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   1    1  # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
   2    2  # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
   3    3  
   4    4  # This file is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
   5    5  # go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
   6    6  # tz@iana.org for general use in the future).  For more, please see
   7    7  # the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution.
   8    8  
   9    9  # From Paul Eggert (2014-10-31):
  10   10  #
  11   11  # Unless otherwise specified, the source for data through 1990 is:
  12   12  # Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition),
  13   13  # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003).
  14   14  # Unfortunately this book contains many errors and cites no sources.
  15   15  #
  16   16  # Gwillim Law writes that a good source
  17   17  # for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport
  18   18  # Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM),
  19   19  # published semiannually.  Law sent in several helpful summaries
  20   20  # of the IATA's data after 1990.  Except where otherwise noted,
  21   21  # IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990.
  22   22  #
  23   23  # A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is
  24   24  # Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997).
  25   25  #
  26   26  # Except where otherwise noted, Shanks & Pottenger is the source for
  27   27  # entries through 1991, and IATA SSIM is the source for entries afterwards.
  28   28  #
  29   29  # Other sources occasionally used include:
  30   30  #
  31   31  #       Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences,
  32   32  #       Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated),
  33   33  #       which I found in the UCLA library.
  34   34  #
  35   35  #       William Willett, The Waste of Daylight, 19th edition
  36   36  #       <http://cs.ucla.edu/~eggert/The-Waste-of-Daylight-19th.pdf>
  37   37  #       [PDF] (1914-03)
  38   38  #
  39   39  #       Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94
  40   40  #       <http://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359>.  He writes:
  41   41  #       "It is requested that corrections and additions to these tables
  42   42  #       may be sent to Mr. John Milne, Royal Geographical Society,
  43   43  #       Savile Row, London."  Nowadays please email them to tz@iana.org.
  44   44  #
  45   45  #       Byalokoz EL. New Counting of Time in Russia since July 1, 1919.
  46   46  #       This Russian-language source was consulted by Vladimir Karpinsky; see
  47   47  #       http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2014-August/021320.html
  48   48  #       The full Russian citation is:
  49   49  #       Бялокоз, Евгений Людвигович. Новый счет времени в течении суток
  50   50  #       введенный декретом Совета народных комиссаров для всей России с 1-го
  51   51  #       июля 1919 г. / Изд. 2-е Междуведомственной комиссии. - Петроград:
  52   52  #       Десятая гос. тип., 1919.
  53   53  #       http://resolver.gpntb.ru/purl?docushare/dsweb/Get/Resource-2011/Byalokoz__E.L.__Novyy__schet__vremeni__v__techenie__sutok__izd__2(1).pdf
  54   54  #
  55   55  #       Brazil's Divisão Serviço da Hora (DSHO),
  56   56  #       History of Summer Time
  57   57  #       <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HISTHV.htm>
  58   58  #       (1998-09-21, in Portuguese)
  59   59  
  60   60  #
  61   61  # I invented the abbreviations marked '*' in the following table;
  62   62  # the rest are from earlier versions of this file, or from other sources.
  63   63  # Corrections are welcome!
  64   64  #                   std dst  2dst
  65   65  #                   LMT           Local Mean Time
  66   66  #       -4:00       AST ADT       Atlantic
  67   67  #       -3:00       WGT WGST      Western Greenland*
  68   68  #       -1:00       EGT EGST      Eastern Greenland*
  
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  69   69  #        0:00       GMT BST  BDST Greenwich, British Summer
  70   70  #        0:00       GMT IST       Greenwich, Irish Summer
  71   71  #        0:00       WET WEST WEMT Western Europe
  72   72  #        0:19:32.13 AMT NST       Amsterdam, Netherlands Summer (1835-1937)*
  73   73  #        0:20       NET NEST      Netherlands (1937-1940)*
  74   74  #        1:00       BST           British Standard (1968-1971)
  75   75  #        1:00       CET CEST CEMT Central Europe
  76   76  #        1:00:14    SET           Swedish (1879-1899)*
  77   77  #        2:00       EET EEST      Eastern Europe
  78   78  #        3:00       FET           Further-eastern Europe (2011-2014)*
  79      -#        3:00       MSK MSD  MSM* Moscow
       79 +#        3:00       MSK MSD  MSM* Minsk, Moscow
  80   80  
  81   81  # From Peter Ilieve (1994-12-04),
  82   82  # The original six [EU members]: Belgium, France, (West) Germany, Italy,
  83   83  # Luxembourg, the Netherlands.
  84   84  # Plus, from 1 Jan 73: Denmark, Ireland, United Kingdom.
  85   85  # Plus, from 1 Jan 81: Greece.
  86   86  # Plus, from 1 Jan 86: Spain, Portugal.
  87   87  # Plus, from 1 Jan 95: Austria, Finland, Sweden. (Norway negotiated terms for
  88   88  # entry but in a referendum on 28 Nov 94 the people voted No by 52.2% to 47.8%
  89   89  # on a turnout of 88.6%. This was almost the same result as Norway's previous
  90   90  # referendum in 1972, they are the only country to have said No twice.
  91   91  # Referendums in the other three countries voted Yes.)
  92   92  # ...
  93   93  # Estonia ... uses EU dates but not at 01:00 GMT, they use midnight GMT.
  94   94  # I don't think they know yet what they will do from 1996 onwards.
  95   95  # ...
  96   96  # There shouldn't be any [current members who are not using EU rules].
  97   97  # A Directive has the force of law, member states are obliged to enact
  98   98  # national law to implement it. The only contentious issue was the
  99   99  # different end date for the UK and Ireland, and this was always allowed
 100  100  # in the Directive.
 101  101  
 102  102  
 103  103  ###############################################################################
 104  104  
 105  105  # Britain (United Kingdom) and Ireland (Eire)
 106  106  
 107  107  # From Peter Ilieve (1994-07-06):
 108  108  #
 109  109  # On 17 Jan 1994 the Independent, a UK quality newspaper, had a piece about
 110  110  # historical vistas along the Thames in west London. There was a photo
 111  111  # and a sketch map showing some of the sightlines involved. One paragraph
 112  112  # of the text said:
 113  113  #
 114  114  # 'An old stone obelisk marking a forgotten terrestrial meridian stands
 115  115  # beside the river at Kew. In the 18th century, before time and longitude
 116  116  # was standardised by the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, scholars observed
 117  117  # this stone and the movement of stars from Kew Observatory nearby. They
 118  118  # made their calculations and set the time for the Horse Guards and Parliament,
 119  119  # but now the stone is obscured by scrubwood and can only be seen by walking
 120  120  # along the towpath within a few yards of it.'
 121  121  #
 122  122  # I have a one inch to one mile map of London and my estimate of the stone's
 123  123  # position is 51 degrees 28' 30" N, 0 degrees 18' 45" W. The longitude should
 124  124  # be within about +-2". The Ordnance Survey grid reference is TQ172761.
 125  125  #
 126  126  # [This yields GMTOFF = -0:01:15 for London LMT in the 18th century.]
 127  127  
 128  128  # From Paul Eggert (1993-11-18):
 129  129  #
 130  130  # Howse writes that Britain was the first country to use standard time.
 131  131  # The railways cared most about the inconsistencies of local mean time,
 132  132  # and it was they who forced a uniform time on the country.
 133  133  # The original idea was credited to Dr. William Hyde Wollaston (1766-1828)
 134  134  # and was popularized by Abraham Follett Osler (1808-1903).
 135  135  # The first railway to adopt London time was the Great Western Railway
 136  136  # in November 1840; other railways followed suit, and by 1847 most
 137  137  # (though not all) railways used London time.  On 1847-09-22 the
 138  138  # Railway Clearing House, an industry standards body, recommended that GMT be
 139  139  # adopted at all stations as soon as the General Post Office permitted it.
 140  140  # The transition occurred on 12-01 for the L&NW, the Caledonian,
 141  141  # and presumably other railways; the January 1848 Bradshaw's lists many
 142  142  # railways as using GMT.  By 1855 the vast majority of public
 143  143  # clocks in Britain were set to GMT (though some, like the great clock
 144  144  # on Tom Tower at Christ Church, Oxford, were fitted with two minute hands,
 145  145  # one for local time and one for GMT).  The last major holdout was the legal
 146  146  # system, which stubbornly stuck to local time for many years, leading
 147  147  # to oddities like polls opening at 08:13 and closing at 16:13.
 148  148  # The legal system finally switched to GMT when the Statutes (Definition
 149  149  # of Time) Act took effect; it received the Royal Assent on 1880-08-02.
 150  150  #
 151  151  # In the tables below, we condense this complicated story into a single
 152  152  # transition date for London, namely 1847-12-01.  We don't know as much
 153  153  # about Dublin, so we use 1880-08-02, the legal transition time.
 154  154  
 155  155  # From Paul Eggert (2014-07-19):
 156  156  # The ancients had no need for daylight saving, as they kept time
 157  157  # informally or via hours whose length depended on the time of year.
 158  158  # Daylight saving time in its modern sense was invented by the
 159  159  # New Zealand entomologist George Vernon Hudson (1867-1946),
 160  160  # whose day job as a postal clerk led him to value
 161  161  # after-hours daylight in which to pursue his research.
 162  162  # In 1895 he presented a paper to the Wellington Philosophical Society
 163  163  # that proposed a two-hour daylight-saving shift.  See:
 164  164  # Hudson GV. On seasonal time-adjustment in countries south of lat. 30 deg.
 165  165  # Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 1895;28:734
 166  166  # http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_28/rsnz_28_00_006110.html
 167  167  # Although some interest was expressed in New Zealand, his proposal
 168  168  # did not find its way into law and eventually it was almost forgotten.
 169  169  #
 170  170  # In England, DST was independently reinvented by William Willett (1857-1915),
 171  171  # a London builder and member of the Royal Astronomical Society
 172  172  # who circulated a pamphlet "The Waste of Daylight" (1907)
 173  173  # that proposed advancing clocks 20 minutes on each of four Sundays in April,
 174  174  # and retarding them by the same amount on four Sundays in September.
 175  175  # A bill was drafted in 1909 and introduced in Parliament several times,
 176  176  # but it met with ridicule and opposition, especially from farming interests.
 177  177  # Later editions of the pamphlet proposed one-hour summer time, and
 178  178  # it was eventually adopted as a wartime measure in 1916.
 179  179  # See: Summer Time Arrives Early, The Times (2000-05-18).
 180  180  # A monument to Willett was unveiled on 1927-05-21, in an open space in
 181  181  # a 45-acre wood near Chislehurst, Kent that was purchased by popular
 182  182  # subscription and open to the public.  On the south face of the monolith,
 183  183  # designed by G. W. Miller, is the William Willett Memorial Sundial,
 184  184  # which is permanently set to Summer Time.
 185  185  
  
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 186  186  # From Winston Churchill (1934-04-28):
 187  187  # It is one of the paradoxes of history that we should owe the boon of
 188  188  # summer time, which gives every year to the people of this country
 189  189  # between 160 and 170 hours more daylight leisure, to a war which
 190  190  # plunged Europe into darkness for four years, and shook the
 191  191  # foundations of civilization throughout the world.
 192  192  #       -- "A Silent Toast to William Willett", Pictorial Weekly;
 193  193  #       republished in Finest Hour (Spring 2002) 1(114):26
 194  194  #       http://www.winstonchurchill.org/images/finesthour/Vol.01%20No.114.pdf
 195  195  
 196      -# From Paul Eggert (1996-09-03):
      196 +# From Paul Eggert (2015-08-08):
 197  197  # The OED Supplement says that the English originally said "Daylight Saving"
 198  198  # when they were debating the adoption of DST in 1908; but by 1916 this
 199  199  # term appears only in quotes taken from DST's opponents, whereas the
 200  200  # proponents (who eventually won the argument) are quoted as using "Summer".
      201 +# The term "Summer Time" was introduced by Herbert Samuel, Home Secretary; see:
      202 +# Viscount Samuel. Leisure in a Democracy. Cambridge University Press
      203 +# ISBN 978-1-107-49471-8 (1949, reissued 2015), p 8.
 201  204  
 202  205  # From Arthur David Olson (1989-01-19):
 203  206  # A source at the British Information Office in New York avers that it's
 204  207  # known as "British" Summer Time in all parts of the United Kingdom.
 205  208  
 206  209  # Date: 4 Jan 89 08:57:25 GMT (Wed)
 207  210  # From: Jonathan Leffler
 208  211  # [British Summer Time] is fixed annually by Act of Parliament.
 209  212  # If you can predict what Parliament will do, you should be in
 210  213  # politics making a fortune, not computing.
 211  214  
 212  215  # From Chris Carrier (1996-06-14):
 213  216  # I remember reading in various wartime issues of the London Times the
 214  217  # acronym BDST for British Double Summer Time.  Look for the published
 215  218  # time of sunrise and sunset in The Times, when BDST was in effect, and
 216  219  # if you find a zone reference it will say, "All times B.D.S.T."
 217  220  
 218  221  # From Joseph S. Myers (1999-09-02):
 219  222  # ... some military cables (WO 219/4100 - this is a copy from the
 220  223  # main SHAEF archives held in the US National Archives, SHAEF/5252/8/516)
 221  224  # agree that the usage is BDST (this appears in a message dated 17 Feb 1945).
 222  225  
 223  226  # From Joseph S. Myers (2000-10-03):
 224  227  # On 18th April 1941, Sir Stephen Tallents of the BBC wrote to Sir
 225  228  # Alexander Maxwell of the Home Office asking whether there was any
 226  229  # official designation; the reply of the 21st was that there wasn't
 227  230  # but he couldn't think of anything better than the "Double British
 228  231  # Summer Time" that the BBC had been using informally.
 229  232  # http://www.polyomino.org.uk/british-time/bbc-19410418.png
 230  233  # http://www.polyomino.org.uk/british-time/ho-19410421.png
 231  234  
 232  235  # From Sir Alexander Maxwell in the above-mentioned letter (1941-04-21):
 233  236  # [N]o official designation has as far as I know been adopted for the time
 234  237  # which is to be introduced in May....
 235  238  # I cannot think of anything better than "Double British Summer Time"
 236  239  # which could not be said to run counter to any official description.
 237  240  
 238  241  # From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02):
 239  242  # Howse writes (p 157) 'DBST' too, but 'BDST' seems to have been common
 240  243  # and follows the more usual convention of putting the location name first,
 241  244  # so we use 'BDST'.
 242  245  
 243  246  # Peter Ilieve (1998-04-19) described at length
 244  247  # the history of summer time legislation in the United Kingdom.
 245  248  # Since 1998 Joseph S. Myers has been updating
 246  249  # and extending this list, which can be found in
 247  250  # http://www.polyomino.org.uk/british-time/
 248  251  
 249  252  # From Joseph S. Myers (1998-01-06):
 250  253  #
 251  254  # The legal time in the UK outside of summer time is definitely GMT, not UTC;
 252  255  # see Lord Tanlaw's speech
 253  256  # http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld199798/ldhansrd/vo970611/text/70611-10.htm#70611-10_head0
 254  257  # (Lords Hansard 11 June 1997 columns 964 to 976).
 255  258  
 256  259  # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
 257  260  #
 258  261  # For lack of other data, follow Shanks & Pottenger for Eire in 1940-1948.
 259  262  #
 260  263  # Given Ilieve and Myers's data, the following claims by Shanks & Pottenger
 261  264  # are incorrect:
 262  265  #     * Wales did not switch from GMT to daylight saving time until
 263  266  #       1921 Apr 3, when they began to conform with the rest of Great Britain.
 264  267  # Actually, Wales was identical after 1880.
 265  268  #     * Eire had two transitions on 1916 Oct 1.
 266  269  # It actually just had one transition.
 267  270  #     * Northern Ireland used single daylight saving time throughout WW II.
 268  271  # Actually, it conformed to Britain.
 269  272  #     * GB-Eire changed standard time to 1 hour ahead of GMT on 1968-02-18.
 270  273  # Actually, that date saw the usual switch to summer time.
 271  274  # Standard time was not changed until 1968-10-27 (the clocks didn't change).
 272  275  #
 273  276  # Here is another incorrect claim by Shanks & Pottenger:
 274  277  #     * Jersey, Guernsey, and the Isle of Man did not switch from GMT
 275  278  #       to daylight saving time until 1921 Apr 3, when they began to
 276  279  #       conform with Great Britain.
 277  280  # S.R.&O. 1916, No. 382 and HO 45/10811/312364 (quoted above) say otherwise.
 278  281  #
 279  282  # The following claim by Shanks & Pottenger is possible though doubtful;
 280  283  # we'll ignore it for now.
 281  284  #     * Dublin's 1971-10-31 switch was at 02:00, even though London's was 03:00.
 282  285  #
 283  286  #
 284  287  # Whitman says Dublin Mean Time was -0:25:21, which is more precise than
 285  288  # Shanks & Pottenger.
 286  289  # Perhaps this was Dunsink Observatory Time, as Dunsink Observatory
 287  290  # (8 km NW of Dublin's center) seemingly was to Dublin as Greenwich was
 288  291  # to London.  For example:
 289  292  #
 290  293  #   "Timeball on the ballast office is down.  Dunsink time."
 291  294  #   -- James Joyce, Ulysses
 292  295  
 293  296  # "Countess Markievicz ... claimed that the [1916] abolition of Dublin Mean Time
 294  297  # was among various actions undertaken by the 'English' government that
 295  298  # would 'put the whole country into the SF (Sinn Féin) camp'.  She claimed
 296  299  # Irish 'public feeling (was) outraged by forcing of English time on us'."
 297  300  # -- Parsons M. Dublin lost its time zone - and 25 minutes - after 1916 Rising.
 298  301  # Irish Times 2014-10-27.
 299  302  # http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/dublin-lost-its-time-zone-and-25-minutes-after-1916-rising-1.1977411
 300  303  
 301  304  # From Joseph S. Myers (2005-01-26):
 302  305  # Irish laws are available online at <http://www.irishstatutebook.ie>.
 303  306  # These include various relating to legal time, for example:
 304  307  #
 305  308  # ZZA13Y1923.html ZZA12Y1924.html ZZA8Y1925.html ZZSIV20PG1267.html
 306  309  #
 307  310  # ZZSI71Y1947.html ZZSI128Y1948.html ZZSI23Y1949.html ZZSI41Y1950.html
 308  311  # ZZSI27Y1951.html ZZSI73Y1952.html
 309  312  #
 310  313  # ZZSI11Y1961.html ZZSI232Y1961.html ZZSI182Y1962.html
 311  314  # ZZSI167Y1963.html ZZSI257Y1964.html ZZSI198Y1967.html
 312  315  # ZZA23Y1968.html ZZA17Y1971.html
 313  316  #
 314  317  # ZZSI67Y1981.html ZZSI212Y1982.html ZZSI45Y1986.html
 315  318  # ZZSI264Y1988.html ZZSI52Y1990.html ZZSI371Y1992.html
 316  319  # ZZSI395Y1994.html ZZSI484Y1997.html ZZSI506Y2001.html
 317  320  #
 318  321  # [These are all relative to the root, e.g., the first is
 319  322  # <http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/ZZA13Y1923.html>.]
 320  323  #
 321  324  # (These are those I found, but there could be more.  In any case these
 322  325  # should allow various updates to the comments in the europe file to cover
 323  326  # the laws applicable in Ireland.)
 324  327  #
 325  328  # (Note that the time in the Republic of Ireland since 1968 has been defined
 326  329  # in terms of standard time being GMT+1 with a period of winter time when it
 327  330  # is GMT, rather than standard time being GMT with a period of summer time
 328  331  # being GMT+1.)
 329  332  
 330  333  # From Paul Eggert (1999-03-28):
 331  334  # Clive Feather (<news:859845706.26043.0@office.demon.net>, 1997-03-31)
 332  335  # reports that Folkestone (Cheriton) Shuttle Terminal uses Concession Time
 333  336  # (CT), equivalent to French civil time.
 334  337  # Julian Hill (<news:36118128.5A14@virgin.net>, 1998-09-30) reports that
 335  338  # trains between Dollands Moor (the freight facility next door)
  
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 336  339  # and Frethun run in CT.
 337  340  # My admittedly uninformed guess is that the terminal has two authorities,
 338  341  # the French concession operators and the British civil authorities,
 339  342  # and that the time depends on who you're talking to.
 340  343  # If, say, the British police were called to the station for some reason,
 341  344  # I would expect the official police report to use GMT/BST and not CET/CEST.
 342  345  # This is a borderline case, but for now let's stick to GMT/BST.
 343  346  
 344  347  # From an anonymous contributor (1996-06-02):
 345  348  # The law governing time in Ireland is under Statutory Instrument SI 395/94,
 346      -# which gives force to European Union 7th Council Directive # 94/21/EC.
      349 +# which gives force to European Union 7th Council Directive No. 94/21/EC.
 347  350  # Under this directive, the Minister for Justice in Ireland makes appropriate
 348  351  # regulations. I spoke this morning with the Secretary of the Department of
 349  352  # Justice (tel +353 1 678 9711) who confirmed to me that the correct name is
 350  353  # "Irish Summer Time", abbreviated to "IST".
 351  354  
 352  355  # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
 353  356  # Summer Time Act, 1916
 354  357  Rule    GB-Eire 1916    only    -       May     21      2:00s   1:00    BST
 355  358  Rule    GB-Eire 1916    only    -       Oct      1      2:00s   0       GMT
 356  359  # S.R.&O. 1917, No. 358
 357  360  Rule    GB-Eire 1917    only    -       Apr      8      2:00s   1:00    BST
 358  361  Rule    GB-Eire 1917    only    -       Sep     17      2:00s   0       GMT
 359  362  # S.R.&O. 1918, No. 274
 360  363  Rule    GB-Eire 1918    only    -       Mar     24      2:00s   1:00    BST
 361  364  Rule    GB-Eire 1918    only    -       Sep     30      2:00s   0       GMT
 362  365  # S.R.&O. 1919, No. 297
 363  366  Rule    GB-Eire 1919    only    -       Mar     30      2:00s   1:00    BST
 364  367  Rule    GB-Eire 1919    only    -       Sep     29      2:00s   0       GMT
 365  368  # S.R.&O. 1920, No. 458
 366  369  Rule    GB-Eire 1920    only    -       Mar     28      2:00s   1:00    BST
 367  370  # S.R.&O. 1920, No. 1844
 368  371  Rule    GB-Eire 1920    only    -       Oct     25      2:00s   0       GMT
 369  372  # S.R.&O. 1921, No. 363
 370  373  Rule    GB-Eire 1921    only    -       Apr      3      2:00s   1:00    BST
 371  374  Rule    GB-Eire 1921    only    -       Oct      3      2:00s   0       GMT
 372  375  # S.R.&O. 1922, No. 264
 373  376  Rule    GB-Eire 1922    only    -       Mar     26      2:00s   1:00    BST
 374  377  Rule    GB-Eire 1922    only    -       Oct      8      2:00s   0       GMT
 375  378  # The Summer Time Act, 1922
 376  379  Rule    GB-Eire 1923    only    -       Apr     Sun>=16 2:00s   1:00    BST
 377  380  Rule    GB-Eire 1923    1924    -       Sep     Sun>=16 2:00s   0       GMT
 378  381  Rule    GB-Eire 1924    only    -       Apr     Sun>=9  2:00s   1:00    BST
 379  382  Rule    GB-Eire 1925    1926    -       Apr     Sun>=16 2:00s   1:00    BST
 380  383  # The Summer Time Act, 1925
 381  384  Rule    GB-Eire 1925    1938    -       Oct     Sun>=2  2:00s   0       GMT
 382  385  Rule    GB-Eire 1927    only    -       Apr     Sun>=9  2:00s   1:00    BST
 383  386  Rule    GB-Eire 1928    1929    -       Apr     Sun>=16 2:00s   1:00    BST
 384  387  Rule    GB-Eire 1930    only    -       Apr     Sun>=9  2:00s   1:00    BST
 385  388  Rule    GB-Eire 1931    1932    -       Apr     Sun>=16 2:00s   1:00    BST
 386  389  Rule    GB-Eire 1933    only    -       Apr     Sun>=9  2:00s   1:00    BST
 387  390  Rule    GB-Eire 1934    only    -       Apr     Sun>=16 2:00s   1:00    BST
 388  391  Rule    GB-Eire 1935    only    -       Apr     Sun>=9  2:00s   1:00    BST
 389  392  Rule    GB-Eire 1936    1937    -       Apr     Sun>=16 2:00s   1:00    BST
 390  393  Rule    GB-Eire 1938    only    -       Apr     Sun>=9  2:00s   1:00    BST
 391  394  Rule    GB-Eire 1939    only    -       Apr     Sun>=16 2:00s   1:00    BST
 392  395  # S.R.&O. 1939, No. 1379
 393  396  Rule    GB-Eire 1939    only    -       Nov     Sun>=16 2:00s   0       GMT
 394  397  # S.R.&O. 1940, No. 172 and No. 1883
 395  398  Rule    GB-Eire 1940    only    -       Feb     Sun>=23 2:00s   1:00    BST
 396  399  # S.R.&O. 1941, No. 476
 397  400  Rule    GB-Eire 1941    only    -       May     Sun>=2  1:00s   2:00    BDST
 398  401  Rule    GB-Eire 1941    1943    -       Aug     Sun>=9  1:00s   1:00    BST
 399  402  # S.R.&O. 1942, No. 506
 400  403  Rule    GB-Eire 1942    1944    -       Apr     Sun>=2  1:00s   2:00    BDST
 401  404  # S.R.&O. 1944, No. 932
 402  405  Rule    GB-Eire 1944    only    -       Sep     Sun>=16 1:00s   1:00    BST
 403  406  # S.R.&O. 1945, No. 312
 404  407  Rule    GB-Eire 1945    only    -       Apr     Mon>=2  1:00s   2:00    BDST
 405  408  Rule    GB-Eire 1945    only    -       Jul     Sun>=9  1:00s   1:00    BST
 406  409  # S.R.&O. 1945, No. 1208
 407  410  Rule    GB-Eire 1945    1946    -       Oct     Sun>=2  2:00s   0       GMT
 408  411  Rule    GB-Eire 1946    only    -       Apr     Sun>=9  2:00s   1:00    BST
 409  412  # The Summer Time Act, 1947
 410  413  Rule    GB-Eire 1947    only    -       Mar     16      2:00s   1:00    BST
 411  414  Rule    GB-Eire 1947    only    -       Apr     13      1:00s   2:00    BDST
 412  415  Rule    GB-Eire 1947    only    -       Aug     10      1:00s   1:00    BST
 413  416  Rule    GB-Eire 1947    only    -       Nov      2      2:00s   0       GMT
 414  417  # Summer Time Order, 1948 (S.I. 1948/495)
 415  418  Rule    GB-Eire 1948    only    -       Mar     14      2:00s   1:00    BST
 416  419  Rule    GB-Eire 1948    only    -       Oct     31      2:00s   0       GMT
 417  420  # Summer Time Order, 1949 (S.I. 1949/373)
 418  421  Rule    GB-Eire 1949    only    -       Apr      3      2:00s   1:00    BST
 419  422  Rule    GB-Eire 1949    only    -       Oct     30      2:00s   0       GMT
 420  423  # Summer Time Order, 1950 (S.I. 1950/518)
 421  424  # Summer Time Order, 1951 (S.I. 1951/430)
 422  425  # Summer Time Order, 1952 (S.I. 1952/451)
 423  426  Rule    GB-Eire 1950    1952    -       Apr     Sun>=14 2:00s   1:00    BST
 424  427  Rule    GB-Eire 1950    1952    -       Oct     Sun>=21 2:00s   0       GMT
 425  428  # revert to the rules of the Summer Time Act, 1925
 426  429  Rule    GB-Eire 1953    only    -       Apr     Sun>=16 2:00s   1:00    BST
 427  430  Rule    GB-Eire 1953    1960    -       Oct     Sun>=2  2:00s   0       GMT
 428  431  Rule    GB-Eire 1954    only    -       Apr     Sun>=9  2:00s   1:00    BST
 429  432  Rule    GB-Eire 1955    1956    -       Apr     Sun>=16 2:00s   1:00    BST
 430  433  Rule    GB-Eire 1957    only    -       Apr     Sun>=9  2:00s   1:00    BST
 431  434  Rule    GB-Eire 1958    1959    -       Apr     Sun>=16 2:00s   1:00    BST
 432  435  Rule    GB-Eire 1960    only    -       Apr     Sun>=9  2:00s   1:00    BST
 433  436  # Summer Time Order, 1961 (S.I. 1961/71)
 434  437  # Summer Time (1962) Order, 1961 (S.I. 1961/2465)
 435  438  # Summer Time Order, 1963 (S.I. 1963/81)
 436  439  Rule    GB-Eire 1961    1963    -       Mar     lastSun 2:00s   1:00    BST
 437  440  Rule    GB-Eire 1961    1968    -       Oct     Sun>=23 2:00s   0       GMT
 438  441  # Summer Time (1964) Order, 1963 (S.I. 1963/2101)
 439  442  # Summer Time Order, 1964 (S.I. 1964/1201)
 440  443  # Summer Time Order, 1967 (S.I. 1967/1148)
 441  444  Rule    GB-Eire 1964    1967    -       Mar     Sun>=19 2:00s   1:00    BST
 442  445  # Summer Time Order, 1968 (S.I. 1968/117)
 443  446  Rule    GB-Eire 1968    only    -       Feb     18      2:00s   1:00    BST
 444  447  # The British Standard Time Act, 1968
 445  448  #       (no summer time)
 446  449  # The Summer Time Act, 1972
 447  450  Rule    GB-Eire 1972    1980    -       Mar     Sun>=16 2:00s   1:00    BST
 448  451  Rule    GB-Eire 1972    1980    -       Oct     Sun>=23 2:00s   0       GMT
 449  452  # Summer Time Order, 1980 (S.I. 1980/1089)
 450  453  # Summer Time Order, 1982 (S.I. 1982/1673)
 451  454  # Summer Time Order, 1986 (S.I. 1986/223)
 452  455  # Summer Time Order, 1988 (S.I. 1988/931)
 453  456  Rule    GB-Eire 1981    1995    -       Mar     lastSun 1:00u   1:00    BST
 454  457  Rule    GB-Eire 1981    1989    -       Oct     Sun>=23 1:00u   0       GMT
 455  458  # Summer Time Order, 1989 (S.I. 1989/985)
 456  459  # Summer Time Order, 1992 (S.I. 1992/1729)
 457  460  # Summer Time Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/2798)
 458  461  Rule    GB-Eire 1990    1995    -       Oct     Sun>=22 1:00u   0       GMT
 459  462  # Summer Time Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/2982)
 460  463  # See EU for rules starting in 1996.
