1# @(#)europe 7.17
2
3# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
4# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
5# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future).
6
7# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993):
8# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
9# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (3rd edition),
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48#
49# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones, especially in Britain,
50# is Derek Howse, Greenwich time and the discovery of the longitude,
51# Oxford University Press (1980).
52
53# From Andrew A. Chernov <ache@astral.msk.su> (November 12, 1993):
54# LST is Local Star Time (``mestnoe zvezdnoe vremya'').
55
56# From Peter Ilieve <peter@memex.co.uk> (December 4, 1994),
57# The original six [EU members]: Belguim, France, (West) Germany, Italy,
58# Luxembourg, the Netherlands.
59# Plus, from 1 Jan 73: Denmark, Ireland, United Kingdom.
60# Plus, from 1 Jan 81: Greece.
61# Plus, from 1 Jan 86: Spain, Portugal.
62# Plus, from 1 Jan 95: Austria, Finland, Sweden. (Norway negotiated terms for
63# entry but in a referendum on 28 Nov 94 the people voted No by 52.2% to 47.8%
64# on a turnout of 88.6%. This was almost the same result as Norway's previous
65# referendum in 1972, they are the only country to have said No twice.
66# Referendums in the other three countries voted Yes.)
67# ...
68# The only [current nonmember using EU rules] I can speak for is Estonia,
69# which uses EU dates but not at 01:00 GMT, they use midnight GMT. I don't
70# think they know yet what they will do from 1996 onwards.
71# ...
72# There shouldn't be any [current members who are not using EU rules].
73# A Directive has the force of law, member states are obliged to enact
74# national law to implement it. The only contentious issue was the
75# different end date for the UK and Ireland, and this was always allowed
76# in the Directive.
77
78###############################################################################
79
80# United Kingdom
81
82# From Peter Ilieve <peter@memex.co.uk> (July 6, 1994):
83#
84# On 17 Jan 1994 the Independent, a UK quality newspaper, had a piece about
85# historical vistas along the Thames in west London. There was a photo
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134# Date: 4 Jan 89 08:57:25 GMT (Wed)
135# From: Jonathan Leffler <nih-csl!uunet!mcvax!sphinx.co.uk!john>
136# [British Summer Time] is fixed annually by Act of Parliament.
137# If you can predict what Parliament will do, you should be in
138# politics making a fortune, not computing.
139
140# From Peter Ilieve <peter@memex.co.uk> (September 3, 1993):
141#
142# Our Government...couldn't...make a decision after the 1989 consultation
143# exercise about the UK changing its timezone so it just let things drift
144# (different from deciding to keep the status quo). According to the
145# Summer Time Order 1992 (SI 1992/1729) the dates of Summer Time for 1993
146# and 1994 are:
147# Start End
148# 1993 28 March 24 October
149# 1994 27 March 23 October
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392# to 01:00 GMT.)
393#
394# - The Summer Time Order, 1992, SI 1992/1729 [SI == Statutary Instrument]
395#
396# This specifies dates of:
397# Start End
398# 1993 28 March 24 October
399# 1994 27 March 23 October
400# All start and end times are at 01:00 GMT....
401#
402# - Some text on the extent of Acts, from Halsbury's Statutes
403#
404# `An Act of the United Kingdom Parliament is to be construed prima facie
405# to apply to the whole of the United Kingdom and not to any place outside.
406# [...] The expression "United Kingdom" for this purpose includes (since
407# 1922) Great Britain (ie. England, Wales and Scotland) and Northern Ireland,
408# but it does not include the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man.'
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441# They assume that nobody would ever be stupid enough to want to see it
442# again so they leave it out.
443#
444# It might be a good idea to put this table, or the output of tabscript
445# showing all the moves because of Easter, in the europe file comments in
446# place of my old transcription of the Green Paper table [the UK Government
447# paper "Summer Time: A Consultation Document" (HMSO Cm722 June 1989)].
448#
449# Peter Ilieve peter@memex.co.uk
450#
451#
452# ## control file for tabscript, a program to generate UK summer time dates
453# ## matching the table in Cm 722, the 1989 Green Paper.
454# ## Lines like this are comments.
455# ## Lines with a single # at the start are copied into the output
456# ## Control lines are of the form
457# ## <years> <start date> <end date> <flags> <double start> <double end>
458# ## <years> is either a single year or a hyphen separated range, with --
459# ## also accepted as I use this in TeX a lot.
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579# 1990 25 Mar 28 Oct fixed
580# 1991 31 Mar 27 Oct fixed
581# 1992 29 Mar 25 Oct fixed
582# # Sixth EC Directive
583# # Summer Time Order, 1992 (SI1992/1729)
584# 1993 28 Mar 24 Oct fixed
585# 1994 27 Mar 23 Oct fixed
586
587# From Peter Ilieve <peter@memex.co.uk> (August 18, 1994):
588# I now have the text of the 7th EC directive on summer time arrangements
589# (94/21/EC), which was approved on 30 May....
590# The major changes from existing practice are that 1995 will be the last year
591# that the UK and Eire finish on a different date from everyone else,
592# and the common end date from 1996 onwards will be the last Sunday in October.
593# Year Start End End (UK & Eire, 1995 only)
594# (rule) (last Sun) (last Sun) (4th Sun)
595# 1995 26 March 24 September 22 October
596# 1996 31 March 27 October
597# 1997 30 March 26 October
598#
599# From Peter Ilieve <peter@memex.co.uk> (1994-12-01):
600# The final piece of the legislative jigsaw for summer time in the UK for
601# 1995-97 is now in place. The Summer Time Order 1994 (SI 1994/2798)
602# came into force on 16 November. It restates the dates from the EC
603# seventh Summer Time Directive....
604
605# From Peter Ilieve <peter@memex.co.uk> (March 28, 1994):
606# The UK/Eire end date of 22 October [1995] conflicts with your current rule of
607# Oct Sun>=23, and the historical UK formula of Sun after 4th Sat.
608# The last time 4th Sun and Sun after 4th Sat differed was in 1989,
609# when 29 October was used. That year was covered by a UK Summer Time Order
610# for only a single year and it looks as though there was a matching 4th EC
611# directive for just this year. I don't have the text of the 5th EC
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708Rule GB-Eire 1961 1963 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 BST
709Rule GB-Eire 1964 1967 - Mar Sun>=19 2:00s 1:00 BST
710Rule GB-Eire 1972 1980 - Mar Sun>=16 2:00s 1:00 BST
711# 1953 to 1980, ending rules
712Rule GB-Eire 1953 1960 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 0 GMT
713Rule GB-Eire 1961 1967 - Oct Sun>=23 2:00s 0 GMT
714Rule GB-Eire 1971 only - Oct 31 3:00 0 GMT
715Rule GB-Eire 1972 1980 - Oct Sun>=23 2:00s 0 GMT
716# 1981 on
717Rule GB-Eire 1981 1995 - Mar lastSun 1:00u 1:00 BST
718Rule GB-Eire 1981 1989 - Oct Sun>=23 1:00u 0 GMT
719Rule GB-Eire 1990 1995 - Oct Sun>=22 1:00u 0 GMT
720# See EC for rules starting in 1996.
721
722# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
723Zone Europe/London -0:01:15 - LMT 1847 Sep 22
724 0:00 GB-Eire %s 1968 Feb 18 2:00
725 1:00 - BST 1971 Oct 31 2:00
726 0:00 GB-Eire %s 1996
727 0:00 EC GMT/BST
728Zone Europe/Belfast -0:23:40 - LMT 1880 Aug 2
729 -0:25:21 - DMT 1916 May 21 2:00 # Dublin MT
730 -0:25:21 1:00 DST 1916 Oct 1 3:00
731 0:00 GB-Eire %s 1968 Feb 18 2:00
732 1:00 - BST 1971 Oct 31 3:00
733 0:00 GB-Eire %s 1996
734 0:00 EC GMT/BST
735Zone Europe/Dublin -0:25:21 - LMT 1880 Aug 2
736 -0:25:21 - DMT 1916 May 21 2:00 # Dublin MT
737 -0:25:21 1:00 DST 1916 Oct 1 3:00
738 0:00 GB-Eire %s 1940 Feb 25 2:00
739 0:00 1:00 BST 1946 Oct 6 2:00
740 0:00 - GMT 1947 Mar 16 2:00
741 0:00 1:00 BST 1947 Nov 2 2:00
742 0:00 - GMT 1948 Apr 18 2:00
743 0:00 GB-Eire %s 1968 Feb 18 2:00
744 1:00 - BST 1971 Oct 31 3:00
745 0:00 GB-Eire %s 1996
746 0:00 EC GMT/BST
747
748# ZONE-DESCR Europe London United_Kingdom All points except N. Ireland
749# ZONE-DESCR Europe Belfast United_Kingdom Northern Ireland
750# ZONE-DESCR Europe Dublin Eire All points
751
752###############################################################################
753
754# Continental Europe
755
756# EC rules are for the European Community.
757
758# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
759Rule EC 1800 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 -
760Rule EC 1977 1980 - Apr Sun>=1 1:00u 1:00 " DST"
761Rule EC 1977 only - Sep lastSun 1:00u 0 -
762Rule EC 1978 only - Oct 1 1:00u 0 -
763Rule EC 1979 1995 - Sep lastSun 1:00u 0 -
764Rule EC 1981 max - Mar lastSun 1:00u 1:00 " DST"
765Rule EC 1996 max - Oct lastSun 1:00u 0 -
766
767# W-Eur differs from EC only in that W-Eur uses standard time.
768Rule W-Eur 1800 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 -
769Rule W-Eur 1977 1980 - Apr Sun>=1 1:00s 1:00 " DST"
770Rule W-Eur 1977 only - Sep lastSun 1:00s 0 -
771Rule W-Eur 1978 only - Oct 1 1:00s 0 -
772Rule W-Eur 1979 1995 - Sep lastSun 1:00s 0 -
773Rule W-Eur 1981 max - Mar lastSun 1:00s 1:00 " DST"
774Rule W-Eur 1996 max - Oct lastSun 1:00s 0 -
775
776# Older M-Eur rules are for convenience in the tables.
777# From 1977 on, M-Eur differs from EC only in that M-Eur uses standard time.
778Rule M-Eur 1800 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 -
779Rule M-Eur 1916 only - Apr 30 23:00 1:00 " DST"
780Rule M-Eur 1916 only - Oct 1 1:00 0 -
781Rule M-Eur 1917 1918 - Apr Mon>=15 2:00s 1:00 " DST"
782Rule M-Eur 1917 1918 - Sep Mon>=15 2:00s 0 -
783Rule M-Eur 1940 only - Apr 1 2:00s 1:00 " DST"
784# Shanks says DST was continuous from 1940 Apr 1 to 1942 Nov 2; go with Whitman.
785Rule M-Eur 1940 only - Dec 31 2:00s 0 -
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790Rule M-Eur 1943 only - Mar 29 2:00s 1:00 " DST"
791Rule M-Eur 1943 only - Oct 4 2:00s 0 -
792Rule M-Eur 1944 only - Apr 3 2:00s 1:00 " DST"
793# Whitman gives 1944 Oct 7; go with Shanks.
