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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*
  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   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  
 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  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  201  # The term "Summer Time" was introduced by Herbert Samuel, Home Secretary; see:
 202  202  # Viscount Samuel. Leisure in a Democracy. Cambridge University Press
 203  203  # ISBN 978-1-107-49471-8 (1949, reissued 2015), p 8.
 204  204  
 205  205  # From Arthur David Olson (1989-01-19):
 206  206  # A source at the British Information Office in New York avers that it's
 207  207  # known as "British" Summer Time in all parts of the United Kingdom.
 208  208  
 209  209  # Date: 4 Jan 89 08:57:25 GMT (Wed)
 210  210  # From: Jonathan Leffler
 211  211  # [British Summer Time] is fixed annually by Act of Parliament.
 212  212  # If you can predict what Parliament will do, you should be in
 213  213  # politics making a fortune, not computing.
 214  214  
 215  215  # From Chris Carrier (1996-06-14):
 216  216  # I remember reading in various wartime issues of the London Times the
 217  217  # acronym BDST for British Double Summer Time.  Look for the published
 218  218  # time of sunrise and sunset in The Times, when BDST was in effect, and
 219  219  # if you find a zone reference it will say, "All times B.D.S.T."
 220  220  
 221  221  # From Joseph S. Myers (1999-09-02):
 222  222  # ... some military cables (WO 219/4100 - this is a copy from the
 223  223  # main SHAEF archives held in the US National Archives, SHAEF/5252/8/516)
 224  224  # agree that the usage is BDST (this appears in a message dated 17 Feb 1945).
 225  225  
 226  226  # From Joseph S. Myers (2000-10-03):
 227  227  # On 18th April 1941, Sir Stephen Tallents of the BBC wrote to Sir
 228  228  # Alexander Maxwell of the Home Office asking whether there was any
 229  229  # official designation; the reply of the 21st was that there wasn't
 230  230  # but he couldn't think of anything better than the "Double British
 231  231  # Summer Time" that the BBC had been using informally.
 232  232  # http://www.polyomino.org.uk/british-time/bbc-19410418.png
 233  233  # http://www.polyomino.org.uk/british-time/ho-19410421.png
 234  234  
 235  235  # From Sir Alexander Maxwell in the above-mentioned letter (1941-04-21):
 236  236  # [N]o official designation has as far as I know been adopted for the time
 237  237  # which is to be introduced in May....
 238  238  # I cannot think of anything better than "Double British Summer Time"
 239  239  # which could not be said to run counter to any official description.
 240  240  
 241  241  # From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02):
 242  242  # Howse writes (p 157) 'DBST' too, but 'BDST' seems to have been common
 243  243  # and follows the more usual convention of putting the location name first,
 244  244  # so we use 'BDST'.
 245  245  
 246  246  # Peter Ilieve (1998-04-19) described at length
 247  247  # the history of summer time legislation in the United Kingdom.
 248  248  # Since 1998 Joseph S. Myers has been updating
 249  249  # and extending this list, which can be found in
 250  250  # http://www.polyomino.org.uk/british-time/
 251  251  
 252  252  # From Joseph S. Myers (1998-01-06):
 253  253  #
 254  254  # The legal time in the UK outside of summer time is definitely GMT, not UTC;
 255  255  # see Lord Tanlaw's speech
 256  256  # http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld199798/ldhansrd/vo970611/text/70611-10.htm#70611-10_head0
 257  257  # (Lords Hansard 11 June 1997 columns 964 to 976).
 258  258  
 259  259  # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
 260  260  #
 261  261  # For lack of other data, follow Shanks & Pottenger for Eire in 1940-1948.
 262  262  #
 263  263  # Given Ilieve and Myers's data, the following claims by Shanks & Pottenger
 264  264  # are incorrect:
 265  265  #     * Wales did not switch from GMT to daylight saving time until
 266  266  #       1921 Apr 3, when they began to conform with the rest of Great Britain.
 267  267  # Actually, Wales was identical after 1880.
 268  268  #     * Eire had two transitions on 1916 Oct 1.
 269  269  # It actually just had one transition.
 270  270  #     * Northern Ireland used single daylight saving time throughout WW II.
 271  271  # Actually, it conformed to Britain.
 272  272  #     * GB-Eire changed standard time to 1 hour ahead of GMT on 1968-02-18.
 273  273  # Actually, that date saw the usual switch to summer time.
 274  274  # Standard time was not changed until 1968-10-27 (the clocks didn't change).
 275  275  #
 276  276  # Here is another incorrect claim by Shanks & Pottenger:
 277  277  #     * Jersey, Guernsey, and the Isle of Man did not switch from GMT
 278  278  #       to daylight saving time until 1921 Apr 3, when they began to
 279  279  #       conform with Great Britain.
 280  280  # S.R.&O. 1916, No. 382 and HO 45/10811/312364 (quoted above) say otherwise.
 281  281  #
 282  282  # The following claim by Shanks & Pottenger is possible though doubtful;
 283  283  # we'll ignore it for now.
 284  284  #     * Dublin's 1971-10-31 switch was at 02:00, even though London's was 03:00.
 285  285  #
 286  286  #
 287  287  # Whitman says Dublin Mean Time was -0:25:21, which is more precise than
 288  288  # Shanks & Pottenger.
 289  289  # Perhaps this was Dunsink Observatory Time, as Dunsink Observatory
 290  290  # (8 km NW of Dublin's center) seemingly was to Dublin as Greenwich was
 291  291  # to London.  For example:
 292  292  #
 293  293  #   "Timeball on the ballast office is down.  Dunsink time."
 294  294  #   -- James Joyce, Ulysses
 295  295  
 296  296  # "Countess Markievicz ... claimed that the [1916] abolition of Dublin Mean Time
 297  297  # was among various actions undertaken by the 'English' government that
 298  298  # would 'put the whole country into the SF (Sinn Féin) camp'.  She claimed
 299  299  # Irish 'public feeling (was) outraged by forcing of English time on us'."
 300  300  # -- Parsons M. Dublin lost its time zone - and 25 minutes - after 1916 Rising.
 301  301  # Irish Times 2014-10-27.
 302  302  # http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/dublin-lost-its-time-zone-and-25-minutes-after-1916-rising-1.1977411
 303  303  
 304  304  # From Joseph S. Myers (2005-01-26):
 305  305  # Irish laws are available online at <http://www.irishstatutebook.ie>.
 306  306  # These include various relating to legal time, for example:
 307  307  #
 308  308  # ZZA13Y1923.html ZZA12Y1924.html ZZA8Y1925.html ZZSIV20PG1267.html
 309  309  #
 310  310  # ZZSI71Y1947.html ZZSI128Y1948.html ZZSI23Y1949.html ZZSI41Y1950.html
 311  311  # ZZSI27Y1951.html ZZSI73Y1952.html
 312  312  #
 313  313  # ZZSI11Y1961.html ZZSI232Y1961.html ZZSI182Y1962.html
 314  314  # ZZSI167Y1963.html ZZSI257Y1964.html ZZSI198Y1967.html
 315  315  # ZZA23Y1968.html ZZA17Y1971.html
 316  316  #
 317  317  # ZZSI67Y1981.html ZZSI212Y1982.html ZZSI45Y1986.html
 318  318  # ZZSI264Y1988.html ZZSI52Y1990.html ZZSI371Y1992.html
 319  319  # ZZSI395Y1994.html ZZSI484Y1997.html ZZSI506Y2001.html
 320  320  #
 321  321  # [These are all relative to the root, e.g., the first is
 322  322  # <http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/ZZA13Y1923.html>.]
 323  323  #
 324  324  # (These are those I found, but there could be more.  In any case these
 325  325  # should allow various updates to the comments in the europe file to cover
 326  326  # the laws applicable in Ireland.)
 327  327  #
 328  328  # (Note that the time in the Republic of Ireland since 1968 has been defined
 329  329  # in terms of standard time being GMT+1 with a period of winter time when it
 330  330  # is GMT, rather than standard time being GMT with a period of summer time
 331  331  # being GMT+1.)
 332  332  
 333  333  # From Paul Eggert (1999-03-28):
 334  334  # Clive Feather (<news:859845706.26043.0@office.demon.net>, 1997-03-31)
 335  335  # reports that Folkestone (Cheriton) Shuttle Terminal uses Concession Time
 336  336  # (CT), equivalent to French civil time.
 337  337  # Julian Hill (<news:36118128.5A14@virgin.net>, 1998-09-30) reports that
 338  338  # trains between Dollands Moor (the freight facility next door)
 339  339  # and Frethun run in CT.
 340  340  # My admittedly uninformed guess is that the terminal has two authorities,
 341  341  # the French concession operators and the British civil authorities,
 342  342  # and that the time depends on who you're talking to.
 343  343  # If, say, the British police were called to the station for some reason,
 344  344  # I would expect the official police report to use GMT/BST and not CET/CEST.
 345  345  # This is a borderline case, but for now let's stick to GMT/BST.
 346  346  
 347  347  # From an anonymous contributor (1996-06-02):
 348  348  # The law governing time in Ireland is under Statutory Instrument SI 395/94,
 349  349  # which gives force to European Union 7th Council Directive No. 94/21/EC.
 350  350  # Under this directive, the Minister for Justice in Ireland makes appropriate
 351  351  # regulations. I spoke this morning with the Secretary of the Department of
 352  352  # Justice (tel +353 1 678 9711) who confirmed to me that the correct name is
 353  353  # "Irish Summer Time", abbreviated to "IST".
 354  354  
 355  355  # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
 356  356  # Summer Time Act, 1916
 357  357  Rule    GB-Eire 1916    only    -       May     21      2:00s   1:00    BST
 358  358  Rule    GB-Eire 1916    only    -       Oct      1      2:00s   0       GMT
 359  359  # S.R.&O. 1917, No. 358
 360  360  Rule    GB-Eire 1917    only    -       Apr      8      2:00s   1:00    BST
 361  361  Rule    GB-Eire 1917    only    -       Sep     17      2:00s   0       GMT
 362  362  # S.R.&O. 1918, No. 274
 363  363  Rule    GB-Eire 1918    only    -       Mar     24      2:00s   1:00    BST
 364  364  Rule    GB-Eire 1918    only    -       Sep     30      2:00s   0       GMT
 365  365  # S.R.&O. 1919, No. 297
 366  366  Rule    GB-Eire 1919    only    -       Mar     30      2:00s   1:00    BST
 367  367  Rule    GB-Eire 1919    only    -       Sep     29      2:00s   0       GMT
 368  368  # S.R.&O. 1920, No. 458
 369  369  Rule    GB-Eire 1920    only    -       Mar     28      2:00s   1:00    BST
 370  370  # S.R.&O. 1920, No. 1844
 371  371  Rule    GB-Eire 1920    only    -       Oct     25      2:00s   0       GMT
 372  372  # S.R.&O. 1921, No. 363
 373  373  Rule    GB-Eire 1921    only    -       Apr      3      2:00s   1:00    BST
 374  374  Rule    GB-Eire 1921    only    -       Oct      3      2:00s   0       GMT
 375  375  # S.R.&O. 1922, No. 264
 376  376  Rule    GB-Eire 1922    only    -       Mar     26      2:00s   1:00    BST
 377  377  Rule    GB-Eire 1922    only    -       Oct      8      2:00s   0       GMT
 378  378  # The Summer Time Act, 1922
 379  379  Rule    GB-Eire 1923    only    -       Apr     Sun>=16 2:00s   1:00    BST
 380  380  Rule    GB-Eire 1923    1924    -       Sep     Sun>=16 2:00s   0       GMT
 381  381  Rule    GB-Eire 1924    only    -       Apr     Sun>=9  2:00s   1:00    BST
 382  382  Rule    GB-Eire 1925    1926    -       Apr     Sun>=16 2:00s   1:00    BST
 383  383  # The Summer Time Act, 1925
 384  384  Rule    GB-Eire 1925    1938    -       Oct     Sun>=2  2:00s   0       GMT
 385  385  Rule    GB-Eire 1927    only    -       Apr     Sun>=9  2:00s   1:00    BST
 386  386  Rule    GB-Eire 1928    1929    -       Apr     Sun>=16 2:00s   1:00    BST
 387  387  Rule    GB-Eire 1930    only    -       Apr     Sun>=9  2:00s   1:00    BST
 388  388  Rule    GB-Eire 1931    1932    -       Apr     Sun>=16 2:00s   1:00    BST
 389  389  Rule    GB-Eire 1933    only    -       Apr     Sun>=9  2:00s   1:00    BST
 390  390  Rule    GB-Eire 1934    only    -       Apr     Sun>=16 2:00s   1:00    BST
 391  391  Rule    GB-Eire 1935    only    -       Apr     Sun>=9  2:00s   1:00    BST
 392  392  Rule    GB-Eire 1936    1937    -       Apr     Sun>=16 2:00s   1:00    BST
 393  393  Rule    GB-Eire 1938    only    -       Apr     Sun>=9  2:00s   1:00    BST
 394  394  Rule    GB-Eire 1939    only    -       Apr     Sun>=16 2:00s   1:00    BST
 395  395  # S.R.&O. 1939, No. 1379
 396  396  Rule    GB-Eire 1939    only    -       Nov     Sun>=16 2:00s   0       GMT
 397  397  # S.R.&O. 1940, No. 172 and No. 1883
 398  398  Rule    GB-Eire 1940    only    -       Feb     Sun>=23 2:00s   1:00    BST
 399  399  # S.R.&O. 1941, No. 476
 400  400  Rule    GB-Eire 1941    only    -       May     Sun>=2  1:00s   2:00    BDST
 401  401  Rule    GB-Eire 1941    1943    -       Aug     Sun>=9  1:00s   1:00    BST
 402  402  # S.R.&O. 1942, No. 506
 403  403  Rule    GB-Eire 1942    1944    -       Apr     Sun>=2  1:00s   2:00    BDST
 404  404  # S.R.&O. 1944, No. 932
 405  405  Rule    GB-Eire 1944    only    -       Sep     Sun>=16 1:00s   1:00    BST
 406  406  # S.R.&O. 1945, No. 312
 407  407  Rule    GB-Eire 1945    only    -       Apr     Mon>=2  1:00s   2:00    BDST
 408  408  Rule    GB-Eire 1945    only    -       Jul     Sun>=9  1:00s   1:00    BST
 409  409  # S.R.&O. 1945, No. 1208
 410  410  Rule    GB-Eire 1945    1946    -       Oct     Sun>=2  2:00s   0       GMT
 411  411  Rule    GB-Eire 1946    only    -       Apr     Sun>=9  2:00s   1:00    BST
 412  412  # The Summer Time Act, 1947
 413  413  Rule    GB-Eire 1947    only    -       Mar     16      2:00s   1:00    BST
 414  414  Rule    GB-Eire 1947    only    -       Apr     13      1:00s   2:00    BDST
 415  415  Rule    GB-Eire 1947    only    -       Aug     10      1:00s   1:00    BST
 416  416  Rule    GB-Eire 1947    only    -       Nov      2      2:00s   0       GMT
 417  417  # Summer Time Order, 1948 (S.I. 1948/495)
 418  418  Rule    GB-Eire 1948    only    -       Mar     14      2:00s   1:00    BST
 419  419  Rule    GB-Eire 1948    only    -       Oct     31      2:00s   0       GMT
 420  420  # Summer Time Order, 1949 (S.I. 1949/373)
 421  421  Rule    GB-Eire 1949    only    -       Apr      3      2:00s   1:00    BST
 422  422  Rule    GB-Eire 1949    only    -       Oct     30      2:00s   0       GMT
 423  423  # Summer Time Order, 1950 (S.I. 1950/518)
 424  424  # Summer Time Order, 1951 (S.I. 1951/430)
 425  425  # Summer Time Order, 1952 (S.I. 1952/451)
 426  426  Rule    GB-Eire 1950    1952    -       Apr     Sun>=14 2:00s   1:00    BST
 427  427  Rule    GB-Eire 1950    1952    -       Oct     Sun>=21 2:00s   0       GMT
 428  428  # revert to the rules of the Summer Time Act, 1925
 429  429  Rule    GB-Eire 1953    only    -       Apr     Sun>=16 2:00s   1:00    BST
 430  430  Rule    GB-Eire 1953    1960    -       Oct     Sun>=2  2:00s   0       GMT
 431  431  Rule    GB-Eire 1954    only    -       Apr     Sun>=9  2:00s   1:00    BST
 432  432  Rule    GB-Eire 1955    1956    -       Apr     Sun>=16 2:00s   1:00    BST
 433  433  Rule    GB-Eire 1957    only    -       Apr     Sun>=9  2:00s   1:00    BST
 434  434  Rule    GB-Eire 1958    1959    -       Apr     Sun>=16 2:00s   1:00    BST
 435  435  Rule    GB-Eire 1960    only    -       Apr     Sun>=9  2:00s   1:00    BST
 436  436  # Summer Time Order, 1961 (S.I. 1961/71)
 437  437  # Summer Time (1962) Order, 1961 (S.I. 1961/2465)
 438  438  # Summer Time Order, 1963 (S.I. 1963/81)
 439  439  Rule    GB-Eire 1961    1963    -       Mar     lastSun 2:00s   1:00    BST
 440  440  Rule    GB-Eire 1961    1968    -       Oct     Sun>=23 2:00s   0       GMT
 441  441  # Summer Time (1964) Order, 1963 (S.I. 1963/2101)
 442  442  # Summer Time Order, 1964 (S.I. 1964/1201)
 443  443  # Summer Time Order, 1967 (S.I. 1967/1148)
 444  444  Rule    GB-Eire 1964    1967    -       Mar     Sun>=19 2:00s   1:00    BST
 445  445  # Summer Time Order, 1968 (S.I. 1968/117)
 446  446  Rule    GB-Eire 1968    only    -       Feb     18      2:00s   1:00    BST
 447  447  # The British Standard Time Act, 1968
 448  448  #       (no summer time)
 449  449  # The Summer Time Act, 1972
 450  450  Rule    GB-Eire 1972    1980    -       Mar     Sun>=16 2:00s   1:00    BST
 451  451  Rule    GB-Eire 1972    1980    -       Oct     Sun>=23 2:00s   0       GMT
 452  452  # Summer Time Order, 1980 (S.I. 1980/1089)
 453  453  # Summer Time Order, 1982 (S.I. 1982/1673)
 454  454  # Summer Time Order, 1986 (S.I. 1986/223)
 455  455  # Summer Time Order, 1988 (S.I. 1988/931)
 456  456  Rule    GB-Eire 1981    1995    -       Mar     lastSun 1:00u   1:00    BST
 457  457  Rule    GB-Eire 1981    1989    -       Oct     Sun>=23 1:00u   0       GMT
 458  458  # Summer Time Order, 1989 (S.I. 1989/985)
 459  459  # Summer Time Order, 1992 (S.I. 1992/1729)
 460  460  # Summer Time Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/2798)
 461  461  Rule    GB-Eire 1990    1995    -       Oct     Sun>=22 1:00u   0       GMT
 462  462  # Summer Time Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/2982)
 463  463  # See EU for rules starting in 1996.
 464  464  #
 465  465  # Use Europe/London for Jersey, Guernsey, and the Isle of Man.
 466  466  
 467  467  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
 468  468  Zone    Europe/London   -0:01:15 -      LMT     1847 Dec  1  0:00s
 469  469                           0:00   GB-Eire %s      1968 Oct 27
 470  470                           1:00   -       BST     1971 Oct 31  2:00u
 471  471                           0:00   GB-Eire %s      1996
 472  472                           0:00   EU      GMT/BST
 473  473  Link    Europe/London   Europe/Jersey
 474  474  Link    Europe/London   Europe/Guernsey
 475  475  Link    Europe/London   Europe/Isle_of_Man
 476  476  
 477  477  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
 478  478  Zone    Europe/Dublin   -0:25:00 -      LMT     1880 Aug  2
 479  479                          -0:25:21 -      DMT     1916 May 21  2:00
 480  480                          -0:25:21 1:00   IST     1916 Oct  1  2:00s
 481  481                           0:00   GB-Eire %s      1921 Dec  6 # independence
 482  482                           0:00   GB-Eire GMT/IST 1940 Feb 25  2:00
 483  483                           0:00   1:00    IST     1946 Oct  6  2:00
 484  484                           0:00   -       GMT     1947 Mar 16  2:00
 485  485                           0:00   1:00    IST     1947 Nov  2  2:00
 486  486                           0:00   -       GMT     1948 Apr 18  2:00
 487  487                           0:00   GB-Eire GMT/IST 1968 Oct 27
 488  488                           1:00   -       IST     1971 Oct 31  2:00u
 489  489                           0:00   GB-Eire GMT/IST 1996
 490  490                           0:00   EU      GMT/IST
 491  491  
 492  492  ###############################################################################
 493  493  
 494  494  # Europe
 495  495  
 496  496  # EU rules are for the European Union, previously known as the EC, EEC,
 497  497  # Common Market, etc.
 498  498  
 499  499  # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
 500  500  Rule    EU      1977    1980    -       Apr     Sun>=1   1:00u  1:00    S
 501  501  Rule    EU      1977    only    -       Sep     lastSun  1:00u  0       -
 502  502  Rule    EU      1978    only    -       Oct      1       1:00u  0       -
 503  503  Rule    EU      1979    1995    -       Sep     lastSun  1:00u  0       -
 504  504  Rule    EU      1981    max     -       Mar     lastSun  1:00u  1:00    S
 505  505  Rule    EU      1996    max     -       Oct     lastSun  1:00u  0       -
 506  506  # The most recent directive covers the years starting in 2002.  See:
 507  507  # Directive 2000/84/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
 508  508  # of 19 January 2001 on summer-time arrangements.
 509  509  # http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32000L0084:EN:NOT
 510  510  
 511  511  # W-Eur differs from EU only in that W-Eur uses standard time.
 512  512  Rule    W-Eur   1977    1980    -       Apr     Sun>=1   1:00s  1:00    S
 513  513  Rule    W-Eur   1977    only    -       Sep     lastSun  1:00s  0       -
 514  514  Rule    W-Eur   1978    only    -       Oct      1       1:00s  0       -
 515  515  Rule    W-Eur   1979    1995    -       Sep     lastSun  1:00s  0       -
 516  516  Rule    W-Eur   1981    max     -       Mar     lastSun  1:00s  1:00    S
 517  517  Rule    W-Eur   1996    max     -       Oct     lastSun  1:00s  0       -
 518  518  
 519  519  # Older C-Eur rules are for convenience in the tables.
 520  520  # From 1977 on, C-Eur differs from EU only in that C-Eur uses standard time.
 521  521  Rule    C-Eur   1916    only    -       Apr     30      23:00   1:00    S
 522  522  Rule    C-Eur   1916    only    -       Oct      1       1:00   0       -
 523  523  Rule    C-Eur   1917    1918    -       Apr     Mon>=15  2:00s  1:00    S
 524  524  Rule    C-Eur   1917    1918    -       Sep     Mon>=15  2:00s  0       -
 525  525  Rule    C-Eur   1940    only    -       Apr      1       2:00s  1:00    S
 526  526  Rule    C-Eur   1942    only    -       Nov      2       2:00s  0       -
 527  527  Rule    C-Eur   1943    only    -       Mar     29       2:00s  1:00    S
 528  528  Rule    C-Eur   1943    only    -       Oct      4       2:00s  0       -
 529  529  Rule    C-Eur   1944    1945    -       Apr     Mon>=1   2:00s  1:00    S
 530  530  # Whitman gives 1944 Oct 7; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
 531  531  Rule    C-Eur   1944    only    -       Oct      2       2:00s  0       -
 532  532  # From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2008-07-13):
 533  533  #
 534  534  # I found what is probably a typo of 2:00 which should perhaps be 2:00s
 535  535  # in the C-Eur rule from tz database version 2008d (this part was
 536  536  # corrected in version 2008d). The circumstantial evidence is simply the
 537  537  # tz database itself, as seen below:
 538  538  #
 539  539  # Zone Europe/Paris 0:09:21 - LMT 1891 Mar 15  0:01
 540  540  #    0:00 France WE%sT 1945 Sep 16  3:00
 541  541  #
 542  542  # Zone Europe/Monaco 0:29:32 - LMT 1891 Mar 15
 543  543  #    0:00 France WE%sT 1945 Sep 16  3:00
 544  544  #
 545  545  # Zone Europe/Belgrade 1:22:00 - LMT 1884
 546  546  #    1:00 1:00 CEST 1945 Sep 16  2:00s
 547  547  #
 548  548  # Rule France 1945 only - Sep 16  3:00 0 -
 549  549  # Rule Belgium 1945 only - Sep 16  2:00s 0 -
 550  550  # Rule Neth 1945 only - Sep 16 2:00s 0 -
 551  551  #
 552  552  # The rule line to be changed is:
 553  553  #
 554  554  # Rule C-Eur 1945 only - Sep 16  2:00 0 -
 555  555  #
 556  556  # It seems that Paris, Monaco, Rule France, Rule Belgium all agree on
 557  557  # 2:00 standard time, e.g. 3:00 local time.  However there are no
 558  558  # countries that use C-Eur rules in September 1945, so the only items
 559  559  # affected are apparently these fictitious zones that translate acronyms
 560  560  # CET and MET:
 561  561  #
 562  562  # Zone CET  1:00 C-Eur CE%sT
 563  563  # Zone MET  1:00 C-Eur ME%sT
 564  564  #
 565  565  # It this is right then the corrected version would look like:
 566  566  #
 567  567  # Rule C-Eur 1945 only - Sep 16  2:00s 0 -
 568  568  #
 569  569  # A small step for mankind though 8-)
 570  570  Rule    C-Eur   1945    only    -       Sep     16       2:00s  0       -
 571  571  Rule    C-Eur   1977    1980    -       Apr     Sun>=1   2:00s  1:00    S
 572  572  Rule    C-Eur   1977    only    -       Sep     lastSun  2:00s  0       -
 573  573  Rule    C-Eur   1978    only    -       Oct      1       2:00s  0       -
 574  574  Rule    C-Eur   1979    1995    -       Sep     lastSun  2:00s  0       -
 575  575  Rule    C-Eur   1981    max     -       Mar     lastSun  2:00s  1:00    S
 576  576  Rule    C-Eur   1996    max     -       Oct     lastSun  2:00s  0       -
 577  577  
 578  578  # E-Eur differs from EU only in that E-Eur switches at midnight local time.
 579  579  Rule    E-Eur   1977    1980    -       Apr     Sun>=1   0:00   1:00    S
 580  580  Rule    E-Eur   1977    only    -       Sep     lastSun  0:00   0       -
 581  581  Rule    E-Eur   1978    only    -       Oct      1       0:00   0       -
 582  582  Rule    E-Eur   1979    1995    -       Sep     lastSun  0:00   0       -
 583  583  Rule    E-Eur   1981    max     -       Mar     lastSun  0:00   1:00    S
 584  584  Rule    E-Eur   1996    max     -       Oct     lastSun  0:00   0       -
 585  585  
 586  586  # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
 587  587  Rule    Russia  1917    only    -       Jul      1      23:00   1:00    MST  # Moscow Summer Time
 588  588  Rule    Russia  1917    only    -       Dec     28       0:00   0       MMT  # Moscow Mean Time
 589  589  Rule    Russia  1918    only    -       May     31      22:00   2:00    MDST # Moscow Double Summer Time
 590  590  Rule    Russia  1918    only    -       Sep     16       1:00   1:00    MST
 591  591  Rule    Russia  1919    only    -       May     31      23:00   2:00    MDST
 592  592  Rule    Russia  1919    only    -       Jul      1       2:00   1:00    MSD
 593  593  Rule    Russia  1919    only    -       Aug     16       0:00   0       MSK
 594  594  Rule    Russia  1921    only    -       Feb     14      23:00   1:00    MSD
 595  595  Rule    Russia  1921    only    -       Mar     20      23:00   2:00    MSM  # Midsummer
 596  596  Rule    Russia  1921    only    -       Sep      1       0:00   1:00    MSD
 597  597  Rule    Russia  1921    only    -       Oct      1       0:00   0       -
 598  598  # Act No. 925 of the Council of Ministers of the USSR (1980-10-24):
 599  599  Rule    Russia  1981    1984    -       Apr      1       0:00   1:00    S
 600  600  Rule    Russia  1981    1983    -       Oct      1       0:00   0       -
 601  601  # Act No. 967 of the Council of Ministers of the USSR (1984-09-13), repeated in
 602  602  # Act No. 227 of the Council of Ministers of the USSR (1989-03-14):
  
