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@@ -1,16 +1,25 @@
-# @(#)asia 7.25
+# @(#)asia 7.26
# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future).
-# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1995-07-24):
+# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1996-11-22):
#
# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (3rd edition),
# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1991).
# Except where otherwise noted, it is the source for the data below.
#
+# Gwillim Law <LAW@encmail.encompass.com> writes that a good source
+# for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport
+# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM),
+# published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries
+# of the IATA's data after 1990.
+#
+# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks is the source for entries through 1990,
+# and IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990.
+#
# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences,
# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which
# I found in the UCLA library.
@@ -24,7 +33,6 @@
# Corrections are welcome!
# std dst
# LMT Local Mean Time
-# LST Local Star Time (Russian ``mestnoe zvezdnoe vremya'')
# 2:00 EET EEST Eastern European Time
# 2:00 IST IDT Israel
# 3:00 AST ADT Arabia*
@@ -48,12 +56,22 @@
###############################################################################
-# These rules for Russia are stolen from the `europe' file.
+# These rules are stolen from the `europe' file.
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
-Rule RussiaAsia 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
-Rule RussiaAsia 1981 1983 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
-Rule RussiaAsia 1984 max - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 -
-Rule RussiaAsia 1985 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S
+Rule EUAsia 1981 max - Mar lastSun 1:00u 1:00 S
+Rule EUAsia 1996 max - Oct lastSun 1:00u 0 -
+Rule E-EurAsia 1981 max - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S
+Rule E-EurAsia 1979 1995 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 -
+Rule E-EurAsia 1996 max - Oct lastSun 0:00 0 -
+Rule RussiaAsia 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
+Rule RussiaAsia 1981 1983 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
+Rule RussiaAsia 1984 1991 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 -
+Rule RussiaAsia 1985 1991 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S
+Rule RussiaAsia 1992 only - Mar lastSat 23:00 1:00 S
+Rule RussiaAsia 1992 only - Sep lastSat 23:00 0 -
+Rule RussiaAsia 1993 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S
+Rule RussiaAsia 1993 1995 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 -
+Rule RussiaAsia 1996 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 -
# Afghanistan
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
@@ -85,10 +103,9 @@ Zone Asia/Baku 3:19:24 - LMT 1924 May 2
3:00 - BAKT 1957 Mar # Baku Time
4:00 RussiaAsia BAK%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
3:00 1:00 BAKST 1991 Aug 30 # independence
- 3:00 RussiaAsia AZ%sT 1992 # Azerbaijan Time
- 3:00 - AZT
-# Shanks has Baku using Russian DST rules after 1991,
-# but usno1995 has Azerbaijan with no DST. Guess no DST after 1991.
+ 3:00 RussiaAsia AZ%sT 1992 Sep lastSun 2:00s
+ 4:00 - AZT 1996 # Azerbaijan time
+ 4:00 EUAsia AZ%sT
# Bahrain
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
@@ -287,18 +304,20 @@ Zone Asia/Nicosia 2:13:28 - LMT 1921 Nov 14
# an MP who went on a hunger strike for 11 days to force discussion about it!
# We have no details, but we'll guess they didn't move the clocks back in fall.
#
-# From Paul Eggert (1995-11-13):
-# usno1995 has Georgia at 4:00. Guess that Georgia stopped transitions
-# after spring 1994 (thus sticking at 4:00).
-# Most likely we're still missing some rule changes between 1991 and 1994.
+# From Mathew Englander <mathew@io.org>, quoting AP (1996-10-23 13:05-04):
+# Instead of putting back clocks at the end of October, Georgia
+# will stay on daylight savings time this winter to save energy,
+# President Eduard Shevardnadze decreed Wednesday.
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Asia/Tbilisi 2:59:16 - LMT 1880
2:59:16 - TBMT 1924 May 2 # Tbilisi Mean Time
3:00 - TBIT 1957 Mar # Tbilisi Time
4:00 RussiaAsia TBI%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
3:00 1:00 TBIST 1991 Apr 9 # independence
- 3:00 RussiaAsia GE%sT 1994 Sep 25 2:00s # Georgia Time
- 4:00 - GET
+ 3:00 RussiaAsia GE%sT 1992 # Georgia Time
+ 3:00 E-EurAsia GE%sT 1994 Sep lastSun
+ 4:00 E-EurAsia GE%sT 1996 Oct lastSun
+ 5:00 - GET
# India
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
@@ -340,6 +359,13 @@ Rule Iran 1978 1980 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S
Rule Iran 1978 only - Oct 21 0:00 0 -
Rule Iran 1979 only - Sep 19 0:00 0 -
Rule Iran 1980 only - Sep 23 0:00 0 -
+Rule Iran 1991 only - May 3 0:00s 1:00 S
+Rule Iran 1991 only - Sep 20 0:00s 0 -
+Rule Iran 1992 only - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 S
+Rule Iran 1992 1993 - Sep 23 0:00 0 -
+Rule Iran 1993 max - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 S
+Rule Iran 1994 1995 - Sep 22 0:00 0 -
+Rule Iran 1996 max - Sep 21 0:00 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Asia/Tehran 3:25:44 - LMT 1916
3:25:44 - TMT 1946 # Tehran Mean Time
@@ -353,8 +379,11 @@ Rule Iraq 1982 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D
Rule Iraq 1982 1984 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S
Rule Iraq 1983 only - Mar 31 0:00 1:00 D
Rule Iraq 1984 1985 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D
-Rule Iraq 1985 max - Sep lastSun 1:00s 0 S
-Rule Iraq 1986 max - Mar lastSun 1:00s 1:00 D
+Rule Iraq 1985 1990 - Sep lastSun 1:00s 0 S
+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.
