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<p class=MsoPlainText style='layout-grid-mode:char'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Greetings,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='layout-grid-mode:char'><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span
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assistance and/or further leads on this matter would be greatly appreciated.<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='layout-grid-mode:char'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I have some issues with
implementing DST rules from the Olsen DB via the data fetched from the JRE 6.0 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText style='layout-grid-mode:char'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Olsen says that DST
change in Central Europe is at 1am, however in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Germany</st1:country-region></st1:place> and all other countries in
this time zone convention says it is always at 3am, when the time moves to 2am<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText style='layout-grid-mode:char'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Central European Time
[Europe/Paris, UTC+1hrs]<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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layout-grid-mode:char'><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Olsen/JRE DST end rule
>>>> Last Sunday of Oct at 0100 hrs<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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layout-grid-mode:char'><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>MicroSoft DST end rule
>>>> 26/10/2008 03:00 (apparently correct also)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText style='layout-grid-mode:char'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>This appears to be the
Olsen DB in error, or are the Olsen times actually in UTC? This would
explain as at that time UTC 0100 would in fact be CET 0300 at the point when
CET is rolled back one hour?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Best regards, Ian Davies<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>-------------------------------------------------<br>
Ian Davies<br>
Manager, Internationalisation & Localisation<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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