112 # According to News Armenia, on Feb 9, 2012,
113 # http://newsarmenia.ru/society/20120209/42609695.html
114 #
115 # The Armenia National Assembly adopted final reading of Amendments to the
116 # Law "On procedure of calculation time on the territory of the Republic of
117 # Armenia" according to which Armenia [is] abolishing Daylight Saving Time.
118 # or
119 # (brief)
120 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_armenia03.html
121 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
122 Zone Asia/Yerevan 2:58:00 - LMT 1924 May 2
123 3:00 - YERT 1957 Mar # Yerevan Time
124 4:00 RussiaAsia YER%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
125 3:00 1:00 YERST 1991 Sep 23 # independence
126 3:00 RussiaAsia AM%sT 1995 Sep 24 2:00s
127 4:00 - AMT 1997
128 4:00 RussiaAsia AM%sT 2012 Mar 25 2:00s
129 4:00 - AMT
130
131 # Azerbaijan
132 # From Rustam Aliyev of the Azerbaijan Internet Forum (2005-10-23):
133 # According to the resolution of Cabinet of Ministers, 1997
134 # From Paul Eggert (2015-09-17): It was Resolution No. 21 (1997-03-17).
135 # http://code.az/files/daylight_res.pdf
136 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
137 Rule Azer 1997 max - Mar lastSun 4:00 1:00 S
138 Rule Azer 1997 max - Oct lastSun 5:00 0 -
139 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
140 Zone Asia/Baku 3:19:24 - LMT 1924 May 2
141 3:00 - BAKT 1957 Mar # Baku Time
142 4:00 RussiaAsia BAK%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
143 3:00 1:00 BAKST 1991 Aug 30 # independence
144 3:00 RussiaAsia AZ%sT 1992 Sep lastSat 23:00
145 4:00 - AZT 1996 # Azerbaijan Time
146 4:00 EUAsia AZ%sT 1997
147 4:00 Azer AZ%sT
148
149 # Bahrain
150 # See Asia/Qatar.
151
152 # Bangladesh
153 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-05-13):
154 # According to newspaper Asian Tribune (May 6, 2009) Bangladesh may introduce
155 # Daylight Saving Time from June 16 to Sept 30
156 #
157 # Bangladesh to introduce daylight saving time likely from June 16
158 # http://www.asiantribune.com/?q=node/17288
857 # We don't have any record of the above attempt.
858 # Most likely our records are incomplete, but we have no better data.
859
860 # From Manoel de Almeida e Silva, Deputy Spokesman for the UN Secretary-General
861 # http://www.hri.org/news/world/undh/2000/00-08-16.undh.html
862 # (2000-08-16):
863 # The Cabinet of the East Timor Transition Administration decided
864 # today to advance East Timor's time by one hour. The time change,
865 # which will be permanent, with no seasonal adjustment, will happen at
866 # midnight on Saturday, September 16.
867
868 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
869 Zone Asia/Dili 8:22:20 - LMT 1912 Jan 1
870 8:00 - TLT 1942 Feb 21 23:00 # E Timor Time
871 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 23
872 9:00 - TLT 1976 May 3
873 8:00 - WITA 2000 Sep 17 0:00
874 9:00 - TLT
875
876 # India
877 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
878 Zone Asia/Kolkata 5:53:28 - LMT 1880 # Kolkata
879 5:53:20 - HMT 1941 Oct # Howrah Mean Time?
880 6:30 - BURT 1942 May 15 # Burma Time
881 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep
882 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 15
883 5:30 - IST
884 # The following are like Asia/Kolkata:
885 # Andaman Is
886 # Lakshadweep (Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Is)
887 # Nicobar Is
888
889 # Indonesia
890 #
891 # From Paul Eggert (2014-09-06):
892 # The 1876 Report of the Secretary of the [US] Navy, p 306 says that Batavia
893 # civil time was 7:07:12.5; round to even for Jakarta.
