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<p><tt>I also doubt the claim by Shanks that </tt><tt><span
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!important; float: none;">Zakarpattia Oblast, to which </span></tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px;
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float: none;">Uzhgorod / Uzhhorod belongs, had Central
European time between 1 July 1990 and 31 March 1991.</span></tt></p>
<p><tt><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px;
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float: none;"></span></tt><tt><span style="color: rgb(0, 0,
0); font-size: 13px; font-style: normal;
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initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline
!important; float: none;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures:
normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;
letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;
text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing:
0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color:
rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style: initial;
text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important;
float: none;">Zakarpattia Oblast</span> has borders with
Slovakia (was Czechoslovakia still in 1990) and Hungary.<br>
These countries were on Central European time (GMT +1h east)
during that period.<br>
</span></tt><tt><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size:
13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal;
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none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;
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255, 255); text-decoration-style: initial;
text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important;
float: none;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size:
13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal;
font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing:
normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform:
none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255,
255, 255); text-decoration-style: initial;
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float: none;">The town of </span></span></tt><tt><span
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font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures:
normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;
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text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing:
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rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style: initial;
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float: none;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size:
13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal;
font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;
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0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
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background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);
text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">Uzhhorod
is directly at the border to Slovakia.</span></span></span></tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px;
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float: none;"></span></tt></p>
<p><tt><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px;
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float: none;">Kiev, Ukraine's capital, was under GMT +3h east
at that time.<br>
</span></tt></p>
<p><tt><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px;
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255, 255); text-decoration-style: initial;
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float: none;">Under which authority the more western </span></tt><tt><span
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normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline
!important; float: none;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures:
normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;
letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;
text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing:
0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color:
rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style: initial;
text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important;
float: none;">Zakarpattia Oblast would have followed its own
time zone?<br>
<br>
I have put the question now into an Ukainian astrology
forum, but my experiences with this kind of forum are <br>
not the best - few people outside the small TZ community
engage themselves with details of historical time zones.</span></span></tt></p>
<p><tt><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px;
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none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;
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255, 255); text-decoration-style: initial;
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float: none;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size:
13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal;
font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing:
normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform:
none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255,
255, 255); text-decoration-style: initial;
text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important;
float: none;">The Ukrainian astrology website on which that
forum runs uses the time zone of Kiev for </span></span></tt><tt><span
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!important; float: none;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures:
normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;
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text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing:
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float: none;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size:
13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal;
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0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
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background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);
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initial; display: inline !important; float: none;"><tt><span
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normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width:
0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);
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initial; display: inline !important; float: none;"><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px;
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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color:
rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style: initial;
text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline
!important; float: none;">Zakarpattia Oblast, during
the period in question.</span></span></tt></span></span></span></tt></p>
<p><tt><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px;
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normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform:
none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;
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float: none;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size:
13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal;
font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing:
normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform:
none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;
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255, 255); text-decoration-style: initial;
text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important;
float: none;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size:
13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal;
font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;
letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent:
0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);
text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial; display: inline !important; float: none;"><tt><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px;
font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal;
font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;
letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start;
text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space:
normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width:
0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);
text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial; display: inline !important; float: none;"><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px;
font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal;
font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;
letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start;
text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space:
normal; word-spacing: 0px;
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color:
rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style: initial;
text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline
!important; float: none;">I am trying to find out on
which information that is based.<br>
</span></span></tt></span></span></span></tt></p>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix"><tt>On 02.12.19 20:31, Paul Eggert
wrote:</tt><tt><br>
</tt></div>
<blockquote type="cite"
cite="mid:be50faaf-905a-39ee-5b10-d573919f4d45@cs.ucla.edu"><tt>On
11/26/19 6:04 AM, Mikhail Gribanov wrote:
</tt><tt><br>
</tt>
<tt><br>
</tt>
<blockquote type="cite">
<blockquote type="cite"><tt>Europe/Uzhgorod
</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>Europe/Zaporozhye
</tt><tt><br>
</tt>
<tt><br>
</tt><tt>Can you explain why they were added? I did not find
any evidence of
</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>the existence of events "Ruthenia used CET 1990/1991"
(comment in tz
</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>database).
</tt><tt><br>
</tt></blockquote>
</blockquote>
<tt><br>
</tt><tt>As I recall, they were added because Shanks's
International Atlas had them. The "europe" file says:
</tt><tt><br>
</tt>
<tt><br>
</tt><tt># Unless otherwise specified, the source for data through
1990 is:
</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt># Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International
Atlas (6th edition),
</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt># San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003).
</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt># Unfortunately this book contains many errors and cites
no sources.
</tt><tt><br>
</tt>
<tt><br>
</tt><tt>It's quite possible that Shanks was wrong, or that I
transcribed Shanks incorrectly. If so, it'd be helpful to
provide evidence of the error, so that we can fix tzdb.
</tt><tt><br>
</tt>
</blockquote>
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