# time this summer, and carry out studies on the possibility of canceling the
# practice altogether in future years."
#
-# From Paul Eggert (2015-04-20):
-# For now, assume DST will be canceled. Any resumption would likely
-# use different rules anyway.
+# From Paul Eggert (2015-04-24):
+# Yesterday the office of Egyptian President El-Sisi announced his
+# decision to abandon DST permanently. See Ahram Online 2015-04-24.
+# http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/128509/Egypt/Politics-/Sisi-cancels-daylight-saving-time-in-Egypt.aspx
Rule Egypt 2008 only - Aug lastThu 24:00 0 -
Rule Egypt 2009 only - Aug 20 24:00 0 -
# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-07-11):
# Seems that English language article "The revival of daylight saving
-# time: Energy conservation?"-# No. 16578 (07/11/2008) was originally
+# time: Energy conservation?"- No. 16578 (07/11/2008) was originally
# published on Monday, June 30, 2008...
#
# I guess that article in French "Le gouvernement avance l'introduction
# Here is a link to official document from Royaume du Maroc Premier Ministre,
# Ministère de la Modernisation des Secteurs Publics
#
-# Under Article 1 of Royal Decree No. 455-67 of Act 23 safar 1387 (2 june 1967)
+# Under Article 1 of Royal Decree No. 455-67 of Act 23 safar 1387 (2 June 1967)
# concerning the amendment of the legal time, the Ministry of Modernization of
# Public Sectors announced that the official time in the Kingdom will be
# advanced 60 minutes from Sunday 31 May 2009 at midnight.
# will resume again at 02:00 on Saturday, August 2, 2014....
# http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/fr/actualites.aspx?id=586
-# From Paul Eggert (2014-06-05):
-# For now, guess that later spring and fall transitions will use 2014's rules,
+# From Milamber (2015-06-08):
+# (Google Translation) The hour will thus be delayed 60 minutes
+# Sunday, June 14 at 3:00, the ministry said in a statement, adding
+# that the time will be advanced again 60 minutes Sunday, July 19,
+# 2015 at 2:00. The move comes under 2.12.126 Decree of 26 Jumada I
+# 1433 (18 April 2012) and the decision of the Head of Government of
+# 16 N. 3-29-15 Chaaban 1435 (4 June 2015).
+# Source (french):
+# http://lnt.ma/le-maroc-reculera-dune-heure-le-dimanche-14-juin/
+#
+# From Milamber (2015-06-09):
+# http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/fr/actualites.aspx?id=863
+#
+# From Michael Deckers (2015-06-09):
+# [The gov.ma announcement] would (probably) make the switch on 2015-07-19 go
+# from 03:00 to 04:00 rather than from 02:00 to 03:00, as in the patch....
+# I think the patch is correct and the quoted text is wrong; the text in
+# <http://lnt.ma/le-maroc-reculera-dune-heure-le-dimanche-14-juin/> agrees
+# with the patch.
+
+# From Paul Eggert (2015-06-08):
+# For now, guess that later spring and fall transitions will use 2015's rules,
# and guess that Morocco will switch to standard time at 03:00 the last
-# Saturday before Ramadan, and back to DST at 02:00 the first Saturday after
-# Ramadan. To implement this, transition dates for 2015 through 2037 were
+# Sunday before Ramadan, and back to DST at 02:00 the first Sunday after
+# Ramadan. To implement this, transition dates for 2016 through 2037 were
# determined by running the following program under GNU Emacs 24.3, with the
# results integrated by hand into the table below.
-# (let ((islamic-year 1436))
+# (let ((islamic-year 1437))
+# (require 'cal-islam)
# (while (< islamic-year 1460)
# (let ((a (calendar-islamic-to-absolute (list 9 1 islamic-year)))
# (b (calendar-islamic-to-absolute (list 10 1 islamic-year)))
-# (saturday 6))
-# (while (/= saturday (mod (setq a (1- a)) 7)))
-# (while (/= saturday (mod b 7))
+# (sunday 0))
+# (while (/= sunday (mod (setq a (1- a)) 7)))
+# (while (/= sunday (mod b 7))
# (setq b (1+ b)))
# (setq a (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute a))
# (setq b (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute b))
Rule Morocco 2013 only - Jul 7 3:00 0 -
Rule Morocco 2013 only - Aug 10 2:00 1:00 S
Rule Morocco 2013 max - Oct lastSun 3:00 0 -
-Rule Morocco 2014 2022 - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 S
+Rule Morocco 2014 2021 - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 S
Rule Morocco 2014 only - Jun 28 3:00 0 -
Rule Morocco 2014 only - Aug 2 2:00 1:00 S
-Rule Morocco 2015 only - Jun 13 3:00 0 -
-Rule Morocco 2015 only - Jul 18 2:00 1:00 S
-Rule Morocco 2016 only - Jun 4 3:00 0 -
-Rule Morocco 2016 only - Jul 9 2:00 1:00 S
-Rule Morocco 2017 only - May 20 3:00 0 -
