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1# Zones that go back beyond the scope of the tz database
2
3# This file is in the public domain.
4
5# This file is by no means authoritative; if you think you know
6# better, go ahead and edit it (and please send any changes to
7# tz@iana.org for general use in the future).  For more, please see
8# the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution.
9
10
11# From Paul Eggert (2014-10-31):
12
13# This file contains data outside the normal scope of the tz database,
14# in that its zones do not differ from normal tz zones after 1970.
15# Links in this file point to zones in this file, superseding links in
16# the file 'backward'.
17
18# Although zones in this file may be of some use for analyzing
19# pre-1970 timestamps, they are less reliable, cover only a tiny
20# sliver of the pre-1970 era, and cannot feasibly be improved to cover
21# most of the era.  Because the zones are out of normal scope for the
22# database, less effort is put into maintaining this file.  Many of
23# the zones were formerly in other source files, but were removed or
24# replaced by links as their data entries were questionable and/or they
25# differed from other zones only in pre-1970 timestamps.
26
27# Unless otherwise specified, the source for data through 1990 is:
28# Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition),
29# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003).
30# Unfortunately this book contains many errors and cites no sources.
31
32# This file is not intended to be compiled standalone, as it
33# assumes rules from other files.  In the tz distribution, use
34# 'make PACKRATDATA=backzone zones' to compile and install this file.
35
36
37# From Paul Eggert (2020-04-15):
38# The following remarks should be incorporated into this table sometime.
39# Patches in 'git format-patch' format would be welcome.
40#
41# From Phake Nick (2020-04-15):
42# ... the historical timezone data for those China zones seems to be
43# incorrect.  The transition to GMT+8 date given there for these zones
44# were 1980 which also contradict the file description that they do
45# not disagree with normal zone after 1970.  According to sources that
46# have also been cited in the asia file, except Xinjiang and Tibet,
47# they should have adopted the Beijing Time from around 1949/1950
48# depends on exactly when each of those cities were taken over by the
49# communist army.  And they should also follow the DST setting of
50# Asia/Shanghai after that point of time.  In addition,
51# http://gaz.ncl.edu.tw/detail.jsp?sysid=E1091792 the document from
52# Chongqing Nationalist government say in year 1945 all of China
53# should adopt summer time due to the war (not sure whether it
54# continued after WWII ends)(Probably only enforced in area under
55# their rule at the time?)  The Asia/Harbin's 1932 and 1940 entry
56# should also be incorrect.  As per sources recorded at
57# https://wiki.suikawiki.org/n/%E6%BA%80%E5%B7%9E%E5%9B%BD%E3%81%AE%E6%A8%99%E6%BA%96%E6%99%82
58# , in 1932 Harbin should have adopted UTC+8:00 instead of data
59# currently listed in the tz database according to official
60# announcement from Manchuko.  And they should have adopted GMT+9 in
61# 1937 January 1st according to official announcement at the time
62# being cited on the webpage.
63
64
65# Zones are sorted by zone name.  Each zone is preceded by the
66# name of the country that the zone is in, along with any other
67# commentary and rules associated with the entry.
68#
69# As explained in the zic man page, the zone columns are:
70# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
71
72# Ethiopia
73# From Paul Eggert (2014-07-31):
74# Like the Swahili of Kenya and Tanzania, many Ethiopians keep a
75# 12-hour clock starting at our 06:00, so their "8 o'clock" is our
76# 02:00 or 14:00.  Keep this in mind when you ask the time in Amharic.
77#
78# Shanks & Pottenger write that Ethiopia had six narrowly-spaced time
79# zones between 1870 and 1890, that they merged to 38E50 (2:35:20) in
80# 1890, and that they switched to 3:00 on 1936-05-05.  Perhaps 38E50
81# was for Adis Dera.  Quite likely the Shanks data entries are wrong
82# anyway.
