From df4699ddfc9caf6f875f1e38703dd0ef41826175 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2022 11:20:32 -0800 Subject: [PROPOSED] Add comments on Russia in 1981 (thanks to Alois Treindl) --- europe | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/europe b/europe index 1be796f..208585d 100644 --- a/europe +++ b/europe @@ -2785,8 +2785,26 @@ Zone Europe/Kaliningrad 1:22:00 - LMT 1893 Apr # says he remembers that Samara opted out of the 1992-01-19 exception # 2 days before the switch. # -# -# From Paul Eggert (2016-03-18): +# From Alois Treindl (2022-02-15): +# the Russian wikipedia page +# https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Московское_время#Перемещение_границы_применения_московского_времени_на_восток +# contains the sentence (in Google translation) "In the autumn of +# 1981, Arkhangelsk, Vologda, Yaroslavl, Ivanovo, Vladimir, Ryazan, +# Lipetsk, Voronezh, Rostov-on-Don, Krasnodar and regions to the east +# of those named (about 30 in total) parted ways with Moscow time. +# However, the convenience of common time with Moscow turned out to be +# decisive - in 1982, these regions again switched to Moscow time." +# Shanks International atlas has similar information, and also the +# Russian book Zaitsev A., Kutalev D. A new astrologer's reference +# book. Coordinates of cities and time corrections, - The World of +# Urania, 2012 (Russian: Зайцев А., Куталёв Д., Новый справочник +# астролога. Координаты городов и временные поправки). +# To me it seems that an extra zone is needed, which starts with LMT +# util 1919, later follows Moscow since 1930, but deviates from it +# between 1 October 1981 until 1 April 1982. +# +# +# From Paul Eggert (2022-02-15): # Given the above, we appear to be missing some Zone entries for the # chaotic early 1980s in Russia. It's not clear what these entries # should be. For now, sweep this under the rug and just document the -- 2.32.0