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@@ -586,12 +586,82 @@ Zone Asia/Urumqi 5:50:20 - LMT 1928 # obtained from # http://www.hko.gov.hk/gts/time/Summertime.htm -# From Arthur David Olson (2009-10-28): +# From Phake Nick (2018-10-27): +# According to Singaporean newspaper +# http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/singfreepresswk19041102-1.2.37 +# the day that Hong Kong start using GMT+8 should be Oct 30, 1904. +# +# From Paul Eggert (2018-11-17): +# Hong Kong had a time ball near the Marine Police Station, Tsim Sha Tsui. +# "The ball was raised manually each day and dropped at exactly 1pm +# (except on Sundays and Government holidays)." +# Dyson AD. From Time Ball to Atomic Clock. Hong Kong Government. 1983. +# <https://www.hko.gov.hk/publica/gen_pub/timeball_atomic_clock.pdf> +# "From 1904 October 30 the time-ball at Hong Kong has been dropped by order +# of the Governor of the Colony at 17h 0m 0s G.M.T., which is 23m 18s.14 in +# advance of 1h 0m 0s of Hong Kong mean time." +# Hollis HP. Universal Time, Longitudes, and Geodesy. Mon Not R Astron Soc. +# 1905-02-10;65(4):405-6. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/65.4.382 +# +# From Joseph Myers (2018-11-18): +# An astronomer before 1925 referring to GMT would have been using the old +# astronomical convention where the day started at noon, not midnight. +# +# From Steve Allen (2018-11-17): +# Meteorological Observations made at the Hongkong Observatory in the year 1904 +# page 4 <https://books.google.com/books?id=kgw5AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA4-PA4> +# ... the log of drop times in Table II shows that on Sunday 1904-10-30 the +# ball was dropped. So that looks like a special case drop for the sake +# of broadcasting the new local time. +# +# From Phake Nick (2018-11-18): +# According to The Hong Kong Weekly Press, 1904-10-29, p.324, the +# governor of Hong Kong at the time stated that "We are further desired to +# make it known that the change will be effected by firing the gun and by the +# dropping of the Ball at 23min. 18sec. before one." +# From Paul Eggert (2018-11-18): +# See <https://mmis.hkpl.gov.hk> for this; unfortunately Flash is required. + +# From Phake Nick (2018-10-26): +# I went to check microfilm records stored at Hong Kong Public Library.... +# on September 30 1941, according to Ta Kung Pao (Hong Kong edition), it was +# stated that fallback would occur on the next day (the 1st)'s "03:00 am (Hong +# Kong Time 04:00 am)" and the clock will fall back for a half hour. (03:00 +# probably refer to the time commonly used in mainland China at the time given +# the paper's background) ... the sunrise/sunset time given by South China +# Morning Post for October 1st was indeed moved by half an hour compares to +# before. After that, in December, the battle to capture Hong Kong started and +# the library doesn't seems to have any record stored about press during that +# period of time. Some media resumed publication soon after that within the +# same month, but there were not much information about time there. Later they +# started including a radio program guide when they restored radio service, +# explicitly mentioning it use Tokyo standard time, and later added a note +# saying it's half an hour ahead of the old Hong Kong standard time, and it +# also seems to indicate that Hong Kong was not using GMT+8 when it was +# captured by Japan. +# +# Image of related sections on newspaper: +# * 1941-09-30, Ta Kung Pao (Hong Kong), "Winter Time