83Zone Africa/Addis_Ababa	2:34:48 -	LMT	1870
84			2:35:20	-	ADMT	1936 May  5 # Adis Dera MT
85			3:00	-	EAT
86
87# Eritrea
88Zone	Africa/Asmara	2:35:32 -	LMT	1870
89			2:35:32	-	AMT	1890        # Asmara Mean Time
90			2:35:20	-	ADMT	1936 May  5 # Adis Dera MT
91			3:00	-	EAT
92Link Africa/Asmara Africa/Asmera
93
94# Mali (southern)
95Zone	Africa/Bamako	-0:32:00 -	LMT	1912
96			 0:00	-	GMT	1934 Feb 26
97			-1:00	-	-01	1960 Jun 20
98			 0:00	-	GMT
99
100# Central African Republic
101Zone	Africa/Bangui	1:14:20	-	LMT	1912
102			1:00	-	WAT
103
104# Gambia
105Zone	Africa/Banjul	-1:06:36 -	LMT	1912
106			-1:06:36 -	BMT	1935 # Banjul Mean Time
107			-1:00	-	-01	1964
108			 0:00	-	GMT
109
110# Malawi
111Zone	Africa/Blantyre	2:20:00 -	LMT	1903 Mar
112			2:00	-	CAT
113
114# Republic of the Congo
115Zone Africa/Brazzaville	1:01:08 -	LMT	1912
116			1:00	-	WAT
117
118# Burundi
119Zone Africa/Bujumbura	1:57:28	-	LMT	1890
120			2:00	-	CAT
121
122# Guinea
123Zone	Africa/Conakry	-0:54:52 -	LMT	1912
124			 0:00	-	GMT	1934 Feb 26
125			-1:00	-	-01	1960
126			 0:00	-	GMT
127
128# Senegal
129Zone	Africa/Dakar	-1:09:44 -	LMT	1912
130			-1:00	-	-01	1941 Jun
131			 0:00	-	GMT
132
133# Tanzania
134Zone Africa/Dar_es_Salaam 2:37:08 -	LMT	1931
135			3:00	-	EAT	1948
136			2:45	-	+0245	1961
137			3:00	-	EAT
138
139# Djibouti
140Zone	Africa/Djibouti	2:52:36 -	LMT	1911 Jul
141			3:00	-	EAT
142
143# Cameroon
144# Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1920; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
145Zone	Africa/Douala	0:38:48	-	LMT	1912
146			1:00	-	WAT
147# Sierra Leone
148# From Paul Eggert (2014-08-12):
149# The following table is from Shanks & Pottenger, but it can't be right.
150# Whitman gives Mar 31 - Aug 31 for 1931 on.
151# The International Hydrographic Bulletin, 1932-33, p 63 says that
152# Sierra Leone would advance its clocks by 20 minutes on 1933-10-01.
153# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
154Rule	SL	1935	1942	-	Jun	 1	0:00	0:40	-0020
155Rule	SL	1935	1942	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-01
156Rule	SL	1957	1962	-	Jun	 1	0:00	1:00	+01
157Rule	SL	1957	1962	-	Sep	 1	0:00	0	GMT
158Zone	Africa/Freetown	-0:53:00 -	LMT	1882
159			-0:53:00 -	FMT	1913 Jun # Freetown Mean Time
160			-1:00	SL	%s	1957
161			 0:00	SL	GMT/+01
162
163# Botswana
164# From Paul Eggert (2013-02-21):
165# Milne says they were regulated by the Cape Town Signal in 1899;
166# assume they switched to 2:00 when Cape Town did.
167Zone	Africa/Gaborone	1:43:40 -	LMT	1885
168			1:30	-	SAST	1903 Mar
169			2:00	-	CAT	1943 Sep 19  2:00
170			2:00	1:00	CAST	1944 Mar 19  2:00
171			2:00	-	CAT
172
173# Zimbabwe
174Zone	Africa/Harare	2:04:12 -	LMT	1903 Mar
175			2:00	-	CAT
176
177# Uganda
178Zone	Africa/Kampala	2:09:40 -	LMT	1928 Jul
179			3:00	-	EAT	1930
180			2:30	-	+0230	1948
181			2:45	-	+0245	1957
182			3:00	-	EAT
183
184# Rwanda
185Zone	Africa/Kigali	2:00:16 -	LMT	1935 Jun
186			2:00	-	CAT
187
188# Democratic Republic of the Congo (west)
189Zone Africa/Kinshasa	1:01:12 -	LMT	1897 Nov  9
190			1:00	-	WAT
191
192# Gabon
193Zone Africa/Libreville	0:37:48 -	LMT	1912
194			1:00	-	WAT
195
196# Togo
197Zone	Africa/Lome	0:04:52 -	LMT	1893
198			0:00	-	GMT
199
200# Angola
201#
202# From Paul Eggert (2018-02-16):
203# Shanks gives 1911-05-26 for the transition to WAT,
204# evidently confusing the date of the Portuguese decree
205# (see Europe/Lisbon) with the date that it took effect.
206#
207Zone	Africa/Luanda	0:52:56	-	LMT	1892
208			0:52:04	-	LMT	1911 Dec 31 23:00u # Luanda MT?
