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  58 #       (1998-09-21, in Portuguese)
  59 
  60 #
  61 # I invented the abbreviations marked '*' in the following table;
  62 # the rest are from earlier versions of this file, or from other sources.
  63 # Corrections are welcome!
  64 #                   std dst  2dst
  65 #                   LMT           Local Mean Time
  66 #       -4:00       AST ADT       Atlantic
  67 #       -3:00       WGT WGST      Western Greenland*
  68 #       -1:00       EGT EGST      Eastern Greenland*
  69 #        0:00       GMT BST  BDST Greenwich, British Summer
  70 #        0:00       GMT IST       Greenwich, Irish Summer
  71 #        0:00       WET WEST WEMT Western Europe
  72 #        0:19:32.13 AMT NST       Amsterdam, Netherlands Summer (1835-1937)*
  73 #        0:20       NET NEST      Netherlands (1937-1940)*
  74 #        1:00       BST           British Standard (1968-1971)
  75 #        1:00       CET CEST CEMT Central Europe
  76 #        1:00:14    SET           Swedish (1879-1899)*
  77 #        2:00       EET EEST      Eastern Europe
  78 #        3:00       FET           Further-eastern Europe (2011-2014)*
  79 #        3:00       MSK MSD  MSM* Minsk, Moscow
  80 
  81 # From Peter Ilieve (1994-12-04),
  82 # The original six [EU members]: Belgium, France, (West) Germany, Italy,
  83 # Luxembourg, the Netherlands.
  84 # Plus, from 1 Jan 73: Denmark, Ireland, United Kingdom.
  85 # Plus, from 1 Jan 81: Greece.
  86 # Plus, from 1 Jan 86: Spain, Portugal.
  87 # Plus, from 1 Jan 95: Austria, Finland, Sweden. (Norway negotiated terms for
  88 # entry but in a referendum on 28 Nov 94 the people voted No by 52.2% to 47.8%
  89 # on a turnout of 88.6%. This was almost the same result as Norway's previous
  90 # referendum in 1972, they are the only country to have said No twice.
  91 # Referendums in the other three countries voted Yes.)
  92 # ...
  93 # Estonia ... uses EU dates but not at 01:00 GMT, they use midnight GMT.
  94 # I don't think they know yet what they will do from 1996 onwards.
  95 # ...
  96 # There shouldn't be any [current members who are not using EU rules].
  97 # A Directive has the force of law, member states are obliged to enact
  98 # national law to implement it. The only contentious issue was the
  99 # different end date for the UK and Ireland, and this was always allowed


 566 #
 567 # Rule C-Eur 1945 only - Sep 16  2:00s 0 -
 568 #
 569 # A small step for mankind though 8-)
 570 Rule    C-Eur   1945    only    -       Sep     16       2:00s  0       -
 571 Rule    C-Eur   1977    1980    -       Apr     Sun>=1        2:00s  1:00    S
 572 Rule    C-Eur   1977    only    -       Sep     lastSun  2:00s  0       -
 573 Rule    C-Eur   1978    only    -       Oct      1       2:00s  0       -
 574 Rule    C-Eur   1979    1995    -       Sep     lastSun  2:00s  0       -
 575 Rule    C-Eur   1981    max     -       Mar     lastSun  2:00s  1:00    S
 576 Rule    C-Eur   1996    max     -       Oct     lastSun  2:00s  0       -
 577 
 578 # E-Eur differs from EU only in that E-Eur switches at midnight local time.
 579 Rule    E-Eur   1977    1980    -       Apr     Sun>=1        0:00   1:00    S
 580 Rule    E-Eur   1977    only    -       Sep     lastSun  0:00   0       -
 581 Rule    E-Eur   1978    only    -       Oct      1       0:00   0       -
 582 Rule    E-Eur   1979    1995    -       Sep     lastSun  0:00   0       -
 583 Rule    E-Eur   1981    max     -       Mar     lastSun  0:00   1:00    S
 584 Rule    E-Eur   1996    max     -       Oct     lastSun  0:00   0       -
 585 





 586 # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
 587 Rule    Russia  1917    only    -       Jul      1      23:00   1:00    MST  # Moscow Summer Time


 588 Rule    Russia  1917    only    -       Dec     28       0:00   0       MMT  # Moscow Mean Time


 589 Rule    Russia  1918    only    -       May     31      22:00   2:00    MDST # Moscow Double Summer Time
 590 Rule    Russia  1918    only    -       Sep     16       1:00   1:00    MST


 591 Rule    Russia  1919    only    -       May     31      23:00   2:00    MDST
 592 Rule    Russia  1919    only    -       Jul      1       2:00   1:00    MSD

 593 Rule    Russia  1919    only    -       Aug     16       0:00   0       MSK


 594 Rule    Russia  1921    only    -       Feb     14      23:00   1:00    MSD
 595 Rule    Russia  1921    only    -       Mar     20      23:00   2:00    MSM  # Midsummer



 596 Rule    Russia  1921    only    -       Sep      1       0:00   1:00    MSD
 597 Rule    Russia  1921    only    -       Oct      1       0:00   0       -
 598 # Act No. 925 of the Council of Ministers of the USSR (1980-10-24):
 599 Rule    Russia  1981    1984    -       Apr      1       0:00   1:00    S
 600 Rule    Russia  1981    1983    -       Oct      1       0:00   0       -
 601 # Act No. 967 of the Council of Ministers of the USSR (1984-09-13), repeated in
 602 # Act No. 227 of the Council of Ministers of the USSR (1989-03-14):
 603 Rule    Russia  1984    1991    -       Sep     lastSun  2:00s  0       -
 604 Rule    Russia  1985    1991    -       Mar     lastSun  2:00s  1:00    S
 605 #
 606 Rule    Russia  1992    only    -       Mar     lastSat  23:00  1:00    S
 607 Rule    Russia  1992    only    -       Sep     lastSat  23:00  0       -
 608 Rule    Russia  1993    2010    -       Mar     lastSun  2:00s  1:00    S
 609 Rule    Russia  1993    1995    -       Sep     lastSun  2:00s  0       -
 610 Rule    Russia  1996    2010    -       Oct     lastSun  2:00s  0       -
 611 # As described below, Russia's 2014 change affects Zone data, not Rule data.
 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 








 633 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-06-14):
 634 # According to Kremlin press service, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev
 635 # signed a federal law "On calculation of time" on June 9, 2011.
 636 # According to the law Russia is abolishing daylight saving time.
 637 #
 638 # Medvedev signed a law "On the Calculation of Time" (in russian):
 639 # http://bmockbe.ru/events/?ID=7583
 640 #
 641 # Medvedev signed a law on the calculation of the time (in russian):
 642 # http://www.regnum.ru/news/polit/1413906.html
 643 
 644 # From Arthur David Olson (2011-06-15):
 645 # Take "abolishing daylight saving time" to mean that time is now considered
 646 # to be standard.
 647 
 648 # These are for backward compatibility with older versions.
 649 
 650 # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
 651 Zone    WET             0:00    EU      WE%sT
 652 Zone    CET             1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT


 734 # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
 735 Rule    Austria 1920    only    -       Apr      5      2:00s   1:00    S
 736 Rule    Austria 1920    only    -       Sep     13      2:00s   0       -
 737 Rule    Austria 1946    only    -       Apr     14      2:00s   1:00    S
 738 Rule    Austria 1946    1948    -       Oct     Sun>=1       2:00s   0       -
 739 Rule    Austria 1947    only    -       Apr      6      2:00s   1:00    S
 740 Rule    Austria 1948    only    -       Apr     18      2:00s   1:00    S
 741 Rule    Austria 1980    only    -       Apr      6      0:00    1:00    S
 742 Rule    Austria 1980    only    -       Sep     28      0:00    0       -
 743 # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
 744 Zone    Europe/Vienna   1:05:21 -       LMT     1893 Apr
 745                         1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1920
 746                         1:00    Austria CE%sT   1940 Apr  1  2:00s
 747                         1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1945 Apr  2  2:00s
 748                         1:00    1:00    CEST    1945 Apr 12  2:00s
 749                         1:00    -       CET     1946
 750                         1:00    Austria CE%sT   1981
 751                         1:00    EU      CE%sT
 752 
 753 # Belarus








 754 # From Yauhen Kharuzhy (2011-09-16):
 755 # By latest Belarus government act Europe/Minsk timezone was changed to
 756 # GMT+3 without DST (was GMT+2 with DST).
 757 #
 758 # Sources (Russian language):
 759 # http://www.belta.by/ru/all_news/society/V-Belarusi-otmenjaetsja-perexod-na-sezonnoe-vremja_i_572952.html
 760 # http://naviny.by/rubrics/society/2011/09/16/ic_articles_116_175144/
 761 # http://news.tut.by/society/250578.html
 762 #
 763 # From Alexander Bokovoy (2014-10-09):
 764 # Belarussian government decided against changing to winter time....
 765 # http://eng.belta.by/all_news/society/Belarus-decides-against-adjusting-time-in-Russias-wake_i_76335.html
 766 # From Paul Eggert (2014-10-08):
 767 # Hence Belarus can share time zone abbreviations with Moscow again.
 768 #
 769 # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
 770 Zone    Europe/Minsk    1:50:16 -       LMT     1880
 771                         1:50    -       MMT     1924 May  2 # Minsk Mean Time
 772                         2:00    -       EET     1930 Jun 21
 773                         3:00    -       MSK     1941 Jun 28
 774                         1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1944 Jul  3
 775                         3:00    Russia  MSK/MSD 1990
 776                         3:00    -       MSK     1991 Mar 31  2:00s
 777                         2:00    1:00    EEST    1991 Sep 29  2:00s
 778                         2:00    -       EET     1992 Mar 29  0:00s
 779                         2:00    1:00    EEST    1992 Sep 27  0:00s
 780                         2:00    Russia  EE%sT   2011 Mar 27  2:00s
 781                         3:00    -       FET     2014 Oct 26  1:00s
 782                         3:00    -       MSK
 783 
 784 # Belgium
 785 #
 786 # From Paul Eggert (1997-07-02):
 787 # Entries from 1918 through 1991 are taken from:
 788 #       Annuaire de L'Observatoire Royal de Belgique,
 789 #       Avenue Circulaire, 3, B-1180 BRUXELLES, CLVIIe année, 1991
 790 #       (Imprimerie HAYEZ, s.p.r.l., Rue Fin, 4, 1080 BRUXELLES, MCMXC),
 791 #       pp 8-9.
 792 # LMT before 1892 was 0:17:30, according to the official journal of Belgium:
 793 #       Moniteur Belge, Samedi 30 Avril 1892, N.121.
 794 # Thanks to Pascal Delmoitie for these references.
 795 # The 1918 rules are listed for completeness; they apply to unoccupied Belgium.
 796 # Assume Brussels switched to WET in 1918 when the armistice took effect.
 797 #
 798 # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
 799 Rule    Belgium 1918    only    -       Mar      9       0:00s  1:00    S
 800 Rule    Belgium 1918    1919    -       Oct     Sat>=1       23:00s  0       -
 801 Rule    Belgium 1919    only    -       Mar      1      23:00s  1:00    S
 802 Rule    Belgium 1920    only    -       Feb     14      23:00s  1:00    S


1270                         0:00    France  WE%sT   1945 Sep 16  3:00
1271                         1:00    France  CE%sT   1977
1272                         1:00    EU      CE%sT
1273 
1274 # Germany
1275 
1276 # From Markus Kuhn (1998-09-29):
1277 # The German time zone web site by the Physikalisch-Technische
1278 # Bundesanstalt contains DST information back to 1916.
1279 # [See tz-link.htm for the URL.]
1280 
1281 # From Jörg Schilling (2002-10-23):
1282 # In 1945, Berlin was switched to Moscow Summer time (GMT+4) by
1283 # http://www.dhm.de/lemo/html/biografien/BersarinNikolai/
1284 # General [Nikolai] Bersarin.
1285 
1286 # From Paul Eggert (2003-03-08):
1287 # http://www.parlament-berlin.de/pds-fraktion.nsf/727459127c8b66ee8525662300459099/defc77cb784f180ac1256c2b0030274b/$FILE/bersarint.pdf
1288 # says that Bersarin issued an order to use Moscow time on May 20.
1289 # However, Moscow did not observe daylight saving in 1945, so
1290 # this was equivalent to CEMT (GMT+3), not GMT+4.
1291 
1292 
1293 # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
1294 Rule    Germany 1946    only    -       Apr     14      2:00s   1:00    S
1295 Rule    Germany 1946    only    -       Oct      7      2:00s   0       -
1296 Rule    Germany 1947    1949    -       Oct     Sun>=1       2:00s   0       -
1297 # http://www.ptb.de/de/org/4/44/441/salt.htm says the following transition
1298 # occurred at 3:00 MEZ, not the 2:00 MEZ given in Shanks & Pottenger.
1299 # Go with the PTB.
1300 Rule    Germany 1947    only    -       Apr      6      3:00s   1:00    S
1301 Rule    Germany 1947    only    -       May     11      2:00s   2:00    M
1302 Rule    Germany 1947    only    -       Jun     29      3:00    1:00    S
1303 Rule    Germany 1948    only    -       Apr     18      2:00s   1:00    S
1304 Rule    Germany 1949    only    -       Apr     10      2:00s   1:00    S
1305 
1306 Rule SovietZone 1945    only    -       May     24      2:00    2:00    M # Midsummer
1307 Rule SovietZone 1945    only    -       Sep     24      3:00    1:00    S
1308 Rule SovietZone 1945    only    -       Nov     18      2:00s   0       -
1309 
1310 # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]


1869 # practice of following Amsterdam mean time.
1870 #
1871 # (2001-04-09):
1872 # In 1835 the authorities of the province of North Holland requested the
1873 # municipal authorities of the towns and cities in the province to observe
1874 # Amsterdam mean time but I do not know in how many cases this request was
1875 # actually followed.
1876 #
1877 # From 1852 onwards the Dutch telegraph offices were by law required to
1878 # observe Amsterdam mean time. As the time signals from the observatory of
1879 # Leiden were also distributed by the telegraph system, I assume that most
1880 # places linked up with the telegraph (and railway) system automatically
1881 # adopted Amsterdam mean time.
1882 #
1883 # Although the early Dutch railway companies initially observed a variety
1884 # of times, most of them had adopted Amsterdam mean time by 1858 but it
1885 # was not until 1866 when they were all required by law to observe
1886 # Amsterdam mean time.
1887 
1888 # The data entries before 1945 are taken from
1889 # http://www.phys.uu.nl/~vgent/wettijd/wettijd.htm
1890 
1891 # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
1892 Rule    Neth    1916    only    -       May      1      0:00    1:00    NST     # Netherlands Summer Time
1893 Rule    Neth    1916    only    -       Oct      1      0:00    0       AMT     # Amsterdam Mean Time
1894 Rule    Neth    1917    only    -       Apr     16      2:00s   1:00    NST
1895 Rule    Neth    1917    only    -       Sep     17      2:00s   0       AMT
1896 Rule    Neth    1918    1921    -       Apr     Mon>=1       2:00s   1:00    NST
1897 Rule    Neth    1918    1921    -       Sep     lastMon 2:00s   0       AMT
1898 Rule    Neth    1922    only    -       Mar     lastSun 2:00s   1:00    NST
1899 Rule    Neth    1922    1936    -       Oct     Sun>=2       2:00s   0       AMT
1900 Rule    Neth    1923    only    -       Jun     Fri>=1       2:00s   1:00    NST
1901 Rule    Neth    1924    only    -       Mar     lastSun 2:00s   1:00    NST
1902 Rule    Neth    1925    only    -       Jun     Fri>=1       2:00s   1:00    NST
1903 # From 1926 through 1939 DST began 05-15, except that it was delayed by a week
1904 # in years when 05-15 fell in the Pentecost weekend.
1905 Rule    Neth    1926    1931    -       May     15      2:00s   1:00    NST
1906 Rule    Neth    1932    only    -       May     22      2:00s   1:00    NST
1907 Rule    Neth    1933    1936    -       May     15      2:00s   1:00    NST
1908 Rule    Neth    1937    only    -       May     22      2:00s   1:00    NST
1909 Rule    Neth    1937    only    -       Jul      1      0:00    1:00    S


2234 # According to the Russian news (ITAR-TASS News Agency)
2235 # http://en.itar-tass.com/russia/738562
2236 # the State Duma has approved ... the draft bill on returning to
2237 # winter time standard and return Russia 11 time zones.  The new
2238 # regulations will come into effect on October 26, 2014 at 02:00 ...
2239 # http://asozd2.duma.gov.ru/main.nsf/%28Spravka%29?OpenAgent&RN=431985-6&02
2240 # Here is a link where we put together table (based on approved Bill N
2241 # 431985-6) with proposed 11 Russian time zones and corresponding
2242 # areas/cities/administrative centers in the Russian Federation (in English):
2243 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia65.html
2244 #
2245 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2014-07-22):
2246 # Putin signed the Federal Law 431985-6 ... (in Russian)
2247 # http://itar-tass.com/obschestvo/1333711
2248 # http://www.pravo.gov.ru:8080/page.aspx?111660
2249 # http://www.kremlin.ru/acts/46279
2250 # From October 26, 2014 the new Russian time zone map will looks like this:
2251 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia-map-2014-07.html
2252 
2253 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
2254 # Except for Moscow after 1919-07-01, I invented the time zone abbreviations.
2255 # Moscow time zone abbreviations after 1919-07-01, and Moscow rules after 1991,
2256 # are from Andrey A. Chernov.  The rest is from Shanks & Pottenger,
2257 # except we follow Chernov's report that 1992 DST transitions were Sat
2258 # 23:00, not Sun 02:00s.
2259 #
2260 # From Stanislaw A. Kuzikowski (1994-06-29):
2261 # But now it is some months since Novosibirsk is 3 hours ahead of Moscow!
2262 # I do not know why they have decided to make this change;
2263 # as far as I remember it was done exactly during winter->summer switching
2264 # so we (Novosibirsk) simply did not switch.
2265 #
2266 # From Andrey A. Chernov (1996-10-04):
2267 # 'MSK' and 'MSD' were born and used initially on Moscow computers with
2268 # UNIX-like OSes by several developer groups (e.g. Demos group, Kiae group)....
2269 # The next step was the UUCP network, the Relcom predecessor
2270 # (used mainly for mail), and MSK/MSD was actively used there.
2271 #
2272 # From Chris Carrier (1996-10-30):
2273 # According to a friend of mine who rode the Trans-Siberian Railroad from
2274 # Moscow to Irkutsk in 1995, public air and rail transport in Russia ...


