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*** 4,22 **** # This file is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, # go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to # tz@iana.org for general use in the future). For more, please see # the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution. ! # From Paul Eggert (2015-08-08): # # Unless otherwise specified, the source for data through 1990 is: # Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition), # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003). # Unfortunately this book contains many errors and cites no sources. # ! # Gwillim Law writes that a good source ! # for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport # Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM), # published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries # of the IATA's data after 1990. Except where otherwise noted, # IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990. # --- 4,22 ---- # This file is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, # go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to # tz@iana.org for general use in the future). For more, please see # the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution. ! # From Paul Eggert (2017-01-13): # # Unless otherwise specified, the source for data through 1990 is: # Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition), # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003). # Unfortunately this book contains many errors and cites no sources. # ! # Many years ago Gwillim Law wrote that a good source ! # for time zone data was the International Air Transport # Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM), # published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries # of the IATA's data after 1990. Except where otherwise noted, # IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990. #
*** 33,73 **** # (See the 'europe' file for a fuller citation.) # # A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is # Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997). # ! # I invented the abbreviations marked '*' in the following table; ! # the rest are from earlier versions of this file, or from other sources. ! # Corrections are welcome! # std dst # LMT Local Mean Time # 2:00 EET EEST Eastern European Time # 2:00 IST IDT Israel - # 3:00 AST ADT Arabia* - # 3:30 IRST IRDT Iran* - # 4:00 GST Gulf* # 5:30 IST India - # 7:00 ICT Indochina, most times and locations* # 7:00 WIB west Indonesia (Waktu Indonesia Barat) # 8:00 WITA central Indonesia (Waktu Indonesia Tengah) # 8:00 CST China ! # 8:00 IDT Indochina, 1943-45, 1947-55, 1960-75 (some locations)* ! # 8:00 JWST Western Standard Time (Japan, 1896/1937)* ! # 8:30 KST KDT Korea when at +0830* ! # 9:00 JCST Central Standard Time (Japan, 1896/1937) # 9:00 WIT east Indonesia (Waktu Indonesia Timur) # 9:00 JST JDT Japan # 9:00 KST KDT Korea when at +09 # 9:30 ACST Australian Central Standard Time # # See the 'europe' file for Russia and Turkey in Asia. # From Guy Harris: # Incorporates data for Singapore from Robert Elz' asia 1.1, as well as # additional information from Tom Yap, Sun Microsystems Intercontinental # Technical Support (including a page from the Official Airline Guide - ! # Worldwide Edition). The names for time zones are guesses. ############################################################################### # These rules are stolen from the 'europe' file. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S --- 33,68 ---- # (See the 'europe' file for a fuller citation.) # # A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is # Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997). # ! # The following alphabetic abbreviations appear in these tables: # std dst # LMT Local Mean Time # 2:00 EET EEST Eastern European Time # 2:00 IST IDT Israel # 5:30 IST India # 7:00 WIB west Indonesia (Waktu Indonesia Barat) # 8:00 WITA central Indonesia (Waktu Indonesia Tengah) # 8:00 CST China ! # 8:30 KST KDT Korea when at +0830 # 9:00 WIT east Indonesia (Waktu Indonesia Timur) # 9:00 JST JDT Japan # 9:00 KST KDT Korea when at +09 # 9:30 ACST Australian Central Standard Time + # Otherwise, these tables typically use numeric abbreviations like +03 + # and +0330 for integer hour and minute UTC offsets. Although earlier + # editions invented alphabetic time zone abbreviations for every + # offset, this did not reflect common practice. # # See the 'europe' file for Russia and Turkey in Asia. # From Guy Harris: # Incorporates data for Singapore from Robert Elz' asia 1.1, as well as # additional information from Tom Yap, Sun Microsystems Intercontinental # Technical Support (including a page from the Official Airline Guide - ! # Worldwide Edition). ############################################################################### # These rules are stolen from the 'europe' file. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
*** 84,95 **** Rule RussiaAsia 1996 2011 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 - # Afghanistan # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Kabul 4:36:48 - LMT 1890 ! 4:00 - AFT 1945 ! 4:30 - AFT # Armenia # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): # Shanks & Pottenger have Yerevan switching to 3:00 (with Russian DST) # in spring 1991, then to 4:00 with no DST in fall 1995, then --- 79,90 ---- Rule RussiaAsia 1996 2011 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 - # Afghanistan # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Kabul 4:36:48 - LMT 1890 ! 4:00 - +04 1945 ! 4:30 - +0430 # Armenia # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): # Shanks & Pottenger have Yerevan switching to 3:00 (with Russian DST) # in spring 1991, then to 4:00 with no DST in fall 1995, then
*** 228,277 **** Rule Dhaka 2009 only - Dec 31 24:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Dhaka 6:01:40 - LMT 1890 5:53:20 - HMT 1941 Oct # Howrah Mean Time? ! 6:30 - BURT 1942 May 15 # Burma Time ! 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep ! 6:30 - BURT 1951 Sep 30 ! 6:00 - DACT 1971 Mar 26 # Dacca Time ! 6:00 - BDT 2009 ! 6:00 Dhaka BD%sT # Bhutan # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Thimphu 5:58:36 - LMT 1947 Aug 15 # or Thimbu ! 5:30 - IST 1987 Oct ! 6:00 - BTT # Bhutan Time # British Indian Ocean Territory # Whitman and the 1995 CIA time zone map say 5:00, but the # 1997 and later maps say 6:00. Assume the switch occurred in 1996. # We have no information as to when standard time was introduced; # assume it occurred in 1907, the same year as Mauritius (which # then contained the Chagos Archipelago). # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Indian/Chagos 4:49:40 - LMT 1907 ! 5:00 - IOT 1996 # BIOT Time ! 6:00 - IOT # Brunei # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Brunei 7:39:40 - LMT 1926 Mar # Bandar Seri Begawan ! 7:30 - BNT 1933 ! 8:00 - BNT # Burma / Myanmar # Milne says 6:24:40 was the meridian of the time ball observatory at Rangoon. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Yangon 6:24:40 - LMT 1880 # or Rangoon 6:24:40 - RMT 1920 # Rangoon Mean Time? ! 6:30 - BURT 1942 May # Burma Time ! 9:00 - JST 1945 May 3 ! 6:30 - MMT # Myanmar Time # Cambodia # See Asia/Bangkok. --- 223,271 ---- Rule Dhaka 2009 only - Dec 31 24:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Dhaka 6:01:40 - LMT 1890 5:53:20 - HMT 1941 Oct # Howrah Mean Time? ! 6:30 - +0630 1942 May 15 ! 5:30 - +0530 1942 Sep ! 6:30 - +0630 1951 Sep 30 ! 6:00 - +06 2009 ! 6:00 Dhaka +06/+07 # Bhutan # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Thimphu 5:58:36 - LMT 1947 Aug 15 # or Thimbu ! 5:30 - +0530 1987 Oct ! 6:00 - +06 # British Indian Ocean Territory # Whitman and the 1995 CIA time zone map say 5:00, but the # 1997 and later maps say 6:00. Assume the switch occurred in 1996. # We have no information as to when standard time was introduced; # assume it occurred in 1907, the same year as Mauritius (which # then contained the Chagos Archipelago). # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Indian/Chagos 4:49:40 - LMT 1907 ! 5:00 - +05 1996 ! 6:00 - +06 # Brunei # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Brunei 7:39:40 - LMT 1926 Mar # Bandar Seri Begawan ! 7:30 - +0730 1933 ! 8:00 - +08 # Burma / Myanmar # Milne says 6:24:40 was the meridian of the time ball observatory at Rangoon. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Yangon 6:24:40 - LMT 1880 # or Rangoon 6:24:40 - RMT 1920 # Rangoon Mean Time? ! 6:30 - +0630 1942 May ! 9:00 - +09 1945 May 3 ! 6:30 - +0630 # Cambodia # See Asia/Bangkok.
