|
1 # @(#)asia 8.65 |
|
2 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of |
|
3 # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. |
|
4 |
|
5 # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, |
|
6 # go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to |
|
7 # [email protected] for general use in the future). |
|
8 |
|
9 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): |
|
10 # |
|
11 # A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is |
|
12 # Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition), |
|
13 # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003). |
|
14 # |
|
15 # Gwillim Law writes that a good source |
|
16 # for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport |
|
17 # Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM), |
|
18 # published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries |
|
19 # of the IATA's data after 1990. |
|
20 # |
|
21 # Except where otherwise noted, Shanks & Pottenger is the source for |
|
22 # entries through 1990, and IATA SSIM is the source for entries afterwards. |
|
23 # |
|
24 # Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences, |
|
25 # Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which |
|
26 # I found in the UCLA library. |
|
27 # |
|
28 # A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is |
|
29 # Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997). |
|
30 # |
|
31 # I invented the abbreviations marked `*' in the following table; |
|
32 # the rest are from earlier versions of this file, or from other sources. |
|
33 # Corrections are welcome! |
|
34 # std dst |
|
35 # LMT Local Mean Time |
|
36 # 2:00 EET EEST Eastern European Time |
|
37 # 2:00 IST IDT Israel |
|
38 # 3:00 AST ADT Arabia* |
|
39 # 3:30 IRST IRDT Iran |
|
40 # 4:00 GST Gulf* |
|
41 # 5:30 IST India |
|
42 # 7:00 ICT Indochina* |
|
43 # 7:00 WIT west Indonesia |
|
44 # 8:00 CIT central Indonesia |
|
45 # 8:00 CST China |
|
46 # 9:00 CJT Central Japanese Time (1896/1937)* |
|
47 # 9:00 EIT east Indonesia |
|
48 # 9:00 JST JDT Japan |
|
49 # 9:00 KST KDT Korea |
|
50 # 9:30 CST (Australian) Central Standard Time |
|
51 # |
|
52 # See the `europe' file for Russia and Turkey in Asia. |
|
53 |
|
54 # From Guy Harris: |
|
55 # Incorporates data for Singapore from Robert Elz' asia 1.1, as well as |
|
56 # additional information from Tom Yap, Sun Microsystems Intercontinental |
|
57 # Technical Support (including a page from the Official Airline Guide - |
|
58 # Worldwide Edition). The names for time zones are guesses. |
|
59 |
|
60 ############################################################################### |
|
61 |
|
62 # These rules are stolen from the `europe' file. |
|
63 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S |
|
64 Rule EUAsia 1981 max - Mar lastSun 1:00u 1:00 S |
|
65 Rule EUAsia 1979 1995 - Sep lastSun 1:00u 0 - |
|
66 Rule EUAsia 1996 max - Oct lastSun 1:00u 0 - |
|
67 Rule E-EurAsia 1981 max - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S |
|
68 Rule E-EurAsia 1979 1995 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - |
|
69 Rule E-EurAsia 1996 max - Oct lastSun 0:00 0 - |
|
70 Rule RussiaAsia 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S |
|
71 Rule RussiaAsia 1981 1983 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - |
|
72 Rule RussiaAsia 1984 1991 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 - |
|
73 Rule RussiaAsia 1985 1991 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S |
|
74 Rule RussiaAsia 1992 only - Mar lastSat 23:00 1:00 S |
|
75 Rule RussiaAsia 1992 only - Sep lastSat 23:00 0 - |
|
76 Rule RussiaAsia 1993 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S |
|
77 Rule RussiaAsia 1993 1995 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 - |
|
78 Rule RussiaAsia 1996 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 - |
|
79 |
|
80 # From Arthur David Olson (2011-06-15): |
|
81 # While Russia abandoned DST in 2011, Armenia may choose to |
|
82 # follow Russia's "old" rules. |
|
83 |
|
84 # Afghanistan |
|
85 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
|
86 Zone Asia/Kabul 4:36:48 - LMT 1890 |
|
87 4:00 - AFT 1945 |
|
88 4:30 - AFT |
|
89 |
|
90 # Armenia |
|
91 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): |
|
92 # Shanks & Pottenger have Yerevan switching to 3:00 (with Russian DST) |
|
93 # in spring 1991, then to 4:00 with no DST in fall 1995, then |
|
94 # readopting Russian DST in 1997. Go with Shanks & Pottenger, even |
|
95 # when they disagree with others. Edgar Der-Danieliantz |
|
96 # reported (1996-05-04) that Yerevan probably wouldn't use DST |
|
97 # in 1996, though it did use DST in 1995. IATA SSIM (1991/1998) reports that |
|
98 # Armenia switched from 3:00 to 4:00 in 1998 and observed DST after 1991, |
|
99 # but started switching at 3:00s in 1998. |
|
100 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
|
101 Zone Asia/Yerevan 2:58:00 - LMT 1924 May 2 |
|
102 3:00 - YERT 1957 Mar # Yerevan Time |
|
103 4:00 RussiaAsia YER%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s |
|
104 3:00 1:00 YERST 1991 Sep 23 # independence |
|
105 3:00 RussiaAsia AM%sT 1995 Sep 24 2:00s |
|
106 4:00 - AMT 1997 |
|
107 4:00 RussiaAsia AM%sT |
|
108 |
|
109 # Azerbaijan |
|
110 # From Rustam Aliyev of the Azerbaijan Internet Forum (2005-10-23): |
|
111 # According to the resolution of Cabinet of Ministers, 1997 |
|
112 # Resolution available at: http://aif.az/docs/daylight_res.pdf |
|
113 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S |
|
114 Rule Azer 1997 max - Mar lastSun 4:00 1:00 S |
|
115 Rule Azer 1997 max - Oct lastSun 5:00 0 - |
|
116 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
|
117 Zone Asia/Baku 3:19:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 |
|
118 3:00 - BAKT 1957 Mar # Baku Time |
|
119 4:00 RussiaAsia BAK%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s |
|
120 3:00 1:00 BAKST 1991 Aug 30 # independence |
|
121 3:00 RussiaAsia AZ%sT 1992 Sep lastSat 23:00 |
|
122 4:00 - AZT 1996 # Azerbaijan time |
|
123 4:00 EUAsia AZ%sT 1997 |
|
124 4:00 Azer AZ%sT |
|
125 |
|
126 # Bahrain |
|
127 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
|
128 Zone Asia/Bahrain 3:22:20 - LMT 1920 # Al Manamah |
|
129 4:00 - GST 1972 Jun |
|
130 3:00 - AST |
|
131 |
|
132 # Bangladesh |
|
133 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-05-13): |
|
134 # According to newspaper Asian Tribune (May 6, 2009) Bangladesh may introduce |
|
135 # Daylight Saving Time from June 16 to Sept 30 |
|
136 # |
|
137 # Bangladesh to introduce daylight saving time likely from June 16 |
|
138 # <a href="http://www.asiantribune.com/?q=node/17288"> |
|
139 # http://www.asiantribune.com/?q=node/17288 |
|
140 # </a> |
|
141 # or |
|
142 # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_bangladesh02.html"> |
|
143 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_bangladesh02.html |
|
144 # </a> |
|
145 # |
|
146 # "... Bangladesh government has decided to switch daylight saving time from |
|
147 # June |
|
148 # 16 till September 30 in a bid to ensure maximum use of daylight to cope with |
|
149 # crippling power crisis. " |
|
150 # |
|
151 # The switch will remain in effect from June 16 to Sept 30 (2009) but if |
|
152 # implemented the next year, it will come in force from April 1, 2010 |
|
153 |
|
154 # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-06-02): |
|
155 # They have finally decided now, but changed the start date to midnight between |
|
156 # the 19th and 20th, and they have not set the end date yet. |
|
157 # |
|
158 # Some sources: |
|
159 # <a href="http://in.reuters.com/article/southAsiaNews/idINIndia-40017620090601"> |
|
160 # http://in.reuters.com/article/southAsiaNews/idINIndia-40017620090601 |
|
161 # </a> |
|
162 # <a href="http://bdnews24.com/details.php?id=85889&cid=2"> |
|
163 # http://bdnews24.com/details.php?id=85889&cid=2 |
|
164 # </a> |
|
165 # |
|
166 # Our wrap-up: |
|
167 # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/bangladesh-daylight-saving-2009.html"> |
|
168 # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/bangladesh-daylight-saving-2009.html |
|
169 # </a> |
|
170 |
|
171 # From A. N. M. Kamrus Saadat (2009-06-15): |
|
172 # Finally we've got the official mail regarding DST start time where DST start |
|
173 # time is mentioned as Jun 19 2009, 23:00 from BTRC (Bangladesh |
|
174 # Telecommunication Regulatory Commission). |
|
175 # |
|
176 # No DST end date has been announced yet. |
|
177 |
|
178 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-09-25): |
|
179 # Bangladesh won't go back to Standard Time from October 1, 2009, |
|
180 # instead it will continue DST measure till the cabinet makes a fresh decision. |
|
181 # |
|
182 # Following report by same newspaper-"The Daily Star Friday": |
|
183 # "DST change awaits cabinet decision-Clock won't go back by 1-hr from Oct 1" |
|
184 # <a href="http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=107021"> |
|
185 # http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=107021 |
|
186 # </a> |
|
187 # or |
|
188 # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_bangladesh04.html"> |
|
189 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_bangladesh04.html |
|
190 # </a> |
|
191 |
|
192 # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-10-13): |
|
193 # IANS (Indo-Asian News Service) now reports: |
|
194 # Bangladesh has decided that the clock advanced by an hour to make |
|
195 # maximum use of daylight hours as an energy saving measure would |
|
196 # "continue for an indefinite period." |
|
197 # |
|
198 # One of many places where it is published: |
|
199 # <a href="http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/business/bangladesh-to-continue-indefinitely-with-advanced-time_100259987.html"> |
|
200 # http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/business/bangladesh-to-continue-indefinitely-with-advanced-time_100259987.html |
|
201 # </a> |
|
202 |
|
203 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-12-24): |
|
204 # According to Bangladesh newspaper "The Daily Star," |
|
205 # Bangladesh will change its clock back to Standard Time on Dec 31, 2009. |
|
206 # |
|
207 # Clock goes back 1-hr on Dec 31 night. |
|
208 # <a href="http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=119228"> |
|
209 # http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=119228 |
|
210 # </a> |
|
211 # and |
|
212 # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_bangladesh05.html"> |
|
213 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_bangladesh05.html |
|
214 # </a> |
|
215 # |
|
216 # "...The government yesterday decided to put the clock back by one hour |
|
217 # on December 31 midnight and the new time will continue until March 31, |
|
218 # 2010 midnight. The decision came at a cabinet meeting at the Prime |
|
219 # Minister's Office last night..." |
|
220 |
|
221 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-03-22): |
|
222 # According to Bangladesh newspaper "The Daily Star," |
|
223 # Cabinet cancels Daylight Saving Time |
|
224 # <a href="http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/latest_news.php?nid=22817"> |
|
225 # http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/latest_news.php?nid=22817 |
|
226 # </a> |
|
227 # or |
|
228 # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_bangladesh06.html"> |
|
229 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_bangladesh06.html |
|
230 # </a> |
|
231 |
|
232 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S |
|
233 Rule Dhaka 2009 only - Jun 19 23:00 1:00 S |
|
234 Rule Dhaka 2009 only - Dec 31 23:59 0 - |
|
235 |
|
236 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
|
237 Zone Asia/Dhaka 6:01:40 - LMT 1890 |
|
238 5:53:20 - HMT 1941 Oct # Howrah Mean Time? |
|
239 6:30 - BURT 1942 May 15 # Burma Time |
|
240 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep |
|
241 6:30 - BURT 1951 Sep 30 |
|
242 6:00 - DACT 1971 Mar 26 # Dacca Time |
|
243 6:00 - BDT 2009 |
|
244 6:00 Dhaka BD%sT |
|
245 |
|
246 # Bhutan |
|
247 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
|
248 Zone Asia/Thimphu 5:58:36 - LMT 1947 Aug 15 # or Thimbu |
|
249 5:30 - IST 1987 Oct |
|
250 6:00 - BTT # Bhutan Time |
|
251 |
|
252 # British Indian Ocean Territory |
|
253 # Whitman and the 1995 CIA time zone map say 5:00, but the |
|
254 # 1997 and later maps say 6:00. Assume the switch occurred in 1996. |
|
255 # We have no information as to when standard time was introduced; |
|
256 # assume it occurred in 1907, the same year as Mauritius (which |
|
257 # then contained the Chagos Archipelago). |
|
258 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
|
259 Zone Indian/Chagos 4:49:40 - LMT 1907 |
|
260 5:00 - IOT 1996 # BIOT Time |
|
261 6:00 - IOT |
|
262 |
|
263 # Brunei |
|
264 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
|
265 Zone Asia/Brunei 7:39:40 - LMT 1926 Mar # Bandar Seri Begawan |
|
266 7:30 - BNT 1933 |
|
267 8:00 - BNT |
|
268 |
|
269 # Burma / Myanmar |
|
270 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
|
271 Zone Asia/Rangoon 6:24:40 - LMT 1880 # or Yangon |
|
272 6:24:36 - RMT 1920 # Rangoon Mean Time? |
|
273 6:30 - BURT 1942 May # Burma Time |
|
274 9:00 - JST 1945 May 3 |
|
275 6:30 - MMT # Myanmar Time |
|
276 |
|
277 # Cambodia |
|
278 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
|
279 Zone Asia/Phnom_Penh 6:59:40 - LMT 1906 Jun 9 |
|
280 7:06:20 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT? |
|
281 7:00 - ICT 1912 May |
|
282 8:00 - ICT 1931 May |
|
283 7:00 - ICT |
|
284 |
|
285 # China |
|
286 |
|
287 # From Guy Harris: |
|
288 # People's Republic of China. Yes, they really have only one time zone. |
|
289 |
|
290 # From Bob Devine (1988-01-28): |
|
291 # No they don't. See TIME mag, 1986-02-17 p.52. Even though |
|
292 # China is across 4 physical time zones, before Feb 1, 1986 only the |
|
293 # Peking (Bejing) time zone was recognized. Since that date, China |
|
294 # has two of 'em -- Peking's and Urumqi (named after the capital of |
|
295 # the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region). I don't know about DST for it. |
|
296 # |
|
297 # . . .I just deleted the DST table and this editor makes it too |
|
298 # painful to suck in another copy.. So, here is what I have for |
|
299 # DST start/end dates for Peking's time zone (info from AP): |
|
300 # |
|
301 # 1986 May 4 - Sept 14 |
|
302 # 1987 mid-April - ?? |
|
303 |
|
304 # From U. S. Naval Observatory (1989-01-19): |
|
305 # CHINA 8 H AHEAD OF UTC ALL OF CHINA, INCL TAIWAN |
|
306 # CHINA 9 H AHEAD OF UTC APR 17 - SEP 10 |
|
307 |
|
308 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): |
|
309 # Shanks & Pottenger write that China (except for Hong Kong and Macau) |
|
310 # has had a single time zone since 1980 May 1, observing summer DST |
|
311 # from 1986 through 1991; this contradicts Devine's |
|
312 # note about Time magazine, though apparently _something_ happened in 1986. |
|
313 # Go with Shanks & Pottenger for now. I made up names for the other |
|
314 # pre-1980 time zones. |
|
315 |
|
316 # From Shanks & Pottenger: |
|
317 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S |
|
318 Rule Shang 1940 only - Jun 3 0:00 1:00 D |
|
319 Rule Shang 1940 1941 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S |
|
320 Rule Shang 1941 only - Mar 16 0:00 1:00 D |
|
321 Rule PRC 1986 only - May 4 0:00 1:00 D |
|
322 Rule PRC 1986 1991 - Sep Sun>=11 0:00 0 S |
|
323 Rule PRC 1987 1991 - Apr Sun>=10 0:00 1:00 D |
|
324 |
|
325 # From Anthony Fok (2001-12-20): |
|
326 # BTW, I did some research on-line and found some info regarding these five |
|
327 # historic timezones from some Taiwan websites. And yes, there are official |
|
328 # Chinese names for these locales (before 1949). |
|
329 # |
|
330 # From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-07-14): |
|
331 # I have investigated the timezones around 1970 on the |
|
332 # http://www.astro.com/atlas site [with provinces and county |
|
333 # boundaries summarized below].... A few other exceptions were two |
|
334 # counties on the Sichuan side of the Xizang-Sichuan border, |
|
335 # counties Dege and Baiyu which lies on the Sichuan side and are |
|
336 # therefore supposed to be GMT+7, Xizang region being GMT+6, but Dege |
|
337 # county is GMT+8 according to astro.com while Baiyu county is GMT+6 |
|
338 # (could be true), for the moment I am assuming that those two |
|
339 # counties are mistakes in the astro.com data. |
|
340 |
|
341 # From Paul Eggert (2008-02-11): |
|
342 # I just now checked Google News for western news sources that talk |
|
343 # about China's single time zone, and couldn't find anything before 1986 |
|
344 # talking about China being in one time zone. (That article was: Jim |
|
345 # Mann, "A clumsy embrace for another western custom: China on daylight |
|
346 # time--sort of", Los Angeles Times, 1986-05-05. By the way, this |
