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ee82d42d 1# @(#)northamerica 8.1
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2# <pre>
3
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4# also includes Central America and the Caribbean
5
6# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
7# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
8# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future).
9
1829dc46 10# From Paul Eggert (1999-03-22):
28f540f4 11# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is
38c097ca 12# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997).
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14###############################################################################
15
16# United States
17
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18# From Paul Eggert (1999-03-31):
19# Howse writes (pp 121-125) that time zones were invented by
20# Professor Charles Ferdinand Dowd (1825-1904),
21# Principal of Temple Grove Ladies' Seminary (Saratoga Springs, NY).
22# His pamphlet ``A System of National Time for Railroads'' (1870)
23# was the result of his proposals at the Convention of Railroad Trunk Lines
24# in New York City (1869-10). His 1870 proposal was based on Washington, DC,
25# but in 1872-05 he moved the proposed origin to Greenwich.
26# His proposal was adopted by the railroads on 1883-11-18 at 12:00,
27# and the most of the country soon followed suit.
28
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29# From Paul Eggert (2005-04-16):
30# That 1883 transition occurred at 12:00 new time, not at 12:00 old time.
31# See p 46 of David Prerau, Seize the daylight, Thunder's Mouth Press (2005).
32
33# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19):
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34# A good source for time zone historical data in the US is
35# Thomas G. Shanks, The American Atlas (5th edition),
36# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1991).
37# Make sure you have the errata sheet; the book is somewhat useless without it.
1829dc46 38# It is the source for most of the pre-1991 US and Puerto Rico entries below.
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328c5f65 40# From Paul Eggert (2001-03-06):
ffee1316 41# Daylight Saving Time was first suggested as a joke by Benjamin Franklin
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42# in his whimsical essay ``An Economical Project for Diminishing the Cost
43# of Light'' published in the Journal de Paris (1784-04-26).
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44# Not everyone is happy with the results:
45#
46# I don't really care how time is reckoned so long as there is some
47# agreement about it, but I object to being told that I am saving
48# daylight when my reason tells me that I am doing nothing of the kind.
49# I even object to the implication that I am wasting something
50# valuable if I stay in bed after the sun has risen. As an admirer
51# of moonlight I resent the bossy insistence of those who want to
52# reduce my time for enjoying it. At the back of the Daylight Saving
53# scheme I detect the bony, blue-fingered hand of Puritanism, eager
54# to push people into bed earlier, and get them up earlier, to make
55# them healthy, wealthy and wise in spite of themselves.
56#
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57# -- Robertson Davies, The diary of Samuel Marchbanks,
58# Clarke, Irwin (1947), XIX, Sunday
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59#
60# For more about the first ten years of DST in the United States, see
61# Robert Garland's <a href="http://www.clpgh.org/exhibit/dst.html">
62# Ten years of daylight saving from the Pittsburgh standpoint
63# (Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, 1927)</a>.
64#
65# Shanks says that DST was called "War Time" in the US in 1918 and 1919.
66# However, DST was imposed by the Standard Time Act of 1918, which
67# was the first nationwide legal time standard, and apparently
68# time was just called "Standard Time" or "Daylight Saving Time".
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70# From Arthur David Olson:
71# US Daylight Saving Time ended on the last Sunday of *October* in 1974.
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72# See, for example, the front page of the Saturday, 1974-10-26
73# and Sunday, 1974-10-27 editions of the Washington Post.
28f540f4 74
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75# From Arthur David Olson:
76# Before the Uniform Time Act of 1966 took effect in 1967, observance of
77# Daylight Saving Time in the US was by local option, except during wartime.
78
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79# From Arthur David Olson (2000-09-25):
80# Last night I heard part of a rebroadcast of a 1945 Arch Oboler radio drama.
81# In the introduction, Oboler spoke of "Eastern Peace Time."
82# An AltaVista search turned up
83# <a href="http://rowayton.org/rhs/hstaug45.html">:
84# "When the time is announced over the radio now, it is 'Eastern Peace
85# Time' instead of the old familiar 'Eastern War Time.' Peace is wonderful."
86# </a> (August 1945) by way of confirmation.
87
6c49b464 88# From Joseph Gallant citing
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89# George H. Douglas, _The Early Days of Radio Broadcasting_ (1987):
90# At 7 P.M. (Eastern War Time) [on 1945-08-14], the networks were set
289ac9dd 91# to switch to London for Attlee's address, but the American people
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92# never got to hear his speech live. According to one press account,
93# CBS' Bob Trout was first to announce the word of Japan's surrender,
94# but a few seconds later, NBC, ABC and Mutual also flashed the word
95# of surrender, all of whom interrupting the bells of Big Ben in
289ac9dd 96# London which were to precede Mr. Attlee's speech.
a133e4fa 97
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98# From Paul Eggert (2003-02-09): It was Robert St John, not Bob Trout. From
99# Myrna Oliver's obituary of St John on page B16 of today's Los Angeles Times:
100#
101# ... a war-weary U.S. clung to radios, awaiting word of Japan's surrender.
102# Any announcement from Asia would reach St. John's New York newsroom on a
103# wire service teletype machine, which had prescribed signals for major news.
104# Associated Press, for example, would ring five bells before spewing out
105# typed copy of an important story, and 10 bells for news "of transcendental
106# importance."
107#
108# On Aug. 14, stalling while talking steadily into the NBC networks' open
109# microphone, St. John heard five bells and waited only to hear a sixth bell,
110# before announcing confidently: "Ladies and gentlemen, World War II is over.
111# The Japanese have agreed to our surrender terms."
112#
113# He had scored a 20-second scoop on other broadcasters.
114
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115# From Arthur David Olson (2005-08-22):
116# Paul has been careful to use the "US" rules only in those locations
117# that are part of the United States; this reflects the real scope of
118# U.S. government action. So even though the "US" rules have changed
119# in the latest release, other countries won't be affected.
120
28f540f4 121# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
328c5f65 122Rule US 1918 1919 - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
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123Rule US 1918 1919 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
124Rule US 1942 only - Feb 9 2:00 1:00 W # War
a133e4fa 125Rule US 1945 only - Aug 14 23:00u 1:00 P # Peace
28f540f4 126Rule US 1945 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 S
e946ea2f 127Rule US 1967 2006 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
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128Rule US 1967 1973 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
129Rule US 1974 only - Jan 6 2:00 1:00 D
130Rule US 1975 only - Feb 23 2:00 1:00 D
131Rule US 1976 1986 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
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132Rule US 1987 2006 - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
133Rule US 2007 max - Mar Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D
134Rule US 2007 max - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 0 S
28f540f4 135
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136# From Arthur David Olson, 2005-12-19
137# We generate the files specified below to guard against old files with
138# obsolete information being left in the time zone binary directory.
139# We limit the list to names that have appeared in previous versions of
140# this time zone package.
141# We do these as separate Zones rather than as Links to avoid problems if
142# a particular place changes whether it observes DST.
143# We put these specifications here in the northamerica file both to
144# increase the chances that they'll actually get compiled and to
145# avoid the need to duplicate the US rules in another file.
146
147# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
148Zone EST -5:00 - EST
149Zone MST -7:00 - MST
150Zone HST -10:00 - HST
151Zone EST5EDT -5:00 US E%sT
152Zone CST6CDT -6:00 US C%sT
153Zone MST7MDT -7:00 US M%sT
154Zone PST8PDT -8:00 US P%sT
155
b5791037 156# From Bob Devine (1988-01-28):
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157# ...Alaska (and Hawaii) had the timezone names changed in 1967.
158# old new
159# Pacific Standard Time(PST) -same-
160# Yukon Standard Time(YST) -same-
161# Central Alaska S.T. (CAT) Alaska-Hawaii St[an]dard Time (AHST)
162# Nome Standard Time (NT) Bering Standard Time (BST)
163#
164# ...Alaska's timezone lines were redrawn in 1983 to give only 2 tz.
165# The YST zone now covers nearly all of the state, AHST just part
166# of the Aleutian islands. No DST.
167
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168# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19):
169# The tables below use `NST', not `NT', for Nome Standard Time.
170# I invented `CAWT' for Central Alaska War Time.
171
b5791037 172# From U. S. Naval Observatory (1989-01-19):
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173# USA EASTERN 5 H BEHIND UTC NEW YORK, WASHINGTON
174# USA EASTERN 4 H BEHIND UTC APR 3 - OCT 30
175# USA CENTRAL 6 H BEHIND UTC CHICAGO, HOUSTON
176# USA CENTRAL 5 H BEHIND UTC APR 3 - OCT 30
177# USA MOUNTAIN 7 H BEHIND UTC DENVER
178# USA MOUNTAIN 6 H BEHIND UTC APR 3 - OCT 30
179# USA PACIFIC 8 H BEHIND UTC L.A., SAN FRANCISCO
180# USA PACIFIC 7 H BEHIND UTC APR 3 - OCT 30
181# USA ALASKA STD 9 H BEHIND UTC MOST OF ALASKA (AKST)
182# USA ALASKA STD 8 H BEHIND UTC APR 3 - OCT 30 (AKDT)
183# USA ALEUTIAN 10 H BEHIND UTC ISLANDS WEST OF 170W
184# USA - " - 9 H BEHIND UTC APR 3 - OCT 30
185# USA HAWAII 10 H BEHIND UTC
186# USA BERING 11 H BEHIND UTC SAMOA, MIDWAY
187
b5791037 188# From Arthur David Olson (1989-01-21):
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189# The above dates are for 1988.
190# Note the "AKST" and "AKDT" abbreviations, the claim that there's
191# no DST in Samoa, and the claim that there is DST in Alaska and the
192# Aleutians.
193
b5791037 194# From Arthur David Olson (1988-02-13):
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195# Legal standard time zone names, from United States Code (1982 Edition and
196# Supplement III), Title 15, Chapter 6, Section 260 and forward. First, names
b5791037 197# up to 1967-04-01 (when most provisions of the Uniform Time Act of 1966
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198# took effect), as explained in sections 263 and 261:
199# (none)
200# United States standard eastern time
201# United States standard mountain time
202# United States standard central time
203# United States standard Pacific time
204# (none)
205# United States standard Alaska time
206# (none)
b5791037 207# Next, names from 1967-04-01 until 1983-11-30 (the date for
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208# public law 98-181):
209# Atlantic standard time
210# eastern standard time
211# central standard time
212# mountain standard time
213# Pacific standard time
214# Yukon standard time
215# Alaska-Hawaii standard time
216# Bering standard time
b5791037 217# And after 1983-11-30:
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218# Atlantic standard time
219# eastern standard time
220# central standard time
221# mountain standard time
222# Pacific standard time
223# Alaska standard time
224# Hawaii-Aleutian standard time
225# Samoa standard time
226# The law doesn't give abbreviations.
72d8cdf0 227#
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228# From Paul Eggert (2000-01-08), following a heads-up from Rives McDow:
229# Public law 106-564 (2000-12-23) introduced the abbreviation
230# "Chamorro Standard Time" for time in Guam and the Northern Marianas.
231# See the file "australasia".
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232
233# From Arthur David Olson, 2005-08-09
234# The following was signed into law on 2005-08-08.
235#
236# H.R. 6, Energy Policy Act of 2005, SEC. 110. DAYLIGHT SAVINGS.
237# (a) Amendment- Section 3(a) of the Uniform Time Act of 1966 (15
238# U.S.C. 260a(a)) is amended--
239# (1) by striking `first Sunday of April' and inserting `second
240# Sunday of March'; and
241# (2) by striking `last Sunday of October' and inserting `first
242# Sunday of November'.
243# (b) Effective Date- Subsection (a) shall take effect 1 year after the
244# date of enactment of this Act or March 1, 2007, whichever is later.
245# (c) Report to Congress- Not later than 9 months after the effective
246# date stated in subsection (b), the Secretary shall report to Congress
247# on the impact of this section on energy consumption in the United
248# States.
249# (d) Right to Revert- Congress retains the right to revert the
250# Daylight Saving Time back to the 2005 time schedules once the
251# Department study is complete.
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1f5649f8 253# US eastern time, represented by New York
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254
255# Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, most of Florida,
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256# Georgia, southeast Indiana (Dearborn and Ohio counties), eastern Kentucky
257# (except America/Kentucky/Louisville below), Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts,
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258# New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio,
259# Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, eastern Tennessee,
260# Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia
a133e4fa 261
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262# From Dave Cantor (2004-11-02):
263# Early this summer I had the occasion to visit the Mount Washington
264# Observatory weather station atop (of course!) Mount Washington [, NH]....
265# One of the staff members said that the station was on Eastern Standard Time
266# and didn't change their clocks for Daylight Saving ... so that their
267# reports will always have times which are 5 hours behind UTC.
268
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269# From Paul Eggert (2005-08-26):
270# According to today's Huntsville Times
271# <http://www.al.com/news/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?/base/news/1125047783228320.xml&coll=1>
272# a few towns on Alabama's "eastern border with Georgia, such as Phenix City
273# in Russell County, Lanett in Chambers County and some towns in Lee County,
274# set their watches and clocks on Eastern time." It quotes H.H. "Bubba"
275# Roberts, city administrator in Phenix City. as saying "We are in the Central
276# time zone, but we do go by the Eastern time zone because so many people work
277# in Columbus."
