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-# @(#)asia 7.39
+# @(#)asia 7.40
# 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
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
# 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).
+# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (4th edition),
+# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1995).
# Except where otherwise noted, it is the source for the data below.
#
# Gwillim Law <LAW@encmail.encompass.com> writes that a good source
@@ -78,24 +78,30 @@ Zone Asia/Kabul 4:36:48 - LMT 1890
4:30 - AFT
# Armenia
-# From Paul Eggert (1996-05-04):
+# From Paul Eggert (1998-??-??):
# Shanks has Yerevan switching to 3:00 (with Russian DST) in spring 1991,
# but usno1995 has Armenia at 4:00 (with DST), and Edgar Der-Danieliantz
-# <edd@AIC.NET> reported today that Yerevan probably won't use DST this year,
-# though it did use DST in 1995. We guess Yerevan stayed in sync with Moscow
-# between 1990 and 1995, but stopped using DST in 1996.
-# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
-Rule Armenia 1991 1995 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S
-Rule Armenia 1991 1995 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 -
+# <edd@AIC.NET> reported (1996-05-04) that Yerevan probably wouldn't use DST
+# in 1996, though it did use DST in 1995. IATA SSIM (1991/1998) reports that
+# Armenia switched from 3:00 to 4:00 in 1998 and observed DST after 1991,
+# but started switching at 3:00s in 1998.
+# What a mess! We guess Yerevan DST stayed in sync with Moscow between 1990
+# and 1995, did not use DST in 1996, and started using DST again in 1997.
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Asia/Yerevan 2:58:00 - LMT 1924 May 2
3:00 - YERT 1957 Mar # Yerevan Time
4:00 RussiaAsia YER%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
3:00 1:00 YERST 1991 Sep 23 # independence
- 3:00 Armenia AM%sT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s # Armenia Time
- 4:00 Armenia AM%sT
+ 3:00 1:00 AMST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s # Armenia Time
+ 3:00 - AMT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s
+ 4:00 RussiaAsia AM%sT 1996
+ 4:00 - AMT 1997
+ 4:00 RussiaAsia AM%sT
# Azerbaijan
+# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
+Rule Azer 1997 max - Mar lastSun 1:00 1:00 S
+Rule Azer 1997 max - Oct lastSun 1:00 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Asia/Baku 3:19:24 - LMT 1924 May 2
3:00 - BAKT 1957 Mar # Baku Time
@@ -103,7 +109,8 @@ Zone Asia/Baku 3:19:24 - LMT 1924 May 2
3:00 1:00 BAKST 1991 Aug 30 # independence
3:00 RussiaAsia AZ%sT 1992 Sep lastSun 2:00s
4:00 - AZT 1996 # Azerbaijan time
- 4:00 EUAsia AZ%sT
+ 4:00 EUAsia AZ%sT 1997
+ 4:00 Azer AZ%sT
# Bahrain
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
@@ -183,7 +190,7 @@ Zone Asia/Phnom_Penh 6:59:40 - LMT 1906 Jun 9
# note about Time magazine, though apparently _something_ happened in 1986.
# Go with Shanks for now. I made up names for the other pre-1980 time zones.
-# From Shanks (1991):
+# From Shanks (1995):
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Shang 1940 only - Jun 3 0:00 1:00 D
Rule Shang 1940 1941 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S
@@ -458,12 +465,7 @@ Zone Asia/Baghdad 2:57:40 - LMT 1890
# ISRAEL 2 H AHEAD OF UTC
# ISRAEL 3 H AHEAD OF UTC APR 10 - SEP 3
-# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1993-11-18):
-#
-# Shanks gives the following rules for Jerusalem from 1918 through 1991.
-# After 1989 Shanks often disagrees with Silverberg; we go with Silverberg.
-
-# From Shanks (1991):
+# From Shanks (1995):
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Zion 1940 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 D
Rule Zion 1942 1944 - Nov 1 0:00 0 S
@@ -569,6 +571,12 @@ Rule Zion 1997 only - Sep 14 0:00 0 S
Rule Zion 1998 only - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 D
Rule Zion 1998 only - Sep 6 0:00 0 S
+# From Member of Knesset Avraham Poraz, as quoted in Ha'aretz (1998-09-02):
+# [The 1998-09-06 transition is to] serve the interests of a small minority
+# of ultra-Orthodox Sephardic Jews who, during the [Hebrew] month of Elul,
+# recite Slihot penitential prayers in the early morning hours
+# and thus find daylight time inconvenient.