*** 330,340 **** # therefore supposed to be GMT+7, Xizang region being GMT+6, but Dege # county is GMT+8 according to astro.com while Baiyu county is GMT+6 # (could be true), for the moment I am assuming that those two # counties are mistakes in the astro.com data. ! # From Paul Eggert (2014-06-30): # Alois Treindl kindly sent me translations of the following two sources: # # (1) # Guo Qingsheng (National Time-Service Center, CAS, Xi'an 710600, China) # Beijing Time at the Beginning of the PRC --- 324,334 ---- # therefore supposed to be GMT+7, Xizang region being GMT+6, but Dege # county is GMT+8 according to astro.com while Baiyu county is GMT+6 # (could be true), for the moment I am assuming that those two # counties are mistakes in the astro.com data. ! # From Paul Eggert (2017-01-05): # Alois Treindl kindly sent me translations of the following two sources: # # (1) # Guo Qingsheng (National Time-Service Center, CAS, Xi'an 710600, China) # Beijing Time at the Beginning of the PRC
*** 388,419 **** # Asia/Urumqi, with the others being links for backward compatibility. # Proposed in 1918 and theoretically in effect until 1949 (although in practice # mainly observed in coastal areas), the five zones were: # # Changbai Time ("Long-white Time", Long-white = Heilongjiang area) UT +08:30 ! # Asia/Harbin (currently a link to Asia/Shanghai) # Heilongjiang (except Mohe county), Jilin # # Zhongyuan Time ("Central plain Time") UT +08 ! # Asia/Shanghai # most of China - # This currently represents most other zones as well, - # as apparently these regions have been the same since 1970. # Milne gives 8:05:43.2 for Xujiahui Observatory time; round to nearest. # Guo says Shanghai switched to UT +08 "from the end of the 19th century". # ! # Long-shu Time (probably due to Long and Shu being two names of the area) UT +07 ! # Asia/Chongqing (currently a link to Asia/Shanghai) # Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Ningxia, Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Yunnan; ! # most of Gansu; west Inner Mongolia; west Qinghai; and the Guangdong # counties Deqing, Enping, Kaiping, Luoding, Taishan, Xinxing, # Yangchun, Yangjiang, Yu'nan, and Yunfu. # # Xin-zang Time ("Xinjiang-Tibet Time") UT +06 ! # Asia/Urumqi ! # This currently represents Kunlun Time as well, ! # as apparently the two regions have been the same since 1970. # The Gansu counties Aksay, Anxi, Dunhuang, Subei; west Qinghai; # the Guangdong counties Xuwen, Haikang, Suixi, Lianjiang, # Zhanjiang, Wuchuan, Huazhou, Gaozhou, Maoming, Dianbai, and Xinyi; # east Tibet, including Lhasa, Chamdo, Shigaise, Jimsar, Shawan and Hutubi; # east Xinjiang, including Ürümqi, Turpan, Karamay, Korla, Minfeng, Jinghe, --- 382,411 ---- # Asia/Urumqi, with the others being links for backward compatibility. # Proposed in 1918 and theoretically in effect until 1949 (although in practice # mainly observed in coastal areas), the five zones were: # # Changbai Time ("Long-white Time", Long-white = Heilongjiang area) UT +08:30 ! # Now part of Asia/Shanghai; its pre-1970 times are not recorded here. # Heilongjiang (except Mohe county), Jilin # # Zhongyuan Time ("Central plain Time") UT +08 ! # Now part of Asia/Shanghai. # most of China # Milne gives 8:05:43.2 for Xujiahui Observatory time; round to nearest. # Guo says Shanghai switched to UT +08 "from the end of the 19th century". # ! # Long-shu Time (probably as Long and Shu were two names of the area) UT +07 ! # Now part of Asia/Shanghai; its pre-1970 times are not recorded here. # Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Ningxia, Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Yunnan; ! # most of Gansu; west Inner Mongolia; east Qinghai; and the Guangdong # counties Deqing, Enping, Kaiping, Luoding, Taishan, Xinxing, # Yangchun, Yangjiang, Yu'nan, and Yunfu. # # Xin-zang Time ("Xinjiang-Tibet Time") UT +06 ! # This region is now part of either Asia/Urumqi or Asia/Shanghai with ! # current boundaries uncertain; times before 1970 for areas that ! # disagree with Ürümqi or Shanghai are not recorded here. # The Gansu counties Aksay, Anxi, Dunhuang, Subei; west Qinghai; # the Guangdong counties Xuwen, Haikang, Suixi, Lianjiang, # Zhanjiang, Wuchuan, Huazhou, Gaozhou, Maoming, Dianbai, and Xinyi; # east Tibet, including Lhasa, Chamdo, Shigaise, Jimsar, Shawan and Hutubi; # east Xinjiang, including Ürümqi, Turpan, Karamay, Korla, Minfeng, Jinghe,
*** 420,430 **** # Wusu, Qiemo, Xinyan, Wulanwusu, Jinghe, Yumin, Tacheng, Tuoli, Emin, # Shihezi, Changji, Yanqi, Heshuo, Tuokexun, Tulufan, Shanshan, Hami, # Fukang, Kuitun, Kumukuli, Miquan, Qitai, and Turfan. # # Kunlun Time UT +05:30 ! # Asia/Kashgar (currently a link to Asia/Urumqi) # West Tibet, including Pulan, Aheqi, Shufu, Shule; # West Xinjiang, including Aksu, Atushi, Yining, Hetian, Cele, Luopu, Nileke, # Zhaosu, Tekesi, Gongliu, Chabuchaer, Huocheng, Bole, Pishan, Suiding, # and Yarkand. --- 412,422 ---- # Wusu, Qiemo, Xinyan, Wulanwusu, Jinghe, Yumin, Tacheng, Tuoli, Emin, # Shihezi, Changji, Yanqi, Heshuo, Tuokexun, Tulufan, Shanshan, Hami, # Fukang, Kuitun, Kumukuli, Miquan, Qitai, and Turfan. # # Kunlun Time UT +05:30 ! # This region is now in the same status as Xin-zang Time (see above). # West Tibet, including Pulan, Aheqi, Shufu, Shule; # West Xinjiang, including Aksu, Atushi, Yining, Hetian, Cele, Luopu, Nileke, # Zhaosu, Tekesi, Gongliu, Chabuchaer, Huocheng, Bole, Pishan, Suiding, # and Yarkand.
