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24 # tzdb data for Europe and environs
25
26 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
27 # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
28
29 # This file is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
30 # go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
31 # tz@iana.org for general use in the future). For more, please see
32 # the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution.
33
34 # From Paul Eggert (2017-02-10):
35 #
36 # Unless otherwise specified, the source for data through 1990 is:
37 # Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition),
38 # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003).
39 # Unfortunately this book contains many errors and cites no sources.
40 #
41 # Many years ago Gwillim Law wrote that a good source
42 # for time zone data was the International Air Transport
43 # Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM),
44 # published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries
45 # of the IATA's data after 1990. Except where otherwise noted,
46 # IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990.
47 #
48 # A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is
49 # Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997).
50 #
51 # Except where otherwise noted, Shanks & Pottenger is the source for
52 # entries through 1991, and IATA SSIM is the source for entries afterwards.
53 #
54 # Other sources occasionally used include:
55 #
56 # Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences,
57 # Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated),
58 # which I found in the UCLA library.
59 #
60 # William Willett, The Waste of Daylight, 19th edition
61 # <http://cs.ucla.edu/~eggert/The-Waste-of-Daylight-19th.pdf>
62 # [PDF] (1914-03)
63 #
64 # Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94
65 # <https://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359>. He writes:
66 # "It is requested that corrections and additions to these tables
67 # may be sent to Mr. John Milne, Royal Geographical Society,
68 # Savile Row, London." Nowadays please email them to tz@iana.org.
69 #
70 # Byalokoz EL. New Counting of Time in Russia since July 1, 1919.
71 # This Russian-language source was consulted by Vladimir Karpinsky; see
72 # https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2014-August/021320.html
73 # The full Russian citation is:
74 # Бялокоз, Евгений Людвигович. Новый счет времени в течении суток
75 # введенный декретом Совета народных комиссаров для всей России с 1-го
76 # июля 1919 г. / Изд. 2-е Междуведомственной комиссии. - Петроград:
77 # Десятая гос. тип., 1919.
78 # http://resolver.gpntb.ru/purl?docushare/dsweb/Get/Resource-2011/Byalokoz__E.L.__Novyy__schet__vremeni__v__techenie__sutok__izd__2(1).pdf
79 #
80 # Brazil's Divisão Serviço da Hora (DSHO),
81 # History of Summer Time
82 # <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HISTHV.htm>
83 # (1998-09-21, in Portuguese)
84 #
85 # I invented the abbreviations marked '*' in the following table;
86 # the rest are variants of the "xMT" pattern for a city's mean time,
87 # or are from other sources. Corrections are welcome!
88 # std dst 2dst
89 # LMT Local Mean Time
90 # -4:00 AST ADT Atlantic
91 # 0:00 GMT BST BDST Greenwich, British Summer
92 # 0:00 GMT IST Greenwich, Irish Summer
93 # 0:00 WET WEST WEMT Western Europe
94 # 0:19:32.13 AMT* NST* Amsterdam, Netherlands Summer (1835-1937)
95 # 1:00 BST British Standard (1968-1971)
96 # 1:00 IST GMT Irish Standard (1968-) with winter DST
97 # 1:00 CET CEST CEMT Central Europe
98 # 1:00:14 SET Swedish (1879-1899)
99 # 1:36:34 RMT* LST* Riga, Latvian Summer (1880-1926)*
100 # 2:00 EET EEST Eastern Europe
101 # 3:00 MSK MSD MDST* Moscow
102
103 # From Peter Ilieve (1994-12-04), re EEC/EC/EU members:
104 # The original six: Belgium, France, (West) Germany, Italy,
105 # Luxembourg, the Netherlands.
106 # Plus, from 1 Jan 73: Denmark, Ireland, United Kingdom.
107 # Plus, from 1 Jan 81: Greece.
108 # Plus, from 1 Jan 86: Spain, Portugal.
109 # Plus, from 1 Jan 95: Austria, Finland, Sweden. (Norway negotiated terms for
110 # entry but in a referendum on 28 Nov 94 the people voted No by 52.2% to 47.8%
111 # on a turnout of 88.6%. This was almost the same result as Norway's previous
112 # referendum in 1972, they are the only country to have said No twice.
113 # Referendums in the other three countries voted Yes.)
114 # ...
115 # Estonia ... uses EU dates but not at 01:00 GMT, they use midnight GMT.
116 # I don't think they know yet what they will do from 1996 onwards.
117 # ...
118 # There shouldn't be any [current members who are not using EU rules].
119 # A Directive has the force of law, member states are obliged to enact
120 # national law to implement it. The only contentious issue was the
121 # different end date for the UK and Ireland, and this was always allowed
122 # in the Directive.
123
124
125 ###############################################################################
126
127 # Britain (United Kingdom) and Ireland (Eire)
128
129 # From Peter Ilieve (1994-07-06):
130 #
131 # On 17 Jan 1994 the Independent, a UK quality newspaper, had a piece about
132 # historical vistas along the Thames in west London. There was a photo
133 # and a sketch map showing some of the sightlines involved. One paragraph
134 # of the text said:
135 #
136 # 'An old stone obelisk marking a forgotten terrestrial meridian stands
137 # beside the river at Kew. In the 18th century, before time and longitude
138 # was standardised by the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, scholars observed
139 # this stone and the movement of stars from Kew Observatory nearby. They
140 # made their calculations and set the time for the Horse Guards and Parliament,
141 # but now the stone is obscured by scrubwood and can only be seen by walking
142 # along the towpath within a few yards of it.'
143 #
144 # I have a one inch to one mile map of London and my estimate of the stone's
145 # position is 51° 28' 30" N, 0° 18' 45" W. The longitude should
146 # be within about ±2". The Ordnance Survey grid reference is TQ172761.
147 #
148 # [This yields STDOFF = -0:01:15 for London LMT in the 18th century.]
149
150 # From Paul Eggert (1993-11-18):
151 #
152 # Howse writes that Britain was the first country to use standard time.
153 # The railways cared most about the inconsistencies of local mean time,
154 # and it was they who forced a uniform time on the country.
155 # The original idea was credited to Dr. William Hyde Wollaston (1766-1828)
156 # and was popularized by Abraham Follett Osler (1808-1903).
157 # The first railway to adopt London time was the Great Western Railway
158 # in November 1840; other railways followed suit, and by 1847 most
159 # (though not all) railways used London time. On 1847-09-22 the
160 # Railway Clearing House, an industry standards body, recommended that GMT be
161 # adopted at all stations as soon as the General Post Office permitted it.
162 # The transition occurred on 12-01 for the L&NW, the Caledonian,
163 # and presumably other railways; the January 1848 Bradshaw's lists many
164 # railways as using GMT. By 1855 the vast majority of public
165 # clocks in Britain were set to GMT (though some, like the great clock
166 # on Tom Tower at Christ Church, Oxford, were fitted with two minute hands,
167 # one for local time and one for GMT). The last major holdout was the legal
168 # system, which stubbornly stuck to local time for many years, leading
169 # to oddities like polls opening at 08:13 and closing at 16:13.
170 # The legal system finally switched to GMT when the Statutes (Definition
171 # of Time) Act took effect; it received the Royal Assent on 1880-08-02.
172 #
173 # In the tables below, we condense this complicated story into a single
174 # transition date for London, namely 1847-12-01. We don't know as much
175 # about Dublin, so we use 1880-08-02, the legal transition time.
176
177 # From Paul Eggert (2014-07-19):
178 # The ancients had no need for daylight saving, as they kept time
179 # informally or via hours whose length depended on the time of year.
180 # Daylight saving time in its modern sense was invented by the
181 # New Zealand entomologist George Vernon Hudson (1867-1946),
182 # whose day job as a postal clerk led him to value
183 # after-hours daylight in which to pursue his research.
184 # In 1895 he presented a paper to the Wellington Philosophical Society
185 # that proposed a two-hour daylight-saving shift. See:
186 # Hudson GV. On seasonal time-adjustment in countries south of lat. 30°.
187 # Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 1895;28:734
188 # http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_28/rsnz_28_00_006110.html
189 # Although some interest was expressed in New Zealand, his proposal
190 # did not find its way into law and eventually it was almost forgotten.
191 #
192 # In England, DST was independently reinvented by William Willett (1857-1915),
193 # a London builder and member of the Royal Astronomical Society
194 # who circulated a pamphlet "The Waste of Daylight" (1907)
195 # that proposed advancing clocks 20 minutes on each of four Sundays in April,
196 # and retarding them by the same amount on four Sundays in September.
197 # A bill was drafted in 1909 and introduced in Parliament several times,
198 # but it met with ridicule and opposition, especially from farming interests.
199 # Later editions of the pamphlet proposed one-hour summer time, and
200 # it was eventually adopted as a wartime measure in 1916.
201 # See: Summer Time Arrives Early, The Times (2000-05-18).
202 # A monument to Willett was unveiled on 1927-05-21, in an open space in
203 # a 45-acre wood near Chislehurst, Kent that was purchased by popular
204 # subscription and open to the public. On the south face of the monolith,
205 # designed by G. W. Miller, is the William Willett Memorial Sundial,
206 # which is permanently set to Summer Time.
207
208 # From Winston Churchill (1934-04-28):
209 # It is one of the paradoxes of history that we should owe the boon of
210 # summer time, which gives every year to the people of this country
211 # between 160 and 170 hours more daylight leisure, to a war which
212 # plunged Europe into darkness for four years, and shook the
213 # foundations of civilization throughout the world.
214 # -- "A Silent Toast to William Willett", Pictorial Weekly;
215 # republished in Finest Hour (Spring 2002) 1(114):26
216 # https://www.winstonchurchill.org/publications/finest-hour/finest-hour-114/a-silent-toast-to-william-willett-by-winston-s-churchill
217
218 # From Paul Eggert (2015-08-08):
219 # The OED Supplement says that the English originally said "Daylight Saving"
220 # when they were debating the adoption of DST in 1908; but by 1916 this
221 # term appears only in quotes taken from DST's opponents, whereas the
222 # proponents (who eventually won the argument) are quoted as using "Summer".
223 # The term "Summer Time" was introduced by Herbert Samuel, Home Secretary; see:
224 # Viscount Samuel. Leisure in a Democracy. Cambridge University Press
225 # ISBN 978-1-107-49471-8 (1949, reissued 2015), p 8.
226
227 # From Arthur David Olson (1989-01-19):
228 # A source at the British Information Office in New York avers that it's
229 # known as "British" Summer Time in all parts of the United Kingdom.
230
231 # Date: 4 Jan 89 08:57:25 GMT (Wed)
232 # From: Jonathan Leffler
233 # [British Summer Time] is fixed annually by Act of Parliament.
234 # If you can predict what Parliament will do, you should be in
235 # politics making a fortune, not computing.
236
237 # From Chris Carrier (1996-06-14):
238 # I remember reading in various wartime issues of the London Times the
239 # acronym BDST for British Double Summer Time. Look for the published
240 # time of sunrise and sunset in The Times, when BDST was in effect, and
241 # if you find a zone reference it will say, "All times B.D.S.T."
242
243 # From Joseph S. Myers (1999-09-02):
244 # ... some military cables (WO 219/4100 - this is a copy from the
245 # main SHAEF archives held in the US National Archives, SHAEF/5252/8/516)
246 # agree that the usage is BDST (this appears in a message dated 17 Feb 1945).
247
248 # From Joseph S. Myers (2000-10-03):
249 # On 18th April 1941, Sir Stephen Tallents of the BBC wrote to Sir
250 # Alexander Maxwell of the Home Office asking whether there was any
251 # official designation; the reply of the 21st was that there wasn't
252 # but he couldn't think of anything better than the "Double British
253 # Summer Time" that the BBC had been using informally.
254 # https://www.polyomino.org.uk/british-time/bbc-19410418.png
255 # https://www.polyomino.org.uk/british-time/ho-19410421.png
256
257 # From Sir Alexander Maxwell in the above-mentioned letter (1941-04-21):
258 # [N]o official designation has as far as I know been adopted for the time
259 # which is to be introduced in May....
260 # I cannot think of anything better than "Double British Summer Time"
261 # which could not be said to run counter to any official description.
262
263 # From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02):
264 # Howse writes (p 157) 'DBST' too, but 'BDST' seems to have been common
265 # and follows the more usual convention of putting the location name first,
266 # so we use 'BDST'.
267
268 # Peter Ilieve (1998-04-19) described at length
269 # the history of summer time legislation in the United Kingdom.
270 # Since 1998 Joseph S. Myers has been updating
271 # and extending this list, which can be found in
272 # https://www.polyomino.org.uk/british-time/
273
274 # From Joseph S. Myers (1998-01-06):
275 #
276 # The legal time in the UK outside of summer time is definitely GMT, not UTC;
277 # see Lord Tanlaw's speech
278 # https://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld199798/ldhansrd/vo970611/text/70611-10.htm#70611-10_head0
279 # (Lords Hansard 11 June 1997 columns 964 to 976).
280
281 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
282 #
283 # For lack of other data, follow Shanks & Pottenger for Eire in 1940-1948.
284 #
285 # Given Ilieve and Myers's data, the following claims by Shanks & Pottenger
286 # are incorrect:
287 # * Wales did not switch from GMT to daylight saving time until
288 # 1921 Apr 3, when they began to conform with the rest of Great Britain.
289 # Actually, Wales was identical after 1880.
290 # * Eire had two transitions on 1916 Oct 1.
291 # It actually just had one transition.
292 # * Northern Ireland used single daylight saving time throughout WW II.
293 # Actually, it conformed to Britain.
294 # * GB-Eire changed standard time to 1 hour ahead of GMT on 1968-02-18.
295 # Actually, that date saw the usual switch to summer time.
296 # Standard time was not changed until 1968-10-27 (the clocks didn't change).
297 #
298 # Here is another incorrect claim by Shanks & Pottenger:
299 # * Jersey, Guernsey, and the Isle of Man did not switch from GMT
300 # to daylight saving time until 1921 Apr 3, when they began to
301 # conform with Great Britain.
302 # S.R.&O. 1916, No. 382 and HO 45/10811/312364 (quoted above) say otherwise.
303 #
304 # The following claim by Shanks & Pottenger is possible though doubtful;
305 # we'll ignore it for now.
306 # * Dublin's 1971-10-31 switch was at 02:00, even though London's was 03:00.
307
308 # From Paul Eggert (2017-12-04):
309 #
310 # Dunsink Observatory (8 km NW of Dublin's center) was to Dublin as
311 # Greenwich was to London. For example:
312 #
313 # "Timeball on the ballast office is down. Dunsink time."
314 # -- James Joyce, Ulysses
315 #
316 # The abbreviation DMT stood for "Dublin Mean Time" or "Dunsink Mean Time";
317 # this being Ireland, opinions differed.
318 #
319 # Whitman says Dublin/Dunsink Mean Time was UT-00:25:21, which agrees
320 # with measurements of recent visitors to the Meridian Room of Dunsink
321 # Observatory; see Malone D. Dunsink and timekeeping. 2016-01-24.
322 # <https://www.maths.tcd.ie/~dwmalone/time/dunsink.html>. Malone
323 # writes that the Nautical Almanac listed UT-00:25:22 until 1896, when
324 # it moved to UT-00:25:21.1 (I confirmed that the 1893 edition used
325 # the former and the 1896 edition used the latter). Evidently the
326 # news of this change propagated slowly, as Milne 1899 still lists
327 # UT-00:25:22 and cites the International Telegraph Bureau. As it is
328 # not clear that there was any practical significance to the change
329 # from UT-00:25:22 to UT-00:25:21.1 in civil timekeeping, omit this
330 # transition for now and just use the latter value, omitting its
331 # fraction since our format cannot represent fractions.
332
333 # "Countess Markievicz ... claimed that the [1916] abolition of Dublin Mean Time
334 # was among various actions undertaken by the 'English' government that
335 # would 'put the whole country into the SF (Sinn Féin) camp'. She claimed
336 # Irish 'public feeling (was) outraged by forcing of English time on us'."
337 # -- Parsons M. Dublin lost its time zone - and 25 minutes - after 1916 Rising.
338 # Irish Times 2014-10-27.
339 # https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/dublin-lost-its-time-zone-and-25-minutes-after-1916-rising-1.1977411
340
341 # From Joseph S. Myers (2005-01-26):
342 # Irish laws are available online at <http://www.irishstatutebook.ie>.
343 # These include various relating to legal time, for example:
344 #
345 # ZZA13Y1923.html ZZA12Y1924.html ZZA8Y1925.html ZZSIV20PG1267.html
346 #
347 # ZZSI71Y1947.html ZZSI128Y1948.html ZZSI23Y1949.html ZZSI41Y1950.html
348 # ZZSI27Y1951.html ZZSI73Y1952.html
349 #
350 # ZZSI11Y1961.html ZZSI232Y1961.html ZZSI182Y1962.html
351 # ZZSI167Y1963.html ZZSI257Y1964.html ZZSI198Y1967.html
352 # ZZA23Y1968.html ZZA17Y1971.html
353 #
354 # ZZSI67Y1981.html ZZSI212Y1982.html ZZSI45Y1986.html
355 # ZZSI264Y1988.html ZZSI52Y1990.html ZZSI371Y1992.html
356 # ZZSI395Y1994.html ZZSI484Y1997.html ZZSI506Y2001.html
357 #
358 # [These are all relative to the root, e.g., the first is
359 # <http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/ZZA13Y1923.html>.]
360 #
361 # (These are those I found, but there could be more. In any case these
362 # should allow various updates to the comments in the europe file to cover
363 # the laws applicable in Ireland.)
364 #
365 # (Note that the time in the Republic of Ireland since 1968 has been defined
366 # in terms of standard time being GMT+1 with a period of winter time when it
367 # is GMT, rather than standard time being GMT with a period of summer time
368 # being GMT+1.)
369
370 # From Paul Eggert (1999-03-28):
371 # Clive Feather (<news:859845706.26043.0@office.demon.net>, 1997-03-31)
372 # reports that Folkestone (Cheriton) Shuttle Terminal uses Concession Time
373 # (CT), equivalent to French civil time.
374 # Julian Hill (<news:36118128.5A14@virgin.net>, 1998-09-30) reports that
375 # trains between Dollands Moor (the freight facility next door)
376 # and Frethun run in CT.
377 # My admittedly uninformed guess is that the terminal has two authorities,
378 # the French concession operators and the British civil authorities,
379 # and that the time depends on who you're talking to.
380 # If, say, the British police were called to the station for some reason,
381 # I would expect the official police report to use GMT/BST and not CET/CEST.
382 # This is a borderline case, but for now let's stick to GMT/BST.
383
384 # From an anonymous contributor (1996-06-02):
385 # The law governing time in Ireland is under Statutory Instrument SI 395/94,
386 # which gives force to European Union 7th Council Directive No. 94/21/EC.
387 # Under this directive, the Minister for Justice in Ireland makes appropriate
388 # regulations. I spoke this morning with the Secretary of the Department of
389 # Justice (tel +353 1 678 9711) who confirmed to me that the correct name is
390 # "Irish Summer Time", abbreviated to "IST".
391 #
392 # From Paul Eggert (2017-12-07):
393 # The 1996 anonymous contributor's goal was to determine the correct
394 # abbreviation for summer time in Dublin and so the contributor
395 # focused on the "IST", not on the "Irish Summer Time". Though the
396 # "IST" was correct, the "Irish Summer Time" appears to have been an
397 # error, as Ireland's Standard Time (Amendment) Act, 1971 states that
398 # standard time in Ireland remains at UT +01 and is observed in
399 # summer, and that Greenwich mean time is observed in winter. (Thanks
400 # to Derick Rethans for pointing out the error.) That is, when
401 # Ireland amended the 1968 act that established UT +01 as Irish
402 # Standard Time, it left standard time unchanged and established GMT
403 # as a negative daylight saving time in winter. So, in this database
404 # IST stands for Irish Summer Time for timestamps before 1968, and for
405 # Irish Standard Time after that. See:
406 # http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1971/act/17/enacted/en/print
407
408 # Michael Deckers (2017-06-01) gave the following URLs for Ireland's
409 # Summer Time Act, 1925 and Summer Time Orders, 1926 and 1947:
410 # http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1925/act/8/enacted/en/print
411 # http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1926/sro/919/made/en/print
412 # http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1947/sro/71/made/en/print
413
414 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
415 # Summer Time Act, 1916
416 Rule GB-Eire 1916 only - May 21 2:00s 1:00 BST
417 Rule GB-Eire 1916 only - Oct 1 2:00s 0 GMT
418 # S.R.&O. 1917, No. 358
419 Rule GB-Eire 1917 only - Apr 8 2:00s 1:00 BST
420 Rule GB-Eire 1917 only - Sep 17 2:00s 0 GMT
421 # S.R.&O. 1918, No. 274
422 Rule GB-Eire 1918 only - Mar 24 2:00s 1:00 BST
423 Rule GB-Eire 1918 only - Sep 30 2:00s 0 GMT
424 # S.R.&O. 1919, No. 297
425 Rule GB-Eire 1919 only - Mar 30 2:00s 1:00 BST
426 Rule GB-Eire 1919 only - Sep 29 2:00s 0 GMT
427 # S.R.&O. 1920, No. 458
428 Rule GB-Eire 1920 only - Mar 28 2:00s 1:00 BST
429 # S.R.&O. 1920, No. 1844
430 Rule GB-Eire 1920 only - Oct 25 2:00s 0 GMT
431 # S.R.&O. 1921, No. 363
432 Rule GB-Eire 1921 only - Apr 3 2:00s 1:00 BST
433 Rule GB-Eire 1921 only - Oct 3 2:00s 0 GMT
434 # S.R.&O. 1922, No. 264
435 Rule GB-Eire 1922 only - Mar 26 2:00s 1:00 BST
436 Rule GB-Eire 1922 only - Oct 8 2:00s 0 GMT
437 # The Summer Time Act, 1922
438 Rule GB-Eire 1923 only - Apr Sun>=16 2:00s 1:00 BST
439 Rule GB-Eire 1923 1924 - Sep Sun>=16 2:00s 0 GMT
440 Rule GB-Eire 1924 only - Apr Sun>=9 2:00s 1:00 BST
441 Rule GB-Eire 1925 1926 - Apr Sun>=16 2:00s 1:00 BST
442 # The Summer Time Act, 1925
443 Rule GB-Eire 1925 1938 - Oct Sun>=2 2:00s 0 GMT
444 Rule GB-Eire 1927 only - Apr Sun>=9 2:00s 1:00 BST
445 Rule GB-Eire 1928 1929 - Apr Sun>=16 2:00s 1:00 BST
446 Rule GB-Eire 1930 only - Apr Sun>=9 2:00s 1:00 BST
447 Rule GB-Eire 1931 1932 - Apr Sun>=16 2:00s 1:00 BST
448 Rule GB-Eire 1933 only - Apr Sun>=9 2:00s 1:00 BST
449 Rule GB-Eire 1934 only - Apr Sun>=16 2:00s 1:00 BST
450 Rule GB-Eire 1935 only - Apr Sun>=9 2:00s 1:00 BST
451 Rule GB-Eire 1936 1937 - Apr Sun>=16 2:00s 1:00 BST
452 Rule GB-Eire 1938 only - Apr Sun>=9 2:00s 1:00 BST
453 Rule GB-Eire 1939 only - Apr Sun>=16 2:00s 1:00 BST
454 # S.R.&O. 1939, No. 1379
455 Rule GB-Eire 1939 only - Nov Sun>=16 2:00s 0 GMT
456 # S.R.&O. 1940, No. 172 and No. 1883
457 Rule GB-Eire 1940 only - Feb Sun>=23 2:00s 1:00 BST
458 # S.R.&O. 1941, No. 476
459 Rule GB-Eire 1941 only - May Sun>=2 1:00s 2:00 BDST
460 Rule GB-Eire 1941 1943 - Aug Sun>=9 1:00s 1:00 BST
461 # S.R.&O. 1942, No. 506
462 Rule GB-Eire 1942 1944 - Apr Sun>=2 1:00s 2:00 BDST
463 # S.R.&O. 1944, No. 932
464 Rule GB-Eire 1944 only - Sep Sun>=16 1:00s 1:00 BST
465 # S.R.&O. 1945, No. 312
466 Rule GB-Eire 1945 only - Apr Mon>=2 1:00s 2:00 BDST
467 Rule GB-Eire 1945 only - Jul Sun>=9 1:00s 1:00 BST
468 # S.R.&O. 1945, No. 1208
469 Rule GB-Eire 1945 1946 - Oct Sun>=2 2:00s 0 GMT
470 Rule GB-Eire 1946 only - Apr Sun>=9 2:00s 1:00 BST
471 # The Summer Time Act, 1947
472 Rule GB-Eire 1947 only - Mar 16 2:00s 1:00 BST
473 Rule GB-Eire 1947 only - Apr 13 1:00s 2:00 BDST
474 Rule GB-Eire 1947 only - Aug 10 1:00s 1:00 BST
475 Rule GB-Eire 1947 only - Nov 2 2:00s 0 GMT
476 # Summer Time Order, 1948 (S.I. 1948/495)
477 Rule GB-Eire 1948 only - Mar 14 2:00s 1:00 BST
478 Rule GB-Eire 1948 only - Oct 31 2:00s 0 GMT
479 # Summer Time Order, 1949 (S.I. 1949/373)
480 Rule GB-Eire 1949 only - Apr 3 2:00s 1:00 BST
481 Rule GB-Eire 1949 only - Oct 30 2:00s 0 GMT
482 # Summer Time Order, 1950 (S.I. 1950/518)
483 # Summer Time Order, 1951 (S.I. 1951/430)
484 # Summer Time Order, 1952 (S.I. 1952/451)
485 Rule GB-Eire 1950 1952 - Apr Sun>=14 2:00s 1:00 BST
486 Rule GB-Eire 1950 1952 - Oct Sun>=21 2:00s 0 GMT
487 # revert to the rules of the Summer Time Act, 1925
488 Rule GB-Eire 1953 only - Apr Sun>=16 2:00s 1:00 BST
489 Rule GB-Eire 1953 1960 - Oct Sun>=2 2:00s 0 GMT
490 Rule GB-Eire 1954 only - Apr Sun>=9 2:00s 1:00 BST
491 Rule GB-Eire 1955 1956 - Apr Sun>=16 2:00s 1:00 BST
492 Rule GB-Eire 1957 only - Apr Sun>=9 2:00s 1:00 BST
493 Rule GB-Eire 1958 1959 - Apr Sun>=16 2:00s 1:00 BST
494 Rule GB-Eire 1960 only - Apr Sun>=9 2:00s 1:00 BST
495 # Summer Time Order, 1961 (S.I. 1961/71)
496 # Summer Time (1962) Order, 1961 (S.I. 1961/2465)
497 # Summer Time Order, 1963 (S.I. 1963/81)
498 Rule GB-Eire 1961 1963 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 BST
499 Rule GB-Eire 1961 1968 - Oct Sun>=23 2:00s 0 GMT
500 # Summer Time (1964) Order, 1963 (S.I. 1963/2101)
501 # Summer Time Order, 1964 (S.I. 1964/1201)
502 # Summer Time Order, 1967 (S.I. 1967/1148)
503 Rule GB-Eire 1964 1967 - Mar Sun>=19 2:00s 1:00 BST
504 # Summer Time Order, 1968 (S.I. 1968/117)
505 Rule GB-Eire 1968 only - Feb 18 2:00s 1:00 BST
506 # The British Standard Time Act, 1968
507 # (no summer time)
508 # The Summer Time Act, 1972
509 Rule GB-Eire 1972 1980 - Mar Sun>=16 2:00s 1:00 BST
510 Rule GB-Eire 1972 1980 - Oct Sun>=23 2:00s 0 GMT
511 # Summer Time Order, 1980 (S.I. 1980/1089)
512 # Summer Time Order, 1982 (S.I. 1982/1673)
513 # Summer Time Order, 1986 (S.I. 1986/223)
514 # Summer Time Order, 1988 (S.I. 1988/931)
515 Rule GB-Eire 1981 1995 - Mar lastSun 1:00u 1:00 BST
516 Rule GB-Eire 1981 1989 - Oct Sun>=23 1:00u 0 GMT
517 # Summer Time Order, 1989 (S.I. 1989/985)
518 # Summer Time Order, 1992 (S.I. 1992/1729)
519 # Summer Time Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/2798)
520 Rule GB-Eire 1990 1995 - Oct Sun>=22 1:00u 0 GMT
521 # Summer Time Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/2982)
522 # See EU for rules starting in 1996.
