On 18.09.13 16:58, Paul Eggert wrote:
Wallace, Malcolm wrote:
No attempt was made to show whether Liechtenstein follows the timezone rules for neighbouring Switzerland
Actually I made the attempt, and came up empty. And it wasn't a casual attempt: I scoured the literature, both online and in paper, in both English and German, in the best research library in southern California. Of course I may have missed something, and the National Library of Liechtenstein would probably be a better library for this; but I did try.
Alois Treindl wrote:
Vaduz (Liechtenstein) is a different country, with a different timezone history: no DST in 1941 and 1942.
I'm sorry, but there is no real evidence to support this claim, and I doubt that it's true. Shanks doesn't count as evidence, as he just makes things up. The Swiss astrology books don't count either, as they just make things up too -- my recent research proved them to be inventions even for *Switzerland*, so why should we pay attention to them for a neighboring country?
OK, I can confirm in this case that your intuition was right, and mine was wrong. You can link Europe/Vaduz to Europe/Zurich I found this source: http://www.eliechtensteinensia.li/LIJ/1978/1938-1978/1941.pdf which confirms on page 6 that Liechtenstein followed Switzerland in 1941 and 1942 I attach a screen copy, and 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.