794Rule M-Eur 1944 only - Oct 2 2:00s 0 -
795Rule M-Eur 1977 1980 - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 " DST"
796Rule M-Eur 1977 only - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 -
797Rule M-Eur 1978 only - Oct 1 2:00s 0 -
798Rule M-Eur 1979 1995 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 -
799Rule M-Eur 1981 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 " DST"
800Rule M-Eur 1996 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 -
801
802# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
803Rule Russia 1880 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 -
804Rule Russia 1917 only - Jul 1 23:00 1:00 " DST"
805Rule Russia 1917 only - Dec 28 0:00 0 -
806Rule Russia 1918 only - May 31 22:00 2:00 " DDST"
807Rule Russia 1918 only - Sep 17 0:00 1:00 " DST"
808Rule Russia 1919 only - May 31 23:00 2:00 " DDST"
809Rule Russia 1919 only - Jul 1 2:00 1:00 D
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818Rule Russia 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D
819Rule Russia 1981 1983 - Oct 1 0:00 0 K
820Rule Russia 1984 max - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 K
821Rule Russia 1985 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D
822
823# These are for backward compatibility with older versions.
824
825# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
826Zone WET 0:00 EC WET%s
827Zone MET 1:00 M-Eur MET%s
828Zone EET 2:00 EC EET%s
829
830# Tom Hoffman says that MET is also known as Central European Time
831
832Link MET CET
833
834# Albania
835# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
836Rule Albania 1940 only - Jun 16 0:00 1:00 " DST"
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859Rule Albania 1983 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
860Rule Albania 1984 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 " DST"
861Rule Albania 1984 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
862# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
863Zone Europe/Tirane 1:19:20 - LMT 1914
864 1:00 - MET 1940 Jun 16
865 1:00 Albania MET%s 1985 Mar 31 1:00
866 1:00 W-Eur MET%s
867# This may change to `EC' soon.
868
869# ZONE-DESCR Europe Tirane Albania All points
870
871# Andorra
872# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
873Zone Europe/Andorra 0:06:04 - LMT 1901
874 0:00 - WET 1946 Sep 30
875 1:00 - MET 1985 Mar 31 2:00
876 1:00 EC MET%s
877
878# ZONE-DESCR Europe Andorra Andorra All points
879
880# Austria
881# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
882Rule Austria 1918 only - Jun 16 3:00 0 -
883Rule Austria 1920 only - Apr 5 2:00s 1:00 " DST"
884Rule Austria 1920 only - Sep 13 2:00s 0 -
885Rule Austria 1945 only - Apr 2 2:00s 1:00 " DST"
886Rule Austria 1945 only - Nov 18 2:00s 0 -
887Rule Austria 1946 only - Apr 14 2:00s 1:00 " DST"
888Rule Austria 1946 1948 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
889Rule Austria 1947 only - Apr 6 2:00s 1:00 " DST"
890Rule Austria 1948 only - Apr 18 2:00s 1:00 " DST"
891# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
892Zone Europe/Vienna 1:05:20 - LMT 1893 Apr
893 1:00 M-Eur MET%s 1918 Jun 16 3:00
894 1:00 Austria MET%s 1940 Apr 1 2:00
895 1:00 M-Eur MET%s 1945 Apr 2 2:00
896 1:00 Austria MET%s 1981
897 1:00 EC MET%s
898
899# ZONE-DESCR Europe Vienna Austria All points
900
901# Belarus
902# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
903Zone Europe/Minsk 1:50:16 - LMT 1880
904 2:31 Russia LST%s 1919 Jul 1 2:00
905 3:00 Russia MS%s 1922 Oct
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952Rule Belgium 1946 only - Oct 7 2:00s 0 -
953# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
954Zone Europe/Brussels 0:17:20 - LMT 1880
955 0:17 - BST 1892 May 1 12:00
956 0:00 - WET 1914 Aug 4
957 1:00 M-Eur MET%s 1919 Mar 1 23:00
958 0:00 Belgium WET%s 1940 Feb 24 23:00
959 1:00 M-Eur MET%s 1945 Apr 2 2:00
960 1:00 Belgium MET%s 1977
961 1:00 EC MET%s
962
963# ZONE-DESCR Europe Brussels Belgium All points
964
965# Bosnia and Herzegovina
966# They switched from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar on 1918 Mar 18.
967# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
968Zone Europe/Sarajevo 1:13:40 - LMT 1884
969 1:00 - MET 1941 Apr 18 23:00
970 1:00 M-Eur MET%s 1945 May 8 2:00s
971 1:00 1:00 "MET DST" 1945 Sep 16 2:00s
972 1:00 - MET 1983
973 1:00 EC MET%s
974
975# ZONE-DESCR Europe Sarajevo Bosnia_and_Herzegovina All points
976
977# Bulgaria
978# Part switched from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar on 1915 Nov 14;
979# the rest switched on 1920 Sep 17.
980# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
981Rule Bulg 1979 only - Mar 31 23:00 1:00 " DST"
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986# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
987Zone Europe/Sofia 1:33:16 - LMT 1880
988 1:57 - TST 1894 Nov 30
989 2:00 - EET 1942 Nov 2 3:00
990 1:00 M-Eur MET%s 1945 Apr 2 3:00
991 2:00 - EET 1979 Mar 31 23:00
992 2:00 Bulg EET%s 1982 Sep 26 2:00
993 2:00 M-Eur EET%s
994# This may change to `EC' soon.
995
996# ZONE-DESCR Europe Sofia Bulgaria All points
997
998# Croatia
999# They switched from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar on 1918 Mar 18.
1000# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1001Zone Europe/Zagreb 1:03:52 - LMT 1884
1002 1:00 - MET 1941 Apr 18 23:00
1003 1:00 M-Eur MET%s 1945 May 8 2:00s
1004 1:00 1:00 "MET DST" 1945 Sep 16 2:00s
1005 1:00 - MET 1983
1006 1:00 EC MET%s
1007
1008# ZONE-DESCR Europe Zagreb Croatia All points
1009
1010# Czech Republic
1011# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
1012Rule Czech 1944 only - Sep 17 2:00s 0 -
1013Rule Czech 1945 only - Apr 8 2:00s 1:00 " DST"
1014Rule Czech 1945 only - Nov 18 2:00s 0 -
1015Rule Czech 1946 only - May 6 2:00s 1:00 " DST"
1016Rule Czech 1946 1949 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
1017Rule Czech 1947 only - Apr 20 2:00s 1:00 " DST"
1018Rule Czech 1948 only - Apr 18 2:00s 1:00 " DST"
1019Rule Czech 1949 only - Apr 9 2:00s 1:00 " DST"
1020# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1021Zone Europe/Prague 0:57:44 - LMT 1850
1022 0:58 - PMT 1891 Oct # Prague Mean Time
1023 1:00 M-Eur MET%s 1944 Sep 17 2:00s
1024 1:00 Czech MET%s 1979
1025 1:00 EC MET%s
1026
1027# ZONE-DESCR Europe Prague Czech_Republic All points
1028
1029# Denmark
1030# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
1031Rule Denmark 1916 only - May 14 23:00 1:00 " DST"
1032Rule Denmark 1916 only - Sep 30 23:00 0 -
1033Rule Denmark 1940 only - May 15 0:00 1:00 " DST"
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1043# about many of the above dates; go with Shanks.
1044#
1045# For 1894, Shanks says Jan, Whitman Apr; go with Whitman.
1046# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1047Zone Europe/Copenhagen 0:50:20 - LMT 1890
1048 0:50 - CMT 1894 Apr # Copenhagen Mean Time
1049 1:00 Denmark MET%s 1942 Nov 2 2:00s
1050 1:00 M-Eur MET%s 1945 Apr 2 2:00
1051 1:00 Denmark MET%s 1980
1052 1:00 EC MET%s
1053Zone Atlantic/Faeroe -0:27:04 - LMT 1908 Jan 11 # Torshavn
1054 0:00 - WET 1981
1055 0:00 EC WET%s
1056Zone America/Scoresbysund -1:29:00 - LMT 1916 Jul 28
1057 -2:00 - MGT 1980 Apr 6 2:00
1058 -2:00 M-Eur MGT%s 1981 Mar 29
1059 -1:00 M-Eur EGT%s
1060Zone America/Godthab -3:26:56 - LMT 1916 Jul 28
1061 -3:00 - WGT 1980 Apr 6 2:00
1062 -3:00 M-Eur WGT%s
1063Zone America/Thule -4:35:08 - LMT 1916 Jul 28
1064 -4:00 - AST
1065
1066# ZONE-DESCR Europe Copenhagen Denmark All points except:
1067# ZONE-DESCR Atlantic Faeroe Denmark Faeroe Islands
1068
1069# ZONE-DESCR America Scoresbysund Denmark Eastern Greenland
1070# ZONE-DESCR America Godthab Denmark Western Greenland
1071# ZONE-DESCR America Thule Denmark Far Western Greenland (Thule)
1072
1073# Estonia
1074# They switched from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar on 1918 Feb 15.
1075#
1076# From Peter Ilieve <peter@memex.co.uk> (1994-10-15):
1077# A relative in Tallinn confirms the accuracy of the data for 1989 onwards
1078# [through 1994] and gives the legal authority for it,
1079# a regulation of the Government of Estonia, No. 111 of 1989....
1080# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1081Zone Europe/Tallinn 1:39:00 - LMT 1880
1082 1:39 - LST 1918 Feb
1083 1:00 M-Eur MET%s 1919 Jul
1084 1:39 - LST 1921 May
1085 2:00 - EET 1940 Aug 6
1086 3:00 - MSK 1941 Sep 15
1087 1:00 M-Eur MET%s 1944 Sep 22
1088 3:00 Russia MS%s 1989 Mar 26 2:00s
1089 2:00 1:00 "EET DST" 1989 Sep 24 2:00s
1090 2:00 M-Eur EET%s
1091# This may change to `EC' soon.
1092
1093# ZONE-DESCR Europe Tallinn Estonia All points
1094
1095# Finland
1096#
1097# From Hannu Strang <chs@apu.fi> (25 Sep 1994 06:03:37 UTC):
1098# Well, here in Helsinki we're just changing from summer time to regular one,
1099# and it's supposed to change at 4am...
1100#
1101# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (25 Sep 1994):
1102# Shanks says Finland has switched at 02:00 standard time since 1981.
1103# Go with Strang instead.
1104#
1105# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
1106Rule Finland 1921 only - May 1 0:00 0 -
1107Rule Finland 1942 only - Apr 3 0:00 1:00 " DST"
1108Rule Finland 1942 only - Oct 3 0:00 0 -
1109# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1110Zone Europe/Helsinki 1:39:52 - LMT 1878 May 31
1111 1:40 - HMT 1921 May # Helsinki Mean Time
1112 2:00 Finland EET%s 1981 Mar 29 2:00
1113 2:00 EC EET%s
1114
1115# ZONE-DESCR Europe Helsinki Finland All points
1116
1117# France
1118# Shanks seems to use `24:00' ambiguously; we resolve it with Whitman.
1119# From Shanks (1991):
1120# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
1121Rule France 1911 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 -
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1170Rule France 1976 only - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 -
1171# Shanks gives 0:09 for Paris Mean Time; go with Whitman's more precise 0:09:05.
