Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2016 12:41:12 +0000 (UTC) From: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-11@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r307361 - stable/11/contrib/tzdata Message-ID: <201610151241.u9FCfCPc034309@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: bapt Date: Sat Oct 15 12:41:11 2016 New Revision: 307361 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/307361 Log: MFC r306853 Import tzdata 2016g Modified: stable/11/contrib/tzdata/africa stable/11/contrib/tzdata/antarctica stable/11/contrib/tzdata/asia stable/11/contrib/tzdata/australasia stable/11/contrib/tzdata/backward stable/11/contrib/tzdata/etcetera stable/11/contrib/tzdata/europe stable/11/contrib/tzdata/factory stable/11/contrib/tzdata/leap-seconds.list stable/11/contrib/tzdata/leapseconds stable/11/contrib/tzdata/northamerica stable/11/contrib/tzdata/southamerica stable/11/contrib/tzdata/zone.tab stable/11/contrib/tzdata/zone1970.tab Directory Properties: stable/11/ (props changed) Modified: stable/11/contrib/tzdata/africa ============================================================================== --- stable/11/contrib/tzdata/africa Sat Oct 15 12:38:50 2016 (r307360) +++ stable/11/contrib/tzdata/africa Sat Oct 15 12:41:11 2016 (r307361) @@ -343,6 +343,12 @@ Rule Egypt 2007 only - Sep Thu>=1 24:00 # decision to abandon DST permanently. See Ahram Online 2015-04-24. # http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/128509/Egypt/Politics-/Sisi-cancels-daylight-saving-time-in-Egypt.aspx +# From Steffen Thorsen (2016-04-29): +# Egypt will have DST from July 7 until the end of October.... +# http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentP/1/204655/Egypt/Daylight-savings-time-returning-to-Egypt-on--July.aspx +# From Mina Samuel (2016-07-04): +# Egyptian government took the decision to cancel the DST, + Rule Egypt 2008 only - Aug lastThu 24:00 0 - Rule Egypt 2009 only - Aug 20 24:00 0 - Rule Egypt 2010 only - Aug 10 24:00 0 - @@ -458,7 +464,7 @@ Zone Africa/Monrovia -0:43:08 - LMT 1882 # http://www.libyaherald.com/2013/10/24/correction-no-time-change-tomorrow/ # # From Paul Eggert (2013-10-25): -# For now, assume they're reverting to the pre-2012 rules of permanent UTC+2. +# For now, assume they're reverting to the pre-2012 rules of permanent UT +02. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Libya 1951 only - Oct 14 2:00 1:00 S @@ -858,11 +864,11 @@ Rule Morocco 2009 only - Aug 21 0:00 0 Rule Morocco 2010 only - May 2 0:00 1:00 S Rule Morocco 2010 only - Aug 8 0:00 0 - Rule Morocco 2011 only - Apr 3 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Morocco 2011 only - Jul 31 0 0 - +Rule Morocco 2011 only - Jul 31 0:00 0 - Rule Morocco 2012 2013 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 S -Rule Morocco 2012 only - Sep 30 3:00 0 - Rule Morocco 2012 only - Jul 20 3:00 0 - Rule Morocco 2012 only - Aug 20 2:00 1:00 S +Rule Morocco 2012 only - Sep 30 3:00 0 - Rule Morocco 2013 only - Jul 7 3:00 0 - Rule Morocco 2013 only - Aug 10 2:00 1:00 S Rule Morocco 2013 max - Oct lastSun 3:00 0 - Modified: stable/11/contrib/tzdata/antarctica ============================================================================== --- stable/11/contrib/tzdata/antarctica Sat Oct 15 12:38:50 2016 (r307360) +++ stable/11/contrib/tzdata/antarctica Sat Oct 15 12:41:11 2016 (r307361) @@ -10,10 +10,8 @@ # http://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/bob/periant.htm # for information. # Unless otherwise specified, we have no time zone information. -# -# Except for the French entries, -# I made up all time zone abbreviations mentioned here; corrections welcome! -# FORMAT is 'zzz' and GMTOFF is 0 for locations while uninhabited. + +# FORMAT is '-00' and GMTOFF is 0 for locations while uninhabited. # Argentina - year-round bases # Belgrano II, Confin Coast, -770227-0343737, since 1972-02-05 @@ -29,7 +27,7 @@ # previously sealers and scientific personnel wintered # Margaret Turner reports # http://web.archive.org/web/20021204222245/http://www.dstc.qut.edu.au/DST/marg/daylight.html -# (1999-09-30) that they're UTC+5, with no DST; +# (1999-09-30) that they're UT +05, with no DST; # presumably this is when they have visitors. # # year-round bases @@ -67,24 +65,23 @@ # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/antartica-time-changes-2010.html # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Antarctica/Casey 