Question on abbreviations
Paul Eggert
eggert at CS.UCLA.EDU
Wed Sep 27 06:48:30 UTC 2006
"Mark Davis" <mark.davis at icu-project.org> writes:
> So to get the value, we should look at the US rule that is in effect during
> 1944. Here are the US rules:
>
> # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
> ...
> Rule US 1942 only - Feb 9 2:00 1:00 W # War
> Rule US 1945 only - Aug 14 23:00u 1:00 P # Peace
> ...
Those two rules tell you that in 1942 DST was instituted, and in 1945
the abbreviation was changed from W to P time. The implication is
that 1943 and 1944 the rules were the same as in late 1942.
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