proposed time zone package change for Bangladesh

Arthur David Olson olsona at lecserver.nci.nih.gov
Tue Jun 2 01:56:17 UTC 2009


With June 16 looming and no better information available,
here's a proposed change to the "asia" file to reflect use of DST in
Bangladesh this year.

If no problems are found, expect the ftpable file to be updated 2009-06-08.

				--ado

------- asia -------
*** /tmp/geta6499	Mon Jun  1 21:55:59 2009
--- /tmp/getb6499	Mon Jun  1 21:55:59 2009
***************
*** 1,5 ****
  # <pre>
! # @(#)asia	8.32
  # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
  # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
  
--- 1,5 ----
  # <pre>
! # @(#)asia	8.33
  # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
  # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
  
***************
*** 127,132 ****
--- 127,155 ----
  			3:00	-	AST
  
  # Bangladesh
+ # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-05-13):
+ # According to newspaper Asian Tribune (May 6, 2009) Bangladesh may introduce
+ # Daylight Saving Time from June 16 to Sept 30
+ #
+ # Bangladesh to introduce daylight saving time likely from June 16
+ # <a href="http://www.asiantribune.com/?q=node/17288">
+ # http://www.asiantribune.com/?q=node/17288
+ # </a>
+ # or
+ # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_bangladesh02.html">
+ # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_bangladesh02.html
+ # </a>
+ #
+ # "... Bangladesh government has decided to switch daylight saving time from
+ # June
+ # 16 till September 30 in a bid to ensure maximum use of daylight to cope with
+ # crippling power crisis. "
+ #
+ # The switch will remain in effect from June 16 to Sept 30 (2009) but if
+ # implemented the next year, it will come in force from April 1, 2010
+ # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+ Rule	Bang	2009	only	-	Jun	16	 0:00	1:00	S
+ Rule	Bang	2009	only	-	Oct	1	 0:00s	0	-
  # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
  Zone	Asia/Dhaka	6:01:40 -	LMT	1890
  			5:53:20	-	HMT	1941 Oct    # Howrah Mean Time?
***************
*** 134,140 ****
  			5:30	-	IST	1942 Sep
  			6:30	-	BURT	1951 Sep 30
  			6:00	-	DACT	1971 Mar 26 # Dacca Time
! 			6:00	-	BDT	# Bangladesh Time
  
  # Bhutan
  # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
--- 157,164 ----
  			5:30	-	IST	1942 Sep
  			6:30	-	BURT	1951 Sep 30
  			6:00	-	DACT	1971 Mar 26 # Dacca Time
! 			6:00	-	BDT	2009 # Bangladesh Time
! 			6:00	Bang	BD%sT
  
  # Bhutan
  # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]



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