|
347 # article confirms the tz database's data claiming that China began |
|
348 # observing daylight saving time in 1986. |
|
349 # |
|
350 # From Thomas S. Mullaney (2008-02-11): |
|
351 # I think you're combining two subjects that need to treated |
|
352 # separately: daylight savings (which, you're correct, wasn't |
|
353 # implemented until the 1980s) and the unified time zone centered near |
|
354 # Beijing (which was implemented in 1949). Briefly, there was also a |
|
355 # "Lhasa Time" in Tibet and "Urumqi Time" in Xinjiang. The first was |
|
356 # ceased, and the second eventually recognized (again, in the 1980s). |
|
357 # |
|
358 # From Paul Eggert (2008-06-30): |
|
359 # There seems to be a good chance China switched to a single time zone in 1949 |
|
360 # rather than in 1980 as Shanks & Pottenger have it, but we don't have a |
|
361 # reliable documentary source saying so yet, so for now we still go with |
|
362 # Shanks & Pottenger. |
|
363 |
|
364 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
|
365 # Changbai Time ("Long-white Time", Long-white = Heilongjiang area) |
|
366 # Heilongjiang (except Mohe county), Jilin |
|
367 Zone Asia/Harbin 8:26:44 - LMT 1928 # or Haerbin |
|
368 8:30 - CHAT 1932 Mar # Changbai Time |
|
369 8:00 - CST 1940 |
|
370 9:00 - CHAT 1966 May |
|
371 8:30 - CHAT 1980 May |
|
372 8:00 PRC C%sT |
|
373 # Zhongyuan Time ("Central plain Time") |
|
374 # most of China |
|
375 Zone Asia/Shanghai 8:05:52 - LMT 1928 |
|
376 8:00 Shang C%sT 1949 |
|
377 8:00 PRC C%sT |
|
378 # Long-shu Time (probably due to Long and Shu being two names of that area) |
|
379 # Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Ningxia, Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Yunnan; |
|
380 # most of Gansu; west Inner Mongolia; west Qinghai; and the Guangdong |
|
381 # counties Deqing, Enping, Kaiping, Luoding, Taishan, Xinxing, |
|
382 # Yangchun, Yangjiang, Yu'nan, and Yunfu. |
|
383 Zone Asia/Chongqing 7:06:20 - LMT 1928 # or Chungking |
|
384 7:00 - LONT 1980 May # Long-shu Time |
|
385 8:00 PRC C%sT |
|
386 # Xin-zang Time ("Xinjiang-Tibet Time") |
|
387 # The Gansu counties Aksay, Anxi, Dunhuang, Subei; west Qinghai; |
|
388 # the Guangdong counties Xuwen, Haikang, Suixi, Lianjiang, |
|
389 # Zhanjiang, Wuchuan, Huazhou, Gaozhou, Maoming, Dianbai, and Xinyi; |
|
390 # east Tibet, including Lhasa, Chamdo, Shigaise, Jimsar, Shawan and Hutubi; |
|
391 # east Xinjiang, including Urumqi, Turpan, Karamay, Korla, Minfeng, Jinghe, |
|
392 # Wusu, Qiemo, Xinyan, Wulanwusu, Jinghe, Yumin, Tacheng, Tuoli, Emin, |
|
393 # Shihezi, Changji, Yanqi, Heshuo, Tuokexun, Tulufan, Shanshan, Hami, |
|
394 # Fukang, Kuitun, Kumukuli, Miquan, Qitai, and Turfan. |
|
395 Zone Asia/Urumqi 5:50:20 - LMT 1928 # or Urumchi |
|
396 6:00 - URUT 1980 May # Urumqi Time |
|
397 8:00 PRC C%sT |
|
398 # Kunlun Time |
|
399 # West Tibet, including Pulan, Aheqi, Shufu, Shule; |
|
400 # West Xinjiang, including Aksu, Atushi, Yining, Hetian, Cele, Luopu, Nileke, |
|
401 # Zhaosu, Tekesi, Gongliu, Chabuchaer, Huocheng, Bole, Pishan, Suiding, |
|
402 # and Yarkand. |
|
403 |
|
404 # From Luther Ma (2009-10-17): |
|
405 # Almost all (>99.9%) ethnic Chinese (properly ethnic Han) living in |
|
406 # Xinjiang use Chinese Standard Time. Some are aware of Xinjiang time, |
|
407 # but have no need of it. All planes, trains, and schools function on |
|
408 # what is called "Beijing time." When Han make an appointment in Chinese |
|
409 # they implicitly use Beijing time. |
|
410 # |
|
411 # On the other hand, ethnic Uyghurs, who make up about half the |
|
412 # population of Xinjiang, typically use "Xinjiang time" which is two |
|
413 # hours behind Beijing time, or UTC +0600. The government of the Xinjiang |
|
414 # Uyghur Autonomous Region, (XAUR, or just Xinjiang for short) as well as |
|
415 # local governments such as the Urumqi city government use both times in |
|
416 # publications, referring to what is popularly called Xinjiang time as |
|
417 # "Urumqi time." When Uyghurs make an appointment in the Uyghur language |
|
418 # they almost invariably use Xinjiang time. |
|
419 # |
|
420 # (Their ethnic Han compatriots would typically have no clue of its |
|
421 # widespread use, however, because so extremely few of them are fluent in |
|
422 # Uyghur, comparable to the number of Anglo-Americans fluent in Navajo.) |
|
423 # |
|
424 # (...As with the rest of China there was a brief interval ending in 1990 |
|
425 # or 1991 when summer time was in use. The confusion was severe, with |
|
426 # the province not having dual times but four times in use at the same |
|
427 # time. Some areas remained on standard Xinjiang time or Beijing time and |
|
428 # others moving their clocks ahead.) |
|
429 # |
|
430 # ...an example of an official website using of Urumqi time. |
|
431 # |
|
432 # The first few lines of the Google translation of |
|
433 # <a href="http://www.fjysgl.gov.cn/show.aspx?id=2379&cid=39"> |
|
434 # http://www.fjysgl.gov.cn/show.aspx?id=2379&cid=39 |
|
435 # </a> |
|
436 # (retrieved 2009-10-13) |
|
437 # > Urumqi fire seven people are missing the alleged losses of at least |
|
438 # > 500 million yuan |
|
439 # > |
|
440 # > (Reporter Dong Liu) the day before 20:20 or so (Urumqi Time 18:20), |
|
441 # > Urumqi City Department of International Plaza Luther Qiantang River |
|
442 # > burst fire. As of yesterday, 18:30, Urumqi City Fire officers and men |
|
443 # > have worked continuously for 22 hours... |
|
444 |
|
445 # From Luther Ma (2009-11-19): |
|
446 # With the risk of being redundant to previous answers these are the most common |
|
447 # English "transliterations" (w/o using non-English symbols): |
|
448 # |
|
449 # 1. Wulumuqi... |
|
450 # 2. Kashi... |
|
451 # 3. Urumqi... |
|
452 # 4. Kashgar... |
|
453 # ... |
|
454 # 5. It seems that Uyghurs in Urumqi has been using Xinjiang since at least the |
|
455 # 1960's. I know of one Han, now over 50, who grew up in the surrounding |
|
456 # countryside and used Xinjiang time as a child. |
|
457 # |
|
458 # 6. Likewise for Kashgar and the rest of south Xinjiang I don't know of any |
|
459 # start date for Xinjiang time. |
|
460 # |
|
461 # Without having access to local historical records, nor the ability to legally |
|
462 # publish them, I would go with October 1, 1949, when Xinjiang became the Uyghur |
|
463 # Autonomous Region under the PRC. (Before that Uyghurs, of course, would also |
|
464 # not be using Beijing time, but some local time.) |
|
465 |
|
466 Zone Asia/Kashgar 5:03:56 - LMT 1928 # or Kashi or Kaxgar |
|
467 5:30 - KAST 1940 # Kashgar Time |
|
468 5:00 - KAST 1980 May |
|
469 8:00 PRC C%sT |
|
470 |
|
471 |
|
472 # From Lee Yiu Chung (2009-10-24): |
|
473 # I found there are some mistakes for the...DST rule for Hong |
|
474 # Kong. [According] to the DST record from Hong Kong Observatory (actually, |
|
475 # it is not [an] observatory, but the official meteorological agency of HK, |
|
476 # and also serves as the official timing agency), there are some missing |
|
477 # and incorrect rules. Although the exact switch over time is missing, I |
|
478 # think 3:30 is correct. The official DST record for Hong Kong can be |
|
479 # obtained from |
|
480 # <a href="http://www.hko.gov.hk/gts/time/Summertime.htm"> |
|
481 # http://www.hko.gov.hk/gts/time/Summertime.htm |
|
482 # </a>. |
|
483 |
|
484 # From Arthur David Olson (2009-10-28): |
|
485 # Here are the dates given at |
|
486 # <a href="http://www.hko.gov.hk/gts/time/Summertime.htm"> |
|
487 # http://www.hko.gov.hk/gts/time/Summertime.htm |
|
488 # </a> |
|
489 # as of 2009-10-28: |
|
490 # Year Period |
|
491 # 1941 1 Apr to 30 Sep |
|
492 # 1942 Whole year |
|
493 # 1943 Whole year |
|
494 # 1944 Whole year |
|
495 # 1945 Whole year |
|
496 # 1946 20 Apr to 1 Dec |
|
497 # 1947 13 Apr to 30 Dec |
|
498 # 1948 2 May to 31 Oct |
|
499 # 1949 3 Apr to 30 Oct |
|
500 # 1950 2 Apr to 29 Oct |
|
501 # 1951 1 Apr to 28 Oct |
|
502 # 1952 6 Apr to 25 Oct |
|
503 # 1953 5 Apr to 1 Nov |
|
504 # 1954 21 Mar to 31 Oct |
|
505 # 1955 20 Mar to 6 Nov |
|
506 # 1956 18 Mar to 4 Nov |
|
507 # 1957 24 Mar to 3 Nov |
|
508 # 1958 23 Mar to 2 Nov |
|
509 # 1959 22 Mar to 1 Nov |
|
510 # 1960 20 Mar to 6 Nov |
|
511 # 1961 19 Mar to 5 Nov |
|
512 # 1962 18 Mar to 4 Nov |
|
513 # 1963 24 Mar to 3 Nov |
|
514 # 1964 22 Mar to 1 Nov |
|
515 # 1965 18 Apr to 17 Oct |
|
516 # 1966 17 Apr to 16 Oct |
|
517 # 1967 16 Apr to 22 Oct |
|
518 # 1968 21 Apr to 20 Oct |
|
519 # 1969 20 Apr to 19 Oct |
|
520 # 1970 19 Apr to 18 Oct |
|
521 # 1971 18 Apr to 17 Oct |
|
522 # 1972 16 Apr to 22 Oct |
|
523 # 1973 22 Apr to 21 Oct |
|
524 # 1973/74 30 Dec 73 to 20 Oct 74 |
|
525 # 1975 20 Apr to 19 Oct |
|
526 # 1976 18 Apr to 17 Oct |
|
527 # 1977 Nil |
|
528 # 1978 Nil |
|
529 # 1979 13 May to 21 Oct |
|
530 # 1980 to Now Nil |
|
531 # The page does not give start or end times of day. |
|
532 # The page does not give a start date for 1942. |
|
533 # The page does not givw an end date for 1945. |
|
534 # The Japanese occupation of Hong Kong began on 1941-12-25. |
|
535 # The Japanese surrender of Hong Kong was signed 1945-09-15. |
|
536 # For lack of anything better, use start of those days as the transition times. |
|
537 |
|
538 # Hong Kong (Xianggang) |
|
539 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S |
|
540 Rule HK 1941 only - Apr 1 3:30 1:00 S |
|
541 Rule HK 1941 only - Sep 30 3:30 0 - |
|
542 Rule HK 1946 only - Apr 20 3:30 1:00 S |
|
543 Rule HK 1946 only - Dec 1 3:30 0 - |
|
544 Rule HK 1947 only - Apr 13 3:30 1:00 S |
|
545 Rule HK 1947 only - Dec 30 3:30 0 - |
|
546 Rule HK 1948 only - May 2 3:30 1:00 S |
|
547 Rule HK 1948 1951 - Oct lastSun 3:30 0 - |
|
548 Rule HK 1952 only - Oct 25 3:30 0 - |
|
549 Rule HK 1949 1953 - Apr Sun>=1 3:30 1:00 S |
|
550 Rule HK 1953 only - Nov 1 3:30 0 - |
|
551 Rule HK 1954 1964 - Mar Sun>=18 3:30 1:00 S |
|
552 Rule HK 1954 only - Oct 31 3:30 0 - |
|
553 Rule HK 1955 1964 - Nov Sun>=1 3:30 0 - |
|
554 Rule HK 1965 1976 - Apr Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S |
|
555 Rule HK 1965 1976 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 - |
|
556 Rule HK 1973 only - Dec 30 3:30 1:00 S |
|
557 Rule HK 1979 only - May Sun>=8 3:30 1:00 S |
|
558 Rule HK 1979 only - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 - |
|
559 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
|
560 Zone Asia/Hong_Kong 7:36:36 - LMT 1904 Oct 30 |
|
561 8:00 HK HK%sT 1941 Dec 25 |
|
562 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 15 |
|
563 8:00 HK HK%sT |
|
564 |
|
565 ############################################################################### |
|
566 |
|
567 # Taiwan |
|
568 |
|
569 # Shanks & Pottenger write that Taiwan observed DST during 1945, when it |
|
570 # was still controlled by Japan. This is hard to believe, but we don't |
|
571 # have any other information. |
|
572 |
|
573 # From smallufo (2010-04-03): |
|
574 # According to Taiwan's CWB, |
|
575 # <a href="http://www.cwb.gov.tw/V6/astronomy/cdata/summert.htm"> |
|
576 # http://www.cwb.gov.tw/V6/astronomy/cdata/summert.htm |
|
577 # </a> |
|
578 # Taipei has DST in 1979 between July 1st and Sep 30. |
|
579 |
|
580 # From Arthur David Olson (2010-04-07): |
|
581 # Here's Google's translation of the table at the bottom of the "summert.htm" page: |
|
582 # Decade Name Start and end date |
|
583 # Republic of China 34 years to 40 years (AD 1945-1951 years) Summer Time May 1 to September 30 |
|
584 # 41 years of the Republic of China (AD 1952) Daylight Saving Time March 1 to October 31 |
|
585 # Republic of China 42 years to 43 years (AD 1953-1954 years) Daylight Saving Time April 1 to October 31 |
|
586 # In the 44 years to 45 years (AD 1955-1956 years) Daylight Saving Time April 1 to September 30 |
|
587 # Republic of China 46 years to 48 years (AD 1957-1959) Summer Time April 1 to September 30 |
|
588 # Republic of China 49 years to 50 years (AD 1960-1961) Summer Time June 1 to September 30 |
|
589 # Republic of China 51 years to 62 years (AD 1962-1973 years) Stop Summer Time |
|
590 # Republic of China 63 years to 64 years (1974-1975 AD) Daylight Saving Time April 1 to September 30 |
|
591 # Republic of China 65 years to 67 years (1976-1978 AD) Stop Daylight Saving Time |
|
592 # Republic of China 68 years (AD 1979) Daylight Saving Time July 1 to September 30 |
|
593 # Republic of China since 69 years (AD 1980) Stop Daylight Saving Time |
|
594 |
|
595 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S |
|
596 Rule Taiwan 1945 1951 - May 1 0:00 1:00 D |
|
597 Rule Taiwan 1945 1951 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S |
|
598 Rule Taiwan 1952 only - Mar 1 0:00 1:00 D |
|
599 Rule Taiwan 1952 1954 - Nov 1 0:00 0 S |
|
600 Rule Taiwan 1953 1959 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D |
|
601 Rule Taiwan 1955 1961 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S |
|
602 Rule Taiwan 1960 1961 - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 D |
|
603 Rule Taiwan 1974 1975 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D |
|
604 Rule Taiwan 1974 1975 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S |
|
605 Rule Taiwan 1979 only - Jun 30 0:00 1:00 D |
|
606 Rule Taiwan 1979 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 S |
|
607 |
|
608 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
|
609 Zone Asia/Taipei 8:06:00 - LMT 1896 # or Taibei or T'ai-pei |
|
610 8:00 Taiwan C%sT |
|
611 |
|
612 # Macau (Macao, Aomen) |
|
613 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S |
|
614 Rule Macau 1961 1962 - Mar Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S |
|
615 Rule Macau 1961 1964 - Nov Sun>=1 3:30 0 - |
|
616 Rule Macau 1963 only - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 S |
|
617 Rule Macau 1964 only - Mar Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S |
|
618 Rule Macau 1965 only - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 S |
|
619 Rule Macau 1965 only - Oct 31 0:00 0 - |
|
620 Rule Macau 1966 1971 - Apr Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S |
|
621 Rule Macau 1966 1971 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 - |
|
622 Rule Macau 1972 1974 - Apr Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S |
|
623 Rule Macau 1972 1973 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 0 - |
|
624 Rule Macau 1974 1977 - Oct Sun>=15 3:30 0 - |
|
625 Rule Macau 1975 1977 - Apr Sun>=15 3:30 1:00 S |
|
626 Rule Macau 1978 1980 - Apr Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S |
|
627 Rule Macau 1978 1980 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 0 - |
|
628 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
|
629 Zone Asia/Macau 7:34:20 - LMT 1912 |
|
630 8:00 Macau MO%sT 1999 Dec 20 # return to China |
|
631 8:00 PRC C%sT |
|
632 |
|
633 |
|
634 ############################################################################### |
|
635 |
|
636 # Cyprus |
|
637 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S |
|
638 Rule Cyprus 1975 only - Apr 13 0:00 1:00 S |
|
639 Rule Cyprus 1975 only - Oct 12 0:00 0 - |
|
640 Rule Cyprus 1976 only - May 15 0:00 1:00 S |
|
641 Rule Cyprus 1976 only - Oct 11 0:00 0 - |
|
642 Rule Cyprus 1977 1980 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S |
|
643 Rule Cyprus 1977 only - Sep 25 0:00 0 - |
|
644 Rule Cyprus 1978 only - Oct 2 0:00 0 - |
|
645 Rule Cyprus 1979 1997 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - |
|
646 Rule Cyprus 1981 1998 - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S |
|
647 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
|
648 Zone Asia/Nicosia 2:13:28 - LMT 1921 Nov 14 |
|
649 2:00 Cyprus EE%sT 1998 Sep |
|
650 2:00 EUAsia EE%sT |
|
651 # IATA SSIM (1998-09) has Cyprus using EU rules for the first time. |
|
652 |
|
653 # Classically, Cyprus belongs to Asia; e.g. see Herodotus, Histories, I.72. |
|
654 # However, for various reasons many users expect to find it under Europe. |
|
655 Link Asia/Nicosia Europe/Nicosia |
|
656 |
|
657 # Georgia |
|
658 # From Paul Eggert (1994-11-19): |
|
659 # Today's _Economist_ (p 60) reports that Georgia moved its clocks forward |
|
660 # an hour recently, due to a law proposed by Zurab Murvanidze, |
|
661 # an MP who went on a hunger strike for 11 days to force discussion about it! |
|
662 # We have no details, but we'll guess they didn't move the clocks back in fall. |
|
663 # |
|
664 # From Mathew Englander, quoting AP (1996-10-23 13:05-04): |
|
665 # Instead of putting back clocks at the end of October, Georgia |
|
666 # will stay on daylight savings time this winter to save energy, |
|
667 # President Eduard Shevardnadze decreed Wednesday. |
|
668 # |
|
669 # From the BBC via Joseph S. Myers (2004-06-27): |
|
670 # |
|
671 # Georgia moved closer to Western Europe on Sunday... The former Soviet |
|
672 # republic has changed its time zone back to that of Moscow. As a result it |
|
