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proposed time zone package changes (Belarus, Newfoundland, Palestine)
by Arthur David Olson Sept. 20, 2011

Sept. 20, 2011

Here are proposed changes to the time zone package. This set is limited to changes affecting 2011 time stamps, and I'm holding off on changes to Russia pending further information. The executive summary: asia Palestine suspends DST during Ramadan in 2011; Gaza and Hebron split in 2011, leading to a new Asia/Hebron zone (thanks to Steffen Thorsen and Alexander Krivenshev). (The different end of DST in Gaza and Hebron in 2008 is also reflected.) europe Belarus adopts permanent DST in 2011 (thanks to Yauhen Kharuzhy, Alexander Bokovoy, Alexander Krivenyshev, and Kirill A. Shutemov). Given the Belarus change, "Russia" rules changed to reflect end of use in 2010. Also: a comment typo is fixed. northamerica Updated comment on Newfoundland's 2011 change of time of day when DST starts and ends (thanks to Michael Pelley). zone.tab New Asia/Hebron zone (thanks to Alexander Krivenshev). The abbreviation for Belarus is at the moment MINST (MINsk Standard Time). BST (Belarus Standard Time) is a possibility; it is the same as British Summer Time. I'd love to get a report of what's actually in use there (both the name and the abbreviation). If no problems are found, these changes will appear on the ftp site on 2011-09-26. --ado diff -r -c old/asia new/asia *** old/asia Sat Sep 3 08:28:37 2011 --- new/asia Sat Sep 17 14:54:07 2011 *************** *** 1,4 **** ! # @(#)asia 8.65 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. --- 1,4 ---- ! # @(#)asia 8.67 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. *************** *** 2194,2200 **** --- 2194,2230 ---- # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/westbank-gaza-end-dst-2010.html # </a> + # From Steffen Thorsen (2011-08-26): + # Gaza and the West Bank did go back to standard time in the beginning of + # August, and will now enter daylight saving time again on 2011-08-30 + # 00:00 (so two periods of DST in 2011). The pause was because of + # Ramadan. + # + # <a href="http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=416217"> + # http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=416217 + # </a> + # Additional info: + # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/palestine-dst-2011.html"> + # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/palestine-dst-2011.html + # </a> + + # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-08-27): + # According to the article in The Jerusalem Post: + # "...Earlier this month, the Palestinian government in the West Bank decided to + # move to standard time for 30 days, during Ramadan. The Palestinians in the + # Gaza Strip accepted the change and also moved their clocks one hour back. + # The Hamas government said on Saturday that it won't observe summertime after + # the Muslim feast of Id al-Fitr, which begins on Tuesday..." + # ... + # <a href="http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=235650"> + # http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=235650 + # </a> + # or + # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_gazastrip05.html"> + # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_gazastrip05.html + # </a> # The rules for Egypt are stolen from the `africa' file. + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule EgyptAsia 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S Rule EgyptAsia 1957 1958 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - *************** *** 2210,2220 **** Rule Palestine 2006 2008 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Palestine 2006 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 - Rule Palestine 2007 only - Sep Thu>=8 2:00 0 - ! Rule Palestine 2008 only - Aug lastFri 2:00 0 - Rule Palestine 2009 only - Mar lastFri 0:00 1:00 S ! Rule Palestine 2010 max - Mar lastSat 0:01 1:00 S ! Rule Palestine 2009 max - Sep Fri>=1 2:00 0 - Rule Palestine 2010 only - Aug 11 0:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct --- 2240,2252 ---- Rule Palestine 2006 2008 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Palestine 2006 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 - Rule Palestine 2007 only - Sep Thu>=8 2:00 0 - ! Rule Palestine 2008 only - Aug lastFri 0:00 0 - Rule Palestine 2009 only - Mar lastFri 0:00 1:00 S ! Rule Palestine 2009 only - Sep Fri>=1 2:00 0 - ! Rule Palestine 2010 only - Mar lastSat 0:01 1:00 S Rule Palestine 2010 only - Aug 11 0:00 0 - + Rule Palestine 2011 only - Apr Sat>=1 0:01 1:00 S + Rule Palestine 2011 only - Aug Sat>=1 0:00 0:00 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct *************** *** 2224,2229 **** --- 2256,2272 ---- 2:00 Jordan EE%sT 1999 2:00 Palestine EE%sT + Zone Asia/Hebron 2:20:23 - LMT 1900 Oct + 2:00 Zion EET 1948 May 15 + 2:00 EgyptAsia EE%sT 1967 Jun 5 + 2:00 Zion I%sT 1996 + 2:00 Jordan EE%sT 1999 + 2:00 Palestine EE%sT 2008 Aug + 2:00 1:00 EEST 2008 Sep + 2:00 Palestine EE%sT 2011 Aug 30 + 2:00 1:00 EEST 2011 Oct 3 3:00 + 2:00 Palestine EE%sT + # Paracel Is # no information diff -r -c old/europe new/europe *** old/europe Wed Aug 17 12:52:01 2011 --- new/europe Sat Sep 17 18:43:48 2011 *************** *** 1,5 **** # <pre> ! # @(#)europe 8.34 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. --- 1,5 ---- # <pre> ! # @(#)europe 8.37 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. *************** *** 561,569 **** # 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 - # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-06-14): # According to Kremlin press service, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev --- 561,569 ---- # Rule Russia 1992 only - Mar lastSat 23:00 1:00 S Rule Russia 1992 only - Sep lastSat 23:00 0 - ! Rule Russia 1993 2010 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Russia 1993 1995 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 - ! Rule Russia 1996 2010 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 - # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-06-14): # According to Kremlin press service, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev *************** *** 583,589 **** # From Arthur David Olson (2011-06-15): # Take "abolishing daylight saving time" to mean that time is now considered # to be standard. - # At least for now, keep the "old" Russia rules for the benefit of Belarus. # These are for backward compatibility with older versions. --- 583,588 ---- *************** *** 689,694 **** --- 688,710 ---- 1:00 EU CE%sT # Belarus + # From Yauhen Kharuzhy (2011-09-16): + # By latest Belarus government act Europe/Minsk timezone was changed to + # GMT+3 without DST (was GMT+2 with DST). + # + # Sources (Russian language): + # 1. + # <a href="http://www.belta.by/ru/all_news/society/V-Belarusi-otmenjaetsja-perexod-na-…"> + # http://www.belta.by/ru/all_news/society/V-Belarusi-otmenjaetsja-perexod-na-… + # </a> + # 2. + # <a href="http://naviny.by/rubrics/society/2011/09/16/ic_articles_116_175144/"> + # http://naviny.by/rubrics/society/2011/09/16/ic_articles_116_175144/ + # </a> + # 3. + # <a href="http://news.tut.by/society/250578.html"> + # http://news.tut.by/society/250578.html + # </a> # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Europe/Minsk 1:50:16 - LMT 1880 1:50 - MMT 1924 May 2 # Minsk Mean Time *************** *** 700,706 **** 2:00 1:00 EEST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s 2:00 - EET 1992 Mar 29 0:00s 2:00 1:00 EEST 1992 Sep 27 0:00s ! 2:00 Russia EE%sT # Belgium # --- 716,723 ---- 2:00 1:00 EEST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s 2:00 - EET 1992 Mar 29 0:00s 2:00 1:00 EEST 1992 Sep 27 0:00s ! 2:00 Russia EE%sT 2011 Mar 27 2:00s ! 