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 603  603  Rule    Russia  1984    1991    -       Sep     lastSun  2:00s  0       -
 604  604  Rule    Russia  1985    1991    -       Mar     lastSun  2:00s  1:00    S
 605  605  #
 606  606  Rule    Russia  1992    only    -       Mar     lastSat  23:00  1:00    S
 607  607  Rule    Russia  1992    only    -       Sep     lastSat  23:00  0       -
 608  608  Rule    Russia  1993    2010    -       Mar     lastSun  2:00s  1:00    S
 609  609  Rule    Russia  1993    1995    -       Sep     lastSun  2:00s  0       -
 610  610  Rule    Russia  1996    2010    -       Oct     lastSun  2:00s  0       -
 611  611  # As described below, Russia's 2014 change affects Zone data, not Rule data.
 612  612  
      613 +# From Stepan Golosunov (2016-03-07):
      614 +# Wikipedia and other sources refer to the Act of the Council of
      615 +# Ministers of the USSR from 1988-01-04 No. 5 and the Act of the
      616 +# Council of Ministers of the USSR from 1989-03-14 No. 227.
      617 +#
      618 +# I did not find full texts of these acts.  For the 1989 one we have
      619 +# title at http://base.garant.ru/70754136/ :
      620 +# "About change in calculation of time on the territories of
      621 +# Lithuanian SSR, Latvian SSR and Estonian SSR, Astrakhan,
      622 +# Kaliningrad, Kirov, Kuybyshev, Ulyanovsk and Uralsk oblasts".
      623 +# And http://astrozet.net/files/Zones/DOC/RU/1980-925.txt appears to
      624 +# contain quotes from both acts: Since last Sunday of March 1988 rules
      625 +# of the second time belt are installed in Volgograd and Saratov
      626 +# oblasts.  Since last Sunday of March 1989:
      627 +# a) Lithuanian SSR, Latvian SSR, Estonian SSR, Kaliningrad oblast:
      628 +# second time belt rules without extra hour (Moscow-1);
      629 +# b) Astrakhan, Kirov, Kuybyshev, Ulyanovsk oblasts: second time belt
      630 +# rules (Moscow time)
      631 +# c) Uralsk oblast: third time belt rules (Moscow+1).
      632 +
 613  633  # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-06-14):
 614  634  # According to Kremlin press service, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev
 615  635  # signed a federal law "On calculation of time" on June 9, 2011.
 616  636  # According to the law Russia is abolishing daylight saving time.
 617  637  #
 618  638  # Medvedev signed a law "On the Calculation of Time" (in russian):
 619  639  # http://bmockbe.ru/events/?ID=7583
 620  640  #
 621  641  # Medvedev signed a law on the calculation of the time (in russian):
 622  642  # http://www.regnum.ru/news/polit/1413906.html
 623  643  
 624  644  # From Arthur David Olson (2011-06-15):
 625  645  # Take "abolishing daylight saving time" to mean that time is now considered
 626  646  # to be standard.
 627  647  
 628  648  # These are for backward compatibility with older versions.
 629  649  
 630  650  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
 631  651  Zone    WET             0:00    EU      WE%sT
 632  652  Zone    CET             1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT
 633  653  Zone    MET             1:00    C-Eur   ME%sT
 634  654  Zone    EET             2:00    EU      EE%sT
 635  655  
 636  656  # Previous editions of this database used abbreviations like MET DST
 637  657  # for Central European Summer Time, but this didn't agree with common usage.
 638  658  
 639  659  # From Markus Kuhn (1996-07-12):
 640  660  # The official German names ... are
 641  661  #
 642  662  #       Mitteleuropäische Zeit (MEZ)         = UTC+01:00
 643  663  #       Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit (MESZ)  = UTC+02:00
 644  664  #
 645  665  # as defined in the German Time Act (Gesetz über die Zeitbestimmung (ZeitG),
 646  666  # 1978-07-25, Bundesgesetzblatt, Jahrgang 1978, Teil I, S. 1110-1111)....
 647  667  # I wrote ... to the German Federal Physical-Technical Institution
 648  668  #
 649  669  #       Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB)
 650  670  #       Laboratorium 4.41 "Zeiteinheit"
 651  671  #       Postfach 3345
 652  672  #       D-38023 Braunschweig
 653  673  #       phone: +49 531 592-0
 654  674  #
 655  675  # ... I received today an answer letter from Dr. Peter Hetzel, head of the PTB
 656  676  # department for time and frequency transmission.  He explained that the
 657  677  # PTB translates MEZ and MESZ into English as
 658  678  #
 659  679  #       Central European Time (CET)         = UTC+01:00
 660  680  #       Central European Summer Time (CEST) = UTC+02:00
 661  681  
 662  682  
 663  683  # Albania
 664  684  # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
 665  685  Rule    Albania 1940    only    -       Jun     16      0:00    1:00    S
 666  686  Rule    Albania 1942    only    -       Nov      2      3:00    0       -
 667  687  Rule    Albania 1943    only    -       Mar     29      2:00    1:00    S
 668  688  Rule    Albania 1943    only    -       Apr     10      3:00    0       -
 669  689  Rule    Albania 1974    only    -       May      4      0:00    1:00    S
 670  690  Rule    Albania 1974    only    -       Oct      2      0:00    0       -
 671  691  Rule    Albania 1975    only    -       May      1      0:00    1:00    S
 672  692  Rule    Albania 1975    only    -       Oct      2      0:00    0       -
 673  693  Rule    Albania 1976    only    -       May      2      0:00    1:00    S
 674  694  Rule    Albania 1976    only    -       Oct      3      0:00    0       -
 675  695  Rule    Albania 1977    only    -       May      8      0:00    1:00    S
 676  696  Rule    Albania 1977    only    -       Oct      2      0:00    0       -
 677  697  Rule    Albania 1978    only    -       May      6      0:00    1:00    S
 678  698  Rule    Albania 1978    only    -       Oct      1      0:00    0       -
 679  699  Rule    Albania 1979    only    -       May      5      0:00    1:00    S
 680  700  Rule    Albania 1979    only    -       Sep     30      0:00    0       -
 681  701  Rule    Albania 1980    only    -       May      3      0:00    1:00    S
 682  702  Rule    Albania 1980    only    -       Oct      4      0:00    0       -
 683  703  Rule    Albania 1981    only    -       Apr     26      0:00    1:00    S
 684  704  Rule    Albania 1981    only    -       Sep     27      0:00    0       -
 685  705  Rule    Albania 1982    only    -       May      2      0:00    1:00    S
 686  706  Rule    Albania 1982    only    -       Oct      3      0:00    0       -
 687  707  Rule    Albania 1983    only    -       Apr     18      0:00    1:00    S
 688  708  Rule    Albania 1983    only    -       Oct      1      0:00    0       -
 689  709  Rule    Albania 1984    only    -       Apr      1      0:00    1:00    S
 690  710  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
 691  711  Zone    Europe/Tirane   1:19:20 -       LMT     1914
 692  712                          1:00    -       CET     1940 Jun 16
 693  713                          1:00    Albania CE%sT   1984 Jul
 694  714                          1:00    EU      CE%sT
 695  715  
 696  716  # Andorra
 697  717  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
 698  718  Zone    Europe/Andorra  0:06:04 -       LMT     1901
 699  719                          0:00    -       WET     1946 Sep 30
 700  720                          1:00    -       CET     1985 Mar 31  2:00
 701  721                          1:00    EU      CE%sT
 702  722  
 703  723  # Austria
 704  724  
 705  725  # Milne says Vienna time was 1:05:21.
 706  726  
 707  727  # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): Shanks & Pottenger give 1918-06-16 and
 708  728  # 1945-11-18, but the Austrian Federal Office of Metrology and
 709  729  # Surveying (BEV) gives 1918-09-16 and for Vienna gives the "alleged"
 710  730  # date of 1945-04-12 with no time.  For the 1980-04-06 transition
 711  731  # Shanks & Pottenger give 02:00, the BEV 00:00.  Go with the BEV,
 712  732  # and guess 02:00 for 1945-04-12.
 713  733  
 714  734  # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
 715  735  Rule    Austria 1920    only    -       Apr      5      2:00s   1:00    S
 716  736  Rule    Austria 1920    only    -       Sep     13      2:00s   0       -
 717  737  Rule    Austria 1946    only    -       Apr     14      2:00s   1:00    S
 718  738  Rule    Austria 1946    1948    -       Oct     Sun>=1  2:00s   0       -
 719  739  Rule    Austria 1947    only    -       Apr      6      2:00s   1:00    S
 720  740  Rule    Austria 1948    only    -       Apr     18      2:00s   1:00    S
 721  741  Rule    Austria 1980    only    -       Apr      6      0:00    1:00    S
 722  742  Rule    Austria 1980    only    -       Sep     28      0:00    0       -
 723  743  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
 724  744  Zone    Europe/Vienna   1:05:21 -       LMT     1893 Apr
 725  745                          1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1920
 726  746                          1:00    Austria CE%sT   1940 Apr  1  2:00s
 727  747                          1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1945 Apr  2  2:00s
 728  748                          1:00    1:00    CEST    1945 Apr 12  2:00s
 729  749                          1:00    -       CET     1946
 730  750                          1:00    Austria CE%sT   1981
 731  751                          1:00    EU      CE%sT
 732  752  
 733  753  # Belarus
 734  754  # From Yauhen Kharuzhy (2011-09-16):
 735  755  # By latest Belarus government act Europe/Minsk timezone was changed to
 736  756  # GMT+3 without DST (was GMT+2 with DST).
 737  757  #
 738  758  # Sources (Russian language):
 739  759  # http://www.belta.by/ru/all_news/society/V-Belarusi-otmenjaetsja-perexod-na-sezonnoe-vremja_i_572952.html
 740  760  # http://naviny.by/rubrics/society/2011/09/16/ic_articles_116_175144/
 741  761  # http://news.tut.by/society/250578.html
 742  762  #
 743  763  # From Alexander Bokovoy (2014-10-09):
 744  764  # Belarussian government decided against changing to winter time....
 745  765  # http://eng.belta.by/all_news/society/Belarus-decides-against-adjusting-time-in-Russias-wake_i_76335.html
 746  766  # From Paul Eggert (2014-10-08):
 747  767  # Hence Belarus can share time zone abbreviations with Moscow again.
 748  768  #
 749  769  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
 750  770  Zone    Europe/Minsk    1:50:16 -       LMT     1880
 751  771                          1:50    -       MMT     1924 May  2 # Minsk Mean Time
 752  772                          2:00    -       EET     1930 Jun 21
 753  773                          3:00    -       MSK     1941 Jun 28
 754  774                          1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1944 Jul  3
 755  775                          3:00    Russia  MSK/MSD 1990
 756  776                          3:00    -       MSK     1991 Mar 31  2:00s
 757  777                          2:00    1:00    EEST    1991 Sep 29  2:00s
 758  778                          2:00    -       EET     1992 Mar 29  0:00s
 759  779                          2:00    1:00    EEST    1992 Sep 27  0:00s
 760  780                          2:00    Russia  EE%sT   2011 Mar 27  2:00s
 761  781                          3:00    -       FET     2014 Oct 26  1:00s
 762  782                          3:00    -       MSK
 763  783  
 764  784  # Belgium
 765  785  #
 766  786  # From Paul Eggert (1997-07-02):
 767  787  # Entries from 1918 through 1991 are taken from:
 768  788  #       Annuaire de L'Observatoire Royal de Belgique,
 769  789  #       Avenue Circulaire, 3, B-1180 BRUXELLES, CLVIIe année, 1991
 770  790  #       (Imprimerie HAYEZ, s.p.r.l., Rue Fin, 4, 1080 BRUXELLES, MCMXC),
 771  791  #       pp 8-9.
 772  792  # LMT before 1892 was 0:17:30, according to the official journal of Belgium:
 773  793  #       Moniteur Belge, Samedi 30 Avril 1892, N.121.
 774  794  # Thanks to Pascal Delmoitie for these references.
 775  795  # The 1918 rules are listed for completeness; they apply to unoccupied Belgium.
 776  796  # Assume Brussels switched to WET in 1918 when the armistice took effect.
 777  797  #
 778  798  # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
 779  799  Rule    Belgium 1918    only    -       Mar      9       0:00s  1:00    S
 780  800  Rule    Belgium 1918    1919    -       Oct     Sat>=1  23:00s  0       -
 781  801  Rule    Belgium 1919    only    -       Mar      1      23:00s  1:00    S
 782  802  Rule    Belgium 1920    only    -       Feb     14      23:00s  1:00    S
 783  803  Rule    Belgium 1920    only    -       Oct     23      23:00s  0       -
 784  804  Rule    Belgium 1921    only    -       Mar     14      23:00s  1:00    S
 785  805  Rule    Belgium 1921    only    -       Oct     25      23:00s  0       -
 786  806  Rule    Belgium 1922    only    -       Mar     25      23:00s  1:00    S
 787  807  Rule    Belgium 1922    1927    -       Oct     Sat>=1  23:00s  0       -
 788  808  Rule    Belgium 1923    only    -       Apr     21      23:00s  1:00    S
 789  809  Rule    Belgium 1924    only    -       Mar     29      23:00s  1:00    S
 790  810  Rule    Belgium 1925    only    -       Apr      4      23:00s  1:00    S
 791  811  # DSH writes that a royal decree of 1926-02-22 specified the Sun following 3rd
 792  812  # Sat in Apr (except if it's Easter, in which case it's one Sunday earlier),
 793  813  # to Sun following 1st Sat in Oct, and that a royal decree of 1928-09-15
 794  814  # changed the transition times to 02:00 GMT.
 795  815  Rule    Belgium 1926    only    -       Apr     17      23:00s  1:00    S
 796  816  Rule    Belgium 1927    only    -       Apr      9      23:00s  1:00    S
 797  817  Rule    Belgium 1928    only    -       Apr     14      23:00s  1:00    S
 798  818  Rule    Belgium 1928    1938    -       Oct     Sun>=2   2:00s  0       -
 799  819  Rule    Belgium 1929    only    -       Apr     21       2:00s  1:00    S
 800  820  Rule    Belgium 1930    only    -       Apr     13       2:00s  1:00    S
 801  821  Rule    Belgium 1931    only    -       Apr     19       2:00s  1:00    S
 802  822  Rule    Belgium 1932    only    -       Apr      3       2:00s  1:00    S
 803  823  Rule    Belgium 1933    only    -       Mar     26       2:00s  1:00    S
 804  824  Rule    Belgium 1934    only    -       Apr      8       2:00s  1:00    S
 805  825  Rule    Belgium 1935    only    -       Mar     31       2:00s  1:00    S
 806  826  Rule    Belgium 1936    only    -       Apr     19       2:00s  1:00    S
 807  827  Rule    Belgium 1937    only    -       Apr      4       2:00s  1:00    S
 808  828  Rule    Belgium 1938    only    -       Mar     27       2:00s  1:00    S
 809  829  Rule    Belgium 1939    only    -       Apr     16       2:00s  1:00    S
 810  830  Rule    Belgium 1939    only    -       Nov     19       2:00s  0       -
 811  831  Rule    Belgium 1940    only    -       Feb     25       2:00s  1:00    S
 812  832  Rule    Belgium 1944    only    -       Sep     17       2:00s  0       -
 813  833  Rule    Belgium 1945    only    -       Apr      2       2:00s  1:00    S
 814  834  Rule    Belgium 1945    only    -       Sep     16       2:00s  0       -
 815  835  Rule    Belgium 1946    only    -       May     19       2:00s  1:00    S
 816  836  Rule    Belgium 1946    only    -       Oct      7       2:00s  0       -
 817  837  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
 818  838  Zone    Europe/Brussels 0:17:30 -       LMT     1880
 819  839                          0:17:30 -       BMT     1892 May  1 12:00  # Brussels MT
 820  840                          0:00    -       WET     1914 Nov  8
 821  841                          1:00    -       CET     1916 May  1  0:00
 822  842                          1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1918 Nov 11 11:00u
 823  843                          0:00    Belgium WE%sT   1940 May 20  2:00s
 824  844                          1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1944 Sep  3
 825  845                          1:00    Belgium CE%sT   1977
 826  846                          1:00    EU      CE%sT
 827  847  
 828  848  # Bosnia and Herzegovina
 829  849  # See Europe/Belgrade.
 830  850  
 831  851  # Bulgaria
 832  852  #
 833  853  # From Plamen Simenov via Steffen Thorsen (1999-09-09):
 834  854  # A document of Government of Bulgaria (No. 94/1997) says:
 835  855  # EET -> EETDST is in 03:00 Local time in last Sunday of March ...
 836  856  # EETDST -> EET is in 04:00 Local time in last Sunday of October
 837  857  #
 838  858  # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
 839  859  Rule    Bulg    1979    only    -       Mar     31      23:00   1:00    S
 840  860  Rule    Bulg    1979    only    -       Oct      1       1:00   0       -
 841  861  Rule    Bulg    1980    1982    -       Apr     Sat>=1  23:00   1:00    S
 842  862  Rule    Bulg    1980    only    -       Sep     29       1:00   0       -
 843  863  Rule    Bulg    1981    only    -       Sep     27       2:00   0       -
 844  864  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
 845  865  Zone    Europe/Sofia    1:33:16 -       LMT     1880
 846  866                          1:56:56 -       IMT     1894 Nov 30 # Istanbul MT?
 847  867                          2:00    -       EET     1942 Nov  2  3:00
 848  868                          1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1945
 849  869                          1:00    -       CET     1945 Apr  2  3:00
 850  870                          2:00    -       EET     1979 Mar 31 23:00
 851  871                          2:00    Bulg    EE%sT   1982 Sep 26  3:00
 852  872                          2:00    C-Eur   EE%sT   1991
 853  873                          2:00    E-Eur   EE%sT   1997
 854  874                          2:00    EU      EE%sT
 855  875  
 856  876  # Croatia
 857  877  # See Europe/Belgrade.
 858  878  
 859  879  # Cyprus
 860  880  # Please see the 'asia' file for Asia/Nicosia.
 861  881  
 862  882  # Czech Republic
 863  883  # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
 864  884  Rule    Czech   1945    only    -       Apr      8      2:00s   1:00    S
 865  885  Rule    Czech   1945    only    -       Nov     18      2:00s   0       -
 866  886  Rule    Czech   1946    only    -       May      6      2:00s   1:00    S
 867  887  Rule    Czech   1946    1949    -       Oct     Sun>=1  2:00s   0       -
 868  888  Rule    Czech   1947    only    -       Apr     20      2:00s   1:00    S
 869  889  Rule    Czech   1948    only    -       Apr     18      2:00s   1:00    S
 870  890  Rule    Czech   1949    only    -       Apr      9      2:00s   1:00    S
 871  891  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
 872  892  Zone    Europe/Prague   0:57:44 -       LMT     1850
 873  893                          0:57:44 -       PMT     1891 Oct    # Prague Mean Time
 874  894                          1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1944 Sep 17  2:00s
 875  895                          1:00    Czech   CE%sT   1979
 876  896                          1:00    EU      CE%sT
 877  897  # Use Europe/Prague also for Slovakia.
 878  898  
 879  899  # Denmark, Faroe Islands, and Greenland
 880  900  
 881  901  # From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2005-04-26):
 882  902  # http://www.hum.aau.dk/~poe/tid/tine/DanskTid.htm says that the law
 883  903  # [introducing standard time] was in effect from 1894-01-01....
 884  904  # The page http://www.retsinfo.dk/_GETDOCI_/ACCN/A18930008330-REGL
 885  905  # confirms this, and states that the law was put forth 1893-03-29.
 886  906  #
 887  907  # The EU treaty with effect from 1973:
 888  908  # http://www.retsinfo.dk/_GETDOCI_/ACCN/A19722110030-REGL
 889  909  #
 890  910  # This provoked a new law from 1974 to make possible summer time changes
 891  911  # in subsequent decrees with the law
 892  912  # http://www.retsinfo.dk/_GETDOCI_/ACCN/A19740022330-REGL
 893  913  #
 894  914  # It seems however that no decree was set forward until 1980.  I have
 895  915  # not found any decree, but in another related law, the effecting DST
 896  916  # changes are stated explicitly to be from 1980-04-06 at 02:00 to
 897  917  # 1980-09-28 at 02:00.  If this is true, this differs slightly from
 898  918  # the EU rule in that DST runs to 02:00, not 03:00.  We don't know
 899  919  # when Denmark began using the EU rule correctly, but we have only
 900  920  # confirmation of the 1980-time, so I presume it was correct in 1981:
 901  921  # The law is about the management of the extra hour, concerning
 902  922  # working hours reported and effect on obligatory-rest rules (which
 903  923  # was suspended on that night):
 904  924  # http://www.retsinfo.dk/_GETDOCI_/ACCN/C19801120554-REGL
 905  925  
 906  926  # From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2005-06-11):
 907  927  # The Herning Folkeblad (1980-09-26) reported that the night between
 908  928  # Saturday and Sunday the clock is set back from three to two.
 909  929  
 910  930  # From Paul Eggert (2005-06-11):
 911  931  # Hence the "02:00" of the 1980 law refers to standard time, not
 912  932  # wall-clock time, and so the EU rules were in effect in 1980.
 913  933  
 914  934  # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
 915  935  Rule    Denmark 1916    only    -       May     14      23:00   1:00    S
 916  936  Rule    Denmark 1916    only    -       Sep     30      23:00   0       -
 917  937  Rule    Denmark 1940    only    -       May     15       0:00   1:00    S
 918  938  Rule    Denmark 1945    only    -       Apr      2       2:00s  1:00    S
 919  939  Rule    Denmark 1945    only    -       Aug     15       2:00s  0       -
 920  940  Rule    Denmark 1946    only    -       May      1       2:00s  1:00    S
 921  941  Rule    Denmark 1946    only    -       Sep      1       2:00s  0       -
 922  942  Rule    Denmark 1947    only    -       May      4       2:00s  1:00    S
 923  943  Rule    Denmark 1947    only    -       Aug     10       2:00s  0       -
 924  944  Rule    Denmark 1948    only    -       May      9       2:00s  1:00    S
 925  945  Rule    Denmark 1948    only    -       Aug      8       2:00s  0       -
 926  946  #
 927  947  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
 928  948  Zone Europe/Copenhagen   0:50:20 -      LMT     1890
 929  949                           0:50:20 -      CMT     1894 Jan  1 # Copenhagen MT
 930  950                           1:00   Denmark CE%sT   1942 Nov  2  2:00s
 931  951                           1:00   C-Eur   CE%sT   1945 Apr  2  2:00
 932  952                           1:00   Denmark CE%sT   1980
 933  953                           1:00   EU      CE%sT
 934  954  Zone Atlantic/Faroe     -0:27:04 -      LMT     1908 Jan 11 # Tórshavn
 935  955                           0:00   -       WET     1981
 936  956                           0:00   EU      WE%sT
 937  957  #
 938  958  # From Paul Eggert (2004-10-31):
 939  959  # During World War II, Germany maintained secret manned weather stations in
 940  960  # East Greenland and Franz Josef Land, but we don't know their time zones.
 941  961  # My source for this is Wilhelm Dege's book mentioned under Svalbard.
 942  962  #
 943  963  # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
 944  964  # Greenland joined the EU as part of Denmark, obtained home rule on 1979-05-01,
 945  965  # and left the EU on 1985-02-01.  It therefore should have been using EU
 946  966  # rules at least through 1984.  Shanks & Pottenger say Scoresbysund and Godthåb
 947  967  # used C-Eur rules after 1980, but IATA SSIM (1991/1996) says they use EU
 948  968  # rules since at least 1991.  Assume EU rules since 1980.
 949  969  
 950  970  # From Gwillim Law (2001-06-06), citing
 951  971  # <http://www.statkart.no/efs/efshefter/2001/efs5-2001.pdf> (2001-03-15),
 952  972  # and with translations corrected by Steffen Thorsen:
 953  973  #
 954  974  # Greenland has four local times, and the relation to UTC
 955  975  # is according to the following time line:
 956  976  #
 957  977  # The military zone near Thule  UTC-4
 958  978  # Standard Greenland time       UTC-3
 959  979  # Scoresbysund                  UTC-1
 960  980  # Danmarkshavn                  UTC
 961  981  #
 962  982  # In the military area near Thule and in Danmarkshavn DST will not be
 963  983  # introduced.
 964  984  
 965  985  # From Rives McDow (2001-11-01):
 966  986  #
 967  987  # I correspond regularly with the Dansk Polarcenter, and wrote them at
 968  988  # the time to clarify the situation in Thule.  Unfortunately, I have
 969  989  # not heard back from them regarding my recent letter.  [But I have
 970  990  # info from earlier correspondence.]
 971  991  #
 972  992  # According to the center, a very small local time zone around Thule
 973  993  # Air Base keeps the time according to UTC-4, implementing daylight
 974  994  # savings using North America rules, changing the time at 02:00 local time....
 975  995  #
 976  996  # The east coast of Greenland north of the community of Scoresbysund
 977  997  # uses UTC in the same way as in Iceland, year round, with no dst.
 978  998  # There are just a few stations on this coast, including the
 979  999  # Danmarkshavn ICAO weather station mentioned in your September 29th
 980 1000  # email.  The other stations are two sledge patrol stations in
 981 1001  # Mestersvig and Daneborg, the air force base at Station Nord, and the
 982 1002  # DPC research station at Zackenberg.
 983 1003  #
 984 1004  # Scoresbysund and two small villages nearby keep time UTC-1 and use
 985 1005  # the same daylight savings time period as in West Greenland (Godthåb).
 986 1006  #
 987 1007  # The rest of Greenland, including Godthåb (this area, although it
 988 1008  # includes central Greenland, is known as west Greenland), keeps time
 989 1009  # UTC-3, with daylight savings methods according to European rules.
 990 1010  #
 991 1011  # It is common procedure to use UTC 0 in the wilderness of East and
 992 1012  # North Greenland, because it is mainly Icelandic aircraft operators
 993 1013  # maintaining traffic in these areas.  However, the official status of
 994 1014  # this area is that it sticks with Godthåb time.  This area might be
 995 1015  # considered a dual time zone in some respects because of this.
 996 1016  
 997 1017  # From Rives McDow (2001-11-19):
  
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 998 1018  # I heard back from someone stationed at Thule; the time change took place
 999 1019  # there at 2:00 AM.
1000 1020  
1001 1021  # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
1002 1022  # From 1997 on the CIA map shows Danmarkshavn on GMT;
1003 1023  # the 1995 map as like Godthåb.
1004 1024  # For lack of better info, assume they were like Godthåb before 1996.
1005 1025  # startkart.no says Thule does not observe DST, but this is clearly an error,
1006 1026  # so go with Shanks & Pottenger for Thule transitions until this year.
1007 1027  # For 2007 on assume Thule will stay in sync with US DST rules.
     1028 +
     1029 +# From J William Piggott (2016-02-20):
     1030 +# "Greenland north of the community of Scoresbysund" is officially named
     1031 +# "National Park" by Executive Order:
     1032 +# http://naalakkersuisut.gl/~/media/Nanoq/Files/Attached%20Files/Engelske-tekster/Legislation/Executive%20Order%20National%20Park.rtf
     1033 +# It is their only National Park.
1008 1034  #
1009 1035  # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
1010 1036  Rule    Thule   1991    1992    -       Mar     lastSun 2:00    1:00    D
1011 1037  Rule    Thule   1991    1992    -       Sep     lastSun 2:00    0       S
1012 1038  Rule    Thule   1993    2006    -       Apr     Sun>=1  2:00    1:00    D
1013 1039  Rule    Thule   1993    2006    -       Oct     lastSun 2:00    0       S
1014 1040  Rule    Thule   2007    max     -       Mar     Sun>=8  2:00    1:00    D
1015 1041  Rule    Thule   2007    max     -       Nov     Sun>=1  2:00    0       S
1016 1042  #
1017 1043  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
1018 1044  Zone America/Danmarkshavn -1:14:40 -    LMT     1916 Jul 28
1019 1045                          -3:00   -       WGT     1980 Apr  6  2:00
1020 1046                          -3:00   EU      WG%sT   1996
1021 1047                          0:00    -       GMT
1022 1048  Zone America/Scoresbysund -1:27:52 -    LMT     1916 Jul 28 # Ittoqqortoormiit
  
