From f9e9f7f9d6761049c7e084c7b7dea89c87fe584c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2016 11:04:08 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Improve Barnaul guesswork * NEWS: (Thanks to Matt Johnson.) * europe (Europe/Barnaul): Guess that Barnaul switched from +06 to +07 in 2011, not in 1992, as this is a better fit for our more-reliable post-2000 data. --- NEWS | 4 +++- europe | 9 ++++++--- 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 27c2368..779c11e 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes Altai Republic, Russia, which will switch from +06 to +07 on the same date and local time. The Astrakhan change is already official; the others have passed the first reading in the State Duma and are extremely likely. - (Thanks to Alexander Krivenyshev for the heads-up.) + (Thanks to Alexander Krivenyshev for the heads-up, and to Matt Johnson + for corrections.) + As a trial of a new system that needs less information to be made up, the new zones use numeric time zone abbreviations like "+04" instead of invented abbreviations like "ASTT". diff --git a/europe b/europe index 09d6543..2960bfa 100644 --- a/europe +++ b/europe @@ -2528,10 +2528,13 @@ Zone Asia/Omsk 4:53:30 - LMT 1919 Nov 14 7:00 - OMST 2014 Oct 26 2:00s 6:00 - OMST -# From Paul Eggert (2016-02-21): +# From Paul Eggert (2016-02-22): # Asia/Barnaul covers: # 04 RU-AL Altai Republic # 22 RU-ALT Altai Krai +# Data before 1991 are from Shanks & Pottenger. Guess that Barnaul synchronized +# with Omsk starting in 1992 (a no-change transition for Barnaul). +# This may be related to the guess in Asia/Novosibirsk for Tomsk in 1993. # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2016-02-17): # Altai Krai and Altai Republic on their way to change time zones @@ -2544,8 +2547,8 @@ Zone Asia/Omsk 4:53:30 - LMT 1919 Nov 14 Zone Asia/Barnaul 5:35:00 - LMT 1919 Dec 10 6:00 - +06 1930 Jun 21 7:00 Russia +07/+08 1991 Mar 31 2:00s - 6:00 Russia +06/+07 1992 Jan 19 2:00s - 7:00 Russia +07/+08 2014 Oct 26 2:00s + 6:00 Russia +06/+07 2011 Mar 27 2:00s + 7:00 - +07 2014 Oct 26 2:00s 6:00 - +06 2016 Mar 27 2:00s 7:00 - +07 -- 2.5.0