[tz] [PROPOSED] New zone Asia/Atyrau
Paul Eggert
eggert at cs.ucla.edu
Mon Nov 7 17:42:04 UTC 2016
(Thanks to Stepan Golosunov.)
* NEWS: Document this.
* asia, zone.tab, zone1970.tab (Asia/Atyrau): New zone.
In comments, prefer what I assume to be Library of Congress
romanization for place names in Kazakhstan.
* asia (Asia/Aqtau): Omit now-redundant transition.
---
NEWS | 6 ++++
asia | 91 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------
zone.tab | 3 +-
zone1970.tab | 5 ++--
4 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d5f7217..24faeaf 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@ News for the tz database
Unreleased, experimental changes
+ Changes to past time stamps
+
+ The new zone Asia/Atyrau for Atyraū Region, Kazakhstan, is like
+ Asia/Aqtau except it switched from +04/+05 to +05/+06 in spring
+ 1999, not fall 1994. (Thanks to Stepan Golosunov.)
+
Changes to past time zone abbreviations
Asia/Gaza and Asia/Hebron now use "EEST", not "EET", to denote
diff --git a/asia b/asia
index bb7534a..c6f63b5 100644
--- a/asia
+++ b/asia
@@ -1583,12 +1583,12 @@ Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931
# was "blended" with the Central zone. Therefore, Kazakhstan now has
# two time zones, and difference between them is one hour. The zone
# closer to UTC is the former Western zone (probably still called the
-# same), encompassing four provinces in the west: Aqtobe, Atyrau,
-# Mangghystau, and West Kazakhstan. The other zone encompasses
+# same), encompassing four provinces in the west: Aqtöbe, Atyraū,
+# Mangghystaū, and West Kazakhstan. The other zone encompasses
# everything else.... I guess that would make Kazakhstan time zones
# de jure UTC+5 and UTC+6 respectively.
-# From Stepan Golosunov (2016-03-27) ([*] means see later comments below):
+# From Stepan Golosunov (2016-03-27):
# Review of the linked documents from http://adilet.zan.kz/
# produced the following data for post-1991 Kazakhstan:
#
@@ -1634,7 +1634,7 @@ Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931
#
# This implies that on 1991-03-31 Asia/Oral remained on +04/+05 while
# the rest of Kazakhstan switched from +06/+07 to +05/06 or from +05/06
-# to +04/+05. It's unclear how Kzyl-Orda oblast moved into the fifth
+# to +04/+05. It's unclear how Qyzylorda oblast moved into the fifth
# time belt. (By switching from +04/+05 to +05/+06 on 1991-09-29?) ...
#
# 1. Act of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Kazakhstan
@@ -1647,25 +1647,25 @@ Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931
# on the whole territory of Kazakhstan 1 hour forward on 1992-01-19 at
# 2:00, specified DST rules. It acknowledged that Kazakhstan was
# located in the fourth and the fifth time belts and specified the
-# border between them to be located east of Kustanay and Aktyubinsk
-# oblasts (notably including Turgai and Kzyl-Orda oblasts into the fifth
+# border between them to be located east of Qostanay and Aktyubinsk
+# oblasts (notably including Turgai and Qyzylorda oblasts into the fifth
# time belt).
#
# This means switch on 1992-01-19 at 2:00 from +04/+05 to +05/+06 for
-# Asia/Aqtau, Asia/Aqtobe, Asia/Oral, Atyrau and Kustanay oblasts; from
-# +05/+06 to +06/+07 for Asia/Almaty and Asia/Qyzylorda (and Arkalyk) [*]....
+# Asia/Aqtau, Asia/Aqtobe, Asia/Oral, Atyraū and Qostanay oblasts; from
+# +05/+06 to +06/+07 for Asia/Almaty and Asia/Qyzylorda (and Arkalyk)....
#
# 2. Act of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Kazakhstan
# from 1992-03-27 No. 284
# http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/P920000284_
-# cancels extra hour ("decree time") for Uralsk and Kzyl-Orda oblasts
+# cancels extra hour ("decree time") for Uralsk and Qyzylorda oblasts
# since the last Sunday of March 1992, while keeping them in the fourth
# and the fifth time belts respectively.
#
# 3. Order of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan
# from 1994-09-23 No. 384
# http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/R940000384_
-# cancels the extra hour ("decree time") on the territory of Mangystau
+# cancels the extra hour ("decree time") on the territory of Mangghystaū
# oblast since the last Sunday of September 1994 (saying that time on
# the territory would correspond to the third time belt as a
# result)....
@@ -1679,14 +1679,11 @@ Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931
# 5. Act of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan
# from 1999-03-26 No. 305
# http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/P990000305_
-# cancels the extra hour ("decree time") for Atyrau oblast since the
+# cancels the extra hour ("decree time") for Atyraū oblast since the
# last Sunday of March 1999 while retaining the oblast in the fourth
# time belt.
#
-# This means change from +05/+06 to +04/+05.