+
# From Paul Eggert (1998-01-12):
# Here are guesses for rules after 1998.
# They are probably wrong, but they are more likely than no DST at all.
@@ -644,7 +652,7 @@ Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931
# 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
+Zone Asia/Almaty 5:07:48 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Alma-Ata
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
@@ -666,11 +674,13 @@ Zone Asia/Aqtau 3:21:04 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Aktau
# 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 -
+Rule Kirgiz 1992 1996 - Apr Sun>=7 0:00 1:00 S
+Rule Kirgiz 1991 1996 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 -
+Rule Kirgiz 1997 max - Mar lastSun 2:30 1:00 S
+Rule Kirgiz 1997 max - Oct lastSun 2:30 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Asia/Bishkek 4:58:24 - LMT 1924 May 2
- 5:00 - FRUT 1957 Mar # Frunze Time
+ 5:00 - FRUT 1930 Jun 21 # Frunze Time
6:00 RussiaAsia FRU%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
5:00 1:00 FRUST 1991 Aug 31 # independence
5:00 Kirgiz KG%sT # Kirgizstan Time
@@ -684,7 +694,7 @@ Zone Asia/Bishkek 4:58:24 - LMT 1924 May 2
# Daylight Savings Time was not observed until 1987. He did not know
# at what time of day DST starts or ends.
-# From Shanks (1991):
+# From Shanks (1995):
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule ROK 1960 only - May 15 0:00 1:00 D
Rule ROK 1960 only - Sep 13 0:00 0 S
@@ -957,7 +967,7 @@ Zone Asia/Singapore 6:55:24 - LMT 1880
# </a>
# reported ``the country's standard time will be put forward by one hour at
# midnight Friday (1830 GMT) `in the light of the present power crisis'.''
-# Transitions before 1996 are from Shanks (1991).
+# Transitions before 1996 are from Shanks (1995).
#
# From Dharmasiri Senanayake, Sri Lanka Media Minister (1996-10-24), as quoted
# by Shamindra in
@@ -969,7 +979,7 @@ Zone Asia/Singapore 6:55:24 - LMT 1880
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Asia/Colombo 5:19:24 - LMT 1880
- 5:20 - CEYT 1906 # Ceylon Time
+ 5:19:32 - MMT 1906 # Moratuwa Mean Time
5:30 - IST 1942 Jan 5
5:30 0:30 IHST 1942 Sep
5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 16 2:00
@@ -1007,7 +1017,8 @@ 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.
+# IATA SSIM (1996-09) says 1997-03-31; (1998-02) says 1998-04-02,
+# 1999-03-29, and 1999-09-29; ignore all these claims for now.
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]
@@ -1015,9 +1026,10 @@ Zone Asia/Damascus 2:25:12 - LMT 1920
2:00 Syria EE%sT
# Tajikistan
+# From Shanks (1995), who writes ``date of change uncertain'' for 1991.
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Asia/Dushanbe 4:35:12 - LMT 1924 May 2
- 5:00 - DUST 1957 Mar # Dushanbe Time
+ 5:00 - DUST 1930 Jun 21 # Dushanbe Time
6:00 RussiaAsia DUS%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
5:00 1:00 DUSST 1991 Sep 9 # independence
5:00 RussiaAsia TJ%sT 1992
@@ -1030,14 +1042,17 @@ Zone Asia/Bangkok 6:42:04 - LMT 1880
7:00 - ICT
# Turkmenistan
+# From Shanks (1995):
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
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 Sep 29 2:00s
- 4:00 - ASHT 1991 Oct 27 # independence
- 4:00 - TMT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s
- 5:00 - TMT # Turkmenistan Time
+ 4:00 - ASHT 1930 Jun 21 # Ashkhabad Time
+ 5:00 - ASHT 1981 Apr 1
+ 5:00 1:00 ASHST 1981 Oct 1
+ 6:00 - ASHT 1982 Apr 1
+ 5:00 RussiaAsia ASH%sT 1991
+ 5:00 - ASHT 1991 Oct 27 # independence
+ 5:00 RussiaAsia TM%sT 1993 # Turkmenistan Time
+ 5:00 - TMT
# United Arab Emirates
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
@@ -1045,14 +1060,24 @@ Zone Asia/Dubai 3:41:12 - LMT 1920
4:00 - GST
# Uzbekistan
+# From Shanks (1995):
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
+Zone Asia/Samarkand 4:27:12 - LMT 1924 May 2
+ 4:00 - SAMT 1930 Jun 21 # Samarkand Time
+ 5:00 - SAMT 1981 Apr 1
+ 5:00 1:00 SAMST 1981 Oct 1
+ 6:00 RussiaAsia TAS%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00 # Tashkent Time
+ 5:00 - TAST 1991 Sep 1 # independence
+ 5:00 - UZT 1992
+ 5:00 RussiaAsia UZ%sT 1993
+ 5:00 - UZT
Zone Asia/Tashkent 4:37:12 - LMT 1924 May 2
- 5:00 - TAST 1957 Mar # Tashkent Time
+ 5:00 - TAST 1930 Jun 21 # Tashkent Time
6:00 RussiaAsia TAS%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
- 5:00 1:00 TASST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s
- 5:00 - UZT # Uzbekistan Time
-# Shanks has Tashkent using DST after 1991, but usno1995 says they don't.
-# Guess no DST after 1991.
+ 5:00 - TAST 1991 Sep 1 # independence
+ 5:00 - UZT 1992
+ 5:00 RussiaAsia UZ%sT 1993
+ 5:00 - UZT
# Vietnam
# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1993-11-18):