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< # @(#)europe 7.40
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> # @(#)europe 7.41
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< # From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1996-09-03):
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> # From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1996-11-22):
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< # Except where otherwise noted, it is the source for the data below.
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> # Gwillim Law <LAW@encmail.encompass.com> writes that a good source
> # for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport
> # Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM),
> # published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries
> # of the IATA's data after 1990.
> #
> # Except where otherwise noted, Shanks is the source for entries through 1990,
> # and IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990.
> #
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> # 3:00 MSK MSD Moscow
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> # E-Eur differs from EU only in that E-Eur switches at midnight local time.
> Rule E-Eur 1977 1980 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S
> Rule E-Eur 1977 only - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 -
> Rule E-Eur 1978 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
> Rule E-Eur 1979 1995 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 -
> Rule E-Eur 1981 max - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S
> Rule E-Eur 1996 max - Oct lastSun 0:00 0 -
>
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< Rule Russia 1917 only - Jul 1 23:00 1:00 " DST"
< Rule Russia 1917 only - Dec 28 0:00 0 -
< Rule Russia 1918 only - May 31 22:00 2:00 " DDST"
< Rule Russia 1918 only - Sep 17 0:00 1:00 " DST"
< Rule Russia 1919 only - May 31 23:00 2:00 " DDST"
< Rule Russia 1919 only - Jul 1 2:00 1:00 D
< Rule Russia 1919 only - Aug 16 0:00 0 K
< Rule Russia 1921 only - Feb 14 23:00 1:00 D
---
> Rule Russia 1917 only - Jul 1 23:00 1:00 MST # Moscow Summer Time
> Rule Russia 1917 only - Dec 28 0:00 0 MMT # Moscow Mean Time
> Rule Russia 1918 only - May 31 22:00 2:00 MDST # Moscow Double Summer Time
> Rule Russia 1918 only - Sep 17 0:00 1:00 MST
> Rule Russia 1919 only - May 31 23:00 2:00 MDST
> Rule Russia 1919 only - Jul 1 2:00 1:00 S
> Rule Russia 1919 only - Aug 16 0:00 0 -
> Rule Russia 1921 only - Feb 14 23:00 1:00 S
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< # From Andrew A. Chernov <ache@astral.msk.su> (1993-11-12):
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> # From Andrey A. Chernov <ache@astral.msk.su> (1993-11-12):
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< Rule Russia 1921 only - Mar 20 23:00 2:00 DD
< Rule Russia 1921 only - Sep 1 0:00 1:00 D
< Rule Russia 1921 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 K
< Rule Russia 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D
< Rule Russia 1981 1983 - Oct 1 0:00 0 K
< Rule Russia 1984 1995 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 K
< Rule Russia 1996 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 K
< Rule Russia 1985 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D
---
> Rule Russia 1921 only - Mar 20 23:00 2:00 DS
> Rule Russia 1921 only - Sep 1 0:00 1:00 S
> Rule Russia 1921 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
> Rule Russia 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
> Rule Russia 1981 1983 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
> Rule Russia 1984 1991 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 -
> Rule Russia 1985 1991 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S
> Rule Russia 1992 only - Mar lastSat 23:00 1:00 S
> Rule Russia 1992 only - Sep lastSat 23:00 0 -
> Rule Russia 1993 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S
> Rule Russia 1993 1995 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 -
> Rule Russia 1996 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 -
917c938,939
< 1:00 W-Eur CE%sT
---
> 1:00 W-Eur CE%sT 1991
> 1:00 EU CE%sT
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< 2:30:20 Russia LST%s 1919 Jul 1 2:00
< 3:00 Russia MS%s 1922 Oct # Moscow Time
---
> 2:30:20 Russia %s 1919 Jul 1 2:00
> 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 1922 Oct
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< 3:00 Russia MS%s 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
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> 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
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< 2:00 C-Eur EE%sT
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> 2:00 - EET 1992 Mar 29 0:00
> 2:00 1:00 EEST 1992 Sep 27 0:00
> 2:00 Russia EE%sT
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< 2:00 C-Eur EE%sT
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> 2:00 C-Eur EE%sT 1991
> 2:00 E-Eur EE%sT
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< Zone America/Scoresbysund -1:29:00 - LMT 1916 Jul 28
---
> #
> # From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22):
> # Greenland joined the EU as part of Denmark, obtained home rule on 1979-05-01,
> # and left the EU on 1985-02-01. It therefore should have been using EU
> # rules at least through 1984. Shanks says Scoresbysund and Godthab
> # used C-Eur rules after 1980, but IATA SSIM (1991/1996) says they use EU
> # rules since at least 1991. Assume EU rules since 1980.
