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# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
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# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
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# also includes Central America and the Caribbean
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# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
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# This file is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
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# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
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# tz@iana.org for general use in the future).
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# tz@iana.org for general use in the future). For more, please see
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# the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution.
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# From Paul Eggert (1999-03-22):
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# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is
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# to push people into bed earlier, and get them up earlier, to make
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# them healthy, wealthy and wise in spite of themselves.
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# -- Robertson Davies, The diary of Samuel Marchbanks,
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# -- Robertson Davies, The diary of Samuel Marchbanks,
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# Clarke, Irwin (1947), XIX, Sunday
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# For more about the first ten years of DST in the United States, see
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# Robert Garland's <a href="http://www.clpgh.org/exhibit/dst.html">
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# Ten years of daylight saving from the Pittsburgh standpoint
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# (Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, 1927)</a>.
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# Robert Garland, Ten years of daylight saving from the Pittsburgh standpoint
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# (Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, 1927).
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# http://www.clpgh.org/exhibit/dst.html
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# Shanks says that DST was called "War Time" in the US in 1918 and 1919.
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# However, DST was imposed by the Standard Time Act of 1918, which
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# From Arthur David Olson (2000-09-25):
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# Last night I heard part of a rebroadcast of a 1945 Arch Oboler radio drama.
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# In the introduction, Oboler spoke of "Eastern Peace Time."
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# An AltaVista search turned up
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# <a href="http://rowayton.org/rhs/hstaug45.html">:
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# An AltaVista search turned up:
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# http://rowayton.org/rhs/hstaug45.html
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# "When the time is announced over the radio now, it is 'Eastern Peace
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# Time' instead of the old familiar 'Eastern War Time.' Peace is wonderful."
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# </a> (August 1945) by way of confirmation.
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# (August 1945) by way of confirmation.
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# From Joseph Gallant citing
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# George H. Douglas, _The Early Days of Radio Broadcasting_ (1987):
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# USA ALASKA STD 9 H BEHIND UTC MOST OF ALASKA (AKST)
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# USA ALASKA STD 8 H BEHIND UTC APR 3 - OCT 30 (AKDT)
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# USA ALEUTIAN 10 H BEHIND UTC ISLANDS WEST OF 170W
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# USA - " - 9 H BEHIND UTC APR 3 - OCT 30
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# USA " 9 H BEHIND UTC APR 3 - OCT 30
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# USA HAWAII 10 H BEHIND UTC
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# USA BERING 11 H BEHIND UTC SAMOA, MIDWAY
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# The following was signed into law on 2005-08-08.
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# H.R. 6, Energy Policy Act of 2005, SEC. 110. DAYLIGHT SAVINGS.
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# (a) Amendment- Section 3(a) of the Uniform Time Act of 1966 (15
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# (a) Amendment.--Section 3(a) of the Uniform Time Act of 1966 (15
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# U.S.C. 260a(a)) is amended--
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# (1) by striking 'first Sunday of April' and inserting 'second
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# Sunday of March'; and
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# (2) by striking 'last Sunday of October' and inserting 'first
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# Sunday of March"; and
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# (2) by striking "last Sunday of October" and inserting "first
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# Sunday of November'.
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# (b) Effective Date- Subsection (a) shall take effect 1 year after the
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# (b) Effective Date.--Subsection (a) shall take effect 1 year after the
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# date of enactment of this Act or March 1, 2007, whichever is later.
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# (c) Report to Congress- Not later than 9 months after the effective
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# (c) Report to Congress.--Not later than 9 months after the effective
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# date stated in subsection (b), the Secretary shall report to Congress
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# on the impact of this section on energy consumption in the United
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# (d) Right to Revert- Congress retains the right to revert the
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# (d) Right to Revert.--Congress retains the right to revert the
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# Daylight Saving Time back to the 2005 time schedules once the
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# Department study is complete.
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# From Paul Eggert (2005-08-26):
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# According to today's Huntsville Times
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# <http://www.al.com/news/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?/base/news/1125047783228320.xml&coll=1>
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# http://www.al.com/news/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?/base/news/1125047783228320.xml&coll=1
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# a few towns on Alabama's "eastern border with Georgia, such as Phenix City
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# in Russell County, Lanett in Chambers County and some towns in Lee County,
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# set their watches and clocks on Eastern time." It quotes H.H. "Bubba"
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# time zone, but we do go by the Eastern time zone because so many people work
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# From Paul Eggert (2014-09-06):
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# Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 44, 4 (1884-02-08), 208
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# says that New York City Hall time was 3 minutes 58.4 seconds fast of
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# Eastern time (i.e., -4:56:01.6) just before the 1883 switch. Round to the
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# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER
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# Oliver County, ND switched from mountain to central time on 1992-10-25.
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# Morton County, ND, switched from mountain to central time on
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# 2003-10-26, except for the area around Mandan which was already central time.
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# Jones, Mellette, and Todd Counties in South Dakota;
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# but in practice these other counties were already observing central time.
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# See <http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/2003/October/Day-28/i27056.htm>.
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# From Josh Findley (2011-01-21):
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# ...it appears that Mercer County, North Dakota, changed from the
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# mountain time zone to the central time zone at the last transition from
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# daylight-saving to standard time (on Nov. 7, 2010):
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# <a href="http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2010-09-29/html/2010-24376.htm">
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# http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2010-09-29/html/2010-24376.htm
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# <a href="http://www.bismarcktribune.com/news/local/article_1eb1b588-c758-11df-b472-001cc4c03286.html">
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# http://www.bismarcktribune.com/news/local/article_1eb1b588-c758-11df-b472-001cc4c03286.html
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# From Andy Lipscomb (2011-01-24):
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# ...according to the Census Bureau, the largest city is Beulah (although
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# it's commonly referred to as Beulah-Hazen, with Hazen being the next
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# largest city in Mercer County). Google Maps places Beulah's city hall
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# at 4715'51" north, 10146'40" west, which yields an offset of 6h47'07".
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# at 47 degrees 15' 51" N, 101 degrees 46' 40" W, which yields an offset
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# US mountain time, represented by Denver
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# was destroyed in 1805 by a Yakutat-kon war party.) However, there
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# were nearby inhabitants in some cases and for our purposes perhaps
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# it's best to simply use the official transition.
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# From Steve Ferguson (2011-01-31):
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# The author lives in Alaska and many of the references listed are only
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# From Paul Eggert (2014-07-18):
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# One opinion of the early-1980s turmoil in Alaska over time zones and
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# daylight saving time appeared as graffiti on a Juneau airport wall:
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# "Welcome to Juneau. Please turn your watch back to the 19th century."
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# See: Turner W. Alaska's four time zones now two. NY Times 1983-11-01.
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# http://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/01/us/alaska-s-four-time-zones-now-two.html
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# <a href="http://www.alaskahistoricalsociety.org/index.cfm?section=discover%20alaska&page=Glimpses%20of%20the%20Past&viewpost=2&ContentId=98">
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# http://www.alaskahistoricalsociety.org/index.cfm?section=discover%20alaska&page=Glimpses%20of%20the%20Past&viewpost=2&ContentId=98
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# Steve Ferguson (2011-01-31) referred to the following source:
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# Norris F. Keeping time in Alaska: national directives, local response.
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# Alaska History 2001;16(1-2).
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# http://alaskahistoricalsociety.org/discover-alaska/glimpses-of-the-past/keeping-time-in-alaska/
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# From Arthur David Olson (2011-02-01):
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# Here's database-relevant material from the 2001 "Alaska History" article:
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# From Arthur David Olson (2011-02-09):
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# I just spoke by phone with a staff member at the Metlakatla Indian
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# Community office (using contact information available at
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# <a href="http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CIS.cfm?Comm_Boro_name=Metlakatla">
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# http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CIS.cfm?Comm_Boro_name=Metlakatla
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# It's shortly after 1:00 here on the east coast of the United States;
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# the staffer said it was shortly after 10:00 there. When I asked whether
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# that meant they were on Pacific time, they said no--they were on their
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# that meant they were on Pacific time, they said no - they were on their
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# own time. I asked about daylight saving; they said it wasn't used. I
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# did not inquire about practices in the past.
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Zone America/Sitka 14:58:47 - LMT 1867 Oct 18
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# Minutes of the Unalaska City Council Meeting, January 10, 1967:
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# "Except for St. Paul and Akutan, Unalaska is the only important
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# location not on Alaska Standard Time. The following resolution was
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# made by William Robinson and seconded by Henry Swanson: Be it
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# made by William Robinson and seconded by Henry Swanson: Be it
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# resolved that the City of Unalaska hereby goes to Alaska Standard
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# Time as of midnight Friday, January 13, 1967 (1 A.M. Saturday,
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# January 14, Alaska Standard Time.) This resolution was passed with
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# "Hawaiian Time" by Robert C. Schmitt and Doak C. Cox appears on pages 207-225
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# of volume 26 of The Hawaiian Journal of History (1992). As of 2010-12-09,
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# the article is available at
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# <a href="http://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10524/239/2/JL26215.pdf">
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# http://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10524/239/2/JL26215.pdf
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# and indicates that standard time was adopted effective noon, January
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# 13, 1896 (page 218), that in "1933, the Legislature decreed daylight
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# saving for the period between the last Sunday of each April and the
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# year, the standard time of this Territory shall be advanced one
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# hour...This Act shall take effect upon its approval. Approved this 26th
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# day of April, A. D. 1933. LAWRENCE M JUDD, Governor of the Territory of
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# Hawaii." Page 172: "Act 163...Act 90 of the Session Laws of 1933 is
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# Hawaii." Page 172: "Act 163...Act 90 of the Session Laws of 1933 is
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# hereby repealed...This Act shall take effect upon its approval, upon
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# which date the standard time of this Territory shall be restored to
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# that existing immediately prior to the taking effect of said Act 90.
