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1# @(#)europe 8.6
1# @(#)europe 8.10
2# <pre>
3
4# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
5# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
6# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future).
7
8# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
9# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is

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254# Perhaps this was Dunsink Observatory Time, as Dunsink Observatory
255# (8 km NW of Dublin's center) seemingly was to Dublin as Greenwich was
256# to London. For example:
257#
258# "Timeball on the ballast office is down. Dunsink time."
259# -- James Joyce, Ulysses
260
261# From Joseph S. Myers (2005-01-26):
2# <pre>
3
4# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
5# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
6# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future).
7
8# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
9# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is

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254# Perhaps this was Dunsink Observatory Time, as Dunsink Observatory
255# (8 km NW of Dublin's center) seemingly was to Dublin as Greenwich was
256# to London. For example:
257#
258# "Timeball on the ballast office is down. Dunsink time."
259# -- James Joyce, Ulysses
260
261# From Joseph S. Myers (2005-01-26):
262# Irish laws are available online at www.irishstatutebook.ie. These include
262# Irish laws are available online at www.irishstatutebook.ie. These include
263# various relating to legal time, for example:
263# various relating to legal time, for example:
264#
264#
265# ZZA13Y1923.html ZZA12Y1924.html ZZA8Y1925.html ZZSIV20PG1267.html
265# ZZA13Y1923.html ZZA12Y1924.html ZZA8Y1925.html ZZSIV20PG1267.html
266#
266#
267# ZZSI71Y1947.html ZZSI128Y1948.html ZZSI23Y1949.html ZZSI41Y1950.html
268# ZZSI27Y1951.html ZZSI73Y1952.html
267# ZZSI71Y1947.html ZZSI128Y1948.html ZZSI23Y1949.html ZZSI41Y1950.html
268# ZZSI27Y1951.html ZZSI73Y1952.html
269#
269#
270# ZZSI11Y1961.html ZZSI232Y1961.html ZZSI182Y1962.html
271# ZZSI167Y1963.html ZZSI257Y1964.html ZZSI198Y1967.html
272# ZZA23Y1968.html ZZA17Y1971.html
270# ZZSI11Y1961.html ZZSI232Y1961.html ZZSI182Y1962.html
271# ZZSI167Y1963.html ZZSI257Y1964.html ZZSI198Y1967.html
272# ZZA23Y1968.html ZZA17Y1971.html
273#
273#
274# ZZSI67Y1981.html ZZSI212Y1982.html ZZSI45Y1986.html
275# ZZSI264Y1988.html ZZSI52Y1990.html ZZSI371Y1992.html
276# ZZSI395Y1994.html ZZSI484Y1997.html ZZSI506Y2001.html
277#
278# [These are all relative to the root, e.g., the first is
279# <http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/ZZA13Y1923.html>.]
274# ZZSI67Y1981.html ZZSI212Y1982.html ZZSI45Y1986.html
275# ZZSI264Y1988.html ZZSI52Y1990.html ZZSI371Y1992.html
276# ZZSI395Y1994.html ZZSI484Y1997.html ZZSI506Y2001.html
277#
278# [These are all relative to the root, e.g., the first is
279# <http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/ZZA13Y1923.html>.]
280#
281# (These are those I found, but there could be more. In any case these
282# should allow various updates to the comments in the europe file to cover
280#
281# (These are those I found, but there could be more. In any case these
282# should allow various updates to the comments in the europe file to cover
283# the laws applicable in Ireland.)
283# the laws applicable in Ireland.)
284#
285# (Note that the time in the Republic of Ireland since 1968 has been defined
286# in terms of standard time being GMT+1 with a period of winter time when it
287# is GMT, rather than standard time being GMT with a period of summer time
284#
285# (Note that the time in the Republic of Ireland since 1968 has been defined
286# in terms of standard time being GMT+1 with a period of winter time when it
287# is GMT, rather than standard time being GMT with a period of summer time
288# being GMT+1.)
289
290# From Paul Eggert (1999-03-28):
291# Clive Feather (<news:859845706.26043.0@office.demon.net>, 1997-03-31)
292# reports that Folkestone (Cheriton) Shuttle Terminal uses Concession Time
293# (CT), equivalent to French civil time.
294# Julian Hill (<news:36118128.5A14@virgin.net>, 1998-09-30) reports that
295# trains between Dollands Moor (the freight facility next door)

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749Rule Czech 1949 only - Apr 9 2:00s 1:00 S
750# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
751Zone Europe/Prague 0:57:44 - LMT 1850
752 0:57:44 - PMT 1891 Oct # Prague Mean Time
753 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1944 Sep 17 2:00s
754 1:00 Czech CE%sT 1979
755 1:00 EU CE%sT
756
288# being GMT+1.)
289
290# From Paul Eggert (1999-03-28):
291# Clive Feather (<news:859845706.26043.0@office.demon.net>, 1997-03-31)
292# reports that Folkestone (Cheriton) Shuttle Terminal uses Concession Time
293# (CT), equivalent to French civil time.
294# Julian Hill (<news:36118128.5A14@virgin.net>, 1998-09-30) reports that
295# trains between Dollands Moor (the freight facility next door)

