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1 # @(#)asia 7.14
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> (August 18, 1994):
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 # Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences,
15 # Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which
16 # I found in the UCLA library.
17 #
18 # A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is
19 # Derek Howse, Greenwich time and the discovery of the longitude,
20 # Oxford University Press (1980).
21 #
22 # I invented the abbreviations marked `*' in the following table;
23 # the rest are from earlier versions of this file, or from other sources.
24 # Corrections are welcome!
25 # std dst
26 # LMT Local Mean Time
27 # LST Local Star Time (Russian ``mestnoe zvezdnoe vremya'')
28 # 2:00 EET EET DST Eastern European Time
29 # 2:00 IST IDT Israel
30 # 3:00 AST ADT Arabia*
31 # 3:00 MSK MSD Moscow
32 # 3:30 IST IDT Iran
33 # 4:00 BSK BSD Baku*
34 # 4:00 GST GDT Gulf*
35 # 4:30 AFT Afghanistan*
36 # 5:00 ASK ASD Ashkhabad*
37 # 5:00 PKT Pakistan*
38 # 5:30 IST IST India
39 # 5:45 NPT Nepal*
40 # 6:00 BGT Bengal, Bangladesh*
41 # 6:00 TSK TSD Tashkent*
42 # 6:30 BMT Burma*
43 # 7:00 ICT Indochina*
44 # 7:00 JVT Java*
45 # 8:00 BNT Borneo, Brunei*
46 # 8:00 CST CDT China
47 # 8:00 HKT HKST Hong Kong
48 # 8:00 PST PDT Philippines*
49 # 8:00 SGT Singapore
50 # 8:00 UST UDT Ulan Bator*
51 # 9:00 JST JDT Japan
52 # 9:00 KST KDT Korea
53 # 9:00 MLT Moluccas*
54 # 9:30 CST Australian Central Standard Time
55 #
56 # See the `europe' file for Russia and Turkey in Asia.
57 #
58 # See the `africa' file for Zone naming conventions.
60 # From Guy Harris:
61 # Incorporates data for Singapore from Robert Elz' asia 1.1, as well as
62 # additional information from Tom Yap, Sun Microsystems Intercontinental
63 # Technical Support (including a page from the Official Airline Guide -
64 # Worldwide Edition). The names for time zones are guesses.
66 ###############################################################################
68 # From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (May 28, 1994):
69 # We don't know what happened to the clocks in the Caucausus and the ex-Soviet
70 # Central Asia after 1990. Until we get more info, stick with the pre-1991 rules.
71 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
72 Rule Russia 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D
73 Rule Russia 1981 1983 - Oct 1 0:00 0 K
74 Rule Russia 1984 max - Sep lastSun 3:00 0 K
75 Rule Russia 1985 max - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
77 # Afghanistan
78 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
79 Zone Asia/Kabul 4:36:48 - LMT 1890
80 4:00 - GST 1945
81 4:30 - AFT
83 # Armenia
84 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
85 Zone Asia/Yerevan 2:58:00 - LMT 1924 May 2
86 3:00 - MSK 1957 Mar
87 4:00 Russia BS%s
89 # Azerbaijan
90 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
91 Zone Asia/Baku 3:19:24 - LMT 1924 May 2
92 3:00 - MSK 1957 Mar
93 4:00 Russia BS%s
95 # Bahrain
96 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
97 Zone Asia/Bahrain 3:22:20 - LMT 1920 # Al-Manamah
98 4:00 - GST 1972 Jun
99 3:00 - AST
101 # Bangladesh
102 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
103 Zone Asia/Dacca 6:01:40 - LMT 1890
104 5:53 - CMT 1941 Oct # Calcutta Mean Time
105 6:30 - BMT 1942 May 15
106 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep
107 6:30 - BMT 1951 Sep 30
108 6:00 - BGT
110 # Bhutan
111 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
112 Zone Asia/Thimbu 5:58:36 - LMT 1947 Aug 15
113 5:30 - IST 1987 Oct
114 6:00 - BGT
116 # British Indian Ocean Territory
117 # From Whitman:
118 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
119 Zone Indian/Chagos 5:00 - PKT
121 # Brunei
122 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
123 Zone Asia/Brunei 7:39:40 - LMT 1926 Mar # Bandar Seri Begawan
124 7:30 - BNT 1933
125 8:00 - BNT
127 # Burma
128 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
129 Zone Asia/Rangoon 6:24:40 - LMT 1880
130 6:25 - RMT 1920
131 6:30 - BMT 1942 May
132 9:00 - JST 1945 May 3
133 6:30 - BMT
135 # Cambodia
136 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
137 Zone Asia/Phnom_Penh 6:59:40 - LMT 1906 Jun 9
138 7:06 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT
139 7:00 - ICT 1912 May
140 8:00 - ICT 1931 May
141 7:00 - ICT
143 # People's Republic of China
145 # From Guy Harris:
146 # People's Republic of China. Yes, they really have only one time zone.
