13797824cSEdwin Groothuis# <pre> 21315084cSEdwin Groothuis# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of 31315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. 41315084cSEdwin Groothuis 51315084cSEdwin Groothuis# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, 61315084cSEdwin Groothuis# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to 7f09b8c49SEdwin Groothuis# tz@iana.org for general use in the future). 81315084cSEdwin Groothuis 9c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis# From Paul Eggert (2013-08-11): 101315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 111315084cSEdwin Groothuis# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is 121315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition), 131315084cSEdwin Groothuis# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003). 141315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 151315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Gwillim Law writes that a good source 161315084cSEdwin Groothuis# for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport 171315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM), 181315084cSEdwin Groothuis# published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries 191315084cSEdwin Groothuis# of the IATA's data after 1990. 201315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 211315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks & Pottenger is the source for 221315084cSEdwin Groothuis# entries through 1990, and IATA SSIM is the source for entries afterwards. 231315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 241315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences, 251315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which 261315084cSEdwin Groothuis# I found in the UCLA library. 271315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 28eb185a68SEdwin Groothuis# For data circa 1899, a common source is: 29eb185a68SEdwin Groothuis# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94 30eb185a68SEdwin Groothuis# <http://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359>. 31eb185a68SEdwin Groothuis# 321315084cSEdwin Groothuis# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is 331315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997). 341315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 351315084cSEdwin Groothuis# I invented the abbreviations marked `*' in the following table; 361315084cSEdwin Groothuis# the rest are from earlier versions of this file, or from other sources. 371315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Corrections are welcome! 381315084cSEdwin Groothuis# std dst 391315084cSEdwin Groothuis# LMT Local Mean Time 401315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 2:00 EET EEST Eastern European Time 411315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 2:00 IST IDT Israel 421315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 3:00 AST ADT Arabia* 431315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 3:30 IRST IRDT Iran 441315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 4:00 GST Gulf* 451315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 5:30 IST India 461315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 7:00 ICT Indochina* 47c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis# 7:00 WIB west Indonesia (Waktu Indonesia Barat) 48c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis# 8:00 WITA central Indonesia (Waktu Indonesia Tengah) 491315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 8:00 CST China 501315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 9:00 CJT Central Japanese Time (1896/1937)* 51c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis# 9:00 WIT east Indonesia (Waktu Indonesia Timur) 521315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 9:00 JST JDT Japan 531315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 9:00 KST KDT Korea 541315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 9:30 CST (Australian) Central Standard Time 551315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 561315084cSEdwin Groothuis# See the `europe' file for Russia and Turkey in Asia. 571315084cSEdwin Groothuis 581315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Guy Harris: 591315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Incorporates data for Singapore from Robert Elz' asia 1.1, as well as 601315084cSEdwin Groothuis# additional information from Tom Yap, Sun Microsystems Intercontinental 611315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Technical Support (including a page from the Official Airline Guide - 621315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Worldwide Edition). The names for time zones are guesses. 631315084cSEdwin Groothuis 641315084cSEdwin Groothuis############################################################################### 651315084cSEdwin Groothuis 661315084cSEdwin Groothuis# These rules are stolen from the `europe' file. 671315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 681315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule EUAsia 1981 max - Mar lastSun 1:00u 1:00 S 691315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule EUAsia 1979 1995 - Sep lastSun 1:00u 0 - 701315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule EUAsia 1996 max - Oct lastSun 1:00u 0 - 711315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule E-EurAsia 1981 max - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S 721315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule E-EurAsia 1979 1995 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - 731315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule E-EurAsia 1996 max - Oct lastSun 0:00 0 - 741315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule RussiaAsia 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 751315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule RussiaAsia 1981 1983 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 761315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule RussiaAsia 1984 1991 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 - 771315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule RussiaAsia 1985 1991 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S 781315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule RussiaAsia 1992 only - Mar lastSat 23:00 1:00 S 791315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule RussiaAsia 1992 only - Sep lastSat 23:00 0 - 801315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule RussiaAsia 1993 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S 811315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule RussiaAsia 1993 1995 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 - 821315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule RussiaAsia 1996 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 - 831315084cSEdwin Groothuis 841315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Afghanistan 851315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 861315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Asia/Kabul 4:36:48 - LMT 1890 871315084cSEdwin Groothuis 4:00 - AFT 1945 881315084cSEdwin Groothuis 4:30 - AFT 891315084cSEdwin Groothuis 901315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Armenia 911315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): 921315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Shanks & Pottenger have Yerevan switching to 3:00 (with Russian DST) 931315084cSEdwin Groothuis# in spring 1991, then to 4:00 with no DST in fall 1995, then 941315084cSEdwin Groothuis# readopting Russian DST in 1997. Go with Shanks & Pottenger, even 951315084cSEdwin Groothuis# when they disagree with others. Edgar Der-Danieliantz 961315084cSEdwin Groothuis# reported (1996-05-04) that Yerevan probably wouldn't use DST 971315084cSEdwin Groothuis# in 1996, though it did use DST in 1995. IATA SSIM (1991/1998) reports that 981315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Armenia switched from 3:00 to 4:00 in 1998 and observed DST after 1991, 991315084cSEdwin Groothuis# but started switching at 3:00s in 1998. 100aad8a35cSEdwin Groothuis 101aad8a35cSEdwin Groothuis# From Arthur David Olson (2011-06-15): 102aad8a35cSEdwin Groothuis# While Russia abandoned DST in 2011, Armenia may choose to 103aad8a35cSEdwin Groothuis# follow Russia's "old" rules. 104aad8a35cSEdwin Groothuis 105aad8a35cSEdwin Groothuis# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2012-02-10): 106aad8a35cSEdwin Groothuis# According to News Armenia, on Feb 9, 2012, 107aad8a35cSEdwin Groothuis# http://newsarmenia.ru/society/20120209/42609695.html 108aad8a35cSEdwin Groothuis# 109aad8a35cSEdwin Groothuis# The Armenia National Assembly adopted final reading of Amendments to the 110aad8a35cSEdwin Groothuis# Law "On procedure of calculation time on the territory of the Republic of 111aad8a35cSEdwin Groothuis# Armenia" according to which Armenia [is] abolishing Daylight Saving Time. 112aad8a35cSEdwin Groothuis# or 113aad8a35cSEdwin Groothuis# (brief) 114aad8a35cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_armenia03.html 1151315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1161315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Asia/Yerevan 2:58:00 - LMT 1924 May 2 1171315084cSEdwin Groothuis 3:00 - YERT 1957 Mar # Yerevan Time 1181315084cSEdwin Groothuis 4:00 RussiaAsia YER%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 1191315084cSEdwin Groothuis 3:00 1:00 YERST 1991 Sep 23 # independence 1201315084cSEdwin Groothuis 3:00 RussiaAsia AM%sT 1995 Sep 24 2:00s 1211315084cSEdwin Groothuis 4:00 - AMT 1997 122aad8a35cSEdwin Groothuis 4:00 RussiaAsia AM%sT 2012 Mar 25 2:00s 123aad8a35cSEdwin Groothuis 4:00 - AMT 1241315084cSEdwin Groothuis 1251315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Azerbaijan 1261315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Rustam Aliyev of the Azerbaijan Internet Forum (2005-10-23): 1271315084cSEdwin Groothuis# According to the resolution of Cabinet of Ministers, 1997 1281315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Resolution available at: http://aif.az/docs/daylight_res.pdf 1291315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 1301315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Azer 1997 max - Mar lastSun 4:00 1:00 S 1311315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Azer 1997 max - Oct lastSun 5:00 0 - 1321315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1331315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Asia/Baku 3:19:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 1341315084cSEdwin Groothuis 3:00 - BAKT 1957 Mar # Baku Time 1351315084cSEdwin Groothuis 4:00 RussiaAsia BAK%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 1361315084cSEdwin Groothuis 3:00 1:00 BAKST 1991 Aug 30 # independence 1371315084cSEdwin Groothuis 3:00 RussiaAsia AZ%sT 1992 Sep lastSat 23:00 1381315084cSEdwin Groothuis 4:00 - AZT 1996 # Azerbaijan time 1391315084cSEdwin Groothuis 4:00 EUAsia AZ%sT 1997 1401315084cSEdwin Groothuis 4:00 Azer AZ%sT 1411315084cSEdwin Groothuis 1421315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Bahrain 1431315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1441315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Asia/Bahrain 3:22:20 - LMT 1920 # Al Manamah 1451315084cSEdwin Groothuis 4:00 - GST 1972 Jun 1461315084cSEdwin Groothuis 3:00 - AST 1471315084cSEdwin Groothuis 1481315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Bangladesh 1491315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-05-13): 1501315084cSEdwin Groothuis# According to newspaper Asian Tribune (May 6, 2009) Bangladesh may introduce 1511315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Daylight Saving Time from June 16 to Sept 30 1521315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 1531315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Bangladesh to introduce daylight saving time likely from June 16 1541315084cSEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://www.asiantribune.com/?q=node/17288"> 1551315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.asiantribune.com/?q=node/17288 1561315084cSEdwin Groothuis# </a> 1571315084cSEdwin Groothuis# or 1581315084cSEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_bangladesh02.html"> 1591315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_bangladesh02.html 1601315084cSEdwin Groothuis# </a> 1611315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 1621315084cSEdwin Groothuis# "... Bangladesh government has decided to switch daylight saving time from 1631315084cSEdwin Groothuis# June 1641315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 16 till September 30 in a bid to ensure maximum use of daylight to cope with 1651315084cSEdwin Groothuis# crippling power crisis. " 1661315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 1671315084cSEdwin Groothuis# The switch will remain in effect from June 16 to Sept 30 (2009) but if 1681315084cSEdwin Groothuis# implemented the next year, it will come in force from April 1, 2010 1691315084cSEdwin Groothuis 1701315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-06-02): 1711315084cSEdwin Groothuis# They have finally decided now, but changed the start date to midnight between 1721315084cSEdwin Groothuis# the 19th and 20th, and they have not set the end date yet. 1731315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 1741315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Some sources: 1751315084cSEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://in.reuters.com/article/southAsiaNews/idINIndia-40017620090601"> 1761315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://in.reuters.com/article/southAsiaNews/idINIndia-40017620090601 1771315084cSEdwin Groothuis# </a> 1781315084cSEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://bdnews24.com/details.php?id=85889&cid=2"> 1791315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://bdnews24.com/details.php?id=85889&cid=2 1801315084cSEdwin Groothuis# </a> 1811315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 1821315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Our wrap-up: 1831315084cSEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/bangladesh-daylight-saving-2009.html"> 1841315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/bangladesh-daylight-saving-2009.html 1851315084cSEdwin Groothuis# </a> 1861315084cSEdwin Groothuis 1871315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From A. N. M. Kamrus Saadat (2009-06-15): 1881315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Finally we've got the official mail regarding DST start time where DST start 1891315084cSEdwin Groothuis# time is mentioned as Jun 19 2009, 23:00 from BTRC (Bangladesh 1901315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Telecommunication Regulatory Commission). 1911315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 1921315084cSEdwin Groothuis# No DST end date has been announced yet. 1931315084cSEdwin Groothuis 1941315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-09-25): 1951315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Bangladesh won't go back to Standard Time from October 1, 2009, 1961315084cSEdwin Groothuis# instead it will continue DST measure till the cabinet makes a fresh decision. 1971315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 1981315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Following report by same newspaper-"The Daily Star Friday": 1991315084cSEdwin Groothuis# "DST change awaits cabinet decision-Clock won't go back by 1-hr from Oct 1" 2001315084cSEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=107021"> 2011315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=107021 2021315084cSEdwin Groothuis# </a> 2031315084cSEdwin Groothuis# or 2041315084cSEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_bangladesh04.html"> 2051315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_bangladesh04.html 2061315084cSEdwin Groothuis# </a> 2071315084cSEdwin Groothuis 2081315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-10-13): 2091315084cSEdwin Groothuis# IANS (Indo-Asian News Service) now reports: 2101315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Bangladesh has decided that the clock advanced by an hour to make 2111315084cSEdwin Groothuis# maximum use of daylight hours as an energy saving measure would 2121315084cSEdwin Groothuis# "continue for an indefinite period." 2131315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 2141315084cSEdwin Groothuis# One of many places where it is published: 2151315084cSEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/business/bangladesh-to-continue-indefinitely-with-advanced-time_100259987.html"> 2161315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/business/bangladesh-to-continue-indefinitely-with-advanced-time_100259987.html 2171315084cSEdwin Groothuis# </a> 2181315084cSEdwin Groothuis 2191315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-12-24): 2201315084cSEdwin Groothuis# According to Bangladesh newspaper "The Daily Star," 2211315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Bangladesh will change its clock back to Standard Time on Dec 31, 2009. 2221315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 2231315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Clock goes back 1-hr on Dec 31 night. 2241315084cSEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=119228"> 2251315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=119228 2261315084cSEdwin Groothuis# </a> 2271315084cSEdwin Groothuis# and 2281315084cSEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_bangladesh05.html"> 2291315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_bangladesh05.html 2301315084cSEdwin Groothuis# </a> 2311315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 2321315084cSEdwin Groothuis# "...The government yesterday decided to put the clock back by one hour 2331315084cSEdwin Groothuis# on December 31 midnight and the new time will continue until March 31, 2341315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 2010 midnight. The decision came at a cabinet meeting at the Prime 2351315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Minister's Office last night..." 2361315084cSEdwin Groothuis 237ce28d23bSEdwin Groothuis# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-03-22): 238ce28d23bSEdwin Groothuis# According to Bangladesh newspaper "The Daily Star," 239ce28d23bSEdwin Groothuis# Cabinet cancels Daylight Saving Time 240ce28d23bSEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/latest_news.php?nid=22817"> 241ce28d23bSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/latest_news.php?nid=22817 242157fb21cSEdwin Groothuis# </a> 243ce28d23bSEdwin Groothuis# or 244ce28d23bSEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_bangladesh06.html"> 245ce28d23bSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_bangladesh06.html 246ce28d23bSEdwin Groothuis# </a> 247157fb21cSEdwin Groothuis 2481315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 2491315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Dhaka 2009 only - Jun 19 23:00 1:00 S 250157fb21cSEdwin GroothuisRule Dhaka 2009 only - Dec 31 23:59 0 - 2511315084cSEdwin Groothuis 2521315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2531315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Asia/Dhaka 6:01:40 - LMT 1890 2541315084cSEdwin Groothuis 5:53:20 - HMT 1941 Oct # Howrah Mean Time? 2551315084cSEdwin Groothuis 6:30 - BURT 1942 May 15 # Burma Time 2561315084cSEdwin Groothuis 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep 2571315084cSEdwin Groothuis 6:30 - BURT 1951 Sep 30 2581315084cSEdwin Groothuis 6:00 - DACT 1971 Mar 26 # Dacca Time 2591315084cSEdwin Groothuis 6:00 - BDT 2009 2601315084cSEdwin Groothuis 6:00 Dhaka BD%sT 2611315084cSEdwin Groothuis 2621315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Bhutan 2631315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2641315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Asia/Thimphu 5:58:36 - LMT 1947 Aug 15 # or Thimbu 2651315084cSEdwin Groothuis 5:30 - IST 1987 Oct 2661315084cSEdwin Groothuis 6:00 - BTT # Bhutan Time 2671315084cSEdwin Groothuis 2681315084cSEdwin Groothuis# British Indian Ocean Territory 2691315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Whitman and the 1995 CIA time zone map say 5:00, but the 2701315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 1997 and later maps say 6:00. Assume the switch occurred in 1996. 2711315084cSEdwin Groothuis# We have no information as to when standard time was introduced; 2721315084cSEdwin Groothuis# assume it occurred in 1907, the same year as Mauritius (which 2731315084cSEdwin Groothuis# then contained the Chagos Archipelago). 2741315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2751315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Indian/Chagos 4:49:40 - LMT 1907 2761315084cSEdwin Groothuis 5:00 - IOT 1996 # BIOT Time 2771315084cSEdwin Groothuis 6:00 - IOT 2781315084cSEdwin Groothuis 2791315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Brunei 2801315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2811315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Asia/Brunei 7:39:40 - LMT 1926 Mar # Bandar Seri Begawan 2821315084cSEdwin Groothuis 7:30 - BNT 1933 2831315084cSEdwin Groothuis 8:00 - BNT 2841315084cSEdwin Groothuis 2851315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Burma / Myanmar 286eb185a68SEdwin Groothuis 287eb185a68SEdwin Groothuis# Milne says 6:24:40 was the meridian of the time ball observatory at Rangoon. 288eb185a68SEdwin Groothuis 2891315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2901315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Asia/Rangoon 6:24:40 - LMT 1880 # or Yangon 291eb185a68SEdwin Groothuis 6:24:40 - RMT 1920 # Rangoon Mean Time? 2921315084cSEdwin Groothuis 6:30 - BURT 1942 May # Burma Time 2931315084cSEdwin Groothuis 9:00 - JST 1945 May 3 2941315084cSEdwin Groothuis 6:30 - MMT # Myanmar Time 2951315084cSEdwin Groothuis 2961315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Cambodia 2971315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2981315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Asia/Phnom_Penh 6:59:40 - LMT 1906 Jun 9 2991315084cSEdwin Groothuis 7:06:20 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT? 3001315084cSEdwin Groothuis 7:00 - ICT 1912 May 3011315084cSEdwin Groothuis 8:00 - ICT 1931 May 3021315084cSEdwin Groothuis 7:00 - ICT 3031315084cSEdwin Groothuis 3041315084cSEdwin Groothuis# China 3051315084cSEdwin Groothuis 3061315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Guy Harris: 3071315084cSEdwin Groothuis# People's Republic of China. Yes, they really have only one time zone. 3081315084cSEdwin Groothuis 3091315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Bob Devine (1988-01-28): 3101315084cSEdwin Groothuis# No they don't. See TIME mag, 1986-02-17 p.52. Even though 3111315084cSEdwin Groothuis# China is across 4 physical time zones, before Feb 1, 1986 only the 3121315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Peking (Bejing) time zone was recognized. Since that date, China 3131315084cSEdwin Groothuis# has two of 'em -- Peking's and Urumqi (named after the capital of 3141315084cSEdwin Groothuis# the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region). I don't know about DST for it. 3151315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 3161315084cSEdwin Groothuis# . . .I just deleted the DST table and this editor makes it too 3171315084cSEdwin Groothuis# painful to suck in another copy.. So, here is what I have for 3181315084cSEdwin Groothuis# DST start/end dates for Peking's time zone (info from AP): 3191315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 3201315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 1986 May 4 - Sept 14 3211315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 1987 mid-April - ?? 3221315084cSEdwin Groothuis 3231315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From U. S. Naval Observatory (1989-01-19): 3241315084cSEdwin Groothuis# CHINA 8 H AHEAD OF UTC ALL OF CHINA, INCL TAIWAN 3251315084cSEdwin Groothuis# CHINA 9 H AHEAD OF UTC APR 17 - SEP 10 3261315084cSEdwin Groothuis 3271315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): 3281315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Shanks & Pottenger write that China (except for Hong Kong and Macau) 3291315084cSEdwin Groothuis# has had a single time zone since 1980 May 1, observing summer DST 3301315084cSEdwin Groothuis# from 1986 through 1991; this contradicts Devine's 3311315084cSEdwin Groothuis# note about Time magazine, though apparently _something_ happened in 1986. 3321315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Go with Shanks & Pottenger for now. I made up names for the other 3331315084cSEdwin Groothuis# pre-1980 time zones. 3341315084cSEdwin Groothuis 3351315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Shanks & Pottenger: 3361315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 3371315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Shang 1940 only - Jun 3 0:00 1:00 D 3381315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Shang 1940 1941 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S 3391315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Shang 1941 only - Mar 16 0:00 1:00 D 3401315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule PRC 1986 only - May 4 0:00 1:00 D 3411315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule PRC 1986 1991 - Sep Sun>=11 0:00 0 S 3421315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule PRC 1987 1991 - Apr Sun>=10 0:00 1:00 D 3431315084cSEdwin Groothuis 3441315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Anthony Fok (2001-12-20): 3451315084cSEdwin Groothuis# BTW, I did some research on-line and found some info regarding these five 3461315084cSEdwin Groothuis# historic timezones from some Taiwan websites. And yes, there are official 3471315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Chinese names for these locales (before 1949). 3481315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 3491315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-07-14): 3501315084cSEdwin Groothuis# I have investigated the timezones around 1970 on the 3511315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.astro.com/atlas site [with provinces and county 3521315084cSEdwin Groothuis# boundaries summarized below].... A few other exceptions were two 3531315084cSEdwin Groothuis# counties on the Sichuan side of the Xizang-Sichuan border, 3541315084cSEdwin Groothuis# counties Dege and Baiyu which lies on the Sichuan side and are 3551315084cSEdwin Groothuis# therefore supposed to be GMT+7, Xizang region being GMT+6, but Dege 3561315084cSEdwin Groothuis# county is GMT+8 according to astro.com while Baiyu county is GMT+6 3571315084cSEdwin Groothuis# (could be true), for the moment I am assuming that those two 3581315084cSEdwin Groothuis# counties are mistakes in the astro.com data. 3591315084cSEdwin Groothuis 3601315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Paul Eggert (2008-02-11): 3611315084cSEdwin Groothuis# I just now checked Google News for western news sources that talk 3621315084cSEdwin Groothuis# about China's single time zone, and couldn't find anything before 1986 3631315084cSEdwin Groothuis# talking about China being in one time zone. (That article was: Jim 3641315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Mann, "A clumsy embrace for another western custom: China on daylight 3651315084cSEdwin Groothuis# time--sort of", Los Angeles Times, 1986-05-05. By the way, this 3661315084cSEdwin Groothuis# article confirms the tz database's data claiming that China began 3671315084cSEdwin Groothuis# observing daylight saving time in 1986. 3681315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 3691315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Thomas S. Mullaney (2008-02-11): 3701315084cSEdwin Groothuis# I think you're combining two subjects that need to treated 3711315084cSEdwin Groothuis# separately: daylight savings (which, you're correct, wasn't 3721315084cSEdwin Groothuis# implemented until the 1980s) and the unified time zone centered near 3731315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Beijing (which was implemented in 1949). Briefly, there was also a 3741315084cSEdwin Groothuis# "Lhasa Time" in Tibet and "Urumqi Time" in Xinjiang. The first was 3751315084cSEdwin Groothuis# ceased, and the second eventually recognized (again, in the 1980s). 