523 #
524 # Use Europe/London for Jersey, Guernsey, and the Isle of Man.
525
526 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
527 Zone Europe/London -0:01:15 - LMT 1847 Dec 1 0:00s
528 0:00 GB-Eire %s 1968 Oct 27
529 1:00 - BST 1971 Oct 31 2:00u
530 0:00 GB-Eire %s 1996
531 0:00 EU GMT/BST
532 Link Europe/London Europe/Jersey
533 Link Europe/London Europe/Guernsey
534 Link Europe/London Europe/Isle_of_Man
535
536 # From Paul Eggert (2018-02-15):
537 # In January 2018 we discovered that the negative SAVE values in the
538 # Eire rules cause problems with tests for ICU:
539 # https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2018-January/025825.html
540 # and with tests for OpenJDK:
541 # https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2018-January/025822.html
542 #
543 # To work around this problem, the build procedure can translate the
544 # following data into two forms, one with negative SAVE values and the
545 # other form with a traditional approximation for Irish timestamps
546 # after 1971-10-31 02:00 UTC; although this approximation has tm_isdst
547 # flags that are reversed, its UTC offsets are correct and this often
548 # suffices. This source file currently uses only nonnegative SAVE
549 # values, but this is intended to change and downstream code should
550 # not rely on it.
551 #
552 # The following is like GB-Eire and EU, except with standard time in
553 # summer and negative daylight saving time in winter. It is for when
554 # negative SAVE values are used.
555 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
556 Rule Eire 1971 only - Oct 31 2:00u -1:00 -
557 Rule Eire 1972 1980 - Mar Sun>=16 2:00u 0 -
558 Rule Eire 1972 1980 - Oct Sun>=23 2:00u -1:00 -
559 Rule Eire 1981 max - Mar lastSun 1:00u 0 -
560 Rule Eire 1981 1989 - Oct Sun>=23 1:00u -1:00 -
561 Rule Eire 1990 1995 - Oct Sun>=22 1:00u -1:00 -
562 Rule Eire 1996 max - Oct lastSun 1:00u -1:00 -
563
564 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
565 Zone Europe/Dublin -0:25:00 - LMT 1880 Aug 2
566 -0:25:21 - DMT 1916 May 21 2:00s
567 -0:25:21 1:00 IST 1916 Oct 1 2:00s
568 0:00 GB-Eire %s 1921 Dec 6 # independence
569 0:00 GB-Eire GMT/IST 1940 Feb 25 2:00s
570 0:00 1:00 IST 1946 Oct 6 2:00s
571 0:00 - GMT 1947 Mar 16 2:00s
572 0:00 1:00 IST 1947 Nov 2 2:00s
573 0:00 - GMT 1948 Apr 18 2:00s
574 0:00 GB-Eire GMT/IST 1968 Oct 27
575 # The next line is for when negative SAVE values are used.
576 1:00 Eire IST/GMT
577 # These three lines are for when SAVE values are always nonnegative.
578 # 1:00 - IST 1971 Oct 31 2:00u
579 # 0:00 GB-Eire GMT/IST 1996
580 # 0:00 EU GMT/IST
581
582
583 ###############################################################################
584
585 # Europe
586
587 # The following rules are for the European Union and for its
588 # predecessor organization, the European Communities.
589 # For brevity they are called "EU rules" elsewhere in this file.
590
591 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
592 Rule EU 1977 1980 - Apr Sun>=1 1:00u 1:00 S
593 Rule EU 1977 only - Sep lastSun 1:00u 0 -
594 Rule EU 1978 only - Oct 1 1:00u 0 -
595 Rule EU 1979 1995 - Sep lastSun 1:00u 0 -
596 Rule EU 1981 max - Mar lastSun 1:00u 1:00 S
597 Rule EU 1996 max - Oct lastSun 1:00u 0 -
598 # The most recent directive covers the years starting in 2002. See:
599 # Directive 2000/84/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
600 # of 19 January 2001 on summer-time arrangements.
601 # http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32000L0084:EN:NOT
602
603 # W-Eur differs from EU only in that W-Eur uses standard time.
604 Rule W-Eur 1977 1980 - Apr Sun>=1 1:00s 1:00 S
605 Rule W-Eur 1977 only - Sep lastSun 1:00s 0 -
606 Rule W-Eur 1978 only - Oct 1 1:00s 0 -
607 Rule W-Eur 1979 1995 - Sep lastSun 1:00s 0 -
608 Rule W-Eur 1981 max - Mar lastSun 1:00s 1:00 S
609 Rule W-Eur 1996 max - Oct lastSun 1:00s 0 -
610
611 # Older C-Eur rules are for convenience in the tables.
612 # From 1977 on, C-Eur differs from EU only in that C-Eur uses standard time.
613 Rule C-Eur 1916 only - Apr 30 23:00 1:00 S
614 Rule C-Eur 1916 only - Oct 1 1:00 0 -
615 Rule C-Eur 1917 1918 - Apr Mon>=15 2:00s 1:00 S
616 Rule C-Eur 1917 1918 - Sep Mon>=15 2:00s 0 -
617 Rule C-Eur 1940 only - Apr 1 2:00s 1:00 S
618 Rule C-Eur 1942 only - Nov 2 2:00s 0 -
619 Rule C-Eur 1943 only - Mar 29 2:00s 1:00 S
620 Rule C-Eur 1943 only - Oct 4 2:00s 0 -
621 Rule C-Eur 1944 1945 - Apr Mon>=1 2:00s 1:00 S
622 # Whitman gives 1944 Oct 7; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
623 Rule C-Eur 1944 only - Oct 2 2:00s 0 -
624 # From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2008-07-13):
625 #
626 # I found what is probably a typo of 2:00 which should perhaps be 2:00s
627 # in the C-Eur rule from tz database version 2008d (this part was
628 # corrected in version 2008d). The circumstantial evidence is simply the
629 # tz database itself, as seen below:
630 #
631 # Zone Europe/Paris 0:09:21 - LMT 1891 Mar 15 0:01
632 # 0:00 France WE%sT 1945 Sep 16 3:00
633 #
634 # Zone Europe/Monaco 0:29:32 - LMT 1891 Mar 15
635 # 0:00 France WE%sT 1945 Sep 16 3:00
636 #
637 # Zone Europe/Belgrade 1:22:00 - LMT 1884
638 # 1:00 1:00 CEST 1945 Sep 16 2:00s
639 #
640 # Rule France 1945 only - Sep 16 3:00 0 -
641 # Rule Belgium 1945 only - Sep 16 2:00s 0 -
642 # Rule Neth 1945 only - Sep 16 2:00s 0 -
643 #
644 # The rule line to be changed is:
645 #
646 # Rule C-Eur 1945 only - Sep 16 2:00 0 -
647 #
648 # It seems that Paris, Monaco, Rule France, Rule Belgium all agree on
649 # 2:00 standard time, e.g. 3:00 local time. However there are no
650 # countries that use C-Eur rules in September 1945, so the only items
651 # affected are apparently these fictitious zones that translate acronyms
652 # CET and MET:
653 #
654 # Zone CET 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT
655 # Zone MET 1:00 C-Eur ME%sT
656 #
657 # It this is right then the corrected version would look like:
658 #
659 # Rule C-Eur 1945 only - Sep 16 2:00s 0 -
660 #
661 # A small step for mankind though 8-)
662 Rule C-Eur 1945 only - Sep 16 2:00s 0 -
663 Rule C-Eur 1977 1980 - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 S
664 Rule C-Eur 1977 only - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 -
665 Rule C-Eur 1978 only - Oct 1 2:00s 0 -
666 Rule C-Eur 1979 1995 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 -
667 Rule C-Eur 1981 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S
668 Rule C-Eur 1996 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 -
669
670 # E-Eur differs from EU only in that E-Eur switches at midnight local time.
671 Rule E-Eur 1977 1980 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S
672 Rule E-Eur 1977 only - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 -
673 Rule E-Eur 1978 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
674 Rule E-Eur 1979 1995 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 -
675 Rule E-Eur 1981 max - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S
676 Rule E-Eur 1996 max - Oct lastSun 0:00 0 -
677
678
679 # Daylight saving time for Russia and the Soviet Union
680 #
681 # The 1917-1921 decree URLs are from Alexander Belopolsky (2016-08-23).
682
683 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
684 Rule Russia 1917 only - Jul 1 23:00 1:00 MST # Moscow Summer Time
685 #
686 # Decree No. 142 (1917-12-22) http://istmat.info/node/28137
687 Rule Russia 1917 only - Dec 28 0:00 0 MMT # Moscow Mean Time
688 #
689 # Decree No. 497 (1918-05-30) http://istmat.info/node/30001
690 Rule Russia 1918 only - May 31 22:00 2:00 MDST # Moscow Double Summer Time
691 Rule Russia 1918 only - Sep 16 1:00 1:00 MST
692 #
693 # Decree No. 258 (1919-05-29) http://istmat.info/node/37949
694 Rule Russia 1919 only - May 31 23:00 2:00 MDST
695 #
696 Rule Russia 1919 only - Jul 1 0:00u 1:00 MSD
697 Rule Russia 1919 only - Aug 16 0:00 0 MSK
698 #
699 # Decree No. 63 (1921-02-03) http://istmat.info/node/45840
700 Rule Russia 1921 only - Feb 14 23:00 1:00 MSD
701 #
702 # Decree No. 121 (1921-03-07) http://istmat.info/node/45949
703 Rule Russia 1921 only - Mar 20 23:00 2:00 +05
704 #
705 Rule Russia 1921 only - Sep 1 0:00 1:00 MSD
706 Rule Russia 1921 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
707 # Act No. 925 of the Council of Ministers of the USSR (1980-10-24):
708 Rule Russia 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
709 Rule Russia 1981 1983 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
710 # Act No. 967 of the Council of Ministers of the USSR (1984-09-13), repeated in
711 # Act No. 227 of the Council of Ministers of the USSR (1989-03-14):
712 Rule Russia 1984 1995 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 -
713 Rule Russia 1985 2010 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S
714 #
715 Rule Russia 1996 2010 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 -
716 # As described below, Russia's 2014 change affects Zone data, not Rule data.
717
718 # From Stepan Golosunov (2016-03-07):
719 # Wikipedia and other sources refer to the Act of the Council of
720 # Ministers of the USSR from 1988-01-04 No. 5 and the Act of the
721 # Council of Ministers of the USSR from 1989-03-14 No. 227.
722 #
723 # I did not find full texts of these acts. For the 1989 one we have
724 # title at https://base.garant.ru/70754136/ :
725 # "About change in calculation of time on the territories of
726 # Lithuanian SSR, Latvian SSR and Estonian SSR, Astrakhan,
727 # Kaliningrad, Kirov, Kuybyshev, Ulyanovsk and Uralsk oblasts".
728 # And http://astrozet.net/files/Zones/DOC/RU/1980-925.txt appears to
729 # contain quotes from both acts: Since last Sunday of March 1988 rules
730 # of the second time belt are installed in Volgograd and Saratov
731 # oblasts. Since last Sunday of March 1989:
732 # a) Lithuanian SSR, Latvian SSR, Estonian SSR, Kaliningrad oblast:
733 # second time belt rules without extra hour (Moscow-1);
734 # b) Astrakhan, Kirov, Kuybyshev, Ulyanovsk oblasts: second time belt
735 # rules (Moscow time)
736 # c) Uralsk oblast: third time belt rules (Moscow+1).
737
738 # From Stepan Golosunov (2016-03-27):
739 # Unamended version of the act of the
740 # Government of the Russian Federation No. 23 from 08.01.1992
741 # http://pravo.gov.ru/proxy/ips/?docbody=&nd=102014034&rdk=0
742 # says that every year clocks were to be moved forward on last Sunday
743 # of March at 2 hours and moved backwards on last Sunday of September
744 # at 3 hours. It was amended in 1996 to replace September with October.
745
746 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-06-14):
747 # According to Kremlin press service, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev
748 # signed a federal law "On calculation of time" on June 9, 2011.
749 # According to the law Russia is abolishing daylight saving time.
750 #
751 # Medvedev signed a law "On the Calculation of Time" (in russian):
752 # http://bmockbe.ru/events/?ID=7583
753 #
754 # Medvedev signed a law on the calculation of the time (in russian):
755 # https://www.regnum.ru/news/polit/1413906.html
756
757 # From Arthur David Olson (2011-06-15):
758 # Take "abolishing daylight saving time" to mean that time is now considered
759 # to be standard.
760
761 # These are for backward compatibility with older versions.
762
763 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
764 Zone WET 0:00 EU WE%sT
765 Zone CET 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT
766 Zone MET 1:00 C-Eur ME%sT
767 Zone EET 2:00 EU EE%sT
768
769 # Previous editions of this database used abbreviations like MET DST
770 # for Central European Summer Time, but this didn't agree with common usage.
771
772 # From Markus Kuhn (1996-07-12):
773 # The official German names ... are
774 #
775 # Mitteleuropäische Zeit (MEZ) = UTC+01:00
776 # Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit (MESZ) = UTC+02:00
777 #
778 # as defined in the German Time Act (Gesetz über die Zeitbestimmung (ZeitG),
779 # 1978-07-25, Bundesgesetzblatt, Jahrgang 1978, Teil I, S. 1110-1111)....
780 # I wrote ... to the German Federal Physical-Technical Institution
781 #
782 # Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB)
783 # Laboratorium 4.41 "Zeiteinheit"
784 # Postfach 3345
785 # D-38023 Braunschweig
786 # phone: +49 531 592-0
787 #
788 # ... I received today an answer letter from Dr. Peter Hetzel, head of the PTB
789 # department for time and frequency transmission. He explained that the
790 # PTB translates MEZ and MESZ into English as
791 #
792 # Central European Time (CET) = UTC+01:00
793 # Central European Summer Time (CEST) = UTC+02:00
794
795
796 # Albania
797 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
798 Rule Albania 1940 only - Jun 16 0:00 1:00 S
799 Rule Albania 1942 only - Nov 2 3:00 0 -
800 Rule Albania 1943 only - Mar 29 2:00 1:00 S
801 Rule Albania 1943 only - Apr 10 3:00 0 -
802 Rule Albania 1974 only - May 4 0:00 1:00 S
803 Rule Albania 1974 only - Oct 2 0:00 0 -
804 Rule Albania 1975 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S
805 Rule Albania 1975 only - Oct 2 0:00 0 -
806 Rule Albania 1976 only - May 2 0:00 1:00 S
807 Rule Albania 1976 only - Oct 3 0:00 0 -
808 Rule Albania 1977 only - May 8 0:00 1:00 S
809 Rule Albania 1977 only - Oct 2 0:00 0 -
810 Rule Albania 1978 only - May 6 0:00 1:00 S
811 Rule Albania 1978 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
812 Rule Albania 1979 only - May 5 0:00 1:00 S
813 Rule Albania 1979 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 -
814 Rule Albania 1980 only - May 3 0:00 1:00 S
815 Rule Albania 1980 only - Oct 4 0:00 0 -
816 Rule Albania 1981 only - Apr 26 0:00 1:00 S
817 Rule Albania 1981 only - Sep 27 0:00 0 -
818 Rule Albania 1982 only - May 2 0:00 1:00 S
819 Rule Albania 1982 only - Oct 3 0:00 0 -
820 Rule Albania 1983 only - Apr 18 0:00 1:00 S
821 Rule Albania 1983 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
822 Rule Albania 1984 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
823 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
824 Zone Europe/Tirane 1:19:20 - LMT 1914
825 1:00 - CET 1940 Jun 16
826 1:00 Albania CE%sT 1984 Jul
827 1:00 EU CE%sT
828
829 # Andorra
830 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
831 Zone Europe/Andorra 0:06:04 - LMT 1901
832 0:00 - WET 1946 Sep 30
833 1:00 - CET 1985 Mar 31 2:00
834 1:00 EU CE%sT
835
836 # Austria
837
838 # Milne says Vienna time was 1:05:21.
839
840 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): Shanks & Pottenger give 1918-06-16 and
841 # 1945-11-18, but the Austrian Federal Office of Metrology and
842 # Surveying (BEV) gives 1918-09-16 and for Vienna gives the "alleged"
843 # date of 1945-04-12 with no time. For the 1980-04-06 transition
844 # Shanks & Pottenger give 02:00, the BEV 00:00. Go with the BEV,
845 # and guess 02:00 for 1945-04-12.
846
847 # From Alois Triendl (2019-07-22):
848 # In 1946 the end of DST was on Monday, 7 October 1946, at 3:00 am.
849 # Shanks had this right. Source: Die Weltpresse, 5. Oktober 1946, page 5.
850
851 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
852 Rule Austria 1920 only - Apr 5 2:00s 1:00 S
853 Rule Austria 1920 only - Sep 13 2:00s 0 -
854 Rule Austria 1946 only - Apr 14 2:00s 1:00 S
855 Rule Austria 1946 only - Oct 7 2:00s 0 -
856 Rule Austria 1947 1948 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
857 Rule Austria 1947 only - Apr 6 2:00s 1:00 S
858 Rule Austria 1948 only - Apr 18 2:00s 1:00 S
859 Rule Austria 1980 only - Apr 6 0:00 1:00 S
860 Rule Austria 1980 only - Sep 28 0:00 0 -
861 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
862 Zone Europe/Vienna 1:05:21 - LMT 1893 Apr
863 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1920
864 1:00 Austria CE%sT 1940 Apr 1 2:00s
865 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1945 Apr 2 2:00s
866 1:00 1:00 CEST 1945 Apr 12 2:00s
867 1:00 - CET 1946
868 1:00 Austria CE%sT 1981
869 1:00 EU CE%sT
870
871 # Belarus
872 #
873 # From Stepan Golosunov (2016-07-02):
874 # http://www.lawbelarus.com/repub/sub30/texf9611.htm
875 # (Act of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus from
876 # 1992-03-25 No. 157) ... says clocks were to be moved forward at 2:00
877 # on last Sunday of March and backward at 3:00 on last Sunday of September
878 # (the same as previous USSR and contemporary Russian regulations).
879 #
880 # From Yauhen Kharuzhy (2011-09-16):
881 # By latest Belarus government act Europe/Minsk timezone was changed to
882 # GMT+3 without DST (was GMT+2 with DST).
883 #
884 # Sources (Russian language):
885 # http://www.belta.by/ru/all_news/society/V-Belarusi-otmenjaetsja-perexod-na-sezonnoe-vremja_i_572952.html
886 # http://naviny.by/rubrics/society/2011/09/16/ic_articles_116_175144/
887 # https://news.tut.by/society/250578.html
888 #
889 # From Alexander Bokovoy (2014-10-09):
890 # Belarussian government decided against changing to winter time....
891 # http://eng.belta.by/all_news/society/Belarus-decides-against-adjusting-time-in-Russias-wake_i_76335.html
892 #
893 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
894 Zone Europe/Minsk 1:50:16 - LMT 1880
895 1:50 - MMT 1924 May 2 # Minsk Mean Time
896 2:00 - EET 1930 Jun 21
897 3:00 - MSK 1941 Jun 28
898 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1944 Jul 3
899 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 1990
900 3:00 - MSK 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
901 2:00 Russia EE%sT 2011 Mar 27 2:00s
902 3:00 - +03
903
904 # Belgium
905 #
906 # From Michael Deckers (2019-08-25):
907 # The exposition in the web page
908 # https://www.bestor.be/wiki/index.php/Voyager_dans_le_temps._L%E2%80%99introduction_de_la_norme_de_Greenwich_en_Belgique
909 # gives several contemporary sources from which one can conclude that
910 # the switch in Europe/Brussels on 1892-05-01 was from 00:17:30 to 00:00:00.
911 #
912 # From Paul Eggert (2019-08-28):
913 # This quote helps explain the late-1914 situation:
914 # In early November 1914, the Germans imposed the time zone used in central
915 # Europe and forced the inhabitants to set their watches and public clocks
916 # sixty minutes ahead. Many were reluctant to accept "German time" and
917 # continued to use "Belgian time" among themselves. Reflecting the spirit of
918 # resistance that arose in the population, a song made fun of this change....
919 # The song ended:
920 # Putting your clock forward
921 # Will but hasten the happy hour
922 # When we kick out the Boches!
923 # See: Pluvinage G. Brussels on German time. Cahiers Bruxellois -
924 # Brusselse Cahiers. 2014;XLVI(1E):15-38.
925 # https://www.cairn.info/revue-cahiers-bruxellois-2014-1E-page-15.htm
926 #
927 # Entries from 1914 through 1917 are taken from "De tijd in België"
928 # <https://www.astro.oma.be/GENERAL/INFO/nli001a.html>.
929 # Entries from 1918 through 1991 are taken from:
930 # Annuaire de L'Observatoire Royal de Belgique,
931 # Avenue Circulaire, 3, B-1180 BRUXELLES, CLVIIe année, 1991
932 # (Imprimerie HAYEZ, s.p.r.l., Rue Fin, 4, 1080 BRUXELLES, MCMXC),
933 # pp 8-9.
934 # Thanks to Pascal Delmoitie for the 1918/1991 references.
935 # The 1918 rules are listed for completeness; they apply to unoccupied Belgium.
936 # Assume Brussels switched to WET in 1918 when the armistice took effect.
937 #
938 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
939 Rule Belgium 1918 only - Mar 9 0:00s 1:00 S
940 Rule Belgium 1918 1919 - Oct Sat>=1 23:00s 0 -
941 Rule Belgium 1919 only - Mar 1 23:00s 1:00 S
942 Rule Belgium 1920 only - Feb 14 23:00s 1:00 S
943 Rule Belgium 1920 only - Oct 23 23:00s 0 -
944 Rule Belgium 1921 only - Mar 14 23:00s 1:00 S
945 Rule Belgium 1921 only - Oct 25 23:00s 0 -
946 Rule Belgium 1922 only - Mar 25 23:00s 1:00 S
947 Rule Belgium 1922 1927 - Oct Sat>=1 23:00s 0 -
948 Rule Belgium 1923 only - Apr 21 23:00s 1:00 S
949 Rule Belgium 1924 only - Mar 29 23:00s 1:00 S
950 Rule Belgium 1925 only - Apr 4 23:00s 1:00 S
951 # DSH writes that a royal decree of 1926-02-22 specified the Sun following 3rd
952 # Sat in Apr (except if it's Easter, in which case it's one Sunday earlier),
953 # to Sun following 1st Sat in Oct, and that a royal decree of 1928-09-15
954 # changed the transition times to 02:00 GMT.
955 Rule Belgium 1926 only - Apr 17 23:00s 1:00 S
956 Rule Belgium 1927 only - Apr 9 23:00s 1:00 S
957 Rule Belgium 1928 only - Apr 14 23:00s 1:00 S
958 Rule Belgium 1928 1938 - Oct Sun>=2 2:00s 0 -
959 Rule Belgium 1929 only - Apr 21 2:00s 1:00 S
960 Rule Belgium 1930 only - Apr 13 2:00s 1:00 S
961 Rule Belgium 1931 only - Apr 19 2:00s 1:00 S
962 Rule Belgium 1932 only - Apr 3 2:00s 1:00 S
963 Rule Belgium 1933 only - Mar 26 2:00s 1:00 S
964 Rule Belgium 1934 only - Apr 8 2:00s 1:00 S
965 Rule Belgium 1935 only - Mar 31 2:00s 1:00 S
966 Rule Belgium 1936 only - Apr 19 2:00s 1:00 S
967 Rule Belgium 1937 only - Apr 4 2:00s 1:00 S
968 Rule Belgium 1938 only - Mar 27 2:00s 1:00 S
969 Rule Belgium 1939 only - Apr 16 2:00s 1:00 S
970 Rule Belgium 1939 only - Nov 19 2:00s 0 -
971 Rule Belgium 1940 only - Feb 25 2:00s 1:00 S
972 Rule Belgium 1944 only - Sep 17 2:00s 0 -
973 Rule Belgium 1945 only - Apr 2 2:00s 1:00 S
974 Rule Belgium 1945 only - Sep 16 2:00s 0 -
975 Rule Belgium 1946 only - May 19 2:00s 1:00 S
976 Rule Belgium 1946 only - Oct 7 2:00s 0 -
977 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
978 Zone Europe/Brussels 0:17:30 - LMT 1880
979 0:17:30 - BMT 1892 May 1 00:17:30
980 0:00 - WET 1914 Nov 8
981 1:00 - CET 1916 May 1 0:00
982 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1918 Nov 11 11:00u
983 0:00 Belgium WE%sT 1940 May 20 2:00s
984 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1944 Sep 3
985 1:00 Belgium CE%sT 1977
986 1:00 EU CE%sT
987
988 # Bosnia and Herzegovina
989 # See Europe/Belgrade.
990
991 # Bulgaria
992 #
993 # From Plamen Simenov via Steffen Thorsen (1999-09-09):
994 # A document of Government of Bulgaria (No. 94/1997) says:
995 # EET -> EETDST is in 03:00 Local time in last Sunday of March ...
996 # EETDST -> EET is in 04:00 Local time in last Sunday of October
997 #
998 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
999 Rule Bulg 1979 only - Mar 31 23:00 1:00 S
1000 Rule Bulg 1979 only - Oct 1 1:00 0 -
1001 Rule Bulg 1980 1982 - Apr Sat>=1 23:00 1:00 S
1002 Rule Bulg 1980 only - Sep 29 1:00 0 -
1003 Rule Bulg 1981 only - Sep 27 2:00 0 -
1004 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1005 Zone Europe/Sofia 1:33:16 - LMT 1880
1006 1:56:56 - IMT 1894 Nov 30 # Istanbul MT?
1007 2:00 - EET 1942 Nov 2 3:00
1008 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1945
1009 1:00 - CET 1945 Apr 2 3:00
1010 2:00 - EET 1979 Mar 31 23:00
1011 2:00 Bulg EE%sT 1982 Sep 26 3:00
1012 2:00 C-Eur EE%sT 1991
1013 2:00 E-Eur EE%sT 1997
1014 2:00 EU EE%sT
1015
1016 # Croatia
1017 # See Europe/Belgrade.
1018
1019 # Cyprus
1020 # Please see the 'asia' file for Asia/Nicosia.
1021
1022 # Czech Republic / Czechia
1023 #
1024 # From Paul Eggert (2018-04-15):
1025 # The source for Czech data is: Kdy začíná a končí letní čas. 2018-04-15.
1026 # https://kalendar.beda.cz/kdy-zacina-a-konci-letni-cas
1027 # We know of no English-language name for historical Czech winter time;
1028 # abbreviate it as "GMT", as it happened to be GMT.
1029 #
1030 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
1031 Rule Czech 1945 only - Apr Mon>=1 2:00s 1:00 S
1032 Rule Czech 1945 only - Oct 1 2:00s 0 -
1033 Rule Czech 1946 only - May 6 2:00s 1:00 S
1034 Rule Czech 1946 1949 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
1035 Rule Czech 1947 1948 - Apr Sun>=15 2:00s 1:00 S
1036 Rule Czech 1949 only - Apr 9 2:00s 1:00 S
1037 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1038 Zone Europe/Prague 0:57:44 - LMT 1850
1039 0:57:44 - PMT 1891 Oct # Prague Mean Time
1040 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1945 May 9
1041 1:00 Czech CE%sT 1946 Dec 1 3:00
1042 # Vanguard section, for zic and other parsers that support negative DST.
1043 1:00 -1:00 GMT 1947 Feb 23 2:00
1044 # Rearguard section, for parsers that do not support negative DST.
1045 # 0:00 - GMT 1947 Feb 23 2:00
1046 # End of rearguard section.
1047 1:00 Czech CE%sT 1979
1048 1:00 EU CE%sT
1049 # Use Europe/Prague also for Slovakia.
1050
1051 # Denmark, Faroe Islands, and Greenland
1052
1053 # From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2005-04-26):
1054 # http://www.hum.aau.dk/~poe/tid/tine/DanskTid.htm says that the law
1055 # [introducing standard time] was in effect from 1894-01-01....
1056 # The page http://www.retsinfo.dk/_GETDOCI_/ACCN/A18930008330-REGL
1057 # confirms this, and states that the law was put forth 1893-03-29.