+Rule Iraq 1991 max - Apr 1 3:00s 1:00 D
+Rule Iraq 1991 max - Oct 1 3:00s 0 D
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Asia/Baghdad 2:57:40 - LMT 1890
2:57:36 - BMT 1918 # Baghdad Mean Time?
@@ -512,9 +541,6 @@ Zone Asia/Ishigaki 8:16:36 - LMT 1896
# Other Japanese possessions are probably like Asia/Tokyo.
# Jordan
-# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1993-11-18):
-# Most likely Shanks is merely guessing dates from 1992 on.
-# From Shanks (1991):
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Jordan 1973 only - Jun 6 0:00 1:00 S
Rule Jordan 1973 1975 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
@@ -529,40 +555,56 @@ Rule Jordan 1986 1988 - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 S
Rule Jordan 1986 1990 - Oct Fri>=1 0:00 0 -
Rule Jordan 1989 only - May 8 0:00 1:00 S
Rule Jordan 1990 only - Apr 27 0:00 1:00 S
-Rule Jordan 1991 only - Apr 19 0:00 1:00 S
+Rule Jordan 1991 only - Apr 17 0:00 1:00 S
Rule Jordan 1991 only - Sep 27 0:00 0 -
-Rule Jordan 1992 max - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 S
-Rule Jordan 1992 max - Oct Fri>=1 0:00 0 -
+Rule Jordan 1992 only - Apr 10 0:00 1:00 S
+Rule Jordan 1992 1993 - Oct Fri>=1 0:00 0 -
+Rule Jordan 1993 max - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 S
+Rule Jordan 1994 only - Sep Fri>=15 0:00 0 -
+Rule Jordan 1995 max - Sep Fri>=15 0:00s 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931
2:00 Jordan EE%sT
# Kazakhstan
-# From Paul Eggert (1996-04-19):
+# From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22):
# Andrew Evtichov <evti@chevron.com> (1996-04-13) writes that Kazakhstan
-# stayed in sync with Moscow after 1990, and that Aktau is the biggest city
-# in western Kazakhstan. Follow Shanks before 1991, Evtichov afterwards.
+# stayed in sync with Moscow after 1990, and that Aqtobe (formerly Aktyubinsk)
+# and Aqtau (formerly Shevchenko) are the largest cities in their zones.
+# Guess that Aqtau and Aqtobe diverged in 1995, since that's the first time
+# IATA SSIM mentions a third time zone in Kazakhstan.
+#
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Asia/Alma-Ata 5:07:48 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Almaty
5:00 - ALMT 1957 Mar # Alma-Ata Time
6:00 RussiaAsia ALM%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
5:00 1:00 ALMST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s
5:00 - ALMT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s
- 6:00 RussiaAsia ALM%sT
-Zone Asia/Aktau 3:21:04 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Aqtau
+ 6:00 E-EurAsia ALM%sT
+Zone Asia/Aqtobe 3:48:40 - LMT 1924 May 2
+ 4:00 - AKT 1957 Mar # Aktyubinsk Time
+ 5:00 RussiaAsia AK%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
+ 4:00 1:00 AKTST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s
+ 4:00 - AQTT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s # Aqtobe Time
+ 5:00 E-EurAsia AQT%sT
+Zone Asia/Aqtau 3:21:04 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Aktau
4:00 - SHET 1957 Mar # Fort Shevchenko Time
5:00 RussiaAsia SHE%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
- 4:00 1:00 AKTST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s
- 4:00 - AKTT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s # Aktau Time
- 5:00 RussiaAsia AKT%sT
+ 4:00 1:00 AQTST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s
+ 4:00 - AQTT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s # Aqtau Time
+ 5:00 E-EurAsia AQT%sT 1995 Sep lastSun
+ 4:00 E-EurAsia AQT%sT
# Kirgizstan
+# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
+Rule Kirgiz 1992 max - Apr Sun>=7 0:00 1:00 S
+Rule Kirgiz 1991 max - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Asia/Bishkek 4:58:24 - LMT 1924 May 2
5:00 - FRUT 1957 Mar # Frunze Time
6:00 RussiaAsia FRU%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
5:00 1:00 FRUST 1991 Aug 31 # independence
- 5:00 RussiaAsia KG%sT # Kirgizstan Time
+ 5:00 Kirgiz KG%sT # Kirgizstan Time
###############################################################################
@@ -630,10 +672,13 @@ Rule Lebanon 1973 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S
Rule Lebanon 1978 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 S
Rule Lebanon 1978 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 -
Rule Lebanon 1984 1987 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S
-Rule Lebanon 1984 max - Oct 16 0:00 0 -
