a little help? (ok, maybe more than just a litte)
Antoine Leca
Antoine.Leca at renault.fr
Mon May 25 10:58:57 UTC 1998
CHancuff wrote:
>
> UTC variation and begining and ending dates of DST (if observed) would be
> great.
I answered only the places I can comment on.
> BASSAS DA INDIA
This rock is below water half of the time!
If any inhabitants have been there, I do not think they observe DST
on a regular basis! ;-)
> CLIPPERTON ISLAND
Clipperton is uninhabited since the 30's (at least regularly; some
missions have gone there, for one or two months, but I do not know
which time they observe; I think it will be the normal timezone -0700
for Frenchs, Mexico timezone for Mexicans and PST/PDT for Americans;
but these are just guesses).
I am still looking at further informations.
> EUROPA ISLAND
Europa Island is operating a meteo station, with sometimes
a garrison of some militaries. Since they are dependant from
Reunion, they certainly use(d) Reunion's timezone, +0400 all
year round.
No official informations.
> JUAN DE NOVA ISLAND
This small island is uninhabited (though it has been).
Same as for Europa, I figure that since the guys extracting
guano and the meteo/military people are coming from Reunion,
they should operate at +0400.
No official informations.
> TROMELIN ISLAND
Again, this small island is operating a (very important)
meteo station. People going there are coming from Reunion
or Mauritius, thus their clocks are at +0400 all year round.
No official informations.
> BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY
See the file asia (Indian/Chagos)
> FRENCH SOUTHERN AND ANARCTIC LANDS
See the file antartica (Indian/Kerguelen and
Antarctica/DumontDUrville).
I have no information (still investigating) about the
timezone when St Paul and Kerguelen were whale fishing
stations (back in the 20's).
Probably no DST, however!
> GUERNSEY
> JERSEY
And Sercq? and Alderney? :-)
I figure this is the same as UK time (since the begin of
the century), but I have no official pointers.
> MONTENEGRO
Same time as Yugoslavia (since the adoption of legal time
over local mean time). Montenegro is not a separate state
from Serbia (both form a federation, which is not
recognized by the USA).
> VATICAN CITY
Same time as Italy (Europe/Rome).
> WESTERN SAHARA
See the file africa (Africa/El_Aaiun)
Hope it helps,
Antoine
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