1058 #
1059 # The EU [actually, EEC and Euratom] treaty with effect from 1973:
1060 # http://www.retsinfo.dk/_GETDOCI_/ACCN/A19722110030-REGL
1061 #
1062 # This provoked a new law from 1974 to make possible summer time changes
1063 # in subsequent decrees with the law
1064 # http://www.retsinfo.dk/_GETDOCI_/ACCN/A19740022330-REGL
1065 #
1066 # It seems however that no decree was set forward until 1980. I have
1067 # not found any decree, but in another related law, the effecting DST
1068 # changes are stated explicitly to be from 1980-04-06 at 02:00 to
1069 # 1980-09-28 at 02:00. If this is true, this differs slightly from
1070 # the EU rule in that DST runs to 02:00, not 03:00. We don't know
1071 # when Denmark began using the EU rule correctly, but we have only
1072 # confirmation of the 1980-time, so I presume it was correct in 1981:
1073 # The law is about the management of the extra hour, concerning
1074 # working hours reported and effect on obligatory-rest rules (which
1075 # was suspended on that night):
1076 # http://www.retsinfo.dk/_GETDOCI_/ACCN/C19801120554-REGL
1077
1078 # From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2005-06-11):
1079 # The Herning Folkeblad (1980-09-26) reported that the night between
1080 # Saturday and Sunday the clock is set back from three to two.
1081
1082 # From Paul Eggert (2005-06-11):
1083 # Hence the "02:00" of the 1980 law refers to standard time, not
1084 # wall-clock time, and so the EU rules were in effect in 1980.
1085
1086 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
1087 Rule Denmark 1916 only - May 14 23:00 1:00 S
1088 Rule Denmark 1916 only - Sep 30 23:00 0 -
1089 Rule Denmark 1940 only - May 15 0:00 1:00 S
1090 Rule Denmark 1945 only - Apr 2 2:00s 1:00 S
1091 Rule Denmark 1945 only - Aug 15 2:00s 0 -
1092 Rule Denmark 1946 only - May 1 2:00s 1:00 S
1093 Rule Denmark 1946 only - Sep 1 2:00s 0 -
1094 Rule Denmark 1947 only - May 4 2:00s 1:00 S
1095 Rule Denmark 1947 only - Aug 10 2:00s 0 -
1096 Rule Denmark 1948 only - May 9 2:00s 1:00 S
1097 Rule Denmark 1948 only - Aug 8 2:00s 0 -
1098 #
1099 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1100 Zone Europe/Copenhagen 0:50:20 - LMT 1890
1101 0:50:20 - CMT 1894 Jan 1 # Copenhagen MT
1102 1:00 Denmark CE%sT 1942 Nov 2 2:00s
1103 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1945 Apr 2 2:00
1104 1:00 Denmark CE%sT 1980
1105 1:00 EU CE%sT
1106 Zone Atlantic/Faroe -0:27:04 - LMT 1908 Jan 11 # Tórshavn
1107 0:00 - WET 1981
1108 0:00 EU WE%sT
1109 #
1110 # From Paul Eggert (2004-10-31):
1111 # During World War II, Germany maintained secret manned weather stations in
1112 # East Greenland and Franz Josef Land, but we don't know their time zones.
1113 # My source for this is Wilhelm Dege's book mentioned under Svalbard.
1114 #
1115 # From Paul Eggert (2017-12-10):
1116 # Greenland joined the European Communities as part of Denmark,
1117 # obtained home rule on 1979-05-01, and left the European Communities
1118 # on 1985-02-01. It therefore should have been using EU
1119 # rules at least through 1984. Shanks & Pottenger say Scoresbysund and Godthåb
1120 # used C-Eur rules after 1980, but IATA SSIM (1991/1996) says they use EU
1121 # rules since at least 1991. Assume EU rules since 1980.
1122
1123 # From Gwillim Law (2001-06-06), citing
1124 # <http://www.statkart.no/efs/efshefter/2001/efs5-2001.pdf> (2001-03-15),
1125 # and with translations corrected by Steffen Thorsen:
1126 #
1127 # Greenland has four local times, and the relation to UTC
1128 # is according to the following time line:
1129 #
1130 # The military zone near Thule UTC-4
1131 # Standard Greenland time UTC-3
1132 # Scoresbysund UTC-1
1133 # Danmarkshavn UTC
1134 #
1135 # In the military area near Thule and in Danmarkshavn DST will not be
1136 # introduced.
1137
1138 # From Rives McDow (2001-11-01):
1139 #
1140 # I correspond regularly with the Dansk Polarcenter, and wrote them at
1141 # the time to clarify the situation in Thule. Unfortunately, I have
1142 # not heard back from them regarding my recent letter. [But I have
1143 # info from earlier correspondence.]
1144 #
1145 # According to the center, a very small local time zone around Thule
1146 # Air Base keeps the time according to UTC-4, implementing daylight
1147 # savings using North America rules, changing the time at 02:00 local time....
1148 #
1149 # The east coast of Greenland north of the community of Scoresbysund
1150 # uses UTC in the same way as in Iceland, year round, with no dst.
1151 # There are just a few stations on this coast, including the
1152 # Danmarkshavn ICAO weather station mentioned in your September 29th
1153 # email. The other stations are two sledge patrol stations in
1154 # Mestersvig and Daneborg, the air force base at Station Nord, and the
1155 # DPC research station at Zackenberg.
1156 #
1157 # Scoresbysund and two small villages nearby keep time UTC-1 and use
1158 # the same daylight savings time period as in West Greenland (Godthåb).
1159 #
1160 # The rest of Greenland, including Godthåb (this area, although it
1161 # includes central Greenland, is known as west Greenland), keeps time
1162 # UTC-3, with daylight savings methods according to European rules.
1163 #
1164 # It is common procedure to use UTC 0 in the wilderness of East and
1165 # North Greenland, because it is mainly Icelandic aircraft operators
1166 # maintaining traffic in these areas. However, the official status of
1167 # this area is that it sticks with Godthåb time. This area might be
1168 # considered a dual time zone in some respects because of this.
1169
1170 # From Rives McDow (2001-11-19):
1171 # I heard back from someone stationed at Thule; the time change took place
1172 # there at 2:00 AM.
1173
1174 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
1175 # From 1997 on the CIA map shows Danmarkshavn on GMT;
1176 # the 1995 map as like Godthåb.
1177 # For lack of better info, assume they were like Godthåb before 1996.
1178 # startkart.no says Thule does not observe DST, but this is clearly an error,
1179 # so go with Shanks & Pottenger for Thule transitions until this year.
1180 # For 2007 on assume Thule will stay in sync with US DST rules.
1181
1182 # From J William Piggott (2016-02-20):
1183 # "Greenland north of the community of Scoresbysund" is officially named
1184 # "National Park" by Executive Order:
1185 # http://naalakkersuisut.gl/~/media/Nanoq/Files/Attached%20Files/Engelske-tekster/Legislation/Executive%20Order%20National%20Park.rtf
1186 # It is their only National Park.
1187 #
1188 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
1189 Rule Thule 1991 1992 - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
1190 Rule Thule 1991 1992 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
1191 Rule Thule 1993 2006 - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
1192 Rule Thule 1993 2006 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
1193 Rule Thule 2007 max - Mar Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D
1194 Rule Thule 2007 max - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 0 S
1195 #
1196 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1197 Zone America/Danmarkshavn -1:14:40 - LMT 1916 Jul 28
1198 -3:00 - -03 1980 Apr 6 2:00
1199 -3:00 EU -03/-02 1996
1200 0:00 - GMT
1201 Zone America/Scoresbysund -1:27:52 - LMT 1916 Jul 28 # Ittoqqortoormiit
1202 -2:00 - -02 1980 Apr 6 2:00
1203 -2:00 C-Eur -02/-01 1981 Mar 29
1204 -1:00 EU -01/+00
1205 Zone America/Godthab -3:26:56 - LMT 1916 Jul 28 # Nuuk
1206 -3:00 - -03 1980 Apr 6 2:00
1207 -3:00 EU -03/-02
1208 Zone America/Thule -4:35:08 - LMT 1916 Jul 28 # Pituffik air base
1209 -4:00 Thule A%sT
1210
1211 # Estonia
1212 #
1213 # From Paul Eggert (2016-03-18):
1214 # The 1989 transition is from USSR act No. 227 (1989-03-14).
1215 #
1216 # From Peter Ilieve (1994-10-15):
1217 # A relative in Tallinn confirms the accuracy of the data for 1989 onwards
1218 # [through 1994] and gives the legal authority for it,
1219 # a regulation of the Government of Estonia, No. 111 of 1989....
1220 #
1221 # From Peter Ilieve (1996-10-28):
1222 # [IATA SSIM (1992/1996) claims that the Baltic republics switch at 01:00s,
1223 # but a relative confirms that Estonia still switches at 02:00s, writing:]
1224 # "I do not [know] exactly but there are some little different
1225 # (confusing) rules for International Air and Railway Transport Schedules
1226 # conversion in Sunday connected with end of summer time in Estonia....
1227 # A discussion is running about the summer time efficiency and effect on
1228 # human physiology. It seems that Estonia maybe will not change to
1229 # summer time next spring."
1230
1231 # From Peter Ilieve (1998-11-04), heavily edited:
1232 # The 1998-09-22 Estonian time law
1233 # http://trip.rk.ee/cgi-bin/thw?${BASE}=akt&${OOHTML}=rtd&TA=1998&TO=1&AN=1390
1234 # refers to the Eighth Directive and cites the association agreement between
1235 # the EU and Estonia, ratified by the Estonian law (RT II 1995, 22-27, 120).
1236 #
1237 # I also asked [my relative] whether they use any standard abbreviation
1238 # for their standard and summer times. He says no, they use "suveaeg"
1239 # (summer time) and "talveaeg" (winter time).
1240
1241 # From The Baltic Times <https://www.baltictimes.com/> (1999-09-09)
1242 # via Steffen Thorsen:
1243 # This year will mark the last time Estonia shifts to summer time,
1244 # a council of the ruling coalition announced Sept. 6....
1245 # But what this could mean for Estonia's chances of joining the European
1246 # Union are still unclear. In 1994, the EU declared summer time compulsory
1247 # for all member states until 2001. Brussels has yet to decide what to do
1248 # after that.
1249
1250 # From Mart Oruaas (2000-01-29):
1251 # Regulation No. 301 (1999-10-12) obsoletes previous regulation
1252 # No. 206 (1998-09-22) and thus sticks Estonia to +02:00 GMT for all
1253 # the year round. The regulation is effective 1999-11-01.
1254
1255 # From Toomas Soome (2002-02-21):
1256 # The Estonian government has changed once again timezone politics.
1257 # Now we are using again EU rules.
1258 #
1259 # From Urmet Jänes (2002-03-28):
1260 # The legislative reference is Government decree No. 84 on 2002-02-21.
1261
1262 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1263 Zone Europe/Tallinn 1:39:00 - LMT 1880
1264 1:39:00 - TMT 1918 Feb # Tallinn Mean Time
1265 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1919 Jul
1266 1:39:00 - TMT 1921 May
1267 2:00 - EET 1940 Aug 6
1268 3:00 - MSK 1941 Sep 15
1269 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1944 Sep 22
1270 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 1989 Mar 26 2:00s
1271 2:00 1:00 EEST 1989 Sep 24 2:00s
1272 2:00 C-Eur EE%sT 1998 Sep 22
1273 2:00 EU EE%sT 1999 Oct 31 4:00
1274 2:00 - EET 2002 Feb 21
1275 2:00 EU EE%sT
1276
1277 # Finland
1278
1279 # From Hannu Strang (1994-09-25 06:03:37 UTC):
1280 # Well, here in Helsinki we're just changing from summer time to regular one,
1281 # and it's supposed to change at 4am...
1282
1283 # From Janne Snabb (2010-07-15):
1284 #
1285 # I noticed that the Finland data is not accurate for years 1981 and 1982.
1286 # During these two first trial years the DST adjustment was made one hour
1287 # earlier than in forthcoming years. Starting 1983 the adjustment was made
1288 # according to the central European standards.
1289 #
1290 # This is documented in Heikki Oja: Aikakirja 2007, published by The Almanac
1291 # Office of University of Helsinki, ISBN 952-10-3221-9, available online (in
1292 # Finnish) at
1293 # https://almanakka.helsinki.fi/aikakirja/Aikakirja2007kokonaan.pdf
1294 #
1295 # Page 105 (56 in PDF version) has a handy table of all past daylight savings
1296 # transitions. It is easy enough to interpret without Finnish skills.
1297 #
1298 # This is also confirmed by Finnish Broadcasting Company's archive at:
1299 # http://www.yle.fi/elavaarkisto/?s=s&g=1&ag=5&t=&a=3401
1300 #
1301 # The news clip from 1981 says that "the time between 2 and 3 o'clock does not
1302 # exist tonight."
1303
1304 # From Konstantin Hyppönen (2014-06-13):
1305 # [Heikki Oja's book Aikakirja 2013]
1306 # https://almanakka.helsinki.fi/images/aikakirja/Aikakirja2013kokonaan.pdf
1307 # pages 104-105, including a scan from a newspaper published on Apr 2 1942
1308 # say that ... [o]n Apr 2 1942, 24 o'clock (which means Apr 3 1942,
1309 # 00:00), clocks were moved one hour forward. The newspaper
1310 # mentions "on the night from Thursday to Friday"....
1311 # On Oct 4 1942, clocks were moved at 1:00 one hour backwards.
1312 #
1313 # From Paul Eggert (2014-06-14):
1314 # Go with Oja over Shanks.
1315
1316 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
1317 Rule Finland 1942 only - Apr 2 24:00 1:00 S
1318 Rule Finland 1942 only - Oct 4 1:00 0 -
1319 Rule Finland 1981 1982 - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 S
1320 Rule Finland 1981 1982 - Sep lastSun 3:00 0 -
1321
1322 # Milne says Helsinki (Helsingfors) time was 1:39:49.2 (official document);
1323 # round to nearest.
1324
1325 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1326 Zone Europe/Helsinki 1:39:49 - LMT 1878 May 31
1327 1:39:49 - HMT 1921 May # Helsinki Mean Time
1328 2:00 Finland EE%sT 1983
1329 2:00 EU EE%sT
1330
1331 # Åland Is
1332 Link Europe/Helsinki Europe/Mariehamn
1333
1334
1335 # France
1336
1337 # From Ciro Discepolo (2000-12-20):
1338 #
1339 # Henri Le Corre, Régimes horaires pour le monde entier, Éditions
1340 # Traditionnelles - Paris 2 books, 1993
1341 #
1342 # Gabriel, Traité de l'heure dans le monde, Guy Trédaniel,
1343 # Paris, 1991
1344 #
1345 # Françoise Gauquelin, Problèmes de l'heure résolus en astrologie,
1346 # Guy Trédaniel, Paris 1987
1347
1348
1349 #
1350 # Shank & Pottenger seem to use '24:00' ambiguously; resolve it with Whitman.
1351 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
1352 Rule France 1916 only - Jun 14 23:00s 1:00 S
1353 Rule France 1916 1919 - Oct Sun>=1 23:00s 0 -
1354 Rule France 1917 only - Mar 24 23:00s 1:00 S
1355 Rule France 1918 only - Mar 9 23:00s 1:00 S
1356 Rule France 1919 only - Mar 1 23:00s 1:00 S
1357 Rule France 1920 only - Feb 14 23:00s 1:00 S
1358 Rule France 1920 only - Oct 23 23:00s 0 -
1359 Rule France 1921 only - Mar 14 23:00s 1:00 S
1360 Rule France 1921 only - Oct 25 23:00s 0 -
1361 Rule France 1922 only - Mar 25 23:00s 1:00 S
1362 # DSH writes that a law of 1923-05-24 specified 3rd Sat in Apr at 23:00 to 1st
1363 # Sat in Oct at 24:00; and that in 1930, because of Easter, the transitions
1364 # were Apr 12 and Oct 5. Go with Shanks & Pottenger.
1365 Rule France 1922 1938 - Oct Sat>=1 23:00s 0 -
1366 Rule France 1923 only - May 26 23:00s 1:00 S
1367 Rule France 1924 only - Mar 29 23:00s 1:00 S
1368 Rule France 1925 only - Apr 4 23:00s 1:00 S
1369 Rule France 1926 only - Apr 17 23:00s 1:00 S
1370 Rule France 1927 only - Apr 9 23:00s 1:00 S
1371 Rule France 1928 only - Apr 14 23:00s 1:00 S
1372 Rule France 1929 only - Apr 20 23:00s 1:00 S
1373 Rule France 1930 only - Apr 12 23:00s 1:00 S
1374 Rule France 1931 only - Apr 18 23:00s 1:00 S
1375 Rule France 1932 only - Apr 2 23:00s 1:00 S
1376 Rule France 1933 only - Mar 25 23:00s 1:00 S
1377 Rule France 1934 only - Apr 7 23:00s 1:00 S
1378 Rule France 1935 only - Mar 30 23:00s 1:00 S
1379 Rule France 1936 only - Apr 18 23:00s 1:00 S
1380 Rule France 1937 only - Apr 3 23:00s 1:00 S
1381 Rule France 1938 only - Mar 26 23:00s 1:00 S
1382 Rule France 1939 only - Apr 15 23:00s 1:00 S
1383 Rule France 1939 only - Nov 18 23:00s 0 -
1384 Rule France 1940 only - Feb 25 2:00 1:00 S
1385 # The French rules for 1941-1944 were not used in Paris, but Shanks & Pottenger
1386 # write that they were used in Monaco and in many French locations.
1387 # Le Corre writes that the upper limit of the free zone was Arnéguy, Orthez,
1388 # Mont-de-Marsan, Bazas, Langon, Lamothe-Montravel, Marœuil, La
1389 # Rochefoucauld, Champagne-Mouton, La Roche-Posay, La Haye-Descartes,
1390 # Loches, Montrichard, Vierzon, Bourges, Moulins, Digoin,
1391 # Paray-le-Monial, Montceau-les-Mines, Chalon-sur-Saône, Arbois,
1392 # Dole, Morez, St-Claude, and Collonges (Haute-Savoie).
1393 Rule France 1941 only - May 5 0:00 2:00 M # Midsummer
1394 # Shanks & Pottenger say this transition occurred at Oct 6 1:00,
1395 # but go with Denis Excoffier (1997-12-12),
1396 # who quotes the Ephémérides astronomiques for 1998 from Bureau des Longitudes
1397 # as saying 5/10/41 22hUT.
1398 Rule France 1941 only - Oct 6 0:00 1:00 S
1399 Rule France 1942 only - Mar 9 0:00 2:00 M
1400 Rule France 1942 only - Nov 2 3:00 1:00 S
1401 Rule France 1943 only - Mar 29 2:00 2:00 M
1402 Rule France 1943 only - Oct 4 3:00 1:00 S
1403 Rule France 1944 only - Apr 3 2:00 2:00 M
1404 Rule France 1944 only - Oct 8 1:00 1:00 S
1405 Rule France 1945 only - Apr 2 2:00 2:00 M
1406 Rule France 1945 only - Sep 16 3:00 0 -
1407 # Shanks & Pottenger give Mar 28 2:00 and Sep 26 3:00;
1408 # go with Excoffier's 28/3/76 0hUT and 25/9/76 23hUT.
1409 Rule France 1976 only - Mar 28 1:00 1:00 S
1410 Rule France 1976 only - Sep 26 1:00 0 -
1411 # Shanks & Pottenger give 0:09:20 for Paris Mean Time, and Whitman 0:09:05,
1412 # but Howse quotes the actual French legislation as saying 0:09:21.
1413 # Go with Howse. Howse writes that the time in France was officially based
1414 # on PMT-0:09:21 until 1978-08-09, when the time base finally switched to UTC.
1415 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1416 Zone Europe/Paris 0:09:21 - LMT 1891 Mar 15 0:01
1417 0:09:21 - PMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Paris MT
1418 # Shanks & Pottenger give 1940 Jun 14 0:00; go with Excoffier and Le Corre.
1419 0:00 France WE%sT 1940 Jun 14 23:00
1420 # Le Corre says Paris stuck with occupied-France time after the liberation;
1421 # go with Shanks & Pottenger.
1422 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1944 Aug 25
1423 0:00 France WE%sT 1945 Sep 16 3:00
1424 1:00 France CE%sT 1977
1425 1:00 EU CE%sT
1426
1427 # Germany
1428
1429 # From Markus Kuhn (1998-09-29):
1430 # The German time zone web site by the Physikalisch-Technische
1431 # Bundesanstalt contains DST information back to 1916.
1432 # [See tz-link.html for the URL.]
1433
1434 # From Jörg Schilling (2002-10-23):
1435 # In 1945, Berlin was switched to Moscow Summer time (GMT+4) by
1436 # https://www.dhm.de/lemo/html/biografien/BersarinNikolai/
1437 # General [Nikolai] Bersarin.
1438
1439 # From Paul Eggert (2003-03-08):
1440 # http://www.parlament-berlin.de/pds-fraktion.nsf/727459127c8b66ee8525662300459099/defc77cb784f180ac1256c2b0030274b/$FILE/bersarint.pdf
1441 # says that Bersarin issued an order to use Moscow time on May 20.
1442 # However, Moscow did not observe daylight saving in 1945, so
1443 # this was equivalent to UT +03, not +04.
1444
1445
1446 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
1447 Rule Germany 1946 only - Apr 14 2:00s 1:00 S
1448 Rule Germany 1946 only - Oct 7 2:00s 0 -
1449 Rule Germany 1947 1949 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
1450 # http://www.ptb.de/de/org/4/44/441/salt.htm says the following transition
1451 # occurred at 3:00 MEZ, not the 2:00 MEZ given in Shanks & Pottenger.
1452 # Go with the PTB.
1453 Rule Germany 1947 only - Apr 6 3:00s 1:00 S
1454 Rule Germany 1947 only - May 11 2:00s 2:00 M
1455 Rule Germany 1947 only - Jun 29 3:00 1:00 S
1456 Rule Germany 1948 only - Apr 18 2:00s 1:00 S
1457 Rule Germany 1949 only - Apr 10 2:00s 1:00 S
1458
1459 Rule SovietZone 1945 only - May 24 2:00 2:00 M # Midsummer
1460 Rule SovietZone 1945 only - Sep 24 3:00 1:00 S
1461 Rule SovietZone 1945 only - Nov 18 2:00s 0 -
1462
1463 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1464 Zone Europe/Berlin 0:53:28 - LMT 1893 Apr
1465 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1945 May 24 2:00
1466 1:00 SovietZone CE%sT 1946
1467 1:00 Germany CE%sT 1980
1468 1:00 EU CE%sT
1469
1470 # From Tobias Conradi (2011-09-12):
1471 # Büsingen <http://www.buesingen.de>, surrounded by the Swiss canton
1472 # Schaffhausen, did not start observing DST in 1980 as the rest of DE
1473 # (West Germany at that time) and DD (East Germany at that time) did.
1474 # DD merged into DE, the area is currently covered by code DE in ISO 3166-1,
1475 # which in turn is covered by the zone Europe/Berlin.
1476 #
1477 # Source for the time in Büsingen 1980:
1478 # http://www.srf.ch/player/video?id=c012c029-03b7-4c2b-9164-aa5902cd58d3
1479
1480 # From Arthur David Olson (2012-03-03):
1481 # Büsingen and Zurich have shared clocks since 1970.
1482
1483 Link Europe/Zurich Europe/Busingen
1484
1485 # Georgia
1486 # Please see the "asia" file for Asia/Tbilisi.
1487 # Herodotus (Histories, IV.45) says Georgia north of the Phasis (now Rioni)
1488 # is in Europe. Our reference location Tbilisi is in the Asian part.
1489
1490 # Gibraltar
1491 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1492 Zone Europe/Gibraltar -0:21:24 - LMT 1880 Aug 2 0:00s
1493 0:00 GB-Eire %s 1957 Apr 14 2:00
1494 1:00 - CET 1982
1495 1:00 EU CE%sT
1496
1497 # Greece
1498 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
1499 # Whitman gives 1932 Jul 5 - Nov 1; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
1500 Rule Greece 1932 only - Jul 7 0:00 1:00 S
1501 Rule Greece 1932 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 -
1502 # Whitman gives 1941 Apr 25 - ?; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
1503 Rule Greece 1941 only - Apr 7 0:00 1:00 S
1504 # Whitman gives 1942 Feb 2 - ?; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
1505 Rule Greece 1942 only - Nov 2 3:00 0 -
1506 Rule Greece 1943 only - Mar 30 0:00 1:00 S
1507 Rule Greece 1943 only - Oct 4 0:00 0 -
1508 # Whitman gives 1944 Oct 3 - Oct 31; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
1509 Rule Greece 1952 only - Jul 1 0:00 1:00 S
1510 Rule Greece 1952 only - Nov 2 0:00 0 -
1511 Rule Greece 1975 only - Apr 12 0:00s 1:00 S
1512 Rule Greece 1975 only - Nov 26 0:00s 0 -
1513 Rule Greece 1976 only - Apr 11 2:00s 1:00 S
1514 Rule Greece 1976 only - Oct 10 2:00s 0 -
1515 Rule Greece 1977 1978 - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 S
1516 Rule Greece 1977 only - Sep 26 2:00s 0 -
1517 Rule Greece 1978 only - Sep 24 4:00 0 -
1518 Rule Greece 1979 only - Apr 1 9:00 1:00 S
1519 Rule Greece 1979 only - Sep 29 2:00 0 -
1520 Rule Greece 1980 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
1521 Rule Greece 1980 only - Sep 28 0:00 0 -
1522 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1523 Zone Europe/Athens 1:34:52 - LMT 1895 Sep 14
1524 1:34:52 - AMT 1916 Jul 28 0:01 # Athens MT
1525 2:00 Greece EE%sT 1941 Apr 30
1526 1:00 Greece CE%sT 1944 Apr 4
1527 2:00 Greece EE%sT 1981
1528 # Shanks & Pottenger say it switched to C-Eur in 1981;
1529 # go with EU rules instead, since Greece joined Jan 1.
1530 2:00 EU EE%sT
1531
1532 # Hungary
1533 # From Paul Eggert (2014-07-15):
1534 # Dates for 1916-1945 are taken from:
1535 # Oross A. Jelen a múlt jövője: a nyári időszámítás Magyarországon 1916-1945.
1536 # National Archives of Hungary (2012-10-29).
1537 # http://mnl.gov.hu/a_het_dokumentuma/a_nyari_idoszamitas_magyarorszagon_19161945.html
1538 # This source does not always give times, which are taken from Shanks
1539 # & Pottenger (which disagree about the dates).
1540 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
1541 Rule Hungary 1918 only - Apr 1 3:00 1:00 S
1542 Rule Hungary 1918 only - Sep 16 3:00 0 -
1543 Rule Hungary 1919 only - Apr 15 3:00 1:00 S
1544 Rule Hungary 1919 only - Nov 24 3:00 0 -
1545 Rule Hungary 1945 only - May 1 23:00 1:00 S
1546 Rule Hungary 1945 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 -
1547 Rule Hungary 1946 only - Mar 31 2:00s 1:00 S
1548 Rule Hungary 1946 1949 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
1549 Rule Hungary 1947 1949 - Apr Sun>=4 2:00s 1:00 S
1550 Rule Hungary 1950 only - Apr 17 2:00s 1:00 S
1551 Rule Hungary 1950 only - Oct 23 2:00s 0 -
1552 Rule Hungary 1954 1955 - May 23 0:00 1:00 S
1553 Rule Hungary 1954 1955 - Oct 3 0:00 0 -
1554 Rule Hungary 1956 only - Jun Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S
1555 Rule Hungary 1956 only - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 -
1556 Rule Hungary 1957 only - Jun Sun>=1 1:00 1:00 S
1557 Rule Hungary 1957 only - Sep lastSun 3:00 0 -
1558 Rule Hungary 1980 only - Apr 6 1:00 1:00 S
1559 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1560 Zone Europe/Budapest 1:16:20 - LMT 1890 Oct
1561 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1918
1562 1:00 Hungary CE%sT 1941 Apr 8
1563 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1945
1564 1:00 Hungary CE%sT 1980 Sep 28 2:00s
1565 1:00 EU CE%sT
1566
1567 # Iceland
1568 #
1569 # From Adam David (1993-11-06):
1570 # The name of the timezone in Iceland for system / mail / news purposes is GMT.