278
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279# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER
280Rule NYC 1920 only - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
281Rule NYC 1920 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
282Rule NYC 1921 1966 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
283Rule NYC 1921 1954 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
284Rule NYC 1955 1966 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
285# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1829dc46 286Zone America/New_York -4:56:02 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:03:58
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287 -5:00 US E%sT 1920
288 -5:00 NYC E%sT 1942
289 -5:00 US E%sT 1946
290 -5:00 NYC E%sT 1967
291 -5:00 US E%sT
292
1f5649f8 293# US central time, represented by Chicago
a133e4fa 294
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295# Alabama, Arkansas, Florida panhandle (Bay, Calhoun, Escambia,
296# Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton, and
297# Washington counties), Illinois, western Indiana
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298# (Gibson, Jasper, Lake, LaPorte, Newton, Porter, Posey, Spencer,
299# Vanderburgh, and Warrick counties), Iowa, most of Kansas, western
300# Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, eastern
301# Nebraska, eastern North Dakota, Oklahoma, eastern South Dakota,
302# western Tennessee, most of Texas, Wisconsin
a133e4fa 303
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304# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER
305Rule Chicago 1920 only - Jun 13 2:00 1:00 D
306Rule Chicago 1920 1921 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
307Rule Chicago 1921 only - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
308Rule Chicago 1922 1966 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
309Rule Chicago 1922 1954 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
310Rule Chicago 1955 1966 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
311# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1829dc46 312Zone America/Chicago -5:50:36 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:09:24
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313 -6:00 US C%sT 1920
314 -6:00 Chicago C%sT 1936 Mar 1 2:00
315 -5:00 - EST 1936 Nov 15 2:00
316 -6:00 Chicago C%sT 1942
317 -6:00 US C%sT 1946
318 -6:00 Chicago C%sT 1967
319 -6:00 US C%sT
1f5649f8 320# Oliver County, ND switched from mountain to central time on 1992-10-25.
1829dc46 321Zone America/North_Dakota/Center -6:45:12 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:14:48
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322 -7:00 US M%sT 1992 Oct 25 02:00
323 -6:00 US C%sT
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324# From Paul Eggert (2006-01-20):
325# The following is not implemented yet.
326# What is the most populous city in that area?
327# From http://www.statoids.com/tus.html (2006-01-20):
328# 2003-10-26 02:00: All of Morton County, ND, and the part of Sioux
329# County, ND east of ND route 31 moved from MT to CT. (The area
330# around Fort Yates in Sioux County and the area around Mandan in
331# Morton County were already in CT.)
72d8cdf0 332
1f5649f8 333# US mountain time, represented by Denver
a133e4fa 334#
d1091a21 335# Colorado, far western Kansas, Montana, western
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336# Nebraska, Nevada border (Jackpot, Owyhee, and Mountain City),
337# New Mexico, southwestern North Dakota, far eastern Oregon,
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338# western South Dakota, far western Texas (El Paso County, Hudspeth County,
339# and Pine Springs and Nickel Creek in Culberson County), Utah, Wyoming
a133e4fa 340#
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341# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER
342Rule Denver 1920 1921 - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
343Rule Denver 1920 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
344Rule Denver 1921 only - May 22 2:00 0 S
345Rule Denver 1965 1966 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
346Rule Denver 1965 1966 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
347# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1829dc46 348Zone America/Denver -6:59:56 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:00:04
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349 -7:00 US M%sT 1920
350 -7:00 Denver M%sT 1942
351 -7:00 US M%sT 1946
352 -7:00 Denver M%sT 1967
353 -7:00 US M%sT
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354
355# US Pacific time, represented by Los Angeles
a133e4fa 356#
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357# California, northern Idaho (Benewah, Bonner, Boundary, Clearwater,
358# Idaho, Kootenai, Latah, Lewis, Nez Perce, and Shoshone counties),
359# most of Nevada, most of Oregon, and Washington
a133e4fa 360#
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361# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER
362Rule CA 1948 only - Mar 14 2:00 1:00 D
363Rule CA 1949 only - Jan 1 2:00 0 S
364Rule CA 1950 1966 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
365Rule CA 1950 1961 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
366Rule CA 1962 1966 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
367# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1829dc46 368Zone America/Los_Angeles -7:52:58 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:07:02
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369 -8:00 US P%sT 1946
370 -8:00 CA P%sT 1967
371 -8:00 US P%sT
28f540f4 372
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373# Alaska
374# AK%sT is the modern abbreviation for -9:00 per USNO.
375#
289ac9dd 376# From Paul Eggert (2001-05-30):
28f540f4 377# Howse writes that Alaska switched from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar,
569c558c 378# and from east-of-GMT to west-of-GMT days, when the US bought it from Russia.
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379# This was on 1867-10-18, a Friday; the previous day was 1867-10-06 Julian,
380# also a Friday. Include only the time zone part of this transition,
381# ignoring the switch from Julian to Gregorian, since we can't represent
382# the Julian calendar.
72d8cdf0 383#
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384# As far as we know, none of the exact locations mentioned below were
385# permanently inhabited in 1867 by anyone using either calendar.
386# (Yakutat was colonized by the Russians in 1799, but the settlement
387# was destroyed in 1805 by a Yakutat-kon war party.) However, there
388# were nearby inhabitants in some cases and for our purposes perhaps
389# it's best to simply use the official transition.
390#
28f540f4 391# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
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392Zone America/Juneau 15:02:19 - LMT 1867 Oct 18
393 -8:57:41 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 12:00
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394 -8:00 - PST 1942
395 -8:00 US P%sT 1946
396 -8:00 - PST 1969
397 -8:00 US P%sT 1983 Oct 30 2:00
d1091a21 398 -9:00 US Y%sT 1983 Nov 30
72d8cdf0 399 -9:00 US AK%sT
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400Zone America/Yakutat 14:41:05 - LMT 1867 Oct 18
401 -9:18:55 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 12:00
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402 -9:00 - YST 1942
403 -9:00 US Y%sT 1946
404 -9:00 - YST 1969
d1091a21 405 -9:00 US Y%sT 1983 Nov 30
72d8cdf0 406 -9:00 US AK%sT
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407Zone America/Anchorage 14:00:24 - LMT 1867 Oct 18
408 -9:59:36 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 12:00
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409 -10:00 - CAT 1942
410 -10:00 US CAT/CAWT 1946
411 -10:00 - CAT 1967 Apr
412 -10:00 - AHST 1969
413 -10:00 US AH%sT 1983 Oct 30 2:00
d1091a21 414 -9:00 US Y%sT 1983 Nov 30
72d8cdf0 415 -9:00 US AK%sT
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416Zone America/Nome 12:58:21 - LMT 1867 Oct 18
417 -11:01:38 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 12:00
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418 -11:00 - NST 1942
419 -11:00 US N%sT 1946
420 -11:00 - NST 1967 Apr
421 -11:00 - BST 1969
422 -11:00 US B%sT 1983 Oct 30 2:00
d1091a21 423 -9:00 US Y%sT 1983 Nov 30
72d8cdf0 424 -9:00 US AK%sT
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425Zone America/Adak 12:13:21 - LMT 1867 Oct 18
426 -11:46:38 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 12:00
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427 -11:00 - NST 1942
428 -11:00 US N%sT 1946
429 -11:00 - NST 1967 Apr
430 -11:00 - BST 1969
431 -11:00 US B%sT 1983 Oct 30 2:00
d1091a21 432 -10:00 US AH%sT 1983 Nov 30
72d8cdf0 433 -10:00 US HA%sT
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434# The following switches don't quite make our 1970 cutoff.
435#
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436# Shanks writes that part of southwest Alaska (e.g. Aniak)
437# switched from -11:00 to -10:00 on 1968-09-22 at 02:00,
438# and another part (e.g. Akiak) made the same switch five weeks later.
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439#
440# From David Flater (2004-11-09):
441# In e-mail, 2004-11-02, Ray Hudson, historian/liaison to the Unalaska
442# Historic Preservation Commission, provided this information, which
443# suggests that Unalaska deviated from statutory time from early 1967
444# possibly until 1983:
445#
446# Minutes of the Unalaska City Council Meeting, January 10, 1967:
447# "Except for St. Paul and Akutan, Unalaska is the only important
448# location not on Alaska Standard Time. The following resolution was
449# made by William Robinson and seconded by Henry Swanson: Be it
450# resolved that the City of Unalaska hereby goes to Alaska Standard
451# Time as of midnight Friday, January 13, 1967 (1 A.M. Saturday,
452# January 14, Alaska Standard Time.) This resolution was passed with
453# three votes for and one against."
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454
455# Hawaii
456#
457# From Arthur David Olson:
458# And then there's Hawaii.
459# DST was observed for one day in 1933;
460# standard time was changed by half an hour in 1947;
461# it's always standard as of 1986.
462#
463# From Paul Eggert:
464# Shanks says the 1933 experiment lasted for three weeks. Go with Shanks.
465#
466Zone Pacific/Honolulu -10:31:26 - LMT 1900 Jan 1 12:00
467 -10:30 - HST 1933 Apr 30 2:00
468 -10:30 1:00 HDT 1933 May 21 2:00
469 -10:30 US H%sT 1947 Jun 8 2:00
470 -10:00 - HST
28f540f4 471
72d8cdf0 472# Now we turn to US areas that have diverged from the consensus since 1970.
28f540f4 473
72d8cdf0 474# Arizona mostly uses MST.
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475
476# From Paul Eggert (2002-10-20):
477#
478# The information in the rest of this paragraph is derived from the
479# <a href="http://www.dlapr.lib.az.us/links/daylight.htm">
480# Daylight Saving Time web page (2002-01-23)</a> maintained by the
481# Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records.
482# Between 1944-01-01 and 1944-04-01 the State of Arizona used standard
483# time, but by federal law railroads, airlines, bus lines, military
484# personnel, and some engaged in interstate commerce continued to
485# observe war (i.e., daylight saving) time. The 1944-03-17 Phoenix
486# Gazette says that was the date the law changed, and that 04-01 was
487# the date the state's clocks would change. In 1945 the State of
488# Arizona used standard time all year, again with exceptions only as
489# mandated by federal law. Arizona observed DST in 1967, but Arizona
490# Laws 1968, ch. 183 (effective 1968-03-21) repealed DST.
491#
492# Shanks says the 1944 experiment came to an end on 1944-03-17.
493# Go with the Arizona State Library instead.
494
1829dc46 495Zone America/Phoenix -7:28:18 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 11:31:42
72d8cdf0 496 -7:00 US M%sT 1944 Jan 1 00:01
c6289757 497 -7:00 - MST 1944 Apr 1 00:01
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498 -7:00 US M%sT 1944 Oct 1 00:01
499 -7:00 - MST 1967
c6289757 500 -7:00 US M%sT 1968 Mar 21
72d8cdf0 501 -7:00 - MST
b5791037 502# From Arthur David Olson (1988-02-13):
72d8cdf0 503# A writer from the Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc.,
d1091a21 504# notes in private correspondence dated 1987-12-28 that "Presently, only the
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505# Navajo Nation participates in the Daylight Saving Time policy, due to its
506# large size and location in three states." (The "only" means that other
507# tribal nations don't use DST.)
508
72d8cdf0 509Link America/Denver America/Shiprock
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511# Southern Idaho (Ada, Adams, Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Blaine,
512# Boise, Bonneville, Butte, Camas, Canyon, Caribou, Cassia, Clark,
513# Custer, Elmore, Franklin, Fremont, Gem, Gooding, Jefferson, Jerome,
514# Lemhi, Lincoln, Madison, Minidoka, Oneida, Owyhee, Payette, Power,
515# Teton, Twin Falls, Valley, Washington counties) and eastern Oregon
516# switched four weeks late in 1974.
7a50b1f6 517#
72d8cdf0 518# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1829dc46 519Zone America/Boise -7:44:49 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:15:11
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520 -8:00 US P%sT 1923 May 13 2:00
521 -7:00 US M%sT 1974
522 -7:00 - MST 1974 Feb 3 2:00
523 -7:00 US M%sT
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72d8cdf0 525# Indiana
28f540f4 526#
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527# For a map of Indiana's time zone regions, see:
528# <a href="http://www.mccsc.edu/time.html">
529# What time is it in Indiana?
026b372a 530# </a> (2005-10-30)
e946ea2f 531#
026b372a 532# From Paul Eggert (2006-01-20):
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533# Since 1970, most of Indiana has been like America/Indiana/Indianapolis,
534# with the following exceptions:
535#
536# - Gibson, Jasper, Lake, LaPorte, Newton, Porter, Posey, Spencer,
537# Vandenburgh, and Warrick counties have been like America/Chicago.
538#
539# - Dearborn and Ohio counties have been like America/New_York.
540#
541# - Clark, Floyd, and Harrison counties have been like
542# America/Kentucky/Louisville.
543#
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544# - Daviess, Dubois, Knox, Martin, Perry, and Pulaski counties
545# have been like America/Indiana/Vincennes.
546#
547# - Crawford, Pike, Starke, and Switzerland counties have their own time zone
e946ea2f 548# histories as noted below.
0ecb606c 549#
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550# Shanks partitioned Indiana into 345 regions, each with its own time history,
551# and wrote ``Even newspaper reports present contradictory information.''
0ecb606c 552# Fortunately, most of the complexity occurred before our cutoff date of 1970.
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554# Other than Indianapolis, the Indiana place names are so nondescript
555# that they would be ambiguous if we left them at the `America' level.
556# So we reluctantly put them all in a subdirectory `America/Indiana'.
328c5f65 557
e946ea2f 558# From Paul Eggert (2005-08-16):
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559# http://www.mccsc.edu/time.html says that Indiana will use DST starting 2006.
560
561# From Deborah Goldsmith (2006-01-18):
562# http://dmses.dot.gov/docimages/pdf95/382329_web.pdf
563# From Paul Eggert (2006-01-20):
564# It says "DOT is relocating the time zone boundary in Indiana to move Starke,
565# Pulaski, Knox, Daviess, Martin, Pike, Dubois, and Perry Counties from the
566# Eastern Time Zone to the Central Time Zone.... The effective date of
567# this rule is 2:OO a.m. EST Sunday, April 2, 2006, which is the
568# changeover date from standard time to Daylight Saving Time."
569# Strictly speaking, this means the affected counties will change their
570# clocks twice that night, but this obviously is in error. The intent
571# is that 01:59:59 EST be followed by 02:00:00 CDT.
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573# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER
574Rule Indianapolis 1941 only - Jun 22 2:00 1:00 D
575Rule Indianapolis 1941 1954 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
576Rule Indianapolis 1946 1954 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
577# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
e946ea2f 578Zone America/Indiana/Indianapolis -5:44:38 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:15:22
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579 -6:00 US C%sT 1920
580 -6:00 Indianapolis C%sT 1942
581 -6:00 US C%sT 1946
582 -6:00 Indianapolis C%sT 1955 Apr 24 2:00
583 -5:00 - EST 1957 Sep 29 2:00
584 -6:00 - CST 1958 Apr 27 2:00
585 -5:00 - EST 1969
586 -5:00 US E%sT 1971
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587 -5:00 - EST 2006
588 -5:00 US E%sT
72d8cdf0 589#
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590# Eastern Crawford County, Indiana, left its clocks alone in 1974,
591# as well as from 1976 through 2005.
