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    26 
       
    27 # This file is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
       
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    29 # tz@iana.org for general use in the future).  For more, please see
       
    30 # the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution.
       
    31 
       
    32 # From Paul Eggert (2017-02-10):
       
    33 #
       
    34 # Unless otherwise specified, the source for data through 1990 is:
       
    35 # Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition),
       
    36 # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003).
       
    37 # Unfortunately this book contains many errors and cites no sources.
       
    38 #
       
    39 # Many years ago Gwillim Law wrote that a good source
       
    40 # for time zone data was the International Air Transport
       
    41 # Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM),
       
    42 # published semiannually.  Law sent in several helpful summaries
       
    43 # of the IATA's data after 1990.  Except where otherwise noted,
       
    44 # IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990.
       
    45 #
       
    46 # A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is
       
    47 # Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997).
       
    48 #
       
    49 # Except where otherwise noted, Shanks & Pottenger is the source for
       
    50 # entries through 1991, and IATA SSIM is the source for entries afterwards.
       
    51 #
       
    52 # Other sources occasionally used include:
       
    53 #
       
    54 #	Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences,
       
    55 #	Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated),
       
    56 #	which I found in the UCLA library.
       
    57 #
       
    58 #	William Willett, The Waste of Daylight, 19th edition
       
    59 #	<http://cs.ucla.edu/~eggert/The-Waste-of-Daylight-19th.pdf>
       
    60 #	[PDF] (1914-03)
       
    61 #
       
    62 #	Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94
       
    63 #	<http://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359>.  He writes:
       
    64 #	"It is requested that corrections and additions to these tables
       
    65 #	may be sent to Mr. John Milne, Royal Geographical Society,
       
    66 #	Savile Row, London."  Nowadays please email them to tz@iana.org.
       
    67 #
       
    68 #	Byalokoz EL. New Counting of Time in Russia since July 1, 1919.
       
    69 #	This Russian-language source was consulted by Vladimir Karpinsky; see
       
    70 #	http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2014-August/021320.html
       
    71 #	The full Russian citation is:
       
    72 #	Бялокоз, Евгений Людвигович. Новый счет времени в течении суток
       
    73 #	введенный декретом Совета народных комиссаров для всей России с 1-го
       
    74 #	июля 1919 г. / Изд. 2-е Междуведомственной комиссии. - Петроград:
       
    75 #	Десятая гос. тип., 1919.
       
    76 #	http://resolver.gpntb.ru/purl?docushare/dsweb/Get/Resource-2011/Byalokoz__E.L.__Novyy__schet__vremeni__v__techenie__sutok__izd__2(1).pdf
       
    77 #
       
    78 #	Brazil's Divisão Serviço da Hora (DSHO),
       
    79 #	History of Summer Time
       
    80 #	<http://pcdsh01.on.br/HISTHV.htm>
       
    81 #	(1998-09-21, in Portuguese)
       
    82 #
       
    83 # I invented the abbreviations marked '*' in the following table;
       
    84 # the rest are variants of the "xMT" pattern for a city's mean time,
       
    85 # or are from other sources.  Corrections are welcome!
       
    86 #                   std  dst  2dst
       
    87 #                   LMT             Local Mean Time
       
    88 #       -4:00       AST  ADT        Atlantic
       
    89 #        0:00       GMT  BST  BDST  Greenwich, British Summer
       
    90 #        0:00       GMT  IST        Greenwich, Irish Summer
       
    91 #        0:00       WET  WEST WEMT  Western Europe
       
    92 #        0:19:32.13 AMT* NST*       Amsterdam, Netherlands Summer (1835-1937)
       
    93 #        1:00       BST             British Standard (1968-1971)
       
    94 #        1:00       CET  CEST CEMT  Central Europe
       
    95 #        1:00:14    SET             Swedish (1879-1899)
       
    96 #        1:36:34    RMT* LST*       Riga, Latvian Summer (1880-1926)*
       
    97 #        2:00       EET  EEST       Eastern Europe
       
    98 #        3:00       MSK  MSD  MDST* Moscow
       
    99 
       
   100 # From Peter Ilieve (1994-12-04),
       
   101 # The original six [EU members]: Belgium, France, (West) Germany, Italy,
       
   102 # Luxembourg, the Netherlands.
       
   103 # Plus, from 1 Jan 73: Denmark, Ireland, United Kingdom.
       
   104 # Plus, from 1 Jan 81: Greece.
       
   105 # Plus, from 1 Jan 86: Spain, Portugal.
       
   106 # Plus, from 1 Jan 95: Austria, Finland, Sweden. (Norway negotiated terms for
       
   107 # entry but in a referendum on 28 Nov 94 the people voted No by 52.2% to 47.8%
       
   108 # on a turnout of 88.6%. This was almost the same result as Norway's previous
       
   109 # referendum in 1972, they are the only country to have said No twice.
       
   110 # Referendums in the other three countries voted Yes.)
       
   111 # ...
       
   112 # Estonia ... uses EU dates but not at 01:00 GMT, they use midnight GMT.
       
   113 # I don't think they know yet what they will do from 1996 onwards.
       
   114 # ...
       
   115 # There shouldn't be any [current members who are not using EU rules].
       
   116 # A Directive has the force of law, member states are obliged to enact
       
   117 # national law to implement it. The only contentious issue was the
       
   118 # different end date for the UK and Ireland, and this was always allowed
       
   119 # in the Directive.
       
   120 
       
   121 
       
   122 ###############################################################################
       
   123 
       
   124 # Britain (United Kingdom) and Ireland (Eire)
       
   125 
       
   126 # From Peter Ilieve (1994-07-06):
       
   127 #
       
   128 # On 17 Jan 1994 the Independent, a UK quality newspaper, had a piece about
       
   129 # historical vistas along the Thames in west London. There was a photo
       
   130 # and a sketch map showing some of the sightlines involved. One paragraph
       
   131 # of the text said:
       
   132 #
       
   133 # 'An old stone obelisk marking a forgotten terrestrial meridian stands
       
   134 # beside the river at Kew. In the 18th century, before time and longitude
       
   135 # was standardised by the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, scholars observed
       
   136 # this stone and the movement of stars from Kew Observatory nearby. They
       
   137 # made their calculations and set the time for the Horse Guards and Parliament,
       
   138 # but now the stone is obscured by scrubwood and can only be seen by walking
       
   139 # along the towpath within a few yards of it.'
       
   140 #
       
   141 # I have a one inch to one mile map of London and my estimate of the stone's
       
   142 # position is 51 degrees 28' 30" N, 0 degrees 18' 45" W. The longitude should
       
   143 # be within about +-2". The Ordnance Survey grid reference is TQ172761.
       
   144 #
       
   145 # [This yields GMTOFF = -0:01:15 for London LMT in the 18th century.]
       
   146 
       
   147 # From Paul Eggert (1993-11-18):
       
   148 #
       
   149 # Howse writes that Britain was the first country to use standard time.
       
   150 # The railways cared most about the inconsistencies of local mean time,
       
   151 # and it was they who forced a uniform time on the country.
       
   152 # The original idea was credited to Dr. William Hyde Wollaston (1766-1828)
       
   153 # and was popularized by Abraham Follett Osler (1808-1903).
       
   154 # The first railway to adopt London time was the Great Western Railway
       
   155 # in November 1840; other railways followed suit, and by 1847 most
       
   156 # (though not all) railways used London time.  On 1847-09-22 the
       
   157 # Railway Clearing House, an industry standards body, recommended that GMT be
       
   158 # adopted at all stations as soon as the General Post Office permitted it.
       
   159 # The transition occurred on 12-01 for the L&NW, the Caledonian,
       
   160 # and presumably other railways; the January 1848 Bradshaw's lists many
       
   161 # railways as using GMT.  By 1855 the vast majority of public
       
   162 # clocks in Britain were set to GMT (though some, like the great clock
       
   163 # on Tom Tower at Christ Church, Oxford, were fitted with two minute hands,
       
   164 # one for local time and one for GMT).  The last major holdout was the legal
       
   165 # system, which stubbornly stuck to local time for many years, leading
       
   166 # to oddities like polls opening at 08:13 and closing at 16:13.
       
   167 # The legal system finally switched to GMT when the Statutes (Definition
       
   168 # of Time) Act took effect; it received the Royal Assent on 1880-08-02.
       
   169 #
       
   170 # In the tables below, we condense this complicated story into a single
       
   171 # transition date for London, namely 1847-12-01.  We don't know as much
       
   172 # about Dublin, so we use 1880-08-02, the legal transition time.
       
   173 
       
   174 # From Paul Eggert (2014-07-19):
       
   175 # The ancients had no need for daylight saving, as they kept time
       
   176 # informally or via hours whose length depended on the time of year.
       
   177 # Daylight saving time in its modern sense was invented by the
       
   178 # New Zealand entomologist George Vernon Hudson (1867-1946),
       
   179 # whose day job as a postal clerk led him to value
       
   180 # after-hours daylight in which to pursue his research.
       
   181 # In 1895 he presented a paper to the Wellington Philosophical Society
       
   182 # that proposed a two-hour daylight-saving shift.  See:
       
   183 # Hudson GV. On seasonal time-adjustment in countries south of lat. 30 deg.
       
   184 # Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 1895;28:734
       
   185 # http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_28/rsnz_28_00_006110.html
       
   186 # Although some interest was expressed in New Zealand, his proposal
       
   187 # did not find its way into law and eventually it was almost forgotten.
       
   188 #
       
   189 # In England, DST was independently reinvented by William Willett (1857-1915),
       
   190 # a London builder and member of the Royal Astronomical Society
       
   191 # who circulated a pamphlet "The Waste of Daylight" (1907)
       
   192 # that proposed advancing clocks 20 minutes on each of four Sundays in April,
       
   193 # and retarding them by the same amount on four Sundays in September.
       
   194 # A bill was drafted in 1909 and introduced in Parliament several times,
       
   195 # but it met with ridicule and opposition, especially from farming interests.
       
   196 # Later editions of the pamphlet proposed one-hour summer time, and
       
   197 # it was eventually adopted as a wartime measure in 1916.
       
   198 # See: Summer Time Arrives Early, The Times (2000-05-18).
       
   199 # A monument to Willett was unveiled on 1927-05-21, in an open space in
       
   200 # a 45-acre wood near Chislehurst, Kent that was purchased by popular
       
   201 # subscription and open to the public.  On the south face of the monolith,
       
   202 # designed by G. W. Miller, is the William Willett Memorial Sundial,
       
   203 # which is permanently set to Summer Time.
       
   204 
       
   205 # From Winston Churchill (1934-04-28):
       
   206 # It is one of the paradoxes of history that we should owe the boon of
       
   207 # summer time, which gives every year to the people of this country
       
   208 # between 160 and 170 hours more daylight leisure, to a war which
       
   209 # plunged Europe into darkness for four years, and shook the
       
   210 # foundations of civilization throughout the world.
       
   211 #	-- "A Silent Toast to William Willett", Pictorial Weekly;
       
   212 #	republished in Finest Hour (Spring 2002) 1(114):26
       
   213 #	http://www.winstonchurchill.org/images/finesthour/Vol.01%20No.114.pdf
       
   214 
       
   215 # From Paul Eggert (2015-08-08):
       
   216 # The OED Supplement says that the English originally said "Daylight Saving"
       
   217 # when they were debating the adoption of DST in 1908; but by 1916 this
       
   218 # term appears only in quotes taken from DST's opponents, whereas the
       
   219 # proponents (who eventually won the argument) are quoted as using "Summer".
       
   220 # The term "Summer Time" was introduced by Herbert Samuel, Home Secretary; see:
       
   221 # Viscount Samuel. Leisure in a Democracy. Cambridge University Press
       
   222 # ISBN 978-1-107-49471-8 (1949, reissued 2015), p 8.
       
   223 
       
   224 # From Arthur David Olson (1989-01-19):
       
   225 # A source at the British Information Office in New York avers that it's
       
   226 # known as "British" Summer Time in all parts of the United Kingdom.
       
   227 
       
   228 # Date: 4 Jan 89 08:57:25 GMT (Wed)
       
   229 # From: Jonathan Leffler
       
   230 # [British Summer Time] is fixed annually by Act of Parliament.
       
   231 # If you can predict what Parliament will do, you should be in
       
   232 # politics making a fortune, not computing.
       
   233 
       
   234 # From Chris Carrier (1996-06-14):
       
   235 # I remember reading in various wartime issues of the London Times the
       
   236 # acronym BDST for British Double Summer Time.  Look for the published
       
   237 # time of sunrise and sunset in The Times, when BDST was in effect, and
       
   238 # if you find a zone reference it will say, "All times B.D.S.T."
       
   239 
       
   240 # From Joseph S. Myers (1999-09-02):
       
   241 # ... some military cables (WO 219/4100 - this is a copy from the
       
   242 # main SHAEF archives held in the US National Archives, SHAEF/5252/8/516)
       
   243 # agree that the usage is BDST (this appears in a message dated 17 Feb 1945).
       
   244 
       
   245 # From Joseph S. Myers (2000-10-03):
       
   246 # On 18th April 1941, Sir Stephen Tallents of the BBC wrote to Sir
       
   247 # Alexander Maxwell of the Home Office asking whether there was any
       
   248 # official designation; the reply of the 21st was that there wasn't
       
   249 # but he couldn't think of anything better than the "Double British
       
   250 # Summer Time" that the BBC had been using informally.
       
   251 # http://www.polyomino.org.uk/british-time/bbc-19410418.png
       
   252 # http://www.polyomino.org.uk/british-time/ho-19410421.png
       
   253 
       
   254 # From Sir Alexander Maxwell in the above-mentioned letter (1941-04-21):
       
   255 # [N]o official designation has as far as I know been adopted for the time
       
   256 # which is to be introduced in May....
       
   257 # I cannot think of anything better than "Double British Summer Time"
       
   258 # which could not be said to run counter to any official description.
       
   259 
       
   260 # From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02):
       
   261 # Howse writes (p 157) 'DBST' too, but 'BDST' seems to have been common
       
   262 # and follows the more usual convention of putting the location name first,
       
   263 # so we use 'BDST'.
       
   264 
       
   265 # Peter Ilieve (1998-04-19) described at length
       
   266 # the history of summer time legislation in the United Kingdom.
       
   267 # Since 1998 Joseph S. Myers has been updating
       
   268 # and extending this list, which can be found in
       
   269 # http://www.polyomino.org.uk/british-time/
       
   270 
       
   271 # From Joseph S. Myers (1998-01-06):
       
   272 #
       
   273 # The legal time in the UK outside of summer time is definitely GMT, not UTC;
       
   274 # see Lord Tanlaw's speech
       
   275 # http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld199798/ldhansrd/vo970611/text/70611-10.htm#70611-10_head0
       
   276 # (Lords Hansard 11 June 1997 columns 964 to 976).
       
   277 
       
   278 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
       
   279 #
       
   280 # For lack of other data, follow Shanks & Pottenger for Eire in 1940-1948.
       
   281 #
       
   282 # Given Ilieve and Myers's data, the following claims by Shanks & Pottenger
       
   283 # are incorrect:
       
   284 #     * Wales did not switch from GMT to daylight saving time until
       
   285 #	1921 Apr 3, when they began to conform with the rest of Great Britain.
       
   286 # Actually, Wales was identical after 1880.
       
   287 #     * Eire had two transitions on 1916 Oct 1.
       
   288 # It actually just had one transition.
       
   289 #     * Northern Ireland used single daylight saving time throughout WW II.
       
   290 # Actually, it conformed to Britain.
       
   291 #     * GB-Eire changed standard time to 1 hour ahead of GMT on 1968-02-18.
       
   292 # Actually, that date saw the usual switch to summer time.
       
   293 # Standard time was not changed until 1968-10-27 (the clocks didn't change).
       
   294 #
       
   295 # Here is another incorrect claim by Shanks & Pottenger:
       
   296 #     * Jersey, Guernsey, and the Isle of Man did not switch from GMT
       
   297 #	to daylight saving time until 1921 Apr 3, when they began to
       
   298 #	conform with Great Britain.
       
   299 # S.R.&O. 1916, No. 382 and HO 45/10811/312364 (quoted above) say otherwise.
       
   300 #
       
   301 # The following claim by Shanks & Pottenger is possible though doubtful;
       
   302 # we'll ignore it for now.
       
   303 #     * Dublin's 1971-10-31 switch was at 02:00, even though London's was 03:00.
       
   304 #
       
   305 #
       
   306 # Whitman says Dublin Mean Time was -0:25:21, which is more precise than
       
   307 # Shanks & Pottenger.
       
   308 # Perhaps this was Dunsink Observatory Time, as Dunsink Observatory
       
   309 # (8 km NW of Dublin's center) seemingly was to Dublin as Greenwich was
       
   310 # to London.  For example:
       
   311 #
       
   312 #   "Timeball on the ballast office is down.  Dunsink time."
       
   313 #   -- James Joyce, Ulysses
       
   314 
       
   315 # "Countess Markievicz ... claimed that the [1916] abolition of Dublin Mean Time
       
   316 # was among various actions undertaken by the 'English' government that
       
   317 # would 'put the whole country into the SF (Sinn Féin) camp'.  She claimed
       
   318 # Irish 'public feeling (was) outraged by forcing of English time on us'."
       
   319 # -- Parsons M. Dublin lost its time zone - and 25 minutes - after 1916 Rising.
       
   320 # Irish Times 2014-10-27.
       
   321 # http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/dublin-lost-its-time-zone-and-25-minutes-after-1916-rising-1.1977411
       
   322 
       
   323 # From Joseph S. Myers (2005-01-26):
       
   324 # Irish laws are available online at <http://www.irishstatutebook.ie>.
       
   325 # These include various relating to legal time, for example:
       
   326 #
       
   327 # ZZA13Y1923.html ZZA12Y1924.html ZZA8Y1925.html ZZSIV20PG1267.html
       
   328 #
       
   329 # ZZSI71Y1947.html ZZSI128Y1948.html ZZSI23Y1949.html ZZSI41Y1950.html
       
   330 # ZZSI27Y1951.html ZZSI73Y1952.html
       
   331 #
       
   332 # ZZSI11Y1961.html ZZSI232Y1961.html ZZSI182Y1962.html
       
   333 # ZZSI167Y1963.html ZZSI257Y1964.html ZZSI198Y1967.html
       
   334 # ZZA23Y1968.html ZZA17Y1971.html
       
   335 #
       
   336 # ZZSI67Y1981.html ZZSI212Y1982.html ZZSI45Y1986.html
       
   337 # ZZSI264Y1988.html ZZSI52Y1990.html ZZSI371Y1992.html
       
   338 # ZZSI395Y1994.html ZZSI484Y1997.html ZZSI506Y2001.html
       
   339 #
       
   340 # [These are all relative to the root, e.g., the first is
       
   341 # <http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/ZZA13Y1923.html>.]
       
   342 #
       
   343 # (These are those I found, but there could be more.  In any case these
       
   344 # should allow various updates to the comments in the europe file to cover
       
   345 # the laws applicable in Ireland.)
       
   346 #
       
   347 # (Note that the time in the Republic of Ireland since 1968 has been defined
       
   348 # in terms of standard time being GMT+1 with a period of winter time when it
       
   349 # is GMT, rather than standard time being GMT with a period of summer time
       
   350 # being GMT+1.)
       
   351 
       
   352 # From Paul Eggert (1999-03-28):
       
   353 # Clive Feather (<news:859845706.26043.0@office.demon.net>, 1997-03-31)
       
   354 # reports that Folkestone (Cheriton) Shuttle Terminal uses Concession Time
       
   355 # (CT), equivalent to French civil time.
       
   356 # Julian Hill (<news:36118128.5A14@virgin.net>, 1998-09-30) reports that
       
   357 # trains between Dollands Moor (the freight facility next door)
       
   358 # and Frethun run in CT.
       
   359 # My admittedly uninformed guess is that the terminal has two authorities,
       
   360 # the French concession operators and the British civil authorities,
       
   361 # and that the time depends on who you're talking to.
       
   362 # If, say, the British police were called to the station for some reason,
       
   363 # I would expect the official police report to use GMT/BST and not CET/CEST.
       
   364 # This is a borderline case, but for now let's stick to GMT/BST.
       
   365 
       
   366 # From an anonymous contributor (1996-06-02):
       
   367 # The law governing time in Ireland is under Statutory Instrument SI 395/94,
       
   368 # which gives force to European Union 7th Council Directive No. 94/21/EC.
       
   369 # Under this directive, the Minister for Justice in Ireland makes appropriate
       
   370 # regulations. I spoke this morning with the Secretary of the Department of
       
   371 # Justice (tel +353 1 678 9711) who confirmed to me that the correct name is
       
   372 # "Irish Summer Time", abbreviated to "IST".
       
   373 
       
   374 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
       
   375 # Summer Time Act, 1916
       
   376 Rule	GB-Eire	1916	only	-	May	21	2:00s	1:00	BST
       
   377 Rule	GB-Eire	1916	only	-	Oct	 1	2:00s	0	GMT
       
   378 # S.R.&O. 1917, No. 358
       
   379 Rule	GB-Eire	1917	only	-	Apr	 8	2:00s	1:00	BST
       
   380 Rule	GB-Eire	1917	only	-	Sep	17	2:00s	0	GMT
       
   381 # S.R.&O. 1918, No. 274
       
   382 Rule	GB-Eire	1918	only	-	Mar	24	2:00s	1:00	BST
       
   383 Rule	GB-Eire	1918	only	-	Sep	30	2:00s	0	GMT
       
   384 # S.R.&O. 1919, No. 297
       
   385 Rule	GB-Eire	1919	only	-	Mar	30	2:00s	1:00	BST
       
   386 Rule	GB-Eire	1919	only	-	Sep	29	2:00s	0	GMT
       
   387 # S.R.&O. 1920, No. 458
       
   388 Rule	GB-Eire	1920	only	-	Mar	28	2:00s	1:00	BST
       
   389 # S.R.&O. 1920, No. 1844
       
   390 Rule	GB-Eire	1920	only	-	Oct	25	2:00s	0	GMT
       
   391 # S.R.&O. 1921, No. 363
       
   392 Rule	GB-Eire	1921	only	-	Apr	 3	2:00s	1:00	BST
       
   393 Rule	GB-Eire	1921	only	-	Oct	 3	2:00s	0	GMT
       
   394 # S.R.&O. 1922, No. 264
       
   395 Rule	GB-Eire	1922	only	-	Mar	26	2:00s	1:00	BST
       
   396 Rule	GB-Eire	1922	only	-	Oct	 8	2:00s	0	GMT
       
   397 # The Summer Time Act, 1922
       
   398 Rule	GB-Eire	1923	only	-	Apr	Sun>=16	2:00s	1:00	BST
       
   399 Rule	GB-Eire	1923	1924	-	Sep	Sun>=16	2:00s	0	GMT
       
   400 Rule	GB-Eire	1924	only	-	Apr	Sun>=9	2:00s	1:00	BST
       
   401 Rule	GB-Eire	1925	1926	-	Apr	Sun>=16	2:00s	1:00	BST
       
   402 # The Summer Time Act, 1925
       
   403 Rule	GB-Eire	1925	1938	-	Oct	Sun>=2	2:00s	0	GMT
       
   404 Rule	GB-Eire	1927	only	-	Apr	Sun>=9	2:00s	1:00	BST
       
   405 Rule	GB-Eire	1928	1929	-	Apr	Sun>=16	2:00s	1:00	BST
       
   406 Rule	GB-Eire	1930	only	-	Apr	Sun>=9	2:00s	1:00	BST
       
   407 Rule	GB-Eire	1931	1932	-	Apr	Sun>=16	2:00s	1:00	BST
       
   408 Rule	GB-Eire	1933	only	-	Apr	Sun>=9	2:00s	1:00	BST
       
   409 Rule	GB-Eire	1934	only	-	Apr	Sun>=16	2:00s	1:00	BST
       
   410 Rule	GB-Eire	1935	only	-	Apr	Sun>=9	2:00s	1:00	BST
       
   411 Rule	GB-Eire	1936	1937	-	Apr	Sun>=16	2:00s	1:00	BST
       
   412 Rule	GB-Eire	1938	only	-	Apr	Sun>=9	2:00s	1:00	BST
       
   413 Rule	GB-Eire	1939	only	-	Apr	Sun>=16	2:00s	1:00	BST
       
   414 # S.R.&O. 1939, No. 1379
       
   415 Rule	GB-Eire	1939	only	-	Nov	Sun>=16	2:00s	0	GMT
       
   416 # S.R.&O. 1940, No. 172 and No. 1883
       
   417 Rule	GB-Eire	1940	only	-	Feb	Sun>=23	2:00s	1:00	BST
       
   418 # S.R.&O. 1941, No. 476
       
   419 Rule	GB-Eire	1941	only	-	May	Sun>=2	1:00s	2:00	BDST
       
   420 Rule	GB-Eire	1941	1943	-	Aug	Sun>=9	1:00s	1:00	BST
       
   421 # S.R.&O. 1942, No. 506
       
   422 Rule	GB-Eire	1942	1944	-	Apr	Sun>=2	1:00s	2:00	BDST
       
   423 # S.R.&O. 1944, No. 932
       
   424 Rule	GB-Eire	1944	only	-	Sep	Sun>=16	1:00s	1:00	BST
       
   425 # S.R.&O. 1945, No. 312
       
   426 Rule	GB-Eire	1945	only	-	Apr	Mon>=2	1:00s	2:00	BDST
       
   427 Rule	GB-Eire	1945	only	-	Jul	Sun>=9	1:00s	1:00	BST
       
   428 # S.R.&O. 1945, No. 1208
       
   429 Rule	GB-Eire	1945	1946	-	Oct	Sun>=2	2:00s	0	GMT
       
   430 Rule	GB-Eire	1946	only	-	Apr	Sun>=9	2:00s	1:00	BST
       
   431 # The Summer Time Act, 1947
       
   432 Rule	GB-Eire	1947	only	-	Mar	16	2:00s	1:00	BST
       
   433 Rule	GB-Eire	1947	only	-	Apr	13	1:00s	2:00	BDST
       
   434 Rule	GB-Eire	1947	only	-	Aug	10	1:00s	1:00	BST
       
   435 Rule	GB-Eire	1947	only	-	Nov	 2	2:00s	0	GMT
       
   436 # Summer Time Order, 1948 (S.I. 1948/495)
       
   437 Rule	GB-Eire	1948	only	-	Mar	14	2:00s	1:00	BST
       
   438 Rule	GB-Eire	1948	only	-	Oct	31	2:00s	0	GMT
       
   439 # Summer Time Order, 1949 (S.I. 1949/373)
       
   440 Rule	GB-Eire	1949	only	-	Apr	 3	2:00s	1:00	BST
       
   441 Rule	GB-Eire	1949	only	-	Oct	30	2:00s	0	GMT
       
   442 # Summer Time Order, 1950 (S.I. 1950/518)
       
   443 # Summer Time Order, 1951 (S.I. 1951/430)
       
   444 # Summer Time Order, 1952 (S.I. 1952/451)
       
   445 Rule	GB-Eire	1950	1952	-	Apr	Sun>=14	2:00s	1:00	BST
       
   446 Rule	GB-Eire	1950	1952	-	Oct	Sun>=21	2:00s	0	GMT
       
   447 # revert to the rules of the Summer Time Act, 1925
       
   448 Rule	GB-Eire	1953	only	-	Apr	Sun>=16	2:00s	1:00	BST
       
   449 Rule	GB-Eire	1953	1960	-	Oct	Sun>=2	2:00s	0	GMT
       
   450 Rule	GB-Eire	1954	only	-	Apr	Sun>=9	2:00s	1:00	BST
       
   451 Rule	GB-Eire	1955	1956	-	Apr	Sun>=16	2:00s	1:00	BST
       
   452 Rule	GB-Eire	1957	only	-	Apr	Sun>=9	2:00s	1:00	BST
       
   453 Rule	GB-Eire	1958	1959	-	Apr	Sun>=16	2:00s	1:00	BST
       
   454 Rule	GB-Eire	1960	only	-	Apr	Sun>=9	2:00s	1:00	BST
       
   455 # Summer Time Order, 1961 (S.I. 1961/71)
       
   456 # Summer Time (1962) Order, 1961 (S.I. 1961/2465)
       
   457 # Summer Time Order, 1963 (S.I. 1963/81)
       
   458 Rule	GB-Eire	1961	1963	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	BST
       
   459 Rule	GB-Eire	1961	1968	-	Oct	Sun>=23	2:00s	0	GMT
       
   460 # Summer Time (1964) Order, 1963 (S.I. 1963/2101)
       
   461 # Summer Time Order, 1964 (S.I. 1964/1201)
       
   462 # Summer Time Order, 1967 (S.I. 1967/1148)
       
   463 Rule	GB-Eire	1964	1967	-	Mar	Sun>=19	2:00s	1:00	BST
       
   464 # Summer Time Order, 1968 (S.I. 1968/117)
       
   465 Rule	GB-Eire	1968	only	-	Feb	18	2:00s	1:00	BST
       
   466 # The British Standard Time Act, 1968
       
   467 #	(no summer time)
       
   468 # The Summer Time Act, 1972
       
   469 Rule	GB-Eire	1972	1980	-	Mar	Sun>=16	2:00s	1:00	BST
       
   470 Rule	GB-Eire	1972	1980	-	Oct	Sun>=23	2:00s	0	GMT
       
   471 # Summer Time Order, 1980 (S.I. 1980/1089)
       
   472 # Summer Time Order, 1982 (S.I. 1982/1673)
       
   473 # Summer Time Order, 1986 (S.I. 1986/223)
       
   474 # Summer Time Order, 1988 (S.I. 1988/931)
       
   475 Rule	GB-Eire	1981	1995	-	Mar	lastSun	1:00u	1:00	BST
       
   476 Rule	GB-Eire 1981	1989	-	Oct	Sun>=23	1:00u	0	GMT
       
   477 # Summer Time Order, 1989 (S.I. 1989/985)
       
   478 # Summer Time Order, 1992 (S.I. 1992/1729)
       
   479 # Summer Time Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/2798)
       
   480 Rule	GB-Eire 1990	1995	-	Oct	Sun>=22	1:00u	0	GMT
       
   481 # Summer Time Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/2982)
       
   482 # See EU for rules starting in 1996.
       
   483 #
       
   484 # Use Europe/London for Jersey, Guernsey, and the Isle of Man.
       
   485 
       
   486 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
       
   487 Zone	Europe/London	-0:01:15 -	LMT	1847 Dec  1  0:00s
       
   488 			 0:00	GB-Eire	%s	1968 Oct 27
       
   489 			 1:00	-	BST	1971 Oct 31  2:00u
       
   490 			 0:00	GB-Eire	%s	1996
       
   491 			 0:00	EU	GMT/BST
       
   492 Link	Europe/London	Europe/Jersey
       
   493 Link	Europe/London	Europe/Guernsey
       
   494 Link	Europe/London	Europe/Isle_of_Man
       
   495 
       
   496 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
       
   497 Zone	Europe/Dublin	-0:25:00 -	LMT	1880 Aug  2
       
   498 			-0:25:21 -	DMT	1916 May 21  2:00 # Dublin MT
       
   499 			-0:25:21 1:00	IST	1916 Oct  1  2:00s
       
   500 			 0:00	GB-Eire	%s	1921 Dec  6 # independence
       
   501 			 0:00	GB-Eire	GMT/IST	1940 Feb 25  2:00
       
   502 			 0:00	1:00	IST	1946 Oct  6  2:00
       
   503 			 0:00	-	GMT	1947 Mar 16  2:00
       
   504 			 0:00	1:00	IST	1947 Nov  2  2:00
       
   505 			 0:00	-	GMT	1948 Apr 18  2:00
       
   506 			 0:00	GB-Eire	GMT/IST	1968 Oct 27
       
   507 			 1:00	-	IST	1971 Oct 31  2:00u
       
   508 			 0:00	GB-Eire	GMT/IST	1996
       
   509 			 0:00	EU	GMT/IST
       
   510 
       
   511 ###############################################################################
       
   512 
       
   513 # Europe
       
   514 
       
   515 # EU rules are for the European Union, previously known as the EC, EEC,
       
   516 # Common Market, etc.
       