 461  464  #
 462  465  # Use Europe/London for Jersey, Guernsey, and the Isle of Man.
 463  466  
 464  467  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
 465  468  Zone    Europe/London   -0:01:15 -      LMT     1847 Dec  1  0:00s
 466  469                           0:00   GB-Eire %s      1968 Oct 27
 467  470                           1:00   -       BST     1971 Oct 31  2:00u
 468  471                           0:00   GB-Eire %s      1996
 469  472                           0:00   EU      GMT/BST
 470  473  Link    Europe/London   Europe/Jersey
 471  474  Link    Europe/London   Europe/Guernsey
 472  475  Link    Europe/London   Europe/Isle_of_Man
 473  476  
 474  477  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
 475  478  Zone    Europe/Dublin   -0:25:00 -      LMT     1880 Aug  2
 476  479                          -0:25:21 -      DMT     1916 May 21  2:00
 477  480                          -0:25:21 1:00   IST     1916 Oct  1  2:00s
 478  481                           0:00   GB-Eire %s      1921 Dec  6 # independence
 479  482                           0:00   GB-Eire GMT/IST 1940 Feb 25  2:00
 480  483                           0:00   1:00    IST     1946 Oct  6  2:00
 481  484                           0:00   -       GMT     1947 Mar 16  2:00
 482  485                           0:00   1:00    IST     1947 Nov  2  2:00
 483  486                           0:00   -       GMT     1948 Apr 18  2:00
 484  487                           0:00   GB-Eire GMT/IST 1968 Oct 27
 485  488                           1:00   -       IST     1971 Oct 31  2:00u
 486  489                           0:00   GB-Eire GMT/IST 1996
 487  490                           0:00   EU      GMT/IST
 488  491  
 489  492  ###############################################################################
 490  493  
 491  494  # Europe
 492  495  
 493  496  # EU rules are for the European Union, previously known as the EC, EEC,
 494  497  # Common Market, etc.
 495  498  
 496  499  # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
 497  500  Rule    EU      1977    1980    -       Apr     Sun>=1   1:00u  1:00    S
 498  501  Rule    EU      1977    only    -       Sep     lastSun  1:00u  0       -
 499  502  Rule    EU      1978    only    -       Oct      1       1:00u  0       -
 500  503  Rule    EU      1979    1995    -       Sep     lastSun  1:00u  0       -
 501  504  Rule    EU      1981    max     -       Mar     lastSun  1:00u  1:00    S
 502  505  Rule    EU      1996    max     -       Oct     lastSun  1:00u  0       -
 503  506  # The most recent directive covers the years starting in 2002.  See:
 504  507  # Directive 2000/84/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
 505  508  # of 19 January 2001 on summer-time arrangements.
 506  509  # http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32000L0084:EN:NOT
 507  510  
 508  511  # W-Eur differs from EU only in that W-Eur uses standard time.
 509  512  Rule    W-Eur   1977    1980    -       Apr     Sun>=1   1:00s  1:00    S
 510  513  Rule    W-Eur   1977    only    -       Sep     lastSun  1:00s  0       -
 511  514  Rule    W-Eur   1978    only    -       Oct      1       1:00s  0       -
 512  515  Rule    W-Eur   1979    1995    -       Sep     lastSun  1:00s  0       -
 513  516  Rule    W-Eur   1981    max     -       Mar     lastSun  1:00s  1:00    S
 514  517  Rule    W-Eur   1996    max     -       Oct     lastSun  1:00s  0       -
 515  518  
 516  519  # Older C-Eur rules are for convenience in the tables.
 517  520  # From 1977 on, C-Eur differs from EU only in that C-Eur uses standard time.
 518  521  Rule    C-Eur   1916    only    -       Apr     30      23:00   1:00    S
 519  522  Rule    C-Eur   1916    only    -       Oct      1       1:00   0       -
 520  523  Rule    C-Eur   1917    1918    -       Apr     Mon>=15  2:00s  1:00    S
 521  524  Rule    C-Eur   1917    1918    -       Sep     Mon>=15  2:00s  0       -
 522  525  Rule    C-Eur   1940    only    -       Apr      1       2:00s  1:00    S
 523  526  Rule    C-Eur   1942    only    -       Nov      2       2:00s  0       -
 524  527  Rule    C-Eur   1943    only    -       Mar     29       2:00s  1:00    S
 525  528  Rule    C-Eur   1943    only    -       Oct      4       2:00s  0       -
 526  529  Rule    C-Eur   1944    1945    -       Apr     Mon>=1   2:00s  1:00    S
 527  530  # Whitman gives 1944 Oct 7; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
 528  531  Rule    C-Eur   1944    only    -       Oct      2       2:00s  0       -
 529  532  # From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2008-07-13):
 530  533  #
 531  534  # I found what is probably a typo of 2:00 which should perhaps be 2:00s
 532  535  # in the C-Eur rule from tz database version 2008d (this part was
 533  536  # corrected in version 2008d). The circumstantial evidence is simply the
 534  537  # tz database itself, as seen below:
 535  538  #
 536  539  # Zone Europe/Paris 0:09:21 - LMT 1891 Mar 15  0:01
 537  540  #    0:00 France WE%sT 1945 Sep 16  3:00
 538  541  #
 539  542  # Zone Europe/Monaco 0:29:32 - LMT 1891 Mar 15
 540  543  #    0:00 France WE%sT 1945 Sep 16  3:00
 541  544  #
 542  545  # Zone Europe/Belgrade 1:22:00 - LMT 1884
 543  546  #    1:00 1:00 CEST 1945 Sep 16  2:00s
 544  547  #
 545  548  # Rule France 1945 only - Sep 16  3:00 0 -
 546  549  # Rule Belgium 1945 only - Sep 16  2:00s 0 -
 547  550  # Rule Neth 1945 only - Sep 16 2:00s 0 -
 548  551  #
 549  552  # The rule line to be changed is:
 550  553  #
 551  554  # Rule C-Eur 1945 only - Sep 16  2:00 0 -
 552  555  #
 553  556  # It seems that Paris, Monaco, Rule France, Rule Belgium all agree on
 554  557  # 2:00 standard time, e.g. 3:00 local time.  However there are no
 555  558  # countries that use C-Eur rules in September 1945, so the only items
 556  559  # affected are apparently these fictitious zones that translate acronyms
 557  560  # CET and MET:
 558  561  #
 559  562  # Zone CET  1:00 C-Eur CE%sT
 560  563  # Zone MET  1:00 C-Eur ME%sT
 561  564  #
 562  565  # It this is right then the corrected version would look like:
 563  566  #
 564  567  # Rule C-Eur 1945 only - Sep 16  2:00s 0 -
 565  568  #
 566  569  # A small step for mankind though 8-)
 567  570  Rule    C-Eur   1945    only    -       Sep     16       2:00s  0       -
 568  571  Rule    C-Eur   1977    1980    -       Apr     Sun>=1   2:00s  1:00    S
 569  572  Rule    C-Eur   1977    only    -       Sep     lastSun  2:00s  0       -
 570  573  Rule    C-Eur   1978    only    -       Oct      1       2:00s  0       -
 571  574  Rule    C-Eur   1979    1995    -       Sep     lastSun  2:00s  0       -
 572  575  Rule    C-Eur   1981    max     -       Mar     lastSun  2:00s  1:00    S
 573  576  Rule    C-Eur   1996    max     -       Oct     lastSun  2:00s  0       -
 574  577  
 575  578  # E-Eur differs from EU only in that E-Eur switches at midnight local time.
 576  579  Rule    E-Eur   1977    1980    -       Apr     Sun>=1   0:00   1:00    S
 577  580  Rule    E-Eur   1977    only    -       Sep     lastSun  0:00   0       -
 578  581  Rule    E-Eur   1978    only    -       Oct      1       0:00   0       -
 579  582  Rule    E-Eur   1979    1995    -       Sep     lastSun  0:00   0       -
 580  583  Rule    E-Eur   1981    max     -       Mar     lastSun  0:00   1:00    S
 581  584  Rule    E-Eur   1996    max     -       Oct     lastSun  0:00   0       -
 582  585  
 583  586  # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
 584  587  Rule    Russia  1917    only    -       Jul      1      23:00   1:00    MST  # Moscow Summer Time
  
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 585  588  Rule    Russia  1917    only    -       Dec     28       0:00   0       MMT  # Moscow Mean Time
 586  589  Rule    Russia  1918    only    -       May     31      22:00   2:00    MDST # Moscow Double Summer Time
 587  590  Rule    Russia  1918    only    -       Sep     16       1:00   1:00    MST
 588  591  Rule    Russia  1919    only    -       May     31      23:00   2:00    MDST
 589  592  Rule    Russia  1919    only    -       Jul      1       2:00   1:00    MSD
 590  593  Rule    Russia  1919    only    -       Aug     16       0:00   0       MSK
 591  594  Rule    Russia  1921    only    -       Feb     14      23:00   1:00    MSD
 592  595  Rule    Russia  1921    only    -       Mar     20      23:00   2:00    MSM  # Midsummer
 593  596  Rule    Russia  1921    only    -       Sep      1       0:00   1:00    MSD
 594  597  Rule    Russia  1921    only    -       Oct      1       0:00   0       -
 595      -# Act No.925 of the Council of Ministers of the USSR (1980-10-24):
      598 +# Act No. 925 of the Council of Ministers of the USSR (1980-10-24):
 596  599  Rule    Russia  1981    1984    -       Apr      1       0:00   1:00    S
 597  600  Rule    Russia  1981    1983    -       Oct      1       0:00   0       -
 598      -# Act No.967 of the Council of Ministers of the USSR (1984-09-13), repeated in
 599      -# Act No.227 of the Council of Ministers of the USSR (1989-03-14):
      601 +# Act No. 967 of the Council of Ministers of the USSR (1984-09-13), repeated in
      602 +# Act No. 227 of the Council of Ministers of the USSR (1989-03-14):
 600  603  Rule    Russia  1984    1991    -       Sep     lastSun  2:00s  0       -
 601  604  Rule    Russia  1985    1991    -       Mar     lastSun  2:00s  1:00    S
 602  605  #
 603  606  Rule    Russia  1992    only    -       Mar     lastSat  23:00  1:00    S
 604  607  Rule    Russia  1992    only    -       Sep     lastSat  23:00  0       -
 605  608  Rule    Russia  1993    2010    -       Mar     lastSun  2:00s  1:00    S
 606  609  Rule    Russia  1993    1995    -       Sep     lastSun  2:00s  0       -
 607  610  Rule    Russia  1996    2010    -       Oct     lastSun  2:00s  0       -
 608  611  # As described below, Russia's 2014 change affects Zone data, not Rule data.
 609  612  
 610  613  # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-06-14):
 611  614  # According to Kremlin press service, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev
 612  615  # signed a federal law "On calculation of time" on June 9, 2011.
 613  616  # According to the law Russia is abolishing daylight saving time.
 614  617  #
 615  618  # Medvedev signed a law "On the Calculation of Time" (in russian):
 616  619  # http://bmockbe.ru/events/?ID=7583
 617  620  #
 618  621  # Medvedev signed a law on the calculation of the time (in russian):
 619  622  # http://www.regnum.ru/news/polit/1413906.html
 620  623  
 621  624  # From Arthur David Olson (2011-06-15):
 622  625  # Take "abolishing daylight saving time" to mean that time is now considered
 623  626  # to be standard.
 624  627  
 625  628  # These are for backward compatibility with older versions.
 626  629  
 627  630  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
 628  631  Zone    WET             0:00    EU      WE%sT
 629  632  Zone    CET             1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT
 630  633  Zone    MET             1:00    C-Eur   ME%sT
 631  634  Zone    EET             2:00    EU      EE%sT
 632  635  
 633  636  # Previous editions of this database used abbreviations like MET DST
 634  637  # for Central European Summer Time, but this didn't agree with common usage.
 635  638  
 636  639  # From Markus Kuhn (1996-07-12):
 637  640  # The official German names ... are
 638  641  #
 639  642  #       Mitteleuropäische Zeit (MEZ)         = UTC+01:00
 640  643  #       Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit (MESZ)  = UTC+02:00
 641  644  #
 642  645  # as defined in the German Time Act (Gesetz über die Zeitbestimmung (ZeitG),
 643  646  # 1978-07-25, Bundesgesetzblatt, Jahrgang 1978, Teil I, S. 1110-1111)....
 644  647  # I wrote ... to the German Federal Physical-Technical Institution
 645  648  #
 646  649  #       Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB)
 647  650  #       Laboratorium 4.41 "Zeiteinheit"
 648  651  #       Postfach 3345
 649  652  #       D-38023 Braunschweig
 650  653  #       phone: +49 531 592-0
 651  654  #
 652  655  # ... I received today an answer letter from Dr. Peter Hetzel, head of the PTB
 653  656  # department for time and frequency transmission.  He explained that the
 654  657  # PTB translates MEZ and MESZ into English as
 655  658  #
 656  659  #       Central European Time (CET)         = UTC+01:00
 657  660  #       Central European Summer Time (CEST) = UTC+02:00
 658  661  
 659  662  
 660  663  # Albania
 661  664  # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
 662  665  Rule    Albania 1940    only    -       Jun     16      0:00    1:00    S
 663  666  Rule    Albania 1942    only    -       Nov      2      3:00    0       -
 664  667  Rule    Albania 1943    only    -       Mar     29      2:00    1:00    S
 665  668  Rule    Albania 1943    only    -       Apr     10      3:00    0       -
 666  669  Rule    Albania 1974    only    -       May      4      0:00    1:00    S
 667  670  Rule    Albania 1974    only    -       Oct      2      0:00    0       -
 668  671  Rule    Albania 1975    only    -       May      1      0:00    1:00    S
 669  672  Rule    Albania 1975    only    -       Oct      2      0:00    0       -
 670  673  Rule    Albania 1976    only    -       May      2      0:00    1:00    S
 671  674  Rule    Albania 1976    only    -       Oct      3      0:00    0       -
 672  675  Rule    Albania 1977    only    -       May      8      0:00    1:00    S
 673  676  Rule    Albania 1977    only    -       Oct      2      0:00    0       -
 674  677  Rule    Albania 1978    only    -       May      6      0:00    1:00    S
 675  678  Rule    Albania 1978    only    -       Oct      1      0:00    0       -
 676  679  Rule    Albania 1979    only    -       May      5      0:00    1:00    S
 677  680  Rule    Albania 1979    only    -       Sep     30      0:00    0       -
 678  681  Rule    Albania 1980    only    -       May      3      0:00    1:00    S
 679  682  Rule    Albania 1980    only    -       Oct      4      0:00    0       -
 680  683  Rule    Albania 1981    only    -       Apr     26      0:00    1:00    S
 681  684  Rule    Albania 1981    only    -       Sep     27      0:00    0       -
 682  685  Rule    Albania 1982    only    -       May      2      0:00    1:00    S
 683  686  Rule    Albania 1982    only    -       Oct      3      0:00    0       -
 684  687  Rule    Albania 1983    only    -       Apr     18      0:00    1:00    S
 685  688  Rule    Albania 1983    only    -       Oct      1      0:00    0       -
 686  689  Rule    Albania 1984    only    -       Apr      1      0:00    1:00    S
 687  690  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
 688  691  Zone    Europe/Tirane   1:19:20 -       LMT     1914
 689  692                          1:00    -       CET     1940 Jun 16
 690  693                          1:00    Albania CE%sT   1984 Jul
 691  694                          1:00    EU      CE%sT
 692  695  
 693  696  # Andorra
 694  697  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
 695  698  Zone    Europe/Andorra  0:06:04 -       LMT     1901
 696  699                          0:00    -       WET     1946 Sep 30
 697  700                          1:00    -       CET     1985 Mar 31  2:00
 698  701                          1:00    EU      CE%sT
 699  702  
 700  703  # Austria
 701  704  
 702  705  # Milne says Vienna time was 1:05:21.
 703  706  
 704  707  # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): Shanks & Pottenger give 1918-06-16 and
 705  708  # 1945-11-18, but the Austrian Federal Office of Metrology and
 706  709  # Surveying (BEV) gives 1918-09-16 and for Vienna gives the "alleged"
 707  710  # date of 1945-04-12 with no time.  For the 1980-04-06 transition
 708  711  # Shanks & Pottenger give 02:00, the BEV 00:00.  Go with the BEV,
 709  712  # and guess 02:00 for 1945-04-12.
 710  713  
 711  714  # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
 712  715  Rule    Austria 1920    only    -       Apr      5      2:00s   1:00    S
 713  716  Rule    Austria 1920    only    -       Sep     13      2:00s   0       -
 714  717  Rule    Austria 1946    only    -       Apr     14      2:00s   1:00    S
 715  718  Rule    Austria 1946    1948    -       Oct     Sun>=1  2:00s   0       -
 716  719  Rule    Austria 1947    only    -       Apr      6      2:00s   1:00    S
 717  720  Rule    Austria 1948    only    -       Apr     18      2:00s   1:00    S
 718  721  Rule    Austria 1980    only    -       Apr      6      0:00    1:00    S
 719  722  Rule    Austria 1980    only    -       Sep     28      0:00    0       -
 720  723  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
 721  724  Zone    Europe/Vienna   1:05:21 -       LMT     1893 Apr
 722  725                          1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1920
 723  726                          1:00    Austria CE%sT   1940 Apr  1  2:00s
 724  727                          1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1945 Apr  2  2:00s
 725  728                          1:00    1:00    CEST    1945 Apr 12  2:00s
 726  729                          1:00    -       CET     1946
 727  730                          1:00    Austria CE%sT   1981
 728  731                          1:00    EU      CE%sT
 729  732  
 730  733  # Belarus
 731  734  # From Yauhen Kharuzhy (2011-09-16):
 732  735  # By latest Belarus government act Europe/Minsk timezone was changed to
 733  736  # GMT+3 without DST (was GMT+2 with DST).
 734  737  #
 735  738  # Sources (Russian language):
 736  739  # http://www.belta.by/ru/all_news/society/V-Belarusi-otmenjaetsja-perexod-na-sezonnoe-vremja_i_572952.html
 737  740  # http://naviny.by/rubrics/society/2011/09/16/ic_articles_116_175144/
 738  741  # http://news.tut.by/society/250578.html
 739  742  #
 740  743  # From Alexander Bokovoy (2014-10-09):
 741  744  # Belarussian government decided against changing to winter time....
 742  745  # http://eng.belta.by/all_news/society/Belarus-decides-against-adjusting-time-in-Russias-wake_i_76335.html
 743  746  # From Paul Eggert (2014-10-08):
 744  747  # Hence Belarus can share time zone abbreviations with Moscow again.
 745  748  #
 746  749  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
 747  750  Zone    Europe/Minsk    1:50:16 -       LMT     1880
 748  751                          1:50    -       MMT     1924 May  2 # Minsk Mean Time
 749  752                          2:00    -       EET     1930 Jun 21
 750  753                          3:00    -       MSK     1941 Jun 28
 751  754                          1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1944 Jul  3
 752  755                          3:00    Russia  MSK/MSD 1990
 753  756                          3:00    -       MSK     1991 Mar 31  2:00s
 754  757                          2:00    1:00    EEST    1991 Sep 29  2:00s
 755  758                          2:00    -       EET     1992 Mar 29  0:00s
 756  759                          2:00    1:00    EEST    1992 Sep 27  0:00s
 757  760                          2:00    Russia  EE%sT   2011 Mar 27  2:00s
 758  761                          3:00    -       FET     2014 Oct 26  1:00s
 759  762                          3:00    -       MSK
 760  763  
 761  764  # Belgium
 762  765  #
 763  766  # From Paul Eggert (1997-07-02):
 764  767  # Entries from 1918 through 1991 are taken from:
 765  768  #       Annuaire de L'Observatoire Royal de Belgique,
 766  769  #       Avenue Circulaire, 3, B-1180 BRUXELLES, CLVIIe année, 1991
 767  770  #       (Imprimerie HAYEZ, s.p.r.l., Rue Fin, 4, 1080 BRUXELLES, MCMXC),
 768  771  #       pp 8-9.
 769  772  # LMT before 1892 was 0:17:30, according to the official journal of Belgium:
 770  773  #       Moniteur Belge, Samedi 30 Avril 1892, N.121.
 771  774  # Thanks to Pascal Delmoitie for these references.
 772  775  # The 1918 rules are listed for completeness; they apply to unoccupied Belgium.
 773  776  # Assume Brussels switched to WET in 1918 when the armistice took effect.
 774  777  #
 775  778  # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
 776  779  Rule    Belgium 1918    only    -       Mar      9       0:00s  1:00    S
 777  780  Rule    Belgium 1918    1919    -       Oct     Sat>=1  23:00s  0       -
 778  781  Rule    Belgium 1919    only    -       Mar      1      23:00s  1:00    S
 779  782  Rule    Belgium 1920    only    -       Feb     14      23:00s  1:00    S
 780  783  Rule    Belgium 1920    only    -       Oct     23      23:00s  0       -
 781  784  Rule    Belgium 1921    only    -       Mar     14      23:00s  1:00    S
 782  785  Rule    Belgium 1921    only    -       Oct     25      23:00s  0       -
 783  786  Rule    Belgium 1922    only    -       Mar     25      23:00s  1:00    S
 784  787  Rule    Belgium 1922    1927    -       Oct     Sat>=1  23:00s  0       -
 785  788  Rule    Belgium 1923    only    -       Apr     21      23:00s  1:00    S
 786  789  Rule    Belgium 1924    only    -       Mar     29      23:00s  1:00    S
 787  790  Rule    Belgium 1925    only    -       Apr      4      23:00s  1:00    S
 788  791  # DSH writes that a royal decree of 1926-02-22 specified the Sun following 3rd
 789  792  # Sat in Apr (except if it's Easter, in which case it's one Sunday earlier),
 790  793  # to Sun following 1st Sat in Oct, and that a royal decree of 1928-09-15
 791  794  # changed the transition times to 02:00 GMT.
 792  795  Rule    Belgium 1926    only    -       Apr     17      23:00s  1:00    S
 793  796  Rule    Belgium 1927    only    -       Apr      9      23:00s  1:00    S
 794  797  Rule    Belgium 1928    only    -       Apr     14      23:00s  1:00    S
 795  798  Rule    Belgium 1928    1938    -       Oct     Sun>=2   2:00s  0       -
 796  799  Rule    Belgium 1929    only    -       Apr     21       2:00s  1:00    S
 797  800  Rule    Belgium 1930    only    -       Apr     13       2:00s  1:00    S
 798  801  Rule    Belgium 1931    only    -       Apr     19       2:00s  1:00    S
 799  802  Rule    Belgium 1932    only    -       Apr      3       2:00s  1:00    S
 800  803  Rule    Belgium 1933    only    -       Mar     26       2:00s  1:00    S
 801  804  Rule    Belgium 1934    only    -       Apr      8       2:00s  1:00    S
 802  805  Rule    Belgium 1935    only    -       Mar     31       2:00s  1:00    S
 803  806  Rule    Belgium 1936    only    -       Apr     19       2:00s  1:00    S
 804  807  Rule    Belgium 1937    only    -       Apr      4       2:00s  1:00    S
 805  808  Rule    Belgium 1938    only    -       Mar     27       2:00s  1:00    S
 806  809  Rule    Belgium 1939    only    -       Apr     16       2:00s  1:00    S
 807  810  Rule    Belgium 1939    only    -       Nov     19       2:00s  0       -
 808  811  Rule    Belgium 1940    only    -       Feb     25       2:00s  1:00    S
 809  812  Rule    Belgium 1944    only    -       Sep     17       2:00s  0       -
 810  813  Rule    Belgium 1945    only    -       Apr      2       2:00s  1:00    S
 811  814  Rule    Belgium 1945    only    -       Sep     16       2:00s  0       -
 812  815  Rule    Belgium 1946    only    -       May     19       2:00s  1:00    S
 813  816  Rule    Belgium 1946    only    -       Oct      7       2:00s  0       -
 814  817  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
 815  818  Zone    Europe/Brussels 0:17:30 -       LMT     1880
 816  819                          0:17:30 -       BMT     1892 May  1 12:00  # Brussels MT
 817  820                          0:00    -       WET     1914 Nov  8
 818  821                          1:00    -       CET     1916 May  1  0:00
 819  822                          1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1918 Nov 11 11:00u
 820  823                          0:00    Belgium WE%sT   1940 May 20  2:00s
  
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 821  824                          1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1944 Sep  3
 822  825                          1:00    Belgium CE%sT   1977
 823  826                          1:00    EU      CE%sT
 824  827  
 825  828  # Bosnia and Herzegovina
 826  829  # See Europe/Belgrade.
 827  830  
 828  831  # Bulgaria
 829  832  #
 830  833  # From Plamen Simenov via Steffen Thorsen (1999-09-09):
 831      -# A document of Government of Bulgaria (No.94/1997) says:
      834 +# A document of Government of Bulgaria (No. 94/1997) says:
 832  835  # EET -> EETDST is in 03:00 Local time in last Sunday of March ...
 833  836  # EETDST -> EET is in 04:00 Local time in last Sunday of October
 834  837  #
 835  838  # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
 836  839  Rule    Bulg    1979    only    -       Mar     31      23:00   1:00    S
 837  840  Rule    Bulg    1979    only    -       Oct      1       1:00   0       -
 838  841  Rule    Bulg    1980    1982    -       Apr     Sat>=1  23:00   1:00    S
 839  842  Rule    Bulg    1980    only    -       Sep     29       1:00   0       -
 840  843  Rule    Bulg    1981    only    -       Sep     27       2:00   0       -
 841  844  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
 842  845  Zone    Europe/Sofia    1:33:16 -       LMT     1880
 843  846                          1:56:56 -       IMT     1894 Nov 30 # Istanbul MT?
 844  847                          2:00    -       EET     1942 Nov  2  3:00
 845  848                          1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1945
 846  849                          1:00    -       CET     1945 Apr  2  3:00
 847  850                          2:00    -       EET     1979 Mar 31 23:00
 848      -                        2:00    Bulg    EE%sT   1982 Sep 26  2:00
      851 +                        2:00    Bulg    EE%sT   1982 Sep 26  3:00
 849  852                          2:00    C-Eur   EE%sT   1991
 850  853                          2:00    E-Eur   EE%sT   1997
 851  854                          2:00    EU      EE%sT
 852  855  
 853  856  # Croatia
 854  857  # See Europe/Belgrade.