1172# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1173Zone Europe/Paris 0:09:05 - LMT 1891 Mar 15 0:01
1174 0:09:05 - PMT 1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time
1175 0:00 France WET%s 1940 Jun 14
1176 1:00 M-Eur MET%s 1944 Aug 25
1177 0:00 France WET%s 1945 Sep 16 3:00
1178 1:00 France MET%s 1977
1179 1:00 EC MET%s
1180
1181# ZONE-DESCR Europe Paris France All points
1182
1183# Germany
1184# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
1185Rule Germany 1945 only - Apr 2 2:00s 1:00 " DST"
1186Rule Germany 1945 only - May 24 2:00 2:00 " DDST"
1187Rule Germany 1945 only - Sep 24 3:00 1:00 " DST"
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1192Rule Germany 1947 only - Apr 6 2:00s 1:00 " DST"
1193Rule Germany 1947 only - May 11 2:00s 2:00 " DDST"
1194Rule Germany 1947 only - Jun 29 3:00 1:00 " DST"
1195Rule Germany 1948 only - Apr 18 2:00s 1:00 " DST"
1196Rule Germany 1949 only - Apr 10 2:00s 1:00 " DST"
1197# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1198Zone Europe/Berlin 0:53:28 - LMT 1893 Apr
1199 1:00 M-Eur MET%s 1945 Apr 2 2:00
1200 1:00 Germany MET%s 1980
1201 1:00 EC MET%s
1202
1203# ZONE-DESCR Europe Berlin Germany All points
1204
1205# Gibraltar
1206# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1207Zone Europe/Gibraltar -0:21:24 - LMT 1880 Aug 2
1208 0:00 GB-Eire %s 1957 Apr 14 2:00
1209 1:00 - MET 1982
1210 1:00 EC MET%s
1211
1212# ZONE-DESCR Europe Gibraltar United_Kingdom Gibraltar
1213
1214# Greece
1215# They adopted the Julian calendar in 1846.
1216# Part switched to the Gregorian calendar on 1916 Jul 28.
1217# The rest switched on 1920 Mar 18.
1218# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
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1240Rule Greece 1979 only - Sep 29 2:00 0 -
1241Rule Greece 1980 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 " DST"
1242Rule Greece 1980 only - Sep 28 0:00 0 -
1243# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1244Zone Europe/Athens 1:34:52 - LMT 1895 Sep 14
1245 1:35 - AMT 1916 Jul 28 0:01 # Athens MT
1246 2:00 Greece EET%s 1941 Apr 30
1247 1:00 Greece MET%s 1944 Apr 4
1248 2:00 Greece EET%s 1981
1249 # Shanks says they switched to M-Eur in 1981;
1250 # go with EC intead, since Greece joined it on Jan 1.
1251 2:00 EC EET%s
1252
1253# ZONE-DESCR Europe Athens Greece All points
1254
1255# Hungary
1256# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
1257Rule Hungary 1918 only - Sep 29 2:00s 0 -
1258Rule Hungary 1919 only - Apr 15 3:00 1:00 " DST"
1259Rule Hungary 1919 only - Sep 15 3:00 0 -
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1274Rule Hungary 1957 only - Sep lastSun 3:00 0 -
1275Rule Hungary 1980 only - Apr 6 1:00 1:00 " DST"
1276# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1277Zone Europe/Budapest 1:16:20 - LMT 1890 Oct
1278 1:00 M-Eur MET%s 1918 Jul
1279 1:00 Hungary MET%s 1941 Apr 6 2:00
1280 1:00 M-Eur MET%s 1945 May 1 23:00
1281 1:00 Hungary MET%s 1980 Sep 28 2:00s
1282 1:00 EC MET%s
1283
1284# ZONE-DESCR Europe Budapest Hungary All points
1285
1286# Iceland
1287#
1288# From Adam David <adam@veda.is> (November 6, 1993):
1289# The name of the timezone in Iceland for system / mail / news purposes is GMT.
1290#
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1388Rule Italy 1977 1979 - May Sun>=22 0:00s 1:00 " DST"
1389Rule Italy 1978 only - Oct 1 0:00s 0 -
1390Rule Italy 1979 only - Sep 30 0:00s 0 -
1391# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1392Zone Europe/Rome 0:49:56 - LMT 1866 Sep 22
1393 0:50 - RMT 1893 Nov # Rome Mean Time
1394 1:00 Italy MET%s 1942 Nov 2 2:00s
1395 1:00 M-Eur MET%s 1945 Apr 2 2:00s
1396 1:00 Italy MET%s 1980
1397 1:00 EC MET%s
1398
1399Link Europe/Rome Europe/Vatican
1400Link Europe/Rome Europe/San_Marino
1401
1402# ZONE-DESCR Europe Rome Italy All points
1403# ZONE-DESCR Europe Vatican Holy_See All points
1404# ZONE-DESCR Europe San_Marino San_Marino All points
1405
1406# Latvia
1407# They switched from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar on 1918 Feb 15.
1408# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1409Zone Europe/Riga 1:36:24 - LMT 1880
1410 1:36 - LST 1918 Apr 15 2:00
1411 1:36 M-Eur LST%s 1919 Apr 1 2:00
1412 1:36 1:00 "LST DST" 1919 May 22 3:00
1413 1:36 - LST 1926 May 11
1414 2:00 - EET 1940 Aug 5
1415 3:00 - MSK 1941 Jul
1416 1:00 M-Eur MET%s 1944 Aug 8
1417 3:00 Russia MS%s 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
1418 2:00 1:00 "EET DST" 1991 Sep 29 2:00s
1419 2:00 M-Eur EET%s
1420# This may change to `EC' soon.
1421
1422# ZONE-DESCR Europe Riga Latvia All points
1423
1424# Liechtenstein
1425# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1426Zone Europe/Vaduz 0:38:04 - LMT 1894 Jun
1427 1:00 - MET 1981
1428 1:00 EC MET%s
1429
1430# ZONE-DESCR Europe Vaduz Liechtenstein All points
1431
1432# Lithuania
1433# They switched from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar on 1918 Feb 15.
1434# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1435Zone Europe/Vilnius 1:41:16 - LMT 1880
1436 1:24 - LST 1917 # Kaunas
1437 1:36 - LST 1919 Oct 10
1438 1:00 - MET 1920 Jul 12
1439 2:00 - EET 1920 Oct 9
1440 1:00 - MET 1940 Aug 3
1441 3:00 - MSK 1941 Jun 24
1442 1:00 M-Eur MET%s 1944 Aug
1443 3:00 Russia MS%s 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
1444 2:00 1:00 "EET DST" 1991 Sep 29 2:00s
1445 2:00 M-Eur EET%s
1446# This may change to `EC' soon.
1447
1448# ZONE-DESCR Europe Vilnius Lithuania All points
1449
1450# Luxembourg
1451# Whitman disagrees with most of these dates in minor ways; go with Shanks.
1452# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
1453Rule Lux 1904 only - Jun 1 0:00 0 -
1454Rule Lux 1916 only - May 14 23:00 1:00 " DST"
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1475Rule Lux 1928 only - Apr 14 23:00 1:00 " DST"
1476Rule Lux 1929 only - Apr 20 23:00 1:00 " DST"
1477# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1478Zone Europe/Luxembourg 0:24:36 - LMT 1904 Jun
1479 1:00 Lux MET%s 1918 Nov 25
1480 0:00 Lux WET%s 1929 Oct 6 2:00s
1481 0:00 Belgium WET%s 1940 May 14 3:00
1482 1:00 M-Eur WET%s 1944 Sep 18 3:00
1483 1:00 Belgium MET%s 1979
1484 1:00 EC MET%s
1485
1486# ZONE-DESCR Europe Luxembourg Luxembourg All points
1487
1488# Macedonia
1489# They switched from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar on 1918 Mar 18.
1490# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1491Zone Europe/Skopje 1:25:44 - LMT 1884
1492 1:00 - MET 1941 Apr 18 23:00
1493 1:00 M-Eur MET%s 1945 May 8 2:00s
1494 1:00 1:00 "MET DST" 1945 Sep 16 2:00s
1495 1:00 - MET 1983
1496 1:00 EC MET%s
1497
1498# ZONE-DESCR Europe Skopje Fmr_Yugoslav_Rep_Of_Macedonia All points
1499
1500# Malta
1501# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
1502Rule Malta 1973 only - Mar 31 0:00s 1:00 " DST"
1503Rule Malta 1973 only - Sep 29 0:00s 0 -
1504Rule Malta 1974 only - Apr 21 0:00s 1:00 " DST"
1505Rule Malta 1974 only - Sep 16 0:00s 0 -
1506Rule Malta 1975 1979 - Apr Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 " DST"
1507Rule Malta 1975 1980 - Sep Sun>=15 2:00 0 -
1508Rule Malta 1980 only - Mar 31 2:00 1:00 " DST"
1509# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1510Zone Europe/Malta 0:58:04 - LMT 1893 Nov 2 # Valletta
1511 1:00 Italy MET%s 1942 Nov 2 2:00s
1512 1:00 M-Eur MET%s 1945 Apr 2 2:00s
1513 1:00 Italy MET%s 1973 Mar 31
1514 1:00 Malta MET%s 1981
1515 1:00 EC MET%s
1516
1517# ZONE-DESCR Europe Malta Malta All points
1518
1519# Moldova
1520# They switched from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar on 1919 Mar 18.
1521# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1522Zone Europe/Chisinau 1:55:20 - LMT 1924 May 2
1523 2:00 - EET 1930 Jun 21
1524 3:00 Russia MS%s 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
1525 2:00 1:00 "EET DST" 1991 Sep 29 2:00s
1526 2:00 M-Eur EET%s
1527# This may change to `EC' soon.
1528
1529# ZONE-DESCR Europe Chisinau Moldova All points
1530
1531# Monaco
1532# Shanks gives 0:09 for Paris Mean Time; go with Whitman's more precise 0:09:05.
1533# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1534Zone Europe/Monaco 0:29:32 - LMT 1891 Mar 15
1535 0:09:05 - PMT 1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time
1536 0:00 France WET%s 1945 Sep 16 3:00
1537 1:00 France MET%s 1977
1538 1:00 EC MET%s
1539
1540# ZONE-DESCR Europe Monaco Monaco All points
1541
1542# Netherlands
1543# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
1544Rule Neth 1892 only - May 1 0:00 0 AMT
1545# Shanks gives 1916 May 1 0:00 and 1916 Oct 1 0:00; go with Whitman.
1546Rule Neth 1916 only - May 1 2:00s 1:00 NST
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1559Rule Neth 1925 only - Jun 5 2:00s 1:00 NST
1560# For 1926 through 1930 Whitman gives Apr 15; go with Shanks.
1561Rule Neth 1926 1931 - May 15 2:00s 1:00 NST
1562Rule Neth 1932 only - May 22 2:00s 1:00 NST
1563Rule Neth 1933 1936 - May 15 2:00s 1:00 NST
1564Rule Neth 1937 only - May 22 2:00s 1:00 NST
1565# Whitman gives 1939 Apr 15 and 1940 Apr 19; go with Shanks.
1566Rule Neth 1938 1939 - May 15 2:00s 1:00 NST
1567Rule Neth 1945 only - Apr 2 2:00s 1:00 " DST"
1568Rule Neth 1945 only - May 20 2:00s 0 -
1569# Before 1937, Shanks says just `0:20'; we use Whitman's more precise figure.
1570# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1571Zone Europe/Amsterdam 0:19:28 - LMT 1892 May
1572 0:19:28 Neth %s 1937 Jul
1573 0:20 Neth %s 1940 May 16 0:40
1574 1:00 M-Eur MET%s 1945 Apr 2 2:00
1575 1:00 Neth MET%s 1977
1576 1:00 EC MET%s
1577
1578# ZONE-DESCR Europe Amsterdam Netherlands All points
1579
1580# Norway
1581# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
1582Rule Norway 1892 only - May 1 0:00 0 -
1583# Whitman gives 1916 May 21 - 1916 Oct 21; go with Shanks.