0 - zzz 1969 - 8:00 - AWST 2009 Oct 18 2:00 - # Australian Western Std Time - 11:00 - CAST 2010 Mar 5 2:00 # Casey Time - 8:00 - AWST 2011 Oct 28 2:00 - 11:00 - CAST 2012 Feb 21 17:00u - 8:00 - AWST -Zone Antarctica/Davis 0 - zzz 1957 Jan 13 - 7:00 - DAVT 1964 Nov # Davis Time - 0 - zzz 1969 Feb - 7:00 - DAVT 2009 Oct 18 2:00 - 5:00 - DAVT 2010 Mar 10 20:00u - 7:00 - DAVT 2011 Oct 28 2:00 - 5:00 - DAVT 2012 Feb 21 20:00u - 7:00 - DAVT -Zone Antarctica/Mawson 0 - zzz 1954 Feb 13 - 6:00 - MAWT 2009 Oct 18 2:00 # Mawson Time - 5:00 - MAWT +Zone Antarctica/Casey 0 - -00 1969 + 8:00 - +08 2009 Oct 18 2:00 + 11:00 - +11 2010 Mar 5 2:00 + 8:00 - +08 2011 Oct 28 2:00 + 11:00 - +11 2012 Feb 21 17:00u + 8:00 - +08 +Zone Antarctica/Davis 0 - -00 1957 Jan 13 + 7:00 - +07 1964 Nov + 0 - -00 1969 Feb + 7:00 - +07 2009 Oct 18 2:00 + 5:00 - +05 2010 Mar 10 20:00u + 7:00 - +07 2011 Oct 28 2:00 + 5:00 - +05 2012 Feb 21 20:00u + 7:00 - +07 +Zone Antarctica/Mawson 0 - -00 1954 Feb 13 + 6:00 - +06 2009 Oct 18 2:00 + 5:00 - +05 # References: # Casey Weather (1998-02-26) # http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/casey/casey_aws.html @@ -137,8 +134,8 @@ Zone Antarctica/Mawson 0 - zzz 1954 Feb # fishing stations operated variously 1819/1931 # # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Indian/Kerguelen 0 - zzz 1950 # Port-aux-Français - 5:00 - TFT # ISO code TF Time +Zone Indian/Kerguelen 0 - -00 1950 # Port-aux-Français + 5:00 - +05 # # year-round base in the main continent # Dumont d'Urville, Île des Pétrels, -6640+14001, since 1956-11 @@ -148,10 +145,10 @@ Zone Indian/Kerguelen 0 - zzz 1950 # Por # It was destroyed by fire on 1952-01-14. # # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Antarctica/DumontDUrville 0 - zzz 1947 - 10:00 - PMT 1952 Jan 14 # Port-Martin Time - 0 - zzz 1956 Nov - 10:00 - DDUT # Dumont-d'Urville Time +Zone Antarctica/DumontDUrville 0 - -00 1947 + 10:00 - +10 1952 Jan 14 + 0 - -00 1956 Nov + 10:00 - +10 # France & Italy - year-round base # Concordia, -750600+1232000, since 2005 @@ -176,8 +173,8 @@ Zone Antarctica/DumontDUrville 0 - zzz 1 # was established on 1957-01-29. Since Syowa station is still the main # station of Japan, it's appropriate for the principal location. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Antarctica/Syowa 0 - zzz 1957 Jan 29 - 3:00 - SYOT # Syowa Time +Zone Antarctica/Syowa 0 - -00 1957 Jan 29 + 3:00 - +03 # See: # NIPR Antarctic Research Activities (1999-08-17) # http://www.nipr.ac.jp/english/ara01.html @@ -214,19 +211,19 @@ Zone Antarctica/Syowa 0 - zzz 1957 Jan 2 # correct, but they should be quite close to the actual dates. # # From Paul Eggert (2014-03-21): -# The CET-switching Troll rules require zic from tzcode 2014b or later, so as +# The CET-switching Troll rules require zic from tz 2014b or later, so as # suggested by Bengt-Inge Larsson comment them out for now, and approximate # with only UTC and CEST. Uncomment them when 2014b is more prevalent. # # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -#Rule Troll 2005 max - Mar 1 1:00u 1:00 CET -Rule Troll 2005 max - Mar lastSun 1:00u 2:00 CEST -#Rule Troll 2005 max - Oct lastSun 1:00u 1:00 CET -#Rule Troll 2004 max - Nov 7 1:00u 0:00 UTC +#Rule Troll 2005 max - Mar 1 1:00u 1:00 +01 +Rule Troll 2005 max - Mar lastSun 1:00u 2:00 +02 +#Rule Troll 2005 max - Oct lastSun 1:00u 1:00 +01 +#Rule Troll 2004 max - Nov 7 1:00u 0:00 +00 # Remove the following line when uncommenting the above '#Rule' lines. -Rule Troll 2004 max - Oct lastSun 1:00u 0:00 UTC +Rule Troll 2004 max - Oct lastSun 1:00u 0:00 +00 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Antarctica/Troll 0 - zzz 2005 Feb 12 +Zone Antarctica/Troll 0 - -00 2005 Feb 12 0:00 Troll %s # Poland - year-round base @@ -265,10 +262,10 @@ Zone Antarctica/Troll 0 - zzz 2005 Feb 1 # changes during the year and does not necessarily correspond to mean # solar noon. So the Vostok time might have been whatever the clocks # happened to be during their visit. So we still don't really know what time -# it is at Vostok. But we'll guess UTC+6. +# it is at Vostok. But we'll guess +06. # -Zone Antarctica/Vostok 0 - zzz 1957 Dec 16 - 6:00 - VOST # Vostok time +Zone Antarctica/Vostok 0 - -00 1957 Dec 16 + 6:00 - +06 # S Africa - year-round bases # Marion Island, -4653+03752 @@ -300,8 +297,8 @@ Zone Antarctica/Vostok 0 - zzz 1957 Dec # <http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/g.html>; says