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1 # @(#)asia 7.30
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.
48 #
49 # See the `africa' file for time zone naming and abbreviation conventions.
51 # From Guy Harris:
52 # Incorporates data for Singapore from Robert Elz' asia 1.1, as well as
53 # additional information from Tom Yap, Sun Microsystems Intercontinental
54 # Technical Support (including a page from the Official Airline Guide -
55 # Worldwide Edition). The names for time zones are guesses.
57 ###############################################################################
59 # These rules are stolen from the `europe' file.
60 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
61 Rule EUAsia 1981 max - Mar lastSun 1:00u 1:00 S
62 Rule EUAsia 1996 max - Oct lastSun 1:00u 0 -
63 Rule E-EurAsia 1981 max - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S
64 Rule E-EurAsia 1979 1995 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 -
65 Rule E-EurAsia 1996 max - Oct lastSun 0:00 0 -
66 Rule RussiaAsia 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
67 Rule RussiaAsia 1981 1983 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
68 Rule RussiaAsia 1984 1991 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 -
69 Rule RussiaAsia 1985 1991 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S
70 Rule RussiaAsia 1992 only - Mar lastSat 23:00 1:00 S
71 Rule RussiaAsia 1992 only - Sep lastSat 23:00 0 -
72 Rule RussiaAsia 1993 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S
73 Rule RussiaAsia 1993 1995 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 -
74 Rule RussiaAsia 1996 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 -
76 # Afghanistan
77 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
78 Zone Asia/Kabul 4:36:48 - LMT 1890
79 4:00 - AFT 1945
80 4:30 - AFT
82 # Armenia
83 # From Paul Eggert (1996-05-04):
84 # Shanks has Yerevan switching to 3:00 (with Russian DST) in spring 1991,
85 # but usno1995 has Armenia at 4:00 (with DST), and Edgar Der-Danieliantz
86 # <edd@AIC.NET> reported today that Yerevan probably won't use DST this year,
87 # though it did use DST in 1995. We guess Yerevan stayed in sync with Moscow
88 # between 1990 and 1995, but stopped using DST in 1996.
89 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
90 Rule Armenia 1991 1995 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S
91 Rule Armenia 1991 1995 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 -
92 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
93 Zone Asia/Yerevan 2:58:00 - LMT 1924 May 2
94 3:00 - YERT 1957 Mar # Yerevan Time
95 4:00 RussiaAsia YER%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
96 3:00 1:00 YERST 1991 Sep 23 # independence
97 3:00 Armenia AM%sT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s # Armenia Time
98 4:00 Armenia AM%sT
100 # Azerbaijan
101 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
102 Zone Asia/Baku 3:19:24 - LMT 1924 May 2
103 3:00 - BAKT 1957 Mar # Baku Time
104 4:00 RussiaAsia BAK%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
105 3:00 1:00 BAKST 1991 Aug 30 # independence
106 3:00 RussiaAsia AZ%sT 1992 Sep lastSun 2:00s
107 4:00 - AZT 1996 # Azerbaijan time
108 4:00 EUAsia AZ%sT
110 # Bahrain
111 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
112 Zone Asia/Bahrain 3:22:20 - LMT 1920 # Al-Manamah
113 4:00 - GST 1972 Jun
114 3:00 - AST
116 # Bangladesh
117 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
118 Zone Asia/Dacca 6:01:40 - LMT 1890
119 5:53:20 - HMT 1941 Oct # Howrah Mean Time?
120 6:30 - BURT 1942 May 15 # Burma Time
121 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep
122 6:30 - BURT 1951 Sep 30
123 6:00 - DACT 1971 Mar 26 # Dacca Time
124 6:00 - BDT # Bangladesh Time
126 # Bhutan
127 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
128 Zone Asia/Thimbu 5:58:36 - LMT 1947 Aug 15
129 5:30 - IST 1987 Oct
130 6:00 - BTT # Bhutan Time
132 # British Indian Ocean Territory
133 # From Whitman:
134 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
135 Zone Indian/Chagos 5:00 - IOT # BIOT Time
137 # Brunei
138 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
139 Zone Asia/Brunei 7:39:40 - LMT 1926 Mar # Bandar Seri Begawan
140 7:30 - BNT 1933
141 8:00 - BNT
143 # Burma / Myanmar
144 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
145 Zone Asia/Rangoon 6:24:40 - LMT 1880 # or Yangon
146 6:24:36 - RMT 1920 # Rangoon Mean Time?
147 6:30 - BURT 1942 May # Burma Time
148 9:00 - JST 1945 May 3
149 6:30 - MMT # Myanmar Time
151 # Cambodia
152 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
153 Zone Asia/Phnom_Penh 6:59:40 - LMT 1906 Jun 9
154 7:06:20 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT?
155 7:00 - ICT 1912 May
156 8:00 - ICT 1931 May
157 7:00 - ICT
159 # People's Republic of China
161 # From Guy Harris:
162 # People's Republic of China. Yes, they really have only one time zone.
164 # From Bob Devine (1988-01-28):
165 # No they don't. See TIME mag, 1986-02-17 p.52. Even though
166 # China is across 4 physical time zones, before Feb 1, 1986 only the
167 # Peking (Bejing) time zone was recognized. Since that date, China
168 # has two of 'em -- Peking's and Urumqi (named after the capital of
169 # the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region). I don't know about DST for it.
170 #
171 # . . .I just deleted the DST table and this editor makes it too
172 # painful to suck in another copy.. So, here is what I have for
173 # DST start/end dates for Peking's time zone (info from AP):
174 #
175 # 1986 May 4 - Sept 14
176 # 1987 mid-April - ??
