From 39c661ee11b6d199befcc28ef10867b55620dfac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2020 16:37:01 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 21/47] Update Bahrain as per article in The National MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit * backzone (Asia/Bahrain): Adjust transitions before 1944 to match Ashleigh Stewart’s article in today’s The National (Abu Dhabi). --- backzone | 17 ++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/backzone b/backzone index 91fa21d..7cf026d 100644 --- a/backzone +++ b/backzone @@ -459,7 +459,22 @@ Zone Asia/Aden 2:59:54 - LMT 1950 3:00 - +03 # Bahrain -Zone Asia/Bahrain 3:22:20 - LMT 1920 # Manamah +# +# From Paul Eggert (2020-07-22): +# Most of this data comes from: +# Stewart A. Why Gulf Standard Time is far from standard: the fascinating story +# behind the time zone's invention. The National (Abu Dhabi). 2020-07-22. +# https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/why-gulf-standard-time-is-far-from-standard-the-fascinating-story-behind-the-time-zone-s-invention-1.1052589 +# Stewart writes that before 1940 some companies in Bahrain were at +0330 and +# others at +0323. Reginald George Alban, a British political agent based in +# Manama, worked to standardize this, and from 1941-07-20 Bahrain was at +# +0330. However, BOAC asked that clocks be moved to gain more light at day's +# end, so Bahrain switched to +04 on 1944-01-01. +# +# We don't know when companies chose +0330 or +0323 before 1940; for now +# assume that there was no real standard in Bahrain before 1941-07-20. +Zone Asia/Bahrain 3:22:20 - LMT 1941 Jul 20 # Manamah + 3:30 - +0330 1944 Jan 1 4:00 - +04 1972 Jun 3:00 - +03 -- 1.8.3.1