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*** 137,153 **** # or # (brief) # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_armenia03.html # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Yerevan 2:58:00 - LMT 1924 May 2 ! 3:00 - YERT 1957 Mar # Yerevan Time ! 4:00 RussiaAsia YER%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s ! 3:00 1:00 YERST 1991 Sep 23 # independence ! 3:00 RussiaAsia AM%sT 1995 Sep 24 2:00s ! 4:00 - AMT 1997 ! 4:00 RussiaAsia AM%sT 2012 Feb 9 ! 4:00 - AMT # Azerbaijan # From Rustam Aliyev of the Azerbaijan Internet Forum (2005-10-23): # According to the resolution of Cabinet of Ministers, 1997 --- 137,151 ---- # or # (brief) # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_armenia03.html # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Yerevan 2:58:00 - LMT 1924 May 2 ! 3:00 - +03 1957 Mar ! 4:00 RussiaAsia +04/+05 1991 Mar 31 2:00s ! 3:00 RussiaAsia +03/+04 1995 Sep 24 2:00s ! 4:00 - +04 1997 ! 4:00 RussiaAsia +04/+05 # Azerbaijan # From Rustam Aliyev of the Azerbaijan Internet Forum (2005-10-23): # According to the resolution of Cabinet of Ministers, 1997
*** 164,180 **** # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Azer 1997 2015 - Mar lastSun 4:00 1:00 S Rule Azer 1997 2015 - Oct lastSun 5:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Baku 3:19:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 ! 3:00 - BAKT 1957 Mar # Baku Time ! 4:00 RussiaAsia BAK%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s ! 3:00 1:00 BAKST 1991 Aug 30 # independence ! 3:00 RussiaAsia AZ%sT 1992 Sep lastSun 2:00s ! 4:00 - AZT 1996 # Azerbaijan Time ! 4:00 EUAsia AZ%sT 1997 ! 4:00 Azer AZ%sT # Bahrain # See Asia/Qatar. # Bangladesh --- 162,177 ---- # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Azer 1997 2015 - Mar lastSun 4:00 1:00 S Rule Azer 1997 2015 - Oct lastSun 5:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Baku 3:19:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 ! 3:00 - +03 1957 Mar ! 4:00 RussiaAsia +04/+05 1991 Mar 31 2:00s ! 3:00 RussiaAsia +03/+04 1992 Sep lastSun 2:00s ! 4:00 - +04 1996 ! 4:00 EUAsia +04/+05 1997 ! 4:00 Azer +04/+05 # Bahrain # See Asia/Qatar. # Bangladesh
*** 289,299 **** # Burma / Myanmar # Milne says 6:24:40 was the meridian of the time ball observatory at Rangoon. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] ! Zone Asia/Rangoon 6:24:40 - LMT 1880 # or Yangon 6:24:40 - RMT 1920 # Rangoon Mean Time? 6:30 - BURT 1942 May # Burma Time 9:00 - JST 1945 May 3 6:30 - MMT # Myanmar Time --- 286,296 ---- # Burma / Myanmar # Milne says 6:24:40 was the meridian of the time ball observatory at Rangoon. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] ! Zone Asia/Yangon 6:24:40 - LMT 1880 # or Rangoon 6:24:40 - RMT 1920 # Rangoon Mean Time? 6:30 - BURT 1942 May # Burma Time 9:00 - JST 1945 May 3 6:30 - MMT # Myanmar Time
*** 404,442 **** # # An AP article "Shanghai Internat'l Area Little Changed" in the # Lewiston (ME) Daily Sun (1939-05-29), p 17, said "Even the time is # different - the occupied districts going by Tokyo time, an hour # ahead of that prevailing in the rest of Shanghai." Guess that the ! # Xujiahui Observatory was under French control and stuck with UT+8. # # In earlier versions of this file, China had many separate Zone entries, but # this was based on what were apparently incorrect data in Shanks & Pottenger. # This has now been simplified to the two entries Asia/Shanghai and # Asia/Urumqi, with the others being links for backward compatibility. # Proposed in 1918 and theoretically in effect until 1949 (although in practice # mainly observed in coastal areas), the five zones were: # ! # Changbai Time ("Long-white Time", Long-white = Heilongjiang area) UT+8.5 # Asia/Harbin (currently a link to Asia/Shanghai) # Heilongjiang (except Mohe county), Jilin # ! # Zhongyuan Time ("Central plain Time") UT+8 # Asia/Shanghai # most of China # This currently represents most other zones as well, # as apparently these regions have been the same since 1970. # Milne gives 8:05:43.2 