# @(#)africa8.5

# @(#)africa8.7

# <pre>

# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,

# Eritrea

# ZoneNAMEGMTOFFRULESFORMAT[UNTIL]

ZoneAfrica/Asmera2:35:32 -LMT1870

2:35:32-AMT1890 #Asmera Mean Time

ZoneAfrica/Asmara2:35:32 -LMT1870

2:35:32-AMT1890 #Asmara Mean Time

2:35:20-ADMT1936 May 5 # Adis Dera MT

3:00-EAT

# @(#)asia8.8

# @(#)asia8.11

# <pre>

# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,

# BTW, I did some research on-line and found some info regarding these five

# historic timezones from some Taiwan websites. And yes, there are official

# Chinese names for these locales (before 1949).

#

#

# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-07-14):

# I have investigated the timezones around 1970 on the

# http://www.astro.com/atlas site [with provinces and county

# East Timor

# See Indonesia for the 1945 transition.

# From Joao Carrascalao, brother of the former governor of East Timor, in

# <a href="http://etan.org/et99c/december/26-31/30ETMAY.htm">

# East Timor may be late for its millennium

# ZoneNAMEGMTOFFRULESFORMAT[UNTIL]

ZoneAsia/Dili8:22:20 -LMT1912

8:00-TLT1942 Feb 21 23:00 # E Timor Time

9:00-JST1945Aug

9:00-JST1945Sep 23

9:00-TLT1976 May 3

8:00-CIT2000 Sep 17 00:00

9:00-TLT

# time zone maps, I think that must refer to Western Borneo (Kalimantan Barat

# and Kalimantan Tengah) switching from UTC+8 to UTC+7.

#

# From Paul Eggert (2007-03-10):

# Here is another correction to Shanks & Pottenger.

# JohnTWB writes that Japanese forces did not surrender control in

# Indonesia until 1945-09-01 00:00 at the earliest (in Jakarta) and

# other formal surrender ceremonies were September 9, 11, and 13, plus

# September 12 for the regional surrender to Mountbatten in Singapore.

# These would be the earliest possible times for a change.

# Regimes horaires pour le monde entier, by Henri Le Corre, (Editions

# 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

# (Hollandia). For now, assume all Indonesian locations other than Jayapura

# switched on 1945-09-23.

#

# ZoneNAMEGMTOFFRULESFORMAT[UNTIL]

Zone Asia/Jakarta7:07:12 -LMT1867 Aug 10

# Shanks & Pottenger say the next transition was at 1924 Jan 1 0:13,

# but this must be a typo.

7:07:12-JMT1923 Dec 31 23:47:12 # Jakarta

7:20-JAVT1932 Nov # Java Time

7:30-WIT1942 Mar 23

9:00-JST1945Aug

9:00-JST1945Sep 23

7:30-WIT1948 May

8:00-WIT1950 May

7:30-WIT1964

7:00-WIT

Zone Asia/Pontianak7:17:20-LMT1908 May

7:17:20-PMT1932 Nov # Pontianak MT

7:30-WIT1942 Jan 29

9:00-JST1945Aug

9:00-JST1945Sep 23

7:30-WIT1948 May

8:00-WIT1950 May

7:30-WIT1964

Zone Asia/Makassar7:57:36 -LMT1920

7:57:36-MMT1932 Nov # Macassar MT

8:00-CIT1942 Feb 9

9:00-JST1945Aug

9:00-JST1945Sep 23

8:00-CIT

Zone Asia/Jayapura9:22:48 -LMT1932 Nov

9:00-EIT1944

9:00-EIT1944 Sep 1

9:30-CST1964

9:00-EIT

RuleIraq19861990-MarlastSun1:00s1:00D

# IATA SSIM (1991/1996) says Apr 1 12:01am UTC; guess the `:01' is a typo.

# Shanks & Pottenger say Iraq did not observe DST 1992/1997; ignore this.

#

#

RuleIraq1991max-Apr 13:00s1:00D

RuleIraq1991max-Oct 13:00s0S

# ZoneNAMEGMTOFFRULESFORMAT[UNTIL]

# Kuwait

# ZoneNAMEGMTOFFRULESFORMAT[UNTIL]

# From the Arab Times (2007-03-14):

# The Civil Service Commission (CSC) has approved a proposal forwarded

# by MP Ahmad Baqer on implementing the daylight saving time (DST) in

# Kuwait starting from April until the end of Sept this year, reports Al-Anba.

# <http://www.arabtimesonline.com/arabtimes/kuwait/Viewdet.asp?ID=9950>.

# From Paul Eggert (2007-03-29):

# We don't know the details, or whether the approval means it'll happen,

# so for now we assume no DST.

ZoneAsia/Kuwait3:11:56 -LMT1950