Rothera is -03 all year. # # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Antarctica/Rothera 0 - zzz 1976 Dec 1 - -3:00 - ROTT # Rothera time +Zone Antarctica/Rothera 0 - -00 1976 Dec 1 + -3:00 - -03 # Uruguay - year round base # Artigas, King George Island, -621104-0585107 Modified: stable/11/contrib/tzdata/asia ============================================================================== --- stable/11/contrib/tzdata/asia Sat Oct 15 12:38:50 2016 (r307360) +++ stable/11/contrib/tzdata/asia Sat Oct 15 12:41:11 2016 (r307361) @@ -79,13 +79,9 @@ Rule E-EurAsia 1979 1995 - Sep lastSun Rule E-EurAsia 1996 max - Oct lastSun 0:00 0 - Rule RussiaAsia 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule RussiaAsia 1981 1983 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - -Rule RussiaAsia 1984 1991 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 - -Rule RussiaAsia 1985 1991 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S -Rule RussiaAsia 1992 only - Mar lastSat 23:00 1:00 S -Rule RussiaAsia 1992 only - Sep lastSat 23:00 0 - -Rule RussiaAsia 1993 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S -Rule RussiaAsia 1993 1995 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 - -Rule RussiaAsia 1996 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 - +Rule RussiaAsia 1984 1995 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 - +Rule RussiaAsia 1985 2011 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S +Rule RussiaAsia 1996 2011 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 - # Afghanistan # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] @@ -120,31 +116,37 @@ Zone Asia/Kabul 4:36:48 - LMT 1890 # 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 Mar 25 2:00s - 4:00 - AMT + 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 # From Paul Eggert (2015-09-17): It was Resolution No. 21 (1997-03-17). # http://code.az/files/daylight_res.pdf + +# From Steffen Thorsen (2016-03-17): +# ... the Azerbaijani Cabinet of Ministers has cancelled switching to +# daylight saving time.... +# http://www.azernews.az/azerbaijan/94137.html +# http://vestnikkavkaza.net/news/Azerbaijani-Cabinet-of-Ministers-cancels-daylight-saving-time.html +# http://en.apa.az/xeber_azerbaijan_abolishes_daylight_savings_ti_240862.html + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule Azer 1997 max - Mar lastSun 4:00 1:00 S -Rule Azer 1997 max - Oct lastSun 5:00 0 - +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 lastSat 23:00 - 4:00 - AZT 1996 # Azerbaijan Time - 4:00 EUAsia AZ%sT 1997 - 4:00 Azer AZ%sT + 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. @@ -263,7 +265,7 @@ Zone Asia/Brunei 7:39:40 - LMT 1926 Mar # 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 +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 @@ -378,7 +380,7 @@ Rule PRC 1987 1991 - Apr Sun>=10 0:00 1: # 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. +# 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. @@ -387,26 +389,26 @@ Rule PRC 1987 1991 - Apr Sun>=10 0:00 1: # 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 +# 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+8 +# 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+8 "from the end of the 19th century". +# 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 that area) UT+7 +# 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+6 +# 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. @@ -419,7 +421,7 @@ Rule PRC 1987 1991 - Apr Sun>=10 0:00 1: # Shihezi, Changji, Yanqi, Heshuo, Tuokexun, Tulufan, Shanshan, Hami, # Fukang, Kuitun, Kumukuli, Miquan, Qitai, and Turfan. # -# Kunlun Time UT+5.5 +# 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, @@ -435,7 +437,7 @@ Rule PRC 1987 1991 - Apr Sun>=10 0:00 1: # # 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 +# 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 @@ -491,8 +493,8 @@ Rule PRC 1987 1991 - Apr Sun>=10 0:00 1: # 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, +# 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. @@ -506,12 +508,12 @@ Rule PRC 1987 1991 - Apr Sun>=10 0:00 1: # 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, +# 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 UT+8 before -# 1986-02-01 under the theory that the transition date to UT+8 is unknown and +# 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 -# UT+8 mandate back then. +# +08 mandate back then. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] # Beijing time, used throughout China; represented by Shanghai. @@ -716,7 +718,7 @@ Zone Asia/Hong_Kong 7:36:42 - LMT 1904 O # 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 +# 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. @@ -830,16 +832,15 @@ Link Asia/Nicosia Europe/Nicosia # 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 + 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 @@ -874,6 +875,15 @@ Zone Asia/Dili 8:22:20 - LMT 1912 Jan 1 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? @@ -907,7 +917,7 @@ Zone Asia/Kolkata 5:53:28 - LMT 1880 # 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 +# 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. # @@ -918,11 +928,11 @@ Zone Asia/Kolkata 5:53:28 - LMT 1880 # 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: +# The time zone abbreviations and UT offsets 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) +# 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 @@ -1084,8 +1094,15 @@ 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 @@ -1542,23 +1559,6 @@ Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931 # Kazakhstan -# From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22): -# Andrew Evtichov (1996-04-13) writes that Kazakhstan -# stayed in sync with Moscow after 1990, and that Aqtobe (formerly Aktyubinsk) -# and Aqtau (formerly Shevchenko) are the largest cities in their zones. -# Guess that Aqtau and Aqtobe diverged in 1995, since that's the first time -# IATA SSIM mentions a third time zone in Kazakhstan. - -# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): -# German Iofis, ELSI, Almaty (2001-10-09) reports that Kazakhstan uses -# RussiaAsia rules, instead of switching at 00:00 as the IATA has it. -# Go with Shanks & Pottenger, who have them always using RussiaAsia rules. -# Also go with the following claims of Shanks & Pottenger: -# -# - Kazakhstan did not observe DST in 1991. -# - Qyzylorda switched from +5:00 to +6:00 on 1992-01-19 02:00. -# - Oral switched from +5:00 to +4:00 in spring 1989. - # From Kazakhstan Embassy's News Bulletin No. 11 # <http://www.kazsociety.org.uk/news/2005/03/30.htm>; (2005-03-21): # The Government of Kazakhstan passed a resolution March 15 abolishing @@ -1575,61 +1575,232 @@ Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931 # everything else.... I guess that would make Kazakhstan time zones # de jure UTC+5 and UTC+6 respectively. +# From Stepan Golosunov (2016-03-27) ([*] means see later comments below): +# Review of the linked documents from http://adilet.zan.kz/ +# produced the following data for post-1991 Kazakhstan: +# +# 0. Act of the Cabinet of Ministers of the USSR +# from 1991-02-04 No. 20 +# http://pravo.gov.ru/proxy/ips/?docbody=&nd=102010545 +# removed the extra hour ("decree time") on the territory of the USSR +# starting with the last Sunday of March 1991. +# It also allowed (but not mandated) Kazakh SSR, Kirghiz SSR, Tajik SSR, +# Turkmen SSR and Uzbek SSR to not have "summer" time. +# +# The 1992-01-13 act also refers to the act of the Cabinet of Ministers +# of the Kazakh SSR from 1991-03-20 No. 170 "About the act of the Cabinet +# of Ministers of the USSR from 1991-02-04 No. 20" but I didn't found its +# text. +# +# According to Izvestia newspaper No. 68 (23334) from 1991-03-20 +# (page 6; available at http://libinfo.org/newsr/newsr2574.djvu via +# http://libinfo.org/index.php?id=58564) on 1991-03-31 at 2:00 during +# transition to "summer" time: +# Republic of Georgia, Latvian SSR, Lithuanian SSR, SSR Moldova, +# Estonian SSR; Komi ASSR; Kaliningrad oblast; Nenets autonomous okrug +# were to move clocks 1 hour forward. +# Kazakh SSR (excluding Uralsk oblast); Republic of Kyrgyzstan, Tajik +# SSR; Andijan, Jizzakh, Namangan, Sirdarya, Tashkent, Fergana oblasts +# of the Uzbek SSR were to move clocks 1 hour backwards. +# Other territories were to not move clocks. +# When the "summer" time would end on 1991-09-29, clocks were to be +# moved 1 hour backwards on the territory of the USSR excluding +# Kazakhstan, Kirghizia, Uzbekistan, Turkmenia, Tajikistan. +# +# Apparently there were last minute changes. Apparently Kazakh act No. 170 +# was one of such changes. +# +# https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Декретно время +# claims that Sovetskaya Rossiya newspaper on 1991-03-29 published that +# Nenets autonomous okrug, Komi