* asia (Asia/Pyongyang): Confirm 00:00 as transition time. Fix commentary about abbreviation. --- asia | 11 ++++++----- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/asia b/asia index 4f8756b..78eed56 100644 --- a/asia +++ b/asia @@ -1717,11 +1717,12 @@ Rule ROK 1987 1988 - Oct Sun>=8 3:00 0 S # the 8:30 time zone on August 15, one example: # http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-33815049 # -# From Paul Eggert (2015-08-07): -# No transition time is specified; assume 00:00. +# From Paul Eggert (2015-08-15): +# Bells rang out midnight (00:00) Friday as part of the celebrations. See: +# Talmadge E. North Korea celebrates new time zone, 'Pyongyang Time' +# http://news.yahoo.com/north-korea-celebrates-time-zone-pyongyang-time-164038... # There is no common English-language abbreviation for this time zone. -# Use %z rather than invent one. We can't assume %z works everywhere yet, -# so for now substitute its output manually. +# Use KST, as that's what we already use for 1954-1961 in ROK. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Seoul 8:27:52 - LMT 1908 Apr 1 @@ -1735,7 +1736,7 @@ Zone Asia/Pyongyang 8:23:00 - LMT 1908 Apr 1 8:30 - KST 1912 Jan 1 9:00 - JCST 1937 Oct 1 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug 24 - 9:00 - KST 2015 Aug 15 + 9:00 - KST 2015 Aug 15 00:00 8:30 - KST ############################################################################### -- 2.1.4