diff -r 734543bc15a9 -r d30d6b93a93a components/timezone/asia --- a/components/timezone/asia Fri Dec 20 07:41:03 2013 -0800 +++ b/components/timezone/asia Mon Jan 06 22:11:36 2014 -0800 @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ # go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to # tz@iana.org for general use in the future). -# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): +# From Paul Eggert (2013-02-21): # # A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is # Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition), @@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ # Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which # I found in the UCLA library. # +# For data circa 1899, a common source is: +# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94 +# . +# # A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is # Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997). # @@ -279,9 +283,12 @@ 8:00 - BNT # Burma / Myanmar + +# Milne says 6:24:40 was the meridian of the time ball observatory at Rangoon. + # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Rangoon 6:24:40 - LMT 1880 # or Yangon - 6:24:36 - RMT 1920 # Rangoon Mean Time? + 6:24:40 - RMT 1920 # Rangoon Mean Time? 6:30 - BURT 1942 May # Burma Time 9:00 - JST 1945 May 3 6:30 - MMT # Myanmar Time @@ -384,7 +391,8 @@ 8:00 PRC C%sT # Zhongyuan Time ("Central plain Time") # most of China -Zone Asia/Shanghai 8:05:52 - LMT 1928 +# Milne gives 8:05:56.7; round to nearest. +Zone Asia/Shanghai 8:05:57 - LMT 1928 8:00 Shang C%sT 1949 8:00 PRC C%sT # Long-shu Time (probably due to Long and Shu being two names of that area) @@ -481,6 +489,10 @@ 8:00 PRC C%sT +# Hong Kong (Xianggang) + +# Milne gives 7:36:41.7; round this. + # From Lee Yiu Chung (2009-10-24): # I found there are some mistakes for the...DST rule for Hong # Kong. [According] to the DST record from Hong Kong Observatory (actually, @@ -547,7 +559,6 @@ # The Japanese surrender of Hong Kong was signed 1945-09-15. # For lack of anything better, use start of those days as the transition times. -# Hong Kong (Xianggang) # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule HK 1941 only - Apr 1 3:30 1:00 S Rule HK 1941 only - Sep 30 3:30 0 - @@ -569,7 +580,7 @@ Rule HK 1979 only - May Sun>=8 3:30 1:00 S Rule HK 1979 only - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Hong_Kong 7:36:36 - LMT 1904 Oct 30 +Zone Asia/Hong_Kong 7:36:42 - LMT 1904 Oct 30 8:00 HK HK%sT 1941 Dec 25 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 15 8:00 HK HK%sT @@ -646,6 +657,9 @@ ############################################################################### # Cyprus +# +# Milne says the Eastern Telegraph Company used 2:14:00. Stick with LMT. +# # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Cyprus 1975 only - Apr 13 0:00 1:00 S Rule Cyprus 1975 only - Oct 12 0:00 0 - @@ -1198,39 +1212,21 @@ Rule Zion 2012 only - Mar Fri>=26 2:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 2012 only - Sep 23 2:00 0 S -# From Ephraim Silverberg (2012-10-18): -# Yesterday, the Interior Ministry Committee, after more than a year -# past, approved sending the proposed June 2011 changes to the Time -# Decree Law back to the Knesset for second and third (final) votes -# before the upcoming elections on Jan. 22, 2013. Hence, although the -# changes are not yet law, they are expected to be so before February 2013. +# From Ephraim Silverberg (2013-06-27): +# On June 23, 2013, the Israeli government approved changes to the +# Time Decree Law. The next day, the changes passed the First Reading +# in the Knesset. The law is expected to pass the Second and Third +# (final) Readings by the beginning of September 2013. # -# As of 2013, DST starts at 02:00 on the Friday before the last Sunday in March. -# DST ends at 02:00 on the first Sunday after October 1, unless it occurs on the -# second day of the Jewish Rosh Hashana holiday, in which case DST ends a day -# later (i.e. at 02:00 the first Monday after October 2). -# [Rosh Hashana holidays are factored in until 2100.] - -# From Ephraim Silverberg (2012-11-05): -# The Knesset passed today (in second and final readings) the amendment to the -# Time Decree Law making the changes ... law. +# As of 2013, DST starts at 02:00 on the Friday before the last Sunday +# in March. DST ends at 02:00 on the last Sunday of October. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Zion 2013 max - Mar Fri>=23 2:00 1:00 D -Rule Zion 2013 2026 - Oct Sun>=2 2:00 0 S -Rule Zion 2027 only - Oct Mon>=3 2:00 0 S -Rule Zion 2028 max - Oct Sun>=2 2:00 0 S -# The following rules are commented out for now, as they break older -# versions of zic that support only signed 32-bit timestamps, i.e., -# through 2038-01-19 03:14:07 UTC. -#Rule Zion 2028 2053 - Oct Sun>=2 2:00 0 S -#Rule Zion 2054 only - Oct Mon>=3 2:00 0 S -#Rule Zion 2055 2080 - Oct Sun>=2 2:00 0 S -#Rule Zion 2081 only - Oct Mon>=3 2:00 0 S -#Rule Zion 2082 max - Oct Sun>=2 2:00 0 S +Rule Zion 2013 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Jerusalem 2:20:56 - LMT 1880 +Zone Asia/Jerusalem 2:20:54 - LMT 1880 2:20:40 - JMT 1918 # Jerusalem Mean Time? 2:00 Zion I%sT @@ -1804,8 +1800,11 @@ 5:45 - NPT # Nepal Time # Oman + +# Milne says 3:54:24 was the meridian of the Muscat Tidal Observatory. + # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Muscat 3:54:20 - LMT 1920 +Zone Asia/Muscat 3:54:24 - LMT 1920 4:00 - GST # Pakistan @@ -2274,11 +2273,20 @@ # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/gaza-west-bank-dst-2012.html # -# From Arthur David Olson (2012-03-27): -# The timeanddate article for 2012 says that "the end date has not yet been -# announced" and that "Last year, both...paused daylight saving time during... -# Ramadan. It is not yet known [for] 2012." -# For now, assume both switch back on the last Friday in September. XXX +# From Steffen Thorsen (2013-03-26): +# The following news sources tells that Palestine will "start daylight saving +# time from midnight on Friday, March 29, 2013" (translated). +# [These are in Arabic and are for Gaza and for Ramallah, respectively.] +# http://www.samanews.com/index.php?act=Show&id=154120 +# http://safa.ps/details/news/99844/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87-%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A-29-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A.html + +# From Paul Eggert (2013-04-15): +# For future dates, guess the last Thursday in March at 24:00 through +# the first Friday on or after September 21 at 01:00. This is consistent with +# the predictions in today's editions of the following URLs, +# which are for Gaza and Hebron respectively: +# http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/timezone.html?n=702 +# http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/timezone.html?n=2364 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule EgyptAsia 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S @@ -2292,19 +2300,20 @@ Rule Palestine 1999 2003 - Oct Fri>=15 0:00 0 - Rule Palestine 2004 only - Oct 1 1:00 0 - Rule Palestine 2005 only - Oct 4 2:00 0 - -Rule Palestine 2006 2008 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Palestine 2006 2007 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Palestine 2006 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 - Rule Palestine 2007 only - Sep Thu>=8 2:00 0 - -Rule Palestine 2008 only - Aug lastFri 0:00 0 - -Rule Palestine 2009 only - Mar lastFri 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Palestine 2009 only - Sep Fri>=1 2:00 0 - -Rule Palestine 2010 only - Mar lastSat 0:01 1:00 S +Rule Palestine 