-Rule Morocco 2017 only - Jul 1 2:00 1:00 S
-Rule Morocco 2018 only - May 12 3:00 0 -
-Rule Morocco 2018 only - Jun 16 2:00 1:00 S
-Rule Morocco 2019 only - May 4 3:00 0 -
-Rule Morocco 2019 only - Jun 8 2:00 1:00 S
-Rule Morocco 2020 only - Apr 18 3:00 0 -
-Rule Morocco 2020 only - May 30 2:00 1:00 S
-Rule Morocco 2021 only - Apr 10 3:00 0 -
-Rule Morocco 2021 only - May 15 2:00 1:00 S
-Rule Morocco 2022 only - Apr 2 3:00 0 -
-Rule Morocco 2022 only - May 7 2:00 1:00 S
-Rule Morocco 2023 only - Apr 22 2:00 1:00 S
-Rule Morocco 2024 only - Apr 13 2:00 1:00 S
-Rule Morocco 2025 only - Apr 5 2:00 1:00 S
+Rule Morocco 2015 only - Jun 14 3:00 0 -
+Rule Morocco 2015 only - Jul 19 2:00 1:00 S
+Rule Morocco 2016 only - Jun 5 3:00 0 -
+Rule Morocco 2016 only - Jul 10 2:00 1:00 S
+Rule Morocco 2017 only - May 21 3:00 0 -
+Rule Morocco 2017 only - Jul 2 2:00 1:00 S
+Rule Morocco 2018 only - May 13 3:00 0 -
+Rule Morocco 2018 only - Jun 17 2:00 1:00 S
+Rule Morocco 2019 only - May 5 3:00 0 -
+Rule Morocco 2019 only - Jun 9 2:00 1:00 S
+Rule Morocco 2020 only - Apr 19 3:00 0 -
+Rule Morocco 2020 only - May 24 2:00 1:00 S
+Rule Morocco 2021 only - Apr 11 3:00 0 -
+Rule Morocco 2021 only - May 16 2:00 1:00 S
+Rule Morocco 2022 only - May 8 2:00 1:00 S
+Rule Morocco 2023 only - Apr 23 2:00 1:00 S
+Rule Morocco 2024 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 S
+Rule Morocco 2025 only - Apr 6 2:00 1:00 S
Rule Morocco 2026 max - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 S
-Rule Morocco 2035 only - Oct 27 3:00 0 -
-Rule Morocco 2036 only - Oct 18 3:00 0 -
-Rule Morocco 2037 only - Oct 10 3:00 0 -
+Rule Morocco 2036 only - Oct 19 3:00 0 -
+Rule Morocco 2037 only - Oct 4 3:00 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Africa/Casablanca -0:30:20 - LMT 1913 Oct 26
# tz@iana.org for general use in the future). For more, please see
# the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution.
-# From Paul Eggert (2014-10-31):
+# From Paul Eggert (2015-08-08):
#
# Unless otherwise specified, the source for data through 1990 is:
# Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition),
# 2:00 EET EEST Eastern European Time
# 2:00 IST IDT Israel
# 3:00 AST ADT Arabia*
-# 3:30 IRST IRDT Iran
+# 3:30 IRST IRDT Iran*
# 4:00 GST Gulf*
# 5:30 IST India
# 7:00 ICT Indochina, most times and locations*
# 8:00 CST China
# 8:00 IDT Indochina, 1943-45, 1947-55, 1960-75 (some locations)*
# 8:00 JWST Western Standard Time (Japan, 1896/1937)*
+# 8:30 KST KDT Korea when at +0830*
# 9:00 JCST Central Standard Time (Japan, 1896/1937)
# 9:00 WIT east Indonesia (Waktu Indonesia Timur)
# 9:00 JST JDT Japan
-# 9:00 KST KDT Korea
+# 9:00 KST KDT Korea when at +09
# 9:30 ACST Australian Central Standard Time
#
# See the 'europe' file for Russia and Turkey in Asia.
# Azerbaijan
# From Rustam Aliyev of the Azerbaijan Internet Forum (2005-10-23):
# According to the resolution of Cabinet of Ministers, 1997
-# Resolution available at: http://aif.az/docs/daylight_res.pdf
+# From Paul Eggert (2015-09-17): It was Resolution No. 21 (1997-03-17).
+# http://code.az/files/daylight_res.pdf
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Azer 1997 max - Mar lastSun 4:00 1:00 S
Rule Azer 1997 max - Oct lastSun 5:00 0 -
#
# From Roozbeh Pournader (2007-11-05):
# This is quoted from Official Gazette of the Islamic Republic of
-# Iran, Volume 63, Number 18242, dated Tuesday 1386/6/24
+# Iran, Volume 63, No. 18242, dated Tuesday 1386/6/24
# [2007-10-16]. I am doing the best translation I can:...
# The official time of the country will be moved forward for one hour
# on the 24 hours of the first day of the month of Farvardin and will
# - Qyzylorda switched from +5:00 to +6:00 on 1992-01-19 02:00.
# - Oral switched from +5:00 to +4:00 in spring 1989.
-# From Kazakhstan Embassy's News Bulletin #11
+# From Kazakhstan Embassy's News Bulletin No. 11
# <http://www.kazsociety.org.uk/news/2005/03/30.htm> (2005-03-21):
# The Government of Kazakhstan passed a resolution March 15 abolishing
# daylight saving time citing lack of economic benefits and health
#
# For Pyongyang we have no information; guess no changes since World War II.
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2015-08-07):
+# According to many news sources, North Korea is going to change to
+# the 8:30 time zone on August 15, one example:
+# http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-33815049
+#
+# 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-164038128.html
+# There is no common English-language abbreviation for this time zone.
