From 64926e9e44d27f85796a0fbdd183911eaf35b4a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2018 17:21:28 -0700 Subject: [PROPOSED] Add 1 to 1949 Shanghai transition date MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Suggested by Phake Nick in: https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2018-October/026904.html * asia (Asia/Shanghai): Change Shang→PRC date to 1949-05-28. --- asia | 11 ++++++----- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/asia b/asia index a7b5c75..48b4c65 100644 --- a/asia +++ b/asia @@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ Zone Asia/Yangon 6:24:47 - LMT 1880 # or Rangoon # http://oversea.cnki.net/kns55/detail.aspx?dbname=CJFD2014&filename=NJSH201402020 # The table lists dates only; I am guessing 00:00 and 24:00 transition times. # Also, the table lists the planned end of DST in 1949, but the corresponding -# zone line cuts this off on May 27, when the Communists took power. +# zone line cuts this off on May 28, when the Communists took power. # # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Shang 1940 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 D @@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ Rule Shang 1946 only - Sep 30 24:00 0 S Rule Shang 1947 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 D Rule Shang 1947 only - Oct 31 24:00 0 S Rule Shang 1948 1949 - May 1 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Shang 1948 1949 - Sep 30 24:00 0 S +Rule Shang 1948 1949 - Sep 30 24:00 0 S #plan # From Guy Harris: # People's Republic of China. Yes, they really have only one time zone. @@ -383,10 +383,11 @@ Rule PRC 1987 1991 - Apr Sun>=11 2:00 1:00 D # Alois Treindl kindly sent me translations of the following two sources: # # (1) -# Guo Qingsheng (National Time-Service Center, CAS, Xi'an 710600, China) +# Guo Qing-sheng (National Time-Service Center, CAS, Xi'an 710600, China) # Beijing Time at the Beginning of the PRC # China Historical Materials of Science and Technology -# (Zhongguo ke ji shi liao, 中国科技史料), Vol. 24, No. 1 (2003) +# (Zhongguo ke ji shi liao, 中国科技史料). 2003;24(1):5-9. +# http://oversea.cnki.net/kcms/detail/detail.aspx?filename=ZGKS200301000&dbname=CJFD2003 # It gives evidence that at the beginning of the PRC, Beijing time was # officially apparent solar time! However, Guo also says that the # evidence is dubious, as the relevant institute of astronomy had not @@ -563,7 +564,7 @@ Rule PRC 1987 1991 - Apr Sun>=11 2:00 1:00 D # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] # Beijing time, used throughout China; represented by Shanghai. Zone Asia/Shanghai 8:05:43 - LMT 1901 - 8:00 Shang C%sT 1949 May 27 + 8:00 Shang C%sT 1949 May 28 8:00 PRC C%sT # Xinjiang time, used by many in western China; represented by Ürümqi / Ürümchi # / Wulumuqi. (Please use Asia/Shanghai if you prefer Beijing time.) -- 2.17.1