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diff --git a/time/europe b/time/europe
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--- a/time/europe
+++ b/time/europe
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@
 # place of my old transcription of the Green Paper table [the UK Government
 # paper "Summer Time: A Consultation Document" (HMSO Cm722 June 1989)].
 #
-# 		Peter Ilieve		peter@memex.co.uk
+#		Peter Ilieve		peter@memex.co.uk
 #
 #
 # ## control file for tabscript, a program to generate UK summer time dates
@@ -714,27 +714,25 @@ Rule	GB-Eire	1961	1967	-	Oct	Sun>=23	2:00s	0	GMT
 Rule	GB-Eire	1971	only	-	Oct	31	3:00	0	GMT
 Rule	GB-Eire	1972	1980	-	Oct	Sun>=23	2:00s	0	GMT
 # 1981 on
-Rule	GB-Eire	1981	max	-	Mar	lastSun	1:00s	1:00	BST
-Rule	GB-Eire 1981	1989	-	Oct	Sun>=23	1:00s	0	GMT
-Rule	GB-Eire 1990	1995	-	Oct	Sun>=22	1:00s	0	GMT
-Rule	GB-Eire 1996	max	-	Oct	lastSun	1:00s	0	GMT
-#Rule	GB-Eire	1981	max	-	Mar	lastSun	1:00u	1:00	BST
-#Rule	GB-Eire 1981	1989	-	Oct	Sun>=23	1:00u	0	GMT
-#Rule	GB-Eire 1990	1995	-	Oct	Sun>=22	1:00u	0	GMT
-#Rule	GB-Eire 1996	max	-	Oct	lastSun	1:00u	0	GMT
-# Also see W-Eur, which (starting 1996) differs only in LETTER/S.
+Rule	GB-Eire	1981	max	-	Mar	lastSun	1:00u	1:00	BST
+Rule	GB-Eire 1981	1989	-	Oct	Sun>=23	1:00u	0	GMT
+Rule	GB-Eire 1990	1995	-	Oct	Sun>=22	1:00u	0	GMT
+Rule	GB-Eire 1996	max	-	Oct	lastSun	1:00u	0	GMT
+# Also see EC, which (starting 1996) differs only in LETTER/S.
 
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Europe/London	-0:01:15 -	LMT	1847 Sep 22
 			 0:00	GB-Eire	%s	1968 Feb 18 2:00
 			 1:00	-	BST	1971 Oct 31 2:00
-			 0:00	GB-Eire	%s
+			 0:00	GB-Eire	%s	1996
+			 0:00	EC	GMT/BST
 Zone	Europe/Belfast	-0:23:40 -	LMT	1880 Aug  2
 			-0:25:21 -	DMT	1916 May 21 2:00    # Dublin MT
 			-0:25:21 1:00	DST	1916 Oct  1 3:00
 			 0:00	GB-Eire	%s	1968 Feb 18 2:00
 			 1:00	-	BST	1971 Oct 31 3:00
-			 0:00	GB-Eire	%s
+			 0:00	GB-Eire	%s	1996
+			 0:00	EC	GMT/BST
 Zone	Europe/Dublin	-0:25:21 -	LMT	1880 Aug  2
 			-0:25:21 -	DMT	1916 May 21 2:00    # Dublin MT
 			-0:25:21 1:00	DST	1916 Oct  1 3:00
@@ -745,17 +743,26 @@ Zone	Europe/Dublin	-0:25:21 -	LMT	1880 Aug  2
 			 0:00	-	GMT	1948 Apr 18 2:00
 			 0:00	GB-Eire	%s	1968 Feb 18 2:00
 			 1:00	-	BST	1971 Oct 31 3:00
-			 0:00	GB-Eire	%s
+			 0:00	GB-Eire	%s	1996
+			 0:00	EC	GMT/BST
 
 ###############################################################################
 
 # Continental Europe
 
-# The *-Eur rules now correspond to the European Community (EC).
-# Three rulesets are used because the EC changes at 01:00 UTC, not local time.
-# Older *-Eur rules are for convenience in the tables.
+# EC rules are for the European Community.
 