148 # From Bob Devine (January 28, 1988):
149 # No they don't. See TIME mag, February 17, 1986 p.52. Even though
150 # China is across 4 physical time zones, before Feb 1, 1986 only the
151 # Peking (Bejing) time zone was recognized. Since that date, China
152 # has two of 'em -- Peking's and Urumqi (named after the capital of
153 # the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region). I don't know about DST for it.
154 #
155 # . . .I just deleted the DST table and this editor makes it too
156 # painful to suck in another copy.. So, here is what I have for
157 # DST start/end dates for Peking's time zone (info from AP):
158 #
159 # 1986 May 4 - Sept 14
160 # 1987 mid-April - ??
162 # From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993):
163 # According to Shanks, China started using DST in 1986,
164 # but it's still all one big happy time zone.
166 # From U. S. Naval Observatory (January 19, 1989):
167 # CHINA 8 H AHEAD OF UTC ALL OF CHINA, INCL TAIWAN
168 # CHINA 9 H AHEAD OF UTC APR 17 - SEP 10
170 # From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993):
171 # Shanks writes that China switched from the Chinese calendar on 1912 Feb 12.
172 # He also writes that China has had a single time zone since 1980 May 1,
173 # and that they instituted DST on 1986 May 4; this contradicts Devine's
174 # note about Time magazine, though apparently _something_ happened in 1986.
176 # From Shanks (1991):
177 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
178 Rule Shang 1928 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S
179 Rule Shang 1940 only - Jun 3 0:00 1:00 D
180 Rule Shang 1940 1941 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S
181 Rule Shang 1941 only - Mar 16 0:00 1:00 D
182 Rule PRC 1949 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S
183 Rule PRC 1986 only - May 4 0:00 1:00 D
184 Rule PRC 1986 max - Sep Sun>=11 0:00 0 S
185 Rule PRC 1987 max - Apr Sun>=10 0:00 1:00 D
186 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
187 Zone Asia/Shanghai 8:05:52 - LMT 1928
188 8:00 Shang C%sT 1949
189 8:00 PRC C%sT
191 ###############################################################################
193 # Republic of China
195 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
196 Rule Taiwan 1896 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S
197 Rule Taiwan 1945 1951 - May 1 0:00 1:00 D
198 Rule Taiwan 1945 1951 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S
199 Rule Taiwan 1952 only - Mar 1 0:00 1:00 D
200 Rule Taiwan 1952 1954 - Nov 1 0:00 0 S
201 Rule Taiwan 1953 1959 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D
202 Rule Taiwan 1955 1961 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S
203 Rule Taiwan 1960 1961 - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 D
204 Rule Taiwan 1974 1975 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D
205 Rule Taiwan 1974 1975 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S
206 Rule Taiwan 1980 only - Jun 30 0:00 1:00 D
207 Rule Taiwan 1980 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 S
208 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
209 Zone Asia/Taipei 8:06:00 - LMT 1896
210 8:00 Taiwan C%sT
212 ###############################################################################
213 # Hong Kong
214 # Presumably Hong Kong will have DST again when it merges with China,
215 # but it's too early to predict the details.
216 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
217 Rule HK 1904 only - Oct 30 0:00 0 -
218 Rule HK 1946 only - Apr 20 3:30 1:00 S
219 Rule HK 1946 only - Dec 1 3:30 0 -
220 Rule HK 1947 only - Apr 13 3:30 1:00 S
221 Rule HK 1947 only - Dec 30 3:30 0 -
222 Rule HK 1948 only - May 2 3:30 1:00 S
223 Rule HK 1948 1952 - Oct lastSun 3:30 0 -
224 Rule HK 1949 1953 - Apr Sun>=1 3:30 1:00 S
225 Rule HK 1953 only - Nov 1 3:30 0 -
226 Rule HK 1954 1964 - Mar Sun>=18 3:30 1:00 S
227 Rule HK 1954 only - Oct 31 3:30 0 -
228 Rule HK 1955 1964 - Nov Sun>=1 3:30 0 -
229 Rule HK 1965 1977 - Apr Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S
230 Rule HK 1965 1977 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 -
231 Rule HK 1979 1980 - May Sun>=8 3:30 1:00 S
232 Rule HK 1979 1980 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 -
233 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
234 Zone Asia/Hong_Kong 7:36:36 - LMT 1904 Oct 30
235 8:00 HK HK%sT
237 # Macao
238 # Presumably Macao will have DST again when it merges with China,
239 # but it's too early to predict the details.
