DPRK to revert to UTC+9 from UTC+8:30
On 2018-04-29 (+09:00), according to Yoon Young-chan, senior presidental secretary for public relations of South Korea, has announced that North Korea will revert its time zone from UTC+8:30 (PYT; Pyongyang Time) back to UTC+9 (KST; Korea Standard Time), in lieu of the recent Panmunjom Declaration. Yet another time to change tzdata? Source: South and North agreed to unify PYT to KST, Yonhap News http://m.yna.co.kr/kr/contents/?cid=AKR20180429018500001 (no English translation exists right now) -- -- Kang Seonghoon | https://mearie.org/ -- Opinions expressed in this email do not necessarily represent the views of my employer. --
Thanks for the heads-up. Could you please let us know exactly when DPRK will make the transition from +08:30 to +09? We'll need that information to update tzdb. Thank you.
One of my devs stumbled upon this tweet from the WSJ: KCNA: "The reset Pyongyang time shall be applied from May 5, Juche 107 (2018)…the Cabinet and relevant organs of the DPRK shall take practical steps to implement the decree." https://twitter.com/JChengWSJ/status/990728938170322944 Seems like another quick change is coming. Eric Michielli -----Original Message----- From: tz <tz-bounces@iana.org> On Behalf Of Paul Eggert Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2018 4:05 AM To: Kang Seonghoon <someone@mearie.org>; Time zone mailing list <tz@iana.org> Subject: Re: [tz] DPRK to revert to UTC+9 from UTC+8:30 Thanks for the heads-up. Could you please let us know exactly when DPRK will make the transition from +08:30 to +09? We'll need that information to update tzdb. Thank you.
On 2018-04-29 02:15, Kang Seonghoon wrote:
On 2018-04-29 (+09:00), according to Yoon Young-chan, senior presidental secretary for public relations of South Korea, has announced that North Korea will revert its time zone from UTC+8:30 (PYT; Pyongyang Time) back to UTC+9 (KST; Korea Standard Time), in lieu of the recent Panmunjom Declaration. Yet another time to change tzdata?
Source: South and North agreed to unify PYT to KST, Yonhap News http://m.yna.co.kr/kr/contents/?cid=AKR20180429018500001 (no English translation exists right now)
Isn't this an indication that the abbreviation "PYT" was used since 2018-05-05 to denote UTC + 08:30 h as different from UTC + 09 h abbreviated as KST? Michael Deckers.
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