209			1:00	-	WAT
210
211# Democratic Republic of the Congo (east)
212Zone Africa/Lubumbashi	1:49:52 -	LMT	1897 Nov 9
213			2:00	-	CAT
214
215# Zambia
216Zone	Africa/Lusaka	1:53:08 -	LMT	1903 Mar
217			2:00	-	CAT
218
219# Equatorial Guinea
220#
221# Although Shanks says that Malabo switched from UT +00 to +01 on 1963-12-15,
222# a Google Books search says that London Calling, Issues 432-465 (1948), p 19,
223# says that Spanish Guinea was at +01 back then.  The Shanks data entries
224# are most likely wrong, but we have nothing better; use them here for now.
225#
226Zone	Africa/Malabo	0:35:08 -	LMT	1912
227			0:00	-	GMT	1963 Dec 15
228			1:00	-	WAT
229
230# Lesotho
231Zone	Africa/Maseru	1:50:00 -	LMT	1903 Mar
232			2:00	-	SAST	1943 Sep 19  2:00
233			2:00	1:00	SAST	1944 Mar 19  2:00
234			2:00	-	SAST
235
236# Eswatini (formerly Swaziland)
237Zone	Africa/Mbabane	2:04:24 -	LMT	1903 Mar
238			2:00	-	SAST
239
240# Somalia
241Zone Africa/Mogadishu	3:01:28 -	LMT	1893 Nov
242			3:00	-	EAT	1931
243			2:30	-	+0230	1957
244			3:00	-	EAT
245
246# Niger
247Zone	Africa/Niamey	 0:08:28 -	LMT	1912
248			-1:00	-	-01	1934 Feb 26
249			 0:00	-	GMT	1960
250			 1:00	-	WAT
251
252# Mauritania
253Zone Africa/Nouakchott	-1:03:48 -	LMT	1912
254			 0:00	-	GMT	1934 Feb 26
255			-1:00	-	-01	1960 Nov 28
256			 0:00	-	GMT
257
258# Burkina Faso
259Zone Africa/Ouagadougou	-0:06:04 -	LMT	1912
260			 0:00	-	GMT
261
262# Benin
263# Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1946, not 1934;
264# go with Shanks & Pottenger.
265Zone Africa/Porto-Novo	0:10:28	-	LMT	1912 Jan  1
266			0:00	-	GMT	1934 Feb 26
267			1:00	-	WAT
268
269# Mali (northern)
270Zone	Africa/Timbuktu	-0:12:04 -	LMT	1912
271			 0:00	-	GMT
272
273# Anguilla
274Zone America/Anguilla	-4:12:16 -	LMT	1912 Mar  2
275			-4:00	-	AST
276
277# Antigua and Barbuda
278Zone	America/Antigua	-4:07:12 -	LMT	1912 Mar 2
279			-5:00	-	EST	1951
280			-4:00	-	AST
281
282# Chubut, Argentina
283# The name "Comodoro Rivadavia" exceeds the 14-byte POSIX limit.
284Zone America/Argentina/ComodRivadavia -4:30:00 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
285			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
286			-4:00	-	-04	1930 Dec
287			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	1969 Oct  5
288			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	1991 Mar  3
289			-4:00	-	-04	1991 Oct 20
290			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	1999 Oct  3
291			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	2000 Mar  3
292			-3:00	-	-03	2004 Jun  1
293			-4:00	-	-04	2004 Jun 20
294			-3:00	-	-03
295
296# Aruba
297Zone	America/Aruba	-4:40:24 -	LMT	1912 Feb 12 # Oranjestad
298			-4:30	-	-0430	1965
299			-4:00	-	AST
300
301# Cayman Is
302Zone	America/Cayman	-5:25:32 -	LMT	1890     # Georgetown
303			-5:07:10 -	KMT	1912 Feb # Kingston Mean Time
304			-5:00	-	EST
305
306# United States
307#
308# From Paul Eggert (2018-03-18):
309# America/Chillicothe would be tricky, as it was a city of two-timers:
310# "To prevent a constant mixup at Chillicothe, caused by the courthouse
311#  clock running on central time and the city running on 'daylight saving'
312#  time, a third hand was added to the dial of the courthouse clock."
313# -- Ohio news in brief. The Cedarville Herald. 1920-05-21;43(21):1 (col. 5)
314# https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/cedarville_herald/794
315
316# Canada
317Zone America/Coral_Harbour -5:32:40 -	LMT	1884
318			-5:00	NT_YK	E%sT	1946
319			-5:00	-	EST
320
321# Dominica
322Zone America/Dominica	-4:05:36 -	LMT	1911 Jul  1  0:01 # Roseau
323			-4:00	-	AST
324
325# Baja California
326# See 'northamerica' for why this entry is here rather than there.
