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diff --git a/contrib/tzdata/northamerica b/contrib/tzdata/northamerica index 9660a46..7074d31 100644 --- a/contrib/tzdata/northamerica +++ b/contrib/tzdata/northamerica @@ -1,4 +1,3 @@ -# <pre> # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. @@ -55,13 +54,13 @@ # to push people into bed earlier, and get them up earlier, to make # them healthy, wealthy and wise in spite of themselves. # -# -- Robertson Davies, The diary of Samuel Marchbanks, +# -- Robertson Davies, The diary of Samuel Marchbanks, # Clarke, Irwin (1947), XIX, Sunday # # For more about the first ten years of DST in the United States, see -# Robert Garland's <a href="http://www.clpgh.org/exhibit/dst.html"> -# Ten years of daylight saving from the Pittsburgh standpoint -# (Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, 1927)</a>. +# Robert Garland, Ten years of daylight saving from the Pittsburgh standpoint +# (Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, 1927) +# <http://www.clpgh.org/exhibit/dst.html>. # # Shanks says that DST was called "War Time" in the US in 1918 and 1919. # However, DST was imposed by the Standard Time Act of 1918, which @@ -81,10 +80,10 @@ # Last night I heard part of a rebroadcast of a 1945 Arch Oboler radio drama. # In the introduction, Oboler spoke of "Eastern Peace Time." # An AltaVista search turned up -# <a href="http://rowayton.org/rhs/hstaug45.html">: +# <http://rowayton.org/rhs/hstaug45.html>: # "When the time is announced over the radio now, it is 'Eastern Peace # Time' instead of the old familiar 'Eastern War Time.' Peace is wonderful." -# </a> (August 1945) by way of confirmation. +# (August 1945) by way of confirmation. # From Joseph Gallant citing # George H. Douglas, _The Early Days of Radio Broadcasting_ (1987): @@ -182,7 +181,7 @@ Zone PST8PDT -8:00 US P%sT # USA ALASKA STD 9 H BEHIND UTC MOST OF ALASKA (AKST) # USA ALASKA STD 8 H BEHIND UTC APR 3 - OCT 30 (AKDT) # USA ALEUTIAN 10 H BEHIND UTC ISLANDS WEST OF 170W -# USA - " - 9 H BEHIND UTC APR 3 - OCT 30 +# USA " 9 H BEHIND UTC APR 3 - OCT 30 # USA HAWAII 10 H BEHIND UTC # USA BERING 11 H BEHIND UTC SAMOA, MIDWAY @@ -235,19 +234,19 @@ Zone PST8PDT -8:00 US P%sT # The following was signed into law on 2005-08-08. # # H.R. 6, Energy Policy Act of 2005, SEC. 110. DAYLIGHT SAVINGS. -# (a) Amendment- Section 3(a) of the Uniform Time Act of 1966 (15 +# (a) Amendment.--Section 3(a) of the Uniform Time Act of 1966 (15 # U.S.C. 260a(a)) is amended-- -# (1) by striking 'first Sunday of April' and inserting 'second -# Sunday of March'; and -# (2) by striking 'last Sunday of October' and inserting 'first +# (1) by striking "first Sunday of April" and inserting "second +# Sunday of March"; and +# (2) by striking "last Sunday of October" and inserting "first # Sunday of November'. -# (b) Effective Date- Subsection (a) shall take effect 1 year after the +# (b) Effective Date.--Subsection (a) shall take effect 1 year after the # date of enactment of this Act or March 1, 2007, whichever is later. -# (c) Report to Congress- Not later than 9 months after the effective +# (c) Report to Congress.--Not later than 9 months after the effective # date stated in subsection (b), the Secretary shall report to Congress # on the impact of this section on energy consumption in the United # States. -# (d) Right to Revert- Congress retains the right to revert the +# (d) Right to Revert.--Congress retains the right to revert the # Daylight Saving Time back to the 2005 time schedules once the # Department study is complete. @@ -349,18 +348,15 @@ Zone America/North_Dakota/New_Salem -6:45:39 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:14:21 # ...it appears that Mercer County, North Dakota, changed from the # mountain time zone to the central time zone at the last transition from # daylight-saving to standard time (on Nov. 7, 2010): -# <a href="http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2010-09-29/html/2010-24376.htm"> # http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2010-09-29/html/2010-24376.htm -# </a> -# <a href="http://www.bismarcktribune.com/news/local/article_1eb1b588-c758-11df-b472-001cc4c03286.html"> # http://www.bismarcktribune.com/news/local/article_1eb1b588-c758-11df-b472-001cc4c03286.html -# </a> # From Andy Lipscomb (2011-01-24): # ...according to the Census Bureau, the largest city is Beulah (although # it's commonly referred to as Beulah-Hazen, with Hazen being the next # largest city in Mercer County). Google Maps places Beulah's city hall -# at 4715'51" north, 10146'40" west, which yields an offset of 6h47'07". +# at 47 degrees 15' 51" N, 101 degrees 46' 40" W, which yields an offset +# of 6h47'07". Zone America/North_Dakota/Beulah -6:47:07 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:12:53 -7:00 US M%sT 2010 Nov 7 2:00 @@ -425,15 +421,18 @@ Zone America/Los_Angeles -7:52:58 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:07:02 # was destroyed in 1805 by a Yakutat-kon war party.) However, there # were nearby inhabitants in some cases and for our purposes perhaps # it's best to simply use the official transition. -# -# From Steve Ferguson (2011-01-31): -# The author lives in Alaska and many of the references listed are only -# available to Alaskan residents. +# From Paul Eggert (2014-07-18): +# One opinion of the early-1980s turmoil in Alaska over time zones and +# daylight saving time appeared as graffiti on a Juneau airport wall: +# "Welcome to Juneau. Please turn your watch back to the 19th century." +# See: Turner W. Alaska's four time zones now two. NY Times 1983-11-01. +# http://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/01/us/alaska-s-four-time-zones-now-two.html # -# <a href="http://www.alaskahistoricalsociety.org/index.cfm?section=discover%20alaska&page=Glimpses%20of%20the%20Past&viewpost=2&ContentId=98"> -# http://www.alaskahistoricalsociety.org/index.cfm?section=discover%20alaska&page=Glimpses%20of%20the%20Past&viewpost=2&ContentId=98 -# </a> +# Steve Ferguson (2011-01-31) referred to the following source: +# Norris F. Keeping time in Alaska: national directives, local response. +# Alaska History 2001;16(1-2). +# http://alaskahistoricalsociety.org/discover-alaska/glimpses-of-the-past/keeping-time-in-alaska/ # From Arthur David Olson (2011-02-01): # Here's database-relevant material from the 2001 "Alaska History" article: @@ -459,12 +458,10 @@ Zone America/Los_Angeles -7:52:58 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:07:02 # From Arthur David Olson (2011-02-09): # I just spoke by phone with a staff member at the Metlakatla Indian # Community office (using contact information available at -# <a href="http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CIS.cfm?Comm_Boro_name=Metlakatla"> # http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CIS.cfm?Comm_Boro_name=Metlakatla -# </a>). # It's shortly after 1:00 here on the east coast of the United States; # the staffer said it was shortly after 10:00 there. When I asked whether -# that meant they were on Pacific time, they said no--they were on their +# that meant they were on Pacific time, they said no - they were on their # own time. I asked about daylight saving; they said it wasn't used. I # did not inquire about practices in the past. @@ -497,7 +494,7 @@ Zone America/Metlakatla 15:13:42 - LMT 1867 Oct 18 -8:00 US P%sT 1946 -8:00 - PST 1969 -8:00 US P%sT 1983 Oct 30 2:00 - -8:00 - MeST + -8:00 - PST Zone America/Yakutat 14:41:05 - LMT 1867 Oct 18 -9:18:55 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 12:00 -9:00 - YST 1942 @@ -560,9 +557,7 @@ Zone America/Adak 12:13:21 - LMT 1867 Oct 18 # "Hawaiian Time" by Robert C. Schmitt and Doak C. Cox appears on pages 207-225 # of volume 26 of The Hawaiian Journal of History (1992). As of 2010-12-09, # the article is available at -# <a href="http://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10524/239/2/JL26215.pdf"> # http://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10524/239/2/JL26215.pdf -# </a> # and indicates that standard time was adopted effective noon, January # 13, 1896 (page 218), that in "1933, the Legislature decreed daylight # saving for the period between the last Sunday of each April and the @@ -610,9 +605,9 @@ Link Pacific/Honolulu Pacific/Johnston # From Paul Eggert (2002-10-20): # # The information in the rest of this paragraph is derived from the -# <a href="http://www.dlapr.lib.az.us/links/daylight.htm"> -# Daylight Saving Time web page (2002-01-23)</a> maintained by the -# Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records. +# Daylight Saving Time web page +# <http://www.dlapr.lib.az.us/links/daylight.htm> (2002-01-23) +# maintained by the Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records. # Between 1944-01-01 and 1944-04-01 the State of Arizona used standard # time, but by federal law railroads, airlines, bus lines, military # personnel, and some engaged in interstate commerce continued to @@ -661,16 +656,15 @@ Zone America/Boise -7:44:49 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:15:11 # Indiana # # For a map of Indiana's time zone regions, see: -# <a href="http://www.mccsc.edu/time.html"> -# What time is it in Indiana? -# </a> (2006-03-01) +# What time is it in Indiana? (2006-03-01) +# <http://www.mccsc.edu/time.html> # # From Paul Eggert (2007-08-17): # Since 1970, most of Indiana has been like America/Indiana/Indianapolis, # with the following exceptions: # # - Gibson, Jasper, Lake, LaPorte, Newton, Porter, Posey, Spencer, -# Vandenburgh, and Warrick counties have been like America/Chicago. +# Vanderburgh, and Warrick counties have been like America/Chicago. # # - Dearborn and Ohio counties have been like America/New_York. # @@ -692,19 +686,16 @@ Zone America/Boise -7:44:49 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:15:11 # From Paul Eggert (2005-08-16): # http://www.mccsc.edu/time.html says that Indiana will use DST starting 2006. -# From Nathan Stratton Treadway (2006-03-30): -# http://www.dot.gov/affairs/dot0406.htm [3705 B] -# From Deborah Goldsmith (2006-01-18): -# http://dmses.dot.gov/docimages/pdf95/382329_web.pdf [2.9 MB] -# From Paul Eggert (2006-01-20): -# It says "DOT is relocating the time zone boundary in Indiana to move Starke, +# From Paul Eggert (2014-06-26): +# https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2006/01/20/06-563/standard-time-zone-boundary-in-the-state-of-indiana +# says "DOT is relocating the time zone boundary in Indiana to move Starke, # Pulaski, Knox, Daviess, Martin, Pike, Dubois, and Perry Counties from the # Eastern Time Zone to the Central Time Zone.... The effective date of -# this rule is 2:OO a.m. EST Sunday, April 2, 2006, which is the +# this rule is 2 a.m. EST Sunday, April 2, 2006, which is the # changeover date from standard time to Daylight Saving Time." -# Strictly speaking, this means the affected counties will change their -# clocks twice that night, but this obviously is in error. The intent -# is that 01:59:59 EST be followed by 02:00:00 CDT. +# Strictly speaking, this meant the affected counties changed their +# clocks twice that night, but this obviously was in error. The intent +# was that 01:59:59 EST be followed by 02:00:00 CDT. # From Gwillim Law (2007-02-10): # The Associated Press has been reporting that Pulaski County, Indiana is @@ -876,10 +867,9 @@ Zone America/Kentucky/Louisville -5:43:02 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:16:58 # # Wayne County, Kentucky # -# From -# <a href="http://www.lake-cumberland.com/life/archive/news990129time.shtml"> -# Lake Cumberland LIFE -# </a> (1999-01-29) via WKYM-101.7: +# From Lake Cumberland LIFE +# <http://www.lake-cumberland.com/life/archive/news990129time.shtml> +# (1999-01-29) via WKYM-101.7: # Clinton County has joined Wayne County in asking the DoT to change from # the Central to the Eastern time zone.... The Wayne County government made # the same request in December. And while Russell County officials have not @@ -896,9 +886,8 @@ Zone America/Kentucky/Louisville -5:43:02 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:16:58 # # From Paul Eggert (2001-07-16): # The final rule was published in the -# <a href="http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=2000_register&docid=fr17au00-22"> -# Federal Register 65, 160 (2000-08-17), page 50154-50158. -# </a> +# Federal Register 65, 160 (2000-08-17), pp 50154-50158. +# <http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=2000_register&docid=fr17au00-22> # Zone America/Kentucky/Monticello -5:39:24 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:20:36 -6:00 US C%sT 1946 @@ -923,9 +912,8 @@ Zone America/Kentucky/Monticello -5:39:24 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:20:36 # See America/North_Dakota/Center for the Oliver County, ND change. # West Wendover, NV officially switched from Pacific to mountain time on # 1999-10-31. See the -# <a href="http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=1999_register&docid=fr21oc99-15"> -# Federal Register 64, 203 (1999-10-21), page 56705-56707. -# </a> +# Federal Register 64, 203 (1999-10-21), pp 56705-56707. +# <http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=1999_register&docid=fr21oc99-15> # However, the Federal Register says that West Wendover already operated # on mountain time, and the rule merely made this official; # hence a separate tz entry is not needed. @@ -1030,11 +1018,11 @@ Zone America/Menominee -5:50:27 - LMT 1885 Sep 18 12:00 # Canada -# From Alain LaBont<e'> (1994-11-14): +# From Alain LaBonté (1994-11-14): # I post here the time zone abbreviations standardized in Canada # for both English and French in the CAN/CSA-Z234.4-89 standard.... # -# UTC Standard time Daylight savings time +# UTC Standard time Daylight saving time # offset French English French English # -2:30 - - HAT NDT # -3 - - HAA ADT @@ -1047,7 +1035,7 @@ Zone America/Menominee -5:50:27 - LMT 1885 Sep 18 12:00 # -9 HNY YST - - # # HN: Heure Normale ST: Standard Time -# HA: Heure Avanc<e'>e DT: Daylight saving Time +# HA: Heure Avancée DT: Daylight saving Time # # A: de l'Atlantique Atlantic # C: du Centre Central @@ -1111,15 +1099,15 @@ Zone America/Menominee -5:50:27 - LMT 1885 Sep 18 12:00 # From Paul Eggert (2006-04-25): # H. David Matthews and Mary Vincent's map -# <a href="http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/Magazine/SO98/geomap.asp"> # "It's about TIME", _Canadian Geographic_ (September-October 1998) -# </a> contains detailed boundaries for regions observing nonstandard +# <http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/Magazine/SO98/geomap.asp> +# contains detailed boundaries for regions observing nonstandard # time and daylight saving time arrangements in Canada circa 1998. # -# INMS, the Institute for National Measurement Standards in Ottawa, has <a -# href="http://inms-ienm.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/en/time_services/daylight_saving_e.php"> +# INMS, the Institute for National Measurement Standards in Ottawa, has # information about standard and daylight saving time zones in Canada. -# </a> (updated periodically). +# <http://inms-ienm.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/en/time_services/daylight_saving_e.php> +# (updated periodically). # Its unofficial information is often taken from Matthews and Vincent. # From Paul Eggert (2006-06-27): @@ -1128,9 +1116,7 @@ Zone America/Menominee -5:50:27 - LMT 1885 Sep 18 12:00 # From Chris Walton (2011-12-01) # In the first of Tammy Hardwick's articles -# <a href="http://www.ilovecreston.com/?p=articles&t=spec&ar=260"> # http://www.ilovecreston.com/?p=articles&t=spec&ar=260 -# </a> # she quotes the Friday November 1/1918 edition of the Creston Review. # The quote includes these two statements: # 'Sunday the CPR went back to the old system of time...' @@ -1198,9 +1184,7 @@ Rule StJohns 1960 1986 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S # Time to Standard Time and from Standard Time to Daylight Savings Time # now occurs at 2:00AM. # ... -# <a href="http://www.assembly.nl.ca/legislation/sr/annualstatutes/2011/1106.chp.htm"> # http://www.assembly.nl.ca/legislation/sr/annualstatutes/2011/1106.chp.htm -# </a> # ... # MICHAEL PELLEY | Manager of Enterprise Architecture - Solution Delivery # Office of the Chief Information Officer @@ -1356,7 +1340,7 @@ Zone America/Moncton -4:19:08 - LMT 1883 Dec 9 # meridian is supposed to observe AST, but residents as far east as # Natashquan use EST/EDT, and residents east of Natashquan use AST. # The Quebec department of justice writes in -# "The situation in Minganie and Basse-Cote-Nord" +# "The situation in Minganie and Basse-Côte-Nord" # http://www.justice.gouv.qc.ca/english/publications/generale/temps-minganie-a.htm # that the coastal strip from just east of Natashquan to Blanc-Sablon # observes Atlantic standard time all year round. @@ -1364,7 +1348,6 @@ Zone America/Moncton -4:19:08 - LMT 1883 Dec 9 # says this common practice was codified into law as of 2007. # For lack of better info, guess this practice began around 1970, contra to # Shanks & Pottenger who have this region observing AST/ADT. -# for post-1970 data America/Puerto_Rico. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Mont 1917 only - Mar 25 2:00 1:00 D @@ -1425,7 +1408,7 @@ Zone America/Montreal -4:54:16 - LMT 1884 # have already done so. In Orillia DST was to run until Saturday, # 1912-08-31 (no time mentioned), but it was met with considerable # hostility from certain segments of the public, and was revoked after -# only two weeks -- I copied it as Saturday, 1912-07-07, 22:00, but +# only two weeks - I copied it as Saturday, 1912-07-07, 22:00, but # presumably that should be -07-06. (1912-06-19, -07-12; also letters # earlier in June). # @@ -1435,10 +1418,8 @@ Zone America/Montreal -4:54:16 - LMT 1884 # Mark Brader writes that an article in the 1997-10-14 Toronto Star # says that Atikokan, Ontario currently does not observe DST, # but will vote on 11-10 whether to use EST/EDT. -# He also writes that the -# <a href="http://www.gov.on.ca/MBS/english/publications/statregs/conttext.html"> -# Ontario Time Act (1990, Chapter T.9) -# </a> +# He also writes that the Ontario Time Act (1990, Chapter T.9) +# <http://www.gov.on.ca/MBS/english/publications/statregs/conttext.html> # says that Ontario east of 90W uses EST/EDT, and west of 90W uses CST/CDT. # Officially Atikokan is therefore on CST/CDT, and most likely this report # concerns a non-official time observed as a matter of local practice. @@ -1517,9 +1498,7 @@ Zone America/Montreal -4:54:16 - LMT 1884 # The Journal of The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, # volume 26, number 2 (February 1932) and, as of 2010-07-17, # was available at -# <a href="http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1932JRASC..26...49S"> # http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1932JRASC..26...49S -# </a> # # It includes the text below (starting on page 57): # @@ -1537,19 +1516,19 @@ Zone America/Montreal -4:54:16 - LMT 1884 # Quebec In the following places: # Montreal Lachine # Quebec Mont-Royal -# Levis Iberville -# St. Lambert Cap de la Madeleine +# Lévis Iberville +# St. Lambert Cap de la Madelèine # Verdun Loretteville # Westmount Richmond -# Outremont St. Jerome +# Outremont St. Jérôme # Longueuil Greenfield Park # Arvida Waterloo # Chambly-Canton Beaulieu # Melbourne La Tuque -# St. Theophile Buckingham +# St. Théophile Buckingham # Ontario Used generally in the cities and towns along # the southerly part of the province. Not -# used in the northwesterlhy part. +# used in the northwesterly part. # Manitoba Not used. # Saskatchewan In Regina only. # Alberta Not used. @@ -1653,7 +1632,7 @@ Zone America/Atikokan -6:06:28 - LMT 1895 # the first Sunday of April of each year and two o'clock Central # Standard Time in the morning of the last Sunday of October next # following, one hour in advance of Central Standard Time."