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proposed tz change for Latvia, Lithuania
by Paul Eggert 25 May '15

25 May '15

It's March Madness time for daylight-saving rule changes. Here's a proposed change to the tz database to keep up with the latest political development, which affects time stamps starting March 29: * Latvia and Lithuania will not observe DST, starting this year. Thanks to Andrei Ivanov for this info. =================================================================== RCS file: RCS/europe,v retrieving revision 2000.3 retrieving revision 2000.3.0.1 diff -pu -r2000.3 -r2000.3.0.1 --- europe 2000/03/04 15:31:08 2000.3 +++ europe 2000/03/08 17:48:59 2000.3.0.1 @@ -1135,6 +1135,12 @@ Link Europe/Rome Europe/San_Marino # 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 +# <a href="http://www.lv-laiks.lv/wwwraksti/2000/071072/vd4.htm"> +# The Regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Rep. of Latvia of +# 29-Feb-2000 (#79)</a>, in Latvian for subscribers only). + # 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 - @@ -1151,7 +1157,8 @@ Zone Europe/Riga 1:36:24 - LMT 1880 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 + 2:00 EU EE%sT 2000 Feb 29 + 2:00 - EET # Liechtenstein # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] @@ -1178,6 +1185,11 @@ Zone Europe/Vaduz 0:38:04 - LMT 1894 Jun # motion to give up shifting to summer time in spring, as it was # already done by Estonia. +# From Andrei Ivanov (2000-03-06): +# I've heard that Ministers of three Baltic countries on their summit +# somewhere in February decided not to switch to summer time starting from +# this spring. + # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Europe/Vilnius 1:41:16 - LMT 1880 1:24:00 - WMT 1917 # Warsaw Mean Time @@ -1192,7 +1204,8 @@ Zone Europe/Vilnius 1:41:16 - LMT 1880 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 EU EE%sT + 2:00 EU EE%sT 2000 Feb + 2:00 - EET # Luxembourg # Whitman disagrees with most of these dates in minor ways; go with Shanks.

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Tomsk wrong timezone
by Jesper Norgaard Welen 18 Feb '11

18 Feb '11

A quote from the 'europe' file: # 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 # say Shanks & P. 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 In fact, it seems that Tomsk city and Tomskaya oblast' is part of the Novosibirsk timezone, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomskaya_Oblast%27%2C_Russia and http://www.admin.tomsk.ru/1024 ... the latter, if you don't understand russian, look at the time under the green horse. I don't know if this simply means that Tomskaya oblast' changed timezone since 2001, which is a possibility, that would then require a new timezone. Regards, - Jesper Jesper Nørgaard Welen Email: jnorgard(a)Prodigy.Net.mx Project Leader (Líder de Proyecto) Software CIMMYT - Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo Dirección: CIMMYT Int. c/o Jesper Nørgaard Km. 45, Carretera México-Veracruz El Batán Texcoco, Edo. de México CP 56130 MEXICO Tel.: +52 (55) 58-04-20-04 ext. 1374 Fax: +52 (55) 58-04-75-58 Tel. Casa: 53-10-05-95 ó 53-10-97-78 Download the shareware program World Time Explorer, I made: http://www.worldtimeexplorer.com/index.html

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Chinese timezones 1970
by Jesper Norgaard Welen 14 Sep '08