*** 521,531 **** 8:00 Shang C%sT 1949 8:00 PRC C%sT # Xinjiang time, used by many in western China; represented by Ürümqi / Ürümchi # / Wulumuqi. (Please use Asia/Shanghai if you prefer Beijing time.) Zone Asia/Urumqi 5:50:20 - LMT 1928 ! 6:00 - XJT # Hong Kong (Xianggang) # Milne gives 7:36:41.7; round this. --- 513,523 ---- 8:00 Shang C%sT 1949 8:00 PRC C%sT # Xinjiang time, used by many in western China; represented by Ürümqi / Ürümchi # / Wulumuqi. (Please use Asia/Shanghai if you prefer Beijing time.) Zone Asia/Urumqi 5:50:20 - LMT 1928 ! 6:00 - +06 # Hong Kong (Xianggang) # Milne gives 7:36:41.7; round this.
*** 740,781 **** Rule Taiwan 1979 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] # Taipei or Taibei or T'ai-pei Zone Asia/Taipei 8:06:00 - LMT 1896 Jan 1 ! 8:00 - JWST 1937 Oct 1 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 21 1:00 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 Jan 1 ! 8:00 Macau MO%sT 1999 Dec 20 # return to China ! 8:00 PRC C%sT ############################################################################### # Cyprus ! # # Milne says the Eastern Telegraph Company used 2:14:00. Stick with LMT. # # 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 - --- 732,782 ---- Rule Taiwan 1979 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] # Taipei or Taibei or T'ai-pei Zone Asia/Taipei 8:06:00 - LMT 1896 Jan 1 ! 8:00 - CST 1937 Oct 1 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 21 1:00 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 D ! Rule Macau 1961 1964 - Nov Sun>=1 3:30 0 S ! Rule Macau 1963 only - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 D ! Rule Macau 1964 only - Mar Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 D ! Rule Macau 1965 only - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 D ! Rule Macau 1965 only - Oct 31 0:00 0 S ! Rule Macau 1966 1971 - Apr Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 D ! Rule Macau 1966 1971 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 S ! Rule Macau 1972 1974 - Apr Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 D ! Rule Macau 1972 1973 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 0 S ! Rule Macau 1974 1977 - Oct Sun>=15 3:30 0 S ! Rule Macau 1975 1977 - Apr Sun>=15 3:30 1:00 D ! Rule Macau 1978 1980 - Apr Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 D ! Rule Macau 1978 1980 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Macau 7:34:20 - LMT 1912 Jan 1 ! 8:00 Macau C%sT ############################################################################### # Cyprus ! # Milne says the Eastern Telegraph Company used 2:14:00. Stick with LMT. + # IATA SSIM (1998-09) has Cyprus using EU rules for the first time. + + # From Paul Eggert (2016-09-09): + # Yesterday's Cyprus Mail reports that Northern Cyprus followed Turkey's + # lead and switched from +02/+03 to +03 year-round. + # http://cyprus-mail.com/2016/09/08/two-time-zones-cyprus-turkey-will-not-turn-clocks-back-next-month/ # + # From Even Scharning (2016-10-31): + # Looks like the time zone split in Cyprus went through last night. + # http://cyprus-mail.com/2016/10/30/cyprus-new-division-two-time-zones-now-reality/ + # 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 -
*** 786,796 **** 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 --- 787,800 ---- 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 ! Zone Asia/Famagusta 2:15:48 - LMT 1921 Nov 14 ! 2:00 Cyprus EE%sT 1998 Sep ! 2:00 EUAsia EE%sT 2016 Sep 8 ! 3:00 - +03 # 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
*** 866,880 **** # 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 Jan 1 ! 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 - WITA 2000 Sep 17 0:00 ! 9:00 - TLT # India # From Ian P. Beacock, in "A brief history of (modern) time", The Atlantic # http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/12/the-creation-of-modern-time/421419/ --- 870,883 ---- # 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 Jan 1 ! 8:00 - +08 1942 Feb 21 23:00 ! 9:00 - +09 1976 May 3 ! 8:00 - +08 2000 Sep 17 0:00 ! 9:00 - +09 # India # From Ian P. Beacock, in "A brief history of (modern) time", The Atlantic # http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/12/the-creation-of-modern-time/421419/
*** 885,897 **** # dispute the "Battle of the Clocks." It lasted nearly half a century. # 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 --- 888,900 ---- # dispute the "Battle of the Clocks." It lasted nearly half a century. # 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 - +0630 1942 May 15 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep ! 5:30 1:00 +0630 1945 Oct 15 5:30 - IST # The following are like Asia/Kolkata: # Andaman Is # Lakshadweep (Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Is) # Nicobar Is
*** 938,974 **** # Java, Sumatra Zone Asia/Jakarta 7:07:12 - LMT 1867 Aug 10 # Shanks & Pottenger say the next transition was at 1924 Jan 1 0:13, # but this must be a typo. 7:07:12 - BMT 1923 Dec 31 23:47:12 # Batavia ! 7:20 - JAVT 1932 Nov # Java Time ! 7:30 - WIB 1942 Mar 23 ! 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 23 ! 7:30 - WIB 1948 May ! 8:00 - WIB 1950 May ! 7:30 - WIB 1964 7:00 - WIB # west and central Borneo Zone Asia/Pontianak 7:17:20 - LMT 1908 May 7:17:20 - PMT 1932 Nov # Pontianak MT ! 7:30 - WIB 1942 Jan 29 ! 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 23 ! 7:30 - WIB 1948 May ! 8:00 - WIB 1950 May ! 7:30 - WIB 1964 8:00 - WITA 1988 Jan 1 7:00 - WIB # Sulawesi, Lesser Sundas, east and south Borneo Zone Asia/Makassar 7:57:36 - LMT 1920 7:57:36 - MMT 1932 Nov # Macassar MT ! 8:00 - WITA 1942 Feb 9 ! 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 23 8:00 - WITA # Maluku Islands, West Papua, Papua Zone Asia/Jayapura 9:22:48 - LMT 1932 Nov ! 9:00 - WIT 1944 Sep 1 ! 