@ -6,20 +6,19 @@
# tz@iana.org for general use in the future). For more, please see
# tz@iana.org for general use in the future). For more, please see
# the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution.
# the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution.
# From Paul Eggert (2013-08-1 1):
# From Paul Eggert (2014-10-3 1):
#
#
# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
# Unless otherwise specified, the source for data through 1990 is:
# Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition),
# Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition),
# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003).
# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003).
# Unfortunately this book contains many errors and cites no sources.
#
#
# Gwillim Law writes that a good source
# Gwillim Law writes that a good source
# for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport
# for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport
# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM),
# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM),
# published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries
# published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries
# of the IATA's data after 1990.
# of the IATA's data after 1990. Except where otherwise noted,
#
# IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990.
# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks & Pottenger is the source for
# entries through 1990, and IATA SSIM is the source for entries afterwards.
#
#
# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences,
# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences,
# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which
# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which
@ -47,10 +46,11 @@
# 3:30 IRST IRDT Iran
# 3:30 IRST IRDT Iran
# 4:00 GST Gulf*
# 4:00 GST Gulf*
# 5:30 IST India
# 5:30 IST India
# 7:00 ICT Indochina*
# 7:00 ICT Indochina, most times and locations *
# 7:00 WIB west Indonesia (Waktu Indonesia Barat)
# 7:00 WIB west Indonesia (Waktu Indonesia Barat)
# 8:00 WITA central Indonesia (Waktu Indonesia Tengah)
# 8:00 WITA central Indonesia (Waktu Indonesia Tengah)
# 8:00 CST China
# 8:00 CST China
# 8:00 IDT Indochina, 1943-45, 1947-55, 1960-75 (some locations)*
# 8:00 JWST Western Standard Time (Japan, 1896/1937)*
# 8:00 JWST Western Standard Time (Japan, 1896/1937)*
# 9:00 JCST Central Standard Time (Japan, 1896/1937)
# 9:00 JCST Central Standard Time (Japan, 1896/1937)
# 9:00 WIT east Indonesia (Waktu Indonesia Timur)
# 9:00 WIT east Indonesia (Waktu Indonesia Timur)
@ -271,12 +271,8 @@ Zone Asia/Rangoon 6:24:40 - LMT 1880 # or Yangon
6:30 - MMT # Myanmar Time
6:30 - MMT # Myanmar Time
# Cambodia
# Cambodia
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
# See Asia/Bangkok.
Zone Asia/Phnom_Penh 6:59:40 - LMT 1906 Jun 9
7:06:20 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT?