and Kazakhstan (excluding Uralsk oblast) +# were to not move clocks and Uralsk oblast was to move clocks +# forward; on 1991-09-29 Kazakhstan was to move clocks backwards. +# (Probably there were changes even after that publication. There is an +# article claiming that Kaliningrad oblast decided on 1991-03-29 to not +# move clocks.) +# +# This implies that on 1991-03-31 Asia/Oral remained on +04/+05 while +# the rest of Kazakhstan switched from +06/+07 to +05/06 or from +05/06 +# to +04/+05. It's unclear how Kzyl-Orda oblast moved into the fifth +# time belt. (By switching from +04/+05 to +05/+06 on 1991-09-29?) ... +# +# 1. Act of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Kazakhstan +# from 1992-01-13 No. 28 +# http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/P920000028_ +# (text includes modification from the 1996 act) +# introduced new rules for calculation of time, mirroring Russian +# 1992-01-08 act. It specified that time would be calculated +# according to time belts plus extra hour ("decree time"), moved clocks +# on the whole territory of Kazakhstan 1 hour forward on 1992-01-19 at +# 2:00, specified DST rules. It acknowledged that Kazakhstan was +# located in the fourth and the fifth time belts and specified the +# border between them to be located east of Kustanay and Aktyubinsk +# oblasts (notably including Turgai and Kzyl-Orda oblasts into the fifth +# time belt). +# +# This means switch on 1992-01-19 at 2:00 from +04/+05 to +05/+06 for +# Asia/Aqtau, Asia/Aqtobe, Asia/Oral, Atyrau and Kustanay oblasts; from +# +05/+06 to +06/+07 for Asia/Almaty and Asia/Qyzylorda (and Arkalyk) [*].... +# +# 2. Act of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Kazakhstan +# from 1992-03-27 No. 284 +# http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/P920000284_ +# cancels extra hour ("decree time") for Uralsk and Kzyl-Orda oblasts +# since the last Sunday of March 1992, while keeping them in the fourth +# and the fifth time belts respectively. +# +# 3. Order of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan +# from 1994-09-23 No. 384 +# http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/R940000384_ +# cancels the extra hour ("decree time") on the territory of Mangystau +# oblast since the last Sunday of September 1994 (saying that time on +# the territory would correspond to the third time belt as a +# result).... +# +# 4. Act of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan +# from 1996-05-08 No. 575 +# http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/P960000575_ +# amends the 1992-01-13 act to end summer time in October instead +# of September, mirroring identical Russian change from 1996-04-23 act. +# +# 5. Act of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan +# from 1999-03-26 No. 305 +# http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/P990000305_ +# cancels the extra hour ("decree time") for Atyrau oblast since the +# last Sunday of March 1999 while retaining the oblast in the fourth +# time belt. +# +# This means change from +05/+06 to +04/+05. +# +# There is no zone for Atyrau currently (listed under Asia/Aqtau in +# zone1970.tab).[*] +# +# 6. Act of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan +# from 2000-11-23 No. 1749 +# http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/archive/docs/P000001749_/23.11.2000 +# replaces the previous five documents. +# +# The only changes I noticed are in definition of the border between the +# fourth and the fifth time belts. They account for changes in spelling +# and administrative division (splitting of Turgai oblast in 1997 +# probably changed time in territories incorporated into Kostanay oblast +# (including Arkalyk) from +06/+07 to +05/+06) and move Kyzylorda oblast +# from being in the fifth time belt and not using decree time into the +# fourth time belt (no change in practice).