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592# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER
593Rule Marengo 1951 only - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
594Rule Marengo 1951 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
595Rule Marengo 1954 1960 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
596Rule Marengo 1954 1960 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
597# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1829dc46 598Zone America/Indiana/Marengo -5:45:23 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:14:37
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599 -6:00 US C%sT 1951
600 -6:00 Marengo C%sT 1961 Apr 30 2:00
601 -5:00 - EST 1969
602 -5:00 US E%sT 1974 Jan 6 2:00
603 -6:00 1:00 CDT 1974 Oct 27 2:00
604 -5:00 US E%sT 1976
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605 -5:00 - EST 2006
606 -5:00 US E%sT
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608# Daviess, Dubois, Knox, Martin, Perry, and Pulaski Counties, Indiana,
609# switched from eastern to central time in April 2006.
610# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER
611Rule Vincennes 1946 only - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
612Rule Vincennes 1946 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
613Rule Vincennes 1953 1954 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
614Rule Vincennes 1953 1959 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
615Rule Vincennes 1955 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D
616Rule Vincennes 1956 1963 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
617Rule Vincennes 1960 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
618Rule Vincennes 1961 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
619Rule Vincennes 1962 1963 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
620# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
621Zone America/Indiana/Vincennes -5:50:07 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:09:53
622 -6:00 US C%sT 1946
623 -6:00 Vincennes C%sT 1964 Apr 26 2:00
624 -5:00 - EST 1969
625 -5:00 US E%sT 1971
626 -5:00 - EST 2006 Apr 2 2:00
627 -6:00 US C%sT
628#
629# Pike County, Indiana moved from central to eastern time in 1977,
630# then switched back in 2006.
631# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER
632Rule Pike 1955 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D
633Rule Pike 1955 1960 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
634Rule Pike 1956 1964 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
635Rule Pike 1961 1964 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
636# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
637Zone America/Indiana/Petersburg -5:49:07 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:10:53
638 -6:00 US C%sT 1955
639 -6:00 Pike C%sT 1965 Apr 25 2:00
640 -5:00 - EST 1966 Oct 30 2:00
641 -6:00 US C%sT 1977 Oct 30 2:00
642 -5:00 - EST 2006 Apr 2 2:00
643 -6:00 US C%sT
644#
645# Starke County, Indiana moved from central to eastern time in 1991,
646# then switched back in 2006.
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647# From Arthur David Olson (1991-10-28):
648# An article on page A3 of the Sunday, 1991-10-27 Washington Post
72d8cdf0 649# notes that Starke County switched from Central time to Eastern time as of
b5791037 650# 1991-10-27.
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651# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER
652Rule Starke 1947 1961 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
653Rule Starke 1947 1954 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
654Rule Starke 1955 1956 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
655Rule Starke 1957 1958 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
656Rule Starke 1959 1961 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
657# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1829dc46 658Zone America/Indiana/Knox -5:46:30 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:13:30
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659 -6:00 US C%sT 1947
660 -6:00 Starke C%sT 1962 Apr 29 2:00
661 -5:00 - EST 1963 Oct 27 2:00
662 -6:00 US C%sT 1991 Oct 27 2:00
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663 -5:00 - EST 2006 Apr 2 2:00
664 -6:00 US C%sT
72d8cdf0 665#
026b372a 666# Switzerland County, Indiana, did not observe DST from 1973 through 2005.
72d8cdf0 667# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1829dc46 668Zone America/Indiana/Vevay -5:40:16 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:19:44
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669 -6:00 US C%sT 1954 Apr 25 2:00
670 -5:00 - EST 1969
671 -5:00 US E%sT 1973
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672 -5:00 - EST 2006
673 -5:00 US E%sT
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72d8cdf0 675# Part of Kentucky left its clocks alone in 1974.
e946ea2f 676# This also includes Clark, Floyd, and Harrison counties in Indiana.
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677# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER
678Rule Louisville 1921 only - May 1 2:00 1:00 D
679Rule Louisville 1921 only - Sep 1 2:00 0 S
680Rule Louisville 1941 1961 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
681Rule Louisville 1941 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
682Rule Louisville 1946 only - Jun 2 2:00 0 S
683Rule Louisville 1950 1955 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
684Rule Louisville 1956 1960 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
685# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
e946ea2f 686Zone America/Kentucky/Louisville -5:43:02 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:16:58
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687 -6:00 US C%sT 1921
688 -6:00 Louisville C%sT 1942
689 -6:00 US C%sT 1946
690 -6:00 Louisville C%sT 1961 Jul 23 2:00
691 -5:00 - EST 1968
692 -5:00 US E%sT 1974 Jan 6 2:00
693 -6:00 1:00 CDT 1974 Oct 27 2:00
694 -5:00 US E%sT
a133e4fa 695#
026b372a 696# Wayne County, Kentucky
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697#
698# From
699# <a href="http://www.lake-cumberland.com/life/archive/news990129time.shtml">
700# Lake Cumberland LIFE
701# </a> (1999-01-29) via WKYM-101.7:
702# Clinton County has joined Wayne County in asking the DoT to change from
703# the Central to the Eastern time zone.... The Wayne County government made
704# the same request in December. And while Russell County officials have not
705# taken action, the majority of respondents to a poll conducted there in
706# August indicated they would like to change to "fast time" also.
707# The three Lake Cumberland counties are the farthest east of any U.S.
708# location in the Central time zone.
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710# From Rich Wales (2000-08-29):
711# After prolonged debate, and despite continuing deep differences of opinion,
712# Wayne County (central Kentucky) is switching from Central (-0600) to Eastern
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713# (-0500) time. They won't "fall back" this year. See Sara Shipley,
714# The difference an hour makes, Nando Times (2000-08-29 15:33 -0400).
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715#
716# From Paul Eggert (2001-07-16):
717# The final rule was published in the
718# <a href="http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=2000_register&docid=fr17au00-22">
719# Federal Register 65, 160 (2000-08-17), page 50154-50158.
720# </a>
c6289757 721#
1829dc46 722Zone America/Kentucky/Monticello -5:39:24 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:20:36
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723 -6:00 US C%sT 1946
724 -6:00 - CST 1968
725 -6:00 US C%sT 2000 Oct 29 2:00
726 -5:00 US E%sT
727
728
729# From Rives McDow (2000-08-30):
730# Here ... are all the changes in the US since 1985.
731# Kearny County, KS (put all of county on central;
732# previously split between MST and CST) ... 1990-10
733# Starke County, IN (from CST to EST) ... 1991-10
734# Oliver County, ND (from MST to CST) ... 1992-10
735# West Wendover, NV (from PST TO MST) ... 1999-10
736# Wayne County, KY (from CST to EST) ... 2000-10
a133e4fa 737#
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738# From Paul Eggert (2001-07-17):
739# We don't know where the line used to be within Kearny County, KS,
740# so omit that change for now.
741# See America/Indiana/Knox for the Starke County, IN change.
742# See America/North_Dakota/Center for the Oliver County, ND change.
743# West Wendover, NV officially switched from Pacific to mountain time on
744# 1999-10-31. See the
745# <a href="http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=1999_register&docid=fr21oc99-15">
746# Federal Register 64, 203 (1999-10-21), page 56705-56707.
747# </a>
748# However, the Federal Register says that West Wendover already operated
749# on mountain time, and the rule merely made this official;
750# hence a separate tz entry is not needed.
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752# Michigan
753#
b5791037 754# From Bob Devine (1988-01-28):
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755# Michigan didn't observe DST from 1968 to 1973.
756#
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757# From Paul Eggert (1999-03-31):
758# Shanks writes that Michigan started using standard time on 1885-09-18,
759# but Howse writes (pp 124-125, referring to Popular Astronomy, 1901-01)
760# that Detroit kept
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761#
762# local time until 1900 when the City Council decreed that clocks should
763# be put back twenty-eight minutes to Central Standard Time. Half the
764# city obeyed, half refused. After considerable debate, the decision
765# was rescinded and the city reverted to Sun time. A derisive offer to
766# erect a sundial in front of the city hall was referred to the
767# Committee on Sewers. Then, in 1905, Central time was adopted
768# by city vote.
769#
770# This story is too entertaining to be false, so go with Howse over Shanks.
771#
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772# From Paul Eggert (2001-03-06):
773# Garland (1927) writes ``Cleveland and Detroit advanced their clocks
774# one hour in 1914.'' This change is not in Shanks. We have no more
775# info, so omit this for now.
776#
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777# Most of Michigan observed DST from 1973 on, but was a bit late in 1975.
778# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER
779Rule Detroit 1948 only - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
780Rule Detroit 1948 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
781Rule Detroit 1967 only - Jun 14 2:00 1:00 D
782Rule Detroit 1967 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
783# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
784Zone America/Detroit -5:32:11 - LMT 1905
785 -6:00 - CST 1915 May 15 2:00
786 -5:00 - EST 1942
787 -5:00 US E%sT 1946
788 -5:00 Detroit E%sT 1973
789 -5:00 US E%sT 1975
790 -5:00 - EST 1975 Apr 27 2:00
791 -5:00 US E%sT
792#
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793# Dickinson, Gogebic, Iron, and Menominee Counties, Michigan,
794# switched from EST to CST/CDT in 1973.
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795# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER
796Rule Menominee 1946 only - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
797Rule Menominee 1946 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
798Rule Menominee 1966 only - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
799Rule Menominee 1966 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
800# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
801Zone America/Menominee -5:50:27 - LMT 1885 Sep 18 12:00
802 -6:00 US C%sT 1946
803 -6:00 Menominee C%sT 1969 Apr 27 2:00
804 -5:00 - EST 1973 Apr 29 2:00
805 -6:00 US C%sT
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807# Navassa
289ac9dd 808# administered by the US Fish and Wildlife Service
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809# claimed by US under the provisions of the 1856 Guano Islands Act
810# also claimed by Haiti
811# occupied 1857/1900 by the Navassa Phosphate Co
289ac9dd 812# US lighthouse 1917/1996-09
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813# currently uninhabited
814# see Mark Fineman, ``An Isle Rich in Guano and Discord'',
815# _Los Angeles Times_ (1998-11-10), A1, A10; it cites
816# Jimmy Skaggs, _The Great Guano Rush_ (1994).
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819
820
1829dc46 821# From Paul Eggert (1999-10-29):
72d8cdf0 822# A good source for time zone historical data outside the US is
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823# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (5th edition),
824# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1999).
8a523922 825#
1f5649f8 826# Gwillim Law writes that a good source
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827# for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport
828# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM),
829# published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries
830# of the IATA's data after 1990.
831#
832# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks is the source for entries through 1990,
833# and IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990.
28f540f4 834#
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835# Other sources occasionally used include:
836#
837# Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences,
838# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated),
839# which I found in the UCLA library.
840#
841# <a href="http://www.pettswoodvillage.co.uk/Daylight_Savings_William_Willett.pdf">
842# William Willett, The Waste of Daylight, 19th edition
843# </a> (1914-03)
28f540f4 844#
28f540f4 845# See the `europe' file for Greenland.
28f540f4 846
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847# Canada
848
6c49b464 849# From Alain LaBont<e'> (1994-11-14):
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850# I post here the time zone abbreviations standardized in Canada
851# for both English and French in the CAN/CSA-Z234.4-89 standard....
852#
853# UTC Standard time Daylight savings time
854# offset French English French English
855# -2:30 - - HAT NDT
856# -3 - - HAA ADT
857# -3:30 HNT NST - -
858# -4 HNA AST HAE EDT
859# -5 HNE EST HAC CDT
860# -6 HNC CST HAR MDT
861# -7 HNR MST HAP PDT
862# -8 HNP PST HAY YDT
863# -9 HNY YST - -
864#
865# HN: Heure Normale ST: Standard Time
866# HA: Heure Avanc<e'>e DT: Daylight saving Time
867#
868# A: de l'Atlantique Atlantic
869# C: du Centre Central
870# E: de l'Est Eastern
871# M: Mountain
872# N: Newfoundland
873# P: du Pacifique Pacific
874# R: des Rocheuses
875# T: de Terre-Neuve
876# Y: du Yukon Yukon
877#
1829dc46 878# From Paul Eggert (1994-11-22):
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879# Alas, this sort of thing must be handled by localization software.
880
a133e4fa 881# Unless otherwise specified, the data for Canada are all from Shanks.
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53751fd5 883# From Paul Eggert (2005-12-21):
a133e4fa 884# H. David Matthews and Mary Vincent's map
53751fd5 885# <a href="http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/Magazine/SO98/geomap.asp">
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886# "It's about TIME", _Canadian Geographic_ (September-October 1998)
887# </a> contains detailed boundaries for regions observing nonstandard
888# time and daylight saving time arrangements in Canada circa 1998.
889#
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891# href="http://inms-ienm.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/en/time_services/daylight_saving_e.php">
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893# </a> (updated periodically).
894# Its unofficial information is often taken from Matthews and Vincent.
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896# CBC News reported that Ontario and Manitoba have announced plans to
897# follow the US change, and that Nova Scotia is considering it; see
898# <http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/daylightsavingtime/> (2005-10-21).
899# CBC news also reported that Prince Edward Island is the first
900# province in Atlantic Canada to follow the US change, and that Quebec
901# had agreed; see <http://www.cbc.ca/pei/story/pe_daylight_20051207.html>
902# (2005-12-07).
903#
904# To reflect all this, the Canada and Winn rules have been adjusted to
905# agree with the 2007 US change. This means we assume most of Canada
906# will fall into line. However, Alberta, British Columbia,
907# Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, and Yukon already have separate
908# rules in our database, so for now we'll leave them alone, which
909# means that we currently assume these regions will not change their
910# rules and will disagree with the US starting in 2007. This
911# assumption is probably incorrect, with the possible exception of
912# Newfoundland. We plan to adjust the Edm, Vanc, StJohns, and NT_YK
913# rules as the corresponding provinces make their announcements.