7:00 - ICT 1912 May
8:00 - ICT 1931 May
7:00 - ICT
# China
# China
@ -1666,44 +1662,70 @@ Zone Asia/Bishkek 4:58:24 - LMT 1924 May 2
# Korea (North and South)
# Korea (North and South)
# From Annie I. Bang (2006-07-10):
# From Annie I. Bang (2006-07-10):
# http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2006/07/10/200607100012.asp
# http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=200607100012
# The Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy has already
# Korea ran a daylight saving program from 1949-61 but stopped it
# commissioned a research project [to reintroduce DST] and has said
# during the 1950-53 Korean War. The system was temporarily enforced
# the system may begin as early as 2008.... Korea ran a daylight
# between 1987 and 1988 ...
# saving program from 1949-61 but stopped it during the 1950-53 Korean War.
# From Sanghyuk Jung (2014-10-29):
# http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2014-October/021830.html
# According to the Korean Wikipedia
# http://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/한국_표준시
# [oldid=12896437 2014-09-04 08:03 UTC]
# DST in Republic of Korea was as follows.... And I checked old
# newspapers in Korean, all articles correspond with data in Wikipedia.
# For example, the article in 1948 (Korean Language) proved that DST
# 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 Shanks & Pottenger:
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule ROK 1960 only - May 15 0:00 1:00 D
Rule ROK 1948 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 D
Rule ROK 1960 only - Sep 13 0:00 0 S
Rule ROK 1948 only - Sep 13 0:00 0 S
Rule ROK 1987 1988 - May Sun>=8 0:00 1:00 D
Rule ROK 1949 only - Apr 3 0:00 1:00 D
Rule ROK 1987 1988 - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 0 S
Rule ROK 1949 1951 - Sep Sun>=8 0:00 0 S
Rule ROK 1950 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D
# From Paul Eggert (2014-07-01):
Rule ROK 1951 only - May 6 0:00 1:00 D
# The following entries are from Shanks & Pottenger, except that I
Rule ROK 1955 only - May 5 0:00 1:00 D
# guessed that time zone abbreviations through 1945 followed the same
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
# From Paul Eggert (2014-10-30):
# The Korean Wikipedia entry gives the following sources for UT offsets:
#
# 1908: Official Journal Article No. 3994 (Edict No. 5)
# 1912: Governor-General of Korea Official Gazette Issue No. 367
# (Announcement No. 338)
# 1954: Presidential Decree No. 876 (1954-03-17)
# 1961: Law No. 676 (1961-08-07)
# 1987: Law No. 3919 (1986-12-31)
#
# The Wikipedia entry also has confusing information about a change
# to UT+9 in April 1910, but then what would be the point of the later change
# to UT+9 on 1912-01-01? Omit the 1910 change for now.
#
# I guessed that time zone abbreviations through 1945 followed the same
# rules as discussed under Taiwan, with nominal switches from JST to KST
# rules as discussed under Taiwan, with nominal switches from JST to KST
# when the respective cities were taken over by the Allies after WWII.
# 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.
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Asia/Seoul 8:27:52 - LMT 1890
Zone Asia/Seoul 8:27:52 - LMT 1908 Apr 1
8:30 - KST 1904 Dec
8:30 - KST 1912 Jan 1
9:00 - JCST 1928
8:30 - KST 1932
9:00 - JCST 1937 Oct 1
9:00 - JCST 1937 Oct 1
9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 8
9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 8
9:00 - KST 1954 Mar 21
9:00 - KST 1954 Mar 21
8:00 ROK K%sT 1961 Aug 10
8:30 ROK K%sT 1961 Aug 10
8:30 - KST 1968 Oct
9:00 ROK K%sT
9:00 ROK K%sT
Zone Asia/Pyongyang 8:23:00 - LMT 1890
Zone Asia/Pyongyang 8:23:00 - LMT 1908 Apr 1
8:30 - KST 1904 Dec
8:30 - KST 1912 Jan 1
9:00 - JCST 1928
8:30 - KST 1932
9:00 - JCST 1937 Oct 1
9:00 - JCST 1937 Oct 1
9:00 - JST 1945 Aug 24
9:00 - JST 1945 Aug 24
9:00 - KST 1954 Mar 21
8:00 - KST 1961 Aug 10
9:00 - KST
9:00 - KST
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@ -1714,12 +1736,8 @@ Zone Asia/Kuwait 3:11:56 - LMT 1950
3:00 - AST
3:00 - AST
# Laos
# Laos
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
# See Asia/Bangkok.
Zone Asia/Vientiane 6:50:24 - LMT 1906 Jun 9 # or Viangchan
7:06:20 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT?
