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Due to time zone variations and Daylight Saving Time
considerations, the local transmission timings presented at JSFnetGB for
Jeux Sans Frontičres can look confusing and plain wrong. As it happens,
they are correct and this quick guide by Neil Storer explains which countries
adopted DST and when.
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Daylight Savings Time |
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1965 |
None of
participating countries observed DST |
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1966 |
ONLY Italy
observed DST (22/5/1966 - 25/9/1966) |
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1967 |
Italy observed
DST (28/5/1967 - 24/9/1967)
Great Britain observed DST (19/3/1967 - 29/10/1967) |
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1968 |
Italy observed
DST (26/5/1968 - 22/9/1968)
Great Britain observed DST (18/2/1968 - 27/10/1968) |
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1969 |
ONLY Italy
observed DST (1/6/1969 - 28/9/1969) |
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1970 |
ONLY Italy
observed DST (31/5/1970 - 27/9/1970) |
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1971 |
ONLY Italy observed DST (23/5/1971 - 26/9/1971) |
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1972 |
Italy observed
DST (28/5/1972 - 1/10/1972)
Great Britain observed DST (19/3/1972 - 29/10/1972) |
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1973 |
Italy observed
DST (3/6/1973 - 30/9/1973)
Great Britain observed DST (18/3/1973 - 28/10/1973) |
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1974 |
Italy observed
DST (26/5/1974 - 29/9/1974)
Great Britain observed DST (17/3/1974 - 27/10/1974) |
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1975 |
Italy observed DST (1/6/1975 - 28/9/1975)
Great Britain observed DST (16/3/1975 - 26/10/1975) |
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From 1976 things started to become
standardised |
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1976 |
France
observed DST (28/3/1976 - 26/9/1976)
Italy observed DST (30/5/1976 - 26/9/1976)
Great Britain observed DST (21/3/1976 - 24/10/1976) |
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1977 |
Belgium
observed DST (3/4/1977 - 25/9/1977)
France observed DST (3/4/1977 - 25/9/1977)
Italy observed DST (22/5/1977 - 25/9/1977)
Netherlands observed DST (3/4/1977 - 25/9/1977)
Great Britain observed DST (20/3/1977 - 23/10/1977) |
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1978 |
Belgium,
France, Italy and Great Britain observed DST
(only Germany, Switzerland and Yugoslavia DIDN’T) |
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1979 |
Belgium,
France, Italy, Portugal and Great Britain observed DST
(only Germany, Switzerland and Yugoslavia DIDN’T) |
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1980 |
Belgium,
Germany, France, Italy, Portugal and Great Britain observed DST
(ONLY Switzerland and Yugoslavia DIDN’T) |
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1981 |
All
participating countries observed DST
(EXCEPT Yugoslavia) |
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1982 |
All
participating countries observed DST
(EXCEPT Yugoslavia) |
Additional Note: Timings for Great Britain and Portugal may look
erroneous despite their observing DST - this is because they are in a
different timezone to the rest of Europe and are always one hour behind. |
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JSFnetGB Data Bank pages researched by
Neil Storer and
Alan Hayes
with Ischa Bijl, Julien Dessy, Sébastien Dias, David Hamilton, Denis Kirsanov, Paul Leaver, Philippe Minet,
Christos Moustakas, David Laich Ruiz, Marko Voštan and JSFnet Websites |
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