1571 #
1572 # (1993-12-05):
1573 # This material is paraphrased from the 1988 edition of the University of
1574 # Iceland Almanak.
1575 #
1576 # From January 1st, 1908 the whole of Iceland was standardised at 1 hour
1577 # behind GMT. Previously, local mean solar time was used in different parts
1578 # of Iceland, the almanak had been based on Reykjavik mean solar time which
1579 # was 1 hour and 28 minutes behind GMT.
1580 #
1581 # "first day of winter" referred to [below] means the first day of the 26 weeks
1582 # of winter, according to the old icelandic calendar that dates back to the
1583 # time the norsemen first settled Iceland. The first day of winter is always
1584 # Saturday, but is not dependent on the Julian or Gregorian calendars.
1585 #
1586 # (1993-12-10):
1587 # I have a reference from the Oxford Icelandic-English dictionary for the
1588 # beginning of winter, which ties it to the ecclesiastical calendar (and thus
1589 # to the julian/gregorian calendar) over the period in question.
1590 # the winter begins on the Saturday next before St. Luke's day
1591 # (old style), or on St. Luke's day, if a Saturday.
1592 # St. Luke's day ought to be traceable from ecclesiastical sources. "old style"
1593 # might be a reference to the Julian calendar as opposed to Gregorian, or it
1594 # might mean something else (???).
1595 #
1596 # From Paul Eggert (2014-11-22):
1597 # The information below is taken from the 1988 Almanak; see
1598 # http://www.almanak.hi.is/klukkan.html
1599 #
1600 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
1601 Rule Iceland 1917 1919 - Feb 19 23:00 1:00 -
1602 Rule Iceland 1917 only - Oct 21 1:00 0 -
1603 Rule Iceland 1918 1919 - Nov 16 1:00 0 -
1604 Rule Iceland 1921 only - Mar 19 23:00 1:00 -
1605 Rule Iceland 1921 only - Jun 23 1:00 0 -
1606 Rule Iceland 1939 only - Apr 29 23:00 1:00 -
1607 Rule Iceland 1939 only - Oct 29 2:00 0 -
1608 Rule Iceland 1940 only - Feb 25 2:00 1:00 -
1609 Rule Iceland 1940 1941 - Nov Sun>=2 1:00s 0 -
1610 Rule Iceland 1941 1942 - Mar Sun>=2 1:00s 1:00 -
1611 # 1943-1946 - first Sunday in March until first Sunday in winter
1612 Rule Iceland 1943 1946 - Mar Sun>=1 1:00s 1:00 -
1613 Rule Iceland 1942 1948 - Oct Sun>=22 1:00s 0 -
1614 # 1947-1967 - first Sunday in April until first Sunday in winter
1615 Rule Iceland 1947 1967 - Apr Sun>=1 1:00s 1:00 -
1616 # 1949 and 1967 Oct transitions delayed by 1 week
1617 Rule Iceland 1949 only - Oct 30 1:00s 0 -
1618 Rule Iceland 1950 1966 - Oct Sun>=22 1:00s 0 -
1619 Rule Iceland 1967 only - Oct 29 1:00s 0 -
1620 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1621 Zone Atlantic/Reykjavik -1:28 - LMT 1908
1622 -1:00 Iceland -01/+00 1968 Apr 7 1:00s
1623 0:00 - GMT
1624
1625 # Italy
1626 #
1627 # From Paul Eggert (2001-03-06):
1628 # Sicily and Sardinia each had their own time zones from 1866 to 1893,
1629 # called Palermo Time (+00:53:28) and Cagliari Time (+00:36:32).
1630 # During World War II, German-controlled Italy used German time.
1631 # But these events all occurred before the 1970 cutoff,
1632 # so record only the time in Rome.
1633 #
1634 # From Stephen Trainor (2019-05-06):
1635 # http://www.ac-ilsestante.it/MERIDIANE/ora_legale/ORA_LEGALE_ESTIVA_IN_ITALIA.htm
1636 # ... the [1866] law went into effect on 12 December 1866, rather than
1637 # the date of the decree (22 Sep 1866)
1638 # https://web.archive.org/web/20070824155341/http://www.iav.it/planetario/didastro/didastro/english.htm
1639 # ... "In Italy in 1866 there were 6 railway times (Torino, Verona, Firenze,
1640 # Roma, Napoli, Palermo). On that year it was decided to unify them, adopting
1641 # the average time of Rome (even if this city was not yet part of the
1642 # kingdom). On the 12th December 1866, on the starting of the winter time
1643 # table, it took effect in the railways, the post office and the telegraph,
1644 # not only for the internal service but also for the public.... Milano set
1645 # the public watches on the Rome time on the same day (12th December 1866),
1646 # Torino and Bologna on the 1st January 1867, Venezia the 1st May 1880 and the
1647 # last city was Cagliari in 1886."
1648 #
1649 # From Luigi Rosa (2019-05-07):
1650 # this is the scan of the decree:
1651 # http://www.radiomarconi.com/marconi/filopanti/1866c.jpg
1652 #
1653 # From Michael Deckers (2016-10-24):
1654 # http://www.ac-ilsestante.it/MERIDIANE/ora_legale quotes a law of 1893-08-10
1655 # ... [translated as] "The preceding dispositions will enter into
1656 # force at the instant at which, according to the time specified in
1657 # the 1st article, the 1st of November 1893 will begin...."
1658 #
1659 # From Pierpaolo Bernardi (2016-10-20):
1660 # The authoritative source for time in Italy is the national metrological
1661 # institute, which has a summary page of historical DST data at
1662 # http://www.inrim.it/res/tf/ora_legale_i.shtml
1663 # [now at http://oldsite.inrim.it/res/tf/ora_legale_i.shtml as of 2017]
1664 # (2016-10-24):
1665 # http://www.renzobaldini.it/le-ore-legali-in-italia/
1666 # has still different data for 1944. It divides Italy in two, as
1667 # there were effectively two governments at the time, north of Gothic
1668 # Line German controlled territory, official government RSI, and south
1669 # of the Gothic Line, controlled by allied armies.
1670 #
1671 # From Brian Inglis (2016-10-23):
1672 # Viceregal LEGISLATIVE DECREE. 14 September 1944, no. 219.
1673 # Restoration of Standard Time. (044U0219) (OJ 62 of 30.9.1944) ...
1674 # Given the R. law decreed on 1944-03-29, no. 92, by which standard time is
1675 # advanced to sixty minutes later starting at hour two on 1944-04-02; ...
1676 # Starting at hour three on the date 1944-09-17 standard time will be resumed.
1677 #
1678 # From Alois Triendl (2019-07-02):
1679 # I spent 6 Euros to buy two archive copies of Il Messaggero, a Roman paper,
1680 # for 1 and 2 April 1944. The edition of 2 April has this note: "Tonight at 2
1681 # am, put forward the clock by one hour. Remember that in the night between
1682 # today and Monday the 'ora legale' will come in force again." That makes it
1683 # clear that in Rome the change was on Monday, 3 April 1944 at 2 am.
1684 #
1685 # From Paul Eggert (2016-10-27):
1686 # Go with INRiM for DST rules, except as corrected by Inglis for 1944
1687 # for the Kingdom of Italy. This is consistent with Renzo Baldini.
1688 # Model Rome's occupation by using C-Eur rules from 1943-09-10
1689 # to 1944-06-04; although Rome was an open city during this period, it
1690 # was effectively controlled by Germany.
1691 #
1692 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
1693 Rule Italy 1916 only - Jun 3 24:00 1:00 S
1694 Rule Italy 1916 1917 - Sep 30 24:00 0 -
1695 Rule Italy 1917 only - Mar 31 24:00 1:00 S
1696 Rule Italy 1918 only - Mar 9 24:00 1:00 S
1697 Rule Italy 1918 only - Oct 6 24:00 0 -
1698 Rule Italy 1919 only - Mar 1 24:00 1:00 S
1699 Rule Italy 1919 only - Oct 4 24:00 0 -
1700 Rule Italy 1920 only - Mar 20 24:00 1:00 S
1701 Rule Italy 1920 only - Sep 18 24:00 0 -
1702 Rule Italy 1940 only - Jun 14 24:00 1:00 S
1703 Rule Italy 1942 only - Nov 2 2:00s 0 -
1704 Rule Italy 1943 only - Mar 29 2:00s 1:00 S
1705 Rule Italy 1943 only - Oct 4 2:00s 0 -
1706 Rule Italy 1944 only - Apr 2 2:00s 1:00 S
1707 Rule Italy 1944 only - Sep 17 2:00s 0 -
1708 Rule Italy 1945 only - Apr 2 2:00 1:00 S
1709 Rule Italy 1945 only - Sep 15 1:00 0 -
1710 Rule Italy 1946 only - Mar 17 2:00s 1:00 S
1711 Rule Italy 1946 only - Oct 6 2:00s 0 -
1712 Rule Italy 1947 only - Mar 16 0:00s 1:00 S
1713 Rule Italy 1947 only - Oct 5 0:00s 0 -
1714 Rule Italy 1948 only - Feb 29 2:00s 1:00 S
1715 Rule Italy 1948 only - Oct 3 2:00s 0 -
1716 Rule Italy 1966 1968 - May Sun>=22 0:00s 1:00 S
1717 Rule Italy 1966 only - Sep 24 24:00 0 -
1718 Rule Italy 1967 1969 - Sep Sun>=22 0:00s 0 -
1719 Rule Italy 1969 only - Jun 1 0:00s 1:00 S
1720 Rule Italy 1970 only - May 31 0:00s 1:00 S
1721 Rule Italy 1970 only - Sep lastSun 0:00s 0 -
1722 Rule Italy 1971 1972 - May Sun>=22 0:00s 1:00 S
1723 Rule Italy 1971 only - Sep lastSun 0:00s 0 -
1724 Rule Italy 1972 only - Oct 1 0:00s 0 -
1725 Rule Italy 1973 only - Jun 3 0:00s 1:00 S
1726 Rule Italy 1973 1974 - Sep lastSun 0:00s 0 -
1727 Rule Italy 1974 only - May 26 0:00s 1:00 S
1728 Rule Italy 1975 only - Jun 1 0:00s 1:00 S
1729 Rule Italy 1975 1977 - Sep lastSun 0:00s 0 -
1730 Rule Italy 1976 only - May 30 0:00s 1:00 S
1731 Rule Italy 1977 1979 - May Sun>=22 0:00s 1:00 S
1732 Rule Italy 1978 only - Oct 1 0:00s 0 -
1733 Rule Italy 1979 only - Sep 30 0:00s 0 -
1734 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1735 Zone Europe/Rome 0:49:56 - LMT 1866 Dec 12
1736 0:49:56 - RMT 1893 Oct 31 23:49:56 # Rome Mean
1737 1:00 Italy CE%sT 1943 Sep 10
1738 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1944 Jun 4
1739 1:00 Italy CE%sT 1980
1740 1:00 EU CE%sT
1741
1742 Link Europe/Rome Europe/Vatican
1743 Link Europe/Rome Europe/San_Marino
1744
1745 # Latvia
1746
1747 # From Liene Kanepe (1998-09-17):
1748
1749 # I asked about this matter Scientific Secretary of the Institute of Astronomy
1750 # of The University of Latvia Dr. paed Mr. Ilgonis Vilks. I also searched the
1751 # correct data in juridical acts and I found some juridical documents about
1752 # changes in the counting of time in Latvia from 1981....
1753 #
1754 # Act No. 35 of the Council of Ministers of Latvian SSR of 1981-01-22 ...
1755 # according to the Act No. 925 of the Council of Ministers of USSR of 1980-10-24
1756 # ...: all year round the time of 2nd time zone + 1 hour, in addition turning
1757 # the hands of the clock 1 hour forward on 1 April at 00:00 (GMT 31 March 21:00)
1758 # and 1 hour backward on the 1 October at 00:00 (GMT 30 September 20:00).
1759 #
1760 # Act No. 592 of the Council of Ministers of Latvian SSR of 1984-09-24 ...
1761 # according to the Act No. 967 of the Council of Ministers of USSR of 1984-09-13
1762 # ...: all year round the time of 2nd time zone + 1 hour, in addition turning
1763 # the hands of the clock 1 hour forward on the last Sunday of March at 02:00
1764 # (GMT 23:00 on the previous day) and 1 hour backward on the last Sunday of
1765 # September at 03:00 (GMT 23:00 on the previous day).
1766 #
1767 # Act No. 81 of the Council of Ministers of Latvian SSR of 1989-03-22 ...
1768 # according to the Act No. 227 of the Council of Ministers of USSR of 1989-03-14
1769 # ...: since the last Sunday of March 1989 in Lithuanian SSR, Latvian SSR,
1770 # Estonian SSR and Kaliningrad region of Russian Federation all year round the
1771 # time of 2nd time zone (Moscow time minus one hour). On the territory of Latvia
1772 # transition to summer time is performed on the last Sunday of March at 02:00
1773 # (GMT 00:00), turning the hands of the clock 1 hour forward. The end of
1774 # daylight saving time is performed on the last Sunday of September at 03:00
1775 # (GMT 00:00), turning the hands of the clock 1 hour backward. Exception is
1776 # 1989-03-26, when we must not turn the hands of the clock....
1777 #
1778 # The Regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Latvia of
1779 # 1997-01-21 on transition to Summer time ... established the same order of
1780 # daylight savings time settings as in the States of the European Union.
1781
1782 # From Andrei Ivanov (2000-03-06):
1783 # This year Latvia will not switch to Daylight Savings Time (as specified in
1784 # The Regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Rep. of Latvia of
1785 # 29-Feb-2000 (No. 79) <http://www.lv-laiks.lv/wwwraksti/2000/071072/vd4.htm>,
1786 # in Latvian for subscribers only).
1787
1788 # From RFE/RL Newsline
1789 # http://www.rferl.org/newsline/2001/01/3-CEE/cee-030101.html
1790 # (2001-01-03), noted after a heads-up by Rives McDow:
1791 # The Latvian government on 2 January decided that the country will
1792 # institute daylight-saving time this spring, LETA reported.
1793 # Last February the three Baltic states decided not to turn back their
1794 # clocks one hour in the spring....
1795 # Minister of Economy Aigars Kalvītis noted that Latvia had too few
1796 # daylight hours and thus decided to comply with a draft European
1797 # Commission directive that provides for instituting daylight-saving
1798 # time in EU countries between 2002 and 2006. The Latvian government
1799 # urged Lithuania and Estonia to adopt a similar time policy, but it
1800 # appears that they will not do so....
1801
1802 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
1803 Rule Latvia 1989 1996 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S
1804 Rule Latvia 1989 1996 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 -
1805
1806 # Milne 1899 says Riga was 1:36:28 (Polytechnique House time).
1807 # Byalokoz 1919 says Latvia was 1:36:34.
1808 # Go with Byalokoz.
1809
1810 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1811 Zone Europe/Riga 1:36:34 - LMT 1880
1812 1:36:34 - RMT 1918 Apr 15 2:00 # Riga MT
1813 1:36:34 1:00 LST 1918 Sep 16 3:00 # Latvian ST
1814 1:36:34 - RMT 1919 Apr 1 2:00
1815 1:36:34 1:00 LST 1919 May 22 3:00
1816 1:36:34 - RMT 1926 May 11
1817 2:00 - EET 1940 Aug 5
1818 3:00 - MSK 1941 Jul
1819 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1944 Oct 13
1820 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 1989 Mar lastSun 2:00s
1821 2:00 1:00 EEST 1989 Sep lastSun 2:00s
1822 2:00 Latvia EE%sT 1997 Jan 21
1823 2:00 EU EE%sT 2000 Feb 29
1824 2:00 - EET 2001 Jan 2
1825 2:00 EU EE%sT
1826
1827 # Liechtenstein
1828
1829 # From Paul Eggert (2013-09-09):
1830 # Shanks & Pottenger say Vaduz is like Zurich.
1831
1832 # From Alois Treindl (2019-07-04):
1833 # I was able to access the online archive of the Vaduz paper Vaterland ...
1834 # I could confirm from the paper that Liechtenstein did in fact follow
1835 # the same DST in 1941 and 1942 as Switzerland did.
1836
1837 Link Europe/Zurich Europe/Vaduz
1838
1839
1840 # Lithuania
1841
1842 # From Paul Eggert (2016-03-18):
1843 # The 1989 transition is from USSR act No. 227 (1989-03-14).
1844
1845 # From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22):
1846 # IATA SSIM (1992/1996) says Lithuania uses W-Eur rules, but since it is
1847 # known to be wrong about Estonia and Latvia, assume it's wrong here too.
1848
1849 # From Marius Gedminas (1998-08-07):
1850 # I would like to inform that in this year Lithuanian time zone
1851 # (Europe/Vilnius) was changed.
1852
1853 # From ELTA No. 972 (2582) (1999-09-29) <http://www.elta.lt/>,
1854 # via Steffen Thorsen:
1855 # Lithuania has shifted back to the second time zone (GMT plus two hours)
1856 # to be valid here starting from October 31,
1857 # as decided by the national government on Wednesday....
1858 # The Lithuanian government also announced plans to consider a
1859 # motion to give up shifting to summer time in spring, as it was
1860 # already done by Estonia.
1861
1862 # From the Fact File, Lithuanian State Department of Tourism
1863 # <http://www.tourism.lt/informa/ff.htm> (2000-03-27):
1864 # Local time is GMT+2 hours ..., no daylight saving.
1865
1866 # From a user via Klaus Marten (2003-02-07):
1867 # As a candidate for membership of the European Union, Lithuania will
1868 # observe Summer Time in 2003, changing its clocks at the times laid
1869 # down in EU Directive 2000/84 of 19.I.01 (i.e. at the same times as its
1870 # neighbour Latvia). The text of the Lithuanian government Order of
1871 # 7.XI.02 to this effect can be found at
1872 # http://www.lrvk.lt/nut/11/n1749.htm
1873
1874
1875 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1876 Zone Europe/Vilnius 1:41:16 - LMT 1880
1877 1:24:00 - WMT 1917 # Warsaw Mean Time
1878 1:35:36 - KMT 1919 Oct 10 # Kaunas Mean Time
1879 1:00 - CET 1920 Jul 12
1880 2:00 - EET 1920 Oct 9
1881 1:00 - CET 1940 Aug 3
1882 3:00 - MSK 1941 Jun 24
1883 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1944 Aug
1884 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 1989 Mar 26 2:00s
1885 2:00 Russia EE%sT 1991 Sep 29 2:00s
1886 2:00 C-Eur EE%sT 1998
1887 2:00 - EET 1998 Mar 29 1:00u
1888 1:00 EU CE%sT 1999 Oct 31 1:00u
1889 2:00 - EET 2003 Jan 1
1890 2:00 EU EE%sT
1891
1892 # Luxembourg
1893 # Whitman disagrees with most of these dates in minor ways;
1894 # go with Shanks & Pottenger.
1895 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
1896 Rule Lux 1916 only - May 14 23:00 1:00 S
1897 Rule Lux 1916 only - Oct 1 1:00 0 -
1898 Rule Lux 1917 only - Apr 28 23:00 1:00 S
1899 Rule Lux 1917 only - Sep 17 1:00 0 -
1900 Rule Lux 1918 only - Apr Mon>=15 2:00s 1:00 S
1901 Rule Lux 1918 only - Sep Mon>=15 2:00s 0 -
1902 Rule Lux 1919 only - Mar 1 23:00 1:00 S
1903 Rule Lux 1919 only - Oct 5 3:00 0 -
1904 Rule Lux 1920 only - Feb 14 23:00 1:00 S
1905 Rule Lux 1920 only - Oct 24 2:00 0 -
1906 Rule Lux 1921 only - Mar 14 23:00 1:00 S
1907 Rule Lux 1921 only - Oct 26 2:00 0 -
1908 Rule Lux 1922 only - Mar 25 23:00 1:00 S
1909 Rule Lux 1922 only - Oct Sun>=2 1:00 0 -
1910 Rule Lux 1923 only - Apr 21 23:00 1:00 S
1911 Rule Lux 1923 only - Oct Sun>=2 2:00 0 -
1912 Rule Lux 1924 only - Mar 29 23:00 1:00 S
1913 Rule Lux 1924 1928 - Oct Sun>=2 1:00 0 -
1914 Rule Lux 1925 only - Apr 5 23:00 1:00 S
1915 Rule Lux 1926 only - Apr 17 23:00 1:00 S
1916 Rule Lux 1927 only - Apr 9 23:00 1:00 S
1917 Rule Lux 1928 only - Apr 14 23:00 1:00 S
1918 Rule Lux 1929 only - Apr 20 23:00 1:00 S
1919 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1920 Zone Europe/Luxembourg 0:24:36 - LMT 1904 Jun
1921 1:00 Lux CE%sT 1918 Nov 25
1922 0:00 Lux WE%sT 1929 Oct 6 2:00s
1923 0:00 Belgium WE%sT 1940 May 14 3:00
1924 1:00 C-Eur WE%sT 1944 Sep 18 3:00
1925 1:00 Belgium CE%sT 1977
1926 1:00 EU CE%sT
1927
1928 # North Macedonia
1929 # See Europe/Belgrade.
1930
1931 # Malta
1932 #
1933 # From Paul Eggert (2016-10-21):
1934 # Assume 1900-1972 was like Rome, overriding Shanks.
1935 #
1936 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
1937 Rule Malta 1973 only - Mar 31 0:00s 1:00 S
1938 Rule Malta 1973 only - Sep 29 0:00s 0 -
1939 Rule Malta 1974 only - Apr 21 0:00s 1:00 S
1940 Rule Malta 1974 only - Sep 16 0:00s 0 -
1941 Rule Malta 1975 1979 - Apr Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 S
1942 Rule Malta 1975 1980 - Sep Sun>=15 2:00 0 -
1943 Rule Malta 1980 only - Mar 31 2:00 1:00 S
1944 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1945 Zone Europe/Malta 0:58:04 - LMT 1893 Nov 2 0:00s # Valletta
1946 1:00 Italy CE%sT 1973 Mar 31
1947 1:00 Malta CE%sT 1981
1948 1:00 EU CE%sT
1949
1950 # Moldova
1951
1952 # From Stepan Golosunov (2016-03-07):
1953 # the act of the government of the Republic of Moldova Nr. 132 from 1990-05-04
1954 # http://lex.justice.md/viewdoc.php?action=view&view=doc&id=298782&lang=2
1955 # ... says that since 1990-05-06 on the territory of the Moldavian SSR
1956 # time would be calculated as the standard time of the second time belt
1957 # plus one hour of the "summer" time. To implement that clocks would be
1958 # adjusted one hour backwards at 1990-05-06 2:00. After that "summer"
1959 # time would be cancelled last Sunday of September at 3:00 and
1960 # reintroduced last Sunday of March at 2:00.
1961
1962 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
1963 # A previous version of this database followed Shanks & Pottenger, who write
1964 # that Tiraspol switched to Moscow time on 1992-01-19 at 02:00.
1965 # However, this is most likely an error, as Moldova declared independence
1966 # on 1991-08-27 (the 1992-01-19 date is that of a Russian decree).
1967 # In early 1992 there was large-scale interethnic violence in the area
1968 # and it's possible that some Russophones continued to observe Moscow time.
1969 # But [two people] separately reported via
1970 # Jesper Nørgaard that as of 2001-01-24 Tiraspol was like Chisinau.
1971 # The Tiraspol entry has therefore been removed for now.
1972 #
1973 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-10-17):
1974 # Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR, also known as
1975 # "Pridnestrovie") has abolished seasonal clock change (no transition
1976 # to the Winter Time).
1977 #
1978 # News (in Russian):
1979 # http://www.kyivpost.ua/russia/news/pridnestrove-otkazalos-ot-perehoda-na-zimnee-vremya-30954.html
1980 # http://www.allmoldova.com/moldova-news/1249064116.html
1981 #
1982 # The substance of this change (reinstatement of the Tiraspol entry)
1983 # is from a patch from Petr Machata (2011-10-17)
1984 #
1985 # From Tim Parenti (2011-10-19)
1986 # In addition, being situated at +4651+2938 would give Tiraspol
1987 # a pre-1880 LMT offset of 1:58:32.
1988 #
1989 # (which agrees with the earlier entry that had been removed)
1990 #
1991 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-10-26)
1992 # NO need to divide Moldova into two timezones at this point.
1993 # As of today, Transnistria (Pridnestrovie)- Tiraspol reversed its own
1994 # decision to abolish DST this winter.
1995 # Following Moldova and neighboring Ukraine- Transnistria (Pridnestrovie)-
1996 # Tiraspol will go back to winter time on October 30, 2011.
1997 # News from Moldova (in russian):
1998 # https://ru.publika.md/link_317061.html
1999
2000 # From Roman Tudos (2015-07-02):
2001 # http://lex.justice.md/index.php?action=view&view=doc&lang=1&id=355077
2002 # From Paul Eggert (2015-07-01):
2003 # The abovementioned official link to IGO1445-868/2014 states that
2004 # 2014-10-26's fallback transition occurred at 03:00 local time. Also,
2005 # https://www.trm.md/en/social/la-30-martie-vom-trece-la-ora-de-vara
2006 # says the 2014-03-30 spring-forward transition was at 02:00 local time.
2007 # Guess that since 1997 Moldova has switched one hour before the EU.
2008
2009 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
2010 Rule Moldova 1997 max - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 S
2011 Rule Moldova 1997 max - Oct lastSun 3:00 0 -
2012
2013 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2014 Zone Europe/Chisinau 1:55:20 - LMT 1880
2015 1:55 - CMT 1918 Feb 15 # Chisinau MT
2016 1:44:24 - BMT 1931 Jul 24 # Bucharest MT
2017 2:00 Romania EE%sT 1940 Aug 15
2018 2:00 1:00 EEST 1941 Jul 17
2019 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1944 Aug 24
2020 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 1990 May 6 2:00
2021 2:00 Russia EE%sT 1992
2022 2:00 E-Eur EE%sT 1997
2023 # See Romania commentary for the guessed 1997 transition to EU rules.
2024 2:00 Moldova EE%sT
2025
2026 # Monaco
2027 # Shanks & Pottenger give 0:09:20 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's
2028 # more precise 0:09:21.
2029 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2030 Zone Europe/Monaco 0:29:32 - LMT 1891 Mar 15
2031 0:09:21 - PMT 1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time
2032 0:00 France WE%sT 1945 Sep 16 3:00
2033 1:00 France CE%sT 1977
2034 1:00 EU CE%sT
2035
2036 # Montenegro
2037 # See Europe/Belgrade.
2038
2039 # Netherlands
2040
2041 # Howse writes that the Netherlands' railways used GMT between 1892 and 1940,
2042 # but for other purposes the Netherlands used Amsterdam mean time.
2043
2044 # However, Robert H. van Gent writes (2001-04-01):
2045 # Howse's statement is only correct up to 1909. From 1909-05-01 (00:00:00
2046 # Amsterdam mean time) onwards, the whole of the Netherlands (including
2047 # the Dutch railways) was required by law to observe Amsterdam mean time
2048 # (19 minutes 32.13 seconds ahead of GMT). This had already been the
2049 # common practice (except for the railways) for many decades but it was
2050 # not until 1909 when the Dutch government finally defined this by law.
2051 # On 1937-07-01 this was changed to 20 minutes (exactly) ahead of GMT and
2052 # was generally known as Dutch Time ("Nederlandse Tijd").
2053 #
2054 # (2001-04-08):
2055 # 1892-05-01 was the date when the Dutch railways were by law required to
2056 # observe GMT while the remainder of the Netherlands adhered to the common
2057 # practice of following Amsterdam mean time.
2058 #
2059 # (2001-04-09):
2060 # In 1835 the authorities of the province of North Holland requested the
2061 # municipal authorities of the towns and cities in the province to observe
2062 # Amsterdam mean time but I do not know in how many cases this request was
2063 # actually followed.
2064 #
2065 # From 1852 onwards the Dutch telegraph offices were by law required to
2066 # observe Amsterdam mean time. As the time signals from the observatory of
2067 # Leiden were also distributed by the telegraph system, I assume that most
2068 # places linked up with the telegraph (and railway) system automatically
2069 # adopted Amsterdam mean time.
