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*** old/asia 2022-03-21 15:19:16.600834300 -0400
--- new/asia 2022-03-21 15:26:06.334146500 -0400
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# in the city at the time for people who use different time standard to adjust
# their clock to their preferred time.
#
! # a. For the 1940 May 31 spring forward, the essay claims that it was
! # coordinated between the international settlement authority and the French
# concession authority and have gathered support from Hong Kong and Xiamen,
# that it would spring forward an hour from May 31 "midnight", and the essay
! # claims "Hong Kong government implemented the spring forward in the same time
# on the same date as Shanghai".
#
# b. For the 1940 fall back, it was said that they initially intended to do
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# in the city at the time for people who use different time standard to adjust
# their clock to their preferred time.
#
! # a. For the 1940 May 31 spring forward, the essay [claims] that it was
! # [coordinated] between the international settlement authority and the French
# concession authority and have gathered support from Hong Kong and Xiamen,
# that it would spring forward an hour from May 31 "midnight", and the essay
! # [claims] "Hong Kong government implemented the spring forward in the same time
# on the same date as Shanghai".
#
# b. For the 1940 fall back, it was said that they initially intended to do
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*** 2465,2471 ****
# the third time belt (before 1930 this means +03).
# From Alexander Konzurovski (2018-12-20):
! # Qyzylorda Region (Asia/Qyzylorda) is changing its time zone from
# UTC+6 to UTC+5 effective December 21st, 2018. The legal document is
# located here:
http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/P1800000817 (russian language).
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# the third time belt (before 1930 this means +03).
# From Alexander Konzurovski (2018-12-20):
! # [Qyzylorda] Region (Asia/Qyzylorda) is changing its time zone from
# UTC+6 to UTC+5 effective December 21st, 2018. The legal document is
# located here:
http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/P1800000817 (russian language).
*** old/australasia 2022-03-21 15:19:16.612835800 -0400
--- new/australasia 2022-03-21 15:27:32.975328100 -0400
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*** 1829,1836 ****
# From Phake Nick (2018-10-27):
# <
https://wiki.suikawiki.org/n/南洋群島の標準時> ... pointed out that
# currently tzdata say Pacific/Kwajalein switched from GMT+11 to GMT-12 in
! # 1969 October without explanation, however an 1993 article from NYT says it
! # synchronized its day with the US mainland about 40 years ago and thus the switch
# should occur at around 1950s instead.
#
# From Paul Eggert (2018-11-18):
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# From Phake Nick (2018-10-27):
# <
https://wiki.suikawiki.org/n/南洋群島の標準時> ... pointed out that
# currently tzdata say Pacific/Kwajalein switched from GMT+11 to GMT-12 in
! # 1969 October without explanation, however an 1993 article from NYT [says] it
! # [synchronized] its day with the US mainland about 40 years ago and thus the switch
# should occur at around 1950s instead.
#
# From Paul Eggert (2018-11-18):
*** old/calendars 2022-03-21 15:19:16.640788300 -0400
--- new/calendars 2022-03-21 15:28:43.338530300 -0400
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31 Dec 1700/
12 Jan 1701 - Friesland, Groningen, Zürich, Bern, Basel, Geneva,
! Thurgau, and Schaffhausen
1724 - Glarus, Appenzell, and the city of St. Gallen
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31 Dec 1700/
12 Jan 1701 - Friesland, Groningen, Zürich, Bern, Basel, Geneva,
! [Thurgau], and Schaffhausen
1724 - Glarus, Appenzell, and the city of St. Gallen
*** old/europe 2022-03-21 15:19:16.729844300 -0400
--- new/europe 2022-03-21 15:31:03.289939500 -0400
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*** 3353,3359 ****
# 14-30 **** Ust-Maysky District
# >From Arthur David Olson (2012-05-09):
! # Tomponsky and Ust-Maysky switched from Vladivostok time to Yakutsk time
# in 2011.
# From Paul Eggert (2012-11-25):
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# 14-30 **** Ust-Maysky District
# From Arthur David Olson (2012-05-09):
! # [Tomponsky] and Ust-Maysky switched from Vladivostok time to Yakutsk time
# in 2011.
# From Paul Eggert (2012-11-25):
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# 14-22 **** Oymyakonsky District
# From Arthur David Olson (2012-05-09):
! # Oymyakonsky [and the Kuril Islands] switched from
# Magadan time to Vladivostok time in 2011.
#
# From Tim Parenti (2014-07-06), per Alexander Krivenyshev (2014-07-02):
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# 14-22 **** Oymyakonsky District
# From Arthur David Olson (2012-05-09):
! # [Oymyakonsky] [and the Kuril Islands] switched from
# Magadan time to Vladivostok time in 2011.
#
# From Tim Parenti (2014-07-06), per Alexander Krivenyshev (2014-07-02):
*** old/southamerica 2022-03-21 15:19:16.903344100 -0400
--- new/southamerica 2022-03-21 15:31:57.148755900 -0400
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# From Rodrigo Severo (2004-10-04):
# It's just the biannual change made necessary by the much hyped, supposedly
! # modern Brazilian electronic voting machines which, apparently, can't deal
# with a time change between the first and the second rounds of the elections.
# From Steffen Thorsen (2007-09-20):
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# From Rodrigo Severo (2004-10-04):
# It's just the biannual change made necessary by the much hyped, supposedly
! # modern Brazilian [electronic] voting machines which, apparently, can't deal
# with a time change between the first and the second rounds of the elections.
# From Steffen Thorsen (2007-09-20):