[*] +# +# 7. Act of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan +# from 2003-12-29 No. 1342 +# http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/P030001342_ +# modified the 2000-11-23 act. No relevant changes, apparently. +# +# 8. Act of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan +# from 2004-07-20 No. 775 +# http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/archive/docs/P040000775_/20.07.2004 +# modified the 2000-11-23 act to move Kostanay and Kyzylorda oblasts into +# the fifth time belt and add Aktobe oblast to the list of regions not +# using extra hour ("decree time"), leaving Kazakhstan with only 2 time +# zones (+04/+05 and +06/+07). The changes were to be implemented +# during DST transitions in 2004 and 2005 but the acts got radically +# amended before implementation happened. +# +# 9. Act of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan +# from 2004-09-15 No. 1059 +# http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/P040001059_ +# modified the 2000-11-23 act to remove exceptions from the "decree time" +# (leaving Kazakhstan in +05/+06 and +06/+07 zones), amended the +# 2004-07-20 act to implement changes for Atyrau, West Kazakhstan, +# Kostanay, Kyzylorda and Mangystau oblasts by not moving clocks +# during the 2014 transition to "winter" time. +# +# This means transition from +04/+05 to +05/+06 for Atyrau oblast (no +# zone currently), Asia/Oral, Asia/Aqtau and transition from +05/+06 to +# +06/+07 for Kostanay oblast (Kostanay and Arkalyk, no zones currently) +# and Asia/Qyzylorda on 2004-10-31 at 3:00....[*] +# +# 10. Act of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan +# from 2005-03-15 No. 231 +# http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/P050000231_ +# removes DST provisions from the 2000-11-23 act, removes most of the +# (already implemented) provisions from the 2004-07-20 and 2004-09-15 +# acts, comes into effect 10 days after official publication. +# The only practical effect seems to be the abolition of the summer +# time. +# +# Unamended version of the act of the Government of the Russian Federation +# No. 23 from 1992-01-08 [See 'europe' file for details]. +# Kazakh 1992-01-13 act appears to provide the same rules and 1992-03-27 +# act was to be enacted on the last Sunday of March 1992. + +# From Paul Eggert (2016-04-15): +# The tables below should reflect Stepan Golosunov's remarks above, +# except for the items marked "[*]" which I haven't gotten to yet. +# It looks like we will need new zones Asia/Atyrau and Asia/Qostanay +# to handle changes from 1992 through 2004 that we did not previously +# know about. + # # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] # # Almaty (formerly Alma-Ata), representing most locations in Kazakhstan +# This includes KZ-AKM, KZ-ALA, KZ-ALM, KZ-AST, KZ-BAY, KZ-VOS, KZ-ZHA, +# KZ-KAR, KZ-SEV, KZ-PAV, and KZ-YUZ. Zone Asia/Almaty 5:07:48 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Alma-Ata - 5:00 - ALMT 1930 Jun 21 # Alma-Ata Time - 6:00 RussiaAsia ALM%sT 1991 - 6:00 - ALMT 1992 - 6:00 RussiaAsia ALM%sT 2005 Mar 15 - 6:00 - ALMT -# Qyzylorda (aka Kyzylorda, Kizilorda, Kzyl-Orda, etc.) + 5:00 - +05 1930 Jun 21 + 6:00 RussiaAsia +06/+07 1991 Mar 31 2:00s + 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 1992 Jan 19 2:00s + 6:00 RussiaAsia +06/+07 2004 Oct 31 2:00s + 6:00 - +06 +# Qyzylorda (aka Kyzylorda, Kizilorda, Kzyl-Orda, etc.) (KZ-KZY) Zone Asia/Qyzylorda 4:21:52 - LMT 1924 May 2 - 4:00 - KIZT 1930 Jun 21 # Kizilorda Time - 5:00 - KIZT 1981 Apr 1 - 5:00 1:00 KIZST 1981 Oct 1 - 6:00 - KIZT 1982 Apr 1 - 5:00 RussiaAsia KIZ%sT 1991 - 5:00 - KIZT 1991 Dec 16 # independence - 5:00 - QYZT 1992 Jan 19 2:00 - 6:00 RussiaAsia QYZ%sT 2005 Mar 15 - 6:00 - QYZT -# Aqtobe (aka Aktobe, formerly Aktyubinsk) + 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 1991 Mar 31 2:00s + 4:00 RussiaAsia +04/+05 1991 Sep 29 2:00s + 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 1992 Jan 19 2:00s + 6:00 RussiaAsia +06/+07 1992 Mar 29 2:00s + 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 2004 Oct 31 2:00s + 6:00 - +06 +# Aqtobe (aka Aktobe, formerly Aktyubinsk) (KZ-AKT) Zone Asia/Aqtobe 3:48:40 - LMT 1924 May 2 - 4:00 - AKTT 1930 Jun 21 # Aktyubinsk Time - 5:00 - AKTT 1981 Apr 1 - 5:00 1:00 AKTST 1981 Oct 1 - 6:00 - AKTT 1982 Apr 1 - 5:00 RussiaAsia AKT%sT 1991 - 5:00 - AKTT 1991 Dec 16 # independence - 5:00 RussiaAsia AQT%sT 2005 Mar 15 # Aqtobe Time - 5:00 - AQTT -# Mangghystau + 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 1991 Mar 31 2:00s + 4:00 RussiaAsia +04/+05 1992 Jan 19 2:00s + 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 2004 Oct 31 2:00s + 5:00 - +05 +# Qostanay (KZ-KUS) + +# Mangghystau (KZ-MAN) # Aqtau was not founded until 1963, but it represents an inhabited region, # so include time stamps before 1963. Zone Asia/Aqtau 3:21:04 - LMT 1924 May 2 - 4:00 - FORT 1930 Jun 21 # Fort Shevchenko T - 5:00 - FORT 1963 - 5:00 - SHET 1981 Oct 