1- # @(#)asia 8.8
1+ # @(#)asia 8.11
22# <pre>
33
44# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ Rule PRC 1987 1991 - Apr Sun>=10 0:00 1:00 D
217217# BTW, I did some research on-line and found some info regarding these five
218218# historic timezones from some Taiwan websites. And yes, there are official
219219# Chinese names for these locales (before 1949).
220- #
220+ #
221221# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-07-14):
222222# I have investigated the timezones around 1970 on the
223223# http://www.astro.com/atlas site [with provinces and county
@@ -413,6 +413,8 @@ Zone Asia/Tbilisi 2:59:16 - LMT 1880
413413
414414# East Timor
415415
416+ # See Indonesia for the 1945 transition.
417+
416418# From Joao Carrascalao, brother of the former governor of East Timor, in
417419# <a href="http://etan.org/et99c/december/26-31/30ETMAY.htm">
418420# East Timor may be late for its millennium
@@ -437,7 +439,7 @@ Zone Asia/Tbilisi 2:59:16 - LMT 1880
437439# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
438440Zone Asia/Dili 8:22:20 - LMT 1912
439441 8:00 - TLT 1942 Feb 21 23:00 # E Timor Time
440- 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug
442+ 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 23
441443 9:00 - TLT 1976 May 3
442444 8:00 - CIT 2000 Sep 17 00:00
443445 9:00 - TLT
@@ -463,22 +465,35 @@ Zone Asia/Calcutta 5:53:28 - LMT 1880 # Kolkata
463465# time zone maps, I think that must refer to Western Borneo (Kalimantan Barat
464466# and Kalimantan Tengah) switching from UTC+8 to UTC+7.
465467#
468+ # From Paul Eggert (2007-03-10):
469+ # Here is another correction to Shanks & Pottenger.
470+ # JohnTWB writes that Japanese forces did not surrender control in
471+ # Indonesia until 1945-09-01 00:00 at the earliest (in Jakarta) and
472+ # other formal surrender ceremonies were September 9, 11, and 13, plus
473+ # September 12 for the regional surrender to Mountbatten in Singapore.
474+ # These would be the earliest possible times for a change.
475+ # Regimes horaires pour le monde entier, by Henri Le Corre, (Editions
476+ # Traditionnelles, 1987, Paris) says that Java and Madura switched
477+ # from JST to UTC+07:30 on 1945-09-23, and gives 1944-09-01 for Jayapura
478+ # (Hollandia). For now, assume all Indonesian locations other than Jayapura
479+ # switched on 1945-09-23.
480+ #
466481# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
467482Zone Asia/Jakarta 7:07:12 - LMT 1867 Aug 10
468483# Shanks & Pottenger say the next transition was at 1924 Jan 1 0:13,
469484# but this must be a typo.
470485 7:07:12 - JMT 1923 Dec 31 23:47:12 # Jakarta
471486 7:20 - JAVT 1932 Nov # Java Time
472487 7:30 - WIT 1942 Mar 23
473- 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug
488+ 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 23
474489 7:30 - WIT 1948 May
475490 8:00 - WIT 1950 May
476491 7:30 - WIT 1964
477492 7:00 - WIT
478493Zone Asia/Pontianak 7:17:20 - LMT 1908 May
479494 7:17:20 - PMT 1932 Nov # Pontianak MT
480495 7:30 - WIT 1942 Jan 29
481- 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug
496+ 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 23
482497 7:30 - WIT 1948 May
483498 8:00 - WIT 1950 May
484499 7:30 - WIT 1964
@@ -487,10 +502,10 @@ Zone Asia/Pontianak 7:17:20 - LMT 1908 May
487502Zone Asia/Makassar 7:57:36 - LMT 1920
488503 7:57:36 - MMT 1932 Nov # Macassar MT
489504 8:00 - CIT 1942 Feb 9
490- 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug
505+ 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 23
491506 8:00 - CIT
492507Zone Asia/Jayapura 9:22:48 - LMT 1932 Nov
493- 9:00 - EIT 1944
508+ 9:00 - EIT 1944 Sep 1
494509 9:30 - CST 1964
495510 9:00 - EIT
496511
@@ -614,7 +629,7 @@ Rule Iraq 1985 1990 - Sep lastSun 1:00s 0 S
614629Rule Iraq 1986 1990 - Mar lastSun 1:00s 1:00 D
615630# IATA SSIM (1991/1996) says Apr 1 12:01am UTC; guess the `:01' is a typo.