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# Note that 1933-05-21 was a Sunday.
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# We're left to guess the time of day when Act 163 was approved; guess noon.
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Zone Pacific/Honolulu -10:31:26 - LMT 1896 Jan 13 12:00 #Schmitt&Cox
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-10:30 - HST 1942 Feb 09 2:00 #Schmitt&Cox+2
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# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
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Zone Pacific/Honolulu -10:31:26 - LMT 1896 Jan 13 12:00
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-10:30 - HST 1933 Apr 30 2:00
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-10:30 1:00 HDT 1933 May 21 12:00
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Link Pacific/Honolulu Pacific/Johnston
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# Now we turn to US areas that have diverged from the consensus since 1970.
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# From Paul Eggert (2002-10-20):
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# The information in the rest of this paragraph is derived from the
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# <a href="http://www.dlapr.lib.az.us/links/daylight.htm">
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# Daylight Saving Time web page (2002-01-23)</a> maintained by the
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# Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records.
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# Daylight Saving Time web page
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# <http://www.dlapr.lib.az.us/links/daylight.htm> (2002-01-23)
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# maintained by the Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records.
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# Between 1944-01-01 and 1944-04-01 the State of Arizona used standard
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# time, but by federal law railroads, airlines, bus lines, military
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# personnel, and some engaged in interstate commerce continued to
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# Shanks says the 1944 experiment came to an end on 1944-03-17.
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# Go with the Arizona State Library instead.
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# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
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Zone America/Phoenix -7:28:18 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 11:31:42
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-7:00 - MST 1944 Apr 1 00:01
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-7:00 US M%sT 1944 Oct 1 00:01
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-7:00 - MST 1944 Apr 1 0:01
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# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
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Zone America/Boise -7:44:49 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:15:11
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-8:00 US P%sT 1923 May 13 2:00
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-8:00 US P%sT 1923 May 13 2:00
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# For a map of Indiana's time zone regions, see:
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# <a href="http://www.mccsc.edu/time.html">
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# What time is it in Indiana?
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# http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_Indiana
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# From Paul Eggert (2007-08-17):
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# Since 1970, most of Indiana has been like America/Indiana/Indianapolis,
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# with the following exceptions:
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# - Gibson, Jasper, Lake, LaPorte, Newton, Porter, Posey, Spencer,
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# Vandenburgh, and Warrick counties have been like America/Chicago.
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# Vanderburgh, and Warrick counties have been like America/Chicago.
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# - Dearborn and Ohio counties have been like America/New_York.
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# that they would be ambiguous if we left them at the 'America' level.
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# So we reluctantly put them all in a subdirectory 'America/Indiana'.
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# From Paul Eggert (2005-08-16):
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# http://www.mccsc.edu/time.html says that Indiana will use DST starting 2006.
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# From Nathan Stratton Treadway (2006-03-30):
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# http://www.dot.gov/affairs/dot0406.htm [3705 B]
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# From Deborah Goldsmith (2006-01-18):
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# http://dmses.dot.gov/docimages/pdf95/382329_web.pdf [2.9 MB]
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# From Paul Eggert (2006-01-20):
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# It says "DOT is relocating the time zone boundary in Indiana to move Starke,
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# From Paul Eggert (2014-06-26):
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# https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2006/01/20/06-563/standard-time-zone-boundary-in-the-state-of-indiana
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# says "DOT is relocating the time zone boundary in Indiana to move Starke,
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# Pulaski, Knox, Daviess, Martin, Pike, Dubois, and Perry Counties from the
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# Eastern Time Zone to the Central Time Zone.... The effective date of
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# this rule is 2:OO a.m. EST Sunday, April 2, 2006, which is the
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# this rule is 2 a.m. EST Sunday, April 2, 2006, which is the
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# changeover date from standard time to Daylight Saving Time."
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# Strictly speaking, this means the affected counties will change their
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# clocks twice that night, but this obviously is in error. The intent
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# is that 01:59:59 EST be followed by 02:00:00 CDT.
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# Strictly speaking, this meant the affected counties changed their
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# clocks twice that night, but this obviously was in error. The intent
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# was that 01:59:59 EST be followed by 02:00:00 CDT.
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# From Gwillim Law (2007-02-10):
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# The Associated Press has been reporting that Pulaski County, Indiana is
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Rule Indianapolis 1941 1954 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
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Rule Indianapolis 1946 1954 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
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# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
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Zone America/Indiana/Indianapolis -5:44:38 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:15:22
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-6:00 US C%sT 1920
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-6:00 Indianapolis C%sT 1942
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-6:00 US C%sT 1946
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-6:00 Indianapolis C%sT 1955 Apr 24 2:00
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-5:00 - EST 1957 Sep 29 2:00
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-6:00 - CST 1958 Apr 27 2:00
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-6:00 Indianapolis C%sT 1955 Apr 24 2:00
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-5:00 - EST 1957 Sep 29 2:00
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-6:00 - CST 1958 Apr 27 2:00
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-5:00 US E%sT 1971
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# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
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Zone America/Indiana/Marengo -5:45:23 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:14:37
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-6:00 US C%sT 1951
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-6:00 Marengo C%sT 1961 Apr 30 2:00
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-6:00 Marengo C%sT 1961 Apr 30 2:00
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-5:00 US E%sT 1974 Jan 6 2:00
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-6:00 1:00 CDT 1974 Oct 27 2:00
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-5:00 US E%sT 1974 Jan 6 2:00
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-6:00 1:00 CDT 1974 Oct 27 2:00
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-5:00 US E%sT 1976
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# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
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Zone America/Indiana/Vincennes -5:50:07 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:09:53
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-6:00 US C%sT 1946
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-6:00 Vincennes C%sT 1964 Apr 26 2:00
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-6:00 Vincennes C%sT 1964 Apr 26 2:00
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-5:00 US E%sT 1971
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-5:00 - EST 2006 Apr 2 2:00
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-6:00 US C%sT 2007 Nov 4 2:00
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-5:00 - EST 2006 Apr 2 2:00
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-6:00 US C%sT 2007 Nov 4 2:00
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# Perry County, Indiana, switched from eastern to central time in April 2006.
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# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
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Zone America/Indiana/Tell_City -5:47:03 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:12:57
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-6:00 US C%sT 1946
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-6:00 Perry C%sT 1964 Apr 26 2:00
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-6:00 Perry C%sT 1964 Apr 26 2:00
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-5:00 US E%sT 1971
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-5:00 - EST 2006 Apr 2 2:00
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-5:00 - EST 2006 Apr 2 2:00
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# Pike County, Indiana moved from central to eastern time in 1977,
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# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
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Zone America/Indiana/Petersburg -5:49:07 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:10:53
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-6:00 US C%sT 1955
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-6:00 Pike C%sT 1965 Apr 25 2:00
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-5:00 - EST 1966 Oct 30 2:00
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-5:00 - EST 2006 Apr 2 2:00
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-6:00 US C%sT 2007 Nov 4 2:00
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-5:00 - EST 1966 Oct 30 2:00
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-6:00 US C%sT 1977 Oct 30 2:00
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-5:00 - EST 2006 Apr 2 2:00
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-6:00 US C%sT 2007 Nov 4 2:00
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# Starke County, Indiana moved from central to eastern time in 1991,
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# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
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Zone America/Indiana/Knox -5:46:30 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:13:30
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-6:00 US C%sT 1947
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-6:00 Starke C%sT 1962 Apr 29 2:00
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-5:00 - EST 1963 Oct 27 2:00
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-6:00 US C%sT 1991 Oct 27 2:00
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-5:00 - EST 2006 Apr 2 2:00
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-6:00 Starke C%sT 1962 Apr 29 2:00
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-5:00 - EST 1963 Oct 27 2:00
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-6:00 US C%sT 1991 Oct 27 2:00
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-5:00 - EST 2006 Apr 2 2:00
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# Pulaski County, Indiana, switched from eastern to central time in
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# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
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Zone America/Indiana/Winamac -5:46:25 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:13:35
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-6:00 US C%sT 1946
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-6:00 Pulaski C%sT 1961 Apr 30 2:00
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-6:00 Pulaski C%sT 1961 Apr 30 2:00
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-5:00 US E%sT 1971
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-5:00 - EST 2006 Apr 2 2:00
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-6:00 US C%sT 2007 Mar 11 2:00
