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Update time zone data files to tzdata release 2009s: DST law changes in
Antarctica, Argentina, Bangladesh, Fiji, Novokuznetsk, Pakistan, Palestine, Samoa, Syria. Also historical corrections for Hong Kong.
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‎src/timezone/data/antarctica

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# <pre>
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# @(#)antarctica 8.5
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# @(#)antarctica 8.7
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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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# Davis, Vestfold Hills, -6835+07759, since 1957-01-13
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# (except 1964-11 - 1969-02)
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# Mawson, Holme Bay, -6736+06253, since 1954-02-13
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# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-03-11):
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# Three Australian stations in Antarctica have changed their time zone:
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# Casey moved from UTC+8 to UTC+11
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# Davis moved from UTC+7 to UTC+5
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# Mawson moved from UTC+6 to UTC+5
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# The changes occurred on 2009-10-18 at 02:00 (local times).
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#
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# Government source: (Australian Antarctic Division)
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# <a href="http://www.aad.gov.au/default.asp?casid=37079">
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# http://www.aad.gov.au/default.asp?casid=37079
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# </a>
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#
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# We have more background information here:
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# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/antarctica-new-times.html">
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# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/antarctica-new-times.html
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# </a>
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# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
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Zone Antarctica/Casey 0 - zzz 1969
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8:00 - WST # Western (Aus) Standard Time
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8:00 - WST 2009 Oct 18 2:00
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# Western (Aus) Standard Time
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11:00 - CAST # Casey Time
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Zone Antarctica/Davis 0 - zzz 1957 Jan 13
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7:00 - DAVT 1964 Nov # Davis Time
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0 - zzz 1969 Feb
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7:00 - DAVT
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7:00 - DAVT 2009 Oct 18 2:00
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5:00 - DAVT
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Zone Antarctica/Mawson 0 - zzz 1954 Feb 13
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6:00 - MAWT # Mawson Time
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6:00 - MAWT 2009 Oct 18 2:00
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# Mawson Time
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5:00 - MAWT
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# References:
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# <a href="http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/casey/casey_aws.html">
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# Casey Weather (1998-02-26)

