 published that
 # Nenets autonomous okrug, Komi and Kazakhstan (excluding Uralsk oblast)
 # were to not move clocks and Uralsk oblast was to move clocks
@@ -2216,7 +2221,7 @@
 # UTC+6 to UTC+5 effective December 21st, 2018. The legal document is
 # located here: http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/P1800000817 (russian language).
 
-# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 #
 # Almaty (formerly Alma-Ata), representing most locations in Kazakhstan
 # This includes KZ-AKM, KZ-ALA, KZ-ALM, KZ-AST, KZ-BAY, KZ-VOS, KZ-ZHA,
@@ -2318,7 +2323,7 @@
 Rule	Kyrgyz	1992	1996	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	0	-
 Rule	Kyrgyz	1997	2005	-	Mar	lastSun	2:30	1:00	-
 Rule	Kyrgyz	1997	2004	-	Oct	lastSun	2:30	0	-
-# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Bishkek	4:58:24 -	LMT	1924 May  2
 			5:00	-	+05	1930 Jun 21
 			6:00 RussiaAsia +06/+07	1991 Mar 31  2:00s
@@ -2433,7 +2438,7 @@
 # The BBC reported that the transition was from 23:30 to 24:00 today.
 # https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-44010705
 
-# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Seoul	8:27:52	-	LMT	1908 Apr  1
 			8:30	-	KST	1912 Jan  1
 			9:00	-	JST	1945 Sep  8
@@ -2482,7 +2487,7 @@
 Rule	Lebanon	1993	max	-	Mar	lastSun	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Lebanon	1993	1998	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	0	-
 Rule	Lebanon	1999	max	-	Oct	lastSun	0:00	0	-
-# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Beirut	2:22:00 -	LMT	1880
 			2:00	Lebanon	EE%sT
 
@@ -2494,7 +2499,7 @@
 # peninsular Malaysia
 # taken from Mok Ly Yng (2003-10-30)
 # http://www.math.nus.edu.sg/aslaksen/teaching/timezone.html
-# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone Asia/Kuala_Lumpur	6:46:46 -	LMT	1901 Jan  1
 			6:55:25	-	SMT	1905 Jun  1 # Singapore M.T.
 			7:00	-	+07	1933 Jan  1
@@ -2508,7 +2513,7 @@
 # From Paul Eggert (2014-08-12):
 # The data entries here are mostly from Shanks & Pottenger, but the 1942, 1945
 # and 1982 transition dates are from Mok Ly Yng.
-# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone Asia/Kuching	7:21:20	-	LMT	1926 Mar
 			7:30	-	+0730	1933
 			8:00 NBorneo  +08/+0820	1942 Feb 16
@@ -2516,7 +2521,7 @@
 			8:00	-	+08
 
 # Maldives
-# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Indian/Maldives	4:54:00 -	LMT	1880 # Malé
 			4:54:00	-	MMT	1960 # Malé Mean Time
 			5:00	-	+05
@@ -2659,7 +2664,7 @@
 Rule	Mongol	2015	2016	-	Mar	lastSat	2:00	1:00	-
 Rule	Mongol	2015	2016	-	Sep	lastSat	0:00	0	-
 
-# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 # Hovd, a.k.a. Chovd, Dund-Us, Dzhargalant, Khovd, Jirgalanta
 Zone	Asia/Hovd	6:06:36 -	LMT	1905 Aug
 			6:00	-	+06	1978
@@ -2677,7 +2682,7 @@
 			8:00	Mongol	+08/+09
 
 # Nepal
-# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Kathmandu	5:41:16 -	LMT	1920
 			5:30	-	+0530	1986
 			5:45	-	+0545
@@ -2827,7 +2832,7 @@
 Rule Pakistan	2008	2009	-	Nov	1	0:00	0	-
 Rule Pakistan	2009	only	-	Apr	15	0:00	1:00	S
 
-# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Karachi	4:28:12 -	LMT	1907
 			5:30	-	+0530	1942 Sep
 			5:30	1:00	+0630	1945 Oct 15
@@ -3114,13 +3119,21 @@
 # http://www.palestinecabinet.gov.ps/Website/AR/NDecrees/ViewFile.ashx?ID=e7a42ab7-ee23-435a-b9c8-a4f7e81f3817
 
 # From Even Scharning (2019-03-23):
-# DST in Palestine will start on 30 March this year, not 23 March as the time
-# zone database predicted.
-# https://ramallah.news/post/123610
+# http://pnn.ps/news/401130
+# http://palweather.ps/ar/node/50136.html
 #
-# From Tim Parenti (2019-03-23):
-# Combining this with the rules observed since 2016, adjust our spring
-# transition guess to Mar Sat>=24.
+# From Sharif Mustafa (2019-03-26):
+# The Palestinian cabinet announced today that the switch to DST will
+# be on Fri Mar 29th 2019 by advancing the clock by 60 minutes.
+# The decree signing date is Mar 12th but it was not published till today.
+# The decree does not specify the exact time of switch.
+# http://palestinecabinet.gov.ps/Website/AR/NDecrees/ViewFile.ashx?ID=e54e9ea1-50ee-4137-84df-0d6c78da259b
+#
+# From Even Scharning (2019-04-10):
+# Our source in Palestine said it happened Friday 29 at 00:00 local time....
+#
+# From Paul Eggert (2019-04-10):
+# For now, guess spring-ahead transitions are March's last Friday at 00:00.
 
