From b5d5014573eacfddaaaa1b795c2f75443232a5d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2022 10:54:51 -0700 Subject: [PROPOSED 1/2] Simplify Europe/Simferopol * europe (Europe/Simferopol): Simplify (thanks to Michael Deckers). --- europe | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/europe b/europe index 55a397c..116eecd 100644 --- a/europe +++ b/europe @@ -2854,20 +2854,19 @@ Zone Europe/Simferopol 2:16:24 - LMT 1880 2:00 - EET 1992 Mar 20 # Central Crimea used Moscow time 1994/1997. # -# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): +# From Paul Eggert (2022-04-18): # The _Economist_ (1994-05-28, p 45) reports that central Crimea switched # from Kiev to Moscow time sometime after the January 1994 elections. # Shanks (1999) says "date of change uncertain", but implies that it happened # sometime between the 1994 DST switches. Shanks & Pottenger simply say # 1994-09-25 03:00, but that can't be right. For now, guess it -# changed in May. +# changed in May. This change evidently didn't last long; see below. 2:00 C-Eur EE%sT 1994 May # From IATA SSIM (1994/1997), which also says that Kerch is still like Kiev. 3:00 E-Eur MSK/MSD 1996 Mar 31 0:00s 3:00 1:00 MSD 1996 Oct 27 3:00s # IATA SSIM (1997-09) says Crimea switched to EET/EEST. # Assume it happened in March by not changing the clocks. - 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 1997 3:00 - MSK 1997 Mar lastSun 1:00u # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2014-03-17): # time change at 2:00 (2am) on March 30, 2014 -- 2.32.0