tzdata/backport-Update-Bahrain-as-per-article-in-The-National.patch
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From 39c661ee11b6d199befcc28ef10867b55620dfac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2020 16:37:01 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 21/47] Update Bahrain as per article in The National
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* backzone (Asia/Bahrain): Adjust transitions before 1944 to
match Ashleigh Stewarts article in todays The National (Abu Dhabi).
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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
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