894 #
895 # From Gwillim Law (2001-05-28), overriding Shanks & Pottenger:
896 # http://www.sumatera-inc.com/go_to_invest/about_indonesia.asp#standtime
1067 Rule Iran 2016 only - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D
1068 Rule Iran 2016 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 S
1069 Rule Iran 2017 2019 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D
1070 Rule Iran 2017 2019 - Sep 22 0:00 0 S
1071 Rule Iran 2020 only - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D
1072 Rule Iran 2020 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 S
1073 Rule Iran 2021 2023 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D
1074 Rule Iran 2021 2023 - Sep 22 0:00 0 S
1075 Rule Iran 2024 only - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D
1076 Rule Iran 2024 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 S
1077 Rule Iran 2025 2027 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D
1078 Rule Iran 2025 2027 - Sep 22 0:00 0 S
1079 Rule Iran 2028 2029 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D
1080 Rule Iran 2028 2029 - Sep 21 0:00 0 S
1081 Rule Iran 2030 2031 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D
1082 Rule Iran 2030 2031 - Sep 22 0:00 0 S
1083 Rule Iran 2032 2033 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D
1084 Rule Iran 2032 2033 - Sep 21 0:00 0 S
1085 Rule Iran 2034 2035 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D
1086 Rule Iran 2034 2035 - Sep 22 0:00 0 S
1087 Rule Iran 2036 2037 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D
1088 Rule Iran 2036 2037 - Sep 21 0:00 0 S
1089 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1090 Zone Asia/Tehran 3:25:44 - LMT 1916
1091 3:25:44 - TMT 1946 # Tehran Mean Time
1092 3:30 - IRST 1977 Nov
1093 4:00 Iran IR%sT 1979
1094 3:30 Iran IR%sT
1095
1096
1097 # Iraq
1098 #
1099 # From Jonathan Lennox (2000-06-12):
1100 # An article in this week's Economist ("Inside the Saddam-free zone", p. 50 in
1101 # the U.S. edition) on the Iraqi Kurds contains a paragraph:
1102 # "The three northern provinces ... switched their clocks this spring and
1103 # are an hour ahead of Baghdad."
1104 #
1105 # But Rives McDow (2000-06-18) quotes a contact in Iraqi-Kurdistan as follows:
1106 # In the past, some Kurdish nationalists, as a protest to the Iraqi
1107 # Government, did not adhere to daylight saving time. They referred
1108 # to daylight saving as Saddam time. But, as of today, the time zone
1603 5:00 1:00 AKTST 1981 Oct 1
1604 6:00 - AKTT 1982 Apr 1
1605 5:00 RussiaAsia AKT%sT 1991
1606 5:00 - AKTT 1991 Dec 16 # independence
1607 5:00 RussiaAsia AQT%sT 2005 Mar 15 # Aqtobe Time
1608 5:00 - AQTT
1609 # Mangghystau
1610 # Aqtau was not founded until 1963, but it represents an inhabited region,
1611 # so include time stamps before 1963.
1612 Zone Asia/Aqtau 3:21:04 - LMT 1924 May 2
1613 4:00 - FORT 1930 Jun 21 # Fort Shevchenko T
1614 5:00 - FORT 1963
1615 5:00 - SHET 1981 Oct 1 # Shevchenko Time
1616 6:00 - SHET 1982 Apr 1
1617 5:00 RussiaAsia SHE%sT 1991
1618 5:00 - SHET 1991 Dec 16 # independence
1619 5:00 RussiaAsia AQT%sT 1995 Mar lastSun 2:00 # Aqtau Time
1620 4:00 RussiaAsia AQT%sT 2005 Mar 15
1621 5:00 - AQTT
1622 # West Kazakhstan
1623 Zone Asia/Oral 3:25:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Ural'sk
1624 4:00 - URAT 1930 Jun 21 # Ural'sk time
1625 5:00 - URAT 1981 Apr 1
1626 5:00 1:00 URAST 1981 Oct 1
1627 6:00 - URAT 1982 Apr 1
1628 5:00 RussiaAsia URA%sT 1989 Mar 26 2:00
1629 4:00 RussiaAsia URA%sT 1991
1630 4:00 - URAT 1991 Dec 16 # independence
1631 4:00 RussiaAsia ORA%sT 2005 Mar 15 # Oral Time
1632 5:00 - ORAT
1633
1634 # Kyrgyzstan (Kirgizstan)
1635 # Transitions through 1991 are from Shanks & Pottenger.