240 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
241 Rule Macao 1912 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S
242 Rule Macao 1961 1962 - Mar Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 D
243 Rule Macao 1961 1964 - Nov Sun>=1 3:30 0 S
244 Rule Macao 1963 only - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 D
245 Rule Macao 1964 only - Mar Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 D
246 Rule Macao 1965 only - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 D
247 Rule Macao 1965 only - Oct 31 0:00 0 S
248 Rule Macao 1966 1971 - Apr Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 D
249 Rule Macao 1966 1971 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 S
250 Rule Macao 1972 1974 - Apr Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 D
251 Rule Macao 1972 1973 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 0 S
252 Rule Macao 1974 1977 - Oct Sun>=15 3:30 0 S
253 Rule Macao 1975 1977 - Apr Sun>=15 3:30 1:00 D
254 Rule Macao 1978 1980 - Apr Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 D
255 Rule Macao 1978 1980 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 0 S
256 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
257 Zone Asia/Macao 7:34:20 - LMT 1912
258 8:00 Macao C%sT
261 ###############################################################################
263 # Cyprus
264 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
265 Rule Cyprus 1921 only - Nov 14 0:00 0 -
266 Rule Cyprus 1975 only - Apr 13 0:00 1:00 " DST"
267 Rule Cyprus 1975 only - Oct 12 0:00 0 -
268 Rule Cyprus 1976 only - May 15 0:00 1:00 " DST"
269 Rule Cyprus 1976 only - Oct 11 0:00 0 -
270 Rule Cyprus 1977 1980 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 " DST"
271 Rule Cyprus 1977 only - Sep 25 0:00 0 -
272 Rule Cyprus 1978 only - Oct 2 0:00 0 -
273 Rule Cyprus 1979 max - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 -
274 Rule Cyprus 1981 max - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 " DST"
275 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
276 Zone Asia/Nicosia 2:13:28 - LMT 1921 Nov 14
277 2:00 Cyprus EET%s
279 # Georgia
280 # From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1994-11-19):
281 # Today's _Economist_ (p 60) reports that Georgia moved its clocks forward
282 # an hour recently, due to a law proposed by Zurab Murvanidze,
283 # an MP who went on a hunger strike for 11 days to force discussion about it!
284 # Alas, we have no details.
285 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
286 Zone Asia/Tbilisi 2:59:16 - LMT 1880
287 2:59 - LST 1924 May 2
288 3:00 - MSK 1957 Mar
289 4:00 Russia BS%s
291 # India
292 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
293 Zone Asia/Calcutta 5:53:28 - LMT 1880
294 5:53 - CMT 1941 Oct # Calcutta Mean Time
295 6:30 - BMT 1942 May 15
296 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep
297 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 15
298 5:30 - IST
299 # The following are like Asia/Calcutta:
300 # Andaman Is
301 # Lakshadweep (Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Is)
302 # Nicobar Is
304 # Indonesia
305 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
306 Zone Asia/Jakarta 7:07:12 - LMT 1867 Aug 10
307 7:07 - JMT 1924 Jan 1 0:13
308 7:20 - JVT 1932 Nov
309 7:30 - JVT 1942 Mar 23
310 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug
311 7:30 - JVT 1948 May
312 8:00 - JVT 1950 May
313 7:30 - JVT 1964
314 7:00 - JVT
315 Zone Asia/Ujung_Pandang 7:57:36 - LMT 1920
316 7:58 - MMT 1932 Nov # Macassar Mean Time
317 8:00 - BNT 1942 Feb 9
318 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug
319 8:00 - BNT
320 Zone Asia/Jayapura 9:22:48 - LMT 1932 Nov
321 9:00 - MLT 1944
322 9:30 - CST 1964
323 9:00 - MLT
325 # Iran
327 # Shanks has no record of DST after 1980.
329 # From Bob Devine (January 28, 1988):
330 # Iran: Last Sunday in March to third (?) Sunday in
331 # September. Since the revolution, the official calendar is Monarchic
332 # calendar; I have no idea what the correspondence between dates are.
