Oh, yes I completely misinterpreted that sentence. Derf. I was led astray by 
the coincidence that CEST is +0200 and CET +0100.


ijs

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From: Alexander Belopolsky <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2015 16:21
To: ISAAC J SCHWABACHER
Cc: Guido van Rossum; datetime-sig
Subject: Re: [Datetime-SIG] DST explained visually


On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 5:04 PM, ISAAC J SCHWABACHER 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>  [2]:  
> https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sommerzeit#Offizielle_Regelung_der_Zeitumstellung

My favorite part of that Wikipedia article is this sentence:

"Sie darf nicht verwechselt werden mit der international üblichen Abkürzung der 
Zeitzonen, nach der 2 Uhr MESZ als 0200B und 2 Uhr MEZ als 0200A bezeichnet 
werden."

Which is to say (IIUC) that the international standard is that the first 
occurrence is B and the second is A, exactly the opposite of the German system. 
O Weh!

I think they just caution you not to confuse the "A" and "B" times with the 
(military) letter zones A through Z.  The fold disambiguation seems to be in 
the natural A first, then B order.
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