3761315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 3771315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Paul Eggert (2008-06-30): 3781315084cSEdwin Groothuis# There seems to be a good chance China switched to a single time zone in 1949 3791315084cSEdwin Groothuis# rather than in 1980 as Shanks & Pottenger have it, but we don't have a 3801315084cSEdwin Groothuis# reliable documentary source saying so yet, so for now we still go with 3811315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Shanks & Pottenger. 3821315084cSEdwin Groothuis 3831315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3841315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Changbai Time ("Long-white Time", Long-white = Heilongjiang area) 3851315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Heilongjiang (except Mohe county), Jilin 3861315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Asia/Harbin 8:26:44 - LMT 1928 # or Haerbin 3871315084cSEdwin Groothuis 8:30 - CHAT 1932 Mar # Changbai Time 3881315084cSEdwin Groothuis 8:00 - CST 1940 3891315084cSEdwin Groothuis 9:00 - CHAT 1966 May 3901315084cSEdwin Groothuis 8:30 - CHAT 1980 May 3911315084cSEdwin Groothuis 8:00 PRC C%sT 3921315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Zhongyuan Time ("Central plain Time") 3931315084cSEdwin Groothuis# most of China 394eb185a68SEdwin Groothuis# Milne gives 8:05:56.7; round to nearest. 395eb185a68SEdwin GroothuisZone Asia/Shanghai 8:05:57 - LMT 1928 3961315084cSEdwin Groothuis 8:00 Shang C%sT 1949 3971315084cSEdwin Groothuis 8:00 PRC C%sT 3981315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Long-shu Time (probably due to Long and Shu being two names of that area) 3991315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Ningxia, Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Yunnan; 4001315084cSEdwin Groothuis# most of Gansu; west Inner Mongolia; west Qinghai; and the Guangdong 4011315084cSEdwin Groothuis# counties Deqing, Enping, Kaiping, Luoding, Taishan, Xinxing, 4021315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Yangchun, Yangjiang, Yu'nan, and Yunfu. 4031315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Asia/Chongqing 7:06:20 - LMT 1928 # or Chungking 4041315084cSEdwin Groothuis 7:00 - LONT 1980 May # Long-shu Time 4051315084cSEdwin Groothuis 8:00 PRC C%sT 4061315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Xin-zang Time ("Xinjiang-Tibet Time") 4071315084cSEdwin Groothuis# The Gansu counties Aksay, Anxi, Dunhuang, Subei; west Qinghai; 4081315084cSEdwin Groothuis# the Guangdong counties Xuwen, Haikang, Suixi, Lianjiang, 4091315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Zhanjiang, Wuchuan, Huazhou, Gaozhou, Maoming, Dianbai, and Xinyi; 4101315084cSEdwin Groothuis# east Tibet, including Lhasa, Chamdo, Shigaise, Jimsar, Shawan and Hutubi; 4111315084cSEdwin Groothuis# east Xinjiang, including Urumqi, Turpan, Karamay, Korla, Minfeng, Jinghe, 4121315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Wusu, Qiemo, Xinyan, Wulanwusu, Jinghe, Yumin, Tacheng, Tuoli, Emin, 4131315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Shihezi, Changji, Yanqi, Heshuo, Tuokexun, Tulufan, Shanshan, Hami, 4141315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Fukang, Kuitun, Kumukuli, Miquan, Qitai, and Turfan. 4151315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Asia/Urumqi 5:50:20 - LMT 1928 # or Urumchi 4161315084cSEdwin Groothuis 6:00 - URUT 1980 May # Urumqi Time 4171315084cSEdwin Groothuis 8:00 PRC C%sT 4181315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Kunlun Time 4191315084cSEdwin Groothuis# West Tibet, including Pulan, Aheqi, Shufu, Shule; 4201315084cSEdwin Groothuis# West Xinjiang, including Aksu, Atushi, Yining, Hetian, Cele, Luopu, Nileke, 4211315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Zhaosu, Tekesi, Gongliu, Chabuchaer, Huocheng, Bole, Pishan, Suiding, 4221315084cSEdwin Groothuis# and Yarkand. 4231315084cSEdwin Groothuis 4241315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Luther Ma (2009-10-17): 4251315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Almost all (>99.9%) ethnic Chinese (properly ethnic Han) living in 4261315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Xinjiang use Chinese Standard Time. Some are aware of Xinjiang time, 4271315084cSEdwin Groothuis# but have no need of it. All planes, trains, and schools function on 4281315084cSEdwin Groothuis# what is called "Beijing time." When Han make an appointment in Chinese 4291315084cSEdwin Groothuis# they implicitly use Beijing time. 4301315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 4311315084cSEdwin Groothuis# On the other hand, ethnic Uyghurs, who make up about half the 4321315084cSEdwin Groothuis# population of Xinjiang, typically use "Xinjiang time" which is two 4331315084cSEdwin Groothuis# hours behind Beijing time, or UTC +0600. The government of the Xinjiang 4341315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Uyghur Autonomous Region, (XAUR, or just Xinjiang for short) as well as 4351315084cSEdwin Groothuis# local governments such as the Urumqi city government use both times in 4361315084cSEdwin Groothuis# publications, referring to what is popularly called Xinjiang time as 4371315084cSEdwin Groothuis# "Urumqi time." When Uyghurs make an appointment in the Uyghur language 4381315084cSEdwin Groothuis# they almost invariably use Xinjiang time. 4391315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 4401315084cSEdwin Groothuis# (Their ethnic Han compatriots would typically have no clue of its 4411315084cSEdwin Groothuis# widespread use, however, because so extremely few of them are fluent in 4421315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Uyghur, comparable to the number of Anglo-Americans fluent in Navajo.) 4431315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 4441315084cSEdwin Groothuis# (...As with the rest of China there was a brief interval ending in 1990 4451315084cSEdwin Groothuis# or 1991 when summer time was in use. The confusion was severe, with 4461315084cSEdwin Groothuis# the province not having dual times but four times in use at the same 4471315084cSEdwin Groothuis# time. Some areas remained on standard Xinjiang time or Beijing time and 4481315084cSEdwin Groothuis# others moving their clocks ahead.) 4491315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 4501315084cSEdwin Groothuis# ...an example of an official website using of Urumqi time. 4511315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 4521315084cSEdwin Groothuis# The first few lines of the Google translation of 4531315084cSEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://www.fjysgl.gov.cn/show.aspx?id=2379&cid=39"> 4541315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.fjysgl.gov.cn/show.aspx?id=2379&cid=39 4551315084cSEdwin Groothuis# </a> 4561315084cSEdwin Groothuis# (retrieved 2009-10-13) 4571315084cSEdwin Groothuis# > Urumqi fire seven people are missing the alleged losses of at least 4581315084cSEdwin Groothuis# > 500 million yuan 4591315084cSEdwin Groothuis# > 4601315084cSEdwin Groothuis# > (Reporter Dong Liu) the day before 20:20 or so (Urumqi Time 18:20), 4611315084cSEdwin Groothuis# > Urumqi City Department of International Plaza Luther Qiantang River 4621315084cSEdwin Groothuis# > burst fire. As of yesterday, 18:30, Urumqi City Fire officers and men 4631315084cSEdwin Groothuis# > have worked continuously for 22 hours... 4641315084cSEdwin Groothuis 4651315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Luther Ma (2009-11-19): 4661315084cSEdwin Groothuis# With the risk of being redundant to previous answers these are the most common 4671315084cSEdwin Groothuis# English "transliterations" (w/o using non-English symbols): 4681315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 4691315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 1. Wulumuqi... 4701315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 2. Kashi... 4711315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 3. Urumqi... 4721315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 4. Kashgar... 4731315084cSEdwin Groothuis# ... 4741315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 5. It seems that Uyghurs in Urumqi has been using Xinjiang since at least the 4751315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 1960's. I know of one Han, now over 50, who grew up in the surrounding 4761315084cSEdwin Groothuis# countryside and used Xinjiang time as a child. 4771315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 4781315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 6. Likewise for Kashgar and the rest of south Xinjiang I don't know of any 4791315084cSEdwin Groothuis# start date for Xinjiang time. 4801315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 4811315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Without having access to local historical records, nor the ability to legally 4821315084cSEdwin Groothuis# publish them, I would go with October 1, 1949, when Xinjiang became the Uyghur 4831315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Autonomous Region under the PRC. (Before that Uyghurs, of course, would also 4841315084cSEdwin Groothuis# not be using Beijing time, but some local time.) 4851315084cSEdwin Groothuis 4861315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Asia/Kashgar 5:03:56 - LMT 1928 # or Kashi or Kaxgar 4871315084cSEdwin Groothuis 5:30 - KAST 1940 # Kashgar Time 4881315084cSEdwin Groothuis 5:00 - KAST 1980 May 4891315084cSEdwin Groothuis 8:00 PRC C%sT 4901315084cSEdwin Groothuis 4911315084cSEdwin Groothuis 492eb185a68SEdwin Groothuis# Hong Kong (Xianggang) 493eb185a68SEdwin Groothuis 494eb185a68SEdwin Groothuis# Milne gives 7:36:41.7; round this. 495eb185a68SEdwin Groothuis 4961315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Lee Yiu Chung (2009-10-24): 4971315084cSEdwin Groothuis# I found there are some mistakes for the...DST rule for Hong 4981315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Kong. [According] to the DST record from Hong Kong Observatory (actually, 4991315084cSEdwin Groothuis# it is not [an] observatory, but the official meteorological agency of HK, 5001315084cSEdwin Groothuis# and also serves as the official timing agency), there are some missing 5011315084cSEdwin Groothuis# and incorrect rules. Although the exact switch over time is missing, I 5021315084cSEdwin Groothuis# think 3:30 is correct. The official DST record for Hong Kong can be 5031315084cSEdwin Groothuis# obtained from 5041315084cSEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://www.hko.gov.hk/gts/time/Summertime.htm"> 5051315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.hko.gov.hk/gts/time/Summertime.htm 5061315084cSEdwin Groothuis# </a>. 5071315084cSEdwin Groothuis 5081315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Arthur David Olson (2009-10-28): 5091315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Here are the dates given at 5101315084cSEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://www.hko.gov.hk/gts/time/Summertime.htm"> 5111315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.hko.gov.hk/gts/time/Summertime.htm 5121315084cSEdwin Groothuis# </a> 5131315084cSEdwin Groothuis# as of 2009-10-28: 5141315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Year Period 5151315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 1941 1 Apr to 30 Sep 5161315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 1942 Whole year 5171315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 1943 Whole year 5181315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 1944 Whole year 5191315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 1945 Whole year 5201315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 1946 20 Apr to 1 Dec 5211315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 1947 13 Apr to 30 Dec 5221315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 1948 2 May to 31 Oct 5231315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 1949 3 Apr to 30 Oct 5241315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 1950 2 Apr to 29 Oct 5251315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 1951 1 Apr to 28 Oct 5261315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 1952 6 Apr to 25 Oct 5271315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 1953 5 Apr to 1 Nov 5281315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 1954 21 Mar to 31 Oct 5291315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 1955 20 Mar to 6 Nov 5301315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 1956 18 Mar to 4 Nov 5311315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 1957 24 Mar to 3 Nov 5321315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 1958 23 Mar to 2 Nov 5331315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 1959 22 Mar to 1 Nov 5341315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 1960 20 Mar to 6 Nov 5351315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 1961 19 Mar to 5 Nov 5361315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 1962 18 Mar to 4 Nov 5371315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 1963 24 Mar to 3 Nov 5381315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 1964 22 Mar to 1 Nov 5391315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 1965 18 Apr to 17 Oct 5401315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 1966 17 Apr to 16 Oct 5411315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 1967 16 Apr to 22 Oct 5421315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 1968 21 Apr to 20 Oct 5431315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 1969 20 Apr to 19 Oct 5441315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 1970 19 Apr to 18 Oct 5451315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 1971 18 Apr to 17 Oct 5461315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 1972 16 Apr to 22 Oct 5471315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 1973 22 Apr to 21 Oct 5481315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 1973/74 30 Dec 73 to 20 Oct 74 5491315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 1975 20 Apr to 19 Oct 5501315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 1976 18 Apr to 17 Oct 5511315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 1977 Nil 5521315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 1978 Nil 5531315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 1979 13 May to 21 Oct 5541315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 1980 to Now Nil 5551315084cSEdwin Groothuis# The page does not give start or end times of day. 5561315084cSEdwin Groothuis# The page does not give a start date for 1942. 5571315084cSEdwin Groothuis# The page does not givw an end date for 1945. 5581315084cSEdwin Groothuis# The Japanese occupation of Hong Kong began on 1941-12-25. 5591315084cSEdwin Groothuis# The Japanese surrender of Hong Kong was signed 1945-09-15. 5601315084cSEdwin Groothuis# For lack of anything better, use start of those days as the transition times. 5611315084cSEdwin Groothuis 5621315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 5631315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule HK 1941 only - Apr 1 3:30 1:00 S 5641315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule HK 1941 only - Sep 30 3:30 0 - 5651315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule HK 1946 only - Apr 20 3:30 1:00 S 5661315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule HK 1946 only - Dec 1 3:30 0 - 5671315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule HK 1947 only - Apr 13 3:30 1:00 S 5681315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule HK 1947 only - Dec 30 3:30 0 - 5691315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule HK 1948 only - May 2 3:30 1:00 S 5701315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule HK 1948 1951 - Oct lastSun 3:30 0 - 5711315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule HK 1952 only - Oct 25 3:30 0 - 5721315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule HK 1949 1953 - Apr Sun>=1 3:30 1:00 S 5731315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule HK 1953 only - Nov 1 3:30 0 - 5741315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule HK 1954 1964 - Mar Sun>=18 3:30 1:00 S 5751315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule HK 1954 only - Oct 31 3:30 0 - 5761315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule HK 1955 1964 - Nov Sun>=1 3:30 0 - 57795aec0e6SEdwin GroothuisRule HK 1965 1976 - Apr Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S 57895aec0e6SEdwin GroothuisRule HK 1965 1976 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 - 5791315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule HK 1973 only - Dec 30 3:30 1:00 S 5801315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule HK 1979 only - May Sun>=8 3:30 1:00 S 5811315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule HK 1979 only - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 - 5821315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 583eb185a68SEdwin GroothuisZone Asia/Hong_Kong 7:36:42 - LMT 1904 Oct 30 5841315084cSEdwin Groothuis 8:00 HK HK%sT 1941 Dec 25 5851315084cSEdwin Groothuis 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 15 5861315084cSEdwin Groothuis 8:00 HK HK%sT 5871315084cSEdwin Groothuis 5881315084cSEdwin Groothuis############################################################################### 5891315084cSEdwin Groothuis 5901315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Taiwan 5911315084cSEdwin Groothuis 5921315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Shanks & Pottenger write that Taiwan observed DST during 1945, when it 5931315084cSEdwin Groothuis# was still controlled by Japan. This is hard to believe, but we don't 5941315084cSEdwin Groothuis# have any other information. 5951315084cSEdwin Groothuis 596696dd8f4SEdwin Groothuis# From smallufo (2010-04-03): 597696dd8f4SEdwin Groothuis# According to Taiwan's CWB, 598696dd8f4SEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://www.cwb.gov.tw/V6/astronomy/cdata/summert.htm"> 599696dd8f4SEdwin Groothuis# http://www.cwb.gov.tw/V6/astronomy/cdata/summert.htm 600696dd8f4SEdwin Groothuis# </a> 601696dd8f4SEdwin Groothuis# Taipei has DST in 1979 between July 1st and Sep 30. 602696dd8f4SEdwin Groothuis 603696dd8f4SEdwin Groothuis# From Arthur David Olson (2010-04-07): 604696dd8f4SEdwin Groothuis# Here's Google's translation of the table at the bottom of the "summert.htm" page: 605696dd8f4SEdwin Groothuis# Decade Name Start and end date 606696dd8f4SEdwin Groothuis# Republic of China 34 years to 40 years (AD 1945-1951 years) Summer Time May 1 to September 30 607696dd8f4SEdwin Groothuis# 41 years of the Republic of China (AD 1952) Daylight Saving Time March 1 to October 31 608696dd8f4SEdwin Groothuis# Republic of China 42 years to 43 years (AD 1953-1954 years) Daylight Saving Time April 1 to October 31 609696dd8f4SEdwin Groothuis# In the 44 years to 45 years (AD 1955-1956 years) Daylight Saving Time April 1 to September 30 610696dd8f4SEdwin Groothuis# Republic of China 46 years to 48 years (AD 1957-1959) Summer Time April 1 to September 30 611696dd8f4SEdwin Groothuis# Republic of China 49 years to 50 years (AD 1960-1961) Summer Time June 1 to September 30 612696dd8f4SEdwin Groothuis# Republic of China 51 years to 62 years (AD 1962-1973 years) Stop Summer Time 613696dd8f4SEdwin Groothuis# Republic of China 63 years to 64 years (1974-1975 AD) Daylight Saving Time April 1 to September 30 614696dd8f4SEdwin Groothuis# Republic of China 65 years to 67 years (1976-1978 AD) Stop Daylight Saving Time 615696dd8f4SEdwin Groothuis# Republic of China 68 years (AD 1979) Daylight Saving Time July 1 to September 30 616696dd8f4SEdwin Groothuis# Republic of China since 69 years (AD 1980) Stop Daylight Saving Time 617696dd8f4SEdwin Groothuis 6181315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 6191315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Taiwan 1945 1951 - May 1 0:00 1:00 D 6201315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Taiwan 1945 1951 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S 6211315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Taiwan 1952 only - Mar 1 0:00 1:00 D 6221315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Taiwan 1952 1954 - Nov 1 0:00 0 S 6231315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Taiwan 1953 1959 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D 6241315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Taiwan 1955 1961 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S 6251315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Taiwan 1960 1961 - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 D 6261315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Taiwan 1974 1975 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D 6271315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Taiwan 1974 1975 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S 628696dd8f4SEdwin GroothuisRule Taiwan 1979 only - Jun 30 0:00 1:00 D 629696dd8f4SEdwin GroothuisRule Taiwan 1979 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 S 630696dd8f4SEdwin Groothuis 6311315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 6321315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Asia/Taipei 8:06:00 - LMT 1896 # or Taibei or T'ai-pei 6331315084cSEdwin Groothuis 8:00 Taiwan C%sT 6341315084cSEdwin Groothuis 6351315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Macau (Macao, Aomen) 6361315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 6371315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Macau 1961 1962 - Mar Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S 6381315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Macau 1961 1964 - Nov Sun>=1 3:30 0 - 6391315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Macau 1963 only - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 S 6401315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Macau 1964 only - Mar Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S 6411315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Macau 1965 only - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 S 6421315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Macau 1965 only - Oct 31 0:00 0 - 6431315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Macau 1966 1971 - Apr Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S 6441315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Macau 1966 1971 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 - 6451315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Macau 1972 1974 - Apr Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S 6461315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Macau 1972 1973 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 0 - 6471315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Macau 1974 1977 - Oct Sun>=15 3:30 0 - 6481315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Macau 1975 1977 - Apr Sun>=15 3:30 1:00 S 6491315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Macau 1978 1980 - Apr Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S 6501315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Macau 1978 1980 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 0 - 6511315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 6521315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Asia/Macau 7:34:20 - LMT 1912 6531315084cSEdwin Groothuis 8:00 Macau MO%sT 1999 Dec 20 # return to China 6541315084cSEdwin Groothuis 8:00 PRC C%sT 6551315084cSEdwin Groothuis 6561315084cSEdwin Groothuis 6571315084cSEdwin Groothuis############################################################################### 6581315084cSEdwin Groothuis 6591315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Cyprus 660eb185a68SEdwin Groothuis# 661eb185a68SEdwin Groothuis# Milne says the Eastern Telegraph Company used 2:14:00. Stick with LMT. 662eb185a68SEdwin Groothuis# 6631315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 6641315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Cyprus 1975 only - Apr 13 0:00 1:00 S 6651315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Cyprus 1975 only - Oct 12 0:00 0 - 6661315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Cyprus 1976 only - May 15 0:00 1:00 S 6671315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Cyprus 1976 only - Oct 11 0:00 0 - 6681315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Cyprus 1977 1980 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S 6691315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Cyprus 1977 only - Sep 25 0:00 0 - 6701315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Cyprus 1978 only - Oct 2 0:00 0 - 6711315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Cyprus 1979 1997 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - 6721315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Cyprus 1981 1998 - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S 6731315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 6741315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Asia/Nicosia 2:13:28 - LMT 1921 Nov 14 6751315084cSEdwin Groothuis 2:00 Cyprus EE%sT 1998 Sep 6761315084cSEdwin Groothuis 2:00 EUAsia EE%sT 6771315084cSEdwin Groothuis# IATA SSIM (1998-09) has Cyprus using EU rules for the first time. 6781315084cSEdwin Groothuis 6791315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Classically, Cyprus belongs to Asia; e.g. see Herodotus, Histories, I.72. 6801315084cSEdwin Groothuis# However, for various reasons many users expect to find it under Europe. 6811315084cSEdwin GroothuisLink Asia/Nicosia Europe/Nicosia 6821315084cSEdwin Groothuis 6831315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Georgia 6841315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Paul Eggert (1994-11-19): 6851315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Today's _Economist_ (p 60) reports that Georgia moved its clocks forward 6861315084cSEdwin Groothuis# an hour recently, due to a law proposed by Zurab Murvanidze, 6871315084cSEdwin Groothuis# an MP who went on a hunger strike for 11 days to force discussion about it! 6881315084cSEdwin Groothuis# We have no details, but we'll guess they didn't move the clocks back in fall. 6891315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 6901315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Mathew Englander, quoting AP (1996-10-23 13:05-04): 6911315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Instead of putting back clocks at the end of October, Georgia 6921315084cSEdwin Groothuis# will stay on daylight savings time this winter to save energy, 6931315084cSEdwin Groothuis# President Eduard Shevardnadze decreed Wednesday. 6941315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 6951315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From the BBC via Joseph S. Myers (2004-06-27): 6961315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 6971315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Georgia moved closer to Western Europe on Sunday... The former Soviet 6981315084cSEdwin Groothuis# republic has changed its time zone back to that of Moscow. As a result it 6991315084cSEdwin Groothuis# is now just four hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time, rather than five hours 7001315084cSEdwin Groothuis# ahead. The switch was decreed by the pro-Western president of Georgia, 7011315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Mikhail Saakashvili, who said the change was partly prompted by the process 7021315084cSEdwin Groothuis# of integration into Europe. 7031315084cSEdwin Groothuis 7041315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Teimuraz Abashidze (2005-11-07): 7051315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Government of Georgia ... decided to NOT CHANGE daylight savings time on 7061315084cSEdwin Groothuis# [Oct.] 30, as it was done before during last more than 10 years. 