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 
2325 Zone Europe/Kaliningrad  1:22:00 -      LMT     1893 Apr
2326                          1:00   C-Eur   CE%sT   1945
2327                          2:00   Poland  CE%sT   1946
2328                          3:00   Russia  MSK/MSD 1989 Mar 26  2:00s
2329                          2:00   Russia  EE%sT   2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2330                          3:00   -       FET     2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2331                          2:00   -       EET
2332 
2333 
2334 # From Paul Eggert (2016-02-21), per Tim Parenti (2014-07-03) and
2335 # Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25):
2336 # Europe/Moscow covers...
2337 # 01    RU-AD   Adygea, Republic of
2338 # 05    RU-DA   Dagestan, Republic of
2339 # 06    RU-IN   Ingushetia, Republic of
2340 # 07    RU-KB   Kabardino-Balkar Republic
2341 # 08    RU-KL   Kalmykia, Republic of
2342 # 09    RU-KC   Karachay-Cherkess Republic
2343 # 10    RU-KR   Karelia, Republic of
2344 # 11    RU-KO   Komi Republic
2345 # 12    RU-ME   Mari El Republic
2346 # 13    RU-MO   Mordovia, Republic of
2347 # 15    RU-SE   North Ossetia-Alania, Republic of
2348 # 16    RU-TA   Tatarstan, Republic of
2349 # 20    RU-CE   Chechen Republic
2350 # 21    RU-CU   Chuvash Republic


2363 # 47    RU-LEN  Leningrad Oblast
2364 # 48    RU-LIP  Lipetsk Oblast
2365 # 50    RU-MOS  Moscow Oblast
2366 # 51    RU-MUR  Murmansk Oblast
2367 # 52    RU-NIZ  Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
2368 # 53    RU-NGR  Novgorod Oblast
2369 # 57    RU-ORL  Oryol Oblast
2370 # 58    RU-PNZ  Penza Oblast
2371 # 60    RU-PSK  Pskov Oblast
2372 # 61    RU-ROS  Rostov Oblast
2373 # 62    RU-RYA  Ryazan Oblast
2374 # 67    RU-SMO  Smolensk Oblast
2375 # 68    RU-TAM  Tambov Oblast
2376 # 69    RU-TVE  Tver Oblast
2377 # 71    RU-TUL  Tula Oblast
2378 # 76    RU-YAR  Yaroslavl Oblast
2379 # 77    RU-MOW  Moscow
2380 # 78    RU-SPE  Saint Petersburg
2381 # 83    RU-NEN  Nenets Autonomous Okrug
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


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,


2464 # From Vladimir Karpinsky (2014-07-08):
2465 # LMT in Moscow (before Jul 3, 1916) is 2:30:17, that was defined by Moscow
2466 # Observatory (coordinates: 55 deg. 45'29.70", 37 deg. 34'05.30")....
2467 # LMT in Moscow since Jul 3, 1916 is 2:31:01 as a result of new standard.
2468 # (The info is from the book by Byalokoz ... p. 18.)
2469 # The time in St. Petersburg as capital of Russia was defined by
2470 # Pulkov observatory, near St. Petersburg.  In 1916 LMT Moscow
2471 # was synchronized with LMT St. Petersburg (+30 minutes), (Pulkov observatory
2472 # coordinates: 59 deg. 46'18.70", 30 deg. 19'40.70") so 30 deg. 19'40.70" >
2473 # 2h01m18.7s = 2:01:19.  LMT Moscow = LMT St.Petersburg + 30m 2:01:19 + 0:30 =
2474 # 2:31:19 ...
2475 #
2476 # From Paul Eggert (2014-07-08):
2477 # Milne does not list Moscow, but suggests that its time might be listed in
2478 # Résumés mensuels et annuels des observations météorologiques (1895).
2479 # Presumably this is OCLC 85825704, a journal published with parallel text in
2480 # Russian and French.  This source has not been located; go with Karpinsky.
2481 
2482 Zone Europe/Moscow       2:30:17 -      LMT     1880
2483                          2:30:17 -      MMT     1916 Jul  3 # Moscow Mean Time
2484                          2:31:19 Russia %s      1919 Jul  1  2:00
2485                          3:00   Russia  %s      1921 Oct
2486                          3:00   Russia  MSK/MSD 1922 Oct
2487                          2:00   -       EET     1930 Jun 21
2488                          3:00   Russia  MSK/MSD 1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2489                          2:00   Russia  EE%sT   1992 Jan 19  2:00s
2490                          3:00   Russia  MSK/MSD 2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2491                          4:00   -       MSK     2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2492                          3:00   -       MSK
2493 
2494 
2495 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03):
2496 # Europe/Simferopol covers...
2497 # **    ****    Crimea, Republic of
2498 # **    ****    Sevastopol
2499 
2500 Zone Europe/Simferopol   2:16:24 -      LMT     1880
2501                          2:16   -       SMT     1924 May  2 # Simferopol Mean T
2502                          2:00   -       EET     1930 Jun 21
2503                          3:00   -       MSK     1941 Nov
2504                          1:00   C-Eur   CE%sT   1944 Apr 13


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:
2562 # 34    RU-VGG  Volgograd Oblast
2563 # 64    RU-SAR  Saratov Oblast
2564 # The 1988 transition is from USSR act No. 5 (1988-01-04).
2565 
2566 Zone Europe/Volgograd    2:57:40 -      LMT     1920 Jan  3
2567                          3:00   -       TSAT    1925 Apr  6 # Tsaritsyn Time
2568                          3:00   -       STAT    1930 Jun 21 # Stalingrad Time
2569                          4:00   -       STAT    1961 Nov 11
2570                          4:00   Russia  VOL%sT  1988 Mar 27  2:00s # Volgograd T
2571                          3:00   Russia  VOL%sT  1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2572                          4:00   -       VOLT    1992 Mar 29  2:00s
2573                          3:00   Russia  MSK/MSD 2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2574                          4:00   -       MSK     2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2575                          3:00   -       MSK
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
2592 
2593 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03), per Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25):
2594 # Europe/Samara covers...
2595 # 18    RU-UD   Udmurt Republic
2596 # 63    RU-SAM  Samara Oblast
2597 
2598 # From Paul Eggert (2016-03-18):
2599 # Byalokoz 1919 says Samara was 3:20:20.
2600 # The 1989 transition is from USSR act No. 227 (1989-03-14).
2601 
2602 Zone Europe/Samara       3:20:20 -      LMT     1919 Jul  1  2:00
2603                          3:00   -       SAMT    1930 Jun 21 # Samara Time
2604                          4:00   -       SAMT    1935 Jan 27
2605                          4:00   Russia  KUY%sT  1989 Mar 26  2:00s # Kuybyshev
2606                          3:00   Russia  MSK/MSD 1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2607                          2:00   Russia  EE%sT   1991 Sep 29  2:00s
2608                          3:00   -       SAMT    1991 Oct 20  3:00
2609                          4:00   Russia  SAM%sT  2010 Mar 28  2:00s
2610                          3:00   Russia  SAM%sT  2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2611                          4:00   -       SAMT
2612 
2613 # From Paul Eggert (2016-03-18):
2614 # Europe/Ulyanovsk covers:
2615 # 73    RU-ULY  Ulyanovsk Oblast
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 
2636 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03), per Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25):
2637 # Asia/Yekaterinburg covers...
2638 # 02    RU-BA   Bashkortostan, Republic of
2639 # 90    RU-PER  Perm Krai
2640 # 45    RU-KGN  Kurgan Oblast
2641 # 56    RU-ORE  Orenburg Oblast
2642 # 66    RU-SVE  Sverdlovsk Oblast
2643 # 72    RU-TYU  Tyumen Oblast
2644 # 74    RU-CHE  Chelyabinsk Oblast
2645 # 86    RU-KHM  Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug - Yugra
2646 # 89    RU-YAN  Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
2647 #
2648 # Note: Effective 2005-12-01, (59) Perm Oblast and (81) Komi-Permyak
2649 # Autonomous Okrug merged to form (90, RU-PER) Perm Krai.
2650 
2651 # Milne says Yekaterinburg was 4:02:32.9; round to nearest.
2652 # Byalokoz 1919 says its provincial time was based on Perm, at 3:45:05.
2653 # Assume it switched on 1916-07-03, the time of the new standard.
2654 # The 1919 and 1930 transitions are from Shanks.
2655 
2656 Zone Asia/Yekaterinburg  4:02:33 -      LMT     1916 Jul  3
2657                          3:45:05 -      PMT     1919 Jul 15  4:00
2658                          4:00   -       SVET    1930 Jun 21 # Sverdlovsk Time
2659                          5:00   Russia  SVE%sT  1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2660                          4:00   Russia  SVE%sT  1992 Jan 19  2:00s
2661                          5:00   Russia  YEK%sT  2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2662                          6:00   -       YEKT    2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2663                          5:00   -       YEKT
2664 
2665 
2666 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03), per Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25):
2667 # Asia/Omsk covers...
2668 # 55    RU-OMS  Omsk Oblast
2669 
2670 # Byalokoz 1919 says Omsk was 4:53:30.
2671 
2672 Zone Asia/Omsk           4:53:30 -      LMT     1919 Nov 14
2673                          5:00   -       OMST    1930 Jun 21 # Omsk Time
2674                          6:00   Russia  OMS%sT  1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2675                          5:00   Russia  OMS%sT  1992 Jan 19  2:00s
2676                          6:00   Russia  OMS%sT  2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2677                          7:00   -       OMST    2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2678                          6:00   -       OMST
2679 
2680 # From Paul Eggert (2016-02-22):
2681 # Asia/Barnaul covers:
2682 # 04    RU-AL   Altai Republic
2683 # 22    RU-ALT  Altai Krai
2684 
2685 # Data before 1991 are from Shanks & Pottenger.
2686 
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


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 







2724 Zone Asia/Novosibirsk    5:31:40 -      LMT     1919 Dec 14  6:00
2725                          6:00   -       NOVT    1930 Jun 21 # Novosibirsk Time
2726                          7:00   Russia  NOV%sT  1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2727                          6:00   Russia  NOV%sT  1992 Jan 19  2:00s
2728                          7:00   Russia  NOV%sT  1993 May 23 # say Shanks & P.
2729                          6:00   Russia  NOV%sT  2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2730                          7:00   -       NOVT    2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2731                          6:00   -       NOVT

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).
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 











