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diff --git a/contrib/tzdata/northamerica b/contrib/tzdata/northamerica index 88423e6..660a920 100644 --- a/contrib/tzdata/northamerica +++ b/contrib/tzdata/northamerica @@ -1235,10 +1235,19 @@ Zone America/Goose_Bay -4:01:40 - LMT 1884 # Happy Valley-Goose Bay # west Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward I -# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): +# From Brian Inglis (2015-07-20): +# From the historical weather station records available at: +# https://weatherspark.com/history/28351/1971/Sydney-Nova-Scotia-Canada +# Sydney shares the same time history as Glace Bay, so was +# likely to be the same across the island.... +# Sydney, as the capital and most populous location, or Cape Breton, would +# have been better names for the zone had we known this in 1996. + +# From Paul Eggert (2015-07-20): # Shanks & Pottenger write that since 1970 most of this region has been like # Halifax. Many locales did not observe peacetime DST until 1972; -# Glace Bay, NS is the largest that we know of. +# the Cape Breton area, represented by Glace Bay, is the largest we know of +# (Glace Bay was perhaps not the best name choice but no point changing now). # Shanks & Pottenger also write that Liverpool, NS was the only town # in Canada to observe DST in 1971 but not 1970; for now we'll assume # this is a typo. @@ -1796,13 +1805,13 @@ Zone America/Edmonton -7:33:52 - LMT 1906 Sep # Exact date in October unknown; Sunday October 1 is a reasonable guess. # 3. June 1918: switch to Pacific Daylight Time (GMT-7) # Exact date in June unknown; Sunday June 2 is a reasonable guess. -# note#1: +# note 1: # On Oct 27/1918 when daylight saving ended in the rest of Canada, # Creston did not change its clocks. -# note#2: +# note 2: # During WWII when the Federal Government legislated a mandatory clock change, # Creston did not oblige. -# note#3: +# note 3: # There is no guarantee that Creston will remain on Mountain Standard Time # (UTC-7) forever. # The subject was debated at least once this year by the town Council. |