... -# I believe that the English legislation [of the old time act] had = +# I believe that the English legislation [of the old time act] had # been assented to (March 22, 1967).... # Also, as far as I can tell, there was no order-in-council varying # the time of Daylight Saving Time for 2005 and so the provisions of @@ -1831,9 +1810,7 @@ Zone America/Edmonton -7:33:52 - LMT 1906 Sep # Earlier this year I stumbled across a detailed article about the time # keeping history of Creston; it was written by Tammy Hardwick who is the # manager of the Creston & District Museum. The article was written in May 2009. -# <a href="http://www.ilovecreston.com/?p=articles&t=spec&ar=260"> # http://www.ilovecreston.com/?p=articles&t=spec&ar=260 -# </a> # According to the article, Creston has not changed its clocks since June 1918. # i.e. Creston has been stuck on UTC-7 for 93 years. # Dawson Creek, on the other hand, changed its clocks as recently as April 1972. @@ -1844,9 +1821,7 @@ Zone America/Edmonton -7:33:52 - LMT 1906 Sep # as plausible as any other date (in June). She also said that after writing the # article she had discovered another time change in 1916; this is the subject # of another article which she wrote in October 2010. -# <a href="http://www.creston.museum.bc.ca/index.php?module=comments&uop=view_comment&cm+id=56"> # http://www.creston.museum.bc.ca/index.php?module=comments&uop=view_comment&cm+id=56 -# </a> # Here is a summary of the three clock change events in Creston's history: # 1. 1884 or 1885: adoption of Mountain Standard Time (GMT-7) @@ -1865,9 +1840,7 @@ Zone America/Edmonton -7:33:52 - LMT 1906 Sep # 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. -# <a href="http://www.bclocalnews.com/kootenay_rockies/crestonvalleyadvance/news/116760809.html"> # http://www.bclocalnews.com/kootenay_rockies/crestonvalleyadvance/news/116760809.html -# </a> # During a period WWII, summer time (Daylight saying) was mandatory in Canada. # In Creston, that was handled by shifting the area to PST (-8:00) then applying @@ -1921,18 +1894,17 @@ Zone America/Creston -7:46:04 - LMT 1884 # From Rives McDow (1999-09-04): # Nunavut ... moved ... to incorporate the whole territory into one time zone. -# <a href="http://www.nunatsiaq.com/nunavut/nvt90903_13.html"> # Nunavut moves to single time zone Oct. 31 -# </a> +# <http://www.nunatsiaq.com/nunavut/nvt90903_13.html> # # From Antoine Leca (1999-09-06): # We then need to create a new timezone for the Kitikmeot region of Nunavut # to differentiate it from the Yellowknife region. # From Paul Eggert (1999-09-20): -# <a href="http://www.nunavut.com/basicfacts/english/basicfacts_1territory.html"> # Basic Facts: The New Territory -# </a> (1999) reports that Pangnirtung operates on eastern time, +# <http://www.nunavut.com/basicfacts/english/basicfacts_1territory.html> +# (1999) reports that Pangnirtung operates on eastern time, # and that Coral Harbour does not observe DST. We don't know when # Pangnirtung switched to eastern time; we'll guess 1995. @@ -1960,8 +1932,8 @@ Zone America/Creston -7:46:04 - LMT 1884 # the current state of affairs. # From Michaela Rodrigue, writing in the -# <a href="http://www.nunatsiaq.com/archives/nunavut991130/nvt91119_17.html"> -# Nunatsiaq News (1999-11-19)</a>: +# Nunatsiaq News (1999-11-19) +# <http://www.nunatsiaq.com/archives/nunavut991130/nvt91119_17.html>: # Clyde River, Pangnirtung and Sanikiluaq now operate with two time zones, # central - or Nunavut time - for government offices, and eastern time # for municipal offices and schools.... Igloolik [was similar but then] @@ -1979,10 +1951,8 @@ Zone America/Creston -7:46:04 - LMT 1884 # Central Time and Southampton Island [in the Central zone] is not # required to use daylight savings. -# From -# <a href="http://www.nunatsiaq.com/archives/nunavut001130/nvt21110_02.html"> -# Nunavut now has two time zones -# </a> (2000-11-10): +# From <http://www.nunatsiaq.com/archives/nunavut001130/nvt21110_02.html> +# Nunavut now has two time zones (2000-11-10): # The Nunavut government would allow its employees in Kugluktuk and # Cambridge Bay to operate on central time year-round, putting them # one hour behind the rest of Nunavut for six months during the winter. @@ -2073,9 +2043,7 @@ Zone America/Creston -7:46:04 - LMT 1884 # used to be the mayor of Resolute Bay and he apparently owns half the # businesses including "South Camp Inn." This website has some info on # Aziz: -# <a href="http://www.uphere.ca/node/493"> # http://www.uphere.ca/node/493 -# </a> # # I sent Aziz an e-mail asking when Resolute Bay had stopped using # Eastern Standard Time. @@ -2165,9 +2133,8 @@ Zone America/Dawson -9:17:40 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 # From Paul Eggert (2001-03-05): # The Investigation and Analysis Service of the # Mexican Library of Congress (MLoC) has published a -# <a href="http://www.cddhcu.gob.mx/bibliot/publica/inveyana/polisoc/horver/"> # history of Mexican local time (in Spanish) -# </a>. +# <http://www.cddhcu.gob.mx/bibliot/publica/inveyana/polisoc/horver/>. # # Here are the discrepancies between Shanks & Pottenger (S&P) and the MLoC. # (In all cases we go with the MLoC.) @@ -2212,9 +2179,8 @@ Zone America/Dawson -9:17:40 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 # -------------- End Forwarded Message -------------- # From Paul Eggert (1996-06-12): # For an English translation of the decree, see -# <a href="http://mexico-travel.com/extra/timezone_eng.html"> -# "Diario Oficial: Time Zone Changeover" (1996-01-04). -# </a> +# "Diario Oficial: Time Zone Changeover" (1996-01-04) +# <http://mexico-travel.com/extra/timezone_eng.html>. # From Rives McDow (1998-10-08): # The State of Quintana Roo has reverted back to central STD and DST times @@ -2226,7 +2192,7 @@ Zone America/Dawson -9:17:40 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 # savings time so as to stay on the same time zone as the southern part of # Arizona year round. -# From Jesper Norgaard, translating +# From Jesper Nørgaard, translating # <http://www.reforma.com/nacional/articulo/064327/> (2001-01-17): # In Oaxaca, the 55.000 teachers from the Section 22 of the National # Syndicate of Education Workers, refuse to apply daylight saving each @@ -2247,23 +2213,22 @@ Zone America/Dawson -9:17:40 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 # The 2001-01-24 traditional Washington Post contained the page one # story "Timely Issue Divides Mexicans."