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+Rule	EC	1800	only	-	Jan	 1	 0:00	0	-
+Rule	EC	1977	1980	-	Apr	Sun>=1	 1:00u	1:00	" DST"
+Rule	EC	1977	only	-	Sep	lastSun	 1:00u	0	-
+Rule	EC	1978	only	-	Oct	 1	 1:00u	0	-
+Rule	EC	1979	1995	-	Sep	lastSun	 1:00u	0	-
+Rule	EC	1981	max	-	Mar	lastSun	 1:00u	1:00	" DST"
+Rule	EC	1996	max	-	Oct	lastSun	 1:00u	0	-
+# Also see GB-Eire, which (starting 1996) differs only in LETTER/S.
+
+# W-Eur differs from EC only in that W-Eur uses standard time.
 Rule	W-Eur	1800	only	-	Jan	 1	 0:00	0	-
 Rule	W-Eur	1977	1980	-	Apr	Sun>=1	 1:00s	1:00	" DST"
 Rule	W-Eur	1977	only	-	Sep	lastSun	 1:00s	0	-
@@ -763,8 +770,9 @@ Rule	W-Eur	1978	only	-	Oct	 1	 1:00s	0	-
 Rule	W-Eur	1979	1995	-	Sep	lastSun	 1:00s	0	-
 Rule	W-Eur	1981	max	-	Mar	lastSun	 1:00s	1:00	" DST"
 Rule	W-Eur	1996	max	-	Oct	lastSun	 1:00s	0	-
-# Also see GB-Eire, which (starting 1996) differs only in LETTER/S.
 
+# Older M-Eur rules are for convenience in the tables.
+# From 1977 on, M-Eur differs from EC only in that M-Eur uses standard time.
 Rule	M-Eur	1800	only	-	Jan	 1	 0:00	0	-
 Rule	M-Eur	1916	only	-	Apr	30	23:00	1:00	" DST"
 Rule	M-Eur	1916	only	-	Oct	 1	 1:00	0	-
@@ -789,10 +797,6 @@ Rule	M-Eur	1979	1995	-	Sep	lastSun	 2:00s	0	-
 Rule	M-Eur	1981	max	-	Mar	lastSun	 2:00s	1:00	" DST"
 Rule	M-Eur	1996	max	-	Oct	lastSun	 2:00s	0	-
 
-Rule	E-Eur	1981	max	-	Mar	lastSun	 3:00s	1:00	" DST"
-Rule	E-Eur	1981	1995	-	Sep	lastSun	 3:00s	0	-
-Rule	E-Eur	1996	max	-	Oct	lastSun	 3:00s	0	-
-
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Russia	1880	only	-	Jan	 1	 0:00	0	-
 Rule	Russia	1917	only	-	Jul	 1	23:00	1:00	" DST"
@@ -817,9 +821,9 @@ Rule	Russia	1985	max	-	Mar	lastSun	 2:00s	1:00	D
 # These are for backward compatibility with older versions.
 
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
-Zone	WET		0:00	W-Eur	WET%s
+Zone	WET		0:00	EC	WET%s
 Zone	MET		1:00	M-Eur	MET%s
-Zone	EET		2:00	E-Eur	EET%s
+Zone	EET		2:00	EC	EET%s
 Zone	W-SU		3:00	M-Eur	????
 
 # Tom Hoffman says that MET is also known as Central European Time
@@ -859,14 +863,14 @@ Zone	Europe/Tirane	1:19:20 -	LMT	1914
 			1:00	-	MET	1940 Jun 16
 			1:00	Albania	MET%s	1985 Mar 31 1:00
 			1:00	W-Eur	MET%s
-#			This may change to `M-Eur' soon, for EC compatibility.
+#			This may change to `EC' soon.
 
 # Andorra
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Europe/Andorra	0:06:04 -	LMT	1901
 			0:00	-	WET	1946 Sep 30
 			1:00	-	MET	1985 Mar 31 2:00
-			1:00	M-Eur	MET%s
+			1:00	EC	MET%s
 
 # Austria
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
@@ -884,8 +888,8 @@ Zone	Europe/Vienna	1:05:20 -	LMT	1893 Apr
 			1:00	M-Eur	MET%s	1918 Jun 16 3:00
 			1:00	Austria	MET%s	1940 Apr  1 2:00
 			1:00	M-Eur	MET%s	1945 Apr  2 2:00
-			1:00	Austria	MET%s	1981 Mar 29 2:00
-			1:00	M-Eur	MET%s
+			1:00	Austria	MET%s	1981
+			1:00	EC	MET%s
 
