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Add 1 to 1949 Shanghai transition date
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https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2018-October/026904.html
* asia (Asia/Shanghai): Change Shang→PRC date to 1949-05-28.
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Expand Up @@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ Zone Asia/Yangon 6:24:47 - LMT 1880 # or Rangoon
# http://oversea.cnki.net/kns55/detail.aspx?dbname=CJFD2014&filename=NJSH201402020
# The table lists dates only; I am guessing 00:00 and 24:00 transition times.
# Also, the table lists the planned end of DST in 1949, but the corresponding
# zone line cuts this off on May 27, when the Communists took power.
# zone line cuts this off on May 28, when the Communists took power.
#
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Shang 1940 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 D
Expand All @@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ Rule Shang 1946 only - Sep 30 24:00 0 S
Rule Shang 1947 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 D
Rule Shang 1947 only - Oct 31 24:00 0 S
Rule Shang 1948 1949 - May 1 0:00 1:00 D
Rule Shang 1948 1949 - Sep 30 24:00 0 S
Rule Shang 1948 1949 - Sep 30 24:00 0 S #plan

# From Guy Harris:
# People's Republic of China. Yes, they really have only one time zone.
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# Alois Treindl kindly sent me translations of the following two sources:
#
# (1)
# Guo Qingsheng (National Time-Service Center, CAS, Xi'an 710600, China)
# Guo Qing-sheng (National Time-Service Center, CAS, Xi'an 710600, China)
# Beijing Time at the Beginning of the PRC
# China Historical Materials of Science and Technology
# (Zhongguo ke ji shi liao, 中国科技史料), Vol. 24, No. 1 (2003)
# (Zhongguo ke ji shi liao, 中国科技史料). 2003;24(1):5-9.
# http://oversea.cnki.net/kcms/detail/detail.aspx?filename=ZGKS200301000&dbname=CJFD2003
# It gives evidence that at the beginning of the PRC, Beijing time was
# officially apparent solar time! However, Guo also says that the
# evidence is dubious, as the relevant institute of astronomy had not
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# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
# Beijing time, used throughout China; represented by Shanghai.
Zone Asia/Shanghai 8:05:43 - LMT 1901
8:00 Shang C%sT 1949 May 27
8:00 Shang C%sT 1949 May 28
8:00 PRC C%sT
# Xinjiang time, used by many in western China; represented by Ürümqi / Ürümchi
# / Wulumuqi. (Please use Asia/Shanghai if you prefer Beijing time.)
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