for Xujiahui Observatory time; round to nearest. ! # Guo says Shanghai switched to UT+8 "from the end of the 19th century". # ! # Long-shu Time (probably due to Long and Shu being two names of that area) UT+7 # Asia/Chongqing (currently a link to Asia/Shanghai) # Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Ningxia, Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Yunnan; # most of Gansu; west Inner Mongolia; west Qinghai; and the Guangdong # counties Deqing, Enping, Kaiping, Luoding, Taishan, Xinxing, # Yangchun, Yangjiang, Yu'nan, and Yunfu. # ! # Xin-zang Time ("Xinjiang-Tibet Time") UT+6 # Asia/Urumqi # This currently represents Kunlun Time as well, # as apparently the two regions have been the same since 1970. # The Gansu counties Aksay, Anxi, Dunhuang, Subei; west Qinghai; # the Guangdong counties Xuwen, Haikang, Suixi, Lianjiang, --- 401,439 ---- # # An AP article "Shanghai Internat'l Area Little Changed" in the # Lewiston (ME) Daily Sun (1939-05-29), p 17, said "Even the time is # different - the occupied districts going by Tokyo time, an hour # ahead of that prevailing in the rest of Shanghai." Guess that the ! # Xujiahui Observatory was under French control and stuck with UT +08. # # In earlier versions of this file, China had many separate Zone entries, but # this was based on what were apparently incorrect data in Shanks & Pottenger. # This has now been simplified to the two entries Asia/Shanghai and # Asia/Urumqi, with the others being links for backward compatibility. # Proposed in 1918 and theoretically in effect until 1949 (although in practice # mainly observed in coastal areas), the five zones were: # ! # Changbai Time ("Long-white Time", Long-white = Heilongjiang area) UT +08:30 # Asia/Harbin (currently a link to Asia/Shanghai) # Heilongjiang (except Mohe county), Jilin # ! # Zhongyuan Time ("Central plain Time") UT +08 # Asia/Shanghai # most of China # This currently represents most other zones as well, # as apparently these regions have been the same since 1970. # Milne gives 8:05:43.2 for Xujiahui Observatory time; round to nearest. ! # Guo says Shanghai switched to UT +08 "from the end of the 19th century". # ! # Long-shu Time (probably due to Long and Shu being two names of the area) UT +07 # Asia/Chongqing (currently a link to Asia/Shanghai) # Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Ningxia, Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Yunnan; # most of Gansu; west Inner Mongolia; west Qinghai; and the Guangdong # counties Deqing, Enping, Kaiping, Luoding, Taishan, Xinxing, # Yangchun, Yangjiang, Yu'nan, and Yunfu. # ! # Xin-zang Time ("Xinjiang-Tibet Time") UT +06 # Asia/Urumqi # This currently represents Kunlun Time as well, # as apparently the two regions have been the same since 1970. # The Gansu counties Aksay, Anxi, Dunhuang, Subei; west Qinghai; # the Guangdong counties Xuwen, Haikang, Suixi, Lianjiang,
*** 445,455 **** # east Xinjiang, including Ürümqi, Turpan, Karamay, Korla, Minfeng, Jinghe, # Wusu, Qiemo, Xinyan, Wulanwusu, Jinghe, Yumin, Tacheng, Tuoli, Emin, # Shihezi, Changji, Yanqi, Heshuo, Tuokexun, Tulufan, Shanshan, Hami, # Fukang, Kuitun, Kumukuli, Miquan, Qitai, and Turfan. # ! # Kunlun Time UT+5.5 # Asia/Kashgar (currently a link to Asia/Urumqi) # West Tibet, including Pulan, Aheqi, Shufu, Shule; # West Xinjiang, including Aksu, Atushi, Yining, Hetian, Cele, Luopu, Nileke, # Zhaosu, Tekesi, Gongliu, Chabuchaer, Huocheng, Bole, Pishan, Suiding, # and Yarkand. --- 442,452 ---- # east Xinjiang, including Ürümqi, Turpan, Karamay, Korla, Minfeng, Jinghe, # Wusu, Qiemo, Xinyan, Wulanwusu, Jinghe, Yumin, Tacheng, Tuoli, Emin, # Shihezi, Changji, Yanqi, Heshuo, Tuokexun, Tulufan, Shanshan, Hami, # Fukang, Kuitun, Kumukuli, Miquan, Qitai, and Turfan. # ! # Kunlun Time UT +05:30 # Asia/Kashgar (currently a link to Asia/Urumqi) # West Tibet, including Pulan, Aheqi, Shufu, Shule; # West Xinjiang, including Aksu, Atushi, Yining, Hetian, Cele, Luopu, Nileke, # Zhaosu, Tekesi, Gongliu, Chabuchaer, Huocheng, Bole, Pishan, Suiding, # and Yarkand.