327Zone America/Ensenada	-7:46:28 -	LMT	1922 Jan  1  0:13:32
328			-8:00	-	PST	1927 Jun 10 23:00
329			-7:00	-	MST	1930 Nov 16
330			-8:00	-	PST	1942 Apr
331			-7:00	-	MST	1949 Jan 14
332			-8:00	-	PST	1996
333			-8:00	Mexico	P%sT
334
335# Grenada
336Zone	America/Grenada	-4:07:00 -	LMT	1911 Jul # St George's
337			-4:00	-	AST
338
339# Guadeloupe
340Zone America/Guadeloupe	-4:06:08 -	LMT	1911 Jun  8 # Pointe-à-Pitre
341			-4:00	 -	AST
342
343# Canada
344#
345# From Paul Eggert (2015-03-24):
346# Since 1970 most of Quebec has been like Toronto; see
347# America/Toronto.  However, earlier versions of the tz database
348# mistakenly relied on data from Shanks & Pottenger saying that Quebec
349# differed from Ontario after 1970, and the following rules and zone
350# were created for most of Quebec from the incorrect Shanks &
351# Pottenger data.  The post-1970 entries have been corrected, but the
352# pre-1970 entries are unchecked and probably have errors.
353#
354# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
355Rule	Mont	1917	only	-	Mar	25	2:00	1:00	D
356Rule	Mont	1917	only	-	Apr	24	0:00	0	S
357Rule	Mont	1919	only	-	Mar	31	2:30	1:00	D
358Rule	Mont	1919	only	-	Oct	25	2:30	0	S
359Rule	Mont	1920	only	-	May	 2	2:30	1:00	D
360Rule	Mont	1920	1922	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:30	0	S
361Rule	Mont	1921	only	-	May	 1	2:00	1:00	D
362Rule	Mont	1922	only	-	Apr	30	2:00	1:00	D
363Rule	Mont	1924	only	-	May	17	2:00	1:00	D
364Rule	Mont	1924	1926	-	Sep	lastSun	2:30	0	S
365Rule	Mont	1925	1926	-	May	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	D
366Rule	Mont	1927	1937	-	Apr	lastSat	24:00	1:00	D
367Rule	Mont	1927	1937	-	Sep	lastSat	24:00	0	S
368Rule	Mont	1938	1940	-	Apr	lastSun	0:00	1:00	D
369Rule	Mont	1938	1939	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	0	S
370Rule	Mont	1946	1973	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
371Rule	Mont	1945	1948	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
372Rule	Mont	1949	1950	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
373Rule	Mont	1951	1956	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
374Rule	Mont	1957	1973	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
375Zone America/Montreal	-4:54:16 -	LMT	1884
376			-5:00	Mont	E%sT	1918
377			-5:00	Canada	E%sT	1919
378			-5:00	Mont	E%sT	1942 Feb  9  2:00s
379			-5:00	Canada	E%sT	1946
380			-5:00	Mont	E%sT	1974
381			-5:00	Canada	E%sT
382
383# Montserrat
384# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
385# In 1995 volcanic eruptions forced evacuation of Plymouth, the capital.
386# world.gazetteer.com says Cork Hill is the most populous location now.
387Zone America/Montserrat	-4:08:52 -	LMT	1911 Jul  1  0:01 # Cork Hill
388			-4:00	-	AST
389
390# United States
391#
392# From Paul Eggert (2018-03-18):
393# America/Palm_Springs would be tricky, as it kept two sets of clocks
394# in 1946/7.  See the following notes.
395#
396# From Steve Allen (2018-01-19):
397# The shadow of Mt. San Jacinto brings darkness very early in the winter
398# months.  In 1946 the chamber of commerce decided to put the clocks of Palm
399# Springs forward by an hour in the winter.
400# https://www.desertsun.com/story/life/2017/12/27/palm-springs-struggle-daylight-savings-time-and-idea-sun-time/984416001/
401# Desert Sun, Number 18, 1 November 1946
402# https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=DS19461101
403# has proposal for meeting on front page and page 21.
404# Desert Sun, Number 19, 5 November 1946
405# https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=DS19461105
406# reports that Sun Time won at the meeting on front page and page 5.
407# Desert Sun, Number 37, 7 January 1947
408# https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=DS19470107.2.12
409# front page reports request to abandon Sun Time and page 7 notes a "class war".
410# Desert Sun, Number 38, 10 January 1947
411# https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=DS19470110
412# front page reports on end.