178 # From U. S. Naval Observatory (1989-01-19):
179 # CHINA 8 H AHEAD OF UTC ALL OF CHINA, INCL TAIWAN
180 # CHINA 9 H AHEAD OF UTC APR 17 - SEP 10
182 # From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1995-12-19):
183 # Shanks writes that China has had a single time zone since 1980 May 1,
184 # observing summer DST from 1986 through 1991; this contradicts Devine's
185 # note about Time magazine, though apparently _something_ happened in 1986.
186 # Go with Shanks for now. I made up names for the other pre-1980 time zones.
188 # From Shanks (1991):
189 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
190 Rule Shang 1940 only - Jun 3 0:00 1:00 D
191 Rule Shang 1940 1941 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S
192 Rule Shang 1941 only - Mar 16 0:00 1:00 D
193 Rule PRC 1949 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S
194 Rule PRC 1986 only - May 4 0:00 1:00 D
195 Rule PRC 1986 1991 - Sep Sun>=11 0:00 0 S
196 Rule PRC 1987 1991 - Apr Sun>=10 0:00 1:00 D
197 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
198 Zone Asia/Harbin 8:26:44 - LMT 1928
199 8:30 - HART 1932 Mar # Harbin Time
200 8:00 - CST 1940
201 9:00 - HART 1966 May
202 8:30 - HART 1980 May
203 8:00 PRC C%sT
204 Zone Asia/Shanghai 8:05:52 - LMT 1928
205 8:00 Shang C%sT 1949
206 8:00 PRC C%sT
207 Zone Asia/Chungking 7:06:20 - LMT 1928
208 7:00 - CHUT 1980 May # Chungking Time
209 8:00 PRC C%sT
210 Zone Asia/Urumqi 5:50:20 - LMT 1928
211 6:00 - URUT 1980 May # Urumqi Time
212 8:00 PRC C%sT
213 Zone Asia/Kashgar 5:03:56 - LMT 1928
214 5:30 - KAST 1940 # Kashgar Time
215 5:00 - KAST 1980 May
216 8:00 PRC C%sT
217 # Hong Kong
218 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
219 Rule HK 1946 only - Apr 20 3:30 1:00 S
220 Rule HK 1946 only - Dec 1 3:30 0 -
221 Rule HK 1947 only - Apr 13 3:30 1:00 S
222 Rule HK 1947 only - Dec 30 3:30 0 -
223 Rule HK 1948 only - May 2 3:30 1:00 S
224 Rule HK 1948 1952 - Oct lastSun 3:30 0 -
225 Rule HK 1949 1953 - Apr Sun>=1 3:30 1:00 S
226 Rule HK 1953 only - Nov 1 3:30 0 -
227 Rule HK 1954 1964 - Mar Sun>=18 3:30 1:00 S
228 Rule HK 1954 only - Oct 31 3:30 0 -
229 Rule HK 1955 1964 - Nov Sun>=1 3:30 0 -
230 Rule HK 1965 1977 - Apr Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S
231 Rule HK 1965 1977 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 -
232 Rule HK 1979 1980 - May Sun>=8 3:30 1:00 S
233 Rule HK 1979 1980 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 -
234 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
235 Zone Asia/Hong_Kong 7:36:36 - LMT 1904 Oct 30
236 8:00 HK HK%sT 1997 Jul 1 # return to China
237 8:00 PRC C%sT
240 ###############################################################################
242 # Republic of China
244 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
245 Rule Taiwan 1945 1951 - May 1 0:00 1:00 D
246 Rule Taiwan 1945 1951 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S
247 Rule Taiwan 1952 only - Mar 1 0:00 1:00 D
248 Rule Taiwan 1952 1954 - Nov 1 0:00 0 S
249 Rule Taiwan 1953 1959 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D
250 Rule Taiwan 1955 1961 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S
251 Rule Taiwan 1960 1961 - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 D
252 Rule Taiwan 1974 1975 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D
253 Rule Taiwan 1974 1975 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S
254 Rule Taiwan 1980 only - Jun 30 0:00 1:00 D
255 Rule Taiwan 1980 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 S
256 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
257 Zone Asia/Taipei 8:06:00 - LMT 1896
258 8:00 Taiwan C%sT
260 # Macao
261 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
262 Rule Macao 1961 1962 - Mar Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S
263 Rule Macao 1961 1964 - Nov Sun>=1 3:30 0 -
264 Rule Macao 1963 only - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 S
265 Rule Macao 1964 only - Mar Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S
266 Rule Macao 1965 only - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 S
267 Rule Macao 1965 only - Oct 31 0:00 0 -
268 Rule Macao 1966 1971 - Apr Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S
269 Rule Macao 1966 1971 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 -
270 Rule Macao 1972 1974 - Apr Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S
271 Rule Macao 1972 1973 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 0 -
272 Rule Macao 1974 1977 - Oct Sun>=15 3:30 0 -
273 Rule Macao 1975 1977 - Apr Sun>=15 3:30 1:00 S
274 Rule Macao 1978 1980 - Apr Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S
275 Rule Macao 1978 1980 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 0 -
276 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
277 Zone Asia/Macao 7:34:20 - LMT 1912
278 8:00 Macao MO%sT 1999 Dec 20 # return to China
279 8:00 PRC C%sT
282 ###############################################################################
284 # Cyprus
285 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
286 Rule Cyprus 1975 only - Apr 13 0:00 1:00 S
287 Rule Cyprus 1975 only - Oct 12 0:00 0 -
288 Rule Cyprus 1976 only - May 15 0:00 1:00 S
289 Rule Cyprus 1976 only - Oct 11 0:00 0 -
290 Rule Cyprus 1977 1980 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S
291 Rule Cyprus 1977 only - Sep 25 0:00 0 -
292 Rule Cyprus 1978 only - Oct 2 0:00 0 -
293 Rule Cyprus 1979 max - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 -
294 Rule Cyprus 1981 max - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S
295 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
296 Zone Asia/Nicosia 2:13:28 - LMT 1921 Nov 14
297 2:00 Cyprus EE%sT
299 # Georgia
300 # From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1994-11-19):
301 # Today's _Economist_ (p 60) reports that Georgia moved its clocks forward
302 # an hour recently, due to a law proposed by Zurab Murvanidze,
303 # an MP who went on a hunger strike for 11 days to force discussion about it!
