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- Updates to various locations in Antarctica. - Armenia will abolish DST this year. - Not only Samoa has moved to UTC+14, also Fakaofo did. - There will be a leap second in 30 June 2012. - Historical updates of 1918 to Canada, Winn, Regina, Edm, Vanc, Creston. - Chili stays on DST until 28 April 2012 - The Falkland islands will stay on DST this year.
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# @(#)asia 8.70
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# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
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# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
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# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
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# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
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# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future).
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# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
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#
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# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
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# Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition),
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# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003).
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#
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# Gwillim Law writes that a good source
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# for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport
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# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM),
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# published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries
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# of the IATA's data after 1990.
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#
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# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks & Pottenger is the source for
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# entries through 1990, and IATA SSIM is the source for entries afterwards.
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#
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# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences,
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# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which
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# I found in the UCLA library.
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#
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# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is
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# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997).
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#
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# I invented the abbreviations marked `*' in the following table;
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# the rest are from earlier versions of this file, or from other sources.
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# Corrections are welcome!
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# std dst
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# LMT Local Mean Time
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# 2:00 EET EEST Eastern European Time
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# 2:00 IST IDT Israel
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# 3:00 AST ADT Arabia*
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# 3:30 IRST IRDT Iran
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# 4:00 GST Gulf*
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# 5:30 IST India
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# 7:00 ICT Indochina*
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# 7:00 WIT west Indonesia
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# 8:00 CIT central Indonesia
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# 8:00 CST China
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# 9:00 CJT Central Japanese Time (1896/1937)*
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# 9:00 EIT east Indonesia
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# 9:00 JST JDT Japan
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# 9:00 KST KDT Korea
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# 9:30 CST (Australian) Central Standard Time
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#
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# See the `europe' file for Russia and Turkey in Asia.
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# From Guy Harris:
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# Incorporates data for Singapore from Robert Elz' asia 1.1, as well as
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# additional information from Tom Yap, Sun Microsystems Intercontinental
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# Technical Support (including a page from the Official Airline Guide -
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# Worldwide Edition). The names for time zones are guesses.
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###############################################################################
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# These rules are stolen from the `europe' file.
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# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
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Rule EUAsia 1981 max - Mar lastSun 1:00u 1:00 S
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Rule EUAsia 1979 1995 - Sep lastSun 1:00u 0 -
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Rule EUAsia 1996 max - Oct lastSun 1:00u 0 -
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Rule E-EurAsia 1981 max - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S
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Rule E-EurAsia 1979 1995 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 -
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Rule E-EurAsia 1996 max - Oct lastSun 0:00 0 -
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Rule RussiaAsia 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
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Rule RussiaAsia 1981 1983 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
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Rule RussiaAsia 1984 1991 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 -
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Rule RussiaAsia 1985 1991 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S
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Rule RussiaAsia 1992 only - Mar lastSat 23:00 1:00 S
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Rule RussiaAsia 1992 only - Sep lastSat 23:00 0 -
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Rule RussiaAsia 1993 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S
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Rule RussiaAsia 1993 1995 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 -
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Rule RussiaAsia 1996 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 -
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# Afghanistan
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# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
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Zone Asia/Kabul 4:36:48 - LMT 1890
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4:00 - AFT 1945
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4:30 - AFT
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# Armenia
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# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
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# Shanks & Pottenger have Yerevan switching to 3:00 (with Russian DST)
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# in spring 1991, then to 4:00 with no DST in fall 1995, then
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# readopting Russian DST in 1997. Go with Shanks & Pottenger, even
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# when they disagree with others. Edgar Der-Danieliantz
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# reported (1996-05-04) that Yerevan probably wouldn't use DST
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# in 1996, though it did use DST in 1995. IATA SSIM (1991/1998) reports that
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# Armenia switched from 3:00 to 4:00 in 1998 and observed DST after 1991,
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# but started switching at 3:00s in 1998.
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# From Arthur David Olson (2011-06-15):
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# While Russia abandoned DST in 2011, Armenia may choose to
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# follow Russia's "old" rules.
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# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2012-02-10):
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# According to News Armenia, on Feb 9, 2012,
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# http://newsarmenia.ru/society/20120209/42609695.html
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#
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# The Armenia National Assembly adopted final reading of Amendments to the
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# Law "On procedure of calculation time on the territory of the Republic of
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# Armenia" according to which Armenia [is] abolishing Daylight Saving Time.
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# or
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# (brief)
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# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_armenia03.html
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# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
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Zone Asia/Yerevan 2:58:00 - LMT 1924 May 2
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3:00 - YERT 1957 Mar # Yerevan Time
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4:00 RussiaAsia YER%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
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3:00 1:00 YERST 1991 Sep 23 # independence
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3:00 RussiaAsia AM%sT 1995 Sep 24 2:00s
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4:00 - AMT 1997
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4:00 RussiaAsia AM%sT 2012 Mar 25 2:00s
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4:00 - AMT
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# Azerbaijan
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# From Rustam Aliyev of the Azerbaijan Internet Forum (2005-10-23):
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# According to the resolution of Cabinet of Ministers, 1997
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# Resolution available at: http://aif.az/docs/daylight_res.pdf
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# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
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Rule Azer 1997 max - Mar lastSun 4:00 1:00 S
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Rule Azer 1997 max - Oct lastSun 5:00 0 -
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# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
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Zone Asia/Baku 3:19:24 - LMT 1924 May 2
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3:00 - BAKT 1957 Mar # Baku Time
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4:00 RussiaAsia BAK%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
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3:00 1:00 BAKST 1991 Aug 30 # independence
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3:00 RussiaAsia AZ%sT 1992 Sep lastSat 23:00
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4:00 - AZT 1996 # Azerbaijan time
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4:00 EUAsia AZ%sT 1997
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4:00 Azer AZ%sT
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# Bahrain
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# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
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Zone Asia/Bahrain 3:22:20 - LMT 1920 # Al Manamah
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4:00 - GST 1972 Jun
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3:00 - AST
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# Bangladesh
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# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-05-13):
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# According to newspaper Asian Tribune (May 6, 2009) Bangladesh may introduce
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# Daylight Saving Time from June 16 to Sept 30
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#
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# Bangladesh to introduce daylight saving time likely from June 16
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# <a href="http://www.asiantribune.com/?q=node/17288">
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# http://www.asiantribune.com/?q=node/17288
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# </a>
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# or
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# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_bangladesh02.html">
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# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_bangladesh02.html
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# </a>
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#
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# "... Bangladesh government has decided to switch daylight saving time from
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# June
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# 16 till September 30 in a bid to ensure maximum use of daylight to cope with
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# crippling power crisis. "
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#
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# The switch will remain in effect from June 16 to Sept 30 (2009) but if
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# implemented the next year, it will come in force from April 1, 2010
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# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-06-02):
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# They have finally decided now, but changed the start date to midnight between
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# the 19th and 20th, and they have not set the end date yet.
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#
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# Some sources:
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# <a href="http://in.reuters.com/article/southAsiaNews/idINIndia-40017620090601">
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# http://in.reuters.com/article/southAsiaNews/idINIndia-40017620090601
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# </a>
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# <a href="http://bdnews24.com/details.php?id=85889&cid=2">
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# http://bdnews24.com/details.php?id=85889&cid=2
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# </a>
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#
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# Our wrap-up:
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# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/bangladesh-daylight-saving-2009.html">
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# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/bangladesh-daylight-saving-2009.html
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# </a>
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# From A. N. M. Kamrus Saadat (2009-06-15):
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# Finally we've got the official mail regarding DST start time where DST start
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# time is mentioned as Jun 19 2009, 23:00 from BTRC (Bangladesh
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# Telecommunication Regulatory Commission).
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#
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# No DST end date has been announced yet.
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# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-09-25):
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# Bangladesh won't go back to Standard Time from October 1, 2009,
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# instead it will continue DST measure till the cabinet makes a fresh decision.
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#
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# Following report by same newspaper-"The Daily Star Friday":
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# "DST change awaits cabinet decision-Clock won't go back by 1-hr from Oct 1"
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# <a href="http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=107021">
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# http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=107021
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# </a>
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# or
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# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_bangladesh04.html">
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# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_bangladesh04.html
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# </a>
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# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-10-13):
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# IANS (Indo-Asian News Service) now reports:
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# Bangladesh has decided that the clock advanced by an hour to make
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# maximum use of daylight hours as an energy saving measure would
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# "continue for an indefinite period."
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#
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# One of many places where it is published:
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# <a href="http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/business/bangladesh-to-continue-indefinitely-with-advanced-time_100259987.html">
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# http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/business/bangladesh-to-continue-indefinitely-with-advanced-time_100259987.html
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# </a>
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# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-12-24):
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# According to Bangladesh newspaper "The Daily Star,"
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# Bangladesh will change its clock back to Standard Time on Dec 31, 2009.
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#
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# Clock goes back 1-hr on Dec 31 night.
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# <a href="http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=119228">
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# http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=119228
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# </a>
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# and
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# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_bangladesh05.html">
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# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_bangladesh05.html
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# </a>
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#
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# "...The government yesterday decided to put the clock back by one hour
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# on December 31 midnight and the new time will continue until March 31,
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# 2010 midnight. The decision came at a cabinet meeting at the Prime
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# Minister's Office last night..."
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# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-03-22):
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# According to Bangladesh newspaper "The Daily Star,"
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# Cabinet cancels Daylight Saving Time
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# <a href="http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/latest_news.php?nid=22817">
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# http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/latest_news.php?nid=22817
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# </a>
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# or
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# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_bangladesh06.html">
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# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_bangladesh06.html
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# </a>
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# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
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Rule Dhaka 2009 only - Jun 19 23:00 1:00 S
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Rule Dhaka 2009 only - Dec 31 23:59 0 -
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# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
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Zone Asia/Dhaka 6:01:40 - LMT 1890
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5:53:20 - HMT 1941 Oct # Howrah Mean Time?
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6:30 - BURT 1942 May 15 # Burma Time
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5:30 - IST 1942 Sep
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6:30 - BURT 1951 Sep 30
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6:00 - DACT 1971 Mar 26 # Dacca Time
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6:00 - BDT 2009
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6:00 Dhaka BD%sT
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# Bhutan
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# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
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Zone Asia/Thimphu 5:58:36 - LMT 1947 Aug 15 # or Thimbu
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5:30 - IST 1987 Oct
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6:00 - BTT # Bhutan Time
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# British Indian Ocean Territory
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# Whitman and the 1995 CIA time zone map say 5:00, but the
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# 1997 and later maps say 6:00. Assume the switch occurred in 1996.
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# We have no information as to when standard time was introduced;
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# assume it occurred in 1907, the same year as Mauritius (which
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# then contained the Chagos Archipelago).
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# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
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Zone Indian/Chagos 4:49:40 - LMT 1907
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5:00 - IOT 1996 # BIOT Time
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6:00 - IOT
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# Brunei
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# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
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Zone Asia/Brunei 7:39:40 - LMT 1926 Mar # Bandar Seri Begawan
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7:30 - BNT 1933
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8:00 - BNT
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# Burma / Myanmar
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# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
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Zone Asia/Rangoon 6:24:40 - LMT 1880 # or Yangon
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6:24:36 - RMT 1920 # Rangoon Mean Time?
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6:30 - BURT 1942 May # Burma Time
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9:00 - JST 1945 May 3
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6:30 - MMT # Myanmar Time
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# Cambodia
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# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
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Zone Asia/Phnom_Penh 6:59:40 - LMT 1906 Jun 9
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7:06:20 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT?
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7:00 - ICT 1912 May
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8:00 - ICT 1931 May
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7:00 - ICT
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# China
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# From Guy Harris:
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# People's Republic of China. Yes, they really have only one time zone.
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# From Bob Devine (1988-01-28):
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# No they don't. See TIME mag, 1986-02-17 p.52. Even though
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# China is across 4 physical time zones, before Feb 1, 1986 only the
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# Peking (Bejing) time zone was recognized. Since that date, China
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# has two of 'em -- Peking's and Urumqi (named after the capital of
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# the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region). I don't know about DST for it.
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#
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# . . .I just deleted the DST table and this editor makes it too
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# painful to suck in another copy.. So, here is what I have for
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# DST start/end dates for Peking's time zone (info from AP):
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#
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# 1986 May 4 - Sept 14
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# 1987 mid-April - ??
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# From U. S. Naval Observatory (1989-01-19):
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# CHINA 8 H AHEAD OF UTC ALL OF CHINA, INCL TAIWAN
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# CHINA 9 H AHEAD OF UTC APR 17 - SEP 10
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# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
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# Shanks & Pottenger write that China (except for Hong Kong and Macau)
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# has had a single time zone since 1980 May 1, observing summer DST
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# from 1986 through 1991; this contradicts Devine's
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# note about Time magazine, though apparently _something_ happened in 1986.
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# Go with Shanks & Pottenger for now. I made up names for the other
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# pre-1980 time zones.
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# From Shanks & Pottenger:
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# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
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Rule Shang 1940 only - Jun 3 0:00 1:00 D
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Rule Shang 1940 1941 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S
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Rule Shang 1941 only - Mar 16 0:00 1:00 D
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Rule PRC 1986 only - May 4 0:00 1:00 D
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Rule PRC 1986 1991 - Sep Sun>=11 0:00 0 S
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Rule PRC 1987 1991 - Apr Sun>=10 0:00 1:00 D
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# From Anthony Fok (2001-12-20):
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# BTW, I did some research on-line and found some info regarding these five
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# historic timezones from some Taiwan websites. And yes, there are official
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# Chinese names for these locales (before 1949).
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#
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# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-07-14):
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# I have investigated the timezones around 1970 on the
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# http://www.astro.com/atlas site [with provinces and county
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# boundaries summarized below].... A few other exceptions were two
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# counties on the Sichuan side of the Xizang-Sichuan border,
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# counties Dege and Baiyu which lies on the Sichuan side and are
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# therefore supposed to be GMT+7, Xizang region being GMT+6, but Dege
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# county is GMT+8 according to astro.com while Baiyu county is GMT+6
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# (could be true), for the moment I am assuming that those two
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# counties are mistakes in the astro.com data.
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# From Paul Eggert (2008-02-11):
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# I just now checked Google News for western news sources that talk
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# about China's single time zone, and couldn't find anything before 1986
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# talking about China being in one time zone. (That article was: Jim
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# Mann, "A clumsy embrace for another western custom: China on daylight
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# time--sort of", Los Angeles Times, 1986-05-05. By the way, this
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# article confirms the tz database's data claiming that China began
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# observing daylight saving time in 1986.
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#
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# From Thomas S. Mullaney (2008-02-11):
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# I think you're combining two subjects that need to treated
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# separately: daylight savings (which, you're correct, wasn't
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# implemented until the 1980s) and the unified time zone centered near
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# Beijing (which was implemented in 1949). Briefly, there was also a
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# "Lhasa Time" in Tibet and "Urumqi Time" in Xinjiang. The first was
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# ceased, and the second eventually recognized (again, in the 1980s).
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#
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# From Paul Eggert (2008-06-30):
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# There seems to be a good chance China switched to a single time zone in 1949
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# rather than in 1980 as Shanks & Pottenger have it, but we don't have a
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# reliable documentary source saying so yet, so for now we still go with
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# Shanks & Pottenger.
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# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
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# Changbai Time ("Long-white Time", Long-white = Heilongjiang area)
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# Heilongjiang (except Mohe county), Jilin
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Zone Asia/Harbin 8:26:44 - LMT 1928 # or Haerbin
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8:30 - CHAT 1932 Mar # Changbai Time
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8:00 - CST 1940
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9:00 - CHAT 1966 May
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8:30 - CHAT 1980 May
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8:00 PRC C%sT
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# Zhongyuan Time ("Central plain Time")
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# most of China
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Zone Asia/Shanghai 8:05:52 - LMT 1928
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8:00 Shang C%sT 1949
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8:00 PRC C%sT
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# Long-shu Time (probably due to Long and Shu being two names of that area)
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# Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Ningxia, Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Yunnan;
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# most of Gansu; west Inner Mongolia; west Qinghai; and the Guangdong
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# counties Deqing, Enping, Kaiping, Luoding, Taishan, Xinxing,
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# Yangchun, Yangjiang, Yu'nan, and Yunfu.