3:00 - MINST # MINsk Standard Time # Belgium # *************** *** 2189,2195 **** # [parts of] Respublika Sakha (Yakutiya), Chitinskaya oblast'. # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2009-11-29): ! # ...some regions of RUssia were merged with others since 2005... # Some names were changed, no big deal, except for one instance: a new name. # YAK/YAKST: UTC+9 Zabajkal'skij kraj. --- 2206,2212 ---- # [parts of] Respublika Sakha (Yakutiya), Chitinskaya oblast'. # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2009-11-29): ! # ...some regions of [Russia] were merged with others since 2005... # Some names were changed, no big deal, except for one instance: a new name. # YAK/YAKST: UTC+9 Zabajkal'skij kraj. diff -r -c old/northamerica new/northamerica *** old/northamerica Wed Aug 17 17:33:36 2011 --- new/northamerica Sat Sep 17 13:05:44 2011 *************** *** 1,5 **** # <pre> ! # @(#)northamerica 8.48 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. --- 1,5 ---- # <pre> ! # @(#)northamerica 8.49 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. *************** *** 1168,1198 **** # INMS (2000-09-12) says that, since 1988 at least, Newfoundland switches # at 00:01 local time. For now, assume it started in 1987. ! # From Michael Pelley (2011-08-05): ! # The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador has pending changes to ! # modify the hour for daylight savings time to come into effect in ! # November 2011. This modification would change the time from 12:01AM to ! # 2:00AM on the dates of the switches of Daylight Savings Time to/from ! # Standard Time. ! # ! # As a matter of reference, in Canada provinces have the authority of ! # setting time zone information. The legislation has passed our ! # legislative body (The House of Assembly) and is awaiting the ! # proclamation to come into effect. You may find this information at: ! # <a href="http://www.assembly.nl.ca/legislation/sr/lists/Proclamation.htm"> ! # http://www.assembly.nl.ca/legislation/sr/lists/Proclamation.htm # </a> - # and - # search within that web page for Standard Time (Amendment) Act. The Act - # may be found at: - # <a href="http://www.assembly.nl.ca/business/bills/Bill1106.htm"> - # http://www.assembly.nl.ca/business/bills/Bill1106.htm - # </a> # ... ! # MICHAEL PELLEY | Manager of Enterprise Architecture - Solution Delivery ! # Office of the Chief Information Officer Executive Council Government of ! # Newfoundland & Labrador P.O. Box 8700, 40 Higgins Line, St. John's NL ! # A1B 4J6 Rule StJohns 1987 only - Apr Sun>=1 0:01 1:00 D Rule StJohns 1987 2006 - Oct lastSun 0:01 0 S --- 1168,1188 ---- # INMS (2000-09-12) says that, since 1988 at least, Newfoundland switches # at 00:01 local time. For now, assume it started in 1987. ! # From Michael Pelley (2011-09-12): ! # We received today, Monday, September 12, 2011, notification that the ! # changes to the Newfoundland Standard Time Act have been proclaimed. ! # The change in the Act stipulates that the change from Daylight Savings ! # Time to Standard Time and from Standard Time to Daylight Savings Time ! # now occurs at 2:00AM. ! # ... ! # <a href="http://www.assembly.nl.ca/legislation/sr/annualstatutes/2011/1106.chp.htm"> ! # http://www.assembly.nl.ca/legislation/sr/annualstatutes/2011/1106.chp.htm # </a> # ... ! # MICHAEL PELLEY | Manager of Enterprise Architecture - Solution Delivery ! # Office of the Chief Information Officer ! # Executive Council ! # Government of Newfoundland & Labrador Rule StJohns 1987 only - Apr Sun>=1 0:01 1:00 D Rule StJohns 1987 2006 - Oct lastSun 0:01 0 S diff -r -c old/zone.tab new/zone.tab *** old/zone.tab Wed Aug 17 13:36:43 2011 --- new/zone.tab Sat Sep 17 13:58:14 2011 *************** *** 1,5 **** # <pre> ! # @(#)zone.tab 8.47 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. # --- 1,5 ---- # <pre> ! # @(#)zone.tab 8.48 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. # *************** *** 319,325 **** PM +4703-05620 America/Miquelon PN -2504-13005 Pacific/Pitcairn PR +182806-0660622 America/Puerto_Rico ! PS +3130+03428 Asia/Gaza PT +3843-00908 Europe/Lisbon mainland PT +3238-01654 Atlantic/Madeira Madeira Islands PT +3744-02540 Atlantic/Azores Azores --- 319,326 ---- PM +4703-05620 America/Miquelon PN -2504-13005 Pacific/Pitcairn PR +182806-0660622 America/Puerto_Rico ! PS +3130+03428 Asia/Gaza Gaza ! PS +313200+0350542 Asia/Hebron Hebron PT +3843-00908 Europe/Lisbon mainland PT +3238-01654 Atlantic/Madeira Madeira Islands PT +3744-02540 Atlantic/Azores Azores