334 # From U. S. Naval Observatory (January 19, 1989):
335 # IRAN 3.5H AHEAD OF UTC
337 # From Shanks (1991), with corrections from Devine:
338 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
339 Rule Iran 1977 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 S
340 Rule Iran 1978 1980 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D
341 Rule Iran 1978 only - Oct 21 0:00 0 S
342 Rule Iran 1979 only - Sep 19 0:00 0 S
343 Rule Iran 1980 only - Sep 23 0:00 0 S
344 Rule Iran 1988 max - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
345 Rule Iran 1988 max - Sep Sun>=15 2:00 0 S
346 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
347 Zone Asia/Tehran 3:25:44 - LMT 1916
348 3:26 - TMT 1946
349 3:30 - IST 1977 Nov
350 4:00 Iran G%sT 1979
351 3:30 Iran I%sT
353 # Iraq
354 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
355 Rule Iraq 1982 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D
356 Rule Iraq 1982 1984 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S
357 Rule Iraq 1983 only - Mar 31 0:00 1:00 D
358 Rule Iraq 1984 1985 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D
359 Rule Iraq 1985 max - Sep lastSun 1:00s 0 S
360 Rule Iraq 1986 max - Mar lastSun 1:00s 1:00 D
361 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
362 Zone Asia/Baghdad 2:57:40 - LMT 1890
363 2:58 - BMT 1918 # Baghdad Mean Time
364 3:00 - AST 1982 May
365 3:00 Iraq A%sT
368 ###############################################################################
370 # Israel
372 # From U. S. Naval Observatory (January 19, 1989):
373 # ISRAEL 2 H AHEAD OF UTC
374 # ISRAEL 3 H AHEAD OF UTC APR 10 - SEP 3
376 # From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993):
377 #
378 # Shanks gives the following rules for Jerusalem from 1918 through 1991.
379 # After 1989 Shanks often disagrees with Silverberg; we go with Silverberg.
381 # From Shanks (1991):
382 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
383 Rule Zion 1918 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S
384 Rule Zion 1940 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 D
385 Rule Zion 1942 1944 - Nov 1 0:00 0 S
386 Rule Zion 1943 only - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 D
387 Rule Zion 1944 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D
388 Rule Zion 1945 only - Apr 16 0:00 1:00 D
389 Rule Zion 1945 only - Nov 1 2:00 0 S
390 Rule Zion 1946 only - Apr 16 2:00 1:00 D
391 Rule Zion 1946 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 S
392 Rule Zion 1948 only - May 23 0:00 2:00 DD
393 Rule Zion 1948 only - Sep 1 0:00 1:00 D
394 Rule Zion 1948 1949 - Nov 1 2:00 0 S
395 Rule Zion 1949 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D
396 Rule Zion 1950 only - Apr 16 0:00 1:00 D
397 Rule Zion 1950 only - Sep 15 3:00 0 S
398 Rule Zion 1951 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D
399 Rule Zion 1951 only - Nov 11 3:00 0 S
400 Rule Zion 1952 only - Apr 20 2:00 1:00 D
401 Rule Zion 1952 only - Oct 19 3:00 0 S
402 Rule Zion 1953 only - Apr 12 2:00 1:00 D
403 Rule Zion 1953 only - Sep 13 3:00 0 S
404 Rule Zion 1954 only - Jun 13 0:00 1:00 D
405 Rule Zion 1954 only - Sep 12 0:00 0 S
406 Rule Zion 1955 only - Jun 11 2:00 1:00 D
407 Rule Zion 1955 only - Sep 11 0:00 0 S
408 Rule Zion 1956 only - Jun 3 0:00 1:00 D
409 Rule Zion 1956 only - Sep 30 3:00 0 S
410 Rule Zion 1957 only - Apr 29 2:00 1:00 D
411 Rule Zion 1957 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 S
412 Rule Zion 1974 only - Jul 7 0:00 1:00 D
413 Rule Zion 1974 only - Oct 13 0:00 0 S
414 Rule Zion 1975 only - Apr 20 0:00 1:00 D
415 Rule Zion 1975 only - Aug 31 0:00 0 S
416 Rule Zion 1985 only - Apr 14 0:00 1:00 D
417 Rule Zion 1985 only - Sep 15 0:00 0 S
418 Rule Zion 1986 only - May 18 0:00 1:00 D
419 Rule Zion 1986 only - Sep 7 0:00 0 S
420 Rule Zion 1987 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 D
421 Rule Zion 1987 only - Sep 13 0:00 0 S
422 Rule Zion 1988 only - Apr 9 0:00 1:00 D
423 Rule Zion 1988 only - Sep 3 0:00 0 S
424 #Rule Zion 1989 only - Apr 29 0:00 1:00 D
425 #Rule Zion 1989 only - Sep 2 0:00 0 S
426 #Rule Zion 1990 only - Mar 25 0:00 1:00 D
427 #Rule Zion 1990 only - Aug 26 0:00 0 S
428 #Rule Zion 1991 only - Mar 10 0:00 1:00 D
429 #Rule Zion 1991 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 S
431 # From Ephraim Silverberg (September 20, 1995):
432 #
433 # According to the Office of the Secretary General of the Ministry of
434 # Interior, there is NO set rule for Daylight-Savings/Standard time changes.
