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5722 Update timezone info db to 2015a
        
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  # This file is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
  # go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
  # tz@iana.org for general use in the future).  For more, please see
  # the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution.
  
! # From Paul Eggert (2014-05-31):
! # A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
  # Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition),
  # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003).
  #
  # Gwillim Law writes that a good source
  # for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport
  # Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM),
  # published semiannually.  Law sent in several helpful summaries
! # of the IATA's data after 1990.
  #
  # A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is
  # Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997).
  #
  # Except where otherwise noted, Shanks & Pottenger is the source for
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  # This file is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
  # go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
  # tz@iana.org for general use in the future).  For more, please see
  # the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution.
  
! # From Paul Eggert (2014-10-31):
! #
! # Unless otherwise specified, the source for data through 1990 is:
  # Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition),
  # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003).
+ # Unfortunately this book contains many errors and cites no sources.
  #
  # Gwillim Law writes that a good source
  # for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport
  # Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM),
  # published semiannually.  Law sent in several helpful summaries
! # of the IATA's data after 1990.  Except where otherwise noted,
! # IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990.
  #
  # A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is
  # Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997).
  #
  # Except where otherwise noted, Shanks & Pottenger is the source for
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  #        0:00       GMT BST  BDST Greenwich, British Summer
  #        0:00       GMT IST       Greenwich, Irish Summer
  #        0:00       WET WEST WEMT Western Europe
  #        0:19:32.13 AMT NST       Amsterdam, Netherlands Summer (1835-1937)*
  #        0:20       NET NEST      Netherlands (1937-1940)*
  #        1:00       CET CEST CEMT Central Europe
  #        1:00:14    SET           Swedish (1879-1899)*
  #        2:00       EET EEST      Eastern Europe
! #        3:00       FET           Further-eastern Europe*
  #        3:00       MSK MSD  MSM* Moscow
  
  # From Peter Ilieve (1994-12-04),
  # The original six [EU members]: Belgium, France, (West) Germany, Italy,
  # Luxembourg, the Netherlands.
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  #        0:00       GMT BST  BDST Greenwich, British Summer
  #        0:00       GMT IST       Greenwich, Irish Summer
  #        0:00       WET WEST WEMT Western Europe
  #        0:19:32.13 AMT NST       Amsterdam, Netherlands Summer (1835-1937)*
  #        0:20       NET NEST      Netherlands (1937-1940)*
+ #        1:00       BST           British Standard (1968-1971)
  #        1:00       CET CEST CEMT Central Europe
  #        1:00:14    SET           Swedish (1879-1899)*
  #        2:00       EET EEST      Eastern Europe
! #        3:00       FET           Further-eastern Europe (2011-2014)*
  #        3:00       MSK MSD  MSM* Moscow
  
  # From Peter Ilieve (1994-12-04),
  # The original six [EU members]: Belgium, France, (West) Germany, Italy,
  # Luxembourg, the Netherlands.
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  # to London.  For example:
  #
  #   "Timeball on the ballast office is down.  Dunsink time."
  #   -- James Joyce, Ulysses
  
+ # "Countess Markievicz ... claimed that the [1916] abolition of Dublin Mean Time
+ # was among various actions undertaken by the 'English' government that
+ # would 'put the whole country into the SF (Sinn Féin) camp'.  She claimed
+ # Irish 'public feeling (was) outraged by forcing of English time on us'."
+ # -- Parsons M. Dublin lost its time zone - and 25 minutes - after 1916 Rising.
+ # Irish Times 2014-10-27.
+ # http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/dublin-lost-its-time-zone-and-25-minutes-after-1916-rising-1.1977411
+ 
  # From Joseph S. Myers (2005-01-26):
  # Irish laws are available online at <http://www.irishstatutebook.ie>.
  # These include various relating to legal time, for example:
  #
  # ZZA13Y1923.html ZZA12Y1924.html ZZA8Y1925.html ZZSIV20PG1267.html
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  Rule    Russia  1992    only    -       Mar     lastSat  23:00  1:00    S
  Rule    Russia  1992    only    -       Sep     lastSat  23:00  0       -
  Rule    Russia  1993    2010    -       Mar     lastSun  2:00s  1:00    S
  Rule    Russia  1993    1995    -       Sep     lastSun  2:00s  0       -
  Rule    Russia  1996    2010    -       Oct     lastSun  2:00s  0       -
+ # As described below, Russia's 2014 change affects Zone data, not Rule data.
  
  # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-06-14):
  # According to Kremlin press service, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev
  # signed a federal law "On calculation of time" on June 9, 2011.
  # According to the law Russia is abolishing daylight saving time.
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  #
  # Sources (Russian language):
  # http://www.belta.by/ru/all_news/society/V-Belarusi-otmenjaetsja-perexod-na-sezonnoe-vremja_i_572952.html
  # http://naviny.by/rubrics/society/2011/09/16/ic_articles_116_175144/
  # http://news.tut.by/society/250578.html
+ #
+ # From Alexander Bokovoy (2014-10-09):
+ # Belarussian government decided against changing to winter time....
+ # http://eng.belta.by/all_news/society/Belarus-decides-against-adjusting-time-in-Russias-wake_i_76335.html
+ # From Paul Eggert (2014-10-08):
+ # Hence Belarus can share time zone abbreviations with Moscow again.
+ #
  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
  Zone    Europe/Minsk    1:50:16 -       LMT     1880
                          1:50    -       MMT     1924 May  2 # Minsk Mean Time
                          2:00    -       EET     1930 Jun 21
                          3:00    -       MSK     1941 Jun 28
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                          3:00    -       MSK     1991 Mar 31  2:00s
                          2:00    1:00    EEST    1991 Sep 29  2:00s
                          2:00    -       EET     1992 Mar 29  0:00s
                          2:00    1:00    EEST    1992 Sep 27  0:00s
                          2:00    Russia  EE%sT   2011 Mar 27  2:00s
!                         3:00    -       FET
  
  # Belgium
  #
  # From Paul Eggert (1997-07-02):
  # Entries from 1918 through 1991 are taken from:
--- 753,764 ----
                          3:00    -       MSK     1991 Mar 31  2:00s
                          2:00    1:00    EEST    1991 Sep 29  2:00s
                          2:00    -       EET     1992 Mar 29  0:00s
                          2:00    1:00    EEST    1992 Sep 27  0:00s
                          2:00    Russia  EE%sT   2011 Mar 27  2:00s
!                         3:00    -       FET     2014 Oct 26  1:00s
!                         3:00    -       MSK
  
  # Belgium
  #
  # From Paul Eggert (1997-07-02):
  # Entries from 1918 through 1991 are taken from:
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  #       (old style), or on St. Luke's day, if a Saturday.
  # St. Luke's day ought to be traceable from ecclesiastical sources. "old style"
  # might be a reference to the Julian calendar as opposed to Gregorian, or it
  # might mean something else (???).
  #
! # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
! # The Iceland Almanak, Shanks & Pottenger, and Whitman disagree on many points.
! # We go with the Almanak, except for one claim from Shanks & Pottenger, namely
! # that Reykavik was 21W57 from 1837 to 1908, local mean time before that.
  #
  # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
! Rule    Iceland 1917    1918    -       Feb     19      23:00   1:00    S
  Rule    Iceland 1917    only    -       Oct     21       1:00   0       -
! Rule    Iceland 1918    only    -       Nov     16       1:00   0       -
  Rule    Iceland 1939    only    -       Apr     29      23:00   1:00    S
! Rule    Iceland 1939    only    -       Nov     29       2:00   0       -
  Rule    Iceland 1940    only    -       Feb     25       2:00   1:00    S
! Rule    Iceland 1940    only    -       Nov      3       2:00   0       -
! Rule    Iceland 1941    only    -       Mar      2       1:00s  1:00    S
! Rule    Iceland 1941    only    -       Nov      2       1:00s  0       -
! Rule    Iceland 1942    only    -       Mar      8       1:00s  1:00    S
! Rule    Iceland 1942    only    -       Oct     25       1:00s  0       -
  # 1943-1946 - first Sunday in March until first Sunday in winter
  Rule    Iceland 1943    1946    -       Mar     Sun>=1   1:00s  1:00    S
! Rule    Iceland 1943    1948    -       Oct     Sun>=22  1:00s  0       -
  # 1947-1967 - first Sunday in April until first Sunday in winter
  Rule    Iceland 1947    1967    -       Apr     Sun>=1   1:00s  1:00    S
! # 1949 Oct transition delayed by 1 week
  Rule    Iceland 1949    only    -       Oct     30       1:00s  0       -
  Rule    Iceland 1950    1966    -       Oct     Sun>=22  1:00s  0       -
  Rule    Iceland 1967    only    -       Oct     29       1:00s  0       -
  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
! Zone Atlantic/Reykjavik -1:27:24 -      LMT     1837
!                         -1:27:48 -      RMT     1908 # Reykjavik Mean Time?
                          -1:00   Iceland IS%sT   1968 Apr  7  1:00s
                           0:00   -       GMT
  
