From 95a16c87f21c4643055482429dad921357a630c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tim Parenti Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2024 14:13:23 -0500 Subject: Kazakhstan unifies on UTC+5 beginning 2024-03-01. * NEWS: Mention this. * asia (Asia/Almaty, Asia/Qostanay): Switch from UTC+6 to UTC+5 beginning 2024-03-01 00:00. --- NEWS | 8 ++++++++ asia | 18 ++++++++++++++---- 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 653512f..83e64c1 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -3,9 +3,17 @@ News for the tz database Unreleased, experimental changes Briefly: + Kazakhstan unifies on UTC+5 beginning 2024-03-01. zic no longer pretends to support indefinite-past DST. localtime no longer mishandles Ciudad Juárez in 2422. + Changes to future timestamps + + Kazakhstan unifies on UTC+5. This affects Asia/Almaty and + Asia/Qostanay which together represent the eastern portion of the + country that will transition from UTC+6 on 2024-03-01 at 00:00 to + join the western portion. (Thanks to Zhanbolat Raimbekov.) + Changes to past timestamps From 1947 through 1949, Toronto's transitions occurred at 02:00 diff --git a/asia b/asia index 8028c06..20ff92b 100644 --- a/asia +++ b/asia @@ -2457,6 +2457,16 @@ Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931 # effective December 21st, 2018.... # http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/P1800000817 (russian language). +# From Zhanbolat Raimbekov (2024-01-19): +# Kazakhstan (all parts) switching to UTC+5 on March 1, 2024 +# https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/mti/press/news/details/688998?lang=ru +# [in Russian] +# +# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2024-01-19): +# According to a different news and the official web site for the Ministry of +# Trade and Integration of the Republic of Kazakhstan: +# https://en.inform.kz/news/kazakhstan-to-switch-to-single-hour-zone-mar-1-54ad0b/ + # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] # # Almaty (formerly Alma-Ata), representing most locations in Kazakhstan @@ -2467,7 +2477,8 @@ Zone Asia/Almaty 5:07:48 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Alma-Ata 6:00 RussiaAsia +06/+07 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 1992 Jan 19 2:00s 6:00 RussiaAsia +06/+07 2004 Oct 31 2:00s - 6:00 - +06 + 6:00 - +06 2024 Mar 1 0:00 + 5:00 - +05 # Qyzylorda (aka Kyzylorda, Kizilorda, Kzyl-Orda, etc.) (KZ-KZY) Zone Asia/Qyzylorda 4:21:52 - LMT 1924 May 2 4:00 - +04 1930 Jun 21 @@ -2481,7 +2492,6 @@ Zone Asia/Qyzylorda 4:21:52 - LMT 1924 May 2 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 2004 Oct 31 2:00s 6:00 - +06 2018 Dec 21 0:00 5:00 - +05 -# # Qostanay (aka Kostanay, Kustanay) (KZ-KUS) # The 1991/2 rules are unclear partly because of the 1997 Turgai # reorganization. @@ -2493,8 +2503,8 @@ Zone Asia/Qostanay 4:14:28 - LMT 1924 May 2 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 - + 6:00 - +06 2024 Mar 1 0:00 + 5:00 - +05 # Aqtöbe (aka Aktobe, formerly Aktyubinsk) (KZ-AKT) Zone Asia/Aqtobe 3:48:40 - LMT 1924 May 2 4:00 - +04 1930 Jun 21 -- 2.39.3 (Apple Git-145)