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diff --git a/src/timezone/data/backzone b/src/timezone/data/backzone index f464131abd3..f100f8a3d71 100644 --- a/src/timezone/data/backzone +++ b/src/timezone/data/backzone @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ # the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution. -# From Paul Eggert (2014-08-12): +# From Paul Eggert (2014-10-31): # This file contains data outside the normal scope of the tz database, # in that its zones do not differ from normal tz zones after 1970. @@ -24,11 +24,10 @@ # replaced by links as their data entries were questionable and/or they # differed from other zones only in pre-1970 time stamps. -# Unless otherwise specified, the source for the data is the following, -# which does not itself cite sources and is often wrong: -# +# Unless otherwise specified, the source for data through 1990 is: # Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition), # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003). +# Unfortunately this book contains many errors and cites no sources. # This file is not intended to be compiled standalone, as it # assumes rules from other files. In the tz distribution, use @@ -41,6 +40,27 @@ # As explained in the zic man page, the zone columns are: # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +# Ethiopia +# From Paul Eggert (2014-07-31): +# Like the Swahili of Kenya and Tanzania, many Ethiopians keep a +# 12-hour clock starting at our 06:00, so their "8 o'clock" is our +# 02:00 or 14:00. Keep this in mind when you ask the time in Amharic. +# +# Shanks & Pottenger write that Ethiopia had six narrowly-spaced time +# zones between 1870 and 1890, that they merged to 38E50 (2:35:20) in +# 1890, and that they switched to 3:00 on 1936-05-05. Perhaps 38E50 +# was for Adis Dera. Quite likely the Shanks data entries are wrong +# anyway. +Zone Africa/Addis_Ababa 2:34:48 - LMT 1870 + 2:35:20 - ADMT 1936 May 5 # Adis Dera MT + 3:00 - EAT + +# Eritrea +Zone Africa/Asmara 2:35:32 - LMT 1870 + 2:35:32 - AMT 1890 # Asmara Mean Time + 2:35:20 - ADMT 1936 May 5 # Adis Dera MT + 3:00 - EAT + # Mali (southern) Zone Africa/Bamako -0:32:00 - LMT 1912 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 @@ -80,6 +100,16 @@ Zone Africa/Dakar -1:09:44 - LMT 1912 -1:00 - WAT 1941 Jun 0:00 - GMT +# Tanzania +Zone Africa/Dar_es_Salaam 2:37:08 - LMT 1931 + 3:00 - EAT 1948 + 2:45 - BEAUT 1961 + 3:00 - EAT + +# Djibouti +Zone Africa/Djibouti 2:52:36 - LMT 1911 Jul + 3:00 - EAT + # Cameroon # Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1920; go with Shanks & Pottenger. Zone Africa/Douala 0:38:48 - LMT 1912 @@ -119,6 +149,13 @@ Zone Africa/Juba 2:06:24 - LMT 1931 2:00 Sudan CA%sT 2000 Jan 15 12:00 3:00 - EAT +# Uganda +Zone Africa/Kampala 2:09:40 - LMT 1928 Jul + 3:00 - EAT 1930 + 2:30 - BEAT 1948 + 2:45 - BEAUT 1957 + 3:00 - EAT + # Rwanda Zone Africa/Kigali 2:00:16 - LMT 1935 Jun 2:00 - CAT @@ -175,6 +212,12 @@ Zone Africa/Maseru 1:50:00 - LMT 1903 Mar Zone Africa/Mbabane 2:04:24 - LMT 1903 Mar 2:00 - SAST +# Somalia +Zone Africa/Mogadishu 3:01:28 - LMT 1893 Nov + 3:00 - EAT 1931 + 2:30 - BEAT 1957 + 3:00 - EAT + # Niger Zone Africa/Niamey 0:08:28 - LMT 1912 -1:00 - WAT 1934 Feb 26 @@ -330,6 +373,20 @@ Zone Asia/Chongqing 7:06:20 - LMT 1928 # or Chungking 8:00 PRC C%sT Link Asia/Chongqing Asia/Chungking +# Vietnam +# From Paul Eggert (2014-10-13): +# See Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh for the source for this data. +# Trần's book says the 1954-55 transition to 07:00 in Hanoi was in +# October 1954, with exact date and time unspecified. +Zone Asia/Hanoi 7:03:24 - LMT 1906 Jul 1 + 7:06:30 - PLMT 1911 May 1 + 7:00 - ICT 1942 Dec 31 23:00 + 8:00 - IDT 1945 Mar 14 23:00 + 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 2 + 7:00 - ICT 1947 Apr 1 + 8:00 - IDT 1954 Oct + 7:00 - ICT + # China # Changbai Time ("Long-white Time", Long-white = Heilongjiang area) # Heilongjiang (except Mohe county), Jilin @@ -353,11 +410,42 @@ Zone Asia/Kashgar 5:03:56 - LMT 1928 # or Kashi or Kaxgar # Portuguese India switched to GMT+5 on 1912-01-01. #Zone Asia/Panaji [not enough info to complete] +# Cambodia +# From Paul Eggert (2014-10-11): +# See Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh for the source for most of this data. Also, guess +# (1) Cambodia reverted to UT+7 on 1945-09-02, when Vietnam did, and +# (2) they also reverted to UT+7 on 1953-11-09, the date of independence. +# These guesses are probably wrong but they're better than guessing no +# transitions there. +Zone Asia/Phnom_Penh 6:59:40 - LMT 1906 Jul 1 + 7:06:30 - PLMT 1911 May 1 + 7:00 - ICT 1942 Dec 31 23:00 + 8:00 - IDT 1945 Mar 14 23:00 + 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 2 + 7:00 - ICT 1947 Apr 1 + 8:00 - IDT 1953 Nov 9 + 7:00 - ICT + # Israel Zone Asia/Tel_Aviv 2:19:04 - LMT 1880 2:21 - JMT 1918 2:00 Zion I%sT +# Laos +# From Paul Eggert (2014-10-11): +# See Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh for the source for most of this data. +# Trần's book says that Laos reverted to UT+7 on 1955-04-15. +# Also, guess that Laos reverted to UT+7 on 1945-09-02, when Vietnam did; +# this is probably wrong but it's better than guessing no transition. +Zone Asia/Vientiane 6:50:24 - LMT 1906 Jul 1 + 7:06:30 - PLMT 1911 May 1 + 7:00 - ICT 1942 Dec 31 23:00 + 8:00 - IDT 1945 Mar 14 23:00 + 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 2 + 7:00 - ICT 1947 Apr 1 + 8:00 - IDT 1955 Apr 15 + 7:00 - ICT + # Jan Mayen # From Whitman: Zone Atlantic/Jan_Mayen -1:00 - EGT @@ -473,5 +561,19 @@ Zone Europe/Zagreb 1:03:52 - LMT 1884 1:00 - CET 1982 Nov 27 1:00 EU CE%sT +# Madagascar +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 + +# Comoros +Zone Indian/Comoro 2:53:04 - LMT 1911 Jul # Moroni, Gran Comoro + 3:00 - EAT + +# Mayotte +Zone Indian/Mayotte 3:00:56 - LMT 1911 Jul # Mamoutzou + 3:00 - EAT + # US minor outlying islands Zone Pacific/Johnston -10:00 - HST |