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in the spring of 1980, Switzerland did not implement DST until the following year. This resulted in there being a one-hour time difference between Switzerland and most of Western Europe, including all of the bordering countries (with the exception of
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was first attempted between 1941 and 1942, by moving the clocks forward one hour at 01:00 on the first Monday in May, and back again at 02:00 on the first Monday in October. The decision to observe daylight saving time was made by the
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of Switzerland is equivalent to 4°32′09", resulting in a difference of approximately 18 minutes of solar time.
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was introduced in Switzerland in 1851, which allowed near real-time communication, especially amongst
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Gleichmässig – pünktlich – schnell: Zeiteinteilung und Zeitgebrauch in der Schweiz im 19. Jahrhundert
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Since 1981 the shifts to DST occur on the date as specified for
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clocktower at UTC+00:29:45.5. Bernese time was also used on
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The Physical Tourist: A Science Guide for the Traveler
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Switzerland
Central European Time
standard time
Coordinated Universal Time
UTC+01:00
Central European Summer Time
daylight saving time
UTC+02:00
electrical telegraph
post offices
local mean time
Zytglogge
train timetables
UTC+01:00
Daylight saving time
Federal Council
Federal Chancellery
Western Europe
Liechtenstein
Büsingen am Hochrhein
Germany
Unix time
Zurich
European Summer Time
western and easternmost points
IANA time zone database
zone.tab
UTC offset
UTC DST offset
CH

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