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Zone Asia/Chongqing 7:06:20 - LMT 1928 # or Chungking
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7:00 - LONT 1980 May # Long-shu Time
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8:00 PRC C%sT
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# Xin-zang Time ("Xinjiang-Tibet Time")
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# The Gansu counties Aksay, Anxi, Dunhuang, Subei; west Qinghai;
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# the Guangdong counties Xuwen, Haikang, Suixi, Lianjiang,
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# Zhanjiang, Wuchuan, Huazhou, Gaozhou, Maoming, Dianbai, and Xinyi;
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# east Tibet, including Lhasa, Chamdo, Shigaise, Jimsar, Shawan and Hutubi;
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# east Xinjiang, including Urumqi, Turpan, Karamay, Korla, Minfeng, Jinghe,
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# Wusu, Qiemo, Xinyan, Wulanwusu, Jinghe, Yumin, Tacheng, Tuoli, Emin,
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# Shihezi, Changji, Yanqi, Heshuo, Tuokexun, Tulufan, Shanshan, Hami,
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# Fukang, Kuitun, Kumukuli, Miquan, Qitai, and Turfan.
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Zone Asia/Urumqi 5:50:20 - LMT 1928 # or Urumchi
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6:00 - URUT 1980 May # Urumqi Time
|
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8:00 PRC C%sT
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# Kunlun Time
|
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# West Tibet, including Pulan, Aheqi, Shufu, Shule;
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# West Xinjiang, including Aksu, Atushi, Yining, Hetian, Cele, Luopu, Nileke,
|
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# Zhaosu, Tekesi, Gongliu, Chabuchaer, Huocheng, Bole, Pishan, Suiding,
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# and Yarkand.
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|
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# From Luther Ma (2009-10-17):
|
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# Almost all (>99.9%) ethnic Chinese (properly ethnic Han) living in
|
|
# 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
|
|
# they implicitly use Beijing time.
|
|
#
|
|
# On the other hand, ethnic Uyghurs, who make up about half the
|
|
# population of Xinjiang, typically use "Xinjiang time" which is two
|
|
# hours behind Beijing time, or UTC +0600. The government of the Xinjiang
|
|
# Uyghur Autonomous Region, (XAUR, or just Xinjiang for short) as well as
|
|
# local governments such as the Urumqi city government use both times in
|
|
# publications, referring to what is popularly called Xinjiang time as
|
|
# "Urumqi time." When Uyghurs make an appointment in the Uyghur language
|
|
# they almost invariably use Xinjiang time.
|
|
#
|
|
# (Their ethnic Han compatriots would typically have no clue of its
|
|
# widespread use, however, because so extremely few of them are fluent in
|
|
# Uyghur, comparable to the number of Anglo-Americans fluent in Navajo.)
|
|
#
|
|
# (...As with the rest of China there was a brief interval ending in 1990
|
|
# or 1991 when summer time was in use. The confusion was severe, with
|
|
# the province not having dual times but four times in use at the same
|
|
# time. Some areas remained on standard Xinjiang time or Beijing time and
|
|
# others moving their clocks ahead.)
|
|
#
|
|
# ...an example of an official website using of Urumqi time.
|
|
#
|
|
# The first few lines of the Google translation of
|
|
# <a href="http://www.fjysgl.gov.cn/show.aspx?id=2379&cid=39">
|
|
# http://www.fjysgl.gov.cn/show.aspx?id=2379&cid=39
|
|
# </a>
|
|
# (retrieved 2009-10-13)
|
|
# > Urumqi fire seven people are missing the alleged losses of at least
|
|
# > 500 million yuan
|
|
# >
|
|
# > (Reporter Dong Liu) the day before 20:20 or so (Urumqi Time 18:20),
|
|
# > Urumqi City Department of International Plaza Luther Qiantang River
|
|
# > burst fire. As of yesterday, 18:30, Urumqi City Fire officers and men
|
|
# > have worked continuously for 22 hours...
|
|
|
|
# From Luther Ma (2009-11-19):
|
|
# With the risk of being redundant to previous answers these are the most common
|
|
# English "transliterations" (w/o using non-English symbols):
|
|
#
|
|
# 1. Wulumuqi...
|
|
# 2. Kashi...
|
|
# 3. Urumqi...
|
|
# 4. Kashgar...
|
|
# ...
|
|
# 5. It seems that Uyghurs in Urumqi has been using Xinjiang since at least the
|
|
# 1960's. I know of one Han, now over 50, who grew up in the surrounding
|
|
# countryside and used Xinjiang time as a child.
|
|
#
|
|
# 6. Likewise for Kashgar and the rest of south Xinjiang I don't know of any
|
|
# start date for Xinjiang time.
|
|
#
|
|
# Without having access to local historical records, nor the ability to legally
|
|
# publish them, I would go with October 1, 1949, when Xinjiang became the Uyghur
|
|
# Autonomous Region under the PRC. (Before that Uyghurs, of course, would also
|
|
# not be using Beijing time, but some local time.)
|
|
|
|
Zone Asia/Kashgar 5:03:56 - LMT 1928 # or Kashi or Kaxgar
|
|
5:30 - KAST 1940 # Kashgar Time
|
|
5:00 - KAST 1980 May
|
|
8:00 PRC C%sT
|
|
|
|
|
|
# From Lee Yiu Chung (2009-10-24):
|
|
# I found there are some mistakes for the...DST rule for Hong
|
|
# Kong. [According] to the DST record from Hong Kong Observatory (actually,
|
|
# it is not [an] observatory, but the official meteorological agency of HK,
|
|
# and also serves as the official timing agency), there are some missing
|
|
# and incorrect rules. Although the exact switch over time is missing, I
|
|
# think 3:30 is correct. The official DST record for Hong Kong can be
|
|
# obtained from
|
|
# <a href="http://www.hko.gov.hk/gts/time/Summertime.htm">
|
|
# http://www.hko.gov.hk/gts/time/Summertime.htm
|
|
# </a>.
|
|
|
|
# From Arthur David Olson (2009-10-28):
|
|
# Here are the dates given at
|
|
# <a href="http://www.hko.gov.hk/gts/time/Summertime.htm">
|
|
# http://www.hko.gov.hk/gts/time/Summertime.htm
|
|
# </a>
|
|
# as of 2009-10-28:
|
|
# Year Period
|
|
# 1941 1 Apr to 30 Sep
|
|
# 1942 Whole year
|
|
# 1943 Whole year
|
|
# 1944 Whole year
|
|
# 1945 Whole year
|
|
# 1946 20 Apr to 1 Dec
|
|
# 1947 13 Apr to 30 Dec
|
|
# 1948 2 May to 31 Oct
|
|
# 1949 3 Apr to 30 Oct
|
|
# 1950 2 Apr to 29 Oct
|
|
# 1951 1 Apr to 28 Oct
|
|
# 1952 6 Apr to 25 Oct
|
|
# 1953 5 Apr to 1 Nov
|
|
# 1954 21 Mar to 31 Oct
|
|
# 1955 20 Mar to 6 Nov
|
|
# 1956 18 Mar to 4 Nov
|
|
# 1957 24 Mar to 3 Nov
|
|
# 1958 23 Mar to 2 Nov
|
|
# 1959 22 Mar to 1 Nov
|
|
# 1960 20 Mar to 6 Nov
|
|
# 1961 19 Mar to 5 Nov
|
|
# 1962 18 Mar to 4 Nov
|
|
# 1963 24 Mar to 3 Nov
|
|
# 1964 22 Mar to 1 Nov
|
|
# 1965 18 Apr to 17 Oct
|
|
# 1966 17 Apr to 16 Oct
|
|
# 1967 16 Apr to 22 Oct
|
|
# 1968 21 Apr to 20 Oct
|
|
# 1969 20 Apr to 19 Oct
|
|
# 1970 19 Apr to 18 Oct
|
|
# 1971 18 Apr to 17 Oct
|
|
# 1972 16 Apr to 22 Oct
|
|
# 1973 22 Apr to 21 Oct
|
|
# 1973/74 30 Dec 73 to 20 Oct 74
|
|
# 1975 20 Apr to 19 Oct
|
|
# 1976 18 Apr to 17 Oct
|
|
# 1977 Nil
|
|
# 1978 Nil
|
|
# 1979 13 May to 21 Oct
|
|
# 1980 to Now Nil
|
|
# The page does not give start or end times of day.
|
|
# The page does not give a start date for 1942.
|
|
# The page does not givw an end date for 1945.
|
|
# The Japanese occupation of Hong Kong began on 1941-12-25.
|
|
# The Japanese surrender of Hong Kong was signed 1945-09-15.
|
|
# For lack of anything better, use start of those days as the transition times.
|
|
|
|
# Hong Kong (Xianggang)
|
|
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
|
|
Rule HK 1941 only - Apr 1 3:30 1:00 S
|
|
Rule HK 1941 only - Sep 30 3:30 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 1951 - Oct lastSun 3:30 0 -
|
|
Rule HK 1952 only - Oct 25 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 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]
|
|
Zone Asia/Hong_Kong 7:36:36 - LMT 1904 Oct 30
|
|
8:00 HK HK%sT 1941 Dec 25
|
|
9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 15
|
|
8:00 HK HK%sT
|
|
|
|
###############################################################################
|
|
|
|
# Taiwan
|
|
|
|
# Shanks & Pottenger write that Taiwan observed DST during 1945, when it
|
|
# was still controlled by Japan. This is hard to believe, but we don't
|
|
# have any other information.
|
|
|
|
# From smallufo (2010-04-03):
|
|
# According to Taiwan's CWB,
|
|
# <a href="http://www.cwb.gov.tw/V6/astronomy/cdata/summert.htm">
|
|
# http://www.cwb.gov.tw/V6/astronomy/cdata/summert.htm
|
|
# </a>
|
|
# Taipei has DST in 1979 between July 1st and Sep 30.
|
|
|
|
# From Arthur David Olson (2010-04-07):
|
|
# Here's Google's translation of the table at the bottom of the "summert.htm" page:
|
|
# Decade Name Start and end date
|
|
# Republic of China 34 years to 40 years (AD 1945-1951 years) Summer Time May 1 to September 30
|
|
# 41 years of the Republic of China (AD 1952) Daylight Saving Time March 1 to October 31
|
|
# Republic of China 42 years to 43 years (AD 1953-1954 years) Daylight Saving Time April 1 to October 31
|
|
# In the 44 years to 45 years (AD 1955-1956 years) Daylight Saving Time April 1 to September 30
|
|
# Republic of China 46 years to 48 years (AD 1957-1959) Summer Time April 1 to September 30
|
|
# Republic of China 49 years to 50 years (AD 1960-1961) Summer Time June 1 to September 30
|
|
# Republic of China 51 years to 62 years (AD 1962-1973 years) Stop Summer Time
|
|
# Republic of China 63 years to 64 years (1974-1975 AD) Daylight Saving Time April 1 to September 30
|
|
# Republic of China 65 years to 67 years (1976-1978 AD) Stop Daylight Saving Time
|
|
# Republic of China 68 years (AD 1979) Daylight Saving Time July 1 to September 30
|
|
# Republic of China since 69 years (AD 1980) Stop Daylight Saving Time
|
|
|
|
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/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 1979 only - Jun 30 0:00 1:00 D
|
|
Rule Taiwan 1979 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 S
|
|
|
|
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
|
|
Zone Asia/Taipei 8:06:00 - LMT 1896 # or Taibei or T'ai-pei
|
|
8:00 Taiwan C%sT
|
|
|
|
# Macau (Macao, Aomen)
|
|
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
|
|
Rule Macau 1961 1962 - Mar Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S
|
|
Rule Macau 1961 1964 - Nov Sun>=1 3:30 0 -
|
|
Rule Macau 1963 only - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 S
|
|
Rule Macau 1964 only - Mar Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S
|
|
Rule Macau 1965 only - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 S
|
|
Rule Macau 1965 only - Oct 31 0:00 0 -
|
|
Rule Macau 1966 1971 - Apr Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S
|
|
Rule Macau 1966 1971 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 -
|
|
Rule Macau 1972 1974 - Apr Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S
|
|
Rule Macau 1972 1973 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 0 -
|
|
Rule Macau 1974 1977 - Oct Sun>=15 3:30 0 -
|
|
Rule Macau 1975 1977 - Apr Sun>=15 3:30 1:00 S
|
|
Rule Macau 1978 1980 - Apr Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S
|
|
Rule Macau 1978 1980 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 0 -
|
|
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
|
|
Zone Asia/Macau 7:34:20 - LMT 1912
|
|
8:00 Macau MO%sT 1999 Dec 20 # return to China
|
|
8:00 PRC C%sT
|
|
|
|
|
|
###############################################################################
|
|
|
|
# Cyprus
|
|
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
|
|
Rule Cyprus 1975 only - Apr 13 0:00 1:00 S
|
|
Rule Cyprus 1975 only - Oct 12 0:00 0 -
|
|
Rule Cyprus 1976 only - May 15 0:00 1:00 S
|
|
Rule Cyprus 1976 only - Oct 11 0:00 0 -
|
|
Rule Cyprus 1977 1980 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S
|
|
Rule Cyprus 1977 only - Sep 25 0:00 0 -
|
|
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 Asia/Nicosia 2:13:28 - LMT 1921 Nov 14
|
|
2:00 Cyprus EE%sT 1998 Sep
|
|
2:00 EUAsia EE%sT
|
|
# IATA SSIM (1998-09) has Cyprus using EU rules for the first time.
|
|
|
|
# Classically, Cyprus belongs to Asia; e.g. see Herodotus, Histories, I.72.
|
|
# However, for various reasons many users expect to find it under Europe.
|
|
Link Asia/Nicosia Europe/Nicosia
|
|
|
|
# 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!
|
|
# We have no details, but we'll guess they didn't move the clocks back in fall.
|
|
#
|
|
# From Mathew Englander, quoting AP (1996-10-23 13:05-04):
|
|
# Instead of putting back clocks at the end of October, Georgia
|
|
# will stay on daylight savings time this winter to save energy,
|
|
# President Eduard Shevardnadze decreed Wednesday.
|
|
#
|
|
# From the BBC via Joseph S. Myers (2004-06-27):
|
|
#
|
|
# Georgia moved closer to Western Europe on Sunday... The former Soviet
|
|
# republic has changed its time zone back to that of Moscow. As a result it
|
|
# is now just four hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time, rather than five hours
|
|
# ahead. The switch was decreed by the pro-Western president of Georgia,
|
|
# Mikhail Saakashvili, who said the change was partly prompted by the process
|
|
# of integration into Europe.
|
|
|
|
# From Teimuraz Abashidze (2005-11-07):
|
|
# Government of Georgia ... decided to NOT CHANGE daylight savings time on
|
|
# [Oct.] 30, as it was done before during last more than 10 years.
|
|
# Currently, we are in fact GMT +4:00, as before 30 October it was GMT
|
|
# +3:00.... The problem is, there is NO FORMAL LAW or governmental document
|
|
# about it. As far as I can find, I was told, that there is no document,
|
|
# because we just DIDN'T ISSUE document about switching to winter time....
|
|
# I don't know what can be done, especially knowing that some years ago our
|
|
# DST rules where changed THREE TIMES during one month.
|
|
|
|
|
|
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
|
|
Zone Asia/Tbilisi 2:59:16 - LMT 1880
|
|
2:59:16 - TBMT 1924 May 2 # Tbilisi Mean Time
|
|
3:00 - TBIT 1957 Mar # Tbilisi Time
|
|
4:00 RussiaAsia TBI%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
|
|
3:00 1:00 TBIST 1991 Apr 9 # independence
|
|
3:00 RussiaAsia GE%sT 1992 # Georgia Time
|
|
3:00 E-EurAsia GE%sT 1994 Sep lastSun
|
|
4:00 E-EurAsia GE%sT 1996 Oct lastSun
|
|
4:00 1:00 GEST 1997 Mar lastSun
|
|
4:00 E-EurAsia GE%sT 2004 Jun 27
|
|
3:00 RussiaAsia GE%sT 2005 Mar lastSun 2:00
|
|
4:00 - GET
|
|
|
|
# East Timor
|
|
|
|
# See Indonesia for the 1945 transition.
|
|
|
|
# From Joao Carrascalao, brother of the former governor of East Timor, in
|
|
# <a href="http://etan.org/et99c/december/26-31/30ETMAY.htm">
|
|
# East Timor may be late for its millennium
|
|
# </a> (1999-12-26/31):
|
|
# Portugal tried to change the time forward in 1974 because the sun
|
|
# rises too early but the suggestion raised a lot of problems with the
|
|
# Timorese and I still don't think it would work today because it
|
|
# conflicts with their way of life.
|
|
|
|
# From Paul Eggert (2000-12-04):
|
|
# We don't have any record of the above attempt.
|
|
# Most likely our records are incomplete, but we have no better data.
|
|
|
|
# <a href="http://www.hri.org/news/world/undh/last/00-08-16.undh.html">
|
|
# From Manoel de Almeida e Silva, Deputy Spokesman for the UN Secretary-General
|
|
# (2000-08-16)</a>:
|
|
# The Cabinet of the East Timor Transition Administration decided
|
|
# today to advance East Timor's time by one hour. The time change,
|
|
# which will be permanent, with no seasonal adjustment, will happen at
|
|
# midnight on Saturday, September 16.
|
|
|
|
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
|
|
Zone Asia/Dili 8:22:20 - LMT 1912
|
|
8:00 - TLT 1942 Feb 21 23:00 # E Timor Time
|
|
9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 23
|
|
9:00 - TLT 1976 May 3
|
|
8:00 - CIT 2000 Sep 17 00:00
|
|
9:00 - TLT
|
|
|
|
# India
|
|
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
|
|
Zone Asia/Kolkata 5:53:28 - LMT 1880 # Kolkata
|
|
5:53:20 - HMT 1941 Oct # Howrah Mean Time?
