Bill to return Russia 11 time zones
According to the Russian news (ITAR-TASS News Agency) http://en.itar-tass.com/russia/738562 The State Duma has approved in the second and third, the last reading the draft bill on returning to winter time standard and return Russia 11 time zones. The new regulations will come into effect on October 26, 2014 at 02:00 Moscow time. http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia62.html Alexander Krivenyshev http://www.WorldTimeZone.com
Thanks for the heads-up. So the Crimeans will change time zones twice in the same year? Probably the least of their worries.... Speaking of which, we should move the entry for Europe/Simferopol closer to that for Europe/Moscow, to simplify this sort of maintenance. It is amusing that all changes are supposed to happen at 02:00 Moscow time. So the folks in Vladivostok are supposed to move their clock backs at 09:00 local time? The ITAR-TASS article is a little hazy on the details of the new time zone boundaries. Most of them seem to be the same as before. Although the article suggests that we may need to split a zone because of Zabajkal'skij kraj, I'd like to see a copy of the actual legislation before going that far. I noodled around on the State Duma website without finding the law; perhaps they're still working on publication. In the meantime, I've attached a proposed patch (all in ASCII! :-) for the parts of the change that seem reasonably clear. I've pushed this to the experimental repository on github. I also wonder whether neighboring countries will follow suit. Belarus, Armenia, and Azerbaijan, for example.
Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu> writes:
Thanks for the heads-up. So the Crimeans will change time zones twice in the same year? Probably the least of their worries.... Speaking of which, we should move the entry for Europe/Simferopol closer to that for Europe/Moscow, to simplify this sort of maintenance.
It is amusing that all changes are supposed to happen at 02:00 Moscow time. So the folks in Vladivostok are supposed to move their clock backs at 09:00 local time?
The ITAR-TASS article is a little hazy on the details of the new time zone boundaries. Most of them seem to be the same as before. Although the article suggests that we may need to split a zone because of Zabajkal'skij kraj, I'd like to see a copy of the actual legislation before going that far. I noodled around on the State Duma website without finding the law; perhaps they're still working on publication. In the meantime, I've attached a proposed patch (all in ASCII! for the parts of the change that seem reasonably clear. I've pushed this to the experimental repository on github.
I also wonder whether neighboring countries will follow suit. Belarus, Armenia, and Azerbaijan, for example.
According to the news, this new bill will be considered in the Russian Federation Council in a week from today (on July 9, 2014) and then have to be signed by the President. Text of the bill (in Russian) could be found on State Duma web site: http://asozd2.duma.gov.ru/main.nsf/%28Spravka%29?OpenAgent&RN=431985-6&02 or http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia64.html If approved, new changes will come into effect on October 26, 2014 at 02:00. (newspaper put wrong statement "at 02:00 Moscow time") Alexander Krivenyshev, WorldTimeZone.com
According to the news, this new bill will be considered in the Russian Federation Council in a week from today (on July 9, 2014) and then have to be signed by the President.
Text of the bill (in Russian) could be found on State Duma web site: http://asozd2.duma.gov.ru/main.nsf/%28Spravka%29?OpenAgent&RN=431985-6&02 or http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia64.html
If approved, new changes will come into effect on October 26, 2014 at 02:00. (newspaper put wrong statement "at 02:00 Moscow time")
Alexander Krivenyshev, WorldTimeZone.com
Here is a link where we put together table (based on approved Bill N 431985-6) with proposed 11 Russian time zones and corresponding areas/cities/administrative centers in the Russian Federation (in English): http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia65.html Alexander Krivenyshev, WorldTimeZone.com
Alexander Krivenyshev wrote:
http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia65.html
Thanks. I tried to understand the change by comparing this to the 2011 list in <http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia36.html>. It appears that all regions are subtracting 1 hour from their clocks, except for the following: 1. The following regions are not changing their clocks: Chukotsky Avtonomny Okrug (Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Chukotka) UTC+12 Kamchatsky Krai (Kamchatka Krai, Kamchatka) UTC+12 Kemerovskaya oblast (Kemerovo Oblast, Kemerovo Region) UTC+7 Magadanskaya Oblast (Magadan Oblast, Magadan Region) UTC+12 Samarskaya Oblast (Samara Oblast, Samara Region) UTC+4 Udmurt Republic (Udmurtskaya Respublika) UTC+4 Zabaykalsky Krai UTC+10 2. The following region is in the 2014 list and not the 2011 list: Republic of Crimea UTC+3 3. The following regions were in the 2011 list but are missing in the 2014 list: Alexandrovsk-Sakhalinsky District UTC+11 Anivsky District UTC+11 Dolinsky District UTC+11 Kholmsky District UTC+11 Korsakovsky District UTC+11 Kurilsky District (Kuril Islands) UTC+11 Makarovsky District UTC+11 Nevelsky District UTC+11 Nogliksky District UTC+11 Okhinsky District UTC+11 Poronaysky District UTC+11 Smirnykhovsky District UTC+11 Tomarinsky District UTC+11 Tymovsky District UTC+11 Uglegorsky District UTC+11 Yuzhno-Kurilsky District (Kuril Islands) UTC+11 I am worried about (3). Have these districts been abolished, or have their 2014 time zones not been decided yet, or what?