*** 461,471 **** # what is called "Beijing time." When Han make an appointment in Chinese # they implicitly use Beijing time. # # On the other hand, ethnic Uyghurs, who make up about half the # population of Xinjiang, typically use "Xinjiang time" which is two ! # hours behind Beijing time, or UTC +0600. The government of the Xinjiang # Uyghur Autonomous Region, (XAUR, or just Xinjiang for short) as well as # local governments such as the Ürümqi city government use both times in # publications, referring to what is popularly called Xinjiang time as # "Ürümqi time." When Uyghurs make an appointment in the Uyghur language # they almost invariably use Xinjiang time. --- 458,468 ---- # what is called "Beijing time." When Han make an appointment in Chinese # they implicitly use Beijing time. # # On the other hand, ethnic Uyghurs, who make up about half the # population of Xinjiang, typically use "Xinjiang time" which is two ! # hours behind Beijing time, or UT +06. The government of the Xinjiang # Uyghur Autonomous Region, (XAUR, or just Xinjiang for short) as well as # local governments such as the Ürümqi city government use both times in # publications, referring to what is popularly called Xinjiang time as # "Ürümqi time." When Uyghurs make an appointment in the Uyghur language # they almost invariably use Xinjiang time.
*** 517,528 **** # population groups might be use one to the exclusion of the other. The only # problem is that computers and smart phones list Ürümqi (or Kashgar) as # having the same time as Beijing. # From Paul Eggert (2014-06-30): ! # In the early days of the PRC, Tibet was given its own time zone (UT+6) but ! # this was withdrawn in 1959 and never reinstated; see Tubten Khétsun, # Memories of life in Lhasa under Chinese Rule, Columbia U Press, ISBN # 978-0231142861 (2008), translator's introduction by Matthew Akester, p x. # As this is before our 1970 cutoff, Tibet doesn't need a separate zone. # # Xinjiang Time is well-documented as being officially recognized. E.g., see --- 514,525 ---- # population groups might be use one to the exclusion of the other. The only # problem is that computers and smart phones list Ürümqi (or Kashgar) as # having the same time as Beijing. # From Paul Eggert (2014-06-30): ! # In the early days of the PRC, Tibet was given its own time zone (UT +06) ! # but this was withdrawn in 1959 and never reinstated; see Tubten Khétsun, # Memories of life in Lhasa under Chinese Rule, Columbia U Press, ISBN # 978-0231142861 (2008), translator's introduction by Matthew Akester, p x. # As this is before our 1970 cutoff, Tibet doesn't need a separate zone. # # Xinjiang Time is well-documented as being officially recognized. E.g., see
*** 532,547 **** # During the 20th century parts of Xinjiang were ruled by the Qing dynasty, # the Republic of China, various warlords, the First and Second East Turkestan # Republics, the Soviet Union, the Kuomintang, and the People's Republic of # China, and tracking down all these organizations' timekeeping rules would be # quite a trick. Approximate this lost history by a transition from LMT to ! # XJT at the start of 1928, the year of accession of the warlord Jin Shuren, # which happens to be the date given by Shanks & Pottenger (no doubt