start tomorrow". +# https://i.imgur.com/6waY51Z.jpg (Chinese) +# * 1941-09-29, South China Morning Post, Information on sunrise/sunset +# time and other things for September 30 and October 1. +# https://i.imgur.com/kCiUR78.jpg +# * 1942-02-05. The Hong Kong News, Radio Program Guide. +# https://i.imgur.com/eVvDMzS.jpg +# * 1941-06-14. Hong Kong Daily Press, Daylight Saving from 3am Tomorrow. +# https://i.imgur.com/05KkvtC.png +# * 1941-09-30, Hong Kong Daily Press, Winter Time Warning. +# https://i.imgur.com/dge4kFJ.png +# Also, the Liberation day of Hong Kong after WWII which British rule +# over the territory resumed was August 30, 1945, which I think should +# be the termination date for the use of JST in the territory.... + +# From Paul Eggert (2018-11-17): # Here are the dates given at -# http://www.hko.gov.hk/gts/time/Summertime.htm -# as of 2009-10-28: +# https://www.hko.gov.hk/gts/time/Summertime.htm +# as of 2014-06-19: # Year Period -# 1941 1 Apr to 30 Sep +# 1941 15 Jun to 30 Sep # 1942 Whole year # 1943 Whole year # 1944 Whole year @@ -602,7 +672,7 @@ Zone Asia/Urumqi 5:50:20 - LMT 1928 # 1949 3 Apr to 30 Oct # 1950 2 Apr to 29 Oct # 1951 1 Apr to 28 Oct -# 1952 6 Apr to 25 Oct +# 1952 6 Apr to 2 Nov # 1953 5 Apr to 1 Nov # 1954 21 Mar to 31 Oct # 1955 20 Mar to 6 Nov @@ -631,25 +701,25 @@ Zone Asia/Urumqi 5:50:20 - LMT 1928 # 1978 Nil # 1979 13 May to 21 Oct # 1980 to Now Nil -# The page does not give start or end times of day. -# The page does not give a start date for 1942. -# 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. +# The page does not give times of day for transitions, +# or dates for the 1942 and 1945 transitions. +# The Japanese occupation of Hong Kong began 1941-12-25. +# The Japanese surrender of Hong Kong was signed 1945-09-16; see: +# Heaver S. The days after the Pacific war ended: unsettling times +# in Hong Kong. Post Magazine. 2016-06-13. +# https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/1852990/days-after-pacific-war-ended-unsettling-times-hong-kong +# For lack of anything better, use start of those days as the +# transition times. # 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 - Rule HK 1947 only - Apr 13 3:30 1:00 S Rule HK 1947 only - Dec 30 3:30 0 - Rule HK 1948 only - May 2 3:30 1:00 S Rule HK 1948 1951 - Oct lastSun 3:30 0 - -Rule HK 1952 only - Oct 25 3:30 0 - +Rule HK 1952 1953 - Nov Sun>=1 3:30 0 - Rule HK 1949 1953 - Apr Sun>=1 3:30 1:00 S -Rule HK 1953 only - Nov 1 3:30 0 - Rule HK 1954 1964 - Mar Sun>=18 3:30 1:00 S Rule HK 1954 only - Oct 31 3:30 0 - Rule HK 1955 1964 - Nov Sun>=1 3:30 0 - @@ -659,9 +729,11 @@ 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 7:36:42 - LMT 1904 Oct 30 - 8:00 HK HK%sT 1941 Dec 25 - 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 15 +Zone Asia/Hong_Kong 7:36:42 - LMT 1904 Oct 30 0:36:42 + 8:00 - HKT 1941 Jun 15 3:30 + 8:00 1:00 HKST 1941 Oct 1 4:00 + 8:30 - HKT 1941 Dec 25 + 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 16 8:00 HK HK%sT ############################################################################### @@ -1057,6 +1129,16 @@ Zone Asia/Dili 8:22:20 - LMT 1912 Jan 1 # India +# British astronomer Henry Park Hollis disliked India Standard Time's offset: +# "A new time system has been proposed for India, Further India, and Burmah. +# The scheme suggested is that the times of the meridians 5½ and 6½ hours +# east of Greenwich should be adopted in these territories. No reason is +# given why hourly meridians five hours and six hours east should not be +# chosen; a plan which would bring the time of India into harmony with +# that of almost the whole of the civilised world." +# Hollis HP. Universal Time, Longitudes, and Geodesy. Mon Not R Astron Soc. +# 1905-02-10;65(4):405-6. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/65.4.382 + # From Ian P. Beacock, in "A brief history of (modern) time", The Atlantic # https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/12/the-creation-of-modern-time/421419/ # (2015-12-22): @@ -1227,12 +1309,65 @@ Zone Asia/Jayapura 9:22:48 - LMT 1932 Nov # leap year calculation involved. There has never been any serious # plan to change that law.... # -# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): +# From Paul Eggert (2018-11-30): # Go with Shanks & Pottenger before Sept. 1991, and with Pournader thereafter. -# I used Ed Reingold's cal-persia in GNU Emacs 21.2 to check Persian dates, -# stopping after 2037 when 32-bit time_t's overflow. -# That cal-persia used Birashk's approximation, which disagrees with the solar -# calendar predictions for the year 2025, so I corrected those dates by hand. +# I used the following code in GNU Emacs 26.1 to generate the "Rule Iran" +# lines from 2008 through 2087. Emacs 26.1 uses Ed Reingold's +# cal-persia implementation of Birashk's approximation, which in the +# 2008-2087 range disagrees with the the astronomical Persian calendar +# for Persian years 1404 (Gregorian 2025) and 1437 (Gregorian 2058), +# so the following code special-case those years. See Table 15.1, page 264, of: +# Edward M. Reingold and Nachum Dershowitz, Calendrical Calculations: +# The Ultimate Edition, Cambridge University Press (2018). +# https://www.cambridge.org/fr/academic/subjects/computer-science/computing-general-interest/calendrical-calculations-ultimate-edition-4th-edition +# Page 258, footnote 2, of this book says there is some dispute over what will +# happen in 2091 (and some other years after that), so this code +# stops in 2087, as 2088 and 2089 agree with the "max" rule below. +# (cl-loop +# initially (require 'cal-persia) +# with first-persian-year = 1387 +# with last-persian-year = 1466 +# ;; Exceptional years in the above range, +# ;; from Reingold & Dershowitz Table 15.1, page 264: +# with exceptional-persian-years = '(1404 1437) +# with range-start = nil +# for persian-year from first-persian-year to last-persian-year +# do +# (let* +# ((exceptional-year-offset +# (if (member persian-year exceptional-persian-years) 1 0)) +# (beg-dst-absolute +# (+ (calendar-persian-to-absolute (list 1 1 persian-year)) +# exceptional-year-offset)) +# (end-dst-absolute +# (+ (calendar-persian-to-absolute (list 6 30 persian-year)) +# exceptional-year-offset)) +# (next-year-beg-dst-absolute +# (+ (calendar-persian-to-absolute (list 1 1 (1+ persian-year))) +# (if (member (1+ persian-year) exceptional-persian-years) 1 0))) +# (beg-dst (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute beg-dst-absolute)) +# (end-dst (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute end-dst-absolute)) +# (next-year-beg-dst (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute +# next-year-beg-dst-absolute)) +# (year (calendar-extract-year beg-dst)) +# (range-end (if range-start year "only"))) +# (setq range-start (or range-start year)) +# (when (or (/= (calendar-extract-day beg-dst) +# (calendar-extract-day next-year-beg-dst)) +# (= persian-year last-persian-year)) +# (insert +# (format +# "Rule\tIran\t%d\t%s\t-\t%s\t%2d\t24:00\t1:00\t-\n" +# range-start range-end +# (calendar-month-name (calendar-extract-month beg-dst) t) +# (calendar-extract-day beg-dst))) +# (insert +# (format +# "Rule\tIran\t%d\t%s\t-\t%s\t%2d\t24:00\t0\t-\n" +# range-start range-end +# (calendar-month-name (calendar-extract-month end-dst) t) +# (calendar-extract-day end-dst))) +# (setq range-start nil)))) # # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2005-03-30), writing about future # discrepancies between cal-persia and the Iranian calendar: @@ -1267,61 +1402,113 @@ Zone Asia/Jayapura 9:22:48 - LMT 1932 Nov # thirtieth day of Shahrivar. # # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule Iran 1978 1980 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 - -Rule Iran 1978 only - Oct 21 0:00 0 - -Rule Iran 1979 only - Sep 19 0:00 0 - -Rule Iran 1980 only - Sep 23 0:00 0 - -Rule Iran 1991 only - May 3 0:00 1:00 - -Rule Iran 1992 1995 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 - -Rule Iran 1991 1995 - Sep 22 0:00 0 - -Rule Iran 1996 only - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 - -Rule Iran 1996 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 - -Rule Iran 1997 1999 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 - -Rule Iran 1997 1999 - Sep 22 0:00 0 - -Rule Iran 2000 only - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 - -Rule Iran 2000 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 - -Rule Iran 2001 2003 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 - -Rule Iran 2001 2003 - Sep 22 0:00 0 - -Rule Iran 2004 only - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 - -Rule Iran 2004 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 - -Rule Iran 2005 only - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 - -Rule Iran 2005 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 - -Rule Iran 2008 only - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 - -Rule Iran 2008 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 - -Rule Iran 2009 2011 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 - -Rule Iran 2009 2011 - Sep 22 0:00 0 - -Rule Iran 2012 only - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 - -Rule Iran 2012 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 - -Rule Iran 2013 2015 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 - -Rule Iran 2013 2015 - Sep 22 0:00 0 - -Rule Iran 2016 only - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 - -Rule Iran 2016 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 - -Rule Iran 2017 2019 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 - -Rule Iran 2017 2019 - Sep 22 0:00 0 - -Rule Iran 2020 only - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 - -Rule Iran 2020 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 - -Rule Iran 2021 2023 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 - -Rule Iran 2021 2023 - Sep 22 0:00 0 - -Rule Iran 2024 only - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 - -Rule Iran 2024 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 - -Rule Iran 2025 2027 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 - -Rule Iran 2025 2027 - Sep 22 0:00 0 - -Rule Iran 2028 2029 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 - -Rule Iran 2028 2029 - Sep 21 0:00 0 - -Rule Iran 2030 2031 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 - -Rule Iran 2030 2031 - Sep 22 0:00 0 - -Rule Iran 2032 2033 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 - -Rule Iran 2032 2033 - Sep 21 0:00 0 - -Rule Iran 2034 2035 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 - -Rule Iran 2034 2035 - Sep 22 0:00 0 - -# -# 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. +Rule Iran 1978 1980 - Mar 20 24:00 1:00 - +Rule Iran 1978 only - Oct 20 24:00 0 - +Rule Iran 1979 only - Sep 18 24:00 0 - +Rule Iran 1980 only - Sep 22 24:00 0 - +Rule Iran 1991 only - May 2 24:00 1:00 - +Rule Iran 1992 1995 - Mar 21 24:00 1:00 - +Rule Iran 1991 1995 - Sep 21 24:00 0 - +Rule Iran 1996 only - Mar 20 24:00 1:00 - +Rule Iran 1996 only - Sep 20 24:00 0 - +Rule Iran 1997 1999 - Mar 21 24:00 1:00 - +Rule Iran 1997 1999 - Sep 21 24:00 0 - +Rule Iran 2000 only - Mar 20 24:00 1:00 - +Rule Iran 2000 only - Sep 20 24:00 0 - +Rule Iran 2001 2003 - Mar 21 24:00 1:00 - +Rule Iran 2001 2003 - Sep 21 24:00 0 - +Rule Iran 2004 only - Mar 20 24:00 1:00 - +Rule Iran 2004 only - Sep 20 24:00 0 - +Rule Iran 2005 only - Mar 21 24:00 1:00 - +Rule Iran 2005 only - Sep 21 24:00 0 - +Rule Iran 2008 only - Mar 20 24:00 1:00 - +Rule Iran 2008 only - Sep 20 24:00 0 - +Rule Iran 2009 2011 - Mar 21 24:00 1:00 - +Rule Iran 2009 2011 - Sep 21 24:00 0 - +Rule Iran 2012 only - Mar 20 24:00 1:00 - +Rule Iran 2012 only - Sep 20 24:00 0 - +Rule Iran 2013 2015 - Mar 21 24:00 1:00 - +Rule Iran 2013 2015 - Sep 21 24:00 0 - +Rule Iran 2016 only - Mar 20 24:00 1:00 - +Rule Iran 2016 only - Sep 20 24:00 0 - +Rule Iran 2017 2019 - Mar 21 24:00 1:00 - +Rule Iran 2017 2019 - Sep 21 24:00 0 - +Rule Iran 2020 only - Mar 20 24:00 1:00 - +Rule Iran 2020 only - Sep 20 24:00 0 - +Rule Iran 2021 2023 - Mar 21 24:00 1:00 - +Rule Iran 2021 2023 - Sep 21 24:00 0 - +Rule Iran 2024 only - Mar 20 24:00 1:00 - +Rule Iran 2024 only - Sep 20 24:00 0 - +Rule Iran 2025 2027 - Mar 21 24:00 1:00 - +Rule Iran 2025 2027 - Sep 21 24:00 0 - +Rule Iran 2028 2029 - Mar 20 24:00 1:00 - +Rule Iran 2028 2029 - Sep 20 24:00 0 - +Rule Iran 2030 2031 - Mar 21 24:00 1:00 - +Rule Iran 2030 2031 - Sep 21 24:00 0 - +Rule Iran 2032 2033 - Mar 20 24:00 1:00 - +Rule Iran 2032 2033 - Sep 20 24:00 0 - +Rule Iran 2034 2035 - Mar 21 24:00 1:00 - +Rule Iran 2034 2035 - Sep 21 24:00 0 - +Rule Iran 2036 2037 - Mar 20 24:00 1:00 - +Rule Iran 2036 2037 - Sep 20 24:00 0 - +Rule Iran 2038 2039 - Mar 21 24:00 1:00 - +Rule Iran 2038 2039 - Sep 21 24:00 0 - +Rule Iran 2040 2041 - Mar 20 24:00 1:00 - +Rule Iran 2040 2041 - Sep 20 24:00 0 - +Rule Iran 2042 2043 - Mar 21 24:00 1:00 - +Rule Iran 2042 2043 - Sep 21 24:00 0 - +Rule Iran 2044 2045 - Mar 20 24:00 1:00 - +Rule Iran 2044 2045 - Sep 20 24:00 0 - +Rule Iran 2046 2047 - Mar 21 24:00 1:00 - +Rule Iran 2046 2047 - Sep 21 24:00 0 - +Rule Iran 2048 2049 - Mar 20 24:00 1:00 - +Rule Iran 2048 2049 - Sep 20 24:00 0 - +Rule Iran 2050 2051 - Mar 21 24:00 1:00 - +Rule Iran 2050 2051 - Sep 21 24:00 0 - +Rule Iran 2052 2053 - Mar 20 24:00 1:00 - +Rule Iran 2052 2053 - Sep 20 24:00 0 - +Rule Iran 2054 2055 - Mar 21 24:00 1:00 - +Rule Iran 2054 2055 - Sep 21 24:00 0 - +Rule Iran 2056 2057 - Mar 20 24:00 1:00 - +Rule Iran 2056 2057 - Sep 20 24:00 0 - +Rule Iran 2058 2059 - Mar 21 24:00 1:00 - +Rule Iran 2058 2059 - Sep 21 24:00 0 - +Rule Iran 2060 2062 - Mar 20 24:00 1:00 - +Rule Iran 2060 2062 - Sep 20 24:00 0 - +Rule Iran 2063 only - Mar 21 24:00 1:00 - +Rule Iran 2063 only - Sep 21 24:00 0 - +Rule Iran 2064 2066 - Mar 20 24:00 1:00 - +Rule Iran 2064 2066 - Sep 20 24:00 0 - +Rule Iran 2067 only - Mar 21 24:00 1:00 - +Rule Iran 2067 only - Sep 21 24:00 0 - +Rule Iran 2068 2070 - Mar 20 24:00 1:00 - +Rule Iran 2068 2070 - Sep 20 24:00 0 - +Rule Iran 2071 only - Mar 21 24:00 1:00 - +Rule Iran 