435 # Each year they decide anew what havoc to wreak on the country. However,
436 # there is a "supposed" set of rules which is subject to change depending
437 # on the party the Minister of Interior, the size of the coalition
438 # government, the phase of the moon and the direction of the wind. Hence,
439 # changes may need to be made on a semi-annual basis. One thing is entrenched
440 # in law, however: that there must be at least 150 days of daylight savings
441 # time annually. Ever since 1993, the change to daylight savings time has
442 # been from midnight Thursday night to 1 a.m. Friday morning and the change
443 # back to standard time on Saturday night from midnight daylight savings time
444 # to 11 p.m. standard time.
446 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
447 Rule Zion 1989 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 D
448 Rule Zion 1989 only - Sep 3 0:00 0:00 S
449 Rule Zion 1990 only - Mar 25 0:00 1:00 D
450 Rule Zion 1990 only - Aug 26 0:00 0:00 S
451 Rule Zion 1991 only - Mar 24 0:00 1:00 D
452 Rule Zion 1991 only - Sep 1 0:00 0:00 S
453 Rule Zion 1992 only - Mar 29 0:00 1:00 D
454 Rule Zion 1992 only - Sep 6 0:00 0:00 S
455 Rule Zion 1993 only - Apr 2 0:00 1:00 D
456 Rule Zion 1993 only - Sep 5 0:00 0:00 S
458 # The dates for 1994-1995 were obtained from Office of the Spokeswoman for the
459 # Ministry of Interior, Jerusalem, Israel. The spokeswoman can be reached by
460 # calling the switchboard at 972-2-701411 and asking for the spokeswoman.
462 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
463 Rule Zion 1994 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D
464 Rule Zion 1994 only - Aug 28 0:00 0:00 S
465 Rule Zion 1995 only - Mar 31 0:00 1:00 D
466 Rule Zion 1995 only - Sep 3 0:00 0:00 S
468 # The dates for 1996-1998 were also obtained from Office of the Spokeswoman
469 # for the Ministry of Interior, Jerusalem, Israel. The official announcement
470 # can be viewed (in Hebrew) at the following URL:
471 #
472 # ftp://ftp.huji.ac.il/pub/misc/timezones/announcements/1996-1998.ps.gz
473 #
474 # Emptor Caveat: The fall of 1996 is an election year (the change to/from
475 # daylight savings time affects the earliest possible time for morning prayers
476 # making it is a sensitive issue among the religious sector of the electorate)
477 # so political considerations may cause the outgoing government to make the
478 # change back to standard time earlier in the fall of 1996 and the incoming
479 # government may nullify the 1997/1998 times altogether depending on the
480 # coalition formed after the elections. Life isn't boring here in Israel.
482 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
483 Rule Zion 1996 1998 - Mar Fri>=14 0:00 1:00 D
484 Rule Zion 1996 only - Sep 22 0:00 0:00 S
485 Rule Zion 1997 only - Nov 2 0:00 0:00 S
486 Rule Zion 1998 only - Oct 25 0:00 0:00 S
488 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
489 Zone Asia/Tel_Aviv 2:19:04 - LMT 1880
490 2:21 - JMT 1918
491 2:00 Zion I%sT
494 ###############################################################################
496 # Japan
498 # `9:00' and `JST' is from Guy Harris.
500 # From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1995-03-06):
501 # Today's _Asahi Evening News_ (page 4) reports that Japan had
502 # daylight saving between 1948 and 1951, but ``the system was discontinued
503 # because the public believed it would lead to longer working hours.''
504 # Shanks writes that daylight saving in Japan during those years was as follows:
505 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
506 #Rule Japan 1948 only - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
507 #Rule Japan 1948 1951 - Sep Sat>=8 2:00 0 S
508 #Rule Japan 1949 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
509 #Rule Japan 1950 1951 - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
510 # but the only locations using it were US military bases.
511 # We go with Shanks and omit daylight saving in those years for Asia/Tokyo.