1636
1637 # From Paul Eggert (2005-08-15):
1638 # According to an article dated today in the Kyrgyzstan Development Gateway
1639 # http://eng.gateway.kg/cgi-bin/page.pl?id=1&story_name=doc9979.shtml
1640 # Kyrgyzstan is canceling the daylight saving time system. I take the article
1641 # to mean that they will leave their clocks at 6 hours ahead of UTC.
1642 # From Malik Abdugaliev (2005-09-21):
2094 # will go back to standard time on 1st of November.
2095
2096 # From Steffen Thorsen (2010-03-26):
2097 # Steffen Thorsen wrote:
2098 # > On Thursday (2010-03-25) it was announced that DST would start in
2099 # > Pakistan on 2010-04-01.
2100 # >
2101 # > Then today, the president said that they might have to revert the
2102 # > decision if it is not supported by the parliament. So at the time
2103 # > being, it seems unclear if DST will be actually observed or not - but
2104 # > April 1 could be a more likely date than April 15.
2105 # Now, it seems that the decision to not observe DST in final:
2106 #
2107 # "Govt Withdraws Plan To Advance Clocks"
2108 # http://www.apakistannews.com/govt-withdraws-plan-to-advance-clocks-172041
2109 #
2110 # "People laud PM's announcement to end DST"
2111 # http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=99374&Itemid=2
2112
2113 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
2114 Rule Pakistan 2002 only - Apr Sun>=2 0:01 1:00 S
2115 Rule Pakistan 2002 only - Oct Sun>=2 0:01 0 -
2116 Rule Pakistan 2008 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S
2117 Rule Pakistan 2008 2009 - Nov 1 0:00 0 -
2118 Rule Pakistan 2009 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 S
2119
2120 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2121 Zone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907
2122 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep
2123 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 15
2124 5:30 - IST 1951 Sep 30
2125 5:00 - KART 1971 Mar 26 # Karachi Time
2126 5:00 Pakistan PK%sT # Pakistan Time
2127
2128 # Palestine
2129
2130 # From Amos Shapir (1998-02-15):
2131 #
2132 # From 1917 until 1948-05-15, all of Palestine, including the parts now
2133 # known as the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, was under British rule.
2134 # Therefore the rules given for Israel for that period, apply there too...
2135 #
2363 # This source in English, says "that winter time will go into effect
2364 # at midnight on Thursday in the West Bank and Gaza Strip":
2365 # http://english.wafa.ps/index.php?action=detail&id=23246
2366 # official source...:
2367 # http://www.palestinecabinet.gov.ps/ar/Views/ViewDetails.aspx?pid=1252
2368
2369 # From Steffen Thorsen (2015-03-03):
2370 # Sources such as http://www.alquds.com/news/article/view/id/548257
2371 # and http://www.raya.ps/ar/news/890705.html say Palestine areas will
2372 # start DST on 2015-03-28 00:00 which is one day later than expected.
2373 #
2374 # From Paul Eggert (2015-03-03):
2375 # http://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/west-bank/ramallah?year=2014
2376 # says that the fall 2014 transition was Oct 23 at 24:00.
