[tz] Russia questions regarding 2010 and 2011

[Tobias Conradi]

On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 4:50 PM, Arthur David Olson <arthurdavidolson...> wrote:

> 1. Some areas of Russia reportedly changed time zones in 2011. Does anyone
> know the exact instants at which these changes were made (both date and time
> for each affected region, since the instant at which the change was made may
> vary from region to region)?
Could you name what areas you refer to, so people can search more
precisely for what you want to know?

Which reports do you refer to?

In 2011 there were talks on the mailing list about issues with Yakutia
and with Sakhalin.

I myself did suggest new zones that may be needed, given the old
information in the tzdb was correct:
http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2011-September/008799.html

> 2. In 2010 much of Russia did not turn its clocks back in the fall.
Can you cite a reference for that claim?

> Does
> anyone know whether folks in Russia now think of themselves as being on
> "permanent daylight saving time" or think of themselves as having new,
> different standard times?
"folks" sounds quite unspecific. Do you mean people living in areas
that "did not turn its clocks back in the fall" as claimed in the
first sentence?

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