On Aug 30, 2013, at 4:54 AM, "Clive D.W. Feather" <clive@davros.org> wrote:
Guy Harris said:
And irrelevant to the time zone database until somebody updates the "europe" file to reflect the difference in LMT prior to the adoption, in both Italy and the Vatican, of standard time.
Just to confuse things, Rome wasn't part of Italy until October 1871 [1] when the Papal States were absorbed into the new country (Italy itself wasn't created until 1861) following a plebiscite.
The Papacy didn't accept this result and claimed to remain a separate country. In 1929 the Lateran Treaty created a new Vatican City State controlled by the Holy See.
Yeah, the name "Lateran Treaty" floated to the top of my brain shortly after I sent that, but I was too busy with other things to go back and follow up.