2377 # For future dates, guess the last Friday in March at 24:00 through
2378 # the first Friday on or after October 21 at 00:00. This is consistent with
2379 # the predictions in today's editions of the following URLs:
2380 # http://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/gaza-strip/gaza
2381 # http://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/west-bank/hebron
2382
2383 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
2384 Rule EgyptAsia 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S
2385 Rule EgyptAsia 1957 1958 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
2386 Rule EgyptAsia 1958 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S
2387 Rule EgyptAsia 1959 1967 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S
2388 Rule EgyptAsia 1959 1965 - Sep 30 3:00 0 -
2389 Rule EgyptAsia 1966 only - Oct 1 3:00 0 -
2390
2391 Rule Palestine 1999 2005 - Apr Fri>=15 0:00 1:00 S
2392 Rule Palestine 1999 2003 - Oct Fri>=15 0:00 0 -
2393 Rule Palestine 2004 only - Oct 1 1:00 0 -
2394 Rule Palestine 2005 only - Oct 4 2:00 0 -
2395 Rule Palestine 2006 2007 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
2396 Rule Palestine 2006 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 -
2397 Rule Palestine 2007 only - Sep Thu>=8 2:00 0 -
2398 Rule Palestine 2008 2009 - Mar lastFri 0:00 1:00 S
2399 Rule Palestine 2008 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 -
2400 Rule Palestine 2009 only - Sep Fri>=1 1:00 0 -
2401 Rule Palestine 2010 only - Mar 26 0:00 1:00 S
2402 Rule Palestine 2010 only - Aug 11 0:00 0 -
2403 Rule Palestine 2011 only - Apr 1 0:01 1:00 S
2404 Rule Palestine 2011 only - Aug 1 0:00 0 -
2405 Rule Palestine 2011 only - Aug 30 0:00 1:00 S
2406 Rule Palestine 2011 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 -
2407 Rule Palestine 2012 2014 - Mar lastThu 24:00 1:00 S
2408 Rule Palestine 2012 only - Sep 21 1:00 0 -
2409 Rule Palestine 2013 only - Sep Fri>=21 0:00 0 -
2410 Rule Palestine 2014 max - Oct Fri>=21 0:00 0 -
2411 Rule Palestine 2015 max - Mar lastFri 24:00 1:00 S
2412
2413 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2414 Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct
2415 2:00 Zion EET 1948 May 15
2416 2:00 EgyptAsia EE%sT 1967 Jun 5
2417 2:00 Zion I%sT 1996
2418 2:00 Jordan EE%sT 1999
2419 2:00 Palestine EE%sT 2008 Aug 29 0:00
2420 2:00 - EET 2008 Sep
2421 2:00 Palestine EE%sT 2010
2422 2:00 - EET 2010 Mar 27 0:01
2423 2:00 Palestine EE%sT 2011 Aug 1
2424 2:00 - EET 2012
2425 2:00 Palestine EE%sT
2426
2427 Zone Asia/Hebron 2:20:23 - LMT 1900 Oct
2428 2:00 Zion EET 1948 May 15
2429 2:00 EgyptAsia EE%sT 1967 Jun 5
2430 2:00 Zion I%sT 1996
2431 2:00 Jordan EE%sT 1999
|
112 # According to News Armenia, on Feb 9, 2012,
113 # http://newsarmenia.ru/society/20120209/42609695.html
114 #
115 # The Armenia National Assembly adopted final reading of Amendments to the
116 # Law "On procedure of calculation time on the territory of the Republic of
117 # Armenia" according to which Armenia [is] abolishing Daylight Saving Time.
118 # or
119 # (brief)
120 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_armenia03.html
121 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
122 Zone Asia/Yerevan 2:58:00 - LMT 1924 May 2
123 3:00 - YERT 1957 Mar # Yerevan Time
124 4:00 RussiaAsia YER%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
125 3:00 1:00 YERST 1991 Sep 23 # independence
126 3:00 RussiaAsia AM%sT 1995 Sep 24 2:00s
127 4:00 - AMT 1997
128 4:00 RussiaAsia AM%sT 2012 Mar 25 2:00s
129 4:00 - AMT
130
131 # Azerbaijan
132
133 # From Rustam Aliyev of the Azerbaijan Internet Forum (2005-10-23):
134 # According to the resolution of Cabinet of Ministers, 1997
135 # From Paul Eggert (2015-09-17): It was Resolution No. 21 (1997-03-17).