2008 2009 - Mar lastFri 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Palestine 2008 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 - +Rule Palestine 2009 only - Sep Fri>=1 1:00 0 - +Rule Palestine 2010 only - Mar 26 0:00 1:00 S Rule Palestine 2010 only - Aug 11 0:00 0 - - -# From Arthur David Olson (2011-09-20): -# 2011 transitions per http://www.timeanddate.com as of 2011-09-20. -# From Paul Eggert (2012-10-12): -# 2012 transitions per http://www.timeanddate.com as of 2012-10-12. +Rule Palestine 2011 only - Apr 1 0:01 1:00 S +Rule Palestine 2011 only - Aug 1 0:00 0 - +Rule Palestine 2011 only - Aug 30 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Palestine 2011 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 - +Rule Palestine 2012 max - Mar lastThu 24:00 1:00 S +Rule Palestine 2012 max - Sep Fri>=21 1:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct @@ -2312,26 +2321,20 @@ 2:00 EgyptAsia EE%sT 1967 Jun 5 2:00 Zion I%sT 1996 2:00 Jordan EE%sT 1999 - 2:00 Palestine EE%sT 2011 Apr 2 12:01 - 2:00 1:00 EEST 2011 Aug 1 - 2:00 - EET 2012 Mar 30 - 2:00 1:00 EEST 2012 Sep 21 1:00 - 2:00 - EET + 2:00 Palestine EE%sT 2008 Aug 29 0:00 + 2:00 - EET 2008 Sep + 2:00 Palestine EE%sT 2010 + 2:00 - EET 2010 Mar 27 0:01 + 2:00 Palestine EE%sT 2011 Aug 1 + 2:00 - EET 2012 + 2:00 Palestine EE%sT Zone Asia/Hebron 2:20:23 - LMT 1900 Oct 2:00 Zion EET 1948 May 15 2:00 EgyptAsia EE%sT 1967 Jun 5 2:00 Zion I%sT 1996 2:00 Jordan EE%sT 1999 - 2:00 Palestine EE%sT 2008 Aug - 2:00 1:00 EEST 2008 Sep - 2:00 Palestine EE%sT 2011 Apr 1 12:01 - 2:00 1:00 EEST 2011 Aug 1 - 2:00 - EET 2011 Aug 30 - 2:00 1:00 EEST 2011 Sep 30 3:00 - 2:00 - EET 2012 Mar 30 - 2:00 1:00 EEST 2012 Sep 21 1:00 - 2:00 - EET + 2:00 Palestine EE%sT # Paracel Is # no information @@ -2400,6 +2403,13 @@ # no information # Sri Lanka + +# From Paul Eggert (2013-02-21): +# Milne says "Madras mean time use from May 1, 1898. Prior to this Colombo +# mean time, 5h. 4m. 21.9s. F., was used." But 5:04:21.9 differs considerably +# from Colombo's meridian 5:19:24, so for now ignore Milne and stick with +# Shanks and Pottenger. + # From Paul Eggert (1996-09-03): # "Sri Lanka advances clock by an hour to avoid blackout" # (www.virtual-pc.com/lankaweb/news/items/240596-2.html, 1996-05-24, @@ -2519,8 +2529,8 @@ Rule Syria 2007 only - Mar lastFri 0:00 1:00 S # From Jesper Norgard (2007-10-27): # The sister center ICARDA of my work CIMMYT is confirming that Syria DST will -# not take place 1.st November at 0:00 o'clock but 1.st November at 24:00 or -# rather Midnight between Thursday and Friday. This does make more sence than +# not take place 1st November at 0:00 o'clock but 1st November at 24:00 or +# rather Midnight between Thursday and Friday. This does make more sense than # having it between Wednesday and Thursday (two workdays in Syria) since the # weekend in Syria is not Saturday and Sunday, but Friday and Saturday. So now # it is implemented at midnight of the last workday before weekend... @@ -2699,6 +2709,12 @@ # Vietnam +# From Paul Eggert (2013-02-21): +# Milne gives 7:16:56 for the meridian of Saigon in 1899, as being +# used in Lower Laos, Cambodia, and Annam. But this is quite a ways +# from Saigon's location. For now, ignore this and stick with Shanks +# and Pottenger. + # From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-18): # The English-language name of Vietnam's most populous city is "Ho Chi Min City"; # we use Ho_Chi_Minh below to avoid a name of more than 14 characters. @@ -2712,6 +2728,10 @@ 7:00 - ICT # Yemen + +# Milne says 2:59:54 was the meridian of the saluting battery at Aden, +# and that Yemen was at 1:55:56, the meridian of the Hagia Sophia. + # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Aden 3:00:48 - LMT 1950 +Zone Asia/Aden 2:59:54 - LMT 1950 3:00 - AST