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1 # @(#)asia 7.33
3 # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
4 # go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
5 # tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future).
7 # From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1996-11-22):
8 #
9 # A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
10 # Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (3rd edition),
11 # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1991).
12 # Except where otherwise noted, it is the source for the data below.
13 #
14 # Gwillim Law <LAW@encmail.encompass.com> writes that a good source
15 # for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport
16 # Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM),
17 # published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries
18 # of the IATA's data after 1990.
19 #
20 # Except where otherwise noted, Shanks is the source for entries through 1990,
21 # and IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990.
22 #
23 # Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences,
24 # Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which
25 # I found in the UCLA library.
26 #
27 # A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is
28 # Derek Howse, Greenwich time and the discovery of the longitude,
29 # Oxford University Press (1980).
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 # 4:00 GST Gulf*
40 # 5:30 IST India
41 # 7:00 ICT Indochina*
42 # 8:00 CST China
43 # 9:00 JST Japan
44 # 9:00 KST Korea
45 # 9:30 CST (Australian) Central Standard Time
46 #
47 # See the `europe' file for Russia and Turkey in Asia.
49 # From Guy Harris:
50 # Incorporates data for Singapore from Robert Elz' asia 1.1, as well as
51 # additional information from Tom Yap, Sun Microsystems Intercontinental
52 # Technical Support (including a page from the Official Airline Guide -
53 # Worldwide Edition). The names for time zones are guesses.
55 ###############################################################################
57 # These rules are stolen from the `europe' file.
58 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
59 Rule EUAsia 1981 max - Mar lastSun 1:00u 1:00 S
60 Rule EUAsia 1996 max - Oct lastSun 1:00u 0 -
61 Rule E-EurAsia 1981 max - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S
62 Rule E-EurAsia 1979 1995 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 -
63 Rule E-EurAsia 1996 max - Oct lastSun 0:00 0 -
64 Rule RussiaAsia 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
65 Rule RussiaAsia 1981 1983 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
66 Rule RussiaAsia 1984 1991 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 -
67 Rule RussiaAsia 1985 1991 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S
68 Rule RussiaAsia 1992 only - Mar lastSat 23:00 1:00 S
69 Rule RussiaAsia 1992 only - Sep lastSat 23:00 0 -
70 Rule RussiaAsia 1993 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S
71 Rule RussiaAsia 1993 1995 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 -
72 Rule RussiaAsia 1996 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 -
74 # Afghanistan
75 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
76 Zone Asia/Kabul 4:36:48 - LMT 1890
77 4:00 - AFT 1945
78 4:30 - AFT
80 # Armenia
81 # From Paul Eggert (1996-05-04):
82 # Shanks has Yerevan switching to 3:00 (with Russian DST) in spring 1991,
83 # but usno1995 has Armenia at 4:00 (with DST), and Edgar Der-Danieliantz
84 # <edd@AIC.NET> reported today that Yerevan probably won't use DST this year,
85 # though it did use DST in 1995. We guess Yerevan stayed in sync with Moscow
86 # between 1990 and 1995, but stopped using DST in 1996.
87 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
88 Rule Armenia 1991 1995 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S
89 Rule Armenia 1991 1995 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 -
90 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
91 Zone Asia/Yerevan 2:58:00 - LMT 1924 May 2
92 3:00 - YERT 1957 Mar # Yerevan Time
93 4:00 RussiaAsia YER%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
94 3:00 1:00 YERST 1991 Sep 23 # independence
95 3:00 Armenia AM%sT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s # Armenia Time
96 4:00 Armenia AM%sT
98 # Azerbaijan
99 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
100 Zone Asia/Baku 3:19:24 - LMT 1924 May 2
101 3:00 - BAKT 1957 Mar # Baku Time
102 4:00 RussiaAsia BAK%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
103 3:00 1:00 BAKST 1991 Aug 30 # independence
104 3:00 RussiaAsia AZ%sT 1992 Sep lastSun 2:00s
105 4:00 - AZT 1996 # Azerbaijan time
106 4:00 EUAsia AZ%sT
108 # Bahrain
109 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
110 Zone Asia/Bahrain 3:22:20 - LMT 1920 # Al-Manamah
111 4:00 - GST 1972 Jun
112 3:00 - AST
114 # Bangladesh
115 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
116 Zone Asia/Dacca 6:01:40 - LMT 1890
117 5:53:20 - HMT 1941 Oct # Howrah Mean Time?
118 6:30 - BURT 1942 May 15 # Burma Time
119 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep
120 6:30 - BURT 1951 Sep 30
121 6:00 - DACT 1971 Mar 26 # Dacca Time
122 6:00 - BDT # Bangladesh Time
124 # Bhutan
125 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
126 Zone Asia/Thimbu 5:58:36 - LMT 1947 Aug 15
127 5:30 - IST 1987 Oct
128 6:00 - BTT # Bhutan Time
130 # British Indian Ocean Territory
131 # From Whitman:
132 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
133 Zone Indian/Chagos 5:00 - IOT # BIOT Time
135 # Brunei
136 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
137 Zone Asia/Brunei 7:39:40 - LMT 1926 Mar # Bandar Seri Begawan
138 7:30 - BNT 1933
139 8:00 - BNT
141 # Burma / Myanmar
142 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
143 Zone Asia/Rangoon 6:24:40 - LMT 1880 # or Yangon
144 6:24:36 - RMT 1920 # Rangoon Mean Time?
145 6:30 - BURT 1942 May # Burma Time
146 9:00 - JST 1945 May 3
147 6:30 - MMT # Myanmar Time
149 # Cambodia
150 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
151 Zone Asia/Phnom_Penh 6:59:40 - LMT 1906 Jun 9
152 7:06:20 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT?