3:00-AST

# parliament passed during the tumultuous winter session."

# For now, let's ignore this information, until we have more confirmation.

# From Ganbold Ts. (2007-02-26):

# Parliament of Mongolia has just changed the daylight-saving rule in February.

# They decided not to adopt daylight-saving time....

# http://www.mongolnews.mn/index.php?module=unuudur&sec=view&id=15742

# RuleNAMEFROMTOTYPEINONATSAVELETTER/S

RuleMongol19831984-Apr10:001:00S

RuleMongol1983only-Oct10:000-

RuleMongol19841998-SeplastSun0:000-

# IATA SSIM (1999-09) says Mongolia no longer observes DST.

RuleMongol2001only-AprlastSat2:001:00S

RuleMongol2001max-SeplastSat2:000-

RuleMongol2002max-MarlastSat2:001:00S

RuleMongol20012006-SeplastSat2:000-

RuleMongol20022006-MarlastSat2:001:00S

# ZoneNAMEGMTOFFRULESFORMAT[UNTIL]

# Hovd, a.k.a. Chovd, Dund-Us, Dzhargalant, Khovd, Jirgalanta

RuleSyria19941996-Apr 10:001:00S

RuleSyria19942005-Oct 10:000-

RuleSyria19971998-MarlastMon0:001:00S

RuleSyria1999max-Apr 10:001:00S

RuleSyria19992006-Apr 10:001:00S

# From Stephen Colebourne (2006-09-18):

# According to IATA data, Syria will change DST on 21st September [21:00 UTC]

# this year [only].... This is probably related to Ramadan, like Egypt.

RuleSyria2006only-Sep220:000-

# From Paul Eggert (2007-03-29):

# Today the AP reported "Syria will switch to summertime at midnight Thursday."

# http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/29/africa/ME-GEN-Syria-Time-Change.php

# For lack of better info, assume the rule changed to "last Friday in March"

# this year.

RuleSyria2007max-MarlastFri0:001:00S

RuleSyria2007max-Oct 10:000-

# ZoneNAMEGMTOFFRULESFORMAT[UNTIL]

ZoneAsia/Damascus2:25:12 -LMT1920# Dimashq

# @(#)australasia8.4

# @(#)australasia8.6

# <pre>

# This file also includes Pacific islands.

9:30AusCST

# Western Australia

#

# From Christopher Hunt (2006-11-21), after an advance warning

# from Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-11-01):

# WA are trialing DST for three years.

# <http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/bills.nsf/62D4F7C55EA88993482572110007316A/$File/Bill174-1.pdf>

#

# RuleNAMEFROMTOTYPEINONATSAVELETTER/S

RuleAW1974only-OctlastSun2:00s1:00-

RuleAW1975only-MarSun>=12:00s0-

Zone Australia/Perth 7:43:24 -LMT1895 Dec

8:00AusWST1943 Jul

8:00AWWST

Zone Australia/Eucla 8:35:28 -LMT1895 Dec

8:45AusCWST1943 Jul

8:45AWCWST

# Queensland

#

# From Alex Livingston (1996-11-01):

#

# Ashmore Is, Cartier

# no indigenous inhabitants; only seasonal caretakers

#like Australia/Perth, says Turner

#no times are set

#

# Coral Sea Is

# no indigenous inhabitants; only meteorologists

# noinformation

# notimes are set

#

# Macquarie

# permanent occupation (scientific station) since 1948;

# sealing and penguin oil station operated 1888/1917

# like Australia/Hobart, says Turner

# like Australia/Hobart

# Christmas

# ZoneNAMEGMTOFFRULESFORMAT[UNTIL]

#std dst

#LMTLocal Mean Time

# 8:00WST WSTWestern Australia

# 8:45CWST CWST Central Western Australia*

# 9:00JSTJapan

# 9:30CST CSTCentral Australia

# 10:00EST ESTEastern Australia

# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08):

