Specifications for Iceland's timezone [forwarded]

[Arthur David Olson]

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> Subject: Specifications for Iceland's timezone
> Status: RO
> 
> One of the FreeBSD team members in Iceland reports the following
> complaints with the default `Iceland' timezone as supplied in your
> latest `europe' file:
> 
> ------- Start of forwarded message -------
> From: Adam David <adam at veda.is>
> To: wollman at uvm-gen.emba.uvm.edu
> Subject: Re: New timezone code
> Date: Sat, 6 Nov 1993 21:50:43 +0000 (GMT)
> 
> [stuff deleted by me -GW]
> 
> The problem with WET is that WET is used also in the British Isles, and
> some systems might assume BST by default if they see "WET" during the summer
> months. The name of the timezone in Iceland for system / mail / news purposes
> is GMT. [...]
> 
> > If Iceland has ever observed Summer Time or has changed time
> > zones at any time in the past, I'd appreciate knowing about it, so we
> > can update the files and send the corrections to Arthur David Olson.
> 
> Iceland has not changed timezone since 1900 and has not had Summer Time
> since quite a long time ago, probably before 1970. If you want exact dates
> for summertime that long ago, I will find this out for you.
> 
> [...]
> ------- End of forwarded message -------
> 
> -GAWollman
> 
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