Non-EU Europe, record set today

I would like to ask: given that the European Union has extended summer time until October 27, and that Russia did the same, can we assume that all European countries that are *not* in the EU and those former republics of the ex-Soviet Union that observed DST also delayed their ending date this year until the end of October? Another thought. Given that most of the USA, Mexico, the EU and Russia all changed back on the same date, I believe that some sort of record was set today: more people changed time today, 1996 October 27, than on any other date in history. (The combined population of the four nations/unions mentioned above being in the range 800-900 million). Editorial comment on the above: it should have been on the last Sunday in September not October! Chris Carrier

Date: 27 Oct 96 23:58:39 EST From: Chris Carrier <72157.3334@CompuServe.COM> can we assume that all European countries that are *not* in the EU and those former republics of the ex-Soviet Union that observed DST also delayed their ending date this year until the end of October? As far as I know, the only exception is Kirgizstan, which (according to the IATA) continued with its old rules and switched the last Sunday in September. (I'm still preparing a zoneinfo patch using IATA data that Gwillim Law kindly sent me a summary of.) I believe that some sort of record was set today: more people changed time today, 1996 October 27, than on any other date... Could be. 1991-09-15 is another candidate; it's the last time that China changed its clocks.
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Chris Carrier
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