>From fc4ef466a60b8fba138ddbe7ba3dfb093d098305 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2019 13:41:28 -0700 Subject: [PROPOSED] Liechtenstein observed Swiss DST in 1941/2 (Thanks to Alois Treindl.) * NEWS, europe: Mention this. * backzone (Europe/Vaduz): Use Swiss DST rules before 1981. --- NEWS | 8 ++++++++ backzone | 2 +- europe | 13 ++++--------- 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 8b05f8f..5463cdf 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,5 +1,13 @@ News for the tz database +Unreleased, experimental changes + + Changes to commentary + + Liechtenstein observed Swiss DST in 1941/2. + (Thanks to Alois Treindl.) + + Release 2019b - 2019-07-01 00:09:53 -0700 Briefly: diff --git a/backzone b/backzone index 2a54e6c..a7c2541 100644 --- a/backzone +++ b/backzone @@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ Zone Europe/Tiraspol 1:58:32 - LMT 1880 # Liechtenstein Zone Europe/Vaduz 0:38:04 - LMT 1894 Jun - 1:00 - CET 1981 + 1:00 Swiss CE%sT 1981 1:00 EU CE%sT # Croatia diff --git a/europe b/europe index 1e0ae03..57bc3c0 100644 --- a/europe +++ b/europe @@ -1781,15 +1781,10 @@ Zone Europe/Riga 1:36:34 - LMT 1880 # From Paul Eggert (2013-09-09): # Shanks & Pottenger say Vaduz is like Zurich. -# 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. +# From Alois Treindl (2019-07-04): +# I was able to access the online archive of the Vaduz paper Vaterland ... +# I could confirm from the paper that Liechtenstein did in fact follow +# the same DST in 1941 and 1942 as Switzerland did. Link Europe/Zurich Europe/Vaduz -- 2.17.1