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
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*** 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.
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*** 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 Gökdeniz Karadağ (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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