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<p><tt>Thank you for remindig me of newspaper archives. Should have
thought of it myself.</tt></p>
<p><tt>I spent 6 Euros to buy two archive copies of Il Messagero, a
Roman paper, for 1 and 2 April 1944.</tt></p>
<p><tt>The edition of 2 April has this note:<br>
Tonight at 2 am, put forward the clock by one hour.<br>
Remember that in the night between today and Monday the 'ora
legale' will come in force again.</tt></p>
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<p><tt>That makes it clear that in Rome the change was on Monday, 3
April 1944 at 2 am.</tt></p>
<p><tt>Screenshot of paper archive attached.</tt><br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 02.07.19 02:42, Paul Eggert wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:f86419fa-f9a5-ab14-12a9-d9eff079671c@cs.ucla.edu"><br>
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Of course primary sources (such as Roman newspapers during that
period) would be better than my guess, but it was a chaotic time
and it might be difficult to come up with anything reliable.
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