+# 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
8:30 - KST 1912 Jan 1
8:30 - KST 1912 Jan 1
9:00 - JCST 1937 Oct 1
9:00 - JST 1945 Aug 24
- 9:00 - KST
+ 9:00 - KST 2015 Aug 15 00:00
+ 8:30 - KST
###############################################################################
# DST will start Nov. 2 this year.
# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/Media-Center/Press-Releases/DAYLIGHT-SAVING-STARTS-ON-SUNDAY,-NOVEMBER-2ND.aspx
-# From Paul Eggert (2014-10-20):
+# From a government order dated 2015-08-26 and published as Legal Notice No. 77
+# in the Government of Fiji Gazette Supplement No. 24 (2015-08-28),
+# via Ken Rylander (2015-09-02):
+# the daylight saving period is 1 hour in advance of the standard time
+# commencing at 2.00 am on Sunday 1st November, 2015 and ending at
+# 3.00 am on Sunday 17th January, 2016.
+
+# From Paul Eggert (2015-09-01):
# For now, guess DST from 02:00 the first Sunday in November to
-# 03:00 the first Sunday on or after January 18. Although ad hoc, it
-# matches this year's plan and seems more likely to match future
+# 03:00 the third Sunday in January. Although ad hoc, it matches
+# transitions since late 2014 and seems more likely to match future
# practice than guessing no DST.
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Fiji 2012 2013 - Jan Sun>=18 3:00 0 -
Rule Fiji 2014 only - Jan Sun>=18 2:00 0 -
Rule Fiji 2014 max - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S
-Rule Fiji 2015 max - Jan Sun>=18 3:00 0 -
+Rule Fiji 2015 max - Jan Sun>=15 3:00 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Fiji 11:55:44 - LMT 1915 Oct 26 # Suva
12:00 Fiji FJ%sT # Fiji Time
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Norfolk 11:11:52 - LMT 1901 # Kingston
11:12 - NMT 1951 # Norfolk Mean Time
- 11:30 - NFT # Norfolk Time
+ 11:30 - NFT 1974 Oct 27 02:00 # Norfolk T.
+ 11:30 1:00 NFST 1975 Mar 2 02:00
+ 11:30 - NFT 2015 Oct 4 02:00
+ 11:00 - NFT
# Palau (Belau)
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
# started DST on June 3. Possibly DST was observed other years
# in Midway, but we have no record of it.
+# Norfolk
+
+# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2015-09-23):
+# Norfolk Island will change ... from +1130 to +1100:
+# https://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F2015L01483/Explanatory%20Statement/Text
+# ... at 12.30 am (by legal time in New South Wales) on 4 October 2015.
+# http://www.norfolkisland.gov.nf/nia/MediaRelease/Media%20Release%20Norfolk%20Island%20Standard%20Time%20Change.pdf
+
+# From Paul Eggert (2015-09-23):
+# Transitions before 2015 are from timeanddate.com, which consulted
+# the Norfolk Island Museum and the Australian Bureau of Meteorology's
+# Norfolk Island station, and found no record of Norfolk observing DST
+# other than in 1974/5. See:
+# http://www.timeanddate.com/time/australia/norfolk-island.html
# Pitcairn
-4:30 - ANT 1965 # Netherlands Antilles Time
-4:00 - AST
-# Cayman Is
-Zone America/Cayman -5:25:32 - LMT 1890 # Georgetown
- -5:07:11 - KMT 1912 Feb # Kingston Mean Time
- -5:00 - EST
-
# Canada
Zone America/Coral_Harbour -5:32:40 - LMT 1884
-5:00 NT_YK E%sT 1946
# republished in Finest Hour (Spring 2002) 1(114):26
# http://www.winstonchurchill.org/images/finesthour/Vol.01%20No.114.pdf
-# From Paul Eggert (1996-09-03):
+# From Paul Eggert (2015-08-08):
# The OED Supplement says that the English originally said "Daylight Saving"
# when they were debating the adoption of DST in 1908; but by 1916 this
# term appears only in quotes taken from DST's opponents, whereas the
# proponents (who eventually won the argument) are quoted as using "Summer".
+# The term "Summer Time" was introduced by Herbert Samuel, Home Secretary; see:
+# Viscount Samuel. Leisure in a Democracy. Cambridge University Press
+# ISBN 978-1-107-49471-8 (1949, reissued 2015), p 8.
# From Arthur David Olson (1989-01-19):
# A source at the British Information Office in New York avers that it's
# From an anonymous contributor (1996-06-02):
# The law governing time in Ireland is under Statutory Instrument SI 395/94,
-# which gives force to European Union 7th Council Directive # 94/21/EC.
+# which gives force to European Union 7th Council Directive No. 94/21/EC.
# Under this directive, the Minister for Justice in Ireland makes appropriate
# regulations. I spoke this morning with the Secretary of the Department of
# Justice (tel +353 1 678 9711) who confirmed to me that the correct name is
Rule Russia 1921 only - Mar 20 23:00 2:00 MSM # Midsummer
Rule Russia 1921 only - Sep 1 0:00 1:00 MSD
Rule Russia 1921 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
-# Act No.925 of the Council of Ministers of the USSR (1980-10-24):
+# Act No. 925 of the Council of Ministers of the USSR (1980-10-24):
Rule Russia 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
Rule Russia 1981 1983 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
-# Act No.967 of the Council of Ministers of the USSR (1984-09-13), repeated in
-# Act No.227 of the Council of Ministers of the USSR (1989-03-14):
+# Act No. 967 of the Council of Ministers of the USSR (1984-09-13), repeated in
+# Act No. 227 of the Council of Ministers of the USSR (1989-03-14):
Rule Russia 1984 1991 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 -
Rule Russia 1985 1991 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S
#
# Bulgaria
#
# From Plamen Simenov via Steffen Thorsen (1999-09-09):
-# A document of Government of Bulgaria (No.94/1997) says:
+# A document of Government of Bulgaria (No. 94/1997) says:
# EET -> EETDST is in 03:00 Local time in last Sunday of March ...
# EETDST -> EET is in 04:00 Local time in last Sunday of October
#
1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1945
1:00 - CET 1945 Apr 2 3:00
2:00 - EET 1979 Mar 31 23:00
- 2:00 Bulg EE%sT 1982 Sep 26 2:00
+ 2:00 Bulg EE%sT 1982 Sep 26 3:00
2:00 C-Eur EE%sT 1991
2:00 E-Eur EE%sT 1997
2:00 EU EE%sT
# after that.
# From Mart Oruaas (2000-01-29):
-# Regulation no. 301 (1999-10-12) obsoletes previous regulation
-# no. 206 (1998-09-22) and thus sticks Estonia to +02:00 GMT for all
+# Regulation No. 301 (1999-10-12) obsoletes previous regulation
+# No. 206 (1998-09-22) and thus sticks Estonia to +02:00 GMT for all
# the year round. The regulation is effective 1999-11-01.
# From Toomas Soome (2002-02-21):
3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 1989 Mar 26 2:00s
2:00 1:00 EEST 1989 Sep 24 2:00s
2:00 C-Eur EE%sT 1998 Sep 22
- 2:00 EU EE%sT 1999 Nov 1
+ 2:00 EU EE%sT 1999 Oct 31 4:00
2:00 - EET 2002 Feb 21
2:00 EU EE%sT
# correct data in juridical acts and I found some juridical documents about
# changes in the counting of time in Latvia from 1981....
#
-# Act No.35 of the Council of Ministers of Latvian SSR of 1981-01-22 ...
-# according to the Act No.925 of the Council of Ministers of USSR of 1980-10-24
+# Act No. 35 of the Council of Ministers of Latvian SSR of 1981-01-22 ...
+# according to the Act No. 925 of the Council of Ministers of USSR of 1980-10-24
# ...: all year round the time of 2nd time zone + 1 hour, in addition turning
# the hands of the clock 1 hour forward on 1 April at 00:00 (GMT 31 March 21:00)
# and 1 hour backward on the 1 October at 00:00 (GMT 30 September 20:00).
#
-# Act No.592 of the Council of Ministers of Latvian SSR of 1984-09-24 ...
-# according to the Act No.967 of the Council of Ministers of USSR of 1984-09-13
+# Act No. 592 of the Council of Ministers of Latvian SSR of 1984-09-24 ...
+# according to the Act No. 967 of the Council of Ministers of USSR of 1984-09-13
# ...: all year round the time of 2nd time zone + 1 hour, in addition turning
# the hands of the clock 1 hour forward on the last Sunday of March at 02:00
# (GMT 23:00 on the previous day) and 1 hour backward on the last Sunday of
# September at 03:00 (GMT 23:00 on the previous day).
#
-# Act No.81 of the Council of Ministers of Latvian SSR of 1989-03-22 ...
-# according to the Act No.227 of the Council of Ministers of USSR of 1989-03-14
+# Act No. 81 of the Council of Ministers of Latvian SSR of 1989-03-22 ...
+# according to the Act No. 227 of the Council of Ministers of USSR of 1989-03-14
# ...: since the last Sunday of March 1989 in Lithuanian SSR, Latvian SSR,
# Estonian SSR and Kaliningrad region of Russian Federation all year round the
# time of 2nd time zone (Moscow time minus one hour). On the territory of Latvia
# From Andrei Ivanov (2000-03-06):
# This year Latvia will not switch to Daylight Savings Time (as specified in
# The Regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Rep. of Latvia of
-# 29-Feb-2000 (#79) <http://www.lv-laiks.lv/wwwraksti/2000/071072/vd4.htm>,
+# 29-Feb-2000 (No. 79) <http://www.lv-laiks.lv/wwwraksti/2000/071072/vd4.htm>,
# in Latvian for subscribers only).
# From RFE/RL Newsline
# News from Moldova (in russian):
# http://ru.publika.md/link_317061.html
+# From Roman Tudos (2015-07-02):
+# http://lex.justice.md/index.php?action=view&view=doc&lang=1&id=355077
+# From Paul Eggert (2015-07-01):
+# The abovementioned official link to IGO1445-868/2014 states that
+# 2014-10-26's fallback transition occurred at 03:00 local time. Also,
+# http://www.trm.md/en/social/la-30-martie-vom-trece-la-ora-de-vara
+# says the 2014-03-30 spring-forward transition was at 02:00 local time.
+# Guess that since 1997 Moldova has switched one hour before the EU.
+
+# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
+Rule Moldova 1997 max - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 S
+Rule Moldova 1997 max - Oct lastSun 3:00 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Europe/Chisinau 1:55:20 - LMT 1880
2:00 Russia EE%sT 1992
2:00 E-Eur EE%sT 1997
# See Romania commentary for the guessed 1997 transition to EU rules.
- 2:00 EU EE%sT
+ 2:00 Moldova EE%sT
# Monaco
# Shanks & Pottenger give 0:09:20 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's
# Russia
# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-09-15):
-# Based on last Russian Government Decree # 725 on August 31, 2011
+# Based on last Russian Government Decree No. 725 on August 31, 2011
# (Government document
# http://www.government.ru/gov/results/16355/print/
# in Russian)
# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia36.htm
# From Sanjeev Gupta (2011-09-27):
-# Scans of [Decree #23 of January 8, 1992] are available at:
+# Scans of [Decree No. 23 of January 8, 1992] are available at:
# http://government.consultant.ru/page.aspx?1223966
# They are in Cyrillic letters (presumably Russian).
# One source is
# http://government.ru/gov/results/16355/
# which, according to translate.google.com, begins "Decree of August 31,
-# 2011 No 725" and contains no other dates or "effective date" information.
