From 017c6ba35d6d73dcef947f96242e9a8feadbe94e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2017 15:43:39 -0800 Subject: [PROPOSED] * europe, zic.8: Clarify EU vs EC. --- europe | 22 ++++++++++++---------- zic.8 | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/europe b/europe index 0fd3cc2..6a77ef9 100644 --- a/europe +++ b/europe @@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ # 2:00 EET EEST Eastern Europe # 3:00 MSK MSD MDST* Moscow -# From Peter Ilieve (1994-12-04), -# The original six [EU members]: Belgium, France, (West) Germany, Italy, +# From Peter Ilieve (1994-12-04), re EEC/EC/EU members: +# The original six: Belgium, France, (West) Germany, Italy, # Luxembourg, the Netherlands. # Plus, from 1 Jan 73: Denmark, Ireland, United Kingdom. # Plus, from 1 Jan 81: Greece. @@ -536,8 +536,9 @@ Zone Europe/Dublin -0:25:00 - LMT 1880 Aug 2 # Europe -# EU rules are for the European Union, previously known as the EC, EEC, -# Common Market, etc. +# The following rules are for the European Union and for its +# predecessor organization, the European Communities. +# For brevity they are called "EU rules" elsewhere in this file. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule EU 1977 1980 - Apr Sun>=1 1:00u 1:00 S @@ -970,7 +971,7 @@ Zone Europe/Prague 0:57:44 - LMT 1850 # The page http://www.retsinfo.dk/_GETDOCI_/ACCN/A18930008330-REGL # confirms this, and states that the law was put forth 1893-03-29. # -# The EU treaty with effect from 1973: +# The EU [actually, EEC and Euratom] treaty with effect from 1973: # http://www.retsinfo.dk/_GETDOCI_/ACCN/A19722110030-REGL # # This provoked a new law from 1974 to make possible summer time changes @@ -1026,9 +1027,10 @@ Zone Atlantic/Faroe -0:27:04 - LMT 1908 Jan 11 # Tórshavn # East Greenland and Franz Josef Land, but we don't know their time zones. # My source for this is Wilhelm Dege's book mentioned under Svalbard. # -# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): -# Greenland joined the EU as part of Denmark, obtained home rule on 1979-05-01, -# and left the EU on 1985-02-01. It therefore should have been using EU +# From Paul Eggert (2017-12-10): +# Greenland joined the European Communities as part of Denmark, +# obtained home rule on 1979-05-01, and left the European Communities +# on 1985-02-01. It therefore should have been using EU # rules at least through 1984. Shanks & Pottenger say Scoresbysund and Godthåb # used C-Eur rules after 1980, but IATA SSIM (1991/1996) says they use EU # rules since at least 1991. Assume EU rules since 1980. @@ -1439,7 +1441,7 @@ Zone Europe/Athens 1:34:52 - LMT 1895 Sep 14 1:00 Greece CE%sT 1944 Apr 4 2:00 Greece EE%sT 1981 # Shanks & Pottenger say it switched to C-Eur in 1981; - # go with EU instead, since Greece joined it on Jan 1. + # go with EU rules instead, since Greece joined Jan 1. 2:00 EU EE%sT # Hungary @@ -2138,7 +2140,7 @@ Zone Europe/Warsaw 1:24:00 - LMT 1880 # IATA SSIM (1991/1992) reports that the Azores were at -1:00. # IATA SSIM (1993-02) says +0:00; later issues (through 1996-09) say -1:00. # Guess that the Azores changed to EU rules in 1992 (since that's when Portugal -# harmonized with the EU), and that they stayed +0:00 that winter. +# harmonized with EU rules), and that they stayed +0:00 that winter. # # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S # DSH writes that despite Decree 1,469 (1915), the change to the clocks was not diff --git a/zic.8 b/zic.8 index 43ef2ce..4970a04 100644 --- a/zic.8 +++ b/zic.8 @@ -488,6 +488,8 @@ local wall clock time. Here is an extended example of .I zic input, intended to illustrate many of its features. +In this example, the EU rules are for the European Union +and for its predecessor organization, the European Communities. .br .ne 22 .nf -- 2.7.4