 855  858  
 856  859  # Cyprus
 857  860  # Please see the 'asia' file for Asia/Nicosia.
 858  861  
 859  862  # Czech Republic
 860  863  # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
 861  864  Rule    Czech   1945    only    -       Apr      8      2:00s   1:00    S
 862  865  Rule    Czech   1945    only    -       Nov     18      2:00s   0       -
 863  866  Rule    Czech   1946    only    -       May      6      2:00s   1:00    S
 864  867  Rule    Czech   1946    1949    -       Oct     Sun>=1  2:00s   0       -
 865  868  Rule    Czech   1947    only    -       Apr     20      2:00s   1:00    S
 866  869  Rule    Czech   1948    only    -       Apr     18      2:00s   1:00    S
 867  870  Rule    Czech   1949    only    -       Apr      9      2:00s   1:00    S
 868  871  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
 869  872  Zone    Europe/Prague   0:57:44 -       LMT     1850
 870  873                          0:57:44 -       PMT     1891 Oct    # Prague Mean Time
 871  874                          1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1944 Sep 17  2:00s
 872  875                          1:00    Czech   CE%sT   1979
 873  876                          1:00    EU      CE%sT
 874  877  # Use Europe/Prague also for Slovakia.
 875  878  
 876  879  # Denmark, Faroe Islands, and Greenland
 877  880  
 878  881  # From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2005-04-26):
 879  882  # http://www.hum.aau.dk/~poe/tid/tine/DanskTid.htm says that the law
 880  883  # [introducing standard time] was in effect from 1894-01-01....
 881  884  # The page http://www.retsinfo.dk/_GETDOCI_/ACCN/A18930008330-REGL
 882  885  # confirms this, and states that the law was put forth 1893-03-29.
 883  886  #
 884  887  # The EU treaty with effect from 1973:
 885  888  # http://www.retsinfo.dk/_GETDOCI_/ACCN/A19722110030-REGL
 886  889  #
 887  890  # This provoked a new law from 1974 to make possible summer time changes
 888  891  # in subsequent decrees with the law
 889  892  # http://www.retsinfo.dk/_GETDOCI_/ACCN/A19740022330-REGL
 890  893  #
 891  894  # It seems however that no decree was set forward until 1980.  I have
 892  895  # not found any decree, but in another related law, the effecting DST
 893  896  # changes are stated explicitly to be from 1980-04-06 at 02:00 to
 894  897  # 1980-09-28 at 02:00.  If this is true, this differs slightly from
 895  898  # the EU rule in that DST runs to 02:00, not 03:00.  We don't know
 896  899  # when Denmark began using the EU rule correctly, but we have only
 897  900  # confirmation of the 1980-time, so I presume it was correct in 1981:
 898  901  # The law is about the management of the extra hour, concerning
 899  902  # working hours reported and effect on obligatory-rest rules (which
 900  903  # was suspended on that night):
 901  904  # http://www.retsinfo.dk/_GETDOCI_/ACCN/C19801120554-REGL
 902  905  
 903  906  # From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2005-06-11):
 904  907  # The Herning Folkeblad (1980-09-26) reported that the night between
 905  908  # Saturday and Sunday the clock is set back from three to two.
 906  909  
 907  910  # From Paul Eggert (2005-06-11):
 908  911  # Hence the "02:00" of the 1980 law refers to standard time, not
 909  912  # wall-clock time, and so the EU rules were in effect in 1980.
 910  913  
 911  914  # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
 912  915  Rule    Denmark 1916    only    -       May     14      23:00   1:00    S
 913  916  Rule    Denmark 1916    only    -       Sep     30      23:00   0       -
 914  917  Rule    Denmark 1940    only    -       May     15       0:00   1:00    S
 915  918  Rule    Denmark 1945    only    -       Apr      2       2:00s  1:00    S
 916  919  Rule    Denmark 1945    only    -       Aug     15       2:00s  0       -
 917  920  Rule    Denmark 1946    only    -       May      1       2:00s  1:00    S
 918  921  Rule    Denmark 1946    only    -       Sep      1       2:00s  0       -
 919  922  Rule    Denmark 1947    only    -       May      4       2:00s  1:00    S
 920  923  Rule    Denmark 1947    only    -       Aug     10       2:00s  0       -
 921  924  Rule    Denmark 1948    only    -       May      9       2:00s  1:00    S
 922  925  Rule    Denmark 1948    only    -       Aug      8       2:00s  0       -
 923  926  #
 924  927  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
 925  928  Zone Europe/Copenhagen   0:50:20 -      LMT     1890
 926  929                           0:50:20 -      CMT     1894 Jan  1 # Copenhagen MT
 927  930                           1:00   Denmark CE%sT   1942 Nov  2  2:00s
 928  931                           1:00   C-Eur   CE%sT   1945 Apr  2  2:00
 929  932                           1:00   Denmark CE%sT   1980
 930  933                           1:00   EU      CE%sT
 931  934  Zone Atlantic/Faroe     -0:27:04 -      LMT     1908 Jan 11 # Tórshavn
 932  935                           0:00   -       WET     1981
 933  936                           0:00   EU      WE%sT
 934  937  #
 935  938  # From Paul Eggert (2004-10-31):
 936  939  # During World War II, Germany maintained secret manned weather stations in
 937  940  # East Greenland and Franz Josef Land, but we don't know their time zones.
 938  941  # My source for this is Wilhelm Dege's book mentioned under Svalbard.
 939  942  #
 940  943  # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
 941  944  # Greenland joined the EU as part of Denmark, obtained home rule on 1979-05-01,
 942  945  # and left the EU on 1985-02-01.  It therefore should have been using EU
 943  946  # rules at least through 1984.  Shanks & Pottenger say Scoresbysund and Godthåb
 944  947  # used C-Eur rules after 1980, but IATA SSIM (1991/1996) says they use EU
 945  948  # rules since at least 1991.  Assume EU rules since 1980.
 946  949  
 947  950  # From Gwillim Law (2001-06-06), citing
 948  951  # <http://www.statkart.no/efs/efshefter/2001/efs5-2001.pdf> (2001-03-15),
 949  952  # and with translations corrected by Steffen Thorsen:
 950  953  #
 951  954  # Greenland has four local times, and the relation to UTC
 952  955  # is according to the following time line:
 953  956  #
 954  957  # The military zone near Thule  UTC-4
 955  958  # Standard Greenland time       UTC-3
 956  959  # Scoresbysund                  UTC-1
 957  960  # Danmarkshavn                  UTC
 958  961  #
 959  962  # In the military area near Thule and in Danmarkshavn DST will not be
 960  963  # introduced.
 961  964  
 962  965  # From Rives McDow (2001-11-01):
 963  966  #
 964  967  # I correspond regularly with the Dansk Polarcenter, and wrote them at
 965  968  # the time to clarify the situation in Thule.  Unfortunately, I have
 966  969  # not heard back from them regarding my recent letter.  [But I have
 967  970  # info from earlier correspondence.]
 968  971  #
 969  972  # According to the center, a very small local time zone around Thule
 970  973  # Air Base keeps the time according to UTC-4, implementing daylight
 971  974  # savings using North America rules, changing the time at 02:00 local time....
 972  975  #
 973  976  # The east coast of Greenland north of the community of Scoresbysund
 974  977  # uses UTC in the same way as in Iceland, year round, with no dst.
 975  978  # There are just a few stations on this coast, including the
 976  979  # Danmarkshavn ICAO weather station mentioned in your September 29th
 977  980  # email.  The other stations are two sledge patrol stations in
 978  981  # Mestersvig and Daneborg, the air force base at Station Nord, and the
 979  982  # DPC research station at Zackenberg.
 980  983  #
 981  984  # Scoresbysund and two small villages nearby keep time UTC-1 and use
 982  985  # the same daylight savings time period as in West Greenland (Godthåb).
 983  986  #
 984  987  # The rest of Greenland, including Godthåb (this area, although it
 985  988  # includes central Greenland, is known as west Greenland), keeps time
 986  989  # UTC-3, with daylight savings methods according to European rules.
 987  990  #
 988  991  # It is common procedure to use UTC 0 in the wilderness of East and
 989  992  # North Greenland, because it is mainly Icelandic aircraft operators
 990  993  # maintaining traffic in these areas.  However, the official status of
 991  994  # this area is that it sticks with Godthåb time.  This area might be
 992  995  # considered a dual time zone in some respects because of this.
 993  996  
 994  997  # From Rives McDow (2001-11-19):
 995  998  # I heard back from someone stationed at Thule; the time change took place
 996  999  # there at 2:00 AM.
 997 1000  
 998 1001  # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
 999 1002  # From 1997 on the CIA map shows Danmarkshavn on GMT;
1000 1003  # the 1995 map as like Godthåb.
1001 1004  # For lack of better info, assume they were like Godthåb before 1996.
1002 1005  # startkart.no says Thule does not observe DST, but this is clearly an error,
1003 1006  # so go with Shanks & Pottenger for Thule transitions until this year.
1004 1007  # For 2007 on assume Thule will stay in sync with US DST rules.
1005 1008  #
1006 1009  # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
1007 1010  Rule    Thule   1991    1992    -       Mar     lastSun 2:00    1:00    D
1008 1011  Rule    Thule   1991    1992    -       Sep     lastSun 2:00    0       S
1009 1012  Rule    Thule   1993    2006    -       Apr     Sun>=1  2:00    1:00    D
1010 1013  Rule    Thule   1993    2006    -       Oct     lastSun 2:00    0       S
1011 1014  Rule    Thule   2007    max     -       Mar     Sun>=8  2:00    1:00    D
1012 1015  Rule    Thule   2007    max     -       Nov     Sun>=1  2:00    0       S
1013 1016  #
1014 1017  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
1015 1018  Zone America/Danmarkshavn -1:14:40 -    LMT     1916 Jul 28
1016 1019                          -3:00   -       WGT     1980 Apr  6  2:00
1017 1020                          -3:00   EU      WG%sT   1996
1018 1021                          0:00    -       GMT
1019 1022  Zone America/Scoresbysund -1:27:52 -    LMT     1916 Jul 28 # Ittoqqortoormiit
1020 1023                          -2:00   -       CGT     1980 Apr  6  2:00
1021 1024                          -2:00   C-Eur   CG%sT   1981 Mar 29
1022 1025                          -1:00   EU      EG%sT
1023 1026  Zone America/Godthab    -3:26:56 -      LMT     1916 Jul 28 # Nuuk
1024 1027                          -3:00   -       WGT     1980 Apr  6  2:00
1025 1028                          -3:00   EU      WG%sT
1026 1029  Zone America/Thule      -4:35:08 -      LMT     1916 Jul 28 # Pituffik air base
1027 1030                          -4:00   Thule   A%sT
1028 1031  
1029 1032  # Estonia
1030 1033  # From Peter Ilieve (1994-10-15):
1031 1034  # A relative in Tallinn confirms the accuracy of the data for 1989 onwards
1032 1035  # [through 1994] and gives the legal authority for it,
1033 1036  # a regulation of the Government of Estonia, No. 111 of 1989....
1034 1037  #
1035 1038  # From Peter Ilieve (1996-10-28):
1036 1039  # [IATA SSIM (1992/1996) claims that the Baltic republics switch at 01:00s,
1037 1040  # but a relative confirms that Estonia still switches at 02:00s, writing:]
1038 1041  # "I do not [know] exactly but there are some little different
1039 1042  # (confusing) rules for International Air and Railway Transport Schedules
1040 1043  # conversion in Sunday connected with end of summer time in Estonia....
1041 1044  # A discussion is running about the summer time efficiency and effect on
1042 1045  # human physiology.  It seems that Estonia maybe will not change to
1043 1046  # summer time next spring."
1044 1047  
1045 1048  # From Peter Ilieve (1998-11-04), heavily edited:
1046 1049  # The 1998-09-22 Estonian time law
1047 1050  # http://trip.rk.ee/cgi-bin/thw?${BASE}=akt&${OOHTML}=rtd&TA=1998&TO=1&AN=1390
1048 1051  # refers to the Eighth Directive and cites the association agreement between
1049 1052  # the EU and Estonia, ratified by the Estonian law (RT II 1995, 22-27, 120).
1050 1053  #
1051 1054  # I also asked [my relative] whether they use any standard abbreviation
1052 1055  # for their standard and summer times. He says no, they use "suveaeg"
1053 1056  # (summer time) and "talveaeg" (winter time).
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1055 1058  # From The Baltic Times <http://www.baltictimes.com/> (1999-09-09)
1056 1059  # via Steffen Thorsen:
1057 1060  # This year will mark the last time Estonia shifts to summer time,
1058 1061  # a council of the ruling coalition announced Sept. 6....
1059 1062  # But what this could mean for Estonia's chances of joining the European
1060 1063  # Union are still unclear.  In 1994, the EU declared summer time compulsory
1061 1064  # for all member states until 2001.  Brussels has yet to decide what to do
1062 1065  # after that.
1063 1066  
1064 1067  # From Mart Oruaas (2000-01-29):
1065      -# Regulation no. 301 (1999-10-12) obsoletes previous regulation
1066      -# no. 206 (1998-09-22) and thus sticks Estonia to +02:00 GMT for all
     1068 +# Regulation No. 301 (1999-10-12) obsoletes previous regulation
     1069 +# No. 206 (1998-09-22) and thus sticks Estonia to +02:00 GMT for all
1067 1070  # the year round.  The regulation is effective 1999-11-01.
1068 1071  
1069 1072  # From Toomas Soome (2002-02-21):
1070 1073  # The Estonian government has changed once again timezone politics.
1071 1074  # Now we are using again EU rules.
1072 1075  #
1073 1076  # From Urmet Jänes (2002-03-28):
1074 1077  # The legislative reference is Government decree No. 84 on 2002-02-21.
1075 1078  
1076 1079  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
1077 1080  Zone    Europe/Tallinn  1:39:00 -       LMT     1880
1078 1081                          1:39:00 -       TMT     1918 Feb    # Tallinn Mean Time
1079 1082                          1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1919 Jul
1080 1083                          1:39:00 -       TMT     1921 May
1081 1084                          2:00    -       EET     1940 Aug  6
1082 1085                          3:00    -       MSK     1941 Sep 15
1083 1086                          1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1944 Sep 22
1084 1087                          3:00    Russia  MSK/MSD 1989 Mar 26  2:00s
1085 1088                          2:00    1:00    EEST    1989 Sep 24  2:00s
1086 1089                          2:00    C-Eur   EE%sT   1998 Sep 22
1087      -                        2:00    EU      EE%sT   1999 Nov  1
     1090 +                        2:00    EU      EE%sT   1999 Oct 31  4:00
1088 1091                          2:00    -       EET     2002 Feb 21
1089 1092                          2:00    EU      EE%sT
1090 1093  
1091 1094  # Finland
1092 1095  
1093 1096  # From Hannu Strang (1994-09-25 06:03:37 UTC):
1094 1097  # Well, here in Helsinki we're just changing from summer time to regular one,
1095 1098  # and it's supposed to change at 4am...
1096 1099  
1097 1100  # From Janne Snabb (2010-07-15):
1098 1101  #
1099 1102  # I noticed that the Finland data is not accurate for years 1981 and 1982.
1100 1103  # During these two first trial years the DST adjustment was made one hour
1101 1104  # earlier than in forthcoming years. Starting 1983 the adjustment was made
1102 1105  # according to the central European standards.
1103 1106  #
1104 1107  # This is documented in Heikki Oja: Aikakirja 2007, published by The Almanac
1105 1108  # Office of University of Helsinki, ISBN 952-10-3221-9, available online (in
1106 1109  # Finnish) at
1107 1110  # http://almanakka.helsinki.fi/aikakirja/Aikakirja2007kokonaan.pdf
1108 1111  #
1109 1112  # Page 105 (56 in PDF version) has a handy table of all past daylight savings
1110 1113  # transitions. It is easy enough to interpret without Finnish skills.
1111 1114  #
1112 1115  # This is also confirmed by Finnish Broadcasting Company's archive at:
1113 1116  # http://www.yle.fi/elavaarkisto/?s=s&g=1&ag=5&t=&a=3401
1114 1117  #
1115 1118  # The news clip from 1981 says that "the time between 2 and 3 o'clock does not
1116 1119  # exist tonight."
1117 1120  
1118 1121  # From Konstantin Hyppönen (2014-06-13):
1119 1122  # [Heikki Oja's book Aikakirja 2013]
1120 1123  # http://almanakka.helsinki.fi/images/aikakirja/Aikakirja2013kokonaan.pdf
1121 1124  # pages 104-105, including a scan from a newspaper published on Apr 2 1942
1122 1125  # say that ... [o]n Apr 2 1942, 24 o'clock (which means Apr 3 1942,
1123 1126  # 00:00), clocks were moved one hour forward. The newspaper
1124 1127  # mentions "on the night from Thursday to Friday"....
1125 1128  # On Oct 4 1942, clocks were moved at 1:00 one hour backwards.
1126 1129  #
1127 1130  # From Paul Eggert (2014-06-14):
1128 1131  # Go with Oja over Shanks.
1129 1132  
1130 1133  # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
1131 1134  Rule    Finland 1942    only    -       Apr     2       24:00   1:00    S
1132 1135  Rule    Finland 1942    only    -       Oct     4       1:00    0       -
1133 1136  Rule    Finland 1981    1982    -       Mar     lastSun 2:00    1:00    S
1134 1137  Rule    Finland 1981    1982    -       Sep     lastSun 3:00    0       -
1135 1138  
1136 1139  # Milne says Helsinki (Helsingfors) time was 1:39:49.2 (official document);
1137 1140  # round to nearest.
1138 1141  
1139 1142  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
1140 1143  Zone    Europe/Helsinki 1:39:49 -       LMT     1878 May 31
1141 1144                          1:39:49 -       HMT     1921 May    # Helsinki Mean Time
1142 1145                          2:00    Finland EE%sT   1983
1143 1146                          2:00    EU      EE%sT
1144 1147  
1145 1148  # Åland Is
1146 1149  Link    Europe/Helsinki Europe/Mariehamn
1147 1150  
1148 1151  
1149 1152  # France
1150 1153  
1151 1154  # From Ciro Discepolo (2000-12-20):
1152 1155  #
1153 1156  # Henri Le Corre, Régimes horaires pour le monde entier, Éditions
1154 1157  # Traditionnelles - Paris 2 books, 1993
1155 1158  #
1156 1159  # Gabriel, Traité de l'heure dans le monde, Guy Trédaniel,
1157 1160  # Paris, 1991
1158 1161  #
1159 1162  # Françoise Gauquelin, Problèmes de l'heure résolus en astrologie,
1160 1163  # Guy Trédaniel, Paris 1987
1161 1164  
1162 1165  
1163 1166  #
1164 1167  # Shank & Pottenger seem to use '24:00' ambiguously; resolve it with Whitman.
1165 1168  # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
1166 1169  Rule    France  1916    only    -       Jun     14      23:00s  1:00    S
1167 1170  Rule    France  1916    1919    -       Oct     Sun>=1  23:00s  0       -
1168 1171  Rule    France  1917    only    -       Mar     24      23:00s  1:00    S
1169 1172  Rule    France  1918    only    -       Mar      9      23:00s  1:00    S
1170 1173  Rule    France  1919    only    -       Mar      1      23:00s  1:00    S
1171 1174  Rule    France  1920    only    -       Feb     14      23:00s  1:00    S
1172 1175  Rule    France  1920    only    -       Oct     23      23:00s  0       -
1173 1176  Rule    France  1921    only    -       Mar     14      23:00s  1:00    S
1174 1177  Rule    France  1921    only    -       Oct     25      23:00s  0       -
1175 1178  Rule    France  1922    only    -       Mar     25      23:00s  1:00    S
1176 1179  # DSH writes that a law of 1923-05-24 specified 3rd Sat in Apr at 23:00 to 1st
1177 1180  # Sat in Oct at 24:00; and that in 1930, because of Easter, the transitions
1178 1181  # were Apr 12 and Oct 5.  Go with Shanks & Pottenger.
1179 1182  Rule    France  1922    1938    -       Oct     Sat>=1  23:00s  0       -
1180 1183  Rule    France  1923    only    -       May     26      23:00s  1:00    S
1181 1184  Rule    France  1924    only    -       Mar     29      23:00s  1:00    S
1182 1185  Rule    France  1925    only    -       Apr      4      23:00s  1:00    S
1183 1186  Rule    France  1926    only    -       Apr     17      23:00s  1:00    S
1184 1187  Rule    France  1927    only    -       Apr      9      23:00s  1:00    S
1185 1188  Rule    France  1928    only    -       Apr     14      23:00s  1:00    S
1186 1189  Rule    France  1929    only    -       Apr     20      23:00s  1:00    S
1187 1190  Rule    France  1930    only    -       Apr     12      23:00s  1:00    S
1188 1191  Rule    France  1931    only    -       Apr     18      23:00s  1:00    S
1189 1192  Rule    France  1932    only    -       Apr      2      23:00s  1:00    S
1190 1193  Rule    France  1933    only    -       Mar     25      23:00s  1:00    S
1191 1194  Rule    France  1934    only    -       Apr      7      23:00s  1:00    S
1192 1195  Rule    France  1935    only    -       Mar     30      23:00s  1:00    S
1193 1196  Rule    France  1936    only    -       Apr     18      23:00s  1:00    S
1194 1197  Rule    France  1937    only    -       Apr      3      23:00s  1:00    S
1195 1198  Rule    France  1938    only    -       Mar     26      23:00s  1:00    S
1196 1199  Rule    France  1939    only    -       Apr     15      23:00s  1:00    S
1197 1200  Rule    France  1939    only    -       Nov     18      23:00s  0       -
1198 1201  Rule    France  1940    only    -       Feb     25       2:00   1:00    S
1199 1202  # The French rules for 1941-1944 were not used in Paris, but Shanks & Pottenger
1200 1203  # write that they were used in Monaco and in many French locations.
1201 1204  # Le Corre writes that the upper limit of the free zone was Arnéguy, Orthez,
1202 1205  # Mont-de-Marsan, Bazas, Langon, Lamothe-Montravel, Marœuil, La
1203 1206  # Rochefoucauld, Champagne-Mouton, La Roche-Posay, La Haye-Descartes,
1204 1207  # Loches, Montrichard, Vierzon, Bourges, Moulins, Digoin,
1205 1208  # Paray-le-Monial, Montceau-les-Mines, Chalon-sur-Saône, Arbois,
1206 1209  # Dole, Morez, St-Claude, and Collonges (Haute-Savoie).
1207 1210  Rule    France  1941    only    -       May      5       0:00   2:00    M # Midsummer
1208 1211  # Shanks & Pottenger say this transition occurred at Oct 6 1:00,
1209 1212  # but go with Denis Excoffier (1997-12-12),
1210 1213  # who quotes the Ephémérides astronomiques for 1998 from Bureau des Longitudes
1211 1214  # as saying 5/10/41 22hUT.
1212 1215  Rule    France  1941    only    -       Oct      6       0:00   1:00    S
1213 1216  Rule    France  1942    only    -       Mar      9       0:00   2:00    M
1214 1217  Rule    France  1942    only    -       Nov      2       3:00   1:00    S
1215 1218  Rule    France  1943    only    -       Mar     29       2:00   2:00    M
1216 1219  Rule    France  1943    only    -       Oct      4       3:00   1:00    S
1217 1220  Rule    France  1944    only    -       Apr      3       2:00   2:00    M
1218 1221  Rule    France  1944    only    -       Oct      8       1:00   1:00    S
1219 1222  Rule    France  1945    only    -       Apr      2       2:00   2:00    M
1220 1223  Rule    France  1945    only    -       Sep     16       3:00   0       -
1221 1224  # Shanks & Pottenger give Mar 28 2:00 and Sep 26 3:00;
1222 1225  # go with Excoffier's 28/3/76 0hUT and 25/9/76 23hUT.
1223 1226  Rule    France  1976    only    -       Mar     28       1:00   1:00    S
1224 1227  Rule    France  1976    only    -       Sep     26       1:00   0       -
1225 1228  # Shanks & Pottenger give 0:09:20 for Paris Mean Time, and Whitman 0:09:05,
1226 1229  # but Howse quotes the actual French legislation as saying 0:09:21.
1227 1230  # Go with Howse.  Howse writes that the time in France was officially based
1228 1231  # on PMT-0:09:21 until 1978-08-09, when the time base finally switched to UTC.
1229 1232  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
1230 1233  Zone    Europe/Paris    0:09:21 -       LMT     1891 Mar 15  0:01
1231 1234                          0:09:21 -       PMT     1911 Mar 11  0:01 # Paris MT
1232 1235  # Shanks & Pottenger give 1940 Jun 14 0:00; go with Excoffier and Le Corre.
1233 1236                          0:00    France  WE%sT   1940 Jun 14 23:00
1234 1237  # Le Corre says Paris stuck with occupied-France time after the liberation;
1235 1238  # go with Shanks & Pottenger.
1236 1239                          1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1944 Aug 25
1237 1240                          0:00    France  WE%sT   1945 Sep 16  3:00
1238 1241                          1:00    France  CE%sT   1977
1239 1242                          1:00    EU      CE%sT
1240 1243  
1241 1244  # Germany
1242 1245  
1243 1246  # From Markus Kuhn (1998-09-29):
1244 1247  # The German time zone web site by the Physikalisch-Technische
1245 1248  # Bundesanstalt contains DST information back to 1916.
1246 1249  # [See tz-link.htm for the URL.]
1247 1250  
1248 1251  # From Jörg Schilling (2002-10-23):
1249 1252  # In 1945, Berlin was switched to Moscow Summer time (GMT+4) by
1250 1253  # http://www.dhm.de/lemo/html/biografien/BersarinNikolai/
1251 1254  # General [Nikolai] Bersarin.
1252 1255  
1253 1256  # From Paul Eggert (2003-03-08):
1254 1257  # http://www.parlament-berlin.de/pds-fraktion.nsf/727459127c8b66ee8525662300459099/defc77cb784f180ac1256c2b0030274b/$FILE/bersarint.pdf
1255 1258  # says that Bersarin issued an order to use Moscow time on May 20.
1256 1259  # However, Moscow did not observe daylight saving in 1945, so
1257 1260  # this was equivalent to CEMT (GMT+3), not GMT+4.
1258 1261  
1259 1262  
1260 1263  # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
1261 1264  Rule    Germany 1946    only    -       Apr     14      2:00s   1:00    S
1262 1265  Rule    Germany 1946    only    -       Oct      7      2:00s   0       -
1263 1266  Rule    Germany 1947    1949    -       Oct     Sun>=1  2:00s   0       -
1264 1267  # http://www.ptb.de/de/org/4/44/441/salt.htm says the following transition
1265 1268  # occurred at 3:00 MEZ, not the 2:00 MEZ given in Shanks & Pottenger.
1266 1269  # Go with the PTB.
1267 1270  Rule    Germany 1947    only    -       Apr      6      3:00s   1:00    S
1268 1271  Rule    Germany 1947    only    -       May     11      2:00s   2:00    M
1269 1272  Rule    Germany 1947    only    -       Jun     29      3:00    1:00    S
1270 1273  Rule    Germany 1948    only    -       Apr     18      2:00s   1:00    S
1271 1274  Rule    Germany 1949    only    -       Apr     10      2:00s   1:00    S
1272 1275  
1273 1276  Rule SovietZone 1945    only    -       May     24      2:00    2:00    M # Midsummer
1274 1277  Rule SovietZone 1945    only    -       Sep     24      3:00    1:00    S
1275 1278  Rule SovietZone 1945    only    -       Nov     18      2:00s   0       -
1276 1279  
1277 1280  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
1278 1281  Zone    Europe/Berlin   0:53:28 -       LMT     1893 Apr
1279 1282                          1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1945 May 24  2:00
1280 1283                          1:00 SovietZone CE%sT   1946
1281 1284                          1:00    Germany CE%sT   1980
1282 1285                          1:00    EU      CE%sT
1283 1286  
1284 1287  # From Tobias Conradi (2011-09-12):
1285 1288  # Büsingen <http://www.buesingen.de>, surrounded by the Swiss canton
1286 1289  # Schaffhausen, did not start observing DST in 1980 as the rest of DE
1287 1290  # (West Germany at that time) and DD (East Germany at that time) did.