‎src/timezone/data/asia

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# <pre>
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# @(#)asia 8.36
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# @(#)asia 8.44
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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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#
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# No DST end date has been announced yet.
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# From Arthur David Olson (2009-07-11):
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# Arbitrarily end DST at the end of 2009 so that a POSIX-sytle time zone string
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# can appear in the Dhaka binary file and for the benefit of old glibc
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# reimplementations of the time zone software that mishandle permanent DST.
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# A change will be required once the end date is known.
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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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#
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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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# <a href="http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=107021">
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# http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=107021
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# </a>
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# or
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# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_bangladesh04.html">
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# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_bangladesh04.html
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# </a>
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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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# "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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# <a href="http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/business/bangladesh-to-continue-indefinitely-with-advanced-time_100259987.html">
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# http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/business/bangladesh-to-continue-indefinitely-with-advanced-time_100259987.html
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# </a>
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# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
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Zone Asia/Dhaka 6:01:40 - LMT 1890
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6:30 - BURT 1951 Sep 30
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6:00 - DACT 1971 Mar 26 # Dacca Time
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6:00 - BDT 2009 Jun 19 23:00 # Bangladesh Time
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6:00 1:00 BDST 2010
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6:00 - BDT
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6:00 1:00 BDST
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# Bhutan
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# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
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5:00 - KAST 1980 May
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8:00 PRC C%sT
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# From Lee Yiu Chung (2009-10-24):
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# I found there are some mistakes for the historial DST rule for Hong
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# Kong. Accoring to the DST record from Hong Kong Observatory (actually,
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# it is not [an] observatory, but the official meteorological agency of HK,
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# and also serves as the official timing agency), there are some missing
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# and incorrect rules. Although the exact switch over time is missing, I
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# think 3:30 is correct. The official DST record for Hong Kong can be
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# obtained from
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# <a href="http://www.hko.gov.hk/gts/time/Summertime.htm">
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# http://www.hko.gov.hk/gts/time/Summertime.htm
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# </a>.
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# From Arthur David Olson (2009-10-28):
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# Here are the dates given at
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# <a href="http://www.hko.gov.hk/gts/time/Summertime.htm">
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# http://www.hko.gov.hk/gts/time/Summertime.htm
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# </a>
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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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# 1946 20 Apr to 1 Dec
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# 1947 13 Apr to 30 Dec
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# 1948 2 May to 31 Oct
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# 1949 3 Apr to 30 Oct
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# 1950 2 Apr to 29 Oct
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# 1951 1 Apr to 28 Oct
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# 1952 6 Apr to 25 Oct
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# 1953 5 Apr to 1 Nov
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# 1954 21 Mar to 31 Oct
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# 1955 20 Mar to 6 Nov
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# 1956 18 Mar to 4 Nov
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# 1957 24 Mar to 3 Nov
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# 1958 23 Mar to 2 Nov
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# 1959 22 Mar to 1 Nov
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# 1960 20 Mar to 6 Nov
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# 1961 19 Mar to 5 Nov
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# 1962 18 Mar to 4 Nov
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# 1963 24 Mar to 3 Nov
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# 1964 22 Mar to 1 Nov
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# 1965 18 Apr to 17 Oct
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# 1966 17 Apr to 16 Oct
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# 1967 16 Apr to 22 Oct
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# 1968 21 Apr to 20 Oct
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# 1969 20 Apr to 19 Oct
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# 1970 19 Apr to 18 Oct
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# 1971 18 Apr to 17 Oct
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# 1972 16 Apr to 22 Oct
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# 1973 22 Apr to 21 Oct
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# 1973/74 30 Dec 73 to 20 Oct 74
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# 1975 20 Apr to 19 Oct
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# 1976 18 Apr to 17 Oct
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# 1977 Nil
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# 1978 Nil
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# 1979 13 May to 21 Oct
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# 1980 to Now Nil
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# The page does not give start or end times of day.
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# The page does not give a start date for 1942.
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# The page does not givw an end date for 1945.
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# The Japanese occupation of Hong Kong began on 1941-12-25.
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# The Japanese surrender of Hong Kong was signed 1945-09-15.
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# For lack of anything better, use start of those days as the transition times.
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# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
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Rule HK 1941 only - Apr 1 3:30 1:00 S
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Rule HK 1941 only - Sep 30 3:30 0 -
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Rule HK 1946 only - Apr 20 3:30 1:00 S
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Rule HK 1946 only - Dec 1 3:30 0 -
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Rule HK 1947 only - Apr 13 3:30 1:00 S
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Rule HK 1947 only - Dec 30 3:30 0 -
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Rule HK 1948 only - May 2 3:30 1:00 S
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Rule HK 1948 1952 - Oct lastSun 3:30 0 -
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Rule HK 1948 1951 - Oct lastSun 3:30 0 -
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Rule HK 1952 only - Oct 25 3:30 0 -
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Rule HK 1949 1953 - Apr Sun>=1 3:30 1:00 S
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Rule HK 1953 only - Nov 1 3:30 0 -
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Rule HK 1954 1964 - Mar Sun>=18 3:30 1:00 S
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Rule HK 1954 only - Oct 31 3:30 0 -
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Rule HK 1955 1964 - Nov Sun>=1 3:30 0 -
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Rule HK 1965 1977 - Apr Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S
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Rule HK 1965 1977 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 -
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Rule HK 1979 1980 - May Sun>=8 3:30 1:00 S
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Rule HK 1979 1980 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 -
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Rule HK 1973 only - Dec 30 3:30 1:00 S
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Rule HK 1979 only - May Sun>=8 3:30 1:00 S
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8:00 HK HK%sT 1941 Dec 25
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# advance clocks in the country by one hour from April 15 to
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# Assume for now that Pakistan will end DST in 2009 as it did in 2008.
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# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-09-17):
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# "The News International," Pakistan reports that: "The Federal
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# Government has decided to restore the previous time by moving the
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# clocks backward by one hour from October 1. A formal announcement to
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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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# http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=87168
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# According to Associated Press Of Pakistan, it is confirmed that
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# Pakistan clocks across the country would be turned back by an hour from October
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# 1, 2009.
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# <a href="http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=86715&Itemid=2">
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# http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=86715&Itemid=2
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# </a>
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# or
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# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_pakistan07.htm">
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# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_pakistan07.htm
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# Alexander Krivenyshev wrote:
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# > According to Associated Press Of Pakistan, it is confirmed that
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# > Pakistan clocks across the country would be turned back by an hour from October
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# Now they seem to have changed their mind, November 1 is the new date:
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# <a href="http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=24742">
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# http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=24742
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# "The country's clocks will be reversed by one hour on November 1.
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# Officials of Federal Ministry for Interior told this to Geo News on
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# And more importantly, it seems that these dates will be kept every year:
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# Water and Power and the Pakistan Electric Power Company:
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# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/pakistan-ends-dst09.html">
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# Palestine's Council of Ministers announced that they will revert back to
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#
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# One news source:
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# <a href="http://www.safa.ps/ara/?action=showdetail&seid=4158">
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# (Palestinian press agency, Arabic),
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# Google translate: "Decided that the Palestinian government in Ramallah
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# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/westbank-gaza-dst-2009.html
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# </a>
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# Seems that Gaza Strip will go back to Winter Time same date as West Bank.
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# (from Palestinian National Authority):
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# <a href="http://www.moi.gov.ps/en/?page=633167343250594025&nid=11505
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# </a>
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# The Syrian Arab News Network on 2009-09-29 reported that Syria will
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# Thursday of the month or the start of the last Friday of the month or
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