[PATCH] Update Bahrain as per article in The National
* backzone (Asia/Bahrain): Adjust transitions before 1944 to match Ashleigh Stewart’s article in today’s The National (Abu Dhabi). --- backzone | 17 ++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/backzone b/backzone index 91fa21d..7cf026d 100644 --- a/backzone +++ b/backzone @@ -459,7 +459,22 @@ Zone Asia/Aden 2:59:54 - LMT 1950 3:00 - +03 # Bahrain -Zone Asia/Bahrain 3:22:20 - LMT 1920 # Manamah +# +# From Paul Eggert (2020-07-22): +# Most of this data comes from: +# Stewart A. Why Gulf Standard Time is far from standard: the fascinating story +# behind the time zone's invention. The National (Abu Dhabi). 2020-07-22. +# https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/why-gulf-standard-time-is-far-from-s... +# Stewart writes that before 1940 some companies in Bahrain were at +0330 and +# others at +0323. Reginald George Alban, a British political agent based in +# Manama, worked to standardize this, and from 1941-07-20 Bahrain was at +# +0330. However, BOAC asked that clocks be moved to gain more light at day's +# end, so Bahrain switched to +04 on 1944-01-01. +# +# We don't know when companies chose +0330 or +0323 before 1940; for now +# assume that there was no real standard in Bahrain before 1941-07-20. +Zone Asia/Bahrain 3:22:20 - LMT 1941 Jul 20 # Manamah + 3:30 - +0330 1944 Jan 1 4:00 - +04 1972 Jun 3:00 - +03 -- 2.17.1
The article linked to below has one line referring to Oman being on UTC +6.5 that doesn't appear to be correct. I sent the below to the author, but did not hear back. Does anyone know if there is some history of Oman being on UTC +6.5? "Hi Ashleigh. I just read your article at https://thenational.ae/arts-culture/why-gulf-standard-time-is-far-from-stand.... It's very interesting. But I noticed one apparent inconsistency that I'm curious about. The article says "At the time [referring to 1944], other time zones in the Arabian Gulf included Basra (Iraq) GMT +3 and Jiwani (Oman) at GMT +6.5", yet later in the article it says that Oman has used GMT +4 since 1920. Is this +6.5 correct for Oman? If so, what is the history of it? "Also, for whatever it's worth, googling for Jiwani, I find that it is in Pakistan, not Oman. And neither Pakistan nor Oman are along the Arabian Gulf (other than the Musandam Peninsula). From what I could find, it doesn't appear that this part of Pakistan or Oman ever used GMT +6.5. But if there is some history about either place having used this time zone, I'm very curious about it." Aaron On Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 4:39 PM Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> wrote:
* backzone (Asia/Bahrain): Adjust transitions before 1944 to match Ashleigh Stewart’s article in today’s The National (Abu Dhabi). --- backzone | 17 ++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/backzone b/backzone index 91fa21d..7cf026d 100644 --- a/backzone +++ b/backzone @@ -459,7 +459,22 @@ Zone Asia/Aden 2:59:54 - LMT 1950 3:00 - +03
# Bahrain -Zone Asia/Bahrain 3:22:20 - LMT 1920 # Manamah +# +# From Paul Eggert (2020-07-22): +# Most of this data comes from: +# Stewart A. Why Gulf Standard Time is far from standard: the fascinating story +# behind the time zone's invention. The National (Abu Dhabi). 2020-07-22. +# https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/why-gulf-standard-time-is-far-from-s... +# Stewart writes that before 1940 some companies in Bahrain were at +0330 and +# others at +0323. Reginald George Alban, a British political agent based in +# Manama, worked to standardize this, and from 1941-07-20 Bahrain was at +# +0330. However, BOAC asked that clocks be moved to gain more light at day's +# end, so Bahrain switched to +04 on 1944-01-01. +# +# We don't know when companies chose +0330 or +0323 before 1940; for now +# assume that there was no real standard in Bahrain before 1941-07-20. +Zone Asia/Bahrain 3:22:20 - LMT 1941 Jul 20 # Manamah + 3:30 - +0330 1944 Jan 1 4:00 - +04 1972 Jun 3:00 - +03
-- 2.17.1
Parts of Balochistan (including the port of Gwadar and possibly Jiwani) used to be an overseas possession of Oman until 1958, when it was transferred to Pakistan. Best regards, Ashar Iqbal On Sat, 25 Jul 2020, 21:37 Aaron Brown, <asb110273@gmail.com> wrote:
The article linked to below has one line referring to Oman being on UTC +6.5 that doesn't appear to be correct.
I sent the below to the author, but did not hear back. Does anyone know if there is some history of Oman being on UTC +6.5?