304 # We have no details, but we'll guess they didn't move the clocks back in fall.
305 #
306 # From Mathew Englander <mathew@io.org>, quoting AP (1996-10-23 13:05-04):
307 # Instead of putting back clocks at the end of October, Georgia
308 # will stay on daylight savings time this winter to save energy,
309 # President Eduard Shevardnadze decreed Wednesday.
310 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
311 Zone Asia/Tbilisi 2:59:16 - LMT 1880
312 2:59:16 - TBMT 1924 May 2 # Tbilisi Mean Time
313 3:00 - TBIT 1957 Mar # Tbilisi Time
314 4:00 RussiaAsia TBI%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
315 3:00 1:00 TBIST 1991 Apr 9 # independence
316 3:00 RussiaAsia GE%sT 1992 # Georgia Time
317 3:00 E-EurAsia GE%sT 1994 Sep lastSun
318 4:00 E-EurAsia GE%sT 1996 Oct lastSun
319 5:00 - GET
321 # India
322 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
323 Zone Asia/Calcutta 5:53:28 - LMT 1880
324 5:53:20 - HMT 1941 Oct # Howrah Mean Time?
325 6:30 - BURT 1942 May 15 # Burma Time
326 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep
327 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 15
328 5:30 - IST
329 # The following are like Asia/Calcutta:
330 # Andaman Is
331 # Lakshadweep (Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Is)
332 # Nicobar Is
334 # Indonesia
335 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
336 Zone Asia/Jakarta 7:07:12 - LMT 1867 Aug 10
337 7:07:12 - JMT 1924 Jan 1 0:13 # Jakarta MT
338 7:20 - JAVT 1932 Nov # Java Time
339 7:30 - JAVT 1942 Mar 23
340 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug
341 7:30 - JAVT 1948 May
342 8:00 - JAVT 1950 May
343 7:30 - JAVT 1964
344 7:00 - JAVT
345 Zone Asia/Ujung_Pandang 7:57:36 - LMT 1920
346 7:57:36 - MMT 1932 Nov # Macassar MT
347 8:00 - BORT 1942 Feb 9 # Borneo Time
348 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug
349 8:00 - BORT
350 Zone Asia/Jayapura 9:22:48 - LMT 1932 Nov
351 9:00 - JAYT 1944 # Jayapura Time
352 9:30 - CST 1964
353 9:00 - JAYT
355 # Iran
356 # From Paul Eggert (1996-12-17), following up a suggestion by Rich Wales:
357 # Ahmad Alavi <URL:http://tehran.stanford.edu/Iran_Lib/Calendar/taghveem.txt>
358 # (1993-08-04) writes ``Daylight saving time in Iran starts from the first day
359 # of Farvardin and ends the first day of Mehr.'' This disagrees with the SSIM:
360 #
361 # DST start DST end
362 # year SSIM Alavi SSIM Alavi
363 # 1991 05-03!= 03-21 09-20!= 09-23
364 # 1992 03-22!= 03-21 09-23 09-23
365 # 1993 03-21 03-21 09-23 09-23
366 # 1994 03-21 03-21 09-22!= 09-23
367 # 1995 03-21 03-21 09-22!= 09-23
368 # 1996 03-21!= 03-20 09-21!= 09-22
369 # 1997 03-21 03-21 09-21!= 09-23
370 #
371 # Go with Alavi starting with 1992.
372 # I used Ed Reingold's cal-persia in GNU Emacs 19.34 to compute Persian dates.
373 # The Persian calendar is based on the sun, and dates after around 2050
374 # are approximate; stop after 2037 when 32-bit time_t's overflow.
