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diff --git a/timezone/europe b/timezone/europe index b87e31526d..6af29c44c3 100644 --- a/timezone/europe +++ b/timezone/europe @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# @(#)europe 7.80 +# @(#)europe 7.81 # 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 @@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ # and extending this list, which can be found in # <a href="http://student.cusu.cam.ac.uk/~jsm28/british-time/"> # History of legal time in Britain -# </a> (2000-02-12). +# </a> # From Joseph S. Myers <jsm28@cam.ac.uk> (1998-01-06): # @@ -749,15 +749,53 @@ Zone Atlantic/Faeroe -0:27:04 - LMT 1908 Jan 11 # Torshavn # In the military area near Thule and in Danmarkshavn DST will not be # introduced. -# From Paul Eggert (2001-09-29): +# From Rives McDow (2001-11-01): +# +# I correspond regularly with the Dansk Polarcenter, and wrote them at +# the time to clarify the situation in Thule. Unfortunately, I have +# not heard back from them regarding my recent letter. [But I have +# info from earlier correspondence.] +# +# According to the center, a very small local time zone around Thule +# Air Base keeps the time according to UTC-4, implementing daylight +# savings using North America rules, changing the time at 02:00 local time.... +# +# The east coast of Greenland north of the community of Scoresbysund +# uses UTC in the same way as in Iceland, year round, with no dst. +# There are just a few stations on this coast, including the +# Danmarkshavn ICAO weather station mentioned in your September 29th +# email. The other stations are two sledge patrol stations in +# Mestersvig and Daneborg, the air force base at Station Nord, and the +# DPC research station at Zackenberg. +# +# Scoresbysund and two small villages nearby keep time UTC-1 and use +# the same daylight savings time period as in West Greenland (Godthab). +# +# The rest of Greenland, including Godthab (this area, although it +# includes central Greenland, is known as west Greenland), keeps time +# UTC-3, with daylight savings methods according to European rules. +# +# It is common procedure to use UTC 0 in the wilderness of East and +# North Greenland, because it is mainly Icelandic aircraft operators +# maintaining traffic in these areas. However, the official status of +# this area is that it sticks with Godthab time. This area might be +# considered a dual time zone in some respects because of this. + +# From Rives McDow (2001-11-19): +# I heard back from someone stationed at Thule; the time change took place +# there at 2:00 AM. + +# From Paul Eggert (2001-11-19): # The 1997 CIA map shows Danmarkshavn on GMT; the 1995 map as like Godthab. # For lack of better info, assume they were like Godthab before 1996. -# The 2000 IATA shows Thule as observing DST, so assume they stopped in 2001. - +# startkart.no says Thule does not observe DST, but this is clearly an error, +# so go with Shanks for all Thule transitions. # # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule Thule 1993 2000 - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D -Rule Thule 1993 2000 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S +Rule Thule 1991 1992 - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Thule 1991 1992 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S +Rule Thule 1993 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Thule 1993 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S # # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Danmarkshavn -1:14:40 - LMT 1916 Jul 28 |