# @(#)asia 7.13 # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, # go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to # tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future). # From Paul Eggert (August 18, 1994): # # A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is # Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (3rd edition), # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1991). # Except where otherwise noted, it is the source for the data below. # # Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences, # Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which # I found in the UCLA library. # # A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is # Derek Howse, Greenwich time and the discovery of the longitude, # Oxford University Press (1980). # # I invented the abbreviations marked `*' in the following table; # the rest are from earlier versions of this file, or from other sources. # Corrections are welcome! # std dst # LMT Local Mean Time # LST Local Star Time (Russian ``mestnoe zvezdnoe vremya'') # 2:00 EET EET DST Eastern European Time # 2:00 IST IDT Israel # 3:00 AST ADT Arabia* # 3:00 MSK MSD Moscow # 3:30 IST IDT Iran # 4:00 BSK BSD Baku* # 4:00 GST GDT Gulf* # 4:30 AFT Afghanistan* # 5:00 ASK ASD Ashkhabad* # 5:00 PKT Pakistan* # 5:30 IST IST India # 5:45 NPT Nepal* # 6:00 BGT Bengal, Bangladesh* # 6:00 TSK TSD Tashkent* # 6:30 BMT Burma* # 7:00 ICT Indochina* # 7:00 JVT Java* # 8:00 BNT Borneo, Brunei* # 8:00 CST CDT China # 8:00 HKT HKST Hong Kong # 8:00 PST PDT Philippines* # 8:00 SGT Singapore # 8:00 UST UDT Ulan Bator* # 9:00 JST JDT Japan # 9:00 KST KDT Korea # 9:00 MLT Moluccas* # 9:30 CST Australian Central Standard Time # # See the `europe' file for Russia and Turkey in Asia. # # See the `africa' file for Zone naming conventions. # From Guy Harris: # Incorporates data for Singapore from Robert Elz' asia 1.1, as well as # additional information from Tom Yap, Sun Microsystems Intercontinental # Technical Support (including a page from the Official Airline Guide - # Worldwide Edition). The names for time zones are guesses. ############################################################################### # From Paul Eggert (May 28, 1994): # We don't know what happened to the clocks in the Caucausus and the ex-Soviet # Central Asia after 1990. Until we get more info, stick with the pre-1991 rules. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Russia 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Russia 1981 1983 - Oct 1 0:00 0 K Rule Russia 1984 max - Sep lastSun 3:00 0 K Rule Russia 1985 max - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 D # Afghanistan # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Kabul 4:36:48 - LMT 1890 4:00 - GST 1945 4:30 - AFT # ZONE-DESCR Asia Kabul Afghanistan All points # Armenia # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Yerevan 2:58:00 - LMT 1924 May 2 3:00 - MSK 1957 Mar 4:00 Russia BS%s # ZONE-DESCR Asia Yerevan Armenia All points # Azerbaijan # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Baku 3:19:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 3:00 - MSK 1957 Mar 4:00 Russia BS%s # ZONE-DESCR Asia Baku Azerbaijan All points # Bahrain # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Bahrain 3:22:20 - LMT 1920 # Al-Manamah 4:00 - GST 1972 Jun 3:00 - AST # ZONE-DESCR Asia Bahrain Bahrain All points # Bangladesh # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Dacca 6:01:40 - LMT 1890 5:53 - CMT 1941 Oct # Calcutta Mean Time 6:30 - BMT 1942 May 15 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep 6:30 - BMT 1951 Sep 30 6:00 - BGT # ZONE-DESCR Asia Dacca Bangladesh All points # Bhutan # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Thimbu 5:58:36 - LMT 1947 Aug 15 5:30 - IST 1987 Oct 6:00 - BGT # ZONE-DESCR Asia Thimbu Bhutan All points # British Indian Ocean Territory # From Whitman: # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Indian/Chagos 5:00 - PKT # ZONE-DESCR Indian Chagos British_Indian_Ocean_Terr All points # Brunei # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Brunei 7:39:40 - LMT 1926 Mar # Bandar