153 7:00 - ICT 1912 May
154 8:00 - ICT 1931 May
155 7:00 - ICT
157 # People's Republic of China
159 # From Guy Harris:
160 # People's Republic of China. Yes, they really have only one time zone.
162 # From Bob Devine (1988-01-28):
163 # No they don't. See TIME mag, 1986-02-17 p.52. Even though
164 # China is across 4 physical time zones, before Feb 1, 1986 only the
165 # Peking (Bejing) time zone was recognized. Since that date, China
166 # has two of 'em -- Peking's and Urumqi (named after the capital of
167 # the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region). I don't know about DST for it.
168 #
169 # . . .I just deleted the DST table and this editor makes it too
170 # painful to suck in another copy.. So, here is what I have for
171 # DST start/end dates for Peking's time zone (info from AP):
172 #
173 # 1986 May 4 - Sept 14
174 # 1987 mid-April - ??
176 # From U. S. Naval Observatory (1989-01-19):
177 # CHINA 8 H AHEAD OF UTC ALL OF CHINA, INCL TAIWAN
178 # CHINA 9 H AHEAD OF UTC APR 17 - SEP 10
180 # From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1995-12-19):
181 # Shanks writes that China has had a single time zone since 1980 May 1,
182 # observing summer DST from 1986 through 1991; this contradicts Devine's
183 # note about Time magazine, though apparently _something_ happened in 1986.
184 # Go with Shanks for now. I made up names for the other pre-1980 time zones.
186 # From Shanks (1991):
187 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
188 Rule Shang 1940 only - Jun 3 0:00 1:00 D
189 Rule Shang 1940 1941 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S
190 Rule Shang 1941 only - Mar 16 0:00 1:00 D
191 Rule PRC 1949 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S
192 Rule PRC 1986 only - May 4 0:00 1:00 D
193 Rule PRC 1986 1991 - Sep Sun>=11 0:00 0 S
194 Rule PRC 1987 1991 - Apr Sun>=10 0:00 1:00 D
195 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
196 Zone Asia/Harbin 8:26:44 - LMT 1928
197 8:30 - HART 1932 Mar # Harbin Time
198 8:00 - CST 1940
199 9:00 - HART 1966 May
200 8:30 - HART 1980 May
201 8:00 PRC C%sT
202 Zone Asia/Shanghai 8:05:52 - LMT 1928
203 8:00 Shang C%sT 1949
204 8:00 PRC C%sT
205 Zone Asia/Chungking 7:06:20 - LMT 1928
206 7:00 - CHUT 1980 May # Chungking Time
207 8:00 PRC C%sT
208 Zone Asia/Urumqi 5:50:20 - LMT 1928
209 6:00 - URUT 1980 May # Urumqi Time
210 8:00 PRC C%sT
211 Zone Asia/Kashgar 5:03:56 - LMT 1928
212 5:30 - KAST 1940 # Kashgar Time
213 5:00 - KAST 1980 May
214 8:00 PRC C%sT
215 # Hong Kong
216 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
217 Rule HK 1946 only - Apr 20 3:30 1:00 S
218 Rule HK 1946 only - Dec 1 3:30 0 -
219 Rule HK 1947 only - Apr 13 3:30 1:00 S
220 Rule HK 1947 only - Dec 30 3:30 0 -
221 Rule HK 1948 only - May 2 3:30 1:00 S
222 Rule HK 1948 1952 - Oct lastSun 3:30 0 -
223 Rule HK 1949 1953 - Apr Sun>=1 3:30 1:00 S
224 Rule HK 1953 only - Nov 1 3:30 0 -
225 Rule HK 1954 1964 - Mar Sun>=18 3:30 1:00 S
226 Rule HK 1954 only - Oct 31 3:30 0 -
227 Rule HK 1955 1964 - Nov Sun>=1 3:30 0 -
228 Rule HK 1965 1977 - Apr Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S
229 Rule HK 1965 1977 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 -
230 Rule HK 1979 1980 - May Sun>=8 3:30 1:00 S
231 Rule HK 1979 1980 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 -
232 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
233 Zone Asia/Hong_Kong 7:36:36 - LMT 1904 Oct 30
234 8:00 HK HK%sT 1997 Jul 1 # return to China
235 8:00 PRC C%sT
238 ###############################################################################
240 # Republic of China
242 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
243 Rule Taiwan 1945 1951 - May 1 0:00 1:00 D
244 Rule Taiwan 1945 1951 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S
245 Rule Taiwan 1952 only - Mar 1 0:00 1:00 D
246 Rule Taiwan 1952 1954 - Nov 1 0:00 0 S
247 Rule Taiwan 1953 1959 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D
248 Rule Taiwan 1955 1961 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S
249 Rule Taiwan 1960 1961 - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 D
250 Rule Taiwan 1974 1975 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D
251 Rule Taiwan 1974 1975 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S
252 Rule Taiwan 1980 only - Jun 30 0:00 1:00 D
253 Rule Taiwan 1980 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 S
254 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
255 Zone Asia/Taipei 8:06:00 - LMT 1896
256 8:00 Taiwan C%sT
258 # Macao
259 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
260 Rule Macao 1961 1962 - Mar Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S
261 Rule Macao 1961 1964 - Nov Sun>=1 3:30 0 -
262 Rule Macao 1963 only - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 S
263 Rule Macao 1964 only - Mar Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S
264 Rule Macao 1965 only - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 S
265 Rule Macao 1965 only - Oct 31 0:00 0 -
266 Rule Macao 1966 1971 - Apr Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S
267 Rule Macao 1966 1971 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 -
268 Rule Macao 1972 1974 - Apr Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S
269 Rule Macao 1972 1973 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 0 -
270 Rule Macao 1974 1977 - Oct Sun>=15 3:30 0 -
271 Rule Macao 1975 1977 - Apr Sun>=15 3:30 1:00 S
272 Rule Macao 1978 1980 - Apr Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S
273 Rule Macao 1978 1980 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 0 -
274 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
275 Zone Asia/Macao 7:34:20 - LMT 1912
276 8:00 Macao MO%sT 1999 Dec 20 # return to China
277 8:00 PRC C%sT
280 ###############################################################################
282 # Cyprus
283 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
284 Rule Cyprus 1975 only - Apr 13 0:00 1:00 S
285 Rule Cyprus 1975 only - Oct 12 0:00 0 -
286 Rule Cyprus 1976 only - May 15 0:00 1:00 S
287 Rule Cyprus 1976 only - Oct 11 0:00 0 -
288 Rule Cyprus 1977 1980 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S
289 Rule Cyprus 1977 only - Sep 25 0:00 0 -
290 Rule Cyprus 1978 only - Oct 2 0:00 0 -
291 Rule Cyprus 1979 max - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 -
292 Rule Cyprus 1981 max - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S
293 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
294 Zone Asia/Nicosia 2:13:28 - LMT 1921 Nov 14
295 2:00 Cyprus EE%sT
297 # Georgia
298 # From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1994-11-19):
299 # Today's _Economist_ (p 60) reports that Georgia moved its clocks forward
300 # an hour recently, due to a law proposed by Zurab Murvanidze,
301 # an MP who went on a hunger strike for 11 days to force discussion about it!