136 # http://code.az/files/daylight_res.pdf
137
138 # From Steffen Thorsen (2016-03-17):
139 # ... the Azerbaijani Cabinet of Ministers has cancelled switching to
140 # daylight saving time....
141 # http://www.azernews.az/azerbaijan/94137.html
142 # http://vestnikkavkaza.net/news/Azerbaijani-Cabinet-of-Ministers-cancels-daylight-saving-time.html
143 # http://en.apa.az/xeber_azerbaijan_abolishes_daylight_savings_ti_240862.html
144
145 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
146 Rule Azer 1997 2015 - Mar lastSun 4:00 1:00 S
147 Rule Azer 1997 2015 - Oct lastSun 5:00 0 -
148 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
149 Zone Asia/Baku 3:19:24 - LMT 1924 May 2
150 3:00 - BAKT 1957 Mar # Baku Time
151 4:00 RussiaAsia BAK%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
152 3:00 1:00 BAKST 1991 Aug 30 # independence
153 3:00 RussiaAsia AZ%sT 1992 Sep lastSat 23:00
154 4:00 - AZT 1996 # Azerbaijan Time
155 4:00 EUAsia AZ%sT 1997
156 4:00 Azer AZ%sT
157
158 # Bahrain
159 # See Asia/Qatar.
160
161 # Bangladesh
162 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-05-13):
163 # According to newspaper Asian Tribune (May 6, 2009) Bangladesh may introduce
164 # Daylight Saving Time from June 16 to Sept 30
165 #
166 # Bangladesh to introduce daylight saving time likely from June 16
167 # http://www.asiantribune.com/?q=node/17288
866 # We don't have any record of the above attempt.
867 # Most likely our records are incomplete, but we have no better data.
868
869 # From Manoel de Almeida e Silva, Deputy Spokesman for the UN Secretary-General
870 # http://www.hri.org/news/world/undh/2000/00-08-16.undh.html
871 # (2000-08-16):
872 # The Cabinet of the East Timor Transition Administration decided
873 # today to advance East Timor's time by one hour. The time change,
874 # which will be permanent, with no seasonal adjustment, will happen at
875 # midnight on Saturday, September 16.
876
877 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
878 Zone Asia/Dili 8:22:20 - LMT 1912 Jan 1
879 8:00 - TLT 1942 Feb 21 23:00 # E Timor Time
880 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 23
881 9:00 - TLT 1976 May 3
882 8:00 - WITA 2000 Sep 17 0:00
883 9:00 - TLT
884
885 # India
886
887 # From Ian P. Beacock, in "A brief history of (modern) time", The Atlantic
888 # http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/12/the-creation-of-modern-time/421419/
889 # (2015-12-22):
890 # In January 1906, several thousand cotton-mill workers rioted on the
891 # outskirts of Bombay.... They were protesting the proposed abolition of
892 # local time in favor of Indian Standard Time.... Journalists called this
893 # dispute the "Battle of the Clocks." It lasted nearly half a century.
894
895 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
896 Zone Asia/Kolkata 5:53:28 - LMT 1880 # Kolkata
897 5:53:20 - HMT 1941 Oct # Howrah Mean Time?
898 6:30 - BURT 1942 May 15 # Burma Time
899 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep
900 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 15
901 5:30 - IST
902 # The following are like Asia/Kolkata:
903 # Andaman Is
904 # Lakshadweep (Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Is)
905 # Nicobar Is
906
907 # Indonesia
908 #
909 # From Paul Eggert (2014-09-06):
910 # The 1876 Report of the Secretary of the [US] Navy, p 306 says that Batavia
911 # civil time was 7:07:12.5; round to even for Jakarta.