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1023 1049                          -2:00   -       CGT     1980 Apr  6  2:00
1024 1050                          -2:00   C-Eur   CG%sT   1981 Mar 29
1025 1051                          -1:00   EU      EG%sT
1026 1052  Zone America/Godthab    -3:26:56 -      LMT     1916 Jul 28 # Nuuk
1027 1053                          -3:00   -       WGT     1980 Apr  6  2:00
1028 1054                          -3:00   EU      WG%sT
1029 1055  Zone America/Thule      -4:35:08 -      LMT     1916 Jul 28 # Pituffik air base
1030 1056                          -4:00   Thule   A%sT
1031 1057  
1032 1058  # Estonia
     1059 +#
     1060 +# From Paul Eggert (2016-03-18):
     1061 +# The 1989 transition is from USSR act No. 227 (1989-03-14).
     1062 +#
1033 1063  # From Peter Ilieve (1994-10-15):
1034 1064  # A relative in Tallinn confirms the accuracy of the data for 1989 onwards
1035 1065  # [through 1994] and gives the legal authority for it,
1036 1066  # a regulation of the Government of Estonia, No. 111 of 1989....
1037 1067  #
1038 1068  # From Peter Ilieve (1996-10-28):
1039 1069  # [IATA SSIM (1992/1996) claims that the Baltic republics switch at 01:00s,
1040 1070  # but a relative confirms that Estonia still switches at 02:00s, writing:]
1041 1071  # "I do not [know] exactly but there are some little different
1042 1072  # (confusing) rules for International Air and Railway Transport Schedules
1043 1073  # conversion in Sunday connected with end of summer time in Estonia....
1044 1074  # A discussion is running about the summer time efficiency and effect on
1045 1075  # human physiology.  It seems that Estonia maybe will not change to
1046 1076  # summer time next spring."
1047 1077  
1048 1078  # From Peter Ilieve (1998-11-04), heavily edited:
1049 1079  # The 1998-09-22 Estonian time law
1050 1080  # http://trip.rk.ee/cgi-bin/thw?${BASE}=akt&${OOHTML}=rtd&TA=1998&TO=1&AN=1390
1051 1081  # refers to the Eighth Directive and cites the association agreement between
1052 1082  # the EU and Estonia, ratified by the Estonian law (RT II 1995, 22-27, 120).
1053 1083  #
1054 1084  # I also asked [my relative] whether they use any standard abbreviation
1055 1085  # for their standard and summer times. He says no, they use "suveaeg"
1056 1086  # (summer time) and "talveaeg" (winter time).
1057 1087  
1058 1088  # From The Baltic Times <http://www.baltictimes.com/> (1999-09-09)
1059 1089  # via Steffen Thorsen:
1060 1090  # This year will mark the last time Estonia shifts to summer time,
1061 1091  # a council of the ruling coalition announced Sept. 6....
1062 1092  # But what this could mean for Estonia's chances of joining the European
1063 1093  # Union are still unclear.  In 1994, the EU declared summer time compulsory
1064 1094  # for all member states until 2001.  Brussels has yet to decide what to do
1065 1095  # after that.
1066 1096  
1067 1097  # From Mart Oruaas (2000-01-29):
1068 1098  # Regulation No. 301 (1999-10-12) obsoletes previous regulation
1069 1099  # No. 206 (1998-09-22) and thus sticks Estonia to +02:00 GMT for all
1070 1100  # the year round.  The regulation is effective 1999-11-01.
1071 1101  
1072 1102  # From Toomas Soome (2002-02-21):
1073 1103  # The Estonian government has changed once again timezone politics.
1074 1104  # Now we are using again EU rules.
1075 1105  #
1076 1106  # From Urmet Jänes (2002-03-28):
1077 1107  # The legislative reference is Government decree No. 84 on 2002-02-21.
1078 1108  
1079 1109  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
1080 1110  Zone    Europe/Tallinn  1:39:00 -       LMT     1880
1081 1111                          1:39:00 -       TMT     1918 Feb    # Tallinn Mean Time
1082 1112                          1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1919 Jul
1083 1113                          1:39:00 -       TMT     1921 May
1084 1114                          2:00    -       EET     1940 Aug  6
1085 1115                          3:00    -       MSK     1941 Sep 15
1086 1116                          1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1944 Sep 22
1087 1117                          3:00    Russia  MSK/MSD 1989 Mar 26  2:00s
1088 1118                          2:00    1:00    EEST    1989 Sep 24  2:00s
1089 1119                          2:00    C-Eur   EE%sT   1998 Sep 22
1090 1120                          2:00    EU      EE%sT   1999 Oct 31  4:00
1091 1121                          2:00    -       EET     2002 Feb 21
1092 1122                          2:00    EU      EE%sT
1093 1123  
1094 1124  # Finland
1095 1125  
1096 1126  # From Hannu Strang (1994-09-25 06:03:37 UTC):
1097 1127  # Well, here in Helsinki we're just changing from summer time to regular one,
1098 1128  # and it's supposed to change at 4am...
1099 1129  
1100 1130  # From Janne Snabb (2010-07-15):
1101 1131  #
1102 1132  # I noticed that the Finland data is not accurate for years 1981 and 1982.
1103 1133  # During these two first trial years the DST adjustment was made one hour
1104 1134  # earlier than in forthcoming years. Starting 1983 the adjustment was made
1105 1135  # according to the central European standards.
1106 1136  #
1107 1137  # This is documented in Heikki Oja: Aikakirja 2007, published by The Almanac
1108 1138  # Office of University of Helsinki, ISBN 952-10-3221-9, available online (in
1109 1139  # Finnish) at
1110 1140  # http://almanakka.helsinki.fi/aikakirja/Aikakirja2007kokonaan.pdf
1111 1141  #
1112 1142  # Page 105 (56 in PDF version) has a handy table of all past daylight savings
1113 1143  # transitions. It is easy enough to interpret without Finnish skills.
1114 1144  #
1115 1145  # This is also confirmed by Finnish Broadcasting Company's archive at:
1116 1146  # http://www.yle.fi/elavaarkisto/?s=s&g=1&ag=5&t=&a=3401
1117 1147  #
1118 1148  # The news clip from 1981 says that "the time between 2 and 3 o'clock does not
1119 1149  # exist tonight."
1120 1150  
1121 1151  # From Konstantin Hyppönen (2014-06-13):
1122 1152  # [Heikki Oja's book Aikakirja 2013]
1123 1153  # http://almanakka.helsinki.fi/images/aikakirja/Aikakirja2013kokonaan.pdf
1124 1154  # pages 104-105, including a scan from a newspaper published on Apr 2 1942
1125 1155  # say that ... [o]n Apr 2 1942, 24 o'clock (which means Apr 3 1942,
1126 1156  # 00:00), clocks were moved one hour forward. The newspaper
1127 1157  # mentions "on the night from Thursday to Friday"....
1128 1158  # On Oct 4 1942, clocks were moved at 1:00 one hour backwards.
1129 1159  #
1130 1160  # From Paul Eggert (2014-06-14):
1131 1161  # Go with Oja over Shanks.
1132 1162  
1133 1163  # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
1134 1164  Rule    Finland 1942    only    -       Apr     2       24:00   1:00    S
1135 1165  Rule    Finland 1942    only    -       Oct     4       1:00    0       -
1136 1166  Rule    Finland 1981    1982    -       Mar     lastSun 2:00    1:00    S
1137 1167  Rule    Finland 1981    1982    -       Sep     lastSun 3:00    0       -
1138 1168  
1139 1169  # Milne says Helsinki (Helsingfors) time was 1:39:49.2 (official document);
1140 1170  # round to nearest.
1141 1171  
1142 1172  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
1143 1173  Zone    Europe/Helsinki 1:39:49 -       LMT     1878 May 31
1144 1174                          1:39:49 -       HMT     1921 May    # Helsinki Mean Time
1145 1175                          2:00    Finland EE%sT   1983
1146 1176                          2:00    EU      EE%sT
1147 1177  
1148 1178  # Åland Is
1149 1179  Link    Europe/Helsinki Europe/Mariehamn
1150 1180  
1151 1181  
1152 1182  # France
1153 1183  
1154 1184  # From Ciro Discepolo (2000-12-20):
1155 1185  #
1156 1186  # Henri Le Corre, Régimes horaires pour le monde entier, Éditions
1157 1187  # Traditionnelles - Paris 2 books, 1993
1158 1188  #
1159 1189  # Gabriel, Traité de l'heure dans le monde, Guy Trédaniel,
1160 1190  # Paris, 1991
1161 1191  #
1162 1192  # Françoise Gauquelin, Problèmes de l'heure résolus en astrologie,
1163 1193  # Guy Trédaniel, Paris 1987
1164 1194  
1165 1195  
1166 1196  #
1167 1197  # Shank & Pottenger seem to use '24:00' ambiguously; resolve it with Whitman.
1168 1198  # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
1169 1199  Rule    France  1916    only    -       Jun     14      23:00s  1:00    S
1170 1200  Rule    France  1916    1919    -       Oct     Sun>=1  23:00s  0       -
1171 1201  Rule    France  1917    only    -       Mar     24      23:00s  1:00    S
1172 1202  Rule    France  1918    only    -       Mar      9      23:00s  1:00    S
1173 1203  Rule    France  1919    only    -       Mar      1      23:00s  1:00    S
1174 1204  Rule    France  1920    only    -       Feb     14      23:00s  1:00    S
1175 1205  Rule    France  1920    only    -       Oct     23      23:00s  0       -
1176 1206  Rule    France  1921    only    -       Mar     14      23:00s  1:00    S
1177 1207  Rule    France  1921    only    -       Oct     25      23:00s  0       -
1178 1208  Rule    France  1922    only    -       Mar     25      23:00s  1:00    S
1179 1209  # DSH writes that a law of 1923-05-24 specified 3rd Sat in Apr at 23:00 to 1st
1180 1210  # Sat in Oct at 24:00; and that in 1930, because of Easter, the transitions
1181 1211  # were Apr 12 and Oct 5.  Go with Shanks & Pottenger.
1182 1212  Rule    France  1922    1938    -       Oct     Sat>=1  23:00s  0       -
1183 1213  Rule    France  1923    only    -       May     26      23:00s  1:00    S
1184 1214  Rule    France  1924    only    -       Mar     29      23:00s  1:00    S
1185 1215  Rule    France  1925    only    -       Apr      4      23:00s  1:00    S
1186 1216  Rule    France  1926    only    -       Apr     17      23:00s  1:00    S
1187 1217  Rule    France  1927    only    -       Apr      9      23:00s  1:00    S
1188 1218  Rule    France  1928    only    -       Apr     14      23:00s  1:00    S
1189 1219  Rule    France  1929    only    -       Apr     20      23:00s  1:00    S
1190 1220  Rule    France  1930    only    -       Apr     12      23:00s  1:00    S
1191 1221  Rule    France  1931    only    -       Apr     18      23:00s  1:00    S
1192 1222  Rule    France  1932    only    -       Apr      2      23:00s  1:00    S
1193 1223  Rule    France  1933    only    -       Mar     25      23:00s  1:00    S
1194 1224  Rule    France  1934    only    -       Apr      7      23:00s  1:00    S
1195 1225  Rule    France  1935    only    -       Mar     30      23:00s  1:00    S
1196 1226  Rule    France  1936    only    -       Apr     18      23:00s  1:00    S
1197 1227  Rule    France  1937    only    -       Apr      3      23:00s  1:00    S
1198 1228  Rule    France  1938    only    -       Mar     26      23:00s  1:00    S
1199 1229  Rule    France  1939    only    -       Apr     15      23:00s  1:00    S
1200 1230  Rule    France  1939    only    -       Nov     18      23:00s  0       -
1201 1231  Rule    France  1940    only    -       Feb     25       2:00   1:00    S
1202 1232  # The French rules for 1941-1944 were not used in Paris, but Shanks & Pottenger
1203 1233  # write that they were used in Monaco and in many French locations.
1204 1234  # Le Corre writes that the upper limit of the free zone was Arnéguy, Orthez,
1205 1235  # Mont-de-Marsan, Bazas, Langon, Lamothe-Montravel, Marœuil, La
1206 1236  # Rochefoucauld, Champagne-Mouton, La Roche-Posay, La Haye-Descartes,
1207 1237  # Loches, Montrichard, Vierzon, Bourges, Moulins, Digoin,
1208 1238  # Paray-le-Monial, Montceau-les-Mines, Chalon-sur-Saône, Arbois,
1209 1239  # Dole, Morez, St-Claude, and Collonges (Haute-Savoie).
1210 1240  Rule    France  1941    only    -       May      5       0:00   2:00    M # Midsummer
1211 1241  # Shanks & Pottenger say this transition occurred at Oct 6 1:00,
1212 1242  # but go with Denis Excoffier (1997-12-12),
1213 1243  # who quotes the Ephémérides astronomiques for 1998 from Bureau des Longitudes
1214 1244  # as saying 5/10/41 22hUT.
1215 1245  Rule    France  1941    only    -       Oct      6       0:00   1:00    S
1216 1246  Rule    France  1942    only    -       Mar      9       0:00   2:00    M
1217 1247  Rule    France  1942    only    -       Nov      2       3:00   1:00    S
1218 1248  Rule    France  1943    only    -       Mar     29       2:00   2:00    M
1219 1249  Rule    France  1943    only    -       Oct      4       3:00   1:00    S
1220 1250  Rule    France  1944    only    -       Apr      3       2:00   2:00    M
1221 1251  Rule    France  1944    only    -       Oct      8       1:00   1:00    S
1222 1252  Rule    France  1945    only    -       Apr      2       2:00   2:00    M
1223 1253  Rule    France  1945    only    -       Sep     16       3:00   0       -
1224 1254  # Shanks & Pottenger give Mar 28 2:00 and Sep 26 3:00;
1225 1255  # go with Excoffier's 28/3/76 0hUT and 25/9/76 23hUT.
1226 1256  Rule    France  1976    only    -       Mar     28       1:00   1:00    S
1227 1257  Rule    France  1976    only    -       Sep     26       1:00   0       -
1228 1258  # Shanks & Pottenger give 0:09:20 for Paris Mean Time, and Whitman 0:09:05,
1229 1259  # but Howse quotes the actual French legislation as saying 0:09:21.
1230 1260  # Go with Howse.  Howse writes that the time in France was officially based
1231 1261  # on PMT-0:09:21 until 1978-08-09, when the time base finally switched to UTC.
1232 1262  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
1233 1263  Zone    Europe/Paris    0:09:21 -       LMT     1891 Mar 15  0:01
1234 1264                          0:09:21 -       PMT     1911 Mar 11  0:01 # Paris MT
1235 1265  # Shanks & Pottenger give 1940 Jun 14 0:00; go with Excoffier and Le Corre.
1236 1266                          0:00    France  WE%sT   1940 Jun 14 23:00
1237 1267  # Le Corre says Paris stuck with occupied-France time after the liberation;
1238 1268  # go with Shanks & Pottenger.
1239 1269                          1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1944 Aug 25
1240 1270                          0:00    France  WE%sT   1945 Sep 16  3:00
1241 1271                          1:00    France  CE%sT   1977
1242 1272                          1:00    EU      CE%sT
1243 1273  
1244 1274  # Germany
1245 1275  
1246 1276  # From Markus Kuhn (1998-09-29):
1247 1277  # The German time zone web site by the Physikalisch-Technische
1248 1278  # Bundesanstalt contains DST information back to 1916.
1249 1279  # [See tz-link.htm for the URL.]
1250 1280  
1251 1281  # From Jörg Schilling (2002-10-23):
1252 1282  # In 1945, Berlin was switched to Moscow Summer time (GMT+4) by
1253 1283  # http://www.dhm.de/lemo/html/biografien/BersarinNikolai/
1254 1284  # General [Nikolai] Bersarin.
1255 1285  
1256 1286  # From Paul Eggert (2003-03-08):
1257 1287  # http://www.parlament-berlin.de/pds-fraktion.nsf/727459127c8b66ee8525662300459099/defc77cb784f180ac1256c2b0030274b/$FILE/bersarint.pdf
1258 1288  # says that Bersarin issued an order to use Moscow time on May 20.
1259 1289  # However, Moscow did not observe daylight saving in 1945, so
1260 1290  # this was equivalent to CEMT (GMT+3), not GMT+4.
1261 1291  
1262 1292  
1263 1293  # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
1264 1294  Rule    Germany 1946    only    -       Apr     14      2:00s   1:00    S
1265 1295  Rule    Germany 1946    only    -       Oct      7      2:00s   0       -
1266 1296  Rule    Germany 1947    1949    -       Oct     Sun>=1  2:00s   0       -
1267 1297  # http://www.ptb.de/de/org/4/44/441/salt.htm says the following transition
1268 1298  # occurred at 3:00 MEZ, not the 2:00 MEZ given in Shanks & Pottenger.
1269 1299  # Go with the PTB.
1270 1300  Rule    Germany 1947    only    -       Apr      6      3:00s   1:00    S
1271 1301  Rule    Germany 1947    only    -       May     11      2:00s   2:00    M
1272 1302  Rule    Germany 1947    only    -       Jun     29      3:00    1:00    S
1273 1303  Rule    Germany 1948    only    -       Apr     18      2:00s   1:00    S
1274 1304  Rule    Germany 1949    only    -       Apr     10      2:00s   1:00    S
1275 1305  
1276 1306  Rule SovietZone 1945    only    -       May     24      2:00    2:00    M # Midsummer
1277 1307  Rule SovietZone 1945    only    -       Sep     24      3:00    1:00    S
1278 1308  Rule SovietZone 1945    only    -       Nov     18      2:00s   0       -
1279 1309  
1280 1310  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
1281 1311  Zone    Europe/Berlin   0:53:28 -       LMT     1893 Apr
1282 1312                          1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1945 May 24  2:00
1283 1313                          1:00 SovietZone CE%sT   1946
1284 1314                          1:00    Germany CE%sT   1980
1285 1315                          1:00    EU      CE%sT
1286 1316  
1287 1317  # From Tobias Conradi (2011-09-12):
1288 1318  # Büsingen <http://www.buesingen.de>, surrounded by the Swiss canton
1289 1319  # Schaffhausen, did not start observing DST in 1980 as the rest of DE
1290 1320  # (West Germany at that time) and DD (East Germany at that time) did.
1291 1321  # DD merged into DE, the area is currently covered by code DE in ISO 3166-1,
1292 1322  # which in turn is covered by the zone Europe/Berlin.
1293 1323  #
1294 1324  # Source for the time in Büsingen 1980:
1295 1325  # http://www.srf.ch/player/video?id=c012c029-03b7-4c2b-9164-aa5902cd58d3
1296 1326  
1297 1327  # From Arthur David Olson (2012-03-03):
1298 1328  # Büsingen and Zurich have shared clocks since 1970.
1299 1329  
1300 1330  Link    Europe/Zurich   Europe/Busingen
1301 1331  
1302 1332  # Georgia
1303 1333  # Please see the "asia" file for Asia/Tbilisi.
1304 1334  # Herodotus (Histories, IV.45) says Georgia north of the Phasis (now Rioni)
1305 1335  # is in Europe.  Our reference location Tbilisi is in the Asian part.
1306 1336  
1307 1337  # Gibraltar
1308 1338  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
1309 1339  Zone Europe/Gibraltar   -0:21:24 -      LMT     1880 Aug  2  0:00s
1310 1340                          0:00    GB-Eire %s      1957 Apr 14  2:00
1311 1341                          1:00    -       CET     1982
1312 1342                          1:00    EU      CE%sT
1313 1343  
1314 1344  # Greece
1315 1345  # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
1316 1346  # Whitman gives 1932 Jul 5 - Nov 1; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
1317 1347  Rule    Greece  1932    only    -       Jul      7      0:00    1:00    S
1318 1348  Rule    Greece  1932    only    -       Sep      1      0:00    0       -
1319 1349  # Whitman gives 1941 Apr 25 - ?; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
1320 1350  Rule    Greece  1941    only    -       Apr      7      0:00    1:00    S
1321 1351  # Whitman gives 1942 Feb 2 - ?; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
1322 1352  Rule    Greece  1942    only    -       Nov      2      3:00    0       -
1323 1353  Rule    Greece  1943    only    -       Mar     30      0:00    1:00    S
1324 1354  Rule    Greece  1943    only    -       Oct      4      0:00    0       -
1325 1355  # Whitman gives 1944 Oct 3 - Oct 31; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
1326 1356  Rule    Greece  1952    only    -       Jul      1      0:00    1:00    S
1327 1357  Rule    Greece  1952    only    -       Nov      2      0:00    0       -
1328 1358  Rule    Greece  1975    only    -       Apr     12      0:00s   1:00    S
1329 1359  Rule    Greece  1975    only    -       Nov     26      0:00s   0       -
1330 1360  Rule    Greece  1976    only    -       Apr     11      2:00s   1:00    S
1331 1361  Rule    Greece  1976    only    -       Oct     10      2:00s   0       -
1332 1362  Rule    Greece  1977    1978    -       Apr     Sun>=1  2:00s   1:00    S
1333 1363  Rule    Greece  1977    only    -       Sep     26      2:00s   0       -
1334 1364  Rule    Greece  1978    only    -       Sep     24      4:00    0       -
1335 1365  Rule    Greece  1979    only    -       Apr      1      9:00    1:00    S
1336 1366  Rule    Greece  1979    only    -       Sep     29      2:00    0       -
1337 1367  Rule    Greece  1980    only    -       Apr      1      0:00    1:00    S
1338 1368  Rule    Greece  1980    only    -       Sep     28      0:00    0       -
1339 1369  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
1340 1370  Zone    Europe/Athens   1:34:52 -       LMT     1895 Sep 14
1341 1371                          1:34:52 -       AMT     1916 Jul 28  0:01 # Athens MT
1342 1372                          2:00    Greece  EE%sT   1941 Apr 30
1343 1373                          1:00    Greece  CE%sT   1944 Apr  4
1344 1374                          2:00    Greece  EE%sT   1981
1345 1375                          # Shanks & Pottenger say it switched to C-Eur in 1981;
1346 1376                          # go with EU instead, since Greece joined it on Jan 1.
1347 1377                          2:00    EU      EE%sT
1348 1378  
1349 1379  # Hungary
1350 1380  # From Paul Eggert (2014-07-15):
1351 1381  # Dates for 1916-1945 are taken from:
1352 1382  # Oross A. Jelen a múlt jövője: a nyári időszámítás Magyarországon 1916-1945.
1353 1383  # National Archives of Hungary (2012-10-29).
1354 1384  # http://mnl.gov.hu/a_het_dokumentuma/a_nyari_idoszamitas_magyarorszagon_19161945.html
1355 1385  # This source does not always give times, which are taken from Shanks
1356 1386  # & Pottenger (which disagree about the dates).
1357 1387  # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
1358 1388  Rule    Hungary 1918    only    -       Apr      1       3:00   1:00    S
1359 1389  Rule    Hungary 1918    only    -       Sep     16       3:00   0       -
1360 1390  Rule    Hungary 1919    only    -       Apr     15       3:00   1:00    S
1361 1391  Rule    Hungary 1919    only    -       Nov     24       3:00   0       -
1362 1392  Rule    Hungary 1945    only    -       May      1      23:00   1:00    S
1363 1393  Rule    Hungary 1945    only    -       Nov      1       0:00   0       -
1364 1394  Rule    Hungary 1946    only    -       Mar     31       2:00s  1:00    S
1365 1395  Rule    Hungary 1946    1949    -       Oct     Sun>=1   2:00s  0       -
1366 1396  Rule    Hungary 1947    1949    -       Apr     Sun>=4   2:00s  1:00    S
1367 1397  Rule    Hungary 1950    only    -       Apr     17       2:00s  1:00    S
1368 1398  Rule    Hungary 1950    only    -       Oct     23       2:00s  0       -
1369 1399  Rule    Hungary 1954    1955    -       May     23       0:00   1:00    S
1370 1400  Rule    Hungary 1954    1955    -       Oct      3       0:00   0       -
1371 1401  Rule    Hungary 1956    only    -       Jun     Sun>=1   0:00   1:00    S
1372 1402  Rule    Hungary 1956    only    -       Sep     lastSun  0:00   0       -
1373 1403  Rule    Hungary 1957    only    -       Jun     Sun>=1   1:00   1:00    S
1374 1404  Rule    Hungary 1957    only    -       Sep     lastSun  3:00   0       -
1375 1405  Rule    Hungary 1980    only    -       Apr      6       1:00   1:00    S
1376 1406  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
1377 1407  Zone    Europe/Budapest 1:16:20 -       LMT     1890 Oct
1378 1408                          1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1918
1379 1409                          1:00    Hungary CE%sT   1941 Apr  8
1380 1410                          1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1945
1381 1411                          1:00    Hungary CE%sT   1980 Sep 28  2:00s
1382 1412                          1:00    EU      CE%sT
1383 1413  
1384 1414  # Iceland
1385 1415  #
1386 1416  # From Adam David (1993-11-06):
1387 1417  # The name of the timezone in Iceland for system / mail / news purposes is GMT.
1388 1418  #
1389 1419  # (1993-12-05):
1390 1420  # This material is paraphrased from the 1988 edition of the University of
1391 1421  # Iceland Almanak.
1392 1422  #
1393 1423  # From January 1st, 1908 the whole of Iceland was standardised at 1 hour
1394 1424  # behind GMT. Previously, local mean solar time was used in different parts
1395 1425  # of Iceland, the almanak had been based on Reykjavik mean solar time which
1396 1426  # was 1 hour and 28 minutes behind GMT.
1397 1427  #
1398 1428  # "first day of winter" referred to [below] means the first day of the 26 weeks
1399 1429  # of winter, according to the old icelandic calendar that dates back to the
1400 1430  # time the norsemen first settled Iceland.  The first day of winter is always
1401 1431  # Saturday, but is not dependent on the Julian or Gregorian calendars.
1402 1432  #
1403 1433  # (1993-12-10):
1404 1434  # I have a reference from the Oxford Icelandic-English dictionary for the
1405 1435  # beginning of winter, which ties it to the ecclesiastical calendar (and thus
1406 1436  # to the julian/gregorian calendar) over the period in question.
1407 1437  #       the winter begins on the Saturday next before St. Luke's day
1408 1438  #       (old style), or on St. Luke's day, if a Saturday.
1409 1439  # St. Luke's day ought to be traceable from ecclesiastical sources. "old style"
1410 1440  # might be a reference to the Julian calendar as opposed to Gregorian, or it
1411 1441  # might mean something else (???).
1412 1442  #
1413 1443  # From Paul Eggert (2014-11-22):
1414 1444  # The information below is taken from the 1988 Almanak; see
1415 1445  # http://www.almanak.hi.is/klukkan.html
1416 1446  #
1417 1447  # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
1418 1448  Rule    Iceland 1917    1919    -       Feb     19      23:00   1:00    S
1419 1449  Rule    Iceland 1917    only    -       Oct     21       1:00   0       -
1420 1450  Rule    Iceland 1918    1919    -       Nov     16       1:00   0       -
1421 1451  Rule    Iceland 1921    only    -       Mar     19      23:00   1:00    S
1422 1452  Rule    Iceland 1921    only    -       Jun     23       1:00   0       -
1423 1453  Rule    Iceland 1939    only    -       Apr     29      23:00   1:00    S
1424 1454  Rule    Iceland 1939    only    -       Oct     29       2:00   0       -
1425 1455  Rule    Iceland 1940    only    -       Feb     25       2:00   1:00    S
1426 1456  Rule    Iceland 1940    1941    -       Nov     Sun>=2   1:00s  0       -
1427 1457  Rule    Iceland 1941    1942    -       Mar     Sun>=2   1:00s  1:00    S
1428 1458  # 1943-1946 - first Sunday in March until first Sunday in winter
1429 1459  Rule    Iceland 1943    1946    -       Mar     Sun>=1   1:00s  1:00    S
1430 1460  Rule    Iceland 1942    1948    -       Oct     Sun>=22  1:00s  0       -
1431 1461  # 1947-1967 - first Sunday in April until first Sunday in winter
1432 1462  Rule    Iceland 1947    1967    -       Apr     Sun>=1   1:00s  1:00    S
1433 1463  # 1949 and 1967 Oct transitions delayed by 1 week
1434 1464  Rule    Iceland 1949    only    -       Oct     30       1:00s  0       -
1435 1465  Rule    Iceland 1950    1966    -       Oct     Sun>=22  1:00s  0       -
1436 1466  Rule    Iceland 1967    only    -       Oct     29       1:00s  0       -
1437 1467  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
1438 1468  Zone Atlantic/Reykjavik -1:28   -       LMT     1908
1439 1469                          -1:00   Iceland IS%sT   1968 Apr  7  1:00s
1440 1470                           0:00   -       GMT
1441 1471  
1442 1472  # Italy
1443 1473  #
1444 1474  # From Paul Eggert (2001-03-06):
1445 1475  # Sicily and Sardinia each had their own time zones from 1866 to 1893,
1446 1476  # called Palermo Time (+00:53:28) and Cagliari Time (+00:36:32).
1447 1477  # During World War II, German-controlled Italy used German time.
1448 1478  # But these events all occurred before the 1970 cutoff,
1449 1479  # so record only the time in Rome.
1450 1480  #
1451 1481  # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
1452 1482  # For Italian DST we have three sources: Shanks & Pottenger, Whitman, and
1453 1483  # F. Pollastri
1454 1484  # Day-light Saving Time in Italy (2006-02-03)
1455 1485  # http://toi.iriti.cnr.it/uk/ienitlt.html
1456 1486  # ('FP' below), taken from an Italian National Electrotechnical Institute
1457 1487  # publication. When the three sources disagree, guess who's right, as follows:
1458 1488  #
1459 1489  # year  FP      Shanks&P. (S)   Whitman (W)     Go with:
1460 1490  # 1916  06-03   06-03 24:00     06-03 00:00     FP & W
1461 1491  #       09-30   09-30 24:00     09-30 01:00     FP; guess 24:00s
1462 1492  # 1917  04-01   03-31 24:00     03-31 00:00     FP & S
1463 1493  #       09-30   09-29 24:00     09-30 01:00     FP & W
1464 1494  # 1918  03-09   03-09 24:00     03-09 00:00     FP & S
1465 1495  #       10-06   10-05 24:00     10-06 01:00     FP & W
1466 1496  # 1919  03-01   03-01 24:00     03-01 00:00     FP & S
1467 1497  #       10-04   10-04 24:00     10-04 01:00     FP; guess 24:00s
1468 1498  # 1920  03-20   03-20 24:00     03-20 00:00     FP & S
1469 1499  #       09-18   09-18 24:00     10-01 01:00     FP; guess 24:00s
1470 1500  # 1944  04-02   04-03 02:00                     S (see C-Eur)
1471 1501  #       09-16   10-02 03:00                     FP; guess 24:00s
1472 1502  # 1945  09-14   09-16 24:00                     FP; guess 24:00s
1473 1503  # 1970  05-21   05-31 00:00                     S
1474 1504  #       09-20   09-27 00:00                     S
1475 1505  #
1476 1506  # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
1477 1507  Rule    Italy   1916    only    -       Jun      3      0:00s   1:00    S
1478 1508  Rule    Italy   1916    only    -       Oct      1      0:00s   0       -
1479 1509  Rule    Italy   1917    only    -       Apr      1      0:00s   1:00    S
1480 1510  Rule    Italy   1917    only    -       Sep     30      0:00s   0       -
1481 1511  Rule    Italy   1918    only    -       Mar     10      0:00s   1:00    S
1482 1512  Rule    Italy   1918    1919    -       Oct     Sun>=1  0:00s   0       -
1483 1513  Rule    Italy   1919    only    -       Mar      2      0:00s   1:00    S
1484 1514  Rule    Italy   1920    only    -       Mar     21      0:00s   1:00    S
1485 1515  Rule    Italy   1920    only    -       Sep     19      0:00s   0       -
1486 1516  Rule    Italy   1940    only    -       Jun     15      0:00s   1:00    S
1487 1517  Rule    Italy   1944    only    -       Sep     17      0:00s   0       -
1488 1518  Rule    Italy   1945    only    -       Apr      2      2:00    1:00    S
1489 1519  Rule    Italy   1945    only    -       Sep     15      0:00s   0       -
1490 1520  Rule    Italy   1946    only    -       Mar     17      2:00s   1:00    S
1491 1521  Rule    Italy   1946    only    -       Oct      6      2:00s   0       -
1492 1522  Rule    Italy   1947    only    -       Mar     16      0:00s   1:00    S
1493 1523  Rule    Italy   1947    only    -       Oct      5      0:00s   0       -
1494 1524  Rule    Italy   1948    only    -       Feb     29      2:00s   1:00    S
1495 1525  Rule    Italy   1948    only    -       Oct      3      2:00s   0       -
1496 1526  Rule    Italy   1966    1968    -       May     Sun>=22 0:00    1:00    S
1497 1527  Rule    Italy   1966    1969    -       Sep     Sun>=22 0:00    0       -
1498 1528  Rule    Italy   1969    only    -       Jun      1      0:00    1:00    S
1499 1529  Rule    Italy   1970    only    -       May     31      0:00    1:00    S
1500 1530  Rule    Italy   1970    only    -       Sep     lastSun 0:00    0       -
1501 1531  Rule    Italy   1971    1972    -       May     Sun>=22 0:00    1:00    S
1502 1532  Rule    Italy   1971    only    -       Sep     lastSun 1:00    0       -
1503 1533  Rule    Italy   1972    only    -       Oct      1      0:00    0       -
1504 1534  Rule    Italy   1973    only    -       Jun      3      0:00    1:00    S
1505 1535  Rule    Italy   1973    1974    -       Sep     lastSun 0:00    0       -
1506 1536  Rule    Italy   1974    only    -       May     26      0:00    1:00    S
1507 1537  Rule    Italy   1975    only    -       Jun      1      0:00s   1:00    S
1508 1538  Rule    Italy   1975    1977    -       Sep     lastSun 0:00s   0       -
1509 1539  Rule    Italy   1976    only    -       May     30      0:00s   1:00    S
1510 1540  Rule    Italy   1977    1979    -       May     Sun>=22 0:00s   1:00    S
1511 1541  Rule    Italy   1978    only    -       Oct      1      0:00s   0       -
1512 1542  Rule    Italy   1979    only    -       Sep     30      0:00s   0       -
1513 1543  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
1514 1544  Zone    Europe/Rome     0:49:56 -       LMT     1866 Sep 22
1515 1545                          0:49:56 -       RMT     1893 Nov  1  0:00s # Rome Mean
1516 1546                          1:00    Italy   CE%sT   1942 Nov  2  2:00s
1517 1547                          1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1944 Jul
1518 1548                          1:00    Italy   CE%sT   1980
1519 1549                          1:00    EU      CE%sT
1520 1550  
1521 1551  Link    Europe/Rome     Europe/Vatican
1522 1552  Link    Europe/Rome     Europe/San_Marino
1523 1553  
1524 1554  # Latvia
1525 1555  
1526 1556  # From Liene Kanepe (1998-09-17):
1527 1557  
1528 1558  # I asked about this matter Scientific Secretary of the Institute of Astronomy
1529 1559  # of The University of Latvia Dr. paed Mr. Ilgonis Vilks. I also searched the
1530 1560  # correct data in juridical acts and I found some juridical documents about
1531 1561  # changes in the counting of time in Latvia from 1981....
1532 1562  #
1533 1563  # Act No. 35 of the Council of Ministers of Latvian SSR of 1981-01-22 ...
1534 1564  # according to the Act No. 925 of the Council of Ministers of USSR of 1980-10-24
1535 1565  # ...: all year round the time of 2nd time zone + 1 hour, in addition turning
1536 1566  # the hands of the clock 1 hour forward on 1 April at 00:00 (GMT 31 March 21:00)
1537 1567  # and 1 hour backward on the 1 October at 00:00 (GMT 30 September 20:00).
1538 1568  #
1539 1569  # Act No. 592 of the Council of Ministers of Latvian SSR of 1984-09-24 ...
1540 1570  # according to the Act No. 967 of the Council of Ministers of USSR of 1984-09-13
1541 1571  # ...: all year round the time of 2nd time zone + 1 hour, in addition turning
1542 1572  # the hands of the clock 1 hour forward on the last Sunday of March at 02:00
1543 1573  # (GMT 23:00 on the previous day) and 1 hour backward on the last Sunday of
1544 1574  # September at 03:00 (GMT 23:00 on the previous day).
1545 1575  #
1546 1576  # Act No. 81 of the Council of Ministers of Latvian SSR of 1989-03-22 ...
1547 1577  # according to the Act No. 227 of the Council of Ministers of USSR of 1989-03-14
1548 1578  # ...: since the last Sunday of March 1989 in Lithuanian SSR, Latvian SSR,
1549 1579  # Estonian SSR and Kaliningrad region of Russian Federation all year round the
1550 1580  # time of 2nd time zone (Moscow time minus one hour). On the territory of Latvia
1551 1581  # transition to summer time is performed on the last Sunday of March at 02:00
1552 1582  # (GMT 00:00), turning the hands of the clock 1 hour forward.  The end of
1553 1583  # daylight saving time is performed on the last Sunday of September at 03:00
1554 1584  # (GMT 00:00), turning the hands of the clock 1 hour backward. Exception is
1555 1585  # 1989-03-26, when we must not turn the hands of the clock....
1556 1586  #
1557 1587  # The Regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Latvia of
1558 1588  # 1997-01-21 on transition to Summer time ... established the same order of
1559 1589  # daylight savings time settings as in the States of the European Union.
1560 1590  
1561 1591  # From Andrei Ivanov (2000-03-06):
1562 1592  # This year Latvia will not switch to Daylight Savings Time (as specified in
1563 1593  # The Regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Rep. of Latvia of
1564 1594  # 29-Feb-2000 (No. 79) <http://www.lv-laiks.lv/wwwraksti/2000/071072/vd4.htm>,
1565 1595  # in Latvian for subscribers only).
1566 1596  
1567 1597  # From RFE/RL Newsline
1568 1598  # http://www.rferl.org/newsline/2001/01/3-CEE/cee-030101.html
1569 1599  # (2001-01-03), noted after a heads-up by Rives McDow:
1570 1600  # The Latvian government on 2 January decided that the country will
1571 1601  # institute daylight-saving time this spring, LETA reported.
1572 1602  # Last February the three Baltic states decided not to turn back their
1573 1603  # clocks one hour in the spring....
1574 1604  # Minister of Economy Aigars Kalvītis noted that Latvia had too few
1575 1605  # daylight hours and thus decided to comply with a draft European
1576 1606  # Commission directive that provides for instituting daylight-saving
1577 1607  # time in EU countries between 2002 and 2006. The Latvian government
1578 1608  # urged Lithuania and Estonia to adopt a similar time policy, but it
1579 1609  # appears that they will not do so....
1580 1610  
1581 1611  # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
1582 1612  Rule    Latvia  1989    1996    -       Mar     lastSun  2:00s  1:00    S
1583 1613  Rule    Latvia  1989    1996    -       Sep     lastSun  2:00s  0       -
1584 1614  
1585 1615  # Milne 1899 says Riga was 1:36:28 (Polytechnique House time).
1586 1616  # Byalokoz 1919 says Latvia was 1:36:34.
1587 1617  # Go with Byalokoz.
1588 1618  
1589 1619  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
1590 1620  Zone    Europe/Riga     1:36:34 -       LMT     1880
1591 1621                          1:36:34 -       RMT     1918 Apr 15  2:00 # Riga MT
1592 1622                          1:36:34 1:00    LST     1918 Sep 16  3:00 # Latvian ST
1593 1623                          1:36:34 -       RMT     1919 Apr  1  2:00
1594 1624                          1:36:34 1:00    LST     1919 May 22  3:00
1595 1625                          1:36:34 -       RMT     1926 May 11
1596 1626                          2:00    -       EET     1940 Aug  5
1597 1627                          3:00    -       MSK     1941 Jul
1598 1628                          1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1944 Oct 13
1599 1629                          3:00    Russia  MSK/MSD 1989 Mar lastSun  2:00s
1600 1630                          2:00    1:00    EEST    1989 Sep lastSun  2:00s
1601 1631                          2:00    Latvia  EE%sT   1997 Jan 21
1602 1632                          2:00    EU      EE%sT   2000 Feb 29
1603 1633                          2:00    -       EET     2001 Jan  2
1604 1634                          2:00    EU      EE%sT
1605 1635  
1606 1636  # Liechtenstein
1607 1637  
1608 1638  # From Paul Eggert (2013-09-09):
1609 1639  # Shanks & Pottenger say Vaduz is like Zurich.
1610 1640  
1611 1641  # From Alois Treindl (2013-09-18):
1612 1642  # http://www.eliechtensteinensia.li/LIJ/1978/1938-1978/1941.pdf
1613 1643  # ... confirms on p. 6 that Liechtenstein followed Switzerland in 1941 and 1942.
1614 1644  # I ... translate only the last two paragraphs:
1615 1645  #    ... during second world war, in the years 1941 and 1942, Liechtenstein
  
