I've attached proposed changes for 2011 Sakha/Kuril time zone shifts; they also appear below (with tab characters mangled).<br><br> --ado<br><br>diff -r -c new/europe newer/europe<br>*** new/europe 2012-05-05 09:40:53.091364400 -0400<br>
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<br> # Russia<br> <br>+ # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-09-15): <br>+ # Based on last Russian Government Decree # 725 on August 31, 2011<br>+ # (Government document<br>+ # <a href="<a href="http://www.government.ru/gov/results/16355/print/">http://www.government.ru/gov/results/16355/print/</a>"><br>
+ # <a href="http://www.government.ru/gov/results/16355/print/">http://www.government.ru/gov/results/16355/print/</a><br>+ # </a><br>+ # in Russian)<br>+ # there are few corrections have to be made for some Russian time zones...<br>
+ # All updated Russian Time Zones were placed in table and translated to English<br>+ # by WorldTimeZone.com at the link below:<br>+ # <a href="<a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia36.htm">http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia36.htm</a>"><br>
+ # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia36.htm">http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia36.htm</a><br>+ # </a><br>+ <br>+ # From Sanjeev Gupta (2011-09-27):<br>+ # Scans of [Decree #23 of January 8, 1992] are available at:<br>
+ # <a href="<a href="http://government.consultant.ru/page.aspx?1223966">http://government.consultant.ru/page.aspx?1223966</a>"><br>+ # <a href="http://government.consultant.ru/page.aspx?1223966">http://government.consultant.ru/page.aspx?1223966</a><br>
+ # They are in Cyrillic letters (presumably Russian).<br>+ <br>+ # From Arthur David Olson (2012-05-09):<br>+ # Regarding the instant when clocks in time-zone-shifting parts of Russia<br>+ # changed in September 2011:<br>
+ #<br>+ # One source is<br>+ # < a href="<a href="http://government.ru/gov/results/16355/">http://government.ru/gov/results/16355/</a>><br>+ # <a href="http://government.ru/gov/results/16355/">http://government.ru/gov/results/16355/</a><br>
+ # </a><br>+ # which, according to <a href="http://translate.google.com">translate.google.com</a>, begins "Decree of August 31,<br>+ # 2011 No 725" and contains no other dates or "effective date" information.<br>
+ #<br>+ # Another source is<br>+ # <a href="<a href="http://www.rg.ru/2011/09/06/chas-zona-dok.html">http://www.rg.ru/2011/09/06/chas-zona-dok.html</a>"><br>+ # <a href="http://www.rg.ru/2011/09/06/chas-zona-dok.html">http://www.rg.ru/2011/09/06/chas-zona-dok.html</a><br>
+ # </a><br>+ # which, according to <a href="http://translate.google.com">translate.google.com</a>, begins "Resolution of the<br>+ # Government of the Russian Federation on August 31, 2011 N 725" and also<br>
+ # contains "Date first official publication: September 6, 2011 Posted on:<br>+ # in the 'RG' - Federal Issue number 5573 September 6, 2011" but which<br>+ # does not contain any "effective date" information.<br>
+ #<br>+ # Another source is<br>+ # <a href="<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oymyakonsky_District#cite_note-RuTime-7">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oymyakonsky_District#cite_note-RuTime-7</a>"><br>+ # <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oymyakonsky_District#cite_note-RuTime-7">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oymyakonsky_District#cite_note-RuTime-7</a><br>
+ # </a><br>+ # which, in note 8, contains "Resolution #725 of August 31, 2011...<br>+ # Effective as of after 7 days following the day of the official publication"<br>+ # but which does not contain any reference to September 6, 2011.<br>
+ #<br>+ # The Wikipedia article refers to<br>+ # <a href="<a href="http://base.consultant.ru/cons/cgi/online.cgi?req=doc;base=LAW;n=118896">http://base.consultant.ru/cons/cgi/online.cgi?req=doc;base=LAW;n=118896</a>"><br>
+ # <a href="http://base.consultant.ru/cons/cgi/online.cgi?req=doc;base=LAW;n=118896">http://base.consultant.ru/cons/cgi/online.cgi?req=doc;base=LAW;n=118896</a><br>+ # </a><br>+ # which seems to copy the text of the <a href="http://government.ru">government.ru</a> page.<br>
+ #<br>+ # Tobias Conradi combines Wikipedia's<br>+ # "as of after 7 days following the day of the official publication"<br>+ # with <a href="http://www.rg.ru">www.rg.ru</a>'s "Date of first official publication: September 6, 2011" to get<br>
+ # September 13, 2011 as the cutover date (unusually, a Tuesday, as Tobias Conradi notes).<br>+ #<br>+ # None of the sources indicates a time of day for changing clocks.<br>+ #<br>+ # Go with 2011-09-13 0:00s.<br>+ <br> # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):<br>