9:30 - ACST 1964 9:00 - WIT # Iran # From Roozbeh Pournader (2003-03-15): --- 941,977 ---- # Java, Sumatra Zone Asia/Jakarta 7:07:12 - LMT 1867 Aug 10 # Shanks & Pottenger say the next transition was at 1924 Jan 1 0:13, # but this must be a typo. 7:07:12 - BMT 1923 Dec 31 23:47:12 # Batavia ! 7:20 - +0720 1932 Nov ! 7:30 - +0730 1942 Mar 23 ! 9:00 - +09 1945 Sep 23 ! 7:30 - +0730 1948 May ! 8:00 - +08 1950 May ! 7:30 - +0730 1964 7:00 - WIB # west and central Borneo Zone Asia/Pontianak 7:17:20 - LMT 1908 May 7:17:20 - PMT 1932 Nov # Pontianak MT ! 7:30 - +0730 1942 Jan 29 ! 9:00 - +09 1945 Sep 23 ! 7:30 - +0730 1948 May ! 8:00 - +08 1950 May ! 7:30 - +0730 1964 8:00 - WITA 1988 Jan 1 7:00 - WIB # Sulawesi, Lesser Sundas, east and south Borneo Zone Asia/Makassar 7:57:36 - LMT 1920 7:57:36 - MMT 1932 Nov # Macassar MT ! 8:00 - +08 1942 Feb 9 ! 9:00 - +09 1945 Sep 23 8:00 - WITA # Maluku Islands, West Papua, Papua Zone Asia/Jayapura 9:22:48 - LMT 1932 Nov ! 9:00 - +09 1944 Sep 1 ! 9:30 - +0930 1964 9:00 - WIT # Iran # From Roozbeh Pournader (2003-03-15):
*** 996,1007 **** # # 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 --- 999,1008 ----
*** 1104,1116 **** Rule Iran 2036 max - 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): --- 1105,1117 ---- Rule Iran 2036 max - 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 - +0330 1977 Nov ! 4:00 Iran +04/+05 1979 ! 3:30 Iran +0330/+0430 # Iraq # # From Jonathan Lennox (2000-06-12):
*** 1149,1160 **** 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 --- 1150,1161 ---- 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 - +03 1982 May ! 3:00 Iraq +03/+04 ############################################################################### # Israel
*** 1449,1460 **** # Central Time (UTC+9). The adoption began on Oct 1, 1937. # http://ja.wikisource.org/wiki/明治二十八年勅令第百六十七號標準時ニ關スル件中改正ノ件 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Tokyo 9:18:59 - LMT 1887 Dec 31 15:00u - 9:00 - JST 1896 Jan 1 - 9:00 - JCST 1937 Oct 1 9:00 Japan J%sT # Since 1938, all Japanese possessions have been like Asia/Tokyo. # Jordan # --- 1450,1459 ----
*** 1568,1583 **** # 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. ! # From Stepan Golosunov (2016-03-27) ([*] means see later comments below): # Review of the linked documents from http://adilet.zan.kz/ # produced the following data for post-1991 Kazakhstan: # # 0. Act of the Cabinet of Ministers of the USSR # from 1991-02-04 No. 20 --- 1567,1582 ---- # 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: Aqtöbe, Atyraū, ! # Mangghystaū, 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. ! # From Stepan Golosunov (2016-03-27): # Review of the linked documents from http://adilet.zan.kz/ # produced the following data for post-1991 Kazakhstan: # # 0. Act of the Cabinet of Ministers of the USSR # from 1991-02-04 No. 20
*** 1619,1629 **** # article claiming that Kaliningrad oblast decided on 1991-03-29 to not # move clocks.) # # This implies that on 1991-03-31 Asia/Oral remained on +04/+05 while # the rest of Kazakhstan switched from +06/+07 to +05/06 or from +05/06 ! # to +04/+05. It's unclear how Kzyl-Orda oblast moved into the fifth # time belt. (By switching from +04/+05 to +05/+06 on 1991-09-29?) ... # # 1. Act of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Kazakhstan # from 1992-01-13 No. 28 # http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/P920000028_ --- 1618,1628 ---- # article claiming that Kaliningrad oblast decided on 1991-03-29 to not # move clocks.) # # This implies that on 1991-03-31 Asia/Oral remained on +04/+05 while # the rest of Kazakhstan switched from +06/+07 to +05/06 or from +05/06 ! # to +04/+05. It's unclear how Qyzylorda oblast moved into the fifth # time belt. (By switching from +04/+05 to +05/+06 on 1991-09-29?) ... # # 1. Act of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Kazakhstan # from 1992-01-13 No. 28 # http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/P920000028_
*** 1632,1660 **** # 1992-01-08 act. It specified that time would be calculated # according to time belts plus extra hour ("decree time"), moved clocks # on the whole territory of Kazakhstan 1 hour forward on 1992-01-19 at # 2:00, specified DST rules. It acknowledged that Kazakhstan was # located in the fourth and the fifth time belts and specified the ! # border between them to be located east of Kustanay and Aktyubinsk ! # oblasts (notably including Turgai and Kzyl-Orda oblasts into the fifth # time belt). # # This means switch on 1992-01-19 at 2:00 from +04/+05 to +05/+06 for ! # Asia/Aqtau, Asia/Aqtobe, Asia/Oral, Atyrau and Kustanay oblasts; from ! # +05/+06 to +06/+07 for Asia/Almaty and Asia/Qyzylorda (and Arkalyk) [*].... # # 2. Act of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Kazakhstan # from 1992-03-27 No. 284 # http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/P920000284_ ! # cancels extra hour ("decree time") for Uralsk and Kzyl-Orda oblasts # since the last Sunday of March 1992, while keeping them in the fourth # and the fifth time belts respectively. # # 3. Order of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan # from 1994-09-23 No. 384 # http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/R940000384_ ! # cancels the extra hour ("decree time") on the territory of Mangystau # oblast since the last Sunday of September 1994 (saying that time on # the territory would correspond to the third time belt as a # result).... # # 4. Act of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan --- 1631,1659 ---- # 1992-01-08 act. It specified that time would be calculated # according to time belts plus extra hour ("decree time"), moved clocks # on the whole territory of Kazakhstan 1 hour forward on 1992-01-19 at # 2:00, specified DST rules. It acknowledged that Kazakhstan was # located in the fourth and the fifth time belts and specified the ! # border between them to be located east of Qostanay