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diff --git a/datfiles/europe b/datfiles/europe new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..1fdffa3b3c91 --- /dev/null +++ b/datfiles/europe @@ -0,0 +1,224 @@ +# @(#)europe 4.10 + +# International country codes are used to identify countries' rules and +# zones +# +# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, go +# ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to +# ado@ncifcrf.gov for general use in the future). + +############################################################################### + +# United Kingdom + +# From Arthur David Olson (January 19, 1989): +# +# The starting and ending dates below (from which the rules are derived) +# are from Whitaker's Almanack for 1987, page 146. +# 1960 is the earliest year for which dates are given; +# Whitaker's notes that British Summer Time (and, in some years, Double Summer +# Time) was observed in earlier years but does not give start and end dates. +# +# A source at the British Information Office in New York avers that it's +# known as "British" Summer Time in all parts of the United Kingdom. +# 1960 April 10 October 2 (yes, 2, according to the almanac) +# 1961 March 26 October 29 +# 1962 March 25 October 28 +# 1963 March 31 October 27 +# 1964 March 22 October 25 +# 1965 March 21 October 24 +# 1966 March 20 October 23 +# 1967 March 19 October 29 +# 1968 February 18 October 27 +# "British Standard Time, also one hour ahead of G. M. T., was kept between +# 1968 Oct. 27-1971 Oct. 31." +# 1972 March 19 October 29 +# 1973 March 18 October 28 +# 1974 March 17 October 27 +# 1975 March 16 October 26 +# 1976 March 21 October 24 +# 1977 March 20 October 23 +# 1978 March 19 October 29 +# 1979 March 18 October 28 +# 1980 March 16 October 26 +# 1981 March 29 October 25 +# 1982 March 28 October 24 +# 1983 March 27 October 23 +# 1984 March 25 October 28 +# 1985 March 31 October 27 +# 1986 March 30 October 26 +# 1987 March 29 October 25 + +# From an Anonymous U. K. Donor (January 4, 1989): +# +# It is NOT possible to predict when [British Summer Time] will change +# in a future year. +# +# (The admiralty calculate when they think it should be (no more that a couple +# of years in advance) and advise the government who then decide whether or +# not they will take the admiralty's advice) +# +# ...the Gre[e]nwich...observatory...[was] very helpful. +# +# I was not able to track down the Admiralty formula (I tried hard but failed) + +# ... +# Date: 4 Jan 89 08:57:25 GMT (Wed) +# From: Jonathan Leffler <nih-csl!uunet!mcvax!sphinx.co.uk!john> +# ... +# [British Summer Time] is fixed annually by Act of Parliament. +# If you can predict what Parliament will do, you should be in +# politics making a fortune, not computing. +# +# Summer time ends on Sunday 29 October 1989. + +# ... +# Date: 5 Jan 89 09:50:38 GMT (Thu) +# From: Peter Kendell <nih-csl!uunet!mcvax!tcom.stc.co.uk!pete> +# ... +# +# From my Collins Diary for 1989 - +# +# "At the time of going to press the Home Office was unable to confirm +# the 1989 starting and finishing dates for BST*, but expressed the +# view that 26 March and 29 October were the likeliest dates to be +# adopted" +# +# *British Summer Time. + +# From an Anonymous U. K. Donor (January 5, 1989): +# +# . . .our government is seriously considering applying Double Summer Time - +# putting the clocks forwards and back TWO hours for daylight saving time. +# This is advocated to standardise time in the EEC - we're all supposed to +# keep the same time and to change the clocks on the same dates in the future. + +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +# Historic starting rules +Rule GB-Eire 1960 only - Apr 10 1:00s 1:00 BST +Rule GB-Eire 1961 1963 - Mar lastSun 1:00s 1:00 BST +Rule GB-Eire 1964 1967 - Mar Sun>=19 1:00s 1:00 BST +Rule GB-Eire 1968 only - Feb 18 1:00s 1:00 BST +Rule GB-Eire 1972 1980 - Mar Sun>=16 1:00s 1:00 BST +# Historic ending rules +Rule GB-Eire 1960 only - Oct 2 1:00s 0 GMT +Rule GB-Eire 1961 1967 - Oct Sun>=23 1:00s 0 GMT +Rule GB-Eire 1971 only - Oct 31 1:00s 0 GMT +# Current rules +Rule GB-Eire 1981 max - Mar lastSun 1:00s 1:00 BST +Rule GB-Eire 1972 max - Oct Sun>=23 1:00s 0 GMT + +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES/SAVE FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone GB-Eire 0:00 GB-Eire %s 1968 Oct 27 1:00s + 1:00 - BST 1971 Oct 31 1:00s + 0:00 GB-Eire %s + +############################################################################### + +# Continental Europe + +# The use of 1986 as starting years below is conservative. + +Rule W-Eur 1986 max - Mar lastSun 1:00s 1:00 " DST" +Rule W-Eur 1986 max - Sep lastSun 1:00s 0 - + +Rule M-Eur 1986 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 " DST" +Rule M-Eur 1986 max - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 - + +Rule E-Eur 1986 max - Mar lastSun 3:00s 1:00 " DST" +Rule E-Eur 1986 max - Sep lastSun 3:00s 0 - + +Rule Turkey 1986 max - Mar lastSun 1:00 1:00 " DST" +Rule Turkey 1986 max - Sep lastSun 1:00 0 - + +Rule W-SU 1986 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 " DST" +Rule W-SU 1986 max - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 - + +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES/SAVE FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone WET 0:00 W-Eur WET%s +Zone Iceland 0:00 - WET +Zone MET 1:00 M-Eur MET%s +Zone Poland 1:00 W-Eur MET%s +Zone EET 2:00 E-Eur EET%s +Zone Turkey 3:00 Turkey EET%s +Zone W-SU 3:00 M-Eur ???? + +# Tom Hoffman says that MET is also known as Central European Time + +Link MET CET + +############################################################################### + +# One source shows that Bulgaria, Cyprus, Finland, and Greece observe DST from +# the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in September in 1986. +# The source shows Romania changing a day later than everybody else. +# +# According to Bernard Sieloff's source, Poland is in the MET time zone but +# uses the WE DST rules. The Western USSR uses EET+1 and ME DST rules. +# Bernard Sieloff's source claims Romania switches on the same day, but at +# 00:00 standard time (i.e., 01:00 DST). It also claims that Turkey +# switches on the same day, but switches on at 01:00 standard time +# and off at 00:00 standard time (i.e., 01:00 DST) + +# ... +# Date: Wed, 28 Jan 87 16:56:27 -0100 +# From: seismo!mcvax!cgcha!wtho (Tom Hofmann) +# Message-Id: <8701281556.AA22174@cgcha.uucp> +# ... +# +# ...the European time rules are...standardized since 1981, when +# most European coun[tr]ies started DST. Before that year, only +# a few countries (UK, France, Italy) had DST, each according +# to own national rules. In 1981, however, DST started on +# 'Apr firstSun', and not on 'Mar lastSun' as in the following +# years... +# But also since 1981 there are some more national exceptions +# than listed in 'europe': Switzerland, for example, joined DST +# one year later, Denmark ended DST on 'Oct 1' instead of 'Sep +# lastSun' in 1981---I don't know how they handle now. +# +# Finally, DST ist always from 'Apr 1' to 'Oct 1' in the +# Soviet Union (as far as I know). +# +# Tom Hofmann, Scientific Computer Center, CIBA-GEIGY AG, +# 4002 Basle, Switzerland +# UUCP: ...!mcvax!cernvax!cgcha!wtho + +# ... +# Date: Wed, 4 Feb 87 22:35:22 +0100 +# From: seismo!mcvax!cwi.nl!dik (Dik T. Winter) +# ... +# +# The information from Tom Hofmann is (as far as I know) not entirely correct. +# After a request from chongo at amdahl I tried to retrieve all information +# about DST in Europe. I was able to find all from about 1969. +# +# ...standardization on DST in Europe started in about 1977 with switches on +# first Sunday in April and last Sunday in September... +# In 1981 UK joined Europe insofar that +# the starting day for both shifted to last Sunday in March. And from 1982 +# the whole of Europe used DST, with switch dates April 1 and October 1 in +# the Sov[i]et Union. In 1985 the SU reverted to standard Europe[a]n switch +# dates... +# +# It should also be remembered that time-zones are not constants; e.g. +# Portugal switched in 1976 from MET (or CET) to WET with DST... +# Note also that though there were rules for switch dates not +# all countries abided to these dates, and many individual deviations +# occurred, though not since 1982 I believe. Another note: it is always +# assumed that DST is 1 hour ahead of normal time, this need not be the +# case; at least in the Netherlands there have been times when DST was 2 hours +# in advance of normal time. +# +# ... +# dik t. winter, cwi, amsterdam, nederland +# INTERNET : dik@cwi.nl +# BITNET/EARN: dik@mcvax + +# From Bob Devine (January 28, 1988): +# ... +# Greece: Last Sunday in April to last Sunday in September (iffy on dates). +# Since 1978. Change at midnight. +# ... +# Monaco: has same DST as France. +# ... |