2763 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03):
2764 # Asia/Novokuznetsk covers...
2765 # 42    RU-KEM  Kemerovo Oblast
2766 
2767 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-10-13):
2768 # Kemerovo oblast' (Kemerovo region) in Russia will change current time zone on
2769 # March 28, 2010:
2770 # from current Russia Zone 6 - Krasnoyarsk Time Zone (KRA) UTC +0700
2771 # to Russia Zone 5 - Novosibirsk Time Zone (NOV) UTC +0600
2772 #
2773 # This is according to Government of Russia decree No. 740, on September
2774 # 14, 2009 "Application in the territory of the Kemerovo region the Fifth
2775 # time zone." ("Russia Zone 5" or old "USSR Zone 5" is GMT +0600)
2776 #
2777 # Russian Government web site (Russian language)
2778 # http://www.government.ru/content/governmentactivity/rfgovernmentdecisions/archive/2009/09/14/991633.htm
2779 # or Russian-English translation by WorldTimeZone.com with reference
2780 # map to local region and new Russia Time Zone map after March 28, 2010
2781 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia03.html
2782 #
2783 # Thus, when Russia will switch to DST on the night of March 28, 2010
2784 # Kemerovo region (Kemerovo oblast') will not change the clock.
2785 
2786 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-02), per Alexander Krivenyshev (2014-07-02):
2787 # The Kemerovo region will remain at UTC+7 through the 2014-10-26 change, thus
2788 # realigning itself with KRAT.
2789 
2790 Zone Asia/Novokuznetsk   5:48:48 -      LMT     1924 May  1
2791                          6:00   -       KRAT    1930 Jun 21 # Krasnoyarsk Time
2792                          7:00   Russia  KRA%sT  1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2793                          6:00   Russia  KRA%sT  1992 Jan 19  2:00s
2794                          7:00   Russia  KRA%sT  2010 Mar 28  2:00s
2795                          6:00   Russia  NOV%sT  2011 Mar 27  2:00s # Novosibirsk
2796                          7:00   -       NOVT    2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2797                          7:00   -       KRAT    # Krasnoyarsk Time
2798 
2799 
2800 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03), per Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25):
2801 # Asia/Krasnoyarsk covers...
2802 # 17    RU-TY   Tuva Republic
2803 # 19    RU-KK   Khakassia, Republic of
2804 # 24    RU-KYA  Krasnoyarsk Krai
2805 #
2806 # Note: Effective 2007-01-01, (88) Evenk Autonomous Okrug and (84) Taymyr
2807 # Autonomous Okrug were merged into (24, RU-KYA) Krasnoyarsk Krai.
2808 
2809 # Byalokoz 1919 says Krasnoyarsk was 6:11:26.
2810 
2811 Zone Asia/Krasnoyarsk    6:11:26 -      LMT     1920 Jan  6
2812                          6:00   -       KRAT    1930 Jun 21 # Krasnoyarsk Time
2813                          7:00   Russia  KRA%sT  1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2814                          6:00   Russia  KRA%sT  1992 Jan 19  2:00s
2815                          7:00   Russia  KRA%sT  2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2816                          8:00   -       KRAT    2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2817                          7:00   -       KRAT
2818 
2819 
2820 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03), per Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25):
2821 # Asia/Irkutsk covers...
2822 # 03    RU-BU   Buryatia, Republic of
2823 # 38    RU-IRK  Irkutsk Oblast
2824 #
2825 # Note: Effective 2008-01-01, (85) Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Okrug was
2826 # merged into (38, RU-IRK) Irkutsk Oblast.
2827 
2828 # Milne 1899 says Irkutsk was 6:57:15.
2829 # Byalokoz 1919 says Irkutsk was 6:57:05.
2830 # Go with Byalokoz.
2831 
2832 Zone Asia/Irkutsk        6:57:05 -      LMT     1880
2833                          6:57:05 -      IMT     1920 Jan 25 # Irkutsk Mean Time
2834                          7:00   -       IRKT    1930 Jun 21 # Irkutsk Time
2835                          8:00   Russia  IRK%sT  1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2836                          7:00   Russia  IRK%sT  1992 Jan 19  2:00s
2837                          8:00   Russia  IRK%sT  2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2838                          9:00   -       IRKT    2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2839                          8:00   -       IRKT
2840 
2841 
2842 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-06):
2843 # Asia/Chita covers...
2844 # 92    RU-ZAB  Zabaykalsky Krai
2845 #
2846 # Note: Effective 2008-03-01, (75) Chita Oblast and (80) Agin-Buryat
2847 # Autonomous Okrug merged to form (92, RU-ZAB) Zabaykalsky Krai.
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 
2855 Zone Asia/Chita  7:33:52 -      LMT     1919 Dec 15
2856                          8:00   -       YAKT    1930 Jun 21 # Yakutsk Time
2857                          9:00   Russia  YAK%sT  1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2858                          8:00   Russia  YAK%sT  1992 Jan 19  2:00s
2859                          9:00   Russia  YAK%sT  2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2860                         10:00   -       YAKT    2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2861                          8:00   -       IRKT    2016 Mar 27  2:00
2862                          9:00   -       YAKT
2863 
2864 
2865 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03), per Oscar van Vlijmen (2009-11-29):
2866 # Asia/Yakutsk covers...
2867 # 28    RU-AMU  Amur Oblast
2868 #
2869 # ...and parts of (14, RU-SA) Sakha (Yakutia) Republic:
2870 # 14-02 ****    Aldansky District
2871 # 14-04 ****    Amginsky District
2872 # 14-05 ****    Anabarsky District
2873 # 14-06 ****    Bulunsky District
2874 # 14-07 ****    Verkhnevilyuysky District
2875 # 14-10 ****    Vilyuysky District
2876 # 14-11 ****    Gorny District
2877 # 14-12 ****    Zhigansky District
2878 # 14-13 ****    Kobyaysky District
2879 # 14-14 ****    Lensky District
2880 # 14-15 ****    Megino-Kangalassky District
2881 # 14-16 ****    Mirninsky District
2882 # 14-18 ****    Namsky District
2883 # 14-19 ****    Neryungrinsky District
2884 # 14-21 ****    Nyurbinsky District
2885 # 14-23 ****    Olenyoksky District
2886 # 14-24 ****    Olyokminsky District
2887 # 14-26 ****    Suntarsky District
2888 # 14-27 ****    Tattinsky District
2889 # 14-29 ****    Ust-Aldansky District
2890 # 14-32 ****    Khangalassky District
2891 # 14-33 ****    Churapchinsky District
2892 # 14-34 ****    Eveno-Bytantaysky National District
2893 
2894 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03):
2895 # Our commentary seems to have lost mention of (14-19) Neryungrinsky District.
2896 # Since the surrounding districts of Sakha are all YAKT, assume this is, too.
2897 # Also assume its history has been the same as the rest of Asia/Yakutsk.
2898 
2899 # Byalokoz 1919 says Yakutsk was 8:38:58.
2900 
2901 Zone Asia/Yakutsk        8:38:58 -      LMT     1919 Dec 15
2902                          8:00   -       YAKT    1930 Jun 21 # Yakutsk Time
2903                          9:00   Russia  YAK%sT  1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2904                          8:00   Russia  YAK%sT  1992 Jan 19  2:00s
2905                          9:00   Russia  YAK%sT  2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2906                         10:00   -       YAKT    2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2907                          9:00   -       YAKT
2908 
2909 
2910 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03), per Oscar van Vlijmen (2009-11-29):
2911 # Asia/Vladivostok covers...
2912 # 25    RU-PRI  Primorsky Krai
2913 # 27    RU-KHA  Khabarovsk Krai
2914 # 79    RU-YEV  Jewish Autonomous Oblast
2915 #
2916 # ...and parts of (14, RU-SA) Sakha (Yakutia) Republic:
2917 # 14-09 ****    Verkhoyansky District
2918 # 14-31 ****    Ust-Yansky District
2919 
2920 # Milne 1899 says Vladivostok was 8:47:33.5.
2921 # Byalokoz 1919 says Vladivostok was 8:47:31.
2922 # Go with Byalokoz.
2923 
2924 Zone Asia/Vladivostok    8:47:31 -      LMT     1922 Nov 15
2925                          9:00   -       VLAT    1930 Jun 21 # Vladivostok Time
2926                         10:00   Russia  VLA%sT  1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2927                          9:00   Russia  VLA%sT  1992 Jan 19  2:00s
2928                         10:00   Russia  VLA%sT  2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2929                         11:00   -       VLAT    2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2930                         10:00   -       VLAT
2931 
2932 
2933 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03):
2934 # Asia/Khandyga covers parts of (14, RU-SA) Sakha (Yakutia) Republic:
2935 # 14-28 ****    Tomponsky District
2936 # 14-30 ****    Ust-Maysky District
2937 
2938 # From Arthur David Olson (2012-05-09):
2939 # Tomponskij and Ust'-Majskij switched from Vladivostok time to Yakutsk time
2940 # in 2011.
2941 
2942 # From Paul Eggert (2012-11-25):
2943 # Shanks and Pottenger (2003) has Khandyga on Yakutsk time.
2944 # Make a wild guess that it switched to Vladivostok time in 2004.
2945 # This transition is no doubt wrong, but we have no better info.
2946 
2947 Zone Asia/Khandyga       9:02:13 -      LMT     1919 Dec 15
2948                          8:00   -       YAKT    1930 Jun 21 # Yakutsk Time
2949                          9:00   Russia  YAK%sT  1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2950                          8:00   Russia  YAK%sT  1992 Jan 19  2:00s
2951                          9:00   Russia  YAK%sT  2004
2952                         10:00   Russia  VLA%sT  2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2953                         11:00   -       VLAT    2011 Sep 13  0:00s # Decree 725?
2954                         10:00   -       YAKT    2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2955                          9:00   -       YAKT
2956 
2957 
2958 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03):
2959 # Asia/Sakhalin covers...
2960 # 65    RU-SAK  Sakhalin Oblast
2961 # ...with the exception of:
2962 # 65-11 ****    Severo-Kurilsky District (North Kuril Islands)
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 
2969 # The Zone name should be Asia/Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, but that's too long.
2970 Zone Asia/Sakhalin       9:30:48 -      LMT     1905 Aug 23
2971                          9:00   -       JCST    1937 Oct  1
2972                          9:00   -       JST     1945 Aug 25
2973                         11:00   Russia  SAK%sT  1991 Mar 31  2:00s # Sakhalin T
2974                         10:00   Russia  SAK%sT  1992 Jan 19  2:00s
2975                         11:00   Russia  SAK%sT  1997 Mar lastSun  2:00s
2976                         10:00   Russia  SAK%sT  2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2977                         11:00   -       SAKT    2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2978                         10:00   -       SAKT    2016 Mar 27  2:00s
2979                         11:00   -       SAKT
2980 
2981 
2982 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03), per Oscar van Vlijmen (2009-11-29):
2983 # Asia/Magadan covers...
2984 # 49    RU-MAG  Magadan Oblast
2985 
2986 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-06), per Alexander Krivenyshev (2014-07-02):
2987 # Magadan Oblast is moving from UTC+12 to UTC+10 on 2014-10-26; however,
2988 # several districts of Sakha Republic as well as Severo-Kurilsky District of
2989 # the Sakhalin Oblast (also known as the North Kuril Islands), represented
2990 # until now by Asia/Magadan, will instead move to UTC+11.  These regions will
2991 # need their own zone.
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 
3001 Zone Asia/Magadan       10:03:12 -      LMT     1924 May  2
3002                         10:00   -       MAGT    1930 Jun 21 # Magadan Time
3003                         11:00   Russia  MAG%sT  1991 Mar 31  2:00s
3004                         10:00   Russia  MAG%sT  1992 Jan 19  2:00s
3005                         11:00   Russia  MAG%sT  2011 Mar 27  2:00s
3006                         12:00   -       MAGT    2014 Oct 26  2:00s
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.
3013 
3014 
3015 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-06):
3016 # Asia/Srednekolymsk covers parts of (14, RU-SA) Sakha (Yakutia) Republic:
3017 # 14-01 ****    Abyysky District
3018 # 14-03 ****    Allaikhovsky District
3019 # 14-08 ****    Verkhnekolymsky District
3020 # 14-17 ****    Momsky District
3021 # 14-20 ****    Nizhnekolymsky District
3022 # 14-25 ****    Srednekolymsky District
3023 #
3024 # ...and parts of (65, RU-SAK) Sakhalin Oblast:
3025 # 65-11 ****    Severo-Kurilsky District (North Kuril Islands)
3026 
3027 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-02):
3028 # Oymyakonsky District of Sakha Republic (represented by Ust-Nera), along with
3029 # most of Sakhalin Oblast (represented by Sakhalin) will be moving to UTC+10 on
3030 # 2014-10-26 to stay aligned with VLAT/SAKT; however, Severo-Kurilsky District
3031 # of the Sakhalin Oblast (also known as the North Kuril Islands, represented by
3032 # Severo-Kurilsk) will remain on UTC+11.


3035 # Assume North Kuril Islands have history like Magadan before 2011-03-27.
3036 # There is a decent chance this is wrong, in which case a new zone
3037 # Asia/Severo-Kurilsk would become necessary.
3038 #
3039 # Srednekolymsk and Zyryanka are the most populous places amongst these
3040 # districts, but have very similar populations.  In fact, Wikipedia currently
3041 # lists them both as having 3528 people, exactly 1668 males and 1860 females
3042 # each!  (Yikes!)
3043 # http://en.wikipedia.org/w/?title=Srednekolymsky_District&oldid=603435276
3044 # http://en.wikipedia.org/w/?title=Verkhnekolymsky_District&oldid=594378493
3045 # Assume this is a mistake, albeit an amusing one.
3046 #
3047 # Looking at censuses, the populations of the two municipalities seem to have
3048 # fluctuated recently.  Zyryanka was more populous than Srednekolymsk in the
3049 # 1989 and 2002 censuses, but Srednekolymsk was more populous in the most
3050 # recent (2010) census, 3525 to 3170.  (See pages 195 and 197 of
3051 # http://www.gks.ru/free_doc/new_site/perepis2010/croc/Documents/Vol1/pub-01-05.pdf
3052 # in Russian.)  In addition, Srednekolymsk appears to be a much older
3053 # settlement and the population of Zyryanka seems to be declining.
3054 # Go with Srednekolymsk.
3055 #
3056 # Since Magadan Oblast moves to UTC+10 on 2014-10-26, we cannot keep using MAGT
3057 # as the abbreviation.  Use SRET instead.
3058 
3059 Zone Asia/Srednekolymsk 10:14:52 -      LMT     1924 May  2
3060                         10:00   -       MAGT    1930 Jun 21 # Magadan Time
3061                         11:00   Russia  MAG%sT  1991 Mar 31  2:00s
3062                         10:00   Russia  MAG%sT  1992 Jan 19  2:00s
3063                         11:00   Russia  MAG%sT  2011 Mar 27  2:00s
3064                         12:00   -       MAGT    2014 Oct 26  2:00s
3065                         11:00   -       SRET    # Srednekolymsk Time
3066 
3067 
3068 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03):
3069 # Asia/Ust-Nera covers parts of (14, RU-SA) Sakha (Yakutia) Republic:
3070 # 14-22 ****    Oymyakonsky District
3071 
3072 # From Arthur David Olson (2012-05-09):
3073 # Ojmyakonskij [and the Kuril Islands] switched from
3074 # Magadan time to Vladivostok time in 2011.
3075 #
3076 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-06), per Alexander Krivenyshev (2014-07-02):
3077 # It's unlikely that any of the Kuril Islands were involved in such a switch,
3078 # as the South and Middle Kurils have been on UTC+11 (SAKT) with the rest of
3079 # Sakhalin Oblast since at least 2011-09, and the North Kurils have been on
3080 # UTC+12 since at least then, too.
3081 
3082 Zone Asia/Ust-Nera       9:32:54 -      LMT     1919 Dec 15
3083                          8:00   -       YAKT    1930 Jun 21 # Yakutsk Time
3084                          9:00   Russia  YAKT    1981 Apr  1
3085                         11:00   Russia  MAG%sT  1991 Mar 31  2:00s
3086                         10:00   Russia  MAG%sT  1992 Jan 19  2:00s
3087                         11:00   Russia  MAG%sT  2011 Mar 27  2:00s
3088                         12:00   -       MAGT    2011 Sep 13  0:00s # Decree 725?
3089                         11:00   -       VLAT    2014 Oct 26  2:00s
3090                         10:00   -       VLAT
3091 
3092 
3093 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03), per Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25):
3094 # Asia/Kamchatka covers...
3095 # 91    RU-KAM  Kamchatka Krai
3096 #
3097 # Note: Effective 2007-07-01, (41) Kamchatka Oblast and (82) Koryak
3098 # Autonomous Okrug merged to form (91, RU-KAM) Kamchatka Krai.
3099 
3100 # The Zone name should be Asia/Petropavlovsk-Kamchatski or perhaps
3101 # Asia/Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, but these are too long.
3102 Zone Asia/Kamchatka     10:34:36 -      LMT     1922 Nov 10
3103                         11:00   -       PETT    1930 Jun 21 # P-K Time
3104                         12:00   Russia  PET%sT  1991 Mar 31  2:00s
3105                         11:00   Russia  PET%sT  1992 Jan 19  2:00s
3106                         12:00   Russia  PET%sT  2010 Mar 28  2:00s
3107                         11:00   Russia  PET%sT  2011 Mar 27  2:00s
3108                         12:00   -       PETT
3109 
3110 
3111 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03):
3112 # Asia/Anadyr covers...
3113 # 87    RU-CHU  Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
3114 
3115 Zone Asia/Anadyr        11:49:56 -      LMT     1924 May  2
3116                         12:00   -       ANAT    1930 Jun 21 # Anadyr Time
3117                         13:00   Russia  ANA%sT  1982 Apr  1  0:00s
3118                         12:00   Russia  ANA%sT  1991 Mar 31  2:00s
3119                         11:00   Russia  ANA%sT  1992 Jan 19  2:00s
3120                         12:00   Russia  ANA%sT  2010 Mar 28  2:00s
3121                         11:00   Russia  ANA%sT  2011 Mar 27  2:00s
3122                         12:00   -       ANAT
3123 
3124 
3125 # San Marino
3126 # See Europe/Rome.
3127 
3128 # Serbia
3129 # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
3130 Zone    Europe/Belgrade 1:22:00 -       LMT     1884
3131                         1:00    -       CET     1941 Apr 18 23:00
3132                         1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1945
3133                         1:00    -       CET     1945 May  8  2:00s
3134                         1:00    1:00    CEST    1945 Sep 16  2:00s
3135 # Metod Koželj reports that the legal date of
3136 # transition to EU rules was 1982-11-27, for all of Yugoslavia at the time.
3137 # Shanks & Pottenger don't give as much detail, so go with Koželj.
3138                         1:00    -       CET     1982 Nov 27
3139                         1:00    EU      CE%sT
3140 Link Europe/Belgrade Europe/Ljubljana   # Slovenia
3141 Link Europe/Belgrade Europe/Podgorica   # Montenegro
3142 Link Europe/Belgrade Europe/Sarajevo    # Bosnia and Herzegovina


3361 # "Bundesgesetz über die Erstellung von elektrischen Telegraphen") passed on
3362 # 1851-11-23, and an official implementation notice was published 1853-07-16
3363 # (Bundesblatt 1853, Bd. II, S. 859).  On p 72 Messerli writes that in
3364 # practice since July 1853 Bernese time was used in "all postal and telegraph
3365 # offices in Switzerland from Geneva to St. Gallen and Basel to Chiasso"
3366 # (Google translation).  For now, model this transition as occurring on
3367 # 1853-07-16, though it probably occurred at some other date in Zurich, and
3368 # legal civil time probably changed at still some other transition date.
3369 
3370 # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
3371 Rule    Swiss   1941    1942    -       May     Mon>=1       1:00    1:00    S
3372 Rule    Swiss   1941    1942    -       Oct     Mon>=1       2:00    0       -
3373 # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
3374 Zone    Europe/Zurich   0:34:08 -       LMT     1853 Jul 16 # See above comment.
3375                         0:29:46 -       BMT     1894 Jun    # Bern Mean Time
3376                         1:00    Swiss   CE%sT   1981
3377                         1:00    EU      CE%sT
3378 
3379 # Turkey
3380 
3381 # From Amar Devegowda (2007-01-03):
3382 # The time zone rules for Istanbul, Turkey have not been changed for years now.
3383 # ... The latest rules are available at:
3384 # http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/timezone.html?n=107
3385 # From Steffen Thorsen (2007-01-03):
3386 # I have been able to find press records back to 1996 which all say that
3387 # DST started 01:00 local time and end at 02:00 local time.  I am not sure
3388 # what happened before that.  One example for each year from 1996 to 2001:
3389 # http://newspot.byegm.gov.tr/arsiv/1996/21/N4.htm
3390 # http://www.byegm.gov.tr/YAYINLARIMIZ/CHR/ING97/03/97X03X25.TXT
3391 # http://www.byegm.gov.tr/YAYINLARIMIZ/CHR/ING98/03/98X03X02.HTM
3392 # http://www.byegm.gov.tr/YAYINLARIMIZ/CHR/ING99/10/99X10X26.HTM#%2016
3393 # http://www.byegm.gov.tr/YAYINLARIMIZ/CHR/ING2000/03/00X03X06.HTM#%2021
3394 # http://www.byegm.gov.tr/YAYINLARIMIZ/CHR/ING2001/03/23x03x01.HTM#%2027
3395 # From Paul Eggert (2007-01-03):
3396 # Prefer the above source to Shanks & Pottenger for time stamps after 1990.