14 Sep '08

I have investigated the timezones around 1970 on the http://www.astro.com/atlas site, and here are the results. I am attaching a GIF file of the map I have built based on this information. The red borders are the modern-time administrative borders, while the green lines are the timezone borders I have determined, note that some of them are partially hidden behind the red lines. There are no big surprises. Most timezones follow modern-day administrative boundaries, with the exceptions being Xinjiang, Xizang (Tibet), Qinghai, Gansu, Nei Mongol (Inner Mongolia) and Guangdong. There was an exception in Heliongjiang region on GMT+8.5 where the northern-most county Mohe is on GMT+8. A few other exceptions were two counties on the Sichuan side of the Xizang - Sichuan border, counties Dege and Baiyu which lies on the Sichuan side and are therefore supposed to be GMT+7, Xizang region being GMT+6, but Dege county is GMT+8 according to astro.com while Baiyu county is GMT+6 (could be true), for the moment I am assuming that those two counties are mistakes in the astro.com data. The biggest surprise was that region Guangdong were dived in 3 timezones, a south/west part on GMT+6 (counties Xuwen, Haikang, Suixi, Lianjiang, Zhanjiang, Wuchuan, Huazhou, Gaozhou, Maoming, Dianbai, Xinyi) a central part on GMT+7 (counties Yangchun, Yangjiang, Taishan, Kaiping, Xinxing, Luoding, Yu'nan, Yunfu, Taishan, Deqing and Enping) and a north/east part on GMT+8 with the rest of the counties. Zone Asia/Harbin on GMT+8.5: regions Heilongjiang (minus Mohe) and Jilin. Zone Asia/Shanghai on GMT+8: regions east Nei Mongol, Liaoning, Hebei + Beijing, Shanxi, Shandong, Henan, Jiangsu, Anhui, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Fujian, north/east Guangdong and Mohe county of Heilongjiang. Zone Asia/Chongqing on GMT+7: regions west Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Shaanxi, east Gansu, west Qinghai, Sichuan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Yunnan, Hainan island and the central part of Guangdong province. Zone Asia/Urumqi on GMT+6: regions east Xinjiang, west Gansu (counties Dunhuang, Aksay, Anxi, Subei), west Qinghai, east Xizang (Tibet) and east Guangdong. Zone Asia/Kashgar on GMT+5: regions west Xinjiang, west Xizang. Regards, - Jesper Jesper Nørgaard Welen Email: jnorgard(a)Prodigy.Net.mx Project Leader (Líder de Proyecto) Software CIMMYT - Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo Dirección: CIMMYT Int. c/o Jesper Nørgaard Km. 45, Carretera México-Veracruz El Batán Texcoco, Edo. de México CP 56130 MEXICO Tel.: +52 (55) 58-04-20-04 ext. 1374 Fax: +52 (55) 58-04-75-58 Tel. Casa: 53-10-05-95 ó 53-10-97-78 Download the shareware program World Time Explorer, I made: http://www.worldtimeexplorer.com/index.html

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proposed time zone package changes: Brazil; Mauritius; URL fixes
by Arthur David Olson 02 Jul '08