+# 2011 No. 725" and contains no other dates or "effective date" information.
#
# Another source is
# http://www.rg.ru/2011/09/06/chas-zona-dok.html
# which, according to translate.google.com, begins "Resolution of the
# Government of the Russian Federation on August 31, 2011 N 725" and also
# contains "Date first official publication: September 6, 2011 Posted on:
-# in the 'RG' - Federal Issue number 5573 September 6, 2011" but which
+# in the 'RG' - Federal Issue No. 5573 September 6, 2011" but which
# does not contain any "effective date" information.
#
# Another source is
# http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oymyakonsky_District#cite_note-RuTime-7
-# which, in note 8, contains "Resolution #725 of August 31, 2011...
+# which, in note 8, contains "Resolution No. 725 of August 31, 2011...
# Effective as of after 7 days following the day of the official publication"
# but which does not contain any reference to September 6, 2011.
#
# changed in May.
2:00 E-Eur EE%sT 1994 May
# From IATA SSIM (1994/1997), which also says that Kerch is still like Kiev.
- 3:00 E-Eur MSK/MSD 1996 Mar 31 3:00s
+ 3:00 E-Eur MSK/MSD 1996 Mar 31 0:00s
3:00 1:00 MSD 1996 Oct 27 3:00s
# IATA SSIM (1997-09) says Crimea switched to EET/EEST.
# Assume it happened in March by not changing the clocks.
# from current Russia Zone 6 - Krasnoyarsk Time Zone (KRA) UTC +0700
# to Russia Zone 5 - Novosibirsk Time Zone (NOV) UTC +0600
#
-# This is according to Government of Russia decree # 740, on September
+# This is according to Government of Russia decree No. 740, on September
# 14, 2009 "Application in the territory of the Kemerovo region the Fifth
# time zone." ("Russia Zone 5" or old "USSR Zone 5" is GMT +0600)
#
Zone Atlantic/Canary -1:01:36 - LMT 1922 Mar # Las Palmas de Gran C.
-1:00 - CANT 1946 Sep 30 1:00 # Canaries T
0:00 - WET 1980 Apr 6 0:00s
- 0:00 1:00 WEST 1980 Sep 28 0:00s
+ 0:00 1:00 WEST 1980 Sep 28 1:00u
0:00 EU WE%sT
# IATA SSIM (1996-09) says the Canaries switch at 2:00u, not 1:00u.
# Ignore this for now, as the Canaries are part of the EU.
# http://www.balkaneu.com/eventful-elections-turkey/ 2014-03-30.
# I guess the best we can do is document the official time.
+# From Fatih (2015-09-29):
+# It's officially announced now by the Ministry of Energy.
+# Turkey delays winter time to 8th of November 04:00
+# http://www.aa.com.tr/tr/turkiye/yaz-saati-uygulamasi-8-kasimda-sona-erecek/362217
+
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Turkey 1916 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S
Rule Turkey 1916 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
2:00 - EET 2011 Mar 28 1:00u
2:00 EU EE%sT 2014 Mar 30 1:00u
2:00 - EET 2014 Mar 31 1:00u
+ 2:00 EU EE%sT 2015 Oct 25 1:00u
+ 2:00 1:00 EEST 2015 Nov 8 1:00u
2:00 EU EE%sT
Link Europe/Istanbul Asia/Istanbul # Istanbul is in both continents.
# From Igor Karpov, who works for the Ukrainian Ministry of Justice,
# via Garrett Wollman (2003-01-27):
# BTW, I've found the official document on this matter. It's government
-# regulations number 509, May 13, 1996. In my poor translation it says:
+# regulations No. 509, May 13, 1996. In my poor translation it says:
# "Time in Ukraine is set to second timezone (Kiev time). Each last Sunday
# of March at 3am the time is changing to 4am and each last Sunday of
# October the time at 4am is changing to 3am"
# On September 20, 2011 the deputies of the Verkhovna Rada agreed to
# abolish the transfer clock to winter time.
#
-# Bill number 8330 of MP from the Party of Regions Oleg Nadoshi got
+# Bill No. 8330 of MP from the Party of Regions Oleg Nadoshi got
# approval from 266 deputies.
#
# Ukraine abolishes transfer back to the winter time (in Russian)
# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
#
-# From Paul Eggert (2014-07-18):
+# From Paul Eggert (2015-05-02):
# This file contains a table of two-letter country codes. Columns are
# separated by a single tab. Lines beginning with '#' are comments.
-# Although all text currently uses ASCII encoding, this is planned to
-# change to UTF-8 soon. The columns of the table are as follows:
+# All text uses UTF-8 encoding. The columns of the table are as follows:
#
# 1. ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code, current as of
# ISO 3166-1 Newsletter VI-16 (2013-07-11). See: Updates on ISO 3166
AT Austria
AU Australia
AW Aruba
-AX Aaland Islands
+AX Åland Islands
AZ Azerbaijan
BA Bosnia & Herzegovina
BB Barbados
CF Central African Rep.
CG Congo (Rep.)
