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# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
# This file is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
-# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
-# tz@iana.org for general use in the future). For more, please see
-# the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution.
+# go ahead and edit the file, and please send any changes to
+# the public mailing list tz@iana.org for general use in the future.
+# For more, please see the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution.
# From Paul Eggert (2017-02-10):
#
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
# <https://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359>. He writes:
# "It is requested that corrections and additions to these tables
# may be sent to Mr. John Milne, Royal Geographical Society,
-# Savile Row, London." Nowadays please email them to tz@iana.org.
+# Savile Row, London." Nowadays please see the file CONTRIBUTING.
#
# Byalokoz EL. New Counting of Time in Russia since July 1, 1919.
# This Russian-language source was consulted by Vladimir Karpinsky; see
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
# Десятая гос. тип., 1919.
# http://resolver.gpntb.ru/purl?docushare/dsweb/Get/Resource-2011/Byalokoz__E.L.__Novyy__schet__vremeni__v__techenie__sutok__izd__2(1).pdf
#
-# Brazil's Divisão Serviço da Hora (DSHO),
+# Brazil's Divisão de Serviços da Hora (DISHO)
# History of Summer Time
# <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HISTHV.htm>
# (1998-09-21, in Portuguese)
@@ -914,7 +914,7 @@ Rule Belgium 1922 1927 - Oct Sat>=1 23:00s 0 -
Rule Belgium 1923 only - Apr 21 23:00s 1:00 S
Rule Belgium 1924 only - Mar 29 23:00s 1:00 S
Rule Belgium 1925 only - Apr 4 23:00s 1:00 S
-# DSH writes that a royal decree of 1926-02-22 specified the Sun following 3rd
+# DISHO writes that a royal decree of 1926-02-22 specified the Sun following 3rd
# Sat in Apr (except if it's Easter, in which case it's one Sunday earlier),
# to Sun following 1st Sat in Oct, and that a royal decree of 1928-09-15
# changed the transition times to 02:00 GMT.
@@ -1310,6 +1310,13 @@ Zone Europe/Helsinki 1:39:49 - LMT 1878 May 31
# France
# Monaco
+# From Robert H. van Gent (2025-07-21):
+# The most recent issue of the Annuaire [par le Bureau des Longitudes]
+# on Gallica (2021) ... lists information for France
+# https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k9127672b/f52.item
+# From Paul Eggert (2025-07-21):
+# Go with the 2020 Annuaire (published 2021) except as noted below.
+
# From Ciro Discepolo (2000-12-20):
#
# Henri Le Corre, Régimes horaires pour le monde entier, Éditions
@@ -1371,7 +1378,6 @@ Zone Europe/Helsinki 1:39:49 - LMT 1878 May 31
# problems in Algiers, Monaco and Tunis.
#
-# Shank & Pottenger seem to use '24:00' ambiguously; resolve it with Whitman.
# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule France 1916 only - Jun 14 23:00s 1:00 S
Rule France 1916 1919 - Oct Sun>=1 23:00s 0 -
@@ -1383,9 +1389,25 @@ Rule France 1920 only - Oct 23 23:00s 0 -
Rule France 1921 only - Mar 14 23:00s 1:00 S
Rule France 1921 only - Oct 25 23:00s 0 -
Rule France 1922 only - Mar 25 23:00s 1:00 S
-# DSH writes that a law of 1923-05-24 specified 3rd Sat in Apr at 23:00 to 1st
-# Sat in Oct at 24:00; and that in 1930, because of Easter, the transitions
-# were Apr 12 and Oct 5. Go with Shanks & Pottenger.
+# From Robert H. van Gent (2025-07-22):
+# There is a curious history behind the erroneous date for the start of
+# daylight saving in France in 1923 as listed in the current issues of
+# the Annuaire du Bureau des Longitudes. [See:]
+# https://lists.iana.org/hyperkitty/list/tz@iana.org/message/MYQEJMSXO2AIEZ3UIXZKMTTAIPY7KNT2/
+# From Brian Inglis (2025-07-23):
+# Légifrance JORF No. 0073 du 15 mars 1922
+# https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/jo/id/JORFCONT000000008324
+# Légifrance JORF No. 0139 du 25 mai 1923
+# https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/jo/id/JORFCONT000000008416
+# From Paul Eggert (2025-07-23):
+# The latter specifies March's last Saturday at 23:00 to October's first
+# Saturday at 24:00, except that if neighboring allies agree the dates
+# can be moved to April's third Saturday and September's third Saturday.
+# Apparently spring 1923 was tricky. DISHO writes that in 1930,
+# because of Easter, the transitions were Apr 12 and Oct 5.
+# Use the 2020 Annuaire dates, except for spring 1923 where
+# Shanks & Pottenger's May 26 matches the dates given in the 1924 and
+# 1961-2001 issues of the Annuaire.
Rule France 1922 1938 - Oct Sat>=1 23:00s 0 -
Rule France 1923 only - May 26 23:00s 1:00 S
Rule France 1924 only - Mar 29 23:00s 1:00 S
@@ -2096,12 +2118,10 @@ Zone Europe/Warsaw 1:24:00 - LMT 1880
# all clocks therefore having to be advanced or set back correspondingly ...
# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
-# From Tim Parenti (2024-07-01), per Paul Eggert (1999-01-30):
-# DSH writes in their history that Decreto 1469 of 1915-03-30 established
-# summer time and that, "despite" this, the change to the clocks was not done
-# every year, depending on what Spain did, because of railroad schedules.
-# In fact, that decree had nothing to do with DST; rather, it regulated the
-# sending of time signals. But we do see linkage to Spain in the 1920s below.
+# From Tim Parenti (2024-07-01):
+# Decreto 1469 of 1915-03-30 ... had nothing to do with DST;
+# rather it regulated the sending of time signals.
+# But we do see linkage to Spain in the 1920s below.
# https://dre.pt/dr/detalhe/decreto/1469-1915-285721
# https://dre.pt/application/conteudo/285721
#