02 Jul '08

Below find proposed changes to files in the time zone package: * australasia, europe, and southamerica: changes by Halász Sándor Viktor to fix URLs. * africa: changes to reflect Mauritius's 2008-2009 DST experiment. * southamerica and zone.tab: changes to reflect Brazilian time zone realignments. As usual, I plan to let these percolate over a weekend; if no problems are found tzdata2008d.tar.gz should appear on 2008-07-07. --ado diff -r -c old/africa new/africa *** old/africa Mon May 19 17:48:03 2008 --- new/africa Mon Jun 30 12:18:01 2008 *************** *** 1,4 **** ! # @(#)africa 8.11 # <pre> # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, --- 1,4 ---- ! # @(#)africa 8.12 # <pre> # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, *************** *** 387,395 **** 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 --- 387,443 ---- 0:00 - GMT # Mauritius ! # From Steffen Thorsen (2008-06-25): ! # Mauritius plans to observe DST from 2008-11-01 to 2009-03-31 on a trial ! # basis. ! # ! # Some information about it from sources there: ! # <a href="http://www.lexpress.mu/display_search_result.php?news_id=109689"> ! # http://www.lexpress.mu/display_search_result.php?news_id=109689 (French) ! # </a> ! # <a href="http://www.mcci.org/readmorechamber.aspx?id=359"> ! # http://www.mcci.org/readmorechamber.aspx?id=359 ! # </a> ! # ! # Based on the articles like those above and contact with government ! # officials, we have written more about it here: ! # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/mauritius-daylight-saving-time.html"> ! # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/mauritius-daylight-saving-time.html ! # </a> ! # ! # It seems that Mauritius observed daylight saving time from 1982-10-10 to ! # 1983-03-20 as well, but that was not successful. Current zoneinfo or ! # Shanks/Pottenger do not contain any details about this 1982-83 change. ! ! # From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-06-25): ! # Mauritius plan to introduce Summer Time (DST) on 1st November 2008 has ! # been confirmed on authoritative web site-Government Information ! # Service-Government of Mauritius. ! # ! # Please check out ! # <a href="http://economicdevelopment.gov.mu/portal/site/Mainhomepage/menuitem.a42b241…"> ! # http://economicdevelopment.gov.mu/portal/site/Mainhomepage/menuitem.a42b241… ! # </a> ! # or ! # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_mauritius01.html"> ! # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_mauritius01.html ! # </a> ! # ! # Thus Summer Time is being introduced on a pilot basis. The clock will ! # be moved forward one hour as from 1st November 2008 to 31st March ! # 2009.... ! ! # From Arthur David Olson (2008-06-30): ! # The www.timeanddate.com article cited by Steffen Thorsen notes that "A ! # final decision has yet to be made on the times that daylight saving ! # would begin and end on these dates." As a place holder, use midnight. ! ! # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S ! Rule Mauritius 2008 only - Nov 1 0:00 1:00 S ! Rule Mauritius 2009 only - Apr 1 0:00 0:00 - ! # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] ! Zone Indian/Mauritius 3:50:00 - LMT 1907 # Port Louis ! 4:00 Mauritius MU%sT # Mauritius Time # Agalega Is, Rodriguez # no information; probably like Indian/Mauritius diff -r -c old/australasia new/australasia *** old/australasia Mon Mar 24 08:30:58 2008 --- new/australasia Mon Jun 30 11:54:56 2008 *************** *** 1,4 **** ! # @(#)australasia 8.8 # <pre> # This file also includes Pacific islands. --- 1,4 ---- ! # @(#)australasia 8.9 # <pre> # This file also includes Pacific islands. *************** *** 1346,1352 **** # * Tonga will introduce DST in November # # I was given this link by John Letts: ! # <a hef="http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_424000/424764.stm"> # http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_424000/424764.stm # </a> # --- 1346,1352 ---- # * Tonga will introduce DST in November # # I was given this link