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915# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
916Rule Canada 1918 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 D
917Rule Canada 1918 only - Oct 31 2:00 0 S
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919Rule Canada 1945 only - Aug 14 23:00u 1:00 P # Peace
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920Rule Canada 1945 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 S
921Rule Canada 1974 1986 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
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922Rule Canada 1974 2006 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
923Rule Canada 1987 2006 - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
924Rule Canada 2007 max - Mar Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D
925Rule Canada 2007 max - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 0 S
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927
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928# Newfoundland (and far southeast Labrador)
929
930# From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02):
931# Matthews and Vincent (1998) write that Labrador should use NST/NDT,
932# but the only part of Labrador that follows the rules is the
933# southeast corner, including Port Hope Simpson and Mary's Harbour,
934# but excluding, say, Black Tickle.
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28f540f4 936# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
921a93b9 937Rule StJohns 1917 only - Apr 8 2:00 1:00 D
28f540f4 938Rule StJohns 1917 only - Sep 17 2:00 0 S
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939# Whitman gives 1919 Apr 5 and 1920 Apr 5; go with Shanks.
940Rule StJohns 1919 only - May 5 23:00 1:00 D
941Rule StJohns 1919 only - Aug 12 23:00 0 S
942# For 1931-1935 Whitman gives Apr same date; go with Shanks.
943Rule StJohns 1920 1935 - May Sun>=1 23:00 1:00 D
944Rule StJohns 1920 1935 - Oct lastSun 23:00 0 S
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945# For 1936-1941 Whitman gives May Sun>=8 and Oct Sun>=1; go with Shanks.
946Rule StJohns 1936 1941 - May Mon>=9 0:00 1:00 D
947Rule StJohns 1936 1941 - Oct Mon>=2 0:00 0 S
948# Whitman gives the following transitions:
949# 1942 03-01/12-31, 1943 05-30/09-05, 1944 07-10/09-02, 1945 01-01/10-07
950# but go with Shanks and assume they used Canadian rules.
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951# For 1946-9 Whitman gives May 5,4,9,1 - Oct 1,5,3,2, and for 1950 he gives
952# Apr 30 - Sep 24; go with Shanks.
953Rule StJohns 1946 1950 - May Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D
954Rule StJohns 1946 1950 - Oct Sun>=2 2:00 0 S
955Rule StJohns 1951 1986 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
956Rule StJohns 1951 1959 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
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957Rule StJohns 1960 1986 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
958# From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02):
959# INMS (2000-09-12) says that, since 1988 at least, Newfoundland switches
960# at 00:01 local time. For now, assume it started in 1987.
961Rule StJohns 1987 only - Apr Sun>=1 0:01 1:00 D
962Rule StJohns 1987 max - Oct lastSun 0:01 0 S
963Rule StJohns 1988 only - Apr Sun>=1 0:01 2:00 DD
964Rule StJohns 1989 max - Apr Sun>=1 0:01 1:00 D
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965# St John's has an apostrophe, but Posix file names can't have apostrophes.
966# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
967Zone America/St_Johns -3:30:52 - LMT 1884
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968 -3:30:52 StJohns N%sT 1918
969 -3:30:52 Canada N%sT 1919
8a523922 970 -3:30:52 StJohns N%sT 1935 Mar 30
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971 -3:30 StJohns N%sT 1942 May 11
972 -3:30 Canada N%sT 1946
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973 -3:30 StJohns N%sT
974
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976
977# The name `Happy Valley-Goose Bay' is too long; use `Goose Bay'.
978# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
979Zone America/Goose_Bay -4:01:40 - LMT 1884 # Happy Valley-Goose Bay
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980 -3:30:52 - NST 1918
981 -3:30:52 Canada N%sT 1919
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982 -3:30:52 - NST 1935 Mar 30
983 -3:30 - NST 1936
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984 -3:30 StJohns N%sT 1942 May 11
985 -3:30 Canada N%sT 1946
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986 -3:30 StJohns N%sT 1966 Mar 15 2:00
987 -4:00 StJohns A%sT
988
989
026b372a 990# west Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward I
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991
992# From Paul Eggert (1996-06-12):
993# Shanks writes that since 1970 most of this region has been like Halifax.
994# Many locales did not observe peacetime DST until 1972;
995# Glace Bay, NS is the largest that we know of.
996# Shanks also writes that Liverpool, NS was the only town in Canada to observe
997# DST in 1971 but not 1970; for now we'll assume this is a typo.
998
28f540f4 999# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
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1000Rule Halifax 1916 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D
1001Rule Halifax 1916 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 S
1002Rule Halifax 1920 only - May 9 0:00 1:00 D
1003Rule Halifax 1920 only - Aug 29 0:00 0 S
1004Rule Halifax 1921 only - May 6 0:00 1:00 D
1005Rule Halifax 1921 1922 - Sep 5 0:00 0 S
1006Rule Halifax 1922 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 D
1007Rule Halifax 1923 1925 - May Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D
1008Rule Halifax 1923 only - Sep 4 0:00 0 S
1009Rule Halifax 1924 only - Sep 15 0:00 0 S
1010Rule Halifax 1925 only - Sep 28 0:00 0 S
1011Rule Halifax 1926 only - May 16 0:00 1:00 D
1012Rule Halifax 1926 only - Sep 13 0:00 0 S
1013Rule Halifax 1927 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D
1014Rule Halifax 1927 only - Sep 26 0:00 0 S
1015Rule Halifax 1928 1931 - May Sun>=8 0:00 1:00 D
1016Rule Halifax 1928 only - Sep 9 0:00 0 S
1017Rule Halifax 1929 only - Sep 3 0:00 0 S
1018Rule Halifax 1930 only - Sep 15 0:00 0 S
1019Rule Halifax 1931 1932 - Sep Mon>=24 0:00 0 S
1020Rule Halifax 1932 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D
1021Rule Halifax 1933 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 D
1022Rule Halifax 1933 only - Oct 2 0:00 0 S
1023Rule Halifax 1934 only - May 20 0:00 1:00 D
1024Rule Halifax 1934 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 S
1025Rule Halifax 1935 only - Jun 2 0:00 1:00 D
1026Rule Halifax 1935 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 S
1027Rule Halifax 1936 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 D
1028Rule Halifax 1936 only - Sep 14 0:00 0 S
1029Rule Halifax 1937 1938 - May Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D
1030Rule Halifax 1937 1941 - Sep Mon>=24 0:00 0 S
1031Rule Halifax 1939 only - May 28 0:00 1:00 D
1032Rule Halifax 1940 1941 - May Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D
1033Rule Halifax 1946 1949 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
1034Rule Halifax 1946 1949 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
1035Rule Halifax 1951 1954 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
1036Rule Halifax 1951 1954 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
1037Rule Halifax 1956 1959 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
1038Rule Halifax 1956 1959 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
1039Rule Halifax 1962 1973 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
1040Rule Halifax 1962 1973 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
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1041# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1042Zone America/Halifax -4:14:24 - LMT 1902 Jun 15
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1043 -4:00 Halifax A%sT 1918
1044 -4:00 Canada A%sT 1919
1045 -4:00 Halifax A%sT 1942 Feb 9 2:00s
1046 -4:00 Canada A%sT 1946
1047 -4:00 Halifax A%sT 1974
1048 -4:00 Canada A%sT
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1049Zone America/Glace_Bay -3:59:48 - LMT 1902 Jun 15
1050 -4:00 Canada A%sT 1953
1051 -4:00 Halifax A%sT 1954
1052 -4:00 - AST 1972
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1053 -4:00 Halifax A%sT 1974
1054 -4:00 Canada A%sT
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1056# New Brunswick
1057
1058# From Paul Eggert (2006-01-20):
1059# New Brunswick's Time Definition Act
1060# <http://www.gnb.ca/0062/PDF-acts/t-06.pdf> says they change at 00:01, and
1061# <http://www.canlii.org/nb/laws/sta/t-6/20030127/whole.html> makes it
1062# clear that this has been the case since at least 1993.
1063# For now, assume it started in 1993. The Office of the Premier announced
1064# <http://www.gnb.ca/cnb/news/pre/2005e1737pr.htm> (2005-12-23)
1065# that they will bring forward proposed amendments to harmonize with the US;
1066# for now assume that this will happen, but they'll still switch at 00:01.
1067
1068# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
1069Rule Moncton 1933 1935 - Jun Sun>=8 1:00 1:00 D
1070Rule Moncton 1933 1935 - Sep Sun>=8 1:00 0 S
1071Rule Moncton 1936 1938 - Jun Sun>=1 1:00 1:00 D
1072Rule Moncton 1936 1938 - Sep Sun>=1 1:00 0 S
1073Rule Moncton 1939 only - May 27 1:00 1:00 D
1074Rule Moncton 1939 1941 - Sep Sat>=21 1:00 0 S
1075Rule Moncton 1940 only - May 19 1:00 1:00 D
1076Rule Moncton 1941 only - May 4 1:00 1:00 D
1077Rule Moncton 1946 1972 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
1078Rule Moncton 1946 1956 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
1079Rule Moncton 1956 1972 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
1080Rule Moncton 1993 2006 - Apr Sun>=1 0:01 1:00 D
1081Rule Moncton 1993 2006 - Oct lastSun 0:01 0 S
1082Rule Moncton 2007 max - Mar Sun>=8 0:01 1:00 D
1083Rule Moncton 2007 max - Nov Sun>=1 0:01 0 S
1084# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1085Zone America/Moncton -4:19:08 - LMT 1883 Dec 9
1086 -5:00 - EST 1902 Jun 15
1087 -4:00 Canada A%sT 1933
1088 -4:00 Moncton A%sT 1942
1089 -4:00 Canada A%sT 1946
1090 -4:00 Moncton A%sT 1973
1091 -4:00 Canada A%sT 1993
1092 -4:00 Moncton A%sT
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1093
1094# Ontario, Quebec
1095
1096# From Paul Eggert (1996-06-12):
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1097# Shanks writes that since 1970 most of Ontario has been like Toronto,
1098# and most of Quebec has been like Montreal.
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1099# Thunder Bay skipped DST in 1973.
1100# Many smaller locales did not observe peacetime DST until 1974;
1101# Nipigon (EST) and Rainy River (CST) are the largest that we know of.
1102# Far west Ontario is like Winnipeg; far east Quebec is like Halifax.
28f540f4 1103
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1104# From Mark Brader (2003-07-26):
1105# [According to the Toronto Star] Orillia, Ontario, adopted DST
1106# effective Saturday, 1912-06-22, 22:00; the article mentions that
1107# Port Arthur (now part of Thunder Bay, Ontario) as well as Moose Jaw
1108# have already done so. In Orillia DST was to run until Saturday,
1109# 1912-08-31 (no time mentioned), but it was met with considerable
1110# hostility from certain segments of the public, and was revoked after
1111# only two weeks -- I copied it as Saturday, 1912-07-07, 22:00, but
1112# presumably that should be -07-06. (1912-06-19, -07-12; also letters
1113# earlier in June).
1114#
1115# Kenora, Ontario, was to abandon DST on 1914-06-01 (-05-21).
1116
74015205 1117# From Paul Eggert (1997-10-17):
921a93b9 1118# Mark Brader writes that an article in the 1997-10-14 Toronto Star
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1119# says that Atikokan, Ontario currently does not observe DST,
1120# but will vote on 11-10 whether to use EST/EDT.
1121# He also writes that the
1122# <a href="http://www.gov.on.ca/MBS/english/publications/statregs/conttext.html">
1123# Ontario Time Act (1990, Chapter T.9)
1124# </a>
1125# says that Ontario east of 90W uses EST/EDT, and west of 90W uses CST/CDT.
1126# Officially Atikokan is therefore on CST/CDT, and most likely this report
1127# concerns a non-official time observed as a matter of local practice.
2864e767 1128# For what it's worth, Shanks says that Atikokan has agreed with
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1129# Rainy River ever since standard time was introduced.
1130
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1131# From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02):
1132# Matthews and Vincent (1998) write that Atikokan, Pickle Lake, and
1133# New Osnaburgh observe CST all year, that Big Trout Lake observes
1134# CST/CDT, and that Upsala and Shebandowan observe EST/EDT, all in
1135# violation of the official Ontario rules.
1136# They also write that Quebec east of the -63 meridian is supposed to
1137# observe AST, but residents as far east as Natashquan use EST/EDT,
1138# and residents east of Natashquan use AST.
1139# We probably need Zones for far east Quebec and for Atikokan,
1140# but we don't know when their practices started.
1141
28f540f4 1142# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
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1143Rule Mont 1917 only - Mar 25 2:00 1:00 D
1144Rule Mont 1917 only - Apr 24 0:00 0 S
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1145Rule Mont 1919 only - Mar 31 2:30 1:00 D
1146Rule Mont 1919 only - Oct 25 2:30 0 S
1147Rule Mont 1920 only - May 2 2:30 1:00 D
921a93b9 1148Rule Mont 1920 1922 - Oct Sun>=1 2:30 0 S
28f540f4 1149Rule Mont 1921 only - May 1 2:00 1:00 D
28f540f4 1150Rule Mont 1922 only - Apr 30 2:00 1:00 D
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1151Rule Mont 1924 only - May 17 2:00 1:00 D
1152Rule Mont 1924 1926 - Sep lastSun 2:30 0 S
1153Rule Mont 1925 1926 - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
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1154# The 1927-to-1937 rules can be expressed more simply as
1155# Rule Mont 1927 1937 - Apr lastSat 24:00 1:00 D
1156# Rule Mont 1927 1937 - Sep lastSat 24:00 0 S
1157# The rules below avoid use of 24:00
1158# (which pre-1998 versions of zic cannot handle).