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1616 1646  #    introduced daylight saving time, adapting to Switzerland.  From 1943 on
1617 1647  #    central European time was in force throughout the year.
1618 1648  #    From a report of the duke's government to the high council,
1619 1649  #    regarding the introduction of a time law, of 31 May 1977.
1620 1650  
1621 1651  Link Europe/Zurich Europe/Vaduz
1622 1652  
1623 1653  
1624 1654  # Lithuania
1625 1655  
     1656 +# From Paul Eggert (2016-03-18):
     1657 +# The 1989 transition is from USSR act No. 227 (1989-03-14).
     1658 +
1626 1659  # From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22):
1627 1660  # IATA SSIM (1992/1996) says Lithuania uses W-Eur rules, but since it is
1628 1661  # known to be wrong about Estonia and Latvia, assume it's wrong here too.
1629 1662  
1630 1663  # From Marius Gedminas (1998-08-07):
1631 1664  # I would like to inform that in this year Lithuanian time zone
1632 1665  # (Europe/Vilnius) was changed.
1633 1666  
1634 1667  # From ELTA No. 972 (2582) (1999-09-29) <http://www.elta.lt/>,
1635 1668  # via Steffen Thorsen:
1636 1669  # Lithuania has shifted back to the second time zone (GMT plus two hours)
1637 1670  # to be valid here starting from October 31,
1638 1671  # as decided by the national government on Wednesday....
1639 1672  # The Lithuanian government also announced plans to consider a
1640 1673  # motion to give up shifting to summer time in spring, as it was
1641 1674  # already done by Estonia.
1642 1675  
1643 1676  # From the Fact File, Lithuanian State Department of Tourism
1644 1677  # <http://www.tourism.lt/informa/ff.htm> (2000-03-27):
1645 1678  # Local time is GMT+2 hours ..., no daylight saving.
1646 1679  
1647 1680  # From a user via Klaus Marten (2003-02-07):
1648 1681  # As a candidate for membership of the European Union, Lithuania will
1649 1682  # observe Summer Time in 2003, changing its clocks at the times laid
1650 1683  # down in EU Directive 2000/84 of 19.I.01 (i.e. at the same times as its
1651 1684  # neighbour Latvia). The text of the Lithuanian government Order of
1652 1685  # 7.XI.02 to this effect can be found at
1653 1686  # http://www.lrvk.lt/nut/11/n1749.htm
1654 1687  
  
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1655 1688  
1656 1689  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
1657 1690  Zone    Europe/Vilnius  1:41:16 -       LMT     1880
1658 1691                          1:24:00 -       WMT     1917        # Warsaw Mean Time
1659 1692                          1:35:36 -       KMT     1919 Oct 10 # Kaunas Mean Time
1660 1693                          1:00    -       CET     1920 Jul 12
1661 1694                          2:00    -       EET     1920 Oct  9
1662 1695                          1:00    -       CET     1940 Aug  3
1663 1696                          3:00    -       MSK     1941 Jun 24
1664 1697                          1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1944 Aug
1665      -                        3:00    Russia  MSK/MSD 1991 Mar 31  2:00s
1666      -                        2:00    1:00    EEST    1991 Sep 29  2:00s
     1698 +                        3:00    Russia  MSK/MSD 1989 Mar 26  2:00s
     1699 +                        2:00    Russia  EE%sT   1991 Sep 29  2:00s
1667 1700                          2:00    C-Eur   EE%sT   1998
1668 1701                          2:00    -       EET     1998 Mar 29  1:00u
1669 1702                          1:00    EU      CE%sT   1999 Oct 31  1:00u
1670 1703                          2:00    -       EET     2003 Jan  1
1671 1704                          2:00    EU      EE%sT
1672 1705  
1673 1706  # Luxembourg
1674 1707  # Whitman disagrees with most of these dates in minor ways;
1675 1708  # go with Shanks & Pottenger.
1676 1709  # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
1677 1710  Rule    Lux     1916    only    -       May     14      23:00   1:00    S
1678 1711  Rule    Lux     1916    only    -       Oct      1       1:00   0       -
1679 1712  Rule    Lux     1917    only    -       Apr     28      23:00   1:00    S
1680 1713  Rule    Lux     1917    only    -       Sep     17       1:00   0       -
1681 1714  Rule    Lux     1918    only    -       Apr     Mon>=15  2:00s  1:00    S
1682 1715  Rule    Lux     1918    only    -       Sep     Mon>=15  2:00s  0       -
1683 1716  Rule    Lux     1919    only    -       Mar      1      23:00   1:00    S
1684 1717  Rule    Lux     1919    only    -       Oct      5       3:00   0       -
1685 1718  Rule    Lux     1920    only    -       Feb     14      23:00   1:00    S
1686 1719  Rule    Lux     1920    only    -       Oct     24       2:00   0       -
1687 1720  Rule    Lux     1921    only    -       Mar     14      23:00   1:00    S
1688 1721  Rule    Lux     1921    only    -       Oct     26       2:00   0       -
1689 1722  Rule    Lux     1922    only    -       Mar     25      23:00   1:00    S
1690 1723  Rule    Lux     1922    only    -       Oct     Sun>=2   1:00   0       -
1691 1724  Rule    Lux     1923    only    -       Apr     21      23:00   1:00    S
1692 1725  Rule    Lux     1923    only    -       Oct     Sun>=2   2:00   0       -
1693 1726  Rule    Lux     1924    only    -       Mar     29      23:00   1:00    S
1694 1727  Rule    Lux     1924    1928    -       Oct     Sun>=2   1:00   0       -
1695 1728  Rule    Lux     1925    only    -       Apr      5      23:00   1:00    S
1696 1729  Rule    Lux     1926    only    -       Apr     17      23:00   1:00    S
1697 1730  Rule    Lux     1927    only    -       Apr      9      23:00   1:00    S
1698 1731  Rule    Lux     1928    only    -       Apr     14      23:00   1:00    S
1699 1732  Rule    Lux     1929    only    -       Apr     20      23:00   1:00    S
1700 1733  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
1701 1734  Zone Europe/Luxembourg  0:24:36 -       LMT     1904 Jun
1702 1735                          1:00    Lux     CE%sT   1918 Nov 25
1703 1736                          0:00    Lux     WE%sT   1929 Oct  6  2:00s
1704 1737                          0:00    Belgium WE%sT   1940 May 14  3:00
1705 1738                          1:00    C-Eur   WE%sT   1944 Sep 18  3:00
1706 1739                          1:00    Belgium CE%sT   1977
1707 1740                          1:00    EU      CE%sT
1708 1741  
1709 1742  # Macedonia
1710 1743  # See Europe/Belgrade.
1711 1744  
1712 1745  # Malta
1713 1746  # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
1714 1747  Rule    Malta   1973    only    -       Mar     31      0:00s   1:00    S
1715 1748  Rule    Malta   1973    only    -       Sep     29      0:00s   0       -
1716 1749  Rule    Malta   1974    only    -       Apr     21      0:00s   1:00    S
1717 1750  Rule    Malta   1974    only    -       Sep     16      0:00s   0       -
1718 1751  Rule    Malta   1975    1979    -       Apr     Sun>=15 2:00    1:00    S
1719 1752  Rule    Malta   1975    1980    -       Sep     Sun>=15 2:00    0       -
1720 1753  Rule    Malta   1980    only    -       Mar     31      2:00    1:00    S
  