3397 
3398 # From Steffen Thorsen (2007-03-09):
3399 # Starting 2007 though, it seems that they are adopting EU's 1:00 UTC
3400 # start/end time, according to the following page (2007-03-07):
3401 # http://www.ntvmsnbc.com/news/402029.asp
3402 # The official document is located here - it is in Turkish...:
3403 # http://rega.basbakanlik.gov.tr/eskiler/2007/03/20070307-7.htm
3404 # I was able to locate the following seemingly official document
3405 # (on a non-government server though) describing dates between 2002 and 2006:
3406 # http://www.alomaliye.com/bkk_2002_3769.htm
3407 
3408 # From Gökdeniz Karadağ (2011-03-10):
3409 # According to the articles linked below, Turkey will change into summer
3410 # time zone (GMT+3) on March 28, 2011 at 3:00 a.m. instead of March 27.
3411 # This change is due to a nationwide exam on 27th.
3412 # http://www.worldbulletin.net/?aType=haber&ArticleID=70872
3413 # Turkish:
3414 # http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/ekonomi/17230464.asp?gid=373
3415 
3416 # From Faruk Pasin (2014-02-14):


3423 # I can tell you that NOBODY (even the airlines) respected this timezone DST
3424 # change delay.  Maybe the word just didn't get out in time.
3425 # From Paul Eggert (2014-06-15):
3426 # The press reported massive confusion, as election officials obeyed the rule
3427 # change but cell phones (and airline baggage systems) did not.  See:
3428 # Kostidis M. Eventful elections in Turkey. Balkan News Agency
3429 # http://www.balkaneu.com/eventful-elections-turkey/ 2014-03-30.
3430 # I guess the best we can do is document the official time.
3431 
3432 # From Fatih (2015-09-29):
3433 # It's officially announced now by the Ministry of Energy.
3434 # Turkey delays winter time to 8th of November 04:00
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
3442 








3443 # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
3444 Rule    Turkey  1916    only    -       May      1      0:00    1:00    S
3445 Rule    Turkey  1916    only    -       Oct      1      0:00    0       -
3446 Rule    Turkey  1920    only    -       Mar     28      0:00    1:00    S
3447 Rule    Turkey  1920    only    -       Oct     25      0:00    0       -
3448 Rule    Turkey  1921    only    -       Apr      3      0:00    1:00    S
3449 Rule    Turkey  1921    only    -       Oct      3      0:00    0       -
3450 Rule    Turkey  1922    only    -       Mar     26      0:00    1:00    S
3451 Rule    Turkey  1922    only    -       Oct      8      0:00    0       -
3452 # Whitman gives 1923 Apr 28 - Sep 16 and no DST in 1924-1925;
3453 # go with Shanks & Pottenger.
3454 Rule    Turkey  1924    only    -       May     13      0:00    1:00    S
3455 Rule    Turkey  1924    1925    -       Oct      1      0:00    0       -
3456 Rule    Turkey  1925    only    -       May      1      0:00    1:00    S
3457 Rule    Turkey  1940    only    -       Jun     30      0:00    1:00    S
3458 Rule    Turkey  1940    only    -       Oct      5      0:00    0       -
3459 Rule    Turkey  1940    only    -       Dec      1      0:00    1:00    S
3460 Rule    Turkey  1941    only    -       Sep     21      0:00    0       -
3461 Rule    Turkey  1942    only    -       Apr      1      0:00    1:00    S
3462 # Whitman omits the next two transition and gives 1945 Oct 1;


3477 Rule    Turkey  1964    only    -       May     15      0:00    1:00    S
3478 Rule    Turkey  1964    only    -       Oct      1      0:00    0       -
3479 Rule    Turkey  1970    1972    -       May     Sun>=2       0:00    1:00    S
3480 Rule    Turkey  1970    1972    -       Oct     Sun>=2       0:00    0       -
3481 Rule    Turkey  1973    only    -       Jun      3      1:00    1:00    S
3482 Rule    Turkey  1973    only    -       Nov      4      3:00    0       -
3483 Rule    Turkey  1974    only    -       Mar     31      2:00    1:00    S
3484 Rule    Turkey  1974    only    -       Nov      3      5:00    0       -
3485 Rule    Turkey  1975    only    -       Mar     30      0:00    1:00    S
3486 Rule    Turkey  1975    1976    -       Oct     lastSun 0:00    0       -
3487 Rule    Turkey  1976    only    -       Jun      1      0:00    1:00    S
3488 Rule    Turkey  1977    1978    -       Apr     Sun>=1       0:00    1:00    S
3489 Rule    Turkey  1977    only    -       Oct     16      0:00    0       -
3490 Rule    Turkey  1979    1980    -       Apr     Sun>=1       3:00    1:00    S
3491 Rule    Turkey  1979    1982    -       Oct     Mon>=11      0:00    0       -
3492 Rule    Turkey  1981    1982    -       Mar     lastSun 3:00    1:00    S
3493 Rule    Turkey  1983    only    -       Jul     31      0:00    1:00    S
3494 Rule    Turkey  1983    only    -       Oct      2      0:00    0       -
3495 Rule    Turkey  1985    only    -       Apr     20      0:00    1:00    S
3496 Rule    Turkey  1985    only    -       Sep     28      0:00    0       -
3497 Rule    Turkey  1986    1990    -       Mar     lastSun 2:00s   1:00    S
3498 Rule    Turkey  1986    1990    -       Sep     lastSun 2:00s   0       -
3499 Rule    Turkey  1991    2006    -       Mar     lastSun 1:00s   1:00    S
3500 Rule    Turkey  1991    1995    -       Sep     lastSun 1:00s   0       -
3501 Rule    Turkey  1996    2006    -       Oct     lastSun 1:00s   0       -
3502 # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
3503 Zone    Europe/Istanbul 1:55:52 -       LMT     1880
3504                         1:56:56 -       IMT     1910 Oct # Istanbul Mean Time?
3505                         2:00    Turkey  EE%sT   1978 Oct 15
3506                         3:00    Turkey  TR%sT   1985 Apr 20 # Turkey Time
3507                         2:00    Turkey  EE%sT   2007
3508                         2:00    EU      EE%sT   2011 Mar 27  1:00u
3509                         2:00    -       EET     2011 Mar 28  1:00u
3510                         2:00    EU      EE%sT   2014 Mar 30  1:00u
3511                         2:00    -       EET     2014 Mar 31  1:00u
3512                         2:00    EU      EE%sT   2015 Oct 25  1:00u
3513                         2:00    1:00    EEST    2015 Nov  8  1:00u
3514                         2:00    EU      EE%sT

3515 Link    Europe/Istanbul Asia/Istanbul   # Istanbul is in both continents.
3516 
3517 # Ukraine
3518 #
3519 # From Igor Karpov, who works for the Ukrainian Ministry of Justice,
3520 # via Garrett Wollman (2003-01-27):
3521 # BTW, I've found the official document on this matter. It's government
3522 # regulations No. 509, May 13, 1996. In my poor translation it says:
3523 # "Time in Ukraine is set to second timezone (Kiev time). Each last Sunday
3524 # of March at 3am the time is changing to 4am and each last Sunday of
3525 # October the time at 4am is changing to 3am"
3526 
3527 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-09-20):
3528 # On September 20, 2011 the deputies of the Verkhovna Rada agreed to
3529 # abolish the transfer clock to winter time.
3530 #
3531 # Bill No. 8330 of MP from the Party of Regions Oleg Nadoshi got
3532 # approval from 266 deputies.
3533 #
3534 # Ukraine abolishes transfer back to the winter time (in Russian)




  58 #       (1998-09-21, in Portuguese)
  59 
  60 #
  61 # I invented the abbreviations marked '*' in the following table;
  62 # the rest are from earlier versions of this file, or from other sources.
  63 # Corrections are welcome!
  64 #                   std dst  2dst
  65 #                   LMT           Local Mean Time
  66 #       -4:00       AST ADT       Atlantic
  67 #       -3:00       WGT WGST      Western Greenland*
  68 #       -1:00       EGT EGST      Eastern Greenland*
  69 #        0:00       GMT BST  BDST Greenwich, British Summer
  70 #        0:00       GMT IST       Greenwich, Irish Summer
  71 #        0:00       WET WEST WEMT Western Europe
  72 #        0:19:32.13 AMT NST       Amsterdam, Netherlands Summer (1835-1937)*
  73 #        0:20       NET NEST      Netherlands (1937-1940)*
  74 #        1:00       BST           British Standard (1968-1971)
  75 #        1:00       CET CEST CEMT Central Europe
  76 #        1:00:14    SET           Swedish (1879-1899)*
  77 #        2:00       EET EEST      Eastern Europe
  78 #        3:00       MSK MSD       Moscow

  79 
  80 # From Peter Ilieve (1994-12-04),
  81 # The original six [EU members]: Belgium, France, (West) Germany, Italy,
  82 # Luxembourg, the Netherlands.
  83 # Plus, from 1 Jan 73: Denmark, Ireland, United Kingdom.
  84 # Plus, from 1 Jan 81: Greece.
  85 # Plus, from 1 Jan 86: Spain, Portugal.
  86 # Plus, from 1 Jan 95: Austria, Finland, Sweden. (Norway negotiated terms for
  87 # entry but in a referendum on 28 Nov 94 the people voted No by 52.2% to 47.8%
  88 # on a turnout of 88.6%. This was almost the same result as Norway's previous
  89 # referendum in 1972, they are the only country to have said No twice.
  90 # Referendums in the other three countries voted Yes.)
  91 # ...
  92 # Estonia ... uses EU dates but not at 01:00 GMT, they use midnight GMT.
  93 # I don't think they know yet what they will do from 1996 onwards.
  94 # ...
  95 # There shouldn't be any [current members who are not using EU rules].
  96 # A Directive has the force of law, member states are obliged to enact
  97 # national law to implement it. The only contentious issue was the
  98 # different end date for the UK and Ireland, and this was always allowed


 565 #
 566 # Rule C-Eur 1945 only - Sep 16  2:00s 0 -
 567 #
 568 # A small step for mankind though 8-)
 569 Rule    C-Eur   1945    only    -       Sep     16       2:00s  0       -
 570 Rule    C-Eur   1977    1980    -       Apr     Sun>=1        2:00s  1:00    S
 571 Rule    C-Eur   1977    only    -       Sep     lastSun  2:00s  0       -
 572 Rule    C-Eur   1978    only    -       Oct      1       2:00s  0       -
 573 Rule    C-Eur   1979    1995    -       Sep     lastSun  2:00s  0       -
 574 Rule    C-Eur   1981    max     -       Mar     lastSun  2:00s  1:00    S
 575 Rule    C-Eur   1996    max     -       Oct     lastSun  2:00s  0       -
 576 
 577 # E-Eur differs from EU only in that E-Eur switches at midnight local time.
 578 Rule    E-Eur   1977    1980    -       Apr     Sun>=1        0:00   1:00    S
 579 Rule    E-Eur   1977    only    -       Sep     lastSun  0:00   0       -
 580 Rule    E-Eur   1978    only    -       Oct      1       0:00   0       -
 581 Rule    E-Eur   1979    1995    -       Sep     lastSun  0:00   0       -
 582 Rule    E-Eur   1981    max     -       Mar     lastSun  0:00   1:00    S
 583 Rule    E-Eur   1996    max     -       Oct     lastSun  0:00   0       -
 584 
 585 
 586 # Daylight saving time for Russia and the Soviet Union
 587 #
 588 # The 1917-1921 decree URLs are from Alexander Belopolsky (2016-08-23).
 589 
 590 # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
 591 Rule    Russia  1917    only    -       Jul      1      23:00   1:00    MST  # Moscow Summer Time
 592 #
 593 # Decree No. 142 (1917-12-22) http://istmat.info/node/28137
 594 Rule    Russia  1917    only    -       Dec     28       0:00   0       MMT  # Moscow Mean Time
 595 #
 596 # Decree No. 497 (1918-05-30) http://istmat.info/node/30001
 597 Rule    Russia  1918    only    -       May     31      22:00   2:00    MDST # Moscow Double Summer Time
 598 Rule    Russia  1918    only    -       Sep     16       1:00   1:00    MST
 599 #
 600 # Decree No. 258 (1919-05-29) http://istmat.info/node/37949
 601 Rule    Russia  1919    only    -       May     31      23:00   2:00    MDST
 602 #
 603 Rule    Russia  1919    only    -       Jul      1       0:00u  1:00    MSD
 604 Rule    Russia  1919    only    -       Aug     16       0:00   0       MSK
 605 #
 606 # Decree No. 63 (1921-02-03) http://istmat.info/node/45840
 607 Rule    Russia  1921    only    -       Feb     14      23:00   1:00    MSD
 608 #
 609 # Decree No. 121 (1921-03-07) http://istmat.info/node/45949
 610 Rule    Russia  1921    only    -       Mar     20      23:00   2:00    +05
 611 #
 612 Rule    Russia  1921    only    -       Sep      1       0:00   1:00    MSD
 613 Rule    Russia  1921    only    -       Oct      1       0:00   0       -
 614 # Act No. 925 of the Council of Ministers of the USSR (1980-10-24):
 615 Rule    Russia  1981    1984    -       Apr      1       0:00   1:00    S
 616 Rule    Russia  1981    1983    -       Oct      1       0:00   0       -
 617 # Act No. 967 of the Council of Ministers of the USSR (1984-09-13), repeated in
 618 # Act No. 227 of the Council of Ministers of the USSR (1989-03-14):
 619 Rule    Russia  1984    1995    -       Sep     lastSun  2:00s  0       -
 620 Rule    Russia  1985    2010    -       Mar     lastSun  2:00s  1:00    S
 621 #




 622 Rule    Russia  1996    2010    -       Oct     lastSun  2:00s  0       -
 623 # As described below, Russia's 2014 change affects Zone data, not Rule data.
 624 
 625 # From Stepan Golosunov (2016-03-07):
 626 # Wikipedia and other sources refer to the Act of the Council of
 627 # Ministers of the USSR from 1988-01-04 No. 5 and the Act of the
 628 # Council of Ministers of the USSR from 1989-03-14 No. 227.
 629 #
 630 # I did not find full texts of these acts.  For the 1989 one we have
 631 # title at http://base.garant.ru/70754136/ :
 632 # "About change in calculation of time on the territories of
 633 # Lithuanian SSR, Latvian SSR and Estonian SSR, Astrakhan,
 634 # Kaliningrad, Kirov, Kuybyshev, Ulyanovsk and Uralsk oblasts".
 635 # And http://astrozet.net/files/Zones/DOC/RU/1980-925.txt appears to
 636 # contain quotes from both acts: Since last Sunday of March 1988 rules
 637 # of the second time belt are installed in Volgograd and Saratov
 638 # oblasts.  Since last Sunday of March 1989:
 639 # a) Lithuanian SSR, Latvian SSR, Estonian SSR, Kaliningrad oblast:
 640 # second time belt rules without extra hour (Moscow-1);
 641 # b) Astrakhan, Kirov, Kuybyshev, Ulyanovsk oblasts: second time belt
 642 # rules (Moscow time)
 643 # c) Uralsk oblast: third time belt rules (Moscow+1).
 644 
 645 # From Stepan Golosunov (2016-03-27):
 646 # Unamended version of the act of the
 647 # Government of the Russian Federation No. 23 from 08.01.1992
 648 # http://pravo.gov.ru/proxy/ips/?docbody=&nd=102014034&rdk=0
 649 # says that every year clocks were to be moved forward on last Sunday
 650 # of March at 2 hours and moved backwards on last Sunday of September
 651 # at 3 hours.  It was amended in 1996 to replace September with October.
 652 
 653 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-06-14):
 654 # According to Kremlin press service, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev
 655 # signed a federal law "On calculation of time" on June 9, 2011.
 656 # According to the law Russia is abolishing daylight saving time.
 657 #
 658 # Medvedev signed a law "On the Calculation of Time" (in russian):
 659 # http://bmockbe.ru/events/?ID=7583
 660 #
 661 # Medvedev signed a law on the calculation of the time (in russian):
 662 # http://www.regnum.ru/news/polit/1413906.html
 663 
 664 # From Arthur David Olson (2011-06-15):
 665 # Take "abolishing daylight saving time" to mean that time is now considered
 666 # to be standard.
 667 
 668 # These are for backward compatibility with older versions.
 669 
 670 # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
 671 Zone    WET             0:00    EU      WE%sT
 672 Zone    CET             1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT


 754 # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
 755 Rule    Austria 1920    only    -       Apr      5      2:00s   1:00    S
 756 Rule    Austria 1920    only    -       Sep     13      2:00s   0       -
 757 Rule    Austria 1946    only    -       Apr     14      2:00s   1:00    S
 758 Rule    Austria 1946    1948    -       Oct     Sun>=1       2:00s   0       -
 759 Rule    Austria 1947    only    -       Apr      6      2:00s   1:00    S
 760 Rule    Austria 1948    only    -       Apr     18      2:00s   1:00    S
 761 Rule    Austria 1980    only    -       Apr      6      0:00    1:00    S
 762 Rule    Austria 1980    only    -       Sep     28      0:00    0       -
 763 # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
 764 Zone    Europe/Vienna   1:05:21 -       LMT     1893 Apr
 765                         1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1920
 766                         1:00    Austria CE%sT   1940 Apr  1  2:00s
 767                         1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1945 Apr  2  2:00s
 768                         1:00    1:00    CEST    1945 Apr 12  2:00s
 769                         1:00    -       CET     1946
 770                         1:00    Austria CE%sT   1981
 771                         1:00    EU      CE%sT
 772 
 773 # Belarus
 774 #
 775 # From Stepan Golosunov (2016-07-02):
 776 # http://www.lawbelarus.com/repub/sub30/texf9611.htm
 777 # (Act of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus from
 778 # 1992-03-25 No. 157) ... says clocks were to be moved forward at 2:00
 779 # on last Sunday of March and backward at 3:00 on last Sunday of September
 780 # (the same as previous USSR and contemporary Russian regulations).
 781 #
 782 # From Yauhen Kharuzhy (2011-09-16):
 783 # By latest Belarus government act Europe/Minsk timezone was changed to
 784 # GMT+3 without DST (was GMT+2 with DST).
 785 #
 786 # Sources (Russian language):
 787 # http://www.belta.by/ru/all_news/society/V-Belarusi-otmenjaetsja-perexod-na-sezonnoe-vremja_i_572952.html
 788 # http://naviny.by/rubrics/society/2011/09/16/ic_articles_116_175144/
 789 # http://news.tut.by/society/250578.html
 790 #
 791 # From Alexander Bokovoy (2014-10-09):
 792 # Belarussian government decided against changing to winter time....
 793 # http://eng.belta.by/all_news/society/Belarus-decides-against-adjusting-time-in-Russias-wake_i_76335.html


 794 #
 795 # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
 796 Zone    Europe/Minsk    1:50:16 -       LMT     1880
 797                         1:50    -       MMT     1924 May  2 # Minsk Mean Time
 798                         2:00    -       EET     1930 Jun 21
 799                         3:00    -       MSK     1941 Jun 28
 800                         1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1944 Jul  3
 801                         3:00    Russia  MSK/MSD 1990
 802                         3:00    -       MSK     1991 Mar 31  2:00s



 803                         2:00    Russia  EE%sT   2011 Mar 27  2:00s
 804                         3:00    -       +03

 805 
 806 # Belgium
 807 #
 808 # From Paul Eggert (1997-07-02):
 809 # Entries from 1918 through 1991 are taken from:
 810 #       Annuaire de L'Observatoire Royal de Belgique,
 811 #       Avenue Circulaire, 3, B-1180 BRUXELLES, CLVIIe année, 1991
 812 #       (Imprimerie HAYEZ, s.p.r.l., Rue Fin, 4, 1080 BRUXELLES, MCMXC),
 813 #       pp 8-9.
 814 # LMT before 1892 was 0:17:30, according to the official journal of Belgium:
 815 #       Moniteur Belge, Samedi 30 Avril 1892, N.121.
 816 # Thanks to Pascal Delmoitie for these references.
 817 # The 1918 rules are listed for completeness; they apply to unoccupied Belgium.
 818 # Assume Brussels switched to WET in 1918 when the armistice took effect.
 819 #
 820 # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
 821 Rule    Belgium 1918    only    -       Mar      9       0:00s  1:00    S
 822 Rule    Belgium 1918    1919    -       Oct     Sat>=1       23:00s  0       -
 823 Rule    Belgium 1919    only    -       Mar      1      23:00s  1:00    S
 824 Rule    Belgium 1920    only    -       Feb     14      23:00s  1:00    S


1292                         0:00    France  WE%sT   1945 Sep 16  3:00
1293                         1:00    France  CE%sT   1977
1294                         1:00    EU      CE%sT
1295 
1296 # Germany
1297 
1298 # From Markus Kuhn (1998-09-29):
1299 # The German time zone web site by the Physikalisch-Technische
1300 # Bundesanstalt contains DST information back to 1916.
1301 # [See tz-link.htm for the URL.]
1302 
1303 # From Jörg Schilling (2002-10-23):
1304 # In 1945, Berlin was switched to Moscow Summer time (GMT+4) by
1305 # http://www.dhm.de/lemo/html/biografien/BersarinNikolai/
1306 # General [Nikolai] Bersarin.
1307 
1308 # From Paul Eggert (2003-03-08):
1309 # http://www.parlament-berlin.de/pds-fraktion.nsf/727459127c8b66ee8525662300459099/defc77cb784f180ac1256c2b0030274b/$FILE/bersarint.pdf
1310 # says that Bersarin issued an order to use Moscow time on May 20.
1311 # However, Moscow did not observe daylight saving in 1945, so
1312 # this was equivalent to UT +03, not +04.
1313 
1314 
1315 # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
1316 Rule    Germany 1946    only    -       Apr     14      2:00s   1:00    S
1317 Rule    Germany 1946    only    -       Oct      7      2:00s   0       -
1318 Rule    Germany 1947    1949    -       Oct     Sun>=1       2:00s   0       -
1319 # http://www.ptb.de/de/org/4/44/441/salt.htm says the following transition
1320 # occurred at 3:00 MEZ, not the 2:00 MEZ given in Shanks & Pottenger.
1321 # Go with the PTB.
1322 Rule    Germany 1947    only    -       Apr      6      3:00s   1:00    S
1323 Rule    Germany 1947    only    -       May     11      2:00s   2:00    M
1324 Rule    Germany 1947    only    -       Jun     29      3:00    1:00    S
1325 Rule    Germany 1948    only    -       Apr     18      2:00s   1:00    S
1326 Rule    Germany 1949    only    -       Apr     10      2:00s   1:00    S
1327 
1328 Rule SovietZone 1945    only    -       May     24      2:00    2:00    M # Midsummer
1329 Rule SovietZone 1945    only    -       Sep     24      3:00    1:00    S
1330 Rule SovietZone 1945    only    -       Nov     18      2:00s   0       -
1331 
1332 # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]


1891 # practice of following Amsterdam mean time.
1892 #
1893 # (2001-04-09):
1894 # In 1835 the authorities of the province of North Holland requested the
1895 # municipal authorities of the towns and cities in the province to observe
1896 # Amsterdam mean time but I do not know in how many cases this request was
1897 # actually followed.
1898 #
1899 # From 1852 onwards the Dutch telegraph offices were by law required to
1900 # observe Amsterdam mean time. As the time signals from the observatory of
1901 # Leiden were also distributed by the telegraph system, I assume that most
1902 # places linked up with the telegraph (and railway) system automatically
1903 # adopted Amsterdam mean time.
1904 #
1905 # Although the early Dutch railway companies initially observed a variety
1906 # of times, most of them had adopted Amsterdam mean time by 1858 but it
1907 # was not until 1866 when they were all required by law to observe
1908 # Amsterdam mean time.
1909 
1910 # The data entries before 1945 are taken from
1911 # http://www.staff.science.uu.nl/~gent0113/idl/idl.htm
1912 
1913 # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
1914 Rule    Neth    1916    only    -       May      1      0:00    1:00    NST     # Netherlands Summer Time
1915 Rule    Neth    1916    only    -       Oct      1      0:00    0       AMT     # Amsterdam Mean Time
1916 Rule    Neth    1917    only    -       Apr     16      2:00s   1:00    NST
1917 Rule    Neth    1917    only    -       Sep     17      2:00s   0       AMT
1918 Rule    Neth    1918    1921    -       Apr     Mon>=1       2:00s   1:00    NST
1919 Rule    Neth    1918    1921    -       Sep     lastMon 2:00s   0       AMT
1920 Rule    Neth    1922    only    -       Mar     lastSun 2:00s   1:00    NST
1921 Rule    Neth    1922    1936    -       Oct     Sun>=2       2:00s   0       AMT
1922 Rule    Neth    1923    only    -       Jun     Fri>=1       2:00s   1:00    NST
1923 Rule    Neth    1924    only    -       Mar     lastSun 2:00s   1:00    NST
1924 Rule    Neth    1925    only    -       Jun     Fri>=1       2:00s   1:00    NST
1925 # From 1926 through 1939 DST began 05-15, except that it was delayed by a week
1926 # in years when 05-15 fell in the Pentecost weekend.
1927 Rule    Neth    1926    1931    -       May     15      2:00s   1:00    NST
1928 Rule    Neth    1932    only    -       May     22      2:00s   1:00    NST
1929 Rule    Neth    1933    1936    -       May     15      2:00s   1:00    NST
1930 Rule    Neth    1937    only    -       May     22      2:00s   1:00    NST
1931 Rule    Neth    1937    only    -       Jul      1      0:00    1:00    S


2256 # According to the Russian news (ITAR-TASS News Agency)
2257 # http://en.itar-tass.com/russia/738562
2258 # the State Duma has approved ... the draft bill on returning to
2259 # winter time standard and return Russia 11 time zones.  The new
2260 # regulations will come into effect on October 26, 2014 at 02:00 ...
2261 # http://asozd2.duma.gov.ru/main.nsf/%28Spravka%29?OpenAgent&RN=431985-6&02
2262 # Here is a link where we put together table (based on approved Bill N
2263 # 431985-6) with proposed 11 Russian time zones and corresponding
2264 # areas/cities/administrative centers in the Russian Federation (in English):
2265 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia65.html
2266 #
2267 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2014-07-22):
2268 # Putin signed the Federal Law 431985-6 ... (in Russian)
2269 # http://itar-tass.com/obschestvo/1333711
2270 # http://www.pravo.gov.ru:8080/page.aspx?111660
2271 # http://www.kremlin.ru/acts/46279
2272 # From October 26, 2014 the new Russian time zone map will looks like this:
2273 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia-map-2014-07.html
2274 
2275 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):

2276 # Moscow time zone abbreviations after 1919-07-01, and Moscow rules after 1991,
2277 # are from Andrey A. Chernov.  The rest is from Shanks & Pottenger,
2278 # except we follow Chernov's report that 1992 DST transitions were Sat
2279 # 23:00, not Sun 02:00s.
2280 #
2281 # From Stanislaw A. Kuzikowski (1994-06-29):
2282 # But now it is some months since Novosibirsk is 3 hours ahead of Moscow!
2283 # I do not know why they have decided to make this change;
2284 # as far as I remember it was done exactly during winter->summer switching
2285 # so we (Novosibirsk) simply did not switch.
2286 #
2287 # From Andrey A. Chernov (1996-10-04):
2288 # 'MSK' and 'MSD' were born and used initially on Moscow computers with
2289 # UNIX-like OSes by several developer groups (e.g. Demos group, Kiae group)....
2290 # The next step was the UUCP network, the Relcom predecessor
2291 # (used mainly for mail), and MSK/MSD was actively used there.
2292 #
2293 # From Chris Carrier (1996-10-30):
2294 # According to a friend of mine who rode the Trans-Siberian Railroad from
2295 # Moscow to Irkutsk in 1995, public air and rail transport in Russia ...


2331 # From Paul Eggert (2016-03-18):
2332 # The 1989 transition is from USSR act No. 227 (1989-03-14).
2333 
2334 # From Stepan Golosunov (2016-03-07):
2335 # http://www.rgo.ru/ru/kaliningradskoe-oblastnoe-otdelenie/ob-otdelenii/publikacii/kak-nam-zhilos-bez-letnego-vremeni
2336 # confirms that the 1989 change to Moscow-1 was implemented.
2337 # (The article, though, is misattributed to 1990 while saying that
2338 # summer->winter transition would be done on the 24 of September. But
2339 # 1990-09-24 was Monday, while 1989-09-24 was Sunday as expected.)
2340 # ...
2341 # http://www.kaliningradka.ru/site_pc/cherez/index.php?ELEMENT_ID=40091
2342 # says that Kaliningrad switched to Moscow-1 on 1989-03-26, avoided
2343 # at the last moment switch to Moscow-1 on 1991-03-31, switched to
2344 # Moscow on 1991-11-03, switched to Moscow-1 on 1992-01-19.
2345 
2346 Zone Europe/Kaliningrad  1:22:00 -      LMT     1893 Apr
2347                          1:00   C-Eur   CE%sT   1945
2348                          2:00   Poland  CE%sT   1946
2349                          3:00   Russia  MSK/MSD 1989 Mar 26  2:00s
2350                          2:00   Russia  EE%sT   2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2351                          3:00   -       +03     2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2352                          2:00   -       EET
2353 
2354 
2355 # From Paul Eggert (2016-02-21), per Tim Parenti (2014-07-03) and
2356 # Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25):
2357 # Europe/Moscow covers...
2358 # 01    RU-AD   Adygea, Republic of
2359 # 05    RU-DA   Dagestan, Republic of
2360 # 06    RU-IN   Ingushetia, Republic of
2361 # 07    RU-KB   Kabardino-Balkar Republic
2362 # 08    RU-KL   Kalmykia, Republic of
2363 # 09    RU-KC   Karachay-Cherkess Republic
2364 # 10    RU-KR   Karelia, Republic of
2365 # 11    RU-KO   Komi Republic
2366 # 12    RU-ME   Mari El Republic
2367 # 13    RU-MO   Mordovia, Republic of
2368 # 15    RU-SE   North Ossetia-Alania, Republic of
2369 # 16    RU-TA   Tatarstan, Republic of
2370 # 20    RU-CE   Chechen Republic
2371 # 21    RU-CU   Chuvash Republic


