From: Tim Parenti <tim@timtimeonline.com> Also, a historical split. * europe: Add commentary describing proposed future zones Asia/Chita and Asia/Srednekolymsk, as well as proposed historical split Asia/Tiksi. * NEWS: Document this. --- NEWS | 9 ++++- europe | 135 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------- 2 files changed, 115 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 433ab12..1f105ac 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -11,7 +11,14 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes Asia/Novosibirsk, Asia/Krasnoyarsk, Asia/Irkutsk, Asia/Yakutsk, Asia/Vladivostok, Asia/Khandyga, Asia/Sakhalin, and Asia/Ust-Nera. Asia/Magadan will have two hours subtracted. Asia/Novokuznetsk's time - zone abbreviation is affected, but not its UTC offset. + zone abbreviation is affected, but not its UTC offset. It appears that + two new zones will be needed soon: Asia/Chita (split from Asia/Yakutsk, + and also with two hours subtracted) and Asia/Srednekolymsk (split from + Asia/Magadan, but with only one hour subtracted). (Thanks to Tim Parenti + for pointing out the need for the latter zone.) Additionally, a new zone + Asia/Tiksi (split from Asia/Vladivostok) will be needed to fix some history + before 2011. (Thanks to Tim Parenti.) All three of these new zones will + be deferred until the change is official; for now they are commented out. Changes affecting time zone abbreviations diff --git a/europe b/europe index 1407bb9..5c52723 100644 --- a/europe +++ b/europe @@ -2460,10 +2460,33 @@ Zone Asia/Irkutsk 6:57:20 - LMT 1880 8:00 - IRKT +# From Tim Parenti (2014-07-06): +# Asia/Chita covers... +# 92 RU-ZAB Zabaykalsky Krai +# +# Note: Effective 2008-03-01, (75) Chita Oblast and (80) Agin-Buryat +# Autonomous Okrug merged to form (92, RU-ZAB) Zabaykalsky Krai. + +# From Paul Eggert (2014-07-01): +# http://en.itar-tass.com/russia/738562 implies [Zabaykalsky Krai] will move to +# UTC+8 on 2014-10-26. + +# [This zone is commented out for now, as the 2014 change is not yet official; +# use Asia/Yakutsk in the meantime.] +# The zone.tab line will be: +# RU +5203+11328 Asia/Chita Moscow+05 - Zabaykalsky +#Zone Asia/Chita 7:33:52 - 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 2011 Mar 27 2:00s +# 10:00 - YAKT 2014 Oct 26 2:00s +# 8:00 - IRKT + + # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03), per Oscar van Vlijmen (2009-11-29): # Asia/Yakutsk covers... # 28 RU-AMU Amur Oblast -# 92 RU-ZAB Zabaykalsky Krai # # ...and parts of (14, RU-SA) Sakha (Yakutia) Republic: # 14-02 **** Aldansky District @@ -2488,20 +2511,12 @@ Zone Asia/Irkutsk 6:57:20 - LMT 1880 # 14-32 **** Khangalassky District # 14-33 **** Churapchinsky District # 14-34 **** Eveno-Bytantaysky National District -# -# Note: Effective 2008-03-01, (75) Chita Oblast and (80) Agin-Buryat -# Autonomous Okrug merged to form (92, RU-ZAB) Zabaykalsky Krai. # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03): # Our commentary seems to have lost mention of (14-19) Neryungrinsky District. # Since the surrounding districts of Sakha are all YAKT, assume this is, too. # Also assume its history has been the same as the rest of Asia/Yakutsk. -# From Paul Eggert (2014-07-01): -# Perhaps Zabajkal'skij kraj needs a separate entry? -# http://en.itar-tass.com/russia/738562 implies it will move to UTC+8 -# on 2014-10-26. - 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 @@ -2518,17 +2533,9 @@ Zone Asia/Yakutsk 8:38:40 - LMT 1919 Dec 15 # 79 RU-YEV Jewish Autonomous Oblast # # ...and parts of (14, RU-SA) Sakha (Yakutia) Republic: -# 14-06 **** Bulunsky District # 14-09 **** Verkhoyansky District # 14-31 **** Ust-Yansky District -# From Tim Parenti (2014-07-06), per Alexander Krivenyshev (2014-07-02): -# Bulunsky District will be moving from UTC+10 to UTC+9 on 2014-10-26. -# However, we had used Asia/Vladivostok to cover this region, which has been -# on UTC+11 and is moving to UTC+10. It is likely that Bulunsky District has -# been on UTC+10 since the 2011-03-27 changes. It will need its own zone to -# reflect this history. - 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 @@ -2538,6 +2545,32 @@ Zone Asia/Vladivostok 8:47:44 - LMT 1922 Nov 15 10:00 - VLAT +# From Tim Parenti (2014-07-06): +# Asia/Tiksi covers parts of (14, RU-SA) Sakha (Yakutia) Republic: +# 14-06 **** Bulunsky District + +# From Tim Parenti (2014-07-06), per Alexander Krivenyshev (2014-07-02): +# Bulunsky District will be moving from UTC+10 to UTC+9 on 2014-10-26. +# However, we had used