1288 1291  # DD merged into DE, the area is currently covered by code DE in ISO 3166-1,
1289 1292  # which in turn is covered by the zone Europe/Berlin.
1290 1293  #
1291 1294  # Source for the time in Büsingen 1980:
1292 1295  # http://www.srf.ch/player/video?id=c012c029-03b7-4c2b-9164-aa5902cd58d3
1293 1296  
1294 1297  # From Arthur David Olson (2012-03-03):
1295 1298  # Büsingen and Zurich have shared clocks since 1970.
1296 1299  
1297 1300  Link    Europe/Zurich   Europe/Busingen
1298 1301  
1299 1302  # Georgia
1300 1303  # Please see the "asia" file for Asia/Tbilisi.
1301 1304  # Herodotus (Histories, IV.45) says Georgia north of the Phasis (now Rioni)
1302 1305  # is in Europe.  Our reference location Tbilisi is in the Asian part.
1303 1306  
1304 1307  # Gibraltar
1305 1308  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
1306 1309  Zone Europe/Gibraltar   -0:21:24 -      LMT     1880 Aug  2  0:00s
1307 1310                          0:00    GB-Eire %s      1957 Apr 14  2:00
1308 1311                          1:00    -       CET     1982
1309 1312                          1:00    EU      CE%sT
1310 1313  
1311 1314  # Greece
1312 1315  # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
1313 1316  # Whitman gives 1932 Jul 5 - Nov 1; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
1314 1317  Rule    Greece  1932    only    -       Jul      7      0:00    1:00    S
1315 1318  Rule    Greece  1932    only    -       Sep      1      0:00    0       -
1316 1319  # Whitman gives 1941 Apr 25 - ?; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
1317 1320  Rule    Greece  1941    only    -       Apr      7      0:00    1:00    S
1318 1321  # Whitman gives 1942 Feb 2 - ?; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
1319 1322  Rule    Greece  1942    only    -       Nov      2      3:00    0       -
1320 1323  Rule    Greece  1943    only    -       Mar     30      0:00    1:00    S
1321 1324  Rule    Greece  1943    only    -       Oct      4      0:00    0       -
1322 1325  # Whitman gives 1944 Oct 3 - Oct 31; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
1323 1326  Rule    Greece  1952    only    -       Jul      1      0:00    1:00    S
1324 1327  Rule    Greece  1952    only    -       Nov      2      0:00    0       -
1325 1328  Rule    Greece  1975    only    -       Apr     12      0:00s   1:00    S
1326 1329  Rule    Greece  1975    only    -       Nov     26      0:00s   0       -
1327 1330  Rule    Greece  1976    only    -       Apr     11      2:00s   1:00    S
1328 1331  Rule    Greece  1976    only    -       Oct     10      2:00s   0       -
1329 1332  Rule    Greece  1977    1978    -       Apr     Sun>=1  2:00s   1:00    S
1330 1333  Rule    Greece  1977    only    -       Sep     26      2:00s   0       -
1331 1334  Rule    Greece  1978    only    -       Sep     24      4:00    0       -
1332 1335  Rule    Greece  1979    only    -       Apr      1      9:00    1:00    S
1333 1336  Rule    Greece  1979    only    -       Sep     29      2:00    0       -
1334 1337  Rule    Greece  1980    only    -       Apr      1      0:00    1:00    S
1335 1338  Rule    Greece  1980    only    -       Sep     28      0:00    0       -
1336 1339  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
1337 1340  Zone    Europe/Athens   1:34:52 -       LMT     1895 Sep 14
1338 1341                          1:34:52 -       AMT     1916 Jul 28  0:01 # Athens MT
1339 1342                          2:00    Greece  EE%sT   1941 Apr 30
1340 1343                          1:00    Greece  CE%sT   1944 Apr  4
1341 1344                          2:00    Greece  EE%sT   1981
1342 1345                          # Shanks & Pottenger say it switched to C-Eur in 1981;
1343 1346                          # go with EU instead, since Greece joined it on Jan 1.
1344 1347                          2:00    EU      EE%sT
1345 1348  
1346 1349  # Hungary
1347 1350  # From Paul Eggert (2014-07-15):
1348 1351  # Dates for 1916-1945 are taken from:
1349 1352  # Oross A. Jelen a múlt jövője: a nyári időszámítás Magyarországon 1916-1945.
1350 1353  # National Archives of Hungary (2012-10-29).
1351 1354  # http://mnl.gov.hu/a_het_dokumentuma/a_nyari_idoszamitas_magyarorszagon_19161945.html
1352 1355  # This source does not always give times, which are taken from Shanks
1353 1356  # & Pottenger (which disagree about the dates).
1354 1357  # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
1355 1358  Rule    Hungary 1918    only    -       Apr      1       3:00   1:00    S
1356 1359  Rule    Hungary 1918    only    -       Sep     16       3:00   0       -
1357 1360  Rule    Hungary 1919    only    -       Apr     15       3:00   1:00    S
1358 1361  Rule    Hungary 1919    only    -       Nov     24       3:00   0       -
1359 1362  Rule    Hungary 1945    only    -       May      1      23:00   1:00    S
1360 1363  Rule    Hungary 1945    only    -       Nov      1       0:00   0       -
1361 1364  Rule    Hungary 1946    only    -       Mar     31       2:00s  1:00    S
1362 1365  Rule    Hungary 1946    1949    -       Oct     Sun>=1   2:00s  0       -
1363 1366  Rule    Hungary 1947    1949    -       Apr     Sun>=4   2:00s  1:00    S
1364 1367  Rule    Hungary 1950    only    -       Apr     17       2:00s  1:00    S
1365 1368  Rule    Hungary 1950    only    -       Oct     23       2:00s  0       -
1366 1369  Rule    Hungary 1954    1955    -       May     23       0:00   1:00    S
1367 1370  Rule    Hungary 1954    1955    -       Oct      3       0:00   0       -
1368 1371  Rule    Hungary 1956    only    -       Jun     Sun>=1   0:00   1:00    S
1369 1372  Rule    Hungary 1956    only    -       Sep     lastSun  0:00   0       -
1370 1373  Rule    Hungary 1957    only    -       Jun     Sun>=1   1:00   1:00    S
1371 1374  Rule    Hungary 1957    only    -       Sep     lastSun  3:00   0       -
1372 1375  Rule    Hungary 1980    only    -       Apr      6       1:00   1:00    S
1373 1376  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
1374 1377  Zone    Europe/Budapest 1:16:20 -       LMT     1890 Oct
1375 1378                          1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1918
1376 1379                          1:00    Hungary CE%sT   1941 Apr  8
1377 1380                          1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1945
1378 1381                          1:00    Hungary CE%sT   1980 Sep 28  2:00s
1379 1382                          1:00    EU      CE%sT
1380 1383  
1381 1384  # Iceland
1382 1385  #
1383 1386  # From Adam David (1993-11-06):
1384 1387  # The name of the timezone in Iceland for system / mail / news purposes is GMT.
1385 1388  #
1386 1389  # (1993-12-05):
1387 1390  # This material is paraphrased from the 1988 edition of the University of
1388 1391  # Iceland Almanak.
1389 1392  #
1390 1393  # From January 1st, 1908 the whole of Iceland was standardised at 1 hour
1391 1394  # behind GMT. Previously, local mean solar time was used in different parts
1392 1395  # of Iceland, the almanak had been based on Reykjavik mean solar time which
1393 1396  # was 1 hour and 28 minutes behind GMT.
1394 1397  #
1395 1398  # "first day of winter" referred to [below] means the first day of the 26 weeks
1396 1399  # of winter, according to the old icelandic calendar that dates back to the
1397 1400  # time the norsemen first settled Iceland.  The first day of winter is always
1398 1401  # Saturday, but is not dependent on the Julian or Gregorian calendars.
1399 1402  #
1400 1403  # (1993-12-10):
1401 1404  # I have a reference from the Oxford Icelandic-English dictionary for the
1402 1405  # beginning of winter, which ties it to the ecclesiastical calendar (and thus
1403 1406  # to the julian/gregorian calendar) over the period in question.
1404 1407  #       the winter begins on the Saturday next before St. Luke's day
1405 1408  #       (old style), or on St. Luke's day, if a Saturday.
1406 1409  # St. Luke's day ought to be traceable from ecclesiastical sources. "old style"
1407 1410  # might be a reference to the Julian calendar as opposed to Gregorian, or it
1408 1411  # might mean something else (???).
1409 1412  #
1410 1413  # From Paul Eggert (2014-11-22):
1411 1414  # The information below is taken from the 1988 Almanak; see
1412 1415  # http://www.almanak.hi.is/klukkan.html
1413 1416  #
1414 1417  # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
1415 1418  Rule    Iceland 1917    1919    -       Feb     19      23:00   1:00    S
1416 1419  Rule    Iceland 1917    only    -       Oct     21       1:00   0       -
1417 1420  Rule    Iceland 1918    1919    -       Nov     16       1:00   0       -
1418 1421  Rule    Iceland 1921    only    -       Mar     19      23:00   1:00    S
1419 1422  Rule    Iceland 1921    only    -       Jun     23       1:00   0       -
1420 1423  Rule    Iceland 1939    only    -       Apr     29      23:00   1:00    S
1421 1424  Rule    Iceland 1939    only    -       Oct     29       2:00   0       -
1422 1425  Rule    Iceland 1940    only    -       Feb     25       2:00   1:00    S
1423 1426  Rule    Iceland 1940    1941    -       Nov     Sun>=2   1:00s  0       -
1424 1427  Rule    Iceland 1941    1942    -       Mar     Sun>=2   1:00s  1:00    S
1425 1428  # 1943-1946 - first Sunday in March until first Sunday in winter
1426 1429  Rule    Iceland 1943    1946    -       Mar     Sun>=1   1:00s  1:00    S
1427 1430  Rule    Iceland 1942    1948    -       Oct     Sun>=22  1:00s  0       -
1428 1431  # 1947-1967 - first Sunday in April until first Sunday in winter
1429 1432  Rule    Iceland 1947    1967    -       Apr     Sun>=1   1:00s  1:00    S
1430 1433  # 1949 and 1967 Oct transitions delayed by 1 week
1431 1434  Rule    Iceland 1949    only    -       Oct     30       1:00s  0       -
1432 1435  Rule    Iceland 1950    1966    -       Oct     Sun>=22  1:00s  0       -
1433 1436  Rule    Iceland 1967    only    -       Oct     29       1:00s  0       -
1434 1437  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
1435 1438  Zone Atlantic/Reykjavik -1:28   -       LMT     1908
1436 1439                          -1:00   Iceland IS%sT   1968 Apr  7  1:00s
1437 1440                           0:00   -       GMT
1438 1441  
1439 1442  # Italy
1440 1443  #
1441 1444  # From Paul Eggert (2001-03-06):
1442 1445  # Sicily and Sardinia each had their own time zones from 1866 to 1893,
1443 1446  # called Palermo Time (+00:53:28) and Cagliari Time (+00:36:32).
1444 1447  # During World War II, German-controlled Italy used German time.
1445 1448  # But these events all occurred before the 1970 cutoff,
1446 1449  # so record only the time in Rome.
1447 1450  #
1448 1451  # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
1449 1452  # For Italian DST we have three sources: Shanks & Pottenger, Whitman, and
1450 1453  # F. Pollastri
1451 1454  # Day-light Saving Time in Italy (2006-02-03)
1452 1455  # http://toi.iriti.cnr.it/uk/ienitlt.html
1453 1456  # ('FP' below), taken from an Italian National Electrotechnical Institute
1454 1457  # publication. When the three sources disagree, guess who's right, as follows:
1455 1458  #
1456 1459  # year  FP      Shanks&P. (S)   Whitman (W)     Go with:
1457 1460  # 1916  06-03   06-03 24:00     06-03 00:00     FP & W
1458 1461  #       09-30   09-30 24:00     09-30 01:00     FP; guess 24:00s
1459 1462  # 1917  04-01   03-31 24:00     03-31 00:00     FP & S
1460 1463  #       09-30   09-29 24:00     09-30 01:00     FP & W
1461 1464  # 1918  03-09   03-09 24:00     03-09 00:00     FP & S
1462 1465  #       10-06   10-05 24:00     10-06 01:00     FP & W
1463 1466  # 1919  03-01   03-01 24:00     03-01 00:00     FP & S
1464 1467  #       10-04   10-04 24:00     10-04 01:00     FP; guess 24:00s
1465 1468  # 1920  03-20   03-20 24:00     03-20 00:00     FP & S
1466 1469  #       09-18   09-18 24:00     10-01 01:00     FP; guess 24:00s
1467 1470  # 1944  04-02   04-03 02:00                     S (see C-Eur)
1468 1471  #       09-16   10-02 03:00                     FP; guess 24:00s
1469 1472  # 1945  09-14   09-16 24:00                     FP; guess 24:00s
1470 1473  # 1970  05-21   05-31 00:00                     S
1471 1474  #       09-20   09-27 00:00                     S
1472 1475  #
1473 1476  # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
1474 1477  Rule    Italy   1916    only    -       Jun      3      0:00s   1:00    S
1475 1478  Rule    Italy   1916    only    -       Oct      1      0:00s   0       -
1476 1479  Rule    Italy   1917    only    -       Apr      1      0:00s   1:00    S
1477 1480  Rule    Italy   1917    only    -       Sep     30      0:00s   0       -
1478 1481  Rule    Italy   1918    only    -       Mar     10      0:00s   1:00    S
1479 1482  Rule    Italy   1918    1919    -       Oct     Sun>=1  0:00s   0       -
1480 1483  Rule    Italy   1919    only    -       Mar      2      0:00s   1:00    S
1481 1484  Rule    Italy   1920    only    -       Mar     21      0:00s   1:00    S
1482 1485  Rule    Italy   1920    only    -       Sep     19      0:00s   0       -
1483 1486  Rule    Italy   1940    only    -       Jun     15      0:00s   1:00    S
1484 1487  Rule    Italy   1944    only    -       Sep     17      0:00s   0       -
1485 1488  Rule    Italy   1945    only    -       Apr      2      2:00    1:00    S
1486 1489  Rule    Italy   1945    only    -       Sep     15      0:00s   0       -
1487 1490  Rule    Italy   1946    only    -       Mar     17      2:00s   1:00    S
1488 1491  Rule    Italy   1946    only    -       Oct      6      2:00s   0       -
1489 1492  Rule    Italy   1947    only    -       Mar     16      0:00s   1:00    S
1490 1493  Rule    Italy   1947    only    -       Oct      5      0:00s   0       -
1491 1494  Rule    Italy   1948    only    -       Feb     29      2:00s   1:00    S
1492 1495  Rule    Italy   1948    only    -       Oct      3      2:00s   0       -
1493 1496  Rule    Italy   1966    1968    -       May     Sun>=22 0:00    1:00    S
1494 1497  Rule    Italy   1966    1969    -       Sep     Sun>=22 0:00    0       -
1495 1498  Rule    Italy   1969    only    -       Jun      1      0:00    1:00    S
1496 1499  Rule    Italy   1970    only    -       May     31      0:00    1:00    S
1497 1500  Rule    Italy   1970    only    -       Sep     lastSun 0:00    0       -
1498 1501  Rule    Italy   1971    1972    -       May     Sun>=22 0:00    1:00    S
1499 1502  Rule    Italy   1971    only    -       Sep     lastSun 1:00    0       -
1500 1503  Rule    Italy   1972    only    -       Oct      1      0:00    0       -
1501 1504  Rule    Italy   1973    only    -       Jun      3      0:00    1:00    S
1502 1505  Rule    Italy   1973    1974    -       Sep     lastSun 0:00    0       -
1503 1506  Rule    Italy   1974    only    -       May     26      0:00    1:00    S
1504 1507  Rule    Italy   1975    only    -       Jun      1      0:00s   1:00    S
1505 1508  Rule    Italy   1975    1977    -       Sep     lastSun 0:00s   0       -
1506 1509  Rule    Italy   1976    only    -       May     30      0:00s   1:00    S
1507 1510  Rule    Italy   1977    1979    -       May     Sun>=22 0:00s   1:00    S
1508 1511  Rule    Italy   1978    only    -       Oct      1      0:00s   0       -
1509 1512  Rule    Italy   1979    only    -       Sep     30      0:00s   0       -
1510 1513  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
1511 1514  Zone    Europe/Rome     0:49:56 -       LMT     1866 Sep 22
1512 1515                          0:49:56 -       RMT     1893 Nov  1  0:00s # Rome Mean
1513 1516                          1:00    Italy   CE%sT   1942 Nov  2  2:00s
1514 1517                          1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1944 Jul
1515 1518                          1:00    Italy   CE%sT   1980
1516 1519                          1:00    EU      CE%sT
1517 1520  
1518 1521  Link    Europe/Rome     Europe/Vatican
1519 1522  Link    Europe/Rome     Europe/San_Marino
  
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1520 1523  
1521 1524  # Latvia
1522 1525  
1523 1526  # From Liene Kanepe (1998-09-17):
1524 1527  
1525 1528  # I asked about this matter Scientific Secretary of the Institute of Astronomy
1526 1529  # of The University of Latvia Dr. paed Mr. Ilgonis Vilks. I also searched the
1527 1530  # correct data in juridical acts and I found some juridical documents about
1528 1531  # changes in the counting of time in Latvia from 1981....
1529 1532  #
1530      -# Act No.35 of the Council of Ministers of Latvian SSR of 1981-01-22 ...
1531      -# according to the Act No.925 of the Council of Ministers of USSR of 1980-10-24
     1533 +# Act No. 35 of the Council of Ministers of Latvian SSR of 1981-01-22 ...
     1534 +# according to the Act No. 925 of the Council of Ministers of USSR of 1980-10-24
1532 1535  # ...: all year round the time of 2nd time zone + 1 hour, in addition turning
1533 1536  # the hands of the clock 1 hour forward on 1 April at 00:00 (GMT 31 March 21:00)
1534 1537  # and 1 hour backward on the 1 October at 00:00 (GMT 30 September 20:00).
1535 1538  #
1536      -# Act No.592 of the Council of Ministers of Latvian SSR of 1984-09-24 ...
1537      -# according to the Act No.967 of the Council of Ministers of USSR of 1984-09-13
     1539 +# Act No. 592 of the Council of Ministers of Latvian SSR of 1984-09-24 ...
     1540 +# according to the Act No. 967 of the Council of Ministers of USSR of 1984-09-13
1538 1541  # ...: all year round the time of 2nd time zone + 1 hour, in addition turning
1539 1542  # the hands of the clock 1 hour forward on the last Sunday of March at 02:00
1540 1543  # (GMT 23:00 on the previous day) and 1 hour backward on the last Sunday of
1541 1544  # September at 03:00 (GMT 23:00 on the previous day).
1542 1545  #
1543      -# Act No.81 of the Council of Ministers of Latvian SSR of 1989-03-22 ...
1544      -# according to the Act No.227 of the Council of Ministers of USSR of 1989-03-14
     1546 +# Act No. 81 of the Council of Ministers of Latvian SSR of 1989-03-22 ...
     1547 +# according to the Act No. 227 of the Council of Ministers of USSR of 1989-03-14
1545 1548  # ...: since the last Sunday of March 1989 in Lithuanian SSR, Latvian SSR,
1546 1549  # Estonian SSR and Kaliningrad region of Russian Federation all year round the
1547 1550  # time of 2nd time zone (Moscow time minus one hour). On the territory of Latvia
1548 1551  # transition to summer time is performed on the last Sunday of March at 02:00
1549 1552  # (GMT 00:00), turning the hands of the clock 1 hour forward.  The end of
1550 1553  # daylight saving time is performed on the last Sunday of September at 03:00
1551 1554  # (GMT 00:00), turning the hands of the clock 1 hour backward. Exception is
1552 1555  # 1989-03-26, when we must not turn the hands of the clock....
1553 1556  #
1554 1557  # The Regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Latvia of
1555 1558  # 1997-01-21 on transition to Summer time ... established the same order of
1556 1559  # daylight savings time settings as in the States of the European Union.
1557 1560  
1558 1561  # From Andrei Ivanov (2000-03-06):
1559 1562  # This year Latvia will not switch to Daylight Savings Time (as specified in
1560 1563  # The Regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Rep. of Latvia of
1561      -# 29-Feb-2000 (#79) <http://www.lv-laiks.lv/wwwraksti/2000/071072/vd4.htm>,
     1564 +# 29-Feb-2000 (No. 79) <http://www.lv-laiks.lv/wwwraksti/2000/071072/vd4.htm>,
1562 1565  # in Latvian for subscribers only).
1563 1566  
1564 1567  # From RFE/RL Newsline
1565 1568  # http://www.rferl.org/newsline/2001/01/3-CEE/cee-030101.html
1566 1569  # (2001-01-03), noted after a heads-up by Rives McDow:
1567 1570  # The Latvian government on 2 January decided that the country will
1568 1571  # institute daylight-saving time this spring, LETA reported.
1569 1572  # Last February the three Baltic states decided not to turn back their
1570 1573  # clocks one hour in the spring....
1571 1574  # Minister of Economy Aigars Kalvītis noted that Latvia had too few
1572 1575  # daylight hours and thus decided to comply with a draft European
1573 1576  # Commission directive that provides for instituting daylight-saving
1574 1577  # time in EU countries between 2002 and 2006. The Latvian government
1575 1578  # urged Lithuania and Estonia to adopt a similar time policy, but it
1576 1579  # appears that they will not do so....
1577 1580  
1578 1581  # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
1579 1582  Rule    Latvia  1989    1996    -       Mar     lastSun  2:00s  1:00    S
1580 1583  Rule    Latvia  1989    1996    -       Sep     lastSun  2:00s  0       -
1581 1584  
1582 1585  # Milne 1899 says Riga was 1:36:28 (Polytechnique House time).
1583 1586  # Byalokoz 1919 says Latvia was 1:36:34.
1584 1587  # Go with Byalokoz.
1585 1588  
1586 1589  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
1587 1590  Zone    Europe/Riga     1:36:34 -       LMT     1880
1588 1591                          1:36:34 -       RMT     1918 Apr 15  2:00 # Riga MT
1589 1592                          1:36:34 1:00    LST     1918 Sep 16  3:00 # Latvian ST
1590 1593                          1:36:34 -       RMT     1919 Apr  1  2:00
1591 1594                          1:36:34 1:00    LST     1919 May 22  3:00
1592 1595                          1:36:34 -       RMT     1926 May 11
1593 1596                          2:00    -       EET     1940 Aug  5
1594 1597                          3:00    -       MSK     1941 Jul
1595 1598                          1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1944 Oct 13
1596 1599                          3:00    Russia  MSK/MSD 1989 Mar lastSun  2:00s
1597 1600                          2:00    1:00    EEST    1989 Sep lastSun  2:00s
1598 1601                          2:00    Latvia  EE%sT   1997 Jan 21
1599 1602                          2:00    EU      EE%sT   2000 Feb 29
1600 1603                          2:00    -       EET     2001 Jan  2
1601 1604                          2:00    EU      EE%sT
1602 1605  
1603 1606  # Liechtenstein
1604 1607  
1605 1608  # From Paul Eggert (2013-09-09):
1606 1609  # Shanks & Pottenger say Vaduz is like Zurich.
1607 1610  
1608 1611  # From Alois Treindl (2013-09-18):
1609 1612  # http://www.eliechtensteinensia.li/LIJ/1978/1938-1978/1941.pdf
1610 1613  # ... confirms on p. 6 that Liechtenstein followed Switzerland in 1941 and 1942.
1611 1614  # I ... translate only the last two paragraphs:
1612 1615  #    ... during second world war, in the years 1941 and 1942, Liechtenstein
1613 1616  #    introduced daylight saving time, adapting to Switzerland.  From 1943 on
1614 1617  #    central European time was in force throughout the year.
1615 1618  #    From a report of the duke's government to the high council,
1616 1619  #    regarding the introduction of a time law, of 31 May 1977.
1617 1620  
1618 1621  Link Europe/Zurich Europe/Vaduz
1619 1622  
1620 1623  
1621 1624  # Lithuania
1622 1625  
1623 1626  # From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22):
1624 1627  # IATA SSIM (1992/1996) says Lithuania uses W-Eur rules, but since it is
1625 1628  # known to be wrong about Estonia and Latvia, assume it's wrong here too.
1626 1629  
1627 1630  # From Marius Gedminas (1998-08-07):
1628 1631  # I would like to inform that in this year Lithuanian time zone
1629 1632  # (Europe/Vilnius) was changed.
1630 1633  
1631 1634  # From ELTA No. 972 (2582) (1999-09-29) <http://www.elta.lt/>,
1632 1635  # via Steffen Thorsen:
1633 1636  # Lithuania has shifted back to the second time zone (GMT plus two hours)
1634 1637  # to be valid here starting from October 31,
1635 1638  # as decided by the national government on Wednesday....
1636 1639  # The Lithuanian government also announced plans to consider a
1637 1640  # motion to give up shifting to summer time in spring, as it was
1638 1641  # already done by Estonia.
1639 1642  
1640 1643  # From the Fact File, Lithuanian State Department of Tourism
1641 1644  # <http://www.tourism.lt/informa/ff.htm> (2000-03-27):
1642 1645  # Local time is GMT+2 hours ..., no daylight saving.
1643 1646  
1644 1647  # From a user via Klaus Marten (2003-02-07):
1645 1648  # As a candidate for membership of the European Union, Lithuania will
1646 1649  # observe Summer Time in 2003, changing its clocks at the times laid
1647 1650  # down in EU Directive 2000/84 of 19.I.01 (i.e. at the same times as its
1648 1651  # neighbour Latvia). The text of the Lithuanian government Order of
1649 1652  # 7.XI.02 to this effect can be found at
1650 1653  # http://www.lrvk.lt/nut/11/n1749.htm
1651 1654  
1652 1655  
1653 1656  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
1654 1657  Zone    Europe/Vilnius  1:41:16 -       LMT     1880
1655 1658                          1:24:00 -       WMT     1917        # Warsaw Mean Time
1656 1659                          1:35:36 -       KMT     1919 Oct 10 # Kaunas Mean Time
1657 1660                          1:00    -       CET     1920 Jul 12
1658 1661                          2:00    -       EET     1920 Oct  9
1659 1662                          1:00    -       CET     1940 Aug  3
1660 1663                          3:00    -       MSK     1941 Jun 24
1661 1664                          1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1944 Aug
1662 1665                          3:00    Russia  MSK/MSD 1991 Mar 31  2:00s
1663 1666                          2:00    1:00    EEST    1991 Sep 29  2:00s
1664 1667                          2:00    C-Eur   EE%sT   1998
1665 1668                          2:00    -       EET     1998 Mar 29  1:00u
1666 1669                          1:00    EU      CE%sT   1999 Oct 31  1:00u
1667 1670                          2:00    -       EET     2003 Jan  1
1668 1671                          2:00    EU      EE%sT
1669 1672  
1670 1673  # Luxembourg
1671 1674  # Whitman disagrees with most of these dates in minor ways;
1672 1675  # go with Shanks & Pottenger.