2070 #
2071 # Although the early Dutch railway companies initially observed a variety
2072 # of times, most of them had adopted Amsterdam mean time by 1858 but it
2073 # was not until 1866 when they were all required by law to observe
2074 # Amsterdam mean time.
2075
2076 # The data entries before 1945 are taken from
2077 # https://www.staff.science.uu.nl/~gent0113/wettijd/wettijd.htm
2078
2079 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
2080 Rule Neth 1916 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 NST # Netherlands Summer Time
2081 Rule Neth 1916 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 AMT # Amsterdam Mean Time
2082 Rule Neth 1917 only - Apr 16 2:00s 1:00 NST
2083 Rule Neth 1917 only - Sep 17 2:00s 0 AMT
2084 Rule Neth 1918 1921 - Apr Mon>=1 2:00s 1:00 NST
2085 Rule Neth 1918 1921 - Sep lastMon 2:00s 0 AMT
2086 Rule Neth 1922 only - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 NST
2087 Rule Neth 1922 1936 - Oct Sun>=2 2:00s 0 AMT
2088 Rule Neth 1923 only - Jun Fri>=1 2:00s 1:00 NST
2089 Rule Neth 1924 only - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 NST
2090 Rule Neth 1925 only - Jun Fri>=1 2:00s 1:00 NST
2091 # From 1926 through 1939 DST began 05-15, except that it was delayed by a week
2092 # in years when 05-15 fell in the Pentecost weekend.
2093 Rule Neth 1926 1931 - May 15 2:00s 1:00 NST
2094 Rule Neth 1932 only - May 22 2:00s 1:00 NST
2095 Rule Neth 1933 1936 - May 15 2:00s 1:00 NST
2096 Rule Neth 1937 only - May 22 2:00s 1:00 NST
2097 Rule Neth 1937 only - Jul 1 0:00 1:00 S
2098 Rule Neth 1937 1939 - Oct Sun>=2 2:00s 0 -
2099 Rule Neth 1938 1939 - May 15 2:00s 1:00 S
2100 Rule Neth 1945 only - Apr 2 2:00s 1:00 S
2101 Rule Neth 1945 only - Sep 16 2:00s 0 -
2102 #
2103 # Amsterdam Mean Time was +00:19:32.13, but the .13 is omitted
2104 # below because the current format requires STDOFF to be an integer.
2105 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2106 Zone Europe/Amsterdam 0:19:32 - LMT 1835
2107 0:19:32 Neth %s 1937 Jul 1
2108 0:20 Neth +0020/+0120 1940 May 16 0:00
2109 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1945 Apr 2 2:00
2110 1:00 Neth CE%sT 1977
2111 1:00 EU CE%sT
2112
2113 # Norway
2114 # http://met.no/met/met_lex/q_u/sommertid.html (2004-01) agrees with Shanks &
2115 # Pottenger.
2116 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
2117 Rule Norway 1916 only - May 22 1:00 1:00 S
2118 Rule Norway 1916 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 -
2119 Rule Norway 1945 only - Apr 2 2:00s 1:00 S
2120 Rule Norway 1945 only - Oct 1 2:00s 0 -
2121 Rule Norway 1959 1964 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 1:00 S
2122 Rule Norway 1959 1965 - Sep Sun>=15 2:00s 0 -
2123 Rule Norway 1965 only - Apr 25 2:00s 1:00 S
2124 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2125 Zone Europe/Oslo 0:43:00 - LMT 1895 Jan 1
2126 1:00 Norway CE%sT 1940 Aug 10 23:00
2127 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1945 Apr 2 2:00
2128 1:00 Norway CE%sT 1980
2129 1:00 EU CE%sT
2130
2131 # Svalbard & Jan Mayen
2132
2133 # From Steffen Thorsen (2001-05-01):
2134 # Although I could not find it explicitly, it seems that Jan Mayen and
2135 # Svalbard have been using the same time as Norway at least since the
2136 # time they were declared as parts of Norway. Svalbard was declared
2137 # as a part of Norway by law of 1925-07-17 no 11, section 4 and Jan
2138 # Mayen by law of 1930-02-27 no 2, section 2. (From
2139 # <http://www.lovdata.no/all/nl-19250717-011.html> and
2140 # <http://www.lovdata.no/all/nl-19300227-002.html>). The law/regulation
2141 # for normal/standard time in Norway is from 1894-06-29 no 1 (came
2142 # into operation on 1895-01-01) and Svalbard/Jan Mayen seem to be a
2143 # part of this law since 1925/1930. (From
2144 # <http://www.lovdata.no/all/nl-18940629-001.html>) I have not been
2145 # able to find if Jan Mayen used a different time zone (e.g. -0100)
2146 # before 1930. Jan Mayen has only been "inhabited" since 1921 by
2147 # Norwegian meteorologists and maybe used the same time as Norway ever
2148 # since 1921. Svalbard (Arctic/Longyearbyen) has been inhabited since
2149 # before 1895, and therefore probably changed the local time somewhere
2150 # between 1895 and 1925 (inclusive).
2151
2152 # From Paul Eggert (2013-09-04):
2153 #
2154 # Actually, Jan Mayen was never occupied by Germany during World War II,
2155 # so it must have diverged from Oslo time during the war, as Oslo was
2156 # keeping Berlin time.
2157 #
2158 # <https://www.jan-mayen.no/history.htm> says that the meteorologists
2159 # burned down their station in 1940 and left the island, but returned in
2160 # 1941 with a small Norwegian garrison and continued operations despite
2161 # frequent air attacks from Germans. In 1943 the Americans established a
2162 # radiolocating station on the island, called "Atlantic City". Possibly
2163 # the UT offset changed during the war, but I think it unlikely that
2164 # Jan Mayen used German daylight-saving rules.
2165 #
2166 # Svalbard is more complicated, as it was raided in August 1941 by an
2167 # Allied party that evacuated the civilian population to England (says
2168 # <http://www.bartleby.com/65/sv/Svalbard.html>). The Svalbard FAQ
2169 # <http://www.svalbard.com/SvalbardFAQ.html> says that the Germans were
2170 # expelled on 1942-05-14. However, small parties of Germans did return,
2171 # and according to Wilhelm Dege's book "War North of 80" (1954)
2172 # http://www.ucalgary.ca/UofC/departments/UP/1-55238/1-55238-110-2.html
2173 # the German armed forces at the Svalbard weather station code-named
2174 # Haudegen did not surrender to the Allies until September 1945.
2175 #
2176 # All these events predate our cutoff date of 1970, so use Europe/Oslo
2177 # for these regions.
2178 Link Europe/Oslo Arctic/Longyearbyen
2179
2180 # Poland
2181
2182 # The 1919 dates and times can be found in Tygodnik Urzędowy nr 1 (1919-03-20),
2183 # <http://www.wbc.poznan.pl/publication/32156> pp 1-2.
2184
2185 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
2186 Rule Poland 1918 1919 - Sep 16 2:00s 0 -
2187 Rule Poland 1919 only - Apr 15 2:00s 1:00 S
2188 Rule Poland 1944 only - Apr 3 2:00s 1:00 S
2189 # Whitman gives 1944 Nov 30; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
2190 Rule Poland 1944 only - Oct 4 2:00 0 -
2191 # For 1944-1948 Whitman gives the previous day; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
2192 Rule Poland 1945 only - Apr 29 0:00 1:00 S
2193 Rule Poland 1945 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 -
2194 # For 1946 on the source is Kazimierz Borkowski,
2195 # Toruń Center for Astronomy, Dept. of Radio Astronomy, Nicolaus Copernicus U.,
2196 # https://www.astro.uni.torun.pl/~kb/Artykuly/U-PA/Czas2.htm#tth_tAb1
2197 # Thanks to Przemysław Augustyniak (2005-05-28) for this reference.
2198 # He also gives these further references:
2199 # Mon Pol nr 13, poz 162 (1995) <http://www.abc.com.pl/serwis/mp/1995/0162.htm>
2200 # Druk nr 2180 (2003) <http://www.senat.gov.pl/k5/dok/sejm/053/2180.pdf>
2201 Rule Poland 1946 only - Apr 14 0:00s 1:00 S
2202 Rule Poland 1946 only - Oct 7 2:00s 0 -
2203 Rule Poland 1947 only - May 4 2:00s 1:00 S
2204 Rule Poland 1947 1949 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
2205 Rule Poland 1948 only - Apr 18 2:00s 1:00 S
2206 Rule Poland 1949 only - Apr 10 2:00s 1:00 S
2207 Rule Poland 1957 only - Jun 2 1:00s 1:00 S
2208 Rule Poland 1957 1958 - Sep lastSun 1:00s 0 -
2209 Rule Poland 1958 only - Mar 30 1:00s 1:00 S
2210 Rule Poland 1959 only - May 31 1:00s 1:00 S
2211 Rule Poland 1959 1961 - Oct Sun>=1 1:00s 0 -
2212 Rule Poland 1960 only - Apr 3 1:00s 1:00 S
2213 Rule Poland 1961 1964 - May lastSun 1:00s 1:00 S
2214 Rule Poland 1962 1964 - Sep lastSun 1:00s 0 -
2215 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2216 Zone Europe/Warsaw 1:24:00 - LMT 1880
2217 1:24:00 - WMT 1915 Aug 5 # Warsaw Mean Time
2218 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1918 Sep 16 3:00
2219 2:00 Poland EE%sT 1922 Jun
2220 1:00 Poland CE%sT 1940 Jun 23 2:00
2221 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1944 Oct
2222 1:00 Poland CE%sT 1977
2223 1:00 W-Eur CE%sT 1988
2224 1:00 EU CE%sT
2225
2226 # Portugal
2227
2228 # From Paul Eggert (2014-08-11), after a heads-up from Stephen Colebourne:
2229 # According to a Portuguese decree (1911-05-26)
2230 # https://dre.pt/application/dir/pdf1sdip/1911/05/12500/23132313.pdf
2231 # Lisbon was at -0:36:44.68, but switched to GMT on 1912-01-01 at 00:00.
2232 # Round the old offset to -0:36:45. This agrees with Willett....
2233 #
2234 # From Michael Deckers (2018-02-15):
2235 # article 5 [of the 1911 decree; Deckers's translation] ...:
2236 # These dispositions shall enter into force at the instant at which,
2237 # according to the 2nd article, the civil day January 1, 1912 begins,
2238 # all clocks therefore having to be advanced or set back correspondingly ...
2239
2240 # From Rui Pedro Salgueiro (1992-11-12):
2241 # Portugal has recently (September, 27) changed timezone
2242 # (from WET to MET or CET) to harmonize with EEC.
2243 #
2244 # Martin Bruckmann (1996-02-29) reports via Peter Ilieve
2245 # that Portugal is reverting to 0:00 by not moving its clocks this spring.
2246 # The new Prime Minister was fed up with getting up in the dark in the winter.
2247 #
2248 # From Paul Eggert (1996-11-12):
2249 # IATA SSIM (1991-09) reports several 1991-09 and 1992-09 transitions
2250 # at 02:00u, not 01:00u. Assume that these are typos.
2251 # IATA SSIM (1991/1992) reports that the Azores were at -1:00.
2252 # IATA SSIM (1993-02) says +0:00; later issues (through 1996-09) say -1:00.
2253 # Guess that the Azores changed to EU rules in 1992 (since that's when Portugal
2254 # harmonized with EU rules), and that they stayed +0:00 that winter.
2255 #
2256 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
2257 # DSH writes that despite Decree 1,469 (1915), the change to the clocks was not
2258 # done every year, depending on what Spain did, because of railroad schedules.
2259 # Go with Shanks & Pottenger.
2260 Rule Port 1916 only - Jun 17 23:00 1:00 S
2261 # Whitman gives 1916 Oct 31; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
2262 Rule Port 1916 only - Nov 1 1:00 0 -
2263 Rule Port 1917 only - Feb 28 23:00s 1:00 S
2264 Rule Port 1917 1921 - Oct 14 23:00s 0 -
2265 Rule Port 1918 only - Mar 1 23:00s 1:00 S
2266 Rule Port 1919 only - Feb 28 23:00s 1:00 S
2267 Rule Port 1920 only - Feb 29 23:00s 1:00 S
2268 Rule Port 1921 only - Feb 28 23:00s 1:00 S
2269 Rule Port 1924 only - Apr 16 23:00s 1:00 S
2270 Rule Port 1924 only - Oct 14 23:00s 0 -
2271 Rule Port 1926 only - Apr 17 23:00s 1:00 S
2272 Rule Port 1926 1929 - Oct Sat>=1 23:00s 0 -
2273 Rule Port 1927 only - Apr 9 23:00s 1:00 S
2274 Rule Port 1928 only - Apr 14 23:00s 1:00 S
2275 Rule Port 1929 only - Apr 20 23:00s 1:00 S
2276 Rule Port 1931 only - Apr 18 23:00s 1:00 S
2277 # Whitman gives 1931 Oct 8; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
2278 Rule Port 1931 1932 - Oct Sat>=1 23:00s 0 -
2279 Rule Port 1932 only - Apr 2 23:00s 1:00 S
2280 Rule Port 1934 only - Apr 7 23:00s 1:00 S
2281 # Whitman gives 1934 Oct 5; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
2282 Rule Port 1934 1938 - Oct Sat>=1 23:00s 0 -
2283 # Shanks & Pottenger give 1935 Apr 30; go with Whitman.
2284 Rule Port 1935 only - Mar 30 23:00s 1:00 S
2285 Rule Port 1936 only - Apr 18 23:00s 1:00 S
2286 # Whitman gives 1937 Apr 2; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
2287 Rule Port 1937 only - Apr 3 23:00s 1:00 S
2288 Rule Port 1938 only - Mar 26 23:00s 1:00 S
2289 Rule Port 1939 only - Apr 15 23:00s 1:00 S
2290 # Whitman gives 1939 Oct 7; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
2291 Rule Port 1939 only - Nov 18 23:00s 0 -
2292 Rule Port 1940 only - Feb 24 23:00s 1:00 S
2293 # Shanks & Pottenger give 1940 Oct 7; go with Whitman.
2294 Rule Port 1940 1941 - Oct 5 23:00s 0 -
2295 Rule Port 1941 only - Apr 5 23:00s 1:00 S
2296 Rule Port 1942 1945 - Mar Sat>=8 23:00s 1:00 S
2297 Rule Port 1942 only - Apr 25 22:00s 2:00 M # Midsummer
2298 Rule Port 1942 only - Aug 15 22:00s 1:00 S
2299 Rule Port 1942 1945 - Oct Sat>=24 23:00s 0 -
2300 Rule Port 1943 only - Apr 17 22:00s 2:00 M
2301 Rule Port 1943 1945 - Aug Sat>=25 22:00s 1:00 S
2302 Rule Port 1944 1945 - Apr Sat>=21 22:00s 2:00 M
2303 Rule Port 1946 only - Apr Sat>=1 23:00s 1:00 S
2304 Rule Port 1946 only - Oct Sat>=1 23:00s 0 -
2305 Rule Port 1947 1949 - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 S
2306 Rule Port 1947 1949 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
2307 # Shanks & Pottenger say DST was observed in 1950; go with Whitman.
2308 # Whitman gives Oct lastSun for 1952 on; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
2309 Rule Port 1951 1965 - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 S
2310 Rule Port 1951 1965 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
2311 Rule Port 1977 only - Mar 27 0:00s 1:00 S
2312 Rule Port 1977 only - Sep 25 0:00s 0 -
2313 Rule Port 1978 1979 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00s 1:00 S
2314 Rule Port 1978 only - Oct 1 0:00s 0 -
2315 Rule Port 1979 1982 - Sep lastSun 1:00s 0 -
2316 Rule Port 1980 only - Mar lastSun 0:00s 1:00 S
2317 Rule Port 1981 1982 - Mar lastSun 1:00s 1:00 S
2318 Rule Port 1983 only - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S
2319 #
2320 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2321 Zone Europe/Lisbon -0:36:45 - LMT 1884
2322 -0:36:45 - LMT 1912 Jan 1 0:00u # Lisbon MT
2323 0:00 Port WE%sT 1966 Apr 3 2:00
2324 1:00 - CET 1976 Sep 26 1:00
2325 0:00 Port WE%sT 1983 Sep 25 1:00s
2326 0:00 W-Eur WE%sT 1992 Sep 27 1:00s
2327 1:00 EU CE%sT 1996 Mar 31 1:00u
2328 0:00 EU WE%sT
2329 # This Zone can be simplified once we assume zic %z.
2330 Zone Atlantic/Azores -1:42:40 - LMT 1884 # Ponta Delgada
2331 -1:54:32 - HMT 1912 Jan 1 2:00u # Horta MT
2332 -2:00 Port -02/-01 1942 Apr 25 22:00s
2333 -2:00 Port +00 1942 Aug 15 22:00s
2334 -2:00 Port -02/-01 1943 Apr 17 22:00s
2335 -2:00 Port +00 1943 Aug 28 22:00s
2336 -2:00 Port -02/-01 1944 Apr 22 22:00s
2337 -2:00 Port +00 1944 Aug 26 22:00s
2338 -2:00 Port -02/-01 1945 Apr 21 22:00s
2339 -2:00 Port +00 1945 Aug 25 22:00s
2340 -2:00 Port -02/-01 1966 Apr 3 2:00
2341 -1:00 Port -01/+00 1983 Sep 25 1:00s
2342 -1:00 W-Eur -01/+00 1992 Sep 27 1:00s
2343 0:00 EU WE%sT 1993 Mar 28 1:00u
2344 -1:00 EU -01/+00
2345 # This Zone can be simplified once we assume zic %z.
2346 Zone Atlantic/Madeira -1:07:36 - LMT 1884 # Funchal
2347 -1:07:36 - FMT 1912 Jan 1 1:00u # Funchal MT
2348 -1:00 Port -01/+00 1942 Apr 25 22:00s
2349 -1:00 Port +01 1942 Aug 15 22:00s
2350 -1:00 Port -01/+00 1943 Apr 17 22:00s
2351 -1:00 Port +01 1943 Aug 28 22:00s
2352 -1:00 Port -01/+00 1944 Apr 22 22:00s
2353 -1:00 Port +01 1944 Aug 26 22:00s
2354 -1:00 Port -01/+00 1945 Apr 21 22:00s
2355 -1:00 Port +01 1945 Aug 25 22:00s
2356 -1:00 Port -01/+00 1966 Apr 3 2:00
2357 0:00 Port WE%sT 1983 Sep 25 1:00s
2358 0:00 EU WE%sT
2359
2360 # Romania
2361 #
2362 # From Paul Eggert (1999-10-07):
2363 # Nine O'clock <http://www.nineoclock.ro/POL/1778pol.html>
2364 # (1998-10-23) reports that the switch occurred at
2365 # 04:00 local time in fall 1998. For lack of better info,
2366 # assume that Romania and Moldova switched to EU rules in 1997,
2367 # the same year as Bulgaria.
2368 #
2369 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
2370 Rule Romania 1932 only - May 21 0:00s 1:00 S
2371 Rule Romania 1932 1939 - Oct Sun>=1 0:00s 0 -
2372 Rule Romania 1933 1939 - Apr Sun>=2 0:00s 1:00 S
2373 Rule Romania 1979 only - May 27 0:00 1:00 S
2374 Rule Romania 1979 only - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 -
2375 Rule Romania 1980 only - Apr 5 23:00 1:00 S
2376 Rule Romania 1980 only - Sep lastSun 1:00 0 -
2377 Rule Romania 1991 1993 - Mar lastSun 0:00s 1:00 S
2378 Rule Romania 1991 1993 - Sep lastSun 0:00s 0 -
2379 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2380 Zone Europe/Bucharest 1:44:24 - LMT 1891 Oct
2381 1:44:24 - BMT 1931 Jul 24 # Bucharest MT
2382 2:00 Romania EE%sT 1981 Mar 29 2:00s
2383 2:00 C-Eur EE%sT 1991
2384 2:00 Romania EE%sT 1994
2385 2:00 E-Eur EE%sT 1997
2386 2:00 EU EE%sT
2387
2388
2389 # Russia
2390
2391 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-09-15):
2392 # Based on last Russian Government Decree No. 725 on August 31, 2011
2393 # (Government document
2394 # http://www.government.ru/gov/results/16355/print/
2395 # in Russian)
2396 # there are few corrections have to be made for some Russian time zones...
2397 # All updated Russian Time Zones were placed in table and translated to English
2398 # by WorldTimeZone.com at the link below:
2399 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia36.htm
2400
2401 # From Sanjeev Gupta (2011-09-27):
2402 # Scans of [Decree No. 23 of January 8, 1992] are available at:
2403 # http://government.consultant.ru/page.aspx?1223966
2404 # They are in Cyrillic letters (presumably Russian).
2405
2406 # From Arthur David Olson (2012-05-09):
2407 # Regarding the instant when clocks in time-zone-shifting parts of Russia
2408 # changed in September 2011:
2409 #
2410 # One source is
2411 # http://government.ru/gov/results/16355/
2412 # which, according to translate.google.com, begins "Decree of August 31,
2413 # 2011 No. 725" and contains no other dates or "effective date" information.
2414 #
2415 # Another source is
2416 # https://rg.ru/2011/09/06/chas-zona-dok.html
2417 # which, according to translate.google.com, begins "Resolution of the
2418 # Government of the Russian Federation on August 31, 2011 N 725" and also
2419 # contains "Date first official publication: September 6, 2011 Posted on:
2420 # in the 'RG' - Federal Issue No. 5573 September 6, 2011" but which
2421 # does not contain any "effective date" information.
2422 #
2423 # Another source is
2424 # https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oymyakonsky_District#cite_note-RuTime-7
2425 # which, in note 8, contains "Resolution No. 725 of August 31, 2011...
2426 # Effective as of after 7 days following the day of the official publication"
2427 # but which does not contain any reference to September 6, 2011.
2428 #
2429 # The Wikipedia article refers to
2430 # http://base.consultant.ru/cons/cgi/online.cgi?req=doc;base=LAW;n=118896
2431 # which seems to copy the text of the government.ru page.
2432 #
2433 # Tobias Conradi combines Wikipedia's
2434 # "as of after 7 days following the day of the official publication"
2435 # with www.rg.ru's "Date of first official publication: September 6, 2011" to
2436 # get September 13, 2011 as the cutover date (unusually, a Tuesday, as Tobias
2437 # Conradi notes).
2438 #
2439 # None of the sources indicates a time of day for changing clocks.
2440 #
2441 # Go with 2011-09-13 0:00s.
2442
2443 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2014-07-01):
2444 # According to the Russian news (ITAR-TASS News Agency)
2445 # http://en.itar-tass.com/russia/738562
2446 # the State Duma has approved ... the draft bill on returning to
2447 # winter time standard and return Russia 11 time zones. The new
2448 # regulations will come into effect on October 26, 2014 at 02:00 ...
2449 # http://asozd2.duma.gov.ru/main.nsf/%28Spravka%29?OpenAgent&RN=431985-6&02
2450 # Here is a link where we put together table (based on approved Bill N
2451 # 431985-6) with proposed 11 Russian time zones and corresponding
2452 # areas/cities/administrative centers in the Russian Federation (in English):
2453 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia65.html
2454 #
2455 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2014-07-22):
2456 # Putin signed the Federal Law 431985-6 ... (in Russian)
2457 # http://itar-tass.com/obschestvo/1333711
2458 # http://www.pravo.gov.ru:8080/page.aspx?111660
2459 # http://www.kremlin.ru/acts/46279
2460 # From October 26, 2014 the new Russian time zone map will look like this:
2461 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia-map-2014-07.html
2462
2463 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
2464 # Moscow time zone abbreviations after 1919-07-01, and Moscow rules after 1991,
2465 # are from Andrey A. Chernov. The rest is from Shanks & Pottenger,
2466 # except we follow Chernov's report that 1992 DST transitions were Sat
2467 # 23:00, not Sun 02:00s.
2468 #
2469 # From Stanislaw A. Kuzikowski (1994-06-29):
2470 # But now it is some months since Novosibirsk is 3 hours ahead of Moscow!
2471 # I do not know why they have decided to make this change;
2472 # as far as I remember it was done exactly during winter->summer switching
2473 # so we (Novosibirsk) simply did not switch.
2474 #
2475 # From Andrey A. Chernov (1996-10-04):
2476 # 'MSK' and 'MSD' were born and used initially on Moscow computers with
2477 # UNIX-like OSes by several developer groups (e.g. Demos group, Kiae group)....
2478 # The next step was the UUCP network, the Relcom predecessor
2479 # (used mainly for mail), and MSK/MSD was actively used there.
2480 #
2481 # From Chris Carrier (1996-10-30):
2482 # According to a friend of mine who rode the Trans-Siberian Railroad from
2483 # Moscow to Irkutsk in 1995, public air and rail transport in Russia ...
2484 # still follows Moscow time, no matter where in Russia it is located.
2485 #
2486 # For Grozny, Chechnya, we have the following story from
2487 # John Daniszewski, "Scavengers in the Rubble", Los Angeles Times (2001-02-07):
2488 # News - often false - is spread by word of mouth. A rumor that it was
2489 # time to move the clocks back put this whole city out of sync with
2490 # the rest of Russia for two weeks - even soldiers stationed here began
2491 # enforcing curfew at the wrong time.
2492 #
2493 # From Gwillim Law (2001-06-05):
2494 # There's considerable evidence that Sakhalin Island used to be in
2495 # UTC+11, and has changed to UTC+10, in this decade. I start with the
2496 # SSIM, which listed Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk in zone RU10 along with Magadan
2497 # until February 1997, and then in RU9 with Khabarovsk and Vladivostok
2498 # since September 1997.... Although the Kuril Islands are
2499 # administratively part of Sakhalin oblast', they appear to have
2500 # remained on UTC+11 along with Magadan.
2501
2502 # From Marat Nigametzianov (2018-07-16):
2503 # this is link to order from 1956 about timezone in USSR
2504 # http://astro.uni-altai.ru/~orion/blog/2011/11/novyie-granitsyi-chasovyih-poyasov-v-sssr/
2505 #
2506 # From Paul Eggert (2018-07-16):
2507 # Perhaps someone could translate the above-mentioned link and use it
2508 # to correct our data for the ex-Soviet Union. It cites the following:
2509 # «Поясное время и новые границы часовых поясов» / сост. П.Н. Долгов,
2510 # отв. ред. Г.Д. Бурдун - М: Комитет стандартов, мер и измерительных
2511 # приборов при Совете Министров СССР, Междуведомственная комиссия
2512 # единой службы времени, 1956 г.
2513 # This book looks like it would be a helpful resource for the Soviet
2514 # Union through 1956. Although a copy was in the Scientific Library
2515 # of Tomsk State University, I have not been able to track down a copy nearby.
2516 #
2517 # From Stepan Golosunov (2018-07-21):
2518 # http://astro.uni-altai.ru/~orion/blog/2015/05/center-reforma-ischisleniya-vremeni-br-na-territorii-sssr-v-1957-godu-center/
2519 # says that the 1956 decision to change time belts' borders was not
2520 # implemented as planned in 1956 and the change happened in 1957.
2521 # There is also the problem that actual time zones were different from
2522 # the official time belts (and from many time belts' maps) as there were
2523 # numerous exceptions to application of time belt rules. For example,
2524 # https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Московское_время#Перемещение_границы_применения_московского_времени_на_восток
2525 # says that by 1962 there were many regions in the 3rd time belt that
2526 # were on Moscow time, referring to a 1962 map. By 1989 number of such
2527 # exceptions grew considerably.
2528
2529 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-06):
2530 # The comments detailing the coverage of each Russian zone are meant to assist
2531 # with maintenance only and represent our best guesses as to which regions
2532 # are covered by each zone. They are not meant to be taken as an authoritative
2533 # listing. The region codes listed come from
2534 # https://en.wikipedia.org/w/?title=Federal_subjects_of_Russia&oldid=611810498
2535 # and are used for convenience only; no guarantees are made regarding their
2536 # future stability. ISO 3166-2:RU codes are also listed for first-level
2537 # divisions where available.
2538
2539 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03):
2540 # Europe/Kaliningrad covers...