and Aktyubinsk ! # oblasts (notably including Turgai and Qyzylorda oblasts into the fifth # time belt). # # This means switch on 1992-01-19 at 2:00 from +04/+05 to +05/+06 for ! # Asia/Aqtau, Asia/Aqtobe, Asia/Oral, Atyraū and Qostanay oblasts; from ! # +05/+06 to +06/+07 for Asia/Almaty and Asia/Qyzylorda (and Arkalyk).... # # 2. Act of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Kazakhstan # from 1992-03-27 No. 284 # http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/P920000284_ ! # cancels extra hour ("decree time") for Uralsk and Qyzylorda oblasts # since the last Sunday of March 1992, while keeping them in the fourth # and the fifth time belts respectively. # # 3. Order of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan # from 1994-09-23 No. 384 # http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/R940000384_ ! # cancels the extra hour ("decree time") on the territory of Mangghystaū # oblast since the last Sunday of September 1994 (saying that time on # the territory would correspond to the third time belt as a # result).... # # 4. Act of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan
*** 1664,1704 **** # of September, mirroring identical Russian change from 1996-04-23 act. # # 5. Act of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan # from 1999-03-26 No. 305 # http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/P990000305_ ! # cancels the extra hour ("decree time") for Atyrau oblast since the # last Sunday of March 1999 while retaining the oblast in the fourth # time belt. # ! # This means change from +05/+06 to +04/+05. # - # There is no zone for Atyrau currently (listed under Asia/Aqtau in - # zone1970.tab).[*] - # # 6. Act of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan # from 2000-11-23 No. 1749 # http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/archive/docs/P000001749_/23.11.2000 # replaces the previous five documents. # # The only changes I noticed are in definition of the border between the # fourth and the fifth time belts. They account for changes in spelling # and administrative division (splitting of Turgai oblast in 1997 ! # probably changed time in territories incorporated into Kostanay oblast ! # (including Arkalyk) from +06/+07 to +05/+06) and move Kyzylorda oblast # from being in the fifth time belt and not using decree time into the ! # fourth time belt (no change in practice).[*] # # 7. Act of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan # from 2003-12-29 No. 1342 # http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/P030001342_ # modified the 2000-11-23 act. No relevant changes, apparently. # # 8. Act of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan # from 2004-07-20 No. 775 # http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/archive/docs/P040000775_/20.07.2004 ! # modified the 2000-11-23 act to move Kostanay and Kyzylorda oblasts into # the fifth time belt and add Aktobe oblast to the list of regions not # using extra hour ("decree time"), leaving Kazakhstan with only 2 time # zones (+04/+05 and +06/+07). The changes were to be implemented # during DST transitions in 2004 and 2005 but the acts got radically # amended before implementation happened. --- 1663,1700 ---- # of September, mirroring identical Russian change from 1996-04-23 act. # # 5. Act of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan # from 1999-03-26 No. 305 # http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/P990000305_ ! # cancels the extra hour ("decree time") for Atyraū oblast since the # last Sunday of March 1999 while retaining the oblast in the fourth # time belt. # ! # This means change from +05/+06 to +04/+05.... # # 6. Act of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan # from 2000-11-23 No. 1749 # http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/archive/docs/P000001749_/23.11.2000 # replaces the previous five documents. # # The only changes I noticed are in definition of the border between the # fourth and the fifth time belts. They account for changes in spelling # and administrative division (splitting of Turgai oblast in 1997 ! # probably changed time in territories incorporated into Qostanay oblast ! # (including Arkalyk) from +06/+07 to +05/+06) and move Qyzylorda oblast # from being in the fifth time belt and not using decree time into the ! # fourth time belt (no change in practice). # # 7. Act of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan # from 2003-12-29 No. 1342 # http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/P030001342_ # modified the 2000-11-23 act. No relevant changes, apparently. # # 8. Act of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan # from 2004-07-20 No. 775 # http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/archive/docs/P040000775_/20.07.2004 ! # modified the 2000-11-23 act to move Qostanay and Qyzylorda oblasts into # the fifth time belt and add Aktobe oblast to the list of regions not # using extra hour ("decree time"), leaving Kazakhstan with only 2 time # zones (+04/+05 and +06/+07). The changes were to be implemented # during DST transitions in 2004 and 2005 but the acts got radically # amended before implementation happened.
*** 1706,1723 **** # 9. Act of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan # from 2004-09-15 No. 1059 # http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/P040001059_ # modified the 2000-11-23 act to remove exceptions from the "decree time" # (leaving Kazakhstan in +05/+06 and +06/+07 zones), amended the ! # 2004-07-20 act to implement changes for Atyrau, West Kazakhstan, ! # Kostanay, Kyzylorda and Mangystau oblasts by not moving clocks ! # during the 2014 transition to "winter" time. # ! # This means transition from +04/+05 to +05/+06 for Atyrau oblast (no # zone currently), Asia/Oral, Asia/Aqtau and transition from +05/+06 to ! # +06/+07 for Kostanay oblast (Kostanay and Arkalyk, no zones currently) ! # and Asia/Qyzylorda on 2004-10-31 at 3:00....