673 # is now just four hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time, rather than five hours |
|
674 # ahead. The switch was decreed by the pro-Western president of Georgia, |
|
675 # Mikhail Saakashvili, who said the change was partly prompted by the process |
|
676 # of integration into Europe. |
|
677 |
|
678 # From Teimuraz Abashidze (2005-11-07): |
|
679 # Government of Georgia ... decided to NOT CHANGE daylight savings time on |
|
680 # [Oct.] 30, as it was done before during last more than 10 years. |
|
681 # Currently, we are in fact GMT +4:00, as before 30 October it was GMT |
|
682 # +3:00.... The problem is, there is NO FORMAL LAW or governmental document |
|
683 # about it. As far as I can find, I was told, that there is no document, |
|
684 # because we just DIDN'T ISSUE document about switching to winter time.... |
|
685 # I don't know what can be done, especially knowing that some years ago our |
|
686 # DST rules where changed THREE TIMES during one month. |
|
687 |
|
688 |
|
689 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
|
690 Zone Asia/Tbilisi 2:59:16 - LMT 1880 |
|
691 2:59:16 - TBMT 1924 May 2 # Tbilisi Mean Time |
|
692 3:00 - TBIT 1957 Mar # Tbilisi Time |
|
693 4:00 RussiaAsia TBI%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s |
|
694 3:00 1:00 TBIST 1991 Apr 9 # independence |
|
695 3:00 RussiaAsia GE%sT 1992 # Georgia Time |
|
696 3:00 E-EurAsia GE%sT 1994 Sep lastSun |
|
697 4:00 E-EurAsia GE%sT 1996 Oct lastSun |
|
698 4:00 1:00 GEST 1997 Mar lastSun |
|
699 4:00 E-EurAsia GE%sT 2004 Jun 27 |
|
700 3:00 RussiaAsia GE%sT 2005 Mar lastSun 2:00 |
|
701 4:00 - GET |
|
702 |
|
703 # East Timor |
|
704 |
|
705 # See Indonesia for the 1945 transition. |
|
706 |
|
707 # From Joao Carrascalao, brother of the former governor of East Timor, in |
|
708 # <a href="http://etan.org/et99c/december/26-31/30ETMAY.htm"> |
|
709 # East Timor may be late for its millennium |
|
710 # </a> (1999-12-26/31): |
|
711 # Portugal tried to change the time forward in 1974 because the sun |
|
712 # rises too early but the suggestion raised a lot of problems with the |
|
713 # Timorese and I still don't think it would work today because it |
|
714 # conflicts with their way of life. |
|
715 |
|
716 # From Paul Eggert (2000-12-04): |
|
717 # We don't have any record of the above attempt. |
|
718 # Most likely our records are incomplete, but we have no better data. |
|
719 |
|
720 # <a href="http://www.hri.org/news/world/undh/last/00-08-16.undh.html"> |
|
721 # From Manoel de Almeida e Silva, Deputy Spokesman for the UN Secretary-General |
|
722 # (2000-08-16)</a>: |
|
723 # The Cabinet of the East Timor Transition Administration decided |
|
724 # today to advance East Timor's time by one hour. The time change, |
|
725 # which will be permanent, with no seasonal adjustment, will happen at |
|
726 # midnight on Saturday, September 16. |
|
727 |
|
728 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
|
729 Zone Asia/Dili 8:22:20 - LMT 1912 |
|
730 8:00 - TLT 1942 Feb 21 23:00 # E Timor Time |
|
731 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 23 |
|
732 9:00 - TLT 1976 May 3 |
|
733 8:00 - CIT 2000 Sep 17 00:00 |
|
734 9:00 - TLT |
|
735 |
|
736 # India |
|
737 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
|
738 Zone Asia/Kolkata 5:53:28 - LMT 1880 # Kolkata |
|
739 5:53:20 - HMT 1941 Oct # Howrah Mean Time? |
|
740 6:30 - BURT 1942 May 15 # Burma Time |
|
741 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep |
|
742 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 15 |
|
743 5:30 - IST |
|
744 # The following are like Asia/Kolkata: |
|
745 # Andaman Is |
|
746 # Lakshadweep (Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Is) |
|
747 # Nicobar Is |
|
748 |
|
749 # Indonesia |
|
750 # |
|
751 # From Gwillim Law (2001-05-28), overriding Shanks & Pottenger: |
|
752 # <http://www.sumatera-inc.com/go_to_invest/about_indonesia.asp#standtime> |
|
753 # says that Indonesia's time zones changed on 1988-01-01. Looking at some |
|
754 # time zone maps, I think that must refer to Western Borneo (Kalimantan Barat |
|
755 # and Kalimantan Tengah) switching from UTC+8 to UTC+7. |
|
756 # |
|
757 # From Paul Eggert (2007-03-10): |
|
758 # Here is another correction to Shanks & Pottenger. |
|
759 # JohnTWB writes that Japanese forces did not surrender control in |
|
760 # Indonesia until 1945-09-01 00:00 at the earliest (in Jakarta) and |
|
761 # other formal surrender ceremonies were September 9, 11, and 13, plus |
|
762 # September 12 for the regional surrender to Mountbatten in Singapore. |
|
763 # These would be the earliest possible times for a change. |
|
764 # Regimes horaires pour le monde entier, by Henri Le Corre, (Editions |
|
765 # Traditionnelles, 1987, Paris) says that Java and Madura switched |
|
766 # from JST to UTC+07:30 on 1945-09-23, and gives 1944-09-01 for Jayapura |
|
767 # (Hollandia). For now, assume all Indonesian locations other than Jayapura |
|
768 # switched on 1945-09-23. |
|
769 # |
|
770 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
|
771 Zone Asia/Jakarta 7:07:12 - LMT 1867 Aug 10 |
|
772 # Shanks & Pottenger say the next transition was at 1924 Jan 1 0:13, |
|
773 # but this must be a typo. |
|
774 7:07:12 - JMT 1923 Dec 31 23:47:12 # Jakarta |
|
775 7:20 - JAVT 1932 Nov # Java Time |
|
776 7:30 - WIT 1942 Mar 23 |
|
777 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 23 |
|
778 7:30 - WIT 1948 May |
|
779 8:00 - WIT 1950 May |
|
780 7:30 - WIT 1964 |
|
781 7:00 - WIT |
|
782 Zone Asia/Pontianak 7:17:20 - LMT 1908 May |
|
783 7:17:20 - PMT 1932 Nov # Pontianak MT |
|
784 7:30 - WIT 1942 Jan 29 |
|
785 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 23 |
|
786 7:30 - WIT 1948 May |
|
787 8:00 - WIT 1950 May |
|
788 7:30 - WIT 1964 |
|
789 8:00 - CIT 1988 Jan 1 |
|
790 7:00 - WIT |
|
791 Zone Asia/Makassar 7:57:36 - LMT 1920 |
|
792 7:57:36 - MMT 1932 Nov # Macassar MT |
|
793 8:00 - CIT 1942 Feb 9 |
|
794 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 23 |
|
795 8:00 - CIT |
|
796 Zone Asia/Jayapura 9:22:48 - LMT 1932 Nov |
|
797 9:00 - EIT 1944 Sep 1 |
|
798 9:30 - CST 1964 |
|
799 9:00 - EIT |
|
800 |
|
801 # Iran |
|
802 |
|
803 # From Roozbeh Pournader (2003-03-15): |
|
804 # This is an English translation of what I just found (originally in Persian). |
|
805 # The Gregorian dates in brackets are mine: |
|
806 # |
|
807 # Official Newspaper No. 13548-1370/6/25 [1991-09-16] |
|
808 # No. 16760/T233 H 1370/6/10 [1991-09-01] |
|
809 # |
|
810 # The Rule About Change of the Official Time of the Country |
|
811 # |
|
812 # The Board of Ministers, in the meeting dated 1370/5/23 [1991-08-14], |
|
813 # based on the suggestion number 2221/D dated 1370/4/22 [1991-07-13] |
|
814 # of the Country's Organization for Official and Employment Affairs, |
|
815 # and referring to the law for equating the working hours of workers |
|
816 # and officers in the whole country dated 1359/4/23 [1980-07-14], and |
|
817 # for synchronizing the official times of the country, agreed that: |
|
818 # |
|
819 # The official time of the country will should move forward one hour |
|
820 # at the 24[:00] hours of the first day of Farvardin and should return |
|
821 # to its previous state at the 24[:00] hours of the 30th day of |
|
822 # Shahrivar. |
|
823 # |
|
824 # First Deputy to the President - Hassan Habibi |
|
825 # |
|
826 # From personal experience, that agrees with what has been followed |
|
827 # for at least the last 5 years. Before that, for a few years, the |
|
828 # date used was the first Thursday night of Farvardin and the last |
|
829 # Thursday night of Shahrivar, but I can't give exact dates.... |
|
830 # I have also changed the abbreviations to what is considered correct |
|
831 # here in Iran, IRST for regular time and IRDT for daylight saving time. |
|
832 # |
|
833 # From Roozbeh Pournader (2005-04-05): |
|
834 # The text of the Iranian law, in effect since 1925, clearly mentions |
|
835 # that the true solar year is the measure, and there is no arithmetic |
|
836 # leap year calculation involved. There has never been any serious |
|
837 # plan to change that law.... |
|
838 # |
|
839 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): |
|
840 # Go with Shanks & Pottenger before Sept. 1991, and with Pournader thereafter. |
|
841 # I used Ed Reingold's cal-persia in GNU Emacs 21.2 to check Persian dates, |
|
842 # stopping after 2037 when 32-bit time_t's overflow. |
|
843 # That cal-persia used Birashk's approximation, which disagrees with the solar |
|
844 # calendar predictions for the year 2025, so I corrected those dates by hand. |
|
845 # |
|
846 # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2005-03-30), writing about future |
|
847 # discrepancies between cal-persia and the Iranian calendar: |
|
848 # For 2091 solar-longitude-after yields 2091-03-20 08:40:07.7 UT for |
|
849 # the vernal equinox and that gets so close to 12:00 some local |
|
850 # Iranian time that the definition of the correct location needs to be |
|
851 # known exactly, amongst other factors. 2157 is even closer: |
|
852 # 2157-03-20 08:37:15.5 UT. But the Gregorian year 2025 should give |
|
853 # no interpretation problem whatsoever. By the way, another instant |
|
854 # in the near future where there will be a discrepancy between |
|
855 # arithmetical and astronomical Iranian calendars will be in 2058: |
|
856 # vernal equinox on 2058-03-20 09:03:05.9 UT. The Java version of |
|
857 # Reingold's/Dershowitz' calculator gives correctly the Gregorian date |
|
858 # 2058-03-21 for 1 Farvardin 1437 (astronomical). |
|
859 # |
|
860 # From Steffen Thorsen (2006-03-22): |
|
861 # Several of my users have reported that Iran will not observe DST anymore: |
|
862 # http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/line-17/0603193812164948.htm |
|
863 # |
|
864 # From Reuters (2007-09-16), with a heads-up from Jesper Norgaard Welen: |
|
865 # ... the Guardian Council ... approved a law on Sunday to re-introduce |
|
866 # daylight saving time ... |
|
867 # http://uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKBLA65048420070916 |
|
868 # |
|
869 # From Roozbeh Pournader (2007-11-05): |
|
870 # This is quoted from Official Gazette of the Islamic Republic of |
|
871 # Iran, Volume 63, Number 18242, dated Tuesday 1386/6/24 |
|
872 # [2007-10-16]. I am doing the best translation I can:... |
|
873 # The official time of the country will be moved forward for one hour |
|
874 # on the 24 hours of the first day of the month of Farvardin and will |
|
875 # be changed back to its previous state on the 24 hours of the |
|
876 # thirtieth day of Shahrivar. |
|
877 # |
|
878 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S |
|
879 Rule Iran 1978 1980 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D |
|
880 Rule Iran 1978 only - Oct 21 0:00 0 S |
|
881 Rule Iran 1979 only - Sep 19 0:00 0 S |
|
882 Rule Iran 1980 only - Sep 23 0:00 0 S |
|
883 Rule Iran 1991 only - May 3 0:00 1:00 D |
|
884 Rule Iran 1992 1995 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D |
|
885 Rule Iran 1991 1995 - Sep 22 0:00 0 S |
|
886 Rule Iran 1996 only - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D |
|
887 Rule Iran 1996 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 S |
|
888 Rule Iran 1997 1999 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D |
|
889 Rule Iran 1997 1999 - Sep 22 0:00 0 S |
|
890 Rule Iran 2000 only - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D |
|
891 Rule Iran 2000 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 S |
|
892 Rule Iran 2001 2003 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D |
|
893 Rule Iran 2001 2003 - Sep 22 0:00 0 S |
|
894 Rule Iran 2004 only - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D |
|
895 Rule Iran 2004 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 S |
|
896 Rule Iran 2005 only - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D |
|
897 Rule Iran 2005 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 S |
|
898 Rule Iran 2008 only - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D |
|
899 Rule Iran 2008 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 S |
|
900 Rule Iran 2009 2011 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D |
|
901 Rule Iran 2009 2011 - Sep 22 0:00 0 S |
|
902 Rule Iran 2012 only - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D |
|
903 Rule Iran 2012 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 S |
|
904 Rule Iran 2013 2015 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D |
|
905 Rule Iran 2013 2015 - Sep 22 0:00 0 S |
|
906 Rule Iran 2016 only - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D |
|
907 Rule Iran 2016 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 S |
|
908 Rule Iran 2017 2019 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D |
|
909 Rule Iran 2017 2019 - Sep 22 0:00 0 S |
|
910 Rule Iran 2020 only - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D |
|
911 Rule Iran 2020 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 S |
|
912 Rule Iran 2021 2023 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D |
|
913 Rule Iran 2021 2023 - Sep 22 0:00 0 S |
|
914 Rule Iran 2024 only - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D |
|
915 Rule Iran 2024 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 S |
|
916 Rule Iran 2025 2027 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D |
|
917 Rule Iran 2025 2027 - Sep 22 0:00 0 S |
|
918 Rule Iran 2028 2029 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D |
|
919 Rule Iran 2028 2029 - Sep 21 0:00 0 S |
|
920 Rule Iran 2030 2031 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D |
|
921 Rule Iran 2030 2031 - Sep 22 0:00 0 S |
|
922 Rule Iran 2032 2033 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D |
|
923 Rule Iran 2032 2033 - Sep 21 0:00 0 S |
|
924 Rule Iran 2034 2035 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D |
|
925 Rule Iran 2034 2035 - Sep 22 0:00 0 S |
|
926 Rule Iran 2036 2037 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D |
|
927 Rule Iran 2036 2037 - Sep 21 0:00 0 S |
|
928 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
|
929 Zone Asia/Tehran 3:25:44 - LMT 1916 |
|
930 3:25:44 - TMT 1946 # Tehran Mean Time |
|
931 3:30 - IRST 1977 Nov |
|
932 4:00 Iran IR%sT 1979 |
|
933 3:30 Iran IR%sT |
|
934 |
|
935 |
|
936 # Iraq |
|
937 # |
|
938 # From Jonathan Lennox (2000-06-12): |
|
939 # An article in this week's Economist ("Inside the Saddam-free zone", p. 50 in |
|
940 # the U.S. edition) on the Iraqi Kurds contains a paragraph: |
|
941 # "The three northern provinces ... switched their clocks this spring and |
|
942 # are an hour ahead of Baghdad." |
|
943 # |
|
944 # But Rives McDow (2000-06-18) quotes a contact in Iraqi-Kurdistan as follows: |
|
945 # In the past, some Kurdish nationalists, as a protest to the Iraqi |
|
946 # Government, did not adhere to daylight saving time. They referred |
|
947 # to daylight saving as Saddam time. But, as of today, the time zone |
|
948 # in Iraqi-Kurdistan is on standard time with Baghdad, Iraq. |
|
949 # |
|
950 # So we'll ignore the Economist's claim. |
|
951 |
|
952 # From Steffen Thorsen (2008-03-10): |
|
953 # The cabinet in Iraq abolished DST last week, according to the following |
|
954 # news sources (in Arabic): |
|
955 # <a href="http://www.aljeeran.net/wesima_articles/news-20080305-98602.html"> |
|
956 # http://www.aljeeran.net/wesima_articles/news-20080305-98602.html |
|
957 # </a> |
|
958 # <a href="http://www.aswataliraq.info/look/article.tpl?id=2047&IdLanguage=17&IdPublication=4&NrArticle=71743&NrIssue=1&NrSection=10"> |
|
959 # http://www.aswataliraq.info/look/article.tpl?id=2047&IdLanguage=17&IdPublication=4&NrArticle=71743&NrIssue=1&NrSection=10 |
|
960 # </a> |
|
961 # |
|
962 # We have published a short article in English about the change: |
|
963 # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/iraq-dumps-daylight-saving.html"> |
|
964 # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/iraq-dumps-daylight-saving.html |
|
965 # </a> |
|
966 |
|
967 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S |
|
968 Rule Iraq 1982 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D |
|
969 Rule Iraq 1982 1984 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S |
|
970 Rule Iraq 1983 only - Mar 31 0:00 1:00 D |
|
971 Rule Iraq 1984 1985 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D |
|
972 Rule Iraq 1985 1990 - Sep lastSun 1:00s 0 S |
|
973 Rule Iraq 1986 1990 - Mar lastSun 1:00s 1:00 D |
|
974 # IATA SSIM (1991/1996) says Apr 1 12:01am UTC; guess the `:01' is a typo. |
|
975 # Shanks & Pottenger say Iraq did not observe DST 1992/1997; ignore this. |
|
976 # |
|
977 Rule Iraq 1991 2007 - Apr 1 3:00s 1:00 D |
|
978 Rule Iraq 1991 2007 - Oct 1 3:00s 0 S |
|
979 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
|
980 Zone Asia/Baghdad 2:57:40 - LMT 1890 |
|
981 2:57:36 - BMT 1918 # Baghdad Mean Time? |
