My best guess is that the Asia/Tiksi entry is a false alarm, and that the area hasn't diverged from Yakutsk since 1970. * europe: Move zone.tab comments to zone.tab. (Asia/Yakutsk): Move comment for Bulunsky district here, Remove a comment about a draft Asia/Tiksi zone, containing the Bulunsky district. We don't have sufficient evidence that it ever diverged from Yakutsk after 1970. * zone.tab (RU): Reorder entries to make more geographical sense. Add comments for draft zones Asia/Chita, Asia/Srednekolymsk. (Europe/Samara, Asia/Novokuznetsk, Asia/Magadan, Asia/Kamchatka) (Asia/Anadyr): Mention that the Moscow offset changes 2014-10-26. * NEWS: Document the above. --- NEWS | 30 ++++++++++++++++-------------- europe | 31 +------------------------------ zone.tab | 16 ++++++++++------ 3 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 50 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 1f105ac..39204e7 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -4,21 +4,23 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes Changes affecting future time stamps - Russia most likely will subtract an hour from many of its time zones on + Russia most likely will subtract an hour from most of its time zones on 2014-10-26 at 02:00 local time. (Thanks to Alexander Krivenyshev.) - The affected zones are Europe/Kaliningrad, Europe/Moscow, - Europe/Simferopol, Europe/Volgograd, Asia/Yekaterinburg, Asia/Omsk, - 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. 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. + There are a few exceptions: Magadan Oblast (Asia/Magadan) and Zabaykalsky + Krai are subtracting two hours; conversely, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug + (Asia/Anadyr), Kamchatka Krai (Asia/Kamchatka), Kemerovo Oblast + (Asia/Novokuznetsk), and the Samara Oblast and the Udmurt Republic + (Europe/Samara) are not changing their clocks. The changed zones are + Europe/Kaliningrad, Europe/Moscow, Europe/Simferopol, Europe/Volgograd, + Asia/Yekaterinburg, Asia/Omsk, 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; and Asia/Novokuznetsk's time zone abbreviation is affected, + but not its UTC offset. Two new zones will be needed: 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 much of the above.) New zones + will be deferred until the change is official, and are commented out for now. Changes affecting time zone abbreviations diff --git a/europe b/europe index 5c52723..8c493f3 100644 --- a/europe +++ b/europe @@ -2473,8 +2473,6 @@ Zone Asia/Irkutsk 6:57:20 - LMT 1880 # [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 @@ -2492,6 +2490,7 @@ Zone Asia/Irkutsk 6:57:20 - LMT 1880 # 14-02 **** Aldansky District # 14-04 **** Amginsky District # 14-05 **** Anabarsky District +# 14-06 **** Bulunsky District # 14-07 **** Verkhnevilyuysky District # 14-10 **** Vilyuysky District # 14-11 **** Gorny District @@ -2545,32 +2544,6 @@ 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 @@ -2680,8 +2653,6 @@ Zone Asia/Magadan 10:03:12 - LMT 1924 May 2 # [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 diff --git a/zone.tab b/zone.tab index 36b3957..c2414e5 100644 --- a/zone.tab +++ b/zone.tab @@ -339,23 +339,27 @@ RO +4426+02606 Europe/Bucharest RS +4450+02030 Europe/Belgrade RU +5443+02030 Europe/Kaliningrad Moscow-01 - Kaliningrad RU +5545+03735 Europe/Moscow Moscow+00 - west Russia -RU +4844+04425 Europe/Volgograd Moscow+00 - Caspian Sea RU +4457+03406 Europe/Simferopol Moscow+00 - Crimea -RU +5312+05009 Europe/Samara Moscow+01 - Samara, Udmurtia +RU +4844+04425 Europe/Volgograd Moscow+00 - Caspian Sea +RU +5312+05009 Europe/Samara Moscow+00 (Moscow+01 after 2014-10-26) - Samara, Udmurtia RU +5651+06036 Asia/Yekaterinburg Moscow+02 - Urals RU +5500+07324 Asia/Omsk Moscow+03 - west Siberia RU +5502+08255 Asia/Novosibirsk Moscow+03 - Novosibirsk -RU +5345+08707 Asia/Novokuznetsk Moscow+04 - Novokuznetsk +RU +5345+08707 Asia/Novokuznetsk Moscow+03 (Moscow+04 after 2014-10-26) - Kemerovo RU +5601+09250 Asia/Krasnoyarsk Moscow+04 - Yenisei River RU +5216+10420 Asia/Irkutsk Moscow+05 - Lake Baikal +# Add this once the 2014-10-26 Russian change becomes official: +#RU +5203+11328 Asia/Chita Moscow+05 - Zabaykalsky RU +6200+12940 Asia/Yakutsk Moscow+06 - Lena River RU +623923+1353314 Asia/Khandyga Moscow+06 - Tomponsky, Ust-Maysky RU +4310+13156 Asia/Vladivostok Moscow+07 - Amur River RU +4658+14242 Asia/Sakhalin Moscow+07 - Sakhalin Island RU +643337+1431336 Asia/Ust-Nera Moscow+07 - Oymyakonsky -RU +5934+15048 Asia/Magadan Moscow+07 - Magadan -RU +5301+15839 Asia/Kamchatka Moscow+09 - Kamchatka -RU +6445+17729 Asia/Anadyr Moscow+09 - Bering Sea +RU +5934+15048 Asia/Magadan Moscow+08 (Moscow+07 after 2014-10-26) - Magadan +# Add this once the 2014-10-26 Russian change becomes official: +#RU +6728+15343 Asia/Srednekolymsk Moscow+08 - E Sakha, N Kuril Is +RU +5301+15839 Asia/Kamchatka Moscow+08 (Moscow+09 after 2014-10-26) - Kamchatka +RU +6445+17729 Asia/Anadyr Moscow+08 (Moscow+09 after 2014-10-26) - Bering Sea RW -0157+03004 Africa/Kigali SA +2438+04643 Asia/Riyadh SB -0932+16012 Pacific/Guadalcanal -- 1.9.1