1584Rule Norway 1916 only - May 22 1:00 1:00 " DST"
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1591Rule Norway 1945 only - Oct 1 2:00s 0 -
1592Rule Norway 1959 1964 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 1:00 " DST"
1593Rule Norway 1959 1965 - Sep Sun>=15 2:00s 0 -
1594Rule Norway 1965 only - Apr 25 2:00s 1:00 " DST"
1595# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1596Zone Europe/Oslo 0:43:00 - LMT 1895
1597 1:00 Norway MET%s 1940 Aug 10 23:00
1598 1:00 M-Eur MET%s 1945 Apr 2 2:00
1599 1:00 Norway MET%s 1980
1600 1:00 EC MET%s
1601# Svalbard is like Europe/Oslo.
1602#
1603# From Whitman:
1604# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1605Zone Atlantic/Jan_Mayen -1:00 - EGT
1606
1607# ZONE-DESCR Europe Oslo Norway All points except:
1608# ZONE-DESCR Atlantic Jan_Mayen Norway Jan Mayen Island
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1636Zone Europe/Warsaw 1:24:00 - LMT 1880
1637 1:24 - WMT 1915 Aug 5 # Warsaw Mean Time
1638 1:00 M-Eur MET%s 1918 Sep 16 3:00
1639 2:00 Poland EET%s 1922 Jun
1640 1:00 Poland MET%s 1940 Jun 23 2:00
1641 1:00 M-Eur MET%s 1944 Oct
1642 1:00 Poland MET%s 1977 Apr 3 1:00
1643 1:00 W-Eur MET%s
1644# This may change to `EC' soon.
1645
1646# ZONE-DESCR Europe Warsaw Poland All points
1647
1648# Portugal
1649# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
1650Rule Port 1911 only - May 24 0:00 0 -
1651Rule Port 1916 only - Jun 17 23:00 1:00 " DST"
1652# Whitman gives 1916 Oct 31; go with Shanks.
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1709Rule Port 1981 1982 - Mar lastSun 1:00s 1:00 " DST"
1710Rule Port 1983 only - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 " DST"
1711# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1712Zone Europe/Lisbon -0:36:32 - LMT 1884
1713 -0:37 - LMT 1911 May 24 # Lisbon Mean Time
1714 0:00 Port WET%s 1966 Apr 3 2:00
1715 1:00 - MET 1976 Sep 26 1:00
1716 0:00 Port WET%s 1983 Sep 25 1:00s
1717 0:00 EC WET%s 1992 Sep 27 1:00s
1718# From Rui Pedro Salgueiro <rps@inescca.inescc.pt> (November 12, 1992):
1719# Portugal has recently (September, 27) changed timezone
1720# (from WET to MET or CET) to harmonize with EEC.
1721 1:00 EC MET%s
1722# We don't know what happened to Madeira or the Azores,
1723# so we'll just use Shanks for now.
1724# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1725Zone Atlantic/Azores -1:42:40 - LMT 1884 # Ponta Delgada
1726 -1:55 - HMT 1911 May 24 # Horta Mean Time
1727 -2:00 Port ACT%s 1966 Apr 3 2:00
1728 -1:00 - ACT 1977 Mar 27
1729 -1:00 - ACT 1983 Sep 25 1:00s
1730 -1:00 W-Eur ACT%s
1731Zone Atlantic/Madeira -1:07:36 - LMT 1884 # Funchal
1732 -1:08 - FMT 1911 May 24 # Funchal Mean Time
1733 -1:00 Port ACT%s 1966 Apr 3 2:00
1734 0:00 - WET 1977 Mar 27
1735 0:00 Port WET%s 1983 Sep 25 1:00s
1736 0:00 EC WET%s
1737
1738# ZONE-DESCR Europe Lisbon Portugal All points except:
1739# ZONE-DESCR Atlantic Azores Portugal Azores
1740# ZONE-DESCR Atlantic Madeira Portugal Madeira
1741
1742# Slovakia
1743Link Europe/Prague Europe/Bratislava
1744
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1756Rule Romania 1979 only - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 -
1757Rule Romania 1980 only - Apr 5 23:00 1:00 " DST"
1758Rule Romania 1980 only - Sep lastSun 1:00 0 -
1759# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1760Zone Europe/Bucharest 1:44:24 - LMT 1891 Oct
1761 1:44 - BMT 1931 Jul 24 # Bucharest MT
1762 2:00 Romania EET%s 1981 Mar 29 2:00s
1763 2:00 M-Eur EET%s
1764# This may change to `EC' soon.
1765
1766# ZONE-DESCR Europe Bucharest Romania All points
1767
1768# Russia
1769# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (May 28, 1994):
1770# Moscow and Novosibirsk time zone names, and Moscow rules after 1991,
1771# are from Andrew A. Chernov <ache@astral.msk.su>.
1772# I invented the other time zone names, and (unless otherwise specified)
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1873Zone Asia/Anadyr 11:49:56 - LMT 1924 May 2
1874 12:00 - ASK 1957 Mar
1875 13:00 Russia AS%s 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
1876 12:00 1:00 ASD 1991 Sep 29 2:00s
1877 12:00 - ASK 1992 Jan 19 2:00s
1878 13:00 Russia AS%s
1879
1880# ZONE-DESCR Asia Anadyr Russia Anadyr zone
1881
1882# Yugoslavia (what's left of it -- mostly Serbia)
1883# They switched from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar on 1918 Mar 18.
1884# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1885Zone Europe/Belgrade 1:22:00 - LMT 1884
1886 1:00 - MET 1941 Apr 18 23:00
1887 1:00 M-Eur MET%s 1945 May 8 2:00s
1888 1:00 1:00 "MET DST" 1945 Sep 16 2:00s
1889 1:00 - MET 1983
1890 1:00 EC MET%s
1891
1892# ZONE-DESCR Europe Belgrade Serbia All points
1893
1894# Slovenia
1895# They switched from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar on 1918 Mar 18.
1896# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1897Zone Europe/Ljubljana 0:58:04 - LMT 1884
1898 1:00 - MET 1941 Apr 18 23:00
1899 1:00 M-Eur MET%s 1945 May 8 2:00s
1900 1:00 1:00 "MET DST" 1945 Sep 16 2:00s
1901 1:00 - MET 1983
1902 1:00 EC MET%s
1903
1904# ZONE-DESCR Europe Ljubljana Slovenia All points
1905
1906# Spain
1907# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
1908Rule Spain 1901 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 -
1909# For 1917-1919 Whitman gives Apr Sat>=1 - Oct Sat>=1; go with Shanks.
1910Rule Spain 1917 only - May 5 23:00s 1:00 " DST"
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1940Rule Spain 1974 1975 - Oct Sun>=1 1:00 0 -
1941Rule Spain 1976 only - Mar 27 23:00 1:00 " DST"
1942Rule Spain 1976 1977 - Sep lastSun 1:00 0 -
1943Rule Spain 1977 1978 - Apr 2 23:00 1:00 " DST"
1944Rule Spain 1978 only - Oct 1 1:00 0 -
1945# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1946Zone Europe/Madrid -0:14:44 - LMT 1901
1947 0:00 Spain WET%s 1946 Sep 30
1948 1:00 Spain MET%s 1979
1949 1:00 EC MET%s
1950Zone Atlantic/Canary -1:01:36 - LMT 1922 Mar # Las Palmas de Gran C.
1951 -1:00 - ACT 1946 Sep 30 1:00
1952 0:00 - WET 1980 Apr 6 0:00s
1953 0:00 1:00 "WET DST" 1980 Sep 28 0:00s
1954 0:00 EC WET%s
1955
1956# ZONE-DESCR Europe Madrid Spain All points except:
1957# ZONE-DESCR Atlantic Canary Spain Canary Islands
1958
1959# Sweden
1960# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1961Zone Europe/Stockholm 1:12:12 - LMT 1878 May 31
1962 1:12 - SMT 1900 Jan 1 1:00 # Stockholm MT
1963 1:00 - MET 1916 Apr 14 23:00s
1964 1:00 1:00 "MET DST" 1916 Sep 30 23:00s
1965 1:00 - MET 1980
1966 1:00 EC MET%s
1967
1968# ZONE-DESCR Europe Stockholm Sweden All points
1969
1970# Switzerland
1971# From Howse (1988), p 82:
1972# By the end of the 18th century clocks and watches became commonplace
1973# and their performance improved enormously. Communities began to keep
1974# mean time in preference to apparent time -- Geneva from 1780 ....
1975# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
1976Rule Swiss 1894 only - Jun 1 0:00 0 -
1977# From Whitman (who writes ``Midnight?''):
1978Rule Swiss 1940 only - Nov 2 0:00 1:00 " DST"
1979Rule Swiss 1940 only - Dec 31 0:00 0 -
1980# From Shanks (1991):
1981Rule Swiss 1941 1942 - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 " DST"
1982Rule Swiss 1941 1942 - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 0 -
1983# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1984Zone Europe/Zurich 0:34:08 - LMT 1848 Sep 12
1985 0:30 - SST 1894 Jun # Swiss Standard Time
1986 1:00 Swiss MET%s 1981
1987 1:00 EC MET%s
1988
1989# ZONE-DESCR Europe Zurich Switzerland All points
1990
1991# Turkey
1992# European Turkey switched to the Gregorian calendar in 1908.
1993# Asian Turkey switched in 1914.
1994# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
1995Rule Turkey 1910 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
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2047Rule Turkey 1985 only - Sep 28 0:00 0 -
2048# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2049Zone Europe/Istanbul 1:55:52 - LMT 1880
2050 1:57 - OMT 1910 Oct # Ottoman Mean Time
2051 2:00 Turkey EET%s 1978 Oct 15
2052 3:00 Turkey TUR%s 1985 Apr 20
2053 2:00 Turkey EET%s 1986
2054 2:00 M-Eur EET%s
2055# This may change to `EC' soon.
2056Link Europe/Istanbul Asia/Istanbul # Istanbul is in both continents.
2057
2058# ZONE-DESCR Europe Istanbul Turkey All points
2059
2060# Ukraine
2061# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
2062Rule Ukraine 1919 only - Jul 1 2:00 1:00 " DST"
2063Rule Ukraine 1919 only - Aug 16 0:00 0 -
2064Rule Ukraine 1921 only - Feb 14 23:00 1:00 " DST"
2065Rule Ukraine 1921 only - Mar 21 23:00 2:00 " DDST"
2066Rule Ukraine 1921 only - Sep 1 0:00 1:00 " DST"
2067Rule Ukraine 1921 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
2068# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2069Zone Europe/Kiev 2:02:04 - LMT 1880
2070 2:02 Russia LST%s 1919 Jul 1 2:00
2071 2:02 Ukraine LST%s 1924 May 2
2072 2:00 - EET 1930 Jun 21
2073 3:00 Russia MS%s 1990 Jul 17
2074 2:00 M-Eur EET%s
2075# This may change to `EC' soon.
2076Zone Europe/Simferopol 2:16:24 - LMT 1880
2077 2:08 Russia LST%s 1919 Jul 1 2:00
2078 2:08 Ukraine LST%s 1924 May 2
2079 2:00 - EET 1930 Jun 21
2080 3:00 Russia MS%s 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
2081 2:00 1:00 "EET DST" 1991 Sep 29 2:00s
2082# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (May 28, 1994):
2083# Today's _Economist_ (p 45) reports that Crimea switched
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2
3# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
4# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
5# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future).