2384 # 47    RU-LEN  Leningrad Oblast
2385 # 48    RU-LIP  Lipetsk Oblast
2386 # 50    RU-MOS  Moscow Oblast
2387 # 51    RU-MUR  Murmansk Oblast
2388 # 52    RU-NIZ  Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
2389 # 53    RU-NGR  Novgorod Oblast
2390 # 57    RU-ORL  Oryol Oblast
2391 # 58    RU-PNZ  Penza Oblast
2392 # 60    RU-PSK  Pskov Oblast
2393 # 61    RU-ROS  Rostov Oblast
2394 # 62    RU-RYA  Ryazan Oblast
2395 # 67    RU-SMO  Smolensk Oblast
2396 # 68    RU-TAM  Tambov Oblast
2397 # 69    RU-TVE  Tver Oblast
2398 # 71    RU-TUL  Tula Oblast
2399 # 76    RU-YAR  Yaroslavl Oblast
2400 # 77    RU-MOW  Moscow
2401 # 78    RU-SPE  Saint Petersburg
2402 # 83    RU-NEN  Nenets Autonomous Okrug
2403 
2404 # From Paul Eggert (2016-08-23):
2405 # The Soviets switched to UT-based time in 1919.  Decree No. 59
2406 # (1919-02-08) http://istmat.info/node/35567 established UT-based time
2407 # zones, and Decree No. 147 (1919-03-29) http://istmat.info/node/35854
2408 # specified a transition date of 1919-07-01, apparently at 00:00 UT.
2409 # No doubt only the Soviet-controlled regions switched on that date;
2410 # later transitions to UT-based time in other parts of Russia are
2411 # taken from what appear to be guesses by Shanks.
2412 # (Thanks to Alexander Belopolsky for pointers to the decrees.)
2413 
2414 # From Stepan Golosunov (2016-03-07):
2415 # 11. Regions-violators, 1981-1982.
2416 # Wikipedia refers to
2417 # http://maps.monetonos.ru/maps/raznoe/Old_Maps/Old_Maps/Articles/022/3_1981.html
2418 # http://besp.narod.ru/nauka_1981_3.htm
2419 #
2420 # The second link provides two articles scanned from the Nauka i Zhizn
2421 # magazine No. 3, 1981 and a scan of the short article attributed to
2422 # the Trud newspaper from February 1982.  The first link provides the
2423 # same Nauka i Zhizn articles converted to the text form (but misses
2424 # time belt changes map).
2425 #
2426 # The second Nauka i Zhizn article says that in addition to
2427 # introduction of summer time on 1981-04-01 there are some time belt
2428 # border changes on 1981-10-01, mostly affecting Nenets Autonomous
2429 # Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Yakutia, Magadan Oblast and Chukotka
2430 # according to the provided map (colored one).  In addition to that
2431 # "time violators" (regions which were not using rules of the time
2432 # belts in which they were located) would not be moving off the DST on
2433 # 1981-10-01 to restore the decree time usage.  (Komi ASSR was


2435 # hour difference.)  Map depicting "time violators" before 1981-10-01
2436 # is also provided.
2437 #
2438 # The article from Trud says that 1981-10-01 changes caused problems
2439 # and some territories would be moved to pre-1981-10-01 time by not
2440 # moving to summer time on 1982-04-01.  Namely: Dagestan,
2441 # Kabardino-Balkar, Kalmyk, Komi, Mari, Mordovian, North Ossetian,
2442 # Tatar, Chechen-Ingush and Chuvash ASSR, Krasnodar and Stavropol
2443 # krais, Arkhangelsk, Vladimir, Vologda, Voronezh, Gorky, Ivanovo,
2444 # Kostroma, Lipetsk, Penza, Rostov, Ryazan, Tambov, Tyumen and
2445 # Yaroslavl oblasts, Nenets and Evenk autonomous okrugs, Khatangsky
2446 # district of Taymyr Autonomous Okrug.  As a result Evenk Autonomous
2447 # Okrug and Khatangsky district of Taymyr Autonomous Okrug would end
2448 # up on Moscow+4, Tyumen Oblast on Moscow+2 and the rest on Moscow
2449 # time.
2450 #
2451 # http://astrozet.net/files/Zones/DOC/RU/1980-925.txt
2452 # attributes the 1982 changes to the Act of the Council of Ministers
2453 # of the USSR No. 126 from 18.02.1982.  1980-925.txt also adds
2454 # Udmurtia to the list of affected territories and lists Khatangsky
2455 # district separately from Taymyr Autonomous Okrug.  Probably erroneously.
2456 #
2457 # The affected territories are currently listed under Europe/Moscow,
2458 # Asia/Yekaterinburg and Asia/Krasnoyarsk.
2459 #
2460 # 12. Udmurtia
2461 # The fact that Udmurtia is depicted as a violator in the Nauka i
2462 # Zhizn article hints at Izhevsk being on different time from
2463 # Kuybyshev before 1981-10-01. Udmurtia is not mentioned in the 1989 act.
2464 # http://astrozet.net/files/Zones/DOC/RU/1980-925.txt
2465 # implies Udmurtia was on Moscow time after 1982-04-01.
2466 # Wikipedia implies Udmurtia being on Moscow+1 until 1991.
2467 #
2468 # ...
2469 #
2470 # All Russian zones are supposed to have by default a -1 change at
2471 # 1991-03-31 2:00 (cancellation of the decree time in the USSR) and a +1
2472 # change at 1992-01-19 2:00 (restoration of the decree time in Russia).
2473 #
2474 # There were some exceptions, though.
2475 # Wikipedia says newspapers listed Astrakhan, Saratov, Kirov, Volgograd,


2495 # From Vladimir Karpinsky (2014-07-08):
2496 # LMT in Moscow (before Jul 3, 1916) is 2:30:17, that was defined by Moscow
2497 # Observatory (coordinates: 55 deg. 45'29.70", 37 deg. 34'05.30")....
2498 # LMT in Moscow since Jul 3, 1916 is 2:31:01 as a result of new standard.
2499 # (The info is from the book by Byalokoz ... p. 18.)
2500 # The time in St. Petersburg as capital of Russia was defined by
2501 # Pulkov observatory, near St. Petersburg.  In 1916 LMT Moscow
2502 # was synchronized with LMT St. Petersburg (+30 minutes), (Pulkov observatory
2503 # coordinates: 59 deg. 46'18.70", 30 deg. 19'40.70") so 30 deg. 19'40.70" >
2504 # 2h01m18.7s = 2:01:19.  LMT Moscow = LMT St.Petersburg + 30m 2:01:19 + 0:30 =
2505 # 2:31:19 ...
2506 #
2507 # From Paul Eggert (2014-07-08):
2508 # Milne does not list Moscow, but suggests that its time might be listed in
2509 # Résumés mensuels et annuels des observations météorologiques (1895).
2510 # Presumably this is OCLC 85825704, a journal published with parallel text in
2511 # Russian and French.  This source has not been located; go with Karpinsky.
2512 
2513 Zone Europe/Moscow       2:30:17 -      LMT     1880
2514                          2:30:17 -      MMT     1916 Jul  3 # Moscow Mean Time
2515                          2:31:19 Russia %s      1919 Jul  1  0:00u
2516                          3:00   Russia  %s      1921 Oct
2517                          3:00   Russia  MSK/MSD 1922 Oct
2518                          2:00   -       EET     1930 Jun 21
2519                          3:00   Russia  MSK/MSD 1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2520                          2:00   Russia  EE%sT   1992 Jan 19  2:00s
2521                          3:00   Russia  MSK/MSD 2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2522                          4:00   -       MSK     2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2523                          3:00   -       MSK
2524 
2525 
2526 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03):
2527 # Europe/Simferopol covers...
2528 # **    ****    Crimea, Republic of
2529 # **    ****    Sevastopol
2530 
2531 Zone Europe/Simferopol   2:16:24 -      LMT     1880
2532                          2:16   -       SMT     1924 May  2 # Simferopol Mean T
2533                          2:00   -       EET     1930 Jun 21
2534                          3:00   -       MSK     1941 Nov
2535                          1:00   C-Eur   CE%sT   1944 Apr 13


2578 # From Matt Johnson (2016-03-09):
2579 # http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201602150056
2580 
2581 Zone Europe/Astrakhan    3:12:12 -      LMT     1924 May
2582                          3:00   -       +03     1930 Jun 21
2583                          4:00   Russia  +04/+05 1989 Mar 26  2:00s
2584                          3:00   Russia  +03/+04 1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2585                          4:00   -       +04     1992 Mar 29  2:00s
2586                          3:00   Russia  +03/+04 2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2587                          4:00   -       +04     2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2588                          3:00   -       +03     2016 Mar 27  2:00s
2589                          4:00   -       +04
2590 
2591 # From Paul Eggert (2016-03-18):
2592 # Europe/Volgograd covers:
2593 # 34    RU-VGG  Volgograd Oblast
2594 # 64    RU-SAR  Saratov Oblast
2595 # The 1988 transition is from USSR act No. 5 (1988-01-04).
2596 
2597 Zone Europe/Volgograd    2:57:40 -      LMT     1920 Jan  3
2598                          3:00   -       +03     1930 Jun 21
2599                          4:00   -       +04     1961 Nov 11
2600                          4:00   Russia  +04/+05 1988 Mar 27  2:00s
2601                          3:00   Russia  +03/+04 1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2602                          4:00   -       +04     1992 Mar 29  2:00s
2603                          3:00   Russia  +03/+04 2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2604                          4:00   -       +04     2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2605                          3:00   -       +03

2606 
2607 # From Paul Eggert (2016-03-18):
2608 # Europe/Kirov covers:
2609 # 43    RU-KIR  Kirov Oblast
2610 # The 1989 transition is from USSR act No. 227 (1989-03-14).
2611 #
2612 Zone Europe/Kirov        3:18:48 -      LMT     1919 Jul  1  0:00u
2613                          3:00   -       +03     1930 Jun 21
2614                          4:00   Russia  +04/+05 1989 Mar 26  2:00s
2615                          3:00   Russia  +03/+04 1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2616                          4:00   -       +04     1992 Mar 29  2:00s
2617                          3:00   Russia  +03/+04 2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2618                          4:00   -       +04     2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2619                          3:00   -       +03


2620 
2621 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03), per Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25):
2622 # Europe/Samara covers...
2623 # 18    RU-UD   Udmurt Republic
2624 # 63    RU-SAM  Samara Oblast
2625 
2626 # From Paul Eggert (2016-03-18):
2627 # Byalokoz 1919 says Samara was 3:20:20.
2628 # The 1989 transition is from USSR act No. 227 (1989-03-14).
2629 
2630 Zone Europe/Samara       3:20:20 -      LMT     1919 Jul  1  0:00u
2631                          3:00   -       +03     1930 Jun 21
2632                          4:00   -       +04     1935 Jan 27
2633                          4:00   Russia  +04/+05 1989 Mar 26  2:00s
2634                          3:00   Russia  +03/+04 1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2635                          2:00   Russia  +02/+03 1991 Sep 29  2:00s
2636                          3:00   -       +03     1991 Oct 20  3:00
2637                          4:00   Russia  +04/+05 2010 Mar 28  2:00s
2638                          3:00   Russia  +03/+04 2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2639                          4:00   -       +04
2640 
2641 # From Paul Eggert (2016-03-18):
2642 # Europe/Ulyanovsk covers:
2643 # 73    RU-ULY  Ulyanovsk Oblast
2644 
2645 # The 1989 transition is from USSR act No. 227 (1989-03-14).
2646 
2647 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2016-02-17):
2648 # Ulyanovsk ... on their way to change time zones by March 27, 2016 at 2am.
2649 # Ulyanovsk Oblast ... from MSK to MSK+1 (UTC+3 to UTC+4) ...
2650 # 920582-6 ... 02/17/2016 The State Duma passed the bill in the first reading.
2651 # From Matt Johnson (2016-03-09):
2652 # http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201603090051
2653 
2654 Zone Europe/Ulyanovsk    3:13:36 -      LMT     1919 Jul  1  0:00u
2655                          3:00   -       +03     1930 Jun 21
2656                          4:00   Russia  +04/+05 1989 Mar 26  2:00s
2657                          3:00   Russia  +03/+04 1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2658                          2:00   Russia  +02/+03 1992 Jan 19  2:00s
2659                          3:00   Russia  +03/+04 2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2660                          4:00   -       +04     2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2661                          3:00   -       +03     2016 Mar 27  2:00s
2662                          4:00   -       +04
2663 
2664 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03), per Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25):
2665 # Asia/Yekaterinburg covers...
2666 # 02    RU-BA   Bashkortostan, Republic of
2667 # 90    RU-PER  Perm Krai
2668 # 45    RU-KGN  Kurgan Oblast
2669 # 56    RU-ORE  Orenburg Oblast
2670 # 66    RU-SVE  Sverdlovsk Oblast
2671 # 72    RU-TYU  Tyumen Oblast
2672 # 74    RU-CHE  Chelyabinsk Oblast
2673 # 86    RU-KHM  Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug - Yugra
2674 # 89    RU-YAN  Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
2675 #
2676 # Note: Effective 2005-12-01, (59) Perm Oblast and (81) Komi-Permyak
2677 # Autonomous Okrug merged to form (90, RU-PER) Perm Krai.
2678 
2679 # Milne says Yekaterinburg was 4:02:32.9; round to nearest.
2680 # Byalokoz 1919 says its provincial time was based on Perm, at 3:45:05.
2681 # Assume it switched on 1916-07-03, the time of the new standard.
2682 # The 1919 and 1930 transitions are from Shanks.
2683 
2684 Zone Asia/Yekaterinburg  4:02:33 -      LMT     1916 Jul  3
2685                          3:45:05 -      PMT     1919 Jul 15  4:00
2686                          4:00   -       +04     1930 Jun 21
2687                          5:00   Russia  +05/+06 1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2688                          4:00   Russia  +04/+05 1992 Jan 19  2:00s
2689                          5:00   Russia  +05/+06 2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2690                          6:00   -       +06     2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2691                          5:00   -       +05
2692 
2693 
2694 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03), per Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25):
2695 # Asia/Omsk covers...
2696 # 55    RU-OMS  Omsk Oblast
2697 
2698 # Byalokoz 1919 says Omsk was 4:53:30.
2699 
2700 Zone Asia/Omsk           4:53:30 -      LMT     1919 Nov 14
2701                          5:00   -       +05     1930 Jun 21
2702                          6:00   Russia  +06/+07 1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2703                          5:00   Russia  +05/+06 1992 Jan 19  2:00s
2704                          6:00   Russia  +06/+07 2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2705                          7:00   -       +07     2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2706                          6:00   -       +06
2707 
2708 # From Paul Eggert (2016-02-22):
2709 # Asia/Barnaul covers:
2710 # 04    RU-AL   Altai Republic
2711 # 22    RU-ALT  Altai Krai
2712 
2713 # Data before 1991 are from Shanks & Pottenger.
2714 
2715 # From Stepan Golosunov (2016-03-07):
2716 # Letter of Bank of Russia from 1995-05-25
2717 # http://www.bestpravo.ru/rossijskoje/lj-akty/y3a.htm
2718 # suggests that Altai Republic transitioned to Moscow+3 on
2719 # 1995-05-28.
2720 #
2721 # http://regnum.ru/news/society/1957270.html
2722 # has some historical data for Altai Krai:
2723 # before 1957: west part on UTC+6, east on UTC+7
2724 # after 1957: UTC+7
2725 # since 1995: UTC+6
2726 # http://barnaul.rusplt.ru/index/pochemu_altajskij_kraj_okazalsja_v_neprivychnom_chasovom_pojase-17648.html


2732 # Altai Republic / Gorno-Altaysk MSK+3 to MSK+4 (UTC+6 to UTC+7) ...
2733 # Altai Krai / Barnaul MSK+3 to MSK+4 (UTC+6 to UTC+7)
2734 # From Matt Johnson (2016-03-09):
2735 # http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201603090043
2736 # http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201603090038
2737 
2738 Zone Asia/Barnaul        5:35:00 -      LMT     1919 Dec 10
2739                          6:00   -       +06     1930 Jun 21
2740                          7:00   Russia  +07/+08 1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2741                          6:00   Russia  +06/+07 1992 Jan 19  2:00s
2742                          7:00   Russia  +07/+08 1995 May 28
2743                          6:00   Russia  +06/+07 2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2744                          7:00   -       +07     2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2745                          6:00   -       +06     2016 Mar 27  2:00s
2746                          7:00   -       +07
2747 
2748 # From Paul Eggert (2016-03-18):
2749 # Asia/Novosibirsk covers:
2750 # 54    RU-NVS  Novosibirsk Oblast
2751 
2752 # From Stepan Golosunov (2016-05-30):
2753 # http://asozd2.duma.gov.ru/main.nsf/(Spravka)?OpenAgent&RN=1085784-6
2754 # moves Novosibirsk oblast from UTC+6 to UTC+7.
2755 # From Stepan Golosunov (2016-07-04):
2756 # The law was signed yesterday and published today on
2757 # http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201607040064
2758 
2759 Zone Asia/Novosibirsk    5:31:40 -      LMT     1919 Dec 14  6:00
2760                          6:00   -       +06     1930 Jun 21
2761                          7:00   Russia  +07/+08 1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2762                          6:00   Russia  +06/+07 1992 Jan 19  2:00s
2763                          7:00   Russia  +07/+08 1993 May 23 # say Shanks & P.
2764                          6:00   Russia  +06/+07 2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2765                          7:00   -       +07     2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2766                          6:00   -       +06     2016 Jul 24  2:00s
2767                          7:00   -       +07
2768 
2769 # From Paul Eggert (2016-03-18):
2770 # Asia/Tomsk covers:
2771 # 70    RU-TOM  Tomsk Oblast