|
982 3:00 - AST 1982 May |
|
983 3:00 Iraq A%sT |
|
984 |
|
985 |
|
986 ############################################################################### |
|
987 |
|
988 # Israel |
|
989 |
|
990 # From Ephraim Silverberg (2001-01-11): |
|
991 # |
|
992 # I coined "IST/IDT" circa 1988. Until then there were three |
|
993 # different abbreviations in use: |
|
994 # |
|
995 # JST Jerusalem Standard Time [Danny Braniss, Hebrew University] |
|
996 # IZT Israel Zonal (sic) Time [Prof. Haim Papo, Technion] |
|
997 # EEST Eastern Europe Standard Time [used by almost everyone else] |
|
998 # |
|
999 # Since timezones should be called by country and not capital cities, |
|
1000 # I ruled out JST. As Israel is in Asia Minor and not Eastern Europe, |
|
1001 # EEST was equally unacceptable. Since "zonal" was not compatible with |
|
1002 # any other timezone abbreviation, I felt that 'IST' was the way to go |
|
1003 # and, indeed, it has received almost universal acceptance in timezone |
|
1004 # settings in Israeli computers. |
|
1005 # |
|
1006 # In any case, I am happy to share timezone abbreviations with India, |
|
1007 # high on my favorite-country list (and not only because my wife's |
|
1008 # family is from India). |
|
1009 |
|
1010 # From Shanks & Pottenger: |
|
1011 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S |
|
1012 Rule Zion 1940 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 D |
|
1013 Rule Zion 1942 1944 - Nov 1 0:00 0 S |
|
1014 Rule Zion 1943 only - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 D |
|
1015 Rule Zion 1944 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D |
|
1016 Rule Zion 1945 only - Apr 16 0:00 1:00 D |
|
1017 Rule Zion 1945 only - Nov 1 2:00 0 S |
|
1018 Rule Zion 1946 only - Apr 16 2:00 1:00 D |
|
1019 Rule Zion 1946 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 S |
|
1020 Rule Zion 1948 only - May 23 0:00 2:00 DD |
|
1021 Rule Zion 1948 only - Sep 1 0:00 1:00 D |
|
1022 Rule Zion 1948 1949 - Nov 1 2:00 0 S |
|
1023 Rule Zion 1949 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D |
|
1024 Rule Zion 1950 only - Apr 16 0:00 1:00 D |
|
1025 Rule Zion 1950 only - Sep 15 3:00 0 S |
|
1026 Rule Zion 1951 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D |
|
1027 Rule Zion 1951 only - Nov 11 3:00 0 S |
|
1028 Rule Zion 1952 only - Apr 20 2:00 1:00 D |
|
1029 Rule Zion 1952 only - Oct 19 3:00 0 S |
|
1030 Rule Zion 1953 only - Apr 12 2:00 1:00 D |
|
1031 Rule Zion 1953 only - Sep 13 3:00 0 S |
|
1032 Rule Zion 1954 only - Jun 13 0:00 1:00 D |
|
1033 Rule Zion 1954 only - Sep 12 0:00 0 S |
|
1034 Rule Zion 1955 only - Jun 11 2:00 1:00 D |
|
1035 Rule Zion 1955 only - Sep 11 0:00 0 S |
|
1036 Rule Zion 1956 only - Jun 3 0:00 1:00 D |
|
1037 Rule Zion 1956 only - Sep 30 3:00 0 S |
|
1038 Rule Zion 1957 only - Apr 29 2:00 1:00 D |
|
1039 Rule Zion 1957 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 S |
|
1040 Rule Zion 1974 only - Jul 7 0:00 1:00 D |
|
1041 Rule Zion 1974 only - Oct 13 0:00 0 S |
|
1042 Rule Zion 1975 only - Apr 20 0:00 1:00 D |
|
1043 Rule Zion 1975 only - Aug 31 0:00 0 S |
|
1044 Rule Zion 1985 only - Apr 14 0:00 1:00 D |
|
1045 Rule Zion 1985 only - Sep 15 0:00 0 S |
|
1046 Rule Zion 1986 only - May 18 0:00 1:00 D |
|
1047 Rule Zion 1986 only - Sep 7 0:00 0 S |
|
1048 Rule Zion 1987 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 D |
|
1049 Rule Zion 1987 only - Sep 13 0:00 0 S |
|
1050 Rule Zion 1988 only - Apr 9 0:00 1:00 D |
|
1051 Rule Zion 1988 only - Sep 3 0:00 0 S |
|
1052 |
|
1053 # From Ephraim Silverberg |
|
1054 # (1997-03-04, 1998-03-16, 1998-12-28, 2000-01-17, 2000-07-25, 2004-12-22, |
|
1055 # and 2005-02-17): |
|
1056 |
|
1057 # According to the Office of the Secretary General of the Ministry of |
|
1058 # Interior, there is NO set rule for Daylight-Savings/Standard time changes. |
|
1059 # One thing is entrenched in law, however: that there must be at least 150 |
|
1060 # days of daylight savings time annually. From 1993-1998, the change to |
|
1061 # daylight savings time was on a Friday morning from midnight IST to |
|
1062 # 1 a.m IDT; up until 1998, the change back to standard time was on a |
|
1063 # Saturday night from midnight daylight savings time to 11 p.m. standard |
|
1064 # time. 1996 is an exception to this rule where the change back to standard |
|
1065 # time took place on Sunday night instead of Saturday night to avoid |
|
1066 # conflicts with the Jewish New Year. In 1999, the change to |
|
1067 # daylight savings time was still on a Friday morning but from |
|
1068 # 2 a.m. IST to 3 a.m. IDT; furthermore, the change back to standard time |
|
1069 # was also on a Friday morning from 2 a.m. IDT to 1 a.m. IST for |
|
1070 # 1999 only. In the year 2000, the change to daylight savings time was |
|
1071 # similar to 1999, but although the change back will be on a Friday, it |
|
1072 # will take place from 1 a.m. IDT to midnight IST. Starting in 2001, all |
|
1073 # changes to/from will take place at 1 a.m. old time, but now there is no |
|
1074 # rule as to what day of the week it will take place in as the start date |
|
1075 # (except in 2003) is the night after the Passover Seder (i.e. the eve |
|
1076 # of the 16th of Nisan in the lunar Hebrew calendar) and the end date |
|
1077 # (except in 2002) is three nights before Yom Kippur [Day of Atonement] |
|
1078 # (the eve of the 7th of Tishrei in the lunar Hebrew calendar). |
|
1079 |
|
1080 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S |
|
1081 Rule Zion 1989 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 D |
|
1082 Rule Zion 1989 only - Sep 3 0:00 0 S |
|
1083 Rule Zion 1990 only - Mar 25 0:00 1:00 D |
|
1084 Rule Zion 1990 only - Aug 26 0:00 0 S |
|
1085 Rule Zion 1991 only - Mar 24 0:00 1:00 D |
|
1086 Rule Zion 1991 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 S |
|
1087 Rule Zion 1992 only - Mar 29 0:00 1:00 D |
|
1088 Rule Zion 1992 only - Sep 6 0:00 0 S |
|
1089 Rule Zion 1993 only - Apr 2 0:00 1:00 D |
|
1090 Rule Zion 1993 only - Sep 5 0:00 0 S |
|
1091 |
|
1092 # The dates for 1994-1995 were obtained from Office of the Spokeswoman for the |
|
1093 # Ministry of Interior, Jerusalem, Israel. The spokeswoman can be reached by |
|
1094 # calling the office directly at 972-2-6701447 or 972-2-6701448. |
|
1095 |
|
1096 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S |
|
1097 Rule Zion 1994 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D |
|
1098 Rule Zion 1994 only - Aug 28 0:00 0 S |
|
1099 Rule Zion 1995 only - Mar 31 0:00 1:00 D |
|
1100 Rule Zion 1995 only - Sep 3 0:00 0 S |
|
1101 |
|
1102 # The dates for 1996 were determined by the Minister of Interior of the |
|
1103 # time, Haim Ramon. The official announcement regarding 1996-1998 |
|
1104 # (with the dates for 1997-1998 no longer being relevant) can be viewed at: |
|
1105 # |
|
1106 # ftp://ftp.cs.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/1996-1998.ramon.ps.gz |
|
1107 # |
|
1108 # The dates for 1997-1998 were altered by his successor, Rabbi Eli Suissa. |
|
1109 # |
|
1110 # The official announcements for the years 1997-1999 can be viewed at: |
|
1111 # |
|
1112 # ftp://ftp.cs.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/YYYY.ps.gz |
|
1113 # |
|
1114 # where YYYY is the relevant year. |
|
1115 |
|
1116 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S |
|
1117 Rule Zion 1996 only - Mar 15 0:00 1:00 D |
|
1118 Rule Zion 1996 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 S |
|
1119 Rule Zion 1997 only - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D |
|
1120 Rule Zion 1997 only - Sep 14 0:00 0 S |
|
1121 Rule Zion 1998 only - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 D |
|
1122 Rule Zion 1998 only - Sep 6 0:00 0 S |
|
1123 Rule Zion 1999 only - Apr 2 2:00 1:00 D |
|
1124 Rule Zion 1999 only - Sep 3 2:00 0 S |
|
1125 |
|
1126 # The Knesset Interior Committee has changed the dates for 2000 for |
|
1127 # the third time in just over a year and have set new dates for the |
|
1128 # years 2001-2004 as well. |
|
1129 # |
|
1130 # The official announcement for the start date of 2000 can be viewed at: |
|
1131 # |
|
1132 # ftp://ftp.cs.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/2000-start.ps.gz |
|
1133 # |
|
1134 # The official announcement for the end date of 2000 and the dates |
|
1135 # for the years 2001-2004 can be viewed at: |
|
1136 # |
|
1137 # ftp://ftp.cs.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/2000-2004.ps.gz |
|
1138 |
|
1139 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S |
|
1140 Rule Zion 2000 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 D |
|
1141 Rule Zion 2000 only - Oct 6 1:00 0 S |
|
1142 Rule Zion 2001 only - Apr 9 1:00 1:00 D |
|
1143 Rule Zion 2001 only - Sep 24 1:00 0 S |
|
1144 Rule Zion 2002 only - Mar 29 1:00 1:00 D |
|
1145 Rule Zion 2002 only - Oct 7 1:00 0 S |
|
1146 Rule Zion 2003 only - Mar 28 1:00 1:00 D |
|
1147 Rule Zion 2003 only - Oct 3 1:00 0 S |
|
1148 Rule Zion 2004 only - Apr 7 1:00 1:00 D |
|
1149 Rule Zion 2004 only - Sep 22 1:00 0 S |
|
1150 |
|
1151 # The proposed law agreed upon by the Knesset Interior Committee on |
|
1152 # 2005-02-14 is that, for 2005 and beyond, DST starts at 02:00 the |
|
1153 # last Friday before April 2nd (i.e. the last Friday in March or April |
|
1154 # 1st itself if it falls on a Friday) and ends at 02:00 on the Saturday |
|
1155 # night _before_ the fast of Yom Kippur. |
|
1156 # |
|
1157 # Those who can read Hebrew can view the announcement at: |
|
1158 # |
|
1159 # ftp://ftp.cs.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/2005+beyond.ps |
|
1160 |
|
1161 # From Paul Eggert (2005-02-22): |
|
1162 # I used Ephraim Silverberg's dst-israel.el program |
|
1163 # <ftp://ftp.cs.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/software/dst-israel.el> (2005-02-20) |
|
1164 # along with Ed Reingold's cal-hebrew in GNU Emacs 21.4, |
|
1165 # to generate the transitions in this list. |
|
1166 # (I replaced "lastFri" with "Fri>=26" by hand.) |
|
1167 # The spring transitions below all correspond to the following Rule: |
|
1168 # |
|
1169 # Rule Zion 2005 max - Mar Fri>=26 2:00 1:00 D |
|
1170 # |
|
1171 # but older zic implementations (e.g., Solaris 8) do not support |
|
1172 # "Fri>=26" to mean April 1 in years like 2005, so for now we list the |
|
1173 # springtime transitions explicitly. |
|
1174 |
|
1175 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S |
|
1176 Rule Zion 2005 only - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 D |
|
1177 Rule Zion 2005 only - Oct 9 2:00 0 S |
|
1178 Rule Zion 2006 2010 - Mar Fri>=26 2:00 1:00 D |
|
1179 Rule Zion 2006 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 S |
|
1180 Rule Zion 2007 only - Sep 16 2:00 0 S |
|
1181 Rule Zion 2008 only - Oct 5 2:00 0 S |
|
1182 Rule Zion 2009 only - Sep 27 2:00 0 S |
|
1183 Rule Zion 2010 only - Sep 12 2:00 0 S |
|
1184 Rule Zion 2011 only - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 D |
|
1185 Rule Zion 2011 only - Oct 2 2:00 0 S |
|
1186 Rule Zion 2012 2015 - Mar Fri>=26 2:00 1:00 D |
|
1187 Rule Zion 2012 only - Sep 23 2:00 0 S |
|
1188 Rule Zion 2013 only - Sep 8 2:00 0 S |
|
1189 Rule Zion 2014 only - Sep 28 2:00 0 S |
|
1190 Rule Zion 2015 only - Sep 20 2:00 0 S |
|
1191 Rule Zion 2016 only - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 D |
|
1192 Rule Zion 2016 only - Oct 9 2:00 0 S |
|
1193 Rule Zion 2017 2021 - Mar Fri>=26 2:00 1:00 D |
|
1194 Rule Zion 2017 only - Sep 24 2:00 0 S |
|
1195 Rule Zion 2018 only - Sep 16 2:00 0 S |
|
1196 Rule Zion 2019 only - Oct 6 2:00 0 S |
|
1197 Rule Zion 2020 only - Sep 27 2:00 0 S |
|
1198 Rule Zion 2021 only - Sep 12 2:00 0 S |
|
1199 Rule Zion 2022 only - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 D |
|
1200 Rule Zion 2022 only - Oct 2 2:00 0 S |
|
1201 Rule Zion 2023 2032 - Mar Fri>=26 2:00 1:00 D |
|
1202 Rule Zion 2023 only - Sep 24 2:00 0 S |
|
1203 Rule Zion 2024 only - Oct 6 2:00 0 S |
|
1204 Rule Zion 2025 only - Sep 28 2:00 0 S |
|
1205 Rule Zion 2026 only - Sep 20 2:00 0 S |
|
1206 Rule Zion 2027 only - Oct 10 2:00 0 S |
|
1207 Rule Zion 2028 only - Sep 24 2:00 0 S |
|
1208 Rule Zion 2029 only - Sep 16 2:00 0 S |
|
1209 Rule Zion 2030 only - Oct 6 2:00 0 S |
|
1210 Rule Zion 2031 only - Sep 21 2:00 0 S |
|
1211 Rule Zion 2032 only - Sep 12 2:00 0 S |
|
1212 Rule Zion 2033 only - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 D |
|
1213 Rule Zion 2033 only - Oct 2 2:00 0 S |
|
1214 Rule Zion 2034 2037 - Mar Fri>=26 2:00 1:00 D |
|
1215 Rule Zion 2034 only - Sep 17 2:00 0 S |
|
1216 Rule Zion 2035 only - Oct 7 2:00 0 S |
|
1217 Rule Zion 2036 only - Sep 28 2:00 0 S |
|
1218 Rule Zion 2037 only - Sep 13 2:00 0 S |
|
1219 |
|
1220 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
|
1221 Zone Asia/Jerusalem 2:20:56 - LMT 1880 |
|
1222 2:20:40 - JMT 1918 # Jerusalem Mean Time? |
|
1223 2:00 Zion I%sT |
|
1224 |
|
1225 |
|
1226 |
|
1227 ############################################################################### |
|
1228 |
|
1229 # Japan |
|
1230 |
|
1231 # `9:00' and `JST' is from Guy Harris. |
|
1232 |
|
1233 # From Paul Eggert (1995-03-06): |
|
1234 # Today's _Asahi Evening News_ (page 4) reports that Japan had |
|
1235 # daylight saving between 1948 and 1951, but ``the system was discontinued |
|
1236 # because the public believed it would lead to longer working hours.'' |
|
1237 |
|
1238 # From Mayumi Negishi in the 2005-08-10 Japan Times |
|
1239 # <http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050810f2.htm>: |
|
1240 # Occupation authorities imposed daylight-saving time on Japan on |
|
1241 # [1948-05-01].... But lack of prior debate and the execution of |
|
1242 # daylight-saving time just three days after the bill was passed generated |
|
1243 # deep hatred of the concept.... The Diet unceremoniously passed a bill to |
|
1244 # dump the unpopular system in October 1951, less than a month after the San |
|
1245 # Francisco Peace Treaty was signed. (A government poll in 1951 showed 53% |
|
1246 # of the Japanese wanted to scrap daylight-saving time, as opposed to 30% who |
|
1247 # wanted to keep it.) |
|
1248 |
|
1249 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): |
|
1250 # Shanks & Pottenger write that DST in Japan during those years was as follows: |
|
1251 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S |
|
1252 Rule Japan 1948 only - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D |
|
1253 Rule Japan 1948 1951 - Sep Sat>=8 2:00 0 S |
|
1254 Rule Japan 1949 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D |
|
1255 Rule Japan 1950 1951 - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D |
|
1256 # but the only locations using it (for birth certificates, presumably, since |
|
1257 # their audience is astrologers) were US military bases. For now, assume |
|
1258 # that for most purposes daylight-saving time was observed; otherwise, what |
|
1259 # would have been the point of the 1951 poll? |
|
1260 |
|
1261 # From Hideyuki Suzuki (1998-11-09): |
|
1262 # 'Tokyo' usually stands for the former location of Tokyo Astronomical |
|
1263 # Observatory: E 139 44' 40".90 (9h 18m 58s.727), N 35 39' 16".0. |
|
1264 # This data is from 'Rika Nenpyou (Chronological Scientific Tables) 1996' |
|
1265 # edited by National Astronomical Observatory of Japan.... |
|
1266 # JST (Japan Standard Time) has been used since 1888-01-01 00:00 (JST). |
|
1267 # The law is enacted on 1886-07-07. |
|
1268 |
|
1269 # From Hideyuki Suzuki (1998-11-16): |
|
1270 # The ordinance No. 51 (1886) established "standard time" in Japan, |
|
1271 # which stands for the time on E 135 degree. |
|
1272 # In the ordinance No. 167 (1895), "standard time" was renamed to "central |
|
1273 # standard time". And the same ordinance also established "western standard |
|
1274 # time", which stands for the time on E 120 degree.... But "western standard |
|
1275 # time" was abolished in the ordinance No. 529 (1937). In the ordinance No. |
|
1276 # 167, there is no mention regarding for what place western standard time is |
|
1277 # standard.... |
|
1278 # |
|
1279 # I wrote "ordinance" above, but I don't know how to translate. |
|
1280 # In Japanese it's "chokurei", which means ordinance from emperor. |
|
1281 |
|
1282 # Shanks & Pottenger claim JST in use since 1896, and that a few |
|
1283 # places (e.g. Ishigaki) use +0800; go with Suzuki. Guess that all |
|
1284 # ordinances took effect on Jan 1. |
|
1285 |
|
1286 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
|
1287 Zone Asia/Tokyo 9:18:59 - LMT 1887 Dec 31 15:00u |
|
1288 9:00 - JST 1896 |
|
1289 9:00 - CJT 1938 |
|
1290 9:00 Japan J%sT |
|
1291 # Since 1938, all Japanese possessions have been like Asia/Tokyo. |
|
1292 |
|
1293 # Jordan |
|
1294 # |
|
1295 # From <a href="http://star.arabia.com/990701/JO9.html"> |
|
1296 # Jordan Week (1999-07-01) </a> via Steffen Thorsen (1999-09-09): |
|
1297 # Clocks in Jordan were forwarded one hour on Wednesday at midnight, |
