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  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 # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
 848 Rule    Austria 1920    only    -       Apr      5      2:00s   1:00    S
 849 Rule    Austria 1920    only    -       Sep     13      2:00s   0       -
 850 Rule    Austria 1946    only    -       Apr     14      2:00s   1:00    S
 851 Rule    Austria 1946    1948    -       Oct     Sun>=1       2:00s   0       -
 852 Rule    Austria 1947    only    -       Apr      6      2:00s   1:00    S
 853 Rule    Austria 1948    only    -       Apr     18      2:00s   1:00    S
 854 Rule    Austria 1980    only    -       Apr      6      0:00    1:00    S
 855 Rule    Austria 1980    only    -       Sep     28      0:00    0       -
 856 # Zone  NAME            STDOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
 857 Zone    Europe/Vienna   1:05:21 -       LMT     1893 Apr
 858                         1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1920
 859                         1:00    Austria CE%sT   1940 Apr  1  2:00s
 860                         1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1945 Apr  2  2:00s
 861                         1:00    1:00    CEST    1945 Apr 12  2:00s
 862                         1:00    -       CET     1946
 863                         1:00    Austria CE%sT   1981
 864                         1:00    EU      CE%sT
 865 
 866 # Belarus
 867 #
 868 # From Stepan Golosunov (2016-07-02):
 869 # http://www.lawbelarus.com/repub/sub30/texf9611.htm
 870 # (Act of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus from
 871 # 1992-03-25 No. 157) ... says clocks were to be moved forward at 2:00
 872 # on last Sunday of March and backward at 3:00 on last Sunday of September
 873 # (the same as previous USSR and contemporary Russian regulations).
 874 #
 875 # From Yauhen Kharuzhy (2011-09-16):
 876 # By latest Belarus government act Europe/Minsk timezone was changed to
 877 # GMT+3 without DST (was GMT+2 with DST).
 878 #
 879 # Sources (Russian language):
 880 # http://www.belta.by/ru/all_news/society/V-Belarusi-otmenjaetsja-perexod-na-sezonnoe-vremja_i_572952.html
 881 # http://naviny.by/rubrics/society/2011/09/16/ic_articles_116_175144/
 882 # https://news.tut.by/society/250578.html
 883 #
 884 # From Alexander Bokovoy (2014-10-09):
 885 # Belarussian government decided against changing to winter time....
 886 # http://eng.belta.by/all_news/society/Belarus-decides-against-adjusting-time-in-Russias-wake_i_76335.html
 887 #
 888 # Zone  NAME            STDOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
 889 Zone    Europe/Minsk    1:50:16 -       LMT     1880
 890                         1:50    -       MMT     1924 May  2 # Minsk Mean Time
 891                         2:00    -       EET     1930 Jun 21
 892                         3:00    -       MSK     1941 Jun 28
 893                         1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1944 Jul  3
 894                         3:00    Russia  MSK/MSD 1990
 895                         3:00    -       MSK     1991 Mar 31  2:00s
 896                         2:00    Russia  EE%sT   2011 Mar 27  2:00s
 897                         3:00    -       +03
 898 
 899 # Belgium
 900 #
 901 # From Paul Eggert (1997-07-02):
 902 # Entries from 1918 through 1991 are taken from:
 903 #       Annuaire de L'Observatoire Royal de Belgique,
 904 #       Avenue Circulaire, 3, B-1180 BRUXELLES, CLVIIe année, 1991
 905 #       (Imprimerie HAYEZ, s.p.r.l., Rue Fin, 4, 1080 BRUXELLES, MCMXC),
 906 #       pp 8-9.
 907 # LMT before 1892 was 0:17:30, according to the official journal of Belgium:
 908 #       Moniteur Belge, Samedi 30 Avril 1892, N.121.
 909 # Thanks to Pascal Delmoitie for these references.
 910 # The 1918 rules are listed for completeness; they apply to unoccupied Belgium.
 911 # Assume Brussels switched to WET in 1918 when the armistice took effect.
 912 #
 913 # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
 914 Rule    Belgium 1918    only    -       Mar      9       0:00s  1:00    S
 915 Rule    Belgium 1918    1919    -       Oct     Sat>=1       23:00s  0       -
 916 Rule    Belgium 1919    only    -       Mar      1      23:00s  1:00    S
 917 Rule    Belgium 1920    only    -       Feb     14      23:00s  1:00    S
 918 Rule    Belgium 1920    only    -       Oct     23      23:00s  0       -
 919 Rule    Belgium 1921    only    -       Mar     14      23:00s  1:00    S
 920 Rule    Belgium 1921    only    -       Oct     25      23:00s  0       -
 921 Rule    Belgium 1922    only    -       Mar     25      23:00s  1:00    S
 922 Rule    Belgium 1922    1927    -       Oct     Sat>=1       23:00s  0       -
 923 Rule    Belgium 1923    only    -       Apr     21      23:00s  1:00    S
 924 Rule    Belgium 1924    only    -       Mar     29      23:00s  1:00    S
 925 Rule    Belgium 1925    only    -       Apr      4      23:00s  1:00    S
 926 # DSH writes that a royal decree of 1926-02-22 specified the Sun following 3rd
 927 # Sat in Apr (except if it's Easter, in which case it's one Sunday earlier),
 928 # to Sun following 1st Sat in Oct, and that a royal decree of 1928-09-15
 929 # changed the transition times to 02:00 GMT.
 930 Rule    Belgium 1926    only    -       Apr     17      23:00s  1:00    S
 931 Rule    Belgium 1927    only    -       Apr      9      23:00s  1:00    S
 932 Rule    Belgium 1928    only    -       Apr     14      23:00s  1:00    S
 933 Rule    Belgium 1928    1938    -       Oct     Sun>=2        2:00s  0       -
 934 Rule    Belgium 1929    only    -       Apr     21       2:00s  1:00    S
 935 Rule    Belgium 1930    only    -       Apr     13       2:00s  1:00    S
 936 Rule    Belgium 1931    only    -       Apr     19       2:00s  1:00    S
 937 Rule    Belgium 1932    only    -       Apr      3       2:00s  1:00    S
 938 Rule    Belgium 1933    only    -       Mar     26       2:00s  1:00    S
 939 Rule    Belgium 1934    only    -       Apr      8       2:00s  1:00    S
 940 Rule    Belgium 1935    only    -       Mar     31       2:00s  1:00    S
 941 Rule    Belgium 1936    only    -       Apr     19       2:00s  1:00    S
 942 Rule    Belgium 1937    only    -       Apr      4       2:00s  1:00    S
 943 Rule    Belgium 1938    only    -       Mar     27       2:00s  1:00    S
 944 Rule    Belgium 1939    only    -       Apr     16       2:00s  1:00    S
 945 Rule    Belgium 1939    only    -       Nov     19       2:00s  0       -
 946 Rule    Belgium 1940    only    -       Feb     25       2:00s  1:00    S
 947 Rule    Belgium 1944    only    -       Sep     17       2:00s  0       -
 948 Rule    Belgium 1945    only    -       Apr      2       2:00s  1:00    S
 949 Rule    Belgium 1945    only    -       Sep     16       2:00s  0       -
 950 Rule    Belgium 1946    only    -       May     19       2:00s  1:00    S
 951 Rule    Belgium 1946    only    -       Oct      7       2:00s  0       -
 952 # Zone  NAME            STDOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
 953 Zone    Europe/Brussels 0:17:30 -       LMT     1880
 954                         0:17:30 -       BMT     1892 May  1 12:00  # Brussels MT
 955                         0:00    -       WET     1914 Nov  8
 956                         1:00    -       CET     1916 May  1  0:00
 957                         1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1918 Nov 11 11:00u
 958                         0:00    Belgium WE%sT   1940 May 20  2:00s
 959                         1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1944 Sep  3
 960                         1:00    Belgium CE%sT   1977
 961                         1:00    EU      CE%sT
 962 
 963 # Bosnia and Herzegovina
 964 # See Europe/Belgrade.
 965 
 966 # Bulgaria
 967 #
 968 # From Plamen Simenov via Steffen Thorsen (1999-09-09):
 969 # A document of Government of Bulgaria (No. 94/1997) says:
 970 # EET -> EETDST is in 03:00 Local time in last Sunday of March ...
 971 # EETDST -> EET is in 04:00 Local time in last Sunday of October
 972 #
 973 # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
 974 Rule    Bulg    1979    only    -       Mar     31      23:00   1:00    S
 975 Rule    Bulg    1979    only    -       Oct      1       1:00   0       -
 976 Rule    Bulg    1980    1982    -       Apr     Sat>=1       23:00   1:00    S
 977 Rule    Bulg    1980    only    -       Sep     29       1:00   0       -
 978 Rule    Bulg    1981    only    -       Sep     27       2:00   0       -
 979 # Zone  NAME            STDOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
 980 Zone    Europe/Sofia    1:33:16 -       LMT     1880
 981                         1:56:56 -       IMT     1894 Nov 30 # Istanbul MT?
 982                         2:00    -       EET     1942 Nov  2  3:00
 983                         1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1945
 984                         1:00    -       CET     1945 Apr  2  3:00
 985                         2:00    -       EET     1979 Mar 31 23:00
 986                         2:00    Bulg    EE%sT   1982 Sep 26  3:00
 987                         2:00    C-Eur   EE%sT   1991
 988                         2:00    E-Eur   EE%sT   1997
 989                         2:00    EU      EE%sT
 990 
 991 # Croatia
 992 # See Europe/Belgrade.
 993 
 994 # Cyprus
 995 # Please see the 'asia' file for Asia/Nicosia.
 996 
 997 # Czech Republic / Czechia
 998 #
 999 # From Paul Eggert (2018-04-15):
1000 # The source for Czech data is: Kdy začíná a končí letní čas. 2018-04-15.
1001 # https://kalendar.beda.cz/kdy-zacina-a-konci-letni-cas
1002 # We know of no English-language name for historical Czech winter time;
1003 # abbreviate it as "GMT", as it happened to be GMT.
1004 #
1005 # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
1006 Rule    Czech   1945    only    -       Apr     Mon>=1       2:00s   1:00    S
1007 Rule    Czech   1945    only    -       Oct      1      2:00s   0       -
1008 Rule    Czech   1946    only    -       May      6      2:00s   1:00    S
1009 Rule    Czech   1946    1949    -       Oct     Sun>=1       2:00s   0       -
1010 Rule    Czech   1947    1948    -       Apr     Sun>=15      2:00s   1:00    S
1011 Rule    Czech   1949    only    -       Apr      9      2:00s   1:00    S
1012 # Zone  NAME            STDOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
1013 Zone    Europe/Prague   0:57:44 -       LMT     1850
1014                         0:57:44 -       PMT     1891 Oct    # Prague Mean Time
1015                         1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1945 May  9
1016                         1:00    Czech   CE%sT   1946 Dec  1  3:00
1017 # Vanguard section, for zic and other parsers that support negative DST.
1018                         1:00    -1:00   GMT     1947 Feb 23  2:00
1019 # Rearguard section, for parsers that do not support negative DST.
1020 #                       0:00    -       GMT     1947 Feb 23  2:00
1021 # End of rearguard section.
1022                         1:00    Czech   CE%sT   1979
1023                         1:00    EU      CE%sT
1024 # Use Europe/Prague also for Slovakia.
1025 
1026 # Denmark, Faroe Islands, and Greenland
1027 
1028 # From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2005-04-26):
1029 # http://www.hum.aau.dk/~poe/tid/tine/DanskTid.htm says that the law
1030 # [introducing standard time] was in effect from 1894-01-01....
1031 # The page http://www.retsinfo.dk/_GETDOCI_/ACCN/A18930008330-REGL
1032 # confirms this, and states that the law was put forth 1893-03-29.
1033 #
1034 # The EU [actually, EEC and Euratom] treaty with effect from 1973:
1035 # http://www.retsinfo.dk/_GETDOCI_/ACCN/A19722110030-REGL
1036 #
1037 # This provoked a new law from 1974 to make possible summer time changes
1038 # in subsequent decrees with the law
1039 # http://www.retsinfo.dk/_GETDOCI_/ACCN/A19740022330-REGL
1040 #
1041 # It seems however that no decree was set forward until 1980.  I have
1042 # not found any decree, but in another related law, the effecting DST
1043 # changes are stated explicitly to be from 1980-04-06 at 02:00 to
1044 # 1980-09-28 at 02:00.  If this is true, this differs slightly from
1045 # the EU rule in that DST runs to 02:00, not 03:00.  We don't know
1046 # when Denmark began using the EU rule correctly, but we have only
1047 # confirmation of the 1980-time, so I presume it was correct in 1981:
1048 # The law is about the management of the extra hour, concerning
1049 # working hours reported and effect on obligatory-rest rules (which
1050 # was suspended on that night):
1051 # http://www.retsinfo.dk/_GETDOCI_/ACCN/C19801120554-REGL
1052 
1053 # From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2005-06-11):
1054 # The Herning Folkeblad (1980-09-26) reported that the night between
1055 # Saturday and Sunday the clock is set back from three to two.
1056 
1057 # From Paul Eggert (2005-06-11):
1058 # Hence the "02:00" of the 1980 law refers to standard time, not
1059 # wall-clock time, and so the EU rules were in effect in 1980.
1060 
1061 # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
1062 Rule    Denmark 1916    only    -       May     14      23:00   1:00    S
1063 Rule    Denmark 1916    only    -       Sep     30      23:00   0       -
1064 Rule    Denmark 1940    only    -       May     15       0:00   1:00    S
1065 Rule    Denmark 1945    only    -       Apr      2       2:00s  1:00    S
1066 Rule    Denmark 1945    only    -       Aug     15       2:00s  0       -
1067 Rule    Denmark 1946    only    -       May      1       2:00s  1:00    S
1068 Rule    Denmark 1946    only    -       Sep      1       2:00s  0       -
1069 Rule    Denmark 1947    only    -       May      4       2:00s  1:00    S
1070 Rule    Denmark 1947    only    -       Aug     10       2:00s  0       -
1071 Rule    Denmark 1948    only    -       May      9       2:00s  1:00    S
1072 Rule    Denmark 1948    only    -       Aug      8       2:00s  0       -
1073 #
1074 # Zone  NAME            STDOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
1075 Zone Europe/Copenhagen   0:50:20 -      LMT     1890
1076                          0:50:20 -      CMT     1894 Jan  1 # Copenhagen MT
1077                          1:00   Denmark CE%sT   1942 Nov  2  2:00s
1078                          1:00   C-Eur   CE%sT   1945 Apr  2  2:00
1079                          1:00   Denmark CE%sT   1980
1080                          1:00   EU      CE%sT
1081 Zone Atlantic/Faroe     -0:27:04 -      LMT     1908 Jan 11 # Tórshavn
1082                          0:00   -       WET     1981
1083                          0:00   EU      WE%sT
1084 #
1085 # From Paul Eggert (2004-10-31):
1086 # During World War II, Germany maintained secret manned weather stations in
1087 # East Greenland and Franz Josef Land, but we don't know their time zones.
1088 # My source for this is Wilhelm Dege's book mentioned under Svalbard.
1089 #
1090 # From Paul Eggert (2017-12-10):
1091 # Greenland joined the European Communities as part of Denmark,
1092 # obtained home rule on 1979-05-01, and left the European Communities
1093 # on 1985-02-01.  It therefore should have been using EU
1094 # rules at least through 1984.  Shanks & Pottenger say Scoresbysund and Godthåb
1095 # used C-Eur rules after 1980, but IATA SSIM (1991/1996) says they use EU
1096 # rules since at least 1991.  Assume EU rules since 1980.
1097 
1098 # From Gwillim Law (2001-06-06), citing
1099 # <http://www.statkart.no/efs/efshefter/2001/efs5-2001.pdf> (2001-03-15),
1100 # and with translations corrected by Steffen Thorsen:
1101 #
1102 # Greenland has four local times, and the relation to UTC
1103 # is according to the following time line:
1104 #
1105 # The military zone near Thule  UTC-4
1106 # Standard Greenland time       UTC-3
1107 # Scoresbysund                  UTC-1
1108 # Danmarkshavn                  UTC
1109 #
1110 # In the military area near Thule and in Danmarkshavn DST will not be
1111 # introduced.
1112 
1113 # From Rives McDow (2001-11-01):
1114 #
1115 # I correspond regularly with the Dansk Polarcenter, and wrote them at
1116 # the time to clarify the situation in Thule.  Unfortunately, I have
1117 # not heard back from them regarding my recent letter.  [But I have
1118 # info from earlier correspondence.]
1119 #
1120 # According to the center, a very small local time zone around Thule
1121 # Air Base keeps the time according to UTC-4, implementing daylight
1122 # savings using North America rules, changing the time at 02:00 local time....
1123 #
1124 # The east coast of Greenland north of the community of Scoresbysund
1125 # uses UTC in the same way as in Iceland, year round, with no dst.
1126 # There are just a few stations on this coast, including the
1127 # Danmarkshavn ICAO weather station mentioned in your September 29th
1128 # email.  The other stations are two sledge patrol stations in
1129 # Mestersvig and Daneborg, the air force base at Station Nord, and the
1130 # DPC research station at Zackenberg.
1131 #
1132 # Scoresbysund and two small villages nearby keep time UTC-1 and use
1133 # the same daylight savings time period as in West Greenland (Godthåb).
1134 #
1135 # The rest of Greenland, including Godthåb (this area, although it
1136 # includes central Greenland, is known as west Greenland), keeps time
1137 # UTC-3, with daylight savings methods according to European rules.
1138 #
1139 # It is common procedure to use UTC 0 in the wilderness of East and
1140 # North Greenland, because it is mainly Icelandic aircraft operators
1141 # maintaining traffic in these areas.  However, the official status of
1142 # this area is that it sticks with Godthåb time.  This area might be
1143 # considered a dual time zone in some respects because of this.
1144 
1145 # From Rives McDow (2001-11-19):
1146 # I heard back from someone stationed at Thule; the time change took place
1147 # there at 2:00 AM.
1148 
1149 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
1150 # From 1997 on the CIA map shows Danmarkshavn on GMT;
1151 # the 1995 map as like Godthåb.
1152 # For lack of better info, assume they were like Godthåb before 1996.
1153 # startkart.no says Thule does not observe DST, but this is clearly an error,
1154 # so go with Shanks & Pottenger for Thule transitions until this year.
1155 # For 2007 on assume Thule will stay in sync with US DST rules.
1156 
1157 # From J William Piggott (2016-02-20):
1158 # "Greenland north of the community of Scoresbysund" is officially named
1159 # "National Park" by Executive Order:
1160 # http://naalakkersuisut.gl/~/media/Nanoq/Files/Attached%20Files/Engelske-tekster/Legislation/Executive%20Order%20National%20Park.rtf
1161 # It is their only National Park.
1162 #
1163 # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
1164 Rule    Thule   1991    1992    -       Mar     lastSun 2:00    1:00    D
1165 Rule    Thule   1991    1992    -       Sep     lastSun 2:00    0       S
1166 Rule    Thule   1993    2006    -       Apr     Sun>=1       2:00    1:00    D
1167 Rule    Thule   1993    2006    -       Oct     lastSun 2:00    0       S
1168 Rule    Thule   2007    max     -       Mar     Sun>=8       2:00    1:00    D
1169 Rule    Thule   2007    max     -       Nov     Sun>=1       2:00    0       S
1170 #
1171 # Zone  NAME            STDOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
1172 Zone America/Danmarkshavn -1:14:40 -    LMT     1916 Jul 28
1173                         -3:00   -       -03     1980 Apr  6  2:00
1174                         -3:00   EU      -03/-02 1996
1175                         0:00    -       GMT
1176 Zone America/Scoresbysund -1:27:52 -    LMT     1916 Jul 28 # Ittoqqortoormiit
1177                         -2:00   -       -02     1980 Apr  6  2:00
1178                         -2:00   C-Eur   -02/-01 1981 Mar 29
1179                         -1:00   EU      -01/+00
1180 Zone America/Godthab    -3:26:56 -      LMT     1916 Jul 28 # Nuuk
1181                         -3:00   -       -03     1980 Apr  6  2:00
1182                         -3:00   EU      -03/-02
1183 Zone America/Thule      -4:35:08 -      LMT     1916 Jul 28 # Pituffik air base
1184                         -4:00   Thule   A%sT
1185 
1186 # Estonia
1187 #
1188 # From Paul Eggert (2016-03-18):
1189 # The 1989 transition is from USSR act No. 227 (1989-03-14).
1190 #
1191 # From Peter Ilieve (1994-10-15):
1192 # A relative in Tallinn confirms the accuracy of the data for 1989 onwards
1193 # [through 1994] and gives the legal authority for it,
1194 # a regulation of the Government of Estonia, No. 111 of 1989....
1195 #
1196 # From Peter Ilieve (1996-10-28):
1197 # [IATA SSIM (1992/1996) claims that the Baltic republics switch at 01:00s,
1198 # but a relative confirms that Estonia still switches at 02:00s, writing:]
1199 # "I do not [know] exactly but there are some little different
1200 # (confusing) rules for International Air and Railway Transport Schedules
1201 # conversion in Sunday connected with end of summer time in Estonia....
1202 # A discussion is running about the summer time efficiency and effect on
1203 # human physiology.  It seems that Estonia maybe will not change to
1204 # summer time next spring."
1205 
1206 # From Peter Ilieve (1998-11-04), heavily edited:
1207 # The 1998-09-22 Estonian time law
1208 # http://trip.rk.ee/cgi-bin/thw?${BASE}=akt&${OOHTML}=rtd&TA=1998&TO=1&AN=1390
1209 # refers to the Eighth Directive and cites the association agreement between
1210 # the EU and Estonia, ratified by the Estonian law (RT II 1995, 22-27, 120).
1211 #
1212 # I also asked [my relative] whether they use any standard abbreviation
1213 # for their standard and summer times. He says no, they use "suveaeg"
1214 # (summer time) and "talveaeg" (winter time).
1215 
1216 # From The Baltic Times <https://www.baltictimes.com/> (1999-09-09)
1217 # via Steffen Thorsen:
1218 # This year will mark the last time Estonia shifts to summer time,
1219 # a council of the ruling coalition announced Sept. 6....
1220 # But what this could mean for Estonia's chances of joining the European
1221 # Union are still unclear.  In 1994, the EU declared summer time compulsory
1222 # for all member states until 2001.  Brussels has yet to decide what to do
1223 # after that.
1224 
1225 # From Mart Oruaas (2000-01-29):
1226 # Regulation No. 301 (1999-10-12) obsoletes previous regulation
1227 # No. 206 (1998-09-22) and thus sticks Estonia to +02:00 GMT for all
1228 # the year round.  The regulation is effective 1999-11-01.
1229 
1230 # From Toomas Soome (2002-02-21):
1231 # The Estonian government has changed once again timezone politics.
1232 # Now we are using again EU rules.
1233 #
1234 # From Urmet Jänes (2002-03-28):
1235 # The legislative reference is Government decree No. 84 on 2002-02-21.
1236 
1237 # Zone  NAME            STDOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
1238 Zone    Europe/Tallinn  1:39:00 -       LMT     1880
1239                         1:39:00 -       TMT     1918 Feb    # Tallinn Mean Time
1240                         1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1919 Jul
1241                         1:39:00 -       TMT     1921 May
1242                         2:00    -       EET     1940 Aug  6
1243                         3:00    -       MSK     1941 Sep 15
1244                         1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1944 Sep 22
1245                         3:00    Russia  MSK/MSD 1989 Mar 26  2:00s
1246                         2:00    1:00    EEST    1989 Sep 24  2:00s
1247                         2:00    C-Eur   EE%sT   1998 Sep 22
1248                         2:00    EU      EE%sT   1999 Oct 31  4:00
1249                         2:00    -       EET     2002 Feb 21
1250                         2:00    EU      EE%sT
1251 
1252 # Finland
1253 
1254 # From Hannu Strang (1994-09-25 06:03:37 UTC):
1255 # Well, here in Helsinki we're just changing from summer time to regular one,
1256 # and it's supposed to change at 4am...