375 #
376 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
377 Rule Iran 1978 1980 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S
378 Rule Iran 1978 only - Oct 21 0:00 0 -
379 Rule Iran 1979 only - Sep 19 0:00 0 -
380 Rule Iran 1980 only - Sep 23 0:00 0 -
381 Rule Iran 1991 only - May 3 0:00s 1:00 S
382 Rule Iran 1991 only - Sep 20 0:00s 0 -
383 Rule Iran 1992 1995 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S
384 Rule Iran 1992 1995 - Sep 23 0:00 0 -
385 Rule Iran 1996 only - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 S
386 Rule Iran 1996 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 -
387 Rule Iran 1997 1999 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S
388 Rule Iran 1997 1999 - Sep 23 0:00 0 -
389 Rule Iran 2000 only - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 S
390 Rule Iran 2000 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 -
391 Rule Iran 2001 2003 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S
392 Rule Iran 2001 2003 - Sep 23 0:00 0 -
393 Rule Iran 2004 only - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 S
394 Rule Iran 2004 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 -
395 Rule Iran 2005 2007 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S
396 Rule Iran 2005 2007 - Sep 23 0:00 0 -
397 Rule Iran 2008 only - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 S
398 Rule Iran 2008 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 -
399 Rule Iran 2009 2011 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S
400 Rule Iran 2009 2011 - Sep 23 0:00 0 -
401 Rule Iran 2012 only - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 S
402 Rule Iran 2012 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 -
403 Rule Iran 2013 2015 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S
404 Rule Iran 2013 2015 - Sep 23 0:00 0 -
405 Rule Iran 2016 only - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 S
406 Rule Iran 2016 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 -
407 Rule Iran 2017 2019 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S
408 Rule Iran 2017 2019 - Sep 23 0:00 0 -
409 Rule Iran 2020 only - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 S
410 Rule Iran 2020 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 -
411 Rule Iran 2021 2023 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S
412 Rule Iran 2021 2023 - Sep 23 0:00 0 -
413 Rule Iran 2024 2025 - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 S
414 Rule Iran 2024 2025 - Sep 22 0:00 0 -
415 Rule Iran 2026 2027 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S
416 Rule Iran 2026 2027 - Sep 23 0:00 0 -
417 Rule Iran 2028 2029 - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 S
418 Rule Iran 2028 2029 - Sep 22 0:00 0 -
419 Rule Iran 2030 2031 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S
420 Rule Iran 2030 2031 - Sep 23 0:00 0 -
421 Rule Iran 2032 2033 - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 S
422 Rule Iran 2032 2033 - Sep 22 0:00 0 -
423 Rule Iran 2034 2035 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S
424 Rule Iran 2034 2035 - Sep 23 0:00 0 -
425 Rule Iran 2036 2037 - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 S
426 Rule Iran 2036 2037 - Sep 22 0:00 0 -
427 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
428 Zone Asia/Tehran 3:25:44 - LMT 1916
429 3:25:44 - TMT 1946 # Tehran Mean Time
430 3:30 - IRT 1977 Nov
431 4:00 Iran IR%sT 1979
432 3:30 Iran IR%sT
434 # Iraq
435 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
436 Rule Iraq 1982 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D
437 Rule Iraq 1982 1984 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S
438 Rule Iraq 1983 only - Mar 31 0:00 1:00 D
439 Rule Iraq 1984 1985 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D
440 Rule Iraq 1985 1990 - Sep lastSun 1:00s 0 S
441 Rule Iraq 1986 1990 - Mar lastSun 1:00s 1:00 D
442 # IATA SSIM (1991/1996) says Apr 1 12:01am UTC; guess the `:01' is a typo.
443 Rule Iraq 1991 max - Apr 1 3:00s 1:00 D
444 Rule Iraq 1991 max - Oct 1 3:00s 0 D
445 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
446 Zone Asia/Baghdad 2:57:40 - LMT 1890
447 2:57:36 - BMT 1918 # Baghdad Mean Time?
448 3:00 - AST 1982 May
449 3:00 Iraq A%sT
452 ###############################################################################
454 # Israel
456 # From U. S. Naval Observatory (1989-01-19):
457 # ISRAEL 2 H AHEAD OF UTC
458 # ISRAEL 3 H AHEAD OF UTC APR 10 - SEP 3
460 # From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1993-11-18):
461 #
462 # Shanks gives the following rules for Jerusalem from 1918 through 1991.
463 # After 1989 Shanks often disagrees with Silverberg; we go with Silverberg.
465 # From Shanks (1991):
466 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
467 Rule Zion 1940 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 D
468 Rule Zion 1942 1944 - Nov 1 0:00 0 S
469 Rule Zion 1943 only - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 D
470 Rule Zion 1944 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D
471 Rule Zion 1945 only - Apr 16 0:00 1:00 D
472 Rule Zion 1945 only - Nov 1 2:00 0 S
473 Rule Zion 1946 only - Apr 16 2:00 1:00 D
474 Rule Zion 1946 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 S
475 Rule Zion 1948 only - May 23 0:00 2:00 DD
476 Rule Zion 1948 only - Sep 1 0:00 1:00 D
477 Rule Zion 1948 1949 - Nov 1 2:00 0 S
478 Rule Zion 1949 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D
479 Rule Zion 1950 only - Apr 16 0:00 1:00 D
480 Rule Zion 1950 only - Sep 15 3:00 0 S
481 Rule Zion 1951 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D
482 Rule Zion 1951 only - Nov 11 3:00 0 S
483 Rule Zion 1952 only - Apr 20 2:00 1:00 D
484 Rule Zion 1952 only - Oct 19 3:00 0 S
485 Rule Zion 1953 only - Apr 12 2:00 1:00 D
486 Rule Zion 1953 only - Sep 13 3:00 0 S
487 Rule Zion 1954 only - Jun 13 0:00 1:00 D
488 Rule Zion 1954 only - Sep 12 0:00 0 S
489 Rule Zion 1955 only - Jun 11 2:00 1:00 D
490 Rule Zion 1955 only - Sep 11 0:00 0 S
491 Rule Zion 1956 only - Jun 3 0:00 1:00 D
492 Rule Zion 1956 only - Sep 30 3:00 0 S
493 Rule Zion 1957 only - Apr 29 2:00 1:00 D
494 Rule Zion 1957 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 S
495 Rule Zion 1974 only - Jul 7 0:00 1:00 D
496 Rule Zion 1974 only - Oct 13 0:00 0 S
497 Rule Zion 1975 only - Apr 20 0:00 1:00 D
498 Rule Zion 1975 only - Aug 31 0:00 0 S
499 Rule Zion 1985 only - Apr 14 0:00 1:00 D
500 Rule Zion 1985 only - Sep 15 0:00 0 S
501 Rule Zion 1986 only - May 18 0:00 1:00 D
502 Rule Zion 1986 only - Sep 7 0:00 0 S
503 Rule Zion 1987 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 D
504 Rule Zion 1987 only - Sep 13 0:00 0 S
505 Rule Zion 1988 only - Apr 9 0:00 1:00 D
506 Rule Zion 1988 only - Sep 3 0:00 0 S
508 # From Ephraim Silverberg (ephraim@cs.huji.ac.il), 1997-03-04:
510 # According to the Office of the Secretary General of the Ministry of
511 # Interior, there is NO set rule for Daylight-Savings/Standard time changes.
