FW: Turkey: Timezone change date delayed for one day

Arthur David Olson olsona at lecserver.nci.nih.gov
Fri Mar 11 03:07:52 UTC 2011


Here's an additional proposed change to the europe file to cover
the Turkish one-day delay in the start of DST. If no problems are found,
this will appear on the ftp site on 2011-03-14 along with the changes
proposed yesterday.

				--ado

------- europe -------
*** /tmp/geta10962	Thu Mar 10 22:03:45 2011
--- /tmp/getb10962	Thu Mar 10 22:03:45 2011
***************
*** 1,5 ****
  # <pre>
! # @(#)europe	8.27
  # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
  # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
  
--- 1,5 ----
  # <pre>
! # @(#)europe	8.28
  # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
  # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
  
***************
*** 2483,2507 ****
  # (on a non-government server though) describing dates between 2002 and 2006:
  # http://www.alomaliye.com/bkk_2002_3769.htm
  
! # From Sue Williams (2008-08-11):
! # I spotted this news article about a potential change in Turkey.
! #
! # <a href="http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/domestic/9626174.asp?scr=1">
! # http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/domestic/9626174.asp?scr=1
  # </a>
! 
! # From Sue Williams (2008-08-20):
! # This article says that around the end of March 2011, Turkey wants to
! # adjust the clocks forward by 1/2 hour and stay that way permanently.
! # The article indicates that this is a change in timezone offset in addition
! # to stopping observance of DST.
! # This proposal has not yet been approved.
! #
! # Read more here...
! #
! # Turkey to abandon daylight saving time in 2011
! # <a href="http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=112989">
! # http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=112989
  # </a>
  
  # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
--- 2483,2500 ----
  # (on a non-government server though) describing dates between 2002 and 2006:
  # http://www.alomaliye.com/bkk_2002_3769.htm
  
! # From G&ouml;kdeniz Karada&#x011f; (2011-03-10):
! # 
! # According to the articles linked below, Turkey will change into summer
! # time zone (GMT+3) on March 28, 2011 at 3:00 a.m. instead of March 27.
! # This change is due to a nationwide exam on 27th.
! # 
! # <a href="http://www.worldbulletin.net/?aType=haber&ArticleID=70872">
! # http://www.worldbulletin.net/?aType=haber&ArticleID=70872
  # </a>
! # Turkish:
! # <a href="http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/ekonomi/17230464.asp?gid=373">
! # http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/ekonomi/17230464.asp?gid=373
  # </a>
  
  # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
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*** 2569,2574 ****
--- 2562,2569 ----
  			2:00	Turkey	EE%sT	1978 Oct 15
  			3:00	Turkey	TR%sT	1985 Apr 20 # Turkey Time
  			2:00	Turkey	EE%sT	2007
+ 			2:00	EU	EE%sT	2011 Mar 27 1:00u
+ 			2:00	-	EET	2011 Mar 28 1:00u
  			2:00	EU	EE%sT
  Link	Europe/Istanbul	Asia/Istanbul	# Istanbul is in both continents.
  



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