(Thanks to Stepan Golosunov.) * NEWS: Document this. * asia, zone.tab, zone1970.tab (Asia/Atyrau): New zone. In comments, prefer what I assume to be Library of Congress romanization for place names in Kazakhstan. * asia (Asia/Aqtau): Omit now-redundant transition. --- NEWS | 6 ++++ asia | 91 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------- zone.tab | 3 +- zone1970.tab | 5 ++-- 4 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index d5f7217..24faeaf 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -2,6 +2,12 @@ News for the tz database Unreleased, experimental changes + Changes to past time stamps + + The new zone Asia/Atyrau for Atyraū Region, Kazakhstan, is like + Asia/Aqtau except it switched from +04/+05 to +05/+06 in spring + 1999, not fall 1994. (Thanks to Stepan Golosunov.) + Changes to past time zone abbreviations Asia/Gaza and Asia/Hebron now use "EEST", not "EET", to denote diff --git a/asia b/asia index bb7534a..c6f63b5 100644 --- a/asia +++ b/asia @@ -1583,12 +1583,12 @@ Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931 # was "blended" with the Central zone. Therefore, Kazakhstan now has # two time zones, and difference between them is one hour. The zone # closer to UTC is the former Western zone (probably still called the -# same), encompassing four provinces in the west: Aqtobe, Atyrau, -# Mangghystau, and West Kazakhstan. The other zone encompasses +# same), encompassing four provinces in the west: Aqtöbe, Atyraū, +# Mangghystaū, and West Kazakhstan. The other zone encompasses # everything else.... I guess that would make Kazakhstan time zones # de jure UTC+5 and UTC+6 respectively. -# From Stepan Golosunov (2016-03-27) ([*] means see later comments below): +# From Stepan Golosunov (2016-03-27): # Review of the linked documents from http://adilet.zan.kz/ # produced the following data for post-1991 Kazakhstan: # @@ -1634,7 +1634,7 @@ Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931 # # This implies that on 1991-03-31 Asia/Oral remained on +04/+05 while # the rest of Kazakhstan switched from +06/+07 to +05/06 or from +05/06 -# to +04/+05. It's unclear how Kzyl-Orda oblast moved into the fifth +# to +04/+05. It's unclear how Qyzylorda oblast moved into the fifth # time belt. (By switching from +04/+05 to +05/+06 on 1991-09-29?) ... # # 1. Act of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Kazakhstan @@ -1647,25 +1647,25 @@ Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931 # on the whole territory of Kazakhstan 1 hour forward on 1992-01-19 at # 2:00, specified DST rules. It acknowledged that Kazakhstan was # located in the fourth and the fifth time belts and specified the -# border between them to be located east of Kustanay and Aktyubinsk -# oblasts (notably including Turgai and Kzyl-Orda oblasts into the fifth +# border between them to be located east of Qostanay and Aktyubinsk +# oblasts (notably including Turgai and Qyzylorda oblasts into the fifth # time belt). # # This means switch on 1992-01-19 at 2:00 from +04/+05 to +05/+06 for -# Asia/Aqtau, Asia/Aqtobe, Asia/Oral, Atyrau and Kustanay oblasts; from -# +05/+06 to +06/+07 for Asia/Almaty and Asia/Qyzylorda (and Arkalyk) [*].... +# Asia/Aqtau, Asia/Aqtobe, Asia/Oral, Atyraū and Qostanay oblasts; from +# +05/+06 to +06/+07 for Asia/Almaty and Asia/Qyzylorda (and Arkalyk).... # # 2. Act of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Kazakhstan # from 1992-03-27 No. 284 # http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/P920000284_ -# cancels extra hour ("decree time") for Uralsk and Kzyl-Orda oblasts +# cancels extra hour ("decree time") for Uralsk and Qyzylorda oblasts # since the last Sunday of March 1992, while keeping them in the fourth # and the fifth time belts respectively. # # 3. Order of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan # from 1994-09-23 No. 384 # http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/R940000384_ -# cancels the extra hour ("decree time") on the territory of Mangystau +# cancels the extra hour ("decree time") on the territory of Mangghystaū # oblast since the last Sunday of September 1994 (saying