413
414# Argentina
415# This entry was intended for the following areas, but has been superseded by
416# more detailed zones.
417# Santa Fe (SF), Entre Ríos (ER), Corrientes (CN), Misiones (MN), Chaco (CC),
418# Formosa (FM), La Pampa (LP), Chubut (CH)
419Zone America/Rosario	-4:02:40 -	LMT	1894 Nov
420			-4:16:44 -	CMT	1920 May
421			-4:00	-	-04	1930 Dec
422			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	1969 Oct  5
423			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	1991 Jul
424			-3:00	-	-03	1999 Oct  3  0:00
425			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	2000 Mar  3  0:00
426			-3:00	-	-03
427
428# St Kitts-Nevis
429Zone America/St_Kitts	-4:10:52 -	LMT	1912 Mar  2 # Basseterre
430			-4:00	-	AST
431
432# St Lucia
433Zone America/St_Lucia	-4:04:00 -	LMT	1890 # Castries
434			-4:04:00 -	CMT	1912 # Castries Mean Time
435			-4:00	-	AST
436
437# Virgin Is
438Zone America/St_Thomas	-4:19:44 -	LMT	1911 Jul # Charlotte Amalie
439			-4:00	-	AST
440
441# St Vincent and the Grenadines
442Zone America/St_Vincent	-4:04:56 -	LMT	1890 # Kingstown
443			-4:04:56 -	KMT	1912 # Kingstown Mean Time
444			-4:00	-	AST
445
446# British Virgin Is
447Zone America/Tortola	-4:18:28 -	LMT	1911 Jul # Road Town
448			-4:00	-	AST
449
450# McMurdo, Ross Island, since 1955-12
451Zone Antarctica/McMurdo	0	-	-00	1956
452			12:00	NZ	NZ%sT
453Link Antarctica/McMurdo Antarctica/South_Pole
454
455# Yemen
456# Milne says 2:59:54 was the meridian of the saluting battery at Aden,
457# and that Yemen was at 1:55:56, the meridian of the Hagia Sophia.
458Zone	Asia/Aden	2:59:54	-	LMT	1950
459			3:00	-	+03
460
461# Bahrain
462#
463# From Paul Eggert (2020-07-23):
464# Most of this data comes from:
465# Stewart A. Why Gulf Standard Time is far from standard: the fascinating story
466# behind the time zone's invention. The National (Abu Dhabi). 2020-07-22.
467# https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/why-gulf-standard-time-is-far-from-standard-the-fascinating-story-behind-the-time-zone-s-invention-1.1052589
468# Stewart writes that before 1941 some companies in Bahrain were at +0330 and
469# others at +0323.  Reginald George Alban, a British political agent based in
470# Manama, worked to standardize this, and from 1941-07-20 Bahrain was at
471# +0330.  However, BOAC asked that clocks be moved to gain more light at day's
472# end, so Bahrain switched to +04 on 1944-01-01.
473#
474# Re the 1941 transition, Stewart privately sent me this citation:
475# "File 16/53 Enquiries Re: Calculation of Local Time", British Library: India
476# Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/2/1564, in Qatar Digital Library
477# https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000000282.0x00012b
478# It says there was no real standard in Bahrain before 1941-07-20.
479# +0330 was used by steamers of the British India Co, by Petroleum Concessions
480# and by Cable & Wireless; +0323 was used by the Eastern Bank Ltd, BOAC, and
481# Bahrein Petroleum (Bapco), and California Arabian Standard Oil Co (Casoc)
482# adopted DST effective 1941-05-24.  Alban suggested adopting DST, R.B. Coomb
483# of C&W countersuggested +0330, and although C.A. Rodstrom of Casoc (formerly
484# of Bapco) stated that Bahrain had formerly used +0330 before Bapco arrived
485# but Bapco switched to +0323 because of "constant confusion", the consensus
486# was +0330.  The government adopted +0330 in 1941-07-20 and companies seem to
487# have switched by 08-01.  No time of day was given for the 1940s transitions.
488Zone	Asia/Bahrain	3:22:20 -	LMT	1941 Jul 20  # Manamah
489			3:30	-	+0330	1944 Jan  1
490			4:00	-	+04	1972 Jun
491			3:00	-	+03
492
493# India
494#
495# From Paul Eggert (2014-09-06):
496# The 1876 Report of the Secretary of the [US] Navy, p 305 says that Madras
497# civil time was 5:20:57.3.