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1721 1754  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
1722 1755  Zone    Europe/Malta    0:58:04 -       LMT     1893 Nov  2  0:00s # Valletta
1723 1756                          1:00    Italy   CE%sT   1942 Nov  2  2:00s
1724 1757                          1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1945 Apr  2  2:00s
1725 1758                          1:00    Italy   CE%sT   1973 Mar 31
1726 1759                          1:00    Malta   CE%sT   1981
1727 1760                          1:00    EU      CE%sT
1728 1761  
1729 1762  # Moldova
1730 1763  
     1764 +# From Stepan Golosunov (2016-03-07):
     1765 +# the act of the government of the Republic of Moldova Nr. 132 from 1990-05-04
     1766 +# http://lex.justice.md/viewdoc.php?action=view&view=doc&id=298782&lang=2
     1767 +# ... says that since 1990-05-06 on the territory of the Moldavian SSR
     1768 +# time would be calculated as the standard time of the second time belt
     1769 +# plus one hour of the "summer" time. To implement that clocks would be
     1770 +# adjusted one hour backwards at 1990-05-06 2:00. After that "summer"
     1771 +# time would be cancelled last Sunday of September at 3:00 and
     1772 +# reintroduced last Sunday of March at 2:00.
     1773 +
1731 1774  # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
1732 1775  # A previous version of this database followed Shanks & Pottenger, who write
1733 1776  # that Tiraspol switched to Moscow time on 1992-01-19 at 02:00.
1734 1777  # However, this is most likely an error, as Moldova declared independence
1735 1778  # on 1991-08-27 (the 1992-01-19 date is that of a Russian decree).
1736 1779  # In early 1992 there was large-scale interethnic violence in the area
1737 1780  # and it's possible that some Russophones continued to observe Moscow time.
1738 1781  # But [two people] separately reported via
1739 1782  # Jesper Nørgaard that as of 2001-01-24 Tiraspol was like Chisinau.
1740 1783  # The Tiraspol entry has therefore been removed for now.
1741 1784  #
1742 1785  # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-10-17):
1743 1786  # Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR, also known as
1744 1787  # "Pridnestrovie") has abolished seasonal clock change (no transition
1745 1788  # to the Winter Time).
1746 1789  #
1747 1790  # News (in Russian):
1748 1791  # http://www.kyivpost.ua/russia/news/pridnestrove-otkazalos-ot-perehoda-na-zimnee-vremya-30954.html
1749 1792  # http://www.allmoldova.com/moldova-news/1249064116.html
1750 1793  #
1751 1794  # The substance of this change (reinstatement of the Tiraspol entry)
1752 1795  # is from a patch from Petr Machata (2011-10-17)
1753 1796  #
1754 1797  # From Tim Parenti (2011-10-19)
1755 1798  # In addition, being situated at +4651+2938 would give Tiraspol
1756 1799  # a pre-1880 LMT offset of 1:58:32.
1757 1800  #
1758 1801  # (which agrees with the earlier entry that had been removed)
1759 1802  #
1760 1803  # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-10-26)
1761 1804  # NO need to divide Moldova into two timezones at this point.
1762 1805  # As of today, Transnistria (Pridnestrovie)- Tiraspol reversed its own
1763 1806  # decision to abolish DST this winter.
1764 1807  # Following Moldova and neighboring Ukraine- Transnistria (Pridnestrovie)-
1765 1808  # Tiraspol will go back to winter time on October 30, 2011.
1766 1809  # News from Moldova (in russian):
1767 1810  # http://ru.publika.md/link_317061.html
1768 1811  
1769 1812  # From Roman Tudos (2015-07-02):
1770 1813  # http://lex.justice.md/index.php?action=view&view=doc&lang=1&id=355077
1771 1814  # From Paul Eggert (2015-07-01):
1772 1815  # The abovementioned official link to IGO1445-868/2014 states that
1773 1816  # 2014-10-26's fallback transition occurred at 03:00 local time.  Also,
1774 1817  # http://www.trm.md/en/social/la-30-martie-vom-trece-la-ora-de-vara
1775 1818  # says the 2014-03-30 spring-forward transition was at 02:00 local time.
1776 1819  # Guess that since 1997 Moldova has switched one hour before the EU.
1777 1820  
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1779 1822  Rule    Moldova 1997    max     -       Mar     lastSun  2:00   1:00    S
1780 1823  Rule    Moldova 1997    max     -       Oct     lastSun  3:00   0       -
1781 1824  
1782 1825  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
1783 1826  Zone    Europe/Chisinau 1:55:20 -       LMT     1880
1784 1827                          1:55    -       CMT     1918 Feb 15 # Chisinau MT
1785 1828                          1:44:24 -       BMT     1931 Jul 24 # Bucharest MT
1786 1829                          2:00    Romania EE%sT   1940 Aug 15
1787 1830                          2:00    1:00    EEST    1941 Jul 17
1788 1831                          1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1944 Aug 24
1789      -                        3:00    Russia  MSK/MSD 1990
1790      -                        3:00    -       MSK     1990 May 6
1791      -                        2:00    -       EET     1991
     1832 +                        3:00    Russia  MSK/MSD 1990 May  6  2:00
1792 1833                          2:00    Russia  EE%sT   1992
1793 1834                          2:00    E-Eur   EE%sT   1997
1794 1835  # See Romania commentary for the guessed 1997 transition to EU rules.
1795 1836                          2:00    Moldova EE%sT
1796 1837  
1797 1838  # Monaco
1798 1839  # Shanks & Pottenger give 0:09:20 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's
1799 1840  # more precise 0:09:21.
1800 1841  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
1801 1842  Zone    Europe/Monaco   0:29:32 -       LMT     1891 Mar 15
1802 1843                          0:09:21 -       PMT     1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time
1803 1844                          0:00    France  WE%sT   1945 Sep 16  3:00
1804 1845                          1:00    France  CE%sT   1977
1805 1846                          1:00    EU      CE%sT
1806 1847  
1807 1848  # Montenegro
1808 1849  # See Europe/Belgrade.
1809 1850  
1810 1851  # Netherlands
1811 1852  
1812 1853  # Howse writes that the Netherlands' railways used GMT between 1892 and 1940,
1813 1854  # but for other purposes the Netherlands used Amsterdam mean time.
1814 1855  
1815 1856  # However, Robert H. van Gent writes (2001-04-01):
1816 1857  # Howse's statement is only correct up to 1909. From 1909-05-01 (00:00:00
1817 1858  # Amsterdam mean time) onwards, the whole of the Netherlands (including
1818 1859  # the Dutch railways) was required by law to observe Amsterdam mean time
1819 1860  # (19 minutes 32.13 seconds ahead of GMT). This had already been the
1820 1861  # common practice (except for the railways) for many decades but it was
1821 1862  # not until 1909 when the Dutch government finally defined this by law.
1822 1863  # On 1937-07-01 this was changed to 20 minutes (exactly) ahead of GMT and
1823 1864  # was generally known as Dutch Time ("Nederlandse Tijd").
1824 1865  #
1825 1866  # (2001-04-08):
1826 1867  # 1892-05-01 was the date when the Dutch railways were by law required to
1827 1868  # observe GMT while the remainder of the Netherlands adhered to the common
1828 1869  # practice of following Amsterdam mean time.
1829 1870  #
1830 1871  # (2001-04-09):
1831 1872  # In 1835 the authorities of the province of North Holland requested the
1832 1873  # municipal authorities of the towns and cities in the province to observe
1833 1874  # Amsterdam mean time but I do not know in how many cases this request was
1834 1875  # actually followed.
1835 1876  #
1836 1877  # From 1852 onwards the Dutch telegraph offices were by law required to
1837 1878  # observe Amsterdam mean time. As the time signals from the observatory of
1838 1879  # Leiden were also distributed by the telegraph system, I assume that most
1839 1880  # places linked up with the telegraph (and railway) system automatically
1840 1881  # adopted Amsterdam mean time.
1841 1882  #
1842 1883  # Although the early Dutch railway companies initially observed a variety
1843 1884  # of times, most of them had adopted Amsterdam mean time by 1858 but it
1844 1885  # was not until 1866 when they were all required by law to observe
1845 1886  # Amsterdam mean time.
1846 1887  
1847 1888  # The data entries before 1945 are taken from
1848 1889  # http://www.phys.uu.nl/~vgent/wettijd/wettijd.htm
1849 1890  
1850 1891  # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
1851 1892  Rule    Neth    1916    only    -       May      1      0:00    1:00    NST     # Netherlands Summer Time
1852 1893  Rule    Neth    1916    only    -       Oct      1      0:00    0       AMT     # Amsterdam Mean Time
1853 1894  Rule    Neth    1917    only    -       Apr     16      2:00s   1:00    NST
1854 1895  Rule    Neth    1917    only    -       Sep     17      2:00s   0       AMT
1855 1896  Rule    Neth    1918    1921    -       Apr     Mon>=1  2:00s   1:00    NST
1856 1897  Rule    Neth    1918    1921    -       Sep     lastMon 2:00s   0       AMT
1857 1898  Rule    Neth    1922    only    -       Mar     lastSun 2:00s   1:00    NST
1858 1899  Rule    Neth    1922    1936    -       Oct     Sun>=2  2:00s   0       AMT
1859 1900  Rule    Neth    1923    only    -       Jun     Fri>=1  2:00s   1:00    NST
1860 1901  Rule    Neth    1924    only    -       Mar     lastSun 2:00s   1:00    NST
1861 1902  Rule    Neth    1925    only    -       Jun     Fri>=1  2:00s   1:00    NST
1862 1903  # From 1926 through 1939 DST began 05-15, except that it was delayed by a week
1863 1904  # in years when 05-15 fell in the Pentecost weekend.
1864 1905  Rule    Neth    1926    1931    -       May     15      2:00s   1:00    NST
1865 1906  Rule    Neth    1932    only    -       May     22      2:00s   1:00    NST
1866 1907  Rule    Neth    1933    1936    -       May     15      2:00s   1:00    NST
1867 1908  Rule    Neth    1937    only    -       May     22      2:00s   1:00    NST
1868 1909  Rule    Neth    1937    only    -       Jul      1      0:00    1:00    S
1869 1910  Rule    Neth    1937    1939    -       Oct     Sun>=2  2:00s   0       -
1870 1911  Rule    Neth    1938    1939    -       May     15      2:00s   1:00    S
1871 1912  Rule    Neth    1945    only    -       Apr      2      2:00s   1:00    S
1872 1913  Rule    Neth    1945    only    -       Sep     16      2:00s   0       -
1873 1914  #
1874 1915  # Amsterdam Mean Time was +00:19:32.13 exactly, but the .13 is omitted
1875 1916  # below because the current format requires GMTOFF to be an integer.
1876 1917  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
1877 1918  Zone Europe/Amsterdam   0:19:32 -       LMT     1835
1878 1919                          0:19:32 Neth    %s      1937 Jul  1
1879 1920                          0:20    Neth    NE%sT   1940 May 16  0:00 # Dutch Time
1880 1921                          1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1945 Apr  2  2:00
1881 1922                          1:00    Neth    CE%sT   1977
1882 1923                          1:00    EU      CE%sT
1883 1924  
1884 1925  # Norway
1885 1926  # http://met.no/met/met_lex/q_u/sommertid.html (2004-01) agrees with Shanks &
1886 1927  # Pottenger.
1887 1928  # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
1888 1929  Rule    Norway  1916    only    -       May     22      1:00    1:00    S
1889 1930  Rule    Norway  1916    only    -       Sep     30      0:00    0       -
1890 1931  Rule    Norway  1945    only    -       Apr      2      2:00s   1:00    S
1891 1932  Rule    Norway  1945    only    -       Oct      1      2:00s   0       -
1892 1933  Rule    Norway  1959    1964    -       Mar     Sun>=15 2:00s   1:00    S
1893 1934  Rule    Norway  1959    1965    -       Sep     Sun>=15 2:00s   0       -
1894 1935  Rule    Norway  1965    only    -       Apr     25      2:00s   1:00    S
1895 1936  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
1896 1937  Zone    Europe/Oslo     0:43:00 -       LMT     1895 Jan  1
1897 1938                          1:00    Norway  CE%sT   1940 Aug 10 23:00
1898 1939                          1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1945 Apr  2  2:00
1899 1940                          1:00    Norway  CE%sT   1980
1900 1941                          1:00    EU      CE%sT
1901 1942  
1902 1943  # Svalbard & Jan Mayen
1903 1944  
1904 1945  # From Steffen Thorsen (2001-05-01):
1905 1946  # Although I could not find it explicitly, it seems that Jan Mayen and
1906 1947  # Svalbard have been using the same time as Norway at least since the
1907 1948  # time they were declared as parts of Norway.  Svalbard was declared
1908 1949  # as a part of Norway by law of 1925-07-17 no 11, section 4 and Jan
1909 1950  # Mayen by law of 1930-02-27 no 2, section 2. (From
1910 1951  # <http://www.lovdata.no/all/nl-19250717-011.html> and
1911 1952  # <http://www.lovdata.no/all/nl-19300227-002.html>).  The law/regulation
1912 1953  # for normal/standard time in Norway is from 1894-06-29 no 1 (came
1913 1954  # into operation on 1895-01-01) and Svalbard/Jan Mayen seem to be a
1914 1955  # part of this law since 1925/1930. (From
1915 1956  # <http://www.lovdata.no/all/nl-18940629-001.html>) I have not been
1916 1957  # able to find if Jan Mayen used a different time zone (e.g. -0100)
1917 1958  # before 1930. Jan Mayen has only been "inhabited" since 1921 by
1918 1959  # Norwegian meteorologists and maybe used the same time as Norway ever
1919 1960  # since 1921.  Svalbard (Arctic/Longyearbyen) has been inhabited since
1920 1961  # before 1895, and therefore probably changed the local time somewhere
1921 1962  # between 1895 and 1925 (inclusive).
1922 1963  
1923 1964  # From Paul Eggert (2013-09-04):
1924 1965  #
1925 1966  # Actually, Jan Mayen was never occupied by Germany during World War II,
1926 1967  # so it must have diverged from Oslo time during the war, as Oslo was
1927 1968  # keeping Berlin time.
1928 1969  #
1929 1970  # <http://home.no.net/janmayen/history.htm> says that the meteorologists
1930 1971  # burned down their station in 1940 and left the island, but returned in
1931 1972  # 1941 with a small Norwegian garrison and continued operations despite
1932 1973  # frequent air attacks from Germans.  In 1943 the Americans established a
1933 1974  # radiolocating station on the island, called "Atlantic City".  Possibly
1934 1975  # the UT offset changed during the war, but I think it unlikely that
1935 1976  # Jan Mayen used German daylight-saving rules.
1936 1977  #
1937 1978  # Svalbard is more complicated, as it was raided in August 1941 by an
1938 1979  # Allied party that evacuated the civilian population to England (says
1939 1980  # <http://www.bartleby.com/65/sv/Svalbard.html>).  The Svalbard FAQ
1940 1981  # <http://www.svalbard.com/SvalbardFAQ.html> says that the Germans were
1941 1982  # expelled on 1942-05-14.  However, small parties of Germans did return,
1942 1983  # and according to Wilhelm Dege's book "War North of 80" (1954)
1943 1984  # http://www.ucalgary.ca/UofC/departments/UP/1-55238/1-55238-110-2.html
1944 1985  # the German armed forces at the Svalbard weather station code-named
1945 1986  # Haudegen did not surrender to the Allies until September 1945.
1946 1987  #
1947 1988  # All these events predate our cutoff date of 1970, so use Europe/Oslo
1948 1989  # for these regions.
1949 1990  Link    Europe/Oslo     Arctic/Longyearbyen
1950 1991  
1951 1992  # Poland
1952 1993  
1953 1994  # The 1919 dates and times can be found in Tygodnik Urzędowy nr 1 (1919-03-20),
1954 1995  # <http://www.wbc.poznan.pl/publication/32156> pp 1-2.
1955 1996  
1956 1997  # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
1957 1998  Rule    Poland  1918    1919    -       Sep     16      2:00s   0       -
1958 1999  Rule    Poland  1919    only    -       Apr     15      2:00s   1:00    S
1959 2000  Rule    Poland  1944    only    -       Apr      3      2:00s   1:00    S
1960 2001  # Whitman gives 1944 Nov 30; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
1961 2002  Rule    Poland  1944    only    -       Oct      4      2:00    0       -
1962 2003  # For 1944-1948 Whitman gives the previous day; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
1963 2004  Rule    Poland  1945    only    -       Apr     29      0:00    1:00    S
1964 2005  Rule    Poland  1945    only    -       Nov      1      0:00    0       -
1965 2006  # For 1946 on the source is Kazimierz Borkowski,
1966 2007  # Toruń Center for Astronomy, Dept. of Radio Astronomy, Nicolaus Copernicus U.,
1967 2008  # http://www.astro.uni.torun.pl/~kb/Artykuly/U-PA/Czas2.htm#tth_tAb1
1968 2009  # Thanks to Przemysław Augustyniak (2005-05-28) for this reference.
1969 2010  # He also gives these further references:
1970 2011  # Mon Pol nr 13, poz 162 (1995) <http://www.abc.com.pl/serwis/mp/1995/0162.htm>
1971 2012  # Druk nr 2180 (2003) <http://www.senat.gov.pl/k5/dok/sejm/053/2180.pdf>
1972 2013  Rule    Poland  1946    only    -       Apr     14      0:00s   1:00    S
1973 2014  Rule    Poland  1946    only    -       Oct      7      2:00s   0       -
1974 2015  Rule    Poland  1947    only    -       May      4      2:00s   1:00    S
1975 2016  Rule    Poland  1947    1949    -       Oct     Sun>=1  2:00s   0       -
1976 2017  Rule    Poland  1948    only    -       Apr     18      2:00s   1:00    S
1977 2018  Rule    Poland  1949    only    -       Apr     10      2:00s   1:00    S
1978 2019  Rule    Poland  1957    only    -       Jun      2      1:00s   1:00    S
1979 2020  Rule    Poland  1957    1958    -       Sep     lastSun 1:00s   0       -
1980 2021  Rule    Poland  1958    only    -       Mar     30      1:00s   1:00    S
1981 2022  Rule    Poland  1959    only    -       May     31      1:00s   1:00    S
1982 2023  Rule    Poland  1959    1961    -       Oct     Sun>=1  1:00s   0       -
1983 2024  Rule    Poland  1960    only    -       Apr      3      1:00s   1:00    S
1984 2025  Rule    Poland  1961    1964    -       May     lastSun 1:00s   1:00    S
1985 2026  Rule    Poland  1962    1964    -       Sep     lastSun 1:00s   0       -
1986 2027  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
1987 2028  Zone    Europe/Warsaw   1:24:00 -       LMT     1880
1988 2029                          1:24:00 -       WMT     1915 Aug  5 # Warsaw Mean Time
1989 2030                          1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1918 Sep 16  3:00
1990 2031                          2:00    Poland  EE%sT   1922 Jun
1991 2032                          1:00    Poland  CE%sT   1940 Jun 23  2:00
1992 2033                          1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1944 Oct
1993 2034                          1:00    Poland  CE%sT   1977
1994 2035                          1:00    W-Eur   CE%sT   1988
1995 2036                          1:00    EU      CE%sT
1996 2037  
1997 2038  # Portugal
1998 2039  #
1999 2040  # From Paul Eggert (2014-08-11), after a heads-up from Stephen Colebourne:
2000 2041  # According to a Portuguese decree (1911-05-26)
2001 2042  # http://dre.pt/pdf1sdip/1911/05/12500/23132313.pdf
2002 2043  # Lisbon was at -0:36:44.68, but switched to GMT on 1912-01-01 at 00:00.
2003 2044  # Round the old offset to -0:36:45.  This agrees with Willett but disagrees
2004 2045  # with Shanks, who says the transition occurred on 1911-05-24 at 00:00 for
2005 2046  # Europe/Lisbon, Atlantic/Azores, and Atlantic/Madeira.
2006 2047  #
2007 2048  # From Rui Pedro Salgueiro (1992-11-12):
2008 2049  # Portugal has recently (September, 27) changed timezone
2009 2050  # (from WET to MET or CET) to harmonize with EEC.
2010 2051  #
2011 2052  # Martin Bruckmann (1996-02-29) reports via Peter Ilieve
2012 2053  # that Portugal is reverting to 0:00 by not moving its clocks this spring.
2013 2054  # The new Prime Minister was fed up with getting up in the dark in the winter.
2014 2055  #
2015 2056  # From Paul Eggert (1996-11-12):
2016 2057  # IATA SSIM (1991-09) reports several 1991-09 and 1992-09 transitions
2017 2058  # at 02:00u, not 01:00u.  Assume that these are typos.
2018 2059  # IATA SSIM (1991/1992) reports that the Azores were at -1:00.
2019 2060  # IATA SSIM (1993-02) says +0:00; later issues (through 1996-09) say -1:00.
2020 2061  # Guess that the Azores changed to EU rules in 1992 (since that's when Portugal
2021 2062  # harmonized with the EU), and that they stayed +0:00 that winter.
2022 2063  #
2023 2064  # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
2024 2065  # DSH writes that despite Decree 1,469 (1915), the change to the clocks was not
2025 2066  # done every year, depending on what Spain did, because of railroad schedules.
2026 2067  # Go with Shanks & Pottenger.
2027 2068  Rule    Port    1916    only    -       Jun     17      23:00   1:00    S
2028 2069  # Whitman gives 1916 Oct 31; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
2029 2070  Rule    Port    1916    only    -       Nov      1       1:00   0       -
2030 2071  Rule    Port    1917    only    -       Feb     28      23:00s  1:00    S
2031 2072  Rule    Port    1917    1921    -       Oct     14      23:00s  0       -
2032 2073  Rule    Port    1918    only    -       Mar      1      23:00s  1:00    S
2033 2074  Rule    Port    1919    only    -       Feb     28      23:00s  1:00    S
2034 2075  Rule    Port    1920    only    -       Feb     29      23:00s  1:00    S
2035 2076  Rule    Port    1921    only    -       Feb     28      23:00s  1:00    S
2036 2077  Rule    Port    1924    only    -       Apr     16      23:00s  1:00    S
2037 2078  Rule    Port    1924    only    -       Oct     14      23:00s  0       -
2038 2079  Rule    Port    1926    only    -       Apr     17      23:00s  1:00    S
2039 2080  Rule    Port    1926    1929    -       Oct     Sat>=1  23:00s  0       -
2040 2081  Rule    Port    1927    only    -       Apr      9      23:00s  1:00    S
2041 2082  Rule    Port    1928    only    -       Apr     14      23:00s  1:00    S
2042 2083  Rule    Port    1929    only    -       Apr     20      23:00s  1:00    S
2043 2084  Rule    Port    1931    only    -       Apr     18      23:00s  1:00    S
2044 2085  # Whitman gives 1931 Oct 8; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
2045 2086  Rule    Port    1931    1932    -       Oct     Sat>=1  23:00s  0       -
2046 2087  Rule    Port    1932    only    -       Apr      2      23:00s  1:00    S
2047 2088  Rule    Port    1934    only    -       Apr      7      23:00s  1:00    S
2048 2089  # Whitman gives 1934 Oct 5; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
2049 2090  Rule    Port    1934    1938    -       Oct     Sat>=1  23:00s  0       -
2050 2091  # Shanks & Pottenger give 1935 Apr 30; go with Whitman.
2051 2092  Rule    Port    1935    only    -       Mar     30      23:00s  1:00    S
2052 2093  Rule    Port    1936    only    -       Apr     18      23:00s  1:00    S
2053 2094  # Whitman gives 1937 Apr 2; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
2054 2095  Rule    Port    1937    only    -       Apr      3      23:00s  1:00    S
2055 2096  Rule    Port    1938    only    -       Mar     26      23:00s  1:00    S
2056 2097  Rule    Port    1939    only    -       Apr     15      23:00s  1:00    S
2057 2098  # Whitman gives 1939 Oct 7; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
2058 2099  Rule    Port    1939    only    -       Nov     18      23:00s  0       -
2059 2100  Rule    Port    1940    only    -       Feb     24      23:00s  1:00    S
2060 2101  # Shanks & Pottenger give 1940 Oct 7; go with Whitman.
2061 2102  Rule    Port    1940    1941    -       Oct      5      23:00s  0       -
2062 2103  Rule    Port    1941    only    -       Apr      5      23:00s  1:00    S
2063 2104  Rule    Port    1942    1945    -       Mar     Sat>=8  23:00s  1:00    S
2064 2105  Rule    Port    1942    only    -       Apr     25      22:00s  2:00    M # Midsummer
2065 2106  Rule    Port    1942    only    -       Aug     15      22:00s  1:00    S
2066 2107  Rule    Port    1942    1945    -       Oct     Sat>=24 23:00s  0       -
2067 2108  Rule    Port    1943    only    -       Apr     17      22:00s  2:00    M
2068 2109  Rule    Port    1943    1945    -       Aug     Sat>=25 22:00s  1:00    S
2069 2110  Rule    Port    1944    1945    -       Apr     Sat>=21 22:00s  2:00    M
2070 2111  Rule    Port    1946    only    -       Apr     Sat>=1  23:00s  1:00    S
2071 2112  Rule    Port    1946    only    -       Oct     Sat>=1  23:00s  0       -
2072 2113  Rule    Port    1947    1949    -       Apr     Sun>=1   2:00s  1:00    S
2073 2114  Rule    Port    1947    1949    -       Oct     Sun>=1   2:00s  0       -
2074 2115  # Shanks & Pottenger say DST was observed in 1950; go with Whitman.
2075 2116  # Whitman gives Oct lastSun for 1952 on; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
2076 2117  Rule    Port    1951    1965    -       Apr     Sun>=1   2:00s  1:00    S
2077 2118  Rule    Port    1951    1965    -       Oct     Sun>=1   2:00s  0       -
2078 2119  Rule    Port    1977    only    -       Mar     27       0:00s  1:00    S
2079 2120  Rule    Port    1977    only    -       Sep     25       0:00s  0       -
2080 2121  Rule    Port    1978    1979    -       Apr     Sun>=1   0:00s  1:00    S
2081 2122  Rule    Port    1978    only    -       Oct      1       0:00s  0       -
2082 2123  Rule    Port    1979    1982    -       Sep     lastSun  1:00s  0       -
2083 2124  Rule    Port    1980    only    -       Mar     lastSun  0:00s  1:00    S
2084 2125  Rule    Port    1981    1982    -       Mar     lastSun  1:00s  1:00    S
2085 2126  Rule    Port    1983    only    -       Mar     lastSun  2:00s  1:00    S
2086 2127  #
2087 2128  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
2088 2129  Zone    Europe/Lisbon   -0:36:45 -      LMT     1884
2089 2130                          -0:36:45 -      LMT     1912 Jan  1 # Lisbon Mean Time
2090 2131                           0:00   Port    WE%sT   1966 Apr  3  2:00
2091 2132                           1:00   -       CET     1976 Sep 26  1:00
2092 2133                           0:00   Port    WE%sT   1983 Sep 25  1:00s
2093 2134                           0:00   W-Eur   WE%sT   1992 Sep 27  1:00s
2094 2135                           1:00   EU      CE%sT   1996 Mar 31  1:00u
2095 2136                           0:00   EU      WE%sT
2096 2137  Zone Atlantic/Azores    -1:42:40 -      LMT     1884        # Ponta Delgada
2097 2138                          -1:54:32 -      HMT     1912 Jan  1 # Horta Mean Time
2098 2139                          -2:00   Port    AZO%sT  1966 Apr  3  2:00  # Azores Time
2099 2140                          -1:00   Port    AZO%sT  1983 Sep 25  1:00s
2100 2141                          -1:00   W-Eur   AZO%sT  1992 Sep 27  1:00s
2101 2142                           0:00   EU      WE%sT   1993 Mar 28  1:00u
2102 2143                          -1:00   EU      AZO%sT
2103 2144  Zone Atlantic/Madeira   -1:07:36 -      LMT     1884        # Funchal
2104 2145                          -1:07:36 -      FMT     1912 Jan  1 # Funchal Mean Time
2105 2146                          -1:00   Port    MAD%sT  1966 Apr  3  2:00 # Madeira Time
2106 2147                           0:00   Port    WE%sT   1983 Sep 25  1:00s
2107 2148                           0:00   EU      WE%sT
2108 2149  
2109 2150  # Romania
2110 2151  #
2111 2152  # From Paul Eggert (1999-10-07):
2112 2153  # Nine O'clock <http://www.nineoclock.ro/POL/1778pol.html>
2113 2154  # (1998-10-23) reports that the switch occurred at
2114 2155  # 04:00 local time in fall 1998.  For lack of better info,
2115 2156  # assume that Romania and Moldova switched to EU rules in 1997,
2116 2157  # the same year as Bulgaria.
2117 2158  #
2118 2159  # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
2119 2160  Rule    Romania 1932    only    -       May     21       0:00s  1:00    S
2120 2161  Rule    Romania 1932    1939    -       Oct     Sun>=1   0:00s  0       -
2121 2162  Rule    Romania 1933    1939    -       Apr     Sun>=2   0:00s  1:00    S
2122 2163  Rule    Romania 1979    only    -       May     27       0:00   1:00    S
2123 2164  Rule    Romania 1979    only    -       Sep     lastSun  0:00   0       -
2124 2165  Rule    Romania 1980    only    -       Apr      5      23:00   1:00    S
2125 2166  Rule    Romania 1980    only    -       Sep     lastSun  1:00   0       -
2126 2167  Rule    Romania 1991    1993    -       Mar     lastSun  0:00s  1:00    S
2127 2168  Rule    Romania 1991    1993    -       Sep     lastSun  0:00s  0       -
2128 2169  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
2129 2170  Zone Europe/Bucharest   1:44:24 -       LMT     1891 Oct
2130 2171                          1:44:24 -       BMT     1931 Jul 24 # Bucharest MT
2131 2172                          2:00    Romania EE%sT   1981 Mar 29  2:00s
2132 2173                          2:00    C-Eur   EE%sT   1991
2133 2174                          2:00    Romania EE%sT   1994
2134 2175                          2:00    E-Eur   EE%sT   1997
2135 2176                          2:00    EU      EE%sT
2136 2177  
2137 2178  
2138 2179  # Russia
2139 2180  
2140 2181  # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-09-15):
2141 2182  # Based on last Russian Government Decree No. 725 on August 31, 2011
2142 2183  # (Government document
2143 2184  # http://www.government.ru/gov/results/16355/print/
2144 2185  # in Russian)
2145 2186  # there are few corrections have to be made for some Russian time zones...
2146 2187  # All updated Russian Time Zones were placed in table and translated to English
2147 2188  # by WorldTimeZone.com at the link below:
2148 2189  # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia36.htm
2149 2190  
2150 2191  # From Sanjeev Gupta (2011-09-27):
2151 2192  # Scans of [Decree No. 23 of January 8, 1992] are available at:
2152 2193  # http://government.consultant.ru/page.aspx?1223966
2153 2194  # They are in Cyrillic letters (presumably Russian).
2154 2195  
2155 2196  # From Arthur David Olson (2012-05-09):
2156 2197  # Regarding the instant when clocks in time-zone-shifting parts of Russia
2157 2198  # changed in September 2011:
2158 2199  #
2159 2200  # One source is
2160 2201  # http://government.ru/gov/results/16355/
2161 2202  # which, according to translate.google.com, begins "Decree of August 31,
2162 2203  # 2011 No. 725" and contains no other dates or "effective date" information.
2163 2204  #
2164 2205  # Another source is
2165 2206  # http://www.rg.ru/2011/09/06/chas-zona-dok.html
2166 2207  # which, according to translate.google.com, begins "Resolution of the
2167 2208  # Government of the Russian Federation on August 31, 2011 N 725" and also
2168 2209  # contains "Date first official publication: September 6, 2011 Posted on:
2169 2210  # in the 'RG' - Federal Issue No. 5573 September 6, 2011" but which
2170 2211  # does not contain any "effective date" information.
2171 2212  #
2172 2213  # Another source is
2173 2214  # http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oymyakonsky_District#cite_note-RuTime-7
2174 2215  # which, in note 8, contains "Resolution No. 725 of August 31, 2011...
2175 2216  # Effective as of after 7 days following the day of the official publication"
2176 2217  # but which does not contain any reference to September 6, 2011.
2177 2218  #
2178 2219  # The Wikipedia article refers to
2179 2220  # http://base.consultant.ru/cons/cgi/online.cgi?req=doc;base=LAW;n=118896
2180 2221  # which seems to copy the text of the government.ru page.
2181 2222  #
2182 2223  # Tobias Conradi combines Wikipedia's
2183 2224  # "as of after 7 days following the day of the official publication"
2184 2225  # with www.rg.ru's "Date of first official publication: September 6, 2011" to
2185 2226  # get September 13, 2011 as the cutover date (unusually, a Tuesday, as Tobias
2186 2227  # Conradi notes).
2187 2228  #
2188 2229  # None of the sources indicates a time of day for changing clocks.
2189 2230  #
2190 2231  # Go with 2011-09-13 0:00s.
2191 2232  
2192 2233  # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2014-07-01):
2193 2234  # According to the Russian news (ITAR-TASS News Agency)
2194 2235  # http://en.itar-tass.com/russia/738562
2195 2236  # the State Duma has approved ... the draft bill on returning to
2196 2237  # winter time standard and return Russia 11 time zones.  The new
2197 2238  # regulations will come into effect on October 26, 2014 at 02:00 ...
2198 2239  # http://asozd2.duma.gov.ru/main.nsf/%28Spravka%29?OpenAgent&RN=431985-6&02
2199 2240  # Here is a link where we put together table (based on approved Bill N
2200 2241  # 431985-6) with proposed 11 Russian time zones and corresponding
2201 2242  # areas/cities/administrative centers in the Russian Federation (in English):
2202 2243  # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia65.html
2203 2244  #
2204 2245  # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2014-07-22):
2205 2246  # Putin signed the Federal Law 431985-6 ... (in Russian)
2206 2247  # http://itar-tass.com/obschestvo/1333711
2207 2248  # http://www.pravo.gov.ru:8080/page.aspx?111660
2208 2249  # http://www.kremlin.ru/acts/46279
2209 2250  # From October 26, 2014 the new Russian time zone map will looks like this:
2210 2251  # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia-map-2014-07.html
2211 2252  
2212 2253  # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
2213 2254  # Except for Moscow after 1919-07-01, I invented the time zone abbreviations.
2214 2255  # Moscow time zone abbreviations after 1919-07-01, and Moscow rules after 1991,
2215 2256  # are from Andrey A. Chernov.  The rest is from Shanks & Pottenger,
2216 2257  # except we follow Chernov's report that 1992 DST transitions were Sat
2217 2258  # 23:00, not Sun 02:00s.
2218 2259  #
2219 2260  # From Stanislaw A. Kuzikowski (1994-06-29):
2220 2261  # But now it is some months since Novosibirsk is 3 hours ahead of Moscow!
2221 2262  # I do not know why they have decided to make this change;
2222 2263  # as far as I remember it was done exactly during winter->summer switching
2223 2264  # so we (Novosibirsk) simply did not switch.
2224 2265  #
2225 2266  # From Andrey A. Chernov (1996-10-04):
2226 2267  # 'MSK' and 'MSD' were born and used initially on Moscow computers with
2227 2268  # UNIX-like OSes by several developer groups (e.g. Demos group, Kiae group)....
2228 2269  # The next step was the UUCP network, the Relcom predecessor
2229 2270  # (used mainly for mail), and MSK/MSD was actively used there.
2230 2271  #
2231 2272  # From Chris Carrier (1996-10-30):
2232 2273  # According to a friend of mine who rode the Trans-Siberian Railroad from
2233 2274  # Moscow to Irkutsk in 1995, public air and rail transport in Russia ...
2234 2275  # still follows Moscow time, no matter where in Russia it is located.
2235 2276  #
2236 2277  # For Grozny, Chechnya, we have the following story from
2237 2278  # John Daniszewski, "Scavengers in the Rubble", Los Angeles Times (2001-02-07):
2238 2279  # News - often false - is spread by word of mouth.  A rumor that it was
2239 2280  # time to move the clocks back put this whole city out of sync with
2240 2281  # the rest of Russia for two weeks - even soldiers stationed here began
2241 2282  # enforcing curfew at the wrong time.
2242 2283  #
2243 2284  # From Gwillim Law (2001-06-05):
2244 2285  # There's considerable evidence that Sakhalin Island used to be in
2245 2286  # UTC+11, and has changed to UTC+10, in this decade.  I start with the
2246 2287  # SSIM, which listed Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk in zone RU10 along with Magadan
2247 2288  # until February 1997, and then in RU9 with Khabarovsk and Vladivostok
2248 2289  # since September 1997....  Although the Kuril Islands are
2249 2290  # administratively part of Sakhalin oblast', they appear to have
2250 2291  # remained on UTC+11 along with Magadan.
2251 2292  
2252 2293  # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-06):
2253 2294  # The comments detailing the coverage of each Russian zone are meant to assist
2254 2295  # with maintenance only and represent our best guesses as to which regions
2255 2296  # are covered by each zone.  They are not meant to be taken as an authoritative
2256 2297  # listing.  The region codes listed come from
2257 2298  # http://en.wikipedia.org/w/?title=Federal_subjects_of_Russia&oldid=611810498
2258 2299  # and are used for convenience only; no guarantees are made regarding their
  
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2259 2300  # future stability.  ISO 3166-2:RU codes are also listed for first-level
2260 2301  # divisions where available.
2261 2302  
2262 2303  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
2263 2304  
2264 2305  
2265 2306  # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03):
2266 2307  # Europe/Kaliningrad covers...
2267 2308  # 39    RU-KGD  Kaliningrad Oblast
2268 2309  
     2310 +# From Paul Eggert (2016-03-18):
     2311 +# The 1989 transition is from USSR act No. 227 (1989-03-14).
     2312 +
     2313 +# From Stepan Golosunov (2016-03-07):
     2314 +# http://www.rgo.ru/ru/kaliningradskoe-oblastnoe-otdelenie/ob-otdelenii/publikacii/kak-nam-zhilos-bez-letnego-vremeni
     2315 +# confirms that the 1989 change to Moscow-1 was implemented.
     2316 +# (The article, though, is misattributed to 1990 while saying that
     2317 +# summer->winter transition would be done on the 24 of September. But
     2318 +# 1990-09-24 was Monday, while 1989-09-24 was Sunday as expected.)
     2319 +# ...
     2320 +# http://www.kaliningradka.ru/site_pc/cherez/index.php?ELEMENT_ID=40091
     2321 +# says that Kaliningrad switched to Moscow-1 on 1989-03-26, avoided
     2322 +# at the last moment switch to Moscow-1 on 1991-03-31, switched to
     2323 +# Moscow on 1991-11-03, switched to Moscow-1 on 1992-01-19.
     2324 +
2269 2325  Zone Europe/Kaliningrad  1:22:00 -      LMT     1893 Apr
2270 2326                           1:00   C-Eur   CE%sT   1945
2271 2327                           2:00   Poland  CE%sT   1946
2272      -                         3:00   Russia  MSK/MSD 1991 Mar 31  2:00s
     2328 +                         3:00   Russia  MSK/MSD 1989 Mar 26  2:00s
2273 2329                           2:00   Russia  EE%sT   2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2274 2330                           3:00   -       FET     2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2275 2331                           2:00   -       EET
2276 2332  
2277 2333  
2278      -# From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03), per Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25):
     2334 +# From Paul Eggert (2016-02-21), per Tim Parenti (2014-07-03) and
     2335 +# Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25):
2279 2336  # Europe/Moscow covers...
2280 2337  # 01    RU-AD   Adygea, Republic of
2281 2338  # 05    RU-DA   Dagestan, Republic of
2282 2339  # 06    RU-IN   Ingushetia, Republic of
2283 2340  # 07    RU-KB   Kabardino-Balkar Republic
2284 2341  # 08    RU-KL   Kalmykia, Republic of
2285 2342  # 09    RU-KC   Karachay-Cherkess Republic
2286 2343  # 10    RU-KR   Karelia, Republic of
2287 2344  # 11    RU-KO   Komi Republic
2288 2345  # 12    RU-ME   Mari El Republic
2289 2346  # 13    RU-MO   Mordovia, Republic of
2290 2347  # 15    RU-SE   North Ossetia-Alania, Republic of
2291 2348  # 16    RU-TA   Tatarstan, Republic of
2292 2349  # 20    RU-CE   Chechen Republic
2293 2350  # 21    RU-CU   Chuvash Republic
2294 2351  # 23    RU-KDA  Krasnodar Krai
2295 2352  # 26    RU-STA  Stavropol Krai
2296 2353  # 29    RU-ARK  Arkhangelsk Oblast
2297 2354  # 31    RU-BEL  Belgorod Oblast
2298 2355  # 32    RU-BRY  Bryansk Oblast
2299 2356  # 33    RU-VLA  Vladimir Oblast
2300 2357  # 35    RU-VLG  Vologda Oblast
2301 2358  # 36    RU-VOR  Voronezh Oblast
2302 2359  # 37    RU-IVA  Ivanovo Oblast
2303 2360  # 40    RU-KLU  Kaluga Oblast
2304 2361  # 44    RU-KOS  Kostroma Oblast
2305 2362  # 46    RU-KRS  Kursk Oblast
2306 2363  # 47    RU-LEN  Leningrad Oblast
2307 2364  # 48    RU-LIP  Lipetsk Oblast
2308 2365  # 50    RU-MOS  Moscow Oblast
2309 2366  # 51    RU-MUR  Murmansk Oblast
2310 2367  # 52    RU-NIZ  Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
  