1257 
1258 # From Janne Snabb (2010-07-15):
1259 #
1260 # I noticed that the Finland data is not accurate for years 1981 and 1982.
1261 # During these two first trial years the DST adjustment was made one hour
1262 # earlier than in forthcoming years. Starting 1983 the adjustment was made
1263 # according to the central European standards.
1264 #
1265 # This is documented in Heikki Oja: Aikakirja 2007, published by The Almanac
1266 # Office of University of Helsinki, ISBN 952-10-3221-9, available online (in
1267 # Finnish) at
1268 # https://almanakka.helsinki.fi/aikakirja/Aikakirja2007kokonaan.pdf
1269 #
1270 # Page 105 (56 in PDF version) has a handy table of all past daylight savings
1271 # transitions. It is easy enough to interpret without Finnish skills.
1272 #
1273 # This is also confirmed by Finnish Broadcasting Company's archive at:
1274 # http://www.yle.fi/elavaarkisto/?s=s&g=1&ag=5&t=&a=3401
1275 #
1276 # The news clip from 1981 says that "the time between 2 and 3 o'clock does not
1277 # exist tonight."
1278 
1279 # From Konstantin Hyppönen (2014-06-13):
1280 # [Heikki Oja's book Aikakirja 2013]
1281 # https://almanakka.helsinki.fi/images/aikakirja/Aikakirja2013kokonaan.pdf
1282 # pages 104-105, including a scan from a newspaper published on Apr 2 1942
1283 # say that ... [o]n Apr 2 1942, 24 o'clock (which means Apr 3 1942,
1284 # 00:00), clocks were moved one hour forward. The newspaper
1285 # mentions "on the night from Thursday to Friday"....
1286 # On Oct 4 1942, clocks were moved at 1:00 one hour backwards.
1287 #
1288 # From Paul Eggert (2014-06-14):
1289 # Go with Oja over Shanks.
1290 
1291 # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
1292 Rule    Finland 1942    only    -       Apr     2       24:00   1:00    S
1293 Rule    Finland 1942    only    -       Oct     4       1:00    0       -
1294 Rule    Finland 1981    1982    -       Mar     lastSun 2:00    1:00    S
1295 Rule    Finland 1981    1982    -       Sep     lastSun 3:00    0       -
1296 
1297 # Milne says Helsinki (Helsingfors) time was 1:39:49.2 (official document);
1298 # round to nearest.
1299 
1300 # Zone  NAME            STDOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
1301 Zone    Europe/Helsinki 1:39:49 -       LMT     1878 May 31
1302                         1:39:49 -       HMT     1921 May    # Helsinki Mean Time
1303                         2:00    Finland EE%sT   1983
1304                         2:00    EU      EE%sT
1305 
1306 # Åland Is
1307 Link    Europe/Helsinki Europe/Mariehamn
1308 
1309 
1310 # France
1311 
1312 # From Ciro Discepolo (2000-12-20):
1313 #
1314 # Henri Le Corre, Régimes horaires pour le monde entier, Éditions
1315 # Traditionnelles - Paris 2 books, 1993
1316 #
1317 # Gabriel, Traité de l'heure dans le monde, Guy Trédaniel,
1318 # Paris, 1991
1319 #
1320 # Françoise Gauquelin, Problèmes de l'heure résolus en astrologie,
1321 # Guy Trédaniel, Paris 1987
1322 
1323 
1324 #
1325 # Shank & Pottenger seem to use '24:00' ambiguously; resolve it with Whitman.
1326 # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
1327 Rule    France  1916    only    -       Jun     14      23:00s  1:00    S
1328 Rule    France  1916    1919    -       Oct     Sun>=1       23:00s  0       -
1329 Rule    France  1917    only    -       Mar     24      23:00s  1:00    S
1330 Rule    France  1918    only    -       Mar      9      23:00s  1:00    S
1331 Rule    France  1919    only    -       Mar      1      23:00s  1:00    S
1332 Rule    France  1920    only    -       Feb     14      23:00s  1:00    S
1333 Rule    France  1920    only    -       Oct     23      23:00s  0       -
1334 Rule    France  1921    only    -       Mar     14      23:00s  1:00    S
1335 Rule    France  1921    only    -       Oct     25      23:00s  0       -
1336 Rule    France  1922    only    -       Mar     25      23:00s  1:00    S
1337 # DSH writes that a law of 1923-05-24 specified 3rd Sat in Apr at 23:00 to 1st
1338 # Sat in Oct at 24:00; and that in 1930, because of Easter, the transitions
1339 # were Apr 12 and Oct 5.  Go with Shanks & Pottenger.
1340 Rule    France  1922    1938    -       Oct     Sat>=1       23:00s  0       -
1341 Rule    France  1923    only    -       May     26      23:00s  1:00    S
1342 Rule    France  1924    only    -       Mar     29      23:00s  1:00    S
1343 Rule    France  1925    only    -       Apr      4      23:00s  1:00    S
1344 Rule    France  1926    only    -       Apr     17      23:00s  1:00    S
1345 Rule    France  1927    only    -       Apr      9      23:00s  1:00    S
1346 Rule    France  1928    only    -       Apr     14      23:00s  1:00    S
1347 Rule    France  1929    only    -       Apr     20      23:00s  1:00    S
1348 Rule    France  1930    only    -       Apr     12      23:00s  1:00    S
1349 Rule    France  1931    only    -       Apr     18      23:00s  1:00    S
1350 Rule    France  1932    only    -       Apr      2      23:00s  1:00    S
1351 Rule    France  1933    only    -       Mar     25      23:00s  1:00    S
1352 Rule    France  1934    only    -       Apr      7      23:00s  1:00    S
1353 Rule    France  1935    only    -       Mar     30      23:00s  1:00    S
1354 Rule    France  1936    only    -       Apr     18      23:00s  1:00    S
1355 Rule    France  1937    only    -       Apr      3      23:00s  1:00    S
1356 Rule    France  1938    only    -       Mar     26      23:00s  1:00    S
1357 Rule    France  1939    only    -       Apr     15      23:00s  1:00    S
1358 Rule    France  1939    only    -       Nov     18      23:00s  0       -
1359 Rule    France  1940    only    -       Feb     25       2:00   1:00    S
1360 # The French rules for 1941-1944 were not used in Paris, but Shanks & Pottenger
1361 # write that they were used in Monaco and in many French locations.
1362 # Le Corre writes that the upper limit of the free zone was Arnéguy, Orthez,
1363 # Mont-de-Marsan, Bazas, Langon, Lamothe-Montravel, Marœuil, La
1364 # Rochefoucauld, Champagne-Mouton, La Roche-Posay, La Haye-Descartes,
1365 # Loches, Montrichard, Vierzon, Bourges, Moulins, Digoin,
1366 # Paray-le-Monial, Montceau-les-Mines, Chalon-sur-Saône, Arbois,
1367 # Dole, Morez, St-Claude, and Collonges (Haute-Savoie).
1368 Rule    France  1941    only    -       May      5       0:00   2:00    M # Midsummer
1369 # Shanks & Pottenger say this transition occurred at Oct 6 1:00,
1370 # but go with Denis Excoffier (1997-12-12),
1371 # who quotes the Ephémérides astronomiques for 1998 from Bureau des Longitudes
1372 # as saying 5/10/41 22hUT.
1373 Rule    France  1941    only    -       Oct      6       0:00   1:00    S
1374 Rule    France  1942    only    -       Mar      9       0:00   2:00    M
1375 Rule    France  1942    only    -       Nov      2       3:00   1:00    S
1376 Rule    France  1943    only    -       Mar     29       2:00   2:00    M
1377 Rule    France  1943    only    -       Oct      4       3:00   1:00    S
1378 Rule    France  1944    only    -       Apr      3       2:00   2:00    M
1379 Rule    France  1944    only    -       Oct      8       1:00   1:00    S
1380 Rule    France  1945    only    -       Apr      2       2:00   2:00    M
1381 Rule    France  1945    only    -       Sep     16       3:00   0       -
1382 # Shanks & Pottenger give Mar 28 2:00 and Sep 26 3:00;
1383 # go with Excoffier's 28/3/76 0hUT and 25/9/76 23hUT.
1384 Rule    France  1976    only    -       Mar     28       1:00   1:00    S
1385 Rule    France  1976    only    -       Sep     26       1:00   0       -
1386 # Shanks & Pottenger give 0:09:20 for Paris Mean Time, and Whitman 0:09:05,
1387 # but Howse quotes the actual French legislation as saying 0:09:21.
1388 # Go with Howse.  Howse writes that the time in France was officially based
1389 # on PMT-0:09:21 until 1978-08-09, when the time base finally switched to UTC.
1390 # Zone  NAME            STDOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
1391 Zone    Europe/Paris    0:09:21 -       LMT     1891 Mar 15  0:01
1392                         0:09:21 -       PMT     1911 Mar 11  0:01 # Paris MT
1393 # Shanks & Pottenger give 1940 Jun 14 0:00; go with Excoffier and Le Corre.
1394                         0:00    France  WE%sT   1940 Jun 14 23:00
1395 # Le Corre says Paris stuck with occupied-France time after the liberation;
1396 # go with Shanks & Pottenger.
1397                         1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1944 Aug 25
1398                         0:00    France  WE%sT   1945 Sep 16  3:00
1399                         1:00    France  CE%sT   1977
1400                         1:00    EU      CE%sT
1401 
1402 # Germany
1403 
1404 # From Markus Kuhn (1998-09-29):
1405 # The German time zone web site by the Physikalisch-Technische
1406 # Bundesanstalt contains DST information back to 1916.
1407 # [See tz-link.html for the URL.]
1408 
1409 # From Jörg Schilling (2002-10-23):
1410 # In 1945, Berlin was switched to Moscow Summer time (GMT+4) by
1411 # https://www.dhm.de/lemo/html/biografien/BersarinNikolai/
1412 # General [Nikolai] Bersarin.
1413 
1414 # From Paul Eggert (2003-03-08):
1415 # http://www.parlament-berlin.de/pds-fraktion.nsf/727459127c8b66ee8525662300459099/defc77cb784f180ac1256c2b0030274b/$FILE/bersarint.pdf
1416 # says that Bersarin issued an order to use Moscow time on May 20.
1417 # However, Moscow did not observe daylight saving in 1945, so
1418 # this was equivalent to UT +03, not +04.
1419 
1420 
1421 # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
1422 Rule    Germany 1946    only    -       Apr     14      2:00s   1:00    S
1423 Rule    Germany 1946    only    -       Oct      7      2:00s   0       -
1424 Rule    Germany 1947    1949    -       Oct     Sun>=1       2:00s   0       -
1425 # http://www.ptb.de/de/org/4/44/441/salt.htm says the following transition
1426 # occurred at 3:00 MEZ, not the 2:00 MEZ given in Shanks & Pottenger.
1427 # Go with the PTB.
1428 Rule    Germany 1947    only    -       Apr      6      3:00s   1:00    S
1429 Rule    Germany 1947    only    -       May     11      2:00s   2:00    M
1430 Rule    Germany 1947    only    -       Jun     29      3:00    1:00    S
1431 Rule    Germany 1948    only    -       Apr     18      2:00s   1:00    S
1432 Rule    Germany 1949    only    -       Apr     10      2:00s   1:00    S
1433 
1434 Rule SovietZone 1945    only    -       May     24      2:00    2:00    M # Midsummer
1435 Rule SovietZone 1945    only    -       Sep     24      3:00    1:00    S
1436 Rule SovietZone 1945    only    -       Nov     18      2:00s   0       -
1437 
1438 # Zone  NAME            STDOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
1439 Zone    Europe/Berlin   0:53:28 -       LMT     1893 Apr
1440                         1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1945 May 24  2:00
1441                         1:00 SovietZone CE%sT   1946
1442                         1:00    Germany CE%sT   1980
1443                         1:00    EU      CE%sT
1444 
1445 # From Tobias Conradi (2011-09-12):
1446 # Büsingen <http://www.buesingen.de>, surrounded by the Swiss canton
1447 # Schaffhausen, did not start observing DST in 1980 as the rest of DE
1448 # (West Germany at that time) and DD (East Germany at that time) did.
1449 # DD merged into DE, the area is currently covered by code DE in ISO 3166-1,
1450 # which in turn is covered by the zone Europe/Berlin.
1451 #
1452 # Source for the time in Büsingen 1980:
1453 # http://www.srf.ch/player/video?id=c012c029-03b7-4c2b-9164-aa5902cd58d3
1454 
1455 # From Arthur David Olson (2012-03-03):
1456 # Büsingen and Zurich have shared clocks since 1970.
1457 
1458 Link    Europe/Zurich   Europe/Busingen
1459 
1460 # Georgia
1461 # Please see the "asia" file for Asia/Tbilisi.
1462 # Herodotus (Histories, IV.45) says Georgia north of the Phasis (now Rioni)
1463 # is in Europe.  Our reference location Tbilisi is in the Asian part.
1464 
1465 # Gibraltar
1466 # Zone  NAME            STDOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
1467 Zone Europe/Gibraltar   -0:21:24 -      LMT     1880 Aug  2  0:00s
1468                         0:00    GB-Eire %s      1957 Apr 14  2:00
1469                         1:00    -       CET     1982
1470                         1:00    EU      CE%sT
1471 
1472 # Greece
1473 # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
1474 # Whitman gives 1932 Jul 5 - Nov 1; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
1475 Rule    Greece  1932    only    -       Jul      7      0:00    1:00    S
1476 Rule    Greece  1932    only    -       Sep      1      0:00    0       -
1477 # Whitman gives 1941 Apr 25 - ?; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
1478 Rule    Greece  1941    only    -       Apr      7      0:00    1:00    S
1479 # Whitman gives 1942 Feb 2 - ?; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
1480 Rule    Greece  1942    only    -       Nov      2      3:00    0       -
1481 Rule    Greece  1943    only    -       Mar     30      0:00    1:00    S
1482 Rule    Greece  1943    only    -       Oct      4      0:00    0       -
1483 # Whitman gives 1944 Oct 3 - Oct 31; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
1484 Rule    Greece  1952    only    -       Jul      1      0:00    1:00    S
1485 Rule    Greece  1952    only    -       Nov      2      0:00    0       -
1486 Rule    Greece  1975    only    -       Apr     12      0:00s   1:00    S
1487 Rule    Greece  1975    only    -       Nov     26      0:00s   0       -
1488 Rule    Greece  1976    only    -       Apr     11      2:00s   1:00    S
1489 Rule    Greece  1976    only    -       Oct     10      2:00s   0       -
1490 Rule    Greece  1977    1978    -       Apr     Sun>=1       2:00s   1:00    S
1491 Rule    Greece  1977    only    -       Sep     26      2:00s   0       -
1492 Rule    Greece  1978    only    -       Sep     24      4:00    0       -
1493 Rule    Greece  1979    only    -       Apr      1      9:00    1:00    S
1494 Rule    Greece  1979    only    -       Sep     29      2:00    0       -
1495 Rule    Greece  1980    only    -       Apr      1      0:00    1:00    S
1496 Rule    Greece  1980    only    -       Sep     28      0:00    0       -
1497 # Zone  NAME            STDOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
1498 Zone    Europe/Athens   1:34:52 -       LMT     1895 Sep 14
1499                         1:34:52 -       AMT     1916 Jul 28  0:01 # Athens MT
1500                         2:00    Greece  EE%sT   1941 Apr 30
1501                         1:00    Greece  CE%sT   1944 Apr  4
1502                         2:00    Greece  EE%sT   1981
1503                         # Shanks & Pottenger say it switched to C-Eur in 1981;
1504                         # go with EU rules instead, since Greece joined Jan 1.
1505                         2:00    EU      EE%sT
1506 
1507 # Hungary
1508 # From Paul Eggert (2014-07-15):
1509 # Dates for 1916-1945 are taken from:
1510 # Oross A. Jelen a múlt jövője: a nyári időszámítás Magyarországon 1916-1945.
1511 # National Archives of Hungary (2012-10-29).
1512 # http://mnl.gov.hu/a_het_dokumentuma/a_nyari_idoszamitas_magyarorszagon_19161945.html
1513 # This source does not always give times, which are taken from Shanks
1514 # & Pottenger (which disagree about the dates).
1515 # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
1516 Rule    Hungary 1918    only    -       Apr      1       3:00   1:00    S
1517 Rule    Hungary 1918    only    -       Sep     16       3:00   0       -
1518 Rule    Hungary 1919    only    -       Apr     15       3:00   1:00    S
1519 Rule    Hungary 1919    only    -       Nov     24       3:00   0       -
1520 Rule    Hungary 1945    only    -       May      1      23:00   1:00    S
1521 Rule    Hungary 1945    only    -       Nov      1       0:00   0       -
1522 Rule    Hungary 1946    only    -       Mar     31       2:00s  1:00    S
1523 Rule    Hungary 1946    1949    -       Oct     Sun>=1        2:00s  0       -
1524 Rule    Hungary 1947    1949    -       Apr     Sun>=4        2:00s  1:00    S
1525 Rule    Hungary 1950    only    -       Apr     17       2:00s  1:00    S
1526 Rule    Hungary 1950    only    -       Oct     23       2:00s  0       -
1527 Rule    Hungary 1954    1955    -       May     23       0:00   1:00    S
1528 Rule    Hungary 1954    1955    -       Oct      3       0:00   0       -
1529 Rule    Hungary 1956    only    -       Jun     Sun>=1        0:00   1:00    S
1530 Rule    Hungary 1956    only    -       Sep     lastSun  0:00   0       -
1531 Rule    Hungary 1957    only    -       Jun     Sun>=1        1:00   1:00    S
1532 Rule    Hungary 1957    only    -       Sep     lastSun  3:00   0       -
1533 Rule    Hungary 1980    only    -       Apr      6       1:00   1:00    S
1534 # Zone  NAME            STDOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
1535 Zone    Europe/Budapest 1:16:20 -       LMT     1890 Oct
1536                         1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1918
1537                         1:00    Hungary CE%sT   1941 Apr  8
1538                         1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1945
1539                         1:00    Hungary CE%sT   1980 Sep 28  2:00s
1540                         1:00    EU      CE%sT
1541 
1542 # Iceland
1543 #
1544 # From Adam David (1993-11-06):
1545 # The name of the timezone in Iceland for system / mail / news purposes is GMT.
1546 #
1547 # (1993-12-05):
1548 # This material is paraphrased from the 1988 edition of the University of
1549 # Iceland Almanak.
1550 #
1551 # From January 1st, 1908 the whole of Iceland was standardised at 1 hour
1552 # behind GMT. Previously, local mean solar time was used in different parts
1553 # of Iceland, the almanak had been based on Reykjavik mean solar time which
1554 # was 1 hour and 28 minutes behind GMT.
1555 #
1556 # "first day of winter" referred to [below] means the first day of the 26 weeks
1557 # of winter, according to the old icelandic calendar that dates back to the
1558 # time the norsemen first settled Iceland.  The first day of winter is always
1559 # Saturday, but is not dependent on the Julian or Gregorian calendars.
1560 #
1561 # (1993-12-10):
1562 # I have a reference from the Oxford Icelandic-English dictionary for the
1563 # beginning of winter, which ties it to the ecclesiastical calendar (and thus
1564 # to the julian/gregorian calendar) over the period in question.
1565 #       the winter begins on the Saturday next before St. Luke's day
1566 #       (old style), or on St. Luke's day, if a Saturday.
1567 # St. Luke's day ought to be traceable from ecclesiastical sources. "old style"
1568 # might be a reference to the Julian calendar as opposed to Gregorian, or it
1569 # might mean something else (???).
1570 #
1571 # From Paul Eggert (2014-11-22):
1572 # The information below is taken from the 1988 Almanak; see
1573 # http://www.almanak.hi.is/klukkan.html
1574 #
1575 # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
1576 Rule    Iceland 1917    1919    -       Feb     19      23:00   1:00    -
1577 Rule    Iceland 1917    only    -       Oct     21       1:00   0       -
1578 Rule    Iceland 1918    1919    -       Nov     16       1:00   0       -
1579 Rule    Iceland 1921    only    -       Mar     19      23:00   1:00    -
1580 Rule    Iceland 1921    only    -       Jun     23       1:00   0       -
1581 Rule    Iceland 1939    only    -       Apr     29      23:00   1:00    -
1582 Rule    Iceland 1939    only    -       Oct     29       2:00   0       -
1583 Rule    Iceland 1940    only    -       Feb     25       2:00   1:00    -
1584 Rule    Iceland 1940    1941    -       Nov     Sun>=2        1:00s  0       -
1585 Rule    Iceland 1941    1942    -       Mar     Sun>=2        1:00s  1:00    -
1586 # 1943-1946 - first Sunday in March until first Sunday in winter
1587 Rule    Iceland 1943    1946    -       Mar     Sun>=1        1:00s  1:00    -
1588 Rule    Iceland 1942    1948    -       Oct     Sun>=22       1:00s  0       -
1589 # 1947-1967 - first Sunday in April until first Sunday in winter
1590 Rule    Iceland 1947    1967    -       Apr     Sun>=1        1:00s  1:00    -
1591 # 1949 and 1967 Oct transitions delayed by 1 week
1592 Rule    Iceland 1949    only    -       Oct     30       1:00s  0       -
1593 Rule    Iceland 1950    1966    -       Oct     Sun>=22       1:00s  0       -
1594 Rule    Iceland 1967    only    -       Oct     29       1:00s  0       -
1595 # Zone  NAME            STDOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
1596 Zone Atlantic/Reykjavik -1:28   -       LMT     1908
1597                         -1:00   Iceland -01/+00 1968 Apr  7  1:00s
1598                          0:00   -       GMT
1599 
1600 # Italy
1601 #
1602 # From Paul Eggert (2001-03-06):
1603 # Sicily and Sardinia each had their own time zones from 1866 to 1893,
1604 # called Palermo Time (+00:53:28) and Cagliari Time (+00:36:32).
1605 # During World War II, German-controlled Italy used German time.
1606 # But these events all occurred before the 1970 cutoff,
1607 # so record only the time in Rome.
1608 #
1609 # From Stephen Trainor (2019-05-06):
1610 # http://www.ac-ilsestante.it/MERIDIANE/ora_legale/ORA_LEGALE_ESTIVA_IN_ITALIA.htm
1611 # ... the [1866] law went into effect on 12 December 1866, rather than
1612 # the date of the decree (22 Sep 1866)
1613 # https://web.archive.org/web/20070824155341/http://www.iav.it/planetario/didastro/didastro/english.htm
1614 # ... "In Italy in 1866 there were 6 railway times (Torino, Verona, Firenze,
1615 # Roma, Napoli, Palermo). On that year it was decided to unify them, adopting
1616 # the average time of Rome (even if this city was not yet part of the
1617 # kingdom).  On the 12th December 1866, on the starting of the winter time
1618 # table, it took effect in the railways, the post office and the telegraph,
1619 # not only for the internal service but also for the public....  Milano set
1620 # the public watches on the Rome time on the same day (12th December 1866),
1621 # Torino and Bologna on the 1st January 1867, Venezia the 1st May 1880 and the
1622 # last city was Cagliari in 1886."