   517 
       
   518 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
       
   519 Rule	EU	1977	1980	-	Apr	Sun>=1	 1:00u	1:00	S
       
   520 Rule	EU	1977	only	-	Sep	lastSun	 1:00u	0	-
       
   521 Rule	EU	1978	only	-	Oct	 1	 1:00u	0	-
       
   522 Rule	EU	1979	1995	-	Sep	lastSun	 1:00u	0	-
       
   523 Rule	EU	1981	max	-	Mar	lastSun	 1:00u	1:00	S
       
   524 Rule	EU	1996	max	-	Oct	lastSun	 1:00u	0	-
       
   525 # The most recent directive covers the years starting in 2002.  See:
       
   526 # Directive 2000/84/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
       
   527 # of 19 January 2001 on summer-time arrangements.
       
   528 # http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32000L0084:EN:NOT
       
   529 
       
   530 # W-Eur differs from EU only in that W-Eur uses standard time.
       
   531 Rule	W-Eur	1977	1980	-	Apr	Sun>=1	 1:00s	1:00	S
       
   532 Rule	W-Eur	1977	only	-	Sep	lastSun	 1:00s	0	-
       
   533 Rule	W-Eur	1978	only	-	Oct	 1	 1:00s	0	-
       
   534 Rule	W-Eur	1979	1995	-	Sep	lastSun	 1:00s	0	-
       
   535 Rule	W-Eur	1981	max	-	Mar	lastSun	 1:00s	1:00	S
       
   536 Rule	W-Eur	1996	max	-	Oct	lastSun	 1:00s	0	-
       
   537 
       
   538 # Older C-Eur rules are for convenience in the tables.
       
   539 # From 1977 on, C-Eur differs from EU only in that C-Eur uses standard time.
       
   540 Rule	C-Eur	1916	only	-	Apr	30	23:00	1:00	S
       
   541 Rule	C-Eur	1916	only	-	Oct	 1	 1:00	0	-
       
   542 Rule	C-Eur	1917	1918	-	Apr	Mon>=15	 2:00s	1:00	S
       
   543 Rule	C-Eur	1917	1918	-	Sep	Mon>=15	 2:00s	0	-
       
   544 Rule	C-Eur	1940	only	-	Apr	 1	 2:00s	1:00	S
       
   545 Rule	C-Eur	1942	only	-	Nov	 2	 2:00s	0	-
       
   546 Rule	C-Eur	1943	only	-	Mar	29	 2:00s	1:00	S
       
   547 Rule	C-Eur	1943	only	-	Oct	 4	 2:00s	0	-
       
   548 Rule	C-Eur	1944	1945	-	Apr	Mon>=1	 2:00s	1:00	S
       
   549 # Whitman gives 1944 Oct 7; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
       
   550 Rule	C-Eur	1944	only	-	Oct	 2	 2:00s	0	-
       
   551 # From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2008-07-13):
       
   552 #
       
   553 # I found what is probably a typo of 2:00 which should perhaps be 2:00s
       
   554 # in the C-Eur rule from tz database version 2008d (this part was
       
   555 # corrected in version 2008d). The circumstantial evidence is simply the
       
   556 # tz database itself, as seen below:
       
   557 #
       
   558 # Zone Europe/Paris 0:09:21 - LMT 1891 Mar 15  0:01
       
   559 #    0:00 France WE%sT 1945 Sep 16  3:00
       
   560 #
       
   561 # Zone Europe/Monaco 0:29:32 - LMT 1891 Mar 15
       
   562 #    0:00 France WE%sT 1945 Sep 16  3:00
       
   563 #
       
   564 # Zone Europe/Belgrade 1:22:00 - LMT 1884
       
   565 #    1:00 1:00 CEST 1945 Sep 16  2:00s
       
   566 #
       
   567 # Rule France 1945 only - Sep 16  3:00 0 -
       
   568 # Rule Belgium 1945 only - Sep 16  2:00s 0 -
       
   569 # Rule Neth 1945 only - Sep 16 2:00s 0 -
       
   570 #
       
   571 # The rule line to be changed is:
       
   572 #
       
   573 # Rule C-Eur 1945 only - Sep 16  2:00 0 -
       
   574 #
       
   575 # It seems that Paris, Monaco, Rule France, Rule Belgium all agree on
       
   576 # 2:00 standard time, e.g. 3:00 local time.  However there are no
       
   577 # countries that use C-Eur rules in September 1945, so the only items
       
   578 # affected are apparently these fictitious zones that translate acronyms
       
   579 # CET and MET:
       
   580 #
       
   581 # Zone CET  1:00 C-Eur CE%sT
       
   582 # Zone MET  1:00 C-Eur ME%sT
       
   583 #
       
   584 # It this is right then the corrected version would look like:
       
   585 #
       
   586 # Rule C-Eur 1945 only - Sep 16  2:00s 0 -
       
   587 #
       
   588 # A small step for mankind though 8-)
       
   589 Rule	C-Eur	1945	only	-	Sep	16	 2:00s	0	-
       
   590 Rule	C-Eur	1977	1980	-	Apr	Sun>=1	 2:00s	1:00	S
       
   591 Rule	C-Eur	1977	only	-	Sep	lastSun	 2:00s	0	-
       
   592 Rule	C-Eur	1978	only	-	Oct	 1	 2:00s	0	-
       
   593 Rule	C-Eur	1979	1995	-	Sep	lastSun	 2:00s	0	-
       
   594 Rule	C-Eur	1981	max	-	Mar	lastSun	 2:00s	1:00	S
       
   595 Rule	C-Eur	1996	max	-	Oct	lastSun	 2:00s	0	-
       
   596 
       
   597 # E-Eur differs from EU only in that E-Eur switches at midnight local time.
       
   598 Rule	E-Eur	1977	1980	-	Apr	Sun>=1	 0:00	1:00	S
       
   599 Rule	E-Eur	1977	only	-	Sep	lastSun	 0:00	0	-
       
   600 Rule	E-Eur	1978	only	-	Oct	 1	 0:00	0	-
       
   601 Rule	E-Eur	1979	1995	-	Sep	lastSun	 0:00	0	-
       
   602 Rule	E-Eur	1981	max	-	Mar	lastSun	 0:00	1:00	S
       
   603 Rule	E-Eur	1996	max	-	Oct	lastSun	 0:00	0	-
       
   604 
       
   605 
       
   606 # Daylight saving time for Russia and the Soviet Union
       
   607 #
       
   608 # The 1917-1921 decree URLs are from Alexander Belopolsky (2016-08-23).
       
   609 
       
   610 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
       
   611 Rule	Russia	1917	only	-	Jul	 1	23:00	1:00	MST  # Moscow Summer Time
       
   612 #
       
   613 # Decree No. 142 (1917-12-22) http://istmat.info/node/28137
       
   614 Rule	Russia	1917	only	-	Dec	28	 0:00	0	MMT  # Moscow Mean Time
       
   615 #
       
   616 # Decree No. 497 (1918-05-30) http://istmat.info/node/30001
       
   617 Rule	Russia	1918	only	-	May	31	22:00	2:00	MDST # Moscow Double Summer Time
       
   618 Rule	Russia	1918	only	-	Sep	16	 1:00	1:00	MST
       
   619 #
       
   620 # Decree No. 258 (1919-05-29) http://istmat.info/node/37949
       
   621 Rule	Russia	1919	only	-	May	31	23:00	2:00	MDST
       
   622 #
       
   623 Rule	Russia	1919	only	-	Jul	 1	 0:00u	1:00	MSD
       
   624 Rule	Russia	1919	only	-	Aug	16	 0:00	0	MSK
       
   625 #
       
   626 # Decree No. 63 (1921-02-03) http://istmat.info/node/45840
       
   627 Rule	Russia	1921	only	-	Feb	14	23:00	1:00	MSD
       
   628 #
       
   629 # Decree No. 121 (1921-03-07) http://istmat.info/node/45949
       
   630 Rule	Russia	1921	only	-	Mar	20	23:00	2:00	+05
       
   631 #
       
   632 Rule	Russia	1921	only	-	Sep	 1	 0:00	1:00	MSD
       
   633 Rule	Russia	1921	only	-	Oct	 1	 0:00	0	-
       
   634 # Act No. 925 of the Council of Ministers of the USSR (1980-10-24):
       
   635 Rule	Russia	1981	1984	-	Apr	 1	 0:00	1:00	S
       
   636 Rule	Russia	1981	1983	-	Oct	 1	 0:00	0	-
       
   637 # Act No. 967 of the Council of Ministers of the USSR (1984-09-13), repeated in
       
   638 # Act No. 227 of the Council of Ministers of the USSR (1989-03-14):
       
   639 Rule	Russia	1984	1995	-	Sep	lastSun	 2:00s	0	-
       
   640 Rule	Russia	1985	2010	-	Mar	lastSun	 2:00s	1:00	S
       
   641 #
       
   642 Rule	Russia	1996	2010	-	Oct	lastSun	 2:00s	0	-
       
   643 # As described below, Russia's 2014 change affects Zone data, not Rule data.
       
   644 
       
   645 # From Stepan Golosunov (2016-03-07):
       
   646 # Wikipedia and other sources refer to the Act of the Council of
       
   647 # Ministers of the USSR from 1988-01-04 No. 5 and the Act of the
       
   648 # Council of Ministers of the USSR from 1989-03-14 No. 227.
       
   649 #
       
   650 # I did not find full texts of these acts.  For the 1989 one we have
       
   651 # title at http://base.garant.ru/70754136/ :
       
   652 # "About change in calculation of time on the territories of
       
   653 # Lithuanian SSR, Latvian SSR and Estonian SSR, Astrakhan,
       
   654 # Kaliningrad, Kirov, Kuybyshev, Ulyanovsk and Uralsk oblasts".
       
   655 # And http://astrozet.net/files/Zones/DOC/RU/1980-925.txt appears to
       
   656 # contain quotes from both acts: Since last Sunday of March 1988 rules
       
   657 # of the second time belt are installed in Volgograd and Saratov
       
   658 # oblasts.  Since last Sunday of March 1989:
       
   659 # a) Lithuanian SSR, Latvian SSR, Estonian SSR, Kaliningrad oblast:
       
   660 # second time belt rules without extra hour (Moscow-1);
       
   661 # b) Astrakhan, Kirov, Kuybyshev, Ulyanovsk oblasts: second time belt
       
   662 # rules (Moscow time)
       
   663 # c) Uralsk oblast: third time belt rules (Moscow+1).
       
   664 
       
   665 # From Stepan Golosunov (2016-03-27):
       
   666 # Unamended version of the act of the
       
   667 # Government of the Russian Federation No. 23 from 08.01.1992
       
   668 # http://pravo.gov.ru/proxy/ips/?docbody=&nd=102014034&rdk=0
       
   669 # says that every year clocks were to be moved forward on last Sunday
       
   670 # of March at 2 hours and moved backwards on last Sunday of September
       
   671 # at 3 hours.  It was amended in 1996 to replace September with October.
       
   672 
       
   673 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-06-14):
       
   674 # According to Kremlin press service, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev
       
   675 # signed a federal law "On calculation of time" on June 9, 2011.
       
   676 # According to the law Russia is abolishing daylight saving time.
       
   677 #
       
   678 # Medvedev signed a law "On the Calculation of Time" (in russian):
       
   679 # http://bmockbe.ru/events/?ID=7583
       
   680 #
       
   681 # Medvedev signed a law on the calculation of the time (in russian):
       
   682 # http://www.regnum.ru/news/polit/1413906.html
       
   683 
       
   684 # From Arthur David Olson (2011-06-15):
       
   685 # Take "abolishing daylight saving time" to mean that time is now considered
       
   686 # to be standard.
       
   687 
       
   688 # These are for backward compatibility with older versions.
       
   689 
       
   690 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
       
   691 Zone	WET		0:00	EU	WE%sT
       
   692 Zone	CET		1:00	C-Eur	CE%sT
       
   693 Zone	MET		1:00	C-Eur	ME%sT
       
   694 Zone	EET		2:00	EU	EE%sT
       
   695 
       
   696 # Previous editions of this database used abbreviations like MET DST
       
   697 # for Central European Summer Time, but this didn't agree with common usage.
       
   698 
       
   699 # From Markus Kuhn (1996-07-12):
       
   700 # The official German names ... are
       
   701 #
       
   702 #	Mitteleuropäische Zeit (MEZ)         = UTC+01:00
       
   703 #	Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit (MESZ)  = UTC+02:00
       
   704 #
       
   705 # as defined in the German Time Act (Gesetz über die Zeitbestimmung (ZeitG),
       
   706 # 1978-07-25, Bundesgesetzblatt, Jahrgang 1978, Teil I, S. 1110-1111)....
       
   707 # I wrote ... to the German Federal Physical-Technical Institution
       
   708 #
       
   709 #	Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB)
       
   710 #	Laboratorium 4.41 "Zeiteinheit"
       
   711 #	Postfach 3345
       
   712 #	D-38023 Braunschweig
       
   713 #	phone: +49 531 592-0
       
   714 #
       
   715 # ... I received today an answer letter from Dr. Peter Hetzel, head of the PTB
       
   716 # department for time and frequency transmission.  He explained that the
       
   717 # PTB translates MEZ and MESZ into English as
       
   718 #
       
   719 #	Central European Time (CET)         = UTC+01:00
       
   720 #	Central European Summer Time (CEST) = UTC+02:00
       
   721 
       
   722 
       
   723 # Albania
       
   724 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
       
   725 Rule	Albania	1940	only	-	Jun	16	0:00	1:00	S
       
   726 Rule	Albania	1942	only	-	Nov	 2	3:00	0	-
       
   727 Rule	Albania	1943	only	-	Mar	29	2:00	1:00	S
       
   728 Rule	Albania	1943	only	-	Apr	10	3:00	0	-
       
   729 Rule	Albania	1974	only	-	May	 4	0:00	1:00	S
       
   730 Rule	Albania	1974	only	-	Oct	 2	0:00	0	-
       
   731 Rule	Albania	1975	only	-	May	 1	0:00	1:00	S
       
   732 Rule	Albania	1975	only	-	Oct	 2	0:00	0	-
       
   733 Rule	Albania	1976	only	-	May	 2	0:00	1:00	S
       
   734 Rule	Albania	1976	only	-	Oct	 3	0:00	0	-
       
   735 Rule	Albania	1977	only	-	May	 8	0:00	1:00	S
       
   736 Rule	Albania	1977	only	-	Oct	 2	0:00	0	-
       
   737 Rule	Albania	1978	only	-	May	 6	0:00	1:00	S
       
   738 Rule	Albania	1978	only	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
       
   739 Rule	Albania	1979	only	-	May	 5	0:00	1:00	S
       
   740 Rule	Albania	1979	only	-	Sep	30	0:00	0	-
       
   741 Rule	Albania	1980	only	-	May	 3	0:00	1:00	S
       
   742 Rule	Albania	1980	only	-	Oct	 4	0:00	0	-
       
   743 Rule	Albania	1981	only	-	Apr	26	0:00	1:00	S
       
   744 Rule	Albania	1981	only	-	Sep	27	0:00	0	-
       
   745 Rule	Albania	1982	only	-	May	 2	0:00	1:00	S
       
   746 Rule	Albania	1982	only	-	Oct	 3	0:00	0	-
       
   747 Rule	Albania	1983	only	-	Apr	18	0:00	1:00	S
       
   748 Rule	Albania	1983	only	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
       
   749 Rule	Albania	1984	only	-	Apr	 1	0:00	1:00	S
       
   750 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
       
   751 Zone	Europe/Tirane	1:19:20 -	LMT	1914
       
   752 			1:00	-	CET	1940 Jun 16
       
   753 			1:00	Albania	CE%sT	1984 Jul
       
   754 			1:00	EU	CE%sT
       
   755 
       
   756 # Andorra
       
   757 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
       
   758 Zone	Europe/Andorra	0:06:04 -	LMT	1901
       
   759 			0:00	-	WET	1946 Sep 30
       
   760 			1:00	-	CET	1985 Mar 31  2:00
       
   761 			1:00	EU	CE%sT
       
   762 
       
   763 # Austria
       
   764 
       
   765 # Milne says Vienna time was 1:05:21.
       
   766 
       
   767 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): Shanks & Pottenger give 1918-06-16 and
       
   768 # 1945-11-18, but the Austrian Federal Office of Metrology and
       
   769 # Surveying (BEV) gives 1918-09-16 and for Vienna gives the "alleged"
       
   770 # date of 1945-04-12 with no time.  For the 1980-04-06 transition
       
   771 # Shanks & Pottenger give 02:00, the BEV 00:00.  Go with the BEV,
       
   772 # and guess 02:00 for 1945-04-12.
       
   773 
       
   774 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
       
   775 Rule	Austria	1920	only	-	Apr	 5	2:00s	1:00	S
       
   776 Rule	Austria	1920	only	-	Sep	13	2:00s	0	-
       
   777 Rule	Austria	1946	only	-	Apr	14	2:00s	1:00	S
       
   778 Rule	Austria	1946	1948	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
       
   779 Rule	Austria	1947	only	-	Apr	 6	2:00s	1:00	S
       
   780 Rule	Austria	1948	only	-	Apr	18	2:00s	1:00	S
       
   781 Rule	Austria	1980	only	-	Apr	 6	0:00	1:00	S
       
   782 Rule	Austria	1980	only	-	Sep	28	0:00	0	-
       
   783 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
       
   784 Zone	Europe/Vienna	1:05:21 -	LMT	1893 Apr
       
   785 			1:00	C-Eur	CE%sT	1920
       
   786 			1:00	Austria	CE%sT	1940 Apr  1  2:00s
       
   787 			1:00	C-Eur	CE%sT	1945 Apr  2  2:00s
       
   788 			1:00	1:00	CEST	1945 Apr 12  2:00s
       
   789 			1:00	-	CET	1946
       
   790 			1:00	Austria	CE%sT	1981
       
   791 			1:00	EU	CE%sT
       
   792 
       
   793 # Belarus
       
   794 #
       
   795 # From Stepan Golosunov (2016-07-02):
       
   796 # http://www.lawbelarus.com/repub/sub30/texf9611.htm
       
   797 # (Act of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus from
       
   798 # 1992-03-25 No. 157) ... says clocks were to be moved forward at 2:00
       
   799 # on last Sunday of March and backward at 3:00 on last Sunday of September
       
   800 # (the same as previous USSR and contemporary Russian regulations).
       
   801 #
       
   802 # From Yauhen Kharuzhy (2011-09-16):
       
   803 # By latest Belarus government act Europe/Minsk timezone was changed to
       
   804 # GMT+3 without DST (was GMT+2 with DST).
       
   805 #
       
   806 # Sources (Russian language):
       
   807 # http://www.belta.by/ru/all_news/society/V-Belarusi-otmenjaetsja-perexod-na-sezonnoe-vremja_i_572952.html
       
   808 # http://naviny.by/rubrics/society/2011/09/16/ic_articles_116_175144/
       
   809 # http://news.tut.by/society/250578.html
       
   810 #
       
   811 # From Alexander Bokovoy (2014-10-09):
       
   812 # Belarussian government decided against changing to winter time....
       
   813 # http://eng.belta.by/all_news/society/Belarus-decides-against-adjusting-time-in-Russias-wake_i_76335.html
       
   814 #
       
   815 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
       
   816 Zone	Europe/Minsk	1:50:16 -	LMT	1880
       
   817 			1:50	-	MMT	1924 May  2 # Minsk Mean Time
       
   818 			2:00	-	EET	1930 Jun 21
       
   819 			3:00	-	MSK	1941 Jun 28
       
   820 			1:00	C-Eur	CE%sT	1944 Jul  3
       
   821 			3:00	Russia	MSK/MSD	1990
       
   822 			3:00	-	MSK	1991 Mar 31  2:00s
       
   823 			2:00	Russia	EE%sT	2011 Mar 27  2:00s
       
   824 			3:00	-	+03
       
   825 
       
   826 # Belgium
       
   827 #
       
   828 # From Paul Eggert (1997-07-02):
       
   829 # Entries from 1918 through 1991 are taken from:
       
   830 #	Annuaire de L'Observatoire Royal de Belgique,
       
   831 #	Avenue Circulaire, 3, B-1180 BRUXELLES, CLVIIe année, 1991
       
   832 #	(Imprimerie HAYEZ, s.p.r.l., Rue Fin, 4, 1080 BRUXELLES, MCMXC),
       
   833 #	pp 8-9.
       
   834 # LMT before 1892 was 0:17:30, according to the official journal of Belgium:
       
   835 #	Moniteur Belge, Samedi 30 Avril 1892, N.121.
       
   836 # Thanks to Pascal Delmoitie for these references.
       
   837 # The 1918 rules are listed for completeness; they apply to unoccupied Belgium.
       
   838 # Assume Brussels switched to WET in 1918 when the armistice took effect.
       
   839 #
       
   840 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
       
   841 Rule	Belgium	1918	only	-	Mar	 9	 0:00s	1:00	S
       
   842 Rule	Belgium	1918	1919	-	Oct	Sat>=1	23:00s	0	-
       
   843 Rule	Belgium	1919	only	-	Mar	 1	23:00s	1:00	S
       
   844 Rule	Belgium	1920	only	-	Feb	14	23:00s	1:00	S
       
   845 Rule	Belgium	1920	only	-	Oct	23	23:00s	0	-
       
   846 Rule	Belgium	1921	only	-	Mar	14	23:00s	1:00	S
       
   847 Rule	Belgium	1921	only	-	Oct	25	23:00s	0	-
       
   848 Rule	Belgium	1922	only	-	Mar	25	23:00s	1:00	S
       
   849 Rule	Belgium	1922	1927	-	Oct	Sat>=1	23:00s	0	-
       
   850 Rule	Belgium	1923	only	-	Apr	21	23:00s	1:00	S
       
   851 Rule	Belgium	1924	only	-	Mar	29	23:00s	1:00	S
       
   852 Rule	Belgium	1925	only	-	Apr	 4	23:00s	1:00	S
       
   853 # DSH writes that a royal decree of 1926-02-22 specified the Sun following 3rd
       
   854 # Sat in Apr (except if it's Easter, in which case it's one Sunday earlier),
       
   855 # to Sun following 1st Sat in Oct, and that a royal decree of 1928-09-15
       
   856 # changed the transition times to 02:00 GMT.
       
   857 Rule	Belgium	1926	only	-	Apr	17	23:00s	1:00	S
       
   858 Rule	Belgium	1927	only	-	Apr	 9	23:00s	1:00	S
       
   859 Rule	Belgium	1928	only	-	Apr	14	23:00s	1:00	S
       
   860 Rule	Belgium	1928	1938	-	Oct	Sun>=2	 2:00s	0	-
       
   861 Rule	Belgium	1929	only	-	Apr	21	 2:00s	1:00	S
       
   862 Rule	Belgium	1930	only	-	Apr	13	 2:00s	1:00	S
       
   863 Rule	Belgium	1931	only	-	Apr	19	 2:00s	1:00	S
       
   864 Rule	Belgium	1932	only	-	Apr	 3	 2:00s	1:00	S
       
   865 Rule	Belgium	1933	only	-	Mar	26	 2:00s	1:00	S
       
   866 Rule	Belgium	1934	only	-	Apr	 8	 2:00s	1:00	S
       
   867 Rule	Belgium	1935	only	-	Mar	31	 2:00s	1:00	S
       
   868 Rule	Belgium	1936	only	-	Apr	19	 2:00s	1:00	S
       
   869 Rule	Belgium	1937	only	-	Apr	 4	 2:00s	1:00	S
       
   870 Rule	Belgium	1938	only	-	Mar	27	 2:00s	1:00	S
       
   871 Rule	Belgium	1939	only	-	Apr	16	 2:00s	1:00	S
       
   872 Rule	Belgium	1939	only	-	Nov	19	 2:00s	0	-
       
   873 Rule	Belgium	1940	only	-	Feb	25	 2:00s	1:00	S
       
   874 Rule	Belgium	1944	only	-	Sep	17	 2:00s	0	-
       
   875 Rule	Belgium	1945	only	-	Apr	 2	 2:00s	1:00	S
       
   876 Rule	Belgium	1945	only	-	Sep	16	 2:00s	0	-
       
   877 Rule	Belgium	1946	only	-	May	19	 2:00s	1:00	S
       
   878 Rule	Belgium	1946	only	-	Oct	 7	 2:00s	0	-
       
   879 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
       
   880 Zone	Europe/Brussels	0:17:30 -	LMT	1880
       
   881 			0:17:30	-	BMT	1892 May  1 12:00  # Brussels MT
       
   882 			0:00	-	WET	1914 Nov  8
       
   883 			1:00	-	CET	1916 May  1  0:00
       
   884 			1:00	C-Eur	CE%sT	1918 Nov 11 11:00u
       
   885 			0:00	Belgium	WE%sT	1940 May 20  2:00s
       
   886 			1:00	C-Eur	CE%sT	1944 Sep  3
       
   887 			1:00	Belgium	CE%sT	1977
       
   888 			1:00	EU	CE%sT
       
   889 
       
   890 # Bosnia and Herzegovina
       
   891 # See Europe/Belgrade.
       
   892 
       
   893 # Bulgaria
       
   894 #
       
   895 # From Plamen Simenov via Steffen Thorsen (1999-09-09):
       
   896 # A document of Government of Bulgaria (No. 94/1997) says:
       
   897 # EET -> EETDST is in 03:00 Local time in last Sunday of March ...
       
   898 # EETDST -> EET is in 04:00 Local time in last Sunday of October
       
   899 #
       
   900 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
       
   901 Rule	Bulg	1979	only	-	Mar	31	23:00	1:00	S
       
   902 Rule	Bulg	1979	only	-	Oct	 1	 1:00	0	-
       
   903 Rule	Bulg	1980	1982	-	Apr	Sat>=1	23:00	1:00	S
       
   904 Rule	Bulg	1980	only	-	Sep	29	 1:00	0	-
       
   905 Rule	Bulg	1981	only	-	Sep	27	 2:00	0	-
       
   906 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
       
   907 Zone	Europe/Sofia	1:33:16 -	LMT	1880
       
   908 			1:56:56	-	IMT	1894 Nov 30 # Istanbul MT?
       
   909 			2:00	-	EET	1942 Nov  2  3:00
       
   910 			1:00	C-Eur	CE%sT	1945
       
   911 			1:00	-	CET	1945 Apr  2  3:00
       
   912 			2:00	-	EET	1979 Mar 31 23:00
       
   913 			2:00	Bulg	EE%sT	1982 Sep 26  3:00
       
   914 			2:00	C-Eur	EE%sT	1991
       
   915 			2:00	E-Eur	EE%sT	1997
       
   916 			2:00	EU	EE%sT
       
   917 
       
   918 # Croatia
       
   919 # See Europe/Belgrade.
       
   920 
       
   921 # Cyprus
       
   922 # Please see the 'asia' file for Asia/Nicosia.
       
   923 
       
   924 # Czech Republic / Czechia
       
   925 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
       
   926 Rule	Czech	1945	only	-	Apr	 8	2:00s	1:00	S
       
   927 Rule	Czech	1945	only	-	Nov	18	2:00s	0	-
       
   928 Rule	Czech	1946	only	-	May	 6	2:00s	1:00	S
       
   929 Rule	Czech	1946	1949	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
       
   930 Rule	Czech	1947	only	-	Apr	20	2:00s	1:00	S
       
   931 Rule	Czech	1948	only	-	Apr	18	2:00s	1:00	S
       
   932 Rule	Czech	1949	only	-	Apr	 9	2:00s	1:00	S
       
   933 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
       
   934 Zone	Europe/Prague	0:57:44 -	LMT	1850
       
   935 			0:57:44	-	PMT	1891 Oct    # Prague Mean Time
       
   936 			1:00	C-Eur	CE%sT	1944 Sep 17  2:00s
       
   937 			1:00	Czech	CE%sT	1979
       
   938 			1:00	EU	CE%sT
       
   939 # Use Europe/Prague also for Slovakia.
       
   940 
       
   941 # Denmark, Faroe Islands, and Greenland
       
   942 
       
   943 # From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2005-04-26):
       
   944 # http://www.hum.aau.dk/~poe/tid/tine/DanskTid.htm says that the law
       
   945 # [introducing standard time] was in effect from 1894-01-01....
       
   946 # The page http://www.retsinfo.dk/_GETDOCI_/ACCN/A18930008330-REGL
       
   947 # confirms this, and states that the law was put forth 1893-03-29.
       
   948 #
       
   949 # The EU treaty with effect from 1973:
       
   950 # http://www.retsinfo.dk/_GETDOCI_/ACCN/A19722110030-REGL
       
   951 #
       
   952 # This provoked a new law from 1974 to make possible summer time changes
       
   953 # in subsequent decrees with the law
       
   954 # http://www.retsinfo.dk/_GETDOCI_/ACCN/A19740022330-REGL
       
   955 #
       
   956 # It seems however that no decree was set forward until 1980.  I have
       
   957 # not found any decree, but in another related law, the effecting DST
       
   958 # changes are stated explicitly to be from 1980-04-06 at 02:00 to
       
   959 # 1980-09-28 at 02:00.  If this is true, this differs slightly from
       
   960 # the EU rule in that DST runs to 02:00, not 03:00.  We don't know
       
   961 # when Denmark began using the EU rule correctly, but we have only
       
   962 # confirmation of the 1980-time, so I presume it was correct in 1981:
       
   963 # The law is about the management of the extra hour, concerning
       
   964 # working hours reported and effect on obligatory-rest rules (which
       
   965 # was suspended on that night):
       
   966 # http://www.retsinfo.dk/_GETDOCI_/ACCN/C19801120554-REGL
       
   967 
       
   968 # From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2005-06-11):
       
   969 # The Herning Folkeblad (1980-09-26) reported that the night between
       
   970 # Saturday and Sunday the clock is set back from three to two.
       
   971 
       
   972 # From Paul Eggert (2005-06-11):
       
   973 # Hence the "02:00" of the 1980 law refers to standard time, not
       
   974 # wall-clock time, and so the EU rules were in effect in 1980.
       
   975 
       
   976 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
       
   977 Rule	Denmark	1916	only	-	May	14	23:00	1:00	S
       
   978 Rule	Denmark	1916	only	-	Sep	30	23:00	0	-
       
   979 Rule	Denmark	1940	only	-	May	15	 0:00	1:00	S
       
   980 Rule	Denmark	1945	only	-	Apr	 2	 2:00s	1:00	S
       
   981 Rule	Denmark	1945	only	-	Aug	15	 2:00s	0	-
       
   982 Rule	Denmark	1946	only	-	May	 1	 2:00s	1:00	S
       
   983 Rule	Denmark	1946	only	-	Sep	 1	 2:00s	0	-
       
   984 Rule	Denmark	1947	only	-	May	 4	 2:00s	1:00	S
       
   985 Rule	Denmark	1947	only	-	Aug	10	 2:00s	0	-
       
   986 Rule	Denmark	1948	only	-	May	 9	 2:00s	1:00	S
       
   987 Rule	Denmark	1948	only	-	Aug	 8	 2:00s	0	-
       
   988 #
       
   989 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
       
   990 Zone Europe/Copenhagen	 0:50:20 -	LMT	1890
       
   991 			 0:50:20 -	CMT	1894 Jan  1 # Copenhagen MT
       
   992 			 1:00	Denmark	CE%sT	1942 Nov  2  2:00s
       
   993 			 1:00	C-Eur	CE%sT	1945 Apr  2  2:00
       
   994 			 1:00	Denmark	CE%sT	1980
       
   995 			 1:00	EU	CE%sT
       
   996 Zone Atlantic/Faroe	-0:27:04 -	LMT	1908 Jan 11 # Tórshavn
       
   997 			 0:00	-	WET	1981
       
   998 			 0:00	EU	WE%sT
       
   999 #
       
  1000 # From Paul Eggert (2004-10-31):
       
  1001 # During World War II, Germany maintained secret manned weather stations in
       
  1002 # East Greenland and Franz Josef Land, but we don't know their time zones.
       
