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# @(#)asia 8.14 |
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# @(#)asia 8.20 |
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# <pre> |
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# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, |
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@ -446,13 +446,13 @@ Zone Asia/Dili 8:22:20 - LMT 1912 |
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# India |
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# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
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Zone Asia/Calcutta 5:53:28 - LMT 1880 # Kolkata |
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Zone Asia/Kolkata 5:53:28 - LMT 1880 # Kolkata |
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5:53:20 - HMT 1941 Oct # Howrah Mean Time? |
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6:30 - BURT 1942 May 15 # Burma Time |
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5:30 - IST 1942 Sep |
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5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 15 |
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5:30 - IST |
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# The following are like Asia/Calcutta: |
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# The following are like Asia/Kolkata: |
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# Andaman Is |
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# Lakshadweep (Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Is) |
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# Nicobar Is |
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# |
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# So we'll ignore the Economist's claim. |
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# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-03-10): |
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# The cabinet in Iraq abolished DST last week, according to the following |
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# news sources (in Arabic): |
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# <a href="http://www.aljeeran.net/wesima_articles/news-20080305-98602.html"> |
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# http://www.aljeeran.net/wesima_articles/news-20080305-98602.html |
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# </a> |
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# <a href="http://www.aswataliraq.info/look/article.tpl?id=2047&IdLanguage=17&IdPublication=4&NrArticle=71743&NrIssue=1&NrSection=10"> |
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# http://www.aswataliraq.info/look/article.tpl?id=2047&IdLanguage=17&IdPublication=4&NrArticle=71743&NrIssue=1&NrSection=10 |
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# </a> |
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# |
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# We have published a short article in English about the change: |
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# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/iraq-dumps-daylight-saving.html"> |
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# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/iraq-dumps-daylight-saving.html |
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# </a> |
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# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S |
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Rule Iraq 1982 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D |
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Rule Iraq 1982 1984 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S |
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# IATA SSIM (1991/1996) says Apr 1 12:01am UTC; guess the `:01' is a typo. |
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# Shanks & Pottenger say Iraq did not observe DST 1992/1997; ignore this. |
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# |
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Rule Iraq 1991 max - Apr 1 3:00s 1:00 D |
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Rule Iraq 1991 max - Oct 1 3:00s 0 S |
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Rule Iraq 1991 2007 - Apr 1 3:00s 1:00 D |
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Rule Iraq 1991 2007 - Oct 1 3:00s 0 S |
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# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
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Zone Asia/Baghdad 2:57:40 - LMT 1890 |
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2:57:36 - BMT 1918 # Baghdad Mean Time? |
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# They decided not to adopt daylight-saving time.... |
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# http://www.mongolnews.mn/index.php?module=unuudur&sec=view&id=15742 |
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# From Deborah Goldsmith (2008-03-30): |
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# We received a bug report claiming that the tz database UTC offset for |
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# Asia/Choibalsan (GMT+09:00) is incorrect, and that it should be GMT |
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# +08:00 instead. Different sources appear to disagree with the tz |
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# database on this, e.g.: |
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# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=1026"> |
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# http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=1026 |
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# </a> |
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# <a href="http://www.worldtimeserver.com/current_time_in_MN.aspx"> |
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# http://www.worldtimeserver.com/current_time_in_MN.aspx |
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# </a> |
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# |
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# both say GMT+08:00. |
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# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-03-31): |
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# eznis airways, which operates several domestic flights, has a flight |
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# schedule here: |
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# <a href="http://www.eznis.com/Container.jsp?id=112" |
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# http://www.eznis.com/Container.jsp?id=112 |
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# </a> |
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# (click the English flag for English) |
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# |
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# There it appears that flights between Choibalsan and Ulaanbatar arrive |
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# about 1:35 - 1:50 hours later in local clock time, no matter the |
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# direction, while Ulaanbaatar-Khvod takes 2 hours in the Eastern |
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# direction and 3:35 back, which indicates that Ulaanbatar and Khvod are |
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# in different time zones (like we know about), while Choibalsan and |
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# Ulaanbatar are in the same time zone (correction needed). |
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# From Arthur David Olson (2008-05-19): |
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# Assume that Choibalsan is indeed offset by 8:00. |
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# XXX--in the absence of better information, assume that transition |
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# was at the start of 2008-03-31 (the day of Steffen Thorsen's report); |
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# this is almost surely wrong. |
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# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S |
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Rule Mongol 1983 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S |
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Rule Mongol 1983 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - |
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Zone Asia/Choibalsan 7:38:00 - LMT 1905 Aug |
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7:00 - ULAT 1978 |
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8:00 - ULAT 1983 Apr |
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9:00 Mongol CHO%sT # Choibalsan Time |
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9:00 Mongol CHO%sT 2008 Mar 31 # Choibalsan Time |
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8:00 Mongol CHO%sT |
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# Nepal |
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# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
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# The minister told a news conference that the experiment had rather |
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# shown 8 per cent higher consumption of electricity. |
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# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-15): |
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# |
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# Here is an article that Pakistan plan to introduce Daylight Saving Time |
