@@ -771,9 +771,19 @@ Zone Asia/Macau 7:34:20 - LMT 1912 Jan 1
771771###############################################################################
772772
773773# Cyprus
774- #
774+
775775# Milne says the Eastern Telegraph Company used 2:14:00. Stick with LMT.
776+ # IATA SSIM (1998-09) has Cyprus using EU rules for the first time.
777+
778+ # From Paul Eggert (2016-09-09):
779+ # Yesterday's Cyprus Mail reports that Northern Cyprus followed Turkey's
780+ # lead and switched from +02/+03 to +03 year-round.
781+ # http://cyprus-mail.com/2016/09/08/two-time-zones-cyprus-turkey-will-not-turn-clocks-back-next-month/
776782#
783+ # From Even Scharning (2016-10-31):
784+ # Looks like the time zone split in Cyprus went through last night.
785+ # http://cyprus-mail.com/2016/10/30/cyprus-new-division-two-time-zones-now-reality/
786+
777787# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
778788Rule Cyprus 1975 only - Apr 13 0:00 1:00 S
779789Rule Cyprus 1975 only - Oct 12 0:00 0 -
@@ -788,7 +798,10 @@ Rule Cyprus 1981 1998 - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S
788798Zone Asia/Nicosia 2:13:28 - LMT 1921 Nov 14
789799 2:00 Cyprus EE%sT 1998 Sep
790800 2:00 EUAsia EE%sT
791- # IATA SSIM (1998-09) has Cyprus using EU rules for the first time.
801+ Zone Asia/Famagusta 2:15:48 - LMT 1921 Nov 14
802+ 2:00 Cyprus EE%sT 1998 Sep
803+ 2:00 EUAsia EE%sT 2016 Sep 8
804+ 3:00 - +03
792805
793806# Classically, Cyprus belongs to Asia; e.g. see Herodotus, Histories, I.72.
794807# However, for various reasons many users expect to find it under Europe.
@@ -1570,12 +1583,12 @@ Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931
15701583# was "blended" with the Central zone. Therefore, Kazakhstan now has
15711584# two time zones, and difference between them is one hour. The zone
15721585# closer to UTC is the former Western zone (probably still called the
1573- # same), encompassing four provinces in the west: Aqtobe, Atyrau ,
1574- # Mangghystau , and West Kazakhstan. The other zone encompasses
1586+ # same), encompassing four provinces in the west: Aqtöbe, Atyraū ,
1587+ # Mangghystaū , and West Kazakhstan. The other zone encompasses
15751588# everything else.... I guess that would make Kazakhstan time zones
15761589# de jure UTC+5 and UTC+6 respectively.
15771590
1578- # From Stepan Golosunov (2016-03-27) ([*] means see later comments below) :
1591+ # From Stepan Golosunov (2016-03-27):
15791592# Review of the linked documents from http://adilet.zan.kz/
15801593# produced the following data for post-1991 Kazakhstan:
15811594#
@@ -1621,7 +1634,7 @@ Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931
16211634#
16221635# This implies that on 1991-03-31 Asia/Oral remained on +04/+05 while
16231636# the rest of Kazakhstan switched from +06/+07 to +05/06 or from +05/06
1624- # to +04/+05. It's unclear how Kzyl-Orda oblast moved into the fifth
1637+ # to +04/+05. It's unclear how Qyzylorda oblast moved into the fifth
16251638# time belt. (By switching from +04/+05 to +05/+06 on 1991-09-29?) ...
16261639#
16271640# 1. Act of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Kazakhstan
@@ -1634,25 +1647,25 @@ Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931
16341647# on the whole territory of Kazakhstan 1 hour forward on 1992-01-19 at
16351648# 2:00, specified DST rules. It acknowledged that Kazakhstan was
16361649# located in the fourth and the fifth time belts and specified the
1637- # border between them to be located east of Kustanay and Aktyubinsk
1638- # oblasts (notably including Turgai and Kzyl-Orda oblasts into the fifth
1650+ # border between them to be located east of Qostanay and Aktyubinsk
1651+ # oblasts (notably including Turgai and Qyzylorda oblasts into the fifth
16391652# time belt).
16401653#
16411654# This means switch on 1992-01-19 at 2:00 from +04/+05 to +05/+06 for
1642- # Asia/Aqtau, Asia/Aqtobe, Asia/Oral, Atyrau and Kustanay oblasts; from
1643- # +05/+06 to +06/+07 for Asia/Almaty and Asia/Qyzylorda (and Arkalyk) [*] ....
1655+ # Asia/Aqtau, Asia/Aqtobe, Asia/Oral, Atyraū and Qostanay oblasts; from
1656+ # +05/+06 to +06/+07 for Asia/Almaty and Asia/Qyzylorda (and Arkalyk)....
16441657#
16451658# 2. Act of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Kazakhstan
16461659# from 1992-03-27 No. 284
16471660# http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/P920000284_
1648- # cancels extra hour ("decree time") for Uralsk and Kzyl-Orda oblasts
1661+ # cancels extra hour ("decree time") for Uralsk and Qyzylorda oblasts
16491662# since the last Sunday of March 1992, while keeping them in the fourth
16501663# and the fifth time belts respectively.
