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# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
-# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future).
+# tz@iana.org for general use in the future).
-# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
+# From Paul Eggert (2013-02-21):
#
# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
# Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition),
# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003).
#
@@ -46,10 +46,14 @@
#
# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences,
# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which
# I found in the UCLA library.
#
+# For data circa 1899, a common source is:
+# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94
+# <http://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359>.
+#
# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is
# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997).
#
# I invented the abbreviations marked `*' in the following table;
# the rest are from earlier versions of this file, or from other sources.
@@ -300,13 +304,16 @@
Zone Asia/Brunei 7:39:40 - LMT 1926 Mar # Bandar Seri Begawan
7:30 - BNT 1933
8:00 - BNT
# 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
- 6:24:36 - RMT 1920 # Rangoon Mean Time?
+ 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
# Cambodia
@@ -405,11 +412,12 @@
9:00 - CHAT 1966 May
8:30 - CHAT 1980 May
8:00 PRC C%sT
# Zhongyuan Time ("Central plain Time")
# most of China
-Zone Asia/Shanghai 8:05:52 - LMT 1928
+# Milne gives 8:05:56.7; round to nearest.
+Zone Asia/Shanghai 8:05:57 - LMT 1928
8:00 Shang C%sT 1949
8:00 PRC C%sT
# Long-shu Time (probably due to Long and Shu being two names of that area)
# Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Ningxia, Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Yunnan;
# most of Gansu; west Inner Mongolia; west Qinghai; and the Guangdong
@@ -502,10 +510,14 @@
5:30 - KAST 1940 # Kashgar Time
5:00 - KAST 1980 May
8:00 PRC C%sT
+# Hong Kong (Xianggang)
+
+# Milne gives 7:36:41.7; round this.
+
# From Lee Yiu Chung (2009-10-24):
# I found there are some mistakes for the...DST rule for Hong
# Kong. [According] to the DST record from Hong Kong Observatory (actually,
# it is not [an] observatory, but the official meteorological agency of HK,
# and also serves as the official timing agency), there are some missing
@@ -568,11 +580,10 @@
# The page does not givw an end date for 1945.
# The Japanese occupation of Hong Kong began on 1941-12-25.
# The Japanese surrender of Hong Kong was signed 1945-09-15.
# For lack of anything better, use start of those days as the transition times.
-# Hong Kong (Xianggang)
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule HK 1941 only - Apr 1 3:30 1:00 S
Rule HK 1941 only - Sep 30 3:30 0 -
Rule HK 1946 only - Apr 20 3:30 1:00 S
Rule HK 1946 only - Dec 1 3:30 0 -
@@ -590,11 +601,11 @@
Rule HK 1965 1976 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 -
Rule HK 1973 only - Dec 30 3:30 1:00 S
Rule HK 1979 only - May Sun>=8 3:30 1:00 S
Rule HK 1979 only - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
-Zone Asia/Hong_Kong 7:36:36 - LMT 1904 Oct 30
+Zone Asia/Hong_Kong 7:36:42 - LMT 1904 Oct 30
8:00 HK HK%sT 1941 Dec 25
9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 15
8:00 HK HK%sT
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@@ -667,10 +678,13 @@
###############################################################################
# Cyprus
+#
+# Milne says the Eastern Telegraph Company used 2:14:00. Stick with LMT.
+#
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Cyprus 1975 only - Apr 13 0:00 1:00 S
Rule Cyprus 1975 only - Oct 12 0:00 0 -
Rule Cyprus 1976 only - May 15 0:00 1:00 S
Rule Cyprus 1976 only - Oct 11 0:00 0 -
@@ -1220,11 +1234,10 @@
Rule Zion 2011 only - Oct 2 2:00 0 S
Rule Zion 2012 only - Mar Fri>=26 2:00 1:00 D
Rule Zion 2012 only - Sep 23 2:00 0 S
# From Ephraim Silverberg (2012-10-18):
-
# Yesterday, the Interior Ministry Committee, after more than a year
# past, approved sending the proposed June 2011 changes to the Time
# Decree Law back to the Knesset for second and third (final) votes
# before the upcoming elections on Jan. 22, 2013. Hence, although the
# changes are not yet law, they are expected to be so before February 2013.
@@ -1233,10 +1246,14 @@
# DST ends at 02:00 on the first Sunday after October 1, unless it occurs on the
# second day of the Jewish Rosh Hashana holiday, in which case DST ends a day
# later (i.e. at 02:00 the first Monday after October 2).
# [Rosh Hashana holidays are factored in until 2100.]
+# From Ephraim Silverberg (2012-11-05):
+# The Knesset passed today (in second and final readings) the amendment to the
+# Time Decree Law making the changes ... law.
