From 503894e8c6908190322446a704a2ae64596f6b65 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2014 23:37:37 -0700 Subject: [PROPOSED PATCH] * europe (Europe/Minsk): Change abbreviation from FET to MSK when Moscow changes it clocks (2014-10-26 01:00 Minsk time). * NEWS: Document this. --- NEWS | 7 +++++++ europe | 10 +++++++++- 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 8b01e64..2d8aa87 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -2,6 +2,13 @@ News for the tz database Unreleased, experimental changes + Changes affecting future time stamps + + Since Belarus is not changing its clocks even though Moscow is, + the time zone abbreviation in Europe/Minsk is changing from FET + to its more-traditional value MSK on 2014-10-26 at 01:00. + (Thanks to Alexander Bokovoy for the heads-up about Belarus.) + Changes affecting past time stamps Many time stamps have been corrected for Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh before 1976 diff --git a/europe b/europe index 6b20b92..ba8fb87 100644 --- a/europe +++ b/europe @@ -724,6 +724,13 @@ Zone Europe/Vienna 1:05:21 - LMT 1893 Apr # http://www.belta.by/ru/all_news/society/V-Belarusi-otmenjaetsja-perexod-na-sezonnoe-vremja_i_572952.html # http://naviny.by/rubrics/society/2011/09/16/ic_articles_116_175144/ # http://news.tut.by/society/250578.html +# +# From Alexander Bokovoy (2014-10-09): +# Belarussian government decided against changing to winter time.... +# http://eng.belta.by/all_news/society/Belarus-decides-against-adjusting-time-in-Russias-wake_i_76335.html +# From Paul Eggert (2014-10-08): +# Hence Belarus can share time zone abbreviations with Moscow again. +# # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Europe/Minsk 1:50:16 - LMT 1880 1:50 - MMT 1924 May 2 # Minsk Mean Time @@ -736,7 +743,8 @@ Zone Europe/Minsk 1:50:16 - LMT 1880 2:00 - EET 1992 Mar 29 0:00s 2:00 1:00 EEST 1992 Sep 27 0:00s 2:00 Russia EE%sT 2011 Mar 27 2:00s - 3:00 - FET + 3:00 - FET 2014 Oct 26 1:00s + 3:00 - MSK # Belgium # -- 1.9.1