1623 #
1624 # From Luigi Rosa (2019-05-07):
1625 # this is the scan of the decree:
1626 # http://www.radiomarconi.com/marconi/filopanti/1866c.jpg
1627 #
1628 # From Michael Deckers (2016-10-24):
1629 # http://www.ac-ilsestante.it/MERIDIANE/ora_legale quotes a law of 1893-08-10
1630 # ... [translated as] "The preceding dispositions will enter into
1631 # force at the instant at which, according to the time specified in
1632 # the 1st article, the 1st of November 1893 will begin...."
1633 #
1634 # From Pierpaolo Bernardi (2016-10-20):
1635 # The authoritative source for time in Italy is the national metrological
1636 # institute, which has a summary page of historical DST data at
1637 # http://www.inrim.it/res/tf/ora_legale_i.shtml
1638 # [now at http://oldsite.inrim.it/res/tf/ora_legale_i.shtml as of 2017]
1639 # (2016-10-24):
1640 # http://www.renzobaldini.it/le-ore-legali-in-italia/
1641 # has still different data for 1944.  It divides Italy in two, as
1642 # there were effectively two governments at the time, north of Gothic
1643 # Line German controlled territory, official government RSI, and south
1644 # of the Gothic Line, controlled by allied armies.
1645 #
1646 # From Brian Inglis (2016-10-23):
1647 # Viceregal LEGISLATIVE DECREE. 14 September 1944, no. 219.
1648 # Restoration of Standard Time. (044U0219) (OJ 62 of 30.9.1944) ...
1649 # Given the R. law decreed on 1944-03-29, no. 92, by which standard time is
1650 # advanced to sixty minutes later starting at hour two on 1944-04-02; ...
1651 # Starting at hour three on the date 1944-09-17 standard time will be resumed.
1652 #
1653 # From Paul Eggert (2016-10-27):
1654 # Go with INRiM for DST rules, except as corrected by Inglis for 1944
1655 # for the Kingdom of Italy.  This is consistent with Renzo Baldini.
1656 # Model Rome's occupation by using C-Eur rules from 1943-09-10
1657 # to 1944-06-04; although Rome was an open city during this period, it
1658 # was effectively controlled by Germany.
1659 #
1660 # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
1661 Rule    Italy   1916    only    -       Jun      3      24:00   1:00    S
1662 Rule    Italy   1916    1917    -       Sep     30      24:00   0       -
1663 Rule    Italy   1917    only    -       Mar     31      24:00   1:00    S
1664 Rule    Italy   1918    only    -       Mar      9      24:00   1:00    S
1665 Rule    Italy   1918    only    -       Oct      6      24:00   0       -
1666 Rule    Italy   1919    only    -       Mar      1      24:00   1:00    S
1667 Rule    Italy   1919    only    -       Oct      4      24:00   0       -
1668 Rule    Italy   1920    only    -       Mar     20      24:00   1:00    S
1669 Rule    Italy   1920    only    -       Sep     18      24:00   0       -
1670 Rule    Italy   1940    only    -       Jun     14      24:00   1:00    S
1671 Rule    Italy   1942    only    -       Nov      2       2:00s  0       -
1672 Rule    Italy   1943    only    -       Mar     29       2:00s  1:00    S
1673 Rule    Italy   1943    only    -       Oct      4       2:00s  0       -
1674 Rule    Italy   1944    only    -       Apr      2       2:00s  1:00    S
1675 Rule    Italy   1944    only    -       Sep     17       2:00s  0       -
1676 Rule    Italy   1945    only    -       Apr      2       2:00   1:00    S
1677 Rule    Italy   1945    only    -       Sep     15       1:00   0       -
1678 Rule    Italy   1946    only    -       Mar     17       2:00s  1:00    S
1679 Rule    Italy   1946    only    -       Oct      6       2:00s  0       -
1680 Rule    Italy   1947    only    -       Mar     16       0:00s  1:00    S
1681 Rule    Italy   1947    only    -       Oct      5       0:00s  0       -
1682 Rule    Italy   1948    only    -       Feb     29       2:00s  1:00    S
1683 Rule    Italy   1948    only    -       Oct      3       2:00s  0       -
1684 Rule    Italy   1966    1968    -       May     Sun>=22       0:00s  1:00    S
1685 Rule    Italy   1966    only    -       Sep     24      24:00   0       -
1686 Rule    Italy   1967    1969    -       Sep     Sun>=22       0:00s  0       -
1687 Rule    Italy   1969    only    -       Jun      1       0:00s  1:00    S
1688 Rule    Italy   1970    only    -       May     31       0:00s  1:00    S
1689 Rule    Italy   1970    only    -       Sep     lastSun  0:00s  0       -
1690 Rule    Italy   1971    1972    -       May     Sun>=22       0:00s  1:00    S
1691 Rule    Italy   1971    only    -       Sep     lastSun  0:00s  0       -
1692 Rule    Italy   1972    only    -       Oct      1       0:00s  0       -
1693 Rule    Italy   1973    only    -       Jun      3       0:00s  1:00    S
1694 Rule    Italy   1973    1974    -       Sep     lastSun  0:00s  0       -
1695 Rule    Italy   1974    only    -       May     26       0:00s  1:00    S
1696 Rule    Italy   1975    only    -       Jun      1       0:00s  1:00    S
1697 Rule    Italy   1975    1977    -       Sep     lastSun  0:00s  0       -
1698 Rule    Italy   1976    only    -       May     30       0:00s  1:00    S
1699 Rule    Italy   1977    1979    -       May     Sun>=22       0:00s  1:00    S
1700 Rule    Italy   1978    only    -       Oct      1       0:00s  0       -
1701 Rule    Italy   1979    only    -       Sep     30       0:00s  0       -
1702 # Zone  NAME            STDOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
1703 Zone    Europe/Rome     0:49:56 -       LMT     1866 Dec 12
1704                         0:49:56 -       RMT     1893 Oct 31 23:49:56 # Rome Mean
1705                         1:00    Italy   CE%sT   1943 Sep 10
1706                         1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1944 Jun  4
1707                         1:00    Italy   CE%sT   1980
1708                         1:00    EU      CE%sT
1709 
1710 Link    Europe/Rome     Europe/Vatican
1711 Link    Europe/Rome     Europe/San_Marino
1712 
1713 # Latvia
1714 
1715 # From Liene Kanepe (1998-09-17):
1716 
1717 # I asked about this matter Scientific Secretary of the Institute of Astronomy
1718 # of The University of Latvia Dr. paed Mr. Ilgonis Vilks. I also searched the
1719 # correct data in juridical acts and I found some juridical documents about
1720 # changes in the counting of time in Latvia from 1981....
1721 #
1722 # Act No. 35 of the Council of Ministers of Latvian SSR of 1981-01-22 ...
1723 # according to the Act No. 925 of the Council of Ministers of USSR of 1980-10-24
1724 # ...: all year round the time of 2nd time zone + 1 hour, in addition turning
1725 # the hands of the clock 1 hour forward on 1 April at 00:00 (GMT 31 March 21:00)
1726 # and 1 hour backward on the 1 October at 00:00 (GMT 30 September 20:00).
1727 #
1728 # Act No. 592 of the Council of Ministers of Latvian SSR of 1984-09-24 ...
1729 # according to the Act No. 967 of the Council of Ministers of USSR of 1984-09-13
1730 # ...: all year round the time of 2nd time zone + 1 hour, in addition turning
1731 # the hands of the clock 1 hour forward on the last Sunday of March at 02:00
1732 # (GMT 23:00 on the previous day) and 1 hour backward on the last Sunday of
1733 # September at 03:00 (GMT 23:00 on the previous day).
1734 #
1735 # Act No. 81 of the Council of Ministers of Latvian SSR of 1989-03-22 ...
1736 # according to the Act No. 227 of the Council of Ministers of USSR of 1989-03-14
1737 # ...: since the last Sunday of March 1989 in Lithuanian SSR, Latvian SSR,
1738 # Estonian SSR and Kaliningrad region of Russian Federation all year round the
1739 # time of 2nd time zone (Moscow time minus one hour). On the territory of Latvia
1740 # transition to summer time is performed on the last Sunday of March at 02:00
1741 # (GMT 00:00), turning the hands of the clock 1 hour forward.  The end of
1742 # daylight saving time is performed on the last Sunday of September at 03:00
1743 # (GMT 00:00), turning the hands of the clock 1 hour backward. Exception is
1744 # 1989-03-26, when we must not turn the hands of the clock....
1745 #
1746 # The Regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Latvia of
1747 # 1997-01-21 on transition to Summer time ... established the same order of
1748 # daylight savings time settings as in the States of the European Union.
1749 
1750 # From Andrei Ivanov (2000-03-06):
1751 # This year Latvia will not switch to Daylight Savings Time (as specified in
1752 # The Regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Rep. of Latvia of
1753 # 29-Feb-2000 (No. 79) <http://www.lv-laiks.lv/wwwraksti/2000/071072/vd4.htm>,
1754 # in Latvian for subscribers only).
1755 
1756 # From RFE/RL Newsline
1757 # http://www.rferl.org/newsline/2001/01/3-CEE/cee-030101.html
1758 # (2001-01-03), noted after a heads-up by Rives McDow:
1759 # The Latvian government on 2 January decided that the country will
1760 # institute daylight-saving time this spring, LETA reported.
1761 # Last February the three Baltic states decided not to turn back their
1762 # clocks one hour in the spring....
1763 # Minister of Economy Aigars Kalvītis noted that Latvia had too few
1764 # daylight hours and thus decided to comply with a draft European
1765 # Commission directive that provides for instituting daylight-saving
1766 # time in EU countries between 2002 and 2006. The Latvian government
1767 # urged Lithuania and Estonia to adopt a similar time policy, but it
1768 # appears that they will not do so....
1769 
1770 # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
1771 Rule    Latvia  1989    1996    -       Mar     lastSun  2:00s  1:00    S
1772 Rule    Latvia  1989    1996    -       Sep     lastSun  2:00s  0       -
1773 
1774 # Milne 1899 says Riga was 1:36:28 (Polytechnique House time).
1775 # Byalokoz 1919 says Latvia was 1:36:34.
1776 # Go with Byalokoz.
1777 
1778 # Zone  NAME            STDOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
1779 Zone    Europe/Riga     1:36:34 -       LMT     1880
1780                         1:36:34 -       RMT     1918 Apr 15  2:00 # Riga MT
1781                         1:36:34 1:00    LST     1918 Sep 16  3:00 # Latvian ST
1782                         1:36:34 -       RMT     1919 Apr  1  2:00
1783                         1:36:34 1:00    LST     1919 May 22  3:00
1784                         1:36:34 -       RMT     1926 May 11
1785                         2:00    -       EET     1940 Aug  5
1786                         3:00    -       MSK     1941 Jul
1787                         1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1944 Oct 13
1788                         3:00    Russia  MSK/MSD 1989 Mar lastSun  2:00s
1789                         2:00    1:00    EEST    1989 Sep lastSun  2:00s
1790                         2:00    Latvia  EE%sT   1997 Jan 21
1791                         2:00    EU      EE%sT   2000 Feb 29
1792                         2:00    -       EET     2001 Jan  2
1793                         2:00    EU      EE%sT
1794 
1795 # Liechtenstein
1796 
1797 # From Paul Eggert (2013-09-09):
1798 # Shanks & Pottenger say Vaduz is like Zurich.
1799 
1800 # From Alois Treindl (2013-09-18):
1801 # http://www.eliechtensteinensia.li/LIJ/1978/1938-1978/1941.pdf
1802 # ... confirms on p. 6 that Liechtenstein followed Switzerland in 1941 and 1942.
1803 # I ... translate only the last two paragraphs:
1804 #    ... during second world war, in the years 1941 and 1942, Liechtenstein
1805 #    introduced daylight saving time, adapting to Switzerland.  From 1943 on
1806 #    central European time was in force throughout the year.
1807 #    From a report of the duke's government to the high council,
1808 #    regarding the introduction of a time law, of 31 May 1977.
1809 
1810 Link Europe/Zurich Europe/Vaduz
1811 
1812 
1813 # Lithuania
1814 
1815 # From Paul Eggert (2016-03-18):
1816 # The 1989 transition is from USSR act No. 227 (1989-03-14).
1817 
1818 # From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22):
1819 # IATA SSIM (1992/1996) says Lithuania uses W-Eur rules, but since it is
1820 # known to be wrong about Estonia and Latvia, assume it's wrong here too.
1821 
1822 # From Marius Gedminas (1998-08-07):
1823 # I would like to inform that in this year Lithuanian time zone
1824 # (Europe/Vilnius) was changed.
1825 
1826 # From ELTA No. 972 (2582) (1999-09-29) <http://www.elta.lt/>,
1827 # via Steffen Thorsen:
1828 # Lithuania has shifted back to the second time zone (GMT plus two hours)
1829 # to be valid here starting from October 31,
1830 # as decided by the national government on Wednesday....
1831 # The Lithuanian government also announced plans to consider a
1832 # motion to give up shifting to summer time in spring, as it was
1833 # already done by Estonia.
1834 
1835 # From the Fact File, Lithuanian State Department of Tourism
1836 # <http://www.tourism.lt/informa/ff.htm> (2000-03-27):
1837 # Local time is GMT+2 hours ..., no daylight saving.
1838 
1839 # From a user via Klaus Marten (2003-02-07):
1840 # As a candidate for membership of the European Union, Lithuania will
1841 # observe Summer Time in 2003, changing its clocks at the times laid
1842 # down in EU Directive 2000/84 of 19.I.01 (i.e. at the same times as its
1843 # neighbour Latvia). The text of the Lithuanian government Order of
1844 # 7.XI.02 to this effect can be found at
1845 # http://www.lrvk.lt/nut/11/n1749.htm
1846 
1847 
1848 # Zone  NAME            STDOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
1849 Zone    Europe/Vilnius  1:41:16 -       LMT     1880
1850                         1:24:00 -       WMT     1917        # Warsaw Mean Time
1851                         1:35:36 -       KMT     1919 Oct 10 # Kaunas Mean Time
1852                         1:00    -       CET     1920 Jul 12
1853                         2:00    -       EET     1920 Oct  9
1854                         1:00    -       CET     1940 Aug  3
1855                         3:00    -       MSK     1941 Jun 24
1856                         1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1944 Aug
1857                         3:00    Russia  MSK/MSD 1989 Mar 26  2:00s
1858                         2:00    Russia  EE%sT   1991 Sep 29  2:00s
1859                         2:00    C-Eur   EE%sT   1998
1860                         2:00    -       EET     1998 Mar 29  1:00u
1861                         1:00    EU      CE%sT   1999 Oct 31  1:00u
1862                         2:00    -       EET     2003 Jan  1
1863                         2:00    EU      EE%sT
1864 
1865 # Luxembourg
1866 # Whitman disagrees with most of these dates in minor ways;
1867 # go with Shanks & Pottenger.
1868 # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
1869 Rule    Lux     1916    only    -       May     14      23:00   1:00    S
1870 Rule    Lux     1916    only    -       Oct      1       1:00   0       -
1871 Rule    Lux     1917    only    -       Apr     28      23:00   1:00    S
1872 Rule    Lux     1917    only    -       Sep     17       1:00   0       -
1873 Rule    Lux     1918    only    -       Apr     Mon>=15       2:00s  1:00    S
1874 Rule    Lux     1918    only    -       Sep     Mon>=15       2:00s  0       -
1875 Rule    Lux     1919    only    -       Mar      1      23:00   1:00    S
1876 Rule    Lux     1919    only    -       Oct      5       3:00   0       -
1877 Rule    Lux     1920    only    -       Feb     14      23:00   1:00    S
1878 Rule    Lux     1920    only    -       Oct     24       2:00   0       -
1879 Rule    Lux     1921    only    -       Mar     14      23:00   1:00    S
1880 Rule    Lux     1921    only    -       Oct     26       2:00   0       -
1881 Rule    Lux     1922    only    -       Mar     25      23:00   1:00    S
1882 Rule    Lux     1922    only    -       Oct     Sun>=2        1:00   0       -
1883 Rule    Lux     1923    only    -       Apr     21      23:00   1:00    S
1884 Rule    Lux     1923    only    -       Oct     Sun>=2        2:00   0       -
1885 Rule    Lux     1924    only    -       Mar     29      23:00   1:00    S
1886 Rule    Lux     1924    1928    -       Oct     Sun>=2        1:00   0       -
1887 Rule    Lux     1925    only    -       Apr      5      23:00   1:00    S
1888 Rule    Lux     1926    only    -       Apr     17      23:00   1:00    S
1889 Rule    Lux     1927    only    -       Apr      9      23:00   1:00    S
1890 Rule    Lux     1928    only    -       Apr     14      23:00   1:00    S
1891 Rule    Lux     1929    only    -       Apr     20      23:00   1:00    S
1892 # Zone  NAME            STDOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
1893 Zone Europe/Luxembourg  0:24:36 -       LMT     1904 Jun
1894                         1:00    Lux     CE%sT   1918 Nov 25
1895                         0:00    Lux     WE%sT   1929 Oct  6  2:00s
1896                         0:00    Belgium WE%sT   1940 May 14  3:00
1897                         1:00    C-Eur   WE%sT   1944 Sep 18  3:00
1898                         1:00    Belgium CE%sT   1977
1899                         1:00    EU      CE%sT
1900 
1901 # North Macedonia
1902 # See Europe/Belgrade.
1903 
1904 # Malta
1905 #
1906 # From Paul Eggert (2016-10-21):
1907 # Assume 1900-1972 was like Rome, overriding Shanks.
1908 #
1909 # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
1910 Rule    Malta   1973    only    -       Mar     31      0:00s   1:00    S
1911 Rule    Malta   1973    only    -       Sep     29      0:00s   0       -
1912 Rule    Malta   1974    only    -       Apr     21      0:00s   1:00    S
1913 Rule    Malta   1974    only    -       Sep     16      0:00s   0       -
1914 Rule    Malta   1975    1979    -       Apr     Sun>=15      2:00    1:00    S
1915 Rule    Malta   1975    1980    -       Sep     Sun>=15      2:00    0       -
1916 Rule    Malta   1980    only    -       Mar     31      2:00    1:00    S
1917 # Zone  NAME            STDOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
1918 Zone    Europe/Malta    0:58:04 -       LMT     1893 Nov  2  0:00s # Valletta
1919                         1:00    Italy   CE%sT   1973 Mar 31
1920                         1:00    Malta   CE%sT   1981
1921                         1:00    EU      CE%sT
1922 
1923 # Moldova
1924 
1925 # From Stepan Golosunov (2016-03-07):
1926 # the act of the government of the Republic of Moldova Nr. 132 from 1990-05-04
1927 # http://lex.justice.md/viewdoc.php?action=view&view=doc&id=298782&lang=2
1928 # ... says that since 1990-05-06 on the territory of the Moldavian SSR
1929 # time would be calculated as the standard time of the second time belt
1930 # plus one hour of the "summer" time. To implement that clocks would be
1931 # adjusted one hour backwards at 1990-05-06 2:00. After that "summer"
1932 # time would be cancelled last Sunday of September at 3:00 and
1933 # reintroduced last Sunday of March at 2:00.
1934 
1935 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
1936 # A previous version of this database followed Shanks & Pottenger, who write
1937 # that Tiraspol switched to Moscow time on 1992-01-19 at 02:00.
1938 # However, this is most likely an error, as Moldova declared independence
1939 # on 1991-08-27 (the 1992-01-19 date is that of a Russian decree).
1940 # In early 1992 there was large-scale interethnic violence in the area
1941 # and it's possible that some Russophones continued to observe Moscow time.
1942 # But [two people] separately reported via
1943 # Jesper Nørgaard that as of 2001-01-24 Tiraspol was like Chisinau.
1944 # The Tiraspol entry has therefore been removed for now.
1945 #
1946 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-10-17):
1947 # Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR, also known as
1948 # "Pridnestrovie") has abolished seasonal clock change (no transition
1949 # to the Winter Time).
1950 #
1951 # News (in Russian):
1952 # http://www.kyivpost.ua/russia/news/pridnestrove-otkazalos-ot-perehoda-na-zimnee-vremya-30954.html
1953 # http://www.allmoldova.com/moldova-news/1249064116.html
1954 #
1955 # The substance of this change (reinstatement of the Tiraspol entry)
1956 # is from a patch from Petr Machata (2011-10-17)
1957 #
1958 # From Tim Parenti (2011-10-19)
1959 # In addition, being situated at +4651+2938 would give Tiraspol
1960 # a pre-1880 LMT offset of 1:58:32.
1961 #
1962 # (which agrees with the earlier entry that had been removed)
1963 #
1964 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-10-26)
1965 # NO need to divide Moldova into two timezones at this point.
1966 # As of today, Transnistria (Pridnestrovie)- Tiraspol reversed its own
1967 # decision to abolish DST this winter.
1968 # Following Moldova and neighboring Ukraine- Transnistria (Pridnestrovie)-
1969 # Tiraspol will go back to winter time on October 30, 2011.
1970 # News from Moldova (in russian):
1971 # https://ru.publika.md/link_317061.html
1972 
1973 # From Roman Tudos (2015-07-02):
1974 # http://lex.justice.md/index.php?action=view&view=doc&lang=1&id=355077
1975 # From Paul Eggert (2015-07-01):
1976 # The abovementioned official link to IGO1445-868/2014 states that
1977 # 2014-10-26's fallback transition occurred at 03:00 local time.  Also,
1978 # https://www.trm.md/en/social/la-30-martie-vom-trece-la-ora-de-vara
1979 # says the 2014-03-30 spring-forward transition was at 02:00 local time.
1980 # Guess that since 1997 Moldova has switched one hour before the EU.
1981 
1982 # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
1983 Rule    Moldova 1997    max     -       Mar     lastSun  2:00   1:00    S
1984 Rule    Moldova 1997    max     -       Oct     lastSun  3:00   0       -
1985 
1986 # Zone  NAME            STDOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
1987 Zone    Europe/Chisinau 1:55:20 -       LMT     1880
1988                         1:55    -       CMT     1918 Feb 15 # Chisinau MT
1989                         1:44:24 -       BMT     1931 Jul 24 # Bucharest MT
1990                         2:00    Romania EE%sT   1940 Aug 15
1991                         2:00    1:00    EEST    1941 Jul 17
1992                         1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1944 Aug 24
1993                         3:00    Russia  MSK/MSD 1990 May  6  2:00
1994                         2:00    Russia  EE%sT   1992
1995                         2:00    E-Eur   EE%sT   1997
1996 # See Romania commentary for the guessed 1997 transition to EU rules.
1997                         2:00    Moldova EE%sT
1998 
1999 # Monaco
2000 # Shanks & Pottenger give 0:09:20 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's
2001 # more precise 0:09:21.
2002 # Zone  NAME            STDOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
2003 Zone    Europe/Monaco   0:29:32 -       LMT     1891 Mar 15
2004                         0:09:21 -       PMT     1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time
2005                         0:00    France  WE%sT   1945 Sep 16  3:00
2006                         1:00    France  CE%sT   1977
2007                         1:00    EU      CE%sT
2008 
2009 # Montenegro
2010 # See Europe/Belgrade.
2011 
2012 # Netherlands
2013 
2014 # Howse writes that the Netherlands' railways used GMT between 1892 and 1940,
2015 # but for other purposes the Netherlands used Amsterdam mean time.
