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diff --git a/timezone/europe b/timezone/europe index 4b4290ec65..ea38d124ac 100644 --- a/timezone/europe +++ b/timezone/europe @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# @(#)europe 7.64 +# @(#)europe 7.65 # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, # go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to @@ -723,6 +723,23 @@ # clear whether the islands were using GMT or local time then. The # changes in Alderney and Guernsey were at the same 2am GMT time as # for Great Britain; the order for Jersey is more interesting. +# +# From Paul Eggert (1999-10-06): +# Mark Brader kindly translated the 1916 Jersey order from the French. +# It says that the 1916 transitions were 05-20 and 09-30 at midnight. +# Presumably this was 24:00, two hours earlier than Great Britain. +# It also says that after 1916 they'll sync with Great Britain. + +# From Joseph S. Myers (1999-09-28): +# I have the 1918 orders for Guernsey, Alderney (both changing on same +# dates as UK, 2am GMT) and Sark (same dates; start and end at 2am, +# start "temps de Greenwich" (not specified as "temps moyen de +# Greenwich" which was used in the other orders) and end in an +# unspecified zone). For Jersey the same file (Public Record Office: HO +# 45/10892/357138) includes letters to the effect that in 1918 and 1919 +# the States of Jersey agreed the same start and end dates as the UK +# (times unspecified, and it was the 1916 Jersey order that specified +# change at midnight of an unspecified zone). # From Joseph S. Myers <jsm28@hermes.cam.ac.uk> (1998-01-06): # @@ -1304,6 +1321,15 @@ Zone America/Thule -4:35:08 - LMT 1916 Jul 28 # Pituffik # for their standard and summer times. He says no, they use "suveaeg" # (summer time) and "talveaeg" (winter time). +# From <a href="http://www.baltictimes.com/">The Baltic Times</a> (1999-09-09) +# via Steffen Thorsen: +# This year will mark the last time Estonia shifts to summer time, +# a council of the ruling coalition announced Sept. 6.... +# But what this could mean for Estonia's chances of joining the European +# Union are still unclear. In 1994, the EU declared summer time compulsory +# for all member states until 2001. Brussels has yet to decide what to do +# after that. + # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Europe/Tallinn 1:39:00 - LMT 1880 1:39:00 - TMT 1918 Feb # Tallinn Mean Time @@ -1315,7 +1341,8 @@ Zone Europe/Tallinn 1:39:00 - LMT 1880 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 1989 Mar 26 2:00s 2:00 1:00 EEST 1989 Sep 24 2:00s 2:00 C-Eur EE%sT 1998 Sep 22 - 2:00 EU EE%sT + 2:00 EU EE%sT 2000 + 2:00 - EET # Finland # @@ -1715,6 +1742,24 @@ Zone Europe/Vaduz 0:38:04 - LMT 1894 Jun 1:00 EU CE%sT # Lithuania + +# 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. + +# From Marius Gedminas <mgedmin@pub.osf.lt> (1998-08-07): +# I would like to inform that in this year Lithuanian time zone +# (Europe/Vilnius) was changed. + +# From <a href="http://www.elta.lt/">ELTA</a> No. 972 (2582) (1999-09-29), +# via Steffen Thorsen: +# Lithuania has shifted back to the second time zone (GMT plus two hours) +# to be valid here starting from October 31, +# as decided by the national government on Wednesday.... +# The Lithuanian government also announced plans to consider a +# motion to give up shifting to summer time in spring, as it was +# already done by Estonia. + # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Europe/Vilnius 1:41:16 - LMT 1880 1:24:00 - WMT 1917 # Warsaw Mean Time @@ -1728,14 +1773,8 @@ Zone Europe/Vilnius 1:41:16 - LMT 1880 2:00 1:00 EEST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s 2:00 C-Eur EE%sT 1998 2:00 - EET 1998 Mar 29 1:00u - 1:00 EU CE%sT -# 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. - -# From Marius Gedminas <mgedmin@pub.osf.lt> (1998-08-07): -# I would like to inform that in this year Lithuanian time zone -# (Europe/Vilnius) was changed. + 1:00 EU CE%sT 1999 Oct 31 1:00u + 2:00 EU EE%sT # Luxembourg # Whitman disagrees with most of these dates in minor ways; go with Shanks. |