|
|
6:30 - BURT 1942 May 15 # Burma Time
|
|
5:30 - IST 1942 Sep
|
|
5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 15
|
|
5:30 - IST
|
|
# The following are like Asia/Kolkata:
|
|
# Andaman Is
|
|
# Lakshadweep (Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Is)
|
|
# Nicobar Is
|
|
|
|
# Indonesia
|
|
#
|
|
# From Gwillim Law (2001-05-28), overriding Shanks & Pottenger:
|
|
# <http://www.sumatera-inc.com/go_to_invest/about_indonesia.asp#standtime>
|
|
# says that Indonesia's time zones changed on 1988-01-01. Looking at some
|
|
# time zone maps, I think that must refer to Western Borneo (Kalimantan Barat
|
|
# and Kalimantan Tengah) switching from UTC+8 to UTC+7.
|
|
#
|
|
# From Paul Eggert (2007-03-10):
|
|
# Here is another correction to Shanks & Pottenger.
|
|
# JohnTWB writes that Japanese forces did not surrender control in
|
|
# Indonesia until 1945-09-01 00:00 at the earliest (in Jakarta) and
|
|
# other formal surrender ceremonies were September 9, 11, and 13, plus
|
|
# September 12 for the regional surrender to Mountbatten in Singapore.
|
|
# These would be the earliest possible times for a change.
|
|
# Regimes horaires pour le monde entier, by Henri Le Corre, (Editions
|
|
# Traditionnelles, 1987, Paris) says that Java and Madura switched
|
|
# from JST to UTC+07:30 on 1945-09-23, and gives 1944-09-01 for Jayapura
|
|
# (Hollandia). For now, assume all Indonesian locations other than Jayapura
|
|
# switched on 1945-09-23.
|
|
#
|
|
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
|
|
Zone Asia/Jakarta 7:07:12 - LMT 1867 Aug 10
|
|
# Shanks & Pottenger say the next transition was at 1924 Jan 1 0:13,
|
|
# but this must be a typo.
|
|
7:07:12 - JMT 1923 Dec 31 23:47:12 # Jakarta
|
|
7:20 - JAVT 1932 Nov # Java Time
|
|
7:30 - WIT 1942 Mar 23
|
|
9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 23
|
|
7:30 - WIT 1948 May
|
|
8:00 - WIT 1950 May
|
|
7:30 - WIT 1964
|
|
7:00 - WIT
|
|
Zone Asia/Pontianak 7:17:20 - LMT 1908 May
|
|
7:17:20 - PMT 1932 Nov # Pontianak MT
|
|
7:30 - WIT 1942 Jan 29
|
|
9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 23
|
|
7:30 - WIT 1948 May
|
|
8:00 - WIT 1950 May
|
|
7:30 - WIT 1964
|
|
8:00 - CIT 1988 Jan 1
|
|
7:00 - WIT
|
|
Zone Asia/Makassar 7:57:36 - LMT 1920
|
|
7:57:36 - MMT 1932 Nov # Macassar MT
|
|
8:00 - CIT 1942 Feb 9
|
|
9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 23
|
|
8:00 - CIT
|
|
Zone Asia/Jayapura 9:22:48 - LMT 1932 Nov
|
|
9:00 - EIT 1944 Sep 1
|
|
9:30 - CST 1964
|
|
9:00 - EIT
|
|
|
|
# Iran
|
|
|
|
# From Roozbeh Pournader (2003-03-15):
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# This is an English translation of what I just found (originally in Persian).
|
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# The Gregorian dates in brackets are mine:
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#
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# Official Newspaper No. 13548-1370/6/25 [1991-09-16]
|
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# No. 16760/T233 H 1370/6/10 [1991-09-01]
|
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#
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# The Rule About Change of the Official Time of the Country
|
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#
|
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# The Board of Ministers, in the meeting dated 1370/5/23 [1991-08-14],
|
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# based on the suggestion number 2221/D dated 1370/4/22 [1991-07-13]
|
|
# of the Country's Organization for Official and Employment Affairs,
|
|
# and referring to the law for equating the working hours of workers
|
|
# and officers in the whole country dated 1359/4/23 [1980-07-14], and
|
|
# for synchronizing the official times of the country, agreed that:
|
|
#
|
|
# The official time of the country will should move forward one hour
|
|
# at the 24[:00] hours of the first day of Farvardin and should return
|
|
# to its previous state at the 24[:00] hours of the 30th day of
|
|
# Shahrivar.
|
|
#
|
|
# First Deputy to the President - Hassan Habibi
|
|
#
|
|
# From personal experience, that agrees with what has been followed
|
|
# for at least the last 5 years. Before that, for a few years, the
|
|
# date used was the first Thursday night of Farvardin and the last
|
|
# Thursday night of Shahrivar, but I can't give exact dates....
|
|
# I have also changed the abbreviations to what is considered correct
|
|
# here in Iran, IRST for regular time and IRDT for daylight saving time.
|
|
#
|
|
# From Roozbeh Pournader (2005-04-05):
|
|
# The text of the Iranian law, in effect since 1925, clearly mentions
|
|
# that the true solar year is the measure, and there is no arithmetic
|
|
# leap year calculation involved. There has never been any serious
|
|
# plan to change that law....
|
|
#
|
|
# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
|
|
# Go with Shanks & Pottenger before Sept. 1991, and with Pournader thereafter.
|
|
# I used Ed Reingold's cal-persia in GNU Emacs 21.2 to check Persian dates,
|
|
# stopping after 2037 when 32-bit time_t's overflow.
|
|
# That cal-persia used Birashk's approximation, which disagrees with the solar
|
|
# calendar predictions for the year 2025, so I corrected those dates by hand.
|
|
#
|
|
# From Oscar van Vlijmen (2005-03-30), writing about future
|
|
# discrepancies between cal-persia and the Iranian calendar:
|
|
# For 2091 solar-longitude-after yields 2091-03-20 08:40:07.7 UT for
|
|
# the vernal equinox and that gets so close to 12:00 some local
|
|
# Iranian time that the definition of the correct location needs to be
|
|
# known exactly, amongst other factors. 2157 is even closer:
|
|
# 2157-03-20 08:37:15.5 UT. But the Gregorian year 2025 should give
|
|
# no interpretation problem whatsoever. By the way, another instant
|
|
# in the near future where there will be a discrepancy between
|
|
# arithmetical and astronomical Iranian calendars will be in 2058:
|
|
# vernal equinox on 2058-03-20 09:03:05.9 UT. The Java version of
|
|
# Reingold's/Dershowitz' calculator gives correctly the Gregorian date
|
|
# 2058-03-21 for 1 Farvardin 1437 (astronomical).
|
|
#
|
|
# From Steffen Thorsen (2006-03-22):
|
|
# Several of my users have reported that Iran will not observe DST anymore:
|
|
# http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/line-17/0603193812164948.htm
|
|
#
|
|
# From Reuters (2007-09-16), with a heads-up from Jesper Norgaard Welen:
|
|
# ... the Guardian Council ... approved a law on Sunday to re-introduce
|
|
# daylight saving time ...
|
|
# http://uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKBLA65048420070916
|
|
#
|
|
# From Roozbeh Pournader (2007-11-05):
|
|
# This is quoted from Official Gazette of the Islamic Republic of
|
|
# Iran, Volume 63, Number 18242, dated Tuesday 1386/6/24
|
|
# [2007-10-16]. I am doing the best translation I can:...
|
|
# The official time of the country will be moved forward for one hour
|
|
# on the 24 hours of the first day of the month of Farvardin and will
|
|
# be changed back to its previous state on the 24 hours of the
|
|
# thirtieth day of Shahrivar.
|
|
#
|
|
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/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 1991 only - May 3 0:00 1:00 D
|
|
Rule Iran 1992 1995 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D
|
|
Rule Iran 1991 1995 - Sep 22 0:00 0 S
|
|
Rule Iran 1996 only - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D
|
|
Rule Iran 1996 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 S
|
|
Rule Iran 1997 1999 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D
|
|
Rule Iran 1997 1999 - Sep 22 0:00 0 S
|
|
Rule Iran 2000 only - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D
|
|
Rule Iran 2000 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 S
|
|
Rule Iran 2001 2003 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D
|
|
Rule Iran 2001 2003 - Sep 22 0:00 0 S
|
|
Rule Iran 2004 only - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D
|
|
Rule Iran 2004 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 S
|
|
Rule Iran 2005 only - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D
|
|
Rule Iran 2005 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 S
|
|
Rule Iran 2008 only - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D
|
|
Rule Iran 2008 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 S
|
|
Rule Iran 2009 2011 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D
|
|
Rule Iran 2009 2011 - Sep 22 0:00 0 S
|
|
Rule Iran 2012 only - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D
|
|
Rule Iran 2012 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 S
|
|
Rule Iran 2013 2015 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D
|
|
Rule Iran 2013 2015 - Sep 22 0:00 0 S
|
|
Rule Iran 2016 only - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D
|
|
Rule Iran 2016 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 S
|
|
Rule Iran 2017 2019 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D
|
|
Rule Iran 2017 2019 - Sep 22 0:00 0 S
|
|
Rule Iran 2020 only - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D
|
|
Rule Iran 2020 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 S
|
|
Rule Iran 2021 2023 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D
|
|
Rule Iran 2021 2023 - Sep 22 0:00 0 S
|
|
Rule Iran 2024 only - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D
|
|
Rule Iran 2024 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 S
|
|
Rule Iran 2025 2027 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D
|
|
Rule Iran 2025 2027 - Sep 22 0:00 0 S
|
|
Rule Iran 2028 2029 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D
|
|
Rule Iran 2028 2029 - Sep 21 0:00 0 S
|
|
Rule Iran 2030 2031 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D
|
|
Rule Iran 2030 2031 - Sep 22 0:00 0 S
|
|
Rule Iran 2032 2033 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D
|
|
Rule Iran 2032 2033 - Sep 21 0:00 0 S
|
|
Rule Iran 2034 2035 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D
|
|
Rule Iran 2034 2035 - Sep 22 0:00 0 S
|
|
Rule Iran 2036 2037 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D
|
|
Rule Iran 2036 2037 - Sep 21 0:00 0 S
|
|
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
|
|
Zone Asia/Tehran 3:25:44 - LMT 1916
|
|
3:25:44 - TMT 1946 # Tehran Mean Time
|
|
3:30 - IRST 1977 Nov
|
|
4:00 Iran IR%sT 1979
|
|
3:30 Iran IR%sT
|
|
|
|
|
|
# Iraq
|
|
#
|
|
# From Jonathan Lennox (2000-06-12):
|
|
# An article in this week's Economist ("Inside the Saddam-free zone", p. 50 in
|
|
# the U.S. edition) on the Iraqi Kurds contains a paragraph:
|
|
# "The three northern provinces ... switched their clocks this spring and
|
|
# are an hour ahead of Baghdad."
|
|
#
|
|
# But Rives McDow (2000-06-18) quotes a contact in Iraqi-Kurdistan as follows:
|
|
# In the past, some Kurdish nationalists, as a protest to the Iraqi
|
|
# Government, did not adhere to daylight saving time. They referred
|
|
# to daylight saving as Saddam time. But, as of today, the time zone
|
|
# in Iraqi-Kurdistan is on standard time with Baghdad, Iraq.
|
|
#
|
|
# So we'll ignore the Economist's claim.
|
|
|
|
# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-03-10):
|
|
# The cabinet in Iraq abolished DST last week, according to the following
|
|
# news sources (in Arabic):
|
|
# <a href="http://www.aljeeran.net/wesima_articles/news-20080305-98602.html">
|
|
# http://www.aljeeran.net/wesima_articles/news-20080305-98602.html
|
|
# </a>
|
|
# <a href="http://www.aswataliraq.info/look/article.tpl?id=2047&IdLanguage=17&IdPublication=4&NrArticle=71743&NrIssue=1&NrSection=10">
|
|
# http://www.aswataliraq.info/look/article.tpl?id=2047&IdLanguage=17&IdPublication=4&NrArticle=71743&NrIssue=1&NrSection=10
|
|
# </a>
|
|
#
|
|
# We have published a short article in English about the change:
|
|
# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/iraq-dumps-daylight-saving.html">
|
|
# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/iraq-dumps-daylight-saving.html
|
|
# </a>
|
|
|
|
# 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 1990 - Sep lastSun 1:00s 0 S
|
|
Rule Iraq 1986 1990 - Mar lastSun 1:00s 1:00 D
|
|
# IATA SSIM (1991/1996) says Apr 1 12:01am UTC; guess the `:01' is a typo.
|
|
# Shanks & Pottenger say Iraq did not observe DST 1992/1997; ignore this.
|
|
#
|
|
Rule Iraq 1991 2007 - Apr 1 3:00s 1:00 D
|
|
Rule Iraq 1991 2007 - Oct 1 3:00s 0 S
|
|
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
|
|
Zone Asia/Baghdad 2:57:40 - LMT 1890
|
|
2:57:36 - BMT 1918 # Baghdad Mean Time?