|
1298 # in accordance with the government's decision to implement summer time |
|
1299 # all year round. |
|
1300 # |
|
1301 # From <a href="http://star.arabia.com/990930/JO9.html"> |
|
1302 # Jordan Week (1999-09-30) </a> via Steffen Thorsen (1999-11-09): |
|
1303 # Winter time starts today Thursday, 30 September. Clocks will be turned back |
|
1304 # by one hour. This is the latest government decision and it's final! |
|
1305 # The decision was taken because of the increase in working hours in |
|
1306 # government's departments from six to seven hours. |
|
1307 # |
|
1308 # From Paul Eggert (2005-11-22): |
|
1309 # Starting 2003 transitions are from Steffen Thorsen's web site timeanddate.com. |
|
1310 # |
|
1311 # From Steffen Thorsen (2005-11-23): |
|
1312 # For Jordan I have received multiple independent user reports every year |
|
1313 # about DST end dates, as the end-rule is different every year. |
|
1314 # |
|
1315 # From Steffen Thorsen (2006-10-01), after a heads-up from Hilal Malawi: |
|
1316 # http://www.petranews.gov.jo/nepras/2006/Sep/05/4000.htm |
|
1317 # "Jordan will switch to winter time on Friday, October 27". |
|
1318 # |
|
1319 |
|
1320 # From Phil Pizzey (2009-04-02): |
|
1321 # ...I think I may have spotted an error in the timezone data for |
|
1322 # Jordan. |
|
1323 # The current (2009d) asia file shows Jordan going to daylight |
|
1324 # saving |
|
1325 # time on the last Thursday in March. |
|
1326 # |
|
1327 # Rule Jordan 2000 max - Mar lastThu 0:00s 1:00 S |
|
1328 # |
|
1329 # However timeanddate.com, which I usually find reliable, shows Jordan |
|
1330 # going to daylight saving time on the last Friday in March since 2002. |
|
1331 # Please see |
|
1332 # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/timezone.html?n=11"> |
|
1333 # http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/timezone.html?n=11 |
|
1334 # </a> |
|
1335 |
|
1336 # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-04-02): |
|
1337 # This single one might be good enough, (2009-03-24, Arabic): |
|
1338 # <a href="http://petra.gov.jo/Artical.aspx?Lng=2&Section=8&Artical=95279"> |
|
1339 # http://petra.gov.jo/Artical.aspx?Lng=2&Section=8&Artical=95279 |
|
1340 # </a> |
|
1341 # |
|
1342 # Google's translation: |
|
1343 # |
|
1344 # > The Council of Ministers decided in 2002 to adopt the principle of timely |
|
1345 # > submission of the summer at 60 minutes as of midnight on the last Thursday |
|
1346 # > of the month of March of each year. |
|
1347 # |
|
1348 # So - this means the midnight between Thursday and Friday since 2002. |
|
1349 |
|
1350 # From Arthur David Olson (2009-04-06): |
|
1351 # We still have Jordan switching to DST on Thursdays in 2000 and 2001. |
|
1352 |
|
1353 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S |
|
1354 Rule Jordan 1973 only - Jun 6 0:00 1:00 S |
|
1355 Rule Jordan 1973 1975 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - |
|
1356 Rule Jordan 1974 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S |
|
1357 Rule Jordan 1976 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 - |
|
1358 Rule Jordan 1977 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - |
|
1359 Rule Jordan 1978 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 S |
|
1360 Rule Jordan 1978 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 - |
|
1361 Rule Jordan 1985 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S |
|
1362 Rule Jordan 1985 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - |
|
1363 Rule Jordan 1986 1988 - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 S |
|
1364 Rule Jordan 1986 1990 - Oct Fri>=1 0:00 0 - |
|
1365 Rule Jordan 1989 only - May 8 0:00 1:00 S |
|
1366 Rule Jordan 1990 only - Apr 27 0:00 1:00 S |
|
1367 Rule Jordan 1991 only - Apr 17 0:00 1:00 S |
|
1368 Rule Jordan 1991 only - Sep 27 0:00 0 - |
|
1369 Rule Jordan 1992 only - Apr 10 0:00 1:00 S |
|
1370 Rule Jordan 1992 1993 - Oct Fri>=1 0:00 0 - |
|
1371 Rule Jordan 1993 1998 - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 S |
|
1372 Rule Jordan 1994 only - Sep Fri>=15 0:00 0 - |
|
1373 Rule Jordan 1995 1998 - Sep Fri>=15 0:00s 0 - |
|
1374 Rule Jordan 1999 only - Jul 1 0:00s 1:00 S |
|
1375 Rule Jordan 1999 2002 - Sep lastFri 0:00s 0 - |
|
1376 Rule Jordan 2000 2001 - Mar lastThu 0:00s 1:00 S |
|
1377 Rule Jordan 2002 max - Mar lastThu 24:00 1:00 S |
|
1378 Rule Jordan 2003 only - Oct 24 0:00s 0 - |
|
1379 Rule Jordan 2004 only - Oct 15 0:00s 0 - |
|
1380 Rule Jordan 2005 only - Sep lastFri 0:00s 0 - |
|
1381 Rule Jordan 2006 max - Oct lastFri 0:00s 0 - |
|
1382 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
|
1383 Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931 |
|
1384 2:00 Jordan EE%sT |
|
1385 |
|
1386 |
|
1387 # Kazakhstan |
|
1388 |
|
1389 # From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22): |
|
1390 # Andrew Evtichov (1996-04-13) writes that Kazakhstan |
|
1391 # stayed in sync with Moscow after 1990, and that Aqtobe (formerly Aktyubinsk) |
|
1392 # and Aqtau (formerly Shevchenko) are the largest cities in their zones. |
|
1393 # Guess that Aqtau and Aqtobe diverged in 1995, since that's the first time |
|
1394 # IATA SSIM mentions a third time zone in Kazakhstan. |
|
1395 |
|
1396 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): |
|
1397 # German Iofis, ELSI, Almaty (2001-10-09) reports that Kazakhstan uses |
|
1398 # RussiaAsia rules, instead of switching at 00:00 as the IATA has it. |
|
1399 # Go with Shanks & Pottenger, who have them always using RussiaAsia rules. |
|
1400 # Also go with the following claims of Shanks & Pottenger: |
|
1401 # |
|
1402 # - Kazakhstan did not observe DST in 1991. |
|
1403 # - Qyzylorda switched from +5:00 to +6:00 on 1992-01-19 02:00. |
|
1404 # - Oral switched from +5:00 to +4:00 in spring 1989. |
|
1405 |
|
1406 # <a href="http://www.kazsociety.org.uk/news/2005/03/30.htm"> |
|
1407 # From Kazakhstan Embassy's News Bulletin #11 (2005-03-21): |
|
1408 # </a> |
|
1409 # The Government of Kazakhstan passed a resolution March 15 abolishing |
|
1410 # daylight saving time citing lack of economic benefits and health |
|
1411 # complications coupled with a decrease in productivity. |
|
1412 # |
|
1413 # From Branislav Kojic (in Astana) via Gwillim Law (2005-06-28): |
|
1414 # ... what happened was that the former Kazakhstan Eastern time zone |
|
1415 # was "blended" with the Central zone. Therefore, Kazakhstan now has |
|
1416 # two time zones, and difference between them is one hour. The zone |
|
1417 # closer to UTC is the former Western zone (probably still called the |
|
1418 # same), encompassing four provinces in the west: Aqtobe, Atyrau, |
|
1419 # Mangghystau, and West Kazakhstan. The other zone encompasses |
|
1420 # everything else.... I guess that would make Kazakhstan time zones |
|
1421 # de jure UTC+5 and UTC+6 respectively. |
|
1422 |
|
1423 # |
|
1424 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
|
1425 # |
|
1426 # Almaty (formerly Alma-Ata), representing most locations in Kazakhstan |
|
1427 Zone Asia/Almaty 5:07:48 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Alma-Ata |
|
1428 5:00 - ALMT 1930 Jun 21 # Alma-Ata Time |
|
1429 6:00 RussiaAsia ALM%sT 1991 |
|
1430 6:00 - ALMT 1992 |
|
1431 6:00 RussiaAsia ALM%sT 2005 Mar 15 |
|
1432 6:00 - ALMT |
|
1433 # Qyzylorda (aka Kyzylorda, Kizilorda, Kzyl-Orda, etc.) |
|
1434 Zone Asia/Qyzylorda 4:21:52 - LMT 1924 May 2 |
|
1435 4:00 - KIZT 1930 Jun 21 # Kizilorda Time |
|
1436 5:00 - KIZT 1981 Apr 1 |
|
1437 5:00 1:00 KIZST 1981 Oct 1 |
|
1438 6:00 - KIZT 1982 Apr 1 |
|
1439 5:00 RussiaAsia KIZ%sT 1991 |
|
1440 5:00 - KIZT 1991 Dec 16 # independence |
|
1441 5:00 - QYZT 1992 Jan 19 2:00 |
|
1442 6:00 RussiaAsia QYZ%sT 2005 Mar 15 |
|
1443 6:00 - QYZT |
|
1444 # Aqtobe (aka Aktobe, formerly Akt'ubinsk) |
|
1445 Zone Asia/Aqtobe 3:48:40 - LMT 1924 May 2 |
|
1446 4:00 - AKTT 1930 Jun 21 # Aktyubinsk Time |
|
1447 5:00 - AKTT 1981 Apr 1 |
|
1448 5:00 1:00 AKTST 1981 Oct 1 |
|
1449 6:00 - AKTT 1982 Apr 1 |
|
1450 5:00 RussiaAsia AKT%sT 1991 |
|
1451 5:00 - AKTT 1991 Dec 16 # independence |
|
1452 5:00 RussiaAsia AQT%sT 2005 Mar 15 # Aqtobe Time |
|
1453 5:00 - AQTT |
|
1454 # Mangghystau |
|
1455 # Aqtau was not founded until 1963, but it represents an inhabited region, |
|
1456 # so include time stamps before 1963. |
|
1457 Zone Asia/Aqtau 3:21:04 - LMT 1924 May 2 |
|
1458 4:00 - FORT 1930 Jun 21 # Fort Shevchenko T |
|
1459 5:00 - FORT 1963 |
|
1460 5:00 - SHET 1981 Oct 1 # Shevchenko Time |
|
1461 6:00 - SHET 1982 Apr 1 |
|
1462 5:00 RussiaAsia SHE%sT 1991 |
|
1463 5:00 - SHET 1991 Dec 16 # independence |
|
1464 5:00 RussiaAsia AQT%sT 1995 Mar lastSun 2:00 # Aqtau Time |
|
1465 4:00 RussiaAsia AQT%sT 2005 Mar 15 |
|
1466 5:00 - AQTT |
|
1467 # West Kazakhstan |
|
1468 Zone Asia/Oral 3:25:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Ural'sk |
|
1469 4:00 - URAT 1930 Jun 21 # Ural'sk time |
|
1470 5:00 - URAT 1981 Apr 1 |
|
1471 5:00 1:00 URAST 1981 Oct 1 |
|
1472 6:00 - URAT 1982 Apr 1 |
|
1473 5:00 RussiaAsia URA%sT 1989 Mar 26 2:00 |
|
1474 4:00 RussiaAsia URA%sT 1991 |
|
1475 4:00 - URAT 1991 Dec 16 # independence |
|
1476 4:00 RussiaAsia ORA%sT 2005 Mar 15 # Oral Time |
|
1477 5:00 - ORAT |
|
1478 |
|
1479 # Kyrgyzstan (Kirgizstan) |
|
1480 # Transitions through 1991 are from Shanks & Pottenger. |
|
1481 |
|
1482 # From Paul Eggert (2005-08-15): |
|
1483 # According to an article dated today in the Kyrgyzstan Development Gateway |
|
1484 # <http://eng.gateway.kg/cgi-bin/page.pl?id=1&story_name=doc9979.shtml> |
|
1485 # Kyrgyzstan is canceling the daylight saving time system. I take the article |
|
1486 # to mean that they will leave their clocks at 6 hours ahead of UTC. |
|
1487 # From Malik Abdugaliev (2005-09-21): |
|
1488 # Our government cancels daylight saving time 6th of August 2005. |
|
1489 # From 2005-08-12 our GMT-offset is +6, w/o any daylight saving. |
|
1490 |
|
1491 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S |
|
1492 Rule Kyrgyz 1992 1996 - Apr Sun>=7 0:00s 1:00 S |
|
1493 Rule Kyrgyz 1992 1996 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - |
|
1494 Rule Kyrgyz 1997 2005 - Mar lastSun 2:30 1:00 S |
|
1495 Rule Kyrgyz 1997 2004 - Oct lastSun 2:30 0 - |
|
1496 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
|
1497 Zone Asia/Bishkek 4:58:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 |
|
1498 5:00 - FRUT 1930 Jun 21 # Frunze Time |
|
1499 6:00 RussiaAsia FRU%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s |
|
1500 5:00 1:00 FRUST 1991 Aug 31 2:00 # independence |
|
1501 5:00 Kyrgyz KG%sT 2005 Aug 12 # Kyrgyzstan Time |
|
1502 6:00 - KGT |
|
1503 |
|
1504 ############################################################################### |
|
1505 |
|
1506 # Korea (North and South) |
|
1507 |
|
1508 # From Annie I. Bang (2006-07-10) in |
|
1509 # <http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2006/07/10/200607100012.asp>: |
|
1510 # The Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy has already |
|
1511 # commissioned a research project [to reintroduce DST] and has said |
|
1512 # the system may begin as early as 2008.... Korea ran a daylight |
|
1513 # saving program from 1949-61 but stopped it during the 1950-53 Korean War. |
|
1514 |
|
1515 # From Shanks & Pottenger: |
|
1516 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S |
|
1517 Rule ROK 1960 only - May 15 0:00 1:00 D |
|
1518 Rule ROK 1960 only - Sep 13 0:00 0 S |
|
1519 Rule ROK 1987 1988 - May Sun>=8 0:00 1:00 D |
|
1520 Rule ROK 1987 1988 - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 0 S |
|
1521 |
|
1522 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
|
1523 Zone Asia/Seoul 8:27:52 - LMT 1890 |
|
1524 8:30 - KST 1904 Dec |
|
1525 9:00 - KST 1928 |
|
1526 8:30 - KST 1932 |
|
1527 9:00 - KST 1954 Mar 21 |
|
1528 8:00 ROK K%sT 1961 Aug 10 |
|
1529 8:30 - KST 1968 Oct |
|
1530 9:00 ROK K%sT |
|
1531 Zone Asia/Pyongyang 8:23:00 - LMT 1890 |
|
1532 8:30 - KST 1904 Dec |
|
1533 9:00 - KST 1928 |
|
1534 8:30 - KST 1932 |
|
1535 9:00 - KST 1954 Mar 21 |
|
1536 8:00 - KST 1961 Aug 10 |
|
1537 9:00 - KST |
|
1538 |
|
1539 ############################################################################### |
|
1540 |
|
1541 # Kuwait |
|
1542 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
|
1543 # From the Arab Times (2007-03-14): |
|
1544 # The Civil Service Commission (CSC) has approved a proposal forwarded |
|
1545 # by MP Ahmad Baqer on implementing the daylight saving time (DST) in |
|
1546 # Kuwait starting from April until the end of Sept this year, reports Al-Anba. |
|
1547 # <http://www.arabtimesonline.com/arabtimes/kuwait/Viewdet.asp?ID=9950>. |
|
1548 # From Paul Eggert (2007-03-29): |
|
1549 # We don't know the details, or whether the approval means it'll happen, |
|
1550 # so for now we assume no DST. |
|
1551 Zone Asia/Kuwait 3:11:56 - LMT 1950 |
|
1552 3:00 - AST |
|
1553 |
|
1554 # Laos |
|
1555 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
|
1556 Zone Asia/Vientiane 6:50:24 - LMT 1906 Jun 9 # or Viangchan |
|
1557 7:06:20 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT? |
|
1558 7:00 - ICT 1912 May |
|
1559 8:00 - ICT 1931 May |
|
1560 7:00 - ICT |
|
1561 |
|
1562 # Lebanon |
|
1563 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S |
|
1564 Rule Lebanon 1920 only - Mar 28 0:00 1:00 S |
|
1565 Rule Lebanon 1920 only - Oct 25 0:00 0 - |
|
1566 Rule Lebanon 1921 only - Apr 3 0:00 1:00 S |
|
1567 Rule Lebanon 1921 only - Oct 3 0:00 0 - |
|
1568 Rule Lebanon 1922 only - Mar 26 0:00 1:00 S |
|
1569 Rule Lebanon 1922 only - Oct 8 0:00 0 - |
|
1570 Rule Lebanon 1923 only - Apr 22 0:00 1:00 S |
|
1571 Rule Lebanon 1923 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 - |
|
1572 Rule Lebanon 1957 1961 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S |
|
1573 Rule Lebanon 1957 1961 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - |
|
1574 Rule Lebanon 1972 only - Jun 22 0:00 1:00 S |
|
1575 Rule Lebanon 1972 1977 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - |
|
1576 Rule Lebanon 1973 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S |
|
1577 Rule Lebanon 1978 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 S |
|
1578 Rule Lebanon 1978 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 - |
|
1579 Rule Lebanon 1984 1987 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S |
|
1580 Rule Lebanon 1984 1991 - Oct 16 0:00 0 - |
|
1581 Rule Lebanon 1988 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S |
|
1582 Rule Lebanon 1989 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S |
|
1583 Rule Lebanon 1990 1992 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S |
|
1584 Rule Lebanon 1992 only - Oct 4 0:00 0 - |
|
1585 Rule Lebanon 1993 max - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S |
|
1586 Rule Lebanon 1993 1998 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - |
|
1587 Rule Lebanon 1999 max - Oct lastSun 0:00 0 - |
|
1588 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
|
1589 Zone Asia/Beirut 2:22:00 - LMT 1880 |
|
1590 2:00 Lebanon EE%sT |
|
1591 |
|
1592 # Malaysia |
|
1593 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S |
|
1594 Rule NBorneo 1935 1941 - Sep 14 0:00 0:20 TS # one-Third Summer |
|
1595 Rule NBorneo 1935 1941 - Dec 14 0:00 0 - |
|
1596 # |
|
1597 # peninsular Malaysia |
|
1598 # The data here are taken from Mok Ly Yng (2003-10-30) |
|
1599 # <http://www.math.nus.edu.sg/aslaksen/teaching/timezone.html>. |
|
1600 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
|
1601 Zone Asia/Kuala_Lumpur 6:46:46 - LMT 1901 Jan 1 |
|
1602 6:55:25 - SMT 1905 Jun 1 # Singapore M.T. |
|
1603 7:00 - MALT 1933 Jan 1 # Malaya Time |
|
1604 7:00 0:20 MALST 1936 Jan 1 |
|
1605 7:20 - MALT 1941 Sep 1 |
|
1606 7:30 - MALT 1942 Feb 16 |
|
1607 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 12 |
|
1608 7:30 - MALT 1982 Jan 1 |
|
1609 8:00 - MYT # Malaysia Time |
|
1610 # Sabah & Sarawak |
|
1611 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): |
|
1612 # The data here are mostly from Shanks & Pottenger, but the 1942, 1945 and 1982 |
|
1613 # transition dates are from Mok Ly Yng. |
|
1614 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
|
1615 Zone Asia/Kuching 7:21:20 - LMT 1926 Mar |
|
1616 7:30 - BORT 1933 # Borneo Time |
|
1617 8:00 NBorneo BOR%sT 1942 Feb 16 |
|
1618 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 12 |
|
1619 8:00 - BORT 1982 Jan 1 |
|
1620 8:00 - MYT |
|
1621 |
|
1622 # Maldives |
|
1623 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
|
1624 Zone Indian/Maldives 4:54:00 - LMT 1880 # Male |
|
1625 4:54:00 - MMT 1960 # Male Mean Time |
|
1626 5:00 - MVT # Maldives Time |
|
1627 |
|
1628 # Mongolia |
|
1629 |
|
1630 # Shanks & Pottenger say that Mongolia has three time zones, but |
|
1631 # usno1995 and the CIA map Standard Time Zones of the World (2005-03) |
|
1632 # both say that it has just one. |
|
1633 |
|
1634 # From Oscar van Vlijmen (1999-12-11): |