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749Rule Czech 1949 only - Apr 9 2:00s 1:00 S
750# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
751Zone Europe/Prague 0:57:44 - LMT 1850
752 0:57:44 - PMT 1891 Oct # Prague Mean Time
753 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1944 Sep 17 2:00s
754 1:00 Czech CE%sT 1979
755 1:00 EU CE%sT
756
757# Denmark, Faeroe Islands, and Greenland
757# Denmark, Faroe Islands, and Greenland
758
759# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2005-04-26):
760# http://www.hum.aau.dk/~poe/tid/tine/DanskTid.htm says that the law
761# [introducing standard time] was in effect from 1894-01-01....
762# The page http://www.retsinfo.dk/_GETDOCI_/ACCN/A18930008330-REGL
763# confirms this, and states that the law was put forth 1893-03-29.
764#
765# The EU treaty with effect from 1973:

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804#
805# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
806Zone Europe/Copenhagen 0:50:20 - LMT 1890
807 0:50:20 - CMT 1894 Jan 1 # Copenhagen MT
808 1:00 Denmark CE%sT 1942 Nov 2 2:00s
809 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1945 Apr 2 2:00
810 1:00 Denmark CE%sT 1980
811 1:00 EU CE%sT
758
759# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2005-04-26):
760# http://www.hum.aau.dk/~poe/tid/tine/DanskTid.htm says that the law
761# [introducing standard time] was in effect from 1894-01-01....
762# The page http://www.retsinfo.dk/_GETDOCI_/ACCN/A18930008330-REGL
763# confirms this, and states that the law was put forth 1893-03-29.
764#
765# The EU treaty with effect from 1973:

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804#
805# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
806Zone Europe/Copenhagen 0:50:20 - LMT 1890
807 0:50:20 - CMT 1894 Jan 1 # Copenhagen MT
808 1:00 Denmark CE%sT 1942 Nov 2 2:00s
809 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1945 Apr 2 2:00
810 1:00 Denmark CE%sT 1980
811 1:00 EU CE%sT
812Zone Atlantic/Faeroe -0:27:04 - LMT 1908 Jan 11 # Torshavn
812Zone Atlantic/Faroe -0:27:04 - LMT 1908 Jan 11 # Torshavn
813 0:00 - WET 1981
814 0:00 EU WE%sT
815#
816# From Paul Eggert (2004-10-31):
817# During World War II, Germany maintained secret manned weather stations in
818# East Greenland and Franz Josef Land, but we don't know their time zones.
819# My source for this is Wilhelm Dege's book mentioned under Svalbard.
820#

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2273Rule Swiss 1941 1942 - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 0 -
2274# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2275Zone Europe/Zurich 0:34:08 - LMT 1848 Sep 12
2276 0:29:44 - BMT 1894 Jun # Bern Mean Time
2277 1:00 Swiss CE%sT 1981
2278 1:00 EU CE%sT
2279
2280# Turkey
813 0:00 - WET 1981
814 0:00 EU WE%sT
815#
816# From Paul Eggert (2004-10-31):
817# During World War II, Germany maintained secret manned weather stations in
818# East Greenland and Franz Josef Land, but we don't know their time zones.
819# My source for this is Wilhelm Dege's book mentioned under Svalbard.
820#

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2273Rule Swiss 1941 1942 - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 0 -
2274# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2275Zone Europe/Zurich 0:34:08 - LMT 1848 Sep 12
2276 0:29:44 - BMT 1894 Jun # Bern Mean Time
2277 1:00 Swiss CE%sT 1981
2278 1:00 EU CE%sT
2279
2280# Turkey
2281
2282# From Amar Devegowda (2007-01-03):
2283# The time zone rules for Istanbul, Turkey have not been changed for years now.
2284# ... The latest rules are available at -
2285# http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/timezone.html?n=107
2286# From Steffen Thorsen (2007-01-03):
2287# I have been able to find press records back to 1996 which all say that
2288# DST started 01:00 local time and end at 02:00 local time. I am not sure
2289# what happened before that. One example for each year from 1996 to 2001:
2290# http://newspot.byegm.gov.tr/arsiv/1996/21/N4.htm
2291# http://www.byegm.gov.tr/YAYINLARIMIZ/CHR/ING97/03/97X03X25.TXT
2292# http://www.byegm.gov.tr/YAYINLARIMIZ/CHR/ING98/03/98X03X02.HTM
2293# http://www.byegm.gov.tr/YAYINLARIMIZ/CHR/ING99/10/99X10X26.HTM#%2016
2294# http://www.byegm.gov.tr/YAYINLARIMIZ/CHR/ING2000/03/00X03X06.HTM#%2021
2295# http://www.byegm.gov.tr/YAYINLARIMIZ/CHR/ING2001/03/23x03x01.HTM#%2027
2296# From Paul Eggert (2007-01-03):
2297# Prefer the above source to Shanks & Pottenger for time stamps after 1990.
2298
2299# From Steffen Thorsen (2007-03-09):
2300# Starting 2007 though, it seems that they are adopting EU's 1:00 UTC
2301# start/end time, according to the following page (2007-03-07):
2302# http://www.ntvmsnbc.com/news/402029.asp
2303# The official document is located here - it is in Turkish...:
2304# http://rega.basbakanlik.gov.tr/eskiler/2007/03/20070307-7.htm
2305# I was able to locate the following seemingly official document
2306# (on a non-government server though) describing dates between 2002 and 2006:
2307# http://www.alomaliye.com/bkk_2002_3769.htm
2308
2281# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
2282Rule Turkey 1916 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S
2283Rule Turkey 1916 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
2284Rule Turkey 1920 only - Mar 28 0:00 1:00 S
2285Rule Turkey 1920 only - Oct 25 0:00 0 -
2286Rule Turkey 1921 only - Apr 3 0:00 1:00 S
2287Rule Turkey 1921 only - Oct 3 0:00 0 -
2288Rule Turkey 1922 only - Mar 26 0:00 1:00 S

