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authorUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>2008-04-11 05:04:15 +0000
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* timzeone/asia: Update from tzdata2008b.
* timezone/backward: Likewise. * timezone/europe: Likewise. * timezone/northamerica: Likewise. * timezone/southamerica: Likewise. * timezone/iso3166.tab: Likewise. * timezone/leapseconds: Likewise. * timezone/zone.tab: Likewise. * timezone/private.h: Update from tzcode2008a. * timezone/zdump.c: Likewise. * timezone/zic.c: Likewise.
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-# @(#)asia 8.12
+# @(#)asia 8.18
# <pre>
# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
@@ -446,13 +446,13 @@ Zone Asia/Dili 8:22:20 - LMT 1912
# India
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
-Zone Asia/Calcutta 5:53:28 - LMT 1880 # Kolkata
+Zone Asia/Kolkata 5:53:28 - LMT 1880 # Kolkata
5:53:20 - HMT 1941 Oct # Howrah Mean Time?
6:30 - BURT 1942 May 15 # Burma Time
5:30 - IST 1942 Sep
5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 15
5:30 - IST
-# The following are like Asia/Calcutta:
+# The following are like Asia/Kolkata:
# Andaman Is
# Lakshadweep (Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Is)
# Nicobar Is
@@ -577,6 +577,15 @@ Zone Asia/Jayapura 9:22:48 - LMT 1932 Nov
# daylight saving time ...
# http://uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKBLA65048420070916
#
+# From Roozbeh Pournader (2007-11-05):
+# This is quoted from Official Gazette of the Islamic Republic of
+# Iran, Volume 63, Number 18242, dated Tuesday 1386/6/24
+# [2007-10-16]. I am doing the best translation I can:...
+# The official time of the country will be moved forward for one hour
+# on the 24 hours of the first day of the month of Farvardin and will
+# be changed back to its previous state on the 24 hours of the
+# thirtieth day of Shahrivar.
+#
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Iran 1978 1980 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D
Rule Iran 1978 only - Oct 21 0:00 0 S
@@ -651,6 +660,21 @@ Zone Asia/Tehran 3:25:44 - LMT 1916
#
# So we'll ignore the Economist's claim.
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-03-10):
+# The cabinet in Iraq abolished DST last week, according to the following
+# news sources (in Arabic):
+# <a href="http://www.aljeeran.net/wesima_articles/news-20080305-98602.html">
+# http://www.aljeeran.net/wesima_articles/news-20080305-98602.html
+# </a>
+# <a href="http://www.aswataliraq.info/look/article.tpl?id=2047&IdLanguage=17&IdPublication=4&NrArticle=71743&NrIssue=1&NrSection=10">
+# http://www.aswataliraq.info/look/article.tpl?id=2047&IdLanguage=17&IdPublication=4&NrArticle=71743&NrIssue=1&NrSection=10
+# </a>
+#
+# We have published a short article in English about the change:
+# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/iraq-dumps-daylight-saving.html">
+# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/iraq-dumps-daylight-saving.html
+# </a>
+
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Iraq 1982 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D
Rule Iraq 1982 1984 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S
@@ -661,8 +685,8 @@ Rule Iraq 1986 1990 - Mar lastSun 1:00s 1:00 D
# IATA SSIM (1991/1996) says Apr 1 12:01am UTC; guess the `:01' is a typo.
# Shanks & Pottenger say Iraq did not observe DST 1992/1997; ignore this.
#
-Rule Iraq 1991 max - Apr 1 3:00s 1:00 D
-Rule Iraq 1991 max - Oct 1 3:00s 0 S
+Rule Iraq 1991 2007 - Apr 1 3:00s 1:00 D
+Rule Iraq 1991 2007 - Oct 1 3:00s 0 S
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Asia/Baghdad 2:57:40 - LMT 1890
2:57:36 - BMT 1918 # Baghdad Mean Time?
@@ -1678,7 +1702,7 @@ Zone Asia/Singapore 6:55:25 - LMT 1901 Jan 1
# kept their clocks set five and a half hours ahead of Greenwich Mean
# Time (GMT), in line with neighbor India.
# From Paul Eggert (2006-04-18):
-# People who live in regions under Tamil control can use TZ='Asia/Calcutta',
+# People who live in regions under Tamil control can use [TZ='Asia/Kolkata'],
# as that zone has agreed with the Tamil areas since our cutoff date of 1970.
# From K Sethu (2006-04-25):
@@ -1768,10 +1792,62 @@ Rule Syria 2006 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 -
# From Paul Eggert (2007-03-29):
# Today the AP reported "Syria will switch to summertime at midnight Thursday."
# http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/29/africa/ME-GEN-Syria-Time-Change.php
-# For lack of better info, assume the rule changed to "last Friday in March"
-# this year.
