<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Hi All, </font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="Courier New"><b>Thank you all for your replies.
I have gone back conveying the same to the customer. Here is what they
have had to say:</b></font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Courier New"><b>According to following link;</b></font>
<br><font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><b> http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/europe/european-union/turkey/</b></font>
<br><font size=2 face="Courier New"><b>turkey time zone settings are as
follow which is valid now.</b></font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="Courier New"><b>Standard Time = GMT+2</b></font>
<br><font size=2 face="Courier New"><b>Summer Time = GMT+3</b></font>
<br>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="Courier New"><b>According to following link;</b></font>
<br><font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><b> http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/timezone.html?n=107&syear=2000</b></font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="Courier New"><b>29 Ekim 2006 Pazar, 01:59:59 1 hour
+3 hours EEST</b></font>
<br><font size=2 face="Courier New"><b>29 Ekim 2006 Pazar, 01:00:00 No
+2 hours EET DST ends</b></font>
<br><font size=2 face="Courier New"><b>25 Mart 2007 Pazar, 00:59:59 No
+2 hours EET</b></font>
<br><font size=2 face="Courier New"><b>25 Mart 2007 Pazar, 02:00:00 1 hour
+3 hours EEST DST starts</b></font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="Courier New"><b>which is consistent with the previous
information.</b></font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="Courier New"><b>To support the below information,I
have taken the official newspaper of the government which had declared
to regulate the time </b></font>
<br><font size=2 face="Courier New"><b>settings.I have talked with the
staff of the government. They said that this declaration is the last daylight
saving declaration </b></font>
<br><font size=2 face="Courier New"><b>announced by the government with
official newspaper and today rules are valid for this declaration.</b></font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="Courier New"><b>I am sending the image of the fax
that is sent by the government. </b></font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="Courier New"><b>The newspaper is normally in Turkish.
I want to explain it briefly: </b></font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="Courier New"><b>"26 Mart 2000 Pazar günü saat
01:00'den itibaren bir saat ileri al?nmas?" means "clocks will
be set 1 hour forward (will be GMT+3 ) </b></font>
<br><font size=2 face="Courier New"><b>on 26 March 2000 Sunday at 01:00"
01:00 is the local time (23:00 GMT Saturday)</b></font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="Courier New"><b>and </b></font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="Courier New"><b>"29 Ekim 200 Pazar günü saat
02:00'den itibaren bir saat geri al?nmas?" means "clocks will
be set 1 hour back (will be GMT+2 ) on 29 </b></font>
<br><font size=2 face="Courier New"><b>October 2000 Sunday at 02:00"
02:00 is the local time (23:00 GMT Satruday)</b></font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="Courier New"><b>I think these documents are enough
to show the daylight saving policy of Turkey is:</b></font>
<br><font size=2 face="Courier New"><b>Standard Time = GMT+2 </b></font>
<br><font size=2 face="Courier New"><b>Summer Time = GMT+3</b></font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Courier New"><b>So to summarize, the customer has
provided a citation from the turkish government which tells about the latest
DST rules. I have attached </b></font>
<br><font size=2 face="Courier New"><b>the jpg in this mail.</b></font>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br><font size=2 color=#800000 face="Courier New"><b>Please review the
same and provide your inputs as to whether this information would suffice
to change the database timezone rules for Turkey.</b></font>
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<p><font size=1 face="sans-serif">02/01/2007 02:58 PM</font>
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<td><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Re: DST rules for Istanbul, Turkey</font></table>
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<br><tt><font size=2>> Thanks, but that link says Turkish DST starts
at 01:00 GMT (i.e., at<br>
> 03:00 local time) and ends at 01:00 GMT (i.e., at 04:00 local time).<br>
> This agrees with the current tz database. But Amar Devegowda
reported<br>
> that Turkish DST actually starts at 01:00 local time and ends at 02:00
<br>
> local time. Steffen Thorsen of timeanddate.com agreed, and cited<br>
> Turkish newspaper reports from 1996 through 2001.<br>
><br>
> I'm inclined to go with Devegowda and Thorsen, but what would be<br>
> helpful is an official source (e.g., a citation from Turkish law)
that<br>
> says exactly when this practice started. So far, all we know
is that<br>
> the current Turkish practice started before 1996, which is a bit<br>
> vague.<br>
<br>
I don't have any authoritative source but I can add a little context<br>
to this. Turkey is attempting to join the European Union (it's listed<br>
as a candidate country on the<br>
<http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/europe/european-union/><br>
page). This is proving a long and painful process. It may be that<br>
Turkey has officially switched to the EU 01:00 UTC clock change time<br>
recently as part of this EU application process. It may be that the<br>
website is just confused, showing all pages under the european-union<br>
directory as using EU rules even if they don't.<br>
<br>
I would also go with Devegowda and Thorsen, mainly on the basis<br>
that I think it's very unlikely that a country that far east<br>
would use 01:00 UTC unless forced to by something like EU rules.<br>
Newspaper reports of 01:00 local time are much more credible.<br>
<br>
<br>
Peter
Ilieve
peter@aldie.co.uk<br>
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