7071315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Currently, we are in fact GMT +4:00, as before 30 October it was GMT 7081315084cSEdwin Groothuis# +3:00.... The problem is, there is NO FORMAL LAW or governmental document 7091315084cSEdwin Groothuis# about it. As far as I can find, I was told, that there is no document, 7101315084cSEdwin Groothuis# because we just DIDN'T ISSUE document about switching to winter time.... 7111315084cSEdwin Groothuis# I don't know what can be done, especially knowing that some years ago our 7121315084cSEdwin Groothuis# DST rules where changed THREE TIMES during one month. 7131315084cSEdwin Groothuis 7141315084cSEdwin Groothuis 7151315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 7161315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Asia/Tbilisi 2:59:16 - LMT 1880 7171315084cSEdwin Groothuis 2:59:16 - TBMT 1924 May 2 # Tbilisi Mean Time 7181315084cSEdwin Groothuis 3:00 - TBIT 1957 Mar # Tbilisi Time 7191315084cSEdwin Groothuis 4:00 RussiaAsia TBI%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 7201315084cSEdwin Groothuis 3:00 1:00 TBIST 1991 Apr 9 # independence 7211315084cSEdwin Groothuis 3:00 RussiaAsia GE%sT 1992 # Georgia Time 7221315084cSEdwin Groothuis 3:00 E-EurAsia GE%sT 1994 Sep lastSun 7231315084cSEdwin Groothuis 4:00 E-EurAsia GE%sT 1996 Oct lastSun 7241315084cSEdwin Groothuis 4:00 1:00 GEST 1997 Mar lastSun 7251315084cSEdwin Groothuis 4:00 E-EurAsia GE%sT 2004 Jun 27 7261315084cSEdwin Groothuis 3:00 RussiaAsia GE%sT 2005 Mar lastSun 2:00 7271315084cSEdwin Groothuis 4:00 - GET 7281315084cSEdwin Groothuis 7291315084cSEdwin Groothuis# East Timor 7301315084cSEdwin Groothuis 7311315084cSEdwin Groothuis# See Indonesia for the 1945 transition. 7321315084cSEdwin Groothuis 7331315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Joao Carrascalao, brother of the former governor of East Timor, in 7341315084cSEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://etan.org/et99c/december/26-31/30ETMAY.htm"> 7351315084cSEdwin Groothuis# East Timor may be late for its millennium 7361315084cSEdwin Groothuis# </a> (1999-12-26/31): 7371315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Portugal tried to change the time forward in 1974 because the sun 7381315084cSEdwin Groothuis# rises too early but the suggestion raised a lot of problems with the 7391315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Timorese and I still don't think it would work today because it 7401315084cSEdwin Groothuis# conflicts with their way of life. 7411315084cSEdwin Groothuis 7421315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Paul Eggert (2000-12-04): 7431315084cSEdwin Groothuis# We don't have any record of the above attempt. 7441315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Most likely our records are incomplete, but we have no better data. 7451315084cSEdwin Groothuis 7461315084cSEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://www.hri.org/news/world/undh/last/00-08-16.undh.html"> 7471315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Manoel de Almeida e Silva, Deputy Spokesman for the UN Secretary-General 7481315084cSEdwin Groothuis# (2000-08-16)</a>: 7491315084cSEdwin Groothuis# The Cabinet of the East Timor Transition Administration decided 7501315084cSEdwin Groothuis# today to advance East Timor's time by one hour. The time change, 7511315084cSEdwin Groothuis# which will be permanent, with no seasonal adjustment, will happen at 7521315084cSEdwin Groothuis# midnight on Saturday, September 16. 7531315084cSEdwin Groothuis 7541315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 7551315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Asia/Dili 8:22:20 - LMT 1912 7561315084cSEdwin Groothuis 8:00 - TLT 1942 Feb 21 23:00 # E Timor Time 7571315084cSEdwin Groothuis 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 23 7581315084cSEdwin Groothuis 9:00 - TLT 1976 May 3 759c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis 8:00 - WITA 2000 Sep 17 00:00 7601315084cSEdwin Groothuis 9:00 - TLT 7611315084cSEdwin Groothuis 7621315084cSEdwin Groothuis# India 7631315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 7641315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Asia/Kolkata 5:53:28 - LMT 1880 # Kolkata 7651315084cSEdwin Groothuis 5:53:20 - HMT 1941 Oct # Howrah Mean Time? 7661315084cSEdwin Groothuis 6:30 - BURT 1942 May 15 # Burma Time 7671315084cSEdwin Groothuis 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep 7681315084cSEdwin Groothuis 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 15 7691315084cSEdwin Groothuis 5:30 - IST 7701315084cSEdwin Groothuis# The following are like Asia/Kolkata: 7711315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Andaman Is 7721315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Lakshadweep (Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Is) 7731315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Nicobar Is 7741315084cSEdwin Groothuis 7751315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Indonesia 7761315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 7771315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Gwillim Law (2001-05-28), overriding Shanks & Pottenger: 7781315084cSEdwin Groothuis# <http://www.sumatera-inc.com/go_to_invest/about_indonesia.asp#standtime> 7791315084cSEdwin Groothuis# says that Indonesia's time zones changed on 1988-01-01. Looking at some 7801315084cSEdwin Groothuis# time zone maps, I think that must refer to Western Borneo (Kalimantan Barat 7811315084cSEdwin Groothuis# and Kalimantan Tengah) switching from UTC+8 to UTC+7. 7821315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 7831315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Paul Eggert (2007-03-10): 7841315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Here is another correction to Shanks & Pottenger. 7851315084cSEdwin Groothuis# JohnTWB writes that Japanese forces did not surrender control in 7861315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Indonesia until 1945-09-01 00:00 at the earliest (in Jakarta) and 7871315084cSEdwin Groothuis# other formal surrender ceremonies were September 9, 11, and 13, plus 7881315084cSEdwin Groothuis# September 12 for the regional surrender to Mountbatten in Singapore. 7891315084cSEdwin Groothuis# These would be the earliest possible times for a change. 7901315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Regimes horaires pour le monde entier, by Henri Le Corre, (Editions 7911315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Traditionnelles, 1987, Paris) says that Java and Madura switched 7921315084cSEdwin Groothuis# from JST to UTC+07:30 on 1945-09-23, and gives 1944-09-01 for Jayapura 7931315084cSEdwin Groothuis# (Hollandia). For now, assume all Indonesian locations other than Jayapura 7941315084cSEdwin Groothuis# switched on 1945-09-23. 7951315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 796c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis# From Paul Eggert (2013-08-11): 797c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis# Normally the tz database uses English-language abbreviations, but in 798c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis# Indonesia it's typical to use Indonesian-language abbreviations even 799c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis# when writing in English. For example, see the English-language 800c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis# summary published by the Time and Frequency Laboratory of the 801c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis# Research Center for Calibration, Instrumentation and Metrology, 802c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis# Indonesia, <http://time.kim.lipi.go.id/time-eng.php> (2006-09-29). 803c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis# The abbreviations are: 804c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis# 805c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis# WIB - UTC+7 - Waktu Indonesia Barat (Indonesia western time) 806c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis# WITA - UTC+8 - Waktu Indonesia Tengah (Indonesia central time) 807c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis# WIT - UTC+9 - Waktu Indonesia Timur (Indonesia eastern time) 808c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis# 8091315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 810c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis# Java, Sumatra 8111315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Asia/Jakarta 7:07:12 - LMT 1867 Aug 10 8121315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Shanks & Pottenger say the next transition was at 1924 Jan 1 0:13, 8131315084cSEdwin Groothuis# but this must be a typo. 814c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis 7:07:12 - BMT 1923 Dec 31 23:47:12 # Batavia 8151315084cSEdwin Groothuis 7:20 - JAVT 1932 Nov # Java Time 816c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis 7:30 - WIB 1942 Mar 23 8171315084cSEdwin Groothuis 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 23 818c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis 7:30 - WIB 1948 May 819c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis 8:00 - WIB 1950 May 820c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis 7:30 - WIB 1964 821c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis 7:00 - WIB 822c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis# west and central Borneo 8231315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Asia/Pontianak 7:17:20 - LMT 1908 May 8241315084cSEdwin Groothuis 7:17:20 - PMT 1932 Nov # Pontianak MT 825c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis 7:30 - WIB 1942 Jan 29 8261315084cSEdwin Groothuis 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 23 827c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis 7:30 - WIB 1948 May 828c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis 8:00 - WIB 1950 May 829c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis 7:30 - WIB 1964 830c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis 8:00 - WITA 1988 Jan 1 831c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis 7:00 - WIB 832c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis# Sulawesi, Lesser Sundas, east and south Borneo 8331315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Asia/Makassar 7:57:36 - LMT 1920 8341315084cSEdwin Groothuis 7:57:36 - MMT 1932 Nov # Macassar MT 835c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis 8:00 - WITA 1942 Feb 9 8361315084cSEdwin Groothuis 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 23 837c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis 8:00 - WITA 838c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis# Maluku Islands, West Papua, Papua 8391315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Asia/Jayapura 9:22:48 - LMT 1932 Nov 840c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis 9:00 - WIT 1944 Sep 1 8411315084cSEdwin Groothuis 9:30 - CST 1964 842c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis 9:00 - WIT 8431315084cSEdwin Groothuis 8441315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Iran 8451315084cSEdwin Groothuis 8461315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Roozbeh Pournader (2003-03-15): 8471315084cSEdwin Groothuis# This is an English translation of what I just found (originally in Persian). 8481315084cSEdwin Groothuis# The Gregorian dates in brackets are mine: 8491315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 8501315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Official Newspaper No. 13548-1370/6/25 [1991-09-16] 8511315084cSEdwin Groothuis# No. 16760/T233 H 1370/6/10 [1991-09-01] 8521315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 8531315084cSEdwin Groothuis# The Rule About Change of the Official Time of the Country 8541315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 8551315084cSEdwin Groothuis# The Board of Ministers, in the meeting dated 1370/5/23 [1991-08-14], 8561315084cSEdwin Groothuis# based on the suggestion number 2221/D dated 1370/4/22 [1991-07-13] 8571315084cSEdwin Groothuis# of the Country's Organization for Official and Employment Affairs, 8581315084cSEdwin Groothuis# and referring to the law for equating the working hours of workers 8591315084cSEdwin Groothuis# and officers in the whole country dated 1359/4/23 [1980-07-14], and 8601315084cSEdwin Groothuis# for synchronizing the official times of the country, agreed that: 8611315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 8621315084cSEdwin Groothuis# The official time of the country will should move forward one hour 8631315084cSEdwin Groothuis# at the 24[:00] hours of the first day of Farvardin and should return 8641315084cSEdwin Groothuis# to its previous state at the 24[:00] hours of the 30th day of 8651315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Shahrivar. 8661315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 8671315084cSEdwin Groothuis# First Deputy to the President - Hassan Habibi 8681315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 8691315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From personal experience, that agrees with what has been followed 8701315084cSEdwin Groothuis# for at least the last 5 years. Before that, for a few years, the 8711315084cSEdwin Groothuis# date used was the first Thursday night of Farvardin and the last 8721315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Thursday night of Shahrivar, but I can't give exact dates.... 8731315084cSEdwin Groothuis# I have also changed the abbreviations to what is considered correct 8741315084cSEdwin Groothuis# here in Iran, IRST for regular time and IRDT for daylight saving time. 8751315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 8761315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Roozbeh Pournader (2005-04-05): 8771315084cSEdwin Groothuis# The text of the Iranian law, in effect since 1925, clearly mentions 8781315084cSEdwin Groothuis# that the true solar year is the measure, and there is no arithmetic 8791315084cSEdwin Groothuis# leap year calculation involved. There has never been any serious 8801315084cSEdwin Groothuis# plan to change that law.... 8811315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 8821315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): 8831315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Go with Shanks & Pottenger before Sept. 1991, and with Pournader thereafter. 8841315084cSEdwin Groothuis# I used Ed Reingold's cal-persia in GNU Emacs 21.2 to check Persian dates, 8851315084cSEdwin Groothuis# stopping after 2037 when 32-bit time_t's overflow. 8861315084cSEdwin Groothuis# That cal-persia used Birashk's approximation, which disagrees with the solar 8871315084cSEdwin Groothuis# calendar predictions for the year 2025, so I corrected those dates by hand. 8881315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 8891315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Oscar van Vlijmen (2005-03-30), writing about future 8901315084cSEdwin Groothuis# discrepancies between cal-persia and the Iranian calendar: 8911315084cSEdwin Groothuis# For 2091 solar-longitude-after yields 2091-03-20 08:40:07.7 UT for 8921315084cSEdwin Groothuis# the vernal equinox and that gets so close to 12:00 some local 8931315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Iranian time that the definition of the correct location needs to be 8941315084cSEdwin Groothuis# known exactly, amongst other factors. 2157 is even closer: 8951315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 2157-03-20 08:37:15.5 UT. But the Gregorian year 2025 should give 8961315084cSEdwin Groothuis# no interpretation problem whatsoever. By the way, another instant 8971315084cSEdwin Groothuis# in the near future where there will be a discrepancy between 8981315084cSEdwin Groothuis# arithmetical and astronomical Iranian calendars will be in 2058: 8991315084cSEdwin Groothuis# vernal equinox on 2058-03-20 09:03:05.9 UT. The Java version of 9001315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Reingold's/Dershowitz' calculator gives correctly the Gregorian date 9011315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 2058-03-21 for 1 Farvardin 1437 (astronomical). 9021315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 9031315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Steffen Thorsen (2006-03-22): 9041315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Several of my users have reported that Iran will not observe DST anymore: 9051315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/line-17/0603193812164948.htm 9061315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 9071315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Reuters (2007-09-16), with a heads-up from Jesper Norgaard Welen: 9081315084cSEdwin Groothuis# ... the Guardian Council ... approved a law on Sunday to re-introduce 9091315084cSEdwin Groothuis# daylight saving time ... 9101315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKBLA65048420070916 9111315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 9121315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Roozbeh Pournader (2007-11-05): 9131315084cSEdwin Groothuis# This is quoted from Official Gazette of the Islamic Republic of 9141315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Iran, Volume 63, Number 18242, dated Tuesday 1386/6/24 9151315084cSEdwin Groothuis# [2007-10-16]. I am doing the best translation I can:... 9161315084cSEdwin Groothuis# The official time of the country will be moved forward for one hour 9171315084cSEdwin Groothuis# on the 24 hours of the first day of the month of Farvardin and will 9181315084cSEdwin Groothuis# be changed back to its previous state on the 24 hours of the 9191315084cSEdwin Groothuis# thirtieth day of Shahrivar. 9201315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 9211315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 9221315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Iran 1978 1980 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D 9231315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Iran 1978 only - Oct 21 0:00 0 S 9241315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Iran 1979 only - Sep 19 0:00 0 S 9251315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Iran 1980 only - Sep 23 0:00 0 S 9261315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Iran 1991 only - May 3 0:00 1:00 D 9271315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Iran 1992 1995 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D 9281315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Iran 1991 1995 - Sep 22 0:00 0 S 9291315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Iran 1996 only - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D 9301315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Iran 1996 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 S 9311315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Iran 1997 1999 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D 9321315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Iran 1997 1999 - Sep 22 0:00 0 S 9331315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Iran 2000 only - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D 9341315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Iran 2000 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 S 9351315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Iran 2001 2003 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D 9361315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Iran 2001 2003 - Sep 22 0:00 0 S 9371315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Iran 2004 only - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D 9381315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Iran 2004 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 S 9391315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Iran 2005 only - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D 9401315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Iran 2005 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 S 9411315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Iran 2008 only - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D 9421315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Iran 2008 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 S 9431315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Iran 2009 2011 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D 9441315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Iran 2009 2011 - Sep 22 0:00 0 S 9451315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Iran 2012 only - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D 9461315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Iran 2012 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 S 9471315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Iran 2013 2015 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D 9481315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Iran 2013 2015 - Sep 22 0:00 0 S 9491315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Iran 2016 only - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D 9501315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Iran 2016 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 S 9511315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Iran 2017 2019 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D 9521315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Iran 2017 2019 - Sep 22 0:00 0 S 9531315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Iran 2020 only - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D 9541315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Iran 2020 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 S 9551315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Iran 2021 2023 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D 9561315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Iran 2021 2023 - Sep 22 0:00 0 S 9571315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Iran 2024 only - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D 9581315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Iran 2024 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 S 9591315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Iran 2025 2027 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D 9601315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Iran 2025 2027 - Sep 22 0:00 0 S 9611315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Iran 2028 2029 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D 9621315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Iran 2028 2029 - Sep 21 0:00 0 S 9631315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Iran 2030 2031 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D 9641315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Iran 2030 2031 - Sep 22 0:00 0 S 9651315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Iran 2032 2033 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D 9661315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Iran 2032 2033 - Sep 21 0:00 0 S 9671315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Iran 2034 2035 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D 9681315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Iran 2034 2035 - Sep 22 0:00 0 S 9691315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Iran 2036 2037 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D 9701315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Iran 2036 2037 - Sep 21 0:00 0 S 9711315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 9721315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Asia/Tehran 3:25:44 - LMT 1916 9731315084cSEdwin Groothuis 3:25:44 - TMT 1946 # Tehran Mean Time 9741315084cSEdwin Groothuis 3:30 - IRST 1977 Nov 9751315084cSEdwin Groothuis 4:00 Iran IR%sT 1979 9761315084cSEdwin Groothuis 3:30 Iran IR%sT 9771315084cSEdwin Groothuis 9781315084cSEdwin Groothuis 9791315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Iraq 9801315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 9811315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Jonathan Lennox (2000-06-12): 9821315084cSEdwin Groothuis# An article in this week's Economist ("Inside the Saddam-free zone", p. 50 in 9831315084cSEdwin Groothuis# the U.S. edition) on the Iraqi Kurds contains a paragraph: 9841315084cSEdwin Groothuis# "The three northern provinces ... switched their clocks this spring and 9851315084cSEdwin Groothuis# are an hour ahead of Baghdad." 9861315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 9871315084cSEdwin Groothuis# But Rives McDow (2000-06-18) quotes a contact in Iraqi-Kurdistan as follows: 9881315084cSEdwin Groothuis# In the past, some Kurdish nationalists, as a protest to the Iraqi 9891315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Government, did not adhere to daylight saving time. They referred 9901315084cSEdwin Groothuis# to daylight saving as Saddam time. But, as of today, the time zone 9911315084cSEdwin Groothuis# in Iraqi-Kurdistan is on standard time with Baghdad, Iraq. 9921315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 9931315084cSEdwin Groothuis# So we'll ignore the Economist's claim. 9941315084cSEdwin Groothuis 9951315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-03-10): 9961315084cSEdwin Groothuis# The cabinet in Iraq abolished DST last week, according to the following 9971315084cSEdwin Groothuis# news sources (in Arabic): 9981315084cSEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://www.aljeeran.net/wesima_articles/news-20080305-98602.html"> 9991315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.aljeeran.net/wesima_articles/news-20080305-98602.html 10001315084cSEdwin Groothuis# </a> 10011315084cSEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://www.aswataliraq.info/look/article.tpl?id=2047&IdLanguage=17&IdPublication=4&NrArticle=71743&NrIssue=1&NrSection=10"> 10021315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.aswataliraq.info/look/article.tpl?id=2047&IdLanguage=17&IdPublication=4&NrArticle=71743&NrIssue=1&NrSection=10 10031315084cSEdwin Groothuis# </a> 10041315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 10051315084cSEdwin Groothuis# We have published a short article in English about the change: 10061315084cSEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/iraq-dumps-daylight-saving.html"> 10071315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/iraq-dumps-daylight-saving.html 10081315084cSEdwin Groothuis# </a> 10091315084cSEdwin Groothuis 10101315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 10111315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Iraq 1982 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D 10121315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Iraq 1982 1984 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S 10131315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Iraq 1983 only - Mar 31 0:00 1:00 D 10141315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Iraq 1984 1985 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D 10151315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Iraq 1985 1990 - Sep lastSun 1:00s 0 S 10161315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Iraq 1986 1990 - Mar lastSun 1:00s 1:00 D 10171315084cSEdwin Groothuis# IATA SSIM (1991/1996) says Apr 1 12:01am UTC; guess the `:01' is a typo. 10181315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Shanks & Pottenger say Iraq did not observe DST 1992/1997; ignore this. 10191315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 10201315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Iraq 1991 2007 - Apr 1 3:00s 1:00 D 10211315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Iraq 1991 2007 - Oct 1 3:00s 0 S 10221315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 10231315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Asia/Baghdad 2:57:40 - LMT 1890 10241315084cSEdwin Groothuis 2:57:36 - BMT 1918 # Baghdad Mean Time? 10251315084cSEdwin Groothuis 3:00 - AST 1982 May 10261315084cSEdwin Groothuis 3:00 Iraq A%sT 10271315084cSEdwin Groothuis 10281315084cSEdwin Groothuis 10291315084cSEdwin Groothuis############################################################################### 10301315084cSEdwin Groothuis 10311315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Israel 10321315084cSEdwin Groothuis 10331315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Ephraim Silverberg (2001-01-11): 10341315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 10351315084cSEdwin Groothuis# I coined "IST/IDT" circa 1988. Until then there were three 10361315084cSEdwin Groothuis# different abbreviations in use: 10371315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 10381315084cSEdwin Groothuis# JST Jerusalem Standard Time [Danny Braniss, Hebrew University] 10391315084cSEdwin Groothuis# IZT Israel Zonal (sic) Time [Prof. Haim Papo, Technion] 10401315084cSEdwin Groothuis# EEST Eastern Europe Standard Time [used by almost everyone else] 10411315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 10421315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Since timezones should be called by country and not capital cities, 10431315084cSEdwin Groothuis# I ruled out JST. As Israel is in Asia Minor and not Eastern Europe, 10441315084cSEdwin Groothuis# EEST was equally unacceptable. Since "zonal" was not compatible with 10451315084cSEdwin Groothuis# any other timezone abbreviation, I felt that 'IST' was the way to go 10461315084cSEdwin Groothuis# and, indeed, it has received almost universal acceptance in timezone 10471315084cSEdwin Groothuis# settings in Israeli computers. 