1159Rule Mont 1927 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D
1160Rule Mont 1927 1932 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 S
1161Rule Mont 1928 1931 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 D
1162Rule Mont 1932 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D
1163Rule Mont 1933 1940 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 D
1164Rule Mont 1933 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 S
1165Rule Mont 1934 1939 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 S
921a93b9 1166Rule Mont 1946 1973 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
28f540f4 1167Rule Mont 1945 1948 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
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1168Rule Mont 1949 1950 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
1169Rule Mont 1951 1956 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
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1170Rule Mont 1957 1973 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
1171
1172Rule Toronto 1919 only - Mar 30 23:30 1:00 D
1173Rule Toronto 1919 only - Oct 26 0:00 0 S
1174Rule Toronto 1920 only - May 2 2:00 1:00 D
1175Rule Toronto 1920 only - Sep 26 0:00 0 S
1176Rule Toronto 1921 only - May 15 2:00 1:00 D
1177Rule Toronto 1921 only - Sep 15 2:00 0 S
1178Rule Toronto 1922 1923 - May Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D
1179# Shanks says 1923-09-19; assume it's a typo and that "-16" was meant.
1180Rule Toronto 1922 1926 - Sep Sun>=15 2:00 0 S
1181Rule Toronto 1924 1927 - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
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1182# The 1927-to-1939 rules can be expressed more simply as
1183# Rule Toronto 1927 1937 - Sep Sun>=25 2:00 0 S
1184# Rule Toronto 1928 1937 - Apr Sun>=25 2:00 1:00 D
1185# Rule Toronto 1938 1940 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
1186# Rule Toronto 1938 1939 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
1187# The rules below avoid use of Sun>=25
1188# (which pre-2004 versions of zic cannot handle).
1189Rule Toronto 1927 1932 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
1190Rule Toronto 1928 1931 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
1191Rule Toronto 1932 only - May 1 2:00 1:00 D
1192Rule Toronto 1933 1940 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
1193Rule Toronto 1933 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 S
1194Rule Toronto 1934 1939 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
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1195Rule Toronto 1945 1946 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
1196Rule Toronto 1946 only - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
1197Rule Toronto 1947 1949 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 D
1198Rule Toronto 1947 1948 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 S
1199Rule Toronto 1949 only - Nov lastSun 0:00 0 S
1200Rule Toronto 1950 1973 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
1201Rule Toronto 1950 only - Nov lastSun 2:00 0 S
1202Rule Toronto 1951 1956 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
1203# Shanks says Toronto ended DST a week early in 1971, namely on 1971-10-24,
1204# but Mark Brader wrote (2003-05-31) that he checked the 1971-10-30 issue
1205# of the Toronto Star, and it said that DST ended 1971-10-31 as usual.
1206Rule Toronto 1957 1973 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
1207
1208# From Paul Eggert (2003-07-27):
1209# Willett (1914-03) writes (p. 17) "In the Cities of Fort William, and
1210# Port Arthur, Ontario, the principle of the Bill has been in
1211# operation for the past three years, and in the City of Moose Jaw,
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1212# Saskatchewan, for one year."
1213
1214# From David Bryan via Tory Tronrud, Director/Curator,
1215# Thunder Bay Museum (2003-11-12):
1216# There is some suggestion, however, that, by-law or not, daylight
1217# savings time was being practiced in Fort William and Port Arthur
1218# before 1909.... [I]n 1910, the line between the Eastern and Central
1219# Time Zones was permanently moved about two hundred miles west to
1220# include the Thunder Bay area.... When Canada adopted daylight
1221# savings time in 1916, Fort William and Port Arthur, having done so
1222# already, did not change their clocks.... During the Second World
1223# War,... [t]he cities agreed to implement DST during the summer
1224# months for the remainder of the war years.
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1226# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1227Zone America/Montreal -4:54:16 - LMT 1884
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1228 -5:00 Mont E%sT 1918
1229 -5:00 Canada E%sT 1919
1230 -5:00 Mont E%sT 1942 Feb 9 2:00s
1231 -5:00 Canada E%sT 1946
1232 -5:00 Mont E%sT 1974
1233 -5:00 Canada E%sT
1234Zone America/Toronto -5:17:32 - LMT 1895
1235 -5:00 Canada E%sT 1919
1236 -5:00 Toronto E%sT 1942 Feb 9 2:00s
1237 -5:00 Canada E%sT 1946
1238 -5:00 Toronto E%sT 1974
1239 -5:00 Canada E%sT
ffee1316 1240Zone America/Thunder_Bay -5:57:00 - LMT 1895
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1241 -6:00 - CST 1910
1242 -5:00 - EST 1942
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1243 -5:00 Canada E%sT 1970
1244 -5:00 Mont E%sT 1973
1245 -5:00 - EST 1974
1246 -5:00 Canada E%sT
1247Zone America/Nipigon -5:53:04 - LMT 1895
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1248 -5:00 Canada E%sT 1940 Sep 29
1249 -5:00 1:00 EDT 1942 Feb 9 2:00s
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1250 -5:00 Canada E%sT
1251Zone America/Rainy_River -6:17:56 - LMT 1895
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1252 -6:00 Canada C%sT 1940 Sep 29
1253 -6:00 1:00 CDT 1942 Feb 9 2:00s
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1254 -6:00 Canada C%sT
1255
1256
1257# Manitoba
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1258
1259# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
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1260Rule Winn 1916 only - Apr 23 0:00 1:00 D
1261Rule Winn 1916 only - Sep 17 0:00 0 S
1262Rule Winn 1918 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 D
1263Rule Winn 1918 only - Oct 31 2:00 0 S
1264Rule Winn 1937 only - May 16 2:00 1:00 D
57aefafe 1265Rule Winn 1937 only - Sep 26 2:00 0 S
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1266Rule Winn 1942 only - Feb 9 2:00 1:00 W # War
1267Rule Winn 1945 only - Aug 14 23:00u 1:00 P # Peace
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1268Rule Winn 1945 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
1269Rule Winn 1946 only - May 12 2:00 1:00 D
1270Rule Winn 1946 only - Oct 13 2:00 0 S
1271Rule Winn 1947 1949 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
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1272Rule Winn 1947 1949 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
1273Rule Winn 1950 only - May 1 2:00 1:00 D
1274Rule Winn 1950 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 S
1275Rule Winn 1951 1960 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
1276Rule Winn 1951 1958 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
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1277Rule Winn 1959 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
1278Rule Winn 1960 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
1279Rule Winn 1963 only - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
57aefafe 1280Rule Winn 1963 only - Sep 22 2:00 0 S
28f540f4 1281Rule Winn 1966 1986 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
a133e4fa 1282Rule Winn 1966 1986 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
53751fd5 1283Rule Winn 1987 2006 - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 D
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1284# From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02):
1285# INMS (2000-09-12) says that, since 1988 at least, Manitoba switches from
1286# DST at 03:00 local time. For now, assume it started in 1987.
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1287Rule Winn 1987 2006 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 S
1288Rule Winn 2007 max - Mar Sun>=8 2:00s 1:00 D
1289Rule Winn 2007 max - Nov Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S
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1290# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1291Zone America/Winnipeg -6:28:36 - LMT 1887 Jul 16
1292 -6:00 Winn C%sT
1293
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1294
1295# Saskatchewan
1296
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1297# From Mark Brader (2003-07-26):
1298# The first actual adoption of DST in Canada was at the municipal
1299# level. As the [Toronto] Star put it (1912-06-07), "While people
1300# elsewhere have long been talking of legislation to save daylight,
1301# the city of Moose Jaw [Saskatchewan] has acted on its own hook."
1302# DST in Moose Jaw began on Saturday, 1912-06-01 (no time mentioned:
1303# presumably late evening, as below), and would run until "the end of
1304# the summer". The discrepancy between municipal time and railroad
1305# time was noted.
1306
1307# From Paul Eggert (2003-07-27):
1308# Willett (1914-03) notes that DST "has been in operation ... in the
1309# City of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, for one year."
1310
a133e4fa 1311# From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02):
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1312# Shanks writes that since 1970 most of this region has been like Regina.
1313# Some western towns (e.g. Swift Current) switched from MST/MDT to CST in 1972.
1314# Other western towns (e.g. Lloydminster) are like Edmonton.
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1315# Matthews and Vincent (1998) write that Denare Beach and Creighton
1316# are like Winnipeg, in violation of Saskatchewan law.
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6c49b464 1318# From W. Jones (1992-11-06):
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1319# The. . .below is based on information I got from our law library, the
1320# provincial archives, and the provincial Community Services department.
1321# A precise history would require digging through newspaper archives, and
1322# since you didn't say what you wanted, I didn't bother.
1323#
1324# Saskatchewan is split by a time zone meridian (105W) and over the years
1325# the boundary became pretty ragged as communities near it reevaluated
1326# their affiliations in one direction or the other. In 1965 a provincial
1327# referendum favoured legislating common time practices.
1328#
1329# On 15 April 1966 the Time Act (c. T-14, Revised Statutes of
1330# Saskatchewan 1978) was proclaimed, and established that the eastern
1331# part of Saskatchewan would use CST year round, that districts in
1332# northwest Saskatchewan would by default follow CST but could opt to
1333# follow Mountain Time rules (thus 1 hour difference in the winter and
1334# zero in the summer), and that districts in southwest Saskatchewan would
1335# by default follow MT but could opt to follow CST.
1336#
1337# It took a few years for the dust to settle (I know one story of a town
1338# on one time zone having its school in another, such that a mom had to
1339# serve her family lunch in two shifts), but presently it seems that only
1340# a few towns on the border with Alberta (e.g. Lloydminster) follow MT
1341# rules any more; all other districts appear to have used CST year round
1342# since sometime in the 1960s.
1343
28f540f4 1344# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
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1345Rule Regina 1918 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 D
1346Rule Regina 1918 only - Oct 31 2:00 0 S
1347Rule Regina 1930 1934 - May Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D
1348Rule Regina 1930 1934 - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 0 S
1349Rule Regina 1937 1941 - Apr Sun>=8 0:00 1:00 D
1350Rule Regina 1937 only - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 0 S
1351Rule Regina 1938 only - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 0 S
1352Rule Regina 1939 1941 - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 0 S
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1353Rule Regina 1942 only - Feb 9 2:00 1:00 W # War
1354Rule Regina 1945 only - Aug 14 23:00u 1:00 P # Peace
28f540f4 1355Rule Regina 1945 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
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1356Rule Regina 1946 only - Apr Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D
1357Rule Regina 1946 only - Oct Sun>=8 2:00 0 S
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1358Rule Regina 1947 1957 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
1359Rule Regina 1947 1957 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
1360Rule Regina 1959 only - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
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1361Rule Regina 1959 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
1362#
1363Rule Swift 1957 only - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
1364Rule Swift 1957 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
1365Rule Swift 1959 1961 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
1366Rule Swift 1959 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
1367Rule Swift 1960 1961 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
28f540f4 1368# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
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1369Zone America/Regina -6:58:36 - LMT 1905 Sep
1370 -7:00 Regina M%sT 1960 Apr lastSun 2:00
28f540f4 1371 -6:00 - CST
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1372Zone America/Swift_Current -7:11:20 - LMT 1905 Sep
1373 -7:00 Canada M%sT 1946 Apr lastSun 2:00
1374 -7:00 Regina M%sT 1950
1375 -7:00 Swift M%sT 1972 Apr lastSun 2:00
1376 -6:00 - CST
1377
1378
1379# Alberta
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1381# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
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1382Rule Edm 1918 1919 - Apr Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D
1383Rule Edm 1918 only - Oct 31 2:00 0 S
1384Rule Edm 1919 only - May 27 2:00 0 S
1385Rule Edm 1920 1923 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
1386Rule Edm 1920 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
1387Rule Edm 1921 1923 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
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1388Rule Edm 1942 only - Feb 9 2:00 1:00 W # War
1389Rule Edm 1945 only - Aug 14 23:00u 1:00 P # Peace
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1390Rule Edm 1945 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
1391Rule Edm 1947 only - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
1392Rule Edm 1947 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
1393Rule Edm 1967 only - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
1394Rule Edm 1967 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
1395Rule Edm 1969 only - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
1396Rule Edm 1969 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
1397Rule Edm 1972 1986 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
1398Rule Edm 1972 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
1399Rule Edm 1987 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
1400# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1401Zone America/Edmonton -7:33:52 - LMT 1906 Sep
1402 -7:00 Edm M%sT
1403
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1405# British Columbia
1406
a133e4fa 1407# From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02):
ffee1316 1408# Shanks writes that since 1970 most of this region has been like Vancouver.
2864e767 1409# Dawson Creek uses MST. Much of east BC is like Edmonton.
a133e4fa 1410# Matthews and Vincent (1998) write that Creston is like Dawson Creek.
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1413Rule Vanc 1918 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 D
1414Rule Vanc 1918 only - Oct 31 2:00 0 S
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1415Rule Vanc 1942 only - Feb 9 2:00 1:00 W # War
1416Rule Vanc 1945 only - Aug 14 23:00u 1:00 P # Peace
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1417Rule Vanc 1945 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 S
1418Rule Vanc 1946 1986 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
1419Rule Vanc 1946 only - Oct 13 2:00 0 S
1420Rule Vanc 1947 1961 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
1421Rule Vanc 1962 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
1422Rule Vanc 1987 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
1423# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1424Zone America/Vancouver -8:12:28 - LMT 1884
1425 -8:00 Vanc P%sT
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1426Zone America/Dawson_Creek -8:00:56 - LMT 1884
1427 -8:00 Canada P%sT 1947
1428 -8:00 Vanc P%sT 1972 Aug 30 2:00
1429 -7:00 - MST
1430
1431
b9f1792a 1432# Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon
ffee1316 1433
2864e767 1434# From Paul Eggert (1999-10-29):
ffee1316 1435# Dawson switched to PST in 1973. Inuvik switched to MST in 1979.
6c49b464 1436# Mathew Englander (1996-10-07) gives the following refs:
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1437# * 1967. Paragraph 28(34)(g) of the Interpretation Act, S.C. 1967-68,
1438# c. 7 defines Yukon standard time as UTC-9. This is still valid;
1439# see Interpretation Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. I-21, s. 35(1).
1440# * C.O. 1973/214 switched Yukon to PST on 1973-10-28 00:00.
1441# * O.I.C. 1980/02 established DST.
1442# * O.I.C. 1987/056 changed DST to Apr firstSun 2:00 to Oct lastSun 2:00.
1443# Shanks says Yukon's 1973-10-28 switch was at 2:00; go with Englander.
28f540f4 1444
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1445# From Rives McDow (1999-09-04):
1446# Nunavut ... moved ... to incorporate the whole territory into one time zone.