912 #
913 # From Gwillim Law (2001-05-28), overriding Shanks & Pottenger:
914 # http://www.sumatera-inc.com/go_to_invest/about_indonesia.asp#standtime
1085 Rule Iran 2016 only - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D
1086 Rule Iran 2016 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 S
1087 Rule Iran 2017 2019 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D
1088 Rule Iran 2017 2019 - Sep 22 0:00 0 S
1089 Rule Iran 2020 only - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D
1090 Rule Iran 2020 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 S
1091 Rule Iran 2021 2023 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D
1092 Rule Iran 2021 2023 - Sep 22 0:00 0 S
1093 Rule Iran 2024 only - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D
1094 Rule Iran 2024 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 S
1095 Rule Iran 2025 2027 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D
1096 Rule Iran 2025 2027 - Sep 22 0:00 0 S
1097 Rule Iran 2028 2029 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D
1098 Rule Iran 2028 2029 - Sep 21 0:00 0 S
1099 Rule Iran 2030 2031 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D
1100 Rule Iran 2030 2031 - Sep 22 0:00 0 S
1101 Rule Iran 2032 2033 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D
1102 Rule Iran 2032 2033 - Sep 21 0:00 0 S
1103 Rule Iran 2034 2035 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D
1104 Rule Iran 2034 2035 - Sep 22 0:00 0 S
1105 #
1106 # The following rules are approximations starting in the year 2038.
1107 # These are the best post-2037 approximations available, given the
1108 # restrictions of a single rule using a Gregorian-based data format.
1109 # At some point this table will need to be extended, though quite
1110 # possibly Iran will change the rules first.
1111 Rule Iran 2036 max - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D
1112 Rule Iran 2036 max - Sep 21 0:00 0 S
1113
1114 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1115 Zone Asia/Tehran 3:25:44 - LMT 1916
1116 3:25:44 - TMT 1946 # Tehran Mean Time
1117 3:30 - IRST 1977 Nov
1118 4:00 Iran IR%sT 1979
1119 3:30 Iran IR%sT
1120
1121
1122 # Iraq
1123 #
1124 # From Jonathan Lennox (2000-06-12):
1125 # An article in this week's Economist ("Inside the Saddam-free zone", p. 50 in
1126 # the U.S. edition) on the Iraqi Kurds contains a paragraph:
1127 # "The three northern provinces ... switched their clocks this spring and
1128 # are an hour ahead of Baghdad."
1129 #
1130 # But Rives McDow (2000-06-18) quotes a contact in Iraqi-Kurdistan as follows:
1131 # In the past, some Kurdish nationalists, as a protest to the Iraqi
1132 # Government, did not adhere to daylight saving time. They referred
1133 # to daylight saving as Saddam time. But, as of today, the time zone
1628 5:00 1:00 AKTST 1981 Oct 1
1629 6:00 - AKTT 1982 Apr 1
1630 5:00 RussiaAsia AKT%sT 1991
1631 5:00 - AKTT 1991 Dec 16 # independence
1632 5:00 RussiaAsia AQT%sT 2005 Mar 15 # Aqtobe Time
1633 5:00 - AQTT
1634 # Mangghystau
1635 # Aqtau was not founded until 1963, but it represents an inhabited region,
1636 # so include time stamps before 1963.
1637 Zone Asia/Aqtau 3:21:04 - LMT 1924 May 2
1638 4:00 - FORT 1930 Jun 21 # Fort Shevchenko T
1639 5:00 - FORT 1963
1640 5:00 - SHET 1981 Oct 1 # Shevchenko Time
1641 6:00 - SHET 1982 Apr 1
1642 5:00 RussiaAsia SHE%sT 1991
1643 5:00 - SHET 1991 Dec 16 # independence
1644 5:00 RussiaAsia AQT%sT 1995 Mar lastSun 2:00 # Aqtau Time
1645 4:00 RussiaAsia AQT%sT 2005 Mar 15
1646 5:00 - AQTT
1647 # West Kazakhstan
1648 # From Paul Eggert (2016-03-18):
1649 # The 1989 transition is from USSR act No. 227 (1989-03-14).