# Except for Moscow after 1919-07-01, I invented the time zone abbreviations.<br> # Moscow time zone abbreviations after 1919-07-01, and Moscow rules after 1991,<br>***************<br>*** 2330,2343 ****<br> # [parts of] Respublika Sakha (Yakutiya).<br>
<br> # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2009-11-29):<br>! # The Sakha districts are: Bulunskij, Verkhoyanskij, Tomponskij, Ust'-Majskij,<br>! # Ust'-Yanskij.<br> Zone Asia/Vladivostok 8:47:44 - LMT 1922 Nov 15<br>
9:00 - VLAT 1930 Jun 21 # Vladivostok Time<br> 10:00 Russia VLA%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s<br> 9:00 Russia VLA%sST 1992 Jan 19 2:00s<br> 10:00 Russia VLA%sT 2011 Mar 27 2:00s<br>
11:00 - VLAT<br> #<br> # Sakhalinskaya oblast'.<br> # The Zone name should be Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, but that's too long.<br>--- 2394,2419 ----<br> # [parts of] Respublika Sakha (Yakutiya).<br>
<br> # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2009-11-29):<br>! # The Sakha districts are: Bulunskij, Verkhoyanskij, ... Ust'-Yanskij.<br> Zone Asia/Vladivostok 8:47:44 - LMT 1922 Nov 15<br> 9:00 - VLAT 1930 Jun 21 # Vladivostok Time<br>
10:00 Russia VLA%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s<br> 9:00 Russia VLA%sST 1992 Jan 19 2:00s<br> 10:00 Russia VLA%sT 2011 Mar 27 2:00s<br> 11:00 - VLAT<br>
+ <br>+ # From Arthur David Olson (2012-05-09):<br>+ # Tomponskij and Ust'-Majskij switched from Vladivostok time to Yakutsk time<br>+ # in 2011.<br>+ <br>+ Zone Asia/Khandyga 9:02:13 - LMT 1922 Nov 15<br>+ 9:00 - VLAT 1930 Jun 21 # Vladivostok Time<br>
+ 10:00 Russia VLA%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s<br>+ 9:00 Russia VLA%sST 1992 Jan 19 2:00s<br>+ 10:00 Russia VLA%sT 2011 Mar 27 2:00s<br>+ 11:00 - VLAT 2011 Sep 13 0:00s # Decree 725?<br>
+ 10:00 - YAKT<br>+ <br> #<br> # Sakhalinskaya oblast'.<br> # The Zone name should be Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, but that's too long.<br>***************<br>*** 2356,2368 ****<br> <br> # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2009-11-29):<br>
# The Sakha districts are: Abyjskij, Allaikhovskij, Verkhhhnekolymskij, Momskij,<br>! # Nizhnekolymskij, Ojmyakonskij, Srednekolymskij.<br> Zone Asia/Magadan 10:03:12 - LMT 1924 May 2<br> 10:00 - MAGT 1930 Jun 21 # Magadan Time<br>
11:00 Russia MAG%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s<br> 10:00 Russia MAG%sT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s<br> 11:00 Russia MAG%sT 2011 Mar 27 2:00s<br> 12:00 - MAGT<br>
#<br> # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25): [This region consists of]<br> # Kamchatskaya oblast', Koryakskij avtonomnyj okrug.<br>--- 2432,2456 ----<br> <br> # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2009-11-29):<br> # The Sakha districts are: Abyjskij, Allaikhovskij, Verkhhhnekolymskij, Momskij,<br>
! # Nizhnekolymskij, ... Srednekolymskij.<br> Zone Asia/Magadan 10:03:12 - LMT 1924 May 2<br> 10:00 - MAGT 1930 Jun 21 # Magadan Time<br> 11:00 Russia MAG%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s<br>
10:00 Russia MAG%sT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s<br> 11:00 Russia MAG%sT 2011 Mar 27 2:00s<br> 12:00 - MAGT<br>+ <br>+ # From Arthur David Olson (2012-05-09):<br>+ # Ojmyakonskij and the Kuril Islands switched from<br>
+ # Magadan time to Vladivostok time in 2011<br>+ Zone Asia/Ust-Nera 9:32:54 - LMT 1924 May 2<br>+ 10:00 - MAGT 1930 Jun 21 # Magadan Time<br>+ 11:00 Russia MAG%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s<br>
+ 10:00 Russia MAG%sT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s<br>+ 11:00 Russia MAG%sT 2011 Mar 27 2:00s<br>+ 12:00 - MAGT 2011 Sep 13 0:00s # Decree 725?<br>+ 11:00 - VLAT<br>
+ <br> #<br> # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25): [This region consists of]<br> # Kamchatskaya oblast', Koryakskij avtonomnyj okrug.<br>diff -r -c new/zone.tab newer/zone.tab<br>*** new/zone.tab 2012-05-05 09:40:50.719228800 -0400<br>
--- newer/zone.tab 2012-05-09 10:29:45.352537200 -0400<br>***************<br>*** 1,5 ****<br> # <pre><br>! # @(#)zone.tab 8.57<br> # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of<br> # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.<br>
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RU +5601+09250 Asia/Krasnoyarsk Moscow+04 - Yenisei River<br> RU +5216+10420 Asia/Irkutsk Moscow+05 - Lake Baikal<br> RU +6200+12940 Asia/Yakutsk Moscow+06 - Lena River<br>+ RU +623923+1353314 Asia/Khandyga Moscow+06 - Tomponsky, Ust-Maysky <br>
RU +4310+13156 Asia/Vladivostok Moscow+07 - Amur River<br> RU +4658+14242 Asia/Sakhalin Moscow+07 - Sakhalin Island<br>+ RU +643337+1431336 Asia/Ust-Nera Moscow+07 - Oymyakonsky<br> RU +5934+15048 Asia/Magadan Moscow+08 - Magadan<br>
RU +5301+15839 Asia/Kamchatka Moscow+08 - Kamchatka<br> RU +6445+17729 Asia/Anadyr Moscow+08 - Bering Sea<br><br>