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2311 2368  # 53    RU-NGR  Novgorod Oblast
2312 2369  # 57    RU-ORL  Oryol Oblast
2313 2370  # 58    RU-PNZ  Penza Oblast
2314 2371  # 60    RU-PSK  Pskov Oblast
2315 2372  # 61    RU-ROS  Rostov Oblast
2316 2373  # 62    RU-RYA  Ryazan Oblast
2317 2374  # 67    RU-SMO  Smolensk Oblast
2318 2375  # 68    RU-TAM  Tambov Oblast
2319 2376  # 69    RU-TVE  Tver Oblast
2320 2377  # 71    RU-TUL  Tula Oblast
2321      -# 73    RU-ULY  Ulyanovsk Oblast
2322 2378  # 76    RU-YAR  Yaroslavl Oblast
2323 2379  # 77    RU-MOW  Moscow
2324 2380  # 78    RU-SPE  Saint Petersburg
2325 2381  # 83    RU-NEN  Nenets Autonomous Okrug
2326 2382  
     2383 +# From Stepan Golosunov (2016-03-07):
     2384 +# 11. Regions-violators, 1981-1982.
     2385 +# Wikipedia refers to
     2386 +# http://maps.monetonos.ru/maps/raznoe/Old_Maps/Old_Maps/Articles/022/3_1981.html
     2387 +# http://besp.narod.ru/nauka_1981_3.htm
     2388 +#
     2389 +# The second link provides two articles scanned from the Nauka i Zhizn
     2390 +# magazine No. 3, 1981 and a scan of the short article attributed to
     2391 +# the Trud newspaper from February 1982.  The first link provides the
     2392 +# same Nauka i Zhizn articles converted to the text form (but misses
     2393 +# time belt changes map).
     2394 +#
     2395 +# The second Nauka i Zhizn article says that in addition to
     2396 +# introduction of summer time on 1981-04-01 there are some time belt
     2397 +# border changes on 1981-10-01, mostly affecting Nenets Autonomous
     2398 +# Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Yakutia, Magadan Oblast and Chukotka
     2399 +# according to the provided map (colored one).  In addition to that
     2400 +# "time violators" (regions which were not using rules of the time
     2401 +# belts in which they were located) would not be moving off the DST on
     2402 +# 1981-10-01 to restore the decree time usage.  (Komi ASSR was
     2403 +# supposed to repeat that move in October 1982 to account for the 2
     2404 +# hour difference.)  Map depicting "time violators" before 1981-10-01
     2405 +# is also provided.
     2406 +#
     2407 +# The article from Trud says that 1981-10-01 changes caused problems
     2408 +# and some territories would be moved to pre-1981-10-01 time by not
     2409 +# moving to summer time on 1982-04-01.  Namely: Dagestan,
     2410 +# Kabardino-Balkar, Kalmyk, Komi, Mari, Mordovian, North Ossetian,
     2411 +# Tatar, Chechen-Ingush and Chuvash ASSR, Krasnodar and Stavropol
     2412 +# krais, Arkhangelsk, Vladimir, Vologda, Voronezh, Gorky, Ivanovo,
     2413 +# Kostroma, Lipetsk, Penza, Rostov, Ryazan, Tambov, Tyumen and
     2414 +# Yaroslavl oblasts, Nenets and Evenk autonomous okrugs, Khatangsky
     2415 +# district of Taymyr Autonomous Okrug.  As a result Evenk Autonomous
     2416 +# Okrug and Khatangsky district of Taymyr Autonomous Okrug would end
     2417 +# up on Moscow+4, Tyumen Oblast on Moscow+2 and the rest on Moscow
     2418 +# time.
     2419 +#
     2420 +# http://astrozet.net/files/Zones/DOC/RU/1980-925.txt
     2421 +# attributes the 1982 changes to the Act of the Council of Ministers
     2422 +# of the USSR No. 126 from 18.02.1982.  1980-925.txt also adds
     2423 +# Udmurtia to the list of affected territories and lists Khatangsky
     2424 +# district separately from Taymyr Autonomous Okurg.  Probably erroneously.
     2425 +#
     2426 +# The affected territories are currently listed under Europe/Moscow,
     2427 +# Asia/Yekaterinburg and Asia/Krasnoyarsk.
     2428 +#
     2429 +# 12. Udmurtia
     2430 +# The fact that Udmurtia is depicted as a violator in the Nauka i
     2431 +# Zhizn article hints at Izhevsk being on different time from
     2432 +# Kuybyshev before 1981-10-01. Udmurtia is not mentioned in the 1989 act.
     2433 +# http://astrozet.net/files/Zones/DOC/RU/1980-925.txt
     2434 +# implies Udmurtia was on Moscow time after 1982-04-01.
     2435 +# Wikipedia implies Udmurtia being on Moscow+1 until 1991.
     2436 +#
     2437 +# ...
     2438 +#
     2439 +# All Russian zones are supposed to have by default a -1 change at
     2440 +# 1991-03-31 2:00 (cancellation of the decree time in the USSR) and a +1
     2441 +# change at 1992-01-19 2:00 (restoration of the decree time in Russia).
     2442 +#
     2443 +# There were some exceptions, though.
     2444 +# Wikipedia says newspapers listed Astrakhan, Saratov, Kirov, Volgograd,
     2445 +# Izhevsk, Grozny, Kazan and Samara as such exceptions for the 1992
     2446 +# change. (Different newspapers providing different lists. And some
     2447 +# lists found in the internet are quite wild.)
     2448 +#
     2449 +# And apparently some exceptions were reverted in the last moment.
     2450 +# http://www.kaliningradka.ru/site_pc/cherez/index.php?ELEMENT_ID=40091
     2451 +# says that Kaliningrad decided not to be an exception 2 days before the
     2452 +# 1991-03-31 switch and one person at
     2453 +# http://izhevsk.ru/forum_light_message/50/682597-m8369040.html
     2454 +# says he remembers that Samara opted out of the 1992-01-19 exception
     2455 +# 2 days before the switch.
     2456 +#
     2457 +#
     2458 +# From Paul Eggert (2016-03-18):
     2459 +# Given the above, we appear to be missing some Zone entries for the
     2460 +# chaotic early 1980s in Russia.  It's not clear what these entries
     2461 +# should be.  For now, sweep this under the rug and just document the
     2462 +# time in Moscow.
     2463 +
2327 2464  # From Vladimir Karpinsky (2014-07-08):
2328 2465  # LMT in Moscow (before Jul 3, 1916) is 2:30:17, that was defined by Moscow
2329 2466  # Observatory (coordinates: 55 deg. 45'29.70", 37 deg. 34'05.30")....
2330 2467  # LMT in Moscow since Jul 3, 1916 is 2:31:01 as a result of new standard.
2331 2468  # (The info is from the book by Byalokoz ... p. 18.)
2332 2469  # The time in St. Petersburg as capital of Russia was defined by
2333 2470  # Pulkov observatory, near St. Petersburg.  In 1916 LMT Moscow
2334 2471  # was synchronized with LMT St. Petersburg (+30 minutes), (Pulkov observatory
2335 2472  # coordinates: 59 deg. 46'18.70", 30 deg. 19'40.70") so 30 deg. 19'40.70" >
2336 2473  # 2h01m18.7s = 2:01:19.  LMT Moscow = LMT St.Petersburg + 30m 2:01:19 + 0:30 =
2337 2474  # 2:31:19 ...
2338 2475  #
2339 2476  # From Paul Eggert (2014-07-08):
2340 2477  # Milne does not list Moscow, but suggests that its time might be listed in
2341 2478  # Résumés mensuels et annuels des observations météorologiques (1895).
2342 2479  # Presumably this is OCLC 85825704, a journal published with parallel text in
2343 2480  # Russian and French.  This source has not been located; go with Karpinsky.
2344 2481  
2345 2482  Zone Europe/Moscow       2:30:17 -      LMT     1880
2346 2483                           2:30:17 -      MMT     1916 Jul  3 # Moscow Mean Time
2347 2484                           2:31:19 Russia %s      1919 Jul  1  2:00
2348 2485                           3:00   Russia  %s      1921 Oct
2349 2486                           3:00   Russia  MSK/MSD 1922 Oct
2350 2487                           2:00   -       EET     1930 Jun 21
2351 2488                           3:00   Russia  MSK/MSD 1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2352 2489                           2:00   Russia  EE%sT   1992 Jan 19  2:00s
2353 2490                           3:00   Russia  MSK/MSD 2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2354 2491                           4:00   -       MSK     2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2355 2492                           3:00   -       MSK
2356 2493  
2357 2494  
2358 2495  # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03):
2359 2496  # Europe/Simferopol covers...
2360 2497  # **    ****    Crimea, Republic of
2361 2498  # **    ****    Sevastopol
2362 2499  
2363 2500  Zone Europe/Simferopol   2:16:24 -      LMT     1880
2364 2501                           2:16   -       SMT     1924 May  2 # Simferopol Mean T
2365 2502                           2:00   -       EET     1930 Jun 21
2366 2503                           3:00   -       MSK     1941 Nov
2367 2504                           1:00   C-Eur   CE%sT   1944 Apr 13
2368 2505                           3:00   Russia  MSK/MSD 1990
2369 2506                           3:00   -       MSK     1990 Jul  1  2:00
2370 2507                           2:00   -       EET     1992
2371 2508  # Central Crimea used Moscow time 1994/1997.
2372 2509  #
2373 2510  # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
2374 2511  # The _Economist_ (1994-05-28, p 45) reports that central Crimea switched
2375 2512  # from Kiev to Moscow time sometime after the January 1994 elections.
2376 2513  # Shanks (1999) says "date of change uncertain", but implies that it happened
2377 2514  # sometime between the 1994 DST switches.  Shanks & Pottenger simply say
2378 2515  # 1994-09-25 03:00, but that can't be right.  For now, guess it
2379 2516  # changed in May.
2380 2517                           2:00   E-Eur   EE%sT   1994 May
2381 2518  # From IATA SSIM (1994/1997), which also says that Kerch is still like Kiev.
2382 2519                           3:00   E-Eur   MSK/MSD 1996 Mar 31  0:00s
2383 2520                           3:00   1:00    MSD     1996 Oct 27  3:00s
2384 2521  # IATA SSIM (1997-09) says Crimea switched to EET/EEST.
2385 2522  # Assume it happened in March by not changing the clocks.
2386 2523                           3:00   Russia  MSK/MSD 1997
2387 2524                           3:00   -       MSK     1997 Mar lastSun  1:00u
2388 2525  # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2014-03-17):
2389 2526  # time change at 2:00 (2am) on March 30, 2014
  
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2390 2527  # http://vz.ru/news/2014/3/17/677464.html
2391 2528  # From Paul Eggert (2014-03-30):
2392 2529  # Simferopol and Sevastopol reportedly changed their central town clocks
2393 2530  # late the previous day, but this appears to have been ceremonial
2394 2531  # and the discrepancies are small enough to not worry about.
2395 2532                           2:00   EU      EE%sT   2014 Mar 30  2:00
2396 2533                           4:00   -       MSK     2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2397 2534                           3:00   -       MSK
2398 2535  
2399 2536  
2400      -# From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03):
2401      -# Europe/Volgograd covers...
     2537 +# From Paul Eggert (2016-03-18):
     2538 +# Europe/Astrakhan covers:
2402 2539  # 30    RU-AST  Astrakhan Oblast
     2540 +#
     2541 +# The 1989 transition is from USSR act No. 227 (1989-03-14).
     2542 +
     2543 +# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2016-01-12):
     2544 +# On February 10, 2016 Astrakhan Oblast got approval by the Federation
     2545 +# Council to change its time zone to UTC+4 (from current UTC+3 Moscow time)....
     2546 +# This Federal Law shall enter into force on 27 March 2016 at 02:00.
     2547 +# From Matt Johnson (2016-03-09):
     2548 +# http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201602150056
     2549 +
     2550 +Zone Europe/Astrakhan    3:12:12 -      LMT     1924 May
     2551 +                         3:00   -       +03     1930 Jun 21
     2552 +                         4:00   Russia  +04/+05 1989 Mar 26  2:00s
     2553 +                         3:00   Russia  +03/+04 1991 Mar 31  2:00s
     2554 +                         4:00   -       +04     1992 Mar 29  2:00s
     2555 +                         3:00   Russia  +03/+04 2011 Mar 27  2:00s
     2556 +                         4:00   -       +04     2014 Oct 26  2:00s
     2557 +                         3:00   -       +03     2016 Mar 27  2:00s
     2558 +                         4:00   -       +04
     2559 +
     2560 +# From Paul Eggert (2016-03-18):
     2561 +# Europe/Volgograd covers:
2403 2562  # 34    RU-VGG  Volgograd Oblast
2404      -# 43    RU-KIR  Kirov Oblast
2405 2563  # 64    RU-SAR  Saratov Oblast
     2564 +# The 1988 transition is from USSR act No. 5 (1988-01-04).
2406 2565  
2407      -# From Paul Eggert (2006-05-09):
2408      -# Shanks & Pottenger say Kirov is still at +0400 but Wikipedia says +0300.
2409      -# Perhaps it switched after the others?  But we have no data.
2410      -
2411 2566  Zone Europe/Volgograd    2:57:40 -      LMT     1920 Jan  3
2412 2567                           3:00   -       TSAT    1925 Apr  6 # Tsaritsyn Time
2413 2568                           3:00   -       STAT    1930 Jun 21 # Stalingrad Time
2414 2569                           4:00   -       STAT    1961 Nov 11
2415      -                         4:00   Russia  VOL%sT  1989 Mar 26  2:00s # Volgograd T
     2570 +                         4:00   Russia  VOL%sT  1988 Mar 27  2:00s # Volgograd T
2416 2571                           3:00   Russia  VOL%sT  1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2417 2572                           4:00   -       VOLT    1992 Mar 29  2:00s
2418 2573                           3:00   Russia  MSK/MSD 2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2419 2574                           4:00   -       MSK     2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2420 2575                           3:00   -       MSK
2421 2576  
     2577 +# From Paul Eggert (2016-03-18):
     2578 +# Europe/Kirov covers:
     2579 +# 43    RU-KIR  Kirov Oblast
     2580 +# The 1989 transition is from USSR act No. 227 (1989-03-14).
     2581 +#
     2582 +# Europe/Kirov is still in draft form and for now is commented out.
     2583 +#
     2584 +#Zone Europe/Kirov       3:18:48 -      LMT     1919 Jul  1  2:00
     2585 +#                        3:00   -       +03     1930 Jun 21
     2586 +#                        4:00   Russia  +04/+05 1989 Mar 26  2:00s
     2587 +#                        3:00   Russia  +03/+04 1991 Mar 31  2:00s
     2588 +#                        4:00   -       +04     1992 Mar 29  2:00s
     2589 +#                        3:00   Russia  +03/+04 2011 Mar 27  2:00s
     2590 +#                        4:00   -       +04     2014 Oct 26  2:00s
     2591 +#                        3:00   -       +03
2422 2592  
2423 2593  # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03), per Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25):
2424 2594  # Europe/Samara covers...
2425 2595  # 18    RU-UD   Udmurt Republic
2426 2596  # 63    RU-SAM  Samara Oblast
2427 2597  
     2598 +# From Paul Eggert (2016-03-18):
2428 2599  # Byalokoz 1919 says Samara was 3:20:20.
     2600 +# The 1989 transition is from USSR act No. 227 (1989-03-14).
2429 2601  
2430 2602  Zone Europe/Samara       3:20:20 -      LMT     1919 Jul  1  2:00
2431      -                         3:00   -       SAMT    1930 Jun 21
     2603 +                         3:00   -       SAMT    1930 Jun 21 # Samara Time
2432 2604                           4:00   -       SAMT    1935 Jan 27
2433 2605                           4:00   Russia  KUY%sT  1989 Mar 26  2:00s # Kuybyshev
2434 2606                           3:00   Russia  MSK/MSD 1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2435 2607                           2:00   Russia  EE%sT   1991 Sep 29  2:00s
2436      -                         3:00   -       KUYT    1991 Oct 20  3:00
2437      -                         4:00   Russia  SAM%sT  2010 Mar 28  2:00s # Samara Time
     2608 +                         3:00   -       SAMT    1991 Oct 20  3:00
     2609 +                         4:00   Russia  SAM%sT  2010 Mar 28  2:00s
2438 2610                           3:00   Russia  SAM%sT  2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2439 2611                           4:00   -       SAMT
2440 2612  
     2613 +# From Paul Eggert (2016-03-18):
     2614 +# Europe/Ulyanovsk covers:
     2615 +# 73    RU-ULY  Ulyanovsk Oblast
2441 2616  
     2617 +# The 1989 transition is from USSR act No. 227 (1989-03-14).
     2618 +
     2619 +# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2016-02-17):
     2620 +# Ulyanovsk ... on their way to change time zones by March 27, 2016 at 2am.
     2621 +# Ulyanovsk Oblast ... from MSK to MSK+1 (UTC+3 to UTC+4) ...
     2622 +# 920582-6 ... 02/17/2016 The State Duma passed the bill in the first reading.
     2623 +# From Matt Johnson (2016-03-09):
     2624 +# http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201603090051
     2625 +
     2626 +Zone Europe/Ulyanovsk    3:13:36 -      LMT     1919 Jul  1  2:00
     2627 +                         3:00   -       +03     1930 Jun 21
     2628 +                         4:00   Russia  +04/+05 1989 Mar 26  2:00s
     2629 +                         3:00   Russia  +03/+04 1991 Mar 31  2:00s
     2630 +                         2:00   Russia  +02/+03 1992 Jan 19  2:00s
     2631 +                         3:00   Russia  +03/+04 2011 Mar 27  2:00s
     2632 +                         4:00   -       +04     2014 Oct 26  2:00s
     2633 +                         3:00   -       +03     2016 Mar 27  2:00s
     2634 +                         4:00   -       +04
     2635 +
2442 2636  # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03), per Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25):
2443 2637  # Asia/Yekaterinburg covers...
2444 2638  # 02    RU-BA   Bashkortostan, Republic of
2445 2639  # 90    RU-PER  Perm Krai
2446 2640  # 45    RU-KGN  Kurgan Oblast
2447 2641  # 56    RU-ORE  Orenburg Oblast
2448 2642  # 66    RU-SVE  Sverdlovsk Oblast
2449 2643  # 72    RU-TYU  Tyumen Oblast
2450 2644  # 74    RU-CHE  Chelyabinsk Oblast
2451 2645  # 86    RU-KHM  Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug - Yugra
2452 2646  # 89    RU-YAN  Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
2453 2647  #
2454 2648  # Note: Effective 2005-12-01, (59) Perm Oblast and (81) Komi-Permyak
2455 2649  # Autonomous Okrug merged to form (90, RU-PER) Perm Krai.
2456 2650  
2457 2651  # Milne says Yekaterinburg was 4:02:32.9; round to nearest.
2458 2652  # Byalokoz 1919 says its provincial time was based on Perm, at 3:45:05.
2459 2653  # Assume it switched on 1916-07-03, the time of the new standard.
2460 2654  # The 1919 and 1930 transitions are from Shanks.
2461 2655  
2462 2656  Zone Asia/Yekaterinburg  4:02:33 -      LMT     1916 Jul  3
2463 2657                           3:45:05 -      PMT     1919 Jul 15  4:00
  
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2464 2658                           4:00   -       SVET    1930 Jun 21 # Sverdlovsk Time
2465 2659                           5:00   Russia  SVE%sT  1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2466 2660                           4:00   Russia  SVE%sT  1992 Jan 19  2:00s
2467 2661                           5:00   Russia  YEK%sT  2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2468 2662                           6:00   -       YEKT    2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2469 2663                           5:00   -       YEKT
2470 2664  
2471 2665  
2472 2666  # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03), per Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25):
2473 2667  # Asia/Omsk covers...
2474      -# 04    RU-AL   Altai Republic
2475      -# 22    RU-ALT  Altai Krai
2476 2668  # 55    RU-OMS  Omsk Oblast
2477 2669  
2478 2670  # Byalokoz 1919 says Omsk was 4:53:30.
2479 2671  
2480 2672  Zone Asia/Omsk           4:53:30 -      LMT     1919 Nov 14
2481 2673                           5:00   -       OMST    1930 Jun 21 # Omsk Time
2482 2674                           6:00   Russia  OMS%sT  1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2483 2675                           5:00   Russia  OMS%sT  1992 Jan 19  2:00s
2484 2676                           6:00   Russia  OMS%sT  2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2485 2677                           7:00   -       OMST    2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2486 2678                           6:00   -       OMST
2487 2679  
     2680 +# From Paul Eggert (2016-02-22):
     2681 +# Asia/Barnaul covers:
     2682 +# 04    RU-AL   Altai Republic
     2683 +# 22    RU-ALT  Altai Krai
2488 2684  
2489      -# From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03):
2490      -# Asia/Novosibirsk covers...
2491      -# 54    RU-NVS  Novosibirsk Oblast
2492      -# 70    RU-TOM  Tomsk Oblast
     2685 +# Data before 1991 are from Shanks & Pottenger.
2493 2686  
2494      -# From Paul Eggert (2006-08-19): I'm guessing about Tomsk here; it's
2495      -# not clear when it switched from +7 to +6.
     2687 +# From Stepan Golosunov (2016-03-07):
     2688 +# Letter of Bank of Russia from 1995-05-25
     2689 +# http://www.bestpravo.ru/rossijskoje/lj-akty/y3a.htm
     2690 +# suggests that Altai Republic transitioned to Moscow+3 on
     2691 +# 1995-05-28.
     2692 +#
     2693 +# http://regnum.ru/news/society/1957270.html
     2694 +# has some historical data for Altai Krai:
     2695 +# before 1957: west part on UTC+6, east on UTC+7
     2696 +# after 1957: UTC+7
     2697 +# since 1995: UTC+6
     2698 +# http://barnaul.rusplt.ru/index/pochemu_altajskij_kraj_okazalsja_v_neprivychnom_chasovom_pojase-17648.html
     2699 +# confirms that and provides more details including 1995-05-28 transition date.
2496 2700  
     2701 +# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2016-02-17):
     2702 +# Altai Krai and Altai Republic on their way to change time zones
     2703 +# by March 27, 2016 at 2am....
     2704 +# Altai Republic / Gorno-Altaysk MSK+3 to MSK+4 (UTC+6 to UTC+7) ...
     2705 +# Altai Krai / Barnaul MSK+3 to MSK+4 (UTC+6 to UTC+7)
     2706 +# From Matt Johnson (2016-03-09):
     2707 +# http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201603090043
     2708 +# http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201603090038
     2709 +
     2710 +Zone Asia/Barnaul        5:35:00 -      LMT     1919 Dec 10
     2711 +                         6:00   -       +06     1930 Jun 21
     2712 +                         7:00   Russia  +07/+08 1991 Mar 31  2:00s
     2713 +                         6:00   Russia  +06/+07 1992 Jan 19  2:00s
     2714 +                         7:00   Russia  +07/+08 1995 May 28
     2715 +                         6:00   Russia  +06/+07 2011 Mar 27  2:00s
     2716 +                         7:00   -       +07     2014 Oct 26  2:00s
     2717 +                         6:00   -       +06     2016 Mar 27  2:00s
     2718 +                         7:00   -       +07
     2719 +
     2720 +# From Paul Eggert (2016-03-18):
     2721 +# Asia/Novosibirsk covers:
     2722 +# 54    RU-NVS  Novosibirsk Oblast
     2723 +
2497 2724  Zone Asia/Novosibirsk    5:31:40 -      LMT     1919 Dec 14  6:00
2498 2725                           6:00   -       NOVT    1930 Jun 21 # Novosibirsk Time
2499 2726                           7:00   Russia  NOV%sT  1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2500 2727                           6:00   Russia  NOV%sT  1992 Jan 19  2:00s
2501 2728                           7:00   Russia  NOV%sT  1993 May 23 # say Shanks & P.
2502 2729                           6:00   Russia  NOV%sT  2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2503 2730                           7:00   -       NOVT    2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2504 2731                           6:00   -       NOVT
2505 2732  
     2733 +# From Paul Eggert (2016-03-18):
     2734 +# Asia/Tomsk covers:
     2735 +# 70    RU-TOM  Tomsk Oblast
     2736 +#
     2737 +# Asia/Tomsk is still in draft form and for now is commented out.
     2738 +# Tomsk may be changing time zones in 2016 (not decided yet).
2506 2739  
     2740 +# From Stanislaw A. Kuzikowski (1994-06-29):
     2741 +# Tomsk is still 4 hours ahead of Moscow.
     2742 +
     2743 +# From Stepan Golosunov (2016-03-19):
     2744 +# http://pravo.gov.ru/proxy/ips/?docbody=&nd=102075743
     2745 +# (fifth time belt being UTC+5+1(decree time)
     2746 +# / UTC+5+1(decree time)+1(summer time)) ...
     2747 +# Note that time belts (numbered from 2 (Moscow) to 12 according to their
     2748 +# GMT/UTC offset and having too many exceptions like regions formally
     2749 +# belonging to one belt but using time from another) were replaced
     2750 +# with time zones in 2011 with different numberings (there was a
     2751 +# 2-hour gap between second and third zones in 2011-2014).
     2752 +
     2753 +#Zone Asia/Tomsk         5:39:52 -      LMT     1919 Dec 22
     2754 +#                        6:00   -       +06     1930 Jun 21
     2755 +#                        7:00   Russia  +07/+08 1991 Mar 31  2:00s
     2756 +#                        6:00   Russia  +06/+07 1992 Jan 19  2:00s
     2757 +#                        7:00   Russia  +07/+08 2002 May  1  3:00
     2758 +#                        6:00   Russia  +06/+07 2011 Mar 27  2:00s
     2759 +#                        7:00   -       +07     2014 Oct 26  2:00s
     2760 +#                        6:00   -       +06
     2761 +
     2762 +
2507 2763  # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03):
2508 2764  # Asia/Novokuznetsk covers...
2509 2765  # 42    RU-KEM  Kemerovo Oblast
2510 2766  
2511 2767  # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-10-13):
2512 2768  # Kemerovo oblast' (Kemerovo region) in Russia will change current time zone on
2513 2769  # March 28, 2010:
2514 2770  # from current Russia Zone 6 - Krasnoyarsk Time Zone (KRA) UTC +0700
2515 2771  # to Russia Zone 5 - Novosibirsk Time Zone (NOV) UTC +0600
2516 2772  #
2517 2773  # This is according to Government of Russia decree No. 740, on September
2518 2774  # 14, 2009 "Application in the territory of the Kemerovo region the Fifth
  
