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diff --git a/timezone/northamerica b/timezone/northamerica index dbaae340eb..9266fab046 100644 --- a/timezone/northamerica +++ b/timezone/northamerica @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# @(#)northamerica 7.54 +# @(#)northamerica 7.56 # also includes Central America and the Caribbean # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, @@ -31,9 +31,10 @@ # Make sure you have the errata sheet; the book is somewhat useless without it. # It is the source for the US and Puerto Rico entries below. -# From Paul Eggert (1996-06-12): +# From Paul Eggert (2001-03-06): # Daylight Saving Time was first suggested as a joke by Benjamin Franklin -# in his whimsical essay ``Turkey vs Eagle, McCauley is my Beagle'' (1784). +# in his whimsical essay ``An Economical Project for Diminishing the Cost +# of Light'' published in the Journal de Paris (1784-04-26). # Not everyone is happy with the results: # # I don't really care how time is reckoned so long as there is some @@ -48,6 +49,16 @@ # them healthy, wealthy and wise in spite of themselves. # # -- Robertson Davies, The Diary of Samuel Marchbanks (1947), XIX, Sunday +# +# For more about the first ten years of DST in the United States, see +# Robert Garland's <a href="http://www.clpgh.org/exhibit/dst.html"> +# Ten years of daylight saving from the Pittsburgh standpoint +# (Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, 1927)</a>. +# +# Shanks says that DST was called "War Time" in the US in 1918 and 1919. +# However, DST was imposed by the Standard Time Act of 1918, which +# was the first nationwide legal time standard, and apparently +# time was just called "Standard Time" or "Daylight Saving Time". # From Arthur David Olson: # US Daylight Saving Time ended on the last Sunday of *October* in 1974. @@ -77,14 +88,8 @@ # of surrender, all of whom interrupting the bells of Big Ben in # London which were to precede Mr. Atlee's speech. -# From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02): -# Shanks says that DST was called "War Time" in the US in 1919. -# In the light of the above, this seems suspect; -# but we have no better authority yet. - - # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule US 1918 1919 - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 W # War +Rule US 1918 1919 - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule US 1918 1919 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule US 1942 only - Feb 9 2:00 1:00 W # War Rule US 1945 only - Aug 14 23:00u 1:00 P # Peace @@ -174,6 +179,19 @@ Rule US 1987 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D # From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19): # Shanks uses 1983-10-30, not 1983-11-30, for the 1983 transitions. # Go with Shanks. +# +# From Paul Eggert (2000-01-08), following a heads-up from Rives McDow: +# Public law 106-564 (2000-12-23) introduced the abbreviation +# "Chamorro Standard Time" for time in Guam and the Northern Marianas. +# See the file "australasia". + +# From Ryan Alessi of the Thousand Oaks Star (2001-02-15) via Rives McDow: +# Brad Sherman, D-Sherman Oaks, introduced a bill in Congress on +# Wednesday that could have California operating on Denver time as +# early as this summer.... The options include keeping +# daylight-saving time all year long, or setting clocks back two hours +# -- instead of just one -- during the existing daylight-saving time. + # US Eastern time, represented by New York @@ -226,7 +244,8 @@ Zone America/Chicago -5:50:36 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:00 # # Colorado, southern Idaho, far western Kansas, Montana, western # Nebraska, New Mexico, southwestern North Dakota, far eastern Oregon, -# western South Dakota, far western Texas, Utah, Wyoming +# western South Dakota, far western Texas (El Paso County, Hudspeth County, +# and Pine Springs and Nickel Creek in Culberson County), Utah, Wyoming # # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER Rule Denver 1920 1921 - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 D @@ -376,6 +395,13 @@ Zone America/Boise -7:44:49 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:00 # So we reluctantly put them all in a