--- old/make/data/tzdata/asia 2018-10-29 08:27:18.795438129 -0400 +++ new/make/data/tzdata/asia 2018-10-29 08:27:18.591438129 -0400 @@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ # or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any # questions. # +# tzdb data for Asia and environs + # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. @@ -29,7 +31,7 @@ # tz@iana.org for general use in the future). For more, please see # the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution. -# From Paul Eggert (2017-01-13): +# From Paul Eggert (2018-06-19): # # Unless otherwise specified, the source for data through 1990 is: # Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition), @@ -58,7 +60,8 @@ # A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is # Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997). # -# The following alphabetic abbreviations appear in these tables: +# The following alphabetic abbreviations appear in these tables +# (corrections are welcome): # std dst # LMT Local Mean Time # 2:00 EET EEST Eastern European Time @@ -67,11 +70,13 @@ # 7:00 WIB west Indonesia (Waktu Indonesia Barat) # 8:00 WITA central Indonesia (Waktu Indonesia Tengah) # 8:00 CST China +# 8:00 PST PDT* Philippine Standard Time # 8:30 KST KDT Korea when at +0830 # 9:00 WIT east Indonesia (Waktu Indonesia Timur) # 9:00 JST JDT Japan # 9:00 KST KDT Korea when at +09 # 9:30 ACST Australian Central Standard Time +# *I invented the abbreviation PDT; see "Philippines" below. # Otherwise, these tables typically use numeric abbreviations like +03 # and +0330 for integer hour and minute UT offsets. Although earlier # editions invented alphabetic time zone abbreviations for every @@ -304,6 +309,29 @@ # China +# From Paul Eggert (2018-10-02): +# The following comes from Table 1 of: +# Li Yu. Research on the daylight saving movement in 1940s Shanghai. +# Nanjing Journal of Social Sciences. 2014;(2):144-50. +# http://oversea.cnki.net/kns55/detail.aspx?dbname=CJFD2014&filename=NJSH201402020 +# The table lists dates only; I am guessing 00:00 and 24:00 transition times. +# Also, the table lists the planned end of DST in 1949, but the corresponding +# zone line cuts this off on May 28, when the Communists took power. +# +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule Shang 1940 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Shang 1940 only - Oct 12 24:00 0 S +Rule Shang 1941 only - Mar 15 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Shang 1941 only - Nov 1 24:00 0 S +Rule Shang 1942 only - Jan 31 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Shang 1945 only - Sep 1 24:00 0 S +Rule Shang 1946 only - May 15 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Shang 1946 only - Sep 30 24:00 0 S +Rule Shang 1947 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Shang 1947 only - Oct 31 24:00 0 S +Rule Shang 1948 1949 - May 1 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Shang 1948 1949 - Sep 30 24:00 0 S #plan + # From Guy Harris: # People's Republic of China. Yes, they really have only one time zone. @@ -330,18 +358,33 @@ # time - sort of", Los Angeles Times, 1986-05-05 ... [says] that China began # observing daylight saving time in 1986. -# From Paul Eggert (2014-06-30): -# Shanks & Pottenger have China switching to a single time zone in 1980, but -# this doesn't seem to be correct. They also write that China observed summer -# DST from 1986 through 1991, which seems to match the above commentary, so -# go with them for DST rules as follows: -# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule Shang 1940 only - Jun 3 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Shang 1940 1941 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S -Rule Shang 1941 only - Mar 16 0:00 1:00 D -Rule PRC 1986 only - May 4 0:00 1:00 D -Rule PRC 1986 1991 - Sep Sun>=11 0:00 0 S -Rule PRC 1987 1991 - Apr Sun>=10 0:00 1:00 D +# From P Chan (2018-05-07): +# The start and end time of DST in China [from 1986 on] should be 2:00 +# (i.e. 2:00 to 3:00 at the