1 # Shevchenko Time - 6:00 - SHET 1982 Apr 1 - 5:00 RussiaAsia SHE%sT 1991 - 5:00 - SHET 1991 Dec 16 # independence - 5:00 RussiaAsia AQT%sT 1995 Mar lastSun 2:00 # Aqtau Time - 4:00 RussiaAsia AQT%sT 2005 Mar 15 - 5:00 - AQTT -# West Kazakhstan + 4:00 - +04 1930 Jun 21 + 5:00 - +05 1963 + 5:00 - +05 1981 Oct 1 + 6:00 - +06 1982 Apr 1 + 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 1991 Mar 31 2:00s + 4:00 RussiaAsia +04/+05 1992 Jan 19 2:00s + 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 1994 Sep 25 2:00s + 4:00 RussiaAsia +04/+05 2004 Oct 31 2:00s + 5:00 - +05 + +# West Kazakhstan (KZ-ZAP) +# From Paul Eggert (2016-03-18): +# The 1989 transition is from USSR act No. 227 (1989-03-14). Zone Asia/Oral 3:25:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Ural'sk - 4:00 - URAT 1930 Jun 21 # Ural'sk time - 5:00 - URAT 1981 Apr 1 - 5:00 1:00 URAST 1981 Oct 1 - 6:00 - URAT 1982 Apr 1 - 5:00 RussiaAsia URA%sT 1989 Mar 26 2:00 - 4:00 RussiaAsia URA%sT 1991 - 4:00 - URAT 1991 Dec 16 # independence - 4:00 RussiaAsia ORA%sT 2005 Mar 15 # Oral Time - 5:00 - ORAT + 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 1989 Mar 26 2:00s + 4:00 RussiaAsia +04/+05 1992 Jan 19 2:00s + 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 1992 Mar 29 2:00s + 4:00 RussiaAsia +04/+05 2004 Oct 31 2:00s + 5:00 - +05 # Kyrgyzstan (Kirgizstan) # Transitions through 1991 are from Shanks & Pottenger. @@ -1650,11 +1821,11 @@ Rule Kyrgyz 1997 2005 - Mar lastSun 2:30 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 + 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 ############################################################################### @@ -1693,25 +1864,24 @@ Rule ROK 1957 1960 - Sep Sun>=18 0:00 0 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): +# From Paul Eggert (2016-08-23): # The Korean Wikipedia entry gives the following sources for UT offsets: # -# 1908: Official Journal Article No. 3994 (Edict No. 5) +# 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) -# 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. +# (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 we have no information; guess no changes since World War II. +# 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 @@ -1871,7 +2041,7 @@ Zone Indian/Maldives 4:54:00 - LMT 1880 # 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. +# 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 @@ -2111,8 +2281,8 @@ Zone Asia/Kathmandu 5:41:16 - LMT 1920 # 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 @@ -2380,6 +2550,16 @@ Zone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907 # http://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/gaza-strip/gaza # http://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/west-bank/hebron +# From Hannah Kreitem (2016-03-09): +# http://www.palestinecabinet.gov.ps/WebSite/ar/ViewDetails?ID=31728 +# [Google translation]: "The Council also decided to start daylight +# saving in Palestine as of one o'clock on Saturday morning, +# 2016-03-26, to provide the clock 60 minutes ahead." +# +# From Paul Eggert (2016-03-12): +# Predict spring transitions on March's last Saturday at 01:00 from now on. +# Leave fall predictions alone for now. + # 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 - @@ -2408,7 +2588,8 @@ Rule Palestine 2012 2014 - Mar lastThu 2 Rule Palestine 2012 only - Sep 21 1:00 0 - Rule Palestine 2013 only - Sep Fri>=21 0:00 0 - Rule Palestine 2014 max - Oct Fri>=21 0:00 0 - -Rule Palestine 2015 max - Mar lastFri 24:00 1:00 S +Rule Palestine 2015 only - Mar lastFri 24:00 1:00 S +Rule Palestine 2016 max - Mar lastSat 1:00 1:00 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct @@ -2496,7 +2677,7 @@ Link Asia/Qatar Asia/Bahrain # 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 +# 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] @@ -2765,10 +2946,10 @@ Zone Asia/Damascus 2:25:12 - LMT 1920 # # 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 + 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] @@ -2782,11 +2963,10 @@ Link Asia/Bangkok Asia/Vientiane # Laos # 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 + 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] @@ -2798,20 +2978,18 @@ Link Asia/Dubai Asia/Muscat # Oman # 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 + 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 - 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 + 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 Modified: stable/11/contrib/tzdata/australasia ============================================================================== --- stable/11/contrib/tzdata/australasia Sat Oct 15 12:38:50 2016 (r307360) +++ stable/11/contrib/tzdata/australasia Sat Oct 15 12:41:11 2016 (r307361) @@ -60,6 +60,14 @@ Zone Australia/Eucla 8:35:28 - LMT 1895 # Hamilton is the largest, but there is also a Hamilton in Victoria, # so use Lindeman. # +# From J William Piggott (2016-02-20): +# There is no location named Holiday Islands in Queensland Australia; holiday +# islands is a colloquial term used globally. Hayman and Lindeman are at the +# north and south extremes of the Whitsunday Islands archipelago, and +# Hamilton is in between; it is reasonable to believe that this time zone +# applies to all of the Whitsundays. +# http://www.australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/austn-islands +# # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule AQ 1971 only - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D Rule AQ 1972 only - Feb lastSun 2:00s 0 S @@ -235,11 +243,11 @@ Zone Australia/Lord_Howe 10:36:20 - LMT # will produce a binary file with an [A]EST-type as the first 32-bit type; # this is required for correct handling of times before 1916 by # pre-2013 versions of localtime. -Zone Antarctica/Macquarie 0 - zzz 1899 Nov +Zone Antarctica/Macquarie 0 - -00 1899 Nov 10:00 - AEST 1916 Oct 1 2:00 10:00 1:00 AEDT 1917 Feb 10:00 Aus AE%sT 1919 Apr 1 0:00s - 0 - zzz 1948 Mar 25 + 0 - -00 1948 Mar 25 10:00 Aus AE%sT 1967 10:00 AT AE%sT 2010 Apr 4 3:00 11:00 - MIST # Macquarie I Standard Time @@ -537,7 +545,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Port_Moresby 9:48:40 - LMT # Base the Bougainville entry on the Arawa-Kieta region, which appears to have # the most people even though it was devastated in the Bougainville Civil War. # -# Although Shanks gives 1942-03-15 / 1943-11-01 for JST, these dates +# Although Shanks gives 1942-03-15 / 1943-11-01 for UT +09, these dates # are apparently rough guesswork from the starts of military campaigns. # The World War II entries below are instead based on Arawa-Kieta. # The Japanese occupied Kieta in July 1942, @@ -545,8 +553,8 @@ Zone Pacific/Port_Moresby 9:48:40 - LMT # http://pwencycl.kgbudge.com/B/o/Bougainville.htm # and seem to have controlled it until their 1945-08-21 surrender. # -# The Autonomous Region of Bougainville plans to switch from UTC+10 to UTC+11 -# on 2014-12-28 at 02:00. They call UTC+11 "Bougainville Standard Time"; +# The Autonomous Region of Bougainville switched from UT +10 to +11 +# on 2014-12-28 at 02:00. They call +11 "Bougainville Standard Time"; # abbreviate this as BST. See: # http://www.bougainville24.com/bougainville-issues/bougainville-gets-own-timezone/ # @@ -612,7 +620,7 @@ Link Pacific/Pago_Pago Pacific/Midway # # From Paul Eggert (2014-06-27): # The International Date Line Act 2011 # http://www.parliament.gov.ws/images/ACTS/International_Date_Line_Act__2011_-_Eng.pdf -# changed Samoa from UTC-11 to UTC+13, effective "12 o'clock midnight, on +# changed Samoa from UT -11 to +13, effective "12 o'clock midnight, on # Thursday 29th December 2011". The International Date Line was adjusted # accordingly. @@ -707,7 +715,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Funafuti 11:56:52 - LMT 190 # 1886-1891; Baker was similar but exact dates are not known. # Inhabited by civilians 1935-1942; U.S. military bases 1943-1944; # uninhabited thereafter. -# Howland observed Hawaii Standard Time (UT-10:30) in 1937; +# Howland observed Hawaii Standard Time (UT -10:30) in 1937; # see page 206 of Elgen M. Long and Marie K. Long, # Amelia Earhart: the Mystery Solved, Simon & Schuster (2000). # So most likely Howland and Baker observed Hawaii Time from 1935 @@ -1465,7 +1473,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # Zealand time. I understand that is the time they keep locally, anyhow." # For now, assume this practice goes back to the introduction of standard time # in New Zealand, as this would make Chatham Islands time almost exactly match -# LMT back when New Zealand was at UTC+11:30; also, assume Chatham Islands did +# LMT back when New Zealand was at UT +11:30; also, assume Chatham Islands did # not observe New Zealand's prewar DST. *** DIFF OUTPUT TRUNCATED AT 1000 LINES ***
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