subdirectory `America/Indiana'. # # Most of EST-only Indiana last observed DST in 1970. + +# From Paul Eggert (2001-03-06), following a tip by Markus Kuhn: +# Pam Belluck reported in the New York Times (2001-01-31) that the +# Indiana Legislature is considering a bill to adopt DST statewide. +# Her article mentioned Vevay, whose post office observes a different +# time zone than Danner's Hardware across the street. + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER Rule Indianapolis 1941 only - Jun 22 2:00 1:00 D Rule Indianapolis 1941 1954 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S @@ -521,6 +547,11 @@ Zone America/Kentucky/Monticello -5:39:24 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:00 # # This story is too entertaining to be false, so go with Howse over Shanks. # +# From Paul Eggert (2001-03-06): +# Garland (1927) writes ``Cleveland and Detroit advanced their clocks +# one hour in 1914.'' This change is not in Shanks. We have no more +# info, so omit this for now. +# # Most of Michigan observed DST from 1973 on, but was a bit late in 1975. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER Rule Detroit 1948 only - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D @@ -646,7 +677,7 @@ Link Pacific/Honolulu HST # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Canada 1918 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 D Rule Canada 1918 only - Oct 31 2:00 0 S -Rule Canada 1942 only - Feb 9 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Canada 1942 only - Feb 9 2:00 1:00 W Rule Canada 1945 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 S Rule Canada 1974 1986 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Canada 1974 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S @@ -675,13 +706,13 @@ Rule StJohns 1920 1935 - Oct lastSun 23:00 0 S Rule StJohns 1936 1941 - May Sun>=8 0:00 1:00 D Rule StJohns 1936 1941 - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 0 S # Shanks gives 1942 May 11 - 1945 Sep 30; go with Whitman. -Rule StJohns 1942 only - Mar 1 0:00 1:00 D +Rule StJohns 1942 only - Mar 1 0:00 1:00 W Rule StJohns 1942 only - Dec 31 0:00 0 S -Rule StJohns 1943 only - May 30 0:00 1:00 D +Rule StJohns 1943 only - May 30 0:00 1:00 W Rule StJohns 1943 only - Sep 5 0:00 0 S -Rule StJohns 1944 only - Jul 10 0:00 1:00 D +Rule StJohns 1944 only - Jul 10 0:00 1:00 W Rule StJohns 1944 only - Sep 2 0:00 0 S -Rule StJohns 1945 only - Jan 1 0:00 1:00 D +Rule StJohns 1945 only - Jan 1 0:00 1:00 W Rule StJohns 1945 only - Oct 7 2:00 0 S # For 1946-9 Whitman gives May 5,4,9,1 - Oct 1,5,3,2, and for 1950 he gives # Apr 30 - Sep 24; go with Shanks. @@ -765,7 +796,7 @@ Rule Halifax 1937 1938 - May Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Halifax 1937 1941 - Sep Mon>=24 0:00 0 S Rule Halifax 1939 only - May 28 0:00 1:00 D Rule Halifax 1940 1941 - May Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Halifax 1942 only - Feb 9 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Halifax 1942 only - Feb 9 2:00 1:00 W Rule Halifax 1945 1959 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Halifax 1946 1959 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Halifax 1962 1986 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D @@ -867,7 +898,7 @@ Rule Winn 1918 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 D Rule Winn 1918 only - Oct 31 2:00 0 S Rule Winn 1937 only - May 16 2:00 1:00 D Rule Winn 1937 only - Sep 26 2:00 0 S -Rule Winn 1942 only - Feb 9 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Winn 1942 only - Feb 9 2:00 1:00 W Rule Winn 1945 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Winn 1946 only - May 12 2:00 1:00 D Rule Winn 1946 only - Oct 13 2:00 0 S @@ -937,7 +968,7 @@ Rule Regina 1937 1941 - Apr Sun>=8 0:00 1:00 D Rule Regina 1937 only - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 0 S Rule Regina 1938 only - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 0 S Rule Regina 1939 1941 - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 0 S -Rule Regina 1942 only - Feb 9 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Regina 1942 only - Feb 9 2:00 1:00 W Rule Regina 1945 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Regina 1946 only - Apr Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D Rule Regina 1946 only - Oct Sun>=8 2:00 0 S @@ -970,7 +1001,7 @@ Rule Edm 1919 only - May 27 2:00 0 S Rule Edm 1920 1923 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Edm 1920 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Edm 1921 1923 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S -Rule Edm 1942 only - Feb 9 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Edm 1942 only - Feb 9 2:00 1:00 W Rule Edm 1945 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Edm 1947 only - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Edm 1947 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S @@ -996,7 +1027,7 @@ Zone America/Edmonton -7:33:52 - LMT 1906 Sep # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Vanc 1918 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 D Rule Vanc 1918 only - Oct 31 2:00 0 S -Rule Vanc 1942 only - Feb 9 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Vanc 1942 only - Feb 9 2:00 1:00 W Rule Vanc 1945 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 S Rule Vanc 1946 1986 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Vanc 1946 only - Oct 13 2:00 0 S @@ -1078,7 +1109,7 @@ Zone America/Dawson_Creek -8:00:56 - LMT 1884 # From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02): # Matthews and Vincent (1998) say the following, but we lack histories # for these potential new Zones. -# +# # The Canadian Forces station at Alert uses Eastern Time while the # handful of residents at the Eureka weather station [in the Central # zone] skip daylight savings. Baffin Island, which is crossed by the @@ -1100,6 +1131,9 @@ Zone America/Dawson_Creek -8:00:56 - LMT 1884 # central time, while Kugluktuk, even farther west, reverted to # mountain time, which they had used before the advent of Nunavut's # unified time zone in 1999. +# +# From Rives McDow (2001-01-20), quoting the Nunavut government: +# The preceding decision came into effect at midnight, Saturday Nov 4, 2000. # From Paul Eggert (2000-12-04): # Let's just keep track of the official times for now. @@ -1109,7 +1143,7 @@ Rule NT_YK 1918 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 D Rule NT_YK 1918 only - Oct 27 2:00 0 S Rule NT_YK 1919 only - May 25 2:00 1:00 D Rule NT_YK 1919 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 S -Rule NT_YK 1942 only - Feb 9 2:00 1:00 D +Rule NT_YK 1942 only - Feb 9 2:00 1:00 W Rule NT_YK 1945 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 S Rule NT_YK 1965 only - Apr lastSun 0:00 2:00 DD Rule NT_YK 1965 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S @@ -1131,6 +1165,8 @@ Zone America/Rankin_Inlet -6:08:40 - LMT 1884 -5:00 - EST Zone America/Cambridge_Bay -7:00:20 - LMT 1884 -7:00 NT_YK M%sT 1999 Oct 31 2:00 + -6:00 Canada C%sT 2000 Oct 29 2:00 + -5:00 - EST 2000 Nov 5 0:00 -6:00 Canada C%sT Zone America/Yellowknife -7:37:24 - LMT 1884 -7:00 NT_YK M%sT @@ -1149,31 +1185,29 @@ Zone America/Dawson -9:17:40 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 # Mexico -# Gwillim Law reports this source for daylight saving time in Mexico: -# <a href="http://www.spin.com.mx/verano/"> -# Daylight saving time * SPIN-Internet (in Spanish) -# </a> -# Law (2000-03-09) translates it as follows: -# -# Standard time effective in Mexico takes its origin in the -# presidential decree of April 24, 1942. The time of the 120th -# meridian applies to the state of Baja California; of the 105th -# meridian to the states of Baja California Sur, Sonora, Sinaloa, and -# Nayarit; and the time of the 90th meridian to the rest of the -# country. -# -# In the country, there have been several attempts made to adapt -# standard time with the object of arriving at a better use of -# daylight for social and economic activities. In December, 1981 a -# permanent time zone was decreed for the states of Campeche, Yucatan, -# and Quintana Roo, displacing them from the 90th to the 75th -# meridian. This disposition was annulled on December 2, 1982. -# -# In 1988 a Summer Time was established for the states of Tamaulipas, -# Nuevo Leon, Coahuila, and Durango, which meant that from the first -# Sunday in April to the last [Sunday] of October those states -# displaced their time from the 