start and 2:00 to 1:00 at the end).... +# Government notices about summer time: +# +# 1986-04-12 http://www.zj.gov.cn/attach/zfgb/198608.pdf p.21-22 +# (To establish summer time from 1986. On 4 May, set the clocks ahead one hour +# at 2 am. On 14 September, set the clocks backward one hour at 2 am.) +# +# 1987-02-15 http://www.gov.cn/gongbao/shuju/1987/gwyb198703.pdf p.114 +# (Summer time in 1987 to start from 12 April until 13 September) +# +# 1987-09-09 http://www.gov.cn/gongbao/shuju/1987/gwyb198721.pdf p.709 +# (From 1988, summer time to start from 2 am of the first Sunday of mid-April +# until 2 am of the first Sunday of mid-September) +# +# 1992-03-03 http://www.gov.cn/gongbao/shuju/1992/gwyb199205.pdf p.152 +# (To suspend summer time from 1992) +# +# The first page of People's Daily on 12 April 1988 stating that summer time +# to begin on 17 April. +# http://data.people.com.cn/pic/101p/1988/04/1988041201.jpg + +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule PRC 1986 only - May 4 2:00 1:00 D +Rule PRC 1986 1991 - Sep Sun>=11 2:00 0 S +Rule PRC 1987 1991 - Apr Sun>=11 2:00 1:00 D # From Anthony Fok (2001-12-20): # BTW, I did some research on-line and found some info regarding these five @@ -363,10 +406,11 @@ # Alois Treindl kindly sent me translations of the following two sources: # # (1) -# Guo Qingsheng (National Time-Service Center, CAS, Xi'an 710600, China) +# Guo Qing-sheng (National Time-Service Center, CAS, Xi'an 710600, China) # Beijing Time at the Beginning of the PRC # China Historical Materials of Science and Technology -# (Zhongguo ke ji shi liao, 中国科技史料), Vol. 24, No. 1 (2003) +# (Zhongguo ke ji shi liao, 中国科技史料). 2003;24(1):5-9. +# http://oversea.cnki.net/kcms/detail/detail.aspx?filename=ZGKS200301000&dbname=CJFD2003 # It gives evidence that at the beginning of the PRC, Beijing time was # officially apparent solar time! However, Guo also says that the # evidence is dubious, as the relevant institute of astronomy had not @@ -543,7 +587,7 @@ # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] # Beijing time, used throughout China; represented by Shanghai. Zone Asia/Shanghai 8:05:43 - LMT 1901 - 8:00 Shang C%sT 1949 + 8:00 Shang C%sT 1949 May 28 8:00 PRC C%sT # Xinjiang time, used by many in western China; represented by Ürümqi / Ürümchi # / Wulumuqi. (Please use Asia/Shanghai if you prefer Beijing time.) @@ -772,24 +816,140 @@ 8:00 Taiwan C%sT # Macau (Macao, Aomen) -# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule Macau 1961 1962 - Mar Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 D -Rule Macau 1961 1964 - Nov Sun>=1 3:30 0 S -Rule Macau 1963 only - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Macau 1964 only - Mar Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 D -Rule Macau 1965 only - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Macau 1965 only - Oct 31 0:00 0 S -Rule Macau 1966 1971 - Apr Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 D -Rule Macau 1966 1971 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 S -Rule Macau 1972 1974 - Apr Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Macau 1972 1973 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 0 S -Rule Macau 1974 1977 - Oct Sun>=15 3:30 0 S -Rule Macau 1975 1977 - Apr Sun>=15 3:30 1:00 D -Rule Macau 1978 1980 - Apr Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Macau 1978 1980 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 0 S -# See Europe/Lisbon for info about the 1912 transition. -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Macau 7:34:20 - LMT 1911 Dec 31 16:00u +# +# From P Chan (2018-05-10): +# * LegisMac +# http://legismac.safp.gov.mo/legismac/descqry/Descqry.jsf?lang=pt +# A database for searching titles of legal documents of Macau in +# Chinese and Portuguese. The term "HORÁRIO DE VERÃO" can be used for +# searching decrees about summer time. +# * Archives of Macao +# http://www.archives.gov.mo/en/bo/ +# It contains images of old official gazettes. +# * The Macao Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau have a page listing the +# summer time history. But it is not complete and has some mistakes. +# http://www.smg.gov.mo/smg/geophysics/e_t_Summer%20Time.htm +# Macau adopted GMT+8 on 30 Oct 1904 to follow Hong Kong. Clocks were +# advanced by 25 minutes and 50 seconds. Which means the LMT used was +# +7:34:10. As stated in the "Portaria No. 204" dated 21 October 1904 +# and published in the Official Gazette on 29 October 1904. +# http://igallery.icm.gov.mo/Images/Archives/BO/MO_AH_PUB_BO_1904_10/MO_AH_PUB_BO_1904_10_00025_Grey.JPG +# +# Therefore the 1911 decree of Portugal did not change time in Macau. +# +# From LegisMac, here is a list of decrees that changed the time ... +# [Decree Gazette-no. date; titles omitted in this quotation] +# DIL 732 BOCM 51 1941.12.20 +# DIL 764 BOCM 9S 1942.04.30 +# DIL 781 BOCM 21 1942.10.10 +# PT 3434 BOCM 8S 1943.04.17 +# PT 3504 BOCM 20 1943.09.25 +# PT 3843 BOCM 39 1945.09.29 +# PT 3961 BOCM 17 1946.04.27 +# PT 4026 BOCM 39 1946.09.28 +# PT 4153 BOCM 16 1947.04.10 +# PT 4271 BOCM 48 1947.11.29 +# PT 4374 BOCM 18 1948.05.01 +# PT 4465 BOCM 44 1948.10.30 +# PT 4590 BOCM 14 1949.04.02 +# PT 4666 BOCM 44 1949.10.29 +# PT 4771 BOCM 12 1950.03.25 +# PT 4838 BOCM 43 1950.10.28 +# PT 4946 BOCM 12 1951.03.24 +# PT 5025 BO 43 1951.10.27 +# PT 5149 BO 14 1952.04.05 +# PT 5251 BO 43 1952.10.25 +# PT 5366 BO 13 1953.03.28 +# PT 5444 BO 44 1953.10.31 +# PT 5540 BO 12 1954.03.20 +# PT 5589 BO 44 1954.10.30 +# PT 5676 BO 12 1955.03.19 +# PT 5739 BO 45 1955.11.05 +# PT 5823 BO 11 1956.03.17 +# PT 5891 BO 44 1956.11.03 +# PT 5981 BO 12 1957.03.23 +# PT 6064 BO 43 1957.10.26 +# PT 6172 BO 12 1958.03.22 +# PT 6243 BO 43 1958.10.25 +# PT 6341 BO 12 1959.03.21 +# PT 6411 BO 43 1959.10.24 +# PT 6514 BO 11 1960.03.12 +# PT 6584 BO 44 1960.10.29 +# PT 6721 BO 10 1961.03.11 +# PT 6815 BO 43 1961.10.28 +# PT 6947 BO 10 1962.03.10 +# PT 7080 BO 43 1962.10.27 +# PT 7218 BO 12 1963.03.23 +# PT 7340 BO 43 1963.10.26 +# PT 7491 BO 11 1964.03.14 +# PT 7664 BO 43 1964.10.24 +# PT 7846 BO 15 1965.04.10 +# PT 7979 BO 42 1965.10.16 +# PT 8146 BO 15 1966.04.09 +# PT 8252 BO 41 1966.10.08 +# PT 8429 BO 15 1967.04.15 +# PT 8540 BO 41 1967.10.14 +# PT 8735 BO 15 1968.04.13 +# PT 8860 BO 41 1968.10.12 +# PT 9035 BO 16 1969.04.19 +# PT 9156 BO 42 1969.10.18 +# PT 9328 BO 15 1970.04.11 +# PT 9418 BO 41 1970.10.10 +# PT 9587 BO 14 1971.04.03 +# PT 9702 BO 41 1971.10.09 +# PT 38-A/72 BO 14 1972.04.01 +# PT 126-A/72 BO 41 1972.10.07 +# PT 61/73 BO 14 1973.04.07 +# PT 182/73 BO 40 1973.10.06 +# PT 282/73 BO 51 1973.12.22 +# PT 177/74 BO 41 1974.10.12 +# PT 51/75 BO 15 1975.04.12 +# PT 173/75 BO 41 1975.10.11 +# PT 67/76/M BO 14 1976.04.03 +# PT 169/76/M BO 41 1976.10.09 +# PT 78/79/M BO 19 1979.05.12 +# PT 166/79/M BO 42 1979.10.20 +# Note that DIL 732 does not belong to "HORÁRIO DE VERÃO" according to +# LegisMac.... Note that between 1942 and 1945, the time switched +# between GMT+9 and GMT+10. Also in 1965 and 1965 the DST ended at 2:30am. + +# From Paul Eggert (2018-05-10): +# The 1904 decree says that Macau changed from the meridian of +# Fortaleza do Monte, presumably the basis for the 7:34:10 for LMT. + +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule Macau 1942 1943 - Apr 30 23:00 1:00 - +Rule Macau 1942 only - Nov 17 23:00 0 - +Rule Macau 1943 only - Sep 30 23:00 0 S +Rule Macau 1946 only - Apr 30 23:00s 1:00 D +Rule Macau 1946 only - Sep 30 23:00s 0 S +Rule Macau 1947 only - Apr 19 23:00s 1:00 D +Rule Macau 1947 only - Nov 30 23:00s 0 S +Rule Macau 1948 only - May 2 23:00s 1:00 D +Rule Macau 1948 only - Oct 31 23:00s 0 S +Rule Macau 1949 1950 - Apr Sat>=1 23:00s 1:00 D +Rule Macau 1949 1950 - Oct lastSat 23:00s 0 S +Rule Macau 1951 only - Mar 31 23:00s 1:00 D +Rule Macau 1951 only - Oct 28 23:00s 0 S +Rule Macau 1952 1953 - Apr Sat>=1 23:00s 1:00 D +Rule Macau 1952 only - Nov 1 23:00s 0 S +Rule Macau 1953 1954 - Oct lastSat 23:00s 0 S +Rule Macau 1954 1956 - Mar Sat>=17 23:00s 1:00 D +Rule Macau 1955 only - Nov 5 23:00s 0 S +Rule Macau 1956 1964 - Nov Sun>=1 