by John Letts: ! # <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_424000/424764.stm"> # http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_424000/424764.stm # </a> # *************** *** 1356,1362 **** # (12 + 1 hour DST). # From Arthur David Olson (1999-09-20): ! # According to <a href="http://www.tongaonline.com/news/sept1799.html> # http://www.tongaonline.com/news/sept1799.html # </a>: # "Daylight Savings Time will take effect on Oct. 2 through April 15, 2000 --- 1356,1362 ---- # (12 + 1 hour DST). # From Arthur David Olson (1999-09-20): ! # According to <a href="http://www.tongaonline.com/news/sept1799.html"> # http://www.tongaonline.com/news/sept1799.html # </a>: # "Daylight Savings Time will take effect on Oct. 2 through April 15, 2000 diff -r -c old/europe new/europe *** old/europe Mon Mar 24 08:30:58 2008 --- new/europe Mon Jun 30 11:54:56 2008 *************** *** 1,4 **** ! # @(#)europe 8.12 # <pre> # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, --- 1,4 ---- ! # @(#)europe 8.13 # <pre> # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, *************** *** 457,463 **** 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: ! # <a href="http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/lif/dat/2000/en_300L0084.html" # Directive 2000/84/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council # of 19 January 2001 on summer-time arrangements. # </a> --- 457,463 ---- 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: ! # <a href="http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/lif/dat/2000/en_300L0084.html"> # Directive 2000/84/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council # of 19 January 2001 on summer-time arrangements. # </a> *************** *** 1099,1104 **** --- 1099,1106 ---- # From Paul Eggert (2003-03-08): # <a href="http://www.parlament-berlin.de/pds-fraktion.nsf/727459127c8b66ee85256623004…"> + # http://www.parlament-berlin.de/pds-fraktion.nsf/727459127c8b66ee85256623004… + # </a> # 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. diff -r -c old/southamerica new/southamerica *** old/southamerica Mon Mar 24 08:30:58 2008 --- new/southamerica Mon Jun 30 18:37:16 2008 *************** *** 1,4 **** ! # @(#)southamerica 8.19 # <pre> # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, --- 1,4 ---- ! # @(#)southamerica 8.22 # <pre> # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, *************** *** 546,551 **** --- 546,595 ---- # Decretos sobre o Horario de Verao no Brasil # </a>. + # From Paul Schulze (2008-06-24): + # ...by law number 11.662 of April 24, 2008 (published in the "Dirio Oficial da Unio"...) + # in Brazil there are changes in the timezones, effective today (00:00am + # at June 24, 2008) as follows: + # + # a) The timezone UTC+5 is e[x]tinguished, with all the Acre state and the + # part of the Amazonas state that had this timezone now being put to the + # timezone UTC+4 + # b) The whole Par state now is put at timezone UTC+3, instead of just + # part of it, as was before. + # + # This change follows a proposal of senator Tio Viana of Acre state, that + # proposed it due to concerns about open television channels displaying + # programs inappropriate to youths in the states that had the timezone + # UTC+5 too early in the night. In the occasion, some more corrections + # were proposed, trying to unify the timezones of any given state. This + # change modifies timezone rules defined in decree 2.784 of 18 June, + # 1913. + + # From Rodrigo Severo (2008-06-24): + # Just correcting the URL: + # <a href="https://www.in.gov.br/imprensa/visualiza/index.jsp?jornal=3Ddo&secao=3D1&pa…"> + # https://www.in.gov.br/imprensa/visualiza/index.jsp?jornal=3Ddo&secao=3D1&pa… + # </a> + # + # As a result of the above Decree I believe the America/Rio_Branco + # timezone shall be modified from UTC-5 to UTC-4 and a new timezone shall + # be created to represent the the west side of the Para State. I + # suggest this new timezone be called Santarem as the most + # important/populated city in the