proposed changes to time zone "asia" file for Bangladesh
Arthur David Olson
olsona at lecserver.nci.nih.gov
Sat Dec 26 13:31:49 UTC 2009
At Danvin Ruangchan's suggestion, here's the proposed change to Bangladesh
as a rule.
--ado
------- asia -------
*** /tmp/geta10467 Sat Dec 26 08:26:16 2009
--- /tmp/getb10467 Sat Dec 26 08:26:16 2009
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*** 1,4 ****
! # @(#)asia 8.48
# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
--- 1,4 ----
! # @(#)asia 8.50
# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
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*** 196,201 ****
--- 196,236 ----
# http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/business/bangladesh-to-continue-indefinitely-with-advanced-time_100259987.html
# </a>
+ # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-12-24):
+ # According to Bangladesh newspaper "The Daily Star,"
+ # Bangladesh will change its clock back to Standard Time on Dec 31, 2009.
+ #
+ # Clock goes back 1-hr on Dec 31 night.
+ # <a href="http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=119228">
+ # http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=119228
+ # </a>
+ # and
+ # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_bangladesh05.html">
+ # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_bangladesh05.html
+ # </a>
+ #
+ # "...The government yesterday decided to put the clock back by one hour
+ # on December 31 midnight and the new time will continue until March 31,
+ # 2010 midnight. The decision came at a cabinet meeting at the Prime
+ # Minister's Office last night..."
+
+ # From Danvin Ruangchan (2009-12-24):
+ # ...the news mentions DST will be turned off again 7 months after March
+ # 31st on Oct 31, 2010.
+
+ # From Arthur David Olson (2009-12-26):
+ # Indeed, "The government will advance again the Banglasdesh Standard
+ # Time by one one hour on March 31 next year by enforcing the Daylight
+ # Saving Time (DST) for seven months. It will continue till October 31
+ # until further notice." I take that last sentence as the
+ # establishment of a rule.
+
+ # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
+ Rule Dhaka 2009 only - Jun 29 23:00 1 S
+ Rule Dhaka 2010 only - Jan 1 0:00 - -
+ Rule Dhaka 2010 max - Mar 31 23:00 1 S
+ Rule Dhaka 2010 max - Nov 1 0:00 - -
+
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Asia/Dhaka 6:01:40 - LMT 1890
5:53:20 - HMT 1941 Oct # Howrah Mean Time?
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*** 203,210 ****
5:30 - IST 1942 Sep
6:30 - BURT 1951 Sep 30
6:00 - DACT 1971 Mar 26 # Dacca Time
! 6:00 - BDT 2009 Jun 19 23:00 # Bangladesh Time
! 6:00 1:00 BDST
# Bhutan
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
--- 238,245 ----
5:30 - IST 1942 Sep
6:30 - BURT 1951 Sep 30
6:00 - DACT 1971 Mar 26 # Dacca Time
! 6:00 - BDT 2009
! 6:00 Dhaka BD%sT
# Bhutan
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
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