03:30 0 S +Rule Macau 1957 1964 - Mar Sun>=18 03:30 1:00 D +Rule Macau 1965 1973 - Apr Sun>=16 03:30 1:00 D +Rule Macau 1965 1966 - Oct Sun>=16 02:30 0 S +Rule Macau 1967 1976 - Oct Sun>=16 03:30 0 S +Rule Macau 1973 only - Dec 30 03:30 1:00 D +Rule Macau 1975 1976 - Apr Sun>=16 03:30 1:00 D +Rule Macau 1979 only - May 13 03:30 1:00 D +Rule Macau 1979 only - Oct Sun>=16 03:30 0 S + +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Asia/Macau 7:34:10 - LMT 1904 Oct 30 + 8:00 - CST 1941 Dec 21 23:00 + 9:00 Macau +09/+10 1945 Sep 30 24:00 8:00 Macau C%sT @@ -1494,9 +1654,29 @@ # http://www.shugiin.go.jp/internet/itdb_housei.nsf/html/houritsu/00719500331039.htm # ... In summary, it is written as follows. From 24:00 on the first Saturday # in May, until 0:00 on the day after the second Saturday in September. + +# From Phake Nick (2018-09-27): +# [T]he webpage authored by National Astronomical Observatory of Japan +# https://eco.mtk.nao.ac.jp/koyomi/wiki/BBFEB9EF2FB2C6BBFEB9EF.html +# ... mentioned that using Showa 23 (year 1948) as example, 13pm of September +# 11 in summer time will equal to 0am of September 12 in standard time. +# It cited a document issued by the Liaison Office which briefly existed +# during the postwar period of Japan, where the detail on implementation +# of the summer time is described in the document. +# https://eco.mtk.nao.ac.jp/koyomi/wiki/BBFEB9EF2FB2C6BBFEB9EFB2C6BBFEB9EFA4CEBCC2BBDCA4CBA4C4A4A4A4C6.pdf +# The text in the document do instruct a fall back to occur at +# September 11, 13pm in summer time, while ordinary citizens can +# change the clock before they sleep. +# +# From Paul Eggert (2018-09-27): +# This instruction is equivalent to "Sat>=8 25:00", so use that. zic treats +# it like "Sun>=9 01:00", which is not quite the same but is the best we can +# do in any POSIX or C platform. The "25:00" assumes zic from 2007 or later, +# which should be safe now. + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Japan 1948 only - May Sat>=1 24:00 1:00 D -Rule Japan 1948 1951 - Sep Sun>=9 0:00 0 S +Rule Japan 1948 1951 - Sep Sun>=9 1:00 0 S Rule Japan 1949 only - Apr Sat>=1 24:00 1:00 D Rule Japan 1950 1951 - May Sat>=1 24:00 1:00 D @@ -1878,7 +2058,7 @@ 5:00 - +05 # Mangghystaū (KZ-MAN) # Aqtau was not founded until 1963, but it represents an inhabited region, -# so include time stamps before 1963. +# so include timestamps before 1963. Zone Asia/Aqtau 3:21:04 - LMT 1924 May 2 4:00 - +04 1930 Jun 21 5:00 - +05 1981 Oct 1 @@ -2018,6 +2198,10 @@ # Assembly, as published in Rodong Sinmun. # From Tim Parenti (2018-04-29): # It appears to be the front page story at the top in the right-most column. +# +# From Paul Eggert (2018-05-04): +# The BBC reported that the transition was from 23:30 to 24:00 today. +# https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-44010705 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Seoul 8:27:52 - LMT 1908 Apr 1 @@ -2030,7 +2214,7 @@ 8:30 - KST 1912 Jan 1 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug 24 9:00 - KST 2015 Aug 15 00:00 - 8:30 - KST 2018 May 5 + 8:30 - KST 2018 May 4 23:30 9:00 - KST ############################################################################### @@ -2780,19 +2964,35 @@ # Philippine Star 2014-08-05 # http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2014/08/05/1354152/pnoy-urged-declare-use-daylight-saving-time -# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule Phil 1936 only - Nov 1 0:00 1:00 - -Rule Phil 1937 only - Feb 1 0:00 0 - -Rule Phil 1954 only - Apr 12 0:00 1:00 - -Rule Phil 1954 only - Jul 1 0:00 0 - -Rule Phil 1978 only - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 - -Rule Phil 1978 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 - +# From Paul Goyette (2018-06-15): +# In the Philippines, there is a national law, Republic Act No. 10535 +# which declares the official time here as "Philippine Standard Time". +# The act [1] even specifies use of PST as the abbreviation, although +# the FAQ provided by PAGASA [2] uses the "acronym PhST to distinguish +# it from the Pacific Standard Time (PST)." +# [1] http://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/2013/05/15/republic-act-no-10535/ +# [2] https://www1.