1673 1676  # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
1674 1677  Rule    Lux     1916    only    -       May     14      23:00   1:00    S
1675 1678  Rule    Lux     1916    only    -       Oct      1       1:00   0       -
1676 1679  Rule    Lux     1917    only    -       Apr     28      23:00   1:00    S
1677 1680  Rule    Lux     1917    only    -       Sep     17       1:00   0       -
1678 1681  Rule    Lux     1918    only    -       Apr     Mon>=15  2:00s  1:00    S
1679 1682  Rule    Lux     1918    only    -       Sep     Mon>=15  2:00s  0       -
1680 1683  Rule    Lux     1919    only    -       Mar      1      23:00   1:00    S
1681 1684  Rule    Lux     1919    only    -       Oct      5       3:00   0       -
1682 1685  Rule    Lux     1920    only    -       Feb     14      23:00   1:00    S
1683 1686  Rule    Lux     1920    only    -       Oct     24       2:00   0       -
1684 1687  Rule    Lux     1921    only    -       Mar     14      23:00   1:00    S
1685 1688  Rule    Lux     1921    only    -       Oct     26       2:00   0       -
1686 1689  Rule    Lux     1922    only    -       Mar     25      23:00   1:00    S
1687 1690  Rule    Lux     1922    only    -       Oct     Sun>=2   1:00   0       -
1688 1691  Rule    Lux     1923    only    -       Apr     21      23:00   1:00    S
1689 1692  Rule    Lux     1923    only    -       Oct     Sun>=2   2:00   0       -
1690 1693  Rule    Lux     1924    only    -       Mar     29      23:00   1:00    S
1691 1694  Rule    Lux     1924    1928    -       Oct     Sun>=2   1:00   0       -
1692 1695  Rule    Lux     1925    only    -       Apr      5      23:00   1:00    S
1693 1696  Rule    Lux     1926    only    -       Apr     17      23:00   1:00    S
1694 1697  Rule    Lux     1927    only    -       Apr      9      23:00   1:00    S
1695 1698  Rule    Lux     1928    only    -       Apr     14      23:00   1:00    S
1696 1699  Rule    Lux     1929    only    -       Apr     20      23:00   1:00    S
1697 1700  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
1698 1701  Zone Europe/Luxembourg  0:24:36 -       LMT     1904 Jun
1699 1702                          1:00    Lux     CE%sT   1918 Nov 25
1700 1703                          0:00    Lux     WE%sT   1929 Oct  6  2:00s
1701 1704                          0:00    Belgium WE%sT   1940 May 14  3:00
1702 1705                          1:00    C-Eur   WE%sT   1944 Sep 18  3:00
1703 1706                          1:00    Belgium CE%sT   1977
1704 1707                          1:00    EU      CE%sT
1705 1708  
1706 1709  # Macedonia
1707 1710  # See Europe/Belgrade.
1708 1711  
1709 1712  # Malta
1710 1713  # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
1711 1714  Rule    Malta   1973    only    -       Mar     31      0:00s   1:00    S
1712 1715  Rule    Malta   1973    only    -       Sep     29      0:00s   0       -
1713 1716  Rule    Malta   1974    only    -       Apr     21      0:00s   1:00    S
1714 1717  Rule    Malta   1974    only    -       Sep     16      0:00s   0       -
1715 1718  Rule    Malta   1975    1979    -       Apr     Sun>=15 2:00    1:00    S
1716 1719  Rule    Malta   1975    1980    -       Sep     Sun>=15 2:00    0       -
1717 1720  Rule    Malta   1980    only    -       Mar     31      2:00    1:00    S
1718 1721  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
1719 1722  Zone    Europe/Malta    0:58:04 -       LMT     1893 Nov  2  0:00s # Valletta
1720 1723                          1:00    Italy   CE%sT   1942 Nov  2  2:00s
1721 1724                          1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1945 Apr  2  2:00s
1722 1725                          1:00    Italy   CE%sT   1973 Mar 31
1723 1726                          1:00    Malta   CE%sT   1981
1724 1727                          1:00    EU      CE%sT
1725 1728  
1726 1729  # Moldova
1727 1730  
1728 1731  # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
1729 1732  # A previous version of this database followed Shanks & Pottenger, who write
1730 1733  # that Tiraspol switched to Moscow time on 1992-01-19 at 02:00.
1731 1734  # However, this is most likely an error, as Moldova declared independence
1732 1735  # on 1991-08-27 (the 1992-01-19 date is that of a Russian decree).
1733 1736  # In early 1992 there was large-scale interethnic violence in the area
1734 1737  # and it's possible that some Russophones continued to observe Moscow time.
1735 1738  # But [two people] separately reported via
1736 1739  # Jesper Nørgaard that as of 2001-01-24 Tiraspol was like Chisinau.
1737 1740  # The Tiraspol entry has therefore been removed for now.
1738 1741  #
1739 1742  # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-10-17):
1740 1743  # Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR, also known as
1741 1744  # "Pridnestrovie") has abolished seasonal clock change (no transition
1742 1745  # to the Winter Time).
1743 1746  #
1744 1747  # News (in Russian):
1745 1748  # http://www.kyivpost.ua/russia/news/pridnestrove-otkazalos-ot-perehoda-na-zimnee-vremya-30954.html
1746 1749  # http://www.allmoldova.com/moldova-news/1249064116.html
1747 1750  #
1748 1751  # The substance of this change (reinstatement of the Tiraspol entry)
1749 1752  # is from a patch from Petr Machata (2011-10-17)
1750 1753  #
1751 1754  # From Tim Parenti (2011-10-19)
1752 1755  # In addition, being situated at +4651+2938 would give Tiraspol
1753 1756  # a pre-1880 LMT offset of 1:58:32.
1754 1757  #
1755 1758  # (which agrees with the earlier entry that had been removed)
  
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1756 1759  #
1757 1760  # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-10-26)
1758 1761  # NO need to divide Moldova into two timezones at this point.
1759 1762  # As of today, Transnistria (Pridnestrovie)- Tiraspol reversed its own
1760 1763  # decision to abolish DST this winter.
1761 1764  # Following Moldova and neighboring Ukraine- Transnistria (Pridnestrovie)-
1762 1765  # Tiraspol will go back to winter time on October 30, 2011.
1763 1766  # News from Moldova (in russian):
1764 1767  # http://ru.publika.md/link_317061.html
1765 1768  
     1769 +# From Roman Tudos (2015-07-02):
     1770 +# http://lex.justice.md/index.php?action=view&view=doc&lang=1&id=355077
     1771 +# From Paul Eggert (2015-07-01):
     1772 +# The abovementioned official link to IGO1445-868/2014 states that
     1773 +# 2014-10-26's fallback transition occurred at 03:00 local time.  Also,
     1774 +# http://www.trm.md/en/social/la-30-martie-vom-trece-la-ora-de-vara
     1775 +# says the 2014-03-30 spring-forward transition was at 02:00 local time.
     1776 +# Guess that since 1997 Moldova has switched one hour before the EU.
1766 1777  
     1778 +# Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
     1779 +Rule    Moldova 1997    max     -       Mar     lastSun  2:00   1:00    S
     1780 +Rule    Moldova 1997    max     -       Oct     lastSun  3:00   0       -
     1781 +
1767 1782  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
1768 1783  Zone    Europe/Chisinau 1:55:20 -       LMT     1880
1769 1784                          1:55    -       CMT     1918 Feb 15 # Chisinau MT
1770 1785                          1:44:24 -       BMT     1931 Jul 24 # Bucharest MT
1771 1786                          2:00    Romania EE%sT   1940 Aug 15
1772 1787                          2:00    1:00    EEST    1941 Jul 17
1773 1788                          1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1944 Aug 24
1774 1789                          3:00    Russia  MSK/MSD 1990
1775 1790                          3:00    -       MSK     1990 May 6
1776 1791                          2:00    -       EET     1991
1777 1792                          2:00    Russia  EE%sT   1992
1778 1793                          2:00    E-Eur   EE%sT   1997
1779 1794  # See Romania commentary for the guessed 1997 transition to EU rules.
1780      -                        2:00    EU      EE%sT
     1795 +                        2:00    Moldova EE%sT
1781 1796  
1782 1797  # Monaco
1783 1798  # Shanks & Pottenger give 0:09:20 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's
1784 1799  # more precise 0:09:21.
1785 1800  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
1786 1801  Zone    Europe/Monaco   0:29:32 -       LMT     1891 Mar 15
1787 1802                          0:09:21 -       PMT     1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time
1788 1803                          0:00    France  WE%sT   1945 Sep 16  3:00
1789 1804                          1:00    France  CE%sT   1977
1790 1805                          1:00    EU      CE%sT
1791 1806  
1792 1807  # Montenegro
1793 1808  # See Europe/Belgrade.
1794 1809  
1795 1810  # Netherlands
1796 1811  
1797 1812  # Howse writes that the Netherlands' railways used GMT between 1892 and 1940,
1798 1813  # but for other purposes the Netherlands used Amsterdam mean time.
1799 1814  
1800 1815  # However, Robert H. van Gent writes (2001-04-01):
1801 1816  # Howse's statement is only correct up to 1909. From 1909-05-01 (00:00:00
1802 1817  # Amsterdam mean time) onwards, the whole of the Netherlands (including
1803 1818  # the Dutch railways) was required by law to observe Amsterdam mean time
1804 1819  # (19 minutes 32.13 seconds ahead of GMT). This had already been the
1805 1820  # common practice (except for the railways) for many decades but it was
1806 1821  # not until 1909 when the Dutch government finally defined this by law.
1807 1822  # On 1937-07-01 this was changed to 20 minutes (exactly) ahead of GMT and
1808 1823  # was generally known as Dutch Time ("Nederlandse Tijd").
1809 1824  #
1810 1825  # (2001-04-08):
1811 1826  # 1892-05-01 was the date when the Dutch railways were by law required to
1812 1827  # observe GMT while the remainder of the Netherlands adhered to the common
1813 1828  # practice of following Amsterdam mean time.
1814 1829  #
1815 1830  # (2001-04-09):
1816 1831  # In 1835 the authorities of the province of North Holland requested the
1817 1832  # municipal authorities of the towns and cities in the province to observe
1818 1833  # Amsterdam mean time but I do not know in how many cases this request was
1819 1834  # actually followed.
1820 1835  #
1821 1836  # From 1852 onwards the Dutch telegraph offices were by law required to
1822 1837  # observe Amsterdam mean time. As the time signals from the observatory of
1823 1838  # Leiden were also distributed by the telegraph system, I assume that most
1824 1839  # places linked up with the telegraph (and railway) system automatically
1825 1840  # adopted Amsterdam mean time.
1826 1841  #
1827 1842  # Although the early Dutch railway companies initially observed a variety
1828 1843  # of times, most of them had adopted Amsterdam mean time by 1858 but it
1829 1844  # was not until 1866 when they were all required by law to observe
1830 1845  # Amsterdam mean time.
1831 1846  
1832 1847  # The data entries before 1945 are taken from
1833 1848  # http://www.phys.uu.nl/~vgent/wettijd/wettijd.htm
1834 1849  
1835 1850  # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
1836 1851  Rule    Neth    1916    only    -       May      1      0:00    1:00    NST     # Netherlands Summer Time
1837 1852  Rule    Neth    1916    only    -       Oct      1      0:00    0       AMT     # Amsterdam Mean Time
1838 1853  Rule    Neth    1917    only    -       Apr     16      2:00s   1:00    NST
1839 1854  Rule    Neth    1917    only    -       Sep     17      2:00s   0       AMT
1840 1855  Rule    Neth    1918    1921    -       Apr     Mon>=1  2:00s   1:00    NST
1841 1856  Rule    Neth    1918    1921    -       Sep     lastMon 2:00s   0       AMT
1842 1857  Rule    Neth    1922    only    -       Mar     lastSun 2:00s   1:00    NST
1843 1858  Rule    Neth    1922    1936    -       Oct     Sun>=2  2:00s   0       AMT
1844 1859  Rule    Neth    1923    only    -       Jun     Fri>=1  2:00s   1:00    NST
1845 1860  Rule    Neth    1924    only    -       Mar     lastSun 2:00s   1:00    NST
1846 1861  Rule    Neth    1925    only    -       Jun     Fri>=1  2:00s   1:00    NST
1847 1862  # From 1926 through 1939 DST began 05-15, except that it was delayed by a week
1848 1863  # in years when 05-15 fell in the Pentecost weekend.
1849 1864  Rule    Neth    1926    1931    -       May     15      2:00s   1:00    NST
1850 1865  Rule    Neth    1932    only    -       May     22      2:00s   1:00    NST
1851 1866  Rule    Neth    1933    1936    -       May     15      2:00s   1:00    NST
1852 1867  Rule    Neth    1937    only    -       May     22      2:00s   1:00    NST
1853 1868  Rule    Neth    1937    only    -       Jul      1      0:00    1:00    S
1854 1869  Rule    Neth    1937    1939    -       Oct     Sun>=2  2:00s   0       -
1855 1870  Rule    Neth    1938    1939    -       May     15      2:00s   1:00    S
1856 1871  Rule    Neth    1945    only    -       Apr      2      2:00s   1:00    S
1857 1872  Rule    Neth    1945    only    -       Sep     16      2:00s   0       -
1858 1873  #
1859 1874  # Amsterdam Mean Time was +00:19:32.13 exactly, but the .13 is omitted
1860 1875  # below because the current format requires GMTOFF to be an integer.
1861 1876  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
1862 1877  Zone Europe/Amsterdam   0:19:32 -       LMT     1835
1863 1878                          0:19:32 Neth    %s      1937 Jul  1
1864 1879                          0:20    Neth    NE%sT   1940 May 16  0:00 # Dutch Time
1865 1880                          1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1945 Apr  2  2:00
1866 1881                          1:00    Neth    CE%sT   1977
1867 1882                          1:00    EU      CE%sT
1868 1883  
1869 1884  # Norway
1870 1885  # http://met.no/met/met_lex/q_u/sommertid.html (2004-01) agrees with Shanks &
1871 1886  # Pottenger.
1872 1887  # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
1873 1888  Rule    Norway  1916    only    -       May     22      1:00    1:00    S
1874 1889  Rule    Norway  1916    only    -       Sep     30      0:00    0       -
1875 1890  Rule    Norway  1945    only    -       Apr      2      2:00s   1:00    S
1876 1891  Rule    Norway  1945    only    -       Oct      1      2:00s   0       -
1877 1892  Rule    Norway  1959    1964    -       Mar     Sun>=15 2:00s   1:00    S
1878 1893  Rule    Norway  1959    1965    -       Sep     Sun>=15 2:00s   0       -
1879 1894  Rule    Norway  1965    only    -       Apr     25      2:00s   1:00    S
1880 1895  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
1881 1896  Zone    Europe/Oslo     0:43:00 -       LMT     1895 Jan  1
1882 1897                          1:00    Norway  CE%sT   1940 Aug 10 23:00
1883 1898                          1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1945 Apr  2  2:00
1884 1899                          1:00    Norway  CE%sT   1980
1885 1900                          1:00    EU      CE%sT
1886 1901  
1887 1902  # Svalbard & Jan Mayen
1888 1903  
1889 1904  # From Steffen Thorsen (2001-05-01):
1890 1905  # Although I could not find it explicitly, it seems that Jan Mayen and
1891 1906  # Svalbard have been using the same time as Norway at least since the
1892 1907  # time they were declared as parts of Norway.  Svalbard was declared
1893 1908  # as a part of Norway by law of 1925-07-17 no 11, section 4 and Jan
1894 1909  # Mayen by law of 1930-02-27 no 2, section 2. (From
1895 1910  # <http://www.lovdata.no/all/nl-19250717-011.html> and
1896 1911  # <http://www.lovdata.no/all/nl-19300227-002.html>).  The law/regulation
1897 1912  # for normal/standard time in Norway is from 1894-06-29 no 1 (came
1898 1913  # into operation on 1895-01-01) and Svalbard/Jan Mayen seem to be a
1899 1914  # part of this law since 1925/1930. (From
1900 1915  # <http://www.lovdata.no/all/nl-18940629-001.html>) I have not been
1901 1916  # able to find if Jan Mayen used a different time zone (e.g. -0100)
1902 1917  # before 1930. Jan Mayen has only been "inhabited" since 1921 by
1903 1918  # Norwegian meteorologists and maybe used the same time as Norway ever
1904 1919  # since 1921.  Svalbard (Arctic/Longyearbyen) has been inhabited since
1905 1920  # before 1895, and therefore probably changed the local time somewhere
1906 1921  # between 1895 and 1925 (inclusive).
1907 1922  
1908 1923  # From Paul Eggert (2013-09-04):
1909 1924  #
1910 1925  # Actually, Jan Mayen was never occupied by Germany during World War II,
1911 1926  # so it must have diverged from Oslo time during the war, as Oslo was
1912 1927  # keeping Berlin time.
1913 1928  #
1914 1929  # <http://home.no.net/janmayen/history.htm> says that the meteorologists
1915 1930  # burned down their station in 1940 and left the island, but returned in
1916 1931  # 1941 with a small Norwegian garrison and continued operations despite
1917 1932  # frequent air attacks from Germans.  In 1943 the Americans established a
1918 1933  # radiolocating station on the island, called "Atlantic City".  Possibly
1919 1934  # the UT offset changed during the war, but I think it unlikely that
1920 1935  # Jan Mayen used German daylight-saving rules.
1921 1936  #
1922 1937  # Svalbard is more complicated, as it was raided in August 1941 by an
1923 1938  # Allied party that evacuated the civilian population to England (says
1924 1939  # <http://www.bartleby.com/65/sv/Svalbard.html>).  The Svalbard FAQ
1925 1940  # <http://www.svalbard.com/SvalbardFAQ.html> says that the Germans were
1926 1941  # expelled on 1942-05-14.  However, small parties of Germans did return,
1927 1942  # and according to Wilhelm Dege's book "War North of 80" (1954)
1928 1943  # http://www.ucalgary.ca/UofC/departments/UP/1-55238/1-55238-110-2.html
1929 1944  # the German armed forces at the Svalbard weather station code-named
1930 1945  # Haudegen did not surrender to the Allies until September 1945.
1931 1946  #
1932 1947  # All these events predate our cutoff date of 1970, so use Europe/Oslo
1933 1948  # for these regions.
1934 1949  Link    Europe/Oslo     Arctic/Longyearbyen
1935 1950  
1936 1951  # Poland
1937 1952  
1938 1953  # The 1919 dates and times can be found in Tygodnik Urzędowy nr 1 (1919-03-20),
1939 1954  # <http://www.wbc.poznan.pl/publication/32156> pp 1-2.
1940 1955  
1941 1956  # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
1942 1957  Rule    Poland  1918    1919    -       Sep     16      2:00s   0       -
1943 1958  Rule    Poland  1919    only    -       Apr     15      2:00s   1:00    S
1944 1959  Rule    Poland  1944    only    -       Apr      3      2:00s   1:00    S
1945 1960  # Whitman gives 1944 Nov 30; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
1946 1961  Rule    Poland  1944    only    -       Oct      4      2:00    0       -
1947 1962  # For 1944-1948 Whitman gives the previous day; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
1948 1963  Rule    Poland  1945    only    -       Apr     29      0:00    1:00    S
1949 1964  Rule    Poland  1945    only    -       Nov      1      0:00    0       -
1950 1965  # For 1946 on the source is Kazimierz Borkowski,
1951 1966  # Toruń Center for Astronomy, Dept. of Radio Astronomy, Nicolaus Copernicus U.,
1952 1967  # http://www.astro.uni.torun.pl/~kb/Artykuly/U-PA/Czas2.htm#tth_tAb1
1953 1968  # Thanks to Przemysław Augustyniak (2005-05-28) for this reference.
1954 1969  # He also gives these further references:
1955 1970  # Mon Pol nr 13, poz 162 (1995) <http://www.abc.com.pl/serwis/mp/1995/0162.htm>
1956 1971  # Druk nr 2180 (2003) <http://www.senat.gov.pl/k5/dok/sejm/053/2180.pdf>
1957 1972  Rule    Poland  1946    only    -       Apr     14      0:00s   1:00    S
1958 1973  Rule    Poland  1946    only    -       Oct      7      2:00s   0       -
1959 1974  Rule    Poland  1947    only    -       May      4      2:00s   1:00    S
1960 1975  Rule    Poland  1947    1949    -       Oct     Sun>=1  2:00s   0       -
1961 1976  Rule    Poland  1948    only    -       Apr     18      2:00s   1:00    S
1962 1977  Rule    Poland  1949    only    -       Apr     10      2:00s   1:00    S
1963 1978  Rule    Poland  1957    only    -       Jun      2      1:00s   1:00    S
1964 1979  Rule    Poland  1957    1958    -       Sep     lastSun 1:00s   0       -
1965 1980  Rule    Poland  1958    only    -       Mar     30      1:00s   1:00    S
1966 1981  Rule    Poland  1959    only    -       May     31      1:00s   1:00    S
1967 1982  Rule    Poland  1959    1961    -       Oct     Sun>=1  1:00s   0       -
1968 1983  Rule    Poland  1960    only    -       Apr      3      1:00s   1:00    S
1969 1984  Rule    Poland  1961    1964    -       May     lastSun 1:00s   1:00    S
1970 1985  Rule    Poland  1962    1964    -       Sep     lastSun 1:00s   0       -
1971 1986  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
1972 1987  Zone    Europe/Warsaw   1:24:00 -       LMT     1880
1973 1988                          1:24:00 -       WMT     1915 Aug  5 # Warsaw Mean Time
1974 1989                          1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1918 Sep 16  3:00
1975 1990                          2:00    Poland  EE%sT   1922 Jun
1976 1991                          1:00    Poland  CE%sT   1940 Jun 23  2:00
1977 1992                          1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1944 Oct
1978 1993                          1:00    Poland  CE%sT   1977
1979 1994                          1:00    W-Eur   CE%sT   1988
1980 1995                          1:00    EU      CE%sT
1981 1996  
1982 1997  # Portugal
1983 1998  #
1984 1999  # From Paul Eggert (2014-08-11), after a heads-up from Stephen Colebourne:
1985 2000  # According to a Portuguese decree (1911-05-26)
1986 2001  # http://dre.pt/pdf1sdip/1911/05/12500/23132313.pdf
1987 2002  # Lisbon was at -0:36:44.68, but switched to GMT on 1912-01-01 at 00:00.
1988 2003  # Round the old offset to -0:36:45.  This agrees with Willett but disagrees
1989 2004  # with Shanks, who says the transition occurred on 1911-05-24 at 00:00 for
1990 2005  # Europe/Lisbon, Atlantic/Azores, and Atlantic/Madeira.
1991 2006  #
1992 2007  # From Rui Pedro Salgueiro (1992-11-12):
1993 2008  # Portugal has recently (September, 27) changed timezone
1994 2009  # (from WET to MET or CET) to harmonize with EEC.
1995 2010  #
1996 2011  # Martin Bruckmann (1996-02-29) reports via Peter Ilieve
1997 2012  # that Portugal is reverting to 0:00 by not moving its clocks this spring.
1998 2013  # The new Prime Minister was fed up with getting up in the dark in the winter.
1999 2014  #
2000 2015  # From Paul Eggert (1996-11-12):
2001 2016  # IATA SSIM (1991-09) reports several 1991-09 and 1992-09 transitions
2002 2017  # at 02:00u, not 01:00u.  Assume that these are typos.
2003 2018  # IATA SSIM (1991/1992) reports that the Azores were at -1:00.
2004 2019  # IATA SSIM (1993-02) says +0:00; later issues (through 1996-09) say -1:00.
2005 2020  # Guess that the Azores changed to EU rules in 1992 (since that's when Portugal
2006 2021  # harmonized with the EU), and that they stayed +0:00 that winter.
2007 2022  #
2008 2023  # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
2009 2024  # DSH writes that despite Decree 1,469 (1915), the change to the clocks was not
2010 2025  # done every year, depending on what Spain did, because of railroad schedules.
2011 2026  # Go with Shanks & Pottenger.
2012 2027  Rule    Port    1916    only    -       Jun     17      23:00   1:00    S
2013 2028  # Whitman gives 1916 Oct 31; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
2014 2029  Rule    Port    1916    only    -       Nov      1       1:00   0       -
2015 2030  Rule    Port    1917    only    -       Feb     28      23:00s  1:00    S
2016 2031  Rule    Port    1917    1921    -       Oct     14      23:00s  0       -
2017 2032  Rule    Port    1918    only    -       Mar      1      23:00s  1:00    S
2018 2033  Rule    Port    1919    only    -       Feb     28      23:00s  1:00    S
2019 2034  Rule    Port    1920    only    -       Feb     29      23:00s  1:00    S
2020 2035  Rule    Port    1921    only    -       Feb     28      23:00s  1:00    S
2021 2036  Rule    Port    1924    only    -       Apr     16      23:00s  1:00    S
2022 2037  Rule    Port    1924    only    -       Oct     14      23:00s  0       -
2023 2038  Rule    Port    1926    only    -       Apr     17      23:00s  1:00    S
2024 2039  Rule    Port    1926    1929    -       Oct     Sat>=1  23:00s  0       -
2025 2040  Rule    Port    1927    only    -       Apr      9      23:00s  1:00    S
2026 2041  Rule    Port    1928    only    -       Apr     14      23:00s  1:00    S
2027 2042  Rule    Port    1929    only    -       Apr     20      23:00s  1:00    S
2028 2043  Rule    Port    1931    only    -       Apr     18      23:00s  1:00    S
2029 2044  # Whitman gives 1931 Oct 8; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
2030 2045  Rule    Port    1931    1932    -       Oct     Sat>=1  23:00s  0       -
2031 2046  Rule    Port    1932    only    -       Apr      2      23:00s  1:00    S
2032 2047  Rule    Port    1934    only    -       Apr      7      23:00s  1:00    S
2033 2048  # Whitman gives 1934 Oct 5; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
2034 2049  Rule    Port    1934    1938    -       Oct     Sat>=1  23:00s  0       -
2035 2050  # Shanks & Pottenger give 1935 Apr 30; go with Whitman.
2036 2051  Rule    Port    1935    only    -       Mar     30      23:00s  1:00    S
2037 2052  Rule    Port    1936    only    -       Apr     18      23:00s  1:00    S
2038 2053  # Whitman gives 1937 Apr 2; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
2039 2054  Rule    Port    1937    only    -       Apr      3      23:00s  1:00    S
2040 2055  Rule    Port    1938    only    -       Mar     26      23:00s  1:00    S
2041 2056  Rule    Port    1939    only    -       Apr     15      23:00s  1:00    S
2042 2057  # Whitman gives 1939 Oct 7; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
2043 2058  Rule    Port    1939    only    -       Nov     18      23:00s  0       -
2044 2059  Rule    Port    1940    only    -       Feb     24      23:00s  1:00    S
2045 2060  # Shanks & Pottenger give 1940 Oct 7; go with Whitman.
2046 2061  Rule    Port    1940    1941    -       Oct      5      23:00s  0       -
2047 2062  Rule    Port    1941    only    -       Apr      5      23:00s  1:00    S
2048 2063  Rule    Port    1942    1945    -       Mar     Sat>=8  23:00s  1:00    S
2049 2064  Rule    Port    1942    only    -       Apr     25      22:00s  2:00    M # Midsummer
2050 2065  Rule    Port    1942    only    -       Aug     15      22:00s  1:00    S
2051 2066  Rule    Port    1942    1945    -       Oct     Sat>=24 23:00s  0       -
2052 2067  Rule    Port    1943    only    -       Apr     17      22:00s  2:00    M
2053 2068  Rule    Port    1943    1945    -       Aug     Sat>=25 22:00s  1:00    S
2054 2069  Rule    Port    1944    1945    -       Apr     Sat>=21 22:00s  2:00    M
2055 2070  Rule    Port    1946    only    -       Apr     Sat>=1  23:00s  1:00    S
2056 2071  Rule    Port    1946    only    -       Oct     Sat>=1  23:00s  0       -
2057 2072  Rule    Port    1947    1949    -       Apr     Sun>=1   2:00s  1:00    S
2058 2073  Rule    Port    1947    1949    -       Oct     Sun>=1   2:00s  0       -
2059 2074  # Shanks & Pottenger say DST was observed in 1950; go with Whitman.