affected area. + # + # This new timezone would be the same as the Rio_Branco timezone up to + # the 2008/06/24 change which would be to UTC-3 instead of UTC-4. + + # From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-06-24): + # This is a quick reference page for New and Old Brazil Time Zones map. + # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/brazil-time-new-old.php"> + # http://www.worldtimezone.com/brazil-time-new-old.php + # </a> + # + # - 4 time zones replaced by 3 time zones-eliminating time zone UTC- 05 + # (state Acre and the part of the Amazonas will be UTC/GMT- 04) - western + # part of Par state is moving to one timezone UTC- 03 (from UTC -04). + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV20466.htm">20,466</a> (1931-10-01) # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV21896.htm">21,896</a> (1932-01-10) *************** *** 662,674 **** Rule Brazil 2000 2001 - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 1:00 S Rule Brazil 2001 2006 - Feb Sun>=15 0:00 0 - # Decree 4,399 (2002-10-01) repeals DST in AL, CE, MA, PB, PE, PI, RN, SE. ! # <a href="http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2002/D4399.htm"></a> 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. ! # <a href="http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2003/D4844.htm"></a> Rule Brazil 2003 only - Oct 19 0:00 1:00 S # Decree 5,223 (2004-10-01) reestablishes DST in MT. ! # <a href="http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2004-2006/2004/Decreto/D5223.htm"></a> Rule Brazil 2004 only - Nov 2 0:00 1:00 S # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV5539.gif">5,539</a> (2005-09-19), # adopted by the same states as before. --- 706,718 ---- Rule Brazil 2000 2001 - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 1:00 S Rule Brazil 2001 2006 - Feb Sun>=15 0:00 0 - # Decree 4,399 (2002-10-01) repeals DST in AL, CE, MA, PB, PE, PI, RN, SE. ! # <a href="http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2002/D4399.htm">4,339</a> 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. ! # <a href="http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2003/D4844.htm">4,844</a> Rule Brazil 2003 only - Oct 19 0:00 1:00 S # Decree 5,223 (2004-10-01) reestablishes DST in MT. ! # <a href="http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2004-2006/2004/Decreto/D5223.htm">5,223</a> Rule Brazil 2004 only - Nov 2 0:00 1:00 S # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV5539.gif">5,539</a> (2005-09-19), # adopted by the same states as before. *************** *** 687,693 **** # For dates after mid-2008, 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) --- 731,736 ---- *************** *** 775,782 **** -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 --- 818,831 ---- -4:00 - AMT 2004 Oct 1 -4:00 Brazil AM%sT # ! # west Para (PA) ! Zone America/Santarem -3:38:48 - LMT 1914 ! -4:00 Brazil AM%sT 1988 Sep 12 ! -4:00 - AMT 2008 Jun 24 ! -3:00 - BRT ! # ! # Rondonia (RO) ! # Rondonia includes Altamira, Oribidos, Prainha, and Oriximina. Zone America/Porto_Velho -4:15:36 - LMT 1914 -4:00 Brazil AM%sT 1988 Sep 12 -4:00 - AMT *************** *** 808,816 **** # 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): --- 857,865 ---- # Acre (AC) Zone America/Rio_Branco -4:31:12 - LMT 1914 -5:00 Brazil AC%sT 1988 Sep 12 ! -5:00 - ACT 2008 Jun 24 ! -4:00 - AMT # Chile # From Eduardo Krell (1995-10-19): diff -r -c old/zone.tab new/zone.tab *** old/zone.tab Mon Mar 24 08:30:59 2008 --- new/zone.tab Mon Jun 30 18:37:16 2008 *************** *** 1,4 **** ! # @(#)zone.tab 8.16 # # TZ zone descriptions # --- 1,4 ---- ! # @(#)zone.tab 8.18 # # TZ zone descriptions # *************** *** 92,98 **** 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 --- 92,99 ---- 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 -0226-05452 America/Santarem W Para ! BR -0846-06354 America/Porto_Velho Rondonia BR +0249-06040 America/Boa_Vista Roraima BR -0308-06001 America/Manaus E Amazonas BR -0640-06952 America/Eirunepe W Amazonas