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Hong Kong problem and BCN timezone(s)
by Jesper Nørgaard Sept. 20, 2011

Sept. 20, 2011

I have found a small problem in the Hong Kong corrections of 2009q. It seems that the Hong Kong government page says that DST was not used in 1977 and 1978, while this is the current tz data: Rule HK 1965 1977 - Apr Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S Rule HK 1965 1977 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 - Indeed the whole extract of the government web page is still part of the asia file. I would suggest it should be like this Rule HK 1965 1976 - Apr Sun>=16 3:30 1:00 S Rule HK 1965 1976 - Oct Sun>=16 3:30 0 - My other question concerns the timezone America/Santa_Isabel. It seems that several sources imply that all of Baca California Norte is on the same timezone http://www.frontera.info/EdicionEnlinea/Notas/Noticias/13032010/435414.aspx http://www.notisistema.com/noticias/?p=251578 http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/north-mexico-dst-change.html This is far from authoritative, but at least and indication that BCN might be one single timezone. I wonder if there has been any confirmation of the Santa Isabel timezone in BCN? I am not saying it is not there, I just haven't found any confirmation of it. - Jesper Norgaard Welen

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Fiji DST 2011/12
by Ken Rylander Sept. 19, 2011

Sept. 19, 2011

Hi, Are there any updates about daylight savings for Fiji in 2011/12? Some websites (e.g. http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/clockchange.html?n=82) say it will be introduced again on Sunday, Oct 23, 2011. Regards, /Ken Rylander

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belarus has new timezone
by globus Sept. 18, 2011

Sept. 18, 2011

Sep, 15th belarusian council of ministers had decided to abandone DST, so from now belarusian time will be east european(UTC+2)+1. So I've made very trivial patch for tzdata. I've called new belarusian tz as MNSK (derived from Minsk). -- http://375gnu.wordpress.com

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FW: Belarus abolishes DST
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] Sept. 17, 2011

Sept. 17, 2011

I'm forwarding this message from Alexander Bokovoy; AB is now a subscriber. --ado -----Original Message----- From: Alexander Bokovoy [mailto:abokovoy@redhat.com] Sent: Friday, September 16, 2011 6:06 To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: Belarus abolishes DST Hello! Moving towards unification with Russia on economical reasons, Republic of Belarus has announced today to cancel daylight saving time rule and don't rewind clocks on last Sunday of October. Here is the news (in Russian): http://gosstandart.gov.by/ru-RU/NewsId.php?UrlRid=550 The decree is N1229 by Belarussian government, dated 2011-09-15, unfortunately, not yet published on pravo.by so I can't reference it. If I'm not mistaken, the change would make Europe/Minsk zone look like: # Belarus # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Europe/Minsk 1:50:16 - LMT 1880 1:50 - MMT 1924 May 2 # Minsk Mean Time 2:00 - EET 1930 Jun 21 3:00 - MSK 1941 Jun 28 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1944 Jul 3 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 1990 3:00 - MSK 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 2:00 1:00 EEST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s 2:00 - EET 1992 Mar 29 0:00s 2:00 1:00 EEST 1992 Sep 27 0:00s 2:00 Russia EE%sT 2011 Sep 15 3:00 - EET -- / Alexander Bokovoy

