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diff --git a/timezone/europe b/timezone/europe index ea38d124ac..cdbc667c78 100644 --- a/timezone/europe +++ b/timezone/europe @@ -1,13 +1,13 @@ -# @(#)europe 7.65 +# @(#)europe 7.66 # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, # go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to # tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future). -# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1999-03-22): +# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1999-10-29): # A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is -# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (4th edition), -# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1995). +# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (5th edition), +# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1999). # # Gwillim Law <LAW@encmail.encompass.com> writes that a good source # for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport @@ -724,10 +724,10 @@ # changes in Alderney and Guernsey were at the same 2am GMT time as # for Great Britain; the order for Jersey is more interesting. # -# From Paul Eggert (1999-10-06): +# From Paul Eggert (1999-10-22): # Mark Brader kindly translated the 1916 Jersey order from the French. # It says that the 1916 transitions were 05-20 and 09-30 at midnight. -# Presumably this was 24:00, two hours earlier than Great Britain. +# No doubt this was 24:00, two or three hours earlier than Great Britain. # It also says that after 1916 they'll sync with Great Britain. # From Joseph S. Myers (1999-09-28): @@ -1005,9 +1005,6 @@ Rule Russia 1919 only - May 31 23:00 2:00 MDST Rule Russia 1919 only - Jul 1 2:00 1:00 S Rule Russia 1919 only - Aug 16 0:00 0 - Rule Russia 1921 only - Feb 14 23:00 1:00 S -# Shanks gives 1921 Mar 21 for the following transition. -# From Andrey A. Chernov <ache@astral.msk.su> (1993-11-12): -# My sources says, that it is Mar 20, not 21. Rule Russia 1921 only - Mar 20 23:00 2:00 M # Midsummer Rule Russia 1921 only - Sep 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Russia 1921 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - @@ -1090,7 +1087,7 @@ Rule Albania 1984 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Europe/Tirane 1:19:20 - LMT 1914 1:00 - CET 1940 Jun 16 -# The following transition is from Shanks's 4th edition (1995). +# The following transition is from Shanks. 1:00 Albania CE%sT 1984 Jul 1:00 EU CE%sT @@ -1120,17 +1117,18 @@ Zone Europe/Vienna 1:05:20 - LMT 1893 Apr 1:00 EU CE%sT # Belarus -# Transitions before 1991 are from Shanks (1995). +# Transitions before 1991 are from Shanks. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Europe/Minsk 1:50:16 - LMT 1880 1:50 - MMT 1924 May 2 # Minsk Mean Time 2:00 - EET 1930 Jun 21 3:00 - MSK 1941 Jun 28 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1944 Jul 3 - 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 1991 Mar 31 2:00s + 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 1990 + 3:00 - MSK 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 2:00 1:00 EEST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s - 2:00 - EET 1992 Mar 29 2:00s - 2:00 1:00 EEST 1992 Sep 27 2:00s + 2:00 - EET 1992 Mar 29 0:00s + 2:00 1:00 EEST 1992 Sep 27 0:00s 2:00 Russia EE%sT # Belgium @@ -1366,7 +1364,6 @@ Zone Europe/Helsinki 1:39:52 - LMT 1878 May 31 # France # # Shanks seems to use `24:00' ambiguously; we resolve it with Whitman. -# From Shanks (1991): # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule France 1916 only - Jun 14 23:00s 1:00 S Rule France 1916 1919 - Oct Sun>=1 23:00s 0 - @@ -1454,7 +1451,6 @@ Rule Germany 1945 only - May 31 3:00 2:00 M # Midsummer Rule Germany 1945 only - Sep 23 3:00 1:00 S Rule Germany 1945 only - Nov 18 2:00s 0 - Rule Germany 1946 only - Apr 14 2:00s 1:00 S -# Shanks gives 1946-10-06; go with the PTB. Rule Germany 1946 only - Oct 7 2:00s 0 - Rule Germany 1947 1949 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - Rule Germany 1947 only - Apr 6 