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@@ -895,10 +895,19 @@
                         9:00    -       TLT     1976 May  3
                         8:00    -       WITA    2000 Sep 17  0:00
                         9:00    -       TLT
 
 # India
+
+# From Ian P. Beacock, in "A brief history of (modern) time", The Atlantic
+# http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/12/the-creation-of-modern-time/421419/
+# (2015-12-22):
+# In January 1906, several thousand cotton-mill workers rioted on the
+# outskirts of Bombay....  They were protesting the proposed abolition of
+# local time in favor of Indian Standard Time....  Journalists called this
+# dispute the "Battle of the Clocks."  It lasted nearly half a century.
+
 # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
 Zone    Asia/Kolkata    5:53:28 -       LMT     1880        # Kolkata
                         5:53:20 -       HMT     1941 Oct    # Howrah Mean Time?
                         6:30    -       BURT    1942 May 15 # Burma Time
                         5:30    -       IST     1942 Sep

@@ -1105,12 +1114,19 @@
 Rule    Iran    2030    2031    -       Sep     22      0:00    0       S
 Rule    Iran    2032    2033    -       Mar     21      0:00    1:00    D
 Rule    Iran    2032    2033    -       Sep     21      0:00    0       S
 Rule    Iran    2034    2035    -       Mar     22      0:00    1:00    D
 Rule    Iran    2034    2035    -       Sep     22      0:00    0       S
-Rule    Iran    2036    2037    -       Mar     21      0:00    1:00    D
-Rule    Iran    2036    2037    -       Sep     21      0:00    0       S
+#
+# The following rules are approximations starting in the year 2038.
+# These are the best post-2037 approximations available, given the
+# restrictions of a single rule using a Gregorian-based data format.
+# At some point this table will need to be extended, though quite
+# possibly Iran will change the rules first.
+Rule    Iran    2036    max     -       Mar     21      0:00    1:00    D
+Rule    Iran    2036    max     -       Sep     21      0:00    0       S
+
 # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
 Zone    Asia/Tehran     3:25:44 -       LMT     1916
                         3:25:44 -       TMT     1946     # Tehran Mean Time
                         3:30    -       IRST    1977 Nov
                         4:00    Iran    IR%sT   1979

@@ -2132,12 +2148,12 @@
 #
 # "People laud PM's announcement to end DST"
 # http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=99374&Itemid=2
 
 # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
-Rule Pakistan   2002    only    -       Apr     Sun>=2  0:01    1:00    S
-Rule Pakistan   2002    only    -       Oct     Sun>=2  0:01    0       -
+Rule Pakistan   2002    only    -       Apr     Sun>=2  0:00    1:00    S
+Rule Pakistan   2002    only    -       Oct     Sun>=2  0:00    0       -
 Rule Pakistan   2008    only    -       Jun     1       0:00    1:00    S
 Rule Pakistan   2008    2009    -       Nov     1       0:00    0       -
 Rule Pakistan   2009    only    -       Apr     15      0:00    1:00    S
 
 # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
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