 # Belarus
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
@@ -944,8 +948,8 @@ Zone	Europe/Brussels	0:17:20 -	LMT	1880
 			1:00	M-Eur	MET%s	1919 Mar  1 23:00
 			0:00	Belgium	WET%s	1940 Feb 24 23:00
 			1:00	M-Eur	MET%s	1945 Apr  2  2:00
-			1:00	Belgium	MET%s	1977 Apr  3  2:00
-			1:00	M-Eur	MET%s
+			1:00	Belgium	MET%s	1977
+			1:00	EC	MET%s
 
 # Bosnia and Herzegovina
 # They switched from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar on 1918 Mar 18.
@@ -954,8 +958,8 @@ Zone	Europe/Sarajevo	1:13:40	-	LMT	1884
 			1:00	-	MET	1941 Apr 18 23:00
 			1:00	M-Eur	MET%s	1945 May  8  2:00s
 			1:00	1:00  "MET DST"	1945 Sep 16  2:00s
-			1:00	-	MET	1983 Mar 27  2:00s
-			1:00	M-Eur	MET%s
+			1:00	-	MET	1983
+			1:00	EC	MET%s
 
 # Bulgaria
 # Part switched from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar on 1915 Nov 14;
@@ -974,7 +978,7 @@ Zone	Europe/Sofia	1:33:16 -	LMT	1880
 			2:00	-	EET	1979 Mar 31 23:00
 			2:00	Bulg	EET%s	1982 Sep 26  2:00
 			2:00	M-Eur	EET%s
-#			This may change to `E-Eur' soon, for EC compatibility.
+#			This may change to `EC' soon.
 
 # Croatia
 # They switched from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar on 1918 Mar 18.
@@ -983,8 +987,8 @@ Zone	Europe/Zagreb	1:03:52	-	LMT	1884
 			1:00	-	MET	1941 Apr 18 23:00
 			1:00	M-Eur	MET%s	1945 May  8  2:00s
 			1:00	1:00  "MET DST"	1945 Sep 16  2:00s
-			1:00	-	MET	1983 Mar 27  2:00s
-			1:00	M-Eur	MET%s
+			1:00	-	MET	1983
+			1:00	EC	MET%s
 
 # Czech Republic
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
@@ -1000,8 +1004,8 @@ Rule	Czech	1949	only	-	Apr	 9	2:00s	1:00	" DST"
 Zone	Europe/Prague	0:57:44 -	LMT	1850
 			0:58	-	PMT	1891 Oct     # Prague Mean Time
 			1:00	M-Eur	MET%s	1944 Sep 17 2:00s
-			1:00	Czech	MET%s	1979 Apr  1 2:00
-			1:00	M-Eur	MET%s
+			1:00	Czech	MET%s	1979
+			1:00	EC	MET%s
 
 # Denmark
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
@@ -1025,11 +1029,11 @@ Zone Europe/Copenhagen	 0:50:20 -	LMT	1890
 			 0:50	-	CMT	1894 Apr  # Copenhagen Mean Time
 			 1:00	Denmark	MET%s	1942 Nov  2 2:00s
 			 1:00	M-Eur	MET%s	1945 Apr  2 2:00
-			 1:00	Denmark	MET%s	1980 Apr  6 2:00
-			 1:00	M-Eur	MET%s
+			 1:00	Denmark	MET%s	1980
+			 1:00	EC	MET%s
 Zone Atlantic/Faeroe	-0:27:04 -	LMT	1908 Jan 11	# Torshavn
-			 0:00	-	WET	1981 Mar 29 1:00
-			 0:00	W-Eur	WET%s
+			 0:00	-	WET	1981
+			 0:00	EC	WET%s
 Zone America/Scoresbysund -1:29:00 -	LMT	1916 Jul 28
 			-2:00	-	MGT	1980 Apr  6 2:00
 			-2:00	M-Eur	MGT%s	1981 Mar 29
@@ -1058,7 +1062,7 @@ Zone	Europe/Tallinn	1:39:00	-	LMT	1880
 			3:00	Russia	MS%s	1989 Mar 26 2:00s
 			2:00	1:00  "EET DST"	1989 Sep 24 2:00s
 			2:00	M-Eur	EET%s
-#			This may change to `E-Eur' soon, for EC compatibility.
+#			This may change to `EC' soon.
 
