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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.