Russ Allbery wrote:
Thank you *very much* for doing this research.
Likewise! I very much appreciate good research like that. I know how much time and energy it can take; thanks. I plan to add the following to the release announcement: (Thanks to Alois Treindl for confirming that the old Europe/Vaduz zone was wrong and the new link is better for WWII-era times.) and have pushed the following patch, which affects only commentary.
From b8e081b8bae00f6939103b15657591af5856ddce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 10:39:29 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] * europe (Europe/Vaduz): Add confirming commentary from Alois Treindl.
--- europe | 15 +++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/europe b/europe index 9cfe80f..a7b1676 100644 --- a/europe +++ b/europe @@ -1564,12 +1564,23 @@ Zone Europe/Riga 1:36:24 - LMT 1880 2:00 EU EE%sT # Liechtenstein + # From Paul Eggert (2013-09-09): # Shanks & Pottenger say Vaduz is like Zurich. -# Given the close ties between Liechtenstein and Switzerland during WWII, -# assume our circa-1941 corrections to Zurich apply also to Vaduz. + +# From Alois Treindl (2013-09-18): +# http://www.eliechtensteinensia.li/LIJ/1978/1938-1978/1941.pdf +# ... confirms on p. 6 that Liechtenstein followed Switzerland in 1941 and 1942. +# I ... translate only the last two paragraphs: +# ... during second world war, in the years 1941 and 1942, Liechtenstein +# introduced daylight saving time, adapting to Switzerland. From 1943 on +# central European time was in force throughout the year. +# From a report of the duke's government to the high council, +# regarding the introduction of a time law, of 31 May 1977. + Link Europe/Zurich Europe/Vaduz + # Lithuania # From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22): -- 1.8.3.1