302 # We have no details, but we'll guess they didn't move the clocks back in fall.
303 #
304 # From Mathew Englander <mathew@io.org>, quoting AP (1996-10-23 13:05-04):
305 # Instead of putting back clocks at the end of October, Georgia
306 # will stay on daylight savings time this winter to save energy,
307 # President Eduard Shevardnadze decreed Wednesday.
308 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
309 Zone Asia/Tbilisi 2:59:16 - LMT 1880
310 2:59:16 - TBMT 1924 May 2 # Tbilisi Mean Time
311 3:00 - TBIT 1957 Mar # Tbilisi Time
312 4:00 RussiaAsia TBI%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
313 3:00 1:00 TBIST 1991 Apr 9 # independence
314 3:00 RussiaAsia GE%sT 1992 # Georgia Time
315 3:00 E-EurAsia GE%sT 1994 Sep lastSun
316 4:00 E-EurAsia GE%sT 1996 Oct lastSun
317 5:00 - GET
319 # India
320 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
321 Zone Asia/Calcutta 5:53:28 - LMT 1880
322 5:53:20 - HMT 1941 Oct # Howrah Mean Time?
323 6:30 - BURT 1942 May 15 # Burma Time
324 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep
325 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 15
326 5:30 - IST
327 # The following are like Asia/Calcutta:
328 # Andaman Is
329 # Lakshadweep (Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Is)
330 # Nicobar Is
332 # Indonesia
333 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
334 Zone Asia/Jakarta 7:07:12 - LMT 1867 Aug 10
335 7:07:12 - JMT 1924 Jan 1 0:13 # Jakarta MT
336 7:20 - JAVT 1932 Nov # Java Time
337 7:30 - JAVT 1942 Mar 23
338 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug
339 7:30 - JAVT 1948 May
340 8:00 - JAVT 1950 May
341 7:30 - JAVT 1964
342 7:00 - JAVT
343 Zone Asia/Ujung_Pandang 7:57:36 - LMT 1920
344 7:57:36 - MMT 1932 Nov # Macassar MT
345 8:00 - BORT 1942 Feb 9 # Borneo Time
346 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug
347 8:00 - BORT
348 Zone Asia/Jayapura 9:22:48 - LMT 1932 Nov
349 9:00 - JAYT 1944 # Jayapura Time
350 9:30 - CST 1964
351 9:00 - JAYT
353 # Iran
354 # From Paul Eggert (1996-12-17), following up a suggestion by Rich Wales:
355 # Ahmad Alavi <URL:http://tehran.stanford.edu/Iran_Lib/Calendar/taghveem.txt>
356 # (1993-08-04) writes ``Daylight saving time in Iran starts from the first day
357 # of Farvardin and ends the first day of Mehr.'' This disagrees with the SSIM:
358 #
359 # DST start DST end
360 # year SSIM Alavi SSIM Alavi
361 # 1991 05-03!= 03-21 09-20!= 09-23
362 # 1992 03-22!= 03-21 09-23 09-23
363 # 1993 03-21 03-21 09-23 09-23
364 # 1994 03-21 03-21 09-22!= 09-23
365 # 1995 03-21 03-21 09-22!= 09-23
366 # 1996 03-21!= 03-20 09-21!= 09-22
367 # 1997 03-21 03-21 09-21!= 09-23
368 #
369 # Go with Alavi starting with 1992.
370 # I used Ed Reingold's cal-persia in GNU Emacs 19.34 to compute Persian dates.
371 # The Persian calendar is based on the sun, and dates after around 2050
372 # are approximate; stop after 2037 when 32-bit time_t's overflow.