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FW: Change of timezone City for India
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] 01 Jul '08

01 Jul '08

I'm forwarding this message from Goldwyn Rodrigues, who is not on the time zone mailing list. Those of you who are on the list, please direct replies appropriately. --ado -----Original Message----- From: Goldwyn Rodrigues [mailto:rgoldwyn@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 5:23 AM To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: Change of timezone City for India Hi, I am not sure how the timezone city for India is addressed as Kolkatta (formerly known as Calcutta, and listed in timezone as Calcutta), but this has been the case since I started using Linux, and don't know the reason of the city being used. India has only one timezone. I woulid like to suggest to change the city to Delhi (from Calcutta), which is the capital of India, and has been stable since the country's independence in 1947. If your criteria is the most populous city, it would be Mumbai (formerly Bombay). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_populous_cities_in_India Delhi being the capital, is also closer to Allahabad (actually Mirzapur), which is the city used for the official meridian, and Delhi is also the site of National Physical Laboratory, which is used for time keeping. For more details http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Standard_Time -- Goldwyn

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FW: Links in the Olson database
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] 30 Jun '08

30 Jun '08

I'm (very belatedly) forwarding this message from Halász Sándor Viktor, who is not on the time zone mailing list. Those of you who are on the list, please direct replies appropriately. These suggestions are to be part of the next set of proposed changes, due later today or tomorrow. --ado -----Original Message----- From: hsv(a)tbbs.net [mailto:hsv@tbbs.net] Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 6:23 PM To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: Links in the Olson database This is not about clocksetting-zone information. I wrote a JScript script for turning all the links into an HTML page, and found fault with a handful of the actual anchors and for myself made these changes, maybe of interest if another does the same: diff -b ../austra~1 ./austra~1 1349c1349 < # <a hef="http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_424000/424764.stm"> --- > # <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_424000/424764.stm"> 1359c1359 < # According to <a href="http://www.tongaonline.com/news/sept1799.html> --- > # According to <a href="http://www.tongaonline.com/news/sept1799.html"> diff -b ../europe ./europe 460c460 < # <a href="http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/lif/dat/2000/en_300L0084.html" --- > # <a href="http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/lif/dat/2000/en_300L0084.html"> 1102c1102 < # says that Bersarin issued an order to use Moscow time on May 20. --- > # says that Bersarin issued an order to use Moscow time on May 20.</a> diff -b ../southa~1 ./southa~1 581c581 < # <a href="http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2002/D4399.htm"></a> --- > # <a href="http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2002/D4399.htm">4,399</a> 584c584 < # <a href="http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2003/D4844.htm"></a> --- > # <a href="http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2003/D4844.htm">4,844</a> 587c587 < # <a href="http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2004-2006/2004/Decreto/D5223.htm"></a> --- > # <a href="http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2004-2006/2004/Decreto/D5223.htm">5,223</a> Of course, many of the webpages have evaporated. (The script is really not good enough, for it misses those pages listed by themselvs after 'From Joseph S. Myers', and keeps only text right around the link. It seems to me not worth the while to make it turn all of the files into a webpage.)

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Change of timezone City for India
by Goldwyn Rodrigues 26 Jun '08

26 Jun '08

Hi, I am not sure how the timezone city for India is addressed as Kolkatta (formerly known as Calcutta, and listed in timezone as Calcutta), but this has been the case since I started using Linux, and don't know the reason of the city being used. India has only one timezone. I woulid like to suggest to change the city to Delhi (from Calcutta), which is the capital of India, and has been stable since the country's independence in 1947. If your criteria is the most populous city, it would be Mumbai (formerly Bombay). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_populous_cities_in_India Delhi being the capital, is also closer to Allahabad (actually Mirzapur), which is the city used for the official meridian, and Delhi is also the site of National Physical Laboratory, which is used for time keeping. For more details http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Standard_Time -- Goldwyn

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Baghdad time is changed for 2008
by Trang Cao 25 Jun '08

25 Jun '08

As of 2008, Iraq stopped using daylight saving. Please make the change in the database. Thanks trang cao Java Software Developer

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Mauritius to re-introduce DST
by Steffen Thorsen 25 Jun '08

25 Jun '08

Mauritius plans to observe DST from 2008-11-01 to 2009-03-31 on a trial basis. Some information about it from sources there: http://www.lexpress.mu/display_search_result.php?news_id=109689 (French) http://www.mcci.org/readmorechamber.aspx?id=359 Based on the articles like those above and contact with government officials, we have written more about it here: http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/mauritius-daylight-saving-time.html It seems that Mauritius observed daylight saving time from 1982-10-10 to 1983-03-20 as well, but that was not successful. Current zoneinfo or Shanks/Pottenger do not contain any details about this 1982-83 change. Best regards, Steffen Thorsen / timeanddate.com

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FW: Jerusalem, Israel DST for 2008
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] 25 Jun '08

25 Jun '08

I'm forwarding this message from Sonali Rajput, who is not on the time zone mailing list. Those of you who are on the time zone mailing list, please direct replies appropriately. --ado -----Original Message----- From: Rajput, Sonali (STSD) [mailto:sonali.rajput@hp.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 1:59 AM To: tz(a)elsie.nci.nih.gov Subject: Jerusalem, Israel DST for 2008 Hi, Asia/Jerusalem DST information is as follows : Friday, March 28, 2008 at 1:59:59 AM No +2 hours IST Friday, March 28, 2008 at 3:00:00 AM 1 hour +3 hours IDT DST starts Sunday, October 5, 2008 at 1:59:59 AM 1 hour +3 hours IDT Sunday, October 5, 2008 at 1:00:00 AM No +2 hours IST DST ends However, this information isn't covered in 2008c? Will this be covered in some later version ? Thanks, Sonali

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