1447# <a href="http://www.nunatsiaq.com/nunavut/nvt90903_13.html">
2864e767 1448# Nunavut moves to single time zone Oct. 31
e48492ae 1449# </a>
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1450#
1451# From Antoine Leca (1999-09-06):
1452# We then need to create a new timezone for the Kitikmeot region of Nunavut
1453# to differentiate it from the Yellowknife region.
1454
1455# From Paul Eggert (1999-09-20):
1456# <a href="http://www.nunavut.com/basicfacts/english/basicfacts_1territory.html">
1457# Basic Facts: The New Territory
1f5649f8 1458# </a> (1999) reports that Pangnirtung operates on eastern time,
a7123f0e 1459# and that Coral Harbour does not observe DST. We don't know when
1f5649f8 1460# Pangnirtung switched to eastern time; we'll guess 1995.
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1462# From Rives McDow (1999-11-08):
1463# On October 31, when the rest of Nunavut went to Central time,
1464# Pangnirtung wobbled. Here is the result of their wobble:
1465#
1466# The following businesses and organizations in Pangnirtung use Central Time:
1467#
1468# First Air, Power Corp, Nunavut Construction, Health Center, RCMP,
1469# Eastern Arctic National Parks, A & D Specialist
1470#
1471# The following businesses and organizations in Pangnirtung use Eastern Time:
1472#
1473# Hamlet office, All other businesses, Both schools, Airport operator
1474#
1475# This has made for an interesting situation there, which warranted the news.
1476# No one there that I spoke with seems concerned, or has plans to
1477# change the local methods of keeping time, as it evidently does not
1478# really interfere with any activities or make things difficult locally.
1479# They plan to celebrate New Year's turn-over twice, one hour apart,
1480# so it appears that the situation will last at least that long.
1481# The Nunavut Intergovernmental Affairs hopes that they will "come to
1482# their senses", but the locals evidently don't see any problem with
1483# the current state of affairs.
1484
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1485# From Michaela Rodrigue, writing in the
1486# <a href="http://www.nunatsiaq.com/archives/nunavut991130/nvt91119_17.html">
1487# Nunatsiaq News (1999-11-19)</a>:
1488# Clyde River, Pangnirtung and Sanikiluaq now operate with two time zones,
1489# central - or Nunavut time - for government offices, and eastern time
1490# for municipal offices and schools.... Igloolik [was similar but then]
1491# made the switch to central time on Saturday, Nov. 6.
1492
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1493# From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02):
1494# Matthews and Vincent (1998) say the following, but we lack histories
1495# for these potential new Zones.
328c5f65 1496#
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1497# The Canadian Forces station at Alert uses Eastern Time while the
1498# handful of residents at the Eureka weather station [in the Central
1499# zone] skip daylight savings. Baffin Island, which is crossed by the
1500# Central, Eastern and Atlantic Time zones only uses Eastern Time.
1501# Gjoa Haven, Taloyoak and Pelly Bay all use Mountain instead of
1502# Central Time and Southampton Island [in the Central zone] is not
1503# required to use daylight savings.
1504
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1505# From
1506# <a href="http://www.nunatsiaq.com/archives/nunavut001130/nvt21110_02.html">
1507# Nunavut now has two time zones
1508# </a> (2000-11-10):
1509# The Nunavut government would allow its employees in Kugluktuk and
1510# Cambridge Bay to operate on central time year-round, putting them
1511# one hour behind the rest of Nunavut for six months during the winter.
1512# At the end of October the two communities had rebelled against
1513# Nunavut's unified time zone, refusing to shift to eastern time with
1514# the rest of the territory for the winter. Cambridge Bay remained on
1515# central time, while Kugluktuk, even farther west, reverted to
1516# mountain time, which they had used before the advent of Nunavut's
1517# unified time zone in 1999.
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1518#
1519# From Rives McDow (2001-01-20), quoting the Nunavut government:
1520# The preceding decision came into effect at midnight, Saturday Nov 4, 2000.
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1522# From Paul Eggert (2000-12-04):
1523# Let's just keep track of the official times for now.
1524
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1525# From Rives McDow (2001-03-07):
1526# The premier of Nunavut has issued a ministerial statement advising
1527# that effective 2001-04-01, the territory of Nunavut will revert
1528# back to three time zones (mountain, central, and eastern). Of the
1529# cities in Nunavut, Coral Harbor is the only one that I know of that
1530# has said it will not observe dst, staying on EST year round. I'm
1531# checking for more info, and will get back to you if I come up with
1532# more.
1533# [Also see <http://www.nunatsiaq.com/nunavut/nvt10309_06.html> (2001-03-09).]
1534
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1535# From Gwillim Law (2005-05-21):
1536# According to maps at
1537# http://inms-ienm.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/images/time_services/TZ01SWE.jpg
1538# http://inms-ienm.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/images/time_services/TZ01SSE.jpg
1539# (both dated 2003), and
1540# http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/Magazine/SO98/geomap.asp
1541# (from a 1998 Canadian Geographic article), the de facto and de jure time
1542# for Southampton Island (at the north end of Hudson Bay) is UTC-5 all year
1543# round. Using Google, it's easy to find other websites that confirm this.
1544# I wasn't able to find how far back this time regimen goes, but since it
1545# predates the creation of Nunavut, it probably goes back many years....
1546# The Inuktitut name of Coral Harbour is Sallit, but it's rarely used.
1547#
1548# From Paul Eggert (2005-07-26):
1549# For lack of better information, assume that Southampton Island observed
1550# daylight saving only during wartime.
1551
28f540f4 1552# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
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1553Rule NT_YK 1918 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 D
1554Rule NT_YK 1918 only - Oct 27 2:00 0 S
1555Rule NT_YK 1919 only - May 25 2:00 1:00 D
1556Rule NT_YK 1919 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 S
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1557Rule NT_YK 1942 only - Feb 9 2:00 1:00 W # War
1558Rule NT_YK 1945 only - Aug 14 23:00u 1:00 P # Peace
ffee1316 1559Rule NT_YK 1945 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 S
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1560Rule NT_YK 1965 only - Apr lastSun 0:00 2:00 DD
1561Rule NT_YK 1965 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
1562Rule NT_YK 1980 1986 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
1563Rule NT_YK 1980 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
1564Rule NT_YK 1987 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
28f540f4 1565# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
ffee1316 1566Zone America/Pangnirtung -4:22:56 - LMT 1884
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1567 -4:00 NT_YK A%sT 1995 Apr Sun>=1 2:00
1568 -5:00 Canada E%sT 1999 Oct 31 2:00
3d73829c 1569 -6:00 Canada C%sT 2000 Oct 29 2:00
99ee5970 1570 -5:00 Canada E%sT
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1571Zone America/Iqaluit -4:33:52 - LMT 1884 # Frobisher Bay before 1987
1572 -5:00 NT_YK E%sT 1999 Oct 31 2:00
3d73829c 1573 -6:00 Canada C%sT 2000 Oct 29 2:00
99ee5970 1574 -5:00 Canada E%sT
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1575Zone America/Coral_Harbour -5:32:40 - LMT 1884
1576 -5:00 NT_YK E%sT 1946
1577 -5:00 - EST
ffee1316 1578Zone America/Rankin_Inlet -6:08:40 - LMT 1884
3d73829c 1579 -6:00 NT_YK C%sT 2000 Oct 29 2:00
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1580 -5:00 - EST 2001 Apr 1 3:00
1581 -6:00 Canada C%sT
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1582Zone America/Cambridge_Bay -7:00:20 - LMT 1884
1583 -7:00 NT_YK M%sT 1999 Oct 31 2:00
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1584 -6:00 Canada C%sT 2000 Oct 29 2:00
1585 -5:00 - EST 2000 Nov 5 0:00
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1586 -6:00 - CST 2001 Apr 1 3:00
1587 -7:00 Canada M%sT
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1588Zone America/Yellowknife -7:37:24 - LMT 1884
1589 -7:00 NT_YK M%sT
1590Zone America/Inuvik -8:54:00 - LMT 1884
1591 -8:00 NT_YK P%sT 1979 Apr lastSun 2:00
1592 -7:00 NT_YK M%sT
28f540f4 1593Zone America/Whitehorse -9:00:12 - LMT 1900 Aug 20
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1594 -9:00 NT_YK Y%sT 1966 Jul 1 2:00
1595 -8:00 NT_YK P%sT
1596Zone America/Dawson -9:17:40 - LMT 1900 Aug 20
8a523922 1597 -9:00 NT_YK Y%sT 1973 Oct 28 0:00
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1598 -8:00 NT_YK P%sT
1599
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1602
1603# Mexico
1604
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1605# From Paul Eggert (2001-03-05):
1606# The Investigation and Analysis Service of the
1607# Mexican Library of Congress (MLoC) has published a
1608# <a href="http://www.cddhcu.gob.mx/bibliot/publica/inveyana/polisoc/horver/">
1609# history of Mexican local time (in Spanish)
1610# </a>.
1611#
1612# Here are the discrepancies between Shanks and the MLoC.
1613# (In all cases we go with the MLoC.)
1614# Shanks reports that Baja was at -8:00 in 1922/1923.
1615# Shanks says the 1930 transition in Baja was 1930-11-16.
1616# Shanks reports no DST during summer 1931.
1829dc46 1617# Shanks reports a transition at 1932-03-30 23:00, not 1932-04-01.
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1618# Shanks does not report transitions for Baja in 1945 or 1948.
1619# Shanks reports southern Mexico transitions on 1981-12-01, not 12-23.
1620# Shanks says Quintana Roo switched to -6:00 on 1982-12-02, and to -5:00
1621# on 1997-10-26 at 02:00.
1622
1623# From Gwillim Law (2001-02-20):
1624# There are some other discrepancies between the Decrees page and the
1625# tz database. I think they can best be explained by supposing that
1626# the researchers who prepared the Decrees page failed to find some of
1627# the relevant documents.
28f540f4 1628
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1629# From Paul Eggert (2000-07-26):
1630# Shanks gives 1942-04-01 instead of 1942-04-24, and omits the 1981
1631# and 1988 DST experiments. Go with spin.com.mx.
28f540f4 1632
6c49b464 1633# From Alan Perry (1996-02-15):
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1634# A guy from our Mexico subsidiary finally found the Presidential Decree
1635# outlining the timezone changes in Mexico.
e48492ae 1636#
dfe1754a 1637# ------------- Begin Forwarded Message -------------
e48492ae 1638#
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1639# I finally got my hands on the Official Presidential Decree that sets up the
1640# rules for the DST changes. The rules are:
e48492ae 1641#
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1642# 1. The country is divided in 3 timezones:
1643# - Baja California Norte (the Mexico/BajaNorte TZ)
1644# - Baja California Sur, Nayarit, Sinaloa and Sonora (the Mexico/BajaSur TZ)
1645# - The rest of the country (the Mexico/General TZ)
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1647# 2. From the first Sunday in April at 2:00 AM to the last Sunday in October
1648# at 2:00 AM, the times in each zone are as follows:
1649# BajaNorte: GMT+7
1650# BajaSur: GMT+6
1651# General: GMT+5
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1653# 3. The rest of the year, the times are as follows:
1654# BajaNorte: GMT+8
1655# BajaSur: GMT+7
1656# General: GMT+6
e48492ae 1657#
dfe1754a 1658# The Decree was published in Mexico's Official Newspaper on January 4th.
e48492ae 1659#
dfe1754a 1660# -------------- End Forwarded Message --------------
ffee1316 1661# From Paul Eggert (1996-06-12):
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1662# For an English translation of the decree, see
1663# <a href="http://mexico-travel.com/extra/timezone_eng.html">
1664# ``Diario Oficial: Time Zone Changeover'' (1996-01-04).
1665# </a>
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1667# From Rives McDow (1998-10-08):
1668# The State of Quintana Roo has reverted back to central STD and DST times
1669# (i.e. UTC -0600 and -0500 as of 1998-08-02).
1670
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1671# From Rives McDow (2000-01-10):
1672# Effective April 4, 1999 at 2:00 AM local time, Sonora changed to the time
1673# zone 5 hours from the International Date Line, and will not observe daylight
1674# savings time so as to stay on the same time zone as the southern part of
1675# Arizona year round.
1676
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1677# From Jesper Norgaard, translating
1678# <http://www.reforma.com/nacional/articulo/064327/> (2001-01-17):
1679# In Oaxaca, the 55.000 teachers from the Section 22 of the National
1680# Syndicate of Education Workers, refuse to apply daylight saving each
1681# year, so that the more than 10,000 schools work at normal hour the
1682# whole year.
1683
1684# From Gwillim Law (2001-01-19):
1685# <http://www.reforma.com/negocios_y_dinero/articulo/064481/> ... says
1686# (translated):...
1687# January 17, 2000 - The Energy Secretary, Ernesto Martens, announced
1688# that Summer Time will be reduced from seven to five months, starting
1689# this year....
1690# <http://www.publico.com.mx/scripts/texto3.asp?action=pagina&pag=21&pos=p&secc=naci&date=01/17/2001>
1691# [translated], says "summer time will ... take effect on the first Sunday
1692# in May, and end on the last Sunday of September.
1693
1694# From Arthur David Olson (2001-01-25):
1695# The 2001-01-24 traditional Washington Post contained the page one
1696# story "Timely Issue Divides Mexicans."...
1697# http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37383-2001Jan23.html
1698# ... Mexico City Mayor Lopez Obrador "...is threatening to keep
1699# Mexico City and its 20 million residents on a different time than
1700# the rest of the country..." In particular, Lopez Obrador would abolish
1701# observation of Daylight Saving Time.
1702
1703# <a href="http://www.conae.gob.mx/ahorro/decretohorver2001.html#decre">
1704# Official statute published by the Energy Department
1705# </a> (2001-02-01) shows Baja and Chihauhua as still using US DST rules,
1706# and Sonora with no DST. This was reported by Jesper Norgaard (2001-02-03).
1707
1708# From Paul Eggert (2001-03-03):
1709#
1710# <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/20010303/t000018766.html">
1711# James F. Smith writes in today's LA Times
1712# </a>
1713# * Sonora will continue to observe standard time.