373 #
374 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
375 Rule Iran 1978 1980 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S
376 Rule Iran 1978 only - Oct 21 0:00 0 -
377 Rule Iran 1979 only - Sep 19 0:00 0 -
378 Rule Iran 1980 only - Sep 23 0:00 0 -
379 Rule Iran 1991 only - May 3 0:00s 1:00 S
380 Rule Iran 1991 only - Sep 20 0:00s 0 -
381 Rule Iran 1992 1995 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S
382 Rule Iran 1992 1995 - Sep 23 0:00 0 -
383 Rule Iran 1996 only - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 S
384 Rule Iran 1996 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 -
385 Rule Iran 1997 1999 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S
386 Rule Iran 1997 1999 - Sep 23 0:00 0 -
387 Rule Iran 2000 only - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 S
388 Rule Iran 2000 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 -
389 Rule Iran 2001 2003 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S
390 Rule Iran 2001 2003 - Sep 23 0:00 0 -
391 Rule Iran 2004 only - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 S
392 Rule Iran 2004 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 -
393 Rule Iran 2005 2007 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S
394 Rule Iran 2005 2007 - Sep 23 0:00 0 -
395 Rule Iran 2008 only - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 S
396 Rule Iran 2008 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 -
397 Rule Iran 2009 2011 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S
398 Rule Iran 2009 2011 - Sep 23 0:00 0 -
399 Rule Iran 2012 only - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 S
400 Rule Iran 2012 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 -
401 Rule Iran 2013 2015 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S
402 Rule Iran 2013 2015 - Sep 23 0:00 0 -
403 Rule Iran 2016 only - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 S
404 Rule Iran 2016 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 -
405 Rule Iran 2017 2019 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S
406 Rule Iran 2017 2019 - Sep 23 0:00 0 -
407 Rule Iran 2020 only - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 S
408 Rule Iran 2020 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 -
409 Rule Iran 2021 2023 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S
410 Rule Iran 2021 2023 - Sep 23 0:00 0 -
411 Rule Iran 2024 2025 - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 S
412 Rule Iran 2024 2025 - Sep 22 0:00 0 -
413 Rule Iran 2026 2027 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S
414 Rule Iran 2026 2027 - Sep 23 0:00 0 -
415 Rule Iran 2028 2029 - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 S
416 Rule Iran 2028 2029 - Sep 22 0:00 0 -
417 Rule Iran 2030 2031 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S
418 Rule Iran 2030 2031 - Sep 23 0:00 0 -
419 Rule Iran 2032 2033 - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 S
420 Rule Iran 2032 2033 - Sep 22 0:00 0 -
421 Rule Iran 2034 2035 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S
422 Rule Iran 2034 2035 - Sep 23 0:00 0 -
423 Rule Iran 2036 2037 - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 S
424 Rule Iran 2036 2037 - Sep 22 0:00 0 -
425 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
426 Zone Asia/Tehran 3:25:44 - LMT 1916
427 3:25:44 - TMT 1946 # Tehran Mean Time
428 3:30 - IRT 1977 Nov
429 4:00 Iran IR%sT 1979
430 3:30 Iran IR%sT
432 # Iraq
433 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
434 Rule Iraq 1982 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D
435 Rule Iraq 1982 1984 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S
436 Rule Iraq 1983 only - Mar 31 0:00 1:00 D
437 Rule Iraq 1984 1985 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D
438 Rule Iraq 1985 1990 - Sep lastSun 1:00s 0 S
439 Rule Iraq 1986 1990 - Mar lastSun 1:00s 1:00 D
440 # IATA SSIM (1991/1996) says Apr 1 12:01am UTC; guess the `:01' is a typo.
441 Rule Iraq 1991 max - Apr 1 3:00s 1:00 D
442 Rule Iraq 1991 max - Oct 1 3:00s 0 D
443 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
444 Zone Asia/Baghdad 2:57:40 - LMT 1890
445 2:57:36 - BMT 1918 # Baghdad Mean Time?
446 3:00 - AST 1982 May
447 3:00 Iraq A%sT
450 ###############################################################################
452 # Israel
454 # From U. S. Naval Observatory (1989-01-19):
455 # ISRAEL 2 H AHEAD OF UTC
456 # ISRAEL 3 H AHEAD OF UTC APR 10 - SEP 3
458 # From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1993-11-18):
459 #
460 # Shanks gives the following rules for Jerusalem from 1918 through 1991.
461 # After 1989 Shanks often disagrees with Silverberg; we go with Silverberg.
463 # From Shanks (1991):
464 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
465 Rule Zion 1940 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 D
466 Rule Zion 1942 1944 - Nov 1 0:00 0 S
467 Rule Zion 1943 only - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 D
468 Rule Zion 1944 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D
469 Rule Zion 1945 only - Apr 16 0:00 1:00 D
470 Rule Zion 1945 only - Nov 1 2:00 0 S
471 Rule Zion 1946 only - Apr 16 2:00 1:00 D
472 Rule Zion 1946 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 S
473 Rule Zion 1948 only - May 23 0:00 2:00 DD
474 Rule Zion 1948 only - Sep 1 0:00 1:00 D
475 Rule Zion 1948 1949 - Nov 1 2:00 0 S
476 Rule Zion 1949 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D
477 Rule Zion 1950 only - Apr 16 0:00 1:00 D
478 Rule Zion 1950 only - Sep 15 3:00 0 S
479 Rule Zion 1951 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D
480 Rule Zion 1951 only - Nov 11 3:00 0 S
481 Rule Zion 1952 only - Apr 20 2:00 1:00 D
482 Rule Zion 1952 only - Oct 19 3:00 0 S
483 Rule Zion 1953 only - Apr 12 2:00 1:00 D
484 Rule Zion 1953 only - Sep 13 3:00 0 S
485 Rule Zion 1954 only - Jun 13 0:00 1:00 D
486 Rule Zion 1954 only - Sep 12 0:00 0 S
487 Rule Zion 1955 only - Jun 11 2:00 1:00 D
488 Rule Zion 1955 only - Sep 11 0:00 0 S
489 Rule Zion 1956 only - Jun 3 0:00 1:00 D
490 Rule Zion 1956 only - Sep 30 3:00 0 S
491 Rule Zion 1957 only - Apr 29 2:00 1:00 D
492 Rule Zion 1957 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 S
493 Rule Zion 1974 only - Jul 7 0:00 1:00 D
494 Rule Zion 1974 only - Oct 13 0:00 0 S
495 Rule Zion 1975 only - Apr 20 0:00 1:00 D
496 Rule Zion 1975 only - Aug 31 0:00 0 S
497 Rule Zion 1985 only - Apr 14 0:00 1:00 D
498 Rule Zion 1985 only - Sep 15 0:00 0 S
499 Rule Zion 1986 only - May 18 0:00 1:00 D
500 Rule Zion 1986 only - Sep 7 0:00 0 S
501 Rule Zion 1987 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 D
502 Rule Zion 1987 only - Sep 13 0:00 0 S
503 Rule Zion 1988 only - Apr 9 0:00 1:00 D
504 Rule Zion 1988 only - Sep 3 0:00 0 S
506 # From Ephraim Silverberg (ephraim@cs.huji.ac.il), 1997-03-04:
508 # According to the Office of the Secretary General of the Ministry of
509 # Interior, there is NO set rule for Daylight-Savings/Standard time changes.