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2327Rule Turkey 1977 only - Oct 16 0:00 0 -
2328Rule Turkey 1979 1980 - Apr Sun>=1 3:00 1:00 S
2329Rule Turkey 1979 1982 - Oct Mon>=11 0:00 0 -
2330Rule Turkey 1981 1982 - Mar lastSun 3:00 1:00 S
2331Rule Turkey 1983 only - Jul 31 0:00 1:00 S
2332Rule Turkey 1983 only - Oct 2 0:00 0 -
2333Rule Turkey 1985 only - Apr 20 0:00 1:00 S
2334Rule Turkey 1985 only - Sep 28 0:00 0 -
2309# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
2310Rule Turkey 1916 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S
2311Rule Turkey 1916 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
2312Rule Turkey 1920 only - Mar 28 0:00 1:00 S
2313Rule Turkey 1920 only - Oct 25 0:00 0 -
2314Rule Turkey 1921 only - Apr 3 0:00 1:00 S
2315Rule Turkey 1921 only - Oct 3 0:00 0 -
2316Rule Turkey 1922 only - Mar 26 0:00 1:00 S

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2355Rule Turkey 1977 only - Oct 16 0:00 0 -
2356Rule Turkey 1979 1980 - Apr Sun>=1 3:00 1:00 S
2357Rule Turkey 1979 1982 - Oct Mon>=11 0:00 0 -
2358Rule Turkey 1981 1982 - Mar lastSun 3:00 1:00 S
2359Rule Turkey 1983 only - Jul 31 0:00 1:00 S
2360Rule Turkey 1983 only - Oct 2 0:00 0 -
2361Rule Turkey 1985 only - Apr 20 0:00 1:00 S
2362Rule Turkey 1985 only - Sep 28 0:00 0 -
2363Rule Turkey 1986 1990 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S
2364Rule Turkey 1986 1990 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 -
2365Rule Turkey 1991 2006 - Mar lastSun 1:00s 1:00 S
2366Rule Turkey 1991 1995 - Sep lastSun 1:00s 0 -
2367Rule Turkey 1996 2006 - Oct lastSun 1:00s 0 -
2335# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2336Zone Europe/Istanbul 1:55:52 - LMT 1880
2337 1:56:56 - IMT 1910 Oct # Istanbul Mean Time?
2338 2:00 Turkey EE%sT 1978 Oct 15
2339 3:00 Turkey TR%sT 1985 Apr 20 # Turkey Time
2368# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2369Zone Europe/Istanbul 1:55:52 - LMT 1880
2370 1:56:56 - IMT 1910 Oct # Istanbul Mean Time?
2371 2:00 Turkey EE%sT 1978 Oct 15
2372 3:00 Turkey TR%sT 1985 Apr 20 # Turkey Time
2340 2:00 Turkey EE%sT 1986
2341 2:00 C-Eur EE%sT 1991
2373 2:00 Turkey EE%sT 2007
2342 2:00 EU EE%sT
2343Link Europe/Istanbul Asia/Istanbul # Istanbul is in both continents.
2344
2345# Ukraine
2346#
2347# From Igor Karpov, who works for the Ukranian Ministry of Justice,
2348# via Garrett Wollman (2003-01-27):
2349# BTW, I've found the official document on this matter. It's goverment

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2374 2:00 EU EE%sT
2375Link Europe/Istanbul Asia/Istanbul # Istanbul is in both continents.
2376
2377# Ukraine
2378#
2379# From Igor Karpov, who works for the Ukranian Ministry of Justice,
2380# via Garrett Wollman (2003-01-27):
2381# BTW, I've found the official document on this matter. It's goverment

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