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# Howse writes (pp 121-125) that time zones were invented by

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# Professor Charles Ferdinand Dowd (1825-1904),

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# Principal of Temple Grove Ladies' Seminary (Saratoga Springs, NY).

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# His pamphlet ``A System of National Time for Railroads'' (1870)

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# His pamphlet "A System of National Time for Railroads" (1870)

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# was the result of his proposals at the Convention of Railroad Trunk Lines

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# in New York City (1869-10). His 1870 proposal was based on Washington, DC,

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# but in 1872-05 he moved the proposed origin to Greenwich.

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# From Paul Eggert (2001-03-06):

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# Daylight Saving Time was first suggested as a joke by Benjamin Franklin

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# in his whimsical essay ``An Economical Project for Diminishing the Cost

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# of Light'' published in the Journal de Paris (1784-04-26).

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# in his whimsical essay "An Economical Project for Diminishing the Cost

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# of Light" published in the Journal de Paris (1784-04-26).

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# Not everyone is happy with the results:

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#

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# I don't really care how time is reckoned so long as there is some

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# of the Aleutian islands. No DST.

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# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19):

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# The tables below use `NST', not `NT', for Nome Standard Time.

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# I invented `CAWT' for Central Alaska War Time.

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# The tables below use 'NST', not 'NT', for Nome Standard Time.

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# I invented 'CAWT' for Central Alaska War Time.

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# From U. S. Naval Observatory (1989-01-19):

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# USA EASTERN 5 H BEHIND UTC NEW YORK, WASHINGTON

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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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# 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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# (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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# (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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# date of enactment of this Act or March 1, 2007, whichever is later.

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-10:30 - HST 1947 Jun 8 2:00 #Schmitt&Cox+2

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-10:00 - HST

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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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# Arizona mostly uses MST.

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# Navajo Nation participates in the Daylight Saving Time policy, due to its

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# large size and location in three states." (The "only" means that other

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# tribal nations don't use DST.)

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Link America/Denver America/Shiprock

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#

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# From Paul Eggert (2013-08-26):

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# See America/Denver for a zone appropriate for the Navajo Nation.

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# Southern Idaho (Ada, Adams, Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Blaine,

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# Boise, Bonneville, Butte, Camas, Canyon, Caribou, Cassia, Clark,

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# and Switzerland counties have their own time zone histories as noted below.

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#

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# Shanks partitioned Indiana into 345 regions, each with its own time history,

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# and wrote ``Even newspaper reports present contradictory information.''

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# and wrote "Even newspaper reports present contradictory information."

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# Those Hoosiers! Such a flighty and changeable people!

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# Fortunately, most of the complexity occurred before our cutoff date of 1970.

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#

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# Other than Indianapolis, the Indiana place names are so nondescript

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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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# 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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# This story is too entertaining to be false, so go with Howse over Shanks.

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#

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# From Paul Eggert (2001-03-06):

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# Garland (1927) writes ``Cleveland and Detroit advanced their clocks

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# one hour in 1914.'' This change is not in Shanks. We have no more

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# Garland (1927) writes "Cleveland and Detroit advanced their clocks

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# one hour in 1914." This change is not in Shanks. We have no more

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# info, so omit this for now.

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#

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# Most of Michigan observed DST from 1973 on, but was a bit late in 1975.

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# occupied 1857/1900 by the Navassa Phosphate Co

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# US lighthouse 1917/1996-09

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# currently uninhabited

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# see Mark Fineman, ``An Isle Rich in Guano and Discord'',

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# see Mark Fineman, "An Isle Rich in Guano and Discord",

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# _Los Angeles Times_ (1998-11-10), A1, A10; it cites

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# Jimmy Skaggs, _The Great Guano Rush_ (1994).

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# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94

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# <http://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359>.

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#

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# See the `europe' file for Greenland.

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# See the 'europe' file for Greenland.

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# Canada

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# most of east Labrador

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# The name `Happy Valley-Goose Bay' is too long; use `Goose Bay'.

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# The name 'Happy Valley-Goose Bay' is too long; use 'Goose Bay'.

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# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]

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Zone America/Goose_Bay -4:01:40 - LMT 1884 # Happy Valley-Goose Bay

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-3:30:52 - NST 1918

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# Quebec

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# From Paul Eggert (2006-07-09):

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# Shanks & Pottenger write that since 1970 most of Quebec has been

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# like Montreal.

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# From Paul Eggert (2013-08-30):

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# Since 1970 most of Quebec has been like Toronto.

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# However, because earlier versions of the tz database mistakenly relied on data

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# from Shanks & Pottenger saying that Quebec differed from Ontario after 1970,

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# a separate entry was created for most of Quebec. We're loath to lose

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# its pre-1970 info, even though the tz database is normally limited to

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# zones that differ after 1970, so keep this otherwise out-of-scope entry.

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# From Paul Eggert (2006-06-27):

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# Matthews and Vincent (1998) also write that Quebec east of the -63

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# meridian is supposed to observe AST, but residents as far east as

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# Natashquan use EST/EDT, and residents east of Natashquan use AST.