512 # Each year they decide anew what havoc to wreak on the country. However,
513 # there is a "supposed" set of rules which is subject to change depending
514 # on the party the Minister of Interior, the size of the coalition
515 # government, the phase of the moon and the direction of the wind. Hence,
516 # changes may need to be made on a semi-annual basis. One thing is entrenched
517 # in law, however: that there must be at least 150 days of daylight savings
518 # time annually. Ever since 1993, the change to daylight savings time is
519 # on a Thursday night from midnight IST to 1 a.m IDT. The change back to
520 # standard time is on a Saturday night from midnight daylight savings time
521 # to 11 p.m. standard time. 1996 is an exception to this rule where the
522 # change back to standard time took place on Sunday night instead of Saturday
523 # night to avoid conflicts with the Jewish New Year.
525 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
526 Rule Zion 1989 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 D
527 Rule Zion 1989 only - Sep 3 0:00 0 S
528 Rule Zion 1990 only - Mar 25 0:00 1:00 D
529 Rule Zion 1990 only - Aug 26 0:00 0 S
530 Rule Zion 1991 only - Mar 24 0:00 1:00 D
531 Rule Zion 1991 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 S
532 Rule Zion 1992 only - Mar 29 0:00 1:00 D
533 Rule Zion 1992 only - Sep 6 0:00 0 S
534 Rule Zion 1993 only - Apr 2 0:00 1:00 D
535 Rule Zion 1993 only - Sep 5 0:00 0 S
537 # The dates for 1994-1995 were obtained from Office of the Spokeswoman for the
538 # Ministry of Interior, Jerusalem, Israel. The spokeswoman can be reached by
539 # calling the office directly at 972-2-6701447 or 972-2-6701448.
541 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
542 Rule Zion 1994 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D
543 Rule Zion 1994 only - Aug 28 0:00 0 S
544 Rule Zion 1995 only - Mar 31 0:00 1:00 D
545 Rule Zion 1995 only - Sep 3 0:00 0 S
547 # The dates for 1996 were determined by the Minister of Interior of the
548 # time, Haim Ramon. The official announcement regarding 1996-1998
549 # (with the dates for 1997 no longer being relevant) can be viewed at:
550 #
551 # ftp://ftp.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/1996-1998.ramon.ps.gz
552 #
553 # The dates for 1997 were altered by his successor, Rabbi Eli Suissa.
554 # No changes have been made regarding 1998 as of yet.
555 #
556 # The official announcement for the year 1997 can be viewed at:
557 #
558 # ftp://ftp.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/1997.ps.gz
560 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
561 Rule Zion 1996 only - Mar 15 0:00 1:00 D
562 Rule Zion 1996 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 S
563 Rule Zion 1997 only - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D
564 Rule Zion 1997 only - Sep 14 0:00 0 S
565 Rule Zion 1998 only - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 D
566 Rule Zion 1998 only - Oct 18 0:00 0 S
568 # From Paul Eggert (1997-03-15):
569 # Here are guesses for rules after 1998.
570 # They are probably wrong, but they are more likely than no DST at all.
571 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
572 Rule Zion 1999 max - Mar Fri>=15 0:00 1:00 D
573 Rule Zion 1999 max - Sep Sun>=15 0:00 0 S
575 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
576 Zone Asia/Jerusalem 2:20:56 - LMT 1880
577 2:20:40 - JMT 1918 # Jerusalem Mean Time?
578 2:00 Zion I%sT
581 ###############################################################################
583 # Japan
585 # `9:00' and `JST' is from Guy Harris.
587 # From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1995-03-06):
588 # Today's _Asahi Evening News_ (page 4) reports that Japan had
589 # daylight saving between 1948 and 1951, but ``the system was discontinued
590 # because the public believed it would lead to longer working hours.''
591 # Shanks writes that daylight saving in Japan during those years was as follows:
592 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
593 #Rule Japan 1948 only - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
594 #Rule Japan 1948 1951 - Sep Sat>=8 2:00 0 S
595 #Rule Japan 1949 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
596 #Rule Japan 1950 1951 - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
597 # but the only locations using it were US military bases.
598 # We go with Shanks and omit daylight saving in those years for Asia/Tokyo.
600 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
601 Zone Asia/Tokyo 9:19:04 - LMT 1896
602 9:00 - JST
603 Zone Asia/Ishigaki 8:16:36 - LMT 1896
604 8:00 - CST
605 # There is no information for Marcus.
606 # Other Japanese possessions are probably like Asia/Tokyo.
