Index: stable/6/share/zoneinfo/africa =================================================================== --- stable/6/share/zoneinfo/africa (revision 153670) +++ stable/6/share/zoneinfo/africa (revision 153671) @@ -1,605 +1,621 @@ -# @(#)africa 7.36 +# @(#)africa 7.39 # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, # go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to # tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future). -# From Paul Eggert (1999-03-22): +# From Paul Eggert (1999-03-22): # # A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is # Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (5th edition), # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1999). # # Gwillim Law writes that a good source # for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport # Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM), # published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries # of the IATA's data after 1990. # # Except where otherwise noted, Shanks is the source for entries through 1990, # and IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990. # # Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences, # Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which # I found in the UCLA library. # # A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is # Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997). # # Previous editions of this database used WAT, CAT, SAT, and EAT # for +0:00 through +3:00, respectively, -# but Mark R V Murray reports that +# but Mark R V Murray reports that # `SAST' is the official abbreviation for +2:00 in the country of South Africa, # `CAT' is commonly used for +2:00 in countries north of South Africa, and # `WAT' is probably the best name for +1:00, as the common phrase for # the area that includes Nigeria is ``West Africa''. # He has heard of ``Western Sahara Time'' for +0:00 but can find no reference. # # To make things confusing, `WAT' seems to have been used for -1:00 long ago; # I'd guess that this was because people needed _some_ name for -1:00, # and at the time, far west Africa was the only major land area in -1:00. # This usage is now obsolete, as the last use of -1:00 on the African # mainland seems to have been 1976 in Western Sahara. # # To summarize, the following abbreviations seem to have some currency: # -1:00 WAT West Africa Time (no longer used) # 0:00 GMT Greenwich Mean Time # 2:00 CAT Central Africa Time # 2:00 SAST South Africa Standard Time # and Murray suggests the following abbreviation: # 1:00 WAT West Africa Time # I realize that this leads to `WAT' being used for both -1:00 and 1:00 # for times before 1976, but this is the best I can think of # until we get more information. # # I invented the following abbreviations; corrections are welcome! # 2:00 WAST West Africa Summer Time # 2:30 BEAT British East Africa Time (no longer used) # 2:44:45 BEAUT British East Africa Unified Time (no longer used) # 3:00 CAST Central Africa Summer Time (no longer used) # 3:00 SAST South Africa Summer Time (no longer used) # 3:00 EAT East Africa Time # 4:00 EAST East Africa Summer Time (no longer used) # Algeria # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Algeria 1916 only - Jun 14 23:00s 1:00 S Rule Algeria 1916 1919 - Oct Sun<=7 23:00s 0 - Rule Algeria 1917 only - Mar 24 23:00s 1:00 S Rule Algeria 1918 only - Mar 9 23:00s 1:00 S Rule Algeria 1919 only - Mar 1 23:00s 1:00 S Rule Algeria 1920 only - Feb 14 23:00s 1:00 S Rule Algeria 1920 only - Oct 23 23:00s 0 - Rule Algeria 1921 only - Mar 14 23:00s 1:00 S Rule Algeria 1921 only - Jun 21 23:00s 0 - Rule Algeria 1939 only - Sep 11 23:00s 1:00 S Rule Algeria 1939 only - Nov 19 1:00 0 - Rule Algeria 1944 1945 - Apr Mon<=7 2:00 1:00 S Rule Algeria 1944 only - Oct 8 2:00 0 - Rule Algeria 1945 only - Sep 16 1:00 0 - Rule Algeria 1971 only - Apr 25 23:00s 1:00 S Rule Algeria 1971 only - Sep 26 23:00s 0 - Rule Algeria 1977 only - May 6 0:00 1:00 S Rule Algeria 1977 only - Oct 21 0:00 0 - Rule Algeria 1978 only - Mar 24 1:00 1:00 S Rule Algeria 1978 only - Sep 22 3:00 0 - Rule Algeria 1980 only - Apr 25 0:00 1:00 S Rule Algeria 1980 only - Oct 31 2:00 0 - # Shanks gives 0:09 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's more precise 0:09:21. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Algiers 0:12:12 - LMT 1891 Mar 15 0:01 0:09:21 - PMT 1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time 0:00 Algeria WE%sT 1940 Feb 25 2:00 1:00 Algeria CE%sT 1946 Oct 7 0:00 - WET 1956 Jan 29 1:00 - CET 1963 Apr 14 0:00 Algeria WE%sT 1977 Oct 21 1:00 Algeria CE%sT 1979 Oct 26 0:00 Algeria WE%sT 1981 May 1:00 - CET # Angola # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Luanda 0:52:56 - LMT 1892 0:52:04 - AOT 1911 May 26 # Angola Time 1:00 - WAT # Benin # Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1946, not 1934; go with Shanks. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Porto-Novo 0:10:28 - LMT 1912 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 1:00 - WAT # Botswana # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Gaborone 1:43:40 - LMT 1885 2:00 - CAT 1943 Sep 19 2:00 2:00 1:00 CAST 1944 Mar 19 2:00 2:00 - CAT # Burkina Faso # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Ouagadougou -0:06:04 - LMT 1912 0:00 - GMT # Burundi # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Bujumbura 1:57:28 - LMT 1890 2:00 - CAT # Cameroon # Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1920; go with Shanks. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Douala 0:38:48 - LMT 1912 1:00 - WAT # Cape Verde # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Atlantic/Cape_Verde -1:34:04 - LMT 1907 # Praia -2:00 - CVT 1942 Sep -2:00 1:00 CVST 1945 Oct 15 -2:00 - CVT 1975 Nov 25 2:00 -1:00 - CVT # Central African Republic # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Bangui 1:14:20 - LMT 1912 1:00 - WAT # Chad # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Ndjamena 1:00:12 - LMT 1912 1:00 - WAT 1979 Oct 14 1:00 1:00 WAST 1980 Mar 8 1:00 - WAT # Comoros # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Indian/Comoro 2:53:04 - LMT 1911 Jul # Moroni, Gran Comoro 3:00 - EAT # Democratic Republic of Congo # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Kinshasa 1:01:12 - LMT 1897 Nov 9 1:00 - WAT Zone Africa/Lubumbashi 1:49:52 - LMT 1897 Nov 9 2:00 - CAT # Republic of the Congo # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Brazzaville 1:01:08 - LMT 1912 1:00 - WAT # Cote D'Ivoire # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Abidjan -0:16:08 - LMT 1912 0:00 - GMT # Djibouti # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Djibouti 2:52:36 - LMT 1911 Jul 3:00 - EAT ############################################################################### # Egypt # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Egypt 1940 only - Jul 15 0:00 1:00 S Rule Egypt 1940 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - Rule Egypt 1941 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 S Rule Egypt 1941 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 - Rule Egypt 1942 1944 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Egypt 1942 only - Oct 27 0:00 0 - Rule Egypt 1943 1945 - Nov 1 0:00 0 - Rule Egypt 1945 only - Apr 16 0:00 1:00 S Rule Egypt 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S Rule Egypt 1957 1958 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - Rule Egypt 1958 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Egypt 1959 1981 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S Rule Egypt 1959 1965 - Sep 30 3:00 0 - Rule Egypt 1966 1994 - Oct 1 3:00 0 - Rule Egypt 1982 only - Jul 25 1:00 1:00 S Rule Egypt 1983 only - Jul 12 1:00 1:00 S Rule Egypt 1984 1988 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S Rule Egypt 1989 only - May 6 1:00 1:00 S Rule Egypt 1990 1994 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S # IATA (after 1990) says transitions are at 0:00. # Go with IATA starting in 1995, except correct 1995 entry from 09-30 to 09-29. Rule Egypt 1995 max - Apr lastFri 0:00s 1:00 S Rule Egypt 1995 max - Sep lastThu 23:00s 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Cairo 2:05:00 - LMT 1900 Oct 2:00 Egypt EE%sT # Equatorial Guinea # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Malabo 0:35:08 - LMT 1912 0:00 - GMT 1963 Dec 15 1:00 - WAT # Eritrea # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Asmera 2:35:32 - LMT 1870 2:35:32 - AMT 1890 # Asmera Mean Time 2:35:20 - ADMT 1936 May 5 # Adis Dera MT 3:00 - EAT # Ethiopia # From Paul Eggert (1997-10-05): # Shanks writes that Ethiopia had six narrowly-spaced time zones between # 1870 and 1890, and that they merged to 38E50 (2:35:20) in 1890. # We'll guess that 38E50 is for Adis Dera. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Addis_Ababa 2:34:48 - LMT 1870 2:35:20 - ADMT 1936 May 5 # Adis Dera MT 3:00 - EAT # Gabon # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Libreville 0:37:48 - LMT 1912 1:00 - WAT # Gambia # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Banjul -1:06:36 - LMT 1912 -1:06:36 - BMT 1935 # Banjul Mean Time -1:00 - WAT 1964 0:00 - GMT # Ghana # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S # Whitman says DST was observed from 1931 to ``the present''; go with Shanks. Rule Ghana 1936 1942 - Sep 1 0:00 0:20 GHST Rule Ghana 1936 1942 - Dec 31 0:00 0 GMT # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Accra -0:00:52 - LMT 1918 0:00 Ghana %s # Guinea # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Conakry -0:54:52 - LMT 1912 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 -1:00 - WAT 1960 0:00 - GMT # Guinea-Bissau # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Bissau -1:02:20 - LMT 1911 May 26 -1:00 - WAT 1975 0:00 - GMT # Kenya # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Nairobi 2:27:16 - LMT 1928 Jul 3:00 - EAT 1930 2:30 - BEAT 1940 2:44:45 - BEAUT 1960 3:00 - EAT # Lesotho # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Maseru 1:50:00 - LMT 1903 Mar 2:00 - SAST 1943 Sep 19 2:00 2:00 1:00 SAST 1944 Mar 19 2:00 2:00 - SAST # Liberia -# From Paul Eggert (2001-07-17): +# From Paul Eggert (2001-07-17): # In 1972 Liberia was the last country to switch # from a UTC offset that was not a multiple of 15 or 20 minutes. # Howse reports that it was in honor of their president's birthday. # Shanks reports the date as May 1, whereas Howse reports Jan; go with Shanks. # For Liberia before 1972, Shanks reports -0:44, whereas Howse and Whitman # each report -0:44:30; go with the more precise figure. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Monrovia -0:43:08 - LMT 1882 -0:43:08 - MMT 1919 Mar # Monrovia Mean Time -0:44:30 - LRT 1972 May # Liberia Time 0:00 - GMT ############################################################################### # Libya # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Libya 1951 only - Oct 14 2:00 1:00 S Rule Libya 1952 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - Rule Libya 1953 only - Oct 9 2:00 1:00 S Rule Libya 1954 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - Rule Libya 1955 only - Sep 30 0:00 1:00 S Rule Libya 1956 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - Rule Libya 1982 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Libya 1982 1985 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - Rule Libya 1985 only - Apr 6 0:00 1:00 S Rule Libya 1986 only - Apr 4 0:00 1:00 S Rule Libya 1986 only - Oct 3 0:00 0 - Rule Libya 1987 1989 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Libya 1987 1990 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - +Rule Libya 1987 1989 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Tripoli 0:52:44 - LMT 1920 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1959 2:00 - EET 1982 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1990 May 4 # The following entries are all from Shanks; # the IATA SSIM data contain some obvious errors. 2:00 - EET 1996 Sep 30 1:00 - CET 1997 Apr 4 1:00 1:00 CEST 1997 Oct 4 2:00 - EET # Madagascar # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Indian/Antananarivo 3:10:04 - LMT 1911 Jul 3:00 - EAT 1954 Feb 27 23:00s 3:00 1:00 EAST 1954 May 29 23:00s 3:00 - EAT # Malawi # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Blantyre 2:20:00 - LMT 1903 Mar 2:00 - CAT # Mali # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Bamako -0:32:00 - LMT 1912 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 -1:00 - WAT 1960 Jun 20 0:00 - GMT -# no longer different from Bamako, but too famous to omit -Zone Africa/Timbuktu -0:12:04 - LMT 1912 - 0:00 - GMT # Mauritania # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Nouakchott -1:03:48 - LMT 1912 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 -1:00 - WAT 1960 Nov 28 0:00 - GMT # Mauritius # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Indian/Mauritius 3:50:00 - LMT 1907 # Port Louis 4:00 - MUT # Mauritius Time # Agalega Is, Rodriguez # no information; probably like Indian/Mauritius # Mayotte # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Indian/Mayotte 3:00:56 - LMT 1911 Jul # Mamoutzou 3:00 - EAT # Morocco # See the `europe' file for Spanish Morocco (Africa/Ceuta). # RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Morocco 1939 only - Sep 12 0:00 1:00 S Rule Morocco 1939 only - Nov 19 0:00 0 - Rule Morocco 1940 only - Feb 25 0:00 1:00 S Rule Morocco 1945 only - Nov 18 0:00 0 - Rule Morocco 1950 only - Jun 11 0:00 1:00 S Rule Morocco 1950 only - Oct 29 0:00 0 - Rule Morocco 1967 only - Jun 3 12:00 1:00 S Rule Morocco 1967 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - Rule Morocco 1974 only - Jun 24 0:00 1:00 S Rule Morocco 1974 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 - Rule Morocco 1976 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Morocco 1976 only - Aug 1 0:00 0 - Rule Morocco 1977 only - Sep 28 0:00 0 - Rule Morocco 1978 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Morocco 1978 only - Aug 4 0:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Casablanca -0:30:20 - LMT 1913 Oct 26 0:00 Morocco WE%sT 1984 Mar 16 1:00 - CET 1986 0:00 - WET # Western Sahara Zone Africa/El_Aaiun -0:52:48 - LMT 1934 Jan -1:00 - WAT 1976 Apr 14 0:00 - WET # Mozambique # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Maputo 2:10:20 - LMT 1903 Mar 2:00 - CAT # Namibia # The 1994-04-03 transition is from Shanks. # Shanks reports no DST after 1998-04; go with IATA. # RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Namibia 1994 max - Sep Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S Rule Namibia 1995 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Windhoek 1:08:24 - LMT 1892 Feb 8 1:30 - SWAT 1903 Mar # SW Africa Time 2:00 - SAST 1942 Sep 20 2:00 2:00 1:00 SAST 1943 Mar 21 2:00 2:00 - SAST 1990 Mar 21 # independence 2:00 - CAT 1994 Apr 3 1:00 Namibia WA%sT # Niger # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Niamey 0:08:28 - LMT 1912 -1:00 - WAT 1934 Feb 26 0:00 - GMT 1960 1:00 - WAT # Nigeria # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Lagos 0:13:36 - LMT 1919 Sep 1:00 - WAT # Reunion # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Indian/Reunion 3:41:52 - LMT 1911 Jun # Saint-Denis 4:00 - RET # Reunion Time # # Scattered Islands (Iles Eparses) administered from Reunion are as follows. # The following information about them is taken from # Iles Eparses (www.outre-mer.gouv.fr/domtom/ile.htm, 1997-07-22, in French; # no longer available as of 1999-08-17). # We have no info about their time zone histories. # # Bassas da India - uninhabited # Europa Island - inhabited from 1905 to 1910 by two families # Glorioso Is - inhabited until at least 1958 # Juan de Nova - uninhabited # Tromelin - inhabited until at least 1958 # Rwanda # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Kigali 2:00:16 - LMT 1935 Jun 2:00 - CAT # St Helena # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Atlantic/St_Helena -0:22:48 - LMT 1890 # Jamestown -0:22:48 - JMT 1951 # Jamestown Mean Time 0:00 - GMT # The other parts of the St Helena territory are similar: # Tristan da Cunha: on GMT, say Whitman and the CIA # Ascension: on GMT, says usno1995 and the CIA # Gough (scientific station since 1955; sealers wintered previously): # on GMT, says the CIA # Inaccessible, Nightingale: no information, but probably GMT # Sao Tome and Principe # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Sao_Tome 0:26:56 - LMT 1884 -0:36:32 - LMT 1912 # Lisbon Mean Time 0:00 - GMT # Senegal # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Dakar -1:09:44 - LMT 1912 -1:00 - WAT 1941 Jun 0:00 - GMT # Seychelles # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Indian/Mahe 3:41:48 - LMT 1906 Jun # Victoria 4:00 - SCT # Seychelles Time # From Paul Eggert (2001-05-30): # Aldabra, Farquhar, and Desroches, originally dependencies of the # Seychelles, were transferred to the British Indian Ocean Territory # in 1965 and returned to Seychelles control in 1976. We don't know # whether this affected their time zone, so omit this for now. # Possibly the islands were uninhabited. # Sierra Leone # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S # Whitman gives Mar 31 - Aug 31 for 1931 on; go with Shanks. Rule SL 1935 1942 - Jun 1 0:00 0:40 SLST Rule SL 1935 1942 - Oct 1 0:00 0 WAT Rule SL 1957 1962 - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 SLST Rule SL 1957 1962 - Sep 1 0:00 0 GMT # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Freetown -0:53:00 - LMT 1882 -0:53:00 - FMT 1913 Jun # Freetown Mean Time -1:00 SL %s 1957 0:00 SL %s # Somalia # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Mogadishu 3:01:28 - LMT 1893 Nov 3:00 - EAT 1931 2:30 - BEAT 1957 3:00 - EAT # South Africa # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule SA 1942 1943 - Sep Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 - Rule SA 1943 1944 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Johannesburg 1:52:00 - LMT 1892 Feb 8 1:30 - SAST 1903 Mar 2:00 SA SAST # Marion and Prince Edward Is # scientific station since 1947 # no information # Sudan # # From # Sudan News Agency (2000-01-13) # , also reported by Michael De Beukelaer-Dossche via Steffen Thorsen: # Clocks will be moved ahead for 60 minutes all over the Sudan as of noon # Saturday.... This was announced Thursday by Caretaker State Minister for # Manpower Abdul-Rahman Nur-Eddin. # # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Sudan 1970 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Sudan 1970 1985 - Oct 15 0:00 0 - Rule Sudan 1971 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 S Rule Sudan 1972 1985 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Khartoum 2:10:08 - LMT 1931 2:00 Sudan CA%sT 2000 Jan 15 12:00 3:00 - EAT # Swaziland # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Mbabane 2:04:24 - LMT 1903 Mar 2:00 - SAST # Tanzania # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Dar_es_Salaam 2:37:08 - LMT 1931 3:00 - EAT 1948 2:44:45 - BEAUT 1961 3:00 - EAT # Togo # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Lome 0:04:52 - LMT 1893 0:00 - GMT # Tunisia + +# From Gwillim Law (2005-04-30): +# +# My correspondent, Risto Nykanen, has alerted me to another adoption of DST, +# this time in Tunisia. According to Yahoo France News +# , in a story attributed to AP +# and dated 2005-04-26, "Tunisia has decided to advance its official time by +# one hour, starting on Sunday, May 1. Henceforth, Tunisian time will be +# UTC+2 instead of UTC+1. The change will take place at 23:00 UTC next +# Saturday." (My translation) +# +# From Oscar van Vlijmen (2005-05-02): +# LaPresse, the first national daily newspaper ... +# +# ... DST for 2005: on: Sun May 1 0h standard time, off: Fri Sept. 30, +# 1h standard time. + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Tunisia 1939 only - Apr 15 23:00s 1:00 S Rule Tunisia 1939 only - Nov 18 23:00s 0 - Rule Tunisia 1940 only - Feb 25 23:00s 1:00 S Rule Tunisia 1941 only - Oct 6 0:00 0 - Rule Tunisia 1942 only - Mar 9 0:00 1:00 S Rule Tunisia 1942 only - Nov 2 3:00 0 - Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Mar 29 2:00 1:00 S Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Apr 17 2:00 0 - Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Apr 25 2:00 1:00 S Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Oct 4 2:00 0 - Rule Tunisia 1944 1945 - Apr Mon>=1 2:00 1:00 S Rule Tunisia 1944 only - Oct 8 0:00 0 - Rule Tunisia 1945 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 - Rule Tunisia 1977 only - Apr 30 0:00s 1:00 S Rule Tunisia 1977 only - Sep 24 0:00s 0 - Rule Tunisia 1978 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S Rule Tunisia 1978 only - Oct 1 0:00s 0 - Rule Tunisia 1988 only - Jun 1 0:00s 1:00 S Rule Tunisia 1988 1990 - Sep lastSun 0:00s 0 - Rule Tunisia 1989 only - Mar 26 0:00s 1:00 S Rule Tunisia 1990 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S +Rule Tunisia 2005 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S +Rule Tunisia 2005 only - Sep 30 1:00s 0 - # Shanks gives 0:09 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's more precise 0:09:21. # Shanks says the 1911 switch occurred on Mar 9; go with Howse's Mar 11. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Tunis 0:40:44 - LMT 1881 May 12 0:09:21 - PMT 1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time 1:00 Tunisia CE%sT # Uganda # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Kampala 2:09:40 - LMT 1928 Jul 3:00 - EAT 1930 2:30 - BEAT 1948 2:44:45 - BEAUT 1957 3:00 - EAT # Zambia # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Lusaka 1:53:08 - LMT 1903 Mar 2:00 - CAT # Zimbabwe # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Harare 2:04:12 - LMT 1903 Mar 2:00 - CAT Index: stable/6/share/zoneinfo/antarctica =================================================================== --- stable/6/share/zoneinfo/antarctica (revision 153670) +++ stable/6/share/zoneinfo/antarctica (revision 153671) @@ -1,318 +1,316 @@ -# @(#)antarctica 7.23 +# @(#)antarctica 7.29 # From Paul Eggert (1999-11-15): # To keep things manageable, we list only locations occupied year-round; see # # COMNAP - Stations and Bases # # and # # Summary of the Peri-Antarctic Islands (1998-07-23) # # for information. # Unless otherwise specified, we have no time zone information. # # Except for the French entries, # I made up all time zone abbreviations mentioned here; corrections welcome! # FORMAT is `zzz' and GMTOFF is 0 for locations while uninhabited. # These rules are stolen from the `europe' file. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule RussAQ 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule RussAQ 1981 1983 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - Rule RussAQ 1984 1991 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 - Rule RussAQ 1985 1991 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S Rule RussAQ 1992 only - Mar lastSat 23:00 1:00 S Rule RussAQ 1992 only - Sep lastSat 23:00 0 - Rule RussAQ 1993 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S Rule RussAQ 1993 1995 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 - Rule RussAQ 1996 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 - # These rules are stolen from the `southamerica' file. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule ArgAQ 1964 1966 - Mar 1 0:00 0 - Rule ArgAQ 1964 1966 - Oct 15 0:00 1:00 S Rule ArgAQ 1967 only - Apr 1 0:00 0 - Rule ArgAQ 1967 1968 - Oct Sun<=7 0:00 1:00 S Rule ArgAQ 1968 1969 - Apr Sun<=7 0:00 0 - Rule ArgAQ 1974 only - Jan 23 0:00 1:00 S Rule ArgAQ 1974 only - May 1 0:00 0 - Rule ArgAQ 1974 1976 - Oct Sun<=7 0:00 1:00 S Rule ArgAQ 1975 1977 - Apr Sun<=7 0:00 0 - Rule ChileAQ 1966 1997 - Oct Sun>=9 0:00 1:00 S Rule ChileAQ 1967 1998 - Mar Sun>=9 0:00 0 - Rule ChileAQ 1998 only - Sep 27 0:00 1:00 S Rule ChileAQ 1999 only - Apr 4 0:00 0 - Rule ChileAQ 1999 max - Oct Sun>=9 0:00 1:00 S Rule ChileAQ 2000 max - Mar Sun>=9 0:00 0 - # Argentina - year-round bases # Belgrano II, Confin Coast, -770227-0343737, since 1972-02-05 # Esperanza, San Martin Land, -6323-05659, since 1952-12-17 # Jubany, Potter Peninsula, King George Island, -6414-0602320, since 1982-01 # Marambio, Seymour I, -6414-05637, since 1969-10-29 # Orcadas, Laurie I, -6016-04444, since 1904-02-22 # San Martin, Debenham I, -6807-06708, since 1951-03-21 # (except 1960-03 / 1976-03-21) # Australia - territories # Heard Island, McDonald Islands (uninhabited) # previously sealers and scientific personnel wintered -# +# # Margaret Turner reports # (1999-09-30) that they're UTC+5, with no DST; # presumably this is when they have visitors. # # year-round bases # Casey, Bailey Peninsula, -6617+11032, since 1969 # Davis, Vestfold Hills, -6835+07759, since 1957-01-13 # (except 1964-11 - 1969-02) # Mawson, Holme Bay, -6736+06253, since 1954-02-13 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Antarctica/Casey 0 - zzz 1969 8:00 - WST # Western (Aus) Standard Time Zone Antarctica/Davis 0 - zzz 1957 Jan 13 7:00 - DAVT 1964 Nov # Davis Time 0 - zzz 1969 Feb 7:00 - DAVT Zone Antarctica/Mawson 0 - zzz 1954 Feb 13 6:00 - MAWT # Mawson Time # References: # # Casey Weather (1998-02-26) # # # Davis Station, Antarctica (1998-02-26) # # # Mawson Station, Antarctica (1998-02-25) # # Brazil - year-round base -# Ferraz, King George Island, since 1983/4 +# Comandante Ferraz, King George Island, -6205+05824, since 1983/4 # Chile - year-round bases and towns # Escudero, South Shetland Is, -621157-0585735, since 1994 -# Frei, King George Island, -6214-05848, since 1969-03-07 -# O'Higgins, Antarctic Peninsula, -6319-05704, since 1948-02 -# Prat, -6230-05941 -# Villa Las Estrellas (a town), King George Island, since 1984-04-09 +# Presidente Eduadro Frei, King George Island, -6214-05848, since 1969-03-07 +# General Bernardo O'Higgins, Antarctic Peninsula, -6319-05704, since 1948-02 +# Capitan Arturo Prat, -6230-05941 +# Villa Las Estrellas (a town), around the Frei base, since 1984-04-09 # These locations have always used Santiago time; use TZ='America/Santiago'. # China - year-round bases -# Great Wall, King George Island, since 1985-02-20 -# Zhongshan, Larsemann Hills, Prydz Bay, since 1989-02-26 +# Great Wall, King George Island, -6213-05858, since 1985-02-20 +# Zhongshan, Larsemann Hills, Prydz Bay, -6922+07623, since 1989-02-26 # France - year-round bases # -# From Antoine Leca (1997-01-20): +# From Antoine Leca (1997-01-20): # Time data are from Nicole Pailleau at the IFRTP # (French Institute for Polar Research and Technology). # She confirms that French Southern Territories and Terre Adelie bases # don't observe daylight saving time, even if Terre Adelie supplies came # from Tasmania. # # French Southern Territories with year-round inhabitants # # Martin-de-Vivies Base, Amsterdam Island, -374105+0773155, since 1950 # Alfred-Faure Base, Crozet Islands, -462551+0515152, since 1964 # Port-aux-Francais, Kerguelen Islands, -492110+0701303, since 1951; # whaling & sealing station operated 1908/1914, 1920/1929, and 1951/1956 # # St Paul Island - near Amsterdam, uninhabited # fishing stations operated variously 1819/1931 # # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Indian/Kerguelen 0 - zzz 1950 # Port-aux-Francais 5:00 - TFT # ISO code TF Time # # year-round base in the main continent # Dumont-d'Urville, Ile des Petrels, -6640+14001, since 1956-11 # # Another base at Port-Martin, 50km east, began operation in 1947. # It was destroyed by fire on 1952-01-14. # # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Antarctica/DumontDUrville 0 - zzz 1947 10:00 - PMT 1952 Jan 14 # Port-Martin Time 0 - zzz 1956 Nov 10:00 - DDUT # Dumont-d'Urville Time # Reference: -# -# Support and Development of Polar Research and Technology (1997-02-03) +# +# Dumont d'Urville Station (2005-12-05) # - # Germany - year-round base -# Georg von Neumayer +# Georg von Neumayer, -7039-00815 # India - year-round base -# Dakshin Gangotri +# Dakshin Gangotri, -7005+01200 # Japan - year-round bases -# Dome Fuji -# Syowa +# Dome Fuji, -7719+03942 +# Syowa, -690022+0393524 # # From Hideyuki Suzuki (1999-02-06): -# In all Japanese stations, +0300 is used as the standard time. [See] -# [reference in Japanese] -# and information from KAMO Hiroyasu . +# In all Japanese stations, +0300 is used as the standard time. # # Syowa station, which is the first antarctic station of Japan, # was established on 1957-01-29. Since Syowa station is still the main # station of Japan, it's appropriate for the principal location. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Antarctica/Syowa 0 - zzz 1957 Jan 29 3:00 - SYOT # Syowa Time # See: # # NIPR Antarctic Research Activities (1999-08-17) # # S Korea - year-round base -# King Sejong, King George Island, since 1988 +# King Sejong, King George Island, -6213-05847, since 1988 # New Zealand - claims # Balleny Islands (never inhabited) # Scott Island (never inhabited) # # year-round base # Scott, Ross Island, since 1957-01, is like Antarctica/McMurdo. # # These rules for New Zealand are stolen from the `australasia' file. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule NZAQ 1974 only - Nov 3 2:00s 1:00 D Rule NZAQ 1975 1988 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D Rule NZAQ 1989 only - Oct 8 2:00s 1:00 D Rule NZAQ 1990 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 D Rule NZAQ 1975 only - Feb 23 2:00s 0 S Rule NZAQ 1976 1989 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S Rule NZAQ 1990 max - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 S # Norway - territories # Bouvet (never inhabited) # # claims # Peter I Island (never inhabited) # Poland - year-round base # Arctowski, King George Island, -620945-0582745, since 1977 # Russia - year-round bases # Bellingshausen, King George Island, -621159-0585337, since 1968-02-22 # Mirny, Davis coast, -6633+09301, since 1956-02 -# Molodezhnaya, Alasheyev Bay, year-round from 1962-02 to 1999-07-01 +# Molodezhnaya, Alasheyev Bay, -6740+04551, +# year-round from 1962-02 to 1999-07-01 # Novolazarevskaya, Queen Maud Land, -7046+01150, # year-round from 1960/61 to 1992 # Vostok, since 1957-12-16, temporarily closed 1994-02/1994-11 # # From Craig Mundell (1994-12-15): # Vostok, which is one of the Russian stations, is set on the same # time as Moscow, Russia. # # From Lee Hotz (2001-03-08): # I queried the folks at Columbia who spent the summer at Vostok and this is # what they had to say about time there: # ``in the US Camp (East Camp) we have been on New Zealand (McMurdo) # time, which is 12 hours ahead of GMT. The Russian Station Vostok was # 6 hours behind that (although only 2 miles away, i.e. 6 hours ahead # of GMT). This is a time zone I think two hours east of Moscow. The # natural time zone is in between the two: 8 hours ahead of GMT.'' # # From Paul Eggert (2001-05-04): # This seems to be hopelessly confusing, so I asked Lee Hotz about it # in person. He said that some Antartic locations set their local # time so that noon is the warmest part of the day, and that this # changes during the year and does not necessarily correspond to mean # solar noon. So the Vostok time might have been whatever the clocks # happened to be during their visit. So we still don't really know what time # it is at Vostok. But we'll guess UTC+6. # Zone Antarctica/Vostok 0 - zzz 1957 Dec 16 6:00 - VOST # Vostok time # S Africa - year-round bases -# Marion Island -# Sanae +# Marion Island, -4653+03752 +# Sanae, -7141-00250 # UK # # British Antarctic Territories (BAT) claims # South Orkney Islands # scientific station from 1903 # whaling station at Signy I 1920/1926 # South Shetland Islands # # year-round bases # Bird Island, South Georgia, -5400-03803, since 1983 # Deception Island, -6259-06034, whaling station 1912/1931, # scientific station 1943/1967, # previously sealers and a scientific expedition wintered by accident, # and a garrison was deployed briefly # Halley, Coates Land, -7535-02604, since 1956-01-06 # Halley is on a moving ice shelf and is periodically relocated # so that it is never more than 10km from its nominal location. # Rothera, Adelaide Island, -6734-6808, since 1976-12-01 # # From Paul Eggert (2002-10-22) # says Rothera is -03 all year. # # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Antarctica/Rothera 0 - zzz 1976 Dec 1 -3:00 - ROTT # Rothera time # Uruguay - year round base # Artigas, King George Island, -621104-0585107 # USA - year-round bases # # Palmer, Anvers Island, since 1965 (moved 2 miles in 1968) # -# From Ethan Dicks (1996-10-06): +# From Ethan Dicks (1996-10-06): # It keeps the same time as Punta Arenas, Chile, because, just like us # and the South Pole, that's the other end of their supply line.... # I verified with someone who was there that since 1980, # Palmer has followed Chile. Prior to that, before the Falklands War, # Palmer used to be supplied from Argentina. # # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Antarctica/Palmer 0 - zzz 1965 -4:00 ArgAQ AR%sT 1969 Oct 5 -3:00 ArgAQ AR%sT 1982 May -4:00 ChileAQ CL%sT # # # McMurdo, Ross Island, since 1955-12 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Antarctica/McMurdo 0 - zzz 1956 12:00 NZAQ NZ%sT # # Amundsen-Scott, South Pole, continuously occupied since 1956-11-20 # # From Paul Eggert (1996-09-03): # Normally it wouldn't have a separate entry, since it's like the # larger Antarctica/McMurdo since 1970, but it's too famous to omit. # -# From Chris Carrier <72157.3334@CompuServe.COM> (1996-06-27): +# From Chris Carrier (1996-06-27): # Siple, the first commander of the South Pole station, # stated that he would have liked to have kept GMT at the station, # but that he found it more convenient to keep GMT+12 # as supplies for the station were coming from McMurdo Sound, # which was on GMT+12 because New Zealand was on GMT+12 all year # at that time (1957). (Source: Siple's book 90 degrees SOUTH.) # # From Susan Smith # http://www.cybertours.com/whs/pole10.html # (1995-11-13 16:24:56 +1300, no longer available): # We use the same time as McMurdo does. # And they use the same time as Christchurch, NZ does.... # One last quirk about South Pole time. # All the electric clocks are usually wrong. # Something about the generators running at 60.1hertz or something # makes all of the clocks run fast. So every couple of days, # we have to go around and set them back 5 minutes or so. # Maybe if we let them run fast all of the time, we'd get to leave here sooner!! # Link Antarctica/McMurdo Antarctica/South_Pole Index: stable/6/share/zoneinfo/asia =================================================================== --- stable/6/share/zoneinfo/asia (revision 153670) +++ stable/6/share/zoneinfo/asia (revision 153671) @@ -1,1495 +1,1641 @@ -# @(#)asia 7.77 +# @(#)asia 7.89 # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, # go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to # tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future). -# From Paul Eggert (1999-03-22): +# From Paul Eggert (1999-03-22): # # A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is # Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (5th edition), # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1999). # # Gwillim Law writes that a good source # for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport # Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM), # published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries # of the IATA's data after 1990. # # Except where otherwise noted, Shanks is the source for entries through 1990, # and IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990. # # Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences, # Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which # I found in the UCLA library. # # A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is # Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997). # # I invented the abbreviations marked `*' in the following table; # the rest are from earlier versions of this file, or from other sources. # Corrections are welcome! # std dst # LMT Local Mean Time # 2:00 EET EEST Eastern European Time # 2:00 IST IDT Israel # 3:00 AST ADT Arabia* # 3:30 IRST IRDT Iran # 4:00 GST Gulf* # 5:30 IST India # 7:00 ICT Indochina* # 7:00 WIT west Indonesia # 8:00 CIT central Indonesia # 8:00 CST China # 9:00 CJT Central Japanese Time (1896/1937)* # 9:00 EIT east Indonesia -# 9:00 JST Japan -# 9:00 KST Korea +# 9:00 JST JDT Japan +# 9:00 KST KDT Korea # 9:30 CST (Australian) Central Standard Time # # See the `europe' file for Russia and Turkey in Asia. # From Guy Harris: # Incorporates data for Singapore from Robert Elz' asia 1.1, as well as # additional information from Tom Yap, Sun Microsystems Intercontinental # Technical Support (including a page from the Official Airline Guide - # Worldwide Edition). The names for time zones are guesses. ############################################################################### # These rules are stolen from the `europe' file. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule EUAsia 1981 max - Mar lastSun 1:00u 1:00 S Rule EUAsia 1996 max - Oct lastSun 1:00u 0 - Rule E-EurAsia 1981 max - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S Rule E-EurAsia 1979 1995 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - Rule E-EurAsia 1996 max - Oct lastSun 0:00 0 - Rule RussiaAsia 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule RussiaAsia 1981 1983 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - Rule RussiaAsia 1984 1991 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 - Rule RussiaAsia 1985 1991 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S Rule RussiaAsia 1992 only - Mar lastSat 23:00 1:00 S Rule RussiaAsia 1992 only - Sep lastSat 23:00 0 - Rule RussiaAsia 1993 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S Rule RussiaAsia 1993 1995 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 - Rule RussiaAsia 1996 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 - # Afghanistan # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Kabul 4:36:48 - LMT 1890 4:00 - AFT 1945 4:30 - AFT # Armenia # From Paul Eggert (1999-10-29): # Shanks has Yerevan switching to 3:00 (with Russian DST) in spring 1991, # then to 4:00 with no DST in fall 1995, then readopting Russian DST in 1997. # Go with Shanks, even when he disagrees with others. Edgar Der-Danieliantz -# reported (1996-05-04) that Yerevan probably wouldn't use DST +# reported (1996-05-04) that Yerevan probably wouldn't use DST # in 1996, though it did use DST in 1995. IATA SSIM (1991/1998) reports that # Armenia switched from 3:00 to 4:00 in 1998 and observed DST after 1991, # but started switching at 3:00s in 1998. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Yerevan 2:58:00 - LMT 1924 May 2 3:00 - YERT 1957 Mar # Yerevan Time 4:00 RussiaAsia YER%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 3:00 1:00 YERST 1991 Sep 23 # independence 3:00 RussiaAsia AM%sT 1995 Sep 24 2:00s 4:00 - AMT 1997 4:00 RussiaAsia AM%sT # Azerbaijan +# From Rustam Aliyev of the Azerbaijan Internet Forum (2005-10-23): +# According to the resolution of Cabinet of Ministers, 1997 +# Resolution available at: http://aif.az/docs/daylight_res.pdf # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule Azer 1997 max - Mar lastSun 1:00 1:00 S -Rule Azer 1997 max - Oct lastSun 1:00 0 - +Rule Azer 1997 max - Mar lastSun 4:00 1:00 S +Rule Azer 1997 max - Oct lastSun 5:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Baku 3:19:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 3:00 - BAKT 1957 Mar # Baku Time 4:00 RussiaAsia BAK%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 3:00 1:00 BAKST 1991 Aug 30 # independence - 3:00 RussiaAsia AZ%sT 1992 Sep lastSun 2:00s + 3:00 RussiaAsia AZ%sT 1992 Sep lastSat 23:00 4:00 - AZT 1996 # Azerbaijan time 4:00 EUAsia AZ%sT 1997 4:00 Azer AZ%sT # Bahrain # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Bahrain 3:22:20 - LMT 1920 # Al Manamah 4:00 - GST 1972 Jun 3:00 - AST # Bangladesh # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Dhaka 6:01:40 - LMT 1890 5:53:20 - HMT 1941 Oct # Howrah Mean Time? 6:30 - BURT 1942 May 15 # Burma Time 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep 6:30 - BURT 1951 Sep 30 6:00 - DACT 1971 Mar 26 # Dacca Time 6:00 - BDT # Bangladesh Time # Bhutan # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Thimphu 5:58:36 - LMT 1947 Aug 15 # or Thimbu 5:30 - IST 1987 Oct 6:00 - BTT # Bhutan Time # British Indian Ocean Territory # Whitman and the 1995 CIA time zone map say 5:00, but the # 1997 and later maps say 6:00. Assume the switch occurred in 1996. +# We have no information as to when standard time was introduced; +# assume it occurred in 1907, the same year as Mauritius (which +# then contained the Chagos Archipelago). # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Indian/Chagos 5:00 - IOT 1996 # BIOT Time +Zone Indian/Chagos 4:49:40 - LMT 1907 + 5:00 - IOT 1996 # BIOT Time 6:00 - IOT # Brunei # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Brunei 7:39:40 - LMT 1926 Mar # Bandar Seri Begawan 7:30 - BNT 1933 8:00 - BNT # Burma / Myanmar # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Rangoon 6:24:40 - LMT 1880 # or Yangon 6:24:36 - RMT 1920 # Rangoon Mean Time? 6:30 - BURT 1942 May # Burma Time 9:00 - JST 1945 May 3 6:30 - MMT # Myanmar Time # Cambodia # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 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 # From Guy Harris: # People's Republic of China. Yes, they really have only one time zone. # From Bob Devine (1988-01-28): # No they don't. See TIME mag, 1986-02-17 p.52. Even though # China is across 4 physical time zones, before Feb 1, 1986 only the # Peking (Bejing) time zone was recognized. Since that date, China # has two of 'em -- Peking's and Urumqi (named after the capital of # the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region). I don't know about DST for it. # # . . .I just deleted the DST table and this editor makes it too # painful to suck in another copy.. So, here is what I have for # DST start/end dates for Peking's time zone (info from AP): # # 1986 May 4 - Sept 14 # 1987 mid-April - ?? # From U. S. Naval Observatory (1989-01-19): # CHINA 8 H AHEAD OF UTC ALL OF CHINA, INCL TAIWAN # CHINA 9 H AHEAD OF UTC APR 17 - SEP 10 -# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19): +# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19): # Shanks writes that China has had a single time zone since 1980 May 1, # observing summer DST from 1986 through 1991; this contradicts Devine's # note about Time magazine, though apparently _something_ happened in 1986. # Go with Shanks for now. I made up names for the other pre-1980 time zones. # From Shanks: # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Shang 1940 only - Jun 3 0:00 1:00 D Rule Shang 1940 1941 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S Rule Shang 1941 only - Mar 16 0:00 1:00 D -Rule PRC 1949 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S Rule PRC 1986 only - May 4 0:00 1:00 D Rule PRC 1986 1991 - Sep Sun>=11 0:00 0 S Rule PRC 1987 1991 - Apr Sun>=10 0:00 1:00 D # # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] # # From Anthony Fok (2001-12-20): # 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): # Changbai Time ("Long-white Time", Long-white = Heilongjiang area) Zone Asia/Harbin 8:26:44 - LMT 1928 # or Haerbin 8:30 - CHAT 1932 Mar # Changbai Time 8:00 - CST 1940 9:00 - CHAT 1966 May 8:30 - CHAT 1980 May 8:00 PRC C%sT # Zhongyuan Time ("Central plain Time") Zone Asia/Shanghai 8:05:52 - LMT 1928 8:00 Shang C%sT 1949 8:00 PRC C%sT # Long-shu Time (probably due to Long and Shu being two names of that area) Zone Asia/Chongqing 7:06:20 - LMT 1928 # or Chungking 7:00 - LONT 1980 May # Long-shu Time 8:00 PRC C%sT # Xin-zang Time ("Xinjiang-Tibet Time") Zone Asia/Urumqi 5:50:20 - LMT 1928 # or Urumchi 6:00 - URUT 1980 May # Urumqi Time 8:00 PRC C%sT # Kunlun Time Zone Asia/Kashgar 5:03:56 - LMT 1928 # or Kashi or Kaxgar 5:30 - KAST 1940 # Kashgar Time 5:00 - KAST 1980 May 8:00 PRC C%sT # Hong Kong (Xianggang) # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule HK 1946 only - Apr 20 3:30 1:00 S Rule HK 1946 only - Dec 1 3:30 0 - Rule HK 1947 only - Apr 13 3:30 1:00 S Rule HK 1947 only - Dec 30 3:30 0 - Rule HK 1948 only - May 2 3:30 1:00 S Rule HK 1948 1952 - Oct lastSun 3:30 0 - Rule HK 1949 1953 - Apr Sun>=1 3:30 1:00 S Rule HK 1953 only - Nov 1 3:30 0 - Rule HK 1954 1964 - Mar Sun>=18 3:30 1:00 S Rule HK 1954 only - Oct 31 3:30 0 - Rule HK 1955 1964 - Nov Sun>=1 3:30 0 - Rule HK 1965 1977 - Apr Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S Rule HK 1965 1977 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 - Rule HK 1979 1980 - May Sun>=8 3:30 1:00 S Rule HK 1979 1980 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Hong_Kong 7:36:36 - LMT 1904 Oct 30 8:00 HK HK%sT ############################################################################### # Taiwan # Shanks writes that Taiwan observed DST during 1945, when it # was still controlled by Japan. This is hard to believe, but we don't # have any other information. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Taiwan 1945 1951 - May 1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Taiwan 1945 1951 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S Rule Taiwan 1952 only - Mar 1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Taiwan 1952 1954 - Nov 1 0:00 0 S Rule Taiwan 1953 1959 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Taiwan 1955 1961 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S Rule Taiwan 1960 1961 - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Taiwan 1974 1975 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Taiwan 1974 1975 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S Rule Taiwan 1980 only - Jun 30 0:00 1:00 D Rule Taiwan 1980 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Taipei 8:06:00 - LMT 1896 # or Taibei or T'ai-pei 8:00 Taiwan C%sT # Macau (Macao, Aomen) # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Macau 1961 1962 - Mar Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S Rule Macau 1961 1964 - Nov Sun>=1 3:30 0 - Rule Macau 1963 only - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 S Rule Macau 1964 only - Mar Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S Rule Macau 1965 only - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 S Rule Macau 1965 only - Oct 31 0:00 0 - Rule Macau 1966 1971 - Apr Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S Rule Macau 1966 1971 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 - Rule Macau 1972 1974 - Apr Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S Rule Macau 1972 1973 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 0 - Rule Macau 1974 1977 - Oct Sun>=15 3:30 0 - Rule Macau 1975 1977 - Apr Sun>=15 3:30 1:00 S Rule Macau 1978 1980 - Apr Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S Rule Macau 1978 1980 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Macau 7:34:20 - LMT 1912 8:00 Macau MO%sT 1999 Dec 20 # return to China 8:00 PRC C%sT ############################################################################### # Cyprus # 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 - Rule Cyprus 1976 only - May 15 0:00 1:00 S Rule Cyprus 1976 only - Oct 11 0:00 0 - Rule Cyprus 1977 1980 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Cyprus 1977 only - Sep 25 0:00 0 - Rule Cyprus 1978 only - Oct 2 0:00 0 - Rule Cyprus 1979 1997 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - Rule Cyprus 1981 1998 - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 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. # Classically, Cyprus belongs to Asia; e.g. see Herodotus, Histories, I.72. # However, for various reasons many users expect to find it under Europe. Link Asia/Nicosia Europe/Nicosia # Georgia -# From Paul Eggert (1994-11-19): +# From Paul Eggert (1994-11-19): # Today's _Economist_ (p 60) reports that Georgia moved its clocks forward # an hour recently, due to a law proposed by Zurab Murvanidze, # an MP who went on a hunger strike for 11 days to force discussion about it! # We have no details, but we'll guess they didn't move the clocks back in fall. # -# From Mathew Englander , quoting AP (1996-10-23 13:05-04): +# From Mathew Englander, quoting AP (1996-10-23 13:05-04): # Instead of putting back clocks at the end of October, Georgia # will stay on daylight savings time this winter to save energy, # President Eduard Shevardnadze decreed Wednesday. # # From the BBC via Joseph S. Myers (2004-06-27): -# +# # Georgia moved closer to Western Europe on Sunday... The former Soviet # republic has changed its time zone back to that of Moscow. As a result it # is now just four hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time, rather than five hours # ahead. The switch was decreed by the pro-Western president of Georgia, # Mikhail Saakashvili, who said the change was partly prompted by the process # of integration into Europe. +# From Teimuraz Abashidze (2005-11-07): +# Government of Georgia ... decided to NOT CHANGE daylight savings time on +# [Oct.] 30, as it was done before during last more than 10 years. +# Currently, we are in fact GMT +4:00, as before 30 October it was GMT +# +3:00.... The problem is, there is NO FORMAL LAW or governmental document +# about it. As far as I can find, I was told, that there is no document, +# because we just DIDN'T ISSUE document about switching to winter time.... +# I don't know what can be done, especially knowing that some years ago our +# DST rules where changed THREE TIMES during one month. + + # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Tbilisi 2:59:16 - LMT 1880 2:59:16 - TBMT 1924 May 2 # Tbilisi Mean Time 3:00 - TBIT 1957 Mar # Tbilisi Time 4:00 RussiaAsia TBI%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 3:00 1:00 TBIST 1991 Apr 9 # independence 3:00 RussiaAsia GE%sT 1992 # Georgia Time 3:00 E-EurAsia GE%sT 1994 Sep lastSun 4:00 E-EurAsia GE%sT 1996 Oct lastSun 4:00 1:00 GEST 1997 Mar lastSun 4:00 E-EurAsia GE%sT 2004 Jun 27 - 3:00 RussiaAsia GE%sT + 3:00 RussiaAsia GE%sT 2005 Mar lastSun 2:00 + 4:00 - GET # East Timor # From Joao Carrascalao, brother of the former governor of East Timor, in # # East Timor may be late for its millennium # (1999-12-26/31): # Portugal tried to change the time forward in 1974 because the sun # rises too early but the suggestion raised a lot of problems with the # Timorese and I still don't think it would work today because it # conflicts with their way of life. # From Paul Eggert (2000-12-04): # We don't have any record of the above attempt. # Most likely our records are incomplete, but we have no better data. # # From Manoel de Almeida e Silva, Deputy Spokesman for the UN Secretary-General # (2000-08-16): # The Cabinet of the East Timor Transition Administration decided # today to advance East Timor's time by one hour. The time change, # which will be permanent, with no seasonal adjustment, will happen at # midnight on Saturday, September 16. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Dili 8:22:20 - LMT 1912 - 8:00 - TPT 1942 Feb 21 23:00 # E Timor Time + 8:00 - TLT 1942 Feb 21 23:00 # E Timor Time 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug - 9:00 - TPT 1976 May 3 + 9:00 - TLT 1976 May 3 8:00 - CIT 2000 Sep 17 00:00 - 9:00 - TPT + 9:00 - TLT # India # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Calcutta 5:53:28 - LMT 1880 # Kolkata 5:53:20 - HMT 1941 Oct # Howrah Mean Time? 6:30 - BURT 1942 May 15 # Burma Time 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 15 5:30 - IST # The following are like Asia/Calcutta: # Andaman Is # Lakshadweep (Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Is) # Nicobar Is # Indonesia # # From Gwillim Law (2001-05-28), overriding Shanks: # # says that Indonesia's time zones changed on 1988-01-01. Looking at some # time zone maps, I think that must refer to Western Borneo (Kalimantan Barat # and Kalimantan Tengah) switching from UTC+8 to UTC+7. # # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Jakarta 7:07:12 - LMT 1867 Aug 10 # Shanks says the next transition was at 1924 Jan 1 0:13, # but this must be a typo. 7:07:12 - JMT 1923 Dec 31 23:47:12 # Jakarta 7:20 - JAVT 1932 Nov # Java Time 7:30 - WIT 1942 Mar 23 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug 7:30 - WIT 1948 May 8:00 - WIT 1950 May 7:30 - WIT 1964 7:00 - WIT Zone Asia/Pontianak 7:17:20 - LMT 1908 May 7:17:20 - PMT 1932 Nov # Pontianak MT 7:30 - WIT 1942 Jan 29 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug 7:30 - WIT 1948 May 8:00 - WIT 1950 May 7:30 - WIT 1964 8:00 - CIT 1988 Jan 1 7:00 - WIT Zone Asia/Makassar 7:57:36 - LMT 1920 7:57:36 - MMT 1932 Nov # Macassar MT 8:00 - CIT 1942 Feb 9 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug 8:00 - CIT Zone Asia/Jayapura 9:22:48 - LMT 1932 Nov 9:00 - EIT 1944 9:30 - CST 1964 9:00 - EIT # Iran # From Roozbeh Pournader (2003-03-15): # This is an English translation of what I just found (originally in Persian). # The Gregorian dates in brackets are mine: # # Official Newspaper No. 13548-1370/6/25 [1991-09-16] # No. 16760/T233 H 1370/6/10 [1991-09-01] # # The Rule About Change of the Official Time of the Country # # The Board of Ministers, in the meeting dated 1370/5/23 [1991-08-14], # based on the suggestion number 2221/D dated 1370/4/22 [1991-07-13] # of the Country's Organization for Official and Employment Affairs, # and referring to the law for equating the working hours of workers # and officers in the whole country dated 1359/4/23 [1980-07-14], and # for synchronizing the official times of the country, agreed that: # # The official time of the country will should move forward one hour # at the 24[:00] hours of the first day of Farvardin and should return # to its previous state at the 24[:00] hours of the 30th day of # Shahrivar. # # First Deputy to the President - Hassan Habibi # # From personal experience, that agrees with what has been followed # for at least the last 5 years. Before that, for a few years, the # date used was the first Thursday night of Farvardin and the last # Thursday night of Shahrivar, but I can't give exact dates.... # I have also changed the abbreviations to what is considered correct # here in Iran, IRST for regular time and IRDT for daylight saving time. - -# From Paul Eggert (2003-03-15) +# +# From Roozbeh Pournader (2005-04-05): +# The text of the Iranian law, in effect since 1925, clearly mentions +# that the true solar year is the measure, and there is no arithmetic +# leap year calculation involved. There has never been any serious +# plan to change that law.... +# +# From Paul Eggert (2005-04-05): # Go with Shanks before September 1991, and with Pournader thereafter. -# I used Ed Reingold's cal-persia in GNU Emacs 21.2 to check Persian dates. -# The Persian calendar is based on the sun, and dates after around 2050 -# are approximate; stop after 2037 when 32-bit time_t's overflow. +# I used Ed Reingold's cal-persia in GNU Emacs 21.2 to check Persian dates, +# stopping after 2037 when 32-bit time_t's overflow. +# That cal-persia used Birashk's approximation, which disagrees with the solar +# calendar predictions for the year 2025, so I corrected those dates by hand. # +# From Oscar van Vlijmen (2005-03-30), writing about future +# discrepancies between cal-persia and the Iranian calendar: +# For 2091 solar-longitude-after yields 2091-03-20 08:40:07.7 UT for +# the vernal equinox and that gets so close to 12:00 some local +# Iranian time that the definition of the correct location needs to be +# known exactly, amongst other factors. 