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# In "Official time in Quebec" the Quebec department of justice writes in

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# http://www.justice.gouv.qc.ca/english/publications/generale/temps-regl-1-a.htm

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# that "The residents of the Municipality of the

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# Cote-Nord-du-Golfe-Saint-Laurent and the municipalities of Saint-Augustin,

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# Bonne-Esperance and Blanc-Sablon apply the Official Time Act as it is

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# written and use Atlantic standard time all year round. The same applies to

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# the residents of the Native facilities along the lower North Shore."

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# <http://www.assnat.qc.ca/eng/37legislature2/Projets-loi/Publics/06-a002.htm>

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# The Quebec department of justice writes in

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# "The situation in Minganie and Basse-Cote-Nord"

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# http://www.justice.gouv.qc.ca/english/publications/generale/temps-minganie-a.htm

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# that the coastal strip from just east of Natashquan to Blanc-Sablon

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# observes Atlantic standard time all year round.

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# http://www.assnat.qc.ca/Media/Process.aspx?MediaId=ANQ.Vigie.Bll.DocumentGenerique_8845en

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# says this common practice was codified into law as of 2007.

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# For lack of better info, guess this practice began around 1970, contra to

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# Shanks & Pottenger who have this region observing AST/ADT.

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# for post-1970 data America/Puerto_Rico.

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# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S

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Rule Mont 1917 only - Mar 25 2:00 1:00 D

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-5:00 Canada E%sT

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# Ontario

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# From Paul Eggert (2006-07-09):

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-6:00 - CST 1910

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-5:00 - EST 1942

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-5:00 Canada E%sT 1970

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-5:00 Mont E%sT 1973

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-5:00 Toronto E%sT 1973

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-5:00 - EST 1974

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-5:00 Canada E%sT

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Zone America/Nipigon -5:53:04 - LMT 1895

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# From Paul Eggert (1996-06-12):

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# For an English translation of the decree, see

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# <a href="http://mexico-travel.com/extra/timezone_eng.html">

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# ``Diario Oficial: Time Zone Changeover'' (1996-01-04).

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# "Diario Oficial: Time Zone Changeover" (1996-01-04).

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# </a>

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# From Rives McDow (1998-10-08):

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###############################################################################

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# Anguilla

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# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]

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Zone America/Anguilla -4:12:16 - LMT 1912 Mar 2

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-4:00 - AST

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# See 'southamerica'.

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# Antigua and Barbuda

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# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]

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# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]

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Zone Atlantic/Bermuda -4:19:18 - LMT 1930 Jan 1 2:00 # Hamilton

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-4:00 - AST 1974 Apr 28 2:00

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-4:00 Bahamas A%sT 1976

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-4:00 Canada A%sT 1976

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# Cayman Is

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# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]

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Zone America/Cayman -5:25:32 - LMT 1890 # Georgetown

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-5:07:12 - KMT 1912 Feb # Kingston Mean Time

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-5:07:11 - KMT 1912 Feb # Kingston Mean Time

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-5:00 - EST

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# Costa Rica

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# go with Shanks & Pottenger.

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Rule CR 1991 only - Jul 1 0:00 0 S

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# There are too many San Joses elsewhere, so we'll use `Costa Rica'.

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# There are too many San Joses elsewhere, so we'll use 'Costa Rica'.

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# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]

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Zone America/Costa_Rica -5:36:13 - LMT 1890 # San Jose

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# Dominica

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# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]

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Zone America/Dominica -4:05:36 - LMT 1911 Jul 1 0:01 # Roseau

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# See 'southamerica'.

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# Dominican Republic

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# Grenada

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# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]

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Zone America/Grenada -4:07:00 - LMT 1911 Jul # St George's

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# Guadeloupe

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# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]

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Zone America/Guadeloupe -4:06:08 - LMT 1911 Jun 8 # Pointe a Pitre

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-4:00 - AST

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Link America/Guadeloupe America/St_Barthelemy

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# St Martin (French part)

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Link America/Guadeloupe America/Marigot

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# Jamaica

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# JAMAICA 5 H BEHIND UTC

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# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]

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Zone America/Jamaica -5:07:12 - LMT 1890 # Kingston

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-5:07:12 - KMT 1912 Feb # Kingston Mean Time

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Zone America/Jamaica -5:07:11 - LMT 1890 # Kingston

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-5:07:11 - KMT 1912 Feb # Kingston Mean Time

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# Montserrat

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# world.gazetteer.com says Cork Hill is the most populous location now.

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# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]

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# Puerto Rico

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# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]

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Zone America/St_Lucia -4:04:00 - LMT 1890 # Castries

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# St Pierre and Miquelon

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# There are too many St Pierres elsewhere, so we'll use 'Miquelon'.

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# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]

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Zone America/Miquelon -3:44:40 - LMT 1911 May 15 # St Pierre

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# St Vincent and the Grenadines

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# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]

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Zone America/St_Vincent -4:04:56 - LMT 1890 # Kingstown

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# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]

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Zone America/Grand_Turk -4:44:32 - LMT 1890

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# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]

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Zone America/Tortola -4:18:28 - LMT 1911 Jul # Road Town

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# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]

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# See 'southamerica'.