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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I note in the iana time zone database for Europe that it states the following<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=454 style='width:340.45pt;margin-left:-.75pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr style='height:12.75pt'><td width=324 nowrap colspan=5 valign=bottom style='width:243.15pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'># From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-06-14):<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=65 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:48.65pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'></td><td width=65 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:48.65pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'></td></tr><tr style='height:12.75pt'><td width=454 nowrap colspan=7 valign=bottom style='width:340.45pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'># According to Kremlin press service, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:12.75pt'><td width=389 nowrap colspan=6 valign=bottom style='width:291.8pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'># signed a federal law "On calculation of time" on June 9, 2011.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=65 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:48.65pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'></td></tr><tr style='height:12.75pt'><td width=389 nowrap colspan=6 valign=bottom style='width:291.8pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'># According to the law Russia is abolishing daylight saving time.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=65 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:48.65pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'></td></tr><tr style='height:12.75pt'><td width=261 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:195.95pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>#<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=16 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:11.8pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'></td><td width=16 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:11.8pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'></td><td width=16 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:11.8pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'></td><td width=16 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:11.8pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'></td><td width=65 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:48.65pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'></td><td width=65 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:48.65pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'></td></tr><tr style='height:12.75pt'><td width=454 nowrap colspan=7 valign=bottom style='width:340.45pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'># Medvedev signed a law "On the Calculation of Time" (in russian):<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:12.75pt'><td width=324 nowrap colspan=5 valign=bottom style='width:243.15pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'># <a href="http://bmockbe.ru/events/?ID=7583"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=65 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:48.65pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'></td><td width=65 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:48.65pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'></td></tr><tr style='height:12.75pt'><td width=308 nowrap colspan=4 valign=bottom style='width:231.35pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'># http://bmockbe.ru/events/?ID=7583<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=16 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:11.8pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'></td><td width=65 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:48.65pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'></td><td width=65 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:48.65pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'></td></tr><tr style='height:12.75pt'><td width=261 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:195.95pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'># </a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=16 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:11.8pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'></td><td width=16 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:11.8pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'></td><td width=16 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:11.8pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'></td><td width=16 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:11.8pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'></td><td width=65 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:48.65pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'></td><td width=65 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:48.65pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'></td></tr><tr style='height:12.75pt'><td width=261 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:195.95pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>#<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=16 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:11.8pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'></td><td width=16 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:11.8pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'></td><td width=16 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:11.8pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'></td><td width=16 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:11.8pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'></td><td width=65 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:48.65pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'></td><td width=65 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:48.65pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'></td></tr><tr style='height:12.75pt'><td width=454 nowrap colspan=7 valign=bottom style='width:340.45pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'># Medvedev signed a law on the calculation of the time (in russian):<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:12.75pt'><td width=389 nowrap colspan=6 valign=bottom style='width:291.8pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'># <a href="http://www.regnum.ru/news/polit/1413906.html"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=65 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:48.65pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'></td></tr><tr style='height:12.75pt'><td width=324 nowrap colspan=5 valign=bottom style='width:243.15pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'># http://www.regnum.ru/news/polit/1413906.html<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=65 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:48.65pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'></td><td width=65 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:48.65pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'></td></tr><tr style='height:12.75pt'><td width=261 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:195.95pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'># </a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=16 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:11.8pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'></td><td width=16 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:11.8pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'></td><td width=16 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:11.8pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'></td><td width=16 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:11.8pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'></td><td width=65 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:48.65pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'></td><td width=65 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:48.65pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'></td></tr><tr style='height:12.75pt'><td width=261 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:195.95pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'></td><td width=16 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:11.8pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'></td><td width=16 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:11.8pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'></td><td width=16 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:11.8pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'></td><td width=16 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:11.8pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'></td><td width=65 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:48.65pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'></td><td width=65 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:48.65pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'></td></tr><tr style='height:12.75pt'><td width=308 nowrap colspan=4 valign=bottom style='width:231.35pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'># From Arthur David Olson (2011-06-15):<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=16 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:11.8pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'></td><td width=65 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:48.65pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'></td><td width=65 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:48.65pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'></td></tr><tr style='height:12.75pt'><td width=454 nowrap colspan=7 valign=bottom style='width:340.45pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'># Take "abolishing daylight saving time" to mean that time is now considered<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr style='height:12.75pt'><td width=277 nowrap colspan=2 valign=bottom style='width:207.75pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'># to be standard.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=16 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:11.8pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'></td><td width=16 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:11.8pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'></td><td width=16 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:11.8pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'></td><td width=65 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:48.65pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'></td><td width=65 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:48.65pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Note that an Oracle Support document (reference <span class=pafhovertarget><b><span style='font-size:15.5pt;color:black'>Russia abandons DST in 2011 - Impact on Oracle RDBMS [ID 1335999.1])</span></b></span> relating to the change in Russia includes the following information<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Russian State Duma passed the third reading of the bill 509727-5 "On the Calculation of Time" (in Russia) and adopted a law abolishing the transition to daylight saving time.<br>The old rule was to move back on last Sunday of October (30 October 2011)<br><b>The Russian timezones will stay on the "summertime".</b><br>For Questions/official statements about the DST change itself, please contact the Russian Government<br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I think this is contrary to Mr Olsons assertion that abolishing now means standard.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Regards<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Trevor<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#BFBFBF;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>___________________________<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#943634;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Trevor North</span></b><b><span 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