2016 
2017 # However, Robert H. van Gent writes (2001-04-01):
2018 # Howse's statement is only correct up to 1909. From 1909-05-01 (00:00:00
2019 # Amsterdam mean time) onwards, the whole of the Netherlands (including
2020 # the Dutch railways) was required by law to observe Amsterdam mean time
2021 # (19 minutes 32.13 seconds ahead of GMT). This had already been the
2022 # common practice (except for the railways) for many decades but it was
2023 # not until 1909 when the Dutch government finally defined this by law.
2024 # On 1937-07-01 this was changed to 20 minutes (exactly) ahead of GMT and
2025 # was generally known as Dutch Time ("Nederlandse Tijd").
2026 #
2027 # (2001-04-08):
2028 # 1892-05-01 was the date when the Dutch railways were by law required to
2029 # observe GMT while the remainder of the Netherlands adhered to the common
2030 # practice of following Amsterdam mean time.
2031 #
2032 # (2001-04-09):
2033 # In 1835 the authorities of the province of North Holland requested the
2034 # municipal authorities of the towns and cities in the province to observe
2035 # Amsterdam mean time but I do not know in how many cases this request was
2036 # actually followed.
2037 #
2038 # From 1852 onwards the Dutch telegraph offices were by law required to
2039 # observe Amsterdam mean time. As the time signals from the observatory of
2040 # Leiden were also distributed by the telegraph system, I assume that most
2041 # places linked up with the telegraph (and railway) system automatically
2042 # adopted Amsterdam mean time.
2043 #
2044 # Although the early Dutch railway companies initially observed a variety
2045 # of times, most of them had adopted Amsterdam mean time by 1858 but it
2046 # was not until 1866 when they were all required by law to observe
2047 # Amsterdam mean time.
2048 
2049 # The data entries before 1945 are taken from
2050 # https://www.staff.science.uu.nl/~gent0113/wettijd/wettijd.htm
2051 
2052 # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
2053 Rule    Neth    1916    only    -       May      1      0:00    1:00    NST     # Netherlands Summer Time
2054 Rule    Neth    1916    only    -       Oct      1      0:00    0       AMT     # Amsterdam Mean Time
2055 Rule    Neth    1917    only    -       Apr     16      2:00s   1:00    NST
2056 Rule    Neth    1917    only    -       Sep     17      2:00s   0       AMT
2057 Rule    Neth    1918    1921    -       Apr     Mon>=1       2:00s   1:00    NST
2058 Rule    Neth    1918    1921    -       Sep     lastMon 2:00s   0       AMT
2059 Rule    Neth    1922    only    -       Mar     lastSun 2:00s   1:00    NST
2060 Rule    Neth    1922    1936    -       Oct     Sun>=2       2:00s   0       AMT
2061 Rule    Neth    1923    only    -       Jun     Fri>=1       2:00s   1:00    NST
2062 Rule    Neth    1924    only    -       Mar     lastSun 2:00s   1:00    NST
2063 Rule    Neth    1925    only    -       Jun     Fri>=1       2:00s   1:00    NST
2064 # From 1926 through 1939 DST began 05-15, except that it was delayed by a week
2065 # in years when 05-15 fell in the Pentecost weekend.
2066 Rule    Neth    1926    1931    -       May     15      2:00s   1:00    NST
2067 Rule    Neth    1932    only    -       May     22      2:00s   1:00    NST
2068 Rule    Neth    1933    1936    -       May     15      2:00s   1:00    NST
2069 Rule    Neth    1937    only    -       May     22      2:00s   1:00    NST
2070 Rule    Neth    1937    only    -       Jul      1      0:00    1:00    S
2071 Rule    Neth    1937    1939    -       Oct     Sun>=2       2:00s   0       -
2072 Rule    Neth    1938    1939    -       May     15      2:00s   1:00    S
2073 Rule    Neth    1945    only    -       Apr      2      2:00s   1:00    S
2074 Rule    Neth    1945    only    -       Sep     16      2:00s   0       -
2075 #
2076 # Amsterdam Mean Time was +00:19:32.13, but the .13 is omitted
2077 # below because the current format requires STDOFF to be an integer.
2078 # Zone  NAME            STDOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
2079 Zone Europe/Amsterdam   0:19:32 -       LMT     1835
2080                         0:19:32 Neth    %s      1937 Jul  1
2081                         0:20    Neth +0020/+0120 1940 May 16  0:00
2082                         1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1945 Apr  2  2:00
2083                         1:00    Neth    CE%sT   1977
2084                         1:00    EU      CE%sT
2085 
2086 # Norway
2087 # http://met.no/met/met_lex/q_u/sommertid.html (2004-01) agrees with Shanks &
2088 # Pottenger.
2089 # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
2090 Rule    Norway  1916    only    -       May     22      1:00    1:00    S
2091 Rule    Norway  1916    only    -       Sep     30      0:00    0       -
2092 Rule    Norway  1945    only    -       Apr      2      2:00s   1:00    S
2093 Rule    Norway  1945    only    -       Oct      1      2:00s   0       -
2094 Rule    Norway  1959    1964    -       Mar     Sun>=15      2:00s   1:00    S
2095 Rule    Norway  1959    1965    -       Sep     Sun>=15      2:00s   0       -
2096 Rule    Norway  1965    only    -       Apr     25      2:00s   1:00    S
2097 # Zone  NAME            STDOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
2098 Zone    Europe/Oslo     0:43:00 -       LMT     1895 Jan  1
2099                         1:00    Norway  CE%sT   1940 Aug 10 23:00
2100                         1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1945 Apr  2  2:00
2101                         1:00    Norway  CE%sT   1980
2102                         1:00    EU      CE%sT
2103 
2104 # Svalbard & Jan Mayen
2105 
2106 # From Steffen Thorsen (2001-05-01):
2107 # Although I could not find it explicitly, it seems that Jan Mayen and
2108 # Svalbard have been using the same time as Norway at least since the
2109 # time they were declared as parts of Norway.  Svalbard was declared
2110 # as a part of Norway by law of 1925-07-17 no 11, section 4 and Jan
2111 # Mayen by law of 1930-02-27 no 2, section 2. (From
2112 # <http://www.lovdata.no/all/nl-19250717-011.html> and
2113 # <http://www.lovdata.no/all/nl-19300227-002.html>).  The law/regulation
2114 # for normal/standard time in Norway is from 1894-06-29 no 1 (came
2115 # into operation on 1895-01-01) and Svalbard/Jan Mayen seem to be a
2116 # part of this law since 1925/1930. (From
2117 # <http://www.lovdata.no/all/nl-18940629-001.html>) I have not been
2118 # able to find if Jan Mayen used a different time zone (e.g. -0100)
2119 # before 1930. Jan Mayen has only been "inhabited" since 1921 by
2120 # Norwegian meteorologists and maybe used the same time as Norway ever
2121 # since 1921.  Svalbard (Arctic/Longyearbyen) has been inhabited since
2122 # before 1895, and therefore probably changed the local time somewhere
2123 # between 1895 and 1925 (inclusive).
2124 
2125 # From Paul Eggert (2013-09-04):
2126 #
2127 # Actually, Jan Mayen was never occupied by Germany during World War II,
2128 # so it must have diverged from Oslo time during the war, as Oslo was
2129 # keeping Berlin time.
2130 #
2131 # <https://www.jan-mayen.no/history.htm> says that the meteorologists
2132 # burned down their station in 1940 and left the island, but returned in
2133 # 1941 with a small Norwegian garrison and continued operations despite
2134 # frequent air attacks from Germans.  In 1943 the Americans established a
2135 # radiolocating station on the island, called "Atlantic City".  Possibly
2136 # the UT offset changed during the war, but I think it unlikely that
2137 # Jan Mayen used German daylight-saving rules.
2138 #
2139 # Svalbard is more complicated, as it was raided in August 1941 by an
2140 # Allied party that evacuated the civilian population to England (says
2141 # <http://www.bartleby.com/65/sv/Svalbard.html>).  The Svalbard FAQ
2142 # <http://www.svalbard.com/SvalbardFAQ.html> says that the Germans were
2143 # expelled on 1942-05-14.  However, small parties of Germans did return,
2144 # and according to Wilhelm Dege's book "War North of 80" (1954)
2145 # http://www.ucalgary.ca/UofC/departments/UP/1-55238/1-55238-110-2.html
2146 # the German armed forces at the Svalbard weather station code-named
2147 # Haudegen did not surrender to the Allies until September 1945.
2148 #
2149 # All these events predate our cutoff date of 1970, so use Europe/Oslo
2150 # for these regions.
2151 Link    Europe/Oslo     Arctic/Longyearbyen
2152 
2153 # Poland
2154 
2155 # The 1919 dates and times can be found in Tygodnik Urzędowy nr 1 (1919-03-20),
2156 # <http://www.wbc.poznan.pl/publication/32156> pp 1-2.
2157 
2158 # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
2159 Rule    Poland  1918    1919    -       Sep     16      2:00s   0       -
2160 Rule    Poland  1919    only    -       Apr     15      2:00s   1:00    S
2161 Rule    Poland  1944    only    -       Apr      3      2:00s   1:00    S
2162 # Whitman gives 1944 Nov 30; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
2163 Rule    Poland  1944    only    -       Oct      4      2:00    0       -
2164 # For 1944-1948 Whitman gives the previous day; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
2165 Rule    Poland  1945    only    -       Apr     29      0:00    1:00    S
2166 Rule    Poland  1945    only    -       Nov      1      0:00    0       -
2167 # For 1946 on the source is Kazimierz Borkowski,
2168 # Toruń Center for Astronomy, Dept. of Radio Astronomy, Nicolaus Copernicus U.,
2169 # https://www.astro.uni.torun.pl/~kb/Artykuly/U-PA/Czas2.htm#tth_tAb1
2170 # Thanks to Przemysław Augustyniak (2005-05-28) for this reference.
2171 # He also gives these further references:
2172 # Mon Pol nr 13, poz 162 (1995) <http://www.abc.com.pl/serwis/mp/1995/0162.htm>
2173 # Druk nr 2180 (2003) <http://www.senat.gov.pl/k5/dok/sejm/053/2180.pdf>
2174 Rule    Poland  1946    only    -       Apr     14      0:00s   1:00    S
2175 Rule    Poland  1946    only    -       Oct      7      2:00s   0       -
2176 Rule    Poland  1947    only    -       May      4      2:00s   1:00    S
2177 Rule    Poland  1947    1949    -       Oct     Sun>=1       2:00s   0       -
2178 Rule    Poland  1948    only    -       Apr     18      2:00s   1:00    S
2179 Rule    Poland  1949    only    -       Apr     10      2:00s   1:00    S
2180 Rule    Poland  1957    only    -       Jun      2      1:00s   1:00    S
2181 Rule    Poland  1957    1958    -       Sep     lastSun 1:00s   0       -
2182 Rule    Poland  1958    only    -       Mar     30      1:00s   1:00    S
2183 Rule    Poland  1959    only    -       May     31      1:00s   1:00    S
2184 Rule    Poland  1959    1961    -       Oct     Sun>=1       1:00s   0       -
2185 Rule    Poland  1960    only    -       Apr      3      1:00s   1:00    S
2186 Rule    Poland  1961    1964    -       May     lastSun 1:00s   1:00    S
2187 Rule    Poland  1962    1964    -       Sep     lastSun 1:00s   0       -
2188 # Zone  NAME            STDOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
2189 Zone    Europe/Warsaw   1:24:00 -       LMT     1880
2190                         1:24:00 -       WMT     1915 Aug  5 # Warsaw Mean Time
2191                         1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1918 Sep 16  3:00
2192                         2:00    Poland  EE%sT   1922 Jun
2193                         1:00    Poland  CE%sT   1940 Jun 23  2:00
2194                         1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1944 Oct
2195                         1:00    Poland  CE%sT   1977
2196                         1:00    W-Eur   CE%sT   1988
2197                         1:00    EU      CE%sT
2198 
2199 # Portugal
2200 
2201 # From Paul Eggert (2014-08-11), after a heads-up from Stephen Colebourne:
2202 # According to a Portuguese decree (1911-05-26)
2203 # https://dre.pt/application/dir/pdf1sdip/1911/05/12500/23132313.pdf
2204 # Lisbon was at -0:36:44.68, but switched to GMT on 1912-01-01 at 00:00.
2205 # Round the old offset to -0:36:45.  This agrees with Willett....
2206 #
2207 # From Michael Deckers (2018-02-15):
2208 # article 5 [of the 1911 decree; Deckers's translation] ...:
2209 # These dispositions shall enter into force at the instant at which,
2210 # according to the 2nd article, the civil day January 1, 1912 begins,
2211 # all clocks therefore having to be advanced or set back correspondingly ...
2212 
2213 # From Rui Pedro Salgueiro (1992-11-12):
2214 # Portugal has recently (September, 27) changed timezone
2215 # (from WET to MET or CET) to harmonize with EEC.
2216 #
2217 # Martin Bruckmann (1996-02-29) reports via Peter Ilieve
2218 # that Portugal is reverting to 0:00 by not moving its clocks this spring.
2219 # The new Prime Minister was fed up with getting up in the dark in the winter.
2220 #
2221 # From Paul Eggert (1996-11-12):
2222 # IATA SSIM (1991-09) reports several 1991-09 and 1992-09 transitions
2223 # at 02:00u, not 01:00u.  Assume that these are typos.
2224 # IATA SSIM (1991/1992) reports that the Azores were at -1:00.
2225 # IATA SSIM (1993-02) says +0:00; later issues (through 1996-09) say -1:00.
2226 # Guess that the Azores changed to EU rules in 1992 (since that's when Portugal
2227 # harmonized with EU rules), and that they stayed +0:00 that winter.
2228 #
2229 # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
2230 # DSH writes that despite Decree 1,469 (1915), the change to the clocks was not
2231 # done every year, depending on what Spain did, because of railroad schedules.
2232 # Go with Shanks & Pottenger.
2233 Rule    Port    1916    only    -       Jun     17      23:00   1:00    S
2234 # Whitman gives 1916 Oct 31; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
2235 Rule    Port    1916    only    -       Nov      1       1:00   0       -
2236 Rule    Port    1917    only    -       Feb     28      23:00s  1:00    S
2237 Rule    Port    1917    1921    -       Oct     14      23:00s  0       -
2238 Rule    Port    1918    only    -       Mar      1      23:00s  1:00    S
2239 Rule    Port    1919    only    -       Feb     28      23:00s  1:00    S
2240 Rule    Port    1920    only    -       Feb     29      23:00s  1:00    S
2241 Rule    Port    1921    only    -       Feb     28      23:00s  1:00    S
2242 Rule    Port    1924    only    -       Apr     16      23:00s  1:00    S
2243 Rule    Port    1924    only    -       Oct     14      23:00s  0       -
2244 Rule    Port    1926    only    -       Apr     17      23:00s  1:00    S
2245 Rule    Port    1926    1929    -       Oct     Sat>=1       23:00s  0       -
2246 Rule    Port    1927    only    -       Apr      9      23:00s  1:00    S
2247 Rule    Port    1928    only    -       Apr     14      23:00s  1:00    S
2248 Rule    Port    1929    only    -       Apr     20      23:00s  1:00    S
2249 Rule    Port    1931    only    -       Apr     18      23:00s  1:00    S
2250 # Whitman gives 1931 Oct 8; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
2251 Rule    Port    1931    1932    -       Oct     Sat>=1       23:00s  0       -
2252 Rule    Port    1932    only    -       Apr      2      23:00s  1:00    S
2253 Rule    Port    1934    only    -       Apr      7      23:00s  1:00    S
2254 # Whitman gives 1934 Oct 5; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
2255 Rule    Port    1934    1938    -       Oct     Sat>=1       23:00s  0       -
2256 # Shanks & Pottenger give 1935 Apr 30; go with Whitman.
2257 Rule    Port    1935    only    -       Mar     30      23:00s  1:00    S
2258 Rule    Port    1936    only    -       Apr     18      23:00s  1:00    S
2259 # Whitman gives 1937 Apr 2; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
2260 Rule    Port    1937    only    -       Apr      3      23:00s  1:00    S
2261 Rule    Port    1938    only    -       Mar     26      23:00s  1:00    S
2262 Rule    Port    1939    only    -       Apr     15      23:00s  1:00    S
2263 # Whitman gives 1939 Oct 7; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
2264 Rule    Port    1939    only    -       Nov     18      23:00s  0       -
2265 Rule    Port    1940    only    -       Feb     24      23:00s  1:00    S
2266 # Shanks & Pottenger give 1940 Oct 7; go with Whitman.
2267 Rule    Port    1940    1941    -       Oct      5      23:00s  0       -
2268 Rule    Port    1941    only    -       Apr      5      23:00s  1:00    S
2269 Rule    Port    1942    1945    -       Mar     Sat>=8       23:00s  1:00    S
2270 Rule    Port    1942    only    -       Apr     25      22:00s  2:00    M # Midsummer
2271 Rule    Port    1942    only    -       Aug     15      22:00s  1:00    S
2272 Rule    Port    1942    1945    -       Oct     Sat>=24      23:00s  0       -
2273 Rule    Port    1943    only    -       Apr     17      22:00s  2:00    M
2274 Rule    Port    1943    1945    -       Aug     Sat>=25      22:00s  1:00    S
2275 Rule    Port    1944    1945    -       Apr     Sat>=21      22:00s  2:00    M
2276 Rule    Port    1946    only    -       Apr     Sat>=1       23:00s  1:00    S
2277 Rule    Port    1946    only    -       Oct     Sat>=1       23:00s  0       -
2278 Rule    Port    1947    1949    -       Apr     Sun>=1        2:00s  1:00    S
2279 Rule    Port    1947    1949    -       Oct     Sun>=1        2:00s  0       -
2280 # Shanks & Pottenger say DST was observed in 1950; go with Whitman.
2281 # Whitman gives Oct lastSun for 1952 on; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
2282 Rule    Port    1951    1965    -       Apr     Sun>=1        2:00s  1:00    S
2283 Rule    Port    1951    1965    -       Oct     Sun>=1        2:00s  0       -
2284 Rule    Port    1977    only    -       Mar     27       0:00s  1:00    S
2285 Rule    Port    1977    only    -       Sep     25       0:00s  0       -
2286 Rule    Port    1978    1979    -       Apr     Sun>=1        0:00s  1:00    S
2287 Rule    Port    1978    only    -       Oct      1       0:00s  0       -
2288 Rule    Port    1979    1982    -       Sep     lastSun  1:00s  0       -
2289 Rule    Port    1980    only    -       Mar     lastSun  0:00s  1:00    S
2290 Rule    Port    1981    1982    -       Mar     lastSun  1:00s  1:00    S
2291 Rule    Port    1983    only    -       Mar     lastSun  2:00s  1:00    S
2292 #
2293 # Zone  NAME            STDOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
2294 Zone    Europe/Lisbon   -0:36:45 -      LMT     1884
2295                         -0:36:45 -      LMT     1912 Jan  1  0:00u # Lisbon MT
2296                          0:00   Port    WE%sT   1966 Apr  3  2:00
2297                          1:00   -       CET     1976 Sep 26  1:00
2298                          0:00   Port    WE%sT   1983 Sep 25  1:00s
2299                          0:00   W-Eur   WE%sT   1992 Sep 27  1:00s
2300                          1:00   EU      CE%sT   1996 Mar 31  1:00u
2301                          0:00   EU      WE%sT
2302 # This Zone can be simplified once we assume zic %z.
2303 Zone Atlantic/Azores    -1:42:40 -      LMT     1884        # Ponta Delgada
2304                         -1:54:32 -      HMT     1912 Jan  1  2:00u # Horta MT
2305                         -2:00   Port    -02/-01 1942 Apr 25 22:00s
2306                         -2:00   Port    +00     1942 Aug 15 22:00s
2307                         -2:00   Port    -02/-01 1943 Apr 17 22:00s
2308                         -2:00   Port    +00     1943 Aug 28 22:00s
2309                         -2:00   Port    -02/-01 1944 Apr 22 22:00s
2310                         -2:00   Port    +00     1944 Aug 26 22:00s
2311                         -2:00   Port    -02/-01 1945 Apr 21 22:00s
2312                         -2:00   Port    +00     1945 Aug 25 22:00s
2313                         -2:00   Port    -02/-01 1966 Apr  3  2:00
2314                         -1:00   Port    -01/+00 1983 Sep 25  1:00s
2315                         -1:00   W-Eur   -01/+00 1992 Sep 27  1:00s
2316                          0:00   EU      WE%sT   1993 Mar 28  1:00u
2317                         -1:00   EU      -01/+00
2318 # This Zone can be simplified once we assume zic %z.
2319 Zone Atlantic/Madeira   -1:07:36 -      LMT     1884        # Funchal
2320                         -1:07:36 -      FMT     1912 Jan  1  1:00u # Funchal MT
2321                         -1:00   Port    -01/+00 1942 Apr 25 22:00s
2322                         -1:00   Port    +01     1942 Aug 15 22:00s
2323                         -1:00   Port    -01/+00 1943 Apr 17 22:00s
2324                         -1:00   Port    +01     1943 Aug 28 22:00s
2325                         -1:00   Port    -01/+00 1944 Apr 22 22:00s
2326                         -1:00   Port    +01     1944 Aug 26 22:00s
2327                         -1:00   Port    -01/+00 1945 Apr 21 22:00s
2328                         -1:00   Port    +01     1945 Aug 25 22:00s
2329                         -1:00   Port    -01/+00 1966 Apr  3  2:00
2330                          0:00   Port    WE%sT   1983 Sep 25  1:00s
2331                          0:00   EU      WE%sT
2332 
2333 # Romania
2334 #
2335 # From Paul Eggert (1999-10-07):
2336 # Nine O'clock <http://www.nineoclock.ro/POL/1778pol.html>
2337 # (1998-10-23) reports that the switch occurred at
2338 # 04:00 local time in fall 1998.  For lack of better info,
2339 # assume that Romania and Moldova switched to EU rules in 1997,
2340 # the same year as Bulgaria.
2341 #
2342 # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
2343 Rule    Romania 1932    only    -       May     21       0:00s  1:00    S
2344 Rule    Romania 1932    1939    -       Oct     Sun>=1        0:00s  0       -
2345 Rule    Romania 1933    1939    -       Apr     Sun>=2        0:00s  1:00    S
2346 Rule    Romania 1979    only    -       May     27       0:00   1:00    S
2347 Rule    Romania 1979    only    -       Sep     lastSun  0:00   0       -
2348 Rule    Romania 1980    only    -       Apr      5      23:00   1:00    S
2349 Rule    Romania 1980    only    -       Sep     lastSun  1:00   0       -
2350 Rule    Romania 1991    1993    -       Mar     lastSun  0:00s  1:00    S
2351 Rule    Romania 1991    1993    -       Sep     lastSun  0:00s  0       -
2352 # Zone  NAME            STDOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
2353 Zone Europe/Bucharest   1:44:24 -       LMT     1891 Oct
2354                         1:44:24 -       BMT     1931 Jul 24 # Bucharest MT
2355                         2:00    Romania EE%sT   1981 Mar 29  2:00s
2356                         2:00    C-Eur   EE%sT   1991
2357                         2:00    Romania EE%sT   1994
2358                         2:00    E-Eur   EE%sT   1997
2359                         2:00    EU      EE%sT
2360 
2361 
2362 # Russia
2363 
2364 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-09-15):
2365 # Based on last Russian Government Decree No. 725 on August 31, 2011
2366 # (Government document
2367 # http://www.government.ru/gov/results/16355/print/
2368 # in Russian)
2369 # there are few corrections have to be made for some Russian time zones...
