For the same reason the "KALT" designation was created for Kaliningrad (because +03:00 is not generally equivalent to EET), we should probably use something like "MINT" (or alternatively, since Belarus currently has only one zone, "BYT").<br>
<br>Also, I feel it might be more logical to effect this change on the date of the last clock change, 27 March 2011. Regardless of when the actual decrees were enacted, I doubt the average person in Belarus perceived any "change" in timekeeping on 15 September 2011.<br>
<br clear="all">--<br>Tim Parenti<br><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 12:35, Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:olsona@dc37a.nci.nih.gov">olsona@dc37a.nci.nih.gov</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
I'm forwarding this message from Alexander Bokovoy; AB is now a subscriber.<br>
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-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Alexander Bokovoy [mailto:<a href="mailto:abokovoy@redhat.com">abokovoy@redhat.com</a>]<br>
Sent: Friday, September 16, 2011 6:06<br>
To: <a href="mailto:tz@lecserver.nci.nih.gov">tz@lecserver.nci.nih.gov</a><br>
Subject: Belarus abolishes DST<br>
<br>
Hello!<br>
<br>
Moving towards unification with Russia on economical reasons, Republic<br>
of Belarus has announced today to cancel daylight saving time rule and<br>
don't rewind clocks on last Sunday of October.<br>
<br>
Here is the news (in Russian):<br>
<a href="http://gosstandart.gov.by/ru-RU/NewsId.php?UrlRid=550" target="_blank">http://gosstandart.gov.by/ru-RU/NewsId.php?UrlRid=550</a><br>
<br>
The decree is N1229 by Belarussian government, dated 2011-09-15,<br>
unfortunately, not yet published on <a href="http://pravo.by" target="_blank">pravo.by</a> so I can't reference it.<br>
<br>
If I'm not mistaken, the change would make Europe/Minsk zone look<br>
like:<br>
<br>
# Belarus<br>
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]<br>
Zone Europe/Minsk 1:50:16 - LMT 1880<br>
1:50 - MMT 1924 May 2 # Minsk Mean Time<br>
2:00 - EET 1930 Jun 21<br>
3:00 - MSK 1941 Jun 28<br>
1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1944 Jul 3<br>
3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 1990<br>
3:00 - MSK 1991 Mar 31 2:00s<br>
2:00 1:00 EEST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s<br>
2:00 - EET 1992 Mar 29 0:00s<br>
2:00 1:00 EEST 1992 Sep 27 0:00s<br>
2:00 Russia EE%sT 2011 Sep 15<br>
3:00 - EET<br>
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--<br>
/ Alexander Bokovoy<br>
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