"Olson, Arthur David \(NIH/NCI\) [E]" <olsona@dc37a.nci.nih.gov> writes:
From: Nirav Jk Vora [mailto:nirav.vora@in.ibm.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 6:16 AM
Actually as per the current rule that is being used in the JVM Daylight saving was supposed to start at 3.00AM . But as per the latest rule from the below link, Daylight timings start from 1.00AM...
http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/europe/european-union/turkey/
Thanks, but that link says Turkish DST starts at 01:00 GMT (i.e., at 03:00 local time) and ends at 01:00 GMT (i.e., at 04:00 local time). This agrees with the current tz database. But Amar Devegowda reported that Turkish DST actually starts at 01:00 local time and ends at 02:00 local time. Steffen Thorsen of timeanddate.com agreed, and cited Turkish newspaper reports from 1996 through 2001. I'm inclined to go with Devegowda and Thorsen, but what would be helpful is an official source (e.g., a citation from Turkish law) that says exactly when this practice started. So far, all we know is that the current Turkish practice started before 1996, which is a bit vague.