2370 # All updated Russian Time Zones were placed in table and translated to English
2371 # by WorldTimeZone.com at the link below:
2372 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia36.htm
2373 
2374 # From Sanjeev Gupta (2011-09-27):
2375 # Scans of [Decree No. 23 of January 8, 1992] are available at:
2376 # http://government.consultant.ru/page.aspx?1223966
2377 # They are in Cyrillic letters (presumably Russian).
2378 
2379 # From Arthur David Olson (2012-05-09):
2380 # Regarding the instant when clocks in time-zone-shifting parts of Russia
2381 # changed in September 2011:
2382 #
2383 # One source is
2384 # http://government.ru/gov/results/16355/
2385 # which, according to translate.google.com, begins "Decree of August 31,
2386 # 2011 No. 725" and contains no other dates or "effective date" information.
2387 #
2388 # Another source is
2389 # https://rg.ru/2011/09/06/chas-zona-dok.html
2390 # which, according to translate.google.com, begins "Resolution of the
2391 # Government of the Russian Federation on August 31, 2011 N 725" and also
2392 # contains "Date first official publication: September 6, 2011 Posted on:
2393 # in the 'RG' - Federal Issue No. 5573 September 6, 2011" but which
2394 # does not contain any "effective date" information.
2395 #
2396 # Another source is
2397 # https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oymyakonsky_District#cite_note-RuTime-7
2398 # which, in note 8, contains "Resolution No. 725 of August 31, 2011...
2399 # Effective as of after 7 days following the day of the official publication"
2400 # but which does not contain any reference to September 6, 2011.
2401 #
2402 # The Wikipedia article refers to
2403 # http://base.consultant.ru/cons/cgi/online.cgi?req=doc;base=LAW;n=118896
2404 # which seems to copy the text of the government.ru page.
2405 #
2406 # Tobias Conradi combines Wikipedia's
2407 # "as of after 7 days following the day of the official publication"
2408 # with www.rg.ru's "Date of first official publication: September 6, 2011" to
2409 # get September 13, 2011 as the cutover date (unusually, a Tuesday, as Tobias
2410 # Conradi notes).
2411 #
2412 # None of the sources indicates a time of day for changing clocks.
2413 #
2414 # Go with 2011-09-13 0:00s.
2415 
2416 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2014-07-01):
2417 # According to the Russian news (ITAR-TASS News Agency)
2418 # http://en.itar-tass.com/russia/738562
2419 # the State Duma has approved ... the draft bill on returning to
2420 # winter time standard and return Russia 11 time zones.  The new
2421 # regulations will come into effect on October 26, 2014 at 02:00 ...
2422 # http://asozd2.duma.gov.ru/main.nsf/%28Spravka%29?OpenAgent&RN=431985-6&02
2423 # Here is a link where we put together table (based on approved Bill N
2424 # 431985-6) with proposed 11 Russian time zones and corresponding
2425 # areas/cities/administrative centers in the Russian Federation (in English):
2426 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia65.html
2427 #
2428 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2014-07-22):
2429 # Putin signed the Federal Law 431985-6 ... (in Russian)
2430 # http://itar-tass.com/obschestvo/1333711
2431 # http://www.pravo.gov.ru:8080/page.aspx?111660
2432 # http://www.kremlin.ru/acts/46279
2433 # From October 26, 2014 the new Russian time zone map will look like this:
2434 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia-map-2014-07.html
2435 
2436 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
2437 # Moscow time zone abbreviations after 1919-07-01, and Moscow rules after 1991,
2438 # are from Andrey A. Chernov.  The rest is from Shanks & Pottenger,
2439 # except we follow Chernov's report that 1992 DST transitions were Sat
2440 # 23:00, not Sun 02:00s.
2441 #
2442 # From Stanislaw A. Kuzikowski (1994-06-29):
2443 # But now it is some months since Novosibirsk is 3 hours ahead of Moscow!
2444 # I do not know why they have decided to make this change;
2445 # as far as I remember it was done exactly during winter->summer switching
2446 # so we (Novosibirsk) simply did not switch.
2447 #
2448 # From Andrey A. Chernov (1996-10-04):
2449 # 'MSK' and 'MSD' were born and used initially on Moscow computers with
2450 # UNIX-like OSes by several developer groups (e.g. Demos group, Kiae group)....
2451 # The next step was the UUCP network, the Relcom predecessor
2452 # (used mainly for mail), and MSK/MSD was actively used there.
2453 #
2454 # From Chris Carrier (1996-10-30):
2455 # According to a friend of mine who rode the Trans-Siberian Railroad from
2456 # Moscow to Irkutsk in 1995, public air and rail transport in Russia ...
2457 # still follows Moscow time, no matter where in Russia it is located.
2458 #
2459 # For Grozny, Chechnya, we have the following story from
2460 # John Daniszewski, "Scavengers in the Rubble", Los Angeles Times (2001-02-07):
2461 # News - often false - is spread by word of mouth.  A rumor that it was
2462 # time to move the clocks back put this whole city out of sync with
2463 # the rest of Russia for two weeks - even soldiers stationed here began
2464 # enforcing curfew at the wrong time.
2465 #
2466 # From Gwillim Law (2001-06-05):
2467 # There's considerable evidence that Sakhalin Island used to be in
2468 # UTC+11, and has changed to UTC+10, in this decade.  I start with the
2469 # SSIM, which listed Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk in zone RU10 along with Magadan
2470 # until February 1997, and then in RU9 with Khabarovsk and Vladivostok
2471 # since September 1997....  Although the Kuril Islands are
2472 # administratively part of Sakhalin oblast', they appear to have
2473 # remained on UTC+11 along with Magadan.
2474 
2475 # From Marat Nigametzianov (2018-07-16):
2476 # this is link to order from 1956 about timezone in USSR
2477 # http://astro.uni-altai.ru/~orion/blog/2011/11/novyie-granitsyi-chasovyih-poyasov-v-sssr/
2478 #
2479 # From Paul Eggert (2018-07-16):
2480 # Perhaps someone could translate the above-mentioned link and use it
2481 # to correct our data for the ex-Soviet Union.  It cites the following:
2482 # «Поясное время и новые границы часовых поясов» / сост. П.Н. Долгов,
2483 # отв. ред. Г.Д. Бурдун - М: Комитет стандартов, мер и измерительных
2484 # приборов при Совете Министров СССР, Междуведомственная комиссия
2485 # единой службы времени, 1956 г.
2486 # This book looks like it would be a helpful resource for the Soviet
2487 # Union through 1956.  Although a copy was in the Scientific Library
2488 # of Tomsk State University, I have not been able to track down a copy nearby.
2489 #
2490 # From Stepan Golosunov (2018-07-21):
2491 # http://astro.uni-altai.ru/~orion/blog/2015/05/center-reforma-ischisleniya-vremeni-br-na-territorii-sssr-v-1957-godu-center/
2492 # says that the 1956 decision to change time belts' borders was not
2493 # implemented as planned in 1956 and the change happened in 1957.
2494 # There is also the problem that actual time zones were different from
2495 # the official time belts (and from many time belts' maps) as there were
2496 # numerous exceptions to application of time belt rules.  For example,
2497 # https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Московское_время#Перемещение_границы_применения_московского_времени_на_восток
2498 # says that by 1962 there were many regions in the 3rd time belt that
2499 # were on Moscow time, referring to a 1962 map.  By 1989 number of such
2500 # exceptions grew considerably.
2501 
2502 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-06):
2503 # The comments detailing the coverage of each Russian zone are meant to assist
2504 # with maintenance only and represent our best guesses as to which regions
2505 # are covered by each zone.  They are not meant to be taken as an authoritative
2506 # listing.  The region codes listed come from
2507 # https://en.wikipedia.org/w/?title=Federal_subjects_of_Russia&oldid=611810498
2508 # and are used for convenience only; no guarantees are made regarding their
2509 # future stability.  ISO 3166-2:RU codes are also listed for first-level
2510 # divisions where available.
2511 
2512 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03):
2513 # Europe/Kaliningrad covers...
2514 # 39    RU-KGD  Kaliningrad Oblast
2515 
2516 # From Paul Eggert (2016-03-18):
2517 # The 1989 transition is from USSR act No. 227 (1989-03-14).
2518 
2519 # From Stepan Golosunov (2016-03-07):
2520 # http://www.rgo.ru/ru/kaliningradskoe-oblastnoe-otdelenie/ob-otdelenii/publikacii/kak-nam-zhilos-bez-letnego-vremeni
2521 # confirms that the 1989 change to Moscow-1 was implemented.
2522 # (The article, though, is misattributed to 1990 while saying that
2523 # summer->winter transition would be done on the 24 of September. But
2524 # 1990-09-24 was Monday, while 1989-09-24 was Sunday as expected.)
2525 # ...
2526 # http://www.kaliningradka.ru/site_pc/cherez/index.php?ELEMENT_ID=40091
2527 # says that Kaliningrad switched to Moscow-1 on 1989-03-26, avoided
2528 # at the last moment switch to Moscow-1 on 1991-03-31, switched to
2529 # Moscow on 1991-11-03, switched to Moscow-1 on 1992-01-19.
2530 
2531 Zone Europe/Kaliningrad  1:22:00 -      LMT     1893 Apr
2532                          1:00   C-Eur   CE%sT   1945
2533                          2:00   Poland  CE%sT   1946
2534                          3:00   Russia  MSK/MSD 1989 Mar 26  2:00s
2535                          2:00   Russia  EE%sT   2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2536                          3:00   -       +03     2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2537                          2:00   -       EET
2538 
2539 
2540 # From Paul Eggert (2016-02-21), per Tim Parenti (2014-07-03) and
2541 # Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25):
2542 # Europe/Moscow covers...
2543 # 01    RU-AD   Adygea, Republic of
2544 # 05    RU-DA   Dagestan, Republic of
2545 # 06    RU-IN   Ingushetia, Republic of
2546 # 07    RU-KB   Kabardino-Balkar Republic
2547 # 08    RU-KL   Kalmykia, Republic of
2548 # 09    RU-KC   Karachay-Cherkess Republic
2549 # 10    RU-KR   Karelia, Republic of
2550 # 11    RU-KO   Komi Republic
2551 # 12    RU-ME   Mari El Republic
2552 # 13    RU-MO   Mordovia, Republic of
2553 # 15    RU-SE   North Ossetia-Alania, Republic of
2554 # 16    RU-TA   Tatarstan, Republic of
2555 # 20    RU-CE   Chechen Republic
2556 # 21    RU-CU   Chuvash Republic
2557 # 23    RU-KDA  Krasnodar Krai
2558 # 26    RU-STA  Stavropol Krai
2559 # 29    RU-ARK  Arkhangelsk Oblast
2560 # 31    RU-BEL  Belgorod Oblast
2561 # 32    RU-BRY  Bryansk Oblast
2562 # 33    RU-VLA  Vladimir Oblast
2563 # 35    RU-VLG  Vologda Oblast
2564 # 36    RU-VOR  Voronezh Oblast
2565 # 37    RU-IVA  Ivanovo Oblast
2566 # 40    RU-KLU  Kaluga Oblast
2567 # 44    RU-KOS  Kostroma Oblast
2568 # 46    RU-KRS  Kursk Oblast
2569 # 47    RU-LEN  Leningrad Oblast
2570 # 48    RU-LIP  Lipetsk Oblast
2571 # 50    RU-MOS  Moscow Oblast
2572 # 51    RU-MUR  Murmansk Oblast
2573 # 52    RU-NIZ  Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
2574 # 53    RU-NGR  Novgorod Oblast
2575 # 57    RU-ORL  Oryol Oblast
2576 # 58    RU-PNZ  Penza Oblast
2577 # 60    RU-PSK  Pskov Oblast
2578 # 61    RU-ROS  Rostov Oblast
2579 # 62    RU-RYA  Ryazan Oblast
2580 # 67    RU-SMO  Smolensk Oblast
2581 # 68    RU-TAM  Tambov Oblast
2582 # 69    RU-TVE  Tver Oblast
2583 # 71    RU-TUL  Tula Oblast
2584 # 76    RU-YAR  Yaroslavl Oblast
2585 # 77    RU-MOW  Moscow
2586 # 78    RU-SPE  Saint Petersburg
2587 # 83    RU-NEN  Nenets Autonomous Okrug
2588 
2589 # From Paul Eggert (2016-08-23):
2590 # The Soviets switched to UT-based time in 1919.  Decree No. 59
2591 # (1919-02-08) http://istmat.info/node/35567 established UT-based time
2592 # zones, and Decree No. 147 (1919-03-29) http://istmat.info/node/35854
2593 # specified a transition date of 1919-07-01, apparently at 00:00 UT.
2594 # No doubt only the Soviet-controlled regions switched on that date;
2595 # later transitions to UT-based time in other parts of Russia are
2596 # taken from what appear to be guesses by Shanks.
2597 # (Thanks to Alexander Belopolsky for pointers to the decrees.)
2598 
2599 # From Stepan Golosunov (2016-03-07):
2600 # 11. Regions-violators, 1981-1982.
2601 # Wikipedia refers to
2602 # http://maps.monetonos.ru/maps/raznoe/Old_Maps/Old_Maps/Articles/022/3_1981.html
2603 # http://besp.narod.ru/nauka_1981_3.htm
2604 #
2605 # The second link provides two articles scanned from the Nauka i Zhizn
2606 # magazine No. 3, 1981 and a scan of the short article attributed to
2607 # the Trud newspaper from February 1982.  The first link provides the
2608 # same Nauka i Zhizn articles converted to the text form (but misses
2609 # time belt changes map).
2610 #
2611 # The second Nauka i Zhizn article says that in addition to
2612 # introduction of summer time on 1981-04-01 there are some time belt
2613 # border changes on 1981-10-01, mostly affecting Nenets Autonomous
2614 # Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Yakutia, Magadan Oblast and Chukotka
2615 # according to the provided map (colored one).  In addition to that
2616 # "time violators" (regions which were not using rules of the time
2617 # belts in which they were located) would not be moving off the DST on
2618 # 1981-10-01 to restore the decree time usage.  (Komi ASSR was
2619 # supposed to repeat that move in October 1982 to account for the 2
2620 # hour difference.)  Map depicting "time violators" before 1981-10-01
2621 # is also provided.
2622 #
2623 # The article from Trud says that 1981-10-01 changes caused problems
2624 # and some territories would be moved to pre-1981-10-01 time by not
2625 # moving to summer time on 1982-04-01.  Namely: Dagestan,
2626 # Kabardino-Balkar, Kalmyk, Komi, Mari, Mordovian, North Ossetian,
2627 # Tatar, Chechen-Ingush and Chuvash ASSR, Krasnodar and Stavropol
2628 # krais, Arkhangelsk, Vladimir, Vologda, Voronezh, Gorky, Ivanovo,
2629 # Kostroma, Lipetsk, Penza, Rostov, Ryazan, Tambov, Tyumen and
2630 # Yaroslavl oblasts, Nenets and Evenk autonomous okrugs, Khatangsky
2631 # district of Taymyr Autonomous Okrug.  As a result Evenk Autonomous
2632 # Okrug and Khatangsky district of Taymyr Autonomous Okrug would end
2633 # up on Moscow+4, Tyumen Oblast on Moscow+2 and the rest on Moscow
2634 # time.
2635 #
2636 # http://astrozet.net/files/Zones/DOC/RU/1980-925.txt
2637 # attributes the 1982 changes to the Act of the Council of Ministers
2638 # of the USSR No. 126 from 18.02.1982.  1980-925.txt also adds
2639 # Udmurtia to the list of affected territories and lists Khatangsky
2640 # district separately from Taymyr Autonomous Okrug.  Probably erroneously.
2641 #
2642 # The affected territories are currently listed under Europe/Moscow,
2643 # Asia/Yekaterinburg and Asia/Krasnoyarsk.
2644 #
2645 # 12. Udmurtia
2646 # The fact that Udmurtia is depicted as a violator in the Nauka i
2647 # Zhizn article hints at Izhevsk being on different time from
2648 # Kuybyshev before 1981-10-01. Udmurtia is not mentioned in the 1989 act.
2649 # http://astrozet.net/files/Zones/DOC/RU/1980-925.txt
2650 # implies Udmurtia was on Moscow time after 1982-04-01.
2651 # Wikipedia implies Udmurtia being on Moscow+1 until 1991.
2652 #
2653 # ...
2654 #
2655 # All Russian zones are supposed to have by default a -1 change at
2656 # 1991-03-31 2:00 (cancellation of the decree time in the USSR) and a +1
2657 # change at 1992-01-19 2:00 (restoration of the decree time in Russia).
2658 #
2659 # There were some exceptions, though.
2660 # Wikipedia says newspapers listed Astrakhan, Saratov, Kirov, Volgograd,
2661 # Izhevsk, Grozny, Kazan and Samara as such exceptions for the 1992
2662 # change. (Different newspapers providing different lists. And some
2663 # lists found in the internet are quite wild.)
2664 #
2665 # And apparently some exceptions were reverted in the last moment.
2666 # http://www.kaliningradka.ru/site_pc/cherez/index.php?ELEMENT_ID=40091
2667 # says that Kaliningrad decided not to be an exception 2 days before the
2668 # 1991-03-31 switch and one person at
2669 # https://izhevsk.ru/forum_light_message/50/682597-m8369040.html
2670 # says he remembers that Samara opted out of the 1992-01-19 exception
2671 # 2 days before the switch.
2672 #
2673 #
2674 # From Paul Eggert (2016-03-18):
2675 # Given the above, we appear to be missing some Zone entries for the
2676 # chaotic early 1980s in Russia.  It's not clear what these entries
2677 # should be.  For now, sweep this under the rug and just document the
2678 # time in Moscow.
2679 
2680 # From Vladimir Karpinsky (2014-07-08):
2681 # LMT in Moscow (before Jul 3, 1916) is 2:30:17, that was defined by Moscow
2682 # Observatory (coordinates: 55° 45' 29.70", 37° 34' 05.30")....
2683 # LMT in Moscow since Jul 3, 1916 is 2:31:01 as a result of new standard.
2684 # (The info is from the book by Byalokoz ... p. 18.)
2685 # The time in St. Petersburg as capital of Russia was defined by
2686 # Pulkov observatory, near St. Petersburg.  In 1916 LMT Moscow
2687 # was synchronized with LMT St. Petersburg (+30 minutes), (Pulkov observatory
2688 # coordinates: 59° 46' 18.70", 30° 19' 40.70") so 30° 19' 40.70" >
2689 # 2h01m18.7s = 2:01:19.  LMT Moscow = LMT St.Petersburg + 30m 2:01:19 + 0:30 =
2690 # 2:31:19 ...
2691 #
2692 # From Paul Eggert (2014-07-08):
2693 # Milne does not list Moscow, but suggests that its time might be listed in
2694 # Résumés mensuels et annuels des observations météorologiques (1895).
2695 # Presumably this is OCLC 85825704, a journal published with parallel text in
2696 # Russian and French.  This source has not been located; go with Karpinsky.
2697 
2698 Zone Europe/Moscow       2:30:17 -      LMT     1880
2699                          2:30:17 -      MMT     1916 Jul  3 # Moscow Mean Time
2700                          2:31:19 Russia %s      1919 Jul  1  0:00u
2701                          3:00   Russia  %s      1921 Oct
2702                          3:00   Russia  MSK/MSD 1922 Oct
2703                          2:00   -       EET     1930 Jun 21
2704                          3:00   Russia  MSK/MSD 1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2705                          2:00   Russia  EE%sT   1992 Jan 19  2:00s
2706                          3:00   Russia  MSK/MSD 2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2707                          4:00   -       MSK     2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2708                          3:00   -       MSK
2709 
2710 
2711 # From Paul Eggert (2016-12-06):
2712 # Europe/Simferopol covers Crimea.
2713 
2714 Zone Europe/Simferopol   2:16:24 -      LMT     1880
2715                          2:16   -       SMT     1924 May  2 # Simferopol Mean T
2716                          2:00   -       EET     1930 Jun 21
2717                          3:00   -       MSK     1941 Nov
2718                          1:00   C-Eur   CE%sT   1944 Apr 13
2719                          3:00   Russia  MSK/MSD 1990
2720                          3:00   -       MSK     1990 Jul  1  2:00
2721                          2:00   -       EET     1992
2722 # Central Crimea used Moscow time 1994/1997.
2723 #
2724 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
2725 # The _Economist_ (1994-05-28, p 45) reports that central Crimea switched
2726 # from Kiev to Moscow time sometime after the January 1994 elections.
2727 # Shanks (1999) says "date of change uncertain", but implies that it happened
2728 # sometime between the 1994 DST switches.  Shanks & Pottenger simply say
2729 # 1994-09-25 03:00, but that can't be right.  For now, guess it
2730 # changed in May.
2731                          2:00   E-Eur   EE%sT   1994 May
2732 # From IATA SSIM (1994/1997), which also says that Kerch is still like Kiev.
2733                          3:00   E-Eur   MSK/MSD 1996 Mar 31  0:00s
2734                          3:00   1:00    MSD     1996 Oct 27  3:00s
2735 # IATA SSIM (1997-09) says Crimea switched to EET/EEST.
2736 # Assume it happened in March by not changing the clocks.
2737                          3:00   Russia  MSK/MSD 1997
2738                          3:00   -       MSK     1997 Mar lastSun  1:00u
2739 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2014-03-17):
2740 # time change at 2:00 (2am) on March 30, 2014
2741 # https://vz.ru/news/2014/3/17/677464.html
2742 # From Paul Eggert (2014-03-30):
2743 # Simferopol and Sevastopol reportedly changed their central town clocks
2744 # late the previous day, but this appears to have been ceremonial
2745 # and the discrepancies are small enough to not worry about.
2746                          2:00   EU      EE%sT   2014 Mar 30  2:00
2747                          4:00   -       MSK     2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2748                          3:00   -       MSK
2749 
2750 
2751 # From Paul Eggert (2016-03-18):
2752 # Europe/Astrakhan covers:
2753 # 30    RU-AST  Astrakhan Oblast
2754 #
2755 # The 1989 transition is from USSR act No. 227 (1989-03-14).
2756 
2757 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2016-01-12):
2758 # On February 10, 2016 Astrakhan Oblast got approval by the Federation
2759 # Council to change its time zone to UTC+4 (from current UTC+3 Moscow time)....
2760 # This Federal Law shall enter into force on 27 March 2016 at 02:00.
2761 # From Matt Johnson (2016-03-09):
2762 # http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201602150056
2763 
2764 Zone Europe/Astrakhan    3:12:12 -      LMT     1924 May
2765                          3:00   -       +03     1930 Jun 21
2766                          4:00   Russia  +04/+05 1989 Mar 26  2:00s
2767                          3:00   Russia  +03/+04 1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2768                          4:00   -       +04     1992 Mar 29  2:00s
2769                          3:00   Russia  +03/+04 2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2770                          4:00   -       +04     2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2771                          3:00   -       +03     2016 Mar 27  2:00s
2772                          4:00   -       +04
2773 
2774 # From Paul Eggert (2016-11-11):
2775 # Europe/Volgograd covers:
2776 # 34    RU-VGG  Volgograd Oblast
2777 # The 1988 transition is from USSR act No. 5 (1988-01-04).
2778 
2779 # From Alexander Fetisov (2018-09-20):
2780 # Volgograd region in southern Russia (Europe/Volgograd) change
2781 # timezone from UTC+3 to UTC+4 from 28oct2018.