>
> #
> # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
> Rule Thule 1993 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
> Rule Thule 1993 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
> #
> # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
> Zone America/Scoresbysund -1:29:00 - LMT 1916 Jul 28 # Ittoqqortoormit
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< -1:00 C-Eur EG%sT
< Zone America/Godthab -3:26:56 - LMT 1916 Jul 28
---
> -1:00 EU EG%sT
> Zone America/Godthab -3:26:56 - LMT 1916 Jul 28 # Nuuk
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< -3:00 C-Eur WG%sT
< Zone America/Thule -4:35:08 - LMT 1916 Jul 28
< -4:00 - AST
---
> -3:00 EU WG%sT
> Zone America/Thule -4:35:08 - LMT 1916 Jul 28 # Pituffik
> -4:00 Thule A%sT
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> #
> # From Peter Ilieve <peter@aldie.co.uk> (1996-10-28):
> # [IATA SSIM (1992/1996) claims that the Baltic republics switch at 01:00s,
> # but a relative confirms that Estonia still switches at 02:00s, writing:]
> # ``I do not [know] exactly but there are some little different
> # (confusing) rules for International Air and Railway Transport Schedules
> # conversion in Sunday connected with end of summer time in Estonia....
> # A discussion is running about the summer time efficiency and effect on
> # human physiology. It seems that Estonia maybe will not change to
> # summer time next spring.''
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< 3:00 - MSK 1941 Sep 15 # Moscow Time
---
> 3:00 - MSK 1941 Sep 15
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< 3:00 Russia MS%s 1989 Mar 26 2:00s
---
> 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 1989 Mar 26 2:00s
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> # From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22):
> # Rules after 1991 are by extension from Shanks. They contradict
> # IATA SSIM (1992/1996), which claims Latvia uses W-Eur rules, but
> # Peter Ilieve's relative writes that Latvia switched in September this year,
> # so we'll assume that the old C-Eur-style rules still apply.
> # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
> Rule Latvia 1992 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S
> Rule Latvia 1992 max - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 -
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< 3:00 - MSK 1941 Jul # Moscow Time
---
> 3:00 - MSK 1941 Jul
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< 3:00 Russia MS%s 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
---
> 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
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< 2:00 C-Eur EE%sT
---
> 2:00 Latvia EE%sT
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< 3:00 - MSK 1941 Jun 24 # Moscow Time
---
> 3:00 - MSK 1941 Jun 24
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< 3:00 Russia MS%s 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
---
> 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
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> # From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22):
> # IATA SSIM (1992/1996) says Lithuania uses W-Eur rules, but since it is
> # known to be wrong about Estonia and Latvia, assume it's wrong here too.
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< 3:00 Russia MS%s 1991 Mar 31 2:00s # Moscow Time
---
> 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
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< 2:00 C-Eur EE%sT
---
> 2:00 E-Eur EE%sT
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> # IATA SSIM (1991/1996) gives EU rules, but the _The Warsaw Voice_
> # <URL:http://www.contact.waw.pl/voice/v361/NewsInBrief.shtml>
> # (1995-09-24) says the autumn 1995 switch was at 02:00.
> # Stick with W-Eur for now.
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> #
> # From Rui Pedro Salgueiro <rps@inescca.inescc.pt> (1992-11-12):
> # Portugal has recently (September, 27) changed timezone
> # (from WET to MET or CET) to harmonize with EEC.
> #
> # Martin Bruckmann <martin@ua.pt> (1996-02-29) reports via Peter Ilieve
> # that Portugal is reverting to 0:00 by not moving its clocks this spring.
> # The new Prime Minister was fed up with getting up in the dark in the winter.
> #
> # From Paul Eggert (1996-11-12):
> # IATA SSIM (1991-09) reports several 1991-09 and 1992-09 transitions
> # at 02:00u, not 01:00u. Assume that these are typos.
> # IATA SSIM (1991/1992) reports that the Azores were at -1:00.
> # IATA SSIM (1993-02) says +0:00; later issues (through 1996-09) say -1:00.
> # Guess that the Azores changed to EU rules in 1992 (since that's when Portugal
> # harmonized with the EU), and that they stayed +0:00 that winter.
> #
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< # From Rui Pedro Salgueiro <rps@inescca.inescc.pt> (1992-11-12):
< # Portugal has recently (September, 27) changed timezone
< # (from WET to MET or CET) to harmonize with EEC.
< 0:00 EU WE%sT 1992 Sep 27 1:00s
< # Martin Bruckmann <martin@ua.pt> (1996-02-29) reports via Peter Ilieve
< # that Portugal is reverting to 0:00 by not moving its clocks this spring.
< # The new Prime Minister was fed up with getting up in the dark in the winter.
---
> 0:00 W-Eur WE%sT 1992 Sep 27 1:00s
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< # We don't know what happened to Madeira or the Azores,
< # so we'll just use Shanks for now.
< # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
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< -1:00 W-Eur AZO%sT
---
> -1:00 W-Eur AZO%sT 1992 Sep 27 1:00s
> 0:00 EU WE%sT 1993 Mar 28 1:00u
> -1:00 EU AZO%sT
1736a1811,1812
> Rule Romania 1991 1993 - Mar lastSun 0:00s 1:00 S
> Rule Romania 1991 1993 - Sep lastSun 0:00s 0 -
1741c1817,1819
< 2:00 C-Eur EE%sT
---
> 2:00 C-Eur EE%sT 1991
> 2:00 Romania EE%sT 1994
> 2:00 E-Eur EE%sT
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< # From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1996-09-03):
< # Moscow rules after 1991 are from Andrew A. Chernov <ache@astral.msk.su>.
< # I invented the time zone names, and (unless otherwise specified)
< # guessed what happened after 1991; the clocks were chaotic, and we know little.
< # The rest is from Shanks.
---
> # From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1996-11-22):
> # Except for Moscow after 1919-07-01, I invented the time zone abbreviations,
> # and (unless otherwise specified) guessed what happened after 1991.
> # Moscow time zone abbreviations after 1919-07-01, and Moscow rules after 1991,
> # are from Andrey A. Chernov. The rest is from Shanks and the IATA.
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> # From Andrey A. Chernov <ache@nagual.ru> (1996-10-04):
> # `MSK' and `MSD' were born and used initially on Moscow computers with
> # Unix-like OSes by several developer groups (e.g. Demos group, Kiae group)....
> # The next step was the UUCP network, the Relcom predecessor
> # (used mainly for mail), and MSK/MSD was actively used there.
> #
> # From Chris Carrier <72157.3334@CompuServe.COM> (1996-10-30):
> # According to a friend of mine who rode the Trans-Siberian Railroad from
> # Moscow to Irkutsk in 1995, public air and rail transport in Russia ...
> # still follows Moscow time, no matter where in Russia it is located.
> #
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> Zone Europe/Kaliningrad 1:22:00 - LMT 1893 Apr
> 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1945
> 2:00 Poland CET 1946
> 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
> 2:00 1:00 EEST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s
> 2:00 - EET 1992 Jan 19 2:00s
> 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 1994
> # IATA SSIM (1994-02) says Kaliningrad is at UTC+2; guess 1994 change.
> 2:00 Russia EE%sT
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< 2:30:20 Russia LST%s 1919 Jul 1 2:00
< 3:00 Russia MS%s 1922 Oct # Moscow TIme
---
> 2:30:20 Russia %s 1919 Jul 1 2:00
> 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 1922 Oct
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< 3:00 Russia MS%s 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
---
> 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
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< 3:00 Russia MS%s
< Zone Europe/Kuybyshev 3:20:36 - LMT 1924 May 2
< 3:00 - KSK 1957 Mar
< 4:00 Russia KS%s 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
< 3:00 1:00 KSD 1991 Sep 29 2:00s
< 3:00 - KSK 1992 Jan 19 2:00s
< 4:00 Russia KS%s
---
> 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD
> Zone Europe/Samara 3:20:36 - LMT 1924 May 2
> 3:00 - KUYT 1957 Mar # Kuybyshev Time
> 4:00 Russia KUY%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
> 3:00 1:00 KUYST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s
> 3:00 - SAMT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s # Samara Time
> 4:00 Russia SAM%sT
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> # IATA SSIM (1996-09) says the Canaries switch at 2:00u, not 1:00u.
> # Ignore this for now, as the Canaries are part of the EU.
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< 2:00 C-Eur EE%sT
---
> 2:00 C-Eur EE%sT 1991
> 2:00 EU EE%sT
2056a2158,2159
> Rule Crimea 1996 max - Mar lastSun 0:00u 1:00 -
> Rule Crimea 1996 max - Oct lastSun 0:00u 0 -
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< 3:00 Russia MS%s 1990 Jul 17 # Moscow Time
< 2:00 C-Eur EE%sT
---
> 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 1990 Jul 17
> 2:00 E-Eur EE%sT 1996
> 2:00 EU EE%sT
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< 3:00 Russia MS%s 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
---
> 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
2068,2073c2172,2179
< # From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1994-05-28):
< # Today's _Economist_ (p 45) reports that Crimea switched
< # from Kiev to Moscow time sometime after the January elections.
< # For now, we'll guess that there was a 2-hour leap forward on March 27.
< 2:00 C-Eur EE%sT 1994 Mar 27 2:00s
< 3:00 Russia MS%s
---
> # From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1996-10-21):
> # The _Economist_ (1994-05-28, p 45) reports that most of Crimea switched
> # from Kiev to Moscow time sometime after the January 1994 elections.
> # For now, guess it changed Feb 1.
> 2:00 C-Eur EE%sT 1994 Feb
> # From IATA SSIM (1994/1996), which also says that Kerch is still like Kiev.
> 3:00 E-Eur MSK/MSD 1996
> 3:00 Crimea MSK/MSD