  1003 # My source for this is Wilhelm Dege's book mentioned under Svalbard.
       
  1004 #
       
  1005 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
       
  1006 # Greenland joined the EU as part of Denmark, obtained home rule on 1979-05-01,
       
  1007 # and left the EU on 1985-02-01.  It therefore should have been using EU
       
  1008 # rules at least through 1984.  Shanks & Pottenger say Scoresbysund and Godthåb
       
  1009 # used C-Eur rules after 1980, but IATA SSIM (1991/1996) says they use EU
       
  1010 # rules since at least 1991.  Assume EU rules since 1980.
       
  1011 
       
  1012 # From Gwillim Law (2001-06-06), citing
       
  1013 # <http://www.statkart.no/efs/efshefter/2001/efs5-2001.pdf> (2001-03-15),
       
  1014 # and with translations corrected by Steffen Thorsen:
       
  1015 #
       
  1016 # Greenland has four local times, and the relation to UTC
       
  1017 # is according to the following time line:
       
  1018 #
       
  1019 # The military zone near Thule	UTC-4
       
  1020 # Standard Greenland time	UTC-3
       
  1021 # Scoresbysund			UTC-1
       
  1022 # Danmarkshavn			UTC
       
  1023 #
       
  1024 # In the military area near Thule and in Danmarkshavn DST will not be
       
  1025 # introduced.
       
  1026 
       
  1027 # From Rives McDow (2001-11-01):
       
  1028 #
       
  1029 # I correspond regularly with the Dansk Polarcenter, and wrote them at
       
  1030 # the time to clarify the situation in Thule.  Unfortunately, I have
       
  1031 # not heard back from them regarding my recent letter.  [But I have
       
  1032 # info from earlier correspondence.]
       
  1033 #
       
  1034 # According to the center, a very small local time zone around Thule
       
  1035 # Air Base keeps the time according to UTC-4, implementing daylight
       
  1036 # savings using North America rules, changing the time at 02:00 local time....
       
  1037 #
       
  1038 # The east coast of Greenland north of the community of Scoresbysund
       
  1039 # uses UTC in the same way as in Iceland, year round, with no dst.
       
  1040 # There are just a few stations on this coast, including the
       
  1041 # Danmarkshavn ICAO weather station mentioned in your September 29th
       
  1042 # email.  The other stations are two sledge patrol stations in
       
  1043 # Mestersvig and Daneborg, the air force base at Station Nord, and the
       
  1044 # DPC research station at Zackenberg.
       
  1045 #
       
  1046 # Scoresbysund and two small villages nearby keep time UTC-1 and use
       
  1047 # the same daylight savings time period as in West Greenland (Godthåb).
       
  1048 #
       
  1049 # The rest of Greenland, including Godthåb (this area, although it
       
  1050 # includes central Greenland, is known as west Greenland), keeps time
       
  1051 # UTC-3, with daylight savings methods according to European rules.
       
  1052 #
       
  1053 # It is common procedure to use UTC 0 in the wilderness of East and
       
  1054 # North Greenland, because it is mainly Icelandic aircraft operators
       
  1055 # maintaining traffic in these areas.  However, the official status of
       
  1056 # this area is that it sticks with Godthåb time.  This area might be
       
  1057 # considered a dual time zone in some respects because of this.
       
  1058 
       
  1059 # From Rives McDow (2001-11-19):
       
  1060 # I heard back from someone stationed at Thule; the time change took place
       
  1061 # there at 2:00 AM.
       
  1062 
       
  1063 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
       
  1064 # From 1997 on the CIA map shows Danmarkshavn on GMT;
       
  1065 # the 1995 map as like Godthåb.
       
  1066 # For lack of better info, assume they were like Godthåb before 1996.
       
  1067 # startkart.no says Thule does not observe DST, but this is clearly an error,
       
  1068 # so go with Shanks & Pottenger for Thule transitions until this year.
       
  1069 # For 2007 on assume Thule will stay in sync with US DST rules.
       
  1070 
       
  1071 # From J William Piggott (2016-02-20):
       
  1072 # "Greenland north of the community of Scoresbysund" is officially named
       
  1073 # "National Park" by Executive Order:
       
  1074 # http://naalakkersuisut.gl/~/media/Nanoq/Files/Attached%20Files/Engelske-tekster/Legislation/Executive%20Order%20National%20Park.rtf
       
  1075 # It is their only National Park.
       
  1076 #
       
  1077 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
       
  1078 Rule	Thule	1991	1992	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
       
  1079 Rule	Thule	1991	1992	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
       
  1080 Rule	Thule	1993	2006	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	D
       
  1081 Rule	Thule	1993	2006	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
       
  1082 Rule	Thule	2007	max	-	Mar	Sun>=8	2:00	1:00	D
       
  1083 Rule	Thule	2007	max	-	Nov	Sun>=1	2:00	0	S
       
  1084 #
       
  1085 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
       
  1086 Zone America/Danmarkshavn -1:14:40 -	LMT	1916 Jul 28
       
  1087 			-3:00	-	-03	1980 Apr  6  2:00
       
  1088 			-3:00	EU	-03/-02	1996
       
  1089 			0:00	-	GMT
       
  1090 Zone America/Scoresbysund -1:27:52 -	LMT	1916 Jul 28 # Ittoqqortoormiit
       
  1091 			-2:00	-	-02	1980 Apr  6  2:00
       
  1092 			-2:00	C-Eur	-02/-01	1981 Mar 29
       
  1093 			-1:00	EU	-01/+00
       
  1094 Zone America/Godthab	-3:26:56 -	LMT	1916 Jul 28 # Nuuk
       
  1095 			-3:00	-	-03	1980 Apr  6  2:00
       
  1096 			-3:00	EU	-03/-02
       
  1097 Zone America/Thule	-4:35:08 -	LMT	1916 Jul 28 # Pituffik air base
       
  1098 			-4:00	Thule	A%sT
       
  1099 
       
  1100 # Estonia
       
  1101 #
       
  1102 # From Paul Eggert (2016-03-18):
       
  1103 # The 1989 transition is from USSR act No. 227 (1989-03-14).
       
  1104 #
       
  1105 # From Peter Ilieve (1994-10-15):
       
  1106 # A relative in Tallinn confirms the accuracy of the data for 1989 onwards
       
  1107 # [through 1994] and gives the legal authority for it,
       
  1108 # a regulation of the Government of Estonia, No. 111 of 1989....
       
  1109 #
       
  1110 # From Peter Ilieve (1996-10-28):
       
  1111 # [IATA SSIM (1992/1996) claims that the Baltic republics switch at 01:00s,
       
  1112 # but a relative confirms that Estonia still switches at 02:00s, writing:]
       
  1113 # "I do not [know] exactly but there are some little different
       
  1114 # (confusing) rules for International Air and Railway Transport Schedules
       
  1115 # conversion in Sunday connected with end of summer time in Estonia....
       
  1116 # A discussion is running about the summer time efficiency and effect on
       
  1117 # human physiology.  It seems that Estonia maybe will not change to
       
  1118 # summer time next spring."
       
  1119 
       
  1120 # From Peter Ilieve (1998-11-04), heavily edited:
       
  1121 # The 1998-09-22 Estonian time law
       
  1122 # http://trip.rk.ee/cgi-bin/thw?${BASE}=akt&${OOHTML}=rtd&TA=1998&TO=1&AN=1390
       
  1123 # refers to the Eighth Directive and cites the association agreement between
       
  1124 # the EU and Estonia, ratified by the Estonian law (RT II 1995, 22-27, 120).
       
  1125 #
       
  1126 # I also asked [my relative] whether they use any standard abbreviation
       
  1127 # for their standard and summer times. He says no, they use "suveaeg"
       
  1128 # (summer time) and "talveaeg" (winter time).
       
  1129 
       
  1130 # From The Baltic Times <http://www.baltictimes.com/> (1999-09-09)
       
  1131 # via Steffen Thorsen:
       
  1132 # This year will mark the last time Estonia shifts to summer time,
       
  1133 # a council of the ruling coalition announced Sept. 6....
       
  1134 # But what this could mean for Estonia's chances of joining the European
       
  1135 # Union are still unclear.  In 1994, the EU declared summer time compulsory
       
  1136 # for all member states until 2001.  Brussels has yet to decide what to do
       
  1137 # after that.
       
  1138 
       
  1139 # From Mart Oruaas (2000-01-29):
       
  1140 # Regulation No. 301 (1999-10-12) obsoletes previous regulation
       
  1141 # No. 206 (1998-09-22) and thus sticks Estonia to +02:00 GMT for all
       
  1142 # the year round.  The regulation is effective 1999-11-01.
       
  1143 
       
  1144 # From Toomas Soome (2002-02-21):
       
  1145 # The Estonian government has changed once again timezone politics.
       
  1146 # Now we are using again EU rules.
       
  1147 #
       
  1148 # From Urmet Jänes (2002-03-28):
       
  1149 # The legislative reference is Government decree No. 84 on 2002-02-21.
       
  1150 
       
  1151 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
       
  1152 Zone	Europe/Tallinn	1:39:00	-	LMT	1880
       
  1153 			1:39:00	-	TMT	1918 Feb    # Tallinn Mean Time
       
  1154 			1:00	C-Eur	CE%sT	1919 Jul
       
  1155 			1:39:00	-	TMT	1921 May
       
  1156 			2:00	-	EET	1940 Aug  6
       
  1157 			3:00	-	MSK	1941 Sep 15
       
  1158 			1:00	C-Eur	CE%sT	1944 Sep 22
       
  1159 			3:00	Russia	MSK/MSD	1989 Mar 26  2:00s
       
  1160 			2:00	1:00	EEST	1989 Sep 24  2:00s
       
  1161 			2:00	C-Eur	EE%sT	1998 Sep 22
       
  1162 			2:00	EU	EE%sT	1999 Oct 31  4:00
       
  1163 			2:00	-	EET	2002 Feb 21
       
  1164 			2:00	EU	EE%sT
       
  1165 
       
  1166 # Finland
       
  1167 
       
  1168 # From Hannu Strang (1994-09-25 06:03:37 UTC):
       
  1169 # Well, here in Helsinki we're just changing from summer time to regular one,
       
  1170 # and it's supposed to change at 4am...
       
  1171 
       
  1172 # From Janne Snabb (2010-07-15):
       
  1173 #
       
  1174 # I noticed that the Finland data is not accurate for years 1981 and 1982.
       
  1175 # During these two first trial years the DST adjustment was made one hour
       
  1176 # earlier than in forthcoming years. Starting 1983 the adjustment was made
       
  1177 # according to the central European standards.
       
  1178 #
       
  1179 # This is documented in Heikki Oja: Aikakirja 2007, published by The Almanac
       
  1180 # Office of University of Helsinki, ISBN 952-10-3221-9, available online (in
       
  1181 # Finnish) at
       
  1182 # http://almanakka.helsinki.fi/aikakirja/Aikakirja2007kokonaan.pdf
       
  1183 #
       
  1184 # Page 105 (56 in PDF version) has a handy table of all past daylight savings
       
  1185 # transitions. It is easy enough to interpret without Finnish skills.
       
  1186 #
       
  1187 # This is also confirmed by Finnish Broadcasting Company's archive at:
       
  1188 # http://www.yle.fi/elavaarkisto/?s=s&g=1&ag=5&t=&a=3401
       
  1189 #
       
  1190 # The news clip from 1981 says that "the time between 2 and 3 o'clock does not
       
  1191 # exist tonight."
       
  1192 
       
  1193 # From Konstantin Hyppönen (2014-06-13):
       
  1194 # [Heikki Oja's book Aikakirja 2013]
       
  1195 # http://almanakka.helsinki.fi/images/aikakirja/Aikakirja2013kokonaan.pdf
       
  1196 # pages 104-105, including a scan from a newspaper published on Apr 2 1942
       
  1197 # say that ... [o]n Apr 2 1942, 24 o'clock (which means Apr 3 1942,
       
  1198 # 00:00), clocks were moved one hour forward. The newspaper
       
  1199 # mentions "on the night from Thursday to Friday"....
       
  1200 # On Oct 4 1942, clocks were moved at 1:00 one hour backwards.
       
  1201 #
       
  1202 # From Paul Eggert (2014-06-14):
       
  1203 # Go with Oja over Shanks.
       
  1204 
       
  1205 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
       
  1206 Rule	Finland	1942	only	-	Apr	2	24:00	1:00	S
       
  1207 Rule	Finland	1942	only	-	Oct	4	1:00	0	-
       
  1208 Rule	Finland	1981	1982	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00	1:00	S
       
  1209 Rule	Finland	1981	1982	-	Sep	lastSun	3:00	0	-
       
  1210 
       
  1211 # Milne says Helsinki (Helsingfors) time was 1:39:49.2 (official document);
       
  1212 # round to nearest.
       
  1213 
       
  1214 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
       
  1215 Zone	Europe/Helsinki	1:39:49 -	LMT	1878 May 31
       
  1216 			1:39:49	-	HMT	1921 May    # Helsinki Mean Time
       
  1217 			2:00	Finland	EE%sT	1983
       
  1218 			2:00	EU	EE%sT
       
  1219 
       
  1220 # Åland Is
       
  1221 Link	Europe/Helsinki	Europe/Mariehamn
       
  1222 
       
  1223 
       
  1224 # France
       
  1225 
       
  1226 # From Ciro Discepolo (2000-12-20):
       
  1227 #
       
  1228 # Henri Le Corre, Régimes horaires pour le monde entier, Éditions
       
  1229 # Traditionnelles - Paris 2 books, 1993
       
  1230 #
       
  1231 # Gabriel, Traité de l'heure dans le monde, Guy Trédaniel,
       
  1232 # Paris, 1991
       
  1233 #
       
  1234 # Françoise Gauquelin, Problèmes de l'heure résolus en astrologie,
       
  1235 # Guy Trédaniel, Paris 1987
       
  1236 
       
  1237 
       
  1238 #
       
  1239 # Shank & Pottenger seem to use '24:00' ambiguously; resolve it with Whitman.
       
  1240 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
       
  1241 Rule	France	1916	only	-	Jun	14	23:00s	1:00	S
       
  1242 Rule	France	1916	1919	-	Oct	Sun>=1	23:00s	0	-
       
  1243 Rule	France	1917	only	-	Mar	24	23:00s	1:00	S
       
  1244 Rule	France	1918	only	-	Mar	 9	23:00s	1:00	S
       
  1245 Rule	France	1919	only	-	Mar	 1	23:00s	1:00	S
       
  1246 Rule	France	1920	only	-	Feb	14	23:00s	1:00	S
       
  1247 Rule	France	1920	only	-	Oct	23	23:00s	0	-
       
  1248 Rule	France	1921	only	-	Mar	14	23:00s	1:00	S
       
  1249 Rule	France	1921	only	-	Oct	25	23:00s	0	-
       
  1250 Rule	France	1922	only	-	Mar	25	23:00s	1:00	S
       
  1251 # DSH writes that a law of 1923-05-24 specified 3rd Sat in Apr at 23:00 to 1st
       
  1252 # Sat in Oct at 24:00; and that in 1930, because of Easter, the transitions
       
  1253 # were Apr 12 and Oct 5.  Go with Shanks & Pottenger.
       
  1254 Rule	France	1922	1938	-	Oct	Sat>=1	23:00s	0	-
       
  1255 Rule	France	1923	only	-	May	26	23:00s	1:00	S
       
  1256 Rule	France	1924	only	-	Mar	29	23:00s	1:00	S
       
  1257 Rule	France	1925	only	-	Apr	 4	23:00s	1:00	S
       
  1258 Rule	France	1926	only	-	Apr	17	23:00s	1:00	S
       
  1259 Rule	France	1927	only	-	Apr	 9	23:00s	1:00	S
       
  1260 Rule	France	1928	only	-	Apr	14	23:00s	1:00	S
       
  1261 Rule	France	1929	only	-	Apr	20	23:00s	1:00	S
       
  1262 Rule	France	1930	only	-	Apr	12	23:00s	1:00	S
       
  1263 Rule	France	1931	only	-	Apr	18	23:00s	1:00	S
       
  1264 Rule	France	1932	only	-	Apr	 2	23:00s	1:00	S
       
  1265 Rule	France	1933	only	-	Mar	25	23:00s	1:00	S
       
  1266 Rule	France	1934	only	-	Apr	 7	23:00s	1:00	S
       
  1267 Rule	France	1935	only	-	Mar	30	23:00s	1:00	S
       
  1268 Rule	France	1936	only	-	Apr	18	23:00s	1:00	S
       
  1269 Rule	France	1937	only	-	Apr	 3	23:00s	1:00	S
       
  1270 Rule	France	1938	only	-	Mar	26	23:00s	1:00	S
       
  1271 Rule	France	1939	only	-	Apr	15	23:00s	1:00	S
       
  1272 Rule	France	1939	only	-	Nov	18	23:00s	0	-
       
  1273 Rule	France	1940	only	-	Feb	25	 2:00	1:00	S
       
  1274 # The French rules for 1941-1944 were not used in Paris, but Shanks & Pottenger
       
  1275 # write that they were used in Monaco and in many French locations.
       
  1276 # Le Corre writes that the upper limit of the free zone was Arnéguy, Orthez,
       
  1277 # Mont-de-Marsan, Bazas, Langon, Lamothe-Montravel, Marœuil, La
       
  1278 # Rochefoucauld, Champagne-Mouton, La Roche-Posay, La Haye-Descartes,
       
  1279 # Loches, Montrichard, Vierzon, Bourges, Moulins, Digoin,
       
  1280 # Paray-le-Monial, Montceau-les-Mines, Chalon-sur-Saône, Arbois,
       
  1281 # Dole, Morez, St-Claude, and Collonges (Haute-Savoie).
       
  1282 Rule	France	1941	only	-	May	 5	 0:00	2:00	M # Midsummer
       
  1283 # Shanks & Pottenger say this transition occurred at Oct 6 1:00,
       
  1284 # but go with Denis Excoffier (1997-12-12),
       
  1285 # who quotes the Ephémérides astronomiques for 1998 from Bureau des Longitudes
       
  1286 # as saying 5/10/41 22hUT.
       
  1287 Rule	France	1941	only	-	Oct	 6	 0:00	1:00	S
       
  1288 Rule	France	1942	only	-	Mar	 9	 0:00	2:00	M
       
  1289 Rule	France	1942	only	-	Nov	 2	 3:00	1:00	S
       
  1290 Rule	France	1943	only	-	Mar	29	 2:00	2:00	M
       
  1291 Rule	France	1943	only	-	Oct	 4	 3:00	1:00	S
       
  1292 Rule	France	1944	only	-	Apr	 3	 2:00	2:00	M
       
  1293 Rule	France	1944	only	-	Oct	 8	 1:00	1:00	S
       
  1294 Rule	France	1945	only	-	Apr	 2	 2:00	2:00	M
       
  1295 Rule	France	1945	only	-	Sep	16	 3:00	0	-
       
  1296 # Shanks & Pottenger give Mar 28 2:00 and Sep 26 3:00;
       
  1297 # go with Excoffier's 28/3/76 0hUT and 25/9/76 23hUT.
       
  1298 Rule	France	1976	only	-	Mar	28	 1:00	1:00	S
       
  1299 Rule	France	1976	only	-	Sep	26	 1:00	0	-
       
  1300 # Shanks & Pottenger give 0:09:20 for Paris Mean Time, and Whitman 0:09:05,
       
  1301 # but Howse quotes the actual French legislation as saying 0:09:21.
       
  1302 # Go with Howse.  Howse writes that the time in France was officially based
       
  1303 # on PMT-0:09:21 until 1978-08-09, when the time base finally switched to UTC.
       
  1304 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
       
  1305 Zone	Europe/Paris	0:09:21 -	LMT	1891 Mar 15  0:01
       
  1306 			0:09:21	-	PMT	1911 Mar 11  0:01 # Paris MT
       
  1307 # Shanks & Pottenger give 1940 Jun 14 0:00; go with Excoffier and Le Corre.
       
  1308 			0:00	France	WE%sT	1940 Jun 14 23:00
       
  1309 # Le Corre says Paris stuck with occupied-France time after the liberation;
       
  1310 # go with Shanks & Pottenger.
       
  1311 			1:00	C-Eur	CE%sT	1944 Aug 25
       
  1312 			0:00	France	WE%sT	1945 Sep 16  3:00
       
  1313 			1:00	France	CE%sT	1977
       
  1314 			1:00	EU	CE%sT
       
  1315 
       
  1316 # Germany
       
  1317 
       
  1318 # From Markus Kuhn (1998-09-29):
       
  1319 # The German time zone web site by the Physikalisch-Technische
       
  1320 # Bundesanstalt contains DST information back to 1916.
       
  1321 # [See tz-link.htm for the URL.]
       
  1322 
       
  1323 # From Jörg Schilling (2002-10-23):
       
  1324 # In 1945, Berlin was switched to Moscow Summer time (GMT+4) by
       
  1325 # http://www.dhm.de/lemo/html/biografien/BersarinNikolai/
       
  1326 # General [Nikolai] Bersarin.
       
  1327 
       
  1328 # From Paul Eggert (2003-03-08):
       
  1329 # http://www.parlament-berlin.de/pds-fraktion.nsf/727459127c8b66ee8525662300459099/defc77cb784f180ac1256c2b0030274b/$FILE/bersarint.pdf
       
  1330 # says that Bersarin issued an order to use Moscow time on May 20.
       
  1331 # However, Moscow did not observe daylight saving in 1945, so
       
  1332 # this was equivalent to UT +03, not +04.
       
  1333 
       
  1334 
       
  1335 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
       
  1336 Rule	Germany	1946	only	-	Apr	14	2:00s	1:00	S
       
  1337 Rule	Germany	1946	only	-	Oct	 7	2:00s	0	-
       
  1338 Rule	Germany	1947	1949	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
       
  1339 # http://www.ptb.de/de/org/4/44/441/salt.htm says the following transition
       
  1340 # occurred at 3:00 MEZ, not the 2:00 MEZ given in Shanks & Pottenger.
       
  1341 # Go with the PTB.
       
  1342 Rule	Germany	1947	only	-	Apr	 6	3:00s	1:00	S
       
  1343 Rule	Germany	1947	only	-	May	11	2:00s	2:00	M
       
  1344 Rule	Germany	1947	only	-	Jun	29	3:00	1:00	S
       
  1345 Rule	Germany	1948	only	-	Apr	18	2:00s	1:00	S
       
  1346 Rule	Germany	1949	only	-	Apr	10	2:00s	1:00	S
       
  1347 
       
  1348 Rule SovietZone	1945	only	-	May	24	2:00	2:00	M # Midsummer
       
  1349 Rule SovietZone	1945	only	-	Sep	24	3:00	1:00	S
       
  1350 Rule SovietZone	1945	only	-	Nov	18	2:00s	0	-
       
  1351 
       
  1352 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
       
  1353 Zone	Europe/Berlin	0:53:28 -	LMT	1893 Apr
       
  1354 			1:00	C-Eur	CE%sT	1945 May 24  2:00
       
  1355 			1:00 SovietZone	CE%sT	1946
       
  1356 			1:00	Germany	CE%sT	1980
       
  1357 			1:00	EU	CE%sT
       
  1358 
       
  1359 # From Tobias Conradi (2011-09-12):
       
  1360 # Büsingen <http://www.buesingen.de>, surrounded by the Swiss canton
       
  1361 # Schaffhausen, did not start observing DST in 1980 as the rest of DE
       
  1362 # (West Germany at that time) and DD (East Germany at that time) did.
       
  1363 # DD merged into DE, the area is currently covered by code DE in ISO 3166-1,
       
  1364 # which in turn is covered by the zone Europe/Berlin.
       
  1365 #
       
  1366 # Source for the time in Büsingen 1980:
       
  1367 # http://www.srf.ch/player/video?id=c012c029-03b7-4c2b-9164-aa5902cd58d3
       
  1368 
       
  1369 # From Arthur David Olson (2012-03-03):
       
  1370 # Büsingen and Zurich have shared clocks since 1970.
       
  1371 
       
  1372 Link	Europe/Zurich	Europe/Busingen
       
  1373 
       
  1374 # Georgia
       
  1375 # Please see the "asia" file for Asia/Tbilisi.
       
  1376 # Herodotus (Histories, IV.45) says Georgia north of the Phasis (now Rioni)
       
  1377 # is in Europe.  Our reference location Tbilisi is in the Asian part.
       
  1378 
       
  1379 # Gibraltar
       
  1380 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
       
  1381 Zone Europe/Gibraltar	-0:21:24 -	LMT	1880 Aug  2  0:00s
       
  1382 			0:00	GB-Eire	%s	1957 Apr 14  2:00
       
  1383 			1:00	-	CET	1982
       
  1384 			1:00	EU	CE%sT
       
  1385 
       
  1386 # Greece
       
  1387 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
       
  1388 # Whitman gives 1932 Jul 5 - Nov 1; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
       
  1389 Rule	Greece	1932	only	-	Jul	 7	0:00	1:00	S
       
  1390 Rule	Greece	1932	only	-	Sep	 1	0:00	0	-
       
  1391 # Whitman gives 1941 Apr 25 - ?; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
       
  1392 Rule	Greece	1941	only	-	Apr	 7	0:00	1:00	S
       
  1393 # Whitman gives 1942 Feb 2 - ?; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
       
  1394 Rule	Greece	1942	only	-	Nov	 2	3:00	0	-
       
  1395 Rule	Greece	1943	only	-	Mar	30	0:00	1:00	S
       
  1396 Rule	Greece	1943	only	-	Oct	 4	0:00	0	-
       
  1397 # Whitman gives 1944 Oct 3 - Oct 31; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
       
  1398 Rule	Greece	1952	only	-	Jul	 1	0:00	1:00	S
       
  1399 Rule	Greece	1952	only	-	Nov	 2	0:00	0	-
       
  1400 Rule	Greece	1975	only	-	Apr	12	0:00s	1:00	S
       
  1401 Rule	Greece	1975	only	-	Nov	26	0:00s	0	-
       
  1402 Rule	Greece	1976	only	-	Apr	11	2:00s	1:00	S
       
  1403 Rule	Greece	1976	only	-	Oct	10	2:00s	0	-
       
  1404 Rule	Greece	1977	1978	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	1:00	S
       
  1405 Rule	Greece	1977	only	-	Sep	26	2:00s	0	-
       
  1406 Rule	Greece	1978	only	-	Sep	24	4:00	0	-
       
  1407 Rule	Greece	1979	only	-	Apr	 1	9:00	1:00	S
       
  1408 Rule	Greece	1979	only	-	Sep	29	2:00	0	-
       
  1409 Rule	Greece	1980	only	-	Apr	 1	0:00	1:00	S
       
  1410 Rule	Greece	1980	only	-	Sep	28	0:00	0	-
       
  1411 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
       
  1412 Zone	Europe/Athens	1:34:52 -	LMT	1895 Sep 14
       
  1413 			1:34:52	-	AMT	1916 Jul 28  0:01 # Athens MT
       
  1414 			2:00	Greece	EE%sT	1941 Apr 30
       
  1415 			1:00	Greece	CE%sT	1944 Apr  4
       
  1416 			2:00	Greece	EE%sT	1981
       
  1417 			# Shanks & Pottenger say it switched to C-Eur in 1981;
       
  1418 			# go with EU instead, since Greece joined it on Jan 1.
       
  1419 			2:00	EU	EE%sT
       
  1420 
       
  1421 # Hungary
       
  1422 # From Paul Eggert (2014-07-15):
       
  1423 # Dates for 1916-1945 are taken from:
       
  1424 # Oross A. Jelen a múlt jövője: a nyári időszámítás Magyarországon 1916-1945.
       
  1425 # National Archives of Hungary (2012-10-29).
       
  1426 # http://mnl.gov.hu/a_het_dokumentuma/a_nyari_idoszamitas_magyarorszagon_19161945.html
       
  1427 # This source does not always give times, which are taken from Shanks
       
  1428 # & Pottenger (which disagree about the dates).
       
  1429 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
       
  1430 Rule	Hungary	1918	only	-	Apr	 1	 3:00	1:00	S
       
  1431 Rule	Hungary	1918	only	-	Sep	16	 3:00	0	-
       
  1432 Rule	Hungary	1919	only	-	Apr	15	 3:00	1:00	S
       
  1433 Rule	Hungary	1919	only	-	Nov	24	 3:00	0	-
       
  1434 Rule	Hungary	1945	only	-	May	 1	23:00	1:00	S
       
  1435 Rule	Hungary	1945	only	-	Nov	 1	 0:00	0	-
       
  1436 Rule	Hungary	1946	only	-	Mar	31	 2:00s	1:00	S
       
  1437 Rule	Hungary	1946	1949	-	Oct	Sun>=1	 2:00s	0	-
       
  1438 Rule	Hungary	1947	1949	-	Apr	Sun>=4	 2:00s	1:00	S
       
  1439 Rule	Hungary	1950	only	-	Apr	17	 2:00s	1:00	S
       
  1440 Rule	Hungary	1950	only	-	Oct	23	 2:00s	0	-
       
  1441 Rule	Hungary	1954	1955	-	May	23	 0:00	1:00	S
       
  1442 Rule	Hungary	1954	1955	-	Oct	 3	 0:00	0	-
       
  1443 Rule	Hungary	1956	only	-	Jun	Sun>=1	 0:00	1:00	S
       
  1444 Rule	Hungary	1956	only	-	Sep	lastSun	 0:00	0	-
       
  1445 Rule	Hungary	1957	only	-	Jun	Sun>=1	 1:00	1:00	S
       
  1446 Rule	Hungary	1957	only	-	Sep	lastSun	 3:00	0	-
       
  1447 Rule	Hungary	1980	only	-	Apr	 6	 1:00	1:00	S
       
  1448 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
       
  1449 Zone	Europe/Budapest	1:16:20 -	LMT	1890 Oct
       
  1450 			1:00	C-Eur	CE%sT	1918
       
  1451 			1:00	Hungary	CE%sT	1941 Apr  8
       
  1452 			1:00	C-Eur	CE%sT	1945
       
  1453 			1:00	Hungary	CE%sT	1980 Sep 28  2:00s
       
  1454 			1:00	EU	CE%sT
       
  1455 
       
  1456 # Iceland
       
  1457 #
       
  1458 # From Adam David (1993-11-06):
       
  1459 # The name of the timezone in Iceland for system / mail / news purposes is GMT.
       
  1460 #
       
  1461 # (1993-12-05):
       
  1462 # This material is paraphrased from the 1988 edition of the University of
       
  1463 # Iceland Almanak.
       
  1464 #
       
  1465 # From January 1st, 1908 the whole of Iceland was standardised at 1 hour
       
  1466 # behind GMT. Previously, local mean solar time was used in different parts
       
  1467 # of Iceland, the almanak had been based on Reykjavik mean solar time which
       
  1468 # was 1 hour and 28 minutes behind GMT.
       