Seri Begawan 7:30 - BNT 1933 8:00 - BNT # ZONE-DESCR Asia Brunei Brunei All points # Burma # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Rangoon 6:24:40 - LMT 1880 6:25 - RMT 1920 6:30 - BMT 1942 May 9:00 - JST 1945 May 3 6:30 - BMT # ZONE-DESCR Asia Rangoon Myanmar All points # Cambodia # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Phnom_Penh 6:59:40 - LMT 1906 Jun 9 7:06 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT 7:00 - ICT 1912 May 8:00 - ICT 1931 May 7:00 - ICT # ZONE-DESCR Asia Phonm_Penh Cambodia All points # People's Republic of China # From Guy Harris: # People's Republic of China. Yes, they really have only one time zone. # From Bob Devine (January 28, 1988): # No they don't. See TIME mag, February 17, 1986 p.52. Even though # China is across 4 physical time zones, before Feb 1, 1986 only the # Peking (Bejing) time zone was recognized. Since that date, China # has two of 'em -- Peking's and Urumqi (named after the capital of # the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region). I don't know about DST for it. # # . . .I just deleted the DST table and this editor makes it too # painful to suck in another copy.. So, here is what I have for # DST start/end dates for Peking's time zone (info from AP): # # 1986 May 4 - Sept 14 # 1987 mid-April - ?? # From Paul Eggert (November 18, 1993): # According to Shanks, China started using DST in 1986, # but it's still all one big happy time zone. # From U. S. Naval Observatory (January 19, 1989): # CHINA 8 H AHEAD OF UTC ALL OF CHINA, INCL TAIWAN # CHINA 9 H AHEAD OF UTC APR 17 - SEP 10 # From Paul Eggert (November 18, 1993): # Shanks writes that China switched from the Chinese calendar on 1912 Feb 12. # He also writes that China has had a single time zone since 1980 May 1, # and that they instituted DST on 1986 May 4; this contradicts Devine's # note about Time magazine, though apparently _something_ happened in 1986. # From Shanks (1991): # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Shang 1928 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S Rule Shang 1940 only - Jun 3 0:00 1:00 D Rule Shang 1940 1941 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S Rule Shang 1941 only - Mar 16 0:00 1:00 D Rule PRC 1949 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S Rule PRC 1986 only - May 4 0:00 1:00 D Rule PRC 1986 max - Sep Sun>=11 0:00 0 S Rule PRC 1987 max - Apr Sun>=10 0:00 1:00 D # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Shanghai 8:05:52 - LMT 1928 8:00 Shang C%sT 1949 8:00 PRC C%sT # ZONE-DESCR Asia Shanghai China All points ############################################################################### # Republic of China # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Taiwan 1896 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S Rule Taiwan 1945 1951 - May 1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Taiwan 1945 1951 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S Rule Taiwan 1952 only - Mar 1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Taiwan 1952 1954 - Nov 1 0:00 0 S Rule Taiwan 1953 1959 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Taiwan 1955 1961 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S Rule Taiwan 1960 1961 - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Taiwan 1974 1975 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Taiwan 1974 1975 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S Rule Taiwan 1980 only - Jun 30 0:00 1:00 D Rule Taiwan 1980 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Taipei 8:06:00 - LMT 1896 8:00 Taiwan C%sT # ZONE-DESCR Asia Taipei Taiwan All points ############################################################################### # Hong Kong # Presumably Hong Kong will have DST again when it merges with China, # but it's too early to predict the details. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule HK 1904 only - Oct 30 0:00 0 - Rule HK 1946 only - Apr 20 3:30 1:00 S Rule HK 1946 only - Dec 1 3:30 0 - Rule HK 1947 only - Apr 13 3:30 1:00 S Rule HK 1947 only - Dec 30 3:30 0 - Rule HK 1948 only - May 2 3:30 1:00 S Rule HK 1948 1952 - Oct lastSun 3:30 0 - Rule HK 1949 1953 - Apr Sun>=1 3:30 1:00 S Rule HK 1953 only - Nov 1 3:30 0 - Rule HK 1954 1964 - Mar Sun>=18 3:30 1:00 S Rule HK 1954 only - Oct 31 3:30 0 - Rule HK 1955 1964 - Nov Sun>=1 3:30 0 - Rule HK 1965 1977 - Apr Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S Rule HK 1965 1977 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 - Rule HK 1979 1980 - May Sun>=8 3:30 1:00 S Rule HK 1979 1980 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Hong_Kong 7:36:36 - LMT 1904 Oct 30 8:00 HK HK%sT # ZONE-DESCR Asia Hong_Kong Hong_Kong All points # Macao # Presumably Macao will have DST again when it merges with China, # but it's too early to predict the details. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Macao 1912 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S Rule Macao 1961 1962 - Mar Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 D Rule Macao 1961 1964 - Nov Sun>=1 3:30 0 S Rule Macao 1963 only - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 D Rule Macao 1964 only - Mar Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 D Rule Macao 1965 only - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 D Rule Macao 1965 only - Oct 31 0:00 0 S Rule Macao 1966 1971 - Apr Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 D Rule Macao 1966 1971 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 S Rule Macao 1972 1974 - Apr Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 D Rule Macao 1972 1973 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 0 S Rule Macao 1974 1977 - Oct Sun>=15 3:30 0 S Rule Macao 1975 1977 - Apr Sun>=15 3:30 1:00 D Rule Macao 1978 1980 - Apr Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 D Rule Macao 1978 1980 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Macao 7:34:20 - LMT 1912 8:00 Macao C%sT # ZONE-DESCR Asia Macao Macao All points ############################################################################### # Cyprus # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Cyprus 1921 only - Nov 14 0:00 0 - Rule Cyprus 1975 only - Apr 13 0:00 1:00 " DST" Rule Cyprus 1975 only - Oct 12 0:00 0 - Rule Cyprus 1976 only - May 15 0:00 1:00 " DST" Rule Cyprus 1976 only - Oct 11 0:00 0 - Rule Cyprus 1977 1980 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 " DST" Rule Cyprus 1977 only - Sep 25 0:00 0 - Rule Cyprus 1978 only - Oct 2 0:00 0 - Rule Cyprus 1979 max - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - Rule Cyprus 1981 max - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 " DST" # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Nicosia 2:13:28 - LMT 1921 Nov 14 2:00 Cyprus EET%s # ZONE-DESCR Asia Cyprus Cyprus All points # Georgia # From Paul Eggert (1994-11-19): # Today's _Economist_ (p 60) reports that Georgia moved its clocks forward # an hour recently, due to a law proposed by Zurab Murvanidze, # an MP who went on a hunger strike for 11 days to force discussion about it! # Alas, we have no details. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Tbilisi 2:59:16 - LMT 1880 2:59 - LST 1924 May 2 3:00 - MSK 1957 Mar 4:00 Russia BS%s # ZONE-DESCR Asia Tbilisi Georgia All points # India # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Calcutta 5:53:28 - LMT 1880 5:53 - CMT 1941 Oct # Calcutta Mean Time 6:30 - BMT 1942 May 15 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 15 5:30 - IST # The following are like Asia/Calcutta: # Andaman Is # Lakshadweep (Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Is) # Nicobar Is # ZONE-DESCR Asia Calcutta India All points # Indonesia # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Jakarta 7:07:12 - LMT 1867 Aug 10 7:07 - JMT 1924 Jan 1 0:13 7:20 - JVT 1932 Nov 7:30 - JVT 1942 Mar 23 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug 7:30 - JVT 1948 May 8:00 - JVT 1950 May 7:30 - JVT 1964 7:00 - JVT Zone Asia/Ujung_Pandang 7:57:36 - LMT 1920 7:58 - MMT 1932 Nov # Macassar Mean Time 8:00 - BNT 1942 Feb 9 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug 8:00 - BNT Zone Asia/Jayapura 9:22:48 - LMT 1932 Nov 9:00 - MLT 1944 9:30 - CST 1964 9:00 - MLT # ZONE-DESCR Asia Jakarta Indonesia Jakarta # ZONE-DESCR Asia