|
|
3:00 - AST 1982 May
|
|
3:00 Iraq A%sT
|
|
|
|
|
|
###############################################################################
|
|
|
|
# Israel
|
|
|
|
# From Ephraim Silverberg (2001-01-11):
|
|
#
|
|
# I coined "IST/IDT" circa 1988. Until then there were three
|
|
# different abbreviations in use:
|
|
#
|
|
# JST Jerusalem Standard Time [Danny Braniss, Hebrew University]
|
|
# IZT Israel Zonal (sic) Time [Prof. Haim Papo, Technion]
|
|
# EEST Eastern Europe Standard Time [used by almost everyone else]
|
|
#
|
|
# Since timezones should be called by country and not capital cities,
|
|
# I ruled out JST. As Israel is in Asia Minor and not Eastern Europe,
|
|
# EEST was equally unacceptable. Since "zonal" was not compatible with
|
|
# any other timezone abbreviation, I felt that 'IST' was the way to go
|
|
# and, indeed, it has received almost universal acceptance in timezone
|
|
# settings in Israeli computers.
|
|
#
|
|
# In any case, I am happy to share timezone abbreviations with India,
|
|
# high on my favorite-country list (and not only because my wife's
|
|
# family is from India).
|
|
|
|
# From Shanks & Pottenger:
|
|
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/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
|
|
|
|
# From Ephraim Silverberg
|
|
# (1997-03-04, 1998-03-16, 1998-12-28, 2000-01-17, 2000-07-25, 2004-12-22,
|
|
# and 2005-02-17):
|
|
|
|
# According to the Office of the Secretary General of the Ministry of
|
|
# Interior, there is NO set rule for Daylight-Savings/Standard time changes.
|
|
# One thing is entrenched in law, however: that there must be at least 150
|
|
# days of daylight savings time annually. From 1993-1998, the change to
|
|
# daylight savings time was on a Friday morning from midnight IST to
|
|
# 1 a.m IDT; up until 1998, the change back to standard time was on a
|
|
# Saturday night from midnight daylight savings time to 11 p.m. standard
|
|
# time. 1996 is an exception to this rule where the change back to standard
|
|
# time took place on Sunday night instead of Saturday night to avoid
|
|
# conflicts with the Jewish New Year. In 1999, the change to
|
|
# daylight savings time was still on a Friday morning but from
|
|
# 2 a.m. IST to 3 a.m. IDT; furthermore, the change back to standard time
|
|
# was also on a Friday morning from 2 a.m. IDT to 1 a.m. IST for
|
|
# 1999 only. In the year 2000, the change to daylight savings time was
|
|
# similar to 1999, but although the change back will be on a Friday, it
|
|
# will take place from 1 a.m. IDT to midnight IST. Starting in 2001, all
|
|
# changes to/from will take place at 1 a.m. old time, but now there is no
|
|
# rule as to what day of the week it will take place in as the start date
|
|
# (except in 2003) is the night after the Passover Seder (i.e. the eve
|
|
# of the 16th of Nisan in the lunar Hebrew calendar) and the end date
|
|
# (except in 2002) is three nights before Yom Kippur [Day of Atonement]
|
|
# (the eve of the 7th of Tishrei in the lunar Hebrew calendar).
|
|
|
|
# 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 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 24 0:00 1:00 D
|
|
Rule Zion 1991 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 S
|
|
Rule Zion 1992 only - Mar 29 0:00 1:00 D
|
|
Rule Zion 1992 only - Sep 6 0:00 0 S
|
|
Rule Zion 1993 only - Apr 2 0:00 1:00 D
|
|
Rule Zion 1993 only - Sep 5 0:00 0 S
|
|
|
|
# The dates for 1994-1995 were obtained from Office of the Spokeswoman for the
|
|
# Ministry of Interior, Jerusalem, Israel. The spokeswoman can be reached by
|
|
# calling the office directly at 972-2-6701447 or 972-2-6701448.
|
|
|
|
# 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 S
|
|
Rule Zion 1995 only - Mar 31 0:00 1:00 D
|
|
Rule Zion 1995 only - Sep 3 0:00 0 S
|
|
|
|
# The dates for 1996 were determined by the Minister of Interior of the
|
|
# time, Haim Ramon. The official announcement regarding 1996-1998
|
|
# (with the dates for 1997-1998 no longer being relevant) can be viewed at:
|
|
#
|
|
# ftp://ftp.cs.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/1996-1998.ramon.ps.gz
|
|
#
|
|
# The dates for 1997-1998 were altered by his successor, Rabbi Eli Suissa.
|
|
#
|
|
# The official announcements for the years 1997-1999 can be viewed at:
|
|
#
|
|
# ftp://ftp.cs.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/YYYY.ps.gz
|
|
#
|
|
# where YYYY is the relevant year.
|
|
|
|
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
|
|
Rule Zion 1996 only - Mar 15 0:00 1:00 D
|
|
Rule Zion 1996 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 S
|
|
Rule Zion 1997 only - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D
|
|
Rule Zion 1997 only - Sep 14 0:00 0 S
|
|
Rule Zion 1998 only - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 D
|
|
Rule Zion 1998 only - Sep 6 0:00 0 S
|
|
Rule Zion 1999 only - Apr 2 2:00 1:00 D
|
|
Rule Zion 1999 only - Sep 3 2:00 0 S
|
|
|
|
# The Knesset Interior Committee has changed the dates for 2000 for
|
|
# the third time in just over a year and have set new dates for the
|
|
# years 2001-2004 as well.
|
|
#
|
|
# The official announcement for the start date of 2000 can be viewed at:
|
|
#
|
|
# ftp://ftp.cs.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/2000-start.ps.gz
|
|
#
|
|
# The official announcement for the end date of 2000 and the dates
|
|
# for the years 2001-2004 can be viewed at:
|
|
#
|
|
# ftp://ftp.cs.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/2000-2004.ps.gz
|
|
|
|
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
|
|
Rule Zion 2000 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 D
|
|
Rule Zion 2000 only - Oct 6 1:00 0 S
|
|
Rule Zion 2001 only - Apr 9 1:00 1:00 D
|
|
Rule Zion 2001 only - Sep 24 1:00 0 S
|
|
Rule Zion 2002 only - Mar 29 1:00 1:00 D
|
|
Rule Zion 2002 only - Oct 7 1:00 0 S
|
|
Rule Zion 2003 only - Mar 28 1:00 1:00 D
|
|
Rule Zion 2003 only - Oct 3 1:00 0 S
|
|
Rule Zion 2004 only - Apr 7 1:00 1:00 D
|
|
Rule Zion 2004 only - Sep 22 1:00 0 S
|
|
|
|
# The proposed law agreed upon by the Knesset Interior Committee on
|
|
# 2005-02-14 is that, for 2005 and beyond, DST starts at 02:00 the
|
|
# last Friday before April 2nd (i.e. the last Friday in March or April
|
|
# 1st itself if it falls on a Friday) and ends at 02:00 on the Saturday
|
|
# night _before_ the fast of Yom Kippur.
|
|
#
|
|
# Those who can read Hebrew can view the announcement at:
|
|
#
|
|
# ftp://ftp.cs.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/2005+beyond.ps
|
|
|
|
# From Paul Eggert (2005-02-22):
|
|
# 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 in this list.
|
|
# (I replaced "lastFri" with "Fri>=26" by hand.)
|
|
# The spring transitions below all correspond to the following Rule:
|
|
#
|
|
# Rule Zion 2005 max - 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 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 2015 - Mar Fri>=26 2:00 1:00 D
|
|
Rule Zion 2012 only - Sep 23 2:00 0 S
|
|
Rule Zion 2013 only - Sep 8 2:00 0 S
|
|
Rule Zion 2014 only - Sep 28 2:00 0 S
|
|
Rule Zion 2015 only - Sep 20 2:00 0 S
|
|
Rule Zion 2016 only - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 D
|
|
Rule Zion 2016 only - Oct 9 2:00 0 S
|
|
Rule Zion 2017 2021 - Mar Fri>=26 2:00 1:00 D
|
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Rule Zion 2017 only - Sep 24 2:00 0 S
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Rule Zion 2018 only - Sep 16 2:00 0 S
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Rule Zion 2019 only - Oct 6 2:00 0 S
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Rule Zion 2020 only - Sep 27 2:00 0 S
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Rule Zion 2021 only - Sep 12 2:00 0 S
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Rule Zion 2022 only - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 D
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Rule Zion 2022 only - Oct 2 2:00 0 S
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Rule Zion 2023 2032 - Mar Fri>=26 2:00 1:00 D
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Rule Zion 2023 only - Sep 24 2:00 0 S
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Rule Zion 2024 only - Oct 6 2:00 0 S
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Rule Zion 2025 only - Sep 28 2:00 0 S
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Rule Zion 2026 only - Sep 20 2:00 0 S
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Rule Zion 2027 only - Oct 10 2:00 0 S
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Rule Zion 2028 only - Sep 24 2:00 0 S
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Rule Zion 2029 only - Sep 16 2:00 0 S
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Rule Zion 2030 only - Oct 6 2:00 0 S
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Rule Zion 2031 only - Sep 21 2:00 0 S
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Rule Zion 2032 only - Sep 12 2:00 0 S
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Rule Zion 2033 only - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 D
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Rule Zion 2033 only - Oct 2 2:00 0 S
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Rule Zion 2034 2037 - Mar Fri>=26 2:00 1:00 D
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Rule Zion 2034 only - Sep 17 2:00 0 S
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Rule Zion 2035 only - Oct 7 2:00 0 S
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Rule Zion 2036 only - Sep 28 2:00 0 S
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Rule Zion 2037 only - Sep 13 2:00 0 S
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# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
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Zone Asia/Jerusalem 2:20:56 - LMT 1880
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2:20:40 - JMT 1918 # Jerusalem Mean Time?
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2:00 Zion I%sT
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###############################################################################
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# Japan
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# `9:00' and `JST' is from Guy Harris.
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# From Paul Eggert (1995-03-06):
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# Today's _Asahi Evening News_ (page 4) reports that Japan had
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# daylight saving between 1948 and 1951, but ``the system was discontinued
|
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# because the public believed it would lead to longer working hours.''
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# From Mayumi Negishi in the 2005-08-10 Japan Times
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# <http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050810f2.htm>:
|
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# Occupation authorities imposed daylight-saving time on Japan on
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# [1948-05-01].... But lack of prior debate and the execution of
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# daylight-saving time just three days after the bill was passed generated
|
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# deep hatred of the concept.... The Diet unceremoniously passed a bill to
|
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# dump the unpopular system in October 1951, less than a month after the San
|
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# Francisco Peace Treaty was signed. (A government poll in 1951 showed 53%
|
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# of the Japanese wanted to scrap daylight-saving time, as opposed to 30% who
|
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# wanted to keep it.)
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|
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# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
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# Shanks & Pottenger write that DST in Japan during those years was as follows:
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# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
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Rule Japan 1948 only - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
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Rule Japan 1948 1951 - Sep Sat>=8 2:00 0 S
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Rule Japan 1949 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
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Rule Japan 1950 1951 - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
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# but the only locations using it (for birth certificates, presumably, since
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# their audience is astrologers) were US military bases. For now, assume
|
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# that for most purposes daylight-saving time was observed; otherwise, what
|
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# would have been the point of the 1951 poll?
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|
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# From Hideyuki Suzuki (1998-11-09):
|
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# 'Tokyo' usually stands for the former location of Tokyo Astronomical
|
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# Observatory: E 139 44' 40".90 (9h 18m 58s.727), N 35 39' 16".0.
|
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# This data is from 'Rika Nenpyou (Chronological Scientific Tables) 1996'
|
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# edited by National Astronomical Observatory of Japan....
|
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# JST (Japan Standard Time) has been used since 1888-01-01 00:00 (JST).
|
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# The law is enacted on 1886-07-07.
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|
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# From Hideyuki Suzuki (1998-11-16):
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# The ordinance No. 51 (1886) established "standard time" in Japan,
|
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# which stands for the time on E 135 degree.
|
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# In the ordinance No. 167 (1895), "standard time" was renamed to "central
|
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# standard time". And the same ordinance also established "western standard
|
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# time", which stands for the time on E 120 degree.... But "western standard
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# time" was abolished in the ordinance No. 529 (1937). In the ordinance No.
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# 167, there is no mention regarding for what place western standard time is
|
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# standard....
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#
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# I wrote "ordinance" above, but I don't know how to translate.
|
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# In Japanese it's "chokurei", which means ordinance from emperor.
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|
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# Shanks & Pottenger claim JST in use since 1896, and that a few
|
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# places (e.g. Ishigaki) use +0800; go with Suzuki. Guess that all
|
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# ordinances took effect on Jan 1.
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# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
|
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Zone Asia/Tokyo 9:18:59 - LMT 1887 Dec 31 15:00u
|
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9:00 - JST 1896
|
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9:00 - CJT 1938
|
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9:00 Japan J%sT
|
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# Since 1938, all Japanese possessions have been like Asia/Tokyo.
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|
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# Jordan
|
|
#
|
|
# From <a href="http://star.arabia.com/990701/JO9.html">
|
|
# Jordan Week (1999-07-01) </a> via Steffen Thorsen (1999-09-09):
|
|
# Clocks in Jordan were forwarded one hour on Wednesday at midnight,
|
|
# in accordance with the government's decision to implement summer time
|
|
# all year round.
|
|
#
|
|
# From <a href="http://star.arabia.com/990930/JO9.html">
|
|
# Jordan Week (1999-09-30) </a> via Steffen Thorsen (1999-11-09):
|
|
# Winter time starts today Thursday, 30 September. Clocks will be turned back
|
|
# by one hour. This is the latest government decision and it's final!
|
|
# The decision was taken because of the increase in working hours in
|
|
# government's departments from six to seven hours.
|
|
#
|
|
# From Paul Eggert (2005-11-22):
|
|
# Starting 2003 transitions are from Steffen Thorsen's web site timeanddate.com.
|
|
#
|
|
# From Steffen Thorsen (2005-11-23):
|
|
# For Jordan I have received multiple independent user reports every year
|
|
# about DST end dates, as the end-rule is different every year.
|
|
#
|
|
# From Steffen Thorsen (2006-10-01), after a heads-up from Hilal Malawi:
|
|
# http://www.petranews.gov.jo/nepras/2006/Sep/05/4000.htm
|
|
# "Jordan will switch to winter time on Friday, October 27".
|
|
#
|
|
|
|
# From Phil Pizzey (2009-04-02):
|
|
# ...I think I may have spotted an error in the timezone data for
|
|
# Jordan.
|
|
# The current (2009d) asia file shows Jordan going to daylight
|
|
# saving
|
|
# time on the last Thursday in March.
|
|
#
|
|
# Rule Jordan 2000 max - Mar lastThu 0:00s 1:00 S
|
|
#
|
|
# However timeanddate.com, which I usually find reliable, shows Jordan
|
|
# going to daylight saving time on the last Friday in March since 2002.
|
|
# Please see
|
|
# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/timezone.html?n=11">
|
|
# http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/timezone.html?n=11
|
|
# </a>
|
|
|
|
# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-04-02):
