For the same reason the "KALT" designation was created for Kaliningrad (because +03:00 is not generally equivalent to EET), we should probably use something like "MINT" (or alternatively, since Belarus currently has only one zone, "BYT").

Also, I feel it might be more logical to effect this change on the date of the last clock change, 27 March 2011.  Regardless of when the actual decrees were enacted, I doubt the average person in Belarus perceived any "change" in timekeeping on 15 September 2011.

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Tim Parenti



On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 12:35, Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] <olsona@dc37a.nci.nih.gov> wrote:
I'm forwarding this message from Alexander Bokovoy; AB is now a subscriber.

                               --ado

-----Original Message-----
From: Alexander Bokovoy [mailto:abokovoy@redhat.com]
Sent: Friday, September 16, 2011 6:06
To: tz@lecserver.nci.nih.gov
Subject: Belarus abolishes DST

Hello!

Moving towards unification with Russia on economical reasons, Republic
of Belarus has announced today to cancel daylight saving time rule and
don't rewind clocks on last Sunday of October.

Here is the news (in Russian):
http://gosstandart.gov.by/ru-RU/NewsId.php?UrlRid=550

The decree is N1229 by Belarussian government, dated 2011-09-15,
unfortunately, not yet published on pravo.by so I can't reference it.

If I'm not mistaken, the change would make Europe/Minsk zone look
like:

# Belarus
# Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
Zone    Europe/Minsk    1:50:16 -       LMT     1880
                       1:50    -       MMT     1924 May 2 # Minsk Mean Time
                       2:00    -       EET     1930 Jun 21
                       3:00    -       MSK     1941 Jun 28
                       1:00    C-Eur   CE%sT   1944 Jul  3
                       3:00    Russia  MSK/MSD 1990
                       3:00    -       MSK     1991 Mar 31 2:00s
                       2:00    1:00    EEST    1991 Sep 29 2:00s
                       2:00    -       EET     1992 Mar 29 0:00s
                       2:00    1:00    EEST    1992 Sep 27 0:00s
                       2:00    Russia  EE%sT   2011 Sep 15
                       3:00    -       EET

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/ Alexander Bokovoy