Reported by Alois Treindl in <http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2011-August/008722.html>. --- zic.8 | 16 ++++++---------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/zic.8 b/zic.8 index b1d3348..61113b9 100644 --- a/zic.8 +++ b/zic.8 @@ -470,10 +470,8 @@ input, intended to illustrate many of its features. .ta \w'# Rule\0\0'u +\w'NAME\0\0'u +\w'FROM\0\0'u +\w'1973\0\0'u +\w'TYPE\0\0'u +\w'Apr\0\0'u +\w'lastSun\0\0'u +\w'2:00\0\0'u +\w'SAVE\0\0'u .sp # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule Swiss 1940 only - Nov 2 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Swiss 1940 only - Dec 31 0:00 0 - -Rule Swiss 1941 1942 - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S -Rule Swiss 1941 1942 - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 0 +Rule Swiss 1941 1942 - May Mon>=1 1:00 1:00 S +Rule Swiss 1941 1942 - Oct Mon>=1 2:00 0 - .sp .5 Rule EU 1977 1980 - Apr Sun>=1 1:00u 1:00 S Rule EU 1977 only - Sep lastSun 1:00u 0 - @@ -484,7 +482,7 @@ Rule EU 1996 max - Oct lastSun 1:00u 0 - .sp .ta \w'# Zone\0\0'u +\w'Europe/Zurich\0\0'u +\w'0:34:08\0\0'u +\w'RULES/SAVE\0\0'u +\w'FORMAT\0\0'u # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT UNTIL -Zone Europe/Zurich 0:34:08 - LMT 1848 Sep 12 +Zone Europe/Zurich 0:34:08 - LMT 1855 0:29:44 - BMT 1894 Jun 1:00 Swiss CE%sT 1981 1:00 EU CE%sT @@ -495,16 +493,14 @@ Link Europe/Zurich Switzerland .fi In this example, the zone is named Europe/Zurich but it has an alias as Switzerland. Zurich was 34 minutes and 8 seconds west of GMT until -1848-09-12 at 00:00, when the offset changed to 29 minutes and 44 +1855-01-01 at 00:00, when the offset changed to 29 minutes and 44 seconds. After 1894-06-01 at 00:00 Swiss daylight saving rules (defined with lines beginning with "Rule Swiss") apply, and the GMT offset became one hour. From 1981 to the present, EU daylight saving rules have applied, and the UTC offset has remained at one hour. .PP -In 1940, daylight saving time applied from November 2 at 00:00 to -December 31 at 00:00. In 1941 and 1942, daylight saving time applied -from the first Sunday in May at 02:00 to the first Sunday in October -at 00:00. +In 1941 and 1942, daylight saving time applied from the first Monday +in May at 01:00 to the first Monday in October at 02:00. The pre-1981 EU daylight-saving rules have no effect here, but are included for completeness. Since 1981, daylight saving has begun on the last Sunday in March at 01:00 UTC. -- 1.8.1.2