510 # Each year they decide anew what havoc to wreak on the country. However,
511 # there is a "supposed" set of rules which is subject to change depending
512 # on the party the Minister of Interior, the size of the coalition
513 # government, the phase of the moon and the direction of the wind. Hence,
514 # changes may need to be made on a semi-annual basis. One thing is entrenched
515 # in law, however: that there must be at least 150 days of daylight savings
516 # time annually. Ever since 1993, the change to daylight savings time is
517 # on a Thursday night from midnight IST to 1 a.m IDT. The change back to
518 # standard time is on a Saturday night from midnight daylight savings time
519 # to 11 p.m. standard time. 1996 is an exception to this rule where the
520 # change back to standard time took place on Sunday night instead of Saturday
521 # night to avoid conflicts with the Jewish New Year.
523 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
524 Rule Zion 1989 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 D
525 Rule Zion 1989 only - Sep 3 0:00 0 S
526 Rule Zion 1990 only - Mar 25 0:00 1:00 D
527 Rule Zion 1990 only - Aug 26 0:00 0 S
528 Rule Zion 1991 only - Mar 24 0:00 1:00 D
529 Rule Zion 1991 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 S
530 Rule Zion 1992 only - Mar 29 0:00 1:00 D
531 Rule Zion 1992 only - Sep 6 0:00 0 S
532 Rule Zion 1993 only - Apr 2 0:00 1:00 D
533 Rule Zion 1993 only - Sep 5 0:00 0 S
535 # The dates for 1994-1995 were obtained from Office of the Spokeswoman for the
536 # Ministry of Interior, Jerusalem, Israel. The spokeswoman can be reached by
537 # calling the office directly at 972-2-6701447 or 972-2-6701448.
539 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
540 Rule Zion 1994 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D
541 Rule Zion 1994 only - Aug 28 0:00 0 S
542 Rule Zion 1995 only - Mar 31 0:00 1:00 D
543 Rule Zion 1995 only - Sep 3 0:00 0 S
545 # The dates for 1996 were determined by the Minister of Interior of the
546 # time, Haim Ramon. The official announcement regarding 1996-1998
547 # (with the dates for 1997 no longer being relevant) can be viewed at:
548 #
549 # ftp://ftp.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/1996-1998.ramon.ps.gz
550 #
551 # The dates for 1997 were altered by his successor, Rabbi Eli Suissa.
552 # No changes have been made regarding 1998 as of yet.
553 #
554 # The official announcement for the year 1997 can be viewed at:
555 #
556 # ftp://ftp.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/1997.ps.gz
558 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
559 Rule Zion 1996 only - Mar 15 0:00 1:00 D
560 Rule Zion 1996 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 S
561 Rule Zion 1997 only - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D
562 Rule Zion 1997 only - Sep 14 0:00 0 S
563 Rule Zion 1998 only - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 D
564 Rule Zion 1998 only - Oct 18 0:00 0 S
566 # From Paul Eggert (1997-03-15):
567 # Here are guesses for rules after 1998.
568 # They are probably wrong, but they are more likely than no DST at all.
569 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
570 Rule Zion 1999 max - Mar Fri>=15 0:00 1:00 D
571 Rule Zion 1999 max - Sep Sun>=15 0:00 0 S
573 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
574 Zone Asia/Jerusalem 2:20:56 - LMT 1880
575 2:20:40 - JMT 1918 # Jerusalem Mean Time?
576 2:00 Zion I%sT
579 ###############################################################################
581 # Japan
583 # `9:00' and `JST' is from Guy Harris.
585 # From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1995-03-06):
586 # Today's _Asahi Evening News_ (page 4) reports that Japan had
587 # daylight saving between 1948 and 1951, but ``the system was discontinued
588 # because the public believed it would lead to longer working hours.''
589 # Shanks writes that daylight saving in Japan during those years was as follows:
590 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
591 #Rule Japan 1948 only - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
592 #Rule Japan 1948 1951 - Sep Sat>=8 2:00 0 S
593 #Rule Japan 1949 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
594 #Rule Japan 1950 1951 - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
595 # but the only locations using it were US military bases.
596 # We go with Shanks and omit daylight saving in those years for Asia/Tokyo.
598 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
599 Zone Asia/Tokyo 9:19:04 - LMT 1896
600 9:00 - JST
601 Zone Asia/Ishigaki 8:16:36 - LMT 1896
602 8:00 - CST
603 # There is no information for Marcus.
604 # Other Japanese possessions are probably like Asia/Tokyo.