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-5:00 - EST 2006 Apr 2 2:00
839
-6:00 US C%sT 2007 Mar 11 2:00
847
842
# Switzerland County, Indiana, did not observe DST from 1973 through 2005.
848
843
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
849
844
Zone America/Indiana/Vevay -5:40:16 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:19:44
850
-6:00 US C%sT 1954 Apr 25 2:00
845
-6:00 US C%sT 1954 Apr 25 2:00
852
847
-5:00 US E%sT 1973
868
863
-6:00 US C%sT 1921
869
864
-6:00 Louisville C%sT 1942
870
865
-6:00 US C%sT 1946
871
-6:00 Louisville C%sT 1961 Jul 23 2:00
866
-6:00 Louisville C%sT 1961 Jul 23 2:00
873
-5:00 US E%sT 1974 Jan 6 2:00
874
-6:00 1:00 CDT 1974 Oct 27 2:00
868
-5:00 US E%sT 1974 Jan 6 2:00
869
-6:00 1:00 CDT 1974 Oct 27 2:00
877
872
# Wayne County, Kentucky
880
# <a href="http://www.lake-cumberland.com/life/archive/news990129time.shtml">
881
# Lake Cumberland LIFE
882
# </a> (1999-01-29) via WKYM-101.7:
874
# From Lake Cumberland LIFE
875
# http://www.lake-cumberland.com/life/archive/news990129time.shtml
876
# (1999-01-29) via WKYM-101.7:
883
877
# Clinton County has joined Wayne County in asking the DoT to change from
884
878
# the Central to the Eastern time zone.... The Wayne County government made
885
879
# the same request in December. And while Russell County officials have not
897
891
# From Paul Eggert (2001-07-16):
898
892
# The final rule was published in the
899
# <a href="http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=2000_register&docid=fr17au00-22">
900
# Federal Register 65, 160 (2000-08-17), page 50154-50158.
893
# Federal Register 65, 160 (2000-08-17), pp 50154-50158.
894
# http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=2000_register&docid=fr17au00-22
903
896
Zone America/Kentucky/Monticello -5:39:24 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:20:36