10481315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 10491315084cSEdwin Groothuis# In any case, I am happy to share timezone abbreviations with India, 10501315084cSEdwin Groothuis# high on my favorite-country list (and not only because my wife's 10511315084cSEdwin Groothuis# family is from India). 10521315084cSEdwin Groothuis 10531315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Shanks & Pottenger: 10541315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 10551315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 1940 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 D 10561315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 1942 1944 - Nov 1 0:00 0 S 10571315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 1943 only - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 D 10581315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 1944 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D 10591315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 1945 only - Apr 16 0:00 1:00 D 10601315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 1945 only - Nov 1 2:00 0 S 10611315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 1946 only - Apr 16 2:00 1:00 D 10621315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 1946 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 S 10631315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 1948 only - May 23 0:00 2:00 DD 10641315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 1948 only - Sep 1 0:00 1:00 D 10651315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 1948 1949 - Nov 1 2:00 0 S 10661315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 1949 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D 10671315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 1950 only - Apr 16 0:00 1:00 D 10681315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 1950 only - Sep 15 3:00 0 S 10691315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 1951 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D 10701315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 1951 only - Nov 11 3:00 0 S 10711315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 1952 only - Apr 20 2:00 1:00 D 10721315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 1952 only - Oct 19 3:00 0 S 10731315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 1953 only - Apr 12 2:00 1:00 D 10741315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 1953 only - Sep 13 3:00 0 S 10751315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 1954 only - Jun 13 0:00 1:00 D 10761315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 1954 only - Sep 12 0:00 0 S 10771315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 1955 only - Jun 11 2:00 1:00 D 10781315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 1955 only - Sep 11 0:00 0 S 10791315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 1956 only - Jun 3 0:00 1:00 D 10801315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 1956 only - Sep 30 3:00 0 S 10811315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 1957 only - Apr 29 2:00 1:00 D 10821315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 1957 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 S 10831315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 1974 only - Jul 7 0:00 1:00 D 10841315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 1974 only - Oct 13 0:00 0 S 10851315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 1975 only - Apr 20 0:00 1:00 D 10861315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 1975 only - Aug 31 0:00 0 S 10871315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 1985 only - Apr 14 0:00 1:00 D 10881315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 1985 only - Sep 15 0:00 0 S 10891315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 1986 only - May 18 0:00 1:00 D 10901315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 1986 only - Sep 7 0:00 0 S 10911315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 1987 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 D 10921315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 1987 only - Sep 13 0:00 0 S 1093890859c7SEdwin Groothuis 1094890859c7SEdwin Groothuis# From Avigdor Finkelstein (2014-03-05): 1095890859c7SEdwin Groothuis# I check the Parliament (Knesset) records and there it's stated that the 1096890859c7SEdwin Groothuis# [1988] transition should take place on Saturday night, when the Sabbath 1097890859c7SEdwin Groothuis# ends and changes to Sunday. 1098890859c7SEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 1988 only - Apr 10 0:00 1:00 D 1099890859c7SEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 1988 only - Sep 4 0:00 0 S 11001315084cSEdwin Groothuis 11011315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Ephraim Silverberg 11021315084cSEdwin Groothuis# (1997-03-04, 1998-03-16, 1998-12-28, 2000-01-17, 2000-07-25, 2004-12-22, 11031315084cSEdwin Groothuis# and 2005-02-17): 11041315084cSEdwin Groothuis 11051315084cSEdwin Groothuis# According to the Office of the Secretary General of the Ministry of 11061315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Interior, there is NO set rule for Daylight-Savings/Standard time changes. 11071315084cSEdwin Groothuis# One thing is entrenched in law, however: that there must be at least 150 11081315084cSEdwin Groothuis# days of daylight savings time annually. From 1993-1998, the change to 11091315084cSEdwin Groothuis# daylight savings time was on a Friday morning from midnight IST to 11101315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 1 a.m IDT; up until 1998, the change back to standard time was on a 11111315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Saturday night from midnight daylight savings time to 11 p.m. standard 11121315084cSEdwin Groothuis# time. 1996 is an exception to this rule where the change back to standard 11131315084cSEdwin Groothuis# time took place on Sunday night instead of Saturday night to avoid 11141315084cSEdwin Groothuis# conflicts with the Jewish New Year. In 1999, the change to 11151315084cSEdwin Groothuis# daylight savings time was still on a Friday morning but from 11161315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 2 a.m. IST to 3 a.m. IDT; furthermore, the change back to standard time 11171315084cSEdwin Groothuis# was also on a Friday morning from 2 a.m. IDT to 1 a.m. IST for 11181315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 1999 only. In the year 2000, the change to daylight savings time was 11191315084cSEdwin Groothuis# similar to 1999, but although the change back will be on a Friday, it 11201315084cSEdwin Groothuis# will take place from 1 a.m. IDT to midnight IST. Starting in 2001, all 11211315084cSEdwin Groothuis# changes to/from will take place at 1 a.m. old time, but now there is no 11221315084cSEdwin Groothuis# rule as to what day of the week it will take place in as the start date 11231315084cSEdwin Groothuis# (except in 2003) is the night after the Passover Seder (i.e. the eve 11241315084cSEdwin Groothuis# of the 16th of Nisan in the lunar Hebrew calendar) and the end date 11251315084cSEdwin Groothuis# (except in 2002) is three nights before Yom Kippur [Day of Atonement] 11261315084cSEdwin Groothuis# (the eve of the 7th of Tishrei in the lunar Hebrew calendar). 11271315084cSEdwin Groothuis 11281315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 11291315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 1989 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 D 11301315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 1989 only - Sep 3 0:00 0 S 11311315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 1990 only - Mar 25 0:00 1:00 D 11321315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 1990 only - Aug 26 0:00 0 S 11331315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 1991 only - Mar 24 0:00 1:00 D 11341315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 1991 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 S 11351315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 1992 only - Mar 29 0:00 1:00 D 11361315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 1992 only - Sep 6 0:00 0 S 11371315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 1993 only - Apr 2 0:00 1:00 D 11381315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 1993 only - Sep 5 0:00 0 S 11391315084cSEdwin Groothuis 11401315084cSEdwin Groothuis# The dates for 1994-1995 were obtained from Office of the Spokeswoman for the 11411315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Ministry of Interior, Jerusalem, Israel. The spokeswoman can be reached by 11421315084cSEdwin Groothuis# calling the office directly at 972-2-6701447 or 972-2-6701448. 11431315084cSEdwin Groothuis 11441315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 11451315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 1994 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D 11461315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 1994 only - Aug 28 0:00 0 S 11471315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 1995 only - Mar 31 0:00 1:00 D 11481315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 1995 only - Sep 3 0:00 0 S 11491315084cSEdwin Groothuis 11501315084cSEdwin Groothuis# The dates for 1996 were determined by the Minister of Interior of the 11511315084cSEdwin Groothuis# time, Haim Ramon. The official announcement regarding 1996-1998 11521315084cSEdwin Groothuis# (with the dates for 1997-1998 no longer being relevant) can be viewed at: 11531315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 11541315084cSEdwin Groothuis# ftp://ftp.cs.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/1996-1998.ramon.ps.gz 11551315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 11561315084cSEdwin Groothuis# The dates for 1997-1998 were altered by his successor, Rabbi Eli Suissa. 11571315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 11581315084cSEdwin Groothuis# The official announcements for the years 1997-1999 can be viewed at: 11591315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 11601315084cSEdwin Groothuis# ftp://ftp.cs.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/YYYY.ps.gz 11611315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 11621315084cSEdwin Groothuis# where YYYY is the relevant year. 11631315084cSEdwin Groothuis 11641315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 11651315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 1996 only - Mar 15 0:00 1:00 D 11661315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 1996 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 S 11671315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 1997 only - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D 11681315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 1997 only - Sep 14 0:00 0 S 11691315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 1998 only - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 D 11701315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 1998 only - Sep 6 0:00 0 S 11711315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 1999 only - Apr 2 2:00 1:00 D 11721315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 1999 only - Sep 3 2:00 0 S 11731315084cSEdwin Groothuis 11741315084cSEdwin Groothuis# The Knesset Interior Committee has changed the dates for 2000 for 11751315084cSEdwin Groothuis# the third time in just over a year and have set new dates for the 11761315084cSEdwin Groothuis# years 2001-2004 as well. 11771315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 11781315084cSEdwin Groothuis# The official announcement for the start date of 2000 can be viewed at: 11791315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 11801315084cSEdwin Groothuis# ftp://ftp.cs.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/2000-start.ps.gz 11811315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 11821315084cSEdwin Groothuis# The official announcement for the end date of 2000 and the dates 11831315084cSEdwin Groothuis# for the years 2001-2004 can be viewed at: 11841315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 11851315084cSEdwin Groothuis# ftp://ftp.cs.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/2000-2004.ps.gz 11861315084cSEdwin Groothuis 11871315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 11881315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 2000 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 D 11891315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 2000 only - Oct 6 1:00 0 S 11901315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 2001 only - Apr 9 1:00 1:00 D 11911315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 2001 only - Sep 24 1:00 0 S 11921315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 2002 only - Mar 29 1:00 1:00 D 11931315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 2002 only - Oct 7 1:00 0 S 11941315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 2003 only - Mar 28 1:00 1:00 D 11951315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 2003 only - Oct 3 1:00 0 S 11961315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 2004 only - Apr 7 1:00 1:00 D 11971315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 2004 only - Sep 22 1:00 0 S 11981315084cSEdwin Groothuis 11991315084cSEdwin Groothuis# The proposed law agreed upon by the Knesset Interior Committee on 12001315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 2005-02-14 is that, for 2005 and beyond, DST starts at 02:00 the 12011315084cSEdwin Groothuis# last Friday before April 2nd (i.e. the last Friday in March or April 12021315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 1st itself if it falls on a Friday) and ends at 02:00 on the Saturday 12031315084cSEdwin Groothuis# night _before_ the fast of Yom Kippur. 12041315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 12051315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Those who can read Hebrew can view the announcement at: 12061315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 12071315084cSEdwin Groothuis# ftp://ftp.cs.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/2005+beyond.ps 12081315084cSEdwin Groothuis 12092029f589SEdwin Groothuis# From Paul Eggert (2012-10-26): 12101315084cSEdwin Groothuis# I used Ephraim Silverberg's dst-israel.el program 12111315084cSEdwin Groothuis# <ftp://ftp.cs.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/software/dst-israel.el> (2005-02-20) 12121315084cSEdwin Groothuis# along with Ed Reingold's cal-hebrew in GNU Emacs 21.4, 12132029f589SEdwin Groothuis# to generate the transitions from 2005 through 2012. 12141315084cSEdwin Groothuis# (I replaced "lastFri" with "Fri>=26" by hand.) 12152029f589SEdwin Groothuis# The spring transitions all correspond to the following Rule: 12161315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 12172029f589SEdwin Groothuis# Rule Zion 2005 2012 - Mar Fri>=26 2:00 1:00 D 12181315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 12191315084cSEdwin Groothuis# but older zic implementations (e.g., Solaris 8) do not support 12201315084cSEdwin Groothuis# "Fri>=26" to mean April 1 in years like 2005, so for now we list the 12211315084cSEdwin Groothuis# springtime transitions explicitly. 12221315084cSEdwin Groothuis 12231315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 12241315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 2005 only - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 D 12251315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 2005 only - Oct 9 2:00 0 S 12261315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 2006 2010 - Mar Fri>=26 2:00 1:00 D 12271315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 2006 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 S 12281315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 2007 only - Sep 16 2:00 0 S 12291315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 2008 only - Oct 5 2:00 0 S 12301315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 2009 only - Sep 27 2:00 0 S 12311315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 2010 only - Sep 12 2:00 0 S 12321315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 2011 only - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 D 12331315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 2011 only - Oct 2 2:00 0 S 12342029f589SEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 2012 only - Mar Fri>=26 2:00 1:00 D 12351315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 2012 only - Sep 23 2:00 0 S 12362029f589SEdwin Groothuis 1237875f3108SEdwin Groothuis# From Ephraim Silverberg (2013-06-27): 1238875f3108SEdwin Groothuis# On June 23, 2013, the Israeli government approved changes to the 1239875f3108SEdwin Groothuis# Time Decree Law. The next day, the changes passed the First Reading 1240875f3108SEdwin Groothuis# in the Knesset. The law is expected to pass the Second and Third 1241875f3108SEdwin Groothuis# (final) Readings by the beginning of September 2013. 12422029f589SEdwin Groothuis# 1243875f3108SEdwin Groothuis# As of 2013, DST starts at 02:00 on the Friday before the last Sunday 1244875f3108SEdwin Groothuis# in March. DST ends at 02:00 on the last Sunday of October. 1245f09b8c49SEdwin Groothuis 12462029f589SEdwin Groothuis# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 12472029f589SEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 2013 max - Mar Fri>=23 2:00 1:00 D 1248875f3108SEdwin GroothuisRule Zion 2013 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S 12491315084cSEdwin Groothuis 12501315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1251875f3108SEdwin GroothuisZone Asia/Jerusalem 2:20:54 - LMT 1880 12521315084cSEdwin Groothuis 2:20:40 - JMT 1918 # Jerusalem Mean Time? 12531315084cSEdwin Groothuis 2:00 Zion I%sT 12541315084cSEdwin Groothuis 12551315084cSEdwin Groothuis 12561315084cSEdwin Groothuis 12571315084cSEdwin Groothuis############################################################################### 12581315084cSEdwin Groothuis 12591315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Japan 12601315084cSEdwin Groothuis 12611315084cSEdwin Groothuis# `9:00' and `JST' is from Guy Harris. 12621315084cSEdwin Groothuis 12631315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Paul Eggert (1995-03-06): 12641315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Today's _Asahi Evening News_ (page 4) reports that Japan had 12651315084cSEdwin Groothuis# daylight saving between 1948 and 1951, but ``the system was discontinued 12661315084cSEdwin Groothuis# because the public believed it would lead to longer working hours.'' 12671315084cSEdwin Groothuis 12681315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Mayumi Negishi in the 2005-08-10 Japan Times 12691315084cSEdwin Groothuis# <http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050810f2.htm>: 12701315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Occupation authorities imposed daylight-saving time on Japan on 12711315084cSEdwin Groothuis# [1948-05-01].... But lack of prior debate and the execution of 12721315084cSEdwin Groothuis# daylight-saving time just three days after the bill was passed generated 12731315084cSEdwin Groothuis# deep hatred of the concept.... The Diet unceremoniously passed a bill to 12741315084cSEdwin Groothuis# dump the unpopular system in October 1951, less than a month after the San 12751315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Francisco Peace Treaty was signed. (A government poll in 1951 showed 53% 12761315084cSEdwin Groothuis# of the Japanese wanted to scrap daylight-saving time, as opposed to 30% who 12771315084cSEdwin Groothuis# wanted to keep it.) 12781315084cSEdwin Groothuis 12791315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): 12801315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Shanks & Pottenger write that DST in Japan during those years was as follows: 12811315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 12821315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Japan 1948 only - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D 12831315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Japan 1948 1951 - Sep Sat>=8 2:00 0 S 12841315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Japan 1949 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D 12851315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Japan 1950 1951 - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D 12861315084cSEdwin Groothuis# but the only locations using it (for birth certificates, presumably, since 12871315084cSEdwin Groothuis# their audience is astrologers) were US military bases. For now, assume 12881315084cSEdwin Groothuis# that for most purposes daylight-saving time was observed; otherwise, what 12891315084cSEdwin Groothuis# would have been the point of the 1951 poll? 12901315084cSEdwin Groothuis 12911315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Hideyuki Suzuki (1998-11-09): 12921315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 'Tokyo' usually stands for the former location of Tokyo Astronomical 12931315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Observatory: E 139 44' 40".90 (9h 18m 58s.727), N 35 39' 16".0. 12941315084cSEdwin Groothuis# This data is from 'Rika Nenpyou (Chronological Scientific Tables) 1996' 12951315084cSEdwin Groothuis# edited by National Astronomical Observatory of Japan.... 12961315084cSEdwin Groothuis# JST (Japan Standard Time) has been used since 1888-01-01 00:00 (JST). 12971315084cSEdwin Groothuis# The law is enacted on 1886-07-07. 12981315084cSEdwin Groothuis 12991315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Hideyuki Suzuki (1998-11-16): 13001315084cSEdwin Groothuis# The ordinance No. 51 (1886) established "standard time" in Japan, 13011315084cSEdwin Groothuis# which stands for the time on E 135 degree. 13021315084cSEdwin Groothuis# In the ordinance No. 167 (1895), "standard time" was renamed to "central 13031315084cSEdwin Groothuis# standard time". And the same ordinance also established "western standard 13041315084cSEdwin Groothuis# time", which stands for the time on E 120 degree.... But "western standard 13051315084cSEdwin Groothuis# time" was abolished in the ordinance No. 529 (1937). In the ordinance No. 13061315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 167, there is no mention regarding for what place western standard time is 13071315084cSEdwin Groothuis# standard.... 13081315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 13091315084cSEdwin Groothuis# I wrote "ordinance" above, but I don't know how to translate. 13101315084cSEdwin Groothuis# In Japanese it's "chokurei", which means ordinance from emperor. 13111315084cSEdwin Groothuis 13121315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Shanks & Pottenger claim JST in use since 1896, and that a few 13131315084cSEdwin Groothuis# places (e.g. Ishigaki) use +0800; go with Suzuki. Guess that all 13141315084cSEdwin Groothuis# ordinances took effect on Jan 1. 13151315084cSEdwin Groothuis 13161315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 13171315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Asia/Tokyo 9:18:59 - LMT 1887 Dec 31 15:00u 13181315084cSEdwin Groothuis 9:00 - JST 1896 13191315084cSEdwin Groothuis 9:00 - CJT 1938 13201315084cSEdwin Groothuis 9:00 Japan J%sT 13211315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Since 1938, all Japanese possessions have been like Asia/Tokyo. 13221315084cSEdwin Groothuis 13231315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Jordan 13241315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 13251315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From <a href="http://star.arabia.com/990701/JO9.html"> 13261315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Jordan Week (1999-07-01) </a> via Steffen Thorsen (1999-09-09): 13271315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Clocks in Jordan were forwarded one hour on Wednesday at midnight, 13281315084cSEdwin Groothuis# in accordance with the government's decision to implement summer time 13291315084cSEdwin Groothuis# all year round. 13301315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 13311315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From <a href="http://star.arabia.com/990930/JO9.html"> 13321315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Jordan Week (1999-09-30) </a> via Steffen Thorsen (1999-11-09): 13331315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Winter time starts today Thursday, 30 September. Clocks will be turned back 13341315084cSEdwin Groothuis# by one hour. This is the latest government decision and it's final! 13351315084cSEdwin Groothuis# The decision was taken because of the increase in working hours in 13361315084cSEdwin Groothuis# government's departments from six to seven hours. 13371315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 13381315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Paul Eggert (2005-11-22): 13391315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Starting 2003 transitions are from Steffen Thorsen's web site timeanddate.com. 13401315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 13411315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Steffen Thorsen (2005-11-23): 13421315084cSEdwin Groothuis# For Jordan I have received multiple independent user reports every year 13431315084cSEdwin Groothuis# about DST end dates, as the end-rule is different every year. 13441315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 13451315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Steffen Thorsen (2006-10-01), after a heads-up from Hilal Malawi: 13461315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.petranews.gov.jo/nepras/2006/Sep/05/4000.htm 13471315084cSEdwin Groothuis# "Jordan will switch to winter time on Friday, October 27". 13481315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 13491315084cSEdwin Groothuis 13501315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Phil Pizzey (2009-04-02): 13511315084cSEdwin Groothuis# ...I think I may have spotted an error in the timezone data for 13521315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Jordan. 13531315084cSEdwin Groothuis# The current (2009d) asia file shows Jordan going to daylight 13541315084cSEdwin Groothuis# saving 13551315084cSEdwin Groothuis# time on the last Thursday in March. 13561315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 13571315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Rule Jordan 2000 max - Mar lastThu 0:00s 1:00 S 13581315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 13591315084cSEdwin Groothuis# However timeanddate.com, which I usually find reliable, shows Jordan 13601315084cSEdwin Groothuis# going to daylight saving time on the last Friday in March since 2002. 