606 # Jordan
607 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
608 Rule Jordan 1973 only - Jun 6 0:00 1:00 S
609 Rule Jordan 1973 1975 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
610 Rule Jordan 1974 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S
611 Rule Jordan 1976 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 -
612 Rule Jordan 1977 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
613 Rule Jordan 1978 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 S
614 Rule Jordan 1978 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 -
615 Rule Jordan 1985 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
616 Rule Jordan 1985 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
617 Rule Jordan 1986 1988 - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 S
618 Rule Jordan 1986 1990 - Oct Fri>=1 0:00 0 -
619 Rule Jordan 1989 only - May 8 0:00 1:00 S
620 Rule Jordan 1990 only - Apr 27 0:00 1:00 S
621 Rule Jordan 1991 only - Apr 17 0:00 1:00 S
622 Rule Jordan 1991 only - Sep 27 0:00 0 -
623 Rule Jordan 1992 only - Apr 10 0:00 1:00 S
624 Rule Jordan 1992 1993 - Oct Fri>=1 0:00 0 -
625 Rule Jordan 1993 max - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 S
626 Rule Jordan 1994 only - Sep Fri>=15 0:00 0 -
627 Rule Jordan 1995 max - Sep Fri>=15 0:00s 0 -
628 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
629 Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931
630 2:00 Jordan EE%sT
632 # Kazakhstan
633 # From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22):
634 # Andrew Evtichov <evti@chevron.com> (1996-04-13) writes that Kazakhstan
635 # stayed in sync with Moscow after 1990, and that Aqtobe (formerly Aktyubinsk)
636 # and Aqtau (formerly Shevchenko) are the largest cities in their zones.
637 # Guess that Aqtau and Aqtobe diverged in 1995, since that's the first time
638 # IATA SSIM mentions a third time zone in Kazakhstan.
639 #
640 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
641 Zone Asia/Alma-Ata 5:07:48 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Almaty
642 5:00 - ALMT 1957 Mar # Alma-Ata Time
643 6:00 RussiaAsia ALM%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
644 5:00 1:00 ALMST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s
645 5:00 - ALMT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s
646 6:00 E-EurAsia ALM%sT
647 Zone Asia/Aqtobe 3:48:40 - LMT 1924 May 2
648 4:00 - AKT 1957 Mar # Aktyubinsk Time
649 5:00 RussiaAsia AK%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
650 4:00 1:00 AKTST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s
651 4:00 - AQTT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s # Aqtobe Time
652 5:00 E-EurAsia AQT%sT
653 Zone Asia/Aqtau 3:21:04 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Aktau
654 4:00 - SHET 1957 Mar # Fort Shevchenko Time
655 5:00 RussiaAsia SHE%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
656 4:00 1:00 AQTST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s
657 4:00 - AQTT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s # Aqtau Time
658 5:00 E-EurAsia AQT%sT 1995 Sep lastSun
659 4:00 E-EurAsia AQT%sT
661 # Kirgizstan
662 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
663 Rule Kirgiz 1992 max - Apr Sun>=7 0:00 1:00 S
664 Rule Kirgiz 1991 max - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 -
665 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
666 Zone Asia/Bishkek 4:58:24 - LMT 1924 May 2
667 5:00 - FRUT 1957 Mar # Frunze Time
668 6:00 RussiaAsia FRU%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
669 5:00 1:00 FRUST 1991 Aug 31 # independence
670 5:00 Kirgiz KG%sT # Kirgizstan Time
672 ###############################################################################
674 # Korea
676 # From Guy Harris:
677 # According to someone at the Korean Times in San Francisco,
678 # Daylight Savings Time was not observed until 1987. He did not know
679 # at what time of day DST starts or ends.
681 # From Shanks (1991):
682 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
683 Rule ROK 1960 only - May 15 0:00 1:00 D
684 Rule ROK 1960 only - Sep 13 0:00 0 S
685 Rule ROK 1987 1988 - May Sun<=14 0:00 1:00 D
686 Rule ROK 1987 1988 - Oct Sun<=14 0:00 0 S
688 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
689 Zone Asia/Seoul 8:27:52 - LMT 1890
690 8:30 - KST 1904 Dec
691 9:00 - KST 1928
692 8:30 - KST 1932
693 9:00 - KST 1954 Mar 21
694 8:00 ROK K%sT 1961 Aug 10
695 8:30 - KST 1968 Oct
696 9:00 ROK K%sT
697 Zone Asia/Pyongyang 8:23:00 - LMT 1890
698 8:30 - KST 1904 Dec
699 9:00 - KST 1928
700 8:30 - KST 1932
701 9:00 - KST 1954 Mar 21
702 8:00 - KST 1961 Aug 10
703 9:00 - KST
705 ###############################################################################
707 # Kuwait
708 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
709 Zone Asia/Kuwait 3:11:56 - LMT 1950
710 3:00 - AST
712 # Laos
713 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
714 Zone Asia/Vientiane 6:50:24 - LMT 1906 Jun 9
715 7:06:20 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT?