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# on June 1, 2008 for 3 months. |
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# |
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# "... The federal cabinet on Wednesday announced a new conservation plan to help |
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# reduce load shedding by approving the closure of commercial centres at 9pm and |
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# moving clocks forward by one hour for the next three months. |
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# ...." |
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# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_pakistan01.html"> |
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# http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_pakistan01.html |
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# </a> |
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# OR |
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# <a href="http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C05%5C15%5Cstory_15-5-2008_pg1_4"> |
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# http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C05%5C15%5Cstory_15-5-2008_pg1_4 |
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# </a> |
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# From Arthur David Olson (2008-05-19): |
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# XXX--midnight transitions is a guess; 2008 only is a guess. |
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# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S |
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Rule Pakistan 2002 only - Apr Sun>=2 0:01 1:00 S |
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Rule Pakistan 2002 only - Oct Sun>=2 0:01 0 - |
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Rule Pakistan 2008 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S |
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Rule Pakistan 2008 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 - |
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# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
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Zone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907 |
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5:30 - IST 1942 Sep |
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# kept their clocks set five and a half hours ahead of Greenwich Mean |
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# Time (GMT), in line with neighbor India. |
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# From Paul Eggert (2006-04-18): |
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# People who live in regions under Tamil control can use TZ='Asia/Calcutta', |
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# People who live in regions under Tamil control can use [TZ='Asia/Kolkata'], |
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# as that zone has agreed with the Tamil areas since our cutoff date of 1970. |
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# From K Sethu (2006-04-25): |
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# From Paul Eggert (2007-03-29): |
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# Today the AP reported "Syria will switch to summertime at midnight Thursday." |
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# http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/29/africa/ME-GEN-Syria-Time-Change.php |
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# For lack of better info, assume the rule changed to "last Friday in March" |
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# this year. |
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Rule Syria 2007 max - Mar lastFri 0:00 1:00 S |
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Rule Syria 2007 only - Mar lastFri 0:00 1:00 S |
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# From Jesper Norgard (2007-10-27): |
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# The sister center ICARDA of my work CIMMYT is confirming that Syria DST will |
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# not take place 1.st November at 0:00 o'clock but 1.st November at 24:00 or |
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# Council of Ministers also approved the commencement of work on |
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# identifying the winter time as of Friday, 2/11/2007 where the 60th |
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# minute delay at midnight Thursday 1/11/2007. |
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# From Arthur David Olson (2007-10-30): |
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# My best guess for the future is first Friday in November. |
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Rule Syria 2007 max - Nov Fri>=1 0:00 0 - |
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Rule Syria 2007 only - Nov Fri>=1 0:00 0 - |
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# From Stephen Colebourne (2008-03-17): |
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# For everyone's info, I saw an IATA time zone change for [Syria] for |
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# this month (March 2008) in the last day or so...This is the data IATA |
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# are now using: |
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# Country Time Standard --- DST Start --- --- DST End --- DST |
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# Name Zone Variation Time Date Time Date |
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# Variation |
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# Syrian Arab |
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# Republic SY +0200 2200 03APR08 2100 30SEP08 +0300 |
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# 2200 02APR09 2100 30SEP09 +0300 |
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# 2200 01APR10 2100 30SEP10 +0300 |
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# From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-17): |
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# Here's a link to English-language coverage by the Syrian Arab News |
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# Agency (SANA)... |
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# <a href="http://www.sana.sy/eng/21/2008/03/11/165173.htm"> |
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# http://www.sana.sy/eng/21/2008/03/11/165173.htm |
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# </a>...which reads (in part) "The Cabinet approved the suggestion of the |
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# Ministry of Electricity to begin daylight savings time on Friday April |
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# 4th, advancing clocks one hour ahead on midnight of Thursday April 3rd." |
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# Since Syria is two hours east of UTC, the 2200 and 2100 transition times |
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# shown above match up with midnight in Syria. |
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# From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-18): |
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# My buest guess at a Syrian rule is "the Friday nearest April 1"; |
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# coding that involves either using a "Mar Fri>=29" construct that old time zone |
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# compilers can't handle or having multiple Rules (a la Israel). |
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# For now, use "Apr Fri>=1", and go with IATA on a uniform Sep 30 end. |
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Rule Syria 2008 max - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 S |
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Rule Syria 2008 max - Oct 1 0:00 0 - |
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# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
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Zone Asia/Damascus 2:25:12 - LMT 1920 # Dimashq |
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2:00 Syria EE%sT |
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# Vietnam |
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# From Paul Eggert (1993-11-18): |
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# Saigon's official name is Thanh-Pho Ho Chi Minh, but it's too long. |
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# We'll stick with the traditional name for now. |
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# From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-18): |
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# The English-language name of Vietnam's most populous city is "Ho Chi Min City"; |
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# we use Ho_Chi_Minh below to avoid a name of more than 14 characters. |
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# From Shanks & Pottenger: |
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# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
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Zone Asia/Saigon 7:06:40 - LMT 1906 Jun 9 |
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Zone Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh 7:06:40 - LMT 1906 Jun 9 |
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7:06:20 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT? |
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7:00 - ICT 1912 May |
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8:00 - ICT 1931 May |
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Tom Lane
18 years ago