2060 2075  # Whitman gives Oct lastSun for 1952 on; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
2061 2076  Rule    Port    1951    1965    -       Apr     Sun>=1   2:00s  1:00    S
2062 2077  Rule    Port    1951    1965    -       Oct     Sun>=1   2:00s  0       -
2063 2078  Rule    Port    1977    only    -       Mar     27       0:00s  1:00    S
2064 2079  Rule    Port    1977    only    -       Sep     25       0:00s  0       -
2065 2080  Rule    Port    1978    1979    -       Apr     Sun>=1   0:00s  1:00    S
2066 2081  Rule    Port    1978    only    -       Oct      1       0:00s  0       -
2067 2082  Rule    Port    1979    1982    -       Sep     lastSun  1:00s  0       -
2068 2083  Rule    Port    1980    only    -       Mar     lastSun  0:00s  1:00    S
2069 2084  Rule    Port    1981    1982    -       Mar     lastSun  1:00s  1:00    S
2070 2085  Rule    Port    1983    only    -       Mar     lastSun  2:00s  1:00    S
2071 2086  #
2072 2087  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
2073 2088  Zone    Europe/Lisbon   -0:36:45 -      LMT     1884
2074 2089                          -0:36:45 -      LMT     1912 Jan  1 # Lisbon Mean Time
2075 2090                           0:00   Port    WE%sT   1966 Apr  3  2:00
2076 2091                           1:00   -       CET     1976 Sep 26  1:00
2077 2092                           0:00   Port    WE%sT   1983 Sep 25  1:00s
2078 2093                           0:00   W-Eur   WE%sT   1992 Sep 27  1:00s
2079 2094                           1:00   EU      CE%sT   1996 Mar 31  1:00u
2080 2095                           0:00   EU      WE%sT
2081 2096  Zone Atlantic/Azores    -1:42:40 -      LMT     1884        # Ponta Delgada
2082 2097                          -1:54:32 -      HMT     1912 Jan  1 # Horta Mean Time
2083 2098                          -2:00   Port    AZO%sT  1966 Apr  3  2:00  # Azores Time
2084 2099                          -1:00   Port    AZO%sT  1983 Sep 25  1:00s
2085 2100                          -1:00   W-Eur   AZO%sT  1992 Sep 27  1:00s
2086 2101                           0:00   EU      WE%sT   1993 Mar 28  1:00u
2087 2102                          -1:00   EU      AZO%sT
2088 2103  Zone Atlantic/Madeira   -1:07:36 -      LMT     1884        # Funchal
2089 2104                          -1:07:36 -      FMT     1912 Jan  1 # Funchal Mean Time
2090 2105                          -1:00   Port    MAD%sT  1966 Apr  3  2:00 # Madeira Time
2091 2106                           0:00   Port    WE%sT   1983 Sep 25  1:00s
2092 2107                           0:00   EU      WE%sT
2093 2108  
2094 2109  # Romania
2095 2110  #
2096 2111  # From Paul Eggert (1999-10-07):
2097 2112  # Nine O'clock <http://www.nineoclock.ro/POL/1778pol.html>
2098 2113  # (1998-10-23) reports that the switch occurred at
2099 2114  # 04:00 local time in fall 1998.  For lack of better info,
2100 2115  # assume that Romania and Moldova switched to EU rules in 1997,
2101 2116  # the same year as Bulgaria.
2102 2117  #
2103 2118  # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
2104 2119  Rule    Romania 1932    only    -       May     21       0:00s  1:00    S
2105 2120  Rule    Romania 1932    1939    -       Oct     Sun>=1   0:00s  0       -
2106 2121  Rule    Romania 1933    1939    -       Apr     Sun>=2   0:00s  1:00    S
2107 2122  Rule    Romania 1979    only    -       May     27       0:00   1:00    S
2108 2123  Rule    Romania 1979    only    -       Sep     lastSun  0:00   0       -
2109 2124  Rule    Romania 1980    only    -       Apr      5      23:00   1:00    S
2110 2125  Rule    Romania 1980    only    -       Sep     lastSun  1:00   0       -
2111 2126  Rule    Romania 1991    1993    -       Mar     lastSun  0:00s  1:00    S
2112 2127  Rule    Romania 1991    1993    -       Sep     lastSun  0:00s  0       -
2113 2128  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
2114 2129  Zone Europe/Bucharest   1:44:24 -       LMT     1891 Oct
2115 2130                          1:44:24 -       BMT     1931 Jul 24 # Bucharest MT
  
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2116 2131                          2:00    Romania EE%sT   1981 Mar 29  2:00s
2117 2132                          2:00    C-Eur   EE%sT   1991
2118 2133                          2:00    Romania EE%sT   1994
2119 2134                          2:00    E-Eur   EE%sT   1997
2120 2135                          2:00    EU      EE%sT
2121 2136  
2122 2137  
2123 2138  # Russia
2124 2139  
2125 2140  # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-09-15):
2126      -# Based on last Russian Government Decree # 725 on August 31, 2011
     2141 +# Based on last Russian Government Decree No. 725 on August 31, 2011
2127 2142  # (Government document
2128 2143  # http://www.government.ru/gov/results/16355/print/
2129 2144  # in Russian)
2130 2145  # there are few corrections have to be made for some Russian time zones...
2131 2146  # All updated Russian Time Zones were placed in table and translated to English
2132 2147  # by WorldTimeZone.com at the link below:
2133 2148  # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia36.htm
2134 2149  
2135 2150  # From Sanjeev Gupta (2011-09-27):
2136      -# Scans of [Decree #23 of January 8, 1992] are available at:
     2151 +# Scans of [Decree No. 23 of January 8, 1992] are available at:
2137 2152  # http://government.consultant.ru/page.aspx?1223966
2138 2153  # They are in Cyrillic letters (presumably Russian).
2139 2154  
2140 2155  # From Arthur David Olson (2012-05-09):
2141 2156  # Regarding the instant when clocks in time-zone-shifting parts of Russia
2142 2157  # changed in September 2011:
2143 2158  #
2144 2159  # One source is
2145 2160  # http://government.ru/gov/results/16355/
2146 2161  # which, according to translate.google.com, begins "Decree of August 31,
2147      -# 2011 No 725" and contains no other dates or "effective date" information.
     2162 +# 2011 No. 725" and contains no other dates or "effective date" information.
2148 2163  #
2149 2164  # Another source is
2150 2165  # http://www.rg.ru/2011/09/06/chas-zona-dok.html
2151 2166  # which, according to translate.google.com, begins "Resolution of the
2152 2167  # Government of the Russian Federation on August 31, 2011 N 725" and also
2153 2168  # contains "Date first official publication: September 6, 2011 Posted on:
2154      -# in the 'RG' - Federal Issue number 5573 September 6, 2011" but which
     2169 +# in the 'RG' - Federal Issue No. 5573 September 6, 2011" but which
2155 2170  # does not contain any "effective date" information.
2156 2171  #
2157 2172  # Another source is
2158 2173  # http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oymyakonsky_District#cite_note-RuTime-7
2159      -# which, in note 8, contains "Resolution #725 of August 31, 2011...
     2174 +# which, in note 8, contains "Resolution No. 725 of August 31, 2011...
2160 2175  # Effective as of after 7 days following the day of the official publication"
2161 2176  # but which does not contain any reference to September 6, 2011.
2162 2177  #
2163 2178  # The Wikipedia article refers to
2164 2179  # http://base.consultant.ru/cons/cgi/online.cgi?req=doc;base=LAW;n=118896
2165 2180  # which seems to copy the text of the government.ru page.
2166 2181  #
2167 2182  # Tobias Conradi combines Wikipedia's
2168 2183  # "as of after 7 days following the day of the official publication"
2169 2184  # with www.rg.ru's "Date of first official publication: September 6, 2011" to
2170 2185  # get September 13, 2011 as the cutover date (unusually, a Tuesday, as Tobias
2171 2186  # Conradi notes).
2172 2187  #
2173 2188  # None of the sources indicates a time of day for changing clocks.
2174 2189  #
2175 2190  # Go with 2011-09-13 0:00s.
2176 2191  
2177 2192  # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2014-07-01):
2178 2193  # According to the Russian news (ITAR-TASS News Agency)
2179 2194  # http://en.itar-tass.com/russia/738562
2180 2195  # the State Duma has approved ... the draft bill on returning to
2181 2196  # winter time standard and return Russia 11 time zones.  The new
2182 2197  # regulations will come into effect on October 26, 2014 at 02:00 ...
2183 2198  # http://asozd2.duma.gov.ru/main.nsf/%28Spravka%29?OpenAgent&RN=431985-6&02
2184 2199  # Here is a link where we put together table (based on approved Bill N
2185 2200  # 431985-6) with proposed 11 Russian time zones and corresponding
2186 2201  # areas/cities/administrative centers in the Russian Federation (in English):
2187 2202  # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia65.html
2188 2203  #
2189 2204  # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2014-07-22):
2190 2205  # Putin signed the Federal Law 431985-6 ... (in Russian)
2191 2206  # http://itar-tass.com/obschestvo/1333711
2192 2207  # http://www.pravo.gov.ru:8080/page.aspx?111660
2193 2208  # http://www.kremlin.ru/acts/46279
2194 2209  # From October 26, 2014 the new Russian time zone map will looks like this:
2195 2210  # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia-map-2014-07.html
2196 2211  
2197 2212  # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
2198 2213  # Except for Moscow after 1919-07-01, I invented the time zone abbreviations.
2199 2214  # Moscow time zone abbreviations after 1919-07-01, and Moscow rules after 1991,
2200 2215  # are from Andrey A. Chernov.  The rest is from Shanks & Pottenger,
2201 2216  # except we follow Chernov's report that 1992 DST transitions were Sat
2202 2217  # 23:00, not Sun 02:00s.
2203 2218  #
2204 2219  # From Stanislaw A. Kuzikowski (1994-06-29):
2205 2220  # But now it is some months since Novosibirsk is 3 hours ahead of Moscow!
2206 2221  # I do not know why they have decided to make this change;
2207 2222  # as far as I remember it was done exactly during winter->summer switching
2208 2223  # so we (Novosibirsk) simply did not switch.
2209 2224  #
2210 2225  # From Andrey A. Chernov (1996-10-04):
2211 2226  # 'MSK' and 'MSD' were born and used initially on Moscow computers with
2212 2227  # UNIX-like OSes by several developer groups (e.g. Demos group, Kiae group)....
2213 2228  # The next step was the UUCP network, the Relcom predecessor
2214 2229  # (used mainly for mail), and MSK/MSD was actively used there.
2215 2230  #
2216 2231  # From Chris Carrier (1996-10-30):
2217 2232  # According to a friend of mine who rode the Trans-Siberian Railroad from
2218 2233  # Moscow to Irkutsk in 1995, public air and rail transport in Russia ...
2219 2234  # still follows Moscow time, no matter where in Russia it is located.
2220 2235  #
2221 2236  # For Grozny, Chechnya, we have the following story from
2222 2237  # John Daniszewski, "Scavengers in the Rubble", Los Angeles Times (2001-02-07):
2223 2238  # News - often false - is spread by word of mouth.  A rumor that it was
2224 2239  # time to move the clocks back put this whole city out of sync with
2225 2240  # the rest of Russia for two weeks - even soldiers stationed here began
2226 2241  # enforcing curfew at the wrong time.
2227 2242  #
2228 2243  # From Gwillim Law (2001-06-05):
2229 2244  # There's considerable evidence that Sakhalin Island used to be in
2230 2245  # UTC+11, and has changed to UTC+10, in this decade.  I start with the
2231 2246  # SSIM, which listed Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk in zone RU10 along with Magadan
2232 2247  # until February 1997, and then in RU9 with Khabarovsk and Vladivostok
2233 2248  # since September 1997....  Although the Kuril Islands are
2234 2249  # administratively part of Sakhalin oblast', they appear to have
2235 2250  # remained on UTC+11 along with Magadan.
2236 2251  
2237 2252  # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-06):
2238 2253  # The comments detailing the coverage of each Russian zone are meant to assist
2239 2254  # with maintenance only and represent our best guesses as to which regions
2240 2255  # are covered by each zone.  They are not meant to be taken as an authoritative
2241 2256  # listing.  The region codes listed come from
2242 2257  # http://en.wikipedia.org/w/?title=Federal_subjects_of_Russia&oldid=611810498
2243 2258  # and are used for convenience only; no guarantees are made regarding their
2244 2259  # future stability.  ISO 3166-2:RU codes are also listed for first-level
2245 2260  # divisions where available.
2246 2261  
2247 2262  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
2248 2263  
2249 2264  
2250 2265  # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03):
2251 2266  # Europe/Kaliningrad covers...
2252 2267  # 39    RU-KGD  Kaliningrad Oblast
2253 2268  
2254 2269  Zone Europe/Kaliningrad  1:22:00 -      LMT     1893 Apr
2255 2270                           1:00   C-Eur   CE%sT   1945
2256 2271                           2:00   Poland  CE%sT   1946
2257 2272                           3:00   Russia  MSK/MSD 1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2258 2273                           2:00   Russia  EE%sT   2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2259 2274                           3:00   -       FET     2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2260 2275                           2:00   -       EET
2261 2276  
2262 2277  
2263 2278  # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03), per Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25):
2264 2279  # Europe/Moscow covers...
2265 2280  # 01    RU-AD   Adygea, Republic of
2266 2281  # 05    RU-DA   Dagestan, Republic of
2267 2282  # 06    RU-IN   Ingushetia, Republic of
2268 2283  # 07    RU-KB   Kabardino-Balkar Republic
2269 2284  # 08    RU-KL   Kalmykia, Republic of
2270 2285  # 09    RU-KC   Karachay-Cherkess Republic
2271 2286  # 10    RU-KR   Karelia, Republic of
2272 2287  # 11    RU-KO   Komi Republic
2273 2288  # 12    RU-ME   Mari El Republic
2274 2289  # 13    RU-MO   Mordovia, Republic of
2275 2290  # 15    RU-SE   North Ossetia-Alania, Republic of
2276 2291  # 16    RU-TA   Tatarstan, Republic of
2277 2292  # 20    RU-CE   Chechen Republic
2278 2293  # 21    RU-CU   Chuvash Republic
2279 2294  # 23    RU-KDA  Krasnodar Krai
2280 2295  # 26    RU-STA  Stavropol Krai
2281 2296  # 29    RU-ARK  Arkhangelsk Oblast
2282 2297  # 31    RU-BEL  Belgorod Oblast
2283 2298  # 32    RU-BRY  Bryansk Oblast
2284 2299  # 33    RU-VLA  Vladimir Oblast
2285 2300  # 35    RU-VLG  Vologda Oblast
2286 2301  # 36    RU-VOR  Voronezh Oblast
2287 2302  # 37    RU-IVA  Ivanovo Oblast
2288 2303  # 40    RU-KLU  Kaluga Oblast
2289 2304  # 44    RU-KOS  Kostroma Oblast
2290 2305  # 46    RU-KRS  Kursk Oblast
2291 2306  # 47    RU-LEN  Leningrad Oblast
2292 2307  # 48    RU-LIP  Lipetsk Oblast
2293 2308  # 50    RU-MOS  Moscow Oblast
2294 2309  # 51    RU-MUR  Murmansk Oblast
2295 2310  # 52    RU-NIZ  Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
2296 2311  # 53    RU-NGR  Novgorod Oblast
2297 2312  # 57    RU-ORL  Oryol Oblast
2298 2313  # 58    RU-PNZ  Penza Oblast
2299 2314  # 60    RU-PSK  Pskov Oblast
2300 2315  # 61    RU-ROS  Rostov Oblast
2301 2316  # 62    RU-RYA  Ryazan Oblast
2302 2317  # 67    RU-SMO  Smolensk Oblast
2303 2318  # 68    RU-TAM  Tambov Oblast
2304 2319  # 69    RU-TVE  Tver Oblast
2305 2320  # 71    RU-TUL  Tula Oblast
2306 2321  # 73    RU-ULY  Ulyanovsk Oblast
2307 2322  # 76    RU-YAR  Yaroslavl Oblast
2308 2323  # 77    RU-MOW  Moscow
2309 2324  # 78    RU-SPE  Saint Petersburg
2310 2325  # 83    RU-NEN  Nenets Autonomous Okrug
2311 2326  
2312 2327  # From Vladimir Karpinsky (2014-07-08):
2313 2328  # LMT in Moscow (before Jul 3, 1916) is 2:30:17, that was defined by Moscow
2314 2329  # Observatory (coordinates: 55 deg. 45'29.70", 37 deg. 34'05.30")....
2315 2330  # LMT in Moscow since Jul 3, 1916 is 2:31:01 as a result of new standard.
2316 2331  # (The info is from the book by Byalokoz ... p. 18.)
2317 2332  # The time in St. Petersburg as capital of Russia was defined by
2318 2333  # Pulkov observatory, near St. Petersburg.  In 1916 LMT Moscow
2319 2334  # was synchronized with LMT St. Petersburg (+30 minutes), (Pulkov observatory
2320 2335  # coordinates: 59 deg. 46'18.70", 30 deg. 19'40.70") so 30 deg. 19'40.70" >
2321 2336  # 2h01m18.7s = 2:01:19.  LMT Moscow = LMT St.Petersburg + 30m 2:01:19 + 0:30 =
2322 2337  # 2:31:19 ...
2323 2338  #
2324 2339  # From Paul Eggert (2014-07-08):
2325 2340  # Milne does not list Moscow, but suggests that its time might be listed in
2326 2341  # Résumés mensuels et annuels des observations météorologiques (1895).
2327 2342  # Presumably this is OCLC 85825704, a journal published with parallel text in
2328 2343  # Russian and French.  This source has not been located; go with Karpinsky.
2329 2344  
2330 2345  Zone Europe/Moscow       2:30:17 -      LMT     1880
2331 2346                           2:30:17 -      MMT     1916 Jul  3 # Moscow Mean Time
2332 2347                           2:31:19 Russia %s      1919 Jul  1  2:00
2333 2348                           3:00   Russia  %s      1921 Oct
2334 2349                           3:00   Russia  MSK/MSD 1922 Oct
2335 2350                           2:00   -       EET     1930 Jun 21
2336 2351                           3:00   Russia  MSK/MSD 1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2337 2352                           2:00   Russia  EE%sT   1992 Jan 19  2:00s
2338 2353                           3:00   Russia  MSK/MSD 2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2339 2354                           4:00   -       MSK     2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2340 2355                           3:00   -       MSK
2341 2356  
2342 2357  
2343 2358  # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03):
2344 2359  # Europe/Simferopol covers...
2345 2360  # **    ****    Crimea, Republic of
2346 2361  # **    ****    Sevastopol
2347 2362  
2348 2363  Zone Europe/Simferopol   2:16:24 -      LMT     1880
2349 2364                           2:16   -       SMT     1924 May  2 # Simferopol Mean T
2350 2365                           2:00   -       EET     1930 Jun 21
2351 2366                           3:00   -       MSK     1941 Nov
2352 2367                           1:00   C-Eur   CE%sT   1944 Apr 13
2353 2368                           3:00   Russia  MSK/MSD 1990
2354 2369                           3:00   -       MSK     1990 Jul  1  2:00
2355 2370                           2:00   -       EET     1992
2356 2371  # Central Crimea used Moscow time 1994/1997.
  
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2357 2372  #
2358 2373  # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
2359 2374  # The _Economist_ (1994-05-28, p 45) reports that central Crimea switched
2360 2375  # from Kiev to Moscow time sometime after the January 1994 elections.
2361 2376  # Shanks (1999) says "date of change uncertain", but implies that it happened
2362 2377  # sometime between the 1994 DST switches.  Shanks & Pottenger simply say
2363 2378  # 1994-09-25 03:00, but that can't be right.  For now, guess it
2364 2379  # changed in May.
2365 2380                           2:00   E-Eur   EE%sT   1994 May
2366 2381  # From IATA SSIM (1994/1997), which also says that Kerch is still like Kiev.
2367      -                         3:00   E-Eur   MSK/MSD 1996 Mar 31  3:00s
     2382 +                         3:00   E-Eur   MSK/MSD 1996 Mar 31  0:00s
2368 2383                           3:00   1:00    MSD     1996 Oct 27  3:00s
2369 2384  # IATA SSIM (1997-09) says Crimea switched to EET/EEST.
2370 2385  # Assume it happened in March by not changing the clocks.
2371 2386                           3:00   Russia  MSK/MSD 1997
2372 2387                           3:00   -       MSK     1997 Mar lastSun  1:00u
2373 2388  # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2014-03-17):
2374 2389  # time change at 2:00 (2am) on March 30, 2014
2375 2390  # http://vz.ru/news/2014/3/17/677464.html
2376 2391  # From Paul Eggert (2014-03-30):
2377 2392  # Simferopol and Sevastopol reportedly changed their central town clocks
2378 2393  # late the previous day, but this appears to have been ceremonial
2379 2394  # and the discrepancies are small enough to not worry about.
2380 2395                           2:00   EU      EE%sT   2014 Mar 30  2:00
2381 2396                           4:00   -       MSK     2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2382 2397                           3:00   -       MSK
2383 2398  
2384 2399  
2385 2400  # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03):
2386 2401  # Europe/Volgograd covers...
2387 2402  # 30    RU-AST  Astrakhan Oblast
2388 2403  # 34    RU-VGG  Volgograd Oblast
2389 2404  # 43    RU-KIR  Kirov Oblast
2390 2405  # 64    RU-SAR  Saratov Oblast
2391 2406  
2392 2407  # From Paul Eggert (2006-05-09):
  
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2393 2408  # Shanks & Pottenger say Kirov is still at +0400 but Wikipedia says +0300.
2394 2409  # Perhaps it switched after the others?  But we have no data.
2395 2410  
2396 2411  Zone Europe/Volgograd    2:57:40 -      LMT     1920 Jan  3
2397 2412                           3:00   -       TSAT    1925 Apr  6 # Tsaritsyn Time
2398 2413                           3:00   -       STAT    1930 Jun 21 # Stalingrad Time
2399 2414                           4:00   -       STAT    1961 Nov 11
2400 2415                           4:00   Russia  VOL%sT  1989 Mar 26  2:00s # Volgograd T
2401 2416                           3:00   Russia  VOL%sT  1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2402 2417                           4:00   -       VOLT    1992 Mar 29  2:00s
2403      -                         3:00   Russia  MSK     2011 Mar 27  2:00s
     2418 +                         3:00   Russia  MSK/MSD 2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2404 2419                           4:00   -       MSK     2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2405 2420                           3:00   -       MSK
2406 2421  
2407 2422  
2408 2423  # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03), per Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25):
2409 2424  # Europe/Samara covers...
2410 2425  # 18    RU-UD   Udmurt Republic
2411 2426  # 63    RU-SAM  Samara Oblast
2412 2427  
2413 2428  # Byalokoz 1919 says Samara was 3:20:20.
2414 2429  
2415 2430  Zone Europe/Samara       3:20:20 -      LMT     1919 Jul  1  2:00
2416 2431                           3:00   -       SAMT    1930 Jun 21
2417 2432                           4:00   -       SAMT    1935 Jan 27
2418 2433                           4:00   Russia  KUY%sT  1989 Mar 26  2:00s # Kuybyshev
2419 2434                           3:00   Russia  MSK/MSD 1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2420 2435                           2:00   Russia  EE%sT   1991 Sep 29  2:00s
2421 2436                           3:00   -       KUYT    1991 Oct 20  3:00
2422 2437                           4:00   Russia  SAM%sT  2010 Mar 28  2:00s # Samara Time
2423 2438                           3:00   Russia  SAM%sT  2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2424 2439                           4:00   -       SAMT
2425 2440  
2426 2441  
2427 2442  # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03), per Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25):
2428 2443  # Asia/Yekaterinburg covers...
2429 2444  # 02    RU-BA   Bashkortostan, Republic of
2430 2445  # 90    RU-PER  Perm Krai
2431 2446  # 45    RU-KGN  Kurgan Oblast
2432 2447  # 56    RU-ORE  Orenburg Oblast
2433 2448  # 66    RU-SVE  Sverdlovsk Oblast
2434 2449  # 72    RU-TYU  Tyumen Oblast
2435 2450  # 74    RU-CHE  Chelyabinsk Oblast
2436 2451  # 86    RU-KHM  Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug - Yugra
2437 2452  # 89    RU-YAN  Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
2438 2453  #
2439 2454  # Note: Effective 2005-12-01, (59) Perm Oblast and (81) Komi-Permyak
2440 2455  # Autonomous Okrug merged to form (90, RU-PER) Perm Krai.
2441 2456  
2442 2457  # Milne says Yekaterinburg was 4:02:32.9; round to nearest.
2443 2458  # Byalokoz 1919 says its provincial time was based on Perm, at 3:45:05.
2444 2459  # Assume it switched on 1916-07-03, the time of the new standard.
2445 2460  # The 1919 and 1930 transitions are from Shanks.
2446 2461  
2447 2462  Zone Asia/Yekaterinburg  4:02:33 -      LMT     1916 Jul  3
2448 2463                           3:45:05 -      PMT     1919 Jul 15  4:00
2449 2464                           4:00   -       SVET    1930 Jun 21 # Sverdlovsk Time
2450 2465                           5:00   Russia  SVE%sT  1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2451 2466                           4:00   Russia  SVE%sT  1992 Jan 19  2:00s
2452 2467                           5:00   Russia  YEK%sT  2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2453 2468                           6:00   -       YEKT    2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2454 2469                           5:00   -       YEKT
2455 2470  
2456 2471  
2457 2472  # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03), per Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25):
2458 2473  # Asia/Omsk covers...
2459 2474  # 04    RU-AL   Altai Republic
2460 2475  # 22    RU-ALT  Altai Krai
2461 2476  # 55    RU-OMS  Omsk Oblast
2462 2477  
2463 2478  # Byalokoz 1919 says Omsk was 4:53:30.
2464 2479  
2465 2480  Zone Asia/Omsk           4:53:30 -      LMT     1919 Nov 14
2466 2481                           5:00   -       OMST    1930 Jun 21 # Omsk Time
2467 2482                           6:00   Russia  OMS%sT  1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2468 2483                           5:00   Russia  OMS%sT  1992 Jan 19  2:00s
2469 2484                           6:00   Russia  OMS%sT  2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2470 2485                           7:00   -       OMST    2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2471 2486                           6:00   -       OMST
2472 2487  
2473 2488  
2474 2489  # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03):
2475 2490  # Asia/Novosibirsk covers...
2476 2491  # 54    RU-NVS  Novosibirsk Oblast
2477 2492  # 70    RU-TOM  Tomsk Oblast
2478 2493  
2479 2494  # From Paul Eggert (2006-08-19): I'm guessing about Tomsk here; it's
2480 2495  # not clear when it switched from +7 to +6.
2481 2496  
2482 2497  Zone Asia/Novosibirsk    5:31:40 -      LMT     1919 Dec 14  6:00
2483 2498                           6:00   -       NOVT    1930 Jun 21 # Novosibirsk Time
2484 2499                           7:00   Russia  NOV%sT  1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2485 2500                           6:00   Russia  NOV%sT  1992 Jan 19  2:00s
2486 2501                           7:00   Russia  NOV%sT  1993 May 23 # say Shanks & P.
2487 2502                           6:00   Russia  NOV%sT  2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2488 2503                           7:00   -       NOVT    2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2489 2504                           6:00   -       NOVT
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2492 2507  # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03):
2493 2508  # Asia/Novokuznetsk covers...
2494 2509  # 42    RU-KEM  Kemerovo Oblast
2495 2510  
2496 2511  # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-10-13):
2497 2512  # Kemerovo oblast' (Kemerovo region) in Russia will change current time zone on
2498 2513  # March 28, 2010:
2499 2514  # from current Russia Zone 6 - Krasnoyarsk Time Zone (KRA) UTC +0700
2500 2515  # to Russia Zone 5 - Novosibirsk Time Zone (NOV) UTC +0600
2501 2516  #
2502      -# This is according to Government of Russia decree # 740, on September
     2517 +# This is according to Government of Russia decree No. 740, on September
2503 2518  # 14, 2009 "Application in the territory of the Kemerovo region the Fifth
2504 2519  # time zone." ("Russia Zone 5" or old "USSR Zone 5" is GMT +0600)
2505 2520  #
2506 2521  # Russian Government web site (Russian language)
2507 2522  # http://www.government.ru/content/governmentactivity/rfgovernmentdecisions/archive/2009/09/14/991633.htm
2508 2523  # or Russian-English translation by WorldTimeZone.com with reference
2509 2524  # map to local region and new Russia Time Zone map after March 28, 2010
2510 2525  # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia03.html
2511 2526  #
2512 2527  # Thus, when Russia will switch to DST on the night of March 28, 2010
2513 2528  # Kemerovo region (Kemerovo oblast') will not change the clock.
2514 2529  #
2515 2530  # As a result, Kemerovo oblast' will be in the same time zone as
2516 2531  # Novosibirsk, Omsk, Tomsk, Barnaul and Altai Republic.
2517 2532  
2518 2533  # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-02), per Alexander Krivenyshev (2014-07-02):
2519 2534  # The Kemerovo region will remain at UTC+7 through the 2014-10-26 change, thus
2520 2535  # realigning itself with KRAT.
2521 2536  
2522 2537  Zone Asia/Novokuznetsk   5:48:48 -      LMT     1924 May  1
2523 2538                           6:00   -       KRAT    1930 Jun 21 # Krasnoyarsk Time
2524 2539                           7:00   Russia  KRA%sT  1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2525 2540                           6:00   Russia  KRA%sT  1992 Jan 19  2:00s
2526 2541                           7:00   Russia  KRA%sT  2010 Mar 28  2:00s
2527 2542                           6:00   Russia  NOV%sT  2011 Mar 27  2:00s # Novosibirsk
2528 2543                           7:00   -       NOVT    2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2529 2544                           7:00   -       KRAT    # Krasnoyarsk Time
2530 2545  
2531 2546  
2532 2547  # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03), per Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25):
2533 2548  # Asia/Krasnoyarsk covers...
