FW: Wrong offset for Mongolia
Daniela Duerbeck is not on the time zone mailing list; direct replies appropriately. --ado -----Original Message----- From: Daniela Duerbeck [mailto:daniela.duerbeck@t-online.de] Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 12:36 PM To: tz@lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: Wrong offset for Mongolia Hello! The tz database states +9 for Mongolia, but +8 is correct: Time Differences Most of Mongolia is 8 hours ahead of GMT. However, the three western aimags of Khovd, Uvs and Bayan Ulgii are GMT+7. Mongolia no longer puts forward its clocks by 1 hour in the summer months. Found on: http://www.mongoliatourism.gov.mn/fackpack.html Many greetings from Dani
From: Daniela Duerbeck [mailto:daniela.duerbeck@t-online.de] Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 12:36 PM
The tz database states +9 for Mongolia, but +8 is correct:
Thanks for the reference. The current tz database currently claims that Mongolia has 3 time zones: Asia/Hovd at +7, Asia/Ulaanbaatar at +8, and Asia/Choibalsan at +9, with no DST. This doesn't contradict the URL that you cite, though it does have an additional claim that the far east is a separate time zone. Reliable time zone information about Mongolia is a bit hard to come by. I suspect this is partly due to the fact that Mongolia is traditionally nomadic, and that there is understandably a laissez-faire attitude about how one sets one's clock.
I contacted the U.S. Embassy in Ulaanbaatar and they stated that there are only two time zones, Ulaanbaatar's zone and the 3 western providences being 1 hour behind Ulaanbaatar and that they do follow day light savings time, which ended October 1st, 2003. Bill -----Original Message----- From: Paul Eggert [mailto:eggert@twinsun.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 12:17 AM To: Daniela Duerbeck Cc: tz@lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: Re: FW: Wrong offset for Mongolia
From: Daniela Duerbeck [mailto:daniela.duerbeck@t-online.de] Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 12:36 PM
The tz database states +9 for Mongolia, but +8 is correct:
Thanks for the reference. The current tz database currently claims that Mongolia has 3 time zones: Asia/Hovd at +7, Asia/Ulaanbaatar at +8, and Asia/Choibalsan at +9, with no DST. This doesn't contradict the URL that you cite, though it does have an additional claim that the far east is a separate time zone. Reliable time zone information about Mongolia is a bit hard to come by. I suspect this is partly due to the fact that Mongolia is traditionally nomadic, and that there is understandably a laissez-faire attitude about how one sets one's clock.
At 4am local, the Greek side of Cyprus will return to standard time whereas the Turkish side will return to standard time at 2am local on Sunday, October 26, 2003. Bill
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