From 4b82d179b5f15a15b710ea734d0621fce1bf00d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 23:39:21 -0700 Subject: [PROPOSED PATCH] Improve commentary for time long ago in India. * asia: Move commentary about Portuguese India from here ... * backzone: ... too here. Add comment about 19th-century Madras time. * NEWS: Document this. --- NEWS | 3 ++- asia | 7 ------- backzone | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 7bc8b05..6ba9797 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -95,7 +95,8 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes Some broken URLs have been fixed in the commentary. (Thanks to Lester Caine.) - Commentary about Philippines DST has been updated. + Commentary about Philippines DST has been updated, and commentary + on pre-1970 time in India has been added. Release 2014f - 2014-08-05 17:42:36 -0700 diff --git a/asia b/asia index b3afc5d..806a8c7 100644 --- a/asia +++ b/asia @@ -879,13 +879,6 @@ Zone Asia/Dili 8:22:20 - LMT 1912 Jan 1 9:00 - TLT # India - -# From Paul Eggert (2014-08-11), after a heads-up from Stephen Colebourne: -# According to a Portuguese decree (1911-05-26) -# http://dre.pt/pdf1sdip/1911/05/12500/23132313.pdf -# Portuguese India switched to GMT+5 on 1912-01-01. -# Ignore this as it predates our 1970 cutoff. - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Kolkata 5:53:28 - LMT 1880 # Kolkata 5:53:20 - HMT 1941 Oct # Howrah Mean Time? diff --git a/backzone b/backzone index 460f864..66d3e27 100644 --- a/backzone +++ b/backzone @@ -261,6 +261,15 @@ Zone Antarctica/McMurdo 0 - zzz 1956 12:00 NZ NZ%sT Link Antarctica/McMurdo Antarctica/South_Pole +# India +# From Paul Eggert (2014-08-21): +# In tomorrow's The Hindu, Nitya Menon reports that India had two civil time +# zones starting in 1884, one in Bombay and one in Calcutta, and that railways +# used a third time zone based on Madras time (80 deg. 18'30" E). Also, +# in 1881 Bombay briefly switched to Madras time, but switched back. See: +# http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/madras-375-when-madras-clocked-the-time/article6339393.ece +#Zone Asia/Chennai [not enough info to complete] + # China # Changbai Time ("Long-white Time", Long-white = Heilongjiang area) # Heilongjiang (except Mohe county), Jilin @@ -288,6 +297,13 @@ Zone Asia/Kashgar 5:03:56 - LMT 1928 # or Kashi or Kaxgar 5:00 - KAST 1980 May 8:00 PRC C%sT +# India +# From Paul Eggert (2014-08-11), after a heads-up from Stephen Colebourne: +# According to a Portuguese decree (1911-05-26) +# http://dre.pt/pdf1sdip/1911/05/12500/23132313.pdf +# Portuguese India switched to GMT+5 on 1912-01-01. +#Zone Asia/Panaji [not enough info to complete] + # Israel Zone Asia/Tel_Aviv 2:19:04 - LMT 1880 2:21 - JMT 1918 -- 1.9.1