[*] # # 10. Act of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan # from 2005-03-15 No. 231 # http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/P050000231_ # removes DST provisions from the 2000-11-23 act, removes most of the --- 1702,1719 ---- # 9. Act of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan # from 2004-09-15 No. 1059 # http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/P040001059_ # modified the 2000-11-23 act to remove exceptions from the "decree time" # (leaving Kazakhstan in +05/+06 and +06/+07 zones), amended the ! # 2004-07-20 act to implement changes for Atyraū, West Kazakhstan, ! # Qostanay, Qyzylorda and Mangghystaū oblasts by not moving clocks ! # during the 2004 transition to "winter" time. # ! # This means transition from +04/+05 to +05/+06 for Atyraū oblast (no # zone currently), Asia/Oral, Asia/Aqtau and transition from +05/+06 to ! # +06/+07 for Qostanay oblast (Qostanay and Arkalyk, no zones currently) ! # and Asia/Qyzylorda on 2004-10-31 at 3:00.... # # 10. Act of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan # from 2005-03-15 No. 231 # http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/P050000231_ # removes DST provisions from the 2000-11-23 act, removes most of the
*** 1729,1746 **** # Unamended version of the act of the Government of the Russian Federation # No. 23 from 1992-01-08 [See 'europe' file for details]. # Kazakh 1992-01-13 act appears to provide the same rules and 1992-03-27 # act was to be enacted on the last Sunday of March 1992. ! # From Paul Eggert (2016-04-15): ! # The tables below should reflect Stepan Golosunov's remarks above, ! # except for the items marked "[*]" which I haven't gotten to yet. ! # It looks like we will need new zones Asia/Atyrau and Asia/Qostanay ! # to handle changes from 1992 through 2004 that we did not previously ! # know about. ! # # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] # # Almaty (formerly Alma-Ata), representing most locations in Kazakhstan # This includes KZ-AKM, KZ-ALA, KZ-ALM, KZ-AST, KZ-BAY, KZ-VOS, KZ-ZHA, # KZ-KAR, KZ-SEV, KZ-PAV, and KZ-YUZ. --- 1725,1753 ---- # Unamended version of the act of the Government of the Russian Federation # No. 23 from 1992-01-08 [See 'europe' file for details]. # Kazakh 1992-01-13 act appears to provide the same rules and 1992-03-27 # act was to be enacted on the last Sunday of March 1992. ! # From Stepan Golosunov (2016-11-08): ! # Turgai reorganization should affect only southern part of Qostanay ! # oblast. Which should probably be separated into Asia/Arkalyk zone. ! # (There were also 1970, 1988 and 1990 Turgai oblast reorganizations ! # according to wikipedia.) # + # [For Qostanay] http://www.ng.kz/gazeta/195/hranit/ + # suggests that clocks were to be moved 40 minutes backwards on + # 1920-01-01 to the fourth time belt. But I do not understand + # how that could happen.... + # + # [For Atyrau and Oral] 1919 decree + # (http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia-1919-02-08.html + # and in Byalokoz) lists Ural river (plus 10 versts on its left bank) in + # the third time belt (before 1930 this means +03). + + # From Paul Eggert (2016-12-06): + # The tables below reflect Golosunov's remarks, with exceptions as noted. + # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] # # Almaty (formerly Alma-Ata), representing most locations in Kazakhstan # This includes KZ-AKM, KZ-ALA, KZ-ALM, KZ-AST, KZ-BAY, KZ-VOS, KZ-ZHA, # KZ-KAR, KZ-SEV, KZ-PAV, and KZ-YUZ.
*** 1749,1758 **** --- 1756,1767 ---- 6:00 RussiaAsia +06/+07 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 1992 Jan 19 2:00s 6:00 RussiaAsia +06/+07 2004 Oct 31 2:00s 6:00 - +06 # Qyzylorda (aka Kyzylorda, Kizilorda, Kzyl-Orda, etc.) (KZ-KZY) + # This currently includes Qostanay (aka Kostanay, Kustanay) (KZ-KUS); + # see comments below. Zone Asia/Qyzylorda 4:21:52 - LMT 1924 May 2 4:00 - +04 1930 Jun 21 5:00 - +05 1981 Apr 1 5:00 1:00 +06 1981 Oct 1 6:00 - +06 1982 Apr 1
*** 1760,1800 **** 4:00 RussiaAsia +04/+05 1991 Sep 29 2:00s 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 1992 Jan 19 2:00s 6:00 RussiaAsia +06/+07 1992 Mar 29 2:00s 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 2004 Oct 31 2:00s 6:00 - +06 ! # Aqtobe (aka Aktobe, formerly Aktyubinsk) (KZ-AKT) Zone Asia/Aqtobe 3:48:40 - LMT 1924 May 2 4:00 - +04 1930 Jun 21 5:00 - +05 1981 Apr 1 5:00 1:00 +06 1981 Oct 1 6:00 - +06 1982 Apr 1 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 4:00 RussiaAsia +04/+05 1992 Jan 19 2:00s 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 2004 Oct 31 2:00s 5:00 - +05 ! # Qostanay (KZ-KUS) ! ! # Mangghystau (KZ-MAN) # 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 - +04 1930 Jun 21 - 5:00 - +05 1963 5:00 - +05 1981 Oct 1 6:00 - +06 1982 Apr 1 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 4:00 RussiaAsia +04/+05 1992 Jan 19 2:00s 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 1994 Sep 25 2:00s 4:00 RussiaAsia +04/+05 2004 Oct 31 2:00s 5:00 - +05 ! # West Kazakhstan (KZ-ZAP) # From Paul Eggert (2016-03-18): # The 1989 transition is from USSR act No. 227 (1989-03-14). Zone Asia/Oral 3:25:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Ural'sk ! 