On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 7:28 AM, Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> wrote:
Alexander Krivenyshev wrote:
http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia65.html
I am worried about (3). Have these districts been abolished, or have their 2014 time zones not been decided yet, or what? The list from worldtimezone.com does not list Sevastopol City and all but one district of Sakhalin Region, namely North Kurils District https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Location_of_Severo-Kurilsky_District...
Here is another link, with two maps http://astro.uni-altai.ru/~orion/blog/2014/01/rossiya-perehodit-na-zimnee-vr... -- Tobias Conradi Rheinsberger Str. 18 10115 Berlin Germany http://tobiasconradi.com/
3. The following regions were in the 2011 list but are missing in the 2014 list:
Alexandrovsk-Sakhalinsky District UTC+11 Anivsky District UTC+11 Dolinsky District UTC+11 Kholmsky District UTC+11 Korsakovsky District UTC+11 Kurilsky District (Kuril Islands) UTC+11 Makarovsky District UTC+11 Nevelsky District UTC+11 Nogliksky District UTC+11 Okhinsky District UTC+11 Poronaysky District UTC+11 Smirnykhovsky District UTC+11 Tomarinsky District UTC+11 Tymovsky District UTC+11 Uglegorsky District UTC+11 Yuzhno-Kurilsky District (Kuril Islands) UTC+11
I am worried about (3). Have these districts been abolished, or have their 2014 time zones not been decided yet, or what?
all those Sakhalin regions (3) were listed, and placed under UTC+10 (MCK+7) under Russia Time Zone 9: (I didn't get chance to put them, I will make update today): Alexandrovsk-Sakhalinsky District UTC+10 Anivsky District UTC+10 Dolinsky District UTC+10 Kholmsky District UTC+10 Korsakovsky District UTC+10 Kurilsky District (Kuril Islands) UTC+10 Makarovsky District UTC+10 Nevelsky District UTC+10 Nogliksky District UTC+10 Okhinsky District UTC+10 Poronaysky District UTC+10 Smirnykhovsky District UTC+10 Tomarinsky District UTC+10 Tymovsky District UTC+10 Uglegorsky District UTC+10 Yuzhno-Kurilsky District (Kuril Islands) UTC+10 Yes, there are few more steps to finalise this Bill (by approval by Federation Council and to be signed by the President). Alexander Krivenyshev, WorldTimeZone.com
Yes, there are few more steps to finalise this Bill (by approval by Federation Council and to be signed by the President).
Alexander Krivenyshev, WorldTimeZone.com
The Russian Federation Council approved today (July 9) the bill returning "winter" time in Russia. RIA in Russian: http://ria.ru/society/20140709/1015274264.html Alexander Krivenyshev, WorldTimeZone.com
According to the news (Russian ITAR-TASS News Agency) Putin signed the Federal Law 431985-6 return to winter time and to use 11 time zones in Russia. (in Russian) http://itar-tass.com/obschestvo/1333711 The official internet-portal of legal information Russian state system of legal information (in Russian) http://www.pravo.gov.ru:8080/page.aspx?111660 # print Vladimir Putin signed the Federal Law "On Amendments to the Federal Law" On the calculation of time. " (in Russian) http://www.kremlin.ru/acts/46279 From October 26, 2014 the new Russian time zone map will looks like this: http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia-map-2014-07.html Alexander Krivenyshev http://www.WorldTimeZone.com
Alexander Krivenyshev wrote:
(newspaper put wrong statement "at 02:00 Moscow time")
Thanks, I applied the attached further patch to fix that, plus to add a URL to your table. More fixes will be needed; the version in github is clearly still wrong (though it's better than what's in tz2014e). By the way, I somehow had the impression that this decision was final -- I didn't realize it needs to jump through one or two more legal hoops. However, it does sound reasonably likely, so it shouldn't hurt for us to put it into the experimental version on github.
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