2157 is even closer: +# 2157-03-20 08:37:15.5 UT. But the Gregorian year 2025 should give +# no interpretation problem whatsoever. By the way, another instant +# in the near future where there will be a discrepancy between +# arithmetical and astronomical Iranian calendars will be in 2058: +# vernal equinox on 2058-03-20 09:03:05.9 UT. The Java version of +# Reingold's/Dershowitz' calculator gives correctly the Gregorian date +# 2058-03-21 for 1 Farvardin 1437 (astronomical). +# # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Iran 1978 1980 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D Rule Iran 1978 only - Oct 21 0:00 0 S Rule Iran 1979 only - Sep 19 0:00 0 S Rule Iran 1980 only - Sep 23 0:00 0 S Rule Iran 1991 only - May 3 0:00 1:00 D Rule Iran 1992 1995 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D Rule Iran 1991 1995 - Sep 22 0:00 0 S Rule Iran 1996 only - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D Rule Iran 1996 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 S Rule Iran 1997 1999 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D Rule Iran 1997 1999 - Sep 22 0:00 0 S Rule Iran 2000 only - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D Rule Iran 2000 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 S Rule Iran 2001 2003 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D Rule Iran 2001 2003 - Sep 22 0:00 0 S Rule Iran 2004 only - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D Rule Iran 2004 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 S Rule Iran 2005 2007 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D Rule Iran 2005 2007 - Sep 22 0:00 0 S Rule Iran 2008 only - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D Rule Iran 2008 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 S Rule Iran 2009 2011 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D Rule Iran 2009 2011 - Sep 22 0:00 0 S Rule Iran 2012 only - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D Rule Iran 2012 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 S Rule Iran 2013 2015 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D Rule Iran 2013 2015 - Sep 22 0:00 0 S Rule Iran 2016 only - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D Rule Iran 2016 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 S Rule Iran 2017 2019 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D Rule Iran 2017 2019 - Sep 22 0:00 0 S Rule Iran 2020 only - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D Rule Iran 2020 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 S Rule Iran 2021 2023 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D Rule Iran 2021 2023 - Sep 22 0:00 0 S -Rule Iran 2024 2025 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Iran 2024 2025 - Sep 21 0:00 0 S -Rule Iran 2026 2027 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Iran 2026 2027 - Sep 22 0:00 0 S +Rule Iran 2024 only - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Iran 2024 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 S +Rule Iran 2025 2027 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Iran 2025 2027 - Sep 22 0:00 0 S Rule Iran 2028 2029 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D Rule Iran 2028 2029 - Sep 21 0:00 0 S Rule Iran 2030 2031 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D Rule Iran 2030 2031 - Sep 22 0:00 0 S Rule Iran 2032 2033 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D Rule Iran 2032 2033 - Sep 21 0:00 0 S Rule Iran 2034 2035 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D Rule Iran 2034 2035 - Sep 22 0:00 0 S Rule Iran 2036 2037 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D Rule Iran 2036 2037 - Sep 21 0:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Tehran 3:25:44 - LMT 1916 3:25:44 - TMT 1946 # Tehran Mean Time 3:30 - IRST 1977 Nov 4:00 Iran IR%sT 1979 3:30 Iran IR%sT # Iraq # -# From Jonathan Lennox (2000-06-12): +# From Jonathan Lennox (2000-06-12): # An article in this week's Economist ("Inside the Saddam-free zone", p. 50 in # the U.S. edition) on the Iraqi Kurds contains a paragraph: # "The three northern provinces ... switched their clocks this spring and # are an hour ahead of Baghdad." # # But Rives McDow (2000-06-18) quotes a contact in Iraqi-Kurdistan as follows: # In the past, some Kurdish nationalists, as a protest to the Iraqi # Government, did not adhere to daylight saving time. They referred # to daylight saving as Saddam time. But, as of today, the time zone # in Iraqi-Kurdistan is on standard time with Baghdad, Iraq. # # So we'll ignore the Economist's claim. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Iraq 1982 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Iraq 1982 1984 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S Rule Iraq 1983 only - Mar 31 0:00 1:00 D Rule Iraq 1984 1985 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Iraq 1985 1990 - Sep lastSun 1:00s 0 S Rule Iraq 1986 1990 - Mar lastSun 1:00s 1:00 D # IATA SSIM (1991/1996) says Apr 1 12:01am UTC; guess the `:01' is a typo. # Shanks says Iraq did not observe DST 1992/1997 or 1999 on; ignore this. Rule Iraq 1991 max - Apr 1 3:00s 1:00 D Rule Iraq 1991 max - Oct 1 3:00s 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Baghdad 2:57:40 - LMT 1890 2:57:36 - BMT 1918 # Baghdad Mean Time? 3:00 - AST 1982 May 3:00 Iraq A%sT ############################################################################### # Israel # From Ephraim Silverberg (2001-01-11): # # I coined "IST/IDT" circa 1988. Until then there were three # different abbreviations in use: # # JST Jerusalem Standard Time [Danny Braniss, Hebrew University] # IZT Israel Zonal (sic) Time [Prof. Haim Papo, Technion] # EEST Eastern Europe Standard Time [used by almost everyone else] # # Since timezones should be called by country and not capital cities, # I ruled out JST. As Israel is in Asia Minor and not Eastern Europe, # EEST was equally unacceptable. Since "zonal" was not compatible with # any other timezone abbreviation, I felt that 'IST' was the way to go # and, indeed, it has received almost universal acceptance in timezone # settings in Israeli computers. # # In any case, I am happy to share timezone abbreviations with India, # high on my favorite-country list (and not only because my wife's # family is from India). # From Shanks: # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Zion 1940 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1942 1944 - Nov 1 0:00 0 S Rule Zion 1943 only - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1944 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1945 only - Apr 16 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1945 only - Nov 1 2:00 0 S Rule Zion 1946 only - Apr 16 2:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1946 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 S Rule Zion 1948 only - May 23 0:00 2:00 DD Rule Zion 1948 only - Sep 1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1948 1949 - Nov 1 2:00 0 S Rule Zion 1949 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1950 only - Apr 16 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1950 only - Sep 15 3:00 0 S Rule Zion 1951 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1951 only - Nov 11 3:00 0 S Rule Zion 1952 only - Apr 20 2:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1952 only - Oct 19 3:00 0 S Rule Zion 1953 only - Apr 12 2:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1953 only - Sep 13 3:00 0 S Rule Zion 1954 only - Jun 13 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1954 only - Sep 12 0:00 0 S Rule Zion 1955 only - Jun 11 2:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1955 only - Sep 11 0:00 0 S Rule Zion 1956 only - Jun 3 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1956 only - Sep 30 3:00 0 S Rule Zion 1957 only - Apr 29 2:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1957 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 S Rule Zion 1974 only - Jul 7 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1974 only - Oct 13 0:00 0 S Rule Zion 1975 only - Apr 20 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1975 only - Aug 31 0:00 0 S Rule Zion 1985 only - Apr 14 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1985 only - Sep 15 0:00 0 S Rule Zion 1986 only - May 18 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1986 only - Sep 7 0:00 0 S Rule Zion 1987 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1987 only - Sep 13 0:00 0 S Rule Zion 1988 only - Apr 9 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1988 only - Sep 3 0:00 0 S -# From Ephraim Silverberg -# (1997-03-04, 1998-03-16, 1998-12-28, 2000-01-17 and 2000-07-25): +# From Ephraim Silverberg +# (1997-03-04, 1998-03-16, 1998-12-28, 2000-01-17, 2000-07-25, 2004-12-22, +# and 2005-02-17): # According to the Office of the Secretary General of the Ministry of # Interior, there is NO set rule for Daylight-Savings/Standard time changes. # One thing is entrenched in law, however: that there must be at least 150 # days of daylight savings time annually. From 1993-1998, the change to # daylight savings time was on a Friday morning from midnight IST to # 1 a.m IDT; up until 1998, the change back to standard time was on a # Saturday night from midnight daylight savings time to 11 p.m. standard # time. 1996 is an exception to this rule where the change back to standard # time took place on Sunday night instead of Saturday night to avoid # conflicts with the Jewish New Year. In 1999, the change to # daylight savings time was still on a Friday morning but from # 2 a.m. IST to 3 a.m. IDT; furthermore, the change back to standard time # was also on a Friday morning from 2 a.m. IDT to 1 a.m. IST for # 1999 only. In the year 2000, the change to daylight savings time was # similar to 1999, but although the change back will be on a Friday, it # will take place from 1 a.m. IDT to midnight IST. Starting in 2001, all # changes to/from will take place at 1 a.m. old time, but now there is no # rule as to what day of the week it will take place in as the start date # (except in 2003) is the night after the Passover Seder (i.e. the eve # of the 16th of Nisan in the lunar Hebrew calendar) and the end date # (except in 2002) is three nights before Yom Kippur [Day of Atonement] # (the eve of the 7th of Tishrei in the lunar Hebrew calendar). # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Zion 1989 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1989 only - Sep 3 0:00 0 S Rule Zion 1990 only - Mar 25 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1990 only - Aug 26 0:00 0 S Rule Zion 1991 only - Mar 24 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1991 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 S Rule Zion 1992 only - Mar 29 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1992 only - Sep 6 0:00 0 S Rule Zion 1993 only - Apr 2 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1993 only - Sep 5 0:00 0 S # The dates for 1994-1995 were obtained from Office of the Spokeswoman for the # Ministry of Interior, Jerusalem, Israel. The spokeswoman can be reached by # calling the office directly at 972-2-6701447 or 972-2-6701448. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Zion 1994 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1994 only - Aug 28 0:00 0 S Rule Zion 1995 only - Mar 31 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1995 only - Sep 3 0:00 0 S # The dates for 1996 were determined by the Minister of Interior of the # time, Haim Ramon. The official announcement regarding 1996-1998 # (with the dates for 1997-1998 no longer being relevant) can be viewed at: # -# ftp://ftp.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/1996-1998.ramon.ps.gz +# ftp://ftp.cs.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/1996-1998.ramon.ps.gz # # The dates for 1997-1998 were altered by his successor, Rabbi Eli Suissa. # # The official announcements for the years 1997-1999 can be viewed at: # -# ftp://ftp.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/YYYY.ps.gz +# ftp://ftp.cs.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/YYYY.ps.gz # # where YYYY is the relevant year. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Zion 1996 only - Mar 15 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1996 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 S Rule Zion 1997 only - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1997 only - Sep 14 0:00 0 S Rule Zion 1998 only - Mar 20 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1998 only - Sep 6 0:00 0 S Rule Zion 1999 only - Apr 2 2:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1999 only - Sep 3 2:00 0 S # The Knesset Interior Committee has changed the dates for 2000 for # the third time in just over a year and have set new dates for the # years 2001-2004 as well. # # The official announcement for the start date of 2000 can be viewed at: # -# ftp://ftp.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/2000-start.ps.gz +# ftp://ftp.cs.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/2000-start.ps.gz # # The official announcement for the end date of 2000 and the dates # for the years 2001-2004 can be viewed at: # -# ftp://ftp.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/2000-2004.ps.gz +# ftp://ftp.cs.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/2000-2004.ps.gz # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Zion 2000 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 2000 only - Oct 6 1:00 0 S Rule Zion 2001 only - Apr 9 1:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 2001 only - Sep 24 1:00 0 S Rule Zion 2002 only - Mar 29 1:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 2002 only - Oct 7 1:00 0 S Rule Zion 2003 only - Mar 28 1:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 2003 only - Oct 3 1:00 0 S Rule Zion 2004 only - Apr 7 1:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 2004 only - Sep 22 1:00 0 S -# From Paul Eggert (2000-07-25): -# Here are guesses for rules after 2004. -# They are probably wrong, but they are more likely than no DST at all. -# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule Zion 2005 max - Apr 1 1:00 1:00 D -Rule Zion 2005 max - Oct 1 1:00 0 S +# The proposed law agreed upon by the Knesset Interior Committee on +# 2005-02-14 is that, for 2005 and beyond, DST starts at 02:00 the +# last Friday before April 2nd (i.e. the last Friday in March or April +# 1st itself if it falls on a Friday) and ends at 02:00 on the Saturday +# night _before_ the fast of Yom Kippur. +# +# Those who can read Hebrew can view the announcement at: +# +# ftp://ftp.cs.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/2005+beyond.ps +# From Paul Eggert (2005-02-22): +# I used Ephraim Silverberg's dst-israel.el program +# (2005-02-20) +# along with Ed Reingold's cal-hebrew in GNU Emacs 21.4, +# to generate the transitions in this list. +# (I replaced "lastFri" with "Fri>=26" by hand.) +# The spring transitions below all correspond to the following Rule: +# +# Rule Zion 2005 max - Mar Fri>=26 2:00 1:00 D +# +# but older zic implementations (e.g., Solaris 8) do not support +# "Fri>=26" to mean April 1 in years like 2005, so for now we list the +# springtime transitions explicitly. + +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule Zion 2005 only - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 2005 only - Oct 9 2:00 0 S +Rule Zion 2006 2010 - Mar Fri>=26 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 2006 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 S +Rule Zion 2007 only - Sep 16 2:00 0 S +Rule Zion 2008 only - Oct 5 2:00 0 S +Rule Zion 2009 only - Sep 27 2:00 0 S +Rule Zion 2010 only - Sep 12 2:00 0 S +Rule Zion 2011 only - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 2011 only - Oct 2 2:00 0 S +Rule Zion 2012 2015 - Mar Fri>=26 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 2012 only - Sep 23 2:00 0 S +Rule Zion 2013 only - Sep 8 2:00 0 S +Rule Zion 2014 only - Sep 28 2:00 0 S +Rule Zion 2015 only - Sep 20 2:00 0 S +Rule Zion 2016 only - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 2016 only - Oct 9 2:00 0 S +Rule Zion 2017 2021 - Mar Fri>=26 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 2017 only - Sep 24 2:00 0 S +Rule Zion 2018 only - Sep 16 2:00 0 S +Rule Zion 2019 only - Oct 6 2:00 0 S +Rule Zion 2020 only - Sep 27 2:00 0 S +Rule Zion 2021 only - Sep 12 2:00 0 S +Rule Zion 2022 only - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 2022 only - Oct 2 2:00 0 S +Rule Zion 2023 2032 - Mar Fri>=26 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 2023 only - Sep 24 2:00 0 S +Rule Zion 2024 only - Oct 6 2:00 0 S +Rule Zion 2025 only - Sep 28 2:00 0 S +Rule Zion 2026 only - Sep 20 2:00 0 S +Rule Zion 2027 only - Oct 10 2:00 0 S +Rule Zion 2028 only - Sep 24 2:00 0 S +Rule Zion 2029 only - Sep 16 2:00 0 S +Rule Zion 2030 only - Oct 6 2:00 0 S +Rule Zion 2031 only - Sep 21 2:00 0 S +Rule Zion 2032 only - Sep 12 2:00 0 S +Rule Zion 2033 only - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 2033 only - Oct 2 2:00 0 S +Rule Zion 2034 2037 - Mar Fri>=26 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Zion 2034 only - Sep 17 2:00 0 S +Rule Zion 2035 only - Oct 7 2:00 0 S +Rule Zion 2036 only - Sep 28 2:00 0 S +Rule Zion 2037 only - Sep 13 2:00 0 S + # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Jerusalem 2:20:56 - LMT 1880 2:20:40 - JMT 1918 # Jerusalem Mean Time? 2:00 Zion I%sT -# From Ephraim Silverberg (2003-03-23): -# -# Minister of Interior Poraz has announced that he will respect the law -# passed in July 2000 (proposed at the time jointly by himself and -# then-MK David Azulai [Shas]) fixing the dates for 2000-2004. Hence, -# the dates for 2003 and 2004 remain unchanged.... -# -# As far as 2005 and beyond, no dates have been set. However, the -# minister has mentioned that he wishes to propose to move Israel's -# timezone in 2005 from GMT+2 to GMT+3 and upon that have DST during -# the summer months (i.e. GMT+4). However, no legislation in this -# direction is expected until the latter part of 2004 which is a long -# time off in terms of Israeli politics. -# (2004-09-20): -# The latest rumour, however, is that in 2005, when the clock changes to -# Daylight Saving Time (date as yet unknown), the move will be a two-hour leap -# forward (from UTC+0200 to UTC+0400) and then, in the fall, the clock will -# move back only an hour to UTC+0300 thus effectively moving Israel's timezone -# from UTC+0200 to UTC+0300. However, no actual draft has been put before the -# Knesset (Israel's Parliament) though the intention is to do so this -# month [2004-09]. -# (2004-09-26): -# Even though the draft law for the above did pass the Ministerial Committee -# for Legislative Matters three months ago, it was voted down in today's -# Cabinet meeting. The current suggestion is to keep the current timezone at -# UTC+0200 but have an extended period of Daylight Saving Time (UTC+0300) from -# the beginning of Passover holiday in the spring to after the Tabernacle -# holiday in the fall (i.e. the dates of which are governed by the Hebrew -# calendar but this means at least 184 days of DST). However, this is only a -# suggestion that was raised in today's cabinet meeting and has not yet been -# drafted. - - - ############################################################################### # Japan # `9:00' and `JST' is from Guy Harris. -# From Paul Eggert (1995-03-06): +# From Paul Eggert (1995-03-06): # Today's _Asahi Evening News_ (page 4) reports that Japan had # daylight saving between 1948 and 1951, but ``the system was discontinued # because the public believed it would lead to longer working hours.'' + +# From Mayumi Negishi in the 2005-08-10 Japan Times +# : +# Occupation authorities imposed daylight-saving time on Japan on +# [1948-05-01].... But lack of prior debate and the execution of +# daylight-saving time just three days after the bill was passed generated +# deep hatred of the concept.... The Diet unceremoniously passed a bill to +# dump the unpopular system in October 1951, less than a month after the San +# Francisco Peace Treaty was signed. (A government poll in 1951 showed 53% +# of the Japanese wanted to scrap daylight-saving time, as opposed to 30% who +# wanted to keep it.) + # Shanks writes that daylight saving in Japan during those years was as follows: # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -#Rule Japan 1948 only - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D -#Rule Japan 1948 1951 - Sep Sat>=8 2:00 0 S -#Rule Japan 1949 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D -#Rule Japan 1950 1951 - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D -# but the only locations using it were US military bases. -# We go with Shanks and omit daylight saving in those years for Asia/Tokyo. +Rule Japan 1948 only - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Japan 1948 1951 - Sep Sat>=8 2:00 0 S +Rule Japan 1949 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Japan 1950 1951 - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D +# but the only locations using it (for birth certificates, presumably, since +# Shanks's audience is astrologers) were US military bases. For now, assume +# that for most purposes daylight-saving time was observed; otherwise, what +# would have been the point of the 1951 poll? # From Hideyuki Suzuki (1998-11-09): # 'Tokyo' usually stands for the former location of Tokyo Astronomical # Observatory: E 139 44' 40".90 (9h 18m 58s.727), N 35 39' 16".0. # This data is from 'Rika Nenpyou (Chronological Scientific Tables) 1996' # edited by National Astronomical Observatory of Japan.... # JST (Japan Standard Time) has been used since 1888-01-01 00:00 (JST). # The law is enacted on 1886-07-07. # From Hideyuki Suzuki (1998-11-16): # The ordinance No. 51 (1886) established "standard time" in Japan, # which stands for the time on E 135 degree. # In the ordinance No. 167 (1895), "standard time" was renamed to "central # standard time". And the same ordinance also established "western standard # time", which stands for the time on E 120 degree.... But "western standard # time" was abolished in the ordinance No. 529 (1937). In the ordinance No. # 167, there is no mention regarding for what place western standard time is # standard.... # # I wrote "ordinance" above, but I don't know how to translate. # In Japanese it's "chokurei", which means ordinance from emperor. # Shanks claims JST in use since 1896, and that a few places (e.g. Ishigaki) # use +0800; go with Suzuki. Guess that all ordinances took effect on Jan 1. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Tokyo 9:18:59 - LMT 1887 Dec 31 15:00u 9:00 - JST 1896 9:00 - CJT 1938 - 9:00 - JST + 9:00 Japan J%sT # Since 1938, all Japanese possessions have been like Asia/Tokyo. # Jordan # # From # Jordan Week (1999-07-01) via Steffen Thorsen (1999-09-09): # Clocks in Jordan were forwarded one hour on Wednesday at midnight, # in accordance with the government's decision to implement summer time # all year round. # # From # Jordan Week (1999-09-30) via Steffen Thorsen (1999-11-09): # Winter time starts today Thursday, 30 September. Clocks will be turned back # by one hour. This is the latest government decision and it's final! # The decision was taken because of the increase in working hours in # government's departments from six to seven hours. # +# From Paul Eggert (2005-11-22): +# Starting 2003 transitions are from Steffen Thorsen's web site timeanddate.com. +# # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Jordan 1973 only - Jun 6 0:00 1:00 S Rule Jordan 1973 1975 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - Rule Jordan 1974 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Jordan 1976 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 - Rule Jordan 1977 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - Rule Jordan 1978 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 S Rule Jordan 1978 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 - Rule Jordan 1985 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Jordan 1985 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - Rule Jordan 1986 1988 - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Jordan 1986 1990 - Oct Fri>=1 0:00 0 - Rule Jordan 1989 only - May 8 0:00 1:00 S Rule Jordan 1990 only - Apr 27 0:00 1:00 S Rule Jordan 1991 only - Apr 17 0:00 1:00 S Rule Jordan 1991 only - Sep 27 0:00 0 - Rule Jordan 1992 only - Apr 10 0:00 1:00 S Rule Jordan 1992 1993 - Oct Fri>=1 0:00 0 - Rule Jordan 1993 1998 - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Jordan 1994 only - Sep Fri>=15 0:00 0 - Rule Jordan 1995 1998 - Sep Fri>=15 0:00s 0 - Rule Jordan 1999 only - Jul 1 0:00s 1:00 S -Rule Jordan 1999 max - Sep lastThu 0:00s 0 - +Rule Jordan 1999 2002 - Sep lastThu 0:00s 0 - Rule Jordan 2000 max - Mar lastThu 0:00s 1:00 S +Rule Jordan 2003 only - Oct 24 0:00s 0 - +Rule Jordan 2004 only - Oct 15 0:00s 0 - +Rule Jordan 2005 max - Sep lastFri 0:00s 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931 2:00 Jordan EE%sT + # Kazakhstan + # From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22): -# Andrew Evtichov (1996-04-13) writes that Kazakhstan +# Andrew Evtichov (1996-04-13) writes that Kazakhstan # stayed in sync with Moscow after 1990, and that Aqtobe (formerly Aktyubinsk) # and Aqtau (formerly Shevchenko) are the largest cities in their zones. # Guess that Aqtau and Aqtobe diverged in 1995, since that's the first time # IATA SSIM mentions a third time zone in Kazakhstan. -# + # From Paul Eggert (2001-10-18): # German Iofis, ELSI, Almaty (2001-10-09) reports that Kazakhstan uses # RussiaAsia rules, instead of switching at 00:00 as the IATA has it. # Go with Shanks, who has them always using RussiaAsia rules. # Also go with the following claims of Shanks: # # - Kazakhstan did not observe DST in 1991. # - Qyzylorda switched from +5:00 to +6:00 on 1992-01-19 02:00. # - Oral switched from +5:00 to +4:00 in spring 1989. + +# +# From Kazakhstan Embassy's News Bulletin #11 (2005-03-21): +# +# The Government of Kazakhstan passed a resolution March 15 abolishing +# daylight saving time citing lack of economic benefits and health +# complications coupled with a decrease in productivity. # +# From Branislav Kojic (in Astana) via Gwillim Law (2005-06-28): +# ... what happened was that the former Kazakhstan Eastern time zone +# 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 +# everything else.... I guess that would make Kazakhstan time zones +# de jure UTC+5 and UTC+6 respectively. + # # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] # # Almaty (formerly Alma-Ata), representing most locations in Kazakhstan Zone Asia/Almaty 5:07:48 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Alma-Ata 5:00 - ALMT 1930 Jun 21 # Alma-Ata Time 6:00 RussiaAsia ALM%sT 1991 6:00 - ALMT 1992 - 6:00 RussiaAsia ALM%sT + 6:00 RussiaAsia ALM%sT 2005 Mar 15 + 6:00 - ALMT # Qyzylorda (aka Kyzylorda, Kizilorda, Kzyl-Orda, etc.) Zone Asia/Qyzylorda 4:21:52 - LMT 1924 May 2 4:00 - KIZT 1930 Jun 21 # Kizilorda Time 5:00 - KIZT 1981 Apr 1 5:00 1:00 KIZST 1981 Oct 1 6:00 - KIZT 1982 Apr 1 5:00 RussiaAsia KIZ%sT 1991 5:00 - KIZT 1991 Dec 16 # independence 5:00 - QYZT 1992 Jan 19 2:00 - 6:00 RussiaAsia QYZ%sT + 6:00 RussiaAsia QYZ%sT 2005 Mar 15 + 6:00 - QYZT # Aqtobe (aka Aktobe, formerly Akt'ubinsk) Zone Asia/Aqtobe 3:48:40 - LMT 1924 May 2 4:00 - AKTT 1930 Jun 21 # Aktyubinsk Time 5:00 - AKTT 1981 Apr 1 5:00 1:00 AKTST 1981 Oct 1 6:00 - AKTT 1982 Apr 1 5:00 RussiaAsia AKT%sT 1991 5:00 - AKTT 1991 Dec 16 # independence - 5:00 RussiaAsia AQT%sT # Aqtobe Time + 5:00 RussiaAsia AQT%sT 2005 Mar 15 # Aqtobe Time + 5:00 - AQTT # Mangghystau # 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 - FORT 1930 Jun 21 # Fort Shevchenko T 5:00 - FORT 1963 5:00 - SHET 1981 Oct 1 # Shevchenko Time 6:00 - SHET 1982 Apr 1 5:00 RussiaAsia SHE%sT 1991 5:00 - SHET 1991 Dec 16 # independence 5:00 RussiaAsia AQT%sT 1995 Mar lastSun 2:00 # Aqtau Time - 4:00 RussiaAsia AQT%sT + 4:00 RussiaAsia AQT%sT 2005 Mar 15 + 5:00 - AQTT # West Kazakhstan Zone Asia/Oral 3:25:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Ural'sk 4:00 - URAT 1930 Jun 21 # Ural'sk time 5:00 - URAT 1981 Apr 1 5:00 1:00 URAST 1981 Oct 1 6:00 - URAT 1982 Apr 1 5:00 RussiaAsia URA%sT 1989 Mar 26 2:00 4:00 RussiaAsia URA%sT 1991 4:00 - URAT 1991 Dec 16 # independence - 4:00 RussiaAsia ORA%sT # Oral Time + 4:00 RussiaAsia ORA%sT 2005 Mar 15 # Oral Time + 5:00 - ORAT # Kyrgyzstan (Kirgizstan) # Transitions through 1991 are from Shanks. + +# From Paul Eggert (2005-08-15): +# According to an article dated today in the Kyrgyzstan Development Gateway +# +# Kyrgyzstan is canceling the daylight saving time system. I take the article +# to mean that they will leave their clocks at 6 hours ahead of UTC. +# From Malik Abdugaliev (2005-09-21): +# Our government cancels daylight saving time 6th of August 2005. +# From 2005-08-12 our GMT-offset is +6, w/o any daylight saving. + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule Kirgiz 1992 1996 - Apr Sun>=7 0:00s 1:00 S -Rule Kirgiz 1992 1996 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - -Rule Kirgiz 1997 max - Mar lastSun 2:30 1:00 S -Rule Kirgiz 1997 max - Oct lastSun 2:30 0 - +Rule Kyrgyz 1992 1996 - Apr Sun>=7 0:00s 1:00 S +Rule Kyrgyz 1992 1996 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - +Rule Kyrgyz 1997 2005 - Mar lastSun 2:30 1:00 S +Rule Kyrgyz 1997 2004 - Oct lastSun 2:30 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Bishkek 4:58:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 5:00 - FRUT 1930 Jun 21 # Frunze Time 6:00 RussiaAsia FRU%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 5:00 1:00 FRUST 1991 Aug 31 2:00 # independence - 5:00 Kirgiz KG%sT # Kirgizstan Time + 5:00 Kyrgyz KG%sT 2005 Aug 12 # Kyrgyzstan Time + 6:00 - KGT ############################################################################### # Korea (North and South) # From Guy Harris: # According to someone at the Korean Times in San Francisco, # Daylight Savings Time was not observed until 1987. He did not know # at what time of day DST starts or ends. # From Shanks: # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule ROK 1960 only - May 15 0:00 1:00 D Rule ROK 1960 only - Sep 13 0:00 0 S Rule ROK 1987 1988 - May Sun<=14 0:00 1:00 D Rule ROK 1987 1988 - Oct Sun<=14 0:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Seoul 8:27:52 - LMT 1890 8:30 - KST 1904 Dec 9:00 - KST 1928 8:30 - KST 1932 9:00 - KST 1954 Mar 21 8:00 ROK K%sT 1961 Aug 10 8:30 - KST 1968 Oct 9:00 ROK K%sT Zone Asia/Pyongyang 8:23:00 - LMT 1890 8:30 - KST 1904 Dec 9:00 - KST 1928 8:30 - KST 1932 9:00 - KST 1954 Mar 21 8:00 - KST 1961 Aug 10 9:00 - KST ############################################################################### # Kuwait # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Kuwait 3:11:56 - LMT 1950 3:00 - AST # Laos # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 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 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Lebanon 1920 only - Mar 28 0:00 1:00 S Rule Lebanon 1920 only - Oct 25 0:00 0 - Rule Lebanon 1921 only - Apr 3 0:00 1:00 S Rule Lebanon 1921 only - Oct 3 0:00 0 - Rule Lebanon 1922 only - Mar 26 0:00 1:00 S Rule Lebanon 1922 only - Oct 8 0:00 0 - Rule Lebanon 1923 only - Apr 22 0:00 1:00 S Rule Lebanon 1923 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 - Rule Lebanon 1957 1961 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Lebanon 1957 1961 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - Rule Lebanon 1972 only - Jun 22 0:00 1:00 S Rule Lebanon 1972 1977 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - Rule Lebanon 1973 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Lebanon 1978 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 S Rule Lebanon 1978 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 - Rule Lebanon 1984 1987 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Lebanon 1984 1991 - Oct 16 0:00 0 - Rule Lebanon 1988 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Lebanon 1989 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S Rule Lebanon 1990 1992 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Lebanon 1992 only - Oct 4 0:00 0 - Rule Lebanon 1993 max - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S Rule Lebanon 1993 1998 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - Rule Lebanon 1999 max - Oct lastSun 0:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Beirut 2:22:00 - LMT 1880 2:00 Lebanon EE%sT # Malaysia # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule NBorneo 1935 1941 - Sep 14 0:00 0:20 TS # one-Third Summer Rule NBorneo 1935 1941 - Dec 14 0:00 0 - # # peninsular Malaysia # The data here are taken from Mok Ly Yng (2003-10-30) # . # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Kuala_Lumpur 6:46:46 - LMT 1901 Jan 1 6:55:25 - SMT 1905 Jun 1 # Singapore M.T. 7:00 - MALT 1933 Jan 1 # Malaya Time 7:00 0:20 MALST 1936 Jan 1 7:20 - MALT 1941 Sep 1 7:30 - MALT 1942 Feb 16 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 12 7:30 - MALT 1982 Jan 1 8:00 - MYT # Malaysia Time # Sabah & Sarawak # From Paul Eggert (2003-11-01): # The data here are mostly from Shanks, but the 1942, 1945 and 1982 # transition dates are from Mok Ly Yng. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Kuching 7:21:20 - LMT 1926 Mar 7:30 - BORT 1933 # Borneo Time 8:00 NBorneo BOR%sT 1942 Feb 16 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 12 8:00 - BORT 1982 Jan 1 8:00 - MYT # Maldives # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Indian/Maldives 4:54:00 - LMT 1880 # Male 4:54:00 - MMT 1960 # Male Mean Time 5:00 - MVT # Maldives Time # Mongolia # Shanks says that Mongolia has three time zones, but usno1995 and the CIA map # Standard Time Zones of the World (1997-01) # both say that it has just one. # From Oscar van Vlijmen (1999-12-11): # # General Information Mongolia # (1999-09) # "Time: Mongolia has two time zones. Three westernmost provinces of # Bayan-Ulgii, Uvs, and Hovd are one hour earlier than the capital city, and # the rest of the country follows the Ulaanbaatar time, which is UTC/GMT plus # eight hours." # From Rives McDow (1999-12-13): # Mongolia discontinued the use of daylight savings time in 1999; 1998 # being the last year it was implemented. The dates of implementation I am # unsure of, but most probably it was similar to Russia, except for the time # of implementation may have been different.... # Some maps in the past have indicated that there was an additional time # zone in the eastern part of Mongolia, including the provinces of Dornod, # Suhbaatar, and possibly Khentij. # From Paul Eggert (1999-12-15): # Naming and spelling is tricky in Mongolia. # We'll use Hovd (also spelled Chovd and Khovd) to represent the west zone; # the capital of the Hovd province is sometimes called Hovd, sometimes Dund-Us, # and sometimes Jirgalanta (with variant spellings), but the name Hovd # is good enough for our purposes. # From Rives McDow (2001-05-13): # In addition to Mongolia starting daylight savings as reported earlier # (adopted DST on 2001-04-27 02:00 local time, ending 2001-09-28), # there are three time zones. # # Provinces [at 7:00]: Bayan-ulgii, Uvs, Khovd, Zavkhan, Govi-Altai # Provinces [at 8:00]: Khovsgol, Bulgan, Arkhangai, Khentii, Tov, # Bayankhongor, Ovorkhangai, Dundgovi, Dornogovi, Omnogovi # Provinces [at 9:00]: Dornod, Sukhbaatar # # [The province of Selenge is omitted from the above lists.] -# From Ganbold Ts., Ulaanbaatar (2004-04-17): +# From Ganbold Ts., Ulaanbaatar (2004-04-17): # Daylight saving occurs at 02:00 local time last Saturday of March. # It will change back to normal at 02:00 local time last Saturday of # September.... As I remember this rule was changed in 2001. # # From Paul Eggert (2004-04-17): # For now, assume Rives McDow's informant got confused about Friday vs # Saturday, and that his 2001 dates should have 1 added to them. +# From Paul Eggert (2005-07-26): +# We have wildly conflicting information about Mongolia's time zones. +# Bill Bonnet (2005-05-19) reports that the US Embassy in Ulaanbaatar says +# there is only one time zone and that DST is observed, citing Microsoft +# Windows XP as the source. Risto Nykanen (2005-05-16) reports that +# travelmongolia.org says there are two time zones (UTC+7, UTC+8) with no DST. +# Oscar van Vlijmen (2005-05-20) reports that the Mongolian Embassy in +# Washington, DC says there are two time zones, with DST observed. +# He also found +# +# which also says that there is DST, and which has a comment by "Toddius" +# (2005-03-31 06:05 +0700) saying "Mongolia actually has 3.5 time zones. +# The West (OLGII) is +7 GMT, most of the country is ULAT is +8 GMT +# and some Eastern provinces are +9 GMT but Sukhbaatar Aimag is SUHK +8.5 GMT. +# The SUKH timezone is new this year, it is one of the few things the +# parliament passed during the tumultuous winter session." +# For now, let's ignore this information, until we have more confirmation. + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Mongol 1983 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Mongol 1983 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - # IATA SSIM says 1990s switches occurred at 00:00, but Shanks (1995) lists # them at 02:00s, and McDow says the 2001 switches also occurred at 02:00. # Also, IATA SSIM (1996-09) says 1996-10-25. Go with Shanks through 1998. Rule Mongol 1985 1998 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Mongol 1984 1998 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 - # IATA SSIM (1999-09) says Mongolia no longer observes DST. Rule Mongol 2001 only - Apr lastSat 2:00 1:00 S Rule Mongol 2001 max - Sep lastSat 2:00 0 - Rule Mongol 2002 max - Mar lastSat 2:00 1:00 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] # Hovd, a.k.a. Chovd, Dund-Us, Dzhargalant, Khovd, Jirgalanta Zone Asia/Hovd 6:06:36 - LMT 1905 Aug 6:00 - HOVT 1978 # Hovd Time 7:00 Mongol HOV%sT # Ulaanbaatar, a.k.a. Ulan Bataar, Ulan Bator, Urga Zone Asia/Ulaanbaatar 7:07:32 - LMT 1905 Aug 7:00 - ULAT 1978 # Ulaanbaatar Time 8:00 Mongol ULA%sT # Choibalsan, a.k.a. Bajan Tuemen, Bajan Tumen, Chojbalsan, # Choybalsan, Sanbejse, Tchoibalsan Zone Asia/Choibalsan 7:38:00 - LMT 1905 Aug 7:00 - ULAT 1978 8:00 - ULAT 1983 Apr 9:00 Mongol CHO%sT # Choibalsan Time # Nepal # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Katmandu 5:41:16 - LMT 1920 5:30 - IST 1986 5:45 - NPT # Nepal Time # Oman # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Muscat 3:54:20 - LMT 1920 4:00 - GST # Pakistan # From Rives McDow (2002-03-13): # I have been advised that Pakistan has decided to adopt dst on a # TRIAL basis for one year, starting 00:01 local time on April 7, 2002 # and ending at 00:01 local time October 6, 2002. This is what I was # told, but I believe that the actual time of change may be 00:00; the # 00:01 was to make it clear which day it was on. # From Paul Eggert (2002-03-15): # Jesper Norgaard found this URL: # http://www.pak.gov.pk/public/news/app/app06_dec.htm # (dated 2001-12-06) which says that the Cabinet adopted a scheme "to # advance the clocks by one hour on the night between the first # Saturday and Sunday of April and revert to the original position on # 15th October each year". This agrees with McDow's 04-07 at 00:00, # but disagrees about the October transition, and makes it sound like # it's not on a trial basis. Also, the "between the first Saturday # and Sunday of April" phrase, if taken literally, means that the # transition takes place at 00:00 on the first Sunday on or after 04-02. # From Paul Eggert (2003-02-09): # DAWN reported on 2002-10-05 # that 2002 DST ended that day at midnight. Go with McDow for now. # From Steffen Thorsen (2003-03-14): # According to http://www.dawn.com/2003/03/07/top15.htm # there will be no DST in Pakistan this year: # # ISLAMABAD, March 6: Information and Media Development Minister Sheikh # Rashid Ahmed on Thursday said the cabinet had reversed a previous # decision to advance clocks by one hour in summer and put them back by # one hour in winter with the aim of saving light hours and energy. # # The minister told a news conference that the experiment had rather # shown 8 per cent higher consumption of electricity. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Pakistan 2002 only - Apr Sun>=2 0:01 1:00 S Rule Pakistan 2002 only - Oct Sun>=2 0:01 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 15 5:30 - IST 1951 Sep 30 5:00 - KART 1971 Mar 26 # Karachi Time 5:00 Pakistan PK%sT # Pakistan Time # Palestine -# From Amos Shapir (1998-02-15): +# From Amos Shapir (1998-02-15): # # From 1917 until 1948-05-15, all of Palestine, including the parts now # known as the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, was under British rule. # Therefore the rules given for Israel for that period, apply there too... # # The Gaza Strip was under Egyptian rule between 1948-05-15 until 1967-06-05 # (except a short occupation by Israel from 1956-11 till 1957-03, but no # time zone was affected then). It was never formally annexed to Egypt, # though. # # The rest of Palestine was under Jordanian rule at that time, formally # annexed in 1950 as the West Bank (and the word "Trans" was dropped from # the country's previous name of "the Hashemite Kingdom of the # Trans-Jordan"). So the rules for Jordan for that time apply. Major # towns in that area are Nablus (Shchem), El-Halil (Hebron), Ramallah, and # East Jerusalem. # # Both areas were occupied by Israel in June 1967, but not annexed (except # for East Jerusalem). They were on Israel time since then; there might # have been a Military Governor's order about time zones, but I'm not aware # of any (such orders may have been issued semi-annually whenever summer # time was in effect, but maybe the legal aspect of time was just neglected). # # The Palestinian Authority was established in 1993, and got hold of most # towns in the West Bank and Gaza by 1995. I know that in order to # demonstrate...independence, they have been switching to # summer time and back on a different schedule than Israel's, but I don't # know when this was started, or what algorithm is used (most likely the # Jordanian one). # # To summarize, the table should probably look something like that: # # Area \ when | 1918-1947 | 1948-1967 | 1967-1995 | 1996- # ------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+----------- # Israel | Zion | Zion | Zion | Zion # West bank | Zion | Jordan | Zion | Jordan # Gaza | Zion | Egypt | Zion | Jordan # # I guess more info may be available from the PA's web page (if/when they # have one). # From Paul Eggert (1998-02-25): # Shanks writes that Gaza did not observe DST until 1957, but we'll go # with Shapir and assume that it observed DST from 1940 through 1947, # and that it used Jordanian rules starting in 1996. # We don't yet need a separate entry for the West Bank, since # the only differences between it and Gaza that we know about # occurred before our cutoff date of 1970. # However, as we get more information, we may need to add entries # for parts of the West Bank as they transitioned from Israel's rules # to Palestine's rules. If you have more info about this, please # send it to tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for incorporation into future editions. # From IINS News Service - Israel - 1998-03-23 10:38:07 Israel time, # forwarded by Ephraim Silverberg: # # Despite the fact that Israel changed over to daylight savings time # last week, the PLO Authority (PA) has decided not to turn its clocks # one-hour forward at this time. As a sign of independence from Israeli rule, # the PA has decided to implement DST in April. # From Paul Eggert (1999-09-20): # Daoud Kuttab writes in # # Holiday havoc # (Jerusalem Post, 1999-04-22) that # the Palestinian National Authority changed to DST on 1999-04-15. # I vaguely recall that they switch back in October (sorry, forgot the source). # For now, let's assume that the spring switch was at 24:00, # and that they switch at 0:00 on the 3rd Fridays of April and October. +# From Paul Eggert (2005-11-22): +# Starting 2004 transitions are from Steffen Thorsen's web site timeanddate.com. + # The rules for Egypt are stolen from the `africa' file. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule EgyptAsia 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S Rule EgyptAsia 1957 1958 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - Rule EgyptAsia 1958 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule EgyptAsia 1959 1967 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S Rule EgyptAsia 1959 1965 - Sep 30 3:00 0 - Rule EgyptAsia 1966 only - Oct 1 3:00 0 - Rule Palestine 1999 max - Apr Fri>=15 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Palestine 1999 max - Oct Fri>=15 0:00 0 - +Rule Palestine 1999 2003 - Oct Fri>=15 0:00 0 - +Rule Palestine 2004 only - Oct 1 1:00 0 - +Rule Palestine 2005 max - Oct 4 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 EgyptAsia EE%sT 1967 Jun 5 2:00 Zion I%sT 1996 2:00 Jordan EE%sT 1999 2:00 Palestine EE%sT # Paracel Is # no information # Philippines # On 1844-08-16, Narciso Claveria, governor-general of the # Philippines, issued a proclamation announcing that 1844-12-30 was to # be immediately followed by 1845-01-01. Robert H. van Gent has a # transcript of the decree in . # The rest of this data is from Shanks. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Phil 1936 only - Nov 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Phil 1937 only - Feb 1 0:00 0 - Rule Phil 1954 only - Apr 12 0:00 1:00 S Rule Phil 1954 only - Jul 1 0:00 0 - Rule Phil 1978 only - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 S Rule Phil 1978 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Manila -15:56:00 - LMT 1844 Dec 31 8:04:00 - LMT 1899 May 11 8:00 Phil PH%sT 1942 May 9:00 - JST 1944 Nov 8:00 Phil PH%sT # Qatar # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Qatar 3:26:08 - LMT 1920 # Al Dawhah / Doha 4:00 - GST 1972 Jun 3:00 - AST # Saudi Arabia # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Riyadh 3:06:52 - LMT 1950 3:00 - AST # Singapore # The data here are taken from Mok Ly Yng (2003-10-30) # . # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Singapore 6:55:25 - LMT 1901 Jan 1 6:55:25 - SMT 1905 Jun 1 # Singapore M.T. 7:00 - MALT 1933 Jan 1 # Malaya Time 7:00 0:20 MALST 1936 Jan 1 7:20 - MALT 1941 Sep 1 7:30 - MALT 1942 Feb 16 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 12 7:30 - MALT 1965 Aug 9 # independence 7:30 - SGT 1982 Jan 1 # Singapore Time 8:00 - SGT # Spratly Is # no information # Sri Lanka # From Paul Eggert (1996-09-03): # "Sri Lanka advances clock by an hour to avoid blackout" # (www.virtual-pc.com/lankaweb/news/items/240596-2.html, 1996-05-24, # no longer available as of 1999-08-17) # reported ``the country's standard time will be put forward by one hour at # midnight Friday (1830 GMT) `in the light of the present power crisis'.'' # # From Dharmasiri Senanayake, Sri Lanka Media Minister (1996-10-24), as quoted # by Shamindra in # # Daily News - Hot News Section (1996-10-26) # : # With effect from 12.30 a.m. on 26th October 1996 # Sri Lanka will be six (06) hours ahead of GMT. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Colombo 5:19:24 - LMT 1880 5:19:32 - MMT 1906 # Moratuwa Mean Time 5:30 - IST 1942 Jan 5 5:30 0:30 IHST 1942 Sep 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 16 2:00 5:30 - IST 1996 May 25 0:00 6:30 - LKT 1996 Oct 26 0:30 6:00 - LKT # Syria # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Syria 1920 1923 - Apr Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 S Rule Syria 1920 1923 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 0 - Rule Syria 1962 only - Apr 29 2:00 1:00 S Rule Syria 1962 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 - Rule Syria 1963 1965 - May 1 2:00 1:00 S Rule Syria 1963 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 - Rule Syria 1964 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 - Rule Syria 1965 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 - Rule Syria 1966 only - Apr 24 2:00 1:00 S Rule Syria 1966 1976 - Oct 1 2:00 0 - Rule Syria 1967 1978 - May 1 2:00 1:00 S Rule Syria 1977 1978 - Sep 1 2:00 0 - Rule Syria 1983 1984 - Apr 9 2:00 1:00 S Rule Syria 1983 1984 - Oct 1 2:00 0 - Rule Syria 1986 only - Feb 16 2:00 1:00 S Rule Syria 1986 only - Oct 9 2:00 0 - Rule Syria 1987 only - Mar 1 2:00 1:00 S Rule Syria 1987 1988 - Oct 31 2:00 0 - Rule Syria 1988 only - Mar 15 2:00 1:00 S Rule Syria 1989 only - Mar 31 2:00 1:00 S Rule Syria 1989 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 - Rule Syria 1990 only - Apr 1 2:00 1:00 S Rule Syria 1990 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 - Rule Syria 1991 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Syria 1991 1992 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - Rule Syria 1992 only - Apr 8 0:00 1:00 S Rule Syria 1993 only - Mar 26 0:00 1:00 S Rule Syria 1993 only - Sep 25 0:00 0 - # IATA SSIM (1998-02) says 1998-04-02; # (1998-09) says 1999-03-29 and 1999-09-29; (1999-02) says 1999-04-02, # 2000-04-02, and 2001-04-02; (1999-09) says 2000-03-31 and 2001-03-31; # ignore all these claims and go with Shanks. Rule Syria 1994 1996 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Syria 1994 max - Oct 1 0:00 0 - Rule Syria 1997 1998 - Mar lastMon 0:00 1:00 S Rule Syria 1999 max - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Damascus 2:25:12 - LMT 1920 # Dimashq 2:00 Syria EE%sT # Tajikistan # From Shanks. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Dushanbe 4:35:12 - LMT 1924 May 2 5:00 - DUST 1930 Jun 21 # Dushanbe Time 6:00 RussiaAsia DUS%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 5:00 1:00 DUSST 1991 Sep 9 2:00s 5:00 - TJT # Tajikistan Time # Thailand # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Bangkok 6:42:04 - LMT 1880 6:42:04 - BMT 1920 Apr # Bangkok Mean Time 7:00 - ICT # Turkmenistan # From Shanks. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Ashgabat 3:53:32 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Ashkhabad 4:00 - ASHT 1930 Jun 21 # Ashkhabad Time 5:00 RussiaAsia ASH%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00 4:00 RussiaAsia ASH%sT 1991 Oct 27 # independence 4:00 RussiaAsia TM%sT 1992 Jan 19 2:00 5:00 - TMT # United Arab Emirates # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Dubai 3:41:12 - LMT 1920 4:00 - GST # Uzbekistan # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Samarkand 4:27:12 - LMT 1924 May 2 4:00 - SAMT 1930 Jun 21 # Samarkand Time 5:00 - SAMT 1981 Apr 1 5:00 1:00 SAMST 1981 Oct 1 6:00 RussiaAsia TAS%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00 # Tashkent Time 5:00 RussiaAsia TAS%sT 1991 Sep 1 # independence 5:00 RussiaAsia UZ%sT 1992 5:00 RussiaAsia UZ%sT 1993 5:00 - UZT Zone Asia/Tashkent 4:37:12 - LMT 1924 May 2 5:00 - TAST 1930 Jun 21 # Tashkent Time 6:00 RussiaAsia TAS%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 5:00 RussiaAsia TAS%sT 1991 Sep 1 # independence 5:00 RussiaAsia UZ%sT 1992 5:00 RussiaAsia UZ%sT 1993 5:00 - UZT # Vietnam -# From Paul Eggert (1993-11-18): +# From Paul Eggert (1993-11-18): # Saigon's official name is Thanh-Pho Ho Chi Minh, but it's too long. # We'll stick with the traditional name for now. # From Shanks: # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Saigon 7:06:40 - 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 # Yemen # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Aden 3:00:48 - LMT 1950 3:00 - AST Index: stable/6/share/zoneinfo/australasia =================================================================== --- stable/6/share/zoneinfo/australasia (revision 153670) +++ stable/6/share/zoneinfo/australasia (revision 153671) @@ -1,1338 +1,1399 @@ -# @(#)australasia 7.69 +# @(#)australasia 7.77 # This file also includes Pacific islands. # Notes are at the end of this file ############################################################################### # Australia # Please see the notes below for the controversy about "EST" versus "AEST" etc. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Aus 1917 only - Jan 1 0:01 1:00 - Rule Aus 1917 only - Mar 25 2:00 0 - Rule Aus 1942 only - Jan 1 2:00 1:00 - Rule Aus 1942 only - Mar 29 2:00 0 - Rule Aus 1942 only - Sep 27 2:00 1:00 - Rule Aus 1943 1944 - Mar lastSun 2:00 0 - Rule Aus 1943 only - Oct 3 2:00 1:00 - # Go with Whitman and the Australian National Standards Commission, which # says W Australia didn't use DST in 1943/1944. Ignore Whitman's claim that # 1944/1945 was just like 1943/1944. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] # Northern Territory Zone Australia/Darwin 8:43:20 - LMT 1895 Feb 9:00 - CST 1899 May 9:30 Aus CST # Western Australia Zone Australia/Perth 7:43:24 - LMT 1895 Dec 8:00 Aus WST 1943 Jul 8:00 - WST 1974 Oct lastSun 2:00s 8:00 1:00 WST 1975 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 8:00 - WST 1983 Oct lastSun 2:00s 8:00 1:00 WST 1984 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 8:00 - WST 1991 Nov 17 2:00s 8:00 1:00 WST 1992 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 8:00 - WST # Queensland # -# From Alex Livingston (1996-11-01): +# From Alex Livingston (1996-11-01): # I have heard or read more than once that some resort islands off the coast # of Queensland chose to keep observing daylight-saving time even after # Queensland ceased to. # # From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22): # IATA SSIM (1993-02/1994-09) say that the Holiday Islands (Hayman, Lindeman, # Hamilton) observed DST for two years after the rest of Queensland stopped. # Hamilton is the largest, but there is also a Hamilton in Victoria, # so use Lindeman. # # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule AQ 1971 only - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - Rule AQ 1972 only - Feb lastSun 2:00s 0 - Rule AQ 1989 1991 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - Rule AQ 1990 1992 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - Rule Holiday 1992 1993 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - Rule Holiday 1993 1994 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - Zone Australia/Brisbane 10:12:08 - LMT 1895 10:00 Aus EST 1971 10:00 AQ EST Zone Australia/Lindeman 9:55:56 - LMT 1895 10:00 Aus EST 1971 10:00 AQ EST 1992 Jul 10:00 Holiday EST # South Australia # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule AS 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - Rule AS 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00s 1:00 - Rule AS 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - Rule AS 1972 only - Feb 27 2:00s 0 - Rule AS 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - Rule AS 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 - Rule AS 1990 only - Mar Sun>=18 2:00s 0 - Rule AS 1991 only - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - Rule AS 1992 only - Mar Sun>=18 2:00s 0 - Rule AS 1993 only - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - Rule AS 1994 only - Mar Sun>=18 2:00s 0 - -Rule AS 1995 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - +Rule AS 1995 2005 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - +Rule AS 2006 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - +Rule AS 2007 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Australia/Adelaide 9:14:20 - LMT 1895 Feb 9:00 - CST 1899 May 9:30 Aus CST 1971 9:30 AS CST # Tasmania +# +# From Paul Eggert (2005-08-16): +# +# says King Island didn't observe DST from WWII until late 1971. +# # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule AT 1967 only - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 - Rule AT 1968 only - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - Rule AT 1968 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - Rule AT 1969 1971 - Mar Sun>=8 2:00s 0 - Rule AT 1972 only - Feb lastSun 2:00s 0 - Rule AT 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - Rule AT 1982 1983 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - Rule AT 1984 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - Rule AT 1986 only - Oct Sun>=15 2:00s 1:00 - Rule AT 1987 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 - Rule AT 1987 only - Oct Sun>=22 2:00s 1:00 - Rule AT 1988 1990 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - Rule AT 1991 1999 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 - -Rule AT 1991 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - +Rule AT 1991 2005 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - Rule AT 2000 only - Aug lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - Rule AT 2001 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 - +Rule AT 2006 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - +Rule AT 2007 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Australia/Hobart 9:49:16 - LMT 1895 Sep 10:00 - EST 1916 Oct 1 2:00 10:00 1:00 EST 1917 Feb 10:00 Aus EST 1967 10:00 AT EST +Zone Australia/Currie 9:35:28 - LMT 1895 Sep + 10:00 - EST 1916 Oct 1 2:00 + 10:00 1:00 EST 1917 Feb + 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Jul + 10:00 AT EST # Victoria # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule AV 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - Rule AV 1972 only - Feb lastSun 2:00s 0 - Rule AV 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - Rule AV 1986 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 - Rule AV 1986 1987 - Oct Sun>=15 2:00s 1:00 - Rule AV 1988 1999 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - Rule AV 1991 1994 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - -Rule AV 1995 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - +Rule AV 1995 2005 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - Rule AV 2000 only - Aug lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - Rule AV 2001 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - +Rule AV 2006 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - +Rule AV 2007 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Australia/Melbourne 9:39:52 - LMT 1895 Feb 10:00 Aus EST 1971 10:00 AV EST # New South Wales # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule AN 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - Rule AN 1972 only - Feb 27 2:00s 0 - Rule AN 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - Rule AN 1982 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - Rule AN 1983 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - Rule AN 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 - Rule AN 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00s 1:00 - Rule AN 1987 1999 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - Rule AN 1990 1995 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - -Rule AN 1996 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - +Rule AN 1996 2005 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - Rule AN 2000 only - Aug lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - Rule AN 2001 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - +Rule AN 2006 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - +Rule AN 2007 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Australia/Sydney 10:04:52 - LMT 1895 Feb 10:00 Aus EST 1971 10:00 AN EST Zone Australia/Broken_Hill 9:25:48 - LMT 1895 Feb 10:00 - EST 1896 Aug 23 9:00 - CST 1899 May 9:30 Aus CST 1971 9:30 AN CST 2000 9:30 AS CST # Lord Howe Island # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule LH 1981 1984 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - Rule LH 1982 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00 0 - Rule LH 1985 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0:30 - Rule LH 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00 0 - Rule LH 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 0:30 - Rule LH 1987 1999 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0:30 - Rule LH 1990 1995 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00 0 - -Rule LH 1996 max - Mar lastSun 2:00 0 - +Rule LH 1996 2005 - Mar lastSun 2:00 0 - Rule LH 2000 only - Aug lastSun 2:00 0:30 - Rule LH 2001 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0:30 - +Rule LH 2006 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 0 - +Rule LH 2007 max - Mar lastSun 2:00 0 - Zone Australia/Lord_Howe 10:36:20 - LMT 1895 Feb 10:00 - EST 1981 Mar 10:30 LH LHST # Australian miscellany # # Ashmore Is, Cartier # no indigenous inhabitants; only seasonal caretakers # like Australia/Perth, says Turner # # Coral Sea Is # no indigenous inhabitants; only meteorologists # no information # # Macquarie # permanent occupation (scientific station) since 1948; # sealing and penguin oil station operated 1888/1917 # like Australia/Hobart, says Turner # Christmas # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Indian/Christmas 7:02:52 - LMT 1895 Feb 7:00 - CXT # Christmas Island Time # Cook Is # From Shanks: # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Cook 1978 only - Nov 12 0:00 0:30 HS Rule Cook 1979 1991 - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 - Rule Cook 1979 1990 - Oct lastSun 0:00 0:30 HS # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Rarotonga -10:39:04 - LMT 1901 # Avarua -10:30 - CKT 1978 Nov 12 # Cook Is Time -10:00 Cook CK%sT # Cocos -# From USNO (1989): +# These islands were ruled by the Ross family from about 1830 to 1978. +# We don't know when standard time was introduced; for now, we guess 1900. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Indian/Cocos 6:30 - CCT # Cocos Islands Time +Zone Indian/Cocos 6:27:40 - LMT 1900 + 6:30 - CCT # Cocos Islands Time # Fiji # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Fiji 1998 1999 - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S Rule Fiji 1999 2000 - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Fiji 11:53:40 - LMT 1915 Oct 26 # Suva 12:00 Fiji FJ%sT # Fiji Time # French Polynesia # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Gambier -8:59:48 - LMT 1912 Oct # Rikitea -9:00 - GAMT # Gambier Time Zone Pacific/Marquesas -9:18:00 - LMT 1912 Oct -9:30 - MART # Marquesas Time Zone Pacific/Tahiti -9:58:16 - LMT 1912 Oct # Papeete -10:00 - TAHT # Tahiti Time # Clipperton (near North America) is administered from French Polynesia; # it is uninhabited. # Guam # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Guam -14:21:00 - LMT 1844 Dec 31 9:39:00 - LMT 1901 # Agana 10:00 - GST 2000 Dec 23 # Guam 10:00 - ChST # Chamorro Standard Time # Kiribati # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Tarawa 11:32:04 - LMT 1901 # Bairiki 12:00 - GILT # Gilbert Is Time Zone Pacific/Enderbury -11:24:20 - LMT 1901 -12:00 - PHOT 1979 Oct # Phoenix Is Time -11:00 - PHOT 1995 13:00 - PHOT Zone Pacific/Kiritimati -10:29:20 - LMT 1901 -10:40 - LINT 1979 Oct # Line Is Time -10:00 - LINT 1995 14:00 - LINT # N Mariana Is # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Saipan -14:17:00 - LMT 1844 Dec 31 9:43:00 - LMT 1901 9:00 - MPT 1969 Oct # N Mariana Is Time 10:00 - MPT 2000 Dec 23 10:00 - ChST # Chamorro Standard Time # Marshall Is # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Majuro 11:24:48 - LMT 1901 11:00 - MHT 1969 Oct # Marshall Islands Time 12:00 - MHT Zone Pacific/Kwajalein 11:09:20 - LMT 1901 11:00 - MHT 1969 Oct -12:00 - KWAT 1993 Aug 20 # Kwajalein Time 12:00 - MHT # Micronesia # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Pacific/Yap 9:12:32 - LMT 1901 # Colonia - 9:00 - YAPT 1969 Oct # Yap Time - 10:00 - YAPT Zone Pacific/Truk 10:07:08 - LMT 1901 10:00 - TRUT # Truk Time Zone Pacific/Ponape 10:32:52 - LMT 1901 # Kolonia 11:00 - PONT # Ponape Time Zone Pacific/Kosrae 10:51:56 - LMT 1901 11:00 - KOST 1969 Oct # Kosrae Time 12:00 - KOST 1999 11:00 - KOST # Nauru # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Nauru 11:07:40 - LMT 1921 Jan 15 # Uaobe 11:30 - NRT 1942 Mar 15 # Nauru Time 9:00 - JST 1944 Aug 15 11:30 - NRT 1979 May 12:00 - NRT # New Caledonia # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule NC 1977 1978 - Dec Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S Rule NC 1978 1979 - Feb 27 0:00 0 - Rule NC 1996 only - Dec 1 2:00s 1:00 S # Shanks says the following was at 2:00; go with IATA. Rule NC 1997 only - Mar 2 2:00s 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Noumea 11:05:48 - LMT 1912 Jan 13 11:00 NC NC%sT ############################################################################### # New Zealand # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule NZ 1927 only - Nov 6 2:00 1:00 S Rule NZ 1928 only - Mar 4 2:00 0 M Rule NZ 1928 1933 - Oct Sun>=8 2:00 0:30 S Rule NZ 1929 1933 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00 0 M Rule NZ 1934 1940 - Apr lastSun 2:00 0 M Rule NZ 1934 1940 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0:30 S Rule NZ 1946 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S # Since 1957 Chatham has been 45 minutes ahead of NZ, but there's no # convenient notation for this so we must duplicate the Rule lines. Rule NZ 1974 only - Nov Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 D Rule Chatham 1974 only - Nov Sun>=1 2:45s 1:00 D Rule NZ 1975 only - Feb lastSun 2:00s 0 S Rule Chatham 1975 only - Feb lastSun 2:45s 0 S Rule NZ 1975 1988 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D Rule Chatham 1975 1988 - Oct lastSun 2:45s 1:00 D Rule NZ 1976 1989 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S Rule Chatham 1976 1989 - Mar Sun>=1 2:45s 0 S Rule NZ 1989 only - Oct Sun>=8 2:00s 1:00 D Rule Chatham 1989 only - Oct Sun>=8 2:45s 1:00 D Rule NZ 1990 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 D Rule Chatham 1990 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:45s 1:00 D Rule NZ 1990 max - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 S Rule Chatham 1990 max - Mar Sun>=15 2:45s 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Auckland 11:39:04 - LMT 1868 Nov 2 11:30 NZ NZ%sT 1946 Jan 1 12:00 NZ NZ%sT Zone Pacific/Chatham 12:13:48 - LMT 1957 Jan 1 12:45 Chatham CHA%sT # Auckland Is # uninhabited; Maori and Moriori, colonial settlers, pastoralists, sealers, # and scientific personnel have wintered # Campbell I # minor whaling stations operated 1909/1914 # scientific station operated 1941/1995; # previously whalers, sealers, pastoralists, and scientific personnel wintered # was probably like Pacific/Auckland ############################################################################### # Niue # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Niue -11:19:40 - LMT 1901 # Alofi -11:20 - NUT 1951 # Niue Time -11:30 - NUT 1978 Oct 1 -11:00 - NUT # Norfolk # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Norfolk 11:11:52 - LMT 1901 # Kingston 11:12 - NMT 1951 # Norfolk Mean Time 11:30 - NFT # Norfolk Time # Palau (Belau) # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Palau 8:57:56 - LMT 1901 # Koror 9:00 - PWT # Palau Time # Papua New Guinea # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Port_Moresby 9:48:40 - LMT 1880 9:48:32 - PMMT 1895 # Port Moresby Mean Time 10:00 - PGT # Papua New Guinea Time # Pitcairn # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Pitcairn -8:40:20 - LMT 1901 # Adamstown -8:30 - PNT 1998 Apr 27 00:00 -8:00 - PST # Pitcairn Standard Time # American Samoa Zone Pacific/Pago_Pago 12:37:12 - LMT 1879 Jul 5 -11:22:48 - LMT 1911 -11:30 - SAMT 1950 # Samoa Time -11:00 - NST 1967 Apr # N=Nome -11:00 - BST 1983 Nov 30 # B=Bering -11:00 - SST # S=Samoa -# W Samoa +# Samoa Zone Pacific/Apia 12:33:04 - LMT 1879 Jul 5 -11:26:56 - LMT 1911 -11:30 - SAMT 1950 # Samoa Time - -11:00 - WST # W Samoa Time + -11:00 - WST # Samoa Time # Solomon Is # excludes Bougainville, for which see Papua New Guinea # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Guadalcanal 10:39:48 - LMT 1912 Oct # Honiara 11:00 - SBT # Solomon Is Time # Tokelau Is # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Fakaofo -11:24:56 - LMT 1901 -10:00 - TKT # Tokelau Time # Tonga # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Tonga 1999 only - Oct 7 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Tonga 2000 only - Mar 19 2:00s 0 - Rule Tonga 2000 2001 - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S Rule Tonga 2001 2002 - Jan lastSun 2:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Tongatapu 12:19:20 - LMT 1901 12:20 - TOT 1941 # Tonga Time 13:00 - TOT 1999 13:00 Tonga TO%sT # Tuvalu # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Funafuti 11:56:52 - LMT 1901 12:00 - TVT # Tuvalu Time # US minor outlying islands # Howland, Baker # uninhabited since World War II # no information; was probably like Pacific/Pago_Pago # Jarvis # uninhabited since 1958 # no information; was probably like Pacific/Kiritimati # Johnston # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Johnston -10:00 - HST # Kingman # uninhabited # Midway +# +# From Mark Brader (2005-01-23): +# [Fallacies and Fantasies of Air Transport History, by R.E.G. Davies, +# published 1994 by Paladwr Press, McLean, VA, USA; ISBN 0-9626483-5-3] +# reproduced a Pan American Airways timeables from 1936, for their weekly +# "Orient Express" flights between San Francisco and Manila, and connecting +# flights to Chicago and the US East Coast. As it uses some time zone +# designations that I've never seen before:.... +# Fri. 6:30A Lv. HONOLOLU (Pearl Harbor), H.I. H.L.T. Ar. 5:30P Sun. +# " 3:00P Ar. MIDWAY ISLAND . . . . . . . . . M.L.T. Lv. 6:00A " +# Zone Pacific/Midway -11:49:28 - LMT 1901 -11:00 - NST 1956 Jun 3 -11:00 1:00 NDT 1956 Sep 2 -11:00 - NST 1967 Apr # N=Nome -11:00 - BST 1983 Nov 30 # B=Bering -11:00 - SST # S=Samoa # Palmyra # uninhabited since World War II; was probably like Pacific/Kiritimati # Wake # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Wake 11:06:28 - LMT 1901 12:00 - WAKT # Wake Time # Vanuatu # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Vanuatu 1983 only - Sep 25 0:00 1:00 S Rule Vanuatu 1984 1991 - Mar Sun>=23 0:00 0 - Rule Vanuatu 1984 only - Oct 23 0:00 1:00 S Rule Vanuatu 1985 1991 - Sep Sun>=23 0:00 1:00 S Rule Vanuatu 1992 1993 - Jan Sun>=23 0:00 0 - Rule Vanuatu 1992 only - Oct Sun>=23 0:00 1:00 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Efate 11:13:16 - LMT 1912 Jan 13 # Vila 11:00 Vanuatu VU%sT # Vanuatu Time # Wallis and Futuna # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 12:00 - WFT # Wallis & Futuna Time ############################################################################### # NOTES # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, # go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to # tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future). -# From Paul Eggert (1999-10-29): +# From Paul Eggert (1999-10-29): # A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is # Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (5th edition), # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1999). # # Gwillim Law writes that a good source # for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport # Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM), # published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries # of the IATA's data after 1990. # # Except where otherwise noted, Shanks is the source for entries through 1990, # and IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990. # # Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences, # Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which # I found in the UCLA library. # # A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is # Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997). # # I invented the abbreviations marked `*' in the following table; # the rest are from earlier versions of this file, or from other sources. # Corrections are welcome! # std dst # LMT Local Mean Time # 8:00 WST WST Western Australia # 9:00 JST Japan # 9:30 CST CST Central Australia # 10:00 EST EST Eastern Australia # 10:00 ChST Chamorro # 10:30 LHST LHST Lord Howe* # 11:30 NZMT NZST New Zealand through 1945 # 12:00 NZST NZDT New Zealand 1946-present # 12:45 CHAST CHADT Chatham* # -11:00 SST Samoa # -10:00 HST Hawaii # - 8:00 PST Pitcairn* # # See the `northamerica' file for Hawaii. # See the `southamerica' file for Easter I and the Galapagos Is. ############################################################################### # Australia -# -# Australia's Daylight Saving Times -# , by Margaret Turner, summarizes daylight saving issues in Australia. +# From Paul Eggert (2005-12-08): +# +# Implementation Dates of Daylight Saving Time within Australia +# summarizes daylight saving issues in Australia. +# From Arthur David Olson (2005-12-12): +# +# Lawlink NSW:Daylight Saving in New South Wales +# covers New South Wales in particular. + # From John Mackin (1991-03-06): # We in Australia have _never_ referred to DST as `daylight' time. # It is called `summer' time. Now by a happy coincidence, `summer' # and `standard' happen to start with the same letter; hence, the # abbreviation does _not_ change... # The legislation does not actually define abbreviations, at least # in this State, but the abbreviation is just commonly taken to be the # initials of the phrase, and the legislation here uniformly uses # the phrase `summer time' and does not use the phrase `daylight # time'. # Announcers on the Commonwealth radio network, the ABC (for Australian # Broadcasting Commission), use the phrases `Eastern Standard Time' # or `Eastern Summer Time'. (Note, though, that as I say in the # current australasia file, there is really no such thing.) Announcers # on its overseas service, Radio Australia, use the same phrases # prefixed by the word `Australian' when referring to local times; # time announcements on that service, naturally enough, are made in UTC. # From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08): # Given the above, what's chosen for year-round use is: # CST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 9:30 # WST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 8:00 # EST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 10:00 # From Paul Eggert (2001-04-05), summarizing a long discussion about "EST" # versus "AEST" etc.: # # I see the following points of dispute: # # * How important are unique time zone abbreviations? # # Here I tend to agree with the point (most recently made by Chris # Newman) that unique abbreviations should not be essential for proper # operation of software. We have other instances of ambiguity # (e.g. "IST" denoting both "Israel Standard Time" and "Indian # Standard Time"), and they are not likely to go away any time soon. # In the old days, some software mistakenly relied on unique # abbreviations, but this is becoming less true with time, and I don't # think it's that important to cater to such software these days. # # On the other hand, there is another motivation for unambiguous # abbreviations: it cuts down on human confusion. This is # particularly true for Australia, where "EST" can mean one thing for # time T and a different thing for time T plus 1 second. # # * Does the relevant legislation indicate which abbreviations should be used? # # Here I tend to think that things are a mess, just as they are in # many other countries. We Americans are currently disagreeing about # which abbreviation to use for the newly legislated Chamorro Standard # Time, for example. # # Personally, I would prefer to use common practice; I would like to # refer to legislation only for examples of common practice, or as a # tiebreaker. # # * Do Australians more often use "Eastern Daylight Time" or "Eastern # Summer Time"? Do they typically prefix the time zone names with # the word "Australian"? # # My own impression is that both "Daylight Time" and "Summer Time" are # common and are widely understood, but that "Summer Time" is more # popular; and that the leading "A" is also common but is omitted more # often than not. I just used AltaVista advanced search and got the # following count of page hits: # # 1,103 "Eastern Summer Time" AND domain:au # 971 "Australian Eastern Summer Time" AND domain:au # 613 "Eastern Daylight Time" AND domain:au # 127 "Australian Eastern Daylight Time" AND domain:au # # Here "Summer" seems quite a bit more popular than "Daylight", # particularly when we know the time zone is Australian and not US, # say. The "Australian" prefix seems to be popular for Eastern Summer # Time, but unpopular for Eastern Daylight Time. # # For abbreviations, tools like AltaVista are less useful because of # ambiguity. Many hits are not really time zones, unfortunately, and # many hits denote US time zones and not Australian ones. But here # are the hit counts anyway: # # 161,304 "EST" and domain:au # 25,156 "EDT" and domain:au # 18,263 "AEST" and domain:au # 10,416 "AEDT" and domain:au # # 14,538 "CST" and domain:au # 5,728 "CDT" and domain:au # 176 "ACST" and domain:au # 29 "ACDT" and domain:au # # 7,539 "WST" and domain:au # 68 "AWST" and domain:au # # This data suggest that Australians tend to omit the "A" prefix in # practice. The situation for "ST" versus "DT" is less clear, given # the ambiguities involved. # # * How do Australians feel about the abbreviations in the tz database? # # If you just count Australians on this list, I count 2 in favor and 3 # against. One of the "against" votes (David Keegel) counseled delay, # saying that both AEST/AEDT and EST/EST are widely used and # understood in Australia. # From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19): # Shanks reports 2:00 for all autumn changes in Australia and New Zealand. -# Mark Prior writes that his newspaper +# Mark Prior writes that his newspaper # reports that NSW's fall 1995 change will occur at 2:00, # but Robert Elz says it's been 3:00 in Victoria since 1970 # and perhaps the newspaper's `2:00' is referring to standard time. # For now we'll continue to assume 2:00s for changes since 1960. -# From Eric Ulevik (1998-01-05): +# From Eric Ulevik (1998-01-05): # # Here are some URLs to Australian time legislation. These URLs are stable, # and should probably be included in the data file. There are probably more # relevant entries in this database. # # NSW (including LHI and Broken Hill): # # Standard Time Act 1987 (updated 1995-04-04) # # ACT # # Standard Time and Summer Time Act 1972 # # SA # # Standard Time Act, 1898 # +# From David Grosz (2005-06-13): +# It was announced last week that Daylight Saving would be extended by +# one week next year to allow for the 2006 Commonwealth Games. +# Daylight Saving is now to end for next year only on the first Sunday +# in April instead of the last Sunday in March. +# +# From Gwillim Law (2005-06-14): +# I did some Googling and found that all of those states (and territory) plan +# to extend DST together in 2006. +# ACT: http://www.cmd.act.gov.au/mediareleases/fileread.cfm?file=86.txt +# New South Wales: http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,15538869%255E1702,00.html +# South Australia: http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15555031-1246,00.html +# Tasmania: http://www.media.tas.gov.au/release.php?id=14772 +# Victoria: I wasn't able to find anything separate, but the other articles +# allude to it. +# But not Queensland +# http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15564030-1248,00.html. + # Northern Territory # From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): # # The NORTHERN TERRITORY.. [ Courtesy N.T. Dept of the Chief Minister ] # # [ Nov 1990 ] # # N.T. have never utilised any DST due to sub-tropical/tropical location. # ... # Zone Australia/North 9:30 - CST # From Bradley White (1991-03-04): # A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... # the Northern Territory do[es] not have daylight saving. # Western Australia # From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): # # The state of WESTERN AUSTRALIA.. [ Courtesy W.A. dept Premier+Cabinet ] # # [ Nov 1990 ] # # W.A. suffers from a great deal of public and political opposition to # # DST in principle. A bill is brought before parliament in most years, but # # usually defeated either in the upper house, or in party caucus # # before reaching parliament. # ... # Zone Australia/West 8:00 AW %sST # ... # Rule AW 1974 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D # Rule AW 1975 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 W # Rule AW 1983 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D # Rule AW 1984 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 W # From Bradley White (1991-03-04): # A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... # Western Australia...do[es] not have daylight saving. # From John D. Newman via Bradley White (1991-11-02): # Western Australia is still on "winter time". Some DH in Sydney # rang me at home a few days ago at 6.00am. (He had just arrived at # work at 9.00am.) # W.A. is switching to Summer Time on Nov 17th just to confuse # everybody again. # From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08): # The 1992 ending date used in the rules is a best guess; # it matches what was used in the past. # # The Australian Bureau of Meteorology FAQ # (1999-09-27) writes that Giles Meteorological Station uses # South Australian time even though it's located in Western Australia. # Queensland # From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): # # The state of QUEENSLAND.. [ Courtesy Qld. Dept Premier Econ&Trade Devel ] # # [ Dec 1990 ] # ... # Zone Australia/Queensland 10:00 AQ %sST # ... # Rule AQ 1971 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D # Rule AQ 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 E # Rule AQ 1989 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D # Rule AQ 1990 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E # From Bradley White (1989-12-24): # "Australia/Queensland" now observes daylight time (i.e. from # October 1989). # From Bradley White (1991-03-04): # A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... # ...Queensland...[has] agreed to end daylight saving # at 3am tomorrow (March 3)... # From John Mackin (1991-03-06): # I can certainly confirm for my part that Daylight Saving in NSW did in fact # end on Sunday, 3 March. I don't know at what hour, though. (It surprised # me.) # From Bradley White (1992-03-08): # ...there was recently a referendum in Queensland which resulted # in the experimental daylight saving system being abandoned. So, ... # ... # Rule QLD 1989 1991 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D # Rule QLD 1990 1992 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 S # ... # From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08): # The chosen rules the union of the 1971/1972 change and the 1989-1992 changes. # 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 # 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. # # From Paul Eggert (2002-04-09): # This is confirmed by the section entitled # "What's the deal with time zones???" in # , # 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. # South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria # From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08): # The rules from version 7.1 follow. # There are lots of differences between these rules and # the Shepherd et al. rules. Since the Shepherd et al. rules # and Bradley White's newspaper article are in agreement on # current DST ending dates, no worries. # # Rule Oz 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - # Rule Oz 1986 max - Oct Sun<=24 2:00 1:00 - # Rule Oz 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 - # Rule Oz 1973 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - # Rule Oz 1987 max - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 - # Zone Australia/Tasmania 10:00 Oz EST # Zone Australia/South 9:30 Oz CST # Zone Australia/Victoria 10:00 Oz EST 1985 Oct lastSun 2:00 # 10:00 1:00 EST 1986 Mar Sun<=21 3:00 # 10:00 Oz EST # From Robert Elz (1991-03-06): # I believe that the current start date for DST is "lastSun" in Oct... # that changed Oct 89. That is, we're back to the # original rule, and that rule currently applies in all the states # that have dst, incl Qld. (Certainly it was true in Vic). # The file I'm including says that happened in 1988, I think # that's incorrect, but I'm not 100% certain. # South Australia # From Bradley White (1991-03-04): # A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... # ...South Australia...[has] agreed to end daylight saving # at 3am tomorrow (March 3)... # From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): # # The state of SOUTH AUSTRALIA....[ Courtesy of S.A. Dept of Labour ] # # [ Nov 1990 ] # ... # Zone Australia/South 9:30 AS %sST # ... # Rule AS 1971 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D # Rule AS 1972 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 C # Rule AS 1986 1990 - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 C # Rule AS 1991 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 C # From Bradley White (1992-03-11): # Recent correspondence with a friend in Adelaide # contained the following exchange: "Due to the Adelaide Festival, # South Australia delays setting back our clocks for a few weeks." # From Robert Elz (1992-03-13): # I heard that apparently (or at least, it appears that) # South Aus will have an extra 3 weeks daylight saving every even # numbered year (from 1990). That's when the Adelaide Festival # is on... # From Robert Elz (1992-03-16, 00:57:07 +1000): # DST didn't end in Adelaide today (yesterday).... # But whether it's "4th Sunday" or "2nd last Sunday" I have no idea whatever... # (it's just as likely to be "the Sunday we pick for this year"...). # From Bradley White (1994-04-11): # If Sun, 15 March, 1992 was at +1030 as kre asserts, but yet Sun, 20 March, # 1994 was at +0930 as John Connolly's customer seems to assert, then I can # only conclude that the actual rule is more complicated.... -# From John Warburton (1994-10-07): +# From John Warburton (1994-10-07): # The new Daylight Savings dates for South Australia ... # was gazetted in the Government Hansard on Sep 26 1994.... # start on last Sunday in October and end in last sunday in March. # Tasmania # The rules for 1967 through 1991 were reported by George Shepherd # via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): # # The state of TASMANIA.. [Courtesy Tasmanian Dept of Premier + Cabinet ] # # [ Nov 1990 ] # From Bill Hart via Guy Harris (1991-10-10): # Oh yes, the new daylight savings rules are uniquely tasmanian, we have # 6 weeks a year now when we are out of sync with the rest of Australia # (but nothing new about that). # From Alex Livingston (1999-10-04): # I heard on the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) radio news on the # (long) weekend that Tasmania, which usually goes its own way in this regard, # has decided to join with most of NSW, the ACT, and most of Victoria # (Australia) and start daylight saving on the last Sunday in August in 2000 # instead of the first Sunday in October. # Sim Alam (2000-07-03) reported a legal citation for the 2000/2001 rules: # http://www.thelaw.tas.gov.au/fragview/42++1968+GS3A@EN+2000070300 # Victoria # The rules for 1971 through 1991 were reported by George Shepherd # via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): # # The state of VICTORIA.. [ Courtesy of Vic. Dept of Premier + Cabinet ] # # [ Nov 1990 ] # From Scott Harrington (2001-08-29): # On KQED's "City Arts and Lectures" program last night I heard an # interesting story about daylight savings time. Dr. John Heilbron was # discussing his book "The Sun in the Church: Cathedrals as Solar # Observatories"[1], and in particular the Shrine of Remembrance[2] located # in Melbourne, Australia. # # Apparently the shrine's main purpose is a beam of sunlight which # illuminates a special spot on the floor at the 11th hour of the 11th day # of the 11th month (Remembrance Day) every year in memory of Australia's # fallen WWI soldiers. And if you go there on Nov. 11, at 11am local time, # you will indeed see the sunbeam illuminate the special spot at the # expected time. # # However, that is only because of some special mirror contraption that had # to be employed, since due to daylight savings time, the true solar time of # the remembrance moment occurs one hour later (or earlier?). Perhaps # someone with more information on this jury-rig can tell us more. # # [1] http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/HEISUN.html # [2] http://www.shrine.org.au # New South Wales # From Arthur David Olson: # New South Wales and subjurisdictions have their own ideas of a fun time. -# Based on law library research by John Mackin (john@basser.cs.su.oz), +# Based on law library research by John Mackin, # who notes: # In Australia, time is not legislated federally, but rather by the # individual states. Thus, while such terms as ``Eastern Standard Time'' # [I mean, of course, Australian EST, not any other kind] are in common # use, _they have NO REAL MEANING_, as they are not defined in the # legislation. This is very important to understand. # I have researched New South Wales time only... -# From Paul Eggert (1999-09-27): -# The Information Service of the Australian National Standards Commission -# -# Daylight Saving -# page (1995-04) has an excellent overall history of Australian DST. -# The Community Relations Division of the NSW Attorney General's Department -# publishes a history of daylight saving in NSW. See: -# -# Lawlink NSW: Daylight Saving in New South Wales -# - -# From Eric Ulevik (1999-05-26): +# From Eric Ulevik (1999-05-26): # DST will start in NSW on the last Sunday of August, rather than the usual # October in 2000. [See: Matthew Moore, # # Two months more daylight saving # # Sydney Morning Herald (1999-05-26).] # From Paul Eggert (1999-09-27): # See the following official NSW source: # # Daylight Saving in New South Wales. # # # Narrabri Shire (NSW) council has announced it will ignore the extension of # daylight saving next year. See: # # Narrabri Council to ignore daylight saving # (1999-07-22). For now, we'll wait to see if this really happens. # # Victoria will following NSW. See: # # Vic to extend daylight saving # (1999-07-28). # # However, South Australia rejected the DST request. See: # # South Australia rejects Olympics daylight savings request # (1999-07-19). # # Queensland also will not observe DST for the Olympics. See: # # Qld says no to daylight savings for Olympics # (1999-06-01), which quotes Queensland Premier Peter Beattie as saying # ``Look you've got to remember in my family when this came up last time # I voted for it, my wife voted against it and she said to me it's all very # well for you, you don't have to worry about getting the children out of # bed, getting them to school, getting them to sleep at night. # I've been through all this argument domestically...my wife rules.'' # # Broken Hill will stick with South Australian time in 2000. See: # # Broken Hill to be behind the times # (1999-07-21). # IATA SSIM (1998-09) says that the spring 2000 change for Australian # Capital Territory, New South Wales except Lord Howe Island and Broken # Hill, and Victoria will be August 27, presumably due to the Sydney Olympics. # From Eric Ulevik, referring to Sydney's Sun Herald (2000-08-13), page 29: # The Queensland Premier Peter Beattie is encouraging northern NSW # towns to use Queensland time. # Yancowinna # From John Mackin (1989-01-04): # `Broken Hill' means the County of Yancowinna. # From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): # # YANCOWINNA.. [ Confirmation courtesy of Broken Hill Postmaster ] # # [ Dec 1990 ] # ... # # Yancowinna uses Central Standard Time, despite [its] location on the # # New South Wales side of the S.A. border. Most business and social dealings # # are with CST zones, therefore CST is legislated by local government # # although the switch to Summer Time occurs in line with N.S.W. There have # # been years when this did not apply, but the historical data is not # # presently available. # Zone Australia/Yancowinna 9:30 AY %sST # ... # Rule AY 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D # Rule AY 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 C # [followed by other Rules] # Lord Howe Island # From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): -# LHI... [ Courtesy of Pauline Van Winsen.. pauline@Aus ] +# LHI... [ Courtesy of Pauline Van Winsen ] # [ Dec 1990 ] # Lord Howe Island is located off the New South Wales coast, and is half an # hour ahead of NSW time. # From James Lonergan, Secretary, Lord Howe Island Board (2000-01-27): # Lord Howe Island summer time in 2000/2001 will commence on the same # date as the rest of NSW (i.e. 2000-08-27). For your information the # Lord Howe Island Board (controlling authority for the Island) is # seeking the community's views on various options for summer time # arrangements on the Island, e.g. advance clocks by 1 full hour # instead of only 30 minutes. Dependant on the wishes of residents # the Board may approach the NSW government to change the existing # arrangements. The starting date for summer time on the Island will # however always coincide with the rest of NSW. # From James Lonergan, Secretary, Lord Howe Island Board (2000-10-25): # Lord Howe Island advances clocks by 30 minutes during DST in NSW and retards # clocks by 30 minutes when DST finishes. Since DST was most recently # introduced in NSW, the "changeover" time on the Island has been 02:00 as # shown on clocks on LHI. I guess this means that for 30 minutes at the start # of DST, LHI is actually 1 hour ahead of the rest of NSW. # From Paul Eggert (2001-02-09): # For Lord Howe dates we use Shanks through 1989, and Lonergan thereafter. # For times we use Lonergan. ############################################################################### # New Zealand # From Mark Davies (1990-10-03): # the 1989/90 year was a trial of an extended "daylight saving" period. # This trial was deemed successful and the extended period adopted for # subsequent years (with the addition of a further week at the start). # source -- phone call to Ministry of Internal Affairs Head Office. # From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): # # The Country of New Zealand (Australia's east island -) Gee they hate that! # # or is Australia the west island of N.Z. -# # [ courtesy of Geoff Tribble.. Geofft@Aus.. Auckland N.Z. ] +# # [ courtesy of Geoff Tribble.. Auckland N.Z. ] # # [ Nov 1990 ] # ... # Rule NZ 1974 1988 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D # Rule NZ 1989 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D # Rule NZ 1975 1989 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 S # Rule NZ 1990 max - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 S # ... # Zone NZ 12:00 NZ NZ%sT # New Zealand # Zone NZ-CHAT 12:45 - NZ-CHAT # Chatham Island # From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08): # The chosen rules use the Davies October 8 values for the start of DST in 1989 # rather than the October 1 value. # From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19); # Shanks reports 2:00 for all autumn changes in Australia and New Zealand. -# Robert Uzgalis writes that the New Zealand Daylight +# Robert Uzgalis writes that the New Zealand Daylight # Savings Time Order in Council dated 1990-06-18 specifies 2:00 standard # time on both the first Sunday in October and the third Sunday in March. # As with Australia, we'll assume the tradition is 2:00s, not 2:00. # # From Paul Eggert (2003-05-26): # The Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) maintains a brief history, # as does Carol Squires; see tz-link.htm for the full references. # Use these sources in preference to Shanks. # # For Chatham, IATA SSIM (1991/1999) gives the NZ rules but with # transitions at 2:45 local standard time; this confirms that Chatham # is always exactly 45 minutes ahead of Auckland. ############################################################################### # Fiji # Howse writes (p 153) that in 1879 the British governor of Fiji # enacted an ordinance standardizing the islands on Antipodean Time # instead of the American system (which was one day behind). # From Rives McDow (1998-10-08): # Fiji will introduce DST effective 0200 local time, 1998-11-01 # until 0300 local time 1999-02-28. Each year the DST period will # be from the first Sunday in November until the last Sunday in February. # From Paul Eggert (2000-01-08): # IATA SSIM (1999-09) says DST ends 0100 local time. Go with McDow. # From the BBC World Service (1998-10-31 11:32 UTC): # The Fijiian government says the main reasons for the time change is to # improve productivity and reduce road accidents. But correspondents say it # also hopes the move will boost Fiji's ability to compete with other pacific # islands in the effort to attract tourists to witness the dawning of the new # millenium. # http://www.fiji.gov.fj/press/2000_09/2000_09_13-05.shtml (2000-09-13) # reports that Fiji has discontinued DST. # Johnston # Johnston data is from usno1995. # Kiribati # From Paul Eggert (1996-01-22): # Today's _Wall Street Journal_ (page 1) reports that Kiribati # ``declared it the same day throught the country as of Jan. 1, 1995'' # as part of the competition to be first into the 21st century. # Kwajalein # In comp.risks 14.87 (26 August 1993), Peter Neumann writes: # I wonder what happened in Kwajalein, where there was NO Friday, # 1993-08-20. Thursday night at midnight Kwajalein switched sides with # respect to the International Date Line, to rejoin its fellow islands, # going from 11:59 p.m. Thursday to 12:00 m. Saturday in a blink. # N Mariana Is, Guam # Howse writes (p 153) ``The Spaniards, on the other hand, reached the # Philippines and the Ladrones from America,'' and implies that the Ladrones # (now called the Marianas) kept American date for quite some time. # For now, we assume the Ladrones switched at the same time as the Philippines; # see Asia/Manila. # US Public Law 106-564 (2000-12-23) made UTC+10 the official standard time, # under the name "Chamorro Standard Time". There is no official abbreviation, # but Congressman Robert A. Underwood, author of the bill that became law, # wrote in a press release (2000-12-27) that he will seek the use of "ChST". # Micronesia -# Alan Eugene Davis writes (1996-03-16), +# Alan Eugene Davis writes (1996-03-16), # ``I am certain, having lived there for the past decade, that "Truk" # (now properly known as Chuuk) ... is in the time zone GMT+10.'' # # Shanks writes that Truk switched from UTC+10 to UTC+11 on 1978-10-01; # ignore this for now. # From Paul Eggert (1999-10-29): # The Federated States of Micronesia Visitors Board writes in # # The Federated States of Micronesia - Visitor Information # (1999-01-26) # that Truk and Yap are UTC+10, and Ponape and Kosrae are UTC+11. # We don't know when Kosrae switched from UTC+12; assume January 1 for now. # Midway # From Charles T O'Connor, KMTH DJ (1956), # quoted in the KTMH section of the Radio Heritage Collection # (2002-12-31): # For the past two months we've been on what is known as Daylight # Saving Time. This time has put us on air at 5am in the morning, # your time down there in New Zealand. Starting September 2, 1956 # we'll again go back to Standard Time. This'll mean that we'll go to # air at 6am your time. # # From Paul Eggert (2003-03-23): # We don't know the date of that quote, but we'll guess they # started DST on June 3. Possibly DST was observed other years # in Midway, but we have no record of it. # Pitcairn # From Rives McDow (1999-11-08): # A Proclamation was signed by the Governor of Pitcairn on the 27th March 1998 # with regard to Pitcairn Standard Time. The Proclamation is as follows. # # The local time for general purposes in the Islands shall be # Co-ordinated Universal time minus 8 hours and shall be known # as Pitcairn Standard Time. # # ... I have also seen Pitcairn listed as UTC minus 9 hours in several # references, and can only assume that this was an error in interpretation # somehow in light of this proclamation. # From Rives McDow (1999-11-09): # The Proclamation regarding Pitcairn time came into effect on 27 April 1998 # ... at midnight. # From Howie Phelps (1999-11-10), who talked to a Pitcairner via shortwave: # Betty Christian told me yesterday that their local time is the same as # Pacific Standard Time. They used to be 1/2 hour different from us here in # Sacramento but it was changed a couple of years ago. # Samoa # Howse writes (p 153, citing p 10 of the 1883-11-18 New York Herald) # that in 1879 the King of Samoa decided to change # ``the date in his kingdom from the Antipodean to the American system, # ordaining -- by a masterpiece of diplomatic flattery -- that # the Fourth of July should be celebrated twice in that year.'' # Tonga # From Paul Eggert (1996-01-22): # Today's _Wall Street Journal_ (p 1) reports that ``Tonga has been plotting # to sneak ahead of [New Zealanders] by introducing daylight-saving time.'' # Since Kiribati has moved the Date Line it's not clear what Tonga will do. # Don Mundell writes in the 1997-02-20 Tonga Chronicle # # How Tonga became `The Land where Time Begins' # : # Until 1941 Tonga maintained a standard time 50 minutes ahead of NZST # 12 hours and 20 minutes ahead of GMT. When New Zealand adjusted its # standard time in 1940s, Tonga had the choice of subtracting from its # local time to come on the same standard time as New Zealand or of # advancing its time to maintain the differential of 13 degrees # (approximately 50 minutes ahead of New Zealand time). # # Because His Majesty King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV, then Crown Prince # Tungi, preferred to ensure Tonga's title as the land where time # begins, the Legislative Assembly approved the latter change. # # But some of the older, more conservative members from the outer # islands objected. "If at midnight on Dec. 31, we move ahead 40 # minutes, as your Royal Highness wishes, what becomes of the 40 # minutes we have lost?" # # The Crown Prince, presented an unanswerable argument: "Remember that # on the World Day of Prayer, you would be the first people on Earth # to say your prayers in the morning." # From Paul Eggert (1999-08-12): # Shanks says the transition was on 1968-10-01; go with Mundell. # From Eric Ulevik (1999-05-03): # Tonga's director of tourism, who is also secretary of the National Millenium # Committee, has a plan to get Tonga back in front. # He has proposed a one-off move to tropical daylight saving for Tonga from # October to March, which has won approval in principle from the Tongan # Government. -# From Steffen Thorsen [straen@thorsen.priv.no] (1999-09-09): +# From Steffen Thorsen (1999-09-09): # * Tonga will introduce DST in November # -# I was given this link by John Letts : +# I was given this link by John Letts: # # http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_424000/424764.stm # # # I have not been able to find exact dates for the transition in November # yet. By reading this article it seems like Fiji will be 14 hours ahead # of UTC as well, but as far as I know Fiji will only be 13 hours ahead # (12 + 1 hour DST). -# From Arthur David Olson [arthur_david_olson@nih.gov] (1999-09-20): +# From Arthur David Olson (1999-09-20): # According to (2005-08-31): +# Before 1920, all ships kept local apparent time on the high seas by setting +# their clocks at night or at the morning sight so that, given the ship's +# speed and direction, it would be 12 o'clock when the Sun crossed the ship's +# meridian (12 o'clock = local apparent noon). During 1917, at the +# Anglo-French Conference on Time-keeping at Sea, it was recommended that all +# ships, both military and civilian, should adopt hourly standard time zones +# on the high seas. Whenever a ship was within the territorial waters of any +# nation it would use that nation's standard time. The captain was permitted +# to change his ship's clocks at a time of his choice following his ship's +# entry into another zone time--he often chose midnight. These zones were +# adopted by all major fleets between 1920 and 1925 but not by many +# independent merchant ships until World War II. + +# From Paul Eggert, using references suggested by Oscar van Vlijmen +# (2005-03-20): +# +# The American Practical Navigator (2002) +# +# talks only about the 180-degree meridian with respect to ships in +# international waters; it ignores the international date line. Index: stable/6/share/zoneinfo/backward =================================================================== --- stable/6/share/zoneinfo/backward (revision 153670) +++ stable/6/share/zoneinfo/backward (revision 153671) @@ -1,100 +1,113 @@ -# @(#)backward 7.26 +# @(#)backward 7.29 # This file provides links between current names for time zones # and their old names. Many names changed in late 1993. +Link Africa/Bamako Africa/Timbuktu +Link America/Argentina/Catamarca America/Argentina/ComodRivadavia Link America/Adak America/Atka Link America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires America/Buenos_Aires Link America/Argentina/Catamarca America/Catamarca Link America/Argentina/Cordoba America/Cordoba Link America/Tijuana America/Ensenada -Link America/Indianapolis America/Fort_Wayne +Link America/Indiana/Indianapolis America/Fort_Wayne +Link America/Indiana/Indianapolis America/Indianapolis Link America/Argentina/Jujuy America/Jujuy Link America/Indiana/Knox America/Knox_IN +Link America/Kentucky/Louisville America/Louisville Link America/Argentina/Mendoza America/Mendoza Link America/Rio_Branco America/Porto_Acre -Link America/Cordoba America/Rosario +Link America/Argentina/Cordoba America/Rosario Link America/St_Thomas America/Virgin Link Asia/Ashgabat Asia/Ashkhabad Link Asia/Chongqing Asia/Chungking Link Asia/Dhaka Asia/Dacca Link Asia/Macau Asia/Macao -Link Asia/Makassar Asia/Ujung_Pandang Link Asia/Jerusalem Asia/Tel_Aviv Link Asia/Thimphu Asia/Thimbu +Link Asia/Makassar Asia/Ujung_Pandang Link Asia/Ulaanbaatar Asia/Ulan_Bator Link Australia/Sydney Australia/ACT Link Australia/Sydney Australia/Canberra Link Australia/Lord_Howe Australia/LHI Link Australia/Sydney Australia/NSW Link Australia/Darwin Australia/North Link Australia/Brisbane Australia/Queensland Link Australia/Adelaide Australia/South Link Australia/Hobart Australia/Tasmania Link Australia/Melbourne Australia/Victoria Link Australia/Perth Australia/West Link Australia/Broken_Hill Australia/Yancowinna -Link America/Porto_Acre Brazil/Acre +Link America/Rio_Branco Brazil/Acre Link America/Noronha Brazil/DeNoronha Link America/Sao_Paulo Brazil/East Link America/Manaus Brazil/West +Link America/Chicago CST6CDT Link America/Halifax Canada/Atlantic Link America/Winnipeg Canada/Central Link America/Regina Canada/East-Saskatchewan Link America/Toronto Canada/Eastern Link America/Edmonton Canada/Mountain Link America/St_Johns Canada/Newfoundland Link America/Vancouver Canada/Pacific Link America/Regina Canada/Saskatchewan Link America/Whitehorse Canada/Yukon Link America/Santiago Chile/Continental Link Pacific/Easter Chile/EasterIsland Link America/Havana Cuba +Link America/Panama EST +Link America/New_York EST5EDT Link Africa/Cairo Egypt Link Europe/Dublin Eire +Link Europe/London Europe/Belfast Link Europe/Chisinau Europe/Tiraspol Link Europe/London GB Link Europe/London GB-Eire -Link Etc/GMT+0 GMT+0 -Link Etc/GMT-0 GMT-0 -Link Etc/GMT0 GMT0 -Link Etc/Greenwich Greenwich +Link Etc/GMT GMT+0 +Link Etc/GMT GMT-0 +Link Etc/GMT GMT0 +Link Etc/GMT Greenwich +Link Pacific/Honolulu HST Link Asia/Hong_Kong Hongkong Link Atlantic/Reykjavik Iceland Link Asia/Tehran Iran Link Asia/Jerusalem Israel Link America/Jamaica Jamaica Link Asia/Tokyo Japan Link Pacific/Kwajalein Kwajalein Link Africa/Tripoli Libya +Link America/Phoenix MST +Link America/Denver MST7MDT Link America/Tijuana Mexico/BajaNorte Link America/Mazatlan Mexico/BajaSur Link America/Mexico_City Mexico/General -Link America/Shiprock Navajo Link Pacific/Auckland NZ Link Pacific/Chatham NZ-CHAT +Link America/Denver Navajo +Link Asia/Shanghai PRC +Link America/Los_Angeles PST8PDT Link Pacific/Pago_Pago Pacific/Samoa +Link Pacific/Truk Pacific/Yap Link Europe/Warsaw Poland Link Europe/Lisbon Portugal -Link Asia/Shanghai PRC Link Asia/Taipei ROC Link Asia/Seoul ROK Link Asia/Singapore Singapore Link Europe/Istanbul Turkey Link Etc/UCT UCT Link America/Anchorage US/Alaska Link America/Adak US/Aleutian Link America/Phoenix US/Arizona Link America/Chicago US/Central -Link America/Indianapolis US/East-Indiana +Link America/Indiana/Indianapolis US/East-Indiana Link America/New_York US/Eastern Link Pacific/Honolulu US/Hawaii Link America/Indiana/Knox US/Indiana-Starke Link America/Detroit US/Michigan Link America/Denver US/Mountain Link America/Los_Angeles US/Pacific Link Pacific/Pago_Pago US/Samoa Link Etc/UTC UTC -Link Etc/Universal Universal +Link Etc/UTC Universal Link Europe/Moscow W-SU -Link Etc/Zulu Zulu +Link Etc/UTC Zulu Index: stable/6/share/zoneinfo/etcetera =================================================================== --- stable/6/share/zoneinfo/etcetera (revision 153670) +++ stable/6/share/zoneinfo/etcetera (revision 153671) @@ -1,79 +1,80 @@ -# @(#)etcetera 7.11 +# @(#)etcetera 7.12 # These entries are mostly present for historical reasons, so that # people in areas not otherwise covered by the tz files could "zic -l" # to a time zone that was right for their area. These days, the -# tz files cover almost all the inhabited world, so there's little -# need now for the entries that are not on UTC. +# tz files cover almost all the inhabited world, and the only practical +# need now for the entries that are not on UTC are for ships at sea +# that cannot use POSIX TZ settings. Zone Etc/GMT 0 - GMT Zone Etc/UTC 0 - UTC Zone Etc/UCT 0 - UCT # The following link uses older naming conventions, # but it belongs here, not in the file `backward', # as functions like gmtime load the "GMT" file to handle leap seconds properly. # We want this to work even on installations that omit the other older names. Link Etc/GMT GMT Link Etc/UTC Etc/Universal Link Etc/UTC Etc/Zulu Link Etc/GMT Etc/Greenwich Link Etc/GMT Etc/GMT-0 Link Etc/GMT Etc/GMT+0 Link Etc/GMT Etc/GMT0 # We use POSIX-style signs in the Zone names and the output abbreviations, # even though this is the opposite of what many people expect. # POSIX has positive signs west of Greenwich, but many people expect # positive signs east of Greenwich. For example, TZ='Etc/GMT+4' uses # the abbreviation "GMT+4" and corresponds to 4 hours behind UTC # (i.e. west of Greenwich) even though many people would expect it to # mean 4 hours ahead of UTC (i.e. east of Greenwich). # # In the draft 5 of POSIX 1003.1-200x, the angle bracket notation # (which is not yet supported by the tz code) allows for # TZ='+4'; if you want time zone abbreviations conforming to # ISO 8601 you can use TZ='<-0400>+4'. Thus the commonly-expected # offset is kept within the angle bracket (and is used for display) # while the POSIX sign is kept outside the angle bracket (and is used # for calculation). # # Do not use a TZ setting like TZ='GMT+4', which is four hours behind # GMT but uses the completely misleading abbreviation "GMT". # Earlier incarnations of this package were not POSIX-compliant, # and had lines such as # Zone GMT-12 -12 - GMT-1200 # We did not want things to change quietly if someone accustomed to the old # way does a # zic -l GMT-12 # so we moved the names into the Etc subdirectory. Zone Etc/GMT-14 14 - GMT-14 # 14 hours ahead of GMT Zone Etc/GMT-13 13 - GMT-13 Zone Etc/GMT-12 12 - GMT-12 Zone Etc/GMT-11 11 - GMT-11 Zone Etc/GMT-10 10 - GMT-10 Zone Etc/GMT-9 9 - GMT-9 Zone Etc/GMT-8 8 - GMT-8 Zone Etc/GMT-7 7 - GMT-7 Zone Etc/GMT-6 6 - GMT-6 Zone Etc/GMT-5 5 - GMT-5 Zone Etc/GMT-4 4 - GMT-4 Zone Etc/GMT-3 3 - GMT-3 Zone Etc/GMT-2 2 - GMT-2 Zone Etc/GMT-1 1 - GMT-1 Zone Etc/GMT+1 -1 - GMT+1 Zone Etc/GMT+2 -2 - GMT+2 Zone Etc/GMT+3 -3 - GMT+3 Zone Etc/GMT+4 -4 - GMT+4 Zone Etc/GMT+5 -5 - GMT+5 Zone Etc/GMT+6 -6 - GMT+6 Zone Etc/GMT+7 -7 - GMT+7 Zone Etc/GMT+8 -8 - GMT+8 Zone Etc/GMT+9 -9 - GMT+9 Zone Etc/GMT+10 -10 - GMT+10 Zone Etc/GMT+11 -11 - GMT+11 Zone Etc/GMT+12 -12 - GMT+12 Index: stable/6/share/zoneinfo/europe =================================================================== --- stable/6/share/zoneinfo/europe (revision 153670) +++ stable/6/share/zoneinfo/europe (revision 153671) @@ -1,2401 +1,2446 @@ -# @(#)europe 7.90 +# @(#)europe 7.95 # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, # go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to # tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future). -# From Paul Eggert (1999-10-29): +# From Paul Eggert (1999-10-29): # A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is # Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (5th edition), # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1999). # # Gwillim Law writes that a good source # for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport # Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM), # published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries # of the IATA's data after 1990. # # Except where otherwise noted, Shanks is the source for entries through 1991, # and IATA SSIM is the source for entries afterwards. # # Other sources occasionally used include: # # Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences, # Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), # which I found in the UCLA library. # # # William Willett, The Waste of Daylight, 19th edition # (1914-03) # # Brazil's Departamento Servico da Hora (DSH), # # History of Summer Time # (1998-09-21, in Portuguese) # # I invented the abbreviations marked `*' in the following table; # the rest are from earlier versions of this file, or from other sources. # Corrections are welcome! # std dst 2dst # LMT Local Mean Time # -4:00 AST ADT Atlantic # -3:00 WGT WGST Western Greenland* # -1:00 EGT EGST Eastern Greenland* # 0:00 GMT BST BDST Greenwich, British Summer # 0:00 GMT IST Greenwich, Irish Summer # 0:00 WET WEST WEMT Western Europe # 0:19:32.13 AMT NST Amsterdam, Netherlands Summer (1835-1937)* # 0:20 NET NEST Netherlands (1937-1940)* # 1:00 CET CEST CEMT Central Europe # 1:00:14 SET Swedish (1879-1899)* # 2:00 EET EEST Eastern Europe # 3:00 MSK MSD Moscow # # A reliable and entertaining source about time zones, especially in Britain, # Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997). -# From Peter Ilieve (1994-12-04), +# From Peter Ilieve (1994-12-04), # The original six [EU members]: Belgium, France, (West) Germany, Italy, # Luxembourg, the Netherlands. # Plus, from 1 Jan 73: Denmark, Ireland, United Kingdom. # Plus, from 1 Jan 81: Greece. # Plus, from 1 Jan 86: Spain, Portugal. # Plus, from 1 Jan 95: Austria, Finland, Sweden. (Norway negotiated terms for # entry but in a referendum on 28 Nov 94 the people voted No by 52.2% to 47.8% # on a turnout of 88.6%. This was almost the same result as Norway's previous # referendum in 1972, they are the only country to have said No twice. # Referendums in the other three countries voted Yes.) # ... # Estonia ... uses EU dates but not at 01:00 GMT, they use midnight GMT. # I don't think they know yet what they will do from 1996 onwards. # ... # There shouldn't be any [current members who are not using EU rules]. # A Directive has the force of law, member states are obliged to enact # national law to implement it. The only contentious issue was the # different end date for the UK and Ireland, and this was always allowed # in the Directive. ############################################################################### # Britain (United Kingdom) and Ireland (Eire) -# From Peter Ilieve (1994-07-06): +# From Peter Ilieve (1994-07-06): # # On 17 Jan 1994 the Independent, a UK quality newspaper, had a piece about # historical vistas along the Thames in west London. There was a photo # and a sketch map showing some of the sightlines involved. One paragraph # of the text said: # # `An old stone obelisk marking a forgotten terrestrial meridian stands # beside the river at Kew. In the 18th century, before time and longitude # was standardised by the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, scholars observed # this stone and the movement of stars from Kew Observatory nearby. They # made their calculations and set the time for the Horse Guards and Parliament, # but now the stone is obscured by scrubwood and can only be seen by walking # along the towpath within a few yards of it.' # # I have a one inch to one mile map of London and my estimate of the stone's # position is 51 deg. 28' 30" N, 0 deg. 18' 45" W. The longitude should # be within about +-2". The Ordnance Survey grid reference is TQ172761. # # [This yields GMTOFF = -0:01:15 for London LMT in the 18th century.] -# From Paul Eggert (1993-11-18): +# From Paul Eggert (1993-11-18): # # Howse writes that Britain was the first country to use standard time. # The railways cared most about the inconsistencies of local mean time, # and it was they who forced a uniform time on the country. # The original idea was credited to Dr. William Hyde Wollaston (1766-1828) # and was popularized by Abraham Follett Osler (1808-1903). # The first railway to adopt London time was the Great Western Railway # in November 1840; other railways followed suit, and by 1847 most # (though not all) railways used London time. On 1847-09-22 the # Railway Clearing House, an industry standards body, recommended that GMT be # adopted at all stations as soon as the General Post Office permitted it. # The transition occurred on 12-01 for the L&NW, the Caledonian, # and presumably other railways; the January 1848 Bradshaw's lists many # railways as using GMT. By 1855 the vast majority of public # clocks in Britain were set to GMT (though some, like the great clock # on Tom Tower at Christ Church, Oxford, were fitted with two minute hands, # one for local time and one for GMT). The last major holdout was the legal # system, which stubbornly stuck to local time for many years, leading # to oddities like polls opening at 08:13 and closing at 16:13. # The legal system finally switched to GMT when the Statutes (Definition # of Time) Act took effect; it received the Royal Assent on 1880-08-02. # # In the tables below, we condense this complicated story into a single # transition date for London, namely 1847-12-01. We don't know as much # about Dublin, so we use 1880-08-02, the legal transition time. # From Paul Eggert (2003-09-27): # Summer Time was first seriously proposed by William Willett (1857-1915), # a London builder and member of the Royal Astronomical Society # who circulated a pamphlet ``The Waste of Daylight'' (1907) # that proposed advancing clocks 20 minutes on each of four Sundays in April, # and retarding them by the same amount on four Sundays in September. # A bill was drafted in 1909 and introduced in Parliament several times, # but it met with ridicule and opposition, especially from farming interests. # Later editions of the pamphlet proposed one-hour summer time, and # it was eventually adopted as a wartime measure in 1916. # See: Summer Time Arrives Early, The Times (2000-05-18). # A monument to Willett was unveiled on 1927-05-21, in an open space in # a 45-acre wood near Chislehurst, Kent that was purchased by popular # subscription and open to the public. On the south face of the monolith, # designed by G. W. Miller, is the the William Willett Memorial Sundial, # which is permanently set to Summer Time. # From Winston Churchill (1934-04-28): # It is one of the paradoxes of history that we should owe the boon of # summer time, which gives every year to the people of this country # between 160 and 170 hours more daylight leisure, to a war which # plunged Europe into darkness for four years, and shook the # foundations of civilization throughout the world. # -- # "A Silent Toast to William Willett", Pictorial Weekly # # From Paul Eggert (1996-09-03): # The OED Supplement says that the English originally said ``Daylight Saving'' # when they were debating the adoption of DST in 1908; but by 1916 this # term appears only in quotes taken from DST's opponents, whereas the # proponents (who eventually won the argument) are quoted as using ``Summer''. # From Arthur David Olson (1989-01-19): # # A source at the British Information Office in New York avers that it's # known as "British" Summer Time in all parts of the United Kingdom. # Date: 4 Jan 89 08:57:25 GMT (Wed) -# From: Jonathan Leffler +# From: Jonathan Leffler # [British Summer Time] is fixed annually by Act of Parliament. # If you can predict what Parliament will do, you should be in # politics making a fortune, not computing. -# From Chris Carrier <72157.3334@CompuServe.COM> (1996-06-14): +# From Chris Carrier (1996-06-14): # I remember reading in various wartime issues of the London Times the # acronym BDST for British Double Summer Time. Look for the published # time of sunrise and sunset in The Times, when BDST was in effect, and # if you find a zone reference it will say, "All times B.D.S.T." # From Joseph S. Myers (1999-09-02): # ... some military cables (WO 219/4100 - this is a copy from the # main SHAEF archives held in the US National Archives, SHAEF/5252/8/516) # agree that the usage is BDST (this appears in a message dated 17 Feb 1945). # From Joseph S. Myers (2000-10-03): # On 18th April 1941, Sir Stephen Tallents of the BBC wrote to Sir # Alexander Maxwell of the Home Office asking whether there was any # official designation; the reply of the 21st was that there wasn't # but he couldn't think of anything better than the "Double British # Summer Time" that the BBC had been using informally. # http://student.cusu.cam.ac.uk/~jsm28/british-time/bbc-19410418.png # http://student.cusu.cam.ac.uk/~jsm28/british-time/ho-19410421.png # From Sir Alexander Maxwell in the above-mentioned letter (1941-04-21): # [N]o official designation has as far as I know been adopted for the time # which is to be introduced in May.... # I cannot think of anything better than "Double British Summer Time" # which could not be said to run counter to any official description. # From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02): # Howse writes (p 157) `DBST' too, but `BDST' seems to have been common # and follows the more usual convention of putting the location name first, # so we use `BDST'. -# Peter Ilieve (1998-04-19) described at length +# Peter Ilieve (1998-04-19) described at length # the history of summer time legislation in the United Kingdom. -# Since 1998 Joseph S. Myers has been updating +# Since 1998 Joseph S. Myers has been updating # and extending this list, which can be found in # # History of legal time in Britain # -# From Joseph S. Myers (1998-01-06): +# From Joseph S. Myers (1998-01-06): # # The legal time in the UK outside of summer time is definitely GMT, not UTC; # see Lord Tanlaw's speech # # (Lords Hansard 11 June 1997 columns 964 to 976) # . # From Paul Eggert (2001-07-18): # # For lack of other data, we'll follow Shanks for Eire in 1940-1948. # # Given Ilieve and Myers's data, the following claims by Shanks are incorrect: # * Wales did not switch from GMT to daylight saving time until # 1921 Apr 3, when they began to conform with the rest of Great Britain. # Actually, Wales was identical after 1880. # * Eire had two transitions on 1916 Oct 1. # It actually just had one transition. # * Northern Ireland used single daylight saving time throughout WW II. # Actually, it conformed to Britain. # * GB-Eire changed standard time to 1 hour ahead of GMT on 1968-02-18. # Actually, that date saw the usual switch to summer time. # Standard time was not changed until 1968-10-27 (the clocks didn't change). # # Here is another incorrect claim by Shanks: # * Jersey, Guernsey, and the Isle of Man did not switch from GMT # to daylight saving time until 1921 Apr 3, when they began to # conform with Great Britain. # S.R.&O. 1916, No. 382 and HO 45/10811/312364 (quoted above) say otherwise. # # The following claim by Shanks is possible though doubtful; # we'll ignore it for now. # * Dublin's 1971-10-31 switch was at 02:00, even though London's was 03:00. # # # Whitman says Dublin Mean Time was -0:25:21, which is more precise than Shanks. # Perhaps this was Dunsink Observatory Time, as Dunsink Observatory # (8 km NW of Dublin's center) seemingly was to Dublin as Greenwich was # to London. For example: # # "Timeball on the ballast office is down. Dunsink time." # -- James Joyce, Ulysses +# From Joseph S. Myers (2005-01-26): +# Irish laws are available online at www.irishstatutebook.ie. These include +# various relating to legal time, for example: +# +# ZZA13Y1923.html ZZA12Y1924.html ZZA8Y1925.html ZZSIV20PG1267.html +# +# ZZSI71Y1947.html ZZSI128Y1948.html ZZSI23Y1949.html ZZSI41Y1950.html +# ZZSI27Y1951.html ZZSI73Y1952.html +# +# ZZSI11Y1961.html ZZSI232Y1961.html ZZSI182Y1962.html +# ZZSI167Y1963.html ZZSI257Y1964.html ZZSI198Y1967.html +# ZZA23Y1968.html ZZA17Y1971.html +# +# ZZSI67Y1981.html ZZSI212Y1982.html ZZSI45Y1986.html +# ZZSI264Y1988.html ZZSI52Y1990.html ZZSI371Y1992.html +# ZZSI395Y1994.html ZZSI484Y1997.html ZZSI506Y2001.html +# +# [These are all relative to the root, e.g., the first is +# .] +# +# (These are those I found, but there could be more. In any case these +# should allow various updates to the comments in the europe file to cover +# the laws applicable in Ireland.) +# +# (Note that the time in the Republic of Ireland since 1968 has been defined +# in terms of standard time being GMT+1 with a period of winter time when it +# is GMT, rather than standard time being GMT with a period of summer time +# being GMT+1.) + # From Paul Eggert (1999-03-28): # Clive Feather (, 1997-03-31) # reports that Folkestone (Cheriton) Shuttle Terminal uses Concession Time # (CT), equivalent to French civil time. # Julian Hill (, 1998-09-30) reports that # trains between Dollands Moor (the freight facility next door) # and Frethun run in CT. # My admittedly uninformed guess is that the terminal has two authorities, # the French concession operators and the British civil authorities, # and that the time depends on who you're talking to. # If, say, the British police were called to the station for some reason, # I would expect the official police report to use GMT/BST and not CET/CEST. # This is a borderline case, but for now let's stick to GMT/BST. # From an anonymous contributor (1996-06-02): # The law governing time in Ireland is under Statutory Instrument SI 395/94, # which gives force to European Union 7th Council Directive # 94/21/EC. # Under this directive, the Minister for Justice in Ireland makes appropriate # regulations. I spoke this morning with the Secretary of the Department of # Justice (tel +353 1 678 9711) who confirmed to me that the correct name is # "Irish Summer Time", abbreviated to "IST". # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S # Summer Time Act, 1916 Rule GB-Eire 1916 only - May 21 2:00s 1:00 BST Rule GB-Eire 1916 only - Oct 1 2:00s 0 GMT # S.R.&O. 1917, No. 358 Rule GB-Eire 1917 only - Apr 8 2:00s 1:00 BST Rule GB-Eire 1917 only - Sep 17 2:00s 0 GMT # S.R.&O. 1918, No. 274 Rule GB-Eire 1918 only - Mar 24 2:00s 1:00 BST Rule GB-Eire 1918 only - Sep 30 2:00s 0 GMT # S.R.&O. 1919, No. 297 Rule GB-Eire 1919 only - Mar 30 2:00s 1:00 BST Rule GB-Eire 1919 only - Sep 29 2:00s 0 GMT # S.R.&O. 1920, No. 458 Rule GB-Eire 1920 only - Mar 28 2:00s 1:00 BST # S.R.&O. 1920, No. 1844 Rule GB-Eire 1920 only - Oct 25 2:00s 0 GMT # S.R.&O. 1921, No. 363 Rule GB-Eire 1921 only - Apr 3 2:00s 1:00 BST Rule GB-Eire 1921 only - Oct 3 2:00s 0 GMT # S.R.&O. 1922, No. 264 Rule GB-Eire 1922 only - Mar 26 2:00s 1:00 BST Rule GB-Eire 1922 only - Oct 8 2:00s 0 GMT # The Summer Time Act, 1922 Rule GB-Eire 1923 only - Apr Sun>=16 2:00s 1:00 BST Rule GB-Eire 1923 1924 - Sep Sun>=16 2:00s 0 GMT Rule GB-Eire 1924 only - Apr Sun>=9 2:00s 1:00 BST Rule GB-Eire 1925 1926 - Apr Sun>=16 2:00s 1:00 BST # The Summer Time Act, 1925 Rule GB-Eire 1925 1938 - Oct Sun>=2 2:00s 0 GMT Rule GB-Eire 1927 only - Apr Sun>=9 2:00s 1:00 BST Rule GB-Eire 1928 1929 - Apr Sun>=16 2:00s 1:00 BST Rule GB-Eire 1930 only - Apr Sun>=9 2:00s 1:00 BST Rule GB-Eire 1931 1932 - Apr Sun>=16 2:00s 1:00 BST Rule GB-Eire 1933 only - Apr Sun>=9 2:00s 1:00 BST Rule GB-Eire 1934 only - Apr Sun>=16 2:00s 1:00 BST Rule GB-Eire 1935 only - Apr Sun>=9 2:00s 1:00 BST Rule GB-Eire 1936 1937 - Apr Sun>=16 2:00s 1:00 BST Rule GB-Eire 1938 only - Apr Sun>=9 2:00s 1:00 BST Rule GB-Eire 1939 only - Apr Sun>=16 2:00s 1:00 BST # S.R.&O. 1939, No. 1379 Rule GB-Eire 1939 only - Nov Sun>=16 2:00s 0 GMT # S.R.&O. 1940, No. 172 and No. 1883 Rule GB-Eire 1940 only - Feb Sun>=23 2:00s 1:00 BST # S.R.&O. 1941, No. 476 Rule GB-Eire 1941 only - May Sun>=2 1:00s 2:00 BDST Rule GB-Eire 1941 1943 - Aug Sun>=9 1:00s 1:00 BST # S.R.&O. 1942, No. 506 Rule GB-Eire 1942 1944 - Apr Sun>=2 1:00s 2:00 BDST # S.R.&O. 1944, No. 932 Rule GB-Eire 1944 only - Sep Sun>=16 1:00s 1:00 BST # S.R.&O. 1945, No. 312 Rule GB-Eire 1945 only - Apr Mon>=2 1:00s 2:00 BDST Rule GB-Eire 1945 only - Jul Sun>=9 1:00s 1:00 BST # S.R.&O. 1945, No. 1208 Rule GB-Eire 1945 1946 - Oct Sun>=2 2:00s 0 GMT Rule GB-Eire 1946 only - Apr Sun>=9 2:00s 1:00 BST # The Summer Time Act, 1947 Rule GB-Eire 1947 only - Mar 16 2:00s 1:00 BST Rule GB-Eire 1947 only - Apr 13 1:00s 2:00 BDST Rule GB-Eire 1947 only - Aug 10 1:00s 1:00 BST Rule GB-Eire 1947 only - Nov 2 2:00s 0 GMT # Summer Time Order, 1948 (S.I. 1948/495) Rule GB-Eire 1948 only - Mar 14 2:00s 1:00 BST Rule GB-Eire 1948 only - Oct 31 2:00s 0 GMT # Summer Time Order, 1949 (S.I. 1949/373) Rule GB-Eire 1949 only - Apr 3 2:00s 1:00 BST Rule GB-Eire 1949 only - Oct 30 2:00s 0 GMT # Summer Time Order, 1950 (S.I. 1950/518) # Summer Time Order, 1951 (S.I. 1951/430) # Summer Time Order, 1952 (S.I. 1952/451) Rule GB-Eire 1950 1952 - Apr Sun>=14 2:00s 1:00 BST Rule GB-Eire 1950 1952 - Oct Sun>=21 2:00s 0 GMT # revert to the rules of the Summer Time Act, 1925 Rule GB-Eire 1953 only - Apr Sun>=16 2:00s 1:00 BST Rule GB-Eire 1953 1960 - Oct Sun>=2 2:00s 0 GMT Rule GB-Eire 1954 only - Apr Sun>=9 2:00s 1:00 BST Rule GB-Eire 1955 1956 - Apr Sun>=16 2:00s 1:00 BST Rule GB-Eire 1957 only - Apr Sun>=9 2:00s 1:00 BST Rule GB-Eire 1958 1959 - Apr Sun>=16 2:00s 1:00 BST Rule GB-Eire 1960 only - Apr Sun>=9 2:00s 1:00 BST # Summer Time Order, 1961 (S.I. 1961/71) # Summer Time (1962) Order, 1961 (S.I. 1961/2465) # Summer Time Order, 1963 (S.I. 1963/81) Rule GB-Eire 1961 1963 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 BST Rule GB-Eire 1961 1968 - Oct Sun>=23 2:00s 0 GMT # Summer Time (1964) Order, 1963 (S.I. 1963/2101) # Summer Time Order, 1964 (S.I. 1964/1201) # Summer Time Order, 1967 (S.I. 1967/1148) Rule GB-Eire 1964 1967 - Mar Sun>=19 2:00s 1:00 BST # Summer Time Order, 1968 (S.I. 1968/117) Rule GB-Eire 1968 only - Feb 18 2:00s 1:00 BST # The British Standard Time Act, 1968 # (no summer time) # The Summer Time Act, 1972 Rule GB-Eire 1972 1980 - Mar Sun>=16 2:00s 1:00 BST Rule GB-Eire 1972 1980 - Oct Sun>=23 2:00s 0 GMT # Summer Time Order, 1980 (S.I. 1980/1089) # Summer Time Order, 1982 (S.I. 1982/1673) # Summer Time Order, 1986 (S.I. 1986/223) # Summer Time Order, 1988 (S.I. 1988/931) Rule GB-Eire 1981 1995 - Mar lastSun 1:00u 1:00 BST Rule GB-Eire 1981 1989 - Oct Sun>=23 1:00u 0 GMT # Summer Time Order, 1989 (S.I. 1989/985) # Summer Time Order, 1992 (S.I. 1992/1729) # Summer Time Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/2798) Rule GB-Eire 1990 1995 - Oct Sun>=22 1:00u 0 GMT # Summer Time Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/2982) # See EU for rules starting in 1996. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Europe/London -0:01:15 - LMT 1847 Dec 1 0:00 GB-Eire %s 1968 Oct 27 1:00 - BST 1971 Oct 31 2:00u 0:00 GB-Eire %s 1996 0:00 EU GMT/BST -Zone Europe/Belfast -0:23:40 - LMT 1880 Aug 2 - -0:25:21 - DMT 1916 May 21 2:00 # Dublin/Dunsink MT - -0:25:21 1:00 IST 1916 Oct 1 2:00s # Irish Summer Time - 0:00 GB-Eire %s 1968 Oct 27 - 1:00 - BST 1971 Oct 31 2:00u - 0:00 GB-Eire %s 1996 - 0:00 EU GMT/BST Zone Europe/Dublin -0:25:00 - LMT 1880 Aug 2 -0:25:21 - DMT 1916 May 21 2:00 -0:25:21 1:00 IST 1916 Oct 1 2:00s 0:00 GB-Eire %s 1921 Dec 6 # independence 0:00 GB-Eire GMT/IST 1940 Feb 25 2:00 0:00 1:00 IST 1946 Oct 6 2:00 0:00 - GMT 1947 Mar 16 2:00 0:00 1:00 IST 1947 Nov 2 2:00 0:00 - GMT 1948 Apr 18 2:00 0:00 GB-Eire GMT/IST 1968 Oct 27 1:00 - IST 1971 Oct 31 2:00u 0:00 GB-Eire GMT/IST 1996 0:00 EU GMT/IST ############################################################################### # Continental Europe # EU rules are for the European Union, previously known as the EC, EEC, # Common Market, etc. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule EU 1977 1980 - Apr Sun>=1 1:00u 1:00 S Rule EU 1977 only - Sep lastSun 1:00u 0 - Rule EU 1978 only - Oct 1 1:00u 0 - Rule EU 1979 1995 - Sep lastSun 1:00u 0 - Rule EU 1981 max - Mar lastSun 1:00u 1:00 S Rule EU 1996 max - Oct lastSun 1:00u 0 - # The most recent directive covers the years starting in 2002. See: # # W-Eur differs from EU only in that W-Eur uses standard time. Rule W-Eur 1977 1980 - Apr Sun>=1 1:00s 1:00 S Rule W-Eur 1977 only - Sep lastSun 1:00s 0 - Rule W-Eur 1978 only - Oct 1 1:00s 0 - Rule W-Eur 1979 1995 - Sep lastSun 1:00s 0 - Rule W-Eur 1981 max - Mar lastSun 1:00s 1:00 S Rule W-Eur 1996 max - Oct lastSun 1:00s 0 - # Older C-Eur rules are for convenience in the tables. # From 1977 on, C-Eur differs from EU only in that C-Eur uses standard time. Rule C-Eur 1916 only - Apr 30 23:00 1:00 S Rule C-Eur 1916 only - Oct 1 1:00 0 - Rule C-Eur 1917 1918 - Apr Mon>=15 2:00s 1:00 S Rule C-Eur 1917 1918 - Sep Mon>=15 2:00s 0 - Rule C-Eur 1940 only - Apr 1 2:00s 1:00 S Rule C-Eur 1942 only - Nov 2 2:00s 0 - Rule C-Eur 1943 only - Mar 29 2:00s 1:00 S Rule C-Eur 1943 only - Oct 4 2:00s 0 - Rule C-Eur 1944 only - Apr 3 2:00s 1:00 S # Whitman gives 1944 Oct 7; go with Shanks. Rule C-Eur 1944 only - Oct 2 2:00s 0 - Rule C-Eur 1977 1980 - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 S Rule C-Eur 1977 only - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 - Rule C-Eur 1978 only - Oct 1 2:00s 0 - Rule C-Eur 1979 1995 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 - Rule C-Eur 1981 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S Rule C-Eur 1996 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 - # E-Eur differs from EU only in that E-Eur switches at midnight local time. Rule E-Eur 1977 1980 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S Rule E-Eur 1977 only - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - Rule E-Eur 1978 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - Rule E-Eur 1979 1995 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - Rule E-Eur 1981 max - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S Rule E-Eur 1996 max - Oct lastSun 0:00 0 - # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Russia 1917 only - Jul 1 23:00 1:00 MST # Moscow Summer Time Rule Russia 1917 only - Dec 28 0:00 0 MMT # Moscow Mean Time Rule Russia 1918 only - May 31 22:00 2:00 MDST # Moscow Double Summer Time Rule Russia 1918 only - Sep 16 1:00 1:00 MST Rule Russia 1919 only - May 31 23:00 2:00 MDST Rule Russia 1919 only - Jul 1 2:00 1:00 S Rule Russia 1919 only - Aug 16 0:00 0 - Rule Russia 1921 only - Feb 14 23:00 1:00 S Rule Russia 1921 only - Mar 20 23:00 2:00 M # Midsummer Rule Russia 1921 only - Sep 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Russia 1921 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - # Act No.925 of the Council of Ministers of the USSR (1980-10-24): Rule Russia 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Russia 1981 1983 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - # Act No.967 of the Council of Ministers of the USSR (1984-09-13), repeated in # Act No.227 of the Council of Ministers of the USSR (1989-03-14): Rule Russia 1984 1991 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 - Rule Russia 1985 1991 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S # Rule Russia 1992 only - Mar lastSat 23:00 1:00 S Rule Russia 1992 only - Sep lastSat 23:00 0 - Rule Russia 1993 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Russia 1993 1995 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 - Rule Russia 1996 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 - # These are for backward compatibility with older versions. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone WET 0:00 EU WE%sT Zone CET 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT Zone MET 1:00 C-Eur ME%sT Zone EET 2:00 EU EE%sT # Previous editions of this database used abbreviations like MET DST # for Central European Summer Time, but this didn't agree with common usage. -# From Markus Kuhn (1996-07-12): +# From Markus Kuhn (1996-07-12): # The official German names ... are # # Mitteleuropaeische Zeit (MEZ) = UTC+01:00 # Mitteleuropaeische Sommerzeit (MESZ) = UTC+02:00 # # as defined in the German Time Act (Gesetz ueber die Zeitbestimmung (ZeitG), # 1978-07-25, Bundesgesetzblatt, Jahrgang 1978, Teil I, S. 1110-1111).... # I wrote ... to the German Federal Physical-Technical Institution # # Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) # Laboratorium 4.41 "Zeiteinheit" # Postfach 3345 # D-38023 Braunschweig # phone: +49 531 592-0 # # ... I received today an answer letter from Dr. Peter Hetzel, head of the PTB # department for time and frequency transmission. He explained that the # PTB translates MEZ and MESZ into English as # # Central European Time (CET) = UTC+01:00 # Central European Summer Time (CEST) = UTC+02:00 # Albania # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Albania 1940 only - Jun 16 0:00 1:00 S Rule Albania 1942 only - Nov 2 3:00 0 - Rule Albania 1943 only - Mar 29 2:00 1:00 S Rule Albania 1943 only - Apr 10 3:00 0 - Rule Albania 1974 only - May 4 0:00 1:00 S Rule Albania 1974 only - Oct 2 0:00 0 - Rule Albania 1975 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Albania 1975 only - Oct 2 0:00 0 - Rule Albania 1976 only - May 2 0:00 1:00 S Rule Albania 1976 only - Oct 3 0:00 0 - Rule Albania 1977 only - May 8 0:00 1:00 S Rule Albania 1977 only - Oct 2 0:00 0 - Rule Albania 1978 only - May 6 0:00 1:00 S Rule Albania 1978 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - Rule Albania 1979 only - May 5 0:00 1:00 S Rule Albania 1979 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 - Rule Albania 1980 only - May 3 0:00 1:00 S Rule Albania 1980 only - Oct 4 0:00 0 - Rule Albania 1981 only - Apr 26 0:00 1:00 S Rule Albania 1981 only - Sep 27 0:00 0 - Rule Albania 1982 only - May 2 0:00 1:00 S Rule Albania 1982 only - Oct 3 0:00 0 - Rule Albania 1983 only - Apr 18 0:00 1:00 S Rule Albania 1983 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - Rule Albania 1984 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Europe/Tirane 1:19:20 - LMT 1914 1:00 - CET 1940 Jun 16 1:00 Albania CE%sT 1984 Jul 1:00 EU CE%sT # Andorra # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Europe/Andorra 0:06:04 - LMT 1901 0:00 - WET 1946 Sep 30 1:00 - CET 1985 Mar 31 2:00 1:00 EU CE%sT # Austria # From Paul Eggert (2003-02-28): Shanks gives 1918-06-16 and # 1945-11-18, but the Austrian Federal Office of Metrology and # Surveying (BEV) gives 1918-09-16 and for Vienna gives the "alleged" # date of 1945-04-12 with no time. For the 1980-04-06 transition # Shanks gives 02:00, the BEV 00:00. Go with the BEV, and guess 02:00 # for 1945-04-12. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Austria 1920 only - Apr 5 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Austria 1920 only - Sep 13 2:00s 0 - Rule Austria 1946 only - Apr 14 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Austria 1946 1948 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - Rule Austria 1947 only - Apr 6 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Austria 1948 only - Apr 18 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Austria 1980 only - Apr 6 0:00 1:00 S Rule Austria 1980 only - Sep 28 0:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Europe/Vienna 1:05:20 - LMT 1893 Apr 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1920 1:00 Austria CE%sT 1940 Apr 1 2:00s 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1945 Apr 2 2:00s 1:00 1:00 CEST 1945 Apr 12 2:00s 1:00 - CET 1946 1:00 Austria CE%sT 1981 1:00 EU CE%sT # Belarus # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Europe/Minsk 1:50:16 - LMT 1880 1:50 - MMT 1924 May 2 # Minsk Mean Time 2:00 - EET 1930 Jun 21 3:00 - MSK 1941 Jun 28 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1944 Jul 3 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 1990 3:00 - MSK 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 2:00 1:00 EEST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s 2:00 - EET 1992 Mar 29 0:00s 2:00 1:00 EEST 1992 Sep 27 0:00s 2:00 Russia EE%sT # Belgium # # From Paul Eggert (1997-07-02): # Entries from 1918 through 1991 are taken from: # Annuaire de L'Observatoire Royal de Belgique, # Avenue Circulaire, 3, B-1180 BRUXELLES, CLVIIe annee, 1991 # (Imprimerie HAYEZ, s.p.r.l., Rue Fin, 4, 1080 BRUXELLES, MCMXC), # pp 8-9. # LMT before 1892 was 0:17:30, according to the official journal of Belgium: # Moniteur Belge, Samedi 30 Avril 1892, N.121. -# Thanks to Pascal Delmoitie for these references. +# Thanks to Pascal Delmoitie for these references. # The 1918 rules are listed for completeness; they apply to unoccupied Belgium. # Assume Brussels switched to WET in 1918 when the armistice took effect. # # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Belgium 1918 only - Mar 9 0:00s 1:00 S Rule Belgium 1918 1919 - Oct Sat>=1 23:00s 0 - Rule Belgium 1919 only - Mar 1 23:00s 1:00 S Rule Belgium 1920 only - Feb 14 23:00s 1:00 S Rule Belgium 1920 only - Oct 23 23:00s 0 - Rule Belgium 1921 only - Mar 14 23:00s 1:00 S Rule Belgium 1921 only - Oct 25 23:00s 0 - Rule Belgium 1922 only - Mar 25 23:00s 1:00 S Rule Belgium 1922 1927 - Oct Sat>=1 23:00s 0 - Rule Belgium 1923 only - Apr 21 23:00s 1:00 S Rule Belgium 1924 only - Mar 29 23:00s 1:00 S Rule Belgium 1925 only - Apr 4 23:00s 1:00 S # DSH writes that a royal decree of 1926-02-22 specified the Sun following 3rd # Sat in Apr (except if it's Easter, in which case it's one Sunday earlier), # to Sun following 1st Sat in Oct, and that a royal decree of 1928-09-15 # changed the transition times to 02:00 GMT. Rule Belgium 1926 only - Apr 17 23:00s 1:00 S Rule Belgium 1927 only - Apr 9 23:00s 1:00 S Rule Belgium 1928 only - Apr 14 23:00s 1:00 S Rule Belgium 1928 1938 - Oct Sun>=2 2:00s 0 - Rule Belgium 1929 only - Apr 21 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Belgium 1930 only - Apr 13 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Belgium 1931 only - Apr 19 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Belgium 1932 only - Apr 3 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Belgium 1933 only - Mar 26 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Belgium 1934 only - Apr 8 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Belgium 1935 only - Mar 31 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Belgium 1936 only - Apr 19 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Belgium 1937 only - Apr 4 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Belgium 1938 only - Mar 27 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Belgium 1939 only - Apr 16 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Belgium 1939 only - Nov 19 2:00s 0 - Rule Belgium 1940 only - Feb 25 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Belgium 1944 only - Sep 17 2:00s 0 - Rule Belgium 1945 only - Apr 2 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Belgium 1945 only - Sep 16 2:00s 0 - Rule Belgium 1946 only - May 19 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Belgium 1946 only - Oct 7 2:00s 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Europe/Brussels 0:17:30 - LMT 1880 0:17:30 - BMT 1892 May 1 12:00 # Brussels MT 0:00 - WET 1914 Nov 8 1:00 - CET 1916 May 1 0:00 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1918 Nov 11 11:00u 0:00 Belgium WE%sT 1940 May 20 2:00s 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1944 Sep 3 1:00 Belgium CE%sT 1977 1:00 EU CE%sT # Bosnia and Herzegovina # see Serbia and Montenegro # Bulgaria # -# From Plamen Simenov via Steffen Thorsen (1999-09-09): +# From Plamen Simenov via Steffen Thorsen (1999-09-09): # A document of Government of Bulgaria (No.94/1997) says: # EET --> EETDST is in 03:00 Local time in last Sunday of March ... # EETDST --> EET is in 04:00 Local time in last Sunday of October # # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Bulg 1979 only - Mar 31 23:00 1:00 S Rule Bulg 1979 only - Oct 1 1:00 0 - Rule Bulg 1980 1982 - Apr Sat<=7 23:00 1:00 S Rule Bulg 1980 only - Sep 29 1:00 0 - Rule Bulg 1981 only - Sep 27 2:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Europe/Sofia 1:33:16 - LMT 1880 1:56:56 - IMT 1894 Nov 30 # Istanbul MT? 2:00 - EET 1942 Nov 2 3:00 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1945 Apr 2 3:00 2:00 - EET 1979 Mar 31 23:00 2:00 Bulg EE%sT 1982 Sep 26 2:00 2:00 C-Eur EE%sT 1991 2:00 E-Eur EE%sT 1997 2:00 EU EE%sT # Croatia # see Serbia and Montenegro # Cyprus # Please see the `asia' file for Asia/Nicosia. # Czech Republic # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Czech 1945 only - Apr 8 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Czech 1945 only - Nov 18 2:00s 0 - Rule Czech 1946 only - May 6 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Czech 1946 1949 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - Rule Czech 1947 only - Apr 20 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Czech 1948 only - Apr 18 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Czech 1949 only - Apr 9 2:00s 1:00 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Europe/Prague 0:57:44 - LMT 1850 0:57:44 - PMT 1891 Oct # Prague Mean Time 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1944 Sep 17 2:00s 1:00 Czech CE%sT 1979 1:00 EU CE%sT # Denmark, Faeroe Islands, and Greenland + +# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2005-04-26): +# http://www.hum.aau.dk/~poe/tid/tine/DanskTid.htm says that the law +# [introducing standard time] was in effect from 1894-01-01.... +# The page http://www.retsinfo.dk/_GETDOCI_/ACCN/A18930008330-REGL +# confirms this, and states that the law was put forth 1893-03-29. +# +# The EU treaty with effect from 1973: +# http://www.retsinfo.dk/_GETDOCI_/ACCN/A19722110030-REGL +# +# This provoked a new law from 1974 to make possible summer time changes +# in subsequenet decrees with the law +# http://www.retsinfo.dk/_GETDOCI_/ACCN/A19740022330-REGL +# +# It seems however that no decree was set forward until 1980. I have +# not found any decree, but in another related law, the effecting DST +# changes are stated explicitly to be from 1980-04-06 at 02:00 to +# 1980-09-28 at 02:00. If this is true, this differs slightly from +# the EU rule in that DST runs to 02:00, not 03:00. We don't know +# when Denmark began using the EU rule correctly, but we have only +# confirmation of the 1980-time, so I presume it was correct in 1981: +# The law is about the management of the extra hour, concerning +# working hours reported and effect on obligatory-rest rules (which +# was suspended on that night): +# http://www.retsinfo.dk/_GETDOCI_/ACCN/C19801120554-REGL + +# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2005-06-11): +# The Herning Folkeblad (1980-09-26) reported that the night between +# Saturday and Sunday the clock is set back from three to two. + +# From Paul Eggert (2005-06-11): +# Hence the "02:00" of the 1980 law refers to standard time, not +# wall-clock time, and so the EU rules were in effect in 1980. + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Denmark 1916 only - May 14 23:00 1:00 S Rule Denmark 1916 only - Sep 30 23:00 0 - Rule Denmark 1940 only - May 15 0:00 1:00 S Rule Denmark 1945 only - Apr 2 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Denmark 1945 only - Aug 15 2:00s 0 - Rule Denmark 1946 only - May 1 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Denmark 1946 only - Sep 1 2:00s 0 - Rule Denmark 1947 only - May 4 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Denmark 1947 only - Aug 10 2:00s 0 - Rule Denmark 1948 only - May 9 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Denmark 1948 only - Aug 8 2:00s 0 - -# Whitman also gives 1949 Apr 9 to 1949 Oct 1, and disagrees in minor ways -# about many of the above dates; go with Shanks. # -# For 1894, Shanks says Jan, Whitman Apr; go with Whitman. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Europe/Copenhagen 0:50:20 - LMT 1890 - 0:50:20 - CMT 1894 Apr # Copenhagen Mean Time + 0:50:20 - CMT 1894 Jan 1 # Copenhagen MT 1:00 Denmark CE%sT 1942 Nov 2 2:00s 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1945 Apr 2 2:00 1:00 Denmark CE%sT 1980 1:00 EU CE%sT Zone Atlantic/Faeroe -0:27:04 - LMT 1908 Jan 11 # Torshavn 0:00 - WET 1981 0:00 EU WE%sT # +# From Paul Eggert (2004-10-31): +# During World War II, Germany maintained secret manned weather stations in +# East Greenland and Franz Josef Land, but we don't know their time zones. +# My source for this is Wilhelm Dege's book mentioned under Svalbard. +# # From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22): # Greenland joined the EU as part of Denmark, obtained home rule on 1979-05-01, # and left the EU on 1985-02-01. It therefore should have been using EU # rules at least through 1984. Shanks says Scoresbysund and Godthab # used C-Eur rules after 1980, but IATA SSIM (1991/1996) says they use EU # rules since at least 1991. Assume EU rules since 1980. # From Gwillin Law (2001-06-06), citing # (2001-03-15), # and with translations corrected by Steffen Thorsen: # # Greenland has four local times, and the relation to UTC # is according to the following time line: # # The military zone near Thule UTC-4 # Standard Greenland time UTC-3 # Scoresbysund UTC-1 # Danmarkshavn UTC # # In the military area near Thule and in Danmarkshavn DST will not be # introduced. # From Rives McDow (2001-11-01): # # I correspond regularly with the Dansk Polarcenter, and wrote them at # the time to clarify the situation in Thule. Unfortunately, I have # not heard back from them regarding my recent letter. [But I have # info from earlier correspondence.] # # According to the center, a very small local time zone around Thule # Air Base keeps the time according to UTC-4, implementing daylight # savings using North America rules, changing the time at 02:00 local time.... # # The east coast of Greenland north of the community of Scoresbysund # uses UTC in the same way as in Iceland, year round, with no dst. # There are just a few stations on this coast, including the # Danmarkshavn ICAO weather station mentioned in your September 29th # email. The other stations are two sledge patrol stations in # Mestersvig and Daneborg, the air force base at Station Nord, and the # DPC research station at Zackenberg. # # Scoresbysund and two small villages nearby keep time UTC-1 and use # the same daylight savings time period as in West Greenland (Godthab). # # The rest of Greenland, including Godthab (this area, although it # includes central Greenland, is known as west Greenland), keeps time # UTC-3, with daylight savings methods according to European rules. # # It is common procedure to use UTC 0 in the wilderness of East and # North Greenland, because it is mainly Icelandic aircraft operators # maintaining traffic in these areas. However, the official status of # this area is that it sticks with Godthab time. This area might be # considered a dual time zone in some respects because of this. # From Rives McDow (2001-11-19): # I heard back from someone stationed at Thule; the time change took place # there at 2:00 AM. # From Paul Eggert (2001-11-19): # The 1997 CIA map shows Danmarkshavn on GMT; the 1995 map as like Godthab. # For lack of better info, assume they were like Godthab before 1996. # startkart.no says Thule does not observe DST, but this is clearly an error, # so go with Shanks for all Thule transitions. # # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Thule 1991 1992 - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Thule 1991 1992 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Thule 1993 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D Rule Thule 1993 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S # # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Danmarkshavn -1:14:40 - LMT 1916 Jul 28 -3:00 - WGT 1980 Apr 6 2:00 -3:00 EU WG%sT 1996 0:00 - GMT Zone America/Scoresbysund -1:29:00 - LMT 1916 Jul 28 # Ittoqqortoormiit -2:00 - CGT 1980 Apr 6 2:00 -2:00 C-Eur CG%sT 1981 Mar 29 -1:00 EU EG%sT Zone America/Godthab -3:26:56 - LMT 1916 Jul 28 # Nuuk -3:00 - WGT 1980 Apr 6 2:00 -3:00 EU WG%sT Zone America/Thule -4:35:08 - LMT 1916 Jul 28 # Pituffik air base -4:00 Thule A%sT # Estonia -# From Peter Ilieve (1994-10-15): +# From Peter Ilieve (1994-10-15): # A relative in Tallinn confirms the accuracy of the data for 1989 onwards # [through 1994] and gives the legal authority for it, # a regulation of the Government of Estonia, No. 111 of 1989.... # -# From Peter Ilieve (1996-10-28): +# From Peter Ilieve (1996-10-28): # [IATA SSIM (1992/1996) claims that the Baltic republics switch at 01:00s, # but a relative confirms that Estonia still switches at 02:00s, writing:] # ``I do not [know] exactly but there are some little different # (confusing) rules for International Air and Railway Transport Schedules # conversion in Sunday connected with end of summer time in Estonia.... # A discussion is running about the summer time efficiency and effect on # human physiology. It seems that Estonia maybe will not change to # summer time next spring.'' -# From Peter Ilieve (1998-11-04), heavily edited: +# From Peter Ilieve (1998-11-04), heavily edited: # # The 1998-09-22 Estonian time law # # refers to the Eighth Directive and cites the association agreement between # the EU and Estonia, ratified by the Estonian law (RT II 1995, 22--27, 120). # # I also asked [my relative] whether they use any standard abbreviation # for their standard and summer times. He says no, they use "suveaeg" # (summer time) and "talveaeg" (winter time). # From The Baltic Times (1999-09-09) # via Steffen Thorsen: # This year will mark the last time Estonia shifts to summer time, # a council of the ruling coalition announced Sept. 6.... # But what this could mean for Estonia's chances of joining the European # Union are still unclear. In 1994, the EU declared summer time compulsory # for all member states until 2001. Brussels has yet to decide what to do # after that. # From Mart Oruaas (2000-01-29): # Regulation no. 301 (1999-10-12) obsoletes previous regulation # no. 206 (1998-09-22) and thus sticks Estonia to +02:00 GMT for all # the year round. The regulation is effective 1999-11-01. # From Toomas Soome (2002-02-21): # The Estonian government has changed once again timezone politics. # Now we are using again EU rules. # # From Urmet Jaanes (2002-03-28): # The legislative reference is Government decree No. 84 on 2002-02-21. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Europe/Tallinn 1:39:00 - LMT 1880 1:39:00 - TMT 1918 Feb # Tallinn Mean Time 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1919 Jul 1:39:00 - TMT 1921 May 2:00 - EET 1940 Aug 6 3:00 - MSK 1941 Sep 15 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1944 Sep 22 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 1989 Mar 26 2:00s 2:00 1:00 EEST 1989 Sep 24 2:00s 2:00 C-Eur EE%sT 1998 Sep 22 2:00 EU EE%sT 1999 Nov 1 2:00 - EET 2002 Feb 21 2:00 EU EE%sT # Finland # -# From Hannu Strang (25 Sep 1994 06:03:37 UTC): +# From Hannu Strang (25 Sep 1994 06:03:37 UTC): # Well, here in Helsinki we're just changing from summer time to regular one, # and it's supposed to change at 4am... # -# From Paul Eggert (25 Sep 1994): +# From Paul Eggert (25 Sep 1994): # Shanks says Finland has switched at 02:00 standard time since 1981. # Go with Strang instead. # # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Finland 1942 only - Apr 3 0:00 1:00 S Rule Finland 1942 only - Oct 3 0:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Europe/Helsinki 1:39:52 - LMT 1878 May 31 1:39:52 - HMT 1921 May # Helsinki Mean Time 2:00 Finland EE%sT 1981 Mar 29 2:00 2:00 EU EE%sT # Aaland Is Link Europe/Helsinki Europe/Mariehamn # France # From Ciro Discepolo (2000-12-20): # # Henri Le Corre, Regimes Horaires pour le monde entier, Editions # Traditionnelles - Paris 2 books, 1993 # # Gabriel, Traite de l'heure dans le monde, Guy Tredaniel editeur, # Paris, 1991 # # Francoise Gauquelin, Problemes de l'heure resolus en astrologie, # Guy tredaniel, Paris 1987 # # Shanks seems to use `24:00' ambiguously; we resolve it with Whitman. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule France 1916 only - Jun 14 23:00s 1:00 S Rule France 1916 1919 - Oct Sun>=1 23:00s 0 - Rule France 1917 only - Mar 24 23:00s 1:00 S Rule France 1918 only - Mar 9 23:00s 1:00 S Rule France 1919 only - Mar 1 23:00s 1:00 S Rule France 1920 only - Feb 14 23:00s 1:00 S Rule France 1920 only - Oct 23 23:00s 0 - Rule France 1921 only - Mar 14 23:00s 1:00 S Rule France 1921 only - Oct 25 23:00s 0 - Rule France 1922 only - Mar 25 23:00s 1:00 S # DSH writes that a law of 1923-05-24 specified 3rd Sat in Apr at 23:00 to 1st # Sat in Oct at 24:00; and that in 1930, because of Easter, the transitions # were Apr 12 and Oct 5. Go with Shanks. Rule France 1922 1938 - Oct Sat>=1 23:00s 0 - Rule France 1923 only - May 26 23:00s 1:00 S Rule France 1924 only - Mar 29 23:00s 1:00 S Rule France 1925 only - Apr 4 23:00s 1:00 S Rule France 1926 only - Apr 17 23:00s 1:00 S Rule France 1927 only - Apr 9 23:00s 1:00 S Rule France 1928 only - Apr 14 23:00s 1:00 S Rule France 1929 only - Apr 20 23:00s 1:00 S Rule France 1930 only - Apr 12 23:00s 1:00 S Rule France 1931 only - Apr 18 23:00s 1:00 S Rule France 1932 only - Apr 2 23:00s 1:00 S Rule France 1933 only - Mar 25 23:00s 1:00 S Rule France 1934 only - Apr 7 23:00s 1:00 S Rule France 1935 only - Mar 30 23:00s 1:00 S Rule France 1936 only - Apr 18 23:00s 1:00 S Rule France 1937 only - Apr 3 23:00s 1:00 S Rule France 1938 only - Mar 26 23:00s 1:00 S Rule France 1939 only - Apr 15 23:00s 1:00 S Rule France 1939 only - Nov 18 23:00s 0 - Rule France 1940 only - Feb 25 2:00 1:00 S # The French rules for 1941-1944 were not used in Paris, but Shanks writes # that they were used in Monaco and in many French locations. # Le Corre writes that the upper limit of the free zone was Arneguy, Orthez, # Mont-de-Marsan, Bazas, Langon, Lamotte-Montravel, Marouil, La # Rochefoucault, Champagne-Mouton, La Roche-Posay, La Haye-Decartes, # Loches, Montrichard, Vierzon, Bourges, Moulins, Digoin, # Paray-le-Monial, Montceau-les-Mines, Chalons-sur-Saone, Arbois, # Dole, Morez, St-Claude, and Collognes (Haute-Savioe). Rule France 1941 only - May 5 0:00 2:00 M # Midsummer # Shanks says this transition occurred at Oct 6 1:00, -# but go with Denis.Excoffier@ens.fr (1997-12-12), +# but go with Denis Excoffier (1997-12-12), # who quotes the Ephemerides Astronomiques for 1998 from Bureau des Longitudes # as saying 5/10/41 22hUT. Rule France 1941 only - Oct 6 0:00 1:00 S Rule France 1942 only - Mar 9 0:00 2:00 M Rule France 1942 only - Nov 2 3:00 1:00 S Rule France 1943 only - Mar 29 2:00 2:00 M Rule France 1943 only - Oct 4 3:00 1:00 S Rule France 1944 only - Apr 3 2:00 2:00 M Rule France 1944 only - Oct 8 1:00 1:00 S Rule France 1945 only - Apr 2 2:00 2:00 M Rule France 1945 only - Sep 16 3:00 0 - # Shanks gives Mar 28 2:00 and Sep 26 3:00; # go with Excoffier's 28/3/76 0hUT and 25/9/76 23hUT. Rule France 1976 only - Mar 28 1:00 1:00 S Rule France 1976 only - Sep 26 1:00 0 - # Shanks gives 0:09 for Paris Mean Time, and Whitman gives 0:09:05, # but Howse quotes the actual French legislation as saying 0:09:21. # Go with Howse. Howse writes that the time in France was officially based # on PMT-0:09:21 until 1978-08-09, when the time base finally switched to UTC. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Europe/Paris 0:09:21 - LMT 1891 Mar 15 0:01 0:09:21 - PMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Paris MT # Shanks gives 1940 Jun 14 0:00; go with Excoffier and Le Corre. 0:00 France WE%sT 1940 Jun 14 23:00 # Le Corre says Paris stuck with occupied-France time after the liberation; # go with Shanks. 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1944 Aug 25 0:00 France WE%sT 1945 Sep 16 3:00 1:00 France CE%sT 1977 1:00 EU CE%sT # Germany -# From Markus Kuhn (1998-09-29): +# From Markus Kuhn (1998-09-29): # The German time zone web site by the Physikalisch-Technische # Bundesanstalt contains DST information back to 1916. # [See tz-link.htm for the URL.] # From Joerg Schilling (2002-10-23): # In 1945, Berlin was switched to Moscow Summer time (GMT+4) by # General [Nikolai] Bersarin. # From Paul Eggert (2003-03-08): # # says that Bersarin issued an order to use Moscow time on May 20. # However, Moscow did not observe daylight saving in 1945, so # this was equivalent to CEMT (GMT+3), not GMT+4. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Germany 1945 only - Apr 2 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Germany 1945 only - May 24 2:00 2:00 M # Midsummer Rule Germany 1945 only - Sep 24 3:00 1:00 S Rule Germany 1945 only - Nov 18 2:00s 0 - Rule Germany 1946 only - Apr 14 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Germany 1946 only - Oct 7 2:00s 0 - Rule Germany 1947 1949 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - Rule Germany 1947 only - Apr 6 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Germany 1947 only - May 11 2:00s 2:00 M Rule Germany 1947 only - Jun 29 3:00 1:00 S Rule Germany 1948 only - Apr 18 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Germany 1949 only - Apr 10 2:00s 1:00 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Europe/Berlin 0:53:28 - LMT 1893 Apr 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1945 Apr 2 2:00 1:00 Germany CE%sT 1980 1:00 EU CE%sT # Georgia # Please see the "asia" file for Asia/Tbilisi. # Herodotus (Histories, IV.45) says Georgia north of the Phasis (now Rioni) # is in Europe. Our reference location Tbilisi is in the Asian part. # Gibraltar # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Europe/Gibraltar -0:21:24 - LMT 1880 Aug 2 0:00 GB-Eire %s 1957 Apr 14 2:00 1:00 - CET 1982 1:00 EU CE%sT # Greece # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S # Whitman gives 1932 Jul 5 - Nov 1; go with Shanks. Rule Greece 1932 only - Jul 7 0:00 1:00 S Rule Greece 1932 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 - # Whitman gives 1941 Apr 25 - ?; go with Shanks. Rule Greece 1941 only - Apr 7 0:00 1:00 S # Whitman gives 1942 Feb 2 - ?; go with Shanks. Rule Greece 1942 only - Nov 2 3:00 0 - Rule Greece 1943 only - Mar 30 0:00 1:00 S Rule Greece 1943 only - Oct 4 0:00 0 - # Whitman gives 1944 Oct 3 - Oct 31; go with Shanks. Rule Greece 1952 only - Jul 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Greece 1952 only - Nov 2 0:00 0 - Rule Greece 1975 only - Apr 12 0:00s 1:00 S Rule Greece 1975 only - Nov 26 0:00s 0 - Rule Greece 1976 only - Apr 11 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Greece 1976 only - Oct 10 2:00s 0 - Rule Greece 1977 1978 - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Greece 1977 only - Sep 26 2:00s 0 - Rule Greece 1978 only - Sep 24 4:00 0 - Rule Greece 1979 only - Apr 1 9:00 1:00 S Rule Greece 1979 only - Sep 29 2:00 0 - Rule Greece 1980 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Greece 1980 only - Sep 28 0:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Europe/Athens 1:34:52 - LMT 1895 Sep 14 1:34:52 - AMT 1916 Jul 28 0:01 # Athens MT 2:00 Greece EE%sT 1941 Apr 30 1:00 Greece CE%sT 1944 Apr 4 2:00 Greece EE%sT 1981 # Shanks says they switched to C-Eur in 1981; # go with EU instead, since Greece joined it on Jan 1. 