1# @(#)asia 7.1 2 3# From Guy Harris: 4# Incorporates data for Singapore from Robert Elz' asia 1.1, as well as 5# additional information from Tom Yap, Sun Microsystems Intercontinental 6# Technical Support (including a page from the Official Airline Guide - 7# Worldwide Edition). The names for time zones are guesses. 8 9############################################################################### 10 11# People's Republic of China 12 13# From Guy Harris: 14# People's Republic of China. Yes, they really have only one time zone. 15 16# From Bob Devine (January 28, 1988): 17# No they don't. See TIME mag, February 17, 1986 p.52. Even though 18# China is across 4 physical time zones, before Feb 1, 1986 only the 19# Peking (Bejing) time zone was recognized. Since that date, China 20# has two of 'em -- Peking's and Urumqi (named after the capital of 21# the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region). I don't know about DST for it. 22# 23# . . .I just deleted the DST table and this editor makes it too 24# painful to suck in another copy.. So, here is what I have for 25# DST start/end dates for Peking's time zone (info from AP): 26# 27# 1986 May 4 - Sept 14 28# 1987 mid-April - ?? 29 30# From U. S. Naval Observatory (January 19, 1989): 31# CHINA 8 H AHEAD OF UTC ALL OF CHINA, INCL TAIWAN 32# CHINA 9 H AHEAD OF UTC APR 17 - SEP 10 33 34# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 35Rule PRC 1970 max - Apr Sun<=14 2:00 1:00 D 36Rule PRC 1970 max - Sep Sun<=14 3:00 0 S 37 38# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES/SAVE FORMAT [UNTIL] 39Zone PRC 8:00 PRC C%sT 40 41############################################################################### 42 43# Republic of China 44 45# From Guy Harris 46 47# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES/SAVE FORMAT [UNTIL] 48Zone ROC 8:00 - CST 49 50############################################################################### 51 52# Hongkong 53 54# From Guy Harris 55 56# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES/SAVE FORMAT [UNTIL] 57Zone Hongkong 8:00 - HKT 58 59############################################################################### 60 61# Iran 62 63# From Bob Devine (January 28, 1988): 64# Iran: Last Sunday in March to third (?) Sunday in 65# September. Since the revolution, the official calendar is Monarchic 66# calendar; I have no idea what the correspondence between dates are. 67 68# From U. S. Naval Observatory (January 19, 1989): 69# IRAN 3.5H AHEAD OF UTC 70 71# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 72Rule Iran 1988 max - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 73Rule Iran 1988 max - Sep Sun>=15 2:00 0 S 74 75# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES/SAVE FORMAT [UNTIL] 76Zone Iran 3:30 Iran I%sT 77 78############################################################################### 79 80# Israel 81 82# From U. S. Naval Observatory (January 19, 1989): 83# ISRAEL 2 H AHEAD OF UTC 84# ISRAEL 3 H AHEAD OF UTC APR 10 - SEP 3 85 86# From Ephraim Silverberg (April 18, 1989): 87 88# Prior to 1989, the rules concerning Daylight Savings Time changed every 89# year; as information, regarding exact times and dates during this period, 90# is not readily available at the present time, the rules commence starting 91# with the year 1989. 92 93# From 1989 onwards the rules are as follows: 94# 95# 1. Daylight Savings Time commences midnight of the first Saturday night 96# following the seven-day festival of Pesach (Passover). The transition 97# is from midnight Israel Standard Time to 1 a.m. Israel Daylight Savings 98# time. As the Pesach festival is dependent on the Lunar calendar (the 99# first day is always on the 15th day of the month of Nisan), the rule 100# changes every year on the Gregorian calendar. 101# 102# 2. Standard Time is reinstated on the Saturday night whereupon Jews 103# following the Ashkenazi (European) rite begin to recite the Selichot 104# (forgiveness) prayers prior to the Jewish Lunar New Year. The transition 105# is from midnight Israel Daylight Savings time to 11 p.m. Israel Standard 106# Time. The law (according to the Ashkenazi custom) concerning the 107# commencement of the Selichot prayers is described in chapter 128, section 108# 5 of the "Code of Jewish Law," by Rabbi Shlomo Ganzfried (translated by 109# Hyman E. Goldin): 110# 111# Beginning with the Sunday [**] before Rosh Hashanah [***], 112# we rise early for the service of Selichot (supplications for 113# forgiveness). If Rosh Hashanah occurs on Monday or Tuesday, we 114# begin saying the Selichot from the Sunday of the preceding week. 115# 116# This, too, varies from year to year on the Gregorian calendar and, thus, 117# two explicit timezone rules are required for each Gregorian year. 118# 119# [**] actually Saturday night as the Jewish day commences at nightfall. 