June 2002 - tz - lists.iana.org

proposed tz change for Latvia, Lithuania
by Paul Eggert May 25, 2015

May 25, 2015

It's March Madness time for daylight-saving rule changes. Here's a proposed change to the tz database to keep up with the latest political development, which affects time stamps starting March 29: * Latvia and Lithuania will not observe DST, starting this year. Thanks to Andrei Ivanov for this info. =================================================================== RCS file: RCS/europe,v retrieving revision 2000.3 retrieving revision 2000.3.0.1 diff -pu -r2000.3 -r2000.3.0.1 --- europe 2000/03/04 15:31:08 2000.3 +++ europe 2000/03/08 17:48:59 2000.3.0.1 @@ -1135,6 +1135,12 @@ Link Europe/Rome Europe/San_Marino # 1997-01-21 on transition to Summer time ... established the same order of # daylight savings time settings as in the States of the European Union. +# From Andrei Ivanov (2000-03-06): +# This year Latvia will not switch to Daylight Savings Time (as specified in +# <a href="http://www.lv-laiks.lv/wwwraksti/2000/071072/vd4.htm"> +# The Regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Rep. of Latvia of +# 29-Feb-2000 (#79)</a>, in Latvian for subscribers only). + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Latvia 1989 1996 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Latvia 1989 1996 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 - @@ -1151,7 +1157,8 @@ Zone Europe/Riga 1:36:24 - LMT 1880 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 1989 Mar lastSun 2:00s 2:00 1:00 EEST 1989 Sep lastSun 2:00s 2:00 Latvia EE%sT 1997 Jan 21 - 2:00 EU EE%sT + 2:00 EU EE%sT 2000 Feb 29 + 2:00 - EET # Liechtenstein # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] @@ -1178,6 +1185,11 @@ Zone Europe/Vaduz 0:38:04 - LMT 1894 Jun # motion to give up shifting to summer time in spring, as it was # already done by Estonia. +# From Andrei Ivanov (2000-03-06): +# I've heard that Ministers of three Baltic countries on their summit +# somewhere in February decided not to switch to summer time starting from +# this spring. + # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Europe/Vilnius 1:41:16 - LMT 1880 1:24:00 - WMT 1917 # Warsaw Mean Time @@ -1192,7 +1204,8 @@ Zone Europe/Vilnius 1:41:16 - LMT 1880 2:00 C-Eur EE%sT 1998 2:00 - EET 1998 Mar 29 1:00u 1:00 EU CE%sT 1999 Oct 31 1:00u - 2:00 EU EE%sT + 2:00 EU EE%sT 2000 Feb + 2:00 - EET # Luxembourg # Whitman disagrees with most of these dates in minor ways; go with Shanks.

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FW: National Imagery and Mapping Agency
by Olson, Arthur David (NCI) June 27, 2002

June 27, 2002

Daniel F. Howard is not on the time zone mailing list; direct replies appropriately. --ado -----Original Message----- From: Howard, Daniel F. [mailto:HowardDF@nima.mil] Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 1:49 PM To: 'tz(a)elsie.nci.nih.gov' Subject: National Imagery and Mapping Agency FYI- Recieved report from Hydrographic and Oceanographic service of the Navy of Chile Official time zone changes as follows: saturday March 9, 2002 At 2400 Official Continental Chile and Chiean and Anartic Territory adjust clocks to 2300, adopting ZT+4. Same day AT 2200 Official time of Western Insular Chile, adjust clocks to 2100, adopting ZT+6. Daniel Howard 301-227-3180 NIMA

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Question concerning Daylight Saving Time in the Bahamas
by John Griswold June 22, 2002

June 22, 2002

Hi,, I have been reading the Daylight Saving Time tables (at http://stat.tamu.edu/ftp/usr/share/lib/zoneinfo/northamerica) that are on the internet and saw your email address. I am doing some research on the Bahamas. Am I correct in my reading of the tables for North America that the Bahamas were not observing Daylight Saving Time in 1959? It seems that the table is saying that the Bahamas did not observe it until 1964. Any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated. I have also sent this message to Paul Eggert, but I don't know if he is still working on this Daylight Saving Time table project. Thank you, John Griswold

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FW: Time zone equality?
by Olson, Arthur David (NCI) June 21, 2002

June 21, 2002

Kerry Kimbrough is not on the time zone mailing list; direct replies appropriately. --ado -----Original Message----- From: Kerry Kimbrough [mailto:kkimbrough@clearcommerce.com] Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 10:57 AM To: 'tz(a)elsie.nci.nih.gov' Subject: Time zone equality? Help! Can someone explain the algorithm for TimeZone::operator==? That is, how do you know if two time zones are the same or different? I'm motivated by a UI design issue that's become hot around here. We allow users to select a time zone from a list. In our case, the list come from the ICU package, which I understand uses the same list as the Olsen package. Trouble is, this list is huge and bewildering, with a great deal of apparent redundancy. For example, there are 37 different time zones listed at GMT-04:00. This makes for a usability issue, as it becomes hard to search and confidently select the correct choice. And many are convinced that the long is just wrong because they can see a much shorter one used in Windows. We want to generate a shorter list, but we're also reluctant to just throw out legitimate choices. If two time zones are equivalent, then it's OK to drop one from the list. But how can you tell? How does Windows do it? ---- Regards, Kerry

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Time zone equality?
by Kerry Kimbrough June 21, 2002

June 21, 2002

Help! Can someone explain the algorithm for TimeZone::operator==? That is, how do you know if two time zones are the same or different? I'm motivated by a UI design issue that's become hot around here. We allow users to select a time zone from a list. In our case, the list come from the ICU package, which I understand uses the same list as the Olsen package. Trouble is, this list is huge and bewildering, with a great deal of apparent redundancy. For example, there are 37 different time zones listed at GMT-04:00. This makes for a usability issue, as it becomes hard to search and confidently select the correct choice. And many are convinced that the long is just wrong because they can see a much shorter one used in Windows. We want to generate a shorter list, but we're also reluctant to just throw out legitimate choices. If two time zones are equivalent, then it's OK to drop one from the list. But how can you tell? How does Windows do it? ---- Regards, Kerry

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