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rev 245 : 6796489: (tz) Support tzdata2009a
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@@ -21,10 +21,12 @@
 # CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or
 # have any questions.
 #
 # @(#)europe    8.18
 # <pre>
+# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
+# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
 
 # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
 # go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
 # tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future).
 

@@ -478,11 +480,11 @@
 Rule    EU      1978    only    -       Oct      1       1:00u  0       -
 Rule    EU      1979    1995    -       Sep     lastSun  1:00u  0       -
 Rule    EU      1981    max     -       Mar     lastSun  1:00u  1:00    S
 Rule    EU      1996    max     -       Oct     lastSun  1:00u  0       -
 # The most recent directive covers the years starting in 2002.  See:
-# <a href="http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/lif/dat/2000/en_300L0084.html">
+# <a="http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32000L0084:EN:NOT">
 # Directive 2000/84/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
 # of 19 January 2001 on summer-time arrangements.
 # </a>
 
 # W-Eur differs from EU only in that W-Eur uses standard time.

@@ -2091,13 +2093,47 @@
                          6:00   -       NOVT    1930 Jun 21 # Novosibirsk Time
                          7:00   Russia  NOV%sT  1991 Mar 31 2:00s
                          6:00   Russia  NOV%sT  1992 Jan 19 2:00s
                          7:00   Russia  NOV%sT  1993 May 23 # say Shanks & P.
                          6:00   Russia  NOV%sT
+
+# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-10-13):
+# Kemerovo oblast' (Kemerovo region) in Russia will change current time zone on
+# March 28, 2010:
+# from current Russia Zone 6 - Krasnoyarsk Time Zone (KRA) UTC +0700
+# to Russia Zone 5 - Novosibirsk Time Zone (NOV) UTC +0600
+#
+# This is according to Government of Russia decree # 740, on September
+# 14, 2009 "Application in the territory of the Kemerovo region the Fifth
+# time zone." ("Russia Zone 5" or old "USSR Zone 5" is GMT +0600)
+#
+# Russian Government web site (Russian language)
+# <a href="http://www.government.ru/content/governmentactivity/rfgovernmentdecisions/archiv">
+# http://www.government.ru/content/governmentactivity/rfgovernmentdecisions/archive/2009/09/14/991633.htm
+# </a>
+# or Russian-English translation by WorldTimeZone.com with reference
+# map to local region and new Russia Time Zone map after March 28, 2010
+# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia03.html">
+# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia03.html
+# </a>
+#
+# Thus, when Russia will switch to DST on the night of March 28, 2010
+# Kemerovo region (Kemerovo oblast') will not change the clock.
+#
+# As a result, Kemerovo oblast' will be in the same time zone as
+# Novosibirsk, Omsk, Tomsk, Barnaul and Altai Republic.
+
+Zone Asia/Novokuznetsk   5:48:48 -      NMT     1920 Jan  6
+                         6:00   -       KRAT    1930 Jun 21 # Krasnoyarsk Time
+                         7:00   Russia  KRA%sT  1991 Mar 31 2:00s
+                         6:00   Russia  KRA%sT  1992 Jan 19 2:00s
+                         7:00   Russia  KRA%sT  2010 Mar 28 2:00s
+                         6:00   Russia  NOV%sT # Novosibirsk/Novokuznetsk Time
+
 #
 # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25): [This region consists of]
-# Kemerovskaya oblast', Krasnoyarskij kraj,
+# Krasnoyarskij kraj,
 # Tajmyrskij (Dolgano-Nenetskij) avtonomnyj okrug,
 # Respublika Tuva, Respublika Khakasiya, Evenkijskij avtonomnyj okrug.
 Zone Asia/Krasnoyarsk    6:11:20 -      LMT     1920 Jan  6
                          6:00   -       KRAT    1930 Jun 21 # Krasnoyarsk Time
                          7:00   Russia  KRA%sT  1991 Mar 31 2:00s