# The chosen rules the union of the 1971/1972 change and the 1989-1992 changes.

# From Christopher Hunt (2006-11-21), after an advance warning

# from Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-11-01):

# WA are trialing DST for three years.

# <http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/bills.nsf/9A1B183144403DA54825721200088DF1/$File/Bill175-1B.pdf>

# From Rives McDow (2002-04-09):

# The most interesting region I have found consists of three towns on the

# southern coast of Australia, population 10 at last report, along with

# 50,000 sheep, about 100 kilometers long and 40 kilometers into the

# continent. The primary town is Madura, with the other towns being

# Mundrabilla and Eucla. According to the sheriff of Madura, the

# residents got tired of having to change the time so often, as they are

# located in a strip overlapping the border of South Australia and Western

# Australia. South Australia observes daylight saving time; Western

# southern coast.... South Australia observes daylight saving time; Western

# Australia does not. The two states are one and a half hours apart. The

# residents decided to forget about this nonsense of changing the clock so

# much and set the local time 20 hours and 45 minutes from the

# international date line, or right in the middle of the time of South

# Australia and Western Australia. As it only affects about 10 people and

# tourists staying at the Madura Motel, it has never really made as big an

# impact as Broken Hill. However, as tourist visiting there or anyone

# calling the local sheriff will attest, they do keep time in this way.

# Australia and Western Australia....

#

# From Paul Eggert (2002-04-09):

# This is confirmed by the section entitled

# "What's the deal with time zones???" in

# <http://www.earthsci.unimelb.edu.au/~awatkins/null.html>,

# which says a few other things:

#

# * Border Village, SA also is 45 minutes ahead of Perth.

# * The locals call this time zone "central W.A. Time" (presumably "CWAT").

# * The locals also call Western Australia time "Perth time".

#

# It's not clear from context whether everyone in Western Australia

# knows of this naming convention, or whether it's just the people in

# this subregion.

# <http://www.earthsci.unimelb.edu.au/~awatkins/null.html>.

#

# From Alex Livingston (2006-12-07):

# ... it was just on four years ago that I drove along the Eyre Highway,

# which passes through eastern Western Australia close to the southern

# coast of the continent.

#

# I paid particular attention to the time kept there. There can be no

# dispute that UTC+08:45 was considered "the time" from the border

# village just inside the border with South Australia to as far west

# as just east of Caiguna. There can also be no dispute that Eucla is

# the largest population centre in this zone....

#

# Now that Western Australia is observing daylight saving, the

# question arose whether this part of the state would follow suit. I

# just called the border village and confirmed that indeed they have,

# meaning that they are now observing UTC+09:45.

#

# (2006-12-09):

# I personally doubt that either experimentation with daylight saving

# in WA or its introduction in SA had anything to do with the genesis

# of this time zone. My hunch is that it's been around since well

# before 1975. I remember seeing it noted on road maps decades ago.

# From Paul Eggert (2006-12-15):

# For lack of better info, assume the tradition dates back to the

# introduction of standard time in 1895.

# South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

# @(#)backward8.2

# @(#)backward8.3

# This file provides links between current names for time zones

# and their old names. Many names changed in late 1993.

LinkAfrica/AsmaraAfrica/Asmera

LinkAfrica/BamakoAfrica/Timbuktu

LinkAmerica/Argentina/CatamarcaAmerica/Argentina/ComodRivadavia

LinkAmerica/AdakAmerica/Atka

LinkAsia/ThimphuAsia/Thimbu

LinkAsia/MakassarAsia/Ujung_Pandang

LinkAsia/UlaanbaatarAsia/Ulan_Bator

LinkAtlantic/FaroeAtlantic/Faeroe

LinkAustralia/SydneyAustralia/ACT

LinkAustralia/SydneyAustralia/Canberra

LinkAustralia/Lord_HoweAustralia/LHI