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FW: Proclaimed changes to time of Newfoundland Time Zone for Daylight Savings Time
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] Sept. 17, 2011

Sept. 17, 2011

I'm forwarding this message from Michael Pelley, who is not on the time zone mailing list. Those of you who are on the list, please direct replies appropriately. --ado From: Pelley, Michael [mailto:MPelley@gov.nl.ca] Sent: Monday, September 12, 2011 11:20 To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Cc: Lye, Tony; Tibbo, Colin; Morgans, Andy Subject: Proclaimed changes to time of Newfoundland Time Zone for Daylight Savings Time Importance: High Hi Folks, We received today, Monday, September 12, 2011, notification that the changes to the Newfoundland Standard Time Act have been proclaimed. The change in the Act stipulates that the change from Daylight Savings Time to Standard Time and from Standard Time to Daylight Savings Time now occurs at 2:00AM. I have included the text of the statute (URL http://www.assembly.nl.ca/legislation/sr/annualstatutes/2011/1106.chp.htm) and the official proclamation from THE NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR GAZETTE. Please update the TZ database to reflect this proclaimed change. Thank you. Cheers Mike ----------------------------------------------- MICHAEL PELLEY | Manager of Enterprise Architecture - Solution Delivery Office of the Chief Information Officer Executive Council Government of Newfoundland & Labrador P.O. Box 8700, 40 Higgins Line, St. John's NL A1B 4J6 709 729-7457 (t) | 709 729-6767 (f) | 709 690-2513 (c) | mpelley(a)gov.nl.ca ________________________________________ “This email and any attached files are intended for the sole use of the primary and copied addressee(s) and may contain privileged and/or confidential information. Any distribution, use or copying by any means of this information is strictly prohibited. If you received this email in error, please delete it immediately and notify the sender.”

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FW: Belarus abolishing daylight saving time
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] Sept. 17, 2011

Sept. 17, 2011

I'm forwarding this message from Kirill A. Shutemov, who is not on the time zone mailing list. Those of you who are on the list, please direct replies appropriately. --ado -----Original Message----- From: Kirill A. Shutemov [mailto:kirill@shutemov.name] Sent: Friday, September 16, 2011 7:25 To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: Belarus abolishing daylight saving time Hi, According to BelTA News Agency, Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus signed decision #1229 on September 15, 2011 According to the decision Belarus abolishing daylight saving time. Belarus will use current standart time zone (UTC+2) plus one hour - UTC+3. diff -uNr tzdata2011j/europe tzdata/europe --- tzdata2011j/europe 2011-08-17 19:52:01.000000000 +0300 +++ tzdata/europe 2011-09-17 02:22:20.675954688 +0300 @@ -689,6 +689,20 @@ 1:00 EU CE%sT # Belarus +# From Kirill A. Shutemov (2011-09-17): +# According to BelTA News Agency, Council of Ministers of the Republic of +# Belarus signed decision #1229 on September 15, 2011 +# According to the decision Belarus abolishing daylight saving time. +# Belarus will use current standart time zone (UTC+2) plus one hour - +# UTC+3. +# +# BelTA news (in Russian): +# http://www.belta.by/ru/all_news/society/V-Belarusi-otmenjaetsja-perexod-na-… +# +# Gosstandart -- The State Committee for Standardization of the Republic of +# Belarus (in Russian): +# http://gosstandart.gov.by/ru-RU/NewsId.php?UrlRid=550 +# # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Europe/Minsk 1:50:16 - LMT 1880 1:50 - MMT 1924 May 2 # Minsk Mean Time @@ -700,7 +714,8 @@ 2:00 1:00 EEST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s 2:00 - EET 1992 Mar 29 0:00s 2:00 1:00 EEST 1992 Sep 27 0:00s - 2:00 Russia EE%sT + 2:00 Russia EE%sT 2011 Mar 27 2:00s + 3:00 - MNSK # Belgium # -- Kirill A. Shutemov

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FW: Belarus timezone is changed
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] Sept. 17, 2011