6
7# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993):
8# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
9# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (3rd edition),
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48#
49# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones, especially in Britain,
50# is Derek Howse, Greenwich time and the discovery of the longitude,
51# Oxford University Press (1980).
52
53# From Andrew A. Chernov <ache@astral.msk.su> (November 12, 1993):
54# LST is Local Star Time (``mestnoe zvezdnoe vremya'').
55
56# From Peter Ilieve <peter@memex.co.uk> (December 4, 1994),
57# The original six [EU members]: Belguim, France, (West) Germany, Italy,
58# Luxembourg, the Netherlands.
59# Plus, from 1 Jan 73: Denmark, Ireland, United Kingdom.
60# Plus, from 1 Jan 81: Greece.
61# Plus, from 1 Jan 86: Spain, Portugal.
62# Plus, from 1 Jan 95: Austria, Finland, Sweden. (Norway negotiated terms for
63# entry but in a referendum on 28 Nov 94 the people voted No by 52.2% to 47.8%
64# on a turnout of 88.6%. This was almost the same result as Norway's previous
65# referendum in 1972, they are the only country to have said No twice.
66# Referendums in the other three countries voted Yes.)
67# ...
68# The only [current nonmember using EU rules] I can speak for is Estonia,
69# which uses EU dates but not at 01:00 GMT, they use midnight GMT. I don't
70# think they know yet what they will do from 1996 onwards.
71# ...
72# There shouldn't be any [current members who are not using EU rules].
73# A Directive has the force of law, member states are obliged to enact
74# national law to implement it. The only contentious issue was the
75# different end date for the UK and Ireland, and this was always allowed
76# in the Directive.
77
78###############################################################################
79
80# United Kingdom
81
82# From Peter Ilieve <peter@memex.co.uk> (July 6, 1994):
83#
84# On 17 Jan 1994 the Independent, a UK quality newspaper, had a piece about
85# historical vistas along the Thames in west London. There was a photo
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134# Date: 4 Jan 89 08:57:25 GMT (Wed)
135# From: Jonathan Leffler <nih-csl!uunet!mcvax!sphinx.co.uk!john>
136# [British Summer Time] is fixed annually by Act of Parliament.
137# If you can predict what Parliament will do, you should be in
138# politics making a fortune, not computing.
139
140# From Peter Ilieve <peter@memex.co.uk> (September 3, 1993):
141#
142# Our Government...couldn't...make a decision after the 1989 consultation
143# exercise about the UK changing its timezone so it just let things drift
144# (different from deciding to keep the status quo). According to the
145# Summer Time Order 1992 (SI 1992/1729) the dates of Summer Time for 1993
146# and 1994 are:
147# Start End
148# 1993 28 March 24 October
149# 1994 27 March 23 October
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392# to 01:00 GMT.)
393#
394# - The Summer Time Order, 1992, SI 1992/1729 [SI == Statutary Instrument]
395#
396# This specifies dates of:
397# Start End
398# 1993 28 March 24 October
399# 1994 27 March 23 October
400# All start and end times are at 01:00 GMT....
401#
402# - Some text on the extent of Acts, from Halsbury's Statutes
403#
404# `An Act of the United Kingdom Parliament is to be construed prima facie
405# to apply to the whole of the United Kingdom and not to any place outside.
406# [...] The expression "United Kingdom" for this purpose includes (since
407# 1922) Great Britain (ie. England, Wales and Scotland) and Northern Ireland,
408# but it does not include the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man.'
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441# They assume that nobody would ever be stupid enough to want to see it
442# again so they leave it out.
443#
444# It might be a good idea to put this table, or the output of tabscript
445# showing all the moves because of Easter, in the europe file comments in
446# place of my old transcription of the Green Paper table [the UK Government
447# paper "Summer Time: A Consultation Document" (HMSO Cm722 June 1989)].
448#
449# Peter Ilieve peter@memex.co.uk
450#
451#
452# ## control file for tabscript, a program to generate UK summer time dates
453# ## matching the table in Cm 722, the 1989 Green Paper.
454# ## Lines like this are comments.
455# ## Lines with a single # at the start are copied into the output
456# ## Control lines are of the form
457# ## <years> <start date> <end date> <flags> <double start> <double end>
458# ## <years> is either a single year or a hyphen separated range, with --
459# ## also accepted as I use this in TeX a lot.
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579# 1990 25 Mar 28 Oct fixed
580# 1991 31 Mar 27 Oct fixed
581# 1992 29 Mar 25 Oct fixed
582# # Sixth EC Directive
583# # Summer Time Order, 1992 (SI1992/1729)
584# 1993 28 Mar 24 Oct fixed
585# 1994 27 Mar 23 Oct fixed
586
587# From Peter Ilieve <peter@memex.co.uk> (August 18, 1994):
588# I now have the text of the 7th EC directive on summer time arrangements
589# (94/21/EC), which was approved on 30 May....
590# The major changes from existing practice are that 1995 will be the last year
591# that the UK and Eire finish on a different date from everyone else,
592# and the common end date from 1996 onwards will be the last Sunday in October.
593# Year Start End End (UK & Eire, 1995 only)
594# (rule) (last Sun) (last Sun) (4th Sun)
595# 1995 26 March 24 September 22 October
596# 1996 31 March 27 October
597# 1997 30 March 26 October
598#
599# From Peter Ilieve <peter@memex.co.uk> (1994-12-01):
600# The final piece of the legislative jigsaw for summer time in the UK for
601# 1995-97 is now in place. The Summer Time Order 1994 (SI 1994/2798)
602# came into force on 16 November. It restates the dates from the EC
603# seventh Summer Time Directive....
604
605# From Peter Ilieve <peter@memex.co.uk> (March 28, 1994):
606# The UK/Eire end date of 22 October [1995] conflicts with your current rule of
607# Oct Sun>=23, and the historical UK formula of Sun after 4th Sat.
608# The last time 4th Sun and Sun after 4th Sat differed was in 1989,
609# when 29 October was used. That year was covered by a UK Summer Time Order
610# for only a single year and it looks as though there was a matching 4th EC
611# directive for just this year. I don't have the text of the 5th EC
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708Rule GB-Eire 1961 1963 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 BST
709Rule GB-Eire 1964 1967 - Mar Sun>=19 2:00s 1:00 BST
710Rule GB-Eire 1972 1980 - Mar Sun>=16 2:00s 1:00 BST
711# 1953 to 1980, ending rules
712Rule GB-Eire 1953 1960 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 0 GMT
713Rule GB-Eire 1961 1967 - Oct Sun>=23 2:00s 0 GMT
714Rule GB-Eire 1971 only - Oct 31 3:00 0 GMT
715Rule GB-Eire 1972 1980 - Oct Sun>=23 2:00s 0 GMT
716# 1981 on
717Rule GB-Eire 1981 1995 - Mar lastSun 1:00u 1:00 BST
718Rule GB-Eire 1981 1989 - Oct Sun>=23 1:00u 0 GMT
719Rule GB-Eire 1990 1995 - Oct Sun>=22 1:00u 0 GMT
720# See EC for rules starting in 1996.
721
722# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
723Zone Europe/London -0:01:15 - LMT 1847 Sep 22
724 0:00 GB-Eire %s 1968 Feb 18 2:00
725 1:00 - BST 1971 Oct 31 2:00
726 0:00 GB-Eire %s 1996
727 0:00 EC GMT/BST
728Zone Europe/Belfast -0:23:40 - LMT 1880 Aug 2
729 -0:25:21 - DMT 1916 May 21 2:00 # Dublin MT
730 -0:25:21 1:00 DST 1916 Oct 1 3:00
731 0:00 GB-Eire %s 1968 Feb 18 2:00
732 1:00 - BST 1971 Oct 31 3:00
733 0:00 GB-Eire %s 1996
734 0:00 EC GMT/BST
735Zone Europe/Dublin -0:25:21 - LMT 1880 Aug 2
736 -0:25:21 - DMT 1916 May 21 2:00 # Dublin MT
737 -0:25:21 1:00 DST 1916 Oct 1 3:00
738 0:00 GB-Eire %s 1940 Feb 25 2:00
739 0:00 1:00 BST 1946 Oct 6 2:00
740 0:00 - GMT 1947 Mar 16 2:00
741 0:00 1:00 BST 1947 Nov 2 2:00
742 0:00 - GMT 1948 Apr 18 2:00
743 0:00 GB-Eire %s 1968 Feb 18 2:00
744 1:00 - BST 1971 Oct 31 3:00
745 0:00 GB-Eire %s 1996
746 0:00 EC GMT/BST
747
748# ZONE-DESCR Europe London United_Kingdom All points except N. Ireland
749# ZONE-DESCR Europe Belfast United_Kingdom Northern Ireland
750# ZONE-DESCR Europe Dublin Eire All points
751
752###############################################################################
753
754# Continental Europe
755
756# EC rules are for the European Community.
757
758# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
759Rule EC 1800 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 -
760Rule EC 1977 1980 - Apr Sun>=1 1:00u 1:00 " DST"
761Rule EC 1977 only - Sep lastSun 1:00u 0 -
762Rule EC 1978 only - Oct 1 1:00u 0 -
763Rule EC 1979 1995 - Sep lastSun 1:00u 0 -
764Rule EC 1981 max - Mar lastSun 1:00u 1:00 " DST"
765Rule EC 1996 max - Oct lastSun 1:00u 0 -
766
767# W-Eur differs from EC only in that W-Eur uses standard time.
768Rule W-Eur 1800 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 -
769Rule W-Eur 1977 1980 - Apr Sun>=1 1:00s 1:00 " DST"
770Rule W-Eur 1977 only - Sep lastSun 1:00s 0 -
771Rule W-Eur 1978 only - Oct 1 1:00s 0 -
772Rule W-Eur 1979 1995 - Sep lastSun 1:00s 0 -
773Rule W-Eur 1981 max - Mar lastSun 1:00s 1:00 " DST"
774Rule W-Eur 1996 max - Oct lastSun 1:00s 0 -
775
776# Older M-Eur rules are for convenience in the tables.
777# From 1977 on, M-Eur differs from EC only in that M-Eur uses standard time.
778Rule M-Eur 1800 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 -
779Rule M-Eur 1916 only - Apr 30 23:00 1:00 " DST"
780Rule M-Eur 1916 only - Oct 1 1:00 0 -
781Rule M-Eur 1917 1918 - Apr Mon>=15 2:00s 1:00 " DST"
782Rule M-Eur 1917 1918 - Sep Mon>=15 2:00s 0 -
783Rule M-Eur 1940 only - Apr 1 2:00s 1:00 " DST"
784# Shanks says DST was continuous from 1940 Apr 1 to 1942 Nov 2; go with Whitman.
785Rule M-Eur 1940 only - Dec 31 2:00s 0 -
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790Rule M-Eur 1943 only - Mar 29 2:00s 1:00 " DST"
791Rule M-Eur 1943 only - Oct 4 2:00s 0 -
792Rule M-Eur 1944 only - Apr 3 2:00s 1:00 " DST"
793# Whitman gives 1944 Oct 7; go with Shanks.