7:00 - ICT 1912 May
8:00 - ICT 1931 May
7:00 - ICT
# Lebanon
# Lebanon
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
@ -2732,6 +2750,8 @@ Zone Asia/Dushanbe 4:35:12 - LMT 1924 May 2
Zone Asia/Bangkok 6:42:04 - LMT 1880
Zone Asia/Bangkok 6:42:04 - LMT 1880
6:42:04 - BMT 1920 Apr # Bangkok Mean Time
6:42:04 - BMT 1920 Apr # Bangkok Mean Time
7:00 - ICT
7:00 - ICT
Link Asia/Bangkok Asia/Phnom_Penh # Cambodia
Link Asia/Bangkok Asia/Vientiane # Laos
# Turkmenistan
# Turkmenistan
# From Shanks & Pottenger.
# From Shanks & Pottenger.
@ -2769,22 +2789,65 @@ Zone Asia/Tashkent 4:37:11 - LMT 1924 May 2
# Vietnam
# Vietnam
# From Paul Eggert (2013-02-21 ):
# From Paul Eggert (2014-10-04 ):
# Milne gives 7:16:56 for the meridian of Saigon in 1899, as being
# 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
# 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
# from Saigon's location. For now, ignore this and stick with Shanks
# and Pottenger.
# and Pottenger for LMT before 1906 .
# From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-18):
# From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-18):
# The English-language name of Vietnam's most populous city is "Ho Chi Minh
# The English-language name of Vietnam's most populous city is "Ho Chi Minh
# City"; use Ho_Chi_Minh below to avoid a name of more than 14 characters.
# City"; use Ho_Chi_Minh below to avoid a name of more than 14 characters.
# From Shanks & Pottenger:
# From Paul Eggert (2014-10-21) after a heads-up from Trần Ngọc Quân:
# Trần Tiến Bình's authoritative book "Lịch Việt Nam: thế kỷ XX-XXI (1901-2100)"
# (Nhà xuất bản Văn Hoá - Thông Tin, Hanoi, 2005), pp 49-50,
# is quoted verbatim in:
# http://www.thoigian.com.vn/?mPage=P80D01
# is translated by Brian Inglis in:
# http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2014-October/021654.html
# and is the basis for the information below.
#
# The 1906 transition was effective July 1 and standardized Indochina to
# Phù Liễn Observatory, legally 104 deg. 17'17" east of Paris.
# It's unclear whether this meant legal Paris Mean Time (00:09:21) or
# the Paris Meridian (2 deg. 20'14.03" E); the former yields 07:06:30.1333...
# and the latter 07:06:29.333... so either way it rounds to 07:06:30,
# which is used below even though the modern-day Phù Liễn Observatory
# is closer to 07:06:31. Abbreviate Phù Liễn Mean Time as PLMT.
#
# The following transitions occurred in Indochina in general (before 1954)
# and in South Vietnam in particular (after 1954):
# To 07:00 on 1911-05-01.
# To 08:00 on 1942-12-31 at 23:00.
# To 09:00 in 1945-03-14 at 23:00.
# To 07:00 on 1945-09-02 in Vietnam.
# To 08:00 on 1947-04-01 in French-controlled Indochina.
# To 07:00 on 1955-07-01 in South Vietnam.
# To 08:00 on 1959-12-31 at 23:00 in South Vietnam.
# To 07:00 on 1975-06-13 in South Vietnam.
#
# Trần cites the following sources; it's unclear which supplied the info above.
#
# Hoàng Xuân Hãn: "Lịch và lịch Việt Nam". Tập san Khoa học Xã hội,
# No. 9, Paris, February 1982.
#
# Lê Thành Lân: "Lịch và niên biểu lịch sử hai mươi thế kỷ (0001-2010)",
# NXB Thống kê, Hanoi, 2000.
#
# Lê Thành Lân: "Lịch hai thế kỷ (1802-2010) và các lịch vĩnh cửu",
# NXB Thuận Hoá, Huế, 1995.
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh 7:06:40 - LMT 1906 Jun 9
Zone Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh 7:06:40 - LMT 1906 Jul 1
7:06:20 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT?
7:06:30 - PLMT 1911 May 1
7:00 - ICT 1912 May
7:00 - ICT 1942 Dec 31 23:00
8:00 - ICT 1931 May
8:00 - IDT 1945 Mar 14 23:00
9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 2
7:00 - ICT 1947 Apr 1
8:00 - IDT 1955 Jul 1
7:00 - ICT 1959 Dec 31 23:00
8:00 - IDT 1975 Jun 13
7:00 - ICT
7:00 - ICT
# Yemen
# Yemen