-Rule Syria 2007 max - Mar lastFri 0:00 1:00 S
-Rule Syria 2007 max - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
+Rule Syria 2007 only - Mar lastFri 0:00 1:00 S
+# From Jesper Norgard (2007-10-27):
+# The sister center ICARDA of my work CIMMYT is confirming that Syria DST will
+# not take place 1.st November at 0:00 o'clock but 1.st November at 24:00 or
+# rather Midnight between Thursday and Friday. This does make more sence than
+# having it between Wednesday and Thursday (two workdays in Syria) since the
+# weekend in Syria is not Saturday and Sunday, but Friday and Saturday. So now
+# it is implemented at midnight of the last workday before weekend...
+#
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2007-10-27):
+# Jesper Norgaard Welen wrote:
+#
+# > "Winter local time in Syria will be observed at midnight of Thursday 1
+# > November 2007, and the clock will be put back 1 hour."
+#
+# I found confirmation on this in this gov.sy-article (Arabic):
+# http://wehda.alwehda.gov.sy/_print_veiw.asp?FileName=12521710520070926111247
+#
+# which using Google's translate tools says:
+# Council of Ministers also approved the commencement of work on
+# identifying the winter time as of Friday, 2/11/2007 where the 60th
+# minute delay at midnight Thursday 1/11/2007.
+Rule Syria 2007 only - Nov Fri>=1 0:00 0 -
+
+# From Stephen Colebourne (2008-03-17):
+# For everyone's info, I saw an IATA time zone change for [Syria] for
+# this month (March 2008) in the last day or so...This is the data IATA
+# are now using:
+# Country Time Standard --- DST Start --- --- DST End --- DST
+# Name Zone Variation Time Date Time Date
+# Variation
+# Syrian Arab
+# Republic SY +0200 2200 03APR08 2100 30SEP08 +0300
+# 2200 02APR09 2100 30SEP09 +0300
+# 2200 01APR10 2100 30SEP10 +0300
+
+# From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-17):
+# Here's a link to English-language coverage by the Syrian Arab News
+# Agency (SANA)...
+# <a href="http://www.sana.sy/eng/21/2008/03/11/165173.htm">
+# http://www.sana.sy/eng/21/2008/03/11/165173.htm
+# </a>...which reads (in part) "The Cabinet approved the suggestion of the
+# Ministry of Electricity to begin daylight savings time on Friday April
+# 4th, advancing clocks one hour ahead on midnight of Thursday April 3rd."
+# Since Syria is two hours east of UTC, the 2200 and 2100 transition times
+# shown above match up with midnight in Syria.
+
+# From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-18):
+# My buest guess at a Syrian rule is "the Friday nearest April 1";
+# coding that involves either using a "Mar Fri>=29" construct that old time zone
+# compilers can't handle or having multiple Rules (a la Israel).
+# For now, use "Apr Fri>=1", and go with IATA on a uniform Sep 30 end.
+
+Rule Syria 2008 max - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 S
+Rule Syria 2008 max - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
+
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Asia/Damascus 2:25:12 - LMT 1920 # Dimashq
2:00 Syria EE%sT
@@ -1825,13 +1901,13 @@ Zone Asia/Tashkent 4:37:12 - LMT 1924 May 2
# Vietnam
-# From Paul Eggert (1993-11-18):
-# Saigon's official name is Thanh-Pho Ho Chi Minh, but it's too long.
-# We'll stick with the traditional name for now.
+# From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-18):
+# The English-language name of Vietnam's most populous city is "Ho Chi Min City";
+# we use Ho_Chi_Minh below to avoid a name of more than 14 characters.
# From Shanks & Pottenger:
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
-Zone Asia/Saigon 7:06:40 - LMT 1906 Jun 9
+Zone Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh 7:06:40 - LMT 1906 Jun 9
7:06:20 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT?
7:00 - ICT 1912 May
8:00 - ICT 1931 May