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<p><font face="monospace">More information about the history of
legal time in Portugal is here<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://oal.ul.pt/hora-legal/legislacao-sobre-a-hora-legal/">http://oal.ul.pt/hora-legal/legislacao-sobre-a-hora-legal/</a></font><br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 07.02.21 09:48, Alois Treindl wrote:<br>
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<p><font face="monospace">TZ claims that in 1950 there was no DST
in Portugal, zone Europe/Lisbon.</font></p>
<p><font face="monospace"> While it was continuously applied
between 1916 and 1965.</font></p>
<p><font face="monospace">The sources quoted in file europe are
poor, it is only Whitman versus Shanks/Pottenger.</font></p>
<p><font face="monospace">I have research online law collection
for Portugal at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://dre.pt/" moz-do-not-send="true">https://dre.pt/</a>
and searched for 'hora de verão'.<br>
The results are sparse, but what I find on legal texts does
not indicate any interruption of the 1916 law for the year
1950.<br>
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This Wikipedia page shows a list<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lista_de_per%C3%ADodos_em_que_vigorou_o_hor%C3%A1rio_de_ver%C3%A3o_em_Portugal"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lista_de_per%C3%ADodos_em_que_vigorou_o_hor%C3%A1rio_de_ver%C3%A3o_em_Portugal</a><br>
and mentions the Decreto-Lei nº 37048 for 1949-1965.</font></p>
<p><font face="monospace">That law says 'first Sunday in April to
first Sunday in October.<br>
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<p><font face="monospace">No exception for 1950.</font></p>
<p><font face="monospace">Here is a list from the Lisbon
astronomical observatory, which says the same thing.</font></p>
<p><font face="monospace"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://oal.ul.pt/documentos/2018/01/hl1911a2018.pdf/"
moz-do-not-send="true">http://oal.ul.pt/documentos/2018/01/hl1911a2018.pdf/</a></font></p>
<p><font face="monospace">I suggest that the rules for
Europe/Lisbon should be updated accordingly.<br>
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