Asia/Vladivostok to cover this region, which has been +# on UTC+11 and is moving to UTC+10. It is likely that Bulunsky District has +# been on UTC+10 since the 2011-03-27 changes. +# +# Assume Bulunsky District was like Asia/Vladivostok until 2011-03-27, and +# has been like Asia/Yakutsk since. + +# [This zone is commented out for now until it can be better verified; use +# Asia/Yakutsk for current timestamps in the meantime.] +# The zone.tab line will be: +# RU +7138+12852 Asia/Tiksi Moscow+06 - Bulunsky +#Zone Asia/Tiksi 8:35:28 - 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%sT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s +# 10:00 Russia VLA%sT 2011 Mar 27 2:00s +# 10:00 - YAKT 2014 Oct 26 2:00s +# 9:00 - YAKT + + # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03): # Asia/Khandyga covers parts of (14, RU-SA) Sakha (Yakutia) Republic: # 14-28 **** Tomponsky District @@ -2584,17 +2617,6 @@ Zone Asia/Sakhalin 9:30:48 - LMT 1905 Aug 23 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03), per Oscar van Vlijmen (2009-11-29): # Asia/Magadan covers... # 49 RU-MAG Magadan Oblast -# -# ...and parts of (14, RU-SA) Sakha (Yakutia) Republic: -# 14-01 **** Abyysky District -# 14-03 **** Allaikhovsky District -# 14-08 **** Verkhnekolymsky District -# 14-17 **** Momsky District -# 14-20 **** Nizhnekolymsky District -# 14-25 **** Srednekolymsky District -# -# ...and parts of (65, RU-SAK) Sakhalin Oblast: -# 65-11 **** Severo-Kurilsky District (North Kuril Islands) # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-06), per Alexander Krivenyshev (2014-07-02): # Magadan Oblast is moving from UTC+12 to UTC+10 on 2014-10-26; however, @@ -2612,6 +2634,63 @@ Zone Asia/Magadan 10:03:12 - LMT 1924 May 2 10:00 - MAGT +# From Tim Parenti (2014-07-06): +# Asia/Srednekolymsk covers parts of (14, RU-SA) Sakha (Yakutia) Republic: +# 14-01 **** Abyysky District +# 14-03 **** Allaikhovsky District +# 14-08 **** Verkhnekolymsky District +# 14-17 **** Momsky District +# 14-20 **** Nizhnekolymsky District +# 14-25 **** Srednekolymsky District +# +# ...and parts of (65, RU-SAK) Sakhalin Oblast: +# 65-11 **** Severo-Kurilsky District (North Kuril Islands) + +# From Tim Parenti (2014-07-02): +# Oymyakonsky District of Sakha Republic (represented by Ust-Nera), along with +# most of Sakhalin Oblast (represented by Sakhalin) will be moving to UTC+10 on +# 2014-10-26 to stay aligned with VLAT/SAKT; however, Severo-Kurilsky District +# of the Sakhalin Oblast (also known as the North Kuril Islands, represented by +# Severo-Kurilsk) will remain on UTC+11. + +# From Tim Parenti (2014-07-06): +# Assume North Kuril Islands have history like Magadan before 2011-03-27. +# There is a decent chance this is wrong, in which case a new zone +# Asia/Severo-Kurilsk would become necessary. +# +# Srednekolymsk and Zyryanka are the most populous places amongst these +# districts, but have very similar populations. In fact, Wikipedia currently +# lists them both as having 3528 people, exactly 1668 males and 1860 females +# each! (Yikes!) +# http://en.wikipedia.org/w/?title=Verkhnekolymsky_District&oldid=594378493 +# http://en.wikipedia.org/w/?title=Nizhnekolymsky_District&oldid=588796422 +# Assume this is a mistake, albeit an amusing one. +# +# Looking at censuses, the populations of the two municipalities seem to have +# fluctuated recently. Zyryanka was more populous than Srednekolymsk in the +# 1989 and 2002 censuses, but Srednekolymsk was more populous in the most +# recent (2010) census, 3525 to 3170. (See pages 195 and 197 of +# http://www.gks.ru/free_doc/new_site/perepis2010/croc/Documents/Vol1/pub-01-0... +# in Russian.) In addition, Srednekolymsk appears to be a much older +# settlement and the population of Zyryanka seems to be declining. +# Go with Srednekolymsk. +# +# Since Magadan Oblast moves to UTC+10 on 2014-10-26, we cannot keep using MAGT +# as the abbreviation. Use SRET instead. + +# [This zone is commented out for now, as the 2014 change is not yet official; +# use Asia/Magadan in the meantime.] +# The zone.tab line will be: +# RU +6728+15343 Asia/Srednekolymsk Moscow+08 - Srednekolymsk, North Kuril Islands +#Zone Asia/Srednekolymsk 10:14:52 - 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 2011 Mar 27 2:00s +# 12:00 - MAGT 2014 Oct 26 2:00s +# 11:00 - SRET # Srednekolymsk Time + + # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03): # Asia/Ust-Nera covers parts of (14, RU-SA) Sakha (Yakutia) Republic: # 14-22 **** Oymyakonsky District -- 1.9.1