512 #
513 # The same news article also reports that Japan is likely to go on DST in 1996
514 # as follows, where I've guessed the AT and LETTER/S columns:
515 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
516 #Rule Japan 1996 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
517 #Rule Japan 1996 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
519 # From Shanks (1991):
520 # Japan switched from the Japanese calendar on 1893 Jan 1.
521 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
522 Zone Asia/Tokyo 9:19:04 - LMT 1896
523 9:00 - JST
524 # If Japan adopts DST in 1996, replace the above line with the following lines:
525 # 9:00 - JST 1996
526 # 9:00 Japan J%sT
527 # and uncomment the two `Rule' lines commented out above.
529 # From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993):
530 # Shanks says that the far southern Ryukyu Is (Nansei-Shoto) are 8:00,
531 # but we don't have a good location name for them;
532 # we don't even know the name of the principal town.
533 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
534 #Zone Asia/South_Ryukyu 8:14:44 - LMT 1896 # Amitori
535 # 8:00 - CST
536 # There is no information for Marcus.
537 # Other Japanese possessions are probably like Asia/Tokyo.
539 # Jordan
540 # From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993):
541 # Most likely Shanks is merely guessing dates from 1992 on.
542 # From Shanks (1991):
543 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
544 Rule Jordan 1931 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 -
545 Rule Jordan 1973 only - Jun 6 0:00 1:00 " DST"
546 Rule Jordan 1973 1975 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
547 Rule Jordan 1974 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 " DST"
548 Rule Jordan 1976 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 -
549 Rule Jordan 1977 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
550 Rule Jordan 1978 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 " DST"
551 Rule Jordan 1978 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 -
552 Rule Jordan 1985 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 " DST"
553 Rule Jordan 1985 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
554 Rule Jordan 1986 1988 - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 " DST"
555 Rule Jordan 1986 1990 - Oct Fri>=1 0:00 0 -
556 Rule Jordan 1989 only - May 8 0:00 1:00 " DST"
557 Rule Jordan 1990 only - Apr 27 0:00 1:00 " DST"
558 Rule Jordan 1991 only - Apr 19 0:00 1:00 " DST"
559 Rule Jordan 1991 only - Sep 27 0:00 0 -
560 Rule Jordan 1992 max - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 " DST"
561 Rule Jordan 1992 max - Oct Fri>=1 0:00 0 -
562 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
563 Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931
564 2:00 Jordan EET%s
566 # Kazakhstan
567 # From Shanks (1991):
568 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
569 Zone Asia/Alma-Ata 5:07:48 - LMT 1924 May 2
570 5:00 - TSK 1957 Mar
571 6:00 Russia TS%s
573 # Kirgizstan
574 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
575 Zone Asia/Bishkek 4:58:24 - LMT 1924 May 2
576 5:00 - TSK 1957 Mar
577 6:00 Russia TS%s
579 ###############################################################################
581 # Korea
583 # From Guy Harris:
584 # According to someone at the Korean Times in San Francisco,
585 # Daylight Savings Time was not observed until 1987. He did not know
586 # at what time of day DST starts or ends.
588 # From Shanks (1991):
589 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
590 Rule ROK 1960 only - May 15 0:00 1:00 D
591 Rule ROK 1960 only - Sep 13 0:00 0 S
592 Rule ROK 1987 1988 - May Sun<=14 0:00 1:00 D
593 Rule ROK 1987 1988 - Oct Sun<=14 0:00 0 S
595 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
596 Zone Asia/Seoul 8:27:52 - LMT 1890
597 8:30 - KST 1904 Dec
598 9:00 - KST 1928
599 8:30 - KST 1932
600 9:00 - KST 1954 Mar 21
601 8:00 ROK K%sT 1961 Aug 10
602 8:30 - KST 1968 Oct
603 9:00 ROK K%sT
604 Zone Asia/Pyongyang 8:23:00 - LMT 1890
605 8:30 - KST 1904 Dec
606 9:00 - KST 1928
607 8:30 - KST 1932
608 9:00 - KST 1954 Mar 21
609 8:00 - KST 1961 Aug 10
610 9:00 - KST
612 ###############################################################################
614 # Kuwait
615 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
616 Zone Asia/Kuwait 3:11:56 - LMT 1950
617 3:00 - AST
619 # Laos
620 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