608 # Jordan
609 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
610 Rule Jordan 1973 only - Jun 6 0:00 1:00 S
611 Rule Jordan 1973 1975 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
612 Rule Jordan 1974 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S
613 Rule Jordan 1976 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 -
614 Rule Jordan 1977 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
615 Rule Jordan 1978 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 S
616 Rule Jordan 1978 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 -
617 Rule Jordan 1985 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
618 Rule Jordan 1985 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
619 Rule Jordan 1986 1988 - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 S
620 Rule Jordan 1986 1990 - Oct Fri>=1 0:00 0 -
621 Rule Jordan 1989 only - May 8 0:00 1:00 S
622 Rule Jordan 1990 only - Apr 27 0:00 1:00 S
623 Rule Jordan 1991 only - Apr 17 0:00 1:00 S
624 Rule Jordan 1991 only - Sep 27 0:00 0 -
625 Rule Jordan 1992 only - Apr 10 0:00 1:00 S
626 Rule Jordan 1992 1993 - Oct Fri>=1 0:00 0 -
627 Rule Jordan 1993 max - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 S
628 Rule Jordan 1994 only - Sep Fri>=15 0:00 0 -
629 Rule Jordan 1995 max - Sep Fri>=15 0:00s 0 -
630 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
631 Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931
632 2:00 Jordan EE%sT
634 # Kazakhstan
635 # From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22):
636 # Andrew Evtichov <evti@chevron.com> (1996-04-13) writes that Kazakhstan
637 # stayed in sync with Moscow after 1990, and that Aqtobe (formerly Aktyubinsk)
638 # and Aqtau (formerly Shevchenko) are the largest cities in their zones.
639 # Guess that Aqtau and Aqtobe diverged in 1995, since that's the first time
640 # IATA SSIM mentions a third time zone in Kazakhstan.
641 #
642 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
643 Zone Asia/Alma-Ata 5:07:48 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Almaty
644 5:00 - ALMT 1957 Mar # Alma-Ata Time
645 6:00 RussiaAsia ALM%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
646 5:00 1:00 ALMST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s
647 5:00 - ALMT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s
648 6:00 E-EurAsia ALM%sT
649 Zone Asia/Aqtobe 3:48:40 - LMT 1924 May 2
650 4:00 - AKT 1957 Mar # Aktyubinsk Time
651 5:00 RussiaAsia AK%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
652 4:00 1:00 AKTST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s
653 4:00 - AQTT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s # Aqtobe Time
654 5:00 E-EurAsia AQT%sT
655 Zone Asia/Aqtau 3:21:04 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Aktau
656 4:00 - SHET 1957 Mar # Fort Shevchenko Time
657 5:00 RussiaAsia SHE%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
658 4:00 1:00 AQTST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s
659 4:00 - AQTT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s # Aqtau Time
660 5:00 E-EurAsia AQT%sT 1995 Sep lastSun
661 4:00 E-EurAsia AQT%sT
663 # Kirgizstan
664 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
665 Rule Kirgiz 1992 max - Apr Sun>=7 0:00 1:00 S
666 Rule Kirgiz 1991 max - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 -
667 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
668 Zone Asia/Bishkek 4:58:24 - LMT 1924 May 2
669 5:00 - FRUT 1957 Mar # Frunze Time
670 6:00 RussiaAsia FRU%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
671 5:00 1:00 FRUST 1991 Aug 31 # independence
672 5:00 Kirgiz KG%sT # Kirgizstan Time
674 ###############################################################################
676 # Korea
678 # From Guy Harris:
679 # According to someone at the Korean Times in San Francisco,
680 # Daylight Savings Time was not observed until 1987. He did not know
681 # at what time of day DST starts or ends.
683 # From Shanks (1991):
684 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
685 Rule ROK 1960 only - May 15 0:00 1:00 D
686 Rule ROK 1960 only - Sep 13 0:00 0 S
687 Rule ROK 1987 1988 - May Sun<=14 0:00 1:00 D
688 Rule ROK 1987 1988 - Oct Sun<=14 0:00 0 S
690 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
691 Zone Asia/Seoul 8:27:52 - LMT 1890
692 8:30 - KST 1904 Dec
693 9:00 - KST 1928
694 8:30 - KST 1932
695 9:00 - KST 1954 Mar 21
696 8:00 ROK K%sT 1961 Aug 10
697 8:30 - KST 1968 Oct
698 9:00 ROK K%sT
699 Zone Asia/Pyongyang 8:23:00 - LMT 1890
700 8:30 - KST 1904 Dec
701 9:00 - KST 1928
702 8:30 - KST 1932
703 9:00 - KST 1954 Mar 21
704 8:00 - KST 1961 Aug 10
705 9:00 - KST
707 ###############################################################################
709 # Kuwait
710 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
711 Zone Asia/Kuwait 3:11:56 - LMT 1950
712 3:00 - AST
714 # Laos
715 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
716 Zone Asia/Vientiane 6:50:24 - LMT 1906 Jun 9
717 7:06:20 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT?