 # Finland
 #
@@ -1078,7 +1082,7 @@ Rule	Finland	1942	only	-	Oct	3	0:00	0	-
 Zone	Europe/Helsinki	1:39:52 -	LMT	1878 May 31
 			1:40	-	HMT	1921 May    # Helsinki Mean Time
 			2:00	Finland	EET%s	1981 Mar 29 2:00
-			2:00	E-Eur	EET%s
+			2:00	EC	EET%s
 
 # France
 # Shanks seems to use `24:00' ambiguously; we resolve it with Whitman.
@@ -1141,8 +1145,8 @@ Zone	Europe/Paris	0:09:05 -	LMT	1891 Mar 15 0:01
 			0:00	France	WET%s	1940 Jun 14
 			1:00	M-Eur	MET%s	1944 Aug 25
 			0:00	France	WET%s	1945 Sep 16 3:00
-			1:00	France	MET%s	1977 Apr Sun>=1 2:00
-			1:00	M-Eur	MET%s
+			1:00	France	MET%s	1977
+			1:00	EC	MET%s
 
 # Germany
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
@@ -1161,15 +1165,15 @@ Rule	Germany	1949	only	-	Apr	10	2:00s	1:00	" DST"
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Europe/Berlin	0:53:28 -	LMT	1893 Apr
 			1:00	M-Eur	MET%s	1945 Apr 2 2:00
-			1:00	Germany	MET%s	1980 Apr 6 2:00
-			1:00	M-Eur	MET%s
+			1:00	Germany	MET%s	1980
+			1:00	EC	MET%s
 
 # Gibraltar
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone Europe/Gibraltar	-0:21:24 -	LMT	1880 Aug  2
 			0:00	GB-Eire	%s	1957 Apr 14 2:00
-			1:00	-	MET	1982 Mar 28 2:00
-			1:00	M-Eur	MET%s
+			1:00	-	MET	1982
+			1:00	EC	MET%s
 
 # Greece
 # They adopted the Julian calendar in 1846.
@@ -1205,10 +1209,10 @@ Zone	Europe/Athens	1:34:52 -	LMT	1895 Sep 14
 			1:35	-	AMT	1916 Jul 28 0:01     # Athens MT
 			2:00	Greece	EET%s	1941 Apr 30
 			1:00	Greece	MET%s	1944 Apr  4
-			2:00	Greece	EET%s	1981 Mar 29 2:00
-#			Greece must change by 1996 for EC compatibility.
-			2:00	M-Eur	EET%s	1996 # Guess the last minute.
-			2:00	E-Eur	EET%s
+			2:00	Greece	EET%s	1981
+			# Shanks says they switched to M-Eur in 1981;
+			# go with EC intead, since Greece joined it on Jan 1.
+			2:00	EC	EET%s
 
 # Hungary
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
@@ -1237,7 +1241,7 @@ Zone	Europe/Budapest	1:16:20 -	LMT	1890 Oct
 			1:00	Hungary	MET%s	1941 Apr  6  2:00
 			1:00	M-Eur	MET%s	1945 May  1 23:00
 			1:00	Hungary	MET%s	1980 Sep 28  2:00s
-			1:00	M-Eur	MET%s
+			1:00	EC	MET%s
 
 # Iceland
 #
@@ -1347,9 +1351,11 @@ Zone	Europe/Rome	0:49:56 -	LMT	1866 Sep 22
 			0:50	-	RMT	1893 Nov	# Rome Mean Time
 			1:00	Italy	MET%s	1942 Nov  2 2:00s
 			1:00	M-Eur	MET%s	1945 Apr  2 2:00s
-			1:00	Italy	MET%s	1980 Apr  6 2:00
-			1:00	M-Eur	MET%s
-# Vatican is identical to Europe/Rome; San Marino is like Europe/Rome.
+			1:00	Italy	MET%s	1980
+			1:00	EC	MET%s
+
+Link	Europe/Rome	Europe/Vatican
+Link	Europe/Rome	Europe/San_Marino
 
 # Latvia
 # They switched from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar on 1918 Feb 15.
@@ -1365,13 +1371,13 @@ Zone	Europe/Riga	1:36:24	-	LMT	1880
 			3:00	Russia	MS%s	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
 			2:00	1:00  "EET DST"	1991 Sep 29 2:00s
 			2:00	M-Eur	EET%s
-#			This may change to `E-Eur' soon, for EC compatibility.
+#			This may change to `EC' soon.
 