... # http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37383-2001Jan23.html -# ... Mexico City Mayor Lopez Obrador "...is threatening to keep +# ... Mexico City Mayor López Obrador "...is threatening to keep # Mexico City and its 20 million residents on a different time than -# the rest of the country..." In particular, Lopez Obrador would abolish +# the rest of the country..." In particular, López Obrador would abolish # observation of Daylight Saving Time. -# <a href="http://www.conae.gob.mx/ahorro/decretohorver2001.html#decre"> # Official statute published by the Energy Department -# </a> (2001-02-01) shows Baja and Chihauhua as still using US DST rules, -# and Sonora with no DST. This was reported by Jesper Norgaard (2001-02-03). +# <http://www.conae.gob.mx/ahorro/decretohorver2001.html#decre> +# (2001-02-01) shows Baja and Chihauhua as still using US DST rules, +# and Sonora with no DST. This was reported by Jesper Nørgaard (2001-02-03). # From Paul Eggert (2001-03-03): # -# <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/20010303/t000018766.html"> +# <http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/20010303/t000018766.html> # James F. Smith writes in today's LA Times -# </a> # * Sonora will continue to observe standard time. -# * Last week Mexico City's mayor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador decreed that +# * Last week Mexico City's mayor Andrés Manuel López Obrador decreed that # the Federal District will not adopt DST. # * 4 of 16 district leaders announced they'll ignore the decree. # * The decree does not affect federal-controlled facilities including @@ -2271,7 +2236,7 @@ Zone America/Dawson -9:17:40 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 # # For now we'll assume that the Federal District will bow to federal rules. -# From Jesper Norgaard (2001-04-01): +# From Jesper Nørgaard (2001-04-01): # I found some references to the Mexican application of daylight # saving, which modifies what I had already sent you, stating earlier # that a number of northern Mexican states would go on daylight @@ -2280,7 +2245,7 @@ Zone America/Dawson -9:17:40 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 # saving all year) will follow the original decree of president # Vicente Fox, starting daylight saving May 6, 2001 and ending # September 30, 2001. -# References: "Diario de Monterrey" <www.diariodemonterrey.com/index.asp> +# References: "Diario de Monterrey" <http://www.diariodemonterrey.com/index.asp> # Palabra <http://palabra.infosel.com/010331/primera/ppri3101.pdf> (2001-03-31) # From Reuters (2001-09-04): @@ -2292,7 +2257,7 @@ Zone America/Dawson -9:17:40 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 # standard time. "This is so residents of the Federal District are not # subject to unexpected time changes," a statement from the court said. -# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2002-03-12): +# From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2002-03-12): # ... consulting my local grocery store(!) and my coworkers, they all insisted # that a new decision had been made to reinstate US style DST in Mexico.... # http://www.conae.gob.mx/ahorro/horaver2001_m1_2002.html (2002-02-20) @@ -2306,48 +2271,36 @@ Zone America/Dawson -9:17:40 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 # > the United States. # Now this has passed both the Congress and the Senate, so starting from # 2010, some border regions will be the same: -# <a href="http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2009/dec/28/clocks-will-match-both-sides-border/"> # http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2009/dec/28/clocks-will-match-both-sides-border/ -# </a> -# <a href="http://www.elmananarey.com/diario/noticia/nacional/noticias/empatan_horario_de_frontera_con_eu/621939"> # http://www.elmananarey.com/diario/noticia/nacional/noticias/empatan_horario_de_frontera_con_eu/621939 -# </a> # (Spanish) # # Could not find the new law text, but the proposed law text changes are here: -# <a href="http://gaceta.diputados.gob.mx/Gaceta/61/2009/dic/20091210-V.pdf"> # http://gaceta.diputados.gob.mx/Gaceta/61/2009/dic/20091210-V.pdf -# </a> # (Gaceta Parlamentaria) # # There is also a list of the votes here: -# <a href="http://gaceta.diputados.gob.mx/Gaceta/61/2009/dic/V2-101209.html"> # http://gaceta.diputados.gob.mx/Gaceta/61/2009/dic/V2-101209.html -# </a> # # Our page: -# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/north-mexico-dst-change.html"> # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/north-mexico-dst-change.html -# </a> # From Arthur David Olson (2010-01-20): # The page -# <a href="http://dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5127480&fecha=06/01/2010"> # http://dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5127480&fecha=06/01/2010 -# </a> # includes this text: # En los municipios fronterizos de Tijuana y Mexicali en Baja California; -# Juárez y Ojinaga en Chihuahua; Acuña y Piedras Negras en Coahuila; -# Anáhuac en Nuevo León; y Nuevo Laredo, Reynosa y Matamoros en -# Tamaulipas, la aplicación de este horario estacional surtirá efecto -# desde las dos horas del segundo domingo de marzo y concluirá a las dos +# Juárez y Ojinaga en Chihuahua; Acuña y Piedras Negras en Coahuila; +# Anáhuac en Nuevo León; y Nuevo Laredo, Reynosa y Matamoros en +# Tamaulipas, la aplicación de este horario estacional surtirá efecto +# desde las dos horas del segundo domingo de marzo y concluirá a las dos # horas del primer domingo de noviembre. # En los municipios fronterizos que se encuentren ubicados en la franja -# fronteriza norte en el territorio comprendido entre la línea -# internacional y la línea paralela ubicada a una distancia de veinte -# kilómetros, así como la Ciudad de Ensenada, Baja California, hacia el -# interior del país, la aplicación de este horario estacional surtirá -# efecto desde las dos horas del segundo domingo de marzo y concluirá a +# fronteriza norte en el territorio comprendido entre la línea +# internacional y la línea paralela ubicada a una distancia de veinte +# kilómetros, así como la Ciudad de Ensenada, Baja California, hacia el +# interior del país, la aplicación de este horario estacional surtirá +# efecto desde las dos horas del segundo domingo de marzo y concluirá a # las dos horas del primer domingo de noviembre. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S @@ -2366,23 +2319,23 @@ Rule Mexico 2001 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Mexico 2002 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D Rule Mexico 2002 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -# Quintana Roo +# Quintana Roo; represented by Cancún Zone America/Cancun -5:47:04 - LMT 1922 Jan 1 0:12:56 -6:00 - CST 1981 Dec 23 -5:00 Mexico E%sT 1998 Aug 2 2:00 -6:00 Mexico C%sT -# Campeche, Yucatan +# Campeche, Yucatán; represented by Mérida Zone America/Merida -5:58:28 - LMT 1922 Jan 1 0:01:32 -6:00 - CST 1981 Dec 23 -5:00 - EST 1982 Dec 2 -6:00 Mexico C%sT -# Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas (near US border) +# Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas (near US border) Zone America/Matamoros -6:40:00 - LMT 1921 Dec 31 23:20:00 -6:00 - CST 1988 -6:00 US C%sT 1989 -6:00 Mexico C%sT 2010 -6:00 US C%sT -# Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas (away from US border) +# Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas (away from US border) Zone America/Monterrey -6:41:16 - LMT 1921 Dec 31 23:18:44 -6:00 - CST 1988 -6:00 US C%sT 1989 @@ -2434,42 +2387,33 @@ Zone America/Hermosillo -7:23:52 - LMT 1921 Dec 31 23:36:08 -7:00 - MST # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-04-21): -# According to news, Bahía de Banderas (Mexican state of Nayarit) +# According to news, Bahía de Banderas (Mexican state of Nayarit) # changed time zone UTC-7 to new time zone UTC-6 on April 4, 2010 (to # share the same time zone as nearby city Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco). # # (Spanish) -# Bahía de Banderas homologa su horario al del centro del -# país, a partir de este domingo -# <a href="http://www.nayarit.gob.mx/notes.asp?id=20748"> +# Bahía de Banderas homologa su horario al del centro del +# país, a partir de este domingo # http://www.nayarit.gob.mx/notes.asp?id=20748 -# </a> # -# Bahía de Banderas homologa su horario con el del Centro del -# País -# <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"> -# 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" -# </a> +# Bahía de Banderas homologa su horario con el del Centro del +# País +# 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 # # (English) -# Puerto Vallarta and Bahía de Banderas: One Time Zone -# <a href="http://virtualvallarta.com/puertovallarta/puertovallarta/localnews/2009-12-03-Puerto-Vallarta-and-Bahia-de-Banderas-One-Time-Zone.shtml"> +# Puerto Vallarta and Bahía de Banderas: One Time Zone # http://virtualvallarta.com/puertovallarta/puertovallarta/localnews/2009-12-03-Puerto-Vallarta-and-Bahia-de-Banderas-One-Time-Zone.shtml -# </a> -# -# or -# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_mexico08.html"> # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_mexico08.html -# </a> # # "Mexico's Senate approved the amendments to the Mexican Schedule System that -# will allow Bahía de Banderas and Puerto Vallarta to share the same time +# will allow Bahía de Banderas and Puerto Vallarta to share the same time # zone ..." # Baja California Sur, Nayarit, Sinaloa # From Arthur David Olson (2010-05-01): # Use "Bahia_Banderas" to keep the name to fourteen characters. +# Mazatlán Zone America/Mazatlan -7:05:40 - LMT 1921 Dec 31 23:54:20 -7:00 - MST 1927 Jun 10 23:00 -6:00 - CST 1930 Nov 15 @@ -2481,6 +2425,7 @@ Zone America/Mazatlan -7:05:40 - LMT 1921 Dec 31 23:54:20 -8:00 - PST 1970 -7:00 Mexico M%sT +# Bahía de Banderas Zone America/Bahia_Banderas -7:01:00 - LMT 1921 Dec 31 23:59:00 -7:00 - MST 1927 Jun 10 23:00 -6:00 - CST 1930 Nov 15 @@ -2537,7 +2482,7 @@ Zone America/Santa_Isabel -7:39:28 - LMT 1922 Jan 1 0:20:32 # America/Tijuana only in that it did not observe DST from 1976 # through 1995. This was as per Shanks (1999). But Shanks & Pottenger say # Ensenada did not observe DST from 1948 through 1975. Guy Harris reports -# that the 1987 OAG says "Only Ensenada, Mexicale, San Felipe and +# that the 1987 OAG says "Only Ensenada, Mexicali, San Felipe and # Tijuana observe DST," which agrees with Shanks & Pottenger but implies that # DST-observance was a town-by-town matter back then. This concerns # data after 1970 so most likely there should be at least one Zone @@ -2550,7 +2495,7 @@ Zone America/Santa_Isabel -7:39:28 - LMT 1922 Jan 1 0:20:32 ############################################################################### # Anguilla -# See 'southamerica'. +# See America/Port_of_Spain. # Antigua and Barbuda # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] @@ -2630,7 +2575,7 @@ Zone America/Cayman -5:25:32 - LMT 1890 # Georgetown # Costa Rica -# Milne gives -5:36:13.3 as San Jose mean time; round to nearest. +# Milne gives -5:36:13.3 as San José mean time; round to nearest. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule CR 1979 1980 - Feb lastSun 0:00 1:00 D @@ -2640,10 +2585,10 @@ Rule CR 1991 1992 - Jan Sat>=15 0:00 1:00 D # go with Shanks & Pottenger. Rule CR 1991 only - Jul 1 0:00 0 S Rule CR 1992 only - Mar 15 0:00 0 S -# There are too many San Joses elsewhere, so we'll use 'Costa Rica'. +# There are too many San Josés elsewhere, so we'll use 'Costa Rica'. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone America/Costa_Rica -5:36:13 - LMT 1890 # San Jose - -5:36:13 - SJMT 1921 Jan 15 # San Jose Mean Time +Zone America/Costa_Rica -5:36:13 - LMT 1890 # San José + -5:36:13 - SJMT 1921 Jan 15 # San José Mean Time -6:00 CR C%sT # Coco # no information; probably like America/Costa_Rica @@ -2662,8 +2607,8 @@ Zone America/Costa_Rica -5:36:13 - LMT 1890 # San Jose # During the game, play-by-play announcer Jim Hunter noted that # "We'll be losing two hours of sleep...Cuba switched to Daylight Saving # Time today." (The "two hour" remark referred to losing one hour of -# sleep on 1999-03-28--when the announcers were in Cuba as it switched -# to DST--and one more hour on 1999-04-04--when the announcers will have +# sleep on 1999-03-28 - when the announcers were in Cuba as it switched +# to DST - and one more hour on 1999-04-04 - when the announcers will have # returned to Baltimore, which switches on that date.) # From Steffen Thorsen (2013-11-11): @@ -2685,16 +2630,16 @@ Zone America/Costa_Rica -5:36:13 - LMT 1890 # San Jose # adjustment in Cuba. We will stay in daylight saving time: # http://www.granma.cu/espanol/2005/noviembre/mier9/horario.html -# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-10-21): +# From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2006-10-21): # An article in GRANMA INTERNACIONAL claims that Cuba will end # the 3 years of permanent DST next weekend, see # http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2006/octubre/lun16/43horario.html # "On Saturday night, October 28 going into Sunday, October 29, at 01:00, -# watches should be set back one hour -- going back to 00:00 hours -- returning +# watches should be set back one hour - going back to 00:00 hours - returning # to the normal schedule.... # From Paul Eggert (2007-03-02): -# http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/english/news/art89.html, dated yesterday, +# <http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/english/news/art89.html>, dated yesterday, # says Cuban clocks will advance at midnight on March 10. # For lack of better information, assume Cuba will use US rules, # except that it switches at midnight standard time as usual. @@ -2708,10 +2653,10 @@ Zone America/Costa_Rica -5:36:13 - LMT 1890 # San Jose # http://www.prensalatina.com.mx/article.asp?ID=%7B4CC32C1B-A9F7-42FB-8A07-8631AFC923AF%7D&language=ES # http://actualidad.terra.es/sociedad/articulo/cuba_llama_ahorrar_energia_cambio_1957044.htm # -# From Alex Kryvenishev (2007-10-25): +# From Alex Krivenyshev (2007-10-25): # Here is also article from Granma (Cuba): # -# [Regira] el Horario Normal desde el [proximo] domingo 28 de octubre +# Regirá el Horario Normal desde el próximo domingo 28 de octubre # http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/2007/10/24/nacional/artic07.html # # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_cuba03.html @@ -2719,23 +2664,18 @@ Zone America/Costa_Rica -5:36:13 - LMT 1890 # San Jose # From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-09): # I'm in Maryland which is now observing United States Eastern Daylight # Time. At 9:44 local time I used RealPlayer to listen to -# <a href="http://media.enet.cu/radioreloj"> # http://media.enet.cu/radioreloj -# </a>, a Cuban information station, and heard +# a Cuban information station, and heard # the time announced as "ocho cuarenta y cuatro" ("eight forty-four"), # indicating that Cuba is still on standard time. # From Steffen Thorsen (2008-03-12): # It seems that Cuba will start DST on Sunday, 2007-03-16... # It was announced yesterday, according to this source (in Spanish): -# <a href="http://www.nnc.cubaweb.cu/marzo-2008/cien-1-11-3-08.htm"> # http://www.nnc.cubaweb.cu/marzo-2008/cien-1-11-3-08.htm -# </a> # # Some more background information is posted here: -# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/cuba-starts-dst-march-16.html"> # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/cuba-starts-dst-march-16.html -# </a> # # The article also says that Cuba has been observing DST since 1963, # while Shanks (and tzdata) has 1965 as the first date (except in the @@ -2745,18 +2685,14 @@ Zone America/Costa_Rica -5:36:13 - LMT 1890 # San Jose # change some historic records as well. # # One example: -# <a href="http://www.radiohc.cu/espanol/noticias/mar07/11mar/hor.htm"> # http://www.radiohc.cu/espanol/noticias/mar07/11mar/hor.htm -# </a> -# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2008-03-13): +# From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2008-03-13): # The Cuban time change has just been confirmed on the most authoritative # web site, the Granma. Please check out -# <a href="http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/2008/03/13/nacional/artic10.html"> # http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/2008/03/13/nacional/artic10.html -# </a> # -# Basically as expected after Steffen Thorsens information, the change +# Basically as expected after Steffen Thorsen's information, the change # will take place midnight between Saturday and Sunday. # From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-12): @@ -2767,18 +2703,14 @@ Zone America/Costa_Rica -5:36:13 - LMT 1890 # San Jose # midnight between Saturday, March 07, 2009 and Sunday, March 08, 2009- # not on midnight March 14 / March 15 as previously thought. # -# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_cuba05.html"> # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_cuba05.html # (in Spanish) -# </a> # From Arthur David Olson (2009-03-09) # I listened over the Internet to -# <a href="http://media.enet.cu/readioreloj"> # http://media.enet.cu/readioreloj -# </a> # this morning; when it was 10:05 a. m. here in Bethesda, Maryland the -# the time was announced as "diez cinco"--the same time as here, indicating +# the time was announced as "diez cinco" - the same time as here, indicating # that has indeed switched to DST. Assume second Sunday from 2009 forward. # From Steffen Thorsen (2011-03-08): @@ -2787,42 +2719,30 @@ Zone America/Costa_Rica -5:36:13 - LMT 1890 # San Jose # changed at all). # # Source: -# <a href="http://granma.co.cu/2011/03/08/nacional/artic01.html"> # http://granma.co.cu/2011/03/08/nacional/artic01.html -# </a> # # Our info: -# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/cuba-starts-dst-2011.html"> # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/cuba-starts-dst-2011.html -# </a> # # From Steffen Thorsen (2011-10-30) # Cuba will end DST two weeks later this year. Instead of going back # tonight, it has been delayed to 2011-11-13 at 01:00. # # One