718 7:00 - ICT 1912 May
719 8:00 - ICT 1931 May
720 7:00 - ICT
722 # Lebanon
723 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
724 Rule Lebanon 1920 only - Mar 28 0:00 1:00 S
725 Rule Lebanon 1920 only - Oct 25 0:00 0 -
726 Rule Lebanon 1921 only - Apr 3 0:00 1:00 S
727 Rule Lebanon 1921 only - Oct 3 0:00 0 -
728 Rule Lebanon 1922 only - Mar 26 0:00 1:00 S
729 Rule Lebanon 1922 only - Oct 8 0:00 0 -
730 Rule Lebanon 1923 only - Apr 22 0:00 1:00 S
731 Rule Lebanon 1923 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 -
732 Rule Lebanon 1957 1961 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S
733 Rule Lebanon 1957 1961 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
734 Rule Lebanon 1972 only - Jun 22 0:00 1:00 S
735 Rule Lebanon 1972 1977 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
736 Rule Lebanon 1973 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S
737 Rule Lebanon 1978 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 S
738 Rule Lebanon 1978 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 -
739 Rule Lebanon 1984 1987 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S
740 Rule Lebanon 1984 1991 - Oct 16 0:00 0 -
741 Rule Lebanon 1988 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S
742 Rule Lebanon 1989 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S
743 Rule Lebanon 1990 1992 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S
744 Rule Lebanon 1992 only - Oct 4 0:00 0 -
745 Rule Lebanon 1993 max - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S
746 Rule Lebanon 1993 max - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 -
747 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
748 Zone Asia/Beirut 2:22:00 - LMT 1880
749 2:00 Lebanon EE%sT
751 # Malaysia
752 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
753 Rule NBorneo 1935 1941 - Sep 14 0:00 0:20 TS
754 Rule NBorneo 1935 1941 - Dec 14 0:00 0 -
755 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
756 Zone Asia/Kuala_Lumpur 6:46:48 - LMT 1880
757 6:55:24 - SMT 1905 Jun # Singapore Mean Time
758 7:00 - MALT 1933 # Malaya Time
759 7:20 - MALT 1942 Feb 15
760 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 2
761 7:20 - MALT 1950
762 7:30 - MALT 1982 May
763 8:00 - MYT # Malaysia Time
764 Zone Asia/Kuching 7:21:20 - LMT 1926 Mar
765 7:30 - BORT 1933 # Borneo Time
766 8:00 NBorneo BOR%sT 1942
767 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 2
768 8:00 - BORT 1982 May
769 8:00 - MYT
771 # Maldives
772 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
773 Zone Indian/Maldives 4:54:00 - LMT 1880 # Male
774 4:54:00 - MMT 1960 # Male Mean Time
775 5:00 - MVT # Maldives Time
777 # Mongolia
778 # Shanks says that Mongolia has three time zones, but usno1995 and
779 # <URL:http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/95fact/802389h.gif> (1995)
780 # both say that it has just one.
781 # Let's comment out the western and eastern Mongolian time zones
782 # till we know what their principal towns are.
783 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
784 Rule Mongol 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
785 Rule Mongol 1981 1984 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
786 Rule Mongol 1985 1990 - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 S
787 Rule Mongol 1985 1990 - Sep lastSun 3:00 0 -
788 Rule Mongol 1991 max - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S
789 Rule Mongol 1991 1995 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 -
790 Rule Mongol 1996 only - Oct Fri>=22 0:00 0 -
791 Rule Mongol 1997 max - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 -
792 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
793 #Zone Asia/Dariv 6:14:32 - LMT 1905 Aug
794 # 6:00 - DART 1978 # Dariv Time
795 # 7:00 Mongol DAR%sT
796 Zone Asia/Ulan_Bator 7:07:32 - LMT 1905 Aug
797 7:00 - ULAT 1978 # Ulan Bator Time
798 8:00 Mongol ULA%sT
799 #Zone Asia/Baruun-Urt 7:33:00 - LMT 1905 Aug
800 # 8:00 - BART 1978 # Baruun-Urt Time
801 # 9:00 Mongol BAR%sT
803 # Nepal
804 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
805 Zone Asia/Katmandu 5:41:16 - LMT 1920
806 5:30 - IST 1986
807 5:45 - NPT # Nepal Time
809 # Oman
810 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
811 Zone Asia/Muscat 3:54:20 - LMT 1920
812 4:00 - GST
814 # Pakistan
815 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
816 Zone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907
817 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep
818 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 15
819 5:30 - IST 1951 Sep 30
820 5:00 - KART 1971 Mar 26 # Karachi Time
821 5:00 - PKT # Pakistan Time
823 # Palestine
824 # These rules for Egypt are stolen from the `africa' file.
825 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
826 Rule EgyptAsia 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S
827 Rule EgyptAsia 1957 1958 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
828 Rule EgyptAsia 1958 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S
829 Rule EgyptAsia 1959 1967 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S
830 Rule EgyptAsia 1959 1965 - Sep 30 3:00 0 -
831 Rule EgyptAsia 1966 only - Oct 1 3:00 0 -
832 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
833 Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct
834 2:00 - EET 1957 May 10
835 2:00 EgyptAsia EE%sT 1967 Jun 30
836 2:00 Zion I%sT
838 # Paracel Is
839 # no information
841 # Philippines
842 # Howse writes (p 162) that until 1844 the Philippines kept American date.
843 # The rest of this data is from Shanks.
844 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
845 Rule Phil 1936 only - Nov 1 0:00 1:00 S
846 Rule Phil 1937 only - Feb 1 0:00 0 -
847 Rule Phil 1954 only - Apr 12 0:00 1:00 S
848 Rule Phil 1954 only - Jul 1 0:00 0 -
849 Rule Phil 1978 only - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 S
850 Rule Phil 1978 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 -
851 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
852 Zone Asia/Manila -15:56:00 - LMT 1844
853 8:04:00 - LMT 1899 May 11
854 8:00 Phil PH%sT 1942 May
855 9:00 - JST 1944 Nov
856 8:00 Phil PH%sT
858 # Qatar
859 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
860 Zone Asia/Qatar 3:26:08 - LMT 1920 # Al Dawhah
861 4:00 - GST 1972 Jun
862 3:00 - AST
864 # Saudi Arabia
865 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
866 Zone Asia/Riyadh 3:06:52 - LMT 1950
867 3:00 - AST
869 # Singapore
870 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
871 Zone Asia/Singapore 6:55:24 - LMT 1880
872 6:55:24 - SMT 1905 Jun # Singapore Mean Time
873 7:00 - MALT 1933 # Malaya Time
874 7:20 - MALT 1942 Feb 15
875 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 2
876 7:20 - MALT 1950
877 7:30 - MALT 1965 Aug 9 # independence
878 7:30 - SGT 1982 May # Singapore Time
879 8:00 - SGT
881 # Spratly Is
882 # no information
884 # Sri Lanka
885 # From Paul Eggert (1996-09-03):
886 # <URL:http://www.virtual-pc.com/lankaweb/news/items/240596-2.html> (1996-05-24)
887 # reported ``the country's standard time will be put forward by one hour at
888 # midnight Friday (1830 GMT) `in the light of the present power crisis'.''