CH Switzerland
-CI Cote d'Ivoire
+CI Côte d'Ivoire
CK Cook Islands
CL Chile
CM Cameroon
PW Palau
PY Paraguay
QA Qatar
-RE Reunion
+RE Réunion
RO Romania
RS Serbia
RU Russia
Leap 2012 Jun 30 23:59:60 + S
Leap 2015 Jun 30 23:59:60 + S
-# Updated through IERS Bulletin C49
-# File expires on: 28 December 2015
+# Updated through IERS Bulletin C50
+# File expires on: 28 June 2016
# west Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward I
-# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
+# From Brian Inglis (2015-07-20):
+# From the historical weather station records available at:
+# https://weatherspark.com/history/28351/1971/Sydney-Nova-Scotia-Canada
+# Sydney shares the same time history as Glace Bay, so was
+# likely to be the same across the island....
+# Sydney, as the capital and most populous location, or Cape Breton, would
+# have been better names for the zone had we known this in 1996.
+
+# From Paul Eggert (2015-07-20):
# Shanks & Pottenger write that since 1970 most of this region has been like
# Halifax. Many locales did not observe peacetime DST until 1972;
-# Glace Bay, NS is the largest that we know of.
+# the Cape Breton area, represented by Glace Bay, is the largest we know of
+# (Glace Bay was perhaps not the best name choice but no point changing now).
# Shanks & Pottenger also write that Liverpool, NS was the only town
# in Canada to observe DST in 1971 but not 1970; for now we'll assume
# this is a typo.
# Exact date in October unknown; Sunday October 1 is a reasonable guess.
# 3. June 1918: switch to Pacific Daylight Time (GMT-7)
# Exact date in June unknown; Sunday June 2 is a reasonable guess.
-# note#1:
+# note 1:
# On Oct 27/1918 when daylight saving ended in the rest of Canada,
# Creston did not change its clocks.
-# note#2:
+# note 2:
# During WWII when the Federal Government legislated a mandatory clock change,
# Creston did not oblige.
-# note#3:
+# note 3:
# There is no guarantee that Creston will remain on Mountain Standard Time
# (UTC-7) forever.
# The subject was debated at least once this year by the town Council.
# The transition dates (and times) are guesses.
+# From Matt Johnson (2015-09-21):
+# Fort Nelson, BC, Canada will cancel DST this year. So while previously they
+# were aligned with America/Vancouver, they're now aligned with
+# America/Dawson_Creek.
+# http://www.northernrockies.ca/EN/meta/news/archives/2015/northern-rockies-time-change.html
+#
+# From Tim Parenti (2015-09-23):
+# This requires a new zone for the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality,
+# America/Fort_Nelson. The resolution of 2014-12-08 was reached following a
+# 2014-11-15 poll with nearly 75% support. Effectively, the municipality has
+# been on MST (-0700) like Dawson Creek since it advanced its clocks on
+# 2015-03-08.
+#
+# From Paul Eggert (2015-09-23):
+# Shanks says Fort Nelson did not observe DST in 1946, unlike Vancouver.
+
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Vanc 1918 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 D
Rule Vanc 1918 only - Oct 27 2:00 0 S
-8:00 Canada P%sT 1947
-8:00 Vanc P%sT 1972 Aug 30 2:00
-7:00 - MST
+Zone America/Fort_Nelson -8:10:47 - LMT 1884
+ -8:00 Vanc P%sT 1946
+ -8:00 - PST 1947
+ -8:00 Vanc P%sT 1987
+ -8:00 Canada P%sT 2015 Mar 8 2:00
+ -7:00 - MST
Zone America/Creston -7:46:04 - LMT 1884
-7:00 - MST 1916 Oct 1
-8:00 - PST 1918 Jun 2
-4:00 US A%sT
# Cayman Is
-# See America/Panama.
+
+# From Paul Eggert (2015-05-15):
+# The Cayman government has decided to introduce DST in 2016, the idea being
+# to keep in sync with New York. The legislation hasn't passed but the change
+# seems quite likely. See: Meade B. Cayman 27.
+# http://www.cayman27.com.ky/2015/05/15/clock-ticks-toward-daylight-saving-time-in-cayman
+
+Zone America/Cayman -5:25:32 - LMT 1890 # Georgetown
+ -5:07:11 - KMT 1912 Feb # Kingston Mean Time
+ -5:00 - EST 2016
+ -5:00 US E%sT
# Costa Rica
Zone America/Panama -5:18:08 - LMT 1890
-5:19:36 - CMT 1908 Apr 22 # Colón Mean Time
-5:00 - EST
-Link America/Panama America/Cayman
# Puerto Rico
# There are too many San Juans elsewhere, so we'll use 'Puerto_Rico'.
# I suggest the use of _Summer time_ instead of the more cumbersome
# _daylight-saving time_. _Summer time_ seems to be in general use
# in Europe and South America.
-# -- E O Cutler, _New York Times_ (1937-02-14), quoted in
+# -- E O Cutler, _New York Times_ (1937-02-14), quoted in
# H L Mencken, _The American Language: Supplement I_ (1960), p 466
#
# Earlier editions of these tables also used the North American style
# Timezone Law (which never was effectively applied) will (would?) be
# in effect.... The article is at
# http://ar.clarin.com/diario/2001-06-06/e-01701.htm
-# ... The Law itself is "Ley No 25155", sanctioned on 1999-08-25, enacted
+# ... The Law itself is "Ley No. 25155", sanctioned on 1999-08-25, enacted
# 1999-09-17, and published 1999-09-21. The official publication is at:
# http://www.boletin.jus.gov.ar/BON/Primera/1999/09-Septiembre/21/PDF/BO21-09-99LEG.PDF
# Regretfully, you have to subscribe (and pay) for the on-line version....
# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_argentina03.html
# http://www.impulsobaires.com.ar/nota.php?id=57832 (in spanish)
-# From Rodrigo Severo (2008-10-06):
-# Here is some info available at a Gentoo bug related to TZ on Argentina's DST:
-# ...