  1469 #
       
  1470 # "first day of winter" referred to [below] means the first day of the 26 weeks
       
  1471 # of winter, according to the old icelandic calendar that dates back to the
       
  1472 # time the norsemen first settled Iceland.  The first day of winter is always
       
  1473 # Saturday, but is not dependent on the Julian or Gregorian calendars.
       
  1474 #
       
  1475 # (1993-12-10):
       
  1476 # I have a reference from the Oxford Icelandic-English dictionary for the
       
  1477 # beginning of winter, which ties it to the ecclesiastical calendar (and thus
       
  1478 # to the julian/gregorian calendar) over the period in question.
       
  1479 #	the winter begins on the Saturday next before St. Luke's day
       
  1480 #	(old style), or on St. Luke's day, if a Saturday.
       
  1481 # St. Luke's day ought to be traceable from ecclesiastical sources. "old style"
       
  1482 # might be a reference to the Julian calendar as opposed to Gregorian, or it
       
  1483 # might mean something else (???).
       
  1484 #
       
  1485 # From Paul Eggert (2014-11-22):
       
  1486 # The information below is taken from the 1988 Almanak; see
       
  1487 # http://www.almanak.hi.is/klukkan.html
       
  1488 #
       
  1489 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
       
  1490 Rule	Iceland	1917	1919	-	Feb	19	23:00	1:00	S
       
  1491 Rule	Iceland	1917	only	-	Oct	21	 1:00	0	-
       
  1492 Rule	Iceland	1918	1919	-	Nov	16	 1:00	0	-
       
  1493 Rule	Iceland	1921	only	-	Mar	19	23:00	1:00	S
       
  1494 Rule	Iceland	1921	only	-	Jun	23	 1:00	0	-
       
  1495 Rule	Iceland	1939	only	-	Apr	29	23:00	1:00	S
       
  1496 Rule	Iceland	1939	only	-	Oct	29	 2:00	0	-
       
  1497 Rule	Iceland	1940	only	-	Feb	25	 2:00	1:00	S
       
  1498 Rule	Iceland	1940	1941	-	Nov	Sun>=2	 1:00s	0	-
       
  1499 Rule	Iceland	1941	1942	-	Mar	Sun>=2	 1:00s	1:00	S
       
  1500 # 1943-1946 - first Sunday in March until first Sunday in winter
       
  1501 Rule	Iceland	1943	1946	-	Mar	Sun>=1	 1:00s	1:00	S
       
  1502 Rule	Iceland	1942	1948	-	Oct	Sun>=22	 1:00s	0	-
       
  1503 # 1947-1967 - first Sunday in April until first Sunday in winter
       
  1504 Rule	Iceland	1947	1967	-	Apr	Sun>=1	 1:00s	1:00	S
       
  1505 # 1949 and 1967 Oct transitions delayed by 1 week
       
  1506 Rule	Iceland	1949	only	-	Oct	30	 1:00s	0	-
       
  1507 Rule	Iceland	1950	1966	-	Oct	Sun>=22	 1:00s	0	-
       
  1508 Rule	Iceland	1967	only	-	Oct	29	 1:00s	0	-
       
  1509 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
       
  1510 Zone Atlantic/Reykjavik	-1:28	-	LMT	1908
       
  1511 			-1:00	Iceland	-01/+00	1968 Apr  7  1:00s
       
  1512 			 0:00	-	GMT
       
  1513 
       
  1514 # Italy
       
  1515 #
       
  1516 # From Paul Eggert (2001-03-06):
       
  1517 # Sicily and Sardinia each had their own time zones from 1866 to 1893,
       
  1518 # called Palermo Time (+00:53:28) and Cagliari Time (+00:36:32).
       
  1519 # During World War II, German-controlled Italy used German time.
       
  1520 # But these events all occurred before the 1970 cutoff,
       
  1521 # so record only the time in Rome.
       
  1522 #
       
  1523 # From Michael Deckers (2016-10-24):
       
  1524 # http://www.ac-ilsestante.it/MERIDIANE/ora_legale quotes a law of 1893-08-10
       
  1525 # ... [translated as] "The preceding dispositions will enter into
       
  1526 # force at the instant at which, according to the time specified in
       
  1527 # the 1st article, the 1st of November 1893 will begin...."
       
  1528 #
       
  1529 # From Pierpaolo Bernardi (2016-10-20):
       
  1530 # The authoritative source for time in Italy is the national metrological
       
  1531 # institute, which has a summary page of historical DST data at
       
  1532 # http://www.inrim.it/res/tf/ora_legale_i.shtml
       
  1533 # (2016-10-24):
       
  1534 # http://www.renzobaldini.it/le-ore-legali-in-italia/
       
  1535 # has still different data for 1944.  It divides Italy in two, as
       
  1536 # there were effectively two governments at the time, north of Gothic
       
  1537 # Line German controlled territory, official government RSI, and south
       
  1538 # of the Gothic Line, controlled by allied armies.
       
  1539 #
       
  1540 # From Brian Inglis (2016-10-23):
       
  1541 # Viceregal LEGISLATIVE DECREE. 14 September 1944, no. 219.
       
  1542 # Restoration of Standard Time. (044U0219) (OJ 62 of 30.9.1944) ...
       
  1543 # Given the R. law decreed on 1944-03-29, no. 92, by which standard time is
       
  1544 # advanced to sixty minutes later starting at hour two on 1944-04-02; ...
       
  1545 # Starting at hour three on the date 1944-09-17 standard time will be resumed.
       
  1546 #
       
  1547 # From Paul Eggert (2016-10-27):
       
  1548 # Go with INRiM for DST rules, except as corrected by Inglis for 1944
       
  1549 # for the Kingdom of Italy.  This is consistent with Renzo Baldini.
       
  1550 # Model Rome's occupation by using using C-Eur rules from 1943-09-10
       
  1551 # to 1944-06-04; although Rome was an open city during this period, it
       
  1552 # was effectively controlled by Germany.
       
  1553 #
       
  1554 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
       
  1555 Rule	Italy	1916	only	-	Jun	 3	24:00	1:00	S
       
  1556 Rule	Italy	1916	1917	-	Sep	30	24:00	0	-
       
  1557 Rule	Italy	1917	only	-	Mar	31	24:00	1:00	S
       
  1558 Rule	Italy	1918	only	-	Mar	 9	24:00	1:00	S
       
  1559 Rule	Italy	1918	only	-	Oct	 6	24:00	0	-
       
  1560 Rule	Italy	1919	only	-	Mar	 1	24:00	1:00	S
       
  1561 Rule	Italy	1919	only	-	Oct	 4	24:00	0	-
       
  1562 Rule	Italy	1920	only	-	Mar	20	24:00	1:00	S
       
  1563 Rule	Italy	1920	only	-	Sep	18	24:00	0	-
       
  1564 Rule	Italy	1940	only	-	Jun	14	24:00	1:00	S
       
  1565 Rule	Italy	1942	only	-	Nov	 2	 2:00s	0	-
       
  1566 Rule	Italy	1943	only	-	Mar	29	 2:00s	1:00	S
       
  1567 Rule	Italy	1943	only	-	Oct	 4	 2:00s	0	-
       
  1568 Rule	Italy	1944	only	-	Apr	 2	 2:00s	1:00	S
       
  1569 Rule	Italy	1944	only	-	Sep	17	 2:00s	0	-
       
  1570 Rule	Italy	1945	only	-	Apr	 2	 2:00	1:00	S
       
  1571 Rule	Italy	1945	only	-	Sep	15	 1:00	0	-
       
  1572 Rule	Italy	1946	only	-	Mar	17	 2:00s	1:00	S
       
  1573 Rule	Italy	1946	only	-	Oct	 6	 2:00s	0	-
       
  1574 Rule	Italy	1947	only	-	Mar	16	 0:00s	1:00	S
       
  1575 Rule	Italy	1947	only	-	Oct	 5	 0:00s	0	-
       
  1576 Rule	Italy	1948	only	-	Feb	29	 2:00s	1:00	S
       
  1577 Rule	Italy	1948	only	-	Oct	 3	 2:00s	0	-
       
  1578 Rule	Italy	1966	1968	-	May	Sun>=22	 0:00s	1:00	S
       
  1579 Rule	Italy	1966	only	-	Sep	24	24:00	0	-
       
  1580 Rule	Italy	1967	1969	-	Sep	Sun>=22	 0:00s	0	-
       
  1581 Rule	Italy	1969	only	-	Jun	 1	 0:00s	1:00	S
       
  1582 Rule	Italy	1970	only	-	May	31	 0:00s	1:00	S
       
  1583 Rule	Italy	1970	only	-	Sep	lastSun	 0:00s	0	-
       
  1584 Rule	Italy	1971	1972	-	May	Sun>=22	 0:00s	1:00	S
       
  1585 Rule	Italy	1971	only	-	Sep	lastSun	 0:00s	0	-
       
  1586 Rule	Italy	1972	only	-	Oct	 1	 0:00s	0	-
       
  1587 Rule	Italy	1973	only	-	Jun	 3	 0:00s	1:00	S
       
  1588 Rule	Italy	1973	1974	-	Sep	lastSun	 0:00s	0	-
       
  1589 Rule	Italy	1974	only	-	May	26	 0:00s	1:00	S
       
  1590 Rule	Italy	1975	only	-	Jun	 1	 0:00s	1:00	S
       
  1591 Rule	Italy	1975	1977	-	Sep	lastSun	 0:00s	0	-
       
  1592 Rule	Italy	1976	only	-	May	30	 0:00s	1:00	S
       
  1593 Rule	Italy	1977	1979	-	May	Sun>=22	 0:00s	1:00	S
       
  1594 Rule	Italy	1978	only	-	Oct	 1	 0:00s	0	-
       
  1595 Rule	Italy	1979	only	-	Sep	30	 0:00s	0	-
       
  1596 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
       
  1597 Zone	Europe/Rome	0:49:56 -	LMT	1866 Sep 22
       
  1598 			0:49:56	-	RMT	1893 Oct 31 23:49:56 # Rome Mean
       
  1599 			1:00	Italy	CE%sT	1943 Sep 10
       
  1600 			1:00	C-Eur	CE%sT	1944 Jun  4
       
  1601 			1:00	Italy	CE%sT	1980
       
  1602 			1:00	EU	CE%sT
       
  1603 
       
  1604 Link	Europe/Rome	Europe/Vatican
       
  1605 Link	Europe/Rome	Europe/San_Marino
       
  1606 
       
  1607 # Latvia
       
  1608 
       
  1609 # From Liene Kanepe (1998-09-17):
       
  1610 
       
  1611 # I asked about this matter Scientific Secretary of the Institute of Astronomy
       
  1612 # of The University of Latvia Dr. paed Mr. Ilgonis Vilks. I also searched the
       
  1613 # correct data in juridical acts and I found some juridical documents about
       
  1614 # changes in the counting of time in Latvia from 1981....
       
  1615 #
       
  1616 # Act No. 35 of the Council of Ministers of Latvian SSR of 1981-01-22 ...
       
  1617 # according to the Act No. 925 of the Council of Ministers of USSR of 1980-10-24
       
  1618 # ...: all year round the time of 2nd time zone + 1 hour, in addition turning
       
  1619 # the hands of the clock 1 hour forward on 1 April at 00:00 (GMT 31 March 21:00)
       
  1620 # and 1 hour backward on the 1 October at 00:00 (GMT 30 September 20:00).
       
  1621 #
       
  1622 # Act No. 592 of the Council of Ministers of Latvian SSR of 1984-09-24 ...
       
  1623 # according to the Act No. 967 of the Council of Ministers of USSR of 1984-09-13
       
  1624 # ...: all year round the time of 2nd time zone + 1 hour, in addition turning
       
  1625 # the hands of the clock 1 hour forward on the last Sunday of March at 02:00
       
  1626 # (GMT 23:00 on the previous day) and 1 hour backward on the last Sunday of
       
  1627 # September at 03:00 (GMT 23:00 on the previous day).
       
  1628 #
       
  1629 # Act No. 81 of the Council of Ministers of Latvian SSR of 1989-03-22 ...
       
  1630 # according to the Act No. 227 of the Council of Ministers of USSR of 1989-03-14
       
  1631 # ...: since the last Sunday of March 1989 in Lithuanian SSR, Latvian SSR,
       
  1632 # Estonian SSR and Kaliningrad region of Russian Federation all year round the
       
  1633 # time of 2nd time zone (Moscow time minus one hour). On the territory of Latvia
       
  1634 # transition to summer time is performed on the last Sunday of March at 02:00
       
  1635 # (GMT 00:00), turning the hands of the clock 1 hour forward.  The end of
       
  1636 # daylight saving time is performed on the last Sunday of September at 03:00
       
  1637 # (GMT 00:00), turning the hands of the clock 1 hour backward. Exception is
       
  1638 # 1989-03-26, when we must not turn the hands of the clock....
       
  1639 #
       
  1640 # The Regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Latvia of
       
  1641 # 1997-01-21 on transition to Summer time ... established the same order of
       
  1642 # daylight savings time settings as in the States of the European Union.
       
  1643 
       
  1644 # From Andrei Ivanov (2000-03-06):
       
  1645 # This year Latvia will not switch to Daylight Savings Time (as specified in
       
  1646 # The Regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Rep. of Latvia of
       
  1647 # 29-Feb-2000 (No. 79) <http://www.lv-laiks.lv/wwwraksti/2000/071072/vd4.htm>,
       
  1648 # in Latvian for subscribers only).
       
  1649 
       
  1650 # From RFE/RL Newsline
       
  1651 # http://www.rferl.org/newsline/2001/01/3-CEE/cee-030101.html
       
  1652 # (2001-01-03), noted after a heads-up by Rives McDow:
       
  1653 # The Latvian government on 2 January decided that the country will
       
  1654 # institute daylight-saving time this spring, LETA reported.
       
  1655 # Last February the three Baltic states decided not to turn back their
       
  1656 # clocks one hour in the spring....
       
  1657 # Minister of Economy Aigars Kalvītis noted that Latvia had too few
       
  1658 # daylight hours and thus decided to comply with a draft European
       
  1659 # Commission directive that provides for instituting daylight-saving
       
  1660 # time in EU countries between 2002 and 2006. The Latvian government
       
  1661 # urged Lithuania and Estonia to adopt a similar time policy, but it
       
  1662 # appears that they will not do so....
       
  1663 
       
  1664 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
       
  1665 Rule	Latvia	1989	1996	-	Mar	lastSun	 2:00s	1:00	S
       
  1666 Rule	Latvia	1989	1996	-	Sep	lastSun	 2:00s	0	-
       
  1667 
       
  1668 # Milne 1899 says Riga was 1:36:28 (Polytechnique House time).
       
  1669 # Byalokoz 1919 says Latvia was 1:36:34.
       
  1670 # Go with Byalokoz.
       
  1671 
       
  1672 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
       
  1673 Zone	Europe/Riga	1:36:34	-	LMT	1880
       
  1674 			1:36:34	-	RMT	1918 Apr 15  2:00 # Riga MT
       
  1675 			1:36:34	1:00	LST	1918 Sep 16  3:00 # Latvian ST
       
  1676 			1:36:34	-	RMT	1919 Apr  1  2:00
       
  1677 			1:36:34	1:00	LST	1919 May 22  3:00
       
  1678 			1:36:34	-	RMT	1926 May 11
       
  1679 			2:00	-	EET	1940 Aug  5
       
  1680 			3:00	-	MSK	1941 Jul
       
  1681 			1:00	C-Eur	CE%sT	1944 Oct 13
       
  1682 			3:00	Russia	MSK/MSD	1989 Mar lastSun  2:00s
       
  1683 			2:00	1:00	EEST	1989 Sep lastSun  2:00s
       
  1684 			2:00	Latvia	EE%sT	1997 Jan 21
       
  1685 			2:00	EU	EE%sT	2000 Feb 29
       
  1686 			2:00	-	EET	2001 Jan  2
       
  1687 			2:00	EU	EE%sT
       
  1688 
       
  1689 # Liechtenstein
       
  1690 
       
  1691 # From Paul Eggert (2013-09-09):
       
  1692 # Shanks & Pottenger say Vaduz is like Zurich.
       
  1693 
       
  1694 # From Alois Treindl (2013-09-18):
       
  1695 # http://www.eliechtensteinensia.li/LIJ/1978/1938-1978/1941.pdf
       
  1696 # ... confirms on p. 6 that Liechtenstein followed Switzerland in 1941 and 1942.
       
  1697 # I ... translate only the last two paragraphs:
       
  1698 #    ... during second world war, in the years 1941 and 1942, Liechtenstein
       
  1699 #    introduced daylight saving time, adapting to Switzerland.  From 1943 on
       
  1700 #    central European time was in force throughout the year.
       
  1701 #    From a report of the duke's government to the high council,
       
  1702 #    regarding the introduction of a time law, of 31 May 1977.
       
  1703 
       
  1704 Link Europe/Zurich Europe/Vaduz
       
  1705 
       
  1706 
       
  1707 # Lithuania
       
  1708 
       
  1709 # From Paul Eggert (2016-03-18):
       
  1710 # The 1989 transition is from USSR act No. 227 (1989-03-14).
       
  1711 
       
  1712 # From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22):
       
  1713 # IATA SSIM (1992/1996) says Lithuania uses W-Eur rules, but since it is
       
  1714 # known to be wrong about Estonia and Latvia, assume it's wrong here too.
       
  1715 
       
  1716 # From Marius Gedminas (1998-08-07):
       
  1717 # I would like to inform that in this year Lithuanian time zone
       
  1718 # (Europe/Vilnius) was changed.
       
  1719 
       
  1720 # From ELTA No. 972 (2582) (1999-09-29) <http://www.elta.lt/>,
       
  1721 # via Steffen Thorsen:
       
  1722 # Lithuania has shifted back to the second time zone (GMT plus two hours)
       
  1723 # to be valid here starting from October 31,
       
  1724 # as decided by the national government on Wednesday....
       
  1725 # The Lithuanian government also announced plans to consider a
       
  1726 # motion to give up shifting to summer time in spring, as it was
       
  1727 # already done by Estonia.
       
  1728 
       
  1729 # From the Fact File, Lithuanian State Department of Tourism
       
  1730 # <http://www.tourism.lt/informa/ff.htm> (2000-03-27):
       
  1731 # Local time is GMT+2 hours ..., no daylight saving.
       
  1732 
       
  1733 # From a user via Klaus Marten (2003-02-07):
       
  1734 # As a candidate for membership of the European Union, Lithuania will
       
  1735 # observe Summer Time in 2003, changing its clocks at the times laid
       
  1736 # down in EU Directive 2000/84 of 19.I.01 (i.e. at the same times as its
       
  1737 # neighbour Latvia). The text of the Lithuanian government Order of
       
  1738 # 7.XI.02 to this effect can be found at
       
  1739 # http://www.lrvk.lt/nut/11/n1749.htm
       
  1740 
       
  1741 
       
  1742 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
       
  1743 Zone	Europe/Vilnius	1:41:16	-	LMT	1880
       
  1744 			1:24:00	-	WMT	1917        # Warsaw Mean Time
       
  1745 			1:35:36	-	KMT	1919 Oct 10 # Kaunas Mean Time
       
  1746 			1:00	-	CET	1920 Jul 12
       
  1747 			2:00	-	EET	1920 Oct  9
       
  1748 			1:00	-	CET	1940 Aug  3
       
  1749 			3:00	-	MSK	1941 Jun 24
       
  1750 			1:00	C-Eur	CE%sT	1944 Aug
       
  1751 			3:00	Russia	MSK/MSD	1989 Mar 26  2:00s
       
  1752 			2:00	Russia	EE%sT	1991 Sep 29  2:00s
       
  1753 			2:00	C-Eur	EE%sT	1998
       
  1754 			2:00	-	EET	1998 Mar 29  1:00u
       
  1755 			1:00	EU	CE%sT	1999 Oct 31  1:00u
       
  1756 			2:00	-	EET	2003 Jan  1
       
  1757 			2:00	EU	EE%sT
       
  1758 
       
  1759 # Luxembourg
       
  1760 # Whitman disagrees with most of these dates in minor ways;
       
  1761 # go with Shanks & Pottenger.
       
  1762 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
       
  1763 Rule	Lux	1916	only	-	May	14	23:00	1:00	S
       
  1764 Rule	Lux	1916	only	-	Oct	 1	 1:00	0	-
       
  1765 Rule	Lux	1917	only	-	Apr	28	23:00	1:00	S
       
  1766 Rule	Lux	1917	only	-	Sep	17	 1:00	0	-
       
  1767 Rule	Lux	1918	only	-	Apr	Mon>=15	 2:00s	1:00	S
       
  1768 Rule	Lux	1918	only	-	Sep	Mon>=15	 2:00s	0	-
       
  1769 Rule	Lux	1919	only	-	Mar	 1	23:00	1:00	S
       
  1770 Rule	Lux	1919	only	-	Oct	 5	 3:00	0	-
       
  1771 Rule	Lux	1920	only	-	Feb	14	23:00	1:00	S
       
  1772 Rule	Lux	1920	only	-	Oct	24	 2:00	0	-
       
  1773 Rule	Lux	1921	only	-	Mar	14	23:00	1:00	S
       
  1774 Rule	Lux	1921	only	-	Oct	26	 2:00	0	-
       
  1775 Rule	Lux	1922	only	-	Mar	25	23:00	1:00	S
       
  1776 Rule	Lux	1922	only	-	Oct	Sun>=2	 1:00	0	-
       
  1777 Rule	Lux	1923	only	-	Apr	21	23:00	1:00	S
       
  1778 Rule	Lux	1923	only	-	Oct	Sun>=2	 2:00	0	-
       
  1779 Rule	Lux	1924	only	-	Mar	29	23:00	1:00	S
       
  1780 Rule	Lux	1924	1928	-	Oct	Sun>=2	 1:00	0	-
       
  1781 Rule	Lux	1925	only	-	Apr	 5	23:00	1:00	S
       
  1782 Rule	Lux	1926	only	-	Apr	17	23:00	1:00	S
       
  1783 Rule	Lux	1927	only	-	Apr	 9	23:00	1:00	S
       
  1784 Rule	Lux	1928	only	-	Apr	14	23:00	1:00	S
       
  1785 Rule	Lux	1929	only	-	Apr	20	23:00	1:00	S
       
  1786 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
       
  1787 Zone Europe/Luxembourg	0:24:36 -	LMT	1904 Jun
       
  1788 			1:00	Lux	CE%sT	1918 Nov 25
       
  1789 			0:00	Lux	WE%sT	1929 Oct  6  2:00s
       
  1790 			0:00	Belgium	WE%sT	1940 May 14  3:00
       
  1791 			1:00	C-Eur	WE%sT	1944 Sep 18  3:00
       
  1792 			1:00	Belgium	CE%sT	1977
       
  1793 			1:00	EU	CE%sT
       
  1794 
       
  1795 # Macedonia
       
  1796 # See Europe/Belgrade.
       
  1797 
       
  1798 # Malta
       
  1799 #
       
  1800 # From Paul Eggert (2016-10-21):
       
  1801 # Assume 1900-1972 was like Rome, overriding Shanks.
       
  1802 #
       
  1803 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
       
  1804 Rule	Malta	1973	only	-	Mar	31	0:00s	1:00	S
       
  1805 Rule	Malta	1973	only	-	Sep	29	0:00s	0	-
       
  1806 Rule	Malta	1974	only	-	Apr	21	0:00s	1:00	S
       
  1807 Rule	Malta	1974	only	-	Sep	16	0:00s	0	-
       
  1808 Rule	Malta	1975	1979	-	Apr	Sun>=15	2:00	1:00	S
       
  1809 Rule	Malta	1975	1980	-	Sep	Sun>=15	2:00	0	-
       
  1810 Rule	Malta	1980	only	-	Mar	31	2:00	1:00	S
       
  1811 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
       
  1812 Zone	Europe/Malta	0:58:04 -	LMT	1893 Nov  2  0:00s # Valletta
       
  1813 			1:00	Italy	CE%sT	1973 Mar 31
       
  1814 			1:00	Malta	CE%sT	1981
       
  1815 			1:00	EU	CE%sT
       
  1816 
       
  1817 # Moldova
       
  1818 
       
  1819 # From Stepan Golosunov (2016-03-07):
       
  1820 # the act of the government of the Republic of Moldova Nr. 132 from 1990-05-04
       
  1821 # http://lex.justice.md/viewdoc.php?action=view&view=doc&id=298782&lang=2
       
  1822 # ... says that since 1990-05-06 on the territory of the Moldavian SSR
       
  1823 # time would be calculated as the standard time of the second time belt
       
  1824 # plus one hour of the "summer" time. To implement that clocks would be
       
  1825 # adjusted one hour backwards at 1990-05-06 2:00. After that "summer"
       
  1826 # time would be cancelled last Sunday of September at 3:00 and
       
  1827 # reintroduced last Sunday of March at 2:00.
       
  1828 
       
  1829 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
       
  1830 # A previous version of this database followed Shanks & Pottenger, who write
       
  1831 # that Tiraspol switched to Moscow time on 1992-01-19 at 02:00.
       
  1832 # However, this is most likely an error, as Moldova declared independence
       
  1833 # on 1991-08-27 (the 1992-01-19 date is that of a Russian decree).
       
  1834 # In early 1992 there was large-scale interethnic violence in the area
       
  1835 # and it's possible that some Russophones continued to observe Moscow time.
       
  1836 # But [two people] separately reported via
       
  1837 # Jesper Nørgaard that as of 2001-01-24 Tiraspol was like Chisinau.
       
  1838 # The Tiraspol entry has therefore been removed for now.
       
  1839 #
       
  1840 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-10-17):
       
  1841 # Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR, also known as
       
  1842 # "Pridnestrovie") has abolished seasonal clock change (no transition
       
  1843 # to the Winter Time).
       
  1844 #
       
  1845 # News (in Russian):
       
  1846 # http://www.kyivpost.ua/russia/news/pridnestrove-otkazalos-ot-perehoda-na-zimnee-vremya-30954.html
       
  1847 # http://www.allmoldova.com/moldova-news/1249064116.html
       
  1848 #
       
  1849 # The substance of this change (reinstatement of the Tiraspol entry)
       
  1850 # is from a patch from Petr Machata (2011-10-17)
       
  1851 #
       
  1852 # From Tim Parenti (2011-10-19)
       
  1853 # In addition, being situated at +4651+2938 would give Tiraspol
       
  1854 # a pre-1880 LMT offset of 1:58:32.
       
  1855 #
       
  1856 # (which agrees with the earlier entry that had been removed)
       
  1857 #
       
  1858 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-10-26)
       
  1859 # NO need to divide Moldova into two timezones at this point.
       
  1860 # As of today, Transnistria (Pridnestrovie)- Tiraspol reversed its own
       
  1861 # decision to abolish DST this winter.
       
  1862 # Following Moldova and neighboring Ukraine- Transnistria (Pridnestrovie)-
       
  1863 # Tiraspol will go back to winter time on October 30, 2011.
       
  1864 # News from Moldova (in russian):
       
  1865 # http://ru.publika.md/link_317061.html
       
  1866 
       
  1867 # From Roman Tudos (2015-07-02):
       
  1868 # http://lex.justice.md/index.php?action=view&view=doc&lang=1&id=355077
       
  1869 # From Paul Eggert (2015-07-01):
       
  1870 # The abovementioned official link to IGO1445-868/2014 states that
       
  1871 # 2014-10-26's fallback transition occurred at 03:00 local time.  Also,
       
  1872 # http://www.trm.md/en/social/la-30-martie-vom-trece-la-ora-de-vara
       
  1873 # says the 2014-03-30 spring-forward transition was at 02:00 local time.
       
  1874 # Guess that since 1997 Moldova has switched one hour before the EU.
       
  1875 
       
  1876 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
       
  1877 Rule	Moldova	1997	max	-	Mar	lastSun	 2:00	1:00	S
       
  1878 Rule	Moldova	1997	max	-	Oct	lastSun	 3:00	0	-
       
  1879 
       
  1880 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
       
  1881 Zone	Europe/Chisinau	1:55:20 -	LMT	1880
       
  1882 			1:55	-	CMT	1918 Feb 15 # Chisinau MT
       
  1883 			1:44:24	-	BMT	1931 Jul 24 # Bucharest MT
       
  1884 			2:00	Romania	EE%sT	1940 Aug 15
       
  1885 			2:00	1:00	EEST	1941 Jul 17
       
  1886 			1:00	C-Eur	CE%sT	1944 Aug 24
       
  1887 			3:00	Russia	MSK/MSD	1990 May  6  2:00
       
  1888 			2:00	Russia	EE%sT	1992
       
  1889 			2:00	E-Eur	EE%sT	1997
       
  1890 # See Romania commentary for the guessed 1997 transition to EU rules.
       
  1891 			2:00	Moldova	EE%sT
       
  1892 
       
  1893 # Monaco
       
  1894 # Shanks & Pottenger give 0:09:20 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's
       
  1895 # more precise 0:09:21.
       
  1896 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
       
  1897 Zone	Europe/Monaco	0:29:32 -	LMT	1891 Mar 15
       
  1898 			0:09:21	-	PMT	1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time
       
  1899 			0:00	France	WE%sT	1945 Sep 16  3:00
       
  1900 			1:00	France	CE%sT	1977
       
  1901 			1:00	EU	CE%sT
       
  1902 
       
  1903 # Montenegro
       
  1904 # See Europe/Belgrade.
       
  1905 
       
  1906 # Netherlands
       
  1907 
       
  1908 # Howse writes that the Netherlands' railways used GMT between 1892 and 1940,
       
  1909 # but for other purposes the Netherlands used Amsterdam mean time.
       
  1910 
       
  1911 # However, Robert H. van Gent writes (2001-04-01):
       
  1912 # Howse's statement is only correct up to 1909. From 1909-05-01 (00:00:00
       
  1913 # Amsterdam mean time) onwards, the whole of the Netherlands (including
       
  1914 # the Dutch railways) was required by law to observe Amsterdam mean time
       
  1915 # (19 minutes 32.13 seconds ahead of GMT). This had already been the
       
  1916 # common practice (except for the railways) for many decades but it was
       
  1917 # not until 1909 when the Dutch government finally defined this by law.
       
  1918 # On 1937-07-01 this was changed to 20 minutes (exactly) ahead of GMT and
       
  1919 # was generally known as Dutch Time ("Nederlandse Tijd").
       
  1920 #
       
  1921 # (2001-04-08):
       
  1922 # 1892-05-01 was the date when the Dutch railways were by law required to
       
  1923 # observe GMT while the remainder of the Netherlands adhered to the common
       
  1924 # practice of following Amsterdam mean time.
       
  1925 #
       
  1926 # (2001-04-09):
       
  1927 # In 1835 the authorities of the province of North Holland requested the
       
  1928 # municipal authorities of the towns and cities in the province to observe
       
  1929 # Amsterdam mean time but I do not know in how many cases this request was
       
  1930 # actually followed.
       
  1931 #
       
  1932 # From 1852 onwards the Dutch telegraph offices were by law required to
       
  1933 # observe Amsterdam mean time. As the time signals from the observatory of
       
  1934 # Leiden were also distributed by the telegraph system, I assume that most
       
  1935 # places linked up with the telegraph (and railway) system automatically
       
  1936 # adopted Amsterdam mean time.
       
  1937 #
       
  1938 # Although the early Dutch railway companies initially observed a variety
       
  1939 # of times, most of them had adopted Amsterdam mean time by 1858 but it
       
  1940 # was not until 1866 when they were all required by law to observe
       
  1941 # Amsterdam mean time.
       