2534 2549  # 17    RU-TY   Tuva Republic
2535 2550  # 19    RU-KK   Khakassia, Republic of
2536 2551  # 24    RU-KYA  Krasnoyarsk Krai
2537 2552  #
2538 2553  # Note: Effective 2007-01-01, (88) Evenk Autonomous Okrug and (84) Taymyr
2539 2554  # Autonomous Okrug were merged into (24, RU-KYA) Krasnoyarsk Krai.
2540 2555  
2541 2556  # Byalokoz 1919 says Krasnoyarsk was 6:11:26.
2542 2557  
2543 2558  Zone Asia/Krasnoyarsk    6:11:26 -      LMT     1920 Jan  6
2544 2559                           6:00   -       KRAT    1930 Jun 21 # Krasnoyarsk Time
2545 2560                           7:00   Russia  KRA%sT  1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2546 2561                           6:00   Russia  KRA%sT  1992 Jan 19  2:00s
2547 2562                           7:00   Russia  KRA%sT  2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2548 2563                           8:00   -       KRAT    2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2549 2564                           7:00   -       KRAT
2550 2565  
2551 2566  
2552 2567  # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03), per Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25):
2553 2568  # Asia/Irkutsk covers...
2554 2569  # 03    RU-BU   Buryatia, Republic of
2555 2570  # 38    RU-IRK  Irkutsk Oblast
2556 2571  #
2557 2572  # Note: Effective 2008-01-01, (85) Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Okrug was
2558 2573  # merged into (38, RU-IRK) Irkutsk Oblast.
2559 2574  
2560 2575  # Milne 1899 says Irkutsk was 6:57:15.
2561 2576  # Byalokoz 1919 says Irkutsk was 6:57:05.
2562 2577  # Go with Byalokoz.
2563 2578  
2564 2579  Zone Asia/Irkutsk        6:57:05 -      LMT     1880
2565 2580                           6:57:05 -      IMT     1920 Jan 25 # Irkutsk Mean Time
2566 2581                           7:00   -       IRKT    1930 Jun 21 # Irkutsk Time
2567 2582                           8:00   Russia  IRK%sT  1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2568 2583                           7:00   Russia  IRK%sT  1992 Jan 19  2:00s
2569 2584                           8:00   Russia  IRK%sT  2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2570 2585                           9:00   -       IRKT    2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2571 2586                           8:00   -       IRKT
2572 2587  
2573 2588  
2574 2589  # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-06):
2575 2590  # Asia/Chita covers...
2576 2591  # 92    RU-ZAB  Zabaykalsky Krai
2577 2592  #
2578 2593  # Note: Effective 2008-03-01, (75) Chita Oblast and (80) Agin-Buryat
2579 2594  # Autonomous Okrug merged to form (92, RU-ZAB) Zabaykalsky Krai.
2580 2595  
2581 2596  Zone Asia/Chita  7:33:52 -      LMT     1919 Dec 15
2582 2597                           8:00   -       YAKT    1930 Jun 21 # Yakutsk Time
2583 2598                           9:00   Russia  YAK%sT  1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2584 2599                           8:00   Russia  YAK%sT  1992 Jan 19  2:00s
2585 2600                           9:00   Russia  YAK%sT  2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2586 2601                          10:00   -       YAKT    2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2587 2602                           8:00   -       IRKT
2588 2603  
2589 2604  
2590 2605  # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03), per Oscar van Vlijmen (2009-11-29):
2591 2606  # Asia/Yakutsk covers...
2592 2607  # 28    RU-AMU  Amur Oblast
2593 2608  #
2594 2609  # ...and parts of (14, RU-SA) Sakha (Yakutia) Republic:
2595 2610  # 14-02 ****    Aldansky District
2596 2611  # 14-04 ****    Amginsky District
2597 2612  # 14-05 ****    Anabarsky District
2598 2613  # 14-06 ****    Bulunsky District
2599 2614  # 14-07 ****    Verkhnevilyuysky District
2600 2615  # 14-10 ****    Vilyuysky District
2601 2616  # 14-11 ****    Gorny District
2602 2617  # 14-12 ****    Zhigansky District
2603 2618  # 14-13 ****    Kobyaysky District
2604 2619  # 14-14 ****    Lensky District
2605 2620  # 14-15 ****    Megino-Kangalassky District
2606 2621  # 14-16 ****    Mirninsky District
2607 2622  # 14-18 ****    Namsky District
2608 2623  # 14-19 ****    Neryungrinsky District
2609 2624  # 14-21 ****    Nyurbinsky District
2610 2625  # 14-23 ****    Olenyoksky District
2611 2626  # 14-24 ****    Olyokminsky District
2612 2627  # 14-26 ****    Suntarsky District
2613 2628  # 14-27 ****    Tattinsky District
2614 2629  # 14-29 ****    Ust-Aldansky District
2615 2630  # 14-32 ****    Khangalassky District
2616 2631  # 14-33 ****    Churapchinsky District
2617 2632  # 14-34 ****    Eveno-Bytantaysky National District
2618 2633  
2619 2634  # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03):
2620 2635  # Our commentary seems to have lost mention of (14-19) Neryungrinsky District.
2621 2636  # Since the surrounding districts of Sakha are all YAKT, assume this is, too.
2622 2637  # Also assume its history has been the same as the rest of Asia/Yakutsk.
2623 2638  
2624 2639  # Byalokoz 1919 says Yakutsk was 8:38:58.
2625 2640  
2626 2641  Zone Asia/Yakutsk        8:38:58 -      LMT     1919 Dec 15
2627 2642                           8:00   -       YAKT    1930 Jun 21 # Yakutsk Time
2628 2643                           9:00   Russia  YAK%sT  1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2629 2644                           8:00   Russia  YAK%sT  1992 Jan 19  2:00s
2630 2645                           9:00   Russia  YAK%sT  2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2631 2646                          10:00   -       YAKT    2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2632 2647                           9:00   -       YAKT
2633 2648  
2634 2649  
2635 2650  # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03), per Oscar van Vlijmen (2009-11-29):
2636 2651  # Asia/Vladivostok covers...
2637 2652  # 25    RU-PRI  Primorsky Krai
2638 2653  # 27    RU-KHA  Khabarovsk Krai
2639 2654  # 79    RU-YEV  Jewish Autonomous Oblast
2640 2655  #
2641 2656  # ...and parts of (14, RU-SA) Sakha (Yakutia) Republic:
2642 2657  # 14-09 ****    Verkhoyansky District
2643 2658  # 14-31 ****    Ust-Yansky District
2644 2659  
2645 2660  # Milne 1899 says Vladivostok was 8:47:33.5.
2646 2661  # Byalokoz 1919 says Vladivostok was 8:47:31.
2647 2662  # Go with Byalokoz.
2648 2663  
2649 2664  Zone Asia/Vladivostok    8:47:31 -      LMT     1922 Nov 15
2650 2665                           9:00   -       VLAT    1930 Jun 21 # Vladivostok Time
2651 2666                          10:00   Russia  VLA%sT  1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2652 2667                           9:00   Russia  VLA%sT  1992 Jan 19  2:00s
2653 2668                          10:00   Russia  VLA%sT  2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2654 2669                          11:00   -       VLAT    2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2655 2670                          10:00   -       VLAT
2656 2671  
2657 2672  
2658 2673  # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03):
2659 2674  # Asia/Khandyga covers parts of (14, RU-SA) Sakha (Yakutia) Republic:
2660 2675  # 14-28 ****    Tomponsky District
2661 2676  # 14-30 ****    Ust-Maysky District
2662 2677  
2663 2678  # From Arthur David Olson (2012-05-09):
2664 2679  # Tomponskij and Ust'-Majskij switched from Vladivostok time to Yakutsk time
2665 2680  # in 2011.
2666 2681  
2667 2682  # From Paul Eggert (2012-11-25):
2668 2683  # Shanks and Pottenger (2003) has Khandyga on Yakutsk time.
2669 2684  # Make a wild guess that it switched to Vladivostok time in 2004.
2670 2685  # This transition is no doubt wrong, but we have no better info.
2671 2686  
2672 2687  Zone Asia/Khandyga       9:02:13 -      LMT     1919 Dec 15
2673 2688                           8:00   -       YAKT    1930 Jun 21 # Yakutsk Time
2674 2689                           9:00   Russia  YAK%sT  1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2675 2690                           8:00   Russia  YAK%sT  1992 Jan 19  2:00s
2676 2691                           9:00   Russia  YAK%sT  2004
2677 2692                          10:00   Russia  VLA%sT  2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2678 2693                          11:00   -       VLAT    2011 Sep 13  0:00s # Decree 725?
2679 2694                          10:00   -       YAKT    2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2680 2695                           9:00   -       YAKT
2681 2696  
2682 2697  
2683 2698  # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03):
2684 2699  # Asia/Sakhalin covers...
2685 2700  # 65    RU-SAK  Sakhalin Oblast
2686 2701  # ...with the exception of:
2687 2702  # 65-11 ****    Severo-Kurilsky District (North Kuril Islands)
2688 2703  
2689 2704  # The Zone name should be Asia/Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, but that's too long.
2690 2705  Zone Asia/Sakhalin       9:30:48 -      LMT     1905 Aug 23
2691 2706                           9:00   -       JCST    1937 Oct  1
2692 2707                           9:00   -       JST     1945 Aug 25
2693 2708                          11:00   Russia  SAK%sT  1991 Mar 31  2:00s # Sakhalin T
2694 2709                          10:00   Russia  SAK%sT  1992 Jan 19  2:00s
2695 2710                          11:00   Russia  SAK%sT  1997 Mar lastSun  2:00s
2696 2711                          10:00   Russia  SAK%sT  2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2697 2712                          11:00   -       SAKT    2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2698 2713                          10:00   -       SAKT
2699 2714  
2700 2715  
2701 2716  # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03), per Oscar van Vlijmen (2009-11-29):
2702 2717  # Asia/Magadan covers...
2703 2718  # 49    RU-MAG  Magadan Oblast
2704 2719  
2705 2720  # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-06), per Alexander Krivenyshev (2014-07-02):
2706 2721  # Magadan Oblast is moving from UTC+12 to UTC+10 on 2014-10-26; however,
2707 2722  # several districts of Sakha Republic as well as Severo-Kurilsky District of
2708 2723  # the Sakhalin Oblast (also known as the North Kuril Islands), represented
2709 2724  # until now by Asia/Magadan, will instead move to UTC+11.  These regions will
2710 2725  # need their own zone.
2711 2726  
2712 2727  Zone Asia/Magadan       10:03:12 -      LMT     1924 May  2
2713 2728                          10:00   -       MAGT    1930 Jun 21 # Magadan Time
2714 2729                          11:00   Russia  MAG%sT  1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2715 2730                          10:00   Russia  MAG%sT  1992 Jan 19  2:00s
2716 2731                          11:00   Russia  MAG%sT  2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2717 2732                          12:00   -       MAGT    2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2718 2733                          10:00   -       MAGT
2719 2734  
2720 2735  
2721 2736  # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-06):
2722 2737  # Asia/Srednekolymsk covers parts of (14, RU-SA) Sakha (Yakutia) Republic:
2723 2738  # 14-01 ****    Abyysky District
2724 2739  # 14-03 ****    Allaikhovsky District
2725 2740  # 14-08 ****    Verkhnekolymsky District
2726 2741  # 14-17 ****    Momsky District
2727 2742  # 14-20 ****    Nizhnekolymsky District
2728 2743  # 14-25 ****    Srednekolymsky District
2729 2744  #
2730 2745  # ...and parts of (65, RU-SAK) Sakhalin Oblast:
2731 2746  # 65-11 ****    Severo-Kurilsky District (North Kuril Islands)
2732 2747  
2733 2748  # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-02):
2734 2749  # Oymyakonsky District of Sakha Republic (represented by Ust-Nera), along with
2735 2750  # most of Sakhalin Oblast (represented by Sakhalin) will be moving to UTC+10 on
2736 2751  # 2014-10-26 to stay aligned with VLAT/SAKT; however, Severo-Kurilsky District
2737 2752  # of the Sakhalin Oblast (also known as the North Kuril Islands, represented by
2738 2753  # Severo-Kurilsk) will remain on UTC+11.
2739 2754  
2740 2755  # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-06):
2741 2756  # Assume North Kuril Islands have history like Magadan before 2011-03-27.
2742 2757  # There is a decent chance this is wrong, in which case a new zone
2743 2758  # Asia/Severo-Kurilsk would become necessary.
2744 2759  #
2745 2760  # Srednekolymsk and Zyryanka are the most populous places amongst these
2746 2761  # districts, but have very similar populations.  In fact, Wikipedia currently
2747 2762  # lists them both as having 3528 people, exactly 1668 males and 1860 females
2748 2763  # each!  (Yikes!)
2749 2764  # http://en.wikipedia.org/w/?title=Srednekolymsky_District&oldid=603435276
2750 2765  # http://en.wikipedia.org/w/?title=Verkhnekolymsky_District&oldid=594378493
2751 2766  # Assume this is a mistake, albeit an amusing one.
2752 2767  #
2753 2768  # Looking at censuses, the populations of the two municipalities seem to have
2754 2769  # fluctuated recently.  Zyryanka was more populous than Srednekolymsk in the
2755 2770  # 1989 and 2002 censuses, but Srednekolymsk was more populous in the most
2756 2771  # recent (2010) census, 3525 to 3170.  (See pages 195 and 197 of
2757 2772  # http://www.gks.ru/free_doc/new_site/perepis2010/croc/Documents/Vol1/pub-01-05.pdf
2758 2773  # in Russian.)  In addition, Srednekolymsk appears to be a much older
2759 2774  # settlement and the population of Zyryanka seems to be declining.
2760 2775  # Go with Srednekolymsk.
2761 2776  #
2762 2777  # Since Magadan Oblast moves to UTC+10 on 2014-10-26, we cannot keep using MAGT
2763 2778  # as the abbreviation.  Use SRET instead.
2764 2779  
2765 2780  Zone Asia/Srednekolymsk 10:14:52 -      LMT     1924 May  2
2766 2781                          10:00   -       MAGT    1930 Jun 21 # Magadan Time
2767 2782                          11:00   Russia  MAG%sT  1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2768 2783                          10:00   Russia  MAG%sT  1992 Jan 19  2:00s
2769 2784                          11:00   Russia  MAG%sT  2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2770 2785                          12:00   -       MAGT    2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2771 2786                          11:00   -       SRET    # Srednekolymsk Time
2772 2787  
2773 2788  
2774 2789  # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03):
2775 2790  # Asia/Ust-Nera covers parts of (14, RU-SA) Sakha (Yakutia) Republic:
2776 2791  # 14-22 ****    Oymyakonsky District
2777 2792  
2778 2793  # From Arthur David Olson (2012-05-09):
2779 2794  # Ojmyakonskij [and the Kuril Islands] switched from
2780 2795  # Magadan time to Vladivostok time in 2011.
2781 2796  #
2782 2797  # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-06), per Alexander Krivenyshev (2014-07-02):
2783 2798  # It's unlikely that any of the Kuril Islands were involved in such a switch,
2784 2799  # as the South and Middle Kurils have been on UTC+11 (SAKT) with the rest of
2785 2800  # Sakhalin Oblast since at least 2011-09, and the North Kurils have been on
2786 2801  # UTC+12 since at least then, too.
2787 2802  
2788 2803  Zone Asia/Ust-Nera       9:32:54 -      LMT     1919 Dec 15
2789 2804                           8:00   -       YAKT    1930 Jun 21 # Yakutsk Time
2790 2805                           9:00   Russia  YAKT    1981 Apr  1
2791 2806                          11:00   Russia  MAG%sT  1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2792 2807                          10:00   Russia  MAG%sT  1992 Jan 19  2:00s
2793 2808                          11:00   Russia  MAG%sT  2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2794 2809                          12:00   -       MAGT    2011 Sep 13  0:00s # Decree 725?
2795 2810                          11:00   -       VLAT    2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2796 2811                          10:00   -       VLAT
2797 2812  
2798 2813  
2799 2814  # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03), per Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25):
2800 2815  # Asia/Kamchatka covers...
2801 2816  # 91    RU-KAM  Kamchatka Krai
2802 2817  #
2803 2818  # Note: Effective 2007-07-01, (41) Kamchatka Oblast and (82) Koryak
2804 2819  # Autonomous Okrug merged to form (91, RU-KAM) Kamchatka Krai.
2805 2820  
2806 2821  # The Zone name should be Asia/Petropavlovsk-Kamchatski or perhaps
2807 2822  # Asia/Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, but these are too long.
2808 2823  Zone Asia/Kamchatka     10:34:36 -      LMT     1922 Nov 10
2809 2824                          11:00   -       PETT    1930 Jun 21 # P-K Time
2810 2825                          12:00   Russia  PET%sT  1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2811 2826                          11:00   Russia  PET%sT  1992 Jan 19  2:00s
2812 2827                          12:00   Russia  PET%sT  2010 Mar 28  2:00s
2813 2828                          11:00   Russia  PET%sT  2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2814 2829                          12:00   -       PETT
2815 2830  
2816 2831  
2817 2832  # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03):
2818 2833  # Asia/Anadyr covers...
2819 2834  # 87    RU-CHU  Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
2820 2835  
2821 2836  Zone Asia/Anadyr        11:49:56 -      LMT     1924 May  2
2822 2837                          12:00   -       ANAT    1930 Jun 21 # Anadyr Time
2823 2838                          13:00   Russia  ANA%sT  1982 Apr  1  0:00s
2824 2839                          12:00   Russia  ANA%sT  1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2825 2840                          11:00   Russia  ANA%sT  1992 Jan 19  2:00s
2826 2841                          12:00   Russia  ANA%sT  2010 Mar 28  2:00s
2827 2842                          11:00   Russia  ANA%sT  2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2828 2843                          12:00   -       ANAT
2829 2844  
2830 2845  
2831 2846  # San Marino
2832 2847  # See Europe/Rome.
2833 2848  
2834 2849  # Serbia
2835 2850  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
2836 2851  Zone    Europe/Belgrade 1:22:00 -       LMT     1884
2837 2852                          1:00    -       CET     1941 Apr 18 23:00
2838 2853                          1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1945
2839 2854                          1:00    -       CET     1945 May  8  2:00s
2840 2855                          1:00    1:00    CEST    1945 Sep 16  2:00s
2841 2856  # Metod Koželj reports that the legal date of
2842 2857  # transition to EU rules was 1982-11-27, for all of Yugoslavia at the time.
2843 2858  # Shanks & Pottenger don't give as much detail, so go with Koželj.
2844 2859                          1:00    -       CET     1982 Nov 27
2845 2860                          1:00    EU      CE%sT
2846 2861  Link Europe/Belgrade Europe/Ljubljana   # Slovenia
2847 2862  Link Europe/Belgrade Europe/Podgorica   # Montenegro
2848 2863  Link Europe/Belgrade Europe/Sarajevo    # Bosnia and Herzegovina
2849 2864  Link Europe/Belgrade Europe/Skopje      # Macedonia
2850 2865  Link Europe/Belgrade Europe/Zagreb      # Croatia
2851 2866  
2852 2867  # Slovakia
2853 2868  Link Europe/Prague Europe/Bratislava
2854 2869  
2855 2870  # Slovenia
2856 2871  # See Europe/Belgrade.
2857 2872  
2858 2873  # Spain
2859 2874  # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
2860 2875  # For 1917-1919 Whitman gives Apr Sat>=1 - Oct Sat>=1;
2861 2876  # go with Shanks & Pottenger.
2862 2877  Rule    Spain   1917    only    -       May      5      23:00s  1:00    S
2863 2878  Rule    Spain   1917    1919    -       Oct      6      23:00s  0       -
2864 2879  Rule    Spain   1918    only    -       Apr     15      23:00s  1:00    S
2865 2880  Rule    Spain   1919    only    -       Apr      5      23:00s  1:00    S
2866 2881  # Whitman gives 1921 Feb 28 - Oct 14; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
2867 2882  Rule    Spain   1924    only    -       Apr     16      23:00s  1:00    S
2868 2883  # Whitman gives 1924 Oct 14; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
2869 2884  Rule    Spain   1924    only    -       Oct      4      23:00s  0       -
2870 2885  Rule    Spain   1926    only    -       Apr     17      23:00s  1:00    S
2871 2886  # Whitman says no DST in 1929; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
2872 2887  Rule    Spain   1926    1929    -       Oct     Sat>=1  23:00s  0       -
2873 2888  Rule    Spain   1927    only    -       Apr      9      23:00s  1:00    S
2874 2889  Rule    Spain   1928    only    -       Apr     14      23:00s  1:00    S
2875 2890  Rule    Spain   1929    only    -       Apr     20      23:00s  1:00    S
2876 2891  # Whitman gives 1937 Jun 16, 1938 Apr 16, 1940 Apr 13;
2877 2892  # go with Shanks & Pottenger.
2878 2893  Rule    Spain   1937    only    -       May     22      23:00s  1:00    S
2879 2894  Rule    Spain   1937    1939    -       Oct     Sat>=1  23:00s  0       -
2880 2895  Rule    Spain   1938    only    -       Mar     22      23:00s  1:00    S
2881 2896  Rule    Spain   1939    only    -       Apr     15      23:00s  1:00    S
2882 2897  Rule    Spain   1940    only    -       Mar     16      23:00s  1:00    S
2883 2898  # Whitman says no DST 1942-1945; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
2884 2899  Rule    Spain   1942    only    -       May      2      22:00s  2:00    M # Midsummer
2885 2900  Rule    Spain   1942    only    -       Sep      1      22:00s  1:00    S
2886 2901  Rule    Spain   1943    1946    -       Apr     Sat>=13 22:00s  2:00    M
2887 2902  Rule    Spain   1943    only    -       Oct      3      22:00s  1:00    S
2888 2903  Rule    Spain   1944    only    -       Oct     10      22:00s  1:00    S
2889 2904  Rule    Spain   1945    only    -       Sep     30       1:00   1:00    S
2890 2905  Rule    Spain   1946    only    -       Sep     30       0:00   0       -
2891 2906  Rule    Spain   1949    only    -       Apr     30      23:00   1:00    S
2892 2907  Rule    Spain   1949    only    -       Sep     30       1:00   0       -
2893 2908  Rule    Spain   1974    1975    -       Apr     Sat>=13 23:00   1:00    S
2894 2909  Rule    Spain   1974    1975    -       Oct     Sun>=1   1:00   0       -
2895 2910  Rule    Spain   1976    only    -       Mar     27      23:00   1:00    S
2896 2911  Rule    Spain   1976    1977    -       Sep     lastSun  1:00   0       -
2897 2912  Rule    Spain   1977    1978    -       Apr      2      23:00   1:00    S
2898 2913  Rule    Spain   1978    only    -       Oct      1       1:00   0       -
2899 2914  # The following rules are copied from Morocco from 1967 through 1978.
2900 2915  Rule SpainAfrica 1967   only    -       Jun      3      12:00   1:00    S
2901 2916  Rule SpainAfrica 1967   only    -       Oct      1       0:00   0       -
2902 2917  Rule SpainAfrica 1974   only    -       Jun     24       0:00   1:00    S
2903 2918  Rule SpainAfrica 1974   only    -       Sep      1       0:00   0       -
2904 2919  Rule SpainAfrica 1976   1977    -       May      1       0:00   1:00    S
2905 2920  Rule SpainAfrica 1976   only    -       Aug      1       0:00   0       -
2906 2921  Rule SpainAfrica 1977   only    -       Sep     28       0:00   0       -
2907 2922  Rule SpainAfrica 1978   only    -       Jun      1       0:00   1:00    S
2908 2923  Rule SpainAfrica 1978   only    -       Aug      4       0:00   0       -
2909 2924  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
2910 2925  Zone    Europe/Madrid   -0:14:44 -      LMT     1901 Jan  1  0:00s
2911 2926                           0:00   Spain   WE%sT   1946 Sep 30
2912 2927                           1:00   Spain   CE%sT   1979
2913 2928                           1:00   EU      CE%sT
2914 2929  Zone    Africa/Ceuta    -0:21:16 -      LMT     1901
  
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2915 2930                           0:00   -       WET     1918 May  6 23:00
2916 2931                           0:00   1:00    WEST    1918 Oct  7 23:00
2917 2932                           0:00   -       WET     1924
2918 2933                           0:00   Spain   WE%sT   1929
2919 2934                           0:00 SpainAfrica WE%sT 1984 Mar 16
2920 2935                           1:00   -       CET     1986
2921 2936                           1:00   EU      CE%sT
2922 2937  Zone    Atlantic/Canary -1:01:36 -      LMT     1922 Mar # Las Palmas de Gran C.
2923 2938                          -1:00   -       CANT    1946 Sep 30  1:00 # Canaries T
2924 2939                           0:00   -       WET     1980 Apr  6  0:00s
2925      -                         0:00   1:00    WEST    1980 Sep 28  0:00s
     2940 +                         0:00   1:00    WEST    1980 Sep 28  1:00u
2926 2941                           0:00   EU      WE%sT
2927 2942  # IATA SSIM (1996-09) says the Canaries switch at 2:00u, not 1:00u.
2928 2943  # Ignore this for now, as the Canaries are part of the EU.
2929 2944  
2930 2945  # Sweden
2931 2946  
2932 2947  # From Ivan Nilsson (2001-04-13), superseding Shanks & Pottenger:
2933 2948  #
2934 2949  # The law "Svensk författningssamling 1878, no 14" about standard time in 1879:
2935 2950  # From the beginning of 1879 (that is 01-01 00:00) the time for all
2936 2951  # places in the country is "the mean solar time for the meridian at
2937 2952  # three degrees, or twelve minutes of time, to the west of the
2938 2953  # meridian of the Observatory of Stockholm".  The law is dated 1878-05-31.
2939 2954  #
2940 2955  # The observatory at that time had the meridian 18 degrees 03' 30"
2941 2956  # eastern longitude = 01:12:14 in time.  Less 12 minutes gives the
2942 2957  # national standard time as 01:00:14 ahead of GMT....
2943 2958  #
2944 2959  # About the beginning of CET in Sweden. The lawtext ("Svensk
2945 2960  # författningssamling 1899, no 44") states, that "from the beginning
2946 2961  # of 1900... ... the same as the mean solar time for the meridian at
2947 2962  # the distance of one hour of time from the meridian of the English
2948 2963  # observatory at Greenwich, or at 12 minutes 14 seconds to the west
2949 2964  # from the meridian of the Observatory of Stockholm". The law is dated
2950 2965  # 1899-06-16.  In short: At 1900-01-01 00:00:00 the new standard time
2951 2966  # in Sweden is 01:00:00 ahead of GMT.
2952 2967  #
2953 2968  # 1916: The lawtext ("Svensk författningssamling 1916, no 124") states
2954 2969  # that "1916-05-15 is considered to begin one hour earlier". It is
2955 2970  # pretty obvious that at 05-14 23:00 the clocks are set to 05-15 00:00....
2956 2971  # Further the law says, that "1916-09-30 is considered to end one hour later".
2957 2972  #
2958 2973  # The laws regulating [DST] are available on the site of the Swedish
2959 2974  # Parliament beginning with 1985 - the laws regulating 1980/1984 are
2960 2975  # not available on the site (to my knowledge they are only available
2961 2976  # in Swedish): <http://www.riksdagen.se/english/work/sfst.asp> (type
2962 2977  # "sommartid" without the quotes in the field "Fritext" and then click
2963 2978  # the Sök-button).
2964 2979  #
2965 2980  # (2001-05-13):
2966 2981  #
2967 2982  # I have now found a newspaper stating that at 1916-10-01 01:00
2968 2983  # summertime the church-clocks etc were set back one hour to show
2969 2984  # 1916-10-01 00:00 standard time.  The article also reports that some
2970 2985  # people thought the switch to standard time would take place already
2971 2986  # at 1916-10-01 00:00 summer time, but they had to wait for another
2972 2987  # hour before the event took place.
2973 2988  #
2974 2989  # Source: The newspaper "Dagens Nyheter", 1916-10-01, page 7 upper left.
