tzdata for Switzerland 1940 - 1942 probably incorrect - PS

Alois Treindl alois at astro.ch
Tue Dec 16 11:16:11 UTC 2008


Alois Treindl wrote:
> I forgot to correct the begin times. These must be according to the 
> meteorological federal office:
> 
> The rules must be changed to
> Rule  Swiss   1941    1942    -       May     Mon>=1  1:00    1:00    S
> Rule  Swiss   1941    1942    -       Oct     Mon>=1  2:00    0       -

I have reviewed today all printed book sources regarding DST in 
Switzerland in 1941 and 1942. There is inconsistency regarding the clock 
time of the change.

I am going to dig in newspaper archives to read the original government 
rules (Verordnung des Bundesrats) and report back once this is done.




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