-#
-# There is no zone for Atyrau currently (listed under Asia/Aqtau in
-# zone1970.tab).[*]
+# This means change from +05/+06 to +04/+05....
#
# 6. Act of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan
# from 2000-11-23 No. 1749
@@ -1696,10 +1693,10 @@ Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931
# The only changes I noticed are in definition of the border between the
# fourth and the fifth time belts. They account for changes in spelling
# and administrative division (splitting of Turgai oblast in 1997
-# probably changed time in territories incorporated into Kostanay oblast
-# (including Arkalyk) from +06/+07 to +05/+06) and move Kyzylorda oblast
+# probably changed time in territories incorporated into Qostanay oblast
+# (including Arkalyk) from +06/+07 to +05/+06) and move Qyzylorda oblast
# from being in the fifth time belt and not using decree time into the
-# fourth time belt (no change in practice).[*]
+# fourth time belt (no change in practice).
#
# 7. Act of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan
# from 2003-12-29 No. 1342
@@ -1709,7 +1706,7 @@ Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931
# 8. Act of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan
# from 2004-07-20 No. 775
# http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/archive/docs/P040000775_/20.07.2004
-# modified the 2000-11-23 act to move Kostanay and Kyzylorda oblasts into
+# modified the 2000-11-23 act to move Qostanay and Qyzylorda oblasts into
# the fifth time belt and add Aktobe oblast to the list of regions not
# using extra hour ("decree time"), leaving Kazakhstan with only 2 time
# zones (+04/+05 and +06/+07). The changes were to be implemented
@@ -1721,14 +1718,14 @@ Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931
# http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/P040001059_
# modified the 2000-11-23 act to remove exceptions from the "decree time"
# (leaving Kazakhstan in +05/+06 and +06/+07 zones), amended the
-# 2004-07-20 act to implement changes for Atyrau, West Kazakhstan,
-# Kostanay, Kyzylorda and Mangystau oblasts by not moving clocks
-# during the 2014 transition to "winter" time.
+# 2004-07-20 act to implement changes for Atyraū, West Kazakhstan,
+# Qostanay, Qyzylorda and Mangghystaū oblasts by not moving clocks
+# during the 2004 transition to "winter" time.
#
-# This means transition from +04/+05 to +05/+06 for Atyrau oblast (no
+# This means transition from +04/+05 to +05/+06 for Atyraū oblast (no
# zone currently), Asia/Oral, Asia/Aqtau and transition from +05/+06 to
-# +06/+07 for Kostanay oblast (Kostanay and Arkalyk, no zones currently)
-# and Asia/Qyzylorda on 2004-10-31 at 3:00....[*]
+# +06/+07 for Qostanay oblast (Qostanay and Arkalyk, no zones currently)
+# and Asia/Qyzylorda on 2004-10-31 at 3:00....
#
# 10. Act of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan
# from 2005-03-15 No. 231
@@ -1744,14 +1741,9 @@ Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931
# Kazakh 1992-01-13 act appears to provide the same rules and 1992-03-27
# act was to be enacted on the last Sunday of March 1992.
-# From Paul Eggert (2016-04-15):
-# The tables below should reflect Stepan Golosunov's remarks above,
-# except for the items marked "[*]" which I haven't gotten to yet.
-# It looks like we will need new zones Asia/Atyrau and Asia/Qostanay
-# to handle changes from 1992 through 2004 that we did not previously
-# know about.
+# From Paul Eggert (2016-11-07):
+# The tables below reflect Golosunov's remarks, with exceptions as noted.
-#
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
#
# Almaty (formerly Alma-Ata), representing most locations in Kazakhstan
@@ -1764,6 +1756,8 @@ Zone Asia/Almaty 5:07:48 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Alma-Ata
6:00 RussiaAsia +06/+07 2004 Oct 31 2:00s
6:00 - +06
# Qyzylorda (aka Kyzylorda, Kizilorda, Kzyl-Orda, etc.) (KZ-KZY)
+# This currently includes Qostanay (aka Kostanay, Kustanay) (KZ-KUS);
+# see comments below.
Zone Asia/Qyzylorda 4:21:52 - LMT 1924 May 2
4:00 - +04 1930 Jun 21
5:00 - +05 1981 Apr 1
@@ -1775,7 +1769,21 @@ Zone Asia/Qyzylorda 4:21:52 - LMT 1924 May 2
6:00 RussiaAsia +06/+07 1992 Mar 29 2:00s
5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 2004 Oct 31 2:00s
6:00 - +06
-# Aqtobe (aka Aktobe, formerly Aktyubinsk) (KZ-AKT)
+# The following zone is like Asia/Qyzylorda except for being one
+# hour earlier from 1991-09-29 to 1992-03-29. The 1991/2 rules for
+# Qostenay are unclear partly because of the 1997 Turgai
+# reorganization, so this zone is commented out for now.