 # Liechtenstein
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Europe/Vaduz	0:38:04 -	LMT	1894 Jun
-			1:00	-	MET	1981 Mar 29 2:00
-			1:00	M-Eur	MET%s
+			1:00	-	MET	1981
+			1:00	EC	MET%s
 
 # Lithuania
 # They switched from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar on 1918 Feb 15.
@@ -1387,7 +1393,7 @@ Zone	Europe/Vilnius	1:41:16	-	LMT	1880
 			3:00	Russia	MS%s	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
 			2:00	1:00  "EET DST"	1991 Sep 29 2:00s
 			2:00	M-Eur	EET%s
-#			This may change to `E-Eur' soon, for EC compatibility.
+#			This may change to `EC' soon.
 
 # Luxembourg
 # Whitman disagrees with most of these dates in minor ways; go with Shanks.
@@ -1422,8 +1428,8 @@ Zone Europe/Luxembourg	0:24:36 -	LMT	1904 Jun
 			0:00	Lux	WET%s	1929 Oct  6 2:00s
 			0:00	Belgium	WET%s	1940 May 14 3:00
 			1:00	M-Eur	WET%s	1944 Sep 18 3:00
-			1:00	Belgium	MET%s	1979 Apr  1 2:00
-			1:00	M-Eur	MET%s
+			1:00	Belgium	MET%s	1979
+			1:00	EC	MET%s
 
 # Macedonia
 # They switched from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar on 1918 Mar 18.
@@ -1432,8 +1438,8 @@ Zone	Europe/Skopje	1:25:44	-	LMT	1884
 			1:00	-	MET	1941 Apr 18 23:00
 			1:00	M-Eur	MET%s	1945 May  8  2:00s
 			1:00	1:00  "MET DST"	1945 Sep 16  2:00s
-			1:00	-	MET	1983 Mar 27  2:00s
-			1:00	M-Eur	MET%s
+			1:00	-	MET	1983
+			1:00	EC	MET%s
 
 # Malta
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
@@ -1449,8 +1455,8 @@ Zone	Europe/Malta	0:58:04 -	LMT	1893 Nov  2	# Valletta
 			1:00	Italy	MET%s	1942 Nov  2 2:00s
 			1:00	M-Eur	MET%s	1945 Apr  2 2:00s
 			1:00	Italy	MET%s	1973 Mar 31
-			1:00	Malta	MET%s	1981 Mar 29 2:00s
-			1:00	M-Eur	MET%s
+			1:00	Malta	MET%s	1981
+			1:00	EC	MET%s
 
 # Moldova
 # They switched from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar on 1919 Mar 18.
@@ -1460,7 +1466,7 @@ Zone	Europe/Chisinau	1:55:20 -	LMT	1924 May  2
 			3:00	Russia	MS%s	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
 			2:00	1:00  "EET DST"	1991 Sep 29 2:00s
 			2:00	M-Eur	EET%s
-#			This may change to `E-Eur' soon, for EC compatibility.
+#			This may change to `EC' soon.
 
 # Monaco
 # Shanks gives 0:09 for Paris Mean Time; go with Whitman's more precise 0:09:05.
@@ -1468,8 +1474,8 @@ Zone	Europe/Chisinau	1:55:20 -	LMT	1924 May  2
 Zone	Europe/Monaco	0:29:32 -	LMT	1891 Mar 15
 			0:09:05	-	PMT	1911 Mar 11    # Paris Mean Time
 			0:00	France	WET%s	1945 Sep 16 3:00
-			1:00	France	MET%s	1977 Apr Sun>=1 2:00
-			1:00	M-Eur	MET%s
+			1:00	France	MET%s	1977
+			1:00	EC	MET%s
 