Ujung_Pandang Indonesia Ujung Pandang # ZONE-DESCR Asia Jayapura Indonesia Jayapura # Iran # Shanks has no record of DST after 1980. # From Bob Devine (January 28, 1988): # Iran: Last Sunday in March to third (?) Sunday in # September. Since the revolution, the official calendar is Monarchic # calendar; I have no idea what the correspondence between dates are. # From U. S. Naval Observatory (January 19, 1989): # IRAN 3.5H AHEAD OF UTC # From Shanks (1991), with corrections from Devine: # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Iran 1977 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 S Rule Iran 1978 1980 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D Rule Iran 1978 only - Oct 21 0:00 0 S Rule Iran 1979 only - Sep 19 0:00 0 S Rule Iran 1980 only - Sep 23 0:00 0 S Rule Iran 1988 max - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Iran 1988 max - Sep Sun>=15 2:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Tehran 3:25:44 - LMT 1916 3:26 - TMT 1946 3:30 - IST 1977 Nov 4:00 Iran G%sT 1979 3:30 Iran I%sT # ZONE-DESCR Asia Tehran Iran All points # Iraq # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Iraq 1982 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Iraq 1982 1984 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S Rule Iraq 1983 only - Mar 31 0:00 1:00 D Rule Iraq 1984 1985 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Iraq 1985 max - Sep lastSun 1:00s 0 S Rule Iraq 1986 max - Mar lastSun 1:00s 1:00 D # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Baghdad 2:57:40 - LMT 1890 2:58 - BMT 1918 # Baghdad Mean Time 3:00 - AST 1982 May 3:00 Iraq A%sT # ZONE-DESCR Asia Baghdad Iraq All points ############################################################################### # Israel # From U. S. Naval Observatory (January 19, 1989): # ISRAEL 2 H AHEAD OF UTC # ISRAEL 3 H AHEAD OF UTC APR 10 - SEP 3 # From Paul Eggert (November 18, 1993): # # Shanks gives the following rules for Jerusalem from 1918 through 1991. # After 1989 Shanks often disagrees with Silverberg; we go with Silverberg. # From Shanks (1991): # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Zion 1918 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S Rule Zion 1940 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1942 1944 - Nov 1 0:00 0 S Rule Zion 1943 only - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1944 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1945 only - Apr 16 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1945 only - Nov 1 2:00 0 S Rule Zion 1946 only - Apr 16 2:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1946 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 S Rule Zion 1948 only - May 23 0:00 2:00 DD Rule Zion 1948 only - Sep 1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1948 1949 - Nov 1 2:00 0 S Rule Zion 1949 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1950 only - Apr 16 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1950 only - Sep 15 3:00 0 S Rule Zion 1951 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1951 only - Nov 11 3:00 0 S Rule Zion 1952 only - Apr 20 2:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1952 only - Oct 19 3:00 0 S Rule Zion 1953 only - Apr 12 2:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1953 only - Sep 13 3:00 0 S Rule Zion 1954 only - Jun 13 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1954 only - Sep 12 0:00 0 S Rule Zion 1955 only - Jun 11 2:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1955 only - Sep 11 0:00 0 S Rule Zion 1956 only - Jun 3 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1956 only - Sep 30 3:00 0 S Rule Zion 1957 only - Apr 29 2:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1957 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 S Rule Zion 1974 only - Jul 7 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1974 only - Oct 13 0:00 0 S Rule Zion 1975 only - Apr 20 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1975 only - Aug 31 0:00 0 S Rule Zion 1985 only - Apr 14 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1985 only - Sep 15 0:00 0 S Rule Zion 1986 only - May 18 