>From 987117d63f3e76c96a0db87228ff2f5d07397660 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2019 01:41:30 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Brussels 1892-05-01 transition was at 00:17:30 * NEWS: Mention this. (Thanks to Michael Deckers.) * europe (Europe/Brussels): Do it. --- NEWS | 3 +++ europe | 16 +++++++++++----- 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index e52784b..6f853de 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes 01-01 at 00:00. (Thanks to Alois Treindl and Michael Deckers.) Also, it switched from CST to CDT on 1950-04-30, not 1947-04-27. + The 1892-05-01 transition in Brussels was at 00:17:30, not at noon. + (Thanks to Michael Deckers.) + Changes to past time zone abbreviations and DST flags Hong Kong Winter Time, observed from 1941-10-01 to 1941-12-25, diff --git a/europe b/europe index a5493ee..7ce3029 100644 --- a/europe +++ b/europe @@ -880,15 +880,21 @@ Zone Europe/Minsk 1:50:16 - LMT 1880 # Belgium # -# From Paul Eggert (1997-07-02): +# From Michael Deckers (2019-08-25): +# The exposition in the web page +# https://www.bestor.be/wiki/index.php/Voyager_dans_le_temps._L%E2%80%99introduction_de_la_norme_de_Greenwich_en_Belgique +# gives several contemporary sources from which one can conclude that +# the switch in Europe/Brussels on 1892-05-01 was from 00:17:30 to 00:00:00. +# +# From Paul Eggert (2019-08-28): +# Entries from 1914 through 1917 are taken from "De tijd in Belgi��" +# . # Entries from 1918 through 1991 are taken from: # Annuaire de L'Observatoire Royal de Belgique, # Avenue Circulaire, 3, B-1180 BRUXELLES, CLVIIe ann��e, 1991 # (Imprimerie HAYEZ, s.p.r.l., Rue Fin, 4, 1080 BRUXELLES, MCMXC), # pp 8-9. -# LMT before 1892 was 0:17:30, according to the official journal of Belgium: -# Moniteur Belge, Samedi 30 Avril 1892, N.121. -# Thanks to Pascal Delmoitie for these references. +# Thanks to Pascal Delmoitie for the 1918/1991 references. # The 1918 rules are listed for completeness; they apply to unoccupied Belgium. # Assume Brussels switched to WET in 1918 when the armistice took effect. # @@ -933,7 +939,7 @@ Rule Belgium 1946 only - May 19 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Belgium 1946 only - Oct 7 2:00s 0 - # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Europe/Brussels 0:17:30 - LMT 1880 - 0:17:30 - BMT 1892 May 1 12:00 # Brussels MT + 0:17:30 - BMT 1892 May 1 00:17:30 0:00 - WET 1914 Nov 8 1:00 - CET 1916 May 1 0:00 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1918 Nov 11 11:00u -- 2.17.1