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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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Belarus abolishing daylight saving time
by Kirill A. Shutemov Sept. 16, 2011

Sept. 16, 2011

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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Belarus has abolished seasonal clock change
by Alexander Krivenyshev Sept. 16, 2011

Sept. 16, 2011

Belarus has abolished seasonal clock change. It was announced by State Committee for Standardization on September 16, 2011. This decision was made by the Council of Ministers (decree #1229) on September 15, 2011. According to news, Belarus will use its current Standart time zone (UTC+2) plus one hour - UTC+3 (year around). link to Belarus State Committee for Standardization (in Russian) http://gosstandart.gov.by/ru-RU/NewsId.php?UrlRid=550 or http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_belarus02.html Belarus plan to use current "summer time" year around- without any seasonal clock change- UTC+3 - same as Russia going to use "permanent summer time". Alexander Krivenyshev, http://www.worldtimezone.com Guttenberg, New Jersey

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Belarus abolishes DST
by Alexander Bokovoy Sept. 16, 2011

Sept. 16, 2011

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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Belarus timezone is changed
by Yauhen Kharuzhy Sept. 16, 2011

Sept. 16, 2011

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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another slight uncertainty in zone Europe/Paris resolved
by Alois Treindl Sept. 16, 2011

Sept. 16, 2011

In zone Europe/Paris one finds this comment: # Shanks & Pottenger give 1940 Jun 14 0:00; go with Excoffier and Le Corre. 0:00 France WE%sT 1940 Jun 14 23:00 I have found a documented source, which confirms that le Corre is correct and Shanks incorrect: Yvonne Poulle quotes in her article 'La France a l'heure allemande' the 'Bulletin municipal officiel', the official Paris city bulletin of 1940-06-15, which consisted only of one sheet of paper, with the following instruction for the population of Paris and Seine: --- (my translation from French) The prefecture of the Seine and the prefecture of the police communicate: The population is invited to advance clocks and watches on June 14th at 23 hours, so that they are adjusted forward to midnight. --- end quote

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a comment in France rules can be removed
by Alois Treindl Sept. 16, 2011

Sept. 16, 2011

Among the tzdata rules for France one finds these lines: # DSH writes that a law of 1923-05-24 specified 3rd Sat in Apr at 23:00 to 1st # Sat in Oct at 24:00; and that in 1930, because of Easter, the transitions # were Apr 12 and Oct 5. Go with Shanks & Pottenger. Rule France 1922 1938 - Oct Sat>=1 23:00s 0 - Rule France 1923 only - May 26 23:00s 1:00 S Rule France 1924 only - Mar 29 23:00s 1:00 S Rule France 1925 only - Apr 4 23:00s 1:00 S Rule France 1926 only - Apr 17 23:00s 1:00 S Rule France 1927 only - Apr 9 23:00s 1:00 S Rule France 1928 only - Apr 14 23:00s 1:00 S Rule France 1929 only - Apr 20 23:00s 1:00 S Rule France 1930 only - Apr 12 23:00s 1:00 S I have done some source research, and the law of 1923-05-24 really states that. My own translation of the text is: ---- begin quote Article 1 The legal time fixed by the law of 1911 Mar 9 shall each year, following the practical details as given in articles 2,3 and 4, be advanced by sixty minutes, at 23 hours on each last Saturday of March, until the first Saturday of October at 24 hours. But in the case of an understanding with allied neighbour nations, the goverment can shift the first date to the third Saturday of April, and the second date to the third Saturday of September. --- end quote This law was not modified until 1939-09-26. But in practice it was not followed regarding the begin dates. The government issued a decret each year, where it fixed the dates for the particular year. I searched the 'Bulletin des lois de la République française' which are accessible in in digital form via the Bibliotheque National at http://gallica.bnf.fr up to 1931. As an example, I attach the décret for 1930. I think translation isnot needed. From what I have seen as sources between 1916 and 1938, so far, I can confirm that Henri Le Corre is precise and correct, regarding dates and times of change. I can also confirm the '24 hours' always means the end of the day, if a document states something like 'on date X at 24 hours'. Later versions of the décrets are explicit, like the one attached, by saying 'at twenty four hours in the night from 4th to 5th October'. I think the comment currently in the list of Rules, regarding DSH and 1930, can be removed, as Le Corre has been established as reliable for DST rules during this period up to at least 1938.

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