13611315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Please see 13621315084cSEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/timezone.html?n=11"> 13631315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/timezone.html?n=11 13641315084cSEdwin Groothuis# </a> 13651315084cSEdwin Groothuis 13661315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-04-02): 13671315084cSEdwin Groothuis# This single one might be good enough, (2009-03-24, Arabic): 13681315084cSEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://petra.gov.jo/Artical.aspx?Lng=2&Section=8&Artical=95279"> 13691315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://petra.gov.jo/Artical.aspx?Lng=2&Section=8&Artical=95279 13701315084cSEdwin Groothuis# </a> 13711315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 13721315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Google's translation: 13731315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 13741315084cSEdwin Groothuis# > The Council of Ministers decided in 2002 to adopt the principle of timely 13751315084cSEdwin Groothuis# > submission of the summer at 60 minutes as of midnight on the last Thursday 13761315084cSEdwin Groothuis# > of the month of March of each year. 13771315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 13781315084cSEdwin Groothuis# So - this means the midnight between Thursday and Friday since 2002. 13791315084cSEdwin Groothuis 13801315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Arthur David Olson (2009-04-06): 13811315084cSEdwin Groothuis# We still have Jordan switching to DST on Thursdays in 2000 and 2001. 13821315084cSEdwin Groothuis 13832029f589SEdwin Groothuis# From Steffen Thorsen (2012-10-25): 13842029f589SEdwin Groothuis# Yesterday the government in Jordan announced that they will not 13852029f589SEdwin Groothuis# switch back to standard time this winter, so the will stay on DST 13862029f589SEdwin Groothuis# until about the same time next year (at least). 13872029f589SEdwin Groothuis# http://www.petra.gov.jo/Public_News/Nws_NewsDetails.aspx?NewsID=88950 1388668615cdSEdwin Groothuis 1389668615cdSEdwin Groothuis# From Steffen Thorsen (2013-12-11): 1390668615cdSEdwin Groothuis# Jordan Times and other sources say that Jordan is going back to 1391668615cdSEdwin Groothuis# UTC+2 on 2013-12-19 at midnight: 1392668615cdSEdwin Groothuis# http://jordantimes.com/govt-decides-to-switch-back-to-wintertime 1393668615cdSEdwin Groothuis# Official, in Arabic: 1394668615cdSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.petra.gov.jo/public_news/Nws_NewsDetails.aspx?Menu_ID=&Site_Id=2&lang=1&NewsID=133230&CatID=14 1395668615cdSEdwin Groothuis# ... Our background/permalink about it 1396668615cdSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/jordan-reverses-dst-decision.html 1397668615cdSEdwin Groothuis# ... 1398668615cdSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.petra.gov.jo/Public_News/Nws_NewsDetails.aspx?lang=2&site_id=1&NewsID=133313&Type=P 1399668615cdSEdwin Groothuis# ... says midnight for the coming one and 1:00 for the ones in the future 1400668615cdSEdwin Groothuis# (and they will use DST again next year, using the normal schedule). 1401668615cdSEdwin Groothuis 1402668615cdSEdwin Groothuis# From Paul Eggert (2013-12-11): 1403668615cdSEdwin Groothuis# As Steffen suggested, consider the past 21-month experiment to be DST. 14042029f589SEdwin Groothuis 14051315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 14061315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Jordan 1973 only - Jun 6 0:00 1:00 S 14071315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Jordan 1973 1975 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 14081315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Jordan 1974 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 14091315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Jordan 1976 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 - 14101315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Jordan 1977 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 14111315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Jordan 1978 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 S 14121315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Jordan 1978 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 - 14131315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Jordan 1985 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 14141315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Jordan 1985 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 14151315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Jordan 1986 1988 - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 S 14161315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Jordan 1986 1990 - Oct Fri>=1 0:00 0 - 14171315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Jordan 1989 only - May 8 0:00 1:00 S 14181315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Jordan 1990 only - Apr 27 0:00 1:00 S 14191315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Jordan 1991 only - Apr 17 0:00 1:00 S 14201315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Jordan 1991 only - Sep 27 0:00 0 - 14211315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Jordan 1992 only - Apr 10 0:00 1:00 S 14221315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Jordan 1992 1993 - Oct Fri>=1 0:00 0 - 14231315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Jordan 1993 1998 - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 S 14241315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Jordan 1994 only - Sep Fri>=15 0:00 0 - 14251315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Jordan 1995 1998 - Sep Fri>=15 0:00s 0 - 14261315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Jordan 1999 only - Jul 1 0:00s 1:00 S 14271315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Jordan 1999 2002 - Sep lastFri 0:00s 0 - 14281315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Jordan 2000 2001 - Mar lastThu 0:00s 1:00 S 1429c26a5802SEdwin GroothuisRule Jordan 2002 2012 - Mar lastThu 24:00 1:00 S 14301315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Jordan 2003 only - Oct 24 0:00s 0 - 14311315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Jordan 2004 only - Oct 15 0:00s 0 - 14321315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Jordan 2005 only - Sep lastFri 0:00s 0 - 1433668615cdSEdwin GroothuisRule Jordan 2006 2011 - Oct lastFri 0:00s 0 - 1434668615cdSEdwin GroothuisRule Jordan 2013 only - Dec 20 0:00 0 - 1435668615cdSEdwin GroothuisRule Jordan 2014 max - Mar lastThu 24:00 1:00 S 1436668615cdSEdwin GroothuisRule Jordan 2014 max - Oct lastFri 0:00s 0 - 14371315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 14381315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931 1439668615cdSEdwin Groothuis 2:00 Jordan EE%sT 14401315084cSEdwin Groothuis 14411315084cSEdwin Groothuis 14421315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Kazakhstan 14431315084cSEdwin Groothuis 14441315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22): 14451315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Andrew Evtichov (1996-04-13) writes that Kazakhstan 14461315084cSEdwin Groothuis# stayed in sync with Moscow after 1990, and that Aqtobe (formerly Aktyubinsk) 14471315084cSEdwin Groothuis# and Aqtau (formerly Shevchenko) are the largest cities in their zones. 14481315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Guess that Aqtau and Aqtobe diverged in 1995, since that's the first time 14491315084cSEdwin Groothuis# IATA SSIM mentions a third time zone in Kazakhstan. 14501315084cSEdwin Groothuis 14511315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): 14521315084cSEdwin Groothuis# German Iofis, ELSI, Almaty (2001-10-09) reports that Kazakhstan uses 14531315084cSEdwin Groothuis# RussiaAsia rules, instead of switching at 00:00 as the IATA has it. 14541315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Go with Shanks & Pottenger, who have them always using RussiaAsia rules. 14551315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Also go with the following claims of Shanks & Pottenger: 14561315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 14571315084cSEdwin Groothuis# - Kazakhstan did not observe DST in 1991. 14581315084cSEdwin Groothuis# - Qyzylorda switched from +5:00 to +6:00 on 1992-01-19 02:00. 14591315084cSEdwin Groothuis# - Oral switched from +5:00 to +4:00 in spring 1989. 14601315084cSEdwin Groothuis 14611315084cSEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://www.kazsociety.org.uk/news/2005/03/30.htm"> 14621315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Kazakhstan Embassy's News Bulletin #11 (2005-03-21): 14631315084cSEdwin Groothuis# </a> 14641315084cSEdwin Groothuis# The Government of Kazakhstan passed a resolution March 15 abolishing 14651315084cSEdwin Groothuis# daylight saving time citing lack of economic benefits and health 14661315084cSEdwin Groothuis# complications coupled with a decrease in productivity. 14671315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 14681315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Branislav Kojic (in Astana) via Gwillim Law (2005-06-28): 14691315084cSEdwin Groothuis# ... what happened was that the former Kazakhstan Eastern time zone 14701315084cSEdwin Groothuis# was "blended" with the Central zone. Therefore, Kazakhstan now has 14711315084cSEdwin Groothuis# two time zones, and difference between them is one hour. The zone 14721315084cSEdwin Groothuis# closer to UTC is the former Western zone (probably still called the 14731315084cSEdwin Groothuis# same), encompassing four provinces in the west: Aqtobe, Atyrau, 14741315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Mangghystau, and West Kazakhstan. The other zone encompasses 14751315084cSEdwin Groothuis# everything else.... I guess that would make Kazakhstan time zones 14761315084cSEdwin Groothuis# de jure UTC+5 and UTC+6 respectively. 14771315084cSEdwin Groothuis 14781315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 14791315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 14801315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 14811315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Almaty (formerly Alma-Ata), representing most locations in Kazakhstan 14821315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Asia/Almaty 5:07:48 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Alma-Ata 14831315084cSEdwin Groothuis 5:00 - ALMT 1930 Jun 21 # Alma-Ata Time 14841315084cSEdwin Groothuis 6:00 RussiaAsia ALM%sT 1991 14851315084cSEdwin Groothuis 6:00 - ALMT 1992 14861315084cSEdwin Groothuis 6:00 RussiaAsia ALM%sT 2005 Mar 15 14871315084cSEdwin Groothuis 6:00 - ALMT 14881315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Qyzylorda (aka Kyzylorda, Kizilorda, Kzyl-Orda, etc.) 14891315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Asia/Qyzylorda 4:21:52 - LMT 1924 May 2 14901315084cSEdwin Groothuis 4:00 - KIZT 1930 Jun 21 # Kizilorda Time 14911315084cSEdwin Groothuis 5:00 - KIZT 1981 Apr 1 14921315084cSEdwin Groothuis 5:00 1:00 KIZST 1981 Oct 1 14931315084cSEdwin Groothuis 6:00 - KIZT 1982 Apr 1 14941315084cSEdwin Groothuis 5:00 RussiaAsia KIZ%sT 1991 14951315084cSEdwin Groothuis 5:00 - KIZT 1991 Dec 16 # independence 14961315084cSEdwin Groothuis 5:00 - QYZT 1992 Jan 19 2:00 14971315084cSEdwin Groothuis 6:00 RussiaAsia QYZ%sT 2005 Mar 15 14981315084cSEdwin Groothuis 6:00 - QYZT 14991315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Aqtobe (aka Aktobe, formerly Akt'ubinsk) 15001315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Asia/Aqtobe 3:48:40 - LMT 1924 May 2 15011315084cSEdwin Groothuis 4:00 - AKTT 1930 Jun 21 # Aktyubinsk Time 15021315084cSEdwin Groothuis 5:00 - AKTT 1981 Apr 1 15031315084cSEdwin Groothuis 5:00 1:00 AKTST 1981 Oct 1 15041315084cSEdwin Groothuis 6:00 - AKTT 1982 Apr 1 15051315084cSEdwin Groothuis 5:00 RussiaAsia AKT%sT 1991 15061315084cSEdwin Groothuis 5:00 - AKTT 1991 Dec 16 # independence 15071315084cSEdwin Groothuis 5:00 RussiaAsia AQT%sT 2005 Mar 15 # Aqtobe Time 15081315084cSEdwin Groothuis 5:00 - AQTT 15091315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Mangghystau 15101315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Aqtau was not founded until 1963, but it represents an inhabited region, 15111315084cSEdwin Groothuis# so include time stamps before 1963. 15121315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Asia/Aqtau 3:21:04 - LMT 1924 May 2 15131315084cSEdwin Groothuis 4:00 - FORT 1930 Jun 21 # Fort Shevchenko T 15141315084cSEdwin Groothuis 5:00 - FORT 1963 15151315084cSEdwin Groothuis 5:00 - SHET 1981 Oct 1 # Shevchenko Time 15161315084cSEdwin Groothuis 6:00 - SHET 1982 Apr 1 15171315084cSEdwin Groothuis 5:00 RussiaAsia SHE%sT 1991 15181315084cSEdwin Groothuis 5:00 - SHET 1991 Dec 16 # independence 15191315084cSEdwin Groothuis 5:00 RussiaAsia AQT%sT 1995 Mar lastSun 2:00 # Aqtau Time 15201315084cSEdwin Groothuis 4:00 RussiaAsia AQT%sT 2005 Mar 15 15211315084cSEdwin Groothuis 5:00 - AQTT 15221315084cSEdwin Groothuis# West Kazakhstan 15231315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Asia/Oral 3:25:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Ural'sk 15241315084cSEdwin Groothuis 4:00 - URAT 1930 Jun 21 # Ural'sk time 15251315084cSEdwin Groothuis 5:00 - URAT 1981 Apr 1 15261315084cSEdwin Groothuis 5:00 1:00 URAST 1981 Oct 1 15271315084cSEdwin Groothuis 6:00 - URAT 1982 Apr 1 15281315084cSEdwin Groothuis 5:00 RussiaAsia URA%sT 1989 Mar 26 2:00 15291315084cSEdwin Groothuis 4:00 RussiaAsia URA%sT 1991 15301315084cSEdwin Groothuis 4:00 - URAT 1991 Dec 16 # independence 15311315084cSEdwin Groothuis 4:00 RussiaAsia ORA%sT 2005 Mar 15 # Oral Time 15321315084cSEdwin Groothuis 5:00 - ORAT 15331315084cSEdwin Groothuis 15341315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Kyrgyzstan (Kirgizstan) 15351315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Transitions through 1991 are from Shanks & Pottenger. 15361315084cSEdwin Groothuis 15371315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Paul Eggert (2005-08-15): 15381315084cSEdwin Groothuis# According to an article dated today in the Kyrgyzstan Development Gateway 15391315084cSEdwin Groothuis# <http://eng.gateway.kg/cgi-bin/page.pl?id=1&story_name=doc9979.shtml> 15401315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Kyrgyzstan is canceling the daylight saving time system. I take the article 15411315084cSEdwin Groothuis# to mean that they will leave their clocks at 6 hours ahead of UTC. 15421315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Malik Abdugaliev (2005-09-21): 15431315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Our government cancels daylight saving time 6th of August 2005. 15441315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From 2005-08-12 our GMT-offset is +6, w/o any daylight saving. 15451315084cSEdwin Groothuis 15461315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 15471315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Kyrgyz 1992 1996 - Apr Sun>=7 0:00s 1:00 S 15481315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Kyrgyz 1992 1996 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - 15491315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Kyrgyz 1997 2005 - Mar lastSun 2:30 1:00 S 15501315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Kyrgyz 1997 2004 - Oct lastSun 2:30 0 - 15511315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 15521315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Asia/Bishkek 4:58:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 15531315084cSEdwin Groothuis 5:00 - FRUT 1930 Jun 21 # Frunze Time 15541315084cSEdwin Groothuis 6:00 RussiaAsia FRU%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 15551315084cSEdwin Groothuis 5:00 1:00 FRUST 1991 Aug 31 2:00 # independence 15561315084cSEdwin Groothuis 5:00 Kyrgyz KG%sT 2005 Aug 12 # Kyrgyzstan Time 15571315084cSEdwin Groothuis 6:00 - KGT 15581315084cSEdwin Groothuis 15591315084cSEdwin Groothuis############################################################################### 15601315084cSEdwin Groothuis 15611315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Korea (North and South) 15621315084cSEdwin Groothuis 15631315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Annie I. Bang (2006-07-10) in 15641315084cSEdwin Groothuis# <http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2006/07/10/200607100012.asp>: 15651315084cSEdwin Groothuis# The Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy has already 15661315084cSEdwin Groothuis# commissioned a research project [to reintroduce DST] and has said 15671315084cSEdwin Groothuis# the system may begin as early as 2008.... Korea ran a daylight 15681315084cSEdwin Groothuis# saving program from 1949-61 but stopped it during the 1950-53 Korean War. 15691315084cSEdwin Groothuis 15701315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Shanks & Pottenger: 15711315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 15721315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule ROK 1960 only - May 15 0:00 1:00 D 15731315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule ROK 1960 only - Sep 13 0:00 0 S 15741315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule ROK 1987 1988 - May Sun>=8 0:00 1:00 D 15751315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule ROK 1987 1988 - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 0 S 15761315084cSEdwin Groothuis 15771315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 15781315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Asia/Seoul 8:27:52 - LMT 1890 15791315084cSEdwin Groothuis 8:30 - KST 1904 Dec 15801315084cSEdwin Groothuis 9:00 - KST 1928 15811315084cSEdwin Groothuis 8:30 - KST 1932 15821315084cSEdwin Groothuis 9:00 - KST 1954 Mar 21 15831315084cSEdwin Groothuis 8:00 ROK K%sT 1961 Aug 10 15841315084cSEdwin Groothuis 8:30 - KST 1968 Oct 15851315084cSEdwin Groothuis 9:00 ROK K%sT 15861315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Asia/Pyongyang 8:23:00 - LMT 1890 15871315084cSEdwin Groothuis 8:30 - KST 1904 Dec 15881315084cSEdwin Groothuis 9:00 - KST 1928 15891315084cSEdwin Groothuis 8:30 - KST 1932 15901315084cSEdwin Groothuis 9:00 - KST 1954 Mar 21 15911315084cSEdwin Groothuis 8:00 - KST 1961 Aug 10 15921315084cSEdwin Groothuis 9:00 - KST 15931315084cSEdwin Groothuis 15941315084cSEdwin Groothuis############################################################################### 15951315084cSEdwin Groothuis 15961315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Kuwait 15971315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 15981315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From the Arab Times (2007-03-14): 15991315084cSEdwin Groothuis# The Civil Service Commission (CSC) has approved a proposal forwarded 16001315084cSEdwin Groothuis# by MP Ahmad Baqer on implementing the daylight saving time (DST) in 16011315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Kuwait starting from April until the end of Sept this year, reports Al-Anba. 16021315084cSEdwin Groothuis# <http://www.arabtimesonline.com/arabtimes/kuwait/Viewdet.asp?ID=9950>. 16031315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Paul Eggert (2007-03-29): 16041315084cSEdwin Groothuis# We don't know the details, or whether the approval means it'll happen, 16051315084cSEdwin Groothuis# so for now we assume no DST. 16061315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Asia/Kuwait 3:11:56 - LMT 1950 16071315084cSEdwin Groothuis 3:00 - AST 16081315084cSEdwin Groothuis 16091315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Laos 16101315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 16111315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Asia/Vientiane 6:50:24 - LMT 1906 Jun 9 # or Viangchan 16121315084cSEdwin Groothuis 7:06:20 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT? 16131315084cSEdwin Groothuis 7:00 - ICT 1912 May 16141315084cSEdwin Groothuis 8:00 - ICT 1931 May 16151315084cSEdwin Groothuis 7:00 - ICT 16161315084cSEdwin Groothuis 16171315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Lebanon 16181315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 16191315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Lebanon 1920 only - Mar 28 0:00 1:00 S 16201315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Lebanon 1920 only - Oct 25 0:00 0 - 16211315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Lebanon 1921 only - Apr 3 0:00 1:00 S 16221315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Lebanon 1921 only - Oct 3 0:00 0 - 16231315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Lebanon 1922 only - Mar 26 0:00 1:00 S 16241315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Lebanon 1922 only - Oct 8 0:00 0 - 16251315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Lebanon 1923 only - Apr 22 0:00 1:00 S 16261315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Lebanon 1923 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 - 16271315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Lebanon 1957 1961 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 16281315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Lebanon 1957 1961 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 16291315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Lebanon 1972 only - Jun 22 0:00 1:00 S 16301315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Lebanon 1972 1977 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 16311315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Lebanon 1973 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 16321315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Lebanon 1978 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 S 16331315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Lebanon 1978 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 - 16341315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Lebanon 1984 1987 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 16351315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Lebanon 1984 1991 - Oct 16 0:00 0 - 16361315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Lebanon 1988 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S 16371315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Lebanon 1989 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S 16381315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Lebanon 1990 1992 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 16391315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Lebanon 1992 only - Oct 4 0:00 0 - 16401315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Lebanon 1993 max - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S 16411315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Lebanon 1993 1998 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - 16421315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Lebanon 1999 max - Oct lastSun 0:00 0 - 16431315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 16441315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Asia/Beirut 2:22:00 - LMT 1880 16451315084cSEdwin Groothuis 2:00 Lebanon EE%sT 16461315084cSEdwin Groothuis 16471315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Malaysia 16481315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 16491315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule NBorneo 1935 1941 - Sep 14 0:00 0:20 TS # one-Third Summer 16501315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule NBorneo 1935 1941 - Dec 14 0:00 0 - 16511315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 16521315084cSEdwin Groothuis# peninsular Malaysia 16531315084cSEdwin Groothuis# The data here are taken from Mok Ly Yng (2003-10-30) 16541315084cSEdwin Groothuis# <http://www.math.nus.edu.sg/aslaksen/teaching/timezone.html>. 16551315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 16561315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Asia/Kuala_Lumpur 6:46:46 - LMT 1901 Jan 1 16571315084cSEdwin Groothuis 6:55:25 - SMT 1905 Jun 1 # Singapore M.T. 16581315084cSEdwin Groothuis 7:00 - MALT 1933 Jan 1 # Malaya Time 16591315084cSEdwin Groothuis 7:00 0:20 MALST 1936 Jan 1 16601315084cSEdwin Groothuis 7:20 - MALT 1941 Sep 1 16611315084cSEdwin Groothuis 7:30 - MALT 1942 Feb 16 16621315084cSEdwin Groothuis 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 12 16631315084cSEdwin Groothuis 7:30 - MALT 1982 Jan 1 16641315084cSEdwin Groothuis 8:00 - MYT # Malaysia Time 16651315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Sabah & Sarawak 16661315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): 16671315084cSEdwin Groothuis# The data here are mostly from Shanks & Pottenger, but the 1942, 1945 and 1982 16681315084cSEdwin Groothuis# transition dates are from Mok Ly Yng. 16691315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 16701315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Asia/Kuching 7:21:20 - LMT 1926 Mar 16711315084cSEdwin Groothuis 7:30 - BORT 1933 # Borneo Time 16721315084cSEdwin Groothuis 8:00 NBorneo BOR%sT 1942 Feb 16 16731315084cSEdwin Groothuis 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 12 16741315084cSEdwin Groothuis 8:00 - BORT 1982 Jan 1 16751315084cSEdwin Groothuis 8:00 - MYT 16761315084cSEdwin Groothuis 16771315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Maldives 16781315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 16791315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Indian/Maldives 4:54:00 - LMT 1880 # Male 16801315084cSEdwin Groothuis 4:54:00 - MMT 1960 # Male Mean Time 16811315084cSEdwin Groothuis 5:00 - MVT # Maldives Time 16821315084cSEdwin Groothuis 16831315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Mongolia 16841315084cSEdwin Groothuis 16851315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Shanks & Pottenger say that Mongolia has three time zones, but 16861315084cSEdwin Groothuis# usno1995 and the CIA map Standard Time Zones of the World (2005-03) 16871315084cSEdwin Groothuis# both say that it has just one. 16881315084cSEdwin Groothuis 16891315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Oscar van Vlijmen (1999-12-11): 16901315084cSEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://www.mongoliatourism.gov.mn/general.htm"> 16911315084cSEdwin Groothuis# General Information Mongolia 16921315084cSEdwin Groothuis# </a> (1999-09) 16931315084cSEdwin Groothuis# "Time: Mongolia has two time zones. Three westernmost provinces of 16941315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Bayan-Ulgii, Uvs, and Hovd are one hour earlier than the capital city, and 16951315084cSEdwin Groothuis# the rest of the country follows the Ulaanbaatar time, which is UTC/GMT plus 16961315084cSEdwin Groothuis# eight hours." 16971315084cSEdwin Groothuis 16981315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Rives McDow (1999-12-13): 16991315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Mongolia discontinued the use of daylight savings time in 1999; 1998 17001315084cSEdwin Groothuis# being the last year it was implemented. The dates of implementation I am 17011315084cSEdwin Groothuis# unsure of, but most probably it was similar to Russia, except for the time 17021315084cSEdwin Groothuis# of implementation may have been different.... 17031315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Some maps in the past have indicated that there was an additional time 17041315084cSEdwin Groothuis# zone in the eastern part of Mongolia, including the provinces of Dornod, 17051315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Suhbaatar, and possibly Khentij. 17061315084cSEdwin Groothuis 17071315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Paul Eggert (1999-12-15): 17081315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Naming and spelling is tricky in Mongolia. 17091315084cSEdwin Groothuis# We'll use Hovd (also spelled Chovd and Khovd) to represent the west zone; 17101315084cSEdwin Groothuis# the capital of the Hovd province is sometimes called Hovd, sometimes Dund-Us, 17111315084cSEdwin Groothuis# and sometimes Jirgalanta (with variant spellings), but the name Hovd 17121315084cSEdwin Groothuis# is good enough for our purposes. 