as a ! # guess) as the transition from LMT. Ignore the usage of UT+8 before ! # 1986-02-01 under the theory that the transition date to UT+8 is unknown and # that the sort of users who prefer Asia/Urumqi now typically ignored the ! # UT+8 mandate back then. # 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 --- 529,544 ---- # During the 20th century parts of Xinjiang were ruled by the Qing dynasty, # the Republic of China, various warlords, the First and Second East Turkestan # Republics, the Soviet Union, the Kuomintang, and the People's Republic of # China, and tracking down all these organizations' timekeeping rules would be # quite a trick. Approximate this lost history by a transition from LMT to ! # UT +06 at the start of 1928, the year of accession of the warlord Jin Shuren, # which happens to be the date given by Shanks & Pottenger (no doubt as a ! # guess) as the transition from LMT. Ignore the usage of +08 before ! # 1986-02-01 under the theory that the transition date to +08 is unknown and # that the sort of users who prefer Asia/Urumqi now typically ignored the ! # +08 mandate back then. # 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
*** 742,752 **** # # The Central Weather Bureau website didn't mention that, however it can # be found from historical government announcement database. # From Paul Eggert (2014-07-03): ! # As per Yu-Cheng Chuang, say that Taiwan was at UT+9 from 1937-10-01 # until 1945-09-21 at 01:00, overriding Shanks & Pottenger. # Likewise, use Yu-Cheng Chuang's data for DST in Taiwan. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Taiwan 1946 only - May 15 0:00 1:00 D --- 739,749 ---- # # The Central Weather Bureau website didn't mention that, however it can # be found from historical government announcement database. # From Paul Eggert (2014-07-03): ! # As per Yu-Cheng Chuang, say that Taiwan was at UT +09 from 1937-10-01 # until 1945-09-21 at 01:00, overriding Shanks & Pottenger. # Likewise, use Yu-Cheng Chuang's data for DST in Taiwan. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Taiwan 1946 only - May 15 0:00 1:00 D
*** 856,875 **** # Go with Byalokoz. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Tbilisi 2:59:11 - LMT 1880 2:59:11 - TBMT 1924 May 2 # Tbilisi Mean Time ! 3:00 - TBIT 1957 Mar # Tbilisi Time ! 4:00 RussiaAsia TBI%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s ! 3:00 1:00 TBIST 1991 Apr 9 # independence ! 3:00 RussiaAsia GE%sT 1992 # Georgia Time ! 3:00 E-EurAsia GE%sT 1994 Sep lastSun ! 4:00 E-EurAsia GE%sT 1996 Oct lastSun ! 4:00 1:00 GEST 1997 Mar lastSun ! 4:00 E-EurAsia GE%sT 2004 Jun 27 ! 3:00 RussiaAsia GE%sT 2005 Mar lastSun 2:00 ! 4:00 - GET # East Timor # See Indonesia for the 1945 transition. --- 853,871 ---- # Go with Byalokoz. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Tbilisi 2:59:11 - LMT 1880 2:59:11 - TBMT 1924 May 2 # Tbilisi Mean Time ! 3:00 - +03 1957 Mar ! 4:00 RussiaAsia +04/+05 1991 Mar 31 2:00s ! 3:00 RussiaAsia +03/+04 1992 ! 3:00 E-EurAsia +03/+04 1994 Sep lastSun ! 4:00 E-EurAsia +04/+05 1996 Oct lastSun ! 4:00 1:00 +05 1997 Mar lastSun ! 4:00 E-EurAsia +04/+05 2004 Jun 27 ! 3:00 RussiaAsia +03/+04 2005 Mar lastSun 2:00 ! 4:00 - +04 # East Timor # See Indonesia for the 1945 transition.
