| europe (183066) | europe (187588) |
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| 1# @(#)europe 8.18 | 1# @(#)europe 8.20 |
| 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 --- 2298 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 2308 2309# Switzerland 2310# From Howse: 2311# By the end of the 18th century clocks and watches became commonplace 2312# and their performance improved enormously. Communities began to keep 2313# mean time in preference to apparent time -- Geneva from 1780 .... 2314# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 2315# From Whitman (who writes ``Midnight?''): | 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 --- 2298 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 2308 2309# Switzerland 2310# From Howse: 2311# By the end of the 18th century clocks and watches became commonplace 2312# and their performance improved enormously. Communities began to keep 2313# mean time in preference to apparent time -- Geneva from 1780 .... 2314# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 2315# From Whitman (who writes ``Midnight?''): |
| 2316Rule Swiss 1940 only - Nov 2 0:00 1:00 S 2317Rule Swiss 1940 only - Dec 31 0:00 0 - | 2316# Rule Swiss 1940 only - Nov 2 0:00 1:00 S 2317# Rule Swiss 1940 only - Dec 31 0:00 0 - |
| 2318# From Shanks & Pottenger: | 2318# From Shanks & Pottenger: |
| 2319Rule Swiss 1941 1942 - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S 2320Rule Swiss 1941 1942 - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 0 - | 2319# Rule Swiss 1941 1942 - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S 2320# Rule Swiss 1941 1942 - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 0 - 2321 2322# From Alois Treindl (2008-12-17): 2323# I have researched the DST usage in Switzerland during the 1940ies. 2324# 2325# As I wrote in an earlier message, I suspected the current tzdata values 2326# to be wrong. This is now verified. 2327# 2328# I have found copies of the original ruling by the Swiss Federal 2329# government, in 'Eidgen[o]ssische Gesetzessammlung 1941 and 1942' (Swiss 2330# federal law collection)... 2331# 2332# DST began on Monday 5 May 1941, 1:00 am by shifting the clocks to 2:00 am 2333# DST ended on Monday 6 Oct 1941, 2:00 am by shifting the clocks to 1:00 am. 2334# 2335# DST began on Monday, 4 May 1942 at 01:00 am 2336# DST ended on Monday, 5 Oct 1942 at 02:00 am 2337# 2338# There was no DST in 1940, I have checked the law collection carefully. 2339# It is also indicated by the fact that the 1942 entry in the law 2340# collection points back to 1941 as a reference, but no reference to any 2341# other years are made. 2342# 2343# Newspaper articles I have read in the archives on 6 May 1941 reported 2344# about the introduction of DST (Sommerzeit in German) during the previous 2345# night as an absolute novelty, because this was the first time that such 2346# a thing had happened in Switzerland. 2347# 2348# I have also checked 1916, because one book source (Gabriel, Traite de 2349# l'heure dans le monde) claims that Switzerland had DST in 1916. This is 2350# false, no official document could be found. Probably Gabriel got misled 2351# by references to Germany, which introduced DST in 1916 for the first time. 2352# 2353# The tzdata rules for Switzerland must be changed to: 2354# Rule Swiss 1941 1942 - May Mon>=1 1:00 1:00 S 2355# Rule Swiss 1941 1942 - Oct Mon>=1 2:00 0 - 2356# 2357# The 1940 rules must be deleted. 2358# 2359# One further detail for Switzerland, which is probably out of scope for 2360# most users of tzdata: 2361# The zone file 2362# Zone Europe/Zurich 0:34:08 - LMT 1848 Sep 12 2363# 0:29:44 - BMT 1894 Jun #Bern Mean Time 2364# 1:00 Swiss CE%sT 1981 2365# 1:00 EU CE%sT 2366# describes all of Switzerland correctly, with the exception of 2367# the Cantone Geneve (Geneva, Genf). Between 1848 and 1894 Geneve did not 2368# follow Bern Mean Time but kept its own local mean time. 2369# To represent this, an extra zone would be needed. 2370 2371# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 2372Rule Swiss 1941 1942 - May Mon>=1 1:00 1:00 S 2373Rule Swiss 1941 1942 - Oct Mon>=1 2:00 0 - |
| 2321# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2322Zone Europe/Zurich 0:34:08 - LMT 1848 Sep 12 2323 0:29:44 - BMT 1894 Jun # Bern Mean Time 2324 1:00 Swiss CE%sT 1981 2325 1:00 EU CE%sT 2326 2327# Turkey 2328 --- 266 unchanged lines hidden --- | 2374# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2375Zone Europe/Zurich 0:34:08 - LMT 1848 Sep 12 2376 0:29:44 - BMT 1894 Jun # Bern Mean Time 2377 1:00 Swiss CE%sT 1981 2378 1:00 EU CE%sT 2379 2380# Turkey 2381 --- 266 unchanged lines hidden --- |