794Rule M-Eur 1944 only - Oct 2 2:00s 0 -
795Rule M-Eur 1977 1980 - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 " DST"
796Rule M-Eur 1977 only - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 -
797Rule M-Eur 1978 only - Oct 1 2:00s 0 -
798Rule M-Eur 1979 1995 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 -
799Rule M-Eur 1981 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 " DST"
800Rule M-Eur 1996 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 -
801
802# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
803Rule Russia 1880 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 -
804Rule Russia 1917 only - Jul 1 23:00 1:00 " DST"
805Rule Russia 1917 only - Dec 28 0:00 0 -
806Rule Russia 1918 only - May 31 22:00 2:00 " DDST"
807Rule Russia 1918 only - Sep 17 0:00 1:00 " DST"
808Rule Russia 1919 only - May 31 23:00 2:00 " DDST"
809Rule Russia 1919 only - Jul 1 2:00 1:00 D
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818Rule Russia 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D
819Rule Russia 1981 1983 - Oct 1 0:00 0 K
820Rule Russia 1984 max - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 K
821Rule Russia 1985 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D
822
823# These are for backward compatibility with older versions.
824
825# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
826Zone WET 0:00 EC WET%s
827Zone MET 1:00 M-Eur MET%s
828Zone EET 2:00 EC EET%s
829
830# Tom Hoffman says that MET is also known as Central European Time
831
832Link MET CET
833
834# Albania
835# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
836Rule Albania 1940 only - Jun 16 0:00 1:00 " DST"
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859Rule Albania 1983 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
860Rule Albania 1984 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 " DST"
861Rule Albania 1984 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
862# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
863Zone Europe/Tirane 1:19:20 - LMT 1914
864 1:00 - MET 1940 Jun 16
865 1:00 Albania MET%s 1985 Mar 31 1:00
866 1:00 W-Eur MET%s
867# This may change to `EC' soon.
868
869# ZONE-DESCR Europe Tirane Albania All points
870
871# Andorra
872# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
873Zone Europe/Andorra 0:06:04 - LMT 1901
874 0:00 - WET 1946 Sep 30
875 1:00 - MET 1985 Mar 31 2:00
876 1:00 EC MET%s
877
878# ZONE-DESCR Europe Andorra Andorra All points
879
880# Austria
881# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
882Rule Austria 1918 only - Jun 16 3:00 0 -
883Rule Austria 1920 only - Apr 5 2:00s 1:00 " DST"
884Rule Austria 1920 only - Sep 13 2:00s 0 -
885Rule Austria 1945 only - Apr 2 2:00s 1:00 " DST"
886Rule Austria 1945 only - Nov 18 2:00s 0 -
887Rule Austria 1946 only - Apr 14 2:00s 1:00 " DST"
888Rule Austria 1946 1948 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
889Rule Austria 1947 only - Apr 6 2:00s 1:00 " DST"
890Rule Austria 1948 only - Apr 18 2:00s 1:00 " DST"
891# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
892Zone Europe/Vienna 1:05:20 - LMT 1893 Apr
893 1:00 M-Eur MET%s 1918 Jun 16 3:00
894 1:00 Austria MET%s 1940 Apr 1 2:00
895 1:00 M-Eur MET%s 1945 Apr 2 2:00
896 1:00 Austria MET%s 1981
897 1:00 EC MET%s
898
899# ZONE-DESCR Europe Vienna Austria All points
900
901# Belarus
902# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
903Zone Europe/Minsk 1:50:16 - LMT 1880
904 2:31 Russia LST%s 1919 Jul 1 2:00
905 3:00 Russia MS%s 1922 Oct
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952Rule Belgium 1946 only - Oct 7 2:00s 0 -
953# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
954Zone Europe/Brussels 0:17:20 - LMT 1880
955 0:17 - BST 1892 May 1 12:00
956 0:00 - WET 1914 Aug 4
957 1:00 M-Eur MET%s 1919 Mar 1 23:00
958 0:00 Belgium WET%s 1940 Feb 24 23:00
959 1:00 M-Eur MET%s 1945 Apr 2 2:00
960 1:00 Belgium MET%s 1977
961 1:00 EC MET%s
962
963# ZONE-DESCR Europe Brussels Belgium All points
964
965# Bosnia and Herzegovina
966# They switched from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar on 1918 Mar 18.
967# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
968Zone Europe/Sarajevo 1:13:40 - LMT 1884
969 1:00 - MET 1941 Apr 18 23:00
970 1:00 M-Eur MET%s 1945 May 8 2:00s
971 1:00 1:00 "MET DST" 1945 Sep 16 2:00s
972 1:00 - MET 1983
973 1:00 EC MET%s
974
975# ZONE-DESCR Europe Sarajevo Bosnia_and_Herzegovina All points
976
977# Bulgaria
978# Part switched from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar on 1915 Nov 14;
979# the rest switched on 1920 Sep 17.
980# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
981Rule Bulg 1979 only - Mar 31 23:00 1:00 " DST"
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986# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
987Zone Europe/Sofia 1:33:16 - LMT 1880
988 1:57 - TST 1894 Nov 30
989 2:00 - EET 1942 Nov 2 3:00
990 1:00 M-Eur MET%s 1945 Apr 2 3:00
991 2:00 - EET 1979 Mar 31 23:00
992 2:00 Bulg EET%s 1982 Sep 26 2:00
993 2:00 M-Eur EET%s
994# This may change to `EC' soon.
995
996# ZONE-DESCR Europe Sofia Bulgaria All points
997
998# Croatia
999# They switched from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar on 1918 Mar 18.
1000# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1001Zone Europe/Zagreb 1:03:52 - LMT 1884
1002 1:00 - MET 1941 Apr 18 23:00
1003 1:00 M-Eur MET%s 1945 May 8 2:00s
1004 1:00 1:00 "MET DST" 1945 Sep 16 2:00s
1005 1:00 - MET 1983
1006 1:00 EC MET%s
1007
1008# ZONE-DESCR Europe Zagreb Croatia All points
1009
1010# Czech Republic
1011# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
1012Rule Czech 1944 only - Sep 17 2:00s 0 -
1013Rule Czech 1945 only - Apr 8 2:00s 1:00 " DST"
1014Rule Czech 1945 only - Nov 18 2:00s 0 -
1015Rule Czech 1946 only - May 6 2:00s 1:00 " DST"
1016Rule Czech 1946 1949 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
1017Rule Czech 1947 only - Apr 20 2:00s 1:00 " DST"
1018Rule Czech 1948 only - Apr 18 2:00s 1:00 " DST"
1019Rule Czech 1949 only - Apr 9 2:00s 1:00 " DST"
1020# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1021Zone Europe/Prague 0:57:44 - LMT 1850
1022 0:58 - PMT 1891 Oct # Prague Mean Time
1023 1:00 M-Eur MET%s 1944 Sep 17 2:00s
1024 1:00 Czech MET%s 1979
1025 1:00 EC MET%s
1026
1027# ZONE-DESCR Europe Prague Czech_Republic All points
1028
1029# Denmark
1030# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
1031Rule Denmark 1916 only - May 14 23:00 1:00 " DST"
1032Rule Denmark 1916 only - Sep 30 23:00 0 -
1033Rule Denmark 1940 only - May 15 0:00 1:00 " DST"
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1043# about many of the above dates; go with Shanks.
1044#
1045# For 1894, Shanks says Jan, Whitman Apr; go with Whitman.
1046# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1047Zone Europe/Copenhagen 0:50:20 - LMT 1890
1048 0:50 - CMT 1894 Apr # Copenhagen Mean Time
1049 1:00 Denmark MET%s 1942 Nov 2 2:00s
1050 1:00 M-Eur MET%s 1945 Apr 2 2:00
1051 1:00 Denmark MET%s 1980
1052 1:00 EC MET%s
1053Zone Atlantic/Faeroe -0:27:04 - LMT 1908 Jan 11 # Torshavn
1054 0:00 - WET 1981
1055 0:00 EC WET%s
1056Zone America/Scoresbysund -1:29:00 - LMT 1916 Jul 28
1057 -2:00 - MGT 1980 Apr 6 2:00
1058 -2:00 M-Eur MGT%s 1981 Mar 29
1059 -1:00 M-Eur EGT%s
1060Zone America/Godthab -3:26:56 - LMT 1916 Jul 28
1061 -3:00 - WGT 1980 Apr 6 2:00
1062 -3:00 M-Eur WGT%s
1063Zone America/Thule -4:35:08 - LMT 1916 Jul 28
1064 -4:00 - AST
1065
1066# ZONE-DESCR Europe Copenhagen Denmark All points except:
1067# ZONE-DESCR Atlantic Faeroe Denmark Faeroe Islands
1068
1069# ZONE-DESCR America Scoresbysund Denmark Eastern Greenland
1070# ZONE-DESCR America Godthab Denmark Western Greenland
1071# ZONE-DESCR America Thule Denmark Far Western Greenland (Thule)
1072
1073# Estonia
1074# They switched from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar on 1918 Feb 15.
1075#
1076# From Peter Ilieve <peter@memex.co.uk> (1994-10-15):
1077# A relative in Tallinn confirms the accuracy of the data for 1989 onwards
1078# [through 1994] and gives the legal authority for it,
1079# a regulation of the Government of Estonia, No. 111 of 1989....
1080# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1081Zone Europe/Tallinn 1:39:00 - LMT 1880
1082 1:39 - LST 1918 Feb
1083 1:00 M-Eur MET%s 1919 Jul
1084 1:39 - LST 1921 May
1085 2:00 - EET 1940 Aug 6
1086 3:00 - MSK 1941 Sep 15
1087 1:00 M-Eur MET%s 1944 Sep 22
1088 3:00 Russia MS%s 1989 Mar 26 2:00s
1089 2:00 1:00 "EET DST" 1989 Sep 24 2:00s
1090 2:00 M-Eur EET%s
1091# This may change to `EC' soon.
1092
1093# ZONE-DESCR Europe Tallinn Estonia All points
1094
1095# Finland
1096#
1097# From Hannu Strang <chs@apu.fi> (25 Sep 1994 06:03:37 UTC):
1098# Well, here in Helsinki we're just changing from summer time to regular one,
1099# and it's supposed to change at 4am...
1100#
1101# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (25 Sep 1994):
1102# Shanks says Finland has switched at 02:00 standard time since 1981.
1103# Go with Strang instead.
1104#
1105# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
1106Rule Finland 1921 only - May 1 0:00 0 -
1107Rule Finland 1942 only - Apr 3 0:00 1:00 " DST"
1108Rule Finland 1942 only - Oct 3 0:00 0 -
1109# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1110Zone Europe/Helsinki 1:39:52 - LMT 1878 May 31
1111 1:40 - HMT 1921 May # Helsinki Mean Time
1112 2:00 Finland EET%s 1981 Mar 29 2:00
1113 2:00 EC EET%s
1114
1115# ZONE-DESCR Europe Helsinki Finland All points
1116
1117# France
1118# Shanks seems to use `24:00' ambiguously; we resolve it with Whitman.
1119# From Shanks (1991):
1120# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
1121Rule France 1911 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 -
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1170Rule France 1976 only - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 -
1171# Shanks gives 0:09 for Paris Mean Time; go with Whitman's more precise 0:09:05.