|
1635 # <a href="http://www.mongoliatourism.gov.mn/general.htm"> |
|
1636 # General Information Mongolia |
|
1637 # </a> (1999-09) |
|
1638 # "Time: Mongolia has two time zones. Three westernmost provinces of |
|
1639 # Bayan-Ulgii, Uvs, and Hovd are one hour earlier than the capital city, and |
|
1640 # the rest of the country follows the Ulaanbaatar time, which is UTC/GMT plus |
|
1641 # eight hours." |
|
1642 |
|
1643 # From Rives McDow (1999-12-13): |
|
1644 # Mongolia discontinued the use of daylight savings time in 1999; 1998 |
|
1645 # being the last year it was implemented. The dates of implementation I am |
|
1646 # unsure of, but most probably it was similar to Russia, except for the time |
|
1647 # of implementation may have been different.... |
|
1648 # Some maps in the past have indicated that there was an additional time |
|
1649 # zone in the eastern part of Mongolia, including the provinces of Dornod, |
|
1650 # Suhbaatar, and possibly Khentij. |
|
1651 |
|
1652 # From Paul Eggert (1999-12-15): |
|
1653 # Naming and spelling is tricky in Mongolia. |
|
1654 # We'll use Hovd (also spelled Chovd and Khovd) to represent the west zone; |
|
1655 # the capital of the Hovd province is sometimes called Hovd, sometimes Dund-Us, |
|
1656 # and sometimes Jirgalanta (with variant spellings), but the name Hovd |
|
1657 # is good enough for our purposes. |
|
1658 |
|
1659 # From Rives McDow (2001-05-13): |
|
1660 # In addition to Mongolia starting daylight savings as reported earlier |
|
1661 # (adopted DST on 2001-04-27 02:00 local time, ending 2001-09-28), |
|
1662 # there are three time zones. |
|
1663 # |
|
1664 # Provinces [at 7:00]: Bayan-ulgii, Uvs, Khovd, Zavkhan, Govi-Altai |
|
1665 # Provinces [at 8:00]: Khovsgol, Bulgan, Arkhangai, Khentii, Tov, |
|
1666 # Bayankhongor, Ovorkhangai, Dundgovi, Dornogovi, Omnogovi |
|
1667 # Provinces [at 9:00]: Dornod, Sukhbaatar |
|
1668 # |
|
1669 # [The province of Selenge is omitted from the above lists.] |
|
1670 |
|
1671 # From Ganbold Ts., Ulaanbaatar (2004-04-17): |
|
1672 # Daylight saving occurs at 02:00 local time last Saturday of March. |
|
1673 # It will change back to normal at 02:00 local time last Saturday of |
|
1674 # September.... As I remember this rule was changed in 2001. |
|
1675 # |
|
1676 # From Paul Eggert (2004-04-17): |
|
1677 # For now, assume Rives McDow's informant got confused about Friday vs |
|
1678 # Saturday, and that his 2001 dates should have 1 added to them. |
|
1679 |
|
1680 # From Paul Eggert (2005-07-26): |
|
1681 # We have wildly conflicting information about Mongolia's time zones. |
|
1682 # Bill Bonnet (2005-05-19) reports that the US Embassy in Ulaanbaatar says |
|
1683 # there is only one time zone and that DST is observed, citing Microsoft |
|
1684 # Windows XP as the source. Risto Nykanen (2005-05-16) reports that |
|
1685 # travelmongolia.org says there are two time zones (UTC+7, UTC+8) with no DST. |
|
1686 # Oscar van Vlijmen (2005-05-20) reports that the Mongolian Embassy in |
|
1687 # Washington, DC says there are two time zones, with DST observed. |
|
1688 # He also found |
|
1689 # <http://ubpost.mongolnews.mn/index.php?subaction=showcomments&id=1111634894&archive=&start_from=&ucat=1&> |
|
1690 # which also says that there is DST, and which has a comment by "Toddius" |
|
1691 # (2005-03-31 06:05 +0700) saying "Mongolia actually has 3.5 time zones. |
|
1692 # The West (OLGII) is +7 GMT, most of the country is ULAT is +8 GMT |
|
1693 # and some Eastern provinces are +9 GMT but Sukhbaatar Aimag is SUHK +8.5 GMT. |
|
1694 # The SUKH timezone is new this year, it is one of the few things the |
|
1695 # parliament passed during the tumultuous winter session." |
|
1696 # For now, let's ignore this information, until we have more confirmation. |
|
1697 |
|
1698 # From Ganbold Ts. (2007-02-26): |
|
1699 # Parliament of Mongolia has just changed the daylight-saving rule in February. |
|
1700 # They decided not to adopt daylight-saving time.... |
|
1701 # http://www.mongolnews.mn/index.php?module=unuudur&sec=view&id=15742 |
|
1702 |
|
1703 # From Deborah Goldsmith (2008-03-30): |
|
1704 # We received a bug report claiming that the tz database UTC offset for |
|
1705 # Asia/Choibalsan (GMT+09:00) is incorrect, and that it should be GMT |
|
1706 # +08:00 instead. Different sources appear to disagree with the tz |
|
1707 # database on this, e.g.: |
|
1708 # |
|
1709 # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=1026"> |
|
1710 # http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=1026 |
|
1711 # </a> |
|
1712 # <a href="http://www.worldtimeserver.com/current_time_in_MN.aspx"> |
|
1713 # http://www.worldtimeserver.com/current_time_in_MN.aspx |
|
1714 # </a> |
|
1715 # |
|
1716 # both say GMT+08:00. |
|
1717 |
|
1718 # From Steffen Thorsen (2008-03-31): |
|
1719 # eznis airways, which operates several domestic flights, has a flight |
|
1720 # schedule here: |
|
1721 # <a href="http://www.eznis.com/Container.jsp?id=112"> |
|
1722 # http://www.eznis.com/Container.jsp?id=112 |
|
1723 # </a> |
|
1724 # (click the English flag for English) |
|
1725 # |
|
1726 # There it appears that flights between Choibalsan and Ulaanbatar arrive |
|
1727 # about 1:35 - 1:50 hours later in local clock time, no matter the |
|
1728 # direction, while Ulaanbaatar-Khvod takes 2 hours in the Eastern |
|
1729 # direction and 3:35 back, which indicates that Ulaanbatar and Khvod are |
|
1730 # in different time zones (like we know about), while Choibalsan and |
|
1731 # Ulaanbatar are in the same time zone (correction needed). |
|
1732 |
|
1733 # From Arthur David Olson (2008-05-19): |
|
1734 # Assume that Choibalsan is indeed offset by 8:00. |
|
1735 # XXX--in the absence of better information, assume that transition |
|
1736 # was at the start of 2008-03-31 (the day of Steffen Thorsen's report); |
|
1737 # this is almost surely wrong. |
|
1738 |
|
1739 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S |
|
1740 Rule Mongol 1983 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S |
|
1741 Rule Mongol 1983 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - |
|
1742 # Shanks & Pottenger and IATA SSIM say 1990s switches occurred at 00:00, |
|
1743 # but McDow says the 2001 switches occurred at 02:00. Also, IATA SSIM |
|
1744 # (1996-09) says 1996-10-25. Go with Shanks & Pottenger through 1998. |
|
1745 # |
|
1746 # Shanks & Pottenger say that the Sept. 1984 through Sept. 1990 switches |
|
1747 # in Choibalsan (more precisely, in Dornod and Sukhbaatar) took place |
|
1748 # at 02:00 standard time, not at 00:00 local time as in the rest of |
|
1749 # the country. That would be odd, and possibly is a result of their |
|
1750 # correction of 02:00 (in the previous edition) not being done correctly |
|
1751 # in the latest edition; so ignore it for now. |
|
1752 |
|
1753 Rule Mongol 1985 1998 - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S |
|
1754 Rule Mongol 1984 1998 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - |
|
1755 # IATA SSIM (1999-09) says Mongolia no longer observes DST. |
|
1756 Rule Mongol 2001 only - Apr lastSat 2:00 1:00 S |
|
1757 Rule Mongol 2001 2006 - Sep lastSat 2:00 0 - |
|
1758 Rule Mongol 2002 2006 - Mar lastSat 2:00 1:00 S |
|
1759 |
|
1760 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
|
1761 # Hovd, a.k.a. Chovd, Dund-Us, Dzhargalant, Khovd, Jirgalanta |
|
1762 Zone Asia/Hovd 6:06:36 - LMT 1905 Aug |
|
1763 6:00 - HOVT 1978 # Hovd Time |
|
1764 7:00 Mongol HOV%sT |
|
1765 # Ulaanbaatar, a.k.a. Ulan Bataar, Ulan Bator, Urga |
|
1766 Zone Asia/Ulaanbaatar 7:07:32 - LMT 1905 Aug |
|
1767 7:00 - ULAT 1978 # Ulaanbaatar Time |
|
1768 8:00 Mongol ULA%sT |
|
1769 # Choibalsan, a.k.a. Bajan Tuemen, Bajan Tumen, Chojbalsan, |
|
1770 # Choybalsan, Sanbejse, Tchoibalsan |
|
1771 Zone Asia/Choibalsan 7:38:00 - LMT 1905 Aug |
|
1772 7:00 - ULAT 1978 |
|
1773 8:00 - ULAT 1983 Apr |
|
1774 9:00 Mongol CHO%sT 2008 Mar 31 # Choibalsan Time |
|
1775 8:00 Mongol CHO%sT |
|
1776 |
|
1777 # Nepal |
|
1778 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
|
1779 Zone Asia/Kathmandu 5:41:16 - LMT 1920 |
|
1780 5:30 - IST 1986 |
|
1781 5:45 - NPT # Nepal Time |
|
1782 |
|
1783 # Oman |
|
1784 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
|
1785 Zone Asia/Muscat 3:54:20 - LMT 1920 |
|
1786 4:00 - GST |
|
1787 |
|
1788 # Pakistan |
|
1789 |
|
1790 # From Rives McDow (2002-03-13): |
|
1791 # I have been advised that Pakistan has decided to adopt dst on a |
|
1792 # TRIAL basis for one year, starting 00:01 local time on April 7, 2002 |
|
1793 # and ending at 00:01 local time October 6, 2002. This is what I was |
|
1794 # told, but I believe that the actual time of change may be 00:00; the |
|
1795 # 00:01 was to make it clear which day it was on. |
|
1796 |
|
1797 # From Paul Eggert (2002-03-15): |
|
1798 # Jesper Norgaard found this URL: |
|
1799 # http://www.pak.gov.pk/public/news/app/app06_dec.htm |
|
1800 # (dated 2001-12-06) which says that the Cabinet adopted a scheme "to |
|
1801 # advance the clocks by one hour on the night between the first |
|
1802 # Saturday and Sunday of April and revert to the original position on |
|
1803 # 15th October each year". This agrees with McDow's 04-07 at 00:00, |
|
1804 # but disagrees about the October transition, and makes it sound like |
|
1805 # it's not on a trial basis. Also, the "between the first Saturday |
|
1806 # and Sunday of April" phrase, if taken literally, means that the |
|
1807 # transition takes place at 00:00 on the first Sunday on or after 04-02. |
|
1808 |
|
1809 # From Paul Eggert (2003-02-09): |
|
1810 # DAWN <http://www.dawn.com/2002/10/06/top13.htm> reported on 2002-10-05 |
|
1811 # that 2002 DST ended that day at midnight. Go with McDow for now. |
|
1812 |
|
1813 # From Steffen Thorsen (2003-03-14): |
|
1814 # According to http://www.dawn.com/2003/03/07/top15.htm |
|
1815 # there will be no DST in Pakistan this year: |
|
1816 # |
|
1817 # ISLAMABAD, March 6: Information and Media Development Minister Sheikh |
|
1818 # Rashid Ahmed on Thursday said the cabinet had reversed a previous |
|
1819 # decision to advance clocks by one hour in summer and put them back by |
|
1820 # one hour in winter with the aim of saving light hours and energy. |
|
1821 # |
|
1822 # The minister told a news conference that the experiment had rather |
|
1823 # shown 8 per cent higher consumption of electricity. |
|
1824 |
|
1825 # From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-15): |
|
1826 # |
|
1827 # Here is an article that Pakistan plan to introduce Daylight Saving Time |
|
1828 # on June 1, 2008 for 3 months. |
|
1829 # |
|
1830 # "... The federal cabinet on Wednesday announced a new conservation plan to help |
|
1831 # reduce load shedding by approving the closure of commercial centres at 9pm and |
|
1832 # moving clocks forward by one hour for the next three months. |
|
1833 # ...." |
|
1834 # |
|
1835 # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_pakistan01.html"> |
|
1836 # http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_pakistan01.html |
|
1837 # </a> |
|
1838 # OR |
|
1839 # <a href="http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C05%5C15%5Cstory_15-5-2008_pg1_4"> |
|
1840 # http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C05%5C15%5Cstory_15-5-2008_pg1_4 |
|
1841 # </a> |
|
1842 |
|
1843 # From Arthur David Olson (2008-05-19): |
|
1844 # XXX--midnight transitions is a guess; 2008 only is a guess. |
|
1845 |
|
1846 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2008-08-28): |
|
1847 # Pakistan government has decided to keep the watches one-hour advanced |
|
1848 # for another 2 months--plan to return to Standard Time on October 31 |
|
1849 # instead of August 31. |
|
1850 # |
|
1851 # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_pakistan02.html"> |
|
1852 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_pakistan02.html |
|
1853 # </a> |
|
1854 # OR |
|
1855 # <a href="http://dailymailnews.com/200808/28/news/dmbrn03.html"> |
|
1856 # http://dailymailnews.com/200808/28/news/dmbrn03.html |
|
1857 # </a> |
|
1858 |
|
1859 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-04-08): |
|
1860 # Based on previous media reports that "... proposed plan to |
|
1861 # advance clocks by one hour from May 1 will cause disturbance |
|
1862 # to the working schedules rather than bringing discipline in |
|
1863 # official working." |
|
1864 # <a href="http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=171280"> |
|
1865 # http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=171280 |
|
1866 # </a> |
|
1867 # |
|
1868 # recent news that instead of May 2009 - Pakistan plan to |
|
1869 # introduce DST from April 15, 2009 |
|
1870 # |
|
1871 # FYI: Associated Press Of Pakistan |
|
1872 # April 08, 2009 |
|
1873 # Cabinet okays proposal to advance clocks by one hour from April 15 |
|
1874 # <a href="http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=73043&Itemid=1"> |
|
1875 # http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=73043&Itemid=1 |
|
1876 # </a> |
|
1877 # |
|
1878 # or |
|
1879 # |
|
1880 # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_pakistan05.html"> |
|
1881 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_pakistan05.html |
|
1882 # </a> |
|
1883 # |
|
1884 # .... |
|
1885 # The Federal Cabinet on Wednesday approved the proposal to |
|
1886 # advance clocks in the country by one hour from April 15 to |
|
1887 # conserve energy" |
|
1888 |
|
1889 # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-09-17): |
|
1890 # "The News International," Pakistan reports that: "The Federal |
|
1891 # Government has decided to restore the previous time by moving the |
|
1892 # clocks backward by one hour from October 1. A formal announcement to |
|
1893 # this effect will be made after the Prime Minister grants approval in |
|
1894 # this regard." |
|
1895 # <a href="http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=87168"> |
|
1896 # http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=87168 |
|
1897 # </a> |
|
1898 |
|
1899 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-09-28): |
|
1900 # According to Associated Press Of Pakistan, it is confirmed that |
|
1901 # Pakistan clocks across the country would be turned back by an hour from October |
|
1902 # 1, 2009. |
|
1903 # |
|
1904 # "Clocks to go back one hour from 1 Oct" |
|
1905 # <a href="http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=86715&Itemid=2"> |
|
1906 # http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=86715&Itemid=2 |
|
1907 # </a> |
|
1908 # or |
|
1909 # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_pakistan07.htm"> |
|
1910 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_pakistan07.htm |
|
1911 # </a> |
|
1912 |
|
1913 # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-09-29): |
|
1914 # Alexander Krivenyshev wrote: |
|
1915 # > According to Associated Press Of Pakistan, it is confirmed that |
|
1916 # > Pakistan clocks across the country would be turned back by an hour from October |
|
1917 # > 1, 2009. |
|
1918 # |
|
1919 # Now they seem to have changed their mind, November 1 is the new date: |
|
1920 # <a href="http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=24742"> |
|
1921 # http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=24742 |
|
1922 # </a> |
|
1923 # "The country's clocks will be reversed by one hour on November 1. |
|
1924 # Officials of Federal Ministry for Interior told this to Geo News on |
|
1925 # Monday." |
|
1926 # |
|
1927 # And more importantly, it seems that these dates will be kept every year: |
|
1928 # "It has now been decided that clocks will be wound forward by one hour |
|
1929 # on April 15 and reversed by an hour on November 1 every year without |
|
1930 # obtaining prior approval, the officials added." |
|
1931 # |
|
1932 # We have confirmed this year's end date with both with the Ministry of |
|
1933 # Water and Power and the Pakistan Electric Power Company: |
|
1934 # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/pakistan-ends-dst09.html"> |
|
1935 # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/pakistan-ends-dst09.html |
|
1936 # </a> |
|
1937 |
|
1938 # From Christoph Goehre (2009-10-01): |
|
1939 # [T]he German Consulate General in Karachi reported me today that Pakistan |
|
1940 # will go back to standard time on 1st of November. |
|
1941 |
|
1942 # From Steffen Thorsen (2010-03-26): |
|
1943 # Steffen Thorsen wrote: |
|
1944 # > On Thursday (2010-03-25) it was announced that DST would start in |
|
1945 # > Pakistan on 2010-04-01. |
|
1946 # > |
|
1947 # > Then today, the president said that they might have to revert the |
|
1948 # > decision if it is not supported by the parliament. So at the time |
|
1949 # > being, it seems unclear if DST will be actually observed or not - but |
|
1950 # > April 1 could be a more likely date than April 15. |
|
1951 # Now, it seems that the decision to not observe DST in final: |