 # Netherlands
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
@@ -1496,16 +1502,16 @@ Rule	Neth	1933	1936	-	May	15	2:00s	1:00	NST
 Rule	Neth	1937	only	-	May	22	2:00s	1:00	NST
 # Whitman gives 1939 Apr 15 and 1940 Apr 19; go with Shanks.
 Rule	Neth	1938	1939	-	May	15	2:00s	1:00	NST
-Rule	Neth	1945	only	-	Apr	 2	2:00s	1:00	-
-Rule	Neth	1945	only	-	May	20	2:00s	0	" DST"
+Rule	Neth	1945	only	-	Apr	 2	2:00s	1:00	" DST"
+Rule	Neth	1945	only	-	May	20	2:00s	0	-
 # Before 1937, Shanks says just `0:20'; we use Whitman's more precise figure.
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone Europe/Amsterdam	0:19:28 -	LMT	1892 May
 			0:19:28	Neth	%s	1937 Jul
 			0:20	Neth	%s	1940 May 16 0:40
 			1:00	M-Eur	MET%s	1945 Apr  2 2:00
-			1:00	Neth	MET%s	1977 Apr Sun>=1 2:00
-			1:00	M-Eur	MET%s
+			1:00	Neth	MET%s	1977
+			1:00	EC	MET%s
 
 # Norway
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
@@ -1526,8 +1532,8 @@ Rule	Norway	1965	only	-	Apr	25	2:00s	1:00	" DST"
 Zone	Europe/Oslo	0:43:00 -	LMT	1895
 			1:00	Norway	MET%s	1940 Aug 10 23:00
 			1:00	M-Eur	MET%s	1945 Apr  2  2:00
-			1:00	Norway	MET%s	1980 Apr  6  2:00
-			1:00	M-Eur	MET%s
+			1:00	Norway	MET%s	1980
+			1:00	EC	MET%s
 # Svalbard is like Europe/Oslo.
 #
 # From Whitman:
@@ -1568,7 +1574,7 @@ Zone	Europe/Warsaw	1:24:00 -	LMT	1880
 			1:00	M-Eur	MET%s	1944 Oct
 			1:00	Poland	MET%s	1977 Apr  3 1:00
 			1:00	W-Eur	MET%s
-#			This may change to `M-Eur' soon, for EC compatibility.
+#			This may change to `EC' soon.
 
 # Portugal
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
@@ -1639,11 +1645,11 @@ Zone	Europe/Lisbon	-0:36:32 -	LMT	1884
 			 0:00	Port	WET%s	1966 Apr  3 2:00
 			 1:00	-	MET	1976 Sep 26 1:00
 			 0:00	Port	WET%s	1983 Sep 25 1:00s
-			 0:00	W-Eur	WET%s	1992 Sep 27 1:00s
+			 0:00	EC	WET%s	1992 Sep 27 1:00s
 # From Rui Pedro Salgueiro <rps@inescca.inescc.pt> (November 12, 1992):
 # Portugal has recently (September, 27) changed timezone
 # (from WET to MET or CET) to harmonize with EEC.
-			1:00	M-Eur	MET%s
+			1:00	EC	MET%s
 # We don't know what happened to Madeira or the Azores,
 # so we'll just use Shanks for now.
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
@@ -1658,7 +1664,7 @@ Zone Atlantic/Madeira	-1:07:36 -	LMT	1884		# Funchal
 			-1:00	Port	ACT%s	1966 Apr  3 2:00
 			 0:00	-	WET	1977 Mar 27
 			 0:00	Port	WET%s	1983 Sep 25 1:00s
-			 0:00	W-Eur	WET%s
+			 0:00	EC	WET%s
 
 # Slovakia
 Link Europe/Prague Europe/Bratislava
@@ -1680,7 +1686,7 @@ Zone Europe/Bucharest	1:44:24 -	LMT	1891 Oct
 			1:44	-	BMT	1931 Jul 24	# Bucharest MT
 			2:00	Romania	EET%s	1981 Mar 29 2:00s
 			2:00	M-Eur	EET%s
-#			This may change to `E-Eur' soon, for EC compatibility.
+#			This may change to `EC' soon.
 
