From f1d4fd78cbbd8bccec374c3e96e9b4ac37e0a83e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2019 02:02:21 -0700 Subject: [PROPOSED] Fixes for Kalingrad in 1945/6 (Thanks to Alois Triendl.) * NEWS: Mention this. * europe (Europe/Kaliningrad): Fix transitions in 1945/6. --- NEWS | 5 ++++- europe | 10 ++++++++-- 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 8120ec5..2337904 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -14,7 +14,10 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes Edmonton did not observe DST in 1967 or 1969. In 1946 Vancouver ended DST on 09-29 not 10-13, and Vienna ended DST on 10-07 not - 10-06. (Thanks to Alois Triendl.) + 10-06. In 1945 Königsberg (now Kaliningrad) switched from +01/+02 + to +02/+03 on 04-10 not 01-01, and its +02/+03 is abbreviated + EET/EEST, not CET/CEST. (Thanks to Alois Triendl.) In 1946 + Königsberg switched to +03 on 04-07 not 01-01. Changes to past time zone abbreviations and DST flags diff --git a/europe b/europe index 9b819a0..ec6f112 100644 --- a/europe +++ b/europe @@ -2497,6 +2497,12 @@ Zone Europe/Bucharest 1:44:24 - LMT 1891 Oct # Europe/Kaliningrad covers... # 39 RU-KGD Kaliningrad Oblast +# From Paul Eggert (2019-07-25): +# Although Shanks lists 1945-01-01 as the date for transition from +# +01/+02 to +02/+03, more likely this is a placeholder. Guess that +# the transition occurred at 1945-04-10 00:00, which is about when +# Königsberg surrendered to Soviet troops. (Thanks to Alois Triendl.) + # From Paul Eggert (2016-03-18): # The 1989 transition is from USSR act No. 227 (1989-03-14). @@ -2513,8 +2519,8 @@ Zone Europe/Bucharest 1:44:24 - LMT 1891 Oct # Moscow on 1991-11-03, switched to Moscow-1 on 1992-01-19. Zone Europe/Kaliningrad 1:22:00 - LMT 1893 Apr - 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1945 - 2:00 Poland CE%sT 1946 + 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1945 Apr 10 + 2:00 Poland EE%sT 1946 Apr 7 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 1989 Mar 26 2:00s 2:00 Russia EE%sT 2011 Mar 27 2:00s 3:00 - +03 2014 Oct 26 2:00s -- 2.17.1