4:00 - +04 1930 Jun 21 5:00 - +05 1981 Apr 1 5:00 1:00 +06 1981 Oct 1 6:00 - +06 1982 Apr 1 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 1989 Mar 26 2:00s 4:00 RussiaAsia +04/+05 1992 Jan 19 2:00s --- 1769,1830 ---- 4:00 RussiaAsia +04/+05 1991 Sep 29 2:00s 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 1992 Jan 19 2:00s 6:00 RussiaAsia +06/+07 1992 Mar 29 2:00s 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 2004 Oct 31 2:00s 6:00 - +06 ! # The following zone is like Asia/Qyzylorda except for being one ! # hour earlier from 1991-09-29 to 1992-03-29. The 1991/2 rules for ! # Qostanay are unclear partly because of the 1997 Turgai ! # reorganization, so this zone is commented out for now. ! #Zone Asia/Qostanay 4:14:20 - LMT 1924 May 2 ! # 4:00 - +04 1930 Jun 21 ! # 5:00 - +05 1981 Apr 1 ! # 5:00 1:00 +06 1981 Oct 1 ! # 6:00 - +06 1982 Apr 1 ! # 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 1991 Mar 31 2:00s ! # 4:00 RussiaAsia +04/+05 1992 Jan 19 2:00s ! # 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 2004 Oct 31 2:00s ! # 6:00 - +06 ! # ! # Aqtöbe (aka Aktobe, formerly Aktyubinsk) (KZ-AKT) Zone Asia/Aqtobe 3:48:40 - LMT 1924 May 2 4:00 - +04 1930 Jun 21 5:00 - +05 1981 Apr 1 5:00 1:00 +06 1981 Oct 1 6:00 - +06 1982 Apr 1 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 4:00 RussiaAsia +04/+05 1992 Jan 19 2:00s 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 2004 Oct 31 2:00s 5:00 - +05 ! # Mangghystaū (KZ-MAN) # 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 - +04 1930 Jun 21 5:00 - +05 1981 Oct 1 6:00 - +06 1982 Apr 1 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 4:00 RussiaAsia +04/+05 1992 Jan 19 2:00s 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 1994 Sep 25 2:00s 4:00 RussiaAsia +04/+05 2004 Oct 31 2:00s 5:00 - +05 ! # Atyraū (KZ-ATY) is like Mangghystaū except it switched from ! # +04/+05 to +05/+06 in spring 1999, not fall 1994. ! Zone Asia/Atyrau 3:27:44 - LMT 1924 May 2 ! 3:00 - +03 1930 Jun 21 ! 5:00 - +05 1981 Oct 1 ! 6:00 - +06 1982 Apr 1 ! 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 1991 Mar 31 2:00s ! 4:00 RussiaAsia +04/+05 1992 Jan 19 2:00s ! 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 1999 Mar 28 2:00s ! 4:00 RussiaAsia +04/+05 2004 Oct 31 2:00s ! 5:00 - +05 # West Kazakhstan (KZ-ZAP) # From Paul Eggert (2016-03-18): # The 1989 transition is from USSR act No. 227 (1989-03-14). Zone Asia/Oral 3:25:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Ural'sk ! 3:00 - +03 1930 Jun 21 5:00 - +05 1981 Apr 1 5:00 1:00 +06 1981 Oct 1 6:00 - +06 1982 Apr 1 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 1989 Mar 26 2:00s 4:00 RussiaAsia +04/+05 1992 Jan 19 2:00s
*** 1896,1913 **** # Use KST, as that's what we already use for 1954-1961 in ROK. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Seoul 8:27:52 - LMT 1908 Apr 1 8:30 - KST 1912 Jan 1 - 9:00 - JCST 1937 Oct 1 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 8 9:00 - KST 1954 Mar 21 8:30 ROK K%sT 1961 Aug 10 9:00 ROK K%sT Zone Asia/Pyongyang 8:23:00 - LMT 1908 Apr 1 8:30 - KST 1912 Jan 1 - 9:00 - JCST 1937 Oct 1 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug 24 9:00 - KST 2015 Aug 15 00:00 8:30 - KST ############################################################################### --- 1926,1941 ----
*** 1958,1991 **** # 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 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 1982 Jan 1 ! 8:00 - MYT # Malaysia Time # Sabah & Sarawak # From Paul Eggert (2014-08-12): # The data entries here are mostly from Shanks & Pottenger, but the 1942, 1945 # and 1982 transition dates are from Mok Ly Yng. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Kuching 7:21:20 - LMT 1926 Mar ! 7:30 - BORT 1933 # Borneo Time ! 8:00 NBorneo BOR%sT 1942 Feb 16 ! 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 12 ! 8:00 - BORT 1982 Jan 1 ! 8:00 - MYT # Maldives # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Indian/Maldives 4:54:00 - LMT 1880 # Male 4:54:00 - MMT 1960 # Male Mean Time ! 5:00 - MVT # Maldives Time # Mongolia # Shanks & Pottenger say that Mongolia has three time zones, but # The USNO (1995-12-21) and the CIA map Standard Time Zones of the World --- 1986,2018 ---- # 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 6:55:25 - SMT 1905 Jun 1 # Singapore M.T. ! 7:00 - +07 1933 Jan 1 ! 7:00 0:20 +0720 1936 Jan 1 ! 7:20 - +0720 1941 Sep 1 ! 7:30 - +0730 1942 Feb 16 ! 9:00 - +09 1945 Sep 12 ! 7:30 - +0730 1982 Jan 1 ! 8:00 - +08 # Sabah & Sarawak # From Paul Eggert (2014-08-12): # The data entries here are mostly from Shanks & Pottenger, but the 1942, 1945 # and 1982 transition dates are from Mok Ly Yng. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Kuching 7:21:20 - LMT 1926 Mar ! 7:30 - +0730 1933 ! 8:00 NBorneo +08/+0820 1942 Feb 16 ! 9:00 - +09 1945 Sep 12 ! 8:00 - +08 # Maldives # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Indian/Maldives 4:54:00 - LMT 1880 # Male 4:54:00 - MMT 1960 # Male Mean Time ! 5:00 - +05 # Mongolia # Shanks & Pottenger say that Mongolia has three time zones, but # The USNO (1995-12-21) and the CIA map Standard Time Zones of the World
*** 2108,2148 **** # 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 ! Rule Mongol 2015 max - Mar lastSat 2:00 1:00 S ! Rule Mongol 2015 max - Sep lastSat 0:00 0 - # 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 Tümen, 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 # See Asia/Dubai. # Pakistan --- 2135,2179 ---- # 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. + # From Ganbold Tsagaankhuu (2017-02-09): + # Mongolian Government meeting has concluded today to cancel daylight + # saving time adoption in Mongolia. Source: http://zasag.mn/news/view/16192 + 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 ! Rule Mongol 2015 2016 - Mar lastSat 2:00 1:00 S ! Rule Mongol 2015 2016 - Sep lastSat 0:00 0 - # 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 - +06 1978 ! 7:00 Mongol +07/+08 # Ulaanbaatar, a.k.a. Ulan Bataar, Ulan Bator, Urga Zone Asia/Ulaanbaatar 7:07:32 - LMT 1905 Aug ! 7:00 - +07 1978 ! 8:00 Mongol +08/+09 # Choibalsan, a.k.a. Bajan Tümen, Bajan Tumen, Chojbalsan, # Choybalsan, Sanbejse, Tchoibalsan Zone Asia/Choibalsan 7:38:00 - LMT 1905 Aug ! 7:00 - +07 1978 ! 8:00 - +08 1983 Apr ! 9:00 Mongol +09/+10 2008 Mar 31 ! 8:00 Mongol +08/+09 # Nepal # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Kathmandu 5:41:16 - LMT 1920 ! 