498#
499# From Paul Eggert (2014-08-21):
500# In tomorrow's The Hindu, Nitya Menon reports that India had two civil time
501# zones starting in 1884, one in Bombay and one in Calcutta, and that railways
502# used a third time zone based on Madras time (80° 18' 30" E).  Also,
503# in 1881 Bombay briefly switched to Madras time, but switched back.  See:
504# http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/madras-375-when-madras-clocked-the-time/article6339393.ece
505#Zone	  Asia/Chennai  [not enough info to complete]
506
507# China
508# Long-shu Time (probably due to Long and Shu being two names of that area)
509# Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Ningxia, Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Yunnan;
510# most of Gansu; west Inner Mongolia; west Qinghai; and the Guangdong
511# counties Deqing, Enping, Kaiping, Luoding, Taishan, Xinxing,
512# Yangchun, Yangjiang, Yu'nan, and Yunfu.
513Zone	Asia/Chongqing	7:06:20	-	LMT	1928     # or Chungking
514			7:00	-	+07	1980 May
515			8:00	PRC	C%sT
516Link Asia/Chongqing Asia/Chungking
517
518# Vietnam
519# From Paul Eggert (2014-10-13):
520# See Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh for the source for this data.
521# Trần's book says the 1954-55 transition to 07:00 in Hanoi was in
522# October 1954, with exact date and time unspecified.
523Zone	Asia/Hanoi	7:03:24 -	LMT	1906 Jul  1
524			7:06:30	-	PLMT	1911 May  1
525			7:00	-	+07	1942 Dec 31 23:00
526			8:00	-	+08	1945 Mar 14 23:00
527			9:00	-	+09	1945 Sep  2
528			7:00	-	+07	1947 Apr  1
529			8:00	-	+08	1954 Oct
530			7:00	-	+07
531
532# China
533# Changbai Time ("Long-white Time", Long-white = Heilongjiang area)
534# Heilongjiang (except Mohe county), Jilin
535Zone	Asia/Harbin	8:26:44	-	LMT	1928     # or Haerbin
536			8:30	-	+0830	1932 Mar
537			8:00	-	CST	1940
538			9:00	-	+09	1966 May
539			8:30	-	+0830	1980 May
540			8:00	PRC	C%sT
541
542# far west China
543Zone	Asia/Kashgar	5:03:56	-	LMT	1928     # or Kashi or Kaxgar
544			5:30	-	+0530	1940
545			5:00	-	+05	1980 May
546			8:00	PRC	C%sT
547
548# Kuwait
549Zone	Asia/Kuwait	3:11:56 -	LMT	1950
550			3:00	-	+03
551
552
553# Oman
554# Milne says 3:54:24 was the meridian of the Muscat Tidal Observatory.
555Zone	Asia/Muscat	3:54:24 -	LMT	1920
556			4:00	-	+04
557
558# India
559# From Paul Eggert (2014-08-11), after a heads-up from Stephen Colebourne:
560# According to a Portuguese decree (1911-05-26)
561# https://dre.pt/pdf1sdip/1911/05/12500/23132313.pdf
562# Portuguese India switched to UT +05 on 1912-01-01.
563#Zone	Asia/Panaji	[not enough info to complete]
564
565# Cambodia
566
567# From an adoptive daughter of the late Cambodian ruler Prince Sihanouk,
568# via Alois Treindl (2019-08-08):
569#
570# King Sihanouk said that, during the Japanese occupation, starting with
571# what historians refer to as "le coup de force du 9 mars 1945", Cambodia,
572# like the entire French Indochina, used Tokyo time zone. After Japan
573# surrendered, 2 September 1945, Cambodia fell under French rule again and
574# adopted Hanoi time zone again.
575#
576# However, on 7 January 1946, Sihanouk and Tioulong managed to obtain a
577# status of "internal autonomy" from the government of Charles de Gaulle.
578# Although many fields remained under the administration of the French
579# (customs, taxes, justice, defence, foreign affairs, etc.), the Cambodian
580# administration was responsible for religious matters and traditional
581# celebrations, which included our calendar and time.  The time zone was GMT
582# + 7 and _no_ DST was applied.
583#
584# After Sihanouk and Tioulong achieved full independence, on 9 November 1953,
585# GMT + 7 was maintained.
586
587# From Paul Eggert (2019-08-26):
588# See Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh for the source for most of rest of this data.