that time on # the territory would correspond to the third time belt as a # result).... @@ -1679,14 +1679,11 @@ Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931 # 5. Act of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan # from 1999-03-26 No. 305 # http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/P990000305_ -# cancels the extra hour ("decree time") for Atyrau oblast since the +# cancels the extra hour ("decree time") for Atyraū oblast since the # last Sunday of March 1999 while retaining the oblast in the fourth # time belt. # -# This means change from +05/+06 to +04/+05. -# -# There is no zone for Atyrau currently (listed under Asia/Aqtau in -# zone1970.tab).[*] +# This means change from +05/+06 to +04/+05.... # # 6. Act of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan # from 2000-11-23 No. 1749 @@ -1696,10 +1693,10 @@ Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931 # The only changes I noticed are in definition of the border between the # fourth and the fifth time belts. They account for changes in spelling # and administrative division (splitting of Turgai oblast in 1997 -# probably changed time in territories incorporated into Kostanay oblast -# (including Arkalyk) from +06/+07 to +05/+06) and move Kyzylorda oblast +# probably changed time in territories incorporated into Qostanay oblast +# (including Arkalyk) from +06/+07 to +05/+06) and move Qyzylorda oblast # from being in the fifth time belt and not using decree time into the -# fourth time belt (no change in practice).[*] +# fourth time belt (no change in practice). # # 7. Act of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan # from 2003-12-29 No. 1342 @@ -1709,7 +1706,7 @@ Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931 # 8. Act of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan # from 2004-07-20 No. 775 # http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/archive/docs/P040000775_/20.07.2004 -# modified the 2000-11-23 act to move Kostanay and Kyzylorda oblasts into +# modified the 2000-11-23 act to move Qostanay and Qyzylorda oblasts into # the fifth time belt and add Aktobe oblast to the list of regions not # using extra hour ("decree time"), leaving Kazakhstan with only 2 time # zones (+04/+05 and +06/+07). The changes were to be implemented @@ -1721,14 +1718,14 @@ Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931 # http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/P040001059_ # modified the 2000-11-23 act to remove exceptions from the "decree time" # (leaving Kazakhstan in +05/+06 and +06/+07 zones), amended the -# 2004-07-20 act to implement changes for Atyrau, West Kazakhstan, -# Kostanay, Kyzylorda and Mangystau oblasts by not moving clocks -# during the 2014 transition to "winter" time. +# 2004-07-20 act to implement changes for Atyraū, West Kazakhstan, +# Qostanay, Qyzylorda and Mangghystaū oblasts by not moving clocks +# during the 2004 transition to "winter" time. # -# This means transition from +04/+05 to +05/+06 for Atyrau oblast (no +# This means transition from +04/+05 to +05/+06 for Atyraū oblast (no # zone currently), Asia/Oral, Asia/Aqtau and transition from +05/+06 to -# +06/+07 for Kostanay oblast (Kostanay and Arkalyk, no zones currently) -# and Asia/Qyzylorda on 2004-10-31 at 3:00....[*] +# +06/+07 for Qostanay oblast (Qostanay and Arkalyk, no zones currently) +# and Asia/Qyzylorda on 2004-10-31 at 3:00.... # # 10. Act of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan # from 2005-03-15 No. 231 @@ -1744,14 +1741,9 @@ Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931 # Kazakh 1992-01-13 act appears to provide the same rules and 1992-03-27 # act was to be enacted on the last Sunday of March 1992. -# From Paul Eggert (2016-04-15): -# The tables below should reflect Stepan Golosunov's remarks above, -# except for the items marked "[*]" which I haven't gotten to yet. -# It looks like we will need new zones Asia/Atyrau and Asia/Qostanay -# to handle changes from 1992 through 2004 that we did not previously -# know about. +# From Paul Eggert (2016-11-07): +# The tables below reflect Golosunov's remarks, with