904
897
-6:00 US C%sT 1946
923
916
# See America/North_Dakota/Center for the Oliver County, ND change.
924
917
# West Wendover, NV officially switched from Pacific to mountain time on
925
918
# 1999-10-31. See the
926
# <a href="http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=1999_register&docid=fr21oc99-15">
927
# Federal Register 64, 203 (1999-10-21), page 56705-56707.
919
# Federal Register 64, 203 (1999-10-21), pp 56705-56707.
920
# http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=1999_register&docid=fr21oc99-15
929
921
# However, the Federal Register says that West Wendover already operated
930
922
# on mountain time, and the rule merely made this official;
931
923
# hence a separate tz entry is not needed.
963
955
Rule Detroit 1967 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
964
956
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
965
957
Zone America/Detroit -5:32:11 - LMT 1905
966
-6:00 - CST 1915 May 15 2:00
958
-6:00 - CST 1915 May 15 2:00
968
960
-5:00 US E%sT 1946
969
961
-5:00 Detroit E%sT 1973
970
962
-5:00 US E%sT 1975
971
-5:00 - EST 1975 Apr 27 2:00
963
-5:00 - EST 1975 Apr 27 2:00
974
966
# Dickinson, Gogebic, Iron, and Menominee Counties, Michigan,
1033
# From Alain LaBont<e'> (1994-11-14):
1025
# From Alain LaBonté (1994-11-14):
1034
1026
# I post here the time zone abbreviations standardized in Canada
1035
1027
# for both English and French in the CAN/CSA-Z234.4-89 standard....
1037
# UTC Standard time Daylight savings time
1029
# UTC Standard time Daylight saving time
1038
1030
# offset French English French English
1039
1031
# -2:30 - - HAT NDT
1040
1032
# -3 - - HAA ADT
1062
1054
# From Paul Eggert (1994-11-22):
1063
1055
# Alas, this sort of thing must be handled by localization software.
1065
# Unless otherwise specified, the data for Canada are all from Shanks
1057
# Unless otherwise specified, the data entries for Canada are all from Shanks
1068
1060
# From Chris Walton (2006-04-01, 2006-04-25, 2006-06-26, 2007-01-31,
1112
1104
# From Paul Eggert (2006-04-25):
1113
1105
# H. David Matthews and Mary Vincent's map
1114
# <a href="http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/Magazine/SO98/geomap.asp">
1115
1106
# "It's about TIME", _Canadian Geographic_ (September-October 1998)
1116
# </a> contains detailed boundaries for regions observing nonstandard
1107
# http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/Magazine/SO98/geomap.asp
1108
# contains detailed boundaries for regions observing nonstandard
1117
1109
# time and daylight saving time arrangements in Canada circa 1998.
1119
# INMS, the Institute for National Measurement Standards in Ottawa, has <a
1120
# href="http://inms-ienm.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/en/time_services/daylight_saving_e.php">
1111
# INMS, the Institute for National Measurement Standards in Ottawa, has
1121
1112
# information about standard and daylight saving time zones in Canada.
1122
# </a> (updated periodically).
1113
# http://inms-ienm.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/en/time_services/daylight_saving_e.php
1114
# (updated periodically).
1123
1115
# Its unofficial information is often taken from Matthews and Vincent.
1125
1117
# From Paul Eggert (2006-06-27):
1129
1121
# From Chris Walton (2011-12-01)
1130
1122
# In the first of Tammy Hardwick's articles
1131
# <a href="http://www.ilovecreston.com/?p=articles&t=spec&ar=260">
1132
1123
# http://www.ilovecreston.com/?p=articles&t=spec&ar=260
1134
1124
# she quotes the Friday November 1/1918 edition of the Creston Review.
1135
1125
# The quote includes these two statements:
1136
1126
# 'Sunday the CPR went back to the old system of time...'
1356
1344
# meridian is supposed to observe AST, but residents as far east as
1357
1345
# Natashquan use EST/EDT, and residents east of Natashquan use AST.
1358
1346
# The Quebec department of justice writes in
1359
# "The situation in Minganie and Basse-Cote-Nord"
1347
# "The situation in Minganie and Basse-Côte-Nord"
1360
1348
# http://www.justice.gouv.qc.ca/english/publications/generale/temps-minganie-a.htm
1361
1349
# that the coastal strip from just east of Natashquan to Blanc-Sablon
1362
1350
# observes Atlantic standard time all year round.
1364
1352
# says this common practice was codified into law as of 2007.
1365
1353
# For lack of better info, guess this practice began around 1970, contra to
1366
1354
# Shanks & Pottenger who have this region observing AST/ADT.
1367
# for post-1970 data America/Puerto_Rico.
1369
1356
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
1370
1357
Rule Mont 1917 only - Mar 25 2:00 1:00 D
1378
1365
Rule Mont 1924 only - May 17 2:00 1:00 D
1379
1366
Rule Mont 1924 1926 - Sep lastSun 2:30 0 S
1380
1367
Rule Mont 1925 1926 - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
1381
# The 1927-to-1937 rules can be expressed more simply as
1382
# Rule Mont 1927 1937 - Apr lastSat 24:00 1:00 D
1383
# Rule Mont 1927 1937 - Sep lastSat 24:00 0 S
1384
# The rules below avoid use of 24:00
1385
# (which pre-1998 versions of zic cannot handle).
1386
Rule Mont 1927 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D
1387
Rule Mont 1927 1932 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 S
1388
Rule Mont 1928 1931 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 D
1389
Rule Mont 1932 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D
1390
Rule Mont 1933 1940 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 D
1391
Rule Mont 1933 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 S
1392
Rule Mont 1934 1939 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 S
1368
Rule Mont 1927 1937 - Apr lastSat 24:00 1:00 D
1369
Rule Mont 1927 1937 - Sep lastSat 24:00 0 S
1370
Rule Mont 1938 1940 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 D
1371
Rule Mont 1938 1939 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 S
1393
1372
Rule Mont 1946 1973 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
1394
1373
Rule Mont 1945 1948 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
1395
1374
Rule Mont 1949 1950 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
1425
1404
# have already done so. In Orillia DST was to run until Saturday,
1426
1405
# 1912-08-31 (no time mentioned), but it was met with considerable
1427
1406
# hostility from certain segments of the public, and was revoked after
1428
# only two weeks -- I copied it as Saturday, 1912-07-07, 22:00, but
1407
# only two weeks - I copied it as Saturday, 1912-07-07, 22:00, but
1429
1408
# presumably that should be -07-06. (1912-06-19, -07-12; also letters
1430
1409
# earlier in June).
1435
1414
# Mark Brader writes that an article in the 1997-10-14 Toronto Star
1436
1415
# says that Atikokan, Ontario currently does not observe DST,
1437
1416
# but will vote on 11-10 whether to use EST/EDT.
1438
# He also writes that the
1439
# <a href="http://www.gov.on.ca/MBS/english/publications/statregs/conttext.html">
1440
# Ontario Time Act (1990, Chapter T.9)
1417
# He also writes that the Ontario Time Act (1990, Chapter T.9)
1418
# http://www.gov.on.ca/MBS/english/publications/statregs/conttext.html
1442
1419
# says that Ontario east of 90W uses EST/EDT, and west of 90W uses CST/CDT.
1443
1420
# Officially Atikokan is therefore on CST/CDT, and most likely this report
1444
1421
# concerns a non-official time observed as a matter of local practice.
1517
1494
# The Journal of The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada,
1518
1495
# volume 26, number 2 (February 1932) and, as of 2010-07-17,
1519
1496
# was available at
1520
# <a href="http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1932JRASC..26...49S">
1521
1497
# http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1932JRASC..26...49S
1524
1499
# It includes the text below (starting on page 57):
1530
1505
# ing in 1930. The information for the province of Quebec is definite,
1531
1506
# for the other provinces only approximate:
1533
# Province Daylight saving time used
1508
# Province Daylight saving time used
1534
1509
# Prince Edward Island Not used.
1535
1510
# Nova Scotia In Halifax only.
1536
1511
# New Brunswick In St. John only.
1537
1512
# Quebec In the following places:
1541
# St. Lambert Cap de la Madeleine
1542
# Verdun Loretteville
1543
# Westmount Richmond
1544
# Outremont St. Jerome
1545
# Longueuil Greenfield Park
1547
# Chambly-Canton Beaulieu
1548
# Melbourne La Tuque
1549
# St. Theophile Buckingham
1516
# St. Lambert Cap de la Madelèine
1517
# Verdun Loretteville
1518
# Westmount Richmond
1519
# Outremont St. Jérôme
1520
# Longueuil Greenfield Park
1522
# Chambly-Canton Beaulieu
1523
# Melbourne La Tuque
1524
# St. Théophile Buckingham
1550
1525
# Ontario Used generally in the cities and towns along
1551
# the southerly part of the province. Not
1552
# used in the northwesterlhy part.
1526
# the southerly part of the province. Not
1527
# used in the northwesterly part.
1553
1528
# Manitoba Not used.
1554
1529
# Saskatchewan In Regina only.
1555
1530
# Alberta Not used.
1631
1606
-5:00 Canada E%sT
1632
1607
Zone America/Nipigon -5:53:04 - LMT 1895
1633
1608
-5:00 Canada E%sT 1940 Sep 29
1634
-5:00 1:00 EDT 1942 Feb 9 2:00s
1609
-5:00 1:00 EDT 1942 Feb 9 2:00s
1635
1610
-5:00 Canada E%sT
1636
1611
Zone America/Rainy_River -6:18:16 - LMT 1895
1637
1612
-6:00 Canada C%sT 1940 Sep 29
1638
-6:00 1:00 CDT 1942 Feb 9 2:00s
1613
-6:00 1:00 CDT 1942 Feb 9 2:00s
1639
1614
-6:00 Canada C%sT
1640
1615
Zone America/Atikokan -6:06:28 - LMT 1895
1641
1616
-6:00 Canada C%sT 1940 Sep 29
1642
-6:00 1:00 CDT 1942 Feb 9 2:00s
1643
-6:00 Canada C%sT 1945 Sep 30 2:00
1617
-6:00 1:00 CDT 1942 Feb 9 2:00s
1618
-6:00 Canada C%sT 1945 Sep 30 2:00
1653
1628
# the first Sunday of April of each year and two o'clock Central
1654
1629
# Standard Time in the morning of the last Sunday of October next
1655
1630
# following, one hour in advance of Central Standard Time."...
1656
# I believe that the English legislation [of the old time act] had =
1631
# I believe that the English legislation [of the old time act] had
1657
1632
# been assented to (March 22, 1967)....
1658
1633
# Also, as far as I can tell, there was no order-in-council varying
1659
1634
# the time of Daylight Saving Time for 2005 and so the provisions of
1776
1751
Rule Swift 1960 1961 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
1777
1752
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1778
1753
Zone America/Regina -6:58:36 - LMT 1905 Sep
1779
-7:00 Regina M%sT 1960 Apr lastSun 2:00
1754
-7:00 Regina M%sT 1960 Apr lastSun 2:00
1781
1756
Zone America/Swift_Current -7:11:20 - LMT 1905 Sep
1782
-7:00 Canada M%sT 1946 Apr lastSun 2:00
1757
-7:00 Canada M%sT 1946 Apr lastSun 2:00
1783
1758
-7:00 Regina M%sT 1950
1784
-7:00 Swift M%sT 1972 Apr lastSun 2:00
1759
-7:00 Swift M%sT 1972 Apr lastSun 2:00
1831
1806
# Earlier this year I stumbled across a detailed article about the time
1832
1807
# keeping history of Creston; it was written by Tammy Hardwick who is the
1833
1808
# manager of the Creston & District Museum. The article was written in May 2009.
1834
# <a href="http://www.ilovecreston.com/?p=articles&t=spec&ar=260">
1835
1809
# http://www.ilovecreston.com/?p=articles&t=spec&ar=260
1837
1810
# According to the article, Creston has not changed its clocks since June 1918.
1838
1811
# i.e. Creston has been stuck on UTC-7 for 93 years.
1839
1812
# Dawson Creek, on the other hand, changed its clocks as recently as April 1972.
1841
1814
# Unfortunately the exact date for the time change in June 1918 remains
1842
1815
# unknown and will be difficult to ascertain. I e-mailed Tammy a few months
1843
1816
# ago to ask if Sunday June 2 was a reasonable guess. She said it was just
1844
# as plausible as any other date (in June). She also said that after writing the
1845
# article she had discovered another time change in 1916; this is the subject
1846
# of another article which she wrote in October 2010.
1847
# <a href="http://www.creston.museum.bc.ca/index.php?module=comments&uop=view_comment&cm+id=56">
1817
# as plausible as any other date (in June). She also said that after writing
1818
# the article she had discovered another time change in 1916; this is the
1819
# subject of another article which she wrote in October 2010.
1848
1820
# http://www.creston.museum.bc.ca/index.php?module=comments&uop=view_comment&cm+id=56
1851
1822
# Here is a summary of the three clock change events in Creston's history:
1852
1823
# 1. 1884 or 1885: adoption of Mountain Standard Time (GMT-7)
1853
1824
# Exact date unknown
1854
1825
# 2. Oct 1916: switch to Pacific Standard Time (GMT-8)
1855
# Exact date in October unknown; Sunday October 1 is a reasonable guess.
1826
# Exact date in October unknown; Sunday October 1 is a reasonable guess.
1856
1827
# 3. June 1918: switch to Pacific Daylight Time (GMT-7)
1857
1828
# Exact date in June unknown; Sunday June 2 is a reasonable guess.
1865
1836
# There is no guarantee that Creston will remain on Mountain Standard Time
1866
1837
# (UTC-7) forever.
1867
1838
# The subject was debated at least once this year by the town Council.
1868
# <a href="http://www.bclocalnews.com/kootenay_rockies/crestonvalleyadvance/news/116760809.html">
1869
1839
# http://www.bclocalnews.com/kootenay_rockies/crestonvalleyadvance/news/116760809.html
1872
1841
# During a period WWII, summer time (Daylight saying) was mandatory in Canada.
1873
1842
# In Creston, that was handled by shifting the area to PST (-8:00) then applying
1922
1891
# From Rives McDow (1999-09-04):
1923
1892
# Nunavut ... moved ... to incorporate the whole territory into one time zone.
1924
# <a href="http://www.nunatsiaq.com/nunavut/nvt90903_13.html">
1925
1893
# Nunavut moves to single time zone Oct. 31
1894
# http://www.nunatsiaq.com/nunavut/nvt90903_13.html
1928
1896
# From Antoine Leca (1999-09-06):
1929
1897
# We then need to create a new timezone for the Kitikmeot region of Nunavut
1930
1898
# to differentiate it from the Yellowknife region.
1932
1900
# From Paul Eggert (1999-09-20):
1933
# <a href="http://www.nunavut.com/basicfacts/english/basicfacts_1territory.html">
1934
1901
# Basic Facts: The New Territory
1935
# </a> (1999) reports that Pangnirtung operates on eastern time,
1902
# http://www.nunavut.com/basicfacts/english/basicfacts_1territory.html
1903
# (1999) reports that Pangnirtung operates on eastern time,
1936
1904
# and that Coral Harbour does not observe DST. We don't know when
1937
1905
# Pangnirtung switched to eastern time; we'll guess 1995.
1960
1928
# the current state of affairs.
1962
1930
# From Michaela Rodrigue, writing in the
1963
# <a href="http://www.nunatsiaq.com/archives/nunavut991130/nvt91119_17.html">
1964
# Nunatsiaq News (1999-11-19)</a>:
1931
# Nunatsiaq News (1999-11-19):
1932
# http://www.nunatsiaq.com/archives/nunavut991130/nvt91119_17.html
1965
1933
# Clyde River, Pangnirtung and Sanikiluaq now operate with two time zones,
1966
1934
# central - or Nunavut time - for government offices, and eastern time
1967
1935
# for municipal offices and schools.... Igloolik [was similar but then]
1979
1947
# Central Time and Southampton Island [in the Central zone] is not
1980
1948
# required to use daylight savings.
1983
# <a href="http://www.nunatsiaq.com/archives/nunavut001130/nvt21110_02.html">
1984
# Nunavut now has two time zones
1985
# </a> (2000-11-10):
1950
# From <http://www.nunatsiaq.com/archives/nunavut001130/nvt21110_02.html>
1951
# Nunavut now has two time zones (2000-11-10):
1986
1952
# The Nunavut government would allow its employees in Kugluktuk and
1987
1953
# Cambridge Bay to operate on central time year-round, putting them
1988
1954
# one hour behind the rest of Nunavut for six months during the winter.
2113
2077
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2114
2078
# aka Panniqtuuq
2115
2079
Zone America/Pangnirtung 0 - zzz 1921 # trading post est.
2116
-4:00 NT_YK A%sT 1995 Apr Sun>=1 2:00
2117
-5:00 Canada E%sT 1999 Oct 31 2:00
2118
-6:00 Canada C%sT 2000 Oct 29 2:00
2080
-4:00 NT_YK A%sT 1995 Apr Sun>=1 2:00
2081
-5:00 Canada E%sT 1999 Oct 31 2:00
2082
-6:00 Canada C%sT 2000 Oct 29 2:00
2119
2083
-5:00 Canada E%sT
2120
2084
# formerly Frobisher Bay
2121
2085
Zone America/Iqaluit 0 - zzz 1942 Aug # Frobisher Bay est.