@@ -2334,15 +2370,68 @@
 # By the end of the 18th century clocks and watches became commonplace
 # and their performance improved enormously.  Communities began to keep
 # mean time in preference to apparent time -- Geneva from 1780 ....
 # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
 # From Whitman (who writes ``Midnight?''):
-Rule    Swiss   1940    only    -       Nov      2      0:00    1:00    S
-Rule    Swiss   1940    only    -       Dec     31      0:00    0       -
+# Rule  Swiss   1940    only    -       Nov      2      0:00    1:00    S
+# Rule  Swiss   1940    only    -       Dec     31      0:00    0       -
 # From Shanks & Pottenger:
-Rule    Swiss   1941    1942    -       May     Sun>=1  2:00    1:00    S
-Rule    Swiss   1941    1942    -       Oct     Sun>=1  0:00    0       -
+# Rule  Swiss   1941    1942    -       May     Sun>=1  2:00    1:00    S
+# Rule  Swiss   1941    1942    -       Oct     Sun>=1  0:00    0       -
+
+# From Alois Treindl (2008-12-17):
+# I have researched the DST usage in Switzerland during the 1940ies.
+#
+# As I wrote in an earlier message, I suspected the current tzdata values
+# to be wrong. This is now verified.
+#
+# I have found copies of the original ruling by the Swiss Federal
+# government, in 'Eidgen[o]ssische Gesetzessammlung 1941 and 1942' (Swiss
+# federal law collection)...
+#
+# DST began on Monday 5 May 1941, 1:00 am by shifting the clocks to 2:00 am
+# DST ended on Monday 6 Oct 1941, 2:00 am by shifting the clocks to 1:00 am.
+#
+# DST began on Monday, 4 May 1942 at 01:00 am
+# DST ended on Monday, 5 Oct 1942 at 02:00 am
+#
+# There was no DST in 1940, I have checked the law collection carefully.
+# It is also indicated by the fact that the 1942 entry in the law
+# collection points back to 1941 as a reference, but no reference to any
+# other years are made.
+#
+# Newspaper articles I have read in the archives on 6 May 1941 reported
+# about the introduction of DST (Sommerzeit in German) during the previous
+# night as an absolute novelty, because this was the first time that such
+# a thing had happened in Switzerland.
+#
+# I have also checked 1916, because one book source (Gabriel, Traite de
+# l'heure dans le monde) claims that Switzerland had DST in 1916. This is
+# false, no official document could be found. Probably Gabriel got misled
+# by references to Germany, which introduced DST in 1916 for the first time.
+#
+# The tzdata rules for Switzerland must be changed to:
+# Rule  Swiss   1941    1942    -       May     Mon>=1  1:00    1:00    S
+# Rule  Swiss   1941    1942    -       Oct     Mon>=1  2:00    0       -
+#
+# The 1940 rules must be deleted.
+#
+# One further detail for Switzerland, which is probably out of scope for
+# most users of tzdata:
+# The zone file
+# Zone    Europe/Zurich   0:34:08 -       LMT     1848 Sep 12
+#                          0:29:44 -       BMT     1894 Jun #Bern Mean Time
+#                          1:00    Swiss   CE%sT   1981
+#                          1:00    EU      CE%sT
+# describes all of Switzerland correctly, with the exception of
+# the Cantone Geneve (Geneva, Genf). Between 1848 and 1894 Geneve did not
+# follow Bern Mean Time but kept its own local mean time.
+# To represent this, an extra zone would be needed.
+
+# Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
+Rule    Swiss   1941    1942    -       May     Mon>=1  1:00    1:00    S
+Rule    Swiss   1941    1942    -       Oct     Mon>=1  2:00    0       -
 # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
 Zone    Europe/Zurich   0:34:08 -       LMT     1848 Sep 12
                         0:29:44 -       BMT     1894 Jun # Bern Mean Time
                         1:00    Swiss   CE%sT   1981
                         1:00    EU      CE%sT