|
|
# This single one might be good enough, (2009-03-24, Arabic):
|
|
# <a href="http://petra.gov.jo/Artical.aspx?Lng=2&Section=8&Artical=95279">
|
|
# http://petra.gov.jo/Artical.aspx?Lng=2&Section=8&Artical=95279
|
|
# </a>
|
|
#
|
|
# Google's translation:
|
|
#
|
|
# > The Council of Ministers decided in 2002 to adopt the principle of timely
|
|
# > submission of the summer at 60 minutes as of midnight on the last Thursday
|
|
# > of the month of March of each year.
|
|
#
|
|
# So - this means the midnight between Thursday and Friday since 2002.
|
|
|
|
# From Arthur David Olson (2009-04-06):
|
|
# We still have Jordan switching to DST on Thursdays in 2000 and 2001.
|
|
|
|
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
|
|
Rule Jordan 1973 only - Jun 6 0:00 1:00 S
|
|
Rule Jordan 1973 1975 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
|
|
Rule Jordan 1974 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S
|
|
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 S
|
|
Rule Jordan 1978 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 -
|
|
Rule Jordan 1985 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
|
|
Rule Jordan 1985 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
|
|
Rule Jordan 1986 1988 - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 S
|
|
Rule Jordan 1986 1990 - Oct Fri>=1 0:00 0 -
|
|
Rule Jordan 1989 only - May 8 0:00 1:00 S
|
|
Rule Jordan 1990 only - Apr 27 0:00 1:00 S
|
|
Rule Jordan 1991 only - Apr 17 0:00 1:00 S
|
|
Rule Jordan 1991 only - Sep 27 0:00 0 -
|
|
Rule Jordan 1992 only - Apr 10 0:00 1:00 S
|
|
Rule Jordan 1992 1993 - Oct Fri>=1 0:00 0 -
|
|
Rule Jordan 1993 1998 - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 S
|
|
Rule Jordan 1994 only - Sep Fri>=15 0:00 0 -
|
|
Rule Jordan 1995 1998 - Sep Fri>=15 0:00s 0 -
|
|
Rule Jordan 1999 only - Jul 1 0:00s 1:00 S
|
|
Rule Jordan 1999 2002 - Sep lastFri 0:00s 0 -
|
|
Rule Jordan 2000 2001 - Mar lastThu 0:00s 1:00 S
|
|
Rule Jordan 2002 max - Mar lastThu 24:00 1:00 S
|
|
Rule Jordan 2003 only - Oct 24 0:00s 0 -
|
|
Rule Jordan 2004 only - Oct 15 0:00s 0 -
|
|
Rule Jordan 2005 only - Sep lastFri 0:00s 0 -
|
|
Rule Jordan 2006 max - Oct lastFri 0:00s 0 -
|
|
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
|
|
Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931
|
|
2:00 Jordan EE%sT
|
|
|
|
|
|
# Kazakhstan
|
|
|
|
# From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22):
|
|
# Andrew Evtichov (1996-04-13) writes that Kazakhstan
|
|
# stayed in sync with Moscow after 1990, and that Aqtobe (formerly Aktyubinsk)
|
|
# and Aqtau (formerly Shevchenko) are the largest cities in their zones.
|
|
# Guess that Aqtau and Aqtobe diverged in 1995, since that's the first time
|
|
# IATA SSIM mentions a third time zone in Kazakhstan.
|
|
|
|
# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
|
|
# German Iofis, ELSI, Almaty (2001-10-09) reports that Kazakhstan uses
|
|
# RussiaAsia rules, instead of switching at 00:00 as the IATA has it.
|
|
# Go with Shanks & Pottenger, who have them always using RussiaAsia rules.
|
|
# Also go with the following claims of Shanks & Pottenger:
|
|
#
|
|
# - Kazakhstan did not observe DST in 1991.
|
|
# - Qyzylorda switched from +5:00 to +6:00 on 1992-01-19 02:00.
|
|
# - Oral switched from +5:00 to +4:00 in spring 1989.
|
|
|
|
# <a href="http://www.kazsociety.org.uk/news/2005/03/30.htm">
|
|
# From Kazakhstan Embassy's News Bulletin #11 (2005-03-21):
|
|
# </a>
|
|
# The Government of Kazakhstan passed a resolution March 15 abolishing
|
|
# daylight saving time citing lack of economic benefits and health
|
|
# complications coupled with a decrease in productivity.
|
|
#
|
|
# From Branislav Kojic (in Astana) via Gwillim Law (2005-06-28):
|
|
# ... what happened was that the former Kazakhstan Eastern time zone
|
|
# was "blended" with the Central zone. Therefore, Kazakhstan now has
|
|
# two time zones, and difference between them is one hour. The zone
|
|
# closer to UTC is the former Western zone (probably still called the
|
|
# same), encompassing four provinces in the west: Aqtobe, Atyrau,
|
|
# Mangghystau, and West Kazakhstan. The other zone encompasses
|
|
# everything else.... I guess that would make Kazakhstan time zones
|
|
# de jure UTC+5 and UTC+6 respectively.
|
|
|
|
#
|
|
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
|
|
#
|
|
# Almaty (formerly Alma-Ata), representing most locations in Kazakhstan
|
|
Zone Asia/Almaty 5:07:48 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Alma-Ata
|
|
5:00 - ALMT 1930 Jun 21 # Alma-Ata Time
|
|
6:00 RussiaAsia ALM%sT 1991
|
|
6:00 - ALMT 1992
|
|
6:00 RussiaAsia ALM%sT 2005 Mar 15
|
|
6:00 - ALMT
|
|
# Qyzylorda (aka Kyzylorda, Kizilorda, Kzyl-Orda, etc.)
|
|
Zone Asia/Qyzylorda 4:21:52 - LMT 1924 May 2
|
|
4:00 - KIZT 1930 Jun 21 # Kizilorda Time
|
|
5:00 - KIZT 1981 Apr 1
|
|
5:00 1:00 KIZST 1981 Oct 1
|
|
6:00 - KIZT 1982 Apr 1
|
|
5:00 RussiaAsia KIZ%sT 1991
|
|
5:00 - KIZT 1991 Dec 16 # independence
|
|
5:00 - QYZT 1992 Jan 19 2:00
|
|
6:00 RussiaAsia QYZ%sT 2005 Mar 15
|
|
6:00 - QYZT
|
|
# Aqtobe (aka Aktobe, formerly Akt'ubinsk)
|
|
Zone Asia/Aqtobe 3:48:40 - LMT 1924 May 2
|
|
4:00 - AKTT 1930 Jun 21 # Aktyubinsk Time
|
|
5:00 - AKTT 1981 Apr 1
|
|
5:00 1:00 AKTST 1981 Oct 1
|
|
6:00 - AKTT 1982 Apr 1
|
|
5:00 RussiaAsia AKT%sT 1991
|
|
5:00 - AKTT 1991 Dec 16 # independence
|
|
5:00 RussiaAsia AQT%sT 2005 Mar 15 # Aqtobe Time
|
|
5:00 - AQTT
|
|
# Mangghystau
|
|
# Aqtau was not founded until 1963, but it represents an inhabited region,
|
|
# so include time stamps before 1963.
|
|
Zone Asia/Aqtau 3:21:04 - LMT 1924 May 2
|
|
4:00 - FORT 1930 Jun 21 # Fort Shevchenko T
|
|
5:00 - FORT 1963
|
|
5:00 - SHET 1981 Oct 1 # Shevchenko Time
|
|
6:00 - SHET 1982 Apr 1
|
|
5:00 RussiaAsia SHE%sT 1991
|
|
5:00 - SHET 1991 Dec 16 # independence
|
|
5:00 RussiaAsia AQT%sT 1995 Mar lastSun 2:00 # Aqtau Time
|
|
4:00 RussiaAsia AQT%sT 2005 Mar 15
|
|
5:00 - AQTT
|
|
# West Kazakhstan
|
|
Zone Asia/Oral 3:25:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Ural'sk
|
|
4:00 - URAT 1930 Jun 21 # Ural'sk time
|
|
5:00 - URAT 1981 Apr 1
|
|
5:00 1:00 URAST 1981 Oct 1
|
|
6:00 - URAT 1982 Apr 1
|
|
5:00 RussiaAsia URA%sT 1989 Mar 26 2:00
|
|
4:00 RussiaAsia URA%sT 1991
|
|
4:00 - URAT 1991 Dec 16 # independence
|
|
4:00 RussiaAsia ORA%sT 2005 Mar 15 # Oral Time
|
|
5:00 - ORAT
|
|
|
|
# Kyrgyzstan (Kirgizstan)
|
|
# Transitions through 1991 are from Shanks & Pottenger.
|
|
|
|
# From Paul Eggert (2005-08-15):
|
|
# According to an article dated today in the Kyrgyzstan Development Gateway
|
|
# <http://eng.gateway.kg/cgi-bin/page.pl?id=1&story_name=doc9979.shtml>
|
|
# Kyrgyzstan is canceling the daylight saving time system. I take the article
|
|
# to mean that they will leave their clocks at 6 hours ahead of UTC.
|
|
# From Malik Abdugaliev (2005-09-21):
|
|
# Our government cancels daylight saving time 6th of August 2005.
|
|
# From 2005-08-12 our GMT-offset is +6, w/o any daylight saving.
|
|
|
|
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
|
|
Rule Kyrgyz 1992 1996 - Apr Sun>=7 0:00s 1:00 S
|
|
Rule Kyrgyz 1992 1996 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 -
|
|
Rule Kyrgyz 1997 2005 - Mar lastSun 2:30 1:00 S
|
|
Rule Kyrgyz 1997 2004 - Oct lastSun 2:30 0 -
|
|
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
|
|
Zone Asia/Bishkek 4:58:24 - LMT 1924 May 2
|
|
5:00 - FRUT 1930 Jun 21 # Frunze Time
|
|
6:00 RussiaAsia FRU%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
|
|
5:00 1:00 FRUST 1991 Aug 31 2:00 # independence
|
|
5:00 Kyrgyz KG%sT 2005 Aug 12 # Kyrgyzstan Time
|
|
6:00 - KGT
|
|
|
|
###############################################################################
|
|
|
|
# Korea (North and South)
|
|
|
|
# From Annie I. Bang (2006-07-10) in
|
|
# <http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2006/07/10/200607100012.asp>:
|
|
# The Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy has already
|
|
# commissioned a research project [to reintroduce DST] and has said
|
|
# the system may begin as early as 2008.... Korea ran a daylight
|
|
# saving program from 1949-61 but stopped it during the 1950-53 Korean War.
|
|
|
|
# From Shanks & Pottenger:
|
|
# 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>=8 0:00 1:00 D
|
|
Rule ROK 1987 1988 - Oct Sun>=8 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
|
|
|
|
###############################################################################
|
|
|
|
# Kuwait
|
|
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
|
|
# From the Arab Times (2007-03-14):
|
|
# The Civil Service Commission (CSC) has approved a proposal forwarded
|
|
# by MP Ahmad Baqer on implementing the daylight saving time (DST) in
|
|
# Kuwait starting from April until the end of Sept this year, reports Al-Anba.
|
|
# <http://www.arabtimesonline.com/arabtimes/kuwait/Viewdet.asp?ID=9950>.
|
|
# From Paul Eggert (2007-03-29):
|
|
# We don't know the details, or whether the approval means it'll happen,
|
|
# so for now we assume no DST.
|
|
Zone Asia/Kuwait 3:11:56 - LMT 1950
|
|
3:00 - AST
|
|
|
|
# Laos
|
|
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
|
|
Zone Asia/Vientiane 6:50:24 - LMT 1906 Jun 9 # or Viangchan
|
|
7:06:20 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT?
|
|
7:00 - ICT 1912 May
|
|
8:00 - ICT 1931 May
|
|
7:00 - ICT
|
|
|
|
# Lebanon
|
|
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
|
|
Rule Lebanon 1920 only - Mar 28 0:00 1:00 S
|
|
Rule Lebanon 1920 only - Oct 25 0:00 0 -
|
|
Rule Lebanon 1921 only - Apr 3 0:00 1:00 S
|
|
Rule Lebanon 1921 only - Oct 3 0:00 0 -
|
|
Rule Lebanon 1922 only - Mar 26 0:00 1:00 S
|
|
Rule Lebanon 1922 only - Oct 8 0:00 0 -
|
|
Rule Lebanon 1923 only - Apr 22 0:00 1:00 S
|
|
Rule Lebanon 1923 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 -
|
|
Rule Lebanon 1957 1961 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S
|
|
Rule Lebanon 1957 1961 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
|
|
Rule Lebanon 1972 only - Jun 22 0:00 1:00 S
|
|
Rule Lebanon 1972 1977 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
|
|
Rule Lebanon 1973 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S
|
|
Rule Lebanon 1978 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 S
|
|
Rule Lebanon 1978 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 -
|
|
Rule Lebanon 1984 1987 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S
|
|
Rule Lebanon 1984 1991 - Oct 16 0:00 0 -
|
|
Rule Lebanon 1988 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S
|
|
Rule Lebanon 1989 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S
|
|
Rule Lebanon 1990 1992 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S
|
|
Rule Lebanon 1992 only - Oct 4 0:00 0 -
|
|
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 Asia/Beirut 2:22:00 - LMT 1880
|
|
2:00 Lebanon EE%sT
|
|
|
|
# Malaysia
|
|
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
|
|
Rule NBorneo 1935 1941 - Sep 14 0:00 0:20 TS # one-Third Summer
|
|
Rule NBorneo 1935 1941 - Dec 14 0:00 0 -
|
|
#
|
|
# peninsular Malaysia
|
|
# The data here are 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 Asia/Kuala_Lumpur 6:46:46 - LMT 1901 Jan 1
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6:55:25 - SMT 1905 Jun 1 # Singapore M.T.
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7:00 - MALT 1933 Jan 1 # Malaya Time
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7:00 0:20 MALST 1936 Jan 1
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7:20 - MALT 1941 Sep 1
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7:30 - MALT 1942 Feb 16
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9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 12
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7:30 - MALT 1982 Jan 1
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8:00 - MYT # Malaysia Time
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# Sabah & Sarawak
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# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
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# The data here are mostly from Shanks & Pottenger, but the 1942, 1945 and 1982
|
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# transition dates are from Mok Ly Yng.
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# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
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Zone Asia/Kuching 7:21:20 - LMT 1926 Mar
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7:30 - BORT 1933 # Borneo Time
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8:00 NBorneo BOR%sT 1942 Feb 16
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9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 12
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8:00 - BORT 1982 Jan 1
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8:00 - MYT
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# Maldives
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# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
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Zone Indian/Maldives 4:54:00 - LMT 1880 # Male
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4:54:00 - MMT 1960 # Male Mean Time
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5:00 - MVT # Maldives Time
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# Mongolia
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|
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# Shanks & Pottenger say that Mongolia has three time zones, but
|
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# usno1995 and the CIA map Standard Time Zones of the World (2005-03)
|
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# both say that it has just one.
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|
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# From Oscar van Vlijmen (1999-12-11):
|
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# <a href="http://www.mongoliatourism.gov.mn/general.htm">
|
|
# General Information Mongolia
|
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# </a> (1999-09)
|
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# "Time: Mongolia has two time zones. Three westernmost provinces of
|
|
# Bayan-Ulgii, Uvs, and Hovd are one hour earlier than the capital city, and
|
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# the rest of the country follows the Ulaanbaatar time, which is UTC/GMT plus