17131315084cSEdwin Groothuis 17141315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Rives McDow (2001-05-13): 17151315084cSEdwin Groothuis# In addition to Mongolia starting daylight savings as reported earlier 17161315084cSEdwin Groothuis# (adopted DST on 2001-04-27 02:00 local time, ending 2001-09-28), 17171315084cSEdwin Groothuis# there are three time zones. 17181315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 17191315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Provinces [at 7:00]: Bayan-ulgii, Uvs, Khovd, Zavkhan, Govi-Altai 17201315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Provinces [at 8:00]: Khovsgol, Bulgan, Arkhangai, Khentii, Tov, 17211315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Bayankhongor, Ovorkhangai, Dundgovi, Dornogovi, Omnogovi 17221315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Provinces [at 9:00]: Dornod, Sukhbaatar 17231315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 17241315084cSEdwin Groothuis# [The province of Selenge is omitted from the above lists.] 17251315084cSEdwin Groothuis 17261315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Ganbold Ts., Ulaanbaatar (2004-04-17): 17271315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Daylight saving occurs at 02:00 local time last Saturday of March. 17281315084cSEdwin Groothuis# It will change back to normal at 02:00 local time last Saturday of 17291315084cSEdwin Groothuis# September.... As I remember this rule was changed in 2001. 17301315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 17311315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Paul Eggert (2004-04-17): 17321315084cSEdwin Groothuis# For now, assume Rives McDow's informant got confused about Friday vs 17331315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Saturday, and that his 2001 dates should have 1 added to them. 17341315084cSEdwin Groothuis 17351315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Paul Eggert (2005-07-26): 17361315084cSEdwin Groothuis# We have wildly conflicting information about Mongolia's time zones. 17371315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Bill Bonnet (2005-05-19) reports that the US Embassy in Ulaanbaatar says 17381315084cSEdwin Groothuis# there is only one time zone and that DST is observed, citing Microsoft 17391315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Windows XP as the source. Risto Nykanen (2005-05-16) reports that 17401315084cSEdwin Groothuis# travelmongolia.org says there are two time zones (UTC+7, UTC+8) with no DST. 17411315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Oscar van Vlijmen (2005-05-20) reports that the Mongolian Embassy in 17421315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Washington, DC says there are two time zones, with DST observed. 17431315084cSEdwin Groothuis# He also found 17441315084cSEdwin Groothuis# <http://ubpost.mongolnews.mn/index.php?subaction=showcomments&id=1111634894&archive=&start_from=&ucat=1&> 17451315084cSEdwin Groothuis# which also says that there is DST, and which has a comment by "Toddius" 17461315084cSEdwin Groothuis# (2005-03-31 06:05 +0700) saying "Mongolia actually has 3.5 time zones. 17471315084cSEdwin Groothuis# The West (OLGII) is +7 GMT, most of the country is ULAT is +8 GMT 17481315084cSEdwin Groothuis# and some Eastern provinces are +9 GMT but Sukhbaatar Aimag is SUHK +8.5 GMT. 17491315084cSEdwin Groothuis# The SUKH timezone is new this year, it is one of the few things the 17501315084cSEdwin Groothuis# parliament passed during the tumultuous winter session." 17511315084cSEdwin Groothuis# For now, let's ignore this information, until we have more confirmation. 17521315084cSEdwin Groothuis 17531315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Ganbold Ts. (2007-02-26): 17541315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Parliament of Mongolia has just changed the daylight-saving rule in February. 17551315084cSEdwin Groothuis# They decided not to adopt daylight-saving time.... 17561315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.mongolnews.mn/index.php?module=unuudur&sec=view&id=15742 17571315084cSEdwin Groothuis 17581315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Deborah Goldsmith (2008-03-30): 17591315084cSEdwin Groothuis# We received a bug report claiming that the tz database UTC offset for 17601315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Asia/Choibalsan (GMT+09:00) is incorrect, and that it should be GMT 17611315084cSEdwin Groothuis# +08:00 instead. Different sources appear to disagree with the tz 17621315084cSEdwin Groothuis# database on this, e.g.: 17631315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 17641315084cSEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=1026"> 17651315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=1026 17661315084cSEdwin Groothuis# </a> 17671315084cSEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://www.worldtimeserver.com/current_time_in_MN.aspx"> 17681315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.worldtimeserver.com/current_time_in_MN.aspx 17691315084cSEdwin Groothuis# </a> 17701315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 17711315084cSEdwin Groothuis# both say GMT+08:00. 17721315084cSEdwin Groothuis 17731315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-03-31): 17741315084cSEdwin Groothuis# eznis airways, which operates several domestic flights, has a flight 17751315084cSEdwin Groothuis# schedule here: 17761315084cSEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://www.eznis.com/Container.jsp?id=112"> 17771315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.eznis.com/Container.jsp?id=112 17781315084cSEdwin Groothuis# </a> 17791315084cSEdwin Groothuis# (click the English flag for English) 17801315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 17811315084cSEdwin Groothuis# There it appears that flights between Choibalsan and Ulaanbatar arrive 17821315084cSEdwin Groothuis# about 1:35 - 1:50 hours later in local clock time, no matter the 17831315084cSEdwin Groothuis# direction, while Ulaanbaatar-Khvod takes 2 hours in the Eastern 17841315084cSEdwin Groothuis# direction and 3:35 back, which indicates that Ulaanbatar and Khvod are 17851315084cSEdwin Groothuis# in different time zones (like we know about), while Choibalsan and 17861315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Ulaanbatar are in the same time zone (correction needed). 17871315084cSEdwin Groothuis 17881315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Arthur David Olson (2008-05-19): 17891315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Assume that Choibalsan is indeed offset by 8:00. 17901315084cSEdwin Groothuis# XXX--in the absence of better information, assume that transition 17911315084cSEdwin Groothuis# was at the start of 2008-03-31 (the day of Steffen Thorsen's report); 17921315084cSEdwin Groothuis# this is almost surely wrong. 17931315084cSEdwin Groothuis 17941315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 17951315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Mongol 1983 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 17961315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Mongol 1983 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 17971315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Shanks & Pottenger and IATA SSIM say 1990s switches occurred at 00:00, 17981315084cSEdwin Groothuis# but McDow says the 2001 switches occurred at 02:00. Also, IATA SSIM 17991315084cSEdwin Groothuis# (1996-09) says 1996-10-25. Go with Shanks & Pottenger through 1998. 18001315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 18011315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Shanks & Pottenger say that the Sept. 1984 through Sept. 1990 switches 18021315084cSEdwin Groothuis# in Choibalsan (more precisely, in Dornod and Sukhbaatar) took place 18031315084cSEdwin Groothuis# at 02:00 standard time, not at 00:00 local time as in the rest of 18041315084cSEdwin Groothuis# the country. That would be odd, and possibly is a result of their 18051315084cSEdwin Groothuis# correction of 02:00 (in the previous edition) not being done correctly 18061315084cSEdwin Groothuis# in the latest edition; so ignore it for now. 18071315084cSEdwin Groothuis 18081315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Mongol 1985 1998 - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S 18091315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Mongol 1984 1998 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - 18101315084cSEdwin Groothuis# IATA SSIM (1999-09) says Mongolia no longer observes DST. 18111315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Mongol 2001 only - Apr lastSat 2:00 1:00 S 18121315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Mongol 2001 2006 - Sep lastSat 2:00 0 - 18131315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Mongol 2002 2006 - Mar lastSat 2:00 1:00 S 18141315084cSEdwin Groothuis 18151315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 18161315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Hovd, a.k.a. Chovd, Dund-Us, Dzhargalant, Khovd, Jirgalanta 18171315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Asia/Hovd 6:06:36 - LMT 1905 Aug 18181315084cSEdwin Groothuis 6:00 - HOVT 1978 # Hovd Time 18191315084cSEdwin Groothuis 7:00 Mongol HOV%sT 18201315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Ulaanbaatar, a.k.a. Ulan Bataar, Ulan Bator, Urga 18211315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Asia/Ulaanbaatar 7:07:32 - LMT 1905 Aug 18221315084cSEdwin Groothuis 7:00 - ULAT 1978 # Ulaanbaatar Time 18231315084cSEdwin Groothuis 8:00 Mongol ULA%sT 18241315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Choibalsan, a.k.a. Bajan Tuemen, Bajan Tumen, Chojbalsan, 18251315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Choybalsan, Sanbejse, Tchoibalsan 18261315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Asia/Choibalsan 7:38:00 - LMT 1905 Aug 18271315084cSEdwin Groothuis 7:00 - ULAT 1978 18281315084cSEdwin Groothuis 8:00 - ULAT 1983 Apr 18291315084cSEdwin Groothuis 9:00 Mongol CHO%sT 2008 Mar 31 # Choibalsan Time 18301315084cSEdwin Groothuis 8:00 Mongol CHO%sT 18311315084cSEdwin Groothuis 18321315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Nepal 18331315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 18341315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Asia/Kathmandu 5:41:16 - LMT 1920 18351315084cSEdwin Groothuis 5:30 - IST 1986 18361315084cSEdwin Groothuis 5:45 - NPT # Nepal Time 18371315084cSEdwin Groothuis 18381315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Oman 1839eb185a68SEdwin Groothuis 1840eb185a68SEdwin Groothuis# Milne says 3:54:24 was the meridian of the Muscat Tidal Observatory. 1841eb185a68SEdwin Groothuis 18421315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1843eb185a68SEdwin GroothuisZone Asia/Muscat 3:54:24 - LMT 1920 18441315084cSEdwin Groothuis 4:00 - GST 18451315084cSEdwin Groothuis 18461315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Pakistan 18471315084cSEdwin Groothuis 18481315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Rives McDow (2002-03-13): 18491315084cSEdwin Groothuis# I have been advised that Pakistan has decided to adopt dst on a 18501315084cSEdwin Groothuis# TRIAL basis for one year, starting 00:01 local time on April 7, 2002 18511315084cSEdwin Groothuis# and ending at 00:01 local time October 6, 2002. This is what I was 18521315084cSEdwin Groothuis# told, but I believe that the actual time of change may be 00:00; the 18531315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 00:01 was to make it clear which day it was on. 18541315084cSEdwin Groothuis 18551315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Paul Eggert (2002-03-15): 18561315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Jesper Norgaard found this URL: 18571315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.pak.gov.pk/public/news/app/app06_dec.htm 18581315084cSEdwin Groothuis# (dated 2001-12-06) which says that the Cabinet adopted a scheme "to 18591315084cSEdwin Groothuis# advance the clocks by one hour on the night between the first 18601315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Saturday and Sunday of April and revert to the original position on 18611315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 15th October each year". This agrees with McDow's 04-07 at 00:00, 18621315084cSEdwin Groothuis# but disagrees about the October transition, and makes it sound like 18631315084cSEdwin Groothuis# it's not on a trial basis. Also, the "between the first Saturday 18641315084cSEdwin Groothuis# and Sunday of April" phrase, if taken literally, means that the 18651315084cSEdwin Groothuis# transition takes place at 00:00 on the first Sunday on or after 04-02. 18661315084cSEdwin Groothuis 18671315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Paul Eggert (2003-02-09): 18681315084cSEdwin Groothuis# DAWN <http://www.dawn.com/2002/10/06/top13.htm> reported on 2002-10-05 18691315084cSEdwin Groothuis# that 2002 DST ended that day at midnight. Go with McDow for now. 18701315084cSEdwin Groothuis 18711315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Steffen Thorsen (2003-03-14): 18721315084cSEdwin Groothuis# According to http://www.dawn.com/2003/03/07/top15.htm 18731315084cSEdwin Groothuis# there will be no DST in Pakistan this year: 18741315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 18751315084cSEdwin Groothuis# ISLAMABAD, March 6: Information and Media Development Minister Sheikh 18761315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Rashid Ahmed on Thursday said the cabinet had reversed a previous 18771315084cSEdwin Groothuis# decision to advance clocks by one hour in summer and put them back by 18781315084cSEdwin Groothuis# one hour in winter with the aim of saving light hours and energy. 18791315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 18801315084cSEdwin Groothuis# The minister told a news conference that the experiment had rather 18811315084cSEdwin Groothuis# shown 8 per cent higher consumption of electricity. 18821315084cSEdwin Groothuis 18831315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-15): 18841315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 18851315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Here is an article that Pakistan plan to introduce Daylight Saving Time 18861315084cSEdwin Groothuis# on June 1, 2008 for 3 months. 18871315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 18881315084cSEdwin Groothuis# "... The federal cabinet on Wednesday announced a new conservation plan to help 18891315084cSEdwin Groothuis# reduce load shedding by approving the closure of commercial centres at 9pm and 18901315084cSEdwin Groothuis# moving clocks forward by one hour for the next three months. 18911315084cSEdwin Groothuis# ...." 18921315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 18931315084cSEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_pakistan01.html"> 18941315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_pakistan01.html 18951315084cSEdwin Groothuis# </a> 18961315084cSEdwin Groothuis# OR 18971315084cSEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C05%5C15%5Cstory_15-5-2008_pg1_4"> 18981315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C05%5C15%5Cstory_15-5-2008_pg1_4 18991315084cSEdwin Groothuis# </a> 19001315084cSEdwin Groothuis 19011315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Arthur David Olson (2008-05-19): 19021315084cSEdwin Groothuis# XXX--midnight transitions is a guess; 2008 only is a guess. 19031315084cSEdwin Groothuis 19041315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2008-08-28): 19051315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Pakistan government has decided to keep the watches one-hour advanced 19061315084cSEdwin Groothuis# for another 2 months--plan to return to Standard Time on October 31 19071315084cSEdwin Groothuis# instead of August 31. 19081315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 19091315084cSEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_pakistan02.html"> 19101315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_pakistan02.html 19111315084cSEdwin Groothuis# </a> 19121315084cSEdwin Groothuis# OR 19131315084cSEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://dailymailnews.com/200808/28/news/dmbrn03.html"> 19141315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://dailymailnews.com/200808/28/news/dmbrn03.html 19151315084cSEdwin Groothuis# </a> 19161315084cSEdwin Groothuis 19171315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-04-08): 19181315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Based on previous media reports that "... proposed plan to 19191315084cSEdwin Groothuis# advance clocks by one hour from May 1 will cause disturbance 19201315084cSEdwin Groothuis# to the working schedules rather than bringing discipline in 19211315084cSEdwin Groothuis# official working." 19221315084cSEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=171280"> 19231315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=171280 19241315084cSEdwin Groothuis# </a> 19251315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 19261315084cSEdwin Groothuis# recent news that instead of May 2009 - Pakistan plan to 19271315084cSEdwin Groothuis# introduce DST from April 15, 2009 19281315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 19291315084cSEdwin Groothuis# FYI: Associated Press Of Pakistan 19301315084cSEdwin Groothuis# April 08, 2009 19311315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Cabinet okays proposal to advance clocks by one hour from April 15 19321315084cSEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=73043&Itemid=1"> 19331315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=73043&Itemid=1 19341315084cSEdwin Groothuis# </a> 19351315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 19361315084cSEdwin Groothuis# or 19371315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 19381315084cSEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_pakistan05.html"> 19391315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_pakistan05.html 19401315084cSEdwin Groothuis# </a> 19411315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 19421315084cSEdwin Groothuis# .... 19431315084cSEdwin Groothuis# The Federal Cabinet on Wednesday approved the proposal to 19441315084cSEdwin Groothuis# advance clocks in the country by one hour from April 15 to 19451315084cSEdwin Groothuis# conserve energy" 19461315084cSEdwin Groothuis 19471315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-09-17): 19481315084cSEdwin Groothuis# "The News International," Pakistan reports that: "The Federal 19491315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Government has decided to restore the previous time by moving the 19501315084cSEdwin Groothuis# clocks backward by one hour from October 1. A formal announcement to 19511315084cSEdwin Groothuis# this effect will be made after the Prime Minister grants approval in 19521315084cSEdwin Groothuis# this regard." 19531315084cSEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=87168"> 19541315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=87168 19551315084cSEdwin Groothuis# </a> 19561315084cSEdwin Groothuis 19571315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-09-28): 19581315084cSEdwin Groothuis# According to Associated Press Of Pakistan, it is confirmed that 19591315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Pakistan clocks across the country would be turned back by an hour from October 19601315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 1, 2009. 19611315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 19621315084cSEdwin Groothuis# "Clocks to go back one hour from 1 Oct" 19631315084cSEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=86715&Itemid=2"> 19641315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=86715&Itemid=2 19651315084cSEdwin Groothuis# </a> 19661315084cSEdwin Groothuis# or 19671315084cSEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_pakistan07.htm"> 19681315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_pakistan07.htm 19691315084cSEdwin Groothuis# </a> 19701315084cSEdwin Groothuis 19711315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-09-29): 19721315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Alexander Krivenyshev wrote: 19731315084cSEdwin Groothuis# > According to Associated Press Of Pakistan, it is confirmed that 19741315084cSEdwin Groothuis# > Pakistan clocks across the country would be turned back by an hour from October 19751315084cSEdwin Groothuis# > 1, 2009. 19761315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 19771315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Now they seem to have changed their mind, November 1 is the new date: 19781315084cSEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=24742"> 19791315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=24742 19801315084cSEdwin Groothuis# </a> 19811315084cSEdwin Groothuis# "The country's clocks will be reversed by one hour on November 1. 19821315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Officials of Federal Ministry for Interior told this to Geo News on 19831315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Monday." 19841315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 19851315084cSEdwin Groothuis# And more importantly, it seems that these dates will be kept every year: 19861315084cSEdwin Groothuis# "It has now been decided that clocks will be wound forward by one hour 19871315084cSEdwin Groothuis# on April 15 and reversed by an hour on November 1 every year without 19881315084cSEdwin Groothuis# obtaining prior approval, the officials added." 19891315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 19901315084cSEdwin Groothuis# We have confirmed this year's end date with both with the Ministry of 19911315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Water and Power and the Pakistan Electric Power Company: 19921315084cSEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/pakistan-ends-dst09.html"> 19931315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/pakistan-ends-dst09.html 19941315084cSEdwin Groothuis# </a> 19951315084cSEdwin Groothuis 19961315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Christoph Goehre (2009-10-01): 19971315084cSEdwin Groothuis# [T]he German Consulate General in Karachi reported me today that Pakistan 19981315084cSEdwin Groothuis# will go back to standard time on 1st of November. 19991315084cSEdwin Groothuis 2000696dd8f4SEdwin Groothuis# From Steffen Thorsen (2010-03-26): 2001696dd8f4SEdwin Groothuis# Steffen Thorsen wrote: 2002696dd8f4SEdwin Groothuis# > On Thursday (2010-03-25) it was announced that DST would start in 2003696dd8f4SEdwin Groothuis# > Pakistan on 2010-04-01. 2004696dd8f4SEdwin Groothuis# > 2005696dd8f4SEdwin Groothuis# > Then today, the president said that they might have to revert the 2006696dd8f4SEdwin Groothuis# > decision if it is not supported by the parliament. So at the time 2007696dd8f4SEdwin Groothuis# > being, it seems unclear if DST will be actually observed or not - but 2008696dd8f4SEdwin Groothuis# > April 1 could be a more likely date than April 15. 2009696dd8f4SEdwin Groothuis# Now, it seems that the decision to not observe DST in final: 2010696dd8f4SEdwin Groothuis# 2011696dd8f4SEdwin Groothuis# "Govt Withdraws Plan To Advance Clocks" 2012696dd8f4SEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://www.apakistannews.com/govt-withdraws-plan-to-advance-clocks-172041"> 2013696dd8f4SEdwin Groothuis# http://www.apakistannews.com/govt-withdraws-plan-to-advance-clocks-172041 2014696dd8f4SEdwin Groothuis# </a> 2015696dd8f4SEdwin Groothuis# 2016696dd8f4SEdwin Groothuis# "People laud PM's announcement to end DST" 2017696dd8f4SEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=99374&Itemid=2"> 2018696dd8f4SEdwin Groothuis# http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=99374&Itemid=2 2019696dd8f4SEdwin Groothuis# </a> 2020696dd8f4SEdwin Groothuis 20211315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 20221315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Pakistan 2002 only - Apr Sun>=2 0:01 1:00 S 20231315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Pakistan 2002 only - Oct Sun>=2 0:01 0 - 20241315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Pakistan 2008 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S 20251315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Pakistan 2008 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 - 2026696dd8f4SEdwin GroothuisRule Pakistan 2009 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 S 2027696dd8f4SEdwin GroothuisRule Pakistan 2009 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 - 2028696dd8f4SEdwin Groothuis 20291315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 20301315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907 20311315084cSEdwin Groothuis 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep 20321315084cSEdwin Groothuis 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 15 20331315084cSEdwin Groothuis 5:30 - IST 1951 Sep 30 20341315084cSEdwin Groothuis 5:00 - KART 1971 Mar 26 # Karachi Time 20351315084cSEdwin Groothuis 5:00 Pakistan PK%sT # Pakistan Time 20361315084cSEdwin Groothuis 20371315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Palestine 20381315084cSEdwin Groothuis 20391315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Amos Shapir (1998-02-15): 20401315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 20411315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From 1917 until 1948-05-15, all of Palestine, including the parts now 20421315084cSEdwin Groothuis# known as the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, was under British rule. 20431315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Therefore the rules given for Israel for that period, apply there too... 20441315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 20451315084cSEdwin Groothuis# The Gaza Strip was under Egyptian rule between 1948-05-15 until 1967-06-05 20461315084cSEdwin Groothuis# (except a short occupation by Israel from 1956-11 till 1957-03, but no 20471315084cSEdwin Groothuis# time zone was affected then). It was never formally annexed to Egypt, 20481315084cSEdwin Groothuis# though. 20491315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 20501315084cSEdwin Groothuis# The rest of Palestine was under Jordanian rule at that time, formally 20511315084cSEdwin Groothuis# annexed in 1950 as the West Bank (and the word "Trans" was dropped from 20521315084cSEdwin Groothuis# the country's previous name of "the Hashemite Kingdom of the 20531315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Trans-Jordan"). So the rules for Jordan for that time apply. Major 20541315084cSEdwin Groothuis# towns in that area are Nablus (Shchem), El-Halil (Hebron), Ramallah, and 20551315084cSEdwin Groothuis# East Jerusalem. 20561315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 20571315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Both areas were occupied by Israel in June 1967, but not annexed (except 20581315084cSEdwin Groothuis# for East Jerusalem). They were on Israel time since then; there might 20591315084cSEdwin Groothuis# have been a Military Governor's order about time zones, but I'm not aware 20601315084cSEdwin Groothuis# of any (such orders may have been issued semi-annually whenever summer 20611315084cSEdwin Groothuis# time was in effect, but maybe the legal aspect of time was just neglected). 20621315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 20631315084cSEdwin Groothuis# The Palestinian Authority was established in 1993, and got hold of most 20641315084cSEdwin Groothuis# towns in the West Bank and Gaza by 1995. I know that in order to 20651315084cSEdwin Groothuis# demonstrate...independence, they have been switching to 20661315084cSEdwin Groothuis# summer time and back on a different schedule than Israel's, but I don't 20671315084cSEdwin Groothuis# know when this was started, or what algorithm is used (most likely the 20681315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Jordanian one). 