*** 942,967 **** # other formal surrender ceremonies were September 9, 11, and 13, plus # September 12 for the regional surrender to Mountbatten in Singapore. # These would be the earliest possible times for a change. # Régimes horaires pour le monde entier, by Henri Le Corre, (Éditions # Traditionnelles, 1987, Paris) says that Java and Madura switched ! # from JST to UTC+07:30 on 1945-09-23, and gives 1944-09-01 for Jayapura # (Hollandia). For now, assume all Indonesian locations other than Jayapura # switched on 1945-09-23. # # From Paul Eggert (2013-08-11): # Normally the tz database uses English-language abbreviations, but in # Indonesia it's typical to use Indonesian-language abbreviations even # when writing in English. For example, see the English-language # summary published by the Time and Frequency Laboratory of the # Research Center for Calibration, Instrumentation and Metrology, # Indonesia, <http://time.kim.lipi.go.id/time-eng.php> (2006-09-29). ! # The abbreviations are: # ! # WIB - UTC+7 - Waktu Indonesia Barat (Indonesia western time) ! # WITA - UTC+8 - Waktu Indonesia Tengah (Indonesia central time) ! # WIT - UTC+9 - Waktu Indonesia Timur (Indonesia eastern time) # # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] # Java, Sumatra Zone Asia/Jakarta 7:07:12 - LMT 1867 Aug 10 # Shanks & Pottenger say the next transition was at 1924 Jan 1 0:13, --- 938,963 ---- # other formal surrender ceremonies were September 9, 11, and 13, plus # September 12 for the regional surrender to Mountbatten in Singapore. # These would be the earliest possible times for a change. # Régimes horaires pour le monde entier, by Henri Le Corre, (Éditions # Traditionnelles, 1987, Paris) says that Java and Madura switched ! # from UT +09 to +07:30 on 1945-09-23, and gives 1944-09-01 for Jayapura # (Hollandia). For now, assume all Indonesian locations other than Jayapura # switched on 1945-09-23. # # From Paul Eggert (2013-08-11): # Normally the tz database uses English-language abbreviations, but in # Indonesia it's typical to use Indonesian-language abbreviations even # when writing in English. For example, see the English-language # summary published by the Time and Frequency Laboratory of the # Research Center for Calibration, Instrumentation and Metrology, # Indonesia, <http://time.kim.lipi.go.id/time-eng.php> (2006-09-29). ! # The time zone abbreviations and UT offsets are: # ! # WIB - +07 - Waktu Indonesia Barat (Indonesia western time) ! # WITA - +08 - Waktu Indonesia Tengah (Indonesia central time) ! # WIT - +09 - Waktu Indonesia Timur (Indonesia eastern time) # # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] # Java, Sumatra Zone Asia/Jakarta 7:07:12 - LMT 1867 Aug 10 # Shanks & Pottenger say the next transition was at 1924 Jan 1 0:13,
*** 1846,1860 **** Rule Kyrgyz 1992 1996 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - Rule Kyrgyz 1997 2005 - Mar lastSun 2:30 1:00 S Rule Kyrgyz 1997 2004 - Oct lastSun 2:30 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Bishkek 4:58:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 ! 5:00 - FRUT 1930 Jun 21 # Frunze Time ! 6:00 RussiaAsia FRU%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s ! 5:00 1:00 FRUST 1991 Aug 31 2:00 # independence ! 5:00 Kyrgyz KG%sT 2005 Aug 12 # Kyrgyzstan Time ! 6:00 - KGT ############################################################################### # Korea (North and South) --- 1842,1856 ---- Rule Kyrgyz 1992 1996 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - Rule Kyrgyz 1997 2005 - Mar lastSun 2:30 1:00 S Rule Kyrgyz 1997 2004 - Oct lastSun 2:30 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Bishkek 4:58:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 ! 5:00 - +05 1930 Jun 21 ! 6:00 RussiaAsia +06/+07 1991 Mar 31 2:00s ! 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 1991 Aug 31 2:00 ! 5:00 Kyrgyz +05/+06 2005 Aug 12 ! 