90th to the 75th meridian. That -# disposition lasted for one year. +# From Paul Eggert (2001-03-05): +# The Investigation and Analysis Service of the +# Mexican Library of Congress (MLoC) has published a +# <a href="http://www.cddhcu.gob.mx/bibliot/publica/inveyana/polisoc/horver/"> +# history of Mexican local time (in Spanish) +# </a>. +# +# Here are the discrepancies between Shanks and the MLoC. +# (In all cases we go with the MLoC.) +# Shanks reports that Baja was at -8:00 in 1922/1923. +# Shanks says the 1930 transition in Baja was 1930-11-16. +# Shanks reports no DST during summer 1931. +# Shanks reports a transition at 1032-03-30 23:00, not 1932-04-01. +# Shanks does not report transitions for Baja in 1945 or 1948. +# Shanks reports southern Mexico transitions on 1981-12-01, not 12-23. +# Shanks says Quintana Roo switched to -6:00 on 1982-12-02, and to -5:00 +# on 1997-10-26 at 02:00. + +# From Gwillim Law (2001-02-20): +# There are some other discrepancies between the Decrees page and the +# tz database. I think they can best be explained by supposing that +# the researchers who prepared the Decrees page failed to find some of +# the relevant documents. # From Paul Eggert (2000-07-26): # Shanks gives 1942-04-01 instead of 1942-04-24, and omits the 1981 @@ -1223,54 +1257,91 @@ Zone America/Dawson -9:17:40 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 # savings time so as to stay on the same time zone as the southern part of # Arizona year round. -# From Jesper Norgaard (2000-12-02): -# No changes have been implemented yet, but the new elected president -# Vicente Fox seems to agree with his presidential candidate opponent -# Labastida that daylight saving should not be discontinued, but maybe -# reduced with a couple of months, e.g. starting one month later and -# ending one month earlier: -# http://www.reforma.com/nacional/articulo/044581/ +# From Jesper Norgaard, translating +# <http://www.reforma.com/nacional/articulo/064327/> (2001-01-17): +# In Oaxaca, the 55.000 teachers from the Section 22 of the National +# Syndicate of Education Workers, refuse to apply daylight saving each +# year, so that the more than 10,000 schools work at normal hour the +# whole year. + +# From Gwillim Law (2001-01-19): +# <http://www.reforma.com/negocios_y_dinero/articulo/064481/> ... says +# (translated):... +# January 17, 2000 - The Energy Secretary, Ernesto Martens, announced +# that Summer Time will be reduced from seven to five months, starting +# this year.... +# <http://www.publico.com.mx/scripts/texto3.asp?action=pagina&pag=21&pos=p&secc=naci&date=01/17/2001> +# [translated], says "summer time will ... take effect on the first Sunday +# in May, and end on the last Sunday of September. + +# From Arthur David Olson (2001-01-25): +# The 2001-01-24 traditional Washington Post contained the page one +# story "Timely Issue Divides Mexicans."... +# http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37383-2001Jan23.html +# ... Mexico City Mayor Lopez Obrador "...is threatening to keep +# Mexico City and its 20 million residents on a different time than +# the rest of the country..." In particular, Lopez Obrador would abolish +# observation of Daylight Saving Time. + +# <a href="http://www.conae.gob.mx/ahorro/decretohorver2001.html#decre"> +# Official statute published by the Energy Department +# </a> (2001-02-01) shows Baja and Chihauhua as still using US DST rules, +# and Sonora with no DST. This was reported by Jesper Norgaard (2001-02-03). + +# From Paul Eggert (2001-03-03): +# +# <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/20010303/t000018766.html"> +# James F. Smith writes in today's LA Times +# </a> +# * Sonora will continue to observe standard time. +# * Border states including Baja California, Chihuahua, and Nuevo Leon +# will use US rules, +# * Last week Mexico City's mayor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador decreed that +# the Federal District will not adopt DST. +# * 4 of 16 district leaders announced they'll ignore the decree. +# * The decree does not affect federal-controlled facilities including +# the airport, banks, hospitals, and schools. +# +# For now we'll assume that the Federal District will bow to federal rules +# and that border states and Durango will stick with US rules. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Mexico 1939 only - Feb 5 0:00 1:00 D Rule Mexico 1939 only - Jun 25 0:00 0 S Rule Mexico 1940 only - Dec 9 0:00 1:00 D Rule Mexico 1941 only - Apr 1 0:00 0 S -Rule Mexico 1943 only - Dec 16 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Mexico 1943 only - Dec 16 0:00 1:00 W Rule Mexico 1944 only - May 1 0:00 0 S Rule Mexico 1950 only - Feb 12 0:00 1:00 D Rule Mexico 1950 only - Jul 30 0:00 0 S -Rule Mexico 1996 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D -Rule Mexico 1996 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S -# -Rule BajaN 1954 1961 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D -Rule BajaN 1954 1961 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S +Rule Mexico 1996 2000 - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Mexico 1996 2000 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S +Rule Mexico 2001 max - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Mexico 2001 max - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] # Quintana Roo Zone America/Cancun -5:47:04 - LMT 1922 Jan 1 0:12:56 - -6:00 - CST 1981 Dec - -5:00 - EST 1982 Dec 2 - -6:00 - CST 1996 - -6:00 Mexico C%sT 1997 Oct lastSun 2:00 + -6:00 - CST 1981 Dec 23 -5:00 Mexico E%sT 1998 Aug 2 2:00 -6:00 Mexico C%sT # Campeche, Yucatan Zone America/Merida -5:58:28 - LMT 1922 Jan 1 0:01:32 - -6:00 - CST 1981 Dec + -6:00 - CST 1981 Dec 23 -5:00 - EST 1982 Dec 2 -6:00 Mexico C%sT # Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas -Zone America/Monterrey -6:41:16 - LMT 1922 Jan 1 0:01:32 +Zone America/Monterrey -6:41:16 - LMT 1921 Dec 31 23:18:44 -6:00 - CST 1988 -6:00 US C%sT 1989 - -6:00 Mexico C%sT + -6:00 Mexico C%sT 2001 + -6:00 US C%sT # Central Mexico Zone America/Mexico_City -6:36:36 - LMT 1922 Jan 1 0:23:24 -7:00 - MST 1927 Jun 10 23:00 -6:00 - CST 1930 Nov 15 -7:00 - MST 1931 May 1 23:00 -6:00 - CST 1931 Oct - -7:00 - MST 1932 Mar 30 23:00 + -7:00 - MST 1932 Apr 1 -6:00 Mexico C%sT # Chihuahua Zone America/Chihuahua -7:04:20 - LMT 1921 Dec 31 23:55:40 @@ -1278,18 +1349,19 @@ Zone America/Chihuahua -7:04:20 - LMT 1921 Dec 31 23:55:40 -6:00 - CST 1930 Nov 15 -7:00 - MST 1931 May 1 23:00 -6:00 - CST 1931 Oct - -7:00 - MST 1932 Mar 30 23:00 + -7:00 - MST 1932 Apr 1 -6:00 - CST 1996 -6:00 Mexico C%sT 1998 -6:00 - CST 1998 Apr Sun>=1 3:00 - -7:00 Mexico M%sT + -7:00 Mexico M%sT 2001 + -7:00 US M%sT # Sonora Zone America/Hermosillo -7:23:52 - LMT 1921 Dec 31 23:36:08 -7:00 - MST 1927 Jun 10 23:00 -6:00 - CST 1930 Nov 15 -7:00 - MST 1931 May 1 23:00 -6:00 - CST 1931 Oct - -7:00 - MST 1932 Mar 30 23:00 + -7:00 - MST 1932 Apr 1 -6:00 - CST 1942 Apr 24 -7:00 - MST 1949 Jan 14 -8:00 - PST 1970 @@ -1301,20 +1373,38 @@ Zone America/Mazatlan -7:05:40 - LMT 1921 Dec 31 23:54:20 -6:00 - CST 1930 Nov 15 -7:00 - MST 1931 May 1 23:00 -6:00 - CST 1931 Oct - -7:00 - MST 1932 Mar 30 23:00 + -7:00 - MST 1932 Apr 1 -6:00 - CST 1942 Apr 24 -7:00 - MST 1949 Jan 14 -8:00 - PST 1970 -7:00 Mexico M%sT # Baja California Zone America/Tijuana -7:48:04 - LMT 1922 Jan 1 0:11:56 + -7:00 - MST 1924 -8:00 - PST 1927 Jun 10 23:00 - -7:00 - MST 1930 Nov 16 + -7:00 - MST 1930 Nov 15 + -8:00 - PST 1931 Apr 1 + -8:00 1:00 PDT 1931 Sep 30 -8:00 - PST 1942 Apr 24 - -7:00 - MST 1949 Jan 14 - -8:00 BajaN P%sT 1976 + -8:00 1:00 PWT 1945 Nov 12 + -8:00 - PST 1948 Apr 5 + -8:00 1:00 PDT 1949 Jan 14 + -8:00 - PST 1954 + -8:00 CA P%sT 1961 + -8:00 - PST 1976 -8:00 US P%sT 1996 - -8:00 Mexico P%sT + -8:00 Mexico P%sT 2001 + -8:00 US P%sT +# From Paul Eggert (2001-03-05): +# Formerly there was an America/Ensenada zone, which differed from +# America/Tijuana only in that it did not observe DST from 1976 +# through 1995. This was as per Shanks. However, Guy Harris reports +# that the 1987 OAG says "Only Ensenada, Mexicale, San Felipe and +# Tijuana observe DST," which contradicts Shanks but does imply that +# DST-observance was a town-by-town matter back then. This concerns +# data after 1970 so most likely there should be at least one Zone +# other than America/Tijuana for Baja, but it's not clear yet what its +# name or contents should be. # # Revillagigedo Is # no information |