  1942 
       
  1943 # The data entries before 1945 are taken from
       
  1944 # http://www.staff.science.uu.nl/~gent0113/wettijd/wettijd.htm
       
  1945 
       
  1946 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
       
  1947 Rule	Neth	1916	only	-	May	 1	0:00	1:00	NST	# Netherlands Summer Time
       
  1948 Rule	Neth	1916	only	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	AMT	# Amsterdam Mean Time
       
  1949 Rule	Neth	1917	only	-	Apr	16	2:00s	1:00	NST
       
  1950 Rule	Neth	1917	only	-	Sep	17	2:00s	0	AMT
       
  1951 Rule	Neth	1918	1921	-	Apr	Mon>=1	2:00s	1:00	NST
       
  1952 Rule	Neth	1918	1921	-	Sep	lastMon	2:00s	0	AMT
       
  1953 Rule	Neth	1922	only	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	NST
       
  1954 Rule	Neth	1922	1936	-	Oct	Sun>=2	2:00s	0	AMT
       
  1955 Rule	Neth	1923	only	-	Jun	Fri>=1	2:00s	1:00	NST
       
  1956 Rule	Neth	1924	only	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	NST
       
  1957 Rule	Neth	1925	only	-	Jun	Fri>=1	2:00s	1:00	NST
       
  1958 # From 1926 through 1939 DST began 05-15, except that it was delayed by a week
       
  1959 # in years when 05-15 fell in the Pentecost weekend.
       
  1960 Rule	Neth	1926	1931	-	May	15	2:00s	1:00	NST
       
  1961 Rule	Neth	1932	only	-	May	22	2:00s	1:00	NST
       
  1962 Rule	Neth	1933	1936	-	May	15	2:00s	1:00	NST
       
  1963 Rule	Neth	1937	only	-	May	22	2:00s	1:00	NST
       
  1964 Rule	Neth	1937	only	-	Jul	 1	0:00	1:00	S
       
  1965 Rule	Neth	1937	1939	-	Oct	Sun>=2	2:00s	0	-
       
  1966 Rule	Neth	1938	1939	-	May	15	2:00s	1:00	S
       
  1967 Rule	Neth	1945	only	-	Apr	 2	2:00s	1:00	S
       
  1968 Rule	Neth	1945	only	-	Sep	16	2:00s	0	-
       
  1969 #
       
  1970 # Amsterdam Mean Time was +00:19:32.13 exactly, but the .13 is omitted
       
  1971 # below because the current format requires GMTOFF to be an integer.
       
  1972 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
       
  1973 Zone Europe/Amsterdam	0:19:32 -	LMT	1835
       
  1974 			0:19:32	Neth	%s	1937 Jul  1
       
  1975 			0:20	Neth +0020/+0120 1940 May 16  0:00
       
  1976 			1:00	C-Eur	CE%sT	1945 Apr  2  2:00
       
  1977 			1:00	Neth	CE%sT	1977
       
  1978 			1:00	EU	CE%sT
       
  1979 
       
  1980 # Norway
       
  1981 # http://met.no/met/met_lex/q_u/sommertid.html (2004-01) agrees with Shanks &
       
  1982 # Pottenger.
       
  1983 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
       
  1984 Rule	Norway	1916	only	-	May	22	1:00	1:00	S
       
  1985 Rule	Norway	1916	only	-	Sep	30	0:00	0	-
       
  1986 Rule	Norway	1945	only	-	Apr	 2	2:00s	1:00	S
       
  1987 Rule	Norway	1945	only	-	Oct	 1	2:00s	0	-
       
  1988 Rule	Norway	1959	1964	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00s	1:00	S
       
  1989 Rule	Norway	1959	1965	-	Sep	Sun>=15	2:00s	0	-
       
  1990 Rule	Norway	1965	only	-	Apr	25	2:00s	1:00	S
       
  1991 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
       
  1992 Zone	Europe/Oslo	0:43:00 -	LMT	1895 Jan  1
       
  1993 			1:00	Norway	CE%sT	1940 Aug 10 23:00
       
  1994 			1:00	C-Eur	CE%sT	1945 Apr  2  2:00
       
  1995 			1:00	Norway	CE%sT	1980
       
  1996 			1:00	EU	CE%sT
       
  1997 
       
  1998 # Svalbard & Jan Mayen
       
  1999 
       
  2000 # From Steffen Thorsen (2001-05-01):
       
  2001 # Although I could not find it explicitly, it seems that Jan Mayen and
       
  2002 # Svalbard have been using the same time as Norway at least since the
       
  2003 # time they were declared as parts of Norway.  Svalbard was declared
       
  2004 # as a part of Norway by law of 1925-07-17 no 11, section 4 and Jan
       
  2005 # Mayen by law of 1930-02-27 no 2, section 2. (From
       
  2006 # <http://www.lovdata.no/all/nl-19250717-011.html> and
       
  2007 # <http://www.lovdata.no/all/nl-19300227-002.html>).  The law/regulation
       
  2008 # for normal/standard time in Norway is from 1894-06-29 no 1 (came
       
  2009 # into operation on 1895-01-01) and Svalbard/Jan Mayen seem to be a
       
  2010 # part of this law since 1925/1930. (From
       
  2011 # <http://www.lovdata.no/all/nl-18940629-001.html>) I have not been
       
  2012 # able to find if Jan Mayen used a different time zone (e.g. -0100)
       
  2013 # before 1930. Jan Mayen has only been "inhabited" since 1921 by
       
  2014 # Norwegian meteorologists and maybe used the same time as Norway ever
       
  2015 # since 1921.  Svalbard (Arctic/Longyearbyen) has been inhabited since
       
  2016 # before 1895, and therefore probably changed the local time somewhere
       
  2017 # between 1895 and 1925 (inclusive).
       
  2018 
       
  2019 # From Paul Eggert (2013-09-04):
       
  2020 #
       
  2021 # Actually, Jan Mayen was never occupied by Germany during World War II,
       
  2022 # so it must have diverged from Oslo time during the war, as Oslo was
       
  2023 # keeping Berlin time.
       
  2024 #
       
  2025 # <http://home.no.net/janmayen/history.htm> says that the meteorologists
       
  2026 # burned down their station in 1940 and left the island, but returned in
       
  2027 # 1941 with a small Norwegian garrison and continued operations despite
       
  2028 # frequent air attacks from Germans.  In 1943 the Americans established a
       
  2029 # radiolocating station on the island, called "Atlantic City".  Possibly
       
  2030 # the UT offset changed during the war, but I think it unlikely that
       
  2031 # Jan Mayen used German daylight-saving rules.
       
  2032 #
       
  2033 # Svalbard is more complicated, as it was raided in August 1941 by an
       
  2034 # Allied party that evacuated the civilian population to England (says
       
  2035 # <http://www.bartleby.com/65/sv/Svalbard.html>).  The Svalbard FAQ
       
  2036 # <http://www.svalbard.com/SvalbardFAQ.html> says that the Germans were
       
  2037 # expelled on 1942-05-14.  However, small parties of Germans did return,
       
  2038 # and according to Wilhelm Dege's book "War North of 80" (1954)
       
  2039 # http://www.ucalgary.ca/UofC/departments/UP/1-55238/1-55238-110-2.html
       
  2040 # the German armed forces at the Svalbard weather station code-named
       
  2041 # Haudegen did not surrender to the Allies until September 1945.
       
  2042 #
       
  2043 # All these events predate our cutoff date of 1970, so use Europe/Oslo
       
  2044 # for these regions.
       
  2045 Link	Europe/Oslo	Arctic/Longyearbyen
       
  2046 
       
  2047 # Poland
       
  2048 
       
  2049 # The 1919 dates and times can be found in Tygodnik Urzędowy nr 1 (1919-03-20),
       
  2050 # <http://www.wbc.poznan.pl/publication/32156> pp 1-2.
       
  2051 
       
  2052 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
       
  2053 Rule	Poland	1918	1919	-	Sep	16	2:00s	0	-
       
  2054 Rule	Poland	1919	only	-	Apr	15	2:00s	1:00	S
       
  2055 Rule	Poland	1944	only	-	Apr	 3	2:00s	1:00	S
       
  2056 # Whitman gives 1944 Nov 30; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
       
  2057 Rule	Poland	1944	only	-	Oct	 4	2:00	0	-
       
  2058 # For 1944-1948 Whitman gives the previous day; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
       
  2059 Rule	Poland	1945	only	-	Apr	29	0:00	1:00	S
       
  2060 Rule	Poland	1945	only	-	Nov	 1	0:00	0	-
       
  2061 # For 1946 on the source is Kazimierz Borkowski,
       
  2062 # Toruń Center for Astronomy, Dept. of Radio Astronomy, Nicolaus Copernicus U.,
       
  2063 # http://www.astro.uni.torun.pl/~kb/Artykuly/U-PA/Czas2.htm#tth_tAb1
       
  2064 # Thanks to Przemysław Augustyniak (2005-05-28) for this reference.
       
  2065 # He also gives these further references:
       
  2066 # Mon Pol nr 13, poz 162 (1995) <http://www.abc.com.pl/serwis/mp/1995/0162.htm>
       
  2067 # Druk nr 2180 (2003) <http://www.senat.gov.pl/k5/dok/sejm/053/2180.pdf>
       
  2068 Rule	Poland	1946	only	-	Apr	14	0:00s	1:00	S
       
  2069 Rule	Poland	1946	only	-	Oct	 7	2:00s	0	-
       
  2070 Rule	Poland	1947	only	-	May	 4	2:00s	1:00	S
       
  2071 Rule	Poland	1947	1949	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
       
  2072 Rule	Poland	1948	only	-	Apr	18	2:00s	1:00	S
       
  2073 Rule	Poland	1949	only	-	Apr	10	2:00s	1:00	S
       
  2074 Rule	Poland	1957	only	-	Jun	 2	1:00s	1:00	S
       
  2075 Rule	Poland	1957	1958	-	Sep	lastSun	1:00s	0	-
       
  2076 Rule	Poland	1958	only	-	Mar	30	1:00s	1:00	S
       
  2077 Rule	Poland	1959	only	-	May	31	1:00s	1:00	S
       
  2078 Rule	Poland	1959	1961	-	Oct	Sun>=1	1:00s	0	-
       
  2079 Rule	Poland	1960	only	-	Apr	 3	1:00s	1:00	S
       
  2080 Rule	Poland	1961	1964	-	May	lastSun	1:00s	1:00	S
       
  2081 Rule	Poland	1962	1964	-	Sep	lastSun	1:00s	0	-
       
  2082 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
       
  2083 Zone	Europe/Warsaw	1:24:00 -	LMT	1880
       
  2084 			1:24:00	-	WMT	1915 Aug  5 # Warsaw Mean Time
       
  2085 			1:00	C-Eur	CE%sT	1918 Sep 16  3:00
       
  2086 			2:00	Poland	EE%sT	1922 Jun
       
  2087 			1:00	Poland	CE%sT	1940 Jun 23  2:00
       
  2088 			1:00	C-Eur	CE%sT	1944 Oct
       
  2089 			1:00	Poland	CE%sT	1977
       
  2090 			1:00	W-Eur	CE%sT	1988
       
  2091 			1:00	EU	CE%sT
       
  2092 
       
  2093 # Portugal
       
  2094 #
       
  2095 # From Paul Eggert (2014-08-11), after a heads-up from Stephen Colebourne:
       
  2096 # According to a Portuguese decree (1911-05-26)
       
  2097 # http://dre.pt/pdf1sdip/1911/05/12500/23132313.pdf
       
  2098 # Lisbon was at -0:36:44.68, but switched to GMT on 1912-01-01 at 00:00.
       
  2099 # Round the old offset to -0:36:45.  This agrees with Willett but disagrees
       
  2100 # with Shanks, who says the transition occurred on 1911-05-24 at 00:00 for
       
  2101 # Europe/Lisbon, Atlantic/Azores, and Atlantic/Madeira.
       
  2102 #
       
  2103 # From Rui Pedro Salgueiro (1992-11-12):
       
  2104 # Portugal has recently (September, 27) changed timezone
       
  2105 # (from WET to MET or CET) to harmonize with EEC.
       
  2106 #
       
  2107 # Martin Bruckmann (1996-02-29) reports via Peter Ilieve
       
  2108 # that Portugal is reverting to 0:00 by not moving its clocks this spring.
       
  2109 # The new Prime Minister was fed up with getting up in the dark in the winter.
       
  2110 #
       
  2111 # From Paul Eggert (1996-11-12):
       
  2112 # IATA SSIM (1991-09) reports several 1991-09 and 1992-09 transitions
       
  2113 # at 02:00u, not 01:00u.  Assume that these are typos.
       
  2114 # IATA SSIM (1991/1992) reports that the Azores were at -1:00.
       
  2115 # IATA SSIM (1993-02) says +0:00; later issues (through 1996-09) say -1:00.
       
  2116 # Guess that the Azores changed to EU rules in 1992 (since that's when Portugal
       
  2117 # harmonized with the EU), and that they stayed +0:00 that winter.
       
  2118 #
       
  2119 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
       
  2120 # DSH writes that despite Decree 1,469 (1915), the change to the clocks was not
       
  2121 # done every year, depending on what Spain did, because of railroad schedules.
       
  2122 # Go with Shanks & Pottenger.
       
  2123 Rule	Port	1916	only	-	Jun	17	23:00	1:00	S
       
  2124 # Whitman gives 1916 Oct 31; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
       
  2125 Rule	Port	1916	only	-	Nov	 1	 1:00	0	-
       
  2126 Rule	Port	1917	only	-	Feb	28	23:00s	1:00	S
       
  2127 Rule	Port	1917	1921	-	Oct	14	23:00s	0	-
       
  2128 Rule	Port	1918	only	-	Mar	 1	23:00s	1:00	S
       
  2129 Rule	Port	1919	only	-	Feb	28	23:00s	1:00	S
       
  2130 Rule	Port	1920	only	-	Feb	29	23:00s	1:00	S
       
  2131 Rule	Port	1921	only	-	Feb	28	23:00s	1:00	S
       
  2132 Rule	Port	1924	only	-	Apr	16	23:00s	1:00	S
       
  2133 Rule	Port	1924	only	-	Oct	14	23:00s	0	-
       
  2134 Rule	Port	1926	only	-	Apr	17	23:00s	1:00	S
       
  2135 Rule	Port	1926	1929	-	Oct	Sat>=1	23:00s	0	-
       
  2136 Rule	Port	1927	only	-	Apr	 9	23:00s	1:00	S
       
  2137 Rule	Port	1928	only	-	Apr	14	23:00s	1:00	S
       
  2138 Rule	Port	1929	only	-	Apr	20	23:00s	1:00	S
       
  2139 Rule	Port	1931	only	-	Apr	18	23:00s	1:00	S
       
  2140 # Whitman gives 1931 Oct 8; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
       
  2141 Rule	Port	1931	1932	-	Oct	Sat>=1	23:00s	0	-
       
  2142 Rule	Port	1932	only	-	Apr	 2	23:00s	1:00	S
       
  2143 Rule	Port	1934	only	-	Apr	 7	23:00s	1:00	S
       
  2144 # Whitman gives 1934 Oct 5; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
       
  2145 Rule	Port	1934	1938	-	Oct	Sat>=1	23:00s	0	-
       
  2146 # Shanks & Pottenger give 1935 Apr 30; go with Whitman.
       
  2147 Rule	Port	1935	only	-	Mar	30	23:00s	1:00	S
       
  2148 Rule	Port	1936	only	-	Apr	18	23:00s	1:00	S
       
  2149 # Whitman gives 1937 Apr 2; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
       
  2150 Rule	Port	1937	only	-	Apr	 3	23:00s	1:00	S
       
  2151 Rule	Port	1938	only	-	Mar	26	23:00s	1:00	S
       
  2152 Rule	Port	1939	only	-	Apr	15	23:00s	1:00	S
       
  2153 # Whitman gives 1939 Oct 7; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
       
  2154 Rule	Port	1939	only	-	Nov	18	23:00s	0	-
       
  2155 Rule	Port	1940	only	-	Feb	24	23:00s	1:00	S
       
  2156 # Shanks & Pottenger give 1940 Oct 7; go with Whitman.
       
  2157 Rule	Port	1940	1941	-	Oct	 5	23:00s	0	-
       
  2158 Rule	Port	1941	only	-	Apr	 5	23:00s	1:00	S
       
  2159 Rule	Port	1942	1945	-	Mar	Sat>=8	23:00s	1:00	S
       
  2160 Rule	Port	1942	only	-	Apr	25	22:00s	2:00	M # Midsummer
       
  2161 Rule	Port	1942	only	-	Aug	15	22:00s	1:00	S
       
  2162 Rule	Port	1942	1945	-	Oct	Sat>=24	23:00s	0	-
       
  2163 Rule	Port	1943	only	-	Apr	17	22:00s	2:00	M
       
  2164 Rule	Port	1943	1945	-	Aug	Sat>=25	22:00s	1:00	S
       
  2165 Rule	Port	1944	1945	-	Apr	Sat>=21	22:00s	2:00	M
       
  2166 Rule	Port	1946	only	-	Apr	Sat>=1	23:00s	1:00	S
       
  2167 Rule	Port	1946	only	-	Oct	Sat>=1	23:00s	0	-
       
  2168 Rule	Port	1947	1949	-	Apr	Sun>=1	 2:00s	1:00	S
       
  2169 Rule	Port	1947	1949	-	Oct	Sun>=1	 2:00s	0	-
       
  2170 # Shanks & Pottenger say DST was observed in 1950; go with Whitman.
       
  2171 # Whitman gives Oct lastSun for 1952 on; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
       
  2172 Rule	Port	1951	1965	-	Apr	Sun>=1	 2:00s	1:00	S
       
  2173 Rule	Port	1951	1965	-	Oct	Sun>=1	 2:00s	0	-
       
  2174 Rule	Port	1977	only	-	Mar	27	 0:00s	1:00	S
       
  2175 Rule	Port	1977	only	-	Sep	25	 0:00s	0	-
       
  2176 Rule	Port	1978	1979	-	Apr	Sun>=1	 0:00s	1:00	S
       
  2177 Rule	Port	1978	only	-	Oct	 1	 0:00s	0	-
       
  2178 Rule	Port	1979	1982	-	Sep	lastSun	 1:00s	0	-
       
  2179 Rule	Port	1980	only	-	Mar	lastSun	 0:00s	1:00	S
       
  2180 Rule	Port	1981	1982	-	Mar	lastSun	 1:00s	1:00	S
       
  2181 Rule	Port	1983	only	-	Mar	lastSun	 2:00s	1:00	S
       
  2182 #
       
  2183 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
       
  2184 Zone	Europe/Lisbon	-0:36:45 -	LMT	1884
       
  2185 			-0:36:45 -	LMT	1912 Jan  1 # Lisbon Mean Time
       
  2186 			 0:00	Port	WE%sT	1966 Apr  3  2:00
       
  2187 			 1:00	-	CET	1976 Sep 26  1:00
       
  2188 			 0:00	Port	WE%sT	1983 Sep 25  1:00s
       
  2189 			 0:00	W-Eur	WE%sT	1992 Sep 27  1:00s
       
  2190 			 1:00	EU	CE%sT	1996 Mar 31  1:00u
       
  2191 			 0:00	EU	WE%sT
       
  2192 # This Zone can be simplified once we assume zic %z.
       
  2193 Zone Atlantic/Azores	-1:42:40 -	LMT	1884        # Ponta Delgada
       
  2194 			-1:54:32 -	HMT	1912 Jan  1 # Horta Mean Time
       
  2195 			-2:00	Port	-02/-01	1942 Apr 25 22:00s
       
  2196 			-2:00	Port	+00	1942 Aug 15 22:00s
       
  2197 			-2:00	Port	-02/-01	1943 Apr 17 22:00s
       
  2198 			-2:00	Port	+00	1943 Aug 28 22:00s
       
  2199 			-2:00	Port	-02/-01	1944 Apr 22 22:00s
       
  2200 			-2:00	Port	+00	1944 Aug 26 22:00s
       
  2201 			-2:00	Port	-02/-01	1945 Apr 21 22:00s
       
  2202 			-2:00	Port	+00	1945 Aug 25 22:00s
       
  2203 			-2:00	Port	-02/-01	1966 Apr  3  2:00
       
  2204 			-1:00	Port	-01/+00	1983 Sep 25  1:00s
       
  2205 			-1:00	W-Eur	-01/+00	1992 Sep 27  1:00s
       
  2206 			 0:00	EU	WE%sT	1993 Mar 28  1:00u
       
  2207 			-1:00	EU	-01/+00
       
  2208 # This Zone can be simplified once we assume zic %z.
       
  2209 Zone Atlantic/Madeira	-1:07:36 -	LMT	1884        # Funchal
       
  2210 			-1:07:36 -	FMT	1912 Jan  1 # Funchal Mean Time
       
  2211 			-1:00	Port	-01/+00	1942 Apr 25 22:00s
       
  2212 			-1:00	Port	+01	1942 Aug 15 22:00s
       
  2213 			-1:00	Port	-01/+00	1943 Apr 17 22:00s
       
  2214 			-1:00	Port	+01	1943 Aug 28 22:00s
       
  2215 			-1:00	Port	-01/+00	1944 Apr 22 22:00s
       
  2216 			-1:00	Port	+01	1944 Aug 26 22:00s
       
  2217 			-1:00	Port	-01/+00	1945 Apr 21 22:00s
       
  2218 			-1:00	Port	+01	1945 Aug 25 22:00s
       
  2219 			-1:00	Port	-01/+00	1966 Apr  3  2:00
       
  2220 			 0:00	Port	WE%sT	1983 Sep 25  1:00s
       
  2221 			 0:00	EU	WE%sT
       
  2222 
       
  2223 # Romania
       
  2224 #
       
  2225 # From Paul Eggert (1999-10-07):
       
  2226 # Nine O'clock <http://www.nineoclock.ro/POL/1778pol.html>
       
  2227 # (1998-10-23) reports that the switch occurred at
       
  2228 # 04:00 local time in fall 1998.  For lack of better info,
       
  2229 # assume that Romania and Moldova switched to EU rules in 1997,
       
  2230 # the same year as Bulgaria.
       
  2231 #
       
  2232 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
       
  2233 Rule	Romania	1932	only	-	May	21	 0:00s	1:00	S
       
  2234 Rule	Romania	1932	1939	-	Oct	Sun>=1	 0:00s	0	-
       
  2235 Rule	Romania	1933	1939	-	Apr	Sun>=2	 0:00s	1:00	S
       
  2236 Rule	Romania	1979	only	-	May	27	 0:00	1:00	S
       
  2237 Rule	Romania	1979	only	-	Sep	lastSun	 0:00	0	-
       
  2238 Rule	Romania	1980	only	-	Apr	 5	23:00	1:00	S
       
  2239 Rule	Romania	1980	only	-	Sep	lastSun	 1:00	0	-
       
  2240 Rule	Romania	1991	1993	-	Mar	lastSun	 0:00s	1:00	S
       
  2241 Rule	Romania	1991	1993	-	Sep	lastSun	 0:00s	0	-
       
  2242 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
       
  2243 Zone Europe/Bucharest	1:44:24 -	LMT	1891 Oct
       
  2244 			1:44:24	-	BMT	1931 Jul 24 # Bucharest MT
       
  2245 			2:00	Romania	EE%sT	1981 Mar 29  2:00s
       
  2246 			2:00	C-Eur	EE%sT	1991
       
  2247 			2:00	Romania	EE%sT	1994
       
  2248 			2:00	E-Eur	EE%sT	1997
       
  2249 			2:00	EU	EE%sT
       
  2250 
       
  2251 
       
  2252 # Russia
       
  2253 
       
  2254 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-09-15):
       
  2255 # Based on last Russian Government Decree No. 725 on August 31, 2011
       
  2256 # (Government document
       
  2257 # http://www.government.ru/gov/results/16355/print/
       
  2258 # in Russian)
       
  2259 # there are few corrections have to be made for some Russian time zones...
       
  2260 # All updated Russian Time Zones were placed in table and translated to English
       
  2261 # by WorldTimeZone.com at the link below:
       
  2262 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia36.htm
       
  2263 
       
  2264 # From Sanjeev Gupta (2011-09-27):
       
  2265 # Scans of [Decree No. 23 of January 8, 1992] are available at:
       
  2266 # http://government.consultant.ru/page.aspx?1223966
       
  2267 # They are in Cyrillic letters (presumably Russian).
       
  2268 
       
  2269 # From Arthur David Olson (2012-05-09):
       
  2270 # Regarding the instant when clocks in time-zone-shifting parts of Russia
       
  2271 # changed in September 2011:
       
  2272 #
       
  2273 # One source is
       
  2274 # http://government.ru/gov/results/16355/
       
  2275 # which, according to translate.google.com, begins "Decree of August 31,
       
  2276 # 2011 No. 725" and contains no other dates or "effective date" information.
       
  2277 #
       
  2278 # Another source is
       
  2279 # http://www.rg.ru/2011/09/06/chas-zona-dok.html
       
  2280 # which, according to translate.google.com, begins "Resolution of the
       
  2281 # Government of the Russian Federation on August 31, 2011 N 725" and also
       
  2282 # contains "Date first official publication: September 6, 2011 Posted on:
       
  2283 # in the 'RG' - Federal Issue No. 5573 September 6, 2011" but which
       
  2284 # does not contain any "effective date" information.
       
  2285 #
       
  2286 # Another source is
       
  2287 # http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oymyakonsky_District#cite_note-RuTime-7
       
  2288 # which, in note 8, contains "Resolution No. 725 of August 31, 2011...
       
  2289 # Effective as of after 7 days following the day of the official publication"
       
  2290 # but which does not contain any reference to September 6, 2011.
       
  2291 #
       
  2292 # The Wikipedia article refers to
       
  2293 # http://base.consultant.ru/cons/cgi/online.cgi?req=doc;base=LAW;n=118896
       
  2294 # which seems to copy the text of the government.ru page.
       
  2295 #
       
  2296 # Tobias Conradi combines Wikipedia's
       
  2297 # "as of after 7 days following the day of the official publication"
       
  2298 # with www.rg.ru's "Date of first official publication: September 6, 2011" to
       
  2299 # get September 13, 2011 as the cutover date (unusually, a Tuesday, as Tobias
       
  2300 # Conradi notes).
       
  2301 #
       
  2302 # None of the sources indicates a time of day for changing clocks.
       
  2303 #
       
  2304 # Go with 2011-09-13 0:00s.
       
  2305 
       
  2306 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2014-07-01):
       
  2307 # According to the Russian news (ITAR-TASS News Agency)
       
  2308 # http://en.itar-tass.com/russia/738562
       
  2309 # the State Duma has approved ... the draft bill on returning to
       
  2310 # winter time standard and return Russia 11 time zones.  The new
       
  2311 # regulations will come into effect on October 26, 2014 at 02:00 ...
       
  2312 # http://asozd2.duma.gov.ru/main.nsf/%28Spravka%29?OpenAgent&RN=431985-6&02
       
  2313 # Here is a link where we put together table (based on approved Bill N
       
  2314 # 431985-6) with proposed 11 Russian time zones and corresponding
       
  2315 # areas/cities/administrative centers in the Russian Federation (in English):
       
  2316 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia65.html
       
  2317 #
       
  2318 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2014-07-22):
       
  2319 # Putin signed the Federal Law 431985-6 ... (in Russian)
       
  2320 # http://itar-tass.com/obschestvo/1333711
       
  2321 # http://www.pravo.gov.ru:8080/page.aspx?111660
       
  2322 # http://www.kremlin.ru/acts/46279
       
  2323 # From October 26, 2014 the new Russian time zone map will looks like this:
       
  2324 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia-map-2014-07.html
       
  2325 
       
  2326 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
       
  2327 # Moscow time zone abbreviations after 1919-07-01, and Moscow rules after 1991,
       
  2328 # are from Andrey A. Chernov.  The rest is from Shanks & Pottenger,
       
  2329 # except we follow Chernov's report that 1992 DST transitions were Sat
       
  2330 # 23:00, not Sun 02:00s.
       
  2331 #
       
  2332 # From Stanislaw A. Kuzikowski (1994-06-29):
       
  2333 # But now it is some months since Novosibirsk is 3 hours ahead of Moscow!
       
  2334 # I do not know why they have decided to make this change;
       
  2335 # as far as I remember it was done exactly during winter->summer switching
       
  2336 # so we (Novosibirsk) simply did not switch.
       
  2337 #
       
  2338 # From Andrey A. Chernov (1996-10-04):
       
  2339 # 'MSK' and 'MSD' were born and used initially on Moscow computers with
       
  2340 # UNIX-like OSes by several developer groups (e.g. Demos group, Kiae group)....
       
  2341 # The next step was the UUCP network, the Relcom predecessor
       
  2342 # (used mainly for mail), and MSK/MSD was actively used there.
       
  2343 #
       
  2344 # From Chris Carrier (1996-10-30):
       
  2345 # According to a friend of mine who rode the Trans-Siberian Railroad from
       
  2346 # Moscow to Irkutsk in 1995, public air and rail transport in Russia ...
       
  2347 # still follows Moscow time, no matter where in Russia it is located.
       
  2348 #
       
  2349 # For Grozny, Chechnya, we have the following story from
       
  2350 # John Daniszewski, "Scavengers in the Rubble", Los Angeles Times (2001-02-07):
       
  2351 # News - often false - is spread by word of mouth.  A rumor that it was
       
  2352 # time to move the clocks back put this whole city out of sync with
       
  2353 # the rest of Russia for two weeks - even soldiers stationed here began
       
  2354 # enforcing curfew at the wrong time.
       
  2355 #
       
  2356 # From Gwillim Law (2001-06-05):
       
  2357 # There's considerable evidence that Sakhalin Island used to be in
       
  2358 # UTC+11, and has changed to UTC+10, in this decade.  I start with the
       
  2359 # SSIM, which listed Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk in zone RU10 along with Magadan
       
  2360 # until February 1997, and then in RU9 with Khabarovsk and Vladivostok
       
  2361 # since September 1997....  Although the Kuril Islands are
       
  2362 # administratively part of Sakhalin oblast', they appear to have
       
  2363 # remained on UTC+11 along with Magadan.
       
  2364 
       
  2365 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-06):
       
  2366 # The comments detailing the coverage of each Russian zone are meant to assist
       
  2367 # with maintenance only and represent our best guesses as to which regions
       
  2368 # are covered by each zone.  They are not meant to be taken as an authoritative
       
  2369 # listing.  The region codes listed come from
       
  2370 # http://en.wikipedia.org/w/?title=Federal_subjects_of_Russia&oldid=611810498
       
  2371 # and are used for convenience only; no guarantees are made regarding their
       
  2372 # future stability.  ISO 3166-2:RU codes are also listed for first-level
       
  2373 # divisions where available.
       
  2374 
       
  2375 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
       
  2376 
       
  2377 
       
  2378 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03):
       
  2379 # Europe/Kaliningrad covers...
       
  2380 # 39	RU-KGD	Kaliningrad Oblast
       
  2381 
       
  2382 # From Paul Eggert (2016-03-18):
       
  2383 # The 1989 transition is from USSR act No. 227 (1989-03-14).
       
  2384 
       
  2385 # From Stepan Golosunov (2016-03-07):
       
  2386 # http://www.rgo.ru/ru/kaliningradskoe-oblastnoe-otdelenie/ob-otdelenii/publikacii/kak-nam-zhilos-bez-letnego-vremeni
       
  2387 # confirms that the 1989 change to Moscow-1 was implemented.
       
  2388 # (The article, though, is misattributed to 1990 while saying that
       
  2389 # summer->winter transition would be done on the 24 of September. But
       
  2390 # 1990-09-24 was Monday, while 1989-09-24 was Sunday as expected.)
       
  2391 # ...
       