6:00 - +06 ############################################################################### # Korea (North and South)
*** 1889,1917 **** Rule ROK 1957 1960 - May Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D Rule ROK 1957 1960 - Sep Sun>=18 0:00 0 S Rule ROK 1987 1988 - May Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D Rule ROK 1987 1988 - Oct Sun>=8 3:00 0 S ! # From Paul Eggert (2014-10-30): # The Korean Wikipedia entry gives the following sources for UT offsets: # ! # 1908: Official Journal Article No. 3994 (Edict No. 5) # 1912: Governor-General of Korea Official Gazette Issue No. 367 # (Announcement No. 338) # 1954: Presidential Decree No. 876 (1954-03-17) # 1961: Law No. 676 (1961-08-07) - # 1987: Law No. 3919 (1986-12-31) # ! # The Wikipedia entry also has confusing information about a change ! # to UT+9 in April 1910, but then what would be the point of the later change ! # to UT+9 on 1912-01-01? Omit the 1910 change for now. # # I guessed that time zone abbreviations through 1945 followed the same # rules as discussed under Taiwan, with nominal switches from JST to KST # when the respective cities were taken over by the Allies after WWII. # ! # For Pyongyang we have no information; guess no changes since World War II. # From Steffen Thorsen (2015-08-07): # According to many news sources, North Korea is going to change to # the 8:30 time zone on August 15, one example: # http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-33815049 --- 1885,1912 ---- Rule ROK 1957 1960 - May Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D Rule ROK 1957 1960 - Sep Sun>=18 0:00 0 S Rule ROK 1987 1988 - May Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D Rule ROK 1987 1988 - Oct Sun>=8 3:00 0 S ! # From Paul Eggert (2016-08-23): # The Korean Wikipedia entry gives the following sources for UT offsets: # ! # 1908: Official Journal Article No. 3994 (decree No. 5) # 1912: Governor-General of Korea Official Gazette Issue No. 367 # (Announcement No. 338) # 1954: Presidential Decree No. 876 (1954-03-17) # 1961: Law No. 676 (1961-08-07) # ! # (Another source "1987: Law No. 3919 (1986-12-31)" was in the 2014-10-30 ! # edition of the Korean Wikipedia entry.) # # I guessed that time zone abbreviations through 1945 followed the same # rules as discussed under Taiwan, with nominal switches from JST to KST # when the respective cities were taken over by the Allies after WWII. # ! # For Pyongyang, guess no changes from World War II until 2015, as we ! # have no information otherwise. # From Steffen Thorsen (2015-08-07): # According to many news sources, North Korea is going to change to # the 8:30 time zone on August 15, one example: # http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-33815049
*** 2067,2077 **** # From Paul Eggert (2005-07-26): # We have wildly conflicting information about Mongolia's time zones. # Bill Bonnet (2005-05-19) reports that the US Embassy in Ulaanbaatar says # there is only one time zone and that DST is observed, citing Microsoft # Windows XP as the source. Risto Nykänen (2005-05-16) reports that ! # travelmongolia.org says there are two time zones (UTC+7, UTC+8) with no DST. # Oscar van Vlijmen (2005-05-20) reports that the Mongolian Embassy in # Washington, DC says there are two time zones, with DST observed. # He also found # http://ubpost.mongolnews.mn/index.php?subaction=showcomments&id=1111634894&archive=&start_from=&ucat=1& # which also says that there is DST, and which has a comment by "Toddius" --- 2062,2072 ---- # From Paul Eggert (2005-07-26): # We have wildly conflicting information about Mongolia's time zones. # Bill Bonnet (2005-05-19) reports that the US Embassy in Ulaanbaatar says # there is only one time zone and that DST is observed, citing Microsoft # Windows XP as the source. Risto Nykänen (2005-05-16) reports that ! # travelmongolia.org says there are two time zones (UT +07, +08) with no DST. # Oscar van Vlijmen (2005-05-20) reports that the Mongolian Embassy in # Washington, DC says there are two time zones, with DST observed. # He also found # http://ubpost.mongolnews.mn/index.php?subaction=showcomments&id=1111634894&archive=&start_from=&ucat=1& # which also says that there is DST, and which has a comment by "Toddius"
*** 2703,2713 **** # a weekly Dhahran-Cairo service, via the Saudi Arabian cities of Riyadh and # Jidda, on March 14, 1947". Shanks & Pottenger guessed 1950; go with the # earlier date. # # Shanks & Pottenger also state that until 1968-05-01 Saudi Arabia had two ! # time zones; the other zone, at UTC+4, was in the far eastern part of # the country. 