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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