2541 # 39 RU-KGD Kaliningrad Oblast
2542
2543 # From Paul Eggert (2019-07-25):
2544 # Although Shanks lists 1945-01-01 as the date for transition from
2545 # +01/+02 to +02/+03, more likely this is a placeholder. Guess that
2546 # the transition occurred at 1945-04-10 00:00, which is about when
2547 # Königsberg surrendered to Soviet troops. (Thanks to Alois Triendl.)
2548
2549 # From Paul Eggert (2016-03-18):
2550 # The 1989 transition is from USSR act No. 227 (1989-03-14).
2551
2552 # From Stepan Golosunov (2016-03-07):
2553 # http://www.rgo.ru/ru/kaliningradskoe-oblastnoe-otdelenie/ob-otdelenii/publikacii/kak-nam-zhilos-bez-letnego-vremeni
2554 # confirms that the 1989 change to Moscow-1 was implemented.
2555 # (The article, though, is misattributed to 1990 while saying that
2556 # summer->winter transition would be done on the 24 of September. But
2557 # 1990-09-24 was Monday, while 1989-09-24 was Sunday as expected.)
2558 # ...
2559 # http://www.kaliningradka.ru/site_pc/cherez/index.php?ELEMENT_ID=40091
2560 # says that Kaliningrad switched to Moscow-1 on 1989-03-26, avoided
2561 # at the last moment switch to Moscow-1 on 1991-03-31, switched to
2562 # Moscow on 1991-11-03, switched to Moscow-1 on 1992-01-19.
2563
2564 Zone Europe/Kaliningrad 1:22:00 - LMT 1893 Apr
2565 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1945 Apr 10
2566 2:00 Poland EE%sT 1946 Apr 7
2567 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 1989 Mar 26 2:00s
2568 2:00 Russia EE%sT 2011 Mar 27 2:00s
2569 3:00 - +03 2014 Oct 26 2:00s
2570 2:00 - EET
2571
2572
2573 # From Paul Eggert (2016-02-21), per Tim Parenti (2014-07-03) and
2574 # Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25):
2575 # Europe/Moscow covers...
2576 # 01 RU-AD Adygea, Republic of
2577 # 05 RU-DA Dagestan, Republic of
2578 # 06 RU-IN Ingushetia, Republic of
2579 # 07 RU-KB Kabardino-Balkar Republic
2580 # 08 RU-KL Kalmykia, Republic of
2581 # 09 RU-KC Karachay-Cherkess Republic
2582 # 10 RU-KR Karelia, Republic of
2583 # 11 RU-KO Komi Republic
2584 # 12 RU-ME Mari El Republic
2585 # 13 RU-MO Mordovia, Republic of
2586 # 15 RU-SE North Ossetia-Alania, Republic of
2587 # 16 RU-TA Tatarstan, Republic of
2588 # 20 RU-CE Chechen Republic
2589 # 21 RU-CU Chuvash Republic
2590 # 23 RU-KDA Krasnodar Krai
2591 # 26 RU-STA Stavropol Krai
2592 # 29 RU-ARK Arkhangelsk Oblast
2593 # 31 RU-BEL Belgorod Oblast
2594 # 32 RU-BRY Bryansk Oblast
2595 # 33 RU-VLA Vladimir Oblast
2596 # 35 RU-VLG Vologda Oblast
2597 # 36 RU-VOR Voronezh Oblast
2598 # 37 RU-IVA Ivanovo Oblast
2599 # 40 RU-KLU Kaluga Oblast
2600 # 44 RU-KOS Kostroma Oblast
2601 # 46 RU-KRS Kursk Oblast
2602 # 47 RU-LEN Leningrad Oblast
2603 # 48 RU-LIP Lipetsk Oblast
2604 # 50 RU-MOS Moscow Oblast
2605 # 51 RU-MUR Murmansk Oblast
2606 # 52 RU-NIZ Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
2607 # 53 RU-NGR Novgorod Oblast
2608 # 57 RU-ORL Oryol Oblast
2609 # 58 RU-PNZ Penza Oblast
2610 # 60 RU-PSK Pskov Oblast
2611 # 61 RU-ROS Rostov Oblast
2612 # 62 RU-RYA Ryazan Oblast
2613 # 67 RU-SMO Smolensk Oblast
2614 # 68 RU-TAM Tambov Oblast
2615 # 69 RU-TVE Tver Oblast
2616 # 71 RU-TUL Tula Oblast
2617 # 76 RU-YAR Yaroslavl Oblast
2618 # 77 RU-MOW Moscow
2619 # 78 RU-SPE Saint Petersburg
2620 # 83 RU-NEN Nenets Autonomous Okrug
2621
2622 # From Paul Eggert (2016-08-23):
2623 # The Soviets switched to UT-based time in 1919. Decree No. 59
2624 # (1919-02-08) http://istmat.info/node/35567 established UT-based time
2625 # zones, and Decree No. 147 (1919-03-29) http://istmat.info/node/35854
2626 # specified a transition date of 1919-07-01, apparently at 00:00 UT.
2627 # No doubt only the Soviet-controlled regions switched on that date;
2628 # later transitions to UT-based time in other parts of Russia are
2629 # taken from what appear to be guesses by Shanks.
2630 # (Thanks to Alexander Belopolsky for pointers to the decrees.)
2631
2632 # From Stepan Golosunov (2016-03-07):
2633 # 11. Regions-violators, 1981-1982.
2634 # Wikipedia refers to
2635 # http://maps.monetonos.ru/maps/raznoe/Old_Maps/Old_Maps/Articles/022/3_1981.html
2636 # http://besp.narod.ru/nauka_1981_3.htm
2637 #
2638 # The second link provides two articles scanned from the Nauka i Zhizn
2639 # magazine No. 3, 1981 and a scan of the short article attributed to
2640 # the Trud newspaper from February 1982. The first link provides the
2641 # same Nauka i Zhizn articles converted to the text form (but misses
2642 # time belt changes map).
2643 #
2644 # The second Nauka i Zhizn article says that in addition to
2645 # introduction of summer time on 1981-04-01 there are some time belt
2646 # border changes on 1981-10-01, mostly affecting Nenets Autonomous
2647 # Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Yakutia, Magadan Oblast and Chukotka
2648 # according to the provided map (colored one). In addition to that
2649 # "time violators" (regions which were not using rules of the time
2650 # belts in which they were located) would not be moving off the DST on
2651 # 1981-10-01 to restore the decree time usage. (Komi ASSR was
2652 # supposed to repeat that move in October 1982 to account for the 2
2653 # hour difference.) Map depicting "time violators" before 1981-10-01
2654 # is also provided.
2655 #
2656 # The article from Trud says that 1981-10-01 changes caused problems
2657 # and some territories would be moved to pre-1981-10-01 time by not
2658 # moving to summer time on 1982-04-01. Namely: Dagestan,
2659 # Kabardino-Balkar, Kalmyk, Komi, Mari, Mordovian, North Ossetian,
2660 # Tatar, Chechen-Ingush and Chuvash ASSR, Krasnodar and Stavropol
2661 # krais, Arkhangelsk, Vladimir, Vologda, Voronezh, Gorky, Ivanovo,
2662 # Kostroma, Lipetsk, Penza, Rostov, Ryazan, Tambov, Tyumen and
2663 # Yaroslavl oblasts, Nenets and Evenk autonomous okrugs, Khatangsky
2664 # district of Taymyr Autonomous Okrug. As a result Evenk Autonomous
2665 # Okrug and Khatangsky district of Taymyr Autonomous Okrug would end
2666 # up on Moscow+4, Tyumen Oblast on Moscow+2 and the rest on Moscow
2667 # time.
2668 #
2669 # http://astrozet.net/files/Zones/DOC/RU/1980-925.txt
2670 # attributes the 1982 changes to the Act of the Council of Ministers
2671 # of the USSR No. 126 from 18.02.1982. 1980-925.txt also adds
2672 # Udmurtia to the list of affected territories and lists Khatangsky
2673 # district separately from Taymyr Autonomous Okrug. Probably erroneously.
2674 #
2675 # The affected territories are currently listed under Europe/Moscow,
2676 # Asia/Yekaterinburg and Asia/Krasnoyarsk.
2677 #
2678 # 12. Udmurtia
2679 # The fact that Udmurtia is depicted as a violator in the Nauka i
2680 # Zhizn article hints at Izhevsk being on different time from
2681 # Kuybyshev before 1981-10-01. Udmurtia is not mentioned in the 1989 act.
2682 # http://astrozet.net/files/Zones/DOC/RU/1980-925.txt
2683 # implies Udmurtia was on Moscow time after 1982-04-01.
2684 # Wikipedia implies Udmurtia being on Moscow+1 until 1991.
2685 #
2686 # ...
2687 #
2688 # All Russian zones are supposed to have by default a -1 change at
2689 # 1991-03-31 2:00 (cancellation of the decree time in the USSR) and a +1
2690 # change at 1992-01-19 2:00 (restoration of the decree time in Russia).
2691 #
2692 # There were some exceptions, though.
2693 # Wikipedia says newspapers listed Astrakhan, Saratov, Kirov, Volgograd,
2694 # Izhevsk, Grozny, Kazan and Samara as such exceptions for the 1992
2695 # change. (Different newspapers providing different lists. And some
2696 # lists found in the internet are quite wild.)
2697 #
2698 # And apparently some exceptions were reverted in the last moment.
2699 # http://www.kaliningradka.ru/site_pc/cherez/index.php?ELEMENT_ID=40091
2700 # says that Kaliningrad decided not to be an exception 2 days before the
2701 # 1991-03-31 switch and one person at
2702 # https://izhevsk.ru/forum_light_message/50/682597-m8369040.html
2703 # says he remembers that Samara opted out of the 1992-01-19 exception
2704 # 2 days before the switch.
2705 #
2706 #
2707 # From Paul Eggert (2016-03-18):
2708 # Given the above, we appear to be missing some Zone entries for the
2709 # chaotic early 1980s in Russia. It's not clear what these entries
2710 # should be. For now, sweep this under the rug and just document the
2711 # time in Moscow.
2712
2713 # From Vladimir Karpinsky (2014-07-08):
2714 # LMT in Moscow (before Jul 3, 1916) is 2:30:17, that was defined by Moscow
2715 # Observatory (coordinates: 55° 45' 29.70", 37° 34' 05.30")....
2716 # LMT in Moscow since Jul 3, 1916 is 2:31:01 as a result of new standard.
2717 # (The info is from the book by Byalokoz ... p. 18.)
2718 # The time in St. Petersburg as capital of Russia was defined by
2719 # Pulkov observatory, near St. Petersburg. In 1916 LMT Moscow
2720 # was synchronized with LMT St. Petersburg (+30 minutes), (Pulkov observatory
2721 # coordinates: 59° 46' 18.70", 30° 19' 40.70") so 30° 19' 40.70" >
2722 # 2h01m18.7s = 2:01:19. LMT Moscow = LMT St.Petersburg + 30m 2:01:19 + 0:30 =
2723 # 2:31:19 ...
2724 #
2725 # From Paul Eggert (2014-07-08):
2726 # Milne does not list Moscow, but suggests that its time might be listed in
2727 # Résumés mensuels et annuels des observations météorologiques (1895).
2728 # Presumably this is OCLC 85825704, a journal published with parallel text in
2729 # Russian and French. This source has not been located; go with Karpinsky.
2730
2731 Zone Europe/Moscow 2:30:17 - LMT 1880
2732 2:30:17 - MMT 1916 Jul 3 # Moscow Mean Time
2733 2:31:19 Russia %s 1919 Jul 1 0:00u
2734 3:00 Russia %s 1921 Oct
2735 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 1922 Oct
2736 2:00 - EET 1930 Jun 21
2737 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
2738 2:00 Russia EE%sT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s
2739 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 2011 Mar 27 2:00s
2740 4:00 - MSK 2014 Oct 26 2:00s
2741 3:00 - MSK
2742
2743
2744 # From Paul Eggert (2016-12-06):
2745 # Europe/Simferopol covers Crimea.
2746
2747 Zone Europe/Simferopol 2:16:24 - LMT 1880
2748 2:16 - SMT 1924 May 2 # Simferopol Mean T
2749 2:00 - EET 1930 Jun 21
2750 3:00 - MSK 1941 Nov
2751 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1944 Apr 13
2752 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 1990
2753 3:00 - MSK 1990 Jul 1 2:00
2754 2:00 - EET 1992
2755 # Central Crimea used Moscow time 1994/1997.
2756 #
2757 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
2758 # The _Economist_ (1994-05-28, p 45) reports that central Crimea switched
2759 # from Kiev to Moscow time sometime after the January 1994 elections.
2760 # Shanks (1999) says "date of change uncertain", but implies that it happened
2761 # sometime between the 1994 DST switches. Shanks & Pottenger simply say
2762 # 1994-09-25 03:00, but that can't be right. For now, guess it
2763 # changed in May.
2764 2:00 E-Eur EE%sT 1994 May
2765 # From IATA SSIM (1994/1997), which also says that Kerch is still like Kiev.
2766 3:00 E-Eur MSK/MSD 1996 Mar 31 0:00s
2767 3:00 1:00 MSD 1996 Oct 27 3:00s
2768 # IATA SSIM (1997-09) says Crimea switched to EET/EEST.
2769 # Assume it happened in March by not changing the clocks.
2770 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 1997
2771 3:00 - MSK 1997 Mar lastSun 1:00u
2772 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2014-03-17):
2773 # time change at 2:00 (2am) on March 30, 2014
2774 # https://vz.ru/news/2014/3/17/677464.html
2775 # From Paul Eggert (2014-03-30):
2776 # Simferopol and Sevastopol reportedly changed their central town clocks
2777 # late the previous day, but this appears to have been ceremonial
2778 # and the discrepancies are small enough to not worry about.
2779 2:00 EU EE%sT 2014 Mar 30 2:00
2780 4:00 - MSK 2014 Oct 26 2:00s
2781 3:00 - MSK
2782
2783
2784 # From Paul Eggert (2016-03-18):
2785 # Europe/Astrakhan covers:
2786 # 30 RU-AST Astrakhan Oblast
2787 #
2788 # The 1989 transition is from USSR act No. 227 (1989-03-14).
2789
2790 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2016-01-12):
2791 # On February 10, 2016 Astrakhan Oblast got approval by the Federation
2792 # Council to change its time zone to UTC+4 (from current UTC+3 Moscow time)....
2793 # This Federal Law shall enter into force on 27 March 2016 at 02:00.
2794 # From Matt Johnson (2016-03-09):
2795 # http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201602150056
2796
2797 Zone Europe/Astrakhan 3:12:12 - LMT 1924 May
2798 3:00 - +03 1930 Jun 21
2799 4:00 Russia +04/+05 1989 Mar 26 2:00s
2800 3:00 Russia +03/+04 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
2801 4:00 - +04 1992 Mar 29 2:00s
2802 3:00 Russia +03/+04 2011 Mar 27 2:00s
2803 4:00 - +04 2014 Oct 26 2:00s
2804 3:00 - +03 2016 Mar 27 2:00s
2805 4:00 - +04
2806
2807 # From Paul Eggert (2016-11-11):
2808 # Europe/Volgograd covers:
2809 # 34 RU-VGG Volgograd Oblast
2810 # The 1988 transition is from USSR act No. 5 (1988-01-04).
2811
2812 # From Alexander Fetisov (2018-09-20):
2813 # Volgograd region in southern Russia (Europe/Volgograd) change
2814 # timezone from UTC+3 to UTC+4 from 28oct2018.
2815 # http://sozd.parliament.gov.ru/bill/452878-7
2816 #
2817 # From Stepan Golosunov (2018-10-11):
2818 # The law has been published today on
2819 # http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201810110037
2820
2821 Zone Europe/Volgograd 2:57:40 - LMT 1920 Jan 3
2822 3:00 - +03 1930 Jun 21
2823 4:00 - +04 1961 Nov 11
2824 4:00 Russia +04/+05 1988 Mar 27 2:00s
2825 3:00 Russia +03/+04 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
2826 4:00 - +04 1992 Mar 29 2:00s
2827 3:00 Russia +03/+04 2011 Mar 27 2:00s
2828 4:00 - +04 2014 Oct 26 2:00s
2829 3:00 - +03 2018 Oct 28 2:00s
2830 4:00 - +04
2831
2832 # From Paul Eggert (2016-11-11):
2833 # Europe/Saratov covers:
2834 # 64 RU-SAR Saratov Oblast
2835
2836 # From Yuri Konotopov (2016-11-11):
2837 # Dec 4, 2016 02:00 UTC+3.... Saratov Region's local time will be ... UTC+4.
2838 # From Stepan Golosunov (2016-11-11):
2839 # ... Byalokoz listed Saratov on 03:04:18.
2840 # From Stepan Golosunov (2016-11-22):
2841 # http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201611220031
2842
2843 Zone Europe/Saratov 3:04:18 - LMT 1919 Jul 1 0:00u
2844 3:00 - +03 1930 Jun 21
2845 4:00 Russia +04/+05 1988 Mar 27 2:00s
2846 3:00 Russia +03/+04 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
2847 4:00 - +04 1992 Mar 29 2:00s
2848 3:00 Russia +03/+04 2011 Mar 27 2:00s
2849 4:00 - +04 2014 Oct 26 2:00s
2850 3:00 - +03 2016 Dec 4 2:00s
2851 4:00 - +04
2852
2853 # From Paul Eggert (2016-03-18):
2854 # Europe/Kirov covers:
2855 # 43 RU-KIR Kirov Oblast
2856 # The 1989 transition is from USSR act No. 227 (1989-03-14).
2857 #
2858 Zone Europe/Kirov 3:18:48 - LMT 1919 Jul 1 0:00u
2859 3:00 - +03 1930 Jun 21
2860 4:00 Russia +04/+05 1989 Mar 26 2:00s
2861 3:00 Russia +03/+04 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
2862 4:00 - +04 1992 Mar 29 2:00s
2863 3:00 Russia +03/+04 2011 Mar 27 2:00s
2864 4:00 - +04 2014 Oct 26 2:00s
2865 3:00 - +03
2866
2867 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03), per Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25):
2868 # Europe/Samara covers...
2869 # 18 RU-UD Udmurt Republic
2870 # 63 RU-SAM Samara Oblast
2871
2872 # From Paul Eggert (2016-03-18):
2873 # Byalokoz 1919 says Samara was 3:20:20.
2874 # The 1989 transition is from USSR act No. 227 (1989-03-14).
2875
2876 Zone Europe/Samara 3:20:20 - LMT 1919 Jul 1 0:00u
2877 3:00 - +03 1930 Jun 21
2878 4:00 - +04 1935 Jan 27
2879 4:00 Russia +04/+05 1989 Mar 26 2:00s
2880 3:00 Russia +03/+04 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
2881 2:00 Russia +02/+03 1991 Sep 29 2:00s
2882 3:00 - +03 1991 Oct 20 3:00
2883 4:00 Russia +04/+05 2010 Mar 28 2:00s
2884 3:00 Russia +03/+04 2011 Mar 27 2:00s
2885 4:00 - +04
2886
2887 # From Paul Eggert (2016-03-18):
2888 # Europe/Ulyanovsk covers:
2889 # 73 RU-ULY Ulyanovsk Oblast
2890
2891 # The 1989 transition is from USSR act No. 227 (1989-03-14).
2892
2893 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2016-02-17):
2894 # Ulyanovsk ... on their way to change time zones by March 27, 2016 at 2am.
2895 # Ulyanovsk Oblast ... from MSK to MSK+1 (UTC+3 to UTC+4) ...
2896 # 920582-6 ... 02/17/2016 The State Duma passed the bill in the first reading.
2897 # From Matt Johnson (2016-03-09):
2898 # http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201603090051
2899
2900 Zone Europe/Ulyanovsk 3:13:36 - LMT 1919 Jul 1 0:00u
2901 3:00 - +03 1930 Jun 21
2902 4:00 Russia +04/+05 1989 Mar 26 2:00s
2903 3:00 Russia +03/+04 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
2904 2:00 Russia +02/+03 1992 Jan 19 2:00s
2905 3:00 Russia +03/+04 2011 Mar 27 2:00s
2906 4:00 - +04 2014 Oct 26 2:00s
2907 3:00 - +03 2016 Mar 27 2:00s
2908 4:00 - +04
2909
2910 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03), per Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25):
2911 # Asia/Yekaterinburg covers...
2912 # 02 RU-BA Bashkortostan, Republic of
2913 # 90 RU-PER Perm Krai
2914 # 45 RU-KGN Kurgan Oblast
2915 # 56 RU-ORE Orenburg Oblast
2916 # 66 RU-SVE Sverdlovsk Oblast
2917 # 72 RU-TYU Tyumen Oblast
2918 # 74 RU-CHE Chelyabinsk Oblast
2919 # 86 RU-KHM Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug - Yugra
2920 # 89 RU-YAN Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
2921 #
2922 # Note: Effective 2005-12-01, (59) Perm Oblast and (81) Komi-Permyak
2923 # Autonomous Okrug merged to form (90, RU-PER) Perm Krai.
2924
2925 # Milne says Yekaterinburg was 4:02:32.9; round to nearest.
2926 # Byalokoz 1919 says its provincial time was based on Perm, at 3:45:05.
2927 # Assume it switched on 1916-07-03, the time of the new standard.
2928 # The 1919 and 1930 transitions are from Shanks.
2929
2930 Zone Asia/Yekaterinburg 4:02:33 - LMT 1916 Jul 3
2931 3:45:05 - PMT 1919 Jul 15 4:00
2932 4:00 - +04 1930 Jun 21
2933 5:00 Russia +05/+06 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
2934 4:00 Russia +04/+05 1992 Jan 19 2:00s
2935 5:00 Russia +05/+06 2011 Mar 27 2:00s
2936 6:00 - +06 2014 Oct 26 2:00s
2937 5:00 - +05
2938
2939
2940 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03), per Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25):
2941 # Asia/Omsk covers...
2942 # 55 RU-OMS Omsk Oblast
2943
2944 # Byalokoz 1919 says Omsk was 4:53:30.
2945
2946 Zone Asia/Omsk 4:53:30 - LMT 1919 Nov 14
2947 5:00 - +05 1930 Jun 21
2948 6:00 Russia +06/+07 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
2949 5:00 Russia +05/+06 1992 Jan 19 2:00s
2950 6:00 Russia +06/+07 2011 Mar 27 2:00s
2951 7:00 - +07 2014 Oct 26 2:00s
2952 6:00 - +06
2953
2954 # From Paul Eggert (2016-02-22):
2955 # Asia/Barnaul covers:
2956 # 04 RU-AL Altai Republic
2957 # 22 RU-ALT Altai Krai
2958
2959 # Data before 1991 are from Shanks & Pottenger.
2960
2961 # From Stepan Golosunov (2016-03-07):
2962 # Letter of Bank of Russia from 1995-05-25
2963 # http://www.bestpravo.ru/rossijskoje/lj-akty/y3a.htm
2964 # suggests that Altai Republic transitioned to Moscow+3 on
2965 # 1995-05-28.
2966 #
2967 # https://regnum.ru/news/society/1957270.html
2968 # has some historical data for Altai Krai:
2969 # before 1957: west part on UT+6, east on UT+7
2970 # after 1957: UT+7
2971 # since 1995: UT+6
2972 # http://barnaul.rusplt.ru/index/pochemu_altajskij_kraj_okazalsja_v_neprivychnom_chasovom_pojase-17648.html
2973 # confirms that and provides more details including 1995-05-28 transition date.
2974
2975 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2016-02-17):
2976 # Altai Krai and Altai Republic on their way to change time zones
2977 # by March 27, 2016 at 2am....
2978 # Altai Republic / Gorno-Altaysk MSK+3 to MSK+4 (UTC+6 to UTC+7) ...
2979 # Altai Krai / Barnaul MSK+3 to MSK+4 (UTC+6 to UTC+7)
2980 # From Matt Johnson (2016-03-09):
2981 # http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201603090043
2982 # http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201603090038
2983
2984 Zone Asia/Barnaul 5:35:00 - LMT 1919 Dec 10
2985 6:00 - +06 1930 Jun 21
2986 7:00 Russia +07/+08 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
2987 6:00 Russia +06/+07 1992 Jan 19 2:00s
2988 7:00 Russia +07/+08 1995 May 28
2989 6:00 Russia +06/+07 2011 Mar 27 2:00s
2990 7:00 - +07 2014 Oct 26 2:00s
2991 6:00 - +06 2016 Mar 27 2:00s
2992 7:00 - +07
2993
2994 # From Paul Eggert (2016-03-18):
2995 # Asia/Novosibirsk covers:
2996 # 54 RU-NVS Novosibirsk Oblast
2997
2998 # From Stepan Golosunov (2016-05-30):
2999 # http://asozd2.duma.gov.ru/main.nsf/(Spravka)?OpenAgent&RN=1085784-6
3000 # moves Novosibirsk oblast from UTC+6 to UTC+7.
3001 # From Stepan Golosunov (2016-07-04):
3002 # The law was signed yesterday and published today on
3003 # http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201607040064
3004
3005 Zone Asia/Novosibirsk 5:31:40 - LMT 1919 Dec 14 6:00
3006 6:00 - +06 1930 Jun 21
3007 7:00 Russia +07/+08 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
3008 6:00 Russia +06/+07 1992 Jan 19 2:00s
3009 7:00 Russia +07/+08 1993 May 23 # say Shanks & P.
3010 6:00 Russia +06/+07 2011 Mar 27 2:00s
3011 7:00 - +07 2014 Oct 26 2:00s
3012 6:00 - +06 2016 Jul 24 2:00s
3013 7:00 - +07
3014
3015 # From Paul Eggert (2016-03-18):
3016 # Asia/Tomsk covers:
3017 # 70 RU-TOM Tomsk Oblast
3018
3019 # From Stepan Golosunov (2016-03-24):
3020 # Byalokoz listed Tomsk at 5:39:51.
3021
3022 # From Stanislaw A. Kuzikowski (1994-06-29):
3023 # Tomsk is still 4 hours ahead of Moscow.
3024
3025 # From Stepan Golosunov (2016-03-19):
3026 # http://pravo.gov.ru/proxy/ips/?docbody=&nd=102075743
3027 # (fifth time belt being UTC+5+1(decree time)
3028 # / UTC+5+1(decree time)+1(summer time)) ...
3029 # Note that time belts (numbered from 2 (Moscow) to 12 according to their
3030 # GMT/UTC offset and having too many exceptions like regions formally
3031 # belonging to one belt but using time from another) were replaced
3032 # with time zones in 2011 with different numbering (there was a
3033 # 2-hour gap between second and third zones in 2011-2014).
3034
3035 # From Stepan Golosunov (2016-04-12):
3036 # http://asozd2.duma.gov.ru/main.nsf/(SpravkaNew)?OpenAgent&RN=1006865-6
3037 # This bill was approved in the first reading today. It moves Tomsk oblast
3038 # from UTC+6 to UTC+7 and is supposed to come into effect on 2016-05-29 at
3039 # 2:00. The bill needs to be approved in the second and the third readings by
3040 # the State Duma, approved by the Federation Council, signed by the President
3041 # and published to become a law. Minor changes in the text are to be expected
3042 # before the second reading (references need to be updated to account for the
3043 # recent changes).
3044 #
3045 # Judging by the ultra-short one-day amendments period, recent similar laws,
3046 # the State Duma schedule and the Federation Council schedule
3047 # http://www.duma.gov.ru/legislative/planning/day-shedule/por_vesna_2016/
3048 # http://council.gov.ru/activity/meetings/schedule/63303
3049 # I speculate that the final text of the bill will be proposed tomorrow, the
3050 # bill will be approved in the second and the third readings on Friday,
3051 # approved by the Federation Council on 2016-04-20, signed by the President and
3052 # published as a law around 2016-04-26.
3053
3054 # From Matt Johnson (2016-04-26):
3055 # http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201604260048
3056
3057 Zone Asia/Tomsk 5:39:51 - LMT 1919 Dec 22
3058 6:00 - +06 1930 Jun 21
3059 7:00 Russia +07/+08 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
3060 6:00 Russia +06/+07 1992 Jan 19 2:00s
3061 7:00 Russia +07/+08 2002 May 1 3:00
3062 6:00 Russia +06/+07 2011 Mar 27 2:00s
3063 7:00 - +07 2014 Oct 26 2:00s
3064 6:00 - +06 2016 May 29 2:00s
3065 7:00 - +07
3066
3067
3068 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03):
3069 # Asia/Novokuznetsk covers...