|
1952 # |
|
1953 # "Govt Withdraws Plan To Advance Clocks" |
|
1954 # <a href="http://www.apakistannews.com/govt-withdraws-plan-to-advance-clocks-172041"> |
|
1955 # http://www.apakistannews.com/govt-withdraws-plan-to-advance-clocks-172041 |
|
1956 # </a> |
|
1957 # |
|
1958 # "People laud PM's announcement to end DST" |
|
1959 # <a href="http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=99374&Itemid=2"> |
|
1960 # http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=99374&Itemid=2 |
|
1961 # </a> |
|
1962 |
|
1963 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S |
|
1964 Rule Pakistan 2002 only - Apr Sun>=2 0:01 1:00 S |
|
1965 Rule Pakistan 2002 only - Oct Sun>=2 0:01 0 - |
|
1966 Rule Pakistan 2008 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S |
|
1967 Rule Pakistan 2008 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 - |
|
1968 Rule Pakistan 2009 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 S |
|
1969 Rule Pakistan 2009 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 - |
|
1970 |
|
1971 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
|
1972 Zone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907 |
|
1973 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep |
|
1974 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 15 |
|
1975 5:30 - IST 1951 Sep 30 |
|
1976 5:00 - KART 1971 Mar 26 # Karachi Time |
|
1977 5:00 Pakistan PK%sT # Pakistan Time |
|
1978 |
|
1979 # Palestine |
|
1980 |
|
1981 # From Amos Shapir (1998-02-15): |
|
1982 # |
|
1983 # From 1917 until 1948-05-15, all of Palestine, including the parts now |
|
1984 # known as the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, was under British rule. |
|
1985 # Therefore the rules given for Israel for that period, apply there too... |
|
1986 # |
|
1987 # The Gaza Strip was under Egyptian rule between 1948-05-15 until 1967-06-05 |
|
1988 # (except a short occupation by Israel from 1956-11 till 1957-03, but no |
|
1989 # time zone was affected then). It was never formally annexed to Egypt, |
|
1990 # though. |
|
1991 # |
|
1992 # The rest of Palestine was under Jordanian rule at that time, formally |
|
1993 # annexed in 1950 as the West Bank (and the word "Trans" was dropped from |
|
1994 # the country's previous name of "the Hashemite Kingdom of the |
|
1995 # Trans-Jordan"). So the rules for Jordan for that time apply. Major |
|
1996 # towns in that area are Nablus (Shchem), El-Halil (Hebron), Ramallah, and |
|
1997 # East Jerusalem. |
|
1998 # |
|
1999 # Both areas were occupied by Israel in June 1967, but not annexed (except |
|
2000 # for East Jerusalem). They were on Israel time since then; there might |
|
2001 # have been a Military Governor's order about time zones, but I'm not aware |
|
2002 # of any (such orders may have been issued semi-annually whenever summer |
|
2003 # time was in effect, but maybe the legal aspect of time was just neglected). |
|
2004 # |
|
2005 # The Palestinian Authority was established in 1993, and got hold of most |
|
2006 # towns in the West Bank and Gaza by 1995. I know that in order to |
|
2007 # demonstrate...independence, they have been switching to |
|
2008 # summer time and back on a different schedule than Israel's, but I don't |
|
2009 # know when this was started, or what algorithm is used (most likely the |
|
2010 # Jordanian one). |
|
2011 # |
|
2012 # To summarize, the table should probably look something like that: |
|
2013 # |
|
2014 # Area \ when | 1918-1947 | 1948-1967 | 1967-1995 | 1996- |
|
2015 # ------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+----------- |
|
2016 # Israel | Zion | Zion | Zion | Zion |
|
2017 # West bank | Zion | Jordan | Zion | Jordan |
|
2018 # Gaza | Zion | Egypt | Zion | Jordan |
|
2019 # |
|
2020 # I guess more info may be available from the PA's web page (if/when they |
|
2021 # have one). |
|
2022 |
|
2023 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): |
|
2024 # Shanks & Pottenger write that Gaza did not observe DST until 1957, but go |
|
2025 # with Shapir and assume that it observed DST from 1940 through 1947, |
|
2026 # and that it used Jordanian rules starting in 1996. |
|
2027 # We don't yet need a separate entry for the West Bank, since |
|
2028 # the only differences between it and Gaza that we know about |
|
2029 # occurred before our cutoff date of 1970. |
|
2030 # However, as we get more information, we may need to add entries |
|
2031 # for parts of the West Bank as they transitioned from Israel's rules |
|
2032 # to Palestine's rules. If you have more info about this, please |
|
2033 # send it to [email protected] for incorporation into future editions. |
|
2034 |
|
2035 # From IINS News Service - Israel - 1998-03-23 10:38:07 Israel time, |
|
2036 # forwarded by Ephraim Silverberg: |
|
2037 # |
|
2038 # Despite the fact that Israel changed over to daylight savings time |
|
2039 # last week, the PLO Authority (PA) has decided not to turn its clocks |
|
2040 # one-hour forward at this time. As a sign of independence from Israeli rule, |
|
2041 # the PA has decided to implement DST in April. |
|
2042 |
|
2043 # From Paul Eggert (1999-09-20): |
|
2044 # Daoud Kuttab writes in |
|
2045 # <a href="http://www.jpost.com/com/Archive/22.Apr.1999/Opinion/Article-2.html"> |
|
2046 # Holiday havoc |
|
2047 # </a> (Jerusalem Post, 1999-04-22) that |
|
2048 # the Palestinian National Authority changed to DST on 1999-04-15. |
|
2049 # I vaguely recall that they switch back in October (sorry, forgot the source). |
|
2050 # For now, let's assume that the spring switch was at 24:00, |
|
2051 # and that they switch at 0:00 on the 3rd Fridays of April and October. |
|
2052 |
|
2053 # From Paul Eggert (2005-11-22): |
|
2054 # Starting 2004 transitions are from Steffen Thorsen's web site timeanddate.com. |
|
2055 |
|
2056 # From Steffen Thorsen (2005-11-23): |
|
2057 # A user from Gaza reported that Gaza made the change early because of |
|
2058 # the Ramadan. Next year Ramadan will be even earlier, so I think |
|
2059 # there is a good chance next year's end date will be around two weeks |
|
2060 # earlier--the same goes for Jordan. |
|
2061 |
|
2062 # From Steffen Thorsen (2006-08-17): |
|
2063 # I was informed by a user in Bethlehem that in Bethlehem it started the |
|
2064 # same day as Israel, and after checking with other users in the area, I |
|
2065 # was informed that they started DST one day after Israel. I was not |
|
2066 # able to find any authoritative sources at the time, nor details if |
|
2067 # Gaza changed as well, but presumed Gaza to follow the same rules as |
|
2068 # the West Bank. |
|
2069 |
|
2070 # From Steffen Thorsen (2006-09-26): |
|
2071 # according to the Palestine News Network (2006-09-19): |
|
2072 # http://english.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=596&Itemid=5 |
|
2073 # > The Council of Ministers announced that this year its winter schedule |
|
2074 # > will begin early, as of midnight Thursday. It is also time to turn |
|
2075 # > back the clocks for winter. Friday will begin an hour late this week. |
|
2076 # I guess it is likely that next year's date will be moved as well, |
|
2077 # because of the Ramadan. |
|
2078 |
|
2079 # From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2007-09-18): |
|
2080 # According to Steffen Thorsen's web site the Gaza Strip and the rest of the |
|
2081 # Palestinian territories left DST early on 13.th. of September at 2:00. |
|
2082 |
|
2083 # From Paul Eggert (2007-09-20): |
|
2084 # My understanding is that Gaza and the West Bank disagree even over when |
|
2085 # the weekend is (Thursday+Friday versus Friday+Saturday), so I'd be a bit |
|
2086 # surprised if they agreed about DST. But for now, assume they agree. |
|
2087 # For lack of better information, predict that future changes will be |
|
2088 # the 2nd Thursday of September at 02:00. |
|
2089 |
|
2090 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2008-08-28): |
|
2091 # Here is an article, that Mideast running on different clocks at Ramadan. |
|
2092 # |
|
2093 # Gaza Strip (as Egypt) ended DST at midnight Thursday (Aug 28, 2008), while |
|
2094 # the West Bank will end Daylight Saving Time at midnight Sunday (Aug 31, 2008). |
|
2095 # |
|
2096 # <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/7759001"> |
|
2097 # http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/7759001 |
|
2098 # </a> |
|
2099 # <a href="http://www.abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=5676087"> |
|
2100 # http://www.abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=5676087 |
|
2101 # </a> |
|
2102 # or |
|
2103 # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_gazastrip01.html"> |
|
2104 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_gazastrip01.html |
|
2105 # </a> |
|
2106 |
|
2107 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-03-26): |
|
2108 # According to the Palestine News Network (arabic.pnn.ps), Palestinian |
|
2109 # government decided to start Daylight Time on Thursday night March |
|
2110 # 26 and continue until the night of 27 September 2009. |
|
2111 # |
|
2112 # (in Arabic) |
|
2113 # <a href="http://arabic.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=50850"> |
|
2114 # http://arabic.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=50850 |
|
2115 # </a> |
|
2116 # |
|
2117 # or |
|
2118 # (English translation) |
|
2119 # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_westbank01.html"> |
|
2120 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_westbank01.html |
|
2121 # </a> |
|
2122 |
|
2123 # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-08-31): |
|
2124 # Palestine's Council of Ministers announced that they will revert back to |
|
2125 # winter time on Friday, 2009-09-04. |
|
2126 # |
|
2127 # One news source: |
|
2128 # <a href="http://www.safa.ps/ara/?action=showdetail&seid=4158"> |
|
2129 # http://www.safa.ps/ara/?action=showdetail&seid=4158 |
|
2130 # </a> |
|
2131 # (Palestinian press agency, Arabic), |
|
2132 # Google translate: "Decided that the Palestinian government in Ramallah |
|
2133 # headed by Salam Fayyad, the start of work in time for the winter of |
|
2134 # 2009, starting on Friday approved the fourth delay Sept. clock sixty |
|
2135 # minutes per hour as of Friday morning." |
|
2136 # |
|
2137 # We are not sure if Gaza will do the same, last year they had a different |
|
2138 # end date, we will keep this page updated: |
|
2139 # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/westbank-gaza-dst-2009.html"> |
|
2140 # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/westbank-gaza-dst-2009.html |
|
2141 # </a> |
|
2142 |
|
2143 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-09-02): |
|
2144 # Seems that Gaza Strip will go back to Winter Time same date as West Bank. |
|
2145 # |
|
2146 # According to Palestinian Ministry Of Interior, West Bank and Gaza Strip plan |
|
2147 # to change time back to Standard time on September 4, 2009. |
|
2148 # |
|
2149 # "Winter time unite the West Bank and Gaza" |
|
2150 # (from Palestinian National Authority): |
|
2151 # <a href="http://www.moi.gov.ps/en/?page=633167343250594025&nid=11505 |
|
2152 # http://www.moi.gov.ps/en/?page=633167343250594025&nid=11505 |
|
2153 # </a> |
|
2154 # or |
|
2155 # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_gazastrip02.html> |
|
2156 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_gazastrip02.html |
|
2157 # </a> |
|
2158 |
|
2159 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-03-19): |
|
2160 # According to Voice of Palestine DST will last for 191 days, from March |
|
2161 # 26, 2010 till "the last Sunday before the tenth day of Tishri |
|
2162 # (October), each year" (October 03, 2010?) |
|
2163 # |
|
2164 # <a href="http://palvoice.org/forums/showthread.php?t=245697"> |
|
2165 # http://palvoice.org/forums/showthread.php?t=245697 |
|
2166 # </a> |
|
2167 # (in Arabic) |
|
2168 # or |
|
2169 # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_westbank03.html"> |
|
2170 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_westbank03.html |
|
2171 # </a> |
|
2172 |
|
2173 # From Steffen Thorsen (2010-03-24): |
|
2174 # ...Ma'an News Agency reports that Hamas cabinet has decided it will |
|
2175 # start one day later, at 12:01am. Not sure if they really mean 12:01am or |
|
2176 # noon though: |
|
2177 # |
|
2178 # <a href="http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=271178"> |
|
2179 # http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=271178 |
|
2180 # </a> |
|
2181 # (Ma'an News Agency) |
|
2182 # "At 12:01am Friday, clocks in Israel and the West Bank will change to |
|
2183 # 1:01am, while Gaza clocks will change at 12:01am Saturday morning." |
|
2184 |
|
2185 # From Steffen Thorsen (2010-08-11): |
|
2186 # According to several sources, including |
|
2187 # <a href="http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=306795"> |
|
2188 # http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=306795 |
|
2189 # </a> |
|
2190 # the clocks were set back one hour at 2010-08-11 00:00:00 local time in |
|
2191 # Gaza and the West Bank. |
|
2192 # Some more background info: |
|
2193 # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/westbank-gaza-end-dst-2010.html"> |
|
2194 # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/westbank-gaza-end-dst-2010.html |
|
2195 # </a> |
|
2196 |
|
2197 # The rules for Egypt are stolen from the `africa' file. |
|
2198 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S |
|
2199 Rule EgyptAsia 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S |
|
2200 Rule EgyptAsia 1957 1958 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - |
|
2201 Rule EgyptAsia 1958 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S |
|
2202 Rule EgyptAsia 1959 1967 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S |
|
2203 Rule EgyptAsia 1959 1965 - Sep 30 3:00 0 - |
|
2204 Rule EgyptAsia 1966 only - Oct 1 3:00 0 - |
|
2205 |
|
2206 Rule Palestine 1999 2005 - Apr Fri>=15 0:00 1:00 S |
|
2207 Rule Palestine 1999 2003 - Oct Fri>=15 0:00 0 - |
|
2208 Rule Palestine 2004 only - Oct 1 1:00 0 - |
|
2209 Rule Palestine 2005 only - Oct 4 2:00 0 - |
|
2210 Rule Palestine 2006 2008 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S |
|
2211 Rule Palestine 2006 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 - |
|
2212 Rule Palestine 2007 only - Sep Thu>=8 2:00 0 - |
|
2213 Rule Palestine 2008 only - Aug lastFri 2:00 0 - |
|
2214 Rule Palestine 2009 only - Mar lastFri 0:00 1:00 S |
|
2215 Rule Palestine 2010 max - Mar lastSat 0:01 1:00 S |
|
2216 Rule Palestine 2009 max - Sep Fri>=1 2:00 0 - |
|
2217 Rule Palestine 2010 only - Aug 11 0:00 0 - |
|
2218 |
|
2219 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
|
2220 Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct |
|
2221 2:00 Zion EET 1948 May 15 |
|
2222 2:00 EgyptAsia EE%sT 1967 Jun 5 |
|
2223 2:00 Zion I%sT 1996 |
|
2224 2:00 Jordan EE%sT 1999 |
|
2225 2:00 Palestine EE%sT |
|
2226 |
|
2227 # Paracel Is |
|
2228 # no information |
|
2229 |
|
2230 # Philippines |
|
2231 # On 1844-08-16, Narciso Claveria, governor-general of the |
|
2232 # Philippines, issued a proclamation announcing that 1844-12-30 was to |
|
2233 # be immediately followed by 1845-01-01. Robert H. van Gent has a |
|
2234 # transcript of the decree in <http://www.phys.uu.nl/~vgent/idl/idl.htm>. |
|
2235 # The rest of the data are from Shanks & Pottenger. |
|
2236 |
|
2237 # From Paul Eggert (2006-04-25): |
|
2238 # Tomorrow's Manila Standard reports that the Philippines Department of |
|
2239 # Trade and Industry is considering adopting DST this June when the |
|
2240 # rainy season begins. See |
|
2241 # <http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=politics02_april26_2006>. |
|
2242 # For now, we'll ignore this, since it's not definite and we lack details. |
|
2243 # |
|
2244 # From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-04-26): |
|
2245 # ... claims that Philippines had DST last time in 1990: |
|
2246 # http://story.philippinetimes.com/p.x/ct/9/id/145be20cc6b121c0/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/ |
|
2247 # [a story dated 2006-04-25 by Cris Larano of Dow Jones Newswires, |
|
2248 # but no details] |
|
2249 |
|
2250 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S |
|
2251 Rule Phil 1936 only - Nov 1 0:00 1:00 S |
|
2252 Rule Phil 1937 only - Feb 1 0:00 0 - |
|
2253 Rule Phil 1954 only - Apr 12 0:00 1:00 S |
|
2254 Rule Phil 1954 only - Jul 1 0:00 0 - |
|
2255 Rule Phil 1978 only - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 S |
|
2256 Rule Phil 1978 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 - |
|
2257 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
|
2258 Zone Asia/Manila -15:56:00 - LMT 1844 Dec 31 |
|
2259 8:04:00 - LMT 1899 May 11 |
|
2260 8:00 Phil PH%sT 1942 May |
|
2261 9:00 - JST 1944 Nov |
|
2262 8:00 Phil PH%sT |
|
2263 |
|
2264 # Qatar |
|
