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# <pre>
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- # @(#)asia 8.73
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# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
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# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
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# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2012-02-10):
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# According to News Armenia, on Feb 9, 2012,
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# http://newsarmenia.ru/society/20120209/42609695.html
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- #
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# The Armenia National Assembly adopted final reading of Amendments to the
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# Law "On procedure of calculation time on the territory of the Republic of
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# Armenia" according to which Armenia [is] abolishing Daylight Saving Time.
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# </a>
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# From A. N. M. Kamrus Saadat (2009-06-15):
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- # Finally we've got the official mail regarding DST start time where DST start
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- # time is mentioned as Jun 19 2009, 23:00 from BTRC (Bangladesh
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- # Telecommunication Regulatory Commission).
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+ # Finally we've got the official mail regarding DST start time where DST start
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+ # time is mentioned as Jun 19 2009, 23:00 from BTRC (Bangladesh
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+ # Telecommunication Regulatory Commission).
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#
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# No DST end date has been announced yet.
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# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-09-25):
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- # Bangladesh won't go back to Standard Time from October 1, 2009,
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- # instead it will continue DST measure till the cabinet makes a fresh decision.
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+ # Bangladesh won't go back to Standard Time from October 1, 2009,
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+ # instead it will continue DST measure till the cabinet makes a fresh decision.
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# Following report by same newspaper-"The Daily Star Friday":
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# "DST change awaits cabinet decision-Clock won't go back by 1-hr from Oct 1"
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# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-10-13):
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# IANS (Indo-Asian News Service) now reports:
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- # Bangladesh has decided that the clock advanced by an hour to make
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- # maximum use of daylight hours as an energy saving measure would
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+ # Bangladesh has decided that the clock advanced by an hour to make
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+ # maximum use of daylight hours as an energy saving measure would
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# "continue for an indefinite period."
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#
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# One of many places where it is published:
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# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-03-22):
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# According to Bangladesh newspaper "The Daily Star,"
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- # Cabinet cancels Daylight Saving Time
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+ # Cabinet cancels Daylight Saving Time
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# <a href="http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/latest_news.php?nid=22817">
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# http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/latest_news.php?nid=22817
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# </a>
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# observing daylight saving time in 1986.
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#
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# From Thomas S. Mullaney (2008-02-11):
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- # I think you're combining two subjects that need to treated
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- # separately: daylight savings (which, you're correct, wasn't
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- # implemented until the 1980s) and the unified time zone centered near
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- # Beijing (which was implemented in 1949). Briefly, there was also a
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- # "Lhasa Time" in Tibet and "Urumqi Time" in Xinjiang. The first was
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+ # I think you're combining two subjects that need to treated
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+ # separately: daylight savings (which, you're correct, wasn't
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+ # implemented until the 1980s) and the unified time zone centered near
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+ # Beijing (which was implemented in 1949). Briefly, there was also a
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+ # "Lhasa Time" in Tibet and "Urumqi Time" in Xinjiang. The first was
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# ceased, and the second eventually recognized (again, in the 1980s).
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#
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# From Paul Eggert (2008-06-30):
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# as of 2009-10-28:
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# Year Period
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# 1941 1 Apr to 30 Sep
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+ # 1942 Whole year
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# 1943 Whole year
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# 1944 Whole year
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# 1945 Whole year
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# From Arthur David Olson (2010-04-07):
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# Here's Google's translation of the table at the bottom of the "summert.htm" page:
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# Decade Name Start and end date
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- # Republic of China 34 years to 40 years (AD 1945-1951 years) Summer Time May 1 to September 30
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- # 41 years of the Republic of China (AD 1952) Daylight Saving Time March 1 to October 31
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- # Republic of China 42 years to 43 years (AD 1953-1954 years) Daylight Saving Time April 1 to October 31
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- # In the 44 years to 45 years (AD 1955-1956 years) Daylight Saving Time April 1 to September 30
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- # Republic of China 46 years to 48 years (AD 1957-1959) Summer Time April 1 to September 30
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- # Republic of China 49 years to 50 years (AD 1960-1961) Summer Time June 1 to September 30
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- # Republic of China 51 years to 62 years (AD 1962-1973 years) Stop Summer Time
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- # Republic of China 63 years to 64 years (1974-1975 AD) Daylight Saving Time April 1 to September 30
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- # Republic of China 65 years to 67 years (1976-1978 AD) Stop Daylight Saving Time
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- # Republic of China 68 years (AD 1979) Daylight Saving Time July 1 to September 30
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+ # Republic of China 34 years to 40 years (AD 1945-1951 years) Summer Time May 1 to September 30
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+ # 41 years of the Republic of China (AD 1952) Daylight Saving Time March 1 to October 31
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+ # Republic of China 42 years to 43 years (AD 1953-1954 years) Daylight Saving Time April 1 to October 31
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+ # In the 44 years to 45 years (AD 1955-1956 years) Daylight Saving Time April 1 to September 30
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+ # Republic of China 46 years to 48 years (AD 1957-1959) Summer Time April 1 to September 30
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+ # Republic of China 49 years to 50 years (AD 1960-1961) Summer Time June 1 to September 30
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+ # Republic of China 51 years to 62 years (AD 1962-1973 years) Stop Summer Time
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+ # Republic of China 63 years to 64 years (1974-1975 AD) Daylight Saving Time April 1 to September 30
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+ # Republic of China 65 years to 67 years (1976-1978 AD) Stop Daylight Saving Time
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+ # Republic of China 68 years (AD 1979) Daylight Saving Time July 1 to September 30
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# Republic of China since 69 years (AD 1980) Stop Daylight Saving Time
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# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
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# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-15):
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+ # Here is an article that Pakistan plan to introduce Daylight Saving Time
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# on June 1, 2008 for 3 months.
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- # "... The federal cabinet on Wednesday announced a new conservation plan to help
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- # reduce load shedding by approving the closure of commercial centres at 9pm and
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- # moving clocks forward by one hour for the next three months.
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+ # "... The federal cabinet on Wednesday announced a new conservation plan to help
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+ # reduce load shedding by approving the closure of commercial centres at 9pm and
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+ # moving clocks forward by one hour for the next three months.
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# Government has decided to restore the previous time by moving the
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# this effect will be made after the Prime Minister grants approval in
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- # this regard."
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# <a href="http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=87168">
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# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/westbank-gaza-end-dst-2010.html">
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# The rules for Egypt are stolen from the `africa' file.
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# which using Google's translate tools says:
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- # Council of Ministers also approved the commencement of work on
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+ # Council of Ministers also approved the commencement of work on
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- # The Syrian Arab News Network on 2009-09-29 reported that Syria will
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+ # The Syrian Arab News Network on 2009-09-29 reported that Syria will
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+ # revert back to winter (standard) time on midnight between Thursday
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# <a href="http://www.sana.sy/ara/2/2009/09/29/247012.htm">
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# http://www.sana.sy/ara/2/2009/09/29/247012.htm (Arabic)
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