2071 only - Sep 21 24:00 0 - +Rule Iran 2072 2074 - Mar 20 24:00 1:00 - +Rule Iran 2072 2074 - Sep 20 24:00 0 - +Rule Iran 2075 only - Mar 21 24:00 1:00 - +Rule Iran 2075 only - Sep 21 24:00 0 - +Rule Iran 2076 2078 - Mar 20 24:00 1:00 - +Rule Iran 2076 2078 - Sep 20 24:00 0 - +Rule Iran 2079 only - Mar 21 24:00 1:00 - +Rule Iran 2079 only - Sep 21 24:00 0 - +Rule Iran 2080 2082 - Mar 20 24:00 1:00 - +Rule Iran 2080 2082 - Sep 20 24:00 0 - +Rule Iran 2083 only - Mar 21 24:00 1:00 - +Rule Iran 2083 only - Sep 21 24:00 0 - +Rule Iran 2084 2086 - Mar 20 24:00 1:00 - +Rule Iran 2084 2086 - Sep 20 24:00 0 - +Rule Iran 2087 only - Mar 21 24:00 1:00 - +Rule Iran 2087 only - Sep 21 24:00 0 - +# +# The following rules are approximations starting in the year 2088. +# These are the best post-2088 approximations available, given the +# restrictions of a single rule using ordinary Gregorian dates. # 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 - -Rule Iran 2036 max - Sep 21 0:00 0 - +Rule Iran 2088 max - Mar 20 24:00 1:00 - +Rule Iran 2088 max - Sep 20 24:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Tehran 3:25:44 - LMT 1916 @@ -1691,7 +1878,9 @@ Rule Japan 1950 1951 - May Sat>=1 24:00 1:00 D # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Tokyo 9:18:59 - LMT 1887 Dec 31 15:00u 9:00 Japan J%sT -# Since 1938, all Japanese possessions have been like Asia/Tokyo. +# Since 1938, all Japanese possessions have been like Asia/Tokyo, +# except that Truk (Chuuk), Ponape (Pohnpei), and Jaluit (Kosrae) did not +# switch from +10 to +09 until 1941-04-01; see the 'australasia' file. # Jordan # @@ -1981,8 +2170,10 @@ Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931 # and in Byalokoz) lists Ural river (plus 10 versts on its left bank) in # the third time belt (before 1930 this means +03). -# From Paul Eggert (2016-12-06): -# The tables below reflect Golosunov's remarks, with exceptions as noted. +# From Alexander Konzurovski (2018-12-20): +# Qyzyolrda Region (Asia/Qyzylorda) is changing its time zone from +# UTC+6 to UTC+5 effective December 21st, 2018. The legal document is +# located here: http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/P1800000817 (russian language). # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] # @@ -1996,8 +2187,6 @@ Zone Asia/Almaty 5:07:48 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Alma-Ata 6:00 RussiaAsia +06/+07 2004 Oct 31 2:00s 6:00 - +06 # Qyzylorda (aka Kyzylorda, Kizilorda, Kzyl-Orda, etc.) (KZ-KZY) -# This currently includes Qostanay (aka Kostanay, Kustanay) (KZ-KUS); -# see comments below. Zone Asia/Qyzylorda 4:21:52 - LMT 1924 May 2 4:00 - +04 1930 Jun 21 5:00 - +05 1981 Apr 1 @@ -2008,21 +2197,22 @@ Zone Asia/Qyzylorda 4:21:52 - LMT 1924 May 2 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 -# The following zone is like Asia/Qyzylorda except for being one -# hour earlier from 1991-09-29 to 1992-03-29. The 1991/2 rules for -# Qostanay are unclear partly because of the 1997 Turgai -# reorganization, so this zone is commented out for now. -#Zone Asia/Qostanay 4:14:20 - 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 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 -# 6:00 - +06 + 6:00 - +06 2018 Dec 21 0:00 + 5:00 - +05 # +# Qostanay (aka Kostanay, Kustanay) (KZ-KUS) +# The 1991/2 rules are unclear partly because of the 1997 Turgai +# reorganization. +Zone Asia/Qostanay 4:14:28 - 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 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 + 6:00 - +06 + # Aqtöbe (aka Aktobe, formerly Aktyubinsk) (KZ-AKT) Zone Asia/Aqtobe 3:48:40 - LMT 1924 May 2 4:00 - +04 1930 Jun 21 @@ -2116,21 +2306,43 @@ Zone Asia/Bishkek 4:58:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 # started at June 1 in that year. For another example, the article in # 1988 said that DST started at 2:00 AM in that year. +# From Phake Nick (2018-10-27): +# 1. According to official announcement from Korean government, the DST end +# date in South Korea should be +# 1955-09-08 without specifying time +# http://theme.archives.go.kr/next/common/viewEbook.do?singleData=N&archiveEventId=0027977557 +# 1956-09-29 without specifying time +# http://theme.archives.go.kr/next/common/viewEbook.do?singleData=N&archiveEventId=0027978341 +# 1957-09-21 24 o'clock +# http://theme.archives.go.kr/next/common/viewEbook.do?singleData=N&archiveEventId=0027979690#3 +# 1958-09-20 24 o'clock +# http://theme.archives.go.kr/next/common/viewEbook.do?singleData=N&archiveEventId=0027981189 +# 1959-09-19 24 o'clock +# http://theme.archives.go.kr/next/common/viewEbook.do?singleData=N&archiveEventId=0027982974#2 +# 1960-09-17 24 o'clock +# http://theme.archives.go.kr/next/common/viewEbook.do?singleData=N&archiveEventId=0028044104 +# ... +# 2.... https://namu.wiki/w/대한민국%20표준시 ... [says] +# when Korea was using GMT+8:30 as standard time, the international +# aviation/marine/meteorological industry in the country refused to +# follow and continued to use GMT+9:00 for interoperability. + + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule ROK 1948 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 D -Rule ROK 1948 only - Sep 13 0:00 0 S -Rule ROK 1949 only - Apr 3 0:00 1:00 D -Rule ROK 1949 1951 - Sep Sun>=8 0:00 0 S -Rule ROK 1950 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D -Rule ROK 1951 only - May 6 0:00 1:00 D -Rule ROK 1955 only - May 5 0:00 1:00 D -Rule ROK 1955 only - Sep 9 0:00 0 S -Rule ROK 1956 only - May 20 0:00 1:00 D -Rule ROK 1956 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 S -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 +Rule ROK 1948 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 D +Rule ROK 1948 only - Sep 12 24:00 0 S +Rule ROK 1949 only - Apr 3 0:00 1:00 D +Rule ROK 1949 1951 - Sep Sat>=7 24:00 0 S +Rule ROK 1950 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D +Rule ROK 1951 only - May 6 0:00 1:00 D +Rule ROK 1955 only - May 5 0:00 1:00 D +Rule ROK 1955 only - Sep 8 24:00 0 S +Rule ROK 1956 only - May 20 0:00 1:00 D +Rule ROK 1956 only - Sep 29 24:00 0 S +Rule ROK 1957 1960 - May Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D +Rule ROK 1957 1960 - Sep Sat>=17 24:00 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: @@ -2920,6 +3132,11 @@ Zone Asia/Hebron 2:20:23 - LMT 1900 Oct # no information # Philippines + +# From Paul Eggert (2018-11-18): +# The Spanish initially used American (west-of-Greenwich) time. +# It is unknown what time Manila kept when the British occupied it from +# 1762-10-06 through 1764-04; for now assume it kept American time. # On 1844-08-16, Narciso Clavería, governor-general of the # Philippines, issued a proclamation announcing that 1844-12-30 was to # be immediately followed by 1845-01-01; see R.H. van Gent's @@ -3005,8 +3222,8 @@ Link Asia/Qatar Asia/Bahrain # 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. +# Also see: Antar EN. Arabian flying is confusing. +# Port Angeles (WA) Evening News. 1965-03-10. page 3. # # 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 |