2782 # http://sozd.parliament.gov.ru/bill/452878-7
2783 #
2784 # From Stepan Golosunov (2018-10-11):
2785 # The law has been published today on
2786 # http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201810110037
2787 
2788 Zone Europe/Volgograd    2:57:40 -      LMT     1920 Jan  3
2789                          3:00   -       +03     1930 Jun 21
2790                          4:00   -       +04     1961 Nov 11
2791                          4:00   Russia  +04/+05 1988 Mar 27  2:00s
2792                          3:00   Russia  +03/+04 1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2793                          4:00   -       +04     1992 Mar 29  2:00s
2794                          3:00   Russia  +03/+04 2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2795                          4:00   -       +04     2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2796                          3:00   -       +03     2018 Oct 28  2:00s
2797                          4:00   -       +04
2798 
2799 # From Paul Eggert (2016-11-11):
2800 # Europe/Saratov covers:
2801 # 64    RU-SAR  Saratov Oblast
2802 
2803 # From Yuri Konotopov (2016-11-11):
2804 # Dec 4, 2016 02:00 UTC+3....  Saratov Region's local time will be ... UTC+4.
2805 # From Stepan Golosunov (2016-11-11):
2806 # ... Byalokoz listed Saratov on 03:04:18.
2807 # From Stepan Golosunov (2016-11-22):
2808 # http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201611220031
2809 
2810 Zone Europe/Saratov      3:04:18 -      LMT     1919 Jul  1  0:00u
2811                          3:00   -       +03     1930 Jun 21
2812                          4:00   Russia  +04/+05 1988 Mar 27  2:00s
2813                          3:00   Russia  +03/+04 1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2814                          4:00   -       +04     1992 Mar 29  2:00s
2815                          3:00   Russia  +03/+04 2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2816                          4:00   -       +04     2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2817                          3:00   -       +03     2016 Dec  4  2:00s
2818                          4:00   -       +04
2819 
2820 # From Paul Eggert (2016-03-18):
2821 # Europe/Kirov covers:
2822 # 43    RU-KIR  Kirov Oblast
2823 # The 1989 transition is from USSR act No. 227 (1989-03-14).
2824 #
2825 Zone Europe/Kirov        3:18:48 -      LMT     1919 Jul  1  0:00u
2826                          3:00   -       +03     1930 Jun 21
2827                          4:00   Russia  +04/+05 1989 Mar 26  2:00s
2828                          3:00   Russia  +03/+04 1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2829                          4:00   -       +04     1992 Mar 29  2:00s
2830                          3:00   Russia  +03/+04 2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2831                          4:00   -       +04     2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2832                          3:00   -       +03
2833 
2834 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03), per Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25):
2835 # Europe/Samara covers...
2836 # 18    RU-UD   Udmurt Republic
2837 # 63    RU-SAM  Samara Oblast
2838 
2839 # From Paul Eggert (2016-03-18):
2840 # Byalokoz 1919 says Samara was 3:20:20.
2841 # The 1989 transition is from USSR act No. 227 (1989-03-14).
2842 
2843 Zone Europe/Samara       3:20:20 -      LMT     1919 Jul  1  0:00u
2844                          3:00   -       +03     1930 Jun 21
2845                          4:00   -       +04     1935 Jan 27
2846                          4:00   Russia  +04/+05 1989 Mar 26  2:00s
2847                          3:00   Russia  +03/+04 1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2848                          2:00   Russia  +02/+03 1991 Sep 29  2:00s
2849                          3:00   -       +03     1991 Oct 20  3:00
2850                          4:00   Russia  +04/+05 2010 Mar 28  2:00s
2851                          3:00   Russia  +03/+04 2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2852                          4:00   -       +04
2853 
2854 # From Paul Eggert (2016-03-18):
2855 # Europe/Ulyanovsk covers:
2856 # 73    RU-ULY  Ulyanovsk Oblast
2857 
2858 # The 1989 transition is from USSR act No. 227 (1989-03-14).
2859 
2860 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2016-02-17):
2861 # Ulyanovsk ... on their way to change time zones by March 27, 2016 at 2am.
2862 # Ulyanovsk Oblast ... from MSK to MSK+1 (UTC+3 to UTC+4) ...
2863 # 920582-6 ... 02/17/2016 The State Duma passed the bill in the first reading.
2864 # From Matt Johnson (2016-03-09):
2865 # http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201603090051
2866 
2867 Zone Europe/Ulyanovsk    3:13:36 -      LMT     1919 Jul  1  0:00u
2868                          3:00   -       +03     1930 Jun 21
2869                          4:00   Russia  +04/+05 1989 Mar 26  2:00s
2870                          3:00   Russia  +03/+04 1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2871                          2:00   Russia  +02/+03 1992 Jan 19  2:00s
2872                          3:00   Russia  +03/+04 2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2873                          4:00   -       +04     2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2874                          3:00   -       +03     2016 Mar 27  2:00s
2875                          4:00   -       +04
2876 
2877 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03), per Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25):
2878 # Asia/Yekaterinburg covers...
2879 # 02    RU-BA   Bashkortostan, Republic of
2880 # 90    RU-PER  Perm Krai
2881 # 45    RU-KGN  Kurgan Oblast
2882 # 56    RU-ORE  Orenburg Oblast
2883 # 66    RU-SVE  Sverdlovsk Oblast
2884 # 72    RU-TYU  Tyumen Oblast
2885 # 74    RU-CHE  Chelyabinsk Oblast
2886 # 86    RU-KHM  Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug - Yugra
2887 # 89    RU-YAN  Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
2888 #
2889 # Note: Effective 2005-12-01, (59) Perm Oblast and (81) Komi-Permyak
2890 # Autonomous Okrug merged to form (90, RU-PER) Perm Krai.
2891 
2892 # Milne says Yekaterinburg was 4:02:32.9; round to nearest.
2893 # Byalokoz 1919 says its provincial time was based on Perm, at 3:45:05.
2894 # Assume it switched on 1916-07-03, the time of the new standard.
2895 # The 1919 and 1930 transitions are from Shanks.
2896 
2897 Zone Asia/Yekaterinburg  4:02:33 -      LMT     1916 Jul  3
2898                          3:45:05 -      PMT     1919 Jul 15  4:00
2899                          4:00   -       +04     1930 Jun 21
2900                          5:00   Russia  +05/+06 1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2901                          4:00   Russia  +04/+05 1992 Jan 19  2:00s
2902                          5:00   Russia  +05/+06 2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2903                          6:00   -       +06     2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2904                          5:00   -       +05
2905 
2906 
2907 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03), per Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25):
2908 # Asia/Omsk covers...
2909 # 55    RU-OMS  Omsk Oblast
2910 
2911 # Byalokoz 1919 says Omsk was 4:53:30.
2912 
2913 Zone Asia/Omsk           4:53:30 -      LMT     1919 Nov 14
2914                          5:00   -       +05     1930 Jun 21
2915                          6:00   Russia  +06/+07 1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2916                          5:00   Russia  +05/+06 1992 Jan 19  2:00s
2917                          6:00   Russia  +06/+07 2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2918                          7:00   -       +07     2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2919                          6:00   -       +06
2920 
2921 # From Paul Eggert (2016-02-22):
2922 # Asia/Barnaul covers:
2923 # 04    RU-AL   Altai Republic
2924 # 22    RU-ALT  Altai Krai
2925 
2926 # Data before 1991 are from Shanks & Pottenger.
2927 
2928 # From Stepan Golosunov (2016-03-07):
2929 # Letter of Bank of Russia from 1995-05-25
2930 # http://www.bestpravo.ru/rossijskoje/lj-akty/y3a.htm
2931 # suggests that Altai Republic transitioned to Moscow+3 on
2932 # 1995-05-28.
2933 #
2934 # https://regnum.ru/news/society/1957270.html
2935 # has some historical data for Altai Krai:
2936 # before 1957: west part on UT+6, east on UT+7
2937 # after 1957: UT+7
2938 # since 1995: UT+6
2939 # http://barnaul.rusplt.ru/index/pochemu_altajskij_kraj_okazalsja_v_neprivychnom_chasovom_pojase-17648.html
2940 # confirms that and provides more details including 1995-05-28 transition date.
2941 
2942 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2016-02-17):
2943 # Altai Krai and Altai Republic on their way to change time zones
2944 # by March 27, 2016 at 2am....
2945 # Altai Republic / Gorno-Altaysk MSK+3 to MSK+4 (UTC+6 to UTC+7) ...
2946 # Altai Krai / Barnaul MSK+3 to MSK+4 (UTC+6 to UTC+7)
2947 # From Matt Johnson (2016-03-09):
2948 # http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201603090043
2949 # http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201603090038
2950 
2951 Zone Asia/Barnaul        5:35:00 -      LMT     1919 Dec 10
2952                          6:00   -       +06     1930 Jun 21
2953                          7:00   Russia  +07/+08 1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2954                          6:00   Russia  +06/+07 1992 Jan 19  2:00s
2955                          7:00   Russia  +07/+08 1995 May 28
2956                          6:00   Russia  +06/+07 2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2957                          7:00   -       +07     2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2958                          6:00   -       +06     2016 Mar 27  2:00s
2959                          7:00   -       +07
2960 
2961 # From Paul Eggert (2016-03-18):
2962 # Asia/Novosibirsk covers:
2963 # 54    RU-NVS  Novosibirsk Oblast
2964 
2965 # From Stepan Golosunov (2016-05-30):
2966 # http://asozd2.duma.gov.ru/main.nsf/(Spravka)?OpenAgent&RN=1085784-6
2967 # moves Novosibirsk oblast from UTC+6 to UTC+7.
2968 # From Stepan Golosunov (2016-07-04):
2969 # The law was signed yesterday and published today on
2970 # http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201607040064
2971 
2972 Zone Asia/Novosibirsk    5:31:40 -      LMT     1919 Dec 14  6:00
2973                          6:00   -       +06     1930 Jun 21
2974                          7:00   Russia  +07/+08 1991 Mar 31  2:00s
2975                          6:00   Russia  +06/+07 1992 Jan 19  2:00s
2976                          7:00   Russia  +07/+08 1993 May 23 # say Shanks & P.
2977                          6:00   Russia  +06/+07 2011 Mar 27  2:00s
2978                          7:00   -       +07     2014 Oct 26  2:00s
2979                          6:00   -       +06     2016 Jul 24  2:00s
2980                          7:00   -       +07
2981 
2982 # From Paul Eggert (2016-03-18):
2983 # Asia/Tomsk covers:
2984 # 70    RU-TOM  Tomsk Oblast
2985 
2986 # From Stepan Golosunov (2016-03-24):
2987 # Byalokoz listed Tomsk at 5:39:51.
2988 
2989 # From Stanislaw A. Kuzikowski (1994-06-29):
2990 # Tomsk is still 4 hours ahead of Moscow.
2991 
2992 # From Stepan Golosunov (2016-03-19):
2993 # http://pravo.gov.ru/proxy/ips/?docbody=&nd=102075743
2994 # (fifth time belt being UTC+5+1(decree time)
2995 # / UTC+5+1(decree time)+1(summer time)) ...
2996 # Note that time belts (numbered from 2 (Moscow) to 12 according to their
2997 # GMT/UTC offset and having too many exceptions like regions formally
2998 # belonging to one belt but using time from another) were replaced
2999 # with time zones in 2011 with different numbering (there was a
3000 # 2-hour gap between second and third zones in 2011-2014).
3001 
3002 # From Stepan Golosunov (2016-04-12):
3003 # http://asozd2.duma.gov.ru/main.nsf/(SpravkaNew)?OpenAgent&RN=1006865-6
3004 # This bill was approved in the first reading today.  It moves Tomsk oblast
3005 # from UTC+6 to UTC+7 and is supposed to come into effect on 2016-05-29 at
3006 # 2:00.  The bill needs to be approved in the second and the third readings by
3007 # the State Duma, approved by the Federation Council, signed by the President
3008 # and published to become a law.  Minor changes in the text are to be expected
3009 # before the second reading (references need to be updated to account for the
3010 # recent changes).
3011 #
3012 # Judging by the ultra-short one-day amendments period, recent similar laws,
3013 # the State Duma schedule and the Federation Council schedule
3014 # http://www.duma.gov.ru/legislative/planning/day-shedule/por_vesna_2016/
3015 # http://council.gov.ru/activity/meetings/schedule/63303
3016 # I speculate that the final text of the bill will be proposed tomorrow, the
3017 # bill will be approved in the second and the third readings on Friday,
3018 # approved by the Federation Council on 2016-04-20, signed by the President and
3019 # published as a law around 2016-04-26.
3020 
3021 # From Matt Johnson (2016-04-26):
3022 # http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201604260048
3023 
3024 Zone    Asia/Tomsk       5:39:51 -      LMT     1919 Dec 22
3025                          6:00   -       +06     1930 Jun 21
3026                          7:00   Russia  +07/+08 1991 Mar 31  2:00s
3027                          6:00   Russia  +06/+07 1992 Jan 19  2:00s
3028                          7:00   Russia  +07/+08 2002 May  1  3:00
3029                          6:00   Russia  +06/+07 2011 Mar 27  2:00s
3030                          7:00   -       +07     2014 Oct 26  2:00s
3031                          6:00   -       +06     2016 May 29  2:00s
3032                          7:00   -       +07
3033 
3034 
3035 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03):
3036 # Asia/Novokuznetsk covers...
3037 # 42    RU-KEM  Kemerovo Oblast
3038 
3039 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-10-13):
3040 # Kemerovo oblast' (Kemerovo region) in Russia will change current time zone on
3041 # March 28, 2010:
3042 # from current Russia Zone 6 - Krasnoyarsk Time Zone (KRA) UTC +0700
3043 # to Russia Zone 5 - Novosibirsk Time Zone (NOV) UTC +0600
3044 #
3045 # This is according to Government of Russia decree No. 740, on September
3046 # 14, 2009 "Application in the territory of the Kemerovo region the Fifth
3047 # time zone." ("Russia Zone 5" or old "USSR Zone 5" is GMT +0600)
3048 #
3049 # Russian Government web site (Russian language)
3050 # http://www.government.ru/content/governmentactivity/rfgovernmentdecisions/archive/2009/09/14/991633.htm
3051 # or Russian-English translation by WorldTimeZone.com with reference
3052 # map to local region and new Russia Time Zone map after March 28, 2010
3053 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia03.html
3054 #
3055 # Thus, when Russia will switch to DST on the night of March 28, 2010
3056 # Kemerovo region (Kemerovo oblast') will not change the clock.
3057 
3058 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-02), per Alexander Krivenyshev (2014-07-02):
3059 # The Kemerovo region will remain at UTC+7 through the 2014-10-26 change, thus
3060 # realigning itself with KRAT.
3061 
3062 Zone Asia/Novokuznetsk   5:48:48 -      LMT     1924 May  1
3063                          6:00   -       +06     1930 Jun 21
3064                          7:00   Russia  +07/+08 1991 Mar 31  2:00s
3065                          6:00   Russia  +06/+07 1992 Jan 19  2:00s
3066                          7:00   Russia  +07/+08 2010 Mar 28  2:00s
3067                          6:00   Russia  +06/+07 2011 Mar 27  2:00s
3068                          7:00   -       +07
3069 
3070 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03), per Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25):
3071 # Asia/Krasnoyarsk covers...
3072 # 17    RU-TY   Tuva Republic
3073 # 19    RU-KK   Khakassia, Republic of
3074 # 24    RU-KYA  Krasnoyarsk Krai
3075 #
3076 # Note: Effective 2007-01-01, (88) Evenk Autonomous Okrug and (84) Taymyr
3077 # Autonomous Okrug were merged into (24, RU-KYA) Krasnoyarsk Krai.
3078 
3079 # Byalokoz 1919 says Krasnoyarsk was 6:11:26.
3080 
3081 Zone Asia/Krasnoyarsk    6:11:26 -      LMT     1920 Jan  6
3082                          6:00   -       +06     1930 Jun 21
3083                          7:00   Russia  +07/+08 1991 Mar 31  2:00s
3084                          6:00   Russia  +06/+07 1992 Jan 19  2:00s
3085                          7:00   Russia  +07/+08 2011 Mar 27  2:00s
3086                          8:00   -       +08     2014 Oct 26  2:00s
3087                          7:00   -       +07
3088 
3089 
3090 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03), per Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25):
3091 # Asia/Irkutsk covers...
3092 # 03    RU-BU   Buryatia, Republic of
3093 # 38    RU-IRK  Irkutsk Oblast
3094 #
3095 # Note: Effective 2008-01-01, (85) Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Okrug was
3096 # merged into (38, RU-IRK) Irkutsk Oblast.
3097 
3098 # Milne 1899 says Irkutsk was 6:57:15.
3099 # Byalokoz 1919 says Irkutsk was 6:57:05.
3100 # Go with Byalokoz.
3101 
3102 Zone Asia/Irkutsk        6:57:05 -      LMT     1880
3103                          6:57:05 -      IMT     1920 Jan 25 # Irkutsk Mean Time
3104                          7:00   -       +07     1930 Jun 21
3105                          8:00   Russia  +08/+09 1991 Mar 31  2:00s
3106                          7:00   Russia  +07/+08 1992 Jan 19  2:00s
3107                          8:00   Russia  +08/+09 2011 Mar 27  2:00s
3108                          9:00   -       +09     2014 Oct 26  2:00s
3109                          8:00   -       +08
3110 
3111 
3112 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-06):
3113 # Asia/Chita covers...
3114 # 92    RU-ZAB  Zabaykalsky Krai
3115 #
3116 # Note: Effective 2008-03-01, (75) Chita Oblast and (80) Agin-Buryat
3117 # Autonomous Okrug merged to form (92, RU-ZAB) Zabaykalsky Krai.
3118 
3119 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2016-01-02):
3120 # [The] time zone in the Trans-Baikal Territory (Zabaykalsky Krai) -
3121 # Asia/Chita [is changing] from UTC+8 to UTC+9.  Effective date will
3122 # be March 27, 2016 at 2:00am....
3123 # http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201512300107
3124 
3125 Zone Asia/Chita  7:33:52 -      LMT     1919 Dec 15
3126                          8:00   -       +08     1930 Jun 21
3127                          9:00   Russia  +09/+10 1991 Mar 31  2:00s
3128                          8:00   Russia  +08/+09 1992 Jan 19  2:00s
3129                          9:00   Russia  +09/+10 2011 Mar 27  2:00s
3130                         10:00   -       +10     2014 Oct 26  2:00s
3131                          8:00   -       +08     2016 Mar 27  2:00
3132                          9:00   -       +09
3133 
3134 
3135 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03), per Oscar van Vlijmen (2009-11-29):
3136 # Asia/Yakutsk covers...
3137 # 28    RU-AMU  Amur Oblast
3138 #
3139 # ...and parts of (14, RU-SA) Sakha (Yakutia) Republic:
3140 # 14-02 ****    Aldansky District
3141 # 14-04 ****    Amginsky District
3142 # 14-05 ****    Anabarsky District
3143 # 14-06 ****    Bulunsky District
3144 # 14-07 ****    Verkhnevilyuysky District
3145 # 14-10 ****    Vilyuysky District
3146 # 14-11 ****    Gorny District
3147 # 14-12 ****    Zhigansky District
3148 # 14-13 ****    Kobyaysky District
3149 # 14-14 ****    Lensky District
3150 # 14-15 ****    Megino-Kangalassky District
3151 # 14-16 ****    Mirninsky District
3152 # 14-18 ****    Namsky District
3153 # 14-19 ****    Neryungrinsky District
3154 # 14-21 ****    Nyurbinsky District
3155 # 14-23 ****    Olenyoksky District
3156 # 14-24 ****    Olyokminsky District
3157 # 14-26 ****    Suntarsky District
3158 # 14-27 ****    Tattinsky District
3159 # 14-29 ****    Ust-Aldansky District
3160 # 14-32 ****    Khangalassky District
3161 # 14-33 ****    Churapchinsky District
3162 # 14-34 ****    Eveno-Bytantaysky National District
3163 
3164 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03):
3165 # Our commentary seems to have lost mention of (14-19) Neryungrinsky District.
3166 # Since the surrounding districts of Sakha are all YAKT, assume this is, too.
3167 # Also assume its history has been the same as the rest of Asia/Yakutsk.
3168 
3169 # Byalokoz 1919 says Yakutsk was 8:38:58.
3170 
3171 Zone Asia/Yakutsk        8:38:58 -      LMT     1919 Dec 15
3172                          8:00   -       +08     1930 Jun 21
3173                          9:00   Russia  +09/+10 1991 Mar 31  2:00s
3174                          8:00   Russia  +08/+09 1992 Jan 19  2:00s
3175                          9:00   Russia  +09/+10 2011 Mar 27  2:00s
3176                         10:00   -       +10     2014 Oct 26  2:00s
3177                          9:00   -       +09
3178 
3179 
3180 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03), per Oscar van Vlijmen (2009-11-29):
3181 # Asia/Vladivostok covers...
3182 # 25    RU-PRI  Primorsky Krai
3183 # 27    RU-KHA  Khabarovsk Krai
3184 # 79    RU-YEV  Jewish Autonomous Oblast
3185 #
3186 # ...and parts of (14, RU-SA) Sakha (Yakutia) Republic:
3187 # 14-09 ****    Verkhoyansky District
3188 # 14-31 ****    Ust-Yansky District
3189 
3190 # Milne 1899 says Vladivostok was 8:47:33.5.
3191 # Byalokoz 1919 says Vladivostok was 8:47:31.
3192 # Go with Byalokoz.
3193 
3194 Zone Asia/Vladivostok    8:47:31 -      LMT     1922 Nov 15
3195                          9:00   -       +09     1930 Jun 21
3196                         10:00   Russia  +10/+11 1991 Mar 31  2:00s
3197                          9:00   Russia  +09/+10 1992 Jan 19  2:00s
3198                         10:00   Russia  +10/+11 2011 Mar 27  2:00s
3199                         11:00   -       +11     2014 Oct 26  2:00s
3200                         10:00   -       +10
3201 
3202 
3203 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03):
3204 # Asia/Khandyga covers parts of (14, RU-SA) Sakha (Yakutia) Republic:
3205 # 14-28 ****    Tomponsky District
3206 # 14-30 ****    Ust-Maysky District
3207 
3208 # From Arthur David Olson (2012-05-09):
3209 # Tomponskij and Ust'-Majskij switched from Vladivostok time to Yakutsk time
3210 # in 2011.
3211 
3212 # From Paul Eggert (2012-11-25):
3213 # Shanks and Pottenger (2003) has Khandyga on Yakutsk time.
3214 # Make a wild guess that it switched to Vladivostok time in 2004.
3215 # This transition is no doubt wrong, but we have no better info.
3216 
3217 Zone Asia/Khandyga       9:02:13 -      LMT     1919 Dec 15
3218                          8:00   -       +08     1930 Jun 21
3219                          9:00   Russia  +09/+10 1991 Mar 31  2:00s
3220                          8:00   Russia  +08/+09 1992 Jan 19  2:00s
3221                          9:00   Russia  +09/+10 2004
3222                         10:00   Russia  +10/+11 2011 Mar 27  2:00s
3223                         11:00   -       +11     2011 Sep 13  0:00s # Decree 725?
3224                         10:00   -       +10     2014 Oct 26  2:00s
3225                          9:00   -       +09
3226 
3227 
3228 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03):
3229 # Asia/Sakhalin covers...