  2392 # http://www.kaliningradka.ru/site_pc/cherez/index.php?ELEMENT_ID=40091
       
  2393 # says that Kaliningrad switched to Moscow-1 on 1989-03-26, avoided
       
  2394 # at the last moment switch to Moscow-1 on 1991-03-31, switched to
       
  2395 # Moscow on 1991-11-03, switched to Moscow-1 on 1992-01-19.
       
  2396 
       
  2397 Zone Europe/Kaliningrad	 1:22:00 -	LMT	1893 Apr
       
  2398 			 1:00	C-Eur	CE%sT	1945
       
  2399 			 2:00	Poland	CE%sT	1946
       
  2400 			 3:00	Russia	MSK/MSD	1989 Mar 26  2:00s
       
  2401 			 2:00	Russia	EE%sT	2011 Mar 27  2:00s
       
  2402 			 3:00	-	+03	2014 Oct 26  2:00s
       
  2403 			 2:00	-	EET
       
  2404 
       
  2405 
       
  2406 # From Paul Eggert (2016-02-21), per Tim Parenti (2014-07-03) and
       
  2407 # Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25):
       
  2408 # Europe/Moscow covers...
       
  2409 # 01	RU-AD	Adygea, Republic of
       
  2410 # 05	RU-DA	Dagestan, Republic of
       
  2411 # 06	RU-IN	Ingushetia, Republic of
       
  2412 # 07	RU-KB	Kabardino-Balkar Republic
       
  2413 # 08	RU-KL	Kalmykia, Republic of
       
  2414 # 09	RU-KC	Karachay-Cherkess Republic
       
  2415 # 10	RU-KR	Karelia, Republic of
       
  2416 # 11	RU-KO	Komi Republic
       
  2417 # 12	RU-ME	Mari El Republic
       
  2418 # 13	RU-MO	Mordovia, Republic of
       
  2419 # 15	RU-SE	North Ossetia-Alania, Republic of
       
  2420 # 16	RU-TA	Tatarstan, Republic of
       
  2421 # 20	RU-CE	Chechen Republic
       
  2422 # 21	RU-CU	Chuvash Republic
       
  2423 # 23	RU-KDA	Krasnodar Krai
       
  2424 # 26	RU-STA	Stavropol Krai
       
  2425 # 29	RU-ARK	Arkhangelsk Oblast
       
  2426 # 31	RU-BEL	Belgorod Oblast
       
  2427 # 32	RU-BRY	Bryansk Oblast
       
  2428 # 33	RU-VLA	Vladimir Oblast
       
  2429 # 35	RU-VLG	Vologda Oblast
       
  2430 # 36	RU-VOR	Voronezh Oblast
       
  2431 # 37	RU-IVA	Ivanovo Oblast
       
  2432 # 40	RU-KLU	Kaluga Oblast
       
  2433 # 44	RU-KOS	Kostroma Oblast
       
  2434 # 46	RU-KRS	Kursk Oblast
       
  2435 # 47	RU-LEN	Leningrad Oblast
       
  2436 # 48	RU-LIP	Lipetsk Oblast
       
  2437 # 50	RU-MOS	Moscow Oblast
       
  2438 # 51	RU-MUR	Murmansk Oblast
       
  2439 # 52	RU-NIZ	Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
       
  2440 # 53	RU-NGR	Novgorod Oblast
       
  2441 # 57	RU-ORL	Oryol Oblast
       
  2442 # 58	RU-PNZ	Penza Oblast
       
  2443 # 60	RU-PSK	Pskov Oblast
       
  2444 # 61	RU-ROS	Rostov Oblast
       
  2445 # 62	RU-RYA	Ryazan Oblast
       
  2446 # 67	RU-SMO	Smolensk Oblast
       
  2447 # 68	RU-TAM	Tambov Oblast
       
  2448 # 69	RU-TVE	Tver Oblast
       
  2449 # 71	RU-TUL	Tula Oblast
       
  2450 # 76	RU-YAR	Yaroslavl Oblast
       
  2451 # 77	RU-MOW	Moscow
       
  2452 # 78	RU-SPE	Saint Petersburg
       
  2453 # 83	RU-NEN	Nenets Autonomous Okrug
       
  2454 
       
  2455 # From Paul Eggert (2016-08-23):
       
  2456 # The Soviets switched to UT-based time in 1919.  Decree No. 59
       
  2457 # (1919-02-08) http://istmat.info/node/35567 established UT-based time
       
  2458 # zones, and Decree No. 147 (1919-03-29) http://istmat.info/node/35854
       
  2459 # specified a transition date of 1919-07-01, apparently at 00:00 UT.
       
  2460 # No doubt only the Soviet-controlled regions switched on that date;
       
  2461 # later transitions to UT-based time in other parts of Russia are
       
  2462 # taken from what appear to be guesses by Shanks.
       
  2463 # (Thanks to Alexander Belopolsky for pointers to the decrees.)
       
  2464 
       
  2465 # From Stepan Golosunov (2016-03-07):
       
  2466 # 11. Regions-violators, 1981-1982.
       
  2467 # Wikipedia refers to
       
  2468 # http://maps.monetonos.ru/maps/raznoe/Old_Maps/Old_Maps/Articles/022/3_1981.html
       
  2469 # http://besp.narod.ru/nauka_1981_3.htm
       
  2470 #
       
  2471 # The second link provides two articles scanned from the Nauka i Zhizn
       
  2472 # magazine No. 3, 1981 and a scan of the short article attributed to
       
  2473 # the Trud newspaper from February 1982.  The first link provides the
       
  2474 # same Nauka i Zhizn articles converted to the text form (but misses
       
  2475 # time belt changes map).
       
  2476 #
       
  2477 # The second Nauka i Zhizn article says that in addition to
       
  2478 # introduction of summer time on 1981-04-01 there are some time belt
       
  2479 # border changes on 1981-10-01, mostly affecting Nenets Autonomous
       
  2480 # Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Yakutia, Magadan Oblast and Chukotka
       
  2481 # according to the provided map (colored one).  In addition to that
       
  2482 # "time violators" (regions which were not using rules of the time
       
  2483 # belts in which they were located) would not be moving off the DST on
       
  2484 # 1981-10-01 to restore the decree time usage.  (Komi ASSR was
       
  2485 # supposed to repeat that move in October 1982 to account for the 2
       
  2486 # hour difference.)  Map depicting "time violators" before 1981-10-01
       
  2487 # is also provided.
       
  2488 #
       
  2489 # The article from Trud says that 1981-10-01 changes caused problems
       
  2490 # and some territories would be moved to pre-1981-10-01 time by not
       
  2491 # moving to summer time on 1982-04-01.  Namely: Dagestan,
       
  2492 # Kabardino-Balkar, Kalmyk, Komi, Mari, Mordovian, North Ossetian,
       
  2493 # Tatar, Chechen-Ingush and Chuvash ASSR, Krasnodar and Stavropol
       
  2494 # krais, Arkhangelsk, Vladimir, Vologda, Voronezh, Gorky, Ivanovo,
       
  2495 # Kostroma, Lipetsk, Penza, Rostov, Ryazan, Tambov, Tyumen and
       
  2496 # Yaroslavl oblasts, Nenets and Evenk autonomous okrugs, Khatangsky
       
  2497 # district of Taymyr Autonomous Okrug.  As a result Evenk Autonomous
       
  2498 # Okrug and Khatangsky district of Taymyr Autonomous Okrug would end
       
  2499 # up on Moscow+4, Tyumen Oblast on Moscow+2 and the rest on Moscow
       
  2500 # time.
       
  2501 #
       
  2502 # http://astrozet.net/files/Zones/DOC/RU/1980-925.txt
       
  2503 # attributes the 1982 changes to the Act of the Council of Ministers
       
  2504 # of the USSR No. 126 from 18.02.1982.  1980-925.txt also adds
       
  2505 # Udmurtia to the list of affected territories and lists Khatangsky
       
  2506 # district separately from Taymyr Autonomous Okrug.  Probably erroneously.
       
  2507 #
       
  2508 # The affected territories are currently listed under Europe/Moscow,
       
  2509 # Asia/Yekaterinburg and Asia/Krasnoyarsk.
       
  2510 #
       
  2511 # 12. Udmurtia
       
  2512 # The fact that Udmurtia is depicted as a violator in the Nauka i
       
  2513 # Zhizn article hints at Izhevsk being on different time from
       
  2514 # Kuybyshev before 1981-10-01. Udmurtia is not mentioned in the 1989 act.
       
  2515 # http://astrozet.net/files/Zones/DOC/RU/1980-925.txt
       
  2516 # implies Udmurtia was on Moscow time after 1982-04-01.
       
  2517 # Wikipedia implies Udmurtia being on Moscow+1 until 1991.
       
  2518 #
       
  2519 # ...
       
  2520 #
       
  2521 # All Russian zones are supposed to have by default a -1 change at
       
  2522 # 1991-03-31 2:00 (cancellation of the decree time in the USSR) and a +1
       
  2523 # change at 1992-01-19 2:00 (restoration of the decree time in Russia).
       
  2524 #
       
  2525 # There were some exceptions, though.
       
  2526 # Wikipedia says newspapers listed Astrakhan, Saratov, Kirov, Volgograd,
       
  2527 # Izhevsk, Grozny, Kazan and Samara as such exceptions for the 1992
       
  2528 # change. (Different newspapers providing different lists. And some
       
  2529 # lists found in the internet are quite wild.)
       
  2530 #
       
  2531 # And apparently some exceptions were reverted in the last moment.
       
  2532 # http://www.kaliningradka.ru/site_pc/cherez/index.php?ELEMENT_ID=40091
       
  2533 # says that Kaliningrad decided not to be an exception 2 days before the
       
  2534 # 1991-03-31 switch and one person at
       
  2535 # http://izhevsk.ru/forum_light_message/50/682597-m8369040.html
       
  2536 # says he remembers that Samara opted out of the 1992-01-19 exception
       
  2537 # 2 days before the switch.
       
  2538 #
       
  2539 #
       
  2540 # From Paul Eggert (2016-03-18):
       
  2541 # Given the above, we appear to be missing some Zone entries for the
       
  2542 # chaotic early 1980s in Russia.  It's not clear what these entries
       
  2543 # should be.  For now, sweep this under the rug and just document the
       
  2544 # time in Moscow.
       
  2545 
       
  2546 # From Vladimir Karpinsky (2014-07-08):
       
  2547 # LMT in Moscow (before Jul 3, 1916) is 2:30:17, that was defined by Moscow
       
  2548 # Observatory (coordinates: 55 deg. 45'29.70", 37 deg. 34'05.30")....
       
  2549 # LMT in Moscow since Jul 3, 1916 is 2:31:01 as a result of new standard.
       
  2550 # (The info is from the book by Byalokoz ... p. 18.)
       
  2551 # The time in St. Petersburg as capital of Russia was defined by
       
  2552 # Pulkov observatory, near St. Petersburg.  In 1916 LMT Moscow
       
  2553 # was synchronized with LMT St. Petersburg (+30 minutes), (Pulkov observatory
       
  2554 # coordinates: 59 deg. 46'18.70", 30 deg. 19'40.70") so 30 deg. 19'40.70" >
       
  2555 # 2h01m18.7s = 2:01:19.  LMT Moscow = LMT St.Petersburg + 30m 2:01:19 + 0:30 =
       
  2556 # 2:31:19 ...
       
  2557 #
       
  2558 # From Paul Eggert (2014-07-08):
       
  2559 # Milne does not list Moscow, but suggests that its time might be listed in
       
  2560 # Résumés mensuels et annuels des observations météorologiques (1895).
       
  2561 # Presumably this is OCLC 85825704, a journal published with parallel text in
       
  2562 # Russian and French.  This source has not been located; go with Karpinsky.
       
  2563 
       
  2564 Zone Europe/Moscow	 2:30:17 -	LMT	1880
       
  2565 			 2:30:17 -	MMT	1916 Jul  3 # Moscow Mean Time
       
  2566 			 2:31:19 Russia	%s	1919 Jul  1  0:00u
       
  2567 			 3:00	Russia	%s	1921 Oct
       
  2568 			 3:00	Russia	MSK/MSD	1922 Oct
       
  2569 			 2:00	-	EET	1930 Jun 21
       
  2570 			 3:00	Russia	MSK/MSD	1991 Mar 31  2:00s
       
  2571 			 2:00	Russia	EE%sT	1992 Jan 19  2:00s
       
  2572 			 3:00	Russia	MSK/MSD	2011 Mar 27  2:00s
       
  2573 			 4:00	-	MSK	2014 Oct 26  2:00s
       
  2574 			 3:00	-	MSK
       
  2575 
       
  2576 
       
  2577 # From Paul Eggert (2016-12-06):
       
  2578 # Europe/Simferopol covers Crimea.
       
  2579 
       
  2580 Zone Europe/Simferopol	 2:16:24 -	LMT	1880
       
  2581 			 2:16	-	SMT	1924 May  2 # Simferopol Mean T
       
  2582 			 2:00	-	EET	1930 Jun 21
       
  2583 			 3:00	-	MSK	1941 Nov
       
  2584 			 1:00	C-Eur	CE%sT	1944 Apr 13
       
  2585 			 3:00	Russia	MSK/MSD	1990
       
  2586 			 3:00	-	MSK	1990 Jul  1  2:00
       
  2587 			 2:00	-	EET	1992
       
  2588 # Central Crimea used Moscow time 1994/1997.
       
  2589 #
       
  2590 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
       
  2591 # The _Economist_ (1994-05-28, p 45) reports that central Crimea switched
       
  2592 # from Kiev to Moscow time sometime after the January 1994 elections.
       
  2593 # Shanks (1999) says "date of change uncertain", but implies that it happened
       
  2594 # sometime between the 1994 DST switches.  Shanks & Pottenger simply say
       
  2595 # 1994-09-25 03:00, but that can't be right.  For now, guess it
       
  2596 # changed in May.
       
  2597 			 2:00	E-Eur	EE%sT	1994 May
       
  2598 # From IATA SSIM (1994/1997), which also says that Kerch is still like Kiev.
       
  2599 			 3:00	E-Eur	MSK/MSD	1996 Mar 31  0:00s
       
  2600 			 3:00	1:00	MSD	1996 Oct 27  3:00s
       
  2601 # IATA SSIM (1997-09) says Crimea switched to EET/EEST.
       
  2602 # Assume it happened in March by not changing the clocks.
       
  2603 			 3:00	Russia	MSK/MSD	1997
       
  2604 			 3:00	-	MSK	1997 Mar lastSun  1:00u
       
  2605 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2014-03-17):
       
  2606 # time change at 2:00 (2am) on March 30, 2014
       
  2607 # http://vz.ru/news/2014/3/17/677464.html
       
  2608 # From Paul Eggert (2014-03-30):
       
  2609 # Simferopol and Sevastopol reportedly changed their central town clocks
       
  2610 # late the previous day, but this appears to have been ceremonial
       
  2611 # and the discrepancies are small enough to not worry about.
       
  2612 			 2:00	EU	EE%sT	2014 Mar 30  2:00
       
  2613 			 4:00	-	MSK	2014 Oct 26  2:00s
       
  2614 			 3:00	-	MSK
       
  2615 
       
  2616 
       
  2617 # From Paul Eggert (2016-03-18):
       
  2618 # Europe/Astrakhan covers:
       
  2619 # 30	RU-AST	Astrakhan Oblast
       
  2620 #
       
  2621 # The 1989 transition is from USSR act No. 227 (1989-03-14).
       
  2622 
       
  2623 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2016-01-12):
       
  2624 # On February 10, 2016 Astrakhan Oblast got approval by the Federation
       
  2625 # Council to change its time zone to UTC+4 (from current UTC+3 Moscow time)....
       
  2626 # This Federal Law shall enter into force on 27 March 2016 at 02:00.
       
  2627 # From Matt Johnson (2016-03-09):
       
  2628 # http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201602150056
       
  2629 
       
  2630 Zone Europe/Astrakhan	 3:12:12 -	LMT	1924 May
       
  2631 			 3:00	-	+03	1930 Jun 21
       
  2632 			 4:00	Russia	+04/+05	1989 Mar 26  2:00s
       
  2633 			 3:00	Russia	+03/+04	1991 Mar 31  2:00s
       
  2634 			 4:00	-	+04	1992 Mar 29  2:00s
       
  2635 			 3:00	Russia	+03/+04	2011 Mar 27  2:00s
       
  2636 			 4:00	-	+04	2014 Oct 26  2:00s
       
  2637 			 3:00	-	+03	2016 Mar 27  2:00s
       
  2638 			 4:00	-	+04
       
  2639 
       
  2640 # From Paul Eggert (2016-11-11):
       
  2641 # Europe/Volgograd covers:
       
  2642 # 34	RU-VGG	Volgograd Oblast
       
  2643 # The 1988 transition is from USSR act No. 5 (1988-01-04).
       
  2644 
       
  2645 Zone Europe/Volgograd	 2:57:40 -	LMT	1920 Jan  3
       
  2646 			 3:00	-	+03	1930 Jun 21
       
  2647 			 4:00	-	+04	1961 Nov 11
       
  2648 			 4:00	Russia	+04/+05	1988 Mar 27  2:00s
       
  2649 			 3:00	Russia	+03/+04	1991 Mar 31  2:00s
       
  2650 			 4:00	-	+04	1992 Mar 29  2:00s
       
  2651 			 3:00	Russia	+03/+04	2011 Mar 27  2:00s
       
  2652 			 4:00	-	+04	2014 Oct 26  2:00s
       
  2653 			 3:00	-	+03
       
  2654 
       
  2655 # From Paul Eggert (2016-11-11):
       
  2656 # Europe/Saratov covers:
       
  2657 # 64	RU-SAR	Saratov Oblast
       
  2658 
       
  2659 # From Yuri Konotopov (2016-11-11):
       
  2660 # Dec 4, 2016 02:00 UTC+3....  Saratov Region's local time will be ... UTC+4.
       
  2661 # From Stepan Golosunov (2016-11-11):
       
  2662 # ... Byalokoz listed Saratov on 03:04:18.
       
  2663 # From Stepan Golosunov (2016-11-22):
       
  2664 # http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201611220031
       
  2665 
       
  2666 Zone Europe/Saratov	 3:04:18 -	LMT	1919 Jul  1  0:00u
       
  2667 			 3:00	-	+03	1930 Jun 21
       
  2668 			 4:00	Russia	+04/+05	1988 Mar 27  2:00s
       
  2669 			 3:00	Russia	+03/+04	1991 Mar 31  2:00s
       
  2670 			 4:00	-	+04	1992 Mar 29  2:00s
       
  2671 			 3:00	Russia	+03/+04	2011 Mar 27  2:00s
       
  2672 			 4:00	-	+04	2014 Oct 26  2:00s
       
  2673 			 3:00	-	+03	2016 Dec  4  2:00s
       
  2674 			 4:00	-	+04
       
  2675 
       
  2676 # From Paul Eggert (2016-03-18):
       
  2677 # Europe/Kirov covers:
       
  2678 # 43	RU-KIR	Kirov Oblast
       
  2679 # The 1989 transition is from USSR act No. 227 (1989-03-14).
       
  2680 #
       
  2681 Zone Europe/Kirov	 3:18:48 -	LMT	1919 Jul  1  0:00u
       
  2682 			 3:00	-	+03	1930 Jun 21
       
  2683 			 4:00	Russia	+04/+05	1989 Mar 26  2:00s
       
  2684 			 3:00	Russia	+03/+04	1991 Mar 31  2:00s
       
  2685 			 4:00	-	+04	1992 Mar 29  2:00s
       
  2686 			 3:00	Russia	+03/+04	2011 Mar 27  2:00s
       
  2687 			 4:00	-	+04	2014 Oct 26  2:00s
       
  2688 			 3:00	-	+03
       
  2689 
       
  2690 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03), per Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25):
       
  2691 # Europe/Samara covers...
       
  2692 # 18	RU-UD	Udmurt Republic
       
  2693 # 63	RU-SAM	Samara Oblast
       
  2694 
       
  2695 # From Paul Eggert (2016-03-18):
       
  2696 # Byalokoz 1919 says Samara was 3:20:20.
       
  2697 # The 1989 transition is from USSR act No. 227 (1989-03-14).
       
  2698 
       
  2699 Zone Europe/Samara	 3:20:20 -	LMT	1919 Jul  1  0:00u
       
  2700 			 3:00	-	+03	1930 Jun 21
       
  2701 			 4:00	-	+04	1935 Jan 27
       
  2702 			 4:00	Russia	+04/+05	1989 Mar 26  2:00s
       
  2703 			 3:00	Russia	+03/+04	1991 Mar 31  2:00s
       
  2704 			 2:00	Russia	+02/+03	1991 Sep 29  2:00s
       
  2705 			 3:00	-	+03	1991 Oct 20  3:00
       
  2706 			 4:00	Russia	+04/+05	2010 Mar 28  2:00s
       
  2707 			 3:00	Russia	+03/+04	2011 Mar 27  2:00s
       
  2708 			 4:00	-	+04
       
  2709 
       
  2710 # From Paul Eggert (2016-03-18):
       
  2711 # Europe/Ulyanovsk covers:
       
  2712 # 73	RU-ULY	Ulyanovsk Oblast
       
  2713 
       
  2714 # The 1989 transition is from USSR act No. 227 (1989-03-14).
       
  2715 
       
  2716 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2016-02-17):
       
  2717 # Ulyanovsk ... on their way to change time zones by March 27, 2016 at 2am.
       
  2718 # Ulyanovsk Oblast ... from MSK to MSK+1 (UTC+3 to UTC+4) ...
       
  2719 # 920582-6 ... 02/17/2016 The State Duma passed the bill in the first reading.
       
  2720 # From Matt Johnson (2016-03-09):
       
  2721 # http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201603090051
       
  2722 
       
  2723 Zone Europe/Ulyanovsk	 3:13:36 -	LMT	1919 Jul  1  0:00u
       
  2724 			 3:00	-	+03	1930 Jun 21
       
  2725 			 4:00	Russia	+04/+05	1989 Mar 26  2:00s
       
  2726 			 3:00	Russia	+03/+04	1991 Mar 31  2:00s
       
  2727 			 2:00	Russia	+02/+03	1992 Jan 19  2:00s
       
  2728 			 3:00	Russia	+03/+04	2011 Mar 27  2:00s
       
  2729 			 4:00	-	+04	2014 Oct 26  2:00s
       
  2730 			 3:00	-	+03	2016 Mar 27  2:00s
       
  2731 			 4:00	-	+04
       
  2732 
       
  2733 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03), per Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25):
       
  2734 # Asia/Yekaterinburg covers...
       
  2735 # 02	RU-BA	Bashkortostan, Republic of
       
  2736 # 90	RU-PER	Perm Krai
       
  2737 # 45	RU-KGN	Kurgan Oblast
       
  2738 # 56	RU-ORE	Orenburg Oblast
       
  2739 # 66	RU-SVE	Sverdlovsk Oblast
       
  2740 # 72	RU-TYU	Tyumen Oblast
       
  2741 # 74	RU-CHE	Chelyabinsk Oblast
       
  2742 # 86	RU-KHM	Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug - Yugra
       
  2743 # 89	RU-YAN	Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
       
  2744 #
       
  2745 # Note: Effective 2005-12-01, (59) Perm Oblast and (81) Komi-Permyak
       
  2746 # Autonomous Okrug merged to form (90, RU-PER) Perm Krai.
       
  2747 
       
  2748 # Milne says Yekaterinburg was 4:02:32.9; round to nearest.
       
  2749 # Byalokoz 1919 says its provincial time was based on Perm, at 3:45:05.
       
  2750 # Assume it switched on 1916-07-03, the time of the new standard.
       
  2751 # The 1919 and 1930 transitions are from Shanks.
       
  2752 
       
  2753 Zone Asia/Yekaterinburg	 4:02:33 -	LMT	1916 Jul  3
       
  2754 			 3:45:05 -	PMT	1919 Jul 15  4:00
       
  2755 			 4:00	-	+04	1930 Jun 21
       
  2756 			 5:00	Russia	+05/+06	1991 Mar 31  2:00s
       
  2757 			 4:00	Russia	+04/+05	1992 Jan 19  2:00s
       
  2758 			 5:00	Russia	+05/+06	2011 Mar 27  2:00s
       
  2759 			 6:00	-	+06	2014 Oct 26  2:00s
       
  2760 			 5:00	-	+05
       
  2761 
       
  2762 
       
  2763 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03), per Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25):
       
  2764 # Asia/Omsk covers...
       
  2765 # 55	RU-OMS	Omsk Oblast
       
  2766 
       
  2767 # Byalokoz 1919 says Omsk was 4:53:30.
       
  2768 
       
  2769 Zone Asia/Omsk		 4:53:30 -	LMT	1919 Nov 14
       
  2770 			 5:00	-	+05	1930 Jun 21
       
  2771 			 6:00	Russia	+06/+07	1991 Mar 31  2:00s
       
  2772 			 5:00	Russia	+05/+06	1992 Jan 19  2:00s
       
  2773 			 6:00	Russia	+06/+07	2011 Mar 27  2:00s
       
  2774 			 7:00	-	+07	2014 Oct 26  2:00s
       
  2775 			 6:00	-	+06
       
  2776 
       
  2777 # From Paul Eggert (2016-02-22):
       
  2778 # Asia/Barnaul covers:
       
  2779 # 04	RU-AL	Altai Republic
       
  2780 # 22	RU-ALT	Altai Krai
       
  2781 
       
  2782 # Data before 1991 are from Shanks & Pottenger.
       
  2783 
       
  2784 # From Stepan Golosunov (2016-03-07):
       
  2785 # Letter of Bank of Russia from 1995-05-25
       
  2786 # http://www.bestpravo.ru/rossijskoje/lj-akty/y3a.htm
       
  2787 # suggests that Altai Republic transitioned to Moscow+3 on
       
  2788 # 1995-05-28.
       
  2789 #
       
  2790 # http://regnum.ru/news/society/1957270.html
       
  2791 # has some historical data for Altai Krai:
       
  2792 # before 1957: west part on UTC+6, east on UTC+7
       
  2793 # after 1957: UTC+7
       
  2794 # since 1995: UTC+6
       
  2795 # http://barnaul.rusplt.ru/index/pochemu_altajskij_kraj_okazalsja_v_neprivychnom_chasovom_pojase-17648.html
       
  2796 # confirms that and provides more details including 1995-05-28 transition date.
       
  2797 
       
  2798 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2016-02-17):
       
  2799 # Altai Krai and Altai Republic on their way to change time zones
       
  2800 # by March 27, 2016 at 2am....
       
  2801 # Altai Republic / Gorno-Altaysk MSK+3 to MSK+4 (UTC+6 to UTC+7) ...
       
  2802 # Altai Krai / Barnaul MSK+3 to MSK+4 (UTC+6 to UTC+7)
       
  2803 # From Matt Johnson (2016-03-09):
       
  2804 # http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201603090043
       
  2805 # http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201603090038
       
  2806 
       
  2807 Zone Asia/Barnaul	 5:35:00 -	LMT	1919 Dec 10
       
  2808 			 6:00	-	+06	1930 Jun 21
       
  2809 			 7:00	Russia	+07/+08	1991 Mar 31  2:00s
       
  2810 			 6:00	Russia	+06/+07	1992 Jan 19  2:00s
       
  2811 			 7:00	Russia	+07/+08	1995 May 28
       
  2812 			 6:00	Russia	+06/+07	2011 Mar 27  2:00s
       
  2813 			 7:00	-	+07	2014 Oct 26  2:00s
       
  2814 			 6:00	-	+06	2016 Mar 27  2:00s
       
  2815 			 7:00	-	+07
       
  2816 
       
  2817 # From Paul Eggert (2016-03-18):
       
  2818 # Asia/Novosibirsk covers:
       
  2819 # 54	RU-NVS	Novosibirsk Oblast
       
  2820 
       
  2821 # From Stepan Golosunov (2016-05-30):
       
  2822 # http://asozd2.duma.gov.ru/main.nsf/(Spravka)?OpenAgent&RN=1085784-6
       
  2823 # moves Novosibirsk oblast from UTC+6 to UTC+7.
       
  2824 # From Stepan Golosunov (2016-07-04):
       
  2825 # The law was signed yesterday and published today on
       
  2826 # http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201607040064
       
  2827 
       
  2828 Zone Asia/Novosibirsk	 5:31:40 -	LMT	1919 Dec 14  6:00
       
  2829 			 6:00	-	+06	1930 Jun 21
       
  2830 			 7:00	Russia	+07/+08	1991 Mar 31  2:00s
       
  2831 			 6:00	Russia	+06/+07	1992 Jan 19  2:00s
       
  2832 			 7:00	Russia	+07/+08	1993 May 23 # say Shanks & P.
       
  2833 			 6:00	Russia	+06/+07	2011 Mar 27  2:00s
       
  2834 			 7:00	-	+07	2014 Oct 26  2:00s
       
  2835 			 6:00	-	+06	2016 Jul 24  2:00s
       
  2836 			 7:00	-	+07
       
  2837 
       
  2838 # From Paul Eggert (2016-03-18):
       
  2839 # Asia/Tomsk covers:
       
  2840 # 70	RU-TOM	Tomsk Oblast
       
  2841 
       
  2842 # From Stepan Golosunov (2016-03-24):
       
  2843 # Byalokoz listed Tomsk at 5:39:51.
       
  2844 
       
  2845 # From Stanislaw A. Kuzikowski (1994-06-29):
       
  2846 # Tomsk is still 4 hours ahead of Moscow.
       
  2847 
       
  2848 # From Stepan Golosunov (2016-03-19):
       
  2849 # http://pravo.gov.ru/proxy/ips/?docbody=&nd=102075743
       
  2850 # (fifth time belt being UTC+5+1(decree time)
       
  2851 # / UTC+5+1(decree time)+1(summer time)) ...
       
  2852 # Note that time belts (numbered from 2 (Moscow) to 12 according to their
       
  2853 # GMT/UTC offset and having too many exceptions like regions formally
       
  2854 # belonging to one belt but using time from another) were replaced
       
  2855 # with time zones in 2011 with different numbering (there was a
       
  2856 # 2-hour gap between second and third zones in 2011-2014).
       
  2857 
       
  2858 # From Stepan Golosunov (2016-04-12):
       
  2859 # http://asozd2.duma.gov.ru/main.nsf/(SpravkaNew)?OpenAgent&RN=1006865-6
       
  2860 # This bill was approved in the first reading today.  It moves Tomsk oblast
       
  2861 # from UTC+6 to UTC+7 and is supposed to come into effect on 2016-05-29 at
       
  2862 # 2:00.  The bill needs to be approved in the second and the third readings by
       
  2863 # the State Duma, approved by the Federation Council, signed by the President
       
  2864 # and published to become a law.  Minor changes in the text are to be expected
       
  2865 # before the second reading (references need to be updated to account for the
       
  2866 # recent changes).
       
  2867 #
       
  2868 # Judging by the ultra-short one-day amendments period, recent similar laws,
       
  2869 # the State Duma schedule and the Federation Council schedule
       
  2870 # http://www.duma.gov.ru/legislative/planning/day-shedule/por_vesna_2016/
       
  2871 # http://council.gov.ru/activity/meetings/schedule/63303
       
  2872 # I speculate that the final text of the bill will be proposed tomorrow, the
       
  2873 # bill will be approved in the second and the third readings on Friday,
       
  2874 # approved by the Federation Council on 2016-04-20, signed by the President and
       
  2875 # published as a law around 2016-04-26.
       