|
|
# eight hours."
|
|
|
|
# From Rives McDow (1999-12-13):
|
|
# Mongolia discontinued the use of daylight savings time in 1999; 1998
|
|
# being the last year it was implemented. The dates of implementation I am
|
|
# unsure of, but most probably it was similar to Russia, except for the time
|
|
# of implementation may have been different....
|
|
# Some maps in the past have indicated that there was an additional time
|
|
# zone in the eastern part of Mongolia, including the provinces of Dornod,
|
|
# Suhbaatar, and possibly Khentij.
|
|
|
|
# From Paul Eggert (1999-12-15):
|
|
# Naming and spelling is tricky in Mongolia.
|
|
# We'll use Hovd (also spelled Chovd and Khovd) to represent the west zone;
|
|
# the capital of the Hovd province is sometimes called Hovd, sometimes Dund-Us,
|
|
# and sometimes Jirgalanta (with variant spellings), but the name Hovd
|
|
# is good enough for our purposes.
|
|
|
|
# From Rives McDow (2001-05-13):
|
|
# In addition to Mongolia starting daylight savings as reported earlier
|
|
# (adopted DST on 2001-04-27 02:00 local time, ending 2001-09-28),
|
|
# there are three time zones.
|
|
#
|
|
# Provinces [at 7:00]: Bayan-ulgii, Uvs, Khovd, Zavkhan, Govi-Altai
|
|
# Provinces [at 8:00]: Khovsgol, Bulgan, Arkhangai, Khentii, Tov,
|
|
# Bayankhongor, Ovorkhangai, Dundgovi, Dornogovi, Omnogovi
|
|
# Provinces [at 9:00]: Dornod, Sukhbaatar
|
|
#
|
|
# [The province of Selenge is omitted from the above lists.]
|
|
|
|
# From Ganbold Ts., Ulaanbaatar (2004-04-17):
|
|
# Daylight saving occurs at 02:00 local time last Saturday of March.
|
|
# It will change back to normal at 02:00 local time last Saturday of
|
|
# September.... As I remember this rule was changed in 2001.
|
|
#
|
|
# From Paul Eggert (2004-04-17):
|
|
# For now, assume Rives McDow's informant got confused about Friday vs
|
|
# Saturday, and that his 2001 dates should have 1 added to them.
|
|
|
|
# From Paul Eggert (2005-07-26):
|
|
# We have wildly conflicting information about Mongolia's time zones.
|
|
# Bill Bonnet (2005-05-19) reports that the US Embassy in Ulaanbaatar says
|
|
# there is only one time zone and that DST is observed, citing Microsoft
|
|
# Windows XP as the source. Risto Nykanen (2005-05-16) reports that
|
|
# travelmongolia.org says there are two time zones (UTC+7, UTC+8) with no DST.
|
|
# Oscar van Vlijmen (2005-05-20) reports that the Mongolian Embassy in
|
|
# Washington, DC says there are two time zones, with DST observed.
|
|
# He also found
|
|
# <http://ubpost.mongolnews.mn/index.php?subaction=showcomments&id=1111634894&archive=&start_from=&ucat=1&>
|
|
# which also says that there is DST, and which has a comment by "Toddius"
|
|
# (2005-03-31 06:05 +0700) saying "Mongolia actually has 3.5 time zones.
|
|
# The West (OLGII) is +7 GMT, most of the country is ULAT is +8 GMT
|
|
# and some Eastern provinces are +9 GMT but Sukhbaatar Aimag is SUHK +8.5 GMT.
|
|
# The SUKH timezone is new this year, it is one of the few things the
|
|
# parliament passed during the tumultuous winter session."
|
|
# For now, let's ignore this information, until we have more confirmation.
|
|
|
|
# From Ganbold Ts. (2007-02-26):
|
|
# Parliament of Mongolia has just changed the daylight-saving rule in February.
|
|
# They decided not to adopt daylight-saving time....
|
|
# http://www.mongolnews.mn/index.php?module=unuudur&sec=view&id=15742
|
|
|
|
# From Deborah Goldsmith (2008-03-30):
|
|
# We received a bug report claiming that the tz database UTC offset for
|
|
# Asia/Choibalsan (GMT+09:00) is incorrect, and that it should be GMT
|
|
# +08:00 instead. Different sources appear to disagree with the tz
|
|
# database on this, e.g.:
|
|
#
|
|
# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=1026">
|
|
# http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=1026
|
|
# </a>
|
|
# <a href="http://www.worldtimeserver.com/current_time_in_MN.aspx">
|
|
# http://www.worldtimeserver.com/current_time_in_MN.aspx
|
|
# </a>
|
|
#
|
|
# both say GMT+08:00.
|
|
|
|
# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-03-31):
|
|
# eznis airways, which operates several domestic flights, has a flight
|
|
# schedule here:
|
|
# <a href="http://www.eznis.com/Container.jsp?id=112">
|
|
# http://www.eznis.com/Container.jsp?id=112
|
|
# </a>
|
|
# (click the English flag for English)
|
|
#
|
|
# There it appears that flights between Choibalsan and Ulaanbatar arrive
|
|
# about 1:35 - 1:50 hours later in local clock time, no matter the
|
|
# direction, while Ulaanbaatar-Khvod takes 2 hours in the Eastern
|
|
# direction and 3:35 back, which indicates that Ulaanbatar and Khvod are
|
|
# in different time zones (like we know about), while Choibalsan and
|
|
# Ulaanbatar are in the same time zone (correction needed).
|
|
|
|
# From Arthur David Olson (2008-05-19):
|
|
# Assume that Choibalsan is indeed offset by 8:00.
|
|
# XXX--in the absence of better information, assume that transition
|
|
# was at the start of 2008-03-31 (the day of Steffen Thorsen's report);
|
|
# this is almost surely wrong.
|
|
|
|
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
|
|
Rule Mongol 1983 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
|
|
Rule Mongol 1983 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
|
|
# Shanks & Pottenger and IATA SSIM say 1990s switches occurred at 00:00,
|
|
# but McDow says the 2001 switches occurred at 02:00. Also, IATA SSIM
|
|
# (1996-09) says 1996-10-25. Go with Shanks & Pottenger through 1998.
|
|
#
|
|
# Shanks & Pottenger say that the Sept. 1984 through Sept. 1990 switches
|
|
# in Choibalsan (more precisely, in Dornod and Sukhbaatar) took place
|
|
# at 02:00 standard time, not at 00:00 local time as in the rest of
|
|
# the country. That would be odd, and possibly is a result of their
|
|
# correction of 02:00 (in the previous edition) not being done correctly
|
|
# in the latest edition; so ignore it for now.
|
|
|
|
Rule Mongol 1985 1998 - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S
|
|
Rule Mongol 1984 1998 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 -
|
|
# IATA SSIM (1999-09) says Mongolia no longer observes DST.
|
|
Rule Mongol 2001 only - Apr lastSat 2:00 1:00 S
|
|
Rule Mongol 2001 2006 - Sep lastSat 2:00 0 -
|
|
Rule Mongol 2002 2006 - Mar lastSat 2:00 1:00 S
|
|
|
|
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
|
|
# Hovd, a.k.a. Chovd, Dund-Us, Dzhargalant, Khovd, Jirgalanta
|
|
Zone Asia/Hovd 6:06:36 - LMT 1905 Aug
|
|
6:00 - HOVT 1978 # Hovd Time
|
|
7:00 Mongol HOV%sT
|
|
# Ulaanbaatar, a.k.a. Ulan Bataar, Ulan Bator, Urga
|
|
Zone Asia/Ulaanbaatar 7:07:32 - LMT 1905 Aug
|
|
7:00 - ULAT 1978 # Ulaanbaatar Time
|
|
8:00 Mongol ULA%sT
|
|
# Choibalsan, a.k.a. Bajan Tuemen, Bajan Tumen, Chojbalsan,
|
|
# Choybalsan, Sanbejse, Tchoibalsan
|
|
Zone Asia/Choibalsan 7:38:00 - LMT 1905 Aug
|
|
7:00 - ULAT 1978
|
|
8:00 - ULAT 1983 Apr
|
|
9:00 Mongol CHO%sT 2008 Mar 31 # Choibalsan Time
|
|
8:00 Mongol CHO%sT
|
|
|
|
# Nepal
|
|
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
|
|
Zone Asia/Kathmandu 5:41:16 - LMT 1920
|
|
5:30 - IST 1986
|
|
5:45 - NPT # Nepal Time
|
|
|
|
# Oman
|
|
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
|
|
Zone Asia/Muscat 3:54:20 - LMT 1920
|
|
4:00 - GST
|
|
|
|
# Pakistan
|
|
|
|
# From Rives McDow (2002-03-13):
|
|
# I have been advised that Pakistan has decided to adopt dst on a
|
|
# TRIAL basis for one year, starting 00:01 local time on April 7, 2002
|
|
# and ending at 00:01 local time October 6, 2002. This is what I was
|
|
# told, but I believe that the actual time of change may be 00:00; the
|
|
# 00:01 was to make it clear which day it was on.
|
|
|
|
# From Paul Eggert (2002-03-15):
|
|
# Jesper Norgaard found this URL:
|
|
# http://www.pak.gov.pk/public/news/app/app06_dec.htm
|
|
# (dated 2001-12-06) which says that the Cabinet adopted a scheme "to
|
|
# advance the clocks by one hour on the night between the first
|
|
# Saturday and Sunday of April and revert to the original position on
|
|
# 15th October each year". This agrees with McDow's 04-07 at 00:00,
|
|
# but disagrees about the October transition, and makes it sound like
|
|
# it's not on a trial basis. Also, the "between the first Saturday
|
|
# and Sunday of April" phrase, if taken literally, means that the
|
|
# transition takes place at 00:00 on the first Sunday on or after 04-02.
|
|
|
|
# From Paul Eggert (2003-02-09):
|
|
# DAWN <http://www.dawn.com/2002/10/06/top13.htm> reported on 2002-10-05
|
|
# that 2002 DST ended that day at midnight. Go with McDow for now.
|
|
|
|
# From Steffen Thorsen (2003-03-14):
|
|
# According to http://www.dawn.com/2003/03/07/top15.htm
|
|
# there will be no DST in Pakistan this year:
|
|
#
|
|
# ISLAMABAD, March 6: Information and Media Development Minister Sheikh
|
|
# Rashid Ahmed on Thursday said the cabinet had reversed a previous
|
|
# decision to advance clocks by one hour in summer and put them back by
|
|
# one hour in winter with the aim of saving light hours and energy.
|
|
#
|
|
# The minister told a news conference that the experiment had rather
|
|
# shown 8 per cent higher consumption of electricity.
|
|
|
|
# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-15):
|
|
#
|
|
# Here is an article that Pakistan plan to introduce Daylight Saving Time
|
|
# on June 1, 2008 for 3 months.
|
|
#
|
|
# "... The federal cabinet on Wednesday announced a new conservation plan to help
|
|
# reduce load shedding by approving the closure of commercial centres at 9pm and
|
|
# moving clocks forward by one hour for the next three months.
|
|
# ...."
|
|
#
|
|
# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_pakistan01.html">
|
|
# http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_pakistan01.html
|
|
# </a>
|
|
# OR
|
|
# <a href="http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C05%5C15%5Cstory_15-5-2008_pg1_4">
|
|
# http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C05%5C15%5Cstory_15-5-2008_pg1_4
|
|
# </a>
|
|
|
|
# From Arthur David Olson (2008-05-19):
|
|
# XXX--midnight transitions is a guess; 2008 only is a guess.
|
|
|
|
# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2008-08-28):
|
|
# Pakistan government has decided to keep the watches one-hour advanced
|
|
# for another 2 months--plan to return to Standard Time on October 31
|
|
# instead of August 31.
|
|
#
|
|
# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_pakistan02.html">
|
|
# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_pakistan02.html
|
|
# </a>
|
|
# OR
|
|
# <a href="http://dailymailnews.com/200808/28/news/dmbrn03.html">
|
|
# http://dailymailnews.com/200808/28/news/dmbrn03.html
|
|
# </a>
|
|
|
|
# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-04-08):
|
|
# Based on previous media reports that "... proposed plan to
|
|
# advance clocks by one hour from May 1 will cause disturbance
|
|
# to the working schedules rather than bringing discipline in
|
|
# official working."
|
|
# <a href="http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=171280">
|
|
# http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=171280
|
|
# </a>
|
|
#
|
|
# recent news that instead of May 2009 - Pakistan plan to
|
|
# introduce DST from April 15, 2009
|
|
#
|
|
# FYI: Associated Press Of Pakistan
|
|
# April 08, 2009
|
|
# Cabinet okays proposal to advance clocks by one hour from April 15
|
|
# <a href="http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=73043&Itemid=1">
|
|
# http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=73043&Itemid=1
|
|
# </a>
|
|
#
|
|
# or
|
|
#
|
|
# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_pakistan05.html">
|
|
# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_pakistan05.html
|
|
# </a>
|
|
#
|
|
# ....
|
|
# The Federal Cabinet on Wednesday approved the proposal to
|
|
# advance clocks in the country by one hour from April 15 to
|
|
# conserve energy"
|
|
|
|
# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-09-17):
|
|
# "The News International," Pakistan reports that: "The Federal
|
|
# Government has decided to restore the previous time by moving the
|
|
# clocks backward by one hour from October 1. A formal announcement to
|
|
# this effect will be made after the Prime Minister grants approval in
|
|
# this regard."
|
|
# <a href="http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=87168">
|
|
# http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=87168
|
|
# </a>
|
|
|
|
# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-09-28):
|
|
# According to Associated Press Of Pakistan, it is confirmed that
|
|
# Pakistan clocks across the country would be turned back by an hour from October
|
|
# 1, 2009.
|
|
#
|
|
# "Clocks to go back one hour from 1 Oct"
|
|
# <a href="http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=86715&Itemid=2">
|
|
# http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=86715&Itemid=2
|
|
# </a>
|
|
# or
|
|
# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_pakistan07.htm">
|
|
# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_pakistan07.htm
|
|
# </a>
|
|
|
|
# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-09-29):
|
|
# Alexander Krivenyshev wrote:
|
|
# > According to Associated Press Of Pakistan, it is confirmed that
|
|
# > Pakistan clocks across the country would be turned back by an hour from October
|
|
# > 1, 2009.
|
|
#
|
|
# Now they seem to have changed their mind, November 1 is the new date:
|
|
# <a href="http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=24742">
|
|
# http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=24742
|
|
# </a>
|
|
# "The country's clocks will be reversed by one hour on November 1.
|
|
# Officials of Federal Ministry for Interior told this to Geo News on
|
|
# Monday."
|
|
#
|
|
# And more importantly, it seems that these dates will be kept every year:
|
|
# "It has now been decided that clocks will be wound forward by one hour
|
|
# on April 15 and reversed by an hour on November 1 every year without
|
|
# obtaining prior approval, the officials added."
|
|
#
|
|
# We have confirmed this year's end date with both with the Ministry of
|
|
# Water and Power and the Pakistan Electric Power Company:
|
|
# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/pakistan-ends-dst09.html">
|
|
# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/pakistan-ends-dst09.html
|
|
# </a>
|
|
|
|
# From Christoph Goehre (2009-10-01):
|
|
# [T]he German Consulate General in Karachi reported me today that Pakistan
|
|
# will go back to standard time on 1st of November.
|
|
|
|
# From Steffen Thorsen (2010-03-26):
|
|
# Steffen Thorsen wrote:
|
|
# > On Thursday (2010-03-25) it was announced that DST would start in
|
|
# > Pakistan on 2010-04-01.
|
|
# >
|
|
# > Then today, the president said that they might have to revert the
|
|
# > decision if it is not supported by the parliament. So at the time
|
|
# > being, it seems unclear if DST will be actually observed or not - but
|
|
# > April 1 could be a more likely date than April 15.
|
|
# Now, it seems that the decision to not observe DST in final:
|
|
#
|
|
# "Govt Withdraws Plan To Advance Clocks"
|
|
# <a href="http://www.apakistannews.com/govt-withdraws-plan-to-advance-clocks-172041">
|
|
# http://www.apakistannews.com/govt-withdraws-plan-to-advance-clocks-172041
|
|
# </a>
|
|
#
|
|
# "People laud PM's announcement to end DST"
|
|
# <a href="http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=99374&Itemid=2">
|
|
# http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=99374&Itemid=2
|
|
# </a>
|
|
|
|
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
|
|
Rule Pakistan 2002 only - Apr Sun>=2 0:01 1:00 S
|
|
Rule Pakistan 2002 only - Oct Sun>=2 0:01 0 -
|
|
Rule Pakistan 2008 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S
|
|
Rule Pakistan 2008 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 -
|
|
Rule Pakistan 2009 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 S
|
|
Rule Pakistan 2009 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 -
|
|
|
|
# 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 - KART 1971 Mar 26 # Karachi Time
|
|
5:00 Pakistan PK%sT # Pakistan Time
|
|
|
|
# Palestine
|
|
|
|
# From Amos Shapir (1998-02-15):
|
|
#
|
|
# From 1917 until 1948-05-15, all of Palestine, including the parts now
|
|
# known as the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, was under British rule.
|
|
# Therefore the rules given for Israel for that period, apply there too...
|
|
#
|
|
# The Gaza Strip was under Egyptian rule between 1948-05-15 until 1967-06-05
|
|
# (except a short occupation by Israel from 1956-11 till 1957-03, but no
|
|
# time zone was affected then). It was never formally annexed to Egypt,
|
|
# though.
|
|
#
|
|
# The rest of Palestine was under Jordanian rule at that time, formally
|
|
# annexed in 1950 as the West Bank (and the word "Trans" was dropped from
|
|
# the country's previous name of "the Hashemite Kingdom of the
|
|
# Trans-Jordan"). So the rules for Jordan for that time apply. Major
|
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# towns in that area are Nablus (Shchem), El-Halil (Hebron), Ramallah, and
|
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# East Jerusalem.
