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-# @(#)northamerica 7.53
+# @(#)northamerica 7.54
# also includes Central America and the Caribbean
# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
@@ -476,10 +476,8 @@ Link America/Louisville America/Kentucky/Louisville
# From Rich Wales (2000-08-29):
# After prolonged debate, and despite continuing deep differences of opinion,
# Wayne County (central Kentucky) is switching from Central (-0600) to Eastern
-# (-0500) time. They won't "fall back" this year. See:
-# <a href="http://www.nandotimes.com/nation/story/body/0,1037,500244845-500362432-502132762-0,00.html">
-# Sara Shipley, the difference an hour makes (2000-08-29 15:33 -0400)
-# </a>
+# (-0500) time. They won't "fall back" this year. See Sara Shipley,
+# The difference an hour makes, Nando Times (2000-08-29 15:33 -0400).
Zone America/Kentucky/Monticello -5:39:24 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:00
-6:00 US C%sT 1946
-6:00 - CST 1968
@@ -1089,6 +1087,23 @@ Zone America/Dawson_Creek -8:00:56 - LMT 1884
# Central Time and Southampton Island [in the Central zone] is not
# required to use daylight savings.
+# From
+# <a href="http://www.nunatsiaq.com/archives/nunavut001130/nvt21110_02.html">
+# Nunavut now has two time zones
+# </a> (2000-11-10):
+# The Nunavut government would allow its employees in Kugluktuk and
+# Cambridge Bay to operate on central time year-round, putting them
+# one hour behind the rest of Nunavut for six months during the winter.
+# At the end of October the two communities had rebelled against
+# Nunavut's unified time zone, refusing to shift to eastern time with
+# the rest of the territory for the winter. Cambridge Bay remained on
+# 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 Paul Eggert (2000-12-04):
+# Let's just keep track of the official times for now.
+
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule NT_YK 1918 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 D
Rule NT_YK 1918 only - Oct 27 2:00 0 S
@@ -1105,12 +1120,15 @@ Rule NT_YK 1987 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
Zone America/Pangnirtung -4:22:56 - LMT 1884
-4:00 NT_YK A%sT 1995 Apr Sun>=1 2:00
-5:00 Canada E%sT 1999 Oct 31 2:00
- -6:00 Canada C%sT
+ -6:00 Canada C%sT 2000 Oct 29 2:00
+ -5:00 - EST
Zone America/Iqaluit -4:33:52 - LMT 1884 # Frobisher Bay before 1987
-5:00 NT_YK E%sT 1999 Oct 31 2:00
- -6:00 Canada C%sT
+ -6:00 Canada C%sT 2000 Oct 29 2:00
+ -5:00 - EST
Zone America/Rankin_Inlet -6:08:40 - LMT 1884
- -6:00 NT_YK C%sT
+ -6:00 NT_YK C%sT 2000 Oct 29 2:00
+ -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
@@ -1205,6 +1223,14 @@ 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/
+
# 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
@@ -1423,6 +1449,25 @@ Zone America/Dominica -4:05:36 - LMT 1911 Jul 1 0:01 # Roseau
-4:00 - AST
# Dominican Republic
+
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2000-10-30):
+# Enrique Morales reported to me that the Dominican Republic has changed the
+# time zone to Eastern Standard Time as of Sunday 29 at 2 am....
+# http://www.listin.com.do/antes/261000/republica/princi.html
+
+# From Paul Eggert (2000-12-04):
+# That URL (2000-10-26, in Spanish) says they planned to use US-style DST.
+
+# From Rives McDow (2000-12-01):
+# Dominican Republic changed its mind and presidential decree on Tuesday,
+# November 28, 2000, with a new decree. On Sunday, December 3 at 1:00 AM the
+# Dominican Republic will be reverting to 8 hours from the International Date
+# Line, and will not be using DST in the foreseeable future. The reason they
+# decided to use DST was to be in synch with Puerto Rico, who was also going
+# to implement DST. When Puerto Rico didn't implement DST, the president
+# decided to revert.
+
+
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule DR 1966 only - Oct 30 0:00 1:00 D
Rule DR 1967 only - Feb 28 0:00 0 S
@@ -1434,6 +1479,8 @@ Rule DR 1972 1974 - Jan 21 0:00 0 S
Zone America/Santo_Domingo -4:39:36 - LMT 1890
-4:40 - SDMT 1933 Apr 1 12:00 # S. Dom. MT
-5:00 DR E%sT 1974 Oct 27
+ -4:00 - AST 2000 Oct 29 02:00
+ -5:00 US E%sT 2000 Dec 3 01:00
-4:00 - AST
# El Salvador