3230 # 65    RU-SAK  Sakhalin Oblast
3231 # ...with the exception of:
3232 # 65-11 ****    Severo-Kurilsky District (North Kuril Islands)
3233 
3234 # From Matt Johnson (2016-02-22):
3235 # Asia/Sakhalin is moving (in entirety) from UTC+10 to UTC+11 ...
3236 # (2016-03-09):
3237 # http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201603090044
3238 
3239 # The Zone name should be Asia/Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, but that's too long.
3240 Zone Asia/Sakhalin       9:30:48 -      LMT     1905 Aug 23
3241                          9:00   -       +09     1945 Aug 25
3242                         11:00   Russia  +11/+12 1991 Mar 31  2:00s # Sakhalin T
3243                         10:00   Russia  +10/+11 1992 Jan 19  2:00s
3244                         11:00   Russia  +11/+12 1997 Mar lastSun  2:00s
3245                         10:00   Russia  +10/+11 2011 Mar 27  2:00s
3246                         11:00   -       +11     2014 Oct 26  2:00s
3247                         10:00   -       +10     2016 Mar 27  2:00s
3248                         11:00   -       +11
3249 
3250 
3251 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03), per Oscar van Vlijmen (2009-11-29):
3252 # Asia/Magadan covers...
3253 # 49    RU-MAG  Magadan Oblast
3254 
3255 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-06), per Alexander Krivenyshev (2014-07-02):
3256 # Magadan Oblast is moving from UTC+12 to UTC+10 on 2014-10-26; however,
3257 # several districts of Sakha Republic as well as Severo-Kurilsky District of
3258 # the Sakhalin Oblast (also known as the North Kuril Islands), represented
3259 # until now by Asia/Magadan, will instead move to UTC+11.  These regions will
3260 # need their own zone.
3261 
3262 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2016-03-27):
3263 # ... draft bill 948300-6 to change its time zone from UTC+10 to UTC+11 ...
3264 # will take ... effect ... on April 24, 2016 at 2 o'clock
3265 #
3266 # From Matt Johnson (2016-04-05):
3267 # ... signed by the President today ...
3268 # http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201604050038
3269 
3270 Zone Asia/Magadan       10:03:12 -      LMT     1924 May  2
3271                         10:00   -       +10     1930 Jun 21 # Magadan Time
3272                         11:00   Russia  +11/+12 1991 Mar 31  2:00s
3273                         10:00   Russia  +10/+11 1992 Jan 19  2:00s
3274                         11:00   Russia  +11/+12 2011 Mar 27  2:00s
3275                         12:00   -       +12     2014 Oct 26  2:00s
3276                         10:00   -       +10     2016 Apr 24  2:00s
3277                         11:00   -       +11
3278 
3279 
3280 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-06):
3281 # Asia/Srednekolymsk covers parts of (14, RU-SA) Sakha (Yakutia) Republic:
3282 # 14-01 ****    Abyysky District
3283 # 14-03 ****    Allaikhovsky District
3284 # 14-08 ****    Verkhnekolymsky District
3285 # 14-17 ****    Momsky District
3286 # 14-20 ****    Nizhnekolymsky District
3287 # 14-25 ****    Srednekolymsky District
3288 #
3289 # ...and parts of (65, RU-SAK) Sakhalin Oblast:
3290 # 65-11 ****    Severo-Kurilsky District (North Kuril Islands)
3291 
3292 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-02):
3293 # Oymyakonsky District of Sakha Republic (represented by Ust-Nera), along with
3294 # most of Sakhalin Oblast (represented by Sakhalin) will be moving to UTC+10 on
3295 # 2014-10-26 to stay aligned with VLAT/SAKT; however, Severo-Kurilsky District
3296 # of the Sakhalin Oblast (also known as the North Kuril Islands, represented by
3297 # Severo-Kurilsk) will remain on UTC+11.
3298 
3299 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-06):
3300 # Assume North Kuril Islands have history like Magadan before 2011-03-27.
3301 # There is a decent chance this is wrong, in which case a new zone
3302 # Asia/Severo-Kurilsk would become necessary.
3303 #
3304 # Srednekolymsk and Zyryanka are the most populous places amongst these
3305 # districts, but have very similar populations.  In fact, Wikipedia currently
3306 # lists them both as having 3528 people, exactly 1668 males and 1860 females
3307 # each!  (Yikes!)
3308 # https://en.wikipedia.org/w/?title=Srednekolymsky_District&oldid=603435276
3309 # https://en.wikipedia.org/w/?title=Verkhnekolymsky_District&oldid=594378493
3310 # Assume this is a mistake, albeit an amusing one.
3311 #
3312 # Looking at censuses, the populations of the two municipalities seem to have
3313 # fluctuated recently.  Zyryanka was more populous than Srednekolymsk in the
3314 # 1989 and 2002 censuses, but Srednekolymsk was more populous in the most
3315 # recent (2010) census, 3525 to 3170.  (See pages 195 and 197 of
3316 # http://www.gks.ru/free_doc/new_site/perepis2010/croc/Documents/Vol1/pub-01-05.pdf
3317 # in Russian.)  In addition, Srednekolymsk appears to be a much older
3318 # settlement and the population of Zyryanka seems to be declining.
3319 # Go with Srednekolymsk.
3320 
3321 Zone Asia/Srednekolymsk 10:14:52 -      LMT     1924 May  2
3322                         10:00   -       +10     1930 Jun 21
3323                         11:00   Russia  +11/+12 1991 Mar 31  2:00s
3324                         10:00   Russia  +10/+11 1992 Jan 19  2:00s
3325                         11:00   Russia  +11/+12 2011 Mar 27  2:00s
3326                         12:00   -       +12     2014 Oct 26  2:00s
3327                         11:00   -       +11
3328 
3329 
3330 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03):
3331 # Asia/Ust-Nera covers parts of (14, RU-SA) Sakha (Yakutia) Republic:
3332 # 14-22 ****    Oymyakonsky District
3333 
3334 # From Arthur David Olson (2012-05-09):
3335 # Ojmyakonskij [and the Kuril Islands] switched from
3336 # Magadan time to Vladivostok time in 2011.
3337 #
3338 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-06), per Alexander Krivenyshev (2014-07-02):
3339 # It's unlikely that any of the Kuril Islands were involved in such a switch,
3340 # as the South and Middle Kurils have been on UTC+11 (SAKT) with the rest of
3341 # Sakhalin Oblast since at least 2011-09, and the North Kurils have been on
3342 # UTC+12 since at least then, too.
3343 
3344 Zone Asia/Ust-Nera       9:32:54 -      LMT     1919 Dec 15
3345                          8:00   -       +08     1930 Jun 21
3346                          9:00   Russia  +09/+10 1981 Apr  1
3347                         11:00   Russia  +11/+12 1991 Mar 31  2:00s
3348                         10:00   Russia  +10/+11 1992 Jan 19  2:00s
3349                         11:00   Russia  +11/+12 2011 Mar 27  2:00s
3350                         12:00   -       +12     2011 Sep 13  0:00s # Decree 725?
3351                         11:00   -       +11     2014 Oct 26  2:00s
3352                         10:00   -       +10
3353 
3354 
3355 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03), per Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25):
3356 # Asia/Kamchatka covers...
3357 # 91    RU-KAM  Kamchatka Krai
3358 #
3359 # Note: Effective 2007-07-01, (41) Kamchatka Oblast and (82) Koryak
3360 # Autonomous Okrug merged to form (91, RU-KAM) Kamchatka Krai.
3361 
3362 # The Zone name should be Asia/Petropavlovsk-Kamchatski or perhaps
3363 # Asia/Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, but these are too long.
3364 Zone Asia/Kamchatka     10:34:36 -      LMT     1922 Nov 10
3365                         11:00   -       +11     1930 Jun 21
3366                         12:00   Russia  +12/+13 1991 Mar 31  2:00s
3367                         11:00   Russia  +11/+12 1992 Jan 19  2:00s
3368                         12:00   Russia  +12/+13 2010 Mar 28  2:00s
3369                         11:00   Russia  +11/+12 2011 Mar 27  2:00s
3370                         12:00   -       +12
3371 
3372 
3373 # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03):
3374 # Asia/Anadyr covers...
3375 # 87    RU-CHU  Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
3376 
3377 Zone Asia/Anadyr        11:49:56 -      LMT     1924 May  2
3378                         12:00   -       +12     1930 Jun 21
3379                         13:00   Russia  +13/+14 1982 Apr  1  0:00s
3380                         12:00   Russia  +12/+13 1991 Mar 31  2:00s
3381                         11:00   Russia  +11/+12 1992 Jan 19  2:00s
3382                         12:00   Russia  +12/+13 2010 Mar 28  2:00s
3383                         11:00   Russia  +11/+12 2011 Mar 27  2:00s
3384                         12:00   -       +12
3385 
3386 
3387 # San Marino
3388 # See Europe/Rome.
3389 
3390 # Serbia
3391 # Zone  NAME            STDOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
3392 Zone    Europe/Belgrade 1:22:00 -       LMT     1884
3393                         1:00    -       CET     1941 Apr 18 23:00
3394                         1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1945
3395                         1:00    -       CET     1945 May  8  2:00s
3396                         1:00    1:00    CEST    1945 Sep 16  2:00s
3397 # Metod Koželj reports that the legal date of
3398 # transition to EU rules was 1982-11-27, for all of Yugoslavia at the time.
3399 # Shanks & Pottenger don't give as much detail, so go with Koželj.
3400                         1:00    -       CET     1982 Nov 27
3401                         1:00    EU      CE%sT
3402 Link Europe/Belgrade Europe/Ljubljana   # Slovenia
3403 Link Europe/Belgrade Europe/Podgorica   # Montenegro
3404 Link Europe/Belgrade Europe/Sarajevo    # Bosnia and Herzegovina
3405 Link Europe/Belgrade Europe/Skopje      # North Macedonia
3406 Link Europe/Belgrade Europe/Zagreb      # Croatia
3407 
3408 # Slovakia
3409 Link Europe/Prague Europe/Bratislava
3410 
3411 # Slovenia
3412 # See Europe/Belgrade.
3413 
3414 # Spain
3415 #
3416 # From Paul Eggert (2016-12-14):
3417 #
3418 # The source for Europe/Madrid before 2013 is:
3419 # Planesas P. La hora oficial en España y sus cambios.
3420 # Anuario del Observatorio Astronómico de Madrid (2013, in Spanish).
3421 # http://astronomia.ign.es/rknowsys-theme/images/webAstro/paginas/documentos/Anuario/lahoraoficialenespana.pdf
3422 # As this source says that historical time in the Canaries is obscure,
3423 # and it does not discuss Ceuta, stick with Shanks for now for that data.
3424 #
3425 # In the 1918 and 1919 fallback transitions in Spain, the clock for
3426 # the hour-longer day officially kept going after midnight, so that
3427 # the repeated instances of that day's 00:00 hour were 24 hours apart,
3428 # with a fallback transition from the second occurrence of 00:59... to
3429 # the next day's 00:00.  Our data format cannot represent this
3430 # directly, and instead repeats the first hour of the next day, with a
3431 # fallback transition from the next day's 00:59... to 00:00.
3432 
3433 # From Michael Deckers (2016-12-15):
3434 # The Royal Decree of 1900-06-26 quoted by Planesas, online at
3435 # https://www.boe.es/datos/pdfs/BOE//1900/209/A00383-00384.pdf
3436 # says in its article 5 (my translation):
3437 # These dispositions will enter into force beginning with the
3438 # instant at which, according to the time indicated in article 1,
3439 # the 1st day of January of 1901 will begin.
3440 
3441 # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
3442 Rule    Spain   1918    only    -       Apr     15      23:00   1:00    S
3443 Rule    Spain   1918    1919    -       Oct      6      24:00s  0       -
3444 Rule    Spain   1919    only    -       Apr      6      23:00   1:00    S
3445 Rule    Spain   1924    only    -       Apr     16      23:00   1:00    S
3446 Rule    Spain   1924    only    -       Oct      4      24:00s  0       -
3447 Rule    Spain   1926    only    -       Apr     17      23:00   1:00    S
3448 Rule    Spain   1926    1929    -       Oct     Sat>=1       24:00s  0       -
3449 Rule    Spain   1927    only    -       Apr      9      23:00   1:00    S
3450 Rule    Spain   1928    only    -       Apr     15       0:00   1:00    S
3451 Rule    Spain   1929    only    -       Apr     20      23:00   1:00    S
3452 # Republican Spain during the civil war; it controlled Madrid until 1939-03-28.
3453 Rule    Spain   1937    only    -       Jun     16      23:00   1:00    S
3454 Rule    Spain   1937    only    -       Oct      2      24:00s  0       -
3455 Rule    Spain   1938    only    -       Apr      2      23:00   1:00    S
3456 Rule    Spain   1938    only    -       Apr     30      23:00   2:00    M
3457 Rule    Spain   1938    only    -       Oct      2      24:00   1:00    S
3458 # The following rules are for unified Spain again.
3459 #
3460 # Planesas does not say what happened in Madrid between its fall on
3461 # 1939-03-28 and the Nationalist spring-forward transition on
3462 # 1939-04-15.  For lack of better info, assume Madrid's clocks did not
3463 # change during that period.
3464 #
3465 # The first rule is commented out, as it is redundant for Republican Spain.
3466 #Rule   Spain   1939    only    -       Apr     15      23:00   1:00    S
3467 Rule    Spain   1939    only    -       Oct      7      24:00s  0       -
3468 Rule    Spain   1942    only    -       May      2      23:00   1:00    S
3469 Rule    Spain   1942    only    -       Sep      1       1:00   0       -
3470 Rule    Spain   1943    1946    -       Apr     Sat>=13      23:00   1:00    S
3471 Rule    Spain   1943    1944    -       Oct     Sun>=1        1:00   0       -
3472 Rule    Spain   1945    1946    -       Sep     lastSun  1:00   0       -
3473 Rule    Spain   1949    only    -       Apr     30      23:00   1:00    S
3474 Rule    Spain   1949    only    -       Oct      2       1:00   0       -
3475 Rule    Spain   1974    1975    -       Apr     Sat>=12      23:00   1:00    S
3476 Rule    Spain   1974    1975    -       Oct     Sun>=1        1:00   0       -
3477 Rule    Spain   1976    only    -       Mar     27      23:00   1:00    S
3478 Rule    Spain   1976    1977    -       Sep     lastSun  1:00   0       -
3479 Rule    Spain   1977    only    -       Apr      2      23:00   1:00    S
3480 Rule    Spain   1978    only    -       Apr      2       2:00s  1:00    S
3481 Rule    Spain   1978    only    -       Oct      1       2:00s  0       -
3482 # Nationalist Spain during the civil war
3483 #Rule NatSpain  1937    only    -       May     22      23:00   1:00    S
3484 #Rule NatSpain  1937    1938    -       Oct     Sat>=1       24:00s  0       -
3485 #Rule NatSpain  1938    only    -       Mar     26      23:00   1:00    S
3486 # The following rules are copied from Morocco from 1967 through 1978,
3487 # except with "S" letters.
3488 Rule SpainAfrica 1967   only    -       Jun      3      12:00   1:00    S
3489 Rule SpainAfrica 1967   only    -       Oct      1       0:00   0       -
3490 Rule SpainAfrica 1974   only    -       Jun     24       0:00   1:00    S
3491 Rule SpainAfrica 1974   only    -       Sep      1       0:00   0       -
3492 Rule SpainAfrica 1976   1977    -       May      1       0:00   1:00    S
3493 Rule SpainAfrica 1976   only    -       Aug      1       0:00   0       -
3494 Rule SpainAfrica 1977   only    -       Sep     28       0:00   0       -
3495 Rule SpainAfrica 1978   only    -       Jun      1       0:00   1:00    S
3496 Rule SpainAfrica 1978   only    -       Aug      4       0:00   0       -
3497 # Zone  NAME            STDOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
3498 Zone    Europe/Madrid   -0:14:44 -      LMT     1900 Dec 31 23:45:16
3499                          0:00   Spain   WE%sT   1940 Mar 16 23:00
3500                          1:00   Spain   CE%sT   1979
3501                          1:00   EU      CE%sT
3502 Zone    Africa/Ceuta    -0:21:16 -      LMT     1900 Dec 31 23:38:44
3503                          0:00   -       WET     1918 May  6 23:00
3504                          0:00   1:00    WEST    1918 Oct  7 23:00
3505                          0:00   -       WET     1924
3506                          0:00   Spain   WE%sT   1929
3507                          0:00   -       WET     1967 # Help zishrink.awk.
3508                          0:00 SpainAfrica WE%sT 1984 Mar 16
3509                          1:00   -       CET     1986
3510                          1:00   EU      CE%sT
3511 Zone    Atlantic/Canary -1:01:36 -      LMT     1922 Mar # Las Palmas de Gran C.
3512                         -1:00   -       -01     1946 Sep 30  1:00
3513                          0:00   -       WET     1980 Apr  6  0:00s
3514                          0:00   1:00    WEST    1980 Sep 28  1:00u
3515                          0:00   EU      WE%sT
3516 # IATA SSIM (1996-09) says the Canaries switch at 2:00u, not 1:00u.
3517 # Ignore this for now, as the Canaries are part of the EU.
3518 
3519 # Sweden
3520 
3521 # From Ivan Nilsson (2001-04-13), superseding Shanks & Pottenger:
3522 #
3523 # The law "Svensk författningssamling 1878, no 14" about standard time in 1879:
3524 # From the beginning of 1879 (that is 01-01 00:00) the time for all
3525 # places in the country is "the mean solar time for the meridian at
3526 # three degrees, or twelve minutes of time, to the west of the
3527 # meridian of the Observatory of Stockholm".  The law is dated 1878-05-31.
3528 #
3529 # The observatory at that time had the meridian 18° 03' 30"
3530 # eastern longitude = 01:12:14 in time.  Less 12 minutes gives the
3531 # national standard time as 01:00:14 ahead of GMT....
3532 #
3533 # About the beginning of CET in Sweden. The lawtext ("Svensk
3534 # författningssamling 1899, no 44") states, that "from the beginning
3535 # of 1900... ... the same as the mean solar time for the meridian at
3536 # the distance of one hour of time from the meridian of the English
3537 # observatory at Greenwich, or at 12 minutes 14 seconds to the west
3538 # from the meridian of the Observatory of Stockholm". The law is dated
3539 # 1899-06-16.  In short: At 1900-01-01 00:00:00 the new standard time
3540 # in Sweden is 01:00:00 ahead of GMT.
3541 #
3542 # 1916: The lawtext ("Svensk författningssamling 1916, no 124") states
3543 # that "1916-05-15 is considered to begin one hour earlier". It is
3544 # pretty obvious that at 05-14 23:00 the clocks are set to 05-15 00:00....
3545 # Further the law says, that "1916-09-30 is considered to end one hour later".
3546 #
3547 # The laws regulating [DST] are available on the site of the Swedish
3548 # Parliament beginning with 1985 - the laws regulating 1980/1984 are
3549 # not available on the site (to my knowledge they are only available
3550 # in Swedish): <http://www.riksdagen.se/english/work/sfst.asp> (type
3551 # "sommartid" without the quotes in the field "Fritext" and then click
3552 # the Sök-button).
3553 #
3554 # (2001-05-13):
3555 #
3556 # I have now found a newspaper stating that at 1916-10-01 01:00
3557 # summertime the church-clocks etc were set back one hour to show
3558 # 1916-10-01 00:00 standard time.  The article also reports that some
3559 # people thought the switch to standard time would take place already
3560 # at 1916-10-01 00:00 summer time, but they had to wait for another
3561 # hour before the event took place.
3562 #
3563 # Source: The newspaper "Dagens Nyheter", 1916-10-01, page 7 upper left.
3564 
3565 # Zone  NAME            STDOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
3566 Zone Europe/Stockholm   1:12:12 -       LMT     1879 Jan  1
3567                         1:00:14 -       SET     1900 Jan  1 # Swedish Time
3568                         1:00    -       CET     1916 May 14 23:00
3569                         1:00    1:00    CEST    1916 Oct  1  1:00
3570                         1:00    -       CET     1980
3571                         1:00    EU      CE%sT
3572 
3573 # Switzerland
3574 # From Howse:
3575 # By the end of the 18th century clocks and watches became commonplace
3576 # and their performance improved enormously.  Communities began to keep
3577 # mean time in preference to apparent time - Geneva from 1780 ....
3578 # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
3579 # From Whitman (who writes "Midnight?"):
3580 # Rule  Swiss   1940    only    -       Nov      2      0:00    1:00    S
3581 # Rule  Swiss   1940    only    -       Dec     31      0:00    0       -
3582 # From Shanks & Pottenger:
3583 # Rule  Swiss   1941    1942    -       May     Sun>=1       2:00    1:00    S
3584 # Rule  Swiss   1941    1942    -       Oct     Sun>=1       0:00    0       -
3585 
3586 # From Alois Treindl (2008-12-17):
3587 # I have researched the DST usage in Switzerland during the 1940ies.
3588 #
3589 # As I wrote in an earlier message, I suspected the current tzdata values
3590 # to be wrong. This is now verified.
3591 #
3592 # I have found copies of the original ruling by the Swiss Federal
3593 # government, in 'Eidgenössische Gesetzessammlung 1941 and 1942' (Swiss
3594 # federal law collection)...
3595 #
3596 # DST began on Monday 5 May 1941, 1:00 am by shifting the clocks to 2:00 am
3597 # DST ended on Monday 6 Oct 1941, 2:00 am by shifting the clocks to 1:00 am.
3598 #
3599 # DST began on Monday, 4 May 1942 at 01:00 am
3600 # DST ended on Monday, 5 Oct 1942 at 02:00 am
3601 #
3602 # There was no DST in 1940, I have checked the law collection carefully.
3603 # It is also indicated by the fact that the 1942 entry in the law
3604 # collection points back to 1941 as a reference, but no reference to any
3605 # other years are made.
3606 #
3607 # Newspaper articles I have read in the archives on 6 May 1941 reported
3608 # about the introduction of DST (Sommerzeit in German) during the previous
3609 # night as an absolute novelty, because this was the first time that such
3610 # a thing had happened in Switzerland.
3611 #
3612 # I have also checked 1916, because one book source (Gabriel, Traité de
3613 # l'heure dans le monde) claims that Switzerland had DST in 1916. This is
3614 # false, no official document could be found. Probably Gabriel got misled
3615 # by references to Germany, which introduced DST in 1916 for the first time.
3616 #
3617 # The tzdata rules for Switzerland must be changed to:
3618 # Rule  Swiss   1941    1942    -       May     Mon>=1  1:00    1:00    S
3619 # Rule  Swiss   1941    1942    -       Oct     Mon>=1  2:00    0       -
3620 #
3621 # The 1940 rules must be deleted.
3622 #
3623 # One further detail for Switzerland, which is probably out of scope for
3624 # most users of tzdata: The [Europe/Zurich zone] ...
3625 # describes all of Switzerland correctly, with the exception of
3626 # the Canton de Genève (Geneva, Genf). Between 1848 and 1894 Geneva did not
3627 # follow Bern Mean Time but kept its own local mean time.
3628 # To represent this, an extra zone would be needed.
3629 #
3630 # From Alois Treindl (2013-09-11):
3631 # The Federal regulations say
3632 # https://www.admin.ch/opc/de/classified-compilation/20071096/index.html
3633 # ... the meridian for Bern mean time ... is 7° 26' 22.50".
3634 # Expressed in time, it is 0h29m45.5s.