2122
-5:00 NT_YK E%sT 1999 Oct 31 2:00
2123
-6:00 Canada C%sT 2000 Oct 29 2:00
2086
-5:00 NT_YK E%sT 1999 Oct 31 2:00
2087
-6:00 Canada C%sT 2000 Oct 29 2:00
2124
2088
-5:00 Canada E%sT
2125
2089
# aka Qausuittuq
2126
2090
Zone America/Resolute 0 - zzz 1947 Aug 31 # Resolute founded
2127
-6:00 NT_YK C%sT 2000 Oct 29 2:00
2128
-5:00 - EST 2001 Apr 1 3:00
2129
-6:00 Canada C%sT 2006 Oct 29 2:00
2130
-5:00 - EST 2007 Mar 11 3:00
2091
-6:00 NT_YK C%sT 2000 Oct 29 2:00
2092
-5:00 - EST 2001 Apr 1 3:00
2093
-6:00 Canada C%sT 2006 Oct 29 2:00
2094
-5:00 - EST 2007 Mar 11 3:00
2131
2095
-6:00 Canada C%sT
2132
2096
# aka Kangiqiniq
2133
2097
Zone America/Rankin_Inlet 0 - zzz 1957 # Rankin Inlet founded
2134
-6:00 NT_YK C%sT 2000 Oct 29 2:00
2135
-5:00 - EST 2001 Apr 1 3:00
2098
-6:00 NT_YK C%sT 2000 Oct 29 2:00
2099
-5:00 - EST 2001 Apr 1 3:00
2136
2100
-6:00 Canada C%sT
2137
2101
# aka Iqaluktuuttiaq
2138
2102
Zone America/Cambridge_Bay 0 - zzz 1920 # trading post est.?
2139
-7:00 NT_YK M%sT 1999 Oct 31 2:00
2140
-6:00 Canada C%sT 2000 Oct 29 2:00
2141
-5:00 - EST 2000 Nov 5 0:00
2142
-6:00 - CST 2001 Apr 1 3:00
2103
-7:00 NT_YK M%sT 1999 Oct 31 2:00
2104
-6:00 Canada C%sT 2000 Oct 29 2:00
2105
-5:00 - EST 2000 Nov 5 0:00
2106
-6:00 - CST 2001 Apr 1 3:00
2143
2107
-7:00 Canada M%sT
2144
2108
Zone America/Yellowknife 0 - zzz 1935 # Yellowknife founded?
2145
2109
-7:00 NT_YK M%sT 1980
2146
2110
-7:00 Canada M%sT
2147
2111
Zone America/Inuvik 0 - zzz 1953 # Inuvik founded
2148
-8:00 NT_YK P%sT 1979 Apr lastSun 2:00
2112
-8:00 NT_YK P%sT 1979 Apr lastSun 2:00
2149
2113
-7:00 NT_YK M%sT 1980
2150
2114
-7:00 Canada M%sT
2151
2115
Zone America/Whitehorse -9:00:12 - LMT 1900 Aug 20
2152
-9:00 NT_YK Y%sT 1966 Jul 1 2:00
2116
-9:00 NT_YK Y%sT 1966 Jul 1 2:00
2153
2117
-8:00 NT_YK P%sT 1980
2154
2118
-8:00 Canada P%sT
2155
2119
Zone America/Dawson -9:17:40 - LMT 1900 Aug 20
2156
-9:00 NT_YK Y%sT 1973 Oct 28 0:00
2120
-9:00 NT_YK Y%sT 1973 Oct 28 0:00
2157
2121
-8:00 NT_YK P%sT 1980
2158
2122
-8:00 Canada P%sT
2165
2129
# From Paul Eggert (2001-03-05):
2166
2130
# The Investigation and Analysis Service of the
2167
2131
# Mexican Library of Congress (MLoC) has published a
2168
# <a href="http://www.cddhcu.gob.mx/bibliot/publica/inveyana/polisoc/horver/">
2169
2132
# history of Mexican local time (in Spanish)
2133
# http://www.cddhcu.gob.mx/bibliot/publica/inveyana/polisoc/horver/
2172
2135
# Here are the discrepancies between Shanks & Pottenger (S&P) and the MLoC.
2173
2136
# (In all cases we go with the MLoC.)
2212
2175
# -------------- End Forwarded Message --------------
2213
2176
# From Paul Eggert (1996-06-12):
2214
2177
# For an English translation of the decree, see
2215
# <a href="http://mexico-travel.com/extra/timezone_eng.html">
2216
2178
# "Diario Oficial: Time Zone Changeover" (1996-01-04).
2179
# http://mexico-travel.com/extra/timezone_eng.html
2219
2181
# From Rives McDow (1998-10-08):
2220
2182
# The State of Quintana Roo has reverted back to central STD and DST times
2226
2188
# savings time so as to stay on the same time zone as the southern part of
2227
2189
# Arizona year round.
2229
# From Jesper Norgaard, translating
2191
# From Jesper Nørgaard, translating
2230
2192
# <http://www.reforma.com/nacional/articulo/064327/> (2001-01-17):
2231
2193
# In Oaxaca, the 55.000 teachers from the Section 22 of the National
2232
2194
# Syndicate of Education Workers, refuse to apply daylight saving each
2239
2201
# January 17, 2000 - The Energy Secretary, Ernesto Martens, announced
2240
2202
# that Summer Time will be reduced from seven to five months, starting
2241
2203
# this year....
2242
# <http://www.publico.com.mx/scripts/texto3.asp?action=pagina&pag=21&pos=p&secc=naci&date=01/17/2001>
2204
# http://www.publico.com.mx/scripts/texto3.asp?action=pagina&pag=21&pos=p&secc=naci&date=01/17/2001
2243
2205
# [translated], says "summer time will ... take effect on the first Sunday
2244
2206
# in May, and end on the last Sunday of September.
2247
2209
# The 2001-01-24 traditional Washington Post contained the page one
2248
2210
# story "Timely Issue Divides Mexicans."...
2249
2211
# http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37383-2001Jan23.html
2250
# ... Mexico City Mayor Lopez Obrador "...is threatening to keep
2212
# ... Mexico City Mayor López Obrador "...is threatening to keep
2251
2213
# Mexico City and its 20 million residents on a different time than
2252
# the rest of the country..." In particular, Lopez Obrador would abolish
2214
# the rest of the country..." In particular, López Obrador would abolish
2253
2215
# observation of Daylight Saving Time.
2255
# <a href="http://www.conae.gob.mx/ahorro/decretohorver2001.html#decre">
2256
2217
# Official statute published by the Energy Department
2257
# </a> (2001-02-01) shows Baja and Chihauhua as still using US DST rules,
2258
# and Sonora with no DST. This was reported by Jesper Norgaard (2001-02-03).
2218
# http://www.conae.gob.mx/ahorro/decretohorver2001.html#decre
2219
# (2001-02-01) shows Baja and Chihauhua as still using US DST rules,
2220
# and Sonora with no DST. This was reported by Jesper Nørgaard (2001-02-03).
2260
2222
# From Paul Eggert (2001-03-03):
2262
# <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/20010303/t000018766.html">
2224
# http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/20010303/t000018766.html
2263
2225
# James F. Smith writes in today's LA Times
2265
2226
# * Sonora will continue to observe standard time.
2266
# * Last week Mexico City's mayor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador decreed that
2227
# * Last week Mexico City's mayor Andrés Manuel López Obrador decreed that
2267
2228
# the Federal District will not adopt DST.
2268
2229
# * 4 of 16 district leaders announced they'll ignore the decree.
2269
2230
# * The decree does not affect federal-controlled facilities including
2272
2233
# For now we'll assume that the Federal District will bow to federal rules.
2274
# From Jesper Norgaard (2001-04-01):
2235
# From Jesper Nørgaard (2001-04-01):
2275
2236
# I found some references to the Mexican application of daylight
2276
2237
# saving, which modifies what I had already sent you, stating earlier
2277
2238
# that a number of northern Mexican states would go on daylight
2280
2241
# saving all year) will follow the original decree of president
2281
2242
# Vicente Fox, starting daylight saving May 6, 2001 and ending
2282
2243
# September 30, 2001.
2283
# References: "Diario de Monterrey" <www.diariodemonterrey.com/index.asp>
2244
# References: "Diario de Monterrey" <http://www.diariodemonterrey.com/index.asp>
2284
2245
# Palabra <http://palabra.infosel.com/010331/primera/ppri3101.pdf> (2001-03-31)
2286
2247
# From Reuters (2001-09-04):
2292
2253
# standard time. "This is so residents of the Federal District are not
2293
2254
# subject to unexpected time changes," a statement from the court said.
2295
# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2002-03-12):