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule EgyptAsia	1957	only	-	May	10	0:00	1:00	S
@@ -3151,10 +3164,11 @@
 Rule Palestine	2013	only	-	Sep	Fri>=21	0:00	0	-
 Rule Palestine	2014	2015	-	Oct	Fri>=21	0:00	0	-
 Rule Palestine	2015	only	-	Mar	lastFri	24:00	1:00	S
-Rule Palestine	2016	max	-	Mar	Sat>=24	1:00	1:00	S
+Rule Palestine	2016	2018	-	Mar	Sat>=24	1:00	1:00	S
 Rule Palestine	2016	max	-	Oct	lastSat	1:00	0	-
-
-# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+Rule Palestine	2019	max	-	Mar	lastFri	0:00	1:00	S
+
+# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Gaza	2:17:52	-	LMT	1900 Oct
 			2:00	Zion	EET/EEST 1948 May 15
 			2:00 EgyptAsia	EE%sT	1967 Jun  5
@@ -3228,7 +3242,7 @@
 Rule	Phil	1954	only	-	Jul	1	0:00	0	S
 Rule	Phil	1978	only	-	Mar	22	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Phil	1978	only	-	Sep	21	0:00	0	S
-# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Manila	-15:56:00 -	LMT	1844 Dec 31
 			8:04:00 -	LMT	1899 May 11
 			8:00	Phil	P%sT	1942 May
@@ -3236,7 +3250,7 @@
 			8:00	Phil	P%sT
 
 # Qatar
-# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Qatar	3:26:08 -	LMT	1920     # Al Dawhah / Doha
 			4:00	-	+04	1972 Jun
 			3:00	-	+03
@@ -3284,7 +3298,7 @@
 # the country.  Presumably this is documenting airline time.  Ignore this,
 # as it's before our 1970 cutoff.
 #
-# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Riyadh	3:06:52 -	LMT	1947 Mar 14
 			3:00	-	+03
 Link Asia/Riyadh Asia/Aden	# Yemen
@@ -3293,7 +3307,7 @@
 # Singapore
 # taken from Mok Ly Yng (2003-10-30)
 # http://www.math.nus.edu.sg/aslaksen/teaching/timezone.html
-# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Singapore	6:55:25 -	LMT	1901 Jan  1
 			6:55:25	-	SMT	1905 Jun  1 # Singapore M.T.
 			7:00	-	+07	1933 Jan  1
@@ -3357,7 +3371,7 @@
 # even worse.  For now, let's use a numeric abbreviation; we can
 # switch to "SLST" if it catches on.
 
-# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Colombo	5:19:24 -	LMT	1880
 			5:19:32	-	MMT	1906        # Moratuwa Mean Time
 			5:30	-	+0530	1942 Jan  5
@@ -3527,13 +3541,13 @@
 Rule	Syria	2012	max	-	Mar	lastFri	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Syria	2009	max	-	Oct	lastFri	0:00	0	-
 
-# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Damascus	2:25:12 -	LMT	1920 # Dimashq
 			2:00	Syria	EE%sT
 
 # Tajikistan
 # From Shanks & Pottenger.
-# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Dushanbe	4:35:12 -	LMT	1924 May  2
 			5:00	-	+05	1930 Jun 21
 			6:00 RussiaAsia +06/+07	1991 Mar 31  2:00s
@@ -3541,7 +3555,7 @@
 			5:00	-	+05
 
 # Thailand
-# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Bangkok	6:42:04	-	LMT	1880
 			6:42:04	-	BMT	1920 Apr # Bangkok Mean Time
 			7:00	-	+07
@@ -3550,7 +3564,7 @@
 
 # Turkmenistan
 # From Shanks & Pottenger.
-# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Ashgabat	3:53:32 -	LMT	1924 May  2 # or Ashkhabad
 			4:00	-	+04	1930 Jun 21
 			5:00 RussiaAsia	+05/+06	1991 Mar 31  2:00
@@ -3558,14 +3572,14 @@
 			5:00	-	+05
 
 # United Arab Emirates
-# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Dubai	3:41:12 -	LMT	1920
 			4:00	-	+04
 Link Asia/Dubai Asia/Muscat	# Oman
 
 # Uzbekistan
 # Byalokoz 1919 says Uzbekistan was 4:27:53.
-# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Samarkand	4:27:53 -	LMT	1924 May  2
 			4:00	-	+04	1930 Jun 21
 			5:00	-	+05	1981 Apr  1
@@ -3631,7 +3645,7 @@
 # Lê Thành Lân: "Lịch hai thế kỷ (1802-2010) và các lịch vĩnh cửu",
 # NXB Thuận Hoá, Huế, 1995.
 
-# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh	7:06:40 -	LMT	1906 Jul  1
 			7:06:30	-	PLMT	1911 May  1 # Phù Liễn MT
 			7:00	-	+07	1942 Dec 31 23:00