--- 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