[tz] Hong Kong Time history

P Chan legco at outlook.com
Mon Dec 31 10:08:34 UTC 2018


*According to the Hong Kong Daylight-Saving Regulations, 1941, the 1941 spring-forward transition was at 03:00.
http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1941/304271.pdf
http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1941/305516.pdf

*According to some articles from South China Morning Post, +08 was resumed on 1945-11-18 at 02:00.
https://i.imgur.com/M2IsZ3c.png
https://i.imgur.com/iOPqrVo.png
https://i.imgur.com/fffcGDs.png

*Some newspapers published on said the 1946 spring-forward transition was on 04-21 at 00:00.
The Kung Sheung Evening News 1946-04-20 (Chinese)
https://i.imgur.com/ZSzent0.png
https://mmis.hkpl.gov.hk///c/portal/cover?c=QF757YsWv5%2FH7zGe%2FKF%2BFLYsuqGhRBfe
p.4

The Kung Sheung Daily News 1946-04-21 (Chinese)
https://i.imgur.com/7ecmRlcm.png
https://mmis.hkpl.gov.hk///c/portal/cover?c=QF757YsWv5%2BQBGt1%2BwUj5qG2GqtwR3Wh
p.4

*According to the Summer Time Ordinance (1946), the fallback transitions between 1946 and 1952 were at 03:30 Standard Time (+08)
http://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/archive/files/bb74b06a74d5294620a15de560ab33c6.pdf

*Some other laws and regulations related to DST from 1953 to 1979

Summer Time Ordinance 1953
https://i.imgur.com/IOlJMav.jpg

Summer Time (Amendment) Ordinance 1965
https://i.imgur.com/8rofeLa.jpg

Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance (1966)
https://i.imgur.com/joy3msj.jpg

Emergency (Summer Time) Regulation 1973
https://i.imgur.com/OpRWrKz.jpg

Interpretation and General Clauses (Amendment) Ordinance 1977
https://i.imgur.com/RaNqnc4.jpg

Resolution of the Legislative Council passed on 9 May 1979
https://www.legco.gov.hk/yr78-79/english/lc_sitg/hansard/h790509.pdf#page=39


P Chan
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