# @(#)asia 7.1 # 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. ############################################################################### # People's Republic of China # From Guy Harris: # People's Republic of China. Yes, they really have only one time zone. # From Bob Devine (January 28, 1988): # No they don't. See TIME mag, February 17, 1986 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 Uighur 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 (January 19, 1989): # CHINA 8 H AHEAD OF UTC ALL OF CHINA, INCL TAIWAN # CHINA 9 H AHEAD OF UTC APR 17 - SEP 10 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule PRC 1970 max - Apr Sun<=14 2:00 1:00 D Rule PRC 1970 max - Sep Sun<=14 3:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES/SAVE FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone PRC 8:00 PRC C%sT ############################################################################### # Republic of China # From Guy Harris # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES/SAVE FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone ROC 8:00 - CST ############################################################################### # Hongkong # From Guy Harris # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES/SAVE FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Hongkong 8:00 - HKT ############################################################################### # Iran # From Bob Devine (January 28, 1988): # Iran: Last Sunday in March to third (?) Sunday in # September. Since the revolution, the official calendar is Monarchic # calendar; I have no idea what the correspondence between dates are. # From U. S. Naval Observatory (January 19, 1989): # IRAN 3.5H AHEAD OF UTC # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Iran 1988 max - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Iran 1988 max - Sep Sun>=15 2:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES/SAVE FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Iran 3:30 Iran I%sT ############################################################################### # Israel # From U. S. Naval Observatory (January 19, 1989): # ISRAEL 2 H AHEAD OF UTC # ISRAEL 3 H AHEAD OF UTC APR 10 - SEP 3 # From Arthur David Olson (January 21, 1989): # Stick with rules below (which were provided by Guy Harris and which were # posted in 1988) for now. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Israel 1987 max - Apr Sun<=21 2:00 1:00 D Rule Israel 1987 max - Aug Sat<=28 2:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES/SAVE FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Israel 3:00 Israel I%sT ############################################################################### # Japan # From Guy Harris # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES/SAVE FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Japan 9:00 - JST ############################################################################### # Republic of Korea # 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. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule ROK 1987 max - May Sun<=14 2:00 1:00 D Rule ROK 1987 max - Oct Sun<=14 3:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES/SAVE FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone ROK 9:00 ROK K%sT ############################################################################### # Lebanon # From Bob Devine (January 28, 1988): # Lebanon: They do have DST but I don't know the dates. ############################################################################### # Singapore # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES/SAVE FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Singapore 8:00 - SST