exceptions as noted. -# # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] # # Almaty (formerly Alma-Ata), representing most locations in Kazakhstan @@ -1764,6 +1756,8 @@ Zone Asia/Almaty 5:07:48 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Alma-Ata 6:00 RussiaAsia +06/+07 2004 Oct 31 2:00s 6:00 - +06 # Qyzylorda (aka Kyzylorda, Kizilorda, Kzyl-Orda, etc.) (KZ-KZY) +# This currently includes Qostanay (aka Kostanay, Kustanay) (KZ-KUS); +# see comments below. Zone Asia/Qyzylorda 4:21:52 - LMT 1924 May 2 4:00 - +04 1930 Jun 21 5:00 - +05 1981 Apr 1 @@ -1775,7 +1769,21 @@ Zone Asia/Qyzylorda 4:21:52 - LMT 1924 May 2 6:00 RussiaAsia +06/+07 1992 Mar 29 2:00s 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 2004 Oct 31 2:00s 6:00 - +06 -# Aqtobe (aka Aktobe, formerly Aktyubinsk) (KZ-AKT) +# The following zone is like Asia/Qyzylorda except for being one +# hour earlier from 1991-09-29 to 1992-03-29. The 1991/2 rules for +# Qostenay are unclear partly because of the 1997 Turgai +# reorganization, so this zone is commented out for now. +#Zone Asia/Qostanay 4:14:20 - LMT 1924 May 2 +# 4:00 - +04 1930 Jun 21 +# 5:00 - +05 1981 Apr 1 +# 5:00 1:00 +06 1981 Oct 1 +# 6:00 - +06 1982 Apr 1 +# 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 1991 Mar 31 2:00s +# 4:00 RussiaAsia +04/+05 1992 Jan 19 2:00s +# 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 2004 Oct 31 2:00s +# 6:00 - +06 +# +# Aqtöbe (aka Aktobe, formerly Aktyubinsk) (KZ-AKT) Zone Asia/Aqtobe 3:48:40 - LMT 1924 May 2 4:00 - +04 1930 Jun 21 5:00 - +05 1981 Apr 1 @@ -1785,14 +1793,11 @@ Zone Asia/Aqtobe 3:48:40 - LMT 1924 May 2 4:00 RussiaAsia +04/+05 1992 Jan 19 2:00s 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 2004 Oct 31 2:00s 5:00 - +05 -# Qostanay (KZ-KUS) - -# Mangghystau (KZ-MAN) +# Mangghystaū (KZ-MAN) # Aqtau was not founded until 1963, but it represents an inhabited region, # so include time stamps before 1963. Zone Asia/Aqtau 3:21:04 - LMT 1924 May 2 4:00 - +04 1930 Jun 21 - 5:00 - +05 1963 5:00 - +05 1981 Oct 1 6:00 - +06 1982 Apr 1 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 1991 Mar 31 2:00s @@ -1800,7 +1805,17 @@ Zone Asia/Aqtau 3:21:04 - LMT 1924 May 2 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 1994 Sep 25 2:00s 4:00 RussiaAsia +04/+05 2004 Oct 31 2:00s 5:00 - +05 - +# Atyraū (KZ-ATY) is like Mangghystaū except it switched from +# +04/+05 to +05/+06 in spring 1999, not fall 1994. +Zone Asia/Atyrau 3:27:44 - LMT 1924 May 2 + 4:00 - +04 1930 Jun 21 + 5:00 - +05 1981 Oct 1 + 6:00 - +06 1982 Apr 1 + 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 1991 Mar 31 2:00s + 4:00 RussiaAsia +04/+05 1992 Jan 19 2:00s + 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 1999 Mar 28 2:00s + 4:00 RussiaAsia +04/+05 2004 Oct 31 2:00s + 5:00 - +05 # West Kazakhstan (KZ-ZAP) # From Paul Eggert (2016-03-18): # The 1989 transition is from USSR act No. 227 (1989-03-14). diff --git a/zone.tab b/zone.tab index f4969d2..bf78be7 100644 --- a/zone.tab +++ b/zone.tab @@ -239,7 +239,8 @@ KY +1918-08123 America/Cayman KZ +4315+07657 Asia/Almaty Kazakhstan (most areas) KZ +4448+06528 Asia/Qyzylorda Qyzylorda/Kyzylorda/Kzyl-Orda KZ +5017+05710 Asia/Aqtobe Aqtobe/Aktobe -KZ +4431+05016 Asia/Aqtau Atyrau/Atirau/Gur'yev, Mangghystau/Mankistau +KZ +4431+05016 Asia/Aqtau Mangghystau/Mankistau +KZ +4707+05156 Asia/Atyrau Atyrau/Atirau/Gur'yev KZ +5113+05121 Asia/Oral West Kazakhstan LA +1758+10236 Asia/Vientiane LB +3353+03530 Asia/Beirut diff --git a/zone1970.tab b/zone1970.tab index f48f7a6..ea2e1e5 100644 --- a/zone1970.tab +++ b/zone1970.tab @@ -210,8 +210,9 @@ KP +3901+12545 Asia/Pyongyang KR +3733+12658 Asia/Seoul KZ +4315+07657 Asia/Almaty Kazakhstan (most areas) KZ +4448+06528 Asia/Qyzylorda Qyzylorda/Kyzylorda/Kzyl-Orda -KZ +5017+05710 Asia/Aqtobe Aqtobe/Aktobe -KZ +4431+05016 Asia/Aqtau Atyrau/Atirau/Gur'yev, Mangghystau/Mankistau +KZ +5017+05710 Asia/Aqtobe Aqtöbe/Aktobe +KZ +4431+05016 Asia/Aqtau Mangghystaū/Mankistau +KZ +4707+05156 Asia/Atyrau Atyraū/Atirau/Gur'yev KZ +5113+05121 Asia/Oral West Kazakhstan LB +3353+03530 Asia/Beirut LK +0656+07951 Asia/Colombo -- 2.7.4