120# [***] the Jewish Lunar New Year. 121 122# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 123Rule Zion 1989 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 D 124Rule Zion 1989 only - Sep 24 0:00 0:00 S 125Rule Zion 1990 only - Apr 22 0:00 1:00 D 126Rule Zion 1990 only - Sep 16 0:00 0:00 S 127Rule Zion 1991 only - Apr 7 0:00 1:00 D 128Rule Zion 1991 only - Sep 1 0:00 0:00 S 129Rule Zion 1992 only - Apr 26 0:00 1:00 D 130Rule Zion 1992 only - Sep 20 0:00 0:00 S 131Rule Zion 1993 only - Apr 18 0:00 1:00 D 132Rule Zion 1993 only - Sep 12 0:00 0:00 S 133Rule Zion 1994 only - Apr 3 0:00 1:00 D 134Rule Zion 1994 only - Aug 28 0:00 0:00 S 135Rule Zion 1995 only - Apr 23 0:00 1:00 D 136Rule Zion 1995 only - Sep 17 0:00 0:00 S 137Rule Zion 1996 only - Apr 14 0:00 1:00 D 138Rule Zion 1996 only - Sep 8 0:00 0:00 S 139Rule Zion 1997 only - May 4 0:00 1:00 D 140Rule Zion 1997 only - Sep 28 0:00 0:00 S 141Rule Zion 1998 only - Apr 19 0:00 1:00 D 142Rule Zion 1998 only - Sep 13 0:00 0:00 S 143Rule Zion 1999 only - Apr 11 0:00 1:00 D 144Rule Zion 1999 only - Sep 5 0:00 0:00 S 145Rule Zion 2000 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 D 146Rule Zion 2000 only - Sep 24 0:00 0:00 S 147Rule Zion 2001 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 D 148Rule Zion 2001 only - Sep 9 0:00 0:00 S 149Rule Zion 2002 only - Apr 7 0:00 1:00 D 150Rule Zion 2002 only - Sep 1 0:00 0:00 S 151Rule Zion 2003 only - Apr 27 0:00 1:00 D 152Rule Zion 2003 only - Sep 21 0:00 0:00 S 153Rule Zion 2004 only - Apr 18 0:00 1:00 D 154Rule Zion 2004 only - Sep 12 0:00 0:00 S 155Rule Zion 2005 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D 156Rule Zion 2005 only - Sep 25 0:00 0:00 S 157Rule Zion 2006 only - Apr 23 0:00 1:00 D 158Rule Zion 2006 only - Sep 17 0:00 0:00 S 159Rule Zion 2007 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 D 160Rule Zion 2007 only - Sep 9 0:00 0:00 S 161Rule Zion 2008 only - Apr 27 0:00 1:00 D 162Rule Zion 2008 only - Sep 21 0:00 0:00 S 163Rule Zion 2009 only - Apr 19 0:00 1:00 D 164Rule Zion 2009 only - Sep 13 0:00 0:00 S 165 166# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES/SAVE FORMAT [UNTIL] 167Zone Israel 2:00 Zion I%sT 168 169# The following is a chart of the day of the week and Gregorian date of 170# the first day of Pesach and the first day of Rosh Hashanah for the years 171# 1989 through 2009 inclusive. 172# 173# First Day of Passover 174# --------------------- 175# Gregorian Year Day of Week Month Day 176# -------------- ----------- ----- --- 177# 1989 Thursday April 20 178# 1990 Tuesday April 10 179# 1991 Saturday March 30 180# 1992 Saturday April 18 181# 1993 Tuesday April 6 182# 1994 Sunday March 27 183# 1995 Saturday April 15 184# 1996 Thursday April 4 185# 1997 Tuesday April 22 186# 1998 Saturday April 11 187# 1999 Thursday April 1 188# 2000 Thursday April 20 189# 2001 Sunday April 8 190# 2002 Thursday March 28 191# 2003 Thursday April 17 192# 2004 Tuesday April 6 193# 2005 Sunday April 24 194# 2006 Thursday April 13 195# 2007 Tuesday April 3 196# 2008 Sunday April 20 197# 2009 Thursday April 9 198# 199# First Day of Rosh Hashanah 200# -------------------------- 201# Gregorian Year Day of Week Month Day 202# -------------- ----------- ----- --- 203# 1989 Saturday September 30 204# 1990 Thursday September 20 205# 1991 Monday September 9 206# 1992 Monday September 28 207# 1993 Thursday September 16 208# 1994 Tuesday September 6 209# 1995 Monday September 25 210# 1996 Saturday September 14 211# 1997 Thursday October 2 212# 1998 Monday September 21 213# 1999 Saturday September 11 214# 2000 Saturday September 30 215# 2001 Tuesday September 18 216# 2002 Saturday September 7 217# 2003 Saturday September 27 218# 2004 Thursday September 16 219# 2005 Tuesday October 4 220# 2006 Saturday September 23 221# 2007 Thursday September 13 222# 2008 Tuesday September 30 223# 2009 Saturday September 19 224 225############################################################################### 226 227# Japan 228 229# From Guy Harris 230 231# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES/SAVE FORMAT [UNTIL] 232Zone Japan 9:00 - JST 233 234############################################################################### 235 236# Republic of Korea 237 238# From Guy Harris: 239# According to someone at the Korean Times in San Francisco, 240# Daylight Savings Time was not observed until 1987. He did not know 241# at what time of day DST starts or ends. 242 243# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 244Rule ROK 1987 max - May Sun<=14 2:00 1:00 D 245Rule ROK 1987 max - Oct Sun<=14 3:00 0 S 246 247# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES/SAVE FORMAT [UNTIL] 248Zone ROK 9:00 ROK K%sT 249 250############################################################################### 251 252# Lebanon 253 254# From Bob Devine (January 28, 1988): 255# Lebanon: They do have DST but I don't know the dates. 256 257############################################################################### 258 259# Singapore 260 261# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES/SAVE FORMAT [UNTIL] 262Zone Singapore 8:00 - SST 263