20691315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 20701315084cSEdwin Groothuis# To summarize, the table should probably look something like that: 20711315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 20721315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Area \ when | 1918-1947 | 1948-1967 | 1967-1995 | 1996- 20731315084cSEdwin Groothuis# ------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+----------- 20741315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Israel | Zion | Zion | Zion | Zion 20751315084cSEdwin Groothuis# West bank | Zion | Jordan | Zion | Jordan 20761315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Gaza | Zion | Egypt | Zion | Jordan 20771315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 20781315084cSEdwin Groothuis# I guess more info may be available from the PA's web page (if/when they 20791315084cSEdwin Groothuis# have one). 20801315084cSEdwin Groothuis 20811315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): 20821315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Shanks & Pottenger write that Gaza did not observe DST until 1957, but go 20831315084cSEdwin Groothuis# with Shapir and assume that it observed DST from 1940 through 1947, 20841315084cSEdwin Groothuis# and that it used Jordanian rules starting in 1996. 20851315084cSEdwin Groothuis# We don't yet need a separate entry for the West Bank, since 20861315084cSEdwin Groothuis# the only differences between it and Gaza that we know about 20871315084cSEdwin Groothuis# occurred before our cutoff date of 1970. 20881315084cSEdwin Groothuis# However, as we get more information, we may need to add entries 20891315084cSEdwin Groothuis# for parts of the West Bank as they transitioned from Israel's rules 2090f09b8c49SEdwin Groothuis# to Palestine's rules. 20911315084cSEdwin Groothuis 20921315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From IINS News Service - Israel - 1998-03-23 10:38:07 Israel time, 20931315084cSEdwin Groothuis# forwarded by Ephraim Silverberg: 20941315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 20951315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Despite the fact that Israel changed over to daylight savings time 20961315084cSEdwin Groothuis# last week, the PLO Authority (PA) has decided not to turn its clocks 20971315084cSEdwin Groothuis# one-hour forward at this time. As a sign of independence from Israeli rule, 20981315084cSEdwin Groothuis# the PA has decided to implement DST in April. 20991315084cSEdwin Groothuis 21001315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Paul Eggert (1999-09-20): 21011315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Daoud Kuttab writes in 21021315084cSEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://www.jpost.com/com/Archive/22.Apr.1999/Opinion/Article-2.html"> 21031315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Holiday havoc 21041315084cSEdwin Groothuis# </a> (Jerusalem Post, 1999-04-22) that 21051315084cSEdwin Groothuis# the Palestinian National Authority changed to DST on 1999-04-15. 21061315084cSEdwin Groothuis# I vaguely recall that they switch back in October (sorry, forgot the source). 21071315084cSEdwin Groothuis# For now, let's assume that the spring switch was at 24:00, 21081315084cSEdwin Groothuis# and that they switch at 0:00 on the 3rd Fridays of April and October. 21091315084cSEdwin Groothuis 21101315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Paul Eggert (2005-11-22): 21111315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Starting 2004 transitions are from Steffen Thorsen's web site timeanddate.com. 21121315084cSEdwin Groothuis 21131315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Steffen Thorsen (2005-11-23): 21141315084cSEdwin Groothuis# A user from Gaza reported that Gaza made the change early because of 21151315084cSEdwin Groothuis# the Ramadan. Next year Ramadan will be even earlier, so I think 21161315084cSEdwin Groothuis# there is a good chance next year's end date will be around two weeks 21171315084cSEdwin Groothuis# earlier--the same goes for Jordan. 21181315084cSEdwin Groothuis 21191315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Steffen Thorsen (2006-08-17): 21201315084cSEdwin Groothuis# I was informed by a user in Bethlehem that in Bethlehem it started the 21211315084cSEdwin Groothuis# same day as Israel, and after checking with other users in the area, I 21221315084cSEdwin Groothuis# was informed that they started DST one day after Israel. I was not 21231315084cSEdwin Groothuis# able to find any authoritative sources at the time, nor details if 21241315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Gaza changed as well, but presumed Gaza to follow the same rules as 21251315084cSEdwin Groothuis# the West Bank. 21261315084cSEdwin Groothuis 21271315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Steffen Thorsen (2006-09-26): 21281315084cSEdwin Groothuis# according to the Palestine News Network (2006-09-19): 21291315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://english.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=596&Itemid=5 21301315084cSEdwin Groothuis# > The Council of Ministers announced that this year its winter schedule 21311315084cSEdwin Groothuis# > will begin early, as of midnight Thursday. It is also time to turn 21321315084cSEdwin Groothuis# > back the clocks for winter. Friday will begin an hour late this week. 21331315084cSEdwin Groothuis# I guess it is likely that next year's date will be moved as well, 21341315084cSEdwin Groothuis# because of the Ramadan. 21351315084cSEdwin Groothuis 21361315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2007-09-18): 21371315084cSEdwin Groothuis# According to Steffen Thorsen's web site the Gaza Strip and the rest of the 21381315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Palestinian territories left DST early on 13.th. of September at 2:00. 21391315084cSEdwin Groothuis 21401315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Paul Eggert (2007-09-20): 21411315084cSEdwin Groothuis# My understanding is that Gaza and the West Bank disagree even over when 21421315084cSEdwin Groothuis# the weekend is (Thursday+Friday versus Friday+Saturday), so I'd be a bit 21431315084cSEdwin Groothuis# surprised if they agreed about DST. But for now, assume they agree. 21441315084cSEdwin Groothuis# For lack of better information, predict that future changes will be 21451315084cSEdwin Groothuis# the 2nd Thursday of September at 02:00. 21461315084cSEdwin Groothuis 21471315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2008-08-28): 21481315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Here is an article, that Mideast running on different clocks at Ramadan. 21491315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 21501315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Gaza Strip (as Egypt) ended DST at midnight Thursday (Aug 28, 2008), while 21511315084cSEdwin Groothuis# the West Bank will end Daylight Saving Time at midnight Sunday (Aug 31, 2008). 21521315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 21531315084cSEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/7759001"> 21541315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/7759001 21551315084cSEdwin Groothuis# </a> 21561315084cSEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://www.abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=5676087"> 21571315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=5676087 21581315084cSEdwin Groothuis# </a> 21591315084cSEdwin Groothuis# or 21601315084cSEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_gazastrip01.html"> 21611315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_gazastrip01.html 21621315084cSEdwin Groothuis# </a> 21631315084cSEdwin Groothuis 21641315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-03-26): 21651315084cSEdwin Groothuis# According to the Palestine News Network (arabic.pnn.ps), Palestinian 21661315084cSEdwin Groothuis# government decided to start Daylight Time on Thursday night March 21671315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 26 and continue until the night of 27 September 2009. 21681315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 21691315084cSEdwin Groothuis# (in Arabic) 21701315084cSEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://arabic.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=50850"> 21711315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://arabic.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=50850 21721315084cSEdwin Groothuis# </a> 21731315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 21741315084cSEdwin Groothuis# or 21751315084cSEdwin Groothuis# (English translation) 21761315084cSEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_westbank01.html"> 21771315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_westbank01.html 21781315084cSEdwin Groothuis# </a> 21791315084cSEdwin Groothuis 21801315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-08-31): 21811315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Palestine's Council of Ministers announced that they will revert back to 21821315084cSEdwin Groothuis# winter time on Friday, 2009-09-04. 21831315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 21841315084cSEdwin Groothuis# One news source: 21851315084cSEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://www.safa.ps/ara/?action=showdetail&seid=4158"> 21861315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.safa.ps/ara/?action=showdetail&seid=4158 21871315084cSEdwin Groothuis# </a> 21881315084cSEdwin Groothuis# (Palestinian press agency, Arabic), 21891315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Google translate: "Decided that the Palestinian government in Ramallah 21901315084cSEdwin Groothuis# headed by Salam Fayyad, the start of work in time for the winter of 21911315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 2009, starting on Friday approved the fourth delay Sept. clock sixty 21921315084cSEdwin Groothuis# minutes per hour as of Friday morning." 21931315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 21941315084cSEdwin Groothuis# We are not sure if Gaza will do the same, last year they had a different 21951315084cSEdwin Groothuis# end date, we will keep this page updated: 21961315084cSEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/westbank-gaza-dst-2009.html"> 21971315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/westbank-gaza-dst-2009.html 21981315084cSEdwin Groothuis# </a> 21991315084cSEdwin Groothuis 22001315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-09-02): 22011315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Seems that Gaza Strip will go back to Winter Time same date as West Bank. 22021315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 22031315084cSEdwin Groothuis# According to Palestinian Ministry Of Interior, West Bank and Gaza Strip plan 22041315084cSEdwin Groothuis# to change time back to Standard time on September 4, 2009. 22051315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 22061315084cSEdwin Groothuis# "Winter time unite the West Bank and Gaza" 22071315084cSEdwin Groothuis# (from Palestinian National Authority): 22081315084cSEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://www.moi.gov.ps/en/?page=633167343250594025&nid=11505 22091315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.moi.gov.ps/en/?page=633167343250594025&nid=11505 22101315084cSEdwin Groothuis# </a> 22111315084cSEdwin Groothuis# or 22121315084cSEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_gazastrip02.html> 22131315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_gazastrip02.html 22141315084cSEdwin Groothuis# </a> 22151315084cSEdwin Groothuis 2216ce28d23bSEdwin Groothuis# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-03-19): 2217ce28d23bSEdwin Groothuis# According to Voice of Palestine DST will last for 191 days, from March 2218ce28d23bSEdwin Groothuis# 26, 2010 till "the last Sunday before the tenth day of Tishri 2219ce28d23bSEdwin Groothuis# (October), each year" (October 03, 2010?) 2220ce28d23bSEdwin Groothuis# 2221ce28d23bSEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://palvoice.org/forums/showthread.php?t=245697"> 2222ce28d23bSEdwin Groothuis# http://palvoice.org/forums/showthread.php?t=245697 2223ce28d23bSEdwin Groothuis# </a> 2224ce28d23bSEdwin Groothuis# (in Arabic) 2225ce28d23bSEdwin Groothuis# or 2226ce28d23bSEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_westbank03.html"> 2227ce28d23bSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_westbank03.html 2228ce28d23bSEdwin Groothuis# </a> 2229ce28d23bSEdwin Groothuis 2230ce28d23bSEdwin Groothuis# From Steffen Thorsen (2010-03-24): 2231ce28d23bSEdwin Groothuis# ...Ma'an News Agency reports that Hamas cabinet has decided it will 2232ce28d23bSEdwin Groothuis# start one day later, at 12:01am. Not sure if they really mean 12:01am or 2233ce28d23bSEdwin Groothuis# noon though: 2234ce28d23bSEdwin Groothuis# 2235ce28d23bSEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=271178"> 2236ce28d23bSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=271178 2237ce28d23bSEdwin Groothuis# </a> 2238ce28d23bSEdwin Groothuis# (Ma'an News Agency) 2239ce28d23bSEdwin Groothuis# "At 12:01am Friday, clocks in Israel and the West Bank will change to 2240ce28d23bSEdwin Groothuis# 1:01am, while Gaza clocks will change at 12:01am Saturday morning." 2241ce28d23bSEdwin Groothuis 22427d2cde9fSEdwin Groothuis# From Steffen Thorsen (2010-08-11): 22437d2cde9fSEdwin Groothuis# According to several sources, including 22447d2cde9fSEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=306795"> 22457d2cde9fSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=306795 22467d2cde9fSEdwin Groothuis# </a> 22477d2cde9fSEdwin Groothuis# the clocks were set back one hour at 2010-08-11 00:00:00 local time in 22487d2cde9fSEdwin Groothuis# Gaza and the West Bank. 22497d2cde9fSEdwin Groothuis# Some more background info: 22507d2cde9fSEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/westbank-gaza-end-dst-2010.html"> 22517d2cde9fSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/westbank-gaza-end-dst-2010.html 22527d2cde9fSEdwin Groothuis# </a> 22537d2cde9fSEdwin Groothuis 2254958890b7SEdwin Groothuis# From Steffen Thorsen (2011-08-26): 2255958890b7SEdwin Groothuis# Gaza and the West Bank did go back to standard time in the beginning of 2256958890b7SEdwin Groothuis# August, and will now enter daylight saving time again on 2011-08-30 2257958890b7SEdwin Groothuis# 00:00 (so two periods of DST in 2011). The pause was because of 2258958890b7SEdwin Groothuis# Ramadan. 2259958890b7SEdwin Groothuis# 2260958890b7SEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=416217"> 2261958890b7SEdwin Groothuis# http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=416217 2262958890b7SEdwin Groothuis# </a> 2263958890b7SEdwin Groothuis# Additional info: 2264958890b7SEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/palestine-dst-2011.html"> 2265958890b7SEdwin Groothuis# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/palestine-dst-2011.html 2266958890b7SEdwin Groothuis# </a> 2267958890b7SEdwin Groothuis 2268958890b7SEdwin Groothuis# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-08-27): 2269958890b7SEdwin Groothuis# According to the article in The Jerusalem Post: 2270958890b7SEdwin Groothuis# "...Earlier this month, the Palestinian government in the West Bank decided to 2271958890b7SEdwin Groothuis# move to standard time for 30 days, during Ramadan. The Palestinians in the 2272958890b7SEdwin Groothuis# Gaza Strip accepted the change and also moved their clocks one hour back. 2273958890b7SEdwin Groothuis# The Hamas government said on Saturday that it won't observe summertime after 2274958890b7SEdwin Groothuis# the Muslim feast of Id al-Fitr, which begins on Tuesday..." 2275958890b7SEdwin Groothuis# ... 2276958890b7SEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=235650"> 2277958890b7SEdwin Groothuis# http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=235650 2278958890b7SEdwin Groothuis# </a> 2279958890b7SEdwin Groothuis# or 2280958890b7SEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_gazastrip05.html"> 2281958890b7SEdwin Groothuis# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_gazastrip05.html 2282958890b7SEdwin Groothuis# </a> 22831315084cSEdwin Groothuis# The rules for Egypt are stolen from the `africa' file. 2284958890b7SEdwin Groothuis 2285958890b7SEdwin Groothuis# From Steffen Thorsen (2011-09-30): 2286958890b7SEdwin Groothuis# West Bank did end Daylight Saving Time this morning/midnight (2011-09-30 2287958890b7SEdwin Groothuis# 00:00). 2288958890b7SEdwin Groothuis# So West Bank and Gaza now have the same time again. 2289958890b7SEdwin Groothuis# 2290958890b7SEdwin Groothuis# Many sources, including: 2291958890b7SEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=424808"> 2292958890b7SEdwin Groothuis# http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=424808 2293958890b7SEdwin Groothuis# </a> 2294958890b7SEdwin Groothuis 22953797824cSEdwin Groothuis# From Steffen Thorsen (2012-03-26): 22963797824cSEdwin Groothuis# Palestinian news sources tell that both Gaza and West Bank will start DST 22973797824cSEdwin Groothuis# on Friday (Thursday midnight, 2012-03-29 24:00). 22983797824cSEdwin Groothuis# Some of many sources in Arabic: 22993797824cSEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://www.samanews.com/index.php?act=Show&id=122638"> 23003797824cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.samanews.com/index.php?act=Show&id=122638 23013797824cSEdwin Groothuis# </a> 23023797824cSEdwin Groothuis# 23033797824cSEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://safa.ps/details/news/74352/%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B6%D9%81%D8%A9-%D9%88%D8%BA%D8%B2%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A9.html"> 23043797824cSEdwin Groothuis# http://safa.ps/details/news/74352/%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B6%D9%81%D8%A9-%D9%88%D8%BA%D8%B2%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A9.html 23053797824cSEdwin Groothuis# </a> 23063797824cSEdwin Groothuis# 23073797824cSEdwin Groothuis# Our brief summary: 23083797824cSEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/gaza-west-bank-dst-2012.html"> 23093797824cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/gaza-west-bank-dst-2012.html 23103797824cSEdwin Groothuis# </a> 23113797824cSEdwin Groothuis 2312b1fd06c7SEdwin Groothuis# From Steffen Thorsen (2013-03-26): 2313b1fd06c7SEdwin Groothuis# The following news sources tells that Palestine will "start daylight saving 2314b1fd06c7SEdwin Groothuis# time from midnight on Friday, March 29, 2013" (translated). 2315b1fd06c7SEdwin Groothuis# [These are in Arabic and are for Gaza and for Ramallah, respectively.] 2316b1fd06c7SEdwin Groothuis# http://www.samanews.com/index.php?act=Show&id=154120 2317b1fd06c7SEdwin Groothuis# http://safa.ps/details/news/99844/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87-%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A-29-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A.html 2318b1fd06c7SEdwin Groothuis 2319c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis# From Steffen Thorsen (2013-09-24): 2320c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis# The Gaza and West Bank are ending DST Thursday at midnight 2321c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis# (2013-09-27 00:00:00) (one hour earlier than last year...). 2322c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis# This source in English, says "that winter time will go into effect 2323c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis# at midnight on Thursday in the West Bank and Gaza Strip": 2324c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis# http://english.wafa.ps/index.php?action=detail&id=23246 2325c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis# official source...: 2326c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis# http://www.palestinecabinet.gov.ps/ar/Views/ViewDetails.aspx?pid=1252 2327c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis 2328c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis# From Paul Eggert (2013-09-24): 2329b1fd06c7SEdwin Groothuis# For future dates, guess the last Thursday in March at 24:00 through 2330c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis# the first Friday on or after September 21 at 00:00. This is consistent with 2331b1fd06c7SEdwin Groothuis# the predictions in today's editions of the following URLs, 2332b1fd06c7SEdwin Groothuis# which are for Gaza and Hebron respectively: 2333b1fd06c7SEdwin Groothuis# http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/timezone.html?n=702 2334b1fd06c7SEdwin Groothuis# http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/timezone.html?n=2364 23353797824cSEdwin Groothuis 23361315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 23371315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule EgyptAsia 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S 23381315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule EgyptAsia 1957 1958 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 23391315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule EgyptAsia 1958 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 23401315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule EgyptAsia 1959 1967 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S 23411315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule EgyptAsia 1959 1965 - Sep 30 3:00 0 - 23421315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule EgyptAsia 1966 only - Oct 1 3:00 0 - 23431315084cSEdwin Groothuis 23441315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Palestine 1999 2005 - Apr Fri>=15 0:00 1:00 S 23451315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Palestine 1999 2003 - Oct Fri>=15 0:00 0 - 23461315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Palestine 2004 only - Oct 1 1:00 0 - 23471315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Palestine 2005 only - Oct 4 2:00 0 - 2348b1fd06c7SEdwin GroothuisRule Palestine 2006 2007 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 23491315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Palestine 2006 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 - 23501315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Palestine 2007 only - Sep Thu>=8 2:00 0 - 2351b1fd06c7SEdwin GroothuisRule Palestine 2008 2009 - Mar lastFri 0:00 1:00 S 2352b1fd06c7SEdwin GroothuisRule Palestine 2008 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 - 2353b1fd06c7SEdwin GroothuisRule Palestine 2009 only - Sep Fri>=1 1:00 0 - 2354b1fd06c7SEdwin GroothuisRule Palestine 2010 only - Mar 26 0:00 1:00 S 23557d2cde9fSEdwin GroothuisRule Palestine 2010 only - Aug 11 0:00 0 - 2356b1fd06c7SEdwin GroothuisRule Palestine 2011 only - Apr 1 0:01 1:00 S 2357b1fd06c7SEdwin GroothuisRule Palestine 2011 only - Aug 1 0:00 0 - 2358b1fd06c7SEdwin GroothuisRule Palestine 2011 only - Aug 30 0:00 1:00 S 2359b1fd06c7SEdwin GroothuisRule Palestine 2011 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 - 2360b1fd06c7SEdwin GroothuisRule Palestine 2012 max - Mar lastThu 24:00 1:00 S 2361c26a5802SEdwin GroothuisRule Palestine 2012 only - Sep 21 1:00 0 - 2362c26a5802SEdwin GroothuisRule Palestine 2013 max - Sep Fri>=21 0:00 0 - 2363958890b7SEdwin Groothuis 23641315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 23651315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct 23661315084cSEdwin Groothuis 2:00 Zion EET 1948 May 15 23671315084cSEdwin Groothuis 2:00 EgyptAsia EE%sT 1967 Jun 5 23681315084cSEdwin Groothuis 2:00 Zion I%sT 1996 23691315084cSEdwin Groothuis 2:00 Jordan EE%sT 1999 2370b1fd06c7SEdwin Groothuis 2:00 Palestine EE%sT 2008 Aug 29 0:00 2371b1fd06c7SEdwin Groothuis 2:00 - EET 2008 Sep 2372b1fd06c7SEdwin Groothuis 2:00 Palestine EE%sT 2010 2373b1fd06c7SEdwin Groothuis 2:00 - EET 2010 Mar 27 0:01 2374b1fd06c7SEdwin Groothuis 2:00 Palestine EE%sT 2011 Aug 1 2375b1fd06c7SEdwin Groothuis 2:00 - EET 2012 2376b1fd06c7SEdwin Groothuis 2:00 Palestine EE%sT 2377958890b7SEdwin Groothuis 2378958890b7SEdwin GroothuisZone Asia/Hebron 2:20:23 - LMT 1900 Oct 2379958890b7SEdwin Groothuis 2:00 Zion EET 1948 May 15 2380958890b7SEdwin Groothuis 2:00 EgyptAsia EE%sT 1967 Jun 5 2381958890b7SEdwin Groothuis 2:00 Zion I%sT 1996 2382958890b7SEdwin Groothuis 2:00 Jordan EE%sT 1999 2383b1fd06c7SEdwin Groothuis 2:00 Palestine EE%sT 23841315084cSEdwin Groothuis 23851315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Paracel Is 23861315084cSEdwin Groothuis# no information 23871315084cSEdwin Groothuis 23881315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Philippines 23891315084cSEdwin Groothuis# On 1844-08-16, Narciso Claveria, governor-general of the 23901315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Philippines, issued a proclamation announcing that 1844-12-30 was to 23911315084cSEdwin Groothuis# be immediately followed by 1845-01-01. Robert H. van Gent has a 23921315084cSEdwin Groothuis# transcript of the decree in <http://www.phys.uu.nl/~vgent/idl/idl.htm>. 23931315084cSEdwin Groothuis# The rest of the data are from Shanks & Pottenger. 23941315084cSEdwin Groothuis 23951315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Paul Eggert (2006-04-25): 23961315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Tomorrow's Manila Standard reports that the Philippines Department of 23971315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Trade and Industry is considering adopting DST this June when the 23981315084cSEdwin Groothuis# rainy season begins. See 23991315084cSEdwin Groothuis# <http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=politics02_april26_2006>. 24001315084cSEdwin Groothuis# For now, we'll ignore this, since it's not definite and we lack details. 24011315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 24021315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-04-26): 24031315084cSEdwin Groothuis# ... claims that Philippines had DST last time in 1990: 24041315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://story.philippinetimes.com/p.x/ct/9/id/145be20cc6b121c0/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/ 24051315084cSEdwin Groothuis# [a story dated 2006-04-25 by Cris Larano of Dow Jones Newswires, 24061315084cSEdwin Groothuis# but no details] 24071315084cSEdwin Groothuis 24081315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 24091315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Phil 1936 only - Nov 1 0:00 1:00 S 24101315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Phil 1937 only - Feb 1 0:00 0 - 24111315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Phil 1954 only - Apr 12 0:00 1:00 S 24121315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Phil 1954 only - Jul 1 0:00 0 - 24131315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Phil 1978 only - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 S 24141315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Phil 1978 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 - 24151315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 24161315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Asia/Manila -15:56:00 - LMT 1844 Dec 31 24171315084cSEdwin Groothuis 8:04:00 - LMT 1899 May 11 24181315084cSEdwin Groothuis 8:00 Phil PH%sT 1942 May 24191315084cSEdwin Groothuis 9:00 - JST 1944 Nov 24201315084cSEdwin Groothuis 8:00 Phil PH%sT 24211315084cSEdwin Groothuis 24221315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Qatar 24231315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 24241315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Asia/Qatar 3:26:08 - LMT 1920 # Al Dawhah / Doha 24251315084cSEdwin Groothuis 4:00 - GST 1972 Jun 24261315084cSEdwin Groothuis 3:00 - AST 24271315084cSEdwin Groothuis 24281315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Saudi Arabia 24291315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 24301315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Asia/Riyadh 3:06:52 - LMT 1950 24311315084cSEdwin Groothuis 3:00 - AST 24321315084cSEdwin Groothuis 24331315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Singapore 24341315084cSEdwin Groothuis# The data here are taken from Mok Ly Yng (2003-10-30) 24351315084cSEdwin Groothuis# <http://www.math.nus.edu.sg/aslaksen/teaching/timezone.html>. 