-# ------- Comment #1 from [jmdocile] 2008-10-06 16:28 0000 -------
-# Hi, there is a problem with timezone-data-2008e and maybe with
-# timezone-data-2008f
-# Argentinian law [Number] 25.155 is no longer valid.
+# From Juan Manuel Docile in https://bugs.gentoo.org/240339 (2008-10-07)
+# via Rodrigo Severo:
+# Argentinian law No. 25.155 is no longer valid.
# http://www.infoleg.gov.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/60000-64999/60036/norma.htm
-# The new one is law [Number] 26.350
+# The new one is law No. 26.350
# http://www.infoleg.gov.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/135000-139999/136191/norma.htm
# So there is no summer time in Argentina for now.
# [ and in a second message (same day): ]
# I found the decree.
#
-# DECRETO No- 7.584, DE 13 DE OUTUBRO DE 2011
+# DECRETO No. 7.584, DE 13 DE OUTUBRO DE 2011
# Link :
# http://www.in.gov.br/visualiza/index.jsp?data=13/10/2011&jornal=1000&pagina=6&totalArquivos=6
# Conflicts between [1] and [2] were resolved as follows:
#
# - [1] says the 1910 transition was Jan 1, [2] says Jan 10 and cites
-# Boletín Nº 1, Aviso Nº 1 (1910). Go with [2].
+# Boletín No. 1, Aviso No. 1 (1910). Go with [2].
#
# - [1] says SMT was -4:42:45, [2] says Chile's official time from
# 1916 to 1919 was -4:42:46.3, the meridian of Chile's National
# Quinta Normal in Santiago. Go with [2], rounding it to -4:42:46.
#
# - [1] says the 1918 transition was Sep 1, [2] says Sep 10 and cites
-# Boletín Nº 22, Aviso Nº 129/1918 (1918-08-23). Go with [2].
+# Boletín No. 22, Aviso No. 129/1918 (1918-08-23). Go with [2].
#
# - [1] does not give times for transitions; assume they occur
# at midnight mainland time, the current common practice. However,
# (1999-09) reports no date; go with above sources and Gerd Knops (2001-02-27).
Rule Para 1998 2001 - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 -
# From Rives McDow (2002-02-28):
-# A decree was issued in Paraguay (no. 16350) on 2002-02-26 that changed the
+# A decree was issued in Paraguay (No. 16350) on 2002-02-26 that changed the
# dst method to be from the first Sunday in September to the first Sunday in
# April.
Rule Para 2002 2004 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 0 -
Rule Uruguay 2006 only - Mar 12 2:00 0 -
# From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2006-09-06):
# http://www.presidencia.gub.uy/_web/decretos/2006/09/CM%20210_08%2006%202006_00001.PDF
-Rule Uruguay 2006 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S
-Rule Uruguay 2007 max - Mar Sun>=8 2:00 0 -
+#
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2015-06-30):
+# ... it looks like they will not be using DST the coming summer:
+# http://www.elobservador.com.uy/gobierno-resolvio-que-no-habra-cambio-horario-verano-n656787
+# http://www.republica.com.uy/este-ano-no-se-modificara-el-huso-horario-en-uruguay/523760/
+# From Paul Eggert (2015-06-30):
+# Apparently restaurateurs complained that DST caused people to go to the beach
+# instead of out to dinner.
+# From Pablo Camargo (2015-07-13):
+# http://archivo.presidencia.gub.uy/sci/decretos/2015/06/cons_min_201.pdf
+# [dated 2015-06-29; repeals Decree 311/006 dated 2006-09-04]
+Rule Uruguay 2006 2014 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S
+Rule Uruguay 2007 2015 - Mar Sun>=8 2:00 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone America/Montevideo -3:44:44 - LMT 1898 Jun 28
-3:44:44 - MMT 1920 May 1 # Montevideo MT
# Venezuela
#
+# From Paul Eggert (2015-07-28):
+# For the 1965 transition see Gaceta Oficial No. 27.619 (1964-12-15), p 205.533
+# http://www.pgr.gob.ve/dmdocuments/1964/27619.pdf
+#
# From John Stainforth (2007-11-28):
# ... the change for Venezuela originally expected for 2007-12-31 has
# been brought forward to 2007-12-09. The official announcement was
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone America/Caracas -4:27:44 - LMT 1890
-4:27:40 - CMT 1912 Feb 12 # Caracas Mean Time?
- -4:30 - VET 1965 # Venezuela Time
+ -4:30 - VET 1965 Jan 1 0:00 # Venezuela T.