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/index.php/astronomy/philippine-standard-time#republic-act-10535 +# +# From Paul Eggert (2018-06-19): +# I surveyed recent news reports, and my impression is that "PST" is +# more popular among reliable English-language news sources. This is +# not just a measure of Google hit counts: it's also the sizes and +# influence of the sources. There is no current abbreviation for DST, +# so use "PDT", the usual American style. + +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule Phil 1936 only - Nov 1 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Phil 1937 only - Feb 1 0:00 0 S +Rule Phil 1954 only - Apr 12 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Phil 1954 only - Jul 1 0:00 0 S +Rule Phil 1978 only - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Phil 1978 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Manila -15:56:00 - LMT 1844 Dec 31 8:04:00 - LMT 1899 May 11 - 8:00 Phil +08/+09 1942 May - 9:00 - +09 1944 Nov - 8:00 Phil +08/+09 + 8:00 Phil P%sT 1942 May + 9:00 - JST 1944 Nov + 8:00 Phil P%sT # Qatar # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] @@ -2803,15 +3003,34 @@ # Saudi Arabia # -# From Paul Eggert (2014-07-15): +# From Paul Eggert (2018-08-29): # Time in Saudi Arabia and other countries in the Arabian peninsula was not -# standardized until relatively recently; we don't know when, and possibly it +# standardized until 1968 or so; we don't know exactly when, and possibly it # has never been made official. Richard P Hunt, in "Islam city yielding to # modern times", New York Times (1961-04-09), p 20, wrote that only airlines # observed standard time, and that people in Jeddah mostly observed quasi-solar # time, doing so by setting their watches at sunrise to 6 o'clock (or to 12 # o'clock for "Arab" time). # +# Timekeeping differed depending on who you were and which part of Saudi +# Arabia you were in. In 1969, Elias Antar wrote that although a common +# practice had been to set one's watch to 12:00 (i.e., midnight) at sunset - +# which meant that the time on one side of a mountain could differ greatly from +# the time on the other side - many foreigners set their watches to 6pm +# instead, while airlines instead used UTC +03 (except in Dhahran, where they +# used UTC +04), Aramco used UTC +03 with DST, and the Trans-Arabian Pipe Line +# Company used Aramco time in eastern Saudi Arabia and airline time in western. +# (The American Military Aid Advisory Group used plain UTC.) Antar writes, +# "A man named Higgins, so the story goes, used to run a local power +# station. One day, the whole thing became too much for Higgins and he +# assembled his staff and laid down the law. 'I've had enough of this,' he +# shrieked. 'It is now 12 o'clock Higgins Time, and from now on this station is +# going to run on Higgins Time.' And so, until last year, it did." See: +# Antar E. Dinner at When? Saudi Aramco World, 1969 March/April. 2-3. +# http://archive.aramcoworld.com/issue/196902/dinner.at.when.htm +# newspapers.com says a similar story about Higgins was published in the Port +# Angeles (WA) Evening News, 1965-03-10, page 5, but I lack access to the text. +# # The TZ database cannot represent quasi-solar time; airline time is the best # we can do. The 1946 foreign air news digest of the U.S. Civil Aeronautics # Board (OCLC 42299995) reported that the "... Arabian Government, inaugurated @@ -2821,7 +3040,8 @@ # # Shanks & Pottenger also state that until 1968-05-01 Saudi Arabia had two # time zones; the other zone, at UT +04, was in the far eastern part of -# the country. Ignore this, as it's before our 1970 cutoff. +# the country. Presumably this is documenting airline time. Ignore this, +# as it's before our 1970 cutoff. # # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Riyadh 3:06:52 - LMT 1947 Mar 14