2975 2990  
2976 2991  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
2977 2992  Zone Europe/Stockholm   1:12:12 -       LMT     1879 Jan  1
2978 2993                          1:00:14 -       SET     1900 Jan  1 # Swedish Time
2979 2994                          1:00    -       CET     1916 May 14 23:00
2980 2995                          1:00    1:00    CEST    1916 Oct  1  1:00
2981 2996                          1:00    -       CET     1980
2982 2997                          1:00    EU      CE%sT
2983 2998  
2984 2999  # Switzerland
2985 3000  # From Howse:
2986 3001  # By the end of the 18th century clocks and watches became commonplace
2987 3002  # and their performance improved enormously.  Communities began to keep
2988 3003  # mean time in preference to apparent time - Geneva from 1780 ....
2989 3004  # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
2990 3005  # From Whitman (who writes "Midnight?"):
2991 3006  # Rule  Swiss   1940    only    -       Nov      2      0:00    1:00    S
2992 3007  # Rule  Swiss   1940    only    -       Dec     31      0:00    0       -
2993 3008  # From Shanks & Pottenger:
2994 3009  # Rule  Swiss   1941    1942    -       May     Sun>=1  2:00    1:00    S
2995 3010  # Rule  Swiss   1941    1942    -       Oct     Sun>=1  0:00    0       -
2996 3011  
2997 3012  # From Alois Treindl (2008-12-17):
2998 3013  # I have researched the DST usage in Switzerland during the 1940ies.
2999 3014  #
3000 3015  # As I wrote in an earlier message, I suspected the current tzdata values
3001 3016  # to be wrong. This is now verified.
3002 3017  #
3003 3018  # I have found copies of the original ruling by the Swiss Federal
3004 3019  # government, in 'Eidgenössische Gesetzessammlung 1941 and 1942' (Swiss
3005 3020  # federal law collection)...
3006 3021  #
3007 3022  # DST began on Monday 5 May 1941, 1:00 am by shifting the clocks to 2:00 am
3008 3023  # DST ended on Monday 6 Oct 1941, 2:00 am by shifting the clocks to 1:00 am.
3009 3024  #
3010 3025  # DST began on Monday, 4 May 1942 at 01:00 am
3011 3026  # DST ended on Monday, 5 Oct 1942 at 02:00 am
3012 3027  #
3013 3028  # There was no DST in 1940, I have checked the law collection carefully.
3014 3029  # It is also indicated by the fact that the 1942 entry in the law
3015 3030  # collection points back to 1941 as a reference, but no reference to any
3016 3031  # other years are made.
3017 3032  #
3018 3033  # Newspaper articles I have read in the archives on 6 May 1941 reported
3019 3034  # about the introduction of DST (Sommerzeit in German) during the previous
3020 3035  # night as an absolute novelty, because this was the first time that such
3021 3036  # a thing had happened in Switzerland.
3022 3037  #
3023 3038  # I have also checked 1916, because one book source (Gabriel, Traité de
3024 3039  # l'heure dans le monde) claims that Switzerland had DST in 1916. This is
3025 3040  # false, no official document could be found. Probably Gabriel got misled
3026 3041  # by references to Germany, which introduced DST in 1916 for the first time.
3027 3042  #
3028 3043  # The tzdata rules for Switzerland must be changed to:
3029 3044  # Rule  Swiss   1941    1942    -       May     Mon>=1  1:00    1:00    S
3030 3045  # Rule  Swiss   1941    1942    -       Oct     Mon>=1  2:00    0       -
3031 3046  #
3032 3047  # The 1940 rules must be deleted.
3033 3048  #
3034 3049  # One further detail for Switzerland, which is probably out of scope for
3035 3050  # most users of tzdata: The [Europe/Zurich zone] ...
3036 3051  # describes all of Switzerland correctly, with the exception of
3037 3052  # the Canton de Genève (Geneva, Genf). Between 1848 and 1894 Geneva did not
3038 3053  # follow Bern Mean Time but kept its own local mean time.
3039 3054  # To represent this, an extra zone would be needed.
3040 3055  #
3041 3056  # From Alois Treindl (2013-09-11):
3042 3057  # The Federal regulations say
3043 3058  # http://www.admin.ch/opc/de/classified-compilation/20071096/index.html
3044 3059  # ... the meridian for Bern mean time ... is 7 degrees 26' 22.50".
3045 3060  # Expressed in time, it is 0h29m45.5s.
3046 3061  
3047 3062  # From Pierre-Yves Berger (2013-09-11):
3048 3063  # the "Circulaire du conseil fédéral" (December 11 1893)
3049 3064  # http://www.amtsdruckschriften.bar.admin.ch/viewOrigDoc.do?id=10071353
3050 3065  # clearly states that the [1894-06-01] change should be done at midnight
3051 3066  # but if no one is present after 11 at night, could be postponed until one
3052 3067  # hour before the beginning of service.
3053 3068  
3054 3069  # From Paul Eggert (2013-09-11):
3055 3070  # Round BMT to the nearest even second, 0:29:46.
3056 3071  #
3057 3072  # We can find no reliable source for Shanks's assertion that all of Switzerland
3058 3073  # except Geneva switched to Bern Mean Time at 00:00 on 1848-09-12.  This book:
3059 3074  #
3060 3075  #       Jakob Messerli. Gleichmässig, pünktlich, schnell. Zeiteinteilung und
3061 3076  #       Zeitgebrauch in der Schweiz im 19. Jahrhundert. Chronos, Zurich 1995,
3062 3077  #       ISBN 3-905311-68-2, OCLC 717570797.
3063 3078  #
3064 3079  # suggests that the transition was more gradual, and that the Swiss did not
3065 3080  # agree about civil time during the transition.  The timekeeping it gives the
3066 3081  # most detail for is postal and telegraph time: here, federal legislation (the
3067 3082  # "Bundesgesetz über die Erstellung von elektrischen Telegraphen") passed on
3068 3083  # 1851-11-23, and an official implementation notice was published 1853-07-16
3069 3084  # (Bundesblatt 1853, Bd. II, S. 859).  On p 72 Messerli writes that in
3070 3085  # practice since July 1853 Bernese time was used in "all postal and telegraph
3071 3086  # offices in Switzerland from Geneva to St. Gallen and Basel to Chiasso"
3072 3087  # (Google translation).  For now, model this transition as occurring on
3073 3088  # 1853-07-16, though it probably occurred at some other date in Zurich, and
3074 3089  # legal civil time probably changed at still some other transition date.
3075 3090  
3076 3091  # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
3077 3092  Rule    Swiss   1941    1942    -       May     Mon>=1  1:00    1:00    S
3078 3093  Rule    Swiss   1941    1942    -       Oct     Mon>=1  2:00    0       -
3079 3094  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
3080 3095  Zone    Europe/Zurich   0:34:08 -       LMT     1853 Jul 16 # See above comment.
3081 3096                          0:29:46 -       BMT     1894 Jun    # Bern Mean Time
3082 3097                          1:00    Swiss   CE%sT   1981
3083 3098                          1:00    EU      CE%sT
3084 3099  
3085 3100  # Turkey
3086 3101  
3087 3102  # From Amar Devegowda (2007-01-03):
3088 3103  # The time zone rules for Istanbul, Turkey have not been changed for years now.
3089 3104  # ... The latest rules are available at:
3090 3105  # http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/timezone.html?n=107
3091 3106  # From Steffen Thorsen (2007-01-03):
3092 3107  # I have been able to find press records back to 1996 which all say that
3093 3108  # DST started 01:00 local time and end at 02:00 local time.  I am not sure
3094 3109  # what happened before that.  One example for each year from 1996 to 2001:
3095 3110  # http://newspot.byegm.gov.tr/arsiv/1996/21/N4.htm
3096 3111  # http://www.byegm.gov.tr/YAYINLARIMIZ/CHR/ING97/03/97X03X25.TXT
3097 3112  # http://www.byegm.gov.tr/YAYINLARIMIZ/CHR/ING98/03/98X03X02.HTM
3098 3113  # http://www.byegm.gov.tr/YAYINLARIMIZ/CHR/ING99/10/99X10X26.HTM#%2016
3099 3114  # http://www.byegm.gov.tr/YAYINLARIMIZ/CHR/ING2000/03/00X03X06.HTM#%2021
3100 3115  # http://www.byegm.gov.tr/YAYINLARIMIZ/CHR/ING2001/03/23x03x01.HTM#%2027
3101 3116  # From Paul Eggert (2007-01-03):
3102 3117  # Prefer the above source to Shanks & Pottenger for time stamps after 1990.
3103 3118  
3104 3119  # From Steffen Thorsen (2007-03-09):
3105 3120  # Starting 2007 though, it seems that they are adopting EU's 1:00 UTC
3106 3121  # start/end time, according to the following page (2007-03-07):
3107 3122  # http://www.ntvmsnbc.com/news/402029.asp
3108 3123  # The official document is located here - it is in Turkish...:
3109 3124  # http://rega.basbakanlik.gov.tr/eskiler/2007/03/20070307-7.htm
3110 3125  # I was able to locate the following seemingly official document
3111 3126  # (on a non-government server though) describing dates between 2002 and 2006:
3112 3127  # http://www.alomaliye.com/bkk_2002_3769.htm
3113 3128  
3114 3129  # From Gökdeniz Karadağ (2011-03-10):
3115 3130  # According to the articles linked below, Turkey will change into summer
3116 3131  # time zone (GMT+3) on March 28, 2011 at 3:00 a.m. instead of March 27.
3117 3132  # This change is due to a nationwide exam on 27th.
3118 3133  # http://www.worldbulletin.net/?aType=haber&ArticleID=70872
3119 3134  # Turkish:
3120 3135  # http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/ekonomi/17230464.asp?gid=373
3121 3136  
3122 3137  # From Faruk Pasin (2014-02-14):
3123 3138  # The DST for Turkey has been changed for this year because of the
3124 3139  # Turkish Local election....
3125 3140  # http://www.sabah.com.tr/Ekonomi/2014/02/12/yaz-saatinde-onemli-degisiklik
3126 3141  # ... so Turkey will move clocks forward one hour on March 31 at 3:00 a.m.
3127 3142  # From Randal L. Schwartz (2014-04-15):
  
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3128 3143  # Having landed on a flight from the states to Istanbul (via AMS) on March 31,
3129 3144  # I can tell you that NOBODY (even the airlines) respected this timezone DST
3130 3145  # change delay.  Maybe the word just didn't get out in time.
3131 3146  # From Paul Eggert (2014-06-15):
3132 3147  # The press reported massive confusion, as election officials obeyed the rule
3133 3148  # change but cell phones (and airline baggage systems) did not.  See:
3134 3149  # Kostidis M. Eventful elections in Turkey. Balkan News Agency
3135 3150  # http://www.balkaneu.com/eventful-elections-turkey/ 2014-03-30.
3136 3151  # I guess the best we can do is document the official time.
3137 3152  
     3153 +# From Fatih (2015-09-29):
     3154 +# It's officially announced now by the Ministry of Energy.
     3155 +# Turkey delays winter time to 8th of November 04:00
     3156 +# http://www.aa.com.tr/tr/turkiye/yaz-saati-uygulamasi-8-kasimda-sona-erecek/362217
     3157 +
3138 3158  # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
3139 3159  Rule    Turkey  1916    only    -       May      1      0:00    1:00    S
3140 3160  Rule    Turkey  1916    only    -       Oct      1      0:00    0       -
3141 3161  Rule    Turkey  1920    only    -       Mar     28      0:00    1:00    S
3142 3162  Rule    Turkey  1920    only    -       Oct     25      0:00    0       -
3143 3163  Rule    Turkey  1921    only    -       Apr      3      0:00    1:00    S
3144 3164  Rule    Turkey  1921    only    -       Oct      3      0:00    0       -
3145 3165  Rule    Turkey  1922    only    -       Mar     26      0:00    1:00    S
3146 3166  Rule    Turkey  1922    only    -       Oct      8      0:00    0       -
3147 3167  # Whitman gives 1923 Apr 28 - Sep 16 and no DST in 1924-1925;
3148 3168  # go with Shanks & Pottenger.
3149 3169  Rule    Turkey  1924    only    -       May     13      0:00    1:00    S
3150 3170  Rule    Turkey  1924    1925    -       Oct      1      0:00    0       -
3151 3171  Rule    Turkey  1925    only    -       May      1      0:00    1:00    S
3152 3172  Rule    Turkey  1940    only    -       Jun     30      0:00    1:00    S
3153 3173  Rule    Turkey  1940    only    -       Oct      5      0:00    0       -
3154 3174  Rule    Turkey  1940    only    -       Dec      1      0:00    1:00    S
3155 3175  Rule    Turkey  1941    only    -       Sep     21      0:00    0       -
3156 3176  Rule    Turkey  1942    only    -       Apr      1      0:00    1:00    S
3157 3177  # Whitman omits the next two transition and gives 1945 Oct 1;
3158 3178  # go with Shanks & Pottenger.
3159 3179  Rule    Turkey  1942    only    -       Nov      1      0:00    0       -
3160 3180  Rule    Turkey  1945    only    -       Apr      2      0:00    1:00    S
3161 3181  Rule    Turkey  1945    only    -       Oct      8      0:00    0       -
3162 3182  Rule    Turkey  1946    only    -       Jun      1      0:00    1:00    S
3163 3183  Rule    Turkey  1946    only    -       Oct      1      0:00    0       -
3164 3184  Rule    Turkey  1947    1948    -       Apr     Sun>=16 0:00    1:00    S
3165 3185  Rule    Turkey  1947    1950    -       Oct     Sun>=2  0:00    0       -
3166 3186  Rule    Turkey  1949    only    -       Apr     10      0:00    1:00    S
3167 3187  Rule    Turkey  1950    only    -       Apr     19      0:00    1:00    S
3168 3188  Rule    Turkey  1951    only    -       Apr     22      0:00    1:00    S
3169 3189  Rule    Turkey  1951    only    -       Oct      8      0:00    0       -
3170 3190  Rule    Turkey  1962    only    -       Jul     15      0:00    1:00    S
3171 3191  Rule    Turkey  1962    only    -       Oct      8      0:00    0       -
3172 3192  Rule    Turkey  1964    only    -       May     15      0:00    1:00    S
3173 3193  Rule    Turkey  1964    only    -       Oct      1      0:00    0       -
3174 3194  Rule    Turkey  1970    1972    -       May     Sun>=2  0:00    1:00    S
3175 3195  Rule    Turkey  1970    1972    -       Oct     Sun>=2  0:00    0       -
3176 3196  Rule    Turkey  1973    only    -       Jun      3      1:00    1:00    S
3177 3197  Rule    Turkey  1973    only    -       Nov      4      3:00    0       -
3178 3198  Rule    Turkey  1974    only    -       Mar     31      2:00    1:00    S
3179 3199  Rule    Turkey  1974    only    -       Nov      3      5:00    0       -
3180 3200  Rule    Turkey  1975    only    -       Mar     30      0:00    1:00    S
3181 3201  Rule    Turkey  1975    1976    -       Oct     lastSun 0:00    0       -
3182 3202  Rule    Turkey  1976    only    -       Jun      1      0:00    1:00    S
3183 3203  Rule    Turkey  1977    1978    -       Apr     Sun>=1  0:00    1:00    S
3184 3204  Rule    Turkey  1977    only    -       Oct     16      0:00    0       -
3185 3205  Rule    Turkey  1979    1980    -       Apr     Sun>=1  3:00    1:00    S
3186 3206  Rule    Turkey  1979    1982    -       Oct     Mon>=11 0:00    0       -
3187 3207  Rule    Turkey  1981    1982    -       Mar     lastSun 3:00    1:00    S
3188 3208  Rule    Turkey  1983    only    -       Jul     31      0:00    1:00    S
3189 3209  Rule    Turkey  1983    only    -       Oct      2      0:00    0       -
3190 3210  Rule    Turkey  1985    only    -       Apr     20      0:00    1:00    S
3191 3211  Rule    Turkey  1985    only    -       Sep     28      0:00    0       -
3192 3212  Rule    Turkey  1986    1990    -       Mar     lastSun 2:00s   1:00    S
3193 3213  Rule    Turkey  1986    1990    -       Sep     lastSun 2:00s   0       -
3194 3214  Rule    Turkey  1991    2006    -       Mar     lastSun 1:00s   1:00    S
3195 3215  Rule    Turkey  1991    1995    -       Sep     lastSun 1:00s   0       -
3196 3216  Rule    Turkey  1996    2006    -       Oct     lastSun 1:00s   0       -
  
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3197 3217  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
3198 3218  Zone    Europe/Istanbul 1:55:52 -       LMT     1880
3199 3219                          1:56:56 -       IMT     1910 Oct # Istanbul Mean Time?
3200 3220                          2:00    Turkey  EE%sT   1978 Oct 15
3201 3221                          3:00    Turkey  TR%sT   1985 Apr 20 # Turkey Time
3202 3222                          2:00    Turkey  EE%sT   2007
3203 3223                          2:00    EU      EE%sT   2011 Mar 27  1:00u
3204 3224                          2:00    -       EET     2011 Mar 28  1:00u
3205 3225                          2:00    EU      EE%sT   2014 Mar 30  1:00u
3206 3226                          2:00    -       EET     2014 Mar 31  1:00u
     3227 +                        2:00    EU      EE%sT   2015 Oct 25  1:00u
     3228 +                        2:00    1:00    EEST    2015 Nov  8  1:00u
3207 3229                          2:00    EU      EE%sT
3208 3230  Link    Europe/Istanbul Asia/Istanbul   # Istanbul is in both continents.
3209 3231  
3210 3232  # Ukraine
3211 3233  #
3212 3234  # From Igor Karpov, who works for the Ukrainian Ministry of Justice,
3213 3235  # via Garrett Wollman (2003-01-27):
3214 3236  # BTW, I've found the official document on this matter. It's government
3215      -# regulations number 509, May 13, 1996. In my poor translation it says:
     3237 +# regulations No. 509, May 13, 1996. In my poor translation it says:
3216 3238  # "Time in Ukraine is set to second timezone (Kiev time). Each last Sunday
3217 3239  # of March at 3am the time is changing to 4am and each last Sunday of
3218 3240  # October the time at 4am is changing to 3am"
3219 3241  
3220 3242  # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-09-20):
3221 3243  # On September 20, 2011 the deputies of the Verkhovna Rada agreed to
3222 3244  # abolish the transfer clock to winter time.
3223 3245  #
3224      -# Bill number 8330 of MP from the Party of Regions Oleg Nadoshi got
     3246 +# Bill No. 8330 of MP from the Party of Regions Oleg Nadoshi got
3225 3247  # approval from 266 deputies.
3226 3248  #
3227 3249  # Ukraine abolishes transfer back to the winter time (in Russian)
3228 3250  # http://news.mail.ru/politics/6861560/
3229 3251  #
3230 3252  # The Ukrainians will no longer change the clock (in Russian)
3231 3253  # http://www.segodnya.ua/news/14290482.html
3232 3254  #
3233 3255  # Deputies cancelled the winter time (in Russian)
3234 3256  # http://www.pravda.com.ua/rus/news/2011/09/20/6600616/
3235 3257  #
3236 3258  # From Philip Pizzey (2011-10-18):
3237 3259  # Today my Ukrainian colleagues have informed me that the
3238 3260  # Ukrainian parliament have decided that they will go to winter
3239 3261  # time this year after all.
3240 3262  #
3241 3263  # From Udo Schwedt (2011-10-18):
3242 3264  # As far as I understand, the recent change to the Ukrainian time zone
3243 3265  # (Europe/Kiev) to introduce permanent daylight saving time (similar
3244 3266  # to Russia) was reverted today:
3245 3267  # http://portal.rada.gov.ua/rada/control/en/publish/article/info_left?art_id=287324&cat_id=105995
3246 3268  #
3247 3269  # Also reported by Alexander Bokovoy (2011-10-18) who also noted:
3248 3270  # The law documents themselves are at
3249 3271  # http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/zweb_n/webproc4_1?id=&pf3511=41484
3250 3272  
3251 3273  # From Vladimir in Moscow via Alois Treindl re Kiev time 1991/2 (2014-02-28):
3252 3274  # First in Ukraine they changed Time zone from UTC+3 to UTC+2 with DST:
3253 3275  #       03 25 1990 02:00 -03.00 1       Time Zone 3 with DST
3254 3276  #       07 01 1990 02:00 -02.00 1       Time Zone 2 with DST
3255 3277  # * Ukrainian Government's Resolution of 18.06.1990, No. 134.
3256 3278  # http://search.ligazakon.ua/l_doc2.nsf/link1/T001500.html
3257 3279  #
3258 3280  # They did not end DST in September, 1990 (according to the law,
3259 3281  # "summer time" was still in action):
3260 3282  #       09 30 1990 03:00 -02.00 1       Time Zone 2 with DST
3261 3283  # * Ukrainian Government's Resolution of 21.09.1990, No. 272.
3262 3284  # http://search.ligazakon.ua/l_doc2.nsf/link1/KP900272.html
3263 3285  #
3264 3286  # Again no change in March, 1991 ("summer time" in action):
3265 3287  #       03 31 1991 02:00 -02.00 1       Time Zone 2 with DST
3266 3288  #
3267 3289  # DST ended in September 1991 ("summer time" ended):
3268 3290  #       09 29 1991 03:00 -02.00 0       Time Zone 2, no DST
3269 3291  # * Ukrainian Government's Resolution of 25.09.1991, No. 225.
3270 3292  # http://www.uazakon.com/documents/date_21/pg_iwgdoc.htm
3271 3293  # This is an answer.
3272 3294  #
3273 3295  # Since 1992 they had normal DST procedure:
3274 3296  #       03 29 1992 02:00 -02.00 1       DST started
3275 3297  #       09 27 1992 03:00 -02.00 0       DST ended
3276 3298  # * Ukrainian Government's Resolution of 20.03.1992, No. 139.
3277 3299  # http://www.uazakon.com/documents/date_8u/pg_grcasa.htm
3278 3300  
3279 3301  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
3280 3302  # Most of Ukraine since 1970 has been like Kiev.
3281 3303  # "Kyiv" is the transliteration of the Ukrainian name, but
3282 3304  # "Kiev" is more common in English.
3283 3305  Zone Europe/Kiev        2:02:04 -       LMT     1880
3284 3306                          2:02:04 -       KMT     1924 May  2 # Kiev Mean Time
3285 3307                          2:00    -       EET     1930 Jun 21
3286 3308                          3:00    -       MSK     1941 Sep 20
3287 3309                          1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1943 Nov  6
3288 3310                          3:00    Russia  MSK/MSD 1990 Jul  1  2:00
3289 3311                          2:00    1:00    EEST    1991 Sep 29  3:00
3290 3312                          2:00    E-Eur   EE%sT   1995
3291 3313                          2:00    EU      EE%sT
3292 3314  # Ruthenia used CET 1990/1991.
3293 3315  # "Uzhhorod" is the transliteration of the Rusyn/Ukrainian pronunciation, but
3294 3316  # "Uzhgorod" is more common in English.
3295 3317  Zone Europe/Uzhgorod    1:29:12 -       LMT     1890 Oct
3296 3318                          1:00    -       CET     1940
3297 3319                          1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1944 Oct
3298 3320                          1:00    1:00    CEST    1944 Oct 26
3299 3321                          1:00    -       CET     1945 Jun 29
3300 3322                          3:00    Russia  MSK/MSD 1990
3301 3323                          3:00    -       MSK     1990 Jul  1  2:00
3302 3324                          1:00    -       CET     1991 Mar 31  3:00
3303 3325                          2:00    -       EET     1992
3304 3326                          2:00    E-Eur   EE%sT   1995
3305 3327                          2:00    EU      EE%sT
3306 3328  # Zaporozh'ye and eastern Lugansk oblasts observed DST 1990/1991.
3307 3329  # "Zaporizhia" is the transliteration of the Ukrainian name, but
3308 3330  # "Zaporozh'ye" is more common in English.  Use the common English
3309 3331  # spelling, except omit the apostrophe as it is not allowed in
3310 3332  # portable Posix file names.
3311 3333  Zone Europe/Zaporozhye  2:20:40 -       LMT     1880
3312 3334                          2:20    -       CUT     1924 May  2 # Central Ukraine T
3313 3335                          2:00    -       EET     1930 Jun 21
3314 3336                          3:00    -       MSK     1941 Aug 25
3315 3337                          1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1943 Oct 25
3316 3338                          3:00    Russia  MSK/MSD 1991 Mar 31  2:00
3317 3339                          2:00    E-Eur   EE%sT   1995
3318 3340                          2:00    EU      EE%sT
3319 3341  
3320 3342  # Vatican City
3321 3343  # See Europe/Rome.
3322 3344  
3323 3345  ###############################################################################
3324 3346  
3325 3347  # One source shows that Bulgaria, Cyprus, Finland, and Greece observe DST from
3326 3348  # the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in September in 1986.
3327 3349  # The source shows Romania changing a day later than everybody else.
3328 3350  #
3329 3351  # According to Bernard Sieloff's source, Poland is in the MET time zone but
3330 3352  # uses the WE DST rules.  The Western USSR uses EET+1 and ME DST rules.
3331 3353  # Bernard Sieloff's source claims Romania switches on the same day, but at
3332 3354  # 00:00 standard time (i.e., 01:00 DST).  It also claims that Turkey
3333 3355  # switches on the same day, but switches on at 01:00 standard time
3334 3356  # and off at 00:00 standard time (i.e., 01:00 DST)
3335 3357  
3336 3358  # ...
3337 3359  # Date: Wed, 28 Jan 87 16:56:27 -0100
3338 3360  # From: Tom Hofmann
3339 3361  # ...
3340 3362  #
3341 3363  # ...the European time rules are...standardized since 1981, when
3342 3364  # most European countries started DST.  Before that year, only
3343 3365  # a few countries (UK, France, Italy) had DST, each according
3344 3366  # to own national rules.  In 1981, however, DST started on
3345 3367  # 'Apr firstSun', and not on 'Mar lastSun' as in the following
3346 3368  # years...
3347 3369  # But also since 1981 there are some more national exceptions
3348 3370  # than listed in 'europe': Switzerland, for example, joined DST
3349 3371  # one year later, Denmark ended DST on 'Oct 1' instead of 'Sep
3350 3372  # lastSun' in 1981 - I don't know how they handle now.
3351 3373  #
3352 3374  # Finally, DST ist always from 'Apr 1' to 'Oct 1' in the
3353 3375  # Soviet Union (as far as I know).
3354 3376  #
3355 3377  # Tom Hofmann, Scientific Computer Center, CIBA-GEIGY AG,
3356 3378  # 4002 Basle, Switzerland
3357 3379  # ...
3358 3380  
3359 3381  # ...
3360 3382  # Date: Wed, 4 Feb 87 22:35:22 +0100
3361 3383  # From: Dik T. Winter
3362 3384  # ...
3363 3385  #
3364 3386  # The information from Tom Hofmann is (as far as I know) not entirely correct.
3365 3387  # After a request from chongo at amdahl I tried to retrieve all information
3366 3388  # about DST in Europe.  I was able to find all from about 1969.
3367 3389  #
3368 3390  # ...standardization on DST in Europe started in about 1977 with switches on
3369 3391  # first Sunday in April and last Sunday in September...
3370 3392  # In 1981 UK joined Europe insofar that
3371 3393  # the starting day for both shifted to last Sunday in March.  And from 1982
3372 3394  # the whole of Europe used DST, with switch dates April 1 and October 1 in
3373 3395  # the Sov[i]et Union.  In 1985 the SU reverted to standard Europe[a]n switch
3374 3396  # dates...
3375 3397  #
3376 3398  # It should also be remembered that time-zones are not constants; e.g.
3377 3399  # Portugal switched in 1976 from MET (or CET) to WET with DST...
3378 3400  # Note also that though there were rules for switch dates not
3379 3401  # all countries abided to these dates, and many individual deviations
3380 3402  # occurred, though not since 1982 I believe.  Another note: it is always
3381 3403  # assumed that DST is 1 hour ahead of normal time, this need not be the
3382 3404  # case; at least in the Netherlands there have been times when DST was 2 hours
3383 3405  # in advance of normal time.
3384 3406  #
3385 3407  # ...
3386 3408  # dik t. winter, cwi, amsterdam, nederland
3387 3409  # ...
3388 3410  
3389 3411  # From Bob Devine (1988-01-28):
3390 3412  # ...
3391 3413  # Greece: Last Sunday in April to last Sunday in September (iffy on dates).
3392 3414  # Since 1978.  Change at midnight.
3393 3415  # ...
3394 3416  # Monaco: has same DST as France.
3395 3417  # ...
  
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