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#
# It is NOT possible to predict when [British Summer Time] will change
# in a future year.
#
#
# (The admiralty calculate when they think it should be (no more that a couple
# of years in advance) and advise the government who then decide whether or
# of years in advance) and advise the government who then decide whether or
# not they will take the admiralty's advice)
#
#
# ...the Gre[e]nwich...observatory...[was] very helpful.
#
#
# I was not able to track down the Admiralty formula (I tried hard but failed)
# ...
@@ -76,14 +76,14 @@
# Date: 5 Jan 89 09:50:38 GMT (Thu)
# From: Peter Kendell <nih-csl!uunet!mcvax!tcom.stc.co.uk!pete>
# ...
#
# From my Collins Diary for 1989 -
#
#
# From my Collins Diary for 1989 -
#
# "At the time of going to press the Home Office was unable to confirm
# the 1989 starting and finishing dates for BST*, but expressed the
# the 1989 starting and finishing dates for BST*, but expressed the
# view that 26 March and 29 October were the likeliest dates to be
# adopted"
#
#
# *British Summer Time.
# From an Anonymous U. K. Donor (January 5, 1989):
@@ -165,21 +165,21 @@ Link MET CET
# From: seismo!mcvax!cgcha!wtho (Tom Hofmann)
# Message-Id: <8701281556.AA22174@cgcha.uucp>
# ...
#
#
# ...the European time rules are...standardized since 1981, when
# most European coun[tr]ies started DST. Before that year, only
# a few countries (UK, France, Italy) had DST, each according
# to own national rules. In 1981, however, DST started on
# 'Apr firstSun', and not on 'Mar lastSun' as in the following
# years...
# But also since 1981 there are some more national exceptions
# than listed in 'europe': Switzerland, for example, joined DST
# one year later, Denmark ended DST on 'Oct 1' instead of 'Sep
# But also since 1981 there are some more national exceptions
# than listed in 'europe': Switzerland, for example, joined DST
# one year later, Denmark ended DST on 'Oct 1' instead of 'Sep
# lastSun' in 1981---I don't know how they handle now.
#
#
# Finally, DST ist always from 'Apr 1' to 'Oct 1' in the
# Soviet Union (as far as I know).
#
# Soviet Union (as far as I know).
#
# Tom Hofmann, Scientific Computer Center, CIBA-GEIGY AG,
# 4002 Basle, Switzerland
# UUCP: ...!mcvax!cernvax!cgcha!wtho
@@ -188,11 +188,11 @@ Link MET CET
# Date: Wed, 4 Feb 87 22:35:22 +0100
# From: seismo!mcvax!cwi.nl!dik (Dik T. Winter)
# ...
#
#
# The information from Tom Hofmann is (as far as I know) not entirely correct.
# After a request from chongo at amdahl I tried to retrieve all information
# about DST in Europe. I was able to find all from about 1969.
#
#
# ...standardization on DST in Europe started in about 1977 with switches on
# first Sunday in April and last Sunday in September...
# In 1981 UK joined Europe insofar that
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ Link MET CET
# the whole of Europe used DST, with switch dates April 1 and October 1 in
# the Sov[i]et Union. In 1985 the SU reverted to standard Europe[a]n switch
# dates...
#
#
# It should also be remembered that time-zones are not constants; e.g.
# Portugal switched in 1976 from MET (or CET) to WET with DST...
# Note also that though there were rules for switch dates not
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ Link MET CET
# assumed that DST is 1 hour ahead of normal time, this need not be the
# case; at least in the Netherlands there have been times when DST was 2 hours
# in advance of normal time.
#
#
# ...
# dik t. winter, cwi, amsterdam, nederland
# INTERNET : dik@cwi.nl