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diff --git a/contrib/tzdata/europe b/contrib/tzdata/europe index 6994ed8..587f7b0 100644 --- a/contrib/tzdata/europe +++ b/contrib/tzdata/europe @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ +# tzdb data for Europe and environs + # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. @@ -517,7 +519,7 @@ Link Europe/London Europe/Isle_of_Man # # To work around this problem, the build procedure can translate the # following data into two forms, one with negative SAVE values and the -# other form with a traditional approximation for Irish time stamps +# other form with a traditional approximation for Irish timestamps # after 1971-10-31 02:00 UTC; although this approximation has tm_isdst # flags that are reversed, its UTC offsets are correct and this often # suffices. This source file currently uses only nonnegative SAVE @@ -2427,6 +2429,33 @@ Zone Europe/Bucharest 1:44:24 - LMT 1891 Oct # administratively part of Sakhalin oblast', they appear to have # remained on UTC+11 along with Magadan. +# From Marat Nigametzianov (2018-07-16): +# this is link to order from 1956 about timezone in USSR +# http://astro.uni-altai.ru/~orion/blog/2011/11/novyie-granitsyi-chasovyih-poyasov-v-sssr/ +# +# From Paul Eggert (2018-07-16): +# Perhaps someone could translate the above-mentioned link and use it +# to correct our data for the ex-Soviet Union. It cites the following: +# «Поясное время и новые границы часовых поясов» / сост. П.Н. Долгов, +# отв. ред. Г.Д. Бурдун - М: Комитет стандартов, мер и измерительных +# приборов при Совете Министров СССР, Междуведомственная комиссия +# единой службы времени, 1956 г. +# This book looks like it would be a helpful resource for the Soviet +# Union through 1956. Although a copy was in the Scientific Library +# of Tomsk State University, I have not been able to track down a copy nearby. +# +# From Stepan Golosunov (2018-07-21): +# http://astro.uni-altai.ru/~orion/blog/2015/05/center-reforma-ischisleniya-vremeni-br-na-territorii-sssr-v-1957-godu-center/ +# says that the 1956 decision to change time belts' borders was not +# implemented as planned in 1956 and the change happened in 1957. +# There is also the problem that actual time zones were different from +# the official time belts (and from many time belts' maps) as there were +# numerous exceptions to application of time belt rules. For example, +# https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Московское_время#Перемещение_границы_применения_московского_времени_на_восток +# says that by 1962 there were many regions in the 3rd time belt that +# were on Moscow time, referring to a 1962 map. By 1989 number of such +# exceptions grew considerably. + # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-06): # The comments detailing the coverage of each Russian zone are meant to assist # with maintenance only and represent our best guesses as to which regions @@ -2437,9 +2466,6 @@ Zone Europe/Bucharest 1:44:24 - LMT 1891 Oct # future stability. ISO 3166-2:RU codes are also listed for first-level # divisions where available. -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] - - # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03): # Europe/Kaliningrad covers... # 39 RU-KGD Kaliningrad Oblast @@ -2707,6 +2733,15 @@ Zone Europe/Astrakhan 3:12:12 - LMT 1924 May # 34 RU-VGG Volgograd Oblast # The 1988 transition is from USSR act No. 5 (1988-01-04). +# From Alexander Fetisov (2018-09-20): +# Volgograd region in southern Russia (Europe/Volgograd) change +# timezone from UTC+3 to UTC+4 from 28oct2018. +# http://sozd.parliament.gov.ru/bill/452878-7 +# +# From Stepan Golosunov (2018-10-11): +# The law has been published today on +# http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201810110037 + Zone Europe/Volgograd 2:57:40 - LMT 1920 Jan 3 3:00 - +03 1930 Jun 21 4:00 - +04 1961 Nov 11 @@ -2715,7 +2750,8 @@ Zone Europe/Volgograd 2:57:40 - LMT 1920 Jan 3 4:00 - +04 1992 Mar 29 2:00s 3:00 Russia +03/+04 2011 Mar 27 2:00s 4:00 - +04 2014 Oct 26 2:00s - 3:00 - +03 + 3:00 - +03 2018 Oct 28 2:00s + 4:00 - +04 # From Paul Eggert (2016-11-11): # Europe/Saratov covers: @@ -3404,7 +3440,8 @@ Rule Spain 1978 only - Oct 1 2:00s 0 - #Rule NatSpain 1937 only - May 22 23:00 1:00 S #Rule NatSpain 1937 1938 - Oct Sat>=1 24:00s 0 - #Rule NatSpain 1938 only - Mar 26 23:00 1:00 S -# The following rules are copied from Morocco from 1967 through 1978. +# The following rules are copied from Morocco from 1967 through 1978, +# except with "S" letters. Rule SpainAfrica 1967 only - Jun 3 12:00 1:00 S Rule SpainAfrica 1967 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - Rule SpainAfrica 1974 only - Jun 24 0:00 1:00 S @@ -3424,6 +3461,7 @@ Zone Africa/Ceuta -0:21:16 - LMT 1900 Dec 31 23:38:44 0:00 1:00 WEST 1918 Oct 7 23:00 0:00 - WET 1924 0:00 Spain WE%sT 1929 + 0:00 - WET 1967 # Help zishrink.awk. 0:00 SpainAfrica WE%sT 1984 Mar 16 1:00 - CET 1986 1:00 EU CE%sT @@ -3609,7 +3647,7 @@ Zone Europe/Zurich 0:34:08 - LMT 1853 Jul 16 # See above comment. # http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2001/03/20010324.htm#2 - for 2001 # http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2002/03/20020316.htm#2 - for 2002-2006 # From Paul Eggert (2016-09-25): -# Prefer the above sources to Shanks & Pottenger for time stamps after 1985. +# Prefer the above sources to Shanks & Pottenger for timestamps after 1985. # From Steffen Thorsen (2007-03-09): # Starting 2007 though, it seems that they are adopting EU's 1:00 UTC @@ -3819,10 +3857,29 @@ Link Europe/Istanbul Asia/Istanbul # Istanbul is in both continents. # * Ukrainian Government's Resolution of 20.03.1992, No. 139. # http://www.uazakon.com/documents/date_8u/pg_grcasa.htm +# From Paul Eggert (2018-10-03): +# As is usual in tzdb, Ukrainian zones use the most common English spellings. +# For example, tzdb uses Europe/Kiev, as "Kiev" is the most common spelling in +# English for Ukraine's capital, even though it is certainly wrong as a +# transliteration of the Ukrainian "Київ". This is similar to tzdb's use of +# Europe/Prague, which is certainly wrong as a transliteration of the Czech +# "Praha". ("Kiev" came from old Slavic via Russian to English, and "Prague" +# came from old Slavic via French to English, so the two cases have something +# in common.) Admittedly English-language spelling of Ukrainian names is +# controversial, and some day "Kyiv" may become substantially more popular in +# English; in the meantime, stick with the traditional English "Kiev" as that +# means less disruption for our users. +# +# Anyway, none of the common English-language spellings (Kiev, Kyiv, Kieff, +# Kijeff, Kijev, Kiyef, Kiyeff) do justice to the common pronunciation in +# Ukrainian, namely [ˈkɪjiu̯] (IPA). This pronunciation has nothing like an +# English "v" or "f", and instead trails off with what an English-speaker +# would call a demure "oo" sound, and it would would be better anglicized as +# "Kuiyu". Here's a sound file, if you would like to do as the Kuiyuvians do: +# https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Uk-Київ.ogg + # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -# Most of Ukraine since 1970 has been like Kiev. -# "Kyiv" is the transliteration of the Ukrainian name, but -# "Kiev" is more common in English. +# This represents most of Ukraine. See above for the spelling of "Kiev". Zone Europe/Kiev 2:02:04 - LMT 1880 2:02:04 - KMT 1924 May 2 # Kiev Mean Time 2:00 - EET 1930 Jun 21 |