+
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Zion 2013 max - Mar Fri>=23 2:00 1:00 D
Rule Zion 2013 2026 - Oct Sun>=2 2:00 0 S
Rule Zion 2027 only - Oct Mon>=3 2:00 0 S
Rule Zion 2028 max - Oct Sun>=2 2:00 0 S
@@ -1822,12 +1839,15 @@
Zone Asia/Kathmandu 5:41:16 - LMT 1920
5:30 - IST 1986
5:45 - NPT # Nepal Time
# Oman
+
+# Milne says 3:54:24 was the meridian of the Muscat Tidal Observatory.
+
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
-Zone Asia/Muscat 3:54:20 - LMT 1920
+Zone Asia/Muscat 3:54:24 - LMT 1920
4:00 - GST
# Pakistan
# From Rives McDow (2002-03-13):
@@ -2070,12 +2090,11 @@
# We don't yet need a separate entry for the West Bank, since
# the only differences between it and Gaza that we know about
# occurred before our cutoff date of 1970.
# However, as we get more information, we may need to add entries
# for parts of the West Bank as they transitioned from Israel's rules
-# to Palestine's rules. If you have more info about this, please
-# send it to tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for incorporation into future editions.
+# to Palestine's rules.
# From IINS News Service - Israel - 1998-03-23 10:38:07 Israel time,
# forwarded by Ephraim Silverberg:
#
# Despite the fact that Israel changed over to daylight savings time
@@ -2293,15 +2312,24 @@
# Our brief summary:
# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/gaza-west-bank-dst-2012.html">
# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/gaza-west-bank-dst-2012.html
# </a>
-# From Arthur David Olson (2012-03-27):
-# The timeanddate article for 2012 says that "the end date has not yet been
-# announced" and that "Last year, both...paused daylight saving time during...
-# Ramadan. It is not yet known [for] 2012."
-# For now, assume both switch back on the last Friday in September. XXX
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2013-03-26):
+# The following news sources tells that Palestine will "start daylight saving
+# time from midnight on Friday, March 29, 2013" (translated).
+# [These are in Arabic and are for Gaza and for Ramallah, respectively.]
+# http://www.samanews.com/index.php?act=Show&id=154120
+# 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
+
+# From Paul Eggert (2013-04-15):
+# For future dates, guess the last Thursday in March at 24:00 through
+# the first Friday on or after September 21 at 01:00. This is consistent with
+# the predictions in today's editions of the following URLs,
+# which are for Gaza and Hebron respectively:
+# http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/timezone.html?n=702
+# http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/timezone.html?n=2364
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule EgyptAsia 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S
Rule EgyptAsia 1957 1958 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
Rule EgyptAsia 1958 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S
@@ -2311,50 +2339,45 @@
Rule Palestine 1999 2005 - Apr Fri>=15 0:00 1:00 S
Rule Palestine 1999 2003 - Oct Fri>=15 0:00 0 -
Rule Palestine 2004 only - Oct 1 1:00 0 -
Rule Palestine 2005 only - Oct 4 2:00 0 -
-Rule Palestine 2006 2008 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
+Rule Palestine 2006 2007 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
Rule Palestine 2006 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 -
Rule Palestine 2007 only - Sep Thu>=8 2:00 0 -
-Rule Palestine 2008 only - Aug lastFri 0:00 0 -
-Rule Palestine 2009 only - Mar lastFri 0:00 1:00 S
-Rule Palestine 2009 only - Sep Fri>=1 2:00 0 -
-Rule Palestine 2010 only - Mar lastSat 0:01 1:00 S
+Rule Palestine 2008 2009 - Mar lastFri 0:00 1:00 S
+Rule Palestine 2008 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 -
+Rule Palestine 2009 only - Sep Fri>=1 1:00 0 -
+Rule Palestine 2010 only - Mar 26 0:00 1:00 S
Rule Palestine 2010 only - Aug 11 0:00 0 -
-
-# From Arthur David Olson (2011-09-20):
-# 2011 transitions per http://www.timeanddate.com as of 2011-09-20.