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1714# * Last week Mexico City's mayor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador decreed that
1715# the Federal District will not adopt DST.
1716# * 4 of 16 district leaders announced they'll ignore the decree.
1717# * The decree does not affect federal-controlled facilities including
1718# the airport, banks, hospitals, and schools.
1719#
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1721
1722# From Jesper Norgaard (2001-04-01):
1723# I found some references to the Mexican application of daylight
1724# saving, which modifies what I had already sent you, stating earlier
1725# that a number of northern Mexican states would go on daylight
1726# saving. The modification reverts this to only cover Baja California
1727# (Norte), while all other states (except Sonora, who has no daylight
1728# saving all year) will follow the original decree of president
1729# Vicente Fox, starting daylight saving May 6, 2001 and ending
1730# September 30, 2001.
1731# References: "Diario de Monterrey" <www.diariodemonterrey.com/index.asp>
1732# Palabra <http://palabra.infosel.com/010331/primera/ppri3101.pdf> (2001-03-31)
3d73829c 1733
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1734# From Reuters (2001-09-04):
1735# Mexico's Supreme Court on Tuesday declared that daylight savings was
1736# unconstitutional in Mexico City, creating the possibility the
1737# capital will be in a different time zone from the rest of the nation
1738# next year.... The Supreme Court's ruling takes effect at 2:00
1739# a.m. (0800 GMT) on Sept. 30, when Mexico is scheduled to revert to
1740# standard time. "This is so residents of the Federal District are not
1741# subject to unexpected time changes," a statement from the court said.
1742
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1743# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2002-03-12):
1744# ... consulting my local grocery store(!) and my coworkers, they all insisted
1745# that a new decision had been made to reinstate US style DST in Mexico....
1746# http://www.conae.gob.mx/ahorro/horaver2001_m1_2002.html (2002-02-20)
1747# confirms this. Sonora as usual is the only state where DST is not applied.
1748
28f540f4 1749# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
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1751Rule Mexico 1939 only - Jun 25 0:00 0 S
1752Rule Mexico 1940 only - Dec 9 0:00 1:00 D
1753Rule Mexico 1941 only - Apr 1 0:00 0 S
921a93b9 1754Rule Mexico 1943 only - Dec 16 0:00 1:00 W # War
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1755Rule Mexico 1944 only - May 1 0:00 0 S
1756Rule Mexico 1950 only - Feb 12 0:00 1:00 D
1757Rule Mexico 1950 only - Jul 30 0:00 0 S
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1758Rule Mexico 1996 2000 - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
1759Rule Mexico 1996 2000 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
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1760Rule Mexico 2001 only - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
1761Rule Mexico 2001 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
1762Rule Mexico 2002 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
1763Rule Mexico 2002 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
28f540f4 1764# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2b79b6d5 1765# Quintana Roo
2864e767 1766Zone America/Cancun -5:47:04 - LMT 1922 Jan 1 0:12:56
328c5f65 1767 -6:00 - CST 1981 Dec 23
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1768 -5:00 Mexico E%sT 1998 Aug 2 2:00
1769 -6:00 Mexico C%sT
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1770# Campeche, Yucatan
1771Zone America/Merida -5:58:28 - LMT 1922 Jan 1 0:01:32
328c5f65 1772 -6:00 - CST 1981 Dec 23
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1773 -5:00 - EST 1982 Dec 2
1774 -6:00 Mexico C%sT
1775# Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas
328c5f65 1776Zone America/Monterrey -6:41:16 - LMT 1921 Dec 31 23:18:44
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1777 -6:00 - CST 1988
1778 -6:00 US C%sT 1989
99ee5970 1779 -6:00 Mexico C%sT
2b79b6d5 1780# Central Mexico
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1781Zone America/Mexico_City -6:36:36 - LMT 1922 Jan 1 0:23:24
1782 -7:00 - MST 1927 Jun 10 23:00
1783 -6:00 - CST 1930 Nov 15
1784 -7:00 - MST 1931 May 1 23:00
1785 -6:00 - CST 1931 Oct
328c5f65 1786 -7:00 - MST 1932 Apr 1
1f5649f8 1787 -6:00 Mexico C%sT 2001 Sep 30 02:00
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1788 -6:00 - CST 2002 Feb 20
1789 -6:00 Mexico C%sT
2b79b6d5 1790# Chihuahua
2864e767 1791Zone America/Chihuahua -7:04:20 - LMT 1921 Dec 31 23:55:40
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1792 -7:00 - MST 1927 Jun 10 23:00
1793 -6:00 - CST 1930 Nov 15
1794 -7:00 - MST 1931 May 1 23:00
1795 -6:00 - CST 1931 Oct
328c5f65 1796 -7:00 - MST 1932 Apr 1
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1797 -6:00 - CST 1996
1798 -6:00 Mexico C%sT 1998
1799 -6:00 - CST 1998 Apr Sun>=1 3:00
99ee5970 1800 -7:00 Mexico M%sT
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1801# Sonora
1802Zone America/Hermosillo -7:23:52 - LMT 1921 Dec 31 23:36:08
1803 -7:00 - MST 1927 Jun 10 23:00
1804 -6:00 - CST 1930 Nov 15
1805 -7:00 - MST 1931 May 1 23:00
1806 -6:00 - CST 1931 Oct
328c5f65 1807 -7:00 - MST 1932 Apr 1
89533d41 1808 -6:00 - CST 1942 Apr 24
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1809 -7:00 - MST 1949 Jan 14
1810 -8:00 - PST 1970
1811 -7:00 Mexico M%sT 1999
1812 -7:00 - MST
89533d41 1813# Baja California Sur, Nayarit, Sinaloa
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1814Zone America/Mazatlan -7:05:40 - LMT 1921 Dec 31 23:54:20
1815 -7:00 - MST 1927 Jun 10 23:00
1816 -6:00 - CST 1930 Nov 15
1817 -7:00 - MST 1931 May 1 23:00
1818 -6:00 - CST 1931 Oct
328c5f65 1819 -7:00 - MST 1932 Apr 1
89533d41 1820 -6:00 - CST 1942 Apr 24
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1821 -7:00 - MST 1949 Jan 14
1822 -8:00 - PST 1970
afced61c 1823 -7:00 Mexico M%sT
2864e767 1824# Baja California
28f540f4 1825Zone America/Tijuana -7:48:04 - LMT 1922 Jan 1 0:11:56
328c5f65 1826 -7:00 - MST 1924
28f540f4 1827 -8:00 - PST 1927 Jun 10 23:00
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1828 -7:00 - MST 1930 Nov 15
1829 -8:00 - PST 1931 Apr 1
1830 -8:00 1:00 PDT 1931 Sep 30
89533d41 1831 -8:00 - PST 1942 Apr 24
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1832 -8:00 1:00 PWT 1945 Nov 12
1833 -8:00 - PST 1948 Apr 5
1834 -8:00 1:00 PDT 1949 Jan 14
1835 -8:00 - PST 1954
1836 -8:00 CA P%sT 1961
1837 -8:00 - PST 1976
afced61c 1838 -8:00 US P%sT 1996
328c5f65 1839 -8:00 Mexico P%sT 2001
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1840 -8:00 US P%sT 2002 Feb 20
1841 -8:00 Mexico P%sT
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1842# From Paul Eggert (2001-03-05):
1843# Formerly there was an America/Ensenada zone, which differed from
1844# America/Tijuana only in that it did not observe DST from 1976
1845# through 1995. This was as per Shanks. However, Guy Harris reports
1846# that the 1987 OAG says "Only Ensenada, Mexicale, San Felipe and
1847# Tijuana observe DST," which contradicts Shanks but does imply that
1848# DST-observance was a town-by-town matter back then. This concerns
1849# data after 1970 so most likely there should be at least one Zone
1850# other than America/Tijuana for Baja, but it's not clear yet what its
1851# name or contents should be.
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1852#
1853# Revillagigedo Is
1854# no information
1855
1856###############################################################################
1857
1858# Anguilla
1859# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1860Zone America/Anguilla -4:12:16 - LMT 1912 Mar 2
1861 -4:00 - AST
1862
1863# Antigua and Barbuda
1864# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1865Zone America/Antigua -4:07:12 - LMT 1912 Mar 2
1866 -5:00 - EST 1951
1867 -4:00 - AST
1868
1869# Bahamas
1870# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
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1871Rule Bahamas 1964 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
1872Rule Bahamas 1964 1986 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
1873Rule Bahamas 1987 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
1874# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1875Zone America/Nassau -5:09:24 - LMT 1912 Mar 2
1876 -5:00 Bahamas E%sT
1877
1878# Barbados
1879# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
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1880Rule Barb 1977 only - Jun 12 2:00 1:00 D
1881Rule Barb 1977 1978 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 0 S
1882Rule Barb 1978 1980 - Apr Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 D
1883Rule Barb 1979 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 S
1884Rule Barb 1980 only - Sep 25 2:00 0 S
1885# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1886Zone America/Barbados -3:58:28 - LMT 1924 # Bridgetown
2b79b6d5 1887 -3:58:28 - BMT 1932 # Bridgetown Mean Time
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1888 -4:00 Barb A%sT
1889
1890# Belize
1891# Whitman entirely disagrees with Shanks; go with Shanks.
1892# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
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1893Rule Belize 1918 1942 - Oct Sun>=2 0:00 0:30 HD
1894Rule Belize 1919 1943 - Feb Sun>=9 0:00 0 S
1895Rule Belize 1973 only - Dec 5 0:00 1:00 D
1896Rule Belize 1974 only - Feb 9 0:00 0 S
1897Rule Belize 1982 only - Dec 18 0:00 1:00 D
1898Rule Belize 1983 only - Feb 12 0:00 0 S
1899# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1900Zone America/Belize -5:52:48 - LMT 1912 Apr
1901 -6:00 Belize C%sT
1902
1903# Bermuda
1904# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1905Zone Atlantic/Bermuda -4:19:04 - LMT 1930 Jan 1 2:00 # Hamilton
1906 -4:00 - AST 1974 Apr 28 2:00
1907 -4:00 Bahamas A%sT
1908
1909# Cayman Is
1910# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1911Zone America/Cayman -5:25:32 - LMT 1890 # Georgetown
2b79b6d5 1912 -5:07:12 - KMT 1912 Feb # Kingston Mean Time
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1913 -5:00 - EST
1914
28f540f4 1915# Costa Rica
28f540f4 1916# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
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1917Rule CR 1979 1980 - Feb lastSun 0:00 1:00 D
1918Rule CR 1979 1980 - Jun Sun>=1 0:00 0 S
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1919Rule CR 1991 1992 - Jan Sat>=15 0:00 1:00 D
1920# IATA SSIM (1991-09) says the following was at 1:00; go with Shanks.
1921Rule CR 1991 only - Jul 1 0:00 0 S
1922Rule CR 1992 only - Mar 15 0:00 0 S
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1923# There are too many San Joses elsewhere, so we'll use `Costa Rica'.
1924# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1925Zone America/Costa_Rica -5:36:20 - LMT 1890 # San Jose
2864e767 1926 -5:36:20 - SJMT 1921 Jan 15 # San Jose Mean Time
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1927 -6:00 CR C%sT
1928# Coco
1929# no information; probably like America/Costa_Rica
1930
1931# Cuba
1932
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1933# From Arthur David Olson (1999-03-29):
1934# The 1999-03-28 exhibition baseball game held in Havana, Cuba, between
1935# the Cuban National Team and the Baltimore Orioles was carried live on
1936# the Orioles Radio Network, including affiliate WTOP in Washington, DC.
1937# During the game, play-by-play announcer Jim Hunter noted that
1938# "We'll be losing two hours of sleep...Cuba switched to Daylight Saving
1939# Time today." (The "two hour" remark referred to losing one hour of
1940# sleep on 1999-03-28--when the announcers were in Cuba as it switched
1941# to DST--and one more hour on 1999-04-04--when the announcers will have
1942# returned to Baltimore, which switches on that date.)
28f540f4 1943
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1944# From Evert van der Veer via Steffen Thorsen (2004-10-28):
1945# Cuba is not going back to standard time this year.
1946# From Paul Eggert (2004-10-28):
1947# http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2004/septiembre/juev30/41medid-i.html
1948# says that it's due to a problem at the Antonio Guiteras
1949# thermoelectric plant, and says "This October there will be no return
1950# to normal hours (after daylight saving time)".
1951# For now, let's assume that it's a one-year temporary measure.
1952
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1953# From Carlos A. Carnero Delgado (2005-11-12):
1954# This year (just like in 2004-2005) there's no change in time zone
1955# adjustment in Cuba. We will stay in daylight saving time:
1956# http://www.granma.cu/espanol/2005/noviembre/mier9/horario.html
1957
28f540f4 1958# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
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1959Rule Cuba 1928 only - Jun 10 0:00 1:00 D
1960Rule Cuba 1928 only - Oct 10 0:00 0 S
1961Rule Cuba 1940 1942 - Jun Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D
1962Rule Cuba 1940 1942 - Sep Sun>=1 0:00 0 S
1963Rule Cuba 1945 1946 - Jun Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D
1964Rule Cuba 1945 1946 - Sep Sun>=1 0:00 0 S
1965Rule Cuba 1965 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 D
1966Rule Cuba 1965 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 S
1967Rule Cuba 1966 only - May 29 0:00 1:00 D
1968Rule Cuba 1966 only - Oct 2 0:00 0 S
1969Rule Cuba 1967 only - Apr 8 0:00 1:00 D
1970Rule Cuba 1967 1968 - Sep Sun>=8 0:00 0 S
1971Rule Cuba 1968 only - Apr 14 0:00 1:00 D
1972Rule Cuba 1969 1977 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 D
1973Rule Cuba 1969 1971 - Oct lastSun 0:00 0 S
1974Rule Cuba 1972 1974 - Oct 8 0:00 0 S
1975Rule Cuba 1975 1977 - Oct lastSun 0:00 0 S
1976Rule Cuba 1978 only - May 7 0:00 1:00 D
5929563f 1977Rule Cuba 1978 1990 - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 0 S
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1978Rule Cuba 1979 1980 - Mar Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 D
1979Rule Cuba 1981 1985 - May Sun>=5 0:00 1:00 D
28f540f4 1980Rule Cuba 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=14 0:00 1:00 D
2b79b6d5 1981Rule Cuba 1990 1997 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D
8a523922 1982Rule Cuba 1991 1995 - Oct Sun>=8 0:00s 0 S
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1983Rule Cuba 1996 only - Oct 6 0:00s 0 S
1984Rule Cuba 1997 only - Oct 12 0:00s 0 S
a7123f0e 1985Rule Cuba 1998 1999 - Mar lastSun 0:00s 1:00 D
792dcd77 1986Rule Cuba 1998 2003 - Oct lastSun 0:00s 0 S
0af4c646 1987Rule Cuba 2000 max - Apr Sun>=1 0:00s 1:00 D
53751fd5 1988Rule Cuba 2006 max - Oct lastSun 0:00s 0 S
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1989
1990# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1991Zone America/Havana -5:29:28 - LMT 1890
2864e767 1992 -5:29:36 - HMT 1925 Jul 19 12:00 # Havana MT
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1993 -5:00 Cuba C%sT
1994
1995# Dominica
1996# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1997Zone America/Dominica -4:05:36 - LMT 1911 Jul 1 0:01 # Roseau
1998 -4:00 - AST
1999
2000# Dominican Republic
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2001
2002# From Steffen Thorsen (2000-10-30):
2003# Enrique Morales reported to me that the Dominican Republic has changed the
2004# time zone to Eastern Standard Time as of Sunday 29 at 2 am....