3070 # 42 RU-KEM Kemerovo Oblast
3071
3072 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-10-13):
3073 # Kemerovo oblast' (Kemerovo region) in Russia will change current time zone on
3074 # March 28, 2010:
3075 # from current Russia Zone 6 - Krasnoyarsk Time Zone (KRA) UTC +0700
3076 # to Russia Zone 5 - Novosibirsk Time Zone (NOV) UTC +0600
3077 #
3078 # This is according to Government of Russia decree No. 740, on September
3079 # 14, 2009 "Application in the territory of the Kemerovo region the Fifth
3080 # time zone." ("Russia Zone 5" or old "USSR Zone 5" is GMT +0600)
3081 #
3082 # Russian Government web site (Russian language)
3083 # http://www.government.ru/content/governmentactivity/rfgovernmentdecisions/archive/2009/09/14/991633.htm
3084 # or Russian-English translation by WorldTimeZone.com with reference
3085 # map to local region and new Russia Time Zone map after March 28, 2010
3086 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia03.html
3087 #
3088 # Thus, when Russia will switch to DST on the night of March 28, 2010
3089 # Kemerovo region (Kemerovo oblast') will not change the clock.
3090
3091 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-02), per Alexander Krivenyshev (2014-07-02):
3092 # The Kemerovo region will remain at UTC+7 through the 2014-10-26 change, thus
3093 # realigning itself with KRAT.
3094
3095 Zone Asia/Novokuznetsk 5:48:48 - LMT 1924 May 1
3096 6:00 - +06 1930 Jun 21
3097 7:00 Russia +07/+08 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
3098 6:00 Russia +06/+07 1992 Jan 19 2:00s
3099 7:00 Russia +07/+08 2010 Mar 28 2:00s
3100 6:00 Russia +06/+07 2011 Mar 27 2:00s
3101 7:00 - +07
3102
3103 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03), per Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25):
3104 # Asia/Krasnoyarsk covers...
3105 # 17 RU-TY Tuva Republic
3106 # 19 RU-KK Khakassia, Republic of
3107 # 24 RU-KYA Krasnoyarsk Krai
3108 #
3109 # Note: Effective 2007-01-01, (88) Evenk Autonomous Okrug and (84) Taymyr
3110 # Autonomous Okrug were merged into (24, RU-KYA) Krasnoyarsk Krai.
3111
3112 # Byalokoz 1919 says Krasnoyarsk was 6:11:26.
3113
3114 Zone Asia/Krasnoyarsk 6:11:26 - LMT 1920 Jan 6
3115 6:00 - +06 1930 Jun 21
3116 7:00 Russia +07/+08 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
3117 6:00 Russia +06/+07 1992 Jan 19 2:00s
3118 7:00 Russia +07/+08 2011 Mar 27 2:00s
3119 8:00 - +08 2014 Oct 26 2:00s
3120 7:00 - +07
3121
3122
3123 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03), per Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25):
3124 # Asia/Irkutsk covers...
3125 # 03 RU-BU Buryatia, Republic of
3126 # 38 RU-IRK Irkutsk Oblast
3127 #
3128 # Note: Effective 2008-01-01, (85) Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Okrug was
3129 # merged into (38, RU-IRK) Irkutsk Oblast.
3130
3131 # Milne 1899 says Irkutsk was 6:57:15.
3132 # Byalokoz 1919 says Irkutsk was 6:57:05.
3133 # Go with Byalokoz.
3134
3135 Zone Asia/Irkutsk 6:57:05 - LMT 1880
3136 6:57:05 - IMT 1920 Jan 25 # Irkutsk Mean Time
3137 7:00 - +07 1930 Jun 21
3138 8:00 Russia +08/+09 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
3139 7:00 Russia +07/+08 1992 Jan 19 2:00s
3140 8:00 Russia +08/+09 2011 Mar 27 2:00s
3141 9:00 - +09 2014 Oct 26 2:00s
3142 8:00 - +08
3143
3144
3145 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-06):
3146 # Asia/Chita covers...
3147 # 92 RU-ZAB Zabaykalsky Krai
3148 #
3149 # Note: Effective 2008-03-01, (75) Chita Oblast and (80) Agin-Buryat
3150 # Autonomous Okrug merged to form (92, RU-ZAB) Zabaykalsky Krai.
3151
3152 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2016-01-02):
3153 # [The] time zone in the Trans-Baikal Territory (Zabaykalsky Krai) -
3154 # Asia/Chita [is changing] from UTC+8 to UTC+9. Effective date will
3155 # be March 27, 2016 at 2:00am....
3156 # http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201512300107
3157
3158 Zone Asia/Chita 7:33:52 - LMT 1919 Dec 15
3159 8:00 - +08 1930 Jun 21
3160 9:00 Russia +09/+10 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
3161 8:00 Russia +08/+09 1992 Jan 19 2:00s
3162 9:00 Russia +09/+10 2011 Mar 27 2:00s
3163 10:00 - +10 2014 Oct 26 2:00s
3164 8:00 - +08 2016 Mar 27 2:00
3165 9:00 - +09
3166
3167
3168 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03), per Oscar van Vlijmen (2009-11-29):
3169 # Asia/Yakutsk covers...
3170 # 28 RU-AMU Amur Oblast
3171 #
3172 # ...and parts of (14, RU-SA) Sakha (Yakutia) Republic:
3173 # 14-02 **** Aldansky District
3174 # 14-04 **** Amginsky District
3175 # 14-05 **** Anabarsky District
3176 # 14-06 **** Bulunsky District
3177 # 14-07 **** Verkhnevilyuysky District
3178 # 14-10 **** Vilyuysky District
3179 # 14-11 **** Gorny District
3180 # 14-12 **** Zhigansky District
3181 # 14-13 **** Kobyaysky District
3182 # 14-14 **** Lensky District
3183 # 14-15 **** Megino-Kangalassky District
3184 # 14-16 **** Mirninsky District
3185 # 14-18 **** Namsky District
3186 # 14-19 **** Neryungrinsky District
3187 # 14-21 **** Nyurbinsky District
3188 # 14-23 **** Olenyoksky District
3189 # 14-24 **** Olyokminsky District
3190 # 14-26 **** Suntarsky District
3191 # 14-27 **** Tattinsky District
3192 # 14-29 **** Ust-Aldansky District
3193 # 14-32 **** Khangalassky District
3194 # 14-33 **** Churapchinsky District
3195 # 14-34 **** Eveno-Bytantaysky National District
3196
3197 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03):
3198 # Our commentary seems to have lost mention of (14-19) Neryungrinsky District.
3199 # Since the surrounding districts of Sakha are all YAKT, assume this is, too.
3200 # Also assume its history has been the same as the rest of Asia/Yakutsk.
3201
3202 # Byalokoz 1919 says Yakutsk was 8:38:58.
3203
3204 Zone Asia/Yakutsk 8:38:58 - LMT 1919 Dec 15
3205 8:00 - +08 1930 Jun 21
3206 9:00 Russia +09/+10 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
3207 8:00 Russia +08/+09 1992 Jan 19 2:00s
3208 9:00 Russia +09/+10 2011 Mar 27 2:00s
3209 10:00 - +10 2014 Oct 26 2:00s
3210 9:00 - +09
3211
3212
3213 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03), per Oscar van Vlijmen (2009-11-29):
3214 # Asia/Vladivostok covers...
3215 # 25 RU-PRI Primorsky Krai
3216 # 27 RU-KHA Khabarovsk Krai
3217 # 79 RU-YEV Jewish Autonomous Oblast
3218 #
3219 # ...and parts of (14, RU-SA) Sakha (Yakutia) Republic:
3220 # 14-09 **** Verkhoyansky District
3221 # 14-31 **** Ust-Yansky District
3222
3223 # Milne 1899 says Vladivostok was 8:47:33.5.
3224 # Byalokoz 1919 says Vladivostok was 8:47:31.
3225 # Go with Byalokoz.
3226
3227 Zone Asia/Vladivostok 8:47:31 - LMT 1922 Nov 15
3228 9:00 - +09 1930 Jun 21
3229 10:00 Russia +10/+11 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
3230 9:00 Russia +09/+10 1992 Jan 19 2:00s
3231 10:00 Russia +10/+11 2011 Mar 27 2:00s
3232 11:00 - +11 2014 Oct 26 2:00s
3233 10:00 - +10
3234
3235
3236 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03):
3237 # Asia/Khandyga covers parts of (14, RU-SA) Sakha (Yakutia) Republic:
3238 # 14-28 **** Tomponsky District
3239 # 14-30 **** Ust-Maysky District
3240
3241 # From Arthur David Olson (2012-05-09):
3242 # Tomponskij and Ust'-Majskij switched from Vladivostok time to Yakutsk time
3243 # in 2011.
3244
3245 # From Paul Eggert (2012-11-25):
3246 # Shanks and Pottenger (2003) has Khandyga on Yakutsk time.
3247 # Make a wild guess that it switched to Vladivostok time in 2004.
3248 # This transition is no doubt wrong, but we have no better info.
3249
3250 Zone Asia/Khandyga 9:02:13 - LMT 1919 Dec 15
3251 8:00 - +08 1930 Jun 21
3252 9:00 Russia +09/+10 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
3253 8:00 Russia +08/+09 1992 Jan 19 2:00s
3254 9:00 Russia +09/+10 2004
3255 10:00 Russia +10/+11 2011 Mar 27 2:00s
3256 11:00 - +11 2011 Sep 13 0:00s # Decree 725?
3257 10:00 - +10 2014 Oct 26 2:00s
3258 9:00 - +09
3259
3260
3261 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03):
3262 # Asia/Sakhalin covers...
3263 # 65 RU-SAK Sakhalin Oblast
3264 # ...with the exception of:
3265 # 65-11 **** Severo-Kurilsky District (North Kuril Islands)
3266
3267 # From Matt Johnson (2016-02-22):
3268 # Asia/Sakhalin is moving (in entirety) from UTC+10 to UTC+11 ...
3269 # (2016-03-09):
3270 # http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201603090044
3271
3272 # The Zone name should be Asia/Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, but that's too long.
3273 Zone Asia/Sakhalin 9:30:48 - LMT 1905 Aug 23
3274 9:00 - +09 1945 Aug 25
3275 11:00 Russia +11/+12 1991 Mar 31 2:00s # Sakhalin T
3276 10:00 Russia +10/+11 1992 Jan 19 2:00s
3277 11:00 Russia +11/+12 1997 Mar lastSun 2:00s
3278 10:00 Russia +10/+11 2011 Mar 27 2:00s
3279 11:00 - +11 2014 Oct 26 2:00s
3280 10:00 - +10 2016 Mar 27 2:00s
3281 11:00 - +11
3282
3283
3284 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03), per Oscar van Vlijmen (2009-11-29):
3285 # Asia/Magadan covers...
3286 # 49 RU-MAG Magadan Oblast
3287
3288 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-06), per Alexander Krivenyshev (2014-07-02):
3289 # Magadan Oblast is moving from UTC+12 to UTC+10 on 2014-10-26; however,
3290 # several districts of Sakha Republic as well as Severo-Kurilsky District of
3291 # the Sakhalin Oblast (also known as the North Kuril Islands), represented
3292 # until now by Asia/Magadan, will instead move to UTC+11. These regions will
3293 # need their own zone.
3294
3295 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2016-03-27):
3296 # ... draft bill 948300-6 to change its time zone from UTC+10 to UTC+11 ...
3297 # will take ... effect ... on April 24, 2016 at 2 o'clock
3298 #
3299 # From Matt Johnson (2016-04-05):
3300 # ... signed by the President today ...
3301 # http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201604050038
3302
3303 Zone Asia/Magadan 10:03:12 - LMT 1924 May 2
3304 10:00 - +10 1930 Jun 21 # Magadan Time
3305 11:00 Russia +11/+12 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
3306 10:00 Russia +10/+11 1992 Jan 19 2:00s
3307 11:00 Russia +11/+12 2011 Mar 27 2:00s
3308 12:00 - +12 2014 Oct 26 2:00s
3309 10:00 - +10 2016 Apr 24 2:00s
3310 11:00 - +11
3311
3312
3313 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-06):
3314 # Asia/Srednekolymsk covers parts of (14, RU-SA) Sakha (Yakutia) Republic:
3315 # 14-01 **** Abyysky District
3316 # 14-03 **** Allaikhovsky District
3317 # 14-08 **** Verkhnekolymsky District
3318 # 14-17 **** Momsky District
3319 # 14-20 **** Nizhnekolymsky District
3320 # 14-25 **** Srednekolymsky District
3321 #
3322 # ...and parts of (65, RU-SAK) Sakhalin Oblast:
3323 # 65-11 **** Severo-Kurilsky District (North Kuril Islands)
3324
3325 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-02):
3326 # Oymyakonsky District of Sakha Republic (represented by Ust-Nera), along with
3327 # most of Sakhalin Oblast (represented by Sakhalin) will be moving to UTC+10 on
3328 # 2014-10-26 to stay aligned with VLAT/SAKT; however, Severo-Kurilsky District
3329 # of the Sakhalin Oblast (also known as the North Kuril Islands, represented by
3330 # Severo-Kurilsk) will remain on UTC+11.
3331
3332 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-06):
3333 # Assume North Kuril Islands have history like Magadan before 2011-03-27.
3334 # There is a decent chance this is wrong, in which case a new zone
3335 # Asia/Severo-Kurilsk would become necessary.
3336 #
3337 # Srednekolymsk and Zyryanka are the most populous places amongst these
3338 # districts, but have very similar populations. In fact, Wikipedia currently
3339 # lists them both as having 3528 people, exactly 1668 males and 1860 females
3340 # each! (Yikes!)
3341 # https://en.wikipedia.org/w/?title=Srednekolymsky_District&oldid=603435276
3342 # https://en.wikipedia.org/w/?title=Verkhnekolymsky_District&oldid=594378493
3343 # Assume this is a mistake, albeit an amusing one.
3344 #
3345 # Looking at censuses, the populations of the two municipalities seem to have
3346 # fluctuated recently. Zyryanka was more populous than Srednekolymsk in the
3347 # 1989 and 2002 censuses, but Srednekolymsk was more populous in the most
3348 # recent (2010) census, 3525 to 3170. (See pages 195 and 197 of
3349 # http://www.gks.ru/free_doc/new_site/perepis2010/croc/Documents/Vol1/pub-01-05.pdf
3350 # in Russian.) In addition, Srednekolymsk appears to be a much older
3351 # settlement and the population of Zyryanka seems to be declining.
3352 # Go with Srednekolymsk.
3353
3354 Zone Asia/Srednekolymsk 10:14:52 - LMT 1924 May 2
3355 10:00 - +10 1930 Jun 21
3356 11:00 Russia +11/+12 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
3357 10:00 Russia +10/+11 1992 Jan 19 2:00s
3358 11:00 Russia +11/+12 2011 Mar 27 2:00s
3359 12:00 - +12 2014 Oct 26 2:00s
3360 11:00 - +11
3361
3362
3363 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03):
3364 # Asia/Ust-Nera covers parts of (14, RU-SA) Sakha (Yakutia) Republic:
3365 # 14-22 **** Oymyakonsky District
3366
3367 # From Arthur David Olson (2012-05-09):
3368 # Ojmyakonskij [and the Kuril Islands] switched from
3369 # Magadan time to Vladivostok time in 2011.
3370 #
3371 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-06), per Alexander Krivenyshev (2014-07-02):
3372 # It's unlikely that any of the Kuril Islands were involved in such a switch,
3373 # as the South and Middle Kurils have been on UTC+11 (SAKT) with the rest of
3374 # Sakhalin Oblast since at least 2011-09, and the North Kurils have been on
3375 # UTC+12 since at least then, too.
3376
3377 Zone Asia/Ust-Nera 9:32:54 - LMT 1919 Dec 15
3378 8:00 - +08 1930 Jun 21
3379 9:00 Russia +09/+10 1981 Apr 1
3380 11:00 Russia +11/+12 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
3381 10:00 Russia +10/+11 1992 Jan 19 2:00s
3382 11:00 Russia +11/+12 2011 Mar 27 2:00s
3383 12:00 - +12 2011 Sep 13 0:00s # Decree 725?
3384 11:00 - +11 2014 Oct 26 2:00s
3385 10:00 - +10
3386
3387
3388 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03), per Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25):
3389 # Asia/Kamchatka covers...
3390 # 91 RU-KAM Kamchatka Krai
3391 #
3392 # Note: Effective 2007-07-01, (41) Kamchatka Oblast and (82) Koryak
3393 # Autonomous Okrug merged to form (91, RU-KAM) Kamchatka Krai.
3394
3395 # The Zone name should be Asia/Petropavlovsk-Kamchatski or perhaps
3396 # Asia/Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, but these are too long.
3397 Zone Asia/Kamchatka 10:34:36 - LMT 1922 Nov 10
3398 11:00 - +11 1930 Jun 21
3399 12:00 Russia +12/+13 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
3400 11:00 Russia +11/+12 1992 Jan 19 2:00s
3401 12:00 Russia +12/+13 2010 Mar 28 2:00s
3402 11:00 Russia +11/+12 2011 Mar 27 2:00s
3403 12:00 - +12
3404
3405
3406 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03):
3407 # Asia/Anadyr covers...
3408 # 87 RU-CHU Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
3409
3410 Zone Asia/Anadyr 11:49:56 - LMT 1924 May 2
3411 12:00 - +12 1930 Jun 21
3412 13:00 Russia +13/+14 1982 Apr 1 0:00s
3413 12:00 Russia +12/+13 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
3414 11:00 Russia +11/+12 1992 Jan 19 2:00s
3415 12:00 Russia +12/+13 2010 Mar 28 2:00s
3416 11:00 Russia +11/+12 2011 Mar 27 2:00s
3417 12:00 - +12
3418
3419
3420 # San Marino
3421 # See Europe/Rome.
3422
3423 # Serbia
3424 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
3425 Zone Europe/Belgrade 1:22:00 - LMT 1884
3426 1:00 - CET 1941 Apr 18 23:00
3427 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1945
3428 1:00 - CET 1945 May 8 2:00s
3429 1:00 1:00 CEST 1945 Sep 16 2:00s
3430 # Metod Koželj reports that the legal date of
3431 # transition to EU rules was 1982-11-27, for all of Yugoslavia at the time.
3432 # Shanks & Pottenger don't give as much detail, so go with Koželj.
3433 1:00 - CET 1982 Nov 27
3434 1:00 EU CE%sT
3435 Link Europe/Belgrade Europe/Ljubljana # Slovenia
3436 Link Europe/Belgrade Europe/Podgorica # Montenegro
3437 Link Europe/Belgrade Europe/Sarajevo # Bosnia and Herzegovina
3438 Link Europe/Belgrade Europe/Skopje # North Macedonia
3439 Link Europe/Belgrade Europe/Zagreb # Croatia
3440
3441 # Slovakia
3442 Link Europe/Prague Europe/Bratislava
3443
3444 # Slovenia
3445 # See Europe/Belgrade.
3446
3447 # Spain
3448 #
3449 # From Paul Eggert (2016-12-14):
3450 #
3451 # The source for Europe/Madrid before 2013 is:
3452 # Planesas P. La hora oficial en España y sus cambios.
3453 # Anuario del Observatorio Astronómico de Madrid (2013, in Spanish).
3454 # http://astronomia.ign.es/rknowsys-theme/images/webAstro/paginas/documentos/Anuario/lahoraoficialenespana.pdf
3455 # As this source says that historical time in the Canaries is obscure,
3456 # and it does not discuss Ceuta, stick with Shanks for now for that data.
3457 #
3458 # In the 1918 and 1919 fallback transitions in Spain, the clock for
3459 # the hour-longer day officially kept going after midnight, so that
3460 # the repeated instances of that day's 00:00 hour were 24 hours apart,
3461 # with a fallback transition from the second occurrence of 00:59... to
3462 # the next day's 00:00. Our data format cannot represent this
3463 # directly, and instead repeats the first hour of the next day, with a
3464 # fallback transition from the next day's 00:59... to 00:00.
3465
3466 # From Michael Deckers (2016-12-15):
3467 # The Royal Decree of 1900-06-26 quoted by Planesas, online at
3468 # https://www.boe.es/datos/pdfs/BOE//1900/209/A00383-00384.pdf
3469 # says in its article 5 (my translation):
3470 # These dispositions will enter into force beginning with the
3471 # instant at which, according to the time indicated in article 1,
3472 # the 1st day of January of 1901 will begin.
3473
3474 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
3475 Rule Spain 1918 only - Apr 15 23:00 1:00 S
3476 Rule Spain 1918 1919 - Oct 6 24:00s 0 -
3477 Rule Spain 1919 only - Apr 6 23:00 1:00 S
3478 Rule Spain 1924 only - Apr 16 23:00 1:00 S
3479 Rule Spain 1924 only - Oct 4 24:00s 0 -
3480 Rule Spain 1926 only - Apr 17 23:00 1:00 S
3481 Rule Spain 1926 1929 - Oct Sat>=1 24:00s 0 -
3482 Rule Spain 1927 only - Apr 9 23:00 1:00 S
3483 Rule Spain 1928 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 S
3484 Rule Spain 1929 only - Apr 20 23:00 1:00 S
3485 # Republican Spain during the civil war; it controlled Madrid until 1939-03-28.
3486 Rule Spain 1937 only - Jun 16 23:00 1:00 S
3487 Rule Spain 1937 only - Oct 2 24:00s 0 -
3488 Rule Spain 1938 only - Apr 2 23:00 1:00 S
3489 Rule Spain 1938 only - Apr 30 23:00 2:00 M
3490 Rule Spain 1938 only - Oct 2 24:00 1:00 S
3491 # The following rules are for unified Spain again.
3492 #
3493 # Planesas does not say what happened in Madrid between its fall on
3494 # 1939-03-28 and the Nationalist spring-forward transition on
3495 # 1939-04-15. For lack of better info, assume Madrid's clocks did not
3496 # change during that period.
3497 #
3498 # The first rule is commented out, as it is redundant for Republican Spain.
3499 #Rule Spain 1939 only - Apr 15 23:00 1:00 S
3500 Rule Spain 1939 only - Oct 7 24:00s 0 -
3501 Rule Spain 1942 only - May 2 23:00 1:00 S
3502 Rule Spain 1942 only - Sep 1 1:00 0 -
3503 Rule Spain 1943 1946 - Apr Sat>=13 23:00 1:00 S
3504 Rule Spain 1943 1944 - Oct Sun>=1 1:00 0 -
3505 Rule Spain 1945 1946 - Sep lastSun 1:00 0 -
3506 Rule Spain 1949 only - Apr 30 23:00 1:00 S
3507 Rule Spain 1949 only - Oct 2 1:00 0 -
3508 Rule Spain 1974 1975 - Apr Sat>=12 23:00 1:00 S
3509 Rule Spain 1974 1975 - Oct Sun>=1 1:00 0 -
3510 Rule Spain 1976 only - Mar 27 23:00 1:00 S
3511 Rule Spain 1976 1977 - Sep lastSun 1:00 0 -
3512 Rule Spain 1977 only - Apr 2 23:00 1:00 S
3513 Rule Spain 1978 only - Apr 2 2:00s 1:00 S
3514 Rule Spain 1978 only - Oct 1 2:00s 0 -
3515 # Nationalist Spain during the civil war
3516 #Rule NatSpain 1937 only - May 22 23:00 1:00 S
3517 #Rule NatSpain 1937 1938 - Oct Sat>=1 24:00s 0 -
3518 #Rule NatSpain 1938 only - Mar 26 23:00 1:00 S
3519 # The following rules are copied from Morocco from 1967 through 1978,
3520 # except with "S" letters.
3521 Rule SpainAfrica 1967 only - Jun 3 12:00 1:00 S
3522 Rule SpainAfrica 1967 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
3523 Rule SpainAfrica 1974 only - Jun 24 0:00 1:00 S
3524 Rule SpainAfrica 1974 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 -
3525 Rule SpainAfrica 1976 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S
3526 Rule SpainAfrica 1976 only - Aug 1 0:00 0 -
3527 Rule SpainAfrica 1977 only - Sep 28 0:00 0 -
3528 Rule SpainAfrica 1978 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S
3529 Rule SpainAfrica 1978 only - Aug 4 0:00 0 -
3530 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
3531 Zone Europe/Madrid -0:14:44 - LMT 1900 Dec 31 23:45:16
3532 0:00 Spain WE%sT 1940 Mar 16 23:00
3533 1:00 Spain CE%sT 1979
3534 1:00 EU CE%sT
3535 Zone Africa/Ceuta -0:21:16 - LMT 1900 Dec 31 23:38:44
3536 0:00 - WET 1918 May 6 23:00
3537 0:00 1:00 WEST 1918 Oct 7 23:00
3538 0:00 - WET 1924
3539 0:00 Spain WE%sT 1929
3540 0:00 - WET 1967 # Help zishrink.awk.
3541 0:00 SpainAfrica WE%sT 1984 Mar 16
3542 1:00 - CET 1986
3543 1:00 EU CE%sT
3544 Zone Atlantic/Canary -1:01:36 - LMT 1922 Mar # Las Palmas de Gran C.
3545 -1:00 - -01 1946 Sep 30 1:00
3546 0:00 - WET 1980 Apr 6 0:00s
3547 0:00 1:00 WEST 1980 Sep 28 1:00u
3548 0:00 EU WE%sT
3549 # IATA SSIM (1996-09) says the Canaries switch at 2:00u, not 1:00u.
3550 # Ignore this for now, as the Canaries are part of the EU.
3551
3552 # Sweden
3553
3554 # From Ivan Nilsson (2001-04-13), superseding Shanks & Pottenger:
3555 #
3556 # The law "Svensk författningssamling 1878, no 14" about standard time in 1879:
3557 # From the beginning of 1879 (that is 01-01 00:00) the time for all
3558 # places in the country is "the mean solar time for the meridian at
3559 # three degrees, or twelve minutes of time, to the west of the
3560 # meridian of the Observatory of Stockholm". The law is dated 1878-05-31.
3561 #
3562 # The observatory at that time had the meridian 18° 03' 30"
3563 # eastern longitude = 01:12:14 in time. Less 12 minutes gives the
3564 # national standard time as 01:00:14 ahead of GMT....
3565 #
3566 # About the beginning of CET in Sweden. The lawtext ("Svensk
3567 # författningssamling 1899, no 44") states, that "from the beginning
3568 # of 1900... ... the same as the mean solar time for the meridian at
3569 # the distance of one hour of time from the meridian of the English
3570 # observatory at Greenwich, or at 12 minutes 14 seconds to the west
3571 # from the meridian of the Observatory of Stockholm". The law is dated
3572 # 1899-06-16. In short: At 1900-01-01 00:00:00 the new standard time
3573 # in Sweden is 01:00:00 ahead of GMT.
3574 #
3575 # 1916: The lawtext ("Svensk författningssamling 1916, no 124") states
3576 # that "1916-05-15 is considered to begin one hour earlier". It is
3577 # pretty obvious that at 05-14 23:00 the clocks are set to 05-15 00:00....
3578 # Further the law says, that "1916-09-30 is considered to end one hour later".
3579 #
3580 # The laws regulating [DST] are available on the site of the Swedish
3581 # Parliament beginning with 1985 - the laws regulating 1980/1984 are
3582 # not available on the site (to my knowledge they are only available
3583 # in Swedish): <http://www.riksdagen.se/english/work/sfst.asp> (type
3584 # "sommartid" without the quotes in the field "Fritext" and then click
3585 # the Sök-button).
3586 #
3587 # (2001-05-13):
3588 #
3589 # I have now found a newspaper stating that at 1916-10-01 01:00
3590 # summertime the church-clocks etc were set back one hour to show
3591 # 1916-10-01 00:00 standard time. The article also reports that some
3592 # people thought the switch to standard time would take place already
3593 # at 1916-10-01 00:00 summer time, but they had to wait for another
3594 # hour before the event took place.
3595 #
3596 # Source: The newspaper "Dagens Nyheter", 1916-10-01, page 7 upper left.
