[tz] Backzone entry for Europe/Vaduz

Michael H Deckers michael.h.deckers at googlemail.com
Thu Jul 4 15:04:56 UTC 2019


    On 2019-07-04 14:11, Alois Treindl sent newspaper excerpts:



> In the year 2013 I had contributed information that Swiss neighbor 
> country Liechtenstein, represented by Europe/Vaduz in file backzone, 
> did not have daylight saving time in 1941 and 1942, while Switzerland, 
> represented by Europe/Zurich, did have it.
>
> A colleague sent me a follow-up question today, which cause me to 
> reconsider the question.
>
> I was able to access the online archive of the Vaduz paper Vaterland 
> for free - they offer a special summer deal.
>
> I could confirm frm the paper that Liechtenstein did in fact follow 
> the same DST in 1941 and 1942 as Switzerland did.
>
> The entry Europe/Vaduz in the file backzone can be removed, so that 
> the link Europe/Zurich Europe/Vaduz remains effective even for those 
> who, like me, compile TZ with backzone included.
>
> I attach a few newspaper clippings, not translated.
>

    Thank you very much! Even with Europe/Vaduz dropped
    from backzone, I think the (now established) fact
    that Vaduz is like Zurich since at least 1894-06
    is worth being recorded.

    Could you please give the dates of the clips of Vaterland?

    Michael Deckers.



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