Port: astro/sunclock: Malaysia is in the wrong time zone

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On 20 Mar 2021, at 21:31, Erich Dollansky <freebsd.ed.lists at sumeritec.com> wrote:
> I just noticed that Malaysia is in the same time zone as Jawa
> (Indonesia) and Thailand.  Wikipedia says for Malaysia UTC+8 and for
> Jawa and Thailand UTC + 7. 

The time zone amp around Malaysia is very odd, but it appears to NOT share the same time zone as Thailand at all, but shares a time with China dn the Philippines.

Thailand is +7, Malaysia, Perth, and China are +8, Japan and the Koreas are +9

<http://www.vidiani.com/maps/maps_of_the_world/large_detailed_time_zones_map_of_the_world_2015.jpg> (3MB, slow connection)

The only thing unaccounted on that map is the cluster fun that is Antarctica, but otoh, it's Antarctica.



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