2:00s 1:00 S @@ -1571,10 +1567,10 @@ Zone Europe/Budapest 1:16:20 - LMT 1890 Oct # might be a reference to the Julian calendar as opposed to Gregorian, or it # might mean something else (???). # -# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1993-12-09): +# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1999-10-29): # The Iceland Almanak, Shanks and Whitman disagree on many points. # We go with the Almanak, except for one claim from Shanks, namely that -# Reykavik was -1:28 from 1837 to 1908, local mean time before that. +# Reykavik was 21W57 from 1837 to 1908, local mean time before that. # # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Iceland 1917 1918 - Feb 19 23:00 1:00 S @@ -1728,8 +1724,6 @@ Zone Europe/Riga 1:36:24 - LMT 1880 2:00 - EET 1940 Aug 5 3:00 - MSK 1941 Jul 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1944 Oct 13 - # Shanks says 1944-08-08, but - # Riga fell to the Red Army on 1944-10-13. 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 1989 Mar lastSun 2:00s 2:00 1:00 EEST 1989 Sep lastSun 2:00s 2:00 Latvia EE%sT 1997 Jan 21 @@ -1832,12 +1826,14 @@ Zone Europe/Malta 0:58:04 - LMT 1893 Nov 2 # Valletta 1:00 EU CE%sT # Moldova +# see commentary for Romania # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Europe/Chisinau 1:55:20 - LMT 1924 May 2 2:00 - EET 1930 Jun 21 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 2:00 1:00 EEST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s - 2:00 E-Eur EE%sT + 2:00 E-Eur EE%sT 1997 + 2:00 EU EE%sT # Monaco # Shanks gives 0:09 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's more precise 0:09:21. @@ -1852,7 +1848,7 @@ Zone Europe/Monaco 0:29:32 - LMT 1891 Mar 15 # Howse writes that the Netherlands' railways used GMT between 1892 and 1940, # but for other purposes the Netherlands used Amsterdam mean time. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -# Shanks gives 1916 May 1 0:00 and 1916 Oct 1 0:00; go with Whitman. +# Shanks gives 1916 Apr 30 24:00 and 1916 Oct 1 00:00; go with Whitman. Rule Neth 1916 only - May 1 2:00s 1:00 NST # Netherlands Summer Time Rule Neth 1916 only - Oct 2 2:00s 0 AMT # Amsterdam Mean Time Rule Neth 1917 only - Apr 16 2:00s 1:00 NST @@ -1878,7 +1874,6 @@ Rule Neth 1937 1939 - Oct Sun>=2 2:00s 0 - Rule Neth 1938 1939 - May 15 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Neth 1945 only - Apr 2 2:00s 1:00 S 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 @@ -2067,6 +2062,14 @@ Zone Atlantic/Madeira -1:07:36 - LMT 1884 # Funchal 0:00 EU WE%sT # Romania +# +# From Paul Eggert (1999-10-07): +# <a href="http://www.nineoclock.ro/POL/1778pol.html"> +# Nine O'clock</a> (1998-10-23) reports that the switch occurred at +# 04:00 local time in fall 1998. For lack of better info, +# assume that Romania and Moldova switched to EU rules in 1997, +# the same year as Bulgaria. +# # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Romania 1932 only - May 21 0:00s 1:00 S Rule Romania 1932 1939 - Oct Sun>=1 0:00s 0 - @@ -2083,7 +2086,8 @@ Zone Europe/Bucharest 1:44:24 - LMT 1891 Oct 2:00 Romania EE%sT 1981 Mar 29 2:00s 2:00 C-Eur EE%sT 1991 2:00 Romania EE%sT 1994 - 2:00 E-Eur EE%sT + 2:00 E-Eur EE%sT 1997 + 2:00 EU EE%sT # Russia @@ -2293,7 +2297,7 @@ Zone Europe/Stockholm 1:12:12 - LMT 1878 May 31 # From Whitman (who writes ``Midnight?''): Rule Swiss 1940 only - Nov 2 0:00 1:00 S Rule Swiss 1940 only - Dec 31 0:00 0 - -# From Shanks (1991): +# From Shanks: Rule Swiss 1941 1942 - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S Rule Swiss 1941 1942 - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] @@ -2316,7 +2320,6 @@ Rule Turkey 1922 only - Oct 8 0:00 0 - Rule Turkey 1924 only - May 13 0:00 1:00 S Rule Turkey 1924 1925 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - Rule Turkey 1925 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S -# Shanks omits the first two transitions in 1940; go with Whitman. Rule Turkey 1940 only - Jun 30 0:00 1:00 S Rule Turkey 1940 only - Oct 5 0:00 0 - Rule Turkey 1940 only - Dec 1 0:00 1:00 S |