|
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#
|
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# Both areas were occupied by Israel in June 1967, but not annexed (except
|
|
# for East Jerusalem). They were on Israel time since then; there might
|
|
# have been a Military Governor's order about time zones, but I'm not aware
|
|
# of any (such orders may have been issued semi-annually whenever summer
|
|
# time was in effect, but maybe the legal aspect of time was just neglected).
|
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#
|
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# The Palestinian Authority was established in 1993, and got hold of most
|
|
# towns in the West Bank and Gaza by 1995. I know that in order to
|
|
# demonstrate...independence, they have been switching to
|
|
# summer time and back on a different schedule than Israel's, but I don't
|
|
# know when this was started, or what algorithm is used (most likely the
|
|
# Jordanian one).
|
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#
|
|
# To summarize, the table should probably look something like that:
|
|
#
|
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# Area \ when | 1918-1947 | 1948-1967 | 1967-1995 | 1996-
|
|
# ------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------
|
|
# Israel | Zion | Zion | Zion | Zion
|
|
# West bank | Zion | Jordan | Zion | Jordan
|
|
# Gaza | Zion | Egypt | Zion | Jordan
|
|
#
|
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# I guess more info may be available from the PA's web page (if/when they
|
|
# have one).
|
|
|
|
# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
|
|
# Shanks & Pottenger write that Gaza did not observe DST until 1957, but go
|
|
# with Shapir and assume that it observed DST from 1940 through 1947,
|
|
# and that it used Jordanian rules starting in 1996.
|
|
# We don't yet need a separate entry for the West Bank, since
|
|
# the only differences between it and Gaza that we know about
|
|
# occurred before our cutoff date of 1970.
|
|
# However, as we get more information, we may need to add entries
|
|
# for parts of the West Bank as they transitioned from Israel's rules
|
|
# to Palestine's rules. If you have more info about this, please
|
|
# send it to tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for incorporation into future editions.
|
|
|
|
# From IINS News Service - Israel - 1998-03-23 10:38:07 Israel time,
|
|
# forwarded by Ephraim Silverberg:
|
|
#
|
|
# Despite the fact that Israel changed over to daylight savings time
|
|
# last week, the PLO Authority (PA) has decided not to turn its clocks
|
|
# one-hour forward at this time. As a sign of independence from Israeli rule,
|
|
# the PA has decided to implement DST in April.
|
|
|
|
# From Paul Eggert (1999-09-20):
|
|
# Daoud Kuttab writes in
|
|
# <a href="http://www.jpost.com/com/Archive/22.Apr.1999/Opinion/Article-2.html">
|
|
# Holiday havoc
|
|
# </a> (Jerusalem Post, 1999-04-22) that
|
|
# the Palestinian National Authority changed to DST on 1999-04-15.
|
|
# I vaguely recall that they switch back in October (sorry, forgot the source).
|
|
# For now, let's assume that the spring switch was at 24:00,
|
|
# and that they switch at 0:00 on the 3rd Fridays of April and October.
|
|
|
|
# From Paul Eggert (2005-11-22):
|
|
# Starting 2004 transitions are from Steffen Thorsen's web site timeanddate.com.
|
|
|
|
# From Steffen Thorsen (2005-11-23):
|
|
# A user from Gaza reported that Gaza made the change early because of
|
|
# the Ramadan. Next year Ramadan will be even earlier, so I think
|
|
# there is a good chance next year's end date will be around two weeks
|
|
# earlier--the same goes for Jordan.
|
|
|
|
# From Steffen Thorsen (2006-08-17):
|
|
# I was informed by a user in Bethlehem that in Bethlehem it started the
|
|
# same day as Israel, and after checking with other users in the area, I
|
|
# was informed that they started DST one day after Israel. I was not
|
|
# able to find any authoritative sources at the time, nor details if
|
|
# Gaza changed as well, but presumed Gaza to follow the same rules as
|
|
# the West Bank.
|
|
|
|
# From Steffen Thorsen (2006-09-26):
|
|
# according to the Palestine News Network (2006-09-19):
|
|
# http://english.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=596&Itemid=5
|
|
# > The Council of Ministers announced that this year its winter schedule
|
|
# > will begin early, as of midnight Thursday. It is also time to turn
|
|
# > back the clocks for winter. Friday will begin an hour late this week.
|
|
# I guess it is likely that next year's date will be moved as well,
|
|
# because of the Ramadan.
|
|
|
|
# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2007-09-18):
|
|
# According to Steffen Thorsen's web site the Gaza Strip and the rest of the
|
|
# Palestinian territories left DST early on 13.th. of September at 2:00.
|
|
|
|
# From Paul Eggert (2007-09-20):
|
|
# My understanding is that Gaza and the West Bank disagree even over when
|
|
# the weekend is (Thursday+Friday versus Friday+Saturday), so I'd be a bit
|
|
# surprised if they agreed about DST. But for now, assume they agree.
|
|
# For lack of better information, predict that future changes will be
|
|
# the 2nd Thursday of September at 02:00.
|
|
|
|
# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2008-08-28):
|
|
# Here is an article, that Mideast running on different clocks at Ramadan.
|
|
#
|
|
# Gaza Strip (as Egypt) ended DST at midnight Thursday (Aug 28, 2008), while
|
|
# the West Bank will end Daylight Saving Time at midnight Sunday (Aug 31, 2008).
|
|
#
|
|
# <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/7759001">
|
|
# http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/7759001
|
|
# </a>
|
|
# <a href="http://www.abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=5676087">
|
|
# http://www.abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=5676087
|
|
# </a>
|
|
# or
|
|
# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_gazastrip01.html">
|
|
# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_gazastrip01.html
|
|
# </a>
|
|
|
|
# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-03-26):
|
|
# According to the Palestine News Network (arabic.pnn.ps), Palestinian
|
|
# government decided to start Daylight Time on Thursday night March
|
|
# 26 and continue until the night of 27 September 2009.
|
|
#
|
|
# (in Arabic)
|
|
# <a href="http://arabic.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=50850">
|
|
# http://arabic.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=50850
|
|
# </a>
|
|
#
|
|
# or
|
|
# (English translation)
|
|
# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_westbank01.html">
|
|
# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_westbank01.html
|
|
# </a>
|
|
|
|
# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-08-31):
|
|
# Palestine's Council of Ministers announced that they will revert back to
|
|
# winter time on Friday, 2009-09-04.
|
|
#
|
|
# One news source:
|
|
# <a href="http://www.safa.ps/ara/?action=showdetail&seid=4158">
|
|
# http://www.safa.ps/ara/?action=showdetail&seid=4158
|
|
# </a>
|
|
# (Palestinian press agency, Arabic),
|
|
# Google translate: "Decided that the Palestinian government in Ramallah
|
|
# headed by Salam Fayyad, the start of work in time for the winter of
|
|
# 2009, starting on Friday approved the fourth delay Sept. clock sixty
|
|
# minutes per hour as of Friday morning."
|
|
#
|
|
# We are not sure if Gaza will do the same, last year they had a different
|
|
# end date, we will keep this page updated:
|
|
# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/westbank-gaza-dst-2009.html">
|
|
# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/westbank-gaza-dst-2009.html
|
|
# </a>
|
|
|
|
# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-09-02):
|
|
# Seems that Gaza Strip will go back to Winter Time same date as West Bank.
|
|
#
|
|
# According to Palestinian Ministry Of Interior, West Bank and Gaza Strip plan
|
|
# to change time back to Standard time on September 4, 2009.
|
|
#
|
|
# "Winter time unite the West Bank and Gaza"
|
|
# (from Palestinian National Authority):
|
|
# <a href="http://www.moi.gov.ps/en/?page=633167343250594025&nid=11505
|
|
# http://www.moi.gov.ps/en/?page=633167343250594025&nid=11505
|
|
# </a>
|
|
# or
|
|
# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_gazastrip02.html>
|
|
# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_gazastrip02.html
|
|
# </a>
|
|
|
|
# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-03-19):
|
|
# According to Voice of Palestine DST will last for 191 days, from March
|
|
# 26, 2010 till "the last Sunday before the tenth day of Tishri
|
|
# (October), each year" (October 03, 2010?)
|
|
#
|
|
# <a href="http://palvoice.org/forums/showthread.php?t=245697">
|
|
# http://palvoice.org/forums/showthread.php?t=245697
|
|
# </a>
|
|
# (in Arabic)
|
|
# or
|
|
# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_westbank03.html">
|
|
# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_westbank03.html
|
|
# </a>
|
|
|
|
# From Steffen Thorsen (2010-03-24):
|
|
# ...Ma'an News Agency reports that Hamas cabinet has decided it will
|
|
# start one day later, at 12:01am. Not sure if they really mean 12:01am or
|
|
# noon though:
|
|
#
|
|
# <a href="http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=271178">
|
|
# http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=271178
|
|
# </a>
|
|
# (Ma'an News Agency)
|
|
# "At 12:01am Friday, clocks in Israel and the West Bank will change to
|
|
# 1:01am, while Gaza clocks will change at 12:01am Saturday morning."
|
|
|
|
# From Steffen Thorsen (2010-08-11):
|
|
# According to several sources, including
|
|
# <a href="http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=306795">
|
|
# http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=306795
|
|
# </a>
|
|
# the clocks were set back one hour at 2010-08-11 00:00:00 local time in
|
|
# Gaza and the West Bank.
|
|
# Some more background info:
|
|
# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/westbank-gaza-end-dst-2010.html">
|
|
# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/westbank-gaza-end-dst-2010.html
|
|
# </a>
|
|
|
|
# From Steffen Thorsen (2011-08-26):
|
|
# Gaza and the West Bank did go back to standard time in the beginning of
|
|
# August, and will now enter daylight saving time again on 2011-08-30
|
|
# 00:00 (so two periods of DST in 2011). The pause was because of
|
|
# Ramadan.
|
|
#
|
|
# <a href="http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=416217">
|
|
# http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=416217
|
|
# </a>
|
|
# Additional info:
|
|
# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/palestine-dst-2011.html">
|
|
# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/palestine-dst-2011.html
|
|
# </a>
|
|
|
|
# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-08-27):
|
|
# According to the article in The Jerusalem Post:
|
|
# "...Earlier this month, the Palestinian government in the West Bank decided to
|
|
# move to standard time for 30 days, during Ramadan. The Palestinians in the
|
|
# Gaza Strip accepted the change and also moved their clocks one hour back.
|
|
# The Hamas government said on Saturday that it won't observe summertime after
|
|
# the Muslim feast of Id al-Fitr, which begins on Tuesday..."
|
|
# ...
|
|
# <a href="http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=235650">
|
|
# http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=235650
|
|
# </a>
|
|
# or
|
|
# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_gazastrip05.html">
|
|
# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_gazastrip05.html
|
|
# </a>
|
|
# The rules for Egypt are stolen from the `africa' file.
|
|
|
|
# From Steffen Thorsen (2011-09-30):
|
|
# West Bank did end Daylight Saving Time this morning/midnight (2011-09-30
|
|
# 00:00).
|
|
# So West Bank and Gaza now have the same time again.
|
|
#
|
|
# Many sources, including:
|
|
# <a href="http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=424808">
|
|
# http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=424808
|
|
# </a>
|
|
|
|
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
|
|
Rule EgyptAsia 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S
|
|
Rule EgyptAsia 1957 1958 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
|
|
Rule EgyptAsia 1958 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S
|
|
Rule EgyptAsia 1959 1967 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S
|
|
Rule EgyptAsia 1959 1965 - Sep 30 3:00 0 -
|
|
Rule EgyptAsia 1966 only - Oct 1 3:00 0 -
|
|
|
|
Rule Palestine 1999 2005 - Apr Fri>=15 0:00 1:00 S
|
|
Rule Palestine 1999 2003 - Oct Fri>=15 0:00 0 -
|
|
Rule Palestine 2004 only - Oct 1 1:00 0 -
|
|
Rule Palestine 2005 only - Oct 4 2:00 0 -
|
|
Rule Palestine 2006 2008 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
|
|
Rule Palestine 2006 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 -
|
|
Rule Palestine 2007 only - Sep Thu>=8 2:00 0 -
|
|
Rule Palestine 2008 only - Aug lastFri 0:00 0 -
|
|
Rule Palestine 2009 only - Mar lastFri 0:00 1:00 S
|
|
Rule Palestine 2009 only - Sep Fri>=1 2:00 0 -
|
|
Rule Palestine 2010 only - Mar lastSat 0:01 1:00 S
|
|
Rule Palestine 2010 only - Aug 11 0:00 0 -
|
|
|
|
# From Arthur David Olson (2011-09-20):
|
|
# 2011 transitions per http://www.timeanddate.com as of 2011-09-20.
|
|
|
|
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
|
|
Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct
|
|
2:00 Zion EET 1948 May 15
|
|
2:00 EgyptAsia EE%sT 1967 Jun 5
|
|
2:00 Zion I%sT 1996
|
|
2:00 Jordan EE%sT 1999
|
|
2:00 Palestine EE%sT 2011 Apr 2 12:01
|
|
2:00 1:00 EEST 2011 Aug 1
|
|
2:00 - EET
|
|
|
|
Zone Asia/Hebron 2:20:23 - LMT 1900 Oct
|
|
2:00 Zion EET 1948 May 15
|
|
2:00 EgyptAsia EE%sT 1967 Jun 5
|
|
2:00 Zion I%sT 1996
|
|
2:00 Jordan EE%sT 1999
|
|
2:00 Palestine EE%sT 2008 Aug
|
|
2:00 1:00 EEST 2008 Sep
|
|
2:00 Palestine EE%sT 2011 Apr 1 12:01
|
|
2:00 1:00 EEST 2011 Aug 1
|
|
2:00 - EET 2011 Aug 30
|
|
2:00 1:00 EEST 2011 Sep 30 3:00
|
|
2:00 - EET
|
|
|
|
# Paracel Is
|
|
# no information
|
|
|
|
# Philippines
|
|
# On 1844-08-16, Narciso Claveria, governor-general of the
|
|
# Philippines, issued a proclamation announcing that 1844-12-30 was to
|
|
# be immediately followed by 1845-01-01. Robert H. van Gent has a
|
|
# transcript of the decree in <http://www.phys.uu.nl/~vgent/idl/idl.htm>.
|
|
# The rest of the data are from Shanks & Pottenger.
|
|
|
|
# From Paul Eggert (2006-04-25):
|
|
# Tomorrow's Manila Standard reports that the Philippines Department of
|
|
# Trade and Industry is considering adopting DST this June when the
|
|
# rainy season begins. See
|
|
# <http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=politics02_april26_2006>.
|
|
# For now, we'll ignore this, since it's not definite and we lack details.
|
|
#
|
|
# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-04-26):
|
|
# ... claims that Philippines had DST last time in 1990:
|
|
# http://story.philippinetimes.com/p.x/ct/9/id/145be20cc6b121c0/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/
|
|
# [a story dated 2006-04-25 by Cris Larano of Dow Jones Newswires,
|
|
# but no details]
|
|
|
|
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
|
|
Rule Phil 1936 only - Nov 1 0:00 1:00 S
|
|
Rule Phil 1937 only - Feb 1 0:00 0 -
|
|
Rule Phil 1954 only - Apr 12 0:00 1:00 S
|
|
Rule Phil 1954 only - Jul 1 0:00 0 -
|
|
Rule Phil 1978 only - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 S
|
|
Rule Phil 1978 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 -
|
|
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
|
|
Zone Asia/Manila -15:56:00 - LMT 1844 Dec 31
|
|
8:04:00 - LMT 1899 May 11
|
|
8:00 Phil PH%sT 1942 May
|
|
9:00 - JST 1944 Nov
|
|
8:00 Phil PH%sT
|
|
|
|
# Qatar
|
|
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
|
|
Zone Asia/Qatar 3:26:08 - LMT 1920 # Al Dawhah / Doha
|
|
4:00 - GST 1972 Jun
|
|
3:00 - AST
|
|
|
|
# Saudi Arabia
|
|
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
|
|
Zone Asia/Riyadh 3:06:52 - LMT 1950
|
|
3:00 - AST
|
|
|
|
# Singapore
|
|
# The data here are 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 Asia/Singapore 6:55:25 - LMT 1901 Jan 1
|
|
6:55:25 - SMT 1905 Jun 1 # Singapore M.T.