+#Zone Asia/Qostanay 4:14:20 - LMT 1924 May 2
+# 4:00 - +04 1930 Jun 21
+# 5:00 - +05 1981 Apr 1
+# 5:00 1:00 +06 1981 Oct 1
+# 6:00 - +06 1982 Apr 1
+# 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
+# 4:00 RussiaAsia +04/+05 1992 Jan 19 2:00s
+# 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 2004 Oct 31 2:00s
+# 6:00 - +06
+#
+# Aqtöbe (aka Aktobe, formerly Aktyubinsk) (KZ-AKT)
Zone Asia/Aqtobe 3:48:40 - LMT 1924 May 2
4:00 - +04 1930 Jun 21
5:00 - +05 1981 Apr 1
@@ -1785,14 +1793,11 @@ Zone Asia/Aqtobe 3:48:40 - LMT 1924 May 2
4:00 RussiaAsia +04/+05 1992 Jan 19 2:00s
5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 2004 Oct 31 2:00s
5:00 - +05
-# Qostanay (KZ-KUS)
-
-# Mangghystau (KZ-MAN)
+# Mangghystaū (KZ-MAN)
# Aqtau was not founded until 1963, but it represents an inhabited region,
# so include time stamps before 1963.
Zone Asia/Aqtau 3:21:04 - LMT 1924 May 2
4:00 - +04 1930 Jun 21
- 5:00 - +05 1963
5:00 - +05 1981 Oct 1
6:00 - +06 1982 Apr 1
5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
@@ -1800,7 +1805,17 @@ Zone Asia/Aqtau 3:21:04 - LMT 1924 May 2
5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 1994 Sep 25 2:00s
4:00 RussiaAsia +04/+05 2004 Oct 31 2:00s
5:00 - +05
-
+# Atyraū (KZ-ATY) is like Mangghystaū except it switched from
+# +04/+05 to +05/+06 in spring 1999, not fall 1994.
+Zone Asia/Atyrau 3:27:44 - LMT 1924 May 2
+ 4:00 - +04 1930 Jun 21
+ 5:00 - +05 1981 Oct 1
+ 6:00 - +06 1982 Apr 1
+ 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
+ 4:00 RussiaAsia +04/+05 1992 Jan 19 2:00s
+ 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 1999 Mar 28 2:00s
+ 4:00 RussiaAsia +04/+05 2004 Oct 31 2:00s
+ 5:00 - +05
# West Kazakhstan (KZ-ZAP)
# From Paul Eggert (2016-03-18):
# The 1989 transition is from USSR act No. 227 (1989-03-14).
diff --git a/zone.tab b/zone.tab
index f4969d2..bf78be7 100644
--- a/zone.tab
+++ b/zone.tab
@@ -239,7 +239,8 @@ KY +1918-08123 America/Cayman
KZ +4315+07657 Asia/Almaty Kazakhstan (most areas)
KZ +4448+06528 Asia/Qyzylorda Qyzylorda/Kyzylorda/Kzyl-Orda
KZ +5017+05710 Asia/Aqtobe Aqtobe/Aktobe
-KZ +4431+05016 Asia/Aqtau Atyrau/Atirau/Gur'yev, Mangghystau/Mankistau
+KZ +4431+05016 Asia/Aqtau Mangghystau/Mankistau
+KZ +4707+05156 Asia/Atyrau Atyrau/Atirau/Gur'yev
KZ +5113+05121 Asia/Oral West Kazakhstan
LA +1758+10236 Asia/Vientiane
LB +3353+03530 Asia/Beirut
diff --git a/zone1970.tab b/zone1970.tab
index f48f7a6..ea2e1e5 100644
--- a/zone1970.tab
+++ b/zone1970.tab
@@ -210,8 +210,9 @@ KP +3901+12545 Asia/Pyongyang
KR +3733+12658 Asia/Seoul
KZ +4315+07657 Asia/Almaty Kazakhstan (most areas)
KZ +4448+06528 Asia/Qyzylorda Qyzylorda/Kyzylorda/Kzyl-Orda
-KZ +5017+05710 Asia/Aqtobe Aqtobe/Aktobe
-KZ +4431+05016 Asia/Aqtau Atyrau/Atirau/Gur'yev, Mangghystau/Mankistau
+KZ +5017+05710 Asia/Aqtobe Aqtöbe/Aktobe
+KZ +4431+05016 Asia/Aqtau Mangghystaū/Mankistau
+KZ +4707+05156 Asia/Atyrau Atyraū/Atirau/Gur'yev
KZ +5113+05121 Asia/Oral West Kazakhstan
LB +3353+03530 Asia/Beirut
LK +0656+07951 Asia/Colombo
--
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