16511664#
16521665# 3. Order of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan
16531666# from 1994-09-23 No. 384
16541667# http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/R940000384_
1655- # cancels the extra hour ("decree time") on the territory of Mangystau
1668+ # cancels the extra hour ("decree time") on the territory of Mangghystaū
16561669# oblast since the last Sunday of September 1994 (saying that time on
16571670# the territory would correspond to the third time belt as a
16581671# result)....
@@ -1666,14 +1679,11 @@ Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931
16661679# 5. Act of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan
16671680# from 1999-03-26 No. 305
16681681# http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/P990000305_
1669- # cancels the extra hour ("decree time") for Atyrau oblast since the
1682+ # cancels the extra hour ("decree time") for Atyraū oblast since the
16701683# last Sunday of March 1999 while retaining the oblast in the fourth
16711684# time belt.
16721685#
1673- # This means change from +05/+06 to +04/+05.
1674- #
1675- # There is no zone for Atyrau currently (listed under Asia/Aqtau in
1676- # zone1970.tab).[*]
1686+ # This means change from +05/+06 to +04/+05....
16771687#
16781688# 6. Act of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan
16791689# from 2000-11-23 No. 1749
@@ -1683,10 +1693,10 @@ Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931
16831693# The only changes I noticed are in definition of the border between the
16841694# fourth and the fifth time belts. They account for changes in spelling
16851695# and administrative division (splitting of Turgai oblast in 1997
1686- # probably changed time in territories incorporated into Kostanay oblast
1687- # (including Arkalyk) from +06/+07 to +05/+06) and move Kyzylorda oblast
1696+ # probably changed time in territories incorporated into Qostanay oblast
1697+ # (including Arkalyk) from +06/+07 to +05/+06) and move Qyzylorda oblast
16881698# from being in the fifth time belt and not using decree time into the
1689- # fourth time belt (no change in practice).[*]
1699+ # fourth time belt (no change in practice).
16901700#
16911701# 7. Act of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan
16921702# from 2003-12-29 No. 1342
@@ -1696,7 +1706,7 @@ Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931
16961706# 8. Act of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan
16971707# from 2004-07-20 No. 775
16981708# http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/archive/docs/P040000775_/20.07.2004
1699- # modified the 2000-11-23 act to move Kostanay and Kyzylorda oblasts into
1709+ # modified the 2000-11-23 act to move Qostanay and Qyzylorda oblasts into
17001710# the fifth time belt and add Aktobe oblast to the list of regions not
17011711# using extra hour ("decree time"), leaving Kazakhstan with only 2 time
17021712# zones (+04/+05 and +06/+07). The changes were to be implemented
@@ -1708,14 +1718,14 @@ Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931
17081718# http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/P040001059_
17091719# modified the 2000-11-23 act to remove exceptions from the "decree time"
17101720# (leaving Kazakhstan in +05/+06 and +06/+07 zones), amended the
1711- # 2004-07-20 act to implement changes for Atyrau , West Kazakhstan,
1712- # Kostanay, Kyzylorda and Mangystau oblasts by not moving clocks
1713- # during the 2014 transition to "winter" time.
1721+ # 2004-07-20 act to implement changes for Atyraū , West Kazakhstan,
1722+ # Qostanay, Qyzylorda and Mangghystaū oblasts by not moving clocks
1723+ # during the 2004 transition to "winter" time.
17141724#
1715- # This means transition from +04/+05 to +05/+06 for Atyrau oblast (no
1725+ # This means transition from +04/+05 to +05/+06 for Atyraū oblast (no
17161726# zone currently), Asia/Oral, Asia/Aqtau and transition from +05/+06 to
1717- # +06/+07 for Kostanay oblast (Kostanay and Arkalyk, no zones currently)
1718- # and Asia/Qyzylorda on 2004-10-31 at 3:00....[*]
1727+ # +06/+07 for Qostanay oblast (Qostanay and Arkalyk, no zones currently)
1728+ # and Asia/Qyzylorda on 2004-10-31 at 3:00....
17191729#
17201730# 10. Act of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan
17211731# from 2005-03-15 No. 231
@@ -1731,14 +1741,9 @@ Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931
17311741# Kazakh 1992-01-13 act appears to provide the same rules and 1992-03-27
17321742# act was to be enacted on the last Sunday of March 1992.
17331743
1734- # From Paul Eggert (2016-04-15):
1735- # The tables below should reflect Stepan Golosunov's remarks above,
1736- # except for the items marked "[*]" which I haven't gotten to yet.
1737- # It looks like we will need new zones Asia/Atyrau and Asia/Qostanay
1738- # to handle changes from 1992 through 2004 that we did not previously
1739- # know about.
1744+ # From Paul Eggert (2016-11-07):
1745+ # The tables below reflect Golosunov's remarks, with exceptions as noted.
