There's actually a third change being proposed. In addition to the two I previously mentioned, the Sakhalin region (our Asia/Sakhalin zone) would move from UTC+10 to UTC+11. News links http://www.duma.gov.ru/news/273/1234373/ http://www.duma.gov.ru/news/273/1272746/ http://www.duma.gov.ru/news/273/1310125/ Links to bills: http://asozd2.duma.gov.ru/main.nsf/(SpravkaNew)?OpenAgent&RN=840321-6&02 http://asozd2.duma.gov.ru/main.nsf/(SpravkaNew)?OpenAgent&RN=862646-6&02 http://asozd2.duma.gov.ru/main.nsf/(SpravkaNew)?OpenAgent&RN=888645-6&02 There is a mention in two of the three bills of an effective date of March 27, 2016 at 2:00. The other (for Trans-Baikal) has an effective date of Oct 25 2015 1:00, which obviously has passed before the bill was finalized. I expect it will be updated to match the other two. I'll keep an eye on these, but all three are still in "pending" status, and as we all know - often these things are cancelled or postponed at the last minute. -Matt ----------------------------------------
From: mj1856@hotmail.com To: tz@iana.org Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2015 00:03:48 -0800 Subject: Re: [tz] More Russian Changes
Correction, Europe/Astrakhan.
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From: mj1856@hotmail.com To: tz@iana.org Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2015 00:00:25 -0800 Subject: [tz] More Russian Changes
FYI - Two draft bills are posted on the Russian government's web site:
http://government.ru/activities/20702/ http://government.ru/activities/20703/
If approved, the effect would be to move the Astrakhan region from UTC+3 to UTC+4, and to move the Trans-Baikal region from UTC+8 to UTC+9. Neither bill mentions an effective date.
It's not clear whether the Trans-Baikal region refers to the entire area of Zabaykalsky Krai or some subset. Zabaykalsk Krai is currently managed by the Asia/Chita time zone, which I assume would remain intact and just get a new row in its zone entry.
Also, assuming by Astrakhan region they mean the Astrakhan Oblast, then I think this change would require a new time zone. I suggest Europe/Astrakan for the city of the same name in this region. This is split from the Europe/Volograd time zone.
-Matt