  # Italy
  #
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  #       (old style), or on St. Luke's day, if a Saturday.
  # St. Luke's day ought to be traceable from ecclesiastical sources. "old style"
  # might be a reference to the Julian calendar as opposed to Gregorian, or it
  # might mean something else (???).
  #
! # From Paul Eggert (2014-11-22):
! # The information below is taken from the 1988 Almanak; see
! # http://www.almanak.hi.is/klukkan.html
  #
  # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
! Rule    Iceland 1917    1919    -       Feb     19      23:00   1:00    S
  Rule    Iceland 1917    only    -       Oct     21       1:00   0       -
! Rule    Iceland 1918    1919    -       Nov     16       1:00   0       -
! Rule    Iceland 1921    only    -       Mar     19      23:00   1:00    S
! Rule    Iceland 1921    only    -       Jun     23       1:00   0       -
  Rule    Iceland 1939    only    -       Apr     29      23:00   1:00    S
! Rule    Iceland 1939    only    -       Oct     29       2:00   0       -
  Rule    Iceland 1940    only    -       Feb     25       2:00   1:00    S
! Rule    Iceland 1940    1941    -       Nov     Sun>=2   1:00s  0       -
! Rule    Iceland 1941    1942    -       Mar     Sun>=2   1:00s  1:00    S
  # 1943-1946 - first Sunday in March until first Sunday in winter
  Rule    Iceland 1943    1946    -       Mar     Sun>=1   1:00s  1:00    S
! Rule    Iceland 1942    1948    -       Oct     Sun>=22  1:00s  0       -
  # 1947-1967 - first Sunday in April until first Sunday in winter
  Rule    Iceland 1947    1967    -       Apr     Sun>=1   1:00s  1:00    S
! # 1949 and 1967 Oct transitions delayed by 1 week
  Rule    Iceland 1949    only    -       Oct     30       1:00s  0       -
  Rule    Iceland 1950    1966    -       Oct     Sun>=22  1:00s  0       -
  Rule    Iceland 1967    only    -       Oct     29       1:00s  0       -
  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
! Zone Atlantic/Reykjavik -1:28   -       LMT     1908
                          -1:00   Iceland IS%sT   1968 Apr  7  1:00s
                           0:00   -       GMT
  
  # Italy
  #
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  # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-02), per Alexander Krivenyshev (2014-07-02):
  # The Kemerovo region will remain at UTC+7 through the 2014-10-26 change, thus
  # realigning itself with KRAT.
  
! Zone Asia/Novokuznetsk   5:48:48 -      NMT     1920 Jan  6
                           6:00   -       KRAT    1930 Jun 21 # Krasnoyarsk Time
                           7:00   Russia  KRA%sT  1991 Mar 31  2:00s
                           6:00   Russia  KRA%sT  1992 Jan 19  2:00s
                           7:00   Russia  KRA%sT  2010 Mar 28  2:00s
                           6:00   Russia  NOV%sT  2011 Mar 27  2:00s # Novosibirsk
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  # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-02), per Alexander Krivenyshev (2014-07-02):
  # The Kemerovo region will remain at UTC+7 through the 2014-10-26 change, thus
  # realigning itself with KRAT.
  
! Zone Asia/Novokuznetsk   5:48:48 -      LMT     1924 May  1
                           6:00   -       KRAT    1930 Jun 21 # Krasnoyarsk Time
                           7:00   Russia  KRA%sT  1991 Mar 31  2:00s
                           6:00   Russia  KRA%sT  1992 Jan 19  2:00s
                           7:00   Russia  KRA%sT  2010 Mar 28  2:00s
                           6:00   Russia  NOV%sT  2011 Mar 27  2:00s # Novosibirsk