889 # Transitions before 1996 are from Shanks (1991).
890 #
891 # From Dharmasiri Senanayake, Sri Lanka Media Minister (1996-10-24), as quoted
892 # in <URL:news:54rka5$m5h@mtinsc01-mgt.ops.worldnet.att.net> (1996-10-26):
893 # With effect from 12.30 a.m. on 26th October 1996
894 # Sri Lanka will be six (06) hours ahead of GMT.
896 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
897 Zone Asia/Colombo 5:19:24 - LMT 1880
898 5:20 - CEYT 1906 # Ceylon Time
899 5:30 - IST 1942 Jan 5
900 5:30 0:30 IHST 1942 Sep
901 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 16 2:00
902 5:30 - IST 1996 May 25 0:00
903 6:30 - LKT 1996 Oct 26 0:30
904 6:00 - LKT
906 # Syria
907 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
908 Rule Syria 1920 1923 - Apr Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 S
909 Rule Syria 1920 1923 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 0 -
910 Rule Syria 1962 only - Apr 29 2:00 1:00 S
911 Rule Syria 1962 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 -
912 Rule Syria 1963 1965 - May 1 2:00 1:00 S
913 Rule Syria 1963 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 -
914 Rule Syria 1964 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 -
915 Rule Syria 1965 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 -
916 Rule Syria 1966 only - Apr 24 2:00 1:00 S
917 Rule Syria 1966 1976 - Oct 1 2:00 0 -
918 Rule Syria 1967 1978 - May 1 2:00 1:00 S
919 Rule Syria 1977 1978 - Sep 1 2:00 0 -
920 Rule Syria 1983 1984 - Apr 9 2:00 1:00 S
921 Rule Syria 1983 1984 - Oct 1 2:00 0 -
922 Rule Syria 1986 only - Feb 16 2:00 1:00 S
923 Rule Syria 1986 only - Oct 9 2:00 0 -
924 Rule Syria 1987 only - Mar 1 2:00 1:00 S
925 Rule Syria 1987 1988 - Oct 31 2:00 0 -
926 Rule Syria 1988 only - Mar 15 2:00 1:00 S
927 Rule Syria 1989 only - Mar 31 2:00 1:00 S
928 Rule Syria 1989 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 -
929 Rule Syria 1990 only - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 S
930 Rule Syria 1990 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 -
931 Rule Syria 1991 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
932 Rule Syria 1991 1992 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
933 Rule Syria 1992 only - Apr 8 0:00 1:00 S
934 Rule Syria 1993 only - Mar 26 0:00 1:00 S
935 Rule Syria 1993 only - Sep 25 0:00 0 -
936 # IATA SSIM (1996-09) says 1997-03-31; assume that it should be 1997-04-01.
937 Rule Syria 1994 max - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
938 Rule Syria 1994 max - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
939 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
940 Zone Asia/Damascus 2:25:12 - LMT 1920
941 2:00 Syria EE%sT
943 # Tajikistan
944 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
945 Zone Asia/Dushanbe 4:35:12 - LMT 1924 May 2
946 5:00 - DUST 1957 Mar # Dushanbe Time
947 6:00 RussiaAsia DUS%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
948 5:00 1:00 DUSST 1991 Sep 9 # independence
949 5:00 RussiaAsia TJ%sT 1992
950 5:00 - TJT # Tajikistan Time
952 # Thailand
953 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
954 Zone Asia/Bangkok 6:42:04 - LMT 1880
955 6:42:04 - BMT 1920 Apr # Bangkok Mean Time
956 7:00 - ICT
958 # Turkmenistan
959 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
960 Zone Asia/Ashkhabad 3:53:32 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Ashgabat
961 4:00 - ASHT 1957 Mar # Ashkhabad Time
962 5:00 RussiaAsia ASH%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
963 4:00 1:00 ASHST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s
964 4:00 - ASHT 1991 Oct 27 # independence
965 4:00 - TMT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s
966 5:00 - TMT # Turkmenistan Time
968 # United Arab Emirates
969 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
970 Zone Asia/Dubai 3:41:12 - LMT 1920
971 4:00 - GST
973 # Uzbekistan
974 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
975 Zone Asia/Tashkent 4:37:12 - LMT 1924 May 2
976 5:00 - TAST 1957 Mar # Tashkent Time
977 6:00 RussiaAsia TAS%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
978 5:00 1:00 TASST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s
979 5:00 - UZT # Uzbekistan Time
980 # Shanks has Tashkent using DST after 1991, but usno1995 says they don't.
981 # Guess no DST after 1991.
982 # <URL:http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/95fact/802389h.gif> (1995)
983 # says that Uzbekistan has two time zones, but a cable
984 # <URL:http://www.itaiep.doc.gov/bisnis/cables/960510uz.html> (1996-05-10)
985 # from the American Embassy in Tashkent implies that they have just one.
987 # Vietnam
988 # From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1993-11-18):
989 # Saigon's official name is Thanh-Pho Ho Chi Minh, but it's too long.
990 # We'll stick with the traditional name for now.
991 # From Shanks (1991):
992 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
993 Zone Asia/Saigon 7:06:40 - LMT 1906 Jun 9
994 7:06:20 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT?
995 7:00 - ICT 1912 May
996 8:00 - ICT 1931 May
997 7:00 - ICT
999 # Yemen
1000 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1001 Zone Asia/Aden 3:00:48 - LMT 1950
1002 3:00 - AST