--- a/components/timezone/europe Tue Dec 06 06:49:05 2011 -0800
+++ b/components/timezone/europe Tue Dec 06 14:29:12 2011 -0800
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
# <pre>
-# @(#)europe 8.33
+# @(#)europe 8.40
# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
@@ -561,9 +561,9 @@
#
Rule Russia 1992 only - Mar lastSat 23:00 1:00 S
Rule Russia 1992 only - Sep lastSat 23:00 0 -
-Rule Russia 1993 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S
+Rule Russia 1993 2010 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S
Rule Russia 1993 1995 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 -
-Rule Russia 1996 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 -
+Rule Russia 1996 2010 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 -
# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-06-14):
# According to Kremlin press service, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev
@@ -583,7 +583,6 @@
# From Arthur David Olson (2011-06-15):
# Take "abolishing daylight saving time" to mean that time is now considered
# to be standard.
-# At least for now, keep the "old" Russia rules for the benefit of Belarus.
# These are for backward compatibility with older versions.
@@ -689,6 +688,23 @@
1:00 EU CE%sT
# Belarus
+# From Yauhen Kharuzhy (2011-09-16):
+# By latest Belarus government act Europe/Minsk timezone was changed to
+# GMT+3 without DST (was GMT+2 with DST).
+#
+# Sources (Russian language):
+# 1.
+# <a href="http://www.belta.by/ru/all_news/society/V-Belarusi-otmenjaetsja-perexod-na-sezonnoe-vremja_i_572952.html">
+# http://www.belta.by/ru/all_news/society/V-Belarusi-otmenjaetsja-perexod-na-sezonnoe-vremja_i_572952.html
+# </a>
+# 2.
+# <a href="http://naviny.by/rubrics/society/2011/09/16/ic_articles_116_175144/">
+# http://naviny.by/rubrics/society/2011/09/16/ic_articles_116_175144/
+# </a>
+# 3.
+# <a href="http://news.tut.by/society/250578.html">
+# http://news.tut.by/society/250578.html
+# </a>
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Europe/Minsk 1:50:16 - LMT 1880
1:50 - MMT 1924 May 2 # Minsk Mean Time
@@ -700,7 +716,8 @@
2:00 1:00 EEST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s
2:00 - EET 1992 Mar 29 0:00s
2:00 1:00 EEST 1992 Sep 27 0:00s
- 2:00 Russia EE%sT
+ 2:00 Russia EE%sT 2011 Mar 27 2:00s
+ 3:00 - FET # Further-eastern European Time
# Belgium
#
@@ -1638,6 +1655,41 @@
# But [two people] separately reported via
# Jesper Norgaard that as of 2001-01-24 Tiraspol was like Chisinau.
# The Tiraspol entry has therefore been removed for now.
+#
+# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-10-17):
+# Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR, also known as
+# "Pridnestrovie") has abolished seasonal clock change (no transition
+# to the Winter Time).
+#
+# News (in Russian):
+# <a href="http://www.kyivpost.ua/russia/news/pridnestrove-otkazalos-ot-perehoda-na-zimnee-vremya-30954.html">
+# http://www.kyivpost.ua/russia/news/pridnestrove-otkazalos-ot-perehoda-na-zimnee-vremya-30954.html
+# </a>
+#
+# <a href="http://www.allmoldova.com/moldova-news/1249064116.html">
+# http://www.allmoldova.com/moldova-news/1249064116.html
+# </a>
+#
+# The substance of this change (reinstatement of the Tiraspol entry)
+# is from a patch from Petr Machata (2011-10-17)
+#
+# From Tim Parenti (2011-10-19)
+# In addition, being situated at +4651+2938 would give Tiraspol
+# a pre-1880 LMT offset of 1:58:32.
+#
+# (which agrees with the earlier entry that had been removed)
+#
+# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-10-26)
+# NO need to divide Moldova into two timezones at this point.
+# As of today, Transnistria (Pridnestrovie)- Tiraspol reversed its own
+# decision to abolish DST this winter.
+# Following Moldova and neighboring Ukraine- Transnistria (Pridnestrovie)-
+# Tiraspol will go back to winter time on October 30, 2011.
+# News from Moldova (in russian):
+# <a href="http://ru.publika.md/link_317061.html">
+# http://ru.publika.md/link_317061.html
+# </a>
+
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Europe/Chisinau 1:55:20 - LMT 1880
@@ -2034,7 +2086,7 @@
2:00 Poland CE%sT 1946
3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
2:00 Russia EE%sT 2011 Mar 27 2:00s
- 3:00 - EET
+ 3:00 - FET # Further-eastern European Time
#
# From Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25): [This region consists of]
# Respublika Adygeya, Arkhangel'skaya oblast',
@@ -2189,7 +2241,7 @@
# [parts of] Respublika Sakha (Yakutiya), Chitinskaya oblast'.
# From Oscar van Vlijmen (2009-11-29):
-# ...some regions of RUssia were merged with others since 2005...
+# ...some regions of [Russia] were merged with others since 2005...
# Some names were changed, no big deal, except for one instance: a new name.
# YAK/YAKST: UTC+9 Zabajkal'skij kraj.
@@ -2613,6 +2665,50 @@
# of March at 3am the time is changing to 4am and each last Sunday of
# October the time at 4am is changing to 3am"
+# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-09-20):
+# On September 20, 2011 the deputies of the Verkhovna Rada agreed to
+# abolish the transfer clock to winter time.
+#
+# Bill number 8330 of MP from the Party of Regions Oleg Nadoshi got
+# approval from 266 deputies.
+#
+# Ukraine abolishes transter back to the winter time (in Russian)
+# <a href="http://news.mail.ru/politics/6861560/">
+# http://news.mail.ru/politics/6861560/
+# </a>
+#
+# The Ukrainians will no longer change the clock (in Russian)
+# <a href="http://www.segodnya.ua/news/14290482.html">
+# http://www.segodnya.ua/news/14290482.html
+# </a>
+#
+# Deputies cancelled the winter time (in Russian)
+# <a href="http://www.pravda.com.ua/rus/news/2011/09/20/6600616/">
+# http://www.pravda.com.ua/rus/news/2011/09/20/6600616/
+# </a>
+#
+# From Philip Pizzey (2011-10-18):
+# Today my Ukrainian colleagues have informed me that the
+# Ukrainian parliament have decided that they will go to winter
+# time this year after all.
+#
+# From Udo Schwedt (2011-10-18):
+# As far as I understand, the recent change to the Ukranian time zone
+# (Europe/Kiev) to introduce permanent daylight saving time (similar
+# to Russia) was reverted today:
+#
+# <a href="http://portal.rada.gov.ua/rada/control/en/publish/article/info_left?art_id=287324&cat_id=105995">
+# http://portal.rada.gov.ua/rada/control/en/publish/article/info_left?art_id=287324&cat_id=105995
+# </a>
+#
+# Also reported by Alexander Bokovoy (2011-10-18) who also noted:
+# The law documents themselves are at
+#
+# <a href="http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/zweb_n/webproc4_1?id=&pf3511=41484">
+# http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/zweb_n/webproc4_1?id=&pf3511=41484
+# </a>
+
+
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
# Most of Ukraine since 1970 has been like Kiev.
# "Kyiv" is the transliteration of the Ukrainian name, but