716 7:00 - ICT 1912 May
717 8:00 - ICT 1931 May
718 7:00 - ICT
720 # Lebanon
721 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
722 Rule Lebanon 1920 only - Mar 28 0:00 1:00 S
723 Rule Lebanon 1920 only - Oct 25 0:00 0 -
724 Rule Lebanon 1921 only - Apr 3 0:00 1:00 S
725 Rule Lebanon 1921 only - Oct 3 0:00 0 -
726 Rule Lebanon 1922 only - Mar 26 0:00 1:00 S
727 Rule Lebanon 1922 only - Oct 8 0:00 0 -
728 Rule Lebanon 1923 only - Apr 22 0:00 1:00 S
729 Rule Lebanon 1923 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 -
730 Rule Lebanon 1957 1961 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S
731 Rule Lebanon 1957 1961 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
732 Rule Lebanon 1972 only - Jun 22 0:00 1:00 S
733 Rule Lebanon 1972 1977 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
734 Rule Lebanon 1973 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S
735 Rule Lebanon 1978 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 S
736 Rule Lebanon 1978 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 -
737 Rule Lebanon 1984 1987 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S
738 Rule Lebanon 1984 1991 - Oct 16 0:00 0 -
739 Rule Lebanon 1988 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S
740 Rule Lebanon 1989 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S
741 Rule Lebanon 1990 1992 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S
742 Rule Lebanon 1992 only - Oct 4 0:00 0 -
743 Rule Lebanon 1993 max - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S
744 Rule Lebanon 1993 max - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 -
745 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
746 Zone Asia/Beirut 2:22:00 - LMT 1880
747 2:00 Lebanon EE%sT
749 # Malaysia
750 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
751 Rule NBorneo 1935 1941 - Sep 14 0:00 0:20 TS
752 Rule NBorneo 1935 1941 - Dec 14 0:00 0 -
753 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
754 Zone Asia/Kuala_Lumpur 6:46:48 - LMT 1880
755 6:55:24 - SMT 1905 Jun # Singapore Mean Time
756 7:00 - MALT 1933 # Malaya Time
757 7:20 - MALT 1942 Feb 15
758 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 2
759 7:20 - MALT 1950
760 7:30 - MALT 1982 May
761 8:00 - MYT # Malaysia Time
762 Zone Asia/Kuching 7:21:20 - LMT 1926 Mar
763 7:30 - BORT 1933 # Borneo Time
764 8:00 NBorneo BOR%sT 1942
765 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 2
766 8:00 - BORT 1982 May
767 8:00 - MYT
769 # Maldives
770 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
771 Zone Indian/Maldives 4:54:00 - LMT 1880 # Male
772 4:54:00 - MMT 1960 # Male Mean Time
773 5:00 - MVT # Maldives Time
775 # Mongolia
776 # Shanks says that Mongolia has three time zones, but usno1995 and
777 # <URL:http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/95fact/802389h.gif> (1995)
778 # both say that it has just one.
779 # Let's comment out the western and eastern Mongolian time zones
780 # till we know what their principal towns are.
781 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
782 Rule Mongol 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
783 Rule Mongol 1981 1984 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
784 Rule Mongol 1985 1990 - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 S
785 Rule Mongol 1985 1990 - Sep lastSun 3:00 0 -
786 Rule Mongol 1991 max - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S
787 Rule Mongol 1991 1995 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 -
788 Rule Mongol 1996 only - Oct Fri>=22 0:00 0 -
789 Rule Mongol 1997 max - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 -
790 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
791 #Zone Asia/Dariv 6:14:32 - LMT 1905 Aug
792 # 6:00 - DART 1978 # Dariv Time
793 # 7:00 Mongol DAR%sT
794 Zone Asia/Ulan_Bator 7:07:32 - LMT 1905 Aug
795 7:00 - ULAT 1978 # Ulan Bator Time
796 8:00 Mongol ULA%sT
797 #Zone Asia/Baruun-Urt 7:33:00 - LMT 1905 Aug
798 # 8:00 - BART 1978 # Baruun-Urt Time
799 # 9:00 Mongol BAR%sT
801 # Nepal
802 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
803 Zone Asia/Katmandu 5:41:16 - LMT 1920
804 5:30 - IST 1986
805 5:45 - NPT # Nepal Time
807 # Oman
808 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
809 Zone Asia/Muscat 3:54:20 - LMT 1920
810 4:00 - GST
812 # Pakistan
813 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
814 Zone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907
815 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep
816 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 15
817 5:30 - IST 1951 Sep 30
818 5:00 - KART 1971 Mar 26 # Karachi Time
819 5:00 - PKT # Pakistan Time
821 # Palestine
822 # These rules for Egypt are stolen from the `africa' file.
823 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
824 Rule EgyptAsia 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S
825 Rule EgyptAsia 1957 1958 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
826 Rule EgyptAsia 1958 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S
827 Rule EgyptAsia 1959 1967 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S
828 Rule EgyptAsia 1959 1965 - Sep 30 3:00 0 -
829 Rule EgyptAsia 1966 only - Oct 1 3:00 0 -
830 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
831 Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct
832 2:00 - EET 1957 May 10
833 2:00 EgyptAsia EE%sT 1967 Jun 30
834 2:00 Zion I%sT
836 # Paracel Is
837 # no information
839 # Philippines
840 # Howse writes (p 162) that until 1844 the Philippines kept American date.
841 # The rest of this data is from Shanks.
842 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
843 Rule Phil 1936 only - Nov 1 0:00 1:00 S
844 Rule Phil 1937 only - Feb 1 0:00 0 -
845 Rule Phil 1954 only - Apr 12 0:00 1:00 S
846 Rule Phil 1954 only - Jul 1 0:00 0 -
847 Rule Phil 1978 only - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 S
848 Rule Phil 1978 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 -
849 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
850 Zone Asia/Manila -15:56:00 - LMT 1844
851 8:04:00 - LMT 1899 May 11
852 8:00 Phil PH%sT 1942 May
853 9:00 - JST 1944 Nov
854 8:00 Phil PH%sT
856 # Qatar
857 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
858 Zone Asia/Qatar 3:26:08 - LMT 1920 # Al Dawhah
859 4:00 - GST 1972 Jun
860 3:00 - AST
862 # Saudi Arabia
863 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
864 Zone Asia/Riyadh 3:06:52 - LMT 1950
865 3:00 - AST
867 # Singapore
868 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
869 Zone Asia/Singapore 6:55:24 - LMT 1880
870 6:55:24 - SMT 1905 Jun # Singapore Mean Time
871 7:00 - MALT 1933 # Malaya Time
872 7:20 - MALT 1942 Feb 15
873 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 2
874 7:20 - MALT 1950
875 7:30 - MALT 1965 Aug 9 # independence
876 7:30 - SGT 1982 May # Singapore Time
877 8:00 - SGT
879 # Spratly Is
880 # no information
882 # Sri Lanka
883 # From Paul Eggert (1996-09-03):
884 # <URL:http://www.virtual-pc.com/lankaweb/news/items/240596-2.html> (1996-05-24)
885 # reported ``the country's standard time will be put forward by one hour at
886 # midnight Friday (1830 GMT) `in the light of the present power crisis'.''
