@ -771,9 +771,19 @@ Zone Asia/Macau 7:34:20 - LMT 1912 Jan 1
###############################################################################
# Cyprus
#
# Milne says the Eastern Telegraph Company used 2:14:00. Stick with LMT.
# IATA SSIM (1998-09) has Cyprus using EU rules for the first time.
# From Paul Eggert (2016-09-09):
# Yesterday's Cyprus Mail reports that Northern Cyprus followed Turkey's
# lead and switched from +02/+03 to +03 year-round.
# http://cyprus-mail.com/2016/09/08/two-time-zones-cyprus-turkey-will-not-turn-clocks-back-next-month/
#
# From Even Scharning (2016-10-31):
# Looks like the time zone split in Cyprus went through last night.
# http://cyprus-mail.com/2016/10/30/cyprus-new-division-two-time-zones-now-reality/
# 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 -
@ -788,7 +798,10 @@ Rule Cyprus 1981 1998 - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S
Zone Asia/Nicosia 2:13:28 - LMT 1921 Nov 14
2:00 Cyprus EE%sT 1998 Sep
2:00 EUAsia EE%sT
# IATA SSIM (1998-09) has Cyprus using EU rules for the first time.
Zone Asia/Famagusta 2:15:48 - LMT 1921 Nov 14
2:00 Cyprus EE%sT 1998 Sep
2:00 EUAsia EE%sT 2016 Sep 8
3:00 - +03
# Classically, Cyprus belongs to Asia; e.g. see Herodotus, Histories, I.72.
# However, for various reasons many users expect to find it under Europe.
@ -1570,12 +1583,12 @@ Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931
# was "blended" with the Central zone. Therefore, Kazakhstan now has
# two time zones, and difference between them is one hour. The zone
# closer to UTC is the former Western zone (probably still called the
# same), encompassing four provinces in the west: Aqtobe, Atyrau ,
# Mangghystau , and West Kazakhstan. The other zone encompasses
# same), encompassing four provinces in the west: Aqtöbe, Atyraū ,
# Mangghystaū , and West Kazakhstan. The other zone encompasses
# 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) :
# From Stepan Golosunov (2016-03-27):
# Review of the linked documents from http://adilet.zan.kz/
# produced the following data for post-1991 Kazakhstan:
#
@ -1621,7 +1634,7 @@ Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931
#
# 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-O rda oblast moved into the fifth
# to +04/+05. It's unclear how Qyzylo rda 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
@ -1634,25 +1647,25 @@ Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931
# 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 Ku stanay and Aktyubinsk
# oblasts (notably including Turgai and Kzyl-O rda oblasts into the fifth
# border between them to be located east of Qo stanay and Aktyubinsk
# oblasts (notably including Turgai and Qyzylo rda 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 Ku stanay oblasts; from
# +05/+06 to +06/+07 for Asia/Almaty and Asia/Qyzylorda (and Arkalyk) [*] ....
# Asia/Aqtau, Asia/Aqtobe, Asia/Oral, Atyraū and Qo stanay 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-O rda oblasts
# cancels extra hour ("decree time") for Uralsk and Qyzylo rda 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
# cancels the extra hour ("decree time") on the territory of Mangghystaū
# oblast since the last Sunday of September 1994 (saying that time on
# the territory would correspond to the third time belt as a
# result)....
@ -1666,14 +1679,11 @@ Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931
# 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
# cancels the extra hour ("decree time") for Atyraū 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).[*]
# This means change from +05/+06 to +04/+05....
#
# 6. Act of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan
# from 2000-11-23 No. 1749
@ -1683,10 +1693,10 @@ Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931
# 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 K ostanay oblast
# (including Arkalyk) from +06/+07 to +05/+06) and move K yzylorda oblast
# probably changed time in territories incorporated into Q ostanay oblast
# (including Arkalyk) from +06/+07 to +05/+06) and move Q yzylorda oblast
# from being in the fifth time belt and not using decree time into the
# fourth time belt (no change in practice).[*]
# fourth time belt (no change in practice).
#
# 7. Act of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan
# from 2003-12-29 No. 1342
@ -1696,7 +1706,7 @@ Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931
# 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 K yzylorda oblasts into
# modified the 2000-11-23 act to move Qostanay and Q yzylorda 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
@ -1708,14 +1718,14 @@ Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931
# 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 201 4 transition to "winter" time.
# 2004-07-20 act to implement changes for Atyraū , West Kazakhstan,
# Qostanay, Qyzylorda and Mangghystaū oblasts by not moving clocks
# during the 200 4 transition to "winter" time.
#
# This means transition from +04/+05 to +05/+06 for Atyrau oblast (no
# This means transition from +04/+05 to +05/+06 for Atyraū oblast (no
# zone currently), Asia/Oral, Asia/Aqtau and transition from +05/+06 to
# +06/+07 for Kostanay oblast (K ostanay and Arkalyk, no zones currently)
# and Asia/Qyzylorda on 2004-10-31 at 3:00....[*]
# +06/+07 for Qostanay oblast (Q ostanay 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
@ -1731,14 +1741,9 @@ Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931
# 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.
# From Paul Eggert (2016-11-07):
# The tables below reflect Golosunov's remarks, with exceptions as noted.
#
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
#
# Almaty (formerly Alma-Ata), representing most locations in Kazakhstan
@ -1751,6 +1756,8 @@ 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
@ -1762,7 +1769,21 @@ Zone Asia/Qyzylorda 4:21:52 - LMT 1924 May 2
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)
# 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
# Qostenay 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
#
# Aqtöbe (aka Aktobe, formerly Aktyubinsk) (KZ-AKT)
Zone Asia/Aqtobe 3:48:40 - LMT 1924 May 2
4:00 - +04 1930 Jun 21
5:00 - +05 1981 Apr 1
@ -1772,14 +1793,11 @@ Zone Asia/Aqtobe 3:48:40 - LMT 1924 May 2
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)
# Mangghystaū (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 - +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
@ -1787,7 +1805,17 @@ Zone Asia/Aqtau 3:21:04 - LMT 1924 May 2
5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 1994 Sep 25 2:00s
4:00 RussiaAsia +04/+05 2004 Oct 31 2:00s
5:00 - +05
# Atyraū (KZ-ATY) is like Mangghystaū except it switched from
# +04/+05 to +05/+06 in spring 1999, not fall 1994.
Zone Asia/Atyrau 3:27:44 - LMT 1924 May 2
4:00 - +04 1930 Jun 21
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 1999 Mar 28 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).
@ -2603,7 +2631,7 @@ Rule Palestine 2016 max - Oct lastSat 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 Zion EET/EEST 1948 May 15
2:00 EgyptAsia EE%sT 1967 Jun 5
2:00 Zion I%sT 1996
2:00 Jordan EE%sT 1999
@ -2616,7 +2644,7 @@ Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct
2:00 Palestine EE%sT
Zone Asia/Hebron 2:20:23 - LMT 1900 Oct
2:00 Zion EET 1948 May 15
2:00 Zion EET/EEST 1948 May 15
2:00 EgyptAsia EE%sT 1967 Jun 5
2:00 Zion I%sT 1996
2:00 Jordan EE%sT 1999