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authoredwin <edwin@FreeBSD.org>2010-08-01 09:03:10 +0000
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MFV of r210716, tzdata2010k
- Daylight Saving Time will not be used in Egypt during Ramadan. - Proper names for Pacific/Pohnpei and Pacific/Chuuk - Fix historical information for Finland for 1981 and 1982 - No leap-second for December 2010. - Fix historical information for Ontario (Canada)
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# <pre>
-# @(#)europe 8.26
+# @(#)europe 8.27
# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
@@ -1013,22 +1013,47 @@ Zone Europe/Tallinn 1:39:00 - LMT 1880
2:00 EU EE%sT
# Finland
-#
+
# From Hannu Strang (1994-09-25 06:03:37 UTC):
# Well, here in Helsinki we're just changing from summer time to regular one,
# and it's supposed to change at 4am...
+
+# From Janne Snabb (2010-0715):
#
-# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
-# Shanks & Pottenger say Finland has switched at 02:00 standard time
-# since 1981. Go with Strang instead.
+# I noticed that the Finland data is not accurate for years 1981 and 1982.
+# During these two first trial years the DST adjustment was made one hour
+# earlier than in forthcoming years. Starting 1983 the adjustment was made
+# according to the central European standards.
+#
+# This is documented in Heikki Oja: Aikakirja 2007, published by The Almanac
+# Office of University of Helsinki, ISBN 952-10-3221-9, available online (in
+# Finnish) at
+#
+# <a href="http://almanakka.helsinki.fi/aikakirja/Aikakirja2007kokonaan.pdf">
+# http://almanakka.helsinki.fi/aikakirja/Aikakirja2007kokonaan.pdf
+# </a>
+#
+# Page 105 (56 in PDF version) has a handy table of all past daylight savings
+# transitions. It is easy enough to interpret without Finnish skills.
+#
+# This is also confirmed by Finnish Broadcasting Company's archive at:
#
+# <a href="http://www.yle.fi/elavaarkisto/?s=s&g=1&ag=5&t=&a=3401">
+# http://www.yle.fi/elavaarkisto/?s=s&g=1&ag=5&t=&a=3401
+# </a>
+#
+# The news clip from 1981 says that "the time between 2 and 3 o'clock does not
+# exist tonight."
+
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Finland 1942 only - Apr 3 0:00 1:00 S
Rule Finland 1942 only - Oct 3 0:00 0 -
+Rule Finland 1981 1982 - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 S
+Rule Finland 1981 1982 - Sep lastSun 3:00 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Europe/Helsinki 1:39:52 - LMT 1878 May 31
1:39:52 - HMT 1921 May # Helsinki Mean Time
- 2:00 Finland EE%sT 1981 Mar 29 2:00
+ 2:00 Finland EE%sT 1983
2:00 EU EE%sT
# Aaland Is
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