3635 
3636 # From Pierre-Yves Berger (2013-09-11):
3637 # the "Circulaire du conseil fédéral" (December 11 1893)
3638 # http://www.amtsdruckschriften.bar.admin.ch/viewOrigDoc.do?id=10071353
3639 # clearly states that the [1894-06-01] change should be done at midnight
3640 # but if no one is present after 11 at night, could be postponed until one
3641 # hour before the beginning of service.
3642 
3643 # From Paul Eggert (2013-09-11):
3644 # Round BMT to the nearest even second, 0:29:46.
3645 #
3646 # We can find no reliable source for Shanks's assertion that all of Switzerland
3647 # except Geneva switched to Bern Mean Time at 00:00 on 1848-09-12.  This book:
3648 #
3649 #       Jakob Messerli. Gleichmässig, pünktlich, schnell. Zeiteinteilung und
3650 #       Zeitgebrauch in der Schweiz im 19. Jahrhundert. Chronos, Zurich 1995,
3651 #       ISBN 3-905311-68-2, OCLC 717570797.
3652 #
3653 # suggests that the transition was more gradual, and that the Swiss did not
3654 # agree about civil time during the transition.  The timekeeping it gives the
3655 # most detail for is postal and telegraph time: here, federal legislation (the
3656 # "Bundesgesetz über die Erstellung von elektrischen Telegraphen") passed on
3657 # 1851-11-23, and an official implementation notice was published 1853-07-16
3658 # (Bundesblatt 1853, Bd. II, S. 859).  On p 72 Messerli writes that in
3659 # practice since July 1853 Bernese time was used in "all postal and telegraph
3660 # offices in Switzerland from Geneva to St. Gallen and Basel to Chiasso"
3661 # (Google translation).  For now, model this transition as occurring on
3662 # 1853-07-16, though it probably occurred at some other date in Zurich, and
3663 # legal civil time probably changed at still some other transition date.
3664 
3665 # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
3666 Rule    Swiss   1941    1942    -       May     Mon>=1       1:00    1:00    S
3667 Rule    Swiss   1941    1942    -       Oct     Mon>=1       2:00    0       -
3668 # Zone  NAME            STDOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
3669 Zone    Europe/Zurich   0:34:08 -       LMT     1853 Jul 16 # See above comment.
3670                         0:29:46 -       BMT     1894 Jun    # Bern Mean Time
3671                         1:00    Swiss   CE%sT   1981
3672                         1:00    EU      CE%sT
3673 
3674 # Turkey
3675 
3676 # From Kıvanç Yazan (2016-09-25):
3677 # 1) For 1986-2006, DST started at 01:00 local and ended at 02:00 local, with
3678 #    no exceptions.
3679 # 2) 1994's lastSun was overridden with Mar 20 ...
3680 # Here are official papers:
3681 # http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/arsiv/19032.pdf  - page 2 for 1986
3682 # http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/arsiv/19400.pdf  - page 4 for 1987
3683 # http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/arsiv/19752.pdf  - page 15 for 1988
3684 # http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/arsiv/20102.pdf  - page 6 for 1989
3685 # http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/arsiv/20464.pdf  - page 1 for 1990 - 1992
3686 # http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/arsiv/21531.pdf  - page 15 for 1993 - 1995
3687 # http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/arsiv/21879.pdf  - page 1 for overriding 1994
3688 # http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/arsiv/22588.pdf  - page 1 for 1996, 1997
3689 # http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/arsiv/23286.pdf  - page 10 for 1998 - 2000
3690 # http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2001/03/20010324.htm#2  - for 2001
3691 # http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2002/03/20020316.htm#2  - for 2002-2006
3692 # From Paul Eggert (2016-09-25):
3693 # Prefer the above sources to Shanks & Pottenger for timestamps after 1985.
3694 
3695 # From Steffen Thorsen (2007-03-09):
3696 # Starting 2007 though, it seems that they are adopting EU's 1:00 UTC
3697 # start/end time, according to the following page (2007-03-07):
3698 # http://www.ntvmsnbc.com/news/402029.asp
3699 # The official document is located here - it is in Turkish...:
3700 # http://rega.basbakanlik.gov.tr/eskiler/2007/03/20070307-7.htm
3701 # I was able to locate the following seemingly official document
3702 # (on a non-government server though) describing dates between 2002 and 2006:
3703 # http://www.alomaliye.com/bkk_2002_3769.htm
3704 
3705 # From Gökdeniz Karadağ (2011-03-10):
3706 # According to the articles linked below, Turkey will change into summer
3707 # time zone (GMT+3) on March 28, 2011 at 3:00 a.m. instead of March 27.
3708 # This change is due to a nationwide exam on 27th.
3709 # https://www.worldbulletin.net/?aType=haber&ArticleID=70872
3710 # Turkish:
3711 # https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/yaz-saati-uygulamasi-bir-gun-ileri-alindi-17230464
3712 
3713 # From Faruk Pasin (2014-02-14):
3714 # The DST for Turkey has been changed for this year because of the
3715 # Turkish Local election....
3716 # http://www.sabah.com.tr/Ekonomi/2014/02/12/yaz-saatinde-onemli-degisiklik
3717 # ... so Turkey will move clocks forward one hour on March 31 at 3:00 a.m.
3718 # From Randal L. Schwartz (2014-04-15):
3719 # Having landed on a flight from the states to Istanbul (via AMS) on March 31,
3720 # I can tell you that NOBODY (even the airlines) respected this timezone DST
3721 # change delay.  Maybe the word just didn't get out in time.
3722 # From Paul Eggert (2014-06-15):
3723 # The press reported massive confusion, as election officials obeyed the rule
3724 # change but cell phones (and airline baggage systems) did not.  See:
3725 # Kostidis M. Eventful elections in Turkey. Balkan News Agency
3726 # http://www.balkaneu.com/eventful-elections-turkey/ 2014-03-30.
3727 # I guess the best we can do is document the official time.
3728 
3729 # From Fatih (2015-09-29):
3730 # It's officially announced now by the Ministry of Energy.
3731 # Turkey delays winter time to 8th of November 04:00
3732 # http://www.aa.com.tr/tr/turkiye/yaz-saati-uygulamasi-8-kasimda-sona-erecek/362217
3733 #
3734 # From BBC News (2015-10-25):
3735 # Confused Turks are asking "what's the time?" after automatic clocks defied a
3736 # government decision ... "For the next two weeks #Turkey is on EEST... Erdogan
3737 # Engineered Standard Time," said Twitter user @aysekarahasan.
3738 # http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34631326
3739 
3740 # From Burak AYDIN (2016-09-08):
3741 # Turkey will stay in Daylight Saving Time even in winter....
3742 # http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2016/09/20160908-2.pdf
3743 #
3744 # From Paul Eggert (2016-09-07):
3745 # The change is permanent, so this is the new standard time in Turkey.
3746 # It takes effect today, which is not much notice.
3747 
3748 # From Kıvanç Yazan (2017-10-28):
3749 # Turkey will go back to Daylight Saving Time starting 2018-10.
3750 # http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2017/10/20171028-5.pdf
3751 #
3752 # From Even Scharning (2017-11-08):
3753 # ... today it was announced that the DST will become "continuous":
3754 # http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/son-dakika-yaz-saati-uygulamasi-surekli-hale-geldi-40637482
3755 # From Paul Eggert (2017-11-08):
3756 # Although Google Translate misfires on that source, it looks like
3757 # Turkey reversed last month's decision, and so will stay at +03.
3758 
3759 # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
3760 Rule    Turkey  1916    only    -       May      1      0:00    1:00    S
3761 Rule    Turkey  1916    only    -       Oct      1      0:00    0       -
3762 Rule    Turkey  1920    only    -       Mar     28      0:00    1:00    S
3763 Rule    Turkey  1920    only    -       Oct     25      0:00    0       -
3764 Rule    Turkey  1921    only    -       Apr      3      0:00    1:00    S
3765 Rule    Turkey  1921    only    -       Oct      3      0:00    0       -
3766 Rule    Turkey  1922    only    -       Mar     26      0:00    1:00    S
3767 Rule    Turkey  1922    only    -       Oct      8      0:00    0       -
3768 # Whitman gives 1923 Apr 28 - Sep 16 and no DST in 1924-1925;
3769 # go with Shanks & Pottenger.
3770 Rule    Turkey  1924    only    -       May     13      0:00    1:00    S
3771 Rule    Turkey  1924    1925    -       Oct      1      0:00    0       -
3772 Rule    Turkey  1925    only    -       May      1      0:00    1:00    S
3773 Rule    Turkey  1940    only    -       Jun     30      0:00    1:00    S
3774 Rule    Turkey  1940    only    -       Oct      5      0:00    0       -
3775 Rule    Turkey  1940    only    -       Dec      1      0:00    1:00    S
3776 Rule    Turkey  1941    only    -       Sep     21      0:00    0       -
3777 Rule    Turkey  1942    only    -       Apr      1      0:00    1:00    S
3778 # Whitman omits the next two transition and gives 1945 Oct 1;
3779 # go with Shanks & Pottenger.
3780 Rule    Turkey  1942    only    -       Nov      1      0:00    0       -
3781 Rule    Turkey  1945    only    -       Apr      2      0:00    1:00    S
3782 Rule    Turkey  1945    only    -       Oct      8      0:00    0       -
3783 Rule    Turkey  1946    only    -       Jun      1      0:00    1:00    S
3784 Rule    Turkey  1946    only    -       Oct      1      0:00    0       -
3785 Rule    Turkey  1947    1948    -       Apr     Sun>=16      0:00    1:00    S
3786 Rule    Turkey  1947    1950    -       Oct     Sun>=2       0:00    0       -
3787 Rule    Turkey  1949    only    -       Apr     10      0:00    1:00    S
3788 Rule    Turkey  1950    only    -       Apr     19      0:00    1:00    S
3789 Rule    Turkey  1951    only    -       Apr     22      0:00    1:00    S
3790 Rule    Turkey  1951    only    -       Oct      8      0:00    0       -
3791 Rule    Turkey  1962    only    -       Jul     15      0:00    1:00    S
3792 Rule    Turkey  1962    only    -       Oct      8      0:00    0       -
3793 Rule    Turkey  1964    only    -       May     15      0:00    1:00    S
3794 Rule    Turkey  1964    only    -       Oct      1      0:00    0       -
3795 Rule    Turkey  1970    1972    -       May     Sun>=2       0:00    1:00    S
3796 Rule    Turkey  1970    1972    -       Oct     Sun>=2       0:00    0       -
3797 Rule    Turkey  1973    only    -       Jun      3      1:00    1:00    S
3798 Rule    Turkey  1973    only    -       Nov      4      3:00    0       -
3799 Rule    Turkey  1974    only    -       Mar     31      2:00    1:00    S
3800 Rule    Turkey  1974    only    -       Nov      3      5:00    0       -
3801 Rule    Turkey  1975    only    -       Mar     30      0:00    1:00    S
3802 Rule    Turkey  1975    1976    -       Oct     lastSun 0:00    0       -
3803 Rule    Turkey  1976    only    -       Jun      1      0:00    1:00    S
3804 Rule    Turkey  1977    1978    -       Apr     Sun>=1       0:00    1:00    S
3805 Rule    Turkey  1977    only    -       Oct     16      0:00    0       -
3806 Rule    Turkey  1979    1980    -       Apr     Sun>=1       3:00    1:00    S
3807 Rule    Turkey  1979    1982    -       Oct     Mon>=11      0:00    0       -
3808 Rule    Turkey  1981    1982    -       Mar     lastSun 3:00    1:00    S
3809 Rule    Turkey  1983    only    -       Jul     31      0:00    1:00    S
3810 Rule    Turkey  1983    only    -       Oct      2      0:00    0       -
3811 Rule    Turkey  1985    only    -       Apr     20      0:00    1:00    S
3812 Rule    Turkey  1985    only    -       Sep     28      0:00    0       -
3813 Rule    Turkey  1986    1993    -       Mar     lastSun 1:00s   1:00    S
3814 Rule    Turkey  1986    1995    -       Sep     lastSun 1:00s   0       -
3815 Rule    Turkey  1994    only    -       Mar     20      1:00s   1:00    S
3816 Rule    Turkey  1995    2006    -       Mar     lastSun 1:00s   1:00    S
3817 Rule    Turkey  1996    2006    -       Oct     lastSun 1:00s   0       -
3818 # Zone  NAME            STDOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
3819 Zone    Europe/Istanbul 1:55:52 -       LMT     1880
3820                         1:56:56 -       IMT     1910 Oct # Istanbul Mean Time?
3821                         2:00    Turkey  EE%sT   1978 Oct 15
3822                         3:00    Turkey  +03/+04 1985 Apr 20
3823                         2:00    Turkey  EE%sT   2007
3824                         2:00    EU      EE%sT   2011 Mar 27  1:00u
3825                         2:00    -       EET     2011 Mar 28  1:00u
3826                         2:00    EU      EE%sT   2014 Mar 30  1:00u
3827                         2:00    -       EET     2014 Mar 31  1:00u
3828                         2:00    EU      EE%sT   2015 Oct 25  1:00u
3829                         2:00    1:00    EEST    2015 Nov  8  1:00u
3830                         2:00    EU      EE%sT   2016 Sep  7
3831                         3:00    -       +03
3832 Link    Europe/Istanbul Asia/Istanbul   # Istanbul is in both continents.
3833 
3834 # Ukraine
3835 #
3836 # From Igor Karpov, who works for the Ukrainian Ministry of Justice,
3837 # via Garrett Wollman (2003-01-27):
3838 # BTW, I've found the official document on this matter. It's government
3839 # regulations No. 509, May 13, 1996. In my poor translation it says:
3840 # "Time in Ukraine is set to second timezone (Kiev time). Each last Sunday
3841 # of March at 3am the time is changing to 4am and each last Sunday of
3842 # October the time at 4am is changing to 3am"
3843 
3844 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-09-20):
3845 # On September 20, 2011 the deputies of the Verkhovna Rada agreed to
3846 # abolish the transfer clock to winter time.
3847 #
3848 # Bill No. 8330 of MP from the Party of Regions Oleg Nadoshi got
3849 # approval from 266 deputies.
3850 #
3851 # Ukraine abolishes transfer back to the winter time (in Russian)
3852 # http://news.mail.ru/politics/6861560/
3853 #
3854 # The Ukrainians will no longer change the clock (in Russian)
3855 # http://www.segodnya.ua/news/14290482.html
3856 #
3857 # Deputies cancelled the winter time (in Russian)
3858 # https://www.pravda.com.ua/rus/news/2011/09/20/6600616/
3859 #
3860 # From Philip Pizzey (2011-10-18):
3861 # Today my Ukrainian colleagues have informed me that the
3862 # Ukrainian parliament have decided that they will go to winter
3863 # time this year after all.
3864 #
3865 # From Udo Schwedt (2011-10-18):
3866 # As far as I understand, the recent change to the Ukrainian time zone
3867 # (Europe/Kiev) to introduce permanent daylight saving time (similar
3868 # to Russia) was reverted today:
3869 # http://portal.rada.gov.ua/rada/control/en/publish/article/info_left?art_id=287324&cat_id=105995
3870 #
3871 # Also reported by Alexander Bokovoy (2011-10-18) who also noted:
3872 # The law documents themselves are at
3873 # http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/zweb_n/webproc4_1?id=&pf3511=41484
3874 
3875 # From Vladimir in Moscow via Alois Treindl re Kiev time 1991/2 (2014-02-28):
3876 # First in Ukraine they changed Time zone from UTC+3 to UTC+2 with DST:
3877 #       03 25 1990 02:00 -03.00 1       Time Zone 3 with DST
3878 #       07 01 1990 02:00 -02.00 1       Time Zone 2 with DST
3879 # * Ukrainian Government's Resolution of 18.06.1990, No. 134.
3880 # http://search.ligazakon.ua/l_doc2.nsf/link1/T001500.html
3881 #
3882 # They did not end DST in September, 1990 (according to the law,
3883 # "summer time" was still in action):
3884 #       09 30 1990 03:00 -02.00 1       Time Zone 2 with DST
3885 # * Ukrainian Government's Resolution of 21.09.1990, No. 272.
3886 # http://search.ligazakon.ua/l_doc2.nsf/link1/KP900272.html
3887 #
3888 # Again no change in March, 1991 ("summer time" in action):
3889 #       03 31 1991 02:00 -02.00 1       Time Zone 2 with DST
3890 #
3891 # DST ended in September 1991 ("summer time" ended):
3892 #       09 29 1991 03:00 -02.00 0       Time Zone 2, no DST
3893 # * Ukrainian Government's Resolution of 25.09.1991, No. 225.
3894 # http://www.uazakon.com/documents/date_21/pg_iwgdoc.htm
3895 # This is an answer.
3896 #
3897 # Since 1992 they had normal DST procedure:
3898 #       03 29 1992 02:00 -02.00 1       DST started
3899 #       09 27 1992 03:00 -02.00 0       DST ended
3900 # * Ukrainian Government's Resolution of 20.03.1992, No. 139.
3901 # http://www.uazakon.com/documents/date_8u/pg_grcasa.htm
3902 
3903 # From Paul Eggert (2018-10-03):
3904 # As is usual in tzdb, Ukrainian zones use the most common English spellings.
3905 # For example, tzdb uses Europe/Kiev, as "Kiev" is the most common spelling in
3906 # English for Ukraine's capital, even though it is certainly wrong as a
3907 # transliteration of the Ukrainian "Київ".  This is similar to tzdb's use of
3908 # Europe/Prague, which is certainly wrong as a transliteration of the Czech
3909 # "Praha".  ("Kiev" came from old Slavic via Russian to English, and "Prague"
3910 # came from old Slavic via French to English, so the two cases have something
3911 # in common.)  Admittedly English-language spelling of Ukrainian names is
3912 # controversial, and some day "Kyiv" may become substantially more popular in
3913 # English; in the meantime, stick with the traditional English "Kiev" as that
3914 # means less disruption for our users.
3915 
3916 # Zone  NAME            STDOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
3917 # This represents most of Ukraine.  See above for the spelling of "Kiev".
3918 Zone Europe/Kiev        2:02:04 -       LMT     1880
3919                         2:02:04 -       KMT     1924 May  2 # Kiev Mean Time
3920                         2:00    -       EET     1930 Jun 21
3921                         3:00    -       MSK     1941 Sep 20
3922                         1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1943 Nov  6
3923                         3:00    Russia  MSK/MSD 1990 Jul  1  2:00
3924                         2:00    1:00    EEST    1991 Sep 29  3:00
3925                         2:00    E-Eur   EE%sT   1995
3926                         2:00    EU      EE%sT
3927 # Ruthenia used CET 1990/1991.
3928 # "Uzhhorod" is the transliteration of the Rusyn/Ukrainian pronunciation, but
3929 # "Uzhgorod" is more common in English.
3930 Zone Europe/Uzhgorod    1:29:12 -       LMT     1890 Oct
3931                         1:00    -       CET     1940
3932                         1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1944 Oct
3933                         1:00    1:00    CEST    1944 Oct 26
3934                         1:00    -       CET     1945 Jun 29
3935                         3:00    Russia  MSK/MSD 1990
3936                         3:00    -       MSK     1990 Jul  1  2:00
3937                         1:00    -       CET     1991 Mar 31  3:00
3938                         2:00    -       EET     1992
3939                         2:00    E-Eur   EE%sT   1995
3940                         2:00    EU      EE%sT
3941 # Zaporozh'ye and eastern Lugansk oblasts observed DST 1990/1991.
3942 # "Zaporizhia" is the transliteration of the Ukrainian name, but
3943 # "Zaporozh'ye" is more common in English.  Use the common English
3944 # spelling, except omit the apostrophe as it is not allowed in
3945 # portable Posix file names.
3946 Zone Europe/Zaporozhye  2:20:40 -       LMT     1880
3947                         2:20    -       +0220   1924 May  2
3948                         2:00    -       EET     1930 Jun 21
3949                         3:00    -       MSK     1941 Aug 25
3950                         1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1943 Oct 25
3951                         3:00    Russia  MSK/MSD 1991 Mar 31  2:00
3952                         2:00    E-Eur   EE%sT   1995
3953                         2:00    EU      EE%sT
3954 
3955 # Vatican City
3956 # See Europe/Rome.
3957 
3958 ###############################################################################
3959 
3960 # One source shows that Bulgaria, Cyprus, Finland, and Greece observe DST from
3961 # the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in September in 1986.
3962 # The source shows Romania changing a day later than everybody else.
3963 #
3964 # According to Bernard Sieloff's source, Poland is in the MET time zone but
3965 # uses the WE DST rules.  The Western USSR uses EET+1 and ME DST rules.
3966 # Bernard Sieloff's source claims Romania switches on the same day, but at
3967 # 00:00 standard time (i.e., 01:00 DST).  It also claims that Turkey
3968 # switches on the same day, but switches on at 01:00 standard time
3969 # and off at 00:00 standard time (i.e., 01:00 DST)
3970 
3971 # ...
3972 # Date: Wed, 28 Jan 87 16:56:27 -0100
3973 # From: Tom Hofmann
3974 # ...
3975 #
3976 # ...the European time rules are...standardized since 1981, when
3977 # most European countries started DST.  Before that year, only
3978 # a few countries (UK, France, Italy) had DST, each according
3979 # to own national rules.  In 1981, however, DST started on
3980 # 'Apr firstSun', and not on 'Mar lastSun' as in the following
3981 # years...
3982 # But also since 1981 there are some more national exceptions
3983 # than listed in 'europe': Switzerland, for example, joined DST
3984 # one year later, Denmark ended DST on 'Oct 1' instead of 'Sep
3985 # lastSun' in 1981 - I don't know how they handle now.
3986 #
3987 # Finally, DST ist always from 'Apr 1' to 'Oct 1' in the
3988 # Soviet Union (as far as I know).
3989 #
3990 # Tom Hofmann, Scientific Computer Center, CIBA-GEIGY AG,
3991 # 4002 Basle, Switzerland
3992 # ...
3993 
3994 # ...
3995 # Date: Wed, 4 Feb 87 22:35:22 +0100
3996 # From: Dik T. Winter
3997 # ...
3998 #
3999 # The information from Tom Hofmann is (as far as I know) not entirely correct.
4000 # After a request from chongo at amdahl I tried to retrieve all information
4001 # about DST in Europe.  I was able to find all from about 1969.
4002 #
4003 # ...standardization on DST in Europe started in about 1977 with switches on
4004 # first Sunday in April and last Sunday in September...
4005 # In 1981 UK joined Europe insofar that
4006 # the starting day for both shifted to last Sunday in March.  And from 1982
4007 # the whole of Europe used DST, with switch dates April 1 and October 1 in
4008 # the Sov[i]et Union.  In 1985 the SU reverted to standard Europe[a]n switch
4009 # dates...
4010 #
4011 # It should also be remembered that time-zones are not constants; e.g.
4012 # Portugal switched in 1976 from MET (or CET) to WET with DST...
4013 # Note also that though there were rules for switch dates not
4014 # all countries abided to these dates, and many individual deviations
4015 # occurred, though not since 1982 I believe.  Another note: it is always
4016 # assumed that DST is 1 hour ahead of normal time, this need not be the
4017 # case; at least in the Netherlands there have been times when DST was 2 hours
4018 # in advance of normal time.
4019 #
4020 # ...
4021 # dik t. winter, cwi, amsterdam, nederland
4022 # ...
4023 
4024 # From Bob Devine (1988-01-28):
4025 # ...
4026 # Greece: Last Sunday in April to last Sunday in September (iffy on dates).
4027 # Since 1978.  Change at midnight.
4028 # ...
4029 # Monaco: has same DST as France.
4030 # ...