616631# Shanks & Pottenger say Iraq did not observe DST 1992/1997; ignore this.
617- #
632+ #
618633Rule Iraq 1991 max - Apr 1 3:00s 1:00 D
619634Rule Iraq 1991 max - Oct 1 3:00s 0 S
620635# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
@@ -1146,6 +1161,14 @@ Zone Asia/Pyongyang 8:23:00 - LMT 1890
11461161
11471162# Kuwait
11481163# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1164+ # From the Arab Times (2007-03-14):
1165+ # The Civil Service Commission (CSC) has approved a proposal forwarded
1166+ # by MP Ahmad Baqer on implementing the daylight saving time (DST) in
1167+ # Kuwait starting from April until the end of Sept this year, reports Al-Anba.
1168+ # <http://www.arabtimesonline.com/arabtimes/kuwait/Viewdet.asp?ID=9950>.
1169+ # From Paul Eggert (2007-03-29):
1170+ # We don't know the details, or whether the approval means it'll happen,
1171+ # so for now we assume no DST.
11491172Zone Asia/Kuwait 3:11:56 - LMT 1950
11501173 3:00 - AST
11511174
@@ -1293,6 +1316,11 @@ Zone Indian/Maldives 4:54:00 - LMT 1880 # Male
12931316# parliament passed during the tumultuous winter session."
12941317# For now, let's ignore this information, until we have more confirmation.
12951318
1319+ # From Ganbold Ts. (2007-02-26):
1320+ # Parliament of Mongolia has just changed the daylight-saving rule in February.
1321+ # They decided not to adopt daylight-saving time....
1322+ # http://www.mongolnews.mn/index.php?module=unuudur&sec=view&id=15742
1323+
12961324# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
12971325Rule Mongol 1983 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
12981326Rule Mongol 1983 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
@@ -1311,8 +1339,8 @@ Rule Mongol 1985 1998 - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S
13111339Rule Mongol 1984 1998 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 -
13121340# IATA SSIM (1999-09) says Mongolia no longer observes DST.
13131341Rule Mongol 2001 only - Apr lastSat 2:00 1:00 S
1314- Rule Mongol 2001 max - Sep lastSat 2:00 0 -
1315- Rule Mongol 2002 max - Mar lastSat 2:00 1:00 S
1342+ Rule Mongol 2001 2006 - Sep lastSat 2:00 0 -
1343+ Rule Mongol 2002 2006 - Mar lastSat 2:00 1:00 S
13161344
13171345# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
13181346# Hovd, a.k.a. Chovd, Dund-Us, Dzhargalant, Khovd, Jirgalanta
@@ -1690,11 +1718,17 @@ Rule Syria 1993 only - Sep 25 0:00 0 -
16901718Rule Syria 1994 1996 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
16911719Rule Syria 1994 2005 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
16921720Rule Syria 1997 1998 - Mar lastMon 0:00 1:00 S
1693- Rule Syria 1999 max - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
1721+ Rule Syria 1999 2006 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
16941722# From Stephen Colebourne (2006-09-18):
16951723# According to IATA data, Syria will change DST on 21st September [21:00 UTC]
16961724# this year [only].... This is probably related to Ramadan, like Egypt.
16971725Rule Syria 2006 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 -
1726+ # From Paul Eggert (2007-03-29):
1727+ # Today the AP reported "Syria will switch to summertime at midnight Thursday."
1728+ # http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/29/africa/ME-GEN-Syria-Time-Change.php
1729+ # For lack of better info, assume the rule changed to "last Friday in March"
1730+ # this year.
1731+ Rule Syria 2007 max - Mar lastFri 0:00 1:00 S
16981732Rule Syria 2007 max - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
16991733# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
17001734Zone Asia/Damascus 2:25:12 - LMT 1920 # Dimashq
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