2256
# From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2002-03-12):
2296
2257
# ... consulting my local grocery store(!) and my coworkers, they all insisted
2297
2258
# that a new decision had been made to reinstate US style DST in Mexico....
2298
2259
# http://www.conae.gob.mx/ahorro/horaver2001_m1_2002.html (2002-02-20)
2306
2267
# > the United States.
2307
2268
# Now this has passed both the Congress and the Senate, so starting from
2308
2269
# 2010, some border regions will be the same:
2309
# <a href="http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2009/dec/28/clocks-will-match-both-sides-border/">
2310
2270
# http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2009/dec/28/clocks-will-match-both-sides-border/
2312
# <a href="http://www.elmananarey.com/diario/noticia/nacional/noticias/empatan_horario_de_frontera_con_eu/621939">
2313
2271
# http://www.elmananarey.com/diario/noticia/nacional/noticias/empatan_horario_de_frontera_con_eu/621939
2317
2274
# Could not find the new law text, but the proposed law text changes are here:
2318
# <a href="http://gaceta.diputados.gob.mx/Gaceta/61/2009/dic/20091210-V.pdf">
2319
2275
# http://gaceta.diputados.gob.mx/Gaceta/61/2009/dic/20091210-V.pdf
2321
2276
# (Gaceta Parlamentaria)
2323
2278
# There is also a list of the votes here:
2324
# <a href="http://gaceta.diputados.gob.mx/Gaceta/61/2009/dic/V2-101209.html">
2325
2279
# http://gaceta.diputados.gob.mx/Gaceta/61/2009/dic/V2-101209.html
2329
# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/north-mexico-dst-change.html">
2330
2282
# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/north-mexico-dst-change.html
2333
2284
# From Arthur David Olson (2010-01-20):
2335
# <a href="http://dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5127480&fecha=06/01/2010">
2336
2286
# http://dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5127480&fecha=06/01/2010
2338
2287
# includes this text:
2339
2288
# En los municipios fronterizos de Tijuana y Mexicali en Baja California;
2340
# Juárez y Ojinaga en Chihuahua; Acuña y Piedras Negras en Coahuila;
2341
# Anáhuac en Nuevo León; y Nuevo Laredo, Reynosa y Matamoros en
2342
# Tamaulipas, la aplicación de este horario estacional surtirá efecto
2343
# desde las dos horas del segundo domingo de marzo y concluirá a las dos
2289
# Juárez y Ojinaga en Chihuahua; Acuña y Piedras Negras en Coahuila;
2290
# Anáhuac en Nuevo León; y Nuevo Laredo, Reynosa y Matamoros en
2291
# Tamaulipas, la aplicación de este horario estacional surtirá efecto
2292
# desde las dos horas del segundo domingo de marzo y concluirá a las dos
2344
2293
# horas del primer domingo de noviembre.
2345
2294
# En los municipios fronterizos que se encuentren ubicados en la franja
2346
# fronteriza norte en el territorio comprendido entre la línea
2347
# internacional y la línea paralela ubicada a una distancia de veinte
2348
# kilómetros, así como la Ciudad de Ensenada, Baja California, hacia el
2349
# interior del país, la aplicación de este horario estacional surtirá
2350
# efecto desde las dos horas del segundo domingo de marzo y concluirá a
2295
# fronteriza norte en el territorio comprendido entre la línea
2296
# internacional y la línea paralela ubicada a una distancia de veinte
2297
# kilómetros, así como la Ciudad de Ensenada, Baja California, hacia el
2298
# interior del país, la aplicación de este horario estacional surtirá
2299
# efecto desde las dos horas del segundo domingo de marzo y concluirá a
2351
2300
# las dos horas del primer domingo de noviembre.
2353
2302
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
2366
2315
Rule Mexico 2002 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
2367
2316
Rule Mexico 2002 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
2368
2317
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2318
# Quintana Roo; represented by Cancún
2370
2319
Zone America/Cancun -5:47:04 - LMT 1922 Jan 1 0:12:56
2371
2320
-6:00 - CST 1981 Dec 23
2372
2321
-5:00 Mexico E%sT 1998 Aug 2 2:00
2373
2322
-6:00 Mexico C%sT
2323
# Campeche, Yucatán; represented by Mérida
2375
2324
Zone America/Merida -5:58:28 - LMT 1922 Jan 1 0:01:32
2376
2325
-6:00 - CST 1981 Dec 23
2377
2326
-5:00 - EST 1982 Dec 2
2378
2327
-6:00 Mexico C%sT
2379
# Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas (near US border)
2328
# Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas (near US border)
2380
2329
Zone America/Matamoros -6:40:00 - LMT 1921 Dec 31 23:20:00
2381
2330
-6:00 - CST 1988
2382
2331
-6:00 US C%sT 1989
2383
2332
-6:00 Mexico C%sT 2010
2385
# Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas (away from US border)
2334
# Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas (away from US border)
2386
2335
Zone America/Monterrey -6:41:16 - LMT 1921 Dec 31 23:18:44
2387
2336
-6:00 - CST 1988
2388
2337
-6:00 US C%sT 1989
2389
2338
-6:00 Mexico C%sT
2390
2339
# Central Mexico
2391
Zone America/Mexico_City -6:36:36 - LMT 1922 Jan 1 0:23:24
2340
Zone America/Mexico_City -6:36:36 - LMT 1922 Jan 1 0:23:24
2392
2341
-7:00 - MST 1927 Jun 10 23:00
2393
2342
-6:00 - CST 1930 Nov 15
2394
2343
-7:00 - MST 1931 May 1 23:00
2395
2344
-6:00 - CST 1931 Oct
2396
2345
-7:00 - MST 1932 Apr 1
2397
-6:00 Mexico C%sT 2001 Sep 30 02:00
2346
-6:00 Mexico C%sT 2001 Sep 30 2:00
2398
2347
-6:00 - CST 2002 Feb 20
2399
2348
-6:00 Mexico C%sT
2400
2349
# Chihuahua (near US border)
2401
Zone America/Ojinaga -6:57:40 - LMT 1922 Jan 1 0:02:20
2350
Zone America/Ojinaga -6:57:40 - LMT 1922 Jan 1 0:02:20
2402
2351
-7:00 - MST 1927 Jun 10 23:00
2403
2352
-6:00 - CST 1930 Nov 15
2404
2353
-7:00 - MST 1931 May 1 23:00
2436
2385
# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-04-21):
2437
# According to news, Bahía de Banderas (Mexican state of Nayarit)
2386
# According to news, Bahía de Banderas (Mexican state of Nayarit)
2438
2387
# changed time zone UTC-7 to new time zone UTC-6 on April 4, 2010 (to
2439
2388
# share the same time zone as nearby city Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco).
2442
# Bahía de Banderas homologa su horario al del centro del
2443
# país, a partir de este domingo
2444
# <a href="http://www.nayarit.gob.mx/notes.asp?id=20748">
2391
# Bahía de Banderas homologa su horario al del centro del
2392
# país, a partir de este domingo
2445
2393
# http://www.nayarit.gob.mx/notes.asp?id=20748
2448
# Bahía de Banderas homologa su horario con el del Centro del
2450
# <a href="http://www.bahiadebanderas.gob.mx/principal/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=261:bahia-de-banderas-homologa-su-horario-con-el-del-centro-del-pais&catid=42:comunicacion-social&Itemid=50">
2451
# http://www.bahiadebanderas.gob.mx/principal/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=261:bahia-de-banderas-homologa-su-horario-con-el-del-centro-del-pais&catid=42:comunicacion-social&Itemid=50"
2395
# Bahía de Banderas homologa su horario con el del Centro del
2397
# http://www.bahiadebanderas.gob.mx/principal/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=261:bahia-de-banderas-homologa-su-horario-con-el-del-centro-del-pais&catid=42:comunicacion-social&Itemid=50
2455
# Puerto Vallarta and Bahía de Banderas: One Time Zone
2456
# <a href="http://virtualvallarta.com/puertovallarta/puertovallarta/localnews/2009-12-03-Puerto-Vallarta-and-Bahia-de-Banderas-One-Time-Zone.shtml">
2400
# Puerto Vallarta and Bahía de Banderas: One Time Zone
2457
2401
# http://virtualvallarta.com/puertovallarta/puertovallarta/localnews/2009-12-03-Puerto-Vallarta-and-Bahia-de-Banderas-One-Time-Zone.shtml