621 Zone Asia/Vientiane 6:50:24 - LMT 1906 Jun 9
622 7:06 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT
623 7:00 - ICT 1912 May
624 8:00 - ICT 1931 May
625 7:00 - ICT
627 # Lebanon
628 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
629 Rule Lebanon 1880 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 -
630 Rule Lebanon 1920 only - Mar 28 0:00 1:00 " DST"
631 Rule Lebanon 1920 only - Oct 25 0:00 0 -
632 Rule Lebanon 1921 only - Apr 3 0:00 1:00 " DST"
633 Rule Lebanon 1921 only - Oct 3 0:00 0 -
634 Rule Lebanon 1922 only - Mar 26 0:00 1:00 " DST"
635 Rule Lebanon 1922 only - Oct 8 0:00 0 -
636 Rule Lebanon 1923 only - Apr 22 0:00 1:00 " DST"
637 Rule Lebanon 1923 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 -
638 Rule Lebanon 1957 1961 - May 1 0:00 1:00 " DST"
639 Rule Lebanon 1957 1961 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
640 Rule Lebanon 1972 only - Jun 22 0:00 1:00 " DST"
641 Rule Lebanon 1972 1977 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
642 Rule Lebanon 1973 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 " DST"
643 Rule Lebanon 1978 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 " DST"
644 Rule Lebanon 1978 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 -
645 Rule Lebanon 1984 1987 - May 1 0:00 1:00 " DST"
646 Rule Lebanon 1984 max - Oct 16 0:00 0 -
647 Rule Lebanon 1988 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 " DST"
648 Rule Lebanon 1989 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 " DST"
649 Rule Lebanon 1990 max - May 1 0:00 1:00 " DST"
650 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
651 Zone Asia/Beirut 2:22:00 - LMT 1880
652 2:00 Lebanon EET%s
654 # Malaysia
655 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
656 Zone Asia/Kuala_Lumpur 6:46:48 - LMT 1880
657 6:55 - SMT 1905 Jun
658 7:00 - SGT 1933
659 7:20 - SGT 1942 Feb 15
660 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 2
661 7:20 - SGT 1950
662 7:30 - SGT 1982 May
663 8:00 - SGT
665 # Maldives
666 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
667 Zone Indian/Maldives 4:54:00 - LMT 1880 # Male
668 4:54 - MMT 1960
669 5:00 - PKT
671 # Mongolia
672 # Let's comment out the western and eastern Mongolian time zones
673 # till we know what their principal towns are.
674 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
675 Rule Mongol 1978 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S
676 Rule Mongol 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 T
677 Rule Mongol 1981 1984 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S
678 Rule Mongol 1985 max - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 T
679 Rule Mongol 1985 max - Sep lastSun 3:00 0 S
680 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
681 #Zone Asia/Dariv 6:14:32 - LMT 1905 Aug
682 # 6:00 - DST 1978
683 # 7:00 Mongol D%sT
684 Zone Asia/Ulan_Bator 7:07:32 - LMT 1905 Aug
685 7:00 - UST 1978
686 8:00 Mongol U%sT
687 #Zone Asia/Baruun-Urt 7:33:00 - LMT 1905 Aug
688 # 8:00 - BST 1978
689 # 9:00 Mongol B%sT
691 # Nepal
692 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
693 Zone Asia/Katmandu 5:41:16 - LMT 1920
694 5:30 - IST 1986
695 5:45 - NPT
697 # Oman
698 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
699 Zone Asia/Muscat 3:54:20 - LMT 1920
700 4:00 - GST
702 # Pakistan
703 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
704 Zone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907
705 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep
706 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 15
707 5:30 - IST 1951 Sep 30
708 5:00 - PKT
710 # Palestine
711 # These rules for Egypt are stolen from the `africa' file.
712 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
713 Rule Egypt 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 " DST"
714 Rule Egypt 1957 1958 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
715 Rule Egypt 1958 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 " DST"
716 Rule Egypt 1959 1981 - May 1 1:00 1:00 " DST"
717 Rule Egypt 1959 1965 - Sep 30 3:00 0 -
718 Rule Egypt 1966 max - Oct 1 3:00 0 -
719 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
720 Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct
721 2:00 - EET 1957 May 10
722 2:00 Egypt EET%s 1967 Jun 30
723 2:00 Zion I%sT
724 # This will undoubtedly change soon.
726 # Philippines
727 # Howse writes (p 162) that until 1844 the Philippines kept American date.
728 # The rest of this data is from Shanks.