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1986 only - Sep 7 0:00 0 S Rule Zion 1987 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1987 only - Sep 13 0:00 0 S Rule Zion 1988 only - Apr 9 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1988 only - Sep 3 0:00 0 S #Rule Zion 1989 only - Apr 29 0:00 1:00 D #Rule Zion 1989 only - Sep 2 0:00 0 S #Rule Zion 1990 only - Mar 25 0:00 1:00 D #Rule Zion 1990 only - Aug 26 0:00 0 S #Rule Zion 1991 only - Mar 10 0:00 1:00 D #Rule Zion 1991 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 S # From Ephraim Silverberg (September 5, 1993): # # According to the Office of the Secretary General of the Ministry of # Interior, there is NO set rule for Daylight-Savings/Standard time changes. # Each year they decide anew what havoc to wreak on the country. However, # there is a "supposed" set of rules which is subject to change depending # on the party the Minister of Interior, the size of the coalition # government, the phase of the moon and the direction of the wind. Hence, # changes may need to be made on a semi-annual basis. One thing is entrenched # in law, however: that there must be at least 150 days on daylight savings # time annually. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Zion 1989 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1989 only - Sep 3 0:00 0:00 S Rule Zion 1990 only - Mar 25 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1990 only - Aug 26 0:00 0:00 S Rule Zion 1991 only - Mar 24 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1991 only - Sep 1 0:00 0:00 S Rule Zion 1992 only - Mar 29 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1992 only - Sep 6 0:00 0:00 S Rule Zion 1993 only - Apr 2 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1993 only - Sep 5 0:00 0:00 S # The dates for 1994-1995 were obtained from Office of the Spokeswoman for # the Ministry of Interior, Jerusalem. There are no dates yet for 1996 and # beyond so your guess is as good as theirs (those who are interested can # call 972-2-701411 and ask for the spokeswoman). # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Zion 1994 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1994 only - Aug 28 0:00 0:00 S Rule Zion 1995 only - Mar 31 0:00 1:00 D # On 1995-03-13 Ephraim Silverberg corrected the next line from Aug 27 to Sep 3. Rule Zion 1995 only - Sep 3 0:00 0:00 S # From Ephraim Silverberg (1995-03-13): # The Spokeswoman's office confirmed that there are not yet any dates # for the timezone conversion for the years 1996 and beyond yet # and this is one of the things the newly-appointed Minister of Interior # will have to decide sometime this year. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Tel_Aviv 2:19:04 - LMT 1880 2:21 - JMT 1918 2:00 Zion I%sT # ZONE-DESCR Asia Tel_Aviv Israel All points ############################################################################### # Japan # `9:00' and `JST' is from Guy Harris. # From Paul Eggert (1995-03-06): # Today's _Asahi Evening News_ (page 4) reports that Japan had # daylight saving between 1948 and 1951, but ``the system was discontinued # because the public believed it would lead to longer working hours.'' # Shanks writes that daylight saving in Japan during those years was as follows: # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S #Rule Japan 1948 only - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D #Rule Japan 1948 1951 - Sep Sat>=8 2:00 0 S #Rule Japan 1949 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D #Rule Japan 1950 1951 - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D # but the only locations using it were US military bases. # We go with Shanks and omit daylight saving in those years for Asia/Tokyo. # # The same news article also reports that Japan is likely to go on DST in 1996 # as follows, where I've guessed the AT and LETTER/S columns: # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S #Rule Japan 1996 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D #Rule Japan 1996 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S # From Shanks (1991): # Japan switched from the Japanese calendar on 1893 Jan 1. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Tokyo 9:19:04 - LMT 1896 9:00 - JST # If Japan adopts DST in 1996, replace the above line with the following lines: # 9:00 - JST 1996 # 9:00 Japan J%sT # and uncomment the two `Rule' lines commented out above. # From Paul Eggert (November 18, 1993): # Shanks says that the far southern Ryukyu Is (Nansei-Shoto) are 8:00, # but we don't have a good location name for them; # we don't even know the name of the principal town. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] #Zone Asia/South_Ryukyu 8:14:44 - LMT 1896 # Amitori # 8:00 - CST # There is no information for Marcus. # Other Japanese possessions are probably like Asia/Tokyo. # ZONE-DESCR Asia Tokyo Japan All points # Jordan # From Paul Eggert (November 18, 1993): # Most likely Shanks is merely guessing dates from 1992 on. # From Shanks (1991): # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Jordan 1931 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - Rule Jordan 1973 only - Jun 6 0:00 1:00 " DST" Rule Jordan 1973 1975 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - Rule Jordan 1974 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 " DST" Rule Jordan 1976 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 - Rule Jordan 1977 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - Rule Jordan 1978 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 " DST" Rule Jordan 1978 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 - Rule Jordan 1985 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 " DST" Rule Jordan 1985 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - Rule Jordan 1986 1988 - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 " DST" Rule Jordan 1986 1990 - Oct Fri>=1 0:00 0 - Rule Jordan 1989 only - May 8 0:00 1:00 " DST" Rule Jordan 1990 only - Apr 27 0:00 1:00 " DST" Rule Jordan 1991 only - Apr 19 0:00 1:00 " DST" Rule Jordan 1991 only - Sep 27 0:00 0 - Rule Jordan 1992 max - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 " DST" Rule Jordan 1992 max - Oct Fri>=1 0:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931 2:00 Jordan EET%s # ZONE-DESCR Asia Amman Jordan All points # Kazakhstan # From Shanks (1991): # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Alma-Ata 5:07:48 - LMT 1924 May 2 5:00 - TSK 1957 Mar 6:00 Russia TS%s # ZONE-DESCR Asia Alma-Ata Kazakhstan All points # Kirgizstan # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Bishkek 4:58:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 5:00 - TSK 1957 Mar 6:00 Russia TS%s # ZONE-DESCR Asia Bishkek Kirgizstan All points ############################################################################### # Korea # From Guy Harris: # According to someone at the Korean Times in San Francisco, # Daylight Savings Time was not observed until 1987. He did not know # at what time of day DST starts or ends. # From Shanks (1991): # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule ROK 1960 only - May 15 0:00 1:00 D Rule ROK 1960 only - Sep 13 0:00 0 S Rule ROK 1987 1988 - May Sun<=14 0:00 1:00 D Rule ROK 1987 1988 - Oct Sun<=14 0:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Seoul 8:27:52 - LMT 1890 8:30 - KST 1904 Dec 9:00 - KST 1928 8:30 - KST 1932 9:00 - KST 1954 Mar 21 8:00 ROK K%sT 1961 Aug 10 8:30 - KST 1968 Oct 9:00 ROK K%sT Zone Asia/Pyongyang 8:23:00 - LMT 1890 8:30 - KST 1904 Dec 9:00 - KST 1928 8:30 - KST 1932 9:00 - KST 1954 Mar 21 8:00 - KST 1961 Aug 10 9:00 - KST # ZONE-DESCR Asia Seoul South_Korea All points # ZONE-DESCR Asia Pyongyang North_Korea All points ############################################################################### # Kuwait # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Kuwait 3:11:56 - LMT 1950 3:00 - AST # ZONE-DESCR Asia Kuwait Kuwait All points # Laos # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Vientiane 6:50:24 - LMT 1906 Jun 9 7:06 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT 7:00 - ICT 1912 May 8:00 - ICT 1931 May 7:00 - ICT # ZONE-DESCR Asia Vientiane Laos All points # Lebanon # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Lebanon 1880 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - Rule