2:00 EU EE%sT # Hungary # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Hungary 1918 only - Apr 1 3:00 1:00 S Rule Hungary 1918 only - Sep 29 3:00 0 - Rule Hungary 1919 only - Apr 15 3:00 1:00 S Rule Hungary 1919 only - Sep 15 3:00 0 - Rule Hungary 1920 only - Apr 5 3:00 1:00 S Rule Hungary 1920 only - Sep 30 3:00 0 - Rule Hungary 1945 only - May 1 23:00 1:00 S Rule Hungary 1945 only - Nov 3 0:00 0 - Rule Hungary 1946 only - Mar 31 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Hungary 1946 1949 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - Rule Hungary 1947 1949 - Apr Sun>=4 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Hungary 1950 only - Apr 17 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Hungary 1950 only - Oct 23 2:00s 0 - Rule Hungary 1954 1955 - May 23 0:00 1:00 S Rule Hungary 1954 1955 - Oct 3 0:00 0 - Rule Hungary 1956 only - Jun Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Hungary 1956 only - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - Rule Hungary 1957 only - Jun Sun>=1 1:00 1:00 S Rule Hungary 1957 only - Sep lastSun 3:00 0 - Rule Hungary 1980 only - Apr 6 1:00 1:00 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Europe/Budapest 1:16:20 - LMT 1890 Oct 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1918 1:00 Hungary CE%sT 1941 Apr 6 2:00 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1945 May 1 23:00 1:00 Hungary CE%sT 1980 Sep 28 2:00s 1:00 EU CE%sT # Iceland # -# From Adam David (1993-11-06): +# From Adam David (1993-11-06): # The name of the timezone in Iceland for system / mail / news purposes is GMT. # # (1993-12-05): # This material is paraphrased from the 1988 edition of the University of # Iceland Almanak. # # From January 1st, 1908 the whole of Iceland was standardised at 1 hour # behind GMT. Previously, local mean solar time was used in different parts # of Iceland, the almanak had been based on Reykjavik mean solar time which # was 1 hour and 28 minutes behind GMT. # # "first day of winter" referred to [below] means the first day of the 26 weeks # of winter, according to the old icelandic calendar that dates back to the # time the norsemen first settled Iceland. The first day of winter is always # Saturday, but is not dependent on the Julian or Gregorian calendars. # # (1993-12-10): # I have a reference from the Oxford Icelandic-English dictionary for the # beginning of winter, which ties it to the ecclesiastical calendar (and thus # to the julian/gregorian calendar) over the period in question. # the winter begins on the Saturday next before St. Luke's day # (old style), or on St. Luke's day, if a Saturday. # St. Luke's day ought to be traceable from ecclesiastical sources. "old style" # might be a reference to the Julian calendar as opposed to Gregorian, or it # might mean something else (???). # -# From Paul Eggert (1999-10-29): +# From Paul Eggert (1999-10-29): # The Iceland Almanak, Shanks and Whitman disagree on many points. # We go with the Almanak, except for one claim from Shanks, namely that # Reykavik was 21W57 from 1837 to 1908, local mean time before that. # # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Iceland 1917 1918 - Feb 19 23:00 1:00 S Rule Iceland 1917 only - Oct 21 1:00 0 - Rule Iceland 1918 only - Nov 16 1:00 0 - Rule Iceland 1939 only - Apr 29 23:00 1:00 S Rule Iceland 1939 only - Nov 29 2:00 0 - Rule Iceland 1940 only - Feb 25 2:00 1:00 S Rule Iceland 1940 only - Nov 3 2:00 0 - Rule Iceland 1941 only - Mar 2 1:00s 1:00 S Rule Iceland 1941 only - Nov 2 1:00s 0 - Rule Iceland 1942 only - Mar 8 1:00s 1:00 S Rule Iceland 1942 only - Oct 25 1:00s 0 - # 1943-1946 - first Sunday in March until first Sunday in winter Rule Iceland 1943 1946 - Mar Sun>=1 1:00s 1:00 S Rule Iceland 1943 1948 - Oct Sun>=22 1:00s 0 - # 1947-1967 - first Sunday in April until first Sunday in winter Rule Iceland 1947 1967 - Apr Sun>=1 1:00s 1:00 S # 1949 Oct transition delayed by 1 week Rule Iceland 1949 only - Oct 30 1:00s 0 - Rule Iceland 1950 1966 - Oct Sun>=22 1:00s 0 - Rule Iceland 1967 only - Oct 29 1:00s 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Atlantic/Reykjavik -1:27:24 - LMT 1837 -1:27:48 - RMT 1908 # Reykjavik Mean Time? -1:00 Iceland IS%sT 1968 Apr 7 1:00s 0:00 - GMT # Italy # # From Paul Eggert (2001-03-06): # Sicily and Sardinia each had their own time zones from 1866 to 1893, # called Palermo Time (+00:53:28) and Cagliari Time (+00:36:32). # During World War II, German-controlled Italy used German time. # But these events all occurred before the 1970 cutoff, # so record only the time in Rome. # # From Paul Eggert (1996-05-06): # For Italian DST we have three sources: Shanks, Whitman, and F. Pollastri # # Day-light Saving Time in Italy (1996-03-14) # # (`FP' below), taken from an Italian National Electrotechnical Institute # publication. When the three sources disagree, guess who's right, as follows: # # year FP Shanks (S) Whitman (W) Go with: # 1916 06-03 06-03 24:00 06-03 00:00 FP & W # 09-30 09-30 24:00 09-30 01:00 FP; guess 24:00s # 1917 04-01 03-31 24:00 03-31 00:00 FP & S # 09-30 09-29 24:00 09-30 01:00 FP & W # 1918 03-09 03-09 24:00 03-09 00:00 FP & S # 10-06 10-05 24:00 10-06 01:00 FP & W # 1919 03-01 03-01 24:00 03-01 00:00 FP & S # 10-04 10-04 24:00 10-04 01:00 FP; guess 24:00s # 1920 03-20 03-20 24:00 03-20 00:00 FP & S # 09-18 09-18 24:00 10-01 01:00 FP; guess 24:00s # 1944 04-02 04-03 02:00 S (see C-Eur) # 09-16 10-02 03:00 FP; guess 24:00s # 1945 09-14 09-16 24:00 FP; guess 24:00s # 1970 05-21 05-31 00:00 S # 09-20 09-27 00:00 S # # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Italy 1916 only - Jun 3 0:00s 1:00 S Rule Italy 1916 only - Oct 1 0:00s 0 - Rule Italy 1917 only - Apr 1 0:00s 1:00 S Rule Italy 1917 only - Sep 30 0:00s 0 - Rule Italy 1918 only - Mar 10 0:00s 1:00 S Rule Italy 1918 1919 - Oct Sun>=1 0:00s 0 - Rule Italy 1919 only - Mar 2 0:00s 1:00 S Rule Italy 1920 only - Mar 21 0:00s 1:00 S Rule Italy 1920 only - Sep 19 0:00s 0 - Rule Italy 1940 only - Jun 15 0:00s 1:00 S Rule Italy 1944 only - Sep 17 0:00s 0 - Rule Italy 1945 only - Apr 2 2:00 1:00 S Rule Italy 1945 only - Sep 15 0:00s 0 - Rule Italy 1946 only - Mar 17 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Italy 1946 only - Oct 6 2:00s 0 - Rule Italy 1947 only - Mar 16 0:00s 1:00 S Rule Italy 1947 only - Oct 5 0:00s 0 - Rule Italy 1948 only - Feb 29 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Italy 1948 only - Oct 3 2:00s 0 - Rule Italy 1966 1968 - May Sun>=22 0:00 1:00 S Rule Italy 1966 1969 - Sep Sun>=22 0:00 0 - Rule Italy 1969 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Italy 1970 only - May 31 0:00 1:00 S Rule Italy 1970 only - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - Rule Italy 1971 1972 - May Sun>=22 0:00 1:00 S Rule Italy 1971 only - Sep lastSun 1:00 0 - Rule Italy 1972 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - Rule Italy 1973 only - Jun 3 0:00 1:00 S Rule Italy 1973 1974 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - Rule Italy 1974 only - May 26 0:00 1:00 S Rule Italy 1975 only - Jun 1 0:00s 1:00 S Rule Italy 1975 1977 - Sep lastSun 0:00s 0 - Rule Italy 1976 only - May 30 0:00s 1:00 S Rule Italy 1977 1979 - May Sun>=22 0:00s 1:00 S Rule Italy 1978 only - Oct 1 0:00s 0 - Rule Italy 1979 only - Sep 30 0:00s 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Europe/Rome 0:49:56 - LMT 1866 Sep 22 0:49:56 - RMT 1893 Nov # Rome Mean Time 1:00 Italy CE%sT 1942 Nov 2 2:00s 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1944 Jul 1:00 Italy CE%sT 1980 1:00 EU CE%sT Link Europe/Rome Europe/Vatican Link Europe/Rome Europe/San_Marino # Latvia -# From Liene Kanepe (1998-09-17): +# From Liene Kanepe (1998-09-17): # I asked about this matter Scientific Secretary of the Institute of Astronomy # of The University of Latvia Dr. paed Mr. Ilgonis Vilks. I also searched the # correct data in juridical acts and I found some juridical documents about # changes in the counting of time in Latvia from 1981.... # # Act No.35 of the Council of Ministers of Latvian SSR of 1981-01-22 ... # according to the Act No.925 of the Council of Ministers of USSR of 1980-10-24 # ...: all year round the time of 2nd time zone + 1 hour, in addition turning # the hands of the clock 1 hour forward on 1 April at 00:00 (GMT 31 March 21:00) # and 1 hour backward on the 1 October at 00:00 (GMT 30 September 20:00). # # Act No.592 of the Council of Ministers of Latvian SSR of 1984-09-24 ... # according to the Act No.967 of the Council of Ministers of USSR of 1984-09-13 # ...: all year round the time of 2nd time zone + 1 hour, in addition turning # the hands of the clock 1 hour forward on the last Sunday of March at 02:00 # (GMT 23:00 on the previous day) and 1 hour backward on the last Sunday of # September at 03:00 (GMT 23:00 on the previous day). # # Act No.81 of the Council of Ministers of Latvian SSR of 1989-03-22 ... # according to the Act No.227 of the Council of Ministers of USSR of 1989-03-14 # ...: since the last Sunday of March 1989 in Lithuanian SSR, Latvian SSR, # Estonian SSR and Kaliningrad region of Russian Federation all year round the # time of 2nd time zone (Moscow time minus one hour). On the territory of Latvia # transition to summer time is performed on the last Sunday of March at 02:00 # (GMT 00:00), turning the hands of the clock 1 hour forward. The end of # daylight saving time is performed on the last Sunday of September at 03:00 # (GMT 00:00), turning the hands of the clock 1 hour backward. Exception is # 1989-03-26, when we must not turn the hands of the clock.... # # The Regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Latvia of # 1997-01-21 on transition to Summer time ... established the same order of # daylight savings time settings as in the States of the European Union. # From Andrei Ivanov (2000-03-06): # This year Latvia will not switch to Daylight Savings Time (as specified in # # The Regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Rep. of Latvia of # 29-Feb-2000 (#79), in Latvian for subscribers only). # # From RFE/RL Newsline (2001-01-03), noted after a heads-up by Rives McDow: # # The Latvian government on 2 January decided that the country will # institute daylight-saving time this spring, LETA reported. # Last February the three Baltic states decided not to turn back their # clocks one hour in the spring.... # Minister of Economy Aigars Kalvitis noted that Latvia had too few # daylight hours and thus decided to comply with a draft European # Commission directive that provides for instituting daylight-saving # time in EU countries between 2002 and 2006. The Latvian government # urged Lithuania and Estonia to adopt a similar time policy, but it # appears that they will not do so.... # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Latvia 1989 1996 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Latvia 1989 1996 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Europe/Riga 1:36:24 - LMT 1880 1:36:24 - RMT 1918 Apr 15 2:00 #Riga Mean Time 1:36:24 1:00 LST 1918 Sep 16 3:00 #Latvian Summer 1:36:24 - RMT 1919 Apr 1 2:00 1:36:24 1:00 LST 1919 May 22 3:00 1:36:24 - RMT 1926 May 11 2:00 - EET 1940 Aug 5 3:00 - MSK 1941 Jul 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1944 Oct 13 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 1989 Mar lastSun 2:00s 2:00 1:00 EEST 1989 Sep lastSun 2:00s 2:00 Latvia EE%sT 1997 Jan 21 2:00 EU EE%sT 2000 Feb 29 2:00 - EET 2001 Jan 2 2:00 EU EE%sT # Liechtenstein # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Europe/Vaduz 0:38:04 - LMT 1894 Jun 1:00 - CET 1981 1:00 EU CE%sT # Lithuania # From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22): # IATA SSIM (1992/1996) says Lithuania uses W-Eur rules, but since it is # known to be wrong about Estonia and Latvia, assume it's wrong here too. -# From Marius Gedminas (1998-08-07): +# From Marius Gedminas (1998-08-07): # I would like to inform that in this year Lithuanian time zone # (Europe/Vilnius) was changed. # From ELTA No. 972 (2582) (1999-09-29), # via Steffen Thorsen: # Lithuania has shifted back to the second time zone (GMT plus two hours) # to be valid here starting from October 31, # as decided by the national government on Wednesday.... # The Lithuanian government also announced plans to consider a # motion to give up shifting to summer time in spring, as it was # already done by Estonia. # From the # Fact File, Lithuanian State Department of Tourism # (2000-03-27): Local time is GMT+2 hours ..., no daylight saving. # From a user via Klaus Marten (2003-02-07): # As a candidate for membership of the European Union, Lithuania will # observe Summer Time in 2003, changing its clocks at the times laid # down in EU Directive 2000/84 of 19.I.01 (i.e. at the same times as its # neighbour Latvia). The text of the Lithuanian government Order of # 7.XI.02 to this effect can be found at # http://www.lrvk.lt/nut/11/n1749.htm # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Europe/Vilnius 1:41:16 - LMT 1880 1:24:00 - WMT 1917 # Warsaw Mean Time 1:35:36 - KMT 1919 Oct 10 # Kaunas Mean Time 1:00 - CET 1920 Jul 12 2:00 - EET 1920 Oct 9 1:00 - CET 1940 Aug 3 3:00 - MSK 1941 Jun 24 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1944 Aug 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 2:00 1:00 EEST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s 2:00 C-Eur EE%sT 1998 2:00 - EET 1998 Mar 29 1:00u 1:00 EU CE%sT 1999 Oct 31 1:00u 2:00 - EET 2003 Jan 1 2:00 EU EE%sT # Luxembourg # Whitman disagrees with most of these dates in minor ways; go with Shanks. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Lux 1916 only - May 14 23:00 1:00 S Rule Lux 1916 only - Oct 1 1:00 0 - Rule Lux 1917 only - Apr 28 23:00 1:00 S Rule Lux 1917 only - Sep 17 1:00 0 - Rule Lux 1918 only - Apr Mon>=15 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Lux 1918 only - Sep Mon>=15 2:00s 0 - Rule Lux 1919 only - Mar 1 23:00 1:00 S Rule Lux 1919 only - Oct 5 3:00 0 - Rule Lux 1920 only - Feb 14 23:00 1:00 S Rule Lux 1920 only - Oct 24 2:00 0 - Rule Lux 1921 only - Mar 14 23:00 1:00 S Rule Lux 1921 only - Oct 26 2:00 0 - Rule Lux 1922 only - Mar 25 23:00 1:00 S Rule Lux 1922 only - Oct Sun>=2 1:00 0 - Rule Lux 1923 only - Apr 21 23:00 1:00 S Rule Lux 1923 only - Oct Sun>=2 2:00 0 - Rule Lux 1924 only - Mar 29 23:00 1:00 S Rule Lux 1924 1928 - Oct Sun>=2 1:00 0 - Rule Lux 1925 only - Apr 5 23:00 1:00 S Rule Lux 1926 only - Apr 17 23:00 1:00 S Rule Lux 1927 only - Apr 9 23:00 1:00 S Rule Lux 1928 only - Apr 14 23:00 1:00 S Rule Lux 1929 only - Apr 20 23:00 1:00 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Europe/Luxembourg 0:24:36 - LMT 1904 Jun 1:00 Lux CE%sT 1918 Nov 25 0:00 Lux WE%sT 1929 Oct 6 2:00s 0:00 Belgium WE%sT 1940 May 14 3:00 1:00 C-Eur WE%sT 1944 Sep 18 3:00 1:00 Belgium CE%sT 1977 1:00 EU CE%sT # Macedonia # see Serbia and Montenegro # Malta # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Malta 1973 only - Mar 31 0:00s 1:00 S Rule Malta 1973 only - Sep 29 0:00s 0 - Rule Malta 1974 only - Apr 21 0:00s 1:00 S Rule Malta 1974 only - Sep 16 0:00s 0 - Rule Malta 1975 1979 - Apr Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 S Rule Malta 1975 1980 - Sep Sun>=15 2:00 0 - Rule Malta 1980 only - Mar 31 2:00 1:00 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Europe/Malta 0:58:04 - LMT 1893 Nov 2 # Valletta 1:00 Italy CE%sT 1942 Nov 2 2:00s 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1945 Apr 2 2:00s 1:00 Italy CE%sT 1973 Mar 31 1:00 Malta CE%sT 1981 1:00 EU CE%sT # Moldova # From Paul Eggert (2001-02-11): # A previous version of this database followed Shanks, who writes that # Tiraspol switched to Moscow time on 1992-01-19 at 02:00. # However, this is most likely an error, as Moldova declared independence # on 1991-08-27 (the 1992-01-19 date is that of a Russian decree). # In early 1992 there was large-scale interethnic violence in the area # and it's possible that some Russophones continued to observe Moscow time. -# But moldavizolit@tirastel.md and mk@tirastel.md separately reported via +# But [two people] separately reported via # Jesper Norgaard that as of 2001-01-24 Tiraspol was like Chisinau. # The Tiraspol entry has therefore been removed for now. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Europe/Chisinau 1:55:20 - LMT 1880 1:55 - CMT 1918 Feb 15 # Chisinau MT 1:44:24 - BMT 1931 Jul 24 # Bucharest MT 2:00 Romania EE%sT 1940 Aug 15 2:00 1:00 EEST 1941 Jul 17 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1944 Aug 24 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 1990 3:00 - MSK 1990 May 6 2:00 - EET 1991 2:00 Russia EE%sT 1992 2:00 E-Eur EE%sT 1997 # See Romania commentary for the guessed 1997 transition to EU rules. 2:00 EU EE%sT # Monaco # Shanks gives 0:09 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's more precise 0:09:21. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Europe/Monaco 0:29:32 - LMT 1891 Mar 15 0:09:21 - PMT 1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time 0:00 France WE%sT 1945 Sep 16 3:00 1:00 France CE%sT 1977 1:00 EU CE%sT # Netherlands # Howse writes that the Netherlands' railways used GMT between 1892 and 1940, # but for other purposes the Netherlands used Amsterdam mean time. # However, Robert H. van Gent writes (2001-04-01): # Howse's statement is only correct up to 1909. From 1909-05-01 (00:00:00 # Amsterdam mean time) onwards, the whole of the Netherlands (including # the Dutch railways) was required by law to observe Amsterdam mean time # (19 minutes 32.13 seconds ahead of GMT). This had already been the # common practice (except for the railways) for many decades but it was # not until 1909 when the Dutch government finally defined this by law. # On 1937-07-01 this was changed to 20 minutes (exactly) ahead of GMT and # was generally known as Dutch Time ("Nederlandse Tijd"). # # (2001-04-08): # 1892-05-01 was the date when the Dutch railways were by law required to # observe GMT while the remainder of the Netherlands adhered to the common # practice of following Amsterdam mean time. # # (2001-04-09): # In 1835 the authorities of the province of North Holland requested the # municipal authorities of the towns and cities in the province to observe # Amsterdam mean time but I do not know in how many cases this request was # actually followed. # # From 1852 onwards the Dutch telegraph offices were by law required to # observe Amsterdam mean time. As the time signals from the observatory of # Leiden were also distributed by the telegraph system, I assume that most # places linked up with the telegraph (and railway) system automatically # adopted Amsterdam mean time. # # Although the early Dutch railway companies initially observed a variety # of times, most of them had adopted Amsterdam mean time by 1858 but it # was not until 1866 when they were all required by law to observe # Amsterdam mean time. # The data before 1945 are taken from # . # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Neth 1916 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 NST # Netherlands Summer Time Rule Neth 1916 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 AMT # Amsterdam Mean Time Rule Neth 1917 only - Apr 16 2:00s 1:00 NST Rule Neth 1917 only - Sep 17 2:00s 0 AMT Rule Neth 1918 1921 - Apr Mon>=1 2:00s 1:00 NST Rule Neth 1918 1921 - Sep lastMon 2:00s 0 AMT Rule Neth 1922 only - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 NST Rule Neth 1922 1936 - Oct Sun>=2 2:00s 0 AMT Rule Neth 1923 only - Jun Fri>=1 2:00s 1:00 NST Rule Neth 1924 only - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 NST Rule Neth 1925 only - Jun Fri>=1 2:00s 1:00 NST # From 1926 through 1939 DST began 05-15, except that it was delayed by a week # in years when 05-15 fell in the Pentecost weekend. Rule Neth 1926 1931 - May 15 2:00s 1:00 NST Rule Neth 1932 only - May 22 2:00s 1:00 NST Rule Neth 1933 1936 - May 15 2:00s 1:00 NST Rule Neth 1937 only - May 22 2:00s 1:00 NST Rule Neth 1937 only - Jul 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Neth 1937 1939 - Oct Sun>=2 2:00s 0 - Rule Neth 1938 1939 - May 15 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Neth 1945 only - Apr 2 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Neth 1945 only - Sep 16 2:00s 0 - # # Amsterdam Mean Time was +00:19:32.13 exactly, but the .13 is omitted # below because the current format requires GMTOFF to be an integer. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Europe/Amsterdam 0:19:32 - LMT 1835 0:19:32 Neth %s 1937 Jul 1 0:20 Neth NE%sT 1940 May 16 0:00 # Dutch Time 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1945 Apr 2 2:00 1:00 Neth CE%sT 1977 1:00 EU CE%sT # Norway +# http://met.no/met/met_lex/q_u/sommertid.html (2004-01) agrees with Shanks. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -# Whitman gives 1916 May 21 - 1916 Oct 21; go with Shanks. Rule Norway 1916 only - May 22 1:00 1:00 S Rule Norway 1916 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 - -# Whitman says DST observed 1935-08-11/1942-11-01, then 1943-03-29/10-04, -# 1944-04-03/10-02, and 1945-04-01/10-01; go with Shanks. Rule Norway 1945 only - Apr 2 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Norway 1945 only - Oct 1 2:00s 0 - Rule Norway 1959 1964 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Norway 1959 1965 - Sep Sun>=15 2:00s 0 - Rule Norway 1965 only - Apr 25 2:00s 1:00 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Europe/Oslo 0:43:00 - LMT 1895 Jan 1 1:00 Norway CE%sT 1940 Aug 10 23:00 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1945 Apr 2 2:00 1:00 Norway CE%sT 1980 1:00 EU CE%sT # Svalbard & Jan Mayen # From Steffen Thorsen (2001-05-01): # Although I could not find it explicitly, it seems that Jan Mayen and # Svalbard have been using the same time as Norway at least since the # time they were declared as parts of Norway. Svalbard was declared # as a part of Norway by law of 1925-07-17 no 11, section 4 and Jan # Mayen by law of 1930-02-27 no 2, section 2. (From # http://www.lovdata.no/all/nl-19250717-011.html and # http://www.lovdata.no/all/nl-19300227-002.html). The law/regulation # for normal/standard time in Norway is from 1894-06-29 no 1 (came # into operation on 1895-01-01) and Svalbard/Jan Mayen seem to be a # part of this law since 1925/1930. (From # http://www.lovdata.no/all/nl-18940629-001.html ) I have not been # able to find if Jan Mayen used a different time zone (e.g. -0100) # before 1930. Jan Mayen has only been "inhabitated" since 1921 by # Norwegian meteorologists and maybe used the same time as Norway ever # since 1921. Svalbard (Arctic/Longyearbyen) has been inhabited since # before 1895, and therefore probably changed the local time somewhere # between 1895 and 1925 (inclusive). # From Paul Eggert (2001-05-01): # # Actually, Jan Mayen was never occupied by Germany during World War II, # so it must have diverged from Oslo time during the war, as Oslo was # keeping Berlin time. # # says that the meteorologists # burned down their station in 1940 and left the island, but returned in # 1941 with a small Norwegian garrison and continued operations despite # frequent air ttacks from Germans. In 1943 the Americans established a # radiolocating station on the island, called "Atlantic City". Possibly # the UTC offset changed during the war, but I think it unlikely that # Jan Mayen used German daylight-saving rules. # # Svalbard is more complicated, as it was raided in August 1941 by an # Allied party that evacuated the civilian population to England (says # ). The Svalbard FAQ # says that the Germans were # expelled on 1942-05-14. However, small parties of Germans did return, # and according to Wilhelm Dege's book "War North of 80" (1954) -# +# # the German armed forces at the Svalbard weather station code-named # Haudegen did not surrender to the Allies until September 1945. # # All these events predate our cutoff date of 1970. Unless we can # come up with more definitive info about the timekeeping during the # war years it's probably best just do do the following for now: Link Europe/Oslo Arctic/Longyearbyen Link Europe/Oslo Atlantic/Jan_Mayen # Poland # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Poland 1918 1919 - Sep 16 2:00s 0 - Rule Poland 1919 only - Apr 15 2:00s 1:00 S # Whitman gives 1944 Nov 30; go with Shanks. Rule Poland 1944 only - Oct 4 2:00 0 - # For 1944-1948 Whitman gives the previous day; go with Shanks. Rule Poland 1945 only - Apr 29 0:00 1:00 S Rule Poland 1945 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 - -Rule Poland 1946 only - Apr 14 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Poland 1946 only - Sep 7 0:00 0 - -Rule Poland 1947 only - May 4 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Poland 1947 1948 - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 0 - -Rule Poland 1948 only - Apr 18 0:00 1:00 S -# Whitman also gives 1949 Apr 9 - 1949 Oct 1; go with Shanks. +# For 1946 on the source is Kazimierz Borkowski, +# Torun Center for Astronomy, Dept. of Radio Astronomy, Nicolaus Copernicus U., +# +# Thanks to Przemyslaw Augustyniak (2005-05-28) for this reference. +# He also gives these further references: +# Mon Pol nr 13, poz 162 (1995) +# Druk nr 2180 (2003) +Rule Poland 1946 only - Apr 14 0:00s 1:00 S +Rule Poland 1946 only - Oct 7 2:00s 0 - +Rule Poland 1947 only - May 4 2:00s 1:00 S +Rule Poland 1947 1949 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - +Rule Poland 1948 only - Apr 18 2:00s 1:00 S +Rule Poland 1949 only - Apr 10 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Poland 1957 only - Jun 2 1:00s 1:00 S Rule Poland 1957 1958 - Sep lastSun 1:00s 0 - Rule Poland 1958 only - Mar 30 1:00s 1:00 S Rule Poland 1959 only - May 31 1:00s 1:00 S Rule Poland 1959 1961 - Oct Sun>=1 1:00s 0 - Rule Poland 1960 only - Apr 3 1:00s 1:00 S -Rule Poland 1961 1964 - May Sun>=25 1:00s 1:00 S +Rule Poland 1961 1964 - May lastSun 1:00s 1:00 S Rule Poland 1962 1964 - Sep lastSun 1:00s 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Europe/Warsaw 1:24:00 - LMT 1880 1:24:00 - WMT 1915 Aug 5 # Warsaw Mean Time 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1918 Sep 16 3:00 2:00 Poland EE%sT 1922 Jun 1:00 Poland CE%sT 1940 Jun 23 2:00 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1944 Oct - 1:00 Poland CE%sT 1977 Apr 3 1:00 - 1:00 W-Eur CE%sT 1999 -# IATA SSIM (1991/1996) gives EU rules, but the _The Warsaw Voice_ -# -# http://www.warsawvoice.com/pl/v361/NewsInBrief.shtml (1995-09-24) -# -# says the autumn 1995 switch was at 02:00. -# Stick with W-Eur for now. -# -# From Marcin.Kasperski@softax.com.pl (1999-06-10): -# According to my colleagues someone recently decided, that Poland would -# follow European Union regulations, so - I think - the matter is not -# worth further discussion. -# -# From Paul Eggert (1999-06-10): -# Kasperski also writes that the government futzed with the rules in 1997 -# or 1998 but he doesn't remember the details. Assume they switched to -# EU rules in 1999. + 1:00 Poland CE%sT 1977 + 1:00 W-Eur CE%sT 1988 1:00 EU CE%sT # Portugal # -# From Rui Pedro Salgueiro (1992-11-12): +# From Rui Pedro Salgueiro (1992-11-12): # Portugal has recently (September, 27) changed timezone # (from WET to MET or CET) to harmonize with EEC. # -# Martin Bruckmann (1996-02-29) reports via Peter Ilieve +# Martin Bruckmann (1996-02-29) reports via Peter Ilieve # that Portugal is reverting to 0:00 by not moving its clocks this spring. # The new Prime Minister was fed up with getting up in the dark in the winter. # # From Paul Eggert (1996-11-12): # IATA SSIM (1991-09) reports several 1991-09 and 1992-09 transitions # at 02:00u, not 01:00u. Assume that these are typos. # IATA SSIM (1991/1992) reports that the Azores were at -1:00. # IATA SSIM (1993-02) says +0:00; later issues (through 1996-09) say -1:00. # Guess that the Azores changed to EU rules in 1992 (since that's when Portugal # harmonized with the EU), and that they stayed +0:00 that winter. # # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S # DSH writes that despite Decree 1,469 (1915), the change to the clocks was not # done every year, depending on what Spain did, because of railroad schedules. # Go with Shanks. Rule Port 1916 only - Jun 17 23:00 1:00 S # Whitman gives 1916 Oct 31; go with Shanks. Rule Port 1916 only - Nov 1 1:00 0 - Rule Port 1917 only - Feb 28 23:00s 1:00 S Rule Port 1917 1921 - Oct 14 23:00s 0 - Rule Port 1918 only - Mar 1 23:00s 1:00 S Rule Port 1919 only - Feb 28 23:00s 1:00 S Rule Port 1920 only - Feb 29 23:00s 1:00 S Rule Port 1921 only - Feb 28 23:00s 1:00 S Rule Port 1924 only - Apr 16 23:00s 1:00 S Rule Port 1924 only - Oct 14 23:00s 0 - Rule Port 1926 only - Apr 17 23:00s 1:00 S Rule Port 1926 1929 - Oct Sat>=1 23:00s 0 - Rule Port 1927 only - Apr 9 23:00s 1:00 S Rule Port 1928 only - Apr 14 23:00s 1:00 S Rule Port 1929 only - Apr 20 23:00s 1:00 S Rule Port 1931 only - Apr 18 23:00s 1:00 S # Whitman gives 1931 Oct 8; go with Shanks. Rule Port 1931 1932 - Oct Sat>=1 23:00s 0 - Rule Port 1932 only - Apr 2 23:00s 1:00 S # Shanks gives 1934 Apr 4; go with Whitman. Rule Port 1934 only - Apr 7 23:00s 1:00 S # Whitman gives 1934 Oct 5; go with Shanks. Rule Port 1934 1938 - Oct Sat>=1 23:00s 0 - # Shanks gives 1935 Apr 30; go with Whitman. Rule Port 1935 only - Mar 30 23:00s 1:00 S Rule Port 1936 only - Apr 18 23:00s 1:00 S # Whitman gives 1937 Apr 2; go with Shanks. Rule Port 1937 only - Apr 3 23:00s 1:00 S Rule Port 1938 only - Mar 26 23:00s 1:00 S Rule Port 1939 only - Apr 15 23:00s 1:00 S # Whitman gives 1939 Oct 7; go with Shanks. Rule Port 1939 only - Nov 18 23:00s 0 - Rule Port 1940 only - Feb 24 23:00s 1:00 S # Shanks gives 1940 Oct 7; go with Whitman. Rule Port 1940 1941 - Oct 5 23:00s 0 - Rule Port 1941 only - Apr 5 23:00s 1:00 S Rule Port 1942 1945 - Mar Sat>=8 23:00s 1:00 S Rule Port 1942 only - Apr 25 22:00s 2:00 M # Midsummer Rule Port 1942 only - Aug 15 22:00s 1:00 S Rule Port 1942 1945 - Oct Sat>=24 23:00s 0 - Rule Port 1943 only - Apr 17 22:00s 2:00 M Rule Port 1943 1945 - Aug Sat>=25 22:00s 1:00 S Rule Port 1944 1945 - Apr Sat>=21 22:00s 2:00 M Rule Port 1946 only - Apr Sat>=1 23:00s 1:00 S Rule Port 1946 only - Oct Sat>=1 23:00s 0 - Rule Port 1947 1949 - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Port 1947 1949 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - # Shanks says DST was observed in 1950; go with Whitman. # Whitman gives Oct lastSun for 1952 on; go with Shanks. Rule Port 1951 1965 - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Port 1951 1965 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - Rule Port 1977 only - Mar 27 0:00s 1:00 S Rule Port 1977 only - Sep 25 0:00s 0 - Rule Port 1978 1979 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00s 1:00 S Rule Port 1978 only - Oct 1 0:00s 0 - Rule Port 1979 1982 - Sep lastSun 1:00s 0 - Rule Port 1980 only - Mar lastSun 0:00s 1:00 S Rule Port 1981 1982 - Mar lastSun 1:00s 1:00 S Rule Port 1983 only - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] # Shanks says that the transition from LMT to WET occurred 1911-05-24; # Willett says 1912-01-01. Go with Willett. Zone Europe/Lisbon -0:36:32 - LMT 1884 -0:36:32 - LMT 1912 Jan 1 # Lisbon Mean Time 0:00 Port WE%sT 1966 Apr 3 2:00 1:00 - CET 1976 Sep 26 1:00 0:00 Port WE%sT 1983 Sep 25 1:00s 0:00 W-Eur WE%sT 1992 Sep 27 1:00s 1:00 EU CE%sT 1996 Mar 31 1:00u 0:00 EU WE%sT Zone Atlantic/Azores -1:42:40 - LMT 1884 # Ponta Delgada -1:54:32 - HMT 1911 May 24 # Horta Mean Time -2:00 Port AZO%sT 1966 Apr 3 2:00 # Azores Time -1:00 Port AZO%sT 1983 Sep 25 1:00s -1:00 W-Eur AZO%sT 1992 Sep 27 1:00s 0:00 EU WE%sT 1993 Mar 28 1:00u -1:00 EU AZO%sT Zone Atlantic/Madeira -1:07:36 - LMT 1884 # Funchal -1:07:36 - FMT 1911 May 24 # Funchal Mean Time -1:00 Port MAD%sT 1966 Apr 3 2:00 # Madeira Time 0:00 Port WE%sT 1983 Sep 25 1:00s 0:00 EU WE%sT # Romania # # From Paul Eggert (1999-10-07): # # Nine O'clock (1998-10-23) reports that the switch occurred at # 04:00 local time in fall 1998. For lack of better info, # assume that Romania and Moldova switched to EU rules in 1997, # the same year as Bulgaria. # # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Romania 1932 only - May 21 0:00s 1:00 S Rule Romania 1932 1939 - Oct Sun>=1 0:00s 0 - Rule Romania 1933 1939 - Apr Sun>=2 0:00s 1:00 S Rule Romania 1979 only - May 27 0:00 1:00 S Rule Romania 1979 only - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - Rule Romania 1980 only - Apr 5 23:00 1:00 S Rule Romania 1980 only - Sep lastSun 1:00 0 - Rule Romania 1991 1993 - Mar lastSun 0:00s 1:00 S Rule Romania 1991 1993 - Sep lastSun 0:00s 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Europe/Bucharest 1:44:24 - LMT 1891 Oct 1:44:24 - BMT 1931 Jul 24 # Bucharest MT 2:00 Romania EE%sT 1981 Mar 29 2:00s 2:00 C-Eur EE%sT 1991 2:00 Romania EE%sT 1994 2:00 E-Eur EE%sT 1997 2:00 EU EE%sT # Russia -# From Paul Eggert (1999-11-12): +# From Paul Eggert (1999-11-12): # Except for Moscow after 1919-07-01, I invented the time zone abbreviations. # Moscow time zone abbreviations after 1919-07-01, and Moscow rules after 1991, # are from Andrey A. Chernov. The rest is from Shanks, except we follow # Chernov's report that 1992 DST transitions were Sat 23:00, not Sun 02:00s. # -# From Stanislaw A. Kuzikowski (1994-06-29): +# From Stanislaw A. Kuzikowski (1994-06-29): # But now it is some months since Novosibirsk is 3 hours ahead of Moscow! # I do not know why they have decided to make this change; # as far as I remember it was done exactly during winter->summer switching # so we (Novosibirsk) simply did not switch. # -# From Andrey A. Chernov (1996-10-04): +# From Andrey A. Chernov (1996-10-04): # `MSK' and `MSD' were born and used initially on Moscow computers with # UNIX-like OSes by several developer groups (e.g. Demos group, Kiae group).... # The next step was the UUCP network, the Relcom predecessor # (used mainly for mail), and MSK/MSD was actively used there. # -# From Chris Carrier <72157.3334@CompuServe.COM> (1996-10-30): +# From Chris Carrier (1996-10-30): # According to a friend of mine who rode the Trans-Siberian Railroad from # Moscow to Irkutsk in 1995, public air and rail transport in Russia ... # still follows Moscow time, no matter where in Russia it is located. # # For Grozny, Chechnya, we have the following story from # John Daniszewski, "Scavengers in the Rubble", Los Angeles Times (2001-02-07): # News--often false--is spread by word of mouth. A rumor that it was # time to move the clocks back put this whole city out of sync with # the rest of Russia for two weeks--even soldiers stationed here began # enforcing curfew at the wrong time. # # From Gwillim Law (2001-06-05): # There's considerable evidence that Sakhalin Island used to be in # UTC+11, and has changed to UTC+10, in this decade. I start with the # SSIM, which listed Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk in zone RU10 along with Magadan # until February 1997, and then in RU9 with Khabarovsk and Vladivostok # since September 1997.... Although the Kuril Islands are # administratively part of Sakhalin oblast', they appear to have # remained on UTC+11 along with Magadan. # # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] # # Kaliningradskaya oblast'. Zone Europe/Kaliningrad 1:22:00 - LMT 1893 Apr 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1945 2:00 Poland CE%sT 1946 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 2:00 Russia EE%sT # # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25): [This region consists of] # Respublika Adygeya, Arkhangel'skaya oblast', Astrakhanskaya oblast', # Belgorodskaya oblast', Bryanskaya oblast', Vladimirskaya oblast', # Volgogradskaya oblast', Vologodskaya oblast', Voronezhskaya oblast', # Respublika Dagestan, Ivanovskaya oblast', Respublika Ingushetiya, # Kabarbino-Balkarskaya Respublika, Respublika Kalmykiya, # Kalyzhskaya oblast', Respublika Karachaevo-Cherkessiya, # Respublika Kareliya, Kirovskaya oblast', Respublika Komi, # Kostromskaya oblast', Krasnodarskij kraj, Kurskaya oblast', # Leningradskaya oblast', Lipetskaya oblast', Respublika Marij El, # Respublika Mordoviya, Moskva, Moskovskaya oblast', # Murmanskaya oblast', Nenetskij avtonomnyj okrug, # Nizhegorodskaya oblast', Novgorodskaya oblast', Orlovskaya oblast', # Penzenskaya oblast', Pskovskaya oblast', Rostovskaya oblast', # Ryazanskaya oblast', Sankt-Peterburg, Saratovskaya oblast', # Respublika Severnaya Osetiya, Smolenskaya oblast', # Stavropol'skij kraj, Tambovskaya oblast', Respublika Tatarstan, # Tverskaya oblast', Tyl'skaya oblast', Ul'yanovskaya oblast', # Chechenskaya Respublika, Chuvashskaya oblast', # Yaroslavskaya oblast' Zone Europe/Moscow 2:30:20 - LMT 1880 2:30 - MMT 1916 Jul 3 # Moscow Mean Time 2:30:48 Russia %s 1919 Jul 1 2:00 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 1922 Oct 2:00 - EET 1930 Jun 21 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 2:00 Russia EE%sT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD # # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25): [This region consists of] # Samarskaya oblast', Udmyrtskaya respublika Zone Europe/Samara 3:20:36 - LMT 1919 Jul 1 2:00 3:00 - KUYT 1930 Jun 21 # Kuybyshev 4:00 Russia KUY%sT 1989 Mar 26 2:00s 3:00 Russia KUY%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 2:00 Russia KUY%sT 1991 Sep 29 2:00s 3:00 - KUYT 1991 Oct 20 3:00 4:00 Russia SAM%sT # Samara Time # # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25): [This region consists of] # Respublika Bashkortostan, Komi-Permyatskij avtonomnyj okrug, # Kurganskaya oblast', Orenburgskaya oblast', Permskaya oblast', # Sverdlovskaya oblast', Tyumenskaya oblast', # Khanty-Manskijskij avtonomnyj okrug, Chelyabinskaya oblast', # Yamalo-Nenetskij avtonomnyj okrug. Zone Asia/Yekaterinburg 4:02:24 - LMT 1919 Jul 15 4:00 4:00 - SVET 1930 Jun 21 # Sverdlovsk Time 5:00 Russia SVE%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 4:00 Russia SVE%sT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s 5:00 Russia YEK%sT # Yekaterinburg Time # # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25): [This region consists of] # Respublika Altaj, Altajskij kraj, Omskaya oblast'. Zone Asia/Omsk 4:53:36 - LMT 1919 Nov 14 5:00 - OMST 1930 Jun 21 # Omsk TIme 6:00 Russia OMS%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 5:00 Russia OMS%sT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s 6:00 Russia OMS%sT # # Novosibirskaya oblast'. Zone Asia/Novosibirsk 5:31:40 - LMT 1919 Dec 14 6:00 6:00 - NOVT 1930 Jun 21 # Novosibirsk Time 7:00 Russia NOV%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 6:00 Russia NOV%sT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s 7:00 Russia NOV%sT 1993 May 23 # says Shanks 6:00 Russia NOV%sT # # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25): [This region consists of] # Kemerovskaya oblast', Krasnoyarskij kraj, # Tajmyrskij (Dolgano-Nenetskij) avtonomnyj okrug, Tomskaya oblast', # Respublika Tuva, Respublika Khakasiya, Evenkijskij avtonomnyj okrug. Zone Asia/Krasnoyarsk 6:11:20 - LMT 1920 Jan 6 6:00 - KRAT 1930 Jun 21 # Krasnoyarsk Time 7:00 Russia KRA%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 6:00 Russia KRA%sT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s 7:00 Russia KRA%sT # # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25): [This region consists of] # Respublika Buryatiya, Irkutskaya oblast', # Ust'-Ordynskij Buryatskij avtonomnyj okrug. Zone Asia/Irkutsk 6:57:20 - LMT 1880 6:57:20 - IMT 1920 Jan 25 # Irkutsk Mean Time 7:00 - IRKT 1930 Jun 21 # Irkutsk Time 8:00 Russia IRK%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 7:00 Russia IRK%sT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s 8:00 Russia IRK%sT # # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2003-10-18): [This region consists of] # Aginskij Buryatskij avtonomnyj okrug, Amurskaya oblast', # [parts of] Respublika Sakha (Yakutiya), Chitinskaya oblast'. # The Sakha districts are: Aldanskij, Amginskij, Anabarskij, # Bulunskij, Verkhnekolymskij, Verkhnevilyujskij, Vilyujskij, Gornyj, # Zhiganskij, Kobyajskij, Lenskij, Megino-Kangalasskij, Mirninskij, # Namskij, Nyurbinskij, Olenekskij, Olekminskij, Srednekolymskij, # Suntarskij, Tattinskij, Ust'-Aldanskij, Khangalasskij, # Churapchinskij, Eveno-Bytantajskij. Zone Asia/Yakutsk 8:38:40 - LMT 1919 Dec 15 8:00 - YAKT 1930 Jun 21 # Yakutsk Time 9:00 Russia YAK%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 8:00 Russia YAK%sT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s 9:00 Russia YAK%sT # # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2003-10-18): [This region consists of] # Evrejskaya avtonomnaya oblast', Khabarovskij kraj, Primorskij kraj, # [parts of] Respublika Sakha (Yakutiya). # The Sakha districts are: Verkhoyanskij, Tomponskij, Ust'-Majskij, # Ust'-Yanskij. Zone Asia/Vladivostok 8:47:44 - LMT 1922 Nov 15 9:00 - VLAT 1930 Jun 21 # Vladivostok Time 10:00 Russia VLA%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 9:00 Russia VLA%sST 1992 Jan 19 2:00s 10:00 Russia VLA%sT # # Sakhalinskaya oblast'. # The Zone name should be Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, but that's too long. Zone Asia/Sakhalin 9:30:48 - LMT 1905 Aug 23 9:00 - CJT 1938 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug 25 11:00 Russia SAK%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s # Sakhalin T. 10:00 Russia SAK%sT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s 11:00 Russia SAK%sT 1997 Mar lastSun 2:00s 10:00 Russia SAK%sT # # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2003-10-18): [This region consists of] # Magadanskaya oblast', Respublika Sakha (Yakutiya). # Probably also: Kuril Islands. # The Sakha districts are: Abyjskij, Allaikhovskij, Momskij, # Nizhnekolymskij, Ojmyakonskij. Zone Asia/Magadan 10:03:12 - LMT 1924 May 2 10:00 - MAGT 1930 Jun 21 # Magadan Time 11:00 Russia MAG%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 10:00 Russia MAG%sT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s 11:00 Russia MAG%sT # # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25): [This region consists of] # Kamchatskaya oblast', Koryakskij avtonomnyj okrug. # # The Zone name should be Asia/Petropavlovsk-Kamchatski, but that's too long. Zone Asia/Kamchatka 10:34:36 - LMT 1922 Nov 10 11:00 - PETT 1930 Jun 21 # P-K Time 12:00 Russia PET%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 11:00 Russia PET%sT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s 12:00 Russia PET%sT # # Chukotskij avtonomnyj okrug Zone Asia/Anadyr 11:49:56 - LMT 1924 May 2 12:00 - ANAT 1930 Jun 21 # Anadyr Time 13:00 Russia ANA%sT 1982 Apr 1 0:00s 12:00 Russia ANA%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 11:00 Russia ANA%sT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s 12:00 Russia ANA%sT # Serbia and Montenegro # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Europe/Belgrade 1:22:00 - LMT 1884 1:00 - CET 1941 Apr 18 23:00 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1945 May 8 2:00s 1:00 1:00 CEST 1945 Sep 16 2:00s -# Metod Kozelj reports that the legal date of +# Metod Kozelj reports that the legal date of # transition to EU rules was 1982-11-27, for all of Yugoslavia at the time. # Shanks doesn't give as much detail, so go with Kozelj. 1:00 - CET 1982 Nov 27 1:00 EU CE%sT Link Europe/Belgrade Europe/Ljubljana # Slovenia Link Europe/Belgrade Europe/Sarajevo # Bosnia and Herzegovina Link Europe/Belgrade Europe/Skopje # Macedonia Link Europe/Belgrade Europe/Zagreb # Croatia # Slovakia Link Europe/Prague Europe/Bratislava # Slovenia # see Serbia and Montenegro # Spain # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S # For 1917-1919 Whitman gives Apr Sat>=1 - Oct Sat>=1; go with Shanks. Rule Spain 1917 only - May 5 23:00s 1:00 S Rule Spain 1917 1919 - Oct 6 23:00s 0 - Rule Spain 1918 only - Apr 15 23:00s 1:00 S Rule Spain 1919 only - Apr 5 23:00s 1:00 S # Whitman gives 1921 Feb 28 - Oct 14; go with Shanks. Rule Spain 1924 only - Apr 16 23:00s 1:00 S # Whitman gives 1924 Oct 14; go with Shanks. Rule Spain 1924 only - Oct 4 23:00s 0 - Rule Spain 1926 only - Apr 17 23:00s 1:00 S # Whitman says no DST in 1929; go with Shanks. Rule Spain 1926 1929 - Oct Sat>=1 23:00s 0 - Rule Spain 1927 only - Apr 9 23:00s 1:00 S Rule Spain 1928 only - Apr 14 23:00s 1:00 S Rule Spain 1929 only - Apr 20 23:00s 1:00 S # Whitman gives 1937 Jun 16, 1938 Apr 16, 1940 Apr 13; go with Shanks. Rule Spain 1937 only - May 22 23:00s 1:00 S Rule Spain 1937 1939 - Oct Sat>=1 23:00s 0 - Rule Spain 1938 only - Mar 22 23:00s 1:00 S Rule Spain 1939 only - Apr 15 23:00s 1:00 S Rule Spain 1940 only - Mar 16 23:00s 1:00 S # Whitman says no DST 1942-1945; go with Shanks. Rule Spain 1942 only - May 2 22:00s 2:00 M # Midsummer Rule Spain 1942 only - Sep 1 22:00s 1:00 S Rule Spain 1943 1946 - Apr Sat>=13 22:00s 2:00 M Rule Spain 1943 only - Oct 3 22:00s 1:00 S Rule Spain 1944 only - Oct 10 22:00s 1:00 S Rule Spain 1945 only - Sep 30 1:00 1:00 S Rule Spain 1946 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 - Rule Spain 1949 only - Apr 30 23:00 1:00 S Rule Spain 1949 only - Sep 30 1:00 0 - Rule Spain 1974 1975 - Apr Sat>=13 23:00 1:00 S Rule Spain 1974 1975 - Oct Sun>=1 1:00 0 - Rule Spain 1976 only - Mar 27 23:00 1:00 S Rule Spain 1976 1977 - Sep lastSun 1:00 0 - Rule Spain 1977 1978 - Apr 2 23:00 1:00 S Rule Spain 1978 only - Oct 1 1:00 0 - # The following rules are copied from Morocco from 1967 through 1978. Rule SpainAfrica 1967 only - Jun 3 12:00 1:00 S Rule SpainAfrica 1967 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - Rule SpainAfrica 1974 only - Jun 24 0:00 1:00 S Rule SpainAfrica 1974 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 - Rule SpainAfrica 1976 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule SpainAfrica 1976 only - Aug 1 0:00 0 - Rule SpainAfrica 1977 only - Sep 28 0:00 0 - Rule SpainAfrica 1978 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule SpainAfrica 1978 only - Aug 4 0:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Europe/Madrid -0:14:44 - LMT 1901 0:00 Spain WE%sT 1946 Sep 30 1:00 Spain CE%sT 1979 1:00 EU CE%sT Zone Africa/Ceuta -0:21:16 - LMT 1901 0:00 - WET 1918 May 6 23:00 0:00 1:00 WEST 1918 Oct 7 23:00 0:00 - WET 1924 0:00 Spain WE%sT 1929 0:00 SpainAfrica WE%sT 1984 Mar 16 1:00 - CET 1986 1:00 EU CE%sT Zone Atlantic/Canary -1:01:36 - LMT 1922 Mar # Las Palmas de Gran C. -1:00 - CANT 1946 Sep 30 1:00 # Canaries Time 0:00 - WET 1980 Apr 6 0:00s 0:00 1:00 WEST 1980 Sep 28 0:00s 0:00 EU WE%sT # IATA SSIM (1996-09) says the Canaries switch at 2:00u, not 1:00u. # Ignore this for now, as the Canaries are part of the EU. # Sweden # From Ivan Nilsson (2001-04-13), superseding Shanks: # # The law "Svensk forfattningssamling 1878, no 14" about standard time in 1879: # From the beginning of 1879 (that is 01-01 00:00) the time for all # places in the country is "the mean solar time for the meridian at # three degrees, or twelve minutes of time, to the west of the # meridian of the Observatory of Stockholm". The law is dated 1878-05-31. # # The observatory at that time had the meridian 18 degrees 03' 30" # eastern longitude = 01:12:14 in time. Less 12 minutes gives the # national standard time as 01:00:14 ahead of GMT.... # # About the beginning of CET in Sweden. The lawtext ("Svensk # forfattningssamling 1899, no 44") states, that "from the beginning # of 1900... ... the same as the mean solar time for the meridian at # the distance of one hour of time from the meridian of the English # observatory at Greenwich, or at 12 minutes 14 seconds to the west # from the meridian of the Observatory of Stockholm". The law is dated # 1899-06-16. In short: At 1900-01-01 00:00:00 the new standard time # in Sweden is 01:00:00 ahead of GMT. # # 1916: The lawtext ("Svensk forfattningssamling 1916, no 124") states # that "1916-05-15 is considered to begin one hour earlier". It is # pretty obvious that at 05-14 23:00 the clocks are set to 05-15 00:00.... # Further the law says, that "1916-09-30 is considered to end one hour later". # # The laws regulating [DST] are available on the site of the Swedish # Parliament beginning with 1985 - the laws regulating 1980/1984 are # not available on the site (to my knowledge they are only available # in Swedish): (type # "sommartid" without the quotes in the field "Fritext" and then click # the Sok-button). # # (2001-05-13): # # I have now found a newspaper stating that at 1916-10-01 01:00 # summertime the church-clocks etc were set back one hour to show # 1916-10-01 00:00 standard time. The article also reports that some # people thought the switch to standard time would take place already # at 1916-10-01 00:00 summer time, but they had to wait for another # hour before the event took place. # # Source: The newspaper "Dagens Nyheter", 1916-10-01, page 7 upper left. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Europe/Stockholm 1:12:12 - LMT 1879 Jan 1 1:00:14 - SET 1900 Jan 1 # Swedish Time 1:00 - CET 1916 May 14 23:00 1:00 1:00 CEST 1916 Oct 1 01:00 1:00 - CET 1980 1:00 EU CE%sT # Switzerland # From Howse: # By the end of the 18th century clocks and watches became commonplace # and their performance improved enormously. Communities began to keep # mean time in preference to apparent time -- Geneva from 1780 .... # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S # From Whitman (who writes ``Midnight?''): Rule Swiss 1940 only - Nov 2 0:00 1:00 S Rule Swiss 1940 only - Dec 31 0:00 0 - # From Shanks: Rule Swiss 1941 1942 - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S Rule Swiss 1941 1942 - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Europe/Zurich 0:34:08 - LMT 1848 Sep 12 0:29:44 - BMT 1894 Jun # Bern Mean Time 1:00 Swiss CE%sT 1981 1:00 EU CE%sT # Turkey # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Turkey 1916 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Turkey 1916 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - Rule Turkey 1920 only - Mar 28 0:00 1:00 S Rule Turkey 1920 only - Oct 25 0:00 0 - Rule Turkey 1921 only - Apr 3 0:00 1:00 S Rule Turkey 1921 only - Oct 3 0:00 0 - Rule Turkey 1922 only - Mar 26 0:00 1:00 S Rule Turkey 1922 only - Oct 8 0:00 0 - # Whitman gives 1923 Apr 28 - Sep 16 and no DST in 1924-1925; go with Shanks. Rule Turkey 1924 only - May 13 0:00 1:00 S Rule Turkey 1924 1925 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - Rule Turkey 1925 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Turkey 1940 only - Jun 30 0:00 1:00 S Rule Turkey 1940 only - Oct 5 0:00 0 - Rule Turkey 1940 only - Dec 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Turkey 1941 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 - Rule Turkey 1942 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S # Whitman omits the next two transition and gives 1945 Oct 1; go with Shanks. Rule Turkey 1942 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 - Rule Turkey 1945 only - Apr 2 0:00 1:00 S Rule Turkey 1945 only - Oct 8 0:00 0 - Rule Turkey 1946 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Turkey 1946 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - Rule Turkey 1947 1948 - Apr Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 S Rule Turkey 1947 1950 - Oct Sun>=2 0:00 0 - Rule Turkey 1949 only - Apr 10 0:00 1:00 S Rule Turkey 1950 only - Apr 19 0:00 1:00 S Rule Turkey 1951 only - Apr 22 0:00 1:00 S Rule Turkey 1951 only - Oct 8 0:00 0 - Rule Turkey 1962 only - Jul 15 0:00 1:00 S Rule Turkey 1962 only - Oct 8 0:00 0 - Rule Turkey 1964 only - May 15 0:00 1:00 S Rule Turkey 1964 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - Rule Turkey 1970 1972 - May Sun>=2 0:00 1:00 S Rule Turkey 1970 1972 - Oct Sun>=2 0:00 0 - Rule Turkey 1973 only - Jun 3 1:00 1:00 S Rule Turkey 1973 only - Nov 4 3:00 0 - Rule Turkey 1974 only - Mar 31 2:00 1:00 S Rule Turkey 1974 only - Nov 3 5:00 0 - Rule Turkey 1975 only - Mar 30 0:00 1:00 S Rule Turkey 1975 1976 - Oct lastSun 0:00 0 - Rule Turkey 1976 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Turkey 1977 1978 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Turkey 1977 only - Oct 16 0:00 0 - Rule Turkey 1979 1980 - Apr Sun>=1 3:00 1:00 S Rule Turkey 1979 1982 - Oct Mon>=11 0:00 0 - Rule Turkey 1981 1982 - Mar lastSun 3:00 1:00 S Rule Turkey 1983 only - Jul 31 0:00 1:00 S Rule Turkey 1983 only - Oct 2 0:00 0 - Rule Turkey 1985 only - Apr 20 0:00 1:00 S Rule Turkey 1985 only - Sep 28 0:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Europe/Istanbul 1:55:52 - LMT 1880 1:56:56 - IMT 1910 Oct # Istanbul Mean Time? 2:00 Turkey EE%sT 1978 Oct 15 3:00 Turkey TR%sT 1985 Apr 20 # Turkey Time 2:00 Turkey EE%sT 1986 2:00 C-Eur EE%sT 1991 2:00 EU EE%sT Link Europe/Istanbul Asia/Istanbul # Istanbul is in both continents. # Ukraine # # From Igor Karpov, who works for the Ukranian Ministry of Justice, # via Garrett Wollman (2003-01-27): # BTW, I've found the official document on this matter. It's goverment # regulations number 509, May 13, 1996. In my poor translation it says: # "Time in Ukraine is set to second timezone (Kiev time). Each last Sunday # of March at 3am the time is changing to 4am and each last Sunday of # October the time at 4am is changing to 3am" # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] # Most of Ukraine since 1970 has been like Kiev. Zone Europe/Kiev 2:02:04 - LMT 1880 2:02:04 - KMT 1924 May 2 # Kiev Mean Time 2:00 - EET 1930 Jun 21 3:00 - MSK 1941 Sep 20 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1943 Nov 6 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 1990 3:00 - MSK 1990 Jul 1 2:00 2:00 - EET 1992 2:00 E-Eur EE%sT 1995 2:00 EU EE%sT # Ruthenia used CET 1990/1991. Zone Europe/Uzhgorod 1:29:12 - LMT 1890 Oct 1:00 - CET 1940 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1944 Oct 1:00 1:00 CEST 1944 Oct 26 1:00 - CET 1945 Jun 29 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 1990 3:00 - MSK 1990 Jul 1 2:00 1:00 - CET 1991 Mar 31 3:00 2:00 - EET 1992 2:00 E-Eur EE%sT 1995 2:00 EU EE%sT # Zaporozh'ye and eastern Lugansk oblasts observed DST 1990/1991. # Zaporozh'ye has an apostrophe, but Posix file names can't have apostrophes. Zone Europe/Zaporozhye 2:20:40 - LMT 1880 2:20 - CUT 1924 May 2 # Central Ukraine T 2:00 - EET 1930 Jun 21 3:00 - MSK 1941 Aug 25 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1943 Oct 25 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 1991 Mar 31 2:00 2:00 E-Eur EE%sT 1995 2:00 EU EE%sT # Central Crimea used Moscow time 1994/1997. Zone Europe/Simferopol 2:16:24 - LMT 1880 2:16 - SMT 1924 May 2 # Simferopol Mean T 2:00 - EET 1930 Jun 21 3:00 - MSK 1941 Nov 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1944 Apr 13 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 1990 3:00 - MSK 1990 Jul 1 2:00 2:00 - EET 1992 -# From Paul Eggert (1999-11-12): +# From Paul Eggert (1999-11-12): # The _Economist_ (1994-05-28, p 45) reports that central Crimea switched # from Kiev to Moscow time sometime after the January 1994 elections. # Shanks says ``date of change uncertain'', but implies that it happened # sometime between the 1994 DST switches. For now, guess it changed in May. 2:00 E-Eur EE%sT 1994 May # From IATA SSIM (1994/1997), which also says that Kerch is still like Kiev. 3:00 E-Eur MSK/MSD 1996 Mar 31 3:00s 3:00 1:00 MSD 1996 Oct 27 3:00s # IATA SSIM (1997-09) says Crimea switched to EET/EEST. # Assume it happened in March by not changing the clocks. 