-# From Paul Eggert (2012-10-12):
-# 2012 transitions per http://www.timeanddate.com as of 2012-10-12.
+Rule Palestine 2011 only - Apr 1 0:01 1:00 S
+Rule Palestine 2011 only - Aug 1 0:00 0 -
+Rule Palestine 2011 only - Aug 30 0:00 1:00 S
+Rule Palestine 2011 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 -
+Rule Palestine 2012 max - Mar lastThu 24:00 1:00 S
+Rule Palestine 2012 max - Sep Fri>=21 1:00 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct
2:00 Zion EET 1948 May 15
2:00 EgyptAsia EE%sT 1967 Jun 5
2:00 Zion I%sT 1996
2:00 Jordan EE%sT 1999
- 2:00 Palestine EE%sT 2011 Apr 2 12:01
- 2:00 1:00 EEST 2011 Aug 1
- 2:00 - EET 2012 Mar 30
- 2:00 1:00 EEST 2012 Sep 21 1:00
- 2:00 - EET
+ 2:00 Palestine EE%sT 2008 Aug 29 0:00
+ 2:00 - EET 2008 Sep
+ 2:00 Palestine EE%sT 2010
+ 2:00 - EET 2010 Mar 27 0:01
+ 2:00 Palestine EE%sT 2011 Aug 1
+ 2:00 - EET 2012
+ 2:00 Palestine EE%sT
Zone Asia/Hebron 2:20:23 - LMT 1900 Oct
2:00 Zion EET 1948 May 15
2:00 EgyptAsia EE%sT 1967 Jun 5
2:00 Zion I%sT 1996
2:00 Jordan EE%sT 1999
- 2:00 Palestine EE%sT 2008 Aug
- 2:00 1:00 EEST 2008 Sep
- 2:00 Palestine EE%sT 2011 Apr 1 12:01
- 2:00 1:00 EEST 2011 Aug 1
- 2:00 - EET 2011 Aug 30
- 2:00 1:00 EEST 2011 Sep 30 3:00
- 2:00 - EET 2012 Mar 30
- 2:00 1:00 EEST 2012 Sep 21 1:00
- 2:00 - EET
+ 2:00 Palestine EE%sT
# Paracel Is
# no information
# Philippines
@@ -2419,10 +2442,17 @@
# Spratly Is
# no information
# Sri Lanka
+
+# From Paul Eggert (2013-02-21):
+# Milne says "Madras mean time use from May 1, 1898. Prior to this Colombo
+# mean time, 5h. 4m. 21.9s. F., was used." But 5:04:21.9 differs considerably
+# from Colombo's meridian 5:19:24, so for now ignore Milne and stick with
+# Shanks and Pottenger.
+
# From Paul Eggert (1996-09-03):
# "Sri Lanka advances clock by an hour to avoid blackout"
# (www.virtual-pc.com/lankaweb/news/items/240596-2.html, 1996-05-24,
# no longer available as of 1999-08-17)
# reported ``the country's standard time will be put forward by one hour at
@@ -2718,10 +2748,16 @@
5:00 RussiaAsia UZ%sT 1992
5:00 - UZT
# Vietnam
+# From Paul Eggert (2013-02-21):
+# Milne gives 7:16:56 for the meridian of Saigon in 1899, as being
+# used in Lower Laos, Cambodia, and Annam. But this is quite a ways
+# from Saigon's location. For now, ignore this and stick with Shanks
+# and Pottenger.
+
# From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-18):
# The English-language name of Vietnam's most populous city is "Ho Chi Min City";
# we use Ho_Chi_Minh below to avoid a name of more than 14 characters.
# From Shanks & Pottenger:
@@ -2731,8 +2767,12 @@
7:00 - ICT 1912 May
8:00 - ICT 1931 May
7:00 - ICT
# Yemen
+
+# Milne says 2:59:54 was the meridian of the saluting battery at Aden,
+# and that Yemen was at 1:55:56, the meridian of the Hagia Sophia.
+
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
-Zone Asia/Aden 3:00:48 - LMT 1950
+Zone Asia/Aden 2:59:54 - LMT 1950
3:00 - AST