1650 Zone Asia/Oral 3:25:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Ural'sk
1651 4:00 - URAT 1930 Jun 21 # Ural'sk time
1652 5:00 - URAT 1981 Apr 1
1653 5:00 1:00 URAST 1981 Oct 1
1654 6:00 - URAT 1982 Apr 1
1655 5:00 RussiaAsia URA%sT 1989 Mar 26 2:00
1656 4:00 RussiaAsia URA%sT 1991
1657 4:00 - URAT 1991 Dec 16 # independence
1658 4:00 RussiaAsia ORA%sT 2005 Mar 15 # Oral Time
1659 5:00 - ORAT
1660
1661 # Kyrgyzstan (Kirgizstan)
1662 # Transitions through 1991 are from Shanks & Pottenger.
1663
1664 # From Paul Eggert (2005-08-15):
1665 # According to an article dated today in the Kyrgyzstan Development Gateway
1666 # http://eng.gateway.kg/cgi-bin/page.pl?id=1&story_name=doc9979.shtml
1667 # Kyrgyzstan is canceling the daylight saving time system. I take the article
1668 # to mean that they will leave their clocks at 6 hours ahead of UTC.
1669 # From Malik Abdugaliev (2005-09-21):
2121 # will go back to standard time on 1st of November.
2122
2123 # From Steffen Thorsen (2010-03-26):
2124 # Steffen Thorsen wrote:
2125 # > On Thursday (2010-03-25) it was announced that DST would start in
2126 # > Pakistan on 2010-04-01.
2127 # >
2128 # > Then today, the president said that they might have to revert the
2129 # > decision if it is not supported by the parliament. So at the time
2130 # > being, it seems unclear if DST will be actually observed or not - but
2131 # > April 1 could be a more likely date than April 15.
2132 # Now, it seems that the decision to not observe DST in final:
2133 #
2134 # "Govt Withdraws Plan To Advance Clocks"
2135 # http://www.apakistannews.com/govt-withdraws-plan-to-advance-clocks-172041
2136 #
2137 # "People laud PM's announcement to end DST"
2138 # http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=99374&Itemid=2
2139
2140 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
2141 Rule Pakistan 2002 only - Apr Sun>=2 0:00 1:00 S
2142 Rule Pakistan 2002 only - Oct Sun>=2 0:00 0 -
2143 Rule Pakistan 2008 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S
2144 Rule Pakistan 2008 2009 - Nov 1 0:00 0 -
2145 Rule Pakistan 2009 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 S
2146
2147 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2148 Zone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907
2149 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep
2150 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 15
2151 5:30 - IST 1951 Sep 30
2152 5:00 - KART 1971 Mar 26 # Karachi Time
2153 5:00 Pakistan PK%sT # Pakistan Time
2154
2155 # Palestine
2156
2157 # From Amos Shapir (1998-02-15):
2158 #
2159 # From 1917 until 1948-05-15, all of Palestine, including the parts now
2160 # known as the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, was under British rule.
2161 # Therefore the rules given for Israel for that period, apply there too...
2162 #
2390 # This source in English, says "that winter time will go into effect
2391 # at midnight on Thursday in the West Bank and Gaza Strip":
2392 # http://english.wafa.ps/index.php?action=detail&id=23246
2393 # official source...:
2394 # http://www.palestinecabinet.gov.ps/ar/Views/ViewDetails.aspx?pid=1252
2395
2396 # From Steffen Thorsen (2015-03-03):
2397 # Sources such as http://www.alquds.com/news/article/view/id/548257
2398 # and http://www.raya.ps/ar/news/890705.html say Palestine areas will
2399 # start DST on 2015-03-28 00:00 which is one day later than expected.
2400 #
2401 # From Paul Eggert (2015-03-03):
2402 # http://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/west-bank/ramallah?year=2014
2403 # says that the fall 2014 transition was Oct 23 at 24:00.
