--- a/components/timezone/europe Mon Feb 09 23:03:42 2015 -0800
+++ b/components/timezone/europe Tue Feb 10 02:00:16 2015 -0800
@@ -6,16 +6,19 @@
# [email protected] for general use in the future). For more, please see
# the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution.
-# From Paul Eggert (2014-05-31):
-# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
+# From Paul Eggert (2014-10-31):
+#
+# Unless otherwise specified, the source for data through 1990 is:
# Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition),
# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003).
+# Unfortunately this book contains many errors and cites no sources.
#
# Gwillim Law writes that a good source
# for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport
# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM),
# published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries
-# of the IATA's data after 1990.
+# of the IATA's data after 1990. Except where otherwise noted,
+# IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990.
#
# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is
# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997).
@@ -287,6 +290,14 @@
# "Timeball on the ballast office is down. Dunsink time."
# -- James Joyce, Ulysses
+# "Countess Markievicz ... claimed that the [1916] abolition of Dublin Mean Time
+# was among various actions undertaken by the 'English' government that
+# would 'put the whole country into the SF (Sinn Féin) camp'. She claimed
+# Irish 'public feeling (was) outraged by forcing of English time on us'."
+# -- Parsons M. Dublin lost its time zone - and 25 minutes - after 1916 Rising.
+# Irish Times 2014-10-27.
+# http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/dublin-lost-its-time-zone-and-25-minutes-after-1916-rising-1.1977411
+
# From Joseph S. Myers (2005-01-26):
# Irish laws are available online at <http://www.irishstatutebook.ie>.
# These include various relating to legal time, for example:
@@ -594,6 +605,7 @@
Rule Russia 1993 2010 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S
Rule Russia 1993 1995 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 -
Rule Russia 1996 2010 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 -
+# As described below, Russia's 2014 change affects Zone data, not Rule data.
# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-06-14):
# According to Kremlin press service, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev
@@ -1395,35 +1407,32 @@
# might be a reference to the Julian calendar as opposed to Gregorian, or it
# might mean something else (???).
#
-# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
-# The Iceland Almanak, Shanks & Pottenger, and Whitman disagree on many points.
-# We go with the Almanak, except for one claim from Shanks & Pottenger, namely
-# that Reykavik was 21W57 from 1837 to 1908, local mean time before that.
+# From Paul Eggert (2014-11-22):
+# The information below is taken from the 1988 Almanak; see
+# http://www.almanak.hi.is/klukkan.html
#
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
-Rule Iceland 1917 1918 - Feb 19 23:00 1:00 S
+Rule Iceland 1917 1919 - Feb 19 23:00 1:00 S
Rule Iceland 1917 only - Oct 21 1:00 0 -
-Rule Iceland 1918 only - Nov 16 1:00 0 -
+Rule Iceland 1918 1919 - Nov 16 1:00 0 -
+Rule Iceland 1921 only - Mar 19 23:00 1:00 S
+Rule Iceland 1921 only - Jun 23 1:00 0 -
Rule Iceland 1939 only - Apr 29 23:00 1:00 S
-Rule Iceland 1939 only - Nov 29 2:00 0 -
+Rule Iceland 1939 only - Oct 29 2:00 0 -
Rule Iceland 1940 only - Feb 25 2:00 1:00 S
-Rule Iceland 1940 only - Nov 3 2:00 0 -
-Rule Iceland 1941 only - Mar 2 1:00s 1:00 S
-Rule Iceland 1941 only - Nov 2 1:00s 0 -
-Rule Iceland 1942 only - Mar 8 1:00s 1:00 S
-Rule Iceland 1942 only - Oct 25 1:00s 0 -
+Rule Iceland 1940 1941 - Nov Sun>=2 1:00s 0 -
+Rule Iceland 1941 1942 - Mar Sun>=2 1:00s 1:00 S
# 1943-1946 - first Sunday in March until first Sunday in winter
Rule Iceland 1943 1946 - Mar Sun>=1 1:00s 1:00 S
-Rule Iceland 1943 1948 - Oct Sun>=22 1:00s 0 -
+Rule Iceland 1942 1948 - Oct Sun>=22 1:00s 0 -
# 1947-1967 - first Sunday in April until first Sunday in winter
Rule Iceland 1947 1967 - Apr Sun>=1 1:00s 1:00 S
-# 1949 Oct transition delayed by 1 week
+# 1949 and 1967 Oct transitions delayed by 1 week
Rule Iceland 1949 only - Oct 30 1:00s 0 -
Rule Iceland 1950 1966 - Oct Sun>=22 1:00s 0 -
Rule Iceland 1967 only - Oct 29 1:00s 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
-Zone Atlantic/Reykjavik -1:27:24 - LMT 1837
- -1:27:48 - RMT 1908 # Reykjavik Mean Time?
+Zone Atlantic/Reykjavik -1:28 - LMT 1908
-1:00 Iceland IS%sT 1968 Apr 7 1:00s
0:00 - GMT