17401746
1741- #
17421747# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
17431748#
17441749# Almaty (formerly Alma-Ata), representing most locations in Kazakhstan
@@ -1751,6 +1756,8 @@ Zone Asia/Almaty 5:07:48 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Alma-Ata
17511756 6:00 RussiaAsia +06/+07 2004 Oct 31 2:00s
17521757 6:00 - +06
17531758# Qyzylorda (aka Kyzylorda, Kizilorda, Kzyl-Orda, etc.) (KZ-KZY)
1759+ # This currently includes Qostanay (aka Kostanay, Kustanay) (KZ-KUS);
1760+ # see comments below.
17541761Zone Asia/Qyzylorda 4:21:52 - LMT 1924 May 2
17551762 4:00 - +04 1930 Jun 21
17561763 5:00 - +05 1981 Apr 1
@@ -1762,7 +1769,21 @@ Zone Asia/Qyzylorda 4:21:52 - LMT 1924 May 2
17621769 6:00 RussiaAsia +06/+07 1992 Mar 29 2:00s
17631770 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 2004 Oct 31 2:00s
17641771 6:00 - +06
1765- # Aqtobe (aka Aktobe, formerly Aktyubinsk) (KZ-AKT)
1772+ # The following zone is like Asia/Qyzylorda except for being one
1773+ # hour earlier from 1991-09-29 to 1992-03-29. The 1991/2 rules for
1774+ # Qostenay are unclear partly because of the 1997 Turgai
1775+ # reorganization, so this zone is commented out for now.
1776+ #Zone Asia/Qostanay 4:14:20 - LMT 1924 May 2
1777+ # 4:00 - +04 1930 Jun 21
1778+ # 5:00 - +05 1981 Apr 1
1779+ # 5:00 1:00 +06 1981 Oct 1
1780+ # 6:00 - +06 1982 Apr 1
1781+ # 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
1782+ # 4:00 RussiaAsia +04/+05 1992 Jan 19 2:00s
1783+ # 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 2004 Oct 31 2:00s
1784+ # 6:00 - +06
1785+ #
1786+ # Aqtöbe (aka Aktobe, formerly Aktyubinsk) (KZ-AKT)
17661787Zone Asia/Aqtobe 3:48:40 - LMT 1924 May 2
17671788 4:00 - +04 1930 Jun 21
17681789 5:00 - +05 1981 Apr 1
@@ -1772,22 +1793,29 @@ Zone Asia/Aqtobe 3:48:40 - LMT 1924 May 2
17721793 4:00 RussiaAsia +04/+05 1992 Jan 19 2:00s
17731794 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 2004 Oct 31 2:00s
17741795 5:00 - +05
1775- # Qostanay (KZ-KUS)
1776-
1777- # Mangghystau (KZ-MAN)
1796+ # Mangghystaū (KZ-MAN)
17781797# Aqtau was not founded until 1963, but it represents an inhabited region,
17791798# so include time stamps before 1963.
17801799Zone Asia/Aqtau 3:21:04 - LMT 1924 May 2
17811800 4:00 - +04 1930 Jun 21
1782- 5:00 - +05 1963
17831801 5:00 - +05 1981 Oct 1
17841802 6:00 - +06 1982 Apr 1
17851803 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
17861804 4:00 RussiaAsia +04/+05 1992 Jan 19 2:00s
17871805 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 1994 Sep 25 2:00s
17881806 4:00 RussiaAsia +04/+05 2004 Oct 31 2:00s
17891807 5:00 - +05
1790-
1808+ # Atyraū (KZ-ATY) is like Mangghystaū except it switched from
1809+ # +04/+05 to +05/+06 in spring 1999, not fall 1994.
1810+ Zone Asia/Atyrau 3:27:44 - LMT 1924 May 2
1811+ 4:00 - +04 1930 Jun 21
1812+ 5:00 - +05 1981 Oct 1
1813+ 6:00 - +06 1982 Apr 1
1814+ 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
1815+ 4:00 RussiaAsia +04/+05 1992 Jan 19 2:00s
1816+ 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 1999 Mar 28 2:00s
1817+ 4:00 RussiaAsia +04/+05 2004 Oct 31 2:00s
1818+ 5:00 - +05
17911819# West Kazakhstan (KZ-ZAP)
17921820# From Paul Eggert (2016-03-18):
17931821# The 1989 transition is from USSR act No. 227 (1989-03-14).
@@ -2603,7 +2631,7 @@ Rule Palestine 2016 max - Oct lastSat 1:00 0 -
26032631
26042632# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
26052633Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct
2606- 2:00 Zion EET 1948 May 15
2634+ 2:00 Zion EET/EEST 1948 May 15
26072635 2:00 EgyptAsia EE%sT 1967 Jun 5
26082636 2:00 Zion I%sT 1996
26092637 2:00 Jordan EE%sT 1999
@@ -2616,7 +2644,7 @@ Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct
26162644 2:00 Palestine EE%sT
26172645
26182646Zone Asia/Hebron 2:20:23 - LMT 1900 Oct
2619- 2:00 Zion EET 1948 May 15
2647+ 2:00 Zion EET/EEST 1948 May 15
26202648 2:00 EgyptAsia EE%sT 1967 Jun 5
26212649 2:00 Zion I%sT 1996
26222650 2:00 Jordan EE%sT 1999
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