2404 # For future dates, guess the last Friday in March at 24:00 through
2405 # the first Friday on or after October 21 at 00:00. This is consistent with
2406 # the predictions in today's editions of the following URLs:
2407 # http://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/gaza-strip/gaza
2408 # http://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/west-bank/hebron
2409
2410 # From Hannah Kreitem (2016-03-09):
2411 # http://www.palestinecabinet.gov.ps/WebSite/ar/ViewDetails?ID=31728
2412 # [Google translation]: "The Council also decided to start daylight
2413 # saving in Palestine as of one o'clock on Saturday morning,
2414 # 2016-03-26, to provide the clock 60 minutes ahead."
2415 #
2416 # From Paul Eggert (2016-03-12):
2417 # Predict spring transitions on March's last Saturday at 01:00 from now on.
2418 # Leave fall predictions alone for now.
2419
2420 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
2421 Rule EgyptAsia 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S
2422 Rule EgyptAsia 1957 1958 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
2423 Rule EgyptAsia 1958 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S
2424 Rule EgyptAsia 1959 1967 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S
2425 Rule EgyptAsia 1959 1965 - Sep 30 3:00 0 -
2426 Rule EgyptAsia 1966 only - Oct 1 3:00 0 -
2427
2428 Rule Palestine 1999 2005 - Apr Fri>=15 0:00 1:00 S
2429 Rule Palestine 1999 2003 - Oct Fri>=15 0:00 0 -
2430 Rule Palestine 2004 only - Oct 1 1:00 0 -
2431 Rule Palestine 2005 only - Oct 4 2:00 0 -
2432 Rule Palestine 2006 2007 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
2433 Rule Palestine 2006 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 -
2434 Rule Palestine 2007 only - Sep Thu>=8 2:00 0 -
2435 Rule Palestine 2008 2009 - Mar lastFri 0:00 1:00 S
2436 Rule Palestine 2008 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 -
2437 Rule Palestine 2009 only - Sep Fri>=1 1:00 0 -
2438 Rule Palestine 2010 only - Mar 26 0:00 1:00 S
2439 Rule Palestine 2010 only - Aug 11 0:00 0 -
2440 Rule Palestine 2011 only - Apr 1 0:01 1:00 S
2441 Rule Palestine 2011 only - Aug 1 0:00 0 -
2442 Rule Palestine 2011 only - Aug 30 0:00 1:00 S
2443 Rule Palestine 2011 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 -
2444 Rule Palestine 2012 2014 - Mar lastThu 24:00 1:00 S
2445 Rule Palestine 2012 only - Sep 21 1:00 0 -
2446 Rule Palestine 2013 only - Sep Fri>=21 0:00 0 -
2447 Rule Palestine 2014 max - Oct Fri>=21 0:00 0 -
2448 Rule Palestine 2015 only - Mar lastFri 24:00 1:00 S
2449 Rule Palestine 2016 max - Mar lastSat 1:00 1:00 S
2450
2451 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2452 Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct
2453 2:00 Zion EET 1948 May 15
2454 2:00 EgyptAsia EE%sT 1967 Jun 5
2455 2:00 Zion I%sT 1996
2456 2:00 Jordan EE%sT 1999
2457 2:00 Palestine EE%sT 2008 Aug 29 0:00
2458 2:00 - EET 2008 Sep
2459 2:00 Palestine EE%sT 2010
2460 2:00 - EET 2010 Mar 27 0:01
2461 2:00 Palestine EE%sT 2011 Aug 1
2462 2:00 - EET 2012
2463 2:00 Palestine EE%sT
2464
2465 Zone Asia/Hebron 2:20:23 - LMT 1900 Oct
2466 2:00 Zion EET 1948 May 15
2467 2:00 EgyptAsia EE%sT 1967 Jun 5
2468 2:00 Zion I%sT 1996
2469 2:00 Jordan EE%sT 1999
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