 # Russia
 # From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (May 28, 1994):
@@ -1790,8 +1796,8 @@ Zone	Europe/Belgrade	1:22:00	-	LMT	1884
 			1:00	-	MET	1941 Apr 18 23:00
 			1:00	M-Eur	MET%s	1945 May  8  2:00s
 			1:00	1:00  "MET DST"	1945 Sep 16  2:00s
-			1:00	-	MET	1983 Mar 27  2:00s
-			1:00	M-Eur	MET%s
+			1:00	-	MET	1983
+			1:00	EC	MET%s
 
 # Slovenia
 # They switched from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar on 1918 Mar 18.
@@ -1800,8 +1806,8 @@ Zone Europe/Ljubljana	0:58:04	-	LMT	1884
 			1:00	-	MET	1941 Apr 18 23:00
 			1:00	M-Eur	MET%s	1945 May  8  2:00s
 			1:00	1:00  "MET DST"	1945 Sep 16  2:00s
-			1:00	-	MET	1983 Mar 27  2:00s
-			1:00	M-Eur	MET%s
+			1:00	-	MET	1983
+			1:00	EC	MET%s
 
 # Spain
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
@@ -1845,13 +1851,13 @@ Rule	Spain	1978	only	-	Oct	 1	 1:00	0	-
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Europe/Madrid	-0:14:44 -	LMT	1901
 			 0:00	Spain	WET%s	1946 Sep 30
-			 1:00	Spain	MET%s	1979 Apr  1 2:00
-			 1:00	M-Eur	MET%s
+			 1:00	Spain	MET%s	1979
+			 1:00	EC	MET%s
 Zone	Atlantic/Canary	-1:01:36 -	LMT	1922 Mar # Las Palmas de Gran C.
 			-1:00	-	ACT	1946 Sep 30 1:00
 			 0:00	-	WET	1980 Apr  6 0:00s
 			 0:00	1:00  "WET DST"	1980 Sep 28 0:00s
-			 0:00	W-Eur	WET%s
+			 0:00	EC	WET%s
 
 # Sweden
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
@@ -1859,8 +1865,8 @@ Zone Europe/Stockholm	1:12:12 -	LMT	1878 May 31
 			1:12	-	SMT	1900 Jan  1  1:00 # Stockholm MT
 			1:00	-	MET	1916 Apr 14 23:00s
 			1:00	1:00  "MET DST"	1916 Sep 30 23:00s
-			1:00	-	MET	1980 Apr  6  2:00
-			1:00	M-Eur	MET%s
+			1:00	-	MET	1980
+			1:00	EC	MET%s
 
 # Switzerland
 # From Howse (1988), p 82:
@@ -1871,15 +1877,15 @@ Zone Europe/Stockholm	1:12:12 -	LMT	1878 May 31
 Rule	Swiss	1894	only	-	Jun	1	0:00	0	-
 # From Whitman (who writes ``Midnight?''):
 Rule	Swiss	1940	only	-	Nov	 2	0:00	1:00	" DST"
-Rule	Swiss	1940	only	-	Dec	31	0:00	0	" DST"
+Rule	Swiss	1940	only	-	Dec	31	0:00	0	-
 # From Shanks (1991):
 Rule	Swiss	1941	1942	-	May	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	" DST"
-Rule	Swiss	1941	1942	-	Oct	Sun>=1	0:00	0	" DST"
+Rule	Swiss	1941	1942	-	Oct	Sun>=1	0:00	0	-
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Europe/Zurich	0:34:08 -	LMT	1848 Sep 12
 			0:30	-	SST	1894 Jun   # Swiss Standard Time
-			1:00	Swiss	MET%s	1981 Mar 29 2:00
-			1:00	M-Eur	MET%s
+			1:00	Swiss	MET%s	1981
+			1:00	EC	MET%s
 
 # Turkey
 # European Turkey switched to the Gregorian calendar in 1908.
@@ -1945,7 +1951,7 @@ Zone	Europe/Istanbul	1:55:52 -	LMT	1880
 			3:00	Turkey	TUR%s	1985 Apr 20
 			2:00	Turkey	EET%s	1986
 			2:00	M-Eur	EET%s
-#			This may change to `E-Eur' soon, for EC compatibility.
+#			This may change to `EC' soon.
 Link	Europe/Istanbul	Asia/Istanbul	# Istanbul is in both continents.
 
 # Ukraine
@@ -1963,7 +1969,7 @@ Zone Europe/Kiev	2:02:04 -	LMT	1880
 			2:00	-	EET	1930 Jun 21
 			3:00	Russia	MS%s	1990 Jul 17
 			2:00	M-Eur	EET%s
-#			This may change to `E-Eur' soon, for EC compatibility.
+#			This may change to `EC' soon.
 Zone Europe/Simferopol	2:16:24 -	LMT	1880
 			2:08	Russia	LST%s	1919 Jul  1 2:00
 			2:08	Ukraine	LST%s	1924 May  2