3597
3598 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
3599 Zone Europe/Stockholm 1:12:12 - LMT 1879 Jan 1
3600 1:00:14 - SET 1900 Jan 1 # Swedish Time
3601 1:00 - CET 1916 May 14 23:00
3602 1:00 1:00 CEST 1916 Oct 1 1:00
3603 1:00 - CET 1980
3604 1:00 EU CE%sT
3605
3606 # Switzerland
3607 # From Howse:
3608 # By the end of the 18th century clocks and watches became commonplace
3609 # and their performance improved enormously. Communities began to keep
3610 # mean time in preference to apparent time - Geneva from 1780 ....
3611 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
3612 # From Whitman (who writes "Midnight?"):
3613 # Rule Swiss 1940 only - Nov 2 0:00 1:00 S
3614 # Rule Swiss 1940 only - Dec 31 0:00 0 -
3615 # From Shanks & Pottenger:
3616 # Rule Swiss 1941 1942 - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S
3617 # Rule Swiss 1941 1942 - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 0 -
3618
3619 # From Alois Treindl (2008-12-17):
3620 # I have researched the DST usage in Switzerland during the 1940ies.
3621 #
3622 # As I wrote in an earlier message, I suspected the current tzdata values
3623 # to be wrong. This is now verified.
3624 #
3625 # I have found copies of the original ruling by the Swiss Federal
3626 # government, in 'Eidgenössische Gesetzessammlung 1941 and 1942' (Swiss
3627 # federal law collection)...
3628 #
3629 # DST began on Monday 5 May 1941, 1:00 am by shifting the clocks to 2:00 am
3630 # DST ended on Monday 6 Oct 1941, 2:00 am by shifting the clocks to 1:00 am.
3631 #
3632 # DST began on Monday, 4 May 1942 at 01:00 am
3633 # DST ended on Monday, 5 Oct 1942 at 02:00 am
3634 #
3635 # There was no DST in 1940, I have checked the law collection carefully.
3636 # It is also indicated by the fact that the 1942 entry in the law
3637 # collection points back to 1941 as a reference, but no reference to any
3638 # other years are made.
3639 #
3640 # Newspaper articles I have read in the archives on 6 May 1941 reported
3641 # about the introduction of DST (Sommerzeit in German) during the previous
3642 # night as an absolute novelty, because this was the first time that such
3643 # a thing had happened in Switzerland.
3644 #
3645 # I have also checked 1916, because one book source (Gabriel, Traité de
3646 # l'heure dans le monde) claims that Switzerland had DST in 1916. This is
3647 # false, no official document could be found. Probably Gabriel got misled
3648 # by references to Germany, which introduced DST in 1916 for the first time.
3649 #
3650 # The tzdata rules for Switzerland must be changed to:
3651 # Rule Swiss 1941 1942 - May Mon>=1 1:00 1:00 S
3652 # Rule Swiss 1941 1942 - Oct Mon>=1 2:00 0 -
3653 #
3654 # The 1940 rules must be deleted.
3655 #
3656 # One further detail for Switzerland, which is probably out of scope for
3657 # most users of tzdata: The [Europe/Zurich zone] ...
3658 # describes all of Switzerland correctly, with the exception of
3659 # the Canton de Genève (Geneva, Genf). Between 1848 and 1894 Geneva did not
3660 # follow Bern Mean Time but kept its own local mean time.
3661 # To represent this, an extra zone would be needed.
3662 #
3663 # From Alois Treindl (2013-09-11):
3664 # The Federal regulations say
3665 # https://www.admin.ch/opc/de/classified-compilation/20071096/index.html
3666 # ... the meridian for Bern mean time ... is 7° 26' 22.50".
3667 # Expressed in time, it is 0h29m45.5s.
3668
3669 # From Pierre-Yves Berger (2013-09-11):
3670 # the "Circulaire du conseil fédéral" (December 11 1893)
3671 # http://www.amtsdruckschriften.bar.admin.ch/viewOrigDoc.do?id=10071353
3672 # clearly states that the [1894-06-01] change should be done at midnight
3673 # but if no one is present after 11 at night, could be postponed until one
3674 # hour before the beginning of service.
3675
3676 # From Paul Eggert (2013-09-11):
3677 # Round BMT to the nearest even second, 0:29:46.
3678 #
3679 # We can find no reliable source for Shanks's assertion that all of Switzerland
3680 # except Geneva switched to Bern Mean Time at 00:00 on 1848-09-12. This book:
3681 #
3682 # Jakob Messerli. Gleichmässig, pünktlich, schnell. Zeiteinteilung und
3683 # Zeitgebrauch in der Schweiz im 19. Jahrhundert. Chronos, Zurich 1995,
3684 # ISBN 3-905311-68-2, OCLC 717570797.
3685 #
3686 # suggests that the transition was more gradual, and that the Swiss did not
3687 # agree about civil time during the transition. The timekeeping it gives the
3688 # most detail for is postal and telegraph time: here, federal legislation (the
3689 # "Bundesgesetz über die Erstellung von elektrischen Telegraphen") passed on
3690 # 1851-11-23, and an official implementation notice was published 1853-07-16
3691 # (Bundesblatt 1853, Bd. II, S. 859). On p 72 Messerli writes that in
3692 # practice since July 1853 Bernese time was used in "all postal and telegraph
3693 # offices in Switzerland from Geneva to St. Gallen and Basel to Chiasso"
3694 # (Google translation). For now, model this transition as occurring on
3695 # 1853-07-16, though it probably occurred at some other date in Zurich, and
3696 # legal civil time probably changed at still some other transition date.
3697
3698 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
3699 Rule Swiss 1941 1942 - May Mon>=1 1:00 1:00 S
3700 Rule Swiss 1941 1942 - Oct Mon>=1 2:00 0 -
3701 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
3702 Zone Europe/Zurich 0:34:08 - LMT 1853 Jul 16 # See above comment.
3703 0:29:46 - BMT 1894 Jun # Bern Mean Time
3704 1:00 Swiss CE%sT 1981
3705 1:00 EU CE%sT
3706
3707 # Turkey
3708
3709 # From Alois Treindl (2019-08-12):
3710 # http://www.astrolojidergisi.com/yazsaati.htm has researched the time zone
3711 # history of Turkey, based on newspaper archives and official documents.
3712 # From Paul Eggert (2019-08-28):
3713 # That source (Oya Vulaş, "Türkiye'de Yaz Saati Uygulamaları")
3714 # is used for 1940/1972, where it seems more reliable than our other
3715 # sources.
3716
3717 # From Kıvanç Yazan (2019-08-12):
3718 # http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/arsiv/14539.pdf#page=24
3719 # 1973-06-03 01:00 -> 02:00, 1973-11-04 02:00 -> 01:00
3720 #
3721 # http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/arsiv/14829.pdf#page=1
3722 # 1974-03-31 02:00 -> 03:00, 1974-11-03 02:00 -> 01:00
3723 #
3724 # http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/arsiv/15161.pdf#page=1
3725 # 1975-03-22 02:00 -> 03:00, 1975-11-02 02:00 -> 01:00
3726 #
3727 # http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/arsiv/15535_1.pdf#page=1
3728 # 1976-03-21 02:00 -> 03:00, 1976-10-31 02:00 -> 01:00
3729 #
3730 # http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/arsiv/15778.pdf#page=5
3731 # 1977-04-03 02:00 -> 03:00, 1977-10-16 02:00 -> 01:00,
3732 # 1978-04-02 02:00 -> 03:00 (not applied, see below)
3733 # 1978-10-15 02:00 -> 01:00 (not applied, see below)
3734 # 1979-04-01 02:00 -> 03:00 (not applied, see below)
3735 # 1979-10-14 02:00 -> 01:00 (not applied, see below)
3736 #
3737 # http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/arsiv/16245.pdf#page=17
3738 # This cancels the previous decision, and repeats it only for 1978.
3739 # 1978-04-02 02:00 -> 03:00, 1978-10-15 02:00 -> 01:00
3740 # (not applied due to standard TZ change below)
3741 #
3742 # http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/arsiv/16331.pdf#page=3
3743 # This decision changes the default longitude for Turkish time zone from 30
3744 # degrees East to 45 degrees East. This means a standard TZ change, from +2
3745 # to +3. This is published & applied on 1978-06-29. At that time, Turkey was
3746 # already on summer time (already on 45E). Hence, this new law just meant an
3747 # "continuous summer time". Note that this was reversed in a few years.
3748 #
3749 # http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/arsiv/18119_1.pdf#page=1
3750 # 1983-07-31 02:00 -> 03:00 (note that this jumps TZ to +4)
3751 # 1983-10-02 02:00 -> 01:00 (back to +3)
3752 #
3753 # http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/arsiv/18561.pdf (page 1 and 34)
3754 # At this time, Turkey is still on +3 with no spring-forward on early
3755 # 1984. This decision is published on 10/31/1984. Page 1 declares
3756 # the decision of reverting the "default longitude change". So the
3757 # standard time should go back to +3 (30E). And page 34 explains when
3758 # that will happen: 1984-11-01 02:00 -> 01:00. You can think of this
3759 # as "end of continuous summer time, change of standard time zone".
3760 #
3761 # http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/arsiv/18713.pdf#page=1
3762 # 1985-04-20 01:00 -> 02:00, 1985-09-28 02:00 -> 01:00
3763
3764 # From Kıvanç Yazan (2016-09-25):
3765 # 1) For 1986-2006, DST started at 01:00 local and ended at 02:00 local, with
3766 # no exceptions.
3767 # 2) 1994's lastSun was overridden with Mar 20 ...
3768 # Here are official papers:
3769 # http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/arsiv/19032.pdf#page=2 for 1986
3770 # http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/arsiv/19400.pdf#page=4 for 1987
3771 # http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/arsiv/19752.pdf#page=15 for 1988
3772 # http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/arsiv/20102.pdf#page=6 for 1989
3773 # http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/arsiv/20464.pdf#page=1 for 1990 - 1992
3774 # http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/arsiv/21531.pdf#page=15 for 1993 - 1995
3775 # http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/arsiv/21879.pdf#page=1 for overriding 1994
3776 # http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/arsiv/22588.pdf#page=1 for 1996, 1997
3777 # http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/arsiv/23286.pdf#page=10 for 1998 - 2000
3778 # http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2001/03/20010324.htm#2 - for 2001
3779 # http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2002/03/20020316.htm#2 - for 2002-2006
3780 # From Paul Eggert (2016-09-25):
3781 # Prefer the above sources to Shanks & Pottenger for timestamps after 1985.
3782
3783 # From Steffen Thorsen (2007-03-09):
3784 # Starting 2007 though, it seems that they are adopting EU's 1:00 UTC
3785 # start/end time, according to the following page (2007-03-07):
3786 # http://www.ntvmsnbc.com/news/402029.asp
3787 # The official document is located here - it is in Turkish...:
3788 # http://rega.basbakanlik.gov.tr/eskiler/2007/03/20070307-7.htm
3789 # I was able to locate the following seemingly official document
3790 # (on a non-government server though) describing dates between 2002 and 2006:
3791 # http://www.alomaliye.com/bkk_2002_3769.htm
3792
3793 # From Gökdeniz Karadağ (2011-03-10):
3794 # According to the articles linked below, Turkey will change into summer
3795 # time zone (GMT+3) on March 28, 2011 at 3:00 a.m. instead of March 27.
3796 # This change is due to a nationwide exam on 27th.
3797 # https://www.worldbulletin.net/?aType=haber&ArticleID=70872
3798 # Turkish:
3799 # https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/yaz-saati-uygulamasi-bir-gun-ileri-alindi-17230464
3800
3801 # From Faruk Pasin (2014-02-14):
3802 # The DST for Turkey has been changed for this year because of the
3803 # Turkish Local election....
3804 # http://www.sabah.com.tr/Ekonomi/2014/02/12/yaz-saatinde-onemli-degisiklik
3805 # ... so Turkey will move clocks forward one hour on March 31 at 3:00 a.m.
3806 # From Randal L. Schwartz (2014-04-15):
3807 # Having landed on a flight from the states to Istanbul (via AMS) on March 31,
3808 # I can tell you that NOBODY (even the airlines) respected this timezone DST
3809 # change delay. Maybe the word just didn't get out in time.
3810 # From Paul Eggert (2014-06-15):
3811 # The press reported massive confusion, as election officials obeyed the rule
3812 # change but cell phones (and airline baggage systems) did not. See:
3813 # Kostidis M. Eventful elections in Turkey. Balkan News Agency
3814 # http://www.balkaneu.com/eventful-elections-turkey/ 2014-03-30.
3815 # I guess the best we can do is document the official time.
3816
3817 # From Fatih (2015-09-29):
3818 # It's officially announced now by the Ministry of Energy.
3819 # Turkey delays winter time to 8th of November 04:00
3820 # http://www.aa.com.tr/tr/turkiye/yaz-saati-uygulamasi-8-kasimda-sona-erecek/362217
3821 #
3822 # From BBC News (2015-10-25):
3823 # Confused Turks are asking "what's the time?" after automatic clocks defied a
3824 # government decision ... "For the next two weeks #Turkey is on EEST... Erdogan
3825 # Engineered Standard Time," said Twitter user @aysekarahasan.
3826 # http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34631326
3827
3828 # From Burak AYDIN (2016-09-08):
3829 # Turkey will stay in Daylight Saving Time even in winter....
3830 # http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2016/09/20160908-2.pdf
3831 #
3832 # From Paul Eggert (2016-09-07):
3833 # The change is permanent, so this is the new standard time in Turkey.
3834 # It takes effect today, which is not much notice.
3835
3836 # From Kıvanç Yazan (2017-10-28):
3837 # Turkey will go back to Daylight Saving Time starting 2018-10.
3838 # http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2017/10/20171028-5.pdf
3839 #
3840 # From Even Scharning (2017-11-08):
3841 # ... today it was announced that the DST will become "continuous":
3842 # http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/son-dakika-yaz-saati-uygulamasi-surekli-hale-geldi-40637482
3843 # From Paul Eggert (2017-11-08):
3844 # Although Google Translate misfires on that source, it looks like
3845 # Turkey reversed last month's decision, and so will stay at +03.
3846
3847 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
3848 Rule Turkey 1916 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S
3849 Rule Turkey 1916 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
3850 Rule Turkey 1920 only - Mar 28 0:00 1:00 S
3851 Rule Turkey 1920 only - Oct 25 0:00 0 -
3852 Rule Turkey 1921 only - Apr 3 0:00 1:00 S
3853 Rule Turkey 1921 only - Oct 3 0:00 0 -
3854 Rule Turkey 1922 only - Mar 26 0:00 1:00 S
3855 Rule Turkey 1922 only - Oct 8 0:00 0 -
3856 # Whitman gives 1923 Apr 28 - Sep 16 and no DST in 1924-1925;
3857 # go with Shanks & Pottenger.
3858 Rule Turkey 1924 only - May 13 0:00 1:00 S
3859 Rule Turkey 1924 1925 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
3860 Rule Turkey 1925 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S
3861 Rule Turkey 1940 only - Jul 1 0:00 1:00 S
3862 Rule Turkey 1940 only - Oct 6 0:00 0 -
3863 Rule Turkey 1940 only - Dec 1 0:00 1:00 S
3864 Rule Turkey 1941 only - Sep 21 0:00 0 -
3865 Rule Turkey 1942 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
3866 Rule Turkey 1945 only - Oct 8 0:00 0 -
3867 Rule Turkey 1946 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S
3868 Rule Turkey 1946 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
3869 Rule Turkey 1947 1948 - Apr Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 S
3870 Rule Turkey 1947 1951 - Oct Sun>=2 0:00 0 -
3871 Rule Turkey 1949 only - Apr 10 0:00 1:00 S
3872 Rule Turkey 1950 only - Apr 16 0:00 1:00 S
3873 Rule Turkey 1951 only - Apr 22 0:00 1:00 S
3874 # DST for 15 months; unusual but we'll let it pass.
3875 Rule Turkey 1962 only - Jul 15 0:00 1:00 S
3876 Rule Turkey 1963 only - Oct 30 0:00 0 -
3877 Rule Turkey 1964 only - May 15 0:00 1:00 S
3878 Rule Turkey 1964 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
3879 Rule Turkey 1973 only - Jun 3 1:00 1:00 S
3880 Rule Turkey 1973 1976 - Oct Sun>=31 2:00 0 -
3881 Rule Turkey 1974 only - Mar 31 2:00 1:00 S
3882 Rule Turkey 1975 only - Mar 22 2:00 1:00 S
3883 Rule Turkey 1976 only - Mar 21 2:00 1:00 S
3884 Rule Turkey 1977 1978 - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S
3885 Rule Turkey 1977 1978 - Oct Sun>=15 2:00 0 -
3886 Rule Turkey 1978 only - Jun 29 0:00 0 -
3887 Rule Turkey 1983 only - Jul 31 2:00 1:00 S
3888 Rule Turkey 1983 only - Oct 2 2:00 0 -
3889 Rule Turkey 1985 only - Apr 20 1:00s 1:00 S
3890 Rule Turkey 1985 only - Sep 28 1:00s 0 -
3891 Rule Turkey 1986 1993 - Mar lastSun 1:00s 1:00 S
3892 Rule Turkey 1986 1995 - Sep lastSun 1:00s 0 -
3893 Rule Turkey 1994 only - Mar 20 1:00s 1:00 S
3894 Rule Turkey 1995 2006 - Mar lastSun 1:00s 1:00 S
3895 Rule Turkey 1996 2006 - Oct lastSun 1:00s 0 -
3896 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
3897 Zone Europe/Istanbul 1:55:52 - LMT 1880
3898 1:56:56 - IMT 1910 Oct # Istanbul Mean Time?
3899 2:00 Turkey EE%sT 1978 Jun 29
3900 3:00 Turkey +03/+04 1984 Nov 1 2:00
3901 2:00 Turkey EE%sT 2007
3902 2:00 EU EE%sT 2011 Mar 27 1:00u
3903 2:00 - EET 2011 Mar 28 1:00u
3904 2:00 EU EE%sT 2014 Mar 30 1:00u
3905 2:00 - EET 2014 Mar 31 1:00u
3906 2:00 EU EE%sT 2015 Oct 25 1:00u
3907 2:00 1:00 EEST 2015 Nov 8 1:00u
3908 2:00 EU EE%sT 2016 Sep 7
3909 3:00 - +03
3910 Link Europe/Istanbul Asia/Istanbul # Istanbul is in both continents.
3911
3912 # Ukraine
3913 #
3914 # From Igor Karpov, who works for the Ukrainian Ministry of Justice,
3915 # via Garrett Wollman (2003-01-27):
3916 # BTW, I've found the official document on this matter. It's government
3917 # regulations No. 509, May 13, 1996. In my poor translation it says:
3918 # "Time in Ukraine is set to second timezone (Kiev time). Each last Sunday
3919 # of March at 3am the time is changing to 4am and each last Sunday of
3920 # October the time at 4am is changing to 3am"
3921
3922 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-09-20):
3923 # On September 20, 2011 the deputies of the Verkhovna Rada agreed to
3924 # abolish the transfer clock to winter time.
3925 #
3926 # Bill No. 8330 of MP from the Party of Regions Oleg Nadoshi got
3927 # approval from 266 deputies.
3928 #
3929 # Ukraine abolishes transfer back to the winter time (in Russian)
3930 # http://news.mail.ru/politics/6861560/
3931 #
3932 # The Ukrainians will no longer change the clock (in Russian)
3933 # http://www.segodnya.ua/news/14290482.html
3934 #
3935 # Deputies cancelled the winter time (in Russian)
3936 # https://www.pravda.com.ua/rus/news/2011/09/20/6600616/
3937 #
3938 # From Philip Pizzey (2011-10-18):
3939 # Today my Ukrainian colleagues have informed me that the
3940 # Ukrainian parliament have decided that they will go to winter
3941 # time this year after all.
3942 #
3943 # From Udo Schwedt (2011-10-18):
3944 # As far as I understand, the recent change to the Ukrainian time zone
3945 # (Europe/Kiev) to introduce permanent daylight saving time (similar
3946 # to Russia) was reverted today:
3947 # http://portal.rada.gov.ua/rada/control/en/publish/article/info_left?art_id=287324&cat_id=105995
3948 #
3949 # Also reported by Alexander Bokovoy (2011-10-18) who also noted:
3950 # The law documents themselves are at
3951 # http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/zweb_n/webproc4_1?id=&pf3511=41484
3952
3953 # From Vladimir in Moscow via Alois Treindl re Kiev time 1991/2 (2014-02-28):
3954 # First in Ukraine they changed Time zone from UTC+3 to UTC+2 with DST:
3955 # 03 25 1990 02:00 -03.00 1 Time Zone 3 with DST
3956 # 07 01 1990 02:00 -02.00 1 Time Zone 2 with DST
3957 # * Ukrainian Government's Resolution of 18.06.1990, No. 134.
3958 # http://search.ligazakon.ua/l_doc2.nsf/link1/T001500.html
3959 #
3960 # They did not end DST in September, 1990 (according to the law,
3961 # "summer time" was still in action):
3962 # 09 30 1990 03:00 -02.00 1 Time Zone 2 with DST
3963 # * Ukrainian Government's Resolution of 21.09.1990, No. 272.
3964 # http://search.ligazakon.ua/l_doc2.nsf/link1/KP900272.html
3965 #
3966 # Again no change in March, 1991 ("summer time" in action):
3967 # 03 31 1991 02:00 -02.00 1 Time Zone 2 with DST
3968 #
3969 # DST ended in September 1991 ("summer time" ended):
3970 # 09 29 1991 03:00 -02.00 0 Time Zone 2, no DST
3971 # * Ukrainian Government's Resolution of 25.09.1991, No. 225.
3972 # http://www.uazakon.com/documents/date_21/pg_iwgdoc.htm
3973 # This is an answer.
3974 #
3975 # Since 1992 they had normal DST procedure:
3976 # 03 29 1992 02:00 -02.00 1 DST started
3977 # 09 27 1992 03:00 -02.00 0 DST ended
3978 # * Ukrainian Government's Resolution of 20.03.1992, No. 139.
3979 # http://www.uazakon.com/documents/date_8u/pg_grcasa.htm
3980
3981 # From Paul Eggert (2018-10-03):
3982 # As is usual in tzdb, Ukrainian zones use the most common English spellings.
3983 # For example, tzdb uses Europe/Kiev, as "Kiev" is the most common spelling in
3984 # English for Ukraine's capital, even though it is certainly wrong as a
3985 # transliteration of the Ukrainian "Київ". This is similar to tzdb's use of
3986 # Europe/Prague, which is certainly wrong as a transliteration of the Czech
3987 # "Praha". ("Kiev" came from old Slavic via Russian to English, and "Prague"
3988 # came from old Slavic via French to English, so the two cases have something
3989 # in common.) Admittedly English-language spelling of Ukrainian names is
3990 # controversial, and some day "Kyiv" may become substantially more popular in
3991 # English; in the meantime, stick with the traditional English "Kiev" as that
3992 # means less disruption for our users.
3993
3994 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
3995 # This represents most of Ukraine. See above for the spelling of "Kiev".
3996 Zone Europe/Kiev 2:02:04 - LMT 1880
3997 2:02:04 - KMT 1924 May 2 # Kiev Mean Time
3998 2:00 - EET 1930 Jun 21
3999 3:00 - MSK 1941 Sep 20
4000 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1943 Nov 6
4001 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 1990 Jul 1 2:00
4002 2:00 1:00 EEST 1991 Sep 29 3:00
4003 2:00 E-Eur EE%sT 1995
4004 2:00 EU EE%sT
4005 # Ruthenia used CET 1990/1991.
4006 # "Uzhhorod" is the transliteration of the Rusyn/Ukrainian pronunciation, but
4007 # "Uzhgorod" is more common in English.
4008 Zone Europe/Uzhgorod 1:29:12 - LMT 1890 Oct
4009 1:00 - CET 1940
4010 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1944 Oct
4011 1:00 1:00 CEST 1944 Oct 26
4012 1:00 - CET 1945 Jun 29
4013 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 1990
4014 3:00 - MSK 1990 Jul 1 2:00
4015 1:00 - CET 1991 Mar 31 3:00
4016 2:00 - EET 1992
4017 2:00 E-Eur EE%sT 1995
4018 2:00 EU EE%sT
4019 # Zaporozh'ye and eastern Lugansk oblasts observed DST 1990/1991.
4020 # "Zaporizhia" is the transliteration of the Ukrainian name, but
4021 # "Zaporozh'ye" is more common in English. Use the common English
4022 # spelling, except omit the apostrophe as it is not allowed in
4023 # portable Posix file names.
4024 Zone Europe/Zaporozhye 2:20:40 - LMT 1880
4025 2:20 - +0220 1924 May 2
4026 2:00 - EET 1930 Jun 21
4027 3:00 - MSK 1941 Aug 25
4028 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1943 Oct 25
4029 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 1991 Mar 31 2:00
4030 2:00 E-Eur EE%sT 1995
4031 2:00 EU EE%sT
4032
4033 # Vatican City
4034 # See Europe/Rome.
4035
4036 ###############################################################################
4037
4038 # One source shows that Bulgaria, Cyprus, Finland, and Greece observe DST from
4039 # the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in September in 1986.
4040 # The source shows Romania changing a day later than everybody else.
4041 #
4042 # According to Bernard Sieloff's source, Poland is in the MET time zone but
4043 # uses the WE DST rules. The Western USSR uses EET+1 and ME DST rules.
4044 # Bernard Sieloff's source claims Romania switches on the same day, but at
4045 # 00:00 standard time (i.e., 01:00 DST). It also claims that Turkey
4046 # switches on the same day, but switches on at 01:00 standard time
4047 # and off at 00:00 standard time (i.e., 01:00 DST)
4048
4049 # ...
4050 # Date: Wed, 28 Jan 87 16:56:27 -0100
4051 # From: Tom Hofmann
4052 # ...
4053 #
4054 # ...the European time rules are...standardized since 1981, when
4055 # most European countries started DST. Before that year, only
4056 # a few countries (UK, France, Italy) had DST, each according
4057 # to own national rules. In 1981, however, DST started on
4058 # 'Apr firstSun', and not on 'Mar lastSun' as in the following
4059 # years...
4060 # But also since 1981 there are some more national exceptions
4061 # than listed in 'europe': Switzerland, for example, joined DST
4062 # one year later, Denmark ended DST on 'Oct 1' instead of 'Sep
4063 # lastSun' in 1981 - I don't know how they handle now.
4064 #
4065 # Finally, DST ist always from 'Apr 1' to 'Oct 1' in the
4066 # Soviet Union (as far as I know).
4067 #
4068 # Tom Hofmann, Scientific Computer Center, CIBA-GEIGY AG,
4069 # 4002 Basle, Switzerland
4070 # ...
4071
4072 # ...
4073 # Date: Wed, 4 Feb 87 22:35:22 +0100
4074 # From: Dik T. Winter
4075 # ...
4076 #
4077 # The information from Tom Hofmann is (as far as I know) not entirely correct.
4078 # After a request from chongo at amdahl I tried to retrieve all information
4079 # about DST in Europe. I was able to find all from about 1969.
4080 #
4081 # ...standardization on DST in Europe started in about 1977 with switches on
4082 # first Sunday in April and last Sunday in September...
4083 # In 1981 UK joined Europe insofar that
4084 # the starting day for both shifted to last Sunday in March. And from 1982
4085 # the whole of Europe used DST, with switch dates April 1 and October 1 in
4086 # the Sov[i]et Union. In 1985 the SU reverted to standard Europe[a]n switch
4087 # dates...
4088 #
4089 # It should also be remembered that time-zones are not constants; e.g.
4090 # Portugal switched in 1976 from MET (or CET) to WET with DST...
4091 # Note also that though there were rules for switch dates not
4092 # all countries abided to these dates, and many individual deviations
4093 # occurred, though not since 1982 I believe. Another note: it is always
4094 # assumed that DST is 1 hour ahead of normal time, this need not be the
4095 # case; at least in the Netherlands there have been times when DST was 2 hours
4096 # in advance of normal time.
4097 #
4098 # ...
4099 # dik t. winter, cwi, amsterdam, nederland
4100 # ...
4101
4102 # From Bob Devine (1988-01-28):
4103 # ...
4104 # Greece: Last Sunday in April to last Sunday in September (iffy on dates).
4105 # Since 1978. Change at midnight.
4106 # ...
4107 # Monaco: has same DST as France.
4108 # ...