589
590Zone	Asia/Phnom_Penh	6:59:40 -	LMT	1906 Jul  1
591			7:06:30	-	PLMT	1911 May  1
592			7:00	-	+07	1942 Dec 31 23:00
593			8:00	-	+08	1945 Mar 14 23:00
594			9:00	-	+09	1945 Sep  2
595			7:00	-	+07
596
597# Israel
598Zone	Asia/Tel_Aviv	2:19:04 -	LMT	1880
599			2:21	-	JMT	1918
600			2:00	Zion	I%sT
601
602# Laos
603# From Paul Eggert (2014-10-11):
604# See Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh for the source for most of this data.
605# Trần's book says that Laos reverted to UT +07 on 1955-04-15.
606# Also, guess that Laos reverted to +07 on 1945-09-02, when Vietnam did;
607# this is probably wrong but it's better than guessing no transition.
608Zone	Asia/Vientiane	6:50:24 -	LMT	1906 Jul  1
609			7:06:30	-	PLMT	1911 May  1
610			7:00	-	+07	1942 Dec 31 23:00
611			8:00	-	+08	1945 Mar 14 23:00
612			9:00	-	+09	1945 Sep  2
613			7:00	-	+07	1947 Apr  1
614			8:00	-	+08	1955 Apr 15
615			7:00	-	+07
616
617# Jan Mayen
618# From Whitman:
619Zone Atlantic/Jan_Mayen	-1:00	-	-01
620
621# St Helena
622Zone Atlantic/St_Helena	-0:22:48 -	LMT	1890 # Jamestown
623			-0:22:48 -	JMT	1951 # Jamestown Mean Time
624			 0:00	-	GMT
625
626# King Island
627Zone Australia/Currie	9:35:28	-	LMT	1895 Sep
628			10:00	AT	AE%sT	1919 Oct 24
629			10:00	Aus	AE%sT	1968 Oct 15
630			10:00	AT	AE%sT
631
632# Northern Ireland
633Zone	Europe/Belfast	-0:23:40 -	LMT	1880 Aug  2
634			-0:25:21 -	DMT	1916 May 21  2:00
635						# DMT = Dublin/Dunsink MT
636			-0:25:21 1:00	IST	1916 Oct  1  2:00s
637						# IST = Irish Summer Time
638			 0:00	GB-Eire	%s	1968 Oct 27
639			 1:00	-	BST	1971 Oct 31  2:00u
640			 0:00	GB-Eire	%s	1996
641			 0:00	EU	GMT/BST
642
643# Guernsey
644# Data from Joseph S. Myers
645# https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2013-September/019883.html
646# References to be added
647# LMT is for Town Church, St. Peter Port, 49° 27' 17" N, 2° 32' 10" W.
648Zone	Europe/Guernsey	-0:10:09 -	LMT	1913 Jun 18
649			 0:00	GB-Eire	%s	1940 Jul  2
650			 1:00	C-Eur	CE%sT	1945 May  8
651			 0:00	GB-Eire	%s	1968 Oct 27
652			 1:00	-	BST	1971 Oct 31  2:00u
653			 0:00	GB-Eire	%s	1996
654			 0:00	EU	GMT/BST
655
656# Isle of Man
657#
658# From Lester Caine (2013-09-04):
659# The Isle of Man legislation is now on-line at
660# <https://www.legislation.gov.im>, starting with the original Statutory
661# Time Act in 1883 and including additional confirmation of some of
662# the dates of the 'Summer Time' orders originating at
663# Westminster.  There is a little uncertainty as to the starting date
664# of the first summer time in 1916 which may have been announced a
665# couple of days late.  There is still a substantial number of
666# documents to work through, but it is thought that every GB change
667# was also implemented on the island.
668#
669# AT4 of 1883 - The Statutory Time et cetera Act 1883 -
670# LMT Location - 54.1508N -4.4814E - Tynwald Hill ( Manx parliament )
671Zone Europe/Isle_of_Man	-0:17:55 -	LMT	1883 Mar 30  0:00s
672			 0:00	GB-Eire	%s	1968 Oct 27
673			 1:00	-	BST	1971 Oct 31  2:00u
674			 0:00	GB-Eire	%s	1996
675			 0:00	EU	GMT/BST
676
677# Jersey
678# Data from Joseph S. Myers
679# https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2013-September/019883.html
680# References to be added
681# LMT is for Parish Church, St. Helier, 49° 11' 0.57" N, 2° 6' 24.33" W.