2265 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
|
2266 Zone Asia/Qatar 3:26:08 - LMT 1920 # Al Dawhah / Doha |
|
2267 4:00 - GST 1972 Jun |
|
2268 3:00 - AST |
|
2269 |
|
2270 # Saudi Arabia |
|
2271 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
|
2272 Zone Asia/Riyadh 3:06:52 - LMT 1950 |
|
2273 3:00 - AST |
|
2274 |
|
2275 # Singapore |
|
2276 # The data here are taken from Mok Ly Yng (2003-10-30) |
|
2277 # <http://www.math.nus.edu.sg/aslaksen/teaching/timezone.html>. |
|
2278 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
|
2279 Zone Asia/Singapore 6:55:25 - LMT 1901 Jan 1 |
|
2280 6:55:25 - SMT 1905 Jun 1 # Singapore M.T. |
|
2281 7:00 - MALT 1933 Jan 1 # Malaya Time |
|
2282 7:00 0:20 MALST 1936 Jan 1 |
|
2283 7:20 - MALT 1941 Sep 1 |
|
2284 7:30 - MALT 1942 Feb 16 |
|
2285 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 12 |
|
2286 7:30 - MALT 1965 Aug 9 # independence |
|
2287 7:30 - SGT 1982 Jan 1 # Singapore Time |
|
2288 8:00 - SGT |
|
2289 |
|
2290 # Spratly Is |
|
2291 # no information |
|
2292 |
|
2293 # Sri Lanka |
|
2294 # From Paul Eggert (1996-09-03): |
|
2295 # "Sri Lanka advances clock by an hour to avoid blackout" |
|
2296 # (www.virtual-pc.com/lankaweb/news/items/240596-2.html, 1996-05-24, |
|
2297 # no longer available as of 1999-08-17) |
|
2298 # reported ``the country's standard time will be put forward by one hour at |
|
2299 # midnight Friday (1830 GMT) `in the light of the present power crisis'.'' |
|
2300 # |
|
2301 # From Dharmasiri Senanayake, Sri Lanka Media Minister (1996-10-24), as quoted |
|
2302 # by Shamindra in |
|
2303 # <a href="news:[email protected]"> |
|
2304 # Daily News - Hot News Section (1996-10-26) |
|
2305 # </a>: |
|
2306 # With effect from 12.30 a.m. on 26th October 1996 |
|
2307 # Sri Lanka will be six (06) hours ahead of GMT. |
|
2308 |
|
2309 # From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-04-14), quoting Sri Lanka News Online |
|
2310 # <http://news.sinhalaya.com/wmview.php?ArtID=11002> (2006-04-13): |
|
2311 # 0030 hrs on April 15, 2006 (midnight of April 14, 2006 +30 minutes) |
|
2312 # at present, become 2400 hours of April 14, 2006 (midnight of April 14, 2006). |
|
2313 |
|
2314 # From Peter Apps and Ranga Sirila of Reuters (2006-04-12) in: |
|
2315 # <http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=scienceNews&storyID=2006-04-12T172228Z_01_COL295762_RTRIDST_0_SCIENCE-SRILANKA-TIME-DC.XML> |
|
2316 # [The Tamil Tigers] never accepted the original 1996 time change and simply |
|
2317 # kept their clocks set five and a half hours ahead of Greenwich Mean |
|
2318 # Time (GMT), in line with neighbor India. |
|
2319 # From Paul Eggert (2006-04-18): |
|
2320 # People who live in regions under Tamil control can use [TZ='Asia/Kolkata'], |
|
2321 # as that zone has agreed with the Tamil areas since our cutoff date of 1970. |
|
2322 |
|
2323 # From K Sethu (2006-04-25): |
|
2324 # I think the abbreviation LKT originated from the world of computers at |
|
2325 # the time of or subsequent to the time zone changes by SL Government |
|
2326 # twice in 1996 and probably SL Government or its standardization |
|
2327 # agencies never declared an abbreviation as a national standard. |
|
2328 # |
|
2329 # I recollect before the recent change the government annoucemments |
|
2330 # mentioning it as simply changing Sri Lanka Standard Time or Sri Lanka |
|
2331 # Time and no mention was made about the abbreviation. |
|
2332 # |
|
2333 # If we look at Sri Lanka Department of Government's "Official News |
|
2334 # Website of Sri Lanka" ... http://www.news.lk/ we can see that they |
|
2335 # use SLT as abbreviation in time stamp at the beginning of each news |
|
2336 # item.... |
|
2337 # |
|
2338 # Within Sri Lanka I think LKT is well known among computer users and |
|
2339 # adminsitrators. In my opinion SLT may not be a good choice because the |
|
2340 # nation's largest telcom / internet operator Sri Lanka Telcom is well |
|
2341 # known by that abbreviation - simply as SLT (there IP domains are |
|
2342 # slt.lk and sltnet.lk). |
|
2343 # |
|
2344 # But if indeed our government has adopted SLT as standard abbreviation |
|
2345 # (that we have not known so far) then it is better that it be used for |
|
2346 # all computers. |
|
2347 |
|
2348 # From Paul Eggert (2006-04-25): |
|
2349 # One possibility is that we wait for a bit for the dust to settle down |
|
2350 # and then see what people actually say in practice. |
|
2351 |
|
2352 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
|
2353 Zone Asia/Colombo 5:19:24 - LMT 1880 |
|
2354 5:19:32 - MMT 1906 # Moratuwa Mean Time |
|
2355 5:30 - IST 1942 Jan 5 |
|
2356 5:30 0:30 IHST 1942 Sep |
|
2357 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 16 2:00 |
|
2358 5:30 - IST 1996 May 25 0:00 |
|
2359 6:30 - LKT 1996 Oct 26 0:30 |
|
2360 6:00 - LKT 2006 Apr 15 0:30 |
|
2361 5:30 - IST |
|
2362 |
|
2363 # Syria |
|
2364 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S |
|
2365 Rule Syria 1920 1923 - Apr Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 S |
|
2366 Rule Syria 1920 1923 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 0 - |
|
2367 Rule Syria 1962 only - Apr 29 2:00 1:00 S |
|
2368 Rule Syria 1962 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 - |
|
2369 Rule Syria 1963 1965 - May 1 2:00 1:00 S |
|
2370 Rule Syria 1963 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 - |
|
2371 Rule Syria 1964 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 - |
|
2372 Rule Syria 1965 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 - |
|
2373 Rule Syria 1966 only - Apr 24 2:00 1:00 S |
|
2374 Rule Syria 1966 1976 - Oct 1 2:00 0 - |
|
2375 Rule Syria 1967 1978 - May 1 2:00 1:00 S |
|
2376 Rule Syria 1977 1978 - Sep 1 2:00 0 - |
|
2377 Rule Syria 1983 1984 - Apr 9 2:00 1:00 S |
|
2378 Rule Syria 1983 1984 - Oct 1 2:00 0 - |
|
2379 Rule Syria 1986 only - Feb 16 2:00 1:00 S |
|
2380 Rule Syria 1986 only - Oct 9 2:00 0 - |
|
2381 Rule Syria 1987 only - Mar 1 2:00 1:00 S |
|
2382 Rule Syria 1987 1988 - Oct 31 2:00 0 - |
|
2383 Rule Syria 1988 only - Mar 15 2:00 1:00 S |
|
2384 Rule Syria 1989 only - Mar 31 2:00 1:00 S |
|
2385 Rule Syria 1989 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 - |
|
2386 Rule Syria 1990 only - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 S |
|
2387 Rule Syria 1990 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 - |
|
2388 Rule Syria 1991 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S |
|
2389 Rule Syria 1991 1992 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - |
|
2390 Rule Syria 1992 only - Apr 8 0:00 1:00 S |
|
2391 Rule Syria 1993 only - Mar 26 0:00 1:00 S |
|
2392 Rule Syria 1993 only - Sep 25 0:00 0 - |
|
2393 # IATA SSIM (1998-02) says 1998-04-02; |
|
2394 # (1998-09) says 1999-03-29 and 1999-09-29; (1999-02) says 1999-04-02, |
|
2395 # 2000-04-02, and 2001-04-02; (1999-09) says 2000-03-31 and 2001-03-31; |
|
2396 # (2006) says 2006-03-31 and 2006-09-22; |
|
2397 # for now ignore all these claims and go with Shanks & Pottenger, |
|
2398 # except for the 2006-09-22 claim (which seems right for Ramadan). |
|
2399 Rule Syria 1994 1996 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S |
|
2400 Rule Syria 1994 2005 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - |
|
2401 Rule Syria 1997 1998 - Mar lastMon 0:00 1:00 S |
|
2402 Rule Syria 1999 2006 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S |
|
2403 # From Stephen Colebourne (2006-09-18): |
|
2404 # According to IATA data, Syria will change DST on 21st September [21:00 UTC] |
|
2405 # this year [only].... This is probably related to Ramadan, like Egypt. |
|
2406 Rule Syria 2006 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 - |
|
2407 # From Paul Eggert (2007-03-29): |
|
2408 # Today the AP reported "Syria will switch to summertime at midnight Thursday." |
|
2409 # http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/29/africa/ME-GEN-Syria-Time-Change.php |
|
2410 Rule Syria 2007 only - Mar lastFri 0:00 1:00 S |
|
2411 # From Jesper Norgard (2007-10-27): |
|
2412 # The sister center ICARDA of my work CIMMYT is confirming that Syria DST will |
|
2413 # not take place 1.st November at 0:00 o'clock but 1.st November at 24:00 or |
|
2414 # rather Midnight between Thursday and Friday. This does make more sence than |
|
2415 # having it between Wednesday and Thursday (two workdays in Syria) since the |
|
2416 # weekend in Syria is not Saturday and Sunday, but Friday and Saturday. So now |
|
2417 # it is implemented at midnight of the last workday before weekend... |
|
2418 # |
|
2419 # From Steffen Thorsen (2007-10-27): |
|
2420 # Jesper Norgaard Welen wrote: |
|
2421 # |
|
2422 # > "Winter local time in Syria will be observed at midnight of Thursday 1 |
|
2423 # > November 2007, and the clock will be put back 1 hour." |
|
2424 # |
|
2425 # I found confirmation on this in this gov.sy-article (Arabic): |
|
2426 # http://wehda.alwehda.gov.sy/_print_veiw.asp?FileName=12521710520070926111247 |
|
2427 # |
|
2428 # which using Google's translate tools says: |
|
2429 # Council of Ministers also approved the commencement of work on |
|
2430 # identifying the winter time as of Friday, 2/11/2007 where the 60th |
|
2431 # minute delay at midnight Thursday 1/11/2007. |
|
2432 Rule Syria 2007 only - Nov Fri>=1 0:00 0 - |
|
2433 |
|
2434 # From Stephen Colebourne (2008-03-17): |
|
2435 # For everyone's info, I saw an IATA time zone change for [Syria] for |
|
2436 # this month (March 2008) in the last day or so...This is the data IATA |
|
2437 # are now using: |
|
2438 # Country Time Standard --- DST Start --- --- DST End --- DST |
|
2439 # Name Zone Variation Time Date Time Date |
|
2440 # Variation |
|
2441 # Syrian Arab |
|
2442 # Republic SY +0200 2200 03APR08 2100 30SEP08 +0300 |
|
2443 # 2200 02APR09 2100 30SEP09 +0300 |
|
2444 # 2200 01APR10 2100 30SEP10 +0300 |
|
2445 |
|
2446 # From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-17): |
|
2447 # Here's a link to English-language coverage by the Syrian Arab News |
|
2448 # Agency (SANA)... |
|
2449 # <a href="http://www.sana.sy/eng/21/2008/03/11/165173.htm"> |
|
2450 # http://www.sana.sy/eng/21/2008/03/11/165173.htm |
|
2451 # </a>...which reads (in part) "The Cabinet approved the suggestion of the |
|
2452 # Ministry of Electricity to begin daylight savings time on Friday April |
|
2453 # 4th, advancing clocks one hour ahead on midnight of Thursday April 3rd." |
|
2454 # Since Syria is two hours east of UTC, the 2200 and 2100 transition times |
|
2455 # shown above match up with midnight in Syria. |
|
2456 |
|
2457 # From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-18): |
|
2458 # My buest guess at a Syrian rule is "the Friday nearest April 1"; |
|
2459 # coding that involves either using a "Mar Fri>=29" construct that old time zone |
|
2460 # compilers can't handle or having multiple Rules (a la Israel). |
|
2461 # For now, use "Apr Fri>=1", and go with IATA on a uniform Sep 30 end. |
|
2462 |
|
2463 # From Steffen Thorsen (2008-10-07): |
|
2464 # Syria has now officially decided to end DST on 2008-11-01 this year, |
|
2465 # according to the following article in the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA). |
|
2466 # |
|
2467 # The article is in Arabic, and seems to tell that they will go back to |
|
2468 # winter time on 2008-11-01 at 00:00 local daylight time (delaying/setting |
|
2469 # clocks back 60 minutes). |
|
2470 # |
|
2471 # <a href="http://sana.sy/ara/2/2008/10/07/195459.htm"> |
|
2472 # http://sana.sy/ara/2/2008/10/07/195459.htm |
|
2473 # </a> |
|
2474 |
|
2475 # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-03-19): |
|
2476 # Syria will start DST on 2009-03-27 00:00 this year according to many sources, |
|
2477 # two examples: |
|
2478 # |
|
2479 # <a href="http://www.sana.sy/eng/21/2009/03/17/217563.htm"> |
|
2480 # http://www.sana.sy/eng/21/2009/03/17/217563.htm |
|
2481 # </a> |
|
2482 # (English, Syrian Arab News # Agency) |
|
2483 # <a href="http://thawra.alwehda.gov.sy/_View_news2.asp?FileName=94459258720090318012209"> |
|
2484 # http://thawra.alwehda.gov.sy/_View_news2.asp?FileName=94459258720090318012209 |
|
2485 # </a> |
|
2486 # (Arabic, gov-site) |
|
2487 # |
|
2488 # We have not found any sources saying anything about when DST ends this year. |
|
2489 # |
|
2490 # Our summary |
|
2491 # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/syria-dst-starts-march-27-2009.html"> |
|
2492 # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/syria-dst-starts-march-27-2009.html |
|
2493 # </a> |
|
2494 |
|
2495 # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-10-27): |
|
2496 # The Syrian Arab News Network on 2009-09-29 reported that Syria will |
|
2497 # revert back to winter (standard) time on midnight between Thursday |
|
2498 # 2009-10-29 and Friday 2009-10-30: |
|
2499 # <a href="http://www.sana.sy/ara/2/2009/09/29/247012.htm"> |
|
2500 # http://www.sana.sy/ara/2/2009/09/29/247012.htm (Arabic) |
|
2501 # </a> |
|
2502 |
|
2503 # From Arthur David Olson (2009-10-28): |
|
2504 # We'll see if future DST switching times turn out to be end of the last |
|
2505 # Thursday of the month or the start of the last Friday of the month or |
|
2506 # something else. For now, use the start of the last Friday. |
|
2507 |
|
2508 # From Steffen Thorsen (2010-03-17): |
|
2509 # The "Syrian News Station" reported on 2010-03-16 that the Council of |
|
2510 # Ministers has decided that Syria will start DST on midnight Thursday |
|
2511 # 2010-04-01: (midnight between Thursday and Friday): |
|
2512 # <a href="http://sns.sy/sns/?path=news/read/11421"> |
|
2513 # http://sns.sy/sns/?path=news/read/11421 (Arabic) |
|
2514 # </a> |
|
2515 |
|
2516 Rule Syria 2008 only - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 S |
|
2517 Rule Syria 2008 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 - |
|
2518 Rule Syria 2009 only - Mar lastFri 0:00 1:00 S |
|
2519 Rule Syria 2010 max - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 S |
|
2520 Rule Syria 2009 max - Oct lastFri 0:00 0 - |
|
2521 |
|
2522 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
|
2523 Zone Asia/Damascus 2:25:12 - LMT 1920 # Dimashq |
|
2524 2:00 Syria EE%sT |
|
2525 |
|
2526 # Tajikistan |
|
2527 # From Shanks & Pottenger. |
|
2528 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
|
2529 Zone Asia/Dushanbe 4:35:12 - LMT 1924 May 2 |
|
2530 5:00 - DUST 1930 Jun 21 # Dushanbe Time |
|
2531 6:00 RussiaAsia DUS%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s |
|
2532 5:00 1:00 DUSST 1991 Sep 9 2:00s |
|
2533 5:00 - TJT # Tajikistan Time |
|
2534 |
|
2535 # Thailand |
|
2536 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
|
2537 Zone Asia/Bangkok 6:42:04 - LMT 1880 |
|
2538 6:42:04 - BMT 1920 Apr # Bangkok Mean Time |
|
2539 7:00 - ICT |
|
2540 |
|
2541 # Turkmenistan |
|
2542 # From Shanks & Pottenger. |
|
2543 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
|
2544 Zone Asia/Ashgabat 3:53:32 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Ashkhabad |
|
2545 4:00 - ASHT 1930 Jun 21 # Ashkhabad Time |
|
2546 5:00 RussiaAsia ASH%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00 |
|
2547 4:00 RussiaAsia ASH%sT 1991 Oct 27 # independence |
|
2548 4:00 RussiaAsia TM%sT 1992 Jan 19 2:00 |
|
2549 5:00 - TMT |
|
2550 |
|
2551 # United Arab Emirates |
|
2552 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
|
2553 Zone Asia/Dubai 3:41:12 - LMT 1920 |
|
2554 4:00 - GST |
|
2555 |
|
2556 # Uzbekistan |
|
2557 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
|
2558 Zone Asia/Samarkand 4:27:12 - LMT 1924 May 2 |
|
2559 4:00 - SAMT 1930 Jun 21 # Samarkand Time |
|
2560 5:00 - SAMT 1981 Apr 1 |
|
2561 5:00 1:00 SAMST 1981 Oct 1 |
|
2562 6:00 - TAST 1982 Apr 1 # Tashkent Time |
|
2563 5:00 RussiaAsia SAM%sT 1991 Sep 1 # independence |
|
2564 5:00 RussiaAsia UZ%sT 1992 |
|
2565 5:00 - UZT |
|
2566 Zone Asia/Tashkent 4:37:12 - LMT 1924 May 2 |
|
2567 5:00 - TAST 1930 Jun 21 # Tashkent Time |
|
2568 6:00 RussiaAsia TAS%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00 |
|
2569 5:00 RussiaAsia TAS%sT 1991 Sep 1 # independence |
|
2570 5:00 RussiaAsia UZ%sT 1992 |
|
2571 5:00 - UZT |
|
2572 |
|
2573 # Vietnam |
|
2574 |
|
2575 # From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-18): |
|
2576 # The English-language name of Vietnam's most populous city is "Ho Chi Min City"; |
|
2577 # we use Ho_Chi_Minh below to avoid a name of more than 14 characters. |
|
2578 |
|
2579 # From Shanks & Pottenger: |
|
2580 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
|
2581 Zone Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh 7:06:40 - LMT 1906 Jun 9 |
|
2582 7:06:20 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT? |
|
2583 7:00 - ICT 1912 May |
|
2584 8:00 - ICT 1931 May |
|
2585 7:00 - ICT |
|
2586 |
|
2587 # Yemen |
|
2588 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
|
2589 Zone Asia/Aden 3:00:48 - LMT 1950 |
|
2590 3:00 - AST |