-4:00 - VET 2007 Dec 9 3:00
-4:30 - VET
BY +5354+02734 Europe/Minsk
BZ +1730-08812 America/Belize
CA +4734-05243 America/St_Johns Newfoundland Time, including SE Labrador
-CA +4439-06336 America/Halifax Atlantic Time - Nova Scotia (most places), PEI
-CA +4612-05957 America/Glace_Bay Atlantic Time - Nova Scotia - places that did not observe DST 1966-1971
+CA +4439-06336 America/Halifax Atlantic Time - Nova Scotia (peninsula), PEI
+CA +4612-05957 America/Glace_Bay Atlantic Time - Nova Scotia (Cape Breton)
CA +4606-06447 America/Moncton Atlantic Time - New Brunswick
CA +5320-06025 America/Goose_Bay Atlantic Time - Labrador - most locations
CA +5125-05707 America/Blanc-Sablon Atlantic Standard Time - Quebec - Lower North Shore
CA +682059-1334300 America/Inuvik Mountain Time - west Northwest Territories
CA +4906-11631 America/Creston Mountain Standard Time - Creston, British Columbia
CA +5946-12014 America/Dawson_Creek Mountain Standard Time - Dawson Creek & Fort Saint John, British Columbia
+CA +5848-12242 America/Fort_Nelson Mountain Standard Time - Fort Nelson, British Columbia
CA +4916-12307 America/Vancouver Pacific Time - west British Columbia
CA +6043-13503 America/Whitehorse Pacific Time - south Yukon
CA +6404-13925 America/Dawson Pacific Time - north Yukon
BY +5354+02734 Europe/Minsk
BZ +1730-08812 America/Belize
CA +4734-05243 America/St_Johns Newfoundland Time, including SE Labrador
-CA +4439-06336 America/Halifax Atlantic Time - Nova Scotia (most places), PEI
-CA +4612-05957 America/Glace_Bay Atlantic Time - Nova Scotia - places that did not observe DST 1966-1971
+CA +4439-06336 America/Halifax Atlantic Time - Nova Scotia (peninsula), PEI
+CA +4612-05957 America/Glace_Bay Atlantic Time - Nova Scotia (Cape Breton)
CA +4606-06447 America/Moncton Atlantic Time - New Brunswick
CA +5320-06025 America/Goose_Bay Atlantic Time - Labrador - most locations
CA +5125-05707 America/Blanc-Sablon Atlantic Standard Time - Quebec - Lower North Shore
CA +682059-1334300 America/Inuvik Mountain Time - west Northwest Territories
CA +4906-11631 America/Creston Mountain Standard Time - Creston, British Columbia
CA +5946-12014 America/Dawson_Creek Mountain Standard Time - Dawson Creek & Fort Saint John, British Columbia
+CA +5848-12242 America/Fort_Nelson Mountain Standard Time - Fort Nelson, British Columbia
CA +4916-12307 America/Vancouver Pacific Time - west British Columbia
CA +6043-13503 America/Whitehorse Pacific Time - south Yukon
CA +6404-13925 America/Dawson Pacific Time - north Yukon
KI +0152-15720 Pacific/Kiritimati Line Islands
KP +3901+12545 Asia/Pyongyang
KR +3733+12658 Asia/Seoul
+KY +1918-08123 America/Cayman
KZ +4315+07657 Asia/Almaty most locations
KZ +4448+06528 Asia/Qyzylorda Qyzylorda (Kyzylorda, Kzyl-Orda)
KZ +5017+05710 Asia/Aqtobe Aqtobe (Aktobe)
NU -1901-16955 Pacific/Niue
NZ,AQ -3652+17446 Pacific/Auckland New Zealand time
NZ -4357-17633 Pacific/Chatham Chatham Islands
-PA,KY +0858-07932 America/Panama
+PA +0858-07932 America/Panama
PE -1203-07703 America/Lima
PF -1732-14934 Pacific/Tahiti Society Islands
PF -0900-13930 Pacific/Marquesas Marquesas Islands
KGT 21600
KOST 39600
KRAT 25200
+KST 30600
KST 32400
LHDT 39600 D
LHST 37800
MYT 28800
NCT 39600
NDT -9000 D
+NFT 39600
NFT 41400
NOVT 21600
NPT 20700
ULAST 32400 D
ULAT 28800
UTC 0
-UYST -7200 D
UYT -10800
UZT 18000
VET -16200
# (America/Asuncion)
SRT America/Paramaribo # Suriname Time
# (America/Paramaribo)
-UYST -7200 D # Uruguay Summer Time
+UYST -7200 D # Uruguay Summer Time (obsolete)
# (America/Montevideo)
UYT -10800 # Uruguay Time
# (America/Montevideo)
KRAST Asia/Krasnoyarsk # Krasnoyarsk Summer Time (obsolete)
KRAT Asia/Krasnoyarsk # Krasnoyarsk Time
# (Asia/Krasnoyarsk)
-KST 32400 # Korean Standard Time
+KST Asia/Pyongyang # Korean Standard Time
# (Asia/Pyongyang)
+KST 32400 # Korean Standard Time
+ # (Asia/Seoul)
LKT Asia/Colombo # Lanka Time (obsolete)
MAGST Asia/Magadan # Magadan Summer Time (obsolete)
MAGT Asia/Magadan # Magadan Time
# (America/Asuncion)
PYT America/Asuncion # Paraguay Time
# (America/Asuncion)
-UYST -7200 D # Uruguay Summer Time
+UYST -7200 D # Uruguay Summer Time (obsolete)
# (America/Montevideo)
UYT -10800 # Uruguay Time
# (America/Montevideo)
KRAT Asia/Krasnoyarsk # Krasnoyarsk Time
# (Asia/Krasnoyarsk)
KST 32400 # Korean Standard Time
- # (Asia/Pyongyang)
+ # (Asia/Seoul)
LKT Asia/Colombo # Lanka Time (obsolete)
MAGST Asia/Magadan # Magadan Summer Time (obsolete)
MAGT Asia/Magadan # Magadan Time
# CONFLICT! NFT is not unique
# Other timezones:
# - NFT: Newfoundland Time (America)
-NFT 41400 # Norfolk Time
+NFT Pacific/Norfolk # Norfolk Time
# (Pacific/Norfolk)
NRT Pacific/Nauru # Nauru Time
# (Pacific/Nauru)
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