Sept. 17, 2011

I'm forwarding this messagae from Yauhen Kharuzhy, who is not on the time zone mailing list. Those of you who are on the list, please direct replies appropriately. --ado -----Original Message----- From: Yauhen Kharuzhy [mailto:jekhor@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, September 16, 2011 2:30 To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: Belarus timezone is changed Hi. By latest Belarus government act Europe/Minsk timezone was changed to GMT+3 without DST (was GMT+2 with DST). Sources (Russian language): 1. http://www.belta.by/ru/all_news/society/V-Belarusi-otmenjaetsja-perexod-na-… 2. http://naviny.by/rubrics/society/2011/09/16/ic_articles_116_175144/ 3. http://news.tut.by/society/250578.html -- Yauhen Kharuzhy jekhor _at_ gmail.com JID: jek(a)jabber.ru skype: jekhor A: No Q: Should I quote below my post?

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Post-1970 errors in Russian zones, suggest zones Asia/Tomsk, Asia/Barnaul
by Tobias Conradi Sept. 17, 2011

Sept. 17, 2011

I know that Wikipedia is not reliable, still I would like to start with: http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%B5_%D0… Так, например, регионы Западной Сибири, ранее находившиеся в зоне MSK+4, перешли на время MSK+3, присоединившись к Омскому времени: Новосибирская область 23 мая 1993 в 00:00, Алтайский край и Республика Алтай 28 мая 1995 в 4:00, Томская область 1 мая 2002 в 3:00. В этих регионах фактически было отменено декретное время. Moves to Omsk Time 1993-05-23 Novosibirsk Oblast (Новосибирская область 23 мая 1993 в 00:00) 1995-05-28 Altai Krai, Altai Oblast (Алтайский край и Республика Алтай 28 мая 1995 в 4:00) Suggested new zone: Asia/Barnaul, split from Asia/Omsk 2002-05-01 Tomsk Oblast (Томская область 1 мая 2002 в 3:00) Supported by http://newsru.com/russia/01may2002/clock.html Suggested new zone: Asia/Tomsk, split from Asia/Novosibirsk If one looks at the map as of today http://efele.net/maps/tz/russia/ shows Asia/Omsk as two regions, in the west Omsk Oblast, interrupted by Asia/Novosibirsk in the east Altai Krai and Altai Oblast. Asia/Novosibirsk has Novosibirsk Oblast in the south and Tomsk Oblast in the north. Novosibirsk Oblast has Omsk Oblast in the west and the Altai entities in the east. That is the changes as written down in the Russian Wikipedia lead to contiguous zones at any time, while the current rules in tzdata do not. Omsk Time as in Omsk Oblast, joined by bordering Novosibirsk an eastward expansion, later joined by bordering Altai entities, an eastward expansion, later joined by bordering Tomsk, a northward expansion. Later joined by Kemerovo Oblast, an eastward expansion. This is covered by zone Asia/Novokuznetsk. -- Tobias Conradi Rheinsberger Str. 18 10115 Berlin Germany http://tobiasconradi.com/tobias_conradi

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a comment in C-Eur rules 1944 can be removed
by Alois Treindl Sept. 17, 2011

Sept. 17, 2011

The file tzdate/europe contains this comment regarding the end of DST in Germany 1944: # Whitman gives 1944 Oct 7; go with Shanks & Pottenger. Rule C-Eur 1944 only - Oct 2 2:00s 0 - I have looked up the Reichsgesetzblatt 1944, p.198 which contains the text of the respective decree. Shanks has the correct date and time. I attach a copy. It is very precise because it deals explicitly with the fact that the hour from 2 am to 3 am occurs twice, when the clock is set back from 3 am to 2 am. It says (my translation from German): For the hour of 2 to 3 in the morning of 2nd October 1944, the first occurrence will be called 2A, 2A 1 minute etc until 2A 59 minutes. The second occurrence will be called 2B, 2B 1 minute etc until 2B 59 minutes.

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