1172# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1173Zone Europe/Paris 0:09:05 - LMT 1891 Mar 15 0:01
1174 0:09:05 - PMT 1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time
1175 0:00 France WET%s 1940 Jun 14
1176 1:00 M-Eur MET%s 1944 Aug 25
1177 0:00 France WET%s 1945 Sep 16 3:00
1178 1:00 France MET%s 1977
1179 1:00 EC MET%s
1180
1181# ZONE-DESCR Europe Paris France All points
1182
1183# Germany
1184# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
1185Rule Germany 1945 only - Apr 2 2:00s 1:00 " DST"
1186Rule Germany 1945 only - May 24 2:00 2:00 " DDST"
1187Rule Germany 1945 only - Sep 24 3:00 1:00 " DST"
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1192Rule Germany 1947 only - Apr 6 2:00s 1:00 " DST"
1193Rule Germany 1947 only - May 11 2:00s 2:00 " DDST"
1194Rule Germany 1947 only - Jun 29 3:00 1:00 " DST"
1195Rule Germany 1948 only - Apr 18 2:00s 1:00 " DST"
1196Rule Germany 1949 only - Apr 10 2:00s 1:00 " DST"
1197# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1198Zone Europe/Berlin 0:53:28 - LMT 1893 Apr
1199 1:00 M-Eur MET%s 1945 Apr 2 2:00
1200 1:00 Germany MET%s 1980
1201 1:00 EC MET%s
1202
1203# ZONE-DESCR Europe Berlin Germany All points
1204
1205# Gibraltar
1206# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1207Zone Europe/Gibraltar -0:21:24 - LMT 1880 Aug 2
1208 0:00 GB-Eire %s 1957 Apr 14 2:00
1209 1:00 - MET 1982
1210 1:00 EC MET%s
1211
1212# ZONE-DESCR Europe Gibraltar United_Kingdom Gibraltar
1213
1214# Greece
1215# They adopted the Julian calendar in 1846.
1216# Part switched to the Gregorian calendar on 1916 Jul 28.
1217# The rest switched on 1920 Mar 18.
1218# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
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1240Rule Greece 1979 only - Sep 29 2:00 0 -
1241Rule Greece 1980 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 " DST"
1242Rule Greece 1980 only - Sep 28 0:00 0 -
1243# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1244Zone Europe/Athens 1:34:52 - LMT 1895 Sep 14
1245 1:35 - AMT 1916 Jul 28 0:01 # Athens MT
1246 2:00 Greece EET%s 1941 Apr 30
1247 1:00 Greece MET%s 1944 Apr 4
1248 2:00 Greece EET%s 1981
1249 # Shanks says they switched to M-Eur in 1981;
1250 # go with EC intead, since Greece joined it on Jan 1.
1251 2:00 EC EET%s
1252
1253# ZONE-DESCR Europe Athens Greece All points
1254
1255# Hungary
1256# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
1257Rule Hungary 1918 only - Sep 29 2:00s 0 -
1258Rule Hungary 1919 only - Apr 15 3:00 1:00 " DST"
1259Rule Hungary 1919 only - Sep 15 3:00 0 -
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1274Rule Hungary 1957 only - Sep lastSun 3:00 0 -
1275Rule Hungary 1980 only - Apr 6 1:00 1:00 " DST"
1276# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1277Zone Europe/Budapest 1:16:20 - LMT 1890 Oct
1278 1:00 M-Eur MET%s 1918 Jul
1279 1:00 Hungary MET%s 1941 Apr 6 2:00
1280 1:00 M-Eur MET%s 1945 May 1 23:00
1281 1:00 Hungary MET%s 1980 Sep 28 2:00s
1282 1:00 EC MET%s
1283
1284# ZONE-DESCR Europe Budapest Hungary All points
1285
1286# Iceland
1287#
1288# From Adam David <adam@veda.is> (November 6, 1993):
1289# The name of the timezone in Iceland for system / mail / news purposes is GMT.
1290#
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1388Rule Italy 1977 1979 - May Sun>=22 0:00s 1:00 " DST"
1389Rule Italy 1978 only - Oct 1 0:00s 0 -
1390Rule Italy 1979 only - Sep 30 0:00s 0 -
1391# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1392Zone Europe/Rome 0:49:56 - LMT 1866 Sep 22
1393 0:50 - RMT 1893 Nov # Rome Mean Time
1394 1:00 Italy MET%s 1942 Nov 2 2:00s
1395 1:00 M-Eur MET%s 1945 Apr 2 2:00s
1396 1:00 Italy MET%s 1980
1397 1:00 EC MET%s
1398
1399Link Europe/Rome Europe/Vatican
1400Link Europe/Rome Europe/San_Marino
1401
1402# ZONE-DESCR Europe Rome Italy All points
1403# ZONE-DESCR Europe Vatican Holy_See All points
1404# ZONE-DESCR Europe San_Marino San_Marino All points
1405
1406# Latvia
1407# They switched from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar on 1918 Feb 15.
1408# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1409Zone Europe/Riga 1:36:24 - LMT 1880
1410 1:36 - LST 1918 Apr 15 2:00
1411 1:36 M-Eur LST%s 1919 Apr 1 2:00
1412 1:36 1:00 "LST DST" 1919 May 22 3:00
1413 1:36 - LST 1926 May 11
1414 2:00 - EET 1940 Aug 5
1415 3:00 - MSK 1941 Jul
1416 1:00 M-Eur MET%s 1944 Aug 8
1417 3:00 Russia MS%s 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
1418 2:00 1:00 "EET DST" 1991 Sep 29 2:00s
1419 2:00 M-Eur EET%s
1420# This may change to `EC' soon.
1421
1422# ZONE-DESCR Europe Riga Latvia All points
1423
1424# Liechtenstein
1425# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1426Zone Europe/Vaduz 0:38:04 - LMT 1894 Jun
1427 1:00 - MET 1981
1428 1:00 EC MET%s
1429
1430# ZONE-DESCR Europe Vaduz Liechtenstein All points
1431
1432# Lithuania
1433# They switched from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar on 1918 Feb 15.
1434# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1435Zone Europe/Vilnius 1:41:16 - LMT 1880
1436 1:24 - LST 1917 # Kaunas
1437 1:36 - LST 1919 Oct 10
1438 1:00 - MET 1920 Jul 12
1439 2:00 - EET 1920 Oct 9
1440 1:00 - MET 1940 Aug 3
1441 3:00 - MSK 1941 Jun 24
1442 1:00 M-Eur MET%s 1944 Aug
1443 3:00 Russia MS%s 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
1444 2:00 1:00 "EET DST" 1991 Sep 29 2:00s
1445 2:00 M-Eur EET%s
1446# This may change to `EC' soon.
1447
1448# ZONE-DESCR Europe Vilnius Lithuania All points
1449
1450# Luxembourg
1451# Whitman disagrees with most of these dates in minor ways; go with Shanks.
1452# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
1453Rule Lux 1904 only - Jun 1 0:00 0 -
1454Rule Lux 1916 only - May 14 23:00 1:00 " DST"
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1475Rule Lux 1928 only - Apr 14 23:00 1:00 " DST"
1476Rule Lux 1929 only - Apr 20 23:00 1:00 " DST"
1477# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1478Zone Europe/Luxembourg 0:24:36 - LMT 1904 Jun
1479 1:00 Lux MET%s 1918 Nov 25
1480 0:00 Lux WET%s 1929 Oct 6 2:00s
1481 0:00 Belgium WET%s 1940 May 14 3:00
1482 1:00 M-Eur WET%s 1944 Sep 18 3:00
1483 1:00 Belgium MET%s 1979
1484 1:00 EC MET%s
1485
1486# ZONE-DESCR Europe Luxembourg Luxembourg All points
1487
1488# Macedonia
1489# They switched from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar on 1918 Mar 18.
1490# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1491Zone Europe/Skopje 1:25:44 - LMT 1884
1492 1:00 - MET 1941 Apr 18 23:00
1493 1:00 M-Eur MET%s 1945 May 8 2:00s
1494 1:00 1:00 "MET DST" 1945 Sep 16 2:00s
1495 1:00 - MET 1983
1496 1:00 EC MET%s
1497
1498# ZONE-DESCR Europe Skopje Fmr_Yugoslav_Rep_Of_Macedonia All points
1499
1500# Malta
1501# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
1502Rule Malta 1973 only - Mar 31 0:00s 1:00 " DST"
1503Rule Malta 1973 only - Sep 29 0:00s 0 -
1504Rule Malta 1974 only - Apr 21 0:00s 1:00 " DST"
1505Rule Malta 1974 only - Sep 16 0:00s 0 -
1506Rule Malta 1975 1979 - Apr Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 " DST"
1507Rule Malta 1975 1980 - Sep Sun>=15 2:00 0 -
1508Rule Malta 1980 only - Mar 31 2:00 1:00 " DST"
1509# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1510Zone Europe/Malta 0:58:04 - LMT 1893 Nov 2 # Valletta
1511 1:00 Italy MET%s 1942 Nov 2 2:00s
1512 1:00 M-Eur MET%s 1945 Apr 2 2:00s
1513 1:00 Italy MET%s 1973 Mar 31
1514 1:00 Malta MET%s 1981
1515 1:00 EC MET%s
1516
1517# ZONE-DESCR Europe Malta Malta All points
1518
1519# Moldova
1520# They switched from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar on 1919 Mar 18.
1521# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1522Zone Europe/Chisinau 1:55:20 - LMT 1924 May 2
1523 2:00 - EET 1930 Jun 21
1524 3:00 Russia MS%s 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
1525 2:00 1:00 "EET DST" 1991 Sep 29 2:00s
1526 2:00 M-Eur EET%s
1527# This may change to `EC' soon.
1528
1529# ZONE-DESCR Europe Chisinau Moldova All points
1530
1531# Monaco
1532# Shanks gives 0:09 for Paris Mean Time; go with Whitman's more precise 0:09:05.
1533# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1534Zone Europe/Monaco 0:29:32 - LMT 1891 Mar 15
1535 0:09:05 - PMT 1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time
1536 0:00 France WET%s 1945 Sep 16 3:00
1537 1:00 France MET%s 1977
1538 1:00 EC MET%s
1539
1540# ZONE-DESCR Europe Monaco Monaco All points
1541
1542# Netherlands
1543# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
1544Rule Neth 1892 only - May 1 0:00 0 AMT
1545# Shanks gives 1916 May 1 0:00 and 1916 Oct 1 0:00; go with Whitman.
1546Rule Neth 1916 only - May 1 2:00s 1:00 NST
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1559Rule Neth 1925 only - Jun 5 2:00s 1:00 NST
1560# For 1926 through 1930 Whitman gives Apr 15; go with Shanks.
1561Rule Neth 1926 1931 - May 15 2:00s 1:00 NST
1562Rule Neth 1932 only - May 22 2:00s 1:00 NST
1563Rule Neth 1933 1936 - May 15 2:00s 1:00 NST
1564Rule Neth 1937 only - May 22 2:00s 1:00 NST
1565# Whitman gives 1939 Apr 15 and 1940 Apr 19; go with Shanks.
1566Rule Neth 1938 1939 - May 15 2:00s 1:00 NST
1567Rule Neth 1945 only - Apr 2 2:00s 1:00 " DST"
1568Rule Neth 1945 only - May 20 2:00s 0 -
1569# Before 1937, Shanks says just `0:20'; we use Whitman's more precise figure.
1570# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1571Zone Europe/Amsterdam 0:19:28 - LMT 1892 May
1572 0:19:28 Neth %s 1937 Jul
1573 0:20 Neth %s 1940 May 16 0:40
1574 1:00 M-Eur MET%s 1945 Apr 2 2:00
1575 1:00 Neth MET%s 1977
1576 1:00 EC MET%s
1577
1578# ZONE-DESCR Europe Amsterdam Netherlands All points
1579
1580# Norway
1581# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
1582Rule Norway 1892 only - May 1 0:00 0 -
1583# Whitman gives 1916 May 21 - 1916 Oct 21; go with Shanks.