  2876 
       
  2877 # From Matt Johnson (2016-04-26):
       
  2878 # http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201604260048
       
  2879 
       
  2880 Zone	Asia/Tomsk	 5:39:51 -	LMT	1919 Dec 22
       
  2881 			 6:00	-	+06	1930 Jun 21
       
  2882 			 7:00	Russia	+07/+08	1991 Mar 31  2:00s
       
  2883 			 6:00	Russia	+06/+07	1992 Jan 19  2:00s
       
  2884 			 7:00	Russia	+07/+08	2002 May  1  3:00
       
  2885 			 6:00	Russia	+06/+07	2011 Mar 27  2:00s
       
  2886 			 7:00	-	+07	2014 Oct 26  2:00s
       
  2887 			 6:00	-	+06	2016 May 29  2:00s
       
  2888 			 7:00	-	+07
       
  2889 
       
  2890 
       
  2891 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03):
       
  2892 # Asia/Novokuznetsk covers...
       
  2893 # 42	RU-KEM	Kemerovo Oblast
       
  2894 
       
  2895 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-10-13):
       
  2896 # Kemerovo oblast' (Kemerovo region) in Russia will change current time zone on
       
  2897 # March 28, 2010:
       
  2898 # from current Russia Zone 6 - Krasnoyarsk Time Zone (KRA) UTC +0700
       
  2899 # to Russia Zone 5 - Novosibirsk Time Zone (NOV) UTC +0600
       
  2900 #
       
  2901 # This is according to Government of Russia decree No. 740, on September
       
  2902 # 14, 2009 "Application in the territory of the Kemerovo region the Fifth
       
  2903 # time zone." ("Russia Zone 5" or old "USSR Zone 5" is GMT +0600)
       
  2904 #
       
  2905 # Russian Government web site (Russian language)
       
  2906 # http://www.government.ru/content/governmentactivity/rfgovernmentdecisions/archive/2009/09/14/991633.htm
       
  2907 # or Russian-English translation by WorldTimeZone.com with reference
       
  2908 # map to local region and new Russia Time Zone map after March 28, 2010
       
  2909 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia03.html
       
  2910 #
       
  2911 # Thus, when Russia will switch to DST on the night of March 28, 2010
       
  2912 # Kemerovo region (Kemerovo oblast') will not change the clock.
       
  2913 
       
  2914 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-02), per Alexander Krivenyshev (2014-07-02):
       
  2915 # The Kemerovo region will remain at UTC+7 through the 2014-10-26 change, thus
       
  2916 # realigning itself with KRAT.
       
  2917 
       
  2918 Zone Asia/Novokuznetsk	 5:48:48 -	LMT	1924 May  1
       
  2919 			 6:00	-	+06	1930 Jun 21
       
  2920 			 7:00	Russia	+07/+08	1991 Mar 31  2:00s
       
  2921 			 6:00	Russia	+06/+07	1992 Jan 19  2:00s
       
  2922 			 7:00	Russia	+07/+08	2010 Mar 28  2:00s
       
  2923 			 6:00	Russia	+06/+07	2011 Mar 27  2:00s
       
  2924 			 7:00	-	+07
       
  2925 
       
  2926 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03), per Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25):
       
  2927 # Asia/Krasnoyarsk covers...
       
  2928 # 17	RU-TY	Tuva Republic
       
  2929 # 19	RU-KK	Khakassia, Republic of
       
  2930 # 24	RU-KYA	Krasnoyarsk Krai
       
  2931 #
       
  2932 # Note: Effective 2007-01-01, (88) Evenk Autonomous Okrug and (84) Taymyr
       
  2933 # Autonomous Okrug were merged into (24, RU-KYA) Krasnoyarsk Krai.
       
  2934 
       
  2935 # Byalokoz 1919 says Krasnoyarsk was 6:11:26.
       
  2936 
       
  2937 Zone Asia/Krasnoyarsk	 6:11:26 -	LMT	1920 Jan  6
       
  2938 			 6:00	-	+06	1930 Jun 21
       
  2939 			 7:00	Russia	+07/+08	1991 Mar 31  2:00s
       
  2940 			 6:00	Russia	+06/+07	1992 Jan 19  2:00s
       
  2941 			 7:00	Russia	+07/+08	2011 Mar 27  2:00s
       
  2942 			 8:00	-	+08	2014 Oct 26  2:00s
       
  2943 			 7:00	-	+07
       
  2944 
       
  2945 
       
  2946 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03), per Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25):
       
  2947 # Asia/Irkutsk covers...
       
  2948 # 03	RU-BU	Buryatia, Republic of
       
  2949 # 38	RU-IRK	Irkutsk Oblast
       
  2950 #
       
  2951 # Note: Effective 2008-01-01, (85) Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Okrug was
       
  2952 # merged into (38, RU-IRK) Irkutsk Oblast.
       
  2953 
       
  2954 # Milne 1899 says Irkutsk was 6:57:15.
       
  2955 # Byalokoz 1919 says Irkutsk was 6:57:05.
       
  2956 # Go with Byalokoz.
       
  2957 
       
  2958 Zone Asia/Irkutsk	 6:57:05 -	LMT	1880
       
  2959 			 6:57:05 -	IMT	1920 Jan 25 # Irkutsk Mean Time
       
  2960 			 7:00	-	+07	1930 Jun 21
       
  2961 			 8:00	Russia	+08/+09	1991 Mar 31  2:00s
       
  2962 			 7:00	Russia	+07/+08	1992 Jan 19  2:00s
       
  2963 			 8:00	Russia	+08/+09	2011 Mar 27  2:00s
       
  2964 			 9:00	-	+09	2014 Oct 26  2:00s
       
  2965 			 8:00	-	+08
       
  2966 
       
  2967 
       
  2968 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-06):
       
  2969 # Asia/Chita covers...
       
  2970 # 92	RU-ZAB	Zabaykalsky Krai
       
  2971 #
       
  2972 # Note: Effective 2008-03-01, (75) Chita Oblast and (80) Agin-Buryat
       
  2973 # Autonomous Okrug merged to form (92, RU-ZAB) Zabaykalsky Krai.
       
  2974 
       
  2975 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2016-01-02):
       
  2976 # [The] time zone in the Trans-Baikal Territory (Zabaykalsky Krai) -
       
  2977 # Asia/Chita [is changing] from UTC+8 to UTC+9.  Effective date will
       
  2978 # be March 27, 2016 at 2:00am....
       
  2979 # http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201512300107
       
  2980 
       
  2981 Zone Asia/Chita	 7:33:52 -	LMT	1919 Dec 15
       
  2982 			 8:00	-	+08	1930 Jun 21
       
  2983 			 9:00	Russia	+09/+10	1991 Mar 31  2:00s
       
  2984 			 8:00	Russia	+08/+09	1992 Jan 19  2:00s
       
  2985 			 9:00	Russia	+09/+10	2011 Mar 27  2:00s
       
  2986 			10:00	-	+10	2014 Oct 26  2:00s
       
  2987 			 8:00	-	+08	2016 Mar 27  2:00
       
  2988 			 9:00	-	+09
       
  2989 
       
  2990 
       
  2991 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03), per Oscar van Vlijmen (2009-11-29):
       
  2992 # Asia/Yakutsk covers...
       
  2993 # 28	RU-AMU	Amur Oblast
       
  2994 #
       
  2995 # ...and parts of (14, RU-SA) Sakha (Yakutia) Republic:
       
  2996 # 14-02	****	Aldansky District
       
  2997 # 14-04	****	Amginsky District
       
  2998 # 14-05	****	Anabarsky District
       
  2999 # 14-06	****	Bulunsky District
       
  3000 # 14-07	****	Verkhnevilyuysky District
       
  3001 # 14-10	****	Vilyuysky District
       
  3002 # 14-11	****	Gorny District
       
  3003 # 14-12	****	Zhigansky District
       
  3004 # 14-13	****	Kobyaysky District
       
  3005 # 14-14	****	Lensky District
       
  3006 # 14-15	****	Megino-Kangalassky District
       
  3007 # 14-16	****	Mirninsky District
       
  3008 # 14-18	****	Namsky District
       
  3009 # 14-19	****	Neryungrinsky District
       
  3010 # 14-21	****	Nyurbinsky District
       
  3011 # 14-23	****	Olenyoksky District
       
  3012 # 14-24	****	Olyokminsky District
       
  3013 # 14-26	****	Suntarsky District
       
  3014 # 14-27	****	Tattinsky District
       
  3015 # 14-29	****	Ust-Aldansky District
       
  3016 # 14-32	****	Khangalassky District
       
  3017 # 14-33	****	Churapchinsky District
       
  3018 # 14-34	****	Eveno-Bytantaysky National District
       
  3019 
       
  3020 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03):
       
  3021 # Our commentary seems to have lost mention of (14-19) Neryungrinsky District.
       
  3022 # Since the surrounding districts of Sakha are all YAKT, assume this is, too.
       
  3023 # Also assume its history has been the same as the rest of Asia/Yakutsk.
       
  3024 
       
  3025 # Byalokoz 1919 says Yakutsk was 8:38:58.
       
  3026 
       
  3027 Zone Asia/Yakutsk	 8:38:58 -	LMT	1919 Dec 15
       
  3028 			 8:00	-	+08	1930 Jun 21
       
  3029 			 9:00	Russia	+09/+10	1991 Mar 31  2:00s
       
  3030 			 8:00	Russia	+08/+09	1992 Jan 19  2:00s
       
  3031 			 9:00	Russia	+09/+10	2011 Mar 27  2:00s
       
  3032 			10:00	-	+10	2014 Oct 26  2:00s
       
  3033 			 9:00	-	+09
       
  3034 
       
  3035 
       
  3036 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03), per Oscar van Vlijmen (2009-11-29):
       
  3037 # Asia/Vladivostok covers...
       
  3038 # 25	RU-PRI	Primorsky Krai
       
  3039 # 27	RU-KHA	Khabarovsk Krai
       
  3040 # 79	RU-YEV	Jewish Autonomous Oblast
       
  3041 #
       
  3042 # ...and parts of (14, RU-SA) Sakha (Yakutia) Republic:
       
  3043 # 14-09	****	Verkhoyansky District
       
  3044 # 14-31	****	Ust-Yansky District
       
  3045 
       
  3046 # Milne 1899 says Vladivostok was 8:47:33.5.
       
  3047 # Byalokoz 1919 says Vladivostok was 8:47:31.
       
  3048 # Go with Byalokoz.
       
  3049 
       
  3050 Zone Asia/Vladivostok	 8:47:31 -	LMT	1922 Nov 15
       
  3051 			 9:00	-	+09	1930 Jun 21
       
  3052 			10:00	Russia	+10/+11	1991 Mar 31  2:00s
       
  3053 			 9:00	Russia	+09/+10	1992 Jan 19  2:00s
       
  3054 			10:00	Russia	+10/+11	2011 Mar 27  2:00s
       
  3055 			11:00	-	+11	2014 Oct 26  2:00s
       
  3056 			10:00	-	+10
       
  3057 
       
  3058 
       
  3059 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03):
       
  3060 # Asia/Khandyga covers parts of (14, RU-SA) Sakha (Yakutia) Republic:
       
  3061 # 14-28	****	Tomponsky District
       
  3062 # 14-30	****	Ust-Maysky District
       
  3063 
       
  3064 # From Arthur David Olson (2012-05-09):
       
  3065 # Tomponskij and Ust'-Majskij switched from Vladivostok time to Yakutsk time
       
  3066 # in 2011.
       
  3067 
       
  3068 # From Paul Eggert (2012-11-25):
       
  3069 # Shanks and Pottenger (2003) has Khandyga on Yakutsk time.
       
  3070 # Make a wild guess that it switched to Vladivostok time in 2004.
       
  3071 # This transition is no doubt wrong, but we have no better info.
       
  3072 
       
  3073 Zone Asia/Khandyga	 9:02:13 -	LMT	1919 Dec 15
       
  3074 			 8:00	-	+08	1930 Jun 21
       
  3075 			 9:00	Russia	+09/+10	1991 Mar 31  2:00s
       
  3076 			 8:00	Russia	+08/+09	1992 Jan 19  2:00s
       
  3077 			 9:00	Russia	+09/+10	2004
       
  3078 			10:00	Russia	+10/+11	2011 Mar 27  2:00s
       
  3079 			11:00	-	+11	2011 Sep 13  0:00s # Decree 725?
       
  3080 			10:00	-	+10	2014 Oct 26  2:00s
       
  3081 			 9:00	-	+09
       
  3082 
       
  3083 
       
  3084 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03):
       
  3085 # Asia/Sakhalin covers...
       
  3086 # 65	RU-SAK	Sakhalin Oblast
       
  3087 # ...with the exception of:
       
  3088 # 65-11	****	Severo-Kurilsky District (North Kuril Islands)
       
  3089 
       
  3090 # From Matt Johnson (2016-02-22):
       
  3091 # Asia/Sakhalin is moving (in entirety) from UTC+10 to UTC+11 ...
       
  3092 # (2016-03-09):
       
  3093 # http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201603090044
       
  3094 
       
  3095 # The Zone name should be Asia/Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, but that's too long.
       
  3096 Zone Asia/Sakhalin	 9:30:48 -	LMT	1905 Aug 23
       
  3097 			 9:00	-	+09	1945 Aug 25
       
  3098 			11:00	Russia	+11/+12	1991 Mar 31  2:00s # Sakhalin T
       
  3099 			10:00	Russia	+10/+11	1992 Jan 19  2:00s
       
  3100 			11:00	Russia	+11/+12	1997 Mar lastSun  2:00s
       
  3101 			10:00	Russia	+10/+11	2011 Mar 27  2:00s
       
  3102 			11:00	-	+11	2014 Oct 26  2:00s
       
  3103 			10:00	-	+10	2016 Mar 27  2:00s
       
  3104 			11:00	-	+11
       
  3105 
       
  3106 
       
  3107 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03), per Oscar van Vlijmen (2009-11-29):
       
  3108 # Asia/Magadan covers...
       
  3109 # 49	RU-MAG	Magadan Oblast
       
  3110 
       
  3111 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-06), per Alexander Krivenyshev (2014-07-02):
       
  3112 # Magadan Oblast is moving from UTC+12 to UTC+10 on 2014-10-26; however,
       
  3113 # several districts of Sakha Republic as well as Severo-Kurilsky District of
       
  3114 # the Sakhalin Oblast (also known as the North Kuril Islands), represented
       
  3115 # until now by Asia/Magadan, will instead move to UTC+11.  These regions will
       
  3116 # need their own zone.
       
  3117 
       
  3118 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2016-03-27):
       
  3119 # ... draft bill 948300-6 to change its time zone from UTC+10 to UTC+11 ...
       
  3120 # will take ... effect ... on April 24, 2016 at 2 o'clock
       
  3121 #
       
  3122 # From Matt Johnson (2016-04-05):
       
  3123 # ... signed by the President today ...
       
  3124 # http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201604050038
       
  3125 
       
  3126 Zone Asia/Magadan	10:03:12 -	LMT	1924 May  2
       
  3127 			10:00	-	+10	1930 Jun 21 # Magadan Time
       
  3128 			11:00	Russia	+11/+12	1991 Mar 31  2:00s
       
  3129 			10:00	Russia	+10/+11	1992 Jan 19  2:00s
       
  3130 			11:00	Russia	+11/+12	2011 Mar 27  2:00s
       
  3131 			12:00	-	+12	2014 Oct 26  2:00s
       
  3132 			10:00	-	+10	2016 Apr 24  2:00s
       
  3133 			11:00	-	+11
       
  3134 
       
  3135 
       
  3136 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-06):
       
  3137 # Asia/Srednekolymsk covers parts of (14, RU-SA) Sakha (Yakutia) Republic:
       
  3138 # 14-01	****	Abyysky District
       
  3139 # 14-03	****	Allaikhovsky District
       
  3140 # 14-08	****	Verkhnekolymsky District
       
  3141 # 14-17	****	Momsky District
       
  3142 # 14-20	****	Nizhnekolymsky District
       
  3143 # 14-25	****	Srednekolymsky District
       
  3144 #
       
  3145 # ...and parts of (65, RU-SAK) Sakhalin Oblast:
       
  3146 # 65-11	****	Severo-Kurilsky District (North Kuril Islands)
       
  3147 
       
  3148 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-02):
       
  3149 # Oymyakonsky District of Sakha Republic (represented by Ust-Nera), along with
       
  3150 # most of Sakhalin Oblast (represented by Sakhalin) will be moving to UTC+10 on
       
  3151 # 2014-10-26 to stay aligned with VLAT/SAKT; however, Severo-Kurilsky District
       
  3152 # of the Sakhalin Oblast (also known as the North Kuril Islands, represented by
       
  3153 # Severo-Kurilsk) will remain on UTC+11.
       
  3154 
       
  3155 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-06):
       
  3156 # Assume North Kuril Islands have history like Magadan before 2011-03-27.
       
  3157 # There is a decent chance this is wrong, in which case a new zone
       
  3158 # Asia/Severo-Kurilsk would become necessary.
       
  3159 #
       
  3160 # Srednekolymsk and Zyryanka are the most populous places amongst these
       
  3161 # districts, but have very similar populations.  In fact, Wikipedia currently
       
  3162 # lists them both as having 3528 people, exactly 1668 males and 1860 females
       
  3163 # each!  (Yikes!)
       
  3164 # http://en.wikipedia.org/w/?title=Srednekolymsky_District&oldid=603435276
       
  3165 # http://en.wikipedia.org/w/?title=Verkhnekolymsky_District&oldid=594378493
       
  3166 # Assume this is a mistake, albeit an amusing one.
       
  3167 #
       
  3168 # Looking at censuses, the populations of the two municipalities seem to have
       
  3169 # fluctuated recently.  Zyryanka was more populous than Srednekolymsk in the
       
  3170 # 1989 and 2002 censuses, but Srednekolymsk was more populous in the most
       
  3171 # recent (2010) census, 3525 to 3170.  (See pages 195 and 197 of
       
  3172 # http://www.gks.ru/free_doc/new_site/perepis2010/croc/Documents/Vol1/pub-01-05.pdf
       
  3173 # in Russian.)  In addition, Srednekolymsk appears to be a much older
       
  3174 # settlement and the population of Zyryanka seems to be declining.
       
  3175 # Go with Srednekolymsk.
       
  3176 
       
  3177 Zone Asia/Srednekolymsk	10:14:52 -	LMT	1924 May  2
       
  3178 			10:00	-	+10	1930 Jun 21
       
  3179 			11:00	Russia	+11/+12	1991 Mar 31  2:00s
       
  3180 			10:00	Russia	+10/+11	1992 Jan 19  2:00s
       
  3181 			11:00	Russia	+11/+12	2011 Mar 27  2:00s
       
  3182 			12:00	-	+12	2014 Oct 26  2:00s
       
  3183 			11:00	-	+11
       
  3184 
       
  3185 
       
  3186 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03):
       
  3187 # Asia/Ust-Nera covers parts of (14, RU-SA) Sakha (Yakutia) Republic:
       
  3188 # 14-22	****	Oymyakonsky District
       
  3189 
       
  3190 # From Arthur David Olson (2012-05-09):
       
  3191 # Ojmyakonskij [and the Kuril Islands] switched from
       
  3192 # Magadan time to Vladivostok time in 2011.
       
  3193 #
       
  3194 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-06), per Alexander Krivenyshev (2014-07-02):
       
  3195 # It's unlikely that any of the Kuril Islands were involved in such a switch,
       
  3196 # as the South and Middle Kurils have been on UTC+11 (SAKT) with the rest of
       
  3197 # Sakhalin Oblast since at least 2011-09, and the North Kurils have been on
       
  3198 # UTC+12 since at least then, too.
       
  3199 
       
  3200 Zone Asia/Ust-Nera	 9:32:54 -	LMT	1919 Dec 15
       
  3201 			 8:00	-	+08	1930 Jun 21
       
  3202 			 9:00	Russia	+09/+10	1981 Apr  1
       
  3203 			11:00	Russia	+11/+12	1991 Mar 31  2:00s
       
  3204 			10:00	Russia	+10/+11	1992 Jan 19  2:00s
       
  3205 			11:00	Russia	+11/+12	2011 Mar 27  2:00s
       
  3206 			12:00	-	+12	2011 Sep 13  0:00s # Decree 725?
       
  3207 			11:00	-	+11	2014 Oct 26  2:00s
       
  3208 			10:00	-	+10
       
  3209 
       
  3210 
       
  3211 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03), per Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25):
       
  3212 # Asia/Kamchatka covers...
       
  3213 # 91	RU-KAM	Kamchatka Krai
       
  3214 #
       
  3215 # Note: Effective 2007-07-01, (41) Kamchatka Oblast and (82) Koryak
       
  3216 # Autonomous Okrug merged to form (91, RU-KAM) Kamchatka Krai.
       
  3217 
       
  3218 # The Zone name should be Asia/Petropavlovsk-Kamchatski or perhaps
       
  3219 # Asia/Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, but these are too long.
       
  3220 Zone Asia/Kamchatka	10:34:36 -	LMT	1922 Nov 10
       
  3221 			11:00	-	+11	1930 Jun 21
       
  3222 			12:00	Russia	+12/+13	1991 Mar 31  2:00s
       
  3223 			11:00	Russia	+11/+12	1992 Jan 19  2:00s
       
  3224 			12:00	Russia	+12/+13	2010 Mar 28  2:00s
       
  3225 			11:00	Russia	+11/+12	2011 Mar 27  2:00s
       
  3226 			12:00	-	+12
       
  3227 
       
  3228 
       
  3229 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03):
       
  3230 # Asia/Anadyr covers...
       
  3231 # 87	RU-CHU	Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
       
  3232 
       
  3233 Zone Asia/Anadyr	11:49:56 -	LMT	1924 May  2
       
  3234 			12:00	-	+12	1930 Jun 21
       
  3235 			13:00	Russia	+13/+14	1982 Apr  1  0:00s
       
  3236 			12:00	Russia	+12/+13	1991 Mar 31  2:00s
       
  3237 			11:00	Russia	+11/+12	1992 Jan 19  2:00s
       
  3238 			12:00	Russia	+12/+13	2010 Mar 28  2:00s
       
  3239 			11:00	Russia	+11/+12	2011 Mar 27  2:00s
       
  3240 			12:00	-	+12
       
  3241 
       
  3242 
       
  3243 # San Marino
       
  3244 # See Europe/Rome.
       
  3245 
       
  3246 # Serbia
       
  3247 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
       
  3248 Zone	Europe/Belgrade	1:22:00	-	LMT	1884
       
  3249 			1:00	-	CET	1941 Apr 18 23:00
       
  3250 			1:00	C-Eur	CE%sT	1945
       
  3251 			1:00	-	CET	1945 May  8  2:00s
       
  3252 			1:00	1:00	CEST	1945 Sep 16  2:00s
       
  3253 # Metod Koželj reports that the legal date of
       
  3254 # transition to EU rules was 1982-11-27, for all of Yugoslavia at the time.
       
  3255 # Shanks & Pottenger don't give as much detail, so go with Koželj.
       
  3256 			1:00	-	CET	1982 Nov 27
       
  3257 			1:00	EU	CE%sT
       
  3258 Link Europe/Belgrade Europe/Ljubljana	# Slovenia
       
  3259 Link Europe/Belgrade Europe/Podgorica	# Montenegro
       
  3260 Link Europe/Belgrade Europe/Sarajevo	# Bosnia and Herzegovina
       
  3261 Link Europe/Belgrade Europe/Skopje	# Macedonia
       
  3262 Link Europe/Belgrade Europe/Zagreb	# Croatia
       
  3263 
       
  3264 # Slovakia
       
  3265 Link Europe/Prague Europe/Bratislava
       
  3266 
       
  3267 # Slovenia
       
  3268 # See Europe/Belgrade.
       
  3269 
       
  3270 # Spain
       
  3271 #
       
  3272 # From Paul Eggert (2016-12-14):
       
  3273 #
       
  3274 # The source for Europe/Madrid before 2013 is:
       
  3275 # Planesas P. La hora oficial en España y sus cambios.
       
  3276 # Anuario del Observatorio Astronómico de Madrid (2013, in Spanish).
       
  3277 # http://astronomia.ign.es/rknowsys-theme/images/webAstro/paginas/documentos/Anuario/lahoraoficialenespana.pdf
       
  3278 # As this source says that historical time in the Canaries is obscure,
       
  3279 # and it does not discuss Ceuta, stick with Shanks for now for that data.
       
  3280 #
       
  3281 # In the 1918 and 1919 fallback transitions in Spain, the clock for
       
  3282 # the hour-longer day officially kept going after midnight, so that
       
  3283 # the repeated instances of that day's 00:00 hour were 24 hours apart,
       
  3284 # with a fallback transition from the second occurrence of 00:59... to
       
  3285 # the next day's 00:00.  Our data format cannot represent this
       
  3286 # directly, and instead repeats the first hour of the next day, with a
       
  3287 # fallback transition from the next day's 00:59... to 00:00.
       
  3288 
       
  3289 # From Michael Deckers (2016-12-15):
       
  3290 # The Royal Decree of 1900-06-26 quoted by Planesas, online at
       
  3291 # https://www.boe.es/datos/pdfs/BOE//1900/209/A00383-00384.pdf
       
  3292 # says in its article 5 (my translation):
       
  3293 # These dispositions will enter into force beginning with the
       
  3294 # instant at which, according to the time indicated in article 1,
       
  3295 # the 1st day of January of 1901 will begin.
       
  3296 
       
  3297 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
       
  3298 Rule	Spain	1918	only	-	Apr	15	23:00	1:00	S
       
  3299 Rule	Spain	1918	1919	-	Oct	 6	24:00s	0	-
       
  3300 Rule	Spain	1919	only	-	Apr	 6	23:00	1:00	S
       
  3301 Rule	Spain	1924	only	-	Apr	16	23:00	1:00	S
       
  3302 Rule	Spain	1924	only	-	Oct	 4	24:00s	0	-
       
  3303 Rule	Spain	1926	only	-	Apr	17	23:00	1:00	S
       
  3304 Rule	Spain	1926	1929	-	Oct	Sat>=1	24:00s	0	-
       
  3305 Rule	Spain	1927	only	-	Apr	 9	23:00	1:00	S
       
  3306 Rule	Spain	1928	only	-	Apr	15	 0:00	1:00	S
       
  3307 Rule	Spain	1929	only	-	Apr	20	23:00	1:00	S
       
  3308 # Republican Spain during the civil war; it controlled Madrid until 1939-03-28.
       
  3309 Rule	Spain	1937	only	-	Jun	16	23:00	1:00	S
       
  3310 Rule	Spain	1937	only	-	Oct	 2	24:00s	0	-
       
  3311 Rule	Spain	1938	only	-	Apr	 2	23:00	1:00	S
       
  3312 Rule	Spain	1938	only	-	Apr	30	23:00	2:00	M
       
  3313 Rule	Spain	1938	only	-	Oct	 2	24:00	1:00	S
       
  3314 # The following rules are for unified Spain again.
       
  3315 #
       
  3316 # Planesas does not say what happened in Madrid between its fall on
       
  3317 # 1939-03-28 and the Nationalist spring-forward transition on
       
  3318 # 1939-04-15.  For lack of better info, assume Madrid's clocks did not
       
  3319 # change during that period.
       
  3320 #
       
  3321 # The first rule is commented out, as it is redundant for Republican Spain.
       
  3322 #Rule	Spain	1939	only	-	Apr	15	23:00	1:00	S
       
  3323 Rule	Spain	1939	only	-	Oct	 7	24:00s	0	-
       
  3324 Rule	Spain	1942	only	-	May	 2	23:00	1:00	S
       
  3325 Rule	Spain	1942	only	-	Sep	 1	 1:00	0	-
       
  3326 Rule	Spain	1943	1946	-	Apr	Sat>=13	23:00	1:00	S
       
  3327 Rule	Spain	1943	1944	-	Oct	Sun>=1	 1:00	0	-
       
  3328 Rule	Spain	1945	1946	-	Sep	lastSun	 1:00	0	-
       
  3329 Rule	Spain	1949	only	-	Apr	30	23:00	1:00	S
       
  3330 Rule	Spain	1949	only	-	Oct	 2	 1:00	0	-
       
  3331 Rule	Spain	1974	1975	-	Apr	Sat>=12	23:00	1:00	S
       
  3332 Rule	Spain	1974	1975	-	Oct	Sun>=1	 1:00	0	-
       
  3333 Rule	Spain	1976	only	-	Mar	27	23:00	1:00	S
       
  3334 Rule	Spain	1976	1977	-	Sep	lastSun	 1:00	0	-
       
  3335 Rule	Spain	1977	only	-	Apr	 2	23:00	1:00	S
       
  3336 Rule	Spain	1978	only	-	Apr	 2	 2:00s	1:00	S
       
  3337 Rule	Spain	1978	only	-	Oct	 1	 2:00s	0	-
       
  3338 # Nationalist Spain during the civil war
       
  3339 #Rule NatSpain	1937	only	-	May	22	23:00	1:00	S
       
  3340 #Rule NatSpain	1937	1938	-	Oct	Sat>=1	24:00s	0	-
       
  3341 #Rule NatSpain	1938	only	-	Mar	26	23:00	1:00	S
       
  3342 # The following rules are copied from Morocco from 1967 through 1978.
       
  3343 Rule SpainAfrica 1967	only	-	Jun	 3	12:00	1:00	S
       
  3344 Rule SpainAfrica 1967	only	-	Oct	 1	 0:00	0	-
       
  3345 Rule SpainAfrica 1974	only	-	Jun	24	 0:00	1:00	S
       
  3346 Rule SpainAfrica 1974	only	-	Sep	 1	 0:00	0	-
       
  3347 Rule SpainAfrica 1976	1977	-	May	 1	 0:00	1:00	S
       
  3348 Rule SpainAfrica 1976	only	-	Aug	 1	 0:00	0	-
       
  3349 Rule SpainAfrica 1977	only	-	Sep	28	 0:00	0	-
       
  3350 Rule SpainAfrica 1978	only	-	Jun	 1	 0:00	1:00	S
       
  3351 Rule SpainAfrica 1978	only	-	Aug	 4	 0:00	0	-
       
  3352 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
       
  3353 Zone	Europe/Madrid	-0:14:44 -	LMT	1900 Dec 31 23:45:16
       
  3354 			 0:00	Spain	WE%sT	1940 Mar 16 23:00
       
  3355 			 1:00	Spain	CE%sT	1979
       
  3356 			 1:00	EU	CE%sT
       
  3357 Zone	Africa/Ceuta	-0:21:16 -	LMT	1900 Dec 31 23:38:44
       
  3358 			 0:00	-	WET	1918 May  6 23:00
       
  3359 			 0:00	1:00	WEST	1918 Oct  7 23:00
       
  3360 			 0:00	-	WET	1924
       
  3361 			 0:00	Spain	WE%sT	1929
       
  3362 			 0:00 SpainAfrica WE%sT	1984 Mar 16
       
  3363 			 1:00	-	CET	1986
       
  3364 			 1:00	EU	CE%sT
       
  3365 Zone	Atlantic/Canary	-1:01:36 -	LMT	1922 Mar # Las Palmas de Gran C.
       
  3366 			-1:00	-	-01	1946 Sep 30  1:00
       
  3367 			 0:00	-	WET	1980 Apr  6  0:00s
       
  3368 			 0:00	1:00	WEST	1980 Sep 28  1:00u
       
  3369 			 0:00	EU	WE%sT
       
  3370 # IATA SSIM (1996-09) says the Canaries switch at 2:00u, not 1:00u.
       
  3371 # Ignore this for now, as the Canaries are part of the EU.
       
