From 0ad96180b0547a600f743e3b3f0c4aa9e5b411c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2016 18:22:50 -0700 Subject: [PROPOSED PATCH] * NEWS, europe: Cite circa-1920 Soviet decrees (from Alexander Belopolsky). --- NEWS | 3 +++ europe | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index fd2bcbb..50421b7 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes tzfile.5 now documents the new restriction on POSIX TZ-like strings that is now implemented by zic. + Comments now cite URLs for some 1917-1921 Russian DST decrees. + (Thanks to Alexander Belopolsky.) + tz-link.htm mentions JuliaTime (thanks to Curtis Vogt) and Time4J (thanks to Meno Hochschild) and ThreeTen-Extra, and its description of Java 8 has been brought up to date (thanks to diff --git a/europe b/europe index 2ad164b..c1c3410 100644 --- a/europe +++ b/europe @@ -582,16 +582,33 @@ Rule E-Eur 1979 1995 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - Rule E-Eur 1981 max - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S Rule E-Eur 1996 max - Oct lastSun 0:00 0 - + +# Daylight saving time for Russia and the Soviet Union +# +# The 1917-1921 decree URLs are from Alexander Belopolsky (2016-08-23). + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Russia 1917 only - Jul 1 23:00 1:00 MST # Moscow Summer Time +# +# Decree No. 142 (1917-12-22) http://istmat.info/node/28137 Rule Russia 1917 only - Dec 28 0:00 0 MMT # Moscow Mean Time +# +# Decree No. 497 (1918-05-30) http://istmat.info/node/30001 Rule Russia 1918 only - May 31 22:00 2:00 MDST # Moscow Double Summer Time Rule Russia 1918 only - Sep 16 1:00 1:00 MST +# +# Decree No. 258 (1919-05-29) http://istmat.info/node/37949 Rule Russia 1919 only - May 31 23:00 2:00 MDST +# Rule Russia 1919 only - Jul 1 2:00 1:00 MSD Rule Russia 1919 only - Aug 16 0:00 0 MSK +# +# Decree No. 63 (1921-02-03) http://istmat.info/node/45840 Rule Russia 1921 only - Feb 14 23:00 1:00 MSD +# +# Decree No. 121 (1921-03-07) http://istmat.info/node/45949 Rule Russia 1921 only - Mar 20 23:00 2:00 +05 +# Rule Russia 1921 only - Sep 1 0:00 1:00 MSD Rule Russia 1921 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - # Act No. 925 of the Council of Ministers of the USSR (1980-10-24): -- 2.7.4