5:30 - +0530 1986 ! 5:45 - +0545 # Oman # See Asia/Dubai. # Pakistan
*** 2287,2300 **** Rule Pakistan 2008 2009 - Nov 1 0:00 0 - Rule Pakistan 2009 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone 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): --- 2318,2331 ---- Rule Pakistan 2008 2009 - Nov 1 0:00 0 - Rule Pakistan 2009 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907 ! 5:30 - +0530 1942 Sep ! 5:30 1:00 +0630 1945 Oct 15 ! 5:30 - +0530 1951 Sep 30 ! 5:00 - +05 1971 Mar 26 5:00 Pakistan PK%sT # Pakistan Time # Palestine # From Amos Shapir (1998-02-15):
*** 2601,2611 **** Rule Palestine 2016 max - Mar lastSat 1:00 1:00 S Rule Palestine 2016 max - Oct lastSat 1:00 0 - # 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 2008 Aug 29 0:00 2:00 - EET 2008 Sep --- 2632,2642 ---- Rule Palestine 2016 max - Mar lastSat 1:00 1:00 S Rule Palestine 2016 max - Oct lastSat 1:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct ! 2:00 Zion EET/EEST 1948 May 15 2:00 EgyptAsia EE%sT 1967 Jun 5 2:00 Zion I%sT 1996 2:00 Jordan EE%sT 1999 2:00 Palestine EE%sT 2008 Aug 29 0:00 2:00 - EET 2008 Sep
*** 2614,2624 **** 2:00 Palestine EE%sT 2011 Aug 1 2:00 - EET 2012 2:00 Palestine EE%sT 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 --- 2645,2655 ---- 2:00 Palestine EE%sT 2011 Aug 1 2:00 - EET 2012 2:00 Palestine EE%sT Zone Asia/Hebron 2:20:23 - LMT 1900 Oct ! 2:00 Zion EET/EEST 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
*** 2655,2673 **** 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 Link Asia/Qatar Asia/Bahrain # Saudi Arabia # # From Paul Eggert (2014-07-15): --- 2686,2704 ---- 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 +08/+09 1942 May ! 9:00 - +09 1944 Nov ! 8:00 Phil +08/+09 # Qatar # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Qatar 3:26:08 - LMT 1920 # Al Dawhah / Doha ! 4:00 - +04 1972 Jun ! 3:00 - +03 Link Asia/Qatar Asia/Bahrain # Saudi Arabia # # From Paul Eggert (2014-07-15):
*** 2690,2717 **** # time zones; the other zone, at UT +04, was in the far eastern part of # the country. Ignore this, as it's before our 1970 cutoff. # # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Riyadh 3:06:52 - LMT 1947 Mar 14 ! 3:00 - AST Link Asia/Riyadh Asia/Aden # Yemen Link Asia/Riyadh Asia/Kuwait # Singapore # taken from Mok Ly Yng (2003-10-30) # http://www.math.nus.edu.sg/aslaksen/teaching/timezone.html # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone 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 --- 2721,2747 ---- # time zones; the other zone, at UT +04, was in the far eastern part of # the country. Ignore this, as it's before our 1970 cutoff. # # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Riyadh 3:06:52 - LMT 1947 Mar 14 ! 3:00 - +03 Link Asia/Riyadh Asia/Aden # Yemen Link Asia/Riyadh Asia/Kuwait # Singapore # taken from Mok Ly Yng (2003-10-30) # http://www.math.nus.edu.sg/aslaksen/teaching/timezone.html # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Singapore 6:55:25 - LMT 1901 Jan 1 6:55:25 - SMT 1905 Jun 1 # Singapore M.T. ! 7:00 - +07 1933 Jan 1 ! 7:00 0:20 +0720 1936 Jan 1 ! 7:20 - +0720 1941 Sep 1 ! 7:30 - +0730 1942 Feb 16 ! 9:00 - +09 1945 Sep 12 ! 7:30 - +0730 1982 Jan 1 ! 8:00 - +08 # Spratly Is # no information # Sri Lanka
*** 2766,2777 **** # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Colombo 5:19:24 - LMT 1880 5:19:32 - MMT 1906 # Moratuwa Mean Time 5:30 - +0530 1942 Jan 5 ! 5:30 0:30 +0530/+06 1942 Sep ! 5:30 1:00 +0530/+0630 1945 Oct 16 2:00 5:30 - +0530 1996 May 25 0:00 6:30 - +0630 1996 Oct 26 0:30 6:00 - +06 2006 Apr 15 0:30 5:30 - +0530 --- 2796,2807 ---- # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Colombo 5:19:24 - LMT 1880 5:19:32 - MMT 1906 # Moratuwa Mean Time 5:30 - +0530 1942 Jan 5 ! 5:30 0:30 +06 1942 Sep ! 5:30 1:00 +0630 1945 Oct 16 2:00 5:30 - +0530 1996 May 25 0:00 6:30 - +0630 1996 Oct 26 0:30 6:00 - +06 2006 Apr 15 0:30 5:30 - +0530
*** 2949,2959 **** # 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 Link Asia/Bangkok Asia/Phnom_Penh # Cambodia Link Asia/Bangkok Asia/Vientiane # Laos # Turkmenistan # From Shanks & Pottenger. --- 2979,2989 ---- # 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 - +07 Link Asia/Bangkok Asia/Phnom_Penh # Cambodia Link Asia/Bangkok Asia/Vientiane # Laos # Turkmenistan # From Shanks & Pottenger.
*** 2965,2975 **** 5:00 - +05 # United Arab Emirates # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Dubai 3:41:12 - LMT 1920 ! 4:00 - GST Link Asia/Dubai Asia/Muscat # Oman # Uzbekistan # Byalokoz 1919 says Uzbekistan was 4:27:53. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] --- 2995,3005 ---- 5:00 - +05 # United Arab Emirates # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Dubai 3:41:12 - LMT 1920 ! 4:00 - +04 Link Asia/Dubai Asia/Muscat # Oman # Uzbekistan # Byalokoz 1919 says Uzbekistan was 4:27:53. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
*** 3038,3054 **** # Lê Thành Lân: "Lịch hai thế kỷ (1802-2010) và các lịch vĩnh cửu", # NXB Thuận Hoá, Huế, 1995. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh 7:06:40 - LMT 1906 Jul 1 ! 7:06:30 - PLMT 1911 May 1 ! 7:00 - ICT 1942 Dec 31 23:00 ! 8:00 - IDT 1945 Mar 14 23:00 ! 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 2 ! 7:00 - ICT 1947 Apr 1 ! 8:00 - IDT 1955 Jul 1 ! 7:00 - ICT 1959 Dec 31 23:00 ! 8:00 - IDT 1975 Jun 13 ! 7:00 - ICT # Yemen # See Asia/Riyadh. --- 3068,3084 ---- # Lê Thành Lân: "Lịch hai thế kỷ (1802-2010) và các lịch vĩnh cửu", # NXB Thuận Hoá, Huế, 1995. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh 7:06:40 - LMT 1906 Jul 1 ! 7:06:30 - PLMT 1911 May 1 # Phù Liễn MT ! 7:00 - +07 1942 Dec 31 23:00 ! 8:00 - +08 1945 Mar 14 23:00 ! 9:00 - +09 1945 Sep 2 ! 7:00 - +07 1947 Apr 1 ! 8:00 - +08 1955 Jul 1 ! 7:00 - +07 1959 Dec 31 23:00 ! 8:00 - +08 1975 Jun 13 ! 7:00 - +07 # Yemen # See Asia/Riyadh.