"Hi Ashleigh. I just read your article at https://thenational.ae/arts-culture/why-gulf-standard-time-is-far-from-stand.... It's very interesting. But I noticed one apparent inconsistency that I'm curious about. The article says "At the time [referring to 1944], other time zones in the Arabian Gulf included Basra (Iraq) GMT +3 and Jiwani (Oman) at GMT +6.5", yet later in the article it says that Oman has used GMT +4 since 1920. Is this +6.5 correct for Oman? If so, what is the history of it?
"Also, for whatever it's worth, googling for Jiwani, I find that it is in Pakistan, not Oman. And neither Pakistan nor Oman are along the Arabian Gulf (other than the Musandam Peninsula). From what I could find, it doesn't appear that this part of Pakistan or Oman ever used GMT +6.5. But if there is some history about either place having used this time zone, I'm very curious about it."
Aaron
On Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 4:39 PM Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> wrote:
* backzone (Asia/Bahrain): Adjust transitions before 1944 to match Ashleigh Stewart’s article in today’s The National (Abu Dhabi). --- backzone | 17 ++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/backzone b/backzone index 91fa21d..7cf026d 100644 --- a/backzone +++ b/backzone @@ -459,7 +459,22 @@ Zone Asia/Aden 2:59:54 - LMT 1950 3:00 - +03
# Bahrain -Zone Asia/Bahrain 3:22:20 - LMT 1920 # Manamah +# +# From Paul Eggert (2020-07-22): +# Most of this data comes from: +# Stewart A. Why Gulf Standard Time is far from standard: the fascinating story +# behind the time zone's invention. The National (Abu Dhabi). 2020-07-22. +# https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/why-gulf-standard-time-is-far-from-s... +# Stewart writes that before 1940 some companies in Bahrain were at +0330 and +# others at +0323. Reginald George Alban, a British political agent based in +# Manama, worked to standardize this, and from 1941-07-20 Bahrain was at +# +0330. However, BOAC asked that clocks be moved to gain more light at day's +# end, so Bahrain switched to +04 on 1944-01-01. +# +# We don't know when companies chose +0330 or +0323 before 1940; for now +# assume that there was no real standard in Bahrain before 1941-07-20. +Zone Asia/Bahrain 3:22:20 - LMT 1941 Jul 20 # Manamah + 3:30 - +0330 1944 Jan 1 4:00 - +04 1972 Jun 3:00 - +03
-- 2.17.1
On 2020-07-25 14:36, Aaron Brown wrote:
The article linked to below has one line referring to Oman being on UTC +6.5 that doesn't appear to be correct. I sent the below to the author, but did not hear back. Does anyone know if there is some history of Oman being on UTC +6.5? https://thenational.ae/arts-culture/why-gulf-standard-time-is-far-from-stand.... It's very interesting. But I noticed one apparent inconsistency that I'm curious about. The article says "At the time [referring to 1944], other time zones in the Arabian Gulf included Basra (Iraq) GMT +3 and Jiwani (Oman) at GMT +6.5", yet later in the article it says that Oman has used GMT +4 since 1920. Is this +6.5 correct for Oman? If so, what is the history of it? "Also, for whatever it's worth, googling for Jiwani, I find that it is in Pakistan, not Oman. And neither Pakistan nor Oman are along the Arabian Gulf (other than the Musandam Peninsula). From what I could find, it doesn't appear that this part of Pakistan or Oman ever used GMT +6.5. But if there is some history about either place having used this time zone, I'm very curious about it."
There was no Pakistan until 1947 and various Omans on and off before 1970. The Gwadar enclave which contains Jiwani was governed by the Sultanate (originally Omani Empire, which also included Zanzibar, later Muscat and Oman) from 1783 until 1958: http://www.oman.org/bonn_007.htm https://dailytimes.com.pk/243413/who-do-we-thank-for-gwadar/ Arabian Gulf is used for the countries in the area, to add to the confusion, while being a disputed name for the body of water: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_Gulf_naming_dispute#Arabian_Gulf,_Sea_... -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada This email may be disturbing to some readers as it contains too much technical detail. Reader discretion is advised. [Data in IEC units and prefixes, physical quantities in SI.]
On 7/25/20 1:36 PM, Aaron Brown wrote:
"At the time [referring to 1944], other time zones in the Arabian Gulf included Basra (Iraq) GMT +3 and Jiwani (Oman) at GMT +6.5"
For what it's worth, a letter dated 1943-11-01 from E.N. Chase, station superintendant for BOAC at Bahrain, said that Jiwani was 6 hours ahead of GMT then whereas Karachi was 6½ hours. See page 86 of "File 16/53 Enquiries Re: Calculation of Local Time", British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/2/1564, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000000282.0x00012b>. No doubt Chase was referring to the time at Jiwani Airport, which was I believe operated by the Royal Air Force at the time. It is curious that Jiwani Airport would have disagreed with India but perhaps 6.5 hours was a half-hour too far.
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