682Zone	Europe/Jersey	-0:08:26 -	LMT	1898 Jun 11 16:00u
683			 0:00	GB-Eire	%s	1940 Jul  2
684			 1:00	C-Eur	CE%sT	1945 May  8
685			 0:00	GB-Eire	%s	1968 Oct 27
686			 1:00	-	BST	1971 Oct 31  2:00u
687			 0:00	GB-Eire	%s	1996
688			 0:00	EU	GMT/BST
689
690# Slovenia
691Zone Europe/Ljubljana	0:58:04	-	LMT	1884
692			1:00	-	CET	1941 Apr 18 23:00
693			1:00	C-Eur	CE%sT	1945 May  8  2:00s
694			1:00	1:00	CEST	1945 Sep 16  2:00s
695			1:00	-	CET	1982 Nov 27
696			1:00	EU	CE%sT
697
698# Bosnia and Herzegovina
699Zone	Europe/Sarajevo	1:13:40	-	LMT	1884
700			1:00	-	CET	1941 Apr 18 23:00
701			1:00	C-Eur	CE%sT	1945 May  8  2:00s
702			1:00	1:00	CEST	1945 Sep 16  2:00s
703			1:00	-	CET	1982 Nov 27
704			1:00	EU	CE%sT
705
706# North Macedonia
707Zone	Europe/Skopje	1:25:44	-	LMT	1884
708			1:00	-	CET	1941 Apr 18 23:00
709			1:00	C-Eur	CE%sT	1945 May  8  2:00s
710			1:00	1:00	CEST	1945 Sep 16  2:00s
711			1:00	-	CET	1982 Nov 27
712			1:00	EU	CE%sT
713
714# Moldova / Transnistria
715Zone	Europe/Tiraspol	1:58:32	-	LMT	1880
716			1:55	-	CMT	1918 Feb 15 # Chisinau MT
717			1:44:24	-	BMT	1931 Jul 24 # Bucharest MT
718			2:00	Romania	EE%sT	1940 Aug 15
719			2:00	1:00	EEST	1941 Jul 17
720			1:00	C-Eur	CE%sT	1944 Aug 24
721			3:00	Russia	MSK/MSD	1991 Mar 31  2:00
722			2:00	Russia	EE%sT	1992 Jan 19  2:00
723			3:00	Russia	MSK/MSD
724
725# Liechtenstein
726Zone	Europe/Vaduz	0:38:04 -	LMT	1894 Jun
727			1:00	Swiss	CE%sT	1981
728			1:00	EU	CE%sT
729
730# Croatia
731Zone	Europe/Zagreb	1:03:52	-	LMT	1884
732			1:00	-	CET	1941 Apr 18 23:00
733			1:00	C-Eur	CE%sT	1945 May  8  2:00s
734			1:00	1:00	CEST	1945 Sep 16  2:00s
735			1:00	-	CET	1982 Nov 27
736			1:00	EU	CE%sT
737
738# Madagascar
739Zone Indian/Antananarivo 3:10:04 -	LMT	1911 Jul
740			3:00	-	EAT	1954 Feb 27 23:00s
741			3:00	1:00	EAST	1954 May 29 23:00s
742			3:00	-	EAT
743
744# Comoros
745Zone	Indian/Comoro	2:53:04 -	LMT	1911 Jul # Moroni, Gran Comoro
746			3:00	-	EAT
747
748# Mayotte
749Zone	Indian/Mayotte	3:00:56 -	LMT	1911 Jul # Mamoutzou
750			3:00	-	EAT
751
752# US minor outlying islands
753Zone Pacific/Johnston	-10:00	-	HST
754
755# US minor outlying islands
756#
757# From Mark Brader (2005-01-23):
758# [Fallacies and Fantasies of Air Transport History, by R.E.G. Davies,
759# published 1994 by Paladwr Press, McLean, VA, USA; ISBN 0-9626483-5-3]
760# reproduced a Pan American Airways timetable from 1936, for their weekly
761# "Orient Express" flights between San Francisco and Manila, and connecting
762# flights to Chicago and the US East Coast.  As it uses some time zone
763# designations that I've never seen before:....
764# Fri. 6:30A Lv. HONOLOLU (Pearl Harbor), H.I.   H.L.T. Ar. 5:30P Sun.
765#  "   3:00P Ar. MIDWAY ISLAND . . . . . . . . . M.L.T. Lv. 6:00A  "
766#
767Zone Pacific/Midway	-11:49:28 -	LMT	1901
768			-11:00	-	-11	1956 Jun  3
769			-11:00	1:00	-10	1956 Sep  2
770			-11:00	-	-11
771
772# N Mariana Is
773Zone Pacific/Saipan	-14:17:00 -	LMT	1844 Dec 31
774			 9:43:00 -	LMT	1901
775			 9:00	-	+09	1969 Oct
776			10:00	-	+10	2000 Dec 23
777			10:00	-	ChST	# Chamorro Standard Time
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