Lebanon 1920 only - Mar 28 0:00 1:00 " DST" Rule Lebanon 1920 only - Oct 25 0:00 0 - Rule Lebanon 1921 only - Apr 3 0:00 1:00 " DST" Rule Lebanon 1921 only - Oct 3 0:00 0 - Rule Lebanon 1922 only - Mar 26 0:00 1:00 " DST" Rule Lebanon 1922 only - Oct 8 0:00 0 - Rule Lebanon 1923 only - Apr 22 0:00 1:00 " DST" Rule Lebanon 1923 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 - Rule Lebanon 1957 1961 - May 1 0:00 1:00 " DST" Rule Lebanon 1957 1961 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - Rule Lebanon 1972 only - Jun 22 0:00 1:00 " DST" Rule Lebanon 1972 1977 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - Rule Lebanon 1973 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 " DST" Rule Lebanon 1978 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 " DST" Rule Lebanon 1978 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 - Rule Lebanon 1984 1987 - May 1 0:00 1:00 " DST" Rule Lebanon 1984 max - Oct 16 0:00 0 - Rule Lebanon 1988 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 " DST" Rule Lebanon 1989 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 " DST" Rule Lebanon 1990 max - May 1 0:00 1:00 " DST" # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Beirut 2:22:00 - LMT 1880 2:00 Lebanon EET%s # ZONE-DESCR Asia Beirut Lebanon All points # Malaysia # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Kuala_Lumpur 6:46:48 - LMT 1880 6:55 - SMT 1905 Jun 7:00 - SGT 1933 7:20 - SGT 1942 Feb 15 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 2 7:20 - SGT 1950 7:30 - SGT 1982 May 8:00 - SGT # ZONE-DESCR Asia Kuala_Lumpur Malaysia All points # Maldives # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Indian/Maldives 4:54:00 - LMT 1880 # Male 4:54 - MMT 1960 5:00 - PKT # ZONE-DESCR Indian Maldives Maldives All points # Mongolia # Let's comment out the western and eastern Mongolian time zones # till we know what their principal towns are. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Mongol 1978 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S Rule Mongol 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 T Rule Mongol 1981 1984 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S Rule Mongol 1985 max - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 T Rule Mongol 1985 max - Sep lastSun 3:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] #Zone Asia/Dariv 6:14:32 - LMT 1905 Aug # 6:00 - DST 1978 # 7:00 Mongol D%sT Zone Asia/Ulan_Bator 7:07:32 - LMT 1905 Aug 7:00 - UST 1978 8:00 Mongol U%sT #Zone Asia/Baruun-Urt 7:33:00 - LMT 1905 Aug # 8:00 - BST 1978 # 9:00 Mongol B%sT # ZONE-DESCR Asia Ulan_Bator Mongolia Central zone # Nepal # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Katmandu 5:41:16 - LMT 1920 5:30 - IST 1986 5:45 - NPT # ZONE-DESCR Asia Katmandu Nepal All points # Oman # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Muscat 3:54:20 - LMT 1920 4:00 - GST # ZONE-DESCR Asia Muscat Oman All points # Pakistan # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 15 5:30 - IST 1951 Sep 30 5:00 - PKT # ZONE-DESCR Asia Karachi Pakistan All points # Palestine # These rules for Egypt are stolen from the `africa' file. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Egypt 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 " DST" Rule Egypt 1957 1958 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - Rule Egypt 1958 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 " DST" Rule Egypt 1959 1981 - May 1 1:00 1:00 " DST" Rule Egypt 1959 1965 - Sep 30 3:00 0 - Rule Egypt 1966 max - Oct 1 3:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct 2:00 - EET 1957 May 10 2:00 Egypt EET%s 1967 Jun 30 2:00 Zion I%sT # This will undoubtedly change soon. # Philippines # Howse writes (p 162) that until 1844 the Philippines kept American date. # The rest of this data is from Shanks. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Phil 1899 only - May 11 0:00 0 S Rule Phil 1936 only - Nov 1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Phil 1937 only - Feb 1 0:00 0 S Rule Phil 1954 only - Apr 12 0:00 1:00 D Rule Phil 1954 only - Jul 1 0:00 0 S Rule Phil 1978 only - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D Rule Phil 1978 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Manila -15:56:00 - LMT 1844 8:04:00 - LMT 1899 May 11 8:00 Phil P%sT 1942 May 9:00 - JST 1944 Nov 8:00 Phil P%sT # ZONE-DESCR Asia Manila Philippines All points # Qatar # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Qatar 3:26:08 - LMT 1920 # Al Dawhah 4:00 - GST 1972 Jun 3:00 - AST # ZONE-DESCR Asia Qatar Qatar All points # Saudi Arabia # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Riyadh 3:06:52 - LMT 1950 3:00 - AST # ZONE-DESCR Asia Riyadh Saudi_Arabia All points # Singapore # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Singapore 6:55:24 - LMT 1880 6:55 - SMT 1905 Jun 7:00 - SGT 1933 7:20 - SGT 1942 Feb 15 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 2 7:20 - SGT 1950 7:30 - SGT 1982 May 8:00 - SGT # ZONE-DESCR Asia Singapore Singapore All points # Sri Lanka # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Colombo 5:19:24 - LMT 1880 5:20 - JMT 1906 5:30 - IST 1942 Jan 5 5:30 0:30 IHST 1942 Sep 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 16 2:00 5:30 - IST # ZONE-DESCR Asia Colombo Sri_Lanka All points # Syria # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Syria 1920 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - Rule Syria 1920 1923 - Apr Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 " DST" Rule Syria 1920 1923 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 0 - Rule Syria 1962 only - Apr 29 2:00 1:00 " DST" Rule Syria 1962 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 - Rule Syria 1963 1965 - May 1 2:00 1:00 " DST" Rule Syria 1963 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 - Rule Syria 1964 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 - Rule Syria 1965 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 - Rule Syria 1966 only - Apr 24 2:00 1:00 " DST" Rule Syria 1966 1976 - Oct 1 2:00 0 - Rule Syria 1967 1978 - May 1 2:00 1:00 " DST" Rule Syria 1977 1978 - Sep 1 2:00 0 - Rule Syria 1983 1984 - Apr 9 2:00 1:00 " DST" Rule Syria 1983 1984 - Oct 1 2:00 0 - Rule Syria 1986 only - Feb 16 2:00 1:00 " DST" Rule Syria 1986 only - Oct 9 2:00 0 - Rule Syria 1987 only - Mar 1 2:00 1:00 " DST" Rule Syria 1987 1988 - Oct 31 2:00 0 - Rule Syria 1988 only - Mar 15 2:00 1:00 " DST" Rule Syria 1989 only - Mar 31 2:00 1:00 " DST" Rule Syria 1989 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 - Rule Syria 1990 max - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 " DST" Rule Syria 1990 max - Sep 30 2:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Damascus 2:25:12 - LMT 1920 2:00 Syria EET%s # ZONE-DESCR Asia Damascus Syria All points # Tajikistan # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Dushanbe 4:35:12 - LMT 1924 May 2 5:00 - TSK 1957 Mar 6:00 Russia TS%s # ZONE-DESCR Asia Dushanbe Tajikistan All points # Thailand # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Bangkok 6:42:04 - LMT 1880 6:42 - BMT 1920 Apr 7:00 - ICT # ZONE-DESCR Asia Bangkok Thailand All points # Turkmenistan # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Ashkhabad 3:53:32 - LMT 1924 May 2 4:00 - ASK 1957 Mar 5:00 Russia AS%s # ZONE-DESCR Asia Ashkhabad Turkmenistan All points # United Arab Emirates # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Dubai 3:41:12 - LMT 1920 4:00 - GST # ZONE-DESCR Asia Dubai U_A_E All points # Uzbekistan # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Tashkent 4:37:12 - LMT 1924 May 2 5:00 - TSK 1957 Mar 6:00 Russia TS%s # ZONE-DESCR Asia Tashkent Uzbekistan All points # Vietnam # From Paul Eggert (November 18, 1993): # Saigon's official name is Thanh-Pho Ho Chi Minh, but it's too long. # We'll stick with the traditional name for now. # From Shanks (1991): # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Saigon 7:06:40 - LMT 1906 Jun 9 7:06 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT 7:00 - ICT 1912 May 8:00 - ICT 1931 May 7:00 - ICT # ZONE-DESCR Asia Saigon Vietnam All points # Yemen # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Aden 3:00:48 - LMT 1950 3:00 - AST # ZONE-DESCR Asia Aden Yemen All points