>From 44dded8158a28e5dc23a1afe1229cf99021fbd1c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2016 22:50:56 -0700
Subject: [PROPOSED PATCH] Match INRIM better for Italian DST

Problem reported by Michael Deckers in:
http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2016-October/024359.html
* NEWS: Document this.
* europe (Italy): Adjust to match INRIM better,
and simplify.
---
 NEWS   |  7 ++++---
 europe | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 1084cb2..0eb56dd 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -4,15 +4,16 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes
 
   Changes to past time stamps
 
-    Pre-1945 rules for daylight saving in Italy have been changed to
+    Pre-1975 rules for daylight saving in Italy have been changed to
     agree with Italy's National Institute of Metrological Research, as
     follows.  The 1916-06-03 transition was at 24:00, not 00:00.  The
     1916-10-01, 1919-10-05, and 1920-09-19 transitions were at 00:00,
     not 01:00.  The 1917-09-30 and 1918-10-06 transitions were at
     24:00, not 01:00.  The 1944-09-17 transition was at 02:00, not
-    01:00.  These changes affect Europe/Malta, Europe/Rome,
+    01:00.  The 1967-1970 and 1972-1974 fallback transitions were at
+    01:00, not 00:00.  These changes affect Europe/Malta, Europe/Rome,
     Europe/San_Marino, and Europe/Vatican.  (Thanks to Pierpaolo
-    Bernardi and Brian Inglis.)
+    Bernardi, Brian Inglis, and Michael Deckers.)
 
   Changes to code
 
diff --git a/europe b/europe
index 83b137d..1ce9a40 100644
--- a/europe
+++ b/europe
@@ -1516,30 +1516,31 @@ Rule	Italy	1919	only	-	Oct	 4	24:00	0	-
 Rule	Italy	1920	only	-	Mar	20	24:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Italy	1920	only	-	Sep	18	24:00	0	-
 Rule	Italy	1940	only	-	Jun	14	24:00	1:00	S
-Rule	Italy	1942	only	-	Nov	 2	 3:00	0	-
-Rule	Italy	1943	only	-	Mar	29	 2:00	1:00	S
-Rule	Italy	1943	only	-	Oct	 4	 3:00	0	-
+Rule	Italy	1942	only	-	Nov	 2	 2:00s	0	-
+Rule	Italy	1943	only	-	Mar	29	 2:00s	1:00	S
+Rule	Italy	1943	only	-	Oct	 4	 2:00s	0	-
 Rule	Italy	1944	only	-	Apr	 3	 2:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Italy	1944	only	-	Sep	17	 2:00	0	-
 Rule	Italy	1945	only	-	Apr	 2	 2:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Italy	1945	only	-	Sep	15	 1:00	0	-
-Rule	Italy	1946	only	-	Mar	17	 2:00	1:00	S
-Rule	Italy	1946	only	-	Oct	 6	 3:00	0	-
-Rule	Italy	1947	only	-	Mar	16	 0:00	1:00	S
-Rule	Italy	1947	only	-	Oct	 5	 1:00	0	-
-Rule	Italy	1948	only	-	Feb	29	 2:00	1:00	S
-Rule	Italy	1948	only	-	Oct	 3	 3:00	0	-
-Rule	Italy	1966	1968	-	May	Sun>=22	 0:00	1:00	S
-Rule	Italy	1966	1969	-	Sep	Sun>=22	 0:00	0	-
-Rule	Italy	1969	only	-	Jun	 1	 0:00	1:00	S
-Rule	Italy	1970	only	-	May	31	 0:00	1:00	S
-Rule	Italy	1970	only	-	Sep	lastSun	 0:00	0	-
-Rule	Italy	1971	1972	-	May	Sun>=22	 0:00	1:00	S
-Rule	Italy	1971	only	-	Sep	lastSun	 1:00	0	-
-Rule	Italy	1972	only	-	Oct	 1	 0:00	0	-
-Rule	Italy	1973	only	-	Jun	 3	 0:00	1:00	S
-Rule	Italy	1973	1974	-	Sep	lastSun	 0:00	0	-
-Rule	Italy	1974	only	-	May	26	 0:00	1:00	S
+Rule	Italy	1946	only	-	Mar	17	 2:00s	1:00	S
+Rule	Italy	1946	only	-	Oct	 6	 2:00s	0	-
+Rule	Italy	1947	only	-	Mar	16	 0:00s	1:00	S
+Rule	Italy	1947	only	-	Oct	 5	 0:00s	0	-
+Rule	Italy	1948	only	-	Feb	29	 2:00s	1:00	S
+Rule	Italy	1948	only	-	Oct	 3	 2:00s	0	-
+Rule	Italy	1966	1968	-	May	Sun>=22	 0:00s	1:00	S
+Rule	Italy	1966	only	-	Sep	24	24:00	0	-
+Rule	Italy	1967	1969	-	Sep	Sun>=22	 0:00s	0	-
+Rule	Italy	1969	only	-	Jun	 1	 0:00s	1:00	S
+Rule	Italy	1970	only	-	May	31	 0:00s	1:00	S
+Rule	Italy	1970	only	-	Sep	lastSun	 0:00s	0	-
+Rule	Italy	1971	1972	-	May	Sun>=22	 0:00s	1:00	S
+Rule	Italy	1971	only	-	Sep	lastSun	 0:00s	0	-
+Rule	Italy	1972	only	-	Oct	 1	 0:00s	0	-
+Rule	Italy	1973	only	-	Jun	 3	 0:00s	1:00	S
+Rule	Italy	1973	1974	-	Sep	lastSun	 0:00s	0	-
+Rule	Italy	1974	only	-	May	26	 0:00s	1:00	S
 Rule	Italy	1975	only	-	Jun	 1	 0:00s	1:00	S
 Rule	Italy	1975	1977	-	Sep	lastSun	 0:00s	0	-
 Rule	Italy	1976	only	-	May	30	 0:00s	1:00	S
-- 
2.7.4