24361315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 24371315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Asia/Singapore 6:55:25 - LMT 1901 Jan 1 24381315084cSEdwin Groothuis 6:55:25 - SMT 1905 Jun 1 # Singapore M.T. 24391315084cSEdwin Groothuis 7:00 - MALT 1933 Jan 1 # Malaya Time 24401315084cSEdwin Groothuis 7:00 0:20 MALST 1936 Jan 1 24411315084cSEdwin Groothuis 7:20 - MALT 1941 Sep 1 24421315084cSEdwin Groothuis 7:30 - MALT 1942 Feb 16 24431315084cSEdwin Groothuis 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 12 24441315084cSEdwin Groothuis 7:30 - MALT 1965 Aug 9 # independence 24451315084cSEdwin Groothuis 7:30 - SGT 1982 Jan 1 # Singapore Time 24461315084cSEdwin Groothuis 8:00 - SGT 24471315084cSEdwin Groothuis 24481315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Spratly Is 24491315084cSEdwin Groothuis# no information 24501315084cSEdwin Groothuis 24511315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Sri Lanka 2452eb185a68SEdwin Groothuis 2453eb185a68SEdwin Groothuis# From Paul Eggert (2013-02-21): 2454eb185a68SEdwin Groothuis# Milne says "Madras mean time use from May 1, 1898. Prior to this Colombo 2455eb185a68SEdwin Groothuis# mean time, 5h. 4m. 21.9s. F., was used." But 5:04:21.9 differs considerably 2456eb185a68SEdwin Groothuis# from Colombo's meridian 5:19:24, so for now ignore Milne and stick with 2457eb185a68SEdwin Groothuis# Shanks and Pottenger. 2458eb185a68SEdwin Groothuis 24591315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Paul Eggert (1996-09-03): 24601315084cSEdwin Groothuis# "Sri Lanka advances clock by an hour to avoid blackout" 24611315084cSEdwin Groothuis# (www.virtual-pc.com/lankaweb/news/items/240596-2.html, 1996-05-24, 24621315084cSEdwin Groothuis# no longer available as of 1999-08-17) 24631315084cSEdwin Groothuis# reported ``the country's standard time will be put forward by one hour at 24641315084cSEdwin Groothuis# midnight Friday (1830 GMT) `in the light of the present power crisis'.'' 24651315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 24661315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Dharmasiri Senanayake, Sri Lanka Media Minister (1996-10-24), as quoted 24671315084cSEdwin Groothuis# by Shamindra in 24681315084cSEdwin Groothuis# <a href="news:54rka5$m5h@mtinsc01-mgt.ops.worldnet.att.net"> 24691315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Daily News - Hot News Section (1996-10-26) 24701315084cSEdwin Groothuis# </a>: 24711315084cSEdwin Groothuis# With effect from 12.30 a.m. on 26th October 1996 24721315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Sri Lanka will be six (06) hours ahead of GMT. 24731315084cSEdwin Groothuis 24741315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-04-14), quoting Sri Lanka News Online 24751315084cSEdwin Groothuis# <http://news.sinhalaya.com/wmview.php?ArtID=11002> (2006-04-13): 24761315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 0030 hrs on April 15, 2006 (midnight of April 14, 2006 +30 minutes) 24771315084cSEdwin Groothuis# at present, become 2400 hours of April 14, 2006 (midnight of April 14, 2006). 24781315084cSEdwin Groothuis 24791315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Peter Apps and Ranga Sirila of Reuters (2006-04-12) in: 24801315084cSEdwin Groothuis# <http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=scienceNews&storyID=2006-04-12T172228Z_01_COL295762_RTRIDST_0_SCIENCE-SRILANKA-TIME-DC.XML> 24811315084cSEdwin Groothuis# [The Tamil Tigers] never accepted the original 1996 time change and simply 24821315084cSEdwin Groothuis# kept their clocks set five and a half hours ahead of Greenwich Mean 24831315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Time (GMT), in line with neighbor India. 24841315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Paul Eggert (2006-04-18): 24851315084cSEdwin Groothuis# People who live in regions under Tamil control can use [TZ='Asia/Kolkata'], 24861315084cSEdwin Groothuis# as that zone has agreed with the Tamil areas since our cutoff date of 1970. 24871315084cSEdwin Groothuis 24881315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From K Sethu (2006-04-25): 24891315084cSEdwin Groothuis# I think the abbreviation LKT originated from the world of computers at 24901315084cSEdwin Groothuis# the time of or subsequent to the time zone changes by SL Government 24911315084cSEdwin Groothuis# twice in 1996 and probably SL Government or its standardization 24921315084cSEdwin Groothuis# agencies never declared an abbreviation as a national standard. 24931315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 24941315084cSEdwin Groothuis# I recollect before the recent change the government annoucemments 24951315084cSEdwin Groothuis# mentioning it as simply changing Sri Lanka Standard Time or Sri Lanka 24961315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Time and no mention was made about the abbreviation. 24971315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 24981315084cSEdwin Groothuis# If we look at Sri Lanka Department of Government's "Official News 24991315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Website of Sri Lanka" ... http://www.news.lk/ we can see that they 25001315084cSEdwin Groothuis# use SLT as abbreviation in time stamp at the beginning of each news 25011315084cSEdwin Groothuis# item.... 25021315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 25031315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Within Sri Lanka I think LKT is well known among computer users and 25041315084cSEdwin Groothuis# adminsitrators. In my opinion SLT may not be a good choice because the 25051315084cSEdwin Groothuis# nation's largest telcom / internet operator Sri Lanka Telcom is well 25061315084cSEdwin Groothuis# known by that abbreviation - simply as SLT (there IP domains are 25071315084cSEdwin Groothuis# slt.lk and sltnet.lk). 25081315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 25091315084cSEdwin Groothuis# But if indeed our government has adopted SLT as standard abbreviation 25101315084cSEdwin Groothuis# (that we have not known so far) then it is better that it be used for 25111315084cSEdwin Groothuis# all computers. 25121315084cSEdwin Groothuis 25131315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Paul Eggert (2006-04-25): 25141315084cSEdwin Groothuis# One possibility is that we wait for a bit for the dust to settle down 25151315084cSEdwin Groothuis# and then see what people actually say in practice. 25161315084cSEdwin Groothuis 25171315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 25181315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Asia/Colombo 5:19:24 - LMT 1880 25191315084cSEdwin Groothuis 5:19:32 - MMT 1906 # Moratuwa Mean Time 25201315084cSEdwin Groothuis 5:30 - IST 1942 Jan 5 25211315084cSEdwin Groothuis 5:30 0:30 IHST 1942 Sep 25221315084cSEdwin Groothuis 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 16 2:00 25231315084cSEdwin Groothuis 5:30 - IST 1996 May 25 0:00 25241315084cSEdwin Groothuis 6:30 - LKT 1996 Oct 26 0:30 25251315084cSEdwin Groothuis 6:00 - LKT 2006 Apr 15 0:30 25261315084cSEdwin Groothuis 5:30 - IST 25271315084cSEdwin Groothuis 25281315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Syria 25291315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 25301315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Syria 1920 1923 - Apr Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 S 25311315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Syria 1920 1923 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 0 - 25321315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Syria 1962 only - Apr 29 2:00 1:00 S 25331315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Syria 1962 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 - 25341315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Syria 1963 1965 - May 1 2:00 1:00 S 25351315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Syria 1963 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 - 25361315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Syria 1964 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 - 25371315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Syria 1965 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 - 25381315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Syria 1966 only - Apr 24 2:00 1:00 S 25391315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Syria 1966 1976 - Oct 1 2:00 0 - 25401315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Syria 1967 1978 - May 1 2:00 1:00 S 25411315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Syria 1977 1978 - Sep 1 2:00 0 - 25421315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Syria 1983 1984 - Apr 9 2:00 1:00 S 25431315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Syria 1983 1984 - Oct 1 2:00 0 - 25441315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Syria 1986 only - Feb 16 2:00 1:00 S 25451315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Syria 1986 only - Oct 9 2:00 0 - 25461315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Syria 1987 only - Mar 1 2:00 1:00 S 25471315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Syria 1987 1988 - Oct 31 2:00 0 - 25481315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Syria 1988 only - Mar 15 2:00 1:00 S 25491315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Syria 1989 only - Mar 31 2:00 1:00 S 25501315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Syria 1989 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 - 25511315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Syria 1990 only - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 S 25521315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Syria 1990 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 - 25531315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Syria 1991 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 25541315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Syria 1991 1992 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 25551315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Syria 1992 only - Apr 8 0:00 1:00 S 25561315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Syria 1993 only - Mar 26 0:00 1:00 S 25571315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Syria 1993 only - Sep 25 0:00 0 - 25581315084cSEdwin Groothuis# IATA SSIM (1998-02) says 1998-04-02; 25591315084cSEdwin Groothuis# (1998-09) says 1999-03-29 and 1999-09-29; (1999-02) says 1999-04-02, 25601315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 2000-04-02, and 2001-04-02; (1999-09) says 2000-03-31 and 2001-03-31; 25611315084cSEdwin Groothuis# (2006) says 2006-03-31 and 2006-09-22; 25621315084cSEdwin Groothuis# for now ignore all these claims and go with Shanks & Pottenger, 25631315084cSEdwin Groothuis# except for the 2006-09-22 claim (which seems right for Ramadan). 25641315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Syria 1994 1996 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 25651315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Syria 1994 2005 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 25661315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Syria 1997 1998 - Mar lastMon 0:00 1:00 S 25671315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Syria 1999 2006 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 25681315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Stephen Colebourne (2006-09-18): 25691315084cSEdwin Groothuis# According to IATA data, Syria will change DST on 21st September [21:00 UTC] 25701315084cSEdwin Groothuis# this year [only].... This is probably related to Ramadan, like Egypt. 25711315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Syria 2006 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 - 25721315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Paul Eggert (2007-03-29): 25731315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Today the AP reported "Syria will switch to summertime at midnight Thursday." 25741315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/29/africa/ME-GEN-Syria-Time-Change.php 25751315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Syria 2007 only - Mar lastFri 0:00 1:00 S 25761315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Jesper Norgard (2007-10-27): 25771315084cSEdwin Groothuis# The sister center ICARDA of my work CIMMYT is confirming that Syria DST will 2578875f3108SEdwin Groothuis# not take place 1st November at 0:00 o'clock but 1st November at 24:00 or 2579875f3108SEdwin Groothuis# rather Midnight between Thursday and Friday. This does make more sense than 25801315084cSEdwin Groothuis# having it between Wednesday and Thursday (two workdays in Syria) since the 25811315084cSEdwin Groothuis# weekend in Syria is not Saturday and Sunday, but Friday and Saturday. So now 25821315084cSEdwin Groothuis# it is implemented at midnight of the last workday before weekend... 25831315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 25841315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Steffen Thorsen (2007-10-27): 25851315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Jesper Norgaard Welen wrote: 25861315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 25871315084cSEdwin Groothuis# > "Winter local time in Syria will be observed at midnight of Thursday 1 25881315084cSEdwin Groothuis# > November 2007, and the clock will be put back 1 hour." 25891315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 25901315084cSEdwin Groothuis# I found confirmation on this in this gov.sy-article (Arabic): 25911315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://wehda.alwehda.gov.sy/_print_veiw.asp?FileName=12521710520070926111247 25921315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 25931315084cSEdwin Groothuis# which using Google's translate tools says: 25941315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Council of Ministers also approved the commencement of work on 25951315084cSEdwin Groothuis# identifying the winter time as of Friday, 2/11/2007 where the 60th 25961315084cSEdwin Groothuis# minute delay at midnight Thursday 1/11/2007. 25971315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Syria 2007 only - Nov Fri>=1 0:00 0 - 25981315084cSEdwin Groothuis 25991315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Stephen Colebourne (2008-03-17): 26001315084cSEdwin Groothuis# For everyone's info, I saw an IATA time zone change for [Syria] for 26011315084cSEdwin Groothuis# this month (March 2008) in the last day or so...This is the data IATA 26021315084cSEdwin Groothuis# are now using: 26031315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Country Time Standard --- DST Start --- --- DST End --- DST 26041315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Name Zone Variation Time Date Time Date 26051315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Variation 26061315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Syrian Arab 26071315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Republic SY +0200 2200 03APR08 2100 30SEP08 +0300 26081315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 2200 02APR09 2100 30SEP09 +0300 26091315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 2200 01APR10 2100 30SEP10 +0300 26101315084cSEdwin Groothuis 26111315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-17): 26121315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Here's a link to English-language coverage by the Syrian Arab News 26131315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Agency (SANA)... 26141315084cSEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://www.sana.sy/eng/21/2008/03/11/165173.htm"> 26151315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.sana.sy/eng/21/2008/03/11/165173.htm 26161315084cSEdwin Groothuis# </a>...which reads (in part) "The Cabinet approved the suggestion of the 26171315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Ministry of Electricity to begin daylight savings time on Friday April 26181315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 4th, advancing clocks one hour ahead on midnight of Thursday April 3rd." 26191315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Since Syria is two hours east of UTC, the 2200 and 2100 transition times 26201315084cSEdwin Groothuis# shown above match up with midnight in Syria. 26211315084cSEdwin Groothuis 26221315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-18): 26231315084cSEdwin Groothuis# My buest guess at a Syrian rule is "the Friday nearest April 1"; 26241315084cSEdwin Groothuis# coding that involves either using a "Mar Fri>=29" construct that old time zone 26251315084cSEdwin Groothuis# compilers can't handle or having multiple Rules (a la Israel). 26261315084cSEdwin Groothuis# For now, use "Apr Fri>=1", and go with IATA on a uniform Sep 30 end. 26271315084cSEdwin Groothuis 26281315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-10-07): 26291315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Syria has now officially decided to end DST on 2008-11-01 this year, 26301315084cSEdwin Groothuis# according to the following article in the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA). 26311315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 26321315084cSEdwin Groothuis# The article is in Arabic, and seems to tell that they will go back to 26331315084cSEdwin Groothuis# winter time on 2008-11-01 at 00:00 local daylight time (delaying/setting 26341315084cSEdwin Groothuis# clocks back 60 minutes). 26351315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 26361315084cSEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://sana.sy/ara/2/2008/10/07/195459.htm"> 26371315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://sana.sy/ara/2/2008/10/07/195459.htm 26381315084cSEdwin Groothuis# </a> 26391315084cSEdwin Groothuis 26401315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-03-19): 26411315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Syria will start DST on 2009-03-27 00:00 this year according to many sources, 26421315084cSEdwin Groothuis# two examples: 26431315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 26441315084cSEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://www.sana.sy/eng/21/2009/03/17/217563.htm"> 26451315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.sana.sy/eng/21/2009/03/17/217563.htm 26461315084cSEdwin Groothuis# </a> 26471315084cSEdwin Groothuis# (English, Syrian Arab News # Agency) 26481315084cSEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://thawra.alwehda.gov.sy/_View_news2.asp?FileName=94459258720090318012209"> 26491315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://thawra.alwehda.gov.sy/_View_news2.asp?FileName=94459258720090318012209 26501315084cSEdwin Groothuis# </a> 26511315084cSEdwin Groothuis# (Arabic, gov-site) 26521315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 26531315084cSEdwin Groothuis# We have not found any sources saying anything about when DST ends this year. 26541315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 26551315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Our summary 26561315084cSEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/syria-dst-starts-march-27-2009.html"> 26571315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/syria-dst-starts-march-27-2009.html 26581315084cSEdwin Groothuis# </a> 26591315084cSEdwin Groothuis 26601315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-10-27): 26611315084cSEdwin Groothuis# The Syrian Arab News Network on 2009-09-29 reported that Syria will 26621315084cSEdwin Groothuis# revert back to winter (standard) time on midnight between Thursday 26631315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 2009-10-29 and Friday 2009-10-30: 26641315084cSEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://www.sana.sy/ara/2/2009/09/29/247012.htm"> 26651315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.sana.sy/ara/2/2009/09/29/247012.htm (Arabic) 26661315084cSEdwin Groothuis# </a> 26671315084cSEdwin Groothuis 26681315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Arthur David Olson (2009-10-28): 26691315084cSEdwin Groothuis# We'll see if future DST switching times turn out to be end of the last 26701315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Thursday of the month or the start of the last Friday of the month or 26711315084cSEdwin Groothuis# something else. For now, use the start of the last Friday. 26721315084cSEdwin Groothuis 267374fd35aaSEdwin Groothuis# From Steffen Thorsen (2010-03-17): 267474fd35aaSEdwin Groothuis# The "Syrian News Station" reported on 2010-03-16 that the Council of 267574fd35aaSEdwin Groothuis# Ministers has decided that Syria will start DST on midnight Thursday 267674fd35aaSEdwin Groothuis# 2010-04-01: (midnight between Thursday and Friday): 267774fd35aaSEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://sns.sy/sns/?path=news/read/11421"> 267874fd35aaSEdwin Groothuis# http://sns.sy/sns/?path=news/read/11421 (Arabic) 267974fd35aaSEdwin Groothuis# </a> 268074fd35aaSEdwin Groothuis 26813797824cSEdwin Groothuis# From Steffen Thorsen (2012-03-26): 26823797824cSEdwin Groothuis# Today, Syria's government announced that they will start DST early on Friday 26833797824cSEdwin Groothuis# (00:00). This is a bit earlier than the past two years. 26843797824cSEdwin Groothuis# 26853797824cSEdwin Groothuis# From Syrian Arab News Agency, in Arabic: 26863797824cSEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://www.sana.sy/ara/2/2012/03/26/408215.htm"> 26873797824cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.sana.sy/ara/2/2012/03/26/408215.htm 26883797824cSEdwin Groothuis# </a> 26893797824cSEdwin Groothuis# 26903797824cSEdwin Groothuis# Our brief summary: 26913797824cSEdwin Groothuis# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/syria-dst-2012.html"> 26923797824cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/syria-dst-2012.html 26933797824cSEdwin Groothuis# </a> 26943797824cSEdwin Groothuis 26953797824cSEdwin Groothuis# From Arthur David Olson (2012-03-27): 26963797824cSEdwin Groothuis# Assume last Friday in March going forward XXX. 26973797824cSEdwin Groothuis 26981315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Syria 2008 only - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 S 26991315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Syria 2008 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 - 270074fd35aaSEdwin GroothuisRule Syria 2009 only - Mar lastFri 0:00 1:00 S 27013797824cSEdwin GroothuisRule Syria 2010 2011 - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 S 27023797824cSEdwin GroothuisRule Syria 2012 max - Mar lastFri 0:00 1:00 S 27031315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Syria 2009 max - Oct lastFri 0:00 0 - 27041315084cSEdwin Groothuis 27051315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 27061315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Asia/Damascus 2:25:12 - LMT 1920 # Dimashq 27071315084cSEdwin Groothuis 2:00 Syria EE%sT 27081315084cSEdwin Groothuis 27091315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Tajikistan 27101315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Shanks & Pottenger. 27111315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 27121315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Asia/Dushanbe 4:35:12 - LMT 1924 May 2 27131315084cSEdwin Groothuis 5:00 - DUST 1930 Jun 21 # Dushanbe Time 27141315084cSEdwin Groothuis 6:00 RussiaAsia DUS%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 27151315084cSEdwin Groothuis 5:00 1:00 DUSST 1991 Sep 9 2:00s 27161315084cSEdwin Groothuis 5:00 - TJT # Tajikistan Time 27171315084cSEdwin Groothuis 27181315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Thailand 27191315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 27201315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Asia/Bangkok 6:42:04 - LMT 1880 27211315084cSEdwin Groothuis 6:42:04 - BMT 1920 Apr # Bangkok Mean Time 27221315084cSEdwin Groothuis 7:00 - ICT 27231315084cSEdwin Groothuis 27241315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Turkmenistan 27251315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Shanks & Pottenger. 27261315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 27271315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Asia/Ashgabat 3:53:32 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Ashkhabad 27281315084cSEdwin Groothuis 4:00 - ASHT 1930 Jun 21 # Ashkhabad Time 27291315084cSEdwin Groothuis 5:00 RussiaAsia ASH%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00 27301315084cSEdwin Groothuis 4:00 RussiaAsia ASH%sT 1991 Oct 27 # independence 27311315084cSEdwin Groothuis 4:00 RussiaAsia TM%sT 1992 Jan 19 2:00 27321315084cSEdwin Groothuis 5:00 - TMT 27331315084cSEdwin Groothuis 27341315084cSEdwin Groothuis# United Arab Emirates 27351315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 27361315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Asia/Dubai 3:41:12 - LMT 1920 27371315084cSEdwin Groothuis 4:00 - GST 27381315084cSEdwin Groothuis 27391315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Uzbekistan 27401315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 27411315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Asia/Samarkand 4:27:12 - LMT 1924 May 2 27421315084cSEdwin Groothuis 4:00 - SAMT 1930 Jun 21 # Samarkand Time 27431315084cSEdwin Groothuis 5:00 - SAMT 1981 Apr 1 27441315084cSEdwin Groothuis 5:00 1:00 SAMST 1981 Oct 1 27451315084cSEdwin Groothuis 6:00 - TAST 1982 Apr 1 # Tashkent Time 27461315084cSEdwin Groothuis 5:00 RussiaAsia SAM%sT 1991 Sep 1 # independence 27471315084cSEdwin Groothuis 5:00 RussiaAsia UZ%sT 1992 27481315084cSEdwin Groothuis 5:00 - UZT 27491315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Asia/Tashkent 4:37:12 - LMT 1924 May 2 27501315084cSEdwin Groothuis 5:00 - TAST 1930 Jun 21 # Tashkent Time 27511315084cSEdwin Groothuis 6:00 RussiaAsia TAS%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00 27521315084cSEdwin Groothuis 5:00 RussiaAsia TAS%sT 1991 Sep 1 # independence 27531315084cSEdwin Groothuis 5:00 RussiaAsia UZ%sT 1992 27541315084cSEdwin Groothuis 5:00 - UZT 27551315084cSEdwin Groothuis 27561315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Vietnam 27571315084cSEdwin Groothuis 2758eb185a68SEdwin Groothuis# From Paul Eggert (2013-02-21): 2759eb185a68SEdwin Groothuis# Milne gives 7:16:56 for the meridian of Saigon in 1899, as being 2760eb185a68SEdwin Groothuis# used in Lower Laos, Cambodia, and Annam. But this is quite a ways 2761eb185a68SEdwin Groothuis# from Saigon's location. For now, ignore this and stick with Shanks 2762eb185a68SEdwin Groothuis# and Pottenger. 2763eb185a68SEdwin Groothuis 27641315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-18): 27651315084cSEdwin Groothuis# The English-language name of Vietnam's most populous city is "Ho Chi Min City"; 27661315084cSEdwin Groothuis# we use Ho_Chi_Minh below to avoid a name of more than 14 characters. 27671315084cSEdwin Groothuis 27681315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Shanks & Pottenger: 27691315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 27701315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh 7:06:40 - LMT 1906 Jun 9 27711315084cSEdwin Groothuis 7:06:20 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT? 27721315084cSEdwin Groothuis 7:00 - ICT 1912 May 27731315084cSEdwin Groothuis 8:00 - ICT 1931 May 27741315084cSEdwin Groothuis 7:00 - ICT 27751315084cSEdwin Groothuis 27761315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Yemen 2777eb185a68SEdwin Groothuis 2778eb185a68SEdwin Groothuis# Milne says 2:59:54 was the meridian of the saluting battery at Aden, 2779eb185a68SEdwin Groothuis# and that Yemen was at 1:55:56, the meridian of the Hagia Sophia. 2780eb185a68SEdwin Groothuis 27811315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2782eb185a68SEdwin GroothuisZone Asia/Aden 2:59:54 - LMT 1950 27831315084cSEdwin Groothuis 3:00 - AST 2784