2005# http://www.listin.com.do/antes/261000/republica/princi.html
2006
2007# From Paul Eggert (2000-12-04):
2008# That URL (2000-10-26, in Spanish) says they planned to use US-style DST.
2009
2010# From Rives McDow (2000-12-01):
2011# Dominican Republic changed its mind and presidential decree on Tuesday,
2012# November 28, 2000, with a new decree. On Sunday, December 3 at 1:00 AM the
2013# Dominican Republic will be reverting to 8 hours from the International Date
2014# Line, and will not be using DST in the foreseeable future. The reason they
2015# decided to use DST was to be in synch with Puerto Rico, who was also going
2016# to implement DST. When Puerto Rico didn't implement DST, the president
2017# decided to revert.
2018
2019
28f540f4 2020# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
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2021Rule DR 1966 only - Oct 30 0:00 1:00 D
2022Rule DR 1967 only - Feb 28 0:00 0 S
2023Rule DR 1969 1973 - Oct lastSun 0:00 0:30 HD
2024Rule DR 1970 only - Feb 21 0:00 0 S
2025Rule DR 1971 only - Jan 20 0:00 0 S
2026Rule DR 1972 1974 - Jan 21 0:00 0 S
2027# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2028Zone America/Santo_Domingo -4:39:36 - LMT 1890
2029 -4:40 - SDMT 1933 Apr 1 12:00 # S. Dom. MT
2030 -5:00 DR E%sT 1974 Oct 27
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2031 -4:00 - AST 2000 Oct 29 02:00
2032 -5:00 US E%sT 2000 Dec 3 01:00
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2033 -4:00 - AST
2034
2035# El Salvador
2036# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
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2037Rule Salv 1987 1988 - May Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D
2038Rule Salv 1987 1988 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 S
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2039# There are too many San Salvadors elsewhere, so use America/El_Salvador
2040# instead of America/San_Salvador.
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2041# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2042Zone America/El_Salvador -5:56:48 - LMT 1921 # San Salvador
2043 -6:00 Salv C%sT
2044
2045# Grenada
2046# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
569c558c 2047Zone America/Grenada -4:07:00 - LMT 1911 Jul # St George's
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2048 -4:00 - AST
2049
2050# Guadeloupe
2051# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2052Zone America/Guadeloupe -4:06:08 - LMT 1911 Jun 8 # Pointe a Pitre
2053 -4:00 - AST
2054
2055# Guatemala
2056# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
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2057Rule Guat 1973 only - Nov 25 0:00 1:00 D
2058Rule Guat 1974 only - Feb 24 0:00 0 S
2059Rule Guat 1983 only - May 21 0:00 1:00 D
2060Rule Guat 1983 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 S
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2061Rule Guat 1991 only - Mar 23 0:00 1:00 D
2062Rule Guat 1991 only - Sep 7 0:00 0 S
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2063# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2064Zone America/Guatemala -6:02:04 - LMT 1918 Oct 5
2065 -6:00 Guat C%sT
2066
2067# Haiti
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2068# From Gwillim Law (2005-04-15):
2069# Risto O. Nykanen wrote me that Haiti is now on DST.
2070# I searched for confirmation, and I found a
2071# <a href="http://www.haitianconsulate.org/time.doc"> press release
2072# on the Web page of the Haitian Consulate in Chicago (2005-03-31),
2073# </a>. Translated from French, it says:
2074#
2075# "The Prime Minister's Communication Office notifies the public in general
2076# and the press in particular that, following a decision of the Interior
2077# Ministry and the Territorial Collectivities [I suppose that means the
2078# provinces], Haiti will move to Eastern Daylight Time in the night from next
2079# Saturday the 2nd to Sunday the 3rd.
2080#
2081# "Consequently, the Prime Minister's Communication Office wishes to inform
2082# the population that the country's clocks will be set forward one hour
2083# starting at midnight. This provision will hold until the last Saturday in
2084# October 2005.
2085#
2086# "Port-au-Prince, March 31, 2005"
2087
28f540f4 2088# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
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2089Rule Haiti 1983 only - May 8 0:00 1:00 D
2090Rule Haiti 1984 1987 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 D
2091Rule Haiti 1983 1987 - Oct lastSun 0:00 0 S
2864e767 2092# Shanks says AT is 2:00, but IATA SSIM (1991/1997) says 1:00s. Go with IATA.
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2093Rule Haiti 1988 1997 - Apr Sun>=1 1:00s 1:00 D
2094Rule Haiti 1988 1997 - Oct lastSun 1:00s 0 S
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2095Rule Haiti 2005 only - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D
2096Rule Haiti 2005 only - Oct lastSun 0:00 0 S
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2097# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2098Zone America/Port-au-Prince -4:49:20 - LMT 1890
2099 -4:49 - PPMT 1917 Jan 24 12:00 # P-a-P MT
2100 -5:00 Haiti E%sT
2101
2102# Honduras
2103# Shanks says 1921 Jan 1; go with Whitman's more precise Apr 1.
2104# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2105Zone America/Tegucigalpa -5:48:52 - LMT 1921 Apr
2106 -6:00 Salv C%sT
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2107#
2108# Great Swan I ceded by US to Honduras in 1972
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2109
2110# Jamaica
2111
b5791037 2112# From Bob Devine (1988-01-28):
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2113# Follows US rules.
2114
b5791037 2115# From U. S. Naval Observatory (1989-01-19):
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2116# JAMAICA 5 H BEHIND UTC
2117
2864e767 2118# From Shanks:
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2119# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2120Zone America/Jamaica -5:07:12 - LMT 1890 # Kingston
2b79b6d5 2121 -5:07:12 - KMT 1912 Feb # Kingston Mean Time
2864e767 2122 -5:00 - EST 1974 Apr 28 2:00
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2123 -5:00 US E%sT 1984
2124 -5:00 - EST
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2125
2126# Martinique
2127# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2128Zone America/Martinique -4:04:20 - LMT 1890 # Fort-de-France
1f5649f8 2129 -4:04:20 - FFMT 1911 May # Fort-de-France MT
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2130 -4:00 - AST 1980 Apr 6
2131 -4:00 1:00 ADT 1980 Sep 28
2132 -4:00 - AST
2133
2134# Montserrat
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2135# From Paul Eggert (1997-08-31):
2136# Recent volcanic eruptions have forced evacuation of Plymouth, the capital.
2137# Luckily, Olveston, the current de facto capital, has the same longitude.
28f540f4 2138# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
26b4d766 2139Zone America/Montserrat -4:08:52 - LMT 1911 Jul 1 0:01 # Olveston
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2140 -4:00 - AST
2141
2142# Nicaragua
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2143#
2144# From Steffen Thorsen (1998-12-29):
2145# Nicaragua seems to be back at -6:00 but I have not been able to find when
2146# they changed from -5:00.
2147#
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2148# From Steffen Thorsen (2005-04-12):
2149# I've got reports from 8 different people that Nicaragua just started
2150# DST on Sunday 2005-04-10, in order to save energy because of
2151# expensive petroleum. The exact end date for DST is not yet
2152# announced, only "September" but some sites also say "mid-September".
2153# Some background information is available on the President's official site:
2154# http://www.presidencia.gob.ni/Presidencia/Files_index/Secretaria/Notas%20de%20Prensa/Presidente/2005/ABRIL/Gobierno-de-nicaragua-adelanta-hora-oficial-06abril.htm
2155# The Decree, no 23-2005 is available here:
2156# http://www.presidencia.gob.ni/buscador_gaceta/BD/DECRETOS/2005/Decreto%2023-2005%20Se%20adelanta%20en%20una%20hora%20en%20todo%20el%20territorio%20nacional%20apartir%20de%20las%2024horas%20del%2009%20de%20Abril.pdf
2157#
e946ea2f 2158# From Paul Eggert (2005-05-01):
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2159# The decree doesn't say anything about daylight saving, but for now let's
2160# assume that it is daylight saving and that they'll switch back on the
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2161# 3rd Sunday in September.
2162#
2163# From Gwillim Law (2005-04-21):
2164# The Associated Press story on the time change, which can be found at
2165# http://www.lapalmainteractivo.com/guias/content/gen/ap/America_Latina/AMC_GEN_NICARAGUA_HORA.html
2166# and elsewhere, says (fifth paragraph, translated from Spanish): "The last
2167# time that a change of clocks was applied to save energy was in the year 2000
2168# during the Arnoldo Aleman administration."...
2169# The northamerica file says that Nicaragua has been on UTC-6 continuously
2170# since December 1998. I wasn't able to find any details of Nicaraguan time
2171# changes in 2000. Perhaps a note could be added to the northamerica file, to
2172# the effect that we have indirect evidence that DST was observed in 2000.
1829dc46 2173#
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2174# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2005-11-02):
2175# Nicaragua left DST the 2005-10-02 at 00:00 (local time).
2176# http://www.presidencia.gob.ni/presidencia/files_index/secretaria/comunicados/2005/septiembre/26septiembre-cambio-hora.htm
2177# (2005-09-26)
2178#
28f540f4 2179# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
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2180Rule Nic 1979 1980 - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 D
2181Rule Nic 1979 1980 - Jun Mon>=23 0:00 0 S
53751fd5 2182Rule Nic 1992 only - Jan 1 4:00 1:00 D
8a523922 2183Rule Nic 1992 only - Sep 24 0:00 0 S
1829dc46 2184Rule Nic 2005 only - Apr 10 0:00 1:00 D
53751fd5 2185Rule Nic 2005 only - Oct 2 0:00 0 S
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2186# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2187Zone America/Managua -5:45:08 - LMT 1890
1f5649f8 2188 -5:45:12 - MMT 1934 Jun 23 # Managua Mean Time?
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2189 -6:00 - CST 1973 May
2190 -5:00 - EST 1975 Feb 16
8a523922 2191 -6:00 Nic C%sT 1993 Jan 1 4:00
b21c5832 2192 -5:00 - EST 1998 Dec
1829dc46 2193 -6:00 Nic C%sT
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2194
2195# Panama
2196# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2197Zone America/Panama -5:18:08 - LMT 1890
1f5649f8 2198 -5:19:36 - CMT 1908 Apr 22 # Colon Mean Time
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2199 -5:00 - EST
2200
2201# Puerto Rico
2202# There are too many San Juans elsewhere, so we'll use `Puerto_Rico'.
2203# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
72d8cdf0 2204Zone America/Puerto_Rico -4:24:25 - LMT 1899 Mar 28 12:00 # San Juan
28f540f4 2205 -4:00 - AST 1942 May 3
72d8cdf0 2206 -4:00 1:00 AWT 1945 Sep 30 2:00
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2207 -4:00 - AST
2208
2209# St Kitts-Nevis
2210# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2211Zone America/St_Kitts -4:10:52 - LMT 1912 Mar 2 # Basseterre
2212 -4:00 - AST
2213
2214# St Lucia
2215# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2216Zone America/St_Lucia -4:04:00 - LMT 1890 # Castries
1f5649f8 2217 -4:04:00 - CMT 1912 # Castries Mean Time
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2218 -4:00 - AST
2219
2220# St Pierre and Miquelon
2221# There are too many St Pierres elsewhere, so we'll use `Miquelon'.
2222# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2223Zone America/Miquelon -3:44:40 - LMT 1911 May 15 # St Pierre
2224 -4:00 - AST 1980 May
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2225 -3:00 - PMST 1987 # Pierre & Miquelon Time
2226 -3:00 Canada PM%sT
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2227
2228# St Vincent and the Grenadines
2229# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2230Zone America/St_Vincent -4:04:56 - LMT 1890 # Kingstown
2b79b6d5 2231 -4:04:56 - KMT 1912 # Kingstown Mean Time
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2232 -4:00 - AST
2233
2234# Turks and Caicos
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2235# From Paul Eggert (1998-08-06):
2236# Shanks says they use US DST rules, but IATA SSIM (1991/1998)
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2237# says they switch at midnight. Go with IATA SSIM.
2238# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
2239Rule TC 1979 1986 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 D
2240Rule TC 1979 max - Oct lastSun 0:00 0 S
2241Rule TC 1987 max - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D
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2242# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2243Zone America/Grand_Turk -4:44:32 - LMT 1890
2b79b6d5 2244 -5:07:12 - KMT 1912 Feb # Kingston Mean Time
8a523922 2245 -5:00 TC E%sT
28f540f4 2246
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2247# British Virgin Is
2248# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2249Zone America/Tortola -4:18:28 - LMT 1911 Jul # Road Town
2250 -4:00 - AST
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2252# Virgin Is
28f540f4 2253# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
72d8cdf0 2254Zone America/St_Thomas -4:19:44 - LMT 1911 Jul # Charlotte Amalie
28f540f4 2255 -4:00 - AST
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