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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