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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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# BTW, I did some research on-line and found some info regarding these five
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# historic timezones from some Taiwan websites. And yes, there are official
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# Chinese names for these locales (before 1949).
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# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-07-14):
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# I have investigated the timezones around 1970 on the
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# http://www.astro.com/atlas site [with provinces and county
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# East Timor
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+ # See Indonesia for the 1945 transition.
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# From Joao Carrascalao, brother of the former governor of East Timor, in
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# <a href="http://etan.org/et99c/december/26-31/30ETMAY.htm">
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# East Timor may be late for its millennium
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# ZoneNAMEGMTOFFRULESFORMAT[UNTIL]
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ZoneAsia/Dili8:22:20 -LMT1912
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8:00-TLT1942 Feb 21 23:00 # E Timor Time
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9:00-TLT1976 May 3
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# time zone maps, I think that must refer to Western Borneo (Kalimantan Barat
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# and Kalimantan Tengah) switching from UTC+8 to UTC+7.
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+ # From Paul Eggert (2007-03-10):
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+ # Here is another correction to Shanks & Pottenger.
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+ # JohnTWB writes that Japanese forces did not surrender control in
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+ # Indonesia until 1945-09-01 00:00 at the earliest (in Jakarta) and
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+ # other formal surrender ceremonies were September 9, 11, and 13, plus
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+ # September 12 for the regional surrender to Mountbatten in Singapore.
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+ # These would be the earliest possible times for a change.
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+ # Regimes horaires pour le monde entier, by Henri Le Corre, (Editions
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+ # Traditionnelles, 1987, Paris) says that Java and Madura switched
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+ # from JST to UTC+07:30 on 1945-09-23, and gives 1944-09-01 for Jayapura
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+ # (Hollandia). For now, assume all Indonesian locations other than Jayapura
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+ # switched on 1945-09-23.
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+ #
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Zone Asia/Jakarta7:07:12 -LMT1867 Aug 10
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# Shanks & Pottenger say the next transition was at 1924 Jan 1 0:13,
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# but this must be a typo.
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7:07:12-JMT1923 Dec 31 23:47:12 # Jakarta
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7:20-JAVT1932 Nov # Java Time
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Zone Asia/Pontianak7:17:20-LMT1908 May
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7:17:20-PMT1932 Nov # Pontianak MT
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Zone Asia/Makassar7:57:36 -LMT1920
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7:57:36-MMT1932 Nov # Macassar MT
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RuleIraq19861990-MarlastSun1:00s1:00D
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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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RuleIraq1991max-Apr 13:00s1:00D
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# ZoneNAMEGMTOFFRULESFORMAT[UNTIL]
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# Kuwait
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# ZoneNAMEGMTOFFRULESFORMAT[UNTIL]
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+ # From the Arab Times (2007-03-14):
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+ # The Civil Service Commission (CSC) has approved a proposal forwarded
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+ # by MP Ahmad Baqer on implementing the daylight saving time (DST) in
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+ # Kuwait starting from April until the end of Sept this year, reports Al-Anba.
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+ # <http://www.arabtimesonline.com/arabtimes/kuwait/Viewdet.asp?ID=9950>.
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+ # From Paul Eggert (2007-03-29):
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+ # We don't know the details, or whether the approval means it'll happen,
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+ # so for now we assume no DST.
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ZoneAsia/Kuwait3:11:56 -LMT1950
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# parliament passed during the tumultuous winter session."
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# For now, let's ignore this information, until we have more confirmation.
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+ # From Ganbold Ts. (2007-02-26):
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+ # Parliament of Mongolia has just changed the daylight-saving rule in February.
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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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# Hovd, a.k.a. Chovd, Dund-Us, Dzhargalant, Khovd, Jirgalanta
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# From Stephen Colebourne (2006-09-18):
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# According to IATA data, Syria will change DST on 21st September [21:00 UTC]
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# this year [only].... This is probably related to Ramadan, like Egypt.
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RuleSyria2006only-Sep220:000-
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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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+ RuleSyria2007max-MarlastFri0:001:00S
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