729 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
730 Rule Phil 1899 only - May 11 0:00 0 S
731 Rule Phil 1936 only - Nov 1 0:00 1:00 D
732 Rule Phil 1937 only - Feb 1 0:00 0 S
733 Rule Phil 1954 only - Apr 12 0:00 1:00 D
734 Rule Phil 1954 only - Jul 1 0:00 0 S
735 Rule Phil 1978 only - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D
736 Rule Phil 1978 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 S
737 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
738 Zone Asia/Manila -15:56:00 - LMT 1844
739 8:04:00 - LMT 1899 May 11
740 8:00 Phil P%sT 1942 May
741 9:00 - JST 1944 Nov
742 8:00 Phil P%sT
744 # Qatar
745 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
746 Zone Asia/Qatar 3:26:08 - LMT 1920 # Al Dawhah
747 4:00 - GST 1972 Jun
748 3:00 - AST
750 # Saudi Arabia
751 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
752 Zone Asia/Riyadh 3:06:52 - LMT 1950
753 3:00 - AST
755 # Singapore
756 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
757 Zone Asia/Singapore 6:55:24 - LMT 1880
758 6:55 - SMT 1905 Jun
759 7:00 - SGT 1933
760 7:20 - SGT 1942 Feb 15
761 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 2
762 7:20 - SGT 1950
763 7:30 - SGT 1982 May
764 8:00 - SGT
766 # Sri Lanka
767 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
768 Zone Asia/Colombo 5:19:24 - LMT 1880
769 5:20 - JMT 1906
770 5:30 - IST 1942 Jan 5
771 5:30 0:30 IHST 1942 Sep
772 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 16 2:00
773 5:30 - IST
775 # Syria
776 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
777 Rule Syria 1920 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 -
778 Rule Syria 1920 1923 - Apr Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 " DST"
779 Rule Syria 1920 1923 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 0 -
780 Rule Syria 1962 only - Apr 29 2:00 1:00 " DST"
781 Rule Syria 1962 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 -
782 Rule Syria 1963 1965 - May 1 2:00 1:00 " DST"
783 Rule Syria 1963 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 -
784 Rule Syria 1964 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 -
785 Rule Syria 1965 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 -
786 Rule Syria 1966 only - Apr 24 2:00 1:00 " DST"
787 Rule Syria 1966 1976 - Oct 1 2:00 0 -
788 Rule Syria 1967 1978 - May 1 2:00 1:00 " DST"
789 Rule Syria 1977 1978 - Sep 1 2:00 0 -
790 Rule Syria 1983 1984 - Apr 9 2:00 1:00 " DST"
791 Rule Syria 1983 1984 - Oct 1 2:00 0 -
792 Rule Syria 1986 only - Feb 16 2:00 1:00 " DST"
793 Rule Syria 1986 only - Oct 9 2:00 0 -
794 Rule Syria 1987 only - Mar 1 2:00 1:00 " DST"
795 Rule Syria 1987 1988 - Oct 31 2:00 0 -
796 Rule Syria 1988 only - Mar 15 2:00 1:00 " DST"
797 Rule Syria 1989 only - Mar 31 2:00 1:00 " DST"
798 Rule Syria 1989 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 -
799 Rule Syria 1990 max - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 " DST"
800 Rule Syria 1990 max - Sep 30 2:00 0 -
801 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
802 Zone Asia/Damascus 2:25:12 - LMT 1920
803 2:00 Syria EET%s
805 # Tajikistan
806 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
807 Zone Asia/Dushanbe 4:35:12 - LMT 1924 May 2
808 5:00 - TSK 1957 Mar
809 6:00 Russia TS%s
811 # Thailand
812 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
813 Zone Asia/Bangkok 6:42:04 - LMT 1880
814 6:42 - BMT 1920 Apr
815 7:00 - ICT
817 # Turkmenistan
818 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
819 Zone Asia/Ashkhabad 3:53:32 - LMT 1924 May 2
820 4:00 - ASK 1957 Mar
821 5:00 Russia AS%s
823 # United Arab Emirates
824 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
825 Zone Asia/Dubai 3:41:12 - LMT 1920
826 4:00 - GST
828 # Uzbekistan
829 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
830 Zone Asia/Tashkent 4:37:12 - LMT 1924 May 2
831 5:00 - TSK 1957 Mar
832 6:00 Russia TS%s
834 # Vietnam
835 # From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993):
836 # Saigon's official name is Thanh-Pho Ho Chi Minh, but it's too long.
837 # We'll stick with the traditional name for now.
838 # From Shanks (1991):
839 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
840 Zone Asia/Saigon 7:06:40 - LMT 1906 Jun 9
841 7:06 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT
842 7:00 - ICT 1912 May
843 8:00 - ICT 1931 May
844 7:00 - ICT
846 # Yemen
847 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
848 Zone Asia/Aden 3:00:48 - LMT 1950
849 3:00 - AST