2772 
2773 # From Stepan Golosunov (2016-03-24):
2774 # Byalokoz listed Tomsk at 5:39:51.
2775 
2776 # From Stanislaw A. Kuzikowski (1994-06-29):
2777 # Tomsk is still 4 hours ahead of Moscow.
2778 
2779 # From Stepan Golosunov (2016-03-19):
2780 # http://pravo.gov.ru/proxy/ips/?docbody=&nd=102075743
2781 # (fifth time belt being UTC+5+1(decree time)
2782 # / UTC+5+1(decree time)+1(summer time)) ...
2783 # Note that time belts (numbered from 2 (Moscow) to 12 according to their
2784 # GMT/UTC offset and having too many exceptions like regions formally
2785 # belonging to one belt but using time from another) were replaced
2786 # with time zones in 2011 with different numbering (there was a
2787 # 2-hour gap between second and third zones in 2011-2014).
2788 
2789 # From Stepan Golosunov (2016-04-12):
2790 # http://asozd2.duma.gov.ru/main.nsf/(SpravkaNew)?OpenAgent&RN=1006865-6
2791 # This bill was approved in the first reading today.  It moves Tomsk oblast
2792 # from UTC+6 to UTC+7 and is supposed to come into effect on 2016-05-29 at
2793 # 2:00.  The bill needs to be approved in the second and the third readings by
2794 # the State Duma, approved by the Federation Council, signed by the President
2795 # and published to become a law.  Minor changes in the text are to be expected
2796 # before the second reading (references need to be updated to account for the
2797 # recent changes).
2798 #
2799 # Judging by the ultra-short one-day amendments period, recent similar laws,
2800 # the State Duma schedule and the Federation Council schedule
2801 # http://www.duma.gov.ru/legislative/planning/day-shedule/por_vesna_2016/
2802 # http://council.gov.ru/activity/meetings/schedule/63303
2803 # I speculate that the final text of the bill will be proposed tomorrow, the
2804 # bill will be approved in the second and the third readings on Friday,
2805 # approved by the Federation Council on 2016-04-20, signed by the President and
2806 # published as a law around 2016-04-26.
2807 
2808 # From Matt Johnson (2016-04-26):
2809 # http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201604260048
2810 
2811 Zone    Asia/Tomsk       5:39:51 -      LMT     1919 Dec 22
2812                          6:00   -       +06     1930 Jun 21
2813                          7:00   Russia  +07/+08 1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2814                          6:00   Russia  +06/+07 1992 Jan 19  2:00s
2815                          7:00   Russia  +07/+08 2002 May  1  3:00
2816                          6:00   Russia  +06/+07 2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2817                          7:00   -       +07     2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2818                          6:00   -       +06     2016 May 29  2:00s
2819                          7:00   -       +07
2820 
2821 
2822 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03):
2823 # Asia/Novokuznetsk covers...
2824 # 42    RU-KEM  Kemerovo Oblast
2825 
2826 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-10-13):
2827 # Kemerovo oblast' (Kemerovo region) in Russia will change current time zone on
2828 # March 28, 2010:
2829 # from current Russia Zone 6 - Krasnoyarsk Time Zone (KRA) UTC +0700
2830 # to Russia Zone 5 - Novosibirsk Time Zone (NOV) UTC +0600
2831 #
2832 # This is according to Government of Russia decree No. 740, on September
2833 # 14, 2009 "Application in the territory of the Kemerovo region the Fifth
2834 # time zone." ("Russia Zone 5" or old "USSR Zone 5" is GMT +0600)
2835 #
2836 # Russian Government web site (Russian language)
2837 # http://www.government.ru/content/governmentactivity/rfgovernmentdecisions/archive/2009/09/14/991633.htm
2838 # or Russian-English translation by WorldTimeZone.com with reference
2839 # map to local region and new Russia Time Zone map after March 28, 2010
2840 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia03.html
2841 #
2842 # Thus, when Russia will switch to DST on the night of March 28, 2010
2843 # Kemerovo region (Kemerovo oblast') will not change the clock.
2844 
2845 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-02), per Alexander Krivenyshev (2014-07-02):
2846 # The Kemerovo region will remain at UTC+7 through the 2014-10-26 change, thus
2847 # realigning itself with KRAT.
2848 
2849 Zone Asia/Novokuznetsk   5:48:48 -      LMT     1924 May  1
2850                          6:00   -       +06     1930 Jun 21
2851                          7:00   Russia  +07/+08 1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2852                          6:00   Russia  +06/+07 1992 Jan 19  2:00s
2853                          7:00   Russia  +07/+08 2010 Mar 28  2:00s
2854                          6:00   Russia  +06/+07 2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2855                          7:00   -       +07

2856 

2857 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03), per Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25):
2858 # Asia/Krasnoyarsk covers...
2859 # 17    RU-TY   Tuva Republic
2860 # 19    RU-KK   Khakassia, Republic of
2861 # 24    RU-KYA  Krasnoyarsk Krai
2862 #
2863 # Note: Effective 2007-01-01, (88) Evenk Autonomous Okrug and (84) Taymyr
2864 # Autonomous Okrug were merged into (24, RU-KYA) Krasnoyarsk Krai.
2865 
2866 # Byalokoz 1919 says Krasnoyarsk was 6:11:26.
2867 
2868 Zone Asia/Krasnoyarsk    6:11:26 -      LMT     1920 Jan  6
2869                          6:00   -       +06     1930 Jun 21
2870                          7:00   Russia  +07/+08 1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2871                          6:00   Russia  +06/+07 1992 Jan 19  2:00s
2872                          7:00   Russia  +07/+08 2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2873                          8:00   -       +08     2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2874                          7:00   -       +07
2875 
2876 
2877 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03), per Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25):
2878 # Asia/Irkutsk covers...
2879 # 03    RU-BU   Buryatia, Republic of
2880 # 38    RU-IRK  Irkutsk Oblast
2881 #
2882 # Note: Effective 2008-01-01, (85) Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Okrug was
2883 # merged into (38, RU-IRK) Irkutsk Oblast.
2884 
2885 # Milne 1899 says Irkutsk was 6:57:15.
2886 # Byalokoz 1919 says Irkutsk was 6:57:05.
2887 # Go with Byalokoz.
2888 
2889 Zone Asia/Irkutsk        6:57:05 -      LMT     1880
2890                          6:57:05 -      IMT     1920 Jan 25 # Irkutsk Mean Time
2891                          7:00   -       +07     1930 Jun 21
2892                          8:00   Russia  +08/+09 1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2893                          7:00   Russia  +07/+08 1992 Jan 19  2:00s
2894                          8:00   Russia  +08/+09 2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2895                          9:00   -       +09     2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2896                          8:00   -       +08
2897 
2898 
2899 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-06):
2900 # Asia/Chita covers...
2901 # 92    RU-ZAB  Zabaykalsky Krai
2902 #
2903 # Note: Effective 2008-03-01, (75) Chita Oblast and (80) Agin-Buryat
2904 # Autonomous Okrug merged to form (92, RU-ZAB) Zabaykalsky Krai.
2905 
2906 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2016-01-02):
2907 # [The] time zone in the Trans-Baikal Territory (Zabaykalsky Krai) -
2908 # Asia/Chita [is changing] from UTC+8 to UTC+9.  Effective date will
2909 # be March 27, 2016 at 2:00am....
2910 # http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201512300107
2911 
2912 Zone Asia/Chita  7:33:52 -      LMT     1919 Dec 15
2913                          8:00   -       +08     1930 Jun 21
2914                          9:00   Russia  +09/+10 1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2915                          8:00   Russia  +08/+09 1992 Jan 19  2:00s
2916                          9:00   Russia  +09/+10 2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2917                         10:00   -       +10     2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2918                          8:00   -       +08     2016 Mar 27  2:00
2919                          9:00   -       +09
2920 
2921 
2922 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03), per Oscar van Vlijmen (2009-11-29):
2923 # Asia/Yakutsk covers...
2924 # 28    RU-AMU  Amur Oblast
2925 #
2926 # ...and parts of (14, RU-SA) Sakha (Yakutia) Republic:
2927 # 14-02 ****    Aldansky District
2928 # 14-04 ****    Amginsky District
2929 # 14-05 ****    Anabarsky District
2930 # 14-06 ****    Bulunsky District
2931 # 14-07 ****    Verkhnevilyuysky District
2932 # 14-10 ****    Vilyuysky District
2933 # 14-11 ****    Gorny District
2934 # 14-12 ****    Zhigansky District
2935 # 14-13 ****    Kobyaysky District
2936 # 14-14 ****    Lensky District
2937 # 14-15 ****    Megino-Kangalassky District
2938 # 14-16 ****    Mirninsky District
2939 # 14-18 ****    Namsky District
2940 # 14-19 ****    Neryungrinsky District
2941 # 14-21 ****    Nyurbinsky District
2942 # 14-23 ****    Olenyoksky District
2943 # 14-24 ****    Olyokminsky District
2944 # 14-26 ****    Suntarsky District
2945 # 14-27 ****    Tattinsky District
2946 # 14-29 ****    Ust-Aldansky District
2947 # 14-32 ****    Khangalassky District
2948 # 14-33 ****    Churapchinsky District
2949 # 14-34 ****    Eveno-Bytantaysky National District
2950 
2951 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03):
2952 # Our commentary seems to have lost mention of (14-19) Neryungrinsky District.
2953 # Since the surrounding districts of Sakha are all YAKT, assume this is, too.
2954 # Also assume its history has been the same as the rest of Asia/Yakutsk.
2955 
2956 # Byalokoz 1919 says Yakutsk was 8:38:58.
2957 
2958 Zone Asia/Yakutsk        8:38:58 -      LMT     1919 Dec 15
2959                          8:00   -       +08     1930 Jun 21
2960                          9:00   Russia  +09/+10 1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2961                          8:00   Russia  +08/+09 1992 Jan 19  2:00s
2962                          9:00   Russia  +09/+10 2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2963                         10:00   -       +10     2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2964                          9:00   -       +09
2965 
2966 
2967 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03), per Oscar van Vlijmen (2009-11-29):
2968 # Asia/Vladivostok covers...
2969 # 25    RU-PRI  Primorsky Krai
2970 # 27    RU-KHA  Khabarovsk Krai
2971 # 79    RU-YEV  Jewish Autonomous Oblast
2972 #
2973 # ...and parts of (14, RU-SA) Sakha (Yakutia) Republic:
2974 # 14-09 ****    Verkhoyansky District
2975 # 14-31 ****    Ust-Yansky District
2976 
2977 # Milne 1899 says Vladivostok was 8:47:33.5.
2978 # Byalokoz 1919 says Vladivostok was 8:47:31.
2979 # Go with Byalokoz.
2980 
2981 Zone Asia/Vladivostok    8:47:31 -      LMT     1922 Nov 15
2982                          9:00   -       +09     1930 Jun 21
2983                         10:00   Russia  +10/+11 1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2984                          9:00   Russia  +09/+10 1992 Jan 19  2:00s
2985                         10:00   Russia  +10/+11 2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2986                         11:00   -       +11     2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2987                         10:00   -       +10
2988 
2989 
2990 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03):
2991 # Asia/Khandyga covers parts of (14, RU-SA) Sakha (Yakutia) Republic:
2992 # 14-28 ****    Tomponsky District
2993 # 14-30 ****    Ust-Maysky District
2994 
2995 # From Arthur David Olson (2012-05-09):
2996 # Tomponskij and Ust'-Majskij switched from Vladivostok time to Yakutsk time
2997 # in 2011.
2998 
2999 # From Paul Eggert (2012-11-25):
3000 # Shanks and Pottenger (2003) has Khandyga on Yakutsk time.
3001 # Make a wild guess that it switched to Vladivostok time in 2004.
3002 # This transition is no doubt wrong, but we have no better info.
3003 
3004 Zone Asia/Khandyga       9:02:13 -      LMT     1919 Dec 15
3005                          8:00   -       +08     1930 Jun 21
3006                          9:00   Russia  +09/+10 1991 Mar 31  2:00s
3007                          8:00   Russia  +08/+09 1992 Jan 19  2:00s
3008                          9:00   Russia  +09/+10 2004
3009                         10:00   Russia  +10/+11 2011 Mar 27  2:00s
3010                         11:00   -       +11     2011 Sep 13  0:00s # Decree 725?
3011                         10:00   -       +10     2014 Oct 26  2:00s
3012                          9:00   -       +09
3013 
3014 
3015 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03):
3016 # Asia/Sakhalin covers...
3017 # 65    RU-SAK  Sakhalin Oblast
3018 # ...with the exception of:
3019 # 65-11 ****    Severo-Kurilsky District (North Kuril Islands)
3020 
3021 # From Matt Johnson (2016-02-22):
3022 # Asia/Sakhalin is moving (in entirety) from UTC+10 to UTC+11 ...
3023 # (2016-03-09):
3024 # http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201603090044
3025 
3026 # The Zone name should be Asia/Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, but that's too long.
3027 Zone Asia/Sakhalin       9:30:48 -      LMT     1905 Aug 23
3028                          9:00   -       +09     1945 Aug 25
3029                         11:00   Russia  +11/+12 1991 Mar 31  2:00s # Sakhalin T
3030                         10:00   Russia  +10/+11 1992 Jan 19  2:00s
3031                         11:00   Russia  +11/+12 1997 Mar lastSun  2:00s
3032                         10:00   Russia  +10/+11 2011 Mar 27  2:00s
3033                         11:00   -       +11     2014 Oct 26  2:00s
3034                         10:00   -       +10     2016 Mar 27  2:00s
3035                         11:00   -       +11

3036 
3037 
3038 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03), per Oscar van Vlijmen (2009-11-29):
3039 # Asia/Magadan covers...
3040 # 49    RU-MAG  Magadan Oblast
3041 
3042 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-06), per Alexander Krivenyshev (2014-07-02):
3043 # Magadan Oblast is moving from UTC+12 to UTC+10 on 2014-10-26; however,
3044 # several districts of Sakha Republic as well as Severo-Kurilsky District of
3045 # the Sakhalin Oblast (also known as the North Kuril Islands), represented
3046 # until now by Asia/Magadan, will instead move to UTC+11.  These regions will
3047 # need their own zone.
3048 
3049 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2016-03-27):
3050 # ... draft bill 948300-6 to change its time zone from UTC+10 to UTC+11 ...
3051 # will take ... effect ... on April 24, 2016 at 2 o'clock
3052 #
3053 # From Matt Johnson (2016-04-05):
3054 # ... signed by the President today ...
3055 # http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201604050038
3056 
3057 Zone Asia/Magadan       10:03:12 -      LMT     1924 May  2
3058                         10:00   -       +10     1930 Jun 21 # Magadan Time
3059                         11:00   Russia  +11/+12 1991 Mar 31  2:00s
3060                         10:00   Russia  +10/+11 1992 Jan 19  2:00s
3061                         11:00   Russia  +11/+12 2011 Mar 27  2:00s
3062                         12:00   -       +12     2014 Oct 26  2:00s
3063                         10:00   -       +10     2016 Apr 24  2:00s
3064                         11:00   -       +11




3065 
3066 
3067 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-06):
3068 # Asia/Srednekolymsk covers parts of (14, RU-SA) Sakha (Yakutia) Republic:
3069 # 14-01 ****    Abyysky District
3070 # 14-03 ****    Allaikhovsky District
3071 # 14-08 ****    Verkhnekolymsky District
3072 # 14-17 ****    Momsky District
3073 # 14-20 ****    Nizhnekolymsky District
3074 # 14-25 ****    Srednekolymsky District
3075 #
3076 # ...and parts of (65, RU-SAK) Sakhalin Oblast:
3077 # 65-11 ****    Severo-Kurilsky District (North Kuril Islands)
3078 
3079 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-02):
3080 # Oymyakonsky District of Sakha Republic (represented by Ust-Nera), along with
3081 # most of Sakhalin Oblast (represented by Sakhalin) will be moving to UTC+10 on
3082 # 2014-10-26 to stay aligned with VLAT/SAKT; however, Severo-Kurilsky District
3083 # of the Sakhalin Oblast (also known as the North Kuril Islands, represented by
3084 # Severo-Kurilsk) will remain on UTC+11.