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2519 2775  # time zone." ("Russia Zone 5" or old "USSR Zone 5" is GMT +0600)
2520 2776  #
2521 2777  # Russian Government web site (Russian language)
2522 2778  # http://www.government.ru/content/governmentactivity/rfgovernmentdecisions/archive/2009/09/14/991633.htm
2523 2779  # or Russian-English translation by WorldTimeZone.com with reference
2524 2780  # map to local region and new Russia Time Zone map after March 28, 2010
2525 2781  # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia03.html
2526 2782  #
2527 2783  # Thus, when Russia will switch to DST on the night of March 28, 2010
2528 2784  # Kemerovo region (Kemerovo oblast') will not change the clock.
2529      -#
2530      -# As a result, Kemerovo oblast' will be in the same time zone as
2531      -# Novosibirsk, Omsk, Tomsk, Barnaul and Altai Republic.
2532 2785  
2533 2786  # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-02), per Alexander Krivenyshev (2014-07-02):
2534 2787  # The Kemerovo region will remain at UTC+7 through the 2014-10-26 change, thus
2535 2788  # realigning itself with KRAT.
2536 2789  
2537 2790  Zone Asia/Novokuznetsk   5:48:48 -      LMT     1924 May  1
2538 2791                           6:00   -       KRAT    1930 Jun 21 # Krasnoyarsk Time
2539 2792                           7:00   Russia  KRA%sT  1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2540 2793                           6:00   Russia  KRA%sT  1992 Jan 19  2:00s
2541 2794                           7:00   Russia  KRA%sT  2010 Mar 28  2:00s
2542 2795                           6:00   Russia  NOV%sT  2011 Mar 27  2:00s # Novosibirsk
2543 2796                           7:00   -       NOVT    2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2544 2797                           7:00   -       KRAT    # Krasnoyarsk Time
2545 2798  
2546 2799  
2547 2800  # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03), per Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25):
2548 2801  # Asia/Krasnoyarsk covers...
2549 2802  # 17    RU-TY   Tuva Republic
2550 2803  # 19    RU-KK   Khakassia, Republic of
2551 2804  # 24    RU-KYA  Krasnoyarsk Krai
2552 2805  #
2553 2806  # Note: Effective 2007-01-01, (88) Evenk Autonomous Okrug and (84) Taymyr
2554 2807  # Autonomous Okrug were merged into (24, RU-KYA) Krasnoyarsk Krai.
2555 2808  
2556 2809  # Byalokoz 1919 says Krasnoyarsk was 6:11:26.
2557 2810  
2558 2811  Zone Asia/Krasnoyarsk    6:11:26 -      LMT     1920 Jan  6
2559 2812                           6:00   -       KRAT    1930 Jun 21 # Krasnoyarsk Time
2560 2813                           7:00   Russia  KRA%sT  1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2561 2814                           6:00   Russia  KRA%sT  1992 Jan 19  2:00s
2562 2815                           7:00   Russia  KRA%sT  2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2563 2816                           8:00   -       KRAT    2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2564 2817                           7:00   -       KRAT
2565 2818  
2566 2819  
2567 2820  # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03), per Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25):
2568 2821  # Asia/Irkutsk covers...
2569 2822  # 03    RU-BU   Buryatia, Republic of
2570 2823  # 38    RU-IRK  Irkutsk Oblast
2571 2824  #
2572 2825  # Note: Effective 2008-01-01, (85) Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Okrug was
2573 2826  # merged into (38, RU-IRK) Irkutsk Oblast.
2574 2827  
2575 2828  # Milne 1899 says Irkutsk was 6:57:15.
2576 2829  # Byalokoz 1919 says Irkutsk was 6:57:05.
2577 2830  # Go with Byalokoz.
2578 2831  
2579 2832  Zone Asia/Irkutsk        6:57:05 -      LMT     1880
2580 2833                           6:57:05 -      IMT     1920 Jan 25 # Irkutsk Mean Time
2581 2834                           7:00   -       IRKT    1930 Jun 21 # Irkutsk Time
2582 2835                           8:00   Russia  IRK%sT  1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2583 2836                           7:00   Russia  IRK%sT  1992 Jan 19  2:00s
2584 2837                           8:00   Russia  IRK%sT  2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2585 2838                           9:00   -       IRKT    2014 Oct 26  2:00s
  
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2586 2839                           8:00   -       IRKT
2587 2840  
2588 2841  
2589 2842  # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-06):
2590 2843  # Asia/Chita covers...
2591 2844  # 92    RU-ZAB  Zabaykalsky Krai
2592 2845  #
2593 2846  # Note: Effective 2008-03-01, (75) Chita Oblast and (80) Agin-Buryat
2594 2847  # Autonomous Okrug merged to form (92, RU-ZAB) Zabaykalsky Krai.
2595 2848  
     2849 +# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2016-01-02):
     2850 +# [The] time zone in the Trans-Baikal Territory (Zabaykalsky Krai) -
     2851 +# Asia/Chita [is changing] from UTC+8 to UTC+9.  Effective date will
     2852 +# be March 27, 2016 at 2:00am....
     2853 +# http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201512300107
     2854 +
2596 2855  Zone Asia/Chita  7:33:52 -      LMT     1919 Dec 15
2597 2856                           8:00   -       YAKT    1930 Jun 21 # Yakutsk Time
2598 2857                           9:00   Russia  YAK%sT  1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2599 2858                           8:00   Russia  YAK%sT  1992 Jan 19  2:00s
2600 2859                           9:00   Russia  YAK%sT  2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2601 2860                          10:00   -       YAKT    2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2602      -                         8:00   -       IRKT
     2861 +                         8:00   -       IRKT    2016 Mar 27  2:00
     2862 +                         9:00   -       YAKT
2603 2863  
2604 2864  
2605 2865  # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03), per Oscar van Vlijmen (2009-11-29):
2606 2866  # Asia/Yakutsk covers...
2607 2867  # 28    RU-AMU  Amur Oblast
2608 2868  #
2609 2869  # ...and parts of (14, RU-SA) Sakha (Yakutia) Republic:
2610 2870  # 14-02 ****    Aldansky District
2611 2871  # 14-04 ****    Amginsky District
2612 2872  # 14-05 ****    Anabarsky District
2613 2873  # 14-06 ****    Bulunsky District
2614 2874  # 14-07 ****    Verkhnevilyuysky District
2615 2875  # 14-10 ****    Vilyuysky District
2616 2876  # 14-11 ****    Gorny District
2617 2877  # 14-12 ****    Zhigansky District
2618 2878  # 14-13 ****    Kobyaysky District
2619 2879  # 14-14 ****    Lensky District
2620 2880  # 14-15 ****    Megino-Kangalassky District
2621 2881  # 14-16 ****    Mirninsky District
2622 2882  # 14-18 ****    Namsky District
2623 2883  # 14-19 ****    Neryungrinsky District
2624 2884  # 14-21 ****    Nyurbinsky District
2625 2885  # 14-23 ****    Olenyoksky District
2626 2886  # 14-24 ****    Olyokminsky District
2627 2887  # 14-26 ****    Suntarsky District
2628 2888  # 14-27 ****    Tattinsky District
2629 2889  # 14-29 ****    Ust-Aldansky District
2630 2890  # 14-32 ****    Khangalassky District
2631 2891  # 14-33 ****    Churapchinsky District
2632 2892  # 14-34 ****    Eveno-Bytantaysky National District
2633 2893  
2634 2894  # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03):
2635 2895  # Our commentary seems to have lost mention of (14-19) Neryungrinsky District.
2636 2896  # Since the surrounding districts of Sakha are all YAKT, assume this is, too.
2637 2897  # Also assume its history has been the same as the rest of Asia/Yakutsk.
2638 2898  
2639 2899  # Byalokoz 1919 says Yakutsk was 8:38:58.
2640 2900  
2641 2901  Zone Asia/Yakutsk        8:38:58 -      LMT     1919 Dec 15
2642 2902                           8:00   -       YAKT    1930 Jun 21 # Yakutsk Time
2643 2903                           9:00   Russia  YAK%sT  1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2644 2904                           8:00   Russia  YAK%sT  1992 Jan 19  2:00s
2645 2905                           9:00   Russia  YAK%sT  2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2646 2906                          10:00   -       YAKT    2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2647 2907                           9:00   -       YAKT
2648 2908  
2649 2909  
2650 2910  # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03), per Oscar van Vlijmen (2009-11-29):
2651 2911  # Asia/Vladivostok covers...
2652 2912  # 25    RU-PRI  Primorsky Krai
2653 2913  # 27    RU-KHA  Khabarovsk Krai
2654 2914  # 79    RU-YEV  Jewish Autonomous Oblast
2655 2915  #
2656 2916  # ...and parts of (14, RU-SA) Sakha (Yakutia) Republic:
2657 2917  # 14-09 ****    Verkhoyansky District
2658 2918  # 14-31 ****    Ust-Yansky District
2659 2919  
2660 2920  # Milne 1899 says Vladivostok was 8:47:33.5.
2661 2921  # Byalokoz 1919 says Vladivostok was 8:47:31.
2662 2922  # Go with Byalokoz.
2663 2923  
2664 2924  Zone Asia/Vladivostok    8:47:31 -      LMT     1922 Nov 15
2665 2925                           9:00   -       VLAT    1930 Jun 21 # Vladivostok Time
2666 2926                          10:00   Russia  VLA%sT  1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2667 2927                           9:00   Russia  VLA%sT  1992 Jan 19  2:00s
2668 2928                          10:00   Russia  VLA%sT  2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2669 2929                          11:00   -       VLAT    2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2670 2930                          10:00   -       VLAT
2671 2931  
2672 2932  
2673 2933  # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03):
2674 2934  # Asia/Khandyga covers parts of (14, RU-SA) Sakha (Yakutia) Republic:
2675 2935  # 14-28 ****    Tomponsky District
2676 2936  # 14-30 ****    Ust-Maysky District
2677 2937  
2678 2938  # From Arthur David Olson (2012-05-09):
2679 2939  # Tomponskij and Ust'-Majskij switched from Vladivostok time to Yakutsk time
2680 2940  # in 2011.
2681 2941  
2682 2942  # From Paul Eggert (2012-11-25):
2683 2943  # Shanks and Pottenger (2003) has Khandyga on Yakutsk time.
2684 2944  # Make a wild guess that it switched to Vladivostok time in 2004.
2685 2945  # This transition is no doubt wrong, but we have no better info.
2686 2946  
2687 2947  Zone Asia/Khandyga       9:02:13 -      LMT     1919 Dec 15
2688 2948                           8:00   -       YAKT    1930 Jun 21 # Yakutsk Time
2689 2949                           9:00   Russia  YAK%sT  1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2690 2950                           8:00   Russia  YAK%sT  1992 Jan 19  2:00s
2691 2951                           9:00   Russia  YAK%sT  2004
2692 2952                          10:00   Russia  VLA%sT  2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2693 2953                          11:00   -       VLAT    2011 Sep 13  0:00s # Decree 725?
  
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2694 2954                          10:00   -       YAKT    2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2695 2955                           9:00   -       YAKT
2696 2956  
2697 2957  
2698 2958  # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03):
2699 2959  # Asia/Sakhalin covers...
2700 2960  # 65    RU-SAK  Sakhalin Oblast
2701 2961  # ...with the exception of:
2702 2962  # 65-11 ****    Severo-Kurilsky District (North Kuril Islands)
2703 2963  
     2964 +# From Matt Johnson (2016-02-22):
     2965 +# Asia/Sakhalin is moving (in entirety) from UTC+10 to UTC+11 ...
     2966 +# (2016-03-09):
     2967 +# http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201603090044
     2968 +
2704 2969  # The Zone name should be Asia/Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, but that's too long.
2705 2970  Zone Asia/Sakhalin       9:30:48 -      LMT     1905 Aug 23
2706 2971                           9:00   -       JCST    1937 Oct  1
2707 2972                           9:00   -       JST     1945 Aug 25
2708 2973                          11:00   Russia  SAK%sT  1991 Mar 31  2:00s # Sakhalin T
2709 2974                          10:00   Russia  SAK%sT  1992 Jan 19  2:00s
2710 2975                          11:00   Russia  SAK%sT  1997 Mar lastSun  2:00s
2711 2976                          10:00   Russia  SAK%sT  2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2712 2977                          11:00   -       SAKT    2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2713      -                        10:00   -       SAKT
     2978 +                        10:00   -       SAKT    2016 Mar 27  2:00s
     2979 +                        11:00   -       SAKT
2714 2980  
2715 2981  
2716 2982  # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03), per Oscar van Vlijmen (2009-11-29):
2717 2983  # Asia/Magadan covers...
2718 2984  # 49    RU-MAG  Magadan Oblast
2719 2985  
2720 2986  # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-06), per Alexander Krivenyshev (2014-07-02):
2721 2987  # Magadan Oblast is moving from UTC+12 to UTC+10 on 2014-10-26; however,
2722 2988  # several districts of Sakha Republic as well as Severo-Kurilsky District of
2723 2989  # the Sakhalin Oblast (also known as the North Kuril Islands), represented
2724 2990  # until now by Asia/Magadan, will instead move to UTC+11.  These regions will
2725 2991  # need their own zone.
2726 2992  
     2993 +# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2016-01-03):
     2994 +# Magadan Oblast / Magadan (draft bill date of entry 2015-12-08),
     2995 +# UTC+10 to UTC+11
     2996 +# From Stepan Golosunov (2016-03-17):
     2997 +# The bill is currently proposed to be approved in both the second and
     2998 +# the third readings on 2016-03-22. It might be in time to be approved
     2999 +# by the Federation Council on 2016-03-23.
     3000 +
2727 3001  Zone Asia/Magadan       10:03:12 -      LMT     1924 May  2
2728 3002                          10:00   -       MAGT    1930 Jun 21 # Magadan Time
2729 3003                          11:00   Russia  MAG%sT  1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2730 3004                          10:00   Russia  MAG%sT  1992 Jan 19  2:00s
2731 3005                          11:00   Russia  MAG%sT  2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2732 3006                          12:00   -       MAGT    2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2733 3007                          10:00   -       MAGT
     3008 +# From Paul Eggert (2016-03-18):
     3009 +# If the bill passes as-is, replace the previous data line with:
     3010 +#                       10:00   -       MAGT    2016 Apr 24  2:00s
     3011 +#                       11:00   -       MAGT
     3012 +# and update zone1970.tab and zone.tab to say "MSK+08" for Asia/Magadan.
2734 3013  
2735 3014  
2736 3015  # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-06):
2737 3016  # Asia/Srednekolymsk covers parts of (14, RU-SA) Sakha (Yakutia) Republic:
2738 3017  # 14-01 ****    Abyysky District
2739 3018  # 14-03 ****    Allaikhovsky District
2740 3019  # 14-08 ****    Verkhnekolymsky District
2741 3020  # 14-17 ****    Momsky District
2742 3021  # 14-20 ****    Nizhnekolymsky District
2743 3022  # 14-25 ****    Srednekolymsky District
2744 3023  #
2745 3024  # ...and parts of (65, RU-SAK) Sakhalin Oblast:
2746 3025  # 65-11 ****    Severo-Kurilsky District (North Kuril Islands)
2747 3026  
2748 3027  # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-02):
2749 3028  # Oymyakonsky District of Sakha Republic (represented by Ust-Nera), along with
2750 3029  # most of Sakhalin Oblast (represented by Sakhalin) will be moving to UTC+10 on
2751 3030  # 2014-10-26 to stay aligned with VLAT/SAKT; however, Severo-Kurilsky District
2752 3031  # of the Sakhalin Oblast (also known as the North Kuril Islands, represented by
2753 3032  # Severo-Kurilsk) will remain on UTC+11.
2754 3033  
2755 3034  # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-06):
2756 3035  # Assume North Kuril Islands have history like Magadan before 2011-03-27.
2757 3036  # There is a decent chance this is wrong, in which case a new zone
2758 3037  # Asia/Severo-Kurilsk would become necessary.
2759 3038  #
2760 3039  # Srednekolymsk and Zyryanka are the most populous places amongst these
2761 3040  # districts, but have very similar populations.  In fact, Wikipedia currently
2762 3041  # lists them both as having 3528 people, exactly 1668 males and 1860 females
2763 3042  # each!  (Yikes!)
2764 3043  # http://en.wikipedia.org/w/?title=Srednekolymsky_District&oldid=603435276
2765 3044  # http://en.wikipedia.org/w/?title=Verkhnekolymsky_District&oldid=594378493
2766 3045  # Assume this is a mistake, albeit an amusing one.
2767 3046  #
2768 3047  # Looking at censuses, the populations of the two municipalities seem to have
2769 3048  # fluctuated recently.  Zyryanka was more populous than Srednekolymsk in the
2770 3049  # 1989 and 2002 censuses, but Srednekolymsk was more populous in the most
2771 3050  # recent (2010) census, 3525 to 3170.  (See pages 195 and 197 of
2772 3051  # http://www.gks.ru/free_doc/new_site/perepis2010/croc/Documents/Vol1/pub-01-05.pdf
2773 3052  # in Russian.)  In addition, Srednekolymsk appears to be a much older
2774 3053  # settlement and the population of Zyryanka seems to be declining.
2775 3054  # Go with Srednekolymsk.
2776 3055  #
2777 3056  # Since Magadan Oblast moves to UTC+10 on 2014-10-26, we cannot keep using MAGT
2778 3057  # as the abbreviation.  Use SRET instead.
2779 3058  
2780 3059  Zone Asia/Srednekolymsk 10:14:52 -      LMT     1924 May  2
2781 3060                          10:00   -       MAGT    1930 Jun 21 # Magadan Time
2782 3061                          11:00   Russia  MAG%sT  1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2783 3062                          10:00   Russia  MAG%sT  1992 Jan 19  2:00s
2784 3063                          11:00   Russia  MAG%sT  2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2785 3064                          12:00   -       MAGT    2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2786 3065                          11:00   -       SRET    # Srednekolymsk Time
2787 3066  
2788 3067  
2789 3068  # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03):
2790 3069  # Asia/Ust-Nera covers parts of (14, RU-SA) Sakha (Yakutia) Republic:
2791 3070  # 14-22 ****    Oymyakonsky District
2792 3071  
2793 3072  # From Arthur David Olson (2012-05-09):
2794 3073  # Ojmyakonskij [and the Kuril Islands] switched from
2795 3074  # Magadan time to Vladivostok time in 2011.
2796 3075  #
2797 3076  # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-06), per Alexander Krivenyshev (2014-07-02):
2798 3077  # It's unlikely that any of the Kuril Islands were involved in such a switch,
2799 3078  # as the South and Middle Kurils have been on UTC+11 (SAKT) with the rest of
2800 3079  # Sakhalin Oblast since at least 2011-09, and the North Kurils have been on
2801 3080  # UTC+12 since at least then, too.
2802 3081  
2803 3082  Zone Asia/Ust-Nera       9:32:54 -      LMT     1919 Dec 15
2804 3083                           8:00   -       YAKT    1930 Jun 21 # Yakutsk Time
2805 3084                           9:00   Russia  YAKT    1981 Apr  1
2806 3085                          11:00   Russia  MAG%sT  1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2807 3086                          10:00   Russia  MAG%sT  1992 Jan 19  2:00s
2808 3087                          11:00   Russia  MAG%sT  2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2809 3088                          12:00   -       MAGT    2011 Sep 13  0:00s # Decree 725?
2810 3089                          11:00   -       VLAT    2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2811 3090                          10:00   -       VLAT
2812 3091  
2813 3092  
2814 3093  # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03), per Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25):
2815 3094  # Asia/Kamchatka covers...
2816 3095  # 91    RU-KAM  Kamchatka Krai
2817 3096  #
2818 3097  # Note: Effective 2007-07-01, (41) Kamchatka Oblast and (82) Koryak
2819 3098  # Autonomous Okrug merged to form (91, RU-KAM) Kamchatka Krai.
2820 3099  
2821 3100  # The Zone name should be Asia/Petropavlovsk-Kamchatski or perhaps
2822 3101  # Asia/Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, but these are too long.
2823 3102  Zone Asia/Kamchatka     10:34:36 -      LMT     1922 Nov 10
2824 3103                          11:00   -       PETT    1930 Jun 21 # P-K Time
2825 3104                          12:00   Russia  PET%sT  1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2826 3105                          11:00   Russia  PET%sT  1992 Jan 19  2:00s
2827 3106                          12:00   Russia  PET%sT  2010 Mar 28  2:00s
2828 3107                          11:00   Russia  PET%sT  2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2829 3108                          12:00   -       PETT
2830 3109  
2831 3110  
2832 3111  # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03):
2833 3112  # Asia/Anadyr covers...
2834 3113  # 87    RU-CHU  Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
2835 3114  
2836 3115  Zone Asia/Anadyr        11:49:56 -      LMT     1924 May  2
2837 3116                          12:00   -       ANAT    1930 Jun 21 # Anadyr Time
2838 3117                          13:00   Russia  ANA%sT  1982 Apr  1  0:00s
2839 3118                          12:00   Russia  ANA%sT  1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2840 3119                          11:00   Russia  ANA%sT  1992 Jan 19  2:00s
2841 3120                          12:00   Russia  ANA%sT  2010 Mar 28  2:00s
2842 3121                          11:00   Russia  ANA%sT  2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2843 3122                          12:00   -       ANAT
2844 3123  
2845 3124  
2846 3125  # San Marino
2847 3126  # See Europe/Rome.
2848 3127  
2849 3128  # Serbia
2850 3129  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
2851 3130  Zone    Europe/Belgrade 1:22:00 -       LMT     1884
2852 3131                          1:00    -       CET     1941 Apr 18 23:00
2853 3132                          1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1945
2854 3133                          1:00    -       CET     1945 May  8  2:00s
2855 3134                          1:00    1:00    CEST    1945 Sep 16  2:00s
2856 3135  # Metod Koželj reports that the legal date of
2857 3136  # transition to EU rules was 1982-11-27, for all of Yugoslavia at the time.
2858 3137  # Shanks & Pottenger don't give as much detail, so go with Koželj.
2859 3138                          1:00    -       CET     1982 Nov 27
2860 3139                          1:00    EU      CE%sT
2861 3140  Link Europe/Belgrade Europe/Ljubljana   # Slovenia
2862 3141  Link Europe/Belgrade Europe/Podgorica   # Montenegro
2863 3142  Link Europe/Belgrade Europe/Sarajevo    # Bosnia and Herzegovina
2864 3143  Link Europe/Belgrade Europe/Skopje      # Macedonia
2865 3144  Link Europe/Belgrade Europe/Zagreb      # Croatia
2866 3145  
2867 3146  # Slovakia
2868 3147  Link Europe/Prague Europe/Bratislava
2869 3148  
2870 3149  # Slovenia
2871 3150  # See Europe/Belgrade.
2872 3151  
2873 3152  # Spain
2874 3153  # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
2875 3154  # For 1917-1919 Whitman gives Apr Sat>=1 - Oct Sat>=1;
2876 3155  # go with Shanks & Pottenger.
2877 3156  Rule    Spain   1917    only    -       May      5      23:00s  1:00    S
2878 3157  Rule    Spain   1917    1919    -       Oct      6      23:00s  0       -
2879 3158  Rule    Spain   1918    only    -       Apr     15      23:00s  1:00    S
2880 3159  Rule    Spain   1919    only    -       Apr      5      23:00s  1:00    S
2881 3160  # Whitman gives 1921 Feb 28 - Oct 14; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
2882 3161  Rule    Spain   1924    only    -       Apr     16      23:00s  1:00    S
2883 3162  # Whitman gives 1924 Oct 14; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
2884 3163  Rule    Spain   1924    only    -       Oct      4      23:00s  0       -
2885 3164  Rule    Spain   1926    only    -       Apr     17      23:00s  1:00    S
2886 3165  # Whitman says no DST in 1929; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
2887 3166  Rule    Spain   1926    1929    -       Oct     Sat>=1  23:00s  0       -
2888 3167  Rule    Spain   1927    only    -       Apr      9      23:00s  1:00    S
2889 3168  Rule    Spain   1928    only    -       Apr     14      23:00s  1:00    S
2890 3169  Rule    Spain   1929    only    -       Apr     20      23:00s  1:00    S
2891 3170  # Whitman gives 1937 Jun 16, 1938 Apr 16, 1940 Apr 13;
2892 3171  # go with Shanks & Pottenger.
2893 3172  Rule    Spain   1937    only    -       May     22      23:00s  1:00    S
2894 3173  Rule    Spain   1937    1939    -       Oct     Sat>=1  23:00s  0       -
2895 3174  Rule    Spain   1938    only    -       Mar     22      23:00s  1:00    S
2896 3175  Rule    Spain   1939    only    -       Apr     15      23:00s  1:00    S
2897 3176  Rule    Spain   1940    only    -       Mar     16      23:00s  1:00    S
2898 3177  # Whitman says no DST 1942-1945; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
2899 3178  Rule    Spain   1942    only    -       May      2      22:00s  2:00    M # Midsummer
2900 3179  Rule    Spain   1942    only    -       Sep      1      22:00s  1:00    S
2901 3180  Rule    Spain   1943    1946    -       Apr     Sat>=13 22:00s  2:00    M
2902 3181  Rule    Spain   1943    only    -       Oct      3      22:00s  1:00    S
2903 3182  Rule    Spain   1944    only    -       Oct     10      22:00s  1:00    S
2904 3183  Rule    Spain   1945    only    -       Sep     30       1:00   1:00    S
2905 3184  Rule    Spain   1946    only    -       Sep     30       0:00   0       -
2906 3185  Rule    Spain   1949    only    -       Apr     30      23:00   1:00    S
2907 3186  Rule    Spain   1949    only    -       Sep     30       1:00   0       -
2908 3187  Rule    Spain   1974    1975    -       Apr     Sat>=13 23:00   1:00    S
2909 3188  Rule    Spain   1974    1975    -       Oct     Sun>=1   1:00   0       -
2910 3189  Rule    Spain   1976    only    -       Mar     27      23:00   1:00    S
2911 3190  Rule    Spain   1976    1977    -       Sep     lastSun  1:00   0       -
2912 3191  Rule    Spain   1977    1978    -       Apr      2      23:00   1:00    S
2913 3192  Rule    Spain   1978    only    -       Oct      1       1:00   0       -
2914 3193  # The following rules are copied from Morocco from 1967 through 1978.
2915 3194  Rule SpainAfrica 1967   only    -       Jun      3      12:00   1:00    S
2916 3195  Rule SpainAfrica 1967   only    -       Oct      1       0:00   0       -
2917 3196  Rule SpainAfrica 1974   only    -       Jun     24       0:00   1:00    S
2918 3197  Rule SpainAfrica 1974   only    -       Sep      1       0:00   0       -
2919 3198  Rule SpainAfrica 1976   1977    -       May      1       0:00   1:00    S
2920 3199  Rule SpainAfrica 1976   only    -       Aug      1       0:00   0       -
2921 3200  Rule SpainAfrica 1977   only    -       Sep     28       0:00   0       -
2922 3201  Rule SpainAfrica 1978   only    -       Jun      1       0:00   1:00    S
2923 3202  Rule SpainAfrica 1978   only    -       Aug      4       0:00   0       -
2924 3203  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
2925 3204  Zone    Europe/Madrid   -0:14:44 -      LMT     1901 Jan  1  0:00s
2926 3205                           0:00   Spain   WE%sT   1946 Sep 30
2927 3206                           1:00   Spain   CE%sT   1979
2928 3207                           1:00   EU      CE%sT
2929 3208  Zone    Africa/Ceuta    -0:21:16 -      LMT     1901
2930 3209                           0:00   -       WET     1918 May  6 23:00
2931 3210                           0:00   1:00    WEST    1918 Oct  7 23:00
2932 3211                           0:00   -       WET     1924
2933 3212                           0:00   Spain   WE%sT   1929
2934 3213                           0:00 SpainAfrica WE%sT 1984 Mar 16
2935 3214                           1:00   -       CET     1986
2936 3215                           1:00   EU      CE%sT
2937 3216  Zone    Atlantic/Canary -1:01:36 -      LMT     1922 Mar # Las Palmas de Gran C.
2938 3217                          -1:00   -       CANT    1946 Sep 30  1:00 # Canaries T
2939 3218                           0:00   -       WET     1980 Apr  6  0:00s
2940 3219                           0:00   1:00    WEST    1980 Sep 28  1:00u
2941 3220                           0:00   EU      WE%sT
2942 3221  # IATA SSIM (1996-09) says the Canaries switch at 2:00u, not 1:00u.
2943 3222  # Ignore this for now, as the Canaries are part of the EU.
2944 3223  
2945 3224  # Sweden
2946 3225  
2947 3226  # From Ivan Nilsson (2001-04-13), superseding Shanks & Pottenger:
2948 3227  #
2949 3228  # The law "Svensk författningssamling 1878, no 14" about standard time in 1879:
2950 3229  # From the beginning of 1879 (that is 01-01 00:00) the time for all
2951 3230  # places in the country is "the mean solar time for the meridian at
2952 3231  # three degrees, or twelve minutes of time, to the west of the
2953 3232  # meridian of the Observatory of Stockholm".  The law is dated 1878-05-31.
2954 3233  #
2955 3234  # The observatory at that time had the meridian 18 degrees 03' 30"
2956 3235  # eastern longitude = 01:12:14 in time.  Less 12 minutes gives the
2957 3236  # national standard time as 01:00:14 ahead of GMT....
2958 3237  #
2959 3238  # About the beginning of CET in Sweden. The lawtext ("Svensk
2960 3239  # författningssamling 1899, no 44") states, that "from the beginning
2961 3240  # of 1900... ... the same as the mean solar time for the meridian at
2962 3241  # the distance of one hour of time from the meridian of the English
2963 3242  # observatory at Greenwich, or at 12 minutes 14 seconds to the west
2964 3243  # from the meridian of the Observatory of Stockholm". The law is dated
2965 3244  # 1899-06-16.  In short: At 1900-01-01 00:00:00 the new standard time
2966 3245  # in Sweden is 01:00:00 ahead of GMT.
2967 3246  #
2968 3247  # 1916: The lawtext ("Svensk författningssamling 1916, no 124") states
2969 3248  # that "1916-05-15 is considered to begin one hour earlier". It is
2970 3249  # pretty obvious that at 05-14 23:00 the clocks are set to 05-15 00:00....
2971 3250  # Further the law says, that "1916-09-30 is considered to end one hour later".
2972 3251  #
2973 3252  # The laws regulating [DST] are available on the site of the Swedish
2974 3253  # Parliament beginning with 1985 - the laws regulating 1980/1984 are
2975 3254  # not available on the site (to my knowledge they are only available
2976 3255  # in Swedish): <http://www.riksdagen.se/english/work/sfst.asp> (type
2977 3256  # "sommartid" without the quotes in the field "Fritext" and then click
2978 3257  # the Sök-button).
2979 3258  #
2980 3259  # (2001-05-13):
2981 3260  #
2982 3261  # I have now found a newspaper stating that at 1916-10-01 01:00
2983 3262  # summertime the church-clocks etc were set back one hour to show
2984 3263  # 1916-10-01 00:00 standard time.  The article also reports that some
2985 3264  # people thought the switch to standard time would take place already
2986 3265  # at 1916-10-01 00:00 summer time, but they had to wait for another
2987 3266  # hour before the event took place.
2988 3267  #
2989 3268  # Source: The newspaper "Dagens Nyheter", 1916-10-01, page 7 upper left.
2990 3269  
2991 3270  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
2992 3271  Zone Europe/Stockholm   1:12:12 -       LMT     1879 Jan  1
2993 3272                          1:00:14 -       SET     1900 Jan  1 # Swedish Time
2994 3273                          1:00    -       CET     1916 May 14 23:00
2995 3274                          1:00    1:00    CEST    1916 Oct  1  1:00
2996 3275                          1:00    -       CET     1980
2997 3276                          1:00    EU      CE%sT
2998 3277  
2999 3278  # Switzerland
3000 3279  # From Howse:
3001 3280  # By the end of the 18th century clocks and watches became commonplace
3002 3281  # and their performance improved enormously.  Communities began to keep
3003 3282  # mean time in preference to apparent time - Geneva from 1780 ....
3004 3283  # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
3005 3284  # From Whitman (who writes "Midnight?"):
3006 3285  # Rule  Swiss   1940    only    -       Nov      2      0:00    1:00    S
3007 3286  # Rule  Swiss   1940    only    -       Dec     31      0:00    0       -
3008 3287  # From Shanks & Pottenger:
3009 3288  # Rule  Swiss   1941    1942    -       May     Sun>=1  2:00    1:00    S
3010 3289  # Rule  Swiss   1941    1942    -       Oct     Sun>=1  0:00    0       -
3011 3290  
3012 3291  # From Alois Treindl (2008-12-17):
3013 3292  # I have researched the DST usage in Switzerland during the 1940ies.
3014 3293  #
3015 3294  # As I wrote in an earlier message, I suspected the current tzdata values
3016 3295  # to be wrong. This is now verified.
3017 3296  #
3018 3297  # I have found copies of the original ruling by the Swiss Federal
3019 3298  # government, in 'Eidgenössische Gesetzessammlung 1941 and 1942' (Swiss
3020 3299  # federal law collection)...
3021 3300  #
3022 3301  # DST began on Monday 5 May 1941, 1:00 am by shifting the clocks to 2:00 am
3023 3302  # DST ended on Monday 6 Oct 1941, 2:00 am by shifting the clocks to 1:00 am.
3024 3303  #
3025 3304  # DST began on Monday, 4 May 1942 at 01:00 am
3026 3305  # DST ended on Monday, 5 Oct 1942 at 02:00 am
3027 3306  #
3028 3307  # There was no DST in 1940, I have checked the law collection carefully.
3029 3308  # It is also indicated by the fact that the 1942 entry in the law
3030 3309  # collection points back to 1941 as a reference, but no reference to any
3031 3310  # other years are made.
3032 3311  #
3033 3312  # Newspaper articles I have read in the archives on 6 May 1941 reported
3034 3313  # about the introduction of DST (Sommerzeit in German) during the previous
3035 3314  # night as an absolute novelty, because this was the first time that such
3036 3315  # a thing had happened in Switzerland.
3037 3316  #
3038 3317  # I have also checked 1916, because one book source (Gabriel, Traité de
3039 3318  # l'heure dans le monde) claims that Switzerland had DST in 1916. This is
3040 3319  # false, no official document could be found. Probably Gabriel got misled
3041 3320  # by references to Germany, which introduced DST in 1916 for the first time.
3042 3321  #
3043 3322  # The tzdata rules for Switzerland must be changed to:
3044 3323  # Rule  Swiss   1941    1942    -       May     Mon>=1  1:00    1:00    S
3045 3324  # Rule  Swiss   1941    1942    -       Oct     Mon>=1  2:00    0       -
3046 3325  #
3047 3326  # The 1940 rules must be deleted.
3048 3327  #
3049 3328  # One further detail for Switzerland, which is probably out of scope for
3050 3329  # most users of tzdata: The [Europe/Zurich zone] ...
3051 3330  # describes all of Switzerland correctly, with the exception of
3052 3331  # the Canton de Genève (Geneva, Genf). Between 1848 and 1894 Geneva did not
3053 3332  # follow Bern Mean Time but kept its own local mean time.
3054 3333  # To represent this, an extra zone would be needed.
3055 3334  #
3056 3335  # From Alois Treindl (2013-09-11):
3057 3336  # The Federal regulations say
3058 3337  # http://www.admin.ch/opc/de/classified-compilation/20071096/index.html
3059 3338  # ... the meridian for Bern mean time ... is 7 degrees 26' 22.50".
3060 3339  # Expressed in time, it is 0h29m45.5s.
3061 3340  
3062 3341  # From Pierre-Yves Berger (2013-09-11):
3063 3342  # the "Circulaire du conseil fédéral" (December 11 1893)
3064 3343  # http://www.amtsdruckschriften.bar.admin.ch/viewOrigDoc.do?id=10071353
3065 3344  # clearly states that the [1894-06-01] change should be done at midnight
3066 3345  # but if no one is present after 11 at night, could be postponed until one
3067 3346  # hour before the beginning of service.
3068 3347  
3069 3348  # From Paul Eggert (2013-09-11):
3070 3349  # Round BMT to the nearest even second, 0:29:46.
3071 3350  #
3072 3351  # We can find no reliable source for Shanks's assertion that all of Switzerland
3073 3352  # except Geneva switched to Bern Mean Time at 00:00 on 1848-09-12.  This book:
3074 3353  #
3075 3354  #       Jakob Messerli. Gleichmässig, pünktlich, schnell. Zeiteinteilung und
3076 3355  #       Zeitgebrauch in der Schweiz im 19. Jahrhundert. Chronos, Zurich 1995,
3077 3356  #       ISBN 3-905311-68-2, OCLC 717570797.
3078 3357  #
3079 3358  # suggests that the transition was more gradual, and that the Swiss did not
3080 3359  # agree about civil time during the transition.  The timekeeping it gives the
3081 3360  # most detail for is postal and telegraph time: here, federal legislation (the
3082 3361  # "Bundesgesetz über die Erstellung von elektrischen Telegraphen") passed on
3083 3362  # 1851-11-23, and an official implementation notice was published 1853-07-16
3084 3363  # (Bundesblatt 1853, Bd. II, S. 859).  On p 72 Messerli writes that in
3085 3364  # practice since July 1853 Bernese time was used in "all postal and telegraph
3086 3365  # offices in Switzerland from Geneva to St. Gallen and Basel to Chiasso"
3087 3366  # (Google translation).  For now, model this transition as occurring on
3088 3367  # 1853-07-16, though it probably occurred at some other date in Zurich, and
3089 3368  # legal civil time probably changed at still some other transition date.
3090 3369  
3091 3370  # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
3092 3371  Rule    Swiss   1941    1942    -       May     Mon>=1  1:00    1:00    S
3093 3372  Rule    Swiss   1941    1942    -       Oct     Mon>=1  2:00    0       -
3094 3373  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
3095 3374  Zone    Europe/Zurich   0:34:08 -       LMT     1853 Jul 16 # See above comment.
3096 3375                          0:29:46 -       BMT     1894 Jun    # Bern Mean Time
3097 3376                          1:00    Swiss   CE%sT   1981
3098 3377                          1:00    EU      CE%sT
3099 3378  
3100 3379  # Turkey
3101 3380  
3102 3381  # From Amar Devegowda (2007-01-03):
3103 3382  # The time zone rules for Istanbul, Turkey have not been changed for years now.
3104 3383  # ... The latest rules are available at:
3105 3384  # http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/timezone.html?n=107
3106 3385  # From Steffen Thorsen (2007-01-03):
3107 3386  # I have been able to find press records back to 1996 which all say that
3108 3387  # DST started 01:00 local time and end at 02:00 local time.  I am not sure
3109 3388  # what happened before that.  One example for each year from 1996 to 2001:
3110 3389  # http://newspot.byegm.gov.tr/arsiv/1996/21/N4.htm
3111 3390  # http://www.byegm.gov.tr/YAYINLARIMIZ/CHR/ING97/03/97X03X25.TXT
3112 3391  # http://www.byegm.gov.tr/YAYINLARIMIZ/CHR/ING98/03/98X03X02.HTM
3113 3392  # http://www.byegm.gov.tr/YAYINLARIMIZ/CHR/ING99/10/99X10X26.HTM#%2016
3114 3393  # http://www.byegm.gov.tr/YAYINLARIMIZ/CHR/ING2000/03/00X03X06.HTM#%2021
3115 3394  # http://www.byegm.gov.tr/YAYINLARIMIZ/CHR/ING2001/03/23x03x01.HTM#%2027
3116 3395  # From Paul Eggert (2007-01-03):
3117 3396  # Prefer the above source to Shanks & Pottenger for time stamps after 1990.
3118 3397  
3119 3398  # From Steffen Thorsen (2007-03-09):
3120 3399  # Starting 2007 though, it seems that they are adopting EU's 1:00 UTC
3121 3400  # start/end time, according to the following page (2007-03-07):
3122 3401  # http://www.ntvmsnbc.com/news/402029.asp
3123 3402  # The official document is located here - it is in Turkish...:
3124 3403  # http://rega.basbakanlik.gov.tr/eskiler/2007/03/20070307-7.htm
3125 3404  # I was able to locate the following seemingly official document
3126 3405  # (on a non-government server though) describing dates between 2002 and 2006:
3127 3406  # http://www.alomaliye.com/bkk_2002_3769.htm
3128 3407  
3129 3408  # From Gökdeniz Karadağ (2011-03-10):
3130 3409  # According to the articles linked below, Turkey will change into summer
3131 3410  # time zone (GMT+3) on March 28, 2011 at 3:00 a.m. instead of March 27.
3132 3411  # This change is due to a nationwide exam on 27th.
3133 3412  # http://www.worldbulletin.net/?aType=haber&ArticleID=70872
3134 3413  # Turkish:
3135 3414  # http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/ekonomi/17230464.asp?gid=373
3136 3415  
3137 3416  # From Faruk Pasin (2014-02-14):
3138 3417  # The DST for Turkey has been changed for this year because of the
3139 3418  # Turkish Local election....
3140 3419  # http://www.sabah.com.tr/Ekonomi/2014/02/12/yaz-saatinde-onemli-degisiklik
3141 3420  # ... so Turkey will move clocks forward one hour on March 31 at 3:00 a.m.
3142 3421  # From Randal L. Schwartz (2014-04-15):
3143 3422  # Having landed on a flight from the states to Istanbul (via AMS) on March 31,
3144 3423  # I can tell you that NOBODY (even the airlines) respected this timezone DST
3145 3424  # change delay.  Maybe the word just didn't get out in time.
3146 3425  # From Paul Eggert (2014-06-15):
  