|
|
7:00 - MALT 1933 Jan 1 # Malaya Time
|
|
7:00 0:20 MALST 1936 Jan 1
|
|
7:20 - MALT 1941 Sep 1
|
|
7:30 - MALT 1942 Feb 16
|
|
9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 12
|
|
7:30 - MALT 1965 Aug 9 # independence
|
|
7:30 - SGT 1982 Jan 1 # Singapore Time
|
|
8:00 - SGT
|
|
|
|
# Spratly Is
|
|
# no information
|
|
|
|
# Sri Lanka
|
|
# From Paul Eggert (1996-09-03):
|
|
# "Sri Lanka advances clock by an hour to avoid blackout"
|
|
# (www.virtual-pc.com/lankaweb/news/items/240596-2.html, 1996-05-24,
|
|
# no longer available as of 1999-08-17)
|
|
# reported ``the country's standard time will be put forward by one hour at
|
|
# midnight Friday (1830 GMT) `in the light of the present power crisis'.''
|
|
#
|
|
# From Dharmasiri Senanayake, Sri Lanka Media Minister (1996-10-24), as quoted
|
|
# by Shamindra in
|
|
# <a href="news:54rka5$m5h@mtinsc01-mgt.ops.worldnet.att.net">
|
|
# Daily News - Hot News Section (1996-10-26)
|
|
# </a>:
|
|
# With effect from 12.30 a.m. on 26th October 1996
|
|
# Sri Lanka will be six (06) hours ahead of GMT.
|
|
|
|
# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-04-14), quoting Sri Lanka News Online
|
|
# <http://news.sinhalaya.com/wmview.php?ArtID=11002> (2006-04-13):
|
|
# 0030 hrs on April 15, 2006 (midnight of April 14, 2006 +30 minutes)
|
|
# at present, become 2400 hours of April 14, 2006 (midnight of April 14, 2006).
|
|
|
|
# From Peter Apps and Ranga Sirila of Reuters (2006-04-12) in:
|
|
# <http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=scienceNews&storyID=2006-04-12T172228Z_01_COL295762_RTRIDST_0_SCIENCE-SRILANKA-TIME-DC.XML>
|
|
# [The Tamil Tigers] never accepted the original 1996 time change and simply
|
|
# kept their clocks set five and a half hours ahead of Greenwich Mean
|
|
# Time (GMT), in line with neighbor India.
|
|
# From Paul Eggert (2006-04-18):
|
|
# People who live in regions under Tamil control can use [TZ='Asia/Kolkata'],
|
|
# as that zone has agreed with the Tamil areas since our cutoff date of 1970.
|
|
|
|
# From K Sethu (2006-04-25):
|
|
# I think the abbreviation LKT originated from the world of computers at
|
|
# the time of or subsequent to the time zone changes by SL Government
|
|
# twice in 1996 and probably SL Government or its standardization
|
|
# agencies never declared an abbreviation as a national standard.
|
|
#
|
|
# I recollect before the recent change the government annoucemments
|
|
# mentioning it as simply changing Sri Lanka Standard Time or Sri Lanka
|
|
# Time and no mention was made about the abbreviation.
|
|
#
|
|
# If we look at Sri Lanka Department of Government's "Official News
|
|
# Website of Sri Lanka" ... http://www.news.lk/ we can see that they
|
|
# use SLT as abbreviation in time stamp at the beginning of each news
|
|
# item....
|
|
#
|
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# Within Sri Lanka I think LKT is well known among computer users and
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# adminsitrators. In my opinion SLT may not be a good choice because the
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# nation's largest telcom / internet operator Sri Lanka Telcom is well
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# known by that abbreviation - simply as SLT (there IP domains are
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# slt.lk and sltnet.lk).
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#
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# But if indeed our government has adopted SLT as standard abbreviation
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# (that we have not known so far) then it is better that it be used for
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# all computers.
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# From Paul Eggert (2006-04-25):
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# One possibility is that we wait for a bit for the dust to settle down
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# and then see what people actually say in practice.
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# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
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Zone Asia/Colombo 5:19:24 - LMT 1880
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5:19:32 - MMT 1906 # Moratuwa Mean Time
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5:30 - IST 1942 Jan 5
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5:30 0:30 IHST 1942 Sep
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5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 16 2:00
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5:30 - IST 1996 May 25 0:00
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6:30 - LKT 1996 Oct 26 0:30
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6:00 - LKT 2006 Apr 15 0:30
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5:30 - IST
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# Syria
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# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
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Rule Syria 1920 1923 - Apr Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 S
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Rule Syria 1920 1923 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 0 -
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Rule Syria 1962 only - Apr 29 2:00 1:00 S
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Rule Syria 1962 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 -
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Rule Syria 1963 1965 - May 1 2:00 1:00 S
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Rule Syria 1963 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 -
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Rule Syria 1964 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 -
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Rule Syria 1965 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 -
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Rule Syria 1966 only - Apr 24 2:00 1:00 S
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Rule Syria 1966 1976 - Oct 1 2:00 0 -
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Rule Syria 1967 1978 - May 1 2:00 1:00 S
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Rule Syria 1977 1978 - Sep 1 2:00 0 -
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Rule Syria 1983 1984 - Apr 9 2:00 1:00 S
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Rule Syria 1983 1984 - Oct 1 2:00 0 -
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Rule Syria 1986 only - Feb 16 2:00 1:00 S
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Rule Syria 1986 only - Oct 9 2:00 0 -
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Rule Syria 1987 only - Mar 1 2:00 1:00 S
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Rule Syria 1987 1988 - Oct 31 2:00 0 -
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Rule Syria 1988 only - Mar 15 2:00 1:00 S
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Rule Syria 1989 only - Mar 31 2:00 1:00 S
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Rule Syria 1989 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 -
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Rule Syria 1990 only - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 S
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Rule Syria 1990 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 -
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Rule Syria 1991 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
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Rule Syria 1991 1992 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
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Rule Syria 1992 only - Apr 8 0:00 1:00 S
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Rule Syria 1993 only - Mar 26 0:00 1:00 S
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Rule Syria 1993 only - Sep 25 0:00 0 -
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# IATA SSIM (1998-02) says 1998-04-02;
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# (1998-09) says 1999-03-29 and 1999-09-29; (1999-02) says 1999-04-02,
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# 2000-04-02, and 2001-04-02; (1999-09) says 2000-03-31 and 2001-03-31;
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# (2006) says 2006-03-31 and 2006-09-22;
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# for now ignore all these claims and go with Shanks & Pottenger,
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# except for the 2006-09-22 claim (which seems right for Ramadan).
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Rule Syria 1994 1996 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
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Rule Syria 1994 2005 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
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Rule Syria 1997 1998 - Mar lastMon 0:00 1:00 S
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Rule Syria 1999 2006 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
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# From Stephen Colebourne (2006-09-18):
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# According to IATA data, Syria will change DST on 21st September [21:00 UTC]
|
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# this year [only].... This is probably related to Ramadan, like Egypt.
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Rule Syria 2006 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 -
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# From Paul Eggert (2007-03-29):
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# Today the AP reported "Syria will switch to summertime at midnight Thursday."
|
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# http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/29/africa/ME-GEN-Syria-Time-Change.php
|
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Rule Syria 2007 only - Mar lastFri 0:00 1:00 S
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# From Jesper Norgard (2007-10-27):
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# The sister center ICARDA of my work CIMMYT is confirming that Syria DST will
|
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# not take place 1.st November at 0:00 o'clock but 1.st November at 24:00 or
|
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# rather Midnight between Thursday and Friday. This does make more sence than
|
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# having it between Wednesday and Thursday (two workdays in Syria) since the
|
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# weekend in Syria is not Saturday and Sunday, but Friday and Saturday. So now
|
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# it is implemented at midnight of the last workday before weekend...
|
|
#
|
|
# From Steffen Thorsen (2007-10-27):
|
|
# Jesper Norgaard Welen wrote:
|
|
#
|
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# > "Winter local time in Syria will be observed at midnight of Thursday 1
|
|
# > November 2007, and the clock will be put back 1 hour."
|
|
#
|
|
# I found confirmation on this in this gov.sy-article (Arabic):
|
|
# http://wehda.alwehda.gov.sy/_print_veiw.asp?FileName=12521710520070926111247
|
|
#
|
|
# which using Google's translate tools says:
|
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# Council of Ministers also approved the commencement of work on
|
|
# identifying the winter time as of Friday, 2/11/2007 where the 60th
|
|
# minute delay at midnight Thursday 1/11/2007.
|
|
Rule Syria 2007 only - Nov Fri>=1 0:00 0 -
|
|
|
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# From Stephen Colebourne (2008-03-17):
|
|
# For everyone's info, I saw an IATA time zone change for [Syria] for
|
|
# this month (March 2008) in the last day or so...This is the data IATA
|
|
# are now using:
|
|
# Country Time Standard --- DST Start --- --- DST End --- DST
|
|
# Name Zone Variation Time Date Time Date
|
|
# Variation
|
|
# Syrian Arab
|
|
# Republic SY +0200 2200 03APR08 2100 30SEP08 +0300
|
|
# 2200 02APR09 2100 30SEP09 +0300
|
|
# 2200 01APR10 2100 30SEP10 +0300
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|
|
|
# From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-17):
|
|
# Here's a link to English-language coverage by the Syrian Arab News
|
|
# Agency (SANA)...
|
|
# <a href="http://www.sana.sy/eng/21/2008/03/11/165173.htm">
|
|
# http://www.sana.sy/eng/21/2008/03/11/165173.htm
|
|
# </a>...which reads (in part) "The Cabinet approved the suggestion of the
|
|
# Ministry of Electricity to begin daylight savings time on Friday April
|
|
# 4th, advancing clocks one hour ahead on midnight of Thursday April 3rd."
|
|
# Since Syria is two hours east of UTC, the 2200 and 2100 transition times
|
|
# shown above match up with midnight in Syria.
|
|
|
|
# From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-18):
|
|
# My buest guess at a Syrian rule is "the Friday nearest April 1";
|
|
# coding that involves either using a "Mar Fri>=29" construct that old time zone
|
|
# compilers can't handle or having multiple Rules (a la Israel).
|
|
# For now, use "Apr Fri>=1", and go with IATA on a uniform Sep 30 end.
|
|
|
|
# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-10-07):
|
|
# Syria has now officially decided to end DST on 2008-11-01 this year,
|
|
# according to the following article in the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA).
|
|
#
|
|
# The article is in Arabic, and seems to tell that they will go back to
|
|
# winter time on 2008-11-01 at 00:00 local daylight time (delaying/setting
|
|
# clocks back 60 minutes).
|
|
#
|
|
# <a href="http://sana.sy/ara/2/2008/10/07/195459.htm">
|
|
# http://sana.sy/ara/2/2008/10/07/195459.htm
|
|
# </a>
|
|
|
|
# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-03-19):
|
|
# Syria will start DST on 2009-03-27 00:00 this year according to many sources,
|
|
# two examples:
|
|
#
|
|
# <a href="http://www.sana.sy/eng/21/2009/03/17/217563.htm">
|
|
# http://www.sana.sy/eng/21/2009/03/17/217563.htm
|
|
# </a>
|
|
# (English, Syrian Arab News # Agency)
|
|
# <a href="http://thawra.alwehda.gov.sy/_View_news2.asp?FileName=94459258720090318012209">
|
|
# http://thawra.alwehda.gov.sy/_View_news2.asp?FileName=94459258720090318012209
|
|
# </a>
|
|
# (Arabic, gov-site)
|
|
#
|
|
# We have not found any sources saying anything about when DST ends this year.
|
|
#
|
|
# Our summary
|
|
# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/syria-dst-starts-march-27-2009.html">
|
|
# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/syria-dst-starts-march-27-2009.html
|
|
# </a>
|
|
|
|
# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-10-27):
|
|
# The Syrian Arab News Network on 2009-09-29 reported that Syria will
|
|
# revert back to winter (standard) time on midnight between Thursday
|
|
# 2009-10-29 and Friday 2009-10-30:
|
|
# <a href="http://www.sana.sy/ara/2/2009/09/29/247012.htm">
|
|
# http://www.sana.sy/ara/2/2009/09/29/247012.htm (Arabic)
|
|
# </a>
|
|
|
|
# From Arthur David Olson (2009-10-28):
|
|
# We'll see if future DST switching times turn out to be end of the last
|
|
# Thursday of the month or the start of the last Friday of the month or
|
|
# something else. For now, use the start of the last Friday.
|
|
|
|
# From Steffen Thorsen (2010-03-17):
|
|
# The "Syrian News Station" reported on 2010-03-16 that the Council of
|
|
# Ministers has decided that Syria will start DST on midnight Thursday
|
|
# 2010-04-01: (midnight between Thursday and Friday):
|
|
# <a href="http://sns.sy/sns/?path=news/read/11421">
|
|
# http://sns.sy/sns/?path=news/read/11421 (Arabic)
|
|
# </a>
|
|
|
|
Rule Syria 2008 only - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 S
|
|
Rule Syria 2008 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 -
|
|
Rule Syria 2009 only - Mar lastFri 0:00 1:00 S
|
|
Rule Syria 2010 max - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 S
|
|
Rule Syria 2009 max - Oct lastFri 0:00 0 -
|
|
|
|
# Zone NAME GMTOFF 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 Asia/Dushanbe 4:35:12 - LMT 1924 May 2
|
|
5:00 - DUST 1930 Jun 21 # Dushanbe Time
|
|
6:00 RussiaAsia DUS%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
|
|
5:00 1:00 DUSST 1991 Sep 9 2:00s
|
|
5:00 - TJT # Tajikistan Time
|
|
|
|
# Thailand
|
|
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
|
|
Zone Asia/Bangkok 6:42:04 - LMT 1880
|
|
6:42:04 - BMT 1920 Apr # Bangkok Mean Time
|
|
7:00 - ICT
|
|
|
|
# Turkmenistan
|
|
# From Shanks & Pottenger.
|
|
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
|
|
Zone Asia/Ashgabat 3:53:32 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Ashkhabad
|
|
4:00 - ASHT 1930 Jun 21 # Ashkhabad Time
|
|
5:00 RussiaAsia ASH%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00
|
|
4:00 RussiaAsia ASH%sT 1991 Oct 27 # independence
|
|
4:00 RussiaAsia TM%sT 1992 Jan 19 2:00
|
|
5:00 - TMT
|
|
|
|
# United Arab Emirates
|
|
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
|
|
Zone Asia/Dubai 3:41:12 - LMT 1920
|
|
4:00 - GST
|
|
|
|
# Uzbekistan
|
|
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
|
|
Zone Asia/Samarkand 4:27:12 - LMT 1924 May 2
|
|
4:00 - SAMT 1930 Jun 21 # Samarkand Time
|
|
5:00 - SAMT 1981 Apr 1
|
|
5:00 1:00 SAMST 1981 Oct 1
|
|
6:00 - TAST 1982 Apr 1 # Tashkent Time
|
|
5:00 RussiaAsia SAM%sT 1991 Sep 1 # independence
|
|
5:00 RussiaAsia UZ%sT 1992
|
|
5:00 - UZT
|
|
Zone Asia/Tashkent 4:37:12 - LMT 1924 May 2
|
|
5:00 - TAST 1930 Jun 21 # Tashkent Time
|
|
6:00 RussiaAsia TAS%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00
|
|
5:00 RussiaAsia TAS%sT 1991 Sep 1 # independence
|
|
5:00 RussiaAsia UZ%sT 1992
|
|
5:00 - UZT
|
|
|
|
# Vietnam
|
|
|
|
# From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-18):
|
|
# The English-language name of Vietnam's most populous city is "Ho Chi Min City";
|
|
# we use Ho_Chi_Minh below to avoid a name of more than 14 characters.
|
|
|
|
# From Shanks & Pottenger:
|
|
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
|
|
Zone Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh 7:06:40 - LMT 1906 Jun 9
|
|
7:06:20 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT?
|
|
7:00 - ICT 1912 May
|
|
8:00 - ICT 1931 May
|
|
7:00 - ICT
|
|
|
|
# Yemen
|
|
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
|
|
Zone Asia/Aden 3:00:48 - LMT 1950
|
|
3:00 - AST
|