source (Spanish) -# <a href="http://www.radioangulo.cu/noticias/cuba/17105-cuba-restablecera-el-horario-del-meridiano-de-greenwich.html"> # http://www.radioangulo.cu/noticias/cuba/17105-cuba-restablecera-el-horario-del-meridiano-de-greenwich.html -# </a> # # Our page: -# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/cuba-time-changes-2011.html"> # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/cuba-time-changes-2011.html -# </a> # # From Steffen Thorsen (2012-03-01) # According to Radio Reloj, Cuba will start DST on Midnight between March # 31 and April 1. # # Radio Reloj has the following info (Spanish): -# <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"> # http://www.radioreloj.cu/index.php/noticias-radio-reloj/71-miscelaneas/7529-cuba-aplicara-el-horario-de-verano-desde-el-1-de-abril -# </a> # # Our info on it: -# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/cuba-starts-dst-2012.html"> # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/cuba-starts-dst-2012.html -# </a> # From Steffen Thorsen (2012-11-03): # Radio Reloj and many other sources report that Cuba is changing back @@ -2878,7 +2798,7 @@ Zone America/Havana -5:29:28 - LMT 1890 -5:00 Cuba C%sT # Dominica -# See 'southamerica'. +# See America/Port_of_Spain. # Dominican Republic @@ -2928,15 +2848,15 @@ Zone America/El_Salvador -5:56:48 - LMT 1921 # San Salvador # Grenada # Guadeloupe -# St Barthelemy +# St Barthélemy # St Martin (French part) -# See 'southamerica'. +# See America/Port_of_Spain. # Guatemala # # From Gwillim Law (2006-04-22), after a heads-up from Oscar van Vlijmen: # Diario Co Latino, at -# http://www.diariocolatino.com/internacionales/detalles.asp?NewsID=8079, +# <http://www.diariocolatino.com/internacionales/detalles.asp?NewsID=8079>, # says in an article dated 2006-04-19 that the Guatemalan government had # decided on that date to advance official time by 60 minutes, to lessen the # impact of the elevated cost of oil.... Daylight saving time will last from @@ -2961,11 +2881,10 @@ Zone America/Guatemala -6:02:04 - LMT 1918 Oct 5 # Haiti # From Gwillim Law (2005-04-15): -# Risto O. Nykanen wrote me that Haiti is now on DST. -# I searched for confirmation, and I found a -# <a href="http://www.haitianconsulate.org/time.doc"> press release +# Risto O. Nykänen wrote me that Haiti is now on DST. +# I searched for confirmation, and I found a press release # on the Web page of the Haitian Consulate in Chicago (2005-03-31), -# </a>. Translated from French, it says: +# <http://www.haitianconsulate.org/time.doc>. Translated from French, it says: # # "The Prime Minister's Communication Office notifies the public in general # and the press in particular that, following a decision of the Interior @@ -3042,7 +2961,7 @@ Zone America/Port-au-Prince -4:49:20 - LMT 1890 # <http://www.latribuna.hn/99299.html> that Manuel Zelaya, the president # of Honduras, refused to back down on this. -# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-08-08): +# From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2006-08-08): # It seems that Honduras has returned from DST to standard time this Monday at # 00:00 hours (prolonging Sunday to 25 hours duration). # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_honduras04.html @@ -3092,7 +3011,7 @@ Zone America/Martinique -4:04:20 - LMT 1890 # Fort-de-France -4:00 - AST # Montserrat -# See 'southamerica'. +# See America/Port_of_Spain. # Nicaragua # @@ -3117,25 +3036,25 @@ Zone America/Martinique -4:04:20 - LMT 1890 # Fort-de-France # http://www.lapalmainteractivo.com/guias/content/gen/ap/America_Latina/AMC_GEN_NICARAGUA_HORA.html # and elsewhere, says (fifth paragraph, translated from Spanish): "The last # time that a change of clocks was applied to save energy was in the year 2000 -# during the Arnoldo Aleman administration."... +# during the Arnoldo Alemán administration."... # The northamerica file says that Nicaragua has been on UTC-6 continuously # since December 1998. I wasn't able to find any details of Nicaraguan time # changes in 2000. Perhaps a note could be added to the northamerica file, to # the effect that we have indirect evidence that DST was observed in 2000. # -# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2005-11-02): +# From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2005-11-02): # Nicaragua left DST the 2005-10-02 at 00:00 (local time). # http://www.presidencia.gob.ni/presidencia/files_index/secretaria/comunicados/2005/septiembre/26septiembre-cambio-hora.htm # (2005-09-26) # -# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-05-05): +# From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2006-05-05): # http://www.elnuevodiario.com.ni/2006/05/01/nacionales/18410 # (my informal translation) -# By order of the president of the republic, Enrique Bolanos, Nicaragua +# By order of the president of the republic, Enrique Bolaños, Nicaragua # advanced by sixty minutes their official time, yesterday at 2 in the -# morning, and will stay that way until 30.th. of september. +# morning, and will stay that way until 30th of September. # -# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-09-30): +# From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2006-09-30): # http://www.presidencia.gob.ni/buscador_gaceta/BD/DECRETOS/2006/D-063-2006P-PRN-Cambio-Hora.pdf # My informal translation runs: # The natural sun time is restored in all the national territory, in that the @@ -3162,7 +3081,7 @@ Zone America/Managua -5:45:08 - LMT 1890 # Panama # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Panama -5:18:08 - LMT 1890 - -5:19:36 - CMT 1908 Apr 22 # Colon Mean Time + -5:19:36 - CMT 1908 Apr 22 # Colón Mean Time -5:00 - EST # Puerto Rico @@ -3175,7 +3094,7 @@ Zone America/Puerto_Rico -4:24:25 - LMT 1899 Mar 28 12:00 # San Juan # St Kitts-Nevis # St Lucia -# See 'southamerica'. +# See America/Port_of_Spain. # St Pierre and Miquelon # There are too many St Pierres elsewhere, so we'll use 'Miquelon'. @@ -3186,7 +3105,7 @@ Zone America/Miquelon -3:44:40 - LMT 1911 May 15 # St Pierre -3:00 Canada PM%sT # St Vincent and the Grenadines -# See 'southamerica'. +# See America/Port_of_Spain. # Turks and Caicos # @@ -3221,4 +3140,9 @@ Zone America/Grand_Turk -4:44:32 - LMT 1890 # British Virgin Is # Virgin Is -# See 'southamerica'. +# See America/Port_of_Spain. + + +# Local Variables: +# coding: utf-8 +# End: |
