>From be00a41d2072d33a4ea33cf98f7e2cee50189b38 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2017 00:29:45 -0800 Subject: [PROPOSED] * asia: clarify comments re old Chinese time zones --- asia | 20 +++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/asia b/asia index 9803bb6..6129614 100644 --- a/asia +++ b/asia @@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ Rule PRC 1987 1991 - Apr Sun>=10 0:00 1:00 D # (could be true), for the moment I am assuming that those two # counties are mistakes in the astro.com data. -# From Paul Eggert (2014-06-30): +# From Paul Eggert (2017-01-05): # Alois Treindl kindly sent me translations of the following two sources: # # (1) @@ -390,28 +390,26 @@ Rule PRC 1987 1991 - Apr Sun>=10 0:00 1:00 D # mainly observed in coastal areas), the five zones were: # # Changbai Time ("Long-white Time", Long-white = Heilongjiang area) UT +08:30 -# Asia/Harbin (currently a link to Asia/Shanghai) +# Now part of Asia/Shanghai; its pre-1970 times are not recorded here. # Heilongjiang (except Mohe county), Jilin # # Zhongyuan Time ("Central plain Time") UT +08 -# Asia/Shanghai +# Now part of Asia/Shanghai. # most of China -# This currently represents most other zones as well, -# as apparently these regions have been the same since 1970. # Milne gives 8:05:43.2 for Xujiahui Observatory time; round to nearest. # Guo says Shanghai switched to UT +08 "from the end of the 19th century". # -# Long-shu Time (probably due to Long and Shu being two names of the area) UT +07 -# Asia/Chongqing (currently a link to Asia/Shanghai) +# Long-shu Time (probably as Long and Shu were two names of the area) UT +07 +# Now part of Asia/Shanghai; its pre-1970 times are not recorded here. # Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Ningxia, Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Yunnan; # most of Gansu; west Inner Mongolia; east Qinghai; and the Guangdong # counties Deqing, Enping, Kaiping, Luoding, Taishan, Xinxing, # Yangchun, Yangjiang, Yu'nan, and Yunfu. # # Xin-zang Time ("Xinjiang-Tibet Time") UT +06 -# Asia/Urumqi -# This currently represents Kunlun Time as well, -# as apparently the two regions have been the same since 1970. +# This region is now part of either Asia/Urumqi or Asia/Shanghai with +# current boundaries uncertain; times before 1970 for areas that +# disagree with ��r��mqi or Shanghai are not recorded here. # The Gansu counties Aksay, Anxi, Dunhuang, Subei; west Qinghai; # the Guangdong counties Xuwen, Haikang, Suixi, Lianjiang, # Zhanjiang, Wuchuan, Huazhou, Gaozhou, Maoming, Dianbai, and Xinyi; @@ -422,7 +420,7 @@ Rule PRC 1987 1991 - Apr Sun>=10 0:00 1:00 D # Fukang, Kuitun, Kumukuli, Miquan, Qitai, and Turfan. # # Kunlun Time UT +05:30 -# Asia/Kashgar (currently a link to Asia/Urumqi) +# This region is now in the same status as Xin-zang Time (see above). # West Tibet, including Pulan, Aheqi, Shufu, Shule; # West Xinjiang, including Aksu, Atushi, Yining, Hetian, Cele, Luopu, Nileke, # Zhaosu, Tekesi, Gongliu, Chabuchaer, Huocheng, Bole, Pishan, Suiding, -- 2.7.4