+Rule Lebanon 1984 1991 - Oct 16 0:00 0 -
Rule Lebanon 1988 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S
Rule Lebanon 1989 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S
-Rule Lebanon 1990 max - May 1 0:00 1:00 S
+Rule Lebanon 1990 1992 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S
+Rule Lebanon 1992 only - Oct 4 0:00 0 -
+Rule Lebanon 1993 max - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S
+Rule Lebanon 1993 max - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Asia/Beirut 2:22:00 - LMT 1880
2:00 Lebanon EE%sT
@@ -673,8 +718,11 @@ Zone Indian/Maldives 4:54:00 - LMT 1880 # Male
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Mongol 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
Rule Mongol 1981 1984 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
-Rule Mongol 1985 max - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 S
-Rule Mongol 1985 max - Sep lastSun 3:00 0 -
+Rule Mongol 1985 1990 - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 S
+Rule Mongol 1985 1990 - Sep lastSun 3:00 0 -
+Rule Mongol 1991 max - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S
+Rule Mongol 1991 1995 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 -
+Rule Mongol 1996 max - Oct Fri>=22 0:00 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
#Zone Asia/Dariv 6:14:32 - LMT 1905 Aug
# 6:00 - DART 1978 # Dariv Time
@@ -712,9 +760,9 @@ Zone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907
Rule EgyptAsia 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S
Rule EgyptAsia 1957 1958 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
Rule EgyptAsia 1958 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S
-Rule EgyptAsia 1959 1981 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S
+Rule EgyptAsia 1959 1967 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S
Rule EgyptAsia 1959 1965 - Sep 30 3:00 0 -
-Rule EgyptAsia 1966 max - Oct 1 3:00 0 -
+Rule EgyptAsia 1966 only - Oct 1 3:00 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct
2:00 - EET 1957 May 10
@@ -806,8 +854,16 @@ Rule Syria 1987 1988 - Oct 31 2:00 0 -
Rule Syria 1988 only - Mar 15 2:00 1:00 S
Rule Syria 1989 only - Mar 31 2:00 1:00 S
Rule Syria 1989 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 -
-Rule Syria 1990 max - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 S
-Rule Syria 1990 max - Sep 30 2:00 0 -
+Rule Syria 1990 only - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 S
+Rule Syria 1990 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 -
+Rule Syria 1991 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
+Rule Syria 1991 1992 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
+Rule Syria 1992 only - Apr 8 0:00 1:00 S
+Rule Syria 1993 only - Mar 26 0:00 1:00 S
+Rule Syria 1993 only - Sep 25 0:00 0 -
+# IATA SSIM (1996-09) says 1997-03-31; assume that it should be 1997-04-01.
+Rule Syria 1994 max - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
+Rule Syria 1994 max - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Asia/Damascus 2:25:12 - LMT 1920
2:00 Syria EE%sT
@@ -820,10 +876,6 @@ Zone Asia/Dushanbe 4:35:12 - LMT 1924 May 2
5:00 1:00 DUSST 1991 Sep 9 # independence
5:00 RussiaAsia TJ%sT 1992
5:00 - TJT # Tajikistan Time
-# Shanks has Dushanbe at 5:00 (6:00 summer) after 1991,
-# but a cable from the American Embassy at Dushanbe
-# <URL:http://www.itaiep.doc.gov/bisnis/cables/960703ti.html> (1996-07-02)
-# says that Tajikistan is at 5:00. Guess no DST after 1991.
# Thailand
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
@@ -836,12 +888,10 @@ Zone Asia/Bangkok 6:42:04 - LMT 1880
Zone Asia/Ashkhabad 3:53:32 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Ashgabat
4:00 - ASHT 1957 Mar # Ashkhabad Time
5:00 RussiaAsia ASH%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
- 4:00 1:00 ASHST 1991 Oct 27 # independence
- 4:00 RussiaAsia TM%sT 1992 # Turkmenistan Time
- 4:00 - TMT
-# Shanks has Ashkhabad at 4:00 (5:00 summer) after 1991, but
-# DHL <URL:http://www.dhl.com/dhlinfo/country/turkmeni.html> (1996-07-26)
-# reports 4:00. Guess no DST after 1991.
+ 4:00 1:00 ASHST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s
+ 4:00 - ASHT 1991 Oct 27 # independence
+ 4:00 - TMT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s
+ 5:00 - TMT # Turkmenistan Time
# United Arab Emirates
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]