3087 # Assume North Kuril Islands have history like Magadan before 2011-03-27.
3088 # There is a decent chance this is wrong, in which case a new zone
3089 # Asia/Severo-Kurilsk would become necessary.
3090 #
3091 # Srednekolymsk and Zyryanka are the most populous places amongst these
3092 # districts, but have very similar populations.  In fact, Wikipedia currently
3093 # lists them both as having 3528 people, exactly 1668 males and 1860 females
3094 # each!  (Yikes!)
3095 # http://en.wikipedia.org/w/?title=Srednekolymsky_District&oldid=603435276
3096 # http://en.wikipedia.org/w/?title=Verkhnekolymsky_District&oldid=594378493
3097 # Assume this is a mistake, albeit an amusing one.
3098 #
3099 # Looking at censuses, the populations of the two municipalities seem to have
3100 # fluctuated recently.  Zyryanka was more populous than Srednekolymsk in the
3101 # 1989 and 2002 censuses, but Srednekolymsk was more populous in the most
3102 # recent (2010) census, 3525 to 3170.  (See pages 195 and 197 of
3103 # http://www.gks.ru/free_doc/new_site/perepis2010/croc/Documents/Vol1/pub-01-05.pdf
3104 # in Russian.)  In addition, Srednekolymsk appears to be a much older
3105 # settlement and the population of Zyryanka seems to be declining.
3106 # Go with Srednekolymsk.



3107 
3108 Zone Asia/Srednekolymsk 10:14:52 -      LMT     1924 May  2
3109                         10:00   -       +10     1930 Jun 21
3110                         11:00   Russia  +11/+12 1991 Mar 31  2:00s
3111                         10:00   Russia  +10/+11 1992 Jan 19  2:00s
3112                         11:00   Russia  +11/+12 2011 Mar 27  2:00s
3113                         12:00   -       +12     2014 Oct 26  2:00s
3114                         11:00   -       +11
3115 
3116 
3117 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03):
3118 # Asia/Ust-Nera covers parts of (14, RU-SA) Sakha (Yakutia) Republic:
3119 # 14-22 ****    Oymyakonsky District
3120 
3121 # From Arthur David Olson (2012-05-09):
3122 # Ojmyakonskij [and the Kuril Islands] switched from
3123 # Magadan time to Vladivostok time in 2011.
3124 #
3125 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-06), per Alexander Krivenyshev (2014-07-02):
3126 # It's unlikely that any of the Kuril Islands were involved in such a switch,
3127 # as the South and Middle Kurils have been on UTC+11 (SAKT) with the rest of
3128 # Sakhalin Oblast since at least 2011-09, and the North Kurils have been on
3129 # UTC+12 since at least then, too.
3130 
3131 Zone Asia/Ust-Nera       9:32:54 -      LMT     1919 Dec 15
3132                          8:00   -       +08     1930 Jun 21
3133                          9:00   Russia  +09/+10 1981 Apr  1
3134                         11:00   Russia  +11/+12 1991 Mar 31  2:00s
3135                         10:00   Russia  +10/+11 1992 Jan 19  2:00s
3136                         11:00   Russia  +11/+12 2011 Mar 27  2:00s
3137                         12:00   -       +12     2011 Sep 13  0:00s # Decree 725?
3138                         11:00   -       +11     2014 Oct 26  2:00s
3139                         10:00   -       +10
3140 
3141 
3142 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03), per Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25):
3143 # Asia/Kamchatka covers...
3144 # 91    RU-KAM  Kamchatka Krai
3145 #
3146 # Note: Effective 2007-07-01, (41) Kamchatka Oblast and (82) Koryak
3147 # Autonomous Okrug merged to form (91, RU-KAM) Kamchatka Krai.
3148 
3149 # The Zone name should be Asia/Petropavlovsk-Kamchatski or perhaps
3150 # Asia/Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, but these are too long.
3151 Zone Asia/Kamchatka     10:34:36 -      LMT     1922 Nov 10
3152                         11:00   -       +11     1930 Jun 21
3153                         12:00   Russia  +12/+13 1991 Mar 31  2:00s
3154                         11:00   Russia  +11/+12 1992 Jan 19  2:00s
3155                         12:00   Russia  +12/+13 2010 Mar 28  2:00s
3156                         11:00   Russia  +11/+12 2011 Mar 27  2:00s
3157                         12:00   -       +12
3158 
3159 
3160 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03):
3161 # Asia/Anadyr covers...
3162 # 87    RU-CHU  Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
3163 
3164 Zone Asia/Anadyr        11:49:56 -      LMT     1924 May  2
3165                         12:00   -       +12     1930 Jun 21
3166                         13:00   Russia  +13/+14 1982 Apr  1  0:00s
3167                         12:00   Russia  +12/+13 1991 Mar 31  2:00s
3168                         11:00   Russia  +11/+12 1992 Jan 19  2:00s
3169                         12:00   Russia  +12/+13 2010 Mar 28  2:00s
3170                         11:00   Russia  +11/+12 2011 Mar 27  2:00s
3171                         12:00   -       +12
3172 
3173 
3174 # San Marino
3175 # See Europe/Rome.
3176 
3177 # Serbia
3178 # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
3179 Zone    Europe/Belgrade 1:22:00 -       LMT     1884
3180                         1:00    -       CET     1941 Apr 18 23:00
3181                         1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1945
3182                         1:00    -       CET     1945 May  8  2:00s
3183                         1:00    1:00    CEST    1945 Sep 16  2:00s
3184 # Metod Koželj reports that the legal date of
3185 # transition to EU rules was 1982-11-27, for all of Yugoslavia at the time.
3186 # Shanks & Pottenger don't give as much detail, so go with Koželj.
3187                         1:00    -       CET     1982 Nov 27
3188                         1:00    EU      CE%sT
3189 Link Europe/Belgrade Europe/Ljubljana   # Slovenia
3190 Link Europe/Belgrade Europe/Podgorica   # Montenegro
3191 Link Europe/Belgrade Europe/Sarajevo    # Bosnia and Herzegovina


3410 # "Bundesgesetz über die Erstellung von elektrischen Telegraphen") passed on
3411 # 1851-11-23, and an official implementation notice was published 1853-07-16
3412 # (Bundesblatt 1853, Bd. II, S. 859).  On p 72 Messerli writes that in
3413 # practice since July 1853 Bernese time was used in "all postal and telegraph
3414 # offices in Switzerland from Geneva to St. Gallen and Basel to Chiasso"
3415 # (Google translation).  For now, model this transition as occurring on
3416 # 1853-07-16, though it probably occurred at some other date in Zurich, and
3417 # legal civil time probably changed at still some other transition date.
3418 
3419 # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
3420 Rule    Swiss   1941    1942    -       May     Mon>=1       1:00    1:00    S
3421 Rule    Swiss   1941    1942    -       Oct     Mon>=1       2:00    0       -
3422 # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
3423 Zone    Europe/Zurich   0:34:08 -       LMT     1853 Jul 16 # See above comment.
3424                         0:29:46 -       BMT     1894 Jun    # Bern Mean Time
3425                         1:00    Swiss   CE%sT   1981
3426                         1:00    EU      CE%sT
3427 
3428 # Turkey
3429 
3430 # From Kıvanç Yazan (2016-09-25):
3431 # 1) For 1986-2006, DST started at 01:00 local and ended at 02:00 local, with
3432 #    no exceptions.
3433 # 2) 1994's lastSun was overridden with Mar 20 ...
3434 # Here are official papers:
3435 # http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/arsiv/19032.pdf  - page 2 for 1986
3436 # http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/arsiv/19400.pdf  - page 4 for 1987
3437 # http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/arsiv/19752.pdf  - page 15 for 1988
3438 # http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/arsiv/20102.pdf  - page 6 for 1989
3439 # http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/arsiv/20464.pdf  - page 1 for 1990 - 1992
3440 # http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/arsiv/21531.pdf  - page 15 for 1993 - 1995
3441 # http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/arsiv/21879.pdf  - page 1 for overriding 1994
3442 # http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/arsiv/22588.pdf  - page 1 for 1996, 1997
3443 # http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/arsiv/23286.pdf  - page 10 for 1998 - 2000
3444 # http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2001/03/20010324.htm#2  - for 2001
3445 # http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2002/03/20020316.htm#2  - for 2002-2006
3446 # From Paul Eggert (2016-09-25):
3447 # Prefer the above sources to Shanks & Pottenger for time stamps after 1985.
3448 
3449 # From Steffen Thorsen (2007-03-09):
3450 # Starting 2007 though, it seems that they are adopting EU's 1:00 UTC
3451 # start/end time, according to the following page (2007-03-07):
3452 # http://www.ntvmsnbc.com/news/402029.asp
3453 # The official document is located here - it is in Turkish...:
3454 # http://rega.basbakanlik.gov.tr/eskiler/2007/03/20070307-7.htm
3455 # I was able to locate the following seemingly official document
3456 # (on a non-government server though) describing dates between 2002 and 2006:
3457 # http://www.alomaliye.com/bkk_2002_3769.htm
3458 
3459 # From Gökdeniz Karadağ (2011-03-10):
3460 # According to the articles linked below, Turkey will change into summer
3461 # time zone (GMT+3) on March 28, 2011 at 3:00 a.m. instead of March 27.
3462 # This change is due to a nationwide exam on 27th.
3463 # http://www.worldbulletin.net/?aType=haber&ArticleID=70872
3464 # Turkish:
3465 # http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/ekonomi/17230464.asp?gid=373
3466 
3467 # From Faruk Pasin (2014-02-14):


3474 # I can tell you that NOBODY (even the airlines) respected this timezone DST
3475 # change delay.  Maybe the word just didn't get out in time.
3476 # From Paul Eggert (2014-06-15):
3477 # The press reported massive confusion, as election officials obeyed the rule
3478 # change but cell phones (and airline baggage systems) did not.  See:
3479 # Kostidis M. Eventful elections in Turkey. Balkan News Agency
3480 # http://www.balkaneu.com/eventful-elections-turkey/ 2014-03-30.
3481 # I guess the best we can do is document the official time.
3482 
3483 # From Fatih (2015-09-29):
3484 # It's officially announced now by the Ministry of Energy.
3485 # Turkey delays winter time to 8th of November 04:00
3486 # http://www.aa.com.tr/tr/turkiye/yaz-saati-uygulamasi-8-kasimda-sona-erecek/362217
3487 #
3488 # From BBC News (2015-10-25):
3489 # Confused Turks are asking "what's the time?" after automatic clocks defied a
3490 # government decision ... "For the next two weeks #Turkey is on EEST... Erdogan
3491 # Engineered Standard Time," said Twitter user @aysekarahasan.
3492 # http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34631326
3493 
3494 # From Burak AYDIN (2016-09-08):
3495 # Turkey will stay in Daylight Saving Time even in winter....
3496 # http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2016/09/20160908-2.pdf
3497 #
3498 # From Paul Eggert (2016-09-07):
3499 # The change is permanent, so this is the new standard time in Turkey.
3500 # It takes effect today, which is not much notice.
3501 
3502 # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
3503 Rule    Turkey  1916    only    -       May      1      0:00    1:00    S
3504 Rule    Turkey  1916    only    -       Oct      1      0:00    0       -
3505 Rule    Turkey  1920    only    -       Mar     28      0:00    1:00    S
3506 Rule    Turkey  1920    only    -       Oct     25      0:00    0       -
3507 Rule    Turkey  1921    only    -       Apr      3      0:00    1:00    S
3508 Rule    Turkey  1921    only    -       Oct      3      0:00    0       -
3509 Rule    Turkey  1922    only    -       Mar     26      0:00    1:00    S
3510 Rule    Turkey  1922    only    -       Oct      8      0:00    0       -
3511 # Whitman gives 1923 Apr 28 - Sep 16 and no DST in 1924-1925;
3512 # go with Shanks & Pottenger.
3513 Rule    Turkey  1924    only    -       May     13      0:00    1:00    S
3514 Rule    Turkey  1924    1925    -       Oct      1      0:00    0       -
3515 Rule    Turkey  1925    only    -       May      1      0:00    1:00    S
3516 Rule    Turkey  1940    only    -       Jun     30      0:00    1:00    S
3517 Rule    Turkey  1940    only    -       Oct      5      0:00    0       -
3518 Rule    Turkey  1940    only    -       Dec      1      0:00    1:00    S
3519 Rule    Turkey  1941    only    -       Sep     21      0:00    0       -
3520 Rule    Turkey  1942    only    -       Apr      1      0:00    1:00    S
3521 # Whitman omits the next two transition and gives 1945 Oct 1;


3536 Rule    Turkey  1964    only    -       May     15      0:00    1:00    S
3537 Rule    Turkey  1964    only    -       Oct      1      0:00    0       -
3538 Rule    Turkey  1970    1972    -       May     Sun>=2       0:00    1:00    S
3539 Rule    Turkey  1970    1972    -       Oct     Sun>=2       0:00    0       -
3540 Rule    Turkey  1973    only    -       Jun      3      1:00    1:00    S
3541 Rule    Turkey  1973    only    -       Nov      4      3:00    0       -
3542 Rule    Turkey  1974    only    -       Mar     31      2:00    1:00    S
3543 Rule    Turkey  1974    only    -       Nov      3      5:00    0       -
3544 Rule    Turkey  1975    only    -       Mar     30      0:00    1:00    S
3545 Rule    Turkey  1975    1976    -       Oct     lastSun 0:00    0       -
3546 Rule    Turkey  1976    only    -       Jun      1      0:00    1:00    S
3547 Rule    Turkey  1977    1978    -       Apr     Sun>=1       0:00    1:00    S
3548 Rule    Turkey  1977    only    -       Oct     16      0:00    0       -
3549 Rule    Turkey  1979    1980    -       Apr     Sun>=1       3:00    1:00    S
3550 Rule    Turkey  1979    1982    -       Oct     Mon>=11      0:00    0       -
3551 Rule    Turkey  1981    1982    -       Mar     lastSun 3:00    1:00    S
3552 Rule    Turkey  1983    only    -       Jul     31      0:00    1:00    S
3553 Rule    Turkey  1983    only    -       Oct      2      0:00    0       -
3554 Rule    Turkey  1985    only    -       Apr     20      0:00    1:00    S
3555 Rule    Turkey  1985    only    -       Sep     28      0:00    0       -
3556 Rule    Turkey  1986    1993    -       Mar     lastSun 1:00s   1:00    S
3557 Rule    Turkey  1986    1995    -       Sep     lastSun 1:00s   0       -
3558 Rule    Turkey  1994    only    -       Mar     20      1:00s   1:00    S
3559 Rule    Turkey  1995    2006    -       Mar     lastSun 1:00s   1:00    S
3560 Rule    Turkey  1996    2006    -       Oct     lastSun 1:00s   0       -
3561 # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
3562 Zone    Europe/Istanbul 1:55:52 -       LMT     1880
3563                         1:56:56 -       IMT     1910 Oct # Istanbul Mean Time?
3564                         2:00    Turkey  EE%sT   1978 Oct 15
3565                         3:00    Turkey  +03/+04 1985 Apr 20
3566                         2:00    Turkey  EE%sT   2007
3567                         2:00    EU      EE%sT   2011 Mar 27  1:00u
3568                         2:00    -       EET     2011 Mar 28  1:00u
3569                         2:00    EU      EE%sT   2014 Mar 30  1:00u
3570                         2:00    -       EET     2014 Mar 31  1:00u
3571                         2:00    EU      EE%sT   2015 Oct 25  1:00u
3572                         2:00    1:00    EEST    2015 Nov  8  1:00u
3573                         2:00    EU      EE%sT   2016 Sep  7
3574                         3:00    -       +03
3575 Link    Europe/Istanbul Asia/Istanbul   # Istanbul is in both continents.
3576 
3577 # Ukraine
3578 #
3579 # From Igor Karpov, who works for the Ukrainian Ministry of Justice,
3580 # via Garrett Wollman (2003-01-27):
3581 # BTW, I've found the official document on this matter. It's government
3582 # regulations No. 509, May 13, 1996. In my poor translation it says:
3583 # "Time in Ukraine is set to second timezone (Kiev time). Each last Sunday
3584 # of March at 3am the time is changing to 4am and each last Sunday of
3585 # October the time at 4am is changing to 3am"
3586 
3587 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-09-20):
3588 # On September 20, 2011 the deputies of the Verkhovna Rada agreed to
3589 # abolish the transfer clock to winter time.
3590 #
3591 # Bill No. 8330 of MP from the Party of Regions Oleg Nadoshi got
3592 # approval from 266 deputies.
3593 #
3594 # Ukraine abolishes transfer back to the winter time (in Russian)