887 # Transitions before 1996 are from Shanks (1991).
888 #
889 # From Dharmasiri Senanayake, Sri Lanka Media Minister (1996-10-24), as quoted
890 # in <URL:news:54rka5$m5h@mtinsc01-mgt.ops.worldnet.att.net> (1996-10-26):
891 # With effect from 12.30 a.m. on 26th October 1996
892 # Sri Lanka will be six (06) hours ahead of GMT.
894 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
895 Zone Asia/Colombo 5:19:24 - LMT 1880
896 5:20 - CEYT 1906 # Ceylon Time
897 5:30 - IST 1942 Jan 5
898 5:30 0:30 IHST 1942 Sep
899 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 16 2:00
900 5:30 - IST 1996 May 25 0:00
901 6:30 - LKT 1996 Oct 26 0:30
902 6:00 - LKT
904 # Syria
905 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
906 Rule Syria 1920 1923 - Apr Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 S
907 Rule Syria 1920 1923 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 0 -
908 Rule Syria 1962 only - Apr 29 2:00 1:00 S
909 Rule Syria 1962 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 -
910 Rule Syria 1963 1965 - May 1 2:00 1:00 S
911 Rule Syria 1963 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 -
912 Rule Syria 1964 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 -
913 Rule Syria 1965 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 -
914 Rule Syria 1966 only - Apr 24 2:00 1:00 S
915 Rule Syria 1966 1976 - Oct 1 2:00 0 -
916 Rule Syria 1967 1978 - May 1 2:00 1:00 S
917 Rule Syria 1977 1978 - Sep 1 2:00 0 -
918 Rule Syria 1983 1984 - Apr 9 2:00 1:00 S
919 Rule Syria 1983 1984 - Oct 1 2:00 0 -
920 Rule Syria 1986 only - Feb 16 2:00 1:00 S
921 Rule Syria 1986 only - Oct 9 2:00 0 -
922 Rule Syria 1987 only - Mar 1 2:00 1:00 S
923 Rule Syria 1987 1988 - Oct 31 2:00 0 -
924 Rule Syria 1988 only - Mar 15 2:00 1:00 S
925 Rule Syria 1989 only - Mar 31 2:00 1:00 S
926 Rule Syria 1989 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 -
927 Rule Syria 1990 only - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 S
928 Rule Syria 1990 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 -
929 Rule Syria 1991 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
930 Rule Syria 1991 1992 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
931 Rule Syria 1992 only - Apr 8 0:00 1:00 S
932 Rule Syria 1993 only - Mar 26 0:00 1:00 S
933 Rule Syria 1993 only - Sep 25 0:00 0 -
934 # IATA SSIM (1996-09) says 1997-03-31; assume that it should be 1997-04-01.
935 Rule Syria 1994 max - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
936 Rule Syria 1994 max - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
937 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
938 Zone Asia/Damascus 2:25:12 - LMT 1920
939 2:00 Syria EE%sT
941 # Tajikistan
942 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
943 Zone Asia/Dushanbe 4:35:12 - LMT 1924 May 2
944 5:00 - DUST 1957 Mar # Dushanbe Time
945 6:00 RussiaAsia DUS%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
946 5:00 1:00 DUSST 1991 Sep 9 # independence
947 5:00 RussiaAsia TJ%sT 1992
948 5:00 - TJT # Tajikistan Time
950 # Thailand
951 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
952 Zone Asia/Bangkok 6:42:04 - LMT 1880
953 6:42:04 - BMT 1920 Apr # Bangkok Mean Time
954 7:00 - ICT
956 # Turkmenistan
957 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
958 Zone Asia/Ashkhabad 3:53:32 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Ashgabat
959 4:00 - ASHT 1957 Mar # Ashkhabad Time
960 5:00 RussiaAsia ASH%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
961 4:00 1:00 ASHST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s
962 4:00 - ASHT 1991 Oct 27 # independence
963 4:00 - TMT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s
964 5:00 - TMT # Turkmenistan Time
966 # United Arab Emirates
967 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
968 Zone Asia/Dubai 3:41:12 - LMT 1920
969 4:00 - GST
971 # Uzbekistan
972 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
973 Zone Asia/Tashkent 4:37:12 - LMT 1924 May 2
974 5:00 - TAST 1957 Mar # Tashkent Time
975 6:00 RussiaAsia TAS%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
976 5:00 1:00 TASST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s
977 5:00 - UZT # Uzbekistan Time
978 # Shanks has Tashkent using DST after 1991, but usno1995 says they don't.
979 # Guess no DST after 1991.
980 # <URL:http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/95fact/802389h.gif> (1995)
981 # says that Uzbekistan has two time zones, but a cable
982 # <URL:http://www.itaiep.doc.gov/bisnis/cables/960510uz.html> (1996-05-10)
983 # from the American Embassy in Tashkent implies that they have just one.
985 # Vietnam
986 # From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1993-11-18):
987 # Saigon's official name is Thanh-Pho Ho Chi Minh, but it's too long.
988 # We'll stick with the traditional name for now.
989 # From Shanks (1991):
990 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
991 Zone Asia/Saigon 7:06:40 - LMT 1906 Jun 9
992 7:06:20 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT?
993 7:00 - ICT 1912 May
994 8:00 - ICT 1931 May
995 7:00 - ICT
997 # Yemen
998 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
999 Zone Asia/Aden 3:00:48 - LMT 1950
1000 3:00 - AST