1584Rule Norway 1916 only - May 22 1:00 1:00 " DST"
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1591Rule Norway 1945 only - Oct 1 2:00s 0 -
1592Rule Norway 1959 1964 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 1:00 " DST"
1593Rule Norway 1959 1965 - Sep Sun>=15 2:00s 0 -
1594Rule Norway 1965 only - Apr 25 2:00s 1:00 " DST"
1595# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1596Zone Europe/Oslo 0:43:00 - LMT 1895
1597 1:00 Norway MET%s 1940 Aug 10 23:00
1598 1:00 M-Eur MET%s 1945 Apr 2 2:00
1599 1:00 Norway MET%s 1980
1600 1:00 EC MET%s
1601# Svalbard is like Europe/Oslo.
1602#
1603# From Whitman:
1604# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1605Zone Atlantic/Jan_Mayen -1:00 - EGT
1606
1607# ZONE-DESCR Europe Oslo Norway All points except:
1608# ZONE-DESCR Atlantic Jan_Mayen Norway Jan Mayen Island
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1636Zone Europe/Warsaw 1:24:00 - LMT 1880
1637 1:24 - WMT 1915 Aug 5 # Warsaw Mean Time
1638 1:00 M-Eur MET%s 1918 Sep 16 3:00
1639 2:00 Poland EET%s 1922 Jun
1640 1:00 Poland MET%s 1940 Jun 23 2:00
1641 1:00 M-Eur MET%s 1944 Oct
1642 1:00 Poland MET%s 1977 Apr 3 1:00
1643 1:00 W-Eur MET%s
1644# This may change to `EC' soon.
1645
1646# ZONE-DESCR Europe Warsaw Poland All points
1647
1648# Portugal
1649# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
1650Rule Port 1911 only - May 24 0:00 0 -
1651Rule Port 1916 only - Jun 17 23:00 1:00 " DST"
1652# Whitman gives 1916 Oct 31; go with Shanks.
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1709Rule Port 1981 1982 - Mar lastSun 1:00s 1:00 " DST"
1710Rule Port 1983 only - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 " DST"
1711# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1712Zone Europe/Lisbon -0:36:32 - LMT 1884
1713 -0:37 - LMT 1911 May 24 # Lisbon Mean Time
1714 0:00 Port WET%s 1966 Apr 3 2:00
1715 1:00 - MET 1976 Sep 26 1:00
1716 0:00 Port WET%s 1983 Sep 25 1:00s
1717 0:00 EC WET%s 1992 Sep 27 1:00s
1718# From Rui Pedro Salgueiro <rps@inescca.inescc.pt> (November 12, 1992):
1719# Portugal has recently (September, 27) changed timezone
1720# (from WET to MET or CET) to harmonize with EEC.
1721 1:00 EC MET%s
1722# We don't know what happened to Madeira or the Azores,
1723# so we'll just use Shanks for now.
1724# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1725Zone Atlantic/Azores -1:42:40 - LMT 1884 # Ponta Delgada
1726 -1:55 - HMT 1911 May 24 # Horta Mean Time
1727 -2:00 Port ACT%s 1966 Apr 3 2:00
1728 -1:00 - ACT 1977 Mar 27
1729 -1:00 - ACT 1983 Sep 25 1:00s
1730 -1:00 W-Eur ACT%s
1731Zone Atlantic/Madeira -1:07:36 - LMT 1884 # Funchal
1732 -1:08 - FMT 1911 May 24 # Funchal Mean Time
1733 -1:00 Port ACT%s 1966 Apr 3 2:00
1734 0:00 - WET 1977 Mar 27
1735 0:00 Port WET%s 1983 Sep 25 1:00s
1736 0:00 EC WET%s
1737
1738# ZONE-DESCR Europe Lisbon Portugal All points except:
1739# ZONE-DESCR Atlantic Azores Portugal Azores
1740# ZONE-DESCR Atlantic Madeira Portugal Madeira
1741
1742# Slovakia
1743Link Europe/Prague Europe/Bratislava
1744
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1756Rule Romania 1979 only - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 -
1757Rule Romania 1980 only - Apr 5 23:00 1:00 " DST"
1758Rule Romania 1980 only - Sep lastSun 1:00 0 -
1759# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1760Zone Europe/Bucharest 1:44:24 - LMT 1891 Oct
1761 1:44 - BMT 1931 Jul 24 # Bucharest MT
1762 2:00 Romania EET%s 1981 Mar 29 2:00s
1763 2:00 M-Eur EET%s
1764# This may change to `EC' soon.
1765
1766# ZONE-DESCR Europe Bucharest Romania All points
1767
1768# Russia
1769# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (May 28, 1994):
1770# Moscow and Novosibirsk time zone names, and Moscow rules after 1991,
1771# are from Andrew A. Chernov <ache@astral.msk.su>.
1772# I invented the other time zone names, and (unless otherwise specified)
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1873Zone Asia/Anadyr 11:49:56 - LMT 1924 May 2
1874 12:00 - ASK 1957 Mar
1875 13:00 Russia AS%s 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
1876 12:00 1:00 ASD 1991 Sep 29 2:00s
1877 12:00 - ASK 1992 Jan 19 2:00s
1878 13:00 Russia AS%s
1879
1880# ZONE-DESCR Asia Anadyr Russia Anadyr zone
1881
1882# Yugoslavia (what's left of it -- mostly Serbia)
1883# They switched from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar on 1918 Mar 18.
1884# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1885Zone Europe/Belgrade 1:22:00 - LMT 1884
1886 1:00 - MET 1941 Apr 18 23:00
1887 1:00 M-Eur MET%s 1945 May 8 2:00s
1888 1:00 1:00 "MET DST" 1945 Sep 16 2:00s
1889 1:00 - MET 1983
1890 1:00 EC MET%s
1891
1892# ZONE-DESCR Europe Belgrade Serbia All points
1893
1894# Slovenia
1895# They switched from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar on 1918 Mar 18.
1896# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1897Zone Europe/Ljubljana 0:58:04 - LMT 1884
1898 1:00 - MET 1941 Apr 18 23:00
1899 1:00 M-Eur MET%s 1945 May 8 2:00s
1900 1:00 1:00 "MET DST" 1945 Sep 16 2:00s
1901 1:00 - MET 1983
1902 1:00 EC MET%s
1903
1904# ZONE-DESCR Europe Ljubljana Slovenia All points
1905
1906# Spain
1907# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
1908Rule Spain 1901 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 -
1909# For 1917-1919 Whitman gives Apr Sat>=1 - Oct Sat>=1; go with Shanks.
1910Rule Spain 1917 only - May 5 23:00s 1:00 " DST"
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1940Rule Spain 1974 1975 - Oct Sun>=1 1:00 0 -
1941Rule Spain 1976 only - Mar 27 23:00 1:00 " DST"
1942Rule Spain 1976 1977 - Sep lastSun 1:00 0 -
1943Rule Spain 1977 1978 - Apr 2 23:00 1:00 " DST"
1944Rule Spain 1978 only - Oct 1 1:00 0 -
1945# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1946Zone Europe/Madrid -0:14:44 - LMT 1901
1947 0:00 Spain WET%s 1946 Sep 30
1948 1:00 Spain MET%s 1979
1949 1:00 EC MET%s
1950Zone Atlantic/Canary -1:01:36 - LMT 1922 Mar # Las Palmas de Gran C.
1951 -1:00 - ACT 1946 Sep 30 1:00
1952 0:00 - WET 1980 Apr 6 0:00s
1953 0:00 1:00 "WET DST" 1980 Sep 28 0:00s
1954 0:00 EC WET%s
1955
1956# ZONE-DESCR Europe Madrid Spain All points except:
1957# ZONE-DESCR Atlantic Canary Spain Canary Islands
1958
1959# Sweden
1960# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1961Zone Europe/Stockholm 1:12:12 - LMT 1878 May 31
1962 1:12 - SMT 1900 Jan 1 1:00 # Stockholm MT
1963 1:00 - MET 1916 Apr 14 23:00s
1964 1:00 1:00 "MET DST" 1916 Sep 30 23:00s
1965 1:00 - MET 1980
1966 1:00 EC MET%s
1967
1968# ZONE-DESCR Europe Stockholm Sweden All points
1969
1970# Switzerland
1971# From Howse (1988), p 82:
1972# By the end of the 18th century clocks and watches became commonplace
1973# and their performance improved enormously. Communities began to keep
1974# mean time in preference to apparent time -- Geneva from 1780 ....
1975# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
1976Rule Swiss 1894 only - Jun 1 0:00 0 -
1977# From Whitman (who writes ``Midnight?''):
1978Rule Swiss 1940 only - Nov 2 0:00 1:00 " DST"
1979Rule Swiss 1940 only - Dec 31 0:00 0 -
1980# From Shanks (1991):
1981Rule Swiss 1941 1942 - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 " DST"
1982Rule Swiss 1941 1942 - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 0 -
1983# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1984Zone Europe/Zurich 0:34:08 - LMT 1848 Sep 12
1985 0:30 - SST 1894 Jun # Swiss Standard Time
1986 1:00 Swiss MET%s 1981
1987 1:00 EC MET%s
1988
1989# ZONE-DESCR Europe Zurich Switzerland All points
1990
1991# Turkey
1992# European Turkey switched to the Gregorian calendar in 1908.
1993# Asian Turkey switched in 1914.
1994# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
1995Rule Turkey 1910 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
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2047Rule Turkey 1985 only - Sep 28 0:00 0 -
2048# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2049Zone Europe/Istanbul 1:55:52 - LMT 1880
2050 1:57 - OMT 1910 Oct # Ottoman Mean Time
2051 2:00 Turkey EET%s 1978 Oct 15
2052 3:00 Turkey TUR%s 1985 Apr 20
2053 2:00 Turkey EET%s 1986
2054 2:00 M-Eur EET%s
2055# This may change to `EC' soon.
2056Link Europe/Istanbul Asia/Istanbul # Istanbul is in both continents.
2057
2058# ZONE-DESCR Europe Istanbul Turkey All points
2059
2060# Ukraine
2061# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
2062Rule Ukraine 1919 only - Jul 1 2:00 1:00 " DST"
2063Rule Ukraine 1919 only - Aug 16 0:00 0 -
2064Rule Ukraine 1921 only - Feb 14 23:00 1:00 " DST"
2065Rule Ukraine 1921 only - Mar 21 23:00 2:00 " DDST"
2066Rule Ukraine 1921 only - Sep 1 0:00 1:00 " DST"
2067Rule Ukraine 1921 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
2068# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2069Zone Europe/Kiev 2:02:04 - LMT 1880
2070 2:02 Russia LST%s 1919 Jul 1 2:00
2071 2:02 Ukraine LST%s 1924 May 2
2072 2:00 - EET 1930 Jun 21
2073 3:00 Russia MS%s 1990 Jul 17
2074 2:00 M-Eur EET%s
2075# This may change to `EC' soon.
2076Zone Europe/Simferopol 2:16:24 - LMT 1880
2077 2:08 Russia LST%s 1919 Jul 1 2:00
2078 2:08 Ukraine LST%s 1924 May 2
2079 2:00 - EET 1930 Jun 21
2080 3:00 Russia MS%s 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
2081 2:00 1:00 "EET DST" 1991 Sep 29 2:00s
2082# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (May 28, 1994):
2083# Today's _Economist_ (p 45) reports that Crimea switched
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