    | 
      ↓ open down ↓ | 
    403 lines elided | 
    
      ↑ open up ↑ | 
  
3147 3426  # The press reported massive confusion, as election officials obeyed the rule
3148 3427  # change but cell phones (and airline baggage systems) did not.  See:
3149 3428  # Kostidis M. Eventful elections in Turkey. Balkan News Agency
3150 3429  # http://www.balkaneu.com/eventful-elections-turkey/ 2014-03-30.
3151 3430  # I guess the best we can do is document the official time.
3152 3431  
3153 3432  # From Fatih (2015-09-29):
3154 3433  # It's officially announced now by the Ministry of Energy.
3155 3434  # Turkey delays winter time to 8th of November 04:00
3156 3435  # http://www.aa.com.tr/tr/turkiye/yaz-saati-uygulamasi-8-kasimda-sona-erecek/362217
     3436 +#
     3437 +# From BBC News (2015-10-25):
     3438 +# Confused Turks are asking "what's the time?" after automatic clocks defied a
     3439 +# government decision ... "For the next two weeks #Turkey is on EEST... Erdogan
     3440 +# Engineered Standard Time," said Twitter user @aysekarahasan.
     3441 +# http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34631326
3157 3442  
3158 3443  # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
3159 3444  Rule    Turkey  1916    only    -       May      1      0:00    1:00    S
3160 3445  Rule    Turkey  1916    only    -       Oct      1      0:00    0       -
3161 3446  Rule    Turkey  1920    only    -       Mar     28      0:00    1:00    S
3162 3447  Rule    Turkey  1920    only    -       Oct     25      0:00    0       -
3163 3448  Rule    Turkey  1921    only    -       Apr      3      0:00    1:00    S
3164 3449  Rule    Turkey  1921    only    -       Oct      3      0:00    0       -
3165 3450  Rule    Turkey  1922    only    -       Mar     26      0:00    1:00    S
3166 3451  Rule    Turkey  1922    only    -       Oct      8      0:00    0       -
3167 3452  # Whitman gives 1923 Apr 28 - Sep 16 and no DST in 1924-1925;
3168 3453  # go with Shanks & Pottenger.
3169 3454  Rule    Turkey  1924    only    -       May     13      0:00    1:00    S
3170 3455  Rule    Turkey  1924    1925    -       Oct      1      0:00    0       -
3171 3456  Rule    Turkey  1925    only    -       May      1      0:00    1:00    S
3172 3457  Rule    Turkey  1940    only    -       Jun     30      0:00    1:00    S
3173 3458  Rule    Turkey  1940    only    -       Oct      5      0:00    0       -
3174 3459  Rule    Turkey  1940    only    -       Dec      1      0:00    1:00    S
3175 3460  Rule    Turkey  1941    only    -       Sep     21      0:00    0       -
3176 3461  Rule    Turkey  1942    only    -       Apr      1      0:00    1:00    S
3177 3462  # Whitman omits the next two transition and gives 1945 Oct 1;
3178 3463  # go with Shanks & Pottenger.
3179 3464  Rule    Turkey  1942    only    -       Nov      1      0:00    0       -
3180 3465  Rule    Turkey  1945    only    -       Apr      2      0:00    1:00    S
3181 3466  Rule    Turkey  1945    only    -       Oct      8      0:00    0       -
3182 3467  Rule    Turkey  1946    only    -       Jun      1      0:00    1:00    S
3183 3468  Rule    Turkey  1946    only    -       Oct      1      0:00    0       -
3184 3469  Rule    Turkey  1947    1948    -       Apr     Sun>=16 0:00    1:00    S
3185 3470  Rule    Turkey  1947    1950    -       Oct     Sun>=2  0:00    0       -
3186 3471  Rule    Turkey  1949    only    -       Apr     10      0:00    1:00    S
3187 3472  Rule    Turkey  1950    only    -       Apr     19      0:00    1:00    S
3188 3473  Rule    Turkey  1951    only    -       Apr     22      0:00    1:00    S
3189 3474  Rule    Turkey  1951    only    -       Oct      8      0:00    0       -
3190 3475  Rule    Turkey  1962    only    -       Jul     15      0:00    1:00    S
3191 3476  Rule    Turkey  1962    only    -       Oct      8      0:00    0       -
3192 3477  Rule    Turkey  1964    only    -       May     15      0:00    1:00    S
3193 3478  Rule    Turkey  1964    only    -       Oct      1      0:00    0       -
3194 3479  Rule    Turkey  1970    1972    -       May     Sun>=2  0:00    1:00    S
3195 3480  Rule    Turkey  1970    1972    -       Oct     Sun>=2  0:00    0       -
3196 3481  Rule    Turkey  1973    only    -       Jun      3      1:00    1:00    S
3197 3482  Rule    Turkey  1973    only    -       Nov      4      3:00    0       -
3198 3483  Rule    Turkey  1974    only    -       Mar     31      2:00    1:00    S
3199 3484  Rule    Turkey  1974    only    -       Nov      3      5:00    0       -
3200 3485  Rule    Turkey  1975    only    -       Mar     30      0:00    1:00    S
3201 3486  Rule    Turkey  1975    1976    -       Oct     lastSun 0:00    0       -
3202 3487  Rule    Turkey  1976    only    -       Jun      1      0:00    1:00    S
3203 3488  Rule    Turkey  1977    1978    -       Apr     Sun>=1  0:00    1:00    S
3204 3489  Rule    Turkey  1977    only    -       Oct     16      0:00    0       -
3205 3490  Rule    Turkey  1979    1980    -       Apr     Sun>=1  3:00    1:00    S
3206 3491  Rule    Turkey  1979    1982    -       Oct     Mon>=11 0:00    0       -
3207 3492  Rule    Turkey  1981    1982    -       Mar     lastSun 3:00    1:00    S
3208 3493  Rule    Turkey  1983    only    -       Jul     31      0:00    1:00    S
3209 3494  Rule    Turkey  1983    only    -       Oct      2      0:00    0       -
3210 3495  Rule    Turkey  1985    only    -       Apr     20      0:00    1:00    S
3211 3496  Rule    Turkey  1985    only    -       Sep     28      0:00    0       -
3212 3497  Rule    Turkey  1986    1990    -       Mar     lastSun 2:00s   1:00    S
3213 3498  Rule    Turkey  1986    1990    -       Sep     lastSun 2:00s   0       -
3214 3499  Rule    Turkey  1991    2006    -       Mar     lastSun 1:00s   1:00    S
3215 3500  Rule    Turkey  1991    1995    -       Sep     lastSun 1:00s   0       -
3216 3501  Rule    Turkey  1996    2006    -       Oct     lastSun 1:00s   0       -
3217 3502  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
3218 3503  Zone    Europe/Istanbul 1:55:52 -       LMT     1880
3219 3504                          1:56:56 -       IMT     1910 Oct # Istanbul Mean Time?
3220 3505                          2:00    Turkey  EE%sT   1978 Oct 15
3221 3506                          3:00    Turkey  TR%sT   1985 Apr 20 # Turkey Time
3222 3507                          2:00    Turkey  EE%sT   2007
3223 3508                          2:00    EU      EE%sT   2011 Mar 27  1:00u
3224 3509                          2:00    -       EET     2011 Mar 28  1:00u
3225 3510                          2:00    EU      EE%sT   2014 Mar 30  1:00u
3226 3511                          2:00    -       EET     2014 Mar 31  1:00u
3227 3512                          2:00    EU      EE%sT   2015 Oct 25  1:00u
3228 3513                          2:00    1:00    EEST    2015 Nov  8  1:00u
3229 3514                          2:00    EU      EE%sT
3230 3515  Link    Europe/Istanbul Asia/Istanbul   # Istanbul is in both continents.
3231 3516  
3232 3517  # Ukraine
3233 3518  #
3234 3519  # From Igor Karpov, who works for the Ukrainian Ministry of Justice,
3235 3520  # via Garrett Wollman (2003-01-27):
3236 3521  # BTW, I've found the official document on this matter. It's government
3237 3522  # regulations No. 509, May 13, 1996. In my poor translation it says:
3238 3523  # "Time in Ukraine is set to second timezone (Kiev time). Each last Sunday
3239 3524  # of March at 3am the time is changing to 4am and each last Sunday of
3240 3525  # October the time at 4am is changing to 3am"
3241 3526  
3242 3527  # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-09-20):
3243 3528  # On September 20, 2011 the deputies of the Verkhovna Rada agreed to
3244 3529  # abolish the transfer clock to winter time.
3245 3530  #
3246 3531  # Bill No. 8330 of MP from the Party of Regions Oleg Nadoshi got
3247 3532  # approval from 266 deputies.
3248 3533  #
3249 3534  # Ukraine abolishes transfer back to the winter time (in Russian)
3250 3535  # http://news.mail.ru/politics/6861560/
3251 3536  #
3252 3537  # The Ukrainians will no longer change the clock (in Russian)
3253 3538  # http://www.segodnya.ua/news/14290482.html
3254 3539  #
3255 3540  # Deputies cancelled the winter time (in Russian)
3256 3541  # http://www.pravda.com.ua/rus/news/2011/09/20/6600616/
3257 3542  #
3258 3543  # From Philip Pizzey (2011-10-18):
3259 3544  # Today my Ukrainian colleagues have informed me that the
3260 3545  # Ukrainian parliament have decided that they will go to winter
3261 3546  # time this year after all.
3262 3547  #
3263 3548  # From Udo Schwedt (2011-10-18):
3264 3549  # As far as I understand, the recent change to the Ukrainian time zone
3265 3550  # (Europe/Kiev) to introduce permanent daylight saving time (similar
3266 3551  # to Russia) was reverted today:
3267 3552  # http://portal.rada.gov.ua/rada/control/en/publish/article/info_left?art_id=287324&cat_id=105995
3268 3553  #
3269 3554  # Also reported by Alexander Bokovoy (2011-10-18) who also noted:
3270 3555  # The law documents themselves are at
3271 3556  # http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/zweb_n/webproc4_1?id=&pf3511=41484
3272 3557  
3273 3558  # From Vladimir in Moscow via Alois Treindl re Kiev time 1991/2 (2014-02-28):
3274 3559  # First in Ukraine they changed Time zone from UTC+3 to UTC+2 with DST:
3275 3560  #       03 25 1990 02:00 -03.00 1       Time Zone 3 with DST
3276 3561  #       07 01 1990 02:00 -02.00 1       Time Zone 2 with DST
3277 3562  # * Ukrainian Government's Resolution of 18.06.1990, No. 134.
3278 3563  # http://search.ligazakon.ua/l_doc2.nsf/link1/T001500.html
3279 3564  #
3280 3565  # They did not end DST in September, 1990 (according to the law,
3281 3566  # "summer time" was still in action):
3282 3567  #       09 30 1990 03:00 -02.00 1       Time Zone 2 with DST
3283 3568  # * Ukrainian Government's Resolution of 21.09.1990, No. 272.
3284 3569  # http://search.ligazakon.ua/l_doc2.nsf/link1/KP900272.html
3285 3570  #
3286 3571  # Again no change in March, 1991 ("summer time" in action):
3287 3572  #       03 31 1991 02:00 -02.00 1       Time Zone 2 with DST
3288 3573  #
3289 3574  # DST ended in September 1991 ("summer time" ended):
3290 3575  #       09 29 1991 03:00 -02.00 0       Time Zone 2, no DST
3291 3576  # * Ukrainian Government's Resolution of 25.09.1991, No. 225.
3292 3577  # http://www.uazakon.com/documents/date_21/pg_iwgdoc.htm
3293 3578  # This is an answer.
3294 3579  #
3295 3580  # Since 1992 they had normal DST procedure:
3296 3581  #       03 29 1992 02:00 -02.00 1       DST started
3297 3582  #       09 27 1992 03:00 -02.00 0       DST ended
3298 3583  # * Ukrainian Government's Resolution of 20.03.1992, No. 139.
3299 3584  # http://www.uazakon.com/documents/date_8u/pg_grcasa.htm
3300 3585  
3301 3586  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
3302 3587  # Most of Ukraine since 1970 has been like Kiev.
3303 3588  # "Kyiv" is the transliteration of the Ukrainian name, but
3304 3589  # "Kiev" is more common in English.
3305 3590  Zone Europe/Kiev        2:02:04 -       LMT     1880
3306 3591                          2:02:04 -       KMT     1924 May  2 # Kiev Mean Time
3307 3592                          2:00    -       EET     1930 Jun 21
3308 3593                          3:00    -       MSK     1941 Sep 20
3309 3594                          1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1943 Nov  6
3310 3595                          3:00    Russia  MSK/MSD 1990 Jul  1  2:00
3311 3596                          2:00    1:00    EEST    1991 Sep 29  3:00
3312 3597                          2:00    E-Eur   EE%sT   1995
3313 3598                          2:00    EU      EE%sT
3314 3599  # Ruthenia used CET 1990/1991.
3315 3600  # "Uzhhorod" is the transliteration of the Rusyn/Ukrainian pronunciation, but
3316 3601  # "Uzhgorod" is more common in English.
3317 3602  Zone Europe/Uzhgorod    1:29:12 -       LMT     1890 Oct
3318 3603                          1:00    -       CET     1940
3319 3604                          1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1944 Oct
3320 3605                          1:00    1:00    CEST    1944 Oct 26
3321 3606                          1:00    -       CET     1945 Jun 29
3322 3607                          3:00    Russia  MSK/MSD 1990
3323 3608                          3:00    -       MSK     1990 Jul  1  2:00
3324 3609                          1:00    -       CET     1991 Mar 31  3:00
3325 3610                          2:00    -       EET     1992
3326 3611                          2:00    E-Eur   EE%sT   1995
3327 3612                          2:00    EU      EE%sT
3328 3613  # Zaporozh'ye and eastern Lugansk oblasts observed DST 1990/1991.
3329 3614  # "Zaporizhia" is the transliteration of the Ukrainian name, but
3330 3615  # "Zaporozh'ye" is more common in English.  Use the common English
3331 3616  # spelling, except omit the apostrophe as it is not allowed in
3332 3617  # portable Posix file names.
3333 3618  Zone Europe/Zaporozhye  2:20:40 -       LMT     1880
3334 3619                          2:20    -       CUT     1924 May  2 # Central Ukraine T
3335 3620                          2:00    -       EET     1930 Jun 21
3336 3621                          3:00    -       MSK     1941 Aug 25
3337 3622                          1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1943 Oct 25
3338 3623                          3:00    Russia  MSK/MSD 1991 Mar 31  2:00
3339 3624                          2:00    E-Eur   EE%sT   1995
3340 3625                          2:00    EU      EE%sT
3341 3626  
3342 3627  # Vatican City
3343 3628  # See Europe/Rome.
3344 3629  
3345 3630  ###############################################################################
3346 3631  
3347 3632  # One source shows that Bulgaria, Cyprus, Finland, and Greece observe DST from
3348 3633  # the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in September in 1986.
3349 3634  # The source shows Romania changing a day later than everybody else.
3350 3635  #
3351 3636  # According to Bernard Sieloff's source, Poland is in the MET time zone but
3352 3637  # uses the WE DST rules.  The Western USSR uses EET+1 and ME DST rules.
3353 3638  # Bernard Sieloff's source claims Romania switches on the same day, but at
3354 3639  # 00:00 standard time (i.e., 01:00 DST).  It also claims that Turkey
3355 3640  # switches on the same day, but switches on at 01:00 standard time
3356 3641  # and off at 00:00 standard time (i.e., 01:00 DST)
3357 3642  
3358 3643  # ...
3359 3644  # Date: Wed, 28 Jan 87 16:56:27 -0100
3360 3645  # From: Tom Hofmann
3361 3646  # ...
3362 3647  #
3363 3648  # ...the European time rules are...standardized since 1981, when
3364 3649  # most European countries started DST.  Before that year, only
3365 3650  # a few countries (UK, France, Italy) had DST, each according
3366 3651  # to own national rules.  In 1981, however, DST started on
3367 3652  # 'Apr firstSun', and not on 'Mar lastSun' as in the following
3368 3653  # years...
3369 3654  # But also since 1981 there are some more national exceptions
3370 3655  # than listed in 'europe': Switzerland, for example, joined DST
3371 3656  # one year later, Denmark ended DST on 'Oct 1' instead of 'Sep
3372 3657  # lastSun' in 1981 - I don't know how they handle now.
3373 3658  #
3374 3659  # Finally, DST ist always from 'Apr 1' to 'Oct 1' in the
3375 3660  # Soviet Union (as far as I know).
3376 3661  #
3377 3662  # Tom Hofmann, Scientific Computer Center, CIBA-GEIGY AG,
3378 3663  # 4002 Basle, Switzerland
3379 3664  # ...
3380 3665  
3381 3666  # ...
3382 3667  # Date: Wed, 4 Feb 87 22:35:22 +0100
3383 3668  # From: Dik T. Winter
3384 3669  # ...
3385 3670  #
3386 3671  # The information from Tom Hofmann is (as far as I know) not entirely correct.
3387 3672  # After a request from chongo at amdahl I tried to retrieve all information
3388 3673  # about DST in Europe.  I was able to find all from about 1969.
3389 3674  #
3390 3675  # ...standardization on DST in Europe started in about 1977 with switches on
3391 3676  # first Sunday in April and last Sunday in September...
3392 3677  # In 1981 UK joined Europe insofar that
3393 3678  # the starting day for both shifted to last Sunday in March.  And from 1982
3394 3679  # the whole of Europe used DST, with switch dates April 1 and October 1 in
3395 3680  # the Sov[i]et Union.  In 1985 the SU reverted to standard Europe[a]n switch
3396 3681  # dates...
3397 3682  #
3398 3683  # It should also be remembered that time-zones are not constants; e.g.
3399 3684  # Portugal switched in 1976 from MET (or CET) to WET with DST...
3400 3685  # Note also that though there were rules for switch dates not
3401 3686  # all countries abided to these dates, and many individual deviations
3402 3687  # occurred, though not since 1982 I believe.  Another note: it is always
3403 3688  # assumed that DST is 1 hour ahead of normal time, this need not be the
3404 3689  # case; at least in the Netherlands there have been times when DST was 2 hours
3405 3690  # in advance of normal time.
3406 3691  #
3407 3692  # ...
3408 3693  # dik t. winter, cwi, amsterdam, nederland
3409 3694  # ...
3410 3695  
3411 3696  # From Bob Devine (1988-01-28):
3412 3697  # ...
3413 3698  # Greece: Last Sunday in April to last Sunday in September (iffy on dates).
3414 3699  # Since 1978.  Change at midnight.
3415 3700  # ...
3416 3701  # Monaco: has same DST as France.
3417 3702  # ...
  
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