2461
# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_mexico08.html">
2462
2402
# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_mexico08.html
2465
2404
# "Mexico's Senate approved the amendments to the Mexican Schedule System that
2466
# will allow Bahía de Banderas and Puerto Vallarta to share the same time
2405
# will allow Bahía de Banderas and Puerto Vallarta to share the same time
2468
2407
# Baja California Sur, Nayarit, Sinaloa
2470
2409
# From Arthur David Olson (2010-05-01):
2471
2410
# Use "Bahia_Banderas" to keep the name to fourteen characters.
2473
2413
Zone America/Mazatlan -7:05:40 - LMT 1921 Dec 31 23:54:20
2474
2414
-7:00 - MST 1927 Jun 10 23:00
2475
2415
-6:00 - CST 1930 Nov 15
2537
2478
# America/Tijuana only in that it did not observe DST from 1976
2538
2479
# through 1995. This was as per Shanks (1999). But Shanks & Pottenger say
2539
2480
# Ensenada did not observe DST from 1948 through 1975. Guy Harris reports
2540
# that the 1987 OAG says "Only Ensenada, Mexicale, San Felipe and
2481
# that the 1987 OAG says "Only Ensenada, Mexicali, San Felipe and
2541
2482
# Tijuana observe DST," which agrees with Shanks & Pottenger but implies that
2542
2483
# DST-observance was a town-by-town matter back then. This concerns
2543
2484
# data after 1970 so most likely there should be at least one Zone
2586
2527
Rule Barb 1979 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 S
2587
2528
Rule Barb 1980 only - Sep 25 2:00 0 S
2588
2529
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2589
Zone America/Barbados -3:58:29 - LMT 1924 # Bridgetown
2590
-3:58:29 - BMT 1932 # Bridgetown Mean Time
2530
Zone America/Barbados -3:58:29 - LMT 1924 # Bridgetown
2531
-3:58:29 - BMT 1932 # Bridgetown Mean Time
2591
2532
-4:00 Barb A%sT
2617
2558
# http://www.theroyalgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060529/NEWS/105290135
2619
2560
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2620
Zone Atlantic/Bermuda -4:19:18 - LMT 1930 Jan 1 2:00 # Hamilton
2621
-4:00 - AST 1974 Apr 28 2:00
2561
Zone Atlantic/Bermuda -4:19:18 - LMT 1930 Jan 1 2:00 # Hamilton
2562
-4:00 - AST 1974 Apr 28 2:00
2622
2563
-4:00 Canada A%sT 1976
2626
2567
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2627
Zone America/Cayman -5:25:32 - LMT 1890 # Georgetown
2628
-5:07:11 - KMT 1912 Feb # Kingston Mean Time
2568
Zone America/Cayman -5:25:32 - LMT 1890 # Georgetown
2569
-5:07:11 - KMT 1912 Feb # Kingston Mean Time
2633
# Milne gives -5:36:13.3 as San Jose mean time; round to nearest.
2574
# Milne gives -5:36:13.3 as San José mean time; round to nearest.
2635
2576
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
2636
2577
Rule CR 1979 1980 - Feb lastSun 0:00 1:00 D
2640
2581
# go with Shanks & Pottenger.
2641
2582
Rule CR 1991 only - Jul 1 0:00 0 S
2642
2583
Rule CR 1992 only - Mar 15 0:00 0 S
2643
# There are too many San Joses elsewhere, so we'll use 'Costa Rica'.
2584
# There are too many San Josés elsewhere, so we'll use 'Costa Rica'.
2644
2585
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2645
Zone America/Costa_Rica -5:36:13 - LMT 1890 # San Jose
2646
-5:36:13 - SJMT 1921 Jan 15 # San Jose Mean Time
2586
Zone America/Costa_Rica -5:36:13 - LMT 1890 # San José
2587
-5:36:13 - SJMT 1921 Jan 15 # San José Mean Time
2649
2590
# no information; probably like America/Costa_Rica
2662
2603
# During the game, play-by-play announcer Jim Hunter noted that
2663
2604
# "We'll be losing two hours of sleep...Cuba switched to Daylight Saving
2664
2605
# Time today." (The "two hour" remark referred to losing one hour of
2665
# sleep on 1999-03-28--when the announcers were in Cuba as it switched
2666
# to DST--and one more hour on 1999-04-04--when the announcers will have
2606
# sleep on 1999-03-28 - when the announcers were in Cuba as it switched
2607
# to DST - and one more hour on 1999-04-04 - when the announcers will have
2667
2608
# returned to Baltimore, which switches on that date.)
2669
2610
# From Steffen Thorsen (2013-11-11):
2685
2626
# adjustment in Cuba. We will stay in daylight saving time:
2686
2627
# http://www.granma.cu/espanol/2005/noviembre/mier9/horario.html
2688
# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-10-21):
2629
# From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2006-10-21):
2689
2630
# An article in GRANMA INTERNACIONAL claims that Cuba will end
2690
2631
# the 3 years of permanent DST next weekend, see
2691
2632
# http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2006/octubre/lun16/43horario.html
2692
2633
# "On Saturday night, October 28 going into Sunday, October 29, at 01:00,
2693
# watches should be set back one hour -- going back to 00:00 hours -- returning
2634
# watches should be set back one hour - going back to 00:00 hours - returning
2694
2635
# to the normal schedule....
2696
2637
# From Paul Eggert (2007-03-02):
2697
# http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/english/news/art89.html, dated yesterday,
2638
# <http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/english/news/art89.html>, dated yesterday,
2698
2639
# says Cuban clocks will advance at midnight on March 10.
2699
2640
# For lack of better information, assume Cuba will use US rules,
2700
2641
# except that it switches at midnight standard time as usual.
2708
2649
# http://www.prensalatina.com.mx/article.asp?ID=%7B4CC32C1B-A9F7-42FB-8A07-8631AFC923AF%7D&language=ES
2709
2650
# http://actualidad.terra.es/sociedad/articulo/cuba_llama_ahorrar_energia_cambio_1957044.htm
2711
# From Alex Kryvenishev (2007-10-25):
2652
# From Alex Krivenyshev (2007-10-25):
2712
2653
# Here is also article from Granma (Cuba):
2714
# [Regira] el Horario Normal desde el [proximo] domingo 28 de octubre
2655
# Regirá el Horario Normal desde el próximo domingo 28 de octubre
2715
2656
# http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/2007/10/24/nacional/artic07.html
2717
2658
# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_cuba03.html
2719
2660
# From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-09):
2720
2661
# I'm in Maryland which is now observing United States Eastern Daylight
2721
2662
# Time. At 9:44 local time I used RealPlayer to listen to
2722
# <a href="http://media.enet.cu/radioreloj">
2723
2663
# http://media.enet.cu/radioreloj
2724
# </a>, a Cuban information station, and heard
2664
# a Cuban information station, and heard
2725
2665
# the time announced as "ocho cuarenta y cuatro" ("eight forty-four"),
2726
2666
# indicating that Cuba is still on standard time.
2728
2668
# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-03-12):
2729
2669
# It seems that Cuba will start DST on Sunday, 2007-03-16...
2730
2670
# It was announced yesterday, according to this source (in Spanish):
2731
# <a href="http://www.nnc.cubaweb.cu/marzo-2008/cien-1-11-3-08.htm">
2732
2671
# http://www.nnc.cubaweb.cu/marzo-2008/cien-1-11-3-08.htm
2735
2673
# Some more background information is posted here:
2736
# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/cuba-starts-dst-march-16.html">
2737
2674
# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/cuba-starts-dst-march-16.html
2740
2676
# The article also says that Cuba has been observing DST since 1963,
2741
2677
# while Shanks (and tzdata) has 1965 as the first date (except in the
2745
2681
# change some historic records as well.
2748
# <a href="http://www.radiohc.cu/espanol/noticias/mar07/11mar/hor.htm">
2749
2684
# http://www.radiohc.cu/espanol/noticias/mar07/11mar/hor.htm
2752
# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2008-03-13):
2686
# From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2008-03-13):
2753
2687
# The Cuban time change has just been confirmed on the most authoritative
2754
2688
# web site, the Granma. Please check out
2755
# <a href="http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/2008/03/13/nacional/artic10.html">
2756
2689
# http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/2008/03/13/nacional/artic10.html
2759
# Basically as expected after Steffen Thorsens information, the change
2691
# Basically as expected after Steffen Thorsen's information, the change
2760
2692
# will take place midnight between Saturday and Sunday.
2762
2694
# From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-12):
2767
2699
# midnight between Saturday, March 07, 2009 and Sunday, March 08, 2009-
2768
2700
# not on midnight March 14 / March 15 as previously thought.
2770
# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_cuba05.html">
2771
2702
# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_cuba05.html
2775
2705
# From Arthur David Olson (2009-03-09)
2776
2706
# I listened over the Internet to
2777
# <a href="http://media.enet.cu/readioreloj">
2778
2707
# http://media.enet.cu/readioreloj
2780
2708
# this morning; when it was 10:05 a. m. here in Bethesda, Maryland the
2781
# the time was announced as "diez cinco"--the same time as here, indicating
2709
# the time was announced as "diez cinco" - the same time as here, indicating
2782
2710
# that has indeed switched to DST. Assume second Sunday from 2009 forward.
2784
2712
# From Steffen Thorsen (2011-03-08):
2787
2715
# changed at all).
2790
# <a href="http://granma.co.cu/2011/03/08/nacional/artic01.html">
2791
2718
# http://granma.co.cu/2011/03/08/nacional/artic01.html
2795
# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/cuba-starts-dst-2011.html">
2796
2721
# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/cuba-starts-dst-2011.html
2799
2723
# From Steffen Thorsen (2011-10-30)
2800
2724
# Cuba will end DST two weeks later this year. Instead of going back
2801
2725
# tonight, it has been delayed to 2011-11-13 at 01:00.
2803
2727
# One source (Spanish)
2804
# <a href="http://www.radioangulo.cu/noticias/cuba/17105-cuba-restablecera-el-horario-del-meridiano-de-greenwich.html">
2805
2728
# http://www.radioangulo.cu/noticias/cuba/17105-cuba-restablecera-el-horario-del-meridiano-de-greenwich.html
2809
# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/cuba-time-changes-2011.html">
2810
2731
# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/cuba-time-changes-2011.html
2813
2733
# From Steffen Thorsen (2012-03-01)
2814
2734
# According to Radio Reloj, Cuba will start DST on Midnight between March
2815
2735
# 31 and April 1.
2817
2737
# Radio Reloj has the following info (Spanish):
2818
# <a href="http://www.radioreloj.cu/index.php/noticias-radio-reloj/71-miscelaneas/7529-cuba-aplicara-el-horario-de-verano-desde-el-1-de-abril">
2819
2738
# http://www.radioreloj.cu/index.php/noticias-radio-reloj/71-miscelaneas/7529-cuba-aplicara-el-horario-de-verano-desde-el-1-de-abril
2822
2740
# Our info on it:
2823
# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/cuba-starts-dst-2012.html">