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 3:00 - AST --- 2698,2708 ---- # a weekly Dhahran-Cairo service, via the Saudi Arabian cities of Riyadh and # Jidda, on March 14, 1947". Shanks & Pottenger guessed 1950; go with the # earlier date. # # 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. # # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Riyadh 3:06:52 - LMT 1947 Mar 14 3:00 - AST
*** 2972,2985 **** # Tajikistan # From Shanks & Pottenger. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Dushanbe 4:35:12 - LMT 1924 May 2 ! 5:00 - DUST 1930 Jun 21 # Dushanbe Time ! 6:00 RussiaAsia DUS%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s ! 5:00 1:00 DUSST 1991 Sep 9 2:00s ! 5:00 - TJT # Tajikistan Time # Thailand # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Bangkok 6:42:04 - LMT 1880 6:42:04 - BMT 1920 Apr # Bangkok Mean Time --- 2967,2980 ---- # Tajikistan # From Shanks & Pottenger. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Dushanbe 4:35:12 - LMT 1924 May 2 ! 5:00 - +05 1930 Jun 21 ! 6:00 RussiaAsia +06/+07 1991 Mar 31 2:00s ! 5:00 1:00 +05/+06 1991 Sep 9 2:00s ! 5:00 - +05 # Thailand # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Bangkok 6:42:04 - LMT 1880 6:42:04 - BMT 1920 Apr # Bangkok Mean Time
*** 2989,3003 **** # Turkmenistan # From Shanks & Pottenger. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Ashgabat 3:53:32 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Ashkhabad ! 4:00 - ASHT 1930 Jun 21 # Ashkhabad Time ! 5:00 RussiaAsia ASH%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00 ! 4:00 RussiaAsia ASH%sT 1991 Oct 27 # independence ! 4:00 RussiaAsia TM%sT 1992 Jan 19 2:00 ! 5:00 - TMT # United Arab Emirates # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Dubai 3:41:12 - LMT 1920 4:00 - GST --- 2984,2997 ---- # Turkmenistan # From Shanks & Pottenger. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Ashgabat 3:53:32 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Ashkhabad ! 4:00 - +04 1930 Jun 21 ! 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 1991 Mar 31 2:00 ! 4:00 RussiaAsia +04/+05 1992 Jan 19 2:00 ! 5:00 - +05 # United Arab Emirates # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Dubai 3:41:12 - LMT 1920 4:00 - GST
*** 3005,3028 **** # Uzbekistan # Byalokoz 1919 says Uzbekistan was 4:27:53. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Samarkand 4:27:53 - LMT 1924 May 2 ! 4:00 - SAMT 1930 Jun 21 # Samarkand Time ! 5:00 - SAMT 1981 Apr 1 ! 5:00 1:00 SAMST 1981 Oct 1 ! 6:00 - TAST 1982 Apr 1 # Tashkent Time ! 5:00 RussiaAsia SAM%sT 1991 Sep 1 # independence ! 5:00 RussiaAsia UZ%sT 1992 ! 5:00 - UZT # Milne says Tashkent was 4:37:10.8; round to nearest. Zone Asia/Tashkent 4:37:11 - LMT 1924 May 2 ! 5:00 - TAST 1930 Jun 21 # Tashkent Time ! 6:00 RussiaAsia TAS%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00 ! 5:00 RussiaAsia TAS%sT 1991 Sep 1 # independence ! 5:00 RussiaAsia UZ%sT 1992 ! 5:00 - UZT # Vietnam # From Paul Eggert (2014-10-04): # Milne gives 7:16:56 for the meridian of Saigon in 1899, as being --- 2999,3020 ---- # Uzbekistan # Byalokoz 1919 says Uzbekistan was 4:27:53. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Samarkand 4:27:53 - LMT 1924 May 2 ! 4:00 - +04 1930 Jun 21 ! 5:00 - +05 1981 Apr 1 ! 5:00 1:00 +06 1981 Oct 1 ! 6:00 - +06 1982 Apr 1 ! 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 1992 ! 5:00 - +05 # Milne says Tashkent was 4:37:10.8; round to nearest. Zone Asia/Tashkent 4:37:11 - LMT 1924 May 2 ! 5:00 - +05 1930 Jun 21 ! 6:00 RussiaAsia +06/+07 1991 Mar 31 2:00 ! 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 1992 ! 5:00 - +05 # Vietnam # From Paul Eggert (2014-10-04): # Milne gives 7:16:56 for the meridian of Saigon in 1899, as being
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