  3372 
       
  3373 # Sweden
       
  3374 
       
  3375 # From Ivan Nilsson (2001-04-13), superseding Shanks & Pottenger:
       
  3376 #
       
  3377 # The law "Svensk författningssamling 1878, no 14" about standard time in 1879:
       
  3378 # From the beginning of 1879 (that is 01-01 00:00) the time for all
       
  3379 # places in the country is "the mean solar time for the meridian at
       
  3380 # three degrees, or twelve minutes of time, to the west of the
       
  3381 # meridian of the Observatory of Stockholm".  The law is dated 1878-05-31.
       
  3382 #
       
  3383 # The observatory at that time had the meridian 18 degrees 03' 30"
       
  3384 # eastern longitude = 01:12:14 in time.  Less 12 minutes gives the
       
  3385 # national standard time as 01:00:14 ahead of GMT....
       
  3386 #
       
  3387 # About the beginning of CET in Sweden. The lawtext ("Svensk
       
  3388 # författningssamling 1899, no 44") states, that "from the beginning
       
  3389 # of 1900... ... the same as the mean solar time for the meridian at
       
  3390 # the distance of one hour of time from the meridian of the English
       
  3391 # observatory at Greenwich, or at 12 minutes 14 seconds to the west
       
  3392 # from the meridian of the Observatory of Stockholm". The law is dated
       
  3393 # 1899-06-16.  In short: At 1900-01-01 00:00:00 the new standard time
       
  3394 # in Sweden is 01:00:00 ahead of GMT.
       
  3395 #
       
  3396 # 1916: The lawtext ("Svensk författningssamling 1916, no 124") states
       
  3397 # that "1916-05-15 is considered to begin one hour earlier". It is
       
  3398 # pretty obvious that at 05-14 23:00 the clocks are set to 05-15 00:00....
       
  3399 # Further the law says, that "1916-09-30 is considered to end one hour later".
       
  3400 #
       
  3401 # The laws regulating [DST] are available on the site of the Swedish
       
  3402 # Parliament beginning with 1985 - the laws regulating 1980/1984 are
       
  3403 # not available on the site (to my knowledge they are only available
       
  3404 # in Swedish): <http://www.riksdagen.se/english/work/sfst.asp> (type
       
  3405 # "sommartid" without the quotes in the field "Fritext" and then click
       
  3406 # the Sök-button).
       
  3407 #
       
  3408 # (2001-05-13):
       
  3409 #
       
  3410 # I have now found a newspaper stating that at 1916-10-01 01:00
       
  3411 # summertime the church-clocks etc were set back one hour to show
       
  3412 # 1916-10-01 00:00 standard time.  The article also reports that some
       
  3413 # people thought the switch to standard time would take place already
       
  3414 # at 1916-10-01 00:00 summer time, but they had to wait for another
       
  3415 # hour before the event took place.
       
  3416 #
       
  3417 # Source: The newspaper "Dagens Nyheter", 1916-10-01, page 7 upper left.
       
  3418 
       
  3419 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
       
  3420 Zone Europe/Stockholm	1:12:12 -	LMT	1879 Jan  1
       
  3421 			1:00:14	-	SET	1900 Jan  1 # Swedish Time
       
  3422 			1:00	-	CET	1916 May 14 23:00
       
  3423 			1:00	1:00	CEST	1916 Oct  1  1:00
       
  3424 			1:00	-	CET	1980
       
  3425 			1:00	EU	CE%sT
       
  3426 
       
  3427 # Switzerland
       
  3428 # From Howse:
       
  3429 # By the end of the 18th century clocks and watches became commonplace
       
  3430 # and their performance improved enormously.  Communities began to keep
       
  3431 # mean time in preference to apparent time - Geneva from 1780 ....
       
  3432 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
       
  3433 # From Whitman (who writes "Midnight?"):
       
  3434 # Rule	Swiss	1940	only	-	Nov	 2	0:00	1:00	S
       
  3435 # Rule	Swiss	1940	only	-	Dec	31	0:00	0	-
       
  3436 # From Shanks & Pottenger:
       
  3437 # Rule	Swiss	1941	1942	-	May	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	S
       
  3438 # Rule	Swiss	1941	1942	-	Oct	Sun>=1	0:00	0	-
       
  3439 
       
  3440 # From Alois Treindl (2008-12-17):
       
  3441 # I have researched the DST usage in Switzerland during the 1940ies.
       
  3442 #
       
  3443 # As I wrote in an earlier message, I suspected the current tzdata values
       
  3444 # to be wrong. This is now verified.
       
  3445 #
       
  3446 # I have found copies of the original ruling by the Swiss Federal
       
  3447 # government, in 'Eidgenössische Gesetzessammlung 1941 and 1942' (Swiss
       
  3448 # federal law collection)...
       
  3449 #
       
  3450 # DST began on Monday 5 May 1941, 1:00 am by shifting the clocks to 2:00 am
       
  3451 # DST ended on Monday 6 Oct 1941, 2:00 am by shifting the clocks to 1:00 am.
       
  3452 #
       
  3453 # DST began on Monday, 4 May 1942 at 01:00 am
       
  3454 # DST ended on Monday, 5 Oct 1942 at 02:00 am
       
  3455 #
       
  3456 # There was no DST in 1940, I have checked the law collection carefully.
       
  3457 # It is also indicated by the fact that the 1942 entry in the law
       
  3458 # collection points back to 1941 as a reference, but no reference to any
       
  3459 # other years are made.
       
  3460 #
       
  3461 # Newspaper articles I have read in the archives on 6 May 1941 reported
       
  3462 # about the introduction of DST (Sommerzeit in German) during the previous
       
  3463 # night as an absolute novelty, because this was the first time that such
       
  3464 # a thing had happened in Switzerland.
       
  3465 #
       
  3466 # I have also checked 1916, because one book source (Gabriel, Traité de
       
  3467 # l'heure dans le monde) claims that Switzerland had DST in 1916. This is
       
  3468 # false, no official document could be found. Probably Gabriel got misled
       
  3469 # by references to Germany, which introduced DST in 1916 for the first time.
       
  3470 #
       
  3471 # The tzdata rules for Switzerland must be changed to:
       
  3472 # Rule  Swiss   1941    1942    -       May     Mon>=1  1:00    1:00    S
       
  3473 # Rule  Swiss   1941    1942    -       Oct     Mon>=1  2:00    0       -
       
  3474 #
       
  3475 # The 1940 rules must be deleted.
       
  3476 #
       
  3477 # One further detail for Switzerland, which is probably out of scope for
       
  3478 # most users of tzdata: The [Europe/Zurich zone] ...
       
  3479 # describes all of Switzerland correctly, with the exception of
       
  3480 # the Canton de Genève (Geneva, Genf). Between 1848 and 1894 Geneva did not
       
  3481 # follow Bern Mean Time but kept its own local mean time.
       
  3482 # To represent this, an extra zone would be needed.
       
  3483 #
       
  3484 # From Alois Treindl (2013-09-11):
       
  3485 # The Federal regulations say
       
  3486 # http://www.admin.ch/opc/de/classified-compilation/20071096/index.html
       
  3487 # ... the meridian for Bern mean time ... is 7 degrees 26' 22.50".
       
  3488 # Expressed in time, it is 0h29m45.5s.
       
  3489 
       
  3490 # From Pierre-Yves Berger (2013-09-11):
       
  3491 # the "Circulaire du conseil fédéral" (December 11 1893)
       
  3492 # http://www.amtsdruckschriften.bar.admin.ch/viewOrigDoc.do?id=10071353
       
  3493 # clearly states that the [1894-06-01] change should be done at midnight
       
  3494 # but if no one is present after 11 at night, could be postponed until one
       
  3495 # hour before the beginning of service.
       
  3496 
       
  3497 # From Paul Eggert (2013-09-11):
       
  3498 # Round BMT to the nearest even second, 0:29:46.
       
  3499 #
       
  3500 # We can find no reliable source for Shanks's assertion that all of Switzerland
       
  3501 # except Geneva switched to Bern Mean Time at 00:00 on 1848-09-12.  This book:
       
  3502 #
       
  3503 #	Jakob Messerli. Gleichmässig, pünktlich, schnell. Zeiteinteilung und
       
  3504 #	Zeitgebrauch in der Schweiz im 19. Jahrhundert. Chronos, Zurich 1995,
       
  3505 #	ISBN 3-905311-68-2, OCLC 717570797.
       
  3506 #
       
  3507 # suggests that the transition was more gradual, and that the Swiss did not
       
  3508 # agree about civil time during the transition.  The timekeeping it gives the
       
  3509 # most detail for is postal and telegraph time: here, federal legislation (the
       
  3510 # "Bundesgesetz über die Erstellung von elektrischen Telegraphen") passed on
       
  3511 # 1851-11-23, and an official implementation notice was published 1853-07-16
       
  3512 # (Bundesblatt 1853, Bd. II, S. 859).  On p 72 Messerli writes that in
       
  3513 # practice since July 1853 Bernese time was used in "all postal and telegraph
       
  3514 # offices in Switzerland from Geneva to St. Gallen and Basel to Chiasso"
       
  3515 # (Google translation).  For now, model this transition as occurring on
       
  3516 # 1853-07-16, though it probably occurred at some other date in Zurich, and
       
  3517 # legal civil time probably changed at still some other transition date.
       
  3518 
       
  3519 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
       
  3520 Rule	Swiss	1941	1942	-	May	Mon>=1	1:00	1:00	S
       
  3521 Rule	Swiss	1941	1942	-	Oct	Mon>=1	2:00	0	-
       
  3522 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
       
  3523 Zone	Europe/Zurich	0:34:08 -	LMT	1853 Jul 16 # See above comment.
       
  3524 			0:29:46	-	BMT	1894 Jun    # Bern Mean Time
       
  3525 			1:00	Swiss	CE%sT	1981
       
  3526 			1:00	EU	CE%sT
       
  3527 
       
  3528 # Turkey
       
  3529 
       
  3530 # From Kıvanç Yazan (2016-09-25):
       
  3531 # 1) For 1986-2006, DST started at 01:00 local and ended at 02:00 local, with
       
  3532 #    no exceptions.
       
  3533 # 2) 1994's lastSun was overridden with Mar 20 ...
       
  3534 # Here are official papers:
       
  3535 # http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/arsiv/19032.pdf  - page 2 for 1986
       
  3536 # http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/arsiv/19400.pdf  - page 4 for 1987
       
  3537 # http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/arsiv/19752.pdf  - page 15 for 1988
       
  3538 # http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/arsiv/20102.pdf  - page 6 for 1989
       
  3539 # http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/arsiv/20464.pdf  - page 1 for 1990 - 1992
       
  3540 # http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/arsiv/21531.pdf  - page 15 for 1993 - 1995
       
  3541 # http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/arsiv/21879.pdf  - page 1 for overriding 1994
       
  3542 # http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/arsiv/22588.pdf  - page 1 for 1996, 1997
       
  3543 # http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/arsiv/23286.pdf  - page 10 for 1998 - 2000
       
  3544 # http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2001/03/20010324.htm#2  - for 2001
       
  3545 # http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2002/03/20020316.htm#2  - for 2002-2006
       
  3546 # From Paul Eggert (2016-09-25):
       
  3547 # Prefer the above sources to Shanks & Pottenger for time stamps after 1985.
       
  3548 
       
  3549 # From Steffen Thorsen (2007-03-09):
       
  3550 # Starting 2007 though, it seems that they are adopting EU's 1:00 UTC
       
  3551 # start/end time, according to the following page (2007-03-07):
       
  3552 # http://www.ntvmsnbc.com/news/402029.asp
       
  3553 # The official document is located here - it is in Turkish...:
       
  3554 # http://rega.basbakanlik.gov.tr/eskiler/2007/03/20070307-7.htm
       
  3555 # I was able to locate the following seemingly official document
       
  3556 # (on a non-government server though) describing dates between 2002 and 2006:
       
  3557 # http://www.alomaliye.com/bkk_2002_3769.htm
       
  3558 
       
  3559 # From Gökdeniz Karadağ (2011-03-10):
       
  3560 # According to the articles linked below, Turkey will change into summer
       
  3561 # time zone (GMT+3) on March 28, 2011 at 3:00 a.m. instead of March 27.
       
  3562 # This change is due to a nationwide exam on 27th.
       
  3563 # http://www.worldbulletin.net/?aType=haber&ArticleID=70872
       
  3564 # Turkish:
       
  3565 # http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/ekonomi/17230464.asp?gid=373
       
  3566 
       
  3567 # From Faruk Pasin (2014-02-14):
       
  3568 # The DST for Turkey has been changed for this year because of the
       
  3569 # Turkish Local election....
       
  3570 # http://www.sabah.com.tr/Ekonomi/2014/02/12/yaz-saatinde-onemli-degisiklik
       
  3571 # ... so Turkey will move clocks forward one hour on March 31 at 3:00 a.m.
       
  3572 # From Randal L. Schwartz (2014-04-15):
       
  3573 # Having landed on a flight from the states to Istanbul (via AMS) on March 31,
       
  3574 # I can tell you that NOBODY (even the airlines) respected this timezone DST
       
  3575 # change delay.  Maybe the word just didn't get out in time.
       
  3576 # From Paul Eggert (2014-06-15):
       
  3577 # The press reported massive confusion, as election officials obeyed the rule
       
  3578 # change but cell phones (and airline baggage systems) did not.  See:
       
  3579 # Kostidis M. Eventful elections in Turkey. Balkan News Agency
       
  3580 # http://www.balkaneu.com/eventful-elections-turkey/ 2014-03-30.
       
  3581 # I guess the best we can do is document the official time.
       
  3582 
       
  3583 # From Fatih (2015-09-29):
       
  3584 # It's officially announced now by the Ministry of Energy.
       
  3585 # Turkey delays winter time to 8th of November 04:00
       
  3586 # http://www.aa.com.tr/tr/turkiye/yaz-saati-uygulamasi-8-kasimda-sona-erecek/362217
       
  3587 #
       
  3588 # From BBC News (2015-10-25):
       
  3589 # Confused Turks are asking "what's the time?" after automatic clocks defied a
       
  3590 # government decision ... "For the next two weeks #Turkey is on EEST... Erdogan
       
  3591 # Engineered Standard Time," said Twitter user @aysekarahasan.
       
  3592 # http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34631326
       
  3593 
       
  3594 # From Burak AYDIN (2016-09-08):
       
  3595 # Turkey will stay in Daylight Saving Time even in winter....
       
  3596 # http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2016/09/20160908-2.pdf
       
  3597 #
       
  3598 # From Paul Eggert (2016-09-07):
       
  3599 # The change is permanent, so this is the new standard time in Turkey.
       
  3600 # It takes effect today, which is not much notice.
       
  3601 
       
  3602 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
       
  3603 Rule	Turkey	1916	only	-	May	 1	0:00	1:00	S
       
  3604 Rule	Turkey	1916	only	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
       
  3605 Rule	Turkey	1920	only	-	Mar	28	0:00	1:00	S
       
  3606 Rule	Turkey	1920	only	-	Oct	25	0:00	0	-
       
  3607 Rule	Turkey	1921	only	-	Apr	 3	0:00	1:00	S
       
  3608 Rule	Turkey	1921	only	-	Oct	 3	0:00	0	-
       
  3609 Rule	Turkey	1922	only	-	Mar	26	0:00	1:00	S
       
  3610 Rule	Turkey	1922	only	-	Oct	 8	0:00	0	-
       
  3611 # Whitman gives 1923 Apr 28 - Sep 16 and no DST in 1924-1925;
       
  3612 # go with Shanks & Pottenger.
       
  3613 Rule	Turkey	1924	only	-	May	13	0:00	1:00	S
       
  3614 Rule	Turkey	1924	1925	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
       
  3615 Rule	Turkey	1925	only	-	May	 1	0:00	1:00	S
       
  3616 Rule	Turkey	1940	only	-	Jun	30	0:00	1:00	S
       
  3617 Rule	Turkey	1940	only	-	Oct	 5	0:00	0	-
       
  3618 Rule	Turkey	1940	only	-	Dec	 1	0:00	1:00	S
       
  3619 Rule	Turkey	1941	only	-	Sep	21	0:00	0	-
       
  3620 Rule	Turkey	1942	only	-	Apr	 1	0:00	1:00	S
       
  3621 # Whitman omits the next two transition and gives 1945 Oct 1;
       
  3622 # go with Shanks & Pottenger.
       
  3623 Rule	Turkey	1942	only	-	Nov	 1	0:00	0	-
       
  3624 Rule	Turkey	1945	only	-	Apr	 2	0:00	1:00	S
       
  3625 Rule	Turkey	1945	only	-	Oct	 8	0:00	0	-
       
  3626 Rule	Turkey	1946	only	-	Jun	 1	0:00	1:00	S
       
  3627 Rule	Turkey	1946	only	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
       
  3628 Rule	Turkey	1947	1948	-	Apr	Sun>=16	0:00	1:00	S
       
  3629 Rule	Turkey	1947	1950	-	Oct	Sun>=2	0:00	0	-
       
  3630 Rule	Turkey	1949	only	-	Apr	10	0:00	1:00	S
       
  3631 Rule	Turkey	1950	only	-	Apr	19	0:00	1:00	S
       
  3632 Rule	Turkey	1951	only	-	Apr	22	0:00	1:00	S
       
  3633 Rule	Turkey	1951	only	-	Oct	 8	0:00	0	-
       
  3634 Rule	Turkey	1962	only	-	Jul	15	0:00	1:00	S
       
  3635 Rule	Turkey	1962	only	-	Oct	 8	0:00	0	-
       
  3636 Rule	Turkey	1964	only	-	May	15	0:00	1:00	S
       
  3637 Rule	Turkey	1964	only	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
       
  3638 Rule	Turkey	1970	1972	-	May	Sun>=2	0:00	1:00	S
       
  3639 Rule	Turkey	1970	1972	-	Oct	Sun>=2	0:00	0	-
       
  3640 Rule	Turkey	1973	only	-	Jun	 3	1:00	1:00	S
       
  3641 Rule	Turkey	1973	only	-	Nov	 4	3:00	0	-
       
  3642 Rule	Turkey	1974	only	-	Mar	31	2:00	1:00	S
       
  3643 Rule	Turkey	1974	only	-	Nov	 3	5:00	0	-
       
  3644 Rule	Turkey	1975	only	-	Mar	30	0:00	1:00	S
       
  3645 Rule	Turkey	1975	1976	-	Oct	lastSun	0:00	0	-
       
  3646 Rule	Turkey	1976	only	-	Jun	 1	0:00	1:00	S
       
  3647 Rule	Turkey	1977	1978	-	Apr	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	S
       
  3648 Rule	Turkey	1977	only	-	Oct	16	0:00	0	-
       
  3649 Rule	Turkey	1979	1980	-	Apr	Sun>=1	3:00	1:00	S
       
  3650 Rule	Turkey	1979	1982	-	Oct	Mon>=11	0:00	0	-
       
  3651 Rule	Turkey	1981	1982	-	Mar	lastSun	3:00	1:00	S
       
  3652 Rule	Turkey	1983	only	-	Jul	31	0:00	1:00	S
       
  3653 Rule	Turkey	1983	only	-	Oct	 2	0:00	0	-
       
  3654 Rule	Turkey	1985	only	-	Apr	20	0:00	1:00	S
       
  3655 Rule	Turkey	1985	only	-	Sep	28	0:00	0	-
       
  3656 Rule	Turkey	1986	1993	-	Mar	lastSun	1:00s	1:00	S
       
  3657 Rule	Turkey	1986	1995	-	Sep	lastSun	1:00s	0	-
       
  3658 Rule	Turkey	1994	only	-	Mar	20	1:00s	1:00	S
       
  3659 Rule	Turkey	1995	2006	-	Mar	lastSun	1:00s	1:00	S
       
  3660 Rule	Turkey	1996	2006	-	Oct	lastSun	1:00s	0	-
       
  3661 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
       
  3662 Zone	Europe/Istanbul	1:55:52 -	LMT	1880
       
  3663 			1:56:56	-	IMT	1910 Oct # Istanbul Mean Time?
       
  3664 			2:00	Turkey	EE%sT	1978 Oct 15
       
  3665 			3:00	Turkey	+03/+04	1985 Apr 20
       
  3666 			2:00	Turkey	EE%sT	2007
       
  3667 			2:00	EU	EE%sT	2011 Mar 27  1:00u
       
  3668 			2:00	-	EET	2011 Mar 28  1:00u
       
  3669 			2:00	EU	EE%sT	2014 Mar 30  1:00u
       
  3670 			2:00	-	EET	2014 Mar 31  1:00u
       
  3671 			2:00	EU	EE%sT	2015 Oct 25  1:00u
       
  3672 			2:00	1:00	EEST	2015 Nov  8  1:00u
       
  3673 			2:00	EU	EE%sT	2016 Sep  7
       
  3674 			3:00	-	+03
       
  3675 Link	Europe/Istanbul	Asia/Istanbul	# Istanbul is in both continents.
       
  3676 
       
  3677 # Ukraine
       
  3678 #
       
  3679 # From Igor Karpov, who works for the Ukrainian Ministry of Justice,
       
  3680 # via Garrett Wollman (2003-01-27):
       
  3681 # BTW, I've found the official document on this matter. It's government
       
  3682 # regulations No. 509, May 13, 1996. In my poor translation it says:
       
  3683 # "Time in Ukraine is set to second timezone (Kiev time). Each last Sunday
       
  3684 # of March at 3am the time is changing to 4am and each last Sunday of
       
  3685 # October the time at 4am is changing to 3am"
       
  3686 
       
  3687 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-09-20):
       
  3688 # On September 20, 2011 the deputies of the Verkhovna Rada agreed to
       
  3689 # abolish the transfer clock to winter time.
       
  3690 #
       
  3691 # Bill No. 8330 of MP from the Party of Regions Oleg Nadoshi got
       
  3692 # approval from 266 deputies.
       
  3693 #
       
  3694 # Ukraine abolishes transfer back to the winter time (in Russian)
       
  3695 # http://news.mail.ru/politics/6861560/
       
  3696 #
       
  3697 # The Ukrainians will no longer change the clock (in Russian)
       
  3698 # http://www.segodnya.ua/news/14290482.html
       
  3699 #
       
  3700 # Deputies cancelled the winter time (in Russian)
       
  3701 # http://www.pravda.com.ua/rus/news/2011/09/20/6600616/
       
  3702 #
       
  3703 # From Philip Pizzey (2011-10-18):
       
  3704 # Today my Ukrainian colleagues have informed me that the
       
  3705 # Ukrainian parliament have decided that they will go to winter
       
  3706 # time this year after all.
       
  3707 #
       
  3708 # From Udo Schwedt (2011-10-18):
       
  3709 # As far as I understand, the recent change to the Ukrainian time zone
       
  3710 # (Europe/Kiev) to introduce permanent daylight saving time (similar
       
  3711 # to Russia) was reverted today:
       
  3712 # http://portal.rada.gov.ua/rada/control/en/publish/article/info_left?art_id=287324&cat_id=105995
       
  3713 #
       
  3714 # Also reported by Alexander Bokovoy (2011-10-18) who also noted:
       
  3715 # The law documents themselves are at
       
  3716 # http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/zweb_n/webproc4_1?id=&pf3511=41484
       
  3717 
       
  3718 # From Vladimir in Moscow via Alois Treindl re Kiev time 1991/2 (2014-02-28):
       
  3719 # First in Ukraine they changed Time zone from UTC+3 to UTC+2 with DST:
       
  3720 #       03 25 1990 02:00 -03.00 1       Time Zone 3 with DST
       
  3721 #       07 01 1990 02:00 -02.00 1       Time Zone 2 with DST
       
  3722 # * Ukrainian Government's Resolution of 18.06.1990, No. 134.
       
  3723 # http://search.ligazakon.ua/l_doc2.nsf/link1/T001500.html
       
  3724 #
       
  3725 # They did not end DST in September, 1990 (according to the law,
       
  3726 # "summer time" was still in action):
       
  3727 #       09 30 1990 03:00 -02.00 1       Time Zone 2 with DST
       
  3728 # * Ukrainian Government's Resolution of 21.09.1990, No. 272.
       
  3729 # http://search.ligazakon.ua/l_doc2.nsf/link1/KP900272.html
       
  3730 #
       
  3731 # Again no change in March, 1991 ("summer time" in action):
       
  3732 #       03 31 1991 02:00 -02.00 1       Time Zone 2 with DST
       
  3733 #
       
  3734 # DST ended in September 1991 ("summer time" ended):
       
  3735 #       09 29 1991 03:00 -02.00 0       Time Zone 2, no DST
       
  3736 # * Ukrainian Government's Resolution of 25.09.1991, No. 225.
       
  3737 # http://www.uazakon.com/documents/date_21/pg_iwgdoc.htm
       
  3738 # This is an answer.
       
  3739 #
       
  3740 # Since 1992 they had normal DST procedure:
       
  3741 #       03 29 1992 02:00 -02.00 1       DST started
       
  3742 #       09 27 1992 03:00 -02.00 0       DST ended
       
  3743 # * Ukrainian Government's Resolution of 20.03.1992, No. 139.
       
  3744 # http://www.uazakon.com/documents/date_8u/pg_grcasa.htm
       
  3745 
       
  3746 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
       
  3747 # Most of Ukraine since 1970 has been like Kiev.
       
  3748 # "Kyiv" is the transliteration of the Ukrainian name, but
       
  3749 # "Kiev" is more common in English.
       
  3750 Zone Europe/Kiev	2:02:04 -	LMT	1880
       
  3751 			2:02:04	-	KMT	1924 May  2 # Kiev Mean Time
       
  3752 			2:00	-	EET	1930 Jun 21
       
  3753 			3:00	-	MSK	1941 Sep 20
       
  3754 			1:00	C-Eur	CE%sT	1943 Nov  6
       
  3755 			3:00	Russia	MSK/MSD	1990 Jul  1  2:00
       
  3756 			2:00	1:00	EEST	1991 Sep 29  3:00
       
  3757 			2:00	E-Eur	EE%sT	1995
       
  3758 			2:00	EU	EE%sT
       
  3759 # Ruthenia used CET 1990/1991.
       
  3760 # "Uzhhorod" is the transliteration of the Rusyn/Ukrainian pronunciation, but
       
  3761 # "Uzhgorod" is more common in English.
       
  3762 Zone Europe/Uzhgorod	1:29:12 -	LMT	1890 Oct
       
  3763 			1:00	-	CET	1940
       
  3764 			1:00	C-Eur	CE%sT	1944 Oct
       
  3765 			1:00	1:00	CEST	1944 Oct 26
       
  3766 			1:00	-	CET	1945 Jun 29
       
  3767 			3:00	Russia	MSK/MSD	1990
       
  3768 			3:00	-	MSK	1990 Jul  1  2:00
       
  3769 			1:00	-	CET	1991 Mar 31  3:00
       
  3770 			2:00	-	EET	1992
       
  3771 			2:00	E-Eur	EE%sT	1995
       
  3772 			2:00	EU	EE%sT
       
  3773 # Zaporozh'ye and eastern Lugansk oblasts observed DST 1990/1991.
       
  3774 # "Zaporizhia" is the transliteration of the Ukrainian name, but
       
  3775 # "Zaporozh'ye" is more common in English.  Use the common English
       
  3776 # spelling, except omit the apostrophe as it is not allowed in
       
  3777 # portable Posix file names.
       
  3778 Zone Europe/Zaporozhye	2:20:40 -	LMT	1880
       
  3779 			2:20	-	+0220	1924 May  2
       
  3780 			2:00	-	EET	1930 Jun 21
       
  3781 			3:00	-	MSK	1941 Aug 25
       
  3782 			1:00	C-Eur	CE%sT	1943 Oct 25
       
  3783 			3:00	Russia	MSK/MSD	1991 Mar 31  2:00
       
  3784 			2:00	E-Eur	EE%sT	1995
       
  3785 			2:00	EU	EE%sT
       
  3786 
       
  3787 # Vatican City
       
  3788 # See Europe/Rome.
       
  3789 
       
  3790 ###############################################################################
       
  3791 
       
  3792 # One source shows that Bulgaria, Cyprus, Finland, and Greece observe DST from
       
  3793 # the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in September in 1986.
       
  3794 # The source shows Romania changing a day later than everybody else.
       
  3795 #
       
  3796 # According to Bernard Sieloff's source, Poland is in the MET time zone but
       
  3797 # uses the WE DST rules.  The Western USSR uses EET+1 and ME DST rules.
       
  3798 # Bernard Sieloff's source claims Romania switches on the same day, but at
       
  3799 # 00:00 standard time (i.e., 01:00 DST).  It also claims that Turkey
       
  3800 # switches on the same day, but switches on at 01:00 standard time
       
  3801 # and off at 00:00 standard time (i.e., 01:00 DST)
       
  3802 
       
  3803 # ...
       
  3804 # Date: Wed, 28 Jan 87 16:56:27 -0100
       
  3805 # From: Tom Hofmann
       
  3806 # ...
       
  3807 #
       
  3808 # ...the European time rules are...standardized since 1981, when
       
  3809 # most European countries started DST.  Before that year, only
       
  3810 # a few countries (UK, France, Italy) had DST, each according
       
  3811 # to own national rules.  In 1981, however, DST started on
       
  3812 # 'Apr firstSun', and not on 'Mar lastSun' as in the following
       
  3813 # years...
       
  3814 # But also since 1981 there are some more national exceptions
       
  3815 # than listed in 'europe': Switzerland, for example, joined DST
       
  3816 # one year later, Denmark ended DST on 'Oct 1' instead of 'Sep
       
  3817 # lastSun' in 1981 - I don't know how they handle now.
       
  3818 #
       
  3819 # Finally, DST ist always from 'Apr 1' to 'Oct 1' in the
       
  3820 # Soviet Union (as far as I know).
       
  3821 #
       
  3822 # Tom Hofmann, Scientific Computer Center, CIBA-GEIGY AG,
       
  3823 # 4002 Basle, Switzerland
       
  3824 # ...
       
  3825 
       
  3826 # ...
       
  3827 # Date: Wed, 4 Feb 87 22:35:22 +0100
       
  3828 # From: Dik T. Winter
       
  3829 # ...
       
  3830 #
       
  3831 # The information from Tom Hofmann is (as far as I know) not entirely correct.
       
  3832 # After a request from chongo at amdahl I tried to retrieve all information
       
  3833 # about DST in Europe.  I was able to find all from about 1969.
       
  3834 #
       
  3835 # ...standardization on DST in Europe started in about 1977 with switches on
       
  3836 # first Sunday in April and last Sunday in September...
       
  3837 # In 1981 UK joined Europe insofar that
       
  3838 # the starting day for both shifted to last Sunday in March.  And from 1982
       
  3839 # the whole of Europe used DST, with switch dates April 1 and October 1 in
       
  3840 # the Sov[i]et Union.  In 1985 the SU reverted to standard Europe[a]n switch
       
  3841 # dates...
       
  3842 #
       
  3843 # It should also be remembered that time-zones are not constants; e.g.
       
  3844 # Portugal switched in 1976 from MET (or CET) to WET with DST...
       
  3845 # Note also that though there were rules for switch dates not
       
  3846 # all countries abided to these dates, and many individual deviations
       
  3847 # occurred, though not since 1982 I believe.  Another note: it is always
       
  3848 # assumed that DST is 1 hour ahead of normal time, this need not be the
       
  3849 # case; at least in the Netherlands there have been times when DST was 2 hours
       
  3850 # in advance of normal time.
       
  3851 #
       
  3852 # ...
       
  3853 # dik t. winter, cwi, amsterdam, nederland
       
  3854 # ...
       
  3855 
       
  3856 # From Bob Devine (1988-01-28):
       
  3857 # ...
       
  3858 # Greece: Last Sunday in April to last Sunday in September (iffy on dates).
       
  3859 # Since 1978.  Change at midnight.
       
  3860 # ...
       
  3861 # Monaco: has same DST as France.
       
  3862 # ...