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 1997 3:00 - MSK 1997 Mar lastSun 1:00u 2:00 EU EE%sT ############################################################################### # One source shows that Bulgaria, Cyprus, Finland, and Greece observe DST from # the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in September in 1986. # The source shows Romania changing a day later than everybody else. # # According to Bernard Sieloff's source, Poland is in the MET time zone but # uses the WE DST rules. The Western USSR uses EET+1 and ME DST rules. # Bernard Sieloff's source claims Romania switches on the same day, but at # 00:00 standard time (i.e., 01:00 DST). It also claims that Turkey # switches on the same day, but switches on at 01:00 standard time # and off at 00:00 standard time (i.e., 01:00 DST) # ... # Date: Wed, 28 Jan 87 16:56:27 -0100 -# From: seismo!mcvax!cgcha!wtho (Tom Hofmann) -# Message-Id: <8701281556.AA22174@cgcha.uucp> +# From: Tom Hofmann # ... # # ...the European time rules are...standardized since 1981, when # most European coun[tr]ies started DST. Before that year, only # a few countries (UK, France, Italy) had DST, each according # to own national rules. In 1981, however, DST started on # 'Apr firstSun', and not on 'Mar lastSun' as in the following # years... # But also since 1981 there are some more national exceptions # than listed in 'europe': Switzerland, for example, joined DST # one year later, Denmark ended DST on 'Oct 1' instead of 'Sep # lastSun' in 1981---I don't know how they handle now. # # Finally, DST ist always from 'Apr 1' to 'Oct 1' in the # Soviet Union (as far as I know). # # Tom Hofmann, Scientific Computer Center, CIBA-GEIGY AG, # 4002 Basle, Switzerland -# UUCP: ...!mcvax!cernvax!cgcha!wtho +# ... # ... # Date: Wed, 4 Feb 87 22:35:22 +0100 -# From: seismo!mcvax!cwi.nl!dik (Dik T. Winter) +# From: Dik T. Winter # ... # # The information from Tom Hofmann is (as far as I know) not entirely correct. # After a request from chongo at amdahl I tried to retrieve all information # about DST in Europe. I was able to find all from about 1969. # # ...standardization on DST in Europe started in about 1977 with switches on # first Sunday in April and last Sunday in September... # In 1981 UK joined Europe insofar that # the starting day for both shifted to last Sunday in March. And from 1982 # the whole of Europe used DST, with switch dates April 1 and October 1 in # the Sov[i]et Union. In 1985 the SU reverted to standard Europe[a]n switch # dates... # # It should also be remembered that time-zones are not constants; e.g. # Portugal switched in 1976 from MET (or CET) to WET with DST... # Note also that though there were rules for switch dates not # all countries abided to these dates, and many individual deviations # occurred, though not since 1982 I believe. Another note: it is always # assumed that DST is 1 hour ahead of normal time, this need not be the # case; at least in the Netherlands there have been times when DST was 2 hours # in advance of normal time. # # ... # dik t. winter, cwi, amsterdam, nederland -# INTERNET : dik@cwi.nl -# BITNET/EARN: dik@mcvax +# ... # From Bob Devine (1988-01-28): # ... # Greece: Last Sunday in April to last Sunday in September (iffy on dates). # Since 1978. Change at midnight. # ... # Monaco: has same DST as France. # ... Index: stable/6/share/zoneinfo/leapseconds =================================================================== --- stable/6/share/zoneinfo/leapseconds (revision 153670) +++ stable/6/share/zoneinfo/leapseconds (revision 153671) @@ -1,99 +1,92 @@ -# @(#)leapseconds 7.17 +# @(#)leapseconds 7.20 # Allowance for leapseconds added to each timezone file. # The International Earth Rotation Service periodically uses leap seconds # to keep UTC to within 0.9 s of UT1 # (which measures the true angular orientation of the earth in space); see # Terry J Quinn, The BIPM and the accurate measure of time, # Proc IEEE 79, 7 (July 1991), 894-905. # There were no leap seconds before 1972, because the official mechanism # accounting for the discrepancy between atomic time and the earth's rotation # did not exist until the early 1970s. # The correction (+ or -) is made at the given time, so lines # will typically look like: # Leap YEAR MON DAY 23:59:60 + R/S # or # Leap YEAR MON DAY 23:59:59 - R/S # If the leapsecond is Rolling (R) the given time is local time # If the leapsecond is Stationary (S) the given time is UTC # Leap YEAR MONTH DAY HH:MM:SS CORR R/S Leap 1972 Jun 30 23:59:60 + S Leap 1972 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S Leap 1973 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S Leap 1974 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S Leap 1975 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S Leap 1976 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S Leap 1977 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S Leap 1978 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S Leap 1979 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S Leap 1981 Jun 30 23:59:60 + S Leap 1982 Jun 30 23:59:60 + S Leap 1983 Jun 30 23:59:60 + S Leap 1985 Jun 30 23:59:60 + S Leap 1987 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S Leap 1989 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S Leap 1990 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S Leap 1992 Jun 30 23:59:60 + S Leap 1993 Jun 30 23:59:60 + S Leap 1994 Jun 30 23:59:60 + S Leap 1995 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S Leap 1997 Jun 30 23:59:60 + S Leap 1998 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S Leap 2005 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S -# -# -# -# INTERNATIONAL EARTH ROTATION AND REFERENCE SYSTEMS SERVICE (IERS) -# +# INTERNATIONAL EARTH ROTATION AND REFERENCE SYSTEMS SERVICE (IERS) +# # SERVICE INTERNATIONAL DE LA ROTATION TERRESTRE ET DES SYSTEMES DE REFERENCE -# +# # SERVICE DE LA ROTATION TERRESTRE # OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS # 61, Av. de l'Observatoire 75014 PARIS (France) # Tel. : 33 (0) 1 40 51 22 26 # FAX : 33 (0) 1 40 51 22 91 -# e-mail : services.iers@obspm.fr +# ... # http://hpiers.obspm.fr/eop-pc -# -# Paris, 4 July 2005 -# -# Bulletin C 30 -# -# To authorities responsible -# for the measurement and -# distribution of time -# -# +# +# Paris, 4 July 2005 +# +# Bulletin C 30 +# +# To authorities responsible +# for the measurement and +# distribution of time +# +# # UTC TIME STEP # on the 1st of January 2006 -# -# -# A positive leap second will be introduced at the end of December 2005. -# The sequence of dates of the UTC second markers will be: -# -# 2005 December 31, 23h 59m 59s -# 2005 December 31, 23h 59m 60s -# 2006 January 1, 0h 0m 0s -# -# The difference between UTC and the International Atomic Time TAI is: -# -# from 1999 January 1, 0h UTC, to 2006 January 1 0h UTC : UTC-TAI = - 32s -# from 2006 January 1, 0h UTC, until further notice : UTC-TAI = - 33s -# -# Leap seconds can be introduced in UTC at the end of the months of December -# or June, depending on the evolution of UT1-TAI. Bulletin C is mailed every -# six months, either to announce a time step in UTC or to confirm that there -# will be no time step at the next possible date. -# -# -# -# Daniel GAMBIS -# Head -# Earth Orientation Center of IERS -# Observatoire de Paris, France -# +# +# A positive leap second will be introduced at the end of December 2005. +# The sequence of dates of the UTC second markers will be: +# +# 2005 December 31, 23h 59m 59s +# 2005 December 31, 23h 59m 60s +# 2006 January 1, 0h 0m 0s +# +# The difference between UTC and the International Atomic Time TAI is: +# +# from 1999 January 1, 0h UTC, to 2006 January 1 0h UTC : UTC-TAI = - 32s +# from 2006 January 1, 0h UTC, until further notice : UTC-TAI = - 33s +# +# Leap seconds can be introduced in UtC at the end of the months of December +# or June, depending on the evolution of UT1-TAI. Bulletin C is mailed every +# six months, either to announce a time step in UTC or to confirm that there +# will be no time step at the next possible date. +# +# Daniel GAMBIS +# Head +# Earth Orientation Center of IERS +# Observatoire de Paris, France Index: stable/6/share/zoneinfo/northamerica =================================================================== --- stable/6/share/zoneinfo/northamerica (revision 153670) +++ stable/6/share/zoneinfo/northamerica (revision 153671) @@ -1,1985 +1,2120 @@ -# @(#)northamerica 7.70 +# @(#)northamerica 7.82 # also includes Central America and the Caribbean # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, # go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to # tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future). -# From Paul Eggert (1999-03-22): +# From Paul Eggert (1999-03-22): # A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is # Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997). ############################################################################### # United States # From Paul Eggert (1999-03-31): # Howse writes (pp 121-125) that time zones were invented by # Professor Charles Ferdinand Dowd (1825-1904), # Principal of Temple Grove Ladies' Seminary (Saratoga Springs, NY). # His pamphlet ``A System of National Time for Railroads'' (1870) # was the result of his proposals at the Convention of Railroad Trunk Lines # in New York City (1869-10). His 1870 proposal was based on Washington, DC, # but in 1872-05 he moved the proposed origin to Greenwich. # His proposal was adopted by the railroads on 1883-11-18 at 12:00, # and the most of the country soon followed suit. -# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19): +# From Paul Eggert (2005-04-16): +# That 1883 transition occurred at 12:00 new time, not at 12:00 old time. +# See p 46 of David Prerau, Seize the daylight, Thunder's Mouth Press (2005). + +# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19): # A good source for time zone historical data in the US is # Thomas G. Shanks, The American Atlas (5th edition), # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1991). # Make sure you have the errata sheet; the book is somewhat useless without it. -# It is the source for the US and Puerto Rico entries below. +# It is the source for most of the pre-1991 US and Puerto Rico entries below. # From Paul Eggert (2001-03-06): # Daylight Saving Time was first suggested as a joke by Benjamin Franklin # in his whimsical essay ``An Economical Project for Diminishing the Cost # of Light'' published in the Journal de Paris (1784-04-26). # Not everyone is happy with the results: # # I don't really care how time is reckoned so long as there is some # agreement about it, but I object to being told that I am saving # daylight when my reason tells me that I am doing nothing of the kind. # I even object to the implication that I am wasting something # valuable if I stay in bed after the sun has risen. As an admirer # of moonlight I resent the bossy insistence of those who want to # reduce my time for enjoying it. At the back of the Daylight Saving # scheme I detect the bony, blue-fingered hand of Puritanism, eager # to push people into bed earlier, and get them up earlier, to make # them healthy, wealthy and wise in spite of themselves. # -# -- Robertson Davies, The Diary of Samuel Marchbanks (1947), XIX, Sunday +# -- Robertson Davies, The diary of Samuel Marchbanks, +# Clarke, Irwin (1947), XIX, Sunday # # For more about the first ten years of DST in the United States, see # Robert Garland's # Ten years of daylight saving from the Pittsburgh standpoint # (Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, 1927). # # Shanks says that DST was called "War Time" in the US in 1918 and 1919. # However, DST was imposed by the Standard Time Act of 1918, which # was the first nationwide legal time standard, and apparently # time was just called "Standard Time" or "Daylight Saving Time". # From Arthur David Olson: # US Daylight Saving Time ended on the last Sunday of *October* in 1974. # See, for example, the front page of the Saturday, 1974-10-26 # and Sunday, 1974-10-27 editions of the Washington Post. # From Arthur David Olson: # Before the Uniform Time Act of 1966 took effect in 1967, observance of # Daylight Saving Time in the US was by local option, except during wartime. # From Arthur David Olson (2000-09-25): # Last night I heard part of a rebroadcast of a 1945 Arch Oboler radio drama. # In the introduction, Oboler spoke of "Eastern Peace Time." # An AltaVista search turned up # : # "When the time is announced over the radio now, it is 'Eastern Peace # Time' instead of the old familiar 'Eastern War Time.' Peace is wonderful." # (August 1945) by way of confirmation. -# From Joseph Gallant , citing +# From Joseph Gallant citing # George H. Douglas, _The Early Days of Radio Broadcasting_ (1987): # At 7 P.M. (Eastern War Time) [on 1945-08-14], the networks were set # to switch to London for Attlee's address, but the American people # never got to hear his speech live. According to one press account, # CBS' Bob Trout was first to announce the word of Japan's surrender, # but a few seconds later, NBC, ABC and Mutual also flashed the word # of surrender, all of whom interrupting the bells of Big Ben in # London which were to precede Mr. Attlee's speech. # From Paul Eggert (2003-02-09): It was Robert St John, not Bob Trout. From # Myrna Oliver's obituary of St John on page B16 of today's Los Angeles Times: # # ... a war-weary U.S. clung to radios, awaiting word of Japan's surrender. # Any announcement from Asia would reach St. John's New York newsroom on a # wire service teletype machine, which had prescribed signals for major news. # Associated Press, for example, would ring five bells before spewing out # typed copy of an important story, and 10 bells for news "of transcendental # importance." # # On Aug. 14, stalling while talking steadily into the NBC networks' open # microphone, St. John heard five bells and waited only to hear a sixth bell, # before announcing confidently: "Ladies and gentlemen, World War II is over. # The Japanese have agreed to our surrender terms." # # He had scored a 20-second scoop on other broadcasters. +# From Arthur David Olson (2005-08-22): +# Paul has been careful to use the "US" rules only in those locations +# that are part of the United States; this reflects the real scope of +# U.S. government action. So even though the "US" rules have changed +# in the latest release, other countries won't be affected. + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule US 1918 1919 - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule US 1918 1919 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule US 1942 only - Feb 9 2:00 1:00 W # War Rule US 1945 only - Aug 14 23:00u 1:00 P # Peace Rule US 1945 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 S -Rule US 1967 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S +Rule US 1967 2006 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule US 1967 1973 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule US 1974 only - Jan 6 2:00 1:00 D Rule US 1975 only - Feb 23 2:00 1:00 D Rule US 1976 1986 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D -Rule US 1987 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D -# -# H.R.177 -# (introduced 1999-01-06) would change April to March in the above rule. +Rule US 1987 2006 - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D +Rule US 2007 max - Mar Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D +Rule US 2007 max - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 0 S # From Bob Devine (1988-01-28): # ...Alaska (and Hawaii) had the timezone names changed in 1967. # old new # Pacific Standard Time(PST) -same- # Yukon Standard Time(YST) -same- # Central Alaska S.T. (CAT) Alaska-Hawaii St[an]dard Time (AHST) # Nome Standard Time (NT) Bering Standard Time (BST) # # ...Alaska's timezone lines were redrawn in 1983 to give only 2 tz. # The YST zone now covers nearly all of the state, AHST just part # of the Aleutian islands. No DST. # From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19): # The tables below use `NST', not `NT', for Nome Standard Time. # I invented `CAWT' for Central Alaska War Time. # From U. S. Naval Observatory (1989-01-19): # USA EASTERN 5 H BEHIND UTC NEW YORK, WASHINGTON # USA EASTERN 4 H BEHIND UTC APR 3 - OCT 30 # USA CENTRAL 6 H BEHIND UTC CHICAGO, HOUSTON # USA CENTRAL 5 H BEHIND UTC APR 3 - OCT 30 # USA MOUNTAIN 7 H BEHIND UTC DENVER # USA MOUNTAIN 6 H BEHIND UTC APR 3 - OCT 30 # USA PACIFIC 8 H BEHIND UTC L.A., SAN FRANCISCO # USA PACIFIC 7 H BEHIND UTC APR 3 - OCT 30 # USA ALASKA STD 9 H BEHIND UTC MOST OF ALASKA (AKST) # USA ALASKA STD 8 H BEHIND UTC APR 3 - OCT 30 (AKDT) # USA ALEUTIAN 10 H BEHIND UTC ISLANDS WEST OF 170W # USA - " - 9 H BEHIND UTC APR 3 - OCT 30 # USA HAWAII 10 H BEHIND UTC # USA BERING 11 H BEHIND UTC SAMOA, MIDWAY # From Arthur David Olson (1989-01-21): # The above dates are for 1988. # Note the "AKST" and "AKDT" abbreviations, the claim that there's # no DST in Samoa, and the claim that there is DST in Alaska and the # Aleutians. # From Arthur David Olson (1988-02-13): # Legal standard time zone names, from United States Code (1982 Edition and # Supplement III), Title 15, Chapter 6, Section 260 and forward. First, names # up to 1967-04-01 (when most provisions of the Uniform Time Act of 1966 # took effect), as explained in sections 263 and 261: # (none) # United States standard eastern time # United States standard mountain time # United States standard central time # United States standard Pacific time # (none) # United States standard Alaska time # (none) # Next, names from 1967-04-01 until 1983-11-30 (the date for # public law 98-181): # Atlantic standard time # eastern standard time # central standard time # mountain standard time # Pacific standard time # Yukon standard time # Alaska-Hawaii standard time # Bering standard time # And after 1983-11-30: # Atlantic standard time # eastern standard time # central standard time # mountain standard time # Pacific standard time # Alaska standard time # Hawaii-Aleutian standard time # Samoa standard time # The law doesn't give abbreviations. # # From Paul Eggert (2000-01-08), following a heads-up from Rives McDow: # Public law 106-564 (2000-12-23) introduced the abbreviation # "Chamorro Standard Time" for time in Guam and the Northern Marianas. # See the file "australasia". + +# From Arthur David Olson, 2005-08-09 +# The following was signed into law on 2005-08-08. +# +# H.R. 6, Energy Policy Act of 2005, SEC. 110. DAYLIGHT SAVINGS. +# (a) Amendment- Section 3(a) of the Uniform Time Act of 1966 (15 +# U.S.C. 260a(a)) is amended-- +# (1) by striking `first Sunday of April' and inserting `second +# Sunday of March'; and +# (2) by striking `last Sunday of October' and inserting `first +# Sunday of November'. +# (b) Effective Date- Subsection (a) shall take effect 1 year after the +# date of enactment of this Act or March 1, 2007, whichever is later. +# (c) Report to Congress- Not later than 9 months after the effective +# date stated in subsection (b), the Secretary shall report to Congress +# on the impact of this section on energy consumption in the United +# States. +# (d) Right to Revert- Congress retains the right to revert the +# Daylight Saving Time back to the 2005 time schedules once the +# Department study is complete. - # US eastern time, represented by New York # Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, most of Florida, -# Georgia, southeast Indiana (Clark, Dearborn, Floyd, Harrison, and -# Ohio counties), eastern Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, +# Georgia, southeast Indiana (Dearborn and Ohio counties), eastern Kentucky +# (except America/Kentucky/Louisville below), Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, # New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, # Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, eastern Tennessee, # Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia +# From Dave Cantor (2004-11-02): +# Early this summer I had the occasion to visit the Mount Washington +# Observatory weather station atop (of course!) Mount Washington [, NH].... +# One of the staff members said that the station was on Eastern Standard Time +# and didn't change their clocks for Daylight Saving ... so that their +# reports will always have times which are 5 hours behind UTC. + +# From Paul Eggert (2005-08-26): +# According to today's Huntsville Times +# +# a few towns on Alabama's "eastern border with Georgia, such as Phenix City +# in Russell County, Lanett in Chambers County and some towns in Lee County, +# set their watches and clocks on Eastern time." It quotes H.H. "Bubba" +# Roberts, city administrator in Phenix City. as saying "We are in the Central +# time zone, but we do go by the Eastern time zone because so many people work +# in Columbus." + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER Rule NYC 1920 only - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule NYC 1920 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule NYC 1921 1966 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule NYC 1921 1954 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule NYC 1955 1966 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone America/New_York -4:56:02 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:00 +Zone America/New_York -4:56:02 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:03:58 -5:00 US E%sT 1920 -5:00 NYC E%sT 1942 -5:00 US E%sT 1946 -5:00 NYC E%sT 1967 -5:00 US E%sT # US central time, represented by Chicago # Alabama, Arkansas, Florida panhandle (Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, # Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton, and # Washington counties), Illinois, western Indiana # (Gibson, Jasper, Lake, LaPorte, Newton, Porter, Posey, Spencer, # Vanderburgh, and Warrick counties), Iowa, most of Kansas, western # Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, eastern # Nebraska, eastern North Dakota, Oklahoma, eastern South Dakota, # western Tennessee, most of Texas, Wisconsin # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER Rule Chicago 1920 only - Jun 13 2:00 1:00 D Rule Chicago 1920 1921 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Chicago 1921 only - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Chicago 1922 1966 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Chicago 1922 1954 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Chicago 1955 1966 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone America/Chicago -5:50:36 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:00 +Zone America/Chicago -5:50:36 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:09:24 -6:00 US C%sT 1920 -6:00 Chicago C%sT 1936 Mar 1 2:00 -5:00 - EST 1936 Nov 15 2:00 -6:00 Chicago C%sT 1942 -6:00 US C%sT 1946 -6:00 Chicago C%sT 1967 -6:00 US C%sT # Oliver County, ND switched from mountain to central time on 1992-10-25. -Zone America/North_Dakota/Center -6:45:12 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:00 +Zone America/North_Dakota/Center -6:45:12 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:14:48 -7:00 US M%sT 1992 Oct 25 02:00 -6:00 US C%sT # US mountain time, represented by Denver # # Colorado, far western Kansas, Montana, western # Nebraska, Nevada border (Jackpot, Owyhee, and Mountain City), # New Mexico, southwestern North Dakota, far eastern Oregon, # western South Dakota, far western Texas (El Paso County, Hudspeth County, # and Pine Springs and Nickel Creek in Culberson County), Utah, Wyoming # # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER Rule Denver 1920 1921 - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Denver 1920 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Denver 1921 only - May 22 2:00 0 S Rule Denver 1965 1966 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Denver 1965 1966 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone America/Denver -6:59:56 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:00 +Zone America/Denver -6:59:56 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:00:04 -7:00 US M%sT 1920 -7:00 Denver M%sT 1942 -7:00 US M%sT 1946 -7:00 Denver M%sT 1967 -7:00 US M%sT # US Pacific time, represented by Los Angeles # # California, northern Idaho (Benewah, Bonner, Boundary, Clearwater, # Idaho, Kootenai, Latah, Lewis, Nez Perce, and Shoshone counties), # most of Nevada, most of Oregon, and Washington # # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER Rule CA 1948 only - Mar 14 2:00 1:00 D Rule CA 1949 only - Jan 1 2:00 0 S Rule CA 1950 1966 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule CA 1950 1961 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule CA 1962 1966 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone America/Los_Angeles -7:52:58 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:00 +Zone America/Los_Angeles -7:52:58 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:07:02 -8:00 US P%sT 1946 -8:00 CA P%sT 1967 -8:00 US P%sT # Alaska # AK%sT is the modern abbreviation for -9:00 per USNO. # # From Paul Eggert (2001-05-30): # Howse writes that Alaska switched from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar, # and from east-of-GMT to west-of-GMT days, when the US bought it from Russia. # This was on 1867-10-18, a Friday; the previous day was 1867-10-06 Julian, # also a Friday. Include only the time zone part of this transition, # ignoring the switch from Julian to Gregorian, since we can't represent # the Julian calendar. # # As far as we know, none of the exact locations mentioned below were # permanently inhabited in 1867 by anyone using either calendar. # (Yakutat was colonized by the Russians in 1799, but the settlement # was destroyed in 1805 by a Yakutat-kon war party.) However, there # were nearby inhabitants in some cases and for our purposes perhaps # it's best to simply use the official transition. # # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Juneau 15:02:19 - LMT 1867 Oct 18 -8:57:41 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 12:00 -8:00 - PST 1942 -8:00 US P%sT 1946 -8:00 - PST 1969 -8:00 US P%sT 1983 Oct 30 2:00 -9:00 US Y%sT 1983 Nov 30 -9:00 US AK%sT Zone America/Yakutat 14:41:05 - LMT 1867 Oct 18 -9:18:55 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 12:00 -9:00 - YST 1942 -9:00 US Y%sT 1946 -9:00 - YST 1969 -9:00 US Y%sT 1983 Nov 30 -9:00 US AK%sT Zone America/Anchorage 14:00:24 - LMT 1867 Oct 18 -9:59:36 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 12:00 -10:00 - CAT 1942 -10:00 US CAT/CAWT 1946 -10:00 - CAT 1967 Apr -10:00 - AHST 1969 -10:00 US AH%sT 1983 Oct 30 2:00 -9:00 US Y%sT 1983 Nov 30 -9:00 US AK%sT Zone America/Nome 12:58:21 - LMT 1867 Oct 18 -11:01:38 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 12:00 -11:00 - NST 1942 -11:00 US N%sT 1946 -11:00 - NST 1967 Apr -11:00 - BST 1969 -11:00 US B%sT 1983 Oct 30 2:00 -9:00 US Y%sT 1983 Nov 30 -9:00 US AK%sT Zone America/Adak 12:13:21 - LMT 1867 Oct 18 -11:46:38 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 12:00 -11:00 - NST 1942 -11:00 US N%sT 1946 -11:00 - NST 1967 Apr -11:00 - BST 1969 -11:00 US B%sT 1983 Oct 30 2:00 -10:00 US AH%sT 1983 Nov 30 -10:00 US HA%sT +# The following switches don't quite make our 1970 cutoff. +# # Shanks writes that part of southwest Alaska (e.g. Aniak) # switched from -11:00 to -10:00 on 1968-09-22 at 02:00, # and another part (e.g. Akiak) made the same switch five weeks later. -# These switches don't quite make our 1970 cutoff. +# +# From David Flater (2004-11-09): +# In e-mail, 2004-11-02, Ray Hudson, historian/liaison to the Unalaska +# Historic Preservation Commission, provided this information, which +# suggests that Unalaska deviated from statutory time from early 1967 +# possibly until 1983: +# +# Minutes of the Unalaska City Council Meeting, January 10, 1967: +# "Except for St. Paul and Akutan, Unalaska is the only important +# location not on Alaska Standard Time. The following resolution was +# made by William Robinson and seconded by Henry Swanson: Be it +# resolved that the City of Unalaska hereby goes to Alaska Standard +# Time as of midnight Friday, January 13, 1967 (1 A.M. Saturday, +# January 14, Alaska Standard Time.) This resolution was passed with +# three votes for and one against." # Hawaii # # From Arthur David Olson: # And then there's Hawaii. # DST was observed for one day in 1933; # standard time was changed by half an hour in 1947; # it's always standard as of 1986. # # From Paul Eggert: # Shanks says the 1933 experiment lasted for three weeks. Go with Shanks. # Zone Pacific/Honolulu -10:31:26 - LMT 1900 Jan 1 12:00 -10:30 - HST 1933 Apr 30 2:00 -10:30 1:00 HDT 1933 May 21 2:00 -10:30 US H%sT 1947 Jun 8 2:00 -10:00 - HST # Now we turn to US areas that have diverged from the consensus since 1970. # Arizona mostly uses MST. # From Paul Eggert (2002-10-20): # # The information in the rest of this paragraph is derived from the # # Daylight Saving Time web page (2002-01-23) maintained by the # Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records. # Between 1944-01-01 and 1944-04-01 the State of Arizona used standard # time, but by federal law railroads, airlines, bus lines, military # personnel, and some engaged in interstate commerce continued to # observe war (i.e., daylight saving) time. The 1944-03-17 Phoenix # Gazette says that was the date the law changed, and that 04-01 was # the date the state's clocks would change. In 1945 the State of # Arizona used standard time all year, again with exceptions only as # mandated by federal law. Arizona observed DST in 1967, but Arizona # Laws 1968, ch. 183 (effective 1968-03-21) repealed DST. # # Shanks says the 1944 experiment came to an end on 1944-03-17. # Go with the Arizona State Library instead. -Zone America/Phoenix -7:28:18 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:00 +Zone America/Phoenix -7:28:18 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 11:31:42 -7:00 US M%sT 1944 Jan 1 00:01 -7:00 - MST 1944 Apr 1 00:01 -7:00 US M%sT 1944 Oct 1 00:01 -7:00 - MST 1967 -7:00 US M%sT 1968 Mar 21 -7:00 - MST # From Arthur David Olson (1988-02-13): # A writer from the Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc., # notes in private correspondence dated 1987-12-28 that "Presently, only the # Navajo Nation participates in the Daylight Saving Time policy, due to its # large size and location in three states." (The "only" means that other # tribal nations don't use DST.) Link America/Denver America/Shiprock # Southern Idaho (Ada, Adams, Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Blaine, # Boise, Bonneville, Butte, Camas, Canyon, Caribou, Cassia, Clark, # Custer, Elmore, Franklin, Fremont, Gem, Gooding, Jefferson, Jerome, # Lemhi, Lincoln, Madison, Minidoka, Oneida, Owyhee, Payette, Power, # Teton, Twin Falls, Valley, Washington counties) and eastern Oregon # switched four weeks late in 1974. -# +# # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone America/Boise -7:44:49 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:00 +Zone America/Boise -7:44:49 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:15:11 -8:00 US P%sT 1923 May 13 2:00 -7:00 US M%sT 1974 -7:00 - MST 1974 Feb 3 2:00 -7:00 US M%sT # Indiana # # For a map of Indiana's time zone regions, see: # # What time is it in Indiana? -# (1999-04-06) +# (2005-05-03) # -# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19): -# Indiana generally observes either EST all year, or CST/CDT, -# but areas near Cincinnati and Louisville use those cities' timekeeping -# and in 1969 and 1970 the whole state observed daylight time; -# and there are other exceptions as noted below. +# From Paul Eggert (2005-08-22): +# Since 1970, most of Indiana has been like America/Indiana/Indianapolis, +# with the following exceptions: +# +# - Gibson, Jasper, Lake, LaPorte, Newton, Porter, Posey, Spencer, +# Vandenburgh, and Warrick counties have been like America/Chicago. +# +# - Dearborn and Ohio counties have been like America/New_York. +# +# - Clark, Floyd, and Harrison counties have been like +# America/Kentucky/Louisville. +# +# - Crawford, Starke, and Switzerland counties have their own time zone +# histories as noted below. +# # Shanks partitions Indiana into 345 regions, each with its own time history, # and writes ``Even newspaper reports present contradictory information.'' # Fortunately, most of the complexity occurred before our cutoff date of 1970. # -# Since 1970, EST-only Indiana has been like America/Indianapolis, -# with exceptions noted below for Crawford, Starke, and Switzerland counties. -# The parts of Indiana not listed below have been like America/Chicago, -# America/Louisville, or America/New_York. -# # Other than Indianapolis, the Indiana place names are so nondescript # that they would be ambiguous if we left them at the `America' level. # So we reluctantly put them all in a subdirectory `America/Indiana'. -# -# Most of EST-only Indiana last observed DST in 1970. -# From Paul Eggert (2001-03-06), following a tip by Markus Kuhn: -# Pam Belluck reported in the New York Times (2001-01-31) that the -# Indiana Legislature is considering a bill to adopt DST statewide. -# Her article mentioned Vevay, whose post office observes a different -# time zone from Danner's Hardware across the street. +# From Paul Eggert (2005-08-16): +# http://www.mccsc.edu/time.html says that Indiana will use DST starting 2006, +# and that many counties may switch either to Central or to Eastern time. +# The county-by-county decisions have not been made yet, so for now assume +# that no counties will switch: this assumption is most likely wrong, +# but it's the best we can do for now. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER Rule Indianapolis 1941 only - Jun 22 2:00 1:00 D Rule Indianapolis 1941 1954 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Indianapolis 1946 1954 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone America/Indianapolis -5:44:38 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:00 +Zone America/Indiana/Indianapolis -5:44:38 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:15:22 -6:00 US C%sT 1920 -6:00 Indianapolis C%sT 1942 -6:00 US C%sT 1946 -6:00 Indianapolis C%sT 1955 Apr 24 2:00 -5:00 - EST 1957 Sep 29 2:00 -6:00 - CST 1958 Apr 27 2:00 -5:00 - EST 1969 -5:00 US E%sT 1971 - -5:00 - EST -Link America/Indianapolis America/Indiana/Indianapolis + -5:00 - EST 2006 + -5:00 US E%sT # # Part of Crawford County, Indiana, last observed DST in 1975, # and left its clocks alone in 1974. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER Rule Marengo 1951 only - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Marengo 1951 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Marengo 1954 1960 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Marengo 1954 1960 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone America/Indiana/Marengo -5:45:23 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:00 +Zone America/Indiana/Marengo -5:45:23 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:14:37 -6:00 US C%sT 1951 -6:00 Marengo C%sT 1961 Apr 30 2:00 -5:00 - EST 1969 -5:00 US E%sT 1974 Jan 6 2:00 -6:00 1:00 CDT 1974 Oct 27 2:00 -5:00 US E%sT 1976 - -5:00 - EST + -5:00 - EST 2006 + -5:00 US E%sT # # Starke County, Indiana # From Arthur David Olson (1991-10-28): # An article on page A3 of the Sunday, 1991-10-27 Washington Post # notes that Starke County switched from Central time to Eastern time as of # 1991-10-27. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER Rule Starke 1947 1961 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Starke 1947 1954 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Starke 1955 1956 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Starke 1957 1958 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Starke 1959 1961 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone America/Indiana/Knox -5:46:30 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:00 +Zone America/Indiana/Knox -5:46:30 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:13:30 -6:00 US C%sT 1947 -6:00 Starke C%sT 1962 Apr 29 2:00 -5:00 - EST 1963 Oct 27 2:00 -6:00 US C%sT 1991 Oct 27 2:00 - -5:00 - EST + -5:00 - EST 2006 + -5:00 US E%sT # # Switzerland County, Indiana, last observed DST in 1972. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone America/Indiana/Vevay -5:40:16 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:00 +Zone America/Indiana/Vevay -5:40:16 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:19:44 -6:00 US C%sT 1954 Apr 25 2:00 -5:00 - EST 1969 -5:00 US E%sT 1973 - -5:00 - EST + -5:00 - EST 2006 + -5:00 US E%sT # Part of Kentucky left its clocks alone in 1974. -# This also includes a part of Indiana immediately adjacent to Louisville. +# This also includes Clark, Floyd, and Harrison counties in Indiana. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER Rule Louisville 1921 only - May 1 2:00 1:00 D Rule Louisville 1921 only - Sep 1 2:00 0 S Rule Louisville 1941 1961 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Louisville 1941 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Louisville 1946 only - Jun 2 2:00 0 S Rule Louisville 1950 1955 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Louisville 1956 1960 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone America/Louisville -5:43:02 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:00 +Zone America/Kentucky/Louisville -5:43:02 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:16:58 -6:00 US C%sT 1921 -6:00 Louisville C%sT 1942 -6:00 US C%sT 1946 -6:00 Louisville C%sT 1961 Jul 23 2:00 -5:00 - EST 1968 -5:00 US E%sT 1974 Jan 6 2:00 -6:00 1:00 CDT 1974 Oct 27 2:00 -5:00 US E%sT -Link America/Louisville America/Kentucky/Louisville # # Wayne, Clinton, and Russell Counties, Kentucky # # From # # Lake Cumberland LIFE # (1999-01-29) via WKYM-101.7: # Clinton County has joined Wayne County in asking the DoT to change from # the Central to the Eastern time zone.... The Wayne County government made # the same request in December. And while Russell County officials have not # taken action, the majority of respondents to a poll conducted there in # August indicated they would like to change to "fast time" also. # The three Lake Cumberland counties are the farthest east of any U.S. # location in the Central time zone. # # From Rich Wales (2000-08-29): # After prolonged debate, and despite continuing deep differences of opinion, # Wayne County (central Kentucky) is switching from Central (-0600) to Eastern # (-0500) time. They won't "fall back" this year. See Sara Shipley, # The difference an hour makes, Nando Times (2000-08-29 15:33 -0400). # # From Paul Eggert (2001-07-16): # The final rule was published in the # # Federal Register 65, 160 (2000-08-17), page 50154-50158. # # -Zone America/Kentucky/Monticello -5:39:24 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:00 +Zone America/Kentucky/Monticello -5:39:24 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:20:36 -6:00 US C%sT 1946 -6:00 - CST 1968 -6:00 US C%sT 2000 Oct 29 2:00 -5:00 US E%sT # From Rives McDow (2000-08-30): # Here ... are all the changes in the US since 1985. # Kearny County, KS (put all of county on central; # previously split between MST and CST) ... 1990-10 # Starke County, IN (from CST to EST) ... 1991-10 # Oliver County, ND (from MST to CST) ... 1992-10 # West Wendover, NV (from PST TO MST) ... 1999-10 # Wayne County, KY (from CST to EST) ... 2000-10 # # From Paul Eggert (2001-07-17): # We don't know where the line used to be within Kearny County, KS, # so omit that change for now. # See America/Indiana/Knox for the Starke County, IN change. # See America/North_Dakota/Center for the Oliver County, ND change. # West Wendover, NV officially switched from Pacific to mountain time on # 1999-10-31. See the # # Federal Register 64, 203 (1999-10-21), page 56705-56707. # # However, the Federal Register says that West Wendover already operated # on mountain time, and the rule merely made this official; # hence a separate tz entry is not needed. # Michigan # # From Bob Devine (1988-01-28): # Michigan didn't observe DST from 1968 to 1973. # # From Paul Eggert (1999-03-31): # Shanks writes that Michigan started using standard time on 1885-09-18, # but Howse writes (pp 124-125, referring to Popular Astronomy, 1901-01) # that Detroit kept # # local time until 1900 when the City Council decreed that clocks should # be put back twenty-eight minutes to Central Standard Time. Half the # city obeyed, half refused. After considerable debate, the decision # was rescinded and the city reverted to Sun time. A derisive offer to # erect a sundial in front of the city hall was referred to the # Committee on Sewers. Then, in 1905, Central time was adopted # by city vote. # # This story is too entertaining to be false, so go with Howse over Shanks. # # From Paul Eggert (2001-03-06): # Garland (1927) writes ``Cleveland and Detroit advanced their clocks # one hour in 1914.'' This change is not in Shanks. We have no more # info, so omit this for now. # # Most of Michigan observed DST from 1973 on, but was a bit late in 1975. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER Rule Detroit 1948 only - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Detroit 1948 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Detroit 1967 only - Jun 14 2:00 1:00 D Rule Detroit 1967 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Detroit -5:32:11 - LMT 1905 -6:00 - CST 1915 May 15 2:00 -5:00 - EST 1942 -5:00 US E%sT 1946 -5:00 Detroit E%sT 1973 -5:00 US E%sT 1975 -5:00 - EST 1975 Apr 27 2:00 -5:00 US E%sT # # The Michigan border with Wisconsin switched from EST to CST/CDT in 1973. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER Rule Menominee 1946 only - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Menominee 1946 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Menominee 1966 only - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Menominee 1966 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Menominee -5:50:27 - LMT 1885 Sep 18 12:00 -6:00 US C%sT 1946 -6:00 Menominee C%sT 1969 Apr 27 2:00 -5:00 - EST 1973 Apr 29 2:00 -6:00 US C%sT # Navassa # administered by the US Fish and Wildlife Service # claimed by US under the provisions of the 1856 Guano Islands Act # also claimed by Haiti # occupied 1857/1900 by the Navassa Phosphate Co # US lighthouse 1917/1996-09 # currently uninhabited # see Mark Fineman, ``An Isle Rich in Guano and Discord'', # _Los Angeles Times_ (1998-11-10), A1, A10; it cites # Jimmy Skaggs, _The Great Guano Rush_ (1994). -# Old names, for S5 users - -# Link LINK-FROM LINK-TO -Link America/New_York EST5EDT -Link America/Chicago CST6CDT -Link America/Denver MST7MDT -Link America/Los_Angeles PST8PDT -Link America/Indianapolis EST -Link America/Phoenix MST -Link Pacific/Honolulu HST - ################################################################################ -# From Paul Eggert (1999-10-29): +# From Paul Eggert (1999-10-29): # A good source for time zone historical data outside the US is # Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (5th edition), # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1999). # # Gwillim Law writes that a good source # for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport # Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM), # published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries # of the IATA's data after 1990. # # Except where otherwise noted, Shanks is the source for entries through 1990, # and IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990. # # Other sources occasionally used include: # # Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences, # Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), # which I found in the UCLA library. # # # William Willett, The Waste of Daylight, 19th edition # (1914-03) # # See the `europe' file for Greenland. # Canada -# From Alain LaBont (1994-11-14): +# From Alain LaBont (1994-11-14): # I post here the time zone abbreviations standardized in Canada # for both English and French in the CAN/CSA-Z234.4-89 standard.... # # UTC Standard time Daylight savings time # offset French English French English # -2:30 - - HAT NDT # -3 - - HAA ADT # -3:30 HNT NST - - # -4 HNA AST HAE EDT # -5 HNE EST HAC CDT # -6 HNC CST HAR MDT # -7 HNR MST HAP PDT # -8 HNP PST HAY YDT # -9 HNY YST - - # # HN: Heure Normale ST: Standard Time # HA: Heure Avance DT: Daylight saving Time # # A: de l'Atlantique Atlantic # C: du Centre Central # E: de l'Est Eastern # M: Mountain # N: Newfoundland # P: du Pacifique Pacific # R: des Rocheuses # T: de Terre-Neuve # Y: du Yukon Yukon # -# From Paul Eggert (1994-11-22): +# From Paul Eggert (1994-11-22): # Alas, this sort of thing must be handled by localization software. # Unless otherwise specified, the data for Canada are all from Shanks. # From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02): # H. David Matthews and Mary Vincent's map # # "It's about TIME", _Canadian Geographic_ (September-October 1998) # contains detailed boundaries for regions observing nonstandard # time and daylight saving time arrangements in Canada circa 1998. # # INMS, the Institute for National Measurement Standards in Ottawa, has # # information about standard and daylight saving time zones in Canada. # (updated periodically). # Its unofficial information is often taken from Matthews and Vincent. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Canada 1918 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 D Rule Canada 1918 only - Oct 31 2:00 0 S Rule Canada 1942 only - Feb 9 2:00 1:00 W # War Rule Canada 1945 only - Aug 14 23:00u 1:00 P # Peace Rule Canada 1945 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 S Rule Canada 1974 1986 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Canada 1974 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Canada 1987 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D # Newfoundland (and far southeast Labrador) # From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02): # Matthews and Vincent (1998) write that Labrador should use NST/NDT, # but the only part of Labrador that follows the rules is the # southeast corner, including Port Hope Simpson and Mary's Harbour, # but excluding, say, Black Tickle. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule StJohns 1917 only - Apr 8 2:00 1:00 D Rule StJohns 1917 only - Sep 17 2:00 0 S # Whitman gives 1919 Apr 5 and 1920 Apr 5; go with Shanks. Rule StJohns 1919 only - May 5 23:00 1:00 D Rule StJohns 1919 only - Aug 12 23:00 0 S # For 1931-1935 Whitman gives Apr same date; go with Shanks. Rule StJohns 1920 1935 - May Sun>=1 23:00 1:00 D Rule StJohns 1920 1935 - Oct lastSun 23:00 0 S # For 1936-1941 Whitman gives May Sun>=8 and Oct Sun>=1; go with Shanks. Rule StJohns 1936 1941 - May Mon>=9 0:00 1:00 D Rule StJohns 1936 1941 - Oct Mon>=2 0:00 0 S # Whitman gives the following transitions: # 1942 03-01/12-31, 1943 05-30/09-05, 1944 07-10/09-02, 1945 01-01/10-07 # but go with Shanks and assume they used Canadian rules. # For 1946-9 Whitman gives May 5,4,9,1 - Oct 1,5,3,2, and for 1950 he gives # Apr 30 - Sep 24; go with Shanks. Rule StJohns 1946 1950 - May Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D Rule StJohns 1946 1950 - Oct Sun>=2 2:00 0 S Rule StJohns 1951 1986 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule StJohns 1951 1959 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule StJohns 1960 1986 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S # From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02): # INMS (2000-09-12) says that, since 1988 at least, Newfoundland switches # at 00:01 local time. For now, assume it started in 1987. Rule StJohns 1987 only - Apr Sun>=1 0:01 1:00 D Rule StJohns 1987 max - Oct lastSun 0:01 0 S Rule StJohns 1988 only - Apr Sun>=1 0:01 2:00 DD Rule StJohns 1989 max - Apr Sun>=1 0:01 1:00 D # St John's has an apostrophe, but Posix file names can't have apostrophes. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/St_Johns -3:30:52 - LMT 1884 -3:30:52 StJohns N%sT 1918 -3:30:52 Canada N%sT 1919 -3:30:52 StJohns N%sT 1935 Mar 30 -3:30 StJohns N%sT 1942 May 11 -3:30 Canada N%sT 1946 -3:30 StJohns N%sT # most of east Labrador # The name `Happy Valley-Goose Bay' is too long; use `Goose Bay'. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Goose_Bay -4:01:40 - LMT 1884 # Happy Valley-Goose Bay -3:30:52 - NST 1918 -3:30:52 Canada N%sT 1919 -3:30:52 - NST 1935 Mar 30 -3:30 - NST 1936 -3:30 StJohns N%sT 1942 May 11 -3:30 Canada N%sT 1946 -3:30 StJohns N%sT 1966 Mar 15 2:00 -4:00 StJohns A%sT # west Labrador, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward I # From Paul Eggert (1996-06-12): # Shanks writes that since 1970 most of this region has been like Halifax. # Many locales did not observe peacetime DST until 1972; # Glace Bay, NS is the largest that we know of. # Shanks also writes that Liverpool, NS was the only town in Canada to observe # DST in 1971 but not 1970; for now we'll assume this is a typo. # From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02): # INMS (2000-09-12) says that, since 1988 at least, New Brunswick switches # at 00:01 local time. FIXME: verify and create a new Zone for this. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Halifax 1916 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Halifax 1916 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 S Rule Halifax 1920 only - May 9 0:00 1:00 D Rule Halifax 1920 only - Aug 29 0:00 0 S Rule Halifax 1921 only - May 6 0:00 1:00 D Rule Halifax 1921 1922 - Sep 5 0:00 0 S Rule Halifax 1922 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 D Rule Halifax 1923 1925 - May Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Halifax 1923 only - Sep 4 0:00 0 S Rule Halifax 1924 only - Sep 15 0:00 0 S Rule Halifax 1925 only - Sep 28 0:00 0 S Rule Halifax 1926 only - May 16 0:00 1:00 D Rule Halifax 1926 only - Sep 13 0:00 0 S Rule Halifax 1927 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Halifax 1927 only - Sep 26 0:00 0 S Rule Halifax 1928 1931 - May Sun>=8 0:00 1:00 D Rule Halifax 1928 only - Sep 9 0:00 0 S Rule Halifax 1929 only - Sep 3 0:00 0 S Rule Halifax 1930 only - Sep 15 0:00 0 S Rule Halifax 1931 1932 - Sep Mon>=24 0:00 0 S Rule Halifax 1932 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Halifax 1933 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 D Rule Halifax 1933 only - Oct 2 0:00 0 S Rule Halifax 1934 only - May 20 0:00 1:00 D Rule Halifax 1934 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 S Rule Halifax 1935 only - Jun 2 0:00 1:00 D Rule Halifax 1935 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 S Rule Halifax 1936 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Halifax 1936 only - Sep 14 0:00 0 S Rule Halifax 1937 1938 - May Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Halifax 1937 1941 - Sep Mon>=24 0:00 0 S Rule Halifax 1939 only - May 28 0:00 1:00 D Rule Halifax 1940 1941 - May Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Halifax 1946 1949 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Halifax 1946 1949 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Halifax 1951 1954 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Halifax 1951 1954 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Halifax 1956 1959 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Halifax 1956 1959 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Halifax 1962 1973 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Halifax 1962 1973 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Halifax -4:14:24 - LMT 1902 Jun 15 -4:00 Halifax A%sT 1918 -4:00 Canada A%sT 1919 -4:00 Halifax A%sT 1942 Feb 9 2:00s -4:00 Canada A%sT 1946 -4:00 Halifax A%sT 1974 -4:00 Canada A%sT Zone America/Glace_Bay -3:59:48 - LMT 1902 Jun 15 -4:00 Canada A%sT 1953 -4:00 Halifax A%sT 1954 -4:00 - AST 1972 -4:00 Halifax A%sT 1974 -4:00 Canada A%sT # Ontario, Quebec # From Paul Eggert (1996-06-12): # Shanks writes that since 1970 most of Ontario has been like Toronto, # and most of Quebec has been like Montreal. # Thunder Bay skipped DST in 1973. # Many smaller locales did not observe peacetime DST until 1974; # Nipigon (EST) and Rainy River (CST) are the largest that we know of. # Far west Ontario is like Winnipeg; far east Quebec is like Halifax. # From Mark Brader (2003-07-26): # [According to the Toronto Star] Orillia, Ontario, adopted DST # effective Saturday, 1912-06-22, 22:00; the article mentions that # Port Arthur (now part of Thunder Bay, Ontario) as well as Moose Jaw # have already done so. In Orillia DST was to run until Saturday, # 1912-08-31 (no time mentioned), but it was met with considerable # hostility from certain segments of the public, and was revoked after # only two weeks -- I copied it as Saturday, 1912-07-07, 22:00, but # presumably that should be -07-06. (1912-06-19, -07-12; also letters # earlier in June). # # Kenora, Ontario, was to abandon DST on 1914-06-01 (-05-21). # From Paul Eggert (1997-10-17): # Mark Brader writes that an article in the 1997-10-14 Toronto Star # says that Atikokan, Ontario currently does not observe DST, # but will vote on 11-10 whether to use EST/EDT. # He also writes that the # # Ontario Time Act (1990, Chapter T.9) # # says that Ontario east of 90W uses EST/EDT, and west of 90W uses CST/CDT. # Officially Atikokan is therefore on CST/CDT, and most likely this report # concerns a non-official time observed as a matter of local practice. # For what it's worth, Shanks says that Atikokan has agreed with # Rainy River ever since standard time was introduced. # From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02): # Matthews and Vincent (1998) write that Atikokan, Pickle Lake, and # New Osnaburgh observe CST all year, that Big Trout Lake observes # CST/CDT, and that Upsala and Shebandowan observe EST/EDT, all in # violation of the official Ontario rules. # They also write that Quebec east of the -63 meridian is supposed to # observe AST, but residents as far east as Natashquan use EST/EDT, # and residents east of Natashquan use AST. # We probably need Zones for far east Quebec and for Atikokan, # but we don't know when their practices started. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Mont 1917 only - Mar 25 2:00 1:00 D Rule Mont 1917 only - Apr 24 0:00 0 S Rule Mont 1919 only - Mar 31 2:30 1:00 D Rule Mont 1919 only - Oct 25 2:30 0 S Rule Mont 1920 only - May 2 2:30 1:00 D Rule Mont 1920 1922 - Oct Sun>=1 2:30 0 S Rule Mont 1921 only - May 1 2:00 1:00 D Rule Mont 1922 only - Apr 30 2:00 1:00 D Rule Mont 1924 only - May 17 2:00 1:00 D Rule Mont 1924 1926 - Sep lastSun 2:30 0 S Rule Mont 1925 1926 - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D # The 1927-to-1937 rules can be expressed more simply as # Rule Mont 1927 1937 - Apr lastSat 24:00 1:00 D # Rule Mont 1927 1937 - Sep lastSat 24:00 0 S # The rules below avoid use of 24:00 # (which pre-1998 versions of zic cannot handle). Rule Mont 1927 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Mont 1927 1932 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 S Rule Mont 1928 1931 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 D Rule Mont 1932 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Mont 1933 1940 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 D Rule Mont 1933 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 S Rule Mont 1934 1939 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 S Rule Mont 1946 1973 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Mont 1945 1948 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Mont 1949 1950 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Mont 1951 1956 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Mont 1957 1973 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Toronto 1919 only - Mar 30 23:30 1:00 D Rule Toronto 1919 only - Oct 26 0:00 0 S Rule Toronto 1920 only - May 2 2:00 1:00 D Rule Toronto 1920 only - Sep 26 0:00 0 S Rule Toronto 1921 only - May 15 2:00 1:00 D Rule Toronto 1921 only - Sep 15 2:00 0 S Rule Toronto 1922 1923 - May Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D # Shanks says 1923-09-19; assume it's a typo and that "-16" was meant. Rule Toronto 1922 1926 - Sep Sun>=15 2:00 0 S Rule Toronto 1924 1927 - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D # The 1927-to-1939 rules can be expressed more simply as # Rule Toronto 1927 1937 - Sep Sun>=25 2:00 0 S # Rule Toronto 1928 1937 - Apr Sun>=25 2:00 1:00 D # Rule Toronto 1938 1940 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D # Rule Toronto 1938 1939 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S # The rules below avoid use of Sun>=25 # (which pre-2004 versions of zic cannot handle). Rule Toronto 1927 1932 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Toronto 1928 1931 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Toronto 1932 only - May 1 2:00 1:00 D Rule Toronto 1933 1940 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Toronto 1933 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 S Rule Toronto 1934 1939 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Toronto 1945 1946 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Toronto 1946 only - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Toronto 1947 1949 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 D Rule Toronto 1947 1948 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 S Rule Toronto 1949 only - Nov lastSun 0:00 0 S Rule Toronto 1950 1973 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Toronto 1950 only - Nov lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Toronto 1951 1956 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S # Shanks says Toronto ended DST a week early in 1971, namely on 1971-10-24, # but Mark Brader wrote (2003-05-31) that he checked the 1971-10-30 issue # of the Toronto Star, and it said that DST ended 1971-10-31 as usual. Rule Toronto 1957 1973 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S # From Paul Eggert (2003-07-27): # Willett (1914-03) writes (p. 17) "In the Cities of Fort William, and # Port Arthur, Ontario, the principle of the Bill has been in # operation for the past three years, and in the City of Moose Jaw, # Saskatchewan, for one year." # From David Bryan via Tory Tronrud, Director/Curator, # Thunder Bay Museum (2003-11-12): # There is some suggestion, however, that, by-law or not, daylight # savings time was being practiced in Fort William and Port Arthur # before 1909.... [I]n 1910, the line between the Eastern and Central # Time Zones was permanently moved about two hundred miles west to # include the Thunder Bay area.... When Canada adopted daylight # savings time in 1916, Fort William and Port Arthur, having done so # already, did not change their clocks.... During the Second World # War,... [t]he cities agreed to implement DST during the summer # months for the remainder of the war years. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Montreal -4:54:16 - LMT 1884 -5:00 Mont E%sT 1918 -5:00 Canada E%sT 1919 -5:00 Mont E%sT 1942 Feb 9 2:00s -5:00 Canada E%sT 1946 -5:00 Mont E%sT 1974 -5:00 Canada E%sT Zone America/Toronto -5:17:32 - LMT 1895 -5:00 Canada E%sT 1919 -5:00 Toronto E%sT 1942 Feb 9 2:00s -5:00 Canada E%sT 1946 -5:00 Toronto E%sT 1974 -5:00 Canada E%sT Zone America/Thunder_Bay -5:57:00 - LMT 1895 -6:00 - CST 1910 -5:00 - EST 1942 -5:00 Canada E%sT 1970 -5:00 Mont E%sT 1973 -5:00 - EST 1974 -5:00 Canada E%sT Zone America/Nipigon -5:53:04 - LMT 1895 -5:00 Canada E%sT 1940 Sep 29 -5:00 1:00 EDT 1942 Feb 9 2:00s -5:00 Canada E%sT Zone America/Rainy_River -6:17:56 - LMT 1895 -6:00 Canada C%sT 1940 Sep 29 -6:00 1:00 CDT 1942 Feb 9 2:00s -6:00 Canada C%sT # Manitoba # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Winn 1916 only - Apr 23 0:00 1:00 D Rule Winn 1916 only - Sep 17 0:00 0 S Rule Winn 1918 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 D Rule Winn 1918 only - Oct 31 2:00 0 S Rule Winn 1937 only - May 16 2:00 1:00 D Rule Winn 1937 only - Sep 26 2:00 0 S Rule Winn 1942 only - Feb 9 2:00 1:00 W # War Rule Winn 1945 only - Aug 14 23:00u 1:00 P # Peace Rule Winn 1945 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Winn 1946 only - May 12 2:00 1:00 D Rule Winn 1946 only - Oct 13 2:00 0 S Rule Winn 1947 1949 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Winn 1947 1949 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Winn 1950 only - May 1 2:00 1:00 D Rule Winn 1950 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 S Rule Winn 1951 1960 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Winn 1951 1958 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Winn 1959 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Winn 1960 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Winn 1963 only - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Winn 1963 only - Sep 22 2:00 0 S Rule Winn 1966 1986 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Winn 1966 1986 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Winn 1987 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D # From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02): # INMS (2000-09-12) says that, since 1988 at least, Manitoba switches from # DST at 03:00 local time. For now, assume it started in 1987. Rule Winn 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Winnipeg -6:28:36 - LMT 1887 Jul 16 -6:00 Winn C%sT # Saskatchewan # From Mark Brader (2003-07-26): # The first actual adoption of DST in Canada was at the municipal # level. As the [Toronto] Star put it (1912-06-07), "While people # elsewhere have long been talking of legislation to save daylight, # the city of Moose Jaw [Saskatchewan] has acted on its own hook." # DST in Moose Jaw began on Saturday, 1912-06-01 (no time mentioned: # presumably late evening, as below), and would run until "the end of # the summer". The discrepancy between municipal time and railroad # time was noted. # From Paul Eggert (2003-07-27): # Willett (1914-03) notes that DST "has been in operation ... in the # City of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, for one year." # From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02): # Shanks writes that since 1970 most of this region has been like Regina. # Some western towns (e.g. Swift Current) switched from MST/MDT to CST in 1972. # Other western towns (e.g. Lloydminster) are like Edmonton. # Matthews and Vincent (1998) write that Denare Beach and Creighton # are like Winnipeg, in violation of Saskatchewan law. -# From W. Jones (1992-11-06): +# From W. Jones (1992-11-06): # The. . .below is based on information I got from our law library, the # provincial archives, and the provincial Community Services department. # A precise history would require digging through newspaper archives, and # since you didn't say what you wanted, I didn't bother. # # Saskatchewan is split by a time zone meridian (105W) and over the years # the boundary became pretty ragged as communities near it reevaluated # their affiliations in one direction or the other. In 1965 a provincial # referendum favoured legislating common time practices. # # On 15 April 1966 the Time Act (c. T-14, Revised Statutes of # Saskatchewan 1978) was proclaimed, and established that the eastern # part of Saskatchewan would use CST year round, that districts in # northwest Saskatchewan would by default follow CST but could opt to # follow Mountain Time rules (thus 1 hour difference in the winter and # zero in the summer), and that districts in southwest Saskatchewan would # by default follow MT but could opt to follow CST. # # It took a few years for the dust to settle (I know one story of a town # on one time zone having its school in another, such that a mom had to # serve her family lunch in two shifts), but presently it seems that only # a few towns on the border with Alberta (e.g. Lloydminster) follow MT # rules any more; all other districts appear to have used CST year round # since sometime in the 1960s. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Regina 1918 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 D Rule Regina 1918 only - Oct 31 2:00 0 S Rule Regina 1930 1934 - May Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Regina 1930 1934 - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 0 S Rule Regina 1937 1941 - Apr Sun>=8 0:00 1:00 D Rule Regina 1937 only - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 0 S Rule Regina 1938 only - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 0 S Rule Regina 1939 1941 - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 0 S Rule Regina 1942 only - Feb 9 2:00 1:00 W # War Rule Regina 1945 only - Aug 14 23:00u 1:00 P # Peace Rule Regina 1945 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Regina 1946 only - Apr Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D Rule Regina 1946 only - Oct Sun>=8 2:00 0 S Rule Regina 1947 1957 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Regina 1947 1957 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Regina 1959 only - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Regina 1959 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S # Rule Swift 1957 only - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Swift 1957 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Swift 1959 1961 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Swift 1959 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Swift 1960 1961 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Regina -6:58:36 - LMT 1905 Sep -7:00 Regina M%sT 1960 Apr lastSun 2:00 -6:00 - CST Zone America/Swift_Current -7:11:20 - LMT 1905 Sep -7:00 Canada M%sT 1946 Apr lastSun 2:00 -7:00 Regina M%sT 1950 -7:00 Swift M%sT 1972 Apr lastSun 2:00 -6:00 - CST # Alberta # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Edm 1918 1919 - Apr Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D Rule Edm 1918 only - Oct 31 2:00 0 S Rule Edm 1919 only - May 27 2:00 0 S Rule Edm 1920 1923 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Edm 1920 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Edm 1921 1923 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Edm 1942 only - Feb 9 2:00 1:00 W # War Rule Edm 1945 only - Aug 14 23:00u 1:00 P # Peace Rule Edm 1945 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Edm 1947 only - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Edm 1947 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Edm 1967 only - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Edm 1967 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Edm 1969 only - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Edm 1969 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Edm 1972 1986 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Edm 1972 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Edm 1987 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Edmonton -7:33:52 - LMT 1906 Sep -7:00 Edm M%sT # British Columbia # From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02): # Shanks writes that since 1970 most of this region has been like Vancouver. # Dawson Creek uses MST. Much of east BC is like Edmonton. # Matthews and Vincent (1998) write that Creston is like Dawson Creek. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Vanc 1918 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 D Rule Vanc 1918 only - Oct 31 2:00 0 S Rule Vanc 1942 only - Feb 9 2:00 1:00 W # War Rule Vanc 1945 only - Aug 14 23:00u 1:00 P # Peace Rule Vanc 1945 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 S Rule Vanc 1946 1986 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Vanc 1946 only - Oct 13 2:00 0 S Rule Vanc 1947 1961 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Vanc 1962 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Vanc 1987 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Vancouver -8:12:28 - LMT 1884 -8:00 Vanc P%sT Zone America/Dawson_Creek -8:00:56 - LMT 1884 -8:00 Canada P%sT 1947 -8:00 Vanc P%sT 1972 Aug 30 2:00 -7:00 - MST # Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon # From Paul Eggert (1999-10-29): # Dawson switched to PST in 1973. Inuvik switched to MST in 1979. -# Mathew Englander (1996-10-07) gives the following refs: +# Mathew Englander (1996-10-07) gives the following refs: # * 1967. Paragraph 28(34)(g) of the Interpretation Act, S.C. 1967-68, # c. 7 defines Yukon standard time as UTC-9. This is still valid; # see Interpretation Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. I-21, s. 35(1). # * C.O. 1973/214 switched Yukon to PST on 1973-10-28 00:00. # * O.I.C. 1980/02 established DST. # * O.I.C. 1987/056 changed DST to Apr firstSun 2:00 to Oct lastSun 2:00. # Shanks says Yukon's 1973-10-28 switch was at 2:00; go with Englander. # From Rives McDow (1999-09-04): # Nunavut ... moved ... to incorporate the whole territory into one time zone. # # Nunavut moves to single time zone Oct. 31 # # # From Antoine Leca (1999-09-06): # We then need to create a new timezone for the Kitikmeot region of Nunavut # to differentiate it from the Yellowknife region. # From Paul Eggert (1999-09-20): # # Basic Facts: The New Territory # (1999) reports that Pangnirtung operates on eastern time, # and that Coral Harbour does not observe DST. We don't know when # Pangnirtung switched to eastern time; we'll guess 1995. -# We'll ignore the claim about Coral Harbour for now, -# since we have no further info. # From Rives McDow (1999-11-08): # On October 31, when the rest of Nunavut went to Central time, # Pangnirtung wobbled. Here is the result of their wobble: # # The following businesses and organizations in Pangnirtung use Central Time: # # First Air, Power Corp, Nunavut Construction, Health Center, RCMP, # Eastern Arctic National Parks, A & D Specialist # # The following businesses and organizations in Pangnirtung use Eastern Time: # # Hamlet office, All other businesses, Both schools, Airport operator # # This has made for an interesting situation there, which warranted the news. # No one there that I spoke with seems concerned, or has plans to # change the local methods of keeping time, as it evidently does not # really interfere with any activities or make things difficult locally. # They plan to celebrate New Year's turn-over twice, one hour apart, # so it appears that the situation will last at least that long. # The Nunavut Intergovernmental Affairs hopes that they will "come to # their senses", but the locals evidently don't see any problem with # the current state of affairs. # From Michaela Rodrigue, writing in the # # Nunatsiaq News (1999-11-19): # Clyde River, Pangnirtung and Sanikiluaq now operate with two time zones, # central - or Nunavut time - for government offices, and eastern time # for municipal offices and schools.... Igloolik [was similar but then] # made the switch to central time on Saturday, Nov. 6. # From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02): # Matthews and Vincent (1998) say the following, but we lack histories # for these potential new Zones. # # The Canadian Forces station at Alert uses Eastern Time while the # handful of residents at the Eureka weather station [in the Central # zone] skip daylight savings. Baffin Island, which is crossed by the # Central, Eastern and Atlantic Time zones only uses Eastern Time. # Gjoa Haven, Taloyoak and Pelly Bay all use Mountain instead of # Central Time and Southampton Island [in the Central zone] is not # required to use daylight savings. # From # # Nunavut now has two time zones # (2000-11-10): # The Nunavut government would allow its employees in Kugluktuk and # Cambridge Bay to operate on central time year-round, putting them # one hour behind the rest of Nunavut for six months during the winter. # At the end of October the two communities had rebelled against # Nunavut's unified time zone, refusing to shift to eastern time with # the rest of the territory for the winter. Cambridge Bay remained on # central time, while Kugluktuk, even farther west, reverted to # mountain time, which they had used before the advent of Nunavut's # unified time zone in 1999. # # From Rives McDow (2001-01-20), quoting the Nunavut government: # The preceding decision came into effect at midnight, Saturday Nov 4, 2000. # From Paul Eggert (2000-12-04): # Let's just keep track of the official times for now. # From Rives McDow (2001-03-07): # The premier of Nunavut has issued a ministerial statement advising # that effective 2001-04-01, the territory of Nunavut will revert # back to three time zones (mountain, central, and eastern). Of the # cities in Nunavut, Coral Harbor is the only one that I know of that # has said it will not observe dst, staying on EST year round. I'm # checking for more info, and will get back to you if I come up with # more. # [Also see (2001-03-09).] +# From Gwillim Law (2005-05-21): +# According to maps at +# http://inms-ienm.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/images/time_services/TZ01SWE.jpg +# http://inms-ienm.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/images/time_services/TZ01SSE.jpg +# (both dated 2003), and +# http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/Magazine/SO98/geomap.asp +# (from a 1998 Canadian Geographic article), the de facto and de jure time +# for Southampton Island (at the north end of Hudson Bay) is UTC-5 all year +# round. Using Google, it's easy to find other websites that confirm this. +# I wasn't able to find how far back this time regimen goes, but since it +# predates the creation of Nunavut, it probably goes back many years.... +# The Inuktitut name of Coral Harbour is Sallit, but it's rarely used. +# +# From Paul Eggert (2005-07-26): +# For lack of better information, assume that Southampton Island observed +# daylight saving only during wartime. + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule NT_YK 1918 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 D Rule NT_YK 1918 only - Oct 27 2:00 0 S Rule NT_YK 1919 only - May 25 2:00 1:00 D Rule NT_YK 1919 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 S Rule NT_YK 1942 only - Feb 9 2:00 1:00 W # War Rule NT_YK 1945 only - Aug 14 23:00u 1:00 P # Peace Rule NT_YK 1945 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 S Rule NT_YK 1965 only - Apr lastSun 0:00 2:00 DD Rule NT_YK 1965 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule NT_YK 1980 1986 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule NT_YK 1980 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule NT_YK 1987 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Pangnirtung -4:22:56 - LMT 1884 -4:00 NT_YK A%sT 1995 Apr Sun>=1 2:00 -5:00 Canada E%sT 1999 Oct 31 2:00 -6:00 Canada C%sT 2000 Oct 29 2:00 -5:00 Canada E%sT Zone America/Iqaluit -4:33:52 - LMT 1884 # Frobisher Bay before 1987 -5:00 NT_YK E%sT 1999 Oct 31 2:00 -6:00 Canada C%sT 2000 Oct 29 2:00 -5:00 Canada E%sT +Zone America/Coral_Harbour -5:32:40 - LMT 1884 + -5:00 NT_YK E%sT 1946 + -5:00 - EST Zone America/Rankin_Inlet -6:08:40 - LMT 1884 -6:00 NT_YK C%sT 2000 Oct 29 2:00 -5:00 - EST 2001 Apr 1 3:00 -6:00 Canada C%sT Zone America/Cambridge_Bay -7:00:20 - LMT 1884 -7:00 NT_YK M%sT 1999 Oct 31 2:00 -6:00 Canada C%sT 2000 Oct 29 2:00 -5:00 - EST 2000 Nov 5 0:00 -6:00 - CST 2001 Apr 1 3:00 -7:00 Canada M%sT Zone America/Yellowknife -7:37:24 - LMT 1884 -7:00 NT_YK M%sT Zone America/Inuvik -8:54:00 - LMT 1884 -8:00 NT_YK P%sT 1979 Apr lastSun 2:00 -7:00 NT_YK M%sT Zone America/Whitehorse -9:00:12 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 -9:00 NT_YK Y%sT 1966 Jul 1 2:00 -8:00 NT_YK P%sT Zone America/Dawson -9:17:40 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 -9:00 NT_YK Y%sT 1973 Oct 28 0:00 -8:00 NT_YK P%sT ############################################################################### # Mexico # From Paul Eggert (2001-03-05): # The Investigation and Analysis Service of the # Mexican Library of Congress (MLoC) has published a # # history of Mexican local time (in Spanish) # . # # Here are the discrepancies between Shanks and the MLoC. # (In all cases we go with the MLoC.) # Shanks reports that Baja was at -8:00 in 1922/1923. # Shanks says the 1930 transition in Baja was 1930-11-16. # Shanks reports no DST during summer 1931. -# Shanks reports a transition at 1032-03-30 23:00, not 1932-04-01. +# Shanks reports a transition at 1932-03-30 23:00, not 1932-04-01. # Shanks does not report transitions for Baja in 1945 or 1948. # Shanks reports southern Mexico transitions on 1981-12-01, not 12-23. # Shanks says Quintana Roo switched to -6:00 on 1982-12-02, and to -5:00 # on 1997-10-26 at 02:00. # From Gwillim Law (2001-02-20): # There are some other discrepancies between the Decrees page and the # tz database. I think they can best be explained by supposing that # the researchers who prepared the Decrees page failed to find some of # the relevant documents. # From Paul Eggert (2000-07-26): # Shanks gives 1942-04-01 instead of 1942-04-24, and omits the 1981 # and 1988 DST experiments. Go with spin.com.mx. -# From Alan Perry (1996-02-15): +# From Alan Perry (1996-02-15): # A guy from our Mexico subsidiary finally found the Presidential Decree # outlining the timezone changes in Mexico. # # ------------- Begin Forwarded Message ------------- # # I finally got my hands on the Official Presidential Decree that sets up the # rules for the DST changes. The rules are: # # 1. The country is divided in 3 timezones: # - Baja California Norte (the Mexico/BajaNorte TZ) # - Baja California Sur, Nayarit, Sinaloa and Sonora (the Mexico/BajaSur TZ) # - The rest of the country (the Mexico/General TZ) # # 2. From the first Sunday in April at 2:00 AM to the last Sunday in October # at 2:00 AM, the times in each zone are as follows: # BajaNorte: GMT+7 # BajaSur: GMT+6 # General: GMT+5 # # 3. The rest of the year, the times are as follows: # BajaNorte: GMT+8 # BajaSur: GMT+7 # General: GMT+6 # # The Decree was published in Mexico's Official Newspaper on January 4th. # # -------------- End Forwarded Message -------------- # From Paul Eggert (1996-06-12): # For an English translation of the decree, see # # ``Diario Oficial: Time Zone Changeover'' (1996-01-04). # # From Rives McDow (1998-10-08): # The State of Quintana Roo has reverted back to central STD and DST times # (i.e. UTC -0600 and -0500 as of 1998-08-02). # From Rives McDow (2000-01-10): # Effective April 4, 1999 at 2:00 AM local time, Sonora changed to the time # zone 5 hours from the International Date Line, and will not observe daylight # savings time so as to stay on the same time zone as the southern part of # Arizona year round. # From Jesper Norgaard, translating # (2001-01-17): # In Oaxaca, the 55.000 teachers from the Section 22 of the National # Syndicate of Education Workers, refuse to apply daylight saving each # year, so that the more than 10,000 schools work at normal hour the # whole year. # From Gwillim Law (2001-01-19): # ... says # (translated):... # January 17, 2000 - The Energy Secretary, Ernesto Martens, announced # that Summer Time will be reduced from seven to five months, starting # this year.... # # [translated], says "summer time will ... take effect on the first Sunday # in May, and end on the last Sunday of September. # From Arthur David Olson (2001-01-25): # The 2001-01-24 traditional Washington Post contained the page one # story "Timely Issue Divides Mexicans."... # http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37383-2001Jan23.html # ... Mexico City Mayor Lopez Obrador "...is threatening to keep # Mexico City and its 20 million residents on a different time than # the rest of the country..." In particular, Lopez Obrador would abolish # observation of Daylight Saving Time. # # Official statute published by the Energy Department # (2001-02-01) shows Baja and Chihauhua as still using US DST rules, # and Sonora with no DST. This was reported by Jesper Norgaard (2001-02-03). # From Paul Eggert (2001-03-03): # # # James F. Smith writes in today's LA Times # # * Sonora will continue to observe standard time. # * Last week Mexico City's mayor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador decreed that # the Federal District will not adopt DST. # * 4 of 16 district leaders announced they'll ignore the decree. # * The decree does not affect federal-controlled facilities including # the airport, banks, hospitals, and schools. # # For now we'll assume that the Federal District will bow to federal rules. # From Jesper Norgaard (2001-04-01): # I found some references to the Mexican application of daylight # saving, which modifies what I had already sent you, stating earlier # that a number of northern Mexican states would go on daylight # saving. The modification reverts this to only cover Baja California # (Norte), while all other states (except Sonora, who has no daylight # saving all year) will follow the original decree of president # Vicente Fox, starting daylight saving May 6, 2001 and ending # September 30, 2001. # References: "Diario de Monterrey" # Palabra (2001-03-31) # From Reuters (2001-09-04): # Mexico's Supreme Court on Tuesday declared that daylight savings was # unconstitutional in Mexico City, creating the possibility the # capital will be in a different time zone from the rest of the nation # next year.... The Supreme Court's ruling takes effect at 2:00 # a.m. (0800 GMT) on Sept. 30, when Mexico is scheduled to revert to # standard time. "This is so residents of the Federal District are not # subject to unexpected time changes," a statement from the court said. # From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2002-03-12): # ... consulting my local grocery store(!) and my coworkers, they all insisted # that a new decision had been made to reinstate US style DST in Mexico.... # http://www.conae.gob.mx/ahorro/horaver2001_m1_2002.html (2002-02-20) # confirms this. Sonora as usual is the only state where DST is not applied. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Mexico 1939 only - Feb 5 0:00 1:00 D Rule Mexico 1939 only - Jun 25 0:00 0 S Rule Mexico 1940 only - Dec 9 0:00 1:00 D Rule Mexico 1941 only - Apr 1 0:00 0 S Rule Mexico 1943 only - Dec 16 0:00 1:00 W # War Rule Mexico 1944 only - May 1 0:00 0 S Rule Mexico 1950 only - Feb 12 0:00 1:00 D Rule Mexico 1950 only - Jul 30 0:00 0 S Rule Mexico 1996 2000 - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D Rule Mexico 1996 2000 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Mexico 2001 only - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D Rule Mexico 2001 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Mexico 2002 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D Rule Mexico 2002 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] # Quintana Roo Zone America/Cancun -5:47:04 - LMT 1922 Jan 1 0:12:56 -6:00 - CST 1981 Dec 23 -5:00 Mexico E%sT 1998 Aug 2 2:00 -6:00 Mexico C%sT # Campeche, Yucatan Zone America/Merida -5:58:28 - LMT 1922 Jan 1 0:01:32 -6:00 - CST 1981 Dec 23 -5:00 - EST 1982 Dec 2 -6:00 Mexico C%sT # Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas Zone America/Monterrey -6:41:16 - LMT 1921 Dec 31 23:18:44 -6:00 - CST 1988 -6:00 US C%sT 1989 -6:00 Mexico C%sT # Central Mexico Zone America/Mexico_City -6:36:36 - LMT 1922 Jan 1 0:23:24 -7:00 - MST 1927 Jun 10 23:00 -6:00 - CST 1930 Nov 15 -7:00 - MST 1931 May 1 23:00 -6:00 - CST 1931 Oct -7:00 - MST 1932 Apr 1 -6:00 Mexico C%sT 2001 Sep 30 02:00 -6:00 - CST 2002 Feb 20 -6:00 Mexico C%sT # Chihuahua Zone America/Chihuahua -7:04:20 - LMT 1921 Dec 31 23:55:40 -7:00 - MST 1927 Jun 10 23:00 -6:00 - CST 1930 Nov 15 -7:00 - MST 1931 May 1 23:00 -6:00 - CST 1931 Oct -7:00 - MST 1932 Apr 1 -6:00 - CST 1996 -6:00 Mexico C%sT 1998 -6:00 - CST 1998 Apr Sun>=1 3:00 -7:00 Mexico M%sT # Sonora Zone America/Hermosillo -7:23:52 - LMT 1921 Dec 31 23:36:08 -7:00 - MST 1927 Jun 10 23:00 -6:00 - CST 1930 Nov 15 -7:00 - MST 1931 May 1 23:00 -6:00 - CST 1931 Oct -7:00 - MST 1932 Apr 1 -6:00 - CST 1942 Apr 24 -7:00 - MST 1949 Jan 14 -8:00 - PST 1970 -7:00 Mexico M%sT 1999 -7:00 - MST # Baja California Sur, Nayarit, Sinaloa Zone America/Mazatlan -7:05:40 - LMT 1921 Dec 31 23:54:20 -7:00 - MST 1927 Jun 10 23:00 -6:00 - CST 1930 Nov 15 -7:00 - MST 1931 May 1 23:00 -6:00 - CST 1931 Oct -7:00 - MST 1932 Apr 1 -6:00 - CST 1942 Apr 24 -7:00 - MST 1949 Jan 14 -8:00 - PST 1970 -7:00 Mexico M%sT # Baja California Zone America/Tijuana -7:48:04 - LMT 1922 Jan 1 0:11:56 -7:00 - MST 1924 -8:00 - PST 1927 Jun 10 23:00 -7:00 - MST 1930 Nov 15 -8:00 - PST 1931 Apr 1 -8:00 1:00 PDT 1931 Sep 30 -8:00 - PST 1942 Apr 24 -8:00 1:00 PWT 1945 Nov 12 -8:00 - PST 1948 Apr 5 -8:00 1:00 PDT 1949 Jan 14 -8:00 - PST 1954 -8:00 CA P%sT 1961 -8:00 - PST 1976 -8:00 US P%sT 1996 -8:00 Mexico P%sT 2001 -8:00 US P%sT 2002 Feb 20 -8:00 Mexico P%sT # From Paul Eggert (2001-03-05): # Formerly there was an America/Ensenada zone, which differed from # America/Tijuana only in that it did not observe DST from 1976 # through 1995. This was as per Shanks. However, Guy Harris reports # that the 1987 OAG says "Only Ensenada, Mexicale, San Felipe and # Tijuana observe DST," which contradicts Shanks but does imply that # DST-observance was a town-by-town matter back then. This concerns # data after 1970 so most likely there should be at least one Zone # other than America/Tijuana for Baja, but it's not clear yet what its # name or contents should be. # # Revillagigedo Is # no information ############################################################################### # Anguilla # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Anguilla -4:12:16 - LMT 1912 Mar 2 -4:00 - AST # Antigua and Barbuda # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Antigua -4:07:12 - LMT 1912 Mar 2 -5:00 - EST 1951 -4:00 - AST # Bahamas # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Bahamas 1964 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Bahamas 1964 1986 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Bahamas 1987 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Nassau -5:09:24 - LMT 1912 Mar 2 -5:00 Bahamas E%sT # Barbados # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Barb 1977 only - Jun 12 2:00 1:00 D Rule Barb 1977 1978 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 0 S Rule Barb 1978 1980 - Apr Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 D Rule Barb 1979 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 S Rule Barb 1980 only - Sep 25 2:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Barbados -3:58:28 - LMT 1924 # Bridgetown -3:58:28 - BMT 1932 # Bridgetown Mean Time -4:00 Barb A%sT # Belize # Whitman entirely disagrees with Shanks; go with Shanks. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Belize 1918 1942 - Oct Sun>=2 0:00 0:30 HD Rule Belize 1919 1943 - Feb Sun>=9 0:00 0 S Rule Belize 1973 only - Dec 5 0:00 1:00 D Rule Belize 1974 only - Feb 9 0:00 0 S Rule Belize 1982 only - Dec 18 0:00 1:00 D Rule Belize 1983 only - Feb 12 0:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Belize -5:52:48 - LMT 1912 Apr -6:00 Belize C%sT # Bermuda # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Atlantic/Bermuda -4:19:04 - LMT 1930 Jan 1 2:00 # Hamilton -4:00 - AST 1974 Apr 28 2:00 -4:00 Bahamas A%sT # Cayman Is # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Cayman -5:25:32 - LMT 1890 # Georgetown -5:07:12 - KMT 1912 Feb # Kingston Mean Time -5:00 - EST # Costa Rica # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule CR 1979 1980 - Feb lastSun 0:00 1:00 D Rule CR 1979 1980 - Jun Sun>=1 0:00 0 S Rule CR 1991 1992 - Jan Sat>=15 0:00 1:00 D # IATA SSIM (1991-09) says the following was at 1:00; go with Shanks. Rule CR 1991 only - Jul 1 0:00 0 S Rule CR 1992 only - Mar 15 0:00 0 S # There are too many San Joses elsewhere, so we'll use `Costa Rica'. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Costa_Rica -5:36:20 - LMT 1890 # San Jose -5:36:20 - SJMT 1921 Jan 15 # San Jose Mean Time -6:00 CR C%sT # Coco # no information; probably like America/Costa_Rica # Cuba # From Arthur David Olson (1999-03-29): # The 1999-03-28 exhibition baseball game held in Havana, Cuba, between # the Cuban National Team and the Baltimore Orioles was carried live on # the Orioles Radio Network, including affiliate WTOP in Washington, DC. # During the game, play-by-play announcer Jim Hunter noted that # "We'll be losing two hours of sleep...Cuba switched to Daylight Saving # Time today." (The "two hour" remark referred to losing one hour of # sleep on 1999-03-28--when the announcers were in Cuba as it switched # to DST--and one more hour on 1999-04-04--when the announcers will have # returned to Baltimore, which switches on that date.) # From Evert van der Veer via Steffen Thorsen (2004-10-28): # Cuba is not going back to standard time this year. # From Paul Eggert (2004-10-28): # http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2004/septiembre/juev30/41medid-i.html # says that it's due to a problem at the Antonio Guiteras # thermoelectric plant, and says "This October there will be no return # to normal hours (after daylight saving time)". # For now, let's assume that it's a one-year temporary measure. +# From Carlos A. Carnero Delgado (2005-11-12): +# This year (just like in 2004-2005) there's no change in time zone +# adjustment in Cuba. We will stay in daylight saving time: +# http://www.granma.cu/espanol/2005/noviembre/mier9/horario.html + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Cuba 1928 only - Jun 10 0:00 1:00 D Rule Cuba 1928 only - Oct 10 0:00 0 S Rule Cuba 1940 1942 - Jun Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Cuba 1940 1942 - Sep Sun>=1 0:00 0 S Rule Cuba 1945 1946 - Jun Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Cuba 1945 1946 - Sep Sun>=1 0:00 0 S Rule Cuba 1965 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Cuba 1965 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 S Rule Cuba 1966 only - May 29 0:00 1:00 D Rule Cuba 1966 only - Oct 2 0:00 0 S Rule Cuba 1967 only - Apr 8 0:00 1:00 D Rule Cuba 1967 1968 - Sep Sun>=8 0:00 0 S Rule Cuba 1968 only - Apr 14 0:00 1:00 D Rule Cuba 1969 1977 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 D Rule Cuba 1969 1971 - Oct lastSun 0:00 0 S Rule Cuba 1972 1974 - Oct 8 0:00 0 S Rule Cuba 1975 1977 - Oct lastSun 0:00 0 S Rule Cuba 1978 only - May 7 0:00 1:00 D Rule Cuba 1978 1990 - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 0 S Rule Cuba 1979 1980 - Mar Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 D Rule Cuba 1981 1985 - May Sun>=5 0:00 1:00 D Rule Cuba 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=14 0:00 1:00 D Rule Cuba 1990 1997 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Cuba 1991 1995 - Oct Sun>=8 0:00s 0 S Rule Cuba 1996 only - Oct 6 0:00s 0 S Rule Cuba 1997 only - Oct 12 0:00s 0 S Rule Cuba 1998 1999 - Mar lastSun 0:00s 1:00 D Rule Cuba 1998 2003 - Oct lastSun 0:00s 0 S Rule Cuba 2000 max - Apr Sun>=1 0:00s 1:00 D -Rule Cuba 2005 max - Oct lastSun 0:00s 0 S +Rule Cuba 2006 max - Oct lastSun 0:00s 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Havana -5:29:28 - LMT 1890 -5:29:36 - HMT 1925 Jul 19 12:00 # Havana MT -5:00 Cuba C%sT # Dominica # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Dominica -4:05:36 - LMT 1911 Jul 1 0:01 # Roseau -4:00 - AST # Dominican Republic # From Steffen Thorsen (2000-10-30): # Enrique Morales reported to me that the Dominican Republic has changed the # time zone to Eastern Standard Time as of Sunday 29 at 2 am.... # http://www.listin.com.do/antes/261000/republica/princi.html # From Paul Eggert (2000-12-04): # That URL (2000-10-26, in Spanish) says they planned to use US-style DST. # From Rives McDow (2000-12-01): # Dominican Republic changed its mind and presidential decree on Tuesday, # November 28, 2000, with a new decree. On Sunday, December 3 at 1:00 AM the # Dominican Republic will be reverting to 8 hours from the International Date # Line, and will not be using DST in the foreseeable future. The reason they # decided to use DST was to be in synch with Puerto Rico, who was also going # to implement DST. When Puerto Rico didn't implement DST, the president # decided to revert. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule DR 1966 only - Oct 30 0:00 1:00 D Rule DR 1967 only - Feb 28 0:00 0 S Rule DR 1969 1973 - Oct lastSun 0:00 0:30 HD Rule DR 1970 only - Feb 21 0:00 0 S Rule DR 1971 only - Jan 20 0:00 0 S Rule DR 1972 1974 - Jan 21 0:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Santo_Domingo -4:39:36 - LMT 1890 -4:40 - SDMT 1933 Apr 1 12:00 # S. Dom. MT -5:00 DR E%sT 1974 Oct 27 -4:00 - AST 2000 Oct 29 02:00 -5:00 US E%sT 2000 Dec 3 01:00 -4:00 - AST # El Salvador # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Salv 1987 1988 - May Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Salv 1987 1988 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 S # There are too many San Salvadors elsewhere, so use America/El_Salvador # instead of America/San_Salvador. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/El_Salvador -5:56:48 - LMT 1921 # San Salvador -6:00 Salv C%sT # Grenada # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Grenada -4:07:00 - LMT 1911 Jul # St George's -4:00 - AST # Guadeloupe # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Guadeloupe -4:06:08 - LMT 1911 Jun 8 # Pointe a Pitre -4:00 - AST # Guatemala # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Guat 1973 only - Nov 25 0:00 1:00 D Rule Guat 1974 only - Feb 24 0:00 0 S Rule Guat 1983 only - May 21 0:00 1:00 D Rule Guat 1983 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 S Rule Guat 1991 only - Mar 23 0:00 1:00 D Rule Guat 1991 only - Sep 7 0:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Guatemala -6:02:04 - LMT 1918 Oct 5 -6:00 Guat C%sT # Haiti +# From Gwillim Law (2005-04-15): +# Risto O. Nykanen wrote me that Haiti is now on DST. +# I searched for confirmation, and I found a +# press release +# on the Web page of the Haitian Consulate in Chicago (2005-03-31), +# . Translated from French, it says: +# +# "The Prime Minister's Communication Office notifies the public in general +# and the press in particular that, following a decision of the Interior +# Ministry and the Territorial Collectivities [I suppose that means the +# provinces], Haiti will move to Eastern Daylight Time in the night from next +# Saturday the 2nd to Sunday the 3rd. +# +# "Consequently, the Prime Minister's Communication Office wishes to inform +# the population that the country's clocks will be set forward one hour +# starting at midnight. This provision will hold until the last Saturday in +# October 2005. +# +# "Port-au-Prince, March 31, 2005" + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Haiti 1983 only - May 8 0:00 1:00 D Rule Haiti 1984 1987 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 D Rule Haiti 1983 1987 - Oct lastSun 0:00 0 S # Shanks says AT is 2:00, but IATA SSIM (1991/1997) says 1:00s. Go with IATA. Rule Haiti 1988 1997 - Apr Sun>=1 1:00s 1:00 D Rule Haiti 1988 1997 - Oct lastSun 1:00s 0 S +Rule Haiti 2005 only - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Haiti 2005 only - Oct lastSun 0:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Port-au-Prince -4:49:20 - LMT 1890 -4:49 - PPMT 1917 Jan 24 12:00 # P-a-P MT -5:00 Haiti E%sT # Honduras # Shanks says 1921 Jan 1; go with Whitman's more precise Apr 1. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Tegucigalpa -5:48:52 - LMT 1921 Apr -6:00 Salv C%sT # # Great Swan I ceded by US to Honduras in 1972 # Jamaica # From Bob Devine (1988-01-28): # Follows US rules. # From U. S. Naval Observatory (1989-01-19): # JAMAICA 5 H BEHIND UTC # From Shanks: # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Jamaica -5:07:12 - LMT 1890 # Kingston -5:07:12 - KMT 1912 Feb # Kingston Mean Time -5:00 - EST 1974 Apr 28 2:00 -5:00 US E%sT 1984 -5:00 - EST # Martinique # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Martinique -4:04:20 - LMT 1890 # Fort-de-France -4:04:20 - FFMT 1911 May # Fort-de-France MT -4:00 - AST 1980 Apr 6 -4:00 1:00 ADT 1980 Sep 28 -4:00 - AST # Montserrat # From Paul Eggert (1997-08-31): # Recent volcanic eruptions have forced evacuation of Plymouth, the capital. # Luckily, Olveston, the current de facto capital, has the same longitude. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Montserrat -4:08:52 - LMT 1911 Jul 1 0:01 # Olveston -4:00 - AST # Nicaragua # # From Steffen Thorsen (1998-12-29): # Nicaragua seems to be back at -6:00 but I have not been able to find when # they changed from -5:00. # +# From Steffen Thorsen (2005-04-12): +# I've got reports from 8 different people that Nicaragua just started +# DST on Sunday 2005-04-10, in order to save energy because of +# expensive petroleum. The exact end date for DST is not yet +# announced, only "September" but some sites also say "mid-September". +# Some background information is available on the President's official site: +# http://www.presidencia.gob.ni/Presidencia/Files_index/Secretaria/Notas%20de%20Prensa/Presidente/2005/ABRIL/Gobierno-de-nicaragua-adelanta-hora-oficial-06abril.htm +# The Decree, no 23-2005 is available here: +# http://www.presidencia.gob.ni/buscador_gaceta/BD/DECRETOS/2005/Decreto%2023-2005%20Se%20adelanta%20en%20una%20hora%20en%20todo%20el%20territorio%20nacional%20apartir%20de%20las%2024horas%20del%2009%20de%20Abril.pdf +# +# From Paul Eggert (2005-05-01): +# The decree doesn't say anything about daylight saving, but for now let's +# assume that it is daylight saving and that they'll switch back on the +# 3rd Sunday in September. +# +# From Gwillim Law (2005-04-21): +# The Associated Press story on the time change, which can be found at +# http://www.lapalmainteractivo.com/guias/content/gen/ap/America_Latina/AMC_GEN_NICARAGUA_HORA.html +# and elsewhere, says (fifth paragraph, translated from Spanish): "The last +# time that a change of clocks was applied to save energy was in the year 2000 +# during the Arnoldo Aleman administration."... +# The northamerica file says that Nicaragua has been on UTC-6 continuously +# since December 1998. I wasn't able to find any details of Nicaraguan time +# changes in 2000. Perhaps a note could be added to the northamerica file, to +# the effect that we have indirect evidence that DST was observed in 2000. +# +# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2005-11-02): +# Nicaragua left DST the 2005-10-02 at 00:00 (local time). +# http://www.presidencia.gob.ni/presidencia/files_index/secretaria/comunicados/2005/septiembre/26septiembre-cambio-hora.htm +# (2005-09-26) +# # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Nic 1979 1980 - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 D Rule Nic 1979 1980 - Jun Mon>=23 0:00 0 S -Rule Nic 1992 only - Jan 1 4:00 1:00 D +Rule Nic 1992 only - Jan 1 4:00 1:00 D Rule Nic 1992 only - Sep 24 0:00 0 S +Rule Nic 2005 only - Apr 10 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Nic 2005 only - Oct 2 0:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Managua -5:45:08 - LMT 1890 -5:45:12 - MMT 1934 Jun 23 # Managua Mean Time? -6:00 - CST 1973 May -5:00 - EST 1975 Feb 16 -6:00 Nic C%sT 1993 Jan 1 4:00 -5:00 - EST 1998 Dec - -6:00 - CST + -6:00 Nic C%sT # Panama # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Panama -5:18:08 - LMT 1890 -5:19:36 - CMT 1908 Apr 22 # Colon Mean Time -5:00 - EST # Puerto Rico # There are too many San Juans elsewhere, so we'll use `Puerto_Rico'. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Puerto_Rico -4:24:25 - LMT 1899 Mar 28 12:00 # San Juan -4:00 - AST 1942 May 3 -4:00 1:00 AWT 1945 Sep 30 2:00 -4:00 - AST # St Kitts-Nevis # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/St_Kitts -4:10:52 - LMT 1912 Mar 2 # Basseterre -4:00 - AST # St Lucia # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/St_Lucia -4:04:00 - LMT 1890 # Castries -4:04:00 - CMT 1912 # Castries Mean Time -4:00 - AST # St Pierre and Miquelon # There are too many St Pierres elsewhere, so we'll use `Miquelon'. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Miquelon -3:44:40 - LMT 1911 May 15 # St Pierre -4:00 - AST 1980 May -3:00 - PMST 1987 # Pierre & Miquelon Time -3:00 Canada PM%sT # St Vincent and the Grenadines # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/St_Vincent -4:04:56 - LMT 1890 # Kingstown -4:04:56 - KMT 1912 # Kingstown Mean Time -4:00 - AST # Turks and Caicos # From Paul Eggert (1998-08-06): # Shanks says they use US DST rules, but IATA SSIM (1991/1998) # says they switch at midnight. Go with IATA SSIM. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule TC 1979 1986 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 D Rule TC 1979 max - Oct lastSun 0:00 0 S Rule TC 1987 max - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Grand_Turk -4:44:32 - LMT 1890 -5:07:12 - KMT 1912 Feb # Kingston Mean Time -5:00 TC E%sT # British Virgin Is # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Tortola -4:18:28 - LMT 1911 Jul # Road Town -4:00 - AST # Virgin Is # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/St_Thomas -4:19:44 - LMT 1911 Jul # Charlotte Amalie -4:00 - AST Index: stable/6/share/zoneinfo/southamerica =================================================================== --- stable/6/share/zoneinfo/southamerica (revision 153670) +++ stable/6/share/zoneinfo/southamerica (revision 153671) @@ -1,1072 +1,1070 @@ -# @(#)southamerica 7.55 +# @(#)southamerica 7.65 # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, # go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to # tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future). -# From Paul Eggert (1999-07-07): +# From Paul Eggert (1999-07-07): # A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is # Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (5th edition), # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1999). # # Gwillim Law writes that a good source # for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport # Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM), # published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries # of the IATA's data after 1990. # # Except where otherwise noted, Shanks is the source for entries through 1990, # and IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990. # # Earlier editions of these tables used the North American style (e.g. ARST and # ARDT for Argentine Standard and Daylight Time), but the following quote # suggests that it's better to use European style (e.g. ART and ARST). # I suggest the use of _Summer time_ instead of the more cumbersome # _daylight-saving time_. _Summer time_ seems to be in general use # in Europe and South America. # -- E O Cutler, _New York Times_ (1937-02-14), quoted in # H L Mencken, _The American Language: Supplement I_ (1960), p 466 # # Earlier editions of these tables also used the North American style # for time zones in Brazil, but this was incorrect, as Brazilians say # "summer time". Reinaldo Goulart, a Sao Paulo businessman active in # the railroad sector, writes (1999-07-06): # The subject of time zones is currently a matter of discussion/debate in # Brazil. Let's say that "the Brasilia time" is considered the # "official time" because Brasilia is the capital city. # The other three time zones are called "Brasilia time "minus one" or # "plus one" or "plus two". As far as I know there is no such # name/designation as "Eastern Time" or "Central Time". # So I invented the following (English-language) abbreviations for now. # Corrections are welcome! # std dst # -2:00 FNT FNST Fernando de Noronha # -3:00 BRT BRST Brasilia # -4:00 AMT AMST Amazon # -5:00 ACT ACST Acre ############################################################################### ############################################################################### # Argentina # From Bob Devine (1988-01-28): # Argentina: first Sunday in October to first Sunday in April since 1976. # Double Summer time from 1969 to 1974. Switches at midnight. # From U. S. Naval Observatory (1988-01-199): # ARGENTINA 3 H BEHIND UTC -# From Hernan G. Otero (1995-06-26): +# From Hernan G. Otero (1995-06-26): # I am sending modifications to the Argentine time zone table... # AR was chosen because they are the ISO letters that represent Argentina. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Arg 1930 only - Dec 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Arg 1931 only - Apr 1 0:00 0 - Rule Arg 1931 only - Oct 15 0:00 1:00 S Rule Arg 1932 1940 - Mar 1 0:00 0 - Rule Arg 1932 1939 - Nov 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Arg 1940 only - Jul 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Arg 1941 only - Jun 15 0:00 0 - Rule Arg 1941 only - Oct 15 0:00 1:00 S Rule Arg 1943 only - Aug 1 0:00 0 - Rule Arg 1943 only - Oct 15 0:00 1:00 S Rule Arg 1946 only - Mar 1 0:00 0 - Rule Arg 1946 only - Oct 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Arg 1963 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - Rule Arg 1963 only - Dec 15 0:00 1:00 S Rule Arg 1964 1966 - Mar 1 0:00 0 - Rule Arg 1964 1966 - Oct 15 0:00 1:00 S Rule Arg 1967 only - Apr 2 0:00 0 - Rule Arg 1967 1968 - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Arg 1968 1969 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 0 - Rule Arg 1974 only - Jan 23 0:00 1:00 S Rule Arg 1974 only - May 1 0:00 0 - Rule Arg 1988 only - Dec 1 0:00 1:00 S # -# From Hernan G. Otero (1995-06-26): +# From Hernan G. Otero (1995-06-26): # These corrections were contributed by InterSoft Argentina S.A., # obtaining the data from the: # Talleres de Hidrografia Naval Argentina # (Argentine Naval Hydrography Institute) # # Shanks stops after 1992-03-01; go with Otero. Rule Arg 1989 1993 - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 - Rule Arg 1989 1992 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S # -# From Hernan G. Otero (1995-06-26): +# From Hernan G. Otero (1995-06-26): # From this moment on, the law that mandated the daylight saving # time corrections was derogated and no more modifications # to the time zones (for daylight saving) are now made. # # From Rives McDow (2000-01-10): # On October 3, 1999, 0:00 local, Argentina implemented daylight savings time, # which did not result in the switch of a time zone, as they stayed 9 hours # from the International Date Line. Rule Arg 1999 only - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Arg 2000 only - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 - # # From Peter Gradelski via Steffen Thorsen (2000-03-01): # We just checked with our Sao Paulo office and they say the government of # Argentina decided not to become one of the countries that go on or off DST. # So Buenos Aires should be -3 hours from GMT at all times. # -# From Fabian L. Arce Jofre (2000-04-04): +# From Fabian L. Arce Jofre (2000-04-04): # The law that claimed DST for Argentina was derogated by President Fernando # de la Rua on March 2, 2000, because it would make people spend more energy # in the winter time, rather than less. The change took effect on March 3. # # From Mariano Absatz (2001-06-06): # one of the major newspapers here in Argentina said that the 1999 # Timezone Law (which never was effectively applied) will (would?) be # in effect.... The article is at # http://ar.clarin.com/diario/2001-06-06/e-01701.htm # ... The Law itself is "Ley No 25155", sanctioned on 1999-08-25, enacted # 1999-09-17, and published 1999-09-21. The official publication is at: # http://www.boletin.jus.gov.ar/BON/Primera/1999/09-Septiembre/21/PDF/BO21-09-99LEG.PDF # Regretfully, you have to subscribe (and pay) for the on-line version.... # # (2001-06-12): # the timezone for Argentina will not change next Sunday. # Apparently it will do so on Sunday 24th.... # http://ar.clarin.com/diario/2001-06-12/s-03501.htm # # (2001-06-25): # Last Friday (yes, the last working day before the date of the change), the # Senate annulled the 1999 law that introduced the changes later postponed. # http://www.clarin.com.ar/diario/2001-06-22/s-03601.htm # It remains the vote of the Deputies..., but it will be the same.... # This kind of things had always been done this way in Argentina. # We are still -03:00 all year round in all of the country. # # From Mariano Absatz (2004-05-21): # Today it was officially published that the Province of Mendoza is changing # its timezone this winter... starting tomorrow night.... # http://www.gobernac.mendoza.gov.ar/boletin/pdf/20040521-27158-normas.pdf # From Paul Eggert (2004-05-24): # It's Law No. 7,210. This change is due to a public power emergency, so for # now we'll assume it's for this year only. # # From Paul Eggert (2002-01-22): # # Hora de verano para la Republica Argentina (2000-10-01) # says that standard time in Argentina from 1894-10-31 # to 1920-05-01 was -4:16:48.25. Go with this more-precise value # over Shanks. # # From Mariano Absatz (2004-06-05): # These media articles from a major newspaper mostly cover the current state: # http://www.lanacion.com.ar/04/05/27/de_604825.asp # http://www.lanacion.com.ar/04/05/28/de_605203.asp # # The following eight (8) provinces pulled clocks back to UTC-04:00 at # midnight Monday May 31st. (that is, the night between 05/31 and 06/01). # Apparently, all nine provinces would go back to UTC-03:00 at the same # time in October 17th. # # Catamarca, Chubut, La Rioja, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Cruz, # Tierra del Fuego, Tucuman. # # From Mariano Absatz (2004-06-14): # ... this weekend, the Province of Tucuman decided it'd go back to UTC-03:00 # yesterday midnight (that is, at 24:00 Saturday 12th), since the people's # annoyance with the change is much higher than the power savings obtained.... # # From Gwillim Law (2004-06-14): # http://www.lanacion.com.ar/04/06/10/de_609078.asp ... # "The time change in Tierra del Fuego was a conflicted decision from # the start. The government had decreed that the measure would take # effect on June 1, but a normative error forced the new time to begin # three days earlier, from a Saturday to a Sunday.... # Our understanding was that the change was originally scheduled to take place # on June 1 at 00:00 in Chubut, Santa Cruz, Tierra del Fuego (and some other # provinces). Sunday was May 30, only two days earlier. So the article # contains a contradiction. I would give more credence to the Saturday/Sunday # date than the "three days earlier" phrase, and conclude that Tierra del # Fuego set its clocks back at 2004-05-30 00:00. # # From Steffen Thorsen (2004-10-05): # The previous law 7210 which changed the province of Mendoza's time zone # back in May have been modified slightly in a new law 7277, which set the # new end date to 2004-09-26 (original date was 2004-10-17). # http://www.gobernac.mendoza.gov.ar/boletin/pdf/20040924-27244-normas.pdf # # From Mariano Absatz (2004-10-05): # San Juan changed from UTC-03:00 to UTC-04:00 at midnight between # Sunday, May 30th and Monday, May 31st. It changed back to UTC-03:00 # at midnight between Saturday, July 24th and Sunday, July 25th.... # http://www.sanjuan.gov.ar/prensa/archivo/000329.html # http://www.sanjuan.gov.ar/prensa/archivo/000426.html # http://www.sanjuan.gov.ar/prensa/archivo/000441.html # Unless otherwise specified, data are from Shanks through 1992, from # the IATA otherwise. As noted below, Shanks says that # America/Cordoba split into 6 subregions during 1991/1992, but we # haven't verified this yet so for now we'll keep it a single region. # # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] # # Buenos Aires (BA), Capital Federal (CF), Zone America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires -3:53:48 - LMT 1894 Oct 31 -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May # Cordoba Mean Time -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 -3:00 - ART # # Santa Fe (SF), Entre Rios (ER), Corrientes (CN), Misiones (MN), Chaco (CC), # Formosa (FM), Salta (SA), Santiago del Estero (SE), Cordoba (CB), # San Luis (SL), La Pampa (LP), Neuquen (NQ), Rio Negro (RN) # # Shanks also makes the following claims, which we haven't verified: # - Formosa switched to -3:00 on 1991-01-07. # - Misiones switched to -3:00 on 1990-12-29. # - Chaco switched to -3:00 on 1991-01-04. # - San Luis switched to -4:00 on 1990-03-14, then to -3:00 on 1990-10-15, # then to -4:00 on 1991-03-01, then to -3:00 on 1991-06-01. # - Santiago del Estero switched to -4:00 on 1991-04-01, # then to -3:00 on 1991-04-26. # Zone America/Argentina/Cordoba -4:16:48 - LMT 1894 Oct 31 -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1991 Mar 3 -4:00 - WART 1991 Oct 20 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 -3:00 - ART # # Tucuman (TM) Zone America/Argentina/Tucuman -4:20:52 - LMT 1894 Oct 31 -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1991 Mar 3 -4:00 - WART 1991 Oct 20 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 -3:00 - ART 2004 Jun 1 -4:00 - WART 2004 Jun 13 -3:00 - ART # # La Rioja (LR) Zone America/Argentina/La_Rioja -4:27:24 - LMT 1894 Oct 31 -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1991 Mar 1 -4:00 - WART 1991 May 7 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 -3:00 - ART 2004 Jun 1 -4:00 - WART 2004 Jun 20 -3:00 - ART # # San Juan (SJ) Zone America/Argentina/San_Juan -4:34:04 - LMT 1894 Oct 31 -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1991 Mar 1 -4:00 - WART 1991 May 7 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 -3:00 - ART 2004 May 31 -4:00 - WART 2004 Jul 25 -3:00 - ART # # Jujuy (JY) Zone America/Argentina/Jujuy -4:21:12 - LMT 1894 Oct 31 -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1990 Mar 4 -4:00 - WART 1990 Oct 28 -4:00 1:00 WARST 1991 Mar 17 -4:00 - WART 1991 Oct 6 -3:00 1:00 ARST 1992 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 -3:00 - ART # -# Catamarca (CT) +# Catamarca (CT), Chubut (CH) Zone America/Argentina/Catamarca -4:23:08 - LMT 1894 Oct 31 -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1991 Mar 3 -4:00 - WART 1991 Oct 20 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 -3:00 - ART 2004 Jun 1 -4:00 - WART 2004 Jun 20 -3:00 - ART # # Mendoza (MZ) Zone America/Argentina/Mendoza -4:35:16 - LMT 1894 Oct 31 -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1990 Mar 4 -4:00 - WART 1990 Oct 15 -4:00 1:00 WARST 1991 Mar 1 -4:00 - WART 1991 Oct 15 -4:00 1:00 WARST 1992 Mar 1 -4:00 - WART 1992 Oct 18 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 -3:00 - ART 2004 May 23 -4:00 - WART 2004 Sep 26 -3:00 - ART # -# Chubut (CH) -# The name "Comodoro Rivadavia" exceeds the 14-byte POSIX limit. -Zone America/Argentina/ComodRivadavia -4:30:00 - LMT 1894 Oct 31 - -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May - -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec - -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5 - -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1991 Mar 3 - -4:00 - WART 1991 Oct 20 - -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3 - -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 - -3:00 - ART 2004 Jun 1 - -4:00 - WART 2004 Jun 20 - -3:00 - ART -# # Santa Cruz (SC) Zone America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos -4:36:52 - LMT 1894 Oct 31 -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May # Cordoba Mean Time -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 -3:00 - ART 2004 Jun 1 -4:00 - WART 2004 Jun 20 -3:00 - ART # # Tierra del Fuego, Antartida e Islas del Atlantico Sur (TF) Zone America/Argentina/Ushuaia -4:33:12 - LMT 1894 Oct 31 -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May # Cordoba Mean Time -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 -3:00 - ART 2004 May 30 -4:00 - WART 2004 Jun 20 -3:00 - ART # Aruba # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Aruba -4:40:24 - LMT 1912 Feb 12 # Oranjestad -4:30 - ANT 1965 # Netherlands Antilles Time -4:00 - AST # Bolivia # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/La_Paz -4:32:36 - LMT 1890 -4:32:36 - CMT 1931 Oct 15 # Calamarca MT -4:32:36 1:00 BOST 1932 Mar 21 # Bolivia ST -4:00 - BOT # Bolivia Time # Brazil -# From Paul Eggert (1993-11-18): +# From Paul Eggert (1993-11-18): # The mayor of Rio recently attempted to change the time zone rules # just in his city, in order to leave more summer time for the tourist trade. # The rule change lasted only part of the day; # the federal government refused to follow the city's rules, and business # was in a chaos, so the mayor backed down that afternoon. # From IATA SSIM (1996-02): # _Only_ the following states in BR1 observe DST: Rio Grande do Sul (RS), # Santa Catarina (SC), Parana (PR), Sao Paulo (SP), Rio de Janeiro (RJ), # Espirito Santo (ES), Minas Gerais (MG), Bahia (BA), Goias (GO), # Distrito Federal (DF), Tocantins (TO), Sergipe [SE] and Alagoas [AL]. # [The last three states are new to this issue of the IATA SSIM.] # From Gwillim Law (1996-10-07): # Geography, history (Tocantins was part of Goias until 1989), and other # sources of time zone information lead me to believe that AL, SE, and TO were # always in BR1, and so the only change was whether or not they observed DST.... # The earliest issue of the SSIM I have is 2/91. Each issue from then until # 9/95 says that DST is observed only in the ten states I quoted from 9/95, # along with Mato Grosso (MT) and Mato Grosso do Sul (MS), which are in BR2 # (UTC-4).... The other two time zones given for Brazil are BR3, which is # UTC-5, no DST, and applies only in the state of Acre (AC); and BR4, which is # UTC-2, and applies to Fernando de Noronha (formerly FN, but I believe it's # become part of the state of Pernambuco). The boundary between BR1 and BR2 # has never been clearly stated. They've simply been called East and West. # However, some conclusions can be drawn from another IATA manual: the Airline # Coding Directory, which lists close to 400 airports in Brazil. For each # airport it gives a time zone which is coded to the SSIM. From that # information, I'm led to conclude that the states of Amapa (AP), Ceara (CE), # Maranhao (MA), Paraiba (PR), Pernambuco (PE), Piaui (PI), and Rio Grande do # Norte (RN), and the eastern part of Para (PA) are all in BR1 without DST. # From Marcos Tadeu (1998-09-27): # # Brazilian official page # # From Jesper Norgaard (2000-11-03): # [For an official list of which regions in Brazil use which time zones, see:] # http://pcdsh01.on.br/Fusbr.htm # http://pcdsh01.on.br/Fusbrhv.htm # From Celso Doria via David Madeo (2002-10-09): # The reason for the delay this year has to do with elections in Brazil. # # Unlike in the United States, elections in Brazil are 100% computerized and # the results are known almost immediately. Yesterday, it was the first # round of the elections when 115 million Brazilians voted for President, # Governor, Senators, Federal Deputies, and State Deputies. Nobody is # counting (or re-counting) votes anymore and we know there will be a second # round for the Presidency and also for some Governors. The 2nd round will # take place on October 27th. # # The reason why the DST will only begin November 3rd is that the thousands # of electoral machines used cannot have their time changed, and since the # Constitution says the elections must begin at 8:00 AM and end at 5:00 PM, # the Government decided to postpone DST, instead of changing the Constitution # (maybe, for the next elections, it will be possible to change the clock)... # From Rodrigo Severo (2004-10-04): # It's just the biannual change made necessary by the much hyped, supposedly # modern Brazilian eletronic voting machines which, apparently, can't deal # with a time change between the first and the second rounds of the elections. # From Paul Eggert (2002-10-10): # The official decrees referenced below are mostly taken from # # Decretos sobre o Horario de Verao no Brasil # (2001-09-20, in Portuguese). # The official site for all decrees, including those not related to time, is # # Presidencia da Republica, Subchefia para Assuntos Juridicos, Decretos # (in Portuguese). # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S # Decree 20,466 (1931-10-01) # Decree 21,896 (1932-01-10) Rule Brazil 1931 only - Oct 3 11:00 1:00 S Rule Brazil 1932 1933 - Apr 1 0:00 0 - Rule Brazil 1932 only - Oct 3 0:00 1:00 S # Decree 23,195 (1933-10-10) # revoked DST. # Decree 27,496 (1949-11-24) # Decree 27,998 (1950-04-13) Rule Brazil 1949 1952 - Dec 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Brazil 1950 only - Apr 16 1:00 0 - Rule Brazil 1951 1952 - Apr 1 0:00 0 - # Decree 32,308 (1953-02-24) Rule Brazil 1953 only - Mar 1 0:00 0 - # Decree 34,724 (1953-11-30) # revoked DST. # Decree 52,700 (1963-10-18) # established DST from 1963-10-23 00:00 to 1964-02-29 00:00 # in SP, RJ, GB, MG, ES, due to the prolongation of the drought. # Decree 53,071 (1963-12-03) # extended the above decree to all of the national territory on 12-09. Rule Brazil 1963 only - Dec 9 0:00 1:00 S # Decree 53,604 (1964-02-25) # extended summer time by one day to 1964-03-01 00:00 (start of school). Rule Brazil 1964 only - Mar 1 0:00 0 - # Decree 55,639 (1965-01-27) Rule Brazil 1965 only - Jan 31 0:00 1:00 S Rule Brazil 1965 only - Mar 31 0:00 0 - # Decree 57,303 (1965-11-22) Rule Brazil 1965 only - Dec 1 0:00 1:00 S # Decree 57,843 (1966-02-18) Rule Brazil 1966 1968 - Mar 1 0:00 0 - Rule Brazil 1966 1967 - Nov 1 0:00 1:00 S # Decree 63,429 (1968-10-15) # revoked DST. # Decree 91,698 (1985-09-27) Rule Brazil 1985 only - Nov 2 0:00 1:00 S # Decree 92,310 (1986-01-21) # Decree 92,463 (1986-03-13) Rule Brazil 1986 only - Mar 15 0:00 0 - # Decree 93,316 (1986-10-01) Rule Brazil 1986 only - Oct 25 0:00 1:00 S Rule Brazil 1987 only - Feb 14 0:00 0 - # Decree 94,922 (1987-09-22) Rule Brazil 1987 only - Oct 25 0:00 1:00 S Rule Brazil 1988 only - Feb 7 0:00 0 - # Decree 96,676 (1988-09-12) # except for the states of AC, AM, PA, RR, RO, and AP (then a territory) Rule Brazil 1988 only - Oct 16 0:00 1:00 S Rule Brazil 1989 only - Jan 29 0:00 0 - # Decree 98,077 (1989-08-21) # with the same exceptions Rule Brazil 1989 only - Oct 15 0:00 1:00 S Rule Brazil 1990 only - Feb 11 0:00 0 - # Decree 99,530 (1990-09-17) # adopted by RS, SC, PR, SP, RJ, ES, MG, GO, MS, DF. # Decree 99,629 (1990-10-19) adds BA, MT. Rule Brazil 1990 only - Oct 21 0:00 1:00 S Rule Brazil 1991 only - Feb 17 0:00 0 - # Unnumbered decree (1991-09-25) # adopted by RS, SC, PR, SP, RJ, ES, MG, BA, GO, MT, MS, DF. Rule Brazil 1991 only - Oct 20 0:00 1:00 S Rule Brazil 1992 only - Feb 9 0:00 0 - # Unnumbered decree (1992-10-16) # adopted by same states. Rule Brazil 1992 only - Oct 25 0:00 1:00 S Rule Brazil 1993 only - Jan 31 0:00 0 - # Decree 942 (1993-09-28) # adopted by same states, plus AM. # Decree 1,252 (1994-09-22; # web page corrected 2004-01-07) adopted by same states, minus AM. # Decree 1,636 (1995-09-14) # adopted by same states, plus MT and TO. # Decree 1,674 (1995-10-13) # adds AL, SE. Rule Brazil 1993 1995 - Oct Sun>=11 0:00 1:00 S Rule Brazil 1994 1995 - Feb Sun>=15 0:00 0 - Rule Brazil 1996 only - Feb 11 0:00 0 - # Decree 2,000 (1996-09-04) # adopted by same states, minus AL, SE. Rule Brazil 1996 only - Oct 6 0:00 1:00 S Rule Brazil 1997 only - Feb 16 0:00 0 - -# From Daniel C. Sobral (1998-02-12): +# From Daniel C. Sobral (1998-02-12): # In 1997, the DS began on October 6. The stated reason was that # because international television networks ignored Brazil's policy on DS, # they bought the wrong times on satellite for coverage of Pope's visit. # This year, the ending date of DS was postponed to March 1 # to help dealing with the shortages of electric power. # -# From Paul Eggert (1998-02-25): -# -# Brazil Prepares for Papal Visit -# , -# Church Net UK (1997-10-02). -# # Decree 2,317 (1997-09-04), adopted by same states. Rule Brazil 1997 only - Oct 6 0:00 1:00 S # Decree 2,495 # (1998-02-10) Rule Brazil 1998 only - Mar 1 0:00 0 - # Decree 2,780 (1998-09-11) # adopted by the same states as before. Rule Brazil 1998 only - Oct 11 0:00 1:00 S Rule Brazil 1999 only - Feb 21 0:00 0 - # Decree 3,150 # (1999-08-23) adopted by same states. # Decree 3,188 (1999-09-30) # adds SE, AL, PB, PE, RN, CE, PI, MA and RR. Rule Brazil 1999 only - Oct 3 0:00 1:00 S Rule Brazil 2000 only - Feb 27 0:00 0 - # Decree 3,592 (2000-09-06) # adopted by the same states as before. # Decree 3,630 (2000-10-13) # repeals DST in PE and RR, effective 2000-10-15 00:00. # Decree 3,632 (2000-10-17) # repeals DST in SE, AL, PB, RN, CE, PI and MA, effective 2000-10-22 00:00. # Decree 3,916 # (2001-09-13) reestablishes DST in AL, CE, MA, PB, PE, PI, RN, SE. Rule Brazil 2000 2001 - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 1:00 S Rule Brazil 2001 max - Feb Sun>=15 0:00 0 - # Decree 4,399 (2002-10-01) repeals DST in AL, CE, MA, PB, PE, PI, RN, SE. # Rule Brazil 2002 only - Nov 3 0:00 1:00 S # Decree 4,844 (2003-09-24; corrected 2003-09-26) repeals DST in BA, MT, TO. # Rule Brazil 2003 only - Oct 19 0:00 1:00 S # Decree 5,223 (2004-10-01) reestablishes DST in MT. # Rule Brazil 2004 only - Nov 2 0:00 1:00 S +# Decree 5,539 (2005-09-19), +# adopted by the same states as before. +Rule Brazil 2005 max - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S # The latest ruleset listed above says that the following states observe DST: # DF, ES, GO, MG, MS, MT, PR, RJ, RS, SC, SP. -# -Rule Brazil 2005 max - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S -# For dates after mid-2005, the above rules with TO="max" are guesses +# For dates after mid-2006, the above rules with TO="max" are guesses # and are quite possibly wrong, but are more likely than no DST at all. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] # # Fernando de Noronha (administratively part of PE) Zone America/Noronha -2:09:40 - LMT 1914 -2:00 Brazil FN%sT 1990 Sep 17 -2:00 - FNT 1999 Sep 30 -2:00 Brazil FN%sT 2000 Oct 15 -2:00 - FNT 2001 Sep 13 -2:00 Brazil FN%sT 2002 Oct 1 -2:00 - FNT # Other Atlantic islands have no permanent settlement. # These include Trindade and Martin Vaz (administratively part of ES), # Atol das Rocas (RN), and Penedos de Sao Pedro e Sao Paulo (PE). # Fernando de Noronha was a separate territory from 1942-09-02 to 1989-01-01; # it also included the Penedos. # # Amapa (AP), east Para (PA) # East Para includes Belem, Maraba, Serra Norte, and Sao Felix do Xingu. # The division between east and west Para is the river Xingu. # In the north a very small part from the river Javary (now Jari I guess, # the border with Amapa) to the Amazon, then to the Xingu. Zone America/Belem -3:13:56 - LMT 1914 -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 1988 Sep 12 -3:00 - BRT # # Maranhao (MA), Piaui (PI), Ceara (CE), Rio Grande do Norte (RN), # Paraiba (PB) Zone America/Fortaleza -2:34:00 - LMT 1914 -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 1990 Sep 17 -3:00 - BRT 1999 Sep 30 -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2000 Oct 22 -3:00 - BRT 2001 Sep 13 -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2002 Oct 1 -3:00 - BRT # # Pernambuco (PE) (except Atlantic islands) Zone America/Recife -2:19:36 - LMT 1914 -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 1990 Sep 17 -3:00 - BRT 1999 Sep 30 -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2000 Oct 15 -3:00 - BRT 2001 Sep 13 -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2002 Oct 1 -3:00 - BRT # # Tocantins (TO) Zone America/Araguaina -3:12:48 - LMT 1914 -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 1990 Sep 17 -3:00 - BRT 1995 Sep 14 -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2003 Sep 24 -3:00 - BRT # # Alagoas (AL), Sergipe (SE) Zone America/Maceio -2:22:52 - LMT 1914 -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 1990 Sep 17 -3:00 - BRT 1995 Oct 13 -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 1996 Sep 4 -3:00 - BRT 1999 Sep 30 -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2000 Oct 22 -3:00 - BRT 2001 Sep 13 -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2002 Oct 1 -3:00 - BRT # # Bahia (BA) # There are too many Salvadors elsewhere, so use America/Bahia instead # of America/Salvador. Zone America/Bahia -2:34:04 - LMT 1914 -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2003 Sep 24 -3:00 - BRT # # Goias (GO), Distrito Federal (DF), Minas Gerais (MG), # Espirito Santo (ES), Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Sao Paulo (SP), Parana (PR), # Santa Catarina (SC), Rio Grande do Sul (RS) Zone America/Sao_Paulo -3:06:28 - LMT 1914 -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 1963 Oct 23 00:00 -3:00 1:00 BRST 1964 -3:00 Brazil BR%sT # # Mato Grosso do Sul (MS) Zone America/Campo_Grande -3:38:28 - LMT 1914 -4:00 Brazil AM%sT # # Mato Grosso (MT) Zone America/Cuiaba -3:44:20 - LMT 1914 -4:00 Brazil AM%sT 2003 Sep 24 -4:00 - AMT 2004 Oct 1 -4:00 Brazil AM%sT # # west Para (PA), Rondonia (RO) # West Para includes Altamira, Oribidos, Prainha, Oriximina, and Santarem. Zone America/Porto_Velho -4:15:36 - LMT 1914 -4:00 Brazil AM%sT 1988 Sep 12 -4:00 - AMT # # Roraima (RR) Zone America/Boa_Vista -4:02:40 - LMT 1914 -4:00 Brazil AM%sT 1988 Sep 12 -4:00 - AMT 1999 Sep 30 -4:00 Brazil AM%sT 2000 Oct 15 -4:00 - AMT # # east Amazonas (AM): Boca do Acre, Jutai, Manaus, Floriano Peixoto # The great circle line from Tabatinga to Porto Acre divides # east from west Amazonas. Zone America/Manaus -4:00:04 - LMT 1914 -4:00 Brazil AM%sT 1988 Sep 12 -4:00 - AMT 1993 Sep 28 -4:00 Brazil AM%sT 1994 Sep 22 -4:00 - AMT # # west Amazonas (AM): Atalaia do Norte, Boca do Maoco, Benjamin Constant, # Eirunepe, Envira, Ipixuna Zone America/Eirunepe -4:39:28 - LMT 1914 -5:00 Brazil AC%sT 1988 Sep 12 -5:00 - ACT 1993 Sep 28 -5:00 Brazil AC%sT 1994 Sep 22 -5:00 - ACT # # Acre (AC) Zone America/Rio_Branco -4:31:12 - LMT 1914 -5:00 Brazil AC%sT 1988 Sep 12 -5:00 - ACT # Chile # From Eduardo Krell (1995-10-19): # The law says to switch to DST at midnight [24:00] on the second SATURDAY # of October.... The law is the same for March and October. # (1998-09-29): # Because of the drought this year, the government decided to go into # DST earlier (saturday 9/26 at 24:00). This is a one-time change only ... # (unless there's another dry season next year, I guess). # From Julio I. Pacheco Troncoso (1999-03-18): # Because of the same drought, the government decided to end DST later, # on April 3, (one-time change). # From Gwillim Law (2001-05-04): # I came across another article in "La Tercera" about Chilean DST. # # It clearly confirms my earlier suggestion, that DST begins at 22:00 # on Easter Island.... But it also seems to be saying that the # observance of DST in Chile began in 1966, rather than 1969 as # ... [Shanks] has it.... # # My translation: # # "The Chilean Army has announced that summer time will begin tomorrow, # Saturday, October 14 in continental Chile, insular Chile, and # Antarctica, as provided by Supreme Decree 25 of January 11, 1966. # By the preceding, official time in continental Chile and Chilean # Antarctic, and official time in Western Insular Chile, which applies # to Easter Island and Sala y Gomez Island, will be set forward at # midnight and at 22:00, respectively, by 20 minutes." # From Paul Eggert (2001-05-04): # Go with this article in preference to Shanks's 1969 date for modern DST. # Assume this rule has been used since DST was introduced in the islands. # From Paul Eggert (2002-10-24): # gives many details that # disagree with the following table, but we haven't had time to compare them. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Chile 1918 only - Sep 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Chile 1919 only - Jul 2 0:00 0 - Rule Chile 1927 1931 - Sep 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Chile 1928 1932 - Apr 1 0:00 0 - Rule Chile 1966 1997 - Oct Sun>=9 4:00u 1:00 S Rule Chile 1967 1998 - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - Rule Chile 1998 only - Sep 27 4:00u 1:00 S Rule Chile 1999 only - Apr 4 3:00u 0 - Rule Chile 1999 max - Oct Sun>=9 4:00u 1:00 S Rule Chile 2000 max - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - # IATA SSIM anomalies: (1990-09) says 1990-09-16; (1992-02) says 1992-03-14; # (1996-09) says 1998-03-08. Ignore these. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Santiago -4:42:40 - LMT 1890 -4:42:40 - SMT 1910 # Santiago Mean Time -5:00 Chile CL%sT 1932 Sep # Chile Time -4:00 Chile CL%sT Zone Pacific/Easter -7:17:28 - LMT 1890 # Mataveri -7:17:28 - MMT 1932 Sep # Mataveri Mean Time -7:00 Chile EAS%sT 1982 Mar 14 # Easter I Time -6:00 Chile EAS%sT # # Sala y Gomez Island is like Pacific/Easter. # Other Chilean locations, including Juan Fernandez Is, San Ambrosio, # San Felix, and Antarctic bases, are like America/Santiago. # Colombia # Shanks specifies 24:00 for 1992 transition times; go with IATA, # as it seems implausible to change clocks at midnight New Year's Eve. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule CO 1992 only - May 2 0:00 1:00 S Rule CO 1992 only - Dec 31 0:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Bogota -4:56:20 - LMT 1884 Mar 13 -4:56:20 - BMT 1914 Nov 23 # Bogota Mean Time -5:00 CO CO%sT # Colombia Time # Malpelo, Providencia, San Andres # no information; probably like America/Bogota # Curacao # Shanks says that Bottom and Oranjestad have been at -4:00 since # standard time was introduced on 1912-03-02; and that Kralendijk and Rincon # used Kralendijk Mean Time (-4:33:08) from 1912-02-02 to 1965-01-01. # This all predates our 1970 cutoff, though. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Curacao -4:35:44 - LMT 1912 Feb 12 # Willemstad -4:30 - ANT 1965 # Netherlands Antilles Time -4:00 - AST # Ecuador # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Guayaquil -5:19:20 - LMT 1890 -5:14:00 - QMT 1931 # Quito Mean Time -5:00 - ECT # Ecuador Time Zone Pacific/Galapagos -5:58:24 - LMT 1931 # Puerto Baquerizo Moreno -5:00 - ECT 1986 -6:00 - GALT # Galapagos Time # Falklands # From Paul Eggert (2001-03-05): # Between 1990 and 2000 inclusive, Shanks and the IATA agree except # the IATA gives 1996-09-08. Go with Shanks. # From Falkland Islands Government Office, London (2001-01-22) # via Jesper Norgaard: # ... the clocks revert back to Local Mean Time at 2 am on Sunday 15 # April 2001 and advance one hour to summer time at 2 am on Sunday 2 # September. It is anticipated that the clocks will revert back at 2 # am on Sunday 21 April 2002 and advance to summer time at 2 am on # Sunday 1 September. # From Rives McDow (2001-02-13): # # I have communicated several times with people there, and the last # time I had communications that was helpful was in 1998. Here is # what was said then: # # "The general rule was that Stanley used daylight saving and the Camp # did not. However for various reasons many people in the Camp have # started to use daylight saving (known locally as 'Stanley Time') # There is no rule as to who uses daylight saving - it is a matter of # personal choice and so it is impossible to draw a map showing who # uses it and who does not. Any list would be out of date as soon as # it was produced. This year daylight saving ended on April 18/19th # and started again on September 12/13th. I do not know what the rule # is, but can find out if you like. We do not change at the same time # as UK or Chile." # # I did have in my notes that the rule was "Second Saturday in Sep at # 0:00 until third Saturday in Apr at 0:00". I think that this does # not agree in some cases with Shanks; is this true? # # Also, there is no mention in the list that some areas in the # Falklands do not use DST. I have found in my communications there # that these areas are on the western half of East Falkland and all of # West Falkland. Stanley is the only place that consistently observes # DST. Again, as in other places in the world, the farmers don't like # it. West Falkland is almost entirely sheep farmers. # # I know one lady there that keeps a list of which farm keeps DST and # which doesn't each year. She runs a shop in Stanley, and says that # the list changes each year. She uses it to communicate to her # customers, catching them when they are home for lunch or dinner. # From Paul Eggert (2001-03-05): # For now, we'll just record the time in Stanley, since we have no # better info. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Falk 1937 1938 - Sep lastSun 0:00 1:00 S Rule Falk 1938 1942 - Mar Sun>=19 0:00 0 - Rule Falk 1939 only - Oct 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Falk 1940 1942 - Sep lastSun 0:00 1:00 S Rule Falk 1943 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - Rule Falk 1983 only - Sep lastSun 0:00 1:00 S Rule Falk 1984 1985 - Apr lastSun 0:00 0 - Rule Falk 1984 only - Sep 16 0:00 1:00 S Rule Falk 1985 2000 - Sep Sun>=9 0:00 1:00 S Rule Falk 1986 2000 - Apr Sun>=16 0:00 0 - Rule Falk 2001 max - Apr Sun>=15 2:00 0 - Rule Falk 2001 max - Sep Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Atlantic/Stanley -3:51:24 - LMT 1890 -3:51:24 - SMT 1912 Mar 12 # Stanley Mean Time -4:00 Falk FK%sT 1983 May # Falkland Is Time -3:00 Falk FK%sT 1985 Sep 15 -4:00 Falk FK%sT # French Guiana # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Cayenne -3:29:20 - LMT 1911 Jul -4:00 - GFT 1967 Oct # French Guiana Time -3:00 - GFT # Guyana # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Guyana -3:52:40 - LMT 1915 Mar # Georgetown -3:45 - GBGT 1966 May 26 # Br Guiana Time -3:45 - GYT 1975 Jul 31 # Guyana Time -3:00 - GYT 1991 # IATA SSIM (1996-06) says -4:00. Assume a 1991 switch. -4:00 - GYT # Paraguay # From Paul Eggert (1999-10-29): # Shanks (1999) says that spring transitions are from 01:00 -> 02:00, # and autumn transitions are from 00:00 -> 23:00. Go with earlier # editions of Shanks, and with the IATA, who say transitions occur at 00:00. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Para 1975 1988 - Oct 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Para 1975 1978 - Mar 1 0:00 0 - Rule Para 1979 1991 - Apr 1 0:00 0 - Rule Para 1989 only - Oct 22 0:00 1:00 S Rule Para 1990 only - Oct 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Para 1991 only - Oct 6 0:00 1:00 S Rule Para 1992 only - Mar 1 0:00 0 - Rule Para 1992 only - Oct 5 0:00 1:00 S Rule Para 1993 only - Mar 31 0:00 0 - Rule Para 1993 1995 - Oct 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Para 1994 1995 - Feb lastSun 0:00 0 - Rule Para 1996 only - Mar 1 0:00 0 - # IATA SSIM (2000-02) says 1999-10-10; ignore this for now. # From Steffen Thorsen (2000-10-02): # I have three independent reports that Paraguay changed to DST this Sunday # (10-01). # # Translated by Gwillim Law (2001-02-27) from # # Noticias, a daily paper in Asuncion, Paraguay (2000-10-01) # : # Starting at 0:00 today, the clock will be set forward 60 minutes, in # fulfillment of Decree No. 7,273 of the Executive Power.... The time change # system has been operating for several years. Formerly there was a separate # decree each year; the new law has the same effect, but permanently. Every # year, the time will change on the first Sunday of October; likewise, the # clock will be set back on the first Sunday of March. # # From Jesper Norgaard (2001-03-06) [an official URL saying similar things]: # http://gateway.abc.com.py:8000/pub/pag04.mbr/artic?FHA=2001-03-03-02.24.52.900592 # Rule Para 1996 2001 - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S # IATA SSIM (1997-09) says Mar 1; go with Shanks. Rule Para 1997 only - Feb lastSun 0:00 0 - # Shanks says 1999-02-28; IATA SSIM (1999-02) says 1999-02-27, but # (1999-09) reports no date; go with above sources and Gerd Knops (2001-02-27). Rule Para 1998 2001 - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 - # From Rives McDow (2002-02-28): # A decree was issued in Paraguay (no. 16350) on 2002-02-26 that changed the # dst method to be from the first Sunday in September to the first Sunday in # April. -Rule Para 2002 max - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 0 - -Rule Para 2002 max - Sep Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Para 2002 2004 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 0 - +Rule Para 2002 2003 - Sep Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S +# +# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2005-01-02): +# There are several sources that claim that Paraguay made +# a timezone rule change in autumn 2004. +# From Steffen Thorsen (2005-01-05): +# Decree 1,867 (2004-03-05) +Rule Para 2004 max - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Para 2005 max - Mar Sun>=8 0:00 0 - - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Asuncion -3:50:40 - LMT 1890 -3:50:40 - AMT 1931 Oct 10 # Asuncion Mean Time -4:00 - PYT 1972 Oct # Paraguay Time -3:00 - PYT 1974 Apr -4:00 Para PY%sT # Peru # # # From Evelyn C. Leeper via Mark Brader (2003-10-26): -# When we were in Peru in 1985-1986, they apparently switched over +# When we were in Peru in 1985-1986, they apparently switched over # sometime between December 29 and January 3 while we were on the Amazon. # # From Paul Eggert (2003-11-02): # Shanks doesn't have this transition. Assume 1986 was like 1987. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Peru 1938 only - Jan 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Peru 1938 only - Apr 1 0:00 0 - Rule Peru 1938 1939 - Sep lastSun 0:00 1:00 S Rule Peru 1939 1940 - Mar Sun>=24 0:00 0 - Rule Peru 1986 1987 - Jan 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Peru 1986 1987 - Apr 1 0:00 0 - Rule Peru 1990 only - Jan 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Peru 1990 only - Apr 1 0:00 0 - # IATA is ambiguous for 1993/1995; go with Shanks. Rule Peru 1994 only - Jan 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Peru 1994 only - Apr 1 0:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Lima -5:08:12 - LMT 1890 -5:08:36 - LMT 1908 Jul 28 # Lima Mean Time? -5:00 Peru PE%sT # Peru Time # South Georgia # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Atlantic/South_Georgia -2:26:08 - LMT 1890 # Grytviken -2:00 - GST # South Georgia Time # South Sandwich Is # uninhabited; scientific personnel have wintered # Suriname # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Paramaribo -3:40:40 - LMT 1911 -3:40:52 - PMT 1935 # Paramaribo Mean Time -3:40:36 - PMT 1945 Oct # The capital moved? -3:30 - NEGT 1975 Nov 20 # Dutch Guiana Time -3:30 - SRT 1984 Oct # Suriname Time -3:00 - SRT # Trinidad and Tobago # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Port_of_Spain -4:06:04 - LMT 1912 Mar 2 -4:00 - AST # Uruguay -# From Paul Eggert (1993-11-18): +# From Paul Eggert (1993-11-18): # Uruguay wins the prize for the strangest peacetime manipulation of the rules. # From Shanks: # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S # Whitman gives 1923 Oct 1; go with Shanks. Rule Uruguay 1923 only - Oct 2 0:00 0:30 HS Rule Uruguay 1924 1926 - Apr 1 0:00 0 - Rule Uruguay 1924 1925 - Oct 1 0:00 0:30 HS Rule Uruguay 1933 1935 - Oct lastSun 0:00 0:30 HS # Shanks gives 1935 Apr 1 0:00 and 1936 Mar 30 0:00; go with Whitman. Rule Uruguay 1934 1936 - Mar Sat>=25 23:30s 0 - Rule Uruguay 1936 only - Nov 1 0:00 0:30 HS Rule Uruguay 1937 1941 - Mar lastSun 0:00 0 - # Whitman gives 1937 Oct 3; go with Shanks. Rule Uruguay 1937 1940 - Oct lastSun 0:00 0:30 HS # Whitman gives 1941 Oct 24 - 1942 Mar 27, 1942 Dec 14 - 1943 Apr 13, # and 1943 Apr 13 ``to present time''; go with Shanks. Rule Uruguay 1941 only - Aug 1 0:00 0 - Rule Uruguay 1942 only - Jan 1 0:00 0:30 HS Rule Uruguay 1942 only - Dec 14 0:00 1:00 S Rule Uruguay 1943 only - Mar 14 0:00 0 - Rule Uruguay 1959 only - May 24 0:00 1:00 S Rule Uruguay 1959 only - Nov 15 0:00 0 - Rule Uruguay 1960 only - Jan 17 0:00 1:00 S Rule Uruguay 1960 only - Mar 6 0:00 0 - Rule Uruguay 1965 1967 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Uruguay 1965 only - Sep 26 0:00 0 - Rule Uruguay 1966 1967 - Oct 31 0:00 0 - Rule Uruguay 1968 1970 - May 27 0:00 0:30 HS Rule Uruguay 1968 1970 - Dec 2 0:00 0 - Rule Uruguay 1972 only - Apr 24 0:00 1:00 S Rule Uruguay 1972 only - Aug 15 0:00 0 - Rule Uruguay 1974 only - Mar 10 0:00 0:30 HS Rule Uruguay 1974 only - Dec 22 0:00 1:00 S Rule Uruguay 1976 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - Rule Uruguay 1977 only - Dec 4 0:00 1:00 S Rule Uruguay 1978 only - Apr 1 0:00 0 - Rule Uruguay 1979 only - Oct 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Uruguay 1980 only - May 1 0:00 0 - Rule Uruguay 1987 only - Dec 14 0:00 1:00 S Rule Uruguay 1988 only - Mar 14 0:00 0 - Rule Uruguay 1988 only - Dec 11 0:00 1:00 S Rule Uruguay 1989 only - Mar 12 0:00 0 - Rule Uruguay 1989 only - Oct 29 0:00 1:00 S # Shanks says no DST was observed in 1990/1 and 1991/2, # and that 1992/3's DST was from 10-25 to 03-01. Go with IATA. Rule Uruguay 1990 1992 - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 - Rule Uruguay 1990 1991 - Oct Sun>=21 0:00 1:00 S Rule Uruguay 1992 only - Oct 18 0:00 1:00 S Rule Uruguay 1993 only - Feb 28 0:00 0 - # From Eduardo Cota (2004-09-20): # The uruguayan government has decreed a change in the local time.... # http://www.presidencia.gub.uy/decretos/2004091502.htm -Rule Uruguay 2004 only - Sep Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Uruguay 2005 only - Mar Sun>=8 0:00 0 - +Rule Uruguay 2004 only - Sep 19 0:00 1:00 S +# From Steffen Thorsen (2005-03-11): +# Uruguay's DST was scheduled to end on Sunday, 2005-03-13, but in order to +# save energy ... it was postponed two weeks.... +# http://www.presidencia.gub.uy/_Web/noticias/2005/03/2005031005.htm +Rule Uruguay 2005 only - Mar 27 2:00 0 - +# From Eduardo Cota (2005-09-27): +# http://www.presidencia.gub.uy/_Web/decretos/2005/09/CM%20119_09%2009%202005_00001.PDF +# This means that from 2005-10-09 at 02:00 local time, until 2006-03-12 at +# 02:00 local time, official time in Uruguay will be at GMT -2. +Rule Uruguay 2005 only - Oct 9 2:00 1:00 S +Rule Uruguay 2006 only - Mar 12 2:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Montevideo -3:44:44 - LMT 1898 Jun 28 -3:44:44 - MMT 1920 May 1 # Montevideo MT -3:30 Uruguay UY%sT 1942 Dec 14 # Uruguay Time -3:00 Uruguay UY%sT # Venezuela # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Caracas -4:27:44 - LMT 1890 -4:27:40 - CMT 1912 Feb 12 # Caracas Mean Time? -4:30 - VET 1965 # Venezuela Time -4:00 - VET Index: stable/6/share/zoneinfo/systemv =================================================================== --- stable/6/share/zoneinfo/systemv (revision 153670) +++ stable/6/share/zoneinfo/systemv (revision 153671) @@ -1,50 +1,36 @@ -# @(#)systemv 7.3 +# @(#)systemv 7.5 # Old rules, should the need arise. # No attempt is made to handle Newfoundland, since it cannot be expressed # using the System V "TZ" scheme (half-hour offset), or anything outside # North America (no support for non-standard DST start/end dates), nor -# the change in the DST rules in the US in 1987 (which occurred before +# the changes in the DST rules in the US after 1976 (which occurred after # the old rules were written). # -# If you need the old rules, uncomment ## lines and comment-out Link lines. +# If you need the old rules, uncomment ## lines. # Compile this *without* leap second correction for true conformance. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -## Rule SystemV min 1973 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D -## Rule SystemV min 1973 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S -## Rule SystemV 1974 only - Jan 6 2:00 1:00 D -## Rule SystemV 1974 only - Nov lastSun 2:00 0 S -## Rule SystemV 1975 only - Feb 23 2:00 1:00 D -## Rule SystemV 1975 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S -## Rule SystemV 1976 max - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D -## Rule SystemV 1976 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S +Rule SystemV min 1973 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D +Rule SystemV min 1973 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S +Rule SystemV 1974 only - Jan 6 2:00 1:00 D +Rule SystemV 1974 only - Nov lastSun 2:00 0 S +Rule SystemV 1975 only - Feb 23 2:00 1:00 D +Rule SystemV 1975 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S +Rule SystemV 1976 max - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D +Rule SystemV 1976 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES/SAVE FORMAT [UNTIL] ## Zone SystemV/AST4ADT -4:00 SystemV A%sT ## Zone SystemV/EST5EDT -5:00 SystemV E%sT ## Zone SystemV/CST6CDT -6:00 SystemV C%sT ## Zone SystemV/MST7MDT -7:00 SystemV M%sT ## Zone SystemV/PST8PDT -8:00 SystemV P%sT ## Zone SystemV/YST9YDT -9:00 SystemV Y%sT ## Zone SystemV/AST4 -4:00 - AST ## Zone SystemV/EST5 -5:00 - EST ## Zone SystemV/CST6 -6:00 - CST ## Zone SystemV/MST7 -7:00 - MST ## Zone SystemV/PST8 -8:00 - PST ## Zone SystemV/YST9 -9:00 - YST ## Zone SystemV/HST10 -10:00 - HST -# For now... -Link America/Halifax SystemV/AST4ADT -Link America/New_York SystemV/EST5EDT -Link America/Chicago SystemV/CST6CDT -Link America/Denver SystemV/MST7MDT -Link America/Los_Angeles SystemV/PST8PDT -Link America/Anchorage SystemV/YST9YDT -Link America/Puerto_Rico SystemV/AST4 -Link America/Indianapolis SystemV/EST5 -Link America/Regina SystemV/CST6 -Link America/Phoenix SystemV/MST7 -Link Pacific/Pitcairn SystemV/PST8 -Link Pacific/Gambier SystemV/YST9 -Link Pacific/Honolulu SystemV/HST10 Index: stable/6/share/zoneinfo/yearistype.sh =================================================================== --- stable/6/share/zoneinfo/yearistype.sh (revision 153670) +++ stable/6/share/zoneinfo/yearistype.sh (revision 153671) @@ -1,37 +1,37 @@ #! /bin/sh -: '@(#)yearistype.sh 7.7' +: '@(#)yearistype.sh 7.8' case $#-$1 in 2-|2-0*|2-*[!0-9]*) echo "$0: wild year - $1" >&2 exit 1 ;; esac case $#-$2 in - 2-even) + 2-even) case $1 in *[24680]) exit 0 ;; *) exit 1 ;; esac ;; 2-nonpres|2-nonuspres) case $1 in *[02468][048]|*[13579][26]) exit 1 ;; *) exit 0 ;; esac ;; - 2-odd) + 2-odd) case $1 in *[13579]) exit 0 ;; *) exit 1 ;; esac ;; 2-uspres) case $1 in *[02468][048]|*[13579][26]) exit 0 ;; *) exit 1 ;; esac ;; - 2-*) + 2-*) echo "$0: wild type - $2" >&2 ;; esac echo "$0: usage is $0 year even|odd|uspres|nonpres|nonuspres" >&2 exit 1 Index: stable/6/share/zoneinfo/zone.tab =================================================================== --- stable/6/share/zoneinfo/zone.tab (revision 153670) +++ stable/6/share/zoneinfo/zone.tab (revision 153671) @@ -1,409 +1,407 @@ -# @(#)zone.tab 1.30 +# @(#)zone.tab 1.32 # # TZ zone descriptions # -# From Paul Eggert (1996-08-05): +# From Paul Eggert (1996-08-05): # # This file contains a table with the following columns: # 1. ISO 3166 2-character country code. See /usr/share/misc/iso3166. # 2. Latitude and longitude of the zone's principal location # in ISO 6709 sign-degrees-minutes-seconds format, # either +-DDMM+-DDDMM or +-DDMMSS+-DDDMMSS, # first latitude (+ is north), then longitude (+ is east). # 3. Zone name used in value of TZ environment variable. # 4. Comments; present if and only if the country has multiple rows. # # Columns are separated by a single tab. # The table is sorted first by country, then an order within the country that # (1) makes some geographical sense, and # (2) puts the most populous zones first, where that does not contradict (1). # # Lines beginning with `#' are comments. # #country- #code coordinates TZ comments AD +4230+00131 Europe/Andorra AE +2518+05518 Asia/Dubai AF +3431+06912 Asia/Kabul AG +1703-06148 America/Antigua AI +1812-06304 America/Anguilla AL +4120+01950 Europe/Tirane AM +4011+04430 Asia/Yerevan AN +1211-06900 America/Curacao AO -0848+01314 Africa/Luanda AQ -7750+16636 Antarctica/McMurdo McMurdo Station, Ross Island AQ -9000+00000 Antarctica/South_Pole Amundsen-Scott Station, South Pole AQ -6734-06808 Antarctica/Rothera Rothera Station, Adelaide Island AQ -6448-06406 Antarctica/Palmer Palmer Station, Anvers Island AQ -6736+06253 Antarctica/Mawson Mawson Station, Holme Bay AQ -6835+07758 Antarctica/Davis Davis Station, Vestfold Hills AQ -6617+11031 Antarctica/Casey Casey Station, Bailey Peninsula AQ -7824+10654 Antarctica/Vostok Vostok Station, S Magnetic Pole AQ -6640+14001 Antarctica/DumontDUrville Dumont-d'Urville Base, Terre Adelie AQ -690022+0393524 Antarctica/Syowa Syowa Station, E Ongul I AR -3436-05827 America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires Buenos Aires (BA, CF) AR -3124-06411 America/Argentina/Cordoba most locations (CB, CC, CN, ER, FM, LP, MN, NQ, RN, SA, SE, SF, SL) AR -2411-06518 America/Argentina/Jujuy Jujuy (JY) AR -3124-06411 America/Argentina/Tucuman Tucuman (TM) -AR -2828-06547 America/Argentina/Catamarca Catamarca (CT) +AR -2828-06547 America/Argentina/Catamarca Catamarca (CT), Chubut (CH) AR -2926-06651 America/Argentina/La_Rioja La Rioja (LR) AR -3132-06831 America/Argentina/San_Juan San Juan (SJ) AR -3253-06849 America/Argentina/Mendoza Mendoza (MZ) -AR -4552-06730 America/Argentina/ComodRivadavia Chubut (CH) AR -5138-06913 America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos Santa Cruz (SC) AR -5448-06818 America/Argentina/Ushuaia Tierra del Fuego (TF) AS -1416-17042 Pacific/Pago_Pago AT +4813+01620 Europe/Vienna AU -3133+15905 Australia/Lord_Howe Lord Howe Island -AU -4253+14719 Australia/Hobart Tasmania +AU -4253+14719 Australia/Hobart Tasmania - most locations +AU -3956+14352 Australia/Currie Tasmania - King Island AU -3749+14458 Australia/Melbourne Victoria AU -3352+15113 Australia/Sydney New South Wales - most locations AU -3157+14127 Australia/Broken_Hill New South Wales - Yancowinna AU -2728+15302 Australia/Brisbane Queensland - most locations AU -2016+14900 Australia/Lindeman Queensland - Holiday Islands AU -3455+13835 Australia/Adelaide South Australia AU -1228+13050 Australia/Darwin Northern Territory AU -3157+11551 Australia/Perth Western Australia AW +1230-06858 America/Aruba AX +6006+01957 Europe/Mariehamn AZ +4023+04951 Asia/Baku BA +4352+01825 Europe/Sarajevo BB +1306-05937 America/Barbados BD +2343+09025 Asia/Dhaka BE +5050+00420 Europe/Brussels BF +1222-00131 Africa/Ouagadougou BG +4241+02319 Europe/Sofia BH +2623+05035 Asia/Bahrain BI -0323+02922 Africa/Bujumbura BJ +0629+00237 Africa/Porto-Novo BM +3217-06446 Atlantic/Bermuda BN +0456+11455 Asia/Brunei BO -1630-06809 America/La_Paz BR -0351-03225 America/Noronha Atlantic islands BR -0127-04829 America/Belem Amapa, E Para BR -0343-03830 America/Fortaleza NE Brazil (MA, PI, CE, RN, PB) BR -0803-03454 America/Recife Pernambuco BR -0712-04812 America/Araguaina Tocantins BR -0940-03543 America/Maceio Alagoas, Sergipe BR -1259-03831 America/Bahia Bahia BR -2332-04637 America/Sao_Paulo S & SE Brazil (GO, DF, MG, ES, RJ, SP, PR, SC, RS) BR -2027-05437 America/Campo_Grande Mato Grosso do Sul BR -1535-05605 America/Cuiaba Mato Grosso BR -0846-06354 America/Porto_Velho W Para, Rondonia BR +0249-06040 America/Boa_Vista Roraima BR -0308-06001 America/Manaus E Amazonas BR -0640-06952 America/Eirunepe W Amazonas BR -0958-06748 America/Rio_Branco Acre BS +2505-07721 America/Nassau BT +2728+08939 Asia/Thimphu BW -2545+02555 Africa/Gaborone BY +5354+02734 Europe/Minsk BZ +1730-08812 America/Belize CA +4734-05243 America/St_Johns Newfoundland Island CA +4439-06336 America/Halifax Atlantic Time - Nova Scotia (most places), NB, W Labrador, E Quebec & PEI CA +4612-05957 America/Glace_Bay Atlantic Time - Nova Scotia - places that did not observe DST 1966-1971 CA +5320-06025 America/Goose_Bay Atlantic Time - E Labrador CA +4531-07334 America/Montreal Eastern Time - Quebec - most locations CA +4339-07923 America/Toronto Eastern Time - Ontario - most locations CA +4901-08816 America/Nipigon Eastern Time - Ontario & Quebec - places that did not observe DST 1967-1973 CA +4823-08915 America/Thunder_Bay Eastern Time - Thunder Bay, Ontario -CA +6608-06544 America/Pangnirtung Eastern Standard Time - Pangnirtung, Nunavut -CA +6344-06828 America/Iqaluit Eastern Standard Time - east Nunavut -CA +6245-09210 America/Rankin_Inlet Eastern Standard Time - central Nunavut +CA +6608-06544 America/Pangnirtung Eastern Time - Pangnirtung, Nunavut +CA +6344-06828 America/Iqaluit Eastern Time - east Nunavut +CA +6408-08310 America/Coral_Harbour Eastern Standard Time - Southampton Island +CA +6245-09210 America/Rankin_Inlet Central Time - central Nunavut CA +4953-09709 America/Winnipeg Central Time - Manitoba & west Ontario CA +4843-09429 America/Rainy_River Central Time - Rainy River & Fort Frances, Ontario CA +6903-10505 America/Cambridge_Bay Central Time - west Nunavut CA +5024-10439 America/Regina Central Standard Time - Saskatchewan - most locations CA +5017-10750 America/Swift_Current Central Standard Time - Saskatchewan - midwest CA +5333-11328 America/Edmonton Mountain Time - Alberta, east British Columbia & west Saskatchewan CA +6227-11421 America/Yellowknife Mountain Time - central Northwest Territories CA +6825-11330 America/Inuvik Mountain Time - west Northwest Territories CA +5946-12014 America/Dawson_Creek Mountain Standard Time - Dawson Creek & Fort Saint John, British Columbia CA +4916-12307 America/Vancouver Pacific Time - west British Columbia CA +6043-13503 America/Whitehorse Pacific Time - south Yukon CA +6404-13925 America/Dawson Pacific Time - north Yukon CC -1210+09655 Indian/Cocos CD -0418+01518 Africa/Kinshasa west Dem. Rep. of Congo CD -1140+02728 Africa/Lubumbashi east Dem. Rep. of Congo CF +0422+01835 Africa/Bangui CG -0416+01517 Africa/Brazzaville CH +4723+00832 Europe/Zurich CI +0519-00402 Africa/Abidjan CK -2114-15946 Pacific/Rarotonga CL -3327-07040 America/Santiago most locations CL -2710-10927 Pacific/Easter Easter Island & Sala y Gomez CM +0403+00942 Africa/Douala CN +3114+12128 Asia/Shanghai east China - Beijing, Guangdong, Shanghai, etc. CN +4545+12641 Asia/Harbin Heilongjiang CN +2934+10635 Asia/Chongqing central China - Gansu, Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan, etc. CN +4348+08735 Asia/Urumqi Tibet & most of Xinjiang Uyghur CN +3929+07559 Asia/Kashgar southwest Xinjiang Uyghur CO +0436-07405 America/Bogota CR +0956-08405 America/Costa_Rica CS +4450+02030 Europe/Belgrade CU +2308-08222 America/Havana CV +1455-02331 Atlantic/Cape_Verde CX -1025+10543 Indian/Christmas CY +3510+03322 Asia/Nicosia CZ +5005+01426 Europe/Prague DE +5230+01322 Europe/Berlin DJ +1136+04309 Africa/Djibouti DK +5540+01235 Europe/Copenhagen DM +1518-06124 America/Dominica DO +1828-06954 America/Santo_Domingo DZ +3647+00303 Africa/Algiers EC -0210-07950 America/Guayaquil mainland EC -0054-08936 Pacific/Galapagos Galapagos Islands EE +5925+02445 Europe/Tallinn EG +3003+03115 Africa/Cairo EH +2709-01312 Africa/El_Aaiun ER +1520+03853 Africa/Asmera ES +4024-00341 Europe/Madrid mainland ES +3553-00519 Africa/Ceuta Ceuta & Melilla ES +2806-01524 Atlantic/Canary Canary Islands ET +0902+03842 Africa/Addis_Ababa FI +6010+02458 Europe/Helsinki FJ -1808+17825 Pacific/Fiji FK -5142-05751 Atlantic/Stanley -FM +0931+13808 Pacific/Yap Yap -FM +0725+15147 Pacific/Truk Truk (Chuuk) +FM +0725+15147 Pacific/Truk Truk (Chuuk) and Yap FM +0658+15813 Pacific/Ponape Ponape (Pohnpei) FM +0519+16259 Pacific/Kosrae Kosrae FO +6201-00646 Atlantic/Faeroe FR +4852+00220 Europe/Paris GA +0023+00927 Africa/Libreville -GB +512830-0001845 Europe/London Great Britain -GB +5435-00555 Europe/Belfast Northern Ireland +GB +512830-0001845 Europe/London GD +1203-06145 America/Grenada GE +4143+04449 Asia/Tbilisi GF +0456-05220 America/Cayenne GH +0533-00013 Africa/Accra GI +3608-00521 Europe/Gibraltar GL +6411-05144 America/Godthab most locations GL +7646-01840 America/Danmarkshavn east coast, north of Scoresbysund GL +7030-02215 America/Scoresbysund Scoresbysund / Ittoqqortoormiit GL +7634-06847 America/Thule Thule / Pituffik GM +1328-01639 Africa/Banjul GN +0931-01343 Africa/Conakry GP +1614-06132 America/Guadeloupe GQ +0345+00847 Africa/Malabo GR +3758+02343 Europe/Athens GS -5416-03632 Atlantic/South_Georgia GT +1438-09031 America/Guatemala GU +1328+14445 Pacific/Guam GW +1151-01535 Africa/Bissau GY +0648-05810 America/Guyana HK +2217+11409 Asia/Hong_Kong HN +1406-08713 America/Tegucigalpa HR +4548+01558 Europe/Zagreb HT +1832-07220 America/Port-au-Prince HU +4730+01905 Europe/Budapest ID -0610+10648 Asia/Jakarta Java & Sumatra ID -0002+10920 Asia/Pontianak west & central Borneo ID -0507+11924 Asia/Makassar east & south Borneo, Celebes, Bali, Nusa Tengarra, west Timor ID -0232+14042 Asia/Jayapura Irian Jaya & the Moluccas IE +5320-00615 Europe/Dublin IL +3146+03514 Asia/Jerusalem IN +2232+08822 Asia/Calcutta IO -0720+07225 Indian/Chagos IQ +3321+04425 Asia/Baghdad IR +3540+05126 Asia/Tehran IS +6409-02151 Atlantic/Reykjavik IT +4154+01229 Europe/Rome JM +1800-07648 America/Jamaica JO +3157+03556 Asia/Amman JP +353916+1394441 Asia/Tokyo KE -0117+03649 Africa/Nairobi KG +4254+07436 Asia/Bishkek KH +1133+10455 Asia/Phnom_Penh KI +0125+17300 Pacific/Tarawa Gilbert Islands KI -0308-17105 Pacific/Enderbury Phoenix Islands KI +0152-15720 Pacific/Kiritimati Line Islands KM -1141+04316 Indian/Comoro KN +1718-06243 America/St_Kitts KP +3901+12545 Asia/Pyongyang KR +3733+12658 Asia/Seoul KW +2920+04759 Asia/Kuwait KY +1918-08123 America/Cayman KZ +4315+07657 Asia/Almaty most locations KZ +4448+06528 Asia/Qyzylorda Qyzylorda (Kyzylorda, Kzyl-Orda) KZ +5017+05710 Asia/Aqtobe Aqtobe (Aktobe) KZ +4431+05016 Asia/Aqtau Atyrau (Atirau, Gur'yev), Mangghystau (Mankistau) KZ +5113+05121 Asia/Oral West Kazakhstan LA +1758+10236 Asia/Vientiane LB +3353+03530 Asia/Beirut LC +1401-06100 America/St_Lucia LI +4709+00931 Europe/Vaduz LK +0656+07951 Asia/Colombo LR +0618-01047 Africa/Monrovia LS -2928+02730 Africa/Maseru LT +5441+02519 Europe/Vilnius LU +4936+00609 Europe/Luxembourg LV +5657+02406 Europe/Riga LY +3254+01311 Africa/Tripoli MA +3339-00735 Africa/Casablanca MC +4342+00723 Europe/Monaco MD +4700+02850 Europe/Chisinau MG -1855+04731 Indian/Antananarivo MH +0709+17112 Pacific/Majuro most locations MH +0905+16720 Pacific/Kwajalein Kwajalein MK +4159+02126 Europe/Skopje -ML +1239-00800 Africa/Bamako southwest Mali -ML +1446-00301 Africa/Timbuktu northeast Mali +ML +1239-00800 Africa/Bamako MM +1647+09610 Asia/Rangoon MN +4755+10653 Asia/Ulaanbaatar most locations MN +4801+09139 Asia/Hovd Bayan-Olgiy, Govi-Altai, Hovd, Uvs, Zavkhan MN +4804+11430 Asia/Choibalsan Dornod, Sukhbaatar MO +2214+11335 Asia/Macau MP +1512+14545 Pacific/Saipan MQ +1436-06105 America/Martinique MR +1806-01557 Africa/Nouakchott MS +1644-06213 America/Montserrat MT +3554+01431 Europe/Malta MU -2010+05730 Indian/Mauritius MV +0410+07330 Indian/Maldives MW -1547+03500 Africa/Blantyre MX +1924-09909 America/Mexico_City Central Time - most locations MX +2105-08646 America/Cancun Central Time - Quintana Roo MX +2058-08937 America/Merida Central Time - Campeche, Yucatan MX +2540-10019 America/Monterrey Central Time - Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas MX +2313-10625 America/Mazatlan Mountain Time - S Baja, Nayarit, Sinaloa MX +2838-10605 America/Chihuahua Mountain Time - Chihuahua MX +2904-11058 America/Hermosillo Mountain Standard Time - Sonora MX +3232-11701 America/Tijuana Pacific Time MY +0310+10142 Asia/Kuala_Lumpur peninsular Malaysia MY +0133+11020 Asia/Kuching Sabah & Sarawak MZ -2558+03235 Africa/Maputo NA -2234+01706 Africa/Windhoek NC -2216+16530 Pacific/Noumea NE +1331+00207 Africa/Niamey NF -2903+16758 Pacific/Norfolk NG +0627+00324 Africa/Lagos NI +1209-08617 America/Managua NL +5222+00454 Europe/Amsterdam NO +5955+01045 Europe/Oslo NP +2743+08519 Asia/Katmandu NR -0031+16655 Pacific/Nauru NU -1901+16955 Pacific/Niue NZ -3652+17446 Pacific/Auckland most locations NZ -4357-17633 Pacific/Chatham Chatham Islands OM +2336+05835 Asia/Muscat PA +0858-07932 America/Panama PE -1203-07703 America/Lima PF -1732-14934 Pacific/Tahiti Society Islands PF -0900-13930 Pacific/Marquesas Marquesas Islands PF -2308-13457 Pacific/Gambier Gambier Islands PG -0930+14710 Pacific/Port_Moresby PH +1435+12100 Asia/Manila PK +2452+06703 Asia/Karachi PL +5215+02100 Europe/Warsaw PM +4703-05620 America/Miquelon PN -2504-13005 Pacific/Pitcairn PR +182806-0660622 America/Puerto_Rico PS +3130+03428 Asia/Gaza PT +3843-00908 Europe/Lisbon mainland PT +3238-01654 Atlantic/Madeira Madeira Islands PT +3744-02540 Atlantic/Azores Azores PW +0720+13429 Pacific/Palau PY -2516-05740 America/Asuncion QA +2517+05132 Asia/Qatar RE -2052+05528 Indian/Reunion RO +4426+02606 Europe/Bucharest RU +5443+02030 Europe/Kaliningrad Moscow-01 - Kaliningrad RU +5545+03735 Europe/Moscow Moscow+00 - west Russia RU +5312+05009 Europe/Samara Moscow+01 - Caspian Sea RU +5651+06036 Asia/Yekaterinburg Moscow+02 - Urals RU +5500+07324 Asia/Omsk Moscow+03 - west Siberia RU +5502+08255 Asia/Novosibirsk Moscow+03 - Novosibirsk RU +5601+09250 Asia/Krasnoyarsk Moscow+04 - Yenisei River RU +5216+10420 Asia/Irkutsk Moscow+05 - Lake Baikal RU +6200+12940 Asia/Yakutsk Moscow+06 - Lena River RU +4310+13156 Asia/Vladivostok Moscow+07 - Amur River RU +4658+14242 Asia/Sakhalin Moscow+07 - Sakhalin Island RU +5934+15048 Asia/Magadan Moscow+08 - Magadan RU +5301+15839 Asia/Kamchatka Moscow+09 - Kamchatka RU +6445+17729 Asia/Anadyr Moscow+10 - Bering Sea RW -0157+03004 Africa/Kigali SA +2438+04643 Asia/Riyadh SB -0932+16012 Pacific/Guadalcanal SC -0440+05528 Indian/Mahe SD +1536+03232 Africa/Khartoum SE +5920+01803 Europe/Stockholm SG +0117+10351 Asia/Singapore SH 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