2824
2741
# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/cuba-starts-dst-2012.html
2827
2743
# From Steffen Thorsen (2012-11-03):
2828
2744
# Radio Reloj and many other sources report that Cuba is changing back
2923
2839
# There are too many San Salvadors elsewhere, so use America/El_Salvador
2924
2840
# instead of America/San_Salvador.
2925
2841
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2926
Zone America/El_Salvador -5:56:48 - LMT 1921 # San Salvador
2842
Zone America/El_Salvador -5:56:48 - LMT 1921 # San Salvador
2927
2843
-6:00 Salv C%sT
2932
2848
# St Martin (French part)
2933
# See 'southamerica'.
2849
# See America/Port_of_Spain.
2937
2853
# From Gwillim Law (2006-04-22), after a heads-up from Oscar van Vlijmen:
2938
2854
# Diario Co Latino, at
2939
# http://www.diariocolatino.com/internacionales/detalles.asp?NewsID=8079,
2855
# <http://www.diariocolatino.com/internacionales/detalles.asp?NewsID=8079>,
2940
2856
# says in an article dated 2006-04-19 that the Guatemalan government had
2941
2857
# decided on that date to advance official time by 60 minutes, to lessen the
2942
2858
# impact of the elevated cost of oil.... Daylight saving time will last from
2944
2860
# From Paul Eggert (2006-06-22):
2945
2861
# The Ministry of Energy and Mines, press release CP-15/2006
2946
2862
# (2006-04-19), says DST ends at 24:00. See
2947
# <http://www.sieca.org.gt/Sitio_publico/Energeticos/Doc/Medidas/Cambio_Horario_Nac_190406.pdf>.
2863
# http://www.sieca.org.gt/Sitio_publico/Energeticos/Doc/Medidas/Cambio_Horario_Nac_190406.pdf
2949
2865
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
2950
2866
Rule Guat 1973 only - Nov 25 0:00 1:00 D
2963
2879
# From Gwillim Law (2005-04-15):
2964
# Risto O. Nykanen wrote me that Haiti is now on DST.
2965
# I searched for confirmation, and I found a
2966
# <a href="http://www.haitianconsulate.org/time.doc"> press release
2880
# Risto O. Nykänen wrote me that Haiti is now on DST.
2881
# I searched for confirmation, and I found a press release
2967
2882
# on the Web page of the Haitian Consulate in Chicago (2005-03-31),
2968
# </a>. Translated from French, it says:
2883
# <http://www.haitianconsulate.org/time.doc>. Translated from French, it says:
2970
2885
# "The Prime Minister's Communication Office notifies the public in general
2971
2886
# and the press in particular that, following a decision of the Interior
3042
2957
# <http://www.latribuna.hn/99299.html> that Manuel Zelaya, the president
3043
2958
# of Honduras, refused to back down on this.
3045
# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-08-08):
2960
# From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2006-08-08):
3046
2961
# It seems that Honduras has returned from DST to standard time this Monday at
3047
2962
# 00:00 hours (prolonging Sunday to 25 hours duration).
3048
2963
# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_honduras04.html
3050
2965
# From Paul Eggert (2006-08-08):
3051
# Also see Diario El Heraldo, The country returns to standard time (2006-08-08)
3052
# <http://www.elheraldo.hn/nota.php?nid=54941&sec=12>.
2966
# Also see Diario El Heraldo, The country returns to standard time (2006-08-08).
2967
# http://www.elheraldo.hn/nota.php?nid=54941&sec=12
3053
2968
# It mentions executive decree 18-2006.
3055
2970
# From Steffen Thorsen (2006-08-17):
3076
2991
# Shanks & Pottenger give -5:07:12, but Milne records -5:07:10.41 from an
3077
2992
# unspecified official document, and says "This time is used throughout the
3078
2993
# island". Go with Milne. Round to the nearest second as required by zic.
2995
# Shanks & Pottenger give April 28 for the 1974 spring-forward transition, but
2996
# Lance Neita writes that Prime Minister Michael Manley decreed it January 5.
2997
# Assume Neita meant Jan 6 02:00, the same as the US. Neita also writes that
2998
# Manley's supporters associated this act with Manley's nickname "Joshua"
2999
# (recall that in the Bible the sun stood still at Joshua's request),
3000
# and with the Rod of Correction which Manley said he had received from
3001
# Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia. See:
3002
# Neita L. The politician in all of us. Jamaica Observer 2014-09-20
3003
# http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/columns/The-politician-in-all-of-us_17573647
3079
3005
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
3080
Zone America/Jamaica -5:07:11 - LMT 1890 # Kingston
3006
Zone America/Jamaica -5:07:11 - LMT 1890 # Kingston
3081
3007
-5:07:11 - KMT 1912 Feb # Kingston Mean Time
3082
-5:00 - EST 1974 Apr 28 2:00
3083
3009
-5:00 US E%sT 1984
3087
3013
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
3088
Zone America/Martinique -4:04:20 - LMT 1890 # Fort-de-France
3089
-4:04:20 - FFMT 1911 May # Fort-de-France MT
3014
Zone America/Martinique -4:04:20 - LMT 1890 # Fort-de-France
3015
-4:04:20 - FFMT 1911 May # Fort-de-France MT
3090
3016
-4:00 - AST 1980 Apr 6
3091
3017
-4:00 1:00 ADT 1980 Sep 28
3095
# See 'southamerica'.
3021
# See America/Port_of_Spain.
3115
3041
# From Gwillim Law (2005-04-21):
3116
3042
# The Associated Press story on the time change, which can be found at
3117
3043
# http://www.lapalmainteractivo.com/guias/content/gen/ap/America_Latina/AMC_GEN_NICARAGUA_HORA.html
3118
# and elsewhere, says (fifth paragraph, translated from Spanish): "The last
3044
# and elsewhere, says (fifth paragraph, translated from Spanish): "The last
3119
3045
# time that a change of clocks was applied to save energy was in the year 2000
3120
# during the Arnoldo Aleman administration."...
3046
# during the Arnoldo Alemán administration."...
3121
3047
# The northamerica file says that Nicaragua has been on UTC-6 continuously
3122
3048
# since December 1998. I wasn't able to find any details of Nicaraguan time
3123
3049
# changes in 2000. Perhaps a note could be added to the northamerica file, to
3124
3050
# the effect that we have indirect evidence that DST was observed in 2000.
3126
# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2005-11-02):
3052
# From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2005-11-02):
3127
3053
# Nicaragua left DST the 2005-10-02 at 00:00 (local time).
3128
3054
# http://www.presidencia.gob.ni/presidencia/files_index/secretaria/comunicados/2005/septiembre/26septiembre-cambio-hora.htm
3131
# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-05-05):
3057
# From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2006-05-05):
3132
3058
# http://www.elnuevodiario.com.ni/2006/05/01/nacionales/18410
3133
3059
# (my informal translation)
3134
# By order of the president of the republic, Enrique Bolanos, Nicaragua
3060
# By order of the president of the republic, Enrique Bolaños, Nicaragua
3135
3061
# advanced by sixty minutes their official time, yesterday at 2 in the
3136
# morning, and will stay that way until 30.th. of september.
3062
# morning, and will stay that way until 30th of September.
3138
# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-09-30):
3064
# From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2006-09-30):
3139
3065
# http://www.presidencia.gob.ni/buscador_gaceta/BD/DECRETOS/2006/D-063-2006P-PRN-Cambio-Hora.pdf
3140
3066
# My informal translation runs:
3141
3067
# The natural sun time is restored in all the national territory, in that the
3163
3089
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
3164
3090
Zone America/Panama -5:18:08 - LMT 1890
3165
-5:19:36 - CMT 1908 Apr 22 # Colon Mean Time
3091
-5:19:36 - CMT 1908 Apr 22 # Colón Mean Time
3169
3095
# There are too many San Juans elsewhere, so we'll use 'Puerto_Rico'.
3170
3096
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
3171
Zone America/Puerto_Rico -4:24:25 - LMT 1899 Mar 28 12:00 # San Juan
3097
Zone America/Puerto_Rico -4:24:25 - LMT 1899 Mar 28 12:00 # San Juan
3172
3098
-4:00 - AST 1942 May 3
3173
3099
-4:00 US A%sT 1946
3176
3102
# St Kitts-Nevis
3178
# See 'southamerica'.
3104
# See America/Port_of_Spain.
3180
3106
# St Pierre and Miquelon
3181
3107
# There are too many St Pierres elsewhere, so we'll use 'Miquelon'.
3182
3108
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
3183
Zone America/Miquelon -3:44:40 - LMT 1911 May 15 # St Pierre
3109
Zone America/Miquelon -3:44:40 - LMT 1911 May 15 # St Pierre
3184
3110
-4:00 - AST 1980 May
3185
3111
-3:00 - PMST 1987 # Pierre & Miquelon Time
3186
3112
-3:00 Canada PM%sT
3188
3114
# St Vincent and the Grenadines
3189
# See 'southamerica'.
3115
# See America/Port_of_Spain.
3191
3117
# Turks and Caicos
3193
3119
# From Chris Dunn in
3194
# <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=415007>
3120
# http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=415007
3195
3121
# (2007-03-15): In the Turks & Caicos Islands (America/Grand_Turk) the
3196
3122
# daylight saving dates for time changes have been adjusted to match
3197
3123
# the recent U.S. change of dates.
3204
3130
# Clocks are set back one hour at 2:00 a.m. local Daylight Saving Time"
3205
3131
# indicating that the normal ET rules are followed.
3207
# From Paul Eggert (2006-05-01):
3208
# Shanks & Pottenger say they use US DST rules, but IATA SSIM (1991/1998)
3209
# says they switch at midnight. Go with Shanks & Pottenger.
3133
# From Paul Eggert (2014-08-19):
3134
# The 2014-08-13 Cabinet meeting decided to stay on UTC-4 year-round. See:
3135
# http://tcweeklynews.com/daylight-savings-time-to-be-maintained-p5353-127.htm
3136
# Model this as a switch from EST/EDT to AST on 2014-11-02 at 02:00.
3211
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
3212
Rule TC 1979 1986 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
3213
Rule TC 1979 2006 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
3214
Rule TC 1987 2006 - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
3215
Rule TC 2007 max - Mar Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D
3216
Rule TC 2007 max - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 0 S
3217
3138
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
3218
3139
Zone America/Grand_Turk -4:44:32 - LMT 1890
3219
-5:07:11 - KMT 1912 Feb # Kingston Mean Time
3140
-5:07:11 - KMT 1912 Feb # Kingston Mean Time
3142
-5:00 US E%sT 2014 Nov 2 2:00
3222
3145
# British Virgin Is
3224
# See 'southamerica'.
3147
# See America/Port_of_Spain.