Here's an additional proposed change to the europe file to cover the Turkish one-day delay in the start of DST. If no problems are found, this will appear on the ftp site on 2011-03-14 along with the changes proposed yesterday. --ado ------- europe ------- *** /tmp/geta10962 Thu Mar 10 22:03:45 2011 --- /tmp/getb10962 Thu Mar 10 22:03:45 2011 *************** *** 1,5 **** # <pre> ! # @(#)europe 8.27 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. --- 1,5 ---- # <pre> ! # @(#)europe 8.28 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. *************** *** 2483,2507 **** # (on a non-government server though) describing dates between 2002 and 2006: # http://www.alomaliye.com/bkk_2002_3769.htm ! # From Sue Williams (2008-08-11): ! # I spotted this news article about a potential change in Turkey. ! # ! # <a href="http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/domestic/9626174.asp?scr=1"> ! # http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/domestic/9626174.asp?scr=1 # </a> ! ! # From Sue Williams (2008-08-20): ! # This article says that around the end of March 2011, Turkey wants to ! # adjust the clocks forward by 1/2 hour and stay that way permanently. ! # The article indicates that this is a change in timezone offset in addition ! # to stopping observance of DST. ! # This proposal has not yet been approved. ! # ! # Read more here... ! # ! # Turkey to abandon daylight saving time in 2011 ! # <a href="http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=112989"> ! # http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=112989 # </a> # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S --- 2483,2500 ---- # (on a non-government server though) describing dates between 2002 and 2006: # http://www.alomaliye.com/bkk_2002_3769.htm ! # From Gökdeniz Karadağ (2011-03-10): ! # ! # According to the articles linked below, Turkey will change into summer ! # time zone (GMT+3) on March 28, 2011 at 3:00 a.m. instead of March 27. ! # This change is due to a nationwide exam on 27th. ! # ! # <a href="http://www.worldbulletin.net/?aType=haber&ArticleID=70872"> ! # http://www.worldbulletin.net/?aType=haber&ArticleID=70872 # </a> ! # Turkish: ! # <a href="http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/ekonomi/17230464.asp?gid=373"> ! # http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/ekonomi/17230464.asp?gid=373 # </a> # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S *************** *** 2569,2574 **** --- 2562,2569 ---- 2:00 Turkey EE%sT 1978 Oct 15 3:00 Turkey TR%sT 1985 Apr 20 # Turkey Time 2:00 Turkey EE%sT 2007 + 2:00 EU EE%sT 2011 Mar 27 1:00u + 2:00 - EET 2011 Mar 28 1:00u 2:00 EU EE%sT Link Europe/Istanbul Asia/Istanbul # Istanbul is in both continents.