From 234379d02ec8f99632844c88a03a481207637427 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2016 22:52:40 -0700 Subject: [PROPOSED PATCH] The 1919-07-01 Soviet transition was at 00:00 UT These transitions to UT-based time were at 00:00 UT, not at 02:00 local time. (Thanks to Alexander Belopolsky.) * NEWS: Document this. * europe (Russia, Europe/Moscow, Europe/Kirov, Europe/Samara) (Europe/Ulyanovsk): Implement this. --- NEWS | 5 +++++ europe | 20 +++++++++++++++----- 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 50421b7..7b105da 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes corrected from 02:00 to 02:01 in 1948, and from 02:00 to 01:00 in 1950-1966. + For zones using Soviet time on 1919-07-01, transitions to UT-based + time were at 00:00 UT, not at 02:00 local time. The affected + zones are Europe/Kirov, Europe/Moscow, Europe/Samara, and + Europe/Ulyanovsk. (Thanks to Alexander Belopolsky.) + Changes to past and future time zone abbreviations The Factory zone now uses the time zone abbreviation -00 instead diff --git a/europe b/europe index c1c3410..3a1f9db 100644 --- a/europe +++ b/europe @@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ 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 - Jul 1 0:00u 1:00 MSD Rule Russia 1919 only - Aug 16 0:00 0 MSK # # Decree No. 63 (1921-02-03) http://istmat.info/node/45840 @@ -2401,6 +2401,16 @@ Zone Europe/Kaliningrad 1:22:00 - LMT 1893 Apr # 78 RU-SPE Saint Petersburg # 83 RU-NEN Nenets Autonomous Okrug +# From Paul Eggert (2016-08-23): +# The Soviets switched to UT-based time in 1919. Decree No. 59 +# (1919-02-08) http://istmat.info/node/35567 established UT-based time +# zones, and Decree No. 147 (1919-03-29) http://istmat.info/node/35854 +# specified a transition date of 1919-07-01, apparently at 00:00 UT. +# No doubt only the Soviet-controlled regions switched on that date; +# later transitions to UT-based time in other parts of Russia are +# taken from what appear to be guesses by Shanks. +# (Thanks to Alexander Belopolsky for pointers to the decrees.) + # From Stepan Golosunov (2016-03-07): # 11. Regions-violators, 1981-1982. # Wikipedia refers to @@ -2502,7 +2512,7 @@ Zone Europe/Kaliningrad 1:22:00 - LMT 1893 Apr Zone Europe/Moscow 2:30:17 - LMT 1880 2:30:17 - MMT 1916 Jul 3 # Moscow Mean Time - 2:31:19 Russia %s 1919 Jul 1 2:00 + 2:31:19 Russia %s 1919 Jul 1 0:00u 3:00 Russia %s 1921 Oct 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 1922 Oct 2:00 - EET 1930 Jun 21 @@ -2599,7 +2609,7 @@ Zone Europe/Volgograd 2:57:40 - LMT 1920 Jan 3 # 43 RU-KIR Kirov Oblast # The 1989 transition is from USSR act No. 227 (1989-03-14). # -Zone Europe/Kirov 3:18:48 - LMT 1919 Jul 1 2:00 +Zone Europe/Kirov 3:18:48 - LMT 1919 Jul 1 0:00u 3:00 - +03 1930 Jun 21 4:00 Russia +04/+05 1989 Mar 26 2:00s 3:00 Russia +03/+04 1991 Mar 31 2:00s @@ -2617,7 +2627,7 @@ Zone Europe/Kirov 3:18:48 - LMT 1919 Jul 1 2:00 # Byalokoz 1919 says Samara was 3:20:20. # The 1989 transition is from USSR act No. 227 (1989-03-14). -Zone Europe/Samara 3:20:20 - LMT 1919 Jul 1 2:00 +Zone Europe/Samara 3:20:20 - LMT 1919 Jul 1 0:00u 3:00 - +03 1930 Jun 21 4:00 - +04 1935 Jan 27 4:00 Russia +04/+05 1989 Mar 26 2:00s @@ -2641,7 +2651,7 @@ Zone Europe/Samara 3:20:20 - LMT 1919 Jul 1 2:00 # From Matt Johnson (2016-03-09): # http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201603090051 -Zone Europe/Ulyanovsk 3:13:36 - LMT 1919 Jul 1 2:00 +Zone